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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-30
ERICSSON.


Wesoe that ERIcssoN is vet making
experiments, in the propulsion Of vessels.
There are men that srke the narrow
tents Of COMMON thought, and male them
stronger and set them up anew. Men
that widen our horizon for us and lit
up the blue curtains ani disclose tho
world beyond
They are Horizon Makers Of ell t:ine
and Ericsson IS one Of them. tie he'd
ear, tl.ing bat o:le 70 make him groat.
and that was Success. lie did not lack
th0uglt nor courage, indu tcy nor ski.
Il be had, he never would have dared 10
talk about h. steamers without steam.
Anl ii WIS in r2ry truth, great idea,
he set shout 9eyelcpjng to make thing
with nigh s lungs that Ike is maker,
should breathe the ar he lrtathcd, and
pant around tie world.
AMI they talked About Ericsson aid h's
project, just IS they talked about Fulton,
VIII n hss steamer went net quite half its
length and stoot! stock Still They knew It
would be 50 they sail, ard they had net
done with their prophecies after the tacj,
before away it went not very fest to he
SURE, butthcn fast enough to leave the
scotfers astcrn after while ani dwinde
them 10 the next thing below 10 thing;
and il has continued to 60, farther aud
faster, all over dry land, until plunging
into the water like born and brod a4n&-
tie, it dashes quite around tie globe
But as for Ericssion-pocr man; he is
q sinner for having thought of something
his grand-motl:er didn't tell him, Tho
Procrust,an scaool WI not easily forgive
him thai. But worst Of all he failed and
that is enough to con.lemn him altogether.
For rs we follow the career of such
men with "a interest akin to slcitudo.
We know there arc great treasures Yet
hidden, and we hn.er those who dare 70
brave the world before and the world be-
hind, to seek aud 10 discover them.
There IS a solemn dignity about such
enterprises; it is Ike dying, for they ,rust
venture alone. There may be a few fare
wells but no ccmpan;anship, no army
With banners Chicago journal.
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EEA'TEE.

To die ard be forgotten ia The fate Of
humanity. When We are dead the sua
Will shine SIS brightly, and the birds will
sing IS aweetly as before. Eu.sin IS viii
not b. suspended moment, and the mass
viii nj b2stow Il thought 1ron our lntn,-
cries. is be dead g viii be tie solemn
inquiry as they psss 70 t4@ir wolk. But
10 one viii miss rs except our iulneslia:a
connections and in i short. tins they VII
forget us, end laugh IS nlorrily as ahen
wo sat beside tl.o:n. How important
then to lock away from the finite and
aud cultivate faith III tbs ininte.
There must not be taken from la.a tho
belief il IN Infinite; in that belief acme
can bis whole nature be DEVELOPED aud tlis-
played thus alone docs he find humility
that does no degrade him, and the henor
that makes him not proud, the faith ,hat
clothes him in strength, and the reverence
that trea1has s;,ftened majesty, tie love
that makes him the fellow Of angels and
the fear that reminds him he is still on
earth, the blessingt at breathcs tenderly
on bis pathway here, and the hope that
beckons from the golden walls Conso-
lation springs from hope oven IN the
midst Of the dark obscure.
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EEEF@g ELEANCEE.

There is . time in every mans educa-
ton when be arrives at the conviction
that envy IS ignorance; that imitation is
suicide; that be must take himself for bet
ter or worse, as his portion; that though
the wide universe is full d good, no kerr
mel of nourisiing corn can conle-to irifi Fl t
through BIS toll bestowed upon that plot
ofground which Is given hiEllto til. Tie
power which resides in him Is new in ma
tur-, and non. but tie knows what that
is which he can do, FOR soesshe.k know un-
til he has tri@i,- Not for nothing does
one face, one character, one fact mako
much impression on him and another
nons.4R. II. Emersoa.
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IN A FAD WAY.

