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VOLUME I.
LA GRANGE, TEXAS, TUtiNUARY 6, 1874.
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FAYETTE COUNTY RECORD.
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ten lines, charged aa a tvertlsement
Adtertlsemet tn with largo culs, charged two
prices.
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tices," to) rices
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made from the above ratea
Job work, cumi on delivery
Official Directory of Fayette County.
District Court 2llu Ju ILIul Dintrl t, session com-
meui.es f tirth Monday lit Airll flrat Mon lay In
July, nu 1 llrat M n 1 iv In oen ber
Jiilfie Hon I. it McFarlnud
Iiiatrlct Attorney r O Datldson
Watriet Ckrk T T Aleian ler
Hherln- 1E.U Falrca
rreaaurer I L. I) Moore
County Court commence last Mon lay In January
Slarch May July, Heleinber and Noumber.
Magistrates Court commences Heat Jso I, lira
Mon Uj iu each month r Y MoAaban Justice
Beat No J A 11 I ktrr following rhurslay
fiaat No 3, A V, noruwell, second Mmi lay
Heat No A II Kerr, tho followii g Thurs la ,
Heat No It, A I) 1 mil is third Mou Uy
Com ty Hnneyor M liarl A Doan
Cattle uud Hide lust ecturW.H llobsoii
LaUrmifro lonn Udlctri
Mayor Hon J C Rtelhl
Aldermen Joliu Schumacher, John While, T C,
Gregory, Frlti Htrelthoff, 11. r. bay, A Klclm rt
Treasurer A Klelucrf
Countable! H Ilomuth
Religious Directory.
Methodist fljunril Preaching eery Sabbath at
lOWoilxk. am aul 7kf r u.lyllcv. A IP
Clreen Hal oith Htboi 1 at tl A at , i rarcr-inrctiiigl
UmotCmiictt Preadilug u tlo jlrst anl fo rth
Kablmth at 10 i a at , an llr m by ilev H L
Craft (Uapt(xt),ai it on tho secon 1 and third H-
Iwtba at WAi a M , and 7J p u , 1 y ltev It 11
Milleutwrg l,rcal jterlau)! Kabliatb Behool at 0
a M , prayer meetli g on Inei lay at 7 p U
MASONIC NOTICES
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UIICIIISON tllllTl.U, RU. IN,
PAlJbTTK IUIKIK. AO. Jl,
V AtlXtldilir ""h 111 on H ij
- AORANtJIS LUDUK, KO JO,
I O O F.meeta on tho Ant ant thirl Ved iea
PROFESSIONAL CAHD3
JU, 11. JllYFltU, M. II ,
a
Physician, Sniwn aai Acconchenr,
LaOrange, Texas,
rloua Iraiicliea Kpccl il attrition gtvni lodln-
eauea of women an 1 ihlldrt-D Oflko over A. 1 .
AVllleulwrg a etoro
LoUrange, leiaa, Nov in, 187J 3J-tf
t c nnowK
.A-ttorneya at Law,
I aitAAOJC, TPM'
a rlSIf .
UW MOOtlK. WJI II LKI1UKTTI.U
-jirOUUK A, lKIIKTTKn,
VttornoyH at Law.,
aprlStf
IMlAUHUbLKltH,
JVttorney at Law9
LaGtange, Tayette County, Texas
Offli-e In MaMoi to bull Jit g arrlSlf
V S PELASV, II TklCHMCLLKB, B. T DVV,
Lolumbus, lei lj.Orange,Tei IOrang
TXBLINI, TFltllMUM KU & 11 IT'S ,
?utoriiGys at Law.
Will irailk logctbtr lu tbe Dlatrkl Couria
TEIGHMULLER & DUNN,
Lawyors and Land Agents,
Will gle ixlal altei tl. u to aula of lauds, Iuei
llgallou of til lis au nxlletllon of claims
tnajMly
A IIAiniSFK,
Attorney at Linv
AND LAND AGENT.
LnOrange Fayette Co , Texas.
C AM. C, CllAFT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(Formerly of Key West, Fls )
Will altei 1 faithfully a it J miliially lo auy bm-l-neas
intnislcd ! bis isro,
rsyihe criminal rrnUte ma Is a e laity,
Lagra go Fayette Co.'Texa
miyWf
T7 11 t-OliniUAN,
GENERAL LAND AGENT,
rt an 1 iersonal attention bU
and urchse pf lands In this and
"EOltlil . JUI)D-,
OFFICE AT MRS ELIZABETH CARD'S
ON BUCKNER'S CREEK.
