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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
HOME AFFECTIONS.

The heart has affections that never die. The
rough rubs of the world cannot 'obliterate them.
They are the memories of home--early home.
There is magic in them There is the old tree
under which the light hearted boy swung many
q day yonder is the river in which he learned
to swim; there is the house in which he knew
parents protection-nay, there is the room
in which he romped with brother and sister,
long since alas laid in the yard in which he
soon must be gathered, overshadowed by yen
old church, whittier with joyous troop like
himself, he had often followed his parents to
worship with, and hear the good old man who
ministered at the altar. Why, even the very
s:hoolhouse. associated in youthful DAYS with
thoughts of tasks, now comes to bring pleasant
remembrances of many occasions that call forth
some generous exhibitions of noble traits of
human nature. There is where he learned to
feel some of his flst emotions. There, per-
schance he first met the being who, by her love
and tenderness in life, had made a home for
himself happier than that which his childhood
had known. There certain feelings of hui
manity--and these too, among the best, that
can find no appropriate place for their exercise
only at ones fireside. There is privacy
there which it were species of dissertation to
violate He who seeks wantonly to violate il
is neither more nor less than villain and
hence there exists no surer test of the debase
ment of morals in community than the dis
position to tolerate in any mode the man who
invades the sanctity of private life. In tht
turmoil of the world, let there be at least one
spot where the poor man may find affection anc
confidence.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Important

To TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE BOARDS OF EDCCATIoN,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, TOWN COUNCILS, DI-
RECToRs OF CORPORATIONS SCHOOL DIREC-
TORS, ARBITRAToRs, &C.
We learn from the Bellefountan (Ohio) Re
publican of the 18th inst, that in case tried
at the present term of the Court Of Common
Pleas, of Logan County, (Judge Lawrence
pres;dng) the following points were decided,
viz
l. Where a IA ibunal or board composed OF
three or more persons, is empowered by stat
ute to do any public act, it is necessary upon
general common law principles that all should
be present, and then the act of the majority is
the act of all.
H. Under the statute which declares that a
majority of the the three township trustees au-
thorized by law, shall be quorum to do bust
ness at all meetings of the trustees a majority
NAV act as well at special as at regular session
III. But in order to render the acts of twt
/ trustees valid at a special meeting, all must
have personal notice of it. The law fixes the
time and place of regular meetings and notict
| is, therefore, not necessary at such meetings as
to business authorized at them.
". Neither two nor all of the township
tru, tees acting separately, can by this concur
ring in an act, do anything officially valid
They can only act officially at meeting, boil
upon common law principle and by force o
the statute.
V. In an action on a Justices bond, a pc
tition which AYERS that two of the township
trustees as such approved it, without averini
that it was done at meeting ef the trust
ees. is insufficient.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
xovE OF cCUNTRx.

There is love of country which comes un-
called for one knows not how. 1t comes in
with the very air. the eye, the ear, the instincts
the first taste of mothers milk, the first beat
ing of the heart The faces of brothers and
SISTERS, aid the loved father and mother, the
laugh of playmates, the old willow tree, and
we'll, and schoolhouse, the bees at work in the
spring, the note of the robin at evening. the
lullaby, the coming hs me, the singing
book, the catechisn, the visits of neighbois.
the general training all things which make
childhood happy, begin it and then as the age
of the passions and the age Of reason draws on.
and love and the sense of home and security
and of property under law to life, and
as the story goes round and as the book or the
newspaper relates the less favored lots Of Other
lands, and the public and the private sense of a
man is forming and formed, there is a type q
p patriotism already. Thus they had imbibed il
who stood that charge at Concord, and they
who hung deadly the retreat, and they who
threw up the imperfect redoubt ON Bunker Hill
by night, set on it the blood-red provincial flag
and passed so calmly with Prescott and Put
nam and Warren through the experiences o
the first fire.-RUFUs CuoATE
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
THE BRIGHT SIDE.

Look on the bright side 1t is the right side
The times may be hard, but it will make them
no easier to wear a gloomy and sad countenance,
it is the sunshine, and not the cloud, that makes
the flower. There is always that before or
around us which should cheer and fill the hear
with warmth fhe sky is blue ten times where
1T is black once You have troubles, it may be.
So have others None are free from them
Perhaps it is we'll that none should be. They
give sinew and tone to life--fortitude and cour-
age to man That would he dull sea, and the
sailor would never get skill, where there was
nothing to disturb the surface of the ocean. 1t
is the duty of every one to extract all the hap
piness and enjoyment he can, without,
and within him and above all he should
look upon the bright side of things. What
though things DO look little dark The lane
will turn and the night will turn into broad
d ". In the long run, the great balance rights
itself What is i'll, becomes wcil--what is
wrong right Men are not made to hang down
= either heads or lips, and those who do, only
show that they are leR;trtit.g from the paths q
true common sense and right. There is more
virtue in one sunbeam than q whole hemisphere
of clouds and gIocm. Therefore, repeat
look on the bright side Of things. Cultivate
what is warm and genial--not the cold and re
puIsiye the dark and morose.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Got " Cry it On!

