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The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-05-07

@The virtues which public sentiment drills
into towards, may be OF great benefit to 90
ciety, but are OF little credit TO the men BY
whom they are dragooned." zn,r !,
"A cunning man overreaches no one hall
% much a. HIMSELF ,saI .ifa- !. 4s..a.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-05-07

Many men carry their conscience like q
drawn sword-cut this way and that In the
world, but sheathe it, and keep il very soft
and quiet when 1t il turned within, think.
ing that sword should not be allowed to
cut its own scabbard. s .'g.v a'El
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at 10 With the singing Of . congregation
a. with the signing Of the wind In the for
est, where the notes Of the million rustling
leaves, and tho boughs striking upon each
other, altogether mako Z harmony, no mat
ter what be the individual diseosds."
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-05-07

Some men are like pyramids, which are
very broad where they touch the ground,
but grow narrower as they reach the sky.
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-05-07

"A babe 10 mothers anchor. She can
no, swing far from her mornings. And yet
a true mother never lives in the present ss
when BY the side Of the cradle. Her thots
follow the imagined future Of her child
That babe 10 the boldest Of pilots, and guides
her fearless thoughts down through scenes
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~I like to see people sing when they have
10 stop in the middle OF the verse and cry
. little. like such unwriiien rests and
psuses in the music"
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1.-THE most miserable pettifogging in the
world is that Of a man 10 the court OF his
own conscience"
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"God psrdons like mother, who kisses
the offence into everlasting Gorgetfulpess.
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"Wi,h every child We lose We see deeper
into life, as with every added lens We pierce
further the sky"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
CHAPTER w.

To say that Gengulphus was angry
would be but an Indifferent statement Of
the truth. He was in rage. He couldn't
contain himself, and consequently boiled
over in torrents that formed puddles Of
wrath at his feet. He foamed, raved,
ripped and tore-stamped, rolled, kicked
and roared. AT last, seizing battering
ram by the horns, he made a furious push
at the guilty pair.
"iDie ~ shrieked Gengulphus, as he
whirled the fearful instrument over their
heads-but alas in its swift descent it
came in contact with Baron de Boosey's
pipe, and glancing at right angles, Glove
asunder the massive door leading to the
Royal Menagerie !" Birthstone and tor
pedoes p thundered Gengulphus-but
he was too late. Ere he could again raise
the huge weapon, a fierce demoniacal
howl ran through the rooms, and the
next moment an infuriated grizzly cod
fish ran madly forth from the demolished
door, and buried its deadly fangs in the
seat of the mighty Gengulphus' mex
pressibles! He uttered sharp cry OF
pain-made one desperate effort to shake
off the monster-aud then fell to the floor.
as dead as June bug in January.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
CHAPTER III.

The whangdoodle was placed upon the
hewgag. Dismay and terror sat upon
the countenances of the nobility. Lord
de Mozo involuntarily clutched Prince
Blowhushy's coat tail and the Countess
Of Fizfum disappeared hysterically with
in her hoops. whilst bold Count d Scratch
hitherto the bravest of the brave, threw
himself at the foot Of the throne and .ele-
waited one leg as signal of distress. But
the mighty Gengulphus was unmoved.
Drawing golden wire safety fuse from
his bosom, he was in the act of attaching
one end Of it to the whangdoodle, when
Oh horror of horrors He beheld in
one corner of the room his beloved Sell
leh locked in the arms Of Fee ii le Bos-
ky, Envoy Extraordin mary from the Isle Of
Wight
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

