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Smyrna times., 1857-01-21
The Storm, Weather, sc,

The 18th and 10Th of January, 1857, will be
long remembered ON account of the great storm.
There has not been, in some respects, since
the storm of 81, known as the "big snow,"
one to equal it. We have had many heo sier
falls or snow, but in no instance since the year
above named, has it been so intensely cold, or
has there been such gale during fall of snew
1t is nothing unusual to hear the remark, ait is
too cold to snow," but this storm has scattered
such theory to the four winds. The cold was
piercing, On Sunday morning, at sunrise, the
mercury stood at 6 deg above zero, at ID IN.
4 deg, 3 p IN. deg, and, at sundown ! deg;
thus exhibiting gradual fall in the tempera-
ture from morning until night. We never be-
fore knew of an instance when the temperature
/ was SO low, but that there would be a slight
rise about the middle of the day. Col.
Lockwood informs us that his thermometer
(Which was in more exposed condition than
the one above referred toy indicated only 9 deg.
above zero in the morning, which, according to
the same rate of declension, would have been
at zero at II IN. On Monday morning, though
the storm still ragged, the mercury stood at
degrees, but which by night had risen to 49,
Tuesday morning it stood at 10 deg, and tn,
weather has since greatly moderated. But, Il
! return to the storm. On Saturday afternoon
the wind shifted from the southwest to tn
northwest, showed two or three hours and clear
ed off In the night the wind "hauled aroun
: to the northeast" the clouds gathered, an
early Sunday morning few scattering fake
began to fall, which increased with the wine
the latter already hurricane. During tn
: night, trap-doors, window-sh shutters, &C., wer
:, torn of, and every crack through which the a
- could penetrate, became a highway for tn
driven snow. On Monday the storm ragged viii
. nearly the same violence. No one pretende
to do any work, not workshop in town ben
:, open. The snow drifted in banks from four
in eight feet high, completely barricading the doc
70 of many houses. The roads are entirely bloc
a. ed up, the cars have not been able to bret
or through the banks yet, and Smyrna, for the la
II. several days, has been practically like an isal
rs several leagues from shore.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21
MARRIED,

On Christmas day, at the residence Of -
Walker, Esq by Rev. w. Z. Robinson, james
Wise to Ann L. Ioifecker, ot New Castle.
BY the same, on the IIth instant, John 7.
David, to Miss E. Blckanlster, Of Kent CO.,
del.
By the same, on the 18th, Mr.. VIM Smith
to Mrs. illnn4h y. HacAcrt, oOtn OF Duck Creek
Id.
BY the same, Oh the llth inst, Wm. p.
Wright to Mary T. Fares, Doth oi' this place
We are indebted TO this happy couple tor
some prime cake, for which they viii receive
cur thanks.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

0E-The American Journal Of Medical Sci
ences for 1852. contains an article on Bella
donna as a Prophylactc in Scarlet Fever"
written by Geo. L. Andrew, ii. D., of La Porte,
Indiana. He says:
"When the epidemic was at its height, I
commenced the use of the English extract OF
Belladonna, in the manner recommended by
DR.. Mitchell, in the Sd vol. of the Transactions
of the American Medical Association. dis.
tributed it to some eighty children, including
all those properly belonging to my diocese, who
could be exposed to the infection. Of these
one only UGs attacked Uith ScarIatina."
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

STREErs.-A week or two since, we stated
shat our Town Commissioners, had decided to
open several streets, which we named, together
with their contemplated width. Since then
they have somewhat enlarged their views in
relation to the same, aud decided as follows:--
Delaware to be opened 40 feet and extended tC
Walnut; Cedar to be opened %; Frazier do.
40 feet; and Chestnut street widened from
East TO Main 40 feet, and opened from Union
10 Delaware 40 feet. Several of these streets
will much enhance the value OF property through
which they extend, by opening valuable aud
4 sirsble building lots t.,.t, e...t
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01- A friend hands us the following, taken