The aggregate vote of the Plrsid mt a e'ec
ton of 1896 was l,5G3,O23; in l940 lI0,-
985; in 1914, 1910; in 1888, SS6,030
in 1851. 3,054,l63; and in 1856, 4,022 ,059.-
In 1860 there wi probably b. over five mil
lions Of votes cas-: 'or electors Of President
OF the United States. Vastly more than a
majority viii come from the Freemcn of the
Ncrf, and be legally depot ed for the man OF
their choice IT, pertincntly remarks lotcm.
porary, a majority of the legal voters of this
Union prefer Republican President to q
Sham Democrat, why in the name of common
fairness should not their predccti ms be graft
fed? And yet the whole South is rife with
threats of dissolution of this Union, just as
soon majority OF our people dare to elect
Republican President So long as the
South can rule by threats or fraud, or political
craft, all is very well but the moment the
North, where majority live, take the Govern
ment into their own hands, that moment tht
South tells us the Union will be dissolved -
Let us try it on.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
DON'T BE HASTY.

l. Because you will he likely to treat quite
lightly two very good friends Of yours, Reason
and Conscience, who will not havc a chance to
speak.
2. Because you will have to travel over the
same grountl in company with one Sober Sec
oad Thought, who will be more likely to have
with him whip of scorpions than bunch OF
flowers.
3. Because the words or actions involved in
it are more likely than otherwise to be miSun-
derstood, and therefore to be severely Judged
4. Because this is one way 10 please and
give great advantage to great enemy ol
yours, one powerful enough to be called The
q" Prince Of the Word" and who has caught
more people than can be counted in this very
trap.
5 Because in 50 doing you arc likely TO bt
a fellow Traveller in such company as follows
= He that is hasty with his feet snneth." IIl
that is hasty of spirit exa!teth folly Sees,
thou man hasty in words? there is more hope
of fool than of HIM" 1.-The thoughts of cv
cry one that is hasty tend only to want
] 6- Because such Il fire may be kinded thai
it cannot be put ont by all the wafer wholt
engine company can throw, with Secont
j Thought for their captain.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
wamAN,s MARRIAGE.

To marry man, while loving and loved
by another is about the most grevious fault
that woman can commit. 1t is sin against
delicacy, against kindness, and against truth
1t involves giving that to legal right. which is
guilty and shameful when given to anything
but reciprocal affection. 1t involves double
treachery and cruelty. 1t involves wounding
the spirit, whitening the heart, and perhaps
blighting and soiling the soul, of one who is
abandoned and betrayed. 1t involves the
speedy disenchantment of the one who is mock
ed by the shadow where he was promised the
substance, and who grasps only the phantom,
soulless beauty, and the husk, the shell, the
skeleton of dead affection. 1t entails cease
less deception, at home and abroad, by day and
by night, at the downsitting and uprising de-
ception in every relation-deception in the
tenderest and most endearing moments of oul
existence. 1t makes the whole of a life weary
degrading, unrewarded life. A right minded
woman could scarcely lay a deeper sin upon he
SOUL one more certain to bring down fearful
expiation.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
LIVE FOR aoop.

Thousands of men breathe, move and live
pass off the stage of life and are heard, OF no
more. Why? They did not particle of good
in the world; and none were blessed by them,
none could point to them as instruments ol
THAR redemption not a word they spoke could
be recalled, and so they perished, their light
went out in darkness. and they were not re
membered more than the insects OF yesterday
Will you thus live and die, o! man immortal
Live for something Do good. and leave be
hind you a monument of virtue that time can
never destroy. Write your name in kindness
love and mer cy on the hearts of the thousand
you come in contact with year by year, and yor
will never be forgotten. No your name, your
deeds, will be as legible on the hearts you leave
behind, as the stars on the brow of an evening
Good deeds will shine as brightly on the eartl
as the stars of heaven.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
NEWSPAPER "PUFFS. ,.

The local" of one Of our country ex-
changes gives the following schedule of tolls
for the benefit of those who need and seek af
ter "puffs
For modest puff ju!eps.
A tolerably good one, box scgars.
\ good one, pair boots.
A very good one, vest and shirts.
A splendid " one, cloth coat
A perfect sockdolager, l whole suit.
The above tariff may perhaps suffice for
country editors who, if unmarried, lie abed till
their shirt is washed, Or if married, cultivate
their own little acre and live on its products
but for the editor of first-class daily city pa
per, the tolls " are about as follows:
For a modest puff-A gold watch and
chain.
For tolcrably good one-A fast horse.
For good one--A pair Of horses and a
carriage.
For very good one-A house and lot.
For splendid one-A Consulship.
For perfect sockdolager--A Minister
Plentipotentiaryship to ST. James or th'
Hague.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Rural aud domestic.
BRrEr NOTES OF rzzNcs.

