Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 15, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 January 1873 — Page 2

i LO.VESOMK. HOMELESS MI.XEK MAM" lli was lonely mlurr-mau Wh. tu hu i-abiu J.-:. Or tr.nl ths nrr mil tha: ran Aleu Uli tumoral twit; And nmht ii.l tuoru, uh dinner-pail Ha b.'k anJ forward Hf. Mr li'üM boar was known to fail To take tk rocky road. A atoady-colB minor man. Ho mi at ninbt and th-niht ; And many a curious minor' plan In fanoy there ho wrought. Km in hm cabin, all alone, ltefmv tho danrmx tiro.

Kali mauy a part tire canie and hon Of what ho tum' i' do-.--. A lonoa- tno, aomeiee nivjer-tuvu Who c.Hikod and waohod and workad ; IVrhaps hi name ww John, or I 'an. No odd ho no irr shirked ; And why car what bu name niiht be Who dolved with pick auJ drill? Tho t:iu -lvk of tho .-mil -any Had put htm up a " InH." Some aaid ho was a hear-.lea man Who didnt caro at all How matter ended, or began, Outaido hi cabin wall. But once I watched him at tho atoro (Puatofflco it waa, too) ; Tho keeper, a he pass.- 1 tho d.r, Haid, " Letter here for you. Ho took tho letter a he west. Walking away alone. And toon I aaw him moat intent Sit reading on a tone ; And as bo read the rolling tear Came coursing down his faceHi heart had traveled back for years. To childhood tender place. Now, when that miner raised hi latch. What sorrow entered tiiere. To bow hi head beiieatii the tiiatch Kereadiug it with care ? How weary aat he by the lire '. Too ad and faint Is c Hi lonely aud then rt:r Without a voice or book. Ah : minor, you aud I. aud all. Can never, if we would. Shut up the heart, whate'er befall, Against tho true and good ; And when the world look worse and worse, Tho further off wo r.azn. We still have something that we nurse Tlie love at "mother's home.

Uli FosSftft WaUt forced to COU-

I'U fight

complexion tho little Pitcher had ! She the err,

was jolly tut a guinea pig and graceful as sent, a fitwn. I met her at a wedding. It " Hut mi nil you," I added.

tan a rip-roaring frolic. We liegan you in ray own way ; I'll shoot aud cut, dancing and lighting early in the after- ho you can conn- prepared, for there" noon, aud danced ami fought through to W a death in sonieliodv'a family and the night until breakfast next morning, a funeral on the Ridge.

Then we had a race for the bottle from the former home of the bride to the house of the groom's father, and a procession on horseback where each " fel-

The fellow gave me a volley of oaths in return, and we separated. I had an admirable double-barreled duck gun. This gun I chanrrd hearilv

gazing at " 1 op, as she was familiarly called, with her sweet little foot and rounded ankle exposed to the atmosphere. I waa young, tender and susceptible, and lefore we reached the end of our brief pilgrimage I was desperately iu

love.

A 8TRANOE BED-FRLLO W, I do not know whether what I am going to tell yon is a "grin" or not. I only know that I h:ve been laughed at often by my friends, who years ago, liefore they died out, got married, or went to Congress, considered it a good joke. I i

PERSoSAU Fisk's estate u bankrupt. IUkm u is full of pluck, but abort of funds. Napoleon was 65 at the time of his death. Vandbbbilt has commenced chewing tobacco. Mmc J axaitschkb travels with eighteen large trunks.

lor" rode bv the side of his " girl ;" and with small shot, ami three o'clock found Ml Axtiioxt is not now, aud has not

as skirts were unknown, pedal extremi- nie at the big spring, where I met the been, in prison. ties were exposed, and I trotted along old man who had got me iu the scrape, Rkv. Da. Milbibn, the blind preach-

accompanied by his two sons and sev- j er, is lecturing in Tennessee. oral sympathizing neighUirs. The Prince of Wales is said to be " Hello, boy," cried the old fellow, g,MHl husltand aud father now. yon goin' to use that iron c him?" L 8TEVBJfs, i7 of HoboWeU, I am." ken N j u worU, ifüül),OÖO. ' Be sure. then, that vou'rv a nick v u i ki. i v

' w w i itm u viv Kimn m ; iur aim lilt alnmt it, for he's got Sam Ogle's old , - 11 n wun k. wr,t...

