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BUBBORIPTION, CI.DO MR ANNUM.
CLYDE KING AND D. H. CRONIN, EDITORS AND MANAGfetlft.
VOLUME XIV.
O’NEILL/ HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 25, 1894.
NUMBER 29.
HCIL NEWSJTEMIZED
Local News of O’Neill u Caught
"
UTHER interestino notes
m of General Interest Published While
News I* Still Newt.
jfeljgh kicks on losing her land office.
Hoy McClure was in from the ranch
fwsilay-_il—
jin Iiinkerd, of Dorsey, was in the
jtv Tuesday._
Mercury flirted with the 84 nywk yes
Itday morning._
The Frontier and New York Trib
ue both for $1.50.
Sotting succeeds like success, and
„it to that irrigation.
John Berry is recovering slowly from
attack of typhoid fever.
The Golden Investment Co. is selling
lots of World's fair furniture.
The Norfolk factory ’turned out 4,000
#0 pounds of beet sugar last year. ■
John M. McHugh returned from a
lasiness trip to Iowa Tuesday evening.
The public schools were Closed Tues
fcr on account of a rather severe snow
norm. ^_
Mrs. Sample came over from Butte
Prlday and is visiting friends in O’Neill
tis week. _
Chattel mortgages representing $30,
DO were released at the county clerk’s
Mice Tuesday.
James Biddle, of Scottville, was in the
BijTuesday. Of coarse he called on
las Frontier. ■ \
Real Estate Agent Weekes went west
May evening on business. He is
apected to return Saturday morning.
When in need of coal go to Biglin's
teal yard, tie keeps the best coal in
town and his prices are reasonable. 26 tf
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Georgs Mullen, who is now located at
Custer, S. D., arrived in O’Neill Sunday
norniog for a couple of weeks’ visit.
We are overstocked on cranberries
nd want to unload. Can’t yon use a
few quarts? Three for 25 cents. First
dies stock. ’ >
K-2 O’Neill Groceby Co.
Don’t overlook that York state cider,,
•hen you want an invigorator.
28-2 O’N bill Groceby Col
Sam Sample returned from a a trip to
Omaha Tuesday evening and went over
h Butte yesterday morning via the Con
WdStage line.
Crawford is at fever heat In the excite
•wt and contemplation of using the
White river to irrigate the territory in
the vicinity of that town.
Word reaches us this morning of the
hath of Mrs. Hardy, of Chambers,
•hich occurred Tuesday, of pneumonia.
John Duncan was in tbe city yesterday
•oprocure a coffin. .......
We have now, and will keep hereafter
J R. and White Satin flour. Noth
•flike it. When in need of flour see us.
28 2 O’Neill Grocery Co.
Pure>y vegetable. Hood’s pills.
* ___ 62-52
Jhe Sun published as an item of new*
week an occurrence that waa men*
tooed in these columns manr moons
Charlie is slow, like the bed-bug,'
1 gets there just the same.
The Degree of Honor held a party at
“e Ma9°nic hall last Friday night. -It
JPoken of asa very pleasant affair, as
eed are all of the entertainments
P*en by the ladies of'this order.
e kot'P on hand a full Hue of fish,
salt rikI canned, such as whiter
’.mackerel, herring, whole cod-fish
, *'l kinds in cans. 27-3
O’Neim, Grocery Company.
•'ties desiring to stock streams with
J ,ron* will io well to correppond
kick' (p^r‘en< euperintendent of
i-e,riea' 83 per hi* announcement
ls leil elsewhere in this issue.
IwJ p«°ntieb was pleased to lean
ku h*'llmt Tommy Berry, wh<
f(»e 6en. *ving veTy low with typhoic
lnurat llis home at paddock, Is improv
a thought to bsfjout of danger,
n,J“IZmnn said to a supervisor, yot
jqg 88 We,i give me the county print
hn n eBa'r,UcB’ hecause 'the republi
BaneM*?,WiU c"8“ pou »“y*ay. Ant
. °hn said yes; but the schemi
rrie<i- And this is reform.
Ner " tllC 'rngiu*0n ditch is once fully
fte v *“y Tu. Prontieb will advocate
lhig'1 lng of a beet sugar factory at
kN 'p*lh plenty of water at
make b°l1 countT husbandmen would
4uslry.eet auRar raising a Profitable in
Go and see the “Shamrock and Rose"
at the opera-fiouse next Wednesday
evening. • _ ,
The Chadron land office refuses to
close up before the first ot March,
although the Alliance people are ready
and waiting to receive them.
