SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Per year, in advance 91 60 Otherwiae 2 00 No hubecrlptton will be discontinued nntil all arrearages aro paid. Postmaster* neglecting to notify in) when subscriber* do not take oat their paper* will be held liable for the aabacripticn. Subscribers removing from one poatoflice to another alioold give ua the name or the former aa well aa the present office. AH comnmnioationa intended for pablicatioti < n this paper moat be accompanied by the real name of the writer, not for publication bat aa tgnaianteeof good faith. Marriage and death noticea moat be aocompa nieil by a responsible name. Addreaa TIIB BDTIiBR CITIZKN, BCTLEB. rA. 1 I I I I f CHARLES R, OKIEII, 4 DEALBK IN $» 4 HATS, CAPS, b yjj AND |«L |j GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, f & MAIN fTKEET, Bt'TLBR, PA. « £ i f 1 1 .wwwwwwwww-.** 4 w w w w w w w JEWELRY, SC., I fTr n i \ | MY FRIENDS: Ny I am a rambling wreck of nudity, B. Frogg, Esq., at jour service, advertising igent for the best Jewelry bouse tbi» section. I wish to inform the public $ bat a full of WATCHES, CLOCKS, fEWELRY, PLATED AND SILVER iVA ItE,is now being offered at astonishing- a j low prices at the popular and reliable ■ / Note What an old and Reliable House can do Regarding Prices. liniimliKjchcl Clocks at $ 1 00 i A Good Striking Clock, walnut case 3 00 Nickel Watch at 3 00 iioc*. 150 " " " " " »-lay 365 Nickel Watch, Stem Winder.. 400 A Good Striking Clock 200 I 2 O*. Silver Case, with Araer'n movement 10 00;, " " " closed in the back 450 Ladies Gold Watches at sl2 75 All kinds of Sewing Machine Needles at 35 cents per dozen, and No. 1 Sperm Oil at 10 cents per bottle. «J*£l I'be only place in Butler where you can find a full and complete stock of KNIVES, FORKS, SPOONS, Ac 1847 —Rogers Bros.—A I.—none genuine unless stamped ("1847.— Rogers Bros—A 1.") I also carry a full line of Eye Glares and Spectacles, suitable for all eyes and mounted in the most elegant and substantial manner, and am of fering very superior goods at the most reasonable rates. Repairing of Watches and Clocks receives our very strict at tention, and is done promptly and warranted. E. GRIEB, Main Street, Butler, Pa. Chicago & North-Western HAIKIVAY Is the OLDEST ! BEST CONSTRUCTED! BEST EQUIPPED 1 and hence the LEADING RAILWAY —OF THE r:WEST AND NORTHWEST. It Is the short and best route between CIIIRJIRO and all points in Northern Illinois, lowa, Dakota, Wyoming, Ne braska, California, Orevon, Arizona. Utah, Colo rado. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and lor COUNCIL BLUFFS, OMAHA DENVEII. EEA.DVILLE, SALT LAKE, SAN FRIHOISOO DEADWOOD, SIOOX CITY, Tedar Rapids, Dea Moines, Columbus and all V. linls In tlie Territories, and the West. Also, f„ r Milwaukee, Green Bay. Oshltosh, Sheboygan, M* 'uette, Fond du Lac, Waturtown, Houghton, v".m i b, Menasha, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Huron, vr.,"i Fanw. HUlijarck, Winona, LaCronse, Owatoni a" points in Minnesota, Dakota, a<Ml the Northwest. Au'ounc 'fluffs the Trains of the Chicago ft VorihWi-Ht. *rn .-'lid .'he U. P. R'ys depart from, arrive a land ■« the Joint Unlon wlt h the\!ake^oie, "Michigan v "entral, Baltimore ft Ohio, Ft. Wayne ind l'ennsylv ' u 'J*' l^ d c & Grind Trunk H y», and the Ka». k » kee Bn< > lan Handle Routes. P„in»« Close connections made at Junction x o w- It Is the ONLY LINE running Pullman Hotel Dining CaT* BETWEEN Chicago and Council Bluffs. Pullman Sleepers on all Night Trains. Insist upon Ticket Agents selling you Tickets via this road. Examine your Tickets, and refuse to huy If they do not read ovur the Chicago & Korth-Westeni Railway. If you wish the Best Traveling Accommodations you will buy your Ticket* by tills route, CF~AND WILL TAKE NONE OTHER. All Ticket Agents sell Tickets by tills Line. MARVIN HCGHITT, 2d V. P. ft Gen'l Mang'r Chicago. MUSIC. ion Popular Songs, words and music, .10 cts. 100 Comic Songs, words and music, 30 cts. luo Sentimental Songs, words and music, 30 cts 100 Old Favored Songs, words and music, :w eta. 100 <>pera Songs, words and music, 30 cts. 100 Home Songs, words and music, 30 cts. 100 Irish Songs, words and music, 30 cts. 100 Ethiopian Songs, words and music, 30 cts. 100 Scotch Songs, words and music, 30 cts. Any four of the above lots for One Dollar. Aliof tho above for Two Dollars. The above comprises nr-asly all of the most popu lar music ever published ami Is the best bargain ever offered. Order at once. Postage stamps taken. I'lauoettes, Violins, Guitars and Musical Instruments at low prices. World Manuf. Co. 120 Nassau St. New York. Eatate of Hans Baker. Xetters of administration having been granted to tlie undersigned on the estate