As brief hints of useful things are often
more us .ful to common readers than long
descriptions OF the same things, the following
may not conc amiss
DRIVING NAn.-It is said that if the
point OF nail be dipped in oil, such nail may
afterwards b" easily driven into the harle.t
oak wood without either breaking or bending.
A nd now, brother farmer, try it, for it may be
| of great advantage to you when meAding yeur
cd aid hard wood p!ows. carts, Ser and per-
/ haps coHnnoe grease will do ncarly rs well as
oil.
DRvISd AWAY RArs.-DissoIvc copperag In
then sprinkle over the places usually infested
by rats They will seamper off IN double
quick tina' Aud cease troubling you. So
lady Of Geefgih. who ha i'd it, says.
CHEAP DRAB PAINT.-A very cEeap, drab-
colorvd laint may be made 10y merely mixing
lime and skinned milk until it has acquired
the proper c''nsistence FIR application with IA
brush. And it will not only look but adhere
vel to weed, whether sm 9th or rough, and
also to brick ston2. or M F:er, aud be as dura-
ble RS the best oil paint.
PUMPKINS 4MoNe CoRN-Somc tel us that
raising pumpkins auong growing corn is MA
injurious pruct &C, as the pumpkin vines not
oaly draw the strength of the sod away from
the corRs bnt, by shading the ground too muck
cansc the com TO t:rn yellow and grow apand
produce small and fewer ears Of corn than it
otherwis would. But other tell us, with equal
coHGd nee tlat their experience has proved
exact Y the revcrs. 10 be the case, as their
pumpkin-growing corn crop has always yield
ed them as much, and a. times even more good
torn per acr., than that portion of their
ground that had nothing but corn on it.
Willie they have often had very large and
ha dsonre crop Of pumpkins besides--so that
the pumpkins SO raised were clear gain.
DRrvrxG AWAY RED ANrs-An ehectuaI
way Of getting I'd Of yod ants, those trouble
Some little pets. CONSISTS in simply getting some
OF the larg2 black Ants from an old decayed
stump and setting them loose among red ants.
and they will SION eat up or drive away the
red ones and then leave the premises them
selves Of their Own consent-or, If necessary,
may cus:ly be destsofed and removed. So
Western farmer seys
DRIvGSG AWAY STRIpED VINE BcGs.-Sow
g ,od sprinkliag of rir-slacked lime over po-
tato pulnphin and other vines as soon as the
strilel, bugs b gin to appear OH them. will
make them part for rarts unknown, and this
without injrring the vines.
ProTGcT1Sg GRAPE VINES RosE BGsHEs,
&c. FROM FE2EzING.-Wrpp;ng covering
or ba' tla9e Of straw neatly ard compaefy
around the stem and branches OF your young
and tender grape vines, rose bushes &C., 50 az
to cover the whole If il from the surface 0f
ground upwards, will rs ex pericnce has shown.
keep your vine or bash from being destroyed
or injured by frost or excessive cod, and SO
aid it to throw ont healthy leaves and grow
NOR. vigorously the ensuing summer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE.

We clip the following paragraph from the
Parkersburg Gazette. 1t is as applicable to
other lattudts as to Parkcrsburg, and we
would suggest that our subscribers, who are
troubled with borrowing neighbors, will read
it in their hearing:
WHAT WE LIKE TO sEE.-We like 10 see
man refuse to take his local paper and ali the
time sponge upon his nt ighbors for the read
ing Of his. We like to hear man complain
when you ask him to subscribe for his home
paper, that he takes more yapers than Ike can
read now, and then 90 around and borrow his
ncighbor's home paper to read, or loaf upon
him until he has gathered all the news out of
it. We like to hear a man run down his home
paper as not worth taking, and every now and
then go or send to the editor for some favors
in the editorial line. We like to see a M
chanic or merchant refuse to advertise in his
home paper and then strive to get Il share of
the trade the paper brings to the pace by adj
vancing its interests as good newspapers a.
ways de. But, above all things we like to see
/ one of your rich, miserly men. who can't pay
two dollars for newspaper, but can always
manage to be about in time to read the paper
at the expense of a friend. not worth the tenth
part of what he is 1t looks so economical
and thrifty.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Father Searle and the Wasps.

Mr. Webster had an anecdoto of old Father
Searl, the minister Of his boyhood, which has
never been in print, and which is too good to
be lost 1t was customary then to wear buck
skin breeches in cool weather. One Sunday
morning in the autumn Father Searle brought
his down from the garrct; but the wasps had
taken possession during the summer, and were
having nice time of it in them. By dint OF
effort, he got out the intrudcrs and dressed for
meeting, But while reading the Scriptures to
the congregation, he felt dagger from one OF
the enraged small WASTED fellows, and jumped
around the pulpit, slapping his thighs. But
The more he slapped and danced the more they
stung. The people thought him crazy, