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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-15
Hair Work /!
The Persian RaIssa

n OLD Guard, Vest and Fob Chains, Necklaces. &c.-a
large lot just received and to be sold at reduced prices
BY A. A. MEAD.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
REASON ARD REVELATION.

am persuaded that there is a range
OF subjects above the reach of human
reason, subjects on which human reason
cannot decide, because it cannot CON-
mand view of tie whole ground. =
Could the tick, which invades and buries
itself in my foot, conceive or describe the
anatomy of my frame? Could the man
who has passed every moment of his
life at the foot of the Andes, paint the
prospect which is TO be seen from his
summit? No more in my opinion, can
man discuss the being of God or the
reality Of that miracle, the Christian
faith. If you ask me why 1 believe in
one or the other, l can refer you to no
evidence you can examine, because
must refer you to my own feelings. T.
cannot, for instance, look abroad on the
landscape of spring; wander among the
orchards and gardens, and re-
spire the fragrance which they exhale, !
without feeling The existence Of God
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
THE BROKEN CIRCLE.

The first link is broken-.he first tie is
riven in our home ci Gle, for the hand of
death has been laid heavily upon u.s.
Many years we had numbered the same
un5roken band. Father, mother, broth
er, sister, were still spared. and we have
often fell that we were blessed beyond
our deserts-thlt God had been kind
towards us-lhat friends had not been
taken from US while the hand of Proyi-
dence had been laid heavily upon those
around, and one after another had gone
TO return no more forever. But the
messenger came and took Air1 away
the one from whom We sought counsel,
and in whose judgment we were salts
fed. For three score years and ten he
had lived life of honesty and int esrity.
His locks were silyered with age, and
time had furrOwcd his brow. YET his st, p
was firm and steady. and we had hoped |
that he might haue lived for years to
come.
We must not wish him to return 10 US,
he was weary Of earthly things and
sighed for those of heaven. We are sad
indeed when we look upon the place
endeared 10 us BY so many pleasing as
socia.ions that will know him no mo e.
We shall no more be welcomed by hia,
nor cheered again BY his presence, but
viii leave him beside kindred dead there
10 rest until the mcrning Of the Resurrec.
lion. Peaceful be thy slumbers. sacred
lust! Nothing can harm thee lore, for
hy spirit. all ssnctified and made holy,
has risen to that better land, where
and sorrow are unknown.-
day We be prepared TO meet thee where
III tears shall be wiped away. When
Sc are called hence, may we be buried
" the graves of our fathers, aud may
he winds that sigh requiem above
hem wait their echos over us.-Rra?
Pev Yorker. j:
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
THE MECHANICAL POWERS.

Every one knows, as piece of school,
boy requirement, that the mechanica al
powers are the lever, the wheel and ak.
lie, the pulley, the inclined plane, the
wedge and the screw. Very few people,
however, give themselves the trouble to
inquire ifthis classification is correct, and
they may be somewhat astonished when
Informed that there are but two, in place
of the Time honored six that have so long
held an undisputed sway in the mechan.
ical portion of all books on popular natu-
raj philosophy First, there is the lever;
the wheel and axle and pulley are but
circular levers, and their action depends
on the same principles as straight bar
having weight, power or fulcrum.-
In both there is weight 10 be raised,
power TO do it, and the fulcrum is the
axle, or turning point of the whole. They
might well be called continuous levers.
Second, we have inclined plane, of
which the wedge is but mobilization,
in fact. double inclined plane. and the
screw spiral one; their power and ca
ure calculated from nearly the
same data, and the methods by which |
zach of them attains its desired end are
n principle precisely The same.-Scien-
ife american.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
A HUMAN HAIR-FAIR.