Friend Broadbrim," said Zephaniaf
Straightlace to his master, rich Quaker
in the City of Brotherly Love, "thol
canst not eat of mutton at the noontidt
meal to-day"
Wherefore not ?" asked the goot
Quaker.
Because the dog that appertaineth to
that son Of Belial, whom the world call
eth Foxcraft, has come into my pantry
and stolen it, yea, eaten it up"
Beware, friend Zephaniah, of bear.
ing false witness against thy neighbor
Art thou sure it was friend Foxcraft'
domestic animal ?"
Yea, verify, l saw it with my owl
eyes, and it was lawyer Foxcraft's large
dog, even Pinch'em."
upon what evil times have we fall
en-" sighed the harmless Quaker, as ht
made his way to the Office of his neigh
Dor.
Friend Gripus, said he, a. want te
ask thy opinion 4
81 am all attention." replied til.
scribe, laying down his pen.
Supposing. friend Foxcraft, that my
dog had gone into my neighbours pan
try, and stolen therefrom leg of mutton
and saw him, and l could call him by
name. what ought to do"
Pay for the mutton nothing can bt
more clear
Know, then, friend Foxcraft, thy
dog, even that men denominate Pinch
'em, hath stolen from my pantry leg o
mutton, Of the just value of four shil
lings and six pence, which | paid for j
in the market this morning"
90, we'll. then, il is my opinion that
must pay for it," And having received
the amount, the worthy friend turned t.
depart.
larry little, friend Broadbrim,
said the lawyer. "Of a verify | hav,
yet further to say unto thee. Thou owes
me nine shillings for advice"
Then verify. l must pay thee, ant
it is my opinion that | have touche,
pitch and been defiled."
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
CampbeII's Choice.

Lewis d. Campbell, in the course ol
an address 10 the convention which nom
mated him for member Of Congress, stat
ed that he had been assured by promi-
nent Democrats in Congress, that he
should not be disturbed in his seat il he
would keep silent on the Lecompton bus
iness and after his rejection PROPOSE
ton was made to him to come over to the
democratic party, and they would take
care Of him. To this proposition he re-
piled by telling the gentleman who made
it the following story: q"
Monsieur Folk, Frenchman who
went to Jamaica to embark in business,
had been sadly abused there. He had
been robbed. whipped, put in prison, his
property confscated, and every species
of indignity and outrage offered him.
On his return to New Orleans, he told
his story most pitifully to Colonel Pike,
of Arkansas.
Why, Monsieur Folk" said the Col
onel. according to your story Jamaica
must be as bad place as the Internal re-
gions. ~ eja .#7 a.
Ma foi''-it is worse. @
"Now, Monsieur. do you really mean
that % lr
Cest vrai''-it is true. aal
Well, now, Monsieur Folk" said
Colonel Pike. suppose you were on
your death bed tonight, and the Lord
should appear to you and say You might
go back to Jamaica or go to the internal
regions, what would you say 2"
II would say, Monsieur good Lord,
if it beez all re zame to you, if it makes
no difference at all, l should very much
choose to please, to prefer much razer to
go oh-ll y
He told his democratic friend that il
it made no difference, he should prefer
the Frenchman's choice to joining the
democratic party.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
Autumn Rains.

EN- All last week, and the week before
we had the wet, drizzly, chilly days. here
spoken of by the Springfield Republican
How many of our readers, who had the
privilege, had likewise the philosophy te
enjoy them as the article shows they
might be enjoyed ? 81 "
Dropping down in sloppy kind Of way,
among the bright days of October and
November, there fall every year wet,
drizzly, chilly days, that give one kind
of indefinite crawling observation-disclosures
days when the bottoms of the feet are
cold-days when ones clothes seem to
fit loosely-days when "a fire really feels
geod.'' On just such a day we write
these lines. The atmosphere hints Of
night, though it is not mid-afternoon.
Out Of doors we hear the carriages
tumbling along-their cohcussions upon
the stones softened by kind of swash,
their drivers draped in caoutchouc, with
head sullenly down. At the crossings
there are women who lift their skirts with
kind Of recklessness which alarms us
but they keep their umbrellas down, SO
that we have no idea who owns the gait
ers. A little dog opposite sits in the
door way, with his tail curled up, shiv,
ering. A hard little nut of a boy has
pulled up the legs Of his trowsers. and
with his bare red feet, sops away in a
puddle until he is called in by cross
woman with awful hair, who pulls him
into the door, and boxes his ears. The
first of the ripe leaves, as yet unwithered,
have fallen from tree, yellow as the pc.
tails of Persian roses. The clouds hang
low, and everything seems to be shut in
The darker the day with.
out, the brighter it is within. When the
sun hides its light. the hearthstone spark
les with more cheerful flame. Boots
see no mud that slippers do not atone for
Rain raises no nap that wife's hand
will not smooth and smuggling youn.
ker on each knee will dry the wettest
pantaloons, without the slightest danger
Of Group to them. And tea-the ira.
grant, the ever-blessed-(ust with a
small square lump Of genuine loaf, and
no milk, what cheering draught it is
Leaves from the gardens Of the Celestials
Liquid that fills up the exhausted cup o
life, so that it spills over into the saucer
for social uses Black and green mixed
if it be for us
There is sublime kind Of comfort tha
man can always get out of a rainy day, j
he has brains enough for ii. 1t comes
from the fact that all dismal meteors
whatsoever are local and ephemeral. The
man in the moon. if he keeps his eye
peeled, doubtless looks upon all sub-luna,
rainy days as little umbrellas, raised to
keep the sun off.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
CHAPTER Ii.

