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BROWFVTLLE, 1SEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1876.
VOL. 21.-JST0. 7.
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iwiimimi i ii ""-'-rxiKTa!jrurmrsn
A Supplementary Call for a Kcpuhli--cau
Stale Oonvcnlion to Nominate
. State Officers, Etc.
' The Republican electors of tho State of Ne
brjuskn arc hereby called to send delegates
Jfom thOBOveral counties to moot Instate
Convention at Lincoln on the 2Ctb day of
""September, I67C. nt 2 o'clock r. jr.. for tliepnr
vpoe of placing In nomination candidate for
tbe following named offices, viz:
- Three presidential clectors.and thrcealter
nates. One Member of Congress.
- One Member of Congress Contingent.
Governor,
c Lieutenant-Governor.
Secretary of State.
Auditor.
- Superintendent of rnbllc Instruction,
Attorney General, and
Land Commissioner.
And to transact such other business as may
properly come before tho convention.
By order of theStale Committee.
The several counties are entitled to repre
sentation In the State Convention as follows,
based upon the voto of C. A. liomes for lie
gent at thoelectilon In Octobor, 1575, giving
one delegate to each 150 votes and one for the
fraction of 73 voteH, also one delegate at large
for each organized county:
Adams- 7 Johnson -.... 5
Antelope 3 Kearney
3 K
Uoono
. 2 Kleth
Buiritio
Butler...........
Yf6uir...HM.-
Cheyenne
Clay
Colfax ......
"Cuming
Dakota-.....
Dawson
Dixon...........
:t Knox . z
...... 0 Iancastcr 15
4 Lincoln... 4
.. 9 Madison 1
2 Merrick r
2 Nemaha C
6 Nuckolls 2
4 Otoe.... o
.. -J I'uwmioe 5
.. 3 l'helps 1
3 Pierce I
.. 3 Platte 3
7 Polk 0
Dodge
iwWrin 11 Hed Willow 2
FUlmora. o Richardson 9
Franklin 3 Saline
Frontier 1 Sarpy ........
Furnas - 3 Saunders 9
Gage .. 7 Seward C
Greeley. - 1 Sherman........ 1
Gosper 1 Stanton 2
Holt 1 Thayer 1
Hall .. ,.. C Valley 2
Hamilton 7 Washington 0
Harlan - 3 Wayne ,.... t
Hitchcock 1 Webster 3
Howard . 3 ork - C
Jeflerson ... 6-
Geo. L. Bhow Jaxks Vv. Dawks,
Secretary. Chairman.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Wiikn, In the economy of Providence, this land
was to be putwPd of Jiuinttn slavery. and when the
wtrisiRth of tlic soyenment of the neolc, by the
iieoph'. for ill" p-.iplo, was to lM-0cinwistrHtcd,the
lepubllean imrty cani-snto -power. Itsdecds have
.passed Into ldVory. 3"fl we look bacJv to them with
1riQ. Jiirich-d ly-ttieir memories and lifch aims
tor the good ofont country and man Wind, and look-
j IriBtOtlu'liitiirewitliiiiifalieriitscoiirtuje, nope, and
purpose. ,' Alio rciruMeiitativrs of the party. In
national convention a,MnLied, make the lollop
ing declaration if principle-.:
I. The Tinted States of America lea nutlnii, not a
league, lly tlie.coiuMned work in its of" Hi" National
nral State (Jovernnjents, under ti-irresjwctlvocon-Ktltutlons-thf
right or every citlevn an- .secured at
'home and protected abroad, 'and the common wel
fare promoted.
2. The Republican party has preserved those
governments to the hundredth anniversary of the
nation's birth, and they an-now Hie embodiments
wftho great trutlKspoken t Hi cradle: That all
xnen are created equal : - that tliey are endowed by
their Creator with 'certain inalienable rii?hls.
nrnonsr which are life, liberty, and the pursuit or
liapjiliiess; tliaj for-the attainment of lliese ends
Kovermnents have been Instituted among men, de
riving their just powers from the comment of the
governed un.tll those trutlrs are crioerfuliy obeyed
or.lf needed to be, vigorously enforred, the work
r the Republican party is tmrinWhed.
T. The permanent pacification or the Southern
HectJon oftlie Union, and the complete protec-
' tlon or its clten.i In tbe free enjoyment of all
: their rightH are dattes to which tho'Hepuhli
can party stwitrts sacredly pledged. The power to
provide for the enforcement fcf the jtfjciples em
bodied in fie recent constitutional aiiiendnrenta Is
vested by those amendments in the Congress ol
the United Stales, and we declare it to be the sol
cmn obligation or the legislative and. executive de
partments of the government to put Into immedi
ate and Vigorous exercise all their ennstilttttmiMl '
powers for removing any Just cause or discontent
tin the part of any class and securing to ever
American citiren complete li'ierly and exact eqnal
ity ln1hee.xercl.ve or ll civil, po'itlenl.and public
Tights. To this end we liiiieratively demaml a
TTongress and a chief executive whwe courage and
lldelity to these duties shall not Taller until the-e ;
results are placed be ond di-pute or recall.
