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Smyrna times., 1856-09-24
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KEEPING APPLES FOR WINTER.-AppIes are
kept through winter-l. By being laid on the
floor in a cool cellar, with light covering Of
straw, and air admitted from a north window,
until it becomes so cold as to endanger their
freezing 2. By being packed in flour barrels,
and headed up. and suffered to remain in open
sheds until the severity of winter requires their
removal to a cool, dry celler, where they are
to be laid in tiers on their sides. In some cases.
the apples, being wiped carefully, are put in
the barrels without any other substance. In
other cases they are packed in layers, with a
light stratum of straw, or dry sand. sawdust or
chaff interposed, SO as to keep the apples from
touching, and this, as far as have observed, is
the best plan.
8. Many farmers make a. cave of boards in
their yards or gardens, and fill it with apples,
covering it over with earth, and admitting the
air by means of stove pipe. In this case
care ought to be taken to prevent the earth
from touching the apples, and sufficient drains
made around it to carry of'the water Thu
method succeeds well. and apples are thus pre-
served till late in the spring. A fourth way
is to lay the fruit on shelves in the cellar, buI
it is difficult in most places to keep the rat
Tout, these vermin very often make sad destruc
tion, as have experienced more than once
Country Gentleman. a.. ..s,.e...... ...a 81
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Temperance Stems.
Letter from Maine.
PORTLAND, Sep. 18th. 1856.

..#: 'l AohfhAND, oep. lotn, 1000.
A. r.. OsmOad, Esq-Dear Sir:-Your let
ter of the 10th is just received, Our Joy in
Maine at the result of our late Election IS in
creased by the fact, that it will make happy
the friends of Temperance throughout the
Union, who were made sad by the repeal Of the
MGtne Law, and the re-enactment of the liz
cenSe Law by the Legislature of 1855
Now, after trial of chat policy, for six months,
the party which rescinded 1.-THE Rum Party,
has been defea ted more terribly than ever any
party was before in Maine it has been annihi-
lated. i. ].
At the time of the enactment of the Maine
Law in May, 1851, the Democratic Party was
in majority of ten thousand in the State aud
had been so for nearly quarter of a century !;
with the exception of l840, when it was de-
feated by about 400 ma jOrIty against it.
Immediately after the enactment of the
Maine Law, corrupt leaders of the democratic
party-reymg upon their power and control
over the masses, placed the party upon the
Rum PLGtfQrm when it was at once oyerthrown;
aud remained a defeated party until 1855; at
it's State Convention of that year it announced
itself in favor OF the prohibitory law and came
once more into power, but Immediately repeal
ed the Maine Law, and re-enacted the old ex-
plOded license system; which had been dead
in Maine since 1876.
The new system hasbeen in operation in the
State less than six months; filling our cities
and towns with grogshops and our sreets with
drunkards. The people, disgusted with wha;
they see on every hand and indignant at the
authors of the mischief, have repudiated them
and condemned their policy by majority SC
overwhelming that the Ram party is LITERAL,
"crushed out, the members elect of the new
Legislature being almost unanimously Maine
| Law men. .r.'. ~ .~. i'..
When the Maine Law was repealed by tht
present administration, the temperance men o
the State regretted it chiefly for its untowart
effect upon the cause of Temperance in othe
States. AS to Maine we felt sure that the re
peal would be followed by reaction which
| would forever sweep the Rum party from power
The result has been accomplishment Main,
\ will once more lead the van of those who con
tend for protection from the traffic in intoxica
ting drinks. Truly, yours.
| ... t.t tsa. NEAL Dow.
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CALIFORNIA.-Our readers remember their
disappointment last fall on learning that our
Jealous workers tor prohibition had failed for
carrying the State. The astounding revela-
tions with regard to ballot-box stufing in San
Francisco explains the secret The rest of
California gave najorities for prohibition; and
it was defeated only by these monstrous and
startling frauds in San Francisco We have
the authority of one of the best informed friends
of prohibition in California for this explanation,
who assures us too, they shall now enter an
new upon the great work of prohibition"
PrOhtbitionist. ft-.' . -. .i'.-'' +, a. ~ f. -
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AN ExTINGuIsHER.-In France smoking is
perhaps less rage than it is with US; but in
France the liberty ofsmokers is greater, think,
than in American. Thus, IN the United States
people who smoke in omnibuses, cars, cabins of
steamboats,, OF other places of the sort, are few
and far between. In France, on the contrary
it is very common to see gentlemen q ndul-
ging in cigar on such eccasions' An ele-
gantly dressed and aristoeratlc looking lady
entered first class railroad car, at the Paris
depot, short time ago. AS she opened the
door and took her place she observed that the
car was occupied by three or four gentlemen
one of whom, at the moment OF her appearance
was in the act of lighting his cigar. Obsery
| ING the lady, he made a significant grnnace
and with the characteristic word-politencss o
a Frenchmah, said. "Would smoking incom
mode you, madame r. The lady turned toward
him, and with an air of quiet dignity replied
al do not know, sir; no gentlemln has eve
vet smoked in my presenceV
He put out his cigar.
