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BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 6 , 187 -Y iT?
N e w Drug Store.
M o H o EforiRdlJNJNlB.il 9
Corner o f Main Street and V a lley Avenue,
BAKER
S . M . P E T T E N G I X X & C O ., IO S ta te
Street, Boston, 37 Park Row, New Y ork
and 701 Chestnut
Street, j Philadelphia,
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our Agents for procuring advertisements
for the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t , in the above
cities, and are authorized to contract for
advertising t our lowest rates.
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C IT Y , O R E G O N ,
W ould respectfully inform the public that
he has recently received a well se­
lected and fresh Stock of
Drugs,
Chemicals,
Paints, Oils,
Perfumeries,
Patent Medicines,
J O B W O R K .
Soaps,
We are now prepared to do all kinds of
Wines,
JOB WORK on short notice and at reasona­
Brandies,
ble rates.
Whiskies and
N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID
Cordials,
FOR ON DELIVERY.
P R O F E S S I O N A L CARDS.
L. O. STERNS,
For Medicinal purposes. Fam ily Medi­
cines carefully prepared. Prescrip­
tions accurately compounded,
at all hours o f the day or
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night. Give us a call.
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T. C. H YD E,
W e s t e r n H o te l.
N o t a r y P u b l ic .
* .S t e r n s <& H y d e ,
A tto rn e y s
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M AIN S T R E E T ,........................................... BAKER CITY.
C o u n s e lo r s At-J.avv,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
L. O. S terns will attend the Courts of the
Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and
Washington Territories.
Water Rights and Mining Litigation a
S pecialty .
Collections promptly attended to.
June 18, 1873. n6y
HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re­
fitted, and is now the best Hotel on the
Umatilla and Idaho stage route.
Stages leave this House for above and be­
low, and also for Clark’s Creek Eldorado,
Gem City and Sparta.
Connected with the Hotel will be found a
first class
S'A. L O O N !
ANDREW J, LAWRENCE,
Attorney-at-Law,
B A K E S C IT Y , O R EG O N .
W
R EID & FLETCHER, Prop’r.
IL L P R A C T IC E IN A L L C O U R T S
of the State.
Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nF7y.
Liquors, Wines and Cigars of the best
quality. Phelan’s Improved Billiard Tables
ail in good order.
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N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel
or Saloon are requested to appear at the
Captain’ s office and settle.
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RAIL ROAD HOUSE.
I. D. HAINES,
A
TTORNEY AND COUNS E L 0 R AT
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Law, Baker city, Oregon.
CLEMENT & SICORD, Proprietors,
Baker City, Oregon.
J. M. S H E P H E R D ,
A t to r n e y a t-L a w ,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
S„
JCNOX,
H u n g r y «.m l WeaCry,
In a manner that will give satisfaction.
The Table will be supplied with the best the
„ A tto rn e y at L a w ,
(And Notary Public,)
WESTON,
MARKET WILL AFFORD.
OREGON.
Will practice in the Courts of, this State and
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Washington Territjry.
Li FECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO LAND
Business, and Collections.
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Give us a call, and then you can judge of
our ability and capacity to please our custo­
mers.
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CLEMENT & SICORD.
, hotel
J O S E P H H. S H I N N ,
N o ta ry P u blic
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AND
C o n v e y a n c e r ,
[w ill attend to Conveyancing and making
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
Baker City, Sept. 11, 1872.
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, E. W. REYNOLDS,
N OTARY
T
lae P r o p r ie to r s r c s p e c t M ly
' inform the Public that they have pur­
chased the Baker City Hotel, and have fitted
it up as a First Class Hotel, where they will be
found at all times ready to attend to tlie
wants of the
PUBLIC
AND
DEPUTY U. S. MARSHAL.
Office with John Brat-tain, Three Doors
South of B edrock D emceat office,
on side of the Street.
JOSEPH MAN AU DAS, Proprietor,
B A K E R CITY, OREGON.
PTHME P R O P R I E T O R M A S Bosiglst
JL the Hotel Restaurant, next door'to
the Post Office, formerly kept by Sicord &
W hitcom b, and has-fitted the same up in
the pest style as a Hotel, on the French
Restaurant Style. He is prepared to ac­
commodate the Public, and is determined
to give entire satisfaction.