of Hans Baker, dee'd. late of Middlesex township, Butler county, I'a.. all persons knowing themselves indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment and any iiavluu claims against the same to pre sent them duly authenticated for settlement. ROBERT TRIMBLE, Adm'r. Saxonburg, Hutl< r Co., Pa. Dr. Frease's Water Cure. A health Institution In Its 24th year. For nearly all kind of Chronic diseases, and espe cially the diseases ol Women. Invalids are In vited to correspond with us. Circulars tree. Address, 8. KKKASE, M. D., New Brighton, JJeaver Co., Pa. Iyjune29 . VOL. XIX. ft If you wish to | GARDENING {FOR PROFIT. If vou wish to PRACTICAL become a Commercial ~.. _ Florist, read j FLORICULTURE. If you wish toOarden] GARDENING for Amusement or for ) _ __ ~. _ Home Use only, nadj I LEASURE. A.ll I>y Peter Henderson. Price each, postpaid by mall. Our Combined Catalogue of SEEDS PLANTS For 1882, sent free on application. PETER HENDERSON k CO 35 Cortlandt St., New York. ! onHSMmpuY U The great CuratlT* Agents. I ■ ▲ GALVANIC BATTERY ■ Is Imbedded la this Medicated Plaster, which, wh«i H applied to the bodr produces a constant but mild cuT.nl of Electricity, which la must exhilarating, ■ Hlordltis Immediate reUef to the moat uvnicUttM ■ Paine or whataoever nature. They are acknowt B edged bj Phyalrtane to be the raoet eelentlflc meth ■ od of application of thoae autitle and myaterloui ■ elemente of nature for the poaltive and apatdjr core ■ of the following cumplalnte, rls.: ■ nheamstlam; Neurslglsi Rlek Head. H srhr; Weak and Inflamed Ryes; All AfTeetloae ot the Brain; Spinal Com plaints; Kidney and I.l ver Complaints; Sciatica, Paralysis and Lumbago; Dys pepsia; Asthma and Las( Diseases; Dis eases of the Heart; Nervous Prostra- ■ tloas; <Vc. ■ PRICE ONLY gI.OO. H THE BELL If AN* CO.. Prop'ra, I MUrosdvsy, Cor. IStktt., Vrw Tort. I AGENTS WANTED. I ■xm> STAMP roa UISCX'LASS. H yOR SALE BY ALL DKCOGIBTB. ■ this paper. ■■■■■■■ SINGER MACHINE Jtqual tit nntf Sinyrr in thr Marlert. The above cut represents the most popular style for the people which we offer for you for the very low pric>: ul #2O. Remember, we do not ask you to |«tiv until you have seen the machine. After Jiavinjf examined it, if it is not all we repre-«iit, return it to us at our expense. Consult your interests and order at tsics, or send for circulars and tetttiiuoiiialH. Atidress CHARLES A. WOOD & CO., No. 17 N. Tenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. tnarld.lOt I AT L BRIO'S. Planing Mill —AND— Lumber Yard. J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS, S. G.Purvis & Co., MAHUrACTITBBRS AMD DIALIRS IV Hough and Planed Lumber OF BVKRY DESCRIPTION, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS, FLOORING, SIDING, BATTENS, Brackets, Gauged Cornice Boards, SHINGLES & LATH. PLANING MILL AND YARD Near German Catholic CJknrcfa Jan7-80-ly Hbutler county Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. 3. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER. H. C. HEINEMAN, SKCEKTART. DIRECTORS: J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helmboldt, William Campbell, J. W. Burkhart, A. Troutman, Jacob Schoene, G. O. Rocsslng, John Caldwell, Dr. W. Irvln, J. J. Croll, A. B. Rhodes, 1 H. C. Helneman. JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, den. A«'t -BTTTXjEIR, 3PA. Union Woolen Mills. * I would desire to call the attention of the pnblic to the Union Woolen Mill, Butler, Pa., where I have new and improved machinery for the manufacture of Barred and Oray Flannel*, Knitting and Weaving Yarns, and I can recommend them aa being very dura ble, as they are manufactured of purq Butler oounty wool. They are beautiful in color, su perior in textare, and will be sold at very low prices. For samples and prioes. address, H. FULLERTON. Jnm.'7B-ly) Butler. Pa REMOVAL! Tlie undersigned has removed his place of busl ncHs to Ids own IhuUIIIIK one >w|uaresouth of Court House, Main Street, eaat aide, opixislte Donaldson House, where he has a full stock of WatrheN, Clocks, Jewelry, Npeetaolen, etc. Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spectacles, etc., promptly repaired and satisfaction Kuaranteed. D Li CLEELAND. FEUKIB ARMOR, Justice of the Peace Main street, opposite Postoflice, ZJCUKNOPLE , PA. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY; MARCH 22.1882. POETRY. THE IIIU KPRIXU SHOW. Spring's advertising agents come, Unheralded by trump or drum, To give, for April, May & Co., Announcement of the season's show. They stretch a sign across the sky, And every day it rises high, Telling in print* that all may see The many wonders soon to be. Announcements shine on plains and hills. And rushing streams, and babbling rills Are talking as they shout and sing About the.splendid show of spring. On every field the words appear : "You"soon shall see a marvel here." In every forest, overhead : "Here shall a gorgeous tent be spread." They capture all our ears and eyes, And whisper of a grand surprise : They say the blue birds soon will bring The wonders of the show of spring. Our towns and cities they invade, And fill the avenues of trade; Then straightway iu the windows glow Announcements of the season's snow. The old, old show, yet always new, That never fail to come when due— The sight that all rejoice to see, And best of all, the show is free. FROM INDIA. The following letter from Miss Em ma I). Anderson, now a Missionary in India, to a young friend in the lower part of this county, has been handed us for publiaction. GUYRANWALA, North India,) November 29, 1882. J My Dear Friend : Although far away in India I have not forgetten my friends in America; but often think of loved ones o'er the sea. To fulfill the promise I made the evening I called, I have concluded to spend a part of this evening in writing to you, knowing that you are interested in my welfare and would like to know something about my trip. Well, I was very sick on the At lantic. I should have commenced a little farther back. I left home the next day after the meeting, spent a very pleasant week in Philadelphia with our Board, visited the principal places of interest. Sailed in the ship "Lord Gough ;" we had it very rough for eight days, and I would not of car ed much what became of me the most of the time, but I enjoyed it very much after I got over my sickness. Had a view of "Old Ireland" and the beau tiful green fields of Wales. We were j list in Liverpool one day and then sailed for Alexandria. On the way we called at Gibraltar, which is an island ol rock three miles long and fourteen hundred feet high ; we spent several hours there, climbing the rock and viewing the city below ; it was grand, on one Bide was the Atlantic on the other the Mediteranean, while the bay at our feet was filled with ships from all lands. We also called at Algiers and Malta; at Algiers we visited the gardens, which were beautiful. At Malta we passed quite near the place where Paul ws»s shipwrecked, (record ed in Acts 27.) This is the island that is mentioned in that chapter. We had it very calm and pleasant on this part of our voyage and enjoyed it very much as we were so well, and our Cap tain was very kind to us. We landed in Alexandria just four weeks from the day we left America. We were met by Mr. Ewing, of our Mission, who helped us to pass through the Custom House. We were in the Mission build ing, but the Missionaries were all at Kancla, five miles out; this is where they spend the hot season, we took the train and went out to see them, took dinner and started for Cairo. The cars are not so fine as in America, but I be- lieye they are as fast. Our Cairo friends were glad to see us, and to have Miss Thompson with them once more, she belongs to Cairo station. We spent two days in Cairo visiting the schools and all the places of inter est, I was in the museum and saw quite a number of mummies and other ancient curiosities. Spent a day at the Pyramids and then took the train for Suez a distance of two hundred and fifty miles; the first part of the road was in the the valley of the Nile ; you know the land is watered by the overflowing of that river, and we were just in time to see the land in all its beauty, for miles and miles as far as we could see was one vast green plain. There are no fences in Egypt, the crops are watched by the natives. We also passed through some beauti ful groves of the palin trees loaded with dates. The last part of our journey was through a sandy desert, which in Bible times was call ed the land of Goshan, you remem ber that is the part of Egypt that Joseph's friends occupied. It is now covered with sand. We spent a week at Suez waiting on our ship; spent part of the time gathering up shells from the sea shore. We had it very warm on the lied sea and Indian ocean; just made one stop]which wasat Ceylon island, or Colombo city. This is where we get most of our spices, coffee and tea. We visited the museum and had a drive to the cinnamon gardens; saw it growing and got some branches to bring back to the ship. Wo landed in Calcutta, spent three days in this city and then started up country. Our mission field is iu the Punjab or North India, about fifteen hundred miles from Calcutta ;we went by railroad. We had through tickets, but could stop off if we wished. We visited the city of Banareß, this is the sacred city of tho Hindus and one wholly given to idola try. There are over a thousand temples or