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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
A GOOD JOKE.

William Wells Brown, the colored ora
tor, who is not so black as some white
men, told very good story at the Abing
ton celebration on Saturday. On steam
boat on Caynga Lake the other day, he
went to the breakfast table with the other
passengers. Just as he took his seat,
dark colored white man called a waiter,
and asked if colored persons were admit
ted to the table with white folks. The
waiter did not know exactly what to say,
so he called the Captain, who on entering
the cabin inquired who bad called for
him. 81, sir" said Mr.. Brown, point
ing to the dark stranger: 81 desire to
know if it is your custom to allow colored
people at the regular tables" The cap
tain replied that no objection had ever
been made before, and sesing the dark
white man evidently annoyed in spirit,
appealed to the generosity of the colored
orator to allow him to remain. Mr..
Brown finally consented, and at this turn
of affairs the white man, who was so black
as to be passed for a negro, left the table
in utter disgust and unable to speak his
thoughts.-Boston Traveller.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
Soil and SubsOil.

Formerly the surface soil only was OBJ
served and examined-the substratum
was not thought Of nor noticed. If the
upper layer was dry clay, compact
lcam, or fine-grained sandy loan, farm
ers seldom make an excavation in order
to ascertain whether the subsoil consisted
of compact clay, very tenacious white
or blue clay, 80 impervious to water rs to
keep the top layer saturated except in a
very dry time, very coarse sandy texture,
or loomy earth of a consistency to retain
manures and moisture, but not so adhe-
sivc and compact as to form close water
bearing stratum.
Cautious farmers at the present time,
look almost as attentively to the lower as
the upper soil, and believe that their sue
cess in growing crops in great measure,
depends upon it. Though good grain
and grass may be grown where the sub
soil is leachy, yet it requires large
amount of manure, frequently applied, to
keep such land in productive state.-
Ne,o Jersey Farmer.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
THE HOUSE AND FARM.



once knew man that bought tine
looking sorrel mare, that was as false as
a beast could be, but he finally cured her
to perfection in the following manner
He geared her to to the cart, and went to
the cornfeld to get a load OF pumpkins.
After he had got some ten or a dozen on
she thought she had two much load, and
refused to pull. He coaxed and petted
her for some time, but all to no purpose.
He next got a stick and thumped and
thrashed her with the same success. He
then thought he would try another plan.
He got wheelbarrow, and wheeled
pumpkins enough to make full load, and
put them in the cart, when he took her
by the head again, but it was no go. He
then started home, and concluded she
might either pull the load or stand there
until the day of judgment. But when
the sun began to get low, she began to
think about her supper, and started for
home, passing skillfully through three sets
of bars, and arrived at the barn in safety
with her load. He put her in the stable,
and fed her as if nothing had happened.
She refused to pull at two other times,
but she got the same treatment each time,
so she found it was no use, for she had to
pull the load in the end. After that she
became as good beast to work as ever
was hitched.- Country Gentleman.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
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ENCOURAGING USEFULNESS

John Phoenix, "the phunny," contri-
butes to the Knicker6ocker Magazine the
following, which he says, besides its rare
merit as an actual occurrence, conveys a
useful lesson to mothers:
''Small Joe L was playing one morn
ing in a ward at the rear of his residence,
when essaying to throw a stone high in
the air, he found he had miscalculated his
strength, or the weight of the stone, as
that missile slipped through his fingers,
and, taking an entirely different direction
from that intended, went whack through
pane of glass in a neighbours window.
Mrs. Connolly, who was engaged in wash
ing in the kitchen, hearing the smash of
glass in her spare room, rushed in hastily
to the scene of action, and through the
broken pane beheld Joe in active retreat.
Irate and indignant, the injured matron
sought the presence of Mrs. L, and
straight poured forth the story of her
wrongs. Mrs. l. assumed dignified
air; the culprit WAS called to their pres
ence,' and the inquest on the departed
pane commenced:
"Joseph,' said Mrs. L., with awful
solemnity, I" did you break the glass in
Mrs. Connolly's window"
"Yes'm," replied Joe with promptitude.
"Joseph," said Mrs. L., "if you broke
that pane OF glass, shall certainly correct
you. Did you break it sir?"
Joe hesitated; but his conscience was
powerful, and he replied that he did.
Mrs. L. took stick from the man
tle-piece. "Joseph," said she, if you
broke that glass | shall correct you most
severely. Did you break it?"
Joe looked at his mother; he looked at
the stick; and hanging his head, he muir
INJURED, "no ma'am."
!" Werew said Mrs. L., triumphant
ly, that boy never told me lie in his
life. | knowed he never broke no win
dow; 'spect your little Custer broke it;
she hove stone clear over our fence yes
terday."
That's a good style of encouraging
truthfulness in child, 1--WE don't think. +"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
Uses of Beauty.

