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Fashion of Olden Times.

Old fashions they say come new
every seven years: somehow or other
knee breechcs don't come round any
more. They say when Gov. Bow
doin reviewed the troops at Massa.
cl.usctts, in 1885, he was dressed in
gray wig, cooked hat, a white broad
cloth coat and waistcoat, red small
clothes, and black silk stockings.
In 1882, Governor Hancock re-
cciyed his guests in a red velvet cap,
within which was one Of fine linen
turned up over the edges Of the vel
vet one, two or three inches. He
wore blue damask gown, lined with
silk, a white satin embroidered waist.
coat, black satin small clothes; white
silk stockings, and red morocco slip.
pcrs.
The judges of the Supreme Court
of Massachusetts, as late as 1878,
wore robes of scarlet, faced with
black velvet; aud in summer; black
silk gowns. Gentlemen wore coats
of every variety Of color, of diffe.
rent color from the coat:
In 1888, General Washington ar.
rived in New York from Mount Yer.
non. to assume the duties of the Pre-.
sidency. He was dressed in q full
suit of Virginia homespun. On his
visit to New England, soon after, he
wore an old continental uniform,
except on the Sabbath, when he ap.
pcarcd in black.
John Adams, when Vice. President,
wore a sword, and walked the streets
with his hat under his arm.
At the levees in Philadelphia. Pre-.
sidcnt Washington was clad in black
velvet, his hair was powdered, and
gathered behind in silk bag; yellow
gloves, knee and shoe buckles; he
held in his hand a cooked hat, orna-
mentcd with a cockade, flinged about
an inch deep with black feathers; a
long sword in white scabbard, with a
polished steel hilt, hung at his hip.
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enough to suppose, that the Con-
vention has been called to turn the
batteries of the State against itself.
AL its members knosO, that Separate
secession, or any kindred measure,
will be in direct opposition to the
will of the people e-and the pro-
cecdings of that body will soon show
who it is that thinks it necessary
to force upon the people a reversal
of the solemn decision they have
made.
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Some years ago a Philadelphia
merchant sent cargo of goods TO
Constantihople. After the supercar4
go saw the bales and the boxes safes
ly landed, he inquired where they
could be stored. "Leave them here,
it won't rain to night" was the re.
ply. ''But dare not leave them
thus exposed; some of the goods may
be stolen," said the supercargo. The
Mohammedan merchant burst into b
loud laugh, as he replied, "Doe't b
alarmed, there amt a CAristiass
scithin .tJty miles Of here.''
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There is tailor in Boston, whose
nose is SO red, that he can SEW the
finest Work in the darkest night with
no other ligh ht than that afforded hin,
by his flaming proboscis. His head
is quite bald FROM the effect of carly.
ing building materials in his hat. i,
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TO CURE LovE.--Take Of manu-.
factured hemp about six feet; of
courage, enough to make a slip.noose
and place it around your neck; of
resolution enough to fasten it to the
top q tree; and of determination,
sufficient to take leap downward.
If this does not effect cure get
married.
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RESPECT To AGE.--Tho Spartans
obliged their youth to rise upin
presence of the aged, and offer
them the most honorable seats. At
a theatrical representation, when an
old man, an Athcnian. came too
late to be able to procure good seat,
the young Athenians unanimously
cndeavorcd to sit close and keep
him out. Abashed at this he hastily
made his way to the seats appointed
for the Laccd@monians: they all i'm
mediate!y rose, and received him In
the most honorable manner. The
Athcnians, struck with sudden
sense of virtue, gave thunder of
applause: and the old man exclaimed,
the Athcnians know what is right,
but the Lacednmonians practice it,
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Truth Is like d rustic beauty
most lovely when unadorned, and
seen in the open light of day; and
whenever truth is thoroughly discuss.
cd, 1t will not fail to come like tried
gold from the fire. Like Ajax: ii
requires nothing but daylight and
fair play. -
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A man made application d few
days since fer insurance on building
situated in village where thers Mas
no FIRE engine. In answer to the
question, 'wlat are tie facilities foT
ext'ngulshing fires?' he wrote tis
rains soinetimes!' 1E'..sai
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A Buck while being measured fbs
a pair of boots, observed:
Make them cover the calf"
"Heavens!" exclaimed the as,
founded snob, surveying his custos
mer from head to foot; "I have not
leather enough"
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-u>e-A.D.Sssl

My dear Polly, ] ann surprised
at your taste in weaiiing another wo.
mans hair ON your head;' said Mr..
Smith to his wife. My dear Joe, t
am equally astohlshed that You Der.
sist in wearing another Sleeps wool
on YOUR back: 49,
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Vermont paper defines tho
rights Of woman us follows: TO loFs.
he ioru "1'ii OH hu. i.es.. ss:..aa f..l.,
baby as herself-and to make good
brehd.' ~
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N @ q %

