The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 19, Ligonier, Noble County, 3 September 1874 — Page 1

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CITIZENS° BANK, : IGONIER, : INDIANA. . mt:ivbsns received subject to check without noce. £ : v n ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. : MONEY logneéd on long or short time. NOTES disconnted at reasonable rates. ouln:ins for first-class securities executed on commission. 5 ; ASENTS for the zurchne and sale of Real Estate. 1 NSUIinNCE POLICIES writteninfirst-classcom-Eincflslml: bought and sold, and drafts drawn on all the princlgtFelﬁes of Europe. AGENTS for the Inman line, } Hamburg Line. PASSAGE TICKETS #old on all the priucipal seagort.s of Euroye. i ERCHANTS’, Farmers’ and Mechanics' accounts . solieited, and all business transacted omn liberal terms, STRAUS BROTHERS. - Ligonier, Ind., Oct. 23d, 1872.-26

Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On and after May 24th, 1874, trains will leave : Stasions ag follows: GOING EAST : / : Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlc.Ex. Accom. Chicag0......... 92 am.... 535 pm.. . Kikhart......... 120 pm.... 960 .... 600 am Q05hen,........, 138 ....1010 s 080 Millersburg.... t 1 58 ...11028 ceue 843 Ligonfer........ 205 ....,1043 " . 600 Wawaka....... 1215 ...11054 vev. 614 Brimfleld...... 1223 11108 362 U Kendallville....236 ....1118 .... 624 Arrive atToledess ....240am....1040 i / GOING WEST: - T01ed0.... .....1110 pm.... 1125 pry.... 455 pm - Kendallville.... 36 pm.... 244 um.... 8580 Brimfigld ...... 1880 ... .1300 .... 900 Wawska....... 12589 ....1310 . .... 9% Ltﬁ0nier........-sw‘ c.i. 321 ebe 834 Millersburg.... 1324 .., 138 ....950 . G05hen......... 389 gy 1000 Rikhart... ... .. 400 ... 4% 51035 ArriveatChicagoB2o ... 8200 ..., 650 am - tTrains donot stop. . L Expreulen!udun{ both ways. | CHAS. PAINE, Gen'lSupt.,Cleveland. J. M. ENEPPER, Agent, Ligonier. | { l’ittsbng, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after July 26, 1874, : GOING WEST. i " N@]l, NOS Noil No.u i Fast Ex. Mail. Pac Bx. Night Ex. Pittsburg...... 2:ooam 6 00am 9:4ogm 2 00pm Rochester..... -...... 7 25am 10:50am 8 10pm A11iance....... 5:25am 11 00am I:3opm S 50pm 0rrvi11e,..5.5./7:olam 12:52pm 3:lspm 7 26pm Mansfleld..... 9:o6am 3 15pm 5:26pm 9 25pm Crestline.. Ar, 9:35am 3 50pm 6:oopm 9:55pm Crestline...Lv. 9 55am 5 00am 6:3opm 10:05pm F0re5t.........11*13am 6 32am 8 25pm 11:29pm 0Lima..........12:15pm 8:00am 9.43 pm 12:30am “Ft Wayne..... s:lBpm 10:3%5am 12:254m 2:55am Plymouth..... 4:24pm I:3Bpm 3:03d4m s:lsam Chicago ....... 7.60 pm 5:%!1'1” 6:508m B:soam | GOING EAST, i o . No 4, No 2, Noé, NoSBS. @ NightEz. Fast Ex. Pac Ex. Mail. Chicago:......lo:2oam 9 20am 5 35pm 5 15pm Plymouth..... 2:loam 12 10pm 9 05pm 9 26am Ft Wayne.... 5 20pm 2 38pm 11 30pm 12 30am Lima.......... 7:9opm 4 20pm 1 33am 2 45am F0re5t........ B:Bspm 5 19pm 2 42am -4 02am Crestline ..Ar.lo:2opm 6 45pm 4 20am 5 50am Orestline . .Lv.lo 30am 7 05pm 4 304 m 6 05am Mansfigld .....11 00am 7 85pm 4 57": m 6 40am 0rrvi11e.......12 52am 9 28pm 6 454m_ 9 13pm A11iance....... 2 35am 11 05pm 8 354 m 11 20pm Rochester...., 4 48pm ........ 1042 am 2 10pm Pittshurg ..... 5 55pm 2:osam 11 45am 3 30pm No. 1, daily, excegt Mondtgz; Nos 2,4,5,7 smfe, daily except Sunday: Nos. 3 and 6 daily. ‘o . e | . Gir. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. & Ft. Wayne R. R. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except Sundays., To take egectAuguat Oth, 1874, . ,GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. ARichmond .............10 20pm 1025 am 400 pm INewport...i..oiieeees XO5l 0> 1050 t 498 & Winchester noiill 37 ¢ 113010 Hig Ridgeville. . 1ic..0....1201am 115114 536 1 P0rt1and.:..:..........1228 ¢ 1218 pm 605 * Decatiir..ciiadesioiiind 1 41 19271 Fort Wayne, D......... 300 am 240 pm Kendallville ........... 420 ** 401 % . Strgif. il el .Bl Y Ba)le Vick5burg.......c...... 644 ¢ 694 | Ea1amaz00.......c0c.0 T 95 ¢ 7156 Montelth ... ........... ROS * 757 ¢ Grand Rapid5........a. 930 *¢ 920 Grand R;1p1da...... 28950 gyl QBO @ Howard City...~......11 54 ¢* 1144 ** 440 ¢ Up. Big Rapid 5........ 100 pm 100am_ 600 * Reed Cityi.o iii il 137°% 1871 6349 Clam Lake......... 0.... 890 ¢ 320 ¢ 890 % Waltont iasiii L i 403 429 g 3 ™ Traverse City.......... 605 1205 pm 1045 * Pct05ke1y................ 920 ¢ 755 am GOING SOUTH. Express Accom. Express Pet05key.....i......... 4 oam: { 82 pm Traverse City.......... 830 * 500 am Walton ................10010 ** 614/ 1290 am Clamo 1mke.............1180 ¢ 7;&" 148 © Reed cnﬁ..............m 52pm 856¢ 323 ¢ . Bif Bpids. ... .19 99dY 400 M Howar Ci!,dv....... G 299 °C 1030 610 Grand Rapide.......a.. 425 * "1240jpm 710 * ‘Grand Rapid5.......d.. 4385 **, 4 1380 % M0nte1thii............. §O4 4 . BE3 ' Kalamasoo, ............ 700 | 945 ¢ Vicksbuyp .. ... ... 782 & 10160 5tur515................. gy 'y | 1110 Kenda11vi11e............ 958 * ¢ 12 38pm ‘F0rtWayne.............1301am 220 Décatur... ... .. ..;.... LO3* | 319 P0rt1and................ 998" @€ 40am 421 * ~ Ridgewille ... ........5. 800 * 209 447 ** Winehester .......... ... 330 ' 732 510 Newport. .. .c........ 427" 820 Y 55884 " Richmond ~............ 800" 8850 69 * Exgreu from Walton to Petoskey iwill run on Mondays, Wednesdays and. Frlda%s § :{{: from Petoskey to Walton on Tnesdsr h:, ays and Naturdays only. All other tra Iférn daily, Sundays excepted. F. R. &YERS. Gen. Paseenger and Ticket Ag't.

Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking effect Nav. 3d, 'T3. GOING NOBTH, GOING BOUTH. Kxpr., Mail, STATIONS. Expr. Mail. 350 pm 8 10am..Kalamazoo..1120am 645 pm 432 ¢ 855 * . _Monteith....lo27 |** 556 ** 515 ** 937 * __Allegan..... 950(* 52l ¢ 605" 1033 ‘¢ .. Hamilton... 910 ** 438 % 637 ‘“ 1104 ** ._Holland..... 8401* 408 * 748 ** 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 ** 306 * R 34 ¢ 1255 ** .. Muskegon.. 700 ** 295 ¢ : F. Rf MYERS, GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent

Cinecinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R. Mme Table No. 10, zaklnq] effect Monday, May 3 25th, 1874: GOING BOUTH. STATIONS. GOING NOBRTH. N 0.2 N 0.4 Noill N 0,3 510pm]300m a.....Waba5h....1730am 200 pm 415 ‘* 11 05am .Nor. Manchester 815 * 300 * 350 ** 1080 *. ... Silver Lake.... 848 * 350 ¢ 300 ' 930 °* cro s WarSAW,,.... 930 ‘¢ 455 ¢ 240 ¢ 840 'Y .....Leesbnag.....qu .98 220 ‘¢ 810 ** ......Mi1f0rd.....1010 ** 555 ¢ 155 * 740 ¢ ~..New Pari5...1033 ** 625 ¢ 140 ** 730 ‘' ..dp.Goshen,ar..loso ¢ 650 ¢ 180 ¢ ..Ar.Goshen, dp..1100 * 1106 Lo miEnert, ~ 11920 ¢ Tiaingrun by Columbus time. 1 . A.GQ.WELLS, Sup't. Ft.JW., Muncie & Cincinnati R. R, ~ Taking effect June 21st, 1374, GOING SOWTH., Mail & Acc. Night Ex. Ind’s Ez. Detr0it.;.......; Ss4opm 10 00pm Gfand Rapids... 1225 | 1080 5ainaw......... 420 ¢ J BON. cviicieiadivininiina». 940 17 1T 20am Fort Wayne....... 10 00am 2 00am 1 40pm 05eian,............11 00 } 230 81ufft0n...........11 39 318 ! 300 Key5t0ne..........12 22pm | 3 31 Montpielier....... 19 34 el T Hartf0rd.......... 110 405 | 404 Eab0m............. 1 40 ] 2% Munc1e,........... 224 = 443 | 458 McCowtnn........ 247 508 . : Newecastle ........ 400 55 | Csmbridge City... 500 65 | 8ee50n5........... 395 310 Connersville...... 5 50 2% Indians‘mm...... 650 645 | 650 Louisville .... .. 11 25 100 pm 11 25 Cincinnati,,....... 9 00 9 45am GOING NORTH. | C & I Mail Night Ex. Munc, Acc. Cincinnati....... 6 45am 30pm | . Louisville....... . 800 + M 28Bpm Indimm",ﬂum 750 | 340 am Connersville.....lo 25 B§oo : 8ee50n5.......... 10 40 8 16 i Cambﬂdr City. 11 00 540 .+ ; Newca5t1e.......12 00m 9925 | . McC0wan5.......12 57pm = 1012 | Muneie.......... 1 20 wee 5 45 Eat0n..........- 200 1 6 25 Hartford........ 225 C 11100 650 MontpleHer..... 255 . { T 4 - fanveee BOS i T 3 81ufft0n......... 3&4 12 Osam | 815 055ian........... 420 i 8% Fort Wayne..... 516 115 | 945 Jac] veakh 5010100 50% | 3 40pm Sagingw........ : 1 8 30 Grand Rapids... 545 am 4 45pm. 915 Detr0ft.......... 330 . 8 00sm 630 The express will not run of Muncie onlm&?‘paﬂluqnd will run only from Muncie to Connersville on Mondays. All/other trains WM‘ Sundays. : Through ul«phé:un on niﬁhp traine between wdlunpplig Mrou. ranning via Mancte, Ft, W. W. 'WORWN. Gen. Sup’t. Rosert Ripaiz, Gen'l Ticket Agent| ~

1868, B ' 4. * EYE AND EAR. ™ DR.C. A. LAMBERT, W v (LATE OF OHIOAQO,) I OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GONHEN, INDIANA. = 1, ° HOMCEOPATHISTS. Office over Wilden’s Bank. GOSHEN, - INDIANA. Calls from & distance promptly attended to.

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: P. W. CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, Ligonier, « « -« . Indiana.Office over Sack’s Bakery. 2 h@ayl?th, 1874. G W . cARR, Physician and Surgeon, IGONIER, =-~ - - - IND. Will promptly attend all callg intrustedto him. Office and residence on '4th Street. i ! C. PALMITER, Surgeon and Physician, Office at Residence, . ¢ - Ligomier, « « =« « Indiana.

A.S. PARKER, M.D., HOMEOPATHIST, flice on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 ». M. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA.

