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te". A lArge OSeortirieiit o Clocks, -herUliltiariero for !Llrehe3, I'aterit AccoiAmodaticn Spectacles. Repairing dene cn short notice and all wcrkwarranted. Call and examine for yourselves.
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AU advertlslMK bills due quarterly.
Transient tulvertlmimonU must b rJ4 Txt i
advance.
Otft CfDr Main sod Second 6tret
Second Story.
OFFICIAL
PAPER
COUNTY,
OF CASS
j. A. MACMtJRf HY, feditof:
ll?lft$EVErUNCE CONQUERS."
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One copy, six months 1.00
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Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Thursday, July 17, 1873.
Volume 9.
Number 16.
Kxtra (VrminrTHK HriiALo for;tf by ft
J. .Strelht. lit the 1'osl oniw, and O. F. Julia
son, corner of Main mid Fifth SUt.
H1EKAJLID)
ATTORNEYS.
CAJH. M. CHAl'MAN Attorney at Law and
K-' Solicitor in Chancrv, Flattsmouth, Neb.
Oflice In Fitzgerald's Block. .
"f B. KEESE, Attorney at Iaw. Ofnre oil
JT Main Street, over Chapman's Drug Store,
ppeclal attention given to Collection of Claims.
D. H. WHEELKR,
J. W. STiycHCOMB.
Wheeler A Sllnclicomb,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, A
O-ly Flattsmouth. Nfcbrajika.
f ARQUETT, 8MFI II & STAItBIRD, Attor
nya at Law. Practice in all the court of
the State. . Sperlal attention given to collections
and matters of Probate
Office over the Post Office. n.itUmouth, Xcb.
nirsiciAxs.
KR. LIVINGSTOV.rnysieiari and Surgeon,
Tenders his professional services to the
fcltlzens of Cass conntv. Kesldenc. outhejit
porner ct Oak and Sixth streets ; ofilce on Main
etreet. one door west of Lyman's Lumber Yard,
nalLsmouth, Nebraska.
J W. RAWLVXS.-Surgeon and rhyslcian.
Late Sunjeon-in-C hiff of the Army of the
?otomac. I'lattsmouth. Nebraska. Office atO.
. Johnson's Lrun Store, Main street.
INSURANCE.
-trrilEELEK s BENNETT Keal Estate nod
' Taxpaying Agents. Notaries Fublic. Fire
knd Life Insurance Agents, I'lattsmouth, Neb.
1HKLPS PAINE Jen eral Insurance Ak'eht,
ltepreseiits some of the most rel'iiMe t.om.
p&nles in the In lied btats. Jan7-wtf
ilOTEI.
BROOKS HOUSE,
JOHN FITZGERALD. Proprietor.
Main Street, between Fifth & Sixth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IMattMmoutli 31 ill.
GHEISF.L. Proprietor, nave recently been
repaired and placed In thorough running
fTtder. lOO.eoo l'ishi-ls of Wheat wanted Imme
diately tor wbicli the highest market price will
ke paid. ,
At:ilrarlM or Tlllo.
rrnns NUMERICAL SYSTEM The best la use
A. jror descriilive circuiars. address.
ACHES, ULACKMAK & CO..
Burlington, Iowa.
UREENLIOUSE AND
PLANTS.
BEDDING
Time und money saved by ordering of me. I
h&T the largest nd best collection of l'!a:its
rver offered for s;Ue In the West. Catalogue
free. Sweet l'otaio. Cabbairo. Toiuut, atid oth
er Flants for snle In their s-:isoit.
Aduress W. J. IlESSEl PlatLsmouth, Neb.
FINE ART GALLERY.
fWPliotographs. Ambrotype nid eoplos
from old pictures, pain or colored, either lu ink
water or oil. Ail -Tk ne:Kly executed and war-nate-3
tu gtve bftV.sfaction.
10- tf
. . ir.' fj ii. .vu i.t.
W;Ua bt-, Fliitl-smouth, Keb.
NEW DRUG STORE.
t. l. Hotter,
b3ALER IN DUrOS. MEDICINES. PAINTS,
OILS. VAKVISFI. PEUEUMEiiY,
flTATIONEKY, NOTIONS,
C1UARS ANJ TO
BACCO. tU.
It. GOLDING
Dealer in
CLOTirrsn, FCRNisniNO noons, hats,
CAPS, BOOTS. SilOKS. TKl NKS,
-VALISES. CARPET BAOS,
ic, &c. &c. &c.
Or of the oldest and most Rellabl Houses
la ilattsnioutb. M:iiu street, between Pourlh
auJ filth.
t9BEMF.MBER THE PLACE.
IV8-tf.
N3Y XT Y LEX.
E. L. ktSl EB,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
lo receipt of the finest and
BEST ASSORTMENT
CASSLMEEKS, CI-OTHS. VESTINT.S. SCOTCH
UOOIiS, IRISH FRIKSES, &c.
In fact, the largest and best assortment of
Cloths ever brought to this city, which I am
prepared to make up in the Latest Styles. Cail
and examine (ioods. aprilis.
Mrs- A. D. Whilcomb,
PRESS AND CLOAfc XAKEE.
Rooms three doors west of Brooks iIou.se.
CUTTING AND FITTING
Mad a specialty.
j I'at terns of all kinds constantly on hand
26-ly.
J. W. SHANNON'S
FEED, SALE, & LIVERY STABLE.
Main street, riutttmouth, Jeb.
f am prepared to accommodate the public
with
tlorsos, Carriartci.
Buggies, Wagons.
and a No. 1 Hearse.
On short notice and reasonable terms. A
flack will nm to the steamhoat landing. Depot
and all parts of the city when desired.
Janttf.
NeW Lumber Yard.
Havinz opened a Lumber Yard at Louisville
( will keepton hand all kinds of
Lumber, i'tthf
Dfwr r.lii,.la
&C, &(?., &C, &.C.
W I will also deal In all kinds of firain, for
which I will pay the highest market price.
