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Year: 1870

AN ACT relating to the sale OF land OF minors by


guardians under an order of court.


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented


in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:


Section /. In all cases where any lands of any
minor or minors have heretofore been sold or at
tempted to be sold by the guardian of such minor
or minors III pursuance of any order of any court
under chapter ninetythree of the revised statutes
of 1883, or the corresponding chapter sixty
four of the revised statutes of 1849,
and the bond required by section thirteen
of said respective chapters, had been given by such
guardian before such sale attempted sale took
place, and such guardian had at any time before
such sale or attempted sale taken and subscribed
an oath required by section fourteen of said
spective chapters, and the purchaser on such sale
or attempted sale had paid to such guardian the
purchase price in good faith the said sale shall be,
and the same is hereby declared to be, valid and
ehectual to pass the title to such lands to such pur
Year: 1870

AN ACT in relation to dispositions
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented


in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:


Section 1. No deposition which has been once
read the trial of the in which the same was
taken, shall be suppressed or excluded, when Of
fered ia evidence in the same cause on a re-triaI
thereof, for any error, irreguarty defect in the
manner of taking or returning the same unless
such irregularity or defect shall have been made
the subject matter of objection at such former trial.
unless such irregulariy or defect shall not ap-
pear upon the face of such deposition, and shall
have been discovered since such former trial


Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and afterits passage and publication.
Approved March II. 1870
Year: 1870

y" 4 J. is not OF the least use to argue the
a. question, father. Tell me plainly
yes or no, and will bother you no more
about it.''


l cannot indulge you in this, Harry. In
deed you should believe me when say we
cannot afford it,


Mr.. Houghton leaned his head heavily on
his hands as he spoke, and seemed to dep
recate the displeasure ofhis handsome, i'm
patient son.


every well, sir" said the youth of nine
teen, his hand quivering as he arose with
the anger he seemed striving to keep out
of his words and tones. 81 hope you will
never be sorry for the trihe you have refused
me tonight. | shall make the trip to Lake
George, next week, nevertheless, if have
to sell grandfather's watch and chain to get
the money"


A half groan came from the hidden face
of Foster Houghton and a reproachful " O
Harry, from his mother, whose eyes had
been filling with tears as she sat silent dur
ing the stormy interview. But the boy was





chain in his waistcoat to give emphasis to
the threat. As he took his cloak and cap
from the closet, he continued
"You need not sit up for me, or leave the
door unlocked. am going to Tinborough
with the fellows to a strawberry party, and
rs there will be a dance, and the nights are
short, | shall wait for daylight to come
home If do not stop and catch a nap at the
Valley House before starting.
"Who is going from Elmtield?' inquired
the father, more from desire to show an
interest and win the boy from his moodi.
ness, than from curio sity.
Nearly everybody of my set said Har-
ry, with something of studied coIdness,
"Arthur Brooks and Tom Boxiam and
Frank Pettengiil-and Harrison Fry, if you
want tlIe whole list''
His father turned sharply away, but the
mother spoke appealingly:
eff you would cut off your intimacy with
Harrison Fry, now and forever | think
there are few things your father would re-
fuse you. | have seen his evil influence
over you ever since he came back from the
city. He was bad boy and will be bad
man."


Like myself and other wicked people"
SAID the boy, looking at his watch, "Hany
Fry is not SO black as he is painted. But /
am not so intimate with him as you fancy.
AS to father, do not think his treatment
OF me gives him n claim to interfere with
my friendships"


Henry Houghton shot his shaft de.iber-
Year: 1870

THE OMNIBUS APPROPRIATION BILL ACAIN-AN
OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL-
SERIOUS EMBARRASSMENT ANTICIPATED IN
THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT OF THE GOV
ERNMENT-THE CONDITION OF THE NAVY
SUSPENSION OF THE TAX ON sUIPBUILDERs'
SALES.
Year: 1870

The following is one Of Mr.. Prentice 9
little waits:


