THE HEltALD
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ATTORNEYS.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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HAM. M. CIIAPMAX. II. T. MAXWKLI.
Chapman & Maxwell.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW and Solicitors in
Chain-cry. Ollire In Fitzgerald's Rlo k, Platts
iiiouth, Nebraska.
OHO. . SMITH, It. It. WINDHAM,
SMITH &. IVSXOIIAHI.
Successors to Marquett, Smith, & Starbird,
Attomeysat Larcd-Real Estate Brokers
rLATTSMOfTII, - - - RR.
special attention given to Collections, am! all
matters affecting the Title to Real Estate.
Office 011 21 floor, over the Post Office.
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Volume 9.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Thursday, December 25, 1873.
Number 39.
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congressional.
T. W. Tipton. Rrownville V. S. Senator.
I. W. Hitchcock, Omaha tT. S. Senator.
I.. Crounse, Ft. Callioun Representative.
'ST. NICHOLAS"
-AND-
"OUR YOUNG FOLKS."
EXECUTIVE.
It. W. Furnas. Rrownville.. Governor.
.1. J. Oosper. Lincoln Sec'y of State.
.1. 15. Weston. Rcatrice Auditor.
II. A. Kirnig, Columbus Treasurer.
.!. R. Webster. Crete Att'y Gen.
J. M. McKenzie, IJncoln. ..Sup't Tub. In.struc'n.
PHYSICIANS.
KR. I.I VINOSTOX. l'liysifiali and Surgeon,
Tenders Ills professional services to tlio
citizens of Cass counfv. Kesidcii'-e southeast
Comer of Oak and Sixtb streets ; olilce on Main
treet.one dior west of Lyman's Lumber Yard,
i'lattsmoiitli. Nebraska.
JUDICIARY,
Geo. V.. Lake, Omaha Chief Justice.
Daniel ti
Sain i
lie! Oantt! Nebraska City, I M.M.i,.t,. t.kIV
mcl Maxwell, l'latts th, J Asso late Just s.
I'LATTSMOUTII.
II. It. Llviiifrton Mayor.
l'helps Taiiie City Clerk.
AVm. Wintersteni City Treasurer.
J. V. Haines Police Jiidfie.
Miles Morgan Marshal.
D. X. Johnson Street Commissioner.
ALDEHMAN.
First V.Ii. J. Fit7i;erald, II. S. Xewinan.
Swomi AVarii. J. A ayinan, i'. Xirhols.
'I ilinti Wakk. H. '. Cushini;, Thos. Pollock.
Fot'KTii W.iuu. 1. Vivian, L. F. Johnson.
The publishers of the St. Nicholas, Scribner's
Illustrated .Magazine for Girls and lioys. take
pleasure In announcing that bv an arraiiKement
with Messrs. J. S. Oswd & Co., their opular
MaKiZine
"Our Young Folk3"
HAS I5EEX 3IERGED IN "HT. NICHOLAS."
In addition to the striking novelties and
preat literary and artislic attractions already
ofiered bv "St. Nicholas." the best features of
"Our Young Folks" will be retained. St. Nicho
las" has been enlarged, new contributions have
been secured ; among them
A
SERIAL
i;y-
STORY,
INSURANCE.
-IV" HE ELK. It & I5ENNETT Ileal Estate nnd
" Taxpayiiej; A'ent. Notaries 1'ulilU". Fire
and Life Insurance Agents. Plattsmoulh, X.
CASS COUNTY.
pan
JIIELPS PA I XE General Insurance Atrent,
Represents some of the most reliable i 0111
ics in the United States. janT-wtf
HOTELS.
BROOKS HOUSE,
JOHN' FITZGERALD, Proprietor.
Main Street, between Fifth & Sixth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IMatltinouth "Vail Is.
Ci IIHISKL, Proprietor. Have recently been
' repaired and placed in thorough running
order, loo.onn p.iishels of Wheat wanted imme
diately for which the liighct market irice will
be paid.
' 4IslracS oS" 'Mile.
riHE NUMERICAL SYSTEM The best in i:.e
For descriptive circulars, address.
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U. W. W ise
.lacoli Vallery. i
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Lyman .lames, )
J." W. Thomas
Probate Judiie.
County Clerk.
Treasurer.
...Sup't Pub. Instruct'!!.
.County Commissioners.
.' Coroner.
J. T. TROWBRIDGE,
Iate Editor of ''Our Younj? Folks," which be
gins in the present number. Other Eminent
Writers well known to the readers of "Our
Younj; Folks" have been engaged. We are thus
enabled to present to the puoiie a Mctuzine for
the Children ami Youth, superior ia 'every rc
l'ct to any ever before punished.
MRS. MAYCOCK'S KEYS.
Churches.
Tliree Splendid Serial Stories :
"What might have been Expected?
