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Year: 1873

1t has been estimated by careful
calculation that it will require a tax
of eighty cents on every, one hum
dred dollars worth of property in
the State, in order to meet the cur
rent expenses, and the indebtedness
created by the funding law. With
the already heavy burdens of pri-
Yate debt with which the people are
oppressed, with the tax of forty cents,
they find it difficult to pay them, but
if it should be doubled, it will be
almost impossible for them to pay.
But the worst feature about the
State and county taxes is the strin-
gent clause OF what is known as the
assessment law, which places the
purchaser at the tax sale in imme-
diate possession of the real estate
struck off to him, and which he can
hold subject to redemption and also
hold the rents. II a tax of seventy
or eighty cents were placed upon the
property of the Stateit would bank
rupt the people and turn half OF
those out of house and home who
now own homes.


1t is sincerely hoped that Cover
nor Brown will call q special session
of the Legislature for the express
purpose of repeating the funding
lsw.-Ne1lphiS Register.
Year: 1873

A young mother was in the habit
OF airing the baby's clothes at the
window; her husband didu't like IL,
and believing that IL she saw her
practice as Others saw IL, she would
desist, he so directed their afternoon
walk as to bring the nursery win
dow into full view from the central
part of the town. Stopping abrupt
ly he pointed TO the offending line
Tapping unconsciouslyi in the breeze,
and asked sarcastically: sfMy dear
what is that displayed in our win
dow?"


"Why," she replied "that is the
flag of our union"


Conquered by this pungent re-
tort, he saluted the flag by swing
of his hat, and pressing his wife's
arm closer within his own said, as
they walked homeward: "And long
may it Wave.D
Year: 1873

There are many good and anus
ing anecdotes told about our cIer-
gymen, and there is no class Of per-
sons that enjoy a good joke more
than they do themselves. We have
recently had related TO us an incl
dent in the history OF one of our
good brethren, in the Presbytery Of
Memphis, with which his compan-
ions in labor will be pleased to be
made acquainted. And he will not
himself object If they should laugh
till tears low at his expense.


Travelling in his buggy alone not
long ago, in going TO one of his ap-
pOintments, he overlook a "foOt
pad" with his carpet-bag In his
hand. The roads were muddy, and
he was Just at that time about en-
tering q miry bottom. With the po-
liteness for which he is noted, he
asked the pedestrian ian entire
stranger( If he would not take q seat
in the buggy, until, at least, they
had crossed the mud and tho mire.
The invitation was readily accept
ed, and the conFcrsation for time
was free and easy, about things or
binary and general. Presently,
however, the good brother with a
view to make the conversation pro-
fitable, asked the stranger il he acGs
prepared 20 die Not knowing the
character of the person who had in
Yited him to a seat with him, Al Il
misapprehending his meaning, aud
suspecting foul play, he waited not
to reply, but sprang from the buggy
Immediately, and ran for his life
through slush and water. The
clerical brother, wishing 10 assure
the stranger that he meant no harm,
called to him at the top Of his voiUe,
to sToPi But this only hastened his
speed, and, like 4 scared hare, be
ran until beyond hearing and sight.
In his hasty flight, he left his carpet
sack, which our good brother now
has in his possession, being the rich
er for his faithfulness by the addi-
tion of a coarse shirt, and a pair OF
thread-bare trousers and a little
"baccer." If any one should hear
of the owner enquiring for such
goods they are at liberty TO direct
him to this Office where fuller infor-
nation can be Memphis
PreSbUfeTida.
Year: 1873

G. Nothing moves in this world
that does not exert an influence on
the universe in some degree. The
flight of bird, the falling of a leaf
to the earth, the scufhing of two
birds, or their chasing each other
through the air, the vibration of q
note, anything which causes the
least impulse, changes the whole
universe, as streams that run to the
sea, and empty themselves into it,
change the sea, and change the chan
The sea roars and murmurs, and
then wipes its brow, and is calm
again; but it is never the same
shore; it is never the same waves.
The waves striking the shore, and
retreating, never leave it as it was.
Year: 1873

q What comes from heaven is
pure; but the tendency is to soil il,
and that which keeps nearest heaven
most escapes the pollution Of earth.
AT the foot Of the Alps you find the
roaring, muddy stream, the clay
stained snow But on the summit
OF Mont Blanc is a pure robe Of
celestial white, never stained, only
sometimes covered with roseate
gauze to salute the setting sun.
Year: 1873

