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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-11
COmrting by DAYLIGHT.

al don't see why people cannot do their courting
by daylight thereby saving an expense OF lights fuel
aud forenoon naps,"-A BREAKfAsr Table REMAIN.
Whew preach that doctrine until your head
is gray, and you are as toothess as newborn
babe and still young folks will "set up" until
the stars grow tired Of watching, and the roos
ters begin to crow.
There is a sort OF fascination in il, a positive
denial to the contrary Notwithstanding. An
indescribsblc, uudeniable charm charm in be.
ing the sole occupant OF front parlor, with
nothing to moleSt or make afraid, the sofa
drawn up before the shining crate, aud the lamp
regulated to a steady blaze that will not eclipse
the brightness of the eyes, or made particularly
pleasing by hearing the last pair of household
feet take cline departure for the upper cham.
bers and feeling that the eyer.swinging paror
door will remain closed until one OF the parties
concerned chooses to open it,
Talk OF counting by daylight Think oi
laming ones arm by quick, husty withdraws is
from around Il certain waist at the incrssant
ringing OF he door belt. seeing the pull-combs
and curls fl lying in every direcuon, b. the sound
Of coming too-stcps. Imagine proud lover a,
the feet of fair lady, putting forth OH eloquent.
long avowal, with extraordinary expressions
fitting over the face unl at the same momeut,
puzzled little countcnance peering through the
open door, wondering what makes Mr. N
disegreeable still, have "m"ma" open the door
without the prelude Of rap, Of cours'. just al
the moment you venture to test the temperature
and sweetness of her daughters lips.
And then what time in the day could one
take Not in the forenoon, certainly. when
music teachers and fashionable callers are in
vogue not in the afternoon when ones senses
are stupeied by he eating of hearty dinner
not on Sunday, when everybody is expected Ia
go to church; not in church, with pantomimic
gestures that set the occupants of neighboring
pews into broad grin; but in the veriublt
season set in old primitive days-a time and
season for counting. An hour when you can
pinch Susic's fingers t, make her tell who she
likes best look in Susirs hand to see il hel
fortune runs with yours, and see what letter OF
the alphabet is formed therein; and kiss hrl
when you please, hug her when you please and
all this when the old folks are sleeping, when
the sound of footsteps are scattering in the
streets, and there is no one on earth so near
Susie as yonrsclf- Mnrgartt Verne.
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A Route for the Escape of the Mormons.

The Leader learns from Father D-sm-t,
Catholic Missionary, Nho has spent many years
among the Indian tribes Tint on either slone of
the Rocky Mountuins Ih re is perfectly prac-
ticahle and easy route north from Salt I ske to
the British posstssio Father D, has travelled
the route several times with light wagons He
gives it as his conviction that if the Mormous
leave their present location they will proceel
norhward to New. Caledonia. British Amarics.
and settle al the base of IN Portage Mountains.
near the 49th parallel. The route is described
in detail. The country snl climate are stated
TO te sminently sup Sior in every respect tn
those OF Utah The Lsa3tr calls the spscial
attention of the War Depaf'm'nt and the Pub.
lie to this article.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-11

