The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 1, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 April 1875 — Page 2

The Fatidhal Banner ‘ ‘ SERLYY Wi . e P L eoo J. B.‘STOLL.-Edifor andefppq‘ietor.‘. LIGONIER, IND; APRIL 29,1875. . WE ENTER this weék upon th<tenth volume, with extended’j,widrfh “and hreadth of the Bz}xm;p’-s* pages. Tho’ jcustomary and entirely proper on oc- ‘ casions like the presernt to review the _past and speculate on/ the :future, we prefer to allow the,p?per to speak for itself. ’ll‘he ouly assurance we can give our rpaders is, that no pains shiall ~be spared to-render the BANNER far more attractive,interesting and entertaining than it has ever been before. In return for the expense incurred in ieffecting the enlargement, we only ask’ that each of our friends througliout the county make an effort to induce at least one of their neighbors to en- . joy the pleasuré of one year's perusal ~of the NATIONAL BANNER. e iy et ey » _ Col. Charles Zollinger se¢ms to be morally certain of a re-election as Mayor of Fort Wayne. He has made _#2ood record. -.. ~

The friends of ‘Gov. Hendgicks are working up his',;'presidentia-l chances with considerable energy. They seem to think the South almost unanimousIy favors his nomination. |

And now comes the report thut Senator Morton is an avowed candidate for' the Presidepcy. “We can’t imagine what comfort he can éxpect to, derive from so hopeless a race. . -~ .. .

- ATTORNEY, GENERAL DBUSKIRK confirms the opinion heretofore expressed in these columns that druggists need not obtain a license under our new liquor law to sell'spirits for medicinal purposes. . :

It is rumored that Gen. Reub Williams contemplates taking charge of th Fort Wayne 'Gazette, which concern is said to be suffering severely of galloping consumption. As a friend, we advise the General to keep hands off and stick to the Indianian. -

“ A sTEAM PLOW has been invented by T. L. Roberts, of Sullivan county, - this State. It weighs 6,000 pounds, = 2osts $3,000, and will be manufactur- " A 4 by an association iﬁ%hiﬂianapblis‘.v .The new Venture is pronounced ‘an undoubted success. SN

i JULIUS BOETTICHER, the Nestor -of the German press of Indiana, died last Sunday afternoon at his lhome in Indianapolis, after a painful illness of "several days’ duration,. Mr. Boet-

ticher established his Volksblatt nearly twenty-eight years ago and continued its editor and publisher up to the date of his demise. : i

.. They are having a red-hot time in © the city of Indianapolis over the coming municipal election. Both sides are straining every nerve.to acliieve a victory, and, as is generally the case under such circumstances, neither side is very particuiar as to the means to . whith resort.’is taken to reachi the ~ main ot;j*ejét; ‘A little less politics and considerable more honesty in lawiici~pal affairs would prove very beneficial .to cities like Tndianapolis. - L

.. THE PRESENT notoriously in¢ompe-. tent and unsuited .Attorney. General Mr: Williams, has at last gratified the - people, of the United States by tender- * ing his resignation, to take effect May ~=sloth. ' The probabilities are that the %%gpsitibn will be tendered Judge Bond; Maryland, a man of brains and ~ character. © Almost any sort of 4 de- ‘" eent, lawyer will be.an improvenient . upon Williams. It is intimated that -the latter will return to Oregon,with | a view to securing his election to the U.BSemate. - -. 3~ - -’ - S e T e T /WE.ARE GREATLY rejoiced to be ==Meito state that the Beecher-Tilton . nastiness is-gradually losing its inter- ' est.-' Since Beecher’s cross-examina- . tion .nothing of a note-worthy charac- ~ ter has transpired. An emaciated " Plymouthite named Cleveland, who had a hand in the patching-up-a-‘peace negotiations, gave a rose-color--‘ed statement of his recollections, but ' his story amounts to comparatively Jittle. The other day, the defense brought, a half-witted sp’iritualistic - spinster upon "the standto elate . something to the discredit' of Tilton. Lawyer Tracy is now on the stand to ~‘bolster up the defense. ek " THE GRANGERs ' of ‘Hantington county, according -to Sam. Winter’s. . Democrat, have taken a step which is - destined to produce a revolution in that region. “The Order,” says the * Democtat, “has -determined to_trade ~ exelusively’ upon the cash Dasis—re- - quiring every member to pay for what \he purchases at the time of purchase. ‘ the merchants of the __city have for many years sought to r«introdueé, and at ’»lengih' they have reseeived emncouragement and support - from a soutce fiom which they hardted it—i. e, from parties' . which have heretofore asked for cred-’ fgﬂwﬁtge is a reciprocity and co- , goperation " Which is commendable.— P "Let no one say the Grange has not i, done “ something worthy of praise.” Worrect, Samuel. e hem e e \EVERAL WEEKS since, the Pope of . . % raised a distinguished Ameri- ~ fatholie, Bishop -_?icugoskéy,hof - J York, to the rank of a Cardinal . Jfhe Holy Roman Church. - The gk of distinction thus conferred fon an Ametican citizen has elicited néral comment throughout the. ivore significant and impoitant by g of the fact that there is a posit ot o prospctof oel 80, tab sucosmaor of Pojo S, the present head of the Romish ch. e installation of tho new etagk place in St. Patrick's ¥k, on Tuesday

A SEASONABLE SERMON.

