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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14
PRAISE YOUR WIFE.

ERASE your wife, man; for PHYS
sake give her little encouragement; it
won't hurt her. She has made your home
comfortable, your hearth bright and shi-.
ming, your food agreeable; for pity's sake
tell her you thank her if nothing more.
She don't expect it; it will make her eyes
open wider than they have done for these
ten years but it will do her good for oil
that, and you too.
There are many women to-day thirst
ing for the word of praise, the language
of encouragement. Through summers
heat and winters toll they have drudged
uncomplainingly, and SO accustomed have
their fathers, brothers, and husbands be-
come to their monotonous labors, that
they look for and upon them as they do
the daily rising of the sun and its going
down. Homely every day life may be
made beautiful by an appreciation of its
very LONELINESS. You know that if the
floor is clean, manual labor has been per.
formed to make it so. You know that if
you take from your drawer clean shirt
whenever you want it, somebody's fingers
have ached in the toll of making it SO
fresh and agreeable, so smooth and lus-
trous. Everything that pleases the eye
and sense has been produced by constant
work. much thought, great care and un>
firing efforts, bodily and mentally.
It is not that many men do not appre-
ciate these things. and and feel glow of
gratitude bestowed npon them in sickness
and in health, but they are so selfish in
that feeling. They don't come out with
a hearty, "Why, how pleasant you make
things look, wife;' or, Il am obliged to you
for taking so much pans.' They thank the
tailor for giving them fits - they thank
the man in full omnibus who gives them
seat they thank the young lady who
moves along in the concert room in
short, they thank everybody and every
thing out of doors. because it is the Gus
tom, and come home, tip their chairs
back and their heels up, pull out their
newspaper, grumble if wife asks them to
take the baby, scold If the fire has got
down or, if everything is just right. shut
their mouths with u mock satisfaction.
but never to say to her, al thank you"
l tell you what, men, young and old,
If you did but show an ordinary civility
towards those common articles of house
keeping, your wives if you gave them
the one hundred and sixteenth part Of the
compliments you have almost choked
them with before they we're married if
you would stop the badinage about whom
you are going to have when number one
is dead. (such things wives may laugh at.
hut they sink deep sometimes ;)i you
will cease to speak of their faults, howev-
er banleringly, before others, fewer wo-
men would seek for other resources Of
happiness than your cold, so~so.ish affec.
ton. Praise your wife then, for oil good
qualities she has, and you may rest as
sured that her DEFICIENCIES are counter
balanced by your own.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14
Epitaph on a Musquito.
Your imprudent rashness
Caused your smashnesN.
THREE TIMES A DAY.

'Adela, my darling Adela /
She has gone out, grandpa
Gone out with whom? Has she left
me here alone with you, Julietta q
Little Mary is here, grandpa, playing
with the dog, and Marianne is in the kitch-
en- getting dinner ready
This CONVEX sation was held between a
little girl, about nine years old, and the
Baron ST. Andres, an old man of eighty.
He was knight of the order of st. Louis,
and had received his knighthood and in
sigma from the hands of Louis the Six
teenth, king of France; he was now, how
ever. quite blind and consequently almost
helpless. Little Mary, child of six years
of ago, made the third one of the party.
'Julietta,' resumed the old man, after
shor: silence, did your sister say any
thing to you after she went out p
Yes, Grandpa replied Juliette; she
said to me take caro- that little Mary
doesn't trouble grandpa. and if he wishes
to go into the garden give him your hand
and take care not to let him stumble over
anything, because he can't see, poor
grandpa and God has given him to US,
his children, to take care OF him and to
obey him and make him happy as we can.
Oh know it all by heart. grandpa, be-
cause Adela tells it 10 me three times q
day; every time before she goes out
How every time before she goes out.
Does she often 60 out?' asked the old
man, whose venerable brow seemed ruff
fled by some painful thought.
Three times every day = answered
Jplietta in some surprise; three times a
day; once in the morning. before you come
down, from to O'Clock; another from
] / to l, and the third from to 6, when
you are asleep. You see three times a
day. Did you think couldn't reckon p
What o'clock is it now 2 asked the
Baron, rother sharply. doubtless with the
hope of finding some discrepancy in JUL
etta's reckoning.
1t struck one, just now,' Julietta an
swered. 'And here comes Adela; hear
the garden gate opening, and she is spea>
king to Mary and the dog. They have
gone to meet her.
In few moments Adela entered. She
was young and lovely girl, so young
she seemed as if she scarcely had emerged
from childhood, and yet so serious and
thoughtful was the expression of her
countenance that the premature cares ol
life had, as it were. blighted the flower Of
youth.
Adela,' said the old man; in tone SC
sad and SO serious that it brought the
quick color to the young girls cheek,
whence come you?' and stretching forth
his hand, he seized that of Adela. which
she had extended towards him, took il
between both his own, gently stroked it,
aud at last said in mournful manner.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14
Railroad Convention.

