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by and. b. freeman.
For the Calhoun Times.]
A Sit el Real Experience.
BY W. H. 8. WOOD.
The fall of 187- foupd me in one
of those mushroon towns out on the
great American desert, with no pros
pect of employment for winter, and a
scant pocketbook, so I decided to try
that invariable resort of the unemploy*
ed—teaching school.
Obtaining the usual credentials, I
tried at one or two of those sod school*
houses of the Platte Valley, but with
poor success. School District No. 1,
being recommended to me as a No. 1
place, the best in the county, I made
application, and received in reply:
“Kum an pitch in ef you think you kin
teech akule Deestrect No 1." A week
later, just at evening, I jumped off the
cars at the nearest railroad station, a
coal mining place,, and found I had five
miles to walk to reach my “winter quar
ters.”
Next morning I started across the
plains in good spirits, but not a little
dreading the coming interview with the
school committee. The sun was shino
iog brightly* the air was iofigoratiog
as only Colorado atmosphere dare to be,
and fourteen miles westward the noble
Rockies reared their mighty forms in
every conceivable shape, the different
colored rocks of the “hogback,” the
waving pines of the timber range and
the snowcapped peaks seeming to tap
the very centre of the clouds, all com
bined to make a grand spectacle, some
150 mi.es of the range was clearly vis
ible. To the east the plains sloped
gently on until far away they seemed
to meet and hug the distant horizon.
The South Platte meandering on re
ceiving many branches from the moun
tains, and ita course easily distinguish
ed by the huge cottonwoods on its
banks. Away to the southeast a little
column of smoke told me the iron horse
of the Kansas Pacific was bringing its
living freight in the onward march of
civilization. Occasionally I passed a
bunch of sage brush or “bayonet grass”
yucca, giving a variety to the usual
sameness of dry vegetation cactus and
sunflowers. Small herds of Texas cat
tle and broncho ponies were grazing on
the rich, nutritious gramma grass, al
ready cured by nature for winter. Now
and then a solitary jackrabbit would
jump from its hiding place, startled by
my presence, and dart away to find an
other, or a herd of the sleek gentle
antelope would lope up a distant knoll,
look wildly around and canter down
the other side. The deep stillness
seemed to favor solitude, and I thought
of former days and friends in the old
Peninsular State, and almost wished I
was home again, when the monotony
was suddenly broken by the approach
of a stranger Stopping to inquire
the way of him, he asked : “Be you
the teacher ? Wa’ai, neow, who’d a
tho’fc o seciu ysow.” Then an Irish
man joined us, and stopping to watch
some prairie dogs, as they cunningly
stood on their hind legs, tipped to one
side, eyeing us saucily, then with a
chirp whirl into their burrows only to
re appear a moment after to do the same
over again- An aged owl would sit
moodily at the entrance of the burrow,
or perhaps the dreaded “sauger.” all
living together like one happy family.
A mirage, a curious phenomena, as of
trees in the air or a rolling river, or
cows transformed to elephants, called
our attention t> another direction, when
a boy approached carrying an owl. The
half tipsy Hibernian, ever ready to
show his wit and strike a bargain, com
menced bantering him by saying, “An
its a foin mornin’ this mornin', it is,
an how much will yee take for yees tar
key this mornin.” “It’s not a turkey,”
said the boy, “it's an owl.” “Divel a
bit do I care how osld he is if he is
only fot,” said Erin. Leaving him to
finish his trade alone we marched on,
and soon came in sight of the valley,
and, as l saw several nice, white ranch
houses I congratulated myself at the
prospect of pleasant homes and well-to
do people. Proceeding to the director,
who lived in a comfortable log house, a
half score of savage, lean, crosseyed
yeliow dogs bounced out to herald my
arrival, and were followed by a thick
set Dutchman, wife and several chil
dren. Introducing myself, and well
aware that much depended on first im
pressions, I tried to keep my best con*
trol, while a lump was continually ris
ing in my throat, as I looked at the
dogs all ready to swallow me at once,
and the ludicrous look of the dozen ur
chins, with tattered hair and garmeuts,
hare feet, and eais, mouth and eyes
wide open, made it hard for me to con
ll*'**; ;i/shto rc Tt flat* eyfi;: /‘ l .1.. t — t,*
Calfyotm
trol my visibilities. “Veil/’ says the
director, “you bleeves in capital pun*
ishment in skool maype ?” and going
on telling me a long history of how the
summer before the scboolma’am was
locked cut by the scholars, and the last
male teacher only kept his place by
keeping his “shooten iron loaded as a
moral restraint on the beples.” Ward
ing off his question by answering indi
rectly 1 saw I had got his good will, and
so started for the assessors. He was an
Ir shman and owned a largo ranch and
a good house and seemed more comfort
ably situated than the rest. As I ad
vanced to the yard several huge speci
mens of the canine species disputed uiy
passage, but were called off by a strap
ping big girl c if “sweet sixteen.” She
is described as “her neck was like a
crook neck ed squash, lier eyes' were
lightning big, and her gait was like a
foundered horse in a hen canter.” Of
course I was enamored. Merciful
Heavens ! deliver me thought I as I
thought of “git while you’re gittin,” in
“Hoosier schjolmaster.” Well it was
decided that I was to commence school
on the next Monday morning, and was
to commence board at Geo. Warner’s.
