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Year: 1871

Some very sensible writer once said
In speaking Of home papers, ait mat
ters not, how many newspapers
n man takes, his list is inc0m-
plete without his home paper
Every citizen who wishes well to his
locality should give a generous sup
port to his home paper. fthat pa
per Is not just such as he would wish,
he should feel that himself aud neigh
bors are responsible, in a measure, for
Its shortcomings. Give paper a lib
eral support, an active sympathy,
and II will instantly respond to such
manifestations. Let an editor feel
that his efforts are appreciated, and
he IL the most responsive being on
earth; his paper being n part of him
self, he Is as sensitive to praise or cell
sure ms doting father. Nothing can
supply the place of the home paper.
1t Is the mirror In which the town
and neighborhood news Is reflected
and the social, political and religious
circle are reprinted it fills u place no
other paper can"
Year: 1871

THE Humbolt Index, says: "By
n decision of the Grand Lodge of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
in this State, Humboldt was selected
as the most eligible and central point
for the location of their College In
West Tennessee"
Year: 1871

One.of fler6est investments a farmer
can make for hisehiIdren is an attractive
house. The ,dFellihlgs maybe small an d
rude too, but flew detlars.spent in max
ing it neat and attractive will yield a
handsome profit in the way personal
comfort. A few flowers cost nething.-
Shade trees cost little labor, hut no out
lay of money. The individual who has
never experienced it knows not how much
these add to the comfort of home


Scarcely any labor on tie farm can be
made more profitable than that which
makes the wife and children proud of
their home. One reason why children
are often so eager to leave the parental
roof, is found in the neglect of home and
its surroundings They naturally love
the beautiful, and when it can not be
found at home they will seek it else
where.


Fruit trees enrich and grass gladdens
the hearts of all, yet how many homes are
destitute of both.


How cherries the home where flowers
shed no fragrance, where trees yield no
fruit, and where no cooling shade invites
to reposc during the sultry days of sum-
mer. Farmers, beautify your homes
1t can be done at but little cost. Only a
spare hour now and then is all that is ne
ceSSarv
Year: 1871

Few have yet realized the enormous
gain that will accrue to society from the
scientific education of our women. If, as
we are constantly being told, the 'spnere
of woman" is at home, what duty can be
more clearly incumbent upon us than
that of giving her the opportunity of ac-
quiring knowledge of the laws which
ought to guide her in the rule of her
house? Every woman on when the man.
agement of household deyolves may prof
it by such knowledge. If the laws of
health were better known, how much i'll
ness and sorrow might be averted What
insight would knowledge of chemistry
afford in the wholesomeness of different
articles of food What added zest would
be given to country walk with the chill
dren, or month by the seaside if the
mother were able to teach the little ones
to observe and revere the
laws of Nature Above all, what untold
what wasted lives, are the PEN
atty we have paid for the prudish ignor-
ance Of the physiology of their bodily
frame in which we have kept our daugh-
ters
Year: 1871

From the New York w 0rld.


The young man Charles H. Petit.
aged 22 who was shot and instantly killed
in the riot, was engaged to be married in a
few weeks to an estimable young woman
named Ida r. johnson, and II was while
returning from her house, after extending
an invitation to go to Brooklyn, that he
met his untimely end. After leaving her
residence he walked to Eighth Avenue,
having some business TO attend to, prom
ising TO return. in short time. Miss
johnson seems to have had presenment
of danger, ahd earnestly-entreated Petit
to remainyat her house during the even
ing, hGt'his persistent argument of urgent
business caused her to give way Twen-
ty minutes had scarcely elapsed when a
messenger ran to her house with the sad
news that young Petit had been shot
through the heart and was lying dead on
the avenue. fT


The fatal news was so sudden that she
sank insensible, and recovered ouly to be
raving maniac. Yesterday morning
she had partially recovered, but at short
intervals cries in plying and frantic
manner for himsNho is deaf to all earthly
sounds A few days ago the young man
received a letter from his mother. signify
ing her intention to visit New York to
witness his marriage. On; "Wednesday
night the sad intelligence was telegraphed
to her, and she is expected to arrive in the
city this morning.
Year: 1871