The House is open from five o ’clock in
tlie m orning until twelve at night, during
which time customers will be supplied
with the best o f everything to be had in
tlie
IfeE J k , 3BL IIESL
Baker City, S ept 3, 1873.nl7m4
Baker City, July 4 ,1874.-n9tf
T . JST. S n o W i M . 13 .
BAKER CITY MARKET.
Physician and Surgeon,
BAK E R CITY, OREGON.
O f f i c e —In the new Buildrng im m ediate­
ly South o f the Western Hotel.
. MEDICAL E X A M IN E R
[F or the New Y ork Life Insurance Co-
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(Graduate of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons New York and of the Medical De­
partment of the Willamette University,)
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
elsisi E p p in g e r IS -espectfu lly
informs the citizens of Baker City that
J
has re-opened the
BAKER CITY MARKET,
Where, at all times, he will be prepared to
furnish his customers with the
BEST OF MEAT,
Of all kinds, at most reasonable prices.
Baker City, April 11, 1874.-n49tf
LIVELY ST A B L E
HESSES, KiLBCBN & P E R M S
T> e s p e c t fu îly I n f o r m tlie Uit-
Terms cash, or no patronage solicited.
JLA j izens of Baker City and County, and
[• Office one door north oi City Drug Store. the Public generally, that they have pur­
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BAKER CITY, OREGON.
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chased the
Mrs. R. C. Shepherd
IS AGENT FOR
Grover & Eater’s Sewini Mines.
I Baker City, Dec. 1, 1872.n30tf
Single or Double Turn-outs,
T. P. HENDERNS 0 N,
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MAIN STREET, BAKER GITY,
hEaunfketiirer ansi S e a l e r
"S
in
jjIillJ
|0F EVERY DESCRIPTION, CHEAP FOR
O A. S H .
Repairing dono with neatness and dispatch,
at Reasonable Prices.
Baker City, Sept. 30, 1874.n21tf
[S J M’CO RM ICK ,
Importer and Dealer In
loots, Stationary, Toys, Music AM
NEWSPAPERS,
FRANKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’
Headquarters, Fire-proof
Oregon.
Either night or day, with or without drivers,
at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle
Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the
best of care bestowed. We keep nothing but
the best of Stock and Buggies.
Our stable is at the upper end of Main
Street, Baker City, Oregon.
Come and see us, Everybody, and we will
do ou r best to please you.
KILBURN & PERKINS.
February 10, 1874.-n40tf
GRIEß & KELLOGG
Having completed tlieir New Stable,
have now tlie finest and best regulated
Livery Stable
In Eas-tern Oregon,
Where they will carry on the Livery Busi­
ness in. all its branches.
Baker City, Nov. 13, 1872. n!3tf
K ä stn e r
J. W.
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TJ nder ta k e r .
CLEAVER
nforms the Public that he is prepared to do
.11 kind of work in the Under taking Business
fm short notice and at rasonabie prices
1 Baker City, Oct. 1 , 1878.n21tf
J. W, WISD 0 M, Profielor, -
L a d in e r
P r o p r ie t o r s o f t h e
BAKER CITY BREWERY,
On the East side of Powder River,
BAKER CITY, OREGON.
April 29,1874.
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one of the candidates.
In looking over the.pages o f my
Diary, which were filled while I was
Corner Main Street and V alley Avenue residing.in Norway, Me., I found
Southwest Side,
minutes., noted at the time, of an
BAK JER C IT Y , O K E G O N ,
interview Vfhich has afforded me
J ^ E E P S C O N S T A N T E Y O N I Ï A N 3> food for many a hearty laugh, and
a Full Assortment o f all kinds o f though I have often told the story,
Goods, consisting in part of
I think it will bear repeating in the
DRUGS,
Ledger.
