Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 22, Number 9, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 February 1880 — Page 6

LOVK'S HESCHllECTIOX. I Mt h cv for k"dI.OY U 1I iM, Aim 1 aw? it in h pUe, WIH IrfMM wnn M fcr wind V i4kI in. Or Wr4 lo iuhWw la through WtWie Hrijt day. Wkcw 1 htiiielHHl mytt'li on the Rrave (h NoMtcmiwi M( Mtve and Jww Mr wa k, :YetrUn- jtHMW-d tins tiMmxfet oi tk hkm

' j row i !) IHtc mm, lit whik ho Iyb hhouUl be. Ah4 I : "O Uve! the wect full ( lemlor Yet tky vok- mw khtd ami thliwt eyw were tuft.d;r; It ui tUI, new Hit has ben take away. "Leve, cf tltoti kr?" But Ike wind ,' Only tk oh leva's grave wtw the tit-en Altove hmj wotx, faint and softly, ' one little bright-eyed, ununited bird. The twilight fell h I lay ami wept there, . And dw- liil HUy, wM4hjc my f nee ; Akno jay dreary vM! I kept tkere Till tho wuoii anise In her placid grace. "Aw the atr wa cuarmcu wun iter ujhihh.tion, , . And my de4kt keert whh toothed and With a sriM of w)ive divine prediction ; 'Xlit'H suddenly all tko air ww thnlkHl, . And I bchtild, in the aiooidight tender, A proMJHCM HKro brlxht, and my blood turned lire, , , M , For tnere Mood Ixive.wlth increase of .npleHdor. And my heart was made one wltk my Heart's de.slru. t'tel-ip Matrix Mtrtm, to tke JntttmtlHt. ys'ruMPKi'NXJS me. Of all yo tootksowo VittcIW and Drlnke In yo goodc Nwwo Enghmd States, To I5te of vjn qll la ye HiwoHife'H rye Yt slice, of ye l-umpkynne uiuktw; All yellow a Golde Yt ha icrowu 01d( And of Flnvr, so Itkhu and Kayre, NontotlMTMeiito Yt Mhiuio doth Kuto "Wyth yo rmupkynmj can Coiuimre. Yo Ilnkce Crnstf, wcllc SclloKd roHtide Yo Worke of y Kayre MaydV handDoth hhow UtM'Jf about yo Kdo; A Oryjtpe and Libelous Kuitdoj Whoimo ltt I eo I lauln th iiico And I am lyko to Cry'Ot " llurrah for ye Fndt ! Hurrah for ye Cooke! And Hurrah for ye lVmitkyiino l'yol" JtvrthtU, in the Ilittckejtc. WHAT THE FLOWERS SAY. The red row save, " He tweOt," , And the Illy bids, " He pure," The hnrtlv, brave ehry-nnthutHUHi, lie patient and ondure." The violet whl-pcr-. " Give, . ?! or KndKi Hr count tbo cot," The woodbine, "Keep on lilojoiniHtc Jn -plto of chill and fiust." And 'o each irrndou!) flower Hit each H fovcrrtl word, Which, read together, maketh up The iiie:tiuu of the l-ord. Sutan Vovlhlye, i ChmU'tK Union. 11 LAKE'S WIDOW. Jem Blako had been slwt dead in his "owi doorway by Antonio Gueldo, juid : the trial whs" to come off directly. , Th extmordfnarj' intertw in the af;fir ww lees due to the murder and iU peculir circumstances, tlian to the fact that this was tho first ease tried at San Saba in any more formal court than tho time-honored institution of Judge .Lynch. Jem had been a quiet man and a good neighbor, with a hand always ready to lJp any one who was out of klw;k," so public sentiment ran pretty 4 high against Antonio. If the general inclination had been followed aa, up to that time it always had the lastnamed gentleman would have found very scant opjiortunity to make any remarks in his own behalf. However, things were advancing at San Saba as well it elsewhere, and it wouldn't' do to hang Antonio without a regular trial, no matter how agreeable iuch a pro--cceding might be to the people. at large. So ran the opinion expressed by Judge Pitblado, wiiose ideas on mch subjects were tmuilly accepted without comment. IscvGrlhole, there was more than one dissenter in the pr&wnt instance, to whom it was by no means clear that there could be any sense or profit in ths beating about tho bush. "Ef Antonio's goin tcr be hung, why in don't we hang him?" Thte was the pertinhnt query of Jake Smith, tho leader of the opposing faclioH, and his view of the question put it in so clour a light that the Judge had great difficulty in impressing people with his conviction, lit said that things had gone on in an irregular way long enough, and here was a chance to start the law in properly, and give it a fair show. Besides, it tlkln't make any kind of difference; Antonio had shot Jem, hadn't ho? Well, then what was the use of talking? All the jury would have to do now was to return their verdict Of guilty in the first degree, and there you were all comfortable. It was jus the same thing in the end exactly. " I tell yer," sum the Judge, who felt the weight of his title, albtit the same .was altogether one of courtesy-; " I tell yer there's nothln like doin' a thing reg'lar; partikerlally when yer know just how it's comin1 out." So the Judge's argument, supported by his influence, and increasing bias at San Saba in favor of moro civilized views, settled the matter, and it was decided that Antonio Gueldo should be tried before he was hanged. As there was no place specially arranged for such ceremonies, Judge l'itblado hospitably offered the use of his sheil. Here h rough table and chair were placed lor the Jutisre, the other necessary furniture, intended to represent the dock, the stand, etc., being eked out with boxes from Silas Daggett's grocery store. Jake Smith looked on at these prep aratkus for a time with frowning dis content, and then strolled down the road, turning into th lane that led to JBlake's. When he reached the door of

