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Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-25

Tits cID Mas isp rlir Yo6TH.Hef0n, ph
Did man 81 eighty 1ears, vas sitting at The
door Of Ills rural dwelling, enjoying the bright
auturnnal morning. His eyes rested BY turns
on tie blue inOtItains ii tie di.tance from
whose sfmihits ile mist was Ascending ike a
cloud Of incense, aud en- his sprightly grand
children who were playing around him. Then
q youth from town came to the old man, and
entered into conversation With him. When he
heard the Number VI his years, be mattclled 4t
bis healthy and vigorous appearance, and ask
ed Gerpn, what he had done to enjoy such
strengthand serenity Id the winter pf Ills life.
Then Gerdn answered, my son, this Is Ike
every good thing, o gift from above, Of which
which we fray do something hefs below to OBJ
tain IL After these words, thesold man
arose. and took the stranger 70 the orchard ;
here be showed the high, spleid!d trees, laaep
With delicious fruits, the sight of which glad
deiied the heart. Theh the old man Sid
4 Dost thou narsel now tkst / enjoy he fruit
0f these trees Behold nv son, / planted
them ID my youth. Here thou hast The fnyste-
~ OF my quiet, ffultfbl 0ld age. The youth
bowed his lead, for y understood tie old
mans words, and pondered them ID bis heart.
Nummaciey
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-25
Allixators; Nests.

Thcy resemble haycocks, about four feet
high, and five in diameter at their bases, being
constructed with grass and heritage. Fint,
thes deposit One layer IF eggs On 4 f6of of
mortar, and having covered this with q second
stratum Of mud and letbagc; sight inches
thick, Lily another set Of eggs upon that, ind
SO on to the top, there being commonly from
one to twdhundred eggs Ill 4 hest. With their
tails they then beat down round the nest tic
dense grass and rceds 1--WE feet high, I'd prevent
the approach Of unseen eFemies.Th feniale
watches ller eggs until they are dill hatchcd By
the heat Of the sun, and then takes her brood
Under her Own care, defending them, aud pro-
viding for their subsistence. DIR. Gutenberg,
Of New Orleans told me that he once packed
DIP dne Of these nests, with the eggs m q box
for the Museum of st. Pet6rsbdfgh; but was
recommended before he closed it to see that
there was no danger of The eggs being Matched
Oh the Voyage: On opening one; young alll-
gator walked out and was soon followed D. the
rest, nbodt hundred; which He fed il his
house, where tlley went DIP and down the
stairs whining and barking like young PUPPIES.
They ate voraciously, yet their growth was
so slow, as to confirm him id the opinion, that
individuals which have attainea tie largest Size,
lare Of very great ags; though whether they
i've for three centuries, Is some pretend, must
be decided by future observation 50 Lsen
= ~
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-25

y "TEARs.--Tcars, like all Divine messengers,
hove double mission, one earthly and tempo
raj, the other spiritual and heavenly. Ii is
the instinct of nature that sends forth the
gushing fear, whenever pain and distress con
yulscs tue body and DISTRICTS the mind And
the same fears that pain sent forth in album
Dance often aid in relieving the pain that cans
ed them. This is frequently true of bodily
pain, but it is more generally true Of mental an
gnish, when the heart, swollen almost to
bursting by its inward grief, finds relief in a
cupious shower of tears.
= Robert Hull considered the word tear sur
passingly beautiful 1t belongs to the Saxon
family he sd dearly loved The tear itself of
ten glows like diamond on the cheek where
the rose aud lily blend. Its moral beauty, as
perfect daggHcrrs of compassion and bencyo-
lence, is stiIl greater It rhonc on the Sa-
vieur's cheek ft the tomb Of Lazarus and
when he, wept over Jerusalem It stu shines
On Ills disciples in their missions Of mercy
There are indeed tears of deceit, like those IA
bled of the crocodile. Let Item pass. None
but fallen angel would gather them up
There are tears Of grltitude Of joy These
sparkle like the morning dew.
There are tears Of penitence Angels cello
brate them with their heavenly harps. Though
no tears can open 70 as the gates Of PARADISE
yer the tears of pehitencc, Of piety, and such
as are shown in the path Of our pilgrimage,
by sorrows meekiy borne, win become gems to
enrich and adorn our heavenly crowns
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-25