Never lay down book, in which you
have been for the last hour looking at the
finely executed prints, with the exclama-
ton, 90 dear! how much time l have
lostw
Never reprove the children-bidding
them in decided tone, to be at their tasks
because on winter morn they stand
for hours with their little faces pressed
close against the window-pane to watch
the snowfakes as they pass; or in the
happy summer time linger long beneath
the fragrant orchard boughs. For every
beautiful sight that meets their eye, or
thine, you have just so much less evil to
combat, and in so far as you allow it to
be felt, it will aid in the great lfe-work of
development and devotion.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
A SCHOOL MASTER IN MIN
NESOrFA.

3S14So - IN
1.-THE following story is from Mr., Swank's
Editorial Brevities." 1twas first published
in Harpcr's Monthly We expect the writer
was the Hero of his own story.1
A friend of ours from Pennsylvania
visited Goodhue county, Minnesota, last
fall, in search of schoolmaster's berth.
After travelling on foot for several days,
without seeing a single school-house or
even bong able to scare up a school trus-
tee, he one afternoon approached a log
cabin and a large pile of pumpkins, near
which was an ''inteligent looking farmer"
engaged in fashioning an ox-yoke. His
appearance indicated that he might posi-
bly, be man having authority in the
educational transactions of his neighbor-
hood. Under this pleasant impression the
following conversation took place, which
CONVEYS an idea of the manner in which
educational matters are "dCne up" in
some corners of our American back
woods"
"Good-afternoon, Sir"
How-de-do."
Il have been travelling through your
country for the purpose of securing, if
possible, situation as a school-teacher.
Can You inform me where the president
of your school board resides! T.
"A schoolmaster you be! Don't know
where our Presidents shanty is-don't
know whether he's got one"
"What wages do your people pay
school teachers!"
"What wages" Really, young man,
| can't say. Have you made claim
yet!'
mo, sir; l don't think III make one.
Do YOU think l could get school in your
district if should make application
Really don't know. Reckon not,
though. Kin you drive oxen!'
"No, sir; never did any farming or
teaming. Educated myself for a school
teacher i'll Conemaugh township, Somer-
set county, Pennsylvania"
"Yaas. Kin you maui rails? Great
chances for sich bizness over in the N or
wegian settlement
"No. sir; scam not accustomed to per-
form such severe manual labor. Perhaps
you can tell me where | will find your
school-district superintendent? He could
inform me whether your district needs
more teachers Z"
"No, young man, | can't. To be
pinted about the matter, we don't have
no schoolmaster in these parts, nor. no
school-trustees, nor no district supernten-
der, as YOU cali him. All the settlers is
busy with their claims, and don't have no
time for SIGH onimportant consarns. An
let me recommend you, if you don't know
nothin' else than to keep school, and don't
keer bout maxim a claim, an can't drive
oxen or maui rails, to 60 back to Somerset
County an stay thar. People come to
Minnesoty to git land an make motley,
cause they see lisa great country. Book
larnin's no good, and we don't want no
schools. We want enterprisin' men,"
EYES, [ see," replied our exasparated
friend. "This IS great country, and
you might have added, in the words Of
General Ogle, of Somerset county, 1t
isn't all fenced in yet "
sYaas."
And there the eolloquy ended. Oul
friend in high dudgeon, left the "intelli-
gent looking farmer" and the Territory,
strongly impressed with the conviction
that Minnesota is " no great shakes after
all.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

wThere is one fashion at Cape May
which has not yet been introduced at
Newport. The ladies go into the water
promiscuously with "beaux," making reg
ular engagements, as for a dance, to meet
them on the beach or among the break
ers. There is one bright-eyed little gipsey
from Baltimore. the belle of "Congress
Hail." who is engaged ahead" for bath
ing as well as dancing during the remain
der of the season; and sometimes she has
to battle with three or four gentlemen ola
morning, allowing each by turn the fell
city of floating or ducking her dear little
figure.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

AyThe Troy, N. Y, ladies have in
troduced q new feature at their fairs, which
max S them draw like steam-engines.-
All the most bewitching girls wear pla-
cards, labelled okisses one shilling each"
and in some cases where dealers possess
extraordins ry beauty, as high as twenty
five cents Is obtained. Gentlemen who
are fond Of. gathering this kind Of fruit,
"melting from trees" go into it according
to the weight of their purses; and one OF
the newspapers states that one rosy hped,
bright-eyed gal, realized $62 in one eve
ming. One gentleman actually purchased
81 worth Of this honey Exchange.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

