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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-04-10

Look or Fos Fl .Es. We would advise
1a5 citizens to IS ca tile lookout for fires in
..s si.'age. >eYe.aI indications Of incendiary-
- have Seen visible during the past week.
l- Iaaeas.-The far famed Baker Vocal
- save Concerts In ibis village on Monday
IS Tuesday evenings last. The FIRST eve
h.g Mrs rainy. yet the House was filled -
9a aesday evening there was perfect Jam
.t@e t'oart House long before the hourfor ope-
nsag Itwoaid BE idle talk for Us to speak in
56=fr praise to any Of our citizens, for all were
I-esaa;, ana heard them. We may however
is permitted p say that they gave entire sat
i.taeiton-eyery one appeared delgh ed wiki
+ music. We observed one popularity in
singing Of the Bakers which is too sell
~ met with in Concerts. and that was the
81 dactness with which each word was utter
They appeared willing The audience
A5uld know Ut they sung. as we'll as ho,e
icy sung. Some Of cur Church singers
might take a Lesson from the Bakers in this
particular, thar would be beneficial.
Should this Company find it in their way
Il visit Mineral Point again, they will have
10 trouble in obtaining an audience.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-04-10

The NAiLs--We have had no mails from
east Of Chicago for near.y week; the Tele-
graph being out Of order, also our facilities
fer news are somewhat limited
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-04-10

u Several California teams have left this
village during the past week, for the over land
route
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
MRS. BLooMER.

The subjoined sketch is given Of the ori
ginatof Of the new costume by one who
knows her well, and Will be read with inter
est by some Of her admirers and followers
There are perhaps, bu, few women in the
country, ihat--as swriters--possess'the origi-
nali.y and sparkling brIIiancy of Mrs.
Amelia Bloomer. Though moving in. and
belonging to, the higher. ranks OF society,
she may often be seen in lhe character of
a "minisscring angel" visiting the poor and
afflicted, and extending sistery hand 10
the sick and unfortunate. Mrs. Bloomer is
now about twenly.eight years of age. She
was born in Courtand county, New York,
tand for the. last eleven years, (since her
marriage) has resided at Seneca Falls, a
pleasant and romantic liule village. contain
ing population Of some five thousand in
hab,anis, and situated on the banks of Sc.
neca Rives, eleven miles from the, foot OF
Seneca Lake, and three miles West from:
the Cayuga Bridge Mr.. BIoomer is law
yer of much eminence, and, under The pre-
sent Administration, holds The Office Of
Postmaster his only assis,an, being tha, Of
his talented wife, thereby proving her doc
lrine, that woman has only to be properly
educated 10 prove herself competent 10 trans.
act many kinds Of business now wholly
given up 10 men.
Some few persons at distance hove sup.
posed because Mrs. BIoomer came out in
prin, as fearless advocate Of short dresses
and trousers, that her manners were coarse,
bold, and masculine, and tha, her appear-
ance in the street must, as matter of
course, be far from that Of a refined and
modest lady. Nothing, however he
Iarlner from the rum sian such supposi'
lion. We have met her in various parts OF
The Empire State, and, whether she appears
in the streets Of her own village, or among
entire strangers, she always has that same
unassuming, modest department, and child.
like simplicity, so universally admired and
praised in tie female sex, but So seldom
seen, and hears nothing but what should be
heard. If there should, by chance, be con-
prcpa,ed upon the sidewalk. company OF
louI.mou,hed reprobales, whose only recon
menda,ion TO the friends Of humanity is
thai their mothers were females, and wh'
should take il upon themselves, as The "I"rd'
of crea,ion," 10 dic,ate what woman Shoulc
or should no, wear, and should express 'he''
views in the hearing of Mrs, Boomer Sh'
neither drops her head in shame and mor''
6ca,ion, pou,s OUT her lips and filr's pas
them in passion, nor turns upon her nee
~ o;ve Them n cold look of disdaln and con
Thing that passes; and her counienance con
unues 10 express THAI same purity and hap
Y piness within, that would be expected Iror
a child of fifteen, engaged in culdva'int
i bed of flowers, and her thoughts occuPie
only with the goodness and wisdom OF
all.wise God. There Is something slrang
o in all this, for there are but few persons
male or female, who can wholly con;rt
their emotions, when they are made the oil
d iect of ridicule.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
s1.50 in Advance.
! VOL. g.. NO. AZ.
CURIOUS PHENOMENON.

