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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

WISDOM IN SELEcTIoN.-A great deal Of
skill and sound judgment may be exercised
by the farmer in selecting the crop suited
TO the sol-in selecting variety and seed
in choosing the right time to plow, plant,
and harvest. There is call, too, for wis.
dom in selecting Of the knowledge obtained
from books and papers that best suited to
our soil, climate. and circumstances. Un-
less a man has sound judgment in selecting
it would he better for him TO follow the ex-
ample of poor farmer we have heard of.
whose crops were always poor, while his
neighbours. on the next farm, were always
good. He resolved to do as his neighbor
did-plUwing. planting. cutivating at the
same time, and, as near as might be, in the
same masner. He did so, and had equally
goo1 crops.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

0JThe love of fun is not unknown
among the serious looking ChinOmen, who
are thickly collected in some parts of the
Australian colonies. A s.orekeePer wish
ing to advertise his articles in The Chinese
language engaged , celestial to paint him a
sign, Expecting of course it would be an en-.
ticing one. l, did not answer his expccta.
tions. however, for the only percer,ibla
effect it had OH the relations of the sun and
moon was to excite grin OF the broadss,
dimensions. Nv a considerable bribo he
obtaiued a translation in English OF the ad,
vertisement, and found it TO be as fol
lows: Don't buy any hing herc--s;ore'
keeper a rogue"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

WINTER EvExiSGs Winter evenings
s'cuid be occnpied in rsa ling nv those who
hive n business to employ them. Nine
:enths Of msnkin spend m re time in posi-
tive ID en- SIS thsr IL bus u,ss, recrea-
ti,n. or need al 'ep ss) than is necessary,
il smpl yed in judicious reading, to make
them very Intelligent members Of society.
But how many are there who do not even
read newspaper. They have not time or
they Cannot afford the expense-ys; they
rnn idle two or ;h-ee hours in dav, and
spend the price OF two or three newspapers
or a share in pubic library.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

who bear thunder as If it were but & hAnt
knocking al the door are not fit Judges oi
he acoustics of men to whom any small
sound upon the door sounds like thunder
|, Burns was a man who had this excessive
sensibiiity. His capacity for generating
sensibility was prodigious. His one nature
carried enough for twenty common men OF
mere force OF feeling. He never irickled
drop by drop, he gushed. He never ran a
slender thread o: silver water; he came
down boorning all abroad like one of his
own streams when a shower has broke and
burst upon the mountain. There was no
proportion between the cause and the ef-
feet. A mouse, flower, had him in their
rower. His heart was upon the daisy which
went under his ploughshare. !, AN parts of
his nature we're subject to his grand over-
flow. He suffered as though sfends posses
sed him, he enjoyed as though angels car
ried him In their bosom There he stands,
like mountain of his own land, often cap
ped with storns and sitener shresded with
mists, often laundering vita sound Of waters
which rolled down.. tearing up roads and
sweeping away bridges; but there also birds
brooded and sung, there also sweet flowers
found foot room. Now our problem lie, how
shall this very sensitive creature, with
heart which everybody could kindle, but no
body could put out, make his way up INTO
that life from poverty g. rude ness, into sue
cess! 1t is not the question how well
man can carry cup full of water without
spilling, but how well be can carry quart
cup brm full over a stormy, rough road at
night; it is not how a well compounded
machine can raise just enough iranght to
get along, but how an engine that makes
more steam than it can work-that trembles
as it runs with open furnace doors, that
sings at every seam and Kisses at every rivet
with an overcharge of steam-how shall it
get along! l: is not the question we pro-
pound to you to night--what is right, what
is duty all are agreed as to that; but what
shall this Robert Burns do with that nature,
compounded of such astonishing oppositps
of prufoundest melancholy and sociality
with pride as high ard stern as the most
lordly monareh on the throne, with the most
clear, and practical understanding that no
shams could deceive. with imagination so
strong that il gave another nature to every
thing, " ith conscience so tender that he
would sooner die, than speak falsehood,
but with such fancy that all things were
magni6ed and dstorted-his friends angels,
his enemies devils, homely faces handsome,
common natures divine, very good men
odious, better men wicked--with so keen a
relish for this life that he filed all his com-
paLions with merrimen,, and vet desDising
the world and walking above men as shadows
yearning for mmortali y. 1t was one of the
most remarkable histories the world ever
--. =5rss sc s...t .-.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