Tuesday night of each week has been
selected as drill night for the*Bnrtley
Guards. All members of the company
will make it a point to be on hand.
The Academy Dramatic Company will
present that popular Irish comedy
drama. "Shamrock and Rose”, at the
opera-house next Wednesday evening.
Butte Gazette: S. P. Jamison re
turned from his trip to Omabu, Lincoln
and the O'Neill banquet last evening.
He reports the banquet as out of sight.
The Bartley Guards are doing some
faithful drilling and if they persist in
their present course will be second to
no company at the state encampment
next fall.
Wayne Democrat- Editor Will
Wheeler, of the Wakefield Republican,
is taking O’Neill chicory for the poetry
habit, and his subscribers are in hopes
that it will cure him entirely. . •
Coleridge Blade: Guy Green started
Tuesday morning for Battle Creek,
Michigan, where he expects to remain
for some time. The Blade wishes him
success and hopes that he may find a
field for his talents.
I have several pieces of Iowa property
listed to trade for' Holt county land.
Also buyers who will pay cash for good
land. List your land with me if you
want a deal of any kind. -
28-tf Edgar Thompson. '
Mrs. iwered and son Allie, and Mias
Etta Saunders,left O’Neill last Thursday
morning for West Plains, Mo. Mrs.
Evered goes to join hdr husband' while
Miss Saunders will 'take up" her abode
with her sister, Mrs. Lew Shanner.
We will give away on Febuary 23 a
handsome parlor set of furniture to our.
customers. It will not cost you a cent,
so if you are not lucky enough to get it
you' cannot lose anything by trying,
Call at our store for particulars.
24-8 J. P. Mann.
John McHugh, who has been in the
State Bank at this place the past four
months, left last Friday morning for
Sioux City, at which place he has se
cured a position in a bank. The Fron
tier wishes him success in his new
home and position.
The Frontier should have said last
week in cmnectlon with the military
ball mention, that the opera house, ar
tistically speaking, has never before pre
sented such . gorgeous decorations and
pleasing interior appearance. Col.
Dobbs was the designer and chief dec
orator. __
Neil Brennan, first lieutenant Bartley
Guards, has been promoted to the rank
of colonel on the Governor's staff. This
recognition of a* worthy citizen is an
honor to our city and an indication that
the .governor was well pleased with his
Bartley Guards and the reception
tendered him last week.
O. M. Collins and wife Went up to
Atkinson last Friday evening to attend
a banquet given by the A. O. U. W. of
that city, the occasion being the instal
lation of the officers elect. Mr. Collins
returned Saturday morning while Mrs.
Collins remained a few days visiting
friends. They report a splendid time.
Steve Hicks and John Hubby, two
Frontier subscribers from Leonia,
were in the city Saturday and cal'ed.
Mr. Hicks remarked that The Frontier
was the only O’Neill paper that he
would have in his house. But Steve is
the fathei of a new baby girl and per
haps that makes him more severe than
the occasion requires. / f
And now we hear that the influential
cashier has said that he will allow Tue
Frontier to run two weeks longer.
Mr. Gallagher is very kind, and being
cognisant of that fact we had hoped
that he would allow us to continue the
even tenor of our way until spring, at
least. One thing is certain, however,
he can never drive us to suicide.
The Frontier is this week in receipt
of a communication from its regular
correspondent, W. LI. Lower, or the
World’s fair*hovticultural huilding. The
article is written in Ids own happy style
and would have been interesting several
months ago, hut at this particular, time
we imagine the subject would prove of
little interest to newspaper readers.
The idea of building an armory and
opera-house combined is being agitated
by friends of the militia. In fact the
scheme has assumed such proportions
that it is now thought to be a sure thing.
There is nothing that O’Neill now
stands in greater need of than a public
hall, suitable for all purposes, and this
enterprise should receive the encourage
ment of everybody.
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An oyster supper will be given by the
ladies of Leonia at their school-house,
>n Tuesday evening, 80th Inst.. .for the
benefit of the community. An interest
ing program has been arrangsd. All are
cordially invited. .
UwJng Democrat. J. A. Trommer
ihausser has purchased the Clapp resl
Jence property in this village, the con
ilderation being 81,000. This is one of
the neatest properties in Ewing and
rrom. was surely fortunate in securing
It at such low figures.
Graphic: The fire fiend seems to
have a vengeful spite at O’Neill, but the
enterprising spirit of her business men
cannot be cremated with the monuments
their energy and industry. The
Fabled bird is exemplified in every dis
astrous fire that visits that city.
John Skirving and Lieutenant Bren
nan accompanied the state officers to
Norfolk last Thursday and were pres
ent at the mustering in of the Moore
Quards at that place in the evening.
They say the reception tendered the
officers was not a circumstance com
pared to O'Neill’s model entertainment.
O'Neill is seldom equaled and never Ex
celled. _
Barney McGlone, an old and respected
resident of Holt county, died Tuesday
it Seattle, to which > place he went a
ihort time ago for his health. Mr. Mc
Olone formerlv resided on a homestead
In the Dry Creek valley near Hahni
jan's bridge,and taught school for a num.
per of years in different parts of the
:ounty. He was a single man, about 00
pears of age.
Lew Hewitt,* formerly dispatcher at
the F, E. depot in this city, left Mon-,
lay for Ewing, which station has been
placed under his charge by the com*
pany. Mr. Hewitt is a gentleman and
t scholar who hag lots of friends in this
lity and Thb Frontier predicts that he
will discharge the duties of bis new of
fice with credit to himself and the satis
faction of his patrons and employers.
Exchange: Of the 3,890 convicts in
the state penitentiaries of Texas, there
is not a printer or newspaper man,
while there are bankers, doctors, photo
graphers, ministers, bar-keepers, cooks,
Parbers, and,members of all other call
ings and professions. (
The Texas rule may apply to every
state in the Union, but it is wrong. The
Jew, for instante, who published an
extract saying the Boyd county excur
sionists were all drunk,should be sent to
the penitentiary on general principles.
Valentine Republican: Observer
Fitzgerald is taking hourly barometer
readihgs during the present week for
the O’Neill Irrigation Co. for the pur
pose of comparing accuracy of their
Parometer for obtaining elevation in
irrigation work. This ie being done at
the request of A. J. Meals, president of
the company,, who called here Sunday
evening for that purpose and returned
Pome on the passenger train Monday
morning. The company is supposed to
Pe surveying at the presennt time
through Cherry county lakes and up
the Gordon Creek.
Stuart Ledger: Mrs. H. W. Miller
received a letter from Mrs. Lessenger,
now living at College View, a suburb of
Lincoln, last Friday evening, conveying
the sad intelligence that her little boy,
Everett, aged about nine years, bad met
with an accident which will deprive him
of the sight of one of bis eyes. A little
playmate and he were running along the
sidewalk at the height of their speed.
The former was pushing a stick along
ahead of him when it caught in the side
walk and springing out of his hand
struck the little Lessengei; boy in one of
his eyes, cutting the ball and the eyelid.
Graphic: Wonder if Kautzman
imagines that the low, filthy, pothouse
billingsgate that he fires weekly at the
editor of the Stuart Ledger, reflects aiir
lustre on the cause or the parly he rep
resents. If it does ttiat party must be
sunken, morally, many fathoms below
the mudsills of perdition. And this In
dependent scab of putrid scum, with
ostentatious pride, assumes to be a
Mason. Can it be possible that such a
monumental pile of obscene moraT rot
affiliates with that ancient and honorable
order? .If he does, then their good
name requires that they should purge
themselves of such a loathsome vampire.
Last year when Tub Frontier was
awarded the contract for publishing the
supervisors’ proceedings it was com
palled to cnntraot to publish four
columns within a week after the ad
journment of each meeting, and four
columns each succeeding week until all
were published, but now that an inde
pendent paper has secured the contract
we notice that but two columns are pub
lished. As a matter of justice between
papers and a right, of the public the
rule applied to Tub Frontier should
be applied to the Sun. Never since the
organization of the county were the
proceedings as promptly published as
while thia paper held the contract.
A special came from Sioux City juat
as 4re go to press that the prize fight
between James J. Corbett and Charles
Mitchell tor the champlonspip of tho
wotld, and a purse of 920,000, took
plfifee at Jacksonville, Florida, as adver
tised. Corbett won in three rounds,
knocking his opponent down several
tidies. America still holds the cham
pionship.
tn accordance with the unanimous
consent of county superintendents in at
tendance at the last meeting of the Ne
ll risks state teachers’ association, A. K.
Gdjudy, - superintendent of public In
ettbctlon, has prepared a schedule show
ini the date of opening of the annual
lnftitue of each county for the coming
si^nmer. The counties are divided into
file groups and the dates are June 18,
Jwy 9 and 98, August 6 and SO. Holt
ominty Is set for August 90, but Mr.