the shauty he leaned against the jamb ami )Hvd his naked head inside, fanaiar himself in an umbarras-KHl wsy with h's greasy fragment of a hat, lie had come there with the intention of saying something, but the sight within nrnde him forget 'it. MaWs widow sat there, as she hsd sat pretty much all the time since the murder, staring straight before her, with her chin in her palm. The sunlight struck through the foliage of the rod oak trees that grew before the door, and checkered with flickering brightness the floor and the cradle where Jem's baby was sleeping. There it whs, just as ft had been three days ago ; (eowW it be only three days?) just as it had been when she wentout that morning to look after the drying clothes, and left him standing in tho door by the cradlo, (how fond he was of tho baby!) just as it was when she heard tho crack of tho pistol, and ran in with an awful sense of suffocating fright ; just tho same as she had found him lying ujmiu the cradle, dabbling its white linen with his blood, aud the baby playing with his hair. She screamed once, tho first and last complaint anyono had heard her make ; then she was quiet and helpful through it all ; when the men came and lifted him up ; whon they laid him out upon tho rough led in tho other room ; whon they carried him to his grave, she following with tho baby in her arms. Jak'o Smith was trying to find tho link missing in his thoughts ; he sniffed with perplexity or something and Make's widow looked up without speaking. Jake nodded" pleasantly four Or five times. " Tooty chippor? " asked ho. Blake's widow smiled sadly, bent over tho sleeping child and smoothed tho clothes with a tender touch. "They're agoin' tcr try him in a court," 'Jake went on, " an I don't be

