The National Banner, Volume 4, Number 30, Ligonier, Noble County, 24 November 1869 — Page 1

“THE NATIONAL BANNER, Published Weekly by : q!,,OJIN B. STOLKL, ’ LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, IND. i {7l At ) QAN e Ao TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Strietlyin pdvance...........c.iveiin., . ... 92,00 1f not paid within three m0nth5,............. 2.25 'lf not paid within six m0nth5,............... 2.50 Attheend of the year,..........cccivvisesns 800 8™ Any person sending a club of 20, ‘accompanied ‘with the cash, will be ‘entitled to a copy of the paper, for one year, mo ofchar e.

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POWER PRESS PRINTING OFFICE. We would respectfully inform the Merchants - and Business men generally that we are now prepared to do allkinds of PLAIN & FANCY PRINTING, In as good style and ataslow rates as any publishing house in Northern Indiana. y x T et ee e e Michigan South. & N. Ind’a R. R. .. On and after. April 25, 1869, trains will leavé Stations as follows: jho gl GOING EAST: v : Express. Mail Train. Chiesgo. s oeu s hieess, 8185 P 3.y ....8:00 AL M. SERhRre iU, Ui 000 Y 1980 P, M, Qonhem., Ji ik divi.cisiloop st 0 180 M, Millérsburg. .......(don"t 5t0p).......... 1:11 * I‘Jvigonler N asls et 1O el 20 fuip i, 188 8 ‘ nw‘ak5.,..........(d0n’nt0P) buvebon 1246 2M, Brimaeld .. i o T siipses LiBD oy Kenddllville .. ........11:90 * ' /.7 ...9:20 ¢ Arrive at Toledo .......2:50 AM. .., .....5:05 ** : GOING WEST: N Express: Mail Train: Toleo . vl . 8l AROB A, ... .\, .. 10:00 A, . Kenda11vi11e..........8227 A.M..........2:20 P. M, -Brimfel@ bt ipiiv BB o L e e Wawaks,.lioiooiviv.o. aLraa e Liﬁ0n1er...............4:06 I iel Bale, 2t Mi11er5burg............ cvnne s B BB o CoMlen: Lol BT GBT 'E1khart....,..........5:05 R AL e N Arrive at Chicago.... WA o G B *Stop 20 minutes for breakfast and supper. ° b Bxi)reu leaves daily ooth ways. . Muil Trainfmakes close connection at Elkhart ' with trainsigoing East and West., ik ... C. F. HATCH, Gen'lSupt., Chicago. 4. JOHNSON, Agent, Ligonier, 3

T MG ENNY, ‘Attorney at Law,—Aion, Noble co., Ind Will give ‘catrefal and prompt attention to al. business entrusted to his care. ’ 3-8 LUTHER H. GREEN, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. j LIGOONIER, -- - - INDIANA. Office on Cavin Strcet, over Sack Bro’s. Grocery, opposite Helmer House. 41-8-ly : D. W, C. DENNY, i Physician and Surgeon,—Ligonier, Ird. 'Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls in ‘the 'line of his profession—day or night—in town or any distance in the country. ,}gcrsons wishing his-serviees at night, wmvﬂnrg him at his father’s residence, first dgoor east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all calls, when abseut, should be left. i 1-1 . B.P. BEEBE, . JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Connyancinf done. .. Notes collected promptly. Office, opposite the Helmer House, over Sack’s / Bakery, LIGONIER, -~ = - . . INDIANA. May 26th, 1869.—1 y. . E. RICHMOND, _Justice of the.Peace & Conveyancer, . Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. B&ecw attention given to convayanclngrnnd collections, Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up and all legal business attended to promptlgognd accurately. 1 ' May 26th, 1868, ° -«—?‘*‘?—'ﬁ_—-‘v————'—*ﬁ—-ﬁ‘m i b, WM. L. ANDREWS, Surgeon Dentist: ! Mitchel's Block, Kendallville. All work warranted. Examinations free. 247

DR. E. W. KNEPPER, Bolectic. Physician & Surgeon,—Ligonier. All diseases of the Lungs and Throat successful.y treated ‘g{vinhnlsﬁon. No charges for consultation. Office with W, W. Skillen, esq. 1-8 C. WOODRUFN, : G. B.'WOODRUFF. - WOODRUFF & SON, BCLECTIC PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, ‘LIGONIER, - - - - - < INDIANA. ‘Will attend promptly all calls from towh and conntry. Office in ,Dmg Store of Barnett & Co.— Residence north side of Railroad. | 4-11 DR.P. W. CRUM, :e@ : y Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = = = . Indiana. Office one door south of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up etairs. May 12th, 1869, ‘G.W.Carr.. . W.D. RANDALL. .CARR & RANDALL, ee i 3 Physicians and Surgeons, ' LIGONIER, - - ~ - - - IND, ? Wlll'ptomgnl rattend all calls intrusted to them. Oﬂce_,ongc B{., one door east ef the NaTioNaL Baxwgr office, . Llt S4B Sy e Lot T s o EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 2367, I- O. :of O. F., Meets at their Hall on every Bnturdasv eveni'ng of each week. A. JACKSON, N, G. M. W. COR, V. G. R. D, KERR, N ov. 206th, 1868, —tf. : Secretary. Attorney at Law, Insurance and Collect- . ing Agent.—Rome City, Ind. ! business entrusted to him grog‘xftg attended Isalso AGENT FOR THE NATIONAL BANfutiin January 1, 1868,

THOMAS L. GRAVES, Attorney at Law and Justice of the Peace. wiil glve} ful and promgt attention to all bus, ness ¢ mm::d toHiis care. Office in the building™ ately occupied by the First National Bank of Kendallville, Ind." =~ . § - may 22

