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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-08-20

r Franklin was an observing and sensi-
BILE man, ard his conclusions were seldom
incorrect. He said tha. newspaper and BIZ
BILE in every house, and good school in ev-
cry distrct--all studied and appreciated as
merited--are the principal supporters Of vir.
tue, morality and civil liberty.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-08-20

w The celebrated Comedian, Finn, is.
sued the day previous to one of his benefits
at the fremont Theatre in The city of Bos.
ton ..-
Like CRATE full of Goals burn,
A great full house TO see;
And, If prove not grateful too,
A greut fool shall be.
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= 1t was after Burke's celebrated speech
al the trial of Hastings, that friend Of the
latter wrole the following impromptu. which
to our mind can hardly be surpassed:
of have wondered, that on Irish ground,
No venomous reptile ever yet was found;
The secret stands revealed in natures work
She sdVed her Uenom 10 create a Burken
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~ In Bacop's Apoplhems the following
is remarked Of Queen Elizabeth: The Queen
used TO say in her instructions to her great
officers, they were like 10 garments, straight
at first putting on. bu. did, by aud BY, wear
loose enough, a II sail,aq
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HusBANp AND WHE-Wi,h a true wife, the
husbands faults shouldb secret. A worn-
an forgeis what is done to herself when she
copdescenis 10 that refuge Of weakness, a
female confident. A wiie's bosom should
be the tomb Of her husbands failings, and
his charaeterfar more valuable, in her essil
maiion, than his life.. st,,--,,sff go
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n Words are little things, but they strike
hard We WELD them so easily that we are
apt to forget their hidden power. FiIy spo.
ken, they will fall like tie sunshine, the
dew and ferilizing rain, bu. when unfiily,
like the frost, the nail and The desolaiing tenn
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AZ 1as sageof the Buffalo Republic thinks
that If young man spends two hours with
lady every evening, and her old folks don I
make any fuss about il, and his old folks
dcu'. make any fuss about il, the young FOLKS
may be said 10 be engaged w
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p Some Of the domestic evils Of drunk.
enness," says Franklin, care houses without
windows, gardens without tiI!ags, bsrrs with
ont roofs, children without clothing, princi-
pies, or Eiaannefs.a t'ssi ess's s9. aai =
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- s'e AT HOME.
The rain is sobbing on the world,
The house is dark, the hearth IS cold;
And stretching drear and ashy gray
Beyond the cedars lies The bay.
My neighbor at his window stands,
His youngest baby in his hands;
The others seek his tender kiss,
And one sweet oman crowns his bliss.
look upon the rainy wild;
Ihave no wife, have no child;
There is no fire upon my hearth,
And none 10 love me ON the earth.
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Like maiden lightly laden,
Silken summer sweet and fair,
With the flowers wreathed by hours
In her flowing golden hair,
Comes in shadows DER the meadows
StrewiDg sunshine everywhere.
Winds are blowing bland, and sowing
Life and fragrance on The breeze,
Or a-Maying blilhely playing
Hide and seek me through the tree,
Or a skipping light and tripping
WInsoms dances o'er the seas.
Father, mother, sister, brother,
Youthful aged, rich and poor,
MerriIy weaving songs, are leaving
Gloomy room and dusky door,
For the fountains in the mountains
With their gladness running o'er.
What a feeling must be stealing
Through the city's painting clay,
As the singing birds are flinging
Hints about ths fields away,
Where the showers clothe the flowers
In the velvet robe and gay.
Day resuming life is pIuming .
Giant pinions in the sky,
So that slumber shall not cumbef
Life and action ill i, die;
Waking ever great endeavor
To the deed sublime aad high.
Day reclining is resigning
Life and action 10 the night,
While the paling moon is falling
Der the valleys sweet and light,
So the spirit cannot bear it,
But in dreamland takes a flight.
Livid moonlight, pallied moonlight,
Spreads sheet upon the plain,
While the cleaving books are weaving
Threads Of silver with a-slrain
or rich laughter babblin2 after
Lovers happy in their pain.
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: sHsRhAN AND RANDoLpH.-Mr. Sherman
was arepaesen,ative in Congress from Con-
.necticu,; his business had been that of max.
ing shoes. aohn Randolph, WY, had Indian
blood IN aim,rose and with his usual squeak
ing sounds said, n should like 10 know what
the gentleman did with his leather apron be-
fore he sci ouI Cor Washington Mr. Sber-
man replied, initiating the same squeak, 81
cut il up, sir, to make moccssins for the de-
scendanis Of Pocshontas!'' 3t 81
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~ When q man dies, people generally
inquire what property be has left behind. The
angels will ask what good deeds he has sent
before him.1 leai .a5AshkaH =. N lnl
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h Ey' There IS something essentially shallow
In the play Of character, until feeling gives j.
pIsy aHd intensity. sis 80
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BAYARD TAYLOR is the author of the follow
ino littIe gam.
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Gor D0Msekeepers.