It was a stupid business on my part, ninskot, and it kills at both ends." . .. . . . for Pop had her "feller." He was a He had acarcelv finished his sentence I JllHlil taU, broad-shouldered, double-fisted Mil he and my" other friends suddenly " - Were 'r he prt"; brute, iuiswered to the name of Jackson retreated, for the fearful Jackson aii- K F""!. r Minister to Cireeee, Fossets, aud it was understood that he peared from behind a clump of trees on B.Tun',, MiJ of Athens is a myth, and my little love were soon t Ih united the opxsite side and iuunediatelv Washixoton Ibvixo dmpoaed his in tho holy bonds of matrimony. ! brought his revolutiouarv relic to bear, "Stout ttentleman" while sitting on a

but was so long getting it off that I had ; tue. time to get out of range by falling on ! Braxs never wrote his songs until he my face. The gun exploded with a fear- had completely mastered the tunes for fid roar, while a jerfeet hail storm of j them. shot and slugs rattled through the wil- Addison walked in the long gallery at lows about the spring. I intended re- Holland House, with u U.ttle of wine at

That night the fun was fast and furi- turning the tire, but my enemy was out j either end. oiupo.-üug as he went.

ous at the paternal residence of the of sight. I supposed that he had re- Twextt-eioht ex-m.mU-rs of Oob-

gltKMB. The progenitor of the happy treated to reload, but hs.kmg cl.r I , s .j anrinK th TW ,s7: thp m a. , ...... - a i 1 " w

mm was a client ot our omce ana ex- u j.Hi.f i...B un- Kaiui nu ; prominent ..f whom was Horace! tr. mely friendly toward me. He exhib- two legs up in the most extra, .rdmary i;ret.ieV

ited this he totik me one side and crave 1osition the rt'-voiutionary relic had

warning that Fossets was going to kicked him over. Then getting irjon Asaah mo the rtr time tlmt lie c.nio-l.t all fours he liejran crawliuu awav. I ac-

t l ... t . - ..elitl tii -iHth shot that w.w an. means while in office and married a rich

i t' till- 2,iiii . l t, mil i i ii. . 1 1 . i -- - - - -

J ' , ... .1.. n-., u swere.l hv a veil mid tli.-n i.-ttiinr to i wife.

' ' i Illing, iur .1 , 1 . . iu, . v ' . .- - , r i

TKAiA S LA TKST. Kpixrasx M tho t rosllt M.blUar. (HBaaisLs KinniiH. ttbou Oakoa and AUoy stoop to fuy And tLstr asaoctatea botray, Cooayrtaa mnat think it awful jolly

To hear Ihea hristiaii

tff'-au and pray.

Tho :u way thou atol to covvar And bid their theft fr.,m ovary oya, Aud tuft Mct'ombthotr saintly br.dhrr, And ring hi ket, is to lir .' IBM Kai mi u Tsuim, 1 .n ler ,4 the I rodlt M.-t.ilwr and IT ;.l. ,.t f tü. Credit r-.ncier ..f Amorvca. i Calx :. ih- TotBba, Xmas, TL

I was ass enough to M cut the fellow out," to use a country phrase. Little Pop took to my store clothes. She liked the novelty of the thing and gave her Fossets the cold shoulder. I heanl his muttered thunder, but took no heed.