DEATH AT TKs CARD TA8LE.-Capt.
u, kinley, formerly th- editor Of Holmes
CoEniy (O) Fa'msr, and more recently q
,p'ain in the Mexican Wa. died suddenly
at Otsego, Wood county, Ohio, on the Sat-
urday beinre NV Years. He had con-
tcscted habits OF iniempetance in Mexico,
ani a, Oj>ego. having mot with eongenial
rie n1s, he sat down 10 play at cards with
tn, IN, and fell dead with tue cards in his
hanils
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

NARKIACE ny PROXY instances cf
marriage by pr1xr occurred q, De Vearx
College. near Nisgass Falls. o, the lat inst.
TIE lady was , residrn, a. 81. GATHERINGS.
Caaad., and was Sesrothed to gen,lemsn
who rV des in Mexico. ard hiss large land
ed pr, per,y there. Prevented BY the ,rorbl 9
in Mexico from Sisi ing the home OF the
lady to claim her as his BRIDE he sent the
lsdy's father power Of attorney 10 act 10
his stead in ccnsecra,ing the ms,rimosisl
VOWS, and the ceremony was accordingly
performed BY Rev. Dr.. Gregory. The IA y
viii shortly seek her husband in Mexico
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
Study to be Success sful

To be successful and happy costs some
thing. Assure yourself, that if vou yield to
effeminate suggestions you sink. Nobly
determine at the hazard Of some we5rness
and some smart, to pass contentedly through
trials and labors, till BY honesty and oerse-
verance you become merchant. Consider
how many a man now in Wall street came
to town with all his personal effects in one
bundle. Away with home-sickness and
queru'ous imbecility. Tear up those whin-
ing epistles in your private memorandum,
and write perseverance. Quash every dis
position to make changes except where they
tend to moral benefit. or knowledge of bust
ness. at is i'll transplanting tree which
thrives well in the soil" Let the cheerful
ness Of contentee mind evince itself in
Difference and in submission to those who
control your time, and in Uniform good
nature and courtesy and good will to your
companions in business. With snch nrinci.
piles anc resolutions, and with reliance or
Divine Providence. you may boldly hope.
Brace your nerves to meet every engage
ment, and, however poor, you will succeed.
Dismiss from your soul all belle in :he d.
vinity of modern pagans called Luck, and
stake nothing on sudden windfalls. ain
humsn nature" says Playfair, "there is no
struggle that appears more unequal, at first
sight, than that of man without connec-
rions or capital, sgainst the man who has
both; vet there ls no contest which so con-
stantIv terminates in favor OF him who ap-
pears to have the disadvantage."-J. w.
Alexander. D. D.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
SWEET OLD AGE.--God sometimes give

SWEET OLD AGE--God sometimes gives
to man guiltIess and holy second child.
hood, in which the soul becomes childlike,
not childish, and the faculties, in full fruit
and rpeness; are mellow, without sign OF
decay. This is that coughtful land of Beulah
where they who have travelled manfully the
Christi IN way abide awhile. to show the
world perfect manhood. Life, with its
battles and its sorrows. lies armor, and sits
in an evening undress OF calm and holy
leisure. Thrice blessed the family or neigh
borhood that numbers among it one of these
not yet ascended saints! Gentle are they
and tolerant, and apt to play with little
children, easy to be pleased with little
pleasure
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
....'D :. 81 o { t I .
tss sasqsss sooa (oRuoMA1.J = = -
Lines to Miss Ann Lawrence, Of
;. .,.s,ss MartinsviIle, Ohio. = a

Our thoughts often roam -a-ds
q, From our childhood's home, zIaf
And we picture happier, happier hours.
y But the thoughts thus nourished
May be blighted in the bud, 5zcE ...aF
For the present moment only is ours.
81 Our day-dreamss often fade,
Like sunbeam in the shade.- ~r
And leave us cold and comfortiess. -ra-3
-. We should our thought employ. = -
In what would please without alloy,
And whatsfterwards would cheer US and bless
The rough forms of life r. r-51s sTrii.1
5 With ms1ortunes may be rife, =
~ But they seem to lose their power on US wher
xIs<hssrazs<hssed hy one whose love "a.
Seems blessing from above 's-4i .isil-- ( !
la OH they pass ss BY unseathed, then. -.
Build no castles in the air, -r---s
Though your hopes are bright and fair,
They sag vanish slowly awayi fFI
+, Bur may you realize =
-l'he bright dream Iha most you prize :
-S4Eiay love, and hope attend yon Tor aye.
May angels rwine wreath Tor th-s,
On thy brow % fair and free
Set the seal Of purity and endless love. "a
81 Esermore may the God of Love beriend thee
With kin dest looks and words OF cheer,
: Sincerely your triend shall prove.
MARrINsvILLE, December, SO EAuLIE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
Douglas Covers Under the Lash.

