Terre-Haute Journal, Volume 6, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 7 July 1854 — Page 1

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I know not whence the duellist came.— fie seems to have been hanging for a number ol years about she villages on the fron« tier, living by hia wits a« card player and a land speculator. He was proud, overbearing, and malicious had been doubly arre* gant and assuming since he had been viiorious in no less than three duels. Once he had crippled, twice he had killed hia man making, by ibe»e -exploits." two widows and five children fatherless. Such was hi» fame as little less

tn no heed. To make the attack more th« buflr proceeded lo, ae he had often done, and as fope and addlepatee thottly do, to express hia oontempt o» *ehoo)mastere. or pedagogues, aa be end rfther bpa used io oa& tben». Seeing that Jedediah still paid no attention, he addnreaed Him »yperoUio*i*ly in these words: "Com*, Sir IVdegofwe, you are silent He ao condescending as to tltastrai* your profession by informing us how many ideas vm hare bastinadoed into the pwrteriors of iroor feoya, to-dayf" a "Not one, air," aaid Jedediah—"tbe bora do not carry their4nleaa ia th*«i po«terioVs, however, they may ba*% done ao la \oorbovish day«.**"s ••The deuce, do you say ao. Mr. redagomet why do you apply your btrefceo instmm«ftt with such impotooaity '0^^' lerior part of their »real systemf torat, your pbiloeophical reasons, Mr. Fed*»

Tin: TCttitE-IULTi JUlU.ULjwn Therefore, I apply ibe remedy to the ia mustk* rvauartso ttur mimt, jMt Jn

In dref* and manners he waa a fop and a swaggerer. His red, busby whiskers at He then read inoal met on his cl»in l»ii shirt ruffle* were long and projecting his creval was stuffed with padding until It almost buried his ohin •nd his bell-crowned hat was tilted over his left eyebrow when l»e walked, or rather strutted along the alreel, swinging and ,1^"'

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,0 day a, tbe school-maaler, J.dediah Bale.

the Indians. Some people doubted wheth er he had been in that expedition at all, be* cause he gave some erroneous accounts nf marches aud battles but they doubted only In their heart*, for who dare insinuate the auspiclon of falsehood to the Major's lerri* ble •elf the Major's tongue might err. but his pistol was nevertheless true. Who would have thought that nur dry heed school tnskter would, first of all, have the hardihood to retort the sneers and iusulta of this hero of the pistol? lie bore several of the attacks with the utmost composure. Not a wMiscleof his lace changed its habit* ual fixedness not a drop more or lesa blood colored his cheek neither word nor look indicated the slightest feeling of the bully's aatire. He charged Ihe aitillery of his wit with still heavier loads of turbid phrases, to express hia contempt for the *chool«maeter. Still the Yankee winced not he only began with the aobereat and most unfeeling gravity to utter tome repartees, aa dry and era. ting as the sands of Arabia, yet so perfectly free from open insult, as to Increase the duellist'a pride without furnishing him a pretext 10 take offence. Hut the natural malignity of hia temper waa ao embittered by the schoolmaster's mortifying Indifference and icy wit that he began to insult him out* rageously on all occasiona, with the obvi* oua intention of provoking a deadly quaf« rel with him. Still the Yankee persevered in his imperturabie coolness, and replied only by jokea and aaroasma ol more atony and lodigaatible hardneee. The, bully's rage become unbounded, and the Yankee'a fHends aaw that the affair would aoon come to personal violence. But their kind endeavor* were in vain to p^rsuad# Jedediah to toot he tbe bully's rage. "If you mortify hia pride any further," aaid they, "he will assault vou. and you will have to let him beat you with hia cane, or ahoot you wiOi hia pistol." «I shall let him do neither, I go«i.M**ld tbe ankee. "How will you prevent lit ••You will aee when the time comes," *aa the final reply. tn the erenieg, at aupper, the duellist, aa dsual, began to utter something dretgood lb provoke the Yankee. At first Jedediah

shall be saHefied air. apply tbe

btrcb to that part fcecauae It ie the baee the aystem alt tbe baser «}em*«ii* a«tie ^own into It, such ee sloth, pride, melico. ^t^eer, ouoiam. and whaterar else may tend to wake a taia proud *nboot tae. boastful without mtnti pompous without dkg»«»yj and ^aatkMome without ree1 Kt

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tVJn. Moore & Ww. E- MeLwn, Propriflors. it* seat in the system/* -jf-r—r The bully «h 19 foiled bv this answer Term #/snUcriptii* no

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!£"™aT.?f p*v wi.Mnm^'::v. °»'y »«*•..,rhcn After the espirstiea ef tbe yaar 2^0 arms akimbo, he said."Ho are a cowardly If on receipt al lb* ftrat paper.*. pedagogue 0 stuck boys in that cowardly tT So p»p*r at»c»n}lii«ed aollt *11 arrearages

K«Si ad4Uiori*t 1 »a«riua per S«j»ar!........ Si larded litis apeech with one of the oath#

.u* iiiafnt lo maei him in down a volume from the mantle piece..

American history

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man, who did not humble dog beforeIho high and mighty M*j. well Biekerlon, aa the duellist styled him*! aelf. He professed to have borne a M»jor's |. ooiumission in Ih* arm v. and boasted of his mush foremost, plump into the duellist the du«H,st saw. exploits in (Jen. Wayne's expedition against

«uch baseness from

^of moments N« ihowwT hw

nfi nf.ver

knew a pedagogue who wm ?,d

infernal coward among men. He infer-

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customed lo maintain a grave and even dry countenance, as if his lace were made of ef. and if I did your pedagogical pu-|search wood. His age might be twenty eight—he atltomily disqualifiss you for the funeration wos by profession a school-matter, and his historical correction. name was Jedediah Raleman.