A Story for Hovh,
Ry FRAX K it. STOC KTON",
Author of "Tinj;-a-Iing," "Roundabout Ram
bles." etc. Mr. Stockton is one of the best
of our American Writers. The scene of the
siory is laid ia Virginia. The boy-hero has
started out wiih a ui.n on his shouiuer. and we
i may be sine ti.de v. iii be 1:0 end ol luu and ad-viiiiures.
"SIUiHTX TROUBLES,"
A Story lor Girls,
P.y OLIVE THORN (Mi
A jrreat favorite with t:e
(JltEENIIOUSE AND liEDDING
l'LANTS.
Time and monev saved by orilerins of me. I
have the largest ami best collection of Plants
vcr olfeied for s i:i the West. Catalogues
lice. S-.xet Potato. I 'aotare. Tomato, and oth
er Plants for sale in I heir season.
Address W. J. II ESSE R. Plattsmouth. Neb.
Aprcnts Wanted.
FOR A HOOK NEEDED RY ALL
The bct books published on the Horse and
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bv ai'l'ts selliiiLC these books. Send for eircu
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FINE ABT GALLERY.
"IAPTIST On t'.;e corner ;f Main and Ninth,
Rev. T. J. Arnold. Pastor. Services every
Sabbath, at 1 1 a. m. and T p. m. Sabbath School
at a. in. Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening.
CiHRIKTTAX Service in Conprrefration Church
' at II a. 111. and n : .ft p. m. 1 rner of Locust
and 8th streets. Cordial invitation extended to
all classes to attend.
"LMTSCOPAL Corner Vine and Third streets.
Minister. Services every Sunday at
11 m. and s l. m. Sundav school 'at 3 p. 111.
CiATHOLIC North sideof Public Square. Rev.
' Father Hobal. First Mass every Sabbath at
8-30 t. m.. Second Mass ami sermon at 10-:i,
Vesp is and Itciiediciion at 7 p. in. Mass at
8 i. 111. every week day.
TjMRST PRESr.YTEIJlAX North side of Main
x st reel, west of wh. Rev. W. T. Ilai tle ; Ser
vices every S.ibbatli at II a. m. and? p.m.
Sabbath School at 'J-M a. m. Pnyer meeting
every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
ATETHODIST EPISCOPAL West side of f.th
-k'1- str-et south of Main. Rev. C. MeKelvicy
Pastor. Services every Sabbath, at lo :: a. 111.,
anil 7 p. 111. Prayer meetinjj every Tinwsday
eviMiiug. Class meeting every Momfay evening,
and immediately after close of Sabbath morn
ing services. S'abbath School lit 'J :4M, M. 15.
Reese, Su;erintendai:t.
QONTAG den 21 September hat die Deutsche
Ev. Lutli. Gemeiads in ihrem Schiilliaus vor
mittags 11m 11 l lir Gotteodienst. Ueberhaupt
findet dcrselbe von jett an rcirelmaessig alle I I
Tagestatt. .Minister. Rev. I. Hanuawaid.
Sabbath school at 1 p. lii., l'rof. d'Alleinand,
Superintendent.
Harriet M. Miller),
children. It is a good
sm.ng. wholesome story o! gin inc. ana win oe
lull 01 interest iorho.u boys and gi:is.
"FAST FlU ENDS,"
By J. T. Trowbridge,
One of the most popular writers for young folks
in America. Readers of ".lack Hazard,', "A
Chance for Himsell," and "Doing his Rest."
will understand what a capital treat is in store
for them in Mr. Trowbridge's new story.
All theae Stories icill be splendidly
Illustrated.
"JIMMYJOIIN STORIES."
By Mrs. Abby mohtoj Diaz,
A thor of "The William Henry Letters," "Wil
liam Henry and His Friends," and." Lucy Maria"
w)io has the rare and happy gilt of knowing
how to delight vuung people; wiil appear during
the year. There will aiso be Shorter Stories,
Papers on Science and History, Natural History
ild Sports and Adventures, Sketches of Travel
Fairy Tales. Poems. Puzzles, Charades, Jingles,
Fun and Fancy. Instruction, Entertainment and
Delight. Something for all. from Father and
Mother to the Baby. The Illustrations will be
the best that the Artists of two continents can
supply, ami will be printed with the greatest
care.
C-rhotoiiraphs, Ambrot ypes rr.'.d copies
from old pictures, plain or celonsl. cil her in ink
vHt er or oil. All work neatiy executed and war
ta.Ued to give satisfaction.
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HEW DRUG STORE.
VKKfl Jfil WATT-lt. XF.l!.
POTTER & GAFFNEY,
IWCALF.RS IX DRUGS. MEDTCJNES. PAINTS,
OiUS. VAIIMSII. PEIIUUMERY,
ST Tt N ERY. N( i'i lo:;s,
CIGARS. TOBACCO,
AND GLASS.
jifr-prescri'Hions carefully pn pared. ti;tf.
L. GOLDING,
Dealer in
CICOTIIIXG. FURNISH! NG GOOOS. HATS,
CVPS ROOTS. SHOES. TRUNKS,
VALISES. CARPET RAGS,
&C. &C, &C, isC.