- MEDICINES,
At the time alluded to I was chair­
PAINTS ami OILS,
man of the Superintendent School
W INDOW GLASS,
Commitee of the town, and from
VARNISHES,
BRUSHES, and having been several years an incum­
bent of the office applicants'for p o ­
sition as teachers were generally di­
For Medicinal Purposes.
rected to me for examination. One
afternoon, while busy at my desk,
TOILET ARTICLES
I heard a wagon rattle intogmy yard,
Of Every Description.
and shortly afterwards came a vig-*
orous
thump upon the door. There
Prescriptions prepared at all Hours. City
was
a
bell-knob
handy, but the ap­
and Country Trade Solicited.
plicant either did not sea it, or did
Best Brands, o f F rm u iy G ro ce rie s , T o- not know its use, I went myself to
answer the summons, and found up­
I»accos, C ig a r«,
constantly on
on my piazza a specimen of the gen­
Hand, at the Lowest Prices.
us homo that Yankee Hill might
Baker City, Oct, 7, 1874.n221y
have copied with advantage for
stage purposes. He was, in fact, a
living presentment of the Yankee
we often read about, yet seldom see.
AT THE
He stood full six feet in bis boots;
was lank and slatesided; with sun­
N E W
STO R E,
burnt
face, and an unkempt shock
First door above the Express Office.
of
carroty
hair- His garb was en­
ad ies F an cy and. M illin e r y
tirely
homespun,
and set “ like a
Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv­
ed by Express every Month, and for sale at shirt on a bean pole.”
most reasonable Prices.
Mornin,’ Squire, he said, with a
sharp nasal twang.
D r e s s H a lv i n g
It was nearer evening than mor­
Done to Order, and at Short Notice by
ning, but I retained the saiuiion
MRS. L. J. HUSTON.
without correcting him.
Baker City, April 18,1874.-n51m6
Yeou’re the kermittee man ?
I nodded assent.
B o l i n a <fe M c C o r d ’ s
Wal, I kind ’a thought as lioiv’t
I ’d come an’ get yeou ftew giu me
a sartiferkit, seein’ as they want me
tew hev one aforeT begin tew keep
AT THE OLD StAND OF
skewl in this ere taown.
Bamberger & Frank,
It was in the autumn, and as the
B A K E S C IT Y , O B E G O S .
weather -was cool I asked the appli­
cant to walk in, telling him that he
olasia & M cC o rd M espcctiV il- might just wipe his feet on the door
ly inform the Citizens of Baker City
and the Public generally, that they ha\e mot. He gave his thick cow-hides a
opened a New
tremendous wipe, and then followed
me to m 37 study. He did not wait
to be invited to a seat, but deposited
S A L O O N ,
himself on my lounge, dumped his
Where will always be found the very best hat upon the floor, and then drew an,
W i n e s , E iq iio r * » a n d C i g a r s .
old caif-skin pocket book from his
bosom.
Ef yeou’re in a hurry, Squire, I
One of the Finest and Best
don’t know’s there’ll, be any p ’tick.
’lar need o’ yeour tzaminin’ me, for
B illia r d T a b le s
I ’ve got a sartiferkit from the skewl-
To be found in the City. “ Fred” and “ Bob”
selectmen of aour
will be pleased at ah times to have their kermittee an’
taown. I kep’ skewl thar last win?
friends give them a call.
ter, an’ yeou’d better b ’lieve I made
BOHN A & McCOED.
the
wood fly. Jes’ let me tell ye
Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874. niOtf
’baout it.
He went on with the most earnest
'G ■£& •
self'assurance, as a veritable, heroe
might have told of some grandly
W H O L E S A L E a n il R E T A S E
meritorious exploit.
DEALER IN
Yer see they’ve got the all fired-
TT
est
rigl-y-set 0 ’ boys over thar in Pen
ili
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dishun Holler ye ever hearn tell on.
W hy—they’d licked an’ kerwollop’d
T o b á c e o <fe C ig a r s ,
the skewl-master; an’ lugged him
TOGETHER WITH A
aont inter the snow, every winter for
General Assortment
six'year, or more. By gimtereum*
Of all articles in his Line, which he is selling smasher ! it made me mad. Sas I,
Jes let me keep that ere skewl one
at L owest P rices , for the Ready Pay.
winter, The kermittee hearn tell of
His house is located on Main Street, nearly
me, an knowd what I ’d said, and
opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon.
they sent far me ter wuust. They
Baker City, Nov. 11, 1874.n27tf.
gin me a zamiuashun, an gin me a
sartiferkit, too, an sot me a keepin,
J . B , B A T I D N E E , the skewl. Jerewsalern, Squire! it
was a great thing! A few o ’ the big
'
boys tried, once or twic’t, to kick up
a
mow; but, good-sticks an hoeGian-
o
dles!
didn’t I wollup em! I don’t
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b
’lieve
yeou ever seed sicli a skewl
Y
as-1 made of it. The folks said as
GD
haow’t ere hadnt been sich a skewl
P
ri-1
for order an be ha via for forty year.
