Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 February 1872 — Page 2

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f-nm. my child." my lady Mid ; Swilt from me to herb id, Nui I od urar her lovingly ; O'er hi vielen hair she yearned Anl hi roe-bud uiuuth upturned, Softly kissed- ala for tool Kren he. hi mall arm twining Kound her neck, ecuied hull' divining The great bliM to nie denied; I. meiheuf bt. my II would give Such fweet welcome to receive. . enviously. I eyed. Straight he left u two alone! Then I called the little one To my aid, intent to place. Following her gracious sign, These adoring Hps of mine Where her lips had left their trace. Here I thought to breathe the whole Balm aad fragrance of her oul ; Stopping. I beheld atear t Suddenly my haart grew light. Heading there a promise bright. And a hope of coming cheer.

A Hasty Marriage. The Milwaukee Ruewwin of Jan. 2Gth tells the following romantic story, which it vouches for as strictly true : " The Newhall House was the scene, yesterday, of a raatiinionial occurrence, which for neatness and dispatch in execution challenges comparison. On the noon train there came to this city two gentleman from Kenosha, the Right

xvev. r amer uonerty, ana a young man bearing the aristocratic name of Des

mond. They immediately betook them . Im mi . .1 XT 1 1 TW ,

selves iu me uewnau nouse, ana, as

roon as they had registered their names. i. i . '

ic revcreuu gentleman asKea to see

Miss Fanny Cary, one of the waitresses of the hotel. Although she was at the time engaged in waiting on the table, his business appeared to be so urgent that she was summoned from the dining-room and met Rev. Doherty in the hall. After exchanging the usual compliments and benedictions of the season, the clergyman, who, it seems, had long been acquainted with Miss Cary, told her, without further explanations, that a young gentleman friend of his, who accompanied him, was about to settle down in life, had made his fortune, and, having determined to take a partner, for better or for worse, had consulted him as to an eligible person. That he had immediately suggested that Fanny Cary was just the person for the place, and that Desmond, on the strength of his recommendation, had decided to offer himself to her and bring about, if possible, an immediate

consummation of the matter. After stating these facts, the reverend father made a formal proposal to the young girl in behalf of Desmond. The proposal was accepted. Desmond was summoned, the couple, who had never seen each other before, were introduced, and it was decided that as soon as possible they should be made 'two souls with

but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.' Accordingly, by 4 o'clock the ceremonies were performed by the Rev. Doherty, and without waiting for congratulations the newly-married couple set out for Fox Lake, the residence of Desmond. " Desmond is said to be a man of considerable means, owning property about Fox Lake to the amount of $10,000."

The Sensational Cannon Trie. 1 1 may be interesting to the public to know that the sensational cannon trick now performed at the Royal Holbom amphitheater i just 99 years old, and that an account of it may be found in -ho "Annuul Register' of 1772. A correspondent of that publication de

scribes the uew feat "of a man's stand

ing the shot of a cannon at a small dis

tance, with a method of doing it with safety." A man boasted that he could, at 10 yards distance, stand the shot of a nine pounder cannon charged with a

full quantity of powder and a proper ball. His friends, not desiring to be

accessory to his death, desired him not t) oppose his body when the cannon waa tired, but to catch the ball in his hand. This he did, receiving no hurt.

although the bail was of full weight, and the loudness of the explosion left no doubt but that he had put in the full charge of powder. The secret is to

put very little of the powder behind

the ball and the rest in front of it. the

wadding being put in last of all, and rammed down tight. The writer who

discovered this trick to the world thinks

Swallowing 0 j stern Alive. At a late hour, the other night, the door of an oyatcr-house in our city was thrust open, and iu stalked a hero from the Sucker State. He was quite six feet high, spare, somewhat stooped, with his hands pushed clear down to the bottom of his breeches pockete. Alter taking a position, he indulged in a Ion a

stare at the man opening the bivalves, and slowly ejaculated " Isters !" 44 Yes, sir," responded the at entive operator, 44 and fine ones they are too." 44 Well, I've heard of isters afore," says he, but this is the first time I've

seea em and prehaps I'll know what

mar made or afore I git out of town.

