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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12
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peart aint " nicef O, what a charming snowi
How sweet II falls--so feafhery, soft and white!
Scene OF enchantment, fairy-like and bright
And how the winds romantically blow
o, won't we have glorious sleighride nowY
With lovely bells, the dearest little horset
And Harry, he will go with me, Of course,
And We will eaop, Lord! j can't tell howl
Wen have the ridei Wen have a splendid dance,
And supper too, and some of that muIied winei
Aud afterwards his dear devoted glance,
A. we come back by moonlight so divine!
And then one pleasure l must ne'er forget!
nTwould heavenly be II we could just upset.
HuRRAHi (BUPHALo PAPER
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12
THE SNOW.
nj 4 DISMAL NAN.

.erce blasts, chill airs Hike those ofa coquette;
u Canadian noses, blue and frozen toes;
Sidewalks OF glass, DER which the walker eoes
ehamblinR along, In agony's cold sweat;
lceland's snow drifts, In which you fall,
At eufFoca cation's risk, and sadly feel
The iend rheumatic through your vitsls steal,
While furious drivers at your lingering bawE
The basins water all a mass Of Ice;
Holes In your boots that ne er had holes before;
Rxpenslye seighrides, called by school girls nice
The jngline bells, the bank that tips you oer
And then to feel that folly, frost and faw
Are but precursors Of u splashy titawi
Toni
In delightful contrast to the above, read
the following. II is like whipped syllabub az
ter sour krout:
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

q Do not begin to quarrel with the world
too soon for bad a. itmay Be, It il the best we
have to live in here. Y railing would have
made it better, it would have been reformed
lorg ago.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

a. The National Agricultural Society has
agreed to memorialize Congress for an appro-
priation Of 100000 acres Of land in each
State for the endowment Of agricultural coll
leges.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

a. A woman stopped ct Hotel in Cow
ington, KY, a few days since with her hu.-
band and thirty-two children, all her own.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

Frozen TO DEArH.-It is said that Miss
Virginia Claggett, sister Of Col. Clagget, OF
Keokuk, was lately frozen to death in Prince
George county, Maryland.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

q Eight persons on the stage route from
Dubuque 10 Iowa city were frozen to death on
the night Of the 11th.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

q A resolution is before the Ohio Lsgis-
lature to appropriate $4,000 in aid OF the.
Kansas sufferers. '
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

q A correspondent of the N. York Com-
mercial Advertiser gives the following des-
cription Of Crawford's colossal statute Of
America, designed to surmount the new dome
of the Capitol:
"No mere description can give you an ade-
quate idea Of the snblimity and grandeur Of
this great work. The figure is twenty feet
high, and stands with the right hand resting OH
a shsathed sword, and the left on the shield Of
our country. On the breast are the initials Of
the United States. and delicate drapery is so
arranged IS to form rays Of light proceeding
from the letters. The ample fields Of an outer
drapery fall majestically around the statute,
leaving only the hands and . portion OF the
neck uncovered. For the usual cap the artist
has substituted helmet, the crest Of which is
an eagles head, with richly falling plume Of
feathers. The countenance il wondrously
beautiful, full Of dignity and lofty purpose,
earnestly and thoughtfully looking out into the
great future. Grand, majestic, and full Of mo-
BILE sentiment, this statute should not only be
prized as work Of art, but honored for the
grandeur and benignity Of ito silent teachings.
Crawford has made two statues Of America,
one for ths eastern pedimeat and the one have
attempted to describe, each entirely different
from the other, for it is one Of the peculiar
traits Of this seulptor's fertile genius that he
never initiates, never re-produces, even from
himself Go through these eight studios, fill.
ed with statues, bas-reliets, all by The same
hand, yet you find no two compositions alike,
either in attitude or expression. The series
Of bas-reliefs for one Of the bronze doors Of
the Capitol representing various scenes in our
Revolutionary history and incidents in the lite
Of W ashingtoa. are to be sent to the same foun-
dry where the Virginia statutes have been so
successfully cast; the Munich bronze being the
finest il the world, and not so liable to change
by time as are other bronzes Of less purity"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

e. Let your expenses be such q to leave
a balance in your pocket Ready money 10
friend in need. ,.sa
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

a. It is hard work to teach people who
can learn nothing without being taught.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

a. The man who knowingly eirculates
lie, may have to pay the truth for il, and be
punished besides.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

@ why was Senator Douglas' marriage
game Of chance? because he drew Cuts for
his wife.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

a. Parents may expect from their children
the same degree Of dati9ul behavior, - they
themselves paid to their own parents.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

q Col. Richardson, our new Postmaster.
that i to bs, Y now in this city, nssing prspa-
rations to come here and live .--l caeo, Dem.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

q To resuscitate adrownsd Englishman,
broil beef stake under his nose.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

a A venerable old man says: Let the
slandered take comfort--it's only at fruit
trees that thieves throw stoues.',
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

