1879-11-28; Clare County Press

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VOLUME II.
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIDM^OVEMBER 28, 1879.
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NUMBER 30.
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Press.
The  Clare   County
issued every friday at
Clare, Clare County, Mich.,
—by—
ALVARO F. GOODENOUGH
BANKS' "PARTY.
Advertising:  Ratpp, i
The following Table of Advertising Rates has I
been carefully arranged according to a plan based,
rn space Kcgi'iKEO and timk continukd. Special j
tare is taken u tt tip and arrange advertisements i
in a Nj-stematic manner, thus making them more I
attractive than whenjvimbled together.
 TAllLH OF ADVERTISING   RATES,    j
i wk 2 wk 4 wk 2 mos 3 mos 6 mos  1 yr
1 inch $1.co 1,50 2.50 3.50 4,50 6.50 10.00 ;
f in      1.50 2,25 3.73 $.-S 7-oo i.coo 15.00 j
3 tn      2,00 3.00 5.00 7.00 9.00 13,00 20.00
4 in 2.jo 3,75 6,25 8,75 11,25 16.00 25,00
\i c»l 3,00 4.50 7.50 10.50 13.50 19.50 30.00
*£ col 6,00 9.>jo 14.00 ao.uo 25,00 35.00 50.00
1   col 30.00 15,00 20.00 30,00 35,00 50,00 80,00
Ei'siness Cards, 3 lines $s per year; each additional line, $1. ]
Lhgal Notices—Rates prescribed by law.*J
i.<  "Al. NnTitrs—ipcts. per line each insertion.     1
A:,: AovmtTKiNU payable quarterly in Advance,   I
BUSINESS CARDS.
33. I). WHEATOX. C.AV. PERRY |
WHEATON & PERRY,   j
LAWVERS,
CLARE,       -      -       MICH.      I
All business intrusted with them will receiv '
prompt attention. Collections made and Real Ee I
lateb. ughtandsold. UirkeiluynardDlnck.MainSt [
Wm'Il ELDEN," Jewet^krand i
dealer 111 Wall Paper, Books and Station- !
ery, Sewing Machine Fixtures, etc., Clare, i
C^EO. W. JEFFERIES, Judge op
X I'licuATnand JtsTi. nop tiih Peack, Clare.
Spc.-ial attcr.tii n given to making collections. Of-
ce < aM.iin Street.
q.eo."j! CUMMINS,
Attorney-at-JAtic and Solicitor,
Gourt House-Building, Farwell, Mch.
1
('. CASTERLIN,
c,
Attorney-and-Counselor-at-Law, and j
('ouiiHolor & Solicitor in (1hancery,    j
Court House Building, Farwell, Jlfich. J
HC. DODGE, Justice of the!
• Peace and Notary Ptblic, Vekno.v, has
Good Fabmixg Lands for Sam: |
Cheap.   Titles Perfect,
Terms Easy.
H. 0. Dodge, Frweld, Mich,
Banks aud his wife consulted
One bright "November day,
Planning it splendid dinner
In n pleasant, airy way.
" We'll have a grand Thanksgiving.
Said Banks, " aud I'olly, dear,
Yon get the guests together,
And I'll provido tho olieor."
Then Banks, with lioart o'ornowing
Said, ""Sows the time, my doar,
To ask ono's wife's relations,
So let them all bo here.
Yes, ask tbem all, my darling;
Your husband's not tho man
To stop half-way In making
A pleasant family plant!'
So Polly asked hor people—
And they were not a low—
Papa, mamma and brothers,
And till her sisters, too.
Theso brought their littlo children "J
A laughing, romping crowd—
And, in their after-dinner speech,
Banks really felt quite "proud."
Yet, through it all, a shadow
Into his bosom stole;
He knew that bUls were coming in;
They paralyzed his soul I
He knew that Mother Pippling
Was -whispering good advice
In Polly's ear, and, Bomohow,
That wasn't very nice.
He know the romping children
Had done him damage dlro
(For Banks had dainty furniture
As any could desire);
But still the guests wero merry;
The dinner went" oft well,"
In spite oi many vexing things
Which ono don't care to tell.
And when, at last, 'twas over,
And every guest gone home,
The tumbled house quite still again.
And restiug-time was como.
