The LeRoy Pioneer du lieu suivant : Leroy, Kansas • 1

4 I 7 1 Ii published at La Roy, CofTay County Kansas every Saturday Morning, by WILLIAM HIGG1NS THOMAS H- GRAHABI- 7RH5 At the offic0 or mai1' $2,00 annum In Advance. ADVEHTISmORATHB. fc)ne column one year Ilalf column one 00 Quarter cotumn iuric $80 00 One column, six $50 (M Half column six months 00 juarter column six $25 Ot One column three month $35 00 Ilalf cblumn three months. 25H Quarter column three months 00 (OL. advertisements roust ba accompanied with thecash to insure pub-, lication.

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quired in advance. BUSINESS DIKECTORV. BE WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT: OF MORTAL PROUD? Binbgut den, vorser as der ish now. Veil, ven de poys vas corned up down, dey met Stuffey ridin along by Rink- ert's, und he vas singin. 'Oh; do vite-schmit, und do plack-schmit, Und de gun-schmit, he can dell How ev all taneed round dat hog-troft, Und dat most tevelish veil; TfXOSHO XOXOS XWO.

27 GLARDEBS. This incurable dieease Is making sad havoc with the horses in some sections of the State. We met "two gen A. F- A. hold their rejrular communi a the Saturdav niehta on or before The following is said to have been written the full moon of each month, and the second Kuturda-v-nisrht Hall, in Stewarts the journey of life alone tfntil she went tho way of all flesh, hacj it not been for an one-eyed tailor who pressed his suit forcibly, and painted in glowing colors the joys of connubial bliss; or, it might have been, that the kindness shown her by her first epoule, induced her to ac 'ept a second.

At any rate the tailor--tld not sue in vain, for Madeline Maus became Frau Huffman. But happiness is evanescent; before the honeymoon by our late President Abraham Lincoln. tlemen on Wednesday, one of whom said he had that day s'lot tl twentieth Building corner of 4 6th D. street, LeRoy, i. J.

Stbttart, W. Oh. why should the spirit of mortal bo proud? Like a swift, fleeting meteor, a fast flying und de mules vas valking sideways ciouai f. 11. SMITH, J.

31. TlNQUY J. (n6-ly) E. E. Corny.

Secy. horse which had attacked on his farm by glanders, and the- other said that sometimes, und sometimes he made his pehint part go head. "Pooty soon he tries to lie him town A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. The leaves of the oak and willow shallfade, LOOK," BEFORE YOU BUY ME A NT A 1 1 OH AT THE EMPORIUM OF PASniON, HAS just returned from the eastern cities, Iwith a large and com pi to stock of CLOTHS, OA8BIMBR.IIS, vestings. In fact a complete Merchant Tailor's outfit.

Also the largest stock of Ready made Cloth-trig, Hats, Caps, Trunks, Valises, carpet Bags, e. and an endless variety of Gents' Furnishing he had shot, eighteen from tli3 samo A shocking tragedy occurred not long ago in a court of justice at Mat-anzas, Cuba. A suit for' alimony had been commenced by a married lady, who had for some months been separated from her lord, Santiago Manza-net, of literary reputation. The case was proceeding, when Manzanet drew a revolver and fired at his wife. The ball entered her forehead, causing her to fall over into her mother's lap, an aged lady, who was sitting- beside her." He then fired at the mother, when both fell at his feet, gasping in death.

'The murderer then turned on the persons and threatencdjthemvith the same fate if they dared to-terfcre with him. He then took a few strides across the room, approached the corpses of the, hapless women, and emptied the remaining charges of his revolver into "their bodies; The 'last shot aimed so as to kill his wite's 'infant. After the deed he threw down his revolver and gave him self up to the officers of justice. Be scattered around and together be laid, disease, some of which have died and put Stuffey kicked him. und made him And the young and the old, and the low and the lush git up.