@ II you don't want an evil thing known
Of you, never do it.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

O. Be slow to change, for change, il it be
not profit, is destruction.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-02-12

@ A wicked wag cf lawyer, in ons Of
our country courts, recently scandalized the
bench BY putting the following query to the
professional bretheren Why is Judge
like necessity ?" The "members Of the bar, =
then and there presently quickly answered,
-"Decause he knows no law"
e To reform the world, begin first with
yourself, thsm with your nsighbor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

( OACHhAN WANTS A sITUATIoN.-A SINGLE NAN
~ who perfectly understands the and gemeet
horses No objection the country. Would endeavor q
please Can give the OF city address,
days, NJ, care of Capt Levy (hs last employerJ U
Marks place.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

TIVE JEuNE FIIIE FRssCAIsE PROTEST ANTE
~ desire placer henne denfana on rfare me cu
simple eadresser NJ u av, entire "a Time et abme
rues
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

AN ppwsNpr-usE JUNE FRasdLTsr ccwvF
~ boone d'enfants cut sai, coudre saddre-ser No rs
Vast 10Th "a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

A YOUNG MAN WANTS A SITUATION AS GROOM
"A respectable family he understands the horse
thoroughly and lis good WAITER would prefer country
The best Of reference gwen Call for days No Lao
Canal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

A YOUNG FRENCBMAN, 10 YEARS OF AGE, WANT
"A situation clerk In a store; he speaks the Engsh
Spanish and Italian languages The bes, Of reference given
or as waiter pr family; he understands his business
thoroughly has had experience in the most respectable
lies in this city Address d. Alexander, box l53 Herak
Office
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

A YOUNG MARRIED MAN WHO HAS RECEIVED }
a collegiate education and has been engaged
OF msdcoe as druggist and o In mercantile house de
sires respectable employment Address Seeker Hera
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

THO LAWYER4.-A YOUNG MAN HAVING HAD SIEVE
raj years experience desires situation q
Is ia miar With practice and the routine Of
Address Lex, Herald Office
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

VITANTED-A SITUATION AS ENTRY CLERK OR Az
young married man Best Of reference given Addrsss VA
lace, box 3,S93 Post ONCE.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

VNANTED-A SITUATION TO ATTEND AN INVALID
w by strict, sober man has had much experience the
above capacity and be well recommended The ny
lives with; is without encubrAnce; obeeor
to city country Inquire at rs Rleecker ST. for r.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14
SITUATIONS wANTED-MAI.los.

A SoNNG NAN, AGED =. LATELY YkOM ENC
npd where he has had The riding driving and manage
men, OF last and vaus e wishes for engage
nent IN me same line Address jockey. Herald office,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

COAChNANs SITUATION wANTED-BY RES
" pecabe man, either in city country Good lefty
sn Apply at 2is Wooster st. between Beecker
Amy, for DAYS, II
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-14

VVANTED-BY TWO RESPECT BILE GIRLS, sFTUA.
w first cook and baker, and willing 10
with Washing has of reference
other first aundres has the best OF city reference
be Ill 18th between 9th 7h avenues, fol-
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01

B1rs OF W1sDoM.-1f there be no faith in
our words, of what use are they =?
Honors come from diligence; riches spring
from economy.
Time flies like an arrow days and months
like weaver's shuttle.
He who can repress moments anger
may prevent many days of sorrow.
Past events are as clear as a mirror the
future as obscure as varnish.
The generations of men follow each other
like waves Of swollen river.
Doubt and distraction on eafth-the
brightness of truth in heaven.
To correct an evil which already exists
is not so well as to foresee and prevent it.
BY a long journey we know horses
strength, SO length Of days mans heart.
Do not anxiously expect what is not yet
come; do not vainly regret what is already
past.
OF all the delicate sensations the mind
is capable of, none perhaps will surpass
that which attends the relief of an avowed
enemy.
The spontaneous gies of Heaven are of
high value, but the strength of perseverance
gains the prize.
IF there be want of accord among mem
bers of the same family, other men will take
advantage of it to injure them.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
= BY E. WELLS,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

TERN. OF rSusscRIpTIoN.- For one year, if paid
in advance within six months, $3.50; if not paid
Mithin six months, $500.
s TsRMs! OF ADvERTIsING.-Sl0 90 per square for
the first two insertions, and IS cts: for every sub
sequent Insertion; twelve lines or less constitute
q squsre. If the number Of Insertions be not
marked on the advertisement, it will be published
until forbid. and charged accordingly A liberal
deduction made TO those who advertise their busi-
ness by the year. The privilege Of annual adyer-
tisers extends only to their immediate business.
Announcements of candidates for office, 81 90
per month. to be paid in advance.
Communications. the effect Of which is to pro-
mote private or individual interests, are matters
of charge, and are to be paid for at The rate of
SO cts. per square.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01
geletten poetry,
From the Weekly Dispatch.
/ HAVE GAZED UPON THY TOKEN.

