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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DEC. 26, 1867.
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Drug Stores.
HOLLADAV & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Peaier la
PKUGS, MEDICINE, PAINT, OIL, &c,
P. O Bnl'ding, Main St.,'
BOWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
WM. II. McCREERY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
! iws, Books, Wall-paper and Stationery,
j Corner Main and 1st Sts.,
I BEOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
News EJcpots,
NEWS DEPOT NO .1.
SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c,
rost Office, Main St.,
BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
CITY BO OK AXD JYE WS DEP O T
THEO. C. HACKER,
(successor to A. D. MARSH &. CO.,)
Book-Seller, Stationer and News Agent,
South side Main Street,
EXOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Ccmfccttoncmcs.
WILLIAM ROSSELL,
CONFECTIONERY AND TOY STORE
Trefh Urcad, Cakes, OjsterF, Fruit, Ac.,cn hand.
SoutlisiJe Main between 1st and 2d streeta,
UROW.WILLE, KEDBASKA.
J. P. DEUSER, -
Dealer in
CcLlkticrsries Toys, Notions, &c,
Main lct. lot and 21 Sts.,
BEOVNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
WM. ALLEN,
rropritoT of the CITY! BAKERY. Fancy Wed
dingCike fnrnished on sh'rt notice. L'eler
ia Cjtitecti 'iiaries, Fruits and best Family Flour.
Main Street let. 1st tndld,
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BROW NYILLE, .NEBRASKA.
BaliMcra.
J. II. BAUER.
Manufacturer anl Dealer in
JUJISESS, BRIDLES COLLARS
Uendini; (June to order satisfaction guarrantied.
Shop on Main bet. 1st and Zd it..
IIIOWNV1LLE , yECRASKA.
JOHN W. MIDDLETON
Manufacturer and Dealer in
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS,
Whips abd Lathes of every description. Plastering
Hair. Cash i.aid fur Jlides.
Corner Main and 2d Sts.,
Brownville, Nebraska.
W. D. MAHIN,
.IfdntioffHrer and Dealerin o!l kinds of
Saddles, Harness, Whip?, Collars, &c.
Smith's Patent Trace Buckles,
Nixon's Patent Trace Buckles.
Ji'orth Side Main Street,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
5toucnnbn 0torc0
ToHsf C. DEUSER?
Dealer In
STOVES, TINWARE, PUMPS, &c.
Opposite McPherson's B'ock,
BROWNVILLE. IIEBRASKA.
aicat fltarkct.
KEIS WETTER & EARSMAN,
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Butcberb,
CITY MEAT MARKET,
Main bet. 1st and 2nd Sts.,
BROWNVILLE, KE Bit A SKA.
GEORGE MARION,
Dealer ia
Dry Goods, Groceries JJSS & Notions.
Foct of Main, Street near Levee,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
!S50. Established " 1S56
WM. T. DEN,
KTiolesale and Ketail dealer in
GENERAL MERCI1HNDISE
Corn Planters, Plows, Stoves, Furniture.
COMMISSION AND FORWARDING MERCHANT
Main treet bet. Levee and 1st,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Kichesi market price paid for Hides, Pelts Furs a-i
frotf e , by v.r M. T. DEN.
G. M. HENDERSON
Dealer la Foreign and Pomettic
BUY GOODS AND GROCERIES
Main tet. 1st and 2d St.,
Brownville, Necraska.
CAHRLES BRIEGEL
BEER HALL, LUNCH ROOM
AND LIGIIT GROCERT STORE,
Main tt. and 21 St..
BROWNVILLE, XESBAfXA.
B(acltsmttl)5.
J. H. BESON,
Ml fio BLACKSMITIIING of all kinds.
Makes Horse Shoeing, Ironimj of Waannsand Sleighs
and Machine JVork a Specinlly.
Shopon Main St., weft of McFberson'a Block,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
J. W. &. J. C. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITHS
SHOP on 1t between Main and 2d,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Work dont to order Salif actio Guarranti44
iHt0cclIaucoii0e
JONAS HACKER,
Tax Collector for the City of Brownville,
Will attend to the payment of Taxet for non-resident
.uw vomers in j emata County. Corres
pondent e Solicited.