II is proposed to connect Boston with East
Boston by means of submarine orch or tunnel
nnder the channel, by excavating a, canal nine
or ten feet below the present bed of the harbor,
and thirty feet lde so as TO receive cast iron
arch. The bed or bottom of the channel is
admirably adapted for this great enterprise, a.
il is composed of the hardest earthly substance
in he Slate. The iron arch is to be one and a
hslf inches thick. twentysix feet in the clear at
the base, and thirteen lee, high The floor is 10
be composed Of granite blocks one foot thick, fit
ted, and laid in cement The arch to be uut
down in sections by an ingenious plan of the
proprietor, and to be covered over by the mate
rial that is removed from theicanal. The entire
cost excepting the real estate at each end and
the right of way. is estimated, allowing the dis
tsnce to be three thousand feet, al eSl5l5O, OF
which the iron will take Sl94 400 labor S79 900,
&c.
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SHUE AFEECrA roN.- lhrre is nothing more
beautiful in the young than simplicity Of char
acter. 1t is honest, frank and attractive.
How different is affectation! The simple
minded are always natural They are Mt the
same time original. The affected are never nat
urol. And as for originality, if they ever had it,
they have crashedit out aud buried il fro n sight
utterly.
Be yourself, then, young friend To attempt
to be any body else is worse than folly. 1t is an
impossiblity 10 att ain it. 1t is contemplate
10 Try But suppose you could initiate the great.
est man that ever figured in history, would that
make you any the greater? By no means. You
would always suffer IN comparison with
the initiated one, and be thought OF only as the
shadow of a scbslance-the echo of the rea
souni-the countsrfrit of pure coin!
DR.. Johnson apply compared the heartless i'm
itator--for such he is who affects the cha ractel
of snother-to the Empress oi Russia, when She
did the irrakish thing Of erecting palace cl ice
1t was splendid and conspicuous while it lasted
But the sun soon melted it, and caused its al
fractions to disolve into common water, while
the humblest stone cottages other subjects stooc
firm and unmarried!
Let the fabric of your character. though neve
so humble, at least be real. Avoid affecting The
character OF another, however great. Build vi
your own. Be what God INTENDED you to be-
yourself, and not somebody else. Shun alIecta
| ton
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Slow PEoPLE-Persons of dull and languid
habits trail themselves sluggishly through life, us
if some loathsome and agouzing viscus cogged
every movement, and prevented all refreshing re-
pose. Their substance is nothing but the slime of
Incidence. and their contracted snail-path is COW
cred with their own pollution. There is no healthy
alacrity in them, none of that vvaciouS energy
which indicates either vigorous body or forci-
BILE mind. They drag themselves tardily to their
toll, as if every joint were socket of torture;
aud touch the implements of industry as timidIy
as if they expected their eieminate flesh to adhere
to whatever it handled Work affords them no
joy, and duty no delight, they are emascuIated of
all manly vigor, and have buried their conscience
in their laziness. They are sort of perpetual
somnambulist walking through their sleep; NOV
ing in constant mystery, looking for their facul
ties and forgetting what they are looking for; not
able 10 find their work. or when they have found
that not able to find their hands, doing everything
dreaming and therefore everything coniusedly and
ncempleely; their work is dream, their sleep is
a dream, not repose, not refreshment, but slum-
brous viion of rest, dreamy query concerning
sleep; too late for everything. taking their passage
when the ship has sailed, nsuring their property
when the house is burnt, locking the door when
the goods are s. solen-men whose bodies seem to
have started in the race of existence before their
minds were ready, and who are always gazing out
vacantly as if they expected their wits were com
ing up by the next arrival. ...
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Original.
I'm Weary.

Tn weary Of this dreary winter,
And long for the merry spring;
To see the budding trees and flowers,
And hear the wild birds sing.
I'm weary Of these leadsn clouds,
That DRIFT o'er.head, all day;
And long to see light asecy ones,
In the azure space. at play.
I'm weary of the sullen moan
OF the winds among the trees
And long to feel upon my brow
Bright summers gentle breeze.
I'm weary Of these faded leaves,
That rustic e'er the ground,
And / long to see the brighteyed lowers
BY the murmuring stresmlet found,
I'm weary of these leahess trees,
With their branches still and bare,
And l long, again, TO see greeu leaves
Dance in the summer air.
I'm weary Of these fields so brown,
Where not flower 10 seen,
Hong to see them dressed, once more,
In waving robe of green
o, yes! long to see again
Sweet spring come DER the earth,
And bring once more her warbling BIRDS
And flowers Of brilliant birth.
Go, then, thcu gloomy winter,
With your skies so dull and dreary;
And leave me with lighter heart,
. And not so sad and weary. ALLBBS
iILLpALE, O., January ls, 1858.
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How IT FEELS To BE HuNG-An acquaintance
of Lord Bacon who meant to hang himself only
partially, was cut down at last extremity
having nearly paid for his curiosity with his
life He declared that he felt no pain, and his
only sensation was oil fire before his eyes, which
changed first TO black and then to sky blue
These colors are even a source Of pleasure. A
Captain Montagnac. who was hanged in France
during the religious wars, AMI rescued from the
gibbrt at the Intervention ofViscount Terenne
compained that having lost oil pain in an in-
slant, he had heen taken from light OF which
the charm defi-d description. Another criminal
who eses ped by the breaking of the cord, said
that aftrr second Of suffering, fire appeared
across it beautiful avenue of trees. Henry iy.,
of France sent his physician to question him,
and when mention was made Of pardon be-
answered coolly that it was not worth the ask
ing Instances fill every book of medical ju-
risprudence. All agree that the uneasiness is
momentary, that pleasurable feeling immedi-
ately succeeds, that coors of various hues stsrt
up before the sight, and that these have been
gazed on for a trivial space the rest is oblivion
The mind, averted from the reality Of the si.ua-
ton, is engaged in scenes the most remote from
that which fills the eyes Of the spectstor--th
vile rsbbIs. the hideous gallows. and the strug.
CLING form that swings in the wind.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-11

