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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17
Sentiment.
THE PURITANS.

Much has been said, and well said,
about our undciilcd social origin. We
boast that it was not by force, or
fraud, or collusion, that we obtained
possession Of this goodly heritage.
And how came the principles Of peace,
and truth, and integrity to prevail
thus in our early councils ? The an
swer is written in every page of Pu.
ritan history. We say not that they
Were faultless men. We say not that
they never erred in Judgment or prin-
ciplc. But if ever there was upon
the face of the earth company of
men who incorporated the Bible into
themselves and themselves into the
Bible, it WAS the company that cross.
ol the Atlantic in the Mayilower, and
offered the first white mans sacrifice
on the inhoSpitablc coast of New
England. Their laws, their iudg-
ments, their municipal records. their
public documents and private letters,
are full o? the Bible. 1t furnished the
light of their rude dwellings; it was
the arbtcr of their momcntous coun-
sells; it was the supporter of their
burdened spirits, and the nourishers
of faith, and hope, and Joy, in all their
disasters and disappointmcnts. The
Bible was every mans book, and eve
ry days book; the conversation, the
salutation, and, in a word, the whole
intercourse of the people, was full of
the Bible The Sabbath, too, was es-
teemcd a delight, the holy of the Lord,
honorable. Thus they lived, and thus
they died, generation after generation.
The scene has changed. The little
one has become thousand, and the
small one Il strong nation. The rapid
development of our strength and re-
sources has placed us, thus early,
among the first of the nations of the
earth, and we count our people by
tens of millions. But do we not need,
so much the more, the checks and re-
straints imposed by the institutions
OF christianity? We seek, then, to
perpetuate those institutions which
our progenitors 50 unieignedly re-
yercd.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

The New York banks with their
twenty-five millions of specie, occupy
the position of the Gibraltar of the
commercial world. The banks of Eng
land, France, and the Continental
States have, in measure, suspended
specie payments, or taken steps which
are equivalent to it in order to save
their rotten governments, and equally
rotten systems of finances, from going
by the board The banks of New
York are now the only sound financial
institutions in the WORLDLY. Y Her.
aid.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

a SHARP Crr.--Thc piquant cores
pondcnt of the New York Mirror,
" Belle Brittan,' closes her last letter
from Newport by telling an anccdotc
of lady who was driving with Chas.
Lamb near whore some sontlonon
were bathing IN pnrts natHrdiibus, when
Charley remarked after an awkward
silence, that it was shameful for wo-
men to thus expose themselves
"Womcn - exclaimed the prudc by
his side, they were not; they were
men" "Ah," replied the gentle heart
ed Charles, dlint 06serre."
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

The first pair of boots, the first pair
of skates, the first long-tailcd coat, the
first sweetheart, and the first baby,
are waymarks along the journey of
life, which, with the incidents connect
ed herewith, are always looked back
upon with pleasure. No second arti-
Gle Of the same kind ever fill so large
place in the affections and memory
as the first
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

al cant bear Children said Miss
Prim, disdainfully.
Mrs. Partington looked at her over
her spectacles mildly, before she re-
piled: 4" Perhaps if you could you
would like them better"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17
poetrIg.


Mary.
Dearest Mary Tears come stealing,
As those words softly say
And check waywarl feeling,
As il angels crossed my way
For rs pure us breath of heaven
Seems each syllable to me;
s.i"h,t -i.ts ie, rr,ss,r, anu :;u,rvl
All the way from infancy
Smiles and tears, and accents gentle
Soothing words for aching heart
joyful looks at loves rejoicing,
Such was c'cr the blessed part
OF the one whom, gentle Mary.
Now call, 50 llushcd and meek
As If name too pure and holy.
Zen for mortal lips to speak
Dearest Mary Tears come stealing,
As those words softly say:
For the one who answered to them,
From this earth has passed away
Carrying with her half the sunshine
That around my path was thrown,
And the void is filled with longing,
For the blessed presence flown
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

"John,' said master to his head
apprentice, as he was about starting
on short journey, you must occupy
my place while | am absent" Thank
you, sir" demurcly replied John, but
I'd rather sleep with the boys -
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

IN society, it lies down with us at
night, it awakens with us in the morn.
ing. The irrevocablc doom has pass
ed upon us, and too we'll do we know
it" Dust thou art, and unto dust
thou shalt return"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

\ ToAsr-Woman-She is the only
endnrable aristocrat elects without
votes governs without appeal, and
is never in the wrong.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