".Sonaet.me-It is a sweet, sweet song,
warbled to and fro among the topmost
boughs Of the heart, and filling the whole
air with such JOY and gladness as the
songs of birds do when the summer morn
ing comes out Of darkness and day is
born on the mountains. We have all
our possessions in the future which we
call 'sonaetinae' Beautiful flowers and
singing birds are there, only our hands
seldom grasp the one, or our ears hear
the other But, oh, reader, be of good
cheer, for all the good there is golden
'sometinse,' when the hills and valleys of
time are all passed when the wear and
fever, the disappointmenta and the sorrow
of life are over, then there is place and
the rest appointed by God On, home
stead, over whose roof fall no shadow
or ever clouds; and over whose thresh>
bold the voice of sorrow is never heard;
built upon the eternal hills, and standing
with thy spires and pinnacles of celestial
beauty among the palm trees of the city
on high, those who love God shall rest
under thy shadows, where there is no
more sorrow nor pain, nor the sound of
weeping sometime.
Year: 1870

am eighty-four years of age, and
never 10 my knowledge, have I used a
pint of ardent spirits throughout my
long life, and yet, no man has ever drain
ed a deeper or more bitter cup, because
of the rum traffic, than / have done.
have been the father of nine children,
seven sons and two daughters. One
poor, sickly girl is all that remains to
me now. l was once the owner of two
hundred acres of land, owed no man
anything, but love and good works
now little cottage with a small garden
and cow pasture, is all my earthly
wealth.


My Oldest son became a merchant;
drink was fashionable at the time; he
became Incorporate, failed in business,
and at the age of twenty-seven died OF
delirium tremens.


| My second son established dstil-
| lery, and at the age of thirty two, died
/; chained maniac, the inmate of a mad
house--the cause intemperance.
NV third son under the influence of
liquor, quarreled with his friends
sought revenge, shed blood and died on
the gallows.


My fourth son. after years of reform
ing and falling, finally perished in a
snow SIOTm. I1e WAS lOuuO week al
ter, with half empty rum jug by his
side.


My fifth son-he was greatly beloved
"a preacher Of the Gospel, but rum
dragged him from Gods altar, and laid
him in the grave Of suicide.


NY sixth son was for three years
clerk in the city Of New York, came
home week and in four weeks died of
/,
temperate habits.


My seventh and last son, while ntox
icated, fell from his horse and had his
brains dashed out. He died on the
spot.


My oldest daughter married man
who became sot. She struggled long
with poverty and abuse; but finally gave
way and died of broken heart


My youngest and only remaining
child is the sickly girl mentioned. the
very last fragment of my once promis-
ing family.


My poor wife bore long, with Christ
ian fortitude, the weight of her crushing
woes; but nature gave way at last, and
rejoiced for her sake, when she fell
asleep in death.


have nothing personally to fear from
the rum traffic, but four of my sons hay
ing left families, fear for them.


am told to love my country. If my
country had loved me I might have
been the father of nine living sons and
daughters. Does my country know that
she is giving legal life and being to a
system more ruthless-a murderer mure
deadly than the bloodiest sword of
foreign foe? or the most oppressive laws
of foreign power? She is cherishing
fiend that is gloating upon the best
blood of her children and sen ding them
to the judgment seat bereft of reason
and devoid OF hope.


l am told to love my neighbor as N.Y.
self. Father OF mercies! how can 1 love
him, who, for money, will rob father and
mother of all their hearts hold dear?


I will love my country when she
guards my interest and my life.


l will love my neighbor when he
proves human. Till then, have no love,
because no hope.


