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Year: 1876

The proprietor Of this celebrated medicine justly claims
for it supe rioity all remedies offered to the
Tublc for the safe certain speedy and permanent of
Ague and Fever Chlls and Fever whether OF short
long standing He refers to the entire Western and
Southern country to bear testimony the truth Of
the assertion that in whatever will it fail to
If the directions strictly followed and carried In
great many single dose has Been sufficient for
cure and whole families have been cured single bo,
tie with perfect restoration Of the general health.
is however prudent and in every certain
Cure if it's continued in smaller doses week
two after the disease has been checked especially
in difficult and long standing Usually this medi
cine will not any aid to keep the bowels in good
order Should the patient however, require cathartic
medicine after having taken three four doses of
Tonic, single dose of Bulls Vegetable Family PHs will
be sufficient.
Year: 1876

r Missouri paper tells of a remarkable
couple living in that State, who were born in
Cass County, North Carolina. The most remark
able thing about them appears to be the place OF
their birth, as there is no such County in North
Carolina.
Year: 1876

STRAfED from Troy, two 3yesr-old Heifer.-oue
- during the latter part Of the the other about
the iast Of October They deep red rather Wild and
fat at the time Of leaving Supposed both 10 have
southwest liberal reward will be paid for their
delivery in Troy reliable Information Of their wber.
abouts. CHARLES BCRKUAITEP


N.vf d
Year: 1876

The Ohio State Journal thus apologies
for Gov. HAYES not desiring to take the
nomination for Vice President:


The fact is, Hayes feelsa little weakly
this summer, and he would rather take
his chances on the first place. DE might
not live any longer than the other man.
,ou see. The other candidates are all such
heavy fellows, if they went on the first
plsce there would be no chance at all for
the behind man. Put Hayes on IN front,
and then if he dies there will be chance
for the man on the pillion."
Year: 1876

Aside from the suits against William n. Tweed,
which will probably bs brought TO trial during tho
present month, the December term OF the courts,
which opens Monday, viii not. so far as Is now
seen be marked by the disposal OF any cases OF special
interest the suit against the New York Elevated
Railroad Company is likely 10 como up. however. and
its importance the city In respect 20 tho effect its
settlement viii upon the question Of rapid transit
can hardly be overcstnated.


" The general terms OF tho Supreme Court and tho
Court OF Common Pleas will tomorrow morning hand
down opinions.
Year: 1876

It is about time, says the Boston Id
vertiser, that the newspapers and the
readers of newspapers should cease ex-
pressing wonder that a shower at the
end of very hot day did not co olthe
air." The idea that the weather is u.s.
ually rendered more bearable by such
showers is contradicted by experience,
sopposed to common sense. In very
rare cases a permanent change Of wind
begins at the same time as an evening
shower, and then we have cooler wealth
er. But il nine cases out of ten dead
calm follows the shower. The ground
is both heated and soaked with water,
which rises in the form of steam and
charges the atmosphere. A dry air is
not very oppressive even at high tenn
perature, but add an excess of moisture
to an already heated atmosphere, which
is at the same time disturbed by scarce
ly puff of wind, and their effect is al
most intolerable. This is the condition
a summer shower usually leaves behind
it. The wonder should therefore be ex-
pressed when q thunder storm does mod
crate the temperature or improve the
quality of the atmosphere.
Year: 1876

A few days ago O young man was ar
rested at the instance of the saloon
keepers in the Tribune building, New
York, for carrying banner before their
establishment, inscribed: "Rum and
Iobacco-the Devil and his Wife
Shame on You !" His employer was
Mr.. Himan @. Dexter, house and sign
painter, at 40 Broad street, after whose
name in the city directory is printed the
same injunction. He was announced to
speak before the American Temperance
Union in Bleecker Hall.


Mr.. J. B. Gibbs, the president, said
that Mr.. Dexter had planted his banner
before a very bad place. Passing by
the same saloon, he saw woman stand
ing before it, tattered, and evidently
ruined by rum. She repeatedly yelled
bitter oaths to the proprietor inside.
The speaker felt that it was an invoca-
tion honestly offered. The woman had
been wrecked by liquor, and felt from
the bottom of her soul the ills that the
traffic was casting upon society.