WY il blind man cropping. n the dark,
ike Charity Because IT'S fellow feeling for
10 fellow-heing.
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-25

TsIpusE ALMANAC sold at this once,
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-25


THE SAcAcEY or TURSsrr Docs Anldng
the mental problems which occupied much OF
the attention OF Ampcre was the vexed qnes-
ton Of the nature Of the faculties of animals.
He originally decided against their capacity to
reason, but he abandoned the opinion in defer
encc to a single anecdote, rented by d friend
on whose accuracy he could rely This gem
tleman, driven by storm into d village pub
lie house, ordered a fowl to be roasted Old
fashions then prevailed in tie south Of France,
and turnspits we're still employed III the place
Of the modern jack Neither caresscs, threats.
nor blows could make the dog act his part. =
The gentleman interposed. "Foor dog, in
deed y said the landlord, sharply, z he deserves
none of your pity, for these scenes take place
every day. Do you know why this pretty
fellow refuses to work the spit I It is because
he has taken it into his head that he and his
partner are to share alike, and it is not his
turn" Ampere's informant begged that q
servant might be sent to find the other dog.
who made no difficulty about performing his
task. lie was taken ont after d While, aid
his refractory partner hnss in, who began, now
his sense of justice was satisfied. to work with
thorough good will, like Squirrel in q ca re-
4 similar incident was related BIZ A. de Iiau.
court to the great Arnanld, who, with other
Port Royalists, had adopted tie theory Of
Deseartcs, that dogs were automatons and ma
chimes, and WHO On the strength Of this consic;
ti5n, dissccted the poor creatures to observe
the circulation Of the blood, aid denied that
they felt. IT have two dogs" said the re-
nionstrator against this cruelty, :. who turn the
spit on alternate days One Of them hid him
Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-12-25

" Zone day" said the Bay State Peddler
a. was driving along, chap with load o
tin came out Of by-road aud came right ii
my tracks.
Mister" said /, (which way are you go
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-31
Gen. Jackson on Mr.. Buchanan.

We find in the Washington correspondence
of the New York Ercnjag Post, an anecdote,
which proves that Gen jackson, who was II
pretty good Judge of human nature, fully under
stood and appreciated Mr.. Buchanan's charac
ter as a political trimmer. The writer says the
truth of the following can pc proved 10y unqueS
tionable evidence
"On the night before leaving Nashville to
occupy the White IIonse Mr.. Polk, in compa-
ny with Gen. Robert Armstrong, called at the
Hermitage to secure some advice from the old
hero as to the selection of his Cabinet. jackson
strongly urged the President elect to give no
place in it to Buchanan, rs he could not be re-
lied upon 1t SO happened that Polk had al
ready determined to make that very appoint
ment, having probably offered the situation to
the Statesman of Pennsylvania. This fact in
duced General Armstrong subsequently to tell
jackson that he had given Polk rather hard
rub, as Buchanan had already been selected
for Secretary of State. can't help ;" said
the old man q felt it my duty to warn
him against Mr. Buchanan, whether 1t was
agreeable or not Mr. Polk will find Bnchan-
an an unreliable man | know him well, and
Mr. Polk will yet admit the correctness OF my
prediction
at was the last visit ever made by Mr. Polk
to the old, hero when this unavailing remOn-
STRANGE was delivered, hut the new President,
long before the end of his Administration, had
reason to acknowledge its proprietv and JUS
ticc and in the diary kept hv him during
that period. NAV still hc read most cmphatic
declaration of his diStrust "t Mr. Buchanan"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-31

abrrsoan iflorninn, gnln 81. 1856.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-31
FREEDOM IN '76, AND FREEDOM IN '56.
OR \ ITO N ,

1,,;r;l at T3rfgtcrN, July 4fh, 1855.
HY THOMAS }. INGIIAM.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-31

