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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
The Young Mans Course.

/ saw him first at social party. Ht
took but one glass Of wine, and that il
compliance with the request Of lady
with whom he conferred.
saw him next, when he supposed ht
was unseen, taking a glass to satisfy thu
slight desire formed by his socia! indul
gence. He thought there was no danger
| saw him again with those Of his owl
age, meeting at night, to spend shor
time in conviyial pleasure. He said i
was only innocent amusement.
I next saw him late in the evening in
the street unable to reach home. assis
ted him thither. He looked ashamed
when we next met. &N
l saw him next reeling in the street
A confused stare was on his countenance
and works Of blasphemy on his tongue.
Shame was gone!
saw him yet once more. lie was
pale, cold, motionless, and was carried by
his friends to his last resting place. In
the small procession that followed, every
head was cast down, a. seemed to shake
with uncommon anguish.
His fathers gray hair was going to the
grave in sorrow. His mother -wept to
think that she had given birth to such a
child.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
The End Of Military Glory.

1t is estimated that more than million
Of bushels of human and inhuman bones
were imported in the year 1880, from the
continent of Europe into one port of En-
gland. The nelghborhood Of Leipsic
Austerlitz, Waterloo, and Of all the places
where, during the lately preceding bloody
war, the principal battles were fought.
were swept alike the bones of the hero
and the horse he rode. Thus collected
from every quarter, they were shipped to
the cort of Hull, and thence forwarded
to the Yorkshire bone-grinders, where
there are steam engines and powerful ma
chinery for the purpose Of reducing them
to granular state. The principal mar
ket for the product thus prepared is Dor,
caster, in the centre Of rich agricultu
raj region, whose farms use them to ma
nurc their lands. The oily substance
gradually evolving as the bone calcines,
makes more substantial manure than
almost any other substance particularly
huran bones. II has been ascertained
beyond doubt, by actual experiment OH
an extensive scale, that dead soldier is
most valuable article of commerce, and
it is more than probable that the farmers
Of Yorkshire and ether parts Of England.
owe the rich fertility of Their lands, and
their daily bread. to tho bones of their
children, who persisted on the continent,
in the Crimea, or in India. 1t Is a sin
gular fact that Great Britain should have
sent out from time to time, such multi
tudes Of soldiers to fight her battles, and
should then import their bones as articles
Of commercial and agricultural profit.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
A Tall Chimney,

A chimney 256 feet in height has re
Gently been erected at the Charestowr
Mass Navy Yard, and it is the Tales
smoke pipe on this continent. There are
two chimneys in tie old world, however
which have o greater altitude one o.
these is in Liverpool, and the other ii
Glasgow, both Of which are over 400 fee
in height. \ new one is about to bt
erected in the latter city. the height o.
which is to he 456 feet it will be til,
tallest in existence. capable of frowning
down with we'll merlted conceit upoI
all its shorter companions. These tai
chimneys belong to large chemical works
and their use is principally to carry up
The noxious gases far above the adjacen
houses, gardens and fields. Prior to theil
erection, these gases had injured the
shrubbery and completely blasted tn,
trees in the neighborhood.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

e@ 4 Connecticut correspondent OF
Harper's Magazine tells the following :
During the last session of our Circuit
Court two of our citizens were arraigne9
for infracting our laws by getting up
small fight between them. 1t is the priv,
ilcge of such offenders in this State. each
to make a statement of the facts before
His Honor, the Jddge. One of the be-
ligerents, Mr.. P. was remarks
bic slow of speech. aud very deliberate
in his actions. After the statement Of
his rival was concluded. Judge Il
called Mr. P--to the stand.
Well. Mr.. P, please give your
account of this affair"
Wa'al, Judge" said Mr.. P.
g. you see J---- there and myself had
some little talk about an old matter of
business, and he stated something that
wasn't so, and he knocked me down,
Judge he did and he caught hold Of my
whiskers, Judge, and he dragged me two
or three yards over the ground, Judge =
and
But" says Judge A., interrup.
ting him. Dir. P, was you hurt or
frightened much during the time r.
Wa'al, Judge ! cant say that I was
frightened, but / was tremendously fa-
tigued !" ed
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
ARISTOCRACY.