shrines of worship, and over half a million of idols are worshiped. I saw them at their worship. Visited quite a number of temples, among them was the one in which the Bacred oxen and cows are kept; saw those poor ignorant people bowing down to those dumb animals and placing gar lands of flowers on their necks, and at their feet. Was in the monkey temple, saw over one thousand mon keys of all sizes jumping and climbing around. It made me verv sad to think that th<*y worshiped those dumb animals. Banares is situated on the Ganges, or the sacred river. In the morning we went to see them worship ing and washing in this river, also the burning Ghat or place whore the dead bodies are burned. Oh! I could tell you of many more things that I saw while in this city, but I have not time to put it on paper. You can not tell how dreadful a thing heathenism is until you are brought face to face with it as I have been. As I passed along through their narrow streets they would shun me, for they were afraid they might touch me and be deiiled. I met one man coming out of a temple where he bad been worshiping his idol and before he got to me he cried out : Don't touch me for lam pure. As I walked through those places I thanked God that I had been born in a Christian land. I longed to tell them of the true God and that the blood of Jesus alone could take away sin. We visited the city of Agra and saw some of the most baautiful buildings, made of white marble, ornamented with precious stones. I can have some idea now of the beauty of Solomon's temple and house after seeing these. I visited an old palace, which washundred of years old and still very grand. We arrived in Guyranwala November sth, seventy three days from the time I bid good bye to home and dear ones in America. I am staying with the single ladies. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle are living with Mr. Caldwell. We shall be here until the first of the year and then I do not kuow where I shall be stationed. I like India very well so far, but it; is much different from America. This is the cool season and we haye it very pleasant; we have not had any fire in our house, but the evenings are be ginning to get cool enough for us to enjoy a little, but the sun is very warm at noon. Guyranwala is a city of twenty-five thousand inhabitants ; we live a mile out and have a large yard and garden; the vegetables are just getting ready for us; the roses are in j full bloom and the oranges are getting ripe; we have plenty of them in the gr.rden. But I miss American apples very much, we get some here but they are not so nice as those I got at home. The farmers are busy putting in their crops; all that kind of work is done by oxen, and the ground is watered by wells; so you see it requires a good deal of labor to take care of a farm. There are no fences in this country, it is just one vast plain. We have splendid roads; all the tim ber is planted by the English and are watered until they get started to grow. The houses are built very large, with thick walls and high ceil ipgs for warm weather; the natives live in mud houses, don't have any furniture but a low bed and a stool or two. I have spent several days in the schools under Miss Wilson's charge. The first missionary work that I done was.to assist Miss McCullough in the knitting class, I could do that without speakin? to them. The women re garded me more as an object of curiosity thau anything else, they would gather around me, examine my collar and necktie, look at my dress buttons, etc., they seemed to want to know all about my dress The wo men think more about their jewels than anything else; they wear rings in their nose, have their ears full aud also their arms, fingers and toes cover ed with cheap rings, their dress con sists of trousers and chudra, or two or three yards of muslin or calico, thrown over their head and shoulders. The men as a general thing have a waist aDd then a piece of muslin wrapped about them, they wear six or seven yards of cloth on their heads. The children wear very little of any kind. 1 am busy at the language, will soon be through my primer, I don't fancy beginning my education over again. There are thirty-six letters in the Hin dustan. While in America I often thought I would Bpeak to you on the subject of religion, but confess that I always put it off from one time to another until we parted. I have always been inter ested in you since the first day wo met in Fort Sumpter, and longed for the time to come when you would come out from the world and confess Christ before men. You may say, I am try ing to live an upright life, which I will not deny, for I know you are a moral young man, one that wishes to do just right. Hut