A Moe LANp1cRp-A traveller found
q buffalo robe belonging to a hotel-heeper
who, on receiving it thanked the finder,
remarking that q "Thank you" was worth
twenty-five cents, and "Thank you kind
ly," thirty-seyen and half sents. Soon
after, the traveller called for dinner, ate
it, and asked the landlord what was to
pay. twenty-five cents" was the reply.
81 thank you kindly said the Traveller
and move off, "Here my good fellow,
stop and take the change" remarked the
landlord, throwing down ninepence,
'your dinner was only Is cents"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
POETRY Y.
THE YOUNG WIDOW.

She is modest, but not bashful. @
Free and easy. but not bold ::
Like an apple, ripe and mellow,
Not too young and not too old
Ealf inviting. alfrepulsive,
Now advancing and now shy
There is mischief in her dimplc;
There is danger III her eye.
She has studied human nature;
She is schooled in all her arts
She has taken her diploma
Az the IN istress of all hearts;
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when TO smile,
O. a maid is sometimes charming,
Bat widow all the while!
Are YOU sad +? how very serious
viii her handsome face become,
Are you angry she is wretched.
Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb!
Are You mirthful how her laughter,
Understanding, will ring out
She can lure, aud catch. and play you,
As the angler does the trout,
We old bachelors of forty,
Who have grown so bald and wise.
Young Americans of twenty,
With the love-locks III your eyes.
Gou may practise all the lessons
Taught by Cupid since the fall;
But know little widow
Who could win and fool you all.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

HARK, that rustic of dress,
Stiff with lavish costumes;
Here comes one whose cheeks would flush
But to have her garments brush
'Gaiust the girl whose fingers thin
Move the weary broidery in;
And at midnighi's chill and mirk
Stitched her life into the work
Bending backward from her toll
Lest her tears the silk might soil;
Shaping from her bitter thoughts
Heart's-ease and forget me-not's:
Satirizing her despair
With the emblens woven there.
J. RUSSELL Lowell.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

EE The Nashville Bonner says -
:" "A very sedate gentleman from the rural
districts, passing through one of our ware
houses Market street, was arrested by q
large number of barrels of Red head
copper distilled which INSTRUCTED his
passage. How many barrels of whiskey
have you in storeg inquired our friend of
an altache of the house, with an air of
greatinterest. THREE thousand, prompt
ly replied the Intercepted. Three thous-
and barrels, repeated the countrvman,
speaking very deliberately, ten fights to
the barrel is low estimate, and how
many gghts is that Thirty thou sand
fights, replied the mathematical clerk.
"Thirty thousand fights barrclled up Ia
one house! what a war is in prospectvew
and he passed on in very brown study
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Chicago Tribune for 1857.
V,HE CIIICA GO TRIBUNE is a bold, earn

TINE CIIICA GO TRIBUNE is a bold, earn
: est and strs ightforward Republican paper,
devoted to the C muse of Freedom, Progress. and
Reform. Beli ewing that Liberty, and not
Bondage is the saving principle of the Repub-
lie, it is enliste d into the Republican ranks,
not for cam paign, but during the struggle
between Free iom and Slavery. 1t contends
for the princi pies declared by the unanimous
vote of the athers of the Republic in the Con
gress of 1887 that Slavery or involuntary ser
vitude shall never exist in territory now free,
and it theref ore insists that Kansas shall be free.
that SLAYER y shall be excluded ftom all Ma
tional TER tory and that the influence of the
General 6 oveInment shall be exercised Ola the
side of y reedom.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
THE ART OF DRESS.

A sweet disorder in the dress,
{ A happy kind of carelessness y
4 lawn about the shoulders, thrown,
Into fine distraction:
An caring lace. which here and there
Enthralls the crimson stomacher;
a cuff neglectful and thereby
Bibands that flow confu sedly:
A winning wave. deserving note.
In the tempestuous petticoat;
\ careless shoe-string. in whose tie
I see wild civility
DO more bewiich me than where art
Is too precise in every part.
Ben JOHNSON.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
on r OHIO.