Having expressed this desperate intention, he cautiously approached the

pmte ana scrutinised the uncased shellfish with a gravity aud interest which would have done honor to the most

illustrious searcher into the hidden

mysteries ot nature. At length he be

gan to soliloquize on the difficulty of

gotiing. mem out, ana now queer they

iuukcu nil en out.

I . . ..

a never eeeu an v in in in nnvt.

takes an nmniin' atn v.

that, for fear of accidents, it is better to get them out, and aint they slick and to practice against thin deal I boards ; slip'ry when they does come? Smooth

uui u tun irar ui muwdi is lue cniei I .'is an ee ' a .rri ...;...i :

charm of modern entertainments, and that foil ;;. if-T:Jr

... ' 1 " vviaiSS a IDV LU It IL117.H 1,11

Wheat that Cost $2iU per Bushel. fioiu ihr Ttrrt Haut (lud.) Kxpreaa.

At the recent term of the Clay County Circuit Court, in the case of the State

vs. Benns und Miller, for stealing wheat,

wo me mruutiieu wiin a latneniuuie in a mi .a

stance. i tie acts in tue case ure as

follows :

In the month of October, 1867, some twenty bushels of wheat were stolen from Clay county and sold early the

tollowing morning at one of the leud

mg Uour nulls in this city. The wheat

was misred early in the morning, and traced directly to its destination in this

market, and though the nocturnal

thieves bad made their escape, a com

bination of circumstunces and identifi

cation seemed to fasten the guilt upon the proper parties, who were arrested

the same evening at Brazil. Under the

privilege ot the law changes of venue

were taken betöre t lir vril ii,u;n..u

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wmw iu viaj vuuiuv, auu tnree uavs

and as many nights were lost in the

preliminary proceedings,

The parties were then bound over to

court. Subsequently Miller turned

Mate's evidence. The case has been V. f iL. L . f

uoiuru me courts iwiee yearly since

then, being continued from time to

time by what were uniformlv under

stood by every party outside the court

liaby Louise. BY MAKMAKKT KVTINUS. I'm in love with i II,. i... i -

With your ailkrii hair iidI vour toft blue era And thoilreainv wiml Hill I tint tn IV. '

AnJ ty fcfiit, Rweetiuiile ytm brought from the

loU r 'unahine. baby Louise! When vnu fold vour hui.l. 1,-1... 1 -..!

Vour linnila. lilot u luirv'. i '

...... TT . ' -. " ...Ii linn mir, With a pretty, innoernt, mint like air Are you trying to think of tome angel-tauiht

You learned above, baby Louiie? I'm in love with vnn liatiw I. ,ni. I

Why I you never miau vmir lumiiiifiil k..Ji

Rome day, little one. your cheek will crow red

With a fliMh of delight, to hear the word -.1.T

1 love you." baby Louise. Do Vou hear mm hullo l,niilut

I have sung your praise for nearly an hour. And TOUT luitiei keen llrnnnini l,,u., ..J 1 .

And you've gone to alecp. like a weary Bower.

vuaraieiui oaoy liOUi.se I

as in this case the life of the principal effects, as Uncle Jess used to say about M frivolous excuses, backed up by the pertormer depends entirely unnn irreat I inaxnini;

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accuracy in loading, the original form

of the trick is perhaps the best for pur

poses oi amusement. We do not know

whether the feat, as performed at the Holborn amphitheater, is done in this way, but the thing looks probable

enougn. rcno. Henry Clay and the Billy Goat.

Formerly a very large, well-known,

was the renlv.

and you can

44 down

nave a

speculation

44 Well, sir.

with two bits, dozen."

i wo bits I" exclaimed the Sucker. " Now, come, that's stickin' it on strong,

um., ior xsiers. a aozen on 'em aint nothin to a chicken, and there's no

gettin more n a picayune a piece for them. I've only realized forty-five

and somewhat noted billy scat roimel 1 T

.a l d . - . "vuio. Ait ten vuu wnar. i trin vnn

w 1 iwa

Errata. There are readers who are never happier, as mere readers, than when they light upon a typographical error in their favorite author or journal. No

weauiy in tne blemished pages gives

qmwj so mucn ot a certain kind of

saiisiaction as the blemish itself, for

uiat cuauies tne reaaer to rise for a mo

ment superior to the writer, however

learned, orilliant, or graceful he may

wc. no irauer seems to nave the im pression, more or lees vami. that La L

himself an exceedingly clever fellow, and straightway sends a note to the

eaiior, pointing out the error that was in his last issue. Every journalist knows