Sweet Mrs, Banks said, cheerily,
" My dear, how kind of thom
To come to ns!   Though mother"—
(Banks softly cough jd Ahom 11
" Yes, mother noticed, Mess her!—
One slight omission, dear;
Sho said Thanksgiving dinners
Without one ' thank' were queer.
I know you don't say grace, dear;
But don't it seem to you
That to give thanks at such a time
Ib what one ought to do?"
He fell into a reverie:
" You're right!" he sighed at last;
" Thank Heaven, tho thing is over;
They're gone, and all Is past!"
And so, in simplo language,
By that good husband Banks
Tho grand rhanTtsgiving dinner
Was crowned by hearty thanks.
o,
H. SUTHERLAND,
Notary Public & Insurance Agt.
Money to Loan
^JvJ^'^J*<>V*^J^Ai,jM.TA'XK.
iMiimwemumiutfFarwelr.
w.
S. CO'OLEY,
" Aunt Patty, do you remember tho
Brewers?"
" Shiftless set!" she said, setting her
lips very firmly and beating her eggs
more fiercely than ever.
" They may be shiftless, aunt; but I
know they're hungry," said Patty, waxing bolder.
"Hungry, in this land of plenty I"
said Aunt Patty, contemptuously. " I'd
like to know what put such nonsenso in
your head. How did you happen to
see them, anyway?"
"I'll tell you all about it," said Patty,
feeling braver every minute. "I was
going by this morning to tell Mary
Jane to come up in the morning and
pick the turkeys, when Nannie Brewer
knocked on the window and beckoned
t to me to   come   in.   And,   auntie, if
I you'll believe it, she sat in the rooking-
' chair, with an old bed-quilt around her
; and hardly a speck of fire in the stove.
II wanted to put some wood in; but she
t looked so nervous and said no. Then
' she asked mo to go to the closet and
t bring her a glass of water. I couldn't
1 help looking around, auntie; and thero
: was only half a loaf of bread on a plate,
I and the least little scrap of butter in a
' broken tea-cup. I took her tho water;
i but I felt every minute as if I should
1 cry, she looked so white and hungry.
j Then she asked me to go down tho
cellar and see if her kitten was thero.
I It took me a good wliile to find tho
j kitten; and, Aunt Patty, there wasn't
: a tiling in that cellar to eat, but a few
< potatoes and beans and a little piece of
- pork—not one can of fruit or an apple.
j I couldn't say a word to Nannie whon I
1 came up, I had suoh a big lump in my
■ throat. So I just put her kitten in hor
• lap and ran. .And I couldn't help
' thinking, Aunt Patty, that we might
'■ just as well send them enough, to last
'em a week. And what's Thanksgiving
good for, if you can't make other peoplo '
1 have it, too ?"
' Patty stopped, trembling and excited
! with her long speech, andlooked eagerly
j at Aunt Patty.
j But, if she expected her to throw
! open collar and pantry doors, and tell
! her that all she had was also hers, and to
i take what sho wanted for Nannie, sho
Patty Bright sat by the kitchen- j ^S^g^P t &g of tho kind.
^diVJSM^iSSwUta ' h Sh? only f arched to tie cellar with
bowl of stoned raisins standin/by her  *££*£ ST^edtES
set them down before Patty.
"Pard-'eni and-alice '.em," ihe*
COMMON CARREERS.
PATTY BRIGHT.
BY MRS. G. G. ATWOOD.
showed what.sho had been doing. But
it could be very plainly seen that Patty's thQugh%*were ie^ini^OTn^%W,
The truth is, "Hard Times" was star- fe,at te^,dr°PP^ off from her oye-
,-„„*p„w„,-t, tiL fine «Za1 „-m,«rw»i, lT- lashes as she tooknp the knife and be-
S&W™ ^!,iftC-S-S?' ^°"f*> i gan to cut off the rosy skins.
DEALER IN
Harness, Whips, Robes, & Blankets.
The best .\>snrtment or Trunks and Traveling
*->.!£-. in town, and prices the lowest.
THE "BEST OF MATERIATj USED.
All work   warranted.   Repairing dnr.e  promptly
1 will sell cheaper than can be brought elsewhere in Saginaw Valley.
gan to out oil tne rosy
Miss Patience saw the tear, but she
didn't say anything, and, if she felt anything;, she kept it to herself.
All day long she kept Patty flying.
