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RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, JAN. 3, 1874.
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H. W. DAVIS. P. M.
B. K. PETTEXOILI. A CO.,
40 Park Row, New York,
Are aaents for the Richmond Palladium In
that city, and are authorized to contract for
Inserting advertisements for ns at lowest
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quested lu leave xavors wun mem.
City Board of Equalization.
The owners and holders of the tthares of
the capital stock of the several Banks in the
city of Richmond, are hereby noli fled that
the Board of Equalisation of said city will
meet in the Council Chamber in said city,
at 7 o'clock p. in., on Tuesday, the Smh day
of December. 1873, to hear and decide all
complaints that mar be made touching
the assessment of such aharaa for taxation
for the current year.
By order of the Common Council, Decem
ber 16, 1873. P. P. KIRN,
41-2w, City Clerk.
TS BASTKBVPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE
That on the 15th day of December, A.D,
1873, a Warrant in Bankrupyy was issued
against the estate of William Burgess of
Richmond, in the county of Wayne, and
State of Indiana, who has been adjudged a
Bankrupt on his own petition: That the
payment of any debts and delivery of anv
property belonging to such Bankrupt, to
him for his use, and the transfer or any
property by him is lorbidden by law; that a
meeting of Creditors or the said Bankrupt,
to provit their debts and choose one or more
Asttiguees of his estate, will be holden at a
Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the
office of John W. Ray, No. 22 North Penn
sylvania street, Indianapolis, Indiana, on
the 13th day of January, A. D. 174, at 10
o'clock a.m. BF.N.J.SPOONER,
V. S. Marshal, District of Indiana,
41-3w pr. fee 57 Messenger.
gHEBIFFS
SALE.
By virtue of a decree and execution to me
directed from the Wayne Circuit Court, I
will expose at Public Sale, at the Court
House door in the city of Richmond, Wayne
county, Indiana, on the loth day of Jan
nary, 1874, between the hours of 10 o'clock,
A. Si., and 4 o'clock P. M., on said day, the
following property, to wit:
The east half of the northeast quarter of
section number twenty-eight (28), in town
ship number eighteen (18), north of range
.number fourteen (14) east, containing eighty
(80) acres, more or less. Also, seventy (70)
acres off of the west side of the northwest
quarter of section number twenty-seven
(27), township number eighteen (18,) of range
number fourteen (14) east, exclusive of tha
burying ground.
To be sold as the property of Silas C.
Cooper, to satisfy said decree and execution
In my hands in favor of Harrison Sulser.
Said sale without relief from valuation or
appraisement laws.
WM. II. STUDY,
Sheriff of Wayne County.
H. B. Patwe, Attorney for Plaintiff. -4l-3w
pr. fee 88 25
AO Elf TS
PBOFITS per
.OU week. Will prove it or forfeit
fstta. New articles Just patented. Samnlea
sent free to all. AddresiC
W. HT CHIDESTER,
. 89-4 267 Broadway, New York.
THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY
OF
AGASSIZ, MAY 28, 1837.
BTH.W, LONOTELLOW.
It was fifty years ago
. In the pleatant month of May,
In the beautiful Pays de Vaud,
A child In its cradle lay.
And Nature, the old nurse, took
The child upon her knee,
Saying: "Here is a story book
Thy Fathef has written for thee."
"Come, wander with me," she said,
"Into regions yet untrod;
And read what is still unread
In the mannscrlpt of God."
And he wandered away and away -With
Nature, the dear old nurse;
Who sang to him night and day
The rhymes of the universe.
Aud whenever the way seemed long,. ?
Or his heart began to fail.
She would sing a more wonderful song,
Or tell a more marvelous tale.
So she keeps him still a child,
. And will not let him go,
Though at times his heart beats wild
For the beautiful Pays de Vaud;
Though at times he hears in his dreams,
The Ranz des Vaches of old,
And the rush of mountain streams
From glaciers clear and cold;
And the mother at home says, "Hark!
For his voice I listen and yearn;;
It is growing late and dark.
And my boy does not return!"
THE FORESTER'S DAUGHTER.
About a mile from Wilhelm, in
the midst of a solitary wood, there
is a house in which, in 1819, dwelt
a forester whose name was MerkeL
He had three children: the eldest
was a girl of seventeen, handsome,
strong and resolute.
Won t you be frightened in these
unsettled tunes? asked her father,
when he with her mother and the
two younger children were starting
on unristmas morning to go to
church.
'Frightened?' said the brave girl
laughing. 'Up stairs hang your
guns, two double barreled.