remenjber Christ has said : "Do this iu remembrance of me," what does that uieau ? by con fessing Him before the world and join the church that he has established on earth. Think of what he has done for us, gave up heaven and all its enjoy ments, to redeem us from sin, and how little He ban asked in return. ,- Son give me tbine heart." Some make the excuse that they aro as good as those in thoehurcb, but we are not to take our friends as patterns. We have a perfect pattern to follow and are ask ed to follow in the footsteps of our Divine teacher. If I did not feel and know the peace that comes from believ ing and trusting the Savior I would not be so anxious to have others ac cept Him ; but I would not exchange my hopes for all this world. I joined the church when quite young, and can testify to th» joy that comes from be lieving in Jesus and trusting in him for salvation I know you enjoy some of the pleas-ures of the world that you wonld have to give up, but what are all the pleasures of this world compar pared with what Jesus has in store for bis children. "For eye hath uot seen, or ear beard the things God has prepared for those that love Him." We only have a few short years to live and then will have to bid farewell to things of earth, and live an eternity in happiness or misery. Jesus is waiting for you to come. Yes, he is knocking at the door of your heart, will you not open the door and bid Him come in and enjoy His company. There is nothing for us to do but be lieve, tiike Him at His word. You may thi uk that you are not fit or good enough to join the church, "Jesus says, My gra.-e is sufficient for you," "I come not to -call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Will you not begin the new year by giving yourself to Him ? I have and will pray for you and I want you to pray for yourself. Write and tell me what you think about the matter. With, the prayer that you may be led by the Spirit of God to (make this choice and that vou shall find Jesus the truest and best friend, and if never permitted to meet on earth again, I shall hope to meet jou in heaven. Your true friend, EMMA. IIOW TO I>o IT. The Way Editors Should Ap ply lor PftNH Vti. Bill Xye of the Maramie Boomerang suggests to editors the following form I of letter in applyiug for railway passes | The phraseology is original with Nye, but many a General Passenger Agent , will testify that the noble and inde pendent ideas are as old as the bills : > OFFICE OF FREEDOMS BIGLE HORN, | WAHOO, NEU., Feb. 22, 1882. F To Hon. J. Q. Gall, General Passen ger and Ticket Agent J. I. M. C. R. O. W. By., Chicago, 111 : DEAR Snt:—Unfortunately you have never experienced the glad thrill and holy joy of my acquaintance. You have groped through the long and dreary heretofore without that solemn gladness that you might have enjoyed had Providence thrown you in the golden sunlight of my smile. I have addressed you at this moment for the piupose of ascertaining your mental convictions relative to obtain ing a pass over your voluptuous liue. I The Bugle Horn being only a senii-an | nual, you will probably have some lit tle reservation about issuing an annual [ on the strength of it. This, however, is a fatal error on your part. It is true that this literary blood searcher and kidney-polisher, if I may be allowed that chaste and eccentric ex pression, does not occur very often, but when it does shoot athwart the journalistic horizon, error and cock eyed ignorance begiu to seek tall grass. You will readily see how it is in my power to throw your road into the bands of a receiver in a few days. It will occur to you instantly that, with the enormous power in my hands, something should be done at once to muzzle and subsidize me. The Bugle Horn stands upon the pinnacle of pure and untarnished independence. Her clarion notes are ever heard above din of war and in favor of the poor, the down-trodden and the oppressed. Still it is my solemn duty to foster and en courage a few poor and deserving monopolies. I have already taken your road ond so to speak, placed it upon its feet. Time aud again I have shut my eyes to unpleasant facts, relative to your line, because I did not wish to crush a young and growing industry. I can point to many instances where hot boxes and other outrages upon the travelling public have been Ignored by me and allowed to pass by. Last fall you had a wash-out at Jim town, which was criminally inexcusa ble in its character, but I passed silent ly over the occurrence in order that you might redeem yourself. One of your conductors, an overgrown bald beaded pelican from Laramie, a man of no literary ability and who could not write a poem to save his measly pol luted soul from perdition, once