The Morehouse clarion. [volume], September 18, 1880, Image 4

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Gai tüW, aud Present.
Our esteemed religious cost- i
(nui; »rary, tho Independent, or
g i u of thft
-•rthodox Congrega
tion,i! denomination, still endoav
o . to advocate the election of
Cieu. Gatfiekl, on the ground that
he is ;i inau of high mora! char
acter. "AU the efforts of par
tisan Democrats," says the Inde
("jtideut, "made because Geu.
Garfield has been nominated for
the Presidency, to shake or im
pair this position, are simply
futile. Their campaign stories
amount to nothing with Republi
cans. We do not belitvo there
are iöi Republicans in the laud
whose votes will bo aiïected in
slightest degree by these petty
scandals with which the Demo
crats are just now so much con
cerned." This is tho present
language of our esteemed relig
ions contemporary.
We desire, however, to remind
the Independent that it is not
the efforts of partisan Democrats
nor any campaign stories which
they can produce that now have
to be met by those who would
fain convince independent and
sensible aien that Garfield can
safely be elected. It is the for
mer representations and the un
disguised opinions of Republican
journals, and even of religions
Republican journals, which are
now so injurious to the Republi
can candidate. If the Indepen
dent will kindly turn to its own
files and examine the loading ar
ticle which it published on July
30,1874, when Garfield's pecu
liar transactions were still fiesh
before its conscience, it will find
something which is likely to have
much more weight with the sort
of voters we are describing, than
anything that it can now say to
the contrary,
"We cannot fotget," says the
Independent of that day, "that
he was more deeply involved in
the sad Credit Mobilier difficulty
than any other member of the
House of Representatives, ex
cepting, of coarse, Ames and
Brooks;" "But the testimony
taken in the investigation of the
District of Columbia frauds,"
continues our esteemed religions
contemporary, "shows that Mr.
Garfield received $5,000 for his
aid in getting through a paving
contract accepted by the District
Government. And Mr. Parsons,
a uotorous jobber, made an ar
gument for the paving company
and thon got Mr. Garfield to
make a further argument and to
use his personal influence in its
favor. Of course, Mr. Garfield's
arguaient was successful. How
could it be otherwise? He was
Chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations. Every cent of
money voted to the District had
to come through him. Shepherd
coald not afford to refuse him
anything he asked; and Mr. Gar
field kuew it when he asked and
received for his services a fee
which would have been extrava
gant but for his official position."
"For $5,000 he was willing to use
his position as guardian of the
Treasury of the natiou to make
the District Government award
a profitable contract. As far as
most men can see, $5,000 was an
extravagant price for any service
which Mr. Garfield could render
that did not depend on his official
position; and if we can judge, the
breakiug away of the Williams
burg dam no more clearly indi
cated the worthlessness of its
construction thau does such an
act as this, thes far unexplained,
the giving way to the moral foun
dations of a man's character."
Our esteemed contemporary
will see that this is no effort of
partisan Democrats, nor any
campaign story of tbc-.rs, no:
potty scaudai which thoy haw
brought into prominence; it is
the candid, frank, and t- .;q -
tioned judgments of loading Re
publican journals, pronounced
at a time when the m »u whs cot
thought of for the Presidency
which are now having such in
fluence with thousands of voters
and, we trust, will prove in the
end, as the ought to prove, fatal
to the aoibitiu.i of this corrupt
and dishonored candidate.
Blowing Well.—\Y l ,
from good authority that some
time this year Mr. Stephen Jack
son, living about nine miles
northwest of Liberty, had a well
bored. Nothing peculiar was
noticed about it when they were
at work on it, nor for a faw days
after it was finished. Then it
was noticed that a sound issued
from the mouth of the well re
sembhug that made by a bellows
when in motion. Upon exami
nation it was found that a cur
rent of cool air was comiDg out
at the top sufficient to blow a
light hat off when placed over it.
The blowing occurs during the
afternoon, and can be heard sev
eral yards. Will somo one fa
miliar with tho earth's motion,
etc., explain the phenomenon.
The well is 79 feet d^ep.—[Lib
erty Herald.