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SAMUEL E. ALVORD, | Attorney at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public, Albion, Noble Co., Ind. | ; Courts, Clai £ soldi a R Rt Sl Bl i edgments, osls ?l%n’l :'nd A‘dﬁdaym. iaien and cgrtiﬂed. ek el e i e ot GANTS & MILLER, 1 Surgieal . and, Mechanital Dentists, LIGONIER, - - INDIANj. ; 43 g Areprepared : to do n{ghm | A b i ‘»‘ tice of .ovgr 10: e ) f el ve entire sa ; R A R y facti } LTI St to : W : . i lc t;'ln s‘mt‘a.zgonn.e. ‘ Offies - nmy building; ' J. BITTIKOFFER, gy e DO pmARER T . WATCHES, - . CLOCKS, JEWLRY,SILYER WARE, NOTIONS, W“’zmbewﬂpﬂan, Shop tn Bowen’s new Brick Block, x_enaﬂ;mq} o 1 :“’u 'lz R Efvady r‘i’”;:',;: ; lv ’\ sk d G O ST TS . < Menkiood, with RELF HE for the Bering gnd of cliarge, Address, HOWARD * ASSOCTATION, T B P oo Jone ;. ‘v‘r

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M. C. MISSELHORN i , luxﬁmxn or : s CHOICESEGARS, Main Street, Kendallviile, Ind. November 6th, 1867, - - CITY BREWERY. KENDALLVILLE, - - - - - - INDIANA ! SCHWARZKOPF & AICHELE, . 'Wonld announce to the public that they have just ¢ompleted a new Brewery, for the manufacture of Beer and Lager Beer, which the{ will gell the trade at Iprlccas reasonable and satisfactory, Our Beer will be Warranted. The highest price for &yley. . B—ﬁ}—tf. SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. | Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., %&l&e (iro:erie;. P:ioﬂﬁioﬁlnbY%?eetNouons &c Jon T bighest cag peice peid fux Counicy roduce

KELLEY HOUSE, 3 Hendallville, Ind. ; This is a First-class House, situated on Main Street, in the central part of the City, making it very convenient for Aﬁ]enu. Runners, and all other transient men visit ﬁlour City, to_do business without goin%fnr from the House. General su%e office for the North and South. Stabling for forty horses. Livery, and Free 'Bus. J. B. KELLEY, Proprietor. G, W. Geeexn, Clark. ‘ -

. STRAUS BROTHERS Would resFectfully announce to their customers and!the public in ieneml that they continue to ﬁnmhase PRODUCEK at the highest market gﬂces. aving no bu{er on the streets, farmers having grod;ce for sale will please call at our office in the rick Clothing Store. ‘Ligonier, April 29, 1869. —tf ]

F. W. STRAUS. ' JACOB STRAUS, Exchange and Brokers’ " Office, il LicoNIER, IND. B\{y and sell Exchange on all principal cities of the United States, and sgLL Exchan%e on all princlgnll’ cities of E&rope, at the verylowest rates. They also Fell passage tickets} at very lowest figures, to al grinclpalmportu of Europe. 8-52tf N.B.—The ;;z:esent price of %,uaage in steerage fro%ﬁew York to liambnrﬁ, lgmouth. London an{ld herbourg has been reduced to only $BO in gold; :

- | ABEL MULLIN, o 4. Licensed Auetioneer, Residence in York township, near Port s ol Mteheß, Post/ Office Address — WOLF LAKE, INDIANA. Will attend éwomptly to all calls in this line of business, and endeavor to give entire satis- \ faction. Charges reasonable, 14«3m -

JOHN B. GOODSELL & CO., HATS, CAPS, STRAW : ’ ¥ ; AND Men’s Furnishing Goods. 181 WATER STREET, ' CLEVELAND, OHIO. May 27,'68.-Iy. ; . FLKHART BOOK BINDERY * ; YRe ’ fiid at the office of the b . "HERALD OF TRUTH,” ELKHART, - - - wea s IND, We take pleasure to inform our friends and the ‘public in general, that we have estnblisl_led a ... Book Bindery, /In /connection witn our Mrinting Office, and are ‘now prepared to do all kinds of Binding, ! guch as Books, Pamphlets, Magai zines, Music, promptly and i on reasonable terms. spr. 20th, '68.-tf. JOHN F. FUNK. ’ ‘GO AND SEE GOTSCH & BECKMAN’s i : —NEW— ) | i . JEWELR . STORE, | _Main Street, Kendallyille, Ind. Tkey have just received the finest assortmentand it latest styles of JEWELRY, : t SILYERWARE, | : CLOCKS, ETC., Also the best American Watches., Only ¢ )me and see them. 7All ine work done and satisfaction guaranteed. ‘Shop onositQiMﬂler’s new block. /Kendallville, Ind., June 26th, ’67. tf. BAKERY AND RESTAURANT 15 BY bB. HAYNES, Opposite the Post Office, Ligonier, Ind. My Bakery will be supplied at all times with fresh. Biscuits, > Bread, . {7 Plies, - Cakem. . { |~ Crackers, . &c., &c., | Wedding parties, pic-nics and private parties will be ﬁi:lr%lghed witl? anything in Rle paatx?; line, on short notice. and in the very latest style, on reasonable terms. Oysters and warm meals fur. nished at aAI hours. _Charges reasonable. Farmers will find this a good place to satisfy the “‘inner man.” ; Jan’y 6, 69.-tf

PHOTOGRAPHIC. H. R. CORNELL, Having purchased the PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, Tiately occupied by J. F. Christman, reispectfully announces to the public that he is prepared to-take - 4 . 'Any one’s Phiz; : v . Just as it is, In elery size and style of the Photograph\ic art, from miniatures in rings to large ’; sizes for froming. Egs ; - Particular Attention Paid to copying old daguerrotypes and ambrotypes into cards or enlarging. Work warranted in all cases satisfactory, Ligonier, Ind., May 8d,8866. ; A . | ] 1 maam THAM & SON,

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~ THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. | 4 i BY A DETECTIVE. : It is not often that society revenges itself for the tricks played on it by one it bas courted. The votaries of fashion are not nnfréquently,ma.de the vietims of the adventurer, but for the sake of concealing their own want of sagacity the wrong doer is seldom punished. . 4 Nevertheless, there are episodes now and then occurring which, if they met the public eye, would afford a rich morsel of humor and ridicule.. Oneof these came under my own observation & few years since. I had dome some business for a well-known mer- | chant and he was pleased with the ‘ manner I had executed it. I was not surprised, therefore when he came to ; the Chief’s office one day and desired to speak with me. : " ~“I have some work for yourself and’ friend, said he, referring to my partner.

