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VOL. VIII.
Hard times.
BY AOtSTUS LA UN EI).
Mrs. Fairuinn was a proud woman,
if she did enjoy miserry, nnd bIio had
no intention of letting .Mrs. llenslow
know that tho family lived on cau-
aille bread.
O bed had been kicked in tho sliest
by Black Bill, who was trying to run
with tho cart, ami now ho lay on tun
bed in the family bedroom, and Sa
lome was willi him. Mrs. Fairmait
had told the men folks, more than a
hundred times, that they ought to
sell Black Bill : but sho was not any
body to be considered, and no heed
was paid to what she said. 1 hero
was oue satisfaction though: things
had turned out exactly as she pre
dicted they would, aud that was the
worst possible.
jNow 6he stepned away Irora tho
stove where she had been carefully
covering up the little gray loaves
with a crash towel, she glanced out of
the window at the spring pastures
that were perishing for the want of
rain, and where tho cattle could
scarcely get a mouthful; and beyond
to the hard-looking plowed iields that
bhowed only the lainte.-t glimmer of
blue-green-oals. I ho wells were
giving out, and springs that never be
fore had been known to fail.
Mrs. Fairman's face had a cut-water
out-line. It was rheumy and pinched
in at the nostrils, and tucked down at
the corners of the mouth. Now, as
she looked at the cold, black, brown
iivlds taken in connection with the
canaille loaves behind the etove, it
seemed plain to her mind that there
iiras a very judgment upon them; and
in a somewhat vague way she con
nected the judgment with Obed, "who
had never been under conviction siuce
she married him,' aud who had sel
dom stepped his foot into the meet
ing hou.-c at the Corners. She had
read in the newspapers that the
drouth extended over the whole of
New England, and a large portion of
the eleru Mates; but it did not
occur to her that l'ruvidence was go
mil considerably out ot the way to
pimUdi Obed fur his obstinacy and
spiritual blindncsa.
A man had ridden early in the
morning over from Salisbury, with
Whitcoinls bill, and had threatened
to Levy on some ot the l.-irm impii
menis, aud order a idic-riir sale unless
it was paid in ten days. Mrs. Fair
man knew that Obed was drained"
of money, aud the prospect of being
sold out of house and home, a thing
she had so often predicted would hap
pen, seemed dismally near.
Miss llenslow lived across the road
in a little houe that appvared to be
always m the sulks. JSow she Ietl
her goose heating, and took a section
of jJeacon Broderip'a coat over her
arm, itli her big tailors's shears at
her side, and went, stooping, across
the way. She had a crooked back,
and a hooked nose, with a mouth that
hid itself in the big cavity of her face,
and which, some way, gave one the
impression of a gigantic owl. She ap
peared to have a three-story throat,
and to speak out of the basement
door. She stepped over one Salome's
flower beds, where the "sturtions
could not push their heads through
the caked soil, aud she gave a sharp
neck on the wiudow paue with her
steel thimble.
I cot the fidgets setting alone,"
she began, as Mrs. Fairinan admitted
her, and settled down and let her poke
bonnet fall back, showing a ring ot
snuffv brown hair on each side of her
lace, done up with a big pin, "You
see I d readied of rats last night, and
it s alw avs a bod sign. 1 he last time
it happened was just before Aunt
Debby Strong died. Selh Barnaby
and bis cousin went np to watch tbe
last night, and they said Miss 1 ratt.
who d been bired to stay there, set
the scantiest supper ever was. Did
you hear about lliram Walker's wife?
She was Aunt Debby's niece, and is
coming into the property; and jut as
soon as she got back irom tbe grave,
she went to counting over the
things, and what do you think? there
was six of tUe old lady s best sheets
gone."
"JJear me, said JUrs. J? airman, com
ing out of the buttery with her apron
half full of dried applies, "these are
solemn times.
Tbe expreesion had great force, al
though it was little uncertain whether
it applied to Aunt Debby s sheets or
to things in general.
1 guess they may be, croaked
Miss llenslow. suspending tbe opera
tion of parting one of the seams of
Deacon Broderip's coat. "It looks as
though there wouldn't be a spear of
gram raised this season : and there s
Dare Blodgett, one of them Miller
ites second adventers they call
themselves saying the wored's going
to be burnt this year, on ' account of
the big horn and the little horn in the
book of Daniel. I asked if he
wouldn't get me to make bis ascen
sion robe. lor i thought u Be aian t
come out 'straight in" bis calculations.
I might as well have the job."
Salome stepped oat of the bedroom
with a great bowl in her bad. She
was a tall girl, with light hair just
turning a little on gold; It had
slipped oat of its braid, and was bang
ing against her white neck.