. MrIINIVm,M.It
Physician & Surgeon.
UHlce au 1 teni leiice, Marktnai u lace,
LaGrango, Texas
W L, MOODV
K. H JIMIHOK
MOODY & JEMIS0N,
COTTON FACTORS
General Oommission Merchants,
Strand, Galveston, Texas
II. Y. ICINC. Aeoul.
CHARLES NICHOLS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT
AND WlIOLISLt DLAILIt IN
WESTERN PRODUCE,
Rules, Wool, Tallow, Pecans, Etc ,
(1 VT h STON, TI XAS dec-6 n
R. F. DAY,
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Office at hts icsldincr,
LaCrango, Texas.
MRS. M. S. DABNEY,
Milliner and Drcssmakor,
iotilh torncr Ptibho kquaic,
XaOi'imgo. Toxaa.
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(South aide Public B inare,)
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A.i'tisan9
Oullrry in tho rn.tolll
3"l airf
, I at k room, til Matrs
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Receiving, Forwarding, and General
rOMMISSIOX ME11CIUT,
WEUHR AD BCHULEMJUBa, TtlAS
IJbcral caab a ham ea nnd on produce lu band
l'UIVATi: llOAUDING
b. noble;
No. 108 Travis;Strcet, Corner of Rusk,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
We ahatl bebaiiytoentrrlaiu our friends from
the ton itrj. Illy
HOUSTON
MARBLE WORKS.
Monuments,
Tombs,
Head nnd
Foot Stones,
Of the llet llnllntinna American Marble.
Jittering in all JMiiguayett,
Iron Railing to Inclose Lots.
T. E BYHNES,
J inel7ly HOI HION, TEX .U
LIOWtL C LT
- A. C. PIERP0NT,
WITH
T110S. SIMMS & LEVY,
(3uucMora IoIfkoo k Hlniuia,)
WholesaleGrocers
Anl Dealer In
Western Produce,
IS, 1 J ami 19 cn Lorce, and IS, 15
and 1 7 Fiillon Slrctts,
NEW ORLEANS.
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A niniSTMAK AISIUN.
tut nous Tin ST.
H lly before, tho window
lbe Maatlug mow tlakea fell,
Al tug the air all cold and fair,
Au 1 on my heart aa well.
The dreary weary winter,
An 1 alow with Inter a fear
Ilia mow flukes all were flowu I
They anleho t like a vlalon
lJefore lbe annny flame.
An 1 la their place a an I len crow 1
Of amlling angela came
A million little angola
V Kb face dazxiing fair
An I ryra aa bright aa marry llubt
lki lath thtlr ahlnliig hair (
Like aoiiio awoet al
Another, and another
1111 all the fnwty aky
Willi noft repeat aa riuslnft acet
And worde camo wauderlng by,
11 1 c are i)e a little angeln
ben earth la bare and brown
e co er all her wound an 1 atari
IWth mantles soft aa down
" Thfl rocks that hid their fairs
In e lit inner, green ail de p
11 it fn n to-tlay iere and gra),
Vie co-hct up to Blcei
II with glittering hltot
Tl o 1 lorjuom bells of atr
" Tl o drear an 1 allint lolltiides
e veil with temler grace,
Thero Is no blight we do not hi le,
U i all tho aa I earth a face
" A1nio lbe alee, lng roaee,
Aboe tho wild wood Ho we re.
. e e) rea 1 our warm au 1 ahlnli g robes
lliroutth all the winter huura,
" are Love a little anprln,
llut ntortul ejeii are dim ,
Men taun t are bow fulr we be,
or hiar our Jojful hjmn t
1 HearelivasBhroiilodaiigelit
11 it 1 lrili and bloaaums kuow
litn (in I a dear love falls frum atue,
1 hoi gU men may call it mow
TUltNEU FROM THE DOOR
1 Christ ma Btory.
ott lmvo knonn mo lot ma boo
oomctlting hko a dozen yours ; and you
must liavo knonn Taitsboro' and its
neighborhood for nbout tho same leegth
of timo. It ha rhanrfVivery much,
liocor, In tho f t 'ihf
T elvo or nftoor
to rise towara H -
not theu a ainglc oth e,nn 'thin-
two miles on the Uoim , ' ,aud
something like nmilo and a han CnUie
other, toward Bunu.
