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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
BLOSSOMS.

In the economy Of nature there are
often blossoms without fruit. Some of
the marvels of the floral world, exhaust,
in the lavishness of their beauty and the
improvidence of their fragrance, the
strength of the stems which bear them;
and the petsls drop and the stems wither
together. Yet we loved these flowers
better than the others. Their brief life
was reign of glory. They charmed the
finer senses, they purified the grosser
tastes, they filed the soul Of her who ten
ded them with Drumming delight, and led
the heart to Him who is the author of
beauty So there arc human blossoms
born, let us believe, to be blossoms, and
blossoms onl y--born to expand in the
beauty and fragrance of childhood the
life We would gladly see continued into
the rounded and ripe fruits of manhood
or womanhood, and to grow mellow
where they hang, among the soft autumn
nal days of age. But they burst in bloom,
they gladden. US, they touch all the deep
springs of tender, ess within us, they shine
like lamps at our side, casting their light
in golden bars into our future, and they
fall, and leave us cropping, stumbling,
weeping, despairing.
But these humble blossoms pre-
maturely fallen, but as blossoms fully per-
fected-haye their mission. In the pc
Rod of their bloom how have they sweet
ened the life of father. mother, brother,
and friend! What music have they made
in the heart! What rewards have their
sweet beauty and tender prattle bestowed
upon toll! What lessons of patience and
self control have they taught to the hasty
tongue and hand! What stimulus have
they given to the failing form of labor
What blessings have they been all the
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
MAINE RS.

There is but one true, invulnerable ar
istocracy, and that has its foundation in
good manners and sound morals, coupled
with intelligence. Indeed, where man
ners and morals are right, the intelligence
is never wanting. The best conditions of
birth and wealth are fortuitous-depend-
ing for their continuance upon chances;
but good manners and sound morals can
be swept away by no accident or misfor-
tune, being seIf-sustatning and imperisha-
ble Abundant, and almost perpetual in
stances, prove that the best ana noblest of
men may spring from the lowest temporal
ranks, and that riches, and titles, and hon
ors may be acquired by men Of obscurest
origin. What is it, then, that can, and
may properly, distinguish men in our re-
gard, and Lift one above another, on the
principle of aristocracy? Why, simply
this superiority Of manners and morals.-
Just SO far as men excel in this direction,
they are better and nobler than their fel-
lows They are an aristocraey; refusing,
in the very nature of things, TO mix or as
simulate with inferior conditions = just as
oil refuses to mix with water. The very
highest enlightenment is marked by these
signs, and while no ill-mannered, bad
moraled person can be a gentleman, the
real, foremost gentleman an all the world
is he whose manners and morals are best.
These are the base, arch, and cap-stone OF
the highest order Of man.
Taking our position as granted, We sad
ly fear for our country's future. To the
observing there is no other feature In our
national character SO marked as our ten
dency to trihe with, and trample on,n1ar-
ners and morals. This is particularly true
of The Younger classes = Of our children
and youth. Reverence and modesty have
little to do with them. They are far from
the example Of their fathers, and are grow
ing worse day BY day. 1t is novelty
now -a-laYs to see girl or boy make
obe;sance to age, OF treat it with any
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
SMOK ING.
Then smoke away till the golden ray
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Then smoke away till the golden ray
Lights up the dawn of the morrow
For a cheerful cigar, like shield will bar
The blows of care and sorrow.-CollegeS Song.
Give us cigar Heap all the obloquy
you will upon smoking, vituperate the
smoker, abuse the tobacco merchant new
ertheless a cigar is sort of angel, with
cheerful glow irradiating our pathway
through the may wildernesses Of our
earthly existence, our night-being. By
its CLEAN we see visions Of hope when
we despond, of love when we are cold.
Like fairy's wand it dispels the mists
from our dull eyes, and displays the realm
of spirits Waiting to exquisite music of
harps played by the fingers Of Zephyrs.
Through the slate-colored wreaths Of
smoke, voluptuous forms Of beauty are
revealed. Eyes of soft fascination beam
on us. Corone.s of roses grace glossy
and flowing locks, and the gorgeous
scenes of twilight, bathing clear lakes in
seas of glory, transforming the dusty, dis
ordered room into palace of moro than
oriental splendor, decorated VIII hiteure ,
choicest gems, and arts most heavenly
Inning.
Where would have been Tx MarvePs
Reveries and Dream Life, SO fascinating
with mellow fancy, had it not been for
cigars? Where would be German Meta
physicsl Where the glorious discoveries
of Newton, telling of almost superhuman
power? Where the thrilling appeals Of
Chalmers? The poems of Hood even, the
writings of Lamb and Tennyson smell
decidedly Of tobacco smoke.
How the perplexed brow of the weary
merchant srnooths and lightens, how his
eye kindles with love. how many domes-
tic feuds he nips in the bud as he smokes
his cigar, Imagine a Du.chman without
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