"What a mob of hair Lome bas
got," said Miss Henslow, when Bhe
bad gone back into the bedroom.
notice that weakly girls are apt to ran
to hair. -.1-
"Salome ain't rugged, that's eer
tain," said Mrs. Fairman, who was in
terrupted , in her calculations as to
whether she could squeeze' out mo
lasses enough to sweeten the dried ap
pies she was coring. She am
tough, and bad to be put to bard work
before she got her growth. It fcaraa
Jane didn't keep school to help along,
I could let Salome putter around for
a year or two, and then I guess she'd
get hearty, for the doctor says there
ain't anything chronicle."
1 don't know about, that," broke
in Miss Henslow.- ' "She looks to me
just like Sister Patty's girl that went
oil' with galloping consumption."
"There ain't no consumption in the
family," returned Mrs. Fairman, giv
ing a snappish little jerk to tho hand
that held the bread knife."
"Wal, I didn't mean td Scare you,
Mrs. Fuirman; but then it's always
best to bo prepared for things as they
come along."
"I'm never unprepared," returned
tho other dismally. Tvo gone
through so much, that it seems as
though I was always expecting
trouble; and Obed, ho don't seem to
sense tilings as I do. Koligion is a
great solemtii.er, Miss llenslow; and
now when it looks as if wo all were
going to starve, and the cows don't
averago any day more than two quarts
apiece, it seems a sin to be making
okes."
"Look there at Miss Dacres," said
the lailorcss. "Ain't sho still-necked V
understand Jo comes here pretty of
ten after Lome."
Ho comes to see the boys, re
turned Mrs. Fairman, with some its-
eritv.
"Law, a young lellow can visit the
bovs aud Sduint toward a girl at tno
samo time. lui l u leu you wnai,
. .. . ... ..." . .
the old lady won't like it if Jo means
to play that game. 1 lecl it my duty
as a Iricud to let you know iiow tnu
land lays."
Airs. 1' airman bad timshcd coring
icr apples: and now she went to tho
sink and began plying with thchandl
of the pump with such vigor that her
neighbor s last words were lorlnnate
ly lost. Mrs. llenslow remembered
her goose heating red-hot over home,
bo sue toot nerseii ami ner voice
s t II . -
away; but not belore she had got a
peep al the canaille bread under the
crah towel; and that same afternoon
she thought it was her uuty to go
over to 31rs. Seth Spenzcr s and tell
that lady how straightened the Fair
mans were.
Jo Dacres, abroad-shouldered, lustv
voung fellow, with a great stride, and
a cheery, loud voice, w as just opening
the gato of the house. It was the
snuggest, best kept farm in the neigh
borhood. Simon Dacres, the old
man, was forehanded, and had money
laid tin in the bank: and if there i
anything country folks do respect and
bow belore, it is money it tho bank.
Mrs. Dacres always regulated her
affairs by the almanac; aud the first
of May the sitting room stoVe was
taken down, whether or no; and now
the house was as chilly as a cellar,
with a clean smell about it of w lute
waf-li and varnudi.
Mrs. Dacres was waiting for the
men loiks to come to uitiner. rhe
had blown the born twice out of the
back door, and the Pork in the spider
wfs curling itsclt up into little, bard,
bilious looking scraps. V ith en
forced patience she came in and sat
down in the rocking chair, with its
pulfy feather cushion, and untied her
cap strings. Mie was a large woman,
with a heavy tread, and a double chin.
and an immense talent tor managing.
In ber own person, she represented
the hard-hearted ethics of Burnham
and perhaps was more honest if less
nice than some of her neighbors.
"Obed Fairman has been kicked by
a horse, mother, said Jo, betraying a
little hesitation in bis tone. "The
hurt isn't dangerous, but I think it
would look friendly if you would
step in aud inquire how he is."
"If is isn t dangerous 1 shan t stir a
step, returned 3lrs. Dacres, shutting
her mouth in positive line, "loudo
running enough over that way for the
rest of tho family; and I expect that
you'll make a fool ot yourself one of
these days.
"There might be two opinions about
that, said Jo, rather evasively,
"Wal, you know what I think right
out flat-footed? Your'e banging
around that girl, and I expect you
will get a weakly wife on your bands
who will be whining 'round with
neuraligy or higbpo half the time.
Obed is shiftless. I don't mean that
he is lazy; but he hain't got no kal
kerlation. llis wits are wool-gather
ing, half the time, and Salome is cut
out of the same piece of cloth. She'
as easy as an old shoe, and would
sozzle 'round a house and tend a lot
of flowers, no matter whether there
was any bread in the bouse or not.
