Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 11 September 1869 — Page 1

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SUMMER DYING.

lieaulj is waning, a voico of complaining Comes from the hill-eirlc and dell Dirge note are ringing, and crickets are singing

To summer a song of farewell1

Day

brightly closes, but were arc the roue* June wreathed with her tresses of gold Soft winds are nighinjr, where darkly nre lying

Their rain-beuten leaves011 the mold.

Sadness comes o'er me, for barren before me Lie 6elds that I loved when boy No more in the shadows of oak* on the meadows

Stout mowers 'their noouiug enjoy. The stubble, how lonely! weeds shooting up only

Whers grain clothed the generous noil, And reapers were swinging their cradles and singing

Blithe strains to enliven 1 he toil.

Cattle arc wading, where willows tire shading The low, shallow bed of the stream Thisilodown floating, is sadely denoting

That summer will pass like a dream. The harvest moon, snilinp through mist, i« unveiling

Her disk like a blood-painted shield, While school-toy and maiden, their baskets full-laden,

Hie home from the blackberry fk»ld:'"

Dark swells of ocean, with long measured motion, Moan as they breuk on the shore Airy tongues wailing for beauty's cheeck paling,

Chime in with the desolate «ar. Stars have grown dimner, less dnulir.g the glimmer

Of fire-fly lamps on the lawn Flower cups unfolding, nre honeydrops hf.ld-

infS

Hut light from tlio lnwlscnpc ia gone.

Throned 011 the thistle the hob-o-link'.-t whistle Made cheerful the meadows of June Mead larks saluting the morn with their fluting

Replied to his rapturous tune. Hoarse crows are calling, and first leaven are falling,

Out still a mild loveliness reigns r? A. sweet hauuting sadness, though vanished gladness •. j^

And gloryffrom nature, remain*.

THE SHOT IN THE EYE.

.Shelby county, lying in Webtern Texas, on the border of the "Red Lands,"|w«B'rather thinly settled in the latter part of '39. What population it had was generally the worst caste of the border life. The bad and desperate men who had been driven over our frontior formed a rallying ground and headquarters here—seeming with determination to hold the county good against the intrusion of all honest persons, and for the protection of outlaws and villains of every grado. And, indeed, to such an extent had this authority been carried that it had become notoriously as much as a man's lifo or conscience was worth who settled among them with any worthy purpose in view for he must cither fall into their confederacy, leave or (lie

This was perfectly understood, and tho objects of this confederacy may be readily appreheuded when it is known that every now and then a party of men would sally out from this settlement, painted and equipped like Ca maneges, with a view of carrying off the horses, plundering or murdering soiuo marked mau of a' neighboring county then, returning with great speed, they would rebraud their plunder, resume their accustomed appearance, and defy pursuitjor investigation. Not only did they band togothcr tor their operations in this way, but a singlo man would carry off a fine horse or commit a murder with "tho 'most audaoity, and, if he only succcded in cscapiifg hero, was publicly protected. .There were some few whose wealth to a degreo protected them iu the obxervanccs of a more seemingly lifo, though they were compelled to at least wink at the doings of their more ruffianly and more numerous neighbors while there was yet another but not large class of sturdy, straight-forward emigrants, who, attracted solely by the beauty of the county, had come into it, settled themselves down wherever they took a fancy—with characteristic recklessness, neither caring nor inquiring who were their neighbors, but trusting in their stout arms and hearts to keep a footing. Of course all such were very soon engaged in desperate teuds with the horse thieves and plunderers around them and as they

wcre not yet strong enough to protect themselves were one after another finally ousted or shot. It was-to exterminate this honest, class that tho more lawless and brutal of the other

associated themselves and assumed the 1

ded by a beastly wretch named Ilinch, they professed to undertake the task of purifying tho county limits of all bad and suspicious characters or, in other words, of all men who dared to refuse to be as vile as they were, or, I

ently of them and their schemes. This precious brotherhood soon became tho scourge of all that regiou. Whenever an individual was unfortunate enough to make himself obnoxious to them, whether by a successful villainy the proceeds of which ho refused to ohare with them, or by the hateful contrast of the propriety of his course he was forthwith surrounded—threatened—had his stock driven off or killed wantonly—and, if these annoyances and hinta were not sufficient to drive him away, they would publicly iraro him to lure the country in a

