The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 8, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 June 1873 — Page 1

The Fatiomal Banney Published by ; JOMN B, STOLL, LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY,IND. r ‘K' '—-—-—————‘.-—— 1 TERMS OF SUBS?R!PTIOA\ ¥ - Strctlyin BAVANCE. .o i b il L 80.00 1 hispaperis publiahc& onthe Cash Prhm"}l;le. its Proprietor belicving thatit isjustasright for hvm indemand advance pay,asitisfor City publishers. i# Anyperson gending aclub oflo, accompa--lied with the cash, willbe entitledto acopy of the paper,foroneyear,free ofcharge.: °

CITIZENS’ BANIL, - LIGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to check without notice. ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. CERTIFICATES of DEPOSITS issued with interest, MONEY loaned on loag or ghort time. NOTES discounted at reasonable rates. ; ORDERS for tirst-class gecurities executed on commission. L : r A=ENTS for the purchase and sale of Real Estate. lel‘l:ANC E POLICIES written infirsticlasscomanies. : | EXCIMNGE bought and sdld, and drafts drawn on all the principal ¢ities of Enrope, = | ‘AGENTS for the Inman line, e . * Hamburg Line, | j White Star Line.) | PASSAGE TICKETS rold on all the principal reaports of Europe. jad MERCHANTS’, Farmers’and Mechanics’ accounts solicited, and all businesg transacted on liberal rerms, - STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind , Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 < Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. on and after May 25th, 1873, trains |will.leave ! Stasions as {ollows: | A (OING EAST : ; ; Sp.N.Y.Ex ' Atlc. Ex. Accom. Unicago.. i, 920 am.... 585 pm.; . 700 am ~Elkhnrt, aoic de 20 o oos 950, .1 0k 20, tt05hen,......... 139 ¢0 10 heill42 Millersburg.... 1155 eBO RT USUR pm Ligonier. . c.iis 207 v 1042 +..1220 pm Wawaka....... 1219 - ..,11055 41285, Brimfleld...... 1228 sil 04 e 0124 Kendallville.... 243 L 20w o 104 Arrive atToledosso ....240am.... 525 £ : GOING WEST: ! S T01ed0..........1100 am.... 12 05 am,...1110 am Kendallville.... 243 pm.... 302 am.... 323 pm Brimtield ...... 12 56 Sr 3 1% k., 80 Wawaka......, 1804 ....1325 ... 350 Ligonler.. .. i\ 310 fvan 839 vO2 Millersburg.s.. 1828 .., 1366 . ..., 419 G05hen......... 842 i 3 11 eivs 487 *Elkhart........ 400 eee 4:30 ofs 4000 Arrive at ChicagoB 20 con B 0 - do s 990 Kendallville Accommodation leaves Toledo at 4 30 pm, going west, and arrives at Kendallville at %30 pm, Same train, east leaves Kendalllville at i 30 am, and arrives in Toledo at 10 45 am. *Stop 20 minutes forbreakfartand supper. - +Trains do not stop. cpnel Expressleaves daily both ways. | Accommodat'n makescloseconnectionat Hlkhart withtrains going Eastand West. i X CHAS.PAINE, Gen’l3upt.,Cleveland. J.N.KNEPPER, Agent, Ligonier.

s g n T 3 Pit{sburg. F't. W. & Chicago’R. R. From and after March 24th, 1873, GOING WEST. : : Nol,: Nob, 'Noi7, N 0.3. : FastEx, Mail. Pac Hx. Night Ex. Pittsburg...... liddam 6 00am 9:loam "1 30pm Rochester..... 2:52am 7 3dam 10:25am 2:4opm A11iance....... s:lsam 11 00am 1:10pm s:2Bpm 0rrvi11e....... 6:slam 1 00pm 3:o7pm 7:o6pm Mansfield,.... B:ssam 3 IlBpm s:o9pm 9:llpm Crostline...Ar. 9:2oam 4 00pm s:4opm 9:4opm Crestline. .. Ly. 9:4oam B 85am 6:oopm 9:s)pm Korest, . .......11*°05am 7 40am 7 55pm 11 :15pm: Lima..........12:08pm 9:o)am ' 9.15 pm 12:17am Ft Wayne..... 2:4opm 11:50am 12:05am 2 :45am Plymouth,..., 4:45pm 2:35pm 2:55am s:osam tthicago ~..... 7.50 pm 6:3)pm 6:soam B:2oam ; GOING EAST. | NoSB, No 2, No 6, Nod. Muail. Fast Ex. Pac Kx. Night Ex. Chieago....... 5:156am 9 20am 5 30pm 9 20pm Plymouth..... 9:lsam 12 02pm 8 55pm 2 15am St Wayne....l2:Ropmr 2 20pm 11 20pm 6 00am Lima. .o.oeeer. 2:45pm 4 07pm 1 18am. 8 05am f0re5t........ 4:oopm 5 08pm 2 27am 9 27am ‘restline . Ar, 5:35pm 6°3opm 4 Ojam 11 10um Jrestline .. Lv. 00am - 6 50pm 4 15am 11 30am Waustield ..... 6 40am 7 19pm 4 43am 12 05pm greeville.w.,.oo 9 16am . 9 20pm 6 37am 2 13pm iliance,, . ...011 20am 11;00pm 8 23am 4 20pm #2ochester....o 2 50pm I;l%am 10 42am 6 55pm Pittshurg ..., 4 00pm 2:2oam 11 {spm_ 8 o)pm % . . . ¢ir. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich, & Ft. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays, To tfice effect April 14th, '7B. GOING NOR'TH. Noel, Nog 3. = N 5, Richmond ... i idiiie 1120 am Noewport....ooeiniaanss A 147 ¢ -Winchester. .oo i 11231 pm | Ridgevillaiiaiieeiias 1266 ** Portiand.caosaiis iy o 124 ! Decatur, . o iioa e - L 240 s Tort Wayne, D......... 746 am 330 pm Kondallvilleisis.eadies 904 t 447 ce Winrgla. ol siliaaie dO%O 't 803 Mendon . . Liliiioe il 1110 0 UE g s : Kalamazoo ¢...........1210pm 735 ¢ 800 am Monteith ... iicive 100 " 820 't R 45 ¢ dirand Rapid 5.......... 240 ** 040 * 1005 * Howard City,.......... 524 919 am 1219 pm Up: Big Rapid 5........ 636 ‘¢ 1080 ** 180 Reed Cltvioiiii v o 110 1108 5 908:4¢ Clam Lafie Shveideuass BGO M N 19.80 pm 830 ¢ Parverse City ..........1020 am e 819 % GOING SOUTH. XNo.2. Noié. No.B. Praverse Cifyiacivoie: : 530 am 220 pm Clam Lake, .......c.... 220 pm 11 00lam: 500 am Reed Cltyiliziciie, oo 848 %% ' 1248 pm 633 ** Up. Bigßapids..sco.. 420 - 120 ** - 655 * Howard Cityilo.o.co 530 ‘¢ 2301 ‘¢ 810 dirand Rapid 5......... 730 &m 440 * 1015 am Montelthe oo ..l ... 808 ** (618 100 pm Malamazoo, A ... . 985 't 7004 150 ¢ Mendon (o nioie e 038 Yo 5k 00 Mtungls o Jliioauis dies it IRt 830 ¥ ‘Keuganvillc siidi ke A 0 pm 945 ¢ BortWayne soou i 130 0 110004 7 Deeftur. o voiiehc e 240 ¢ Portlandaivos il 5369 . spdgeville vosy i 498 0 Winchester ..o .vavin, 454 © Newporkogsvoo it o 9da S 00 : Richmondil o aoe, 6104

