The National Banner, Volume 5, Number 22, Ligonier, Noble County, 28 September 1870 — Page 1

THE NATIONAL BANNER, : Published Weekly by o JOMN B. STOLL, LIGONIER, N()BLE COUNTY, IND e = TEB!S OF SUBSCRIPTION : : trictlyin advance.......c.eeeeenreeaniaile. .§2.00 SW Tlis i 8 published on the Cash Principle, its l‘foprietg:'a feﬁevﬁg that it is just as right for Ton to demand advance pay,as it is for City publishers, ¥ Any person ’qqndjnfx aclub of 10, accompanied with the cash, willbe éntitled to a copy of the paper, for one year, free ofgl\mrge.

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< o § LB BN N POWIERIPRIESS RINTING OFFICE PRINTING OFFICE. We wonlds r¢speetfully inform the Merchants and Busindss men géncrally that we are now ’ ‘prepared to _do nl]kinds_ol‘ PLAIN & FANCY_ PRINTING, ; & 5 in a 8 good style and ataslow rites as any pub { lishing house in Northern Indiana.

Mioh? QA Michigan South. & N. Ind’a R. R. :On and after May 22, 1870, trains will leave StaJdonsasfollows: i : GOINGEAST: . . 4 | . Exzpress. - Mai Train. DUGARZO, .o Ui iiis ieRO Rl ME - T iDO Ac i *Elkhart: .U, . .ol s LBl o o 189 . W Goshén. ... .siovicui e TUER % Jun L L ISOR PN, Millersburg. .. e BBk G oouiiii e 1308 ¢ Lh:nnicr...‘...........3:00 Weoiu o 10 awaka. ......... .(don’tstop) ....... 155 PN, rimflold .. i TN s 20D * Cepdallville . cociiiin eSR 18l e Ry rrive dt'Toledo . uiis GDORM Lol 008 4 GOING WEST : ; .. Kzpress: - Maillrain: oledo......iviiidl ooy BB PUMG. o 91404, W, enda11yi11e......... . 12:85 AM. 00l 0, 1245 P, N, corimtleld. ... v i VTN N eR a 0 sgwaka.’ . ooivilieiid Tty Vi iRe T RONIeL, o v iR S i 80, Mlersburgs . oilinci bl = il 3o Bibo daghen. . Lot e a 8 P io 3818 PElKhart. . .ovciiiincimamty 0 wos si Bl v |Arrive at Chicago.... 8:80 *' ~...;...8:10 ¢ “Stop 20 minutes for breakfast andsupper. Express leaves daily ooth ways. Mail Train makes close connéction at Elkhart ‘with trains going East and West, - The Lightning Express Tratn leaves Ligonier go-. ng Kast, at 3:35 p. M., and(i(')‘ingWest at 12:10 .M. ' . C.F.HATCH, 'l uipt..Clevchmd. J. N. KNEPPER, Agent, Ligonier. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad.. On'and after Wednesday, June 22d, 1870, trains .will run between Sturgis and Fort Wayne, until further notice as follcws: : GOING NOKTI. GOING SOUTH. 380 e, M., ... Fort Wayne. i 000 10 154, M 835 S ndiponmetiat Yel S 1010, 405 Ve vinhEaih NIRRT L 040 425 Cvrenaie EIRTEREONN L L k. 990 g 450 ceehi e anbive B URBE .o i BIGh 455 deeiasenbves SRR coe i 850 805 T ey avsvnealil se s Sion oil 8.8 5025 4............Li51)0n.............827) 535 ok ISENaNIINIte L coc p B 0 GNO .k, OGN Lol s 185 680 i WOIBOEENILIB ol 1 TRO 655 et va Y RTGRTIIREL L T 00 <ll5 cveesdiaik Jn @range.. .o, 000 640 : 735 ey iAo RIS G, Lol 820 8100 TM. usnia il SINERIR ¢, le L, 600 Ay : C. E. GORHAM, Sup't. 11. D. WaLLeN, Jr., Ass't Sup't. HIGGINBOTHAM & SON,