Tho Wisconsin, and the. american, two
papers in this city which suppottofi FIRE.
MONT with great zeal and and ability last
year refuse to support the Republican
nonlnati0ns.-Iil Negs. sr.,,
The Milwaukee, GYa3 -1us, Watertown
141azetger Madison Patriot Waukcsha
Democrot Milwaukee, 4mc1scan, five pa
Iers claiming to be democratic" either
refuse. out right to sustain the BARsTow
ticket OF s.r i ;,:::is st~.:.t support As
to tho Wisconsin,, every body knows that
it does not pretend to be . party paper
but independent; while nobody knows
what, or whom it is going to support.
The America,a which was fist Know
Nothing, then Republican, and now
Democratic, maintains "an expressive 81
lence'' rs to It's present political relations.
We doubt whether the Ye9os can derive
much colnfort-howoser greatly in need
of it-from this state Of farts.- Ill.
Sentinel =
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-30
POETRY.
THE LONG AGO.
BIZ B. F.. TAYLOR,

Oh a wonderful stream is the river Time,
as It runs through the realm of tears.
With a faultless rymthm and a musical rhyme,
And boundless sweep and a surge sublime,
As it blends with the Ocean Of Years.
How the winters are drifting like flakes of snow.
And the summers like buds between:
And the year in the sheaf-so they come and
they go . &c..
On the rivers breast with its ebb and flow,
As it glides in the shadow and sheen.
There's a musical ISLE up the River Time.
Where the softest of airs are playing;
There's a cloudless sky and tropical cline,
And song as sweet Is a vcsper chime,
Aud tie JuIcs with the roses are Staying.
And the lame of that isle is Lose AGO,
And We bury our treasures thcre;
There axe brows Of beauty and bosoms of snow.
1hore are Lears OF dust-but we LOVED them
There are triukets and tresses Of hair.
There are fragments Of songs that nobody sings
And part of an infants prayer;
There's the lutte unswept. and the harp without
strings,
There are broken VOWS and pieces of rings,
And the garments she used 10 wear.
There are hands that are waved, when the
fairy shore, .-ta
BY the Mirage is lifted in air;
And We sometimes hear through the turbulent
roar,
Sweet voices VIC heard in the days gone before,
When the wind down the river is fair.
Oh, remembered for aye. be the blessed Isle,
And the day of our life till night
When the evening comes with its beautiful
smile,
And our eyes arc closing to slunber awhile,
May that +" Greenwood of Soul be in sight!
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There ~ 10 ether State ia onr g,eat
AMI grow.ns C3lfe teracy which has 50
just cause to be rou. Of its position, IS
our eder sist!r on tie other $50 the
Father of va rs'' BEST with almost
unlimited leSouraes of wealth, with 3
population Of unusual iuteiIien nee and
morality, and with noble array Of free
presses, she has taken and holds 4 posi-
ton on z3the efgss fi5fat aii4 r',atiesi
issues ofthcsiay, OF with any State might
vel be prQpl-a position worthy Of GNU
lation, and ono which, considering the
infancy 81 her days, gives ass2raiice il
her r.por years ii il glory sl.d wol forth
in these words Of Holy Writ: "Right-
eousness9 exsltotli netiou.' Every lover
Of Freedom is p,oud Of y. iscons:n-eYery
minion OF Slavery hates her. En- tbs
relation she is second only to the Oh Bay
State Everywhere within her borders
glow the fires Of Liberty; she huris def.
ance. with hand ungloved, at the whole
generation Of tyrant3, whether on tie
judicial bench making a nlQckery Of just
ice, or pairoll.ng the cotton fields and
highways Of the sunny Sou,b, Or securing
the plains Of the North with all those ifl-
p.c.ueats Of s5.uth>ra ch.ya' ry-hcrss-
whips, pistols, and Bloodh5unds. Stand
ing up in her youthful soyoroi -nty, she
las nebly daoroel that saves eatno.
breathe her cir nor Tread her so;l--she
has uttered no uncertain sound touching
the infamous decision Of that false pcisoni-
fcation Of justice who SITS 1T the head Of
the bench Of the Supreme Court--in her
Personal Liberty BIZ sl.- has shown her
principles and her love Of Liberty, and
she is about to co1sun.mato tbs serics Of
offerings to Liberty by extending to her
colorod citizens the right of ires and
equal voice in her Government Thus
nobly in this youthful State leading off in
the great struggle now upLcayiilg the
world, for Human Liberty giaddtn;ng
every patriotic heart putting to blush many
older States, setting example, worthy Of
all imitation, and opposing y front tp
Slavery inpregnablo and terrible.
But bow has this state Of things, this
strong AMI prelon;nating love Of Freedom
aud hatred Of Slavery, been attained
Among the foremost iu3usellc2s must be
reckonod the press, tie noblo free pr.ss Of
Wisconsin, than which tiaersis not a no
bier, ssl4ier press i'll our. country. There
is. 81 untrama1elled frcedoin,l 9 manlincss
Of tone 9 trutLtf;.ll.--css of sentiment, 8
manifest resting ca the great PRINCIPLES Of
right, in the Republican press Of VISOR,
sin, most refreshing to every 4loFor o.
Liberty.-Lake CITY I,fbs4se.
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e a ss1.

