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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-09
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N Old Zachariah Robbins lived !,

AN VIA Lacnaflan Robbins lived IN
Wood county, Mississippi, and was called
on to prove the insanity of a young man
on trial for assault with intent to kill.
He swore that he had no doubt whatever
that the prisoner was an insane man. On
his eross-examination he was required to
state the reasons for this opinion.
"Why, bless your life" said he, GIVE
known Jimmy alters, and he's alters ben
dimicrat, and when the dimicratic party
put up their man last fall Jimmy didn't
vote for him; and I alters think that a
dimierat that don't stick to his party amt
IN has right mind"
Jimmy was acquitted, for old Zachari-
abs opinion prevails very generally in
that region, as well as in this
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Q u r CLIO.

WHAT kind of sweetmeats did they
have in the ark? Preserved Pairs.
JULIUS, what part OBJ de ceremony
do dc ladies most admire when dov eoes
to church 2"
swell, Pompey, I can't tell dat, what
part Is it?"
why Julius, its de looking at de
hims."
The only things you can safely put off
until tomorrow are idleness and vice.
a JILTED chemist finds love to be COM
posed of fifeteen parts of gold, three of
fame, and t0o Of affection.
WHEN certain bankrupt crossed the
English Channel to avoid his Hebrew
creditors, George Selwyn remarked that
twas q passover that would not be rel
ished by the Jews.
An honest farmer thus writes to the
chairman of an English agricultural soci-
ety;-"Gentlemen, please put me down
on your list Of cattle for bull"
AN old bachelor left boarding house
in which were number of old maids.
on account of the miserable fair set be.
fore him at the table.
As polished steel receives a stain
From drops at random flung,
SO does the child, when words profane
Drop from a parents tongue.
The rust eats'in, an! oft we find
That naught which We can do,
10 cleanse the metal or the mind,
The brightness will renew.
A SECRET has beeu admirably defined
as anything made known to everybody
in r whisper
\ LADY leaving home was thus address
ed by her little boy Mamma, will You
remember and buy me whistle, and let
II be religious one, SO can whistle on
Sunday"
Tue age IS becoming more refined.
Root hog or die, is now rendered as
follows: "Penetrate the suhsoi nv Dor
cine friend, or earl y expect au obituary
notice on yonr untinely decease. -
RALPH Waldo Emerson speaks in his
Representative Men, of Napoleon as
follows: ''IIe was thief. lie was rude
IN the extreme. He pinched ladies'
cheeks. Ho listened to hear others Sc
erots, He peeped through keyholes."
In proportion as men are real coin.
and not counterfeit, thev seorn to enioy
credit for what they have not. paint
me, said Cromwell, ''wrinkles and ALL"
Even on canvass the great hero despis-
ed falsehood.
AT n trial of three-vear-old colts at q
fair, Job Crocker was trotting his tall.
gaunt colt at full speed, and in such an
eager manner, with his bead stretched
forward aad his mouth wide open so as
to att.act the attention of the crowd
when Donaldson sung out, "Shut vour
mouth Job, or the draught will stop Your
horse"
An anecdote is related of y vo,no,
preacher at q city church, who had for .
text verse from the parable of the ten
virgins, and in the course of his sermon
explained :-''That in old times Il wos
customary, when the bridegroom and
and BRIDE we're coming, for ten virgins TO
SO out and meet them, and escort them
homevafpe Of these pirgins being males
and fve females"
AwEsTERS editor expressed his de.
light at having been nearly called "houev',
by the gal he loves, because she saluted
him as '.Old Beeswax," at their last
meeting.
''Now, locker yer, Charlie, Jim mout
be an honest Niger, and then again he
moutent, but if | war chicken, and
knowed ne YVES about the yard, tell we
vet niger, Id roost high, l would"
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Pierce County Court.