lieve " "Try who Antonio?" She turned toward tho burly figure in tho door with a flash of interest in her black eyes. . Yes. The Judge is makin' a court out of his shed. I hope it'll turn out all right, but it $5cms like givin' that Mexican devil a chance ho oughtn't tcr have." "Ho can't get clear, can Jie? " she asked, rocking the cradlo gently and patting the coverlet. " I don't sou how, but he's got some kind of a law cuss to speak for him a feller that stopped hero a day or two ago on his way to Galveston, and it makes me kind o' nervous." rBIake's widow did not apper to notice the last remark, for the child, disturbed by his talking, had awakened, and sat up in his cradle with a wondering look. "Pooty, ain't he?" said Jake, regarding the small figure nith interest. "Ixoksjust like aliem! you. Poor little I a" he .stammered and treated his hat like a mortal enemy. "Of course he's had you've got thcr ain't nothin' I could do fur yer, maybe?" She answered with a grateful look, but it was accompanied by a shake ot tho head. Jake bent down, and, with his big forefinger, softly rumpled the hair of the baby's head ; then he went out and left them, Blake's widow sitting as ho had found her, and the baby staring down the path after him. He walked on until he reached the ton of tho little hill, where he could look down upon the roof which covered the piteous scene he had just left. Here lie seemed to have half a mind to turn back, for he hesitated and stopped, but ho changed his partial intention after lingering a moment, aud walked meditatively onward, with tho exclamation, "Wallj some women do beat amassin'." n Of course every Ixuly came to tho trial. The arrangements were soon found to lie altogether too meagre. Pitblado's shed was filled to overflowing, and Baggett made a clean sweep of every empty ikjx in ni store. Antonio's lawyer, a sharn-cved sharpfeatured fellow from Galveston, had bustled about with surprising agility on the day previous, holding mysterious conference with ill-conditioned fellows of Gueldo's kidney. Jake bin it li was highly dissatislied, and even the Judge was "heard to utter some misgivings; however, by the time the proceedings had really commenced he gained confidence. The Court was assembled, the jury had been chosen, and the witnosses were all present save one Blake's widow. Protty soon there was a stir at the door; then a murmur of surprise ran through tho crowded room. "May I bo ," said Jako Smith, audibly, "if she hasn't brought her baby!" What reason she may havo had for not leaving the little thing in charge of some sympathizing woman and thero were plenty who would have been glad of the trust was not apparent; however that might be, thero it was clasped lirnily in her arms, its bright red cheek contrasting witli her whiteness, and its father's sunny hair mingling with her dark locks. With some difficulty way was made through tho throng to her scat, which had been placed on one side of the Judge, directly opposite the candle-box on the other, where Antonio sat. She took her place and never moved during the whole of the trial, excepting as she was required to testify, and once when tho baby tugged at some glistening thing that lay hidden in the folds of her dross, at Which she took pains to distract its attention, with a chip from the- floor. As for tho baby, it sat thero with its big, blue eyes open to their fullest extent. entirely absorbed in tho novol scene,

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savs at the moment when that irrcsUti ble glitter caught it eye, Kvery one being now present, the trial went on in good earnest. A number of witnesses were examined, whose testimony showed that Gueldo had had trouble with Blake, ami more than onco threatened hi life; that Gueldo's pistol was one charge short on the evening of tlu.iluvnf tho liiiinlnr. whoreHM in thu morning it had been full ; that ho wa seen that morning around Make's house, and more than all that Blake's widow had ho:.rd Gueldo's voice just before tho fatal shot, and had seen his retreating form as she ran in. At this last point tho Galveston lawyer asked the witness a few questions regarding how she know it was Guoldo, and how she had recognized the voice for his. Shu didn't know how exactly, but was nono the less sura for that. There had been a rumor about that some one had heai-d Antonio mnko a boast of having " done for Make this time," but if there were a witness for this ho could not bq found now. And so the prosecution closed. Tho Galveston lawver beiran bv involving m a whirlpool of hopeless con- t , . - ... , tradiction the witness who had sworn to i having soon Gueldo near Blake's house. , Then ho expatiated on tho case with : which one person may bo mistaken for another, and brought a witness to show how Gueldo had already been said to resemble some one in tho village. Finally he produced three of the ill-conditioned fellows before referred to, who swore that Antonio was with them on a i hunting expedition during tho whole of tho day on which tho murder was committed. It was a clear case of alibi. Jako Smith's astonishment at the easo with which the thing had been accomplished was unbounded. Ho threw a disgusted look towards l'itblado, but tho Judgo was nonplussed, and didn't seem to bo interested with things in .hike's Vicinity. There was a pause before Pitblado gave his charge, and when he rose his face was rather blank. " Gentlemen of tho Jury," said he, "things has took a turn i didn't altogether expec'. 1 don't know as thero '.s much to bo said. I s'poso you've got to go by the evidence, an1 that don't need inv uxnlainin'. FA vou kin make out 1 accordin' to that, that Antonio. Gueldo j killed Jem. Blake, whv, just recollect, that's what -or hero fur." Tho Jury filed out, and the expectant audience occupied itself with tobacco and whispered comments. lake smith fidgeted about on his box, and east anxious through the open door, towards tho clump of nopals where the Jury were deliberating. Antonio talked and laughed in an undertone with his counsel, and Blake's widow sat staring at them with compressed lips, and u strong expression of determination coining into her face. It wasn't long before tho jury filed in again, all seating themselves but the spokesman, and Judge Pitblado rose, wiping his forehead with his shirt sleeve. " Straightened it out, have yer?" nodding to the spokesman. The man nodded slowly in return. " Wal, le's have it then." "Yer see," said tho spokesman, with a hesitating and disappointed air, "of yer hadn't a corralled us with stickin' ter the evidence, we might a done better, but accordin' ter that, Antonio wasn't thar when the murder was done, an' ef ho warn't thar, ho couldn't a done it, an' ef he didn't do it, why then of courso he's Hot guilty.' Pitblado didn't dare to look at any body; he stared up at tho rafters down at the table nowhere in particular ; and then turned half-way towards Antonio. You kin go." said he speaking with I great deliberation, " but I wouldn't stay j round here too long." There was a dead pause for a minute. and nobody moved. Jako Smith exploded a single expressive word, which he had heldin forsonio time past, and Blake's widow stood up, j " Have you got through, Judge?" she asked. " Wal T s'poso so." 1 "And there's nothing moro to be I " I'm afraid thcr ain't." " And he's free to go?" "Y-a-a-s." Antonio Gueldo rose with an insolent grin, and picked up his hat. The baby crowed, for it saw tho glit tering thing again. Thero was a sharp report Antonio !