Prentice advises the Governor of
Utah to go it while he's young
The advice is good, for somebody is
Cumming who will check him.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

What is the difference between a
young girl and an old hat? Mere
ly one of timc-onc has feeling and
the other has felt.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

What is the difference between a
school-mastcr and an cngine-drivcr
One trains the mind, and the other
minds the train.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17
adit ano Yumor.

a dandy is generally supposed to be
about onc-fourth walking-stick and the
rest-kid gloves and hair.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

"Fll take your part :" as the dog
said when he robbed the cat of her
portion of dinner.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

Dick, what do you call sheer non
sense" Why, shearing dog for his
wool !"
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

Did You ever hear of the man who
was so economical that he only used
one eye at time to save the other?
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

The boy who undertook to ride a
horse-radish is now practising on a
saddle of mutton.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

Samuel \. Elliot, late Mayor of Bos-
ton, is in the Insane Hospital in con,
sequence of the loss of his whole estate
by the failure Of c. II, Mills & Co.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17
Business 1irtttorp.

Business Cards of i've lines or less will he inscrc' in
this column for $50 per annum. For each additional
line, over Ave. one dollar will be charged.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-17

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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

The END OF Tua UNITED STATES BANK
Last week all the books, papers, drafts, checks,
letters, &c, that had been preserved on file as
vouchers in the long course of the immense
business of the United States Bank were sold
in heap in Philadelphia and purchased by a
paper maker TO be reground and manufactured
into new stock. The whole mass weighed over
forty tons. Ten tons of this vast amount is of
spondence-autograph letters of the first
statesmen, politicians, and financial men of
this and other countries. Drafts upon the
Roihschd for hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. certificates of stock transferred to the
leading bankers in Europe, checks and drafts
! Tor Cabinet officers, Senators, Congressman,
editors of newspapers, &c, all lie scattered
rerdy for the important transformation into
clean, unsu llied white paper. This huge mass
of books and papers strikes the visitor with as
tonishment. = A-gfsia-. idea may be formed OF
the colossal cir.~4 s.,,f the institution which
at one time occupied st. important part in the
history Of the country. What vast store
house these papers would bo FOR individual his
tories; and perchance they would illustrate
some unexplained passages in the history of the
political parties of the day National intel.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

THANK you," said Harley, his eyes gleam-
ing with strange intensity, as he placed the
pistol in his bosom. Mounting with the SER
want, Harley led the way, and the horses seemed
to fly as they went, while not a word was spoken
by either.
We will not linger over the scenes that tran.
splred during the burning of the Free State
Hotel. Bachanalian shouts and imprecations
filled the air, while nothing was exempt from
the hands of the infuriated mob. Night found
every house but two in the town pillaged of
their contents, while many were ruthiessly torn
down. " Law and Order reigned supreme
a free people had once more yielded theft rights
to the buyers and sellers of human souls and
the wrath of Sheriff Jones was appeased
NorE.-A portion of Achson's speech on the occasion
described in this chapter has been copied from Phillips
Conquest of Mexico" where it is described an odd
mixture of drunken enthusiasm restraining forbearance
partisan ferocty, and profanity.''
TO BE CONTINUED.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

How RAIN IS FORMED. To understand the
philosophy of this phenomenon, essential to the
very existence of plants and animals, a few facts,
derived from observation ard long train Of ex-
permenls, must be remembered. Were the at
mosphere everywhere At all times, at a uniform
temperature, we should never have rain, hail or
snow. The water absorbed by it in evaporation
from the sea and the earlh's surface would de-
scend in an imperceptib'e vapor or cease to be
absorbed by the air, when it was once fu ly sat
urated. The absorbing power of the a,mos
pherc, and consequently its cabity to retain
humidity, is proportonably greater in warm
than in cold air. The air near the surface of
the earth is warmer than it is in the region of
the clouds. The higher we ascend from the
earth, the colder we find the atmosphere.
Hence the perpetual snow on very high noun
tales, in the hottest climates Now, when from
continued ed'evaporation, the air is highly saturated
with vapor-tho it be invislble-if its
temperature is suddenly reduced by cold cur.
rents descending from above, or rushing from a
higher to lower latitude, its capacity to re
tain moisture is diminished, clouds are formed
and The result is rain. Air condenses as il
cools, and, like a spsnge filled with water and
compressed, pours out the water which is dim
inshed capacity cannot hold How singular
yet how simple, is such an arrangement, fol
watering the earth Scientific American.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