An umis‘nall')'r I-Qrge;poft_ion‘of onr space-on this page is'this week occu’ pied by Uncle Toby in diseoursing on the evils resulting to our farming ‘community from lending a willing ear to the captivating talesof ,pategq,t right venders anh other birds of pfey that seem to -be unusually plentiful at this period. ‘The ‘subject-is so ably and .exhausti{'ely treated by our excé]l‘ei).t correspondent that little if: anYtlling' need be added by, us—other than to urge upon every farmei in Noble county the 'propriety of ecarefully weighing and coné_idering’ Unele To-by’s‘well-meant oßserv;iﬁOns, and of remembering his sdggestibns for all time to come. - S b

* During the past: few days the western portion -of 'this. county hus been visited by sharpers whose main object is to.dispose of large quantities of broadeloth- to- unsuspecting and gullible farmers. = Their nodus operandi is to sell that 'brilliant. fabric in lots of from $5O -to $l5O, magnanimously and charitably “throwing in’ calicogs, muslins, etc. Money being somewhat

scarce, these obliging perambulators. very readily agree to take the farmher's note with ten per -cent. ’i‘rf'ter_festf and payable at'some banking institution. Of course, every one who bites/ gets a “decided bargain”— could n’t begin to do as well if dealing with a | reliable and responsible -merchant. Phis is inade all the more apparent by - the faet that these slikirpersfhmke due. ‘haste to get’their notes shaved in the {pearest town at a discount of from' 23 to 30 per cent. It is so very pleasant ‘to deal with a smooth-tongued stranger whom the tarmer will never again’ ‘see about his premiséS,, and to pay’

one-third more than the same quan-

tity and quality -of goods, could be bought for in either of our dry gqbds establishments. After the wool is thus completely drawn over the farmer’s eyes, let him come to town and lament over the hard times and t}xe inipossibility of making a decent living by farming—as we heard one not long since who had- shortly before given his note for slso'to a broadcloth ‘pedglel' and . which note 4was_‘promptly “clipped” by a brokerat Albion. Tive la’ Humbug! =~ - L

! VINDICATING COMMON DECENCY

I Wilbur F. Storey, publisher and (proprietor of the Chicago T'imes, has [{at Jast been admonished that there Juust be a limit to all things, even to l(the astounding effrontery of a licen-f-t.ibus and obscene metropolitan newslpaper.: In‘ a S'llirt recently . brought Lagainst lim by a Miss Early, of Rock“ford,_Tlll., for slander, the jury rightfully and justly awarded the plaintiff the sum®of $25,000. The infamous nature of thelibelamply W}lrrants{ the ‘verdiet of the jury and fully justifies the almdst universal approbatich. of

the public. -Miss Early was a young lady of irreproachable churact'er,jzc'onnected with one of the most prominent families of Rockford. Last June some Z}malicidus “seoundrel ‘wrote a number of letters to-the Zimes accusing her of. the most depr.a'ved habits® Tllnesefletter‘s were. edited by a ‘writer on the Times, and published. It was, subsequently found that the young lady had been - willfully and most séandalously maligned. The Times, in about five days, published a retraction but did it in 2 manner that slﬁloxvel its disposition’ to make as little reparation as possible.. The yéung lady thas been -vindicated; and | her: character is above,reproaqh; but the noturiety which has bieen forced upon her is far more from being compen-. éute(l‘: for by'the $25,000 award. | We agree with-oux contemporary of the Goshen Times that the “verdict | will meet,’; with a hearty approval of all’ ri ght“«minded -people, and- will be particularly applauded by that portion of the public press which regards journalisin’ as. an honorable - profession, rathér than a means forthe venting of personal malice by distorted deiagogues and out-casts, who, unfortunately for the public good, though through no merit of their own, have the control of a newspaper, against inno¢ent and worthy persons. Let the -juries of the country <teach. libellers -and. vilifiers of character |that, there is no room in the, field of ﬁnur-‘ nalism for them.” ¥ 1

. THE REASON WHY. [l (F»r(ﬁn_the Elkhart Daily Révi:e\v, ‘April 23) i Tur Ligonier BANNER. is soon|to bé enlarged to a thirty-six column paper This step is necessitated by the increasing patronage of the paper, and the growing popularity-gives thepublisher encouragement to take the important step. = The . BANNER is. the best democratic' paper iu Northern Indiana, in fact no weekly in t_h'evsztate is more ably conducted. We have often wondered that Mr. Stoll, with his abilities, should:be contented to remain ‘at Ligonier when he was .so ‘eminently fitted for a more extended field. ; S o : * - Similar remarks to the one contained in the concluding 'sentenee of the above paragraph have often been addressed o us by parties who have frequently urged us to'locate in' that or the other large and prosperous city. of ‘the State. - Tempting as some of the propositions thus submitted appeared at the time, . we_ rejoice that we had the firmness to stand immovably by the BANNER. While it is true that no little gratification may be derived from a faverable and conspicudus location, we are in position to assign some excellent reasons for preferring our present post. Foremost among these may be cited the liberal support ‘which the BANNER has enjoyed since we have devoted all our.time and attention_to it; secondly, the warm personal friendship so sincerely manifested by the best portion of the community; thirdly, the unsurpassed convenience of having effice and home side by side—an atrangement. wholly out of question in ‘a large town; fourthly. absolute freedom from importunities and dictation by presumptuous political ringmasters, so common, in the more populous localities. It is true, when looking back eight or nine years, bitter recollections spring up pamednind ; “but time and avenging

AT.BION LLOCAIL..

- Casting about for a subject which might prove of some interest to your readers, and especially to the farming community, I have thought that I eould not do better this week than preach a plain, earnest discourse to the s ¥ ;

FARMERS OF NOBLE COUNT .

~ Uncle Toby does not claim to be able to teach the farmers how they can best improve their land, their stock, their crops, or anything of that sort; but he does claim that if the farmers will act upon his advice in the matter to be presented in this communication, they can save money as easy as sliding down hill. And the’ process is very simple. -My text is found in the sad experience of a good many tfarmers who will read this communication, and-is in these words:

“BEWARE ‘OF PATENT RIGHT SWINDLERS.” Lt

- One wants a sharp pen and red-hot ink to do justice to this subject; and while I'may fail to bring out all the salient features of the tfext, yet I cannot - but hope that the subject will commend itself to the farmers of the county as one in which they have much more than a passing interest. Indeed, I earnestly call upon the press of the State to tike hold with strong hands and earnest hearts and _let us rid our State of these infernal scoundrels. The tcxt very easily and naturally divides itself into two parts:

THE SWINDLER AND TIHE VICTIM

lains, and have been astonished at the coolness with which theyswould relate how they. swindled sonte honest, unsuspeeting farmer-owt of a note made payable at some banking institution. These unhung robbers -are Kkeen, tonguey fellows, usually young men, and ‘thoroughly posted in the arts by which they ensnare the innocent and ignorant’ victim. .Two. young men make their appearance in town, and after getting the “lay of the land,” as they term it, by inspecting a county map, begin at once their operations. ‘They generally h:ﬁze their own conveyance, so as” the more readily to move from place to place, and especially from onefarm toanother; forit is among farmers that they seek, their viectims. . They drive up, hitch their team, enter the house and at once proceed to business, by informing the farmer that,they have just the thing he wants; it may be.a hay fork, bee-hive, washing machine, lifting jadk, patent paint, farm gate, lightning rod, plow, and so on all thréugh the long list of concerns with which these rascals swindle the farmers. The talking man of the pair at once enteis into a glowing description of the merits of his. machine; how a fortune may be made in a short time by any one who will only take the time.to follow his directions. The farmer listens with eagerness, and visions of wealth spring up before his eyes; he knows he has w,orked hard for many a year to clear up his farm; he knows the weary -'fOund following the plow; the long, ‘hard, dreary -winter and cold, backward Spring that destroys half his crop of wheat, his main reliance; the neyer ending toil and drudgery of labor that so often brings him no returns; all these, and it. may be that, in addition to all these, a mortgage hovers Ilike a nightmare over his hard earned acres; he thinks of these things as the .anooth, oily m%cre:mt'mttles away about the merits of his wonderful patent. Ile informs the stranger that he has np ‘money to invest in such things. That he would like to do 'something that would yield him money without so much toil and hardship as he has been accustomedto, but that he must forego the expectation. He ig at once informed in the blandest ‘manner that no money is required—nothing is asked of him, only that he

will take an agency to introduce the

machine. The swindler then explains how nwo risk is assumed, that the .machines will be sent to him, and that he can sell them for so much; a‘given amount, say one third or one fourth of which goes to the manufacturer and the balance is the farmer’s profits! He is shown by figures that he can sell so many, perbaps one hundred in ‘ his township, and-make three or four dolmrsxgr more on each one sold, and all without the outlay of a single dolJlar! The farmer is then informed that all that is required of him now is to sign. a contract that he will act as agent to sell the machine. Everything looks _reasonable, everything promises a li:mdsome profit and but little labor. Ie is told, and the letters and figures shown, how a man in the adjoining county made several hundred dollars in a few weeks as agent. And the farmer thinks of that terrible mortgage on his farm, and here is his chance to lift it in a few weeks. Ile can’t run any risk, for heis not required to 'pay any money; he can’t but fail at the worst, and the chances are largely in favor -of his success. If a man in the other county did so well, why should he not doequally as well? And reasoning thus, he walks straight into the infernal trap and signs the contracts. Ie hears them read and is only too eager to accept the conditions. . g : |

. The gentlemanly agents having ac- | complished their purpose, at on.'ce pass on to the next sucker'and the same game is repeated. Now, it of course ‘never once entered the mind of o'ur{ farmer that what he took to be a contract that he signed was in reality a note for perhaps three hundred or five hundred dollars, and payable at some bank. But let us follow this a step or two farther. As soon as thescoundrels have left our unsuspecting farmer, - what appeared. to the vietim as simply a contract to act as agent, is, by the aid of knife or scissors, quickly | transformed into a note, and in -due time the poor agent, instead of a consignment of churns or lifting jacks, receives due notice that his note is at some bank ‘and that he must take it up or be sued. 1 could name may . wef, hard fisted farmers in this |

of the contract that the note is cut or secured. Several papers will be so placed, as any:one may readily sce by practice, that the ignorant and unsuspecting who is signing a contract, or it may be two or more, as he imagines, has put his signature to a note that will in due time turn up. I have seen these contracts. out of which notes are afterwiards cut, and they.are well ‘calculated to deceive the ignorant. Some of these swindlers do, apparently, "an honest business; it is not uncommon, or at least it was so a few years ago, but I am of the impression that but very little of it is done now, that is tosay: A man comes afong with a’ churn, be’e-hive‘, hay fork or other article that he thinks a farmer might he induced to take, and he sells him & township, or it may be a county right, for, Say one hundred dollars, for which -the farmer gives his note. The machine turns out to be worthless andis thrown aside. In such cases there is the swindle as in the other case. No value has passed and the farmer or purchaser.isout of pocket. ‘And, as in the other case, the seller. is perhaps as big a rascal, for he knows that the nmiachine is worthless. . The class who are caught in this kind.of a swindle soon learn that the only way to Jget their money back is to turn swindlers themselves, and in turn skin out their neighbors as they themselves were skinned. Ministers of the everlasting gospel have thoughtit not degradingf to their saéred calling to get scooped on patent churns, bee'hives and wash ‘tubs, and thenturn about and scoop their neighbors. I threw with mighty indignation and strong words a worthless washing concern out my back door one day, which I was fool enough to buy from a preacher of righteousness. 1 came near being a much " bigger fool a short time afterwards® by being almost coaxed by another reverend peddler into buying a concern,a swindler had sold him. I remember being at a religious meeting in this county some years :igo, and sitting side by side on the bench nearest the pulpit fwereAth'ree preachers, who at that véry Lime were in the patent right business. The sight was so. ludierous that I ‘could only think of churns; beé-hives, farm-gates, hay forks, &ec., all through the sermon. One of the three closed the service with prayer, in which he loudly urged the Almighty to open the eyes, and ears, and hearts of sinners that they might I‘epent‘? and‘turh from their wicked wayg. That man’s prayer was a farce, and I presume the aﬁgels onlygyinned over it. let us now devote a few words to-the | : N ICTIM. :

In conversation the other day. on this subject with, a friend, he asked why it was tiat ninety-jive per cent. of the-victims of the patent right swindlers are farmers? It is not far to go to find an answer.. No class of the community is'so valnerable to the attacks of scheming villains and oily sharpers as farmers. They have not those quick business habits, that enlightened tact that reads and perceives motives in the midst of actions, which is inseparable from daily contact with men. Indeed, the swindler never fools away his time on a shrewd, intelligent farmer; he picks out every time one whose education is deVﬁcient, who is only.a hard working. prosperous farmer, and not wise in the ways. of wicked men. Here he looks for vietims, and God knows he picks up enough of them. ;H(;me/st and unsuspecting, he regards the stranger who asks so smoothly and so sweetly about the great gains which are to acerue from the sale of his machine, that he never looks for guile where none is-practiced. i It is from this standpoint that I bave much sympathy to extend to the vietim. His very weakness is a proud tribute to his worth as an honest man, And now for :

THV LESSON.

| ¢ If our farmers would resolutely forbid these scoundrels coming into their houses when they first discover their mission, it would be a great move in the right direction. Or, being in the house, and the object of the call made known, if tliey would only refuse first, last and all the time to sign any paper, no matter what, or have anything to do with the wretches whatever, except to ordér them away, it would save them grei;t trouble and misfortune afterward. If mild means will not fnduce them to leave, set on the big dog; anything that will rid | the place of them. The farmer that stops to listen is lost. . If nothing else will drive them from our county, then organize in each township a vigilance committee, and ,V\;lﬁen one of these scoundrels makes his Appearance, get him and horse-whip him through the township.© I will go his bail that he will not bother this county again. These villains have done more harm ‘to our people than all the horse thieves,, blacklegs and counterfeiters that ever ‘infested the county. I might name 'good men in this county, and many of them, who hve had to pay hundreds of dollars on account of having to ‘do with patent right swindlers; some of them have been swindled out of as much as eight hundred dollars of their ‘hard earnings, and not even an old jack-knife to show for it. When will our farmers learn that a patented machine that is \\fOrt»h anything is never hawked about the country? “Capitalists are quick to discover a géod thing “of this kind and commence at once to start a manufactory and make the article gl())r ‘market, and it soon finds one. ‘People soon find. out where a good thing is to be had. . The manufacturer loses no time in calling public attention to his article, If the press of the country would open its batter{ies on these swindlers, and warn the farmers of their danger, it would save ‘hundréds of thousands of dollars to a “class of our people who cannot affoid to be thus plundered by these bold faced robbers. We send the poor ‘wretch who steals a, pair of boots tokeep his feet warin, or & bishel of ‘wheat to-appease his hunger, fo the penitentiary ; but who takes any steps 4o track up and axresh theso dangerBo e B Sl

1 have thrown these thoughts together, since hearing, a day or se ago, ‘a fresh vietim of these freebooters relate lzoiv‘llm'notew two hundred dollars was obt#ified. The season will soon be at hand when these piates will be upon the farmers. Rather the grasshoppers, potatoe bugs, cut‘worms, mildew-and weevil; * yea, the devil himself; all these we could stand for a season and recover, but the patent right man comes every year and many times a year. Let Noble county set an example, and that right soon, to the rest of the State.— As soon as one of these rascals sets foot in the county, track him; and the first trick he plays trump’it. ~ Trot him to the nearest justice, get a good lawyer and put him “on the ragged edge.” UncrLE ToBY.

] O B—AVILLA JOTTINGS.

“The B.'& O. elevator has finally been completed and is ready for the reception of all kinds of gasip. But where is that passenger house that was promised to be. erected soon? There are no visible indications of its erection up to the present time. - Mr. Peters, Master of Transportation of the B. & O. Railroad, and another gentleman were here last Thursday for the purpose of conferring with the Superinteudent of the G. R. & I. Road, Mr. (Methean‘y, regarding a union passénger depot. But the last named gentleman télegraphed that he was unable to be present at that time, and so, of course, nothing could be acecomplished. 1t is sincerely hopdl that,some move towards A accommodating , the. large passenger traffic here will be made at an early date. There are rumors that the day and night wathxmen at the crossing ‘will be dispensed with, and that thé,te]egraph' operators will hereafter be required to perfori':nvthe duty of watching the trains, thus saving the expense of e‘mp’loying an extra set of men. : | 7

A sad® accident, whiéh resulted in the loss of a human life, occurred at Grand Rapids Crossing, in this county, one day last week. The particulars are reported to be about as follows: Some. earpenters \,v.ém ‘engaged in erecting a small stable, Whéx), aceidentally, a piece of ti;}mber which. had not been properly secured fell upon the person of David Whonsettler, killing him instantly. The remains were conveyed to L‘Glu'mbus, Ohio, for interment, by his friends at that place. The deceased was a brother to the trustee of Swan township; was unmarried, and about twentv-eig‘hﬁ vears of age. Tobias Bowmiller is. a farmer by occupation, of Teutonic persuasion, and a resident of this township. Tobias has always been in the habit of burning the remains of cornstalks in rather close proximity to hislog barn and stable. ~ Of the danger connected with such hazardous. un(%vértakihgs, Tobias had been warned by his neighbors, times without number,” but all in vain. Tobias always practiced destroying cornstalks in the barnyard, and always wounld. But it is thought that he will now abahdoa the idea, since his last venture in that direction: has resulted in the destruction by fire of the said log barn and stable, two or three cows, one horse, and :tlarge quantity of hay and grain, besides inflicting severe bodily injuries upon Mr. Bowmiller, who narrowly escaped being burned to death while in the act of saving his'live stock. His loss is about $6OO, with no insurance. Tobias is very sorry how that he did not heed the friendly advice of his neighbors—beeause he has no-barngnow to be imperiled by his'reékl‘ff,s/nfthod of destroying eornstalks. [ . -