Jakes Ttleb was a hankrupt when he became IVesident. He husltanded his

wife, and died wealthv in worhliv f r-

r.t HlETlKs. Eve was the first tjnr-a-Kirt. The real t arte de viritc The dKtor's ffi. A MELODiot-s attendant- A page of music. Son ethixo that doesn't mind pinchinc;

Snuff. A stamp you can't buy The stamp of a gentleman. Ir a sailor has lieen traveling on horseback, can it le said that he rowed ? What fishes have their eyes nearest together? The smallest, of course. A Wlhcoxsin paper advertises for sale "a cow that gives milk five years old" '"Max is a ...yttrry," said a young lady to her liean. " Yes, dear," said he, " and woman is a orfx-ery." Bob says he can't drink liquor, it goes right to his head. A wag suggests that it is sociable stuff and won't stay there long all alone. A bot writing a composition on " Extreme-,' remarked that "we shoidd

rememler well what Shakesxare says

about a wit's prosperity lying in the ear, peared, and the gay and festive scene and some ears are so long that I suj- .' lost all attraction. What was the rural posse the poor joke gets lost ami con-j dance of "hug and snug" when Tolly fused before reaching the tickle nerve of was neither "hug nor snug?" Aud the brain if. indeed, any brain exist for then, fooling weary and sad, I stole it to rest upon. piietly to the little bedrooin to turn iu. I was yoULg, quite young in years The room was dark as the Corres pondami younger in existence, when soiae , enee on ' consequential damages." I busmess of our firm Seizen ft Holdem, j closed the door, undressed, and feeling

Then for the first another occupant.

loar. at f s nroi.l m wo a , ...... II

rrf ,v a,,! ..ifs..tf t wuU rtf o-ti-. hin leers lit .MM niiiüinc when I itäv ! lune- . '

o jpNK-Wßm Wmm m a vi w -i ry r o til Mitt 4 f Wji.SI)S 2411 I lMtH ner, si as to keep the law on my side, him the second barrel, that was respond- . Johx P. Hale is a confirmed paralytand then, My loy, ' he said earnestly, ed U by a yet shriller cry and an in- ! . and has softening of the brain. He f A max r.rently broke off a mi. Me just von perforate him like a water- creased speed that my party cheeered to- j cannot leave his room, and will not engagement lieeause the lady con hint

melon. Them big lawvers of yours ciferonsly. Long as Jackson remainetl probably hve a great while. Ho is nearly Citu see you through like a cheese knife. '' i" sight he w as covering the ground at a j 7 years old. Then again he called me out, and said tremendous gait, and my friends fairly i p4,Vttr ,,r r,,Ml VLH sm when I got tired frolicking he would show danced with delight : for as he ran. fnm j me a IkhI, where I could turn in and time to time he felt behind with his " 'J "f Thoreau, we beUeve, eet a nap. He led me to a rooin at the hands as if worried by something ex- f be tdd take np any given number end of the porch, and made exhibit of ceedingly unpleasant m that part of his "f Jj" P1 without counting. A j said wach. I had no idea of sleeping, person. ; fjfj T 1? aud returned to the side of mv Pollv. ' That night I left Mocky Ridge nexm teUTtZ . K - . . .... Lisi Lull.. wk. .w.v.l. l -l i. :.. i l

Ahont midnight, however, she disao- return. I learned that a hundred and " .. i it

fortv small shot had Wn picked out of t. and with.Kit st.Wing to c.nnt them, I 1 w w a a .a

ai:u ao.ieii i rati t-u the niunDer at

eminent attorneys sent me into a primitinie part of Indiana. I never before

for the led got in. time I discovered

had leeu among people so near the J Supposing that the old gentleman had

starting point in the race of civilization. I believe Darwin woidd have made a

crranted the same favor to some other

his back bv a horse doctor armed with a

leering awl and pruning knife, and be-! b,dIet'4 popping, as fore the vear was out I received the T,,n P'' rd without siielling ' t.loasing int-lliirence that he aud mv di- ,t " Sl",t,,iJ WXH accustomed to take in vine Pollv were ndfcle man and wife. I " b " torning the gave him a good indorsement and Polly I OTer continuously, glancing down mvl,,ve the pages. Kondan, the magician. - ' i tmiiid himself to qnickn? tf percepMM IWi l'KIl ST A Tlsnrs. titt0f when a bov, br running past a shop i