Take care, Kate, said the fath
er, 'they are loaded with ball.'
'All the better for that, said the
girl; 'Sultan is with me, too, and he
always knows his man, and I shall
shut up and bar the windows down
stairs.
As they left the house, she began
to close and bar all the windows on
the ground floor.
Then she not only locked and
bolted the door, but placed a heap
of blocks and wood against it in
side, and calling the great dog to
her in the kitchen, she began to
prepare for cooking the family din
ner, as her mother had directed.
When this was arranged, she went
up stairs, and carried all the pow
der which her father kept in a large
stone jar into the upper room, and
the bullets, too, of which her fath
er had a large supply.
Outside, the snow laid thickly
upon the trees and the ground; the
cold was cutting and severe.
Merkel was a well to do man; but
considered touch richer than he
really was.
Kate's parents and brother might
just have reached Wilhelm, when
she saw a half frozen old man, lean
ing on his staff approach the house.
She remarked how he trembled at
the frost, and how disappointed he
looked when he saw all the shutters
closed, as if no one was at home.
His snow-white beard . nearly
covered his face, and seemed to
reach almost up to the cap of fox
skin which he wore on his head,
with the foxtail hanging down be
hind.
The girl pitied the old man. He
can not get on to Wilhelin, for his
legs seemed scarcely able to carry
him; and in this weather he ran in
great danger of being frozen to
death. '
She went to the window of the
second story, and asked him what
he wanted.
'Oh! my good child,' he cried oui
with a faint voice, 'I want to warm
myself, for I am thoroughly frozen
a can not get any iartner on my
way to Wilhelm, for I have not
tasted food to-day.'
The kind heart of the maiden
was softened and overcome.
She hastened downstairs; moved
away ner means ox aeiense, ana
opened the door ; but scarcely was
the old man in the room, when she
locked the door again, little think
ing that she had now to defend her
self against an enemy within. She
showed the old man into the warm
room, and made him sit down in
her father's arm chair, which stood
near the large stove. -
'Something hot will be the best
to warm and revive you,' she said
kindly. 'There is some coffee which
we only drink on Sundays and
festival days, left; I will warm it
for yoo.'
It seemed strange that the great
dog, Sultan, ran about in an angry,
excited way, growling and showing
his teeth from the time the old man
had entered the house. Only with
difficulty could she keep him quiet
And now, when she went into the
kitchen to get the coffee ready, the
dog pressed up closer to her, and
looked distrustfully at the old man,
who was resting in the arm chair.
The dog's strange conduct made
her suspicious. As in many old
German houses, there was an open
ing in the wall, a sort of window,
with a slide between the kitchen
and the room inhabited by the fam
ily, through which the dishes were
passed from oue to the tther.
This window was just behind the
arm chair, and since this morning,
when the mother had put the coffee
and milk pots through it, it had
been left open. --
W ith gentle tread she went up to
this wiadow, and looked into the
room. v nat sue beueia tnere in
deed filled her with horror.
Before her eyes, the old man took
off his fur cap. and his white beard,
too, raised up his bent down, pow
erless figure, and now there stood
before her quite a different man
than the one she in her pity
had admitted. The first was a tot
tering, half frozen old man this
was a strong young man, of savage
and wicked appearance; and the
smile of joy at his successful trick,
which passed over his face, had an
expression which filled the girl s
heart with terror,-.. -.- ? ' !
So overcome was she at this
hange in her guest, that for a few
moments she had no idea how it
would be best to act.
The robber did not know that he
had been seen. He went up to the
window which tho good natured
girl had opened, and from which
she had drawn back the shutters.
t looked toward the wood, which
extended on that side of the house.
The man started out, and then wav
ed his handskerchief ; he then drew
from under his old ragged coat a .
ong, broad knife, examining care
fully the point and blade.
What was to be done? That was
the question: but there was short
time for the poor girl to consider.
She must be quick she must
act decisively. Rescue from with
out was not to bo thought of she
alone, by God's help, must save
herself, and the property of her
family!
She took a hasty glance around
the room, and seeing a heavy axe
which was used for chopping wood,
ying upon a block, she quickly
seized it The coffee was hot, but
in the pot it would not serve the
plan which she had devised
She poured the boiling liquid in
to a small deep plate, and, quite
determined what to do, she went
up to the door of the room, the
plate with the smoking coffee in her
left hand, and the heavy axe in her
right
'I have bothhandsfull,' she cried,
standing before the door; 'be so
good as to open the door for me.'