Shust ven de vas got waned, the tailor laid dcvjhis goose, gave up the p2jr numbered ATTORNEYS AT LAW, 3U Notary' Public and General Convey aaeera. Thrift floors south of Drugs Store, Main Shall moulder to dust and together snail lie. others- ho iiad shot as they wjero attackted. These, gentlemen lived in Franklin up, 8 ax or sebben poys shomped rite The infant's mother attended and loved with his fathers. Soon the angel The mother that infant's affection who nl 6m Street Key, Kansas.

proved of death captured IIuffrnj)f, and made Madeline a widow a second time, a The husband that mother and infant who county, and they state that it waa spreading in all directions. Ther was an act passed the Legislature blessed, Goods of all kinds, all of which will be offered Each, all, are away to their dwelling of Rest. The hand of the king that the sceptte hath J. C. HARMS, rTfONTRACTOR and Builder in Masonry, Plastering, Cementing, also agent for Ouinlan Geraughty's Marble Manufactory.

rrs Particular attention paid to setting party of frolicsome youngsters, who their "days in riot borne making it a grave, penal offense for any one to ride a glandered horse up the highway or even keep one on his own premises, where there is danger The brow of the priest that the mitre hath worn to the public at the very lowest prices jor L4Aii. Remember the place, No. 63 Massachusetts Street, LA WRESCE Kansas nl4-vl-ly rrave stoaes, and fitting up graves in the best trle. Hot, Kansas. And vex'd with mirth the drbwsy ftr of The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave.

Are hidden and lost in the depths of the grave. of infection being communicated to neighbors. We "hope justices of tho peace will enforce this law, for rigid quarantine of the death and burial of all horses infected is the only way to A The peasant, whose lot was to jow and to Another Evangeline. There was ou a steamer which recently passed up to Montana, a young girl, scarcely reap. Theheardsman, who climbed with his goats ant land un the steap: eighteen, who goes to of gold to meet her The beggar, who wandered in search of his round de gorner, und yelled at him.

By shings put Stuffey und de mule yas scart! De mules kicked up pefore und rared np pehint, und hollered more as a De poys had gotted lots of hoop-boles, und vile some made de boles in de mule's pelly, oders trowed gravels like any ting. Ven 3e mules find dat he must go, ho started und runlike a spook. Stuffey vas hangin do de hairs on de mule's neck, rfhd can't most hold on, every dimes de mules shumped, he made Stuffey bout twpfeets up; und ven he vas comin town, he crunted -a heep, and moat can't his vind git De poys vas runin all dev dimes, und bunchih de mules mit boles, und hollerin so lout as dc beeples not can sleep most." "After vile, bimeby, directly, dey vas comin rite on de pridge over Gali co titch, und de mules vas gittin dired, so he yust'gib a pooty strong kicks, und sentT Stuffey rite over hisjhet, NOTARTPUBLIC, an. noxiiivsorr, JX TUB LEROY DRUQB 8TOHE Main' Strot Le Roy Kansan, ultf. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Le boy TTill attend promptly to the pratice bread, Have faded away.like the grass that we tread years ago she met and Four young Their "Bin- st Dp its spread.

We also hear th glander has made its appearance in Scott and Owen countiesl We heard that a man was rid'ng a glandered horse in a neighboring town, but was ignorant of the fact till the symptoms wete pointed out to him. We hopo student in a German So the multitude goes, like the flower or the trysting might not have been at weed That withers away to let others succeed JOSIAH MILLER'S WHOLZSALI i KKTAIL AGHICUTTIRAL WAREHOUSE AND SEED STORE, Corner of Massachusetts and Warren streets LAWnENCE, KANSAS. SELF-REGULATIXa WINDMILL PUMPS Price $G0; $90; $125. Will pump froir 70 to 100. barrels per day.