He was led by Ihe hand to a back porch where, after a lew minute's washing, the or* ficea. and cavities of his face were cleared of all the adhesive misiure, and he was able again lo aee, hear, smell, and speak.-* When he had found hia organs free, though he alill wepi blood from the rude contents of the heavy pewier plate, he began lo roar out a torrent of oaths, imprecations, and threats against the Yankee, who had begun to fitted his hunger upon a aocond plate of hasty pudding, as if nothing had happened. In spite of the entreaties of the company, the raving bully started up stairs for hit pistols. swearing in ihe most awful manner that he would shoot tbo offending pedagogue upon the spot.

!T!.H*raMtaroaottnad«ti»yVirty**-rtU^r*, eo»»moi»lr uaed b* bullies and blackguards traordtnary terms prescribed by the school- fauthor oi llm outrageous violation ol the, adding these wmds--l .had a pedagogue master but he finally acceded to them, code ql hwpr. heretofere inv,olably ob-, The Yankee and the Duellist.

a. «k« fih'io a Yankee against the Indians, and the coward run fand doubted not be could pierce the heart ab!e appellation of gentlemen. ..... .„J ."rSi« •••y 1- '"'J "»"!•. «m I h.d Him drom- -b«« blood h. ..g..lr £ta«l for. "S»«W« ,n h^"£ ih. .r,nr Ih, polrroon." So.ootbenfl! J.y.

vX. ... "Vom ..id Ih. c.mpiign of *96—•io'i ('be redoubuWe M.j't .lrai»d lonb «o b. .«d.: -I-ello- I lo»g b«. .,Lh generally are. but nevertheless honest, foo mistaken io the dale!" asked tiateman [field of honor. -•,l» —,1 «h«»«e(i hrae* of Dauence the unororoked den*ton and in 5 good-natured, peaceable, and withal, fond of ajokr but even when joking he was ac i"" *"T T".V. —t

,!..*1ti»i 1I..1 ii was Ihnuebt to be I "Boye learn history in these days." said and lengthening them with all tha choistest ,had then a right, by ihe terms, lo fire but 1, Lilian aulfiida for a man not tier- S Uateman he rose from the table, and (terms in the vocabulary of honorable {left it lo his choice either to take nine buck-,f 1 tlian sutciue ior a man run per 1 ... „.i. :.i r,«.n

ih« »f«etd of honor as this sort of murder- turning over a f«w leaves, he resumed by an unexpected phenomenon. On reach- march back to town. Me wisely chose ni* ... ,i,l,L „uT.h0rV,hcv .h00. Tnr.^ I"' ""I ""!. "M.f. .. »n of! I..g .n optn Id nf.r .he mound, b. ..ruck .nd you .ill ,l American hi.torv, broucht down lo !he ve»r' .oro.s ill. p.lh «nl at the same imtaot ajbrojglil liim .rum ihe fcrid af honor safr Oilier. I

iem*he overlooked'everv'. tirvly as Tver, -is 10 fly into a passion, snd your brains out!" and now he saw diMinct-jcalling out, -Stop, take care!" Kftrfv and #vneetfld the wav to be cleared nbout a trifle, and one mark ofj ly the inuautle of a great blunderbuss point knowledged by all the company present to inrUtm I lt»ol» and low He considered '11*''* lo persevere in a fsUe assertion rd towards him from behind a tree, and the be a fair proposition, and the duellist achim.fllf iiiaiilfnd in lordinff it over all who

did not oowJ'b® *n»»ged bully lifted the case knife in confounded for an instant hut as the ex-:Yankee threw the blunderbuas at thefeet.ol at I'/ li« was sure to reaent the "nc' violently at Baleman'a peeled shot did not come, he began lo furn-jthe duellist, who very boldly picked it up. 1^ it— i.u anaara and InaultB be«rl. The Yankee, though seemingly in- ble under his arm for hia pistols but he noSimsgining that in a very few moments .e aupposef i1 1 lent upon his mush, whieh he bad now! sooner began 10 unwrap them than thejshould retrive his honor, by driving the •i

Hi l.arira) from dav thoroughly imbued with molassea and but Yankee called out, in the mo« decided nine hoolishot into the body ollns antsgonllo witticisms that h« di-icharged from day

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Presently be was heard on his return, curbing and a wearing aa violently aa ever, "Fly, ftateman, ft*," aaid tho company -he will shoot you.1' -I guesa not," aaid the Yankee, "but I may have to mead bis manners with something harder than hasty pudding." 80 aaying. ho picked up a heavy fire sho*e) at the hearth, and potted himself behind the door by which Bicker* I musket solemnly chanting ton would enter. 3 and marching as coolly as if he drove a

fiercely, aod demanded immediate acceat

company. Yankee

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TWreSr^okorto./holing th«t to ramrod

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•boat half mile from the loan, In a dense fore*! they were to have 00 seconds, but vinf to stand ten yards apart, and either of them might lira at pleasure after calling at the other. -Slop, take care of yourself" Their friend* might aland fifty yards olT to aee that tbose ternw were duly observed but were not !9 iuierfere unless

The duellist demurad at first to (be ex

doring ,he campaign of '96 feeling sure of hi* own quickneas ol hand.)served by all who are entitled to the honor

with cool gravity. pistols wrapped up in a bandker-chief and Isulls of this professed duellist. Last night -Yes, "Sir Pedagogue I *aid the cam- aluck under his left arm. When in sight he assailed me at the aupper table with the paign of *06, under Wayne. I mistake no of the mound, be cast bis eyes about in'most wanton abuse, which I parried with of hi* adversary, but no Yankee ap-jnothing but jests, until he threw a cssfi peered. Ilemoved slowly onwards. keep*|knife at my bead I then returned thecoma ing a sharp look-out for his man. and hck-jphmenl by dashing my plate ol basty pud-^g