When there were no moro eggs to be
beaten or fruit to be picked over, there
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FBKN SMITH,
yOTARV PUBLIC.
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
MARK, MICH.
Particular ;itt--:»ir.n paid to looking land, estimat
inp y\r..- timber, a'ijt^ting trcj.p«ia<,scs and paying
t..xc. f, r tt'.n rtM'lems.
Ma:.*, tttiin Kire I Ti^-'r.ui^p Company of New York
**-tr, -, _j;,nd v>;ind, wzlh \c\v rates.
looked very ugly, Patty was staring
back at him steadily and unflinchingly.
It was not at all necessary; for, fes far
as she was concerned, she had ne'ver
known tho meaning of poverty. Fortune had been very kind to Miss Pa-
™T w2£r  B#JS£l Til^r I ™ Sil^r to clean, mirrors to brighten,
and  protector,   xier barns were over-     •■., .    ,     ,    *      -,     ., ,      a.    „,{
flowing with plenty; her cellars stored ' Slresh watOT.^
But Patty had "boilded better than
sho knew," for, after the last littlo
cousin had been tucked up in bed, and
she herself had gone to sleep, tired out,
but not too tired and sleepy to have an
M.
R. JEFFERIES,
DEALER IN
FRESH & SALT MEAT,
Fresh and Cured Fish,
Fixe Groci-.ries and General
Farm Produce.
Cheapest T E A in Town !
C r(.s7; paid for hides.
MAIN STREET, CLARE.
HOTELS, LIVERIES, &c.
! with fruits and vegetables; and, better
; still, her money was so carefully put
away that, if all of the banks in the
J country were broken, and if all of the
i railroads failed, it would make no pos-
, sible difference to Miss Patience.
j So, with a mind calm and serene,
: Patty, Sr., moved around her kitchen,
j grinding her spices and mixing her
I mince-meat. Bnt, with a mind any-
1 thing but Calm and sorene, Patty, Jr.,
sat by the table, thinking.
j    Miss   Patience    rattled   the  stove
doors, poked down the ashe:
i banged the shovel and tongs. Still
j Patty never moved.
; "Bring me the eggs, child," she said.
' Still Patty didn't hear. So Miss Pa-
| tience went to the collar, brought out
i a basket of the pure white, chocolate-
! colored and speckled eggs; broke the
: whites in a big blue platter and dropped
the yelks in a bowl; then, sitting down
ache in her heart for Nannie, Aunt
Patience sat up alone, grim and silent
beforo the open fire, thinking, thinking.
Remember the Brewers? I should
think she did remember the Browers.
Away back, before Patty's brown eyes
or Nannie's blue ones had opened upon
and ' **"8 'wor^' when Aunt Patty's angles
ancl wrinkles had been curves and dimples, and tho gray of her hair had been
golden, Nannie Brewer's father had
been Aunt Patience's lover.
Handsome and gentle, but always
unstable, or, as Aunt Patty called it
now, "shiftless," he had strayed away
from his allegiance at sight of the first
pretty_face that came in his way; and
bv the table, began to pile them up in   ~7,%„TJ     1       a 11  T   P
white masses by her steady strokes.        . ™, ^"fr word.s" and uevm*looked aP"
Every little while she looked up at   omhls faoe amuu*
Patty's dreamy face and misty eyes.
''Gome,   child,"   she   said,   at   last,
N
"JEW   FURNITURE,   NEWLY
Refitted, New Proprietor.
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
V. K. BROWN, Prop.,
MOUNT PLEASANT,   MICH.
FirstClass Accommodations.   Good Sample Rooms
lor Agents. Good Barn.
HARWELL BILLIARE HALL,
FARWELL, MICH,
FINEST~CIGARS,
Pure Wines, Liquors, Ales, JSeer, Porter, Cider, Mo.
Thc«e desiring a pure article are invited to oall,
HENRY  NEWTON.
CUMMERS & NEWTON,
Proprietors of the
FARWELL   LIVERY.
HORSES &
TO
CARRIAGES
LET.
Part Us conveyed everywhere in  this
section and vicinity.
jSgj-Term's reasonable.
TFAGIiE HOTEL,
Coral, Montcalm Co., Mich.
A. FBED GOODENOUGH, Prop.
A Temperance House.
This is a new house, neatly furnished, convenient
to the trains, with good accommodations at reason-
4ble prices.
GOOD M-vElO? ATTACHED.