PUMPKIN AND SQUASH PIE.-For COM
mon family pumpkin pies, three eggs do
very well to a quart of milk. Stew
your pumpkin, and strain it through a
sieve or colander. Take out the seeds,
and pare the pumpkin, or squash, be-
fore you stew it but do not scrape the
inside the part nearest the seed is the
sweetest part of the squash. Stir in the
stewed pumpkin, till it is thick as you
can stir round rapidly and easily. If
you want to make your pie richer, make
it thinner, and add another egg. One
egg to a quart Of milk makes very de-
cent pies. Sweeten it to your taste,
with molasses or sugar some pumpkins
require more swe~etening than others
Two t~ea-spoonfuls of salt, two grea'.
spoonfuls of sifted cinnamon, one do. of
ginger. Ginger will answer very well
alone for spice, if you use enough of it.
The outside of a lemon grated in is
nice. The more eggs, the better the
pie some put an egg to a gill of milk.
They should bake from forty to fifty
minutes, and ever ten minutes longer il
very deep.-Fruga5 Hou seaoye.
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nv AASG 2 .
JAMES Rowen and Sarah Rowen his wife,
q whose residences are unknown, and John
McMahan, will take notice that the State of
Ohio did on the 24th day of June, AID, 1856,
file her petition in the Court of Common Pleas
of Ashland County, Ohio, against them and
other heirs at law of Thomas McMahan, de
ceased defendants, stating that the said Thomas
McMahan in his lifetime, and Elizabeth Nc
Mahan his wife, did on the Sth day of May,
1887, in order to secure the payment of a bond
of $500 and seven per cent interest thereon,
payable ~emi-annually in advance, give a mort
gage,to said State of Ohio, upon the west half
of the northeast quarter of section fifteen,
township nineteen, range sixteen, containing
eighty acres. Also upon all that tract being
part of. the east-half of the northwest quarter
of section fifteen, township nineteen, range
sixteen, containing three acres and fifty hun
dreths. Also upon the east-half of the south
west quarter of section ten, township nineteen
and range sixteen, in the district of lands sold
at Wooster, containing eighty acres. All of
said several tracts lying and being in Ashland
County aforesaid, and praying judgement
against the defendants for the sum of Sl006,
4-100 with the interest as specified in afore-
said bond from the Sth day of May, A. D.,
1856, and in case of non-payment of said
Judgment, that said premises be sold to pay
the same, and said defendants are notified that
they appear and answer said petition on or be-
fore the third Saturday after the 29th day of
January next.
THE STATE OF OHIO,
By j. NJ. d NJ. MAY, her Atty's.
Dec. 9th, 1856. 6w29
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SHEEP, AND HOW TO KEEP THEM.

