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Year: 1872

From the New York Evening Post.)


THE following "open letter." addressed
to President Grant by one who was
among his most determined antagonists
during the late canvass, confirms what
the EUenang Post has already said about
the kindly feelings which have succeeded
the mournful occasion to which it re-
lates:


''To the President of the United States:


'S1R: trust that shall not be charged
with presumption in addressing you on the
subject of this letter. I want to thank you,
not for any favor bestowed on my friends, or
shown to me. Thanks for such things are as
common as the benefits they confer. 1 de-
sire to thank you for something greater and
better than these; for something much be-
yond the ordinary practice of high official
life. desire to thank you for the respect
shown by you to Mr. Greeley on his death
bed, and for the great respect you paid his
character and memory by your attendance
on his funeral. 1t was great compliment
for the head of a great nation to decline at
tendance on an official festivity, while pri-
vate citizen was dying, citizen who had no
claims on the sympathy of the official, either
greater compliment when that Executive
laid aside the pressing duties of his great
office, and, making a night journey of hun
dreds of miles, at an inclement season, took
the place OF private person, among Lne
thousands gathered together to pay the last
tribute of respect that the living can pay to
the dead. For your remembrance of Mr.. Gree
ley, dying; for your attendance at his funeral,
for the fearful attention YOU paid to the sad
ceremonies of that occasion, Mr.s President,
l thank you with all earnestness. / am
very sure that in doing so but echo the
sentiments of hundreds of thousands of your
fellow-citlzens, whose views of public affairs
led them and myself to support, in the late
canvass, the man to whom you have shown
such high respect. By these acts you have
removed prejudices, changed opponents into
friends, and shown the world that great
official life need not deaden the better in
stincts of our common humanity. By these
acts you have taughtsthe nations that Ameri
cans never forget what is due to the char
acter of their great citizens, and that the
passions of an exciting political contest
never destroy the respect that American
partisan opponents have for the good lives
of good men.


81 thank you, Mr.. President, and pray
that a long and happy life may await you.
And when it shall please the Great Ruler to
send the Angel of Death to call you hence,
| may your passage to the tomb be made
| smooth by the affection of kind friends, and
the grave close over you with the heartfelt
prayers of your countrymen for your eternal
rest.


every respectfully your friend,
SINCLAIR TOUsEY.
NEW YORK. Dec. 6, 1872"
Year: 1872

By the official report of the vote of
Missouri, we find nearly all the border
counties of the State on the north and
west giving large Republican majorities
Northwest Missouri is largely Repub-
lican, for nearly every candidate. from
President down to Constable, is elected
by handsome msjorities, and, as a nat
ural sequence, peace and prosperity reign
triumphant.


The official vote of the State will, it is
thought, show Republican gain OF fully
20, 600 in the last two years. Being the
fifth State in the Union in population and
wealth, it must and will take equal rank
with the great Republican States of the
nation and it is believed that, by the
next Presidential election, the State VIII
roll up Republican majority equal to
Illinois, Wisconsin or Iowa, as nine
tenths of the new settlers belong to that
party that cleaned out the Greeleyltes In
the late election in all the States north OF
Mason and Dixon's line.


AL hail Missouri Grant City Star.
Year: 1872

KEoKUK claims to have COW that can
climb into wagon, unite a sack of oats
or corn with her teeth, and unlock eel
lar door, and go down cellar and eat up
the winters stock of cabbage, or climb a
ladder into the hay NOW.
Year: 1872

ny. In mid.winter when things
look dull and drearv. and the winds
and storms are whistling bleak with.
out. the best thing for a business man
to DO, or any other man who wants to
thrive, is to advertise freely. Adver-
tising brings customers and money,
and money makes the mare 60"


A fellow in Ohio lately tried to
hang himself by throwing rope over
a beam and trying to pull himself up
with it. He was surprised to find he
could not raise his own weight.


An apparently devout woman has
Attended Catholic church in Chicago
regularly for the purpose Of stealing.
n first theft was the livery Of
Heaven in which sLo LAs been serving
tue devil,
Year: 1872

~ Tie Now York Times -ays il
must Do evident to every rejecting
man that the President is destined to
have very hard work before him in
the effort to place our Civil Service
upon an honest and satisfactory basis
The Presidents intentions are evi-
IDENTIFY honest and correct, but there
is numerous class who will endaavor
to "ba''ser" him into q change Of
opinion, and thwart his matured de-
signs All good men will sustain him
in the effort to DO right.
Year: 1872

JAMES H. POOLE is erecting building on the south side of the street leading from the Post Office to the Church Plaza to be occupied as watch and jewelry shop by Davis & Nelson.