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certain number of days, under the penalty of being scourged or being shot. The common pretext for this was the accusation of having committed some crime, which they themselves had perpetrated with a view of furnishing a charge to bring against him. Their hate was entirely ruthless, and never stopped short of accomplishing its purposes: and in many a bloody fray and cruel outrage had the question of their supremacy been mooted, until at last there were but few left to dispute with them, and they tyrannized at will.

Among these few was .Jack Lonjr, as he was called, who neither recognized nor denied their power, and indeed never troubled himself about them one way or the other. Ife kept himself to himself, hunted incessantly, and nobody knew much about him. Jack had some of a "wild turkey bred," as the Western term is for a roving family and though still a) young man. had pushed on ahead of tho settlement of two territories, and had at last followed the game towards the south, and finding it abundant in Shelby county had stopped here, just as he would have stopped at the foot of the Hooky .Mountains, had it been necessary to pursue if so far. He had nevor been in the habit of asking leave of any power where he should settle, and of course scarcely thought of the necessity of doing so now. hut quietly set to work—built himself a nice log cabin, as far off from everybody as he could get. And the first thing that was known of him, he had his pretty wife and two little ones anugly stowed in it, and was slaying the deer and the bears right and left.

The honest brotherhood had made several attempts at feeling Jack's pulse and ascertaining his availability, but he had always seemed, so impassively good-natured, and put them off so pleasantly, that they could find no ground for either disturbing or quarreling with him. What was more, he was physically rather an ugly looking "customer," with his six feet four inches of brawn and bone though the inclination, just discoverable in his figure, to corpulency, together with a broad, full good-humored face, gave an air of sluggishness to his energies, and expression of easy simplicity to his temper, which offered neither invitation to gratuitous insult nor provocation to dislike. ITe was the very impersonation of inoffensive, loyal honesty, slumbering ou its conscious strength, and these men, without exactly knowing why, felt, some little disinclination to waking him. lle',had evidently never been roused to a knowledge of himself, and others felt just as uncertain what that knowledge might bring forth as he did, and were not specially zealous to the honor of having it first tested upon their own persons. So that Jack Long might have been left for many a day in quiet, even in this formidable neighborhood, to cultivate his passion for marksmanship, at the expense of the dumb, wild things around him, but for an unfortunate display he was tieeidently induced to make of it-

IIappening to fall short of ammunition. he went one day to "the store" for a fresh supply. This cabir. to-

gether with the blacksmith's shop, and

one or two other huts, constituted the "country town," and as powder and liquor were only to be obtained there, it was the central resort of the Regulators. Jack found them all collected for a great shooting match, iu preparation for which they were getting drunk as fast as possible, to steady their nerves. Hinch, the Regulator captain, had always hecn the hero of such occasions, for in addition to being a first-rate shot, it wp.s known that it would be a dangerous exertion of skill for any man to beat him,—for he was a furious and vindicative bully, and would not fail to make a personal affair of it with any who should mortify his vanity by carrying off the prize from him. In addition, the band of scoundrels he commanded was entirely at his service in any ex-

trerac 80 that hc niade fcarful 0cld9

fcr a

sinSlc

n,RU to contemi

name of "Regulators." They num- Everybody else in the county was bered from eight to twelve, and under

the organization of rangers, comman- k°DSi

who defiantly chose to act independ-! heat. The bully was as usual bluter-

with"

aware of this 8tate of

thing* but Jack

an(^ e'ther

didn't know or

didn't care. After they had fired several rounds he went lounging listlessly into the crowd which had gathered around the target, exclaiming in admiration over the last brilliant shot of Hindi which was triumphantly the

iiog vehemently, taunting every one around him, and when he saw Jack looking so very coolly at the famous shot, with no grin of deferential admiration in his expression which was demanded, he snatched up the board, thrusting it insultingly close to his face, roared out:

