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Vol.

5.—No.

THF, MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

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The Mall.]

BETSY JANES COMPLAINT. A PUTNAM COUNTY BALLAD, S. S. Hopkins.

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J«ift hO» we Ttwsre** Uttie then And ih»

John, it's not

for a woman to say;

You'll never have acres enough, John, let It be yea or nay: You're poorer to-dav with your added farms than when you began, you know, More than thlrty-feve years ago, John, than

rou began, :y-dv. yei

thirty-five year* ago.

Together we've scrlmi .:•! aad together we've 1 1 And none will I've held yo« back, or etwadBty^-'kwl!. I'm only a woman, »%*d wher* I *e miieo,

I Ve felled mbwobmwoM. But I've 1 w»- 1 eouHt, Joniiv ive don« #dlM 3 uld. I've wtttwd the eow* and

bu r, l*v.-

knltt*d»u!

Tended the boa** ami k-Tt oe«s,utt»

wuK«srf0r~^ wb«i I've stood on a putwhwu floor For these thirty-II vw ywn these thirty-five year* and more. 6ut oeTer anlgnof a irpe4 came till I made it. you know, aij if Uereraspoeu but an Iron spoon, never a t]Ah bnt deif Instead of a cooking *tov« a pot and skillet to bake and brew w"W3^«SS£S5iuJ,,b°'

Split bottom ehalrs. a table of deal, with never a cover at alt This wan onr kitchen to Spring, John, 8wa»mer and Winter and I- all We Cook and we washed ami we ataand slept iiu-l lived In the sslf-eauie room, For lUtlfc wi had and hard we tolled Jiptfor the sake of a home-. The cabin was tidy tor that, John, and I'd never it woifl of blame Till Sue, and Bob, anl Tom, were horn and after the bahy "amp, And thwi ftw Hi Ir sake* and not tor my own I ent«w tay flnit eMnpbHnt For I was never an angel, John, ana you were never a Mint. And mitt that a barn was needed more, tee a woman could wait. Though we wqti !ch yet aU We ha®, we fuw in onr real te Times were hard and mohey was scarce and yon owed for the ten acre lot, Bntmy sledebt: forgot, John, my lit tied« yon toti I awn I'm a terrible dullard, John, I never ctiuld understand Why some m«*n are always poor with nun «i

ml* of acres of land,

But 1 waited and watted and waited till yon shouhl yet out of d*bt, And if I'd a kept my patience, John, I might have been waiting yet For I dr *1 in my llnsey-waolsey then, and in your 1 l-wruu*h Sans, While ie money went farehuaNtafcclotnes bat for farm machine*, And we paid for the place,too, with lit? to eat and to wear Twa- ni'.r* than a woman eoaldbear, John n. Hi mi a woman coald bear.

it as long

1 i. a th -irts were grown

A ecu rw im from the lumber after the barn was done*

Because though the cabin waa big tor two, tx« :tl« enough for ten, When i.n'.v «ne was a woman grown, ana th* boys were almost men. I'm kl yoo*" forgetting the chiidren,

Joh cfargetu:* the wrong you do* A* if !S 1 stood upon fcurMfs Instead of

Wlth^itenty ^eaTbut howler drovethan an 0x a hone or a mule* WHh »li" uonths glvea to «*rra*rs worx and tuxce months given to school. Money that goes for afoot of land isjirodg-

And t2r fsc -STtarings with it the rcgnlar winter croak, Why ehifelren are never content to he as tii.-irftrtlief-Bot 1 learnt *pare, John, we have no learning to spare.

Mum -n. The»: a. It's li For

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Too av* a» thf y-tr fr*ve all Bot} rktnd i" i, s- than ui,w. Far jgl then.

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to nwr way. John, v'i. in jreorw \uarwrtf,J«'i

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jawt

»tn be true, Jofan.

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Town-Talk.

THK COMiJfO rAtB.

