Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1878 — Page 3

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TOMMY'S DREAM: OR, THE GEDEMON. I hat* my geography laaaon! It’s nothing but nonaense and names; To Iwther me so every morning, r It'a really the greatest of aluunes. The brooks, they Sow into the rivers. And the rivers flow into the sea; I hope, for my part, they enjoy it. But what does it matter to me ? Of late, even more I've disliked it, And more disagreeable it seems. Ever since the sad evening last winter. When I had that moot frightful of dreams. I thought that a great horrid monster Blood suddenly there in my room— A frightful Geography Demon. Enveloped in darkness and gloom; His body and head like a mountain, a««..<n • .on lor a nut: His arms and his legs were like rivers, Wivu a urooK round bis neck tor cravat. He laid on my poor trembling shoulder His fingers, cold, clammy and long; And fixing his red ey es upon me, He roared forth this horrible song: " Come! come! rise and come Away to the banks of the Muskingum! it flows o’er the plains of Timbuctoo, With the peak of Teueriffe just in view. And the cataracts leap in the pale moonshine, As they dance o'er the cliffs of Brandywine. “ Flee! flee! rise and flee Away to the banks of the Tombigbee! We’ll pass by Alaska's flowery strand, Where the emerald towers of Pekin stand; We'll psss them by, and will rest awhile On Miohiilimackinac’s tropic iala; While tue apes of Barbary frisk around. And the parrots crow with a lovely sound. " Hie! hie! rise and hie Away to the banks of the Yang-tazoki!" There the giant mountains of Oshkosh stand. And the icebergs gleam through the falling sand; While the elephant sits on the palm-tree high, And the cannibals feast on bad-boy pie. I Go! go! rise and go Away to the banks of the Hoang-ho! There the Chickasaw Sachem makes his tea. And the kettle boils and waits for thee. We’ll smite thee, ho! and we’ll lay thee low, On the beautiful banks of the Hoang-ho!" These terrible words were still sounding Like trumpet.: and drums through my head. When the monster clutched tighter my shoula —dar, —■—• —— And dragged me half out of the bed. In terror, I clung to the bed-post; But the faithless bed-poet, it broke. I screamed out aloud in my anguish, And suddenly—well, I awoke. He was gone. But I cannot forget him, The fearful Geography Sprite. He has my first thought in the morning, He has my last shudder at night. Do you blame me for hating my lesson? Is it strange that it frightful should seem? Or tbat 1 more and more should abhor it Since I had that most horrible dream ? —Laura E. Richards, in St. Nicholas for Jan- ~ aary.

THE GHOST ROBBER.

On & fine evening in the spring of 1830, a stranger, mounted on a noblelooking horse, passed slowly over the snow-white limestone road leading through the Black Forest. Just as the sun was going to rest for the day, when the gloomy shadows were beginning to stalk, he drew rein, as he stud: _ ■ “ This must be near the spot, surely. Til stop here, anyhow. for a while, and see what I can learn.” He thereupon dismounted and entered the parlor of the inn, where he sat down beside a small table. “ How can I serve you, meinheer?” said the landlord. “ See to my horse outside,” replied the guest, carelessly, but at the same time eyeing the landlord from head to foot; “ and let me have some wine— Rhine will do.” 'The landlord was turning to withdraw from the stranger’s presence, when he stopped and said: —“Which way, meinheer, do you travel?” “To Nanstadt,” replied the guest. “You will rest here to-night, I suppose?” continued the landlord. “ I will stay here for two or three hours, but I must then be off, so as to reach my destination there in the morning. lam going to purchase lumber for the market.” “ And you have considerable money with you, no doubt?” asked the landlord, innocently. , “Yes, considerable," replied the guest, sipping at his wine, disinterestedly. “Then, If you’ll take my advice,” said the landlord, “ you’ll stay here till morning.” “Why?” replied the stranger, looking up curiously. “Because,” whispered the landlord, looking around as if he were disclosing a great secret, and was afraid of being heard by somebody else, “ every man that passed over the road between this and Nanstadt at midnight, for the last ten years, has been robbed or murdered under very singular circumstances.” ..“What were the circumstances?” asked the stranger, putting down his glass empty ana preparing to fill it again. “ Why, you see,” the landlord went on, while he approached his guest’s table and took a seat, “ I have spoken with several who have been robbed; all I could learn from them is that they remember meeting in the lonesome part of the wood something that looked white and ghastly, and that frightened their horses so that they either ran away or threw their riders; they felt a choking sensation and a sort of smothering, and finally died, as they thought, but awoke In an * hour or so to find themselves lying by the roadside, robbed of everything.” “ Indeed?” ejaculated the stranger, looking abstractedly at the rafters in the ceiling, as though he was more intent upon counting them than he was interested in the landlord's story. The innkeeper looked at him in astonishment. Such perfect coolness he had not witnessed for a long time. “You will remain, then?” suggested* the landlord, after waiting some time for his guest to speak. “~“I?’° cried the stranger, starting from his fit of abstraction, as though addressed. “ Oh, most certainly not; I’m going straight ahead, ghost or no ghost, to-night. Half an hour later, the stranger and a guide, called Wilhelm, were 'out on the road, going at a pretty round pace toward Nanstadt. During a flash of lightning the stranger observed that his guide looked very uneasy about something, and was slackening his horse’s pace as though he intended to drop behind. "Lead on,” cried the stranger, “don’t be afraid.” “I’m afraid I cannot,” replied the person addressed, continuing to hold nis horse in until he was now at least a length behind his companion. “My horse is cowardly and unmanageable in a thunderstorm. If you win go on though, I think I can make him follow close enough to point out the road.” The stranger pulled up Instantly. A strange light gleamed in his eyes, wjiUe his hand sought bls breast pocket,

from which he drew something. The guide saw the movement and stopped also. “ Quidea should lead, not follow,” said the stranger, quietly, but with a firmness widen seemed to be exceedingly unpleasant to the person addressed. “But,” faltered the guide, “my horse won’t go.” “Won’t he?” queried the stranger, with mock simplicity. The guide heard a sharp click, and saw something gleam in his companion's right hand. He seemed to understand perfectly, for he immediately drove his spurs into his horse’s flanks, and shot ahead of his companion without another word. He no sooner reached his old position, however, than the stranger saw him give a sharp turn to the right and then disappear, as though he had vanished through the foliage of the trees that skirted the road. He heard the clatter of his horse as he galloped off. Without waiting another instant, he touched his horse lightly with the reins, gave him a prick with the rowels, and off the noble animal started like the wind in the wake of the Hying guide. The stranger's horse being much superior to the other’s, the race was a short one, and terminated by the guide being thrown nearly from his saddle by a heavy hand which was laid upon his bridle, stopping him. He turned in his seat, beheld the stranger’s face, dark and frowning, and trembled violently as he felt the smooth, cold barrel of a pistol pressed against his cheek. “This cursed beast almost ran away with me,” cried the guide, composing himself as well as he could under the circumstances. “ Yes, I know,” said his companion dryly, “ but mark my word, young man, if your horse plays such tricksagain he'll be the means of seriously injuring his master’s health.” They both turned and cantered back to the road. When they reached it again, and turned the heads of their animals in the right direction, the stranger said to bis guide, in a tone which must have convinced his hearer as to his earnestness: “ Now, friend Wilhelm, I hope we understand each other for the rest of the journey. You are to continue on ahead of me, in the right road, without swerving either to the right or left. If I see you do anything suspicious, I will drive a brace of bullets through you without a word of notice. Now push on. ” The guide had started as directed; but it was evident from his mutterings that he was alarmed at something beside the action of his follower. In the meantime the thunder had increased its violence, and the flashes of lightning had become more frequent and more blinding. For awhile the two horsemen rode on in silence, the guide keeping up his directions to the letter, while his follower watched his every movement as a cat would watch a mouse. Suddenly the guide stopped and looked behind him. Again he heard the click of the stranger’s pistol and saw his uplifted ~ “Have mercy, meinheer,” he groaned, “ I dare not go on.” “ I give you three seconds to go on,” replied the stranger, sternly. “One!” “In Heaven’s name, spare,” implored the guide, almost overpowered with fear, “look before me in the road and yon will not blame me.” The stranger looked. At first he saw something white standing motionless in the center of the road, but presently a flash of lightning lit up the scene, and he saw that the white figure was indeed ghastly and frightful enough looking to chill the blood in the veins of even the bravest man. If his blood chilled for a moment, therefore, it was not through any fear that he felt for his ghostly interpreter, for the next instant he set his teeth hard, while he whispered between them, just loud enough to be heard by his terror-stricken guide: “ Be it man or devil!—ride it down— I’ll follow. Two!” With a cry of despair upon his lips, the guide urged his horse forward at the top of his sp'eed, quickly followed by the stranger, who held his pistol ready in his hand. I nano th erinstant the guide would have swept past the dreadful spot, but at that instant the report of a pistol rang through the dark forest, and the stranger heard a horse gallop off through the woods, riderless. Finding himself alone, the stranger raised hie pistol, took deliberate aim at the ghostly murderer and pressed his finger upon the trigger. The apparition approached quickly, but in no hostile attitude. The stranger stayed his hand. At length the ghost addressed him in a voice that was anything but sepulchral: “Here, Wilhelm, ye move out of your perch this minute and give me a helping hand. I’ve hit the game while on the wing, haven’t IP” The stranger was nonplussed for a moment, but recovering himself, he grumbled something unintelligible and leaped to the ground. One word to his horse and the crave animal stood perfectly still. Sy the snow-white trappings on the would-be ghost, he was next enabled to grope his way in the dark toward that individual, whom he found bending over a black mass, about the size of a man, on the road. As the tiger pounces upon his prey, the stranger leaped upon the stooping figure before him, and bore it to the ground. zzzzlt “ I arrest you in the King's name,” cried the stranger, grasping his prisoner by the throat and holding him tight. “Stir hand or foot until i have you properly secured, and I’ll send your soul to eternity.’ ’ This was such an unexpected turn of affairs that the would-be ghost could hardly believe his own senses, and was handcuffed and stripped of his dagger and pistol before he found time to speak. MJLreor&gpod. “ No, landlord,” replied the individual addressed, “I am not But I am an officer of the King, at your service, on special duty, to do what I have to-night accomplished. Yow precious son Wilhelm, whom you thought was leading an innocent sheep to the slaughter, lies in the road, killed by his father’s hand.” Two weeks later, at Bruchsale Prison, in Baden, the landlord of the sign of the Deer and the Ghost of the Robber of the Black Forest, who was the same identical person, having been proven guilty of numerous fiendish mqrders and artfully-contrived robberies, committed at different times in the Black Forest, paid the penalty of his erimes by letting fall his head from the executioner’s ax, since when traveling through Schwartzwald has not been so perilous to life and purse, nor has there been seen any Ghostly Knight of the Bond ip that section of the world,