Jackson informs us that he is at the
pfesent time unable to say whether or
n|t he will be able to bold the instltue
pi that date, although it is his intentiou
to do so if possible.
,8tuart Ledger: Wm. Dustin, the
rounder ot Dustin, postofilce and for a
itfng time merchant and postmaster
there, who has been In the mercantile
business in Morrell,Brown county, Kan.,
#as up on a visit last week returning
Home on Friday morning. He informed
the seribe that he had made arrange
ments with Mr. Gill to take the store
again, and will resume business there
the first of March. This will* be wel
come news to the many old friends and
acquaintances of Mr. Dustin. One of
the inducements which led him to re
turn was the healthfulness of this
climate. His family always had good
health here which has not been the case
since he went to Kansas.
'1 he following from the Stanton Reg
ister no doubt refers to the individual
who reaped such a rich harvest - in
O’Neill not long ago. It may afford
the O'Neill suckers some satisfaction to
know that there are other suckers:
'"There was a fellow struck the town
last Friday and advertised a free show
that night in‘tbe Nelson building. It
proved to be a rank gambling scheme,
it is pretty hard to get the particulars
but quite a number were caught, It 1b
mighty poor policy to buck a man’s
own game, fie took small sums from
several hard working men, but they are
not deserving of an / sympathy, and we
don’t think, they are asking it. In fact
they have very little to say in regard to
the affair." __
As diphtheria is so very serious a dis
ease, whenever a child seems languid
and miserable, fretful and depressed,
without apparent cause, examine the
throat carefully, writes Elisabeth Rob
inson Scovil in a very valuable article
on "Care in Infectious Diseases” in the
February Ladies Home Journal. If it Is
swollen and covered with patches of
gray membrane looking like slate-pencil
dust, send for the doctor. It is always
safest to have medical advice when the
throat is affected. Until the doctor
comes keep the child in bed. If the
throat Is pdtnful procure a lump of lime,
pour cold water upon it; when the effer
vescence subsides strain off the clear
water and apply it to the throat with a
brush or swab. If the child is old
enough the throat can be gargled with
the lime-water. Inhaling the steam
from a pitcher of boiling water some
times gives relief. The neck may be
rubbed with warm oil'and bound with
flannel. Milk, either hot or cold, should
be given every two hours. The cold
milk may have (he white of an egg
shaken with each cup full. Strong
beef-tea ‘can be given and (he doctor
may order stimulant. The strength
must be supported by nourishing liquid
food.
In no lean than half a dozen papers
have we seen copied Kautzman’a state
ment that the O'Neill excursionists to
Boyd county were all most beastly in
toxicated. As an initiatory statement
and preface to further remarks it might
be well to nail the lie and brand it as
unqualifiedly false. The party con
sisted of representative business men
and citizens from tkiis city and while
perhaps they drank and perhaps they
didn't, it is a fact that the party con
ducted thcmaelves as gentlemen and
labored to sustain and uphold the
reputation of the prosperous city whose
representatives they were. But if it
were a fact that they indulged to excess,
danced the can-can, rolled in the gutter
and otbqr degraded things, we should
think it would be the last office of an
O’Neill newspaper to publish the same.
A man wielding the pen should treat the
matter as a closeted skeleton for the
good of his town if not for respect of
the parties most directly interested.
But this thing Kautzman, familiarly
known as “it,” has absolutely no idea of
propriety or the eternal fitness of things
and recklessly slanders those who thrust
his daily bread down his miserable
throat and make it possible for him to
keep carrion-tainted breath in his worth
1 less carcass.
Irrigation Hooting.
There will be n meeting held In O'Neill
on January 80 and 81, 1804, to discuss
the oubjeot of Irrigation, at which every
one interested in the mrtter la earnestly
requested to be present. It was decldea,
at a previous meeting held in this place,
(at which an irrlgatlou association was
organised) to Issue this call for a general
meeting of all the counties of tins part
of the state interested in the subject,
that a general Interchange of tueas
might be obtained and some plan for
mulated for utilizing the waters at our
command.. In pursuance of their in
structions the underslgued committee,
issues this call, and respectfully requests
all who can from adjoining towns aud
counties to be present aud participate in
the convention’s deliberations. The
committee have the promises of Hon.
<1. 11. Emery, national lecturer on irri
gation; Hon. E. K. Hoses, president In
terstate Irrigation Association, of Qreat
Bend, Kansas, and many others that
they will be present to give the. conven
tion the benefit of their experience on
irrigation matters and aid in any other
way they can.