“What is it ?” I inquired. He then went on to detail to us the particulars of a number of successful robberies that had been perpetrated recently in the society in which his family moved. Strange as it may appear, all of these were done at fashionable gatherings, either at his own house, or those of his neighbors.” “It would be impossible,” he said, “to. suspect any of tﬁe guests ; yet the servants had been strictly watched, and no evidence could be found to implicate any of them. Diamond bracelets mysteriously disappeared from the wrists of the fair ladies; gentlemen lost their jewelry, watches and chains, and even gold-headed canes, in' the most unaccountable way. At every house where a fashionable party met some robbery of this description ensued. It had begun to create an intense excitement. Ladies were afraid to appear with jewelry. about them; gentlemen hesitated to display their diamonds, and were restless when any one approached them.— Suspicion had grown up, and a cold: ness, which began to assume a very serious aspect, had been engenderéd between: several families. The mat: ter, he said, would have to be sifted, but how to do it e was at a loss to kuow. i 1

I told him he would have to introduce me to his fashionakle acquaintances, and as: his guest, I attended the next party at his house, Even a stranger could discern the coldness and lack of free and genial kindness that pervaded the assembly. The atmosphere seemed to breathe suspicion. Everybody suspected his neighbor.— Gentlemen were over closely as they paid there devoirs 1o fair ladies, and the belles to whom devotion was offered freely, were eyed keenly least they should spirit away a more costly jewel than the gentleman’s affections. Oue gentleman, however, I mnoticed at once as entirely free from these unworthy suspicions. His manner was radiant with_a gay #nsouisance that charmed évery one. His repartees were brimful of wit and sparkled with fun, while the bright smile with which every lady greeted him showed that he at least had not fallen. under the cloud that had settled on the rest.— Yet T noticed the lightning-like glances with which he surveyed everybody that approached him. Sometimes the. great dark eyes would darken with a shade of ‘anxiety, as he encountered a stern looking visage, and then flashed out merrily as he saw it harbored- no suspicion of Bfm.” The man fascinated even me. I saw he was acting. — His conduct, apparently controlled by natural kindness of disposition, T perceived, was the result of consumate impudence, and 'a sang froid that enabled him to invest it with a genial grace and apparent carelessness. The balf started eager look which he sometimes threw around him, everlooked by his associates, was seen by me. I had settled in my own mind that he was the culprit. But to any one else my' conclusion ' would have appeared uncertain and my suspicion vague. Still I watched him. I was eager to see how he would maneuver his succeseful larcenies. It was for more than an hour that he radiated from one part of the wide saloon to another apparently unsettled in his mind, or eager to make his devoirsto all. At last his ‘arm was given to a lady, and they started out on the veranda. - I at once solicited the pleasure ot a promenade with my hostess, and while charmed with the sprightly grace and witty nonsense of my companion, still kept am observant €ye upon the Mercutio, whose brilliant nothings were. charming his inamorata as a serpent fascinates a bird. The man wag & study. I counld hear, as I passed them, his low-voiced pleasantries, the wit that flashed -and sparkled from his tongue, as diamonds sparkle and flash in lamplight. I almost begun' to doubt the justness of my own suspicions, when suddenly his hand erept to the lady's ear; @a'sparkle and 'flash of diamonds,. a sparkle and flash of wit, and he led her'back to the drawing-room, her face radiant with blushes, but the pink like ears no longer cumbered withi 'the gaudy jewels. Again and again the same maneuver was repeated with others, ‘and each time ‘some poatl,{ ~ornament " dis'apf:gr_ed. gome beauntiful bauble had bpem OBk s i e duieiu s But this was not all' I saw. The fascinating stranger I soondiscovered had striven for a jewel that he prized loas than those of which he had bereft his friends, but one, perhaps, tha could stand him, in more a%onn,tx,im the hour of need. Mayt& m flush at his approach—m "in,g; - heart throbBed andibly a 8 bis w word wero it s fadi . T ~ Aad {%;?llwm> léﬁpgz ii!:i,i; “iSho s that genleman youder v’ it M. T ot WISH: foltts

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: {Ou confidentially, but he will shortly become my son-in-law.” o ‘ .‘lnd'eé'!. s FOTRRL] 1", ¥ .)_‘l " v ~_“Oh! yes, a charming fellow.— ‘Would you like to know him #” “Well, yes, after a bit; but it is somewhat ,'nnivlmant;v_uré Kz, to break up well established 'econfidence and expose them whom we admire. Still it is .my duty to tell you the man’s a thief.” L “If a thunderbolt had fallen at his feet, he could not have been more surprised. ° — Cher “What sir 7" he gasped, in amazement and indignation struggling for mastery in his face. = = “Itisas Itellyou!” - | “You must be mistaken or mad.” . ~ “Call him into-a private room and I will prove it,” bt He ecould not" object to this, and Mr. H—— was politely requested to follow his expected father-in-law to the library. Mr. H—= came in chatty and pleasant, but a'little put back in noticing a stranger present. ', | ' “This gentleman wishes to speak to you,” sai@ my host, motioning ‘to where I stood, but not deeming neceéssary to mention the fictitions names I had assumed for the évening. fok | - “Yes,” I'repliel, “Mr. H—— I degire to compliment you on the skillful way you have of approaching other people’s jewelry.” ( ' He stood under the blaze of the chandelier as I spoke, and the light shone fair and fall:in his face. . At'the words'a livid hue crept into his cheeks and a ghastly pallor succeeded it. - His teeth chattered as he tried to speak, and his knees smote under him. “It is useless to attempt to deny it,” I said. “I am a detective officer, and have watched your proceedings all the evening. Look here! and before he had time to prevent me, I had drawn from hispocket the jewelry which a short time before had been worn by the guest of my host. - “What do you say to this?”’ I said, turning to Mr. K. ; “My God, it is true?’ And the strong man shook as the truth of the accusation burst upon him. “But my daughter, my child, what am I to do.” The villain saw at once the advantage this relation gave himy and %:ew, insolent on the instant. I told bim, however, that this would stand him no service. If he restored the property he had taken, I would let him go. If not, I should lock him up. He was cunning and shrewd, and accepted the proposition. The next day the jewels were returned to their owners, with a polite apology from Mr. H., and the evening steamer saw him on his way to more congenial elimes. . . . , . . But the romance did :not end here. It was not.a great while hefore the family of the merchant were plunged into great affliction by the. strange evasion of their daughter. =iy ~ The’exposure of her lover had overwhelmed her with grief. It was sup- | posed, however, that this would be transient.. A young and virtuous girl, ed- i ucated and refind, could not long cling to one whose baseness was 8o obvious. She would soon laugh at her infatuation, and be glad ofiher escape, her friends thought, and left her in peace. Many. supposed that she was influenced now more by mortified vanity and sense of her humiliating affection than aught' else. ‘What was their surprise, then at herevagion. . =, =