I courted and won a wife at Iloldauo,
I had my wedding day, or rather wed-
ding night, iked, oiler two years of
engagement I suppose that I must
hao been madlymlovowith Milly Gol-
den Sho was very young even
younger thau myself; I thought her
very handsome, and quite worthy of
c ui all tho nflcction I that could bestow
upon her ; I ceitamlj thought I could
E-o moro of that security for wedded
mnmeBs than most men of my ace
Milly Golden was the eldest daughter
of a partially-invalid 'Widow lady, living
at itoldane, pinching along a little, I
was otten amiiu (uiougu i am not uare
insult them by hinting at assistance, or
even making n direct inquiry), on a
small life annuity left her by her dt-
ceosLd husband, a clercvman : and
something of habitual Badness being
connected with the family history and
traditions, turougu me loss ai sea, many
yearn before, of no loss than three of
tno uromexs oi luiny a mouier, an sea-
faring men, ana moro or leas scape-
graces, perhaps remembered but tho
moro fondly on the latter account It
is necessary again to bo particular in
Baying that Mrs Golden was not an old
resident, but hod accompanied her hus-
band, some years niter marriage, from
tho coast line, her family history being
far less known, and her circle of visiting
acquaintance much more limited, than
thoy might have been in tho event of
her original lcsidenco in the neighbor-
How it was that my wedding night
was Bet for Christmas, I forget, if I
ever really knew
At nil nvfttits. the marriarro was fixed
for Christmas night, in the room In her
mother's house whero we hod so often
sat hand in hand to talk over tho love of
tho present and tho nopes oi tne xutnre.
And never did expectant bridegroom
look forward to anyone period with such
certainty of happiness, as I to that
Christmas evening
Nature, meanwhile, was as gay as my
hopes, and as pure as those of my bride,
fnr (fin ftimw lav Jcgii oor nil the
recion. shrouding cvervtliinK that might
iune been ugly or otienBive. Then a
long period of clear cold weather ecomed
O UftVO Etib in, i iniiny jur iiiiiuj uujb,
with only the chango of its gradually
growing ftcener and keener, until at tho
ergo OI uiminms me atmunpiR-ru must
hao touched zero and gono far below it.
What was cold weather my, freezing
weather, how eer, to a heart aa young,
as warm, an I impctuons as mino ? Was
BOl lUlliy to uu mine on Ltiinsimas
night, aud comfoit my hfo thereafter ?
I well remember tho warm, blushing
kiss sho gtuo me as I left her ou Tues-
day morning, after making tho excuse
of carrying her up a pair of shoes and
some ribbons, whilo tho fact was, I sup-pose-j
that I filt tho impossibility of
nulling inu wnuiu uiijB itiLuuiib Difjuu m
her, tho propreitics itoccssanly keeping
me absent on tho last night of unmarried
llow fearfully cold that last night shut
donu I I remember lU thill as if it had
be n bu yesterday. Tho snow crunched
tin lor tliB foot with that peculiar mo-
tall to pound indicative of every flake
being fnuen anew j tho stars winked
ilh a chill glitter that sicnied steely
in 1 rattiest . aud the northwest wind
bit homo like the driving of fcharp Icicles
into tne iiesn. it was an awim mgnt,
3CJ
IS
epito of tlio cnlm of UieJuoarriVj?
night loiiff to bo tcraembetiil )now lo
bo remembered b
It came 8 o'clocl
bv mo I ii 9j v
ck, tuulohruHnialied
supper My father waa nbsontJmt wm
inomentanJy expected I caio out
from tho hotiso, and found tv bU t
mother tho dearest and best of torn n,
ttlionj I loved finite us well as ft uralu
haro done my own lootlier BtnJ'Ur.gftt
tho yard gate, Tlirongh the 4uskt I
could seo that a ragged, uucleaiiylook-
mg old fellow was at tha gate and I
could 1 ear their conversation Jle was
asking the pnvilego of staying at night,
and sho was evidently hesita.ng I
knevvliy ehe was doing so AVitliln
twenty fours our homo wonllW full of
visitors, attracted by the wet1 g and
the OhristmasfcRtlvilfes ; and ioy oould
sho allow that uncleanly tramp ro. joq.