"Here! you Jack Long Sliauks— lock at that. Take a good look Can you beat it?" Jack drew back with a quiet laugh, and said good humoredly: "Pshaw STou don't brag on such shootin' as that, do you

moony chup as you beat it "I don't know as I'd be very proud to beat such buaglin' work as that." "You don't! don't you?'* yelled the fellow, now fairly in a rage at Jack's coolness. "You'll try it, won't you? You must try it! You shall try it! We'll see what sort of a swell you are "Oh, Well said Jack, interrupting him, '-Just set up your board, if you want to see me put a ball though every hole you can make.'"'

gun -I caught it from shootin" var- Jj0ng

mints in

fhcre. It's 1 notion I've got—its my gun." They nil ran eagerly to the target, and sure enough his ball, which was larger than Hinch's, had passed through the same hole, widening it "He's a humbug It's all accident! He can't do that again shouted the ruffian, turning pale, till his lip3 looked blue, as the board was held up. "I'll bet the ears of a buffalo calf against his that he can't do it again "If you mean by that to bet your own ears against mine, til take you up said Jack, laughing, while the men coulu not resist joining him. Hinch glared around him with a fierce, chafed look, before which those who knew him best quailed, and with compressed lips silently loaded his gun. A new target was put up, at which after long and careful aim he fired. The edge of the ball had just broko the center. Jack after looking at it, quietly remarked: -Plumbing out the center is my fashion I'll show you a kink or two, Captain (Hinch, about the clear thing in shootin'. Hive us another board there, boys

Another \jas set, up, and after throwing out his gun on the level, in the same rapid, careless style as before, he fired and, when the eager crowd around the target announced that he had driven the-center cross out, he turned upon his heel," and with a pleasant nod to Hinch, started to walk off. The ruffian shouted after him "I thought you wore a coward! You've made two good shots by accident, and now you sneak off to brag that you've beat me. Come back, sir

Jack walked ou without noticing this insult, while Hinch laughed tauntingly long and loud—jeering him with exulting bitterness, as long as he could could make himself hearu, us a in the pan,"—"a dunghill cock, who had spread his white feather," while the men, who had been surprised into a profound respect for Long, and were now still more astonished at what they considered his "backing out," joined clamorously in hooting his retreat,

They made a fatal mistake in supposing he left the insult unresented

ro,n an ear ,r

himself. Jack Long

had a young and very pretty wife at home and his love for her was stronger than his resentmentforhis own indignity. His passions were slow, and bad never been fully roused—none of them at least but his love, and that presented her instantly, forlorn and deserted, with her little ones, in this wild country, should he throw away his life wkh such desperate odds and. seeing the turn the affair was likely to take, he had prudently determined to get away before it had gone too far. But. had any of these men seen the spasm of agony which shivered across his massive features as theses gibing voices rang upon his ears in insult which no proud hunter might endure, they would have taken the hint to beware of chaffing the silently foaming boar any longer.

This was an all ill-starred day for Jack, though from this time troubles •began to thicken about him. The even tenor of his simple, happy life was destroyed, and indignity and outrage followed each other fast. Hinch never forgave the unlucky skill which had robbed him of his proudest boast, that of being the best marksman on the frontier and he swore, in base, vindictive hate, to dog him to death, or make him leave the

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goon

fter th

a va

ble horse, belonging to a rich and powerful planter, disappeared. lie was one of those men who had compromised with the R'egulators. by paying much black mail for exemption from their depredations, and protection against others of the same stamp and now he applied to Hinch for the

recovery of his horse, and the punish-

ment of the thief. This Hinch, un der their contract was bound to do, and promised to accomplish forthwith. He and some of his men went off ou the trail of the missing horse, and, returning the next day, announ-