The following statement Of curious phe.
Fomenon in vegetable liie, must | think,
prove valuabe,o every lruii-grower and ag.
tlcullurisi, as it is cerlainly interesting 10
every investigator OF vegetation.
About the first Of July, | OBJ served in n
small pear orchard some six or eigh, large
and healthy looking trees entirely divcs,cd
OF The bark, Iron lh3 lower limbs 10 The
ground, space ol more Than six feet. |
inquired of the owner, who, with a neigh.
boring farmer was. .slanding by, "whclIicr he
desired 10 kill those trees?" He replied
that lie did MOI, bul that he had removed the
bark IN order 10 improve their fruit aud yen.
eral heath This, with my views Of The
vegetable economy, appeared so absurdly
ridiculous, that laughingly remarked, 'he
might just as well cut off a mans head, and
exPect him 10 live on in renewed and vigor.
Gus health" lie told me tha, he once
thought so also, but he now knew thai when
The bark was entirely stripped from the body
OF tree, during any Of The three or four
longest days in June, it wonId be replaced
with new bark, and the tree would bo alto.
gelher more thrifty. started on my horse,
and with very signifcan, gesture, inquired
"if he saw anything particularly verdan,
besides The lrees." His neishbor ,h"n in.
terposed, and assured me thar aIl had been
told was serious truth, and that if | would
go with him 10 his orchard, he would show
me healthy and Furnishing trees. thar had
been barked in the same way some years be.
tore, the bark being now perfectly renewed.
| did not 60 10 see them, but lew days ago
l examined those first mentioned, and found
the denoded trunk ,coyeraa ,Miihn an
inch thick. have passed these trees al
most daily, since the commencement Of this
process, and could nol discover thnt HE ma
iuraon Of the fruit had been retarded, on
,ha, Inc ycrdure underwear, the slightest
change.
In the publication of This case, it is my
desne 10 cali the attention Of some one Of
| Your readers acquainted with Ibis phenome.
non and lis atiunaIs to lhe subject and ask
for It's explanation. Ia my inquiries thus
far, have met with but three Intelligent in
diyduals who we're wiJlng - b:iieve the
story, and none that cpUi explain, by any
rational process tbs lhaory upon which The
physiological rar-naje is based, For my
own parl, have uuno % ,ffel tor This is d
branch Of natural sclrnGe that have nove,
given the careful study /, deserves. | sim
ply submit The Statement. voucMng Tor III
wu,h.--R. K. s. bhc L"dgrr.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
TENDENCY OF CORRUPT LITERA
TURE.