.The post office has been removed. S. P. Stewart:has been appointed postmaster in plime of Eliza Swarthout, resigned. A change has been looked for for the last five years, not on .account of incompetency on the part.of the former P. M.,_'—on the contrary, Mrs. Swarthout gave general satisfaction,—~but on account of the- distant location of the post office from the business portion of town, being over a quarter of a mile. Mr. Stewart, the new P. M., is in the grocery and provision trade, on the corner where Messrs. Banm, Walter & Co. formerly kept store. It-is the best location in town for the post office, and Mr. S, i§ as well qualified for the position"ag any postmaster in the United States. The expense of employing a detective to watch Pat secretly can be dispensed with while he holds the office, as he is as honest as he is capable. | Althougli the administration of the party of

which Mr. Stewart is a true follower must change in 1877, he need not fear that any efforts will be made to oust him, as the people are desizous of retaining him as long as he may feel disposed to keep thie position. | We are receiving no méi?roin the B. &0. Railroad, althouglf a mailcarrier has been employed by the Government to perform that duty. It is reported that the reason this is the case is, that at present’the mail is carried on ‘#he night trains, but that arrangements ‘@re being made to carry’ it on the da%n‘s hereafter. Uncle Sam’s servants ape rto be very slow about this matter,/ifgever, and if we do n’t soon receive mar Ry that route, we shall be compelled to “S@ke steps which will have the desired ofiget. That Sean. Mag, story, whickhas

been going the rounds from mouth\" ' mouth for some weeks, is still being talked of. But as it is dangerous in this free country to write up the truth, I will have to act the part of the coward and refuse to give publicity thereto, for fear of being threatened with cowhiding, as Jim Miller; of the Stand~ard, was threatened by the Doctor. I - will state, however, that the lady in question, who appears to be at, the bottom of the matter, has left ‘and gone to her parents at Grand Rapids, Mich. ler husband is still here, having disposed of all his furnituresince his wife refused to live with him. No town gains any prominence without nßeechercage, ¢ . - Father Duehinig don’t like those “puffs” received from “Uncle Toby” in the BANNER, consequently all further waste of. ink and paper ean be. dinoontintieth. <o w 0 * 1t is reported that a great many

lively manner, He has fined several of the offenders in sums ranging from $lO to $25 each, and if he continues. ‘to swell the State treasury in this man‘ner, taxes will be greatly reduced. & “3fop-off tickets” to Chieago are sold here at from $1.50 to $2, by persons coming from the East and going in, some: other direction from this place. : & _

Mrs. Ammon Snyde'r has been seriously sick for nearly two months. Her recovery has been anxiously looked for by her husband and friends. Lots at Garrett were sold at $5OO apiece, ‘which is $5OO more than they are worth, as I heard a fellow remark. e ; 7 REPORTER.

ROME CITY ITEMS.

Doctor A. 8. Parker, of Kendallville, paid our city a very pleasant visit last week. The Doctor is ene of those pleasant, affable cusses that a fellow kind o’likes to be with. -Call again, Doc., when you can stay longer and we will try and have some fun with ¥OIE . ol i 3

Some little excitement was created in our schools a few days ago by what was by some considered a wrdng mode of punishment. The teacher, we learn, has abandoned her hair pulling, and now “all is quiet on the Potorhac.” It may be proper here to remark that this teacher is the successor to Mrs. Johnson who was so .univérsally popular that her place is hard to fill satisfactorily.. = ¢ Lachna

Grand W. C. Templar Reynolds lectured here two evenigs last week:'on. the subject of temperamce. Mr. R. has been here before. Ile is agood speak-: er and always gives satisfaction to hi_é brothers and sisters. We knew it would eome out all right, and so we didn’t attend. Bro. Reynolds gives a very discouraging report of the order at Albion. He says after a diligeut search he could find no relic of the order_save Bro. J. C. Swett.. How is this, Unele Toby ? ' . ‘William Collett, the highcockalorum of the Grangers, was in town last week looking up the faithful (we presume) to try mxd' kéep‘,them organized for another campaign. But the Granger business in our town.is so near dead that breathing is not perceptible. I wish for the benefit of Bro. Collett that the lifeless bddy could be resurrected; it might be money in his pocket. i L

Several of the Ligonier b’hoys went ‘through here on Wednesday last to Lagrange, to assist in organizing an oOdd Fellow’s Encampment. Berry, Fislier and Parks caught 2 nice lot of fish on Friday last, the largest one weighed 1114 pounds. - “Pedro” was: in.town on Saturday night, and from the way things looked around the Lade Side House on Sunday morning; he must have had a big time. - =0 e >

’Dencop Highbargin has bought a new Organ.” Musical instruments are getting numerous in Romnie City. . G * ATEXIS)

- Noblesville Speeial. : Itéms worthy of note are as scarce in this locality as greenbacks in a poor ‘mi*’s pocket, but I thought I would scrdteh up a few, = e The wheat looks hard in these parts. It.will not make a half crop. The past two weeks has injured it to-a great extent. L s , ~“Uncle Toby’s” challenge do n’t go vgryﬁ‘ar -ﬁex‘e.’ Some of our citizens think ‘he would have to pay for the peanuts; anyhow, by the way I hear some talk, he will have a test of spelling some words in the “Unabridged” before a great while, or a cha}nc_é to ‘miss some. Pin him to the wall, boys. ~ Our farmers are backward about sowing their oats. owing to the lateness of/the spring, - Our Assessor is busily attending to his duty.. Give in your “dorgs” | - Ouf spring term of school is in full blastgi_é under the supervision of that estimable young lady, Miss Tetia Cook. ; milcks,te,rs from Albion ‘and Lionier are/“scooping” the butter and eggs out of these parts regularly. t. = ~The saw-mill here is running every ddy and turning out some as nice lumber as ean be found anywhere in the State. It was predicted by some, and I thought so myself; that there would be a great many logs remaining in the yard next winter. But Ido n’t think sonow. The “boys” are playing hav/oc with the logs, and if nothing happens they will clear them out before cold weather. o - Health 'is good here, though Doc. ' Gandy is still ‘confined to his bed. . oo April 240 | RuMBo. -

~The Ligonier BANNER is to be'greatly enlarged on the 30th inst. We are pleased to note this evidence of .prosperity. The BANNER, aside from its politics, is one of the best papers that reaches our: table.—Syracuse Enterprise. he . i

'~ Come, now, Bro. Prickett, and'owix; up that the BANNER’S political faith is not near as objectionable as you let on. ; 2 ;

Simon Hirsch; a Terre Haute lawyer and political stump'speaker, has £e= tablished a German paper in Clay couns ty. Simon will no doubt edit the legtal advertising with consummate abiliy Bl b

From the best information obtainable at Baltimore it is believed that the recent unusually cold weather has not injured the great fruit ervop of the Southern: peningula of Delaware and Maryland. Thanks to our extent of country and variety of climate, no crop can ever be a total failure with 8, and what with the escape of parular localities and the replanting of soqe. crops, the difference from ordinary seasous Wrif aexdly be perceptible, though the real loss Wil he very great.—lndianapolis Jourtal. .

