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St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
A Tale of Terror.
The following rather marvellous story

The following rather marvellous story,
is told by one Of the Vienna journals:
AS a farmer of Orsinovi, near that city,
was few nj ghts ago returning from mar
ket, he stopped at a roadside public house,
and imprudently showed the inkeeper
large sum which he had received. In the
night the inkeper, armed with a poignard,
stole into the farmers chamber and pre-
pared to stab him, but the farmer, who,
from the mans manner at supper conceiv-
ed suspicious Of foul play, had thrown
himshlf fully dressed on the bed, without
going to sleep, and being powerful man,
he wrestcd the poignard from the other,
and using it against him, laid him dead at
his feet. 4 few moments after he heard
stones thrown at the window, and voice,
which he recognized as that of the inkeep-
er's son, said: "The grave is isready" This
proved to him that the father and son plan
ned his murder, and to avoid detection
had intended burying the dead body at
once. He thereupon wrapped the dead
body in sheet, and let it down from the
window, he then ran to the gendarmerie
and stated what had occurred. Three Gen
darmes Immediately accompanied him to
the house, aud found the young man busi-
ly engaged in shoveliny earth into the
grave.
What arc you burying?' said they.
"Only a horse, which has just died"
"You are Mistaken" answered one Of
them, jumping into the grave and raising
the corpse, "Look? p and he held up a
lantern to the face of the deceased
"Good God!' cried the young man,
thunderstruck; at is MY father.'
He was then arrested, and at once con-
fessed all.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
The Seven Sleepers,

The story of the Seven Sleepers is the
most romantic of the legends of the Church.
1t is as follows: .
When the Emperor Decius prosecuted
the Christians, seven noble youths Of Eph-
eeas concealed themselves in spacious
cavern, on the side Of an adjacent noun
tain, and were doomed to perish by the ty-
rant, who gave orders that the entrance
should be firml y secured by piles of stones
They immediately fell into deep slumber,
which was almost miraculously prolonged,
without injnring the powers Of life, one
hundred and eighty-seven years. At the
end Of that time, the slaves of Adolus, to
whom the inheritance of the mountain had
descended removed the stones to supply
material for some edifce The ight Of the
sun darted into the cavern, and the Seven
Sleepers were permitted to awake Soon
after rising from their sleep, which they
thought only lasted a few hours, they were
pressed by the calls of hunger, and resolved
that Jamblichus, one Of their number,
should secretly return to the city, to pur-
chase bread for the use Of himself and his
companions. The youth, if we may still
employ that application. could no longer
recognize the once familiar aspect OF his
native country; and his surprise was in
creased by the appearance Of large cross
triunphantly erected over the gate Of
Ephesus. His singular dress and obsolete
language confounded the baker to whom
he offered an ancient medal Of Decius, as
the current coin Of the Empire; and Jam
blichus, on the suspicion Of having discov-
cred a secret treasure, was dragged before
the Judge. Their mutual inquiries pro-
duccd the amazing discovery that two cen
turies had almost elapsed sinco Jamblichus
and his friends had escaped from tie rage
Of a pagan tyrant. The Bishop Of Ephe-
sus, the clergy, the magistrate, the people,
and, it is said, the Emperor himself, hast
encd to visit the cavern Of the Seven Slee-
pers, who related their story, bestowed
their bcnediction, and at the same instant
peaceably expired.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
Fishing Bounties-Sugar.

The bill for the repeal of the Fishing
Bounties passed the Senate by the votes Of
all the Administration Democrats except
Mr.. Allen, Of Rhode Island. All the op-
position Senators voted against it. BY the
aid Of Northern Democrats the South was
enabled to defeat the amendment proposed
by Mr.. Trumbull, Of Illinois, to repeal the
sugar duties-duties imposed for the ac-
knowledged purpose Of protecting a few
hundred rich sugar planters and enhancing
the value of their thousands of toiling
slaves. Louisiana and Texas are the only
States benefited by this "locap' tariff
Louisiana has but l ,22o4 sugar houses, CIV
ing last year an aggregate production of
279,697 hogsheads Of sugar, weighing
307 ,662,700 pounds. The Texas sugar
planters made only 1000 hogsheads. We
imported, last year, sugar to the amount OF
S4l 1886, 900, on which the duty was "A
per cent, making over ST., ,OOO, 600 paid by
the people Of the U. S. in duties on one Of
the common necessaries of life-a useless
tax levied to build up an intense sectional
interest, and nothing else. Against the
repeal Of this duty the Northern ,De,noc.
Gratis in the Senate voted with the South,
nearly or quite to man! This vote should
be remembered by the people Of all classes
who pay the sugar tax. 1t comes home te
every tea and coffee cup, and adds to the
drops Of the white mans sweet in every
State but two in the Union Wnona Re
bubAcan. s:z-s.s- s-.s:.a<s.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
Buchanan Becomes a God-Send.