There were 42rt,O(M),00() copies of news- window at full speetl. and then trying to : a,, in Si" Francisci: "Another Calif-.r-pajiers and peri-nlicals prinhxl in the 11 what was in it We once saw a man oia to claim the sympathy of United States in 1 Ol There were only j on a umt who was amusmsr him- Pacific jurymen on account of live

taik. He ought to havemamtil Baa tail

then rofusf d hr a new Ismnet. A Marylaxder hung himself List week, anil a oPuer 'a jury brought in a venlict of unaccountable suicide, though it was proven that his mother-in-law lived with him. ArorsTt s (sstical " Lik, Edith: how lovely are those rle-cv cloudlet, tlappletl over the." Fxlith (prosaic i " Yes. 'Xaetly like gravy when it's gettin' cold. Isn't it ?" " Pa," said Charley to his paternal progenitor, holding up a Sunday-school pictnre-U:ok, "what is that ?" " That, my son, is Jacob wrestling with the angel." " And which licked?" inquired young hopeful. Tue following item could only origin-

good thing of it had he accompanied me on that eventful occasion. I believe he coul l have found quite a number of men on Rocky Ridge who had just dropped their tails, passing from the animal to the human, and by killing and stuffing a few he could have triumphed over his unbvlieving enemies. 1 could fill a volume with historical illustrations of this barbarous life, but hasten on to my little adventure. I hful a terror of the people who fought like animals. I lelieve I am not deficient in that "omir.on thing called courage, but I shrank from coming iu contact with these roughs as one would from ferocious beasts. I found I could do this very well by treating a crowd whenever occasion offered ami abstaining from any tender approaches toward

oiner 91.tNXt.iMMJ printed in Great Britain in v.- t crains of strvchnine found in hr .hid

guest, I took my place and soon fell 185L We printotl as many m 1 J5. It Vr aiad tellmg almverr one where hndmnd's stomach. " asleep with an ugly suspicion tha. en- is estimatwl that tbe number of copies he w wn him lefore. ons,u-h a train, f The name " Joe Bridger " is owned bv tered my brain that the s range bedfel- pnuttHl m Great BnUin ln 1H7rt w n mrh ft h(, jn g M different men m Bnlhtt countv. Kv. low might be that rascal Fossets, myofloo, and the same in France. Jate and place to people with whom he Tiny distinguish them by saying, " The " The census returns show that over i had never exchanged a word. This Joe who shot old Campbell," " the Joe I slept the sleep of innocence and , 1,500,000,000 were issued in the United ( training of the faculties in particular di- who killed BiU trordon," etc. peace. I was awakened by a row. States in the same year. In 1870 the ! rections is carried to a marvelous extreme When I opened my eyes day was in the number of journals and periodicals pul- i,v Wkw.nsdsmen. trappers, and men T,K WMMM EYE. room, aud with the day a crowd of peo- ( ii8hed in Great Britain was 1,456 ; in j Ib. guess the weight of animals. per- Manv tender and beautiful things have pie laughing boisterously. In the een- France, 1,688; in Prussia, 80; in hans the most remarkable instant been said of the ere. : ret how inforior

ter of the room stmsl the old gentleman Austria, 650 ; in Russia, 337 ; in Italy, who had so kindly given me a bed, and 723 ; in Spain, 306 ; in Switzerland, at my side, sitting up and crying, was, to 394 . m Egypt, 7 ; in Africa, 14 ; in

my horror, the little Pitcher. She strove

in vain to cover her snowy shoulders with a very brief undor-gurment, that, although worn during the day, served its other use of night-gown. I had only B second for reflection. Among the people crowded in at the door

Asia, 30 ; in Turkey, 8 ; United Statos, 5, 71.

