TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
THE BEDFORD GAZETTE is published every Fri
day morning by MEYERS A MBHAKL, at $2 00 per
annum, if paid strictly in advance ; $2.50 if paid
within six months; $3.00 if not paid within six
months. All subscription accounts MUST he
settled annually. No paper will he sent out of
the State unless paid for ix ADVANCE, and all such
subscriptions will invariably be discontinued at
the expiration of the time for which they are
paid.
All AIA ERTISEMENTS for a loss term than
three months TEN CENTS per line for each In
sertion. Special notices one-half additional All
resoluti< ns of Associations; communications of
limited or individual interest, and notices of mar
riages and deaths exceeding five line.-, ten cents
per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line.
All legal Notices of every kind, and Orphans'
Court and Judicial Sales, are required by late
to be published in both papers published in this j
place.
Id?" All advertising due after first insertion. |
A liberal discount is made to persons advertising
by the quarter, half jear, or year, as follows:
3 months. 6 months. 1 year.
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JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with
neatness and dispatch. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has
just been refitted with a Power Press and new type, ]
and everything in the Printing line can be execu- !
ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest
rates —TERMS CASH.
All letters should be addressd to
METERS A MENGEL,
Publishers.
snj-6oodsi, &t.
A NOTHER VETO ON HIGL
PRICES!
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY
by buying your WOODS of
MILLER A BOWSER,
Mann'g Corner, ... BEDFORD, Pa.
They are now opening a choice variety of
NEW AND DESIRABLE
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
• Dry-Goods,
Ready-Made Clothing,
Fancy G.,ods,
Notions,
Cotton Yarn,
Hats and Caps,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Queensware,
Wooden ware,
Tobacco and Cigars,
Brooms,
Baskets,
'
Ac., Ac., Ac. |
LOOK AT SOME OF THEIR PRICES
CALICO, at 8, 10, 12, 15, 16.
GINGHAM, at 12J, 15, 18, 20.
MUSLIN, at 10, 12, 14, 15, 18, 20.
Cassimeres, Cloths, Satinetts and
Ladies' Sacking, at very low prices.
Ladies', Gents' and Misses'
Shoes, Sandals and Over-Shoes, in great variety.
fiiSr Men's, Boys' and Youths' Boots.
S£p Best Coffee, Tea, Sugar and Syr
up in the market. Prices low
fisaT Feed, Flour, Ac., for sale at all
times.
fcaT We invite all to call and see our
goods and compare prices before buying elsewhere.
Our motto is, Short Proffita.
BID?" TERMS —Cash, Note or Produce.
0ct25,'67
Jg N T E R P It I S E
MACHINE WORKS,
Logan Street, - - . LEWISTOWN, Pa.
11. D. SLAGLE & BRO., Pro'rs.
0. R. DAVIS, Superintendent.
MANUFACTURERS OF
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, PORTABLE
AND STATIONERY STEAM ENGINES
AND BOILERS;
Portable Steam Saw Mills ;
Iron and Brass castings ot every description made
and fitted up for Mills, Factories, Blast
Furnaces, Forges, Rolling
Mills, Ac.
We call the attention of f ANNER3 to our Oven
for Burning Tan under Steam Boilers.
IjT TERMS MODERATE.
All orders promptly attended to.
H D. SLAGLE A BRO.,
op27m6 Lewistown, Pa.
V. LEO & CO.,
Manufacturers of
CABINET-WARE, CHAIRS, &C.,
BEDFORD, PA.,
The undersigned being engaged in the Cabinet
making business, will make to order and keep on
hand everything in their line of manufacture.
BUREAUS, DRESSING STANDS, PARLOR AND EXTEN
SION TABLES, CHAIRS. BEDSTEADS, WASH
STANDS, Ac., AC.,
will be furnished at all prices, and to suit every
taste.
They have also added to their stock,
FRENCH COTTAGE SUITS,
MARBLE TOP TABLES,
CANE CHAIRS,
SOFAS,
TETE A TKTKS,
Ac., Ac.,
Lwtern manufacture.
Having purchased the stock and tools of Thos.
Merwine. (late Wm. Stahl's) they have added the
same to their manufactory.