He was a well-built man who had been
a Boston fireman for several years, and
finally concluded to follow Greeley’s
advice : “Go west and grow up with
the country.” His stentorian voice in
common conversation would make a
Newfoundland foghorn take a back seat.
Strolling out next morning I came to
a long slat house, some twenty hogs
lying around the doorstep. Coming
unexpectedly to the door I found the
whole family on their knees, and saw
at a glance that they were devout Cath
olics. One of the boys making a slight
noise, the man of the house reproved
him by shouting, “Pat herick, Father
ick, be gof, shure an’ if yce don’t hur
ry up an’ say yees prayers I’ll be aftlier
bustin’ yeho head open.” This man
went by the namQ of “Big Dad,” and
boasted of the day when he was the
only man in Denver who could raise a
whisky barrel up and drink out of the
bung. There was to be a bee to grade
the school yard that day, and so we
repaired to the scene of action. By
some mistake the school house had been
moved and set on “Big Dad’s” land.—
He condescendingly allowed it to re
main if “no ’ipocrittera were allowed
to use it,” meaning Protestants and
temperance lecturers, 3 hat afternoon
I was introduced to old man Grosscusse
(and he was a gross cuss, too,) who was
very solicitous that I should go and
stop over the night with him. I had
examined the school house, and found
iron slats in it, and every convenience
of modern times, in fact, far above the
average. I felt delighted, but as my
friend remarked, “You can’t sometimes
most always tell beforehand.” I af
terwards learned that these were pre
sented Dy an Eastern friend, and the
inhabitants dated them as the cause of
the downfall of progress. “New fan
cied notions won’t do "here,” says “Big
Dad;” “we’re 59 er’s and know how
things awter be.” Consenting to be
the guest of Mr. Grosscusse fo* Satur
day night we started across the prairie,
and reached his claim about dusk, and
was ushered into the log house, and
told to make myself at home.
While the boys were putting away
the team I made a survey of the room.
It was about fourteen feet square, one
sash serving as a window, and had a
stone fire place. The wind was blow*
ing iu the wrong direction, and the
smoke filled the room so they had t<*
keep th e door open to let the smoke out
and the fire burning to keep warm. —
The old granny sat in the only chair
that had a bottom in, hovering over
the coals, smoking a clay pipe, and
dreaming a dream of the long, long ago.
A dark-colored young man from Mis
souri, some six feet seven inches tall,
with a coyote skin cap on and a pair
of buffalo shoes, claiming to be a trav
eling photographer, stood by. I no
ticed a six shooter aod bowie knife in
close proximity to his hip breeches pock
et. A young Spaniard lay on the floor
in a fit, kicking like a dying horse. —
Children of all ages, sizes aod sexes
stood around the room. The names of
the tribe are interesting but too nu
merous to mention. Big Gross, Little
Gross, Big Ant, Little Ant, Johnny
Copeek, Lickum Stickum, Sally Ann
and Mary Jane are a beginning. Even
ing advanced and I was under embar
o
rassing inspection. A hearty laugh
went round the room when I could not
comprehend that “duublc A, double Ed?
dy, Addy, T—U—double eckes,” spelE
ed Waddy Tucker. However, as the
room was darkened by smoke, I felt
relieved from their scrutinizing gaze.
CALHOUN, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18.1877.
The old granny occasionally breaks
the silence by saying, “Sech is life.”
“Yes,” says Big Ant, “it takes us all
to make everybody.” * Jess so,” says
Big Gross, Nine o’clock come, and we
are saluted from the back slat out-of
door kitchen, with “Grubs ready, pitch
in., one that gi® 'most is best feller.”
Not wishing to be taken as a tender
foot, I sat down with great apparent
relish, and what do you suppose we had
to eat ? Mutton chops and sour krout,
and they said they had gone ten miles
the night before “to git the sheep fur
the tacher.” Old Mrs. Gross kept tell
ing that she had as good “gals as ever
trod a piece of shulealher,” only so
many men folks around to help do the
work had been their ruination. Then
i learned that the grasshoppers had
eaten up megt of the wheat that sum
mer. The potato crop was a failure,
and although most of them had laige
herds of cattle, they didn't believe in
‘milking, and I was not to 6ee butter
and milk all winter. Adjourning again
to the “parlor” we sat till long past
midnight. The boys took the only tal
lbw candle and went up iu the loft to
play “freeze out,” and the old man told
me to make use of the library if I
liked to read by firelight. Examining
it I found “Quartermaster’s Report for
Southern Indiana,” and two or three
“Patent Office Reports,” and “Messa
ges and Documents.” After heariug a
few stories of “yee olden time in yee
injeany,” the inhabitants began to stow
themselves away on shelves on the floor,
etc., whilo the man, wife and “darters”
occupied tho only bed in the house. A
buffalo robe and a horse blanket were
thrown on the floor, and I was told that
I might bunk for the night. Scarcely
had I landed in bed before I was wel
comed by innumerable “boogars,” and
as the old granny groaned away up in
the corner “sech is life,” I almost re^
0 lied, “yes, you bet, old gal.” The
close atmosphere of the room had be* r
come unbearable by this time, so I
arose as quietly as possible, and vanish
ing into the open air concluded to study
astronomy till morning. The air was
chilly. The distant mountains looked
weird and wild, and the coyote’s bark
and gray wolf’s howl made things seem
forsaken. I have often laughed at that
morning’s experience since, but can you
blame me for feeling downhearted then,
as I stood gazing at the starry heaveus
and repeating “sech is life.” Morning
came at last, and reaching friend War
ners I ate breakfast in silence. Bor
rowing a pony I started for the nearest
town to church, found the only church
to be a Welsh one, so returning, my
broncho concluding to show me a trick
or two, such as only a wild Western
broncho knows how to do well, “buck*
ing” and trying to stand on one foot
and throw its rider over its head. Some
of the ranchmen were breaking colts,
some branding cattle. At any rate they
knew not the meaning of Sunday.—
School commenced next day. Area
school district was five by seven miles,
in a county as large as the State of
Massachusetts. I had twenty scholars
and found thirteen different series of
reading books, used probably through
several generations. Geographies da
ting away back to 1848, when Colora
do was a territory unthought of. Mon
day night I commenced boarding at
Bill Turner’s He lived in a log cabin
some three miles from the school Louse.
One-half of the small room was used
as a granary, the other half for living
purposes. Turner was well-to-do. He
owned a stove —old—to be sure, crack*
ed and rusty, but a stove or resem
blance nevertheless. lie was the only
religious man in that part of the coun
try, and I shall never furget how he
and his devout wife used to keep my
tired brain from sleep and rest by con
tinuing their rattle-te-bang Campbeliite
songs till long past midnight every
night. Yes, he was pious—loafed
around all the week, and did his work
on Sundays. He was one-eyed, bald
neaded, a little deaf, had a stitch in bis
back, and was an inveterate smoker
His wife had the St. Vitus dance
Supper ready we sat down, our appe
tites well whetted up by our long walk,
and as usual, were told to “pitch in.”