A young girl aged 18 years, named . Hattie Moore, living at Fort Wayne, shot herself last Friday evening at her. -father’s residence. Bhe was at the time talking with gsome female friends and all at once suddenly jumped up, drew a revolver from her pocket, pointed it at heg breast and fired. No.cause is given for this act. g e - G ; . We hear gloomy reports of the ‘wheat prospects in many parts of this. (Marshall) county. T'he winter killed it in exposed positions, and the dry | spring injured such as the winter had spared.—Plymouth Democrat. i s 5F Hadpék Drothers, publiabere, rm of Harper Brothers, publishers, ‘New York, died in that city on Thurs'day ‘evening, in the 79th year of his AR L S e g e L wmgw%%w@

ANk |t e R | e AR B Tey L eTT(R A A f & I BIRTEIS ~ OLOSE.—In Ligonier, on the 25th.inst., a danghs | I@-&;&%0&:‘;& Close. i) f?g.r-.,' HOSIER —ln Rochester, on the 26ih, 8 davghter to the wife of Wilbur Hosier. = | ~ MAYER-—ln Ligonier, oq the 27th, ason to.the wife of Theodore Mayer. Er ? HARTZLER.—Oun the Hawpatch, a danghter to’ _the wife of D. W. Hartzler. 5 ; . HAINSS.—In Avilla, a little sectionsbogs to the wife of John Haines. Pl _ Do HAYS.—In Ligonier, April 97th of erysipelas Wm. Hays; agef 45 years.l.) : x B KING.-InbLigon'ier. April 28th, of brain féver,! Ada, danghter 6f R, R. and Emma King; -uged 4 years, 4 months and 25 days, . ok - Ada was 8 bright little gir), and, young as she was; a faitbful pupil of the Disciple Savbath ‘School, where she never failed to have her verse well committed. She will be sadly missed. 4

T E MARRETS, . - . LIGONIER. o Wheat—white....s] 18 H0g5—1ive.i........ 8600 Amber—red ..... 117/Hogs-dressed...... ... Rye.......-....... 75 Turkeys— live.iL... . 08" 0at5.....--..--... . 55|Chickens—live,..... 07 Corn, ... iiv..oi @ 0| Beeswax i.ool il 250 Potatoes,..-.. J.@.. 80|Butter.........cckoic 15 Blaxßeed:c.... .00 Y6oihmrd. ... . ociiowfcli 38 Clover Seed.-...... 650{Egge,.....cc0.0.0» 107 W00].i:... .. 45@ 50 Peather5.......;.... 90: P0rk........per br 2200 Ta110w.... ....0.... 0T Shoulders..--...... 12;Timothy Hay....... 1200 Ham 5............ @lsMarsh Hay......... 1000 : ~ - KENDALLVILLE. - Wheat—white.....sllB Live H0g5..........8...; Amber—red....... 116! Dressed H0g5...... .. .. Rye o . .0 0. 65iLive Tarkeyn.. .<. oy 0at5......:-....... 60{Eive Chickens <...0 " .. Corn.. .. u=se @ .60iBeeswax,. ... .X. T, =2B Potatotms ol vl ODIBUGter Ll Ll S PhaxSeed: ... t.il 50t ard, L eil i (Glover Seed.. .. @ Too|Eggs,:.....cuaiecie 10 Wool. ' ..o @ 4SiFenthers; ... 400 80 Pork,- e (Tallews s i sabe b T 5h0nider5,......... 10 Timothy Hay.....!:1300 Ham5..........@ 12 Marsh Hay....;.... 800 o de T GHICAGDL ! = Wheat—white .. slo2|Hogs—live..§7,. @29 . Wheat—red ....... 95/Mess Pork. .213,0 @ 2195 Corniii iiivioioo, liLard s o 1662@ 15 65 Oats =i oiio 0 B 9 Shoulders: .. .} ..o Sig ‘Barley.. '......... 108[Hams...c.....leonp 13 TR Whegt:: oo Lol 1 20i0akR Lo Lo ioo 64 Red “ iuin oo ) 1T iClover Beed! -1 ... 660 Qorn ciuioi i T 3 Home. sl Lo L The Old Tanner Still in the Field ! HARDWARE, PLOWS, —AND - ol ~ Agricultwal Tmplements - Gerierally, Lime Plaster and Cement, Paints, Oils | and Varnishes, P o ) i SASH, DOORS & BLINDS, HCUSEHOLD FURNITIRE, } ¢ - : e oan e : L . DBOOTS AND SHOES, " can be bought at : lot 1 " JOHN ZIMMERMAN'S OLD STAND, AT WAWAKA, As cheap as an):ivh¢re in the county. This is es‘pecially a good place to buy Boots and Shoes, the A*old tanner” knomfng what constitutes good and durable leather. Cjivg him aeall. ~ ‘l-3m L JUST RECEIVED . : Lo My ‘Spring Stock of St | . g 5 : o TI C 3 : Y 8 v 7 Bird Cages ird Cages! Ereeiqas 3 " consisting of the l,zft‘cst styles and patterns, aud a St o 2 d : than ever before L)ﬁ‘ered in Ligonier. 'Cheﬁpe\'.‘ | e | than ever.. . *

