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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
How to sweeten the Gals.


To hear George tell the 'Drugger' story is
worth a quarter at any time. The story is
capital, but ii takes man to tell it. This
he does in such words as these:
BE you the drugger7'
SWELL, 'spose SO; sell drugs
'Wall, have you got any this here scentin'
stuff as the girls put on their hanke'chors!' 2
'Oh, yes,' replied the druggist.
wall, our SaI's gwine to get married, and
she gin me ninepence and told me to invest
the hull mount in sentin stuff, so as to
make her sweet, il could find some to suit;
so f you have mind, I'll just smell round. ,
The Yankee smelled round without be-
iEg suited, until the 'drugger' got tired of
him, and taking down bottle of hartshorn,
said
'I've got a sceniin' stuff that will suit you.
A single drop of it on a handkerchief will
stay for weeks, and you can't wash it out;
but to get the strength of it, you must take
a good big SMELL
SIS that so, mister! Wall, just hold on a
minute till ! get breath, and when / say
neop you put it under my smeller.'
The hartshorn of course knocked the
Yankee down, as liquor has many a man.--
Do you suppose he got up and smelt again,
as the drunkard does. Not he, but rolling
up his sleeve and doubling up his fist, he
said:
'You made me smell that everlastin' stuff,
mister, and now I'll make you smell fire and
brimstone!
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
rHa HaftRs OF PERIL.

To young man away from home, friendless
and forlorn in great city, the hours of peril
are between sunset and bedtime, for the moon
and the stars see more evil in a single hour
than the sun in his whole days circuit; the
poets visions of evening are all comp osedof
soothing and tender images. 1t brings the
wanderer to hiE home, the child to its m others
arms, the OK to his stall, and the weary laborer
TO his rest. Bat the gentle hearted youth who
lie thrown upon herocks of pitiless city, and
stands homeless amid thousand homes, the
approach ofeyening brings with itan aching
sense of loneliness and desolation, which com es
down upon the spirit like darkness upon the
earth. In this mood his best impulses become
ssnare TO him, and he is led astray because he
IL social, adectionate, sympathetic and warm
hearted. If there be young man thus circum-
sssncsd within the sound of my voice, let me
ssy to him that books are friends of the friend
less, and that q library is the home of the home
less. A taste for reading win always carry you
into the best possible company, and enable You
70 converse wit men who will instruct you by
their wisdom and charm you by their wit, who
will seoths you when fretted, refresh you when
weary, counsel you when perplexed, and SYM
pathise with you at all times. Evil spirits, in
the middle ages, were exercised, and driven a
: way by the bell, book and candle--you wan
but two ofthese agents, the book and the can
dle.-Geo. s. Hillard.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
Raising watermolous sue ,essfuIly.

| EDs. GENEsSEE FARMER:-l have
! been a subscriber to the GeneSee Far.
mer since the commencement Of vol
ume Ill. and have gained many val.
liable hints thereIrom. saw an
article in volume VI, relative TO rails.
ing waternelons successfully, which
have followed, aud it has paid me
for the Farmer ever since, in having
plenty Of good watermelons 10 en-
joy.
dug a trench about two and half
feet deep and about the same in
width, filed il with horse manure i'm
a heated state, >tatnped it down hard,
and then put back the earth, mixing
well herewith few loads Of sandy
loan, and planted my seed. | had
some boxes made of boards, six or
eight inches hiph, covered with milli-
net, muslin or or other thin, open
cloth, 70 keep off the striped bugs,
which are So very destructive TO our
melons.
have succeeded beyond my ex-
pectation, and have used the same
ridge for years.
In the spring, dig out the earth
and rotten manure. iil the same
trench as before, throwing back the
same earth and rotten mausre, thor
oughly mingled; and il it needs more
sand, add load or so, mixed with
the earth. The ridge will grow bet
ter every year. Hoe we'll and water
properly, and a good crop may be
Gcnesee
Farmer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
COURTsHIP.