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GBoi.te 4etm...
pEAeoE f
\ Oh. peaee ghew lovely art IhOusrE.a
BY g. W..


a, oh. pesee ghow lovely rtthousrs.s
lj And lovely are thy people. 49,. a.. III -. .
y. y. And lovely are thy footprints .,a> a.-a
se' ~ Around that goodly steeple AMI, MI.
,ssgBlue smoke ascending through the trees,".
- " ~ \. The halfhidden cottage does betray, -
s' Isswept off by gentle breeze, - N.Y.. a.. -.
-, I, 10 peace which harmless glides away.
!, Chiiaren ascend the mound so green, ia.
s'sla' Which was erected for defence; !. ..,.'
i : Aud tits the place of many scene. -.
;, ..'.'. Where children do their play commence.
Men of old sit at their doors, s, - .,s
,....sr The gossip o'er her counterleans, 'r-'
- ~ The play of children around the shores :.
ssasa1,W Where've been the place of battle scenes.
b..s The housewives stores OF linen white,
2, = Are with fragrant herbs laid by; s.aa.
aa'a The toll OF many winters night .',' sao
:. - Brings comfort to the eye. -sii a.,.-'.'s
,-as. The merchants wares are spread around,
- OF each the labor profits all. - .'. :, & +. :,
The fragrant herb of China ground
We purchase at word or cail.si'''"i' q
IiTIse MAIN, the blind, and the ag' a, too
saai' Justice is dispensed to all; :. -
The rich sometimes are kind to you, q "a,
Though you're enclosed within, the WALL
- The law sits steady on her throne, -t
% 10 The people, some are fervent;, a. 49, -
Lovely thou art. o peace, alone!
The sword is your servant
Worcester Co., Md, 1856. -Tse. 1ss& ~
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FoR THE HIccUPs.-Travelling some time
since by Railroad from Columbus to Baltimore,
Il took my seat Immediately in front ofa gentle
man who was suffering underta paroxism ofihlc-
cups, to q degree that had never before wit
messed, In a few minutes person appeared
from the end of the car and took a seat beside
him, When he said, !. Sit, can you tell me what
il. good for the hiccups g. i have been afflicted
In the way you see me aslace yesterday noon,
and have had no rest or relief from any ply
slcian to whom, appliedltor assistancel u Lam
worns out with suffering TO whom the person
replied, siSir. will cure you in, less than two
minutes by your watch W Have confidence. for
am sure l. can do ,it.B Hold. up high above
your head Two fugersof yonr hand; lean back
an, your seat, open your mouth and throat SO al
TO give a free passage to your lungs breathe
very long and softly, and look steadily at you
fingers. 10 less than tne time specified ths
/ Icure was performed, one hccup, enly occurres
! during the trial. The patient could not sex
press gratitude, while the practitioner only ex
Ilractcd from him as fee the promise that b
would extend the knowledge which he bad im
parted, as freely, as. he received IL. lassurn
! him that he would meyer be ppointed insih
result.shJ a o.
We were struck with the fact. Since the
Q have often had occasion 10 practice upons p
8 tienis 10 the same disorder, and never withol
J. the most sigma, success ss'airs,I 1,a nsblsa 5
.Is7,aasoQ Il1lsi 9al gan Y1saila
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The M0RMONs.-The followers of the most
noted of the Smiths appear likely soon to be as
numerous as those who bear the prophets name
We see that the religion of the polygamists is
making such rapid progress in Denmark that
some ofthe jealous, who do not put faith in its
doctrines, have come to the conclusion that it is
dangerous nuisance, and petitioned the Gov
ernment to put forth its strong arm and arrest
the progress of the +" Saints" forbidding them
to exercise their religious ceremonies with SO
much ostentation as they are now allowed TO-.
Jutland is said to be the hotbed of Mormon
proselytism. q, A history the delusion has been
published in Germany, from which it appears,
that America contains $500 of that sect, of
whom $4,000 are in Utah, 5000 in New York,
1900 in California, 5000 in Nova Scotia and
Canada, and 1900 in South America and the
Islands. Europe contains 39, 900, of whom 81,
600 are in Great Britain and Ireland, 5000 in
Scandinavia, 900 in Germany and Switzer-
land, 5O0in France, and 500 in the rest of Eu.
rope. In Asia, there are said to be I,OO0, in
Austria and Polynesia z, 400, in Africa 100, on
travel l,s0O. There are, besides, $500 schis-
mates, including Strangites, Rigdonites and
WIghtItes. The numbers amount in the aggre.
gate to ll6 500, and it is supposed that the
whole sect cannot exceed 10000. .a
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THE LARGEST PRINTING Pass IN THE
WoRLD.-" Antelope" the New York cores
pondent Of the New Orleans Picayune, thus
aIludes to q pair ofmammoth printing presses,
now building by the Messrs. Hoe: " Perhaps
when the London Times ordered ten cylinder
press from the Messrs Hoe, it ina gined it was
leaving even the most enterprlsing of the
American journals in the background, but it
will soon find out its mistake, for | now learn
that the circulation Of the Philadelphia Ledger,
(running we'll on to one hundred thousand dai-
liy5lhas compelled the enterprising proprietors
Of that pa per, Messrs. Swain g. Abel, TO order
from theAnlanufacturer two twelve cylinder
presses, Of a cost Of $4,000! To, accommo
date these gigantic pieces OF workmanship
the Ledger folks have been obliged to purchase
two adJ6inidg building, at a heavy outlay, anC
lin which the presses are TO be placed. WheI
these are introduced, the Ledger will be abb
TO print sixty thousatid sheets an hour, or equa
TO one thousand sheets per minute and al
this immense circulation, building Of the fast
est presses in the world, and Unbohnded pros
perity generally, is the result Of an inhinchin
, integrity, an indomitable perseverance,, and
business tact that sees no motto ahead but OF
! ward 30" iHdRAl = Hii'f"e ~ ? ~ ''e
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The TEHACNTEPEC STAGE RoUTE-The
stage road between the Atlantic and the Paci-
nc, at Tehauntcpec, which has long been con-
sidered desdefatum, is rapidly advancing to-
wards completion, and il is supposed that car
riages will be Iunning from ocean TO ocean BY
the lst of December. Thirty miles OF road
have been Completed, and the remainder is in
such state OF progress that no doubt exists
tia about the LIST of November, it will be ready
for the stages. The contractor is about to or
der new iron steamboat for the navigation of
the river, and TO direct The building OF coaches
for the transportation Of travellers ard their
Luggage in eighteen hours across the Tsthmus
thousand men are now at work, and the most
difficult places have been overcome. An in.
creased forge will soon be put on, aud it is ex-
scted that the entire distance, one hundred
and eleven miles, will be completed within the
next three months When the road is open,
passengers will be within four days travel OF
the Pacific coast from New Orleans, and in ten
or eleven days can reach San Francisco from
| the same city.
From circular just issued by the company
we learn that the Fehauntepec road will reduce
. the distance between New Orleans and Sau
Francisco 1900. miles, aud New York ll6(
miles The gam IN passage from Liverpool b,
the lsthmus OF Tehuantepec. over that by the
Panama road toChlna, is 1000 miles in distanc
aud ten days in'thne. With'these advantage
the route by Tehuantepec must command tn,
Z whole China trade. !. - -, t,-. ..,. j.. ts,7
The new route has the advantage OF un
questioned salubrity, and of passing throug
one Of the most beautiful aud picturesque coun
tries that'exis,s on the surface Of'the globe.
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i@DEAE GENTLY wTrH 'THE ERRING.-The
man possesses an extremely groyelling mind
who rejoices at the downfall of another A.no-.
BILE heart, instead of denouncing as consum-
mate scoundrel one who has erred, will throw
around him the mantle of charity and the arms
Of love, and labor to. bring him back to duty
and to God. We are not our own KEEPERS
Who knows whea# we shall so far forget our
selves as to put forth our right hand and sim
Heaven keeps us in the narrow path. But, if
we should fall, where would be the end Of our
course :'if in every face we saw a frown, and
on every brow we read vengeance. deeper and
deeper would we descend in the path of iufamy
when, if a different spirit were manifested to-
wards US, We might have staid our career OF
sin and died an honest and upright man, Deal
gently with those who go astray, draw them
back by love and persuasion. A kind word ID
more valuable to the lost than mine of gold
Think Of this and be on, your guard, yeTwhe
would chase to. the confines of the grave sr
erring and subordinate brother = = .''1 '...