A cotemporary thinks that James Bu-
chanan is god-send, as he will bring the
American people to repentance, the FIRST
step in the road that leads to Heaven
The Knickirbocker remarks that this idea
reminds them Of another In certain
village in Ohio, resided family consist
ing Of an old man named Beaver and his
four sons, all Of whom were hard "pets,"
and who had often laughed to scorn the
advice Of pious though very eccentric
minister who resided in the same town.
1t so happened that one Of the boys was
bitten by a rattle snake, and was ex pccted
to die, when the minister was sent for in
great haste. On his arrival he found the
young man very penitent, and anxious to
be prayed with. The minister calling ON
the family, kneeled down and prayed in
this wise.
ooh Lord, we thank the for rattle
snakes; we thank thee because rattle
snake has bit Jim. We pray thee send a
rattle snake to bite John; send one to bite
Bill; send one to bite Sam; and, oh, Lord,
send the biggest kind of a rattle-snake to
bite the old man; for nothing but rattle
snakes will! bring the Beaver family to re-
pcntance:'
HIr. Buchanan is the political rattle
snake an all wise Providence has placed in
the Executive chair to bite the citizens Of
this country into rebellion to Presidential
dictation and official corruption.
The following supp]ication from the
Knickerbockcr is arranged to suit the To-
cality:
"Uh, Lord, VIC thank thee for sending
that rattle-snake-we thank thee that he
has bit Douglas, and Walker; and Wise,
and Bell, and Crittendon, and Stanton
Let him bite our near neighbor Trimble,
j. Hand, Harvey Russel, and old Mr. John
son. Let him bite "Sam," and give
backbone to those who once worshipped III
the midst Of dark lanterns-and, oh, Lord,
we ask thee as a special act Of grace that
he may bite the old man of the Spectator,
and bis son Ed; for nothing but bite
can save them from everlasting reproba-
ton -
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

Write your name by kindness, love, and
mercy, upon the hearts OF the people you
come in contact with, year by year, and
you will never be forgotten.
A good name is at the same time re-
ward and a bond if you gain it you are
pledged by it; it is like earnest money re-
ceivcd from the public, and which obliges
us to do our duty.
Why is the letter u the gayest in the
alphabet! Because it is always in fun.
Yes--but why is it the most unfortunate
in the alphabet! Because it is always in
trouble and difficulty. S>.<.,.
Never load a cannon to kill mosquito
There is no grave 50 desolate that Aow
ers will not at last spring on it:
What is the lightest ship that man ever
embarked in Z. Courtship.
Don't meet troubles half way they are
not worth the compliment.
A new party, to be composed Of al who
oppose the Administration, is talked ct at
Washington. No meeting has yet been
held.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