There are inen-we blush to call them
men-who turn up their noses at the me.
chanic and laborer. Being literally edu
Gated as it is called, they look down with
sort of contempt on those who in some
cases have contributed to their support.
You need not despise spinning
wheel" said an old lady to her pompoas
son one day, for many night have |
worked at il to get money TO send you
to school,"
There are women too, who will not
touch needle with their delicate hands;
who laugh at the poor and Industrious,
VINO learn trades or work in factories
for living. La! how refined they
are !" she says with scornfu smile as
she lounges on the sofa reading the last
pink noyil. We once knew ladv-shall
we call her lady ?-of this complexion.
She was loudly belaboring a poor, hard.
working girl, calling her low and nnre-
fined. Whyl" said she, her father
was nothing bat mechanic" Y cs, y
remarked woman present g i knew
him well he lived in the same neighbor
hood with your mother, when she went
out washing" There, reader, If you had
been there you would have seen a strange
confusion of face, and heard vain at
tempt to utter something too prickly tce
come out. 1t stuck in her throat. When
we hear men or women speak lightly o.
the industrious part of the community
we feel just like tracing back their gene
alogy. We have done so in several in
stances, and you would be surprised a
what we learned. The most aristocratiC
man Of our acquaintance is the grandson
Of a fiddler the proudest woman. tn,
daughter of a washwoman.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
Our SsttaR 8ook
Friends in Prosperity.

One Of the hardest trials of those who
fall from riches and honor to poverty and
obscurity, is the discovery that the at
tachment of so many in whom they con-
fided, was pretence, mask to gain their
own ends, or was miserable shallowness.
Sometimes, doubtless, it is with regret
that these friyolus followers of the world
desert those upon whom they have fawn.
cd but they soon forget them. Flies leave
the kitchen when the dishes are empty -
The parasites thet cluster about the ia
vorite of fortune, to gather his gifts and
climb by his aid. linger with tie sunshine
but scatter at the approach Of storm. as
the leaves clings to q tree in summer
weather, but drop off at the breath OF
winter, and leaycit naked IT, the singing
blast. Like ravens settled down for q
banquet and suddenly scared by noise
how quickly at the first sound of calami
ty these superficial carthlings arc nero
spcck on the horizoni ~
But a true friend sits in the centre, and
is there at all times. Our need only re
yeals him more fully, and binds him more
closely to US. Prosperity and adversely
are both revealers, the difference being
that in the former our friends know US
in the latter we know them. But not
withstanding the insincerity and greedi
ness prevalent among men, there is vas
deal more of esteem and fellow yearning
than is ever outwardly shown. Their
are more examples Of unadulterated at
fection more deeds Of silent love and mag
naninity, than is usually supposed. Ou
misfortunes bring to our sides real friend
before unknown. Benevolent impulses
where we could not expect them, in mod
est privacy, enact many scene of beau
tiful wonder amid plaudits Of angels.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
Toast and Reply

While rejoicing over political victory
at Lafayette, Ind, a crowd were drinking
toasts and making speeches in an irreg-
nlar sort of a way, when Mr.. Attorney
General Mcdonald was called up, and
made heavy, prosy Democratic speech,
of the regular stump pate n concluding
with the sentiment, The United Democ-
racy-the gates of hell cannot prevail
against them" Mr.. Terrill, Of the la
fayete Journal, was called next, and re.
markell that he thought Mr. McDonald's
sentiment was appropriate and just.
When the United Democracy presented
themselves at the gates fhell, they would
find that the gates" would not prevail
against them. but would give way aud let
the whole crowd right in"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
CHINESE HABITS.

Our. readers have often read of the ne
GUITAR customs and almost incredulous
dishes Of our underground neighbors-
the Chinese. But the following, written
by one who mixes with them daily, in
California, VIC give asto us related:
In the markets, sucking-pi and
dogs are equally exposed for sale: the
enc being as readily purchased as the
other. The latter, however, are not free
" bought after they have been fed on an.
lmal diet, except by the very poorest
ol1eksS but are nourished with milk and
rice On purpose for the table. In the
market at Canton, l have observed side
by side, pheasant and q cat and upon
inquiry found them to bear precisely the
same value. The cormorant. the wild
duck, the hawk and the pigeon, being re-
spectiyely INDUCED in by the bon viivaut,
while- the salted rat, dried in the sun,
seemed to be an object of peculiar relish.
Previous to their putting this animal to
death, they frequently infict upon it the
most excruciating agony whether or not
upon the same principle that we consider
sanpted hare more delicate than one
that has been shot, leave my readers to
determine. | have frequently seen a
workman catch rat, and, with the fore.
finger and thumb, dexterously break all
the animals teeth, leaving it in that state
uQLis the evening, when it is killed and
H1ydd FOR supper. They are. moreover,
constantly in the habit Of mailing the rat
upon a fiat piece Of board by the lore
paws, and leaving it in that position
~ isspy hours, and seemed amazed at
any one taking compassion upon the
wretebed beast. This animal is generally
saltea and dried in the sun prior to being
edEaa, ias they say they taste infinitely
more delicate after this preparation"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

GA- A certain parson in one of the
country towns Of our Pnritonical State
was once riding home from netting. with
the rcins in one hand and the Bhle in
the other. when suddenly the horS start.
ed and his attention was arrested by
some Object in his path. It's insignia.
cant appearance and appsrsntly harmless
movement led the parson to believe that
no danger was to be feared but the horse
more sagacions than himself showed much
uneasiness and refused to go. Aware OF
the sagacity Of the noble animal, the par.
son himself became alarmed and as he
was armed with no other weaporL the
Bible was hurled al the intruder via M
little force. The consequences os this
hasty fmprudent assault need not be men.
toned. Suffice it to say they were s0eA
as to lead the parson firmly to resolve
that come what might, he would never
again throw his Bible at skwak.- Bos-
ton Post.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
Defence Of Self Contradiction.