One of the oldest and most Reliable Houses
In I'lattsmoiitli. Main street, between Fourth
and Fifth.
If,-KEMEMRER THE PLACE.
ns-tf.
T O. O. p. Regular meet bigs of Platte Ixxlge
1 No. 7. 1. 1). O. F. every' Thursday evening at
Odd Fellows' Hall. Transient Brothers are cor-
I diai.v invited to visit.
I " K E. CUNNINGHAM, N. G.
I JAl.EX. Sein.KisKt,, Secretary.
! T O. O. F. Pi. attsmotth E.v-ampmkntN'o.
1 :t. Regular Convocations t!:e ifd ami 4th
j Friday's of each month at Odd Fellows' Hall
. corner .'Id and Main streets. Transient Tatri
j arclis cordially invited to visit.
J " II. J, STREIGIIT, C. T.
; II. Xkwmam. Scribe.
! ArAS 'If Pl.ATTS.VfOrTII Lotii K No. G, A.
L !'. & A. M. Regular meetings at their Hall
on the first i'.nd third Mondav evenings f each
1 iii.'iilli. Transient brethren Invited to visit.
R. R. LIVINGSTON, W. M.
A. l AM.r.MAN-ri. see.
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ning. Travelling Templars resiecttully in'vitel.
Tl'lIN VEREIX. The Turner Society meets at
Turners' Hall in Giithnuin's P.loe"k, on the
first and third Wednesdays of erch month.
A. Yon Schwanenberg." President ; George
Karcher. Vice Presiden't : H. Newman, Treas
urer : W. Breed. Recording Secretary : Paul
Braidsch. Corresponding Secretary; William
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Turn Wart ; Oswald Guthiuan. Warden.
St. Louis & Southeastern
FOR VERY LITTLE FOLKS.
Our pages in big type and easy words for the
youngest readers, which have been "a hit"
iroui the lirst, will be continued. The children
will be glad to know also, that the department
of
J A CK-IN-TIIE-P ULPIT
is to be a permanent feature of the magazine.
Jack will lell some of the most curious things
ever heard, and make himself generally enicr
tainir.g. We nave undertaken to make the best maga
zine possible, for the little folks, as well as
those who are older. Every number 01 St.
Nicholas will contain good "reading ihatter for
girls and boys of all a"es, besides a giod deal of
hearty and innocent fun.
Christmas comes but once a year, but St.
Nicholas, the new magazine for giris and boys,
comes everv month. It has already won tan
hearts of the young folks, and the little children
are crving for St. Nicholas.
We Want 100,000 Children and Youth
JIade Happy,
By S r. Nicholas at the Holipays1.
St. Nicholas, as enlarged, contains one-thirJ
more matter than Our Young Folks, thus n ving
a great variety for all. With its great Literary
and Pictorial attractions, and its beautilul
Printing, it will be found to be the Cheapest
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NEW STYLES.
F. L. ELSTER,
Merchant Tailor
In receipt of the finest and
BEST ASSORTMENT j
:'.ASSIMEKES. CLOTHS. YESTIXGS. SCOTCH I
" GOODS, IRISH FRIESES, &e. j
In fact the larrest and best assortment of
rioths ever brought to this city, which I am
prepared to make up in the Latest Styles. all
ami examine Goods. apulls. 1
Mrs- A. D. Vhilcomb,
DRESS AND CLOAK JIAKER.
Koms three doors west of Brook? House.
CUTTING AND FITTING JIADE
A SPECIALTY.
Ifr- Patterns of ail kinds constantly on hand
2i;-iy.
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Cor Broadway and TicentUth Street, i
NEW YORK.
OX BOTH AMERICAN & EUROPEAN TLAN'S.
Complete with all modern improvements ; .
rooms n miU and single ; private parlors.
baths, elevators. &e. location unsurpassed
l ein in the vcrv centre of f istiion ami hnlliant ,
New"York life. "In proxirui'.y to Churches and .
Places of Amusement, and Lord . is layiors,
Arnold S: Constable s and .1. & C. Johnston s
Drv Goods palaces. Hie noiei is nmn
ina'iiatieinent of A. S. Banium, formerly of Bar
iiiim's Hotel. Baltimore; I. N. Green, of Da
toii. Ohio, ami recently of New v or.-, and r ree
niau P.ariitiui.of liaruiini's Hotel, St. Louts.
Railway.
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And Direct Route to
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Richmond,
Norfolk,
And all Points
ai-tf.
Good fresli mi'.k . delivered daily at every
body's home in Plaltsmouth, if they want it. by
J F. Bcaumcistcr.
S. nd ia your orders and I will try and give
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IT IS THE ONLY LINE running Fullmnn
Palace Drawing Room Sleeping Cars through
from St. Louis to Nashville without change.