Not suspecting what was about
to happen, the robber quietly open
ed the door, standing in the mid
dle of the threshold. - In a mo
ment the whole of the boiling coffee
flew into his face. With a furious
exclamation of pain,1 he -bent for
ward, and, with his hands, rubbed
the coffee from his eyes.
Availing herself of this moment
of his helplessness, the brave girl,
with the broad side the axe,
dealt him such a violent blow on
his head, that he fell down sense
less to her feet . " ' '
Quick asthought, pushing aside
his body, she sprang to the window,
which she had before opened her
self, closed it securely and put up
the shutters. Then she hastened
back, took the key out of the door,
which was inside, called, 'Sultan,
keep watch,' and, pushing the great
dog into the dark room, where the
robber still lay senseless, she lock
ed the door from the outside. Then,
after building up her wall of de
fence against the door, she hasten
ed up to the second story.
The dog was growling from with
in, and trying to get out, ana at
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c.n mnf 4V.01-H woo o
lent knocking at the house door.
The girl took her father's double
barreled gun down from the wall, ,
and, opening the window, sho in- j
quired:
'Who's there below?"
From the window she saw before
the door a man, with the appear
ance of a huntsman, of savage and
forbidden aspect quite a stranger
to her. He called out to her in a
commanding tone:
'Open the door!'
When I choose to do so,' replied
the girl.
'If you do not open it, I shall,'
cried he huntsman, angrily, '1 shall
break open the door, and then you.
will see what will happen.'
'We are a long way off from that
yet' replied the girL
'We shall see,' cried the hunter,
and. taking his gun from his should
er, he was about to place it against
the doorlock and fire.
Kate saw that rapid action was
necessary. In a moment her fath
er's gun was cocked and her aim
taken, and before the rascal could
turn round, there was a loud report
above, and a bullet had shattered
his right arm
His gun dropped from his hand, .
he fell to the ground. He uttered
a cry of pain, and rolled over in the
snow, which he redened with his
blood. But before the girl could
take up her father's other gun, he
had risen and fled into the woods.
Kate quickly loaded the gun
again, and prepared for a struggle
of life and death; for sho felt cer
tain that these two were not alone,
but had companions in the forest
Her courage did not fail, but Bhe
threw herself down upon her knees,
and prayed for help from Him who
alone is our defense and shield.
The courage which God gives is the
right courage. He makes the soul
strong for the most difficult things.
Now she heard a noise in the
room below, where Sultan and the
robber were. She listened. She
heard the dog's growling and the
man's cry of pain.
Tho struggle lx.tween them last
ed about ten minutes; and then the
terrible sounds were succeeded by
an awful silence.
Poor Eate felt that if more ene
mines came, her position was a
desperate one. How could she for
any time defend herself agaisnt a
number of robbers?
She could scarcely reckon upon
the dog, for she dared not let him
out, as 6he could not be certain
whether the man in the room be
low was dead or alive.
And if they should attack the
house from before and behind at
the same time, she knew that she
was lost, for no help could come
to her; for who, in such severe
weather, would be likely to be pass
ing on even the high road, which
went, through the woods not far
from the house? . Once more she
prayed earnestly-for help from
above. She then looked round the
house to see if any fresh danger
was theatening, and perceiving
nothing she went back to the room
j where her weapons lay, to see wLat
was going on before the door as
the dog kept barking in the room
i below.
Just as she got to the window,
she saw an armed, bad looking fel
I low approach the house. At first
he tried to be polite, and inquired:
'Have you seen an old man pass
, by here?'
; 'Yes,' replied the girl.
' ; 'Where is he? Have you let him
in?'
' These words were spoken in a
I fierce and insolent tone.
'I shall only answer civil ques
; tions,' replied the girl.
Where is he?' cried the robber,
. with an oath 'Have you murdered
' him? Then commend your soul to
God!'
; 'I have a helper below, my father's
i wolf dog, who has fought with him,
nd as you hear, the dog is victor.
More than this I know nothing of
him.'
s ; 'Open the door, then, that I may
see after him he is my brother!'
cried the robber.
i 'That may be,' replied the girl;
the dog then will serve you as he
did your brother.'
I 'Bah!' cried the robber; my
double barreled gun has two bul
' lets one for you, the other for the
dog. Open quickly!'
The girl leaned back, seized her
weapon, and took aim, at the mo
ment when the blow from the rob
ber made the door tremble.
'Back!' cried she, 'or I will shoot
" you "down!'
' He jumped back a few steps, and
cfliickly pointed his gun up toward
' the window; but at the same mo
ment there was a flash and a report
from above, and the robber first
sprang up, and then fell backward
in the snow, a stream of blood pour
ing from a wound in his breast
j C" Kate's courage now gave place
. to anguish and sorry of heart Her
j y"es were fixed on that terrible
! sight of the dead body. Her ball
had killed him!
v. What maiden's heart could bear
such a thought as that?
f In her despair, she fired the other
barrel of the gun out of the win
dow, and then both barrels of the
, second gun. Quickly she loaded
them all again, and fired them off
' one after the other. This she did
' five times.
f Then she perceived, with dismay,
? that the suppy of powder was get-
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not collect his comrades
t But her distress lasted only a
: short time. Two mounted police
men were riding up the road from
Wilhelm, having heard the day be
fore, from a peasant, that he had
seen three suspicious looking men
lurking about there.
If the policemen had not met the
well known forester and his family
at the gate at Wilhelm, they might
have heard a hundred shots fired
Lin succession, and taken no notice
of them, for they would have tho t
that the forester was chasing wolves
through the deep snow; but now it
struck them that there might be an
attack and danger to the forester's
house. So they at once turned
from the 1 oad, and hastened thither.
When Kate saw the two policemen,
a new terror seized her, as she took
them at first for robbers in disguise;
but when they came nearer, she recog
nized the two men, whom sbe had
often seen before.
"Kate!" cried one to her, "yours
was a master shot, and a good deed.
too, for this is one of the worst rascals
among the mountains a robber whom
wc have long been pursuing, but never
able to catch. It is all over with him
now, for you have shot him through
the heart!"
; A fehiver passed through the brave
girl at these words.
"Oh! God be thanked and praised
that you have come, otherwise I should
have died of terror; for in the room
below, I have another, with whom our
.Sultan has been fighting.
"Come, then, and open the door
.quickly! exclaimed both.
Kate m.ived her barricade of wood
from the door and opened it.
' The' dog barked for joy when he
heard the girl s voice,
i Scarcely was the room-door opened
when he jumped out to caress Kate.
but she pushed him back, filled with
horror, when she saw that his mouth
and throat were stained with blood.
There was not a sound in the room.
One of the police went in and open
ea me snutier. men tney beheld a
dreadful sight. On the ground lay a
man, with his clothes hanging in tat
ters uron him. while his face and
throat bore terrible marks of the dog's
teeth.-
The floor was covered with blood,
and everything showed that there
must have been a herce struggle be
tween the man and the dor.
The latter was unhurt, for the rob-
ber had not been able, in the dark
ness, to find the knife which lay upon
the table, and was dead.
Kate had now to tell all the circum
stances to the police.
Before noon they arrested the woun
ded robber at an inn, where rogues
and thieves . frequently found refuge.
Kate's fame was spread abroad
throughout the whole country; but it
was Pome time before she recovered
thejshock of this dreadful event.
Kate afterward married a brave
forester, who became her father's suc
cessor; and I saw her in her maturer
years, the mother of a blooming fam
ily of children, still a handsome
woman, in whom masculine courage
was united with female tenderness,
and who enjoyed the esteem and love
of all who knew her.
INDIANA NEWS.
Valuable discoveries of stone have
been made in Wayne, Hamilton coun
ty. One hundred pairs of English spar
rows have been imported into Evans
ville. A company has been organized in
Terre Haute, with a capital of $29,000,
to start a boot and shoe factory.
The citizens of Annapolis, Parke
county, offer $2,000 for the establish
ment of a steam flouring mill at that
place.
A revival of religion is in progress
in Wabash College, and a large num
ber of students have been gathered
into the churches.
A company of coal men in Ohio
have purchased a tract of 200 acres of
land in Clay county, and will com
mence sinking a shaft in the spring.
The Clay Coal Company's mines, on
Otter creek, have suspended work,
throwing nearly 200 men out of em
ployment. The Grangers of Hamilton county
met at Cicero on the 20th and formed
a county organization, and now adver
tise for bids for goods.
The Green Castle Iron and Nail
Works are running full. time. They
employ 125 men, and the semi-month
ly pay roll amounts to $2,140.
A man named Sylvester Willey is in
jail in White county, to answer for the
infamous crime of killing his daugh
ter, whom he , had incestuously se
duced. The Kokomo Tribune proposes to
publish the names of such as are
drunk on New Year's day jn that town, .
and abfc'sllie-la3Tes hot to furnish wine
to callers.
There are 18 granges of the Patrons
of Husbandry in Cass county. They
are talking of a joint stock company
for the purpose of manufacturing ag
ricultural implements.