" -ljl,ii the lirst act ol Oingress signed by President
"firan't, t!ii National tioveriniietit assumed to re
niox'eany doubts oi its duty to discharge all lust
obligations to public creditors, and solemnly pledg
ed Its faith to make provision at tne earliest practi
cable period the redemption or United States notes
in coin. Commercial prosperity, public morals.and
national credit demand tiiat this promise be fnllill
cd By a continuous and steady progress to specie
ji.xvmcnt-s. ,
5. Under the constitution, the President anu heads
tf departments are to make nomination forollice,
the Jsennt els to ad viseaml consent lo appointments,
and life Ilouseorilpprescntatiwsl.s to accuse and
prosecute Tuithless olliccrs. The best interests
of the-publicMTvice demand that these distinctions
lie reelected ; that Sciiators aa.I Itepresentatives
xvjio may he judgCxand accusers shouM not dictate
nlipointments to oflice- The invariable rules for
nppolaxmeuts should have rererence to honesty, ll
delity. and capacity to the appointee, giviiiK to the
partv '.i power tiioe places -where harmony and
x-igor ofadmlnistratiop requires its jolicy to he pre
sent si, and permiltiHg allothcrs to tie tilled by sole
Tefjrence to the elliciency of the public service and
th right of all citizens to share in the honor of ren
dering faithful service to their cimntry.
- C.'W'e rejoice in the quickened conscience of the
people concerning political allairs.and will hold nil
rmplnr ofllcers to a rigid resjKtnsibility. and engage
itliat the prosecution and punishment of all who
-betray ofticial trusts.shall be speedy, thorough, and
uuspslring. a
"7. Tlie-public sciiool system of the several States
' Is the bulwark of the American Republic, and with
mi x'law to its securltyiind permanence werecommend
, an amendment to the Constitution of the United
tstatei! forhldding theapplicalionof any public fund
r property lor the lienefit of anj schools or instltu--tions
under sectarian control.
8. The re enue necessary for current exjendltiires
and the obligations of the piihlicdebt must bo large
ly derived iron: duties on importations which, so
far as iwisslhle. should lieadiusted to promote the
Inter&sLs of American labor and advance the pros-
" perity for th whole country.
9. Werealllrm our opposition to further grants ol
the public lands to corporators and iinnopoIies.
and demand that tne natl'inal domain be devoted
to free homes of the people.
io. It Is the imperativeduty ofthe government so
to modify existing treaties with Kuropean govern
ments that the same protection shall be allbrded to
the adopted American citltea that is given to tne
native liorii.ntMl that all neoMwtry laws should he
passed to protectlmmlgrants In the absence of pow
vr in the States lor that purpose.
11. It is the immediate duty of Congrecs to fully
' Investigate the elfect of the immigration and im
portaliuii of Mongolians upon the moral and ma-
- terial inlcrestftof the country.
yt. The Itepubllcan jmrty recogifi7.eswith approx
al thejsulistantmladance recently made toward
the estalilisment of equal rights for women by the
. many lmiHirtant amendments elTected by Repub
lican legislation iti the laws which concern the per-
' Bonnl and property relat-lo:is of w ives, mothers,
ivnd -widows, and by the appointment and election
of woman to the superintendence of education,
' charters, and othei1 public trusts. The honest de
mands of this class or citizens for additional rights
j nnd pri ilegex and immunities, should be treated
with respectful consideration.
IX The Constitution confers upon Congress sover
eign power over theTerritorles ol the United States
for their government, and In the exercise of this
power it is the right and the duty or I'ongross to
prohibit and extirpate in the Territories that relic
of barbarism, poiygamy.aud c demand such leg
islation us shall ie ure this end and the supremacy
br American institutions in aH the Territories.
- 14. The pledges uliioli the nation has given to our
t-oldlers and sailors must be fulfilled. Thegrateftil
jeop!e willalwas hold those v1m periled tlieir
lives for the country's preservation in the kindest
remembrance.
; 15. We sincerely deprecate all sectional feeling
and tendencies. We therefore note wPh deep so
licitude Hhat the democratic party counts as its
chief lftpe of success iism the electoriul vote ofthe
unltetl Soutli sectinsl tlmHigh the ellbrt of those
who were recently arrayed, iwalnst the natioti. and
we invoke the earnest attention orihecointry to the
grave truth that a success Wins achieved would re-
ojk-ii sectional strife and imperil national honor
und human rights.
lit. We charge the Democratic party as being the
same in char.,cl-.- und spirit as when it svpathiKed
iv-'th treason : with making Its control ol the House
or Representatives the triumph and thcopportuni
tvof the tuition's foes; with reasserting and ap
plauding In the national capital the sentiments of
unrepenied retiell'.on; with sending Union soldiers
to the rear and promoting Confedenuc soldiers to
the front: wiilideliberatly proposing to repudiate
the plighted faith of the government: with being
cu:illv raise and imlH-'dlcuMu theoversliadowlng
ruds ol justice liv its partisan jnismaiiagemeni and
?rotrulton or inestigaUon; with proving itseir,
ihrotnrlitlie oeriod of its jiscemlciicy in the lower
house or Congress, utterlv incoHietentloadniints
tcr the goveniijeiit. We warn tiio country against
trus'iiii. a purty thus alike unworthy, recreant, and
Incapable.
17. The national administration merits commen
tl.it loir- for its honorable work in the management
of domestic and foreign affairs, and President (iraut
desri es the coiiIhiuihI and hearty gratitude of the
j 'American tHsiple Tor his patriotl.ui and his im
ricnsei rvfees in war and iicice.
- uauAiJW.ntxaig.'j-jiimMi ww..m r ; Tq
H0MEW00D MILLS "
Having lit my employ Mr.
IXXSIMXfcY STXIXXli:!,
ackuowletlgisl ti) be the best miller In tho
Htati. I mil prepared to furnish GOOD
FLOl'Ii In any iuatillty. Kvery sack war
ranted. My Flour Is for salo at all the principal
fetores in Brown viMu.
GEO. HO.MEWOOD.
Hcrirtnu Mill. April 1M. 15.
TILDEN, THE REFORMER.
His Illegal and Fraudulent Shinplas
ter Transaction in Michigan.