Courtship is the last brilliant scene in the
maiden life ofwoman. 1t is, to her, garden
whore no weeds mingle with the flowers, but
ell is lovely and beautiful to the se:ises. 1t is
dish Of nightingalas served up by moon light to
the mingled music of manly tenderness and gem
tie whisperings- an eascrness that does not out
step the bounds of delieacy, and series of fat
tsEings, throbbings, high pulses, burning
cheeks, and dropping lashes. But, however
delightful it may be, courtshipis, move rtheless,
serious business; it is the frs. turning point
in the life or q woman, crowded with perils and
temptations. There is as much danger in the
strength Of love in it's weakness. The kin
died hope requires watching. The rose tints of
affection dazzle AMI bewildcr tho Imagination /,
and while always bearing in mind that life
without love is barren wilderness it should
not be overlooked that true affection requires
solid supports. Discretion tenpers fashion,
and il is precisely that quality which, oftner
than any other, is found to be absent in cou TT
ship. Young ladies in love, therefore, require
wise counselors. They should not trust too
naueh 20 the impulses of the heart, nor be too
. silly captivated BY q winning exterior. In
the selection of husband, character should be
idered more than appearances. Young men
inclined to intemperate habits-even but slight
iysc-rarely make good husbands to the end;
shsy have nos sufficient stamina to ena-
Bile them to resist temptation even in its incl
pisnt stages, and, being thus deficient N self
respect, they cannot possess that pure, uneon-
animated feeling which alone capacitates a
man for rightly appreciating the tender and
loving nature of q true woman The irreligious
man is like ship without 9 rudder, and he
never can make good husband; fer house
darkened BY cold skepticism or an Indifference
90 religion and its duties is never home-it is
merely . shelter; but there is little warmth in
tho atmosphore of the rooms, and every object
) in them looks chill and chilling. The indolent
man, likewise, cannot be expected to make q
good husband, for he negleets his time and
wastes his estate, allowing tito be overrun wi tn
brambles, and subsists on the industry of 9TH
ers. Every preeau tion, then, is necessary in
the selection of o husband.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
Chnlin In Hnrnan


A correspondent OF the Farmer
aud Planter writes: f-.4
"One pint OF salt dissolved in warm
water will cure horse OF cholic. 4
have tiled it twenty years without a
failure"
Another remedy by correspond
ent of the North western Farmer is
the following:
"Take bed-quilt, wet it thorough
ly in cold water, wrapit around the
horse; as il gets hot, pour on cold
water. | have known the lives of
horses saved in this way, when the
veterinary surgeon said they could
notlive many minutes, and in fifteen
or twenty minutes they would be up
and eating and sure to get well.-O.
Valley Farmer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
Col. rorney and the Administration Party.


Col. FoRNEY, editor of the Philadelphia
Press, made James Buchanan President of
the United States. In letter written by
him from Washington to his Press, dated
March 4th, 1859, Col. F. thus reviews and
pointedly condemns:
Two years ago this day, James Buchanan
took his seat in the Presidentia chair, the
most popular of our Chief Magistrates since
the days of George Washington. All par
ties stood willing to trust him. His inaugu-
raj address was accepted by every section
with unalloyed pleasure. His long public
life induced even those who refused to sup
port MIN in '56, to repose generous conf
deDce in his administration. He held in his
hand the destinies of happy country.-He
was clothed with rare advantages, and had
he been animated by conscientious patriot
ism. he would have consolidated the Demo-
cratic party in every State in the Union, and
paralysed and prostrated all its adversaries.
Where does he stand to-day! Utterly
bankrupt and broken-his administration
dishonored before the world. The great
party which carried him into office, after iu-
finite labor and expense, torn into fragments.
Corruption, like pestilence, so pervading ev-
cry department of government, that Demo-
Gratis admit the fact with pain and shame,
and Republicans point to it with exulting in
dignation.
A withered financial policy, an incapable
foreign policy, cabinet divided upon princi>
pie, and united only by the mercenary mo-
tive of self-preservation. No advocate to
hold up or strengthen his hands. No intre.
Pid statesman ready to forward in the spirit
of honest sacrifice and plead in his behalf
before an outraged country. No high min
ded journalist devoting himself to the vindi-
cation of his conduct. Nothing but aversion
and contempt. .-
The sentiment irst uttered in this jour-
nal eighteen months ago, which, when utter
ed, startled SO many honest men, namely:
"that the way for the Democratic party to
recover its strength and maintain an effect
i've and powerful organization, is TO cut loose
from the Administraion''-this sentiment is
now everywhere accepted as the only reme-
dy by which Democracy can ever re-ascend
in the affections and confidence of the mas
ses.
Conventions may assemble al Harrisburg,
or at Albany, or at Trenton, or at Columbus
to vindicate their party creeds, and express
a hollow confidence in the Administration.
TammaDy Hall may roar through it's hun
dreds Of official mouths sweet praises upon
the men now in power, but the masses of
the Democratic party will be content with
nothing short of the Punishment from their
favor of the faithess servants, who, start
ing out with violation of political principle,
have eliminated in a series of stupendous
acts, morally infamous and unrelievedly
black.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
TaR AR OF pLKAsING.