About this time not only Ilinch himself, but every other person who had made himself conspicuous, by insisting upon Jack's guilt, and the ne-

mark in hunting, and a perfect storm of indignation followed. A meeting was a at once convened at "the store," of which the planter was the chairman and at if, by a unanimous vote. a resolution was passed condemning Jack Long to be whipped and driven I from the country, and Hinch. with his Regulators, apppointed to carry it into effect He could hardly contain himself for joy, for now, whatever extreme his pitiless malignity might choose to indulge itself in, he had no fear of afterclaps or questioning. The meeting had been a mere form at any rate. But' these '•formalities" are all-pewerful everywhere, and. unsettled and ele-

ina_ ruentary as was the condition of society

here, this,'ruffian leader of ruffians felt the necessity of acting under their sanction, though he himself had dictated it. He would and could have consumated his purposes without it, but the faint light of conscience within him felt relieved of the grievous responsibility of s^.ch a crime, in the

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"Brag on it! Fd like to see such a ced that they bad followed it with aU^'hunting, and, laying aside his accout- and with a slightly flurried manner,

But this was not Hinch's policy yet awhile. He knew that the proofs were not strong enough to make the charge plausible, even before a Lynch

Perfectly astonished at this rash bearing of the lion—for it was difficult to tell whether contempt or simplicity dictated Jack's manner--the men set up the board, while he walked back to the stand, and carelessly swinging his heavy rifle from his shoulder, ^fired seemingly as quick as thought. "It's a trick of mine, said lie. moving towards the mark, as he lowered his [ing which time the charge against

Court, of which he himself was both

the prosecutor, judge and executfoner. 5

His object was first to get up a hueand cry against Long, and, under cover of a general excitement, accomplish

his purposes without question or mock-j

trial even. So that, after a great deal I

of manoeuvering, for eight days, dur- j-

was

the ejes. always takes em 1 Jj{s myrmidons, so as to attract general 1 ^'s

claimed that he had found the horse at last hid in a timber bottom near Long's! This, of course, seemed strong confirmatoin of his guilt, and though the mob were most of them horse thieves, yet it was an unpardonable crime for any one to practice professionally among themselves so that Long was loudly denounced and threatened on every side, and ordered to leave the country forthwith.

These proceedings Jack by no means comprehended, or felt disposed to be moved by but gave them to understand that he meant to remain where he was until it suited his convenience to go

participating with so many

a bundred

the ath ,cadin

on eajh sh

s?ran

industriously circulated by thrown

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their skill through a great many wind rements. partook of the simple meal addressed our host: "Squire, this ings. evidently intended to throw off pursuit, and had at last traced it to Jack Long's picket fence, 'and there could be no doubt but he was the thief! The-planter knew nothing of Jack, but that he was a new comer, and demanded that he should be forced to give up the horse, and punished to the extremity of the frontier code? •*..

her neat houswifery had prepared for him.then, stretching himself upon the buffalo robe on the floor, romped with his two rosy-cheeked boys, who had 1 rolled over his great body, and gambolled and screamed in riotous joy around him but mother wanted some water from the brook, and the frolit must be given over while Jack would

™lder, and his career

ar,1!S

attention and expectation, as to the denly surrounded, and was rushed upresult of his investigations, he pro-

his two children and wife looking out upon him.

The blow deprived him of his senses for some time, and when he recovered he found himself half-stripped and lashed to a tree a short distance from his house—Hinch in front of him, with a knotted rope in his hand, his wife on the ground, wailing and clinging with piteous entreaty round the

and that if his time and theirs did not I monster's knees, his children weeping happen to agree, they might make the most of it. And Jack was such an unpromising, snaggish-looking somebody, and his reputation, whi^li had now spread cverwhere, of possessing such consummate skill with the rifle, that he thought it a condescension to to shoot anywhere else than in the eyes, and was so formidable, that no individual felt disposeed to push the matter to a personal collision. He might still, therefore, have been left in quiet, but Hinch had unfortunately taken up the impression from Jack's conduct in the shooting match affair.