From the Chicago Evening Journal.
This record covers a period of elev
en years, from 1853 to 1804. No less
than fifty-eight mining corporations
in tho upper peninsula of Michigan,
in which Tildea was one of the heav
iest stockholders and a legal adviser,
issued and paid off their hands In
scrip of their own manufacture, verit
able shinplasters. This scrip was a
tender for debts contracted for goods
at the stores of (he compa7iies. It was
an ingenious way to compel the work
men to take their pay in trade, and
pay whatever the employers might
ask. Tho whole amount issued was
$100,000,000.
Those scrip mills would be running
yet but that two years ago certain
persons were arrested for counterfeit
ing the scrip. The result was very
different from what the prosecution
intended. The accused waived the
question of fact, and took tho bold po
sition that even if they had counter
feited tho stuff the' had committed
no crime; that the currency itself was
fraudulent and illegal. The defense
made out such an overwhelming case
that the court acquitted tho accused
on the ground that the genuine scrip
itself was illegal and fraudulent.
Some of the stockholders and others
implicated could escape personal cen
suro on tho score of Ignorance, but
Governor Tilden could not. Ho Is a
lawyer, ond must have been perfectly
aware of the fraudulent and Illegal
nature of that scrip. Yet for eleven
years he was a party to Its issuance,
and shared In tho enormous profits of
it.
This is not all. A Marquette cor
respondent, after setting forth these
facts, adds that "at the same time"
(when the counterfeiters wero acquit
ted) rthe revenue officers began to
to demand the internal revenue tax,
and began to take evidence as to the
amount in circulation. The tax was
10 per cent.', and for tho twelve years
Tilden'a share amounted to at least
$10,000,000. But by some secret man
ipulation a bill was smuggled through
congress on the night of March 3, 1S75
remitting this tax except for the last
year."
That was one of the most outrage
ous swindles ever perpetrated. Not
half a dozen members had any idea of
what the bill really was. It bore an
innocent and non-suggestive name.
One might read it all caTefulfy and
still derive no suggestion of its real
scope. The amount of the tax remit
ted is not given or intimated. But
theTJ. S. government officers in Mi
chigan understood the matter, only
they did not get wind of it until after
it was too late to save the tax. When,
however, the chief gainer by the
swindle (for no other one man profit
ed so much by it as did S. J. Tilden)
came to the front as the "reform'' can
didate for the presidency, the facts be
came of general interest. We give
them exactly as they will be proved
in detail to have been.
Tilden and Tweed The Facts.
Albany Evening Journal.
The relations of Mr. Tilden to tho
Tweed-Tammany business may be
very briefly and conclusively indicated
Tho simple statement of decisive
facts in their chronological order set
tles the matter. Mark these poiuts :
1. Mr. Tilden was chairman of the
Democratic State Committee from
1SCG down through 1SG7, GS, 'G9, '70,
and '71, tho very hey-day of Tweed
Tammany thievery, and during all
that time he never, by word or act,
did anj;thing to oppose or check this
rascality. As chairman of the com
mittee he could not bo ignorant of it,
if he was not in actual complicity ;
yet he talscd no arm to stop it.
2. As Chairman of the State Com
mittee he received and acknowledged
the money of Tweed for political pur
poses, when ho knew It was stolen
from the public treasury ; ai.d In 1SGS
his name was associated with that of
Tweed- in the flagitious scheme to
cheat tho people of their rights and
their chosen officers by gigantic frauds
upon the baliot box. He sent out the
famous circular which asked the
Democrats of the interior to telegraph
immediately on the close of the polls
the probable voto in their localities in
order that Tweed might know how
much he would have to count up in
New York to overcome it.
3. Though thus prominent in pub
lic affairs, he did not oppose any of
tho infamous legislative measures of
1S70 and '71, under which the most
stupendous robberies of tho Tweed-
Tammany ring were perpetrated. We
say exactly what we mean. Ho did
oppose the charter, but that was
not the foundation of the robberies at
all. Tho robberies were committed
under the board of audit bill, the tax
levies, and similar measures, and we
challenge the production of a word
from Tilden against any ono of them.
During these 6ame years of 1S70 and
'71, he stood side by side with Tweed
in the State Conventions, and neither
said nor did a bingle thing in opposi
tion to his interests.
4. The great explosion against
Tweed and his confederates occurred
through the publication of the Times'
figures in July, 1S71. Long before
that Tweed's Immense thefts were
known to every intelligentpolitician,
and if Mr. Tilden had been an honest
'reformer' he should then have resist
ed them. But even If there had been
any possibility, of excuse for inaction
before, there certainly was none after
tho Times' exposure. That gave
crushing proof; it fixed the brand of
thievery so that every man could see
It; it sealed tho doom ofthe ring.
From that moment Tweed's over
throw was inevitable. Yet still Mr.
Tilden was silent. He had not lifted
a finger to strike at Tweed, and he did
not even then.
5. The great meeting of tho citizens
of New York against the ring was
held September 4, 1871. It was called
out by the startling exposure of the
ring's collossal roberies. It wa3 Irre
spective of party. It was the meeting
where was appointed the famous com
mittee of seventy which organized the
campaign for tbe overthrow of the
ring. Every prominent citteen of
New York, of either party, who was
allied to the cause of good govern
ment, participated. Mr. Tilden was
asked to take a part in this anti-ring
reform meeting, and ho refused. He
did not yet, In spite of the popular
movement, feel that it was safo to de
clare against Tweed and the ring. In
the State Convention of tho Demo
cratic party, which was held at Ro
chester a month later, Tilden united
In refusing to admit the reform dele
gation, which was opposed to Tweed,
Into the convention, and pursued just
the course that Tweed desired.