The following is the experience of q
mechanic, concerning the benefits of
newspaper;


Twenty years l lived in the town of
D., in Indiana. On returning home one
night-for am carpenter by trade-I
saw little girl leave my door, My wife
then met ME at the door with smile,
which is encouraging to tired mechanic,
after hard days labor. She said Mrs.
Il had sent her little girl after their news
paper, which shehad borrowed. We had
only been married six months, aud of
course had no children. My wife said to
me, calling me by my gwen name. Il wish
you would subscribe for the newspaper,
for it is SO much comfort to me when you
are away from home.' My answer was ::
4 would like to do so, but you know l
owe payment on the house and let: it
will be all | can do to meet it, She
said, if you will take the paper, | will sew
for the the tailor to pay for it. [ sub
scribed Tor the paper 1t came in due
time to my house. While resting one
noon and looking over it, L saw an advertise
ment of the county commissioners to let a
bridge that was to be built l put in a
bid for the building of the bridge, and
got the job, on which cleared $500, which
enabled me to pay for my house and lot
easily, and also for the newspaper. If
l had not subscribed for the newspaper l
would have known nothing of the bridge
contract, and could not have met my pay
ment on my house and lot. A mechanic
never losses anything by taking his coun-
ty paper"
Year: 1871

As one evidence among many that our
East Tennessee young ladies are hard to
get ahead of, we print the following
extract from a notice of the commence
ment exercises of Martha Washington
College, from late member of the Alb
ingdon Virytnian. The Tennessee boys
take the Medals at home, and young
ladies abroad, as well as at home:


After the bcstowal of the Diplomas
by President Arbogast upon fourteen
young ladies, DR.. Wiley awarded the
Gold Medal This was "a very interesting
item not in the published programme
The Medal, valued at $40, was the gift of
DR.. Thos. E. Brown, for the best of-hand
composition. The manner of test was as
follows, and confined to the Senior Glass,
ten Of whom were contestants. They
were all called INTO one room with pen,
ink and paper, the subject given them by
DIR. Cunningham, with one hour to write.
When finished, each composition, with a
fictitious signature, was put into an enve-
Iope and sealed, and then all sealed up in
one large envelope. Each young lady
was then required to write her name on
slip Of paper and seal it up man envelope,
and sign her fictitious name on the out.
side. These were then given to com
mittee of three gentlemen to examine and
decide upon. This they did without of
course knowing the authors, but awarded
the Medal by the fictitious name. not even
the committee knowing the name of the
successful contestant until the envelope
with the fictitious name on it correspond
ing with that appended to the compost
ton was opened before the audience,
which disclosed the name os Miss Eliza H
Lenoir, of Tennessee"
Year: 1871

L WOULD RESPECTFULL CALL
j the attention. of my Patrons and the
public generally. to my stock of Be OTIS
and Shoes which am selling very low
for Cash. 1 am making Boots
With shanks of steel and fancy toe
My French calf Boots are all the 60;
OF the best stock that's in the trade,
BY first-class workmen they are made.
make every style to fit the foot;
A Webster Tie. Congress Boot;
In this town, there is not Il feller,
Can beat the styles of Ii. L. MILLER.
And Ladies. if you'll give me call,
I'll fit your foot if large or small;
With the best material you get no trash,
am selling cheap for ready Cash
Ny French kid boots are very nice,
They are high in style, but low in price,
And for ready money between you and L,
At my Shoe Store is the place to buy.
Nv store is small, but my stock is nice
OF every style and of every price;
On the shelves if there's nothing suits


your taste,


BY leaving your measure. they'll be made


in haste,


IF your Boots are Worn at the heel or toe,
TO my Shoe Store is the place TO go;
[ will make them look as nice as top,
If YOU leave them in at my Shoe Shop,


III. p. MILLER,


On Main Street, next door to Post-Of-
flee, Jonesboro, Tenn. june22m3.
Year: 1871

NEVER do things by halves. If You
have a task before you. do it ut onco
with,all your might and all yonr mind
and do not leave it till il is flushed. This
is the way to get light heart. and an
easy conscience, as we'll as full purse.
Year: 1871