"you've been there long enough. Beat
up those yelks till they foam. There's
enough to do."
Patty took up the bowl and wooden
spoon; but she moved languidly and as
if her heart was somewhere else.
"Why don't you hurry?" Miss Patience said, sharply. "There's your
Uncle Ebon coming on the 5 o'clock
train, and Aunt Maria in the morning,
and all this cooking to be got out of the
way."
"What's the good of it all, auntie?"
Patty asked. "Don't they get enough to
eat at home?"
Miss Patience reddened with indignation and dropped her fork in the
midst of the white foam.
"The latid sakesl" she exclaimed. "I
guess there never was a Bright yet but
had all he could eat, and more too 1"
" What do they do with the ' more
too?'   Give it away?" Patty asked.
Miss Patience looked at her suspiciously. " What are you thinking
about, child?" she said. "Speak it
out."
Early in the morning Patty had gone
out on an errand and, while she was
gone, she had seen something which
had stirred her childish soul as nothing
had ever done before; and ever since
she came home she had been trying to
think of the best way to present a petition tip Aunt Patty, and, now that the
opportunity had come of its own will,
her heart trembled and her spirit failed.
But Aunt Patty was waiting, with hor
fork in the air and her eyes on Patty.
So, with her cheeks burning and hor
voice tremulous from hope and fear, she
said;
Not even when he lay dying and sent
for her would she go near him.   '
So he Raid, as he had said so mai'y
times in his life, " It is just as well,"
and, with a gentle smile, turned his face
to the wall and died.
Since then there had been hard struggles for Nannie and her mother. To
be sure, there had been struggles bo-
fore, but they were together. But Miss
Patience had never so much as spoken
to either of them.
But now Patty's simple story had
stirred Miss Patience's wrinkled heart
strangely.
Dick Brewer's child starving!
' She sat before the fire till the log
broke in two and the coals scattered
over the bricks. Then she arose, put
out her candle, and lay down by Patty's
side.
Thanksgiving morning was clear and
bright; and Patty waked to find tho sun
streaming through the frosty panes on
her bed and the placo by her side vacant.
" Oh, dear I" she said, springing out
of bed and hurrying on her clothes.
"I'm late again, and Aunt Patty will be
so provoked."
But Aunt Patty seemed unusually
gentle as sho bade her good-moming;
and that and the sunshine mafle Patty
feel very light-hearted, as sho danced
around setting the table.
But whon she went into the cellar to
skim the cream for breakfast, and saw
tho two great turkeys, with their wings
folded on their breasts; and the tiny
pig, with the ear of corn in his mouth,
all ready for the oven; the hanging
shelves loaded with flaky pies; and the
huge stone crocks full of pound-cake
and fruit-cake, sho thought again of
Najm^jlBrower's   empty   shelves  and
bW-eft-fWllar, and she drew a long sigh,
" f»rno back whore her Aunt Patty
.. *»F the change in Patty's face;
jptf. 'didn't ask any questions or
•Jfty allusions to the conversation
•^»y before", until after the break-
*"* \ been oleared away and Patty
ng on her cloak and hat to go
1^eji"flhe put her hand on her shoul-
der,^afisaid:
""Ffttyi what makes you look so un-
kapfcrr-
"j^feol so sorry about Nannie," said
Patftg ehoking   a sob   down   in   her
"Well," said Aunt Patty, " you stop
thori»bo.your way home from church,
and^liaps you'll feel better."
"pj*fi;«Aunt Patty," sho shouted,
throMlg her arms around her neck,
" wJ&S-fbavo you been doing?"
'o,   go   along,   child.    You've
toy clean collar and knocked
,t sideways."
"Miss Patience gave her a gentle
-.,., Jward the door.
■pewy. ran off, feeling exhilarated and
expe^anl. She could hardly sit still
through, the sermon, although she tried
very' hard to bo attentive; and even
thc^Hjeautiful anthems made very little
imptwision upon her. And, when tho
servit«^ was all over, and the uncles
and oAnts and cousins were exchanging
greetings in tlie vestibule, she ran
awijy.irom them all, down the road to
Nanii-Vs.
\Vhen she knocked at the door, and
Ifaj-mie called " Oome in," Patty knew
by tW change in her voice that some-
thi*Qj*f*very pleasant had happened. Still
sheets not quite prepared for the rev-
elat^ps which were made when sho
oponbd the door.