H. A. MOYER, (Succeesor to W. L. Andrews,) SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE,INDIANA. * ‘LIQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, -Examinations free. g&Oftice, Second Story, Mitchell Block. 8-14-1 y

_ J: M. TEAL, - DENTIST, Corner of Mitchell and State Sts., mene block east of Post Office, room over the Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallville,lndiana. 339~ All work warranted. Kendallville, May 1, 1874. . ! I, E. KNISELY, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW. - «LIGONIER, - - - INDIANA. - Office in Mier's Block. 7-2 " LsCOVELL, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie, Kendallville, Indiana. Office in the Seeley Block, west side Main Street.

¢ C. V. INEKS., v DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND -~ April 12, 1871..50 : ; JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. : Office in the Court House, ' ALBION, - e o IND. 815 ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIIER, INDIANA. Bpecial attention given to conveyancing and collections. Deeds; Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Oflice over Straus & Meagher’s store, : May 15 1873 15-5-.3 D. W. GREEN, _ .-~ ' 3 y Justiceof the Peace & Collection Ag't Office—Second Story, L\nndon’s Brick Block, - LIGONIER, . INDIANA. 9 PHILIP A. CARR, AUCTIONEILR, 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 .

O H YES !All you farmers who have sales to ; . cry will do well to call on , JOSEPH S, POTTS, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA .. ; He i 8 as good at that as he ig.at selling bed springs and up-land cranberries. Office at the Agriculture Store of G. A. Brillhart. -42-6 m CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE. We sell Mr. L. SHEETS' Wines. ° _ Pure — Nothing but the Juice of ‘ the Grape. - SACK BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf TEEGARDEN HOUSE, _ : Laporte, Indiana. . V. W AXTELL, @ : : Proprietor. Laporte, April 5. 1871. : . STOP AT THE : KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. s NBW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. & M. S. R. R. Depot, and four st}ﬂares_ from the G, R. R Rl— Only Xve minutes walk to any of the princ?a] businesshouses of the city. Traveling men andstraners will find this a firet-claes house. Fare $2 per 5& . J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, - lzendallvme. Aug. 3,1870.-14 o T e Surgicaland Mechanical Dentist, . LIGONIER, - . INDIANA. G i ; 1s pregared A : to doanything g L ! in thei;l}ne. A (R e” 2 succesful pracL“& e~ tice ofjov::irﬂlo : P ears justifies RS e "“@ Kim in sayiug G ﬂixat ht? ca:x g . e sy giveentiresatU ol Al " isfactionto a X X i“ who! may » stow their patronage. B® Officeone doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. ; . GOOD NEWS TO ALL! L. SCALOSS “lOULD res!)ectfully' announce to the citizens ~ of Ligonier, Ind., that he hasiopened up the Business, and is prepared to furnish anything yon : may want. & . ICE CREAM ; By the Dish,' Ice Cream andiGeneral Refreshments furnished Parties, Pic-Nics, &c., on short notice, and at very reasonable terms. - WARM MEALS i At all Hours. Day boarding by the week or meal CANNED KFRUITS. - The‘igreatest assortment in Northern Indiana, consist ng of Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn, Whortleberries. Pine A%p}es, Pears, Peas, Strawberries, Gooseberries, Cherries, California Grapes, Green Corn, Apricots. CONFECTIONERY - In abundance; Prunes, Currants, Figs, Raisins, | Oran&(es. Lemons, Smoked Salmon, Sardines, Almonds, Pea-Nuts, Hazlenuts, Cider..&c., &c , &c. | . TOBACCO. - ’ Cigare, Fine Cut, Smoking, Plug, Shorts, &c., of the best quality, and all other articles usnally kept in a first-class Grocery and Restaurant. POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS. 1 will pay cash for all kinds of country produce. Remember that I will furnish yon with anything you may want, i Feb, 10.’74-42-tf SACK BROTHERS, . Bakers & Grocers. : CavinStreet, Ligonier, Indiana. Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., CholceGroceries,Provisions,YankeeNotions,&c Thehighestcash pricepaidfer Conntiy Produce Mayils,'6B-tf. SACK BRO'S.

Gold & Bilver 8. A. HERTZLER

JEWELER and WATCHMAKER, ebo | HAS constantly S on hand alarge = PRSI stock of Ladies’ & - & N = Gent’s gold and sil- * Aaﬁ,‘ DRRE =YT Watches, gold dais. . A = and gilver Guard 2l 2= and Vest Chains, ! | = Silver Plated Ware, h G == Spectacles, Violins, T . Accordeons, Guitar . ey e and H armonicas, = ~ Bnd will be sold at The Very Lowest Cash Prices, A specialty made of repairing the finest | Swiss and Ameriean Watches. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Store Rooms in the Ligonier House, 8, A HERTZLER. Ligonier, Tune 11, 1874, tf, :

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THE NEW IMPROVYED REMINGTON , SEWING MACHINE.

AWARDED . | : 9 The “Medal for Progress, AT VIENNA, 1873. ‘The, HIGuEST ORDER OF “MEDAL” AWARDED AT THE . EXPOSITION. No Sewing Machine Received a Higher , Brize. : ~ A FEW GOOD REASONS: I.—A New Invention TrorovenLy TesTep and secured by Letters Patent. : 2.—Makes a perfect rook sTircu, alike on both sides, on all kinds of goods. . - 3.—Runs Lieur, SmooTH, NoiseLESE and Rarip —best combination of qim)itiee. 4.—DuBaBLE— Runs for years without repairs. 5.— Will do all varieties of work and fancy stitching in a superior manuner, 6.—ls most easily managed by the operator.— Length of stitch may be altered while running, and machine can be threaded witheut passing the thread through holes. : ) 7.—Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, forming the stitch without the use of ('og Wheel Gears, Rotary Cams or Lever Arms.] Has the Antox’nuti‘c Drop Feed, which immfres fini:form length of stitch at any speed. Hasour new Thread Controller, which allows easy movement of needle-bar and prevents injury to thread. . B.—Construction most careful and finished. It is manufactured by the most gkillful and experienced: mechanics, at the celebrated Remington Armor, Ilion, N. ¥. Chicago Office, 285 State Street. ‘ 13-2mos-loripitc |

F. BEAZEL, l\mnn'ffa(:t'l;rer of YB. ' , Y (N[ ‘tianr 2\ Saddles, Harness . aasp—"TRUNKS, LIGONIER, INDIANA The proprictor will be p]cﬁsed at ahy time to wait on all who may wish anything in'the line, ot HARNESS, . SADDLES, .- BRIDLES, , WHIPS, / COLLARS, ‘ FILY-NETS, BRUSHES, L CARDS, &c., and in fact everything pertzﬁning to this line of business. '

Especial attention is called to the fact that he is now engageéd 1n the ‘mnnpfacvmring'of nII kinds of TRUNKS, Which, in * : Style, Finish, Dyrability & Price, ] ! : = ] i Are far superior to those of eastern manufacture. Call, See and Buy. October 30, T3-27tf F. BFAZFEL. E. J. DODGE & CO., . MANUFAOTURERS OF Facfory oppogite the Empire Millg; .Sale Rooms on Cavin Street, opposite the Plow Works, LBIGONIER, :| : : INDIANA.