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Watchmakers, Jewelers, o AND DHALER!S IN ; - Watches, Clocks, JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS Repairing neatly and promptly executed, and warranted. , GOLD PENS REPOINTED. hSpe‘zctaclr's of the bestkinds kept constantlyon “r';-'s{gn of thebigwatch, CavinStreet,Ligonier, ludin.n_a-._gj i may 3, ’66.-tf. . REMOVAL, REMOVAL - JULIUS H. GOTSCH, e DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS,JEWELRY &C., BzC., &, =PRSS Has removec(ii into AN E bis new stand, op- | PTG ‘—6‘\= .'-ég osite Jacoss & - & ]@" ‘% e F(l-:x.LEn{)s. ]whergi E ] S AR he will be please et :‘\‘/ R +*= to see and ?v'ait on A ) AEEES - all his old friends == . * ? @t 5 and customers.— Aoy - Thankful for past T D E = favors, he respectfully asks a continnation of the same’ from the . citizens of Kendallville and surrounding country. Hisstock og{goods is complete, Kendallville, May 18, 1870.-3 .~ A. GANTS, S Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, Sy LIGONIER, - . INDIANA. | G I d o £, i, : n their line. b e : snccesful prac- ; @ tice of qu%rﬂm b . e 7 ears justifies * ﬁ:}' ﬁ;"“‘«’-—;}*w e W ﬁim‘-in sayiug i 4 ﬂ!‘ ,'og 4‘} fi= that he "can sisesnerfl o oA R AEE T i 3 8 hA K ’\" - who - may- bestow their patronage. E# Office one door north of Kime’s, over Canfield & Emery’s, Cavin St. "ATTENTION, FARMERS! FOR THE BEST & CHOICEST | GROCERIES, Of Every Description, and for ! PURE LIQUORS for HARVEST, At Extremely Low Prices, Call at the store on Cayin st., one door south of L. : Low & Co.’s Clothing Store, kept by : CLEMENS KAUFMAN. Ligonier, May 25, 1870.-4 J. BITTIKOFFER, : DELER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW'LRY,SILVER WARE,NOTIONS, Spectacles of every Description, &e., &e. &e., &c. All kindé of work done..nHon the shortestnotice ‘and warranted as to durability. o i Shor in Bowen’s new Brick %lock, Kendallville, Indiana, s 2-81 , EXCELSIOR LODGE, NO. 267, ? 3 I. O.' Of Oo Fo, Meets at their Hall on évery Saturdayevening o each week. A.J ACKSSN, N. Gg . My W.COR, V. G. R. D, KERR, . Nov.2sth, 1868, —tf. Secretary. A NEW MOVEMENT! o "_' [—— e . Solomon in new Quarters! Tae subscriber would respectfully announce - that he has just moved into the buiiding formerly occu;ied by 8. Mier & Co , purchased a . largestockot . = . . > ‘ GROCERIS, &c ~ : and is now prepared to supply every deman in his line ﬂm fally “;'&'“jlﬁlﬂ]f“hlr es tablishment in fown. 0 o ~ Refreshments at aﬂh%& 20y M‘O‘iﬂ.ﬁep@;lﬂm, I’B@9. LY :

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WM. L. ANDREWS, Surgeon Dentist. Mitchel’s Block; Kendallville. All work warranted. Examinationsfree, = 2-47 eet e e s C. PALMITER, : Surgeon and Physician, Office at Residence, ¢ Ligomier, = =-= « Indiana. LUTHER H. GREEN, : Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. LIGOONIER, - - .- - INDIANA. Office on Cavin Strcet, over Sack Bro’s. Grocery, opposite Helmer House. 41-8-ly : - D. W. GREEN, » { ’ ,t Justiceofthe Peace &Collection Ag’t Office with L.'H. Green, over Sacks’ Bakery, oppo- | site the He!mer Houee, LIGONIER, - : INDIANA. 9 JAMES J. LLASH, ‘ General Fire-& Life Ins. Agent, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA, - Office in Mitchell’s Biock. Represents all first-clags companies in the United States. 5 G. ERICKSON, M. D., g Will give speeinl.attention to Office Buginess, from 10 A, M, to 3 . M., for the treatment of Chronic and Surgical Diseases. Charges reasonable. Office in rear of Drug Store, No. 1 Mitchell’s Biock, ¢ KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ! June 1, 1870, - ik

j |PR (‘,o"EL‘l_‘.: : Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, TINDIANA. [ Office, 2d Floor in Mier’s Block, Cavin Street. ~ DR.P. W. CRUM, . . Physician and Surgeon, ' Ligonier, = « « . Indiana. *_Office one doot south bf L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairs.! : ygxy 12th, 1869, AMERICAN HOU SE, * L R BATHAWAY, Prop's.. ‘LIGONIER, - - [ . - INDIANA, HELMER HOUSE, S. B. HELMER, Prop's;'. LIGONIER, = - - I_NDIAI\'A. This llausé hias been Refitted and Refurnished : in ¥Wirst Class Style. TREMONT HOUSE, { KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.: NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Depot, and-four S(}llal‘(.‘.‘l from the G, R. R.R — Only five minutes walk to any of the princi?al business houses of the city. Traveling men and strangers will find this a first-class house. Fare 82 per day. < J. B. KELLY, Propr:etor, Kendallville, Aug. 3, 1870.-14 .

SAMUEL E. ALVORD, Attorney at Law, Claim Agent, and Notary Public; Albion, Noble Co., Ind. Business in the Courts, %ims of soldiers and heir heirs, ConVeyimcinﬁ, ~ promptly and care~ fully attended to. Acknowledgments, Depositions and Aftidavits, taken and certified. . 3 Ehii . E. RICHMOND, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, J j Cavin street, Ligonier, Indiana. Special attention given to conveyancin§ and collections., Deedr, Bonds aud Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately, May 26th, 1868. H. G. ZIMMERMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office on Cavin Street, over E. B. Gerber’s < 'Hardware Store, _ LIGONIER, - < h - ANDIANA. Auagust _l7th, 1870, { D, W. C. DENNY, M. D., Physician and Surgeon,—Ligonier, Ird. Will promptly and faithfully attend to all calls In the line of his profession—day or nilght.—iu town or any distance in the counbrg. Crsons wishing his serviees at nzight, will find him at his father’s residence, first, door east of Meagher & Chapman’s Hardware Store, where all’ calls, when abseut, shonld be left. : 1-1 . G. W. CARR, Physicia d N iysician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, - - - - - = IND., Will promptly attend all calls intrusted to him. Office on 4th St,, one door east ef the NATIONAL BanNER office. oa 3-43 F.W.STRAUS, ' BANEKER, Buys and sells Domestie and Foreign Exchange. Passage Tickets to and from all the principal parts of Europe, at the most liberal terms.— Speclal attentlon given to collections. -Money taken on deposit, and Merchants’ accounts solicited, and kept on most favorable terms. 42 BANKING HOUSE of SOL. MIER LIGONIER, INDIANA. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bounght, and sold at the lowest rates. Passage Tickets to and frgu all parts of Europe. Collection Department ha¥ special attention. Merchants’ accounts kept on favorable terms. Money received on deposit. - July 27, 1870.18

SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. ] Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choice Groceries, Provisions, Yankee Notions, &c The highest cash price paid fer Countx% Produce May 183, '6B-tf. . SACK BRO’S.