T'i-»re Nannie sat, dressed in a blue
flannel wrapper which Aunt Patience
had intended to make over for Patty,
AuttfcV Patience's own gray worsted
skawkir.pund her shonldors, and a warm
honM^fande rug undor her feet.
T'i-*fca was a grand fire in the stove,
andiiteost delicious smell came from
tho-oip'** and the hissing and bubbling
stevh**)!***!*-*. , n^'*-.
Irewer was flying around, with
aprottParound her waist
;ht flushr.pn hor cheeks.    ■
tie vais.' set for dinner, -with,
t Efttience's cripp white cel-
oon pick-.es on one corner,   imposes upon the carrier the n
and a tumbler of Aunt Patience s crab-
apple jllly on another.
Pattj saw it all in one glanco, and
then turned to Nannie, who had caught
hold ojher hand and was thanking her
and latghing and crying all at once.
"Doa't thank me I" said Patty. "I'm
awfullj glad, but I haven't done anything."
"Yes you have," Nannie insisted.
"The man said they came from yon,
and it isn't all here either. There's
wood ia the wood-house, and flour and
tea in the pantry, and potatoes and
apples and pork and a lovely little crock
of butter in the cellar."
"I Tant you to tell your Aunt Patty
that Ihope she will have a great many
Thanksgiving days as happy as the ono
she has given us."
And. Sirs. Brewer wiped a tear from
her cheek as sho opened the oven door
and basted her browning chickens.
"All right," said Patty, "I'll tell her,,
though Aunt Patty can't bear to be
thanked. Good-by, Nannie. I'll have
a jolly timo, now you're going to have
one, too"
Miss Patience wouldn't give Patty a
chance to speak to her alone until after
the grand dinner was over and cleared
away, and the children, worn out with
blind-man's buff and puss in the corner,
had been tucked snugly away in then-
beds.
"When tho other grown-up people
woro talking about "Auld Lang Syne,"
and Aunt Patience sat in front of the
fire alone, Patty drew up her stool, put
her head on her knee, and told her
Mrs. Brewer's message.
Aunt Patty looked pleased, but she
couldn't help saying:
"Cooked everything they had for one
meal, I s'pose.   Shiftless I *"'
BefiuiUK Tholi- Responsibility—Imjportai-t.
Decision by tho Unitocl Statos Supreme
Court.
A decision of no * little concern to
common carriers, and of considerable
interest to the traveling publie, has
just, been rendered by the Supremo
Court of the United States. It is as
follows:
No. 33. New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company vs. Olga
de Maluta Twaleff. In error to the
Circuit Court of the United States for
the Southern District of New York.
This comes np on a writ of error from
a judgment against the railroad company in an action to recover the value of
certain laces aUeged to have been taken
from the trunks of defendant in error
while a passenger upon the cars of the
company, and while her trunks were in
the company's charge for transportation
as part of hei baggage.   Defendant in
error is a Russian Countess who was
traveling for  pleasure, and the laces
which, it is alleged, were taken from
her trunks wore valued at $75,000.   It
was argued by counsel for the railroad
company that the failure of the Countess to inform the   company's agents
when she gave theni her trunks of their
value, and the extraordinary nature of
their contents, was in itself an act of bad
faith and fraud upon the carrier which
should prevent any recovery in this action.   In the opinion of this court, it
is undoubtedly competent for a carrier
bf passengers, by specific regulations
distinctly brought to the knowledge of
passengers, to protect itself against liability as an insurer for oaggage exceeding a fixed amount in value, except
upon payment of additional compensation proportioned to the risk; and, in
order   that such regulations   may be
made practically effective and the cars
rior advised of   the extent of its responsibility, it may rightly require, as'
a condition precedent to any contract
for the transportation of baggage, information from tho passenger as to its
value; and, if the value thus disolosed
exceeds that which the passenger could
reasonably ask to have transported as
baggage without extra compensation,
the carrier may mako such additional
charge' as the risk justifies.   It is also
undoubtedly true that the carrier may
be discharged from all responsibility as
insurer, if the passenger, by any de-
vicespifartifice,puts oS inquiry, as to
""'"" '"'" '* "" '""'      ""' '■Muft'Jp&l
imposes Upon the carrier the respdnsP
bility beyond that which he was bound
to assume.   In the absence, however,
of legislation limiting the responsibility
of carriers for the baggage of passengers; in the absoncoof reasonable regulations upon tho subject by the carrier,
of which the passenger has knowledge,
and in the absence of all inquiry of the
passenger as to the value of the articles
carried, the court cannot, as a mere
matter of law, declare, as it was in effect requested to do, that the failure of
the passenger to disclose the value of
his baggage is, in itself, a fraud upon
the carrier which defeats any right of
recovery.   It is safe to say that by general law, in the absence of special regulations by the carrier of the nature indicated, a passenger has the right to
carry, without extra compensation, such
articles adapted to his personal use as
his necessities, comfort, convenience or
gratification may suggest.   To the  extent that such articles exceed in quantity ancl value such as are ordinarily carried by passengers of like station and
pursuing like journeys, to that extent
they are not baggage for which the carrier by general law is responsible as insurer."   This court holds, in view of tho
whole scope and bearing of the charge
of the court below, that no error  was
committed to the prejudice of the company or of which it can complain.   Tho
judgment of   the lower court   is  affirmed.