COFFINS will also be made to order, and a
HEARSE always in readiness to attend fune-als
L®v>Prompt attention paid to all orders for work
gjTShopon West Pitt Street, nearly opposite i
the residence of George Shuck.
aug.23,m3. RICHARD V. LEO A CO.
THE Local circulation of the BED
FORD GAZETTE is larger than that of any other |
paper in this s-tction ol oountry, and therefore of
erstbe greatest inducements to business men to
fdrortise in its columns. I
BY MEYERS & MENGEL.
; #rtf-<soods, rtr.
F /SASH BUYERS, TAKE NOTICE!
' SAVE YOUR GREENBACKS!
NEW
- FALL AND WINTER GOODS,
just received,
At J. M. SHOEMAKER'S Store,
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES!
Having just returned from the East, we are now
opening a large stock of Fall and Winter Goods,
j which have been BOUGHT FOR CASH, at nctt
' cash prices, and will be SOLD CHEAP. This be
ing the only full stock of goods brought to Bedford
i this season, persons will be able to suit themselves
better, in style, quality and price, than at any
other store in Bedford The following comprise a
few of our prices, viz :
Calicoes, at 10, 12, 14, 15, 16 and th.
best at 18 cents.
I Muslins at 10, 12, 14, 15, 10, 18, and
and the best at 22 cents.
All Wool Flannels from 40cts. up.
French Merinoes, all wool Delaines, Coburgs, Ac.
SHAM LS Ladies', children's and misses' {
j shawls, latest styles; ladies'cloaking cloth.
MEN'S WEAR—Cloths, cassimeres, sutinctts. !
: jeans. Ae.
BOOTS AND SIIOES--In this line ive have a
i very extensive assortment for ladies, misses, chil
; dren, and men's and boys' boots and shoes, all sizes
I and prices, to suit all.
HATS—A large assortment of men's and boys'
hats.
CLOTHING—Men's and boys' coats, pants and
vests, all sizes and prices
SHIRTS, Ac.—Men's woolen and muslin shirts; !
Shakspeare, Lockwood and muslin-lined paper
collars; cotton chain (single and double, white >
and colored).
GROCERIES—Coffee, sugar, syrups, green and '
biack teas, spices of all kinds, dye-stuffs, Ac.
I.EAIIIER—SoIe leather, French and city calf
skins, upper leather, linings, Ac.
We will sell goods on the same terms that
we have been for the last three months—cash, or
note with interest from date. No bad debts con- i
tracted and no extra charges to good paying cus
tomers to make up losses of slow and never paying
customers. Cash buyers always get the best bar
gains, and their accounts are always settled up.
J. M. SHOEMAKER. j
Bedford, 5ep.27,'67. No. 1 Anderson's Row.
10 per cent, saved in buying your
goods for cash, at J. M. SHOEMAKEIi'S cash and
produce store, No. 1 Anderson's Row.
sep27
JLjiRESH STOCK OF FALL AND
WINTER GOODS,
AT
FARQUIIAR'S.
We have on hand, and intend to sell
VERY C lEAP,
a large variety of seasonable
DRY-GOODS, NOTIONS,
GROCERIES,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
■ and a general variety of articles, usually kept in a
first-class store.
IT WILL PAY TO EXAMINE OUR STOCK.
J. B. FARQUHAR.
oct 18
|YEW GOODS!! NEW GOODsTi
The undersigned has just received from the East a
large and varied stock of New Goods,
which are now open for
examination, at
MILL-TOWN,
two miles West of Bedford, comprising everything
usually found in a first-class courtry store,
consisting, in part, of
Dry-Goods,
Delaines,
Calicoes,
Muslins,
C'assimers,
Boots and Shoes,
Groceries,
Notions,
Ac., Ac. i
All of wbich will be sold at the most reasonable
prices.
Thankful for past favors, we solicit a con
tinuance ot the public patronage.
Eif Call and examine our goods.
may24,'67. O. YEAGER
XTEW ARRIVAL.—Just received
i A at M. C. FETTERLY'S FANCY STOKE, j
Straw Huts and Bonnets, Straw Ornaments, Rib
bons Flowers, Millinery Goods, Embroideries, '
Handkerchiefs, Bead-trimmings, Buttons. Hosiery
and Gloves, White Goods, Parasols and Sun-Urn- j
brellas, Balmorals and Hoop Skirts. Fancy Goods '
and Notions, Ladies' and Children's Shoes. Our
assortment contains all that is sew and desirable.