For several days nething was said about it, and . her family still thought her in the city. But her protracted absence finally excited alarm. J was at length appealed to,. I concluded at once she had gone to join her lover. This opinion was still further confirmed when it was ascertained that she had carried with her 'a large sum ‘of money. “You had bettér let her go,” T said to. her father.

I cannot ; she is my only child! she must befraced and brought back !” ' “But this cannot be done unless you consent to make an affidavit against her for larceny - of the money. No one can compel her to. come back unless youdo. « : | He consented to this step witha good ‘deal of reluctance; and with the necessary papers for -her arrest I started in pursnit. It is unnecessary to trace all. my wonderings, Suffice to’ say, I found them at last—married.Only a few months had passed sipce this' spoiled and petted child offortune had reigned a belle in her native city. . When I saw her, the ianocence ani freshness of her young girlliood were yet around her; no care'had lined the pure white forehead, and no trace -of Jdigtie“s'ﬁ,jliqﬂ_ fevered her cheeks ;. her eyes wexe bright with laughing visions of .the future, and her : parents’ love-like ‘sunshine fell around her. Now all vas changed. In that brief time she had passed under the wand of the enchanter. Innocence had been transmuted into guilt, and blackness and clouds had settled a life ‘where once the radiant sunshine play-

“I'had seen her hushand the'day be fore in ‘& fashionable lhotel. T ‘took pains that he should not recognize me and followed him home. . The. next morniug I, waited until -he left the house and went in; -~ !

The lady was sick, the *servant said to my inquiries, and T could not see her. I thought, perhaps, it :might. be simply a desire to avoid an interview with a strang-. er, Linsisted upon being shown into the presence of her mistress, as my business. was important. While I was yet talking with the girl, a door opened from an adjoining apartment, and the fugitive stood before me. - Tall and queenly still, the elegant figure could mot be disguised in the coarse robes that clung to her person. Her face was hagfju'rd with grief, and ber long, unkempt hair fell like a veil over her shoulders. . She wase still -beautiful, altbough distress had quenched the fire in her'eyes and whiteiié_‘il; into lilies the robe on her.cheeks, @~ ¢ .0 g et e i - scanning me curiously and with a tronbled Cxpression, sslt sho Waß oantelons of bav: fng o 1 befor, bt where,she sonld ot femEber, . . e "~ “Yes, maamp.‘,'ﬂ}i“i%aiﬁéi i .1 have traveled a_good ways for this interview, and trust you will ot diseppolt me.” . s 50‘!1'9 Mr. E—, are you not " she aske ,w?m-trmri;'ﬁ?ﬁ@ e e “Yes, Madame, that's my name,” I re.

Blied, “and I bring you a message from your family.” -, =~ th e i 0 - oL The room was poorly furnished, and ‘wore a faded: sir, as 1f sympathizing in the, f‘onditio,n .of .its occupants, but this would not be noticed while receiving the courtesies of the lady, given, it is true, ‘with a weary air and a heart sickness that no effort of the poor girl could disguise. =~ foled “You see me sadly changed, sir,” she said With' a weary smile. : . - “Indeed, T'do, Madame, I'am sorry it is so. It is of that I wish to speak with you, and. to prevail on you to return with me.” ’ Foo r e 4 “It is too late® . a 1 “You are mistaken; your friends grieve at yyour absence, and would gladly welcome your return.” et "“You do net Know all !"” s

““I know' that you have .been deceived, but that®isamot criminal. The baseness is with the betrayer, not.the be irayed.” ““I know that; I have tried to delude my own mind and heart with the sophis try that I.am only a vietim ; ‘but it is'not 80. : Listen, and I will. tell you: . “I was Infatuated ‘with thiat man. His Hold " orf my affections was not such as young' ‘girls usually give to a lover.— There must have beeri some strarige affiaity in our natures, for knowing his guilt I still loved him. Isaw him not as he wiis, I puat -behind 'me a!l his evil, was resolutely blind to his criminal ‘practices and his utter dishonor. I thought of hiim only as the brilliant man ip the world, his graceful courtesy and brilliant wit.— I have seen him the admiréd of all our circle, the courted fascinating Critenton of society. I thought he was honorable and good ; my ambition was fixed to pecome a countess. Like poor Pauline, listened to his etories of castle and wide de’ mesnes, of lordships -and principalities, until sense and honor ‘faded in the glowing visions he had created. I had then become a fit instrument ‘o help him in his evil deeds.” I became a criminal too.

“Many of the jewels were stolen by me: Togetlier we plied our vicious calling until discovered and exposed by you. ‘%‘Vhy should I remain behind when he has gone? My peace was destroyed; my reputation wouldsoon follow it. - Whatshould I do? It seemed as if my brain would madden. I could not confess my crimes. It would kill my parents. ' Oh! if you only knew how often in the visions of the night I have seen their pitying glances, theirlove, reproachful words, their sorrow and distress, and thén" awaken with bitter sobs to finlit all'a dream, you would pardon me that I feel unableto endure any longer # position so full of humiliation. I determined to seek my partner in iniquity, I came here and found him.