by her. and outside this'group, a circle of men with guns in their hands. That fearful awakening was a new birth to Jack Long! His eye took in everything at one glance. A shudder, like that of an oak rifted to its core, sprang along his ne*ves, and seemed to pass out at his feet and through his fingers, leaving him as rigid as marble, and when the blows of the hideoup, mock ing devil before him, fell upon his white flesh, making it welt in purple ridges, or spout dull black currents, he felt them no more than the dead lin'tel of his door would have done, and

that he must, be a coward, and if, this -£ite agony' of that poor wife, shrilling

were true, then all his skill amounted to but little, and, iike any other bloody, woolfish brute, lie followed him up tho more eagerly for this very reason, which would huve disarmed a generous foe. Besides, Jack had given fresh and weightier matter of offense, in that he had refused to obey, and defied his authority as Regulator. The very being of that authority seemed to require now that a wholesome example should be made of him for the awing of all refractory persons hereafter. The wretch, who was cunning as ferocious, uud had. sworn in his inmost heart to ruin and disgrace Long, from the moment of that triumph, now availed himself rcmorsely of all his influence, and knoweledge of the society around him, to accomplish it. Several horses now disappeared, and robberies of other kinds, perpetrated with singular dexterity, followed in quick succession. All these things he managed, through the clamors of his scyundrelly troops, to have laid, tli reetly or indirectly, to Jack.

a frantic echo to every harsh slashing sound, seemed to have no more effect upon his ear than it had upon the tree above them, which shook its leaves to the self-same cadence they had held yesterday in the breeze. While Hinch lays on the stripes with all his strength, amid the most horrid oaths. Long's wide-open eyes dwells on each face

About four months after this affair.

cessity of punishing him summarily, 1 in company with an adventurous friend began to lose, every day or two, valuable stock, which was wantonly shot down, some times in sight of their houses and it soon began to be remarked that every animal lost in this way had been shot in the eye This was instantly associated, of course, to Jack's curious predilection for that

I was traversing Western Texas. Our objects were to see the country, and amuse ourselves in hunting for a time over any district we found well adapted for it. We were kindly and frankly received by the people, and horses, servants, guns, dogs, and whatever else was necessary to ensure our enjovment of the sports of the country, as well as the time of our host himself, were forthwith at our disposal, as we were soon, to our hearts content, en- 1 gaged in every character of exciting chase.'

One day \vu had all,turned out for a deer drive. This hunt, to which dogs are used for driving the game out of timber, scatters the hunters very much they are stationed at, differ-: ent ''stands," which are some times miles apart to watch for the deer passing out and for this reason, the party

bottom timber, while the

others. It was the third day after the meeting. Jack had heard of it, but he gave himself no uneasiness about it, and was only anxious that his wife ments. The me3l was might escape some annoyance by not when Henry, who was

hearing it. He had just returned from 1 fellow, came bustling into the room,

a strange country of yours Do you let crazy people range it with euns in their hands 1?' "Not when we know it. Why? What about crazy people You look excited." "Well, I think I have had enough to make me feel a little curious." "What is it? what is it exclaimed everybody, eagerly. "Why, I have met with either the

go and bring it. So, jumping np, he left the folks pouting willfully as they looked after him from the door, and Old Harry himself, a ghost, or a madstarted. The stream was only about man. and which it is am confound

yards from the house, and edly puzzled to tell!:'

to was

through a -Where How

dense high thicket. The water had He throw himself into been dipped up, and he was returning along the narrow path closely border-

when he felt a light tap

wiped the perspiration from his lore head, and continued, "You know, Stoner and myself, when we parted from you all this morning, took up the right