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Condensed time Jnr(l, takiniyeffect April 14th, '73. GOING NORTH, ¢ TONS GOING SOUTH. Nos o Norr, Brarions. ' {US fOUR t4O pm 800am..Kalamazoo. 1120 am 700 pm 449 000840 % waMonteith,, ..1038 2t . 6 1B *¢ Bog st DB7 e CAHeEAN . . 050 At 54 48 858 2 11044 lalland. L. Bdd Y 436 ¢ TSR ¢ 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 ¢ 333 ** R 4 9 0 iMaskegon . 100 Y 300 - F. R. MYERS, X (teneralPassengerand Ticket Agent, ~"“ 7 1 3 T I m TRY THE NEW ROUTE Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago R.R “L‘HH Great Through Line to INDIANAPOLIS, Cineinnaty, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, Chattanooga, New Orleans, arid ull points in the <outh. -Ask the ticket agert for tickets via PERU RALI, ROAD, : An and after Jannary 1, 1872, two daily Passen«ex Trains will leave LaPorte as follows, Sunday sxcepted: Day Express leaves LaPorteat § 45 am md arrive at ¥ndianapolis at 515 p m, The Xight Express will leave LaPorte {(Saturday w»xcepted) at 11 50 p m, and arrive at Indianapblie At 725 am, . ‘Woodrnfi’s New Iniproved ' : CARLOR AND ROFUNDA SLEEPING COACHES Alwayson time, ¥. P. WADE, (ten'l Ticket Agent, Indianapolis Cineinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th B day of October, 1872: . GOING BOUTH. STATIONS, GOING NORTH. N 0.2 N 0.4 s No.l. N 0.3 530pm1155m a.....Wabagh....1700am 200 pm 2 440 ** 1035 am .Nor. Manchester, 745 ¢ 310 ‘* P 4 15 ¢ 95§ & Lo Bllver Linke. . .810 ' 410 * 305 s¢ @B s arEawW, .. .. B 0 ¢ 510 ¢ 345 ¢ 890 % .. keosburg,. ...910 . 540 !¢ 158 c 6 XBO o 8 cnas o iMTiard ..., 980 ' 610" 9:33.¢ 790 ** ....New Paris... 950 ** 635 ¢ 215 ¢ 700 ** ..dp.Goshen,ar..lolo ** 700 * 210 * ..ar Goshen,dp..lols ** 140 % Lvso- HiRhAYt, ... .. 1045 ** Trainsrun by Cleveland time. 5 . A.G.WELLS, Sup’t.

FT.WAYNE,MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL The shortest and most direct route to Indianap--olis. Cloge connection with trains on the ColumMne & Indianapolis Railway at Muncie. Departare and arrival of trains at ¥t. Wayne: LEAVF. ! ARRIVF, ExXpress......... 900amMaj1.............400pm Ma11.......,....1215pm|KExpre55......... 945 ** HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, D 5N : i ] s> SANY ' =™ m“\ fi. 7m. - !fi’ Y 7 o & R N, 0,9 B ) ; ‘p 77 } “I . VORI i ) “’”"*fif;d //’fl bodi %7 1 g 4’“ "f Z’y/y i Sy L » . J,‘;/'»;' i Wa , Jewel atchmakers, Jerve ers, j ANDDEALERBIN | ~ Watches, Clog‘ks. JEWELRY AND FANCY GOODS! Repairing neatly and promptly executed, and : g warranted. - ‘Agents for Lazarus & Morris’ ]Celebrated / Spectacles, 2 ww vstfqu of the big wateh, corner Cavin & Fourth atreets, Ligonier, Indiana. .43 May 8, 66-tf ALBERT BANTA, | Justice of the Peace. & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA, i Special attention given to conve ‘"‘f and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn/np, and dl&zg:l Sglneu M'stgrndedd'fl r'o::gu, and aceura - Office over Straus: '8 store, e A 2 . May1p187315.8.3 i ¢ |

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EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 267, : 1.0 0O ¥. ; Meets every Saturday evening at their New Hall. ]M. CuarMAN, Sec, J. E. ]IUFn'L\N.__N. G. WASHINGTON ESCAMPMNT L NOEee LO O B Meects the second and fourth Tuesdays in each 3 Month, at their New Hall. H. M. GoopsreEp, Scribe. W. K. Wour, C. P, Dr. H. LANDON, LIGONIER, :. : 1 INDFANA, Office second floor Landon’s Brick Block,® Nov. Ist, 1871. : : P. W. CRUDNM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, = = = , Indiana. Office one door south of L. Low & Co’s Clothing Store, up stairg,. : Mayl2th, 1869, - PD.W. C, DENNY, M. ~ Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, INDIANA, : “Will promptly and faithfully attend to allcalls n the line of his profession—day or night—iu owti or any distance in the country. _ : ' (i, W. CARR, : Physician and Surgeon LIGONIER, - - - = - = IND., Willpromptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Office on 41.. St., one dooreast el the NATIONAL Bannzroffice. . 3-43 C. PALMITER, s Surgeon and Physiclan, i Office at Regidence. e l_‘igoniel" = B o= = ‘ndiana- 5 A.S. PARKER,M.D.,, HOMEOPATI—IIST', Office on Mitchel atreet. Residence on Raststreet, . Office hours from 1010 12 A. M., and 2t04». M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. May 3, 1871 G G. ERICKSON, 1. By, Special attention given to the treatment of Ohronic and Surgical -Diseases. | fice hours from 10 o’clock a. M. to 2 o'clock, v. \ Offlice and residence opposite the Gross House. * KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA. - June 1, 1870, ‘ : A

