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Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

A CANDID M1Sn.--There is nothing sheds so fine light upon the human heart as cal- dor It was called whiteuess by the ancients, for its purity and it has always won the es- teem due to the most admirable of the virtues However little sought for or practised, all do the homage of its praise, and all feel the DOW CT and charm of its influence. The man whose opinions make the deepest mark upon his tel- bowman whose influence is the most. lasting and eficIent whose friendship instinctIvely sought where all others have proved faithless, is not the man of brilliant parts, or flattering tongue, or splendid genius, or commanding power but he whose lucid candor and ingen- nous truth transmit the hearts real feelings pure and without refraction. There are other qualities which are more showy, and other traits that have higher place in the worlds code of ho"or, but none wear better or gath CT less tarnsh by use, or clain, deeper hom- age in that silent reverence which the mind must pay to virtue Learss.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01
SLEEP.-In Turkey. if a person happens to

SLEEp.-In Turkey, if person happens to fall asleep in the reighborhood of poppy field, and the wind blows over toward him, he
 becomes gradually narcotized and would die if the country people, who are we'll acquainted with the circumstances, did not bring him to
 the next Well or stream and empty pitcher af ter pitcher Of water Oil his face and body Dr
 AppenheIm, during his residence in Turkey, owed his life to this simple aHd ei1icacious treat
 meht. Dr. Graves, from whom this anecdote Is qnoted, also reports the case of a gentl man thirty years of age, who from long cyntinncd sleeplness, was reduced to a complete living skeleton, unable to stand on his legs. It was partly owing to disease, but chiefly to the abuse of mercury aud opium, until at last un- able to pursue his business he sank into abcct povely aud woe. Dr. Reid mentions a friend, of his who, whenever anything occurred to dis tress him, soon became droW>y and fell asleep. \ fellow student also as Edinburgh upon hear
 ing suddenly the death of near relative, threw himself on lis bed and almost instauta- neouS!y, amid the glare of noonday, sunk into profound slumbcr. Another person, read
 ng aloud to one of his dearest friends, on his deaiiI-bed, fell asleep, and with the book still in h's hand, went on reading utterly unconcious of what he was doing A womau at Ha,nadt slept seventeen or eighteen hours day for ff- teen years. Another is recorded as having slept once for four days. Dr. Macn;sh men tons woman who spent tlrce-fourths of her life in sleep, and Dt. EiIiotson quotes the case of young lady who slept for six weeks and recovered. The venerable St. Augustine of Hippo prndentIy divided his hours into three parts, eight to be devoted to sleep, eight to recltatlons, and eight to converse with the world. MaNlacs are reported particularly in the eastern hemisphere, to become furiouslv vigant during the full of the moon, more cs- peclaIIy when the deteroratins rays of it's pol arlzed light iSpermitted to fall into their apart ment, hence the name lunatics. There certain Iy yiS greater pronencss to disease during sleep than in waking state, for those who pass the night in the Champagne du Roma, in- evtably become infected with its noxiors air, while travellers, who gn through without stop ping, escape the maSma. Intense cold pro- duces sleep, and those who perish in the snow, sleep on till they sleep the sleep of death.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

TLuENCY OF SPEECH-Dcscurtcs the ia nous mathematician and philosopher La Fon- tanc, celebrated for his witty fables, Bullion, the greatest naturalist were singularly dcfc tent in the power of conversation Marmontcl the novelist, was so doll in society," that his friend said of him, after an interview, " must go and read his tales, to recompensc myself for the wcarincss af hearing him" As to Cor ncile, the greatest dranatlst in France, he was completely lost in socicty-sO absent and cm- barrasS"d that he wrote of himself a witty coupet, importing that ne never was ntcIIig- ible but through the mouth of another Wit on paper seems to be something different from that play of words ill conversation, which as it sparkIes, dies for Charles II, the witticst monarch that ever sat on the English throne, was so charmed with the humor of Hudibras, that he caused himself to be introduced ill the character of a priyale gentleman, to But
 Ter its author The witty king found the au- thor very dull companion, and was of the opinion, with many others that 70 stupid icl- low could never have wrttcn so clever book. Addison, whose classic elegance has long been considered the model Of style, was shy and ab- sent in society, preserving even before single ] stranger, stiff and dgufcd silence. In con versat.on, Dante was taciturn and satirIcal. Gray or AIhcri seldom talked or smiled :; and Rousseau was remarkable in conversation not word of fancy or eloquence warmed him. Milton was unsocial and even irritable when much pressed to talk of others"
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