The whangdoodle was placed upon the
hcwgag- but before we go further, let
Us take a glance at the political state OF
America at the date our story opens.
We were involved in war with Mexico,
and Gen. Scott was carrying our victo-
rious flag through the halls Of the Mon
te-loosers. Gen. Washington command
ing the home army. had formed juno
ton with Christopher Columbus at Nau-
VOC, and defeated the combined forces Of
England. France and Hindoostan in a
sanguiriary retreat on Bungtown Heights
John @. Fremont. President of the Unit.
ed States, had appointed Jas. Buchanan
Governor Of Cape Cod and Napoleon
.Bonaparte, rs Mayor Of Bunker Hill,
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
Misffllanfons.


When a boy. l was riding in one.
horse carriage with an aged lady relative,
myself holding the reins. AS we passed
through a fording, the horse showed a
disposition to drink, which / thwarted
by touching him with the whip. ''''''
Stop, my son, and let that horse
drink. " said the old lady. '!l 5dl 80
why, aunty," replied, "he is no,
thirsty he only makes believe; it's moi
an hour since he drank t..I....
Letlhim drink. = said she, /" he knows
his own wants best. Whether he really
needs it or not. You see 1t will please
him to be allowed to drink, and he does
a great deal to please you. Always re.
member, my son, that when you can
crafty q dumb beast by doing anything
SO cheap as drink ofwaler from run
ming brook. it is very churlish to refuse
it.ni aIcw g9a9B1 81 oi ylsdh = dD 81
have always remembered it. Te
this day, ! seldom drive a horse through
a fording. but think of my gentle aunt
with that blessed heart of hers for the
poor dumb beast, who knew his own
wants best. Her admonition left sof
layer among the strong lodges of my
human nature, and | hope | have beer
somewhat kinder man for the bias
which was then given to my feeling fol
the helpless. lBiis sds q sa4a'
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

assisted by Lieutenant General Barney
O'Twigger of Ireland, was preparing a
descent upon the tories Of Cerro Gordo,
whilst DR.. Jayne. U. s. Surgeon, was
constructinga strong fort at Cairo armed
with chain pump and one hundred Of
his Carminative Balsam. b a8
Under these tremendous circumstances
no wonder the men and women Of the
nineteenth century were highly intellec-
tual, and generally speaking born when
they were young.Doi lta eea e Da.-
Turn we again to otir story 4" s'
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
CHAPTER ".

But little more remains to be told. Sell
leh soon after the death Of Gengulphus,
stabbed herself with bed wrench, and
her paramour, Fee ii lee Swash Bosky,
becoming stricken with remorse, buried
himself in pot Of porter--heels up
The Countess Fitz Fun eloped with an
Egyptian mummy in good state of pre-.
servation. and the Count de Scratch, hav.
ing lost the whole of his fortune in play
ing Simon says wig wag" with Lord
de Manzo, he was forced to emigrate
West, where he enlisted as orderly SER
geant to a lime-kiln,l and was shortly af.
terwards killed by the accidental burst.
ing of cabbage head. 'aa a
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
! Dfrg 9nttrestillg Gale.
BOBTAILS GREAT PRIZE STORY.
THE DOOMED MONARCH ,
p OR IH
THE FIEND COD FISH!
BY X. X. BOBTAIL.
CHAPTER I.