n v the matter Of the last 5 IN PROBATE.
Il Will and Testament 1870 = =
of Christian Olson, deceased, on reading and
filing an instrument in writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament of Christian o.
son, late of said County, deceased. and also the
accompanying petition of Karan Olson of said
Comfy, representing, among other things, that
the said Christian Olson lately died at his resi-
denee in said County that said instrument is
the last will and testament OF said deceased land
that she, the said petitioner, is the identical
Karan Olson named and appointed, in and by
the said last will and testament executor there
of; and praying that a day be appointed for
hearing the proofs of said last will and tesla
ment
1t is therefore ordered that tie proofs of said
instrument be heard before the Judge of this
Court on Monday, the 23d day of November,
A. ID. 1857, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, at the resi-
dence of Amos Bonesteel, Esq. in the town of
Martel in said County and it is further order
ed that public notice thereof be given to all in
terested, by publishing copy of this order for
three weeks successfully, prior to said day OF
hearing, in the River Falls Journal, weekly
newspaper printed at Greenwood in said Coun-
ty. MASON STONE,
County Judge.
Dated at Greenwood this 29th day of Octe
Der, A. d. 1857. Olivia
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Persons coming from distance with grists
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Custom Work done according to order
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cured in the market. We also have small
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SHE RIFFS ALE.
NTATE OF WISCONSIN, }
CoI-yTY OF PIERCE.

By virtue of an execution to me directed and
delivered issued out of the Circuit Court of
said county in favor of THOMAS GoRDoN plain
tiff, and against ABNER BLAIsDELL defendant,
by direction of plaintiffs attorney, have seized
and taken the following Real Estate, viz:-Lot
No. in block B. in the City of Prescott, in
Pierce County which / will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the
front door of the Court House in the City of
Prescott and County aforesaid, on the 2Sth day
of December, IS57, at O clock in the afternoon
Sheriff's Office, Prescott, Wis, Nov. 9th. 81.
JAMES II. EAMES, Sheriff,
F. Y. WISE, PlTs at'y. 22-6w
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Life Illustrated

rs A FRS T-CLAS s PICTORIAL
WEEKLY JOURNAL, devoted to ENTER
TAINMENT, IMPROVEMENT, AND PROGRESS, de-
signed to encourage spirit of Hope, Manliness.
Self Reliance, and Activity to illustrate life
in all its phases. 1t is an elegant quarto of
eight beautiful pages-a trife larger than the
Illustrated London Nens-a perfect model of
excellence in size, shape, and sentiment, and is,
altogether, one of the most sound and sensible
of live papers. 1t is high toned Pictorial
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Smyrna times., 1857-08-05
A Greenhorn on the Locomotive,

MIR. SNoDGRAss, Junior, has been " scooting
around" at the West, and as some of his ex.
periences arc rather amusing, we copy an ex-
tract, as follows:
"When we got to the depot, ] went around
to glt'a look at the iron hoss. Tpnderaton
it wasn't no more like hoss tkSn meetln'
house. If was going TO describe the animule,
I'D say it looked like-well, it looked like
darned IT | know what it looked like, unless it
was a regular he devil, snorting smoke all!
around, and pantin' and hevin' and swelin',
and chawin' up red hot Goals like they was
good. A feller stood in a hoUse-lke ieedn'
him all the time but the more be got the more
he wanted, and the more he blowed and snort
ed. After spell the feller catched him by
the tail, and great Jericho he set upa yell thai
split the ground for more than a mile and
half, and the next mint felt my legs u wag-
gin and found myself at t'other end of the
string ofwehlcles. | wasn't skeered but had
three chills and stroke of palsy in less than
five mints, and my face had curious brown
ish- yaler- green blueish color in it, which was
perfectly unaccountable. WELL said ], COM
nCnt is superfuous,' and took seat in the
nearest wagin' or car, as they call it--a con-
sarned long, steamboat -lookin' thing, with
string of pews down each side, big enough to
hold about a man and Il half Jist as | sal
down, the boss hollereG twice, aud started off
like streak, piichin' me head first at the
stomach of big Irish wemnn, and she gave
tremendous grunt, and then ketched me by the
head, and crammed me under the seat and
when got out and staggered to another seat,
the cars was jumpin' and tcarin' along at nigh
into forty thousand miles an hour, and every
body was bobbin' up aud down Ike mill
saw, and every wretch of 'em had his mouth
wide open and looked like they was latin, but
couldn't hear nothiE', the cars kept such
rackit Bimeby they stopped all at once, and
then such another lutl busted out of them pas
sengers, as | never hearn before. Latin at
me, too. that's what nude me mad and was
mad as thunder, too. ris up, and shakn' my
fist at 'em, says |, Ladies and gentlemen, look
a-here! I'm peaceable stranger and away
the darned train went like smallpox was in
town, jerkin' ME down in the seat with a whack
like I'd been thrown from the moon, and their
cussed mouths Topped open, and the felers
went to bobbin up and down agin. put on an
air of magnanimous contempt like, and took no
more notice of 'en, and very naturally went to
bobbin' up and down myself"
Smyrna times., 1857-08-05