But pardon me; pardon an old man if
he speaks warmly; let my fearful suffer
ings plead my excuse, and the magni-
tude of the evil it would overthrow
Extract from Uncle Sans Farm Fence.
Year: 1870

The New Albany ledger says that the
cause of education is making progress
in Crawford county quite as rapidly as
in any other county in the State. Last
week large and elegant building for
the Marengo Graded School, was COM
menced atSpringtown, at Crawford county,
the corner stone being laid with impress
sive ceremonies. 1t is intended to make
the school first class A cademy, and the
project is in the hands of gentlemen
quite competent to secure its success.
The building is beautifully located, and
will be finished in an attractive style.
Year: 1870

The House has at last done what the
good name of the country demanded and
should have done long ago. It passed
the bill putting the name of Mrs. Lincoln
on the roll for pension of $4,000 annu-
ally. Judd drew up the measure and
got Dickey to introduce it, because Penn
sylvania, and not Illinois, had the floor.
There has been considerable talk about
this matter in the Senate, and the bill
will be opposed there, though it does
not seem as if it could be defeated.
Year: 1870

BIZ GEOhGE ID. PRENTlCR.
Alone ! walked the ocean n strand,
A pearly she'll was in my hand;
l stopped and wrote upon the sand


My name, the year and date.
As onward from the spot l passed,
One lingering look behind | cast,
A wave came rolling high and fast,


And washed my lines away.
And so me thought twill quickly be
With every mark on earth from me
A wave of dark oblivion sea


VIII sweep across the place
Where have trod the sandy shore
OF time, and been to me no more;
OF me. my day, the name l bore,


To leave no track or trace.
And yet with Him who counts the sands,
And holds the water in His hands,
/ know lasting record stands


Inscribed against my name,
Of all this mortal part has wrought,
Of all this thinking soul has thought,
And from these feeting moments caught,
For glory or for shame.
Year: 1870

In the press of work the farmer too
often forgets this interesting emblem of
industry. Each hive should be exam,
ined every morning, and all worms that
may be found, removed and destroyed.


The best trap for the moth is a wide
mouth bottle partly filled with sweeten.
ed water to which has been added a lit
tie vinegar. Glass fruit jars answer
this purpose admirably. These traps
will do little or no good until the last of
the month. AS they are cheap and sim.
pie, and of easy application, they should
be set too soon rather than neglected
for one night. The only precaut;on
necessary is not to allow the bees to get
in them in the daytime. Empty the
bottles often and renew the bait.


Now is one of the best times for re-
painting wooden buildings. 1t is a
matter Of surprise that men of means
neglect the protection of the wood work
of their buildings. l know men with
money to lend, while the weatherboards
of their houses show no signs of paint.
OF course the wear and decay caused
from this neglect eats up big per cent.
on what it will cost to protect such work
with good coat of paint. AS to the
color that-w shall paint our houses, let
every one take his own choice. In cit
les and closely built towns, where the
smoke soon destroys the brightness
and beauty Of white, some darker shade
will be found necessary. It is, howev-
er, to my mind, an evidence of a want
Of an appreciation of the beauty which
is attainable in the pure country air, to
be copying after the dull, sombre hues,
which are more matter of necessity in
the city, than choice. Yet fashion rules
everything, and hava no doubt if some
Of our copying farmers were to 90 to
town and see some fine houses painted
Year: 1870

The scorpion is frequently found in
Georgia, yet it is net abundant. 1t is
a lhtls venomOus reptile, about an inch
and half or two inches in length, of a
brown color, and in general appear
ance somewhat resembling small
crawfish, except the tail, which, in
stead of being flat, Is armed with q
horny spear, and within which is a
very sharp poisonous sting which can
be used at will. The tail is curved
over on its back, i'm the form of hook.
The sting or wound it infiicts is very
poisonous and painful, although have
never known it to prove fatal. AS
their abode is generally under rotten
logs, persoas engaged in clearing new
lands are sometimes stung in the hand
by them; the hand and arm swell up
rapidly, and become much infiamed,
and the victim is laid up for two or
three weeks, and then slowly RECEIVERS.