.nisaina ot a note, and has dropped hundreds of such missives half read, into his waste paper basket, for it is only people unfamiliar with types who think it worth their while to make an ado about an inverted letter or a misplaced comma. Typographical accuracy is impossible even in works slowly and carefully prepared. It is unreasonable to demand it in a newspaper, the writing and Erinting of which are naturally done in äste. The wonder is, that there are so few mistakes. Let readers reflect for a V. Mn t . 1. n . . . .1 a

muuicm tuab everjr leiier on mis page

is prouucea by a separate piece of

metal, 60 small that only the most skillful fingers can handle it dexterously.

ine sngntest displacement of one of

tnese slender strips of lead would ine vitably cause a blunder. How easy it is to drop a type, or misplace, or dent it. Even after the proof-reader has corrected the proof sheet, all the chances, and a hundred others, are possible. In correcting one error in the types, it is easy for the compositor to disarrange a word in another part of the next. Then, proof-readers are mortal. There is nothing easier in the world lying not excepted than not to see a mis print until it is too late to amend it, and then the blunder that escaped the keenest eye always has the faculty of becoming the most prominent thing on the page, and making the proof-reader wonder how in the world it escaped him. An author or proofreader may revise and revise, and at the end find that he has overlooked some aerious flaw. Then, again, in 44 making up ' a form, the printer may let a type fall out, and in replacing it, he may put it in the wrong place or again, he may not notice its absence, and then a blank is left. This is true of books as well at newspapers. There has never yet been produced a volume of any considerable size, free from typographical blemishes. Every Saturday. Citndcra.moo has another rival as a cure for cancer. It is an infusion of the blossoms of the red clover, applied externally and internally.

at large in the streets of Washington,

ana tne newspaper boys, bootblacks,

ana street imps generally made com

mon cause against him. Henry Clay

never luceu to see aumb animals abused or worried, .':nd on one occasion while

passing down the avenue, a large crowd

oi mese miscnievous urchins were at their usual sport. Mr. Clay, with his walking-stick, drove them away, giving

mem a sounu lecture meanwhile. As

they scattered and scampered in everv

: a., no . - J

uirecuon, rwiiy seeing no one but Mr. Clay within reach, made a charge on him. Clay dropped his cane and caught his coatship bv the horns. Th

wouia r.'ar up, being nearly as high as the tall Kentuckian himself, and the

lauer would pull him down again. This sort of sport became tiresome, and he

could conceive of no way by which he

couiu iree nimselt trom his two-horned dilemma, so in his desperation he sang

uui mj tne ooys to Know what to do.

Une of the smallest in the crowd shout

ed back i Let go and run. you d d fool I" Clay always maintained that though he signed the treaty of peace at

unent, yet tniit ragged boy knew more

man ne aid.

a dozen if you'll con-

Curious Device of a French Sovel

writer.

A sale is announced as about to be made in Paris of the puppets or mari

onettes wnicn the late M. ronson du Terrail, the well-known romance writer, made use of when employed in composing the voluminous feuilletont for which he was so celebrated. These puppets, which represent the different characters of the author's different novel!. ar

small dolls about one foot high; their faces were carved xpresaly for M. du Terrail's use, by M. Dellegus, a Swiss artist. These marionettes are divided into groups, each group bearing the name of the story in which the personages composing it played a part. For his great in length, at leastwork of " Rocambole" the. author had nn fewer than 183 puppets. It should perhaps be mentioned that this last

work nils nearly a score of closely

primea volumes, in. fonson du Ter

rail at one time contributed simultane

ously five distinct novels to the feuxlle-

ions oi nve distinct journals in Paris:

and it is not to he wondered a that he

was driven to the use of mechanical

contrivances in order to avoid confusing his plots. It is said that M. Paul Feval

and M. Victonen Sardou employ the

same pian. .

Anecdote of Wigfall.

A Texas correspondent sends the fol-

owmg, saying it has not appeared in

print: Mr. Louis T. Wigfall, one of the

leading secessionists of Texas and the

!outb, felt, after Lee's surrender, somewhat embarrassed as to his corporeal

eafty in a land then in possession of

his enemies. He left Richmond in disguise, and traveled on mule-back, alone, for Texas. Dick Taylor had also sur rendered, and all the ferries and crossings were in the hands of the Federal forces. Wigfall could pursue no other course but to risk himself to be put across the Mississippi by a detachment of Union soldiers. He was well disguised. Observing that no allusion was made to himself, and wishing to know, if possible, how the wind blew, he began a general tirade against the leading Confederates, winding up by inquiring what would be done with that scamp Wigfall, if they should catch him. The soldiers replied, they supposed they would hang him. 44 Yes, thev would do exactly right, and I would pull at one end vjf the rope I " replied Wigfall, mounting his mule and trotting off westward. Comfort In Railway Travel. A writer in the Medical Time and Gazette refers to the fatigue of the limbs produced after a long journey as due mainly to the trembling motion of the floor under the feet, and states that, having suffered considerably from this cause, he was induced to try the experiment of using the well-known aircushion as a foot-stool. This answered so well that he has never traveled without using one in this way, and has found the effect to be a remarkable improvement

two chickens for

elude to deal."

A wag, who was standing bv. indulcr

ing in a dozen, winked to the attendant

to shell out, and the offer was accepted.

xue oargain oeing tairly understood.

our bucker squared himself for the

onset; deliberately nut off his seal

sum, tucked up bis sleeves, and, fork

in hand, awaited the appearance of No.

i. aa ame ne sw and quickly it

was bolted A moment's dreadful

" - m mi . . K . .

ensueu. ine wag dropped his knife

and fork, with a look of minded amaze

ment and horror something akin to l,ab.-.,...,'.. IX 1-i , .

. iiimcsiiran; a ununet on seeini? nis

daddy's ghost while he burst into thA

exclamation

Swallowed alive, as I am a Chris

tian !"

Our Sucker hero had ODened hi

mouth with pleasure a moment before, but now it stood open. Fear a horrid

dread of lie didn't know what a con-

sciousness that all wasn't rieht, and ig

norant of the extent of the wronn the

uncertainty of the moment was terrible.

Urged to desperation, he faltered out

" w hat on earth's the rOW ?" ' Did you swallow it alii a f inquired

the wag.

I swallowed it just as he ein it to

me I" shouted the .Sucker.

" You're a dead man !" exclaimed his

anxious mend ; "the creature is alive

and will eat right through you," added

ne, in a most nopeiess tone.

'liet a pizen-pumn and Damn it out!''

screamed the Sucker, in a frenzy, his eyes fairly starting from their sockets. "0 gracious! what'll I do?" It's irot

hold of my innards alreadr. and Pas an

dead as a chicken ! do snmathm' fnr

me, do don't let the infernal sea-toad

eat me np afore your eyes." 44 Why don't you put some of this on it?" inquired the wan. nointinir to a

bottle of strong pepper sauce.

ine nint was enough the Sucker.

upon the instant, seized the bottle, desperately wrenching out the cork. mmL

lowed half the contents at a draught. He fairly sqealed from its otfeefj. nrwi

gasped, and blowed. and pitched, and twisted, as if it was coursing through him with electric effect, while at the same time his eyes ran a stream cf tears. At length, becoming a little composed, his waggish adviser approached, almost

oursung wim suppressed laughter, and

inquirea :

" How are you now, old fellow did

you kill it?"

'Well, I did, boss) 'ugh, 'ugh! o-o-o

usual amdavita. At the present term

the case was thrown out of court at the

request of all tne prosecuting witnesses,

ior tne reason that lustice could not. be

oDiameo, and the witnesses could not

afford the expense. The Hon. William

Mack, of this city, was on the bench.

and made a few remarks, savinir that

this was one of those cases damaging to the reputation of the court and a farce

on justice.

