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Year: 1871

FoR keeping hams in summer l have
very easy method. 1 pack them in dry
corn cobs, in casks or boxes layer OF
.cobs, then a layer of hams, and so on
until the tub is finished; this protects
them from the flies, and prevents the
mould which is to some extent injurious
This is for the country, where the farmer
has not dark smoke house. If there
is any thing in this note. use 1t; If not,
put it with your waste paper.


THE Murray Gazette seems to be IN
bad humor. 1t first complains of a man
who puts up at the livery stable instead
of the Hotel, and associates with negroes!
and it then asks, would it not be good
thing is our City Judge would convene
the Board of Trustees and have some
thing done towards removing the many
dead hogs that are scattered all over our
town ?"


MORE miles of railroad, will be built in
Texas the next two years than have ever
been built before, and more foreign capi-
tai, enterprise and immigration will be
attracted to that State than ever before


BoNDURANT & DREwRY received 5000
barrels of salt yesterday.
Year: 1871

The cotton market is dull yet, but our
business men are of the opinion it has
reached its lowest point, aud will COM
mence to advance soon. This opinion is
based upon the idea that the present low
price is unnatural, and the demand will
now increase since the cessation of the
European war. The quotation of corn,
will hold its own, and continue to advance
steadily.
Year: 1871

DAMAGE OF THE RAINs.-The heavy
rains of the present week damaged the
Northwestern Railroad considerably
washing the trestliug away at various
places, and overfowing the track in the
Tennessee bottom SO as to stop the run
ming of trains.
Year: 1871

THE MARKET HoUsE.-The City
Council has before it propositions in re-
gard to building Market House, and we
are assured that the Market House will
be built. Councilman McCutchen has
the matter in charge and he knows no
such word as fail.
Year: 1871

THANKSGIVING That is the word that
conjures up visions of merry meetings and
merry-makings just at hand; revisits to old
homes; dinners, such as were boyhood's and
girlhood's delight; brief vacation from toll
and care, blessed with the presence of all the
domestic affections, and here and there gent
ly shaded by tender memories of those who
once filled now vacant places. This festival
annually repeats its rich meaning, so instinct
lively interpreted by every heart, that words
are not needed to commend or describe it.
Every New Englander born and bred is bound
to keep it; and every New Englander will re-
joce that his once sectional day of grateful re-
joicing has now become the custom of
the nation. The Presidents proclamation.
echoed by the proclamations of the Govern
ors, need only announce date to be sure of
a glad response to their invitations; all being
eager to celebrate the ingathering


If anybody needs to. have his sense of the
propriety of the observance of this season
quickened, he has only to look about him.
Unless he has lost all ability to see things
true, good and beautiful; to reckon up the
statistics ofplenty; to understand the worth
of peace and prosperity, order and freedom;
and to recognize, though the world of men
and women is not angelically perfect vet, and
the millennium is still afar off, the supera-
bounding blessings; unless he has thus be-
come hard and stolid, no one can fail of feel
ing that there are reasons enough for public
expressions of gratitude and individual ac-
acknowledgements that life in this land of liberty
and growth is flooded with brightness. With
all that makes a present desirable civilization,
and all that promises still finer civilization
in the future, we are beyond dispute marvel
ously filrnished and if ever the fathers felt
that they had occasion to rejoice. because
their lines had fallen in pleasant places, their
descendants are summoned to be glad by
manifold increase of the reasons for joy.-
Push aside for the hour whatever is ugly and
oppressive; look only and persistently at the
bright side, and there need not be in any
household throughout the broad area of the
republic bitterness in the cups or viands, or
an absence of hearty hilarity and praise at
the national banquet of lS71,-Rer, T. b,
For
Year: 1871

AN English magazine, the Frsend2y
Visitor, recently published the following
The ship" Britannia" which struck on
the rocks off the coast of Brazil. had on
board large quantity of Spanish dollars
as freight. They were packed in barrels,
and as soon as the ship struck, number
of these barrels were brought on deck, in
the hope that some of them might be
saved but soon it was discovered that the
vessel was sinking so very fast, that the
only hope for the crew was in taking at
once TO the boats. The last boat was about
to push off, when midshipman rushed
back to see if any one was still on board.
To his surprise, there sat a man on deck
with hatchet in his hand, with which he
had broken open several of the casks, the
contents of which he was now heaping up