Its habits are the most interesting
part, however. The female, after be-
ing impregnated by the male, falls to
and eats him up; she then lays five or
six eggs and fastens them upon her
own back, where they are Matched !;
she then turns her tail over her back
and stings all to death nhe can reach !;
q portion of the brood, however, usual
ally escapes; those that are killed the
mother devours when they fall off.
The young that escape death, as they
increase in strength and age, begin to
devour the mother, by eating into her
back and vitals, and finally kill her,
Georgia correspondent Gc,mantoun
telegraph.
Year: 1870

1t is comparatively easy when q cin-
der or any other substance is under the
lid of the eye, to get it out-if you only
know how A writer i'm Hearth and
Home will tell you how in the follow.
ing extract:


Nothing is mord distressing than a
piece of cinder i'm the eye, and no disor-
der is more easily remedied. The cin-
der will be found just underneath the
margin of the upper lid, where there
is small groove or gutter for the flow
of tears to the inner angle of the eye.
Foreign bodies tend to fall into this
groove, and if they are very angular,
like cinder, they adhere in spite of the
current of fears, which now flow in
greater abundance, and will sooner or
later carry off smooth substances.


Now, if you will raise the margin of
the upper lid and turn it over, the cin-
der or grain of sand will be exposed,
and may easily be removed with the
point of pencil, or with the finger
covered with handkerchief.


then demonstrated this simple Op-
Grafton On one of the boys, thus =
Taking my pencil in my right fingers,
with the thumb and first finger of my
left hand seized the eyelashes of the
upper lid, and drawing the lid gently
out from the ball, pressed the point of
the pencil downward upon the upper
surface of the lid, about one-fourth of
an inch from its margin, and at the
same time carried the margin upward
over the pencil by the eyelashcs, when
the lid readily rolled over the pencil SO
as to expose completely the gutter de-
scribed.
Year: 1870

A few days ago, i'm Breckinridge
county, a rough rider entered small
town, got on a spree, and assaulted ..
citizen of the place. Toward evening
the community determined oil his al
rest. He was taken before IL magis-
trate, and his case demanding more le-
gal knowledge than he pessessed, the
prisoner was sent te magistrate in
the country for trial. The prisoner re-
marked, ''they had better hurry up, as
he had no time to fool around if they
didn't look sharp he'd get on his horse
and Ieave.r Thus admonished, the
majesty of the court was brought into
reuuisitiOD and the trial proceeded.
The prisoner seemed to object To the
whole proceeding, and observing piss
tol in the pocket Of "a coat hanging on
the wall, he drew it out, and as it hap
pened to be the only weapon i'm court,
held winning hand. He requested
the magistrate and officers to dance OH
the floor, and conduct themselves in a
highly ridiculous manner. When he
was satisfied with the performance, he
ordered the Squire to have his horse
brought out, which he mounted, and
then made that officer of the law show
him short cut to the nearest main
road. Seeing a clear way out of his
difficulties, lie dismissed the Squire
and gaIloped of, remarking that ne
had captured the pistol in war, aud he
claimed it as his own. 1t is needless
to say she rough rider disappeared
from the vicinity in all haste, and left
not a trace behind him, save the recol-
lection of his ludicrotrs impudence-
Louisville Commercial.
Year: 1870

A respectable man of the county of
Montgomery, lived on the banks Of the
Hudson River One day he went to .
bay on the river to shoot ducks or wild
geese. When he came to the river he
saw six geese beyond shot. He deter
mined to wait for them to approach the
shore. While sitting there he saw q
fox come down to the shore, stand
some time and observe the geese. At
length he turned and went into the
woods, and came out with q large
bunch of moss in his mouth. He then
entered the water very silently, sank
himself, and then, keeping the moss
above the water, himself concealed, he
fioated among the geese. Suddenly
one of them was drawn under the wa
ter, and the fox soon appeared on the
shore with the goose on his back. He
ascended the bank and found hole
made by the tearing up of tree. This
hole he cleared, laid in the goose, and
covered il with great care, strewing
leaves over it. The fox then left /; and
while he was away the hunter unburi-
ed the goose and closed the hole, and
then resolved to await the issue. Ip
about an hour. the fox returned with
another fox i'm company. They went
directly to the place where the goose
had been buried, and threw out the
earth. The goose could not be found.
They stood regarding each other for
some time, when suddenly the second
fox attacked the other furiously, % II
offended by the trick of his friend
Aurr0ys Creation.
Year: 1870

