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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-11-17
TO THE pIJRLIC.


Tho Washington Society would feel some re-.
lnctance in appealing to the support of the peo
pie were 1t FOR n less worthy or less noble object
than that which they have in view The scheme
which they offer, being placed under their sole
control by the State Commissioner, they have
MADE !; so attractive, and formed it upon so grand
ana liberal Il scale, that they have no fears but
that the public will come forward with one ac
cord to ITS support, and assist the Society in the
successful carrying out OF one of the most ma
riotic undertakings of the present day 1t not
only appeals to the national feelings OF the Amer
icah heart, but also to the sef.interest of every
man Those who invest dollar or more in this
undertaking. not only contribute to a patriotic
OBJECT, but stand an equal chance with others in
securing securing prize. Perhaps you may be the lucky
There is tide in the affairs of men.
Shch, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. >,
And why may not this prove the food in your
affairs? lie that never risks never wins i 4
The managers felt assured of it's sue ess from the
brilliant reception with which its announcement
met from our most eminent citizens, five thou
sand tickets having been engaged on the first
day. =
The drawing, which comes OF on the 1st of
November, will constitute one of the greatest
features OF the closing day of the exhibition O
our Institute Tor the Promotion of the Mechanic
arts.
Cli. +. DUNCAN, Chairman Board of Manage
H Tickets $l,-Packages of &c, $50.
WANrED.--Agents to form clubs in eve ~ town
village and hamlet in the State. Forward your
orders Immediately so as to meet prompt atten-
ton. e. ...
Drawing, first day Of November. .
~ Those not desiring to compete for the Pre-
NUNS, VIII be allowed a liberal per centagc.-
All orders and letters must be addrestoi to
CAREW & OHLER,
sole Agents for the Managers BALTIMORE, MD
September o.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-11-17
A SUCCESSFUL RETORT.

One occasion clergyman meeting a
doctor of his acquaintance, who was Il
protessed duist, was acCosied by tho
doctor in the following manner:
do you follow preaching to save
snuIs 2
Yes
Did you ever sec a soul =
NO
Did you ever hear soul 2
No.
Did you ever taste a soul
NO.
Did you you ever smell a soul =
no.
Did 20" ever feel soul 2
Yes
'Wcll.' said tho doctor, there are
four Of the five senses against one, up
on the question whether there is a soul.'
The clergyman then asked his odvor.
sary if he was doctor Of medicine
Yes
Did you ever see pain?'
No.
Did you ever hear pain 2
NO
Did you over smell a painF
No.
Did you ever feel pain =
Yes
We'll, then, said the clergyman there
arc four senses against one, upon the
question whether there is pain, and
vet sir yOu know thoro is q pain and |
know there ia a soul.
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Domestic Manufacturing,
j. e. #. A. RARNES

j. IL #. A. BARNES,
w ouLD give notice to their former custom.
W ers and the public generally, that they
continue to manufacture wool into Broad Cloths,
ooa1ssimeres, Satinetts, Jeans, Tweeds, Flannel,
blankets, &C., on the shares or by the ward. OF
reasonable terms, at GREENE FACTORY, two
miles below WV
r, GarmlGhaeltown, Greene County, Penn'a.
Wool, on fair terms. 0'' ~
r, Harding and Spinning done by tho pound -
country Carding will be done in tho best man.
ner. " ' ~
PERSONS coming som distance can have ther
wool carded to take homo with them.
Country Produce taken for work.
=, ~ Having secured the services Of our Oh
CAREER and spinner, VIC hope to be able to piy.
satisfaction, (Which was more than we did lad
May 26, IS55-3m
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BAUNI'S ......
DEAD SHOT.

