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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
WORKING HIS PASSAGE.

A tall, awkward looking chap, just from
the Green Mountains of Vermont, came
on board one of the splendid North River
boats at Albany. His curiosity was anna
zingly excited at once, and he commenced
'peeking," as he died it, into every nook
and corner on the boat. The captains Of
flee, the engine-room, the barber's-shop-
all underwent his inspection; and then he
went on deck, and stood looking in amaze
ment at the levcr-beam, the chimneys and
the various ''fxins," till at last he caught
sight of the bell. This was the browning
wonder, and he viewed it from every po-
sition; walked around it, got down on his
knees and looked up into it, and exclaim-
ed -
"Wall, rally, this beats the bell on our
meetin' house a great sight"
By this time, the attention of the cap
tain and several of the passengers were at
tractel to this genius.
"How much would you ask to let a fell
low ring this bell"
"You may ring it for dollar, sir" said
the captain.
oval, its bargain, all fai, and agreed,
and no backing out"
ats bargain, sir" said the captain.
Our hero went deliberately and brought
a seat and took hold of the bell-rope, and,
having arranged everything to his satistac-
ton commenced ringing, slowly at first,
and gradually faster and faster, till every
body on board thought the boat was on
fire, and rushed on deck, screaming with
alarm.
There stood the captain, and there sat
the 'Varmounter," ringing away, first slow,
and then fast, and then two or three taps
at time. The passengers became urgent
that the eternal clangor should be stopped.
All the while there sat our hero undisturb-
ed, ringing away more ways than a cock
ney chime ringer ever dreamed of. AT
last the captain began to think it time to
stop the simpleton; but his answer was:
"a fair bargain and no backing eout, -
and he rang away for dear life.
"Well," says the captain, ''what will
you take to stop"
"Wall, capt'n, | guess ! sheant lose
nothing if | take five dollars and free
passage to New DIRK, but not darned
cent less"
"Well, walk down to the office and get
your money and a passage ticket" said
the captain.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
THE HOUSE AND FARM.
what shall we do for Fruit


This is a question that we frequently
have asked, especially since the last two
hard winters.
Our answer is short and easy Of COM
prehension: Plant and raise it each and
every one for him and herself, if they have
the land on which to do it.
Is it true, that apples (which COMPARE
lively considered, are worth all the other
orchard fruit put together) cannot be ex-
tensively, early, OF successfully raised in
this country! We answer that we do not
believe experience has demonstrated any
such thing. To be sure all have not sue
ceeded in raising orchards, who have
planted; neither halt, nor but few. But
is it wholly ON account of the climate
We think not. Many other causes have
combined as well, to defeat the first small
efforts of orchard planting in a new coun-
try. Among these, one Of the most COM
mon, may be found in the fact that little
could be known about the suitability of
different varieties of trees to our soil and
climate, until they were tested by absolute
and bitter experience.
Not even the nursery-mer could tell,
for certain, without trial. They grated
their trees at a venture, and buyers bought
them in the same way, and as might have
been expected in our undoubtedly severe)
climate, many of them have turned out
failures, even after many years growth, in
some instances.
This result has also often been produced
by other causes, as well as climate. Many
western planted trees, have been removed
so much, and kept out of the earth so
long before final planting, as to only have
the breath of life remaining in them at
the best. The fact often seems to be lost
sight of that tree has constitution as
much as person; and if in infancy it is
broken and destroyed, it can never after
become good, vigorous and healthy tree
but will probably like a person in con-
sumption, linger along until some extra
exposure of heat or cold gives it death
blow.
Thus it is not enough for tree or q
shrub to barely live when planted, it must
also have good and healthy constitution,
to mature it to vigor and usefulness. The
fact that some human beings die in infan-
cy and childhood, is no proof that others
will not escape all such premature perils,
and grow to man and womanhood. Yes,
we repeat that we fully believe, notwith-
standing all past rebuffs, that apple Or
chards and apples, can and will be grown
in abundance throughout Wisconsin,
Iowa, and Southern Minnesota, if we
persevere judiciously and wisely, in plant
ing and cultivating.
If people liked to labor and take the
necessary pains to cultivate these things,
half as well as they do to eat them, we
trow there would be no lack of album
dance, Notwithstanding the clir.ate.-
Wisconsin Farmer.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
SEP THE SEXES
IN SCHOOL.

On this point, Mr.. Stowe, q celebrated
Glasgow teacher, USES the following Ian
guage The youth of both sexes of the
Scottish peasantry have been educated to-
gether; and, as whole the Scotch are
the most moral peopleo on the earth. Ed
ueation in England is Civ n separately,
and we never have heard from practical
men that any benefit has arisen from this
arrangement. Some influential individ
uals there mourn over the prejudice on
this point. In Dublin, larger number
ofgirls turned out badly who had been edu
Gated alone until they attained the age Of
maturity than of those who were other
wise brought up-the separation of the
sexes has been found to be Injurious. 1t
is stated, on the best authority, that of
those girls educated in the schools of con-
vents, apart from boys, the greater ma
jority go wrong within month after be-
ing let loose in society, and meeting the
other sex. They cannot, it is said, resist
the slightest compliment or hattery. The
separation is intended to 'ep them strictly
moral; but this unnatural seclusi N actual
ly generates the very principl S desired to
be avoided. We may repeat that it is i'm
possible to raise girls as high, intellectual
ly, without boys as with them-aud it is
impossible to raise boys morally as high
without girls. The GIRLS morally elevate
the boys, and the boys intellectually elevate
the girls. But more than this = girls
themselves are morally elevated by the
presence of boys, and the boys arc intel
lectually elevated by the presence Of girls
Girls brought up with boys are more posi-
lively moral, and boys brought up in
schools with the girls are moro positively
intellectual, by the softening Influence of
the female character. In the Normal
Seminary at Glasgow, the most beneficial
effects have resulted from the more natural
course. Boys and girls, from the age of
two or three years to that of fourteen or
fifteen, have been trained in the same class
room, galleries, and play grounds, without
improperly and they are never separated,
except at needlework'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
/ CAN.

Few understand thepower of the words
| can. The will is the father of the act
and detersined will has ever been the
motive power of great actions. You
young man, who stands there pining for
something to do with your hands in your
pockets, and tears swelling in your eyes
that your lot is such hard one, awake,
arouse, look around you,-and then with
a giant will, resolve to bend everything to
your purpose. 81 would but there is
nothing for me to de-" Nothing for YOU
to do, with the physical world before you;
with the moral, social, political and intel
lectual pursuits beckoning YOU on9 Alb
surd. You are not the creature of cir
cumstances - YOU are not the child of
chance-you must up and be doing
With your own right arm you must
carve out your own destiny and mould cir
cumstances by the power of your will
Up, up; jump into the swelling tide and
be foremost on the toaming current. Let
your mind conceive, your will direct and
your hands perform, and soon you will
see what seemed insurmountablc barriers
crumbling into mole-hills. What if you
fail, aye even dozen times, up and at it
again, and your triumph in the end is
certain, and it will be the more valuable
for the labor it cost in its attainment
First plant yoruself on the eternal princi-
pies of right and justsce, and then utter
the talasmanic words Il cam and the gates
of promotion are thrown open to you.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
BE COOL.

A man often regrets being hasty and
precipitate but never for being cool and
calculating. He who rushes into burn
ing dwelling and throws crockery and
looking glasses from the windows, and
carries hand-irons and grind stones down
the stairs, is not half as serviceable as he
who goes calmly to work, packs up his
goods, and assists IN taking them OUT
The man who in anger says "you lie" is
less dangerous than the individual who
calmly says ''you are mistaken" In bat
tie the former woul1 loose all his men,
while the latter would stan1 the enemy
and beat them off. It is wise then to re-
hect-to deliberate-to be cautious. The
hasty get to themselves numerous enemies
while the careful make friends. Many a
life has been sacrificed by too eager de-
sire to save it. If a child fall into the
fire, we care not how quickly you pull it
out, but in your eagernoss don't throw it
into hotter flames. Be cool, but be ac-
tive. Calculate, but don't hesitate when
life is in danger.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09

Thou bright creation of the Poets mind!
In thee did his great soul express,
Its faircst type of female loveliness.
In thee all feelings pure, refined,
Do dwell. Each Utmost thought of thine
Is holy, as saints rapt dream of Heaven,
While every outward charm to thee is given.
As timid buds blrsh coyly into bloom.
So do thy modest virtues show their worth;
And as the full flower sheds rich perfume.
SO doth thy presence beautifv the Earth.
Oh, winning Teacher! Thou didst wellfulfin
Lilies holy mission and though dark thy Gltc
Yet from thy pure life will we still
Learn to love Yirtuetor lis o,m deer sake
L. \. 7.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
AMERICAN AMI
FOR 1867.