started the train out of Wahoo when I was within of a mile of the depot and left me gazing thoughtfully down the track with a 150' pound hand trunk to carry back home with me. What did Ido ? Did I go to the telegraph office and wire you to stop the train and kill the conductor with a coal pick ? Did I cut short his un profitable life and ruin the road with my cruel pen ? No, sir. I hushed up the matter. I kept it out of the papers so far as possible in order that your soulless corporation might have a new lease of life. Another time when my pass and pocket money had expired at about the same moment and I undertook to travel upon my voluptuous shape, a red headed conductor whose soul has never walked upon the sunlit hills of potent genius, caught me by the bosom of the pants and forcibly ejected me from the traiu while it was in motion and with such vigor and enthusiasm that I rolled down au embankment 100 feet with frightful. rapidity and loss of life. I larire bottle of tanzy and sweet spirit hear my prayer, which I had concealed about my person to keep off malaria and rattle snakes, was fright fully crushed and segregated. Besides all this my feelings were hurt and out raged, and so was the portico of my pantaloons. Others would have burned down a water tank, or dusted off a crossing with tho mangled corpse of the gener al passenger agent, but I did not. I wound up my bleeding heart, and walked home beneath the cold un blinking stars and forgave the cruel wrong. I now ask you whether in view of all this you will or will not, stand in the pathway of your company's suc cess. Will you refuse me a pass and call down upon yourself the avalanche of my burning wrath, or will you grant me on annual, and open such an era of prosperity for the J. I. M. C. 11. O. W. Railway as it never before knew ? Do you want the aid aud encour agement of the Bugle Horn and suc cess, or do you want its opposition and a pauper's grave beneath the blue eyed Johnny jump-upe of the valley ? Ostensibly I am independent and fearless, but if you are looking around for a journal to subsidize, do not forget the number of my postoffice box. I have made and unmade several rail roads already, and it makes me shud der to think of the horrible fate which awaits you if you hold your nose too high and stiffen your official neck. Should you enclose the pass, I would be very grateful to you for any little suggestions durinir the year as to what mv fearless and outspoken opinion should lie relative to your company. Hoping to hear from you favorably in the contiguous ultimately, I bog leave to wish you a very pleasant bou vivant. Very sincerely yours, K pii IU AM BATJCB, 1 Moulder of Public Sentiment, .4 \cw YV»> <>l KcviHins the f.UWN. The laws of Carolina do not permit divorces, but for a |>eriod of a | few years a divorce could be had ou tin- same grounds as provided for in New York, but the circumstances un der which this law came to be enacted are most remarkable and amusing. In an interview with a Philadelphia Press reporter, a prominent clergyman says: 'I have my information from one of the most prominent lawyers of South Car olina, and I can vouch for its truthful ness. In 1871, by a resolution of the South Carolina Legislature, the Judic iary Committee was instructed to re model the entire civil and criminal code of the State. At that time considerable ill-will existed between the whites and colored population in consequence of the former attempting to enforce some obnoxious laws which entailed hard ships upon the citizens of color. As a concession to the latter two colored Legislators were selected to remodel the code, with the power to select a third party. Their choice was a barrister named Rind, a former citizen of New Hampshire, aud at that time a Legisla tor. When the sub-committee met oue of the colored statesmen remarked that they had a soft job. Bind remon strated and said that the work was enormous. 'What,' ejaculated the colored law maker, 'we get SIO,OOO a piece for the work, and you being a lawyer, can eas ily do it. That's what, we put you on the committee for.' Bind objected to being forced to do all the labor, and the matter was finally compromised upon the basis that none of them should do the work, and, instead, the code of some Northern State should be copied The Legislative days were coming to a close, and in order to hasten matters, the school children for miles around were pressed into service as copyists. NEW YORK CODB ADOPTED. "The New York code was adopted as the law of the future. Leaves from these books were given out to the scholars to be capied with the instruc tion to simply change the word New York and substitute South Carolina. The work was completed