The Chicago Times, the home organ o
Mr.. Douglas, says:
"Mr. Doug.as will not ask nomination
at the hands of the Charleston Convention
II, in that body, his friends should present
his name, and he be nominated, he will not
feel at liberty to decline it: if his friends
should not present his name, then The nomi.
nee of the Convention will receive his sup
port. The use Of his uame by any men or
body OF men, as candidate for the Presi-
dency, or any other office, independent of,
aud hostile to the nominations of the Demo-
tra.ic party, is altogether unauthorized by
Mr.. Douglas, will never receive his sane
ton, and is wholly repugnan. to his wishes
and desires. We ray this much with full
knowledge of its truth, and knowing that
we express in this particular his own sent-
ments."
The more he is kicked and cuffsd, the
more obsequious Mr. Douglas becomes to
his Southern masters. Fresh from the in
suit put upon him by his degradation from
the Craftsmanship of the Territorial Com
mittee, he protests, on bended knee, that he
seeks nothing and will accept nothing out
side of the pale of the Democratic party
1t is only in association with men who con-
trived and attempted to carry through the
Leconpton fraud. that he aspires to the
Presidency. The fraud he opposed, in view
of the mmediste tendency of the Senatori-
al election in Illinois, but he still. hugs the
perpetrators of the fraud to his bosom. Mr..
Douglas may do as he pleases, but he may
depend upon it that the country will not be
content with putting down Lecompton. but
viii insist on putting down the Lecompton-
ties If he chooses to go with them, he
must 60 down with ihem.-Rspublic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

The weather is now cool and delightful
and the crew and officers generally IA good
health. The whole country is coveredwith
an immense thick carpet of green, without
one fallen leaf or one faded flower, as though
spring and summer were united. But the
cholera has been in this city and swept
away about twelve hundred people in four
weeks. 1t mas now entirely disappeared.
In 1890 it broke out in Japan, and was very
fatal in Nagasaki.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
nrR;ches, state and supremacy can bro.

GTRiches, state and supremacy can pro-
cure Only customary respect, and make
Us the idols of an unthinking crowd, while
knowledge and learning will always recon-
menl Us to the love OF such as are in a su-
p,rior class who always e, TEEN the merit
of a mans understanding fer more than the
bare sound OF birth and fortune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

@Addison left on record th follow ing
important sentence. Two persons who
have chosen out of all the species, with the
design TO each others mutual com lortable
entertainment, have in that very action
bound themselves to be good humored
affsble, joyful, forgiving and patient, with
respect to each others frailties and imper.
fectons, TO the end OF their lives
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
GOING Daws.-A, recent Republican

GOING Dows!-A; recent Republican
supper in Saltwater, Minnesota, the follow
ing resolution was offered:
"Resored, That, julging from the recent
elections, the principles OF the Republican
patty are gong duwn-down East, down
w est, down North, down South, and down
the centre. down the hearts and conscien-
ces OF the American peo ,ler'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

PLEASANT AND WITrY-Sheridan said
beautifully-'Wonen govern Us; let Us rem.
der them perfect: the more they are en-
lightened, so uch ore shall we be. Ga
the cultivation OF tier minds depends the
sdom OF men,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

A MONTH OF lLLusIRIoUs MEMORIES.
Monday was the anniversary of the birth.
day of BENJAMIN Franklin-the Statesman,
Philosopher and Printer; Tuesday (lsln)
that of Daniel Webster; Friday (2lst,) that
of Lord Byron; and a4ih, that Of Robert
Burns
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

@Bewarc ofal The malignant passions.
They are great fees to grace. Envy is devil
ish. Hatred is murderoas. Wrath is cruel.
Even pee, isiness destroys eqBsnimity. and
makes connected thought impossible. Gods
9 int is dove, not Il bird III prey. lie
fli.s from noise and strife. He who ruleth
MT his own spirit VIII bs ruled BY an evil
snrit
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