On Thursday last, there died in this
county % negro man named David
Smart, who had lived to attain the re-
markable age of l06 years. He was
born in Virginia, i'm 1854, and came to
Kentucky in 1850 with his master,
whose sirname he bore through life.
From that time he>h has continued res
ident of this county, being well known
hers for many years for his venerable
age and his wonderful vigor of consti-
tuition. He became free a great while
ago, and was the owner of a small
farm about three miles from town, on
the old Harrodsburg road, upon which
he had lived from period almost be-
yond the memory of any one i'm the
neighborhood. He was of powerful
frame, being six feet three inches i'm
height, and known until within very
few years as of great strength, preserv-
ing his erect carriage and activity in a
remarkable degree, and having raised
q crop last year by his own labor. The
conformation of his chest was peculiar,
it being said that he had no ribs, but
that his sides were solid plate of bone.
His faculties continued bright almost to
the day of his death, and his recollec-
lection and account of the incidents in
the early history of the country were
full of thrilling interest, as he was here
before the Indian were expelled, and
had his share of adventures in the war
fare between them and the first settlers.
One of the hunting stories, as told by
him to a friend of ours, will bear repe-
tition. He says that when he first
came to Kentucky, deer and turkeys
were abundant, but he found it difficult
to get any of the latter. One day,
while the snow was five or six inches
deep, he saw large flock of turkeys
feeding i'm the woods along with some
hogs, which We're black. Observing
that they were at home with hogs,
even to the extent of flying upon their
backs, it occurred to him that if he
would divest him. elf of his clothes and
crawl on all-fours they would not
know him from a black hog, and he
might slip up close enough to grab one
or more by the feet He accordingly
did so; but with all his perseverance
they would not let him approach near
enough, and he was compelled to aban


don the experiment, after being nearly
frozen to death. He was a very uxu-
rious man, and is said to have been
married after a fashion twenty-five
times. He had, however, survived his
children, and leaves only a niece, who
cared for him in his latter days, as the
sole heiress of his small estate. One
peculiar fact deserving of mention is,
that though so old and from Virginia,
lie never claimed to he the body ser
want of General Washington.-Kcn-
tucky Yeoma,,, Feb. IA.
Year: 1870

In Paris there died the other day an
old spinister who was known to all the
frequenters of the Luxembourg gar
dens under the lame of "The Bride of
the Elm." More than thirty years
ago the poor woman had been deserted
by her faithiess lover, who had his last
interview with her under one Of the
old elm trees in those gardens. Since
then the poor creature returned every
day to that tree, and sat there, no mat
ter how inclement the weather might
be, waiting for her lovers return.
When anybody attempted to persuade
her in rainy or cold weather to go
home, suggesting that the faithless one
would not return at all, she invariably
replied, 1T is false; he promised he
would return.v
Year: 1870




The Now York San fixes the re.
quircments Of the Journalist of TODAY
in the following admirable summa
ry: ....... 4~'..,.n


'Io know how to crafty the uni
versal appetite for authentic news;
to entertain and interest the public
while giving instruction; to impress
none but correct and elevated moral
principles upon the popular mind
to fight against vice so as to do good
and not mischief; to resist all. forms
of public robbery, and to exercise a.
wholesome terror over open villains
and sneaking hypocrtes; to: deal
eqnal justice to all parties and, all
mon; to encourage tho good that is
IN the world rs ardently and as peril
naciously as he represses tho evil !. to
have an eye, mind, and sympatlies
open to every honest manifestation of
human activity; to- cherish, tastes
broad enough to. cover the whole
range of society, and to appreciate
what is conservative as well as what
is radical; what is eccentric as well
as what is regular: to be powerful
without being tedious. and earnest
without being extravagant to speak
a language which all can understand.
and yet to impart to every discussion
a light from the highest truths-this
is what it is to be a journa alist such rs
the public culture and public appetite
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freedom from every sort of meanaess,
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