THE Forty-ninth Volume Of tbo
l. booker Magazine will commen c hlGh
number for January, and it is the ints. whit
the Publisher to make great addition
literary merits of the work. 4
We take it for granted there are brt.
azine readers in the country who arc ne NV ~
lar with the authors of ST. Ledoor ''o u. a 3}
Sparrow Grass, both old contribnt,onaaa
Kickerbocker. We are pleased ia IIs sSS,
announce that they will both write tsu
magazine the coming year. Mr.. Co1,ame
contributes new and really Original T'S y
which will appear in every number. .,JS
Kimball viii furnish Sketch or Stor rpa
en- as his other duties willpermit. 10y
We have now two contributors Mt -.
by any writers in the country, namely p'
W. Shelton and Charles G. Leland '' T.,
known as our "Up-River Corresponds
written n series of Letters, part Of Whit,
been issued and extensively sold in a hs.5
illustrated volume, and the latter is INV
ing a series of Observations of Mae q,
which delight all who read them. TEsn I
be continued regularly, and Mr.. Shesm
give Il vi IL bStbSI tctCll
We have also several highly acco,gs.
Lady Contributors, whose favors will gss@
pages regularly, and whose names We Wy
be glad to publish, if we were permit
do 80.
With these and other contributors and,
Table of Mr.. Clark, whose long experjrrs
made him at fat in his department, We j,
be able to present monthly literary trT,
varied that no refined taste can fail tohm
fed. Weonly ask to bejudged on our m.
ster fair trial.
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Publisher, 348 Broadway, New Yci
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
POETRY.
A TENDER LAY.

Be gentle to the new-laid egg,
For esAs are brittle things;
They caRnot fly until they're Matched,
And have pair of wings:
If once you break the tender shell,
The wrong you can't redress;
The" yolk and white" will all run out,
And make dreadful mess"
'Tis but little while at best,
That hens have power TO lay
Tomorrow eggs may added be,
That were quite fresh to-day.
Q, let the touch be very light.
That takes them from the keg;
There is no hand whose cunning skill
Can mend broken egg
Ay-touch it with tender touch,
For till the egg is biled,
Who knows but that unwittingly,
II may be smashed and spilled.
The summer breeze that 'ginst it blows,
Ought to he stilled and hushed
For eggs like youthful purity,
Are "orful'' when they're squshed,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
Marcy's Idea of Classical
Attachments.

A member Of Congress once made q
request for the appointment of a certain
gentleman to post in some home or for
eicn office. One after another of the
gentleman's credentials were opened. One
setting forth his knowledge of Hebrew,
another Greek, third Latin, and so on,
rs letter after letter were examined, down
to perfect knowledge of all the modern
languages.
"a most extraordinary mani" said the
Secretary, looking up from under his
great shaggy, beetling eyebrows, and
showing up his spectacles upon his high
forehead; "why, sir, that man mast hare
graduated from the toacer Of Babel"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09

And all kinds of MILL FEED, which he
is ready to dispose of, on terms to suit CUSTOM
ers
He fatters himself, that after an experience
of forty years in the Milling business, and
with all the facilities which are now in his pos
session, he is enabled to prosecute his branch OF
business with success. and in every instance
with justice to his patrons.
Persons coming from distance with grists
will be served promptly and not detained long
in waiting.
Custom Work done according to order,
in satisfactory manner.
The best brands of Flour manufactured at
his Mills. put up in halt, quarter, and eighth
barrel sacks, and sent to various parts of the
country.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
on r OHIO.

IMPOSSIBLE wager-Ill lay you an egg.
IFEAR Cod says Sir Thomas Browne.
''yet am not afraid of him"
''WHY Is q young man in corsets like
Texas2 Because he has Gol-vest-onI '
The trials of life are the tests which
ascertain how much gold there is in
us.
If you think twice, before YOU speak
once, you will speak twice the better
for it.
TREES with double flowers are, too often.
the emblem of friendship-there is plenty
Of blossom, but no fruit.
INNOCENCE is a flower that withers
when touched, but blooms not again
though watered with tears.
A-LAss a-lass. as the old bachelor
said when he wanted to marry. He made
the same exclamation after marriage, but
spelt it differently.
A PHILOSOPHER who had married q
vulgar but amiable girl, used to call her
''Brown Sugar." because, he said she was
sweet, but unrefned.
"Do you understand me q thun-
dered country pedagogle TO all urchin
at whose head he threw an inkstand.
'I'ye got an mixing ofwhat you mean,"
replied the boy.
81 AN afraid l shall come to want" said
an old lady to a young gentleman. II
have come to wantalready' was the reply
II want your daughter!'' The old lady
opened her eyes.
"SAY, Pomp, you niger, where you
get dat new hat?'' "Why at de shop OBJ
course" "What is the price of such an
article as dat!' 81 don't know bigger
don't know, de shop-keeper wasnt dar. J"
'JoHS," said father to his son one
day, when he caught him shaving the
''down" off his upper lip, "don't throw
your shaving water out where there are
any barefooted boys, for they might get
their feet pricked."
SEE THERE , exclaimed q returned Irish
soldier to gaping crowd, as he exhibited,
with some pride, his tall hat with bullet
hole in it. 'Look at that hole will YOU.
You see that if it had been low-crowned
hat, should have been killed outright p
PROFESSOR PARR, of Andover, being at
Plymouth in warm weather. was Iod0ed
in bed that resembled Pekin, in being
more populous than comfortable and he
remarked in the morning that he never
before knew what was meant by "Hve
geese featders"
A HAPPY comment on the humiliation
of time and space by locomotive agency
is as follows.-A little child who rode fif-
ty miles in railroad train, then took
coach to her uncles house, some five miles
further, was asked on her arrival, if she
came by the cars. awe came little ways
in the cars, and then all the rest of the
way in q carriage
A young lady at ball was asked by a
lover OF serious poetry whether she had
seen Crabbe's Tales?
"Why no ,"she answered; II didn't
know that crabs had tails"
81 beg your pardon, miss" said he
II mean have you read Crabbe's Tales r.
"Apd | assure you, sir, did not know
that red crabs or any others had tails
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
CHILDREN IN HEAVEN,