woNENBRISGIsG THEIR TREssEs ToMARKET
Very few ofour gentle readers, proba-
bly,, ever heard of or imagined such a
thing as a Human Hair Fair. As few,
perhaps, ever thought of inquiring into
the source of the beautiful tresses which
are seen every day in those armories of
Venus, the windows of the haiI-dressers.
We are reminded, however. by a late
French paper. that this is the season Of
the annual hair fair at Morlaas, in the
Lower Pyrenees. in France. Morlaas is
near the city of Pau, and it is from a
Pau journal that we derive some account
of the fair the present season. The hair
dealers were crowding into the place
from all points, from Toulous and even
from Bordeaux; and the young peasant
girls of the neighborhood, famous fof
their fine and abundant heads of hair,
were focking to the market like sheep,
to be shorn of their locks for the adorn-
ment of other and rouder heads. Even
young husbands accompany their wives,
to insist upon their despoiling them
selves for trif'ng consideration, of
their beautiful heads of hair. Twenty
francs is the highest price which is given
for the richest head of hair. and major
ity of the damsels part with their locks
for tenth part of that sum.
This singular market is held in the
open street, and attracts crowds OF
curious as well as interested persons
Girls are seen 10 be sheared in public.
while others are waiting their turn, with
their caps in their hands, and their long
hair cOmbed out and hanging down 10
their waists. The shearers are men as
well as women. Some Of our fair read
ers will conclude that this must be
degrading scene. But how else could
the stock OF wigs. and fr;zetts. and bands
and top pieces, and curls which are need.
ed to prop up the tottering beauty of the
sex, be supplied? Tons of black silken
hair, sheared in the manner above de-
scribed, from the heads of the peasant
damsels of the south of France, are i'm.
ported into this country annually.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
THE PLAIN BOYS.

Boys hear this. You who are sun.
burnt at honest toll, and have hard
hands and won't wear Sunday clothes
on week days; you who ride to mill on
a bag and drive the cows. TIE Tran
script paper says; Intellect cannot bear
fashidnable refinement and dies under it
in one or two generations. If you would
select a youth who is likely to make his
mark in the world, take one who is
carting mud in clam shell wagon. or
building houses in the sand; and not the
delicate baby who is fondling a china
lap dog on the parlor. carpet Daniel
Websters father mlde cradle for little
Dan out OF pine lrg with an Ak, and
auger; and Lewis Cass was rocked by his
'taid mother. in a second hauI sugar
rough. Tho creates. architects for the
of genius are Poverty and
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
WHOLE NO. 2156,

my heart involuntarily dilates itself, and
before l am aware of it, gratitude and
alteration burst from my lips. If you
ask me why these objects have never
produced this effect before, 1 answer that
l cannot tel you. Perhaps my nature
has grown more susceptible; Perhaps
have learned to rely less on the arbitra-
lion OF human reason; perhaps / have
got over the vanity of displaying the ell.
ovation and perspicuity of intellect on
which the youthful deist IS apt to plume
himself. Whatever may be the cause,
l thank it for leading me from the dreams
aud sterile wastes of infdelity. lam
happy in my present impressions, and
nad rather sit alone in Arabia Felix. than
wander over the barren sands of the des-
ert, III company with BOlingbroke and
VOltaire.-R RHlia,n Writ.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
Eli Thayer's Speech in Congress.