~ An Arab was asked by a
traveller how he knew there was a
God. Fixing his dark eye on the
man, who seemed to doubt the be-
ing of God, he met his question
with another: 'fHow do 1 know
whether twas a man or a camel
that had passed my tent last night
And are not the footprints of the
Creator the footprints Of God"
Year: 1873

MAKING CHARACTER.-Men are
building continually, and they know
not the day nor the hour when tri-
ais viii test them. Take heed,
therefore, how you build. Have
YOU that which, when mems praises
cease, will satisfy you? Are you
so building that you can stand firm
when wealth is taken aWay2 Stand
ing on the right foundation, are you
building pigmy dwellings with
squallid apartments? or are you
building strong and high, after the
pattern of Christ's character, with
commodious apartments, and as
many Of them as there are faculties?
Are all the walls of this structure
being carried up harmoniouslyf-
And are you furnishing these apart
ments amply and wisely? Are you
filling your dwelling with the
things which are for time, or the
things which are for eternity? Are
you gathering into the house of the
soul those companions that beft it?
Are its guests noble and r0yal?-
Are you building your soul-house
so that it is sound from bottom to
top, and from top to bottom? Are
you building it 50 that ittshall en-
dure in sickness, in adYereity-yea
in death itself? Are you building
it so that it shall stand when you
pass through the food and through
the FIRE?
Year: 1873

q Happy are they, says Luther,
Rhe~are found watching. Our sand
glass is not so long that we need
weary. Time viii eat away and
root out our woes and sorrow. Our
heaven is in the bud, and growing
up to harvest. Why, then, should
we not follow on, seeing our span
length of time will to an inch ?
Year: 1873

To HIS Ereeiiency JOHN A. iD1-Dea ST; with full
knowledge of the responsibility which rests upon every


man who appeals 10 the Executive IN behalf OF Grim
inal condemned and sentenced TO death for murder.
from conscientious and firm belief that the evidence
In case of William Foster does not sustain the YER
diet OF murder the first degree most Respectfully
unite IN the appeal Executive clemeney 70 the ex
tent OF committing the sentence to imprisonment TOT
life. NY opinion Ia based upon the evidence SUD
mtted 70 the Jury and founded upon principles which
believe 10 be indsputabe. There is. IN my Judgment
absence OF evidence intent ~ take life. Foster was
an industrious, peaoeable man be never saw PUTNAM
until they met the platform OF the car Tne ruue
language used by him implied nothing more than IN
tended personal chastisement for real or fancied
insult The provocstiUn which excited his anger was
not OF a character any man, even under the
influence int0xcaton, TO tneditate the oelDcrate
murder Of a man TO whom he was an entire stranger
He unarmed when he entered the car. The weapon
used was In constant daily by cardriyers and It's
use by Foster determined by the merest chance-t
instrument just at hand Immediately after ln-
ncting the blow he went the railroad depot ana then
and there told the driver that he struck the blew put d
know Of ts serious Effects aud when the cOnductor
Goldthwait and shumway we're preparing report Oh
the assault Foster advanced and said, am the man
who wants me laid him out or I'll LAY you out too
and In reply remark from Shumway that ne fostert
had injured the pretty badly" the response was
II guess did not hurt him much"


From tho depot no 10 his house. wherolhe was
arrested.


such arr the facts disclosed by the testimony. To con-
Year: 1873

specie payment and the increase in
the volume of money--wouldf follow to
revive and prosper us.