Marsh Parks, of Warsaw, the other
day threw his overcoat across the sad
dle of his horse. In one of the pock
ets was a revolver that discharged,
killing the horse instantly.
Christmas marked the fiftieth year
of the Presbyterian Church at Kings
ton, and a fitting celebration was had,
at which the first pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Lowry, was present.
The Laporte Herald estimates the
cost of liquor consumed in that city at
$250,000 annually. That would build
factories enough to nearly double its
population.
It is now ascertained that the Rev.
Mr. Brake and wife, who died in La-
grange county recently, were Dotn
poisoned by the operation of tearing
from a wall green paper containing
arsenic.
The relatives of a man named Gen
try, of "Centerville, who have spent a
week trying to find his remains, sup
posing him to have been murdered,
received a letter from him, dated Kan
sas City, recently.
An unfortunate Indianapolis man,
who lost several toes by a car wheel,
was consoled by a gentleman near by
with: "Whist, there, you're making
more noise than many a man I've seen
with his head off."
Imagine the mortification of a Jef
fersonville young lady, to discover that
she had been walking up street with a
placard pinned to the back of her
dress, upon which was printed, "2,000
children wanted."
A woman recently reached Misha
waka who was fleeing from the bru
talities of her husband, who nearly
murdered her at South Bend. She
was severely cut with a large knife,
and the wounds were bleeding freely
when she reached the former place.
Two New Albany men arc having a
grand old law suit about a hog worth
$3.75. At the second trial of the case
the jury failed to agree, although
eight lawyers were employed. The
costs to date, exclusive of attorneys'
fees, amount to over $500.
A drove of 600 turkeys were driven
into Newport one day last week. Just
before getting to the town dusk came
on, and turkeys concluded that it was
about roosting time, and commenced
to retire to the trees and fences. Then
the "drovers" had a lively time.
Just as the Ohio Falls Works have
resumed operation, a part of the men
the heaters, rollers, and watchers '
have struck against a reduction of
wages, and all the rest of the hands,
about 200, are thereby thrown out of
employment. The strikers have been
making about $11 per day, and could
make $8 by the rates now allowed.
Three valuable veins of galena, or 1
lead ore. have been disrnvprrrl ticnr i
Leavenworth, Crawford county. One
in, so far as examined, is two feet
wide, and is increasing as it desceuds;
the other two veins are not so wide
and distinct, but very promising, and
would be considered very valuable in
any lead district.
The South Bend Tribune says: An
agreement was circulated among our
business men this week that they
would not ship any freight on the'
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railway until that railway company
will stop all passenger trains at this
place. Most of the freight for this
place can be shipped over the Chicago
and Lake Huron Railway just as cheap
as the other road.
Baxter's Temperance Lectures.
The lecture on temperance, deliver
ed in this place by the Hon. William
Baxter, were' the occations of the
largest attendance of the citizens of
Rushville, that has occurred at any
public meetings held at out hall or
churchea during the year. On Satur
day night Melodeon Hall was well
filied, and on Sunday evening addi
tional benches were brought into the
Christian church to furnish seats for
those present. At the commencement
of his remarks, Mr. Baxter succeeded
in convincing his hearers that he had
engaged in the work from an earnest
desire to do gocd, and the evident
honesty of his intentions at once se
cured him the respectful attention of
his hearers, no matter what were their
individual opinions in regard to the
subject discussed. Though he makes
no attempt at oratorical display, he is
a fluent and ready speaker, seemingly
never at a loss either for words or il
lustrations with which to enforce his
ideas. He also seemed to possess an
almost exhaustlcss fifnd of anecdote,
both pathetic and humorous, which
enabled him to claim the attention of
the dullest intellect, and yet, while he
generally dresses his language in the
plainest garb, he frequently indulges
m outbursts of real,genuine eloquence,
which is the more impressive because
it appears entirely unstudied.
Saturday night Mr. Baxter dwelt
particularly on the evils of intemper
ance. Sunday night he warned his
hearers against the dangers of moder
ate drinking and the necessity of pro
hibiting the sale of liquor in order to
ensure the success of the temperance
cause; on Monday night, he explained
the features of the new law. His la
bors here will hardly fail to result in
much good, more especially because
he failed to create animosities by
senseless abuse, being more anxious
to persuade men to adopt his mode of
thinking than to denounce, with bit
ter invective, all who disagreed with
him. And best of all, he won the
confidence of his hearers because they
knew he was not a hired lecturer, but
was working honestly, in" the cause he
believed to be right, from a sense of
duty. Rusbvule Republican.