' The_story of the poor girl was told Zzi,th,ma.n‘y a broken sob and tears that ame from the heart. My own_fell fast as I listened. I thought for the grieving parents. far away; of her clouded life, with every hope and blessing ‘wrecked be fore the blossom of her youth were gone; how could T help but pity’them and her ? I could ‘not hope now ‘to take her back. Their: puths in life divided from that fatal night; and sin. and shame férbade them to meet. .I told her why I had come to see her—told her all i ~“Tell them you saw me,” she said.— ‘Stay! take this picture. with iyou, but, say I died,” and thesail smile grew wintery, the lilies crept back into the cheek which thoughts of homé had flushed, and blinding tears shut me out from sight. I left her alone in her despair. Yes, alone ! to look back on the sunlight of youth—looking up to the clouds and despair. The hopes of her youth were gone, and joyless, furtherless, the visions of life had faded and fled. ; g TT e : i Mark Twain’s Idea of a Good Letter. The 'most useful and interesting letters we get here from home are from children seven or eight. years old. This is a petrified truth. . Happily they have got nothing else to talk about but, home, and neighborsand family—things their bet: ters think unworthy of transmission thousands of gniles. They write simply and naturally, and without strain for effect. They tell all they know, and then stop. They seldom dream, in. abstractipns ;ot homilies, Conseguently their epistles are brief ; but, treating as they do of familiar scenes and persons, always entertaining. Now, therefore, if you would learn the art of letter-writing, let a child teach you. I have preserved a letter from alittle sig:l';gig‘;lt' years of age—preserved it a 8 8 curiosity, because it was the only letter I ever got from the States that had information init. It ran thus:

. “St. Louis, 1865. “Uncle Mark, if you was here I could tell “you about Moses in the bulrushes again. I know it better now.:; Mr. Sow berry has got his leg broke off a horse—he was riding it'on SBunday. Margaret, that's'the Maid, Margaret' has taken all the spittoons-and slop buckets and old jugs out ‘of your room, because she says: she don’t think you are coming back any more, you have been gone too long. . Sissy MeElroy’s mother has got another little baby. She; has: them 4gll she time.— 1t ‘hag got little blue eyes, like Mr. Swimley zasf boards there and looks just like him. T’have got'a new doll; but Johnny Anderson pulled’ ‘'one' 6f the legs out. Miss Dusenberry was here yesterday ; I gave her your picture, but she didn’t want it. My cat has' got more kittens—oh!. you' can’t think—twice as many as Lottie Beldeun’s. ; And there’s one, such a sweet little buff one with a short tail, and I named it for you, . | | : All of them'’s got names now—General Grant, and Halleck, and Moses, and Margaret, - and” Deuteronomy, and: Captain Semmes, and Exodus, and Leviticus, ard. Horace Greeleyr—all named but one, and I am saving it because the one I named for you's been sick ‘all the time since, and I reckon it'll die. ' [lt appears to be mighty, zough on, the shorktailed, kitten for -naming it for me. 1 wonder how the resérved victim will stand it?] Uncle Mark; I ‘do believe Hattre Caldwell likes you, and I know she thinks you are pretty, because I heard her say nothing could hurt your good looks—nothing at all—she ‘said, even if you weré to have the small pox everso bad, you would be just ‘as good-looking as you were before.. And mAa says she's eyer so smart., [ Very. ]— So no more this. tilzlg,: Jbecause General Grant and Moses are fighting. s,‘ gl g gl { ANNIE.“ i

This child:treads on my toes in every other sentence. with perfect looseness, but in the simplicity OP her time of life she doesn’t know it. o ’ : : T consider that a model. letter—an eminently readable and entertaining lettét) and, assaid before, it contains more matter of interest and real information than any letter gver received from the East.— I had'rather hear about cats at home and . théir: u%?! remarkable names, thaiy listen to a lot-of stuff about d)wnlev-l am rot ace quainted with, or read “The Evil Effects of the Intoxicating Bowl,” illustrated on, the ‘back ‘%thﬁ* t%‘e pie:i\;ni;vg;:ia%ged scillawag peélting away right and left in :)l:;:t{nidnt 5 hxi:%mil;ecim witha junk: e‘ . 3 $ 9

MISCELLANEOUS ITENS APPROPRIATE MoTTO.—Mr. 8. P Chase, whose peculiarity in this respect is well known, at the time of the first issue of “greenbacks” by the government, was in favor of placing some motto upon the bills, as ' “In God we trust” has been stamped upon some of the coins. -Accordingly he consulted; among others, with the facetious president of a Philadelphia bank as to something appropriate. After mentioning several scriptural texts that ‘had occurred to him, the secretary asked the banker’s opinion, ‘“Perhaps,” was'the reply, ‘“the most ar-’: Eropriste would be ; ‘Silver and gold ave I none; butsach as I have T give thee’” The project was not’ carried further. /HOMOEOPATHY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES.—The New England Medical Gazétte says : The trustees of our public libraries are beginning to realize the great and growing importance of homaopathy. The Bodton Pnhlie Library Eas_ just. placed upon its shelves a dumplete set of the "British Journal of Homoeopathy—twenty-sev-en volumes in all. This has from the first, been a valuable publication, and contains a vast amount of information. Two or three periodicals of our school have been ordered for the reading room, The Astor Library in New York has recently devoted an. entire alcove to homoeopathy, and is a subseriber for several of our leading journals.”’—N. Y. Post. .