V.AS me lerr.oie rosse-.s, woo ore moutblv. and V ouarVrlv. In the ,,. :. t....,.,.,.! ..tw.f.tt..-

the fair sex. By pursuing this course j with much earnestness and shook his j Territories there arc issued 87, of which j leside. arh and Bkmm. ' during my stay of four months I became, 1 big fists as if he intended to punch some :ire thuiv. There has been an in-.

the markers who leap from log to U)g at to the sweet things uttered by thenithe mouth of a boom, standing on the selves ! A full ere seems to have beta log, and translating instantlv an old esteemed the m?t expressive. Such

and in the ; mark into a new on-, remembering what was the eye that enchained the -mivaleut to give for each f a hundred soul of Pericles. Tlie American

The number of jeriodical publications marks, and chopping it npon the log in writer. Halibnrton, declares that he in the United States is now '.432, of the time that it floats its length. It is said would not give a piece of tobacco for the which 507 are issued dady, 105 tri- , that Thoreau knew the relative order of , n..se. except to tell when a diSsMT Ml weekly, llo semi-weekly. 4,750 weekly. ( floweringof all the plants in the Onicord I good ; nor a farthing for the month. .11 1.: 1.1 (Vf mm! n...nll- A k: . mm . . . m . . . 1 . . .....

.u-arrao, a rru.-iuuuim,., - "J" j Win kI-, an.l knew tlie U-.te ot everv hird. eXC Ot as a kelill.-l tor the tongue : but

things ! the eye study that, and you will rend any man's hear a plain as a ltook. If

although th.e wearer of "store clothes," and taMt f )re an object of envy, very popul;.i But I came to grief at last. The girls of the ridge were not attractive. Their ill-fitting clothes did not grace their lieautiful figures, nor did their infernal Ixmnets frame in lovely faces. Indeed it was quite the contrary. We may say what we please of the rare natural leauty of country life, but when it runs ou rough breeding it is apt to be ooarse and unattractive. The cultiva-

cr .wu. BM teiung me to come to break- nf R R;n,iSt chiefly weekly newsi.er-. fast, lafl the room. How I dressed and This increase has leen lanzi-lv in the

Northwestern States. Florida is tin

on.-. The old gentleman drove out the j orraÄe hice last yw of '1" 1 ' iWmIi I "TTT 111 PTf KZWSPAPMM WMAP-

rmmB, During the last fiscal year 8,m21,:J50 "tanqwil newspaper wrappsrs were sold ! I . OL s . 1 1

... , 1 -, , 1 111 .M.'I!1IT, nilll iV 111- lMIIIllHT lI IlUonlv .t.ito where fhere is no dailv 1 i!- 1 , , i-, ( - I stampeil sold by the general trade must t A MULE STOW' hTe beeD eqD1' "r PTf n rjrt-uU r, the total number of stamped and unstamped There was formerly a quaint old phy- ! y ,,: tht TW .,..,, 1m. aU mt

retreated I do not know. I tried to ex

plain to Pop as I did so, but she had disapjicared uudi the clothes and laughed and cried hysterically until I withdrew. I got to breakfast with what appetite I might. The old gentleman had to explain, swearing that "he didn't know

there is any feature in which genius ways sIkiws itself, it is the eye, which has Iteen aptly called the "index ol the soul."

interested in breeding mules. One of

was so uncommon! v

verse and obstinate that he determined to ride the animal until he killed him.

'. ,.! 1..,. li.lin, tvna ff.inn .. 1...

i herselt in that tei ; ami i tnea, hut no

tion of the mind is reflected not only in i one would lelieve us while Fossets tili- count en annua of the r-nlt iv.t. A l.nf ' .... 4t... -1 1 ,,,, l,:a ., . ; .