Wayno'* expedition against the Indians ing his lips in preparation for the expected]ding aud molasses in hia lace For this lie was over end peace was made before '06." of blood. The forest wa* alwaysschallengtd me to fighl a duel I accepted said Bafeman drily, as he sat nearly oppo- deep dusky, with shade in that placo. and|the challenge on these conditpns. and no site to Bickerton. stirring a copious mixture the mor.iine fog still lingered in its dark! Jther, that we were to j^flid ten yards of boner and molasses and rnusn or hasty recesses. When he got ao near the mound apart, without aeconds. ana each Of us pudding, which waa to be his topper. as lo aee it and the ireea about it distinct jinight fire at pleasure, after «*»mg

-You are a liar, you peda ly. he waa certaiK the school-master had]"Stop. lake care of yourself. iNothtng gogue!" roared outthebully -what do you not arrived, end began with feeling* of dis iwas said about the sort of arms he ch«s^ know of Wayne's campaignl Stick to appointed revenge to curse him aloud for a|hi favorite pistols—I preferred this musket. your ferule and spelling book, and leave cowardly knave, a base poltroon, and a I stood behind a tree till he came to the military affairs to gentlemen—they are ex-: chicken-hearted, white-livered pedagogue .mark I hhd eel, just ten yards off I tjliert lerior to your province." He was pouring forth these imprecations |called out to him, -Sto?, take care. I'

AM a aa at l.i- aw 11II jWa.atwl «Alinil« ftflfl fttOTO llldH H® WOlllCl short paragraph which words, "Stop, take care of yourtclf!" He .have done for me. if I had been in his cot)firmod hi* assertion, when handing the did stop in great surprise, and looked to- place and he in mine. And now. to show book towards Bickerton. said, "That's wards the place from which the voice had 'that I meatilto lake no unfair advantage, I what my boys learn air. Would you like lo come, but he saw only the huge trunk ol a ,wijl change sittiaiions wiih him bfre before see it in the book, Major?" tree that alood by the mound, ten yrrdajyou all. I will take his pistols and he shall "No. you are a fool, and an in*«-! from the pole at which he stopped. He had take my blunderbuss, and place himself in lent liar. 1 tell you." no time for deliberation the voice thundered my situation and position. He shall stand -One mark of a fool." »aid Dateman. as again. "Take care of yourself, I'll blowjien yards off and may fir© at pleasure, after .. .... j,

^4Ce evidence to the contrary." Yankee's eye at the butt, taking aim while.ceptad the terms of the school-master.

ib«,r I lm because he was the most I The Yankee had no sooner spoken then, the tree concealed his body. The duellistlThe ground was measured and the com11

words, stirring the mush all the while, mkn waa so taken off his guard, that he s'ond toatanU took their respective stations. I he

Th# buUy

centra ol the reeking mass

however, with a corner of tone, Drop your pistoN or I'll shoot youl* i«t. The word was given, and the duellist

i) whizzing inwards his head. At theetme or I'll blow nine buuk shot into you as aoon^sure aim, po'letl lb© 'figg1""* —Snap, time dropping his spoon, he his as I count three mind uow, one, two, thr— went Ilie lock, but the gun misspd fire.— palm under his plate, and adroitly

over the whole fiery visage of tbe duellist.! hi« will, we shall not undertake to say how-it The wooden face and lo alop up every hole and fill up every ever, the piatoU fell.

hollow in the aaid visage—eves and ears1 "Now." aaid the Yankee, stepping outjthal ha Uuahed. though, others though not excepted. A considerable iantity be-1 f»oin behind the iree. with bis rtngor still on jthat to be impossible. Bui the enraged came entangled in his huge bushy whUkers. «he trigger, but the wide muzxle of Hie fire fbully began .to -smell the rat.'fs tile ex«^ the superfluity gliding down with the plate lock elevated at an angle of thirty degrws.|«minedjhe copacioua pan ol the old rire made a lodgement in the bosom, anl the manifold convolutions of the frill that atuck out prominently in front. Happily for I heduelist ihe operation of mixing and com* pounding Ibe plaaier had so reduced its temperature that it was not quite scalding hot, and the eyelids had instinctively closed themselves 00 the approach of the slap dashing application, or ihooe lately glaring eyeballs would never again have directed a pistol ball at the heati of an enemy.

—-you have but one way to save your life.jlock Rightabout face!" The duelliM began to Utuff. remonstrate. -Face about. I tell you, or I'll drive a load of buckshot throughout" and he began to lerel his masket as he advanced upon his adversary. The duellist about like a «oldie% "Very well forward march!—march! 1 tellyoo«— stright lo home or lo tarnation aecxe me, if I don't riddle you with buckshot before I can count throe—one! two!"—the duellist did not wait for ibe next word the angry voice waselote behind him, and the deep mouthed blunderbue* within two yarda of hta back He began lo march with alow and rather halting steps, very different from bis usual strut. The Yankee followed with all gravity. The company in the neighboring woods fell into the roar, littering at ibe strange result of tbe duel. The line Of march was1

pursued without any intermission for ICHr

is a a

••Ta»k« Doon«nm«totosra,

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to tho insolent pedagogue, that ho might |-Hah I Face to the left and toil the ,,

d«»w« are fiaWe to tho gallows. Bot thott, to donm»4 of him dm oaaiafaotMM of a J** as now, the murderers io a duel ha noth- genUesuaa, aod he. with sees* ktaovish ds*j tog lo feorltomth* law, butmigbt to raiaod signs, aoooptod aay eonai. I

to tho highest honors by tho popular lasor. »'Thia moc»iag at tho appointed ho^r. I

could satiate hia malioe aa oonai^y ia a geedoaw estttUh1 for toamraMe oo«t-i "Wham ar*y*eft«a»r duel oa hy toataat uaoasaiftatioft. rantnifdi Mt. VVhon I arrived ot Ao plooo iho do»j lauwif*