Or Rheumatic Lotion, the King of Pain,
Has triumphed over the most acute and dis
tressing pain. If there exists pain in any
part OF The body, whether internal or exter-
nal, and not Of chronic nature, Baum's
Dead Shot will triumph over all, and relieve
the sufferer from lis torments. For proof of
these assertions refer you to over fifty res
pectable citizens OF our town and county,
whose names can be seen by calling at my
Store. Then truly may this medicine be
styled the King Of Pain. Price 25 cents per
bottle. For sale, wholesale and retail by
F. M. Chalfant, Morgdntown, Va.
and by Merchants and Druggists generally.
October IA
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American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-11-17

Booh Concern far P0ris.-- Rev Abel
Stevens, now in Europe, writes letter
from Paris to Dr.. Peck, which is pub.
lishcd IN the last Christian Advocate and
Journal, calling in earnest tones upon
American Mo,hodsm to furnish 81 900
with which to start French Methodist
Book Concern in Paris. He thinks that
through books and tho press, Mcthodism
might accomplish untold good in France.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-11-17

1t Is stated that school or college for
Turkish youth it about to no establish
I'd At Varscilles, the Sultan having made
d grant of l,500,000E for this purpose.
~ ere some three hundred young Nus
Rulmans will DO instructed IN tho En-.
ropcau languages, the sciences, and the
a.ls as applied to industry.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-11-17

4 man named Henry, residing il tho
~ WI Of West morcIaud, n. y, shot his
r,lher with a pistol last Wednesday
night. Cause--rhe Ehhor staiJ out late
a. night. Both father aud son arc rop.
tc,0n,vd 10 bu ind IslGoaS mechanics.
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Morgantown Marble Works.

Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Marble,
Manufacturers Of Monumcnts, Tomb
.. stones, Headstones, &c. ..
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NEW GOODS.
DIR. THOS. DUNN.

Ha 'ng located at BARRACkSVlLLE, re.
specially tenders his professional services TO
The citizens Of the place and surrounding
county. He can be found a, the Depot at
all times when not professionally engaged.
Barracksvile, April 9, 1866.
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The American Platform.

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BY The National Council at Philadelpaa.
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G. II. WOLFF.
GEO. J. DUFF
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
RITCHERDsON's
Missouri River ExpresS-

WILL leave ST. LOUIS seni-weekly by the
Wv fast passenger boats,
Polar Star, Edinbwg, r. X. Aubrey and
Jas. II. Lucas,
for st. Joseph and all the principal points on the
route. Each Express viii be in charge of a
Special Messenger,
provided with IroW Safes for the security Of MO-
NEY and other valuable packages. Bankers and
Merchants business transacted with DISPATCH
Collections made and proceeds promptly returned
Boxes, Packages, Bundles, and Parcels of al
kinds receipted for and delivered without delay
Orders of every description filled.
This Express connects with all other Expresses
for New York and the East generally; also fol
the North and South, via Cairo to New Orleans.
N1T5- Principal Office 16 Main St, st. Louis.
Refer 10 the Bankers and Merchants of ST
Louis. JOSEPH F. RlTCHERDSON,
June %, 1S55-tf Proprietor.
~" Manson & Bartholow, Agents, Glasgow
Mo-, with whom Packages or Goods may be left
Also, orders for merchandise, any article desr-
ed to be purchased in St. Louis, which will receive
prompt attention
"a" The Agents make no charge inthe shape
of commission or drayage, for receiving and for
warding packages or goods.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
JEWELRY! JFWELRY!
HENRY w. KRING,

e" IL Il, JhO.,
IN Would respectfully announce to the citi-
Gl2!l zens of Howard county, that with an expe-
rience of 10 years in this community, he has again
opened large and splendid assortment of
Fine Gold and Silver Watches,
Clocks, Casters, Breastpms, Rings, Accordeons
Flutes, fine gold neck and Fob Chaius, Spectacles
&C., &c.
Toys for children, Razors ard Strops, fine Cloth
Brushes, &c.
GT Watches and Clocks repaired;-a articles
warranted.
Grateful for the patronage of former friends he
confidently expects, by strict attention to his bust
ness. 10 receive that of the entire public.
C5y~ Shop at Smith & Maughs' Drug Store.
Fayette, May A, 1855.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
Ta1YnaS.

Clothing, Furnishing Goods, sc.
MEMS and Boys Clothing, cassmeres, tweeds,
lNI satinets, silk and velvet yestings, shirts, col
lars, cravats and gloves, in great variety, for sale
low. SP0TSW0OD & KIRKBRIDE.
September 20, 1855,
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
BACHELORS REFLECTIONS.