To draw only virluous characters in this
ACE, is 10 write unnaturaly-to be classed
among the many good meaning, milk and
water authors, who, like the aforesaid bev-
eragc. do neither good nor harm.
So says an author who has recently writ
ten book in which ii may readily be in.
ferred, are very few 'milk and water per-
sonages ,ha. is, the honest and vir,uous
occur as it is said angels visits do, few
times and far between. The unprncipled,
the coarse and the vulgar, are by no means
limited as to quantity or deficient in quality
of certain and not very exalted kind.
Now we unfortunately; or fortunately,
(which is il y are so ob,use that we cannot
see how morality can either be inculcaIed
or strengthened by the broad doclinea'on Of
vicious character, lei il be portrayed in Ian
su,pe ever so elegant, draped with all The
sliuering ornaments of an imagination {;
more careful in its choice OF words, than the
sentiments they cover, but do not conceal.
Neither do we believe that those writer's
who dwell more upon the good IN humanity
are milk and water authors; II thew are,
God grant they may grow and multiply i"r
thew are needed 10 cuunteracl the immeosr
amount of evil which the profiGate press rs
doing a. this day. Milk is an anudole IL
some viruent poisons, and water was given
by God for the maintenance OF life; VIZ
should perish without il: better be led on
such diet than drink of distilled death from
the fountains of a corrupt mind. .
We do not need to be made acquainted
with vice through novels that VIC may shur
it; for every day un(olds some fresh exam
ole of i,s deadly effects. We can read lht
sorrowing of misery, and the harvesting o
sorrow, from the pages ofhuman faces, tilIe'
with shame; every age has lifted its warn
ing voice through example OF ill-la'e'
wre,ches, whose lives have given melachol.
evidence that the wages Of sin is death;
therefore we need no careful and sIudou
D tracing of baleful thoughts, no ski!Ilul rea
S soning on infdel premises, no ur'iul warn
n inp of the circumstances, which shall s1en
Il 10 excuse the act Of crime, no rec ord
= actions which pure mind should blush I
3 Lperuse. Sin and ,s attendant satellites al
y on every hand, and he who runs may reat
IS A tremendous responsibility rests upo
= those TO whom. power has been given
I mould the minds Of mon, and whether the
70 will hear or (orbear, will not matter in tn
b time when judgment shall bo mc'ed Out
y them :; then those who havc perverted Il
b God like in their natures, and turned the
e. talents 10 "A wre,ched account, will vain
p wish they had done neither good nor harf'
le rather Than have been Instrumental Of a
n, compliShng bilc, good and great amou
"a Of eviI.-.Otce Branch.
IL -------.--.-------. -,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
CHOICE SAYINGS.

Our remembering an injury does US moro
hur than receiving it.
Our virtues would be proud il our vices
knew them not.
The man who feels ignorant should at :
teast be modest.
The memory Of The jus, is blessed but
the memory of the wicked shall rot. 4.
We discover great beauty in those who !
are not beautiful, If they possess genuine
rulhfulness, simplicity, and sincerity.
The wisest man is he who has the most
compIasance for others.
Ifyou wish thar your own merit should
be allowed, recognize The merit. Of 9TH
ers
The world is TOO narrow for TWO quarrel
some fools TO live in it,
He who. has no. his hand open, has his
heart shut.
We esteem in this world ,ho.e who do
not merit our esteem, and neglect persons
of true worth but the world is like the
ocoan-,he;pcarl is in It's depths, The sea:
weed swims.
1t is not astonishing thu n wise man
should keep silence among warriors. The
noise Of The trumpet browns the music ot
lhs lute.
In whatsoever, house ye enter, remain
master OF your eyes and tongue.
Why repen, second time of an action
of which wethave already. .repenled
One can live we'll without brother, bit
no, without q friend.
To live amidst general rega d is like sit.
ling in The sunshine. 'caim.and sweet
Humility is the low bu, broad and deep
foundation Of every virtue. ....
Patience is power in man, warning him
to reign his spirit.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07