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WhiU aoma ware endeavoring to die* ox-cart, they gathered themselves about n.

thb message waa first delivered to tho duel* door, he turned to oddreaa his indignant re

suede the fun009 bully from his purpose, them with wonder and curiosity to aee what Those of .... b0j|v count aave to astronomers and loirera.— Those of tbe boards are remarkable mainly

••Mind your steps there, or l'U Wow yourUalvei. lace and jewelry. brains out." 'r %uti| Jlutband—'No at home. CaH In the .4aa«#^H»f,.*to«fa4l ^?wnall»uri. A. W

baUallioo of militia, and the streets were] filling up with all sorts of people from tWJ Mumrr. When rt. crowd .h. wmbteV duellist with thunder and lightning io his! Abhoy.a irump. face, walking along before the dry-visaged

d«ltbi »i.h lh.od«»d ll,l.t.iog iobUl Brirf-A b-h»T. of.

the Yankee aaid to those is tho room with these things meant. Wben the him: "Tell him to challenge m* I will reached the tavern door, hundreds had as- "7""'~T "ri7^"7n« a I'squiie teatily.-w meet him in the field of honor." When aembled. Mounting tho pUtform before tho ihUTTh^ver thfi im- ihose of first

i«t, be only raved and swore tho more moostranco to tho multitude Before b« maga»tude^i^tbe rwges.

potooou woa ImMy «eueoakd h^l

to his town aod peons do cbaflewgw. in duo, tardly ftWM accordic^g to the code of hotter.—.i biod giaol two of ttoforoth, Haieman oromadv oooep«ed it, to tt* die*" moskot eoormotisly ekmgoa may of hta ftiooda. who ooar looked vptm hMhahoc ood Mrfwre wo hod «cee*ur«d Ao] -ffmobmeirfMadeyous htm os tao better then deod moo. Ho hod growwi oe tokta oat positisftft, ,0* ttos ,f, tho right os otofteoced party, to ptoactOm I ahwtki^ dosUrtd ohowod tea pomo^ toj filht Ttov were to mtot 001 peeweaMod hia musket and threatened ^Mp ldhwe ot tho groot ladia* mo«*dJeh«M mo rfi. dtd«ald^«iy ptaiob otd'

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TERRE-HAUTE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY

return to town. In attempting lo unwrap my pwtol* they sl'pped out of mv hands, and tbo* exposed unarmed to the daetardlv attack of this pedagogical poltroon with bis dishonorable musket charged with an enot mous quantity of buckshot. I

taroed indignantly upon this contemptible attempt at assassination. and returned

they were violated. Nearly e*ery maofhome—that I might on a *ub«equent ««c*-1 wished the Yankee «acce«*.' but expected j«ion vindicate my outraged honor, and in only to aee bioi killed at the first fire.

iT UOO Timircmo inj oun^ru Iivuw, IN public and oatenaible conflict, inflict a lacjerating flagellation upon the pedagogioal e,L,

lhe.P?oin..d hoor,!.p«A .oWrty rrplrtd b»..

^iia.ed' -Drop Vtn I you.Jinslandv raised hi a blunderbuss, and taking

dashed I ll« had cocko I his muiket and taken, whatj-Try it again." asys the Yankee. The dua sure aim. Before the'ellist gritted his teeth as he cooked it the word three waa fully pronounced, tbejseoond thne. Again h* took aim and

atuck his nose, whieh, operated as a wedge.' handkercliief containing ihe pistols fell to|pulled I he 'rigger. —Snap, went the oltl caused the clammy aupper of the Yankee the ground whether by accident, or a psr-lrusty r.)un\et. with a duller aound than beto spread itself with accommodating facility of 'he duellist's nerves, or an act of fore. Now a phenomenon

Half an hour afterwards, the chop fallen duellist was seen, on his horse, trying lo ilea! out of town by a back lane. He was pursued by hundreds, with clap4 and shouts of derision, till he galloped out of »igh».

The people of ihe town never agiin aaw the face of Major Alonxo Bickerton, the duellist. ... 1 •«Wfe|0»«r wirt, a ad how N fared twtwey

f**»owiieed

school-master, and the master with a large iv

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occurred.—

ot the Yankee was for

fonce wrung into a smile, aud aome affirmed

He found nothing in it but yellow tic hastily turned the muzzle to his

mouth and blew into il.-' ,The air whistled through the touoh-hole the okl musket was nM charged Ihe nine .OttckaliOi was imaginary. lie threw down the^hnrmless old iron with a yell of blasphemy, and ran up to his room, white shouts of laughter convulsed the assembled multitude.