Another Pompeil.

The new Pompeii, said to have been found near Manfredonia, Italy, on the Adriatic, in the Province of Apulia, at the foot of Mt. Garlgano, seems rather the rediscovery of a deserted city than the disentombment of a buried one. It is the site of the ancient Sipontum, mentioned by Livy and other writers, and the foundation of which by the Romans dates as far baok as 558 of the Roman era. Having been built on the edge of a marshy tract, it suffered much from malaria. For this reason Manfred, King of Naples, in the thirteenth century built another city—Manfredonia—in the vicinity, in a healthier situation, at the head of a fine bay. It was laid out in rectangular form, with spacious streets, and is one of the handsomest towns in Italy. A cathedral was left standing on the ancient site, and some remains of a temple, but all the inhabitants removed to Manfredonia. Whether anterior to the desertion of the place a part of the city had sunk in the marshes or subsequently it had been covered up by earthy deposits, it appears that large remains exist, and that they have been brought to light at twenty feet below the surface. Possibly an earthquake swallowed up the town. A temple of Diana has been excavated; a necropolis covering three and a half acres; a monument to Pompey for his victory over the pirates; houses; coins of Sipontum, etc. Although but little of the site has yet been excavated, it is evident that it will prove a valuable boon to classic antiquarians. Sipontum was one of the principal cities of Magna Groecia, and was famous for its commercial enterprise and wealth. Pompeii has come down to us In good preservation because it lay buried up for fiteen centuries. ‘As Sipontum survived to the Middle Ages, if there be any considerable relics of it yet remaining they must be connected with its earlier history. Further investigation, however, will remove all doubt on this subject. In the Tuscan maremme several of the old Etruscan cities have been found beneath the marshy soil, and others are known to be lying there to this day. In this age of archaeological discoveries and geographical exploration we are adding greatly to our knowledge of the antiquity of man, of ancient civilization and of the mysteries of nature. — Philadelphia Press.