So the mutUude comes even those who be hold, To repeat every tale that has often been told For we are the same our fathers have been of his profession in coffey and adjoining gen on the Rhine," but it waa at just as romantic a spot not many leagues distant Her attachmentlwas reciprocated, and troth Three years since the bridegroom came to America, and sought his fortune amid the placers of Montana, shortly securing a lucrative position as superintendent of a there will be no delay in spreading the alarm in tl country, tor the disease is and must cost citizens millions of dollars Worth of horse stock before it is checked. Lexington (Ky) Gazette. We see the same sights our fathers have nnntioa CI seen We drink the same stream and view the same tnn And run the same course our fathers have run. HCW TO TBIjIi THJ3 successful mining company A few weeks ago a brief message darted across I AM RECEIVING and shall keep constantly on hand the largest and best stock of The thoughts wo are thinking our fathers SOUTHARD 5C Maxs Stbjeet, Rot, Kansas Office three doors south of the Post Office. Offers their services to the citizens of Xe Roy and vicinity.

nl 6m did think; two continents, and three thousand From the death we are shrinking our fathers would shrink: To the life we are clinging they also would knocked him on a little drees, und he pounded rite into de titch, und den de mule? run off mif himself. Stuffey he miles of ocean, in a day, and found this beautiful, unsophisticated girl, surrounded by all the endearments of a homo of wealth and refinement. It told her that near the far off shores of But it speeds for us all, like a bird on the wing. hollered dat he'vas goin trowned; so They loved, but the story we cannot unfold They scorned, but the heart of the haughty the Pacific, some one awaited her com ing. A few days later and she was de poys bulled himlout, und he most couldn't valk, his close vas so vet.

is cold They grieved, but no wai! from their slum determined to pay visit. Accordingly, a fow days after her defunct lord had been planted, they proceeded on their fiission, certain of receiving that rough though cordial welcome they had beep the recipients of so often dur-er first widowhood. Nor were they found her dispensing her stock of "pretzels," andlager bier," to a dozen or more of her Dutch customers. P. When she discovered an accession to her company, she fTinced intense pleasure, exclaiming; "Cjott in Ilimmel! if here ain't dem tam bays already an expression simple of, itself, but sufficient import toEike the previous party decamp The widow, withoutjpaying any attention to the sudden departure of her countrymen contintfeda l)oys, I'ee clad you has come; Huffman jsh dead agin, ho hat ichills and feber.

Docder Mac qpmed on him, 'put it- all ras no use, ho went died." When she went thus far with the recital of her affliction, her feelings overcame her. The boys endeavered to mitigate her grief, expressed their sorrow at her loss, and told her that she must be reconciled, and although the departed possessed many good qualities the most prominent one having been industry yet, however good we may be, all must go under. Their efforts were crowned with success and the widow, smiling like a summer cloud, replied "Yes, I knows dat, first my puppy died, den Mans, den my children, und now Huffman is gone died, und ho vas the bulliest goot old booger to work of 'cm all but he ish all any mora now. I spect Stuffey Stoover vill be mitey mat hears dat Huffman is died; rocking upon the broad Atlantic, and VelL, de poys, garried him up do de ber will come later still, she disembarked in a strange They joyed but the tongue of their gladness r. lrttumr: i iajern, gib him some varm land, the language and customs of PHYSICAN OBSTETRICEAN, COMMENCED PRACTICE IN 1841 Have, prescribed for eight thousand three hundred and thirteen persons.

SALIVATED NOSE-INJURED BUT 2, LOST BUT 31 And will now cure you as surely and soon and f(fr less money and on longer time than any DR. WEST. Office on Kansas Avenue Le Roy, Kansas. nl 6nr They died, aye I they died wo things that AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND SEEDS In the State. Plows, of the best brands, including Wm.

B. Young's, and the Molino. DODGE'S CELEBRATED REAPER AND MOWEP, Being a combination of the Buckeye and Ball, thus presenting the best machine in use. Other reapers andmower wheatdrilla, oro1lTtef, Wr4tf barrows. horoa hoes, hav rakes, road scrapers, corn shelters, cane mills and evaporators, fan mills, straw cutters, wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, spades, hoes, rakes in short, all kinds of farm and garden tools, and from the best makers.