S 'j impeded. He had just time hand side of the bottom timber. Well

perceive that a lasso had been

over

him which would confine

when he saw himself Mid-

on ?ix stout men who ,uln to

Stoner accompanied me to uiy 'stand,' where we parted, and he to go on to his and have seen nothing of him

a 1 1

lasso until they dragged him nearly to his own door, when he was prostrated by a heavy blow dealt him over the head with the butt of a gun. The and led me off, until it suddenly oclast objects which met his eyes ab he curred to me that. I might get lost, and sank down were the horrified faces of I reined up: but I soon found that

jumped on my horse to pursue it. The deer had staggered at my feet but was not so badly wounded as supposed,

this sober second thought had come too late, and that I was already out of my latitude. I wandered about nearly all day. though taking care not to go very far in one direction, before came across anything which promised to set 'me right again. At last I came upou a wagon trail, and felt relieved, for I knew it must take me to some point where I could get information. The trail was narrow, leading through shrubbery thickets and was riding along slowly, looking down in the hope of detecting the track* of some of your horses, when the violent shying of my horse caused me to raise my eyes. And, by George it was enough to have 'stampeded' a whole regiment of horses! On the left of tho trail stood a very tall, skeleton-like figure, dressed iu skins, one foot ndvanced, as if he had stopped in the act of stepping across it, and long, heavy gun, just swinging down to the level, bearing on me. Of course, my heart leaped into my throat, and my flesh shrank and crept. Before I could think of raising my gun, my eyes met those of that strange figure: and such eyes Su rprise at their cold, unnatural expression suspended my action burning with a chili, singular brilliancy, in deep-sunken sockets, they looked as if they never had winked. Dwelling steadily upon my face for a moment, I tbev seemed to be satisfied, and the

with a cold, keen, searching intensity gu» was slowly thrown back upon his BLACKSMITHING. as if it marked them to be remembered in hell! The man's air was awfnl—so concentrated, so still, so enduring. He never spoke, or groaned, or writhed— but those intense eyes of his! the wretches couldn't stand them, and began to shuffle and get behind each other. But it was too late hc had them all—ten men! They were registered. After lashing him until he fainted, the Regulators left him, telling his wife that if they were not out of the country in ten days hc would be shot. He did go within the specified time, and, as it was said, returned with his family to Arkansas, where his wife's father lived. The incident was soon forgotten in Shelby county, amidst the constant recurrence of similar scenes.

shoulder and plucking at along grizzly beard with an impatient gesture of hifs bony hands, the figure made a stride across the trail, and without speaking a word, plunged into the thicket. I was so confounded by this carious dumb-show that he was nearly concealed in the brush before 1 found my tongue to shout to him to stop but he kept on, not even turning his head. was provoked, and spurred my horse in after him as far as I could penetrate but he kept on, and I lost sight of him iu a moment, and whether he can talk at all or not is more than can tell.

I followed the tnii. which wound about, it seemed to mo, towards all the points of the compass, for an hour or more, when at last it led me into a prairie which I thought 1 recognized. 1 stopped, and was looking around to make out the landmarks, when a hor.-e with a saddle on burst from the woods behind me. and tore off ucro-s the prairie, as if he. too. had seen the dovil.

He was too far off for me to distinguish more than that he was a dark horse—say about as much so as mine. I could distinguish the pummel of the saddle and the stirrups flying.

"Htoner's horse was a dark bay. said the squire, stepping uneasily to to the window, "he must have got away from him, .and that is what detainhim. But then the nag was a kind creature, and well trainpd. I wnnde. it .«hould behave so •'Don't believe 'Bay would hive done it, squire, said one of the men. ••Something's gone wrong. 1 think .' \Va« the bridle down. Mr. Henry?

seldom gets together again until night. We divided in the morning, and skirt-

ed up opposits sides of a wide belt of expected

i:driver"

:tnd

dogs penetrated it to rouse the deer, which ran out on either side by the stands which were known to the hunters. We were unusually successful, and returned to a late dinner at our host's, the planter's house. By duskall had eonio in. except ray friend, whose name was Henry, and a man named Stoner, one of the neighbors who had joined our hunt. Pinner was ready, and we sat down to it, supposing they would be in in .1 few monearly over gay, voluble

'•It was too far off for me to tell. 1 followed iu the direction the horse took, and soon found mvself here, and

to find it here too!