ROMANCE IN REAL l41FE.-1he Bvcur-
US Tts1ioJ JUu17l0t says that a man living
near there lost his wife some years ago in
Homer New York, that they had little
girl which he gave to friend> and left the
country. He was Sone ten years, and re-
turned, but could fpdno Of his child
She had two mas by which he might
know her-cne toe was gone, and she had
a scar on her arm. The man gave her up
as lost to him, and finally settled near Bu-
cyrus and married. The rest we give from
that paper:
"About six weeks ago he happened to
pass by the room in his house occupied by
a servant girl who had resided with him
for nearly two years, at time when she
was about to retire, and the door being
open he saw her foot. He merel y glanced
at it and happened to notice that the little
toe Of the right foot eoas missing. He
thought nothing Of it at the time, but aff-
ter retiring the idea struck him that it
might be the daughter he had searched for
SO long. At first he dismissed the thought
as improbable, but it still forced itself upon
him, until finally he requested his wife to
90 to the room and ascertain whether or
not marks of scald were upon her right
arm.
"She went and to his immense delight,
reported that the mark was there Ihe
poor man was so positive Of her identity,
that the girl was awakened, and in the mid
die of the night was questioned as to her
origin. She could only tell them that she
did not know her parents that her earliest
recollections were that she had lived some
where in the East with family named
(naming the family she had been left with
by the woman originally intrusted with
her) and and at their death she was taken
charge Of BY the overseers Of the poor a
place provided for her, and she had come
to Bucyrus with family, and had sup
ported herself by doing house-work since.
This tailed SO nearly with the already as
certained facts in the case that the next
day the father started east with her, and
visiting the different points she had named,
ascertained to his great joy, that she was
in truth his daughter. She is an extreme
ly beautiful girl, Of great natural intelli-
gence, and, though totally uneducated, is
still interesting. She is now at Granville:
Ohio, receiving an education to lit her for
the new station she has assumed in life. "
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
The Floating City of Canton.

In light and lively book, just published
in London, the author of which is DIR.
IVAN, we find the followingpicture of
Canton:
The town of boats occupies space of
several leagues of the Tchou-kiang; it
is divided into quarters like London and
Paris, and like our great cities has its COM
mercial streets and its fashionable districts.
The suburbs-that is to say, the part Of the
river which is inhabited by the lowest class
are composed Of narrow streets, all very
much alike. They consist Of lines eff tanks,
with their coverings of bamboo, moored
sideways, and preseting all the appearance
of the vessels I have described elsewhere
in speaking of Macao. During the day,
YOU never see man in these boats; the
women and children alone remain in the
wretched dwelling, while the father is en-
gagged up the river loading the vessels Of
the barbarians, or disembarking the mer-
chandise contained in the junks which
furnishes Canton with its enormous sup
plies. The 6sherman's street adjoins the
Quarter inhabited by these laborious classes;
their habitations are more vast than those
of the poor carriers, and there is much
more animation in the place. AS soon as
they return from fishing, anchor has scarce.
" been cast when the children, with naked
feet, run along tho shore; they pass from
one boat to another to stretch out the nets
The men sitting down upon the ground ex
anime the nets, mend the holes made II
the proceeding expedition, and the womer
at the back of the little house prepare tn
family dinner on a portable stove made o
plaster. -
The fishermen in this amphibious societ..
represent the horticulturalists and garden
ers who supply large towns. Every morn
ing they plough the inexhaustible plain
of the ocean, and furnish the market will
the principal object Of consumption. Th
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

dies, they succeeded in fastening a rope to
a tree directly above that on which Heaton
and company were lodged, and dropping
down, steadying themselves by the rope,
made their way within reach of the pris-
oners, who, being all aboard the rope
was cut, and after few minutes hard row.
ing they were safe ashore"
Messrs. Heaton and Hammer (or Hanna)
do business in Cincinnati, and the former
was trying to cross to the railroad station,
in order to go into the city, when the fatal
accident occurred.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

WHEN Spring SHALL bring the birds, and grass,
and flowers,
Methinks that thou must come, my child, to
For how will pass the erst so joyous hours
Without sign, without a word from thee
The tender buds will spring from where thou'rt
lying;
Some soft-eyed flowers will open to the sun !;
On boughs above the birds will cease their fly
ing;
Thou wilt not see or hear, my silent one!
Thine ear is closed to all thy parents signing :;
In vain We call thee by thy soft, sweet name,
In vain We listen for thy quick replying,
For little steps that once so joyous came!
All blessed child thy busy feet are straying
Der emerald meadows of the blue Beyond,
Sweet-scented zephyrs 'mong thy locks are
playing,
And angel whispers WOO thee, soft and fond.
But oh, sweet child, mid all the building rap
That fills thy soul in the abode Of bliss,
Let now and then thy wing give lowly wafture
Adown the home thou once did swectly bless
Come with a whisper Of thy love, yet cherish
cd,
Or give . sense of thy sweet presence near;
Come and give token that it has not persisted,
The precious link that bound thee to us here.
From us to thee there is but little distance;
The golden hills will dawn soon on our view;
Our souls will gladden. in the bright existence
Of those whove passed Eearth's shadowy
valley through.
Well joy to go, since thou hast gone before
Thy starry wings shall light the path along;
Thy winsome voice shall teach the heavenly
chorus,
The swelling anthems Of serapic song.
Beloved child, if such thy glorious mansion,
Shall VIC not cease our mourning and our
tears,
With earnest souls to strive for that Elysium
That shall be thine, and ours, through end
less years!
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
After the Fight.