A COUPLE of yankee girls put a bull-frog into the hired man’s bed ¢ gsee if they could get him to talk.— Daniel threw the frog out of the window and never eaid a word. Soon af ter he put a bushel of ¢hesnut burs into the .girl’s bed, and about the time he thought they would make the least ghadow, Daniel went to their door and rattled the latch furiously. Out went the light and in went the girls, but they cﬁdn’t stick, though' the burs did. Calling them, he begged them to lie quiet, he only wanted to know if they had seen anything of that pesky bullfrog; he'd give two dollars to find him. A correspondent of the Davenport (I1L.) Gazette put two hundred meas: sured bushels of corn in a crib in Novembér, 1868, which were recently marketed. The corn was kept ina well protected crib, and was in excellent condition when sold. It was found to have shrunk forty-eight bushels, equal to twenty-four per cent. discount from the original amount.— There was no unusual exposure to rats, bad weather, &c. ; 'the corn. was first quality, and he thinks the experiment was in all respects a fair test of the profit and loss in holding over. A MAN once went out to purchase a horse of a Quaker. “Will he draw well 7" asked the buyer. *“Thee will be pleased to se¢ him draw.” The bargain was concluded |and the farmer tried the horse, but he *would not stir astep. He returned and said, “That horse will not draw ap inch.” «I did: not tell thee it would draw, friend; I only remarked that it would please thee to see him draw; so it wouhi) " me, but he would never gratify me in that respect.’” | 5 k ‘ Becretary Rawling in his last illness, was asked what clergyman he wished to see. The reply was, a Methodist clergyman, as that was the church of his dead mother’s faith. What a tribute to the mother in that wish of the dying Secretary! And how that request to see the clergymen of his sainted mother’s choice points to the following extract from that hearthstone germon of Reév. Mr. Goodrich in memory of a mother just departed: “There are children yet to be won to God in a ‘mother’s supplication long silent in death.” ; bl

A new kind of confidence dodge is practiced at' Middletown. Whean the train arrives a nice young man jumps off and kisses the best looking girl at the depot,” under the mistake, as he says, that she is his sister. He 'agol-; ogizes so nicely that the girls are get: ting so they look for him regularly. Fruit lands in the vicinity of St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Michigan, are sold at from three to five huhnge'd;: dollars ‘per acre, and some have been held as high as $l,OOO. i

A correspondent of the Counitry Gentleman remarks that not within the memory of the oldest farmer have hills and plains been covered with such a sod as now. The longs ring and fall rains of last year establgh'e' the sod, notwithstanding the drought that inintervened, and the present moist season has given it the finishing touches. He advises farmers to take advantage of this fertility of the air by fall plowgyt g e

The following is. recommended. by the. Southern Cultivator as an excellent salve for wounds or galls on horses and mules : Take one gill of turpentine and a half pound of tallow; melt the tallow and pour the turpentine with the tallow while hot; rub the animal’s shoulder with it ' while it is warm, with a-woolen rag, three times a day until it'is cured.” .

A correspondent of the Southern Cultivator - adduces many' facts in support ‘of the theory that rustis a disease as permanently fixed in some varieties of wheat, as consumption 'ig in some families. He classes the Tappahannock with the diseased varieties. . IF you are a wise man you will treat the ‘world as the moon treats it. Show it only one side of yourself, seldom show yourself too much at a time, and let what you show be calm, cool, and polished, But look at every side of thiﬂ worl{&. A T diearily st A *YOUNG lady zppeared on' the stéects “of Balliinors; W fuale &éidr; and ‘oneof the editors says that her disguise w&g‘p?e‘rfec’{ that she might have passed: off for a: man “had she haﬂha'iitt!a; more modesty.” .. .1 " Maryland has not only given a clear. catbora majonty, Ing every member of the Legmhmi%r geuomt. - Not a-ngn&h -radical - will contaminate, the legislative halls of Maryland with his uvhallowed presence. t

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TRt WRIBORE ! The “Lounger” of the Illustrated Times says: . “By the way, speaking of waterproofs; I think I can give travelers a valuable hint or two.” For many years I have worn India rubber waterproofs, but I will buy no more, for I gave learned that good Scottish tweed can be made entirefy impervious to rain, and moreover, 1 have: learned to make it 80 ; and for the benefit of my readers, I will give the recipe’ ‘ln a-bucket of soft water ““Pnt‘ a pound of sugdr of lead and a half Jpound of powdered ‘alum ; stir this at intervals until it becomes clear ; then pour it off into another bucket, and put the garment therein, znd let it be.in for twen~ ty-four hours, -and then havg it up to dry without wringing it. Twa of my party—a lady and gentleman—have worn garments ' thus treated in the wildest storms of wind and rain, without getting ‘'wet. - The rain hangs on in globules. In short, they were really waterproof, ' The gentleman; & fortnight agn. walked nine miles -in'a storm of wind and rain, such as you rarely see in the South; and when he slipged. off his overcoat, his underclothes were as dry as when he put them ‘on. This is, T think, a secret worth knowing ; for cloth, if it can be made to keep out wet, is in every way better than what we know as waterproofs.’”’ A :

