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6E'lI NO it Wess.,,

There lives in New England a gentle
man who gave the following interesting
account of his own life. He was an ap-
prentice in tin mandatory. When
twenty-one years old he had lost his
health, so that he was thrown out upon
the world to seek any employment for
which he had strength. "He said he
went to find employment; with the deter
mlnation that whatever he did he would
do it WE'LL" The first and only thing he
found that he could do, was to black boots
and scour knives in a hotel. This he did,
and did it well, as the gentlemen, now
living, would testify. Though the busi-
ness was low and servile, he did not lay
aside his self-respect, or :.llow himself to
be made mean by his business. The re-
spect and confidence of his employers
were soon secured, and he was advanced
to more lucrative and less laborious
position.
In course of time he was enabled to
begin for himself a business, which he
carries on extensively. He has accumu-
lated an ample fortune, and is training an
interesting family by giving them the best
advantages for moral and mental cnltiva.
ton. He now holds all elevated place
in the community where he lives.
Young men who may chance to read
the above statement of facts should marx
the success. The mans whole character
of whom l have spoken, was formed ant
directed by the determination to do what
ever he did we'll.
Do the thing you are doing SO wei
that you will be respected in your plans
and you may be sure that it will be said
"Go up higher"
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THINGS WORTH KNowING.-To meas
ure grain in bins, multiply the width and
length together, and that product by the
hight in cubic inches, and divide by 2,150
and you have the number of bushels.
To measure corn in the ear, find the
cubic inches as above, and divideby 2,815
the cubic inches in heaped bushel, and
take two-thirds of the quotient for the
number of bushels of shelled corn.
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Putting as is Putting.

The following from the Valley Spirit,
knoeks the wind out of all the pufGngs
extant and at the same time hits off adj
mirably the custom of certain papers to
.pnf themselves into notoriety.
OuR PAPER. As usual our contempo-
faries are apologizing for having filled so
much of their space with political matter,
and making all sorts of promises of amend
msnt now that the election is over. We
are quite too modest to promise our read
ers half the improvement some of, our
editorial brethren announce their intention
to make; but we don't like to be left too
far in the rear, and our friends may hence
forth expect to find the Spirit o tolerably
readable and decidedly useful paper. In
fact, there will be no end to the variety
and extent of the reading matter we shall
give, and surprising results will follow q
careful perusal of all we shall print. We
shall devote so much of our space to Ag-
ricultural affairs, that Farmers will have
nothing to do, in order to insure the big
gest kind of crops, but sit on the fence
and read our paper to the fields. We
shall give so much Medical matter, and OF
so good a quality, that sick people will be
able to die, without the, aid of a Doctor.
Wesshalf indulge in such lucid commen-
taries on theiactsto encourage the art oi
"whipping the devil around the stump,
that rogue will be enabled to cheat ar
honest man without the assistance of 9
Lawyer. We shall give such avariety O
Local News, that the most gimlet-nosec
old town gossip will find her occupation
clean gone. We shall publish so mucl
Serious Reading, that all our constan
readers will wear faces as long as foul
barrel We shall insert SO many amusing
Anecdotes, that all our regular subscri
bers win constantly wear broad grin ol
their countenances. We shall publish 81
much Poetry that Prose will go out o
fashion, and so much Prose that nobod.
viii read Poetry. We shall devote 81
much space to the science of Astronomy
that the Man in. the Moon will be com
PEELED to subscribe for our paper in orde
to learn the latest discoveries in his owl
region. We shall pursue a course s.
perfectly Straightforward that no cross
eyed or crooked-legged mancan follow on
track; and we shall teach our leading Pol
itieians SO many ways Of walking aroun
the truth, y that henceforth they can te
their own lies without the aid of tn
Printer Valley Spirit.
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kB" "Why did you volunteer?" said a
care-worn, newly enrolled volunteer to
fine looking country soldier.
why" said the latter. "because have
no wife, and go in for war. But why
did you volunteer?" he asked in return.
"Ah!n said the eare-worn man with a
significant sigh. 81 volunteered because
l had wife, and go in for peace.
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A Temperance Lecturer, descant-
ing on the essential and purifying qualities
of cold water, remarked, as knockdown ar
gument that ''when the world became SO
corrupt that the Lord could do nothing
else with it, he was obliged to give it a
thorough sousing in cold water" "Yes, u
replied wag, "but it killed every darned
critter on the face, of the airth."
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rY The gentlest taskmaster we ever
knew Of is blacksmith who says every
evening to his apprentices: Come boys,
let's leave off work and go to saving
wood" He must be brother to a far
mer down east, who one season when he
was building new house used to try to
get his hired men out with him to play
"dig cellar by moonlight. /"
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Look at This!.