The Convention met at Upshur @. II.
on Wednesday, Aug. 9th, and was called
TO order by Col. r. L. Brown, of Upshur,
who, for the purpose of temporary organ
ization, called Hon. G. D. Camden, Of
Harrison county, to the chair.
R. B. Sherrard, of Hampshire,
w. P. Cooper, of Harrison, and
W. J. Tapp, of Lewis,
were appointed Secretaries:
On motion of A. G. Roger, ESQ, the
Rules of the Virginia House OF Delegates
were adopted for the government Of the
Convention.
A motion was offered by A. G. Re.
ger. Esq, of Barbour, that Committee
of one from each county be appointed to
examine credentials and ascertain and re-
port who were delegates and entitled to
seats in this convention, was carried.
On motion of F. Berlin, the present
were declared the permanent officers of
this Convention.
The following gentlemen were appoints
ed Committee on Credentials
LID Loudin. OF Upshur; George w
Duyall, of Lewis; G 81 Bell, of Gilmer;
Francis Miller, Of Alexandra; 8 @ Hall,
of Richie; w P Cooper, of Harrison; N
S Braden, of Loudin; D s Squires, ol
Braxton: T B Bradford of Barbour; VIM
Ewin, of Tucker; r Parke, of Jackson,
and Col Isaac Parsons, of Hampshire.
Upon motion, Mr.. S. @. Hall of Richie,
Was requested to take seat in the Con-
yention as delegate.
Mr. Loudin gave notice that the com
mittee on credentials would meet immedi-
ately at No. l3 of The Hotel.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

BoMBAsT IN THE PULP1T.-In the few
anniversary meetings which we attended,
we saw some tokens of the exaggerated, I,
convulsive bombasic style of speaking,
which many clergymen think is eloquent.
Our platform declaimers are peculiarly
prone to sin in this manner. One orator,
having occasion to say that in few years
an entire generation would be gone,
poured out such words as these" the
waves of time will soon dash them all
away by its irresistible spray"- accom-
panied by violent swing of both arms;
while by others very common and simple
thoughts were illustrated by fiery comets !;
mighty earthquakes, and roaring cata-
racts. One preacher treated us to fig
ure Of mighty railroad to Heaven, the
cars Of which had run off the track. and
men and women were making the awful
plunge-duly illustrated by the arm
thrust down below the pulpit. We hope
we shall sometime learn to utter simple
thoughts in simple words. An idea is
not magni6ed by the great swelling
terms in which it is set forth.-Some Of
our fashionable rAetors have much to
answer for in corrupting the public taste.
When a love for this tinsel and theatrical
machinery gets into the pulpit on the plat
forms of religious anniversaries, truth and
sincerity are not the things sought for;
but excitement and effect; and most SOL
emn things Of life becomes ashes.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14
For The Register.
From the German of Goethe.

Heart, my heart, why melancholy
Heart, my heart. what aileth thee
Is not everybody friendly
Do they not all 1attcr theo
Do not ask what aileth me, "
When my heart is nearly breaking.
When my hopes have oil been falling,
Ask ye not what aileth me
Cold aud cheerIess are the Heavens,
Colder yet the peoples face; If .a....
Friendly as the hungry ravens,
Hunting victims for their prey.
None you SEQ here friendly laughing,
Mono will warmly press your hand;
Let US go, will be TRAVELLING
Homeward to our Fatherland
Where the sun is always shining,
Where the the skies are always blue,
We're the people are but smiling,
Where they laugh and mourn with you.
Italy thou gem of countries!
Thee want to see again;
Never more to leave the sunniest
OF oil climes and homes again.
To my father, 10 my mother,
Let mo hasten, let me fly;
And the sister and the brother
Let mo see before l die
And the mountains, and the valleys,
And tho rivers, and the lakes,
And the gardens, and the alleys,
Show my heart before it breaks!
Do not ask what aileth me,
Till at home am again;
Till father, mother I shall see,
And shake hands with friends again.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