A viait to the pienk? ground on Wednesriay Inst,

reveled to T. T. the fiic*

vigo county poeweec* a valuable piece of property a¥out two mlleaenat of the city, on the National road. The extent of it is about thirty-live acres, *nd it was purehaaed about nine yew* ago, npnn the occasion of the holding of the

Fair at this point. It to the moat beautiful grove in th© Stat© for fitir purpoam, and baa every advantage vrhkih any reasonable man oould wi^j to claim for it. The shade to excellent, all th© trees being veritable monarch* of the forest, and extending their aheltering amis in all directions water to to be had In quality and quantity which would satisfy the demands of the most sealoos workers In the cause of the eruaade it is joat the right distance from the hurry and confusion of town, and can be reached by three good roads leading from the city, besides which the railroad runs within about one hundred yards of one of the entrances) and upon all occasions oarriea passengers to and from the grounds at very reasonable rates. Then immediately adjoining these grounds Is a piece upon which to a splendid mile track for trials of speed, which is more than any of our sister counties can boast of, nearly all of them being half mile tracks, and poor at that. In short, Vige county can boast of having the finest fldr ground in the State, if not in the West, and can at least rest assured that it to excelled by none.

Terre Haute to fort advancing as a business and manufacturing city its manufactoriesare increasing day by day, as is also its wholesale trade it has direct communication with all sections of the country by its numerous railroads it is in the centre of a splendid farming country, and in dose proximity to the beautiful and productive prairies of Illinois. Our farmers are turning their attention to the improvement of forming and stock, the latter receiving the undivided attention of a number of gentlemen in this and acfyoining counties.

The Vigo Agricultural Society has been in existence about nine years, and by this time, most people would think bml enough experience in the business to make a success of the enterprise. It has a lease, from the county, of the grounds, which hss quite a number of years yet to run, and for which they pay nothing. It rents tbfc ground upon which is the mile track, and pays therefor the sum of two hundred and forty dollars per annum, but at the same time, by the State law, it receive* the license money paid into the county treasury for show license, which amounts to nearly three hundred dollars a year, and which gives the society the grounds free of charge.

With all the advantages above set forth, one would naturally suppose that Vigo

county would give a good feir, at least equal to any in the State, and such ought to be the case, but alas! it is not. Two years ago the Board of Directors made strong efforts to make a success of it, and well nigh succeeded they offered liberally of the filthy lucre which to the principal, if not the only ingredient necessary for the success of such undertakings, end succeeded in drawing out a good display of stock of all kinds they fn^y considerable improvement on the gr mda, and paid for it out of the fands ivwived at the gates and for entrance money, on the ground that it was "necessary expense for carrying on the foir," vrhU after 1 Incting other expenses, fcuevrti iii trwiwry to pay exhit.:, r»/w

''1 The year

i»evion»" there was a surplus which luitftlt have Ih-en navel for an Win 'gen* t\ jteaU, there*** de .. fifUwtt per oent. on t).' stock. Iti-ir »m ym»ght have been borrow***! hikI the premiums paid in fall, and i: exhibitors would have p.-T tvrrr

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TERRE HAUTE, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1,1874.

fifteen per cent, which gave their suea clean set of books, and an empty pocket-book to start in upon, with the assurance that if they wanted to steal any thing they must make it first. With so many failures before them to profit by, one would naturally suppose that tike board of dlreciiont of 1874 would make a bold strike to give the society soil)* standing and plaee It qn the list where it naturally belongs, not at the tall end but at the head. At about their first meeting however, some of the wiseacres propose the abolition of all premiums for speed, and the board adjourned for two weeks In order that it might digest the momentous question, which they finally did and arrived at the conclusion that the races go on. The premium list oflters $1,000 for trials of speed, 1500 to be paid by the society, and $500 by the dtisens of the city. The programme has merely to say upon each day that there will be a race for a purse, which is valuable information for those abroad wishing to bring horses hear. It would be such a pleasant surprise to the owner of a running or pacing horse to bring him hero and find that the premium to for trotting, or that the race is too slow for his record, or something of that sort. Very pleasant indeed. Then a thousand dollars divided into a half dozen purses, and theso purses subdivided into first and second money cannot Ml to bring all the foat horses in the country out. Such liboraiity is unequalled, and must thrill tho hearts of stock owners with delight. It costs nothing to transport horses by railroad from point to point, or to have men along to take care of them. But what difference if they don't have races? It will be that much money saved, and people will crowd to tho fitir all the anmt they would just as soon look at cattle, hogs, sheep, or needlework as they would at a good race, or, if they would rather stay at home, why they are at perfect liberty to do so. The society don't care a copper it cant lose any thing by the operation, for in its address to tho public it says,—"Tho Pair must be self-supporting after deducting the expense of the Mr from the gross receipts, if the balance is not sufficient to pay the premiums in full, they will be paid "Pro Rata." That is what ptyys the mischief with our laws,