1 hunktul for former liberal patronage we hope .
to be able to merit a continuance from all our cus- i
tomers. Please cull and see our new stock.
maySl
J AUG EST! CHEAPEST! BEST!
J B. M. BLYMYER & CO.,
have the
LARGEST STOCK OF STOVES
ever brought to Bedford.
B. M. BLYMYER & CO.,
have the
CHEAPEST STOCK OF STOVES
ever brought to Bedford.
B. M. BLYMYER & CO.,
have the
BEST STOCK OF STOVES
ever brought to Bedford.
Call and See the Mammoth Stoct.
200 STOVES of every size and description.
50 second-hand Stoves, all kinds, which will be
sold very low.
THEY WILL SOT BE UNDERSOLD.
Also, TINWARE, of every description,
Cheaper than the Cheapest!
Everybody will please bear in mind that B.
M. Blymyer A Co. sell CHEAPER GOODS, in
their line, of the same quality, than can be sold by
any one else in Bedford. Remember the
place, No. 1, Stone Row. sep4,'67.tf
J HENRY HUTTON,
• WITH
SHUMWAY, CHANDLER & Co.,
Wholesale Manufacturers and
DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES,
221 Market and 210 Church Streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
lour patronage is respectfully solicited.
Aug3o/67.
JgYRE & LANDELL,
Fourth and Arch Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
Are offering a NEW STOCK of
DRY GOODS,
For the Fall Sales of 1867. SHAWLS, SILKS!,
DRESS GOODS, and STAPLE DRY GOODS.
N. B. Job lots of goods received daily.
augl3w6
A RARE CHANCE IS OEI ERED
I;V ALL PERSONS
To display their Goods;
Tt sell their Goods:
To gather informs.tion;
To make known their wants;
Ac., Ac. Ac. Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac., Ac.,
by sdvertisingin the oolumns OF THE GAZETTE.
Ihf gcdfortl OVauttc.
I .HI'EACH HIM. IF YOl' DARE!
A RoiiMtornlie Y<ll of Dolinneo. such as
lias not BEEN in for the
I .as t Eight Years.
DIS-RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO ASHLEY*, BUT
LER, CON'OVER A CO.
The voice of old Connecticut reached California's
shore;
Pacific's voice re-echoed then the Democratic
roar
' That from Atlantic's banks arose, and Rads with
anguish hear
j The Democratic masses shriek, " Impeach him, if
| you dare
Dai ■ California's glittering shores swelis out the
j >d refrain,
*ple are enfranchised, we're freemen once
again,
And the stalwart old Democracy, in solid phalanx
there,
In deaf'ning tones to Ashley yell, "Jmpeach him, I
if you dare."
God bless the boys of old Kentuck, they loud the j
chorus swell,
And warmly, earnestly rebuke that conclave
sprung from Hell,
That loudly of impeachment talked, while now,
with gibe and jeer,
They say to them, "You thieving sneaks, impeach
him, if you dare !"
Now, disenthralled, Old Maryland her colors true
has shown,
And the principles of force and fraud to the four
winds arc thrown,
While Baltimore redeems herself, and, with ex.
ultant cheer,
Defiantly the Old Line sneers, "impeach him, if
you dare !"
Anon upon Ohio's bunks, a cohort is in sight,
The clans have gathered, on they come who bat
tle for the right,
They bury "negro suffrage" and "tinselled sa
traps" there
And haughtily to Ashley say, "impeach him, if
you dare!"
Great Pennsylvania swells the note, "my policy"
has won,
And tyranny and anarchy, their toilsome race
hnvc run,
And millions now of Democrats, whose voices rend
the air,
In trumpet tones to Ashley say, "impeach, him, if
you dare."
Let Sickles gabble in the North or do what e'er
he will
Let Treason give ovations to its hybrid "little
Phil,"
Let the martyr —Stanton—bellow, his rantings
can't ensnare
| The men who love one Union, so, "impeach him
if you dare."
I Lot Ashley threaten as he will, and lot Beast But
ler roar
The people's voice has muzzled them, they'll
trouble us no more,
We'll hold them up to public soorn, and let them
moaning hear,
The people saying tauntingly, " impeach him , if
you dare."