Office on Main bet. 1st and 2d,
BBOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
SMITH P. TUTTLE,
u. o. vissuiant Asresscrand Claim Agent. Will at
tend to the Prosecution of Claims before the Depart-
. 7. """7' uacK t-ay ana tensions. Also.
"' ' vj acmi-jiunuai cues on Fensvont,
Office orer Carsons Bank Main street,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
A. STAFFORD,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST
rersons vsuhxng futures executed in the latest style
of the Art will please call at my Art Gallery.
Main stfoet bet. 1st and 2d street,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
I.H. CLAGGET & CO.,
BILLIARD HALL AND SALOON
Basement of Whitney's Block, Main bet. 1st &. 2d Sts.,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
The Best of Liquors kept Constantly on Hand.
MRS. J. M. GRAHAM,
TEA CHER OF MUSIC.
LESSONS GIVEN ON THE PIANO. ORGAN.
MELODEON, CUITAR AND VOCALIZATION.
Having had eight years experience as Teacher of
Music in Xew York is confident of giving satisfaction.
Rooms Main, bet. 4th & 5;h st3.
lo-ly BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
J. W. SMITH,
BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA
H.L. MATHEWS,
PHYSICIAN i SURGEON,
CITY DRUG STORE,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
A. S. HOLLADAY, M. D.
Graduated in 1851,1
Located in Ilrovmvillc in 1S55 .
PHYSICIAH HlHBi
OBSTETRIoi-AJST
Dr. II. has on hand complete sets of Amputat
a, Trephining and Obstetrical in?truments.
OClce: Holladay & Co's Drug Store
Two Doors East of Post Office.
P. S. Spcc:alattcnticn piven to ObftctricsanJ
the diseases of women and children. x-il-y
C. F. STEWRT. M. D.
South East corner of Main and First Streets
BROWXVILLE, XUBRASKA.
Office IlorhS 7 to 9 a. M.and 1 to 2 and to
li r. m.
Brownville, Nebraska, May 5th, 1SS5 No 34, ly.
T.W.Tipton O.B.IIewctt J:S. Church
TIPTON, HEVETT &. CHURCH
Utontci0 at atu,
B.tOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Murct lgt. 'fig, ly.
EDWARD W. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITOR nToiIANCERY,
Office corner of Main and First Streets.
BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
WM. McLENNAN"
ATTORNEY AT LAW
NEBRASKA CIY ,
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C. E. NYE,
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WAR CLAIM AGENT,
IAWEEi CITY, IVERUASKA.
G. W. GARRISON,
CITY RESTAURANT
Southside Main between 1st and 2nd streets,
BROWUNILLE, NEBRASKA.
Meals at all Honrs, or for Regular Boarders, at
the usual rates. 1-U-ly
J. STEVENSON. D. 0. CROSS
STEVENSON & CROSS Proprietors,
On .Levee St., between Main & Atlantic,
XSroTTCXxxriXlo JMoloraoltn,
This Ilouse is convenient to the Steam Boat
Landing, and the business part of Town. The best
iccommodations in the City- No pains will be
'pared in making guests comfortable.
JSGood Stable and Corral convenient
to the House.
" AMERICAN HOUSE,
i 'iood Feed and Livery Stable
In connection with the House.
L D. R03INS0N. PROPRIETOR.
Front Street, between Main and Water,
X3RO YrVVIL.L.E, lYCRRASIL A.
May, 30th 1S66. 10 361y -
Main St., 5th door irotn S W cor 2nd St.
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From the St. Louis Home Journal.
The Old Farm Field.
BY D. IVAN DOTCXS.
There it lies, as it lay in the olden air,
When my grandfather's feet o'er it trod,
As he followed the track of the glittering share,
Or mowed with the scythe the green sod.
There it lies, as it lay in my grandfather's prime,
When he scattered the golden grain,
Or bound the sheaves in the bright harvest time,
Ashe never shall bind them again.
There is many a rood of its generous soil,
And so oft I have traversed them all,
That my locks are all white with the time and toil,
And I'm ripe, like an car in the fall.
And my son is at work in the old field now
How the r eaper makes music for Will I
'Tis a new fashioned thing,that is drawn as a plow,
And has pulleys and wheels like a mill.
And the plows that he 'fees are enrions things,
Scarce at all like the shovels of old
The're much like a g?g,with high seat and springs,
Most convenient affairs,! am told.