JAMES M. DENNY,’ _ Attorney and: Counsellor at Law. * Office in the Court Honse, ALBION, 5 i - IND. 815 I E. KYISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LPGONIER, .- - - INDIA NA. Eor-Oficein Miorsßlock, = = |- 72 7 L. COVELL, , Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, LIGONIER, INDI/NA. Office, aver Beazel Brotaers’ new Hurness Shop, o R, D, W. GREEN, . i o Justiceolthe Peace & Collection AL, Office with »r. Lanond, second floor Landon’s Brick Biock, LIGONIER, - INDIANA. 9 " JAMES J. LASH, Bt : A?EN'\‘ FOR TUE . A 2 Contiuental Life Insnrance Company, | OF HARTFORD, OONNECTICUT, - -9 Office in the Court House, Albion, Noble Co., Ind

. WD L. ARNBDRUWS, @ Surgeon Dentist, UTTY¥ PP Mitchel's Block, Kendallville. \llwork warranted. Examinationsfree. 2-47 J. M. TEAL, o DENN T TS T Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., mone block east of Post Office, room ~ over the Kendalivilie Fruit House, Lendallville, [ndiana. 339 All work warranted. Keundallville, May 3, 1871. DR. L. KEEHN, HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. ; LIGONIER, INDIANA, : Orrice—Over Straig & Meagher’s store. = . ResipenoE—North of Peck’s Planing Mill. Calls promptly attended to day er night. - [vßnl * H. C. WINEBRERNNER, Tonse, Sign, & Ornamental Paint Honse, Sign, & Ornamental Painter, Grainer, G lazier and Paper-Hanger, Ligonier, Indiana. A&~ Give me a call befure letting your work, and I will guarantee satisfaction in every instance. S [vBnl : A. GANTS, . Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, ; LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. G Is prepared ///‘/f/ 2 ito dho almlything S i n theirline. e e R succesful pracB L&:} vice of ‘ove‘ri;lo B e;) years justihes e et el N 1 IN sayiu iémg & il T o tlimt l;e;- ca% (T L veentiresat--4%;‘1 . .‘ staction to al] h*""u ‘‘s/‘ “ who may bve. stow their patronage. B#¥ Office one doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. i

PHILIF A, CARR, AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in general. Terms moderate. Orders may be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. Ligonier, January 8, '73-37 - Fadne LIGONIER HOUSE, LIGONIER ¢ & & v 0 INDIANA, = : S. G. WISE, Proprietor. This splendid hotel has passed into new hands, and hasbeen entirelyretitted and renovated. Good Sample Rooms. Free 'Bus to and from the Cars. May &th, 1873. { e FLyßng TEEGARDEN HOUSE, Laporte, Indiana. - VW AXTELLy 2 i Fropriefor. Laporte, April 5, 1871, : BATES HOUSLELE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, G.W. WESLEY & SON, - -« PROPRIETORS. The Bates House is the largest and most commodiops house at the State Capital. Indianapolis, Jun 18, 1871.-38 . CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We sell Mr. L. SHEETS® Wines. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. ! : SACK BROTHERS. Ligonter, July 8, '71.-tf : STOP AT THR BRICX KELLY HOUSE KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. S. & M. 8. R. R. Dexot, and four squares from the G, R. R R.— Only five minutes walk tgi‘nny of the principal business ouses of the city. mvelingmcnamfitranficrs will find this a fi¥st-class house. Fare 82 per a&’. J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, “Kendailville, Aug. 3,1870.-14 v C.V.INES, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES : LIGONIER, IND. : April 12, 1871.-50 g H. R. CORNELL, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior qnality. Having purchased one of the great American Optical Company’s = : MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for makln% 9, 18, 86, or 72 pictureg, all at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class work at a trifling expense, - within thercach ofall. Thefoilowing aretheprices: 7 Pictares r«.-fl: 00. 16 i 8 i Gheieii RBO 32 RN L i i 800 70 e R e e i DY PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE! Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 15,1871, 1 -~ JOHIN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS, SADDLE, it ¥ ' i And Leather Establishment, Has been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s new Block, (formerly I&ssbucher’n Block.) : KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA. The highest price paid for Hides, Pelts, &c.,and the tuglcgm p}&d vyrtb Leather, Findiogs, &c’.,‘ut 'o*'!‘**!;:'ls-. ] e ; g April 6th, 1870,-49, | )

GEO. M, SHADE & CO., . CARPEN T§BS AND JOINERS, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. Shops at Randol(fh’s Saw and Planing Miil. Orders solicited aud eatisfaction gnaranteed. 8-2 ¢ " L. H. GREEN, ' Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, - LIGOCNIER, - - - - INDIANA. Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block. TNOR SALIE., — A farm of 100 acres,; eighty acres under the plow, forty-two acres in wheat, a'good orchard, good buildings and fences in good repair; situated in the Hawpatch, on the main road. Also, a House and Town Lots, in the town of Ligonier. Enquire of [vBn2) . L. COVELL, Ligonier, Ind. SACK BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers, ‘ ‘UavinStreet, Lizonier,lndiana. { Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., Choice Groceries, Provisicns, YankeeNotions,&c Thehighestcash pricepaidfer Count;&y Produce Mayl3, 68-tf. _*/° SACKBRO’S. GIVEN AWAY. A FINE GERMAN CHROMO. WE REND AN ELEGANT OJROMO, MOUNTED AND READY FOR FRAMING, FEEE TO EVERY AGENT. DR , LIFE BELOW THE SURFACE, BY THOS. W. KNOX. * 940 Pages Outavo. 130 Fine Engravings. Relates Incidents and Accidents beyond the Light of Day: Nturi]ing Adventures in all parts of the World; Mines and Mode of Working thém; T'uderenrrents of Society ; Gambling and its Horrors; Cavernsand their Mysteries; The Dark Ways of Wickedness; Prisons and their Secrets; Down in the depths of the Sea; Strange Stories of the Detection of Crime. The book treats of experience with brigands; nightsinopium déns and&gnmbling hells: ‘life in prison: Stories’of exiles; adventures among Indians; journeys throngh Sewers and Catacpmbs; accidents in mines; pirates and piracy; tortures of the inquisition; wonderful burglaries; underworld of the great cities, etc., ete. . We want agents for this work on which we give exclusive territory. Agentscanmake $lOO a week in selling this book. Send for circulars and s%gcial terms to agents. J. B. BURR& HYDE, HARTFORD, CONN., or CHICAGO, ILL. : I*l JSBOOK ‘ AGENES < o * ,FOR THE ' OF THE UNITED STATES. 1300 rAGES AND 500 ENGRAVINGS, PRINTED IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN. WRITTEN BY 20 EMINENT AUTHORS, INCLUDING JOHN B. GOUGH, HON. LEON CASE, EDWARD HOLLAND, REV. E. EDWIN HALL, PHILIP RIP~ LEY, ALBERT BRISBANE, HORACE GREELEY, F. B. PERKINS, FTO., ETO. - | This work is a complete history of all branches of industry, processes of manufactare, étc., in all ages. ltisa complete encyclopedia of arts and manufactures. and is the most entertaining and valuable work of information on subjects of general interest ever offered to the public. We give our agents the exclusive right of territory. One of our agents sold 133 copiex in eight days, another sold 368 i one week. Specimens of the work sent to agents on receipt of stamp. For circulars and terms to agents address the publishers, 7 J. B. BURR & HYDLE. HARTFORD, CONN, %r CHICAGO, ILL.