That table was well filled, and the most
fastidious might relish that feast, What
was it, do you ask ? Well, we had
chicken, fattened on grasshoppers, and
here I may say that I have always rec
ognized that age commands respect, but
for all that I don’t like old sitting hens
that the flies have roosted on all sum
mer, and that hen actually sit on that
tihle every meal for nearly three weeks.
There was also beans—beans so black
you could not see what was cooked with
them —and so much soup you couldn’t
find the beans, and every little while a
piece of sand rock would land in jour
mouth, and have a battle with your
molars till you interfered. Any desert?
Yes, didn’t I tell you old Turner was
well-to do—yes—we had wild plums,
cooked without sugar, wild plum leaves,
pits, stems, branches and all. Yes, sir,
on the European plan, and when night
came we waltzed up a ladder to bed—
had to lie down under the rafters to un
dress, ('that room wasn’t very high be
tween joints) and every time we turned
over we were in danger of raising the
roof, and when morning came found
it had snowed, and we were drifted in.
Before breakfast I was asked if I want
ed to wash, aod directed to follow one
of the boys, who led me to an irriga
ting ditch some ten rods from the house,
and breaking a hole tlngh the ice
commenced scrubbing. Then the boy
told me I had better l%hfc out for the
house, if I didn’t want to freeze. Ar
riving there I found my hair frozen
solid, and icicles hanging over my ears
and eve-lids. Was told to dry off by
the fire, and so thawing out again and
drying the best I could, made my way
to the breakfast table, to examine again
those rare viands—the sitting hen, those
ebony beans and native phuna. yße*
peating this process every morning 1
noticed the fire was fed at tithes* by coal/
again by cottonwood branches, then by
pine knots, buffalo benes and chips,,,or
by cornstalks and sunflowers. School
went on prosperously, and as I had a
large correspondence with friends in
tho East I did not get lonesome nor
homesick, but only grinned at my situ'
ation and said “such is life.”
Thanksgiving came, and mentioning
it in school fouud they had never heard
of it before. One little urchin came to
me one day and said his “pap had done
gone to Denver, and bought a right
smart lot of apple,and, teecher, dagpned
ef I wouldn’t W .tiv know ef apples
grows like taters.” Don’t laugh, kind
reader, at the ignorance of this fifteen
year old Rover. Some people in the
East have fully as vague ideas of West
ern life. A man, a schoolteacher and
book agent, went to a person about to
leave for the West from Michigan in
’73, and said he wanted to go out there
to see the country, would be glad of a
chance for work, and thought he could
irrigate very well. “They irrigate by
spriifkling the ground with a watering
pot I s’pose,” said he.
Two months passed off quickly, and
I had a week’s vacation at Christmas,
which I passed pleasantly with East
ern friends on the Cache-a-la-Pondre,
and followed one more month of “sech
is life,” and reed I tell you that then I
concluded to change my business.
I have already told you more than 1
had intended, and don’t think the
sketch is highly colored, for the half
has not been told. I was then sixteen
years old, and that was my first term of
teaching, and though my three months
in “skule Deestrect No. 1” may not be
interesting to you, it was indeed to me
“a bit of real experience.
Emigration to the South.
The tide of emigration has begun to
flow to the South. Two or more colo
nies of Irish people are looking for
lands iu North Carolina. Colonies have
already Settled in Tennessee, South Car-,
olina, and Alabama. In 1873 one hun
dred and fifty Swiss families, making
a company of seven hundred people,
purchased ten thousand acres of land
on Cumberland Mountain, Tennessee,
at one dollar per acre, and already each
head of a family has a comfortable
home, surrounded by an orchard and
gardea. There is a large store which
is managed for the colony, members of
which obtain their goods from it at
wholesale cost. They have dairies and
cheese factories in successful operation,
and all their products find ready sale
at fair prices. They own herds of cat
tle, and shelter their cattle in comfort
able barns.
Another colony near Greenville, S.