If yon are ever going to get ahead in
the world, you must marry a woman
that can help you push and pull, as
I've helped your father; a regular
staver, that can put her shoulder to
the wheel, and not a bundle of aches
and pains tied round the middle with
a string, who will eat you up with
doctor's bills."
Here was the Burnham valuation of
woman, and in the plainest words.
"She isn't sickly." said Jo, in a
gloomy tone. "She may not be quite
as strong as some girls, but I feel sure
she will turn out a healthy woman.
I've told yon before, mother, that I
don't mean to marry a drudge or a
glare. I shan't look out for a wife to
do my cooking and washing and
scrubbing, and nothing else. I want
a human companion, and if I have a
man to help me on the farm, my wife
shall have a girl in the kitchen. I
shan't go and look up a wife as I
would a horse. A man gets his eye
on a girl and he longs for her, he likes
her-he can't tell why. She is differ
ent to him from any other woman in
the world, and be can't be happy
without ber. It isnt a thing for
fellow to be ashamed of, n .ithevi'
he's got one spark of manliness in
him; and that's the way LAeel to
wards Salome."
"Granny," exclaimedSlrs. Dacres,
bringing heir broad band down on tbe
chair at the height of the young fel
low's ardor. "Do yon think your
father and me is going to give that
we've just worked and dug out of the
ground, to feed the Fairman tribe?"
"I don't ask for your money," re
turned Jo,- rather savagely "I shall
take what grandfather left me, and
stoek a hired - farm, and then I shall
ask Salome to be my wife.",::;
He strode out of the room- wiShout
eating his dinner, and . marched' off to
the- wood to- free his mind of excite
ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 0,
ment. As ho was getting over the
suaku fcii'jo by the rorulsidc, ho ,saw
filler Korlhrup stop under tho cherry
tree in front ot the r airman farmhouse
aud fasten his horse. Tho elder was
a little man, nnd nnd his Sunday suit
seemed to tyrannize' over him a good
deal, llis coat cutlH dfcended over
lis hands, a tuft of still' hair stocd up
above his narrow forehead, and he
spoke with a suulllo.
Mrs. a airman was ironing by the
table when sho saw him ride up, and
she put her Hut-iron back on tho stove,
and went out on tho stoop to meet
him. "I am so glad you happened
along to-day," she said, "with her luce
drawn into ild usual pucker of anx
ious concern, "l'erhaps you heard
that Obed got hurt. He's laid up
now, and 1 thought me duo it you
should talk to htm there might bo an
kening. X ou don t know how I
have wrestled m prayers to bring
Obed to conviction. 1 often think of
what the Bible says about being nit-
equally yoked witn an unbeliever,
not that 1 would have it thought that
Obed ain't a good, moral man, kind
to his women folks, and as good a
prov idcr as can be when times ain't
hard, but it's been a trial."
I know it has, sister. These are
llilthy rags of self-righteousness," said
the elder, taking out his bandanna
ami wining tho dust from his legs -
1 ho human heart is decoitiid in all
thing, and desperately wicked."
Salome had been smoothing Obed s
iron gray hair, lie loved to lecl the
touch of her delicate fiiigers. One
big brown hand with prominent joints
lay on the patched quilt, and tho man's
lace, so rugged aud homely, with still
a dreamy look in his eyes, was soft
ened w i ll almost a childlike expres
muii ot peace. Airs. J-airman tamo
u.ihoring in tho elder.
"t.lad to see you, said Obed to the
little parson, and bo put out his hand
with genuine warmth. "1 ve had a
little pull back, but the doctor says I
shall be around agaiu in a day or
two."
"Ahem !" returned tho parson clear
ing his throat; "The Lord sends sea
sons of afflictions upon us to bring us
to a itenso oi mil
"I don't know about that," returned
be with his eye brightening, "I ain't
as familiar with the Lord's intentions
as some folks profcos to be; and as
for tbe trouble, I guess we bring the
most of it on ourselves."
"That ain't Bible doctrine," return
ed the elder.' rather dismally, "It
may do to live by, but it won't serve
in tbe hour of death.
"I don't know why," said Obed,
whetting bis argumentative weapon
"I guexs w hat will stand in this life
will stand in auy other."
"The impenitent heart is tho gall of
bitterness and the bond ot iniquity,
replied the elder, fidgeting on his chair,
" How will the sinners feel in the day
when the goats are separated from the
sheep
"According to my ciphering, said
Obed, "God means to take care of the
goats too. lhcy may not bo worth
as much as the sheep; there's a big
difference in folks; but I guess they 11
go for what they are worth. At any
rate, I shall take what comes without
grumbling or complaining. There is
a passage of Scripture that says
'1 hough He slay me, yet wil 1 trust
him,' 1 have thought of that a good
many times when I've been working
alone in the field; and I guess I can
take what the Lord sends; but there
are some things men would like to
force on me, I ain't so ready to re
ceivc."