Bless me! I am thirty-nine to-
day; six feet in my stockings, black
eyes, curly hair, tall and straight
as cedar of Lebanon, and still a
bachelor! Well, it is an indepen-
dent life, at least: no, it isn't, eitherl
Here are these new gloves of
mine full of rips, string Off one of
my most faultless dickeys, nice silk
handkerchief in my drawer wants
hemming, buttons off my shirts;
what's to be done? How provo
king it is to sec those married peo-
pie looking SO self-satisfed and con-
sequential, at the head of their fam
lilies; as if they had done the State
great service. As to children, they
are as plenty as flies in August, and
about as troublesome; every alley
and court and garnet are swarmed
with them-they're no rarity; and
any poor, miserable. wretch has a
wife-enough of them, too, such as
they are!
1t is enough to scare a man to
death to think how much it costs to
keep one! Silks and satins, ribbons
and ve'vets, feathers and flowers,
cuff-pins and bracelets, gimcracks
and fol-de-rols; and-you must look
at the subject of its bearings-little
jackets and frocks, and wooden hor-
ses, and dolls, and pop-guns, and
gingerbread; don't believe | can do
it, by Jupiter! But then, here I
sit with the toe of my best boot
kicking the CRATE, for the want of
something to do; it's coming awful
cold, and dreary weather, long even
ings; can't 60 to concerts forever,
and when | do the room looks so
much the gloomier when l come
back, and it would be cozy to have
nice little wife to chat and laugh
with. I've tried to think of some
thing else, but can't; if l look in
the fire, 1 am sure to see pair Of
bright eyes; even the shadows on
the wall take fairy shapes; Pm on
the brink ruin-I feel it; | shall
read my doom in the marriage list
before long--I know | shall!
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
TH0s. sHACKELrORD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

GLASGOW, MO.
WI ILL practice in the Courts of Howard, Sa-
w line, Cooper, Randolph and Charlton coun-
ties. CT Office on First street, between Mar
ct and Commerce. jan. /, 80.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
LIVING AND MEANS.

The world is full of people who
can't imagine why they don't pros
per like their neighbors, when the
real obstacle is not in banks nor tar
ifs, in bad public policy nor hard
times, but in their own extravaganza
and needless ostentation. The
young mechanic or clerk marries and
takes a house, which he proceeds to
furnish twice as extensively as he
can afford, and then his wife, instead
of taking hold to help him TO earn a
livelihood, by doing her own work,
must have hired servant to help
her spend his limited earnings
Ten years afterwards, you will find
him struggling on under a double
load of debts and children, wonder
ing why the luck was always against
him, while his friends regret his I'M
happy restitution of financial abili-
~. Had they from the first been
frank and honest, he need not have
been so unluckY.
Through every grade of society,
this vice of inordirate expenditure
nsinuates itself. The single man,
"hired out" in the country at ten TO
fifteen dollars per month, who tries
to dissolve his ten years. earnings
in frolic and fine clothes; the clerk
who has three to five hundred dol
lars, and melts down twenty to fifty
oft into liquor and segars, are par
allied by the young merchant, who
fills his spacious house with costly
furniture, give dinners, and drives a
fast horse on the strength Of the
profits he expects to realize when
his goods are sold and his notes all
paid. Let a man have genius for
spending, and whether his income
is dollar day, or a dollar min
ute, it is equally certain to prove
inadequate. If dining, wiaeing, and
party giving won't help him through
with it, building, gaming, and spec
ulating, will be sure to. The bot
tomless pocket will never fill, no
matter how bounteous the stream
pouring into it. The man who,
(being single, does not save mon
ey on six dollars per week, will not
be apt to on sixty; and he who does
not lay up something his first year
of independent exertion, will be
pretty likely to wear poor mans
hair to the grave.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
NEW GOODS.
Dental Notice.

s2 DIR. G. L. FIELD, late of st. Lou
is, will remain in my Office during my
II11Jabsence. Dr.. Field is gentleman
who will, know, give entire satisfaction to all
who may favor him with their patronage. Give
him a call-he is Dentist of sound merit.
Office on First street, over TaJ Tor & Whites
Drug Store. s. HINSON, Dental Surgeon.
Glasgow, November %, 1855,
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
TWO FINE FARMS
FOR SALE.