tirne--giving sweetness and significance
to life by their countless innocent minis
tries.
Do their ministries fail when they fall
Do they not go forth and beckon from
affair? We grieve, we weep; but blessed
be he who can SO far interpret the painful
text of Providence as to perceive that
grief and tears are charged with the most
sacred Office. From this time, how deep
down into the valley Of sorrow will our
hearts alphabetically follow the stricken
and afflicted. How warm a smile shall
we have for other children. How our
ambitions, our struggles, our disappoint-
ments, will all be softened by the mem
Dry of that pale little face-the living
echoes Of that sweet little voice-the rec
objection of that charming SMILE That
little blossom--so weak, so fragrant, so
beautiful, has softened, elevated and IRA
dated a life. 0, there is blessing in the
blooming-blessing in the blasting. We
shall knoao this some time; we know it
now. How can the journey after this be
otherwise than pleasant, with faith
within us sweeter than knowledge and
better than assurance, that an angel
awaits our coming at the end! How
How can we do otherwise than seek the
place where, transplanted and inmortali-
zed in beauty, the blossoms will be fade
less and fragrant forever.--Springfezd
Republican.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

FoRBIDDINa THE BASNs. - A sail
boy purloined two or three pies, at differ
cnt times. He was overheard in bis
whimsical method Of repeating the u ar
riaga ceremony, thue: =" now propose
a marriage between Jack Downing and
this pie; if any objection can be made to
this union, let it now be known, or forer-
er keep the peace" On this freak being
whispered to the captain, he prepared
good ropes end, and holding it in one
band and the boy in the othor, said "A
union is now proposed to take place be-
tween this rope and sailor boy; if any
objections can be made to this ticklish
match, lot them now be known, or forever
keep the peace" ''Captain, " said the boy.
"tho banns are forbidden; tho parties
have not the least regard for each other.
TO make it right; both with one voice
shonld be reconciled to be splicel. '--
''Well," said the captain, laughing, "you
may go this time, sirrah, but lock out next
tins, how you make love to, or marry any
Of my pies, for it is clearly pi-ratical."
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

marked respect. Not so were their ia
theirs and mothers taught - not SO did
they behave. The ill-manners of the
young are become reproach to the age
in which we liye-they are blot, a deep
shame. If the school master is abroad,
he has sadly neglected to teach his pupils
what is of the utmost consequence TO them
and to society-good manners and good
morals! Better school them more in
these, even at the sacrafice of algebra and
logic. Here alone is where our age is
falling off and backward, and in no direc-
ton could fall be more fatal. Let us
see to it that we do not plunge down be-
yond recovery.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

A JoKE,-Some time ago, there lived
in Vermont a queer old man named Nil
Ter. He had lost part Of his a'atc, and
was rare specimen. lie owned a mill,
the water Of Which was brougi for some
distance through a wooden llume. One
morning, an apprentice informed him
that the fume was full of suckers. Mil
Ter posted himself atits mouth, placing q
large basket to catch suckers in, whilo
the boy went to the other end to hoist.
There was q crush Of many waters" car
rying Miller basket and I'll, over the over.
shot wheel, and thirty feet below. All
dripping, he scrambled out, suffering,
GU may think I'm an idiot, but | amt
such consarnei fool that | can't 500
through that i3kc."
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