Thus California may become the
means Of enabling the government to
redeem its faith, of bringing gold
notes to common standard and in
augurating an era of general good to
the whole nation. II.
Year: 1873

A man professedly in the interest of =
neighbor called at our Office the other day,
on behalf Of his neighbor, to make some
inquiries with regard to = lottery said to
have been recently started somewhere in
Wisconsin, which said lottery promised to
make man rich for the small sum of two
dollars. We had no information with re-
gard to said lottery to give, but such as we
had We gave unto him, and we take this
opportunity of giving the same to our read
ers. The first advice we gave was, that il
that neighbor had two dollars that he did not
know what to do with, to try to find some
needy person to bestow his charity upon,
where it was needed and would be appre-
ciated. Second, That men in this country
did not run lotteries to make other folks
rich, that those who do run them are gen.
orally able to live without ehsrity, and al.
ways able to earn IN honest living in some
honest way. And third, that men run lot.
tories to get money and not to give it away


and they generally propose to keep al they
get. @
Year: 1873

The charter Of the Boston Grange, P. Of
H., has been revoked By Dudley Adams.
W. G. NJ. Of the National Grange. The
members claim that they are all interested
in farming pursuits, and have appealed to
the National Grange. Of course monopoly
organs will raise cry Of joy, but do not
let Patrons be the least disturbed; that the
order is able to meet and deal with such
questions only shows the strength Of the
organization. The matter will be tested
by the proper authority and settled in &C.
cordance with right and equity. And the
discussions and decision Of this case will
be Of great importance to the order. The
order is new and some such precedent as
the decision of such test case will be Of
great use.
Year: 1873

like the presence Of the old pioneers Of the
State. They are the founders Of what in
the future will be great empire Every
one of them, no matter how humble his
part, should feel proud of this fact. We
should feel proud Of the fact that we are
the fathers and mothers of the great race
that will soon make the name Of the State
of Minnesota one Of the grandest on the
list Of States. He is very glad to learn
that the chairman is making such efforts to
preserve the early records. They will be
precious heir loom to posterity: my
self and the chairman have already reached
period in life that warns us We have not
more than fifty or sixty years longer to
stay here, Qaughter,) and we should be
committing these early records to paper,
that they may speak for US when we are
voiceless in the grave" He is now refer
ring to what the State Association is and
what it has been doing. Every one who
was in the State previous. to January 1st,
1850, are members Of the Association. The
annual meetings are decreasing every year,
aad soon there will be but handful left.


His commission as territorial Governor
was signed by Zachary Taylor, and bears
date April I'd. 1s4e He is now giving an
account of the legislature of 40 and so.
1t consisted Of Frenchmen. mixed bloods
and Americans.


The whole population Of Minnesota and
what is now Dakota Territory was then
about 1000; now Minnesota alone numbers
about 600, 900 and during the war we fur
nished the government with q, 1000 men.
How miraculous is the change!
DANA E. KING,


with his little wife came 700 miles in a
lumber wagon to seek home in the West.
MY wife frequently carried brush to help
bridge over the miry places, and At other
times shouldered her and carried her
seross the streams. We were plumb full Of
faith, but had mighty little cash. start
ed out with ten dollars in my pocket. ~
Mr.. King is now relating humorous Incl
dents in the early history of Mseker ooun-
ty, and the old settlers are enjoying them
hugely. He borrowed bag Of corn meal
from DR.. Kennedy, and the DR.. told him to
use mighty coarse seive or he wouldn't
get much meal. The man who had plenty
Of hoe cake and hominy in those days was
. lucky man.


JESSE BRANNAN


is now telling Of the times when they had
no roads, but went by the groves in the
day time and the stars by night


Captain Atkinson cannot speak but he i.
q mighty good listener.


Judge Smith related some very humorous
incidents in relation to the early post mas
ters and Justices Of the peace, and thus
closed one Of the happiest and most enjoy
able occasions in the history Of Meeke,
| County,
Year: 1873

during the Indian outbreak. Although so
far out on the frontier she and her husband
remained at their home during the whole
Of that terrible time. After that their
crops were destroyed by hail, and once
their house was suddenly removed and
shattered by tremendous wind storm.
Senator Ramsey here remarked that the
only passage Of Scripture applicable to her
case was this: Whom the Lord loveth
he chasteneth." When justice. free and
ample, and in immense quantities had been
meted out to the supper, we adjourned to
Masonic Hall to indulge in sort of old
fashioned Methodist class meeting. Ar.
rived at the hall, Judge Smith assumes the
chair and states the object Of the meeting,
He is anxious to preserve the early record,
Of the county before they shall have been
swept into oblivion by the remorseles.
hand Of time. He desires everyone to con
tribute interesting facts of this nature and
he will record them. He strongly urge.
III old settlers to join the assoc iatien and
hopes that every one present will be per