NEW FIRM AND NEW GOODS — Pty riE WOLF LAXE, IND. Notice is hereby given that C. R. Wiley and Samuel Beall have entered into a co-partnership n the Merchandise business, and that they have just unpacked a large stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, &c. Call and see for yourself. ¢ i WILEY & BEALL. . Wolf Lake, Nov. 8, 1869.-27tf :

NEW MILLINERY GOODS, LA Mrs. Joanna Belt's, On Cavin, Street, NEW STYLES FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1870, Just received from Baltimore and Chicago, Fancy Goods, Hair Braids, Switches, Wedding Bonnets, Mourning Bonnets, Baby Caps, &c. March 30, 1870:-48 JOHIN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS, SADDLE And Leather Establishment, Has been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s New Block, (formerly Rossbacher’s Block,) KENDALL VILLZ?, - '~ INDIANA. The highest Price ?uidf‘or Hides, Pelts, &c., and the trade supplied with Leather, Findings, &c., at lowest ﬂdgn‘res. : April 6, 1870.-49 : H. R. CORNELL,, g Who may always be found at his = - PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS, Is prepared to take all kinds of pictares in the latest styles of the art, z PARTICULAR ATTENTION paid to copying old Deguerreotypes and Ambrotypes into Cards, and Enlarging. W‘t')rk warranted satisfactory in all cases. Ligonier, Ind., Feb, 23, 1870.-43 , ELKHART BOOK BINDERY, 4t i " at the office of the HERALD OF TRUTH,” BLEBARY, & i Dol L AN - We take pleasnre to ourfriends and the publicin ge?:enl. that 3 ¢ have established a S BT ; . Book Bindery, ‘ln connection &tn' our Yrinting Office, and are " 'now prepared to do all kinds oi{mnding, 1 \ suchas B%E:il’mphletl. MagaJ et pr.29th, '68,-tf, " JOHN F. FUNK.

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| A PRIZE POEM. - ' . | : Fl‘he following very clever, and very practica dieu d'ag:zt addressed by the editor of the Methodist kg«mt to his delinquent subscri- | bers, we copy sitiply for the-amusement of the readers of the Narioxar Basnem, for as the Hon. Mr. Randolph used tosay of his constituents, we have the best and noblest set of sub scribers that ever honored and sustained a public journal. They, therefore, as a body, require no such ingenious hint, but shouldy there be found, here and there, an exceptional case, which is not at all improbable, he is at liberty to consider the Hiawathan appeal addressed to himself:] : ! o Should you ask us why this dunning, ; Why these sad complaints and murmurs, -Murmers load about delinquents : Who have read the paper weekly, Read what they have never paid for, " Read with pleasurs and with profit, Read of church affairs and prospect, Read of news botli ‘honie and foreign. Read the esssays and the pocms, Full of wisdom and instruction ; > Carefully corrected weekly— 7 Bhould you ask us why this dunning, : We.should answer ;we should tell you ; oy From the printer, from the mailer, i From the gind old paper-maker, S | From the landlord, from the carrier, | From the man who taxes letters : - : With a stamp from Uncle Samuel— Uncle Sam t{:e rowdies cell him ; S From them all'there comes a message, [» {Message kind but firmly spoken, . : ““Blease to puy us what you owe us’’ | :Bad it is to hear such message, Hp "When the last bank note has left us, . When thé gold coin all has vanished ; Gone to pay the paper maker, Gone to pay the toiling printer, . ; Gone to pay the landlord tribute, Gone to pay the busy carriers. i Gone to pav the faithful mailer, «(Gone to pay old-Uncle Samuel— Uncle Sam the rowdies call him— Gone to pay the western paper: ; Threc and twenf® hundred dollars’ Sad it is to turn our ledger, Turp the leaves of this old ledger, > { Turn and see what sums are due ‘us ; Due for volumns long since ended, Due for years of pleasant reading, Due for years of toilsome labor. S Due despite our patienf waiting, ; ] Due despite our constant dunning, . Due in sums from one to twenty. . = | Would you lift a burden from us? ‘ Would you drive a specter from you? Would you taste a pleasant slumber ? Would you have a quiet concience ? Would you read a paper Laid for ? ; Send us money—send us money, % Send us money—send us money ; ; SEND US MONEY THAT YOU OWE US!

- A LAKELET ROMANCE. ' BY AN.OLD TRAPPER. ‘ ~ Farmer Forney war a rich man now. He had speculated to géod advantage for some years in New York, and made a handsome fortune. Although his speculations were still continued, it was upon'a smaller scale, and with an eye to entire success. =

. He seldom lost anything, and when he did, it was not enough to seriously inconvenience him, as he no longer risked great stakes. The surplus of Lis winnings had been invested in a fine country seat, some . miles from the city, upon the Hudson. Here his fam ily, a son and daughter, were trained to a life of fashion and social advantage. They were allowed all desired privileges, and in fact, did what pleased them best. ‘ : The father had notaste for society—the rough manner of his youth had been worn off to a degree, but not fully, and the great object of getting rich by numerous, yet not very heavy risks kept his mind pretty fully occuied. : t Yet, he kept general oversight of his family, and if anything chanced to displease him, he hesitated not-to vent his digpleasure in most emphatic terms. Still, when his heart was reached, through the callousness of money-get-ting with: which he had it enclosed, it was really kind and true. But every year the greed of people grew thicker and harder, and Farmer Forney came to be looked upon generally as a stern man, from whose bosonr all the socialities and amenities of life had fled. ! ' “Lydia,” he said one forenoon, addressing his daughter, a young woman something more than twenty years of age, “if Jackson comes here soon, I wish to leave a word for him.”