0
The skewl master took breathy
and was evidently expecking some
WATCHMAKER AND JE vYELEE, expression of approbation from me;
but as I gave none, he went on,—
’ ESTABLISHED IN BAKER CITY IN 18G7,
Keeps constantly on hand a veli assorted
’T seems at some of the folks
daown in the Crooked River Dees
Stock of
trick hev hearn tell haow I got on
over in Perdishun, an they want me
tew take hold of some of their hard
and is prepared to do all kinds of work in cases.
his line of business.
I remembered, and called to mind
Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory at this point, that the school agent
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Prices
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of our Crooked River District had
spoken to me of a teacher who had
S. A . GAINES.
GEO. J. BOWMAN.
proven a physical success ilia neigh­
boring
town, and as a fair quality
GAINES & BOWMAN,
of bone and muscle was required in
his district, he had thought of send­
B la c k s m ith s
ing for this hero. Certainly, as I
AND
regarded the man’s frame, I could
not doubt his capacity in the sub.
duing and thrashing line.
E A R E G E T T IN G O U R T IM B E R
As I was sayin, Squire, there aint
direct from St. Louis, Mo., and none
no
but the very best is Purchased, we are there­ pertickler need of yeour zaminin
me 1 cause heres the sartiferkit at I
fore prepared to Warrant all our work.
We are now fully prepared to complete auy was telling yer abaout.
He handed me a soiled and crump­
Buggies or Wagons’
led paper, which I found to be a
On short notice, and we can say we have the bona-fide certigcate from two of the
V ery Best of Workmen in our employ.
Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will superintending schooDcommittee of
save time and money by giving us.a call and the tov/n of A----- -. But it was an
examining our work for themselves.
exceptional document.
It recom-
menden Elnatlian— :----- (I will call
Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing. him Dolger) as peculiarly adapted
Ah repair work done on short notice. We to keep the school known as-
are thankful for past Patronage, and still e tc
Of course, yeou’ll gin us a reckom-
solicit a continuance.
GAINES & BOWMAN.
mendaskun. Squire.
Baker City, March 11,1874 -n44tf
I believe I must, as iu duty bound
examine you somewhat first, I re­
W h e a t W a n te d .
plied having a curiosity to see how
4 y / \ Y Y /A /A P o u n d s o f W h e a t much the fellow really knew.
O U M l i l / at the B edrock D emo -
Wal, ov course, you ken. But,
c r a t Office immediately, f o r which the high­
raily,
Squira, I dono but I may be
est Cash price willbe allowed.
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MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
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WATCHES, CLOCKS I JEWELRY,
Manufacturers of Busses & Wagons.
LIVERY ST A B L E W
STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD.
irick Building, 105 Front street, Portland,
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Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that
they are prepared to furnish customers with
the best .of
Corner D rugstore,
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jest a little mite rusty. Hant brush­
ed up any lately, ye see. Been to
work all summer on the farm.
But
rayther reckon yeonll find me some.
Haowll ye tako me? Wat comes
fust?
Suppose we try a bit of geography
first, said I.
Jest as yeou say, Squire, he res­
ponded, betraying just the least bit
of lack of confidence. Go ahead,
Bat—mind, I told ye— I may need
brushing up a bit. •
What is the capital of this State?
I asked.
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Port—1—•. Lets see,—ya-as, —
Portland.
No, I said. Portland was once,
the capital, but Augusta now bears
that distinction.
Wal,—noow thats kind p f curus.
It must a been changed sense I stud­
ied jography.
Haosumever, go
ahead.
Can you tell me the capital of
Massachusetts.
Masserchusetts, he repeated, slow­
ly and ponderingly, at the same
time telling off his fingers as though
the solution involved mathematical
calculation. Naow jes let me see:
That ere is a_State, aint it?
“ Yes.”
“ Sartin, I knowed it. An’ it’s
way daown by the oshun. I wa’nfc
never there, but my cousin Joe—Joe
Spindleslianks, wa call him—lie’s
daown thar neow.