w Two men were drowned in Whit
more Lake on the 4th ult. In company y
with their wives. and little girl. they
were sailing on the lake when an alteroa-
ton ensued /; the men clinched in the
struggle, upset the boat, and fought in
the water until they both sank. The wo-
men and little girl were all saved by
clinginG to the boat until rescued;
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

H A gentleman meeting q friend
whom he had not seen for Iong time,
congratulated him on his lately coming 20
the possession Of large landed estate.
/" There was such report" replied tho
other, - but you may depend upon Il,
that, It was entirely gTOHsdless."
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

ExrnEME Po11rxrEss.-" Shall I help,
you to some Of the tomatusses 2" inquired
a young exquisite Of venerable phyd-
clan, as he SAT opposite 70 him at one Of
our hotel tables.
mo. SIR, thank you." replied tbe.
learned sayant. Z" but I'II trouble you for
some Of the potatusses. II you please"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

@ II Is said that no fort has eyer
suffered 80 much from single battle. as
has the piano forte from tie Battle Of
Prague.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

Ga Dobbs says that people who en-.
dorse notes are called 'sufties,' for this
reason, that in nine cases out Of ten lheyv
are sure to be called upon for the mo.
ney.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

G Punch says. a secret warrant
ed 10 keep in any climate Is wonan's
age" Horrid, Panch
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-08-14

A HEROIC WoMAN.-Among the note
worthy incidents of the Montreal steamer
disaster was the saving of her two chill
dren by Mrs. Bloomerfeld. whose hus.
band is in the employ ofthe Grand Trunk
Company at Toronto. She held to a
rope with one hand, keeping the head OF
one child above water with the other,
and holding the other up by fastening her
teeth in its dress. So heavy was the load
that two of her teeth gave way aud were
lost, yet she still retained her hold. At
last boat came towards her, and men
were screaming around her to be taken
aboard. She could not screrm, but a
man seeing her situation brought the boat
to her, telling them she needed aid most.
Then her strength gave way at the pros.
near drowning ere she could be lifted into
the boat. She is light, delicate woman.
Rg Strange. Moore, and Wright, three
notorious punsters, were on a certain oc-
casion dining together, when Moore OBJ
served
"There is but one knave amonst us.
and that is Strange"
"Oh. no." said Wright, " there is one
Moore.''
cay. !" said Strange. "that's Wright" d"
Gg Father, What does the printer live
on?
Why. my child (?
Because you said you hadn't paid him
for four years. and still take the paper.
Wife. spank that child:
That was sensible child, certain.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-30
THE ANTI-SLAvERY BUGLE.

foot wall of the vein. Their occurrence in this
form will aid materially in getting the copper
rapidly to market, and will save thousands of dol.
lars IN the cost of of cutting il up.
How far these sheets go into the rock can only
be ascertained by following them.
AT one point they have worked up into an old
Indian digging, and found a large mass of copper
which had been hammered and worked q great
deal oy the ancient miners. Stone hammers, de-
cayed timbers, charcoal, &C., were found in abun.
dance in the pit. Some of the hammers we're of
extraordinary size, weighing from 30 to 35
pounds, The digging is, of course, sunk from the
surface.
The amount of copper in sight in the vicinity of
the point which we have mentioned, cannot be
estimated at less than 1000 tons. The lower levels
OF the mine going east are extremely rich.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-30
THE UNHAPPY RICH. A PICTURE
FROM BLACK WOOD.