That some means for utilizing nature's
bountiful supply of water in this section
for the developing of our . agricultural
resources to their natural capacity, is
necessary to the success and perma
nency of our population is now almost a
foregone conclusion. Though blessed
with a rich productive soil, a salubrious
climate, an industrious and Intelligent
class of farmers, as well as many other
advantages requisite to the upbuilding
of a populous and prosperous locality ; a
plentiful supply of watef also in oar
rivers and lakes and subterranean flows,
a proper distribution in the season of
the year when the grains are Ailing and
ripening, and moisture is necessary to
bring them to their full fruition, seems
to be the one thing lacking. In many
arid and semi-arid sections of the earth,
the science of men has supplemented the
works of creation, overcoming these
minor obstructions and transforming
the waste and barren plains into fields
of fullest fruitage and lands of pros
perous, happy homes. What has been
done elsewhere can certainly be done
here if only we bring to bear* upon the
matter a portion of our time, intelli
gence and energy. It is the testimony
of experts who have examined the terri
tory, that irrigation in this part of the
state is practicable, cheap and easy.
That under us and on all sides of us are
the waters in abundance and of easy
access. While the lay of our country
is favorably fashioned in the proper
flow and meander. It carries no re
flection as some may think to admit the
need of irrigation. Rather it is a de
claration to the world of our advance
ment and progression, our disposition
and determination to make the most of
God’s great sifts. No soil in the world
but what is benelltted by Irrigation un
less it be low land and marshes, and to
make our soil produce tu its full
capacity is a noble purpose and worthy
of our greatest efforts.
It is hoped and expected by this com
mittee that many or all of the counties
in North Nebraska will send represen
tatives to the convention and thus give
support to the project which promises
so much for this entire section.
T. V. Golden, Chairman.
G. C. Hazelet.
•T. A. Testman.
A. U. Morris.
D. L. Pond.
B. S. Gillespie. *
R. E. Bowden.
Oar readers will remember of reading
last fall, when busted banks were all the
rage, that the Plain view State bank was
robbed of a considerable amount of cash
and paper, the effect of which was to
close the bank. Mr. Lamb, who was
appointed receiver of the defnnct bank,
says it is bis opinion that all or a large
portion of the money and notes went
unlawfully and wrongfully into the
hands of George E. Cheney, C. Hecht,
H. J. Hecht ana the Norfolk National
bank, with the full knowledge and con
sent of the president and cashier of the
bank. The receiver asks the supreme
court to compel the attendance of the
parties above mentioned in order that
they may be made to disclose the facts
concerning-the notes and money. Mr.
Cheney is well known in this vicinity,'
Chambers Bugle: We were thown
the subscription list for the building of
the new church at Harold, and we
noticed the usual amount of generosity
on the part of the business and profes
sional men of •O’Neill. Among the
names we observed those of Hon. Neil
Brennan, J. J. McCafferty, Seiriff Ham
ilton, J. P. Mann, R. J. Hayes, Dr.
Trueblood, Mr. Ryan, of the O’Neill
Grocery Co., Charlie Hempstreet, pro
prietor of the New Ogden hotel, the
proprietors of the tavern, Dr. T. V.
Nor veil and a score or more of others.
While the list properly indicates the
readiness with which the people of
O’Neill lend their aid to such matters in
the rural districts, it is also an evidence
that they know how to appreciate what
the people of this section of country
have contributed, in the way of business
to that town. This last act ot theirs
will be remembered by the Harold
people as well as the entire South Fork
country. O’Neill contributed about 9130.
In contributing liberally to the above
cause O'Neill did nothing but what it
has done ever since the town has been
in existence. No person ever entered
the gates of the city and asked aid for
charity or other commendable objects
and was turned away with a kick and a
curse, yet these same people, when
division agitation is ripe, affect a holy
horror as they raise their hands and cry
out agonizingly, Ob. Lord! deliver us'
from the ring, the venal vampires and
the blood sucking corporation cormor
Obituary, /A'a
M0QINNI8—At the residence of he* , -
eon on Monday, January 99, 1894, i
Bridget McGinnis, aged 98 yeare.
Bridget McGinnis wai born In county
Mayo, Ireland, 1796, and was therefore ",
nearly a centenarian.-She came to Amer* > -I
ica in 1887 and to Nebraska In 1891,
She leaves five sons; Patrick, who lives
In Connecticut, Thomas and James, in ;
Pennsylvania, and , Stephen, who re* , ;
sides about 9 miles northwest of this
city and at whose house she breathed t;
her last.
She was a very vigorous old lady and
enjoyed good health until within a few $
weeks of her death. Thirty-eight grand*
children and eight great grandchildren
survive her. \ V
The funeral took place Wednesday at; 1|’
11 o’clock end the remains were enterred - ; >
in the Oathollo cemetery. > 1 .;
Graphic: The only medicine that * X
will ever reach that rello of Jim-Jams
now riotingrfn Kautaman’s anatomy, is J
Davy Crocket’s prescription, which Is a rt
compound of “aquafortis, sweetened
with brimstone, stirred with a lightning
rod and skimmed with a hurricane.” /A
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HO MAX'S COLUXX,
When lore le young the mortal tongue oan
fashion carols gait
Though grim the akloa a dear one’s eyes can : v x
drive the oloude away;
The path we tread lies straight ahead be* ’ ‘ ’It
neath pomegranate trees.
And anthems, roll, and summer’s soul is \
dreaming In the breete. ' ^
But hearts growold and lore grows cold,and 1 -i
songs have minor tones i ,
The path lies steep where tempests sweep ,
and'rattle dead men's bonesi
O, life grows U1 and hearts grow ohiU as twl- A
light's shadows fall, v
And at the gate the grim hearse waltsi and x A
what avails it all? , .
When life Is new the skies are blue and all
the year Is Mayt .
The world's a ground where games abound, v
and life's a holiday. • ■
The years-they go, but ah, so slow, the
future seems as fa*
As, through the night, In heaven's height, A
the throne of yonder start I';
Eve follows dawn, and age oornes on, and , , r
skies are sullen gray; ‘
The sands run lpws snow Use on snow, De*’ ’
cember follows May t .
And then, In truth, we long fbryouthi a cry
for spring from fall; . !
And at the gate the grim hearse waltsi and '1; v
wbdt avails It all? ,■
(Walt Mason.
reopie who would aoend their sterner
holiday far from that region which Kanta-V
man will inhabit when he shuffles off this
mortal coil, ahould at once renounce the ■ ■'J'
world and the devil and join the church*
“Did you ever,'.’ aaka the Cincinnati
Timea, “watch the voiceless movements
of a pretty girl’s lipa aa her dreeais
trodden upon, and marvel at the self
command which enablea her to do the
aituation Justice in ao quiet a manner?
A dozen fonta of type wouldn’t furnlah
daahea enough to repreaent the remarha
of the average man under like Incite*
menu
Some acientiata claim that pearla mijr * '-**
he found in a toad’abead. While thia
may to aome aeem unreaaonable, it la
certainly a link in the chain of evidence)
which provea that nothing waa ever ere
ated in vain. Now, that it ia generally
underatood that (he Jew’a head contains , }
nothing elae, who knowa but that hla ’ *
vermin-infected cranium ia filled to . *-:3
overflowing with thoae Jewels of bright*
eat ray aerene.
There ia not the alighteat doubt bat
that Walt Haaon had in mind the union
lately conauma&d between Gallagher
and Kautzman when he penned the *
following:
The Venal Vampire scratched hla bead, '
And crl&d, In accent! merry,
“Thia U the day I am to wed
The loathsome January.”
The happy pair were Joined at noon,
In pleaaant olronmstancea,
And, to the stralna of loud baaaoon.
They (lnnced some ghostly dances. 1
And Cormorants around them pranced,
To the inspiring measure,
And Hirelings blessed them aa they danced,
And wUhad them wads of pleasure.
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Men will drink intoxicating beverages .
when well thay know tbe reeult that ia
sure to follow, and temperate people
wonder. Men will me tbe filthy weed, ■
poison their systems and shorten their
days upon the earth, and temperate peo
pie wonder. It is sad to contemplate the
number of young souls that are yearly .'>/$?
being escorted up the river Styx by tbe
devil on account of these vices, but it v>
seems there is no help for it, and as long
as tbe human race is the father of its |
own desires and has the means at hand
to gratify them, so long will the yonng
and Innocent be hurled into perdition
by taking cognizance of the precepts.
Only the other day our attention was 3
called to the death of a lady in Illinois, ji
She was intoxicated and smoking a pipe
when her clothes accidentally caught
fire and cremation followed. She was
92 years of age. Thus has another
human being been shoved oil a martyr 1 ?
in the heyday of youth. And by Mex
ican authority we learn of a gentleman , '
cut down in the midst of his usefulness . ■
by being unKeeleyably addicted to the &
1 use of tobacco. His age was 113 years.
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