To secure room in a crowd carry a
paint pot in each hand. ...
To ascertain the weight OF horse
put vour toe under the animals foot.
WHEN do we have favorable weather
for makinghay After it has rained pitch
forks"
This living instance of Nothing to
Wear''is now on exhibition in New York.
ltmeasures about a Peck"
4 WESTERN editor in dunning his sub
scribers says he has responsibilities thrown
upon him which he is obliged to meat.
"Canst thou love me gentle stranger?'
Flushing like n rose she stood;
And the knight at once admitted,
That he rather thought he could"
PAMPERNICKIE says woman's heart is
the sweetest thing in the, world; in fact
perfect hoaeycomb, full of sells. Bee
ware.
\ MAN being sympathized with on &C
count of bis wife's running awfy said;
don't pity me until she comes back home
again"
AN old gentleman being asked what
he wanted for dinner, replied, IAN appe-
tito, good company, something to eat, and
clean napkin.
IT is said that Goldfish is served up to
the inmates of Sing Sing every Friday
to accommodate the religious scruples of
the inmates, How considerate.
An eastern editor announces the arri-
val of twelfth responsibility at his house
and makes The following appeal thereafter
-"More subscribers wanted at this Of
flee"
A GENTLEMAN regretting the loss Of
his first, in the presence of his second
wife, was told no one had more reason
TO wish his former spouse alive than she
had.
An exchange tells of little girl who
ness against your neighbour" that it was
when nobody did nothing, and somebod-
DIV went and told of it."
"WHAT brutes your Southern men are,
always smoking cigars" said a young la
dy to Creole Mss Yes but your.
Northern men in Maine you know, smoke
behring's" was the quiet reply.
Alasl the love of women it is known
To be lovely and fearful thing;
For all of theirs upon that die is thrown,
And if It's lost, life has no more to bring
To them but mockeries of the past alone.
Byron.
The Syracuse Standard says that one
of the ladies' on board the Minnehaha, at
the picnic excursion on Wednesday last,
exposed her under skirts during the show
or. On the back of the skirt was printed
in circle, in large blue letters: 'ertra
Genesee-49 Bsm
BEFORE marriage the man is very
much struck with the woman, and after
wards the woman is very much struck by
the man. Punch says it is q striking
piece of business all through.
WHAT is slur in music! Almost
any remark ono singer makes about an
other.
What is beating timel Singing so fast
that time cannot keep up with you.
What is resta Goirg out Of the choir
to get some refreshments.
What is a staccato movement? Leav-
ing the choir in huff, because dissatisfied
with the leaders requirements.
What is a SWELL a Professor OF mu-
sic who pretends to know everything about
the science, while he cannot conceal his
own igncl ance.
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And all kinds of MILL FEED, which he
is ready to dispose OF, on terms TIC suit custom
ers.
He flatters himself, that after an experience
Of forty years in the Milling business, and
with all the facilities which are now in his pos
session. ha is enabled to prosecute his branch OF
business with success, and in every instance
with justice to his patrons.
Persons coming from distance with grists
will be served promptly and not detained long
in waiting.
Custom Work done according to order,
in satisfactory manner.
The best brands of Flour manufactured at
his Mills, put up in half, quarter, and eighth
barrel sacks and sent to various parts of the
country.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16
GREENwOoDHo'
w. n. WINCHESTER, f''

rHE GREENWOOD Hot ID 4
nishcd and kept IN Ia. ll,s BY III
proprietor fiatters himself thaa mats, hd|
lion to the wants of his gusss and Il
their abode with him pleasali'' ~.
Pleasure Parties tie +.
will find this House an ryey;"anickipaI
Natural Scenery Of the h, np IN ~ |
in the vicinity, is as fine As 81 a. With u
West. The streams abound ,,nnusnd
Trout, and afford the best IF~i,hng1
lovers Of the angling art i
always on hand. ,s,,lv invitsSs
The proprietor respectfully o it togl
seeking either pleasure OF wv
call, -. copns'
oommodious Stables arc
me po aaa. Dollar Per ~
Dollars per Week ~. Jas
Rive. rall., risrce Goa '
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

EE That was right royal compli-
ment, paid by the great Frederick to one
Of his generals. 81 send YOU wrote he,
"against the enemy with sixty thousand
men" Numbering the troops, there were
but fifty thousand. The officer having
appraised his royal master Of the deficiency,
Frederick replied, ~ counted you as ten
thousand"
Zone blast upon his bugle horn,
We're worth thousand men,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

RHuBARB.--In preparing this for pies,
it is a common mistake to peel the stalks.
The skins, however tough they may seem,
cook as readily and tenderly as the pulp,
besides adding to its richness, and delicate
flavor.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-16

MORE than 1000 families have already
applied to the Emigrant Aid and Home
stead Co., to emigrate to Virginia, and
large subscriptions to the stock are offered
from the Southern States.
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