No man can be blamed for expenditure if lie is
able to pay for what lie gets. On the contrary, he
is a benefactor; for he extends the sphere of en-
ployment, and maintains the rate of wages to the
operative. 1t would be we'll for the country if
this truth were more generally known and recog.
niZed, for there are undoubtedly q large number
OF af1uent persons who act upon the opposite prin-
ci pie. They deny themselves the enjoyment of
everything which cannot be classei as an absolute
necessary of life, and they take credit to them.
selves for doing so. Men Of this stamp wear the
the coat which covered them at the hymenial altar
until their eldest son is old enough to 20 to school
when Astyanax succeeds to the reversion of the
threadbare garment, out down to the dimensions
of a jacket. No sight Is more profoundly melan-
choly than the opening of the repositories of q
deceased s~pinister Of the Lady Grippy school,
Her whole wardrobe, to which no addition has
been made since the Rev. Jonas Humgudgehn dis
appointed her middle.aged affections, would not
fetch three shillings at Rag-Fair. The scanty
pieces Of furniture are of the craziest desert otion';
the carpet SO worn that its pattern is entirely OBJ
liberated. the busters have been darned SO often
that their original texture has disappeared. Crack
ed chains, brass scales, glass beads, and one treas,
ured ornament of cairngorm, are among the most
valuable Of her effects; but in one drawer there
lies u pocket-book of antique form, which her ca
ecutor straitway clutches, and in it Is discovered
u deposit receipt of the Royal Bank of Scotland
for fifteen thousand pounds The lonesome. wo.
man has been scraping together, boarding, anG
saving, for many years representing herself all
the while to her friends as an object of compass
ion-doing good, or no doubt in her way, by dis
tributing tracts and a little flannel to the poor, but
never dreaming that it was u Christian duty to
foster the industry of others. Poor thing and
vet there must have been some amiaole traits in
her character. The old woman who has acted as
her servant, on miserable wages, for the last TWEEN
~ years bursts into a loud wall as she sees the sa-
cred repositories invaded by the rude hand of a
stranger-and is no hypocritc, for with the death
of her mistress her sole tie to earth is severed
Then there is the old cat so sleek and comfortable,
cooled on the rug, and winking as if it wondered
at the unusual hustle and the little canary, once
so brisk and lively. but now lileless and detected.
MS if it missed the hand that was wont to give it
food. A melancholy scene, on which we will not
further dwell! Well-there is the money now
to be used, or it may be-. squandered, for her
nephew. Jack Littlego, has a decided propensity
for the turf but we cannot help thinking with a
sigh that the poor old decrepid and uncared for
woman. who now lies in q dreary churchyard,
might have had better interest for the money in
the shape of the blessings Of her kind.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-30
Total
28,033

or about IA tons--the pieces averaging more than
p tons. Everything up to the present time indi-
Gates its high purity. The deepest cuts show, al
most without exception, perfectly pure metallic
copper. There are also in the mine some IA to u
pieces which have been cut from 1t, but are not
yet weighed. Some of them require still farther
subdivision. as they are too heavy to handle.
Probably on tons OF copper have been cut from
the great mass, a part of which are thus living in
the level and will soon be taken to the surface and
weighed off.
The masses lying in the conglomerate to the
east Ut the great mass, to which allusion was
made some weeks ago, have been partly blown
out, and will yield more than was ANTICIPATED
from them. There is no one piece as large as the
great mass, but the amount of copper exposed in
masses OF immense size is very much greater than
that will yield. Immense sheets from a foot to
several feet in thickness are still going almost
horizontally into a conglomerate. Being one
above the other, with some regularity of occur.
renee, they seem to form great steps under the
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-30
~ANTI-SLAVEkY TRACTS.