But to go on with the premium list the highest premium offered for a horse is $20, the second being $10, and from that down to $7 and $5. For breeding cattle #10 and 95. For Alderney cattle flO and |9. Thoroughbred shert horns, ?20 and flO, and for herds three premiums of $130, and 100. The latter they were compelled to offer this year because the foir has been wholly deserted by stock raisers. For the best steer is offered$10. Sweepstakes $25 and |1S Hogs and sheep in tho same ratio. Poultry is the best paid on tho list, the premiums ranging from $1 to $5. On vegetables the premiums range from ?1 to $10. In the mechanical department the highest premium offered is $10, and in the miscellaneous $S. Then tho foir is so well advertised that It cannot help but draw. The time of holding it is only a month distant, yet there lias not yet appeared in any of tho papers an advertisement to that effect. Of course there area fow posters stuck up around town and perhaps a fow milos out in the country, or it may be that a few of them have reached the borders of adjoining counties. Then there are probably 2,000 copies of the premium list in existence, which arrf usually distributed among a number of the stock-holders, and kept in this county for the use of exhibitors of foney articles, chickens, cats, Ac. It tea shame the way the newspapers treat the foir as it don't cost them anything to ran their business, of course they ught to advertise It for nothing, which ould be perfectly just and proper, as it to a matter of news to the public. The foir must lie self-supporting, and of course can't afford to pay out anything,

It a Secretary $B0 for a year's work in Its intfri'4, he furnishing his own out of this. Two years ago the

rmuturar handled about $6,000 for them

and received for his IW. The Buperiiitei'! nt is paid $80 per annum, otht omploysas in proporWon: yet with ifiviih expenditure of wealth our t,w! foil. Why is this thus? 'Dt' Vigo Agrifiiltnnd Society to etan* ^-«d of as good and honest men as ild-p. nr» In the '-mly, but tltos@ Its uit'tti bot** who toko enough interest in It to do tha voting have very narrow Ideas about (ho managememt of a foir. Their i.i.-'i* ..f independence may do very well upon a form, but to make a display of It -money to wanted to carry on btsis sheer foolishness. If you want !.o people to attend your foirs you most Biakrwaio «li!'Wof Mix-nility. Thefoh* of lsst ~"w was a force, and it would be be# it »J*ottld wot be repwited. re*r. Then- en#i u-*r and ability enough in

nttik*

rr i..' #v \\'w'intor*. In Sf Ot'l^r. uA-1--." Hi- and jr- -il si*---il nell ai

Vi-1 thr «.»i«ty to give a foir, »nd thto eottnty baa every advantage for giving

tf) nflRnred, I the bwl in the State. Let those who •f«. )nps4M frr, oH I bold the cootrtdllng Interest put tnsn of juv in good bwiness qualifientlon* In charge iefi in he iv.itorr. men having the success of the waterprise -ii: of 'i- hoi. st heart men who can use the advau- .... S tans at Vtand for a good purpoae, thwa,

snd not before will we be prow* of the

-1 dividend Vigo county foir.

Husks and Nubbins.

No. 117.

AMOTHBB PHASX

TKS BHKTHKa CAUL

Whatevn- may be the ultimate verdict In the Beeeher ease, whether the pastor of Plymouth to found guiltlew or condemned, it seems to us that one view of the case, via that if Mr. Beocher is convicted it will result in his own downfoll and that of his church, is incorrect. Yet so universally does this view prevail that we do not remember to have it seen oentradlcted in a single instanoe. The New York Tribune said that if Mr. Beeeher did not clear himself "the most fomous pulpit the world hss ever seen since Paul preached on the Hill of Mara would be Bllenced and the life of the greatest preacher in the world ended." This is the tone that has marked every article we have read on tho subject. The general opinion evidently is that if Mr. Beeeher should not be able to elear himself his ministry must necessarily and inevitably come to a sudden termination.

We are not able to subscribe entirely to this view. It is universally admitted that Mr. Beocher is a man of groat natural powers, the most fomous pulpit orator probably of his time. Whether he be cleared or convlctod will certainly make no difference as far as his intellectual powers are concerned. He would remain Just as great in the one case as in the other. He would be just as able a thinker, just as persuasive an orator, convicted of the crime h\ is charged with as cleaved of it. Nobody, we apprehend, will dispute this proposition. Tho question then is whether tho greatest minister of his tige could be utterly crushed and destroyed by the connnission of a single sin. It does not seem reasonable that he should be. Admit that the sin would be a very heinous one and rendered doubly odius from tho character, profession and standing of him who oommitted it yet it is but one sin after all and for this the universal opinion is that Mr. Beecher's power and influence would be entirely destroyed. «But surely," it will be said, "that Mr. Beeeher could not, convicted of such a crime, go back to tho pulpit of Plymouth church and teach the people holiness, himself being one of the greatest of sinners." Why not? A man need not necessarily be without sin in order to point out tho right way to others. Some of the most moving sermons that were ever preached have been preached by the vilest and most Impure of men in their moments of contrition and repentance. Wo doubt whether tho prevalont opinion that the clergy are so much purer and more spotless than other men tends to increase tho usefulness of the Christian ministry. Wo think the contrary is rather the case. It is not to be denied that we have most sympathy with those who are weak and tempted as we are. When a man sets himself high above us in virtue and purity and says, if not in word yet in bearing, "I am holier than thou," it is not liia teaching that will have the most influence on our lives before he can move us much ho must come down from his saintly isolation and plaee himself on the same place with us, must tell us that ho is weak, tempted and sinning too. Then wo will feel that he can sympathise with us in our tempta

Hons and weakness because ho suffors, or has suffered, In like manner as we. We do not believo it to the specific function of the minister to be holy above sthcr men. Very oertainly he ought to practice what he preaches and so ought we all to do. But if he preaches io us as a man, not bodged about by any peculiar sanctity, but as merely trying to de his duty and teaching others with what seal and ability ho possesses, to do theirs, ho will gain a stronger hold on our friendship and affection and be able to exercise a greater influence over us. The idea that tho minister ean do no wrong, simply because he io

a minister,

is erroneous and harmful. To it is to le ascribed the undue revulsion of fooling when a clergyman to discovered in any lapse from virtue, no matter how inslg niflcant. We will have to learn that our preachers are the same kind of men as our Sawyers and doctors and formers and merchants, only, instead off administering physic or equity they administer moral admonition, and Instead of raising corn or measuring cloth, oall to our attention the duties we owe tooth em and to ounolves. They have just as much right to do wrong as the rest of us and perhaps just as many temptations. If they chance then to go astray is there no hope for them? We do not condemn the lawyer for losing single ease, nor hastily judge the physician to be Incom petent because one of his patients dies no more should the foil of a minister, in some hour of weakness, cans? bis expulsion from the pulpit If he acknowl edges hto sin and repents of It, meaning never to stumble thus again, he may preach as well, nay better than he ever preached be fore,because he will be closer to the sinful and erring,