IT IS THE ONLY LINE undergone manage
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IT IS THE ONLY LINE by which passen
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from six to twenty-four hours time.
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and North.
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way "
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W. F. DAVENPORT.
Gen'l Ticket Agent, Louis.
Farmers Lumber Yard.
Having maue arrangements in Chi
cago, and elsewhere, with extensive
dealers, I am prep:! red to furnish on
short notice all kinds of
Lumber Doors Sash
Shingles, etc.,
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Xails, Ilinp-cs,
Locks, Hardware,
of all kinds. Those wishing to build
will please call and see my stock.
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LOUISVILLE, NEI3.
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For some years I have been the own
er f a bunch of keys a good big
bunch, of which, however, only two
were practicable. For a long time I
had resolved to sort that bunch of keys,'
most of which were waifs and strays.
There were two or three latch-keys,
one, I verily believe, of a house in
London at which I lived fifteen years
ago ; one of a house in Brighton long
ago given up dtis manibus. Memory
refuses to affix titles to the rest. At
last, however, a happy fate has relived
me of the incubus of this useless bunch
of metal. A change of residence has
deprived me of the last two working
keys, and left me unincumbered. Of
what use are keys to me ? I have ne- j
er more money than I can conveniently i
carry in my pocket. The few letters j
that I receive all the world is welcome j
to read ; they are read extensively in !
the household, I know. I have long
since thrown open my skeleton cup
board, and finding the grizzly spectre I
dreaded a mere harmless joist of some
decayed old building, with a few laths
nailed across it. simulating ribs and
vertebra;, I lm burnt it upon the do
mestic hearth and scattered its ashes
to the four winds. Thus bare as my
cupboards may be, they are at least
clean and whitewashed. And my soul
is emancipated from locks and keys.
In this state of happy freedom I was
one day sitting by the open window,
smoking the fragrant, matutinal pipe,
and conning over the Times, placidly
conscious of the pleasant morning
sounds and sights: bells jangling softly
from the town hard by, the clank of a
scythe in a field below, the cry of the
man with the vegetable-cart; a dog
barking, fowls clucking, children at
play according to one of the Welsh
triad.?, the three signs of an inhabited
countr. It was a leisure time with
everybody at home. My wife seemed
for once to be in an idle mood. Sail
ors, you know, when there comes an
idle time when the wind blows fair
and steady, and the sails draw as even
ly as if they were moulded in papier
mache; when all the sheets are be
layed, and they have finished coiling
little ropes round big ones ; when even
the first-lieutenant wears an unruffled
brow, and the boatswain
from piping, and there is nothing
whatever to do Jack or Tom proceed j
forthwith to overhaul their chests. So !
with women, I think something, in j
idle moments, thc-y will overhaul ; in j
this case the work-basket. i.nus of
ribbon are sorted, bits of lace turned
over and mentally appraised, half-finished
undertakings are sighed over; the
eldest daughter looking gravely on,
with a view to the welfare of her eld
est daughter Dolly. At the bottom of
the basket is a debris of unconsidered
t lilies.
"Ned, here's something of yours," the
wife s.iys; "here's a bunch of keys!"
"Don't for goodness sake, give them
tome; I don't want them; shouldn't
Monev ma be sent to us in checks payable to
our order, or in Post Otliee Money Orders, or in j kllOW where to put them
Hfgisiereu sellers, blooey iu JiCiiiis imi ucj;
istered, at sender's risk.
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OH Broadway, New York.
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Then what shall I do with them? I
can't leave them in my work-basket."
"Throw them away."
A bunch of keys, however, are not
things of which one can dispose at a
moment's notice. If you threw them
away, you would see them advertised
in the next day's paper; they would
-be traced to you, money would be de
manded there would be bother of
some sort- No, it wouldn't do to throw
them away.
"Look here, we're going on the river
to-night; well drop the keys overboard
and make an end of them.
Before this doom, however, had been
carried into effect, a claimant appeared
for the bunch of keys. They were not
mine, it seemed, but nurse's Nurse
Maycock's.
Nurse came in with her youngest
charge quite breathless at the danger
she had escaped. "Lor! whatever
should I have done if master had
throwd my keys away V"
She is a comely old lady, of dignified
presence, with a brown face and a
handsome double chin, aquiline nose,
which approaches her chin more close
ly than of old, owing to her lack of
teeth; a very dramatic woman, mind
you, full of action and gesture; with
it all, a very comfortable, motherly
body.
"You're quite sure they are your
keys, nurse?" said my wife.
"Mess you, yes, ma'm," said nurse,
sinking down into a chair. She is not
very strong on her pins, and we
don't exact rigid ceremony from her.
"Why, I can tell you the history of the
whole 'f 'em."
Fon
TUB HERALD.
Mrs. Maycock, like other story-tellers
I know, requires very delicate hand
ling. If you let her see that you ex
pect a story from her, she either shuts
I up altogether or spoils her tale by over-
effort. She must be left to herself, and
gently inclined to discourse of her ex
periences. To be heard in full perfec
tion, her narrative must flow naturally
from surrounding circumstrnces.