SOV GS . PI XNO : l THE f . Mailed, post-paid, on Receipt of Price. Darling, I am/Lonely Now, Song and chorus, St L el Sta AT 30 Sweetest. Song.and ch0ru5............Dank5. 30 Mattie May. Songisaud chorus.........Danks. 30 Lost and Saved. a11ad............D0nniker. 30 Farewell, Darling, till weiMeet...... Rosewig, 30 Think ot Me, Darling. Song and chorus.. Mierg. 30 Asking a Blessing from Mother. do .Stewart. 30 Recollections of Childhood. Baritone 50ng..... Vo el eo L L i Nk 30 Thou fit, no longer Mine, Ballad......Danks. 30 Hear ofe say my Little Prayer. Seng and choTUBS S sl s s G Bt 80 Close 'the Shutters; Willie’s Dead. Song and CHOTHE . e chvio v iaens s waiviv BEOWATE. 80 Ethel Dreeme. Song and chorus...... Persley. 35 Quit dat Ticklin Me. Song and Dance... Hays. 35 You'll Always find me True. Song and cEtiorns . B A e D O S R R L *Dead, but not Forgotten. Song and cher.Ha!y?s. 40 *Meet me Maggie. Song and chorus ... Hays 40 *Lay me where my Mother’s. Sleeping. Song andchornusisccac e .o 00l i Ntewart. 40 Father of All. Sacred 50ng........:. Pangeron. 50 AL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. Autumn Leaves, Second Pensee Melodique. saeularee R oA oL L OYey Bh Belirario. Fanta5fe...:.......:i.......Kinke1. 35 *Rustic Beaaty March.................. Klokel. 85 “Sunbeam Maroh -.v -2 ... .. 0.0 0 Skadts. 35 *Johnie’'s Mareh............... ... Kinkel 3b *Bertie’s 5cn0tti5che...................Kinke1. 35 *Jimmie's Schottische...... ..........Kinkel. 35 THattiels Walte oo L 0 .. 0% Kinkel. .35 *Sweet Sixteen Wa1tz...................Kmnkel 35 Evening Zephyrs Waitz................Pacher. 30 Bird of Beauty We1tz..................¥0ung. %0 Switcheo® @miopce 0. i oy :_Youn%. 20 08 o T eLR AR T T S Ray of Sunshine P01ka....... .........Pacher.'3s Glistening Stars Polka de 5a10n.........Feine. 50 *HddienPolkatic c. ... .o ..o oL A Kinkel 85 *Harry's Palke. ... .. . - S Rinkel 8 Smile of Beauty P01ka.................Y0ung. 2 Pieces marked thus * have picture titles. An ? piece mailed, post-paid, on receipt of mark ed price. Address, - : : . : J. L. PETERS. 44-m3 599 Broadway. New York

ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, g S~ } e ‘ N ‘,J%LS = e [N, WSS o Fb ol e | e . e e~ CARBYING THE BRITISIX MAIL§ : steam semi-Weekly Between New York & Liverpool £Queenst'n Passengers booked to London, Glassgow, Lendon~ derri/, Cardiff, Bristol, and France, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark—AND FROM the above--named places to all the principal Railway Stations in the UNITED STATES on Through Tickets. = An Expérienced sargeon is Attached to Each steamer. The attention of persons wishing to send to the OLD COUNTRY for their friends, is called to the great facilities offered dy this celebrated Line of OCEAN STEAMSHIPS| which has been in_bperation since 1851, and:numbers in its fleet some of the largest, as well as fastest Steamers afloat. . F.C. BROWN, Gen’s West. Ag’t, 32 So. Clark, Corner. of Lake St., Chicago. or CITIZENS’ BANK, Ligonier, Ind. [745-4m FOR SALE ; A NEW | ‘ Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing: Mahine, Regular price, $BO. Will be sold at a reasonahle discount, Inquire at the | : Baxyer Orrick. . MANEOOL: : ) How Lost; How Restored. Just published, a new edition cf Dy, . \Culveprwell’s't‘e ebrated Essay on the radical cure (without medicine) of Spermatorrhea or Seminal Wesknes, Invoiuntary Semingl Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical Incapacity, Im?ed ments to Marriage, etc. ; also Oongumptlon.hpl epay and Fits, induced by aelf—indnlgenoe or sexual extravagance, - ; ?‘Prlce, n a sealed envelope only 6 cents. .The celebrated author, in this admirable essay, clearly demonstrates from a thirty years’ snccess. ful practice, that the alarming consvquences of -self-nbuge mn{ be radicag{ cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine| or the application of the knife; m)lntlng out a mode of ecure at once simple, certain and effectual-by xggam of which every sufferér, no matter what his condition ma bghmny eure himself cheaply, privately, and ra’dz il e : Aa-This lecture should be In the hands of every youth and every man in the Jand, Sent, under seal. in :ai)laifl'enwelm. to any address, post-paid, on receipt of 6 cents, or two postage sunl:;m. ; e . Also, Dt Culverwell’s * Marriage Guide,” price 50 cents, Address the publishers, 2 197 Bamory, v 500 Foh L B S 5 / @ & O i OX, . | ;‘m}'if.*:m.w.uy?f L TR D

LIGONIER, IND., THURSDAY, JUNEK 19, 15873.