We find in an English paper the following
extract from an unpublished lecture on the
progress of,he arts and sciences and the un'
,isuiy of Free Masonry.
Free Masonry, we are informed, was re-
duccd IL rules al The building Of Soloron's
Temple, and there is every reason to believe
that some bond Of Union was necessary in
such a congregaled mass Of workmen.
The number of masons employed in bull
ding the temple, was ono hundred and thir.
teen thousand and six hundred, besides the
men of burden, not Free NIasons, who
amounted to seventy thousand more.
The lool.s,one Of this mighty fabric was
levelled in the fourth year Of Solomon's'
reign, the third after The death Of David, and
the 4SoIh yeay after The passage of the He"
brews through the Red Sea. The building
commenced in Mount Moriah 'on Monday,
The second day OF the month Zif which an
swcrs 10 the 2lst Of our April and il was
finished in all parts in Iulo more than scv.
en years, on the 8th day flho month Bult,
which answers to our Esd day Of October,
,bting The second month of tho sacred year,
and The eleventh Of Soomon's reign.
| Every pirco Of edilico, whclhcr timber
slone or metal, WITS ready cut, framed or
polished at jerusalem, so that no other tool
was wanting, no other sound was heard,
than what was necessary 10 Join lhc several
parts together All the noise Of the AK,
fI hammer and saw, was confined 10 the for.
! esls Of Lebanon. and the quarries and plains
, of Zoradatoh, that nothing might BE- heard
: among The masons Of Zion but harmony ong
. peace"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
sKWING mAuhlNE.

Another social and industrial revolution
in cities is about 10 be made by the agency
of Yankee ingenuity. to wit: 4 sewing ma
chine. The Ohio Stale Journal says OF
this innovation on old tashions:--
sit is the most perfect and admirable spec
linen Of Yankee ingenuity and skill wc have
ever seen, moi excepting machines for ma
king cards and pins. We have not enough
skill in mechanics 10 describe this wonderful
invention. We can only say ii is bull. oil
iron and brass; al paris Of it appear 10 be
of the most substantial character and very
lit,le liable to gel out OF repair 1t is COM
pacl not occupying much. any, more room
ltan an ordinary apple pairing machine. 1t
is propelled by lreadle, worked by the heel
and loe Of the foot. .........
The cloth 10 be worked is laid on a plain
metallic surface, and the needle pierces it,
and makes its stitches in an ordinary rate o
motion, 10 the number of seven or eigh
hundred per minute. 1t can So drives &c
twice this speed, the cloth is moved on 6
cylinder just such distance between each
stitch, so that these are perfectly uniform il
distance from each other, and all on the
same seam precisely alike. IL can be grad
ualed to make the stitches close, so close IL
TO touch each other apparently, or 10 make
them an inch apart. The thread can, by I
simple process, be drawn tight, or be lie
more loose. The seams are sewed very
firmly. They do not rip so easily as ordina
ry sewing, and can be made just as strong a
The thread will allow.
Any shaped seam may be sewed, cithe
s,roigb, ahead or crooking in every direction
The ouly thing it cannot do, is TO make but
ton holes and sew on buttons. When ono
started, il can easily carry thread enough /
run /, haji day without stopping W
have seen ,hn bosom of fine shirt lha, WI
Su,ched by il. No eye is so accurate as u
accurate machine, and, of course. in a
that class o. sewing where the stitches NJ
pear, as on sedn vests, quilting. &c. III
work Is certainly superior To tina. of III
most eSPe erienced hand.
This Invention is undoubtedly one of II
greatest labor saving machines OF The da,
and eau hardly tail TO work complete re
olulion in this blanch of business"
RI These machines are made in New or
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
IYraoDucrloN OF WoMEN INTO rHR MED

INTRODUCTION OF WOMEN INTO THE Med
IcAL PROFESSIONALLY idea seems 10 be
making rapid progress Throughout. the coun'
try In the August number of Godey's La
dy's book, Mrs, Sarah ]. Hale, the editor,
has taken up the subject in earnest. There
are" she writes, "a few scf.evident propo'
silions, and il would be questioning the COM
mon sense of mankind to doubt the general
belief on these points. Ono is, iha. women
are by nature better qualified than men tc
take charge ST the sick and suffering; a Sec
ond, that mothers should know the bes
means of preserving Tho health OF lhei'
children; and third point is, that female
physicians are tho proper attendants io
their own sex in tho hour Of sorrow.
In speaking of tho exclusion OF females
from the profession, she says, $40 This pTac
lice, and consequently the ignorance on'
lhelpcssness OF women, as regards their owl
diseases and their children's well b'ing
we believe is in a grca, measure, TO be al
ribu.ed tho increased and increasing con
sl,u,ional i'll health Of lhe American peo
ple,"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
oU R UNloNYa
BY MRS. L. sIGoUREEY.