AT Waerfcld, Conn. a day ar Two ago, a lad
Of IL years climbed ihe lightning rod OF The Con-
gregAtional Church spire. one hundred aud fly
feet high His first ascent was witnessed only ny
younger brother To satisfy the in,redulous
the youngster repeated his exploit several times,
anu finally attached sIreamer 10 the letter w.
on the compass points
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-11

CHINESE MoRALITY.-Bayard Taylor who from
his general acquaintance with the nations of the
world. may be considered an intelligent judge,
gives deplorable account Of Chinese morals =
1T Is my DELIBERATE opinion hat the Chinese
are morally the most debased poope on tn. face
of tho earth Forms OF vice, which in other
countries are barely named. are in China so COM
mon that they excite no comment among the ma
tives. They constitute the surface level, and be.
low them are deeps on deeps of deprapily, so
shocking and horrible that their character cannot
even be hinted There are some dark shadows in
human nature which we naturally shrink from
penetrating, aud made no attempt to collect in-
formation of this kind but there was enough in
the things which could not avoid seeing and hear
| ing-which are brought almost daily to The no.
tice of every foreign resdent-to inspire me with
powerful aversion to the Chinese race. Their
touch is pollution AID harsh as the opinion may
seem. justice to our own race demands that they
should not be allowed to settle OIL our soil"
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The Lees of Life.

1have had my will.
Tasted every pleasures
! have drank my I'LL
OF the purple measure,
II has lost its 1est,
Sorrow is my guest.
o, the lees are bitter bitter
Give me rest
Love once crowned the bowl,
Running DER with hlisscs;
Made my very soul
Drunk, with crimson kisses,
But drank IL dry,
Love has passed me by;
q. the lees are bitter-bitter--
Let me die!
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"A corpucnt gentleman with capacious
stomach rose at public dinner to return thoaks,
which he li'i br LAYING hi hands quite attrOctively
upon his stomach, Nna saying " We thank Thee
f'r these h'e.s O. so bondl ly spread, AMI our
eiplcjty to c, j1y heu,'
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-03-11

9" say, Sambo, does you know what makes de
corn grow so fast when you put de manure on it?'
Tor de corn" No. just tell You; when de corn
begins TO srlei de manure, il dou', like de fumery
so it hurres out of lie ground and gets up as high
u possible, SO it cau't breathe bad air."
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We have no desire to become acquainted will
the man (bcyond all doubt bachelor) who per
ne rated the foIloWin0:-

Mature, impartial in her ends.
When she made man the strongest,
In justice, then, to make amends,
Made woman's tongue the longest"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-11-18

woods Patent sewing MacAiEe.
The best Sewing Asehine now In market /,
WEEDS PATENT, which IL 70 simple that !
mere child can operate it, and experiences in the use
Of Sewing Machines dsnonssraass that this Ma
chine ia lees liable TO get out Of order than any
other Sewing Machine now bsfors the public.
The Asv. ROBBERS q. williams, II Woodbury.
Conn.,says: After IN examination of every other
kind Of Sewing Machines, was fully sonviaeed
that yours 10 tho best, and m almost constant use
Of il for some hms hes more than realised my sx-
peetations, for I knew there 10 no other machine
that WILL with % little trouble, perform - much
and many different kinds Of work.
planter Gays: ussd to employ three or four
hands in making up clothes for the rest bat since
pu rchased your Weeds Patsst Sewing Machine,
hand does the sewing Of the whole plantation,
while ny wife usss It for makisg nearly ali the
clothes Of the family. ! feel confident that the
Machine pays Tor itself every tArss months.
WHITNEY ALYON, Proprietor,
S45 presAwsy, New York.
Sold BY
q. a. DUKE, Agent for Ksokuk, 50 MAia-s..
ncvSdAwlm
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CO ~ NJ u RCIAL.
DAHL. CARS OIrv Ovy,cs. |