TERRYTowN, July 18th, 1856.
rr, undersigned having listened with pleasure to your
H.. ., t, subject of Freedom in &c and Freedom in
81. -,,Iac-t u copy for publication.
Yours respectfully,
, ~ Ct Il FORD u. l.. STAATS.
IpIII TERRY HIRAM STONE.
y unpGE FRS X HOMET.
II STAFFORD. T. FRUTCIIEY.
~TALFUED. }. q. kEELER.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20
Cardinal Principles of the Democratic
PartV

l. Equal and exact justice to al men, of what
ever State or persuasion, religious or political.
,. Peace, commerce and honest friendship witt
all nations; entertaining alliance with none
3. The right of States and Territories to admin.
lister their domestic affairs.
4. Freedom and equality; the sovereignty of the
people, and the right of the majority to rule when
constitutonally expressed.
.. Economy in the public cxpcnditurcs-and a
sacred preservation to public fats.
6. Freedom of religion, freedom OF the press.
and general diffusion of useful information
a. Opposition to all secret political organizations
and all corruption in politics.
:. n sacred preservation of the Federal Con
sttution, and no religious tests for Office
y. No bigotry, or pride Of cast, or distinction of
birth among American citizens.
~. Respect and protection for the rights of all.
IL. The preservation OF the naturalization laws
and the right of all to the public domain and the
protection of the American Government
II. Opposition to all chartered monopolieS
l3. Common brotherhood and good will to all
especially to those Of the household of faith
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20
e. OF III

Is YET HERE, AND IN HIS SOUND MIND
H-has told the folks What he has to sell, and what
he wants to buy, through the Banner,-good paper;
almost everybody reads, Vet they don't all pitch in
right. One day when was asleep. | thought To try
the new paper think they call it the Graf or Musk
Rat, to if it could convince the folks to their
own interest.
John has got the slows this winter but is taking
medicine from which he Is receiving relief such as
Salt, Dried and Fresh Beef. Pork. Chickens Geese,
TURKEYS, Fish, Sausages, Triple, Tongues and Pigs
Feet, all OF which have some to sell, and wish to
buy Beans, Corn, Oats. Chickens, Hay. Pork Pota-
toes, Eggs. Butter and all other productions of this
climate. Jim Gccr arOvc here from the wide east
(PennSyltucky) Il guess / am glad to see YOU.
Jim, says he. 'Mr Cougle, why don't YOU sell
these goods, and collect those old debts. some of
which were standing when lcit'' 80. [ am too
busy in the market, Jim; can Won do that" Yes
"lhcn, says ''comc right back, and let it rattle
He did so; bounded about for the first few i"Iits
and half day, got the dust of the goods. and saws
|, "thcy lock better" Then he marked them low
CT. ''Why Jim says !, you'll break me;'' saws
he, THAT makes no difference. | came here to
sell these goods, and collect these old debts and |
am deter mined to do 500
Hank is doing manual labor over the river in In
dependence; but sometimes in the Store or the
Market, aS the crowd of business requires.
Remember when jim comes around. he will ncv
or leave your gate posts until affairs are corrected.
P.S.-.Aiter nine weeks,
JOHN, the Butcher.
Nov. %, %. 3tf.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20
Small and large Seed Potatoes.

Mr. EDIroR:-In looking over back
number of the Farmers Magazine, obser-
we'd the following remarks in reference to
the potatoe. ''The largest potato being
first from the plant, and consequently long
err in the earth than the small one, is best
for seed. Thus, large potato having
twelve eyes, contains twelve plants if set
1t whole, put twelve plants to live on the
laud of one; i'll other words, put twelve
cows to live upon one cows grass; there
fore, scrape out the eyes of the large pota-
toes for seed, and use the rest. Let seed
potatoes be the Ian gest, and left in the light
until they become green. They are thus
best for seed, but not So good for the table
the oxygen having escaped
My attention was directed To this extract
more particularly, because part of the views
set forth, correspond with an experiment
of mine made few years since, which /
will briefly state. Wishing to test the COM
parive value of large and small potatoes for
seed, selected fifteen very large, and the
same number OF medium and small sized
potatoes. These were planted iii three sep
arate rows. Precisely the same treatment
was extended to each row, and the result
was as follows: From the fifteen large po-
tatoes, No. I. | had an immense profusion
of tops, without potatoe large enough for
culinary purposes. The entire yield Of the
fifteen hills did not exceed fourth Of
bushel. From the fifteen medium sized
potatoes, No. Q. the yield of tops was also
very great, but not SO large as from No. l.
while the potatoes, though larger, were
comparatively few. The quantity did not
exceed two-thirds of a bushel. From No.
3, or the fifteen small eyed potatoes the
yield was excellent. | did not measure
them. but it was more than double that of
No. 2, and of much larger size. The cor
respondence between my experiment and
the views of the writer quoted, is in the
case of No. |, or the large potatoes. They
were selected with special reference to their
size, from cargo Of Maine potatoes, and
abounded in eyes, from every one of which
grew very large haulm or stalk, but to
which, as have stated, were attached only
a few very small tubers. Upon supposition
that each potatoe had eight eyes, eight plants
"were to live upon the land of one and
the result was yield of tops only.
But there is another point to be consid-
cred in this extract, viz: Whether 'the
largest potato being longer in the world;
than the small one, is the best adapted for
seed" | regret that | did not follow up my
experiment in this direction also, as the /
question is a mooted one, and the proper
solution Of it Is subject of considerable
importance. | trust that those who have
experimental in this direction will give
your readers the benefit of their expert
ence.--B. Earards, IL Progressiee Farm {
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20
Facts put Fusionism to Flight.

We were glad to meet to-day our young
friend Cozard, just returned from Kansas
where he has been surveying Government
lands for the last six months; who, as 4 sur
veyor, has had occasion to travel over
most of the territory of Kansas and South
ern Nebraska, and who incidentally and Of
ten accidentally, hears both sides of the
question concerning the territorial wars and
rumors Of wars
He says that as Il candid matter of fact
the free State men outnumbered the slave
State men, two and three t. one; that many
pro-slavery men coming there see the utter
folly of trying to make this slave country
and abandon the idea at once; more would
DO so if they were let alone by the profes-
sional Abolitionists; and nearly all who
have brought slaves there have returned
with them, unit now he believes there are
more colorcd men i'll Obcrlin than there is
in the whole territory.
In returning to the States he travelled
over four hundred miles in Missouri. in
company with pro slavery men from Vir-
ginia, also some returning-some Of them
officers III the pro-slavery army rs the seige
of Lawrence. He says all the way through
Missouri, the better class of citizens rcpu-
dated those Atkinson movements as much
so as we do, and even the marauders them
selves are perfectly satisfied that there is
no more fun for them in Kansas.
The invasion talked of that has 60
alarmed Gov. Chase, is all sheer CANNON
to keep up excitement and keep the Fusion
party together until after the next Presi.
dental election. 1t is the game that is to
be played by Fusionists in that Territory,
acting secretly in concert with Fusionists
IN the States. As a part Of the plan, en-
issaries are commissioned from said terri
tory in the character of public lecturers,
who are to perambulate the country, make
Fusion speeches. and collect Fusion funds.
for the purpose Of carrying on the coming
campaign.
Cozard says there is no more danger of
slavery going to Kansas, than there is in
Atkinson going to Heaven in a sling
We are glad to meet one honest man from
that territory, with an honest account of
matters and things in that much abused
and misrepresented country Gereland
Plain DeoIer.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20
History and Origin of Guano.