Mr.. Hunter said that the saloon did q
big business, and his heart burned to
think that Horace Greeley's memory
was SO outraged. He had often almost
shed tears in dwelling upon the fact.
He would like to give little informa-
tion regarding this saloon. A young man
whom he once met was invited by a
friend to take drink in the place, but
said he preferred taking bath. His
friend told him that he would take him
to bathing establishment and took him
to the top of four story building where
baths of wine could be had at a dollar
each. On objecting to the price, the
young man was told that the baths on
the story below were fifty cents each,
but that the wine there had been bathed
in by customers on the top floor. On
being used in that story it was carried
by pipes to the one below, where twen-
ty-five cents was charged, and after
being there used, was conducted to the
floor below, where, the young man was
told, it was bottled for the saloon. The
young man subsequently took occasion
to visit the building, one night between
twelve and one o'clock, when it was
closed, and when the bottling took place.
He found, the speaker said, men stand
ing naked in the wine butts. The wine,
the men said, was all intended for the
saloon. .-NeaO York Sun.
Year: 1876

In the summer of 1916 three men liv-
ing about three miles above Niagara
falls saw bear swimming in the river.
Thinking he would be q capital prize
they started for him in large, substan.
tial log canoe or "dugout." When they
overlook him he seemed quite obliged
for their attention, and quietly putting
his paws On the side of the canoe, drew
himself into it, Notwithstanding that
they vehemently belabored him with
their paddles. As he came in on one
side two of the men went into the water
on the other side. The third, who may
be called Fisher, could not swim, and
naturally enough felt somewhat embar-
rassed. Much to his relief the animal
deliberately sat down in the bow of the
canoe facing him. AS the noise of the
rapids and roar of the falls reminded
him that they were ominously near,
Fisher resolved to tske advantage of the
truce and pull vigorously for the shore.
But when he begun to paddle the bear
begun to growl his objections, enforcing
them at the same time with an ominous
grin. Fisher desisted for q while, but
feeling their constant and insidious ap-
proach to the rapids, he tried again to
use his paddle. Bruin then raised his
note of disapprobation an octave higher,
and made motion as if he intended to
get down and ego for" him. The men
who swum ashore soon, however, re-
appeared, in another canoe, with q
loaded musket, shot the bear, and ended
Fishers terrible suspense. Bruin
weighed over three hundred pounds
Scribner'S Monthly.
Year: 1876

The retirement of Miss Jeanette Ben
nett, daughter of the late James Gordon
Bennett, of the New York Herald, to a
convent, has been closely discussed
with view of learning whether it
could be explained by any special disap-
pointment. There is. however, says a
New York correspondent, not the
slightest probability of this character.
The fact is that of the two children of
the once famous editor, the son bears a
strong resemblance to his mother, and
the daughter is very much like her
father. do not refer so much to the
features as to the character. 1t is evi-
dent that the dashing, sporting, driv-
ing, yachting proprietor of the Herald
shows little LIKENESS to his father, who
never drove horse, and never was on a
yacht, and had no care for those active
sports in which his son delights.


The senior Bennett was a very pecu
liar man, and was little understood out
side of his own editorial rooms. Not
withstanding the boldness of his col
umns, he was very timid, and was con-
stitutionally shy of the public. He
never attended any festal occasion, and
never made a speech, even in reply to a
toast, for he avoided all such occasions.
AS an editor, he kept himself in his
little office. He rarely appeared in the
street, coming and going in his carriage,
and never went to church. His only
place of public resort was the theater.
In later years he abandoned this habit,
and became a very close recluse. This
was natural tendency which his daugh-
ter has inherited. Were she forced by
circumstances to battle with the world,
as her father did, there can be no doubt
of her success, but being left to pursue
her own inclinations, she indulges her
natural love of retirement. Young Ben
nett, however, inherits from his mother
q love of society.
Year: 1876