+ modest and virtuous young man, on frs
going into society, is apt to be sorely perplexet
Tupcn the question, how to make himself agreea
Die 10 ladies. He need not be ashamed of h is
spefPlexity. Washington Irving, in ne of hi
ssafly sketches, confesses that we'll dressed lady
s:wAs m objsct perfectly ssawfuln to his young
himaginntion. We were once acquain ted with a
8 Rsnelamsn of distinction in public life, the faith
or Of several accom- plished daughters, who
could net, even to his fftieth year, enter draw
ing-room ghcn ladies were present, without
painful embarrassment. 1t is certainly good
align In young man to stand in some awe OF
the beautiful sex. A person of coarse and vul-
gar mind, who thinks NOR of himself than his
best friends think of him, and who knows little
ske worth Of q good woman's heart, rushes
saAflessly in where an Irving or an Addison
would fear to tread.
How we'll we remember little incident of our
serly days, which helped us to overcome our
bashfnl dread of the society of ladiesl Seated
by the side of q beautiful girl of seventeen, and
overwhelmed with consciousness of our ina
biiity to say any thing to her which she would
care TO hear, we CHANGED to observe that she,
too, was trembling with embarrassment
What comforting discovery! We felt as
coward feels when he finds that his enemy is
more compieleiy terror stricken than himself.
Addressing ourselves to the task of diverting
our fair acquaintance; we soon forgot our own
fears in sympathy With hers. Bear this in
mind, young gentlemen, who blush and stam-
meF in the company of ladies; the girls are as
sFmueh afraid of You 90 you are of them!
= You are awkward in your manners, you
shink. Hyou think SO, it is likely that your
fsir friend thinks otherwise; for tho really ILL
6 bred fellows that we have known have never
Suspected their ll-breeding. And, after all,
what in good breeding but habituaI good ma
turei The simple fact that you wish to please
Is proof that you possess, or will soon ac-
qniTe, the power to do SO. The good heart and
well informed mind will soon give grace % the
demeanor, or viii so abundantly atone for the
want of It, that its absence will never g no.
ticed.
ssa Besides the girls-that is, the most ofthem-
Ikea man who'll simplein in his manners, provid-
ed they zee that there is substance and worth in
him. Graceful manners and ready wit good
90 far as they go. But be sure of this, o, bash
fnl, blushing youth, that, both in tho society
of ladies and of mon. you will pass in the 10 ng
run, for what you are worth, more, no
less. The art of pleasing, therefore, is nothing
more than the art ofsbe coming an honest, kind,
Intelligent, and high minded man, Such a
man, be he graceful as Chesterfield, or awk-
ward a. Caliban, all worthy women trust and
love.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
NUMBER 81.