The elder could'nt think of answer
to this, so he cleared bis throat, and
said, "I should like, if you don't ob
ject, to have a season of prayer."
"I don't mind your prayer," replied
Obed, cheerfully, "if you want to, but
I guess tbe .Lord knows all you can
tell bim, and little more. Folks tako
a sight of pains to give information
There's a still, small voice spoken of,
that I've thought I heard out in the
lot sometimes, with the birds singing
and everything 6tul, and my heart has
answered, and 1 ve had a kind of no
ViUM Vila, blian nan 4 li.jcii
Mrs. Fairman and Salome we wins
pering together in tho kitchen. "We
must try and scrape the barrel," said
the anxious house-wife, so as to get
white flour enough to make griddle
cakes for tea; then we can put on the
canaille bread to look like one kind
x on must tea n.zra to be sure and
refuse the cakes. He's dreadful fond
of them. There's tho dried apple
sauce and a little mite ot plum pre
serves, just enough to help the elder
twice ; so I guess we shall manage to
appear respectable.
The next day there rcame a change
in the weather. Tho cold northeast
wind gave way to a south breeze, and
it grew warm and close. Big black
clouds rolled up the sky, and anxious
longing eyes watched it, and prayed
tor rain.
The shower was coming when Sa
lome went into her father's room with
a letter in her hand.
"Why, child," said he opening it
"Bunker, the man that bought tbe old
Havnes place, wants to get three
acres off of tbe back end of my land
It's a strong piece, but it goes corner
ing into b
and there's somer folks
bear to have a notch in
and I guess he's one of them
ind. , He offers a big price, and the
money will pay off my debts to Whit
comb's, and leave me something over
It does seem as though there was a
Providence in it. I can't ever see
that the Lord bears a spite to bis chil
dren, but I'm ready to acknowledge
all his mercies."
"Ob, father, it's raining Y cried Sa
lome, as she rushed to the window.-"
The big warm drops were beginning
to patter down on the grassland soak
into the ground.
"That is music," said Obed, with
his face all aglow. "It makes me'
think of where the Bible speaks
about 'the fields' yielding their." in
crease, and the clouds dropping fat
ness!' There aint no' such- poetry as
that anywhere."
)U I III III
The shower lasted along time, nnd
with tho patter on tho roof, and tho
great peace that had fallen on his
spirit, Obed fell asleep. Salome sat
cHide him. Presently there ciunu n
tap at tho window. She started, and
there stood Jo Dacres, leaning over
the low sill backed by n lilac bunli just
sliakingout its purple plumes. Every
thing was glittering with bright drops,
nnd n robin was singing over-head.
Salome went softly to the window,
and sho never forgot how tho bird's
song sounded. She w as dressed in a
palo bluo calico, a glazy stuff, but it
just suited her style; and now, ns she
i i . . . . i i .i i . . j. I, . i .
leanuu out, ner ngui nair leu uoout
her face.
"I've taken tho Sninner nlace." whis
pered Jo, "and used grnnlather's mon
ey to stoek it. I feel as strong as fif
ty men, but if you should refuse to
marry me, I should bo as weak as a
cat."
This is tho way Jo proposed, and
Salome junt put out her hands to him,
and for one moment her face was out
of sight. The robin went on singing,
and a tree bough showered down
bright drops on Salome's hair, and the
early roses began to blow, and good
momt smells came lrom everything,
and there, over the happy girl's shoul
ders, was a rainbow spanning tho
dark clouds, w hich seemed to promise
that an end had come to hard times.
Kr.iii tho N. Y. Hi inl.1.1
VAtHE UK CIUMK.
IlrmarkaljleMta.tenu.nt of New York Dis
trict Attornoy.
T . . .. . a
in mo course oi an mbircss to the
jury, yetsterday, District Attorney
Millivan made the following observa
lions :
This is tho closing day of tho Octo
ocr term, and l wmii to impress one
practical lcnon on tho members of
the jury. We have tried parties for
every grade of crime the defendants
being oi every age and both sexes.
In almost every iustanco it appeared
that drunkenness was the occasion of
the crime. Especially was this so
with the young men. In these davs
oi agnation iur reiorms i wish we
could inaugurate a movement for so
ciai and temperance relornt and save
thousands of our bovs who are in
fearful peril. At the Tombs, on Sat
urday last, I was talking with Airs
Foster, the worthy matron in cbargi
of tho women a department. She
said, "The women here are generally
sent because of drinking, and yonder
(pointing to the boys' department)
aro the children of drunkards." You
and I do not discharge our w hole du
ty to the community when wo try
case. What we learn here should
prompt us in our social duties. I do
not know how any man can do . more
good in this community than by ef
forts to promote total abstinence from
intoxicating liquor. The Father Ma-
thew societies are a great blessing,
and hardly ever has one of their mem
a a
Dors uecn accused ot any crime in
this court.
ISFLCEXCE OF A NEWSPAPER. A
school teacher, who has been en
gaged a long time in bis profession,
ana wttnessea tne innuence oi news
papers on the minds of a family of
... . .
cnuuren, writes as ioiiows:
"I have foucd it to be tbe univer
sal fact, without exception, that those
scholars, of both sexes, and all ages,
who have access to newspapers at
borne, when compared with those
who have not, are better readers, ex
cellent in pronunciation, and conse
quently read more understanding
They are better spellers, and define
words with ease and accuracy.
"They obtain a practical know!
edge of geography in almost half the
time it requires otners, as the news
paper has made them familiar with
the location of tbe most important
places, nations, governments and
doiugs on the globe.
Thcy are better grammarians: for
having become so familiar with every
variety of tbe newspaper, from the
commonplace advertisement to tke
finished and classic oration of the
statesman, they more readily compre
hend tbe meaning of his text, and
consequently analyze its construction
with accuracy.
What the Pio Died of. There was
a miser who was considered im
pregnable to charitable associations
until a Hibernian genius "came Pad
dy over bim." Teddy went to his
office one morning, and told a pite
ous story about losing bis pig, and
tbe only one he had. "Shure," says
Teddy, "Misthress (naming
a very excellent lady, whose good
opinion old Hard Fist was anxious to
retain), "towld me to come to ye
for ye wor very rich, and gev a power
of money to tbe poor, (iod bless you
I only want to rase enough to buy
me another little snap of a pig.
The miser couldn't resist the lnllu
ence of Mrs. , so he gave Teddy
a crown. A few days afterwards he
met him. "Well, Teddy," said he,
"did you buy another pig?" "Troth
I did; and a fino one it is." "Then
take better care of it than you did of
the other. - What did the pig you
lost die of r 5 "Die of ," said Teddy,
raising his eyebrows? "shure he
didn't die he was fat enough, and I
killed him r .
A gentleman in Iowa who recently
became the father of a fine boy, and
wbo naturally deemed it the hand
eomest child ever born, thought he
saw a chance for liberality without
the expenditure of any money. So
he offered a premium of $100 for the
prettiest baby that should be exhibi
ted at an approaching fair, not doubt
ing that the judges must award ' the
premium to his own. There were
nine entries, comprising seven white
ana two ngro. une of the neg
babies gained the $100 premium.
A young man who ought to1 be
ashamed of himself, in commenting
on the firemen's parade, said that
wet day was always favorable for an
exhibition of hose-.-
1872.
A NOlILK WlViS.
A Wife Iluntlntr Dovra m Criminal anil
Mcurlii Jlur HnubniiaV Pardon.
The Governor of Missouri has re
cently pardoned nn inmate of the
eniteiitiary. under circumstances
which furnish a remarkable and touch
ing inslauco of what a devoted, trust
ing nnd energetic wife can do for nn
unfortunate liu1aiid. The latter used
to live in Toledo, Ohio, and tho facts
of his ease arc vouched for by respect
able journals of that place, Some
time ngo he removed to Missouri with
is wile, and early in 1870 the events
fell out that proved so disastrous to
urn, It appears that he was not very
prosperous, and had occasion to sell
as nearly the last ot bis possessions
a pair of fine horses. For these he
received $S00 in clean new
NATIONAL CUKKENCY.
The stock-dealer who bought the hor
ses afterward disappeared. On the
next day after the sale the vender
paid out two bills of 810 each. It
was discovered that they wero coun
terfeit, and the uttercr was promptly
arrested and lodged in prison, lie,
ot course, directly protested his inno
cence, and told how ho got the mon
ey; and the remaining $480 was
found ou Jus person. The horse-dealer
was traced and brought forward.
when, to the horror and astonishment
of the accused man, he stoutly denied
all knowledge of the bad bills, and
swore the money ho had paid for the
horses was in bills on an old Illinois
bank.
NO CON FIRM ATOKY EVIDENCE,
Of the prisoner's tale could be got,
and nfl much counterfeit money had
lately been circulated in that region
public feeling ran strongly against
him. He was tried, and despite his
earnest protestations and bis wife s
determined struggles in his behalf, be
waa found guilty and sentenced to
five years' imprisonment in tbe peni
tentiary. But tho wife never for a
moment believed bim guilty, and with
astonishing resolution and pertinacity
she now bent herself to the task of
proving bis innocence and effecting
iiis release. To the latter end she
first sought and obtained interviews
with tho
OOVEXNOUOF MISSOURI.