About ten o'clock Tuesday morn
ing the alarm of fire was given, and
the fire companies were all out in an
incredible short space Of time. The
fire was in J. H. Ryan's residence in
the south west part Of the city. The
alarm bell was not rung until the
house was so nearly consumed that
there was no possible chance OF saw
ing it. The neighbors in the imme-
diate vicinity had emptied part OF
the house Of it's contents, but all was
lost that was in the kitchen, cellar
and buttery. We could not learn the
loss. The building, a one story frame,
was worth probably $500. The furni-
ture was insured for 800 and the
building for 800 in the Royal Can
adam. We also beard that there was
four hundred dollars insurance on
house and furniture in some other
company.
Year: 1876

For some time past suspicious per-
sons, who manage to live well with
out work, have alternated between
Rochester and Argos, creating a sus-
picion that they were not making
their living in an honorable way; but
there was nothing to fix actual guilt
urally turns the attention Of honest
citizens to that class of men whenev-
er robbery or a burglary does take
place.


Last Sunday morning, about Is
minutes before two o'clock, Mrs.
Bucher, who lives next door to Hick-
mans drug store, was awakened by
noise and shaking. which she likened
unto an earthquake. She aroused her
son Marion, who has family, and
told him she thought some one had
broken into the drug store. He got
up and started for the store; but his
mother warned him not to 60 alone,
as the burglars might kill him; but
he kept on, and when about to go in
to the store, man outside, who had
been keeping watch, presented his
pistol at Mr.. Bucher and ordered him
to leave, or he would shoot him.
Bucher, being unarmed and alone,
followed the dictates OF reason end
got out OF the way. The man outside
then called to one inside to come out
as quick as possible, and he came,
well knowing that Bucher would soon
get assistance and make it too hot for
them. They ran west-one was a tall
man-the other short. On examin-
ing the premises it was found that
nothing had been taken from the
store but few cigars. The safe was
lying on its side, a short distance
from where it had stood, face down,
with the doors blown open; but in
such position that nothing could be
taken from the inside without first
raising it up, which was not an easy
matter as it weighed 1900 pounds.


1t was ascertained that the burg
lars had broken open tool house on
the l., p. & G. railroad, and stolen a
crow-bar. With that they had pried
open the store door. They had also
been in Fred. Waags' blacksmith shop
and taken some files and other tools
They had drilled a hole downward
through the side Of the safe and filed
Year: 1876

it with powder, then fired it with a
fuse. The concussion was so great
that the safe was thrown from plat
form, which was a foot above the
floor and broke windows and dis
placed many articles. No arrests
have been made, and so far as we can
learn, there is not sufficient grounds
of suspicion to warrant tho arrest OF
any one.


Reports had been circulated that
Mr.. Hickman had from $1,000 to $9,-
900 in money in his his safe, which
was a great mistake, and he cannot
imagine how such report got out.
Year: 1876

"But above all is charity" II
you feel charitable, and owe A. Haw
ley, please pay him. Everybody must
know that he needs money, and must
it be only at the end Of the law that
people will come up and help man
in distress.
Year: 1876

f. easier will supply the Plymouth
market with fresh lake fish every
Tuesday and Friday. He may be
Orders left with him will be filled by
delivery wagon. Hand in your orders
and he will fill them.
Year: 1876

We believe in small farms and
thorough cultivation.


We believe that the soil loves to
eat, as well as its owner, and ought
therefore to be manured.


We believe in large crops which
leave the ground better than they
found it-making both the farmer
and the farm rich at once.


We believe in going to the bot
tom of things, and therefore in deep
blowing and enough of it. All the
better if with a subsoil plow.


We believe every farm should own
a good farmer.


We believe that the best fertilizer
of any soil is a spirit of industry
enterprise and intelligence; without
this, lime and gypsum, bones and
green manure, mari and guano, will
be of little use.


We believe in good fences, gooC
barns, good farm houses, good
stock, good orchards, and children
enough to gather the fruit.


We believe in a clean kitchen,
neat wife in it, a spinning piano,
clean cupboard, a clean dairy and
clear conscience.