There is a growing demand for wool;
and although the supply for the several
past years has by no means decreased
the price has steadily increased and at
present men are travelling throughout
the country, and not only offering, but
actually paying ten cents per pound
more for wool, than the current price
during the shearing season. Pelts arc
picked as fast as they are taken from
the sheep, not allowing the slaughterers
time to dry them. This fall the sheep
appear to be very healthy and in excel
lent condition, but are very scarce
There are more purchasers than sellers
converse of this was true two
years ago. This demand for wool, pelts,
and even the sheep themselves, is the
stimulous which the wool-growers re-
quires.
Many who have attempted woolgrowing
in the northwest portion of Ohio, but
whose efforts have not been crowned
with success, have become discouraged,
and assign as the causes of their failure:
list. Unsuitable soil or region for
sheep. I'd. That the proper arieties
have not been introduced. And Sd,
and lastly, they conclude that they have
no slack, with sheep. I am inclined
to think that the above enumerated
causes are not the true ones-especially
Z" luck as they are pleased to term one
of them. In my experience in life, ]
find that luck is management-a good
manager generally having good luck
and a bad manager having bad luck
That man who takes care of horses,
cattle, and sheep, who shelters them
we'll in cold storms, not only feeds we'll
but regularly, and supplies with good
and pure water in abundance-especial
ly during the winter, when animals are
kept on dry food-will be sure to have
good lick"
AS L propose to confne myselfto sheep
in this article, L Will give such dlrec
ton for their treatment, as will, if strict
" followed, drive out all bad "Iuck'
from the country, at least with Zespec
to sheep.
Sheep, to be properly treated, shoult
have a complete shelter from the COLI
storms. There should be plenty o
well-cured hay put in racks, SO tina
they can get at it without being up t.
their knees in either snow or mud
Then plenty of good clean water, furn
ished them at regular times. Neve
suffer a sheep to lick snow to Stake it
thirst. Last year there was a deficien
cy of the usual amount Of nutriment ii
the hay crop, whilst the fall grass wa
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water-soaked, and to some extent decay
ed and injured, thus rendering sheep
thin and poor to commence the winter.
In such seasons, sheep should have a lit
tie grain, at regular intervals, every
day. A good substitute for grain, is
roots mixed with bran or shorts. A
small quantity of grain will do sheep a
great deal of good-no more being nec-
essary to keep a sheep in good condi-
ton than a goose would require. Com
mence with it early in the winter, and
the sheep will be improving until
spring.
Oats cut greenish and fed in the sheaf
to sheep is better than corn, although
corn, fed properly, will produce in the
fleece from SOC to Sl,25 per bushel, &C
cording to the quality of wool, and on
dition of the sheep; aside from this
gain to, or rather IN the fleece, the
sheep are in good condition, ever for
butchering.
Sheep will pay for extra care and food
as well as any other kind ofstock, but the
extra food is lost if not regularly fed in
troughs or a dry place where they may
eat it without w~allowing in mud or snow,
or having it stolen from them by hens
or hogs.
On the other hand, sheep can stand to
be pinched by hunger, and starved for
food as we'll as any other stock, but they
will also do as much better than other
stock when we'll kept. Sheep cannot
stand cold wet storms quite as well, per.
haps, as some other sotck; they not on.
ly suffer equally with other stock dur.
ing the inclemency of the weather, but
continue to suffer after the storm is over.
Other stock have short hair, which soor
dries and leaves them again comforta
BILE; but sheep have thick leeces which
retain water, and when the water free,
yes in the wool, the sheep suffer from
the cold for weeks after the storm ii
over. Lambs endure stormzbetter thar
their dams, because their fleece is shor
ter, and does not retain so great a pro
portion of water. rf
"Luck" with sheep depends entirely
upon our judgment, ambition aud perse
verence in the treatment of this mos
harmless, docile and profitable animal.
Very Respectfully.
EBER BRADLEY.
White House, Lucas Co., o.
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SHERIEF,S SALE.

A. A. Frederick wife, In PARr1r1ox IN ASH
Edward OIL and others. LAND COMMON PLEAS,
DURSUANT to the command of an order of
l. sale, duly issued from the Court of Com,
mon Pleas of Ashland County and State of
Ohio, in the above case, to me directed, L will
expose 10 Public Sale, on the premises in said
Ashland County, on
Wednesday,, the 31St day Of December,
A. D., 1856, between the hours of ten o'clock,
A. M. and four o'clock, P. NJ, of said day,
the following described Real Estate, situate
in said County of Ashland and State of Ohio,
towit: The southwest quarter of section num-
Der four cen (14,) Township number twenty
four (24,) of Range number, seventeen (l7,)
containing one hundred and sixty acres more
or less. Terms of Sale-one-third Cash in
hand, on the day of sale, one third inone year,
and the residue in two years from the day of
sale, with interest from day of sale. Deferred
payments to be secured by mortgage on the
premises. Appraised at five thousand six hun
dred dollars-subject to dover.
JOHN j. HOFFMAN, Sheriff.
Nov. &c, 1856. 25ts- Pisa. 1917
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Tonnes o Dol