MY MIDNIGHT PERIL. The night of the seventeenth of October—shall I ever forget its pitchy darkness, the roar of the autumnal wind through the lonely forest, and the incessant downpour of the rain? “This comes of short-cuts,” I muttered petulantly to.myself, as I plodded along, keeping close to the trunks of the .trees to avoid the deep ravine, through which I could hear the roar or the turbulent stream forty or fifty feet below. My blood ran cold, as I thought what might be the possible consequence of a‘misstep or move in the wrong direction. Why had I not been contented to keep 'in the right road? i ' i - Ifold on!' Was that a light, or are my eyes playing me false? 1 stopped, holding on to the low, resinous bough of a hemlock that grew on the edge of the bank; for it actually seemed 'as if the wind would seize me bodily and haul me down the precipitous descent. . - ) It was a light—thank . Providence—it was a light, and no ignus fatus to Jure me on to destruction and death. ‘Halloo-0-0! - My voice rang through the woods likeaclarion. I plunged onward throl tangled vines, dense briers and rocky banks, until, gradually nearing, I could perceive a figure wrapped in an oil cloth cape, or cloak, carrying a lantern. As the dim light fell upon his face I almost recoiled. Would not solitude in the woods be preferable to the companionship. of this withered, wrinkled, old man? But it was too late to recede now. | o ‘What’s wanting ?” he snarled with a peculiar motion of thie lip that seemed to leave his yellow teeth all bare. | ‘I am lost in the woods; can you direct me to R—— Station ¥’ f ~ ‘Yes; R—— Station is twelve miles from here. ‘ . :

‘Twelve miles! v | 1 stood aghast. P : | ‘Yes. e | ‘Can you tell me of any shelter I could obtain for the night ¥’ ‘No. fae i _ ‘Where are you going?’ : ‘To Drew’s, down by the maple swamp.’ o : ‘st a tayern2 L ' *No. : ; : ‘Would they take me for the night? I could pay them well. His eyes gleamed ; the yellow stumps stood revealed at once. ‘ . ‘I guess so; folks do stop there. - ‘ls it far from here?’ : *“Not very; about half a mile. “T'hen let us make haste and reach it. lam drenched to the skin.’ ‘We plodded on, my companion more than keeping pace with me. Presently we left the edge of the ravine, entering what seemed like trackless woods, and keepingstraight on until the light gleamed fitfully through the wet foliage. : P It was a ruinous old place, with the windows all drawn to one side, as if the foundation had settled, and the pillars of a rude porch nearly rotted away, ' ! ' _‘ A woman answered my fellow trayelers knock. My companion whispered a word or two to her, and she then turned to me. with smooth, voluble words of welcome. ; A She regretted the poverty of their accommodations; but I was welcome to them, such as they were. .~ "°/ ‘Where is Isaac? demanded my guide. _ . ‘ | L ‘He has not comé in yet.” L I sat down on a wooden bench bieside the fire, and ate a few mouthfuls of bread. : [+ L ‘I should like to retire as soon s possible,” for my weariness was excesSive,. - v ‘Certainly.” The woman started up with alaerity. 2 [ ‘Where are you going to put him?’ asked my guide. f * “‘Up chanjber. L - " ‘Put him in Isaac’s room." b NG : o ‘lt ’s the most comfortable’ - 1 tell youno! | But here 1 interrupted the whispered colloquy. - I ‘L am not particular. I ‘don’t care ‘where you lodge me, only make haste. So°l was conducted up a steep ladder that stood in a corner of the room into an apartment ceiled with stooping beams and ventilated by one small window; where a cot bedstead, crowded close against the board partition, and a pine table, with two or three chairs, formed the sole attempts at furniture. " + The woman sat the light, an oil lamp, on the table. =~ - 5

‘Anything more I can get you, sir¥’ ‘Nothing, thank you. L ‘I hope you’ll sleep well, sir, 'When shall T call you?’ £ b - ‘At four o’clock in the. morning, if you please. I must walk over to R— Station in time for the seven o’clock express.’ - ‘ : i I’ll be sure to call you, sir; ! She withdrew; leaving me alone in the little apartment. 1 sat down and looked around me with no very agreeable sensation. , | ‘T will sit down and write to Alice, I thought, that will soothe my nerves and quiet me perhaps. ' ‘ I descended ‘the ladder. The fire still. glowed redly on the hearth beneath; my companion and the woman sat beside it, talking in a low tone, and a third person sat at the table, eating —ashort, stout,villainous-looking man, in a red shirt and muddy trowsers. @ I asked for writing materials, and returned to my room to write to my wife. - ; : ‘My darling Alice. I ; I paused and laid down the pen as I’ concluded the words, half smiling to think what she would say could she know of my strange quarters. = | Not until both sheets were covered did I lay aside my pen and prepare for slumber. As I folded my paper, 1 happened to glance toward the couch.. Was it a gleam of human eye observing me through the board partition? There was a crack there, but only black darkness beyond; yet I could have sworn that something had sparkled balefully at me. i I took out my wateh. It was one o’clock. . It was scareely worth Whil: for me to undress for three hours’ sleep, I would lie down in my clothes and get what sleepl could. So placing my valise close to my bed, am£ ‘barricading the lockless door with™two chairs, I extinguished the light and laid down, = ; e . At first T was very wakef};fl,‘ Dbutgradually a soft drowsiness seemed to steal over me like'a mystic mantle, until all of a sdidden, some startling electric thrill coursed through my veins, and 1 sat up, excited and trem‘bling, s A luminous softness seemed to glow through ‘the room—no light of the _moon or stars was ever so penetrating —and by the little window T saw Al ice, my wife, dressed in floating gar- - ments of white; 'with her long, golden

hair knotted by a blue ribbon. ‘Apparently she was beckoning:to me ‘with out-stretched hands and eyes fuil of wild, anxious tenderness. I sprang to my feet and rushed toward her, but as I redched the window, the fair apparition sgemed to vanish into the stormy darkness, and I was eft alone. At the selfsame instant the sharp report of a pistol sounded—‘l could see the jagged. stream of fire above the pillow—straight through the spot wheré ten minutes since my head had lain. rn G { With an instantaneous realization of my danger, I swung myself over the edge of the window, jumping some eight or ten feet intp tangled bushes below, arid as I crouched there, recoveringimy breath, I heard the tramp of footsteps into my room. - ‘ls he dead ?’- cried a voice up the ladder, the smooth, deceitful voice of | the woman with the] half-closed eyes. ‘Of course he is,’ growled a voice back ; ‘that charge would have killed ten men. ‘A 'light, there, quick, and tell Tom to be ready) | A cold, agonized sifitddelfl ran thro’ me. What a den of midnight murderwors had I fallen into! And how fearfully narrow: had be¢n my escape. | With the speed thftt only mortal terror and deadly peril jcan give, I rushed through the woods, now illuminated by a faint glimmern of starlight. I know not what impulse guided my footsteps-—I ‘never shall' know how many times I crossel my own track or, how close I stood to/the brink of the ‘deadly ravine; but:L merciful Providence encompassed me with a guiding and protecting care, for when morning dawned with faint. red bars of orient light against the stot'lny’ eastern sky, I was close to the high road, some seven miles from R——. . | _ ’