"What are you doingq" shouted the


youth Escape for your life! Don't you
know the ship is fast going to piecess"
1.-The ship may" said the man; Il have
lived poor wretch all my life, and l am
determined to die rich." In vain the other
called him madman, an idiot. He was
answered only by flourish of the hatchet
and satisfied nod toward the glittering
heaps. II tell you the ship can't hold to-
gether another moment!" screamed the
midshipman, looking back at him from the a.;
vessels edge. "Quick, you can be saved" !"
"Not without leaving my gold!" roared
back the man, glaring wildly at him. "Go
your ways" The boat-load would wait no
longer, and he was left to his fate In a
few moments no ship was to be seen-only
the great dark waves of the ocean, rolling
sullenly over the poor rich sailor and bis
Year: 1871

An old lady read an item in one of
the papers the other day describing
how grindstone burst in saw fac
tory and killed four men. She Just
happened to remember that there
was small grindstone down in her
cellar leaning up against the wall.
SO she went ont and got an accident
insurance policy, and then, sum-
moning the hired girl, and holding
the pie board in front of her. so that
If the thing exploded her face would
not be injured, she had the stone
taken ont in the alley, where twenty
buckets of water We're thrown on it.
and stick was stuck in the hole
bearing placard marked danger
Gus. She says it's a mercy the
whole house was not blown to pieces
by the thing before this.
Year: 1871

\ rich bachelor of New Jersey re-
Gently died, leaving by will several
legacies of from ten to twenty-five
thousand dollars each. to ladies VINO
had rejected him. He said that they
had afterwards grown to be so ugly
that he could not be sufficiently
grateful.
Year: 1871

Public REsoLUrIoN-No. 66.l
A Resolution authnrlzlDg the First National Bank


OF f'rt Smith. Arkansas, to change its location


and name.


Resolved by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tIvcS of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That whenever the Stockholders, rep
rcsentng three .fourths of the capital stock Of the
First National Bank of Fort Smith, Arkansas. shall
elect TO remove the said bank to The city of Camden
in the county Of Ouachita, IN said State, and the
president and cashier shall execute Il certificate
under the corporate seal Of the bank specifying such
determination, and shall cause the same to be re.
corded in the office of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency. thereupon such change Of location shall be.
effectu Il and valid.


SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That when
such change of location shall have been made as
above provided the name of said bank shall be
changed to the First National Bank OF Camden,
Arkansas, and a debts demands liabilities, rights,
! and powers belonging TO said First National Bank
of Fort Smith shall devove upon and inure to the
First National Bank Of Camden, and all actions
pei ding by against said First National Bank Of
Ftrt Smith may be prosecuted by or against said
First National Bank Of Camden in the same man.
ner and with the same effect as il such change OF
location and name had not been made.
SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That as soon
| as such change of name and location shall have
been made, public notice thereof shall he given by
publication in a weekly newspaper in dh said city
of Fort Smith and said city OF Camden for four
successive weeks.


! Approved, July l. 1870.
Year: 1871

Resolution. in regard to grading the streets in


the vicinity Of the Capitol,


Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa-.
tives OF the United States Of America in Congress
assembled, That the mayor Of the city Of Washing.
ton is hereby required TO hive the grades Of the
streets in the vicinity of the Capitol so modified and
established, with the approval of the Chief Engineer
Of the Army. or officer in charge of public build
ings, and the Architect of the Capitol Extension,
as may be necessary to effect an easy and proper
approach to the Capitol, and to furnish plan OF
the ga ne to Congress at ils next meeting.
Approved, July Ia, 1869.
Year: 1871

The Missouri Jefferson City, State
Times of October Goth has the follow
ing:


The Jefferson City correspondent
of the Republican says: Colonel
Doughelty, Warden OF the Peniten-
tiary, jeopardized his reputation for
gallantry to the fair sex last Wednes-
day. What appeared TO be tall,
muscular female, strangely afflicted
with the Grecian bend, was making
fast tracks towards the depot. The
supposed woman was extremely grace
full in her manners, causing men to
pause and look after her, and ladies
TO pursue her with eyes of envy,
While she was such an object Of at
traction to quite number Of the gen.
tier and as well as sterner sex, Col.
Dougherty was discovered hurrying
toward the supposed woman with
anything but pleasant visage. What
could it mean? His objective point
was certainly this supposed female
with the loyeliest Grecian bent. But
he was never known to look SO stern
when lady was about. People won
dered and watched. He reached the
supposed woman. He laid his strong
hand unceremoniously on the grace
full females shoulder; he ordered her,
in voice that was not the voice of
gallantry, to counter-march. The
supposed woman returned toward the
Executive mansion, from which she
had but few moments previously is
sued. the Colonel following. Several
gentlemen who had never before seen
lady treated in that manner in the
streets of Jefferson City, and were
therefore somewhat indignant, deter
mined to then and there enter their
solemn protest, and offer their pro-
lection, if necessary, to the graceful
creature with lovely Grecian bend.
They overlook Col. Dougherty and
stated the case. He smiled. He
abruptly raised the supposed female's s
dress, Stout limbs, inclosed in shiny
broadcloth pants, were disclosed. He
drew off the supposed woman's hood.
The half-shaven head of a notorious
convict appeared! 1t was Samuel
Thomas, sent up for four years and a
half from st. Louis. He attempted
TO escape some time ago, and half his
head was shaved. He Was employed
about the work on the Executive
mansion, and managed to procure a
full citizens dress, which he wore un-
der the female apparel. Where or
how he procured that or the female
apparel is unknown. But real wo-
man was seen watching for him down
at the depot, who seemed greatly dis
tressed at his detection and capture. y
Year: 1871

A good instance Of '.sharp prac-
tice" is that of q man of Ohio, who
was acquitted of murder on the plea
of insanity. He had secured his
lawyers by giving them a mortgage
on his farm, but now repudiates the
mortgage on the ground that he was
insane when he made it, according
to the showing of these same lawyers.
Year: 1871

A Warsaw man saw war among
the wives and widows of Warsaw,
and remarks that "of all the wars we
ever saw, we never saw war like
that war we saw among the wives and
widows of Warsaw"
Year: 1871

An IMPUDENT TRIcK.-A Pittsburg paper gives
the following funny story is told of Rudi-
ger, one the parties sent to Jail to await trial for
feonously entering Foice's tobacco store. 1t
is saiG that few days ago he went to a rag
warehouse on Penn street, and passing around
to the rear, where there is a vast collection of
rags in crates and loose piles he rolled one of
the crates on to the scales Then stepping to
the back door, he called the book-keeper, who
was tn only person in the store, and requested
him to weigh and pay him for that crate of rags
The unsuspecting clerk carefully weighed the
rags and paid the fellow full price for that which
already belonged to the firm. Two or three
days afterwards, according to the story, Rudi-
ger went back to the place, and repeated the
performance in part. One of the proprietors was
called out this time to do the weighing, and i'm
mediately recognized the crate as one he had re-
ceived paid for and marked the day before
Rudiger protested that this was not the case,
and said that if the proprietor would wait mo-
ment he would bring man to prove his owner
ship of the rags. The proprietor waited, and
Rudiger went after " that man." and did not
come back.
Year: 1871

ALFALFA is extensively cultivated in San Ber-
nardino Valley. The grass is cut eight times a
year or an average of once every six weeks.
Large bands of cattle fattened upon this
grass alone, and it is claimed that the beef is
sweeter and tenderer than that ordinarily OBJ
tanned.
Year: 1871

MONEY is more abundant in the Southern
States than at any time since the war. This is
attributed to an increased economy, general
Hestriction of credit and the increased amount of
"Sonal currency issued under the new banking
law
Year: 1871