We firmly disbelieve in farmer
who will not improve; in farms tha
grow poorer every year; in starving
cattle; in farmers boys turning in
to clerks and merchants; in farmer
daughters unwilling to work, and il
all farmers ashamed Of their -yOca
tiOn
Year: 1876

The New York Sun says that
while in France the editorial profes-
sion is the avenue to literary fame
and political distinction, with us,
and more notably in England, the
case is quite different. In these
latter countries the editor of a great
journal is a separate factor in poll
tics and literature form the Iegisla-
tor and the governor and the book
writer. He has a distinct function
to perform, to which he must devote
himself without other ambition.
Though his power has no superior
in the State, yet it must be exer
cised through the columns of his
journal only, not on the stump no1
in the Senate. If a leading editor
here is guilty of the folly of leaving
the vantage ground of his newspa-
per and accepting or seeking to get
political Office, he is certain to lose
rather than gain influence.
Year: 1876

The Hon. A. H. Stevens, of Geor-
gia, in an address before a meeting
at Alexandria, some years since, for
the benefit of the orphan ASYLUM
at that place, related this incident:


"a poor little boy, one cold night,
with no home or roof to shelter his
head, no paternal or maternal guar


dian or guide to protect or direct
him on his way, reached, at night
fall, the house of a rich planter, who
took him in, fed and lodged him.
and sent him on his way the next
day, with friendly blessing. Those
kind attentions cheered the heart
of that boy, and inspired him with
fresh courage to battle with the OBJ
stacles of life. Years rolled round;
Providence led him on, and he had
reached the legal profession: his
former kind host had died; and the
cormOrants that prey on the sub


stance left by man had formed a
conspiracy to get from the widow
her estates. She sent for the near
est counsel to commit her cause to
his hands, and that counsel proved
to be the orphan boy, years before
welcomed and entertained and so
kindly treated by the deceased hus-
band! The stimulus of warm and
tenacious gratitude was now added
to the ordinary motive connected
with the legal profession. He un-
dertook the cause for the widow
with a determination not easily to
be resisted; he gained it; the wild


ow's estates were secured to her il
perpetuity, and'' Mr.. Stephens add


ed with an electric thrill through
the entire audience) ''that orphan
boy stands before you to-nightr'
Year: 1876

Vicksburg miss. Herald: We
have received from the secretary
the closing papers on the ''treatment
of prisoners during the war between
the States" with a request that we
print them. We respectfully de-
cline. The war has been over
twelve years, and if any of the
Northern people hate the Southern
people because they were so hard to
lick, we can't help it, but we feel that
discussing it can answer no good
purpose now.
Year: 1876

A friend, writing US privately
from Cincinnati, endorses our ''big
dinner'' project, and does it so
handsomely that we take the liberty
of copying that portion of his let
ter. And here let us say, before we
go further, that his presence on that
occasion will give to it an addition
al charm and interest for many
warm friends here. He writes:


The suggestion of your cores
pondent ''B." of "a home centennial
and a big dinner" is just the thing
for the times, and am glad to see
that you give it your hearty ap-
proval. The healthful results of
suOh friendly gatherings, if held
throughout the South, would be
worth more to the people than ever
their negroes were. What would 1
not give to attend an old-fashioned
barbecue in dear old Giles, where 1
spent so many joyous days among
so many generOus-hearted friends?
If it does take place, and 1 am ad-
vised Of the time, l shall certainly
consider myself invited to be pres
ent on that occasion, and accept the
invitation. If our business should
chance to be as dull then as now, 1
cah foresee nothing to prevent my
filling this self-made engagement.
A real old time country barbecue!
Just think! None of your fried
meat, Dutch cheese, town dinners
A gathering of friends at a feast of
fat things, in a beautiful grove,
where the grass and the flowers
grow from unturned earth, and the
trees wave their lofty branches in
pure, life giving air. None of your
pull-back, striped stocking affairs,
where the atmosphere is tainted
with foul breaths, and where there
is no ease, no freedom, no grace
nothing but vanity and stuck-up-ed-
ness. What you want is a regular
homespun affair, where frankness,
generosity, natural loveliness and
true gallantry abound. A free, open
interchange of views and sentiments
by experienced men and women, can
never be followed by other than
good results in a community whose
intelligence is appreciative and
whose advantages are reciprocal
We all knoy that the young are al
most always slow in availng them
selves of the advantages given them
through the ripe experience of the
old, who have seen the follies and
vanities Of life, and turned away
from them to those things that are
substantial and true. The inexpe
rienced want to see these same fol
lies and vanities for themselve:
before they can be satisfied. Bur
it is well to keep placing before
their minds the better things anC
better ways of life. 1t is "breac
cast upon the waters" and We
should all cast our share of it. AnC
there can be no more fitting occa
sion for it than when they gather al
neighbors and friends at a rura
feast. No man or woman who ha
just had a good country Dime
among agreeable neighbors, can fai
to be in a good humor with himsel
or herself and the rest of mankind
1t is just in this way that we are al
rendered most capable of receiving
good impressions. So put me dowI
for the barbecue.
Year: 1876