C , also Swiss, is almost as large and as
prospeious as the Tennessee colony.—
The Germans established a colony three
years ago upon Sand Mountain, in Al=
abama. There are now six thousand
souls in this colony. They have made
thousands of acres of a former wilder
ness blossom as the rose, and have built
up a flourishing town, which pays thou
sands of dollars in taxes to the State.
The grape interest is profitable. One
German, on half an acre last year rais
ed 8200 worth of grapes, and this year
he will raise £SOO worth. The tobac*
co grown is equal in quality to the Vir
ginia leaf. Tobacco, cigars and wine,
the chief products of the colony,, find
a leady sale in Louisville and Cincin
nati. The coloLists destined for North
Carolina also seek the mo intainous re- -
•gion, where tobacco can bo cultivated
as well as grain, and where the grazing
lands are rich and plenty. The South
ern papers report a flow of strangers
into the South looking for homes.— N.
Y. Sun.
The European Plan.
Yesterday evening a strung* r, clad
in a duster, and carrying a carpet-sack,
entered a hotel on Delaware avenue.—
He marchel straight up to the oounter,
.where the amiable landlord stood pick
ing his teeth, and the moment he set
his bag down the amiable landlord
whisked it off and set it down with the
pile of other baggage behind the bar.
“Please register your name,” said the
landlord, passing him a pen.
“How much is it, mister ?”
“That depend? on what you get.—
We keep hotel here ou the European
plan.”
“I say, mister,” said the countryman,
all in a tremble, “please give me that
bag, and I’ll go right out and not say a
word.”
The landlord gazed at him but made
no movement toward the bag.
“Please, mister, give me my bag.—
There is nothing in it but a few shirts,
indeed there isn’t. Here’s the key.—
I'll let you search it,” continued the
sti anger, trembling still moro violent"
[ y
The landlord passed him the bag
and as the stranger instantly shot for
the door, the former exclaimed :
“Well, blame me if I a ; n’t puzzled
to know what kind of a fool you are.”
But tho stranger paused to hear no
compliments, and was a good half mile
away before he took courage to lean
against an awning post and mutter :
“Gracious! What an escape! Keeps
a hotel on the you rope in p*an, does
he ? I suppose he wanted to rope me
in and perhaps kill me. Lord! What
wicked places these cities are. I’ll go
home immediately.” And he kept his
word.
Fan Talk.
The signs of Fan Talk are as fol
lows :
You have won my love—The right
hand points with closed fau toward the
heart.
VVh n <n:ty I Ece you—Touch the
right eye with the closed fan.
I should like to be ever near you—
Fan the pefson in question with an open
fan.
We are watched—Hold the closed
fan over the mouth.
Dare I hope to win your bve—Un
fold the fan quickly.
Do not be so cold—Move the closed
fan backwards and forwards with the
right hand.
Do not be jealous—Rest the closed
f;in against the eyebrow of the right
eye. f
You may kiss me—Piess the half'
open fan against the mouth.
Yes—Rest the open fan against the
right cheek.
No —Rest the open fan against the
left cheek.
You are the darling of my heart—
Press the onen fan against the heart.
Explain yourself clearly—Look ear-*
nestly at the closed fan.
I give my consent —Slowly close the
fan.
Why do }ou wish to leave me ?—Fan
violently with the half open fan.
— < ♦
A Good One.
During the first year of the war, says
a Vermont paper, when change was
scarce and some large firms were issu
ing money of their own, a farmer went
to a store in a neighboring town and
bought some goods and gave the mer*
chant a five dollar bill, of which he
wanted sevetfly-five cents back. The
merchaut counted it out and handed it
over to the farmer, who looked at it a
moment and inquired :
“What’s this V*
“It’s my currency,” said the mer
chant.
“Wall, tain’t good for nothing where
I live,” said the farmer.
“Very well,” replied the merchant,
“keep it' until y.m get a dollar’s worth,
and bring it to my store, and I will
give you a dollar bill for it.”
The farmer pocketed the change and
departed. A few weeks after he went
into the same store, and bought goods
to the amount of one dollar, and pay
ing over the identical seventy-ffive
cents, he took oat a handful of pumps
kin seeds and counted out twenty .-five
of them and passed them to the mer
chant.
‘ Why,” said the merchant, “vrhat is
this ?”