BJSSiff-WLSrfi USES)! SEED DEPARTMENT. LandretJiB Warranted Garden in great variety, either in bulk or in papers, aod a great variety of fresh field and garden seeds, some of the leading sorts of which are whosofople-wr jiew to- herv? Sha ia now slowly and happily ascending the Missouri, confident that her "bridegroom" is expecting her, having traveled alone from the banks of the Baltic to meet him. Suppose he should have died on her journey! What then? St. Jo. Union.

are new. rv That walk on the turf that lies over their brow, And make in their dwelling! a trascient abode, Meet the things that they met their pilgrimage road. Yea! hope and despondicyi pleasure and pain, We mingle together In sunshine and rain And the smile and the tear, the song and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon sonnappa, unti xii tPLJO.OfJ spunky; so he vas commenced to swear bout de schackass dat's vat he called de mules und makin doo much uoise und Kaldebaugh trowed him outen de parroom. Stuffey struck himself on stones by do- zineJ post-, und it most made him gry. He shumped und looked Kaldebaugh rite in the face, und says he, 'Kaldebaugh.

you done me a tam wrong Den Stuffey vas goin home, und hat do stay his ped os a. sonaij. At five years of age, horse ha9 forty teethtwenty fotfr molar or jaw teeth, 12 incisors or front teeth, and four tusks or canine teeth, between the incisors, but unusually wanting in the mare. At birth only the nippers or middle incisors appean a year old the incisors are all visible on the first ml'k set. Before three years tho permanent, nippers have come througli.

At four years old, the permanent dividers next to the nippers are out. At five the mouth is perfect, the second set of teeth having been completed. At six the hollow under the nij pors called the mark, has disappeared inm the nippers and diminished in the dividers. At seven the mark has disappeared from the dividers, and. the next teeth or corner are level, iouh showing tho mark.

At eight the mark has gone from tho corners, and the horse is said to bo aged. After this time, indeed good authorities say five years, the age of a horse can only be conjectured. But the teeth gradually change their form, the incisors becoming round oval and then triangular. Dealers sometimes bishop the teeth of old horses that is scoop them out to imitate the mark; but this this can be known by the absence of edge of the enamel which always sur rounds the real mark, by the shape of the teeth and other marks of age about the animal eurge. osage orange.

lie nip, lax, blue grass, Timothy, Clover, Hungarian and Miliet. Beware of worthless seeds being sold all over the country. Buy of us and wo will warrant all we sell, also, Namcmond Sweet Potatoes. The'plants to sell in season. 27-3mJ in more as dree veeks, he vas sore be-hint his goat dails.

'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath; From the blossoms of health to the paleness of death, From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud Oh, why. should the spirit ef mortal be proud REtSDNS FOR EMIGRATING TO KANSAS. Because land is cheap, and farmers, capitalists, business men and laborers are needed to develop its great natural Because it is the country, of all others on the continent, most favored in soil, climate and agricultural and mineral resources. Because it is the best stock raising region in Ameaica, and it is not necessary to feed cattle more than three months in the year. Because the' land is rich and fertile, and it is not necessarrN.

manure it in "Ven Stuffey vas gitted veil, he coomed town down, und de fust beeples he see "were dat Simon Shaffer, und Simon dole him dat olt Penner vas go- SELKCT STORY. UTUFY A LLAN, Manufacturers and Jobbers of BOOTS SHOES in to make him in jail pout de mules. Stuffey vas scart, und he dort dat if he vould go do de Schware, und dell him STOOVBR'a AND HE SUPPOSED A the spring at a costl to half the Main Street Roy, Kansa s. OR HIS nOTEL is newly refitted and pro- 11 pared to accommodate the travelling public with the best the markets affords. Its location renders it the most convenient stop-ring place in the city for travel from every direction.

