Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 2, Number 10, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 September 1871 — Page 3

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[From Hcrlbner'* for September,]

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T})f. people'* daaghten "o nerve# uustning— »*,i- \jhjioe to xlaaghterf

3 '-Good morning, friend*! "You'll love twjbetter— "Make tut arueniic '•We'veburstour fetter!

.''How the *un gleam*! Women are.*narlinK) "(Jfvb in«-your beam*, "Liberty's darling!

"Marie'* my name— •••.'hrlot'H mother bore It! ''That tatdge? NoHliame: that I wore il!"

(11a\ to her wabti LI ml,* like a V^nus are displacedr, •'rtoldlersl pl«wc* screen u*!

"He at the front? "Tliut i» my lover "Stool all the brunt "-Vow the light'* over!

"Powder and bread "(jave out l/»gether, •'Droll! to

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d'"ad

"lu thU bright weather!

"Jinn. boy! we might "Have married in June! '•Till* the wall? Right!

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COUNTRY POSTMASTER.

Trial* aiul Tribulatiotis of a United Slates Official. Tbe vexations, annoyances and perplexities attending the office or acouniry Postmaster, are almost innumerahie. Suffer nio to relate just a few. I '-liave tried sonio very difficult things, ^but that of collccting newspaper postage stands pre-eminently at the head *•7 the lint of dilflcuItieH. There is a ^oertuin divine who putronizesour office, who 1111m my eye on the postage question. lie has nover to be asked for his postage, but cornea squarely up and liquidates at the proper time. In rny ^opinion ho Is not far from the kingdom '«r Hoaven. Would that his followers 'and the "rest of mankind" might iini-

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his most excellent example. Your country Postmaster has no

"[aiethour

ROO"XRRRRF FOR TK.XXESSKK

Hour a Kmtttekiam Upon A (kt A correspondent of the CineinnaU CbtHmmtrt/ writes: Coming *U»wn on the Tennessee sldeof the I*opl*r moontain, I stopped at a house two miles over the line, where I n*w *«. In coming from Kentucky to Tenueaaee I eould notice no immediate and rftdtesat change of landscape or atmosphere, notwithstanding one aide has such an ?xce«alve charge of sovereignty.

It seems that a young Kentucky gentleman has Iwa over tiere, trying to "keep store," but his attempt was a fsUk'tPfc, because he was ».%. "nippy." Uere is the eonver* u»wa I hivo just heard on tho subject: "Say, what has become aft hat young man from Kentockv who had a store down at tho stand?" "Oh* he"* played out He was "nippy" for thi* dU n't take in the mounts i'. **I in -tight he w-v.i! u: first seed !.» he put vu xm um-'n **vle. It won't do l«r them are ntuekv hlue»£r.«M back* to onuie over here aal

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EXECUTION, PARIS, MA r,

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1 fiK-C, I .1 BT EDWAED KlJfO. ft *r»:t-breath «i and yoong—

that ho can call his own.