A pretty good joke is told at
the expense of two limbs of the
law who are well-known in Se
naca couuty. They were oat car
riage riding a few days ago, and
on the road overhauled a farmer
who was driving a four-horse
team, three horses of which were
a little the worse lookiDg by rea
son of hard work. Thinking to
have some fun with the honest
tiller of the soil, they jokingly
inquired of him why one of his
horses was so fat and the other
three so poor. The graDgerj
who was acquainted with the
legal lights, quickly replied that
the fat horse was a lawyer and
the others his clients. The dis
ciploB of Blackstone drove on.—
Waterloo Observer,
Don't Box Toub Guild's
Ears .—The drum of the ear is
as thin as paper, and is stretched
like a curtain between the air
outside and that within; and thus
having to support it, and being
extremely delicate, a slap with
the hand on side of the face,
made with the force which sud
den and violent anger gives, it
has in multitudes of cases rup
tured this delicate membrane,
resulting in the affliction of deaf
ness for life. As the right hand
is always used, it is the left ear
which is stricken; this aids in ac
counting for the fact that tho left
ear is more frequently affected
with deafness than the right.
The Mississippi Mills at Wes
son, consume annually 4,500
bales of cotton and 400,000
pounds of wool, (Merino) princi
pally purchased iu Texas. With
the present rapid strides being
made in sheep husbandry in
this State, there will soon be no
necessity lor owners of these
Mills to go from home to pur
chase one pound of wool—[Mis
issippi Stock Journal.
J. E. Behen sells the celebrated ;
"WHITE" Sewing Machine ^ j
child can use it ; it has a self-set
ting needle ; its shuttle is self- j
threading ; its tension is automatic ;
it is the lightest running made, and
is nearly noiseless. It is adapted
to any kind of sewing, from the
lightest muslin and silk to the heav
iest woolen or cotton goods ; its
treadle is so constructed as to op
erate with perfect ease, and without
fatigue to the most delicate lady
It is the most durable, the cheapest
best and largest family sewing ma
chine in the market.
The celebrated Shepherd Fluting
Machine at Leopold's.
J Milton married the daughter
i o! a cou try squire, and lived with
j her uut a awj*- lJA -
austre literary recluse, while she
' was a rosy, romping country lass
lie Manias« >f < reat Men. ?
Robort Bums married a i.triu
! girl, with whom ho foil ;a love
j while they worked together in a
plowed field,
who could not endure tho 10
f traiut imposed upon her; so they
seperated. Subsequently, how
ever, she returned, and they lived
tnl- vably happy,
Oiu-iMi Vict .nr. and Prince Al
bert were cousins, a rare exam
ple in the long line of Engiisu
monarehs, wherein the martial
vows were sacredly observed and
sincere affection existed.
Shakespeare loved and wedded
a farmer's daughter.
Washington married a woman
with two children. It is enough
to say she was worthy of him,
and thoy lived as married peo
ple should live—in perfect har
mony with each other.
John Adams married the
daughter of a Presbyterian cler
gyman. Her father objected on
account of John being a lawyer
John Howard, the great phil
anthropist, married his nurse.
She was altogether beneath him
in social life and intellectuel ca
pacity, and besides this was
fifty-two years old while he was
but twenty-five. He wouldn't
take "No" for an answer, and
they were married and lived hap
pily until she died, which oc
curred two years afterward.
Peter the Great, of Russia,
married a peasant. She made
au excellent wife and a sagacious
empress.
Humboldt married a poor girl
because he loved her. Of course
they were happy.
It is not generally known that
Andrew Jackson married a lady
whose husband was still living.
She was an amiable woman, and
was most devoutly attached to
the old warrior and btaiesman.
A Father's Testimony.
A drunken father arose from
his sleep one day after he had
been drinking, and saw his little
daughter preparing food, and
turning to her in a tone aimost
tender he said:
"Millie, what makes you stay
with me ?"
"Because you are my father
and I iove you," said the child.
"You love me," answered the
wretched father.' "Millie, what
makes you lo^e me? I'm only a
miserable drunkard. Everybody
else despises me. Why don't
you ?"
"Dear father," said Miiiie, her
eyes filling with tears, my mother
taught me to love you, and every
night it seems in my dreams as
though she stood by my bed an'd
said: 'Millie, don't leave your
poor father,"he will get over the
power of strong drink somo day,
and then how happy you will
be ?' "
His poor heart could not stand
against Roch love m this. Taking
her in his arms, and weepicg like
a child, from that day he became
a temperate man.-—[Exchange.
Tho other morning a Galveston
merchant was seen standing in
his store with his face tied up
and smiling like a house on fire.