Once at the town,|. I told my story to the police, and a| detachment was sent with me to the!spot. T After much searching and many false alarms, we suLceeded in finding the ruinous old house; but it was empty; our birds had flown; "nor. did I recover my valise and watch and c¢hain, which latter I left under my pillow. B e ‘lt ’s Drew’s gang! said the leader of the police, ‘and they ’ve-troubled us these two years. I don’tthink though they 'll come back here just at present.’ ~ Nor did they. | J . But the strangest part of my story is yet to come. Some three weeks subsequently I receiyed|a letter from my sister, who was v(“,itlh{u&lice in her English home; a letter whose intelligence filled me with Surpr;se. : ; ‘lmust tell you something very, very strange, wrote my sister, ‘that jhappened on the night of the 16th of October. Alice had not been well for some time; in fact she had been confined to her bed for nearly a week, and T was sitting by her reading. It was late; the clock had struck one, when all'of a sudden she seemed -to faint away, growing white and rigid as: a corpse. I hastened to call assistance; but all our efforts to restore animation were in vain. T was|just about sending for the doctor, when her senses returned as suddenly as they left her, and she sat up in bed, pushing back her hair and looking- wildly around hept! | : e

‘Alice!” I exclaimed, ‘how you have terrified usall, Aveyouill? . ‘Not ill,;” she answered, ‘but I feel so strange. - Gracie, T have been with my husband.’ * o : ‘And all our ;‘ensm}jng failed to convince her of the impossibility of her .assertions. She persfists to this moment that she saw you and was with you on the 16th of October; or rather on the morning of the 17th, where and ‘how she ‘cannot tell, but we think it ‘must have been a dream. -~ She is better now, and I wish you could see ho'w fast she is improving.’ : This is my plain, unvarnisiied, tale. 1 donot pretend to explain or account for myy mysteries. I simply relate facts. Let psyehologists unravel the labyrinthical skein. lam not superstitious, neither do I believe in ghosts, wraiths, or apparitions; but!this thing I do know—that although my wife was in England in body, on the morning of the 17&1 of October, | her spirit surely stodd before me in New York in the moment of the deadly peril that menaced me. It'may befthat to the subtle instinet and strength of a wife’s holy love, all things are possible; but Alice surely saved my life.l :

] E—— Couldn’t Make Her Hear. Deaf people, who dare not duiind, too, are made to furnish the fun to many a little wayside comedy in this world —without knowing ?t: : . Between Kenoshda and Milwaukee, an agent of the Trfi\l’elers‘,lnsurance Company, of Hartford Conn., enteréd the car and having issued tickets.to several of; the passeflgers, approached ‘an elderly lady who, it afterwards appeared, was deaf. | i = ‘«Madam, would you like to insure against accidents?”] inquired ° the agent, at the same time exhibiting to her his tickets. i G “I got my ticket dpwn to Kenosha.” ! “Not- a railroad t‘irket, madam. I want to know if you would like to insure your life againsit( aceident?” . “I'm going to Oshkosh, to visit my darter, who is married np there, and has just gota baby. | = . The agent raised his voice a little. “Would you like to insure your life -against accident?” |- ¢ She’s been married two years and a hallf and that’s the first child, It's a ga .” : * Agent, still louder: : “I'm an insurance agent, madam. Don’t you want your life insured against accident ?” ' | “She is doing well, and has a fine husband.” s ‘ - Agent, at the top of his voice: - “Pm an insurance agent, madam. Don’t you want, your life insured against accident ?” “0, I didn’t understand you, said theold lady. “No; her name is Johnson; my name is Evans, and 1 live five miles from Kenosha.” o The agent vanished. o ,

WE ask our readers to pause and congider the great work the: honest press of the United States has recently accomplished in the exposure and denunciation of dishonest officials. =ln New York city, a prompt and fearless press has throttled and defeated the most powerful gang of official thieves that/ever plundered a free people. The exposure of the Credit Mobilier scandal, and the prompt denunciation of the salary grab are other instances of the fidelity of a free-spoken press to its duty to the public. We have good reason to hope that newspapers of this fearless type are indreasing in the land. To secure public support, the newspaper must be the servant of the public, quick to fly to the defense of its interests, and allowing'no personal or party considerations to shield dishonest offi‘cials from exposure and punishment. —NBt. Lowis Democrat: - - .

ADDRESS OF'NELSON PRENi TISS, ESQ. | AT THE OLD SETTLERS' MEETING, IN THE TOWN OF ALBION, JUNE 7, 1873. Old Settlers of Noble County : - Again our annual garthering reminds us that time with noiseless tréad is bearing us along the journey of life to that “undiscovered country from whose bmhne no traveler e'er returns.” o i We have met here to-day to clasp again the friendly hand, to exchange congratulations, to look again upon each other’s faces, and /l,i’ve over the scenes of former days. ' We have on this occasion many reasons for gratitude and thankfulness. ‘We have some things to regret. ‘We have cause for joy; we have cause for sorrow; and we are reminded of the truth of the saying that human bliss is never perfect, and that while we live we cannot expect to be en’cirebL free from cares and sorrows, from troubles and disappointments. '

We are greatful to-day that so many of our friends of former days are present to participate in our enjoyments, and that notwithstanding the fact that we find ourselves on the downward grade of life’s ‘great highway, yet a merciful Heavenly Father has so ordered events that ourdescent has thus far been made smooth and our way pleasant; and we would realize that although we must at no distant day reach the foot of the declivity of life, vet while we remain here the lever which controls the break on the wheels of time is in the hand of the Great Disposer of all human events, and that He who observes the sparrows fall ever watches over us. - And while we. ‘would return devout thanks for life we should not be unmindful of those manifold blessings that have been étrewn so thickly along our pathway. We have had seed-time and harvest, Summer and Winter, the early and later rain; the earth has: yielded her increase, and we have enjoyed the fruits of our labor. We have enjoyed an_unusual degree of health, and peace and prosperity abound. For all these things we desire to De thankful. “We have to regret that we have not done more to elevate the standard of morals in our respe'('tive neighbohoods, and that we have not done -all we could for the benefit of others. ! But let us here resolve that the coming year shall be marked by more edrnest work in the right direction. \\fliile we look over this assembly we look in vain for the familiar faces of some. who were with us one short year ago, and with sadness upon our faces and sm;row'in our hearts, we have to say: “We're not all here.”— Some are away, never more to meet and mingle with us here in our earthly associations. They have been transferred from these low grounds of sorrow, let us hope and trust, mearer to that effulgent light that mortal eyes may not see, to bask foreyer in the glorious light of eternity. : I have taken cosiderable trouble to ascertain the names of those of our or‘ganization’ who have died since our’ last meeting, and have, so farasl have been able, gathered information in regard to them. The following have been reported to me:. . Solomon Harper of Perry Township. Andrew B. Upson, Sparta o - Mason M. Meriam, Perry 2 Meclntyre Seymoure, Noble S Henry Iddings, Allen : e I'cannot suffer this occasion to pass without some further notice of these fathers of Noble county. ° i -