They never did do more than give a temporary
reliefand they never will. 1tIsbecause they don't
touch the CAUSE of the disease. The CAUsED
ali ague and bilious diseases is the atmosphere
POISON 81 SS'i it's ANTiDorE, and Ills.
eases caused by it disappears at once. Rhodes Fe,
yer and a que Cure is :his Antidote TO Malaria, arc
moreover it is a perfectly harmless medicine
The certificate ofthe celebrated chemist,J.R Chill
ton. of New York, to this effect, is attached to sv-
cry bottle /; tkereiore if it docs no good it can do
This is more thaucan be said ofQuinine arsenic,
or any other tonic in existence. as their use is ru.
inous to the constitution ard brings on DUMB
AGUE, which never allows : person to feel per-
fectIy we'll for a single moment. In illustration
of these truths I annex some extractsnom a letter
just FeseifaS sCSEa eSaSsl oaPo. March p, 1855
@JAS..A. RHODES. Esq&Dear Sir: Yours OF
cd inst IS at hand. The Cure arrived lat last ear
greatly increased from the fact that q remedy had
s 9ssn p intrGdu ss bs TnIf set zsss t Ear1T daIn in Gum with
not knowing 1 presume that the remedy they used
to escape taxing euinine, contained the DRUG
This remedy, Gpswn as Smiths Tonic y
G GIqls II inv "a "a eHol 5a lae,sn an r.s Ssns, I sa5 II 1s ar = nos
vigor. This one circumstance 1 deemed Ryour
favor, i'll could institute a test compers4n Pc
Three persons took your !. Cure :, a.. OF which
were cases of s Quotidian. Intermittent feSSr.
ofmany weeks standing. They had tined eulnine
and other remedies; 9scs esS p aioyi Wi wsaTia 3 tssa,
out. and laying The f0G9 eds.s n Of ed StnsS and rs sSgeTI
cnre Of All three OF these cases with your remedy,
md n thew have not had a chill since. In all three
81 thsse cases the. So Smiths Tonic p had been used,
md would, as before stated, break the chill, but
after a period or two had elapsed 1t would return.
7 think there will be no difficulty now in giving
TO YOUR tsCure" the vantage ground ofany other
remedy now in use here, &c. &c.
BUCKNER, NJ. d.
RHODES, FEVER and AGUK CURE, or ANTI
iDOTE TO MALARIA. the only harmless remedy
in existence, is equally certain as a
TIVE. as a "CURE." Take it when you feel the
fchilis coming on. and you win never have Q sim
JAMES A. RHODES Proprietor Providence, RI.
For sale by Druggists generauy.a ~
Chicago. BARCLAY BROS. Ashland, WIN. MIL
LINGToN, RoLLA q. CHUBB G. Co. DULIN &
Co, April 20. 1SSo-3ms6
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ITEMS o SHEEP.
MATURITY IN PARENTAGE.

G. @. Lecompte states that he kept
16 ewes till the fall after they were a
year old, before allowing the buck to go
among them he placed the buck with
them then. These 10 ewes had %
lambs, "a of which are now living; the
lambs are all large and healthy. He
attributed his success to the maturity
of tho parents; the buck and the ewes
were all q year and a half old. Anoth-
err fact on the same point: Victor Gill
bert never allowed his ewes to have
lambs until they had passed their third
year.
INCREASE OF SHEEP IN FATTENING.
The consumption of food is in proper
ton to the weight of the animals; that
is, three sheep of 100 lbs. each, will con-
sumo. as much as two sheep of $50 lbs.
each. When fed OF good fattening food,
they will consume, each week, about one
seventh of their own weight in solid
food, deducting the moisture it contains.
When under cover, and with good care,
sheep will increase about 2 per cent. per
week, in fattening.
STRAW MADE MTG BRAN.
A distinguished French sheep-grower
has succeeded in making from straw a
substance which has the feeding proper
ties of bran. 1t is the result of long ex-
pertinent and toll. The straw of grain,
hay, trefoil, s%ainfoin and lucern has
been used in the same preparation.
Sheppard lambs are especially fond Of
it, and flourish on it.
CARROTS AND RUTA BAGAs.
Three sheep were fed four months last
winter on Ruta Bagas; three others
we're fed for the same time on Carrots,
and were treated in every other respect
just as the first three were. At the end
Of the four months, those fed on Carrots
had gained 8 pounds and over, more
than those fed on Ruta Bagas. We are
not surprised at this fact. Carrots
contain far more saccharine matter than
Ruta Baga's do.
WOOL STATISTICS.
The U. S. produce $780, 900 lbs. of
wool annually. They consume II ,000,.
900 lbs. They import then, about IT,.
500, 900 lbs that is, the U. s. import
a little more than one-fourth of the
wool consumed by GU manufactures
We should be able to export wool, rath.
er than be compelled to im~port-it.-
There are five manufacturing establish
ments, all in the State of Massachusetts
which consume, in the aggregate, TO-
600 600 lbs, which is n fifth of the
entire wool crop of the U. s. Ohio is
the greatest wool-growing State in the
United States, her clip being 10, 196, ooC
lbs. New York stands next, her eli
being 1907 600 lbs. Well done
Ohio
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DIR. PHILLIPS.
Physician and PathoioEisr