- #Certainly, father,” was the reply ; “I shall see him, probably, this afternooen-".. 1

. “Then I want you to tell him that if he comes here to see you, he needn’t come any more, because it would be perfectly useless !”” was the blunt communication. : ¢

- “Why, father, what do you mean ?” The maiden rose from her seat with in unbounded astonishment, and stood before the unmoved parent. : “Only just what 1 said—nothing more. If he comes just for the sake of the time being, with no idea of making love to you, I do not object to his coming, for he is a good kind of a fellow in his way, though he will never set the North river on fire.”

“I think you ought to give some reason, father, for such a- request,”’ she said, quite calmly. Lydia was not one of the romantic, exciteable young ladies, who would have cried out and torn the air to pieces at the behest of the “cruel parient.”’ e

She had expected the present command, and being a dutiful young lady, she expected also to obey it. At the same time it wounded her heart-gsore, and a strange pallor crept over her features: - :

“Well I can give you plenty of reasons,” the father returned. “In the firet place, he hasn’t the first principles of business about him—never will be worth any amount of property on his own hook.”

“But his. want of means is not any fault of his-father,” the damsel proceeded to urge. “It is a good reason why you should not think of marr?'ing him,” was the decided answer. ' “There are plenty of men much better adapted to your station in life, and some of them it would give me pleasure to see you . united with. Bat not this one.”

“I shall obey you, father, if you insist,” the maiden responded, “even at the sacrifice of my own happiness.” "« do insist,” he said.

Then consiaering the matter settled, go far as he was concerned, the father turned and left the room. '

. He did not care to argue with the maiden, for his word was always considered law, and he did -not often stop to prove to his childrea the correctness of his decision, by supporting them with 'ivell-fonndedy arguments. He knew that he would be obeyed, and that was sufficient for him. Jason Jackson came that afternoon, as Lydia had expected, and his purpose was to declare his passion, and

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ask that he might visit her in future as an accepted lover. ke % . The maiden heard him calmly, #nd then referred to their different stations in life. It was not without a quiver in her voice, but she spoke bravely, even glancing into- his eyes as he concluded. i “Is that your answer ¥’ the young man asked. ik | o < “My own wishes must )rvfeld to that of my father,” she said, and this time a tear trembled upon her eyélid. ~ “He forbids me receiving you as a suitor, and I must obey him. But I shall always regard you as a friend, Mr. Jackson.” =

~ The young sman did not’ pause to hear more, but grasped his hat and rashed out into the open air, almost wildly. % : j Lydia had never felt so migerable as she did the moment after Jackson left the apartment. She had not supposed herself capable of feeling so uttery unhappy. She did not realize till that moment how much of a place in her heart his image had ﬂlleg; only now that it was thrown down, she was sensible of the vacancy left there. ° -Dropping upon the' sofa, she buried her face in her hands, and lay for some time, scarcely conscious of her identity. - She tried to think that all that passed was not real—that she was dreaming. Then many strange thoughts came to her, and she began to wonder if she really were going ingane. y

Presently the door was pushed open, and Prince, a spaniel pet, entered the room. He gavtone or two whines, as his mistress partly recognized him, and then went to -the window and looked forth. :

“Poor Prince,” Lydia said, as tho’ she sympathized with the impatient gpaniel. “You think yourself an abused dog, no doubt. You shall go down to the lake and have a swim. Who can tell but what it will do the mistress as much good as the epaniel? Come, Prince, we willigo.” S = She rose, donned her hat, and with the rejoiced quadruped left the house. “The ‘lake’ to which reference was made, was an artificial production, not very large in extent, but which had been so improved as to make it a very pleasant resort in summer. o

~ Hither Prince and his mistress came almost every day, when the weather permitted, the former invariably taking a swim in the clear water, while the latter read, rowed or reflected, as the fancy might possess her. i Immediately upon reaching the margin of the water, the dog plunging, as usual, while Lydia threw herself upon the ground, and remained gazing upon the beautiful scene unable to see any beauty there. She was aroused by a bask, quickly succeeded by a piteous whine from Prince; LA

That dog, on plunging into the water, found himse{)f' not far from a pair of magnificent swans, who, from a long and constant residence upon that particular sheet of water, seemed think themselves, by right, masters of the position.