To bim she stated her case ns she
saw and believed it. But the Gov
ernor, although kind, was firm. The
prisoner had been shown to bo guilty.
Counterfeiting was greatly on the in
crease. It waj necessary to make ex
amples, and there was every just rea
son why her husband should be one
of tin-in. lie could bold out no hope,
save in the condemned' restoration
to his family after five years. The
wife went home, converted all she
had into cash, and thenceforward de
voted her whole time and brain xo
following tho horse-dealer, who had
given ber husband the
THE SPUKIOUS NO EES,
With the hope of convicting the re
ally guilty person of that offense.
Pursuing him like a shadow, but
keeping out of bis sight, she soon
found that when he w ent to a place
counterfeit money was said to be in
circulation soon after. This happen
ed at Freeport, 111-, and afterward at
Fort Wayne, Ind. At the latter
place sho caused his arrest. Nothing
could be proved against him, and he
was set free. She then dogged him
to Canton, Ohio, to Pittsburg, Altoo
na, Lancaster, Chamberburg, Phila
delphia. Goshen, Bingharapton, Os
wego, Elraira and other towns in New
York, sometimes staying a month
or two in each place. The man was,
however, so
GUARDED AND INGENIOUS
As always to manage to cover his
tracks ; in fact, he never passed false
"paper" himself at all, and his impla
cable pursuer was unable to bring
him to account. At last, however,
he fell ill at Newton, Sussex county,
N. J., and 6he believed and proved
that her golden oppurtunity was at
band.
When the horse-dealer fell ill, tbe
wife of his victim was at the same ho
tel. She found out the physician at
tending him and frankly told him her
story. Sho described how she had
tracked the cause of
1IEB HUSBAND'S MISFORTUNES,
And begged the doctor for the sake
of right and justice to help her. The
physician was moved by ber tale, and
agreed to do what she asked, which
was to give his patient some depress
ing, but safe medicine, and adroitly to
lead bim to think that be was in a
very critical coudition. This was ac
cordmgly done, and worked to a
charm. The patient begged at once
for a clergyman, who, arriving, point
ed out the necessity of full repent
ance, and at this juncture the wife en
tered the room, and implored the
supposed dying man to repair
TILE GREAT WBOJfO
lie naa aone ber husband. Abe re
sult wns that the sufferer made a dep
osition before a magistrate, confessing
that he had passed the $500, as de
scribed, and furthermore that he. was
a member of an extensive gang of
counterfeiters, his special business be
ing, not to utter bad money, but to
spread it among confederates in dif
ferent parts of the country. He also
said that on the occasion of .making
the trade in question, he happened to
have no other" money, and greatly
wanted the horses. Armed with this
document, the now happy . woman
hastened back to Missouri, laid her
evidence before the Governor, and
had the satisfaction of carrying a full
pardon to ber husband almost imme
diately after. The two are' now liv
ing joyfully together on a farm in
Southern Illinois,- and their case is at
tracting abundant comment and con
gratulation.
' Feeling remark "Happy is the
county that has no history," as the
school-boy said on being flogged for
the third time for not knowing who'
was Henry tho Sixth's wifov
NO. 17.
JOHII BILLI.VOS' 8 PICE-BOX.
The Feathered One.
DCK.
The duk is a foul. There aint no
doubt about this naturalists say so,
and kommon sense tenches it.
They are bilt sumthing like a hen,
ond are an up-and-down, flat-footed
job.
They don't cackle like a ben, nor
kro like the rooster, nor hollow like
the peacock, nor scream like the
goose, nor turk like the turkey; but
they quack like a root dokter, arid
their bills resemble a vetanury sur
geon's. !
They bare a woven fut, and kan
float on the water az natral as a sope
bubble.
They are pretty much all feathers,
and when the feathers are all remov
ed, and their innards out, tbare iz
just about az mutch meat on them a4
thare iz on a krook necked squash
bnt bas gone tew seed.
Wild duk are very good shooting,
and are very good to miss also, un
less you understand the bizness.
You should aim about three foot
ahead ov them, and let them fly ' up
tew the shot.
. I bav shot at them all day, and got
nothing but a tail feather now and
tuen; but this satistied me. lor i am
krazy for all kind ov spore, yu kbow
J. hare are sum kind ov duks -that
are very hard to bill, even if yu dew
hit tbem. I shot one hole aftcrnuue.
thre years ago. at some decoy ducks
and never got one of them. I bav
never told ov this before, and hope
no one will repete it tbia is strikly
confidensbal.