Old Ben Wade's hopes are blasted, the Presiden
tial chair
Is quick receding from his view and vanishes in
air;
The German vote has "bottled" him, he tackled
Laeer Beer,
And Teutons—freemen, now exclaim, "impeach
him, if you dare !"
A million hearts as stout as oak stand foremost in
the van,
And boldly bid defiance to the Puritanic clan ;
In serried column on they come, they know no |
doubt or fear,
And Ashley trembling hears them say, "impeach
him, if you dare."
The Constitution and the laws have made him
President,
And in the White House he'll remain, till fiendish
fury's spent
He's noble, brave, and firm and true, the people
want him there,
And thundering tones to Ashley say, "impeach
him, if you dare !"
liistis A.VI) HEROES.
One murder makes a villain—
Millions a hero : Princes are privileg'd
To kill, and numbers sanctify the crimo.
Ah ! why will Kings forget that they are men ?
And men that they are brethren ? Why delight
In human sacrifice ? Why burst the ties
Of nature, that should knit their souls together
In one soft bond of amity and love ?
They yet still breathe destruction, still go on
Inhumanly ingenious, to find out
New puins for life, new terrors for the grave !
Artificers of death ! Still monarchs dream
Of universal empire, growing up
From universal ruin. Blast the design,
Great God of hosts ! nor let thy creatures fall
Uupitiod victims, at ambition's shrine.
AN AGENT OF THE LOUD. —Deacon
Sitiies was an austere man who fol-
Jowed oystering and was of hardshell
persuasion. The deacon 'alius made it
a pint' to tell his coustomers that the
money which he received for .'isters'
did not belong to him. "The good
father made the 'isters," said the dea
con, 'and the money is hi.s'n; I'm
only a stooart.' One Sunday morning
the old fellow was tearing round from
house to house with a suspicious bit of
currency in his hand, and more than a
suspicion of rage in his face. Some
one had given him a bad fifty cents,
and he 'was'nt goin' to ineetin' till
that ar was fixed up.' 4 Why deacon,'
said one of his customers, whom he had
tackled about it, 'what's the odds?
what need you care? tisn't yours, you
know ; you are only a steward; it isn't
your loss.' The deacon shifted his
shoulder, walked to the door, unship
ped his quid, and said, 'Yaas, that's so ;
but if you think that I'm goin' to stand
by and see the Lord cheated out of fifty
ceats, you are mistaken. I don't foster
no such feelin'.'
A GOOD LADY, who had two children
sick with the measles, wrote to a friend
for the hest remedy. The f>*iend had
just received a note from another la
dy, inquiring the way to make pickles.
In the confusion, the lady who had in
quired about the pickles received the
remedy for the measles, and the anx
ious mother of the sick children read
with horror the following: "Scald
them three or four times in very hot
vinegar, and sprinkle them with salt,
and in a few days they will be cured."
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1, 1867,
A LIFE INSURANCE CASE.
Attempted FRNUL--A Singular Story.
A curious life in.sura nee case was tried
in Philadelphia, before Judge Shars
wood last week. One Flias Charles
Richards, in the Summer of 1865, ob
tained a policy of insurance for $lO,OOO
in the American Life Insurance Com
pany of Philadelphia. Subsequently
the policy was assigned to Edward S.
Connor, and by him suit was brought
against the company for the recovery of
the entire amount of $lO,OOO. The
plaintilf alleges that Richards was
drowned 011 the evening of September
15, 1865, in the Susquehanna river, near
Perryville. The defendantsdeniedthis,
and maintained that the man is now
alive.
The testimony adduced on the trial
exhibited a series of circumstances and
manueversofthe most interesting char
acter. No starting point could be found
i for the man Richards. He came from
1 nowhere, belonged nowhere, had no
family, no relatives, no friends, no busi
ness, no money—a regular "Topsy" of
the masculine gender. He was picked
up by the agent, who insured him some
; where in Philadelphia—he couldn't tell
| where—taken down to Maryland, and
j there the papers were made out and in-1
J surance effected to the extent of $20,000,
: SIO,(KM) being in the Charter Oak. This
was in June. Richards stayed in that
neighborhood a few days, went away,
and returned again in the night of the
14th ofSeptember. On the two previous
occasions he wore a broadcloth suit and
carried a gold watch. On his last visit
he had linen clothing much worn,straw
hat, old shoes, with no money, no watch
nor luggage of any kind. He had bar
gained for a farm, and through the same
agent who insured him he succeeded in
obtaining $2,000 on his policies of $20,-
000 of Mr. Connor. One thousand dol
lars of this money he paid to the agent,
and received a bond for a deed.
| On the evening of the 15th of Sep
tember this Richards proposed to two
, men, after finding out that one eouid
not swim and that the other vvouid'nt,
| to take a walk with him along the bank
of the river. They went with him. lie
insisted upon going into the water.