- After swimming about for a time, the spaniel approached them, and by a joytul bark seemed to invite a play. It may be the swans felt insulted; at any rate, one of them responded by a sharp peck upon the nose, which sent the animal’s head under water and elicited a cry of pain. :

The first demonstration was: followed by others, until the dog, bewildered, confused, and unable to escape, seemed in danger of-drowning. The birds enjoyed the fun hugely, to all appearance, and continued driving the poor animal under water, and shutting of his retreat, no matter which way he attempted to swim. © ' ‘Poor ~Prinee ! Lydia repeated; ‘they’ll kill you! That will not do, for then 1 shall be entirel alone.— Poor fellow, poor fellow, I go believe they will kill you.” ;. : She could scarcely refrain from a laugh at the curious spectacle, even while she sprang into the boat, and Pushed off to assist her unfortunate poy : - The swans with proudly elevated heads, retreated at her approach, and the poor spaniel, freed from their per secation, half drowed and half blinded, hastened towards the boat, upon which he placed his ‘paws, and struggled to obtain a position in inside.— But this he was unable to do, and Ly dia bent over to assist him. :

The result may be well anticipated. Just as she was about lifting Prince over the side of the boat, the uncertain craft slipped away from beneath her, and Lydia was floundering in the water. She could not swim even if she were capable of it, her head struck the boat in descending, and for a time she was almost stunned. bis

When she recovered her first act was to cry loudly for help, and then she looked for some means of sustaining herself in the water. Only the oar lay within her reach, and that gave her slight assistance. A second time she sank beneath the disturbed waters, while thousands of thoughts and memoriesiflashed through her excited brain. ‘ i

As she came up again, for the last time, unless help came to her, she saw her father, whom she had supposed’ far away in the city, rush to tﬁe water’s edge.! He dashed into the lake and advanced till the water was up-to his neck and then stopped. ‘Father,’ she cried, ‘help me.—l am sinking.’ ~ ' o : _ ‘I can’t, Lydia,’ ke retarned, almost frantically. ‘I can’t swim, and the water is too deep.” : Helooked around imploringly, as if for some means of assistance, but none wfertli at hand. For a moment l;é tll:oft of plunging wildly in and grasping her. But reElized onlyy too well tﬂ&tganch an act would result in certain death for both. p e

Meantime, with a last agonized cry for help, the danghter whom he really loved ve fond?y,- sank from sight again. éﬁe had struggled very frantically to keep her’selg above the water, but in vain gL

‘What can I do? Farmer Forney asked himgelf, as he wrung his hands,

| and gazed at the circling water, un. broken now by human form.’ ; | “There were more hasty steps, a rust -and.came dashing into the lakelet 1 and disappeared where Lydia had so recently sunk. Fora moment a sharf strnggle seemed goh? on beneath the surface, and then: Jason Jackson’s head appearéd and he moved slowly toward tEe shore, holding above water the most insensible mainen’s head. - - The father assisted them both to land, and in a few moments after Ja- ’ gon had laid his precions burden down ghe recovered her senses sufficiently to git up. - < As she did g 0 the young man turned to leave the epot. ‘Wait a moment,” gaid forney, hastening toward him. - The person. addressed stopped al most Feluctantly. i - ‘Let me thank you kindly for your good service,” the father began. : ‘I need no thanks, sir; I only did what any man would have done.” You will come to my house this evening—will younot ? I wish to see you .on a little matter of business.’ : - The young man reflected that it would -give him. a chance to inquire concerning Lydia’s health and he promised to come. ¢ i He was prompt to his appointment. - He was urshered into the library, where_he was met by Forney, and learned that Lydia bad entirely recovered from her sudden bath. T “Now, for business,’ the host said. ‘I am qu'te ready, sir.’ e i ‘Well —how would you—like me for a father-in-law ¥’ ' i » ‘What do you mean, sir 7' - ‘I mean that I was an old fool this forenoon—there ' Lydiais in the parlor, waiting to see you. Go in and try tofix up things different from you did this forenoon.’ Jason did as requested. Now, asjunior partner in a flourishing firm in New' gc))rk, he has concluded that he likes Farmer Forney for a nearly so well as he likes Lydia for a wife. o e

The Buffalo tf,Zf}.tpress gives the following account’of a financial transaction which took place in an office in that city a few days ago: By some means or other, it happened that the office-boy owed one of the clerks three cents, the clerk owed the cashier two cents, and the cashier owed the office-boy two cents. The office. boy, having a cent in:his pocket, concluded to diminish his debt, and therefore handed the nickle over to the clerk, whagin turn, paid half of his debt by giving the €oin to the cashier. The latter handed the cent back to the office-boy, remarking: « Now, I owe you only one cent.” 'The office. boy passed the cent to the clerk, who passed'it back to the office-boy, and the lattersquared all-aceounts-by paying it to the clerk, thereby discharging the.entire debt. : i e — -B— : AN ADDRESS; .= Delivered before tlie 01d Settler’s Meeting at Ligonier, on Friday, September 16th, 1870, by Col. John Jackson, ; ! 2 - To introduce you to my first knowledge of the St. Joseph country T must go back to the year Isl 2. I lived in Ross county, Ohio, was called into the service of the United States as a soldier in the war agninst Great Britain, for “free trade and sailor's rights.” Rendezvoued at Urbana about the middle of August, 1812; was despatclied by Governor Meigs to the relief of Fort ‘Wayne, which was besieged by the British and' Indians, anJ likely to be starved out. We marched to “Stone’s Crossing,” on St. Mary’s river; was there joined by seven mounted volunteer companies from Ohio, we also being imounted 'on.U. 8. pack horses. 'We there organized into a regiment of two battalions,— General Lytle commanded the first-bat talion. An old Indian fighter by the name of Adams was appointed Colonel.— .We then marched to Willshire, where we understood that Gen. Harrison, who was on his march with an army from Kentucky going to reinforce Hull's army, which was in the neighborhood of De troit, in-consequence of Ft. Wayne being besieged he had concluded to take that route, and he was only two days, march behind us. A counsel was held to determine whether we should go on or wait for Harrison. Old Simon Kenton, a man by the name of Stephen Ruddell, and Logan (Indian Chief) had joined us. Kenton advised to wait, Ruddell advised to go on, but the counsel decided to wait.— This incensed Ruddell, who called them a set of :damned cowards, drew a pistol and it appeared as though he would shed blood ; however he became reconciled without shooting anybody. | .