fectly free to give his early experience up


on this occasion. He will now call upol


the first territorial Governor Of Minnesota
GOVERNOR RAMSEY,


Says he is glad to meet the old settler


of this county. Nothing warns his hear
Year: 1873

Not least among the sagest of domestic
maxims is the remark that man has no
business in the kitchen anyhow; and fooling
around the cooking range sooner or later
teaches him the truth of this, unless he can
tell&hot iron from cold iron without touch
ing it.
Year: 1873

A Detroit dog accidentally bit woman
whom be was assisting in pursuit of rat,
some time ago, and she has just died of hy-
drophobia, though the dog went about his
business and has never let on that he had it
at ALL
Year: 1873

A subscriber wrote to the editor of New
ark paper to ask the meaning of the phrase
Mors omnibus communis, The editor said it
was French sentence, intended to explain
something about Morse's omnibus being of
service to the community. At the same time
he said, the sentence was evidently construct
ed by some idiot, who thought he understood
French, when he didn't, and consequently
several important words were left out.
Year: 1873

The taste for emotion may become dan
gerous taste; we should be very cautious how
we attempt to squeeze out of human life more
ecstacy aud paroxysm than it can well afford.
Sydney Smith, ''i
Year: 1873

ESCAPE OF HARRY GENET FROM DEPUTY SHERIFF.


New YoRK, Dec. "a.
Harry Genet, convicted few days since, made
his escape, last night, from the custody of the
deputy Sheriff, who had charge Of the prisoner,
at his residence The escape was not discover
ed until seven this morning.
Year: 1873

Letters from Omaha give the details Of
The great snow storm of the 18th. liih
aud 18th ultimo, in Nebraska. showing
it to have been the most terrible ever
known. in depth Of snow and violence Of
Of wind They fully confirm the previous
report. Of the great fatality among settlers
received by telegraph.
Year: 1873

man was blown into the middle of the


street. and another was blown from a
ssecond-story window against another build
ing, but neither Of them was badly injured,
Immediately following the explosion an
extensive fire broke out. totally destroying
the. large five-story brick block occupied
exclusively by Fries & Co. On account Of
so much inhammable material the fire
spread with great rap 'dity. It is said that
a large quantity of fine wines and liquors
were destroyed. -s tt-.E n
Year: 1873

EXPLOSION OF A KEROSENE LAMP
Yesterday evening colored woman occu-
pying apartments on the let of David A.
Brown, on Clay between Fifth and Sixth
streets, very severely burnt herself by en-
deavoring to quicken the movements of
a tardy fire by Kerosene. She first pour
ed the liquid on the fuel and endeavored
to light it with lamp she held in her
hand which exploded, burning off her
dress and injuring her arms, face and
Year: 1873

VENIAUK LINIMENT.-
The great discovery of the
age. There is no pain which
the CENTAUR LINrMRST will not
relieve, no swelling which 1t
will not subdue, and no lame
ness which it will not cure.
Year: 1873