BIZ FINLEY JOHNSON
have gazed upon thy token
With feelings Of delight,
And view d the sparkling beauties
Flash from thine eyes of light;
] have seen thy waving ringlets,
So fanciful and free,
And as gazed, my thoughts, dearest,
Were centered upon thee.
have gazed upon thy token
Till my soul was wrapp'd in bliss,
And my lips impressed upon it
A sweet and burning kiss;
Oh, shall ever treasure, love,
That image so divine, q
And bless the day when thou, like it,
Shall be forever mine.
When gaze upon that token.
= And see the beauties there.
The eye of light, the brow of pearl,
The curls of sunny hair,
The waves Of love within my soul
Roll on with gentle swell,
No space, no time, no raging storms
Can this ,commotion quell.
The miser has his gold, dearest,
Which he looks on with stealth;
The emperor on his gorgeous throne
Abounds IN pride and wealth;
But fkave that which is to me
OF more account than gold .
u have the lore. the eiftftlt lQ1s.s<rsS
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01
Misr1lla1leous.
From Arthur's Home Magazine.
LOVE AND PASSION.
By HASTE N. GRAVES.

-
.I wish he were dead-I do! Ihope he
may never enter this house again, alive p
even as the rash words were spoken, the lips
that gave them utterance quivered. with a
half suppressed fear that the dreadful wish
might be realized, and the little pale, ner-
vous woman, sank down upon chair, and
gave vent to burst of passionate tears
half of anger and half of penitence.
Adela Raymond was neither SO young nor
beautiful now, as ten years ago when she
stood, proud, happy bride, besidabim who
had won her pure, girlish heart, and pro-
nounced those solemn vows, that, through
veal or wo were to bind her to him alone
through life i; yet, away down deep in her
heart there remained green spot. where
love still grew as bright and fresh as in her
sunniest days, save when the rank weeds of
passion asserted their supremacy, and for a
brief season seemed determined to root out
the more gentle and unassuming, but deep
ly rooted plant.
And if the disappointments, trials, and
vexations Of life e0er render woman pardon
able for irritability OF ill-humor, surely Ad-
Ella Raymond could claim the excuse
Scarcely two years of welded bliss had been
enjoyed, ere William Raymond-under the
pernicious influences of those with whom his
business obliged him to associate-began to
tread the downward path, which sooner or
later, without divine efficacy, leads to ire
trievable ruin.
When first the fatal truth burst upon
Adela' 'estartled vision, the shock seemed too
great for her sensitive nature to bear, and
her heart appeared utterly crushed beneath
its weight Of wo. But life's thread is some
times very tenaciods-it will stretch on, and
on, through long years Of sorrow, ere it
snaps asunder
And so, Adela, when the first shock had
passed, nerved her soul to bear with strength
and fortitude the impending fate that she
feared awaited her, and then in earnest, tear
ful accents. daily besought her loved hus-
band to- shun the wiley tempter that was fast
winding his insidions coils around the poor.
deluded, unresisting victim.
Days and months heightened into long.
weary years, and still Adela continued her
pfeadings, and not q harsh nor unkind word
escaped her lips; she understood enough oi
human nature to know that what loves per
suaGve eloquence cannot overcome, severity
can never conquer
But, alas for mans frail powers of resist.
snceWhent entemptation' alluring bait is spread
before his longing eyes-frailer far than
sses Noman,s has proved to be since the day
whea It required a stronger than mans per.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01

which must sometimes unayoidably intrude,
even upon the happiest household shrine,
tempted Adela Raymond with an impatient
thought. the memory of those five long
years of sorrow, and Of her narrow escape
from widowed life, checked it ere it found
way to her lips.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01

When old Zachariah Fox. the great mer-
chant of liverpool; was asked by what means
he contrived to realize 50 large fortune as
he possessed, his reply was:
.sFriend, by one article alone, in which
thou mayest deal too if thou pleasest-
ciyility."
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01