"What are you grinning for?"
ygked a passer-by, "I choost
so i d all miue old umprellas, and
,
^ so asa never vasb.
Dish rainy vedder was a pless
ing." "What's the matter with
your jaw?" My tooths ache so
pad I vants to die. Dot rainy
vedder always makee dot," And
as his thoughts went back to the
sale of the umprellas he put his
hand up to the jaw and laughed
and swora and stamped and
smiled until people passing
mistook him for a lunatic.—[Gal
veston News.
g{)Ut!l8ril Standard!
9L i
>sscs Hold In 1 Sv9.
TUE MOST CONVENIENT, EFFI
CIENT AND LH 'it ABLE PRESS
EXTANT, FOR EITHER
HAND, HORSE, STEAM
OR WATER POWER
... . „„
)" t r. cxc- pt w o hi
ilt'lt* exeunt wood
Every one that examines into its
merits takes it iu preference to all oth
ers A great many of the best makes of
Iron St rew Presses are laid aside ami the
Southern Standard substituted.
The price of the Southern Standard
for this year will bo as follows: Press
complet«', for hand power, except wood
work, v *• Pi't-S:
work and small Manila Hope, for horse,
steam or water power, §50.
For circulars and turther information,
apply to D. W.DOUGLASS,
p.::. o- p. Morehouse Parish, La.
TESTIMONIALS.
Ouachita City, La., May '20, 1»80.
-Mr. McDonald, Bastrop, La.
Deak Sih :—The Southern Standard
Press, which you put up for im», has
given perfect satisfaction. During the
months of December and January last I
packed bales cotton—averaging in
weight pounds. I used an ordinary
5 -l (fcotton rope which, at the close of
tho season, was sufficiently strong to be
used for plow lines. It possesses many
advantages over any other press of which
I have any knowledge. Its cheapness
and durability should recommend it to
every one. I regard tho "Southern
Standard - ' cheaper at $100 than the
Brooks or Reynolds or any press of like
make at 820. Yours truly,
o. b. steele.
Bastrop, La., May 20, lbfeû.
This is to certify that we had one of the
Southern Standard Presses built last
January. We had only about forty bales
of cotton packed on it, and must say
that we are better pleased with it than
press we ever used, and we have been
using presses for over thirty years.
They are cheaper and handier than any
press we ever saw, and if put up by B.
V. McDonald, we are confident they
will please most any one.
SAM'L W. REILY,
JOHN B. REILY.
Puckett Place, June 1, 1880.
B. V. McConald, Esq.
Dear Sir:—I take pleasure in attest
ing to the excellent workmanship on the
Southern Standard press erected by yon
last sommer on this place. It not only
works easily but has realized my expec
tations as to the weight of the bales
turned out, some weighing as high as
588 pounds, and many over 500 pounds.
All this was doue by hand. During last
oason there were about 130bales pressed,
no accident or delay occurring during
the progress of the work I feel satitied
that any person desiring to put up a
press of this character, cannot bo other
wise than pleased with the manner iu
which your work is performed.
Very Truly,
THAD. WATERMAN.
LUMBER !
LUMBER!
BILLS FILLED
ON SHORT NOTICE
AT PRICES TO
SUIT THE TIMES !
Cypress a Speciality,
AND AS CHEAT
AS
PINE.
Free
Mill six miles West of Bastrop
Ferry at Magnolia place.
W. K. HENDERSON
Lehman Bros.,
New York.
Lehman, Dnrr & Co.,
Montgomery, Ala.
Lehman, Abraham & Co,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
Commission Merchants,
Cor. Gravier & Baronne Sts.,
E. Lehman, )
M. Lehman, >
H. Abraham )
NEW,ORLEANS, L a.
Centenary College,
JACKSON, LOUISIANA,
Opens Rnnimnbcr 6. 1880. The last
session was the most pwspemuo ä.» An
ten yoars. The whole cost of board and
tuition need not exceed $144.00 in pfc
paratory department nor $164.00 in col
lege Classes for scholastic year. Send
for catalogue C. G. ANDREWS,
President.
for
july30-2m
T. Parcell. D.B. Gunby.
PU1SCEL.L «& G lî I* BY,
PRODUCE DEALERS,
Receiving, Forwarding aud Commission
Merchants,
MONROE, Louisiana.
