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St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
GEORGE F.. BROTT.
DEALER LIN REAL ESTATE

TTAS constantly on hand a large quantity o.
II Farming and Timber Land; also, town
property in St. Anthony, Minneapolis, St..
Cloud, Shakopee. Brottsburg, Syracuse. New
burg, St. Marys and Mile Lac. 1tf
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
JAMES F.. KENNEDY,
Il & SON and PlaSterer,

COLLECTS the patronage of all persons in
y need Of the services Of practical Mason
and Plasterer. His long experience in the
above branches of trade assures him that he
will give universal satisfaction; his charges
are as reasonable for work as it can be done by
any one.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
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LLERs& SWISSHELM,

:. wv HE, ST. CIAOOD-
~ I'VE just received large assortment of
" goods, among which are the following:
II ] kinds Of Molasses, Sugars,
g offee and TEA, 20 Cooking
;toves, Nails, Glass, Oils,
White Lead, Flour, Grain,
Com Meal, Vinegar,
led Apples & Peaches, Tobacco
Powder, Shot and Lead.
ALSO, HAMS, SIDE BACON,
J BUILDERS, PORK, DRIED BEEF,
CHEESE BUTTER, LARD,
BEANS, RICE, &c, &c.
LsO, HALF BUsHEL MEASURES,
WOODEN BUCKETS, STONE
WARE CHURNS,
MILK PANS,
JUGS, &c,
i g entire assortment is for sale very low,
sr lash, or will be exchanged on reasonable
rs for PRODUCE, HIDES, MARkEllNG,
=, &C. Give us II call.
N :.y 20, 1858.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30
STEARNS' HOUSE .

TT lis new and beautiful Hotel is situated
/ upon the bluff just above the Lower Ferry
in I he town Of ST. Cloud commanding one Of
the most beautiful views on the Mississippi
rive. Tie Proprietor assures all who may
visit this place that his table shall contain every
bou sty and luxury which can be obtained both
at h ,1ne and abroad 1t is his intention to keep
the Dove hotel as first class one in every res
meet
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1858-09-30

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
For the Spirit of the Age.
A Sketch from Real Life.

Reader, do you wish to see a picture of mo-
raj degradation and wretchedness BETTING
any other than IN enlightened and civilized
country? Then come with me down this
dark and gloomy alley. Shrink not, though
the night is chill, and an unpleasant stencil
fills the air: Down in that low, dirty, filthy
cellar, do you hear the sounds of revelry-
the low jest-the ribald song, and oaths hor-
rid enough to make the angels weep ~ Let
us descend. There around a low table sit
four men engaged at cards. Look on their
darkly ~scowling and bloated countenances,
and see if RIGHTEOUSNESS, de%bauchery and
crime are not legibly depicted there. Did
you see that dark, r~uffianly fellow secrete that
card? Now rise loud accusations, mingled
with curses deep and horrible. Do you see
those two stalwart ruffians grapple and strug-
gle with almost superhuman efforts ? pres
emily they roll on the floor and struggle
iercely. Look! do you see that knife CLEAN
ing aloft? Now it descends with lightning
speed and finds a bloody sheath. A low
groan-a convulsiye struggle, and all is silent.
Let us hasten away Our blood freezes at
the sight, and angels veil their faces and weep,
while devils yell with fiendish delight. Draw
your mantle closely around you, for the wine
is cool and biting. Wish you too see anoth-
er picture of suffering and degradation p
Hank! Did you not hear agroan of suffering
proceed from yon miserable, rickety tenement?
Let us enter-perhaps we may be able to re-
lieye the distress of some wretched sufferer.
See, on that miserable straw pallet is stretch
ed the bloated victim of intemperance in the
last stage of delirium tremens. See him as
he losses wildly on his pallet-watch how he
shrinks in terror from the imaginary devils
around him. Mark him as he glares on you
with his bloodshot eyes, yelling as if the very
fiends of the internal regions were scorching
him with their fiery breath. Mark him as
he strikes his gentle and unresisting wife, ut
tering imprecations too foul and horrid to be
uttered by any other than a demon of dark
: ness. See the squallid appearance ofhis chill
: dren as they tremblingly shrink together ii
an opposite corner of the room. The sou
O sickens at the sight. Let us hasten away, 70
ere to-morrow's sun, his polluted and loath
some spirit will be mingling with the spirit
7 of the damned. Ny God, how long will me-
l who have immortal souls to be saved, contin
ne to swill down thisaccursed poison, concoc
ted by the devil himself, to fill helrs hug
halls with drunkard's souls.
o! for a mighty bosom of destruction t
4 sweep from off the face of the earth this fe
\ destroyer of the race of man.
u, ZOJIJTS
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
Snow and Frost.