Physician and Uterine PatnOiOgist.
HAVING located in Mansfield, would respect
l1fully inform the Females of Ashland and Vicin-
ity, that he will hereafter visit Ashland once a
month. and spend the first week of each month
with them in the treatment of those diseases Incl
dent to the female system. We practice the French
instrumental, diagnosis and treatment OF uterine
diseases and feel confident from the unrivalled sue
cess with which our labors have been crowned, in
many of the Eastern, as we'll, asthe Western cities,
that we will be able to relieve many that are suf-
fering from those functional derdngements, and dis
placements of the uterus; IsucorrheG, amenOrrhea,
dysmenH0rrheG, menOrrhdgia, pr0laPsHs, aHteuer.
sion, retroUersion, reirofection, acute metrttls, ehro-
mic m~etritis, internal MERITS, or any otherdlsease
incident to the female system. The following per-
sons can be referred to, Albany, N. Y. Rev ]
Smith, Mrs. l.. Smith, Hon. Judge Hnsting, Mrs
NJ. S Hasting.
Brentual Hotel, Mrs. A. Sprague, Mr.. and Mrs. Fan
cling.
Robertson, Mr.. and Mrs. MeClain, J. z. Semore
and Mrs. S. A. Semore. p
Ashland, Ohio, Mr.. and Mrs. Hall.
April %. 1876. assn l6tf.
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PorAToEs IN BREAD.-A witness be-
fore the Adulteration Committee says
that the ordinary proportion used was
Is lbs. of potatoes in 786 lbs. of bread,
and that the only reason for using them
was improved fermentation /; hat the
saving effected at the present price OF
-four latter making deduction for that
portion of the potatoes which is not
used) would be Is. Sd, in bread worth
ct l2s.; and when -four is less than Ass,
per sack, then their use is a positive loss.
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Il Order and neatness are among
the marks of good farming. Where
these are wanting in the arrangements
about the house and farm buildings, they
will be wanting on the farm. The far
mer is bound-to train up his family in
good habits or order, by which every
thing shall be kept in its place, and
everything done in its proper connection
and habits of neatness, which shall lead
to the instant detection and removal of
every nuisance, are among the good
habits in which children should be
brought up from their infancy. The
health, the comfort, and the respecta-
bility of his family demand this at his
hand,
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srEwED DUck.-The ducks should be

STEwED DUck.-The ducks should be
cut into joints, and laid in a stew pan
with a pint of good gravy; let it come
to a boil, and as the scum rises remove
it; season with salt and cayenne, and
let them stew gently for three quarters
of an hour, mixing smoothly two tea
spoonfuls of fine ground rice, with a glass
Of port, which stir into the gravy, and
let it have seven or eight minutes to
amalgamate with it, then dish and send
to table very hot.-Peterson's Maya
zine.
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Farm for Sale,

THE undersigned wishes to sell his Farm, stu
l. ate in Ashland County Ohio, on the road lead
ing from Savannah to Olivesburg, four miles from
Savannah and five miles west Of Ashlandi con
tanning 933 acres. There is on the Farm a nne
Frame Dwelling House, Stabling, and oLher oue.
houses a large Orchard of choice Fruit frees
two good Springs of Water is in exceIentrepa
well timbered, ina very healthy LOCATION, ana is
every way calculated to make a deslra2ie nome.
Terms made known ON application 10 the .un-
on the premises. papv
M.vrh orr