G. At last, years after Tweed's ohar
aoter was fully kuown, months after
the overwhelming exposure, weeks
after tho great popular uprising, and
when It was absolutely certain that
Tweed's downfall was sure, Mr. Til
den took a safe position against him
and rendered some service towards
his punishment. Ho was Instrumen
tal in presenting the accounts of tho
Broadway Bank in such a way that
they aided in securing the legal con
viction of the culprit. But this was
not done until tho last of October
long after tho overthrow of Tweed
had been assured.
Such are tho plain, indisputable
facts. They show that Mr. Tilden
was chairman of the State Committeo
during the long period of Tweed's
worst rule; that he co-operated with
him In political work ; that he mado
no opposition to his theiving schemes;
that he did absolutely nothing toward
the overthrow of Tweed ; and that ho
never did aught against him till his
downfall had already been seen. We
give Mr. Tilden all tho credit he de
serves. After Tweed was down, he
did something to punish him, but he
did nothing to put him down.
jlr. Colfax.
The following is an extract from a
brilliant speech recently made by Mr.
Colfax at a Hayes and Wheeler meet
ing at South Bend, Ind. He speaks
tho sentiments of all true Republi
cans :
Mr. Colfax said our opponents had
their mouths filled with sneers about
what they called 'the bloody shirt.'
He did not come here to wave any
bloody shirt at all. His banner, un
der which he marched to the good old
music of the Union that inspired our
soldiers when they put down the
Southern Democratic rebellion, was
the stars and stripes, bloody perhaps
when tho precious blood of brave
boys shot down by the rebel officers
who have been giving us such a revi
val of their old principles at Wash
ington this session. That grand old
banner had been the bloody winding
sheet of many a patriot, dying from
rebel bullets ; and wo can only be
faithful to their lives and deaths, their
sufferings and sacrifices, by remem
bering that the men who murdered
them for their patriotism shall not be
the future cabinet ministers, foreign
ministers, and officers" of the nation
they strove so malignantly to destroy
but a few years ago. But if 'bloody
shirt' meaus punishment of the offen
ses of the rough-riding iCuklux, then
he rejoiced there were none of them
to voto our ticket if it means equal
and exact justice to all under our flag
if it means a demand that all, South
as well as North, should equally obey
every constitutional obligation then
he was in favor of what every way
laying ruffian down South, and every
palliatorof his crimes up North (none
of whom were Republicans), stigma
tizes as the bloody shirt. For the
mission of the Republican party will
not and cannot bo ended until tho
poorest of the poor, the humblest of
the humble, and the blackest of the
black, can sleep in just the same secu
rity, and talk and vote with the same
freedom, in tho South as in the
North ; on the Mississippi and on the
gulf as on tho Hudson and tho lakes ;
until elections are free, and personal
rights as fully protected under our flag
in Louisiana as in South Bend.
Mr. Tilden, you cannot escape res
ponsibilty by saying, with the guilty
Macbeth :
"Thou canst not say I did It ; never shake
Those gory locks at mo !"
for you were at least a passive accom
plice in the great fraudd of last Nov
ember. Your name was used, with
out public protest on your part, in cir
cular sowed broadcast over the State,
whereof the manifest Intent was to
"make assurance doubly eure" that
the frauds here perpetrated should not
be overborne by the honest vote of the
rural districts. And you not merely
by silence, but by positive assumption
have covered up those frauds with the
mantle of your respectabilty. On the
principle that "the receiver is as bad
as the thief" you are as deeply
implicated in them to-day as though
your name were Tweed, O'Brien, or
Oakey Hall. Greeley to Tilden in
18G9.
It is only seven years 6lnce thi3
.charge, the most serious that cau bo
mado against a citizen namely : the
charge of stealing tho ballotB of other
oitizens was preferred against Samu
el J. Tilden by Horace Greely. More
over, the oharge was sustained bjr very
strong oircumstautial evidence: (1)
by the fact of Tilden'a close Intimacy
with Tweed ; (2) by tho fact of the
sending by Tilden a circular letter to
prominent Democrats throughout the
State requesting them to report to
Tweed the faots necessary to enable
him (Tweed) to commit tho crime of
ballot box stuffing intelligently and,
the charge has never been denied.
But "what are you .going to do about
it?" says a Democrat; "Tilden is a
reformer and, we are going to run him
as a reformer." We reply, wo are go
ing to hold up to the American peo
ple the record of Mr. Tilden. We are
going to show that he has been a ma
chine politician all his life, and not
only a machine politician, but a Dem
ocratic machine politician of the worst
type. We are going to show that Mr.
Samuel J. Tilden is a worse man than
Wm. M. Tweed ; that he is the worst
man In the Democratio party, and
therefore that he is its fittest leader.
Intei--Ocean.
Tildou's defeat this year will
make Greeley's quite respectable.
The nomination of Tilden was tho
defeat of Democracy. All that can bo
done now is to save the pieces, eleot
as mauy Democrats as possible to
minor positions.
Previous to the St. Louis conven
tion we repeatedly said that wo would
not support Tilden. We begged of
the Democrats not to be lured to death
by his money. We know thoshallow
uess of his principle as a reformer,
and implored men not to sacrifice the
Democratic party at the bid of New
York gamblers.
If Tilden has any friends he had
better send a few into Ohio and
Indiana thia.fail to remind Democrats
of the way he served Allen last year,
and to see if he really was running in
those states.
In 1880 New York will present the
name of Hon. John Morrissey for
president and Dublin Tricks for vice
president on the Democratic ticket.