Affecting Incident at a Murphy Meeting.

At one of Mr. Murphy’s meetings at Troy, N. Y., after the usual introductory exercises he brought before the audience a man well known to the people of Troy, and who had run through a good property and fair reputation by drink, but had now resolved he would endeavor to retrieve his character. He addressed the people in a very touching manner, and, to illustrate a sentiment in his brief discourse, he passed to the rear of the platform and brought forward a wretched, ragged, trembling victim, the very embodiment of rum’s ruin. This wreck of a man,' after a moment of silence, was recognized by many of the audience, and the simple recognition brought tears to the eyes of hundreds. Presently he endeavored to speak; his trembling limbs almost refused to support his body, and his words, feeble and broken, were indistinct and incoherent. But gathering himself by a strong effort, he gave a narrative of himself from his boyhood in that city; his refined and loving home; his college life; his marriage; his gradual decline; his dishonored parents; his dead wife; his disgraced children; his own utter degradation to a gutter drunkard; and there he stood, having been brought from the jail to tell this story, and then go back to complete his last term as a common drunkard. Mr. Murphy sprang to his feet as the poor fellow said this, and exclaimed: “He shall not go back!” and the audience instantly responded, "He shall not go back!” and in a minute the sum necessary for his release, by the payment of the fine, was raised, and the officer who had him in charge left him in the care of Mr. Murphy and those who were with him. The man belonged to one of the most respected of the families ih that city; was highly gifted and one of the most promising of the young men of his day. The scene was the more affecting, as hundreds knew the truth of his history. A whipsaw: Trouble drives a man to strong drink, and strong drink drives him into trouble.

A Campaign Blander.

When Dr. R. V. Pierce was a candidate for State Senator, hie political opponents published a pretended analysis of hie popular medicines, hoping thereby to prejudice the people against him. His election by an overwhelming majorttv severely rebuked his tradueers, who sought to impeach his business integrity. No notice would have been taken of these 'campaign lies were it not that some of bis enemies (and every successful business man has his full quota of envious rivals) are republishing these bogus analyses. Numerous and most absurd formulas have been published, purporting to come from high authority; and it is a significant fact that no two have been at all alike—conclusively proving the dishonesty of their authors. The following is from the Buffalo Commercial, of Oct. 23d, 1877: “Hardly a dozen years ago he (Dr. Pierce) came here, a young and unknown man, almost friendless, with no capital except his own manhood, which, however, inc’uded plenty of brains and pluck, indomitable perseverance, and inborn uprightness. Capital enough for any young man, tn tide progressive country, If onlv he has good health and habits as well. He had all these great natural advantages and one thing more, an excellent education. He had studied medicine and been regularly licensed to practice as aphysician. But he was still a student, fond of lhvost : gation and experiment. Hediscovered, or invented,important remedial agencies or coin pounds. Not'choosing to wait wearily , for the sick and suffering to And out (without anybody to tell them) that he could do them good, he advertised his medicines and invited the whole profession, of even- school, to examine and pronounce judgment upon his formulas. He advertised liber ally, profusely, hut with ext raordinary shrewdness, and with a method which is In Itself a lesson to all who seek business by that perfectly legitimate means. His success has been something marvelous—so great, Indeed, that it must be due to intrinsic merit in the articles he sells more even than to his unparalleled skill in the use of printer’s ink. The present writer once asked a distinguished dispensing druggist to explain the secret of the almost universal demand for Dr. Pierce’s medicines. He said they were Infact genuine medicines—such compounds as every good physician would prescribe for the diseases which they were advertised to cure. Of course, they cost less than any druggist would charge for the same article supplied on a physician’s prescription, and besides there was tlie doctor’s fee saved. Moreover, buying the drugs in such enormous quantities, having perfect apparatus for puri- ' lying and compounding the mixture, he could i not only get better articles in the flrat place, but present the medicine in better form and cheaper than the same mixture could possibly 1 be obtained from any other source# “ It may tie thought that all this having ref- ; erence to Dr. Pierce’s private business has no i point whatever when considered in connection with the proper qualifications of a candidate for the Senate. Perhaps. But It is the fash- ' ion now, and will be for a fortnight more, with i sundry journals, to make sneering allusions to . this very matter. After that brief period, thev will be qiilto ready to go on doing his 1 work*» before, and as always before,to apeak of him a» a great public benefactor.”