OF A friend hands US the following, taken
from Norfolk paper:
"A Wamton Outrage some
miscreant, in the neon day, and when the sun
was shining bright and beautiful, and the ther-
mometer al freezing point, daringly and with
malice prepense, stole, took and carried away
from the pussage of Messrs. Hankins & Clark's
Daguerrean Gallery the beautiful likeness of Miss
Martha Haines Butt. The beautiful likeness
of this young lady, fac simiIe of the one cx
hibrted at the Crystal Palace, New York, fol
which the Countess of fDevonshire paid 60 guin,
cas- the proprietors priced highly, and no sun
could procure it from them, and the ndividua
who could so far transgress decency aud pro
pfiety, deserves the execrations of an indgnan
community for this unheard of outrage.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

Festival IN DovER.-The proceeds of the
Festival given by the ladies of Dover, for the
benefit of the NJ. E. church, we learn, amount.
ed to about $400. Alex. G. Cummins lectureC
each evening. We regret not having a repor
of the lectures. Two fine pound-ca pre-
pared by the ladies, were exhibited ;--designec
as presents: one for James Buchanan, Presiden
elect the other for Governor Causey both o
which are 10 be sent by the ladies, to their re
spective consignees.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

AccIDENTs.-On Wednesday last, lad aged
about IL years, fell from the stable loft of Jas.
w. Spruance, Esqo of this town, striking his
head on the floor of the stable, and injuring
him very severely.
On Saturday last, John Cavner, an Irishman
ostler of Mr.. WIN. v. Grieves, stumbled over
The doOr-sill of the stable, causing him to fall
and dislocate the elbew-joint of his left arm..--
DIR. Daley has both cases in charge.
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or We have had no mail since Saturday
four days-and, consequently, have nothing new
beyond our own town limits in that time.--
When the mail does arrive we may expect to
hear Of many cases of distress, disaster &c.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

DEDICATION The new Nj. E. Church, in
Fredercs, will be dedicated on Sunday, the lst
of February, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The dedi.
catory services will be conducted by Bishop
Scott @ t+
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or Several persons turned out yesterday
on horseback, and IN sleighs, wagons &C., and
opened the roads leading into town. The snow
would not have been more than 10 inches on a
level.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21
BUSINESS CARD.
GEORGE w. CUMNINS.

OFFICE on Main street, tirst door above Ihe
/" Bank of Smyrna"
nEALS in all kinds OF Grain and Seeds,
- Stocks, Bills of Exchange, Drafts, Checks
and Specie; Guano, Lime, Plaster, Rric&, WOod'
&c, &c. =. ..r,.-t.s,... 3 ,..... :. g. j.,
+. His Vessels ply regularly between this, and
Philsdelphia and New York, prepared to bear
any Freight at the lowest going rates.
Smyrna, March 81, lo06-ly.
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Posr OYrIcEs.-The Postmaster General
has established new poss Office at Coverdale,
Sussex county. aud appointed Charles Rawlins
postmaster.
Joha Poudsr has been appointed postmaster
ss n .ton, in place of James Ponder, resigned.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21
Public Sale.

WILL be sold at public sale, on Wednesday,
the 2Sth of January, 1857, at the residence #
the subscriber, near Kenton, in Duck Greek
Hundred, the following Personal Property, viz:
FIVE HORSES, three of which are good road
sters; One fine Bull, several Young Cattle, slX
Mich Cows, A part of which will be fresh; l
Brood sow and 6 shoats of a good stock; l
Wheat-Thresher, stalk cutter, with Endless
Chain. Reaper, Wagon aud harness, large
Dearborn, and harness; Plows, Harrows, Gull
tivators, shovels and other Farming Utensils
Also, Household Goods and Kitchen Furniture.
Consisting of Tables, Chairs, &C.; also gOOd
Cook Stoves, one Template stove, one Eight
Day Clock, anda variety of other articles un-
necessary to name. Sale to commence at lO
o'clock, on said day, when attendance will be
given aud Terms made known by
ALBERT LAYTON.
OF Also, at the same time and place, TWO
PAIR of MULES and one yoke of young
OXEN, by NH. COvERDALE. a.
January Is 1857.
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SALE OF FINE PRoPERTY.-The farm of
the late Col. J. L. Miles, of Newark, Del, con-
tanning 1876 acres, was sold at public sale on
Thursday last for SlS,5OO. David J. Murphey
ESQ, Of this Hundred, was the purchaser.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