Poor IIayden We have just been
reading again, his Journal, for days pre-.
G. ding that rash going away into to-mor-
row. It seems TO us Exc wild April
day, with glimpses Of sunshine and blue,
and cold dashes Of rain, and a wLrIng
of snow. And vet, al the while there
are bows il the cloud and flowers on the
sod. Such hope, love AMI despair, such
purpose, RIGHTEOUSNESS and strength, were
seldom crowded into one heart between %
new moon AID 9 fu4.- es.c
What .geniu; he had: how oloquontly
his soul shone O., the canvass, IS with
bis hand he seemed to caress itiilto love
illness and life. And to end it all+-''put
out the light" with such a record AS this;
March 20th--O God, bless US ali thgoagh
the evils Of this iav. Amen.
2lst.--Slept horribly, Prayed in sorrow,
and got up in agitation. afa
22nd. God forgive me. Amen, FMS Of
3. Z, Hayden This rough world. .]aA-
But to US The. most touching rae3rd. is
that We find dated February fourth, only
a few weeks before the fins" s4e
Vexed with pecuniary difficulties from
which he could not extricato himself ana
wrestling in the dark With dlsnia! fop6-I
dojings, flying now ard then t.. tie ts,lI- :
vas with. desperate energy; now glin-
ners Of sunshine, now shadows Of cloud,
be makes tbs entry in his Journal:
4 must up with my new canvas, because
without new, large picture 10 lean on, feel
sif deserted by the world
Oh, if it could only have been a bright
picture that might haze made him brave
to live; picture with a cleft ofblue heay-.
en- in It that Should never be cloud5l, per
haps he would never gone away unbid
den into the great Unknown.
The new large picture to lean on is
the underlined want of hall the misery of
the world; the duty, to nerve one up like
tonic; the labor that mikes ono strong
in doing; the trial, that makes one brave
n bearing. -.
And these are the uses Of toll AMI trial;
grim schoolmast r. indeed, but then a
fash of hope can make them beautiful,
ever. as a beam Of sun the rude mountain
brow. .Fiegce IS the flirnace-fire, bat how
pure comes the gold from the crucible.
Solemn IS the shropd Of snow. but how
sweet IS the Spring asleep bon ath it. God
give US all bright true pictures to lean on
that we may never feel as if deserted BY
the world.'--B. z. 1ay'o.'.
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ABBYE IN THE SWING.
BY AGATHA STEEL

BY AGATHA STEELE.
There I sat in a passion,
Sulking and there sat she,
Swinging in the long grape vine
Looped from the great ash-tree,
Sitting at ease and singing,
Teasing, dainty-formed thing!
Slender white feet Just grazing
Moses under the swing.
Sunshine specklcd the grape leaves,
Sunshine dript on her hair
Odious. stealthy sunshine
What bold thing yoa aFel
Oh. what glistening shoulders
-sF q oh. wbata cruel white arm,
Reaching up Gor the blossoms
Just on purpose TO charm !
That little bow fashioned mouth,
Aiming kisses at mine;
Confound its poppy-red bliss
Mischievous-but divine,
Deck'd like little princess.
Sitting in gorgeous state:
Crown,d with her tiger-iillies,
Tawdry blossoms hate
Peiting my hat with roses.
In rapid Haunting showers.
Winding her brook-like laughter
In and out with the flowers.
What should 1 do, but love her
= Dearsr than ever yet?
What could do-all yanquished
Lion-like in a net
Oh, for a heart of marble
Else 'twould peril a king
Dared he sit under the arbor
Looking at Abbie swing:
.,a,g 49,. s Home Journal.
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MUsT BE DOSE .AccoRprxG TO 8

