The Hartford herald. [volume], December 29, 1875, Image 1

About The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926

Image provided by: University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

                
0n, c9fr, 1 CO
Ten copin, on. jerm. ...... 17 SO
Twtntj coplw, on. yeM-u... ...... ...... 30 00
An fcdUUooftl cpj, fr. of charge, to tht
gaiter-Hp of olubef t.n or twenty.
Al w ar ctmptltcd by law to pay poittrt
in .Jrane. on pap-rt tent oatifd. of Ohio
t.inty, wt art forced to require payment on
abterlptioniin ftdrioe..
All papen will b. promptly stopped at the
expiration of tba lime labscfibed fun
All Ictlerr on bailaen mast be addrcfjej to
Jo. P. BlMtTT 4 Co., ruhllthrrf,
HOME KAIX M C&T FA LI.
If lliti were all oh, if this were all,
That into each life tome rairt mast fall,
. There were fainter sobs in the poet's
rhvinf. '
'here were fewer wrecks on the shores
- of time.
Btit tempests ofwoe pass over the soul
oince wimis of anguish we cannot
control;
And shock after shock w arc called to
a-, t,ear'
Till the lips are white with' the heart's
despair.
TLe shores of lime with wrecks, are
strewn,
"Unto the ear comes even a moan
Wrecks of hope that set sail with glee,
Wreck of Jove, sinking silently.
nr..- ... l.r j r .l. i .... .
V., O-'j God knoweth how deep they lie;
Jli. Only God heard when arose the cry,
1 1 wt iu uew uii i ucifj in c u, near.
"Into each life some rain must fall.'1
If this were all oh, if this -were all;
Yet there's a refuge from storm and
blast;
Gloria Patri we'll reach it al last
Be strong, be strong, to my heart I cry,
The pearl in the wounded shell doth
lir,
Days of sunshine are given to all, .
,Then "ito each life tome rain must
My CotuiiB John'n Wife.
Every respectable family should
have a Couaiu John. I wish that 1
could add that he had always been an
ornament to society, an honor to him
self and the "flower.of the family." A
strict regard for veracity it answers
ray purpose on the occasion forbids
any such observation on my part. I
am obliged to say this masculine spec
imen of our ancient race was absolute -
ly the fag-end of our characters. Seem
ingly, he was the recipient of what was
left after furnishing the heads and
hearts of all the other. When the
grand dames, aunts or uncles, desired
to illustrate any particular vice, John
was held up as the frightful example. '
Not that he was an assassin, a high
wayman or a politician. He was sim
ply a maelstrom of carelessness and
generosity. If it had not been for the
good luck which always followed him,
lie would have made a. first-class vag
abond. As it was, he made out to be
va well-dressed, handsome, "good fel
p low." Beyond that he could not be
- trusted, and then only when one's eyes
were on him.
I was sitting iu my solitary parlor
one morning, in momentary expecta
tion of receiving an Appeal from sister
Jane to hasten to "The Maples," as the
twins were down with the measles; a
"summons from Aunt -Hannah to bid
h(Va last, lingering farewell linger
' ing is the proper won, and as I had
been through the ceremony seven
times and an invitation from Cousin
Sarah to run over and turn her black
silk. Besides that I had my own
sorrow. My Tabby had been invisible
for two days. The evening before she
had disappeared she had refused the
fifth saucer of milk for her supper,
and appeared pensive. I feared she
had committed suicide, or wandered
out iu this unfeeling world, because
neighbor Brown's Tab had jilted her
for Mrs. Ray's green eyed, black, ugly
feline she had the audacity to call
"Beauty."
Just then, as I was bitterly regret
ing that I had not taught Tabby, from
By own experience, something of the
fickleness of the 'world, and mankind
in particular, who should come blun
dering in but John. Of course he up
set a chair, overturned my work-basket,
knocked a' book of the table, step
ped on my weather-oiacle "toe, and
tumbled into my best chair with a
crash. Then he reached over to the
stand beside me, and, taking a pin,
began to draw figures upon my rose
wood writing.dcsk..
'Good morning, John," I remarked.
c "Say, Sebrina," he replied, jabbing
at his forehead with a pin, ,-I am to
be married next week."
"You surprise me, Johu."