llo! Eagle Of our handed .5,mcs,
vii. drop thine olive fair,
And bid the shafts Of war and wo
Speed bursting through the airl
Aud The soaring cngle answered,
Waving his peace branch high,
F" NJ! Freedoms chiefian gave the lrustZ
III guard it ill die"
Ye STARS that shine in sparkling bIuo
Upon your banner'd field
Shall half be stricken rtom your place
And half in clouds conccaledl
but silent were those glorious orbs,
With dread. .amazamcnl (raughr--
Each trembling in its crystal sphere
AT The dark traitor thought!
Oh. huInon hearts, to concord lrained
by sIres who stood Of yofe, tfA
As brothers when around their homes
The Lion tramped in gore;
Will ye The heritage they won,
With ruthless hands dyide7
Or rend the, Gordian knot they drew
Around you when they died!
Then from the Patcr Papie's tomb.
Beneath Mount Vernon's shade
And from the hero's bed, who sleeps
In Nashville's. .beauleous glade
Where sire and son ropose,
Break no, that bandl'- solemn voica
In deep accordance rose.
lIark bark DER forests robed in snow =
In sunny, hower.crowned vaes--
From where the Allanic's thunder tone
The far Pacific halls;
From mart, and dell, where millions dwe
BY prairie, lake and hill
Rolls on, The full sublime response.
1--WE NEVER, NEVER WILL"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
AGRICULTURE IN FRANCE.

A letter writer for the Washington Repub.
lie says:
A Trip of six hundred aud fly miles, from
the northern TO the southern extremity Of
France, jus,ies me in the expression Of my
opinion that Gods sun does n II shed its rays
on so fair land, or one So thoroughly cul-
tivated. The whole country is literally a
garden. Every square loot from The noun
tain top down 10 the lowest rayine, is made
10 produce something if Ills susceptible oft
Their mode ofplanting or sowing their crops
whether on plain or hill side, produces the
finest effect on the appearance Of the land
scape; the space allotted for each crop is
laid ou, in squares or paralIelograms with
mathematical precision, and, whether large
or small, The bes. garden could moi be divi-
ded with better accuracy. As there are M
fences or hedges, and as the different crop
aae in various stages of maturity, you cal
imagine the the variety of hues thai NEE
the eye, and the magnifcence Of the pano
rama that stretches oul in every direction q
far as the vision can penetrate. | am spfT'
to add in This connection, that seven-eigh,li
; of the agricultural labor is performed BY fe
males, while two or three hundred s,alwar
men in uniform are idling away their tim
{, in the barracks Of the cities and villages
a In the absence Of fences, cattle secured b
: ropes. are driven 10 their pasturage by {,
males sheep are confined within the r,
y qured limits by boys assisted by sheI
herds dog. Speaking Of cattle reminds III
. ,ha, Notwithstanding fresh pork is obunda
y enough in market, both 10 England al
France, | have not seen live porkcr in c
ther country"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07

The Forest Cisy Bank, just organized uS
Cleayeland is mostly owned by lho capitalists
ofPiIsburgh. The Free Banking law is bring
ing much capital into the Slule, aud ,hUs
assisting our farmers and manufacturers. As.
all tho l,ocofocos voted against this law or
its pass, &c, they will probably vote icr It,
repekl should they Qbojn the ascen4aacy in
The Legislature,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
THE BACHELORS LAMENT.