taiftiuato ona of her soswy w1q and
immaculate beds perhaps int'ect a
whole chamber V
I heard that doubt In her volei, and I
echoed it God forgive me I I was bo
much younger then, and bo mih Icbs
aware of tho scares which cnnfa and
follies make on our natures tf?wtll n
our lives 1 Sometimes I think ur love
nnd our happiness make us for Ihe mo-
ment harder and more eelflslujant as
nt other moments they soften an?i reQne
us. I v, as so happy, just then, X think,
that tho world was nothing jo mo
Abovo all, I w anted aio strcyj- and
certainly no dirty atroncers. jK. .tmr
with tho familynd my great joyv
'diA mnn irna tJAmliniv awav h1-a.I it
-uv i 'ivinuuj Willi IH.UT- (lit)
refusal, to bo allowed to stay I at,'d I
heard linn, in n 'voice that t led
foreign and outlandish, thouirh i n vnq
speaking good Tnghsh enoughy saying
"Tshaw 1 mother. ou have iltmtl
long enough with that old strafegler !
I said. ' Ho knows about' Ufdone,
nnd no doubt rnn easily Had J ay
thero Bend him on, and 00, uit
of the cold, with your bare head no
shawl ' I
' There, m j good man, you hert, v hat
mj son eays," sajs mj mothcrL thus
Bcrengiucnea or wetincnea)
l.L "
wonts
vou to
1 ' Wo oinnot do any iMua 1 or
3 night ; all full Right up tho
;here, only a couple of mitysj, that
road there, only a couple
i flirt wnv in lfnlilnnn
Tho poor fellow made onoi jt
tempt tocrcato pity, and I cue Xhia
Buctrestion: ;
" Madam, let mo sleep in Ihf
Instantly another imfortimatr
lection took possession of mo
within tho preceding -Wintu
ghbors barn had been
Mgh fire alleged to ha1
'v ro" inicatCu iy
had f'
rn(
VI-
jtben io l jTcver, at tv.
1 too tho matter into m
thinking, at the moment, t i
would not allow such a thukt
" No, old man," I said, V ju
sleep in the barn You Li0
vier
aunot
heard
wuan tnj muuicr muu , w
room for you Go on, befi
Ws J
uefJii it
re no
gets
inter and colder
Tho old fellow turned andrent hi
way , but Ircmembercatchniga glimpse
of nis almost white hair, by the hjjht
from tho house window, and hearing
him say, as ho wrapped his poor clothes
about mm;
" Cold I cold I"
I have never known, since, except
that God is ery slow to pmmlj, or that
He hal other and heavier penalties fur
mo, why I wa never struift " 6 tho
moment for that cross act ., I
only know that I allowed ... ,ogo
away, and that I dimly saw hlf tattered
rags disappear against the wJtito snow
up tho lull road leading toHoldane,
which placo I must do mysaf tho jus-
tice to say, that I had at till moment
no doubt of Ids reaching, thf hour be
ing bo eauy,
My step mother entcied tl
house, aa
tno manmovca away, anai.
in a moment Ho had fit
owed her
elv boon
cone ten minutes wheu site;
nid, look-
ing at ma in her own, kin"
tronuieu
"Richard, I wonder whi
quite right in not letting i
man stay ? A ho knows whj
nen to him ? '
er we did
poor old
may hap-
"Pshaw 1" I answered, ' Wink of v our
hcus ana rememuer you ao
inn 1 He will get along all
and tho roads are always 1
fellows with pitiful (-.tones (
ot keep an
iienougit,
1 of such
"Ah. well. I suppose bit.
but it is
very cold, Richard, to lt out very
com i- wiQii jour iiiuiur ( uuiut:
She said nothing- more ol jo subject.
and I was glad that fho dirlvi, fcr tho
double reason that sho"v it wako my
sleeping conscience, a(r might havo
done, and that I waa enabled to
fall away into one of my 0, 1 ished wak-
ing dreams, in which I was lathing my-
self in tho liiiht and warmt Itf tho arcat
fire, all tho joyful events vo the next
evening Milly 111 bridal why, with her
fnco all blushes of love for ; an hun-
dred friends around ns, a happy be-
cause wo wero so; and m U arrived
at that summit of happlne pa which
tlio ciown 01 a King, witJi
bind it ou tho brow, would )
) Millv to
v been an
Areoms a
SH in inv
insult I had dreamed sn
thousaud times boforp r
lonelv room by day. in
iV&ce, if
4v nio-
left alone and in silence t
It '
monts under tho stars, I fpou
Rpctneil fipndint? down sOrr.' .enl
pSn each
,eau
my lovo; but never befofy
M
vivuuy asinai mgni w
nroochof my not
intersityof oxroet-
vfrSAp-
epme
s a wish
My lutncr iiuimeG
in a very brief penoi
I
1 a nau an
hour uy returning,
ing hard under tin
vr crunch
', nnd his
1 lnhfe
re, while
breath frozen to &
beard Ho came in
n.in rt 4liA muii tfi.f nir
oiue. My
mother waa evidently jiff ne, for she
isp, i
spotte to turn on ino pie
moat in mind, almost tu
ho was seated Sho tol,
been said, aud doue, nu.