They went out upon a raft lying behind
| a wooded point of land, and Richards
i went in to bathe. He swam about near
to the boat for some timb, and then got
up on the timbers. After a while Rich
ards said he hadn't swam enough, and
would go in again, and said he might
get the cramps, and if he did, he wished
them to come to his assistance. It was
now quitedark. He went in again, and
this time swam directly away from the
float, and when about forty yard i off
| cried out that he had the cramps. The
I two men were frightened and ran for a
! boat. When they returned they could
neither see nor hear anything of Rich
ards, and, therefore, believed him
drowned. This was the evidence on
the part of the plaintiff, except the tes
timony of one individual that he
| thought he saw the body of a man float
ing on the water some eight days after
the drowning, but which was proved to
be a hoop covered with weeds and
grass.
The defendants offered in testimony
I the peculiar circumstances attending
| the effecting of the insurance, the sin
| gular conduct of the man, his appear
ance in the hot Summer in woolen
clothes and in September in a thin and
wornout Summer suit, and the timeand
method of his going into the river to
bathe,as indicating fraud, premeditated
end most systematically arranged and
perpetrated. They also produced the
testimony of two witnesses, oneof whom
had seen this same Richards once and
the other three times since the a'leged
drowning.
The case goes over to another trial.
Of course, when the doctors disagree
editors cannot undertake to decide. Yet
we would take this occasion to say that
life insurance companies cannot be too
watchful in guarding against fraud and
misrepresentation. Nearly the entire
benefits of life insurance accrue to
widows and orphans. It is, therefore,
the interest of all husbands and fathers
who are insured that these institutions
should be protected against fraud, so
that they will be able to meet the liabil
ities arising from all honest and legiti
mate insurances.
During the past two years, says a
Philadelphia paper, many attempts
have been made to swindle life insur
ance companies. In Illinoisan insured
man sent some other person's dead body
as his representative to the grave, while
he stayed back to collect the policy. In
Cincinnati a man buried a lot of willow
sticks.for the same purpose ; and a va
riety of singular contrivances have been i
made to this end in different sections J
of the country, which seem to indicate i
that a regular systematic organization
has been effected to defraud these be
nevolent institutions.
ABOUT HATING.— Hate not. It is
not worth while. Your life is not long
enough to make it pay to cherish ill
will or hard thoughts toward any one.
What if that man has cheated you, or
that woman has played you false?—
What if this friend has forsaken you
in your timeof need, or that one having
won your entire confidence, has, con
cluded thathe prefers to treat you as
astranger ? Let it all pass. What diff
erence will it make to you in a few
years, when you go hence to the "un
discovered country ?" All who ill-treat
you now will be more sorry for it then
than you, even in your grief and disap
pointment, can be.
NOLILOQI'Y OF A ROM> IIOI.D Kit.
*Five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty
five, thirty, thirty-live, forty, forty
five, fifty—
t ifty thousand dollars in seven-twen
ty bonds. Let us see:—
$50,000 00
Interest at 8 per cent. 8
$4,000 00
And in gold. That is equal to SEV
EN thousand dollars in greenbacks.
All, this is nice!
And there are the other bonds. Let
me count over to-day, then I will cut
off the coupons, and tomorrow go to
the National Bank and draw my inter
est:—
I have seven twenties, $50,000 00
u six-forties, 50,(MX) 00 j
" seven-thirties, 50,000 00
" ten-twenties, 40,000 00
Total, $190,000 00
Here is a nice little total of one hun
dred and ninety thousand dollors inves
ted in the rich man's comfort, United
States bonds, interest payable in gold,
and no taxes to pay on bonds or inter
est.