s Call and See Them. { 5 | ; ;o " | i > 3 April 20, 1875-Iw3 F P JOHN WEIR. ... FORBALE!| 50 ACRES of as goodland as E'lkbart County: affords, Will be sold-for $2,800. The. above land is sitnated in Benton township, Elkhart county, Indiana. For 'harticulars’ inguire of : DR, R M. KNOX, " April 29th, 1875 -Itf. - . Wanasu, Inn. FOR/SALE. & I OFFER my house and kitchen. two lots, with convenient-well and cistern, good harn, about”| 40 bearing frult trees, with a variety of small frait,’ making it one of the most desirable homes in Lig-. onier. Ifsold within 60 days, 20 pér cent. ‘will be deduncted from its real-value. : e JOSEPH €. BEST. | Ligonier; Ind., April 21, 1875.-52-3 w o R e e e e su e Notice of Fimnal Settlement. ' NOTICE is hereby given that, final settlement of the (:;%p«&qof August Kpnapp, deceased, will. be nza&de thie next terw:of the Noble Circuit Court.% Allclalshs against said estate must there: - forg be presenfed to the undersigned ¢n or'before the fizst Monday, of June, 1875, ol A FERDINAND KNAPP, - April 29, 1875.-Iw3 '~ o ‘Administrator,- : License We»tipe.‘! e NQTICE is herqbiy]' given that the andersigned: | X' will apply“to|the Board of Commissioners of Noble county, Indiana, for a license tp retail spir--tnous and malt liguo,rs in les§ quantities than a | quart at & time, with the privilege ot gnmvin.g,the6 : same to be drank on his. premises: liis place of. business is located|as follows: (‘»umrﬁen'ci‘nﬁ 2415 k feet north of the Aorth-w‘e‘st corner. qt‘ lot No. 17 . thence north 24}5 leet on the engt sile of Cavin Street, in the original plat of the town | f Ligonier, Indiana. . 2‘3 IISAAC ACKKERM‘\N. : oril 29, 1875.~1w S b AR * e .__,_-.',-_.:_L L e Licemse Notice. | . NOTICE is hereby given that tl;e,ltderaign'edf will apply to the Board of: Commissioners of | ‘Noble county, Indiana, at their next rgular session, which. .commences on- Meonday, - tae seventh ‘day of June, 1875, for a license to retailspirituous’ and malt lignors injless quantities thana quart‘at | a time, with the privilege of ajlowing.the same to { be drank on his }? emises, His place ¢f business “is located on ot No' 7, in Baum, Waltel & Haines Addition to the village of Avilla, Allen {fownship, | Noblé county, Indiana. = e April 29. 1875,-Iw3 .. CHARLES RIEGEL. |

License Netice. ' | NOTICE is hereWy givén that the unersigned will apply tothe Board of Commisioners.of Noble county, Indi_ana. at their next rerular session, which commeénces on Monday, tht seventh day of June, 1875, for a license to retail {pirituous and malt liquors h} less quantities thanh quartat. a time, witu the privilege of iallowing the same to! be drank on their premiees. ‘Their placgof business and_the preﬁlis‘es whereon said !fjudrs are to be sold and drank are located as foli¢ws: On. “the:middle one-tnird of lot' No. seven [7]east side | .of Cavin Street, Ligonier, Indiana. { : 5 {r © - LEQPOLL SCRLOSS,: = April 29, 1875.-Iw3 FERD. LOESER. : ‘__,__,._4_-_______,.?.__._»_.__._.;_ T ’ Liqense Netice. . ) : NOTICE' is ‘hereby given that the undrsigned ; will a%ply to the Board of County fommis-" sioners of Noble [County, Indiana, at ir next”’ regular session, thich commences on {londay, the seventh day of June, 1875, for a licenie to res tail spirituous and malt li(iluors in less (@ntities than a quart at a time, with the privilege ¢f allowing the same to b dr?k on his. .premigys, - His place of business and t e[Fremises wherén said liquers are to be sold and drank are locatdl as follows: - Cummencing on the east side @ Cavin Streef, opposite the north-east corner offlot No.' 33, in the vorigiua}t_yplat of ‘the town_ of Lizouier, thence north twenty-seven [27] feet, thencdeast o the center of the Elkhart River, then¢s doyn said: River to a point due east of the place of beghning, . thence west to th%flace of Beginning ;in Lkonier, | Noble County, Indiana. ~ JESSE C. HOOJER. ' Aprilggth-ispriwd - - [ e ‘Notice of ;ppucaﬁon for} Lis: .- cemse {o Sell Intoxicating Eiquors. = | NOTICE 18 h%xg given to the citizens bf the town of Li Elier. Pert}r" township, Noble { County , Indiana, that at the June Term, I§s, of the board of commissioners of said county, we will applY to said Board of Commissioners for lkense ‘lO ge! l'aPirit,uous; inious, malf, and other iztoxi--cating liquors in less gaantities than a quarfat atime, with the ;gu lege of permlmnF the same to | be drank npon the premises wheresold ; the premiges in which we desirs to sell being located asfollows: On the north one-third of&%:plrtwn [81)1 in the original t at of Liggnidy Perry town“alip, in Ifoble CounlyNmiiana;and being on the WeSvaide of CAvin Street, in tie Third Ward or District, ol €Mt waym . Bpid application to be made glnzg:xg bfiq %’&E oot Ein act of the nge’x:; | &S ndiang, approved snd, iig,‘seid Meﬂal?(;h 17‘1'1 o\] i &? _l.)pm‘e " ‘ Sign ) ARy TARDENBROOK, . April 29th, 187513, ' AHh nv%ox?p.n hOoPRe | LIST OF LEATKRS EMAINING in the Post &mce at Ligonier, R Indiana, during the past Weage oo o Bair, émue.l - |Morrell 'A mm Cramer, Mls:ga C o [RiddleFr M Grabam, David ¥ = samgr 00l Haues, Miss Lucy - IShockjonn. | . Lelters addressed to “E. A. Rjon. Alton, TIL." | W a 8 g ! X 3 - 2] 9% “‘Benj. Allen & Co., Chicaghy» femain in the . Tersons.cal or any of theghe elters il ek ny e e BOV elters| _Ligonter, Tad, Aprlzo;igisy” 7500 P M "At least bwo tribes of indians, the | ARV LG LETROE O ans, the | 3 Rrency b LRI e T e ¥ Usages and Cheyenneg are on the | g;t“ e%& sas frontier; | i *ﬁm%iz4 dlpody work )o o ol ;ﬁgﬁ ograp t!ﬁ‘: » POLLS & aesperate nght @etween two-f e &%