CORRESPONDENT of a Chicago paper has made
discovery. He says "a building made of
ice would preserve its contents from the fire till
the walls were melted but" he sapelv adds
we cannot use ice for buildings" He then
proceeds to stat IAN ingenious and rnpatented
idea of his owl to have all the walls and par
ttions of a buildings made hollow, and then
keep them full of water
Year: 1871

a mother herself fathomed her thought
and brought her the "mowitch," pale
but living, In such queer little vii.
low cradle, all bound up, Just like a
squaws own young one, that she laughed
and cried together, and the young sdnaw
and the old squaw showed their big white
teeth, and glinted their black ewes. and
said, "Plenty get well, sl5eena mowftch. .
wagee man come plenty soon," and she
| could have kissed their brown faces in
her joy. And then she found that tbev
had been gathering berries on the marsh
In their queer, conical baskets, and saw the
skirt of her gown fluttering on the tree
from afar, and the old squaw couldn't re-
slst the temptation of procuring a new
garment, and came down and discovered
the wagee" woman and child. And of
course she gave the garment to the old
squaW, as you tfiay imagine, and when he
came at last, and rushed up to her, look
ing ten years Older in his anxiety, she felt
50 faint again that they had to carry her to
the canoe. For, you see, he knew moth
ing about the flood until he met the fndi-
ans at Utopia, and knew by the signs that
the poor woman was his wife. And at
the next high tide he towed the tree
away back home, although itwasn't worth
the trouble, and built another house, using
the old tree for the foundation and props,
ana called 1t after her, "Mary's Arkl But
you may guess the next house was built
above high water mark. And that's all


Not much, perhaps, considering the
malevolent capacity of the Dedlow Marsh.
But you must tramp over it at low water,
or paddle over it at high tide, or get lost
upon it once or twice in the fog, as l have,
to understand properly Marys adventure,
or to appreciate duly the blessings of liv.
ing beyond high-water mark.
Year: 1871

displacement of feature from mere inno-
cent lntentness. Especially where the
mlna guides the hand, we may almost see
Pullles at work as in Sam Weller writing
MS letter. Clenched teeth, lips drawn
INTO line, receding chin, all betoken fixed
denomination to compass the matter i'm
nand. The features in ungainly panto.
mime picture forth the inner struggle till
we learn to undervalue result bought at
such cost and pains, and to justify the
seeming untairness which prefers "felici.
ties e" to the achievements of industry.
for they seem gifts while the others seem
pennyworths," and often dear at the
money.


Plalnness is misfortune so much aR-
gravated by mismanagement, and to be re-
deemed and rendered tolerable by iudicious
treatment, that the consciousness of IL
should make no one unhappy. The
ugliest of men boasted that he was only
five minutes behind the handsomest in the
favor of the ladies. This may be true
where wit is thrown into the scale. But
the plain man is also more bound to the
proprieties and scruples of the toilet than
his well-favored brother. Old clothes and
the suspicion of soil tell ON him with a
damning effect, and yet this care must
never merge into foppery. If he hits the
golden mean his reward will come late but
surely. AT sixty or sixty-five he will be
better worth looking at be a pleasanteI
object for the eye to rest on, be welcomed
with sweeter smiles, than the sloyen of
the same years, whatever his natural ad-
vantages And age brings to many a
temptation to slovenliness. No one can
pretend that plainness is no trial to
woman therefore we ought the more to
honor the plain woman who, hopeless of
admiration, yet applies all the innocent
arts of nicely, taste and feminine TACT to
set off homely features to the best advan-
tage, and to produce tout ensemble not
conspicuously unlovely. Fortunately, it is
a point on which an unlimited amount of
selfdeception is possible, for there is
charm wholly independent of regularity
and color, and no woman can be sure that
she has no faint air or shadowy touch of
such fascination. After course of mod
ern fiction we are quite ready to agree with
the old writer, who, tired of the airs and
exactions of the pretty fellows and pro-
fessed beauties Of his day, resolves for the
future to confine himself to the society of
cheerful ugly creatures, as being much
pleasanter company.-LOndO@ Saturday
ReOje1o
Year: 1871

The last intelligence from Calais, France.
was, that the machinery and engines for
the Calcasieu Sulphur and Mining Com
pany were being loaded there on sailing
vessel, ship, on the fifteenth of October.
1t is insured in New Orleans offices for the
amount Of one hundred thousand dollars,
which will cover the full value. The ship
or ships will get as near the Calcasieu river
as possible, and the freight will be taken off
by lighters, and thence conveyed to a point
near the mines. Though there have been
some necessary delays in the prosecution
Of this immense work-the development of
the most valuable sulphur mines ever dis
covered in the world-there is nothing to
discourage the stockholders, from whom is
derived by assessments the means of bring.
ing to the surface of the earth these rich
sulphur deposits.
Year: 1871