TCEKEY. ,
Boast turkey is good, but turkey
with kraubcrry sass is better.
Tbe turky is a sedate person, and
seldom forgets herself by gittin onto
a frolic.
They are of various kolors, and
lay from 12 to 18 eggs, and they
generally lay tbem where nobody is
looking for them but themselves.
Turkeys travel about 9 miles a day
during pleasant weather, in sarch ov
their daly bred, and are smart on a
grasshopper, and red hot on kriket.
Wet weather is bard on a turkey
a good smart shower will drown a
young one, and make an old one
look and akt az tho tba bod just bin
pulled ant ov a swill barrel with a
pair ov tongs."
The maskuline turkey, or gobbler,
az tbey are familiarly called, bav
seasons ov strutting which are im
mense. I bav seen them blow themselves
up with sentiments of pride or anger,
and travel around a red flannel petti-
..... s
coat nung onto a ciose line just as
tbo they was mad at the petticoat for
sumthing it bad did or Bed to them.
Tbe hen tnrkey alwus haz a lone
sum look to me as tho she had been
abused bi sumboddy. -
Turkeys kan endure as much kold
wether az the vane on a church stee
ple. I hav known them tew roost all
nigbt on the ton limb ov an oak tree.
with the thermometer 20 degrees belo
zero, and in tbe morning fly down and
wade thro the sno in a barn yard to
kool oph.
P. S. If you kant hav kranbery
witn roast turkey, apple sass will do
THE HOSST HITCH.
Tbe hosstritch is a citizen of the
dessart, and lays an egg about the
size ov at man's bed the next day after
be bas been on a bumming excursion
Tbey resemble in size and figger
about 15 sbanghi roosters at once,
and are chiefly important for the
feathers that inhabit their tails.
The bosstrich are hunted on boss
back, and they can trot a mile kluss
to three minmtts.
They lay their eggs in the sand,
and think that the heat of the sand
batches them ont.
They aint bilt right for hatching
out eggs, enny more than a
sized figger 4 iz.
large
Adont Know wnetner their, eggs
are good to eat or not, but I
not, for I never have seen ham and
hosstritch eggs advertised on any ov
our fashionable bills ov fare
Biled hosstritch may be nourishing
and may be not; 1 think this would
depend a good deal upon who' was
called upon to eat it.
I shan't never inquire for biled
m . . a -
nossmtcn az long az 1 remain , iff . mi
right mind.
If the hosstritch iz a blessing tew
the dessart country, I hope they will
stay thare, for so long az we have the
buzzard and the Sandy Hul Crane I
feel az tho we could git along and en
dure life
I am writin this- essa- on the hoss
tritch a good deal by guess, for i hav
never seed them in their uatiff land.
nor never mean to, for jist as long az
i kan git 3 meals- a day and liv where
grass grows and water runs i don't
mean tew hanker" for hot sand. ; r
- THE-JP ABBOT.
The parrot iz a bird of many col
ors and inklined to talk.
They take holt of things with their
foot and hang on like a pair ofpmch
ers. : ; - ' " : -
Abey are tba only bird l kno' ov
who kan konverse in the english lan
guage, but like menny other nu be
ginners they kan- learn tew swear" the
eazyest.
' They are kept az pets, and like all
other pets, are useless. - "
In a wild state of naehur tha may
be ov sum use, but they lose 90 per
cent, ov their value by cultivation.
Tha resemble the border injun- in
this respect. y ;v-.--;.
When yon cum to take 90 percent,
oph from enny, thing, except the
striped snaik, it seems to injure the
profits. '
; I owned a parrot once, for about a
year, and then i gave, him away; i
haint seen the man i gave him to
since, but i presume he looks on me
az a mean kuss. '
If i owned all the parrots thare iz
fn the Tjnited States, i would baniab
them immediately tew their , native
land with the provizo .tkat tha shall
'eta there.- . .. . .
Bnsinepp notice in the Local Columns. 25
eents ;er line, each inmsrtinn.
tor legal and franxient ailrertiaemctit J2 50
per fnare of 12 line, fur the first insertion,
and $1 00 per sqnare for each subsequent in
sertion. .
T
I don't maik theze remarks tew in
jure the feelings ov tboze who hav
sot their pbeeangs on parrots, or
pets ov enny kind, for i cant help
but think that a person wbo gives up
their time and tallents tew pets, over
a sore-eyed lap dorg, displays grate
nobility of kanfktcr. (This last re
mark wants tew be took different
from what it reeds.)
THE BOBA LINE.
The bobalink iz a blak bifd with
white spots on bim.
They make their appearance in tho
northern states about tbe 10th Ov
J, une, aud commence bobolinking at
once.