I am weary Of single life,
1 really wish had wife,
My years consume in grief and pain,
Anu nuturv PIuvus | li'v in vain
I've lived 40 long in doubt and fear,
The girls now fly me like deer!
And if ask rosy miss,
If she will grant me but a kissl
Or Nancy will you be my bride!
She laughs as if she'd break her side!
Good God! must endure such scorn!
| really wish I'D ne'er been born,
Or had | Stunned this deadly woe,
by wcdlock twenty years ago.
But well they may revile at me,
sl'm not the same | used to be-.
My beard is long My heud is grey!
My eyes are sore my teeth decay
My shirt is dirty and much worn!
My coat is old my clothes torn!
My shoes, alas! they have no solcs
My stockings have Eve hundred holes!
And oil these woes and ills Of life,
Arc owing 10 my want Of my wife,
Please God il | Live and larry here,
| will have one before year;
Blu, should unsuccessful prove,
In oil the fond inirigues of love.
Should they iespisc mo and my pelI,
III buy rope and choke myself.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
NNEvER. NEVER. NEVER p

may be nsked, and have been asked,
When am for dissolution Of the Union
answer, Never! Never! Nsyer!-Il IlENRy
CLAY s. aa&- 4 u 20 ~
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07
by GEORGE W. CUTTER

Where carnage treads lis crimson way
Where burning cities gild the night
Where cannon smoke obscures the day;
In towns dcsened-feds Of ground
Abandoned by The faithful plough,
Security -hope-pcace profound,
The blessings heaven youchsaics ye now
Think ye lha, could brook TO see
The emblem we have loved so long,
Borne piecemeal DER the distant sea,
Torn, lrampleh by a phrensied ,hrong
Divided. measured parcell'd ous,
TameIy SURRENDERED up forever
70 crafty laNlcss rout '..
or lralorsl Never, never, never.
On yonder lone and lovely steep
The scuIptor's art, The builders power
A landmark DER the soldiers sleep
Have reared lofty funeral lower.
There i, will s,and until the river
Tha. rolls bencalh shall cease 10 flow:
Ay, ill that hill itself shall qu'ver
With natures last convulsve ,hroe.
Upon that columns marble base,
It's shaft tina, soars into The sky
There stiI is room enough 10 trace
The lis, Of millions We. to die.
And wt,uld cover all lis height
And hcalh. before tho hour Of shame,
TIL, <pacu shall Caii wherein 10 write
Even lhc n.ilias OF name.
Nay, | would hast. TO swell the ranks,
Dirrc, ,he fire or lead h.way
Whue bnte swept The riflcd ranks
And bore The terrified files away.
Fall bleeding in The doubtful s'r''o
Iienca.h he motto nf my srrs,
: And draw my latest breath Of 'ii'
. B.li,re that Union faY expires.
Dissolve the Uuion--nay. remove
The las, asylum ,ha. is kao"n---
Where patriots find bro'her'S love-
And truth may shelter from throne!
Give up the hnp,s of high rcn""n'
The legacy our fathers wi'Fd'
Yrar our victorious eagles down
Before their mission is fulfilled.
Dissolve III, Union--whilr the 'anh
Has ye, 'yram To he slain;
As well rcprcss the ligh'ni'g's b'r'h'
Or stop the hpuvings of the main
Dissolve The Union--God Of t'eaven'
-- We know TOO we'll how much ii cost;
\ million bosoms shall he rivcn,
Before one golden link is lc<'
Nay, spread aloli our banner folds
High as the heaven they resemble;
That every race this planet holds
Beneath its shadow may assemble.
And with The ranbow's dazzling pride,
Or clouds that burn upon The skies,
lnscrbc upon its margin wide
Peace, Freedom, Union, Compromise
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07

OrA correspondent OF the Philadelphia
Ledger, who signs himself Somebody, asks:
Does anybody know anybody? II they
do, wish anybody would tell somebody 10
tell anybody to mind nobody's business but
his own. And then everybody would get
along much better, and feel more pleasarI,
if nobody meddled with what was nobo1y's
business but his own.' Very sensible and
good advice, but winch could not be driven
into some people with slodge.hpmmer.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-10-07

Teach children TO love everything that is
beautiful, and you will teach hem TO be
useful and good