William rides like a parson while sowing his wheat
When he harvests and rakes up his hay-
On all sorts of tools there are footboard and seat ,
And a tongue like the tongue of a chaise.
lie has bidden gocd-bye to the winnowing floor,
And he tells me a singular tale,
Of tho threshing machine with, its clatter and roar,
That has taken the pi ace of the flail.
For he says that it threshes Ihe grain very fast
That it winnows it ready to sow.
What a wonderful ch ange since the days of the past
When we trampled it with horses so slow !
Ah, me ! thiDgs havo altered since I was a boy !
Chang9 has followed so fast upon change !
But that cherished old field is an object of joy
To my old heart so coll and so strange.
For it lif s 'neath my window so like an old dream
Not a change in the view has been made,
Save that two marble stones in the sun's latest gleam
Show where two darling children are laid :
They j'eep by the side of their dear mother 's grave,
Un the hill rear the old linden tree.
O, ere I rg o'er another tho branches shall wave ,
And that field be as nothing to me I
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Graapa's Story The Runaway Boy.
4,0 grandpa," shouted little Freddie
Lee, climbing up into his grandfathers
an, " I do wish you would tell me a story.
I shouldn't be so restless if you would."
"Well .Freddie." replied his grandpa,
what kind of a story shall it be ? a
"airy tale ?"
"O, no; a real live story one that will
make me shiver; one of your own adven
tures which really happened."
"Once upen a time," commenced the
old man; but he had scarcly spoken the
words when he was interrupted by his
grandson, who exclaimed :
"Don t commence a fairy-story pray ;
I'd like it much better to be, 'When I was
a boy."
'Well, when I was a boy I fear I was
not so contented as I ought to have been,
for I had a good home, kind parents,
plenty to eat, and clothes enough to
ware. "Why wasn t you contented,
grandpa?" said Freddie. .
"Because I thought farm-work was too
hard; and living in small town, I had not
the advantages of attending school as
city boys have. I read enough of foreign
countries, their customs and manners,
to make me yearn to learn more. Now,
this I knew could be accomplished by
going to a large school; and once I set
my mind upon going I never remained
quiet until father and mother knew of
my wish."
" Were they willing to have you go,
grandpa?"
' They reluctantly consented at last,
for they were aware that no one could
wrest a good education from me."
" How did you go, grandpa in the
cars ?"
"We did not have cars in those days,
Freddie ; nothig but a lumbering old
stage-coach, which passed by the school
to which I was going. Mr. Ledlaw was
the teacher's name, and a kind man he
was to his 'band of childrhn,' as he al
ways called his school-boys. Poor man !
But I should not say poor, for he is
better oflfin his heavenly home."
" Is he dead, grandpa ?"
" Yes, Freddie, he has been dead
mnay years."
' Well, go on with the story."
' I arrived at last at the academy, and
soon learned the routine of school duties.
Eevry study came easy to me, save
composition; somehow that was exceed
ingly difficult for me to write ; and as
the penalty of appearing in the recita
tion room without one the day they were
required, subjected us to the punishment
of rising earlier the next morning to
write one, you may be assured I tried
hard to fulfill the requirement One
morning, however, I failed to rbnng it ;
and Mr. Ledlow, after obtaining the
others, asked me for mine."
"I have none," I replied.
"And why have you none ?" he asked.
"Because I ccmnct write one."
"Cannot, H&rry ! that is a very strange
word to come from one who is so smart
as you generally are, and I can take no
such excuse from you. You know the
rule is, that you must rise two hours
earlier to-morrow morningi and accom
plish your task."
"I thought Mr. Ledlow was extremely
harsh and unreasonable ; and as I fool
ishly imagined that I really could not
write the composition. I resohed, dnring
the afternoon, to run away in the night,
thus escaping my bugbear. The time
came for the boys to go to bed, and I
did up all my clothes in a Uttle bundle,
and undressing myself, got ;nto bed, and
made up my mind that as soon as the
house was still, I would mate my escape.
Thoughts flitterd through my mind of
the adventurous life I was to lead, and
that after I had been away some time,
I would return to father and mother,
who would be so glad to see me that
they would readily forgive me for my
runaway frolic; still, I kept thinking
until my eyes grew nreary, and I fell
asleep.