$190,000 00
Interest in gold equal to 11
percent, in greenbacks 11
$20,900 00
Twenty thousand and nine hundred
dollars the poor men of this country
are willing to pay me for living with
them.
Ha! ha! ha! Rut the national debt
is a national blessing!
I like bonds. All of us New Eng
land patriots like bonds. We have no
taxes to pay on them, not a tax. Rath
er sharp fighting that was.
Yankees are good at whittling—good
at skinning !
The war was a god-send to me. I
filled quotas and speculated in things.
I made money—lots of it—invested in
bonds—and I am now rich.
I own this elegant house. This
furniture was conquered from the cow
ardly rebels. Theseehairs, books, pict
ures mirrors,—all this furniture was
confiscated and slipped to me on the
sly.
Bully for patriotism !
Good morning, bleeding country!
Long live the enduring people!
lwentto. no war—not one—not any.
It was a better game to control legisla
tion—to figure for contracts—to pass a
law that United States bonds should
be exempt from taxation, and that the
interest should be paid in gold.
Gold is Democracy—l detest Democ
racy, but the gold part is worth saving!
I pay no taxes !
Not a tax.
I love that Congress—that good Rad
ical Congress—that gay, festive, and re
bel-shouting Congress. It protects in
tellect and puts the clamps on muscle!
It exempts us bondholders from all
taxation.
The tax collector never bothers me.
Thank the Congress, the Devil, orsome
body, I am not called on to pay taxes.
Let the poor folks, the working men,
the soldiers who fought, the farmers of
the West, the miners of the farther
West, pay taxes.
New England is cunning!
New England is wealthy !
New England is boss—the West and
South are victims!
I like it. Allot* us bondholders like
it.
The poor people support me in idle
ness.
They pay the money that makes my
interest.
They support the army, the navy,
the government, the negroes, the bond
holders, and can have what there is
left and get rich if they can.
lam a Bond Holder. The credit of
the nation protects me. The fools of
America, the cowards who dare not lift
the chains from their necks—the toil
ing millions of America, are my slaves,
and now that we control Congress and
the army, they shall remain our slaves.
Indeed! A national debt is a nation
al blessing—to us sharpers and aristo
crats.
The South may starve —
The West may toil—
The States may fail—
The Territories may suffer—
The well may work—
The sick men may want—
The orphans may wail—
The widows may weep—
The poor men, the farmers, the me
chanics, the foresters and miners may
pay taxes— FOß, A FEW OF US ARE MAS
TERS!
NWIX 1)1.1 XG THE I'KEEDMKX.
A Georgia correspondent of the New
York World says: Almost at the first
opening of this choice field for rascali
ty, the clergy—shame on the broken
down philanthropists and debauched
chaplians who usurped the name— took
the lead. Slave marriages being tem
porary arrangements, it occurred to
these reverend vultures that all parties
living in such union, after emancipa
tion, must he immediately remarried,
secundum artein, or run incontinently
the risk of eternal reprobation. To en
force this view the negroes were forth
with assailed by a whole armory of
texts, wherein were set forth the guilt
and awful punishment of adultery, and
then adjured, while it was yet day, to
flee from the wrath to come. Half
terrified by such a volley of doctrine
let fly about their ears, and half flatter
ed at so kind a solicitude in their be
half, the freedmen and freed women—
for this was before they conceived such
a distaste to matrimony as a closer
inspection of its obligations has since
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engendered—came up to the scratch
I and were duly united, to their great con
tent and the full satisfaction of their
reverend advisers. Fees, of course,
were expected and exacted—at first
one dollar per couple, and then, as it
was found how gullible the poorthings
were, a dollar each—and at this busi
ness much money was made, one reve
rend iniquity alone clearing, it is said,
in South Carolina, the comfortable sum
of two thousand dollars.