~S1~>~'
The Shakopee Correspondent of the
Minnesotian in reviewing the incidents of
the disgraceful battle between the Sioux
and the Chipeways, has the following re-
flections?
This is truly great country where one
can get up by SUNRISE, take his wife and
family in buggy, ride mile or so in the
fresh morning air witness such scene as
an Indian fight from such view as we
had, be treated to a Chipeway barbecue
and return to breakfast at seasonable
hour, without costing the first red cent, al
though several red skins had to pay dear
ly for the entertainment
When the fight first commenced oppo-
site Major Iurphy's, his wife, daughter
and two lady visiters arose and stepped up
on the rivers brink and watched the whole
affair quite unconcernedly, although, at
one time, the rifle balls whizzcd and sang
past them, striking in close proximity
Before the battle ended, very large num-
Der Of the population Of men women and
children Of the city, were gathered around
the dead, dying and wounded warriors
which the Sioux had brought over the riv-
er, and from their elevated position could
see, with the naked eye, every movem ent
of the combattants; and with the aid Of tel
escopes, counted the number Of Chipcways
which collected on the opposite bluffs
where the Sioux had driven them.
The ground from the river to the bluffs,
(about three fourths Of a mile, } is level
grassy plain, with a few large elm trees
near the north bank, on which we stood, is
high, overlooking the sgsholo us per
fectly as onescould sit in the boxes of f, a
theatre and observe the play upon the
stage. Only think ofwhat a sight we had
Of Indians stripped to the breech cloth,
running, skulking, crawling, shooting, TOM
ahawking, scalping, mutilating- the squaws
carrying the wounded, shouting and en-
couraging their braves, who were yelling,
fighting, bleeding, dying, crossing and re-
crossing the river. The retreat Of the
Chippeway'sto the opposite hills, gathering
under the trees, where all their gestures
and actions were clearly visible through the
telescope-while among us, and at our feet,
were ladies and Chippewa scalps, horses
and carriages and Chippeway's heads, gen
tlemen, and Chippeway hands, children, ,and
strips Of Chippeway skin, barking dogs,
moaning squaws, dying warriors, bleeding
braves, crying children, yelling combat
ants, neighing horses, cackling hens, whis-
ting bullets, cracking rifles, putting steam
boat, smoking Dutchmen, mixed up with
the different languages; including the sill
very tones of beautiful women; the whole
concluding with the building Of a fire, ap-
pearance of the headless trunk Of a Chipe-
way, avery extensive retrograde movement
on the part Of the ladies and children, the
contention of those who advocated or OBJ
jected to the consumation Of the barbarous
act, the roaring Of the flames, the broiling
Of the carcass, the rising Of the incense,
and the general leaving in disgust, or lin
gering for curiosity Of the crowd-and all
this adjoining city of a thousand inhabi-
tants.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
RATIONAL TREATMENT FOR ANIMALS