unless it be after midnight, and then he is not always s-ife. He is called up nfler retiring to his bed at nighttoese if there is a letter in the office for a man who did not have timo to come in day ime. He is met on the road to church, and askod to leave his wife and children and go to the office. If he sucMieeds In getting to the church at all it is through great tribulation, and perhaps 7) at a late hour and every footstep he hoars after getting there he thinks is komo onn after hi in to go to the office •or he gets vory little good of the sermon. Then, there is a certain class of men who think you ought to soil them two throe cent stamps for ftvo conts. (This class of men never buy anything of the Postmaster but stamps.) Wo also have a few business men who nev«r buy but one stamp at a tluio. No matter what we aredoingwe must wait on them instanter. When they come to buy their stamp, they can't buy a quarter's worth at a Mine the interest on the money would bo something lost. Another class ol mon expect you to lick every stamp they buy a matter of course. At times you are very busy writing man comes in and call*for a stamp you g"t up and hand it to him, he does hot orfer to pay you for it, but proceeds very deliberately to go down to the bottom of his pookot for a letter wrapped up in about a yard and a half of paper, unrolls it slowly (you in the meantime on nettles to get to writing), takes tho stamp, lirks it so thoroughly that It takes every particle of mucilage off, then says, "This stamp won't stick." You "put on mucilage lor him, he sticks it on hits it live or six licks with his fist, and hands it to you (nover puts it in tho box) then goes down for hi* poeket book, unties a hard knot, unwraps four yards and a half of twine, takes out a live dollar bill and hands vou, saving that is the smallest he has. 'Sow, tr. Editor, it seems to mo that a man, uiuior these circumstances, if his morality is not of tho highest tone, will bo almost obligod to use a little profane language. Nothing but the strongest early'moral training by a strictly pious mother, descended from the pilgrim stock, restrains me. Our office Is sometimes thronged at mail time. A nuutor-of-ftict tnan plants Himself at tho window (about twentytivo persons behind him waiting for mail), asks you if thero is a letter for •foe Brown.* You Inform him there is none he then calls for tho whole Brown family. Kailhtg to get a letter, he then relates to vou that lie was expecting one from fiphralm Jones, who lives just In the edge of Posey eountv, Ind. that he married Jones" sister In the fall of 1803 that they have five children—three boys and two girls that the youngest only weighed ten pounds and fourteen ounces when il was born that some of Kphraim's folks were sink, the last letter they got, and he and the old woman were getting anxious to hear from them. All at once anew Idea strikes him ho wants to know If there Is any p.iekage for him he has lieen looking for something of the kind for a long time did not know whether would eome by mail or express. Which would l»e the cheapest? Of course von must answer his quest ions: and ask him if his children have had the measles and whoop* ingcough and whether Mrs. Brown'* health is good, and there's anv prospect tor another baby, or he might sign petition for vour removal, lie at last brings his remarks to a close by asking vou to back a letter to Indiana, Posey tVntnlv, Kphralm Jones and you get rldoflilm. llv this time the }tersons behind him are getting pretty tired, or have received their nnil over his head and gone. 0. dear, 1 must close, for it is time to m»k« up the mall. P.M.

put on style like they do at home. It don't take among us common people. "That's so, and I knew he'd play out when I first seed. him. The stand had a good trade when he come, but it soon fizzed out. Why he actually put on a new collar every morning." "He did?" Well, I do say." "Yes, and not only thai, but he had a nigger hired for to black his boots every day." "Lord have mercy on my soul and body he must have been crazy." "No he said that was the way they do up in Kentucky." "Up in the blue grass, I suppose?" "Yes, up in bieb society. He brought his notions here, but he played out mighty fast. Would you believe it, he used to wear a coat—a black coat— to church every time he went?" "What! this hot weather?" "Yes, no matter for weather, he'd always have a coat. At first he had one of thepi d—d hats that reach away up yonder. What is it you call 'em?"

Stove-pipe hats, 'cause they look sorter like a stove-pipe." "Yes, that's it. Well, one of our Tennessee boys, just for fun, knocked it off and busted it." ''Sar^ed him right." "Yes, and more than that, he used to have his shirts made to button up behind." "Lord, what an idee!" "It's so, and no mistake. Well, it finally got out among the wimmin, and when they heerd it. they just quit buying goods "of him. Tney said they wouldn't trade with a man who wore shirts buttoned up behind. They said it was bringin' new notions into the country that would ruin it." "So it would, and I've heerd a heep of talk about the thing he wore on his neck. Did you ever see it?" "Yes, and right funny it was. He called it a tie, or something like that. It was tied in a hard knot under the neck, and come down on his bosom about six inches. It was made out of bltia and white stripes, and was curious to lo^k at. Our people had never seen anything like it before, and the gals used to call it a 'choke rag,' and have a heap of fun." "Walk into dinner, gentlemen," said a new voice from around the corner of the house, which abruptly closed the talk about the fashionable young man from Kentucky and also this letter.

Lost Treasure.—Ilerr von Tscl.udi, in his South American travels, relates several instances of tho discovery of treasure buried bv the Spaniards aur ing the war of independence in Bolivia One of these cases was rather curious A poor man had long tended a dying Spaniard, and, as a reward for such kindness, tho Spaniard gave him an exact description of the place whore nourly half a million Spanish dollars lay hidden. It had long been known that a Spanish officer had buried a large sum of money in that neighborhood and many people made a search for it, but tho exact spot was not known. Now that minuter details were given, their recipient determined to loso no timo. Ho had no sooner buried th Spaniard than ho made the. best of his way to tho place described, and began to dig, as ho had boeu directed, along tho foot ot a rock. He opened the

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jround, and worked night and day till had mado a trench some twenty feet in length thou he felt rather tirocl, and ho suddenly remembered that it was Good Friday. Working on such a day, ho reflected, would not bring him a blessing, so ho went home again, intend ing to rosumo his labors after Easter. Another man, however who had long searched for the treasure, and who hao secretly witnessed his operations, took them up tlio very next night at the place where they were suspended, and, beforo ho had carried the trench two feet turthor, stumblod upon four leather trunks full of Spanish dollars and ounces of gold, making two mules' burden. With tho help of a discroot comrade, ho at ouco carried off tho money, and when, after Easter, the original treasure-seeker caino back to his work, ho found that his religious scruples had been hostile to his worldly advancomeut.