The death of two bishops OF the
Methodist Church, and the impal
ell health OF three others, viii make
it g ess.ry for the General Con-
ference which meets in Brooklyn,
N May, 1872, to elcc.s-fiv or SIX
new bishops for limited term.
There has lie n something almost
miraculous in the success OF the
Methodist Church in getting good
men for it's episcopacy. One man
of doubtful character, of despotic
temper, or of intriguing disposition,
vested with the immense power OF
the episcopacy, would make great
deal of trouble. And, sooner or
later, such bishop will come along.
1t is this feeling which gives force
to the demand that a bishop shall
be elected for four years. But on
election of Importance in an eccle-
siastical body is such an evil that
the General Conference will doubt
less prefer to retain the system as
it is. The bishops function IN the
Msthodist Church is eminently
judicial. We should like to see the
power of the bishops gradually
| limited but the advantage OF their
life tenure was shown in the recent
Book Concern affair. Elect them
quadrennially, and the bench o.
bishops and the Church are at the
mercy of the most dangerous
power in the Methodist economy


the Book Concern.
Year: 1871

How I wish clergymen would
not try to frighten people into
heaven ! I can never believe, for
one, that any good can come of it.
What is that love or obedience
worth which is enforced by terror ?
Ask yourselves you who are parents.
Is it not terror itself, the parent of
subterfuge and silent rebellion I?
When I hear these things, as /
sometimes do, I long to whisper in
that clergyman's ear, ''Oh, speak to
them of God'sin6rite pity and love!
melt that Indifferent or careless
nearer by the .untiring patience
with which He forgives and bears,
while the recipient forgets, and sins
on If a true and glowing state
ment of all this, lovingly spoken,
cannot move him, be sure that
words of terror and denunciatiOn
will fall to the grounds. In fact, /
believe that not only do they make
no impression on the class for
whom they are intended, but often
do infinite harm to the conscience
of some over-sensitive person, who,
shivering at a distance, needs to be
led forward to bask in the warm
sunshine of "Our Fathers" love.


How often have 1 seen young
persons who could be lei, but
never driven, into the r ght way,
utterly Turned aside by such utter
ances.


Now I say this, without any dis
respect toward the preacher, or
others of the same class. Do you
suppose, if you held bludgeon
over u mans head, and then told
him he must love you, he would be
likely to do it ? Wouldn't it be
much more likely to route all his
antagonism toward you Or II
for the time being, you forced HIM
to lie, that would be his STATE
wi e III restraint was removed
Sunday is no Sunday to me with
out 1 go to church. 1t is because
| love to do 50, anl am cOmtorted
and strengthened by it, that feel
sensitive about having anything
said that will keep away thos,
whom l want to see. there. Surely
then, even if they whp read this
differ from me. my motives being
such, they will hardly condemn me


FANNY FERN.
Year: 1871

How fortunate that every parent
believes his own children to be the
most perfect and beautiful and
wonderful children ever born
What a wise provision that is for
the cross and the sulky, and those
who are in every way disagreeable !!
Who else would look on them with
favor. or have patience to take them
through their mumps and their
measles, their .hort and their long
clothes ? 81 used to act just hike
that child" explains papa and
mamma, as the little rebel hes
kicking on the floor, and to them
selves they silently remarks, Hand
ace what o fine man, or fine woman
/ am now J"
Year: 1871

ARTICLE SIXTH.


Upon this corporation going into
operation, the subscribers to this
act shall meet and select from their
own number board of directors,
who shall hold over until the first
general election to be held in the
rear 1872, as above provided.
Year: 1871

shall be drawn by tho county
commissioners as soon as q ccrti-
fed copy Of tho Judgment roll is
delivered thcm for flo in their
office.


SEC. 8. In oil cases whcro any
dwelling house, building or any
property, renl or Personal, shall
no destroyed in consequence Of any
mob or riot, it shall DO liable Tor
tho porson or persons owning on
Interested in such property to
bring suits against tho county in
which such property was situated
and being, for tho recovery Of such
damages as he or they may havo
sustained by reason Of tho dcstruc-
tion thereof, and the amount hich
shall be recovered in said action
shall DO paid in tho manner pro-
vided by section 8 Of this act.