: SOLOMON HARPER, : ‘Was born in Ross county, in the State of 'Ohio, on the 7th day ‘'of November, 1809, and was married in 1829 to Mary Shobe. .In 1831 he removed to Noble county, reaching here on the 10th day of November of that year. Settled on the farm where he died. In those days it was not considered an incumbrance to rear a good-sized family. Mr. Harper was the father of eleven children—nine born in Noble'county, all of whom are still living, as is also his widow. He came to this county “in company with Henry Millér, who is still living. He lived to pass the period of his golden wedding, but did not celebrate the event. In person, Mr. Harper was tall and well-formed ; in disposition; he was #6cial, findiig his chief pleasure in the society of his family. His friendship was true and lasting ; his hospitality was large, and his friends were ever -welcome at his, house. In manners, he was plain and unassuming, paying little heed to the customs and fashions of the world.— He was honest in his dealings, industrious in his habits, and at the time of his death had accumulated a good property, leaving his widow above want. But he has left us, and we feel his loss. He died in January, 1878, -

ANDREW B. UPSQN, ‘ Was born in Waterbury, ‘Connecticut, September 9, 1793, and died in Noble county, October 15, 1872, at Cromwell, being at the time of his death in the‘l 80th year of his age. At the age of" sixteen he }noved to Delaware county, N. Y., wheére he remained until 1837, when he settled in Noble county, He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and at the time of his death was receiving ‘a pension for his services. ' - . He first settled -in Sparta township on a farm which he disposed of a short ]\ time before his death and moved to { Cromwell; was appointed Postmaster there, which office he held at the time, of his death. He was emphatically a good man in all respects; his honesty and industry proverbial. * With fegard to his hospitality, he was like all the early settlers, except that he hada double portion of that commendable

virtue. He was a member of the Pres: byterian Church and was always attentive to his duties; and as far as possible led a blameless life! " His aged widow still survives him, living at Cromwell, and his sons and one of: his’ daughters are residents of our county, and demonstrate by ' their lives- that,’ when' children; they weré trained in the way they should go. ...~ - e

MEINTYRE SEYMOURE, Was born in the State of New York, on the 22nd day of November, 1802, and died at his residence” in Noble township on the 29th- day of January, 1873, being at the time of his death a little over 71 yearsof age. -He settled: in Nobleeounty in 1835, and réemained a resident until ‘his death. He was married three times—+his first wife be-. ing a Miss Alexander, sister of Calyin Alexander, well known to most of the’ early settlers. She was truly a’ lady of rare virtues, and her‘children who survive her have reason to remember her with reverence. She ‘was killed by lightning many years since, but the date of her death I havenot been able to assertadn, . g sl g His second marriage was unfortunate, and after a'short time the parties. separated and a divoree followed. I know nothing of the faets in the matter, and hence Wwill give no opinion.— | ITe was again married to:Mrs. Treer; the widow of Henry Treer, formerly of Ligonier, with whom I am informed he lived happily -until his death. He. left a family of children, several of whom are of adult age, and all are re-. spected in the communities where they dive, i sids cht sl e Mr. Seymoure was ‘at-all times the friend of education, and gave his children all the facilities in"his power. for instruction. e was industrious and strictly honest, despising knavery or hypocrisy ; always ‘ready. and willing to speak the. truth; kind of heart, however rough outwardly; ‘a good néighbor, and one whose loss will/be felt in the éom}fiufiity wheré he lived.

: MASON M. MERIAM. . ... ° Was born in Cataraugus county, N. Y., on the 20th day of Décember, 1808, came to Fort Wayne when 15 years old, and died at Ligonier,” Novembet 3, 1872. ' Settled in Noble county: in isss Sl iiae el e He was one of the very early settlers of the county and came here when & young man.. He was -twice martied. his second wife surviving him, and now living at Ligonier. He left but | one child, a daughtér, who is married and resides at Warsaw, Kosciusko Co. ' [lt was my fortune to become acquainted with him at anearly day ahd. as'we both were young°en our" acquaintance ripened into friendship.— No person ever possessed a more generous disposition or was capable of truer friendship. He lield the office of Sheriff of Noble county for four years by election and two years-hedischarg-ed the duties of the office as ‘Deputy of Mr, J. Humphreys, and it is no discredit to the many_excellent Sheriffs. who have since held that position to say that we never had ote superior to Meriam. Financially he ‘was not as: successful as some others, but let-it be remembered that financial success is ‘not always evidence of 4 generous na--ture. He was a member of the order of F. A. Masons by which order he was buried. - e S S

. HENRY IDDINGS. - Fot o 7 I am not informed of the exact time and place of his birth but: at the time of his death he was over eighty years of age, and was probably the oldest of the early settlers of Noble county— Truly a father has gone, one of the oldest pioneers of Noble county; and should we write his epitaph, one that all knew him would approve, we.would simply say, he was an honest man. It was not my fortune to beas intimately acquainted with him as many others, still T knew him: well enough to say. that he had a kind and affectionate disposition = that:-attracted hoits of’ friends. Ido not believe he had an: enemy, -or that -any consideration: would influence him to be guilty of a’ dishonorable action, His aged wife, | but a few years ago, tived of life’s conflicts and in - anticipation of eternal rést, lay down in that sleep that here: knows no waking; and Father Iddings calmly and patiently waited until “the golden cord should be ‘loosed.” ' Nox waited long; the call came, and gladly: obedient, he toosleft us, yet his influence shall'never die, but live .and widen for generations to come. ' . | He was the father of Hiram, Jackson, Lewis, and Warren Tddings, who are all among the sarly settlers of No-

bleicounty.- = s h o s Rl e Doubtless others of otir friends have' passed away ; but the foregoing are all that bave come to my knowledge. I have felt.called npon thus to notice these pioneers, but:: regret (that an abler pen has not. chronicled ' the his- | tory of their lives-among us. . These brief sketehes recall allithe scenes of more than one third of a century ago, and the pioneer experiences they then encountered--most of the- interesting incidents of that day are unrécorded, and comparatively few remain who have witnessed as they did;the wond= rous changes and transferming influs ences of enlightenment in. Our“-fi‘deal; history from the eommencement to the' present (i st o Lo g ‘Those lives, too, thaf hégun at 8o early a date, lessen year by year, and soon nothing will refaain to us except: their names and goodly examplé swor: thy of Ssvgiubenes. . 0l 3?,' Kone ,&Tfi‘fiefi'w , g Tha Shaonw on esch hoare. 0 lis swit soaree To tallony anil Gre Hashing eyeie Qi toyss, i