DArLs Oars CRY Ovv1cn,l
Ksskuk, How. l6sh.
FLoUR-country, - = pr ssek. supsrAns
- s1to - Soper ssst. Extra, (tali wAsat) IS y
70 - 10 pr Dbl. GrAAsn. ~ 1t per 100 III.
BRAN AND SHORTS. 40 to So per 100.
c0RE-Ready sale 81 Is 70 500.
BAkLEY-6prine, sesse, Fall, feaSsu.
wHEAT--1sssss for spring; 80 to 81 % TO,
Fan.
0ATB-In reqasst at - 70 Is.
RYE--A6e TO tss little so.iag In.
PoTATOES-06e to 70 by tho load retail "a
cts per peck.
6R0CkRTHS-N. o. Sugar fair ylas, No. i, s}s
. prime u, clarified Isslos, srushsd and Loaf
tslsi. nolAsses-PlAataAion rs 10 $50, 3. II. IS
70 20, Golden Syrsp, ~ 70 80. cslss--Rio liz
to ~. Java lsto 20. Ries (nsw)s} too.
soAP--PAin Ste, Family Sse.
cANDLHS-Star 10 TO 30, 6ssasins III. Mould
Ito III, summer pressed ls4 to 10.
LARD-Fairssppiy, b to $50.
BUTTkR--io n III choice III to III.
HIDRS-Dry - 70 lllc; green, 81.
HAY-Prsiris $780, Timothy, % % Han
ssrisn, - 90.
sEEDs.-Hungafian arass, no demand, Tim
e0ySi ~ toi - FAX Seed, "a 16Ael -.
sUNDRIES-Onicns, 7sto ~ Egss, lsal74s.
Feathers, 30 70 4eei White Beans, ESQ 10 rs.
FRUIT-fair supply. Green apples, choice, 81
Is to y 80 per Dbl. Dried apples, 81 90 to 81 2s
per bushei. Dried peaches, none In market. Raj
sins, - 70 70 & %.
fcHEESE--w. R.o TO u; Denmark 81 too.
PROFESSIONALISM Mess unsettled Old Bacon,
out Of market.
BEEF-lis1s gross % to 40 per quarter.
sHEEP-t1A to az = head.
sALT-d. Att 1osto ~ "a pr s.ak Kama
WIS, 1bs1stpsr Dbl; Liverpool, 933s pen sseh.
FlsH--AscksrsI, No. 80 70 e1l y Dbl, No.
asistoelsi No. , tl1to41s. white, No. \ ~ rs
% v - y half bbl.i No. Z tl..s 70 s47s. Cod
Fish 80 O. b.
kxcaAssE.--on New York for currency u pr
cent; forgold per cent. 81, Louis per oent.
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Printing Inks.

We have for sale quantity Of WADn's CoLoa-
ID Isxs, which are justly considered the best In
market. There a-s among them all shades Of Red,
Blae. Yellow and Brown, and Of all prices, from
- cents up to t33psr b. Also White Ink, Gold
6ise and varnish, and nearly Ill grades Of Black
Ink. Of the same manufacture.
We have, besides, . quantity Of Msthers Black
Inks, undispossd Of, than which there are none
better In market.
All Of which We viii sell ct manufacturer pri-
ces, for Gosh.
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HnOM q. r. UUm1vDnys Aunn0v
-~-e~--4- -4-----~---.--. =
AND T4UNK 1AIL = o \
~ CANADA.
eADELIGHTYUL . ROMANTIC ROUTE
1non I'm WIT -
0osfoM, Nsr Yosh, ~ ne Eaefsyn Notss
psd the MtcAissa Csneyn1, 0sSss Wesf.yv.
ogd@HsosreA Z K@Msss csnerss. $50
1hAND TRUNK railroad on CANADA.
Passengers BY this route have n opportunity al
WAITING some Of the gfandest aad most Won
e . scenery In The world, iaelnding Tovssss.
s'sssra Faiis, Svspe~sts~ Bridge HeusssA Islsrxs.
~ap'a. ~ As ~ Lasrsncs, Quebec, MoasrssI, HAHs
aos.ians TIE Tabular Bridge, (asarIy sss silss q
is~sfa), Lake cAs~slss~. ram 81 Msxf.ors.ss.
Hadson River, etc, etc.
=, on and after May 1, 1858, Baggage win b
oheeked Through from Chicago.
TO EMlGRANTa.
fassaees may be secured 1t the once of tbe Cor
Psny In Chicago BY sAILlse ships from Losdon.
..xerpooi, Plymouth, dlasgow, Bristol. Huu.
aberdeen and Montross. An agent 81 - 3RANi,
TRUNK RAILROAD superintends ths rena,si :,
sI,grAnn ana beggage 1t Quebec free Of ehsrss.
rare IRON $50 to $ss to Chicago, inciudins
cook cd provisions. 'As'1's
The Mammoth Steamship
L VI a r N n.
OF ~ 500 TONS AND TOO YRET LONG
- under sonsrae. 70 this Company for one or more
ohlcAgo to the principal towns In Earops win
snorsiy De issned. Tickets from Chicaro for All
points East, also for the LsviatAsn or Tor ths N
v. .. >. Co.'S ships, can be obtained II tho O1cs
OF the Grand Trunk Railroad, No. SO Dsarhcr,
street, Chicago.
J. wARRAcK,
agent Of drand frunk h. X. Co., Of Canada.
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FADxD PLowsa.--It causes sad reflections to take
ap bouquet oass smiling with beauty, and case
upon liz withsrsd leaves and faded seioss. Bat
hos many faded nowsrs do We sss On the great bon
quet Of humanity; men and ladies, too, whose
beauty hs~ Asd With almost tho iighsning' speed,
and whose forms are sinking with premature de-
cay. wha. pity II Ia that all such do not know
ere disssss has taken hold upon the vital parts
simple preparation would rsstors them 10 health
and beauty. Such preparation, for instance, ~
Ha.stter's Stomach Bitten, which drives AWAY
dependency, strengthens the weaker pssts, and
restores the whole system. II Is recommended BY
DhysleiAns, and commended BY ali who have used
It. kspt 1t all the popular Asioons, and principal
drug stores in the Union.
p. GIBBONS, Agent,
nevlS-dAw Naiast, bst Sixth and seventh.
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CHARLEs 1ADMAKEm.
HAIR DRESSER.