. We have some trailty, ....,..s 80,
- We are all unwise, aaI baa .ao aa,=
L. "a And the grace which Eedeems Us, ,s1ad
Must come from the skies. III
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- The SwEARER .REBUEED.-Sydney Smith,
the late lanented prelate and pre-emInent suti-
rlst of the tOiles and vices OF hls time (and the
presently while travelling in stage coach one
day was long annoyed by young man who
had acquired the polite art of swearing to such
an extent, thai he could, not. help interlardng
his discourse with it, as though it were a con.
! stituded part OF the language. AS there hap.
/ pened to he lady present, the matter was dou-
bly, annoying '' 80 'F''f+ ''- ''.'@
Alter enduring the young mans display for
1 some time, Smith asked the company TO beiper.
/ mitted TO tell them u little anecdote, which he
THUS commenced;
-" Once upon time (boots, sugar-tongs, and
tinder boxes) there was king who (boots,
sugar-tongs and finder boxes,) at a rand, bal
(boots, sugar-tongs, boxes,) picked
up the Duchess of, (boots, sogaftongs and tin.
der boxes) Shrewsbury's garter (boOts, sugar
tongs and tinder boxes.) and said - lioni sol
qui maly (boots, sugar-tOngs, and iinder-boxes
! lpense,' which means in English, 'Evil be Il
, him, who lboots, sugar-longs, and tinder-boxes
) teyil thinks. This was the origin Of (boo,s
. sugar-tongs, and finder bOxes) the order Of tn
igarter." ,.... ..4t n, ......., [ssg. t....,. /
When the witty clergyman had concluded
81 the young gentleman said !: ..., ..,l, s,..,.,i
q "a very good story, sir-rather old-bu
/ what the d. has boots, s,tg ar-tongs $ and tan
= der bo1es' to do with il 81 49,. e.i,. .ls.
: al will tell you, my young friend," answei
!. ed Sydney, "wheni you tell me what 'd-n m
q eyes ETC., have 70 do with your conversation
: In the mean time, allow me to say, that is N
!, style of swearing. Iatt.,7 .Iuh,i!3, k., 81.
y The young blasphemerl at once " dried up,
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q The LAwFULNEss OF DANcING.--There ap-
pears to be discussion among the Wesleyan
Methodists as to the propriety Of dancing. We
learn that at the last sitting of the conference
the Rev. Isaac Keeling brought forward areso-
luton of the London district meeting respecting
the growing custom Of dancing, and other
worldly amusement closely allied to it. Mr.
Keeling proposed that the, rule prohibiting
dancing should be made clearer andomore strin
gent. Dr. Bunting said it was high time 70
the Methodist Conference 10 igise'ra certain
sound on this matter. In London there wer
dancing parties in the houses of some Of thei
members. He. remembered how 20 years ago
in Manchester, they had to exercise disciplin
on dancing Methodists, and they lost some {
them in consequence, but such members VIII
; patronised dancing were better lost than founs
The Rev. T. Pugh said he lamented to say ths
the evil was a growing one. Card playing
too, was prsctsed as well as dancing in som
: Methodist families. The Rev. p. Mcowa
: said they needed, no odiscussion---they were q
Y of one mind-the practice of dancing was nj
! in harmony with religion. The Rev. JSco
lsaid that as the evil was chiefly among Il
g Younger members Of Methodist families,
J hoped they would, with great, affection as w
y as firmness, enforce the rule,ls as tito 10
o their hold on young people. The conferen
'e finally resolved 70 improve the wording Oft
rule 10, question.7rII Isag tish VaPer.,4 Iilo'
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|tO 6J-.John. ahow'sw. Y, your ma g." Feeble
enough, Pve got so hhatl can. lick her. now,
and have every thing my own way You don
catch me srunning errands and doing chores
| now .di--.suuss9
Smyrna times., 1856-09-24

!, OCT seryile instruction was. fortunately
discovered oin I'timeh at Columbus, in Texas,
among some four huddred negroes. 70 rise against
the white population, and murder ana rob them.