....... . .

mis being a state case the witnesses

got no fees. The original value of the

wheat was about $30. A witness from

this city figures his outlay as follows :

Attendance on court 11 times, travel

ing expenses, 524: board. t24: time.

21 days, $63; total, till. Multiplvinir

this amount by the whole number of

witnesses, 30, and we have $3,330 ; the

Millers and Remises claim to have paid

lawyers' fees, etc., to the amount of

92,00O makitig the total cost $5,33.

Postal Telegraph BUI. following is an abstract of the

telegraph with the

my innards I If that ister critter's dyin' agonies didn't stir a 'ruption in me equal to a small earthquake, then 'taint

no use sayin it it squirmed like a sar-

pent, when that killin' stuff touched

it; hu! and here with a countenance

made up ot suppressed agony :ind

present determination, he paused to

give force to his words, and slowly and deliberately remarked. 44 If vou uit two

omcxens irom me ior that live aninia .

I'm d d I" and seizinc his seal-skin, he

1 9

vamsneu.

The shout of laughter and the con

tortious of the company at this finale.

would have made a spectator believe that they had all been swallowina ousters

alive.

A Lobby Trick. A Roston correspondent of the Rut-

land (Vt.) Herald thus explains the "dark ways" of the lobbyists : A friend

of mine, who has been a member of the

Legislature for a number of VAftN Vol

talking to the principal lohhviat at th

iState House, a short time since. My

tnend said to him, 44 Well, Mr.

you never got around me, when vou

wanted to carry through any of your srlutmaa " " ( ll no. " ...IliJ . U . l

......... i7fiicu uiouuier, I always got some honest old farmer

to take a seat next to yours and tell

you that his particular friends in the country wished it done, that it would

be a great benefit to their towns, and

you always voted just as I wanted you to."

The

bill to c nnect the

postal service :

.Section 1 establishes postal teleirranh

offices at all Post Offices on telegraph lines, and at all other Post Offices

where the gross receipts forpostaire are

$500 a year, if within ten miles of tele

graph lines.

Section '2 fixes the rates uniform to

equal distances, 25 cents between offices not over 250 miles apart, 50 cents between offices over 250 miles apart, and

under :UU miles ; niirht rates. L'5 cents

for 1,000 miles. Hates to be refunded

for delays or mistakes in transmission.

.Section 3 provides for repayment bv

stamps, and for the destruction of all telegrams withing one month.

.Section 4 fixes press rates for each

100 words of special dispatches at 50

cents by night, and 75 cents by day. It also fixes rates for press associations, and for private wires for newspapers. Section 6 defines the duties of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General over the telegraph lines. Section 7 authorizes the Postmaster General to contract for the transmission of telegrams at the above rates to all

parties who will furnish and operate the necessary lines of telegraph. Section 3 contains provisions against tampering with telegrams, and makes telegrams privileged communications as private letters. Section 4J authorizes the Postmaster General to reduce the rates in the man

ner therein prescribed. Section 10 incorporates a postal telegraph company for the performance of telegraph service on behalf of the Post

master General. Sections 11 and 12 authorize the company to buy the existing lines, and obliges it to purchase all such lines if required by the owners th- reof at an appointed value. It fixes the capital stock at an amount not exceeding the last cost of the lines. Section 13 authorizes the company to open offices wherever the wants of business may require. Section 14 authorizes Congress to purchase lines at any time, at an appraised value.

Section 15 reserves to Congress the right to alter or amend this act.

Current Items. Tub parents of an illegitimate vouna-

fiter in Warren. Ind.. are aired 14 and

16, respectively.

Th Jacksonville (Oregon) Times re

ceives gold nuggets taken from neighboring mines in payment of subscriptions.

The " Currency " editor of the Provi-

dence Herald claims a copyright on the following: 44 Moral Never tresnass on

another Mansfield."

A Davenport, Iowa, man came home

late one night recently, and on going to bed his wife said she was very ill, and packed him off to the drug store. On

the way he discovered that he was wearing another man's trowsers. On returning he found his own pantaloons

gone. A divorce suit will follow.

A young lady in Rochester has sued a

photographer for $5,000 damages, be

cause he displayed one of her photographs beforo his gallery with the following inscription: 44 One half dozen photographs ordered by this very stylish

young lady and payment therefor in

sultingly refused."