"Doubtless; but it's a settled fact
I have purchased the little cottage on
the hill yonder. It is prepared for the
bride. Now you want to go over and
make the place home-like. .Have a
jolly supper ready next Thursday
night when we come. You can, Se
brina; you have no husband."
"John," I cried, "it isn't for me to
ay. I might have had a dozen hus
bands," with a touch of pride.
"And all died of a broken heart," ho
laughed. "But will you go?"
Having survived in the champion
ship of ray own cognomen until I had
arrived at a respectable age, I was ac
customed to being a convenience. I
think our family had a habit of consid
ering it a charity to make me useful.
Therefore I didn't say "Nay, John."
In due time I weut over to the cot-
THE
"J
VOL. 1.
tage. It was cozy and pleasant, save
the .varnish odor which always clings
to new furniture. How the relatives
did run over that place ! What com
ments were made ! They ended the
siege at last by declaring, now that
John was to be married, he would be
entirely lost, unless his .wife had suf
ficient dccisiontto lnsist.upoa the turn
ing of a new leaf in his conduct. And
as he, had been .so neglectful as to con
sult nope of them, prol)ably she was
an unsuitable person.
They came. John introduced me to
"My wife Mattie," with a great flour
ish. My heart misgave me. "my
wife Mattie" was a tiny pink and white
doll, with a profusion of light curls
and frizzles. When I looked into her
large, laughing blue eyes, I almost
cried when I thought how sad they
would grow under John's treatment
I promised to remain with them until
Mattie should become acquainted with
the place. She had left an immense
number of sisters and brothers John
was sure to marry into a large family
nnd would be lonely.
For a whole fortnight everything
was lovely; John devoted, punctual
and altogether a model husband; Mat-
tie was a perfect pattern 6f a house
wife, lovely and happy. It was
"John, dear," and "Mattie, darling,"
until jl. wasfairly wild for a good,
healthful snarl from my Tauby, who
had returned to her home.
Btit when John was a mouth mar
ried he was more) lawless "than ever.
He forgot to order the repast for din
ner until ho came but four days out
of five he forgot to come home to din
ner. He threw off all household cares.
He was even growing careless in his
dress, and threw everything into dis
order whenever he entered the cottage.
The pink in .Ifattie's cheeks began, to
change to white, and the laugh in her.
eye to a sob. .Evidently 6he had been
favorite at home, and. was sorely
grieved. I longed to comfort her, but
I did not know what to say.
She was sitting before the grate one
evening, watting tea, as usual. "I
presume he will not come," she said,
with a sigh; "I do wish John wouldn't
do so I"
'But he will," I replied; "it's his
way.
"It is?" with a little start.
"Ye?, indeed. He was very foolish
to marrj', considering his negligence.
AH the relatives pity you," I went on,
in an effort to console her, "and if it
becomes unbearable, some of them will
blame you."
Perhaps the fire in the grate flamed
up her eheeks. At all events, they
were crimson. She thrust buth hands
into her curls, and then said, sweetly:
"We may as well have tea, Cousin
Sebrina."
John came in at half-past eleven,
overflowing with glib excuses. Mattie
stood on tip toe aiid kissed him with
more of tfce old look than I had seen
for days. After my hint, she might
have taken a decided stand in the.
camp.
I was awakened next morning by
Mattic's clear voice twittering a ballad.
it breakiast she informed me that I
must hot go home .-as I intended, but
was to remain another month. In
pity, I did, but regretted it. It isn't
necessary to put in all the agony of
those days, Suffice it to say, that in
less than a week that house was the
heaven of confusion. Mattie trotted
round under an arch little hat, finding
congeniel spirits. She forgot all her
housewifely ways; we had "pieces on
our hands.'' For a time I never saw
two persons so utterly delighted with
each other's shiftlessness. Blacking
and powder, boots and bonnets, found
a place in the sitting-room; the parlor
boasted of more refined articles, such
as collars, cuffs, slippers and laces.
John began to be rather illy provid
ed with shirts. Galliug for one of those
clean articles as a necessary part of a
reception toilet, Mattie laughingly
said:
"Now, isn't it too fuuny! I really
forgot you needed a clean shirt. Six
are rough-dried in the closof, three I
forgot.to put in the wash, and the oth
ers haven't a button on, But you will
not mind waiting, darling, and Cpus
in Sebrina will sew them on."