"With the late lamented Maycock I
had no personal acquaintance; but I
formed a vivid mental picture of him
from his widow's occasional descrip
tions. He was thin and small, rather
lame, a reserved, fiery tempered man,
who had a vivid sense of his own dig
nity and a rather contemptuous opin
ion of the female sex. He was an up
per workman of some sortr earning
good wages and laying" by a little mon
ey a valuable man in his own way,
and well thought of by his employers.
To return to nurse. Her attention
is diverted for a moment by the young
ster on her lap. who makes a. desperate
pull at her cap-strings, and almost sue
ceeds in demolishing that elaborate
fabric.
"Bless his little 'art," cried nurse
"ain't he rlavful. sir? He do take
after you, do Master Half."
"I don't see it at all," says the wife;
"I don't see the least resemblance."
I3ut look at his eyes, ma'm, and then
his little ways; oh, he do take .after
master, surelv. Then he is so fond of
books.' '
"Fond of books, is he," said I, with a
dawning interest in the little chap.
"He just is fond of books," con
tinued nurse, with pride. "He's tored
all the leaves out of mine."
His father shuddered, and thought
he had better be taken away.
"But about the keys, sir, as I was
telling you the way I knows 'em. This
here one with the 'ole In it is the key
of my chest drawers. And these two
just alike ah, you sees them two to
gether, sir?"
"Yes, I see them."
"Well, one of them was poof Ma
coek's key the key of his box, where
he kep' all his treasures: and sir, he
just were careful of this here key; and
this one," went on nurse, with a twink
le in her eye, "I had made a purpose
exactly like the other, so that I could
get at Maycock's box whenever 1
pleased."
Mrs. Maycock laughed a jolly laugh
in which I joined. Perhaps if I had
owned a bunch of keys of my own I
should not have laughed so freely
The wife looked doubtfully at the eld
est daughter. Was there any fear of
such loose principles being infectious?
"Maycock was very stric, you see,
ma'm," went on nurse, "and very stingy
about his money. So much a week
doled out regular every Saturday, and
no more if vou dies for it, and often
enough it wouldn't run to it. Every
week a pound; and whether 1 was
brought to bed, or whatever happened,
there was no more. So I contrived
this here kej as would open his box
and when I rally couldn't manage any
i . ii t'.i i .,.,1 ir,..'.
lrlS Ceased oul" wa.V i-u uscu to uiuuvu jiajLwn a
box and take out a suvnn; never no
more than that, I assure you, ma'm.
And I don't think he missed it ever!
He took out his money every now and
then, when it growd to be a good lump,
and divested it somewhere, and then
he'd frown and shake his head over his
box sometimes, as if he couldn't make
it come right; but he never said any
thing to me, no more did I to him; no,
and never breathed a syllable to any
living soul how I managed it."
Here Mrs. Maycock took breath, and
then went on :
"But one day I wanted something
very bad for my second little girl a
cloak, or a hood, or something: I went
to his box and took out a suvrin. His
store was got very low then, for there
was only three pounds, and when I
took mine there was only two, don't
you sec, sir ? Well, after I'd done it I
grew frightened, for thinks I, perhaps
he'll go to his box, and he's sure to re
collect as he'd left three there before,
and then there'd be a desperate to-do.
So what does I do but I gets hold of a
new farden, and I slips it into the box
along with the two suvrins; and glad
I was I done it, for presently in comes
Maycock looking as black as you please.
" 'Master's off to Binchester, says he,
'and left word as I'm t follow him ;
but he ain't left me the money for ex
penses. Perhaps it'll be a fortnight's
job,' says he.
" - What will you do, Maycock ?' says
I. Says he: I must borrow some of
my own money. 'Oh,' says I, feeling
quite faint; but then again, thinks I,
he'll never notice it.
"Well, his train didn't go afore a
quarter-past seven; but you never did
see how he fidgeted. It wasn't five
o'clock then, but every minute he calls
out, 'Jane, what o'clock is it?' and pres
ently he says, 'Jane, I must have a
shirt and a pair of stockings; p'raps I
shan't get home next Saturday. Jane,'
says he. 'will you look after that ?'
'All right,' says I. Well, in another
quarter of an hour he'd say again,
Mane,' says he, 'how about that shirt
and pair of stockings?' 'Bless your
'art,' says I, 'don't fidget like that ;' and
then he shuts up for ten minutes and
begins aain. 'Jane,' says he, 'ain't it
time to be getting ready ?' And so he
kept all on, that I was thankful when
the time come for him to start.
" 'You'll leave mo my wages, May
cock?' says I, as he was bustling
about. 'To be sure,' says he, and with
that he goes to his box. It was the
money as had to keep me and the child
for a week, you know, ma'm, and little
enough too.
" 'Well, good-by, old woman,' he says,
and gives me a kiss, and thrusts some
thing into my hand, and away he goes;
and what do you think he'd left me,
ma'm? "Why, the very identical new
farden as I'd put into the box!"
Trivial as this story of Mrs. May
cock's may appear, it bears such an ex
cellent moral that I make no apology
for thus giving it to the world. Bel-graria.
JANUARY MEETING 1874, 8TAE
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
At the Grand Central, Omaha, Wednes
day, January, 7th, 1371.
The regular annual meeting of the Ne
braska State Board of Agriculture will
transpire at the Grand Central Hotel
in the city of Omah;i, on Wednesday,
January 7th, 1884, 2 o clock p. in.
i he members of the Board are as
follows:
MEMBERS WIIOSi: TERM OF OFFICE EX
PIRE IN 1874.
M Dunham
II Q Stiver
Y A Tisdel
F M Dinninny
John Keith
II P Coolidge
J;is M Woods.
roSE TERMS OK OFFICE EX
PIRE IN 1875.
Judge O P Mason ov ll W Furnas
D II Wheeler
J W Moore
.1 H Gregg
N W Welles
M Stocking
H Khodes
J W Holt
MEMBERS W
II C Ad.lis
J T Allen
W II Ely
J I) Moore
Silas Gather
J Sterling Morton.
Gen J S Brishin
C II Winslow
J Vallery
G Y Eaton
It Daniels
G G Barton
O II Irish
And each member is urged to be in
prompt attendance at 2 o clock in the
afternoon of the dav above named.
Arrangements have Been made tor ac
commodation of the Board, and a room
for their meetings at the hotel named,
which will probably prove satisfactory
to all concerned.
Business of supreme importance in
regard to the State Fair for the com
ing year will be taken under advise
ment. Everv earnest man who desires
to demonstrate, by the exhibition of
our soil-prout'cts, ami our improved
breeds of domestic animals, the fact
that, in proportion to its age, Nebraska,
Agricultural!)-, is the foremost State
m the American u nion, will, J am
quite certain, ilo all in his power to fa
cilitate the State Board in making the
State I air .a complete success.
The January meeting will determine
when and where that lair is to be held.
It will arrange the premiums lists. It
will fix the price of admission to the
grounds during the Fair. It will, if
fully attended by its members, they
having severally given the matter that
thought which its importance merits,
dictate an agricultural and horticultur
al exposition lor io4 winch shall be a
glory to our soil and climate and an al
lurement to intelligent and indus
trious men everywhere, to come here
and make unto themselves new and
happy homes.
The President of each County Socie
ty, or delegate therefrom duly author
ized, who shall for the time being, be
exeffico members of the State Board of
Agriculture, for the purpose of delib
erating and consulting as to the wants,
prospects and condition of the Agricul
tural interests of the State.
J. Sterltxo Mortox,
President Nebraska State Board of Ag
riculture Nebraska City', Nov. 24th, 1873.
Attest-.
Dax'l II. Wheeler,
Secretary.
Newspapers throughout the State,
who have faith in this cause and can
afford to publish tnis notice for the
sake of the cause, gratuitosly, are
respet fully asked to demonstrate "their
faith by their work," and publish the
same immediately and until January
7th, 1874.
J. Sterling Mortox, Pres't.
ous. Certainly so insignificant a prrnv
graph, could not attract notice. After"
a time, however, it began to look more
noticeable to him. The more he looked
at it the plainer it grew. Finally it
glared at him from the closely printed
page. But that was because he was
the person particularly interested. Of
course it would appear conspicuous to
him. But it could not be to others.
That evening Mr. Buffer was just
sittingdown to tea (Buffer was a plain,
old-fashioned man, and took tea at six)
when his door bell was rung. The ser
vant announced that a man was at the
door with a dog to sell.
"Tell him I don't want one."
Six times Buffer was interrupted
while taking tea, by men with dogs to
sell. Buffer was a man who would not
lie. He had put his foot in, and he
must take it out manfully. The twenty-third
applicant was a small boy,
with a girl in company, who had a rag
ged, dirty poodle, for sale. Buffer
bought the pooodlc of the boy, and im
mediately presented it to the girl, and
sent them off.
To the next applicant he was able
truthfully to answer "Don't want an
more, I've bought one."
The stream of callers continued un
til near ten o'clock, at which hour
Buffer locked up and turned off the
gas.
On the following evening, as Buffer
approached his house, he found a
crowd assembled. He counted thirty-
nine men and boys each one of whom
had a dog in tow. There were dogs
of every grade, size and color, and dogs
of every quality of whine, yelp, bark,
growl and howl. Buffer addressed the
motley multitude, and informed them
that he had purchased a dog.
"Then what d'ycr advertise for?"
And Buffer got his hat knocked over
his eyes before he reached the sanctu-
arv of his home.
Never mind about the trials and
tribulations of that night. Buffer had
no idea that there were so many dogs
in existence. With the aid of three
policemen he got through alive. On
the next morning he visited his friend
the editor, and acknowledged the corn.