ftct upper-
lofuont that
.what had
rdJittlu At
myself exprttinir what wa' low
" I am ashamed that jyve one of
vou for a mM and tho 1 Vor a son I '
ho exclaimed, indign? , "nhen ha
knew the whole, "Al pu old man,
in poor clothes, to gc y frcp, the
door ou such a night as this 1 Why, I
have beard to day of two men nnd &
woman found frozen to death in differ-
ent places 1 1 am ashamed of you both I
Here, give me my hat again, nnd I will
freeze the remainder of me in looking
for him, boforo such a disgrace shall
fall ou tho honso of Robert Mowry I"
"O Robert, I did not think " my
step mother began, but I cut her short
ti taking tho blame that belonged to
me, and springing from my Beat. My
father's words, heaven directed, had
opened my eyes to tho enormity of the
wrong ; and in ono moment I had be gun
to fonr tho worst.
"No, father," I Raid, " I see now
how cruel wo have been. No, , for I
did the act Bit where you are, I will
follow the poor old mnu all. tho way to
Holdane, and help him if anything has
happened "
' Well, go I ' answered my father, re-
urning his seat " Yon aro right now,
if you were wrong before Look for
him Btop, take one of the men with
you; and whatever. you do, when 3 ou
And him, bring him back here hlre,
where he belongs I '
I bad scarcely over bofoio heard my
father spenk so determinedly ; and cer-
tainly within fifteen minutes my ardent
temperament had leaped to as much
suffering on tha poor old man's behalf
aa I had only ten minutes beforo en-
joyed of prospective happiness, "Oh,
rather in Heaven I ' I almost moaned,
to think 6f my oxpecting to bo bo
', in naving an tnac x iovo in tno
, and then turniuor a poor old
man away from tho door to freeze and
die on tho public road 1 ' I could
scarcely wait until ono of the men had
equipped himself to accompany me, and
provided himself with a lantern, for
what horrible purpose of close inspec
tion neither of us cared to think
It wns nt nine when wo left the house,
and threo in the morning when we re-
turned to it. Such intense cold I had
nover before experienced, and have
scarcely ever fiinco felt its equal Iron
bands seemed drawl! around our brows ;
the breath frozo on our lips , our hands
and feet grow lumps of ice, as up and
down, first ono road and then another,
wo tramped and struggled, Bbpped and
slid our terrible way. All the way to
Holdane nnd back ; the other road, near-
ly tbe wholo distance; side road after
Bide road, wherever travel was possible
or a human track Bhowed itself to tho
bght of the lantern Not a clap-pit
inatweum not nxpiur, atiarKoo-
ject that "we did not xif
dawning horror
I havo said thr
ice ; but my brf
can only reme
1.9DI1
. 7n in .
fear and
'vr-
him under a It
of side road, hau-way
Holdane, seated at the 1
thin ra era drawn oloso arc
-roe, 111
lua choc.
and throat, whero the b-. s had stif
fened that held them dead I Btono
dead I and cold, almost as cold aa tho
night and our pity 1
Heaven woma 11
liave been very merci
ful if that had beon the worst only
a man murdered 1 But w o brought him
home in the gloomy winter morning,
after returning for the wigon for that
nirp036 home, where entrance only a
ew honrs before, which I had denied
Into, would havoeaved his life I was
half mad, and mystcpmotherlittlo bet-
ter, but Bomo of them retained their
senses, nnd a Justice waj called to act
as Corona When tluy shipped him,
I was cajled into tho loom, to liavo my
eyes blasted quite as fatally as ever tho
bead of Medusa produced the effect.