pitched forward in a heap upon the which commence laying as early as Aulloor, and Blako's widow stood with tho j gust, and keep it up from that time till pistol pressed to her breast. spring. When cold weather comes I A line of thin blue smoked curled up see that all tho arracks aro closed in my from tho muzzle of the weapon and I chicken house, aud every thing made formed a halo around the child's flaxen J snug and warm; at least stop the cracks head. The glittering thing was quite 1 nmi not let tho fowls set in a cold

noar tho little hands now, and they took it from the yielding grasp of the mother. Blake's widow looked steadily at tiie figure on the floor it was quite motionlessthen slio turned, and went through tho wide passage opened for her by the silent crowd, Iiolding the baby very tenderly, and tho baby carrying the pistol. The child laughed with delight, it had got its shining plaything at hist. Boston Courier. Rhino pebbles mounted in silver, and as brilliant as diamonds, aro used for tho ornamontal darts, arrows, and daggers that aro now thrust through the loop3 and braids of elaborate coiffures. Tho same showy white stonos aro also used for bolt clasps, small buckles for satin slippers, ana for lizard brooches that servo to pin a scarf of lace, or to hold a bouquet on the eorage. Sausagk. To 100 pounds of chopped moat add three pounds salt, ten ounces sago and the same amount of peppcr,all finely powdered and mixed thoroughly.