OUR new Factory ig now in full operation, run- ./ ing 10 hours per day, and we are prepared to o do, at short notice, all kinds of Planing & Matching, . _RE-SAWING, JIG-SAWING, TURNING, CARVING, &c. Also manufacture Wood Mouldings, Ballusters, and Parlor Brackets, Toys, | Etc., Etc., Etc. We Guarantee All Work to be Second 10 None. We have new ﬁmchiper_y and firgt-class hmids. and do fine work, so briffg along your Planing in the morning and ‘carry 1t home with you in the afternoon. Call and See ue, Goods sold WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Ligonier, Ind., June 11, '74-7-6m . Tin Emporium JOHN ABDILL, At the old stand of Ge&o.:McLenn. has constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware¥: Forks, Hoes, Butts,Sc%we.Lmku, Latches,Strape Hinges, Pocket and Table Cutlery, &c. o Algo, a full line of the celebrated I : MISHAWA.KA PLQWS, All of which will be sold at bottom figures for cash, I o 5 Especial attention given to the laying of TIN ROOFS, PUTTING. UP OF EAVE TROUGHS, . and all kinds of ‘ . JOB WORK. | Call and examine goods before buying elsewhere, REMEMBER THE PLAOE : SIGN OF THE LARGE COFFEE POT, May 21, '7B-25tf e [JOHN ABDILL., A CARD. A Clergyman. while retlidln%ein South America, as missionary, discovered a safe and dna;le remedy for the Cure of Nerveus Wukneu&;. arly De--By, Dh.gn{g of the Urimrr and S‘eﬂ} 1 Organs, and the whole train or disorders ouﬁgt on by banefal aud vicious lu?m. Great numbers have been cured b} this noble renqedl. ,rroggud by a desire to benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, I will send the mei]pt for preparing and using this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to any one who needs it, Free of c% A‘«Ki'i-'m. . ch JOSEPH T, INMAN, . ¢, | Station D, Bible House, §ooly. el New York City,

LIGONIER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 15874.

-MY HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

“No money; What in thunder did you get on for? How’d you expect to travel on this road 'thout the stamps ? Off with you, and no whining around me! I know my business ‘and yours, maybe. Any baggage ?” : “No baggage,” I muttered, dolefully —“but. you can take my over-coat, I can Iﬁget the money at Savannah.” ' “Dang your old coat! What you s'pose I want with your dirty old rags?”’ - i “Rags! Look here, there’s not a break in this coat. Gooc} as new.” - “Off with you, quick !’ “For heaver’s sake!” “Shall I kick you off ?” . “I'm over a tliousand miles from home ?” e

“Dang your home! Off with you, or I’ll sling-you off.” i “Try it if you dare.” - Whoop! Thud! biff! diff! lick towhack! spat! scuffe-a-bang! knowhim! thrash! wallop! and out we went together on a pile of cross-ties. As he clinched mel struek him a heavy blow in' the face with my right hand, while with my left I pulled the bell-rope.— Toot! Toot! said the signal whistle, and off went the train. g .

‘Do you quite understand what.l had done? It was quite plain to me. I had stolen a conductor. Let me be explicit—to tell you the truth I had just served through the Confederate army, and only twenty years old at thati— You know there was a conscription law, and when I waseighteen I had to go in. I was assigned toduty'in Florida, and when the war ended I foundmyself suffering from a wound and a thousand miles from home. I staidin Florida till the winter of 1868, when, finding myself well again, and seeing no earthly chance of ever finding any employment in! that distracted State which would enable me to lay up money enough to pay my way home on the cars, I set out a foot.. Not till I had walked a hundred miles or more did I fully realize the difficulty of my undertaking. In consequence of my | wound I had been for a long time indoors, with scarcely any ®xercise, and now, although I was well, I was tender‘as a woman. My feet were blistered and swelled so that I had to cut_ my - boots to pieces, and my legs got stiff and sore. I suffered from lack of food, too, at times, for the country through which I passed was thinly settled, with people so poor they had nothing for me. Finally I reached the railroad, and as it was my niost direct route to Savannah, where I hoped to | find some friends, I followed it. . This railroad passed through the'great Oakcefenokee swamp, and it was in the most dismal part of the wild barren that a:happy idea entered my brain.— It was that of stealing a ride. A freight train had just passed me going. north, and I knew that in less than half an hour a passeriger train would follow. My plan was to stand near the track and leap on the platform of : the rear car. I did this without accident, and found myself a moment after seated on the platform steps in a very comfortable position. Ah! it was delicious to feel the cool night breeze fanning my feverish brow.— Night air? Yes it was near midnight, and the full moon was shining gloriously. How sweetly I rested. low much pleasanter than walking. But luck did not favor me. I had been seated but a few minutes when something tapped me on the shoulder. I looked up. “Ticket’s?” said the man who leant over me. “Got none,” said I. ‘ “Money, then,” said he. : . “Got none,” I replied. ; ; Then followed what is chronicled at the beginning of this sketch. He had reached up and pulled the bell-rope, bringing the train to a stand still. I did not think of stealing him till the very moment he clinched me on theplatform. = As I have said I struck him with one hand and pulled the bell-rope with the other. We had a short, furious fight on the platform, and then rolled off on a pile of crossties just as the train, in obedience to | my signal, rolled away. I do not think the conductor heard the whistle, or knew the train had gone, so busy was he trying to lick me. Ihad not tasted food for three days past. I suppose fever of despair lent me strenght, for I got him under me there on the crossties by the track and thumped him till he bawled for help. By this time the train was roaring but faintly in the distance. I let him up and he gazed around. | ‘ “Wh--where’s my train?” he then sad. - s “Don’t you hear it?” I asked, seating myself on a cross-tie, in an almost breathless state. . . v - “What in thunder! Ding that engineer! 'What on earth made him leave me? I will report him to——" “Oh! don’t get too blustery,” said I, interrupting him; “I gave the engineer the signal just as you clinched me.” : ' : “Did you pull the bell-rope 2” . “Yes sir.” S ‘ | “The nation you did! What for #” “Oh, just for fun,” I replied, scowling at him out of the corner of my eyes. . : “For fun! how much is it?? “Between a quart and a half a gallon.” o . : - “Have to walk at least ten miles through this. infernal old swamp, he muttered. D : ' “Better two of us than one!” “But ding it, my train!” “Just so,” said I. . | - “They may not miss me for fifty miles.” ; YNor me’” . * “Nor you! Ding you! Who are you, anyway ?” . - “No matter,” said I, “you’d better have let me alone.” . “But. ding it, man, I must obey or-: d_éns. The roadmaster would have reported me for dismissal if I'd let you off without the money!” L “And now he'll report you for deserting his train.” o “No; I'll hurry up to the next station and report my situation.” _ “By no means,” said I. : “Why n?t v _. “I'll pot'allow you.” : . PYogwonty o o ! '“That I will not,” said I, emvhatically, drawing from its hiding place underneath my coat a hugh Colt’s revolver, The conductor’s face turned to just the color of the moonshine. “Don’t kill me,” he suggested; “I was only obeying orders, indeed I was, sir. T o : ! e ] - “Maybe you'd like to pray a little?” “Pray! Good heaven’s, you're not in earnest ?” e T he _ “Oh, if you don’t want to pray,” says é} cocking my pistol and examining ‘the cap. L SRR, He went down on his knees mt{ prayed ‘guit‘s-' fervently. Jnst as&‘he | finished I heard thetrain coming back stftitapeedl: © 2 8