The Strike a Tiolatinn of the Rule
of the Brotherhood A Communi
cation from the Orand Chief Engi
neer. Cleveland, December 28. The
following communication is furnished
the agent of the Associated Press this
evening: The strike now in operation
on theleased lines of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company is in direct vi
olation of the rules of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. My
advice to every member of the Broth
erhood that has quit work on account
of the strike is to go to work at once
and to use every influence in their
power to induce all persons engaged in
the strike to resume work and desist
from any interference with the compa
ny's property or men. In my opinion
no dishonor will be attached to any
man who accepts a situation from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company dur
ing their present difficulties.
Signed Chas. Wilson,
Grand Chief Engineer.
"Soaping the tanks," is an old trick
of striking railway men, and one that
it would take little stretching to bring
under the head of "murder with mal
ice aforethought." The results which
follow are much better understood
than the cause. . Everyone has
noticed that when water is dropped on
a very hot stove, occasionally small
globules will form and roll rapidlv
about the surface without giving off
steam, oo when soap is put into the
water of a boiler, tw3 globules will
sustain and absorb a very great degree
of heat without yielding much steam;
and then when the steam does get
loose it goes with a rush, generally
laKing tne Doner ana the engineer
with it. It is now believed, in places
ot high authority, that many ot the
hitherto mysterious boiler explosions
nave been owing to soap or grease ac
cidcntally mixed with the water.
it
CLT U Y-l ,, .... a
. ieai iray was tne title or a
house in New England, of which both
members were anything but religious
ly inclined. Kobb & bteel was an
other firm in which both members
were noted for their honorable char
acter quite as much as "Wright &
Justice, ' who were their neighbors.
U.Ketchum & 1. Cheatham is a well
known old incongruity: but the mar
riage of Benjamin Bird, aged 00, to
Julia Chaff, aged 20, showing that "an
old bird may be caught by chaff." is
not so familiar; nor is the marriage of
Ixeorge V irtue to Susan Vice. 1 hese
collections of iamiliar names are "odd"
enough.
An exchange relates that a gentle
man of its town has thoughtfully put
his front gate in his parlor, so that his
daughter and her voune man can
swing on it without taking cold during
the winter weather. This is a humane
suggestion to all fathers. A front
gate in the parlor may save a good
many dollars that would otherwise be
paid out for soothing syrups and
cough balsams.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers is an efficient organization,
capable of exercising prompt control
over its members, and will be held re
sponsible for such an exercise of its
power that, whether the strike be
long one or a short one, the conduct
of the strikers shall not be character
ized by Bcenes of violence. We hope
not to be called upon to record any
disturbance threatening danger to life
or iiuio. viuciDBau j lines.
JOHN
From the N. Y. Sun.
VISITS COOPERSTOWN.
He meets Queer People and seen Ob.
jeets oi i uteres miimows flat
ton and C'heette The Home of Leath
er fttockinir The Grave on the
Kliore of the Haunted Lake A
Plenaaat Place.
Cooperstown, IN. T December.
1S53. One great question was forever
set at rest this morning on the cars. 5
It was settled by an ordinary, a very
ordinary seaman from the Erie Canal.
lie said, lhe flag don t cover the
cargc the deck docs. When I ask
ed him questions in navigation such
as "What kind of scuttles are used to
scuttle vessels with, coal scuttles or
house scuttles?" he said "he didn't
know," and before I got through with
him I found he knew more about knit
ting needles than the Needle, and was
much more familiar with bean poles
than he was with the iorth role, and
he could reef a 6tove-pipe going under
a low bridge better than he could box
the compass.
lhe next thine that hannened was
more than an incident it almost rose
to the dignity of an episode. Two
sheepish looking fellows got into a
dialogue about mutton, and I thought
at one time they'd "lam" each other.
One was an Englishman. He swore
"that there never was and never would
be mutton equal to Southdown mut
ton." The other, a Southerner, said
"that Southdown mutton didn't begin
to be as good as down South mutton,"
and finally one of 'em appealed to me.
Says he, "What is your opinion,
sir?"
Says I, "Either is good boiled with
caper sauce.
And 1 further observed. Ihere s
one thing we did beat England on,
sure.
5ays
he
"What's that, sir?"
Cheese." ,
Says I,
says
e, "Uah!"
Savs I, "We have finished talking
about bah, we're on cheese now."
Says he, "Cheese! I never saw any
cheese in this blarsted country that
I'd own over night without getting it
insured."