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From Mat)erv

speak,the aftgry voice of the Yankee drove] ^Ckifitren—Little men and women done htm on with the threat of buckshot. i®P 'n

whalebone.

metoaarr.

starch and satin. Hie

iexact Images oftheirparents. TFi/e-A lay figure on whieh to display

I°.r^A Friendthip -Obsolete! ru He&rw ma a—A man weighing a million

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sometimes for butMing. and

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ant nr

mter a word the Yankee cried ouU ail nl^ea1 'Well,* answered the witness very delib

fa_*

drive a batt right through hit Heart. He what a Yankee trick have played you." **oerally are mosi Tbat'e'! out f.r a time the pnncipl^ of in wa* first gradually reduced to re**oo, how*! ••Yea,*' roared out Bickenoc. glad ever, by the argumenl of a lawyer in the vent Ms raging tndigoaiioo—"a derogatory.] who told him if he killed the di^iooorabie. ungeotlemaoly advantage!! see^aogoy^,^ ^, now, ho would ho liable to tho? Fellow oittgOM. I appeal you awd to lh«| 7rwg irjrta^^»oooypunishment as a murderer hut that hs Uwa of hooor. This disreputable peda 1 ..innrm might ahoot him 00 the field of honor with- gogue hod the audacioua temerity, intoler-1 out getting himself into tho fangs Iho law, I able insolenoe. last night, to di«M^gage 5»* *»l**i. n* ike Tbe doelhst Mt the force of tho argument to my fe«e-yes. my fettow oWmo. thoj /f«»*^-Any tsm wi«et trooos ou ioe for io those days an houorahle gentleman. foul andaimap iaftudioM* of hiaeuppor 1^ZrV.« a in a fine eoot and ruffled ahtrt. waa la aome would hove pwntsfced hem ittstemer, but for!

tte

"Wist taw at* ye* mass hal ef r*

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All filtay-*v«d.) forevt-r riwjiv WiUinut tim jrp^rkUes ej««» The rah j- Wbsh^i—it f!«s, MAdeat a^y«) tender 4aw*. Whw h«r pttrple voil*# witWrawa— .. *The flower of gf-m*. fWt cold ««J pa!*'

And bUchitdrvn, oue by our, Whan they looked upon th« «un, Corsatl Ibe toil by which b« drew Tho treasure from lis b©J of blth».

6entl Bride, no JoagT wear. Ia thy uifitl black oderaaa liatr, Such a 1 poll. It is not fit That a t*«itl«r soot should »it oder aseh veeinwi |«m!' What (Aaa »(itiutan Thou, witliln who** ea.«t«ru svi*« Thoujftit fa ularrj tie. T— Tbwi, wbom Love end 'I'rath tuili Brautiful—(o whom w« tmm ttraman*s»e(tn«af. angel^jfraeef Alt vn ltopa fwr. ait thal alream* Upon lis iu our haunted dreainsT 1 0 as id

use (he peculiar phraseology of tbe 'tfhile tho rest on 'em was a cussin* and cliocliio' and pairn' off for a reg'lar battle r'yal, Sallotula/I j«tl kepi tloshin about J! This was repeated a half a dozsn times— Sallontati kepi tlothin about. The solicitor and Nat both construed this to m**ff that 3eltor.*a}| waa only moving about drunk among .(he combalanis. and the former did not press for ao explanation. Presently. however, it came Nat'e turn lo cross* examine for hisclient.and as he had received quite handsome fee. considering l.ow things stood, he fell bound lo make some

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PEART. WEARER*

rW s^s« —7!. aaran* »T iuit mmit. Sweet Potntoe Caltare.

iMTisc tirauctit op witii «unMipt «m4msj«helix,as« tlt«t cvatmi»«i pearl of *arp«nia{ »if {aad beaatr:

Th* following spirited JiUta poem almnst hringn with It, arrojm tho Atlantic, the aoand of roaring can nun and the clang of arma of warring Kurofx*:

TIIK FIRST CANJTO* SHOT.

»r CIMRLEa NAClUr, J.L.

Hark! over Europe eoenOIng,

•w

The firat, the riguat ffttti The fire has Itiiral, the blow aCrtiek, A fatal doed dour. From north to South eeboea,

From lite «aat to weat afar. The hiaulted nation join their han^a, And gather to the war. From realleas a!umber wokiug,, ,4

The thunder in bar ear, Unhappy Poland aluru to life. And graapt her broken apear ., Ola Roitvo grow* young to hear It,

Tlii»rc'» nitsclilsMn her planoe, And Hungary mo mta her bstila ateod, And w.area hsr fi.*ry lauce. Not long almll last the combat,

Though Ruwau laugti to acorn The wrong'u! qtaa*8, It' lip to-day, la down 10-tnorrew morn. When France unit's with Enjflaml,

H*ware«WelMt.and aharae, a J: Ya Tor* of rlgtit who furc* the fi^ht, And fan the heeJJ.-sa Attn j. Ifork: ever Rurope sonndlnjr,

Tha firtt, llie Mgnal gaa Hat when the lutt touJ caitnoupeal »mi

shall tell Ilia rletory won.

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"«ire, re prbd4 aggreaaora, Your hour ahall uot l»e lonji Thr? inay not, cannot, ahall nut win .n Whft.batUe iu the wrung,

Mloebtng Aboat.

thie propriety of leaving well enough alooe« as will be seen by the following anecdote ,,, 1 An airray was on trial in the Circuit Court ot Pike County, in which some nix eight peace makers were represented by almost as many lawyers each of whom in turn put the witness through the tortures of a crosA' examination. Nat—-—«, a well

kftown Montgomery practitioner, was conn* .. sel for a big black fellow in the crowd wb«*i»*?" her father faiptly. confesses in ihe! answered to Ihe name of Saltonstall. As to Weatwh Chl'ieaiorVaft« waa mdehied

mm iok."

,Ka_ eralely. 'Ill try. Tmi sie JohnB^ewe

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McaU aioshijs' ohoat! Nat us of Jhe op^ IprtmafitdceMe a 2

fAo koit.^' W

jester

am. Tb«v|"rrying

to legal form sffit iil' -Oh yes/ said Na? *go on." *Ab^y ood Bteckmen ih# -pitched foto •one otkothor* ood lliacksna heM oi* piece of Abney's lip—that legal too ain't (tt' 1 -Proceed!' «Shopooo and Oil! Jooes and Hurray was ahwgolberr a bifio.' gougin* and hickltr* owe 'noiOer—that's legal tbe. It ill* 'Very—hot goew.' •And Saltonsail made it bis )iatice||Ats walk backwards sod forwaeda through tbe preserat bsve no conceptiost. crowd, witk% big stick io hk hand, aoif! ras ttta^^a hooch down every IodM mm# i# ttooiwwd %s imi aat tm nnmts to 'om| Tbat'a what ohowt® idt •.ttu&r

m*4e'ntit iy the pr^ae-

ottfloo. -on tyi" direct e*V*KheT$id of &Sr hr^aitv oa sve^lbr the defeiid

ant to waive

right to

Mtcfa

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Aa Ertkiap fiipatadkj icascOT^f, If it aar hwne tW twmmg Iriie t*4t is 0m faaw hmHOm «M if'a£ «N»ra*l W'tb Si®#' VWVSllPlp.*' IVMI mMW PJwtPi Mtoaattl as f»tra kmrim.

FAUMEK'S CO l/UMX.

Tt t*nmdfii«rip«Hl-4:w, Owl ho «ite4 ffrnw The following at tidein regaft! to this sabrx«Ttf«iiV ianiKiilt«lt «'W tw h«S fjVei wi» find in a r#tMt No'. «t the I C*i,ir*tor *t,d r^oomwftnd it to the 9jieoiu

IttiMitiM our Far«ii#a gjL Tke tail tor thw ^ojp *ii»uld warm.

A p«erl««*, prkwJww |w«H. 'mellow, rather dry than mot^t. we li»" and dtgfin their feel It) to ihe^emaH nf

Iknown many fnflures of late, from atteiwp.

With a pautte, u«l)« prldf, All to tin or pain aUted I J^t ths wild-^ywi conqueror wear The bloA«ty laurel ih hts hatr! Ix-t tli* biaok aud aaaky riio 'Itcuiiil llie Jrinker's ieinploa twine! Ijei tbo »Uve- brgottfi) gold Wqi^h ou bosoms barii tad odd! But t»««THO": foriV«rr kiinwu liy thy natural light aloue!

ed, into squares or IniU 3 teet apart eaoh 1,way. ihe venters foot or more in height, 10 he finished off with a hoe.

The mooV of planting deaotfhod by Ot»e of our correaponslenta several years ago. i» as good aa we din fi've:—" Take a garden? trowel, a stick, or any suitable article oottventent. rihI lorm a ireiMh in the top ot tour ridge. 10 th^ drptlt, desired, say lour inches, where Ihe sprouts are plsr.ted, then 'place the .sprouts hi the trench the desired •distance epart. at the same lime' filing the trench about half full of earth around ^ihe plants....gently pressing it to prevent ihem tailing then pour water in the trench (I use weil water) until thw earth is corn pletely tfatured. then !ill the trench lod*i*1v with dry earlh around the plants, and tne work is done. -The philosophy of the matter appears to he this the water settles* the earth around the roots of the plants, ajTirding them nour ishihent. and the filling bf th* trench with .try earth, on the top of the water, prevents evaporation, .retaining it at the roots ot the plants where needed, and prevents ihee utb fiotn baking around them, am titer of much importance :o their welfare.

Another $uces»fuI growerot'awect potatoes de»cribes his mode ofplanting and alter cul tn re as follows:—-Put two plant* in a hill 11 llie hill i« small

iiiii aliiibsiiollpw, so as to hol apint ol water. Set the plant half its lepgih in iIk ground, do not WBit far rain in otder lo plant.!

If the weather is dry plant them iu eaoh

hfhd',

the water ahouldoe as warm as rain »ater. It is better lo plaM in a dry time than when the ground id to we', lor when the ground becomes dry ii will bake and they are thus planted, put Ihem ten inches apart. At Hie first plawiug. scrape ihe weeds and grass ftom the hilU and draw up but little dirt the first time you work them, fir resard the growth of the plant. They maybe planted in ridges, and when the hills will warm through better when smnll Hill them up the last of July or the fir»t august. It the vines have grown across the furrows turn Ihem lo the opposite side ot llie billy hi»e the aide left bare, then turn them back. Never wind the vines upon

(tlie

top of the hill, it will prevent the sun from warming it aa much as it requires to •Ithq full growth of the plant. The vines I "Peeo

1 be Judges often leM stories 011 the mem* should not be cut off if they grow very rank 1 Pnoonr.ssivK—TnArfc is noi a country brrs ol the bar, although they are muoli off] Poll them loose from Ihe hill and drop them hA whrld whsre the people are lieuoming' lener the subject of stories themselves. We jdown agsftt thia is lo prevent fhe'llttlf* In 1 extravsgnnt in the mole of dressing nntl lalnly heard one ol the former illustratlrrg sproiits from gro«H«g and eootrmberlng ihej living asin the United Btates* 11 i« one o^I titlJ with a.load of atrtngy pptatorta.i!i'»ri f.j the worst signs of ihe times. .. "Piaiit early and dig before Ihe first frost

this defendant, the orrty proof which wis i'° lw^lh«olb»wl«gpr»oea«ofmaking huf»q washing tubs, scouring fl iora sol picking^ eltehed 00 iho cxaniinition fb chtof of uf«ly a'»d speedily, said 10 ba oskum. The real* »bu*tar»tiai aris ocratjy witness for tbo prosecution, waa that—:o Ini*? tneihod, and a most exoellent one, too? navar.induIga in staob fappary an I fo lerie« a narrator experience provc^ -«i,i fore I ad (0 milk, put a &onltf say otie-iWl

thing of a-demonstration." So' quOih hejr^r^ t»entyminutesto churn, while bv** with an air of lOjurod mnocenoe: 4** oommao praetice.Jbe poor dry mail* 'Gome wimesa. say over again whai it jm*y oburn for jv^ira. and than ptr was Mr. Sahotxall had lo, do wkb tiiis at

h*P"

tetl

Satlonsali! Why I fold you aavera! times Rjitian plan. ihe rHt on Vm dfo^bed and Satamsah b« kept*lo«Mn'abc