Some years ago, Spur kept a stable.
Spur had his pecl,liarities one of which
was this; he nsver let q horse go without
request ng the lessee uot to drive fast. Ono
day there came to Spurs stable a yonng
man to get horse to attend funeral.
Certainly" said Sptrr, 'but' he added
forgetting the SOLEMN purpose for which
the young man wanted the horse, don't
drive to fast!" "Why just look here, old
fellow" exclaimed the somewhat excited
young man, 81 want you to understand
I shall keep up with the procession fit kills
the horse
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

g ''Half the evil IN this world, says
Ruskin, in his "Stones Of Venice" "eomes
from people not knowing what they really
do Bke-not deliberately setting them
selves to find out what they really eli joy.
All people enjoy giving away money, for
instance; they don't know that = they
rather think they like keeping it; and
they do keep it under this false impses-
sion, to their great discomfort Every
body likes to do good; but not one in a
hundred finds this out. Multitudes think
they like to do evil; yet no man ever re-
ally enjoyed doing evil, since God male
the world"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

SoNe.-True Song is the expression
of what he who is no poet has often Jed
but never thought, and SO it floats into
his heart and becomes part Of himself,
and he loves it. He begins by loving
the song, and ends by loving the singer.
Happy the man who has written one such
song, for though he die tonight, he will
live coeval with that love.
This is to have fold of the Prophets
mantle for ones own wearing. This is
never to bid the world good night" at
all: this is to ''set as sets the morning
Star. that goes not down behind the dark
ening west, nor hides obscured among the
tempest Of the sky, but melts away into
the light Of Heaven"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

his meershaum Irishman without his
budeenl How many golden memories of
faderland and of the Emerald Isle float
in the blue wreaths! When they were
children they used flight grandpa's pipe
And now could they not regale themsel-
YES in like manner, home-sickness, moodi-
ness, and domestic broil, would render
them indeed brutal. But an reuoir.
Give us our fine HAVANA, and
Well smoke away till the golden ray
Lights up the dawn of the morrow
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

M A beautiful superstition prevails
among the Senaca tribe of Indians. When
an Indian maiden dies, they imprison a
young bird until It first begins to try its
power of song, and then loading it with
kisses and earesses, they loose its bonds
near the grave, in belief that it will not
fold its wings nor close its eyes until it
has flown to the spirit land and delivere q
its precious burden Of affection to the lost
and loved. 1t is not unfrequer t to see
twenty birds let loose over one grave.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

Written for the JOURNAL.
LILLY.
BY j. J.. JOYCE.

Lilly, Lilly, spake our mother.
Lilly, Lilly, said we all,
Lilly, darling smile upon us.
Turn your sweet face from the wall.
Little Lilly did not hear us.
Little Lilly seemed to sleep,
Soon we felt that death was near rs.
And we all began TO weep!
Angel Lilly. sweet she lay there,
With her hind beneath her head
And her ringlets all astray there,
Bright. like sbeins of golden thread.
Closed her cyes-the silken lashes
Lay upon her velvet cheek.
Where the rose had turned to ashes,
Chilled IS Death drew near to speak.
Lilly, what could Death be saying.
To thee in thy dreaming' mild ?
Was he with thy ringlets playing.
Wishing that thou wort his child 2
o foolish Death thou hast no rover
To call sach lovely ones thine own,
Know thou that tie spirit flower,
Blooms where thou art never Known.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02