Justico Harlan delivered the opinion.
Justices Field, Miller and Strong dissented on tho ground that the 275 yards
of lace, claimed by the owner to bo
worth $75,000, and "found by the jury to
be worth $10,000, cannot, as a matter of
law, be properly considered ns the bag-
gago of a passenger for which a railroad
company, in the absence of any special
agreement, should be held liable. Justice Field delivered tho dissenting
opinion.	
screw-boxes, 100 strings of beads, do
hereby acknowledge, etc., at New Castle,
2d day of eighth month, 1669.
The above is a true copy taken from
the original by Ephraim Morton, now
living in Washington, Pa,, formerly a
clerk in the land office, whioh copy ho'
gave to William Stratton, and from
which the above was taken in Little
York, this 7th day of December, 1813.
•       A French Story.
I. A gentleman irreproachably dressed
goes into a confectioner's store and
says to  the gentlemanly confectioner:
"I want 150 of the nicest cream tarts
yon can make."
"A hundred and fifty! That is a
pretty large order; do you want thom at
onco?"
" Within three hours, at the latest."
" I can have them ready at that time.
Ahem! It is customary to ask a deposit on such orders—say 10 francs."
"Certainly, my friend: here aro your
10 francs."
II. About two hours later a gentleman irreproachably dressed goes into a
tailor's shop across the way from the
pastry cook's and asks to be show^
some overcoats. He selects one of the
nicest and asks the price.
"One hundred and twenty-five francs,
sir."
"Very well. I will take it. I havo
some money to collect at the confectioner's across the way. I presume you
havo no objection tolettingone of your
young men come over with me to
get it?"
"Certainly not. A worthy man is my
friend, Mr. Puff."
III. To confectioner enter irreproachably-dressed gentleman, now wearing
an overcoat, and the tailor's man. Tho
confectioner greets the former with the
respect dne to a good customer.
"Ah, Puff, I've called round for that
150. Yon promised to have them for
me at 2:30."
"You shall havo them in five minutes, sir."
"Very well.   I have to go round the '
oorner to seo a man.   You will give
this young gontloman 125 of tho 150.
I will return and got the other 25 myself in a few moments."
" With pleasure, six."
IV. Five minutes later the confectioner gives the t&ilor's young man 125,
cream-tarts—and a bill for the balance'
thereon, 21 francs 25 centimes,,
.,, One nrijiuteihorejtJter;!**-. -conV^Hftno^
tho neighborhood in search ol^an irreproachably-dressed gentleman with a
new overcoat, whom the great city, with
its ceaseless bustle and confusion, has
swallowed up as a yellow dog swallows
an oyster-cracker.
^t^r^r
I
Wi-eat Warriors Sever Work.
Piah, one of tho chiefs supposed to
be engaged in the present outbreak, has
been to Washington. One cold day
Gov. McCook camo into his office and
found Piah hugging a stove. Thinking
it a good chance to deliver a lesson to
the Indian, he said: "Piah, why don't
you Indians plow, and raise crops, and
build houses ? You ought to work. If
you did, you would not have to come
here to borrow my fire, but could buy
fire of your own. Why don't you work
like white men?"
Piah straightened up at once and
proceeded to make a speech. "Mo groat
warrior," said he. "Warriors no plow.