"We are laf e already," replied John,
almost savagely.
As might have been expected, wo
had a late breakfkrt the next morning.
Mattie presided at the table, collarless,
hair in disorder, and slippers" down at
the heel. John's disposition being
slightly ruffled, ho was inclined to car
H ARTFQM) HERALD.
' ' , -
COME, THE HERALD OF A NOISY WORLD, THE XEWS OF ALL NATIOXg LUMBERING AT MY BACK"
HARTFORD, OHIO
ry it further, and be displeased. Ho
blundered over his coffee, and bade us
goodmorniiig.
We were to lunch for dinner. By
some oversight John came home. Ho
was evidently hungry, and everybody
knows what an abominable creature a
hungry man is. I have long looked
for popular indignation to do away
with "emotional insanity" m case of
murder; and I am satisfied "influenced
by hunger" will bo the next plea.
"Jfattie,"said he, in a towering rage,
"when I married youjjyou ,were,ncat;
orderly, and endeavored to please me.
Should a husband come to such a din
ner as this? Really, madam, if I had
need of) the gridiron, I should '. rts soon
look in your dressing room as in the
kitchen for it '
And so he went on a full quarter of
an .hour, bubbling over and fairly livid
wjtli rage. ,,I expected a great scene.
But Mattie sat very still and placid
until hepaused, because he was too an
gry to go on. l hen she arose, and
going over to him, said:
"My dear. John, .you nstouish.me I
I most earnestly desire to please you.'
I am merely following your example.
When 1 married you you regarded myl
every wish. Now, you forget to' pro
vide for me, or give me money to
keep myself from starving. If I want
ed your boots, I should find one pair
under the sittingjroom. sofa,- and an
other under the kitchen talbe. It fol
lows that my tea-kettle might with
propriety be found on the -best bed.
When I was married, my father said
Imust pull the same way my husband'
did in a well-matched team, one im
pulse controlling both. I triad to be
a dutiful wife. I shall take the path
you mark out for me."
She smiled as she ceased, but John
saw how firm she was in the set; red
lips. He looked ever to me just as I
nodded approvingly.
"She's right," he gasped, "111 run
to the market for a mutton-chop."
We had a jolly little dinner, after all;
John was a reformed man.
The relatives all wonder what course
John's wife took with him. Far be it
from me to lisp what I know. Of all
abominable things, the most abomina
ble is to take advantage jof being an
inmate of one's family to blazon about
its secret ways'. I never sec a patient
wife enduring a husband's neglect, nnd
forever righting what he has wronged,
but I feel like sitting down and telling
them about John's wife.
Painting DIack Eye.
New York cor. Chicago Tribune,
Of all the odd occupations of the
Metropolis, probably the oddest is that
of a genius who advertises to "paint
black eyes and bruised noses so as to
defy detection." His place is on Cen
ter street, and his sign is read daily
by thousands who ride up and down J
m the Fourth avenue cars, but manv
of whom doubtless regard it as a joke.
But it is the most serious thing imag
inable, and the party is occasionally
overrun with work, This locality,
however, is. on the edge of the slums of
New York, and his customers are
among the plug-uglies "and 'lower
classes, who get into a row and come
out with.a blackened eye. Those who
are politicians (as most of them are)
wish to be presentable the next day;
so off they go to this painter-chap, who,
with the skill of an artist, proceeds to
paint over with flesh-colors the dark
ened hues. This interesting business
is not confined to one locality nor to
one individual. A well-known por
trait painter, whose studio is not far
from the National Academy building,
has, contrary to his own wishes, found
himself occupied quite extensively, the
past year, in covering up with flesh
colored paint the black and blue spots
on the human face divine. He re
cently informed me that the first caso
he had came from a volunteer offer on
his part to paint over a bruised place
upon the eye of a friend. He succeed
ed so well that soon after another caso
offered; and still later it became noised
around among actresses and actors that
he was an adept in covering blotches.
Now, strange as it may seem, there
are thousands in this city who think it
a very smart trick to follow in the
wake of the theatrical profession, to
imitate or ape actresses, as witness
the efforts of leadiug modistes to be
known as the proteges ofpopular fash
ionable theaters. .The business grew,
until my artist friend assured me that
hardly a dav passes that he is not
called upon to excrpisc his skill in this
peculiar line.