rhey would probably have, completed their de-
sign, had not slave informed bis master of the
fact. A number of the negroes were in Gus.
tody, and some two or three we're to be hung
One was whipped so severely that he aflerward
died. Two or three, Mexicans were arrested
who were supposed .. be Instigators of the in
sorrectioa. The negroes had a large quantit
OF arms and ammunition sscreted, and every
thing necessary to render themselves formida
.lssga need fsitsi A---.AYtHaRk TSHrSa1
-. - .-..- --4--~r-4 feH5 ssIkts
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DREssIse IN AmERrcA.--Ay yeung lady writes
from, Newport, an American watering place,
that. We have 10 dress about nine times a-dsy
here" Young ladies' At Newport, with their
nine dresses, must be like ,nine pins no soonei
set up than down again. "a a. pai sss,,isd a,sd
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beautiful; she has good sense and good ears.
You may have her in the place of the bad one ;
she will hearken to all you say to her. eaae e
b "Well, thought |, that is getting married
again before had time to rnoaro. Bat 7 re-
piled, Very we'll, my father, [ will accept of
your kind offer well knowing that to refuse
him ,wculd be 10 offend, as herwoud suppose
that disdained his generosity as'sYsJI
"My second wife was broagtrt to me; found
her, as her father had Represented, far more
Intelligent and far prettier than her sister, and
was really proud of the change, Il now pos
sessed one that many a'warrior had performed
deeds of bloody valor to obtain, foflit is high
honor to get, the daughter Of a great chief. to
wife; and many a warrior has sacrificed his
life in seeking 10 attain such a: prize as,@
j., g Daring the night, while land my wife were
quietly reposing, some person erswled into our
couch sobbing most bitterly. Angry, at the in
trusion, asked who was there. .-rss <,r.at
| "sMe,' answered voice. which although
well nigh stided with sobs, l recognized as that
of my other wife, whom every one had suppos-
ed dead. After lying outside the lodge. sense
less for some hours, she had recovered and
groped her way to my bed. . = ''''A .'.-
:" 4,t!Go Go away. I said, !'you have no business
here; j have a new wife. now, one who has
s." sIowillnot 60 away, she replied; = my ears
are open now; ! was a fool not to hearkento
my husbands words when his heart was cry
ing. but nowaI have good sense, and will al
ways hesrkeu to your wosds.'a '~'i""'"' "''
q aItreally did seem as if her heart was bro
ken, and she kept her position until morning =
I thought myself now wen supplied with wives
having two more. than cared to have; but
deemed it hardly worth while to complain, as ]
should very soon leave the camp, wives and ALL
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1 BErrINa-A new style OF betting has been
introduced into the canvass. A gentleman pro-
poses 10 t!udy Of different politics from his own
10 bet a. kiss ithathis candidate would wln,l on
these terms ;--s Fillmore is chosen, you are 70
kiss me, if Buchanan, i am 70 kiss YOU" VINO
wants to bet! -. ~ ,.,.....A sl,a, ,,...is, .
lur A Witty Toast.LAAta late hremen's supper
al, Burlington, Edward Bradley gave the liol-
llewing toast: r,,s,g 81 laluenah aLs ,g.s.d
,,eI n hooped. and like firenen, in the exhibition
! l~sssbo;r boss ps sDonl1f a@'i S9oahHei 9tu
~ ~ qd "a
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~ s0ST-.Sanl, why you net tell your massai to
lay HIM up treasures in hebben?" hsqmH3sh
What for, Cuff3 whats de use OBJ him
to lay up treasures dere,, where he nebber no
more see um again-eh, nigger!'
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.saHrsTs no sLoersa APoisos.--aTh London
journals begin to talk about as sharply to Louis
Napoleon. as they used TO Dc, some years since.
80
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:" As'as-to next came to my camp and said,
my son, you have done right; that woman !
gave you had no sense her ears were stopped
up; she. would not heafken 70 you, and you had
ar'ght to kill her. Bat have another daughl
ier who is younger than she was, She 10 mors
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Chiiaren ascend the mound so green, '
's.' Which was. erected for defence; !. =.
= Aud tits the place of many a scene. .'
'a' Where children do their play commenc
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/. And lovely are thy footprints a.> as.
~ Arouud that goodly steepIe. -. ',"1
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sgBIue smoke ascending through the trees, .
.'''s \, The halfhidden cottage does betray. q.
Isswept off by gentle breeze, = n.y., ..' -