 Justice Meyers is putting brick front in his shop and residence on the same street. Samuel Hughes has about completed a large building near the southeast corner of the Church Plaza

 LeOpoldo Carillo continues to improve his buildings on the southeast corner of the Post Office block, and considerable improvement is going on in different parts of the town.
Year: 1872

THE San Pedro settlement now con- tains about sixty men and more are expected. Last year there were not a quarter that number and the Ind ians could make ten-strike with com- parative safety. Time will strength en up all the settlements, and the San Pedro one is encouraged in the belief that Camp Grant will not be kept up as an Apache base of supplies and re- cruiting, as it was in 1871 and even before that year.
Year: 1872

ALEX. LEVIN is now using Rillito water in the manufacture of beer, and intends to continue its use. There is no doubt but the beer is improved in wholesome ness, and we have heard a number of men who drink it, speak warmly of the lm- provement. The water undoubtedly pos sesses healthy properties, as has several times been illustrated by troops in poor health going into camp there and soon be- coming unusually robust and healthy Levin assures us that Rillito water will hereafter be used entirely by him in making beer.

 We believe that 200 or 300 gallons of that water could be daily brought to Tue son and sold at a fair profit to the party bringing it, and to the improved health of all who would buy and drink it.
Year: 1872

HIS HONOR, Mayor DeLong, left for Apache Pass on Wednesday to look after his business there, which the scOundrel ROwell tried but failed to destroy for the benefit of despised creature who did dirty work for him with wOndrOus zeal
Year: 1872

HARVESTER T. H. STANTON, who pass ed here via Crittenden and Bowie to Apache, January 7, returned on the 10th instant and left again on the 12th for Date Creek,

 Prescott, Verde and other points. About January 20 he left Apache with cloudless

 sky and fair prospect of getting to Verde via the Little Colorado, on the usual

 "short cut" The second day snow was encountered, and on the fourth out, the party were in snow up to the animals bel lies and still increasing. That day but six miles were made and all hope of getting through on that route abandoned The next day the return march was begun un- der great difficulties. The animals were weakened and the soldiers of the escort suffered from the severity of the weather and scant clothing. Major Stanton feared what he experienced, and seeing his escort thinly clad, sought to have clothing issued to the men before leaving Camp Apache. but they not having their descriptive lists along, the debauched commander, Captain

 uSNiihCo GO dCCOIuIuOQauc them in consequence of which they suffered se- verely. Had it not been for a quantity of gunny bags which they used as protection to their feet, it is quite certain more or less limbs would have been lost by frost After tedious trip of eight days. Anache was again reached, and Major Stanton caused his escort to be comfortably clad by becoming personally responsible for the clothing. After a little rest and a wearisome trip of some four days oyer the sixty odd miles to the Gila river. the party came on and made Tucson as before stated with no loss except, we believe, couple of animals.

 The delay thus occasioned, will amount to one month and is a serious interference with Major Stanton's routine of duty. and also to the troops he pays. We are pleased to know that the Major intends to use his influence to have the Paymasters ot this Department established within if. | As he is earnest in this respect, and can pack his proposition with the best of req | sons, there is hope of success. General Crooks influence will not be wanting to lieIp the matter, or weare much mistaken. |

 Wlth all said above, it seems needless to auu that Paymaster Stanton has made a most favorable impression of himself as a | man and officer, with all who met him and observed his conduct. ''''
Year: 1872

One Of the latest novelties in fur is the
the silver fox, which is intended to be
worn with a velvet mantle trimmed with
the same. Another favorite is the blue
fof, which is charming for young lady,
and isstiy. there is the superd ne piHs ~
tra muff OF The black fox.
Year: 1872

1t appears that our victory
in Pennsylvania was won in
in spite of great Democratic
frauds. 1t is stated in a recent
New York dispatch that hun
dreds of roughs went from that
city to vote and that the Dem
ocratic repeaters who went to
Philadelphia from the Fifth
Ward have since their return,
been Dragging that they voted
lorty-five times each in Phila-
delphia. They stated that they
were divided into parties of
twenty each, and each party
was provided with an omnibus.
They would back up to one
polling place, go in and vote,
go out and get their pay, jump
into the omnibus again, and
drive to the next polling place
where they Lad been ticketed
to vote, and go through with
the same performance, keep
ing it up from morning until
night.
Year: 1872