just in time to be introduced in the Legislature, and on the day of the adjournment the New York code became the law of South Carolina. The huge pile of manuscript was delivered to the prin ter, and the three sages of the south collected $30,000. When the new code was printed and issued, the lawyers discovered that the Legislature had made provision for the regulation of pilotage pertaining to the Bay of South Carolina and the Hudson River. Long Island sound was cared for, and certain provisions about Lake Krie were mentioned. Particular care was taken of the city of South Caroli na and its aldermanic representation, while Hlackwell's Island, Sing Sing and Auburn Prisons were provided for. A sensation followed the discovery of the trick, and at the next meeting of the Legislature the three modelers of the law were on hand. The experts who revised the code left in that por tion of the New York law appertaining to divorce, and thus for a few years it was possible to obtain a divorce in South Carolina. The constitutional convention which followed this mixed state of affairs failed to agree upon the divorce question, however, and di vorces connot now be had in South Carolina.' The Xow Swindle wlilcli Scoop ed a Michigan Hunk. This is about the way it is worked : A respectably dressed stranger steps into a bank, draws a check for S2OO, $:500 or $f»00 from a check-book taken from his own pocket, bearing the name of a distant bank that never had an existence, and asks the banker to for ward it for him and collect. The banker may be foolish enough to send the check to the bank upon which it is drawn, and if he does "the man at the other end," wherever the supposed bank is located, returns a draft on New York for the amount, which of course, is worthless. Swindler No. 1 calls for it in a day or two and it is handed to him, but he requests to have the cur rency, less exchange and any other charges, as he desires to use the money immediately. The banker readily accommodates him, and does not find that he is swindled uutil be bears from the New York bank. This game was played upon three banks in this city, a few days since, but only in one case was it successful, that of the Jackson county bank, which cashed the bogus check of s2f>o. The others took the precaution to send the check to a well known bank, and of course received an answer that no such bunk as the check was drawn on exist ed and the thing was a swindle. The chance of the swindlers to realize, of course, lies in the event of the first check l>eing sent direct to the imagin ary bank upon which it is drawn. The men who worked the scheme here registered at Van Duscn's Transient hotel, near the depot, as Charles Gray and Hiram Smith. They left immed iately on fretting their bogus draft cashed, and no clue to them has yet been obtained. —Jackson Citizen. [Cleveland Plain Dealer.] Mr. Theodore Hively, tobacco and cigar dealer' 109 Seneca Street, was recently laid up with rheumatism so that he couldn't walk. After lil>eral use of various prcperations he purchas ed a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil, and, to use his own exgression' "It was the first thing to afford him any thing like relief." He has completely recovered by its use. "Excuse me, Miss Mahoney, but may 1 inquire what this arrangement means that you have hung upon the kitchen wall ?" "Oh, that! Sure an' it's a dado, mum, and just wait till you see the beautiful paycock's feather I'll be after hanging over the dure. It's issthetic 1 am, mum, if you plaze, and my yallery greenery young man's coniin' here to take tay wid mo this evening.'' Peruna by giving health also gives beauty. ADVERTISING KATES, One sqnare, one insertion, tl; each snbsr ']aent insertion, SO cent*. 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Oue man may be rich with a hundred dollars, while another in possession of millions, may think hiuiself poor, and if necessities of life are enjoyed by each it is evident that the man who is best satisfied with his position is the richest.' To illustrate this idea Mr. Marcy related the following anecdote: 'While I was Governor of the State of New York I was called upon one i morning at my office by a rough speci men of backwoodsman, who stalked in and commenced conversation by inquir ing if this was Mr. Marcy ? I replied that was my name. 'Bill Marcy,' said he. I nodded assent. 'Used to live in Southport, didn't ve.' I ans wered in the affirmative, and began to feel a little curious to know who my visitor was, and what he was driving at. 'That's what I told 'cm,' said the backwoodsman, bringing his baud down on his thigh with tremendous force. 