K. NO YES.
Louisville. - Nebraskai
Blacksmith Shop.
CIIAS. . TIFFAXY,
MT. PLEASANT, NEB.
Bejrs leave to inform the farmers of
Cass County that he keeps a good No. 1
BLACKSMITH SHOP
one mile north of ML Pleasant:
All kinds of Iron "Work attended to.
Wagons repaired, Farm implements
Carefully mended. Lowest prices, arid
all work done on short notice,
Grain received in paymenL Give
tffe trial. Qha N Tiffaxt;
Official Directory.
CONGRESSIONA L.
T. W. Tlplon. Brownville. .
P. W. Hitchcock, Omaha..
L. Crouuse, Ft. Calhoun...
.XT. S. Senator.
.:.'. U. S. Senator.
. . . Representative.
EXECUTIVE.
It. W. Furnas, Brownville Governor.
J. J. Gosner. Lincoln Sec'y of State.
J. B. Weston. Beatrice Auditor.
H. A. Krenfg, Columbus...... Treasurer.
.1. R. Webster. Crete Att'v lien.
J. M. McKenzie, Liucoln...Sup't Pub. Instruc'ii.
JUDICIARY,
Geo. B. Iake. Omaha Chief Justice,
Daniel Gantt. Nebraska City, 1 nr!at JMt"B
Samuel Maxwell, Platts'th, f Associate J Usfs.
rLATTS M O UTTL
R. R. Livingston ". .......Mayor.
Phelps Paine City Clerk.
Wm. Winterstetn. .. ...... ..... ..City Treasurer.
J. W. Haines Police Judge.
Miles Morgan. Marshal.
D. N. Johnson ; . . .'.Street Commissioner.
ALDERMAN.
First Waiid. J. Fitzgerald, II. s. Newman.
Skcoxd Ward. J. Wavinan, C. Nichols.
Third Wari'. 11. C. Gushing, Thos. Pollock.
Pot'iiTU Ward. R. Vivian, L. F. Johnson.
CASS COCNTY.
H. F. Ellison
Daiil McKinnon. .
V. L. llobbs
L. W. Wise
Jacob Vallery. I
T. Clarke. V . .
Lyman James, )
J.' W. 'iliomas
Probate Judge.
County Clerk.
Treasurer.
...Sup't Pub. Instruct'u.
.County Commissioners.
Coroner.
Churches.
BAPTIST On the comer of Main and Ninth,
Rev. T. J. Arnold, pastor. Residence on Main
between loth and lltn. Services every Sabbath
at 11 a. m. and 7 p. ni. Sabbath school at'.S a.m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening.
CHRISTIAN Service In Congregation Church
at 11 a. m. and 6 : .'to p. n. Comer of I-ociist
and sth streets. Cordial invitation extended to
all classes to attend.
EPISCOPAL forner Vine and Third streets.
Kev. A. R. Graves. Services every Sunday at
11 : 30 a. in. and 7 p. ni. Sunday school at 3 p. m.
CATHOLIC North side of Public Square. Rev.
Father Bobal. First Mass every abbathat
8-.TU a. r.i.tSccMid Mass and sennon at lo-yo,
Vetipers aid Benediction at 3-30 p. in. Mass at
8 a. in. every week day.
THIRST PRESBYTERIAN North side of Main
A street, west of nth. Rev. W. T. B;irtle ; Ser
vices every Sabbath at 11 a. in. and 0-30 p. in.
Sabbath School t 9-: a. m. 4'rayer meeting
every Wednesday eTBning at 8 D'clo'k.
M
ETHODIST El'ISCOPAL West side of 6th
street south of Main
, and 7 p. i:
lhisj. Cl:t
Praver meeting everv- Thursday evening. Class
meetings eery Monday evening svud immedi
ate! v after close of Sabbath ltioming services.
babbatb School at 2-oO.
CONTAG den 24 September hat die Dentsche
Ev. l.nth. ;ern-iiitls in ihreni Schulhaus vor
mittatrs uui 11 I'lir Gotteodienst. L'eberbaupt
fliidet dersclbe von Jett an reirf'liiiacssig alle 11
T;igestatt. Minister. Rev. L. Hannaw:Ud..
habbath s-hiHl at 1 p. in.. Prof. d'Ailemand,
Superintendent.
Lodges.
J" O. O. F. Regular meetings of Platto Ixde
No. 7, 1. O. O. F. every Thursdav evening at
Odd Fellows' Hull. Tnuudebt Bnthers are cor
dially Invited to visit.
A. d'ALLEMAND, N. G.
M. H. Hathaway, S;c.
T O. O. F. Pitt.iouth Encampment No.
3. Regular Convocations the 2d slid 4th
Friday's of each month at Odd Fellows' Hall
comer 3d and Main streets. Transient Patri
archs cordially invited to visit.
H. NEWMAN. C. P.
E. E. Cunningham, Scribe.
ASONIC Pl-ATTSMOITH lODC.K NO. P. A.
F. A. M. Regular meetincs at their Hall
on the first and third Monday evenings of each
month. Transient brethren invited to visit.
R. R. LIVINGSTON, W. M.
A. d'AlXKMAND. Sec.
AT ACOY ULGE No. 22. A. F. & A. M. Eegn--Tl
lar meetings at Macov Hall, first and third
Fridays J. N. WISE, W. M.
J. M. BfCARDSLEY, SCO.
VEBitASKA CHA1TER No 5. R. A. M. Reg
lilar Convocations second and fourth Tues
day evenings of each month nt 7'- o'clock p. in.
.It. R. LIVINGSTON, II. P.
H. Nhwmax, Sec.
T O. G. T. OLIVE BRANCH. No. 2. II. Elll-
son. M. W. C. T.. C. W. King. W. Sec. T.
W. Shrj-o'k. Ijdge Deputy, meets at Clark &
l'liinimcr s Hall every lucsday evening. Trav
elling Templars respectfully invited.
rpi'KN VEREIN. The Turner Society meets at
-1- Timers' Hall in Guthmau's Hhnk. on the
first and third Wednesdavs of ea-h month.
Weekbaugh : Treasurer J us. Rein-
haekl ; First Tuniwart Wm. Hosier ; Sec
ond Turuwurt Geo. Uarger ; Warden .John
Er'.iart.
Purissima et Optima.
I 1 U M WM t I V
This unrivalled Medicine is warranted not tt
contain a singb particle of Mercury, or any in
jurious mineral substance, but Is
ITRELY YEGATABLE.
For forty years it has proved its great value
In all diseases of the Liver. Bowels and Kidneys
Thousands of the good ami great in all parts of
the country vouch for its wonderful and peculiar
iM)wer tn purifying the blood, stimulating the
torpid liver and Imrt els. and imparting new life
Mid vigor to the whole svstem. Simmons' Liv
er Regulator is acknowledged to have no equal
LIVER MEDICINE,
It contains four medical elements, never unit
ed in the same happy prowrtion In any other
f 'reparation, viz ; a g-ntle Cathartic, a wonder
ul Tonic, an un-exeeptionab'.e Alterative and a
certain Corrective of ;ill impurities of the bKiy.
Such signal success has attended its use, that It
Is now regarded as the
GREAT UNFAILING SPECIFIC,
for Liver Complaint and the painful offspring
thereof. to-wit ; Dyspepsia. Conslipai ion.
Depression of Spirits, Sour Stomach; Heart
Bum. &c. &c.
Regulate the Liver and prevent
CHILLS AND FEVER.
Prepared only by J. II. ZEILIX & CO.
Druggists, Macon. Ga.
Send for a Circular 1 and :!! Arch street,
rrice Si. by mail 1.5 f Philadelphia Pa.
For Sale by
Jan4-wly
J. H. Buttery,
PlatLsmouth, Neb.
MONEY SAVED
BY
Buying Your Greenhouso and
Bedding Plants
AT THE
Picnic Gardens.
TlOXT send East for Plants when von can get
Just as good for less money nearer home.
To my numerous friends and patrans I would
say that I have the largest and best stock of
plants ever offered for sale in tho West,' and
at reasonable prices.
Be sure and send for m7
XeW Descriptive tiatalbgiie.
whfcfi Mil be sent free to all who' apply for It.
Then give me your orders, and 1 feel confident 1
I can satisfy you.
BEAUTIFUL ILkXliS.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands t
They're neither white iior small.
And you. I know, would scarcely think
. That they were fair at all.
I've looked on liands whose form and hue
A sculptor's dream might be,
Yet arc these aged, wrinkled bands
Most beautiful to me.
Such beautiful, beautiful hands !
Though heart were weary and sad.
These patient hands kept toiling on
That children might be glad.
I almost weep, as looking back
To childhood's distant day,
I think how these hands rested not,
When mine were at their play
But oh ! beyond this shadow land
Where all is bright and fair,
I know full well those dear old bands
Will palms of victory bear ;
Where cry stal streams, through endless time.
Flow over golden sandi
And where the old grow young again,
I'll clasp my mother's hands:
An Editor's Bed.
In a certain village the editor of a
local newspaper had a room at the
hotel. Being absent one night; and the
house being crowded, the landlord put
a stranger in his bed. The next morn
ing the following lines were found in
the room :
I slept in an editor's bed last night,
And other's may say what they please.
t eay there's one editor in the world
That certainly takes his ease.
When I thought of my humble cot, away,
I could not suppress a sigh.
But thought as I rolled in the feathery nest
HOW EASY EDITOR'S LIE 1 .
The editor after some inquiries of
the landlord, made the following addi
tion: The chap whose form has rested here,
. And left his rory behind.
For a bad impression should be locked cp,
As the cut is most unkind.
Behold a j-uoor of now he lies ;
In the morning he went away.
And like many that use an editor's 6DEKT,
Has forgotten the bill to pay I
ycbratka City "rt.-w.
For the Herald.
rilOTOGRAPJlY.
There are few more definitely estab
lished customs than that of periodically
sitting for your photograph. In the
early days people used to have scruples
and they offered objections that were
frequently considered sufficient to ex
onerate themselves from pusHing
through the new fashioned ordeal. But
we have changed all that and now to
have your photograph taken is p? nec
essary a duty as to avail yourself of
the service of your hairdresser or den
tist. A photograph has become not
only a household word, but a house
hold necessity. Each drawing-room
table has its well-stocked albuni.which
is fast becoming its family historical
gallery, and every cottage fireside is
made bright by its embellishment of
sun pictures. How deep is our passion
for portraits, photography alone has
made clear. Happy art. that can create
a new wtmt and supply it too! For
surely no inviitioii has ariaen so rap
idly, has extended itself so widely, and
been responded to so heartily as this
one. At once a place was found for
it; science recognized it; and all gave
it a welcome.
. J'ew persons are aware of the ex
tent to -which this art is practiced, or
how deeply it has interwoven itself
with all our social habitSi From being
an article of luxury, the simple photo
graph has become, by its inherent at
tractiveness and usefulness, one of the
necessities of civilized life. It can be
produced so cheaply that the poorest
can patronize it, and its best produc
tions so nearly approach work of high
er art as to make it welcome with
those who value it only for its intrinsic
merit: It therefore adopts itself to all
the varying means and conditions of
society, and its cultivators find in all
civilized communities a means of ol
taining an honorable livelihood. De
spite the well worn witticism that
some would as willingly visit a dentist
to have a tooth extracted as to go to
a photographer to have a portrait
taken. It is surprising how little is
the provocation which induces per
sons to visit the studio. When tite
"welcome little stranger" appears on
the scene; one of its earliest troubles
is with the photographer. At every
successive growth "baby" has the fact
chronicled by the lens, liny hood anil
.girlhood in all of their stages of ad
vancement are faithfully depicted, and
during adolescence many are the occa
sions when youth and maiden visit the
studios, for reasons of their own, and
make interesting exchanges of their
fao similes, and so it goes on; soon
new change of dress or filiicfn causes
the other cartes to" be displaced by new
ones; and each photographic novelty
gives additional reasons for fresh sit
tings to be taken- But thi3 is not
enough; the public must not only
have their own and their friends pho
tographs, but tho'se of all the rest of
the world who are anybody; kings,
queens, and princes, heroes, actors, and
authors, divines, charlatans; &nd
thieves, great and small, noble and ig:
noble, all must pass before the inexor
able camera. Nothing therefore better
proves how exactly adapted in this
singular art to meet a craving want of
ouf common1 nature. In' the smallest
communities; long before the penny
newspaper has arisen, or the ra'ilway
has made ita appteararite; the photog
rapher Will have established for him
self S "lofial habitation and a" flame."
THE UNDEVELOPED WEST.
Or Fire Tears in the Territories. Life
And Adventures on the Prairies.
I3 a new work oil the "West, by J. II.
Beedle, and issued by the National
Publishing Company.
It is sdld by subscription and the speci
men pages bid fair to draw attention;
We afpend the opening chapter on
Onlaha:
Great is Omaha; George Francis
Train arid the .Credit Mobilierl Such
was the shibboleth of theOmahas when
I first made their acquaintance in June,
1868. He who was not prepared to
swear by this local trinity was jocu
larly advised to emigrate or make his
will. At the present writing the sec
ond is for the tenth time a "martyr to
principle," nobody knows to what
principle, viewing the world through
crossbars, and a third has become a na
tional scandal, from which an odor of
corruption pervades the whole land;
but the first still survives, and with a
more solid basis of prosperity. " .
It took me two hours to discover
that there was no situation Waiting for
me in Onlaha. For some weeks before
reaching the city I had continually
heard, "It's the great city of the near
future," "The heart of the Continent
beats there," etc. ; and in walkin twice
along Farnham Street I encountered
some fifty iersons looking for- "light,
easy and genteel employment."
But after a few days' stay I was con
vinced that no place in America had
been "so well lied about," as no place
had been exposed to a wider range of
praise and blame. That the city had a
future and a bright one was certain ;
but that five men were dazzlexl in
the hope of that future, and destin
ed to lose
What, well never know unless we
get the book.
The Danbury man is not only funny
but wise i and in a resjionse to an invi
tation to go to New York, where it is
represented he will have a larger aud-
ienee and a truer appreciation," he
says :
I like this town where I have lived
most of my life, and the town likes me.
My small paper is only a weekly; but
I own it, and am content with the lit
tle but satisfactory independence that
I enjov. I know I've gotten a good
deal of reputation lately; it won't be
any less if I stay here; and if I go
to New a oik I am dreadfully afraid I
should soon be an old story, and dwin
dle down to an imperceptible point.
Your big cities like fiesli oranges, but
it very quickly sucks them dry, and
throws them away. I don't want to be
sucked dry right off; so I think 111 re
main where 1 am. I've seen from my
country home how clever fellows turn
out who go to New York with grand
expectations. They gave up something,
and in the end found nothing. I am
glad you want to have me come, and
I'm gladder that I don't - want to come.
Danbury, insignificant village as it is,
is good enough for me, and as I don't
want to steal anything, or get up a
reputation for genius, I respectfully,
but firmly, decline to pitch my tent in
Gotham. .. .
SPIUNU BROOK fTkM.
The last grand ambition of restless
man is to be known to the world ts a
successful breeder. When he grows
tired of political life, weary of literary
labor, satiated with triumphs in rail
road, steamship and banking corpora
tions; when he has drank to the full
of applause in the pulpit or at the bar
nay .when he hits thrown off the refbes"
of Ambassador. Senator or even Presi
dent, his ambition is not yet satisfied.
Ilis List dream of glory is to sit in the
cool piazza of a ropnlj country house,
look out upon fair, rolling meadow dot
ted with aristocratic bred stock, and to
call all his own. To be recognized as
a successful breeder of the higher
grades of horses and short-horns, is to
be" ranked among the. princes of man
kind. There is an exquisite pleasure
in dealing with blood elements and in
moulding life at will. In this work
man approaches the very footstool or
God, and essays to enter into rivalry
with the Master. Having learned the
secrets of life by long and patient in
vestigation, the breeder is prepared to
build after any model which suits his
fancy. He can produce an animal with
a fair degree of certainty adapted -to
any special object or punose. This
ability to create life and to mould race
at will, is suggestive of the higher jrw
er, and, therefore, it is not surprising
that man's last ambition should be his
grandest to withdraw himself from
the noisy scenes of the world, to sit
serene and independent under his own
shade-tree, and to rule a very potentate
over the things of his domain, clothed
with authority to say what shape or
form anhriated nature shall take in be
ing ushered into life.
In Dodge County, Wisconsin; one
hundred and fifty miles Northwest of
Chicago, is Spring Brook Farm, the'
proierty of II. B. Sherman, Esq., and
decidedly the finest breeding estate in
all that region of country. At least, if
there is any place with greener pastur
es, clearer streams of running wa
ter, arid more pictMresqe scenery with
rich soil, then that place m'ust be Ar
cadia itself; Wisconsin, with its roll
ing prairies and Its many forest islands
in the waving sea of grass, is a beauti
ful country in the bright month of
June. It Is well adapted to grazing
purposes, the grasses being sweet and
nutritious, and the trees sufficiently
numerous to furnish shade for the
stock. The Winters are somewhat Se
vere, the mercury in the thermometor
running down low, although the tem
perature is pretty even. Knowing that
the Winters are cold, the breeders
make preparations to house their stock,
and so the animals do not suffer much
when the Frost King laj's his hand uth
on valley and upon pond and river. It
would not answer for all the ieople in
tho State to abandon the plow arid
reaper and ttirn their attention to stock
growing, for agriculture is the main
dependence of such a community; but
wiiile tilling the soil the farmers of
Wisconsin can produce with profit a
limited number of the finer grades of
hprses and cattle. They require a
kind of cattle which will convert the
smallest quantity of grain into the lar
gest number of "pounds of beef, this
being the cheapest way to put corn" in
to' a distant market- The short horns
have sm3ll bones; but the frame work
is so arranged that you can pile Vast
stores of llesh upon it ; hence the short
horns find favor in the eyes of the in
telligent Wisconsin farmer. Those
who take a hasty view of questions
might say that Mr. Sherman was reck
lessly extravagant in establishing such
a fine and costly herd as he possesses
so many miles Northwest of Chicago.
They might urge that he was too far
from the market, but in so urging tliey
would be mistaken. There should be
a market for all the cattle that Mr.
Sherman can breed right in Wisconsin.
The farmer could well afford in the
long run to pay what might le termed
a fancy price for a cow or a bull in or
der to leaven with it their own gaunt.
flabby stock. The common breeds of
cattle do not put on llesh rapidly, and
therefore no return is received froni a
large per cent, of the grain fed to
them.
The head of the Spring Brook herd
is the magnificent bull Duke of Clarke
3d. He was calved Sept. 20, 1800, and
was bred by Charles M: Clark, of
Springfield, Clarke County, Ohio. He
was got by the Duke of Clarke, and
some of the very best blood of the
country flows in his veins. In the Turf
Field and Farm of March 14, 1873, the
Hon. John Kilppart gave descriptions
and pedigrees of Mr. Sherman's short
horns, and what he then said we have
no desire to repeat in this connection.
We wish, however, to call attention
to the following paragraph from Mr.
Kilppart's letter:
"The Duke of Clarke 3d is an animal
of very vigorous constitution, and im
presses himself in a very remarkable
degree on all his progeny. Any one
who will carefully handle the 5th, 6th
7th, 9th, and 12th Dukes of Burnet,
(being all the young bulls of the Duke's
get now on the farm,) and the cows
and heifers named Burnie, 1st, 2d, 4th,
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th,
13th, 14th and 16th cannot fail to be
convinced of the admirable breeding
qualities of this btill: I doubt whether
another bull exists whose progeny is as
even and regular as those of the Duke.
I venture the assertion that there are
not half a dozen lots of young short
horns, bred by one man in the United
States, which will exhibit style and
quality of breeding ant better than the
Burnies and Dukes of Burnet.
Mr: James Fullington, ex-President
of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture,
and long known as a successful breed
er of shoi t-horns, looked through Mr.
Sherman's herd, with the writer, and
he coincided with the views expressed
by Mr. Kilppart. He remarked that
5'ou might examine all the herds in the
country and you would not find in any
one herd six finer yearling heifers -than
are now at Spring Brook, and bred by
Mr. Sherman himself. Testimony like
this certainly speaks well for the stock
breeding enterprise in Wisconsin. Mr.
Sherman's herd numbers about forty
animals, and it is visited daily by peo
ple from all parts of the Northwest.
I'eing constant lj open to inspection, it
is making friends for. the short-horn
breed in quarters where this class of
animals heretofore were regarded as
having no practical value. The herds
man at Spring Brook is Mr. Wm. Sto
ry, a man who is somewhat young in
years, but old in experience. He un
destands his business thoroughly, and
discusses the breeding problem with
large intelligence.
In his horse department, Mr. Sher
man pays little or no attention to
speed. He says that at present the
people of Wisconsin stand most in need
of the draft horse, and this he is trying
to give them. The king of his harein
is the imported Percheron stallion, Le
Grand Monarque, a dapple gray 16J
hands high, and weighing 1,600. Al
though a horse of great size, he is some
what symmetrical in form, and his ac
tion is anything but clumsy. He trots
off with all the dash, style and patter
of a genuine Morgan. He is proving
himself a good stock horse of the kind.
Crossed on the small and common
mares of the country, the product are
well calculated to meet the wants of
the farmer. The colts make horses of
solid form, a little unwieldy for driving
to the carriage, but strong enough arid
sufficiently active for all practical pur
poses. Among the brood mares, Mr.
Sherman has one which is evidently
a thoroughbred, although her pedigree
is unknown. Site was captured by Fed
eral troops' in a raid at Lake Provi
dence, Louisiana, and brought North.
She was bred to Le Grand Monarque,
and produced a filly, which is now two
years old. The pure blood of the mare
Is plainly marked in the filly. It is
stout but active, the legs bcing'smooth
and finished, having compact instead of
coarse, porous bone. Mr. Sherman will
breed this filly to a trotting sire, and
he thicks that the cross will give him
substance, endurance and speed. We
mention this one case to illustrate his
theory of breeding. Clyde Chef is a
stallion, imported last Spring. He is
three years old, and is a tine specimen
of the English draught horse. He
weighs 1,800 pounds, and although he
has legs under him like saw-logs, he is
a natural trotter: His gait is totally
unlike that of the French horse: It is
a bold, far-reaching stride which car
ries hiin over the ground at a rapid
rate. We venture to say that even
among the riiueh prized llambletoni
ans. but few undeveloped three-year
old's can bo found which can trot as
fast for two hundred yards as this
coarse-boned, mammoth colt of the
English draught type. He is not the
kind of horso that we admire, still we
must give him credit for possessing that
sweeping trotting action which is cal
culated to carry a horse to the front on
the road or turf. Mr. Sherman uses oil
his farm four half-blood French
draught-mares which are the admira
tion of the neighborhood. They were
bred in Ohio, and make two well
matched pair. They are stately in ap
peararice, and more active in front of
the carriage than one would imagine
who has been accustomed to driving
nervous trotters three parts thorough
bred. There are three hundred and twenty
one acres in Spring Brook Farm, forty
of which are timber. Mr. Sherman has
been eight years improving the place,
and he has lavished money on it with
a princely hand. The house, a roomy
structure, With a homelike look, re
minding the Eastern visitor of Mr.