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean thai your sub
seriptlon Is out or unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons, but
cash alone viii Yay our expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity Of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


EB We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advanee.
Year: 1876

Greenville Miss Times: The
beautiful weather ought to roll rills
and rivers Of JOY over the bosoms
of our farmers. 1t is the harbinger
of a triumphant escape from the
clutches of a calamity that seemed
to be reaching for the river planters
bottom dollar, for water cannot
long overwhelm the fatness Of the
burrows under the genial beams Of
such days as we are now having.
Year: 1876

A lady in Bexar county, Texas,
gave birth a short time since to a
healthy boy baby, but armless.
Where the right arm ought TO be,
growing from the shoulder, is a fin
ger, similar to the little finger of
the hand, perfect in shape, with nail
and all. At the left shoulder is a
fold of the integuments.
Year: 1876

For damp closets and cupboards
which create mildew, a trayful OF
qulck-lime will be found to absorb
moisture and render the air pure,
but Of course it is necessary 70 re-
new the lime from time to time, as
it becomes fully Stacked. The last
remedy will be found useful in safes
and strong rooms, the damp air Of
which acts frequently most injuri-
ously on the valuable deeds and
documents Ehich they contain.
Year: 1876

lishman and was generally known as
such, but in reality he was an
American, born ip Brooklyn,
Long Island. He was an
actor by inheritance. While his
parents and young friends around
him did everything to prevent his
choosing the mimic stage of life for
profession, "his blood would tell"
But his grandfather had trod the
boards and the young Walter had in
herited his tragic instincts. He fol-
lowed the bent and inclination of his
minds ambition, and with the appli-
cation of his country's go-aheaditive-
ness, he climbed every round of the
artistic ladder till he scaled the high
est parapets of fame. He came to
this country three years ago and was
kindly received everywhere, both as
an actor and gentleman. In the
summer of that year he left for Eng
land, and on the same steamer he met
a voyageur of the feminine persuasion
whom he had known before on the
Boston stage. On the steamer she
played well her part, andin England
they were soon married. On his part
he was unquestionably fully satisfied
of that relationship before the altar.
The lady was young, tall, handsome
and beautiful, just such a person as
Walter Montgomery could be proud
of, for he was himself one Of Natures
gentlemen in person, as well as in in
tellect and manners. The profession
everywhere he travelled showed him
honor, and taking to himself an
American wife of such personal at
fractions would, no doubt, have added
much to his future pleasure and sue
cess. Their meeting in this country
being but accidental, and no matri
mony being in his calculations then,
of course he could know but little
Of the past life Of his charmer. What
he knew of that fell from her own
lips into ears proud only TO believe
everything that was to the honor of
her sex. Alas on the morrow of
his wedding day, without intimation
to soul, he retired from her pres
ence and blew out his brainsl Walter
Montgomery had lived a night too
long!


That bewitching beauty and wife
of a day is now in this city playing
under a maiden name in one OF our
principal theaters. Few out of the
profession realize that she is Mrs.
Walter Montgomery.


LIBERAL.