“Wall,” says the farmer, “this is my
currency, and when you get a dollar’s
worth, bring it to my place and I will
give you a dollar bill for it”
Someone said to Hugo once upon a
time : “It must be very difficult to
write good poetry ” “No, sir,” replied
the poet ; “it is very easy or utterly
impossible.”
A Michigan farmer abused his moth
er-ioJaw, and then asked her to lower
him down the well to recover the lost
dipper. The Coroner decided that the
rope broke, though others thought it
had been cut.
An Irishman engaged in fighting a
duel insisted, as he was near-sighted,
that ho should stand six feet nearer to
bis antagonist than his antagonist did
to him.
Fair Warning!
All persons due u* notes or accounts
prior to January Ist, 1877, who do Dot
come forward and settle at ouce will
find their claims in the hands of a coL
lectin? officer. A word to the wise is
sufficient.
REEVES & MALONE.
CilhiUQ, ai, 8 ip. U, IS 77-4 t.
GRAHAM & BARNETT.
ij
STEAM SAW MILL
Three Miles from Calhoun on the
Sugar Valley Road. *
Lumber.
A gooxl supply of Lumber ou hand, and
auy bill cut to order on short notice.
Shingles.
We are prepared to fill all orders for
Shingles, and guarantee satisfaction to
purchasers.
Lathes.
Lathes supplied in any quantity on short
notice.
Our prices are in accordance with the
hard times. Ve solicit the patronage of
those wishing anything in our line. Our
facilities for supplying the public are not
excelled by any similar enterprise 11* this
section.
WHITE OAK LOSS WANTED.
We want good White Oak Logs, and will
pay the cash for them.
GRAHAM & BARNETT.
jun 2 3m.
Interesting to Farmers
M< ARTHUR
do work cheaper than it can be done any
where else in Oalhoun fo cash or pro luce,
You will do well to call,and get t heir prices
and test the quality of ttyeir work. You will
get satisfaction.
Mr. Smith is an excellent workman, a
polished steel smith.
All work doile at prices conforming with
the present scarcity of money and the pres*
sure of hard times. Call and have your
horse shod, and see how reasonable will be
the bill. Also bring in your wagons and
buggies for repair mar3l-9mr
LOGS WANTED 1
We will pay CASH for Logs,
Good POPLAR, 12, 13 and 14 feet
long.
WHITE-OAK, 14 and 16 feet long.
A few 12 feet long.
PINE, 16, 20, 22, 24 and up. A
few 12 feet long.
WALNUT, of good quaUty.
A good supply of
LUMBER
constantly on hand. Also Lathes and Shin
gles. which the cash can get cheap.
L. HILLS & CO.
Resaca, Ga., March 28, 1877. 6m.
-JL‘. dVt. ELLIS’
LIVERY & SIJ STABLE.
and Buggy Horses
and New Vehicles.
Horses and mules for sait-.
Stock fed and cared for.
Charges will be reasonable.
Will p.iy the cash for corn in the ear and
odder in the bundle. feb3-tf.
H. A. DORSLY’S SALOON,
Railroad Street Always on hand choice
Liquors, etc., and the wants of customers
willl at all times be attended to with prompt
ness and politenesss. 3-lyebf
J. M. LOVELACE,
—DEALER IN—
BOOTS, SHOES,
Leather, Shoe Findings, &c„
BROAD STREET, - - ROME, GA.
Having purchased the largest and most
complete assortment and selection of Boots
and Shoes, Hemlock, Oak, Sole, Upper and
Harness I eather, CaK and Kip, Skin*,
Toppings &c.
The fu lest line of shoe findings ever cf
fered in this market.
With twenty years experience in the bur.
iness 1 am satisfi and I can offer very ra.r
and special inducements iu my line of
goods.
Warranting everything an 1 obligating
myself to have repaired free of charge, all
rips, &c.
W hen I say I can make it tc your r.dvan
tage to call and examine my stock I mean
what I say. Call first door above Ronnsn
ville k Brother. My Home made Brogans
can’t be beaten in material or wear; price
$1 .50. Give me a trial.