We had snow and hail on the 26th of April,
and on the night of the 9th a very consider
able frost-doing great damageto garden veg
citation, tt the young corn. beans, Irish po-
~tatoes, &c. /; in many instances cutting them
down entirely. We learn that the Wheat,
in many sections, which was very forward
for this season of the year, has been damaged,
and in some places to a very great extent.
A letter to the Editor of this paper, from
Thomasville, Davidson county, N. c., dated
April 9th, says: 1--WE had a large frost this
morning. Ice formed in our water bucket A;
and to-day the poplar leaves are crisped and
black. Our fruit, beans, Irish potatoes, grape
buds, &c, are killed wheat is not killed, but
looks considerably stained with the FROST
We had snow yesterday and the day before.
The Thermometer this morning at half hour
by sun stood at 80 degrees. | had some pur-
pie straw wheat in head, which | fear is bias
ted"
Extract Of a letter from Monroe, Union county,
N. c., dated April 9th:
Jay VIC udu d HcdNy SlOh, UuL u
soon melted off. A severe frost followed, last
night, killing corn, cotton and all other ten
der plants and worst of all, the wheat CROP
l greatly fear is seriously injured. To-day
while am writing, I'll o'clock, A. NJ We
have a piercing wind from a NORTHWESTERN
direction, which if it continues till night viii
shroud all vegetation in mourning.
E. w. L.
The intelligence from Utmost every quarter
is, that vegetation has suffered considerably
and in some instances severely. The Frui
in this section seems to be uninjured.
W- The Norfolk Argus says" Snow
this late in the spring is not unprecedented
We have often had now in April ADD May
and in June, 1774, when berries ALL othe
fruits were ripe, there was a snow in Virgini
nearly a foot deep"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05

told him twenty times this morning that if
he is q bad boy she will whip him not
once in my hearing, that if he is good, she
will love him and be good to him. She has
yielded to every caprice that has come up
in his mind, and allowed him, with all his
beating, wailing and screaming, to manage
her and bring her to his way. Oh! how
terrible is such training for an immortal
mind
What does this young mother need -
Observation-Disclosures ofthe higher and
nobler qualities of her heart-time from
life's narrowing cares and tolls to think
and ponder the right way.
True, she adds to all her troubles. For,
if she would only think, and give her boy
play things in the morn, andthen with cheer
ful voice direct his plays, and by pleasant
stories and instructive dialogues, hold his
young mind in interest, guiding and gov
erning firmly but resolutely, she would
soon find her troubles diminish, and her la
bors would not SO wrong a cheerful heart,
as one borne down with irritation and self
~reproaches, for any one could see that eve
nv whipping cost her much pain, and the
conviction hat her boy was worse thar
others filled her really loving heart with
sorrow.
Oh! how much our mothers need to Fl
them for their high and holy Office of train
ing the precious mind for its place of use
fitness in life. Our farmers wives neeC
books, newspapers, and thoughts, for them
If the wise, thinking ones would take hal
the pains to teach the best process oftrain
ing children and developing their highes
powers that they do to give farmers tn
most profitable mode of rearing and disc
plining colts, | think the ears of our moth
ers would be reached, and their hearts col
WINGED that patient kindness and a resolut
love, in carrying out every carefully give
order, would save them a world of time an
trouble, and relieve them in the future
deep sclf-reproach, shame and sorrow.
Well, l will stop for this mother, de'
pite my remonstrances, is telling Frank th'
"the lady gets awful mad sometimes an
whips little boys nearly to death, whe
they make a noise when she's writing"
She is kind and generous, and wishes
secure quiet for my benefit. But oh ho
wrong is her aOay.-EDaery's Journal
Horticulture.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
From the Lexington Flag.l
Presentment Of the Grand Jury to His
Honor Judge Glover, Presiding.