Promp attention given to all freight
consigned to,them, aud owners notified
immediately of receipt thereof. Always
keep on hand, in fresh lots, Flour, Meal,
Corn, Oats, Bacon, Bran, Lime, Cement,
Coal, wagons, Coffee, Rice, Etc., Etc.
W. HAW
[SUCCESSOR TO RAWLIÜ3 & MUHKELL,]
COTTON FACTOR AND
Commission Merchant
No. 45 Union St.,
NEW OKLIiANS.
TI3DAI
IF
*1
i & n'"mi7iiiii<iprmffii<nii»"ifi YK" _
€ AI» I WET FIAKER A\!>
UNDERTAKER.
Bastrop. La.
^.Always on hand Hermetic and other
Burial Caskets, an<l coffin trimming.
. Ail kinds of Furniture manufactured
.. ^.
an u ropaired on ar.ort n »tico ami at ii\
ing rates.
tmprovb, streng n i en
ami PT-F,SERVE the EYES
—by using —
Wendell's Perfect Pitting
SPECTACLES A EYE -GLASSES.
—FOR SALE BY —
P. S. ROLLE1GH
jeweler and OPTICAS,
bastrop, louisiana.
Spectacles and to unit any eye. Gold
rings, breast-pins, shirt-studds, brace
lets, cuff buttons, watch-guards, and
everything to bo found in a first-class
jewelry shop, including the.celebrated
C alendar C lock , price only £15. Spe
cial attention paid to repairing. AU
work guaranteed.
Country orders promptly attended to.
Wedding rings made to older.
jany p. S. rolleigh.
J D. HAMalONDS JOHN M. G ADDIS
j. PINCKNKY SMITn.
Hammonds, Gaddis & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS,
—AND—
General Commission Merchants,
65 and 07 Carondelet Street,
sew orleans.
Will make liberal advances and sell
on consignment, cotton, sugar, molasses,
rice, tobacco, wool, grain, live stock and
country produce of all kinds. Having
favorable connections hero and in the
West for tho purchase of supplies, all
orders will receive strict attention, and
the interest of patrons will be closely
guarded in price, packing and .freight
ontract. au 8 ö -y
S. T. W. Meek's
O EN E It A L AGENCY
For portable and stationary engines
of different styles, saw and grist mills,
cotton gins, wagons, buggios, cane anil
sorghum mill», evaporators, and impro\
ed agricultural implements. Persons de
sirous of purchasing would do well, and
receive advantages by buying through
this agency. Address,
S. T. W. MEEK,
Hamburg, Ark.,
by letter, who will promptly respond iu
person. Reters to Messrt;. John Bussey,
A. L. Buseey, W. A. Harrington, Col. J.
Wm. Brown and Hon. Jas. Bussey
Established in 1852.
MI€HEL LEVY,
FALLS INTO THE LINE OF BATTLE
Fortified and armed witli a huge stock
of Spring and Summer
DRY GOODS.
Enough for everybody, all to bo sold
Just above cost.
He means business iu tho strictest sense
af the word. No humbug. Trial solic
ited.
Wolff, Silbernagel & Co.,
FLOUR AND GRAIN,
Provision Grocers,
AND GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
20G N. Secoud St., St. Louis.
Tlie Morehouse Nursery,
POINT PLEA8AN1, La.
The undersigned ia now ready to ro
ceivo orders for fruit-trees for next fal
delivery. All usee gujumiow**.
marl4-y JNO. MULHOLLAND.
Charles Winkler,
LOCK AND GUNSMITH,
Bastrop, Louisiana.
Will repair guns anc pistols on short
notice. Satisfaction gmranteed.
John R. Hudisill,
MONROE, Lciisiana.
[Near the raiload.]
Dealer in staple grceries, and ev
erything usually kept) n a first-class
grocery 6tore
John Chaff«
Ootton
Sons,
fetors,
AND GENUAL
Commission perchants,
NO. 5a UNIO>ilTRKETj
NEW Ol
THK
IHotchousc (flavion.
A Weekly Newspaper Published in
BASTROP, LOUISIANA,
Offers Superior Inducements aa
au Advertising Medium,
We are Prepai'd to turn out as good
JOB WORK
Mm the State
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Adveitise by tho Year.
IT IS INTENDED »TO MAKB
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A PAPER FOB THE PEOPLE.
NOW IS THE TIME TO
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