“Darned if they ain’t backing down! They’ve missed me!” he cried, springing to his feet. @ ° , “They’ll never find you.” “Very easy,” said he; “I'll wave my hat.” ' : : “Not at all,” I replied. - “Why not? I'll let you ride to—" “I do nof care toride. ILet’s take a stroll in the swamp.” “What for?” . “Oh, just to avoid being seen.” “For the Lord’s sake!” he cried. “Move ahead,” I said, and I drove him back into the thickest swamp a few hundred yards. : “Now just open your mouth, I remarked, as the train thundered past with lights hanging out on évery side, and T'll send a ball down your throat.” He kept very quiet, and we could hear the excited voices of the passengers and train hands as they were borne along at a constantly -lessening. speed. Finally the train was brought to a stand-still a half-mile below. After remaining there awhile it came slowly back, the men running along beside it beating up the woods in either direction for a few rods. - Meantime I was not idle, I bound the conductor’s hands and feet with his suspenders and gagged him with ’ my handkerchief. In this condition I ’ sat him down) against the root of a tree, and throwing my overcoat across my arm, left him there. As soon as I got out of sight of my prisoner I took off my small flannel frock made to be worn either side out. - It was black on one side, white on the other. I hastily put a pine knot in my cap and threw it into a pond near by, and put on a soft hat which I had been carrying in my pocket. This Lhat was white and very broad brimmed. I now hastened to thie vicinity of the railroad track, and as the train with its excited attendants began to pass I cooly joined the ecrowd of persons who walked beside the cars. : -“Singular what’s become of him,” I remarked to the man nearest me. “Tarnation queer, indeed,” was the reply. ! “He’s sloped with the money,”—said _a puffing fat -man on my left, “bet my boots on that.” | “That’ssmy notion,” said I. “Yes, yes,” continued the fat man approvingly, “that’s it exactly. I knew a man out in Texas who did this same trick:’ “You did.” “Yes, sir, and he has never been found yet.” ‘ | ; “Indeed.” ¢ : “So sure as the world, and they said he had lots of money on hand too.” “Real sharp villain, wasn’t he ?” “YWas that, sure!” ? “Hist, listen! Who's that?” «YHelpl helpl” | - © “It’s the conductor’s voice,” yelled a .brakeman, and forthwith everybody rushed into the swamp. In averylittle time they had found my man, who had managed to spit out his gag. 1 helped to untie him. “ITow the dickens came you in this fix ¥” said I, in anassumed voice, helping him to his feet. “Ding if I can tell; must’ been the devil. Great big black fellow sit on the hind platform. Asked him for ticket; said had none. Asked him for money; said had no money either; stopped the train and went to kick him off. Ding scamp pulled bell-rope and clutched me. Slung me off the platform, whaled melike blazes. Took me down in the swamp and tied me. Pistol about two feet long. Ding if twasn’t!” - ) Well, after everybody had congratulated the conductor we all went back to the train and got aboard. Hoot! hoot! yelped the whistle, and away we speed. I leaned back in my seat and soon fell asleep. Everybody was excited and talking but me. Fact is I was exhausted. : . ~ * “Ticket, check!” ‘ ~ Some one punched me in the ribs. . I sprang wildly to my feet. ‘ ' “Ho, ho; here what ails you?” said the conductor, laughing. .. ‘ I rubbed my eyes and sat down. “Thought that fellow of yours had - got me,” I muttered, cooly taking off my old hat as if .looking after my check. . ~ “Lost,” said I; “must have fallen out when that infernal bush dragged off my hat.” . The conductor tubbed the knots on his head made by my fist, and said, smiling painfully: _ ; ' “You fellows must have torn around like all possessed, acout ene-half of you are minus your checks; but ding if I -ain’t monstrous glad you found me! Awful beating that fellow gave me.— He’d a killed me if the train hadn’t come back as it did! Bless me, you ought to have seen his eyes. He had the devil in’em. ' . The conductor passed on. I rode to Savanunah, where I found a friend, who furnished me the means to det home. | . - Such is the history of my first and only highway robbery. s el 4 —————— Southern Tribute to the Chicago Times. : [From the Memphis Appeal. The Chicago T'imes ysed to be a paper for Democrats, espl%elally those of the South, to swear by.! It was the organ of the “fierce Democracy,” and during the ,war was more, Southern than the Southerners themselves. It was so ultra we could not keep pace with it. Its office was the nest for all Northern “traitors” to .the United States Government, and Storey (its proprieter) was either a member or prompter of the famous Order of the Knights of the Golden Circle, whose ostensible work was to assist the South in her struggle for independence. We doubted the 7'imes then, and we have doubted it ever since. It has always been a blackguard shee’, characterized by every species of journalistic outrage against religion and decency, and as such it has done more to bring the Democratic name and principles into disrepute than all things else that have occurred in the Union in twenty years. In Chieago no decent man will allow the infamous sheet to enter his house, and its chief editor, afterbeing kicked, cuffed and horsewhipped by nymphus -du pave and others equally or more disreputable with whom he consorted, ‘has been ostracised by society. He is ‘a Pariah, and as such makes a paper that is low, obscene and ruffianly.— Nothing is too sacred for his attack, and nothing so lofty as to be beyond his attempt to pull it down.