By thunder,
’Squire, Joe’d be rather astonished
ef he knowed ’at I was a keepin’
skewl, wouldn’t he?
Gracious! he
wouldn’t b ’lieve it.
Yer see, he
never had no skewlin’, an’ conse-
kently he don’t know over an’ above
much. Haowsumever, that ain’t to
the p’int. Go ahead, ’Squire.”
“ Well,” said I, believing that he
would not enlighten me on Geogra-
p lm
“ suppose we try English
Grammar?”
“ Jest as yeou say, Squire,
Yer
see, I never took much pains with
jography, cause the master alters
has a book, an’ he ken tell jest whar
them placesus when the scholars is
recitin’. I ’m ter hum iu Yithmefcic,
though. Over aour way folks want
their boys to lam Jiggers, ’an know
haow ter cypher.”
“ “ Suppose you tell me,” said I,
“ what grammar is?’
“ Sartin,” he responded. “ Gram»
mar is the study wat’s got the noun,
an’ varbs, an’ the syntax, an’ the
doxology in it—an’-—an’ sich sort ov
things. You see I hain’t quite for­
got it yet?’ .
‘ Oh—I see not. Can you tell me
what a noun is?’
‘ Wal—raily, ’Squire, I ’m afeard
yeou’ve got me thar. But then, ye
see, it’s in the book, an’ when the
scholars recite, I ken find it.’
‘ W ell,’ said I, holding in my
laughter exceedingly well, ‘ I think
yon said you understood arithmetic.
‘That’s your sort, Squire.
Ye’iil
find me to hum thar, as sure as
yeou’re born.’
‘In a piece of land,’ I proposed,
“ ten rods long, and four rods wide,
how many square rods are there?’
-Elnathan counted his fingers en­
ergetically.
‘ Ten rod long, and
four-deep—I guess we’d better try
that _b.v square rewt, hadn’t we
Squire?’
Liny way you please,’ I told him.
He Worked upon his fingers till
the sweat began to stand on his tem­
ples, and finally he broke out:
“ Look here, Squire, I rayther
think that ere sum’ll come under
the head ov surveying and I never
studied that. I never had one o’
them ’ere things what stands on
three legs—one o’ them— what d’ye
call it—’at they sight through. But
I mean t’ study it if ever I git a
chance. Naow, gin us sunth’n o’
the common skewl sort.’
The man was certainly in earnest,
and I determined to let him have a
question which he could answer;
and I propounded as follows:
‘ Suppose a bushel of corn is worth
one dollar, what are ten bushels
worth?’
He had recourse to his fingers
again. After awhile:
‘Yeu mean sh e l l e d corn I supv
pose.’
•Yes,’ I answered.
‘Be-eAusE,’ he went on brighten­
ing, ‘it makes a good deal ov differ­
ence beaout that. Corn on the earll
overrun ef it’s good for anything.—
Ye know they ginerly kalkilate tew
bushel ov ears tew a bushel of shAil­
ed corn. Naow the corn at me ,and
dad raise will overrun three quarts
to the bushel. So ye see, thar ain’t
no telling xactly haow its goin tew
come aourt arter its shelled.
I
should be partiklar to splain this
tew my scholars; cause, ye see,
Squire, I mean tew fit em for the
bisness ov life. Naow a good many
skewlmasters dont dew that: but I
dew.
Ginger an Jerewsalum! —
Squire, yeou ortr see me handle the
big boys when the git onruly. I tell
ye, they dont try it mor n wuhst.—
Them fellers daown on Crooked
River 11 behave when I git holt on
em, naow you had better believe.
‘ Mr. Dolger, said I, as politely as
I knew bow, “ I dont think I could
give you a certificate of qualifica­
tion.
Dont say so, Squire. Yeou dont
mean it.
Jess, o n e-
Quarter
Half colu m n ,....... _
One column,.
00
Ten per cent, additional onSts:
to which a special position is guara:
[CVThe space of one Inch, up and down*
the column, constitutes a square.
N. B.—All debts due this office are payable ■
in Coin, unless otherwise expressly-agreed.
| I cannot, certainly.
Not for that ere Crooked . River
j skewl.
I shook my head.