Concurrent with this device was the
j emancipation-paper dodge, whereby
writings purporting to forever protect
| the holder against enslavement, were
j sold to the newly enfranchised at any
■ pi ice from five or ten dollars down to
! a quarter of a dollar, that it was possi
j ble to get. Matrimony becoming dis
tastelul and tear of re-enslavement dis
j appearing, some new scheme was neces
sary, and this was forthwith presented
i in the guise of a pretended imminent
! confiscation and rcdivision of rebel
lands. This rascality in all its number
| less moods and tenses, has proved the
; most continuously lucrative of all, and
! is even now made the means of suc
cessful swindling. In the negro mind
"writings" are things of superstitious
reverence, and with a due proportion
ot flourishes and a proper expenditure of
red tape and revenue stamps, there are
few papers that may not be foisted up
on ninety-nine out of every hundreu I
among the freed in en, as conferring
special privleges and being of great
value. As deeds to plantations or
houses, or as protection from prosecu
tions in the courts, or as gifting with
titles, or as in some way or another
producing immense benefit, "writings"
have ready sale, and are laying the
foundation of more than one scoundrel
ly fortune. Inaddition, too,to"titles,"
sticks, even, have been disposed of,
their use being to stake off the estate
when "buckra" was finally ousted.
Collections at churches and at camp
meetings, initiation fees, contribution
and subscription lists, these last appeal
to flatter their vanity, instalment pay
ments for things never intended to be
finished, and other such devices, are
but some of the many ways of sucking
the freedtnen teat. Poor creatures,
my heart has bled for them, and bled
all the more that there is no remedy
for this spoliation. Nothing but intel
ligence will foil ihe sharper.and intel
ligence the benighted freed men, launch
ed fresh on bis own resources from a
state of absolute dependence, does not
possess.
A PITHY A.Vl> Afll'SlS'ti AXKCDOTK.
The French dress a satire in better
style than any other people. We have
a capital story from the last Courier
ties Etuts Unis which happily illustra
tes this fact.
In speaking of the woman Frigard,
the murderess, lately tried in Melun,
France, the Temps asks if an advocate
who defends a guilty (sclerat) can act
in good faith? He answers the ques
tion by relating the following anecdote:
A lawyer who had figured with some
distinction in the National Assemblies
of the Republic, recounted to us in
the following terms his debut: "I
was young and unsuspecting," said he,
"when I pleaded my first cause. It
was that of a peasant charged with
stealing a watch. The papers in the
case, the insufficiency of the evidence,
and, above all, the air of the accused—
which was that of a good man—had
convinced me of the innocence of my
client. I pleaded with ail the warmth
of soul which could be inspired by this
strong faith, and acquitted the peasant.
Once free, he cast his arms around
me:
"Oh, Monsiar," said he, "you spoke
well. My children shall be taught to
bless you. There is one more service
wliice you must do for me."
"Which is it?"
"Dig up the watch for me."
Dig up the watch for you ?"
"Certainly: You understand that
they still keep tiier eyes on me, whilst
you, in your promenade, can dig it up
with your little canesfnd return it "to
me.
"Miserable wretch! then you are
guilty?"
"What! didn't you know it? If I
hadn't been guilty I should have dis
pensed with a lawyer and been my own
advocate!"
RUSTIC COURTSHIP.—I hitched my
chair close up to her'n, shet my eyes
and shuddering sed:
Sally, I've been hankering after you
for a long time —that's so, 1 love you
from the foot of your sole, to the head
of your crown, and I don't keer who
nose it—Epluribus onions.
With that she fetched a screech, and
after a while she sez:
"Uriah!"
"Sally," sez I.
"Yes," sez she, hidin' her face.
"Glory, glory!" sez I, "I kin jump
a ten-rail fence. Hooray—hooray!"
With that I sorter sloshed myself
down by,her and clinched. Talk about
your night blooming serious! Oh, my!
—Oh broom-straw with sorgum lasses
on em! Ef Sally's father hadn't hol
lered out —"It's time for decent folks
to be in bed," I du believe I'd staid all
nite.
"J TIIINK," said a wife who could
not agree with her husband —"I think,
Mr. Jibbs, we had better divide the
house. You shall live on one side and
I on the other." "Very well, my
dear," replied he; "you take the out
side, and I'll have the inside."
HEALTH OF COWS.
Good health in domestic animals,
is always a matter of primary impor
tance.
As bad health in parents, transmits
a tendency to disease in the offspring,
►it is important that every kind of ani
mals we desire to continue on our
farms, should he kept vigorous and
healthy.
As domestic animals are a source of
human food, it is of great importance
to preserve them in a healthy condi
tion. Diseased meat carries its quali
ties into the stomach of its consumers.