T would say to all that know themselves
i indebted to me, either by book account or
note, that they will do well to call and PAY
UP, as my accounts must be settled.
August l, 1855. M. BAKER.
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- A young lad recently run away
from home and went to a tavern, where
he was found by a friend with cigar in
his mouth
= s.NNhat made you leave homer" said the
friend
s.Oh confound it," said he, ''father and
mother were so sauey that couldn't stand
It any longcr-so quit 'em.
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N BE EFFECTUALLY CURED By
DR.. Hoofiand's

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Prepared By DR.. O. NJ JACKSON,
No. 120, .arch Street, Philadelphia
Their power over the above diseases is not
excelled, if equalled, by any other preparation
in the United States as the cures attest, in ma
ny cases after skillful physicians had called.
These Bitters worthy the attention of in. 6
valids. Possessing great virtues in the recti-
fcation of diseases of the Liver and lessor
Glands, exercising the most searching powers
in weakness and affections of the digestive or
gans, they are withal safe, certain and pleasant.
READ AND BE CONVINCEDi 81
MORE ONO TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF DIR. Hoop-f
LANDS CELEBRATED GERMAN BITTERs, prepared
by DR.. C. M. JACKSON, Philadelphia. Prom
the mass of testimony received, the proof IL
conclusive that this medicine has no equal for
diseases of the Liver, Stomach, Nerves, Kidneys,
&c.-Read and be convinced: -
L. B. PERKINS, Marietta, Ohio, Feb. %, 81,
said: "Your Bitters are highly priced by those
who have used them. In case of Liver Com
plant, of long standing, which had resisted the
skill of several Physicians, was entirely cured
by the use of Five Bottles.'
C. L. DRAKE Freedom, Portage Co., Ohio,
April %, 1852, said, "The German Bitters you
sent me last have not yet come to hand. =
have been out of the article for some time, to
the great detriment of invalids. 1t is medi-
cine much thought of and sought after in this
community" ssSi ass II i
B. NJ. HUTCHINSON, NJ. D., Bedford, Cuyahoga
county, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1852 said: "The Bittsrs
you shipped me in May last are all gone. I
think it is a good medicine, and i am recon-
mending it to my patients and friends (Which
l do for no other patent medicine.) You will
please forward large supply"
S. FRENCH, Wooster Ohio, Nov. 80, '52, said:
." have used some three or four bottles Of Hoof-
lands German Bitters for Dyspepsia, and have
derived great benefit from their use. believe
them to be good for all diseases for which they
are recommended"
| w. NJ. ORR, Wooster, o., October I'd, 1852,
said: you ask my opinion of the German Bit
ters. 1 have used them for Dyspepsia, or Indi-
gestion and take pleasure in stating that
think they are the very best remedy extant for
the above complaints-they are decidedly in ad-
uGnce Of all the proprietary acrdicines of the day.
-. Mr.. Orr is a distin, uished lawyer Of
Wooster. So s
These Bitters are ENTIRELY VEGETABLE. 1zsy
never prostitute the system, Int invigoratc it. -
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Jno. NJ. Kirkbride, Woodsield; w. H. Aallo-
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New Castle; r. C. Penn, Antioch; and by dealers
in medicine everywhere.
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THIS remedy has won for itself such notoriety
from its of every variety of pulmonary disease
that it is entirely unnecessary to recount the evi
dencss Of its virtues in any community where it
has been employed. So wide is the field of its use-
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that almost every section of the country abounds
in persons publicly known. who have been restored
from alarming and even desperate diseases of the
lungs by its use. When once tried its superiority
over every other medicine of its kind is too appar
ent to escape observation, and where its virtues
known, the public no longer hesitate what antdote
to employ for the distressing and dangerous affec-
tions of the pulmonary organs which are incident
to our climate. And not only in formidable at
tacks upon the lungs, but for the mlder varieties
of COLDS, CouGHs, HoARsENBss, &C.; and for
CHILDREN it is the pleasantest and safest medicine
that can be obtained.
As it has long been in constant use Throughout
this section, we need not do more than assure the
people it's quality is kept up TO the best that il ever
has been and that the genuine article is sold by
j. M. Kirkbride, Woods6eld; Armstrong
Mooney & Co., Beallsville; Kotzebue
Oblinger, Malaga; Charles Hare, Sum
merfield; and by all dealers in Medi
cines everywhere.
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10 MY sEGAR.