before the felt, as was afterwards expressed,
that they were in the presence of great man.
In reference to the sermon and the preacher
the Independent Democrat, of this city. says
Taken for all in all, this sermon came nearer
our idea Of really great one than any thing
we ever heard. Its effect was visible in the
breathless attention of the large congregation
that listened with unfiagng interest from be-
ginning to end. DIR. Durbin's manner in the
pulpit is peculiar. There is nothing in his
cOuntenance to denote his intellectual superi.
ority. His voice at first IS feeble and drawling,
but when his text is announced you begin to
see change; his voice grows stronger, his
manner more animated, and, ere long, you real
ize that indeed a great as well as a good man
stands before you, and you yield your attention
ready and intre captive to his eloquence.-
You then willingly acknowledge that he is
fully entitled to the place long since assigned
him among the choicest orators Of the Ameri-
can pulpit"
Thursday was occupied by the Graduating
Class-14 in number-in king speeches, &C.,
and was a very interesting day. In reference
to the exercises writer in lions Herald eb.
serves: " 1t is worthy of remark that there was
not one failure-not one even demanded prompt
ing. 10 manner and matter the performance
will compare most favorubly with any of our
Colleges or Biblical schools--not excepting
Cambridge or Andover."
The ordination OF Rev. A. L. Long to Elders
orders, preparatory to his leaving for mip
sionary field (Turkey) was very Impressive
He was ordained by Bishop Baker aided b,
Rev. Drs. Durbin, Patten, Merrill and Vail, anu
Rev.B. Otheman.
At the conclusion of the exercises Rev. w.
WilmOt. one of the graduates, led to the alter
Miss Clara Perkins, of this city, and was united
to her in marriage by Bishop Baker.
In the evening Rev. A. l.. Long was united
in marriage TO Mrs. p. Loveland, VINO accom-
panies him TO Turkey. They are to sail from
New York on the 10Th of this mouth. direcr
for ConstantInople. aud from thence they will
go to one the principle cities of Bulgaria.
Yours, truly,
Smyrna times., 1857-08-05
selett' Mlistellang,
Written for the Smyrna Times.
Twilight Thoughts.
BY MARTHA HAINRs BUTT.