Whether Mr. Beeeher ean preach here* after will depend net on whether he to cleared or convicted, but on the manner

latter he the result of the trial. If he stands up in his pride and rsftasssto humble hirasel and confess his sin, then indeed his ministry will be ended. If^ on the other (hand, lens wing himself to be guilty, he should be great and courageous enough to come before his church tnd the world and make full and open confession, refusing to let another be unjustly blamed that himself might seem innocent, humbling himself before Qod and repenting of the evil he has done, then the sermons that have emanated Atom Plymouth church heretofore may be for surpassed by those that shall come from It hereafter. Mr. Beecher's ministry would not be endod till he died,

The worst tiling for Mr. Beeeher, if he to guilty of the crime of which he toaocused, to the course of hypocrisy and concealment he has followed the attempt to make the world believe him innocent when Iig himself knew all the while .that lie was guilty. It hss been said that such an effort, continued through years, to worse than the crime itself, and it is true because one may commit a grievous sin in a moment of weakness, which could be pardoned if ho honestly and openly oonfossed the wrong, but to enter on a persistent course of denial and concealment shows a cowardico that to contemptible or a deliberate and, oold-blooded purpose to justify the wrong which is worse than the wrong itself.

People and Things.

Gov. Hendricks is reported to have said: "I hate to see Beeeher foil." An Iowa saloon has for its sign the simple and appropriate word "Nosepaint."

A Brooklyn man was killed in a barroom by a man with whom he was holding a religious discussion.

General Sherman is showing his boy over the Virginia battlefields. They sre the best military text books.

In tho last number of the New York Ledger is an article by Henry Ward Beeeher on robins and robins' nests.

When a monte-dealcr is shot, at Omaha, he gets an obituary, in which he is spoken of as an honorable business man.

At Saratoga, this season, gentlemen, almost without exception, 'go

011

the

floor to dance without gloves. Shocking! At asocial gathering in Chicago, recently, it was ascertained that not one of the thirty-seven persons present could recito the Lord's Prayer,

Tuscola, Illinois, is distinguished as the residence of a prominent citisenwho spanked his daughter when she was eighteen years old/—[Ind. Herald.

When a Memphis paper wants to say that a man has an unconquerable propensity for lying, it speaks of him as being "afflicted with the Chicago dipthe--V'i

An entirely^credible student of human phenomena, at Long Branch, bears witness to the startling fact that the President can swing in a hammock all day, without affecting his brain or getting his legs tangled.

In a Jorsey sal^lf sfts day after day a hale and hearty old man, nearly 90, who has smoked for seventy years and has not gone to bed sober for fifty. His son keeps the saloon and points to his fother to stimulate trade.

A Mrs. Olsen, of Salt Lake, makes public declaration that in her opinion polygamy Is as good for women as it Is for'men, and that she would have three husbands—one to live with and love end the other two to help support her,

A Chicago gentleman recently sent to Treasurer Spinner a small quantity of paper pulp, with a note stating that it was the remains of a ten cent stamp, which his little boy chewed up, and which he contributed "to help pay the public debt.

After bearing the honored fomlly name of "Ilockonhog" for twenty-five years, that young man in Vlncennes did Just right in refusing to change it even though the girl broke the engagement on account of his obstinacy

A bright little girl of New Bedford ^(nas., desiring to secure some canceled executive postage stamps without the knowledge of her Mends, wrote to President Grant, asking him to send her a few. After a tew days she proudly exhibited a tetter from the President, inclosing a full set of uncanceled irfamps and his photograph.