BEECHER ON BURss.-A Lady, when told
that Mr Beecher was sb, ut to deliver :
lecture on Burns, suggested the equal ne
ceSsity Of lecture on scads. Mr.. Beech
er is &c constantly in lot water that he
ought TO be pre-eminer,ly qualified to hanc;e
such theme.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

GYM. Phillip Jesse, aged one hun
cred and twenty years, died in New Garden
Russell County, Va, Oh Dece nber fiat A
short time be fore his death he was able to
attend to his own household affairs, and oas
dIy while in his one hundreirh veal. he sus
and split one hundred rails.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

GSrA farmer who had mar'ied rich wife
aeer promising to marry another OF n'sanAr
circumstances. endssvored to psllisto bis
conduct to Clergyman who told him i, was
so wrong that he didn't know OF anything
like it. "lfyou do not, ] do" says Hodge:
ri, 10 like your leaving poor parish for
rich one"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

gHerry VIII, after the death of Jane
Seymour, had some difficulty to get another
wife. His frat Offer was to the Duchess of
Milan; but her answer was, She had but
one lead: if she had two. one should have
been at his service
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

ETae Tsw York Times thinks the
Mount Vernon zeal ;s very well in its way.
and commendable wien it l. natural and
spontaneous; but it is in serious danger Of
becoming a bore. F-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

eTSsys an astronomer to bright eyed
girl, when talking of rainbows, "Did you
ever sec lunar bow. Miss!"
"I have seen beaux by moonlight, if that's
what you mean." was the rejoinder.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

EOur principles are the springs of our
actions-our actions the springs o: our hap
piness and misery. Too mueh carr. there
fore, cannot be employed in forming our
principles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

@In private ve must atch our thoughts.
In the family our tempers, in company our
tongues.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

EEx-Gov. Matthews OF Miss, in a late
speech at Corinth, proposed harm onizing
the Democratic party by the re-nsmination
of Frank Pierce.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
[WIIOLE no. 1867

TIf you wish that your own merit
should be recognized, recogn zs the merit
ofoihers. lss
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

GTDo you think raw clans is healthy.
Bobp
F,'fes, do
'Sorae FOLKS say they isn't
q don't care what some folks say; but |
never knew raw clam TO complain of being
cut Of heaui'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03
e-Theodors Parker, il i, said, will nsys

u Iheouors Parker, II IS SAID, VIII never
permanently recover his health, a. he in
heris a family predispo iIion to consump-
,ion. He is to cease pubic labors Cor a
wear or more. lie viii! irst visit the West
Indies and spend the winter; AMI in the
spr ng V sit Europe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-02-03

GFIt betokens as great soul to be
capable of curing fault, as TO be incapsbls
of committing it. ..... sa--L TO-
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-02-11
FUN ITEMS.

The lady who knit her brows has commenced
pair OF socks. A better occupation-sarten.
A coQuETTr is said to be un imperfect incarna.
ton OF Cupid, as she keeps her beau, and not her
arrows, in culver.
TIE bridegroom and bride give each other their
hands at the altar, as prize.fghters shake hands
before they begin the tight.
A WITNESS was asked if the defendant "siood
on The defensive ~ No, he stood on n bench,
and tit like the devil !"
MASTER at home 2" "No, sir, he's out"
" Mistress at home :" "No, sir, she g out"
"Then I'll step in and sit by the fire." That's
out too.n
Jor JiHEs was fishing, and Sal squres was sit.
ting on log beside him. Sally" quo.h lie, +"
wish was a fish, and you was q bait-golly !!
wouldn't bite"
WHAT has been your business Z" said Judge
to q prisoner at The bar. why, your honor, !
used to be dentist-now am pugist then
| put teeth in-now knock 'em out"
"IsAY, Sambc. does you know Dc key to de
prosperity ob de soui Z" Key to de prosperity
ob de souf big words Juno! Guess you ab been
eann massa's dicksbunary. Golly, amt lnrned
'nuff to answer dot" Well, chile It's the OAR.
KEY"
An eminent lawyer wen, into the shop OF q
clothier, in Boston, who was in partnership with
his brother in-law, and inquired for some waist
| coats. A number ol elegant patterns were thrown
on the counter. The lawyer pleasantly observed
he should like to take one OF them if he would take
his pay in TAR. You may take one il you please,
replied the clothior, and pay my brother in iGw.'
a coLoRED divine, in speaking of reformed in.
fidel, wound up his description thus =" Dc last
word da: dis dyin' man was haired TO say de
last word he was known 10 speak de last word
he was noticed 10 utter de last word he eber pro.
nounced de last syllable he ever breuyed; de last
idea he eber calculated; yes my bredren, de berry
| last word ho cher was known TO brelv forth
! sound or articulOte, ,was-G-L-o.H-o-R.Y )"
LAwYER-Did the defendant knock the witness
down with mailer preDeNSe1 Witness = No, sir
he knocked him down with fqtiron. L.-Yol
misunderstood me, my tri,nd; waIs to know
whether he attacked him with any ,uu iHteH
W.-Oh no, sir; it was outside The tent. L.
No, no; | wish you to tell me whether the nttsc
was at all preconcerted affair z W.-No, sir
it was not free concert afair, it was at circus
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-02-11
The Truth in Love,