FARM TOPICS. UKY COWS. is a common practice

It some when a cow among dairymen to give their drv. but st'Htitv living. cows, When cease to srivo milk, or is dried up, any feed is considered good enough for her, I think this is a great mistake, and tho result is a diminished product of milk, both in quantity and quality, when ; slio doe draught HOBS UOIIie 111. Jliuiu in n miftu on tiie system to sustain the calf while tho cow is carrying it; and J to keep the cow in good condition good ' feed is as important as when she is glvi ...111- It a tiiv (minion tlnii. mm iii; num. v la J 'J' " dollar's wortli of food when tho cow is dry is worth one ami a half dollar after she comes in. An animal in poor condition can not digest as much food as mi animal in good condition. If the cow is poor when slio comes in she will not digest enough food to support the sysUsin, ami, at the same time, to make a large quantity ity of niiiK. )( .immcan Jersey Cattle Club. KAltl.Y SPUING VKOKTAM-KS, Wo suppose that not oven tho most . practical epicures enjoy tneir uaimy dishes moro than the average human being does his early spring vegetables; and, considering how comparatively easy it is to havo some ot tiue, mo wonder is that more is not done, to get them. Tho reason, perhaps, is that few think of it till tho springtime comes, when it is too lato to do' much in tiie way of getting thorn. This is the time to begin to think about these things. Manv vegetables start into growth with very little heat, ami even the protection of a fence will often bring things forward somo days before those which have ground ami bleak winds to contend with. We know a garden, near this city, which has but a low wall, about four feet high, around it; but even this is a wonderful screen from cold winds. Up under the north wall of the little garden, in tho full southern sun. is the "rhubarb and tho asparagu?; audi this little advantage alone gives them near two weeks' start on their neighbors with these two vegetables. It is not always convenient, or oven desirable, to have a wall like this: but almost urn one can nave a thick arbor-vita' hedge, which will an swer nearly as well. Besides this, much can bo done by hot-oca irameas they aro generally cnuoti, although when lio manure is used to make an artificial warmth they arc by gardeners called cold frames. These, placed over crops, bring them forward considerably. Beds of asparagus can bo made with an especial view to having them covered with sashes in this manner, and when the spring conies both radishes and lettuco can bo sown on the eartli under tho glass, and will grow on and do well without much interference from tho asparagus growing up between them. So with strawberries. A few sashes set over tho plants in a warm and dry situation brings them on wonderfully. Of course, when one begins these practices, some judgment will bo required in tho management. As a general rule, the sahes should be left off in hot days, putting them on only at nights, to keep off the white frosts and keep tho ground warm. This warmth is also aided by putting on the sashes early in the evening, so as to inclose a body of warm air before tho sun entirely goes down. If tho sashes are kept on all the time, the plants become weak, for want of air during tho growing day-time, and aro then more liable to injury by night. It is on these little matters that some judgment is required; but it soon comes as natural to ! one with a little experience usswnnmin does to a young duck. Just as in the case of a duck, too, it is a sort of judgment which no newspaper nor any thing but natural tact can teach. Let all who havo gardens look around just now and soc'when it can be done. They will find more chances for these little fam ly enjoyments than many of them, ever dreamed of, and no doubt will thank us for the suggestion, when t hoy find how well their thoughtf nines now is reward - ed by the fullness of early spring garden f tilings. Ucnmntown Telegraph. THE SKCRUT OK HAVINO EGGS IN WINTKK. I keep nothing but pure bred fowls, and those that aro acknowledged by all the best breeders in the country to be the best winter layers that thero Is in America, the Light Brahmas. I gener ally set my hens early in February or March! this elves mo early millets. mo , draught all night. I get a supply of gravel and place it where tho fowls can help themselves, when they want it. Next give them a box of road dust to wallow in, placing it whore the sun will shine on it as much as possible, and throw a handful of sulphur in it once in a while to keep tho lico at bay. If you watch tho hens when they "aro taking their daily dust bath, you will see that they enjoy it very much. They need a bath as much as wo do, and it docs them as much good. For feed, I have a common camp kettle, made of sheet-iron, into which all .the dishwater and refusoof tho supper table aro put, When I make tiie tiro in tho morning, the kettle is put on tho stove, and by the time I have eaten my breakfast, tho contents are hot. I take a patent pail and put the water into it and then stir in shorts and corn chop until it has taken up all tho water. Make the mass as thick as possible. I'se twothirds shorts and one-third corn chop, I havo small wooden troughs which I empty mo icou into, it the weather is very cold I give them in their morning