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. MTMADBIL.KEK "TATLLIK. 'TO STOVE BUYERS: o R . “We take our - pen in hand to inform you that we are well, and we hope. . that these few lines will find you enjoying the same blessing.”. This is original, ali;gl,zit is the'way you should begin all yopr letters; for it isnot only orig-inal-bat written by one who has had long experience in writing; and you shjﬂld also buy original stoves, gotten ' up by one who has had “ long experiénce.” 'Sueh stoves:strike you, to be'sure, asg being like all others you have _seen, and you know, that they are all made alike, and yet you are told ‘that .they ‘are “original,” .gotten up by Mr. Long Experience; not compli~cated, no, not at all! any more than a log chain, an ox yoke, or a stone wall; just like your old stove—plain and simple. And yet they are called first-. ~class! ‘But you would never know it, were it not for the price, be¢ause they » are so plain and simple, and so like everybody’s else stove; but yet there is a . special reason why you should buy some one of them—-or, at least, the differ-, | ent agents for them-tell you sa plainly, and their circulars say so too. Now,: it is a want of sense, we know, on our paz‘t,“to sdy that our stbve is like no-

,-g‘ocly’s‘,'etse;i that it is not just like the old stove you have been using;, that it ‘Was_not originated by Mr. Long Experience, nor is it copied from him.— These are mournful faets, but being the truth, we remember that “little hatchet” and speak it right out. = Our arrangements for’ - o b 00l et BROFPING MBAT - . are lot - like anybody’s else. <ln our stove the- grid-iron is covered up—the smolkie passes into the chimney and not out into the room; it is too bad that this is not like any other stove, but such is the fact. If you use coal for fuel Jou broil over the fire, but if youuse - ' o, e v e s mat e o OO FOR RU B ~ :

you'broil bélow; partly dump the grate, or rake off from it the coals under the grood; they fall in the sifter, and are kept bright from draft below (open; lower door).. Or, if you wishgyou can use charcoal in the same place and in the same way.; whether your fuel be yood or coal, it matters not—this “cov--ered-way” is the only way you ca’-nfg;)ilvyour meat; you .canmnot broil it on . the stove-top—you_can smoke it up; *you can smoke the house up; you can redden your face and lose your tempen—but. you can't broil the meat. You ‘can have an open grate-fire-in your stove, you-can sift your ashes inside ‘the stove without shoveling, you 'can_ roast meat beautifully and comfortably; “you can toast bread with equal facility and comfort, and you can do many. other.things that you cannot do with any other stove an earth. * Thosestoves that are “ not complicated ” -have long grinted directions for running them, but no directions are needed torun our stove; , we will simply ask you, however, to-see that thg Patent: Damper we send with the stove is put in-the smoke pipe, ;and ,t@%special‘l,y_see that 'all extra holes in the chimney are closed’; don’t push the pipe into the chimney too far,so as to cut off the draft. You can keep a fire over night by closing the damper and partly closing the. pipe damper, after adding fresh fuel and it gets well agoing. . 2 e Dl AN OPEN FIRE 1 — "' Though the fire-place close its beauty, : < Stillthe fire light gloss upon us, : - Ne'er to greet the smiling Iook; " : . Gaily as from/chimney hook; - -Yet for kitechen cheerand comfort. = - .~ - .- Still the epen coals for broiling— . . Btill we have the “Mansard Cook.” Blessings for the ‘‘Mansard Cook.”

You need-a good Cook Stove whatever else you have; you'have but one. life to live, therefore saying nothing about the comfort, the.saving of time, patience and fuel, thé fact that your food should be clean and wholesome is reason enough that you shouldl get a NEW AND PERFECT STOVE; one that will broil your meat, for instance, under cover-without smoking-it all up, so as to compel you toeat the creosote of smoke; which may be good for dead men, biit' death to the living. The “MANSARD. COOK” is the most successful, Stove: ever produced.. It hasbeen exhibited at eleven of the great State Fairs of the nation and it hasnot only been succes‘s%ulat every ‘one of them, but'it’ has taken “double-honors” at several places. It lastaken 16 Filst Premiums at 11 State Fairs, a thing never done before by any other Sto,y]e on earfh.—. No Stove ever received a DouBLE-HONOR execept the Mansard Cook. ' ~ If you will call and examine this Stove, and gompare; each part as you go™ ‘over it with that of any other you'have ever seeh, we are perfectly sure you will take this Stove—-the pbints you see will please you, and it is fully war- " ranted in every part and in qll respects, '-'For.sé‘le? by 4 Big ol o e RPN

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Great Attractions! i e Great Offering ! - s s migee g SPRING DRESS FABRICS! ONE PRICE CASH STORE! ﬁléga{nt Display of New and I‘ias’hiona;l':)ié The_Méstj’_‘depl‘ete and Elegan-t Stock of Fa;pé& and Domestic Dry . e Goods ‘in Northern India,ﬁa,. _ . . . WeAre Enabled to Give Bargains in All Kindsof Goods!

- . o > . W = 4 LadiesLinenSuits ~ FANCY AND WHITE GOODS Is Complete and Very Attractive. v }Conﬁ}j;nerd:will Serve their Enterests by Making it n Special = Pointg to Call and Examine our Large and Magnificent , . =.o Assortment of Mens’ and Ladies® | : e SHOES & GAITERS, ~ Flannels, Blankets, Jeans, Yarns, e S DOMETICS, Ofﬂvery StyleandQuallty, Before Mnkjéﬁ»\ﬁeloctiohémse‘u;lgen;e. ; i Our stock comprises a vast ¢ o ection from which a ¢ assßscan. - * s:. ': i Lll .’C\%';' T G 3*‘ % : . s ‘}( s - make selections according to their tastes and méans.- ;- Ladies, Don’t Failto Look at Our Linen | Lo el L e N M‘?‘fﬁkik”ﬁéﬁ*‘s’w?ﬁ%“m«g a:”%z’ﬁ*ieﬁ« fi e e e e Y LIGONIER, INDIARNA; P e e sE o ]

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