The advertisement of "wanted" was
taken out, and in the most conspicu
ous place, and in glaring type, he ad
vertised that he dulnt want any more
dogs. And for this advertisement he
paid. Then he w ent home and posted
upon his door "Goxe into the
Country'." Then he hired a special
policeman to guard his property; and
then he locked up, and went away with
his family.
Irom that day Josephus Buffer has I
ne ver been heard to express doubts con
cerning the efficacy of printer's ink;
neither has he asked "Who reads ad
vertisements?" C.
POSTAL SUGGESTIONS.
The "Fat Contributor" is dissatisfied
with some of tho decisions of the Post
office Department, and submits "a few
improved rulings" of his own concoct
tion:
Monthly magazines published week-,
ly, must be charged letter postage when
delivered d lily. Powder magazines'
except to regular stibsbribers, are not
permitted to frank their reports.,'. .
Iifo stamp is affixed to a letter ro-.
tain it. If, hoflrever the postage i
overpaid, letter rip!
If you ferl any doubt about rt paper
going with ;t one eoit stamp, have two"
sent. l
Seeds can go through the In'aif as
mercliandi.se. The- postmasters are
cautioned against any old seeds to go
through their mails, however, .
Signs cannot be sent without paying
letter postage, tliree cents on ever
letter.
Calico prints, any foreign prince, rc
printi and foot-prints, all go as printed
matter, and pay tax accordingly. Vac-(
cine matter must be properly (pock)
marked.
Poetry in it various stages, includ
ing the Edgar A Poe stage mtrst b
sent gost-paid, whether it ever paid to
read it or not.
A postmaster is not permitted to
make any material change in the si to
of his povtoflice without affixing a two
cent stain) for every two ounces. Ho
can charge double postage for the sight'
of the postmaster.
Shirts may bo mailed at the rate of
two cents for every two ouces of shirt.
If the owner's name is on the shirt,'
letter postage must be charged. This"
rule is indelible.
A subscriber residing in the county
in which a pajier is printed can take
the paper, provided he pays in advance
and urges his neighbors to subscribe.-
If lie does not live In the county iit
which he resides, and the paper is not
pi in ted in the same county where it
has its press-work done, then the coun
ty must pay double postage on tho
man we mean atwo-ctntcounty must '
be affixed to every postage.
Editors of newspapers
families shall be affixed to
age.
Editors of newspapers
SPEAKER BLAINE'S SPEECH.
OUR GLEN DALE LETTER.
Glexdale, Neb- Dec. 15, 1873.
Editor Herald: The people here
are nearly through with their fall
work, and have been holding very in
teresting meetings of late, under the
auspices of the Disciple Church, llev.
C. Alton, their pastor, preaches with
considerable acceptance, and has al
ready succeeded in adding eight to the
church, two by letter and six by immer
sion. Quite a crowd collected here
yesterday to witness the ceremony of
baptism. Good order prevailed, and
great seriousness was depicted on every
countenance. The meeting is still in
progress, and it is to be hoped that the
list of converts will be increased.
Julius.
JIADE TO --SEE IT."
On week days you buy your mnsic
by the sheet; on Sundays you can have
it by the choir for nothing.-
"I can't see it," t-aid Buffer. "No
body reads all these little advertise
ments. It's preposterous to think it."
"But," said the editor, "you read
what interests you."
"Yes."
"And if there's anything that you
particularly want you look for it?"
"Certainly."
"Well among the thousands upon
thousands who help to make up this
busy world of ours everything that is
printed is read. Sneer as you please,
lo assure you that printer's ink is
the true open sesame to all business
success.
And still Buffer couldn't see it. He
didn't believe that one-half of those
ittle, crowded advertisements were
ever read.
"Suppose you try the experiment,"
said the editor. "Just slip in an ad
vertisement of the want of one of the
most common tilings in the world.
For the sake of the test I will give it
two insertions free. Two will be
enough; and you may have it jammed
into any out-of-the-way nook of my
paper you shall select. Two insertions
of only two lines. "Will you try it?"
Buffer said of course he would try
it. And he selected the place where
he would have it published crowded
in under the head of "Wants.', And
lie waited and saw a proof of his ad
vertisement, which appeared as fol
lows: Wantfd A good house dog. Apply to. I.
Buffer. S7;t. Towser street, between the hours of
6 and 9P..
Buffer went away smiling and nod
ding. On the following morning he
opened his paper, and after a deal of
hunting, he found his advertisement.
At Erst it did not seem at all conspicu-
On being escorted to the chair Mr.
Blaine delivered the following neat
little speech:
Gentlemen of the House of Repre
sentatives:
The vote this moment announced by
the clerk is such as calls for my sin-
cerest thanks. To be chosen speaker
of the American House of Representa
tives is always an honorable distinc
tion; but to be chosen a third time en
hances the honor more than three-fold.