Is not merely to beat the
Greeley coalitionists on the
filth of November, but to ad
minister to them a defeat so
overwhelming that they will
be forever cured of the incIi.
nation to attempt to gain po-
lltlcal success by such means
as they have used in this cam
paign.
Year: 1872

On the mere impression that it
will be all right on the fifth of
November without special ef.
fort to make it so-that "our
men are all wide awake, and
will all be out at the election"
But see the men before elec.
ton day, and get their prom.
ise to be out without fail. II
any fail to appear by two
o'clock, P. M--send or go for
them. Do this as you want to
see Greeleyism Squelched, and
peace aud prosperity prevail
in the land.
Year: 1872

g A CITY fop who was taking
an airing In the country, tried
to amuse himself by }quizzing
an old farmer about his bald
head. who solemnly remarked:
"Young man, when my head
gets as soft as yours, l can
raise hair to SELL"
Year: 1872

coat pocket for the whole twenty
years.


al could never bear to put the lit
tie thing away" sid he, looking at
it tenderly.


The next day we came to port
with the sun shining and our flags
flying There was a furry of good
byes, n hosting of trunks, welcom-
ING of friends on tho shore, and a
glad hurrying to and fro.


Among the rest was an instant's
nesting of Miss Armour's lips on
my cheek, and little cling of her
hand in mine, the vanishing of a
smile-and she was gone, like the
flash Of a FREELY, out of my sight
forever. But wherever she is, and
however she fares, she has the daily
blessing of two middle-aged hearts,
whose way to each other she uncon-
sciously lighted.
Year: 1872

A gentleman crossing the English
Channel stood near the helmsman. 1t
was a calm and pleasant evening,
and no one dreamed of possible
danger to the good ship. But q
sudden tapping of the sail, as If
the wind had shifted, caught the ear
of the officer on watch, and he
sprang at once to the wheel, cx-
amining closely the compass.


You are half a point off the
course" he said sharply to the man
at the wheel. The deviation was
corrected, and the officer returned to
his post. =,


"You must steer very accurately,
said the locker on, "when only half
a point is so much thought Of.


"Ah, halt u point, in many places,
might bring us on the rocks" he
said.


So it is in life. Half point from
strict truthfulness strands us upon
the rocks of fulsehood. Half a
point from perfect honesty, and we
are steering straight for the rocks
of crime. And so Of all kindred
vices. The beginnings are always
small. No one climbs to summit
at one bound, but goes up one little
step ut a time. Children think
lightly of what they call small sins.
These rocks do not look so fearful TO
them.


A friend was once, when lad,
sailing down East River, near New
York, which was then II very DAN
ocrous channel. He watched the
old steersmen with great interest,
and observed that whenever he came
near to u stick OF painted wood he
changed his course.


"Vhy do you turn out for those
bits of wood?" asked the boy.


The old man looked up from
under his shaggy brows, too much
taken up with his task to talk ana
simply growIed out "hockS!


"Weii, [ would not turn out for
those bits of wood" said the
thoughtless boy 1 would go fright
over them"


The old man replied only by a
look which that boy has not tor
gotten in his manhood. " Poor
foolish lad,' it said, chow little you
know about rocks !!


50, children, shun the rocks as
YOU would the way to death. There
are plenty of buoys to warn you
where they are hidden and when
ever YOU meet one turn aside, for
there danger lies.
Year: 1872

Mr.. EDIroR-I wish to call the atten-
ton of the proper authorities to the con-
dltion of the stovc-pipe in the Jail. 1t
Is not to our interest to burn down the
town therefore this should be fixed with
out deley. Every merchant in the block
Is Interested. Who is responsible


A BUSINESS MAN.
Year: 1872

To the Trade and the public generally
we return our thanks for past favors
Our mutual transactions in business,
heretofore, is our chief clainl for in
creased patronage.


Tho rapidly increasing Trade of this
City with the Merchants of the Sound
Ports warrants our present Importation.