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Yes, social friend, love the WELL
I, : s.r,. - In learned doctors spite; rEFsf
: - - love thy fragrant, misty spell,
love thy calm delight.
,,g-ea Whatiif they tell with phizzes long,
Our years are sooner past;
would reply with reason strong,
They're sweeter while they last.
= 81 And Oft mild tube, to me thou art,
= monitor though still,
Thou speak'st a lesson to my heart,
Above the preachers skill.
When in the lonely evenings hour,
q Attended but by thee,
Der history's varied page pore,
:. Mans fate in thee see:
A while like thee, the hero burns,
And smokes and fumes around;
-7sw And then like thee to ashes turns,
80 And mingles with the ground.
Thou'rt like the man of worth, who gives
To goodness every day.
The fragrance of whose virtues lives
When he has passed away.
Oft when thy snowy columns grows,
y-zs.s3ss And breaks and falls away,
sitrace how mighty realms thus rose,
...,,.sss Then tumbled to decayl
From beggar's frieze to monarch's robe
gYf One common doom is passed
S1&A Sweet natures works, the mighty globe,
&c Must all burn out at last.
xz And what is he who smokes thee now
,esaA little. moving heap,
That, soon, like thee, to fate must bow,
Like thee in dust must sloop
And when see thy smoke roll high.
tTs.s Thy ashes downward go,
'Tis thus methinls, my soul shall fiv,
10 Thus leave my body low.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-11-07

V If you can't get check for your
baggage, the best adhesive label you can
put on it, is to stick to it yourself
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e| A merchant in Troy, the other
day, paid off all his debts. Verdict of
public opinion insane.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-11-07
Marble Shop.

TNHE undersigned respectfully informs the
i public, that he still continues to manufac-
ture
Tombs, Monuments, Grave Stones,
&C., at his shop in Miltonsburgh, Monroe coun-
ty, Ohio. of any style desired, and of the best
quality of American and Italian Marble, which
he has made arrangements to receive from the
East.
He has also established shop in Woodsfeld,
for the convenience of his customers.
July Is, 1855. Il. HGRSTlNG.
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Look Here! Look Here!
WIN. LLTrEN, of Clarington, has taken a
w partner, and enlarged his Shop, and is
now prepared to accommodate the public, on
short notice, with all kinds of work in his line,
such as
Mill Irons Turning Lathes, Wagons, Carts,
Harrows Cultivators, Wheel-Barrows,
Log and Trace Chains, Hoes, Mat
tocks, Axes, Coopers' Tools,
Edge Tools OF all kinds.
Also, large assortment of Juniatta and Mis-
souri, Iron for sale.
Old scrap iron-wrought and cast-taken III
exchange for work. All kinds OF produce ia
ken at cash price. LTTTEN y klERNaN'
u Claripgton, June 7, 1854.
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TERMS OF suBscRIPTIo.

ETwelve lines, or less will be charged as
one square.
EsSAll legal advertisements will be charged
by the square.
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READ! READM READ!!!