IVutsoN Rrowjtlow.—Brownlow was much emaciated, and his hands and foot shook constantly with tho palsy, with which he has been aHlicted for two years past, but he looked bettor than lie did in the Senate in tho spring, and said ho thought ho was gaining slowly, and expocted to bo in his seat again when'Congress meots. His long suffering from disease has not changed his face much. Ills hair is but little touched with gray, his eyes are as keen as over, and his thin face has lost none of its old expression of courago and ifdomitablo resolution. Talking of Ins illness, and of his inability to speak or take any active part in tho proceedings of iho Senate, he said: "I can do nothing inoro than vote. The rebels here in Tennessee would bo glad to have mo die, but I will disappoint them and livo out my term, to keep a worse man from getting my seat." As ho said this in the low tone^ scarcely above a whimper, in which ho habitually talked, there was an expression of determination in his calm, gray eyes and about his firm mouth that convinced mo that, fbeblo as lie looked, and apparently upon tho brink of the grave, the power ot his tremendous will would keep him alive until ho was willing to die, and I thought of Uiesaving ofthe old German philosopher: "Wodo not yield to death utteily, only through the weakness of our feeble wills."—Qr. X. 1". ZViftwie.

"fl. M. I."— Don't stand aghast with awe and fear, eyes wide open, hair on end, and fingers tightly clinched, with the idea that these mysterious symbols are cabalistic signs and represent some secret organisation of masked demons, who carry terror and dismay with their midnight prowlings and disperse on the dawn of morning. No! They are onlvthe initials of I»r. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, that pleasant mecicine which has acquired a national reputation and proven so eftlcj|cious in Coughs. Cold*, Bronchitis, Consumption and kindred diseases. For these complaint* it has no equal. Hold bv all druggiv.*.

ERRE-HAUTK HOUSE, JVw-fflwf*. Imtkma.

E. I». HUSTON,

Tho Street Cats pas* this Hooseevecyt Minutes, from the Depot and River. AW Arttmam BaiMt am cmmamted 1-lf. tku U«t*L

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RATIONAL HOUSE,

COR. MAIM AND SIXTH »TV,

Tcrre-Haute, Indiana.

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^XVF.LOrKS. ln«M printed nen: miir

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Wilt* »hf«wiofyoorho». o:i ibe enrtwML at 7«*i¥»l!aute l*rmi ?t. W. J. Hnilfh A

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1HE PEOPLES'

$ •?. Wholesale and Retail Denier In

WAII PAPER,

Glass, White Lead,

AND PAINTERS' MATERIAL.

69 Ohio Street,

My

JAS. SICATH. IGO FOUNDRY

TERRE-HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL. SEPTEMBER 2. 1871.

Hand Loom,

IS PRONOUNCED THE BEST NOW IN USE, &

In simplicity, durability, and ease with which it operates. For labor-saving, and money-making by manufacturing heavy and substantial goods it is ahead of any loom yet introduced. It is simply constructed it has no Treadles, Cards, Cog Wheels, Spring Triggers, Harness or Treadle Straps, to get out oForder. Ou the same warp ana the same drswing—in

The Peoples's Loom

can be changed to thirteen differentkinds of cloth as follows: *«•-•.*»

JEAX8, SATIXETT, TWEEDS, BIRD EYE, DIAPER, BLANKET TWILL,

I UER8IXO BONE, DOUBLE, PLAIN, PLAIN CLOTH LINNEY, BALMORAL SKIRTS, Ac.,

Also Sacks without Seam, and two yards wide cloth can be woven on a yard wide loom, without a seam for Sheeting and Shawls. Any person can be taught how make the change from one to another in Ave minutes, if not, we will give to the per son failing to learn a loom for nothing.

We mean what we say, and we can prove to you that ours is the best loom made.

IT IS O. K.

Please call and sec it work.

McELVAIN, UNVERZAGT & CO..

Office 63 Main street, opposite Public Square,

TGRKE-IIAUTK, IND.