II was night nowhere, and nowhere
was as dark as a bottle of ink in barrel
of pitch at the bottom Of we'll, and for
ty-four thousand times darker than the
concentrated darkness Of forty thousand
midnights. when upon the throne of pet
rifed turtle soup, stood the mighty GEN
,gulphus. monarch Of the Fe Fo Fl Fun
Islands. eating slice Of buttered bees
wax. occasionally we.sing his lips by
drinking fuidical wrought iron sheet
anchors, huke foremost ip..F fsial 1901 b
Around him stood eighty-two thous-
and nine hundred and eighty-ssyen and
ahalf courtiers! H. a11 pa.a tsoa
Bring forth the whangdoodle and
place it on the hewgag r exclaimed he
in q terrific voice, at the same time cut
ting off courtier's head with the sharp
edge Of an illuminated cotton bale.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

Moscow.-No other city in the world
presents so cosmopolitan an aspect
The gilded domes of Lucknow-the pa
godas of China-Byzantine churches
Grecian temples-palaces in the style of
Versailes-heavy inexpensive German
buildings-wooden country cottages
glaring American signs-boulevards,
gardens, silent lanes, roaring streets,
open markets. Turkish bazaars, French
cafes, German beer cellars and Chinese
tea -houses-all of which are found here,
not grouped exclusively into separate
cantons, but mixed and jumbled togeth-
er, until Europe and Asia, the past and
the present, the old world and the new,
are so blended and confounded, that it is
impossible to say which predomlnates.
Another city so bizarre and so pictur-
esque as Moscow does not exist. To call
it Russian would be too narrow a dlstinc-
ton; it suggests the world. Its posi-
ton, near the imaginary line where one
continent is merged into the other, ac-
counts for this. The waters of the Mosk.
va seek an Asiatic sea, yet its nearest
ports are those of Central Europe. Its
fibres of commerce branch eastward
across the Tartar steppes to Mongolia
and China; southwark to Samarcand
and Bokhara, to Cashmere and Persia
northward to Archangel and the Polar
ocean and on the west, to all the rest OF
Europe. The race who founded it came
from the southeast, and brought with
them the minaret and the swelling Ori-
entail dome, the love of gliding and glar-
ing colors /; its religion came from Con.
stantinople, with the Byzantine pillar
and the Greek cross and the founder OF
Russian power learned his trade in the
west. On every one of its thousand
spires and domes glitters the crescent,
surmounted by the triumphant cross
At its southern end the Tartar muezzin
calls to prayer from the roof Of the mosque
while at the northern, the whistle ef the
locomotive announces the departure o
the train for St. Petersburg.-Bayaro
Taylor. ga
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11
Curious Facts about Alligators.

Alligators nests resemble baycocks.
They are four feet high, and five in d.
ameter at their base, being constructed
ofgrass and herbage. First. they depos-
it one layer ofeggs, on layer of mortar,
and having covered this with stratum
of mud and herbage, eight inches thick.
lay another set ofeggs upon that. and SO
on to the top, there being commonly
from one to two hundred eggs in nest.
With their tails they beat down round
the nest the dense grass and reeds five
feet high, to prevent the approach of un-
seen enemies. The female watches her
eggs until they are all hatched by the
heat Of the sun, and then takes her brood
under her own care, defending them and
providing for their subsistence. DR..
Nuremberg, of New Orleans, told me
that he once packed up one of these nests
with eggs, in box, for the museum OF
St. Petersburg, but was recommended
before he closed it to see that there was
no danger Of the eggs being hatched on
the voyage. On opening one young
alligator walked out, and was soon fol.
lowed by the rest, about hundred,
which he fed in his house, where they
went up and down stairs whining and
barking like young puppies.-LyeH, Mt
Geologist.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