A MAN I§y Ruins.—One of the saddest spectacles in the world is a human being sliattered and broken down by the use of ardent spirits. But the damage may be repaired, the ruin restored to perfect soundness, by a course of that most powerful of all invigorants, Di. WALKER'S VINEGAR Brrrers. Beware of those “tonics” of which rum is an element. They aggravate disease and promote decay. . LRI i 19'4Wa

- GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY. If the public mind is not yet‘made up in its opinion of the charges made against Mr. Beecher, it cannot be for lack of evidence. Indeed there have been so many statements, that one is utterly bewildered in the attempt to keep it all in mind. First Mr. Tilton made an elaborate statement, setting forth in detail’a formidable array !of charges, the least of which is damag--ing, if true. Although this statement was sworn to by Mr. Tilton it could hardly be called evidence in the highest meaning of that term. Mrs. Tilton’s statement is so weak and so selfcontradictory thats it has been generally treated with disrespect. Next we had Mr. Beecher’s statement. This was long and diffuse, and by some considered as sufficiently self-exculpatory. He denied in toto the charge that he’ had ever held improper relations with Mrs. Tilton, and the two specific charges wherein Mr. Tilton professed to have been an eye witness, were characterized as falsehoods. The damaging letters copied in Tilton’s statement were explained away by a sort of argumentation which, if it be not pure sophistry, reveals an habitual state of mind on Mr. Beecher’s part wholly in: explicable on any hypothesis of mental phenomena other than insanity.— Clearly, then, we must look elsewhere for confirmatory evidence. As between thie two statements by the principals, that of Mr. Tilton is supported by his oath, while Beecher’s is a simple denial. Tt isusual in courts of - law to weigh the testimony of a witness by his credibility. We should therefore seek to aseertain, the respective characters of these two men. In the first place, what Teason have we to believe that Mr. Tilton would testify untruthfully? These series of letters which for a period of ten years passed between Mr. and Mrs. Tilton assist us in making up our verdict.-— They breathe nothing but the purest and deepest love on both sides, and are convincing evidence that their domestic relations were not as they have since been represented by Mrs. Tilton. Will the fact that Mr. Tilton is an im- | moral man, invalidate his sworn eyidence? We tliink not. According to the testimony of Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, Theodore had freely eonféssed: his infidelities to his wife. Thisis an admission by his enemies of his hon- ] esty. We have Moulton’s testimony to the same effect—that is, to Tilton’s sincerity. 'We can hardly see how, under these circumstances, the testimo--ny of Beecher should outweigh that of Tilton. The main difficulty is the enormity of the offenses charged and the improbability of their'truth. Let us see if Beecher’s character does not warrant the belief that he might be guilty of such offenses. His own sis- | ter, Mrs. Hooker, writes that she has | heard of the scandal. She is troubled about it, not knowing whether it be true or not. She says to Henry, “Your philosophy of the sexes is too far ahea(},, of time.” Nothing about their emormity, it must be observed. She . says further that if he will confess td her, she will go into his pulpit and. read his statement. More than this she will vindicate him with all her genius and zeal. In a letter to another brother, the Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, Mrs. Hooker expresses her belief that Henry is guilty of the seduction of Mrs. Tilton. -She'says,“Sofar as Ican see, it is he (IHenry) who has dragged the dear child (Mrs. Tilton) into the slough and left her there, and who is now sending another -woman (Mrs. ‘Woodhull) to prison, who is innocent of all crime but fanaticism for truth.” Mrs. Hooker acknowledges her advo-. cacy of Woodhullism, or something nearly akin to it and admits having: written an article in reply to Dr. Todd’s famous - arraignment of the woman suffragists which she dare not publish over her true name, lest her daughters be contaminated. This article was highly spoken of by Godkin of the Nation and others. Thomas K, Beecher says of Mrs. Woodhull, “She only carries out Henry’s' philosophy, against which I protested 20 years ago.” Again, “We cannot work together.” “In his cry of progress and the nobleness ‘of human nature, he has sacrificed the clear, exact idea of integrity.” . “0f the two, Woodhull is my hero,: Henry my coward.” From this correspondence between two members of the Beecher family we see that Henry has had the reputation of being an advocate of extreme social freedom for twenty years. Mrs. Hooker can defend him. Thomas cannot. With this insight into Mr. Beecher’s character as painted by his own family, we are better prepared to judge the strength of hisdefense. He is‘accusgd of doing simply what is in accordance, with his views of the social relation.’ ‘His unsupported denial will therefore be next to worthless, even were it a close and logical statement. But it is unfortunately open to other objections. It is diffuse and ornate, and the explanations of some of the charges are so exceedingly labored and call for such an amount of credulity on-the part of the jury, that we are almost disposed to smile at them. His explanation of the letter dictated to Moulton and known as the apology is entirely inadequate. Mrs. Tilton’s constantly recurring contradictions totally unfit her for being used as a witness. Either she is insane, or she has been so wrought upon by the Beecher faction, -that she has no longer any self-will.— She. confesses her adultery to her husband, and makes a recantation at Beecher’s instance. She denies this again to Storrs and others. It isincredible that her husband forced her to make the first accusation. No woman would submit to such an indignity. From all the evidence we ean glean, Tilton is not the man to take so infamous an advantage of a woman. But, admitting it, the fact remains that the recantation was obtained by Beecher in the same way. Taking the three statements, those of the Tiltons and Beecher, for what they are worth, we cannot resist the conviction that Mr. Beecher has decidedly the worst of it. At this juncture - Mr. Moulton comes to the rescue with the only real evidence of the controversy. He is the only competent witness.— The others are on trial. Mr. Moulton is a singular character. He occupies the somewhat anomalous position of mutual friend. He seems to have -gained the implicit confidénce of both Tilton and Beecher. He has been entrusted with all the correspondence bearing upon the scandal, no matter by whom written. -This voluminous correspondence, s&rxgg'together into a narrative with a running comment of explanation, forms the long looked for statement. Mr. Moulton has been charged with being a free-lover, a man of the world, a man not belonging to any church, and ﬁﬁa}{%‘:‘as being thoroughly unscrupulous. The simple. fact that for many years he has been Mr. Beecher’s best and only confidential friend, eﬂﬁ@tﬂ&y ﬂﬂggifm t;‘ha‘t : ‘charge of any force whatever. Mr