P. O. Box 481. eo—52-Sm.

ALL PAPER.

ALL

NEW STOCK

And New Styles,

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R. BUCKELL'S,

J. B. OAOU.

AND

TERRE-ITAUTE

CAR WORKS,

SEATH A HAGER, PROPR'S.,

Manufacturers of

Cars and Car Wheels,

Of all kinds.

MACHINERY

AND HEAVY CASTINGS.

Highest price paid tor Cast Scrap Iron.

WORKS ON CANAL,

Between Main and Ohio Sta.

ORDERS SOLICITED.

eo SEATH HAGER

TJNITED states

Accident Live Stock

WSITUXCE COMPANY,

InJKtmi Hormt and Oattle A pain*t Death by Acridenl,

or whll^be^^ tran^c^gl^oo

B)* the year,

Ft»r furtlrt (MrtlAkni etM}»lr« at nay of-

Ucts

over

P. B. MORE, Afnt,

tMi^ Terre-Hante, lad.

HKAP AND PROMPT {-The motto of I lie Temp-Haute Printing Soon, IIS —alii rtwrt. Ail work done promptly and when prnmiaed. 0.3, Smith Oo.

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JpRAIRIE CITY

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PLANING MILLS.

CLIFT& WILLIAMS,

Manufacturers of

Sash, Doors, Blinds,

WINDOW A DOOR FRAMES,

MOULDING BRACKETS

STAIR RAILING, BALLUSTERS,

Newell Posts, Flooring, Siding,

And all descriptions of

FINISHING LUMBER.

Wholesale and Retail dealers in

Pine Lumber, Lath & Shingles,

Slate Roofing,

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2 AND ROOFING FELT.

Custom Sawing, Planing and Wood Turning done to order. All work warranted.

Osr. Ninth dk Mulberry Streets.

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It has taken first premiums of Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Kentucky State Fairs, in 1607 i8(W, l««a, and 1870.

QULICK & BERRY,

DRUGGISTS,

TERRE-HAUTE, IND.,

Invite the careful attention ot the readers of the Mail to their very full stock of all goods pertaining to the General Drug Business. Their constant aim will be to merit the public patronage, by offering the best goods at the lowest prices.

They are now Receiving their

SPRING SUPPLIES of PAINTS, OILS, OLAtM, PAINT and WHITEWASH BRUSHES, DYESTUFFS, Ac.,

Which, in connection with their usual large assortment of

Pfiigs and Medicines,

AT THE OLD STAND,

North west Cor. 4th & Main Sts.,

TERRE-HAUTE, IND.

QULICK & BERRY,

Are sole agents in Terre-Haute for the UNRIVALLED PAINTS,

'Railroad Colors," Phoenix White Lead, And Lisle Green.

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Paints, Oils,

OLD

I O N W O S

OF

TKRRE-HAUTE, IND.,

Are now In

First-Rate Working Order,

With a plenty of good workmen. I respectfully invite nil who are needing

NEW MACHINERY, CASTINGS, OR OLD MACHINERY REPAIRED

To Call and Examine my stock.

VANUFACT17RK A."?I KKKP OON8TAITTLY OX HAND

Stationary Portable Envtne«, Saw 4k Flonrlnpr SI III*, and Coal Shaft Machinery,

Of tho most approved Pattern*. Aim Corn Shelter*. Cane Milla, Shin, rle Machine*, both Hand Power. Ball'* Celebrated

Together with casting* of all descriptions for general use In thi* coontTy, all "f which I warrant to be as good a* the beat, both In material and workmanship, and a*cheap aa ilie cheapest, quality taken into con*ileratioo. (ee-tf) J- A- PARKER

J, A. VRTDAOH. CLARKE. yRYDAGH & CLARKE,

Architects & Superintendents,

Commercial College, opp. Court Houae,

Evanavllle, Indiana.

CORNER MAIS AND SIXTH BTH., (Deminc1* Block), Terre-Kante, Indiana.

Daricna and Erttmaua made Car an klnda of Building*, both public and private. Order* Mint by mail will receive prompt attention.

r|HS. WATERS

at

Parasols!

known to be in Terre-Haute. I Fine Fans!

Thin Hose!—If

tl-Sm

Steel Bot­

tom R. R. Scraper. al*o Caat

4k

Wronght Iron Scraper*,

For farm use. Also a great variety of School Seat* and Desk*, which for bennty and durability cannot be excelled.