They inhab'.t the open land, add
lav a meadow tbat iz a lectle damp.
The female bird don't sing, for tne
male makes noize enuff fut the whole
family.
Tbey,have but one song, but they
understand that perfektly well.
When tbey ting their mouths git
az full ov musik as a man's duz Ov
bones who eats fried herring for
breakfast.
Bobolinks are1 kept in cages, and
three or four ov tbem in one room
make just about as mutch noize az an
infant class repeating the mUltiplTca
sbun table all at once.
THf EAGLE .
Thare is a grate deal of poetry1, in
eagles, they can look at the sun with
out winking; they kari split the clofida
with their flashing speed: tbey can
pierce the blue etberial awity up ever
so far; they kan fall into midnight's
blak space like a falling star; tbey
kan set on a giddy krag four thou
sand miles bi and looking down onto
k green pasture kan tell whethef a
lamb is fat enough to steal or not.
Jupiter, tbe Peterfunk god ov the
ansbunta, bad a grate taste for eagles,
if we kan beleave what tbe poeks sing".
I bav seen tbe bald-beaded eagle
and shot tbem in all theirnative maj
esty, and look upon them with tbe
same kind ov veneration tbt 1 do
upon all sheep stealers .
CVttlOVH.
Moses and Aaron VTilc&x w'eff
born on the same day, married sisters,
were partners in business in 1 wins
burg, Ohio, which is called after tbem;
died on the same day, and are buried
in one grave. -
Mr. G. W. Betts. who resides irf
Beaverton, seven miles from Portland
Oregon, has twin daughters, fourteen
years of age in January, 1872. Tbey,
were born Within one half minute of
each other, and at birth there wa?
just one-half pound difference in their"
weight, and bas never been more'
6ince ; to use the expression of their
father: "they always weigh in the"
same notch." They hate the same
height, color of hair and eyes, and are
so much alike as scarcely to be known1
apart in their own family. $ If either
one is called, or spoken to by naure
tbe nearest one answers, ss names
make no difference to them or the
family. When one is unwell the oth
er is unwell soon after. These thing?
were found afnd noticed while study
ing ancient astrology,- which teaches
the hour and minute of birth, with
the latitude and longitude' and posi
tion of zodiac and planets therein j
will describe and foretell the physical
appearance, mental capacity, morar,
worth, chronic ailments, and events f
life of the nation. JDanocrcU.
'TGow Nuff" mit such Foolish
ness." It is pleasant to become av
parent ; twice as pleasant, perhaps
to be blessed with twins; but when it
comes to triplets We are a little dubi
ous. There dwells in Jefferson cctm
ty, Wisconsin, a worthy German,
who a few years ago was presented
by his wife with a son. Hans said to
her:
"Katrine, dat ish goof
A couple of years later the good?
woman plxtced before his astonished
gaze a bouncing pair of twins.
"Veil," said Hans, "dat ish bettef
ash der oder time; I trinks more ash
ten glass beer on dat."
But the good woman next time
gave birth to triplets, and that made'
him "shpoke mit his mouth Aust
a little,"
"Mine Got, Katrine! vat ish the
matter oa you? Petter you stoop" diff
pizzness 'fore der come more as a vil-r
lage full1. I gotts nuff mit such fool
isnhessl" No later returns fcSve been ref-
ceived.
Billings' Pbovesbs. A reputashur?
for happiness wants as mutch, looking'
into as a reputashnn for honesty.
Affecktashun alwus looks well in- a
monkey. ,-, Trieing So defino love istrieing tew"
tell how you kum tew brake thru the
ice all yu know about it is, yu fel
in and got ducked
A wize man never enjoys himsfetf
so mutch, nor a fool so' lit tie, az when1
alone.
I don't bet on prekofehus children
the huckleberry tbat ripens the soon-1'
est is alwus the fust to dekay.
The bulk of mankind are mere'inf-
itatcrs ov poor originals;
An army chaplain relates the' fol-r
lowing story: s Seeing a dirty-faced
butternut urchin at the fence in frontt
of the house,' the preacher said:-
"Is your father at home?"
"He's gone to church'
"Is your mother' in?" ;
. "No: she's gone too."
"Then you're all by yourself?"
"No, Sam's in thar huggin'sis
'sisfJer'
"That's bad." ,
"Yes, it's bad, but it's tho best h
can do." '
An Illinois woman went into tho
river,Jon'suicida intent, the other day.
A lot of sordid boys on the bank1
threw mtid at her, Old Adam- rose in
her despairing bosom. She' waded1
ashore, tad the boys arrested4,-' and
Bhe will put them through before Bhe'
tries suicide again? ; ; - s
Victor Hugo
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