Hon. HENRY CLAY; first took hia
seat in the Senate in Decembefs
1906, nearly forty years ago.sas
There were but seSehteen States In
the Union; and, of the then thirtys
four Senators, it Is believed that Mr..
Clay aiohe survives. if}ssl
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RD- Women are formed for at.
tachmcnt. Their gratitude is unitn.
peachable. Their love IS an unceas.
ing fountain of delight to the man
who has once attained, and knows
how to deserve It.
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KossUTH IN AuGUsTA. = The dis.
tinguishcd Hungarian, L. Kossuth
arrived in our city yesterday morning
by the train from Atlanta, on his
way North. We understand that he
had tclegraphed the proprietor of the
United States Hotel to have in rcadi,
ness a suit of rooms for him, but
when he reached the railroad depot,
and found no committee of reception,
not even crowd Of anxious faces to
see and welcome him, he very wisely
determined that the prospect for
"material aid" was not tlattering, and
therefore concluded not to remain,
but to take the first train for Charles.
ton, which ne did, having remained
in the city about an hour. His pre-.
sence produced not the least excite
mcnt, and did not call forth the
slightest demonstration. So much
for the patriotism and real genuine
Americanism of the citizens of Au.
gusta. Chronicle g. Sentinel.
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cd honors," he concluded to proceed
at once on his journey. Charleston
Courier, 18th INST.

KossUTl's RESIDENCE IN Eng.
LANDING find the following nara.
graph in London paper, in refe.
renee to the contemplated residence
of Kosssuth i'll that city:
1t was his intention, with about for
ty of his countrymcn, to reside tenn
porarily in Belgium, and there quiet.
!y to watch the progress of events
in Europe. The sole reason why
kossuth would have preferred Bel.
gium to England was the greater
economy practicable in the former
country. The altered state of affairs
in France has, however, satisfied him
that the Belgian government would
not sanction his residence in Belgium
at present; and therefore, he has
fixed on England as the place of his
residence for q season. His course
of procedure, we learn from one of
his most intimate friends, will be to
assume a passive attitude for the pre-.
sent, in the assured belief that events
are rapidly hurrying onward to a
great crisis both in Germany and
Italy.
TIE PREss.--The Richmond Ex-
aminer, speaking of the common
notion that everybody has right to
publish what he pleases, at the pub
llshcr's expense and not his own,
says, very forcibly:--
The press is only free to it's editors,
and to those whom its editors believe
to have good ground for addressing
the public, and something to
say which the public has all interest
i'll hearing. We would recommend
those who labor under this mistake
to consider the following fact--that
arc made for the large
g class lass. who read, and not for the smal!
tiiaass who want to write. The idea that
when maa subscribes to a newspaper
he lays its proprietors under some un-
deGnable obligation, or that he has
a right to publish his composition
therein, with the single proyiso that
they shall be inoffensive, is popular
fancy and most ridiculous mistake,
which ought to be corrected. Not
only has he no such right. but the
editor who permits him to put un-
interesting matter in his columns
infringes upon the rights of four or
five thousand other people to crafty
one individual. Very few editors
act so absurdly.
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CHICKENs.-CURE THE PIp.--
Undoubtedly about these days some
of yodr chickens will have this COM
mon chicken complaint. Cure ii.
How? Simply by mixing a table,
spoonful of sulphur with about three
pounds of meal for feed ov.fy} 9th
er day perhaps for fortnight. BE
very careful not to let any Of that
substance get mixed with your dispo-
sition, or it may give you o worse
complaint than the ono you are GU.
ring.--Too much sulphur in that
sweet compound composing female
hearts, is apt to make them q little
fiery. 1t will cure the pip though,
So will it kidney worms in tho pigs.
The .Ploap,
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---.d- -sA.@~Ss--
The hiifst OF a Printer.