" Some Of my hearers this evening may
occasionally have heard it stated Of me
that | am rather apt to contradict myself.
Ilhope am exceedingly apt to do so.
l never met with q question yet, of any
Importance, which did not need for the
right solution Of it, at least one positive
and one negative answer, like an equa-
ton of the second degree. Mostly. mat
tiers of any consequence are three sided,
or four,sided, or polygonal and the trot-
ting round a polygonal is serege work
for people any way stiff in their opinions.
For 'myself, | am never satisfied that /
have shandled subject properly till /
have contradieted myself at least three
times."n 49,
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
Hydrophobia.

A gentleman observing the report o
persons having been bitten by mad dog
in Jersey City, sends the following note
to the New York Sun:
Mr.. EDITOR "A son of mine, IL years
old, was bitten in October last, and re
course was had to a solution OF iodine.
Afterwards, the bitten part was cut out
(which should generally be done immedi
ately) and the opening cauterized with
nitrate Of silver. No unfavoraale symp
tons have yet manifested themselves, ]
know a Clergyman who was bitten about
20 years since, and who drank tea made
Of the bark Of the root Of black ash, aud
has not been afflicted with any symptoms
Of thar awful disease -hydrophobia.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

No. A lady sent her servant I've will
not mention where he came FROM for a
new velvet mantilla which was at her
dressmaker's.
John" she said, if it rains take .
coach. | would rather pay the hack
hire than have my mantilla wet.
When the man handed her tho mantil.
la it was ruiued, the PAPER which covered
it being saturated with water;
Why, Johu, she said, told you to
take cab if it rained."
So did. mum but sure you wouldn't
have your footman, ridin' inside, So I
got on the box with the driver"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
nsa- A story is told Of doctor. in IA,

Hsa- A story is told of a doctor, in the
goodlv town of B not hundred miles
from Vermont. The doctor KEPT missing
his wood, and set watch. As was expect
ed, it proved to he the work of a near
neighbor, who soon appeared, aud care
fully culling out all Of the dry wood,
started with an a-mful. The doctor did
the same, gathered up an armful osgreen
wood, and followed Juggling as fast as he
could, and just as the man threw down
his armful the doctor did the same,
exclaiming, There you must burn green
wood part of the time-l have to, J" and
departed leaving the thief to his own re-
Elections.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
ESS.- The late Rer Dr.

ESS- The late Rev. Dr., Of .
neighboring town, an eccentric, hut hon.
est minister, was once preaching on the
practical virtues, and having skort timo
previous bought load Of wood from one
of the officers Of his church, and finding
it fell short in measure, took this occa-
sion to speak thus plain on the subject !:
Any man that will sell seven feet of
wood for a cord, is no Christian. whether
he sits in the gallery, below, or even IN
the Deacon's seat"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

ed that the family Of Ernest are all dead.
Z The dear friend who shared with me
the knowledge Of Aggy's confession also
lies beneath the sod Of the valley.
Hopi#g that it maysserve as warning
to some who may read it. | give this his
tory to the world.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

S@- If twenty seven inches OF snow
give three inches of water, how much
milk will COW give, when fed upon
.turnips? Multiply the fakes by the,
hairs on the cows tail, then divide the
product by tnrnip, add abound Of chalk,
multiply the whole by the pump, and tho
total will be the answer.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10


vertisement from the last issue of the Al
ia Californian:
aa7 STOCKTON, Cal, Dec. %, 1858.
EDITORS ALTA Being tired of single
life, take this method Of addressing the
girls of San Francisco.
GIRLS, | want a wife Cay age is be
tween 25 and 26 height 5 feet and 1C
inches weight between 140 and 15C
pounds auburn hair, trade that Of a lar
mer and capital $500.
| want respectable girl between Il
and Is years Of age weight between 12(
and $50 pounds; auburn or black hair
one that is raised to labor, &c, that is
not feared to take hold Of the same
The reason that ] thus address the girls
is this, they are scarce in this vicinity,
q | have neither time nor money to spend
in buggie riding around with 4 in search
of them.
For further information address the
undersigned through the Post Office at
Stockton, California.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
The Two villages.

Over the river on the hill,
Lieth village white and still;
All Ground tho frost trees
Silver and whisper in the breeze;
Over it sailing the shadows go,
OF soaring hawk, and screaming crow,
And mountain grasses low and sweet,
Grow in the middle of every street.
Over the river under the HILL
Another village leth still;
There see 10 the cloudy night
Twinkling otars of Household light,
Fires that CLEAN on the smithy's door.
Mists that curl on the river shore;
And in the roads no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasten to and fro.
In that village on the hill,
Tho houses are matched with grass al
Never a clock to tell the hours flower
The marble doors are always shut,
You cannot enter in the hall or hut
All the village lieth asleep.
Never grain to SOW or reap.
Never in dreams to moan or sigh,
Silent and idle and low they lie. q
&s Inthe village under the hill
When the night is starry and still ~
Many weary soul in lraycr .
Looks to the other village there,
And weeping and signing. lorgs to 60
Upto that home from this bellows Ia.
Longs TO s'eep by the forest wild
Whittier have vanished wife and child;
And hsareth, praying. tkis answer fall
patienee-Athat village shall hold you all
TsI W
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
Death of an Old Lady

Mrs. Rebecca Outright died in Upshur
county. Va, not long since, at the age OF
one hundred and six years. An obitua.
ry Of her says:
SIC was. the FIRST white woman who
settled in the valley of the Buckhannon
river, coming to Western Virginia when
quite young and living with her husband
III ashollow tree, at the mouth Of Turkey
Run, 10 what is now Upshur county
The deceased retained all her faculties
in yigor until the close Of her long and
eventful life, and on the morning OF her
deesase was caressing one Of her great
grand children, when feeling weary, she
requested the child to be quiet, while
granny would lie down and Sleep The
1 euefaUie old lady then lay down on her
bed and slept the sleep that knows no
waking Her descendants number be-
tween four and FIVE hundred. i'i
= 5 =. !. : - - saH
g6A. Receive your thoughts as guests
and afwAVs treat yOur daSiras like chill.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

psA- There is an observing man about
town who says he Away took notice that
whenever lie. lived through the month 81
May he always lived through the year.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
G. ". LATTE.

P. S.-EDrToRs-no wife no pay
please correct all grammatical errors &
give the above place in one of your
columns.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

Each movement was ike a red hot
dagger piercing my heart. i knew not
" nat demon possessed me, think ! must
have been mad when Iyowed a terriblere.
yenge. 'Twere BETTER reasoned, that
ne should die while yet there existed III
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

n Remember the poor.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

BsA- Receive your thoughts as guests
ind always treat Your desires like chill
iron - s.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10
Wife Wanted.

We clip the following matrimonial ad-
vertisement from the last issue of the Al
ia Californian:
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

"'fhen, with the ferceness of a tiger
fearful of losing his prey, turned my
eyes toward my husband and his guilty
paramour. She seemed to be ENJOYING
the performance intensely, but he seemed
to see nothing bat her. His head was
bowed towards her, and she would occa
sionaily raise her eyes to his face. Then
| saw him smile { just as he had smiled
upon me Thousand tines whilsle bent
still lower ever her with renewed deyo-
ton. ~ ft
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-02-10

A few months since / visitede- Gem.
eteryse~l found their graves. A costly
monument marks the spot. The uncle Is
living an possession of his niece's wealth
and is seemingly prosperous. i have new
er made known to any tho existence of
TUG pal1cr N my possession. ] have learn /.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-02

<tYARTA ACADEMY 4sVx s1sss,sY So
re As & q. PA ;E.;, Sncs & S. 81
firm have, BY way cf ppsokeao be- - ~ ~ tsssS-
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Gcors. under tbs q Msss. r. Esss
deened il expedicnt 20 ehsngc Te We, Hs ~ waagIS
frIa alter 1anuary Int. ts0v - tnms ~
IL sparta Academy Lottery, and the others =
abssye named. 49,. ~ -. ara.;v,axn
she h untrcnsss heretofore bestowed On as ~ we'll
deservIns of being transferred to our snsccssors'
WOOD EDDY . ". sAMGEL sMAN3 co.
III. s,si - = srheme will DO drawn BY WOOD,
Eddy CO. 70 ! SwsF 3 Go, Man. " n
asers OF the sPARTA ACADEMY hloIIkhf,o OF
s,eorv,a. al Augusta, in public, ~ foilowss -.
Class ~ will he drawn on SAfUabA y oec
Class 81 :. :. J. 9.th, ise es
70 BE DRAWN ygs gLsh or sIyghE rs EYMBsSSfk;
Eis;Ii1Y, FIVE PRIZES-o0,gN TICKETS.
Nearly One Pstze 20 ertrn Arr ytfkstS'
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