Lexington Gasette: "Two young ladies last week went in a secluded part of the river to -bathe, and got Into the current and were swept down into the deep water below. A young man named Jack Saikel happened to hear their ueteama for help, and rushing down to the river, threw off hi* pants, and tearing bis shirt from his body without waiting to unbutton It, plunged in just as they were sinking for the last time and brought them both out and saved their lives. What a romantic Incident t"

The Houston (Texas).Telegraph says: A gentlemen just from tho rural districts of 81ms* Bayou tells us this On

in which he bears himself should the' Saturday last he had some calves in a

Price Five Cents.

pen and was about branding them. He had the hot branding iron in his hand at one time, but being called for some parpose, stuck it, bot end up, against a box. Just then a negro man came along, and not knowing the brand was hot, sat down upon it In a jaunty manner, but suddenly recovered, hollowing, "Help, fire!" or something thai sounded like it. He to said to be well branded."

Feminitems

A "heavenly smile" often drives a man to—destruction.

They now have at Cape May bathing dresses for poodles. Brunettes are in foshion now, and the blondes are pale with envy.

MRS. Cum to to remodel her house and remain in Indianapolis. Boston has a beautiful lady doctor who cures only to kill with hopeless love.

At Newport, lap-dogs have gone out of foshion, and the ladies hold kittens while driving.

One of the attractions at Long Branch to a lady who bathes In kid gloves, silk stockings and corsets.

Woman suffrage finds advocates iu three bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, vis: Simpson, Bowman and Haven.

When a woman grown old and homely, says the Washington Capital, she get» religious. The household hss to stand around then.

A singular difference—Call a girl a young witch and she to pleased call a* elderly woman an old witch and her indignation knows no bounds, ,,

The foshion at summer resorts, this season, is for ladles to promenade in the open air bare-headed, and to sit at the dining-table with their hats on.

An old maid to not without'power. A writer observes that he has known one such to turn a steamboat excursion into an occasion of gloom and despondency.

A Philadelphia girl called a young man a thief, and being requested by the mother of the accused to prove tho charge, said he had stolen several kisses from her. w*

An old lady fn Pennsylvania'recently refused the gift of a load of wood from a tree struck by lightning, through fear that some of the "fluid" might remain in the wood and cause disaster to her stove.

The Detroit Free Press professes to have discovered a young lady who blushes, goes to bed at nine, eats heartily, speaks plain English, respects her mother, doesn't want to marry a lord, and knows how to cook.

The Grand Rapids (Mich.) Post thinks that to deny women the elective franchise because they can not bear arms would not be one whit more unreasonable than to deny men the ballot because they can not bear children.

A Castle Grove, Iowa, lady had an arm amputated over a year ago, since which time she has complained of the amputated part hurting her. They had to dig it up from the place where it was, buried and change its position several times.

White dresses are worn perhaps more thto season at tho seaside than any season so noticeable for its rich wateringplace toilets. A white mull dress, for most occasions, Is in excellent taste, whether plainly made or elaborated with puffo, quillings or insertions. The fashionable white dress, however, is remarkably devoid of superfluous "setting off

Ladies at tho Saratoga hotels discard hats and bonnets and walk about the village with uncovered heads, in so for as tho above-mentioned articles are concerned. Of course'they lay themselves open to criticism for this departure from common custom, but the ordinary bonnet does not afford such an amount of protection that its loss need bo severely felt. In this prosaic age, bonnets, like many other delusions, are being laid aside.

Here follows a receipt for making a good servant. It to taken from the Woman's Journal: "Let tho mistress of the house take two pounds of the very best self-control, a pound and a half of patlenee, a pound and a half of justice, a pound of consideration, and a pound of discipline. Let thto be sweetened with charity, let it simmer well and let It be taken in dally or (in extreme cases) In hourly doses—and be kept always on hand. Then the domestic wheels will run quite smoothly."

Young ladles, there is a question here: Hie popular belle to pretty, has pleasing manners, dresses well, dances well, talk* well, says pleasant things. She has the tart to make every man believe he to first and foremost In her regards. She receives til the attention she desires, goes everywhere, sees everything—at the expense of her gentlemen friends, as of course she should—and to considered one of the finest, nicest, most delightful of women, but does she oome up to the standard of womanhood you have enshrined in your heart, as typical of die who fa to be your wife? Is there not a something a little coarse connected with thto popularity and bellehood—something from which you shrink

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