Guano, as most people understand, is
imported from the Islands of the Pacific
mostly of the Chincha group, off the coast
Of Peru, and under the domain of that GOV
eminent. Its sale is made monopoly, and
the avails, to great extent, so to pay the
British holders of the Peruvian govern
ment bonds, giving them, to all intents and
purposes, lieu upon the profits Of treas
ure intrinsic.llly of more value than the gold
mines Of California. There are districts of
this unsurpassed fertilizer iii some places
to the depth of sixty or seventy feet, and
over large extents of the surface. The gu
ano fields are generally conceded to be ex-
crements from antique fowls, which live
and nestle in great numbers around the is
lands. They seemed designed BY nature
TO rescue a part Of that untold amount of
fert;lizing material, which every river and
brooklet is rolling into the sea. The wash
of alluvial soils, the floating refuse Of the
field and forest, and above all the wasted
materials of great citi.s, are constantly be-
INC carried by the tidal current out to sea-
These to a certain extent, at least, 90 to
nourish, directly, or indirectly, submarine
goes to feed birds whose excrements at our
day are brought away By ship load from the
Chincha Islands. The bird is beautiful
ly arranged chemical laboratory, fitted up
TO perform a single operation, viz: To
take fish as food, burn out the carbon by
means of its respiratory functions, and de-
posit the remainder in the shape of an in
comparable fertilizer But how many
ages have these deposits of seventy feet
been accommodating? There are, at the
present day, countless numbers of the birds
resting upon the Islands at night; but ac-
cording to Baron Humboldt, the eycrements
of the birds for the space of three centuries
would not form n stratum of over one third
of an inch in thickness. BY an easy mathe-
matte calculation, it will be seen, that at this
rate of deposition, it would take seven
thousand five hundred and sixty centuries,
or seven hundred and fifty six thousand
years, to form the deepest guano bed. Such
calculation carries us back well on toward
a former geological period, and proves one,
and pehaDs both, Of two things-frst, that
in past ages an infinitely greater number Of
these birds lowered over these islands; and
secondly. that the material world existed at
aperiod long anterior to its fitness as the
abode of man. That little bird, whose in
dividual existence is nothing, should, in its
united action, produce the means of bring
ing back to an active fertility whole pro-
vinces of waste and barren land, is one Of
thousand facts to show how apparently
insignificant agencies in the economy of
nature, produce momentous results.-Lon-
don Farmers Mogazine
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20

THREE ABOLITION LIEs.-No. L. That
the Mlssourians came over here and de-
stroyed the ballot box Mt the election of the
bogus Constitution. The election was bro
ken up by citizens, bona-fdc residents OF
the Territory-nota single Missouriau hay
ing anything to do with it.
No. 9. That Missourians came over here
and destroyed the Register Press. This is
SO absurd, that every body here laughs at
the impudencc ofthosc who make the state
ments. We say, and challenge any man
here or elsewhere to contradict it, that Mis-
sourians did not come here and destroy OF
all in destroying the Register Press
No. 3. Tire HerdH Of Freedom says:
THAT an election was held at Leavenworth
on the 18th January, and two hundred
legal votes given" Every body here knows
this is false. The city authorities inter
posed, and the higher law party dared not
even attempt to hold an election here on
the fifteenth.-Leacenworth { h0nsos) Her
ALL
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20

WHAT Is 'REPUBLIcANIsM?'-In Wash
ington it is the election Of Banks, Free
Soiler and Knov Nothing, for Speaker--the
nomination Of Evans, a pro-slavery, 18th
section Virginia X. N. for Sergeant-at-
arms-the election Of Cullom, Tennessee
18th section, pro-slavery Know Nothing.
for Clerk Che voted against the Nebraska
Bill in the last Congress, as his speeches
will show. on the ground that it was oppos-
ed to the interests of the institution of slav-
ery.) In Detroit. 'Repubicanism' consists
in the election of Mr.. Hyde, a George Law
Know Nothing, and who was nominated
because he could get tie so called liquor
rote; while in other parts of the country,
'Republicanism' is the especial champion
of Maine Lavish. 'Republicansm' is any
thing and everything-all things to all
men-a cheating harlequin-the juggle of
trickish politicians.-NoJle County PoHa-
dim.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-03-20
SURVEYORS NOTICE.
NNHE UNDERSIGNED. WITH THECOU

n IT T Y
~ Surveyor, will, on the 9th day of March.
lot, ut I'D O'Clock Il. said dav. proceed to
survey and locate the corners of their lands in sec
ton eight, township thirty-two north Of range two
east; and section thrty-two, township thirty three
north, OF range two east, in Marshall County, Indi-
ana-to meet on the premises first described, and
continue from day to day until finished.
Non-residents who fail to meet the Surveyor at
the time and place above named, and deiay or
provide fordeayng their proportion ofthe expense
of said Survey, will be returned to the County Au-
ditor. of said county, and such delinquency placed
on the Tax Duplicate, and collected according to
law.
L. SHIRLEY and others.
February 81, sc. l5t3