/ HAVE for sale two fine Farms One situated
l. in Howard county, about two miles southeast
of Glasgow, known as the John Rocker Farm,
containing about $50 acres, well improved, with
over 100 acres in cultivation, well watered, good
orchard and timber convenient.
The other situated in Charlton county, Is miles
north of Brunswick, miles south of the Hanni-
bal and st. Joseph Railroad, contains $50 acres,
well improved, well watered, about 200 acres m
cultivation, timber convenient and abundant, Young
orchard, fine prairie adjoining, well situated for
STOCK FARM.
For terms, apply to the undersigned, on Yellow
Creek, Charlton county, or 10 Thomas Shackel-
ford, Glasgow, Mo.
Oct II, lS55-f WIN. C. ROCKER.
Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1855-12-06
BEAR ON.
BY A. N. EDMoFDs.

Bear on: what though life's tide may be
A current strong opposing thee;
And thou hast but slender sail
To spread before the adverse gale;
When trials lash the waves TO foam,
And thou art far from friends and home.
Yield not thy spirit to dispair,
But manfully the pillows dare;
High DER the waters dark and cold,
Fix thou the steadfast eye and bold,
Bear on, bear bravely on.
Bear on, the world may jeer and scoff,
And chosen friends may cast the off;
Stay not to weep, the brittle chain
One stormy wind could break in twain.
If thou hast found that heart untrue,
That was thy hope, thy idol too,
Sink not in sorrows depths profound
Dispair can never heal the wound.
Give to the past no vain regret,
The future lies before you yet,
Bear on, bear bravely on.
Bear on: dost thy repining eye
See worthless men exalted high,
While modest merit sinks forlorn
In cold neglect and cruel scorn?
o never from thy tempted heart
Let thine integrity depart.
When disappointment fills thy cupi
Undaunted, nobly drink it up.
Truth will prevail and justice show
Her tardy honors sure, but slow.
Bear on, bear bravely on.
Bear on: our life is not dream,
Though often such its mazes seem;
We were not born TO live Of ease,
Ourselves alone to aid and please.
To each daily task is given,
A labor which will fit for heaven;
When duty calls let love grow warm,
Amid the sunshine and the storm,
With Faith life's trials boldly breast,
And come conqueror to thy rest.
Bear on: bear bravely on.
LITTLE EPIGRAM.-A gentleman WI
had lost his wife, whose maiden name WI
Little, addressed the following to Mi
Moore, lady of diminutive stature:
I've lost the Little one l had,
MY heart is sad and sore;
So now should be very glad
To have little Moore.
To which the lady sent the following al
swer:
l pity much the loss you've had,
The grief you must endure;
A heart by Little made so sad,
q A little Moore won't cure.
The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-06-09
Fortunes of n Pin.

In the year 1889, n boy called Lalitte first
appeared in Paris. He was poor, and greatly
desired to obtain an inferior place in banking
house. Furnished with letter of introduc-
ton, he went to the house Of q rich Swiss
banker to ask for employment. He was friend
less, timid, and careworn, and the banker,
thinking him unfit for u clerk, told him that he
had no room for him in his Office.
The lad left the bankers richly gilded room
with said heart. While crossing the court
yard, with dropping head, he saw pin on the
ground ;he stopped down, took ii up, and placed
it carefully in the corner of his coat. He did
not think at the time that this act, so triflig in
ITSELF would be the turning point in his life,
and the means Of his future splendid success.
The banker saw from the window what had
taken place, and, attaching great Importance to
tritlles, he was impressed by the circumstance
This simple action gave him a key to the char
acter of Latttc. 1t was Il proof Of order and
prudence. And he thought that young man
who could thus take care Of y pin, would surely
make good clerk, and merit the trust and
good wishes of his employer.
The same evening Latitte received q note
from the banker, offering him IL situation in his
counting house. and asking him to come and
fill the place at once.
The discerning banker was not deceived il
his hopes for he soon found that the young
pin saver possessed all the good qualities he ex
pected. From clerk Lafitte soon advanced
to be cashier, and at length was received into
partnership, and afterwards became the owner
Of the largest bank in Paris, and one of the
richest men in the world. He was not only
rich, generous, great and powerful, but wa
chosen a deputy Of the people, and made Pres
ident of the Council Of Ministers, and was il
every respect the most influential citizen o
France.