In addition to these q considerable num-
Der of negroes diei N the suburbs and were
buried in vacant lands near the city, by
parties of their own color without spplYing
to our regular undertskers. We have
heard of ifty-three being buried in one
pl'ce, not more than fourth or a third
procured collins from the undertSkers. The
cases thus occurring of which no account
is had, added to those who died previous to
the 9Th Of June, it is thought will bring the
number fully up TO $50, thus showing that
the mortality of this year has been fully
equal in number to that # 1886, while the
death-rate according to population
has been considerably larger. We
may cali this pestilence by what
ever name may suit the fancy, but the re.
c2rd shows that it has been more vrulent
than that which scourged our city so terri
bly, in 1866. Thus we find that from the
7th to the 30th of September in that year,
both days inclusive, the number who died
from cholera was 659. This year during
the corresponding days in June, there were
6S1 de aths from bolera, Of which the un-
der'skers have record, and then we know
of from thirty 70 thirty-dve negroes buried
at one place who are not included in any
undertaker's count. This clearly shows
a greater mortality this year. 1t is also
probable that greater number were at
tackled this year who recovered, than in
1896. We have heard this suggested
by persons in whose judgment
we have good deal of confidence. This
disease has followed the old cholera track
in its former visits to this city, and its
greatest mortality has been in the belt
in which the largest mOrtally resulted from
previous visits, showing conclusively that
there must be something local which invites
the pestilence to revel in the lower portions
of the city, where the water is unquestion-
ably bad, and the sewerage of such inferior
character as scarcely to deserve the name.
These facts establish the other fact that We
have had cholera here in its worst form
3 cholera that kills equal to any
thing of Asiatic extraction. The
sc-urge has been terri
bic oIs, and the lesson it has taught US
must not be lightly thrown aside, now that
the pIstilence is lifting its dread form and
drifting away. Let US go resOlutely to
work and never be caught again in the con-
dition we were when the cholera broke out
among US this time. There is no reason
why we cannot and should not make Nash
vile so healthy that cholera could find no
lodpPment here,
Year: 1873

HYMEN is enjoying vacation in Nova
Scotia. AL marriage licenses must receive
the signature of the Governor tefore the
ceremony can legally be performed; and as
Governor Howe is dead and his successor,
Judge Johnston, is still in Europe, the low
ers of Nova Scotia must wait for his re-
frtr
Year: 1873

There were a few cases Of what, it is now
clear, was cholera in Nashville during the
last week in May and first week in June,
of which we have no record. Our record
begins with the 9TH of June, and shows the
daily mortality from the pestilence TO be as
follows:
Year: 1873

As cSchar ge tells about brave little
boy who found a broken rail on the rail
road track, and pcrceivng the peril in
which the train would be placed ifit should
come dashlng past without warning,
SAT out on the fence for five loug hours, in
the bitter winter cold, in order that he
might carry the first news of the accident
to his father, who is local editor of paper
published in the neishboring village.
Year: 1873

One whoswas stammerer for years, writes "No stammering person ever found any difficulty in singing. The reason of this is that by observing the measure of the music, by keeping time, the organs of speech are kept in such position that enunciation is easy. Apply the same rule to reading or speech, and the same result will follow. Let the stammerer take sentence-say this one, Leander swam the Hellespont. Pro- nounce it by syllables. Scan it, keep ing time with the finger, if necessary, letting each syllable occupy the same time, thus Le-an-der swan the Hell les-pont, and he will not stammer. Let him pronounce slowly at first, then faster, but still keeping time, keep ing time with words instead of sylla- bles, and he will be surprised to find that, by very little practice, that he will read without stammering, and nearly as rapidly as persons ordinarily talk or read. Then practice this read

 ing and conversation until the habit is broken up. Perseverance is all that is necessary to perform perfect cure."
Year: 1873

The Steele gives the following strange intelligence: "Among the diamonds brought by the Shah are said to be some of a kind totally unknown in Europe. They have all the properties of other sorts, the same transparency, brilliancy and hardness, but they are reported to possess the property of emitting a perfume in an atmosphere at an elevated temperature, in an apart ment where many persons are assembled; or, better still, in that of ballroom in the midstof the animation of the dance. These gems are found in a remote part of Persia, the soil of which is composed of ferruginous and carboniferous strata. The scent they exhale resembles that of amber, little incense and special odor peculiar to the forests of that dis trict."
Year: 1873

There is probably great deal of truth in the following extract from Dr. Halls Journal of HeaIth:: "The uni versal error as to the unhealthiness of pies, buildings, and pastries, taking it for granted that they arewel made and properly cooked, has arisen from the simple fact that after we have made 8 full meal of other things the stomach is oppressed by them, and if the process is repeated becomes eventually dyspep- tic; that is, has not the power to work up the food because it had been worked to death already. It would be quite as philosophical if man has become very tired by blowing all day and afterward by chopping wood has worked himself out, to conclude that it was very nn- healthy to chop."