The SEVEN ANCIENT WONDERS or ruE
WoRLD.-These were, first, The brass
Colossus OF Rhodes, l2o feet high, bull,
by Cares, A. d. 2s8, occupying twelve
years in making. 1t stood accross the
harbor of Rhodes, sixty-six years, and
was thrown down by an earthquake. 1t
was bought by a Jew from the Saracens,
who loaded 900 camels with The brass.
"a. The pyramids Of Egypt. The.
largest one engaged 100000 workmen
thirty years in building, and has now
stood at least three thousand years. !
Sd. The Aqueducts of Rome, invent
ed by Appius Claudius, the censor.
4th. The Labyrinth of Psammet etichus.
on the banks of the Nile, containing
within one continued wall 900 houses,
and l2 royal palaces. all covered with
marble and having only one entrance.
The building was said to contain 5000
chambers, and a hall built of marble,
adorned with statues of the gods.
5th. The Pharos Of Alexandria, toy.
er built by order of Ptolmy Philadephus,
in the yaar 282, B. c. 1t was erected
as light house, and, aud contained
magnificent galleries of marble-a large
lantern at the top, the light of which was
seen near hundred miles off mirrors
of enormous sizes were fixed around the
galleries, rejecting everything on the
sea. A common tower is now erected
in its place.
9th. The walls of Babylon. built by
order of Semiramis, or Nebuchadnezzer,
and finished in one year by 200. 900 men.
They were Of immense thickness.
7th. The Temple OF Diana, at Ephe-
sus. completed in the reign of Scrvius,
9th King of Rome. 1t was 45o feet
long. 200 broad, and supported by 1876
marble pillars, 70 feet long. The beams
and doors were of cedar, and the rest of
the timber cyprus. 1t was destroyed by
fire B. G. 265.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

CosT OF SEAT IN PARLIAMENr.-Itis IS.
indeed no slight matter, this of fighting
ones way up to the unpaid seat Of the
English Parliament. Mr.. Thackary, for
instance, told me that his unsuccessful
contest for the comparatively small bor-
ough Of Oxford cost him over fI. 900
sterling, one item of whch-for the hire
OF cabs and flys''- amounted To ELS,
or nearly 5000. The country contests
are, of course, much more costly. One
friend Of mine who stood twice in sue
cession for representation, losing the first
and winning the second contest, spent
upon the two more than E12, ,0OO.-Loa-
don correspondence ofMe " y. Times.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

THE LAND OF CoNrRARIEs.-In Ans
lralia, the north is the hot wind, and the
south the cool /; the westerly the most
unhealthy, and the east The most salu-
brious it is summer with ihe Austria
lians when it is winter here. and the ba-
rometer Is considered to rise before bad
weather, and 10 fall before good the
swans are black and the eagles. are white:
the mole lays eggs and has ducks bill;
the kangaroo Can animal between the
deer and the squirrel has five claws on
his fore. paws, three talons OF, It's hind
legs, like bird, and yet hops on its
tail. There is bird (melliphaga) which
has broom in its mouth instead OF a
tongue a fish, one-half belonging to the
genus rari, and the other tina, of a aualus.
The cod is found in the rivers, and the
perch IN the sea; the valleys are cold
and the mountain tops warm the netlle
is a lofty tree and the poplar dwarfish
shrub the pears are OF wood, with the
stalks at the broad end the cherry grows
with the stone outside the fields are
fenced with mahogany ; the humblest
house is fitted up with cedar, and the
myrtle plants are burnt for fuel; The
trees are without fruit, the flowers with
out scent, and birds without song. Such
is the land Of Australia.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

Two little girls, who rejoiced in play
houses and rag-babies. became dissatis-
fed on finding the babies faces, SO easily
soiled, could not be washed. They were
not the kind of babies, surely, and they
both knelt down together. while the ell
der one prayed. over and over again :
30, Lord give me a baby! Lord
please to give me baby-s meat one !!
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1858-11-11

"Mr. Filkins, you say you knew the
defendant what is his character ?"
/" For what, sir. spreeing or integrity?"
Z" For integrity. SIR"
"Well, all that l can say about Jones
is, that if he's honest, he's got queer
way Of showing it, that's ALL" 'irat
What do you mean by that ?"
"Just this, that the night before he
dimes on turkey, somebody's poultry coop
is always broken OPEN"
''That will do, Mr.. Filkins."