1 ion

Ahl mv good fellow, exclaimad fiat formation lam indebted to yooragriculiur-

legal evideno# in Ihe shape loll us wtiat you mean by

*««1y

inOMMfO of feodj may b* obtained by man*

w.«.

iaboala «ar*Oaeaer

11^,'IS^f.i^r

fore I go (omirei't nut a feoflltf #»»y one full of water, and lit^ge dfloaglf fo ihe'' A hti'iiorous ledow be.ng suptc .e as milk-pail into it, o« the alove. whaW it will ["witness on trial for an aisault, 0 le ol Uie,. gel boiling hot by Ihe time I com"* in with counsel, who was notorious for browbeating^ tha milk. 1 then strain the milk in another witnesses, asked him what diatauce he was vessel, and wa»h the pail, (which should from the pirtiei when the assault tppertAd^ always be tin.) theh pour the milk back into the pail, and aet it Into the kettle of boiling water, till ibe milk becomes aealding hot. ^. -Hiw ca»ne taking care not lo lei it boil then pour It i«»| said the oiunsei. lo crocks or pans, and set it awsy the Becauae 1 etp»cled some f»ol or otherw cellar lor cream to riae in' the uausl way. wSuId ask m»," slid the wilnejs, "au^i ld Cream' produced In this way will seldom

Pw*

as I did on

two occasions, before became acquainted

»ith (Ha Rtfrfiah plan, tha faiths' e«pl*,ns the mvrfery. aowrai times te m^oreaent mode apfieartfl^e was Measurer of a a^iat¥ fot and paired off. but ****1 t»v#aflop»#a W mf present mm*, kp .moUnf

••kit/ ^as given obove, and fa* wtech vsluabh. m*^ad funds to Ibat amount,

v, exclaimad H«t| formation I am indebted to yooragriculiur- j,. fo Ksar Boan raoai Fanr.-Mfr

How to (?xuto* Vnxr-

-we want to know whst that js. al paper. Tisit method is applicable to aH 1* en for U»« «i bir*,,4 seasons, add will ansWef 10 summer as w-n I b* t» r-p^n my eaperieaea ef last vear, wli«a If as hi Winter.

aawwowfaiabsir fmmmmubm&mm***!*****• awai Washer wwoeo are eaid to bo

«a"wl»ai tiejf eat.

•M'OMMfe,*wiHk .m falaW ii !ptaaa new l»awo*y««i# fatrfew, var^wreOwN. aa- «'#srf, mU*» mmd veeail wiui amilTCMrny Mrda, fb«t bw Ut ttw«.

•aascaiia mmi •tea

Hin rrrr. ff sMMiry for Umw, mm4 Ibe} wUI Some Ot»4 nsro*rk&J to

fcwBb of Oaa*asiia Wsa—fwwOi j*i that »pphtiihm w*« oo«NHwary f. mtrm—0 am wartte «af «awbjrsa«f aa wt»« er Iwh^" elwrwbeee. ft# kfod yas»r Mr».~ W«ra «T, a»tf & awmmff twOgeeaaiws Ofaaa jff«r jpfSSkop^..,wtpsmt Vm ,Itoaa artigirtlM caw|wariaw». Toalaar Hasw* yratart -yHW-|we rn*mm,-

Mtgtwmiws.

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ti.r HR A S W

J^O. 41.»«

A Dei B«uj tory.

The «hUh»c «»f inw v»n%«id iiiver give* the following experienoe of a stopping at the Kalama«o Hou«e:w,

\v7 Vave °f J-W-

hack lo a good hold.

ting to grow this crop *o» clayey. «r mom ftwi«tedr and puckered—all of no u*a—k

'(foiia. iiKcept in *er? dryof **»ru» aeasoiw. egoin* 11 like all sin. Bimehy np and •the cropis wre tQSii&ir by an overgrowth u|. struck a lijjht to look around a'spell—fo^tid^ vii\es. with w«|ery tubes, on such land#. about a p»ok of hed hngi »c*tt'r«l iroiift't and moradrouoin* o(Tmy fhirt and ru i»

Ye*—what d«th ah avattl mdti j# jPrr^rWfiort of tW ii|f N of much im and more droppin* off my At! iha'houor* of lu especially if not already drep and jdown my leg-, every minit. Swept off a, ile wt»opittok«4l it fraw Its bed,, l-H'Me pt"»id eaHy and timr-} p|*oe on the floor, 'ahook ou a quilt. I*^A la the far W«« InU*n peeaa ^^ioultb'y pulverised, adding some well rotted down and kiver«wl up in it lor a nap. N'V# LyttViAdBt Itii" or tteiloa, manure* if not ,ti good it««n—but heavy use—moun'ed on to me |j^ rats on a meats*

Jnhkisrthlf das It 4 not advisable. ASoul the last »,5—dug a holein the kiverlid, andcrawle 1^1 'sjjtiif May. «»r during the fifat half of June, trough and gin me fits fortrvin* to hide when the aprouts or pla"Yits are nearlv ready. I Got up agnin. went down staira and got the**

I plow the ground into ridges* eav 4 eel a-.„|uaf, bucket from the wnggin. Brought! psr»t and 12 to lo inches high or if prelem