Macaulay says that those means are most
correct that best accomplish the ends; and
Charles Dickens affrms that ''all good ends
can be worked out by good means. Those
that cannot are bad, and left alone"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01


ed man, clad in coarse, but clean garments,
stood before her.
"Adela, have you forgotten your erring,
but repentant husband 2" and the arms of
the weary-worn man was stretched towards
her.
William !! my husband God be prais-
edp' and she sank fainting on his bosom.
The story is soon told. William Ray
mond, with three others, had clung to pie
ces of the wreck, and after three days suf-
fering on the raging sea, without food or
water, they were foated to desolate is
land, and there, for two years, had sustain
ed life with fruits and roots, and such fish
and game as they could procure. Then
they were discovered by passing vessel,
their necessities attended to, and they even
tually arrived in New York. where each
was provided with the means of returning
to his native home.
We will not attempt to describe the re-
joicings of the long estranged husband and
wife, that they were once more permitted to
unite here on earth the imagination of the
reader can paint in truer colors than the
pen could portray.
It was not until William Raymond found
himself at the mercy of the waves, with the
prospect of speedy death before him that his
heart softened towards his long-neglected
wife. But in those days, while floating be-
tween life and death, he had lived over his
ten years of welded life, and in them he
could find nothing of wrong with which to
accuse her; conscience, true to its mission,
constrained him to acknowledge ehimselfalone
the guilty one and he there vowed to his
God, that, were his life spared to return,
the future should fully atone for the past
And there too, on the boisterous waves, he
had called upon Him who alone is able to
rescue from death, Him whose name had
never before dwelt upon his lips, save with
irreverence and profanity; and through
those two dreary, desolate years, he had not
forgotten often to call upon His sacred name,
and implore Divine assistance.
And now there they sit--the past long
ago forgiven, and now all forgotten in the
blissful present.
., never ascended more fervent thanks
givings to the Great Throne, than were
poured forth from those two reunited hearts
on that eventful evening, and never hap
pier, more loving pair travelled side by side
to the end of life's journey.
William Raymond, now wholly cured Of
his thirst for the intoxicating beverage, and
relying upon Divine arm for strength, and
upon the sweet smiles of his gentle, loving
wife for encouragement, entered again upon
the business avocations of life, and ere ten
years had passed, he, with his noble, man
ly boy-William Raymond Jr.-as partner.
became the wealthy owners of one of the
largest mercantile establishments in the city
of Philadelphia. 49,.
And all through coming years, whenever
any of those petty vexations and annoyaneeE
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01
NO. %.
From Dr.. Armstrong; Northwest Passage. ,
THE SUN AN MIDNIGHT IN THE ARC.
--s-.. Til, REGIONS

From Dr. Armstrong, 8 Northwest Passage. ,
THE SUN AN. MIDNIGHT IN THE ARC.
! TIC REGIONS
As the sun approached the horizon to-
wards midnight the aspect Of the heavens
was truly beautiful, when at twelve o'clock
his lower limb partially dipped, and again
slowly ascended on his course, or rather.
our orb revolving on its own axis around
him. The sky to the eastward, at the time.
presented a most splendid appearance; d
wide belt of refracted light extending along
the horizon, resolved into its prismatic col
|ors, impaired degree of beauty to the heay-
ems had never before Witnessed, and, from
the gorgeous and brilliant, yet varied tints
of coloring SO wonderfully displayed to view,
could not possibly be surpassed. The moon
lat the time, was rising slowly in the same
quarter, but quite obscured by surprising
brilliancy of the novel and beautiful phenc-
menon l have mentioned, which can only
be seen in this way in the frigid regions Of
the North. AS the sun touched the icy
horizon towards midnight, he presented the
most splendid appearance have ever wi:-
messed, and one on which the naked eye
could barely for momenvrest. Owing to
a dazzling brightness surrounding the disc.
It was free from those gorgeous and va
ried tints 1 have previously noticed, and
now presented one vast sheet of silvery
fame, Illuminating the horizon with aLsde-
gree of magnifcence to be-seen in no other
region of the world It is one Of those
compensating sights which icy regions can
alone furnish, as the beautiful effect was en-
tirely produced by the reflection Of the suns
rays from the snow-whitc surface. Our
course lay over hummockey and packed ice,
with occasional intervening fields formed
within the few previous hours, fat and even
as board. with here and there marginal
lines Or boundaries Of few inches high
the effects afpressure from without, cracking
the yoYsg foe, and throwing up these boun-
dariesa thus dividing it into distinct patch
les or fatds as.- rsa.ee 30 y,resor tr1 hv
t .lss.s niarfs Of hoar-frost strewn over the
slrfasce was very beautiful; some erystaliz~
ed in the form Of spicula, and others larger.
of stellated form, closely resembling small
feathers from their well-marked pennated
sarpassing all in brilliancy
and splendor was their power of decompos-
ing the solar rays, and presenting the most
rich and gorgeous display of the prismatic
colors that I ever beheld forming carpet.
as it were, studded with gems Of the first
water, whose dazzling brilliancy was abso-
lutelv exhaustinp to the vision
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-10-01

A French writer is represented as calling
dyspepsia, the remorse Of q guilty stomach. u