A change in the weather toward night
yesterday gave us bracing north winds for
the night, and . cooler atmosphere, with
tho drawback that hungry mosquitoes
sought shelter indoors and were not gifted
with modesty,
Year: 1871

night she had promised to take his pin,
and if he proved to have the money he
Dragged of to marry him; and Mark was
as merry as he could be, and the worse
for liquor.


"Now, lass" said he, "a promise is II
promise. There's the money to count,
and the watch to look at, and the pin to
wear Now you'll have me?"


And just then the pantry door opened
behind him, and the hand came down on
his shoulder.


1--WE have you, my fine fellow" said Il
voice, and there and then arrested him ;
but the money, and the watch and the pin
were old masters"


He gave up all hope for the minute,
and confessed everything; how he had
made up his mind to rob old master that
evening before he was dismissed; how he
had seen me climb out of the window, and
so dressed himself in clothes like mine,
and made his plans to throw suspicion on
me.


My Peggy brought the good news first,
brought it into my cell, and threw herself
weeping into my arms, crying out you're
free, darling free and clear thank heaven.


They did not hang Mark, fort master
after while got better, and in the end
quite well But they punished him for
the robbery, and for something he had
done Of the same kind before he ever
came to masters.


As for the old man. when he was well
he was sorry for the charge he had made
against me Though he had honestly be-
licved me guilty, as well / knew,) that he
made me present of a little farm. and
stocked it for me- And he gave the wife
Peggy her outfit; and here We are, as
happy as the sheep in the meadow yonder,
or the bees in the hive hard by. And
when We hear OF books and plays, Peggy
says to me-"Jack, if they Only knew our
story they'd make one Of it, I'm sure =
and as they say you're writer, why !
tell it to you, sir.
Year: 1871

When n weak minded girl falls n prey
10 the Vaccinations of libertine, the
world, instead OF endcayoring to care for
the future morals, and bestow kind look
or encouraging word upon the fallen
one, is lavish in It's denunciations, and by
its yndctivcness, plunges still deeper in
to misery the soul that might be saved by
n friendly hand. This was instanced in
the case OF the young girl mentioned in
the American rs having been ruined in u
house ol ilI.lame on last Friday night,
aud who, when she fully realized her aw.
ful situation. wished To cover her shame
BY an attempt ut suicide Alter Licuten.
amt Lepson had caused the unfortunate
girl TO Ge conducted to the Station House
on Sunday night, he dispatched police
man Fitzgerald TO the house OF her sister,
with instructions 10 state to her The exact
situation OF the wrongcd one, and begged
OF her not TO cast the fallen of, but 10
receive her so rs in measure to cause
her to forget the great wrong which had
been inflicted upon her. The Sister, with
whom the injured girl had lived since
the death Of her parents, heard the story
OF the policeman with that bewidcrmcnt
and anguish rs only mother or sister
can feel, and instead OF saying, II dis.
own her," she followed the policeman to
the Station House, and the scene that en-
sued between the two sisters is too sacred
TO place before the world. Suffice it to
say that at midnight, the one who but n
few hours before would willingly have
launched her soul into eternity for the
wrong committed by another, repaired TO
her home with the arm of her loving Sis
ter cncircling her waist. The meeting
at the Station House was far different
one than is nightly seen at that place, and
one that would have touched with pity
the heart of The seducer had he been
presenl-Bdltim0re american.
Year: 1871

The reason of this defective knowledge
of Geography We hold to be traceable to
this fact, that this subject has been pre-
sented to the mind of the young as a col
lection of unconnected facts, each of which
must be recollected independently, and
each of which, therefore, is easily forgot
Year: 1871

Railroad trains flying like shuttles from
far cities to far cities weave them into a


web of union, and a railroad policy like
that of the B. & NJ, links together class


ess often called antagonistic with a bon3
lighter than air yet stronger than iron