J. M. LOVELACE.
P. S.—l will pay maraet price for
dry hides. sep22-3m.
VOL. VIII.—NO 8
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Special attention given f 0 Intervene*
cases before the Paten* Office, Kxte n ions
before Congress, Infringement suits in dif
ferent States, and all litigation appertain
ing to inventions or patents. Send stamp
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Clams prosecuted in the Supren * 2ourt
of the United States, Court of laiirs
Court of Comrnissiomrs of Alabama lainis'.
Southern Claims Commission, an a class
es of war claims before the Exe . ve De
partments.
Arrears of Pay and Bot * y.
Officers, soldiers, and sailors of be late
war or their heirs, arc in many c es en
titled to money from the Governra t rf
which they hare Xoknowfedge. Wr .te full
history of seriee, and state amount of pay
and berontv teethed. Enclose stamp. And
a fuFl reply, after examination will ha
given you Lee.
Pensions.
All officers, soldiers, and sailors wound
ed ruptured, or injured in tho la*- war
however slightly, can obtain a , nriou.'
many now receiving pensions are ititled
to an increase. Send stamp and i orma
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United States General Land tfdre
Contested land cases, private land c s
iuing pre-emption and homestead
rosecuted before the General Lana c
nd Department of the Interior
Old Bounty Land Warrants.
The last report of the Commissioner of
the General Land Office shows 2 807 600
of Bounty Land Warrants outstanding
Ihesc were issued under act of 1865 an 1
prior acts. We pay cash for them. Send
by registered let ter. Where assigns ont
are imperfect we give instruction* to per
fect them. r
Each department of our business is con
ducted in a separate bureau, under the
charge of experienced'lawyers and clerks
l?y reason of error oi fraud many attor
neys are suspended from practice before
the I elision and other offices eaeb year
Claimants whose attorneys have Wen th‘ n ,
suspended will be grah itoariy furnished
with full information and rope* papers on
application to us. "
As we charge uo fees unless successful
stamps for return pes'age should be sent
Liberal arrangements made with attor*
lieys in all branches of buginefin
Address GILMORE & CO
Box 44, C.
Washington, D. C., Novtmbrr 24, 1876.
1 take pleasure in expressing iny entire
confidence in the repon*il,liy and fidelity
of the Law, latent and Collection House of
Gilmore & Cos., of Ibis city.
.. r GEORGE H. B. WHITE,
{Cashier of (he Xatio, al Metropolitan Hank )
a gueenhouseTat
YOUR DOOR.
For $1„00 we will send free by mail (
Bdistinct varieties Monthly Roses, Winter
a flowering.
Chin. Chrysanthemums, “
8 “ Begonias,
8 “ Carnation Pinks,
“ Zonal Geraniamg, *
8 “ Double “
8 44 Ivy leaved “ .
8 “ Heliotropes, ♦
6 “ Abutilons, ,
- “ Double Camelias, •
4 “ Azaleas, t
4 “I obster Cactus, ♦*
6 *‘ Bouvardias •*
6 “ Steviasand Eupatoriums 4
8 “ Fuchsias,
4 “ Double Violets, “
“ “ Poinsetta.scarlot & white ‘
“ Plumbago, i
Ferns, for Wardian Cases,
4 “ Palms,
9 “ Mosses, “
{> 4 Mxrnnfas “
8 44 Hyacinth bulbs “
40 assorted Tulips Bulbs.
20 assorted Crocus, Bulbs.
2 asso ted Jacobean Lily, Bulbs
12 assorted Oxalis,
4 Lily of the Valley.
8 New Pearl Tuberose.
OR BY EXPRESS;
•j of any of the above $1 collections for $2.
•> “ <t <•
7 • ;•
9 - - t'
12 “ 44 Z.'
14 “ •, ?:
Oi* the whole collection of OSB Bulbs
,l _ Plants sent by Express oi receipt of
$15.00. to which either of our books, “Gar
dening for Profit, Practical Floriculture, or
“Gardening for Pleasure” (value $1.60
each), will be added. Descriptive Catalogue
free.
PETER HENDERSON & CO..
Seedsmen and FI o r ist a ,
35 Cortlandt C*i., New York.
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