TEE LIQUOR OUEsTIoN.-We understand the
liquor question is a vexatious subject to the
present Legislature. They seem not to know
how to approach it. Were they not SO ndis-
solubly bound to the performance of certain
measures we might give little advice, gratis !;
but, as it is, they must fix their compass and
mark their own "course and distances" ApprO-
pO of this subject we find the following in the
Reporter:
There is in the hands of one of the men,
bers resolution simply to repeal the present
law. There is also in the hands of anoth"
member the draft of bill to regulate the sale
of liquor-imposing license on hotels of from
fifteen to one hundred dollars The granting
of license to be given to the Levy Court, or tc
boad of five commissioners from each county
The bill emsnates from the city of Wilmington
As soon as it is introduced, we shall publish i
for the information of the public, when the mat
ter should be well digested."
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

FOREIGs-Later from Havana and Merico.
The steamship Isabel, from Havana and Key
West on the 10th inst, arrived at Charleston
on Wednesday. The health of DR.. Kane was
improving. A great storm had occurred of
Vera Cruz. Numerous vessels were wrecked
including the ship-of-war Gaudaloupe anC
steamer Iturbide. There were 80 persons OF
board, all of whom were lost The Fish mo-
nopoly at Cuba had been annulled, and foreigr
vessels were allowed to sell. The weathe
was cool, but beautiful. Sugars firm and in
active. New molasses was coming in freely
Coffee, good seconds selling at 16.50a17. So
Freights and exchanges were improving.
Smyrna times., 1857-01-21

or The tank.house Of the Delaware Rail-
road. at the Dover Depot, was destroyed by FIRE
on Wednesday ast.
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SELLING OFF! Selling OF!

ALL persons deslrous Of purchasing BAR-
GAINS, would do we'll 10 call al J. HENRY
JEFFERSON'S Store, as he wishes To dlspo'e
of his entire Stock by the first day OF March
next. Store opposite the Bank Of Smyrna.
Jan. Z, 81.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-07-01

navies, and bridges rivers and lays the
railroad track, and forms every part of
the flying locomotive. Wherever stea-
mer plows the waves, or the long canal
bears the nations inland wealth; wherev-
or wheat fields wave and the mill wheels
turn, there labor is the conqucror and the
king. The newspaper, wherever it spreads
its wings, bears with it the impress Of
toiling hands Should not the laborer be
fed? Should he not be well housed -
Should he not have the best wife and the
prettiest children in the world? Should
not the man that produces all we have to
eat and drink, and wear, be honored p
To us, there is more true poetry about
the laborer's life and lot, than any other
mans under heaven. 1t matters not in
what calling a man toils-if he toll man
fully, honestly, efficiently and contentedly.
The little tin pail should be a badge of
nobility everywhere, and in the :" good
time coming, boys" it win be.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-07-01
in my intense agony. That boy, is what

in my intense agony. That boy, is what
made the scar you see.
Then as the tall Indian bent over me,
that he might as is invariably the custom,
seize with his teeth my scalp to tear it off.
But the time he thus employed, had not
been unimproved by me, for slowly reach
ing for my knife, grasped for its hilt,
and at this moment with all my remain
ing strength, I plunged it in his side.
Instantly I made an effort to free my
self from his iron grasp, but in vain
Raising high his arm he prepared to
strike my own defenceless breast; the
knife descended and 1 closed my eyes, for
as thought, the last time in my life-yet
its keen edge touched me not, and on
opening my eyes, l found it deep buried
in the loose earth by my side.
The skill and strength of my assailant
had failed in that terrible moment, and he
was struggling in the agonies of death.
I arose to my feet, weak, and confronted
his savage companion, with whom COM
menced another fearful struggle. How
it terminated I cannot tell; l only know
that 1 was picked up by some friendly
Indians, who nursed me in their rude man
ner, until l was wholly recovered. Then
being alone in the world, | returned to
the prairie, and. on the spot of this fatal
encounter, built my hut where I still re-
side, where God permitting me I shall
end my DAYS Within the twelve wears.
since then, have seen, a populous State
formed around me, city (Milwaukee)
with $4,000 inhabitants has grown up
almost in my sight, and hope yet to see
my own Wisconsin the foremost State in
our glorious Union"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-07-01
Edgar A. Poe.

Edgar A. Poe was a triune being
man-angel-and devil. He dwelt in
that dim land where two worlds meet.
the temporal and eternal, and fancies were
to him the facts of life. Strange, weird
voices spoke to him and elfn shapes were
round him. To him the present was
darkness-the future, mystery.
The following paragraph gives an idea
Of the misery of his life, the intensity Of
his sufferings.
"There is indeed something Medusean
in Edgar Poe-genius and destiny His
life and his talent frighten us. All is,
in this great outlaw, sinister, black, terri
BILE, Of profound and tragically voluntary
disorder. Edgar Poe was an unfortunate
of the most startling proportions. Aristo-
cratic, like Lord Byron, he was born
chained to the yoke of a democracy. A
merica which covers with dollars the mean
est mountebank, was for him the tower of
starvation, and made him swallow every
evening the key which Gilbert swallowed
but once-in the agonies of death. The
same eternal history, but with still more
beautiful variation in its inexhaustible cru
city! Poe lived all his life, which was
happily short, in disdain, in misery, and
ceaseless labor, for he worked like slave;
but the sweat in which we are to eat our
bread flowed fruitless over his stoical fore
head. Unhappy vagabond he! He be-
came drunkard by misery of the heart,
like Sheridan - poor Brinsley - who
drank for hours, silently, in tears! Form
ed from harder marble, Edgar Poe
drank his chalce of fire with a colder
frenzy. But the alcohol did none the
less asphyxiate his powerful youth. In
full physical and mental beauty, he died
of deliriuna trenaeas in the street-no, not
in the street, but in the stretched
out helpless, far from God and damned,
he believed, for that! The fixed idea of
Poe, the idea which usurped his mind,
which crushed him, but which in striking
found him impossible, was the idea of his
damnation, without remission and with
out mercy. A thing as horrible as true,
he accepted his position of reprobate and
nursed it."
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Here is another tribute to the genius
of the same strange being from the pen of
DR.. McCabe.
He was presented as a strange and won
derful man of our own times and acouain-
tance-mighty in his weakness and weak
in his mightiness. A subtle mind--awiz-
ard of the pen = combination of the
worm and the God-of dust and deity
a modern Prometheus, chained to the rock
of fatal moral malady--a man who came
an age before his time, and passed away
like the lightning from the scroll of heav-
en-; who conquered ere he fell from the
topmost round of the ladder of fame, but
then fell ingloriously-a man from the ark
Of whose soul the dove went forth, to
bring back no olive branch to tell of tho
subsiding deluge Of the waters of sorrow
that flooded over his soul, in whose win
dow came the s'dark and ominous bird of
yore," croaking still its ''nevermore," for
bidding the cup of Neptune, and staring
with its wild and fiery eyes into all the
convoluted labyrinths of the past, plum
ging his beak into his proud and bleeding
heart; child of sorrow and of song,
whose death robes were put on in ken
mel and whose last sigh was breathed in a
hospital. Misfortune seemed to mark
him from the cradle to the grave. The
house of stranger was the home of his
infancy: and now his restless spirit, like
the wandering Jew seemed ever crying for
a 'suroease Of sorrow; and when in the
deep and passionate eloquence of dispair-
ing grief we hear him shrieking to the
dark, impersonation of his destiny:
"Tell me truly, implore,
Is there, is there no balm in Gilead?
Tell me truly, implore!
Tell this soul with sorrow laden,
If within some distant Alden,
l shall clasp some sainted maiden.
Whom the angels name Lenore?
Clasp a rare and sainted maiden,
Whom the angels name Lenore?
That solemn, hopeless response-Never-
more tells that not only did he nurture
the cypress for his grave, but that no voice
from out that distant Alden whispered
of peace beyond the portals of the tomb.
All, that ..'nevermore How sadly it
strikes upon the soul as we recall the cir
cumstances of Poe's death. He died
drunkard What commentary upon the
powerlessness of the noblest intellect, Of
the highest genius, to struggle unaided a
gainst the demon of vicious habits i
There was balm In Gilead-there was
a physician there-and he might have
been healed. But no-he did not
would not apply the remedy-and he
died: iniserably and madly he died!
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COZ 81 GREEN,
PARADISE MILLS
HUDSON CITY. WISCONSIN.