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Moulton’s statement is of course twofold. That part of it which consists of documents, is- unimpeachable, unless it be proven that they are forgeries. This has not even been charged. The seconid part consists of his own statement: As a statement its value depends upon Mr. Moulton’s character for veracity. Mr. Moulton corroborrates -all the main -points of Tilton’s statement. =He heard Beecher acknowledge that lﬁ‘had been criminally intimate Avith Mrs. Tilton. He has had the same confession from Mrs. Tilton ntore than once. He never heard her deny it until she did so in writing to help Mr. Beecher. The tripartite covenant, Moulton says, was signed simply to-hush up the talk about Beecher. Bowen and Beecher had entered into a conspiracy to ruin | Tilton, and the latter wrote out a statement of his wrongs and had'the article. put in type. At this critical juncture the covenant was entered into. The stories which have lately been put into circulation -and repeated by Mrs. Tilton in, her testimony . before the committee, had .their origin. in. the teeming brain of Mrs. Morse, Mrs. Til- | ton’s mother. This lady hated Tilton and was thoroughly unserupulous in hey efforts to obtain a separation betweéen him and her daughter. - To this end she invented the story of his unfaithfulness, - parsimony .and cruelty. This fact Mrs. Tilton herself communicated to Moulton. The same lady fostered in every way the intimacy between Beecher and her daughter. To show that she was not unaware of the real relations existing between them she saysin a letter to Mr. Beecher: “Do you know when I hear of your cracking your ‘jokes from Sunday to Sunday; and think of the misery you have brought upon us, I think with the Psalmist, ‘There is no God ?’” I we may believe' Moulton, the charge now made by Beecher of blackmailing is of recent growth.: Through all the difficulty he never heard Mr. Beecher make'such an accusation. As late as the 13th of July last, Mr. Beecher wrote Moulton 'a:létter in which he says,“l am ashamed to put astraw more upon you,” thus ‘gonfessing his many obligations to his friend, and that his cconfidence was yet firm. Mr. Beecher’s charge that Tilton and Moulton werea couple-of sharpers and blackmailers, ready to take any advantage of his simplicity and innocence, is thus rendered harmless. Lo sum up, we have the direct evidenee -of Tilton and Moulton, and the indirect testimony of Mrs. "Tilton herself, to support the charge of adultery. made 'agairiﬁ;Mr. Beecher... The Testimony of' Mrs. Hooker and the Rev. Thomas K.Beecher proves that Henry Ward Beecher believed in a state of social freedom incompatible with the marriage relation. We have the testimony of Mrs. Morse that Beecher had brought misery upon the family of Tilton. Beecher admits to having donea great wrong. - ‘He is so troubled as to wish himself dead. His violent self-con-demnation is incomprehensible on any other hypothesis than that he is guilty of adultery. People must, after all, judge for themselves. It is not likely that Hénry Ward Beecher will ever confess his crime, Until he does so,: his innocence will have thousands of zealous advocates, There can be no stronger condemnatory evidence bro’t ‘to convict any man, than has been presented in this case. Documents by scores - containing: the most. direct proofsiof Mr. Beecher’s guilt have been adduced and their genuinemess has passed .unchallenged. = The' defense ‘has confined itself to explaining how certain things might have been written in certain mental states and so meaning something different from what they 'would have done had the ‘mental state been different. For instance, when Mr. Beecher said he had done Tilton a deadly wrong, and wished he were dead, he meant nothing of the kind. It was his mood and nothing more. e had done no harm. On the contrary, Tilton had devoted ‘his life to attacks on him (Beecher) and had been doing him-: wrongs.— .Though -he had entrusted all his papers to Moulton and up to a few weeks ago confided his every thought to his care, he iow denounces him as a villain seeking to compass his (Beecher’s) ruin. Those who are not. convinced now cannot be convinced. His defenders are such in violation of every . principle of right and justice. - There will be a determined effort made by the Eastern press to ignore the testimony, or, at least, to condone the fault. We are astonished to:find the New York Nation, a paper usually distin‘guished by its fairness, warmly espousing Mr. Beecher’s cause. It finds his statement ‘all that is necessary to brand Tilton as a liar, blackmailer and libertine. This is nothing less than. downright d?l)Onesty.’ Happily a large proportion of the American people live west of New York City, and will-be guided by the evidence in coming to a conclusion.—Fort Wayne Sentinel,! = o [ : How to Raise Wheat. : | 1. * Prywovrm, INv:, August 16, 1674, To the Editor Plymouth Democrat:] = Being extremely successful in raising a wheat crop the present season, by earnest, solicitation I -propose giving my fellow co-workers some of my ex-perience-in the production of the same. “To begin with, I had 36 acres of fallow ground, which 'was broken (when ‘the ground was very dry and from eight'to eleven inces deep) principally in the month of July. ‘We then let the ground lay exposed to the sumnier’s sun and heat until the last of Anugust, when we stirred the ground with double shovels and then harrowed. The first week in September we commenced drilling with a- rolhng drill (which, by the way,eannot be surpassed for all kinds of ground,) sowing from 10 to 12 acres per day until completed: <Result: the' entire crop (36 acres) yielding 2814 bushels per ‘acre—the- best 10 acres yielding 30 bushels per acre. If any one has had a better. yield for aslarge a tract sown, .let us hear from them, and their manner of proceedure. > Yours truly, - ; L - WM. Y. STEPHENSON.