On the withered old arm there was a
mass of tattooing, such as seafaring men
aro fond of subjecting themselves to:
and from tho midst of the stars and
anchors gleamed out ono terriblo linc
a single name
JAS HOLABUID
T think tlm., T npnd Rp.nrp.t lv pnlarco
upon what followed It was only too
plain that one of the long lost brothers
of Mrs. Golden, an uncle of my Milly.
mating nis way, oiu, urouen ana penni-
less, fmni some sccno of 'ong suffering,
to where he had dimly heard that bis
fciBter resided had been turned fioin
the door by me to die bo miserably I
jl course 3011 want 10 near uie rest
thero is not much, and f hould not be,
to end sucu a recollection. But tbe rest
was important toinvFelf; for thank God
that I was punished) I pay it reverent-
Iv thank God that Ho puniBhed mo.
otherwise even than in tho stings of
conscience I 1 had expected to bo tho
husband of Milly Golden on Christmas
night, beioro tuat night came1, iicr
mother, fallen insensible on tho body of
her brother, who thus camo to her only
in death, had Bunk under tho blow, and
all thoughts of marriago were as far
away as then Boomed happiness It was
a s id Christmas : and, before tho spring
flowers bloomed, Mrs Golden lay be-
Bide her brother.
I suppose I need not say that neither
Milly Golden nor myself thought of
marrying over tho body of her dead
uncle, when I was so nearly his murder-
er, and with her mother lying a hope-
less invalid from tho Bame cause. Aud
when tho second blow came, nnd she
was an orphan, was it much more likely
that we could forget, now that a second
body seemed to he between our loves?
xt " 11. .i.:.. .,. !DO,i,u. it
AVW Uiu lining naa iiujiiaeiuio , nuo
madness even to think of it She tried
so hard, dear girl I I know that she did
to think that I had not been to blame,
or at least that 1 nau not nctea moro
thoughtlessly than any other young man
would have done under tho samo cir-
cumstances. But what was that, even
if sho succeeded ? Wo do not lovo much
when wo are driven to mako cxciibcs for
tho object that wo bclicvo we lovo; to
beloved ono must commend himself to
lho heart of the other, as infinitely litt-
er than all surrounding Sho tried to
exonerato mo I know and feel eo much J
but I know and feel nuito as well lhat.
in spitqof herself, sho shuddered at mo
at times when tun dreadfid recollec-
tion carao fresh taber. Was not that
enough ?
I do not aay that wo might nor havo
been married, after a time, had 1 pos-
sessed thy Jiardihood may I not say
the cruelty ? to insist. I quite believe
Mdly to havo been capable of that
amount of self snenfloo enough to have
made her try to 4,love, honor and obey"
n man at whom she nhuddered I But I
was not lost enough for that 1 Wo met
seldom and constrainedly after the death
of her mother. I thluk that wo both
wept, alter those meetings, to think that
what had been could nover be again
People wondered whether tho marriage,
of which they had onco heard aa so
noarly accomplished, and to which many
of them had been invited, was never to
lake place and if not, why not ? I
think that many of them called us
' fools 1" and applied even worse namep
Thero cama a relief to all this ono
day n relief, I think, to both of us, for
it must havo beer that wo wero slowly
breaking our hearts over those dead
bodies Another relative of Milly s
mado his appearance at Holdane, well-
to do, they uaid. She went away with
him to some great distance whero or
in what direction I do not know. Wo
did not bid each other farewell coldly
only broken hcartedly ; and wo havo
never seen each other Binco,
Aud that is why, this Christmas night,
I, wkowas uncharitable, am a lonely
man among you revelers
Mr.
Logan's Cheap Transportation
Measure,
,, Tho following is a synopsis of tho bill
introduced in tho United States Senate
by Hon John A Logan, to secure per-
manent and cheap transportation be-
tween New York aud Chicago :
The title of the corporation Is the
New York and Chicago ToBtal Railway
and Telegraph Company, and authority
is given tho company to construct and
operate a railway with two or more
tracks from any convenient point in tho
city of Chicago, III , or within ten miles
thereof on the shore of Lake Michigan,
to any com ement point in tho city of
New York, or within ton miles thereof,
on tho Hudson river or the Hay of New
lork Tho road to be commenced with-
in three years of tho passngo of the act,
and the main lino to bo completed with-
in six years.