WHERE ARE You Come An anecdote is told
of Fnney, the revivalist and a canaler to the
following effect:
Finley was holding forth in Rochester, and in
walking along the canal one day came across
boatman who was swearing iuriously. March
ing up, he confronted him, and rather abruptly
asked
" Sir, do you know where you are going "
The unsuspecting man replied that he was
going up the canal on the boat Johnny Sands.
" No. sir, you are not continued Finney.
' You are going to hell faster than a canal boat
can carry you"
The boatman looked at him moment in as
constituent and then returned the question
Sir do yoi know where you are going :"
" expect to go to heaven
" No, sir you are going right into the ca
nal "
And sniting the action to the word, he took
Finney in his arms and tossed him into the
murky waters, where be would have been
drowned had not the boatman relented and fish
ed him out
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20
NEW SERIES, NO. So.
TERMN 5S1,5O strictly I'm advance.
AbItluN, $500 at the years. end.
The Model Husband.

on week day he walks out with his wife,
and Is not afraid of q milliner's shop. He even
has " change when asked for it, and never al
lndes to 1t afterwards. He is not above carry
ing large brown paper parcel, or cotton UNI
orella' or the clogs, OR even holding the baby in
his lap in an omnibus IIe runs on first to
Knock at the door when it is raining He goes
outside, if the cab is full. He goes to bed first
in ,old weather. He will get up in the middle
oil the night, to rock the cradle, or answer the
door bell. He eats cold meat without mur-
mur or pickles, and is Indifferent about pies and
puddings The cheese is never too strong, or
the beer too small, or the tea too weak for him.
lie believes in Mysteries, and is melted Instantly
with tear. He patches up quarrel with
velvet gown, and drives away the suks with a
trip to Epson, or gig in the park on Sunday.
he goes to church regularly, and takes his wife
to the opera once year. He pays for her losses
at cards, and gives her all his winnings. He
never flies out about his buttons, or brings home
friends to supper. His clothes never smell of
tobacco. He respects the curtains and never
smokes in the house. He carves, bui never se-
cretes for himself i" the brown He laces his
wife's stays, even in December, and never asks
for fire in the bedroom on the most wintry
nights. lie respects the fiction of his wife's
age, and would as soon burn his fingers as touch
the bright poker. He never invades the kitchen,
and would no more think of blowing up the
servants, than of ordering the dinner or having
the tray brought up after eleven. He is inno-
cent of a latch-key. lie lets the family 90 out
OF town once every year, whilst he remains at
home with one knife and fork, sits on brown
Holland chair, sleeps on curtainless bed, and
has charwoman to wait on him. lie goes,
down on the Saturday, and comes up On the
Monday, taking with him the clean linen, and
bringing back the dirty clothes He checks the
washing bills He pays the housekeeping money
without suspicion, and shuts his eyes TO The
sundries. He is very easy and afectionate
keeping the wedding anniversary punctually !;
never complaining if the dinner is not ready !;
making the breakfast himself if no one is down;
letting his wife waltz, and drink porter before
company. He runs all her errands, pays all her
bills and cries like child at her death - Won
derful People. hy Mavhe,o
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

SPANISH PRlEsTs.-The effect produced up
on TIE Spanish clergy by the abolition of tithes,
is thus described in late work -
Since the abolition of tithes, under the
Minister Mendizabal, who rep 'aced them by
moderate fixed salaries to the priests, now paid
by the State like other pub lie functionaries, the
situation of the Spanish clergy has entirely
changed in aspect. No man of any respectable
family now en- lists himself under the banners
Of the clergy, whose influence is only kept up
in some of the sma lest and obscure towns; in
the cities i. has entirely disappeared nor does
there remain in that body sufficient energy to
make the least attempt 10 recover it. 1t is very
common 10 see priests begging in thestrees
Few of them are now permitted 10 visit in re-
spectacle famales, or even to mix in general
society; and the strangest of all things con-
nected with such charge is, that the clergy
themselves know the state of degradation into
which they have faIlen-the tota loss of their
influence and their importance-n ithout maxi
IN the least effort to lase thelnse YES from that
state Of humiliation aud abasemen,. 1t is clear
that, to some extent, such transition is the
result OF that state of poverty to which the
secular clergy have been reduced, and hence i,
is that many priests, particularly those in the
country, have given themselves up to a variety of
secular pursuits and specula ions, which are
expressly prob ibired by the canon laws, and
which appear Incompatible with The dignity and
character of their ministry. Some of hem
have ecome puhlnans others coach proprieiors
and not "A few of them smueglcrs on the coast
and frontiers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