GOUKTY, KY
A BEMlVMCEtfCE OP THE WAR.
A Strange Scclncl at rt Strange
Unci.
CorrelpOrfJobciTCficigo fiSane.
Omtho "l2thtday2ofJttSeXl863, 1
witnessed a duel between a Captain
Jones, commanding a Federal scout,
and Captain Fry, commanding a Rebel
scout, in Green county, East Tennes
see. Thescvo men had. been fighting
each otherWr six mouths, with the
fortunes of TKittle in the favor of one
and then the other. Their commands
were camped on either "side oTLick
creek,ia11argoand sluggish stream, too
deep to ford and too shallow
low for a ferry boat; bufctherc was a
bridge spanning the stream fir the con
venience of thc traveling public. Each
of them guarded this bridge, that com
munication should go neither North or
South, as the railroad track had been
broken up months before. After fight
ing eaEh'oUier for acvoral mouths; nnd
contesting,tho poiut as to which should
hold the bridge, they agreed to'fight a
duel, the conquerer to hold the bridge
undisputed for the time being. Jones
gave the challenge, and'Fry accepted.
The terms were that that they should
fight with navy pistols at twenty yards
apart, deliberately walking towards
each other, and firing until the last
chamber of their pistols was discharg
ed, unless one or the other fell before
all the discharges were made.. They
chose their seconds, and agreed upon
a rebel surgeon, (as he was the only
one in either command) to nttend tlicm
in case of danger.
y Jones was certainly a fine looking fel
low, with light hair and blue eyes, five
feet ten inches in height, looking every
inch the military chieftain. He was
a man that soldiers would adore and
ladies regard with admiration. I never
saw a man more cool, determined, and
heroic under such circumstances. I
have read of the deeds of chivalry and
night-errantry in the middle ages, and
of brave men embalmed in modern po
esy; but when I saw-this man Joues
come to the duelists' scratch, fighting,
not for real'or supposed wrongs to him
self, but, as he honestly thought, for
his country nnd the glory of tho ffag, I
could riot help admiring the man, not
withstanding he fought for the freedom
of the negro, which I was opposed to.
Fry was a man full six feet high,
slender, with long, wavy, curling
hair, jet black eyes, wearing a slouch
ed, hat and gray suit, and looking rath
er the demon than the man. There
was nothing.ferociuus about him; but
he-had that self-sufficient nonchalance
that said, "I will kill you-" Without
a doubt, he was brave, cool nnd collect
ed, and, although suffering from a ter
rible flesh wound in his left arm, re
ceived a week before, he manifested no
symptoms of distress, but seemed ready
forhe fight
The, ground wa3 stepped off by tho
seconds, pistols loaded and exchanged,
and the principals brought face to face.
I shall never forget that meeting.
Jones, in his military, boyish mood, as
they shook hands, remarked that
A soldier braves death for a fanciful
wreatn,
When in glory's romantic career.
Fry caught, up tho rest ofr-the sen
tence, and answered by saying:
Yet he bends o'er the foe when in battle
laid low,
And bathes every wound with a tear.
They turned around and walked
back to tho point designated. Jones'
second had the word "fire," and as he
slowly said, "One, two, three fire!"
they simultaneously turned at the
word "one," and instantly fired. Neith
er was hurt They cocked their pis
tols and deliberately walked toward
eachXother, firing as they went At
the fifth shot, Jones threw up his right
hand, and, firing his pistol in the air,
sank down. Fry wa3 in the act 'of
firing Iiis last shot; but, seeing Jones
fall silently lowered his pistol, dropped
it to the ground, and sprang to Jones'
side, taking his head in his lap ns he
sat down, and asked him if he was
hurt
I discovered that Joues was shot
through the region of the stomach, the
bullet glancing around the organs and
coming out to the left of the spina"
column; besides he had received three
other, frightful flesh wounds, and gave
him such stimulants as I had. He af
terwards got well.
Fry received three wounds one
breaking his left arm, one in tho left
and the other in the right side. After
months of suffering he got well. Nei
ther of them usked for a discharge, but
both resumed their commands when
they got well, and fought the war out
to the bitter end, and to-day are part
DECEMBER 29,
ners in a wholesale grocery business
down South, doing a good lousiness,
and verifying the sentiment of Byron
that . tr " 1 J
J'That a soldier braves death, etc."