'I told 'em you was the same Bill Marcy who used to live in South port; but they woulden't believe it and I promised the next time I came to Albany to come and see you and find out for sartin. Why, you know me, don't you Bill ?' I didn't exactly like to ignore his acquaintance alto gether, but for the life of me I could not recollect having seen him and so I roplied that he had a familiar counte nance, but that 1 was not able to call him by name. My name is Jack Smith" answered the backwoodsman, 'and we used to go to school together thirty years ago in the little red school house in old Southport. Well times have changed since then, and you have been a great man, and got rich, I suppose.' I shook my head, and was going to contradict that im pression when he broke in: 'Oh! yes you are. I know you are rich ; no use denying it. You was Comptroller for —for a long time; and the next time we heard of you you was Governor. You must have a heap of money, and I am glad of it-giad to see you getting along so smart. You was always a smart lad at school, and I knew you would come to something.' I thanked him for his good wishes and opinion, but told him that political life did not pay as well as he imagined. 'I sup pose, said I, 'fortune has smiled upon you since you have left Southport?' 'Oh ! yes,' said he, 'I hain't got noth ing to complain of. I must say I have got along right smart. You see shortly after you left Southport our whole family moved up into Vermont, and put right into the woods, and I reckon our family cut down more trees and cleared more land than any other in the whole State.' 'And so you havo made a good thing of it. 'How much do you consider yourself worth ?' I asked, feeling a little curious to know what be considered a fortune, as he seemed to be so well satisfied with his. 'Well,' he replied, I don't know exact ly bow much I am worth; but I think,' straightening himself up, 'if all my debts were paid I should be worth three hundred dollars clear cash !' lie was rich for he was satisfied.' The Ledger, of Eastern, Md., says that a valentine sent by a youth in Washington to a girl in Easton recalls the story of a name of note in Ameri can history. The name of the sender of the missive is Return J. Meigs, and the same Christian name has been in the Meigs family for several genera tions. Many years ago, in anti-revo lutionary days, Jonathan Meigs court ed a young lady who rejected his ad dresses. Meigs coutinued to love the girl, and, though too proud and sensi tive to try a second time to .vin her, he determined never to marry anyone else, and to live and die a bachelor un less she, of her own volition, relented. After a few years the lady did relent, or perhaps got to Know her own heart better, and sent a letter to her former suitor Meigs got the letter and found in it only two words: 'Return, Jona than.' It was enough. Jonathan did return and made her his wife. Their first child was baptized 'Return Jona than,' to commemorate the brief letter that saved the Meigs family from ex tinction, and from that day to this there has been a Return J. Meigs in every generation. The sender of the valentine referred to is the grandson of M. C. Meigs, late Quartermaster- General. CiiieriiMey Cattle. There has been a feeling widely prevalent that milk and beef were an tagonistic qualities—that a good milch cow would necessarily make poor beef. Pacts do not sustain this notion. Shorthorns are often great milkers and such cows, when dry, fatten well. The I)utch cattle fatten well also, and so do the Devons, aud yet both, es pecially the former, are famous for milk. The Guernseys have been bred for milk and butter, and at the same time for beef points. The yellow color in J,he skin aud in the butter has also been cultivated, so that it is exhibited iu an extraordinary decree. The cows average one-fourth and possibly one third heavier than the Jerseys, and given on an average a proportionately large quantity of milk. After they have been longer tested, no doubt there will be found many cows which will compete closely with the famous Jer seys so well known as great milk and butter cows-— American Agriculturist for March. If you have the least uneasiness in your stomach Peruna will immediately correct the function. Butter from Holland was imported into New York city this week. It is of the finest quality, and sold for 44 cents j»er pound. A neighbor of Mr. Miggs' glancing out of the window, observed that esti mable man plugging up the knot holes in his back yard fence, and ven tured to ask: 'Any hard feelings agin' the woman ncxtdoor?' 'No,'returned Miggs, placidly. 'Mrs. M.'s got rheu matiz in the jaw and the doctors says she must keep quiet.' Subscribe for the CITIZEN.
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