Stoner is bevotid

•'No.' ."toner is ieyoni nt re said the srjuire.' That wa^oti trail, you were turning and twisting about in ii road I had opened to a number of board trees we cut and rived out there you might have followed for hours and not been more than a mile or so from the plaec you started front. That ghost of yours, by the way, may be some crazy fellow who has wandered on iuto these parts with mi»ohief in him? Did you bear no gun/"' •'I thought 1 did—about un hour after parting with that nnn. or devil, or whatever he was. but the S4und was so

Cniifhiilfil 1111 Fmi) lh fin}'.

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IhcplHco. Market Street. North

.1. S. Mil.I.Kit .1 CO.

•JOHN A. (IKIIH s. 'imtl.KS MI KfltV.

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Mill 11 nrk'ii Fei ri/ /Jiyi Sib if-rin1 11 ml 'ni'n/ri/

All .'iiv invited to give n* wc shall cii»lc:ivor to jrivft entire fkti.-fjK': im to ouMonrHT*. K. I"07.

DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING.

Dry Goods and Clothing

MO!' IN AT

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lil.irl,

nti'i 1 XMinii

DRY GOODS

deal's Fiiriiisliiiiii (hhmIs!

Poplin*.. nl iiiis. (•iii! htii)is

LJIVUIS. l.usftTN.

P1111K osier.v. Collar*.

Cloth*. CjissiiMm'*.

TwwmIs. 'I'll111

Fiiriih'rsSsiliii.

li»R

(ilovr*.

Cap*.

Ready Made

.\ I) iti t.if in well

Vol ion*.

Clothing.

er ihitiij which i••ji'.late,

Furnishing Establishment.

I alwaj- have the he?t ot tiiilor wii! he pleased to hnre my friend' my

»..rk. a enll :inil

WORK AND PRICES

H' tore pureln'.-'imj e!*e!merc. 1 nitlnt-o

til thf (iarnicnl.s from .Material Ilonr]it here FKEKOF CHARfiE.

"•l« •IUHV A AS

NOTICE.

A I.L personi1 knowinc themselves imlehte 1 to XX the tirm ol Kn-mini er Nicholson are requested to make immediate •onlement. Having reiired frnn tho harn^^'anU saddlery bu«ine-s, ire desire to settle up our bn-riness.

II. P. ENSMfNOKB.

I«:w«n3. *5 VM. NICHOLSON.

KATES FOR ADVERTISING:

F.fieh »quarc. (OHn»? or les?) ftrrt in^ftien legs! and transient matter. 1 l..-eh ndditioiml Insertion, of pacb »tjn»re 0..r ix necks or 1pm .. I 00 .One i-i.lnmn— three month* 34 06 month'

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—one -ear .......100 00

H:«lfcolumn—three montha SO 00 .'iv months Vt SO —one year .. 80 00 Fourth col.—three month.* 1950 —six month* ?•.jcj..... 90 00 —one year 35 00 l.ocal business notices per line, 1st insertion 10 Kt?ch "ubscqnent insertion, per line

CIRCULATION 2000

WAGON FACTORY,

FARMERS THIS WAY

If ynu want a

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W A O N

SMITH & BCNNEL!

\\'K return thanks to the farmert and other*, forihe liberal patronage heretofore bestowed on us. We invite you to call and examine our stork wagons, which are erected of the best material, and of the best of workmanship. Also

Wagons Repaired anil Repainted.

On short notice and most reasonable terms, alio

PLOWS Or ALL KINDS

repaired to order find the best

W^Q-OIN" SEATS

In the country, tho HKYKHSAHLE SPRlXCi. which is more durable and cheaper than the old steel springs, which wo offer for about onehalf the inonev.

All woi'li wni'iMUIrtl |'r«iM!• rear*.