..... . -. - . ..... ...v. ... ...a. , niM Oll UID lil II i.llHKniK l-O.-l I w ll.l.T t, 11- 1 m. -I . 111. isul.i liiT.i iiin- r im.. T- in , . , - , ...

id more esjiecially so in their chil-1 together with great violence and swearing I. . , . " , . , rwn- . ... ' , . . , ! day rode him, in fact, as long as he 1 I I . . u I, wKa.f ,-.. muti.i 1 1 .. II... .... .1 . 1 11 . ..... ........I . I. . I

tliai lie ouiii remove iuv cum-ie, last' , . .. . . , , , , ' II could sit up. The exhausUd pair at out mv eves, chaw up mv features, and , , . , . .,.' , . length pulled up at a aav ide tavern, the otherwnse disixise of my unhappv per- LiI....i 'l-ial

uunur uiwrry worn uia,

dren. This is what we mean bv the no

bility of nature. I will reserve these original and elevated thoughts for a book, if I am ever so fortunate as to find an infatuated publisher who will prefer risking his money on my thoughts rather than republish that which had been a success abroad. I found an exception in the way of beauty in the person of little Polly Pitcher, who, from contrast, I suppose, appeared to me a cross between a Oer-

dissse of my unhappy er

son. I knew that the time had come for a show of courage. Lord knows I wished myself well out of the scrape. But with a calm exterior, at least, whatever the inner commotion was, I swallowed my food, and then going to the window, addressed the irate lover : " See here, Fossets, you want to fight me. Very well, I am willing. We can't

angel and a nus. She was ( fttrht here, but I'll meet vou at the big

plump aa a partridge and as lithe as a pring in the round prairie this afterfairy. Her little nose, slightly elevated n on at three o'clock. You come with

A VMKMMAMLM EDITOR The venerable John Prentiss, of Keene, so long connected with the M V llnmprthirr Srnfitvf, is 15 vears of age.

sician in New Hampshire who was largely ianno,ino with an increase of tbirtv- ! anil is as smart and cheery as ordinary

" a srw m .

r....r .r ..T. r the nr..m-i r men are at Ml. M- iias votitl Mr every

a I w VII. w w a f isi .11 , - Ver' 1 and vet. nerhaos. m -t one in three of the Ireaident since Washington. He lives

whole public ever aaw or used one f in b house that he built 60 years ago. . .n,n;T.t wrwn.merw Thr He writes a weekly article for the Senti-

I " aa aaa " a a-1 ' -. a ll J u ' ww

have a one-cent, stamp, and are sold at nix ce. its for five wrappers, being only one cent for the five wrappers, exclusive of stamps. A one-cent stamped wrapper under the present law carries two

ounces, and will inclose a large newspaper. With this reduced postage, and tbe increasing knowledge of this convenient article, with millions of news-

naners read dailv. doubtless the number

1 I mm I IS . I . .1 I B m

i.mns wouia permn, ne saiu mat me - . - .

thing that greetod his eyes was . .... n, .it. rrm e

hile the mule

was led away, as the owner fondly hoped, to (Ue. At dawn the doctor was aroused by a frightful commotion in the stable yard. Crawling on his hands and knees to the window as well as his stiffened

first

if' still. Mr. Prentiss attends the Metho

dist church, and has a seat of honor assigned to him in the pulpit.

A SOVEL SCHEME. A Philadelphia manufacturer is preparing a plan for a column one thousand feet high, to be constructed entirely of iron, in open work, fmm the summit of which the grounds of the Centennial Exposition are to be illuminated by means of a Dmmmond light. If adopted, it

will lie the loftiest monument in the

.1.1 . 1 1 l-t A A I

mat ensseu moie aicaiug up at uie , mi,:n Hollars in wsstawe and thus aid

hostler's head." largely in " diffusing knowledge among The Government of British India, mankind." The sensation tales published in cerwith a view of preventing famines, have i The wrapper increases the sale of tain American journals arc regularly

at the end, with a dimple thereon, gave ! your friends, and I'll be there with I inaugurated a magn ficent system of ! newspapers to send to friends by mail.

a saucy, piquant look to her white and j mine.'' led face. Peaches and cream! what Bl "That's fair-

drainage in -bully for the boy," was I 15,000,0u0.

Bengal, to cost nearly and is, therefore, an advantage and

I profit to all great newspapers.

issued in Paris, and sold in volumes of

ver 400 pages, at the low price of one franc each.