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Corn is cheap. Fatten and sell all poor and old cows, and get better ones for breeding and for milk.— lowa Stale Register. —One way for the farmer to make the agricultural columns of his paper permanent value to himself is to prepare a scrap-book into which may be transferred those bits of experience, statements of fact and suggestive paragraphs which seem to meet his own peculiar wants.—CAaZAam Courier. —Josh Billings, or some one else, said: “ No man will ever get to Heaven riding a sore-backed horse.” But, for all this, I observe a great many such horses, go where I will. There is a cheap, simple and efficient way to cure sore backs and old sores of any kind. Take white oak bark, peel the rose or outside off, add water, and boil it down till it is as black as ink. When cool, add to a gallon of the bark extract two ounces alum. Wash the affected part two or three times a day, until cured. —A M. Lang, Covedale Farm, Ky. —The old prejudice against “book and paper farming” has given place to the common-sense conviction that comparison of theories and experience are as valuable in home and domestic matters as in everything else. The old farmer who would try to enforce methods and practices in reference to plowing, harvesting, planting and threshing which prevailed when ne was a boy would be laughed at for his simplicity. It is beginning, at least, to be understood, that the more learned, logical, scientific and progressive the farmer may be, the better ne can enjoy his profession and succeed in it.— Prairie Farmer.

—Not long since we chanced to pass an apple-orchard which was laden with handsome Baldwins. The owner informed us that it always bore the odd years, and for this reason had netted him more profit than had been received from any other five orchards of the same size in town. As nearly every tree fruited this year, while the same kind of trees on the same kind of soil in a neighbor’s orchard bore no fruit, it was evident that it was not a mere freak of Nature, but the result of some treatment which the trees had received, and which had been lacking in the other orchard. We accordingly asked the owner what he knew about it, and he told us that he bought the farm after the orchard began to bear, but was told that when it was grafted care was taken to get the scions from a tree which bore in the odd year, and to set them in an even year, and that when the grafts first began to blossom every small apple which set in an even year was relentlessly picked off, while those which came out odd years were left to grow.— New Hampshire Farmer. —ls there any natural or necessary antagonism between culture of the mind and culture of the soil? One would think so, to observe the stubborness with which some farmers resist all efforts to improve the social life and manners of their households and neighbors. There is among the farmers an immense amount of common sense, of native mother-wit, sharpened by observation and broadened by reflection, and of the clear-headedness and sound-heartedness that come from healthful living and close connection with Nature. But a good many of them are very much afraid of what are called the refinements of society and the amenities of social life. But we are glad to see that the stupid, hard, treadmill, ox-like life of the farm—which for the past generation has been shriveling up the souls of men and sending their wives to the insane asylum or a kinder refuge in the grave—is giving way to enlightened progress in many sections. Farmers are beginning to seize upon all helps that promise to improve their social condition. Farmers’ clubs, debatingsocieties,' neighborhood meetings for sociality and comparison of experiences, brief winter vacations in the cities, and even a revival of the oldfashioned apple-bees, are adding to the social life of farming communities.— Golden Rule

Where is the Money in Farming?