MUsT BE DOSE sAccoRnISG TO ORDEa
"A brave vet ran officer, accommodating
a batterrg which it was necessary to storm
lacon1cslly answ rcd the engineers, who
wereendeasoring TO- e1issnaae him from
the ATTIC m.ot-s' Gentlemen, you may say
and think what you please, all | know is
that the American flag must be hoisted
on the ram 5arts tomorrow morning for
I hsve the order in my pocket
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care you aware, Losiss, that in all
our correspondence about this important
affair.", and in our lengthy conversation
this afternoon, there has been signal neg
lect of the happy man of your choice
that am ignorant even of his naneY's
"Ah! that was rather a careless o,niss-
ion on my part. See! this is May Sea-
tons present, the work of her own fingers
tho dear little creature! Docs it not
remind you Of her? She is to be one of
the travelling party;I wrote to you to that
effect, | belieye?"
stYou did a
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KsEELlsG AT WoRK.-A clorgyiuan OBJ
served a poor man by the roadside break
ing stones with a pickax and kneeling to
get at his work made the remark, "Ah,
John, wish could break the stony hearts
of my hearers as easily as you are breaking
those stones The man replied, 'Per-
haps. master Won do not 4eorh on your
knees.
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~ 4n Irishman attending a Quaker
meeting, heard a young friend make the
following announcement: Brethren and
sisters am going toTn1arFy daughter
of the Lord The liyil We are, SAID
Pat faith an be jabers an it viii be
long spell afore ven see your father-in-
law e
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-30
Shade-Trees.

We clip the following from the Utica
Herald. 1t is applicable to coutry towns
as well as cities
There is no single feature which more
Immediately arrests the eye of the stran-
ger as he walks along our streets in the
summer season. A few of our streets
present sylvan aspect, which will hardly
suffer in comparison with any in the
State or land. Many of the trees are
very large and stately and ample in their
foliage. Long may these leafy sentinels
stand to grace and ornament the town
But the good work has not been half
accomplished. Where there is one shade
tree now, there ought to be three. Streets
upon which there is hardly leaf growing
in the summer time, ought to be studded
with healthy growing trees. We know
of no better method of advertising real
estate than by planting shade trees. Not
only do they beautify, but they enhance
the value. Rely upon it, that upon every
graceful tree you plant, you will have
more than seven per cent. returned
What man of taste would care to buy a
naked mass of brick and mortar, when
he can purchase a bit of forest besides
for few dollars additional
We are sure that if our property-hold-
ing citizens consult their own true inter-
ests they will not fail to avail themselves
of these cheap but invaluable ornaments.
The man who plants tree is public
henefactor. There will be lips'to sound
his name with reverence, and hearts to
garner his memory with gratitude when
he is gone. A more living testimonial
than lofty columns will be these leafy
monuments. They will prove a more
eloquent bequess than groaning Golfers or
titled deeds.
Blessed be he who invented shade
trees, and thrice blessed he who protects
and nurtures them.
The maple is one Of the best shade
trees for city growth. 1t is not affected
a particle by the extremes of heat and
cold. 1t forms beautiful head, with
clean glossy foliage, smooth bark, is free
from all insects. and has rapid growth.
In five years, in a good soil, it makes a
fine symmetrical head, with gracefully
sweeping branches. and affords dense
shade. The American tulip tree is also
very nice. Its great elegance of habit
and striking beauty of leaf and blossom
recommend it to any one who has an eye
to fine proportions. 1t requires a deep
soil, with plenty ofroom to expand freely
on all sides. 1t will not bear removing
when large but small trees grow rapidly
when transplantcd into a deep soil.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-30