The FRUIT SEASON = The berries, the peaches,
the apples, and the plums-not only these, but
oil all OTHERS cat freely, asni.en as you aan ges
them. There are only TWO restrictions
They should not be eaten later than dinner
time.
They should be eaten while fresh, ripe, per-
feet, and in their natural raw state. without
milk sugar, cream, spices, water OR any other
liquid, within an hour afterwards
Fruits are known to be cooling and heathful !;
the reason is, their acidity, like that of some
other articles, stimulates the separation of bile
from the blood, this causes an " open condition
of the system, the attendant of high health, an
active body, joyous heart. Hence, if that
acidity is corrected by sweets of any kind, in
such proportion they fail of their natural good
Effects Halls Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

farmers SoN.--A rich farmers son, who
had been bred at the university, coming home
to visit his father and mother. they being at
supper on couple of fowls, said that by logic
and arithmetic he could prove those two fowls
to be three. "Well, let us hear, said the old
man. " Why, this" said the scholar, " is one,
and this, continued he. :" is two two and one,
you know, make three" " Since you have
made it out so well'' answered the old man,
your mother shall have the first fowl, | will,
have tho second, and the third you may keep to
yourself for your great learning"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

The FIRST QUAKER PUN.-Not long since, o
I" Friend who reoiced in the name of Com
fort, paid his devoirs to young and attractive
Quaker widow, named Rachel II. Either. Her
griefs were too new, or her lover too old or from
other causes, his offer was declined Where
upon Quaker friend remarked +" that it was
the first modern instance he had known where
Rachel refused to be ComIorted." The anecdote
Is remarkable as being the first Quaker pun on
record.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

COL B., who was very fat, being accosted by
man to whom he owed money, with " how
dye do answered, Pretty WE'LL thank
you; you find hold my own" Yes, sir,
rejoined the man. :" and mine too, to my sor-
row.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

If you wish to hear all the evil in peoples
character, wait till they get married. If you
are desrous 10 learn all their good qualities,
wait till they are dead.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

A student of medicine in Michigan having
courted girl for year, and got the mitten,
has turned round and sued her father for the
visits he paid her.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

Talk about I" mysterious knockings, what is
more mysterious than the knockings of two hui
man hearts, set in operation by the magnetism
Of youthful love
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

When the lrishman first tried peaches. he
said he liked their flavor, but the seeds lay hard
IN his stomach
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20
nlisfellanp.

according to Act of Congress- in the year 1857
o o. bofoE In the Clerks Office Of the District Cour
oil the District of Vermont.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-20

OAKLAND, May -, -
WALDO 1T gives me pain to be obliged to write that
which am confident will cause you the most bitter
row and yet duty compes me to do So Yesterday morn
when repaired usual to the drawngroom, we we're
surprised to find no one here Gertrude was won't
be there before Thinking that tring ndispo-
sition detained her, we waited till she should join
Breakfast csme and Zoe to her chamber to
what detained her so long Judge of surprise, when
she returned with the intelligence that she not there
There was ladder leading from her window the ground
but find trace of her beyond the confines Of
the plantation. The and several of the slaves
have inst come in from the search but still traces Of
her are revealed. Come to quickly, Waldo, for an
confident that you If any one find and restore her to
us once more send you this by Harley slave who has
escaped from Maitland. Maitland My heart tells me
that he is in some manner connected with this
Yours in haste, CLARA.
Harley" exclaimed Montague in an excited
tone, " do you know any thing about this af
fair '
Nothing only what | conjecture. | am
satisfied, however, that Maitland has her in his
power"
Walton said Waldo, starting from the
stupor into which the note had thrown him
"lifc is nothing to INC without Gertrude. vii
YOU Join me IN searching for her
AYE, Wado and she shall be found too
or there shall be a villain the less in Missouri.
Thank you for this, Walton. But we have
no horses, and ere this Maitland may be msny
miles from Oakland "
" have procured horses for you, and lef
them in grove. n mile from here, in charge o
servant from Oakland
Harley led the way to where the horses wer'
confined, and having seen Waldo, Montague
and the servant mounted, turned away.
"Arc you not going to Join u.s. Harley =
asked Waldo, as he noticed this.
No. cannot. Were to go with you,
should be caught, and I'll never be Maitland
slave again nerer."
"Stay cried Waldo Here is a revolver
and It Maitland attempts your capture you
know how to defend yourself. Keep with Us
now and we II assist you"