Trusting that the above truthful nar
rative Jwill jbp a lesson jtofiqma geople
North and South, that stayed on the
outsine anu yelled "Been uogl and are-
still not satisfied with the? results of the
war, let' me subscribe' myself n recon-
8frUCtcd CoFEDERAfE BOLDIER.
How Mary Jane Via. Won,
There is no foolishncss-ubout some of
tho fathers of Dubdqdc county Iowa,
who have marriageable daughters, and
they ltriow how to rn-erimtatebuslrtess
nvhCTi'thc'frulfc- k pipe. CttiksJjwerc
brought to a climax with a rush at a
certain farmer's residence in Vermont
township, recently. A young tiller of
tho soil had for months been paying
most assidious attentions to one of his
daughters, but he was such a bathful,
modest chap, never, having been able
fb raise his courage sufficiently high to
pop the all-important question.
Ho had gone to the house in which
his admired lived, upon at least twenty
different occasions, resolved to know
his fate ; but when ushered into the
presence of his fair one, into whoso
keeping he had placedihis heart, his
courage would invariably "go back on
him," and ho would return to his lone
ly room in greater suspense than be
fore. Upon the evening in question
he had determined that, come what
would, ho would tell his Mary that he
loved her. He would onco for all de
cide the matter. But, as upon each
former occasion, he could get the pro
posal no further than his throat There
it stuck, and he had just determined
to gulp it down and give up the spige
when the door opened and in Btalkcd
tho girl's fatherj who" advanced1 to
where "they woro sitting and" thus ad
dressed them :
"I come in to put a stop to this in
fernal foolishness. It ain't the court
ing expenses that I'm looking at, for
coal oil's cheap an' wood can be had
for the haulin' ; but I'm sick and tired
of this billin' nnd oooin' like a pair of
sick doves, keepin' me awake of nights,
nnd it's got to be stopped right here.
Miry Jane, look up here. Do you love
John nenry well enough to marry
him?"
'Why, father, I I you must"
"Stop that dam foolishin'," yelled
the old man. "Answer 'yes' or 'no,'
an' mighty quick, too. Fts got to be.
settled now ornever."
"Answer 'yes' or 'no.' Speak!
roared the old gent .
"Well, yes, then. Thero now," and
and Mary again hid her face.
"That's business ; that's the way to
talk. Now, John, look here look up
here, or I'll shake you all to pieces. Do
you want that gal o' mine for a wife?
Speak out like a man, now."
"Why, Mr. ain't this rather a
I mean, can't you"
"Speak it out, or out of this house
yo'll go head foremost. I won't wait
a minuto longer. There's the gal, and
a likelier gal ain't in the State, and you
heard her say she wanted you. Now,
Johu, I won't stand a bit o' foolin';
once for all, 'yes'tir 'no?'"
"Well, yes. sir; I have been pre
sumptuous enough to hope that I"
"Oh, confound- your soft talk; the
thing's settled now. You two blasted
fools would havo been six month more
at the job that I've done in fivermin
utes. I never saw such, foolirr' as there
is among young folks now-a-days.
Ain't like it was wheu I was young
an' now good night You can talk the
thing overman' you an' me, John'll go
to town an'feet the license to-morrpw.
Soon be time to go plowin' no time
for loveraakin' then. Good night, good
night; hope I wasn't too rough, but I
was determined to fix the thing up one
way or 'tother;" and 'the old man went
back to bed.
Now that the ice was broken, tho
young people laid all their plans for
the future, and John felt a little bad
at the comfort he had lost, when -Mary
looked up t him shyly, and said:
This would have been all right four
months ago, John, if you hadn't been
so sherky. I knowd all the time that
you wanted to ask me; but it wasu't
"my place to say anything, you know.
No cards.
A Q,uakertown,nian has solved Mrs.
Livermores query: "What will we do
with our daughters?" He has purchas
ed two washing machines and will take
in washing. His wife and seven
daughters .are to do the work and he
will superintend the business.
1875. NO. 527
Integrity ol Character,
, Young men should be deeply i
pressed4 with-the vast importance of
cheerishing those -principles and, culti
vating those habits which will secure
them the confidence and the esteem of
the wise and the good.