TIE CELEBRATED DR. JOHNSON Nils man. nerS had never been courty. They now be- came almost savage. Being frequently under the necessity of wearing shabby coats and dir ty shirts he became confirmed sloven Be ing often very hungry when he sat down to eat he contracted a habit of eating with ravenouS greedInCss. Even to the end of his life and even at tine tables of the great, the sight ot food affected him as 1t affects wild beasts and birds of prey. His taste in cookery formed in Subterancan orlinnres and alaNa0de beef shops was far from delicate Whenever he was so fortunate as to have near him a hare that had bcel kept tool ong, or meat pic made with rancid butter, he gorged himself
 with such violence that his veins swclled and the moisture broke out cn his forhead. The ahronts which his poverty embroidered stupid and low minded men to offer to him, would have broken a mean spirit into Sycophancy, but made him rude even to icrocity Unhappily the inSolence which, while it was defensive was paardOnbie, and i'll some sense respectable, ac- conpanied him into societies where he was treated with courtesy and kindness. He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who had taken liberties with him. All the suffer
 CTS, however, were wise enough to abstain from talking about their beatnyS, except Osborne
 the most rapacious aud brutal of booksellers
 who proclaimed everywhere he had been knock ed down by the huge fellow whom he had hir ed to puff the Harein Library -Nacouhy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

TIE GINNING THnrsH.-There is much more intellect in birds than people suppose An instance of that occurred the other da, at slate quarry belonging to friend from whom We have the narrative. A thrush not aware Of the expansive properties of gunpowder, thought proper to build her nest on a ridge of the quarry, Tn the very centre of which they were constantly blasting the rock At first she was very much discomposcd by the flying Ill all directions, but still she would not qu!t her chosen locality. She observed that bell rang whenever train was about to be fired. and that at the signal the workmen retired to safe position. In d few days, when she heard the bell, she quilted her exposed position and flew down to where the workmen sheltered themselves, dropping close to their feet. There she would remain until the explosion had taken place. and then return to her nest. The work men observed thlS, narrated it to their employ CTS and 1t was also told to wis tors who come to view the quarry Tine visitors naturally ex- pressed wish to witness so curious a Speci- men of intellect, but as the rock could not al ways be blasted when visitors came, the bell was rung instead, and for a few times answer ed the same purpose, The thrush flew down close where they stood but she peceIved the change and it intcrfcred with the process or li- cubation the consequence was that atterward when the bell ruug she would peep over the ledge, to ascertain if the workmen retreated aud if they did not, she would remain where she was.-London Llefary Jourual.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01
PerfunlerV,

We learn from a foreign journal that full l59, ,000 gallons of pertumed spirits are yearly consumed by British India and Europe in tit illating the nose One French house alone an- uuay uses eighty thousand pounds of orange flowers, sixty thousand pounds cassia flowers, fifty three thousand pounds roses, forty-two thousand pounds of jasmin blossoms, thirty two thousand pounds of violcts, twenty thou sand pounds of tuberosc, sixteen thousand pounds of lilac, and other odorous plants in still larger portions. Flower plants exist in the south of France, Turkey in Europe, Fur key in Asia, and India Nor is Eng gland with out the cultivation. In Mtcham, lavender is extensively grown, and produces plant m rivallcd in the world-four times the price even of French lavender; and the same spot is noted for its cultivation of roses. Nor is this extensive use surprising, when we consider the quantity of flowers necessary to produce an essence :; dram of otter of roses requires two thousand rose blooms. This, however, is nothing 10 jasmn the price Of its essential oil is S45 the fluid ounce Of course there is good deal of manufacture" going on with 1 the more expensive perfumes. The roSe-leat geranium does duty for the rose the "per, fume of the magnolia is superb" says our au' thor but practically it is of no use to the manufacturer" from the scarcity of the plant and other causes; the purchaser, however, gets combination of halfa-dozen articles in. stead, and if he is satisfied with his essence oi magnolia, who has right to complain The perfumes of the lily and the eglantine evapo rate to such an extent under any known treat ment, that they gre never used
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