erton, telling him tRGt a cOn1naun icakio
'oould reach me ut that place. Mr.. Edqer
ton then declined to let Major iSopp see n
evidence taken by The committee in relatjo
to myself. | returned home from Mt. Gil
cad on Friday evening, March 4th, and saw
Major SapP on Saturday, the 18th day .
March, in the morning, and learned hen fo
the first, what he had done al Columbus.
At the same time received the following
telegraphic dispatch, which hsd been sent to
me at Mt. Vernon:
To 6 LUMsCs DELANo, Esq, Mt Vernon
Mt: Vernon, March 8, 1859; from Coiua,b
March 1893.
fore Treasury CoIn'nissipn or to Ills a I,na
Ston or your own ,zt tcttk6 necessary to ,.,1e ~
tSjpp,Il
..-- W.D. MORGAN.
the diSPnich was answered by The oper.
ator, saying that | was not at home. This
was the irst notice | ever had o The dis
patch. There is NJ telrgraphic communl
cation between ut. Ve,lon and MI Gil
cad.
have never received from the commi,tec
any answer to my letter Of The 26th o. Feb
ruary, nor any notice OF any kind save The
dispatch. 1t will be observed that
this dispatch came to Mt Vernon, Oh
Thursday, March Sd, and that the report
was sent to Governor Chase on Monday,
March 7fh, only four days afterwards, in
cluding Sabbath; and that / did not receive
this dispatch until Saturday, Mar.h 9Th,
two days before it was sent to the Governor.
and one OF those, Sabbath
suppose i. did not occur to the Commits
lee that was at that time, rs Muior Sapp
had informed them, in MI. Gilead, nor that
had written them letter, asking if the
rum7rs had heard were true, and proffer-
ing reply when notified officially hat they
were true.
1t is not my purpose here to mpugn the
motives of the committee, nor to draw any
in regard to their conduct. NV
sole object is to present the facts, and leave
deductions to others.
The committee have seen fit to express !
severe opinion in regard to myself, as ]
hink, without authority, and one which / !
tmo'c IS false and unjust. If they nre gen
lemen, having ono friends to reward and no |
enemies to punish,'' they cannot desire to |
nf1lct injury upon the reputation of any one |
Without adequate cause. shall wait to see |
What course they and their friends will pur
ue in regard to this attack upon myself be-
ore / conclude to doubt their intepritv or
incerity, but deemed it an act of Justice
o myself, in the meantime, TO lay the fore
.ong facts before the public.
Respectfully, C.. DELANO
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
A Juror TINT was n Luror.


The following nnecGote OF Lo iisiana
Juryman is reported as authentic:
The District Court in one of the North
ern parishes was in session; twas the first
day of the Cout, alter dinner. Lawyers
and others had dlned, and were sitting out be-
fore the hotel. when long, lank unsophisti-
Gated country man came walking up, and un-
tremendously made himself one of them,
and remarked:
Gentlemen, wish you would go on with
this court, for want to go home; left
Betsy watching OUT
'Ah!' said one of the lawyers, 'aEG what
detains you at Court!
what sir said the countryman, Il am
fotched here as a jury, and they say il go
home they will fine me, n nd they mount do
that as live a good peace
'Wha, jury are you on!' inquired another
lawyer.
'What jury?'
'Yes. what jury-is it the grand or traverse
juryr s4-... ... ,........
Grand or travis jury! Dad fetched If ]
knows
WELL said the lawyer, did the Judge
charge your
well squire. said he, the little follow
that sits up in the pulpit and bosses over the
] crowd gin US a talk, but don't know
! whether he charges anything or not
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
THE CONTENTED MAN.

The following story from the Hermit in
Edinburgh,' conveys an excellent moral
and there are few who cannot profit by its
perusal sWhen | entered life,' said the
contented man. Il was mortified enough h to
find baronetcy actually dropped by our
family, on account of not having fortune
enough to support it; and it was so pleas
ant to me to see the estate of my ancestors
sold and parceled out to a grocer, law
yer, and broker. should have liked very
well to have been a private gentleman, do
ing nothing, or to have put on a red coat,
for which | had vast ambition; but | was
too poor for the former, and my family had
not military interest enough to put me for
ward in the latter. 1t grieved me to see
my cousin Adam in the golden-lac trap
ping of his regiment, to behold the grocer
keeping a pack of hounds on our estate,
and to find that my half-brother was ma
king a rapid fortune in the law; and / was
cut to the quick, after leaving school, to
see one school-fellow going into the navy,
another into the army, third fitted expen-
svely out for India, a fourth obtaining all
easy and lucrative place under government,
and so on. Trade offered a road to inde-
pendence, but my family's pride forbade me
to enter into it, and my capital was too
small for anything else. AT last, took to
to studying the classic deeply, and became
q regular domino, a teacher, a tutor, a
translator to anybody. In this, my occu>
patton, met with many a humiliation;
| was pestered with the tempers of my pupils,
oppressed by the arrogance of my employ
ers, often out Of place, and once made to sit
down at lords second table, whom had
often helped at school, and with whom
had been most familiar. These were Bit
ter pills to swallow, but they were whole
some for the constitution of the mind
Walking one day in Princes street, met
an old school-fellow, who had been married
twelve months to rich heiress; he had
not shilling which he could call his own,
at his set out in life, SO that he was still
poorer than myself, but his handsome per-
son was his fortune, and through il, he mar
ried woman of title, and drove his coach
and four. 'Ah, Jenny said he to me,
'come and dine with me to-day, lad. II
| viii be treat to me to have an old friend al
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
TOMORROW.