chiefly in spying out its operations.
Yet Madge cares nothing about you,
that you know of Perhaps tits the very
reason, though you do not suspect it then,
why you care SO much fer her. At any
rate, she is friend of Nelly's; and it is
your duty not to dislike her. Nelly too,
sweet Nelly, gets an mixing of matters
for sisters are very shrewd in suspicious
of that sort-shrewder than brothers or
fathers; and like the good kind girl that
she is, she wishes to hurnor even your
weakness.
Madge drops in to tea quite often !:
Nelly has something IN particular to show
her, two or three times a week. Good
Nelly,-perhaps she is making your trou-
bles all the greater! You gath5r large
punches of grapes for Madge-because
she is friend of Nelly's-which she
doesn't want at all, and very pretty bo-
quets, which she either drops, or pulls to
pieces.
In the presence of your father one day,
you drop some hint about Madge, in q
very careless way-a way shrewdly cal
culated to lay all suspicion at which
your father laughs. This is odd. It
makes you wonder if your father was ever
in love himself.
You rather think that he has been.
Madge's father is dead and her mother
is poor; and you sometimes dream, how
whatever your father may Think orfeel
you will some day make a large for
tune, in some very easy way, and build a
snug cottage, and ave one horse for your
carriage, and one for your wife, not
Madge, of coursc-that is absurd) and a
turtle shell cat for your wife's mother,
and pretty gate to the front yard, and
plenty of shrubbery, and how your wife
will come dancing down the path to meet
yod,-as the wife does in Mr.. Irvings
Sketch ook,-and how she will have
harp inside, and will wear white dresses,
with blue sash.
Poor Clarence, it never occurs
to you, that even Madge may grow fat,
and wear check aprons, and snuffy brown
dresses of woodless stuff, and twist her
hair in yellow papers, Oh no, boyhood
has no such dreams rs that!
I shall leave you here in the middle of
your first foray into the world of senti-
ment, with those wicked blue eyes chasing
rainbows over your heart, and those little
feet walking every day into your afffc-
tons. I shall leave you before the affair
has ripened into any overtures, and while
there is only a sixpence split in halves,
and tied about your neck, and Maggie's
neck, to bind your destinies together.
If even limited at any probability of
your marrying her, you would be very
likely to dispute me. One knows his own
feelings, or thinks he does, SO much better
than any one can tell him!
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
River Falls, Wisconsin,
TWO DOLLARS YEAR,
RATES OF ADVERTISING
JOB PRINTING.
nYariabIY in adYanc.

The Journal Office is furnished with an en-
tirely new and complete assortment of Job
Type, Material, and Stock; and is prepared to
execute Book, Pamphlet, Card, Circular, Bill
Head, Handful, Label, and all other kinds o
plain and fancy Letter Press Printing in as
good style and at as reasonable rates as any
office in the Northwest.
Orders, from a distance, for printing, ac-
eompani:d by cash, will be promptly attended
to, and work Immediately sent by express or
mail as desired.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

gg When we hear blundering boo
by Of q man, who never caught siugle
expression Of Natures speaking face, and
never loved anything in this void that
could not be eaten or boarded, whining
about some better world" he is heir to,
we cannot help thinking he will be homo
sick in Heaven. To be disconnected with
the very best world we ever dwelt, is often
mistaken symptom Of religion. = CHI
cdgo Journal.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
THE RED PETTICOAT AND
THE WHITE.
By CHARLES MACKAY.

o, the red, the Haunting petticoat,
That courts the eve of day,
That loves to flare and be admired,
And blinks from far away
1t may delight the rowing sight,
And charm the fancy free;
But if it's wearer's half as bold,
I'll pass-and let her be-
With her red, her Haunting petticoat,
She's not the girl for me!
But the white, the modest petticoat
As pure as drifted snow,
That shuns the gaze in crowded ways,
Where follies come and go;
II stirs the primrose on Its path,
Or daisy on the lea;
And if the wearer's like the garb,
How beautiful is shel
With her white, her modest petticoat
o, she's the girl for me.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
Gone-gone-gOne,

From the land of Maidenhood!
From the dreamy shores of Beauty,
Where Cupid reigns Lord over all,
To the land where Love is Duty,
And Hymn en- holds hearts in thrall.
Gone from the land of Romance,
OF meetings by moonlight and kisses,
For now the MISS, drops from thy name,
To make way for the prefix of Mas.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

Nor AFRAID OF SATAN. = From the
subjoined anecdote, old but good, it would
appear that the devil is not constructed
on strictly scientific principles. There
must be screw loose about him, some
where: = Cuyier was good deal Of
wag. He didn't believe in the existence
of spirits, and was wholly free from tirnid-
ity. Some wags, on one occasion, planned
an attempt to frighten him. One Of their
number, dressing himself IN hides, hoofs,
and horns, after the most approved fashion
n which his Satanic majesty is portrayed,
met him during lis evening walk i'll the
garden. "Who are yous' asked Cuyicr.
--',I1' he devil" answered deep, sepulchral
voice, proceeding from the "presonee."-
"Well, what do you want with me s'-'I
have come to eat you up" -Curier stepp
ed back few PAGES, eyed the figure from
head to foot q moment, then said. slowly
and mcditatively, "Umph: horna-horns,
hoofs: graniverous-it can't be donei"-
And hequietly resumed his walk, while tho
devil made the best Of his way out of the
garden
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
gone.