RATIONAL TREATMENT FOR ANIMALS.
who insist on the necessity cf pure
air and cleanliness for man, and admit the
power Of kindness to influence him, yet
cruelty abuse a waywar;| horse or an irr;ta-
bic COW, and continc both in air saturated
with animal efuvia
The service we receive from these ami
mails oug hit to secure them such treatment
at least as will enable them still better to
serve us. How can rough usage make an
animal patient? How can blows mako a
horse dcci]e? They only waste his
strength, and make him fear you. They
can not induce ready, patient service. DO
you expect to control your horse when you
are not master of yoursclf! An angry man
cannot properly control anything. If you
fail to make an animal understand YOU
when you are calm, impatience ard anger
Will diminish your ability to do it. llyou
can do while angry is to make him fear
you, and to try to escape from you. This
he will do; for he feels that you have d.
vested yourself Of all which qualities you to
control him-that you are the meaner
UiuCC. lHt luOSt SuCctSSlA I'll blsiIclS Va
horses never use either fear OF force to in
Auence them. The horse knows a man
from a monster
And the cov-do nothing to render her
impatient; nor draw her milk while she is
irritatcd. Speak kindly to her; caress her;
thus soothed, she will feel that you are her
friend, viii become placid, and readily yield
her milk. Now, you can draw her milk
with satisfaction, and give it to your chill
dren without fear that it is yitiated by an
ger.
Be assured, that you can manage domcs-
tic animals as much more completely, by
kindness, as you can human beings.
Respecting hygiene, they need purity Of
externals as much as you do. Give them
clean stables and fresh air. Then, if you
would manage them completely. acquire
faith in the might of Kindness.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

ANOTHER EXPLORING PARTY--The
Chicago Democratic Press says that a small
party Of gentlemen are now forming in that
city for the purpose Of exploring a very in
terresting portion of Minnesota, with the
probability Of extending their trip to Mime
Wakuna, Devils lake, and the head waters
of the Jaqnes river, in the new territory Of
Dakota. The month Of June is deemed
most favorable for this pursosc.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

The Evening Post says: "Bishop Potter
held a confirmation recently in this city,
at which lady presented herself, to whom,
he was quite sure he had administered the
rite before. AS she approached, he asked
ifshe had never been confirmed. oh law,
yes,' Doctor, she replied you have confirm
cd me twice, and I want you to confirm me
again; 1t Is so good for my rAeumotism.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

When the celebrated Hayden was asked
how all his sacred music was SO cheerful,
the great composer replied:-I cannot
make it otherwise. I write according to the
thoughts feel; when / think upon God my
heart is so full ofjoy that notes dance and
leap as it were from my pen; and since God
has given me a cheerful heart, it will be
pardoned in me that I serve him with a
cheerful spirit s>' aa*-:
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

The Rev. Henry Wood, chaplain in
the United States Navy, writing from St.
Helena, says that in the room whore Napo-
leon died there is now a thrcshing machine
in operation and stall for horses that move
it, IN his bed chamber.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

The lady who thought it a disgrace to
bring up her children to work, has just
heard from her three sons
One Of them is a driver on canal; an
other has been taken up as vagrant, and
4. third goes on to Westfeld to learn the
shoemaking business, under the auspices
of keeper. 1t is a hard thing to quarrel
with the great law of nature.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

You have seen ship out on the bay,
swinging with the tide, and seeming as If
it would follow it; and yet it cannot, for
down beneath the water it is anchored
So many soul sways toward heaven, but
cannot ascend thither, because it is anchor
ed to some secret sin-Beechey.
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17

An excellent imitation Of" apple, !"
either as sauce, or to make pies, is thus pre-
pared:
To one pint of we'll boiled and nicely
mashed pumpkin, add two heaping tea
spoonsful Of cream Of tartar, about half a
cupful ef sugar, q little essence Of lemon
and piece nf butter %z ss~
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
Wendell Phillips said lately, III & speech

HeHucl1 IH1ll1ps sa1u 1areI7, III Speech
delivered in New York, that,
"If woman knew enough to be taxed or
to be hung, she knew enough to VOTE
What if woman were not equal to man.
Many men were not equal to Henry Clay.
but still they voted all the same"
St. Cloud visiter [sic]. [volume] (St. Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1857-1858, 1858-06-17
THEST.CloUDVlSITER
OFFICE ON RIVER STREET, OPPOSITE THE
STEAMBOAT LANDING.
TERMS:

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paid, unless at the option of the publisher.
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Half column. $500
One-fourth of column 2O,OO
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Business Cards not over six lines, 500
Over six lines and under ten, 700
Legal advertisements at legal rates.
All letters Of business to be directed to the
St. Cloud Visiter.
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MY CHILD.

By MINNIE MARY LEE.