ATEof Paul's celebrated Saloon, No. Il Court.
II t.rdt N-- yr-s -c..a :.....
his professional seFvtsts 10 the citissns of
and vicinity, and give notice that 10 HIS opened
IN establishment corner Of ~ and johnson - !.
opposite tho Gait Hsuss, whore, BY punctual ~
ten soa TO bnsinsss be hopes to secure the patron
ago of this community.
SHAVING,
HAIR CUTTING,
AND SHAMPOOING.
Done with Ncasness ana DIspa u = .
9. X. has on. hand choice stock Of Psrfumerv
Luhins Extracts, 10, which he offers for sale &
the lowest New York pricss.
Sept. !, b8-dy
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BARTLETT. KAYE Il CO.,
Inportsss and Dsalass in
PAINTS. OILS. vARNIsHgs.
WINDOW GLAxa, GLAlgWiRR BeUMU, &C.
No. Main So, Bet. ssh 4 osA,
KEOKUK, IOWA.
A CARD To TINE LA DsEsl
Dr. DapsncSss 0SaAsn Revi eatcaf
Rilla. Ter EAAnlAal

A CARD To TINE LADsEsy
Dr. DapsncSss 0siAsn Pcvteatcai
Ptlis, Ter Es0ales!
One Of the most success sfsl remedies for distress
ing and painful msnstfuation ever known. They
correct ifregsiarisiss and remove oSstsustions,
from what ever casss.
Thsts ingredients are known 70 all agents ssli-
ing them. and they will tell Jon thsy are &As bsst
Pills ever intrsdueed for all diseases peculiar 10
females, and always ssessssfal - preventative
They win be fossd > aoss Invaluable rsnsdy for
al shoss Adcsing complaints peculiar 70 the ser,
Wis Distressing sad painful msnstrnation. rcten-
ton, pains In tho beck and loins, prsssip g-down
pains, rush Of blood 70 the head, business, dim
ssas Of sight, hssvines, fatigue any slight sx-
sftioa, pAlpiAtion II the heart, &c., Ac., all u
whish DR.. Duponco's French Golden Pills are Ger
tsis 10 cure. Fries 81 90 per Box. For parties
lars get Circular Of Agent.
sold Wholesale and Kstsii.by 8. b. VOWEL.
Druggist, No. Isl Main s,rsst, Keokak, Iowa, sole
Agent, 70 whom al orders must b. addressed. He
viii suppiy dsalers, and send the Pills TO Ladies
sonsdsatisiyl by mali. 70 any part Of the county,
BY ssodibg him III Through the Ksokuk Postefdcs,
Iowa fSept. Is, '58-dkwly
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HAIR CUTTING,
AND GHAMp0OINaf
Dr. T.. q. INGEws OIL.

nENTiST, corner VI Third and Main streets.
~ ksekuk, lows, over kix, Hale = Co.'S Bank.
sntranse On Ihird.st. Special attention. given o
The preservation & the nstpsal tsckh tssatmsnt q
sxpcesd dsatal nerve and correcting
et the dental Arch. AFtiAsial Teeth IL the beet
styls ana Aaish. from asns tooth to N entire ~