"I thought I heard a clock strike
twelve; so I jumped up, dressed myself,
throwing my bundle orer my shoulder,
and taking my shoes in my hand, I crept
down stairs, and got out of one of the
lower windows ; then I stopped and put
on my shoes, thinking what a fine thing
it was to be from the restraint of school;
and I really thought how happy the old
trees must be for they had no composi
tions to write.
"I wandered along until I heard foot
steps behind me; and imagining that my
escape Lad been discovered, I hastily
hid myself behind a large tree, hoping
whoever they belonged to would paas me
unnoticed. Two young men, whom I had
never seen, and who were as villain
ous a looking pair as I could ever wish
not to see again, now came along and
seated themselves to rest in front of the
very tree where I had secreted myself,
"I say, Griffith," exclaimed the elder
f the two," if we only bad a small boy
now to help us in our work while we
are breaking into some store, he conld
be keeping a sharp look-out. I wish we
could come across such a boy; I'd take
him along pretty quick."
"O. grandpa, I commence to shiver,"
cried little Freddie, clinging closer to
his grandfather.
"Well, Freddie, I shivered with fear
myself when I heard this man talk, and
I was almost afraid to breathe lest the
sound should discover me.
"I've often thought," said the one
called Griffith, what a good idea it
would be to break into old Ledlaw s
school some dark night and kidnap one
of ihe boys. I reckon the youngster
would have a harder time with us than
with the schoolmaster; but thieves we is,
and thieves we must remain ; and our
apprentice must be equal to the masters,
even if he does get a few years in tne
State's prison."
"Come along," broke in the other ;
"we'll be late at our work ; and it won't
do to let daylight catch us."
'Greatly to my relief the two men
arose and left; but I was so frightend
that I did nothing but tremble: my teeth
chattered&like dice. At last I got up,
determined to take an opposite- direction
to that the thieves had gone. I walked
until I came to a little tumble-down hut,
almost covered by the dark foliage that
grew around it. Seeing a light in the
window, I mustered up courage to draw
near to it. ine door wa3 swinging to
and fro ; but between its motions I
caught a glimpse of an old white-haired
woman rocking in front of the fire. I
knocked ;but received no answer, I made
bold to enter, and overheard the old wo
man say :
" It s high time I was dead ! Only two
sons, and they as bad as crime can make
them. They care not for the old mother
who loved and brought them up. I pray
night and day that they may reform, and
may my prayers be heard."
"Do not feel so badly," Eaid I, going
close up'beside her.
"" Who are you?" she cried in astonish
ment. "You are not a spirit are ycu ?"
"No, my good woman, I am only a
runaway school-boy that wants a lodging
for the night, which if you will give me,
I will bless you forever."
" I'll let you have a place to sleep to
night, for you are the first person that
his sDoken a kind word to me this
many a day; but you must return to
school in the morning."
" O, that I will, as early as it i3 light."
" At that instant footsteps were heard;
ihe door swung open, and the two men I
had seen before entered.
"Hold!" cried the eldest, espying me.
"who have we here ? A boy, as I live!
the very thing we were in search of.
You go along with us young man."
"He shall not ! exclaimed the old
woman, who was no other than their
mother; "steeped as you are in crime
yourselves, you shall-not lead this inno
cent boy into guilt."
"Don't fear," I spoke up; "for I won't
go with them."
"You won't, eh? We'll see about that;"
and raising a large cowhide, he was
about to bring it down over my shoulders,
when I awoke, and found myself in bed
at Mr. Ledlaw's school, for my midnight
adventure proved to be nothing but a
dream."
"But, grandpa," broke in Freddie,
"you deceived me, for I wanted a true
story something that really happened."
"Well , that was a true story: for it hap
pend that I really did dream all I have
told you; but let me finish it. I got up and
dressed myself (that time in reality),sat
down and wrote all I have told you,
which answered for my composition; it
saved me from Jisgrace; and I assure
you that my dream fairly cured ma of
ever wishing again to run away from
school." Our Boys and Girls.
Railroad Election.
In our last week's issue we endeavor
ed to show that the voters of Nemaha
county, ought to vote for the Bonds and
the Tax on the 7th day of January next
as on inducement to the M & M A L R
R Co., to build their road to this county
and that as expeditiously as possible.