The Executive Committee Of the American Anti
Slavery Society have issued the following Tracts
for gratuitous distribution
|. The United States Constitution, Examined.
2. White Slavery in the United States.
No. 3. Colonization. By Rev. o. b. rockingham.
No, 4. Does Slavery Christianize the Negro? By
Rev. Z. w. Higginson.
No. S. The Interstate Slave Trade. By John G.
p~alfrey.
No. 6. The "Ruin" Of Jamaica. By Richard
Hildreth.
No. 7. Revolution the only Remedy for Slavery.
No. 8. To Mothers in the Free States. By Mrs. +.
No. 9. Influence of Slavery upon the White Pop
ulation. By a Lady.
No. 10, Slavery ana the North. By G. G. Bur
leigh.
No. IL. Disunion our Wisdom and our Duty. By
Rev. Charles E. hodges.
No. 10. Anti-Slavery Hymns and Songs. By
Mrs. E.. L. Eollen.
No. 10. The Two Affairs; or, Two Pictures in
One. By Mrs. Harriet B. Stowe.
No. Ii. GLOW can l Help TO Abolish Slavery ?' or,
a Counsels to the Newly Converted
By Maria w. Chapman.
No. Is. What have we, as Individuals, to do with
Slavery? By. Susan G. Cabot.
No. 1G. Thu American Tract Society and its
Policy of Suppression and Silence.
Being the Unanimous Remonstrance of. the
Fourth Congregations Society, Hartford, CT.
No. II. The God of the Bible Against Slavery.
BY Rev. Charles Beecher.
All donations for the Tract Fund, or for the cir
culation of any particular Tract of the above Sc.
ries, should be sent to Francis Jackson, Treasurer
of the American Antislavery Society, 81 Corn.
hill. Boston.
Ftiy Dollars will stereoty7 pc an eight-page tract
and print fUe thousand copies of it.
Application for the above Tracts, for gratuitous
distribution, should be made to SAMUEL MAY, Jr.
81 Cornhill, Boston to the Anti-Slavery, Offices
1873 Nassau street New York, and 81 North street
Phil a~delphia; to JOEL MCMILLAN, Salem. Columbi
ana Co., Ohio or to JACOB WALTON, Jr., Adrian
Michigan.
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-30
LAND SPECULATION.

Before Suggs opened bis saddle-bags to
pay the Indian women for the land, Gen. Lawson,
who wanted a slice, came to Suggs and said, MIR.
Suggs," said he, I'D like to have an interest in
your contract and Pm willing to pay for it; I'll
find tue money to pay the Indian, and give you
the interest Of one. third" Not 'thout | was
willing, would ye ?" asked Suggs j~eeringly. an
do better than that" said Taylor, wiping the blood
from his nose 'Ill furnish the money and give
you balf the land sells for when we part with it "
"Very proverbly," remarked Simon, ''but onless
some on ye counts me out five hundred, and fur
nishes your own money to buy the land with, |
shall have to unlock these here" p%atting the sad
dle-bags, land buy it for myself" "Ill do it"
said Colonel Bryan, who had been making a calcu-
lation on the inside of the crown of his hat-'Ill
do it," "Ah," saiG Suggs that's what made
the chicken squat, YOU'RE the man I'm a hunt
with certified" TO Suggs, who transferred it to
Bryan. NOW gentlemen" said the captain,
"eVerybody's satisied-aInt they ?" "If they
amt they ought to be-" replied Colonel Bryan, who
was delighted with his bargain. 81 think so too
remarked Suggs, 'and bein' as that's the case, 'he
continued, opening his saddle bags, "as | had tc
act before you all as if my saddle-bags were full
of gold and silver, or else lose my chance of prof
here, III now throw out these rocks and old iron,
for it is mighty tiresome to IL horse - and the
captain did throw out the rocks and old iron, for he
had not a dollar in the world The spectators
vanished. "This here's n mighty hard world, +"
murmured the captain to himself musingly "to
get along in. Eff a Teller don't make every aidge
cut, he's in the background directly. It's tile and
strive, and tussle every way to make an honest
livin'. WE'LL" he continued in a strain of I'M
usual piety, as he threw up and caught a roleau of
dollars; "well there is d Providence that purvides;
and eff a man will only stand squar' up to what's
right, it will prosper his endeavors to make some
thin to feed his children on! Yes, there is a Prov.
idence! | should like to see the man who would
say there Amt. l don't hold with no sich. Ef a
man says there amt no Providence, you may be
sure there's something wrong here" striking : in
the region Of his breast pocket-'and that man
will swindle you, eff he can-CERTAlN 7"
Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-30
FARM FOR SALE.

A Valuable Farm of 10Y acres. with a large,
commndious and we'll FURNISHED IIouse-a good
Barn, horse stable and all other necessary out
houses is offered for sale. cheap and on good terms.
1t is situated in Carroll County, one-fourth of a
mile from Leesburgh near a depot on the Steuben-
vile and Indiana Rail Road. The country is
healthful, the land good, water abundant and OF
excellent quality, and the Farm well stocked with
q variety of excellent fruit.
asy@IOWA LANDS wiH be taken in par,
payment.
For further particulars inquire at the office of the
Anti.Slavery Bugle, or on the premises of
Dec. Is, 1856. JACOB MILLISACK.