The following strange: eventful re-
cord Of journeyman printers life is
taken from one of our exchanges,
which paper asserts it correct to the
letter. 1t devclopes what a man
can do if he likes, and what queer
and enterprising, unselish fellows the
majority of printers are:
The life Of a printer is, to say the
least, one of variety. left home at
the age of nine, and was apprenticed
to the printing business at thirteen,
since then l have visited Europe,
been in England, Ireland, Scotland.
Wales and France, in Canada, Nova
Scotia, Labrador, South America,
West Indies, and all the Atlantic
States of the Union from Maine to
Louisiana-hayc lived in twenty.sev.
en- cities and towns of the United
States. l have been o sailor in the
merchant service, and have sailed in
all manner of craft-ship, barquc,
brig schooner, sloop and stcamcr-in
the regular army as a private soldier,
deserted and got shot in the leg. l
have studied two years for the minis,
try, one year for an NJ. D., travelled
through all the New England States,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva-
MIA. and Virginia, rs q journcyman
printer, generally with little else than
brass rule in my pocket. I have
been the publisher Of two papers in
one in Boston, one in
Roxbury, Mass, one in New Hamp,
shire, and one in Maine. At one
time l had 1880 in my pocket of
my own. l have been married
twice, and am now nearly 26 years
old !! l have been temperance
lecturer, and proprietor Of temper
ance theatre"
RECEIPT FOR NIGHT MARE.--lf. you
wish to see the "nocturnal horse Of the
feminine gender" all you have to do is,
about fifteen minutes before bed time,
cut up one dozen of cold boiled pota-
toes add few slices of cold boiled
cabbage, with five or six picked Gu
cumbcrs. Eat heartily, and wash
down with pint Of brown stout. I'm
dress and jump into bed. Lie flat on
your back and in about half an hour,
or thereabouts, you will dream that
the devil is sitting on your chest will,
Bunker Hill Monument in his lap.
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ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.--Two veal.
thy gentlemen were lately convers.
ing in regard to the period when they.
had best enjoyed themselves. sf viii
tell you,' says one, when I most
enjoyed life. Soon after I was
twenty-one, I worked for Mr.. ---. ---s--.,
laying stone wall, at tweny cents
per day. 'Well,' replied the other,
that does not differ much from my
experience. When / was twenty.
l hired myself out at seven dollars
month. I have never enjoyed my.
self better since.' The experience Of
these two individuals teaches, first,
that ones happiness does not depend
on the amount Of his gains or the sta
tion he occupies; second, that very
small beginnings, with industry and
prudence; may secure wealth.
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KossUTH IN CHARLESToN.--This
distinguished Hungarian patriot, with
his lady and suite, arrived in this city,
via the Rail Road on Friday after
noon last, and took lodgings at the
Charleston Hotel. No excitement
or public demonstrations attended his
reception or brief sojourn among us.
On Saturday, the Mayor of the city
and a number of citizens waited on
him, at his lodgings, and rendered
him the homage Of their respect for
his character and lofty endowments,
and expressed their sympathy for his
misfortuncs and those Of his oppress.
ed countrymen. lie conversed free
ly with his visitors, on the subject
which occupies his mind; but the in
tcrvention doctrines Of the great
Magyar, even when enforced by his
rare eloquence, have made no i'm
preston on community whose hearts
and minds are too strongly imbued
with the wise and paternal lessons of
Washington 20 be led astray by the
sophistry or enthusiasm of the gifted
foreigner. The conservatism of our
people furnishing no motive for his
prolonged stay, he and his party left,
on Saturday afternoon, in the vii,
mington boat,for the North. We.learn
that at Augusta, also, his reception
was very lukewarm; and that, on his
arrival there, find TO preparations on
foot to receive him with distinguish.
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LET your thoughts be fit or suitable
for the subject. Every day have
high thoughts Of God, lower thoughts
Of self, kinder thoughts of your
brethren, and more hopeful thoughts
of all around you.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-11-27
THE ANTI-SLAVERY BUGLE.

though candid hearing. Sunday last had an
afternoon meeting in tho Valley again and on
Tuesday and Wednesday yesterday met IN a
Hall in this place an audience of some thirty or
iorty persons only. This is beautiful town,
there are few earnest mon and women here,
but the place wears an air Of staid respectable
ty, OF aristocrotic dignity on stiits, of demuro
piety such as is shown by sanctity of face
more than life. However there is good de-
gree Of intelligence here, materials to mako
whole, healthy mon and women, if they would
but cast aside cant and prejudice and accept the
truth which shall make them free, by rendering
aid in giving Freedom to all. Last evening
there seemed to be some earnest interest AVA
kened ard q prospect of getting a church in
future, in which case there would perhaps be a
better gathering and 1 may come back II posi-
bic and talk here again.
start for Ypsilanti to-day by stage, and shall
there find ready and active friends. VIII say
word in due time Of further progress.
With best wishes, Your Friend,
G. b. STEBBINS.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-11-27
Letter from Michigan.
PARKER PILLSBURY.