Ii_7'Hoinembcr the place, on crnon Street Kast of the Post-Office. April 3. tPCO.ty SMITH A BONNfcL.

DRUGS.

T. W. FRY CO.

Ilavo just opened a fine assortment ot

Drugs, Faints, Chemicals, Oils, Dye Stuffs,

Toilet & Fancy. ARTICLES, Cigars & Tobacco,

Til F/NET QI'A MTV.

JOV^AI-iIi and soo us, on (Jroon street, .Of 1 A So^cjJl

r'lj two doors above J. W. Ijynn A Son .c* .1 n'J:iV0wct T. W. FRY A CO

DRUGS

AND MEDICINES.

NEW FIRM.

MOFFKTT& BOOK,.

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A W O 8 I E

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DRUGS AND MMI1,

I'iiinls. Oils. Dyefltuffti, Fanoy Articles

I'iirePerfumery,

MisiMn,

Wines and Brandie.v For Medical Purposes.

I'litent Medicines, A No, I.tiiup*, (ilusswaro. Let-tor.'*-up. »nl Note INipor, Pens, I'cucils.anufnk.

KM) S ('Hit

TIOJ%*S

Carefully prepared and promptly attended to. I WefrcpeetfullvtFolicit pntronnee from the pnblio Bi-iKTtil. UnnSOM.

A\70l'M» res'peetfully inform their old friends that they trc now prepared to execute promptly and 111 the best style nil fkind-'fof t»cner.'i! liiiir-k-'inil1:inpr. pueli 11- EMPIRE SEWING MACHINE.

riji/niiij Uni'xi' Jul, \V,

KNTH KOK THK

Ijujuiv Sowing Machine,

Crawfordsvillo. ^Indiana.

'I In- inn'-liine ri'^eiveil the

I IJCNT PREMIUM

American Institute,

/n N' v.- Vrrk. (icfober 20, 1867

\».l tlifi hulie-it pwnluut for

Best Manufacturing Machine

JULY. 1867.

IImake":ithe

mini:*. Wsliiii:*.'

liur "tiaight needle, perpendicular acuoii I.-ick or Shuttle Stitch which will neither np nor ravel, end alike en both sides pcrlorim perfect aewinij on every description ot mnlerinl. with cotton, linen, or silk thread from the coar.'c't to the finest nnmbcr. It hemp, fell". Iirilbrad*. ttick. quilt, plaits, and eathers. At a family 'swing machine it hat nu. ulterior.

The following if partial lijt of the per*on» n-iw itinir the Ktnpif William Wi«eh tr' Jonathan It.ioher John I.eu ,\ by fox Jam'« Scilri* Ilarir-on Mi ler Th..- I.aMlettc Jaco'- I.afollettv Will Se'lert flcritJubn Martin !!obt Urin Win H-li'.-J Juhn Kinme -^'Uiiacl Hal! iiujteti 1 It7 lli.-teier Pavi'l 1) Smith Abraham l."op John l!ri!* W II Hi. kMien Hi-'k Tboina« (io£l John Mieppurd John W Hormwii John Kiukadt' Will Swindler Will Sti'iie 1

lowing Machine K»r| Cloafetter Lewis Clark .M t)enmnn

S W I,ytie William ilaniia K-ter IJ»T3 Jason ThoinaAHcbael Lore Mat Ell more James Hall Robert Hall Henry Thotup'o l)r Miko Brown John Campbe \V McC&uijtsr Jamca Ames John Widener ara McDobio George ltibio Samuel Simpson Kdwjird God |jaac Shoemaker Alex Heaver l'ho«

Lll

Keller

JoiHanna Oeorse Kotluian .1 W Itcndricki

S-nj Van'-lcnve toibricl Mitchell A White -A William W liilc Adam Uunkle Samuel Uanklc Jos Urimes Jo. Mltehell

It tiartner

W Fullenwider 1 E Stafford John WiUou James Dari* 3,v» ri

Bunnol Potter .n