Backman's residence at Stony Ford,
stands upon a lovely swell. Immedi
ately in front is a beautiful water
scape. The bottom, or cradle, between
the two ridges of land is' a complete
network of springs: At great expense
the miry gf odft'd has been removed, arid
a series of lakes, with capes, bays,
straights arid islands form'ed.. There
beirig eight feet of fall in about 150
feet of ground, Mr. Sherman took ad
vantage of this to make three different
cascades. . The shores of tho little lakes
are walled with stdne, making them as
durable as the rock itself. Being
thrown up entirely by springs, the
water is of a clear, transparent hue,
and it as pure .as the breath of angels.
Being active and of the same tempera
ture Winter .and Summer it never
wastes away or freezes. The landscape
gardener who fashioned the lakes and
islands must have studied Hogarth, and
learned to appreciate the true line of
beauty, for the sweeps are grace them
selves; Rustic bridges of various de
signs are thrown across the straits,
and in one place the water calmly
flows through a tunnel. This tunnel
is sufficiently roomy to admit the pits
sage of a boat. On the lakes swans and
aquatic birds brought from many
clinte3 live and sport in the glad sun
shine. The graveled walkS wind in all
directions, and the eye is delighted
With rows and mounds and stars of
flowers. When the bloom of one
month is fading, the buds of another
month are bursting. As you recline
lazily on the boat in the water, you
shade your eyes from the glare of the
sun and look up at the grove which
crowns the swell of land facing the
house, and, so inviting are the cool
shadows, you are tempted to order the
oars to be put at rest, and to go and
wander beneath the waving branches
of the oaks, the lindens and the elms.
At night, when the world is presumed
to be at repose, when the cattle and the
sheep have laid themselves down to
sleep, it is like a delicious dream to sit
tipon the piazza of the Spring Brook
Mansion, the nidon shimmering on the
water, the trees standing grim and
ghostly in the distance, your senses in
toxicated with the odor of flowers, and
the three cascades tnaking wild, sweet
music for the ear. If Paradise is more
beautiful, then beautiful indeed is
Paradise.
Mr. Sherman's place is inclosed with
neat fences, and the gates on the main
drives fly open at your approach and
close upon you after you have passed
through them. In this particular, as
in many others, he litis taken advantage
of all modern inventions and improve
ments. His barn is his particular
pride. Building it right into the side
of a hill, he has been able to avail him
self of many natural facilities. Owing
to the singular construction, there is a
ground entrance to the floor of three
separate stories. You can drive a car
riage on the floor of the third story just
its easily as you can drive it on the
floor of the first story. There are etalls
for cattle and horses in all the stories,
and there is a grand entrance to the
yards or paddocks from each story. It
is a large, roomy structure, admirably
arranged, and the hill forming one s'ule
of it, adds till the more to its warmth
in Winter. On the top of the barn is a
large wind mill, and with this power
Mr. Sherman chops his straw or hay,
grinds his corn, saws his wood, runs j
his farming machines, and pumps his
water for the use of stock iq the barn.
As he has over a mile of running
spring water on his place, and as this
is conducted through paddocks and
fields', the animals not confined by hal
ter are priviliged to drink whenever
they please. The residence stands
right over two bubbling springs, and
the water from these is forced by
pumps into the kitchen, and, what is
remarkable about the water, is its icy
coldnessi
From this impeifect description it
will be seen that Nature, as well as art,
has done much for Spring Brook Farm.
It comes as near being a complete and
perfect place as you will find on this
earth. Mr. Sherman, however, is not
content with it as is. He is adding
new improvements all the while. His
hog pens, his sheep fold, and his poul
try houses and yards are all constructed
with an eye to convenience as well as
good taste. But to make his breeding
establishment complete to our view,
he wants to add to his harem a trotting
stallion of fashionable blood. He
should devote some little attention to
speed. His draft stallions meet a prac
tical want. If. we mistake not, the
country around him requires a few
horses of the ornamental kind. As it
is now, however. Spring Brook Farm, in
the heart of Wisconsin, is a gem of a
place. Turf, Field and Farm.
THE THIEVES AT CHURCH.
Supper and Sermon.
rrora Chambers' Journal.
To attend the ministrations of Ned
Wright, unless one is a convicted thief,
requires a special invitation. Ilis con,
gregation is naturally jealous, lest, un
der the pretense of curiosity or piety
sonio policeman should attend the ser
vice and pick out the man who is
"wanted;" but our reverend commis
sioner contrived to obtain admittance
without qualifying Jmriself for the Old
Baijey.". He procured a card of wel
coiiie, which ran as follows : "Mission
Hall, Hales street. High, street, Dept
ford. Admit the bearer to Ned
Wright's supier for men and boys who
have been convicted of felony. Doors
open at 5:30. Supper at 6 precisely."
On the back of the Card was written:
"Please take care that this ticket does
not fall into the hands of detectives,
and oblige yours truly, Ew'd Wright."
Upon reaching the neighborhood of the
Mission Hall, our author was much im
portuned for cards by the male popula
tion, Who, although," alas! with every
qualification to be of the congregation,
are much too numerous, it seems, for
the limits of the pastor's hospitality.
In the chapel were sealed about one
hundred guests, "from the lad of 11,
who had served his seven days in Maid
stone Jail, to the gray-haired and stur
dy culprit who had "done three terms
of penal servitude." Most of these
gentlemen had got very short hair in
deed. A curly-wigged little chap of 10
was seated on a bK'k bench, and though
my unpracticed eye did not notice his
exuberant chevelure, his cleanliness
and prettiness led me to sav, "Surely,
Mr. Wright that boy is not a thief?"
"You shall see,"," said Ned. He went
to the boy and asked him, "Are you a
thief?" "Yes, Sir," was the prompt
reply, with a ready statement of the
offense which had got him seven days
in Maidstone Jail. "Now, what did you
sleep on when you were there, my boy ?"