Me go to Washington and see John
Grant." [The Indians all call Grant
"John."] "John Grant great warrior.
He no work. *He no plow. Me see
John Grant's squaw. She no work,
either, too.   Great warriors never work.   —     .        .   ^
Tell you what do. You say to John > barrel of beer, twenty barrels of red
Grant he come here and go with mc. j lead, 105 fathoms of wampum, thirty
We go out and fight 'Rapahoes and I glass bottles, eighty pewter spoons, 100
Cheyennes, and kill plenty braves, and awl-blades, 300 tobacco pipes, 100 twists
get plenty squaws. Then "squaws work, j of tobacco, 200 tobacco tongs, twenty
and me and John Grant have bully steels, 200 flints, thirty pairs of scissors,
good time,      No work—no plow—no ' eighty combs, sixty looking-glasses, 200
TFilliaui Penn's Deed from the Indians.
This indenture witnesseth, that we,
Ppckenah Jaracoam, Sinkals, Partue-
guessat, Jewis, Espennock, Felkroy,
Hekellapan, Econus, Machlona, Metch-
oougha. Hisa Powey, Indian Kings,
Sachmakors, right owners of all lands
from Quing Qningas, called Chester
creek, all along by west side of Delaware river, and so between tho said
creeks backward as far as a man can
ride in two days with a horse, for and
in consideration of these following
goods to us in hand paid by William
Penn, Proprietary and Governor of
Pennsylvania and Territories thereof,
viz.: Twenty guns, twenty fathoms
matchcoat, twenty pounds of powder,
100 bars of lead, forty tomahawks, 100
•knives, forty pairs of stockings,  one
Secretary Stanton's Daughter.
All that remains of the family of Edwin M. Stanton, the famous War Secretary, whose record is now undergoing
a terrific sifting, is clasped by tho canvas belt that his youngest daughter
wears. Sho was bom whilo hor father
was a member of Buchanan's Cabinet,
and is just out of her "teens." Like all
pretty girls in Washington, she has had
her "experiences," but ia now going to
settle down and marry a Lieutenant of
artillery. Once she had a narrow escape. The Turkish Minister fell in
love with her and asked her to be his
wife. He is a handsome fellow, with a
thick, glossy beard, and, being wealthy
and fascinating, was considered a good
catch. The girl aecei>ted him, and tlio
titled Turk called upon her brother,
who was a lawyer of high standing,
since deceased, to ask her hand. The
prudent brother mado some inquiries
as to the social position his sister wonld
occupy in Turkey, and was frankly told
that, of course, she would havo to conform to the customs of tho country, as
it would not do for n Turk of tho rank
of her would-bo husband to introduce
any innovations into Harom-land.
When Miss Stanton learned this sho indignantly recalled her aceptance, and
the Turk and she have never recognized each,, other since, nor has he
since attempted so marry an American
girl.--Washington letter.
nothing.
Whether the proposition was ever
forwarded to Grant, we do not know.—
Denver Tribune.
needles, one lot of salt, tliirty pounds
of sngat, five gallons of molasses, twenty tobacco-boxes, 100 jewsharps, twenty
hoes, thirty   gimblets, thirty wooden
He Hadn't Eaten Much.
It was Sunday afternoon, and young
Mr. Staylaight had stopped until they
were forced to ask him to take supper.
The best ehina and the extra silver
graced the table, and one of tho best
napkins was placed before young Mr.
Staylaight's plate, for the family desired
to create all the impression possible
upon the susceptible mind. His young
lady was conducting herself with great
credit, and the young man was more
than ever in love with her, when the
mother said, passing the cake for the
second time:
" Won't you have another piece. Mr.
Staylaight?"
"No, thank you," said the young
man, in his politest tone, "not anymore."
" Oh, do have just one more," nrged
the mother, smiling sweetly; "you
haven't eaten hardiy anything."
The younger brother, who sat opposite, and had been instructed not to ask
twice for anything, much to his disgust,
saw his opportunity, and snorted out
with great malevolence:
""Huh! I shoiddn't think he had!
He's eaten four, hunks of tongue, three
biscuit, two plates-of sauce, two of them
tarts, and both kinds of cake—and,
mother, sis keeps kickin' mo under the
table.  Make her stop."
Thoy brought Mr. Staylaight to by
dashing ice-water in his face,
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