TEcuMsEH, Mich, Nov. 18th, 1852.
FRIESD ROBINSON l wrote you last election
day, and have since then no incidents to record
out of the ordinary lights and shades around
the usual path of =" field hOud," in our work;
although so far must say, that in my Michigan
labor, light has been more abundant than shade.
The day after election l held q meeting in
school house in the Valley. with a small audi
cnco of abolitonists, select few of "the elect"
to use an evangelical phrasc-many being kept
away by darkness and storm. The next two
evenings went 10 a schoo. house in Raisin near
the South part of the town, the first night dark
very dark-with fog and lain, as binding and
bewildcring as the murky clouds rolling up
from the pit of Slavery, and wrapping Church
and State in their cimmeran folds. but still some
twenty or thirty men came together. The next
evening full house and good time, and at
the close of the meeting gave out notice for
Sunday afternoon gathering in an Orthodox
Friends Meeting House near by. When the
time came good number assembled, many of
them Friends, and took occasion TO tell how
the great part of the Society were living in a
legendary virtue-praising the noble words and
deeds of George Fox as a cheap substitute for fol.
lowing in his steps, and being true to the duty Of
our day as he was to that of his-a sort of Qua
kerism made easy, costing nothing and rorth .ist
,ohat il costs. Most present seemed to assent by
silent attention, although some of course were
moved from their quiet. After meeting, sever
al Friends came and took me cordially by the
hand, as evidence of claiming sympathy; may
they be true to the feelings that then burst the
bonds of sect and made us minglc as brothers
in noble cause.
On Tuesday and Wednesday held two meet
inGs in school house four miles cast of the
Valley, where an Anti Slavery Lecture had
never been heard the first evening only some
twenty out, but they listened very attentivoly
although spoke with more severity than usual,
judging best to awaken their attention. One
ness calling for proof of statement made, but
OH learning the explanation acted in most
manly way. The next night the house was
full and left quite number Of pamphlets
with them. Thursday and Friday went to an
Orthodox Friends Meeting House, South of
Adrian. toward Palmyra, in a neighborhood of
Free-Soiers; the first evening was a severe
storm-strong wind and heavy rain and but few
out the next meeting was still with unpleasant
weather and only a moderate attendance al
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-11-27
A New Northern Republic,
BREcKsvILLE, Cuyahoga Co., !
Nov. %, 1852.

Nov. 23, 1902.
Editor of the Aati- Slarery Bagie.
DEAR SIR l have been asked to express my
opinion through tho Buglc, in regard to the 9th
resolution of the Michigan State Anti Slavery
Convention.
That resolution calls for a new Northern
Republic. My opinion in regard to it,al,hough
perhaps of no particular Importance, is briefly
this; like its language and sentiments, and
had been member of that Convention l
should have voted for IL.
/ have no affection for our present Union
Why should have or why should any north
ern man have; OF what benefit is it to us -
Acquisitivcncss complains that it lightcns our
purses. Justice tells us there is nothing fair
or equitable in allowing Shareholders a repre-
scntation according to the number Of their hu-
man chattlcs, bribing them to extend as much
as possible their piraiical system, by giving
them power in the councils Of the nation, greater
than the same number Of northern frecmcn, in
proportion to the number of their slaves
Morally and rclgiously, the Union has made
our country as corrupt as Pnndcmonium.-
Shareholders can freely pass through every por-
tion Of country with their trunks loaded with
pro slavery documents, and make flaming
speeches in favor Of the ',peculiar institution ::
but the northcncr who travels in the "sunnv
South" mus; bride his tongue, and if any cx-
preston in favor OF the dearest principles of
humanity should rise to his lip for utterancc,
he must force il back and smother il in his own
bosom. lie must diycst his baggage of all IN
cendiary publications, such as the Buglc, for
instance, lest it should sound note which
would rcye:bcratc from plantation to plantation,
till the gladsomc echoes should reach the car
of every bondman, and be answered back by
the cry, terrible only to tyrants, liberty or DEATH
The slave power calls to US here in our homes,
to seize, mOnaclc and return, to the "dark and
bloody ground" tho brother or sister who is
fleeing from the stripes of our Union, to find an
asylum on British soil, refuge which is de-
nicd him even in that part of our country
which is called free.
When our citizens have listened to the voice
of God, and proclaimed liberty to the captive,
they have been consigned to chains and dun
geon.
Shareholders through their ncws-prints have
threatened men who should come among them
and advocate the pursuit of happiness, with
the gollows, the fnggot and the stahc,-no idle
threat, as moro than one can testify.
am opposed to the Union, then, and in IA
vor of new Northern Republic shall labor
for that consuma,ioE. When that is attained
and not till then, We may truly call our country
the Land OF the free and the home of the
brave" EDMUND BARTLETT.
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WATER-CURE AND INFIRMARY,

Located at GRANvIILr, LicKrsa Co., o., and
combines tic advantages of other good cstab.
hshmcnts, healthy location, supply Of pure
water, gymnasium, q skilful lady in charge Of
the female patients, physician who has had an
extensive practice Of % years, Sc, Sc.
Females who have been confined to their beds,
unable to walk or sit up for from ono to twonty
years, in consequence of nervous, spinal, or
uterine disease, arc especially invited to cores
pond with or visit US. Universal success in
the treatment of this class of diseases has given
US confidence, and We say to all such, even
though ihey have suffered much OF many Phy-
sicinns, mako one more trial. Terms from 3 G
to $l2 per week. Patients furnish towels and
PACKING materials. Address,
W. w. BANCROFT.
Granville, Nov. 8, 81.