Gone-gono-gone.
From the land of Maidenhoodi
Gone to that uncertain land,
Where married mortals abide:
Yet led by friendly hand
With a friendly form by thy side.
But | will not mourn DER thy fate,
Nor breathe one sorrowing sigh,
For l hope to enter that state,
With fair, loving girl "by and by"
L. A. T.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

A LAWYER not overly young nor hand
some, examining . lady witness in court
determined to perl,ex her and said
"Miss, upon my word yoa arc very pref
~" The young lady promptly replied.
II would return tho compliment Sir, #
[ were not on oath
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

re- person being seated At table
between two tradesmon, am thinking to
be witty upon them, said, ''How pretty /
am fixed, between two t,d!ors." Upon
which one of them replied, eyes being be-
ginners in business, we cannot afford to
have but one goose between US.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

w A gentleman was pronenad.ng a
fashionable street with a bright little boy
at his side, when the youngater cried
80, pa, look there goes an editor!"
'.Hush hushp said the father don't
make sport Of the poor man. God only
knows what you nlay como to yet
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02

HThe depression and stringency in
money matters in the manufacturing
localities Of New England is said to be SO
great that ten mills dc NOT make a
cent.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
Written for the JOURNAL
TO A BRIDE.

The frequency of marriages in our
midst has suggested to us the propriety
of sending into the world the following
lines which have long hung about our
portfolio in a ragged and unfinished
condition.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-12-02
MOTHERS.

BY the quiet Preside Of homo, the true
mother, in the midst Of her chiidren, is
sowing, rs in vases Of earth, the seeds OF
plants that shall sometime give to heaven
the fragrance Of their blossoms. aud whose
fruit will be rosar7 Of angelic deeds
the noblest offering that She can mako
through the ever-ascend;ng and OYER ex-
panding souls Of her children to hcr Ma
ker. Every word that she utters goes
to the heart with q power Of which
she little dreams. Solemn IS the thought,
but not more solemn to the Christian
mother than the thought that every word
that falls from her lips. every expression
of her countenance, even in the sheltered
walk and retirement may leave an indel-
lble impression upon the young souls a
round her, and form, as it were tho I'M
DERIVING strata Of that education which
peoples heaven with celestial beings, and
gives to the white brow of the angel, next
to the grace of God, its crown Of glory.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-06-27

We have this day marked down our whole stock Of
FANCY DRESS SILKS,
much below the cost of Importation. We are determin
ed to close out the entire lot prior August 1t and
have fixed prices low, to quick and ready sale
Read the following list of bargains.
Ali cur zoe Fancy Silks marked down to 5Oc
All our 81 Fancy Silks marked down to 75c
All our $1,25 Fancy Silks marked down 10 CSC.
All our 81 81 Fancy Silks marked down to ST.
All our $3.50 Fancy Silks marked down to $I,l2t
All our 81 Is Fancy Silks marked down to 81 SO.
All our So Fancy Silks marked down to k15O
All our $2,25 Fancy Silks marked down to s1,75.
Also IS Flouuced Silk Robes marked down at loss OF
from IS to $40 pattern. Among them may be found
some very choice styles and are decided bargains.
The above all new choice, and fashionable STYLES
The goods bound to sell and no lady who wishes
very elegant Silk cheap should fall to give our splen
did stock an examination. We can sell you better
elk for the money than any other concern in the city,
GEO. P. BRYANT l. CO.,
No. Mechanics Hall Building
Jel7 d&w4wis
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-06-27

We this week present the following Bargains to our nu
merous patrons,-the goods have just received, and
have now in stock, but shall not vouch for them week
hence-then by all means give US a call Immediately.