ONE of the worst scoundrels unmasked by Moulton is Henry C. Bowen. He it was who first started the ball rolling. He got Tilton excited to the piteh of saying hard things about Beecher and then advised Beecher to cut'him dead. He has been the.Mephistopheles of the whole dirty business and had well nigh escaped detection, but, Moulton brings him out of his modest obscurity ji':;lto ‘the broad light of day, where all may gaze upon the despicable mischief maker. -

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How a Great Scandal was Dealt With . Seventy Years Ago. ' 5 [From the Picayune.] . , ' ~ About seventy years ago there lived in this'country a very great man. His name was Alex.- Hamilton. He has been a distinguished officer of the revolution, and a trusted friend and counsellor of the illustrious Washington. - On the organization of the government, Hamilton became a leader of a great political party, and was appoint-" ed the first secretary of the treasury of the United States. He was the ablest man who ever filled that office. As a party leader at a time of fierce political excitements, Mr. Hamilton' was the shining mark of many bitter asiaults His own party was not moderdte in its counter attacks. Mr. Jef-— ferson was the target of the federal or Hamiltonian doctrines. His private life, too, was everhauled, and every act distorted into something criminal or immoral. There were.no limits, to this sort of abuse on both sides. ' At last the Jeffersonians light- - ed upon a Rrecious piece of scandal against Mr.'Hamilton which did not even need coloring or exaggeration to render it excessively distasteful to his friends and damaging to his reputation, _The story ran thus: Al buxom and attractive woman had visited the young and susceptible secretary of the treasury, and under pretext of " seeking some favor of him had captivated and seduced him from: the paths of duty and morality.; An.amour of a somewhat extended and complicated character sprung out of the affair, which.had gone far enough, however, to expose the ¢haraeter of the woman as an adventuress and blackmailer of tlie most avaracious nature. Finally, a convenient husband. was introduced ° into the drama, an illiterate and vulgar fellow, who attempted the penal .game on the great' secretary.. Nothing but an office in the treasury or $50,000 in cash would solace the wounds . of honor and connubial felicity which were inflicted by lamilton. The great man resisted and defied the arts and importunities of both the woman and her suppositious husband. Thereupon - they sold their | valuable scandal to the enemies of Mr. Hamilton, who were not slow in laying the- - affair before the world. The friends of Hamilton denied the stovy at| first, but were quickly silenced by the amazing courage and:-honesty of his answer. ~ “Freely admitting that he had strayed from the path of duty, and- had grievously sinned as a father and hus-. band, under the wiles and seducing: arts of a voluptuous woman, he indig-_ nantly repelled all asgersions upon ‘his honor as a public official and gentleman. For his sin, of which he had deeply repented, he asked the indulgence of his fellow citizens, but if he had permitfed himself to be misledby any arts orlinfluence to a betrayal of the high trust confided to him, he should feel that he had noright to ask their forgiveness or indulgence. Itis a curious fact in our political and social histery that Mr. Hamilton’s manly answer completely disarmed the public censure, and continued, until .his unhappy death, the idol of his party, and the most admired and respected political chieftain of the era.

Horticultural Department Indiana , State Fair and Exposition. The Superintendents of 'the Horticultural Department of the Fair and ' Exposition beg leave to call your at--tention to the very liberal premium list in the various branches represented in this Department of the Fair and Exposition of 1874. Under the liberal premium list of last year, (which has been materially .increased for this,) - this Department of the Exposition became one of the centres of attraction. 1t cannot fail to be better this year, as nature has blessed us with apropitious season for horticulturists, and the managers have added to their experi‘ence of last year valuable improvements to the building and internal ar-— rangements, while, through the instrumentality of private parties a firstclass Green House well stocked with plants, has been erected adjoining the Floral Hall. The Green House will be opened to visitors attending the Exposition, and will thus become part of the Exposition, while its owners, - owing to the advantagé they would have over florists from a distance, are not allowed to compete for the society’s premiums. ) Ample arrangements are being made for the accommodation of exhibitols of fruits, and the abundant crop of this season warrants us in the opinion that the show will be worthy of the thigh position that Indiana holds as a fruit-growing State. Whilst we assure the public that ample aceommo- | dations will be provided, both for exhibitors and visitors, and laboring un- . der. the cerfain .conviction that our country possesses the necessary resources to constitute one of the grandest displays that 'has ever been made in the West, yet we feel that it is our duty to so present this matter to the publigithat those possessing articles \v()rthy’o\tnay ‘be induced to bring them out. = ‘ - It is a matter of State pride, as well as one of the best opportunities that “can be -offered, of laying before the public the natural advantages Indiana possesses to the horticulturist, and as this is a department of labor that increases in interest beyond the ordinary ratio commensurate with the age and -improvement of any country, we feel free to urge it as a matter of selfinterst, saying nothing of the chances™ for valuable premiums, that all persons having articles worthy to bring them out, and thus benefit themselves and subserve the ge;{xeral interests. - W. H. RAGAN, ’ ; ‘H. R. ALLEN, % Supls, How to Act the Fool. - No matter in what town orcity you live,says an exchange, when you want to’' buy boots, shoes or clothing for yourself, dress goods, a:-piano or sew'ing machine for your wife, be sure 'and buy them from an itindrant trader, or send off for them, instead of buying them at the same or less rates from your local dealers, thus keeping ‘a townsman from enjoying: the legitimate profits upon the same, and giving it'to enrich a riyal section, while you impoverish your own. Send off for everything you need; don’t encourage home merchants or mechanies; cry down all kinds of public improvements; talk politics all day long, to ‘the neglect of your own business, as if the fate of the country depended upon you; never read the papers or advertise your business, and send your job printing to a nei-%hboring‘“ﬁciw; i -you are a farmer, eschew all improvenents and farm on ybungx;ndf&%h@t’ﬂf : plan,. Thus you can act the fool admil'ably. i | SES ek ;«\tyﬂ_- ,:‘}:*:s4 o "«t e truth she has uttered,. .~ -