"Policemen's jackets, sir? -"And how
did you travel to Maidstone ? Did they
take you ,in a coach and fair?" asked
Ned. "Yes, sir," faltered the lad. evi
dently iWnptt'sflfl' "Ah! yon carl go'
out, my boy; I knew you were not a
thief." The practiced eye had spoltd
him in a moment. He lacked, not the
white wedding robe' but the black
qualification of conviction for crime,
and so was walked out into the dark
ness. Ned tells nie he h;is to be con
stantly on his guard against this kind
of fraud. To get one of those paper
bags now being handed .round, each
containing half a loaf and a bun, with
jordin of soup that is to follow, men
and boys will assume a "virtue," thotigh
they have it not; but they havo no
chance with Ned. I te has been through
it all himself, and is still as sharp as a
nail. After supper commenced the
spiritual work, which, though admira
ble in itself, was still curiously mixed
up with material and practical argu
ments. First, a gentlenian from Port
Arthur described in a graphic manner
the miseries of convict life, and how he
had been besought by one who had suf
fered from it "to go and speak td tlie
Deptford boys;" and thn ""ed" fol
lowed with his homely eloquence, the
burden of which was, not only that
thieving was sinful, but that it never
pays. "You thieves," cried he boldly,
"are all cowards and fools." They
need not be offended, since he had been
one himself, as he at once proceeded to
tell thni. At the great fire at Cotton's
i'irf, Ned was following the calling
of lighterman, and coining down stream
at the time, ran his barge ashore, stole
a boat, iind filled his ixcket9 with
money by rowing people at a shilling a
head up and down to see the firo.
"What was the consequence?" asked
he. "Why, next morning 1 found my
self lying dead drunk in a gutter in
j Tooley street, with my pocket empty."
He liext heard from a pal that the fat
had run down the gratings into the
sewers, where it hardened, and was to be
had for tho taking. Ned and five oth
ers got sacks from a rag shop, and lan
terns, and worked their way through
the sewers, up to their middles in
water, to where the fat was lying thick
on the surface, "like a tub of butter cut
in two." In his eagerness to reach it,
Ned outstrippped the rest, and just
as he was nearing it, one of his
mates opened his lantern to light his
pipe. This caught the sewer-gas, and
ignited the fat between him and his
companions. He stood there and
vowed to God if he got out he would
alter his course; then plunging into
the water he swam under the tire and
got back safely. "Just so," he said,
"you are brave when being 'jollied' by
your pals, but cowards when in the si
lent cell. You are fools, too. You get
nothing uit Of yoilr thicv?rig: A lad
in his room stole a pair of boots, worth
five shillings and sixpence, and sold
them for one penny; another, a jug
worth one shilling, for which he got a
halfpenny." Then a hymn was sung to
the tune of "Just before the battle,
mother;" and on went Ned again, ac
tually forcing the fellows to listen to
him with trerriendons lurig io.wer and
peculiar habit Of dropping down on
any "larky" listener. "Look you here!"
he said. "There was a fellow kicking
at the door just now. I went out and
found a chap as bi$ and ugly its myself,
and I pinched his nose rather hard.
You wouldn't do that if I was along
side you:" He ended with a really elo
quent though homely picture of Christ
crucified between two thieves, and
taking one with him to paradise. "The
devil says, he concluded. "Can God
have such fellows as you in heaven?"
Yes, he can.. I hare been worse than
any of you. Before I wit 17 I fought
young Cooper, of Bedhill, for two
hours and twenty minutes, was flogged
in Her Majesty's navy, and tried and
convicted at Newgate for felony. I
came, like that thief, to Jesus Christ.
Take ir.v word for it, thieving don't
pay."
After all was dver many staid "to
speak with Ned," arid, aS it really
seemed, for nothing more was to be got
to eat, with sincere intentions of
amendment. Some were still strong
and hopeful for the future; others "ut
terly heartbroken at the idea of any
body taking notice of them." At all
events, as our author well remarks,
these living bundles of rag, dirty and
shock-headed though they were, afford
ed, a happy contrast there, on their
bended knees, or recalling from old
Sunday school days snatches of old
hymns, to the shouting rabble kicking
at the door without.
A MEMPHIS IDYL.
Some .months since ari Italian resi
dent of Memphis determined to settle
in life by marrying, and recollecting
the sunny faces and laughing eyes of
the maidens of his native land, determ
ined to have a wife from the home of
Dante. . He wrote to his brother who
resided in Italy, that he w ished a Wife;
and to look out for one that answered
his description of an ideal. In due
course of time the answer came, and
With it a photograph of the maiden, ac
companied by a pedigree. He loved
the likeness, and proposed to marry tho
original on her arrival in this land of
liberty. Old paterfamilias over the
water shook his head and mused thus
ly: Suppose that my beauteous daugh
ter, on her arrival in Memphis, might
not suit the Transatlantic lover, what
would become of her in a strange land,
and how could she return to" her Ital
ian home? lie sought out the brother
of hrr prospective son-in-law, and pro
posed that he should give a ten thousand-dollar
Ixmd for the safe return of
his daughter from America, provided
the marriage did not take pla;c. The"
proposition was accepted, and the
maiden, accompanied by the brother of
her . .propc-sed husband, landed in due
course of time on tho Chickas tw bluffs.
But naughty cupid interfered somewhat
aud the maiden did ijbt- become enam
ored with' her affianced t tt sight, and
asked a postponment. Here was. a di
letna; the lover was frantic. t marry,
the brother was beginiiig .o fears t!rat
he was getting into trouble about his
bond, as he could not force the beauty
to return to Italy, and the little . lady,
woman-like, wished to play the co
quette for awhile arid throw little.ob
stacles in the way; in fact, was dispos
ed to favor some other swain. After
some trouble, the matter was. settled,
and the maiden consented to marry her
intended, which was accomplished to
the great joy c?f all parties interested.
The married couple sent a copy of the
marriage certificate to the old man over
the. water, and the old Florentine, is
happy in knowing that the daughter c'f
his house is happily married on the
banks of tho Mississippi, thijee thous
and flilTeS away ifi- tlte west. Grdphic:
WIVES' COLUMN
Stylks. We are so glad to bo thd
first we think to announce the now
era of good taste and simplicity. Tho
hideous arid Inartistic fashion of trim
ming tho front of dress skirts after a
different model from the back has had
its day. and with the last of early sum
mer wjll flee away, never rroro, wo
trust to be seen ,011 tho gowns of Bonsl
blc and tasteful wrnieri. Tho very
latest modes from Paris wo speak by
the card, for we have seen them our
selves show that dresses are to be or
namented with great simplicity and
that the lines will. be. syj they ought to
bo, straight around the fckirt. The vast
entanglement of ruffles and puffs and
plait lags and flounces, is gradually to
resolve itself Into simple folds and
bands and other flat designs. Wq
know every woman will bo glad of thisj
because it will mxtp her many weary
hours' over something which, when fin
ished, gives her but a inodlcuin of sat
isfaction. And we are even surer that
all men will rejoice, since in footing
tho bills, which every one tf thorn does,
for some procht or prospective hhe,
there w'll bo about a third less to pav
fori. ",
Femininely considered, the tnost,
stylish trimming on all heavy goods is
flat overlapping folds, with a fringe to
edge them ; and on all thin goods, not;
subjected to the wash-tub, l-'U! -riffles,
rolled on tho edge and placed with
spaces between. Very pretty polonais
es of pique and kindred stuffs are sinv
ply hemmed to the width of two inch
es, and have three rows of machine
stitching near tesjether as a finish.-.
The more elaborato ones are ornament
ed by a single row of Hamburg work,
which is durable and not very expen
sive. Whole suits of white lawn are
not so much used as formerly; tho
cheaper way of wearing a light over
dress and wa'ft, or polonaise, above a
dark skirt having replaced them.
It is always wiser and mora tasteful
to have washable garments as plainly.
trimmed as possible. .Not one of us
can be regardless of damp and. dust, if
our gown be so covered with ruffles
and tucks that we know its "doing up
will cost us at a laundry tho price of
the whole dress; or, if done In,our(own
kitchen a day's ill-temper fiom thd
handriiaid. And 5'et clothes should
pass so thoroughly from the mind of
the wearer, from the moment the tolls
ette is complete, that, po.thl.rijj ..Ivit tho
instinctive and unnoticed care to pre
serve them from unseemly contact
should concern him or her until their
removal. . ..,...
It is quite remarkable that th Par-,
isians have to teach us not only taste,
but neatness. No imported street
dress trails on the ground. A French
lady would scurrLto Reep fKo sldo
Walk w ith her gow n, and could not bo
made to believe that a lady of any na-.
tiemality. would do aught so untidy
But with shame let us . admit that
Americans, some of thcrr! girl'jlne la
dies, do this disgusting thing. t
Many of the French suits have no
over-skirls; but the skirt is trimmed
nearly to the belt in a simple fashion,
and the waist is a jaunty basque, gen
erally having a simulated vest. Others
have a plain long polonaise and perfect
ly plain skirt, arid yet ether; an aprori
with long sashes behind. ,.
All summer clothing should be si m 1
pic because it should be abundant, and.
also because.with our brief warm term,
it should ftn'te two pectoris; iind tho
simpler in form, the less likely to ap
pear out of date tho second year.
Home ami Society; Srritiier's for July.
When has a man a ghost offj.cruinco,
of apieasiiig his appetite? Vv hen he's
a-gobling up anything.
The Danbury New man says thatf
hens are like the weekly story papers
everything is in their necks.
A drunkard, on being told that the
earth is round and turns on its axis all
the time, said : "I believe that, for I've:
never been able to stand on tho darned
thing." ,
A young farmer in lthodo Island be ,
ing asked if he believed in a futuro
state, replied: "In course I does, ancl
I'm going to enter it tew; jilst as soon
Betsy gets her things reatL".
. An Irishman, meeting another, aske4
him what had become of a mutual
friend. "Arrah, now my dear honey,"
answered he, "Paddy was condemned
to be hanged, but he saved his life by
dying in prison."
A Pennsylvania editor, disgusted,
with tho. ordinary, prospectus, comes,
out faiily and frankly. l(e his.
paper is "an airy old sheet, devoted to
wind, whisky, wickedness, and other
religious matters. Vox Populi, vox
Beelzebub!." t .
Mas. Peter Piper's baby was making
a tremendous noise, and a friend asked
Peter why it was so cross? "It has a
stormy mother," said Peter, with a
sigh; "you needn't wonder if it's a
little squall y; its quite natural."
. An auctioneer exclaimed: WhyV
really, ladies and gentlemen. I am giv
ing ihese things a vay." "Are you?"
said an old lady psesent. ."Well,
thank you for that silver pitcher you
havo in your hand.;
A young lady teacher of a Milwau-f
kee Sunday School recently narrated
the Crucifixion to her class of little
boys, and when she had thought shc
bad.lVirlj. er. gaged their minds, wm
surprised with "Bet vou they wouldn't
a done it if Buffalo liitl'd been there."
. . A quaint old gcntlerrir., of an active,'
stirring disposition, h'ud a man at work,
in his parden who was quite the re
verse "Jones," said he, "did you ever,
sec a snail?" "Certainly," said Jones.
"Then," said the old man; "you must
have met hioi, for yon could never havd
overtaken him.
.A man iri Cincinnati, owied a pci.
p.mtlter. Last week h?. went off with
hi3 .wife and family for a visit of a
couple of days,' leaving the pet f anther
and his mother-in-law to keep fcouse.
On his return . his grief can be irnag,
ined on discovering that t vras the pan-,
ther that was dead, not the mot herein
law.. The ojd bviy $1 ffii2ofr 13U jtfU
arrtr&'T to c!?3ks.'