A young man may be rrafbrfurMtey
he may be poor and penniless, but if
he possess unbending integrity, and
unwavering purpose; to do 'what is
honest and just, he will hare friend
and patrons, whatever may" be the em
barrassments and exegeticies into
which he is thrown. The young men
may thus possess, a capital of whfeft
none of the misfortunes and calamities:
of life can deprlyjMhcm!,
We have known men wlro have sud
denly been reduced from affluence to
penury over some OVdrw"htlmmg rnis
fortunc, which they could neither for-
see nor prevent To-dav they were
prosperous, to-morrow, every earthly
prospect was blighted, aud everything
in their future prospect of life was
dark and dismal. Their business was
gone, their prosperity gone; but they
have a rich treasure that nothing can
taite away. They have integrity of
character, and this gives them friends,
furnishes them with pecuniary aid,
with which to commence life once
more, under auspicious circumstances.
We cannot too strongly impress' trp:
on our young men the importance of!
abstaining Jrom everything which
shocks their moral sensibilities, wounds
their conscience, and has a tendency to
weaken that nice sense of .honor and
integrity so indispensiblo to a good
character. "Integrity of character T
Who ever possessed-it, that did not de
rive untold advantages from it? It is
better than riches; it is of more-value
than "diamonds and preciooa stonesi""
and yet every man "may possess it
The poorest may have it, and no pow
er on earth can wrest if from them.
Young men, prize integrity of charac
ter above all earthly gifts!
Tfco Kcafackjr Penitentiary,
There are now nearly vno thousand
convicts confined in the Kentucky pea
itentiary the .largest number ever
confined therem "St one' time. The
place is incapable of keeping with any
degree of comfort more than seven hun
dred and fifty persous, and, therefore,
is now greatly overcrowded. In view
of this fact, the incoming. Legislature
will be required to deal with the ques
tion of enlarging the present penitenti
ary, or build a new one at some other
point in the State. The last Legisla"
ture'had this matter under brief con
sideration, but no action was taken to
afford means of relief. We hardly see
how the question can be postponed this
winter, and we hope it Will be settled
speedily, after the assembling of the
people's representatives. Lex. Dispatch
Redaction of the Army.
Among the measures of economy and
reform to be supported by the Democ
racy in Congress, says the Memphis
Appeal, is the bill prepared by Repre
sentative Randall, which will be re
ported in the House at an early day,
providing for the reduction of the army
to fifteen .thousand, and reducing the
army budget from forty millions to
twenty-four millions of dollars. The
bill will abolish the office of Licuten
nant-Gcneral, cut off one Major-Gen-
eral, reduce the number of.Brigadier
Generals one-half, aud make corres
ponding reductions in other ranks.
VieoPresIileuts.
There have been sixteen Vice-Presi
dents of the United States chosen by
the people. Four of these have died
in officer-George Cinton, of N. Y
April 20, 1812, having served a little
more than seven years; Eldridgo Ger
ry, of Massachusetts, November 23,
1814, having served a year -and a half;
Wm. It. King, of Alabama, April 18,
1853, about six weeks after the inau
guration) having been too ill to take
his seat; and Henry Wilson. Only
one Vice-President, ""John C. Calhoun,
ever resigned. Three, Tyler, Fillmore
and Johnson, were called to fill vacan
cies in the 1 residential chair, occas-
sioned by the deaths of Presidents Har
rison, Taylor and Lincoln.
A little four-year old created a rip
ple by remarking to the teacher of her
Sunday school class: "Our dog's dead
I bet the angels' were scared when they
saw him coming up the walk. He's
cross to strangers:"
Milton's house is now occupied by an
Irish monger, and the Boston Post
hopes that the accumulated phwphorus
may produce another Milton.
u ' ' . i Jrrr - "
One straire, out inieTtln ...5 t M
On. f"re,eh sdilltiotalhiMrLW. x. tn
Cfn.iqoirfon.jeM,,. II il
One-fnnrtheafnmnr"r.M.w.... S SO
0.thIra.waam,Wr VeirSiiiVS. 4fl P
LOne hilteoluma, pr jiir ,w H "C
un oolomDj onyitt..y:!t.,.,i;yltIW i
ForjhorUrtlm.tpTo8ortroBtrriU.