MEMoRY.-Dr. Alexander Gerard, of A ber- deen, was 6 remarkable instance of what may be done by the exercise of the memory. When he first assumed the office of preacher, his rec ollectlon was so inert, that with the greatest difficulty he committed a sermon to memory iu a fortnight and never ventured to preach more than once during that time, unless he could deliver the same sermon in another place" But as he practced the art of learning lis sermons, he found his memory strengthened rerceptiby, till at length he could repeat the whole of discourse, accurately, after reading it only twice He was an instance of mau' $ acquiring, by mere dint of industry, the mu.- tery of an art, for which he did not appear ,o be fitted by nature,
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01
SINGULAR ACC1pENT.-A young lady, daurl

SINGULAR AccIDENr-A young lady, daugh- ter of tue Hon. 5. r. baliy, of Corning, \. l., died few days since, from singular ac- cldent. Sue was passing along the sidewalk. when man brushed past her, hitting her d sharp blow on the temple, probably with his elbow. The lady fell, and the man went on without so much as looking back. Miss Bai- ley soon recovered sufficiently to walk home, and was apparently as well as usual for day or two, but an attack of the fever, said by the physicians to be consequent upon the blow, su- persed, and the patient died.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

By means of a machine invented by 6 French artisan, lines are engraved so minute as to be inperceltibIe to the naked eye 1t Is designed for the production of private marks in bank notes, aud it is capable of pro ducng two hundred thousand different combi- nations Of minute kaleidoscope figures, oay to bc seen by the aid of powerful microscope, yet perfectly regular and distinct, and insus- ctptlhlc of being initiated. At every turn ot | the tiny wheels which work it, the machine produces four entirely new desiyus, exceedingly , complicated, and quite different from one ali other.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

A VERY PECULIAR DIsH.-When our par ty of six had seated themselves at the centre table my attention was attracted by c0rered dish, something unusual at a Chinese meal. On a certain signal the cover was removed and presently the face of the table Was covered with juvenile crabs, which made their exodus from the dish with all possible rapidty Thc crablrts had been thrown into a plate of vine gar just as the company sat doWn->uch an immersion making them more brisk and lively than usual. But the sprightly sport of the in, famt crabs was soon checked, by each guest scizing which he could, dashing it into his mouth, crushing it between his tccth and swallowing the whole morScI without cercmo- ny. Determined to do as the Chinese did. 1 tried this novelty also with oae-with two ] succeeded, finding the shell soft and "elatnou>, for they were tiny creatures, not more tLan a day or two old But 1 was compelled to give in to the third, which had resolved to take vengeance, and gave my lower lip a nip so sharp and severe as to make me reIiuGuish my hold and likewise dcSist from any further ex- pertinent of this nature.-Llfe ia CAina.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

With the indus rious, Time glides away like a smooth and rapid river, flowing onward through verdant and fertile plains, to a tran quil summer sea--with tie indolent, like the almost stangnant waters of ditch, oozing slowly through bog ard fer, until they settle down lieieSs and uoxious, in a putrid mo- raSS
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

AN apparatus has been invented, and tested for lighting trains with gas. Not only can the cars be lighted with gas, but the headlight ot the locomotive fed from an apparatus on the en- glue, and steady white light secured, at much less cost than the lights now in use, re. quirug the most costly oil and lamps of pecul- lar and expensive constructor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01
Iceland.