In a little cohversation with farmer the other day we caught a glimpse into the life of a farmer who is making money. He is the envy of the farmers in his neighborhood, and is considered a man of wonderful knack in getting money out of his land. He has not lost a week’s time in the past live years. His uniform practice is to rise early and work late. He hires when it is absolutely necessary, and buys what he considers the necessaries of life, and little beside. His wife, like himself, works early and late; is a constant attendant upon her own affairs, and is never seen abroad. In these years of prosperity there has been nothing added to the premises in the way of embellishment, but on the other hand every acre of soil is made remunerative, while it does not in the least deteriorate in value. With the same practice for twenty years there will be ho improvement of the soil. It pays better to sell wood than to leave timber standing, so his farm is entirely denuded of its timber. Not a tree is left in the field because there is no money in it. To the question, “ Would it not be pleasanter for your cattle during the warm days to have a bit of shade to rest beneath?” he replies: “My experience is that you can get just as much milk and beef without the trees as with them, and when you come to cultivate the fields the trees are not only a nuisance but so drain the soil that nothing can be raised in the vicinity.” The remark was made: “ I should think you would have some evergreens and ornamental trees growing about your premises—you have such a fine site for your house, if there were some trees about, it would be positively beautiful.” “ Stranger,” was the reply, “my farm is my workshop; it is in mv hands to make money out of, and I db not propose to w aste an inch of it—you do not see a manufacturer hanging pictures on his walls, or decorating his shops with busts of Pallas. Neither do 1 wish to spend my time nor my tend, in anything that will not contribute to my purpose of making money out of my farm. It is said that farming is not -*■ business at which a man can make money. It is all false. A man can make money if he only manages right!” “ How mU(?h land have you?” “ Eighty acres, and every foot can be plowed.” ; “ HoW much-is it worth?” “It is worth lor my purpose $6,000. “Do youmakelO per cent, interest on $6,000?’? “I clear from S3OO to SI,OOO a yeair and my family living and expenses. That is, counting my family as so much help, to whom I pay a sum necessapto feed, clothe and furnish them in speeding ipoßiyri n«t profit

at the end of each year of what I told yon—an average or about 1600 a year.” After the above conversation, wo passed along, musing as to whether in this instance, taking into consideration the hardship, the lack of culture, the want of society, this kind of farming was so profitable after all, when our attention was called to another level, nicely tilled, apparently rich farm. “ Who lives here?” we asked. ’ “ The father of that young man with whom you have just been conversing.” Upon inquiry we found this man was worth SBO,OOO, all made in legitimate farming, and although old and gray he was still working, working—and he took no comfort or satisfaction in anything else but hard work and accumulating property. With all his money there was nothing about the premises that indicated real comfort, but for the making of money he had a magnificent farm. In these two men we saw what is lacking in a majority of farmers, who do not make their farms pay, and that is the ability to so manipulate the work on the farm and methodize the cropping of the land as to get money out of the soil and still leave it in as good thriving condition as before, and we do not hesitate to say that this is the most important problem in connection with successful agriculture. The question arises: In the accomplishment of this very desirable object is it necessary that the farmer and his family so convert themselves into slaves to their occupation as to lose all desire for anything but work and money? We leave the picture and the question with our readers. It is important because in the answer we say whether or not there is truth in the oft-repeated reason given why so many young people leave the farm for business that not only gives profit but cultivation of the mind and heart. — Detroit Free Preu.

Death in a Barber’s Chair.

At 8:45 yesterday morning a man, about fifty years of age, of medium size, wearing a faded suit of black, entered Joseph Amberg’s barber-shop, 121 Orchard street, and sat down near the door. His face was pale, and as he sat awaiting his turn to be shaved, his fingers and lips twitched nervously, as though he was in pain. “ Your turn next,” the barber said, pointing to the center chair, behind which stood, with his towel in hand, John Lehning, one of the barber’s journeymen. The man arose, and hanging his hat on the rack near the window, sat down in the middle chair. “ Hurry up, for I feel sick,” the man said, as the journeyman pinned the cloth around his neck. The barber quickly lathered the man’s face and drew his razor down its right side. As the razor reached his chin the man’s pale face became whiter and his hand twitched more nervously. “ Give me water, for I am very sick,” he said. The frightened barber put down his razor and put a glass of water to the sufferer’s lips. The man sat upright and drank a little. Then, nervously pushing his fingers through his thin, red hair, he drew a long breath and sank back in the chair, his head falling on the head support. The barber drew r his head toward him and placed the edge of the razor on tne left side of his face. He did no more. With a quick, strong movement the man straightened out his legs and tightly grasped the arms of the chair. Then, throwing his head back, he gasped feebly and died The Coroner’s jury said that the man was Thomas Kelley, and that he died of rheumatism of the heart. — N. Y. Sun. When a mother goes on a whaling expedition she rarely fails to get all the blubber she wants.

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