Many people, both old and young, do
right things; things which ought tsebo done
in a wrong, or in "A wrong spirit. Fur in.
stance, it is our duty 10 reprove sin, to obey
our parents, aud TO be charitable 10 the
poor but all thoso things may DO done in d
very improper manner, and from motives
which are not pleasing or commendablo III
the sight of God.
Take lew examples. was once seated
in an omnibus in Manchester, whom Two
youths were carrying Gn very tiippaut con-
versation, in which they took their Makor 5
name in vain. A young person, who sat
opposite them, took upon him to reprove
them for their rudeuess and protaneness,
which of course was perfectly right But
the reproof was given in 30 harsh and un-
gracious manner, aud with so little of the
Christian tenderness which "hates the sin
but still the sinner loVes," that iG only pro.
yokod further controversy, aud led to u
painful and unseemly exhibition of temper
on both sides. Now that was doing good
thing in wrong spirit.
Again mother asked her son, little
boy of about nlne years of age, to allow his
Iittlo sister, who was only three, to Sill
whore he had seIfishly placed himself at the
seemed unwilling 10 obey; till, finding he
would be required to comply, he at length
slowly and sulIonly sought another place.
But ibe act of obedience was performed
with so bad grace, and with 80 much re-
Iuctsnce, that the right thing was done in a
very wrong way. 49,, =.
In anotnor case, a little boy said to his
mothor, Mother l gavea penny to poor
beggar this morning; was not good boy !;
" What motive had you IN view said the
iudiclous motEer, Did you give It because
Won thought him poor, or because you
Thought | should cal you good boy -
" Because thought you would call mo
good boy. .,
That, also, was doing right thing from a
wrong motive.
You sec from all those instances how i'm
portant it ia to pay attention to our manner
our spirit, and our mOdSesr-~EarIy Day''
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-02-11
THE REWARD,
ny JoHN o. wHITTIEa


Who, looking backward from his monhoods prime,
Sees not the spectre Of his misspcnt time;
Aud through the shade
or funeral cypress, planted thick behind,
Hears no reprouchful whisper on the wind
From tho loved dsadi
Who bears no trncO Of Pussion'sevl force
Who shuns thy sting, o terrible Remorsei
Who would not cast
Half Of his future from him, but to win
Wakeless oblivion for the wrong and sin
OF the sealed Pest
Alas the evil which we fnin would shun,
We do, nnj leave the wished for good uhdonei
Our strength to-day
Is but to.morrows weakness, prone to fail;
Poor, blind, Improbable servants all,
Are wo alwny.
Yet who, thus looking bnckward DER his years,
Feels not his eyes wet with grateful tears,
II he hath been
Permitted, weak and sinful as he was,
To cheer and mid, in some ennoblng cause,
His fellow mon!
II he hath hidden tho ouicnst, OF ictin
A ray of sunshine to the call ofsin;
II he hath leut
Strength TO the weak, and, in the hour OF need,
/ Over the suffering, mindless OF his creed
Or hue, hath bent,
! He hath not lived in vain and while he gives
The praise to Him in whom he moves and lives
With thankful heart,
He gazes backward, and with hope before,
Knowing that from his works he never more
Can honceforth part.