We wish now to show, first, that the
investment- will be a financial success.
Our county is about twenty miles wide.
We estimate that $700,000 will grade
and lay the iron through th cuuuty.
This money, if the .vote is favorable, can
all be raised from the business men of
this county, and we will assume that not
one cent will ever be called for unless
the land grant is obtained, or unless the
funds to finish the road to Ft. Kearney
is secured beyond a doubt. Congress
ional aid for roads has heretofore been
ten sections for every mile of road, or
6400 acres, which valued at $6 per acre
(the price the Illinois Central sold hers
at when building that road) amounts to
S38,400per mile, sufficient to construct the
balance of the road to any desired point
In other words a capital of $700,000
with the aid of the lands, will construct
a road worth as many millions. One
half of which will be owned by the coun
ty of Nemaha. So we conclude the in
vestment of 350,000 will be a financial
success.
Secondly, that when the Missouri road
is completed to the Missouri river oppo
site our county, our farmers with just the
real estate they now own, will be worth
more than they now are by twice the
$350,000. Residents of this county own
100,000 acres of land, situated in Ne
maha county, which is assessed at 85
per acre, and which is probably worth
$10 per acre, on an average, orSl.OOO,-
000 in the aggregate.
Now we will suppose the road through
Northern Missouri built, and the cars
running thereon from Quincy, Illinois, to
Peru, BrownvHle, or Nemaha City, in
this countyj this of itself would make
certain the completion of our. road, and
this certainty - would enhance the value
of all real property in this county in the
same ratio as the building of the U P
R R did the real property of Douglas
County, as the following comparative
statement of the valuation of the two
counties more fully shows :
Date Nemaha Douglas
1S62 $ 800,563 $ 906,315
1863 1,101,695 1,300,102
1364
1865
1S66
1867
1,073,825 2,100,000
1,706,932 3,104,321
1,483,303 5,7S7,320
1,691,809 6,903,420
All admit that Nemaha county being
the better county of the two, should un
der as favorable circumstances, show as
much or more assessable property than
Douglas; yet Douglas, with her railroad
advantages, leads us now by about five
millions of dollars. And as Douglas
from 1S63 to 1S64, without a railroad,
but because of the moral certainty that
she soon was to have, increased her val
uation by almost $1,000,000. So we
conclude that the resident farmers of Ne
maha county, withTthe road completed to
her borders, through Northern Missouri,
from Quincy, which would render mor
ally certain the completion of our own
road, would realise a like profit, and that
their real estate, now worth 81,000,000
would then be worth $2,000,000 or at the
lowest estimate, more than twice the
$350,000, in advance of its present val
ue. Thirdly, That the tax to be levied to
raise the principle and interest is only
about one third of the increased market
value of our exportations.
WTe estimate the increase on the va
rious productions of export of the county
as follows :
400,000 bu corn at 10 cts per bu $40,000
100,000 " wheat " " " 10,000
10,000 head of Cattle at $2 each 20,000
Total S70.000
Deduct interest on the Bonds $24,500
Leaving gain to the County of $15,500
We believe L'ie fact! as they may be
developed in the future, will fully war
rant the conclusions we have arrived at.
They have this merit, at least, we be
lieve them to be true.
Next week we will endeavor to show
that a tax of three mills on the dollar
each year for twenty years will more
han pay the principle and interest of the
lean asked for
A box twenty-six by fifteen inches
square and eight inches deep, will con
tain a bushel.
A box twelve by eleven and a half
inches square, and nine inches deep will
contain half a bushel.
A box eiirht bv ei?ht and one-fourth
- 0- rf 0
inches square, and eight inches deep,
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Mil wti cmm.
Female Christianity.
When pretty women in the street
Encounter, they poat out their lips,
Enhanging kisses soft and swoet
As nectar which fair Venus sips.
The men look on with longing faces,
And to each ethereally say,
"How wasted are those dear embraces,
Heboid those kisses thrown away I"
The ladies whisper ,4it is olear
We're Christians without extra fuss !
We do unto each other, dear,
As we'd have men do unto usl"
Yanqnlslied Heroes.
They fall, my friend, the young, the proud,
Tha gay, the festive cssea fall
An orange wreath, instead of shroud,
A ring in lieu of xninie ball.