On stepping ashore in Iceland, the total ab- sence ot the trees and forests, and the aston lSh'ng parity of the atmosphere, strike the spectator as among the most remarkable char
 acterist'cs of the country. The fields are beautifully green the mountains clothed ill purple heath, appear so near that you are al- most tempted to reach forth your hand to
 touch their sides. A fifteen OF twenty miles distant, they appear but three or four ard at seventy or eighty miles, they seem within
 ten or fifteen. Such is the effect of the magi- cal purity of the atmosphere. fin other coun- tries you go and visit ruins :; here you see na- ture In her most fantastic forms. In other states you pay a shilling, franc, or pas tre, for warm bath in Vat of marble /: here you bathe in a spring Of any temperature, or lduuge into cool lake, and swim to the re- zion of a hot spring in the bottom, guided by the stream on tie surface. lu other lands you step into marble palaces that are lined with gold and precious stones, and find hereditary legislators making law to keep the people in suh)oction here you see grass grown an!- phlIheatre where an elective Congress net and legiSated ln the open air for nearly a thousand years. In other and more favored cl:mcs, you find more comfortable houses, and fruits of Fragrance blush on every tree, here, not lrntt, save one sinai, ol.I tastvless berry, and not single variety ot grain will rIptn, and their houses are Here lutS of lava and turf locking aa green aS the meadows and pastures. lii other i,n,is, coal and wood fires enlvcn cy- cry hearth and mines of iron, lead copper, silver and gold reward the labor of the del yer, but here, not a particle of coal, not one single mineral of value, and not one stick of wood larger than walking cane, can be found
 Many of the mountains are clad in eternal SHOWS, and some pour out rivers of fire several times every century. But though fertile the soil, and scanty tie productions our knowl- edge of the country must be limited if we con- siGert barren of historical facts and literary "reminiscences. A country like this, nearly as large as England, must possess few agricutu- ral and commercial resources, to have at this time, nearly one thousand years after its ir>t settlement, d population of only sixty thou sahd souls Yet the Icclanders, while labor ing under great disadvantages, are more con tented, moral and religious, possess greater at tachmcnt to country are less given to crime and altercation and show greater hospitality and kindness to strangers, than any other peo- pie the sun shines upon. Their cCntentnent and exemption from crime and offense do not arise from sluggishncss or indolcnce of charac- ter nUr are they noted alone for their mega tive virtues. They possess d greater spirit of historical research and literary inquiry, have EiOre scholars, poets, and !e.rred men, than can be found among an equal population on the face of the globe. Some of their Iinyuists speak and write greater number of langua- ueS than those that I have eyer mot in any other country.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

The moral virtues in themselves can have no power nor efficacy unless they be under the constant control and government of a master and mistress. The name of the former is Rea son--that of the latter, Consistency.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

To young man, life in the future seems long and attractive to the ag,d, like a che. qucred dream of light and shadow.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01
A Ballad of the Rain.
BY JULIET.

Last night the fragrant lily,
 So stately, wan, and st y, Held high her pallid chAlce, gathering whlteness from the moon;
 And standing like a warden,
 Beside tn enchanted garden, The tulip-tree tossed high and free his yellow stars of bloom, And swept their golden flashing through the fir mament of June;
 While the plain Of shiverng breeze, and quivering trees, foretold ths coming rain.
 The lilly bells scattered-- The tulips bole is shattered His emerald crown came crashing down before the wind and rain,
 An, dainty, summer lily!
 Thy bed is dank and chilly, An, woe is me! the tulip-tree was named for LAuncelot Vane, Who never, in the gloalning, shall seek its bowers Ruthless rain Who never, with our lily maid, shall keep his tryst again
 In sooth, it IS appalling
 The cold relentless falling The weary. dreary, piashns and dashing of the rain!
 It ravins at the gable,
 All wealer-stdined and sahe, And fercely drives at Mabel with cheek against the pane At waiting, watching Mabel, whose tears fall like Woeful rain At hoping fearing Mabel, who to see the moon would fain.
 The moon that er>t hath lighted Her lover, when benl9hed, Across ravine and mountain stream, OCT lonely woId and plain.
 Tonight he seeks his plighted. Whose ruby lips are whlud, As thus she pleads and mercedes, Dlspel the mist and rain. Thou gentle moon obscured too soon, and guide him once again! Oh storm, abstain! oh clouds refran oh Heav- en, withhold the rain !'
 lrnmoved the leaden cloudng- The murk and dismal Shroudlng. Mabel, tonight, for hope and light, to Heaven looks in vain.
 Alas! eXpectant maiden,
 Thy president soul is laden With nameess fears and binding tears stream down the crystal pane; All dim with drops ut anguish, and wet with driving rain.
 Drifting rain! The music of his coming We neer shall greet again.
 VI.
 Hist to the distant batter!
 The tumut and the chatter! His milk white seed, of kubeh's breed, tramps up the grassy lane /!
 No! ,is the hLfox sraying Too near the ban-dogs' baylng- It is the wild wol's gaIlop across the dismal Dirging rain, With ceaseless drop, drop, dropping upon the tor tured bIain.
 Icannot bear the sobbng
 The deep and labored ,hrobbng, From yonder forge that in the gorge beats its great heart of pain.
 See how its wild lights quiver, AdOwn the turhid river, On untamed waves, from mountain caves, fas hastening to the main On milk-whe horse-on lithe-limbed corse fast drifting to the main
 LAuNCELoT NANE! The ford of lay, didst thou essay, all swollen with the rain?
 The lily bells are scattered The tulips bo!e is shattered The tulip.,ree. so proud and free, type of LAuN. CELoT VANE
 Oh, maid among the les
 The churchyard mould chill is; Yet, rest thy head upon its bed, and cool thy fe vered brain God's ruth upon thy dolour, we lay thee in th' raini
 Chilling rain All quenched the fire of sick desire out wonder il the rain
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-10-01