POULTRY AND EGGs.-It is said that
the poultry value of the United States j;
about S25 900 900; that Of New York
State 100000 and that the city Of
New York pays S2,000,000 a year fol
eggs. This last would not seem to be ar
extravagant consumption, for it would
allow but Z mills per day for each resi-
dent. or ahout 5 cents per week, amount
ing to but $3.50 year.
One millions worth Of eggs, it is said
are sold annually in Boston at the Quin-
CIV market alone and a single dealer II
Philadelphia ships hundred barrels daily
to the New York market. At the rate
of consumption in Boston, even if nc
eggs are sold in that city, except at Quin'
ey market. New York should consume
FIVE instead of two millions worth.
We should be sorry to have it believed
that the people of New York consume
many millions wSsh of tobacco and
of bad liquors a year and only two mil
lions worth of eggs, lest it should b.
suspected that the tastes of people arr
getting perfected.
According to Professor Johnston, thc
carbonate of lime in the shell of an egg
constitutes one tenth of its weight, thu
yolk three tenths, and the white SIX
ten:hs. About three fourths of the Who'll,
is water.-Plough, Loom and AnrI.
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ital Stock of Fifty thousand Dollars, paid in
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The operations Of the Company viii be conf
ned, for the present, to MARNE or CAESo risks,
with maximum liability Of $l2.5OO on any one
bottom.
Boing the only Insurance Office, on the above
popular plan, West Of the Missouri, it confident
" expects a generous support from Western
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They respectfully invite the Missouri River
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DIRECTORS:
ST. NICHOLS, CHAs. F. HOLLY,
HIP. BExSEr, ]. L. ARMSTRONG,
W.N. HIxcHMAS, MILEs w. BRowN,
A. A. BkADFoRD.
OFFICERS:
CHAS. F. HOLLY, President
]. GARSIDE, SeeraaTV.
St. Louis Agent-CoL- w. P. HowARD.
june 4, 81, Am.
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GEN. JACKSON A GENTLEMAS.-lnsteld
of being a rude and unpublished man. as
many have enormously supposed, Gen.
jackson was considered by all who knew
him intimately as the very perfection of a
gentleman. His manners were courteous
in the extreme, and to illustrate this fact
Mr.. Buchanan related a striking incident
He said, on one occasion, he received a
letter from an American lady, who had
a daughter married to an individual of
high rank among the English nobility.
In her note to Mr.. Buchanan, she in
formed him she bore message to the
President of The United States, from
William ", and she desired him to
accompany her to the White House, in
order that she might present it inperson.
Mr.. B. obeyed her request, and they went
to the Presidents mansion. He excused
himself for few moments and went to
the private room of the President, where
he found him in the most wretched disha-
bile. He was clad in an old gray sur
tout coat, dirty shirt, his beard long,
and to crown all, was smoking an old
blackened pipe. Mr.. B. acquainted him
with the fact that Mrs.-was IN anoth-
er part of the mansion, with a message
to him from the King of England. He
was fearful the old General might walk
down stairs to receive his visitor in that
sorry plight, and therefore suggested to
him whether he had not better arrange
his dress and shave. His reply was,
Buchanan, 1 once knew a man who
made a fortune by minding his own
bnsiness-go down stairs, and say to
Mrs. -, shall be happy to wait on
her presently" He left the apartment,
and in a very short time the old gentle
man gradually entered the room, dressed
in suit of rich black cloth, clean shaved,
with his fine head of white hair carefully
brushed, and received the lady with the
greatest ease and polish of manners. She
bore to him the kind salutations of the
King. with the request that he would,
after the expiration of his Presidential
term, visit England. On their return
from the White House, the lady expressed
her high qualification, and the pleasure
she had derived from the interview, and
said she had visited every principal court
in Europe, and mingled with those OF
the highest rank, but that Gen. Jackson,
in all the attributes of gentlemanly cour-
tesy, and highly refined manners, excelled
every other man she had ever met
Arttnr's Magazine.
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ED!s:AsIEIEEssRfD

THE undersigned have formed co-partnCr-
l. shio, under the firm Of
LIKENs & BOYD,
As General Land and Real Estate Agents,
and will give prompt attention to all and every
branch of business pertaining to Real Estate
Agencies--uch as the Entry Of Lands, in any
Of the North Western States and Territories,
either BY Land Warrants or BY Money.
We will also attend to the purchase and sale
of improved Real Estate, Town Lots, &c.
LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Remittances by Land Warrants, or exchange
on some one of the principal cities, must accom-
pany all orders. JOHN II. LIKENS,
JOHN w. BOYD.
REFERENCES.
Hon. c. J. Faulkner, of Virginia;
Hon. VIM. Hambleton, of Maryland;
VIM. VI. MarshalluEsq, of Hagerstown Bank,
Maryland;
Henry NJ. Brent, Esq, Cashier of Valley Bank
of Virginia;
Cato Moore, Esq, Cashier of Valley Bank,
Charlestown, Virginia;
D. Burkhart, Cashier Of Bank Of Berkeley,
Virginia;
Allen C. Hammond, NJ. D., Berkeley Co.,
Virginia;
Drakely Fent0n, Baltimore, Nd;
Josiah Lee & Co., Bankers, Baltimore;
Brown & Johnston. Bankers, Vicksburgh,
Mississippi;
Cuddy, Brown & Co., New Orleans;
Jack & Bros, Louisville, KY;
Andrew Hunter, Esq, Charlestown, Va;
Jesse D. Slingluff, President Of Commercial
6-Farmers' Bank, Baltimore;
w. Bollman, General Superintendent Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad;
FORSYTH & Baker, Wheeling, Va;
Bella NJ. Hughes, St. Joseph, Mo-;
Silas WOodsOn,
Resben Middleton, {" i"
E. B. Webb, Carmi, ILL.,;
A. T. Stewart & Co.. New York;
GAIA, Daton & Sloan,
june IS, 81, If.