SEC. 10. That no person or persons
shall DO entitled to the recovery of
such damages ifit shall appear that
tho destruction of his or their
property was caused by his or
their illegal conduct, nor unless it
shall appear that ho or they, upon
knowledge had Of the intontion or
attempt to destroy his or their
property, or to collect mob for
that purpose, and, sufficient timo
intervening, g"ve notice thereof
to n constable, sheriff, trial justice
on justice Of tho peace of tho coun-
ty in which such property was
situated and being and 1t shall be
the duty Of such constable, sheriff,
trial justice or justice OF tho peace,
upon receipt of such notice, to take
all legal means necessary for the
protection Of such property 30 at
tackled, or threatened to be at
tackled and ifsuch constable, She
riff, trial justice or justice Of the
peace, upon receipt OF such notice,
or upon knowledge Of such int.n-
ton Or attempt to destroy such
property, in anywisc received,
shall neglect or refuse to perform
his duty in tho premises, he or
they, SO neglccting or refusing,
shall be liable for tho damages done
to such property, TO DO recovered
by action, and shall also be deemed
guilty Of Il misdemeanor in office,
and on conviction thereof shall
forfeit his commission.


SEC. II. That nothing in this
actShall bo construed to prevent tho
person or persons whose property
is lnjhrcd or destroyed from hav-
ing and maintaining his or their
action against all and every per-
son and persons engaged or par
ticiputing in snid mob or riot, to
recover full damages for any in


Jury sustained: Provided, ho,Ucver,
that no damages shall be recovered
by the party injured against any
Of tho said rioters for the samo in
jury, for which compensation shall
be made by tho county.


SEC. IL. That it shall DO lawful
for tho county commissioners of
the county against which damages
shall DO recovered under tho pro-
visions of this act, to bring suit or
suits, in tho name Of tho county,
against any and all persons en-
gagged, or in any manner partici-
puting in said mob or riot, and
against any constable, sheriff, trial
Justice or justice Of tho peace
or other officer, charged with
tho maintenance Of the pub
lie peace, who may bo liable by
neglect Of duty to tho provisions
Of this act. for tho recovery Of all
damages, costs and expenses in
currod by said county, and such
suits shall not abato or fail by
reason Of too many or too few
parties defendant being namod
therein.


Approved February %, 1871.
Year: 1871

REPORTS from the Bradshaw mines continue to be exciting, and lead to the belief that vast mining population will soon be there, and enjoying a high average of prosperity. Men are rushing in from every quarter. sales of "feet' at no trifing prices are being made, some hundreds of men are at earnest work, and quartz mill is soon to be erected. "Good times" seem to be right at hand in Yavapai, and the influence will be felt throughout the Territory.
Year: 1871

A NEW YORK dispatch to San Die go, says the Texas Pacific Railroad company will organize on the 18th of April, one week from to-day. From 8 number of sources, we hear that the business of the company will not drag along, but will be advanced with the utmost consistent dispatch.
Year: 1871

DRINKING DURING BUSINESS HoURs.-The
Saturday ReUieao has recently published an ar
have acquired the habit OF drinking during
business hours, and that the custom of taking
frequent glasses of wine is rapidly gaining
ground in that city The amount of mischief
produced by the habit of tossing off glass of
sherry at odd moments, either out of private
bottle or at public bar, is. alleged to be incal-
culable, and it is asserted that from this cause
paralysis is greatly on the increase among the
mercantile community of London. The list of
young men who every year die from paraly-
sis or are reduced to permanent imbecillty not
only in England, but in this country, it is stat
ed, would startle those who have never paid
any attention to the subject.
Year: 1871

Ladies declare that from the beauty of the
spring fashions they are driven to the opinion
that it was a fortunate chance which freed
American dressmakers from the supremisy of
Partisan modistes, and left them free to exer-
else their own ingenuity.
Year: 1871