'iho capital stock shall consist of
1,000,000 shares of $100 each, but may
bo increased by a voto of two thirds of
the stockholders. The road is to be a?
nearly upon an air lino as tho to-
pography of tho country and the pros-
pects if traffic will permit Tho tracks
shall h laid with steel or solid steel-
i."mde 1 ih, and filial bo constructed
managed in the best manner kno vn
b iv management lbe corpora
" HioripkW pttrchasf'U
ds , itcwi.coait shai.
t 'nt threo commissioners td assess
damages, etc The bill fnrther declares
no road a public highway, and that it
shall not be subject to any restriction
by State legislation as to rates of faro or
freight or cliarges of any kind, except
tares, to the same extent as other prop-
erty, nor as to the speed of trains, nor
tho control and management of said
road Ono train at least shall bo run
daily each way bttween New York and
Chicago The company shall charge
for tho carrlago of through passengers
and freight a rate not exceeding two and
ono half cents per mile for passengers
in first class cais, with an addition not
exceeding one half cent 1 er milo for
palace or Bleeping cars, and not exceed-
ing one and one half cents per mile per
ton for products of tho boh, forests, or
mines, other thau precious metals, nor
more than two cents per mile per tou
for other through freights Authority
is given to coubtruct branches to Buf-
falo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit,
any other placo within fifty miles of the
main line a.iso. 10 oxicnu saiu uno
from Chicago lo Omaha Authority is
also given to construct and operate a
1 iin0 nf telegraph along tho main-road
nmj branches, nnd to transmit messages
for auv person Any material neccs-
for lho construction and equipment ef
the road and branches may be Imparted
free of duty.
Tho Erie Canal.
Tlio Kne cinal traffic has been un-
UBiially largo during tho pist aeason,
wlii(li linwfivpr. was tlio shortest
1 known, lasting only 188 days Tho
grain shipments wero nevertheless
greater than during any other season
except 1BG2 1 ho aggregate of nil kinds
of grain was CO 790.C70 bushels in 167J,
against 53,258,07 111 1802. The wheit
truftlo was more than twico as great this
year as last, but tho corn trade nearly
wheat and 9.000.(100 less corn. Hour.
ono iniru iens, ji,uuu,wuu uufjiimh morw
vhich ton years ago formed a largo
part of tho freight ou the canal, has now
utmost diaamienred. tho shipments
amounting to but 13,010 barrels this
year aoaiust iGOJJZ in 18CJ. lho rail-
roads have for several years taken near-
lv all this trafllo, and they aro not
likely to lose it, unless tho price of
flour becomes very much lower than It
now is vvneat goes larpeiy yy ran, es-
pecially tken its prico is nigh Corn
goes chiefly by w iter, especially
when its price is low. There
was not a vory groat change in tho pro-
portion of cereals curried by the canal
and tho railroads this year, though the
marucu decrease in lane rates jihb
rrcitly stimulated lake shipments, from
which alono the canal shipments of
grain are derived. Chicago Trlbwxa,
Jlorurslui thoei lear.
lu Japan every houso must bo decked
with flowers on Now Year's Day, and to
Hiirmlv the demand tho shorn are full of
dwarf peach trees, bearing double bl s-
soms and growing In largo chma vases
and pots. The 0 apaucso gardeners havo
a peculiar talent for raising dw arf plants
and trees, and so irroat is lho national
fancy for such miniature products of
vegetation that the toy and fancy shops
abound with very minufo and uclicato
imitations of such plants and flowers
cut ont 01 coioreii ruper.
Motto for the winter of 1871 1. "I
pan t afford it."
A CIlHlSTMAS IMI1ME.
nr itnxit asoell.
One Cbrletmas evening long ago
Juit bow Ion it, I forget-
Tbe fuuda of Santa Clans ran low,
So he ran Into debt
flonl 1 be bla usual Rifla beatow -t
And all those bills be met f
He pulled bla beard and icralcbed Lis lies 1,
And set hla cap awry '
'There art thliifla the Worll,nho s4ld,
" lhat money cannot buy.
Things ucedf ' as one dally t read I
Tbia year thvas gifts 111 try '
And do to one he Rare a friend,
Aud to auotber health.
And ahowed the third the baneful en l
Of blessings won by atealUi
Toward what sore lors then- footalei tend
Who too much baste for wealth
1
For one bo won a bustmnd's life
Hack from tbo drunkard a doom
An 1 for anott er hopeless wife
ujieUM me peaceful tomb t
Ona aoro-trled soul be made so bravo
That rJRbt tho victory won (
W itb teara Uwn a new made grave
Baw higher Ufa begun j
Sack to a widowed mother gave
An erring, sorrowing sou
He brought to many a household baud
A welcome little gueet
To more than one tbe heart aud hand
Of ber be loved the best ,
To work worn frames, through all the laud
Tbe bkseed boon of rest
An opening rose-bud, sweet as June,
Sooth ea one poor a iffcrer s woe ;
A strain from some forgotten tuno
Revives the twilight glow
WbeuHi whose mnslo died ao aoon,
utranced tbe long ago. f I
" A good dajs work I" cried Santa Clans,
Vet won ha Uttle fame ;
Mou took bla gifts Uke Nature s laws, '
Not heeding whence they came
An l some averred they ba t uo cause
Tbolr logic waa ao lame
Lavs a word to ur i
Great blessing In jour hands you hold
iu Hi mi luuvuriviuinn JJaj,
Since love cannot be bought anl sold
Or Lluducsa thrown away
For, abould no other soul be blest, , ,)
V. our own will purer grow,
And each last Christmas bo your beat,
If 4 icli gifts yo t bestow J
lor Christ will be your ebrlstmas gvient,
Deglnnlng Ueaven below,
, 1 - I
Humorous
TncE to tho core A good ppple.