THE SUBSCRIBERS keep constantly on
Il hand at their Mills on Willow River. a
short distance from the steamboat landing. a
large quantity of Fine Superfine, and Extra
snperfine Flour, Corn Meal, Buckwheat
fiour, Bran, Shorts, Middlings, and all
kinds OF Mill Feed, Provender, &C., &c.
The subscribers feel confident that with the
iacilties they. possess, they can compete sue
cessfully with any like establishment
Persons coming from a distance with grists
VIII be promptly attended to. The best brands
OF Hour put up in half, quarter and eighth bar
rel sacks, and for sale at wholesale and retail.
Cash paid for wheat and all other kinds of
grain. Please give us CALL
COX d GREEN.
Hudson,J I3, 1857. rlf.
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From Porter's Spirit.
Borrowed Nails

The neon was shining silver bright,
All hloodless lay the untrodden snow:
V ben freedom, from the mountain height,
Exclaimed, snow don't be foolish, Joe
An hour rassed on, the Turk aweke,
a humble bee went laundering by,
To hover In the sulphur smoke,
And spread its pail upon the sky
His echoing axe the settler swung,
He was lad of high renown;
And deep the pearly caves among,
Giles Scroggin couated Molly Brown.
Loud roars the wild. inconstant blast,
And cloudless sets the sun at even;
When twilight dews are falling fast,
And roll the thunder drum of heayenl
Oh. ever thus from childhood's boar,
BY torch and trumpet fast arrayed;
Beneath yol ivy maniled tower,
The bull frog croaks his serenade.
oh, my lore is like the red. red rose,
He bought a ring with posy true;
Sir Barney Badkin broke his nose.
And Saxon, am Rhoderick Dhui
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HMany true heart, that would
have come back like the dove to the ark,
after the first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the angry
look and menace, the taunt, the savage
charity of an unfoi giving soul.
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notice.!
LAND FOR SALE!

HNHE subscriber cfels for sale the following
Il valuable lots of land.
West half of section %, also the whole of
section 20. Town % Range II.
good Farm, with comfortable house and
out buildings, fine well of water, and sixty
acres under good cultivation.
Also several choice pieces of farming land in
the vicinity Of River Falls
These lands will be sold in lots to suit the
purchaser.
For further particulars enquire at my resi-
dence in River Falls.
VIM. A. TOZER.
River Falls, June 18th 1857.
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A HOME THRusr.-A pedagogue, pro-
voked at the dulness of pupil, instead
of coaxing him along, boxed his ears,
and demanded of him now long man
could live without brains. The boy
meekly replied = 81 don't know; how
long have you lived youfself. sir:"
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NOTICE!
GUARDIAN SALE,

TvHE undersigned, guardian to Charles E.
Il Davis, minor, in pursuance to an order
from the Probate Court of Pierce county, Wis
cousin, granting license to said guardian to
sell part of the real estate of said minor Said
guardian offers for sale at public auction the
following described lands. to wit:-The S. W.
ID of the S. W. "a dissection thirteen, (l3) also
three or'tourS acres of the N. E. corner of the
N. w. "a of the s. W. ii of section thirteen,
O3) all in township twenty -seven( 81 of range
nineteen (19). Said sale or vendue will take
place the premises between nine o'clock
A. M. and the setting of the sun, on the 18th
day of July next. S. M. DAVIS.
Greenwood, June, 18th, 1857. G2-3w.
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STORE & BUILDING

WISHING TO give our attention to other
w business, we offer to sell our entire
stock of Goods and Store Building on
reasonable terms
The locality for selling goods is preferable to
any in this part of the West; it being in the
Village of River Falls, about half way between
Prescott and Hudson, seven miles from Lake
ST. Croix, and in the center of as rich farm
ing district as there is in the Mississippi or ST..
Croix valleys.
While the merchants of Prescott and Hud-
son have closed up their business campaigns
with large portions of their goods remaining
unsold upon their hands, we have invariably
been enabled at the close of each season to re-
duce our stock down very low
Merchants wishing to Unto business in the
West, cannot do better than to give us a call
and examine the advantages which our locality
affords for selling goods.
The Store Building, with large and
commodious Barn, and two lots on which they
stand. will also be sold at bargain. The
premises are situated on Main street, near the
center of the village, and but few rods from
the Kinnickinnic.
POWELL & Co.
River Falls, June 10, 1867. tiff