Mr. Morrissey stands high as a refor
mer. After he has had one fair pull at
a mai at any one of the gambling
tables, the man he tackles is so re
formed that one pair of socks lasts
him from three to four months.
Ohio and Indiana will In October
commence cutting down that New
York ring so it can bo worn on tho lit
tle behind hand.
Samuel Tilden is Bixty-fivo years
old, a millionaire, and a man who
was never accused oT being honest
till lightning struck tho Tweed ring,
cut down tho biggest thieves and let
the others escape.
We prefer a legitimate rag baby to
the tail of T-weed'a liedragirloialJito, or
an old bachelor in whose soul is not
enough humanity to warm his clam
my hand. Pomcroy's Democrat.
Written for The Advertiser.
Song for The Scalpers.
Once more, brave boys, your country calls,
Bring out the Coats of blue,
Unsheath tho sword so long nt rest,
March ok the rebel crew.
A corporal's guard nt AVashlngton
Are planned for a grand attack;
But buckle your armor on boys,
And drive- the vandals back.
Knott mil or valo in all the land
But quakes nt the bugle call ;
Loud and long let the echo roll
tfill traitors tremble, all.
they've made wise choice In a leader,
New York's degenerate son,
Who cried "Give rebels quarter"
E'er the fight was well begun.
And "let the wayward sisters go"
To crush tho black man still ;
Wouldn't he do the game to-day.
Give him his own feer will?
Do not forget the blue coats, boys
They're hallowed with many tears ;
And the fight '11 bo just tho same ono
You fought in other years.
Pull many ft sleeve goes armless
Into tho fight to-day;
O'er soil made sacred by your blood
Keop bravely on tho way.
"Fight It out on the same old lino,
Should it take the summer days,"
Gain the White IIouso In November,
Threo cheers for General Hayes.
Mits. JUrk Twain.
THE AVAILABLE SKILLET.
A Sketch of "Western Life.
In the winter of 1S1-, business led
me to journey in north-western Mis
souri, then a very sparsely settled
frontier country. Taverns there were
none; and there substitutes, 'stands,'
In the phrase of the couutry, poor and
far between. I urged my weary horse
forward, over the broad prairio, cov
ered with mud and snow, during sev
eral tedious hours, heading towards a
distant grove, and musing all tho
time. The timber once reached, I
may find a lodging place for the
night, thought I. I soon did reach
the grove, and in it found a single log
cabin, surrounded by a low fence of
rails, worm-laid. The cabin was ten
anted by n young married woman and
her two children. Her husband was
away from homo.
As I rode up to the door the woman
came unhesitatingly forward, and to
my inquiry, 'Can I be accommodated
for the night?' answered : 'I recon so.
We never turn anybody away, wheth
er friends or foes ; they are all made
comfortable at our houso. The strange
traveller would find oold lodKincr on
this road, if we didn't keep him it's
so far between stands. He is gone
forty miles to mill, but will be home
to-morrow. I will do my best, so you
may as well come in.'
I thanked the kind hearted lady,
and accepted the invitation.
Truth prompts mo to a'ay, that, not
withstanding the settlers were then
very poor, and very illiterate, and pos
sessed of only a few comforts, or even
conveniences, a more open-hearted,
generously disposed, and les3 suspect
ing people, Inever found. To me,
yankee educated, Buch a welcome to
the.fireside of private families, as was
everywhere given to a perfect stran
ger, was unaccountable.
This, woman, to the eye, was rather
attractive for the country ; and, by her
mien, showed that she was, or felt
herself to be, one of tho "upper ten
thousand" a fact I soon found cor
roborated. Her husband was a candi
date for sheriff.
The rude log pen was the whole
house parlor, bedroom, kitohed, pah
try, all in ono. Having asked for
supper, I took my seat at a respeota
ble distance from the fire, with my
attention to the cooking operations,
and very curious to see how a place of
so little promise, 'could make mo
oomfortable,'
The first motion towards my supper
was the lady's bringing forth nskillet,
which was good enough of its kind.
Into this Bkillet a handful of cofleo
waaj put; and the parching, brown
ing and smoking operation was com
menced. The skillet being placed in
the blaze of the fire, the process was
soon over J and, if the coffee failed in
being well parched, the deficiency
was made up it was well smoked.
Tho vessel Was now duly well cleans
ed, filled with water, and placed over
tho fire to boil, while my hostess
briskly ground the coffee. Soon the
boiling water from the skillet was
poured -upon the floured coffee, and
the skillet set to boil upon the coals.
By this time ray curiosity had become
excited by the double and singular
use of the skillet; and I watched with
increased interest. Next the Bkillet
was turned into an oven, and three
bullet-shaped dodgers (loaves) set a
baking. My hostess then took a seat
to entertain me by her conversation.
On my remarking upon her few con
veniences, she answered :
'Yes, stranger, that's all truth ; but
we do now so much better than when
we first came hero it seems, really,
quite like living. Then we pounded
our corn In a hollow stump, and baked
our bread on a chip, but some folks
like Johnnycake the best; but when
he brought mo this here new skillet
from Fort Osage, I felt mj' fortune
was made; because I could now have
such good bread, and could almost use
the skillet for a thousand other things
beside baking. Yes, stranger, you
may think it queer, but when ho got
me this skillet, I was gladder than if
ho had brought me the best black silk
gown in St. Loul3 and I told-him so ;
for it does me moro good than fifty
dresses could."