DEATH OF A FREE GOVERNMENT. It is a melancholy spectacle to behold a free. government die. - The world, it is true, is filled with evidende of decay.— All nature speaks the voice of dissolution, and the highway of life is strewn with the wrecks which time, the great despoiler, has made. But the: ‘hopes of the future, bright visions of reviving gloTy are nowhere denied to the heart of man, save as he gazes on ‘the downfall of legal liberty. He listens sorrowfully to the autumn winds as they sigh through the dismantled forests; but we know ' that their breath will be soft and vernal in the spring, and that the “dead flowers and’ withered foliage will blossdm and bloom - again. He sees the sky over-cast with' angly frowns of the tempest, but he knows the sun’' will re-appedr, and the’ _emblazonry of God cannot perish. " Man himself, this strange connecting link between dust and deity, tosters wearily onward under the weight of years, and pain, toward the tomb,.but how briefly his life lingers around. the dismal spot./ It is: filled with grief and tears, and “the cypress §athcr around it with loving but mournful embrace.. And:is this all ?— Not so. .If a man die 'shall he not live again ? * Beyond the grave in the distant Aiden hope provides an elysium of the soul where the mortal agsumes immortality, and life becomes an endless splendor. But where, sir, in all the dreary regions of the past, filled with convulsions, wars and crimes, can you point your finger to the tomo of a free eommonwealth on which the angels of resurrection have ever descended, or from whose sepulcher the: stone of despotism has been rolled away!? Where, in what age, and in what clime. have the reins of constitutional freedom renewed their -youth and regained their lost estate ? By whose grip has the dead corpse of the republic, once fallen over, been raised. . The Merciful Maker who walked upon the waters and bade the winds be still, left or ordained aposties with power to wrench apart the jaws of national debt and release the victim of despotism.: The wail of the heart-broken: over the dead is not 80 sad to me as the’ realization of the fact. ‘But all history, with a loud, unbroken voice proclaims it, and the evidence of what the past has ‘been, is conclusive to.my mind of what the futare will be... Wherever in the domain of human conduct a people once possessed of liberty, have ' surrendered these great gifts of God at the command of the usurper, they have never afterwards proven themselves ‘worthy to regain their forfeited treasure.—2D. W. Voorhees. e : ‘ ; Governors of Indiana. ~ - - 5 TERBELORY, o . iii i i Wm. H. Harrison, 1800-1811. _ John Gibson, (act.,) 1811-1818.” Thomas Posey, 1818-1816. : : Jonathan Jennings, 1816-1822, ‘William;Hendricks, 1822-1825. - James B. Ray, 1825-1831. . Noah Noble, 1831-1837. . .=~ David Wallace, 1837-1840. - . Samvel Bigger, 1840-1843. " { James Whitcomb, 18481848, = - Paris:C, Dunning, 1848-1849. = Joseph A. Weight, 1849-1857, - ' Ashbel P. Willard, 1857-1861. . 0. P. Morton, 1861-1867. Conrad Baker, 1867, - - . ¢ ) Cure for Loves .- <. Take 12 ounnces of dislike, 1 pound -of resolution, 2 ounces: of the powder. of ex-; perience, 1 large spring of time, 14 drs.. of the guilt. of dishonor, 1 quart of the: cooling water of consideration. . . Set them on a gentle fire of Love.— Sweeten it with, the: sugar: of forgetfulness, skim it with the spoon of melancholly, put_it to the bottom. of your heart ;—: close it with the cork of a sound conscience, there let it remain andwyou will find ease and be restored to your right senses - again. . These, things are to be found at the apothecary,at the house lof understanding; next ‘door ‘to Reason, in Prudence st., in the- parish of Contentment. - When the disease is too severe, it can only be cured by calling on a ‘Tinsmith, and have ‘the ' broken heart sol dered. il ol e IRRROD R RLR

A correspondent of the Bural New :,_lforker.ﬁmfs that peeling willows m June or whenever the bark: will slip, and letting them stand to the next season, is sure death to stem androot.. ~ The farm in' Yorktown, Va.; upon ‘which Lord Cornwallis - surrendered his forces and signed’ the articles of capitulation, was recently sold for eight. thousand dollars. = ~ ON the Mississippi River the steamer which makes the fastest trip. is entitled. to wear the antlers of a deer on its pilot house as a token of its snpremacy. s e o ) A small amount ot?:;ime_pgx;ea with wheat that has acquired & musty smell by !’“‘“Qi?b???"s’ﬁiﬁﬁl’f%!%’éfﬁm sweeten without injring the wheat. . ~ Tas. Editorisl. Convention of the 10th ‘Laporte, adopted and recommend ‘s unifocm soale of prices forsdvertising. . Afterg e oor s wil bol by the seale suggested... We can piol M ovet,ses e propriety o ejesiog (be te: ‘commendation of the Btate Conveation.—

E RATES OF ADVERTISING, - ... Ofe squarey(oneinsertion; one .ineh,) ; Iﬁ%? h subsequertinsertion; 50 cents. o Sao's Buo's Ivßan Oneßquare, $5,00 87,00 $lO,OO "rcl;hréesqna‘res, : ‘g,ﬂg‘) 10,00 15,00 uattercolumn, = 13,00 18,00, Halfcohimn, 20,30; v,so,og’ ;’j%%‘,‘g% ‘Onecolumn, = - 80,00" 40,00 76,00 Business Card; five lints orless; 800 Local Notices fifteen cents %:ér ,Ij;i,e ‘Bransient advertising’ nhist be paid in mﬂ. SRR TTNA SR T SRR B R