The Stage make regular stoppages at Ihis House. BOARD by day or week fifty cents meal or five dollars per week. J. J. Proprietor.

nl tf H. tGlCJjN.50Mi, Manufacture: of and Dealer in TSAt)DLER AND 1 HARNESS. Main street, Le Roy, Kansas. A full assortment of every description keep constantly on hand made to order. All work excuted with neatness and dispatch (53uCall and examine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.

G. n. Dickinson. Til 3m Oottaica Franklin County Kansas. P.

iiniBD '-P ro'pietor. This House having changed hands, has been thoroughly repaired, and refurnished, mnd'is now open for the accommodation of the Public. Three Stages leave every day; for Lawrence, Le Roy, Burlington and Humboldt. you see he vas a close cousin mit him. crops obtained in thf HOW all pout de schrapes, dat olt Penner CASE- Because it is youfrsgrowing, pros- Poys I tink you didn't knowed Stuffey cause he moved to Alegranny Gounty, not can any ting do mit him.

So he vas vent up do Schware Wiseman's bt WAD BEACH. EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE house, und valked.ritein. De Schware vas gone avay, une Airs Wiseman hat 62 Main Street, Leavenworth. fn271y. a lots of gumpany, put Stuffey he vas Bennsylwany, bout five miles ago, pe-hint Peetsburg, ven yoix van't bigger as mice.

Stuffey yoos do po a pooty hard case, de time pefore he vas goin avay. You didn't ever hear pout de schrapes he hat mit ola Penner's mule, did you?" VARNEY, MYERS CUSIILNG, mat, und says to Mrs. Wiseman: 'Rick tick, I'm Stuffey Stoover, vare ish de She dold him de Schware vas gone do Kanaughtenhutten. Den Lemon juice is recommended as a certain cure for acute rheumatism. It is given in quantities of a table-spoonful to twice the quantity of cold water, with sugar, every hour.

Tho effect of the lemon juice was almost instantaneous in one case mentioned, in ten days the worst case was cured, and in seven the other was able to go out: and thcr? was a flexibility of tho Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Gratified that the widow waa about to relieve them of their, office, and con STJ US, Till ill sole herself after her style aforetime, he axed Mrs. Wiseman if she bin de Schware's wife, und she make yaw mit her heat. Stuffey said: It makes me no difference; yust so goot, spozin a case. yqu vas olt Penner's plack schackass, und I porrows you to habben a little rite mit, und ven ve vas joints of tho cured, quite unusual in they cordially invited the Id gal to unbosom herself, which she did in sub TRENCH ENAMELED and PRESSED WARK, I Copper Lightning Rods and Sorghum Evap stance and manner as follows: "Bout dirteen years ago, ole Penner recovery alter other modes ot treatment. A lawyer engaged in a case tormented a witness so much with questions that the poor fellow at last cried for water.

"There," said the judge "I thought you'd pump him dry." orators; comin de town trough, de poys make perous and tree iiom debts. Because its people are energetic, industrious, liberal; intelligent and patriotic. Because it has as fine" a system of common schools as any State in the Union, and the largest endowment for educational purposes. Because within its borders, labor will earn a competence and always secure respect. Because its prairie lands need no clearing, but are all ready for cultivation.

Because abundance of wood for fencing, and coal for fuel, are found in all parts of the state. Because in soil, minerals, railroads and rivers no other State iu the Union can equal it. Because it is well watered, and its waters are clean and healthful. Because as the State grows in wealth increases in prosperity, multiplies in population, its people will prosper with it. These are the advantages wich Kansas offers to immigrants.