One less to meet me Whose heart have
uched; to whome do these words come home!
!. no has felt too deeply the import of theml
One less TO meet me I! Yes; return tc that
cred spot, Home, where is centered all your
ffecion and find a--blank:: You feel that one
nile less beams upon you there is one voice
-ss TO welcome you. Go into the room IN
which you have passed many hours with the
near md cherished one in health; and when
disease fastens itself upon that form reducing
it almost to a mere shadow, you fingered be-
side the couch, and feared TO feel the pulse less
it might throb family. Look around at the ia
nliar objects, some tavOrite book perhaps, with
pages turned down. The Bible is in its accus-
toned place, you open and iud the passage
"The Lord is my Shepherd" distinctly marked
while the form of the departed one seems to fit
before you.
There is the invalid chair-alas, tits vacant
the very walls seem sacred +; the smallest object
upon which these eyes rested is dear to you
The ticking of the old time piece is heard, the
some one upon which so oft was gazed by the
invalid, who little dream't that the sands Of life
had nearly run oct. >
Mark the vacancy at the table, ah! we look
in vain for the one who once sat there. Let
US walk ints the garden; note the trees wreath
ed in delicate blossoms how he loved to watch
them in Spring time. Fen now the glorious
season is in our midst; but he will behold earth
ly flowers no longer. The green grass Ii
growing upon the grave: perchance some gen
tie spirit viii plant the little wild flowers
But ah ]! all this bat makes as the more sad.
One less to meet me, one less to meet ever!
bird of Spring seems to whisper-aye the yer!
waves told me SO as Ger their bosom | wa
borne. ..aa as,.
Ye who have never lost near and dear one
feel not the true import of the words, "On
less to meet me-one less to love me-"
Norfolk, Va.
Smyrna times., 1857-08-05
d Gbaies Qutm. .
Written for the Smyrna Times.
THE CHRISTIANS TRIUMPHS.

NFUtsh JV RS o"sJ'"~
THE CHRISTIANS TRIUmPHS'
This worlds not all ieeting show,
For mans illusion given;
For God designs it's chastning woe
To ft our souls for heaven.
How deep. how thrilling is the joy,
That moves the Christians breast;
And cen while cares of life annoy
The hope that marks his rest. .
In grandeur does the soul aspire,
To nobler pleasures still. ~
While even true devotion's fire
IIlumes tn enraptured will.
In vain shall death approach that soul,
With his dark pail of power;
In vain his guileful voice hath stole.
To dark the final hour.
Shout, Christian! though we bear thee hence
The grave shall bold thee not;
Shout, Christian thine's the recompense: !:
Thine is higher lot.
The strife DER in heavenly flights,
The cong ring spirit springs,
Aud standing on the sun!it heights,
Claps her immortal wings.
KHORON.
Smyrna times., 1857-08-05
Correspondence Of the Smyrna Times.
Commencement Exercises at Concord
M RI

Mr.. EDIroR The eleventh anniversary of
ahe Methodist General Biblical Institute has
Just closed. sketch of the proceedings may
be interesting to some Of your readers. as we
believe the subject of ministerial education IL
receiving increasing attention.
A few words about the Institution first. It
is pleasantly situated in the upper part of the
city, and commenced its operations in April,
Ie47.
FacuIfy--Rev. Bishop o. G. Baker, ID. D.,
President elect; Rev. Stephen ID. Vail, d. D..
Morri Professor of Biblical and Oriental Liter
a,ure Rev. John w. Merrill, D. d., Professor
OF Natural and Historical Theology and Mem
tai and Moral Philosophy; Rev. David Pattin
ID. D.. Professor Of Revealed and Pastoral The
oiogy and Sacred Rhetoric. The number o
siudesss during the past year were about 10.
The anniversary exercises commenced Tues
day, July 7ih. A very 6ne address was deliv
cred before the Theological and Literary Soci
etics, by Rev. s. d. Blown, Of New York city
"Wednesday afternoon, anniversary sermon. b.
Rev. r.. o Haven, ID. d.. Of Boston, Mass
editor Of Zion's Herald "Wednesday evening
missionary sermon. by Rev. ]. p. Durbin, d. ID
OF philadelphia HIS text was Behold th
Lamb of God that laketh away the si;is ofth
world"
Worry few ofthe congregation had ever hear
him before. and wher he eommetced they b.
gan TO think that they wers 10 be dsapponts
IN lie man but the pr. had not proceeded