1.' "O a ««mI. I 1 .t

friend

You *ee I went to bed prtltv art-tired u**d tip. after a' hull day on the road before tbn, plank that w«* laid, calculating-on a ffoo^ snooc*. VVmI je*t aalhe b^gatl to •hirt

and a le a circle of tar on ttie floor^t

.» '1

lay down on tbe floor on the iuaido, an 11 4 felt comfortable that time anyhow. L*-fW? the light burning and watched 'em .See*,., *em gtt together and have a camp m*eun\i about it, and tnen they went off :n a aqaau^w with an old grey-headed he one at the heat of'em, right up the dl.outoo tho cetltn,' till they got to the right spot, then dropped rigiit plump into mv lace. Fact by thuhd»r! Well, I swept 'em up ngin atxl made a cirole of tar on the ceiHo' 100 Thought I had

'em foul that time but I awan to man, itiu they didn't pull atraws ou* of an old bed andj build regular bri lge over ttl" Seeing-ait,

incredible expression on ot)r visage, h^ Clinched the story thus 'Its so whether" yoti believe it or not. end aome of *em td acrots oh si tilt! Bedbugs are i-orus critters and no mistake, 'apooially the Kala* mazoa kind. «. 4*

WasnH Sbe SpMnk j-'

A couple who had Itv.-d together aome years in seeming contentment one day went a fishing and tied their boat bv a rope to a' post in the water. All of a auddenthe host' went floating down the stream, end a 'ootV. test of words immediately arose, as to tha oatise of the parting of the ropa. Too wile said it must h*vo been cut with a'cissor» but thehushsndan tiideelitig oi fngv.smot/

one is better than twoZI'V maintaitie I that it wan a kniV that dono^ lite business. Scissors! vaidlh* wile. Kmte!

said the husband. Sotisor*. katle, *a«L 1 both but at the hu*!i,tnd. Induing hfs temper^ if you say scissors agatp I'll 'duck you." "Soissors!" siilthe wife determiood to' hold out to the last.

criP( 0,,,

Awsy went the oil wom«n into the w*iei»''1 and as she came up the first time she bel- ', lowed—'scissors!* at the top of h«?r voioi{' The old mm pushed her down ag.«in. "Scissors!" sputtered sV, in fanner tAAe^*n a« ahe rose again, hut the old fellow ha«tfi' her by the heaJ, and plump she went down lor a third time. Now ahe rose m»re a'ow.p. ly, and as her water logged rm tieare I tn« sutface. having lo^l t:ie piw«r of arlioulilion, \«t tletermined, nev.«r to give in. shrt ihrust herliand out of 110 wal«r and imi at»d! with her irat and second lingers lkt openiiy end fhutting of *iixart!

Tue old mm was iii mi convince I th «t I il was uselesi to try 10 fetter a w.i'n ii'j

the worst signs of ihe times. The habitat^

If the vines are frosted the potatoea become grating. ilw ludicrous it lo»ks to s-e watery and will nil keep any lt*ngth of, boys sporting diamond* by the thousand*1*

time/ dollars* wbrth at a lim«. whose fa'hers were lVevr Wlif to MaVe Batter. a aooustotned to wheelbarrow*, and wrtOs#rfs ".Miss bmily. a rustio lass of the II,ooHillr«n are pr4ty certain ta Oa ia Itiel© sief State, who lus h.i fot several years [»ork bouse. *. j]j past the tiiiiro And gi'rle—silly, aimpving ihlng^-m weighed down with jewels and braoeleta.^i ... whose mothers broke ih^lr backs at ill-

the mushroom ori,tooraoy are really di*-('

he anawered: .. -Just four feet flie inches and a h\lf

ftefl, 1

measured

I.Vr"

by man- wipi, waie't —ami, »«Jt U»« brigtu rmgmtifm a/||

T.k«

in very rich grooodt oU»w it «o bear tie first *————,— year ear a half doa»o poda only save thei ,** Parti agtaa ad via^ all yoaatrwpia.fl!j-^ir jryf,.ni M*WtasXSZttfJZZVrg&SXfoproduce these oofy. Saw mo largesit If* m|i ib» bw nmr kw»« a M««« mm loHowiog'y^r. and retain we .|*w

4tf*W'

^rs^rtr,i»T.r^»

iJiwI'.fr.S

MiM sm

•eed, aisd by thll means you will get peaa reign*, ad I aom HIme« ttoratt. or anything d#a. of a hull of whfco we 'Ht\ ,ie ,,rf,r of mfaftM miy hooomn itf«* •errow*of a wholo' Itkt, --^4

aOtJ^er MrO la'

Ctr«tr»#ttT

'TJ£, :»"1

thread

1 1

lh Washin^toi

had stolen from him a few days ago. fflfo. Ttie Si A. wants to Ifoow where^ Hfk&'.miteh monevt' lsriierf up-*

fo K«r Bmu r«oa Pie«s» Ftw^rtta'r

•tt^rt my eaperieaea ef laal vear, •ay nb^rrla* by hinging apaav*rai pUt*m of^

1 iriai' tia whb st««f tferaad ia dif^rant teeea, tw» |Hseaaj^ A vm bsi** kt*( a»sr Meirli l«ftli«r cbrii v)tk Dh*

-Sxtj*

•*,..

Looking over other peonL'a

luost iu«

oooaiateot people in'tiie world, bevauae' tbey alwiys look'hnr Aott water whetf if h'iiTbaeO raloiwf hoftl.

I--if

•mora, its

gate thorn ooohdoooo. -^wej it gtvo* bMstt," replied tue msiiom,

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mod hotf ootw bs Hed opwfcb jmola

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