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=“Passing -away” is-weiten..on all ‘earthly things and when this society -shall meet again, who of us shall be there?.. What seats ;will be vacant, -what- faces will' be missed? - What ‘hearts that are- beating to-day will ‘then be'still? ‘What tongues_that to‘day speak words of friendship will then be palsied in death? Who shall ‘then §peak of ug as it is our mournful Dprivilege to speak to-day. of those who have preceded us to the spirit land. - Should we or any of us be called - _hence before our next annual gathering, may our work be done and well, done, and'may fie who shall speak of ‘our past lives, east around our foibles and our failings, whatever they may’ have been, the broad mantle of an “Old Settler’s? charity.: e Ll B— | + . AToledo Blade Hacked. . . o the Editor of the World: o o _Sir:—You demand more informa- - tion on the part of the Toledo Blade, before you will consent to discuss ‘with it the wool question. Permit -me to give the Blade a lesson. 1t says: -+ “Every farmer when he takes his wool to market realizes that the tariff enables him to get at least 25 cénts more per pound than he would other“wise receive; and so we might go through the whole catalogue of industrial pursuits.” R : . I will show the Blade a most curi‘ous state of affairs. From 1837 to 1861 the average priee Lof medium American “}6Ol in the United States was 42 8-10 cents per' pound, (vide Commissioner’s Report, 1869, page 94.) The price for Ohio XX in 1860 was 45 cents per pound, and as I have to deal with an Ohio paper I shall take that well-known wool as my example. In the very town of Toledo in 1860 the price of “a pair df 10-4 woolen ‘blankets, weighing five pounds, was ‘s4 per pair, and the XX wool sold for 45 cents per pound; hence the farmer had to'sell 8 8-9 pounds of wool at 45 cents per pound to pay $4 for a pair of blankets.; : & o

- This very month of May, 1873, the price of a, pair of 10-4 five-pound _blankets in Toledo is $6, and the price. ‘of a pound of XX wool is .50 cents. The farmer therefore hasto sell 12 pounds of wool to pay for .a pair of blankets; that is, above three pounds more wool than in 1860. Now, both these articles are highly protected, the blankets something like 110 0120 pexr “cent., and the-wool about 60 per cent! “One of these protected parties is nec~essarily a fool, and the other looks ~very much like—well, let me be polite "and . say a-sharp blade.- . s - ‘Now,let us take the purchaging power of this highly-protected wool -in 1873 as applied to waxed-legged ‘boots, and compare it with 1860. i - The price of waxed-legged hoots i “Toledo at this present time is %6 per: pair; it therefore takes 12 pounds of‘XX Ohio wool, at 50 cents per pound, ’ to pay for them. . ! -~ In 1860 the price of the same kind of boots was $4.50 per pair, and the priee of wool 45 cents; it only took 10 - pounds of XX to- pay for a- pair of ‘boots ; that is, 2 pounds less than now. In other words, the Toledo Blade is i datha 00 No MoNoPOLY.

Abount General Crook, the HumanitaI : : rian. i _ - - [W.D. Bickham, in Dayton Journal.} - We are rather sorry that George Crook didn’t- capture the Modocs.— During the war. it was obgerved that ‘wlien General Crodbk was sent after bushwhackers -he never brought any into camp. to be bothered with—they always met with some aceident; We remember an illustrative occasion.— Crook, then Colonel of the Thirty-sixth Ohio, reported to Rosecrans at Cross Lanes, after the battle of Carhifex ‘Ferry. Rosecrans was delighted to see him, because he had a good helper. The bushwhackers were very troublesome. - (rook” was ordered to squeleh them, About 'ten days afterward Crook ' came into head-quarters looking like' a man who had been sleeping out o’ nights: ' Rosecrans and the rest of us greeted him warmly, and, after a glass of—water, said: 1 ~ Rosy—*“Well, Crook, what did'you do .?” : L : ‘. : =Crook — “Cleaned. out the. bush--whackers.” i : W leg Rosy—*“Didn’t you take any prisoners?”’ : : Rl - Crook—(Drawling)—*Well, yes. 1. ‘did have—seven, ‘but the d—d fools fell off a tree and Dbroke their neecks.” . Head-quarters took more water.

s Coon Law. T A colored man of Gainesville, Florida, who had been for some time an--‘noyed by the pigs of a celored neighbor;" that were growing fat on his sweetvpotato"es;'fiore it until forbear--ance ceased to'be a virtue, and appealed to'a justige of: the peace for redress. - The squire took down his law. book, and with much’ solemnity- proceeded to examine it. After careful investigation, he slowly rdised his head, and : *looking wisely under his glasses at the complainant, rendered, with much | gravity, the following decision: = | “I find that the act complained of comes under the ‘Laws of Coons. " + “Well,” inquired Sam, *what am .de ‘Jaws of coons?” | . i . “The law of coons is that the coon -has a right to disturb_a man’s pota--toes, an(:i as I class the pigé(;with the . “¢oon, and there is no law to restrain - the conduct of coons, the case is dis-: missedtl - oo

¢ Gten. Butler bought a traet” of land, and immediately a committee; appointed- by. Congress to select a site for i new executive mansion, recommended the purchase 'of Butler's tract. W ‘are now told that the Committee was | influeneed solely by Gen. Butler's will‘ingness to part with the premises at alower rate than any other property as eligible could be bought for on the: ‘market.” The man who is mean enough ‘to suspect any collusion here, or that the. Committee could find any other property as eligible and eheap, or to suppose that Gen. Biitler is going to ‘make anything on it, ought to he branded with a 3-cent stamp. If Geu.. Butler had suspected that the Goverment would. be trying to deprive him of that land in less.than a week, he never would have bought it—never.—— St. Lowis Republicon. Sl it el st b i e a—— e R _ A PAINFUL vesult Lfolfll@we{l" an attempt to settle the weiglit of a muje ‘in Louisville the other day. Bystanders could not agree in their éstimates. ‘but-each :adfi-&bét on his W{;s “Then. & man who was reputed to be a good ;udsw?liwesm‘s ot bebind the Toule, and was measuring Wi guarters, toloosen. - Just before he died the TR gAve l b s aßinien that it - -BTO00odndE; Lo Gl T Sauih RNS ge M e Re T e