We, the Grand Jurors of Lexington Dis
trict, at Spring Term in March, 1853, beg
leave respectfully to make the following pre-
sentiment, to wit
We present the existing system of license
to sell spirituous liquors, as a public nuisance
Ia system having no foundation in Justice
and utterly repugnant to the spirit of our free
institutions.
If the sale of liquor is right in itself, then
every man has a right to engage in it; but if
wrong, no man has that right, and no legis-
lative body has the right to license such sale.
A legal misunderstanding no foundation on
the moral law is a disgrace to a christian
people. Murder, all agree, is wrong, and any
law-making power daring tolegalize it would
be bran led with the ignominy it would justly
deserve-yet we have a license system of
murder, destroying systematically the peace,
prosperity, happiness and lives of the people
of this commonwealth, and we here wash our
hands of the detestible crime by entering our
solemn protest against it. The object of Sc
curing a revenue by the licensing of such
sales, is foolish in the extreme-a policy hav-
ing no foundation in political economy, and
disgrace to the wisdom OF that power which
designed it as such. The cost Of supporting
the paupers and pgnishing the criminals
made so, directly and indirectly, by the sys
tenn, amount to fully ten times as much as
the revenue derived therefrom. If public
sentiment will not sustain the entire prohibi
ton of this deadly traffic, we respectfully sug
gest that all restrictions be taken from thu
same, so that every man may sell at pleasure
requiring of each a tax similar to that leviet
on all other stock in trade, and hold each sci
Ter liable, to a certain extent, for all crimina
consequences resulting therefrom, affecting
directly the peace and interest of society.
We further present the system of punish
ing certain grades of criminality, by whipping
as unworthy the intelligence and refinemen
of the age, and respectfully suggest the pre-
priety of an immediate change-substitutin
the penitentiary system for that now in use
We might multiply reasons to any extent 70
this suggestion, but deemitunnecessary as al
must see that there is something wanting t
make our system of punishment what j
should be. LEWIS P0U, Foreman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05

~ lntemperance has so long been fos-
tered by the civil law and winked at by fash
ionable society, that it has grown into a gi-
gantic national vice and a public calamity,
affecting alike the peasant in his cottage and
the lord in his palace. No ordinary effort
will ever be aDle to eradicate it and set the
nation free from its Calling bondage; light and
truth must be sown broadcast on every hand,
and all men taught and convinced that the
fashion of tipping and drunkenness, in high
places and low places, is of truth a damning
sin for which every offender shall be held
accountable at the Throne of Heaven.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
The Newbern Celebration.

Some, of the several thousands who attended
he great jubilee at Newbern, on the 29th
April, have returned, and give glowing &C.
counts of the great occasion. We have heard
the crowd v~ariously estimated at from five to
eight thousand persons-which we presume
is not an over-estimate, judging from the large
which passed by this place. Our
engagements prevented us from at
there, that the Newberniars did the thing up
brown and that every thing in their power
was done to contribute to the pleasure and
accommodation of the immense throng. Of
course there are some complaints-but in such
a crowd, it would be strange if some were not
neglected. But we are satisfied it was the
result of the necessities of the case, and not
from any design or desire by the citizens of
the place.
The Orations of DIR. Hawks and Fl. W.
Miller, Esqr., are spoken of in the highest
t~erms-indeed the whole affair is spoken of
as rejecting great credit upon the public
spirit and liberality of the enterprising citi-
zens of Newbern; and the occasion will long
be remembered with pleasure by the thous-
ands who enjoyed their Inequalities and civ
ilities.
We are not prepared to furnish a more ex.
tended account, for this number of our paper
but should SOM of the visitors prepare u:
n that will do justice to the affair, we viii
: publish it with pleasure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
Praise vnnr Wife.