To be chosen by the largest bodv that
ever assembled in the Capitol imposes
burdens of responsibility which only
your indulgent kindness could eml wild-
en me to assume. The urst occupant
of this chair presided over a house of
sixty-five members, representing a
population far below the present ag
gregate of New York. At that time
in the Lnitetl States there was not 500,-
000 civilized inhabitants to be found
100 miles distant from the flow of the
-A-uamic tuie. io-aay, gentlemen, a
large majority of you came from be
yond that limit, and represent the dis
trict then peopled only by frontiersmen.
The National Government is not yet as
old as many of its citizens, but in this
brief span of time less than one
lengthened life has, under God's provi
dence, extended its power until the
continent is the field of its empire and
attests the majesty of its law.
With the growth of the new States
and the resulting changes in the centers
of population, new interests are devel
oped rival to the old, but by no means
hostile; nay, rather are all these inter
ests in harmony, and the true science
of a just government is to give each
its full and fair play, oppressing none
by undue action, favoring none by un
due privilege. It is this great lesson
which our daily experience is teaching
us, binding us together more closely,
making our mutual independence more
manifest, and causing us to feel whet It
er we live in North, South, East or
West, that we have indeed but one
country, one Constitution, and one des
tiny. And that- reminds r.s that except
when especially called to our mind as
above, we seldom think of the im
mense proportions to which our coun
try has grown in the few years past,
and when our growling and cavilling
friends are reviling Congressman,
President, and every public man, they
might pause a moment and reflect that
it takes better men to handle the gov
ernment now than it did sixty years
ago. No purer men lived, perhaps, but
the business of the country was but an
atom then in proportion, and they
could choose assistants whom they
knew personally, and even personally
superintend each department. Now
that supervision is impossible, and our
heads of departments must depend for
fidelity upon the men recommending
their agents; these agents come from
the people, and are recommenced by
the people, and if we are not so' honest
or so pure as we were sixty years ago,
the reformation must commence at
home among, ourselves, and not at
"W ashington.-
and their
every tv
and their"
families shall be allowed to pass free
in the mails.
Postmasters shall be responsible for
the payment of all subscriptions on
newspapers sent to persons residing '
within three miles from any post-office
If any person refuses to take the pa- ,
per, the postmaster shall be compelled
to read it. Postage on newspapers- '.
shall be paid or not, at the option of
the publishers and subscribers. If pre
paid, tho payment may be made at any
time most convenient to either, and
may be cither in cash, or country or
city produce. The rate per ounce shall
be determined by the editor, and tho
weight shall be calculated at not less '
than forty-four ounces to the pound.
A LETTERrK03lA N T) LI) PLATTS '
MOUTH B0YI
Mr. Tip-Top Dear Friend:
Please find enclosed $2, for which send '
your very dear Herald for a year, '
commencing from the time my ruIk '
scription expired, which was some time
in October. I would not rniss getting
it for twice the price of it. Although
I can't be at home, I learn through the
paper all that transpires, and it doe
me as much good to rettd it as to re
ceive a letter from my "Girl " and that
is saying a "good deal," you know
I did not go to Indianapolis as I in- '
tended when I left Plattsmouth. I
received a very lengthy letter fron
your friend, that is stopping there, and-'
he did not give mo any encouragement
to go. My general health is very goody
and I am getting stronger all the time
I think by spring I will be able to '
walk.
r
Remember me to Mrs. "Mac." 1
think her explanation of the rat story
correct. My regard to all the boys, '
and hoping you will remain Tip-Top
all the time, I have the honor to be
Very Truly, R. II. Vaxatta
A Permanent Paste.
The following process will, it is said, '
afford an usually adhesive paste, adapt
ed to fastening leather, paper, etc '
without the defects of glue, which, if
preserved from evaporation in closed '.
bottles, will keep for years. Cover
four parts, by weight, of glue, with fif- '
teen parts of cold water, and allow it
to soak for several hours; then warm
moderately till the solution is perfectly
clear, and dilute it with sixty-live parts '
of boiling water, intimately stirred in. '
Next prepare a solution of thirty parti '
of starch in two hundred parts of cold
water, so a, to form a thin, honiogene-!
ous liquid, free from lumps, and pour
the boiling glue solution into it with'
thorough stirring, and ftt the same"
time keeping the mass boiling.'
BLAINE AN1 C'OX.'
From the Washington Star.
On Monday last our friend Cox was'
more than usually active, spnrty and
irrepressible in the House. He was
continually at the front, "catching on
the fly," and rampaging round general'
ly. Finally, when the House came td'
an agreement ta proceed with the de-'
bate on' the Salary bill in twenty-mi n'
ute speeches, Co.t- despatched a pago
with the following note;
"Dear MR. Speaker: Put me tlowrr
for twenty minutes. S. S. C."
To which the Speaker replied j
"Dear Cox: I would be delight j-u if
I could keep you down half that tinW
.t.-C?.'!"
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