Who are they whose little feet.
Pacing life's dark journey through,
Now have reached that heavenly seat
They have ever kept in view!
" from Greenland's frozen land :"
:" ! from India's sultry plain :"
from Aries barren sand :"
from Islands on the main"
All our earthly journey past,
Every tear and pain gone by,
Here together meet at last,
At the portals of the sky.
Each the welcome " CONF" awaits.
Conqueror DER death and sin
Lift your heads We golden gates,
Let the little travellers in,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
NOTHING TO WEAR,

(oRlGINAL.)
" \ othing 10 wear ~ Well. well, I suppose
Some ladies quite truly declare it.
For their habitual disuse of clothes
Above the waist sufficiently shows
That there, at least, as far as that goes.
They We nothing to wear"-and then sreqr It.
Springfield Republican.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
Ny- Here's a gem from Dombev' II

will never grow dim:
She died. said Polly, "and was never
seen again, for she was buried in the
ground where the trees grow
The cold ground said the child, shud-
dering again.
NO, in the warm ground, replied Pol
ly, where the ugly littlo seeds are turned
into beautiful flowers, aud where good
people turn into angels and fly away to
heaven
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
GREENWOOD HOUS
W. H. WINCHESTER, Propf's"

TIME GREENWOOD HOUSE is Nv
Il nished and kept in the best SUIT
proprietor flatters himself that by sum .sr D
ton To the wants of his guests, ne 's ,r,sl
their abode with him pleasant and ~
Pleasure Parties 4
will find this House an agreeable re'oi ;. Ri
Natural Scenery of the kinnlck ~. M
in the vicinity, is as fine as any IN u crect
West. The streams abound with Sp
Trout, and afford the best amuselus'tts cN
lovers Of the angling art. Fisnl'o
always on hand. h;shisH
The proprietor respectfully invites ms l,sr NJ
seeking either pleasure or profit 10 q"
call, ,aSs
Ccmmodious Stables are con'''
the House. vi
BoARD.-One Dollar Per Day
Dollars per Week. :, M
kivsr Fails. Pierce Co., Wis, Jan'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-09-09
A STRANGE ApvENTURE.-Mr. Re

A STRANGE ADvENTURE.-Mr. Red
blossom drank more than his usual allow
ance of rum and sugar, one cold night last
week; and the consequences of which he
gave his wife rather confused account of
his conduct on his return home:
''Mr. Smiths grocery store invited mo
to 90 and drink cousin Sam-and you see,
the weather was dry-and l was very
sloppy-so | didn't mind punching one
drink-and 'squeer how my head went
into the punch, though! The way home
was so dizzy that | slipped upon a little
dog-the corner of the street bit me-
and an old gentleman with cropped ears,
and brass collar on his neck, said he be-
longed to the dog--and | was--you un-
Observation-Disclosures is, l don't know moth
ing more about it,!
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A BAD "CAsE."-Dobbs rushed 70 the
doctors office with terror on his visage,
He looked pale; his nostrils were dilated.
and there was an uneasy look in his eyes,
The doctor noticed it instantly, and in
quired, with as little exhibition of feeling
as the nature of the case would admit =
"Why, what's the matter, nobbs 81
Dobbs dropped into chair in an al-gone-
a-tive-ness manner peculiarly touching.
81 don't know, 1 b'lieve Pm going to
have the small pox. I've got the symp-
toms sure" "Why, how do you feel! 2"
said the doctor. %, | don't know, hardly
said Dobbs; feel great reluctance to
do anything" The doctor inquired how
long he had had the symptoms We'll"
said Dobbs, "I've alaoays hud 'em"--
The doctor was Sold Dobbs' cease" was
evidently past all surgery.