Hist to the distant batter!
 The tumut and the chatter! His milk. white sleed, of kublehs breed, tramps up the grassy lane !
 No! ',is the hil-fox s,raying Too near the ban-dogs' bay,ng-- It is the wild wolt's gaIlop across the dismal plain.
 Dirging rain, With ceascess drop. drop, dropping upon the tor tured bIan.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-07-09
Rockford Land Agency.
WYATT e. BOWDOIN,
POcEf0rH EXou1 rO,/tu Lo,ro

lnFFER FOR SALE some of the most desi-
~ rable property in Northern Iowa; COM
prising among others the following parcels, to
wit
Lots and 4, block s, fronting ON the pub
lie square in the village of St. Charles
Upwards of 100 lots in the village of Rock
ford.
The water power and Improvements of the
Rockford Mil Company, comprising the saw
mill and dam, and water power sufficient for
an excellent Touring mill
The W of s-w | of section 10, tp. 9j, 10,
embracing Bowdoin's railroad addition to the
village of Rockford.
The NV fl 4 of NV / of sec. 8, tip. 95, l7-52
acres
NV fl | sec. 6, 95 17-ls2 acres.
sw fl / sec Z. 95. 1876 acres.
sw fl sec 1s, 95, 1875 acres.
e4 ne sec II, 95, Is.
sw sec II, 95, IS.
n ne and ne of NV ! of sec 10, So Is.
G! of sw 1 sec %, o5 Is.
ne and n J Sc ! sec 81, 95 Is.
eI sw / sec 10, sc Is.
ne J Of Sc sec &c, 81, 19-Cerro Gordo Co.
cl sc sec 0, %, Is, containing good
water power. grove and stone quarry within
half mile of the village of Rockford.
WI of ne 1 sec 16, 95, IS, ON which is bed
of the genuine Milwaukee cL.y, affording an
excellent site for brick yard, much needed.
Some five thousand acres in addition to the
above, including several improved farms in
the vicinity of Rockford.
The above will be sold on reasonable terms
and time given if desired.
WYATT BowDoIN.
Rockford, June IS, 1857.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-07-09
The Mob Spirit.

1--WE learn that the mob spirit il
rampant on the borders of Cedar and
Clinton counties. Two hundred men
4 are now in pursuit of horse thieves
and counterfeiters. They arrested
one man near the Wapsie, strung him
up by the neck upon tree, and made
him acknowledge himself guilty of the
crimes charged against him. We also
learn that some of the citizens of this
county have been arrested by and are
now in the hands of the Mob. We do
not know whether they intend to hand
the culprits over to the proper author
tiles or try them by Judge Linch's
Court. An effort should be made at
once by the legally constituted au-
thorities, to bring all offenders against
the law to justice. If the Mob only
seek to arrest and legally convict the
perpetrators of crime in our midst,
then they are engaged in laudable
undertaking but if they propose to
dispense justice regardless of law,
they are equally guilty with those
whom they punish.
"LArER.--We stop the press to
announce that the Mob arrested a Mr..
Warren, Of Liberty township, in this
county, and hung him. They have
also shot man by the name Of Page,
and are in pursuit of others, whom
they threaten with summary venge-
ance. A meeting Of our citizens
should be called tonight, to consider
what steps shall be taken to secure
our citizens against further outrages.
Such q state of anarchy and outlaw
is deplorable indeed, and we call upon
the authorities for more efficient efforts
to enforce the Civilian.