‘When Harrison came up we marched to Fort Wayne, and found the enemy had all left. They had viewed our Camp the night previous, and found that we were too many for them. The next day Gen. Harrison sent three detachments in pursuit'of them; two of them went down on the Wabash and Tippecanoe Rivers, and one to Elkhart. This last detachment I was with. Col. Wells of Kentuky, brother to Capt. Wells who was massucreed by the Indians at Chicago, commanded the detachment of our Ohio volunteers, and & battalion of regular soldiers, numbering in all between six and seven hundred.— We marched on the Fort Wayne trace to Elkhart river, where Benton now stands; was there' formed in' line of battle to at tack Qbbenobbe, or Five Medals town, which lies in the*south west corner of Elkbart prairie. We marched up and found nobody st home; all had fled.’ We got there about two o'clack, P. M., they had been there that morning. There was fire in some of the wigwams ; on one fire there was a kettle of nice squash and pumpkins, boiled tender, Lut it was supposed there was poison in it, so nobody touched it. It was quite a large town ; they had a large quantity of corn, potatoes, pumpkina and squashes, and one of our boys gave me a slice of water mellon, We set fire to all their wigwams, destroyed all we could. They had taken most all of their valuable property with them.

“This was on the 11th day of September, 1812, fifty-eight years ago. This was my first introduction to the Bt. Joseph country. After the excitement was over, and nobody killed, iI looked ’round and saw the ElkLart prairie. I thought it was the ‘handsomest place that I ever saw, and concluded then, within my mind, that if the Indians ever sold that land to the govermment, if T was living T would settle there. . g :

{ In the fall of 1828 I heard that the land ! was purchased, snd concluded that I would like to see more of the country before I f moved my family to it. T, in company i with » neighbor; came out_and examined the country down as far as Niles and Pol‘hagan. I was better pleased, if possible, than when I saw it first, but saw no place that I liked better thaf -Elkhart prairie. I sclected the place, which is just where my farm now lics, went home, rigged up a three yoke ox team, got a plough and | everything ready, hired two hands, and in February loaded in provision enough to last us the trip, and started for Elkhart prairie. When T got there I found that Elias' Riggs and his Son-in law, Wm. Simpson, had got right into my place.— They had came on in the Fall, shortly af ter I had been there, had built a cabin “and fixed it pretty com ortable for winter | dug a well and madeé some other improvements. Itold the old man that he had got right into my place, but I'could not say-a word against it,and I must settle some~where neighbor to him, for I had come to settle there. ' We hitched up next morn ing.and started down the prairie to huat some, place to settle, had got probably a mile when we discovered ' William Simpson running after us. We_stopped until he came up; he told me that Mr. Riggs had sent him to tell me that he would sell me his improvement and claimy as he | wanted to get a sugar'camp and was not able to buy enough land to reach the suoar_trees if he hanght boro.— We—turirett around and drove back. T wsdnted to know how much he asked for his claim; ‘hie st he would take $50.” T told him T had not the money to spare to pay him,

I had b ought but little with me, know ing therc was nothing here to buy. He said that it would make no difference, if I would-agree to pay him when I moved my family in the fall. ‘We bargained that we were to have the privilege of sleeping on the floor, and cooking at the fire’ place, we would roll up our bed and place it in one corner of the cabin, he to stay in the house and take care of our crops and the things that we left, and build a house ready to fgo into when I moved.— This was a great lift to us, as we would have had to bujid a house and dig a well. We went to ' work making rails and baul ing them out to where we. wanted to put them into fence. Other families came and squatted all ardund on the prairie | that spring. The land was not surveyed, | and the people séttled down wherever they found a vacant spot. There was, I think, four of us joined together, and we l fenced up upwards of 100 acres in one i field. When che ground got in properg*‘ order tn plow, we hitched up our team and started out to plow ; we found that - our team could not begin to pull the plow through the prairie sod ; having no feed but the buds on the trees, that we had cut for rails, and what little dry, blue grass they could get at, the Indian town, they had become poor and weak. -The plow that I had bought would not an--swer the purpase ; it would break the sod and not lay it level. I concluded then that I'was in a bad fix. James Mather bad had some experience in breaking sod. and be said that if I wonld get the irons altered as he directed, that he would stock me a plough tbat would turn a furrow right. 1 then took the irons to White Pigeon, (the place tliat we had to go to to get our black-smithing done) which took two days, sometimes more ; got them altered” according to directions. He then stocked it, and puta mouldboard at least four feet long, waich turned the furrow so gradually that it did not break ‘the sod, and laid it as level as a barn floor. A man named Solomon Hockert had come on with two small yoke of cattle, expecting that he could break the sod with them, but they could not move the plough an inch in the sod. -We agreed to double teams, we then could plow a little every day by letting them rest about half: the time; as the grass grew up the team beécame stronger until we could plow all day. - We continued on until it was too late to plat. The method of planting was to drop the corn cvery third or fourth furrow in such a position that it would be right where the turrows joined ; it mostly all came up, this was all the cuitivation it got, and I think it averaged at least 30 bushels ‘per-acre.— Towards the last of June we had our fen- 1 ces up, and started home after our families, (most of the people came as I did, ‘ without their families) on the Ist day of October I started to move, and got to mny - home on the 18th; foand all right.— Riggs and Simpson had built and were ready to move into their house. I bro’t horses, cattle, sheep, hogs and chickens; bad plenty of corn to winter them, and some to spare. I had engaged Jas. Blair” to cut up some of iny corn and put it in shock, so that. I had fodder for my stock. When we wanted to get grinding done we would shell a lot of corn, go to Beardsley prairie and buy some wheat at $1 per bushel if we could get it, go on.to Ford’s Mill, on the Dowagiac, below Niles. It took two days hard drive to go there,and ‘probably get it ground (or rather chopped) the next day, and two more days to get home. Sometimes when the roads were bad and the mill thronged, it took | a week to make the trip. The first mill built in Elklart county was by John Car ‘penter, just below._ngheix,,. 1t was a temporary affair, but it did us great service. About the same time there was a mill built at, the mouth of Christian Creek,on the St. Joseph river. e o The Indisns were plenty then, not hav: ing moved to their place in the Indian