Praise your wife, man for PHYS sake give
ner a little encouragement; it won't hurt her.
Sne mas made your home comfortable, your
neart bright and shining, your food agreea-
Die; Tor pity sake tell her you thank her, if
nothing more. She don't expect it it will
make her eyes open wider than they have for
these ten years but it will do her good for
all that, and you too.
There are many women to day thirsting
for the word of praise, the language of en-
c~ouragement. Through summers heat and
winters toll they have drudged uncomplain-
lngly, and so accustomed have their fathers,
brothers and husbands, become to their mo-
notonous labors, that they look for and upon
them as they do the rising of the sun and its
daily going down. Homely, every day life
may be made beautiful by an appreciation of
its very LONELINESS. You know that if the
floor is clean, manual labor has been per-
formed to make it so. You know that if you
can take from your drawer a clean shirt when
ever you want it, somebody's fingers have
ached in the toll of making it so fresh, so
smooth and lustrous. Every thing that plea
ses the eye and the sense has been produced
by constant work. Much thought, great
care, and untiring efforts, bodily and men
tally.
It is not that many men do not appreciate
these things, and feel a glow of gratitude for
the numberless attentions bestowed upon
them in sickness and in health, but they are
so selfish in that feeling. They don't come
out with a hearty '.Why, how pleasant you
make things look, wife" OF, Il am abligedto.
ybT for taking so mdch palms, They thank
the tailor for giving them fits :" they thank
the man, in the full omnibus who gives them
a seat; they thank the young lady who
moves along in the concert room in short,
they thank everybody and everything out of
doors, because it is the custom, but come
home, tip their chairs back and their heels up,
pull out the newspaper, grumble if wife asks
; them to take the baby, scold if the fire has
/ got down; or, if everythingis just right, shut
their mouths with a smack of satisfaction, but
6 never say to her II thank YOU"
| tell you what, men, young and old, if you
did but show an ordinary civility towards
those common articles housekeeping, YOU,
t wives if you gave the one hundred and six
/ tieth part of the compliments you almost
q choked them with before they were married
if you would stop the badinage about whom
q you are going to nave when number one is
dead (such things wives may laugh at, bu
" they sink deep sometimes } if you woul,
y cease to speak of their faults, however ban
teringly, before others, fewer women woul
seek for other sources of happiness than you
cold, so-soish affection. Praise your wife
then for all good qualities she has, and 20
4 may rest assured that her DEFICIENCIES are full
:; counterbalanced by your own.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05

No FAMILY ALrAR.-We saw to-day the
statement in areligious paper, that in many
professedly pious families there is 10 family
altar-that parents and children, brothers
and sistersd do not habitually kneel together,
and seek Gods blessing upon them as a
household. The statement haunted u.s.
We could not get rid of it. We thought
we saw a home in the wilderness, in mid
winter with no smoke curling up from its
chimney, with no cheerful blaze upon lis
hearthstone, with fierce blasts driving in
through hundreds of c~revices, and a family
sitting together benumbed and just ready
to perish They have ceased to realize
their danger-in a dreaming, half conscious
state, they are gliding into the arms Of
death. What a picture! But sadder is
the spiritual condition of a home where
the fires of devotion are not kept burning
where the young are not taught by paren-
tai example, their daily dependence on God
and the need of his pardoning grace. i
our paper goes to any such home, we hope
that this paragraph will be pondered, and
the altar fire kindled without delay,
Aner. Messenger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
of the Day.
The Progress Of Temperance.

Progress implies something more than the
development and organization of the clement
of that of which the progress is predicated-
In the progress of the Temperance reform,
me must not lose sight of the fact, that while
the idea of the thing is more perfectly con-
sidered, and takes a broader and deeper hold
upon the public mind, the spirit-the se"ft-
mvnt of it, must permeate and move, anti
control the heart and course of the people, or,
but little progress is made.
But, while, as we have seen, the idea of
the Temperance reform is getting to be better
appreciated and more clearly and fully un-
derstood, it is also true that all its spirit and
sentiment has been more and more infising
itself into, and more or less modifyingform of
society. Indeed, it is precisely here that We
see the most decided marks of progress. For.
while Temperance organizations almost IN
Vulnerable have appeared, lourlshed for a
season, and then passed away apparently
without hope of resuscitation, there has been
no ~retrogression whatever in the sentiment
the spirit of the public mind on this sub
ject. Here, as in other things, revolutions in
sentiment never go backwards. Since the
rdecanter and wine-glass were first banished
from the sideboards of the better classes o.
society, they have not, no matter how low
the Temperance interest seemed to be. beer
able to get themselves reinstated again in tn
old places.
The same thing is noticeable in all othe
circles and classes of society. 1t is not nov
nor has it been for a good while past, ALSO
lutely necessary for a man, IN order to estaf
lish his claims to responsibility, TO he
drunk as a lord, seven nights IN the weel
Instances are not rare in which politician
manage to get into office without standing
treat for their whole constituency.
And men will prefer not to be seen drinl
ing, even at the most respectable and splel
did ~swill-houses. Not until the screens a
taken down from before the doors of II
~drunkeries, and the bar-room placed in Il
most public roomin the hotel, as itonce was
will there be any indication that public sen
ment is progressing backwards on this su
iect.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05