The Stock now on hand, as usual,
consists Of
Year: 1872

members the young man went 10
another house, proved himself wor
thy of confidence, and to day he Is
member of that house, and as honor
able and upright as any business man
in New York. lie has never forgot
ten and never will forget that lesson
If he had gone to tho peuitentiary
his worst fears would have been real.
ized. When an offender is young,
the offcnsc IS first one, and the of
fender appears penltent, 1t Is entirely
proper tor you to exercise lcniency
by dismisslng the complaint and in
tho case now before you, gentlemen,
you have been entirely right in your
&c ion"


As tho District Attorney ended h,s
remarks there was round OF APP
plause, in which l am very ccrta,n
every member OF the Jury participat-
cd. Those who had been most
doubtful OF the proprlcty OF our ac-
ton were heartily glad that thcw
doubts were not we'll founded.
Year: 1872

Prof. Henry says that the observa.
tions of the Smithsonian Institute,
which extended over period Of
twenty years, have as yet failed to
confirm tho popular belief that the
removal Of the forests and the cult
walton Of the soil tend to diminish
i he amount of rainfall
Year: 1872

clangor of Christmas bells came in
to the room and filed it, while for
the second time I told the wondrous
story Of Bethlehem's Babe and Cal


Vary's Grucified in the splendid man


sion where He had been denied.


He heard it through, my dying
darling, and in the fair, rose-daWn Of
Christmas morning lifted his head
and smiled on the anxious faces bent
upon him, then turning to me said
s1 always remembered it; there never
was 3 story like that story. love
Him yet clear up to-up to"


Up to HeaceB! For, lifting his
thin hands above his head, the in
fant spirit lifted with them and re-
turned to the God who gave it.


Conviction smote the hearts Of
sorrow and separation. Could it be
otherWiseI Could they, with that
depth OF love and anguish in their
souls, look upon that beautiful dust
and liUe, thinking 1t dead and done
with forever9 No, and from now
henceforth on every step of the
journey upward "a little child shall
lead them"


The voices of children are making
musical the grounds at BrierBridges
they are mine and Abner's. 1
don't need now the pretence Of little
brothers, with four sons to keep me
from loneliness and heartache. They
are all to me my brothers ever were,
and more. They every one Of them
know by heart the story of the star
and the stable, the cross and the
crown. Blent with the blessed
memory Of this story Of Jesus is an
other that is also a part of Christmas
time-the short life-story of Bright
Ray, who loved Him up to HsGCen.
Year: 1872

PLAIN LANGUAGE BY TRUTH


Full JANE.
Which wish to repeat.


And my langue is plain,
That in ways of deceit,


And in tricks that are vain,
The "Girl Of the Period" is lively;
Which the same would rise to explain.
Lily White was her name,


And I need not deny,
In regard to the same,


What that name might imply;
But her cheeks were provokingIy rosy,
And bewitchingly penciled her eye.
Twas in Lent, third week,


Which it might be inferred,
Lily White was likewise;


Yet she humbugged Johannes, my lover,
In way shall always despise.
Which we had a small game


Called by some hide and seek;
Twas Irritation. The same


Sne called sinful and weak;
But she smiled as she ogled Johannes,
With smile that was sanity and meek.
Yet the gams advanced,


In way detest,
And my sorrow enhanced


At the state of Johns vest,
Which heaved like the wave of the ocean,
When the same had turbulent breast.
But tricks that are played


By that Girl Of the P,
And the progress she made
Was alarming to see,
Till she twirled on her left hand forefnger
What Johannes had promised to me.
Then looked up at John,


But he looked not at me;
And I rose with groan


And said, What do 1 see?
We are ruined by harmless Irritation,
And 1 went for the Girl of the P.
In the scene that ensued


John, amazed, did not spaak;
For the floor was bestrewed
In the height of my pique,
With the cards Lily White had been playing
In the game she thought sinful and weak
Of those exquisite charms
laid bare in trice
Paddings,' 'paniers' and forms
Ofmost cunning device;
And there fell with her tresses 80 airy
What is frequent in hair-rats and mice.
Which is why repeat,


And my language is plain,
That in ways of deceit


And tricks that are vain,
The Girl or the Period is lively,
Which the same am free to maintain.
Year: 1872

THE SEWING MACHINE is one of the
greatest improvements of the age, and at this
day and age of the world every family must
and will have one. This fact appears to be
perfectly understood by all Sewing Machine
Companies, consequently every company is
making every effort in their power to put
their machines forward, and to make sales as
rapidly as possible. They employ every per-
son they can get, and three-fourths Of those
employed are not fit for the business, conse-
quently the country is now overrun with men
and boys representing themselves as Sewing
Machine Agents,and everyone claimingto have
the best machine, when, in fact, they know
nothing ebout machines, consequently the
business has become a nuisance-it is over
done and overrun with unprincipled agents,
and almost every farmer breads to see one
stop at his gate.