TTNHE undersigned, thankful for past favors,
| respectfully solicits a share of the custom
of Monroe and adjoining counties to his new
and well selected stock of
Groceries, Co,stections, Hardware, Liquors,
Iobaccos, Cigars, &c.,
Which, from his cash purchases and expert
ence in business he fiatters himself he can
sell at least 10 per cent. cheaper than have for
merly been sold in the place. Persons want
ing pure Liquors, for FAMILY or MEDICAL
purposes, can rely on getting genuine article.
have also a large stock of Whisky on hand
which will sell, Wholesale or retail, at cents
per gallon cheaper than can be bought in the
county. Every package inspected by one Of
the best chemists in the State, and sold at
Wheeling prices.
l am also agent for the Pittsburgh City Mills,
and am now prepared to take in WHEAT, and
pay
The Highest Market Price
in CASH. will also pay CASH for
Oats, Corn, Flaxseed, Beans, Rye, Buck
wheat, Onions, Flour, Dried Apples,
Dried Peaches, Glover and Tim
othy Seeds and Bacon,
delivered at my Warehouse, corner of Main
and Market street. or corner of Main and Water
street, North side.
Also on hand a superior lot of Pittsburgh and
Kenhawa SALT. w. H. MALLORY.
Clarington, Aug. 90, 1S55.-6m
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Just RECEIVED AND FOR SALE BY THE
u Bbl., fresh supply of
MACK EREI. -
Also good assortment of GRAN CRADLES,
GRAIN and GRASS SCYTHES; SICKLES;
HAY, STRAW and MANURE FORKS; riil
Shovels; Hoes Scythe Snathes; 78{
Axes, &C., &c, sf
Clarington, June 1S' R. CHASK,
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Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Jaundice, Chronic or Nervous
De6alsty, Disease of The Kidneys,

and all Diseases arising from
4 DlSORDERED STOMACH OR LIVER
Such as Constipation, Inward Piles Fullness Of
Blood to the Head, Aeidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructa-
tions, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried
and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the
Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations,
when in a lying posture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Webs before the sight, Fever and
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspi-
ration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain
in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &C., Sudden
Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Con-
stant Imaginings of Evil, and great Depress-
ion of Spirits, -
CAN BE EFFE(tTITAII,Y CIyRED Ry
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THE UNIVERSITIES FAMILY
R ENEE


ssued under the Seal, Sanction and Authority Of
THE UNIVERSITY OF FREE MEDICINE AND
POPULAR KNOWLEDGE,
Chartered by the State of Pennsylvania,
April %, 1853,
WITH A CAPITAL OF 100000.
Mainly for the purpose Of arresting the evils
Of Spurious and Worthless Nostrunus;
Also, for supplying the Community with re-
liable Remedies wherever Competent Physi-
clan cannot or will not be employed. This In
stitution has purchased from DR.. JOHN r.
ROW AND, his celebrated
ROwand S Tonic Mixture,
known for upwards of twenty-five years as the
only sure and safe cure for FEVER AND AGUE
&C., and his inestimable Remedy for BOWEL
COMPLAINTS,
ROWAND'S
Compound Syrup Of Blackberry Root,
Which highly approved and popular RENE
dies, together with
The University's Remedy for COMPLAINTS of
the LUNGS;
The University's Remedy for DYSPEPSIA or
INDIGESTION;
The Universitys Remedy for CosTIvE Bow ELS;
Also the UNvERsrrY's ALMANAC may be had,
at the Branch Dispensary, or store of
LEVI BALDWIN,
Sunfsh, Monroe Co. O..
Also by WM. STEEL & SON, Stafford, Ohio.
Aslo by JACOB L. MORRILL,, Sunfsh Ohio.
July IL, 1855.
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An UNFORTUNATE MANI am fallen into
the hands of pubIicans and sequestrators, and
they have taken all from me. What now ?
Let me look about me. They have left me sun
and moon, fire and water, a loving wife and
many friends to pity me, and some to relieve
me; and | can still discourse and unless |
list they have not taken away my merry coun-
tenance, and my cheerful spirits, and good
conscience they have still left me the provi-
dence of God, and all the promises of the Cos
pei, and my religion and my hope of heaven,
and my charity to them too. And still sleep,
and digest, and eat and drink read and
mediate | can walk in my neighbors' pleas
ant fields, and sec the varieties of natural beau
ty, and delight in all that which God delights
that is, i'll virtue and wisdom, in the whole
creation, and in God himself.
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The MAGNITUDE OF THE EARTH-Accoriing
to recent authority. the circumference of the
globe is twenty-five thousand and twenty miles.
1t is not so easy to comprehend so stupendous
a circle as to put down its extent in figures
1t becomes more palpable perhaps, by compari-
son. such as this A railway train travelling
necessarily night and day at the rate of twenty
five miles an hour, would require six weeks to
go around it. The cubical bulk of the earth
is two hundred and sixty thousand millions of
cubic miles DR.. Lardner says, if the materials
which form the globe were built in the form
of column, having pedestal of the magnitude
of England and Wales, the height of the
column would be nearly four-and-a-half millions
of miles. a tunnel through the earth, from
England to New Zealand, would be nearly
eight thousand miles long
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TELEGRAPHIc-Wheni it was first reported
that Professor Morse had succeeded in convey
ing Intelligence between Baltimore and Wash
ngton through the wires of the Magnetic
Telegraph old savant, who had been a school
master and member of the Legislature, gave
it as his opinion that the report was - q
humbug !" In fact, from his knowledge Of
astronomy" he said the thing could not be
done Shortly after, O'Rcilly's men were seen
setting the poles directly by the old mans
dwelling One day he joined the crowd who
were witnessing the operation of stretching the
wire. Upon being asked what he thought Of
the matter then he heSitated moment, aSsum
ng an air of Importance, and then replied =
Well, gentlemen, while in the Legislature, |
gave the subject considerable attention, and
after some investigation and reflection, l have
come to the conclusion that it may answer very
well for small packages, but will never do for
large bundles-never ~
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P GOOD