It is a serious objection which vegetari
ans urge against the use of animal food,
that the artificial circumstances in
which annimals live, and the had treat
ment they receive, render them un
healthy. Asan unhealthy animal does
not consume food to as good advantage
as a well one, it is economical to avoid
disease.
As comparative misery and discom
fort accompany disease, it is humane
as well as economical, to see that the
! animals under our care enjoy as far
as possible their creature comforts.
Each of these circumstances is a suf
ticient reason for guarding with scrupu
lous care, the health of the animals we
feed ; hut when we derive milk from
animals it is doubly important that
they are kept free from every objec
tionable taint. A sickly cow not only
yieldsadiminished profit, butsheyields
a sickly milk, and sickly in a higher
degree than her flesh.
If a cow eats anything that has a
strong or disagreeable odor, it appears
in her milk.
If a cow eats anything medicinal it *
conies out in her milk.
If she is feverish her milk shows it.
If she has sores about her, pus may
be found in her milk.
If she is fed upon dec ayed or diseased
food, her milk, since it is derived from
her food, will be imperfect. It is as
impossible to make good milk from
bad food, as to make a good building
from rotten timber.
THE BII'ITER SEASON.
The business of cheese making will
soon be over and that of butter in or
der. The cool weather of autumn is the
most favorable season of the year for
making butter, and it should be the
aim of every farmer or dairyman to
produce the best possible article for
market purposes. There is no disguis
ing the fact that, with good cows, am
ple feed and much experience in butter
making, many persons succeed in mak
inga villainous compound of grease,
milk and hair, designated by the name
of butter but having no legitimate re
lationship to it. Much of the butter of
commerce is of this character—a fact
for which there is no excuse.
Clean milking,clean pails,pans,crocks
and churns, are the first requisites to
the production of a good article of but
ter. This everybody knows, without
being informed of it, but the trouble is,
the practice is not up with the infor
mation possessed. Here is where re
form, in many cases, should commence—
followed by a kindred amendment in
the manner of converting the cream
into butter. If the buttermilk is not
thoroughly worked out, a good article
cannot be produced ; if the salt used is
foul, of poor quality and injudiciously
applied—too much or too little—the
! butter will not be of good quality nor
command a top price in the market.
Sometimesall the prerequisites to suc
cess are observed, and still a failure en
sues from neglect in putting the but
ter down. This is important, if any
considerable time is likely to intervene
between the manufacture and use. It
is safest and best to put butter down as
though months were to pass before con
sumption, as the trouble and expen-e
are little, if any, increased by the pre
caution. Press c'osely in thetubs, which
should be well cleaned and brined be
fore being used, and, as far as possible
exclude the air from the mass. When
a crock or tub is full, sprinkle it well
with pure rock salt and cover till want
ed, and the chances are ninety-nine in
a hundred that the butter will do cred
it to the maker months after being put
down. Nothing new is claimed for
this, but it is sometimes profitable to be
reminded of things with which we have
long been conversant, but, for the
moment forgotten.— Rural New York
er.
Sir;XIXG THE PLEDGE—IN lIIS OWN*
WAY. —A man long noted for intemper
ate habits was induced by Rev. Jolin
Abbott, to sign the pledge, "in his own
way," which he did in these words:
"I pledge myself to drink no intoxi
cating drinks lor one year."
Few believed he would keep it; but
at the end of the year he again ap
peard at a temperance meeting, with
out having touched a drop.
"Are you going to sign again ?" ask
ed Mr. Abbott.
"Yes," replied he, "if I can do k in
my own way."
And accordingly he signed the pledge
for ninety-nine years.
"And if," said he, "I live to that
time it is my intention to take off a
life lyase."
A few days after, he called on the
tavern keeper, who welcomed him
back to his old haunts,
"Oh, landlord," said he as if in pain,
"I have such a lump on my side."
"That's because you have stopped
drinking," said the landlord. "You
won't livelong if you keep on."
"Will drinking take that lump a
way?"
"Yes, and ifyou don't drink," you'll
soon have a lump on the other side. —
Come let's have adrink together,"and
he poured out two glasses of whisky.
"I reckon 1 won't drink," said the
former inebriate, "especially, if keeping
the pledge will bring another lump,
for it isn't very hard to bear, after all,"
and with this he drew the lump—a
roll of greenbacks from his side pock
et, and walked off, leaving the laud
lord to his reflections.