X bsoviijcoJ to all my hoatesa 'said ;
but, after all, It was a tedious hour,
this waiting for the bread to bako,
while all other supper operations were
suspended. My hostess, after giving
the dodgers threo successive thump
ings, pronounced them baked, to my
very groat satisfaction, as the boiling
coffee, sending off its fumes, was
cause sufficient for a hungry traveller
to be somewhat impatient. But, as
all thiugs must come to an end, so the
baking did ; and my hopes revived as
I saw the skillet receiving a thorough
fresh ablution. Large slices of bacon
were now placed in the skillet, and
tho frying process commenced in good
earnest; which, over a hot fire, was
soon ended, and my supper pro
nounced ready by the lady.
Never did hungry Spartan come to
his dish of soup with keener relish.
Fatigue and waiting had given me
true Spartan reasoning ; and I gave
good evideuco of tho skill of the cook,
if partaking largely of each of the
three component parts of my supper
(coffee, bread and bacon) could prove
It; each was good of its kind. My
hostess entertained me, while eating,
with panther stories, tales of the In
dians, and with instauoes of western
female heroism ; none of which I will
repeat on this occasion.
Again seated by the fire after sup
per, the skillet, already become noto
rious, continued to attract my atten
tion. Water was heated, and the
dishes were washed In it. And again
water was warmed, and the children
washed in it face, hands and feet.
Water Was again warmed, and my
hostess thoroughly washed her own
feet in the same vessel ; and all with
out apology !
Upon retiring to rest, I took tho
precaution to look under the bed, to
ascertain what the provisions were for
it sudden emergency, and the first
thing that my e3'es fell upon was Mai
identical skillet !
Next mornfng, as you may well
imagine, I rode away before break
fast. His Idea of Kansas.
A Nashvil le negro get hold of a rural
Sambo on the streets yesterday, aud
thus attempted to stuff him full of
Kansas:
'Look a hyar, nigger, did you ebber
think ob de Ian' ob Kansas?'
'Lor' no brudder,' responded Sam
bo, in a loud gruffaw.
'Well, do Ian' ob Kansas similates
the Ian' ob Canaan. Did you ebber
hear ob de Ian ob Canaan ? Eh ?'
"Der Lor' bles3 you, ob course I
hab ; what's use asking me dat foolish
question ?'
'Well, I jist 'scribe it to you. In de
Ian' ob Canaan dar was milk' and hon
ey.' 'Yea, sah.'
In de Ian' ob Kansas dar am de oil
mines.'
Yes, sah. '
'An' whar dey's" got do oil infnes,
dar am de coal mines.'
'Yes, sah.'
An whar doy'd got do oil mines an'
de coal mines, dar am do silver
mines.'
'Yes, sah.'
'An' whar dey's got do oil mines,
an' de coal mines, an' de silver mines,
I be d n if dey ain't cot do cole
mines.'
'Yes, sah ; I golly?"
An whar dey-'sgot de oil mines,
an1 de coal mines,Aan de silver mines,
an'do golo mines, you and your wife,
and your mudder-Jn-lawcan go an' bo
big rioh folks."
'Go way, nigger, datB layih' me on
de grids, wid a hot lire under dem. I
mus' go home an1 tell de old woman,
an' if I kin stuff dat oil mine, an' dat
coal mine, an' dat silver mine, an' dat
gole miue, (oh, golly I) down do ole
woman throat, I takes astraightshute
to de lau ob Kansas.' Nashville
American
nm SIOUX.
What tho "iVord Slcans Ilow They
Paint Themselves for Battle
A reporter of the Globe-Democrat,
the other evening, met J. D. Keller, a
gentlemen who resides at 1,922 Mor
gan street, who possesses a great deal
of interesting information about tho
Sioux. Mr. Keller was, from 1SG8 to
1873, clerk of the Agent at Standing
Rock, and had ample opportunities to
get acquainted with this tribe of
blood-thirsty savages. In fact, he
lived among them so long that he
learned to speak their language "like
a native," and was a great favorite
of tho big chiefs who came to the
Agenoy. They called him "Minne
hua Ochila," (the Writiug Boy.)
THE WORD SIOUX
means "cut-throat." According to
Mr. Keller's statement, tho various
bands of the Sioux number from 35,
000 to 45,000, and aro divided into tho
following tribes: Unkakapa, Black
Feet, San Arcs, Two Kettles, Upper
Yanktonlas, Lower Yauktonias, San
te Sioux, Burgkleys, Mini Conjoux,
and Galkas. Part of these live east
and part west of tho Missouri River.
TATOXKA OTAHKA
(Sitting Bull,) who led the savages In
the fight against Custer, belongs to
the Unkakapas, (dried beef-eater3.)
Mr. Keller knows him well, and des
cribes him beabout five feet in height.
He has a largo head, eyes and nose,
high cheek bones ; one of his legs is
shorter than tho other, from a gun
shot wound in the left knee. His
countenance is of extremely savage
type, betraying that blood thirstiueaa
and brutality for which he has been
eo long notorious. He has tho name
of being one of tho the most success
ful scalpers in tho Indian country.
There has been a standing reward of
$1,000 offered for his head for the last
eight years, by tho Montana people
who have special cause to know his fe
rocious nature. Some of his worst
deeds have been perpetrated in that
Territory. The Sioux, when
ON THE WAIt PATH,
black their faces from the eyes down,
the forehead being colored alight red.
When in mourning, and very anx
ious to revenge the death of friends or
relations, they cut their hair short,
and daub their faces with whito earth.
Their feats of horsemanship are won
derful. They consider the greatest
act of valor to bo the striking of their
enemy with some hand instrument
when alive, and whether alive or
dead, it is the first ono that strikes
the fallen foe that "counts the coup,"
and not the one thut shoots him.
They do not ahvays scalp. Their db
ject in scalping is to furnish a proof
of their deed, and to give them to
their women to dance over.