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! Territory. ' They were very friendly ; they would _bring us all the venison, fish, and cranberries that we needed, to “swap” for bread, flour, meal or corn. The Five Medal Chief was dead, but the widow and children werestill'there. T was fear- | ful that they would find out that I was l one of those that helped déstroy their village. I cautioned my ncighbers not to | Jet them know it, and Is/\lpp(')%e they nev- | er did, as they done mé no harm. They planted some corn :that spring, bat our oxen destroyed it. T s The mail was carried from Fort Wayne ‘to Carey Mission every four weeks. The people determined to have the mail opened here; a meeting was called, and a resolution to that effect was passe&; a petition was drawn up, and-all sigfed it, re--questing that an offica be establ’shed, to be called “Elkhart Plain,” and I was nom‘inated for post master It was sent to Fort Wayne to be mailed to the General Post Office. In duetime the commission, bond, and all necessary blanks came on.— The bond was to be filled with two sufficient securities, to be" certified as such by the person administering the oath ot office. Here wasa dilemma that I did not know how to get over. ‘- There was but one man there that I was acquainted with, ‘from Ohio, and that was James Blair; he | would sign the bond, but we had no judicial - officer to administer the oath and certify that he was good for the penalty. Idid not know what to do. At length William G. Ewing, of Fort Wayne, on his way to South Bend, called on usto stay over night. T had formed some acquaintance with him in passing back and forch to Ohio. I told him of the circumstance; and he voluntarily offered to sign the bond. - The nearest Justice of the Peace was at White Pigeon, Michigan.— I got Mr. Blair’s name signed, went over, | found the old 'Squire, and he said he had | heard tell of Ewing asa fur-trader among the Indians, aud supposed he ‘was good, | and he signed the certificate and qualified me into office. .I.sent the papers to Fort | Wayne by.the mail carrier, and he shortly brouglit.me the key, and blank forms.” I could then open thie mail bags. The mail was carried by John G, Hall, who I presume some of you recollect. He carried it at first with one horse, and as the country became more thickly settled there was more mail matter, and he was forced to have two. He put the mail bags on’ the foremost horse and drove him with a single line, made of hickory or leatherwood bark. Every two weeks about the . same time of day’'we would hear the horn and presently see old Hall (as he was fa miliarly called) come looming along, dliiving the,old horse before him. The neighbors all knew the time, and some one from every family would be there waiting for letters. We aftérwards got it to bea weekly mail. e This same “Old Hall ” settled near | Wolf Lake, and built a little mill on a small creek. Where the road crossed the creek it was very mirey at times, and he made a good road on_his mill dam and put up a toll-gate and charged a smal toll, which a great many paid rather than risk the swamp. The old man died somewheré in that neighborhoed, long since. When the Fort Wayne road was opened, and the village of Benton ‘inhabited, the post office was transferred thiere and call¢d Benton post office. Francis W. Taylor was then appointed post master.” The of -, fice still remains there. .

In 1831 St. Joseph and Elkhart-counties were laid off and organized.. Before that time we had no law, and not much gos. pel either. As I 'lived on the Indian trail that was traveled from Fort Wayne towards Chicago, a great many travelers and movers called on us to get some feed for themselves and horses. Numbers would ask me if I kept any liquor, T told them I did not; when they would say that I ought by all means to keep some for travelers, if T did not use it myself, as they needéd some to mix with the different kinds of water that they had to drink. As peoplé around here were not so temperate then as they were now, and I had not then yet joined the Washingtonian Society, I concluded to get a barrel- the first time I went to mill, as they kept it for sale at Niles.. I got a barrel of whisky,and I could then fill their flasks for 1214 cents. When the county became organized. there was still some whisky in the barrel. T told my family that we dare’ not sell less than a quart, else we would be liable to afine. One day, when I was not at home, old tather Christopher Myers and his son George started to go tc Ohio, and called at our ‘house when they told my family that they wanted a pint bottle filled with whisky. My folks told them that I had charged them not to let any person have less than a quart, when the old man' said they were going away and would tell no person of it. He insisted on having his bottle filled, so they concluded to;accomr'nodat‘e him, and he paid 1214 cents and went off. At the'second court held in the county, at Frier's Barn, George Myers was on the Grand J ury ;. he informed on me; I was indicted; the sheriff served a warrant on ne; and T gave bail for my appearance at court. In court I plead guilty, and was fined $2 and costs, amounting to some $B. It was the first and last suit I ever had in court, either criminal or civil, on'my own account. Lot ik il