Says I, "Ah,-pray, what kind of in
surance would you take?"
Siys he, "Life, sir; life!"
Says I, "If I owned much English
cheese I'd take out a policy, sure."
Says he, "What kind, sir?"
Says I, "Marine."
Says he, "Why so?"
Says I, "It's so full of skippers."
A ROMANTIC PLACE.
Cooperstown is the very place where
the man was born who had rather go
with somebody else's sister to Binging
school than his own; he betrayed this
weakness when he was about twenty
years of age, and he is now married.
This is Cooperstown, forever made
classic ground by him who gave to the
world, "The Pioneers," "Home as
Found," and "Tho Deer Slayer." It
was settled by Judge Wni. Cooper,
who removed from Burlington, N. J.,
in 1786, when J. Fennimore was only
one year old. He cf whom years after,
when he was absent in iiurope, lial-
eck wrote:
Cooper, whose name Is with his country's
woven,
Fiist in her files, her pioneer of mind
A wanderer now in other dimes has proven
ills love lor tne young lanu lie left behind.
And throned her in the Senate haU of na
tions,
Robed like the deluge rainbow, heaven
wrought:
Magnificent as his own mind's creations,
Ana Deauuiui as its green worm oi
thoughts. . ' ' "
Cooperstown is a beautiful place in
summer, but just now the snow is too
deep for me to judge of the prospects
of next spring's grass crop.
.Leather ctocking once lived here.
and writing yarns in connection with
woollen stockings comes more apropos
to me than leather stockings; and
as for the "Deer Slayer," a beautiful
Cooperstown belle in a sleigh, with
two gooses heads on the runners in
front, is the only dear sleigher I have
seen since 1 arrived.
There is an "unsalted sea" here.
Otsego lake. It is a lovely sheet of
water, ten miles in length, and two
steamboats plough its bosom when it
. a n m
pays to plough its bosom. Salmon
shad, or Utsego bass, grow in this
lake, and Seth Green, who knows
something about fish says "they arc
distinct from those living in any other
waters. 1 hey sometimes weigh as
much as seven pounds, and thev used
to catch as many as five thousand in a
seine at a single haul. They ain't so
plenty now. Within the past two
years they have planted 500,000 bass
and trout in the lake, and in a short
time there wilt be splendid fashing.
OLD MEMORIES.
Persons of romantic or rum antic
turns of mind will find Cooperstown
one of the most delightful places on
earth. Let 'em come here when the
trees are robed in green, and take a
sail on the lake on whose banks the
Iroquois once built their camp fires;
while drinking in the beauties of the
cene, have pointed out to them "The
Chalet," with its landing place for
Leather Stocking's Cave, and imagine
they can hear the laugh of the Indian
maiden, Wah-ta-Wah, more musical
than the ripples of the lake.
I quote: "Off Hyde Bay, where the
rushes wave on the shoals, the dim
outline of Muskrat Castle can be
traced, and the faint strains of an old
time hymn are heard, strangely sweet,
over the water the even song of Het
ty at her mother's grave."
Take a seat 'neath the awning of
the boat and listen while they point
out the favorite resorts of "Old Hut
ter," "Harry Harry," and greatest of
theni all, "Natty," the "Deer Slayer,"
until you can fancy you see him "com
ing down from the cave that bears hia
name, gliding in his canoe across
Blackbird bay, or crossing the Vision,
in haste to rescue from the panther's
cruel claws the fair form of Elizabeth
Temple, dear old Natty faithful,
kindly, wraith the memory of thy
character and deeds will haunt the
valley long after the very names of its
real men and women are forgotten,
save only the man who gave thee to
the world, the man whose grave is
fitly made near the shores of the
Haunted Lake.
QUEER PEOPLE.
Any one who don't like this kind of
doings can stay ashore, and mingle
with lhe people, who are just about
the same as elsewhere. I mingled
among, 'em, most of 'em are mighty
nice, but some of 'em are queer. One
of 'em saw a fellow shingling a house '
and he called him "Rufus," and that
same man, notwithstanding he is a
tailor, takes a paper whose motto is
"measures not men."
It " is a law abiding coinuiunity.
Plenty of lawyers abide here. - A man
was tried here once for perjury in the
eighth degree (above zero.) . He swort'
"he was worth $2,000." J It turned
out he wasn't. : Hewas cleared v.
follows: It was proved that he hul
$500; that he used gas?4 A' fr .
which made him -;e doable, whiih
made it $1,000. Then
lie Bicil
eye
glasses, which caused
him In
uouoie again, wnicn resulted tn
111 1 t . -a
I thinking he really had $2,00.
jury in acnuiung nun recoraai
recoEBMemitil
that in handling money hereafter he
leave off both Kinds of glasses, ryu
and eye.