They always attack in a sweeping,
circling line, eagle-like, give a volley,
pas3 on, circle, aud return in a differ
ent angle. When they kill ono of
tho euemy, there is always a rush to
get the first Crack at him, so as to
"count the coup,' and then some In
dian who was disappointed in getting
a cut at the victim while alivo, scalps
him. The Sioux
ALWAYS CAMP
with tepees (lodges) in a clrcle.making,
as it were, a stockade, and when on
dangerous ground, they picket their
ponies in the centre. Mr. Keller Is
familiar with the ground where tho
disastrous engagement of Custer oc
cured. Concerning this he said:
"My idea is that the Indians had no
women or chldren in their lodges, and
had parapets dug under tho lodges,
out of sight. CuBter thinking it was,
but a family camp, rushed into the
centre of their fort, where resistanco
would necessarily prove fatal. His
only means of escape, after finding
himself in this fix, was to run right
through and out, aud not stop to
fight, but join Reno's command and
retreat."
T"nE TREATY.
Gens. Harney, Terry, Sherman, and
San Auburn, constituted the milita
ry Commission, who, in 18GS, formed
a treaty with the Sioux at Fort Rice,
Dakota Territory. According to the
term3 of the treaty, the Sioux were to
have all the country extending from
the Running Water north to fifteen
mile3" above the Heart river, east of
tho Missouri river, Including that
country known as the Black Hills
Tho treaty also called for an annuity
of provisions, clothing, agricultural
implements, and eraplo3ers known as
boss trainers, to teach such as would
consent to come down and live at the
agencies tho mode of earning a live-
hood'liko their white brothers (wase-
cb'i.)' Those that remained on tho rea;
ervation, refusing to come to the
Agencies, were allowed is. small an
nuity if they abstained from killing
whites.
AFTER THE TREATY
had been made, the Indians gradual
ly canio into tho different Agencies.
There they spent the winters, going in
the spring Into tho Yellowstoue coun
try for their summer hunt and to fight
the CroWs. For a considerable length
of time the treaty was faithfully kept
on both sides. Occasionally a small
party of young bucks would kill a
wood-chopper or a stray soldier, but
this wa3 rare. Sitting Bull, with
about thirty-eight lodges (i. e. fami
lies, there being an average of seven
to the lodge,) was the only person
who refused to eat "white man's
grub." They lived in the Yellow
stone country, Went Into Fort Peck
and tho Mussle Shell to trade, and
made a general war on tho citizens
and soldiers who chanced to cross
their paths. St. Louis Globe-Demo-crai.
STUDIES AMONG THE SIOUX.
How the Happy Indian Girl is Made
Love to Etc.
Dakota!! Correspondence Evansvill (Ind.) Courier.
They have a keen sense of tho ri
dioulous, particularly tho women, and
somewhat of humor. I think it was
Running Antelope who said that when
he first heard of it ho was much sur
prised that tho white men killed their
Savior, but now that he knew them
better, he had changed his mind. I
recollect once, when a friend and my
self wero standing too near a circle
where they were having a squaw
dance, two hags whose heads wero
silvered by well nigh a century,
threw their arms around our neokB,
and drawing us into the circle, com
pelled us to join in their gyrations,
much to the hilarity of the rest. But
of all objects of study tho women aro
the greatest, from tho prettiest, good
natured young girls of seventeen to
the toothless old hags, who, in this
very tribe, havo been know to come
on the battle-field after tho fighting
to kill the wounded. Much righteous
indignation has been expressed by
American writers with regard to tho
servile labor which is required of tho
Women among tho Indian tribe3, and
this criticism is but to bo expected
from a people whoso habits of pam
pering their women exhibits itself in
the absurd etiquette which require
that a gentleman must offer to carry a
parcel for a lady, if it be but an' ounce
weight, and is now resulting in the
cry of 'women's rights.'
But theso Indian girls aro tho hap
piest B6t I have ever seen, and if the
old women are bent from being hew
ers of wood and carriers of wator, the
men do their part in hunting and
fighting. The girls are at once both
modest and bold. They will stand
and gaze into your windows for a
quarter of an hour at a time, but hav
ing onco ventured to hint to one of
them that her ways wero most win
ning, the poor ohild was so overcome
that she ran away hid her face in
robe, and refused to be comforted.
The manner of love-making among
them isstrange. When afflicted Vith
cupid's dart the young men go about
wearing their blankets in such a man
ner as to cover up all the head except
the eyes, and, having spied the object
of their affection, they slip up behind
her quickly, throw tho blanket
over her head also, and, holding her
tightly around tho waist, compel her
to listen to the soft accents of love-.
In case of a popular belle, they will
sometimes range" themselves in a line
at the door of her wigwam, and when
sho comes out pass her from one to the
other as she in turn disburdens her
surcharged heart. They havo been
known to keep a girl this way all day
long.
Lastly, tho language of tho Indian
is well known to bo picturesque, and
no ono can appreciate the grace of
their oratory without having seen it,
and even in ordinary conversation
their gestures are profuse. It Is tho
very poetry of their language that
makes it sound poetic; thus, for 'the
Ehipsails,' having neither tho word
'ship' nor 'sails,' they say, 'tho wind
makes the boat run on the water,'
thus bringing In two of the natural
elements in that one sentence. It is
noticeable that when we sometimes
express age by so many summers,
they alwayB eay winters, and when
we 6ay 'so many days since,' they eay
'so many nights of sleep.'
A Hartford bricklayer let fall a brick
from a fourth story upon tho shoul
ders of a man passing beneath. The
man paused for a moment, and then,
with a voice trembling with emotion,
shouted : 'Hi ! you dropped a brick !'