The man who faced a battle's roar
Now yields to ruSod chimiaettes,
And lion hearts bow down before
Some twilled, frilled pair of pantalettes.
A western paper tells the following
rather tough story :
"An accident of a remarkable nature
occured in the v;ood3 of a neighboring
county last week, by which a man was
thrown eighty feet into the air. He wa?
standing on a balance tree lying acrpss
a large log, to sea another tree coming
down, when the tree in its falling course
struck the other end of the tree on which
he. was standing, and the tremendous
weight of its coming on the spring lever,
threw himBlike a shot into the air. The
remarkable part of the story remains to
be told. When at his highest elevation
the man caught hold of a limb in the top
of a tree, about fifteen feet from the
trunk, and remained suspended by the
arms until the person who had felled the
tree traveled a distance of five miles and
returned with help-and a ladder, before
he could be released from his perilous
position. He was found in the same posi
tion as when left, evidently in the best
of spirits, for he was wistling "Yankee
Doodle," and making a strong fight 'with
his feet against a delegation of wasps
that were endeavoring to build a nest in
the-seat of hi3 pants. He said, upon
reaching the ground, that he had had a
'healthy time, with the 'varmints,' and
attributed his powers of endurance whol
ly to the hothy contested canvass he had
with the 'criters' by their persistent 'fire
in the rear,' and the tremendons excite
ment incident thereto. If that man ever
gets into office, he will be provided for
the rest of his natural life. He will know
how to hang on to it.
A band of Indians made a sudden
attack on a detachment cf our soldiers in
the mountains. The soldiers had a moun
tain howitzer, mounted on a mule. Not
having time to take it off and get it in
position they barked up the mule and let
drive at the Indians, ine load was so
hpaw that mule aud all went tumbling
down the hill toward the savages, who
not understanding tnat Kind or wanare
fled like deers. Afterward one of them
was captured, and when asked why they
run. so, replied;
" Me big Injun, not afraid of little
guns or big guns but when a white man
load up and fire a whole jackass at Icjun,
me don't know what tc do."
The newspapers of a town tire its live
blood. W'ith out them, it cannot prosper
The better they are supported at home,
the more powerful will their influence,
be abroad. In young cities, struggling, as
are these along the Missouri, for munic
ipal supremacy, the daily papers Lave
done more and are doing more to aid in
building up the town3 in which they are
published, and to increase their business,
than all the merchants together. To the
merchant they are indispensable, as those
who have made use cf them as a medi
um through which to reach the public,
well know. And they contribute largely
to the prosperity of every citizen, for their
influence is felt in a thousand different
ways and exerted in a thousand direc
tions. Champion Atchison, Kan.
A lady correspondent of the Mil
waukee Sentinel, who, writing under a
nom de plume, had attracted considerable
attention, received a note from a gentle
man admirer, recently, who said that a
lady who could put such beautiful
thoughts on paper must be equally gif lad
in person, etc., etc., and wanted to meet
her by moonlight alone, to which she
wrote an assent. She came to the rendez
vous veiled' they walked, he talked,' he
made love; finally gained consent to take
a little kiss, the vail va3 raided for the
purpose, and the stricken gentleman gaz
ed upon the comely feature3 of hi3 own
wife.
1 What did you come here after ?' in
quired Miss Susan Draper, of a bachelor
friend, who made her a call when the
rest of the folks were gone out.
'I come to borrow some matches, he
meekly replied.
Matches ! that's a likely story. Why
don't you make a match ? I know what
you come for,' exclaimed the delighted
Miss-as she crowded the old bachelor into
a corner, 'you come to hug and kiss me
almost to death, but you shan't unless
you are the strongest; and the Lord knows
you are
Subscribe for the Advertiser ! Ycu'll
never miss $2 a year.
Why Cannot a Woman become
a
Mason.
At the late anniversary celebration of
the Masons of Austin, Nevada, tha ora
tor of the day thus discoursed upoa this
vexed question :
"Women sometimes complains that sha '
is not permitted to enter out lodges, and ,
learn all there is to be learned ia the ia.
stitution. We will explain the reason. .