“ Look here, Squire—I ken brush
up. I swan ter man! this wi l l be a
disappointment tew me. P'raps I
a m a lee tie rusty naow; but I have
got the books, an I ken hunt em over
for these things.
I told him that when he had brush-
od up and overhauled those things
sufficiently, I would examine him
again with pleasure.
He went away declaring that ho
would sartihly brush up,but I never
saw him again. I afterwards learn­
ed that he really did keep tho school
of a backwoods district, in A-
knowa as Perdition Hollow, and that
he accomplished the purpose for
which he had been hired, namely:—-
The throttling- and subduing of a
dozen hard fisted unruly boys.
Do not think, dear reader, that
this is a fancy sketch. It is as near­
ly liieral as my memory will help me
to give it.
In that far country
place I had some curious experience
in the examination of ambitious as­
pirants for teachership,—N. Y. Led-
ger.
B a d P e n m a n s h ip . —The following
squib-ill nstrates the danger of bad
penmanship, and wa hope editors
and contributors will take warning:
M. Quad, in the Detroit Free
Press, charges an awful crime upon
Bloss of the Enquirer:
The other
day a compositor of this office got
hold of a part of a page of the chi-
rography of G. M. Bloss, of the Ciu-
cinnati Enquirer. It isn’t writing
at all, but Bloss seems to kick the
Ink bottle at a sheet of paper, and
sends the paper down to the com-*
positors as an editorial. This part
of a page was used as a foundation
of a plot to deliberately destroy a
life. A line or two was written
above it. Bloss‘ page was marked
“ solid“ and it was handed to a jour,
who had just struck the office. He
claimed to be “ lightning on the set ;'4
and on reading manuscrip, n,nd he
set up the introductory like a whirl«
wind. When he camo'down to Bloss
he grabbed a cap A held it a second
and dove into the Y box, then threw
that back and picked out a dollar
mark. No sentence can commence
with a dollar mark, and the typo
paused, spit on his hands, and rest­
ed one foot on the crossbar of his
rack. After a moment he grabbed
a ffi but slowly replaced it and toyed
with a italic Z. Then he spit on his
hands some more, corrugated his
brow, and hauled the manuscrip
under his eyes. It was no go. He
held the page further off, close to
his nose, slanting to the right, and
square before the window, but he
couldn’t start it, and he knew in his
soul that no other human composi­
tor outside of the Enquirer office
could do it. As afternoon faded in ­
to twilight he laid the page aside,set
two or three lines out of his head,
and then slipped into his coat, said
he’d go to the depot to see a friend,
and he was gone. In his .stick lie
had set up the words, “ Tell my
mother that I will meet her on the
other shore.’ He probably will. Ha
was last seen at the foot of Griswold
Street, and heard to ask if death by
drowning wasnt easier than hanging,
and it is probable that his marble
form is now lying at the bottom, of
the cold green river, while Bloss is
a murderer.
U seful P resent .— Every family ought to
have a good Sewing Machine. Wo have a
beautiful new Silver Plated Wilcox & Gibbs*
Machina, that Would oe a beautiful, valuable
and useful present to any man’s wife, mother,
sister or sweetheart, which we will sell on
easy terms. We will instruct the person buy
iug how to operate the machine. It is one
of the nicest machines in our city.
A Missouri aspirant to matrimony
advertises that he will give three
m u l e s to any maiden who will
wed
him; which gives vise to the ques­
tion, what respectable married wo­
man would want such a four-in-
hand?
A little girl, reading the History
of England with her mother, and
coming to the statement that Henry
1 . never laughed after tho death
oihis son, looked up andjsaid: What
did he do when he was tickled?
Ladies should remember to keep
their mouths shut when going out of
a warm room into the cool air. In
fact, it wouldent hurt anything to
keep them shut most of the time.
Benjamine Franklin used to spell
soap,-s-' 0 -p-e, and yet there isnt a
day 7 but that some one hold him up
as a great philosopher and a good
man,-
Love without money is something
like patent leather boots without
soles.
Why is a side saddle like a . four-
quart jug? Because it holds a gall­
on.
A strong minded woman will a l ­
ways be speaker of the house.
Half the discomfort of life is the
result of getting tired of ourselves.
When they hang you in Texasyoq
stay hanged and eventually die.
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