When it becawne necessary to organize the militia an order was issued by the Brigadier General, who resided at Lafay--ette, for all ‘persons subject to perform military duty to meet at Elkbart’ and elect a Colonel, Licutenant Colonel and Major, to command a regiment to be formed in Elkbart county. Ihad commanded & regiment in Ohio, and the title of Colonel had followed ‘me out here, and _my neighbors said I must be a candidate [for Colonel. T told them that I had been {a-milithry_ officer so.long that I had got tired of it and had resigned, and determined to quit. " They said they would vote for me anyhow ; I told them to doas they pleased. Mark B. Thompson was @

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candidate. The election was held; as T ‘was sick at the time I did not attend. - I was élected Colonel by a considerable majority. . Stephen Downing was elected Lieutenant Colonel and John W. Violett was elected Major. Mr. I'hompson discovered, as he thought, some illegality in the efection, and concluded to contest it ; he got 2 man named McCashland .to go 'down to Lafayette and lay in‘his contest ; ‘ furnished ‘him with horse, bridle and _sad- | dle, and, T suppose, spending money.— McCashland started and where he stayed the first night, somewhere on the Tippe-. canoe river, his horse got away from him. He hunted a day or two for him but could not find him. When he found that the time, wherein the contest should be made and banded to the proper. officer, would expire before he could get there, and he returned home without his horse, saddlie, or bridle. -The hofsé was found some - time afterwards among the ‘lndians.— Thus ended ' the contest, and in ‘due time our’.commissions: came on; we orghnizefd ' and mustered fora few years ; the milit'gry ; spirit went -down ; I resigned my cdimmission,.and there has been no mustering since. . ° P s

There were plenty of fish in Elkhart river ; before the mill-dams were built we caught a great many sturgeon, some upwards of six feet in length and weighing over one hundred pounds. -But, they have all disappeared several years since. Other fish are not so plenty now as they were then, .~ : 4

- All the religious worship we had then were prayer meetings, which were held % at our cabin every .gabbath; members of . séveral denominations met together for . public - singing and 'prayer. I generally attended asa looker on, One day I was missing ; our plow irons wanted sharpening, and myself and Solomon Hockert started off early that morning to the blacksmiths at White Pigeon. I expected to receive a-severe -Catechising, when 'we met again, but they never mentioned it tome. Isupposed they concladed that necessity had no divine law. The first Methodist minister that preached here was Erastus Felton. There was preaching at Wilson"McConnell’s about the same time by a New-light minister. The first _ Presbyterian sermon - delivered .in this section was by Elder Corey; he preached in a new frame house that I had raised, - covered and enclosed ; "there was no floor in it, nor.no door shutters; the hearers sat on the sleepers, a few boards was lain for the preacher to stand upon ; he preached here several times, I presumejhc IC still living at Lima, Lagrange county, as I do not recollect hiearing of his|death. - T could give a great”many moré reminiscences that -transpired during the first settlement of the country that might be amusing, but T bave written more than I _ anticipated, and will take up no more of your time from those who may give you incidents more interesting and entertain - ing than what'T have given, or might give.

The Cause of all Boiler Explosions. ¥rom the Missouri Democrat. . As'boilers can not be of equal strength in all parts, iv follows that an elastic force like steam gradually: increased would cause them to give way at the weakest place, yet this would not amount to what is properly called an explosion. But were any considerable portion of the hoilers to be exposed to the fire; the steam would be heated by coming in contact with the hot iron, till its- temperature wouid be double or treble that of the ) water. With such a wide difference in temperature. they are easily mingled by the slightest agitation, the steam rushing into a part of the water and raising its temperature to & pomnt that is surc to prdducé an explosion. In this way only is it possible for an explosion to take place. - All the nonsense of charging explosions to old, weak and leaky boilers should be discarded at once, and attention should be given to the true cause, over-heated steam, generally from want of water in the boilers, but sometimes by carrying the fire too high above the water line in the boilers. ‘Careful engineers .may be deceived as to the true condition } of the water in the boilers, and may for- . - get or neglect their duties until an explo“sion takes place. - ; gl The only perfect security from explosions is to be found in a safety valve operated by heat independently of pressure. It never can deceive, but opens the valve when the temperature indicates the pres‘sure your weights ca!l for, whether. you have it or ndt. £ _ -~ Respectfully, N. VAN DEVENTER. - - Cairo, Tllinois, September 19, 1870. | Murder Will Out. : ~ A case of fearful atrocity has just come to light in Henderson county, Towa. In May, 1864, an old man of sixty, with from $l,BOO to $5,000 in gold in his possession, the proceeds of his farm in Missouri, “crossed the ferry from Burlington, en route for Henry county, Illinois;” where he -pro_psed to buy land. He stopped at the house of one De Hauge, son of one of La--fitte’s pirates, who had settled there, and craved lodgings.” Late in the evening De Hague turned him out and sent him over to 'Squire Parks’. Parks then sent out for,Robe|{:.3 ;‘Vun, Dan McCue and one or two others, |De Hague also went over 'to’ his house. The old man was called from- bed, and accused of stealing Von’s horse, and hung twice in the orchard to make him confess. He was thien takea to the woods by Parks, De Hague and Von, - whipped with rods, his hands cut off with a hatchet, and he was then murdered and his body throwa into/a ereek. « Next day the murderers buried the body in an‘old cistern on the prairie, since filled ‘Wwith sand, where it was lately found. The money was probably divided between the three. De Hague, now very wealthy, is ‘under bonds to the amount of $lO,OOO to will shortly come off at Oquawks. ‘Dan’ MeCu, o fth g, i the el ‘witness, us he and De Hague are mortal enemies, and go armel for each other all ﬂxeﬂme. S hg 5 e