The bricklayer, "vho was looking over
the edge of tho scaffold to see if tbe
brick was damaged, cheerfully ans
wered : 'All right ; you needn't mind
bringing it up.
Condemn no man for not thinking
a3 you think. Let every one enjoy
the full aud free liberty of thinking
for himself. Abhor every approach,
in any kind of degree, to the spirit of
persecution. If you cannot reason or
persuade a man into the truth, never
attempt to force him into it. John
Wesley.
'Sooch a leetle man (117 lbs.) as
Zammy Teelden for President!' ex
claimed Dom Pedro, bringing a mag
nifying glass to bear on the little fel
low.' 'Zome day he falls in'ze rat h'ole
and gets lost.'
OFFICIAL PAPEK OF THE COUNTY'
Sheep and Sheep Husbandry.
Extract from a paper read at a meet
ing of tho Vermont Board of Agricul
ture, by A. E. Perkins, of Pomfret, Vr.
juy suDjeot on this occasion is Sheep,
anti Sheep Husbandry. I deeply feel
my Inability to do justice to my sub-,
jebl on this occasion, for tho 6heep la
one ofthe most useful and meritorious
bf our domestic animals, though hum
ble I hey may be. I have time to give
but a mere outline of tho merits of tho
families of sheep, ami some of tho es
sential and loo much neglected poiuts
In sheep husbandry.
According to the most reliable auth
ority I can obtain, tho present number
of sheep in the United States is abouC
37,000,000, yielding an annual clip of,
150,000,000, pounds. Tho number of
sheep slaughtered for mutton yearly
is about 7,000,00"0.
This is not a large exhibit for a coun
try of tho size and population of tho
United States. Brazil has in number
70,000,000. The total number of sheop
in the British Island is 34,500,00f).
England is the greatest sheep coun
try in tho world in proportion to its
cultivated land. The Spanish proveb,
which is, "Tho hoof of the sheep la
gold," Is true with tho British, for
they receive annually from their sheep
tho Bum of $150,000,000.
Ague. A new euro for ag'uo, which,
originated "out West." It is simply
to crawl down stairs head foremost..
"Laugh at tho idea if you please,"
remarks the inventor of this novol re
medy, "but do your crawling first,'
you can then afford to laugh." Just
as the chill is coming on, start at tlm
top of a long flight of stairs, and crawl
down on your hands and feet, head, -fdremost.
You hover did harder work
in your life, and when you arrivo at
the bottom, instead of shaking you
will find yourself puffing, red in tho
face, and perspiring freely from tho
strong exertions mado by tho effort to
support yourself. Try it. It won't
cost you near as much as quinino or
patient medicines, and if it fails it
Will only do what they do every day."
How Indian Names Originate'
The Sioux Indians name their pap
ooses after events transpiring at thor.
time of their birth. As illustrative of
this peculiar trait, Red Cloud is
known to havo taken that namo from
the fact that tho western sky was
overspread with red clouds at tho mo
ment of his birth, whilo the bringing
in of a captive horeo with a spotted tail
gave tho now great chief the singu
lar cognomen of Spotted Tail. Sitting
Bull received tho name because a buf
falo bull was, by a lucky shot, throwu.
upon its haunches, in plain sight of
his mother's tepee at the natal hour,'
whilo the covortings of a fractious po
ny furnished a name fur the redoubt
able Crazy Horso. o
o &
1
Cholera Remedy. Tho hot season
revives the necessity of having at
hand a good cholera mixure, and nono
has been proved moro effective than
the one published years ago. This,
consists of equal parts of tincture of
opium, red pepper, rhubarb, peppor-
mintt aud camphor. It is a remedy for
summer complaint, diarrhoea, cramps
In tho bowels, and similar ailm
entSj and affords almost Instant relief.
The dose is from three to ten drops
for a child, according to age, and ten
to thirty drops for an adult, according
tojthe severity of tho attack.
It is rt3 easy to build a siack of wheat
as to load a wagon. While building"
tho but of the stack, the heart must be
kept full. When you begin to take it,
in, keep it fuller so that the stack will
never tako rain. If the heart Is, not
kept full it is very easy to build a
stack that looks well, but it will nob
save. I have built hundreds of stacks,
and nevor had one to spoil, while
some of my neighbors who have mucli
nicer looking stacks, alwajs have
moro or less spoiled wheat.
To make Graham bread, at nighty
mix about three quarts of white flour,
with equal parts of milk and water
and a teacupful of bakers' yeast. In
the morning stir in with a wooden
spoon onough Graham flour to mako
it of the consistency of very thick' bat
ter or eoft dough. Leave it in the pan
to rise again until night; then put in
to tins and bake as white bread. This
is not a molasses or soda counterfeit
for Graham bread, buta truehealthy"
palatable bread.
Dampness. For damp closets and
cuboards which generate mildew, a
triiyful of quick-lime will be found to
absorb moisture and render tbe air
pure, but of course it i3 necces'ary to
renew the lime from time to time, as.
it becomes fully slacked. The last,
remedy will be found U3eful In safe3 and
strong-rooms, the damp air of which'
acts frequently most injuriously on
the valuable deeds and documents
which they contain.
The best liniment for cuts, palls,
poll evil, fistula, or any other of tho
external diseases that animals are lia-
bio to, is made by dissolving one ounce
of pulverized corrodivo sublimate and
one ounce of gum camphor in one pint
of spirits of turpentine, put in a strong
bottle. Apply with a swab.
... -
Mary,' said a mother to a little girl,
'if I was a little girl liko.you, Ian'onld'
pick up all those chips.' 'Weil, mam-
ma' answered Mary, 'aren't'ybu'glao
you are not a little girl V'
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