There aie many others, but these are enough to enumerate. We present them to the attention of Eastern readers; and espe- eiully of men who want to secure cheap homesteads, and cast their fortunes with a generous, energetic, intelligent and patriotic people, who live in a land unequaled in fertility- and resources, arid breath the air that is as rejuvenating as the visionary Fountain of Youth. had de meanest kind of a mules, and ven he found out dat he not can any- sand up my eyes und make hoep-bole On the West bank of the Tu3carv-ras River, about fifty miles above its junction with the Whitewoman, there is a small village known in all that region of Buckeyedom by tho unique name of Pinchgut. Time was when there were but few places in the West that contained as many rare specimens of the genus homo, and certainly none that possessed as many harums-carum, dare-devil youngsters, as this same Pinchgut. But death has sent many of the former to that "undiscovered country," and of the latter, few now remain.

In the years I write of, there was a Dutch widow, who kept a little cake and beer shop in the outskirts of the village and thither the choice spirits were wont to resort when boistrous sports had become' stale, to transact minor deviltries, and listen to the widow's "quaint told tales. "She was fat and fair, As widows are, and Madeline Maus was she named familiary called by the youngerlings, old Mother Maus. Blessed with contentment, and possessing a fair share of worldly gear, she remained a wid in your powelsj und you gits mat, und ting do mit him, he shust trowed him Sole Agents For Tho CELEBRATED STEWART'S TO kicks up, und trows me ten feets off a ELDRIDGE HOUSE CORNER. Lawrence, Kansas, "TVOES a general banking and exchange col-X) lecting business. -Government Securites cought and sold at lowest rate.

Will sell drafts on all principle points in Europe. U. S. Reven ue Stamps constantly on hand W. H.

Ltkins, President, IIai)Lit, Cashier. Lawrence, Kansa3. nltf out in de roat, und lets him do rat he likes Veil von nite Stuffey vas in vite oak drees, und like to proke my necks, und den run off, who nopody -o- 48 Del. t. Leavenworth City, Kansas.

can't fint you, do you tink I pays for down, trunk, und ven he vas goin home he seed de mules lyin on de ground, sound asleep, so he dort he can a ride habben, und der don't anyboddy can n271y. you? No sees you in Veil, ven Stuffey dole her dat, she I vas mat a heap, und she yust dook de proom und licked him his heels over can know about it. Goin up do de mules, Stuffey coaxed him a Utile, rolled a piece ropes round his neck, made his heat rite out of the house. Den JOBBER IN laiVhen.ge NO. 51.

VE RMONT STREET, r.AW.BWCE KAITSASi 33C- Vv- WIIitBTT, Proprietor. Table supplied with the best the mar ket atforcs. Charges reasonable. nltf i Hearts, the best card in the chance-game of matrimony times overcome by dimonda and knaves, often won by tricks and occasionally treated in a shuffling manner, and then cut altogether. A watchman at New London, recently, when the engineer and fireman had gone to breakfast, thought ho would play engineer awhile on a loco motive.

So he let steam on. He intended to go back, but the engine went ahead, and, before he could reverse it. it went off the dock into tho river. Effcrts were made to raise the engine, but it will take sometime, arid the company will have the pleasure of paying for the watchman's curiosity. up do de fence, und ehumped on.

Stuffey made himself home; und de beeples didn't seed him any no more cause in couple of veeks he yas moved avay do his relations in Vile he vas gittin tings ready, Pen. Britchard vas come along and seed him, so he goed down to Sam Fartig's grocery and dple de poys dat Stuffey Stooyei vas up down trunk, dey must go and make mit him some fun you see dere yas a heep of pad poya in ilS, STRAW GOODS, BUCK GLOVES, No. C4 Main-St LeavenwortL n271y. Dealer. In! i ow for many years after the demiae of Those ladies who have a passion for tea parties should remember that tattle begins with T.

STATIONERY, TOYS. 7. East third street, Kansas city, Mo nl ly her first husband, and in all probability, would have, continued to travel tho The Boston Post says: "Beef hasn't been so high as it is now since the cow jumped over the moon.".