Then, sir, by what agency may We
thus Americanize Captral America? ]
reply 10 the question, by the power oI
organized emigration. That is abund
antly able TO give us Central America
as soon as We want it. We could have
Americanized Central America half a
dozen times bv this power, within the
last three years. if there had been no
danger or apprehension of meddlesome
or vexations executive interference.
But if We are TO use this mighty pow
er, of organized emigration. we want
different kind of neutrality laws from
those which we now have; and, there
fore, | am desirous that This committee
shall recommend something which shall
not subject us TO the miscoustruction of
the President of the United States or to
his construction at all. I want these
neutrality laws so plain that every man
may know whether he is in The right or
In the wrong. whether he is violating
them. For, Mr.. Chairman. with our
new-fashioned kind of emigration. with
our organized emigration, which goes in
colonies, and. therefore, must of neces
sity to some extent resemble military
organization. there is great danger that
President with dim intellect may make
a mistake. and subject to harassiug and
vexalious delays, and sometimes to loss
and injary, peaceful, quiet colony, GO.
ing out to settle in a neighboring State.
Mr.. Chairman, | can illustrate this
position. You. sir, remember, that in
the year 1856. when it was bad travel
ing across the State Of Missouri on the
way to Kansas. that our colonies went
through the State of Iowa, and through
the Territory of Nebraska. These were
peaceful, quiet colonies, going to settle
the Territory of Kansas, by that long
and wearisome journey, because it was
bad travelling through the State of Mis-
sour. You remember that Que of these
colonies of organized emigrants, which
went from Maine and Massachusetts,. and
from various other Northeren States, was
arrested just as it was passing over the
southern boundary of the Territory of I
Nebraska, on its wav to It's future boma ,
IN Kansas. 1t vas peaceful, quiet col |
ony, going out with its emigrant wagons 7
all in row, and therefore looked some I
thing like military organization-go- a
ing out with their women and children. I
with sub soil plows and coulters yard
loog. laughter with pickaxes, and
erowbars, with shoyeis, and with gar f
den seeds.
This beautiful colony was arrested by C
he officials of the present Executives ic
predecessor. 1t was by some mistake, a
10 doubt. Perhaps he took the turnip o.
iced for powder: and l doubt whether C
he case would have been better if the el
resident had been there himself. This a,
oiony was arrested within lis own do n
ninIou. Ii was not an emigration to a o
oreign country, and there as no dan. W
t interference with the neutrality laws. S,
'hsse quiet. peaceful colonists, because d,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
pOetrpp.
THE FLIGHT OF THE HOURS.

ny c. P. CRASCH.
The hours are viewless angels,
And still 60 gliding by,
And bear each moments record up
To him who sits on high.
The poison or The nectar
The hearts deep iOwer-cuPs yield,
And samples still they gather swift,
And leave us in the field
And some fy by on pinions
or gorgeous gold and blue.
And some fly on with dropping wing
OF sorrows darker hue.
And as we spend each minute
That God to US hath given.
The deeds are known before his throne
And the tale is told in heaven.
And we who walk among them,
As one ~ one departs,
Think not that they are towering
Forever round our hearts
Like summer hees that iover
Around the idle fiowerE.
They gather every sct and thought,
Those viewless angel hoars.
And still they steal the record,
And bear it far away;
This mission flight, by day or night,
No magic power can stay.
So teach me. heavenly Father,
To spend each flying hour,
That as they 60 they may not show
My heart a poison flower.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
THE THREE VOICES.

What saith the Past to thee7 Weep!
Truth is departed.
Beauty hath died like the dream of a sleep,
Love is faint hearted;
rriaes Of sense, the profoundly unreal.
Scare from our spirits Gods holy ideal;
So, as funeral bell. slow and deep,
So tolls the past to thee. WeepI
How speaks the Present Hour7 .7etl
Walk. upward glancing,
SO shall thy footsteps in glory be tracked,
Slow hut advancing
scorn not the smallest of daily endeavor,
Let the great meaning tnnobie it ever.
proop not Ger efforts expended in vain
Work as lie ieving that labor is gain.
What doth the Future say HoPsl
Turn thy face sunward.
Look where light fringes the far rising slope
Day cometh onward
Watch though SO long be the twilight delaying.
Let the first sunbeam arise on thee. pray ing;
Fesr not for greater is God by thy side
Than the armies of Satan sgairst thee allied.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27

The Florida war goes bravely on
During the last halfyear the exertions of
our brave troops have been tremendous.
The arduous struggles have been rewar-
ded by The glory of the capture of three
squaws 1.-TWO onIy of whom afterwards
esenped) anl baby the squaw with
baby was unable TO run away-and the
death (reported) of six braves. none of
the bodies being found by our victorious
troops.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
TIE Way TO EMINENCE.
THAT which other folks can do,
Why with patienee ea1 No. ,-o,, ~


Long ago little boy was entered at
Harrow school. He was put into class
beyond his years, and where all the
scholars had the advantage of previons
instruction, denied to him. His master
child him for his dulluess, and al his ei-
forts then could not raise him from tho
lowest place on the form. But. nothing
daunted, he procured the grammars and
other elementary books which his class.
fellows had gone through in preyiou.
terms. He devoted the hours of play,
and not few of the hours of sleep. TO
the mastering of these; till, in few
weeks, he gradually began to rise, and
II was not long till he shot far ahead of
all his companions, and became no, ouIy
the leader OF the division, but the prida
OF Harrow. You may see toe statute Of
that boy, whose career began with lhi,
b. OF energetic application. in st. Paups
cathedral; for he lived TO be the greatest
oriental scholar OF modern Europe--it
was Sir William Jones.
When young scholars see tie lofty
oinaele of attainment on which that name
; now reposing, they feel as if il had
'een created there. rather than have
ravsled thither. No such thing. The
most ilius:rious 10 the annals of philoso.
my once knew no more than the mos,
Illierate now DO. And how did hs ar.
i've at his peerless dignity? BY dint of
lligence; by downright pains taking
,!te iH Earnest.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27

Lord Bacon is said TO have frequently
told the following anecdote:-"A proud, /,
lazy young fellow once came to an old
man who sold broom besoms at Buxton,
and asked 10 have one on credit, 10 whom
the old man said, Friend, hast thou no
money? Borrow of thy back, and borrow
of thy belly-they'll NE 'er ask thee again;
l shall be duDning thee every day"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27

a bad temper is great curse to it's
possessor, and its influence is mo.t
deadly wherever it is found. To hear
constant round of complaint and mur-
murlnS. TO have every pleasant though.
scared away BY this evil spirit. is in truth
q sore trial. uI
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27
THE ART OF TALKING.

Among the accomplishments which are
acquiring by the young. it is pity ,ha,
the art of conversation is not included
he world is full Of good Greek and La
tin Scholars. fine mathematicians. "ard
a that" bot the number of those who
know how 10 convey The knowledge they
have acquired. in clear, easy and eleean,
language, is rare. Great takers there
are, in abundance persons who, as the
Duchess Of Gordon said of Burns, can
talk you off your legs, and who do not
give an echo fair play. They are as
common as chicory in coffee, ''ine spec
u!aIions'' among real estate dealers, and
exiOriion among hackmen. But good
Ialkers-those whose conversation tri.
umphs over de!ormiries. and makes even
ugliness agreeable-are "few and far
between" Propriety is, of course, the
hfst condition of conversation-a harmo-< ;
ny OF mind and uiterance with place, per-
sons and occasion-and the want of il is
glarins defect in many who would 9th.
erwise be charming takers. They talk
brilliantly Of science to hodmen, of BAN
quets TO dysPeprics. of big fortunes 10
bankruPts, and Of balls to anchorites.-
They talk P'lilies TO women. announce
sudden deaths at dinner parties, declaim
against usury to brokers who take three
per cent a month, harangue upon the
n'Series OF debt to borrowers, allude to
cabbage before tailors. and crack Jokes
Upon hemp in the houses of men who
nave lost friends by hanging. As Praods
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27

S9liiude bears the same relation To the
mind, that sleep does to the body. L.
affords it the necessary opportunities for
repose and recovery.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27

Inc nerve which never relaxes, the
eye which never blanches, the Thought
"niehnever wandsrs-these are the nas.
ters Of victory. s 51b
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says

They make all the world reflect
On what It hates 70 reeollcct:
They talk to misers of their heir
To women of the times that were
To ruined gamblers of the box
To thin defaulters of the stocks
10 towards of their neighbors duels--
To hayne of Lady II jewels
To poets of the wrong review,
And to the French of Waterloo.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-27

as5ze a..
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-09-28
CLEVELAND, TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER %. 1858.

As l SIT reading Of an evening, can hear that
wooden dipPer humping at the slaves or gent-
ly scraplng the bottom OF the barrel as it deseends
IN search of the wherswithal for the bread Of
the coming day, and know that my wife is inti-
mating by these the necessity of fresh supply
as though she told me in somany words, for She
knows that hear every thump And by and
by she comes in looking as demure as a Kitten.
and none but the initiated would ever dream that
she had an empty flour barrel on her mind But
the next day brings fresh barrel, fresh smiles
and dimples, and renewed depletion of the al
ready attenuated purse The smiles and dim.
pies are always cheap at the P.ice, even if the
flour is not
As meditated on this mnmentous subject. I
could see by the knitting of her brow and the in
creased vigor with which she piled her task,
that my wife's financial aspiraiion was still
working in her mind, and knowing bv long ex-
perience that confirmed thoughts, like explosive
gases, must have vest, and fearinq that some
more violent remark might be shot at me, like
pellet from q gun, replied:
True, my dear, know that the grocer will
only be satisfied with gold or It's equivalent,
which he Is much better calculated to appreci-
ate than purity of intention aud lOftiness of
soul, and fortunately for him it is much NOR
plentiful IN the market, though scarce enough
with Us. But for all we have untold treasures,
if We did but know it -
They must be untold, for never heard Of
them before. If you have such abundance,
wish you would spare me enough to buy that
black silk dress, you promised me so long ago"
il is not to be inferred from this remark that
my wife is prone to eXtravagance in her tastes
or habits She Is usually content with plain
and modest attire. She has never hidden her
self IN the reeesses of a whalebOne pyramid nor
submitted to the modern species of female COO
perlge; for, as she plainly remarks, - Anybody
can see that ] am a tub without my being hoop
ed" (SEe only weighs two hundred and one
pounds avOirdupois) No unpaid milliner's
bills haunt her waking hours lnoY mine) No
needy dress makers rise up iu Judgment against
her. Her bonnet is much too large for our
youngest daughter, aged eight years, and really
seems designed for use as well as ornament,
and from my long acquaintance with her, am
satisfied that she has something in her head
worth protecting, unlike those ladies' who pat
ronize curtailed bonnets with moTc ribbon than
crown, and more curtain than comfort.
(COneE.ded 10 UlOTrOirl !
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-09-28

THOSE HoRNs.-The Neptune Fire Company
won the first prize at Piqua on the Sd of July
last and having won the first prize at the Cleve-
land Tournament. they have resolved 10 send
the first one to Mr.. Je1fers, Providence, Rhode
Island, the manufacturer Of their machine, as q
testimonial OF his excellent manufacture Of en-
gines. The prize referred to is pair Of buck
horns, of large proportions, having five antIers
on each side. These horns will doubtless be
quite curiosity TO the Yankees of Rhode Island,
as century almost has flown since the deer
has forsaken that Puritanic land Fastened on
the horns at the junction Of the pTongs is a sill
yer plate bearing the following inscription:
FIRST PRIZE
Taken at Piqua, July 3, 1858, by
Neptune Fire Company, No. ?, Of
DAYTON, OHIO.
Winning throw, 2lO feet
Neptune's compliments to
WM- JEFFERS.
-Dev.Oa Ga-efte, 25th, % r.-
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-09-28
MORNING LEADER.
From the Atlantic NoaihIy.
A Word 20 the Wise.

1--we hsiled 4 title mad.
kompins through the meadow;
Heed ess IN the sun she played,
ScJrniui Of the shadow.
Come with mn, " Whispered he,
Llsten. sWee', q love and reason"
" By and by she m ck ID reply,
Loves not IN season"
Years went, years came;
Light mixed with shadow;
1--we met the maid az Ia,
ID e1mlrg ! rough the meadow,
Not socoy," urged tie by;
= List IA time 70 love and reason"
p" By and by, she mused rep.y;
Loves sill Ia season"
Years went, years cIme
Light changed 10 shadow,
Love stw the mail again,
Waltz IN the meadow
- Pass no m 1rc; my dream Is Ger,
can listen row 10 relsun
keepthee Coy" mocked the boy;
Loves out OF Season"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-09-28

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