Tim hardships of tho ocoau iron-
clads. How to raiso beets t Toko hold of tho
topond pulL
WnEN is a lawyer most likoamule?
When ho draws up a conveyance.
An Irishman, being naked in court
for his certificate of marriage, bliowod
a bigscnr pnhis head about tho size of
rt small thov ol t
' ''vjoir
afci. JtT liitdrii. . .
I am with you ni-hy, oven unto the ends
of tho earth."
An old negro woman was heard to ex-
claim : "Thomas Jeflcrson, you nnd
James Madison oomointo tho houso and
bring Abo Lincoln along with you, or
1 11 reach for you, shuah 1
"I DEOLAiiE, mother," said a pretty
little girl, in a pretty littlo way, "'tis
too bad I You always send mo to bed
when I am not sleepy ; and you always
mako mo get up when I ani weepy."
u " Miss 0," said a gentleman, ono
evening, "why aro ladies so fond of
oflleeri ?" ' ' llow stupid I" replied Miss
O ; "is it not natural and piopcr
that a lady should hko a good offer,
sir ? '
Tnr following, from the Boston Trab'
cller, is reasonable ;
" How taiu t U10 busy little niotu i .
Improved our winter furs 1
From eatli g muffs aud seaUkln bats
No cani) hor 11 deters "
"SrEPin, step lu," said a Chatham
sheet dealer to a conntrymanj "tho
cheapest goods in tho market," "Have
you any fine shirts?' "A splendid as-
sortment, sir" "Aro they clean?' "Of
course, sir: clean, tobosuro.' "Thou-""
said tho countryman gravely, " you had
better put ono on, for you need it J"
Reporling Extraordinary.
Ouccr things happen in newspaiier
ofllrcs Recently a brother journalist
in a suburban town, with a flourishing
wceitiy ou his naniw, was ohiigeu'to
send n young and inexperienced report-
er to a gathering where thero was some
wino, many pretty women, and n sofcg
or two The reporter had Borne hour or
two-fa which to write up his account,
nnd he asked our editorial friend what
he would say about tho music. " Ofi,"
was tho reply, "say Miss B pang w(th
tenderness, Miss O played with bril-
liancy, Mr, Xsang with fire, and sorte-
tiling of that sort, and mako a fowom-
parisons, you know," That reporter
was discharged tho very next looming
A portion of bis notice read as follows :.
"MIbsB sang very tenderly, as tender
s young spring lamb with mint sauce,"
eto,;"MisHO played as bnlliant.hs a
bunch of flro crackers on a dark bight,
or as brilliant as a meteoric Biiowcr,
eta: "Mr. X sang witho much flro
that it burned up three sheets of music,
and set tho parlor curtains fill ablaze,
siiuany j tenmg uuurjiut.
Organize a Congrem. "
A writer to tho Vox J'opuli suggests"
a CongreBB id fix a price ori farm pro-
ducts Ho says ;
" Tlio growers of all States wet of
tho Alleghanies should orgamzo nvOou-
grefis to Jlx a price on tMr ownprod,ue-
tions All other trades have, jtheir
prices, but set prices for us, making us
their Blaves This should not bo tho
caso with thoso who produce that which
keeps soul and body from tpecdy disso-
lution. Such ft ConirrcsH has been recom
mended, and I would bo glad to witness
its accomplishment, as (t is ono of, ttho
means of obtaining our just rights. Do
not be in too great hurry lu disposing
of your crops Mako terms with your
creditors as best you ctva. G for re
munorutivu pncea for your produce,
Orgamzo this Congress in the. granges
and. clubs, and come to a full under-
standing beforo engaging in tho produc-
tion of another crop, is the advlco of an
, Illinois farmer.'
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