--Oa lath of nan eoortittflM.iBsM'.
Th matter of rr! tliti(itejai nti taln?r .
Ttrrlrfrwrof eSrtr-for"rSrtTNrfttiic.
r, auarf fi . ,
Jo,PfflttMtTCA, FntrfSr,
A negro preacher was shot Jtml'iifl-
ed in Garrard county aiew" uVrisinco
by rt psrty of men who1 were seeking to
arrcst lifni. He started to rata and
Wis about to escape, when he arte fired
on. He was charged witfr'tfie? krrcleri
tai crime of hog-sfrafieg'. We d not
Jesrn the negro's name," bat as a negro
preacher named Nathan Grave was
charged with stealing hogs ta the vi
cinity a few weeks agrr, w presume he
was the person iulki.'Lebam Stand
ard, '
VmVu Adraataser .
An irishroan went, into a- butcher a
shop and asked, "Have j o anysnVcp's-
hcads njasrileT?" 'Obr Yes)'
w - .1 .
reply Pat, after s deal of higgling,
bought one, and then wished to know
how to make it ready The shopman
began- to tell him, hut Pat, not bcinjf
Hessedf with: a good memory, asked
him to "write it down on a piece of
paper, ami meantime laitf down h
purchase at the shop door. A dW see
ing d good chance, seized the head'and
bolted down the street Pat immedi
ately gave chase, bawling at tho top of
his "voice, '-Come back wld me sheep's
head, ye robber, ye!" but after a Stiff
run he had to give fn dead beat when
he consoled himself with tho remark,
-niver moina ; nenas at got tae.resata
bow' to make it reaf
We have somehow learner! tomato
a difference between those obligations
which we owe tor one another as men.
and those which we .owe to the govern
ment and to corporations. These ideas
are not a whit more prevalent -.amen g
office-holders and directors tbaa they
are among voters and stcbefderr.
Men jae sot materially changed, by
being; clothed with office, and power.
The radically honest man is just as
honest in his office as he is out tjt
Corrupt uien are the offspring- of; a
corrupt society. We all need'straigfct
ening up. The lines of our. morality
all need to be drawn tighter. There
is not a man who a willing te smuggk
and see custom officers betray t&dr
trust while he does it; williag to recewe
tbe patronage of the gOTeruaeat th
execution of schemes notbaseaiaaat
lute necessity; willing to take, an-exorbitant
price for a piece- of paegtety
sold to the government or to aor
poration, who is fit to be trusted! with
office. When we have said this we
have given the explanation ofali ear
public and corporate cerrBptles. and
shown why it is so difficult to get any
great trust managed honestly.- All
this officia corruption is based on
popular corruption loose Ideas of
honesty as tbey are held by the popu
lar mind; and we; can hope lor no re
form until we are better based as a
people in the everlasting principles of
equity and right-dofng. If we would
have the stream clear we .must cleans
the fountain. Scribner.
What a brute of a husband that was
out in Iowa. He refused tolsa his -wife
for three months, and the. tender
hearted darling committed! suicide.
Now, if we'd been in that woman
place we wouldn't have comnitted sui
cide. We'd have called in a substi
tute, and closed our eyes, and imagin
ed all the time it was the dear one.
But some women "ain't got any .sense.
The female wasn't anything; at all Itlce
a Brooklyn female we once knew. He
and she got mad, and he would not
kissTier for several days; She said to
him he'd be sorry for it She went to
a party next evening; where they
played "Pick cherries and hand them
down," and "Pat-Office,'' and "Pout
in the corner," and a whole lot of such
plays, and she was up every time sho
had a chance, and never refused a kits.
And there was one young man in the
party whose kisses pleas' d her eo.mucUj
that the following week" she . lppedi
with him. That's the way she topic, to
make her husband sorry. We caq"t
say that, he is bowed down with grie
We .saw him the other day, and he was
about half drunk, and .smoking a fire
cent cigar and telling a funny story
that nobody but himself laughel at.
Some men don't seciato have, aay,
heart to break.
It is generally conceded that Lot'
wife wouldn't liavc looked back, but a
woman with the primative pull-back
dress on passed her, and the temptation .
to sec how it wa made overcame her,
fears of impending doom, and she'' wan
salted aud preserved from further.
vaHiti?.