I was on a jnry once. : A fellow was
tried for robbing on the high seas. 1 1
was proved he did it when the title
was out, so it couldn't have been on
the high seas, and I and the ckven
other fellows let him go, ... -.
They have barrel organs here.
I saw one yesterday. It was a flour
barrel with a pig in iu Its song was
rather shriller than a canary bink.
A gassy fellow who .sponges his
tailor here wears a chin-chilla over
coat. Joiix.
From the Shelby Kepiiblk-ju.
Marietta Letter.
Decexbber. 17 thv 1873.
In accordance with previous Botico
a very. large and highly respectable
audience assembled in the M. E.
Church to hear the Hon. Wm. Baxter,
of Richmond, lecture on the subject
of Temperance and give a exposition
of the present temperance law, '- "of
which he is the author. (?apt. Jone
was called to the chair. The exercises
of the evening commenced with an
earnest and appropriate prayer by
Rev. T. C. Crawford; after which Mr.
Baxter was introduced to the audience
and delivered feucba lecture, as only
he can deliver. Tcsay that it was el
oquent, logical, and convincing, is
very poor praise of it. It was sublime
in the highest degree, and was listened
to by the audience with almost breath
less silence for more than an hour.
At its conclusion the following reso
lutions were submitted to the meeting,
and passed without a dissenting voice.
Resolved. That wc, as citizens of
Indiana, will niaintainc and sustain
the Baxter temperance law, and will
use all our inflmnceltnd exertions tn
enforce its provisions and that we will
cause all offenders of the law that
"comes to our notice to be prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law.
Resol vei; That we will not Si p
PORT or Vote for any candidate for
any ofhee in the State that is not pledg
ed to support and mantain the Baxter
temperance law in all of its provis
ions. , ; : .
. The meeting was adjourned by sing
ing the Poxology, Well done Mari
etta. It was one of the best and most
pleasant meetings of the kind ever
held in this community. God bles
this great apostle of the temperance
cause, and may he have long life to go
about doing ' good and get his great
reward by receiving the earnest pray
ers and heartfelt thanks of all that he
so
greatly benefits by his . voluntary
mission
cause.
in the great teuiperauce
Observer.
The Temperance Lecture.
On Monday and Tuesday evenings
of last week, Hon. Wm. Baxter, au
thor of the present temperance law,
lectured in the M. E. Church, iu this
city. On both evenings the large
room was crowded. On the first eve
ning he portrayed in his own master
ly way the evils of intemperance,' and
such an arraignment of king alcohol,
has never before been heard in this
city.
On the second evening he spoke of
the "temperance law," of its designs,
and showed clearly that it accorded
with the principles of common law.
At the close of the lecture the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were
adopted by a rising vote none dissent
ing-
Whereas: The evils resulting to
society from the use and traficin al
coholic drinks, are many and griev
ous therefore, be it
- Resolved, By the citizens of
Shelbyville, in public meeting assem
bled, that we will do all in our power,
both by precept and example, to les
sen the use and trafic therein.
That to further said purpose, we
will give our cordial support toward
a vigorous enforcement of the law,
believing that the faithful execution
thereof will a lessen very materially
the evils of intemperance. '
That as the question of tewperanc-e
is of the highest importance to tho
commonwealth, we will henceforth
give our sufferage to those candidates
for office who will heartily support
State. . ;yj.-.
That n copy of these- resolutions bo
furnished to the editor of our eounty
papers with the request that they be
published. . .
Mr. Baxter addressed large and at
tentive audiences at Marietta, Wal
dron and Fuirland, ; on Wedensday,
Thursday aud Friday evenings. These
meetings and these lectures have
done much . toward awakening and
strengthening a healthy feeling on
this important question of Temper
ance. Shelby Republican. ;
The strike of the railroad engine
ers promises to, be a . short strike.
The roads affected are getting into
shape, and in a day or two will be
independent of the strikers. Another
engine was soaped at Columbus yes
terday, and two or three diabolical
attempts were made to throw trains
from the track, at that point. But
Chief -Engineer Wilson's order is
having a good effct, and the crisis is
passed. Cin. Times. .
ine wasmngton associated press
dispatch states that a majority or the
Senate are opposed to the total repeal
of the bankruptcy act. It is proposed
to amend it with a view of prelecting
debtors from the exactions of a small
minority of their creditor.