Mrs. Augusta A. Miller is a com

positor at South Rend, Ind. She learned to set type in her father's office, in An

gola, when only 13 years of age, and a proof taken the other day of 9,000 ems, having but two typographical errors.

proves that the "coming woman" may be a compositor without stepping out of

her sphere.

Gen. LaGrange, Superintendent of

the San Francisco Mint, seems lo have

an original way ot getting rid of the

importunities of office-seekers. He

gives positions to all who are strongly backed ; then in a little while discharges all he does not care particularly about, giving as a reason the necessity of retrenchment ; and then a few days later he appoints a new batch. A workman in the Erie railroad build

ings at iScw York, while rummaging through the unclaimed freight department lately, happened to break open a soap-box marked Ringhamton, and found in it portions of two skeletons of a full-grown woman and young boy, which had evidently been operated on by some medical students. The box had lain in Ringhamton for a year past. A new island, some three miles in length, has been partly formed at the mouth of Mobile harbor, nearly opposite what is known as Sand Island, and has already had the effect of deepening the channel over the outer bar. It is said already to have attained such a height above water as to be the resort of birds and other sea residents, and.

should it continue to increase, will have the ultimate effect of giving clear passage up the bay to ships of the heaviest draught. Of Fisk and his wife, who was older than he, a Roston letter-writer says : " With his notorious sins against her, there had never been estrangement between them. She excused everything, and he held for her a .ort of platen ic affection. He wrote to her constantly, and visited her often. She was his confident always, and his adviser in many things. She was more like an elder sister than a wife to this mercurial being, who appear to have had the highest respect for her traits of chaiacter, and to have been compassionately regarded by herself as an incorrigibly wayward member of the family, who must be humored in almost any eccentricities."

A Funny Typographical Blunder. A funny typographical blunder occurred in the columns of the Paris Constitutionnel, in connection with M. Thiers, who was writing for the paper at the time the mistake occurred. It was in

Too Much for the Devil. v the days when Thiers was Prime Minis-

Thisis Edward Everett Hale's slJky: ter ot trance, under Louis fhiilipe, 40

A man had sold himself to the devL yearH "go- ' hen M now M. Huers was

who wits to nnssfiss him at a certain timM very sensitive upon the subject of ad

unless he could propound a question toferse votos of thp. Chambers, and was his Satanic majesty which he could not Always ready to resign his office at the

answer. h he na a owed to nut throw sncniest provocation. uno oi mese

questions to him. The time came for

the devil to claim his own, and he consequently appeared. The first question the man asked was concerning theology, to which it caused the devil no trouble to reply. The second he also answered

without hesitation. The man's fate deGnded on the third. What should it ?

He hesitated and turned pale, and

the cold dew stood on his forehead, while he shivered with anxiety, nervousness and terror, and the devil triumphantly sneered. At this juncture, the man's wife entered the room with a bonnet on her head. Alarmed at her

husband's condition, she demanded to know the cause. When informed, she laughed and said, "I can propound a

question which the devil himself

not answer. Ask him which is4he fault of this bonnet?" The devil gave it up

and retired in disgust and the man

was

Ben Holladat is now stvled Kin V "

of Oregon." They say he owns allSis ,ree'

railroads, all iu steamboats, and a leodH To remove stains fromcharacter-Oot

emergencies occurred, and M. J hiers sent in his resignation, but at an interview with the King, he was induced to withdraw it. On the tame day a noted burglar had been captured and brought before the juge d instruction, whom he grossly insulted. The Constitutional contained the following two items about it: "After his Majesty had informed

M. Thiers of his deaire to keep him at the head of the Government, the Prime Minister, deeply moved, replied to the King, 4 You rascally old fellow, I feel like wrenching your head off!' " 44 The burglar, Jenneuse, was captured yesterday by the gendarmes. He was taken In irons before the juge d' instruction, to whom he had the impudence to say, 4 Your Majesty, the confidence you rerse in me touches my heart extremely, shall try my best not to disappoint your expectations.' " The closing parn-

aptis or the two items had of course en transposed.

e who declares all men knavea con-

,ue MjfTopjnji. Ran.