MODERN AND MoRBID.-The New York
Commercial Advertiser tells of youth of ff-
teen, Geo. Patterson who, being crossed in love
by his parents, wanted to be an angel" and
took short method to become one. He
wrote to the apple of his eye" Fannie, Fan
ME, want to die; am tired of life ~ after
which he emptied the contents of bottle of
hydrOcyanic acid into his little stomach and
sank to rise no more. This sad and silly case
is said to be of pattern with many other sad
and silly cases. A few months ago boy and
girl in Brooklyn ran away and got married.
leaving their agonized parents for some time
in doubt whether they were at the bottom of
the East river or rested from life's fitful fe-
yer" in some sequestered spot, with nought
to denote the cause of their fatal sleep but an
adjacent pile of charcoal ashes The morbid
sentiment of the age, fed on yellow-covered
literature seems to have become an herediatry
endowment of the last newborn generation,
judging from their early development in the
line of romance and tragedy The CONNER
ciaI thinks the only recourse left parents to
save their offspring from early graves is to en-
ter into solemn engagement at the baptis-
NAL font to let the darlings do just as they
! like A good birch switch was the old fashion
of getting nonsense out of perverse Juveniles
and, when well laid on, it rarely failed 20 eff
feet perfect cure.
Year: 1871

The Michigan Legislature, has enacted
compulsory Education law. 1t provides that
every parent, guardian, or other person in the
State, having control and charge of children
required to send them to public school for
period of at least II weeks In each school year,
at least six weeks OF which shall be consecu-
tive. Children may be excused from such at
tendance by the Board of the School District
in which the parents or guardians reside, upon
its being shown that the child's bodily or men
tai condition has been such as to prevent his at
tendance at school or application to study for
the period required, or that the child is taught
in private school. or at home, in such
branches as are usually taught in primary
branches Of learning taught in the public
school.
Year: 1871

ALL SORTS OF MEN-There is a great diff
ference in men. Some are true hearted and
unsuspicious as Newfoundland dogs; others
are like rat-terriers, always nOseing around un
der the impression that there is something go
ing on they don't quite understand. Some are
noble and generous others thoroughly mean
and contemplate. Some others are overrun
with vanity and egotism. Some are invariably
kind and considerate; others go about with
their eyes shut, in utter ignorance of the
trouble they are giving by their carelessness.
Some are slow and steady, and to be depended
upon; others are quite brilliant and unreliable
Some have a taste for detail, and attend to all
the minutie Of subject, while others care
only for great principles, and require thing
to be gigantic before it arrests their attention.
Men of genius are always uncomfortable to
| live with. Absorbed in one subject, they ig-
more trifes, and triAes make up the comfort or
discomfort Of life.
Year: 1871

The correspondent of the Chicago
Journal says: 1t has become quite
fashionable here for good-looking and
intelligent young Americans to seek
employment as coachmen to wealthy
families, and especially those in which
there are marriageable daughters.
"Wants" for situations of this kind
are numerous. / know one young
man. a graduate of one Of the public
schools, who, after having tried to
"catch" handsome young lady, and
the daughter of wealthy gentleman,
while serving as a clerk in one of the
principal dry goods stories, changed
his base of operations, and actually
became a coachman, by accident" "
course, to the family to which the lady
in question belonged. 1t is unnecessa-
ry to relate how, where and when the
young man succeeded in winning the
heart of the pretty girl, or to detail
how indignant was papa and mamma
when they discovered that fact, Be
ing a scion of a friction of the aristoc-
racy, she had, kind soul, condescended
to throw herself away upon the
horrid coachman, a gentleman of good
family, but who had been convicted of
the heinous offence of being poor. But
there was no help for it, and they were
married, the young man received a
blessing and a check sufficiently large
enough to enable him to 60 into busi-
ness and carry his head high. The
genuine Boston coachman wears brass
buttons to some purpose. He is
anxious to go to Newport aud Swamp
scott and goes, but not as an artificial
automaton by any means.


Two little school girls were lately
prattling together, and one of them
said, "We keep four servants, have got
six horses and lots of carriages; now
what have you got?" With quite as
much pride the other answered,
"We've dot a skunk under our barn,
Year: 1871

Up in Will county, young lady
attempted to leave the parental man
sion, at dead of night, by lowering
herself from her chamber by means of
a pulley and rope fastened to the win
dow. She had just reached the
ground, where her lover awaited her,
when her enraged sire appeared, seized
the young man, fastened the hook to
his pants, and raised him skywards,
leaving him dangling in the air until
morning. The elOpement is pOstpc ned
indefinitely.