~ P. G. W. F. Hill, writes us as fol-
lows: On the last Saturday in March, assis-
ted by G. W. 4. j. J. Davis, I organised
Wrightsville Division, No. 275, with a good
corps of officers and some twelve good and
true Sons, nine of whom were initiated hat
day. Richard 6. Wynne, W. P. The MA
terial of which this Division is composed is
good, and the members active and firm |
hope to hear cheering reports from Wrights-
vile. This makes four Divisions in Frank
lin, and expect soon to organize another in
the estern section of the county.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
Dor

While on our recent visit to Orange county,
ancient Borough whose name heads this par
agraph. 1t had been several years since we
visited it, and were pleased to notice many
improvements since then. There are many
beautiful residences in and around the town,
with commanding elevated situations, taste
fully embellished with shade trees and flower
gardens quite refreshing to the view. The
handsome villa of Paul Cameron, Esq, pre-
sents a fine appearance, and when the stately
mansion he contemplates erecting shall have
been finished, there are few places in the
country that will present a more imposing ap-
pearance.
We enjoyed a stroll along the banks of the
Enoe river, where pleasant walks have been
laid off, andwatched some fair anglers as they
charmed ONE of the fnny tribe from their
watery home.
One of the most noted improvements is
that of the "Orange Hotel" kept by Mr..
Stroud. 1t has been thoroughly renovated,
and presents a neat and comedy appearance
that gives assurance of comfort within. The
praise of Mr.. Stroud, as a gentlemanly and
attentive landlord, is in the mouth of all his
: guests. 1t is a well-kept house, and we CON-
mend it to all who visit Hillsboro'.
By the way, we wonder that Hillsboro' is
not more generally made a summer residence
; by our citizens who leave the low country for
more elevated localities during the warm sea.
sons. Here are romantic hills, tall enough
to entitle them to be called mountains, good
e mineral water convenient, a salubrious eli
r mate, and the best of society. What more
7 is wanting, to make it a ~favorite summer re.
{ sort?
We met with our friend, DR.. r. Hooker
a and enjoyed his open-hearted hospitality
q He is the Magistrate of Police of the Town
s and keeps things neat and orderly. His de
}. served popularity is the result of a straight
forward, independent discharge of duty, an
not of a trucking s~ycophancy to catch tn
popular breeze. Long may he live, to be 6
lie terror to evil doers," in his official position
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05
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q d T. gl6 RING.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1858.
Special Notice..

The SPIRIT OF THE AGE is conducted strict
~ upon the CASE system. All papers are
dis continued at the expiration of the time for
which they have been paid Subscribers
will be notified FoUR WEEKS before their time
is out, by a CROSS MARK on their papers and
unless the subscription is renewed the papers
will be discontinued This is a rule from
which there will be no departure. Watch
for the CROSS MARX, andrenew your subscrip-
ton.
~ Subscribers desiring their papers
changed, must mention the Post Office, from,
as well as the n to, which they desire the
change to be made.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05

- We are glad to see from the pa
pers of Elizabeth City, that the buildings
destroyed there by therecent disastrous fire,
are to be supplied by large, superior houses
five stores and one dwelling, most of them
0 large size, being already in course of erec-
ton. The Sentinel says:
I'm one year from the time that the fire
occurred we hope to see the entire burnt dis
trict filled up with better buildings than
those destroyed. The burnt district is not
the only place where improvements are still
progressing. At several points in our thri
wing village the noise ofthe Carpenters ham
mer is heard, while new buildings spring III
on every side"