ty remarkable in troops, many of whom had
never before been in action
The main retreat was across Bunkcr's Hill,
where Putnam had endeavored to throw up
breastwork. The veteran, sword in hand, rode
to the rear of the retreating troops, regardless
Of the balls whstling about him. His only
thought was to rally them at the unfinished
works. Halt ! make stand here p cried
he "we can check them yet In Gods name
form, and give them one shot more"
Pomeroy, welding his shattered musket as
truncheon, seconded him in his efforts to stay
the torrent. 1t was impossible, however, to
bring the troops to a stand They continued
on down the hill to the Neck, and across to
Cambridge, exposed to the raking fire from
the ships and batteries, and protected only by
single piece of ordnance The British were
too exhausted to pursue them, they contented
themselves with taking possession of Bunker
Hill, were reinforced from Boston, and threw
up additional works through the night.
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The KINK."-Riding through one of our
country villages, short time before our annu-
al election we chanced to meet a boy with
books, slate, &c, under his arm whom we re-
cognized to be Protestant clergyman's son
OF the village-when the following dialogue en-
sued -
"Well, my son, have you been to school to-
day ?"
g don't know, sir"
"You don't know what makes you answer
thus 2"
oh, my mother says must follow the ex-
ample of my pious father and that is the way
he answers when she asks him about the Know
Nothing party, and she says he don't lie, because
there is kink in it,
" But when asked you if you had been to
school you said you did not know. Now is that
the truth ?"
"Oh, there is kink in it they don't call it
a school-they call it the Academy"
Truly thought |, that is young American
and no mistake.
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satnroan alorninn, Ansust II. 1855.
seIttteb poetrp.
GRACE UNDING.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF LUTHER.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF LUTHER.
There san abounded, grace did much more aboua
Almighty God call to thee,
By shame and anguish shaken;
Incline thy gracious ear to me,
And leave me not forsaken
For who that feels the power within
OF past remorse, and present sin,
Can stand, o Lord, before thee!
On thee alone my stay place,
All human help rejecting,
Relying on thy sovereign grace
Thy sovereign aid expecting;
rest upon thy sacred word
That thou'lt repulse him not, o Lord,
Who to thy mercy fieeth.
And though travail all the night,
And travail all the morrow,
Nv trust is in Jehovah's might
Ny triumph in my sorrow;
Forgetting not that thou of old
pidst Israel, though weak, uphold
When weakest, thou most loving!
For though my sinfulness is great,
Rcdeeming grace is greater:
And though all he'll should lie in wait,
Supreme is my Creator;
For he my King and Shepherd is
And when most helpless, most I'm his,
Nv strength and my Redeemer!
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Bsg- Physicians rarely take medicine, law
yrs seldom go to law, and ministers steer clear
of other parsons churches. Editors, however,
read all the papers they can get
Bg- Our tempers are like an opera glass,
which makes the objects look small or great,
according to the end we look through.
Ra- Put spoonful of horseradish into a
paa of milk, and it will remain sweet for several
days.
har You may depend upon it, he is good
man, whose intimate friends are all good