feed, once a week, a tabhwiioonful of cayenne pepper for every Bi fowls, and at least twice a week, 1 give them in their soft feet, a handful of salt. At noon I give them a very Wiht feed of wheat screenings, oats "or barley, ami for tho last feed, corn, all they will eat up clean. Be sure your fowls go to roost with a full crop. I tako care to give them all tho pure clean water they want. I use a common milk crock, which is as good as any thing that I have been able to find; it is easy to keep clean and will last a longtime, if you do not forget tti throw thu water" out of it somu cold night. In very cold weather I give thorn water warm. Hensremiire a great amount of water. They will drink the last thing at night and the tlrst thing in the morning. Plenty of good clean water goes a good ways toward keeping them in good health and laying condition. Once a week I give them a mess of green food, such as turnips, cabbage, or potato, cooked and mixed with meal, and by all these small tictails I make my hens give ine plenty of eggs in tho season when every one is complaining, "My hens don't lay; I don't seo why. They have all the corn they can cat." Tiiat is tho trouble, too inuch corn. I suppose there aro some farmers and others who will say it don't pav to go to so much trouble and lather, hut it will be those who think it too much trouble and bother to put their reapers, mowors and plows under shelter out of the ruin and snow which wears them out more than use. Such pinners think it too much trouble to do any tiling as it should be done. Wo havo one of the best States in the 1'nion for poultry, with good markets, and thero is more money in it than any other tiling the farmer can do or raise. Fowls iinist have some care as well as other stock, and not bo left to scratch for their living on the frozen ground and roost in the trees, if wo expect thorn to pay for their keeping.'. E. Marsh, Manhattan, A";w., in Kansas Fanner. i A California Dog Story. Michael Sullivan, employed at South Vallojo, Cal., to watch the depot and clean out the passenger coaches, has it wonderfully intelligent dog which is called Mickey. The animal jx'oanio tho property of Sullivan when a puppy, and ho concluded to drown him. It

being a very warm day, he called at :t brewery for a glass of beer, and put the pup on tiie counter wuiiu nu qucnciivu his thirst. While ho was talking to the proprietor he left the glass on tbo coun ter, partly filled with beer. Tl o little dog crawled up to it, and lapped tho beer with the keenest relish until it was all gone. Another glass was disposed of in the same jinnor. Mike then changed his mind about drowning the pup, and has kept him until the present time. V. very day Mickey looks for his "schooner" of beer with as much expectancy as Mike does himself. If the owner can not go for his favorite beverage ho places a dime in Mickey's mouth, and tho dog trots off to tho brewery, place it on the counter ami waits patiently for the bar-tender to fill the glass, As soon as the cars como in Mickey is always first to go through and look "for any thing that may havo been left behind by the passengers. If he discovers any thing he stands at the door of the car and barks until his master comes to him. Once Mickey saw an article left in one of the hat-racks, and ran to his master to cull his attention to it. While he was gone an idler standing in tiie depot passed through the cars, ami noticing tho package, stole it, hut it was afterward recovered; since thut time Mickey never leaves the car until his master comes in. In cleaning out the cars Mickey is always on hand to carry the mops and dusters from one car to the other Vallejo Chronide. IlaiHfalls ami Forests. According to a paper in Volyhihlion, the following are the laws of meteorology as affected by forests: 1. Itrains more abundantly, under identical circumstances, over forests than non-wooded ground, and most abundantly over forests with trees in a green condition. 2. The degree of saturation of the air by ' moisture is greater above forests than over non-wooded ground, and much greator over Pinus sylvestris than over masses of leaved species. i. The leafage and brandies of leafed trees intercept one-third, and those of resinous trees tho half, of the rain-water, which afterwards returns to the atmosphere by evaporation. On tho other hand, these same leaves and branches restrain tho evaporation of the water which reaches the ground; and that evaporation is nearly four times less under a mass of leafed forest than in the open, and two and one-third times only under a mass of pines. 4. The laws of the change of temperature out of and under wood aro similar to those which result from tbo observations of M. Mathicu. The general conclusion seems to be, that forests rcgulato the function of water, and exercise on the temperature, as on tho atmosphere, an effect of "ponderation" and equilibrium. 'The schoolmaster in a village in Hanover holds.no sinecure. He is also sexton, gravo-digger and bell-ringer. Ho earns from $176 to $226 a year. In one village the teacher recel veil 87 cents a year for each of his 100 pupils, $lf a year from the church for his services as sexton, besides 60 cents for each adult's and 25 cents for each child's grave dug by him. From tho State he got !?B2, and from the village $7.60 a year, with six acres of good farming land and a house. Teachers arc appointed by tho Church Consistory, and rank Socially below tho minister. t