ELDER,

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PHYSICIANS,

Cberry Street, bet. ®th and 71k. ii-u

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Ctearanee Sate! Tuell, Ripley & Deming,

Will inuagurate their extraordinary sales oa^

Monday, July' lO, 187V To Close Out Summer Goods.

12 1-2 Cent Counter

Frou Grenadines, Striped Grenadines, Alsace Plaids, Checked Lenos, Figured Alpacas, Piques, &c. French, and Scotch Ginghams, and French Lawns, Yo Semite Stripes, Iron Grenadines, Summer Silks, Crepe Maretz, Silk Challi and a variety of Summer Suitings, will be offered in patterns at, and ii some cases below, cost.

son it will pay you to buy them for next.

very fine Hose for Children and Misses, too good for the market, which we will sell at a bargain. (Persons who buy fine goods will please take notice.)

Marseilles Trimmings!—By

what is left of piece— will be cleared out cheap. Marseilles Qnilts!—So^o

very fine and costly, will be included in the sale. Lace Points!—Black

lotunds, Lama, Grenadine and Light Brocade Shawls, are be sold at correspondingly low rates. WHAT IT MEANS!

We do not intend to pack up a yard of Summer Goods, or an article for Summer wear, to hold as dead stock during the winter.

CHEAP!

As cheap as we think they would sell at auction, without regard to cost. Only one price will be named. These goods are the best we have in the store, but we must make room for Fall Stock, and all Summer Goods not sold within 30 Days

*178 Broadway, New York.

DMUND C. FISHER,

Absolute Security $304.73 for every $100 of Liability.

[New York Insurance Report, 1870, p. XVI.]

A HOME COMPANY,

Investing its Money at each Agency under Direction of LmmI Boards of Trustees.

1 Terre-Haute Local Board:

O. F. ^OOKERLY. President S. J. YOUNG, Med. Examiner D. W. VOORHEES, SAMUEL STONE, W. R. HTJNTER, 8. R. HENDERSON, PHILIP SCHLOSS. T. H. RIDDLE, JOHN S. JORDAN, D. C. GREINER,

FRED. A. ROSS.

HAVENS & FARIS, District Agents.

Low Cash Rated. All Policies and Dividends Non-ForfrltaMe* No Restriction on Residence or Travel.

Entire Profits Divided Among Poliqr Holders. Thirty Dayn Grace. ^Definite Cash Nnrrender GaeranteedL

ERLANGER & CO.

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In returning thanka for tbe libera! patronage extended to ua, wo are happy to say to our friend* and patrons that

Our One Price System

la working like a charm, in fact, it in

A PERFECT SUCCESS!

People are not alow in finding ont that it ia to their interest to buy goods of um, as

our goods are ail marked in platn figure* at the very Lownwt Prices. Any child can buy of us as low as the very bent judges of good*. We opened the*Fall Campaign I 77'w

On Monday, August 14th,

-With the HANDSOMEST SELECTION of

FRENCH, ENGLISH AND SCOTCH

COATINGS AND SUITINGS,

Ever brought to this market.

Abont Aagast 25th we will open onr

Fall Stock of Ready-Made Clothing,'

For Men, Boys and Children, and they will be found to be the best Ready-iiado Clothing that was ever abown in this place. The celebrated Diamond

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will contain our Froa

cheaper than they were ever

—Ladies, now is the time to buy.

Children's Hosiery!—We

you do not need them this sea­

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have a line of

the piece—or

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priced, and

and White Lace

will be offered at

-A.TJOTIOITI

^d sold for cash in hand to tjie highest bidder. Ladies who desire to select their goods and avoid the confusion of an auction room now have a better opportunity than was ever offered in this city.

TUELL, RIPLEY & DEMING,^

CORKER FIFTH AND MAIM STREETS. TERRE.IIAITTE. If

Anchor Life Insurance Comp'y,

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President.

PRESTON HUSSEY, Troassrer: B. F. HAVENS. Secretary W. H. BANNISTER, A. C. MATTOX. IXUIS SEEBURGER, DANIEL MILLER. CHAS. WITTENBERG, A. B. FOUT8L J. B. EDMUNPS, GEORGE SANKEY,

Dress Mhirt*—ready-made or mado

to order. We shall hare the most attractive raristy of FINE FURNISHING GOOIwS in tbe city. KRLAXUKR A €»..

Faahionable Moreliant Tailors and One-Prioe Clothiers,

ee-tf Middle opera Ilenae lalMlnf.