But to lay all prejudice aside, the New VIII
son is the only First-class Machine in America
that is sold at a reasonable price; price withs
in the reach of every family. The New Will
son stands to-day at the head as being the best,
the simplest, the easiest to manage, the most
durable, and by far the cheapest The Wilson
now costs $500 more to manufacture than any
other machine in America, and is sold for
$25.00 less than any other irst-class machine.
This simply because it is not in the "Com-
bination." This machine is sold for lust what
it lis worth, while all others are sold from
$25.OO to $1,000 more than they are worth.


The undersigned has been selling the VIII
son for one year at his Grocery and Crockery
Store in Fremont, and has sold Five Hundred
Machines, and nearly all have been sold in
Sanduslzy County, and have never yet had
an agent out soliciting sales or boring the peo-
pie to buy. Every machine has been ordered.
This, 1 think, is the largest sale that has ever
been made IN the county. This fact of itself
is certainly sufficient evidence that the ma
chine is good one. All other companies have
drummed and bored the people nearly to
death to sell their machines, and in yery many
instances people have bought simply to get nd
of the agent Now, we claim that the proper
way, and the only way, to buy machine, is to
60 town and see and try all the machines and
select for yourself machine in the same
way that you buy dress, or a set of dishes,
or dollars worth OF sugar. There are now
some six or eight different kinds of Sewing
Machines represented in this city, try them
all, select for yourself, and do not be hum
bugged by agents, and nine out of every ten
viii buy the Wilson. p, CLOSE,
Year: 1872

Jim Bludsoe had worthy disciple
in the engineer Of the burned Steam
er City of New London. Though be
didn't hold her nozzeI agin the bank
because he couldn't get there), be
did stick to his post till every. hair
on his face and head was singed
with the flames. Then he bUckled q
life-preserver round him and went on
deck to help the passengers. They
say his voice was CHEEKY and his
face as bright as ever, through all the
heat and glare of the burning boat,
and many a man and woman owed
their life that night to Matt. Bakers
vigorous arm. The forward deck
was the last to go, and high up near
the bows Matt found a helpless wO-
man without support Of friend or
plank. His face grew a little grave
as he fastened his ife-preserver
round her waist and lowered her
gently into the water, but cleared
again as bright as ever when he
turned to his captain TO bid him
good-by. They were the last souls
to leave the boat, and jumped to-
gether from the gang-way. The
captain, unharmed and fresh, reach
ed the shore in safety; but Matt
Baker, burned and bruised, with one
eye blinded, and one arm raw from
shoulder to wrist-Matt. Baker with
his quiet smile and his brave heart,
went knowingly to his death, count
ing the life of a nameless woman bet
ter than his own.
Year: 1872

We publish the following sugges-
tions from a paper recently issued
by the Philadelphia Board Of
HEALTH"


"Have the patient placed in one
of the upper 70 ms of the house, the
farthest removed from the rest Of
the family, where is to be had the
best ventilation. Keep the room
constantly well aired. Remove all
carpets and wooden goods, and all
unnecessary furniture.


Change the clothing of the patient
as often as needful, but do not carry
it while dry through the house, but
first place it at the bedside in buck
ct OF scalding water before the re-
moval from the room.


Boiling is the surest way of disi1-
fecting ali contaminated clothing.
If infected clothing cannot be wash
ed at once, let it be set to soak in
water, to which may be added sat
urated solution Of permanganate Of
POTASH, or Of chloride OF lime, about
a tea spoonful to the gallon.


Smallpox is supposed to be the
most contagious during GONZALES
cence, therefore strictly observe that
the patient does not mingle with the
family until the scabn are entirely
of, and only after a through purifca-
tion and entire change Of clothing.
After the patient is well or leaves
the room, purify it by the use of
disihfectants, by whitewashing and
serubbing the paint and floors with
soap and water, and let such rooms
or apartments be well aired before
being again occupied.


In regard to food and medicine
always rely on the advice of a pysi-
clan, who should be sent for as early
as possible"