We learn that before the Almighty had .
finshed his work he was ia sorae doubt
about creating Eve. The creation; ot,
every living and creeping thing had beea :
fliwUbU null UiO AillllUiy UU
made Adam (who was the first Masca) .
and erected for him the finest Icdje ia
the world, and called it Paradise No.
He then caused all the insects of the field
and the fowls of the air to pass before
Adam for him to name them- wheh was
a piece of work in which he had to be
alone, so that no confusion might there
after arise from Eve, whom He knew
would make trouble if she wa3 allowed to
participate in it, if-He created her before
hand. .
Adam being very much fatigued with
the labors of his first task fell asleep, and
when he awoke he found Eve ia the
lodge with him. Adam, being senior
warden' placed Eve as the pillar cf beauty
in the South, and they recived their ia
structions from the Grand Master in the
east, which, when finished she immedia
tely called the craft from labor to refresh
ment. Instead of attending to the duties
of attending to the duties of her office as
she left her station, violated her obliga
tion, and let in an expelled Mason, who
had no business there, and went around
with him, leaving Adam to look after
the jewels. ThU fellow had beea expel
led from the Grandjodge, with several
others, some time before. But hearing the
footsteps of the Grand Master, he sud
denly took his leave, telling Eve to
go to making aprons, she and Adam were
not in proper regalia. She went and told
Adam, and when the Grand Master .re
turned to the lodge he found his gavel
had been stolen.
He called for the senior and junior
warden, who had neglected to guard ths
doer, and found them . absent. After'
searching some time he came to where
they were hid and demanded of Adam
what they were doing.there, instead cf
his occupying his official station. Adam,
replied that he was waiting for Eto to call
the craft from refreshment to labor
again, and that the craft was not properly,
clothed, which thy were making pro
visions for. Turning to Eve he asked her
what she had to offer ia excusce for un
official and unmasonic conduct. Shere
plied that a fellow passing himself off for
a grand lecturerjhad been giving her in
structions, and she thought it no harm
to learn them. The Grand Master thea
asked her what had become of hi3 gavel ;
she eaid she did'ut know, uuleoa tho
fellow had taken it away.
Finding that Eve was no longer trust
worthy, and that she had caused Adam
to neglect his duty, the Grand Master
had closed the lodge, and turning them
out, set a faithful tyler to guard the door
with a flaming sword. Adam, repeating'
of his folly, went to work like a man and
and a Mason, in order to get reinstated -again.
Not so with Eve ; she got angry
about it and commenced raising Cain.
Adam, on account of his reformation was
permitted to establish lodges and work
outside in the lower degree ; and while
Eve was allowed to join him in the worka
of charity outside she was never agaia to
be admited to assist in the regular work
of the craft. Hence the reason why wo
man cannot become an inside Mason.
A Perpetual W'eather Table.
The following tabid was constructed
by the celebrated Dr. Herschell, upoa a
philosophic consideration of the attracl
ion'of the sun and moon. It is confirmed
by the experience of many years' obser
vation, and will suggest to the observer
what kind of weather will probably fel
low the moon's entrance into any of her
quarters. As a general rule it will ba
found wonderfully correct ;
If the moon changes at 12 o'clock noon,'
the weather immediately afterward will
be very rainy, if in eummer, and thera
will be snow or rain in winter.
If between 2 and 4 o'clock P. M. ;
changeable ia summer fair and mild ia
winter.
Between 4 and G o'clock P. M.; faif
ia both summer and winter.
Betweea 6 end 10 o'clock P. M. ; ia
summer, fair, if the wind i3 northwest ;
rainy, if south or southwest. Ia winter,
fair and frosty, if the wind ia north or
northwest ; ramVi if aouth or southwest.
Between 10 and 12 o'clock A. M.
cold and showery in the summer and
snow and storm in the winter.
Between 4 and 6 o'clock A. "M. ;
rainy both in winter and summer.
Between 6 and 8 o'clock A. M. ; wind
and rain ia the summer and stormy ia
the winter.
Between 8 and 10 o'clock A.M.;
changeable in summer, rain with a west
erly andnow with aa easterly wind ia
winter.
Betweea 10 and 12 o'clock A. M. ;
showery ia summer, and cold and" windy
ia winter.
Men spend their lives ia the eervica
of their passions, instead of employing
their passions ia the service of their
lives.
Vote for a railroad, and help tuilJ up
Southern Nebraska.
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