: f\t_wg‘“‘cn_ow*.c;lélﬂ',;mwé{f ' e §ins - Omghn ‘of the Phrase. ' " To the Editors of the Cincinnati Engldrerti 0 ; Iﬁ your paper of Sﬁ,turw,:gm guve a histdry of the origin of the phrase “Tell .Bh:gm to crow,” which is the general. 1y réceived account, but erroneous in séveral| particulare. - As I am ;personally cogtizant of ull_the circamatances por taining to' the origin of that . famous phrass, T will' relate ‘thém to you. In 1840 a gentleman’ named' Joseph Chap‘man was the Demogratic. candidate for the Legislature in Hancock, the county immediately east of Indianapolis. He ‘was one of that despondent class of individuals -who always dwell upon_the g{&r side gti.igmpictumw&w“im' Alr George Pattison, in, connection, with N. Bolton, Eég,tl{&é ﬂ%ﬁ%(ﬁe well- - known ‘poetess,) was editing the Indiana ’_Deniocm,t, ‘the State Sentinel m& baving then been established. | Mr. Pattison was a friend of Chapman, and anxious: to: see bim elécted. - Knowing Chapman’s peculiarity, he wrote to'%fr. Sebastian,’ at that time postmaster ‘at Greerifield, the county-seat: of Hancock, & letter;, in whieh he used these words : “Tell Chap-. man he mast oram, for ave have mmaoh to crow over /" This ‘was in the month of June, 1840, the election taking” place on the first. Monday in August. . Mr. Sebastiad, who is still living, incautiously left the ‘open letter lying on a table in the postoffice, and Thos. D. Walpole, a leading ‘Whig, and Chapman’s ‘opponent coming into the office, saw it, and pocketed it, he not being’ regarded as over scrdpulous in .such matters.. The letter. was at once sent to the Indianapolis Journal, and Spirit of "16, for publication, and of course was duly ‘paraded ss a specimen of Democratic tactics in’ keeping up appearances in that ‘disastrous ' . As soon as the letter' had done: it work, Walpole went over to Indianapolig, .and, calling upon Mr. Pattison, at th:% Democrat vffice—l was present at the tiu;g}, being an ‘apprentice in the office—apologized for the act, saying that it wad “tpo good a thing” to keep, andthat he could not resist the temptation to make a little capital for himself and. party. Poor Chapman did very little crowing dfter this. He was defeated, of dourse, ‘with nearly every other Democrat.! He was soon afterward harassed ‘with - & slander suit, which ruined him pectiniarily, and when the Mexican War broke out he went with our army ‘asa ‘quartermaster or sutler, and-died in Mex-. ico. - : : Tt will be seen from ‘this that the Messrs. Chapman of the Sentinel had nothing, whatever to do with the origin of the famous phrase, “Crow, Chapman, Crow.” At the time of the occurrences here reTlated, on of these gentlemen—George A. —Was publishing the Wabash Enquirer, at Terre Haute, and the other—Jacob P., . (commonly called “Page”) —the South‘western Sentinel, at Evansville. © The next year—lB4l—they removedl to Indianapolis and comwmenced the publication: of the Indiana State Sentinel., In that year the Democratic party succeeded, and they “‘erowed?” lustily over the resulf, as’they had a right to do, and thus came gradually to be ponsidered as thq,gersous alluded to in th> “Tell Chapman ’to crow” letter ; .but, living in entirely different parts of the State, and the means of communication_ not- being many of rapid; thay" prabably knew nothing of Joseph ‘Chap--mah till after the Pattison letter had made him famous. e ¢

This, Messrs, Editor, is the.true bistory of 3he origin of these famous words, which haye made the rooster the emblem of the D?}ocjmcy. Ispeak asT have said from & pefisonal knowledge of the whole transac- / tion. 1 i rtsals Bas Mt ~ New Albany, Ind,; Oct. 26th, 1869. . From carefully collocted statistics of the crops. in this county for : the pgst?\f&ﬂ'cr years, it is found that the difference in fa- - vor of oats and ‘rye i 8 from five to seven dollars per acre over corn, of profit to'the - farmer. To have made carn equalin.value to oats and rye, with the yield of the past four years, it should” have sold at $1,25° per bushel. - The average price'has been': but 65 cents. We ask farmers to. think of’ this matter, and quit the foolish practice of putting the largest share of their farms to: the ‘most unprofitable crops. - Corn is not, and has not been a;profitable crop, ex- . cept it is sold in the shape of fat. cattle and hogs. To grow corn for market here, ‘where oats and rye yield five to sbven:dol? lars per acre more profit, is' worse!than: folly. 5 5 ] : ; s And’so‘of spring wheat. It is . poor - economy to attempt’ to grow even the far- - mers own bread in, spring ‘wheat. Ten' acres of ground devoted. to this, will, on . an .average, barely yield him his bread; ‘whereas, if put fo rye or oats, those praducts will buy his bread, and give him some ready cash to boot. % . v - Some of the fogy class of farmers will ' hoot at these views because they are ' not as ‘‘daddy did it,”’-and-pled along in the _ same old ruts till they die psor‘and miserable, as they ought to, if they won’tleatn anything. WA s fadsilh " When spring comes gow oats. r It is'easy ‘to grow. ==« U It is easy to market. ;- Lot A It is early to market.. .. - . i o . Give corn a wide berih. Grow enough for your own use/<<Kentland Gazétte. S

“'Tar editors and publishers of the Tenth' and Eleventh Congressional Distriets nieti, at Laporte on the 15th ult., and adopted a, scale of prices for the pnblication of?‘l_églgl_ advertisements,” and | discussed’ matfers of" mutual benefit to all. . There hagscbeen W wide difference in the, rates charged. :for legal adveriising among the varipus papers of the State. Take that of Non-resident’ Notices, . for instanee : - ITn:Kokemo thé charge has been from $lO to $25 each ;.in Winamac, $lO and upward ;in Valparaiso, $8 and npward, 'v’vhi'}?e‘ in’' Crown Point the charge has been but' five:dollars;® We'have . been well aware that our:charges for this clags of advertising were altogether too low ; but we could see no remedy unless all the papers in: the Distriot established a 2 uniform rate, for then no one ocould say to us, “Why, such and’ such papers. only charge so much,” &ec., &c. Now, our patrons can be assured that the charge is the same :throughout .the : District, and 'will gracefully admit thal the change is & ’uﬁ% one. Hereafter,' then, all Noh;ResiSé’n : Notices will bost $9 ‘each.—Crown Point Register. ¢yl Sl e winiiiicie 8l Sy %A&;ﬂ' oF CHARGES.—On the outside we publish a tariff of charges agreed upon by the press of twe Congressional Distriots = These charges are very nearly identical ~with those we have established in this ‘¢ounty. . Andsthough :wewendmotiat the Editorial Convention, we heartily endorse the movement. There is no. reason why the newspaper should not pay as well for the time and capital invested as any other smsingag. For our part. we-believe: the: time has fully come when ;newsp;tgs;!,vﬁl take an independent position and become remunerative to their publishets.— Valparatso, Vidette, vbl aldigidetaian ‘,V‘Tn‘ﬁq‘&gg&ig&& i LAR P&K ; RO ‘immediately after the ‘adjournment of the pubiishor's sonvenion, racknly HOld 41 | t.\fsn;’mg% Dotices from $5-—which he. ‘had pres ih‘bgﬁ hargin, ﬁ“" - accordance with ‘the fee-bill adopted By ‘% oramble aa. Had Fan 1 (0 pomy. B, Bo el gbrdeb e g N dhemvd iki T MO SR Lo aaE e e e