Tomorrow is like juggler that deceives us;
. an ack that pretends to cure us, and thin ice
that will net bear our own weight. 1t is fruit
beyond our q srasp: q glittering bubble that
bursts and vanishes away; will-o'-the wisp
that leads many into the mire; and a rock that
many mariners have struck and suffered ship
wreck. 7t isan illusion to all who neglect the
prsaent hour, and reality to those only who
Improve to-day J ~ sasi
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25
For the Delaware Gazette.

kVOAA &V44Ns
There was gallant man, and tall,
eomeiy man and gay,
At his ap proach The ladies all
Their graces would display.
He satone lovely in spring.
Down BY mai denis side,
He spoke ef "love" and 'sdore" and ''riag"
And charming lhins:s beside.
And when her hand be gently pressed,
She looked into his eye,
And smiled her witchingest and best
Her ms gic power try. m -
The bllss that snote him from her eyes,
NeGt deep int his heart,
~ So desps aiasi that for The skies,
His spIrit did depart.
cell into tie earth was cleft,
UPoa grassy mound.
And there with hymns and prayers they left.
HIS body IN the ground.
Ba. since the crawling vermin took.
- Ihsk1oor. departed man,
The maizea nsssr d4res to look.
s ,ieseiy as she
sa>sss MokAL
The fats Of this maid. stricken one.
Should nlI cur hearts with fear;
While an ID at well below the sun, -a-
May learn u lesson here. -...-.
The men should muse. n Time depar 70,
On duty more than curls,
Nor trust their un Protected hearts.
Aaens The wicked girls.
And to the girls the lesson is,
To drop their dreadful skill,
Lest shzS poor rantic gbcs, of his.
Should scare them-as It will.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-03-25

h1H9& -+tA bT AARfA. ~
bsg fass iooking back to those earthly shores.
srs rWateAius The tome groups anxious gaze,
Pain would tell them that heavens door,
- 80 Opened to yte1d me its sweetest Iays.
-se iwaensEasst entered tAe deep. ds-zsea5 g
e1sW bile TIE raves gently aroard ne rolied,
SOUNDS q ercsa1traen1 waited Ene.
s.a1s softsg, sAd s7yesti5 in.o tse fsid-
FOR hey knew 'e-e Lreacssa fzs river Wild.
= sbat IA russ.ng torrent AMI cited ms
s2ga And shey yearEe6to stay their naw lost ohiid.
n E Ulnii more peaceful. he river should te;
ButI eould wait. for one had creased
s'i- Totske q ethen tothe other side.
* Fer safe in His arms Icosid rot be lost,
And vsntur ed over the restless tde
fff IkDsw they were In.h TO haFepne depart
Though dim then vision, saw them weep,
-. Ard bads them adien. and breaking hearts
ZsssH watched. while me raging stor did sweep
The frsl. gliding bark. beyond their sight;
I'd tell them how gently He bore away,
N2 ~ And cIea rly the sun, for q halo oflight,
s&s scFrom heaven . lighthouse, gave brightestday
- wsA cou,d tell them, i feared no mere,
esd Afser He folded His breast. .t
That twas but a shadow the valley won.
s4I which led the way this land of rest.
Iie For sanas, shoals. eucompassed our way.
.-eF,5 Nor adverse winds to lengihen our rife,
But very brief was our journeys stay,
I'm we entered 80 ioyfully on this side
I cannot tell them the joys that rise
-aif ~ IN this sweet place, this land OF bliss,
But long to beckon them up the skies,
FOR their greeting here isan Angei's kiss;
But I'll watch 1ore their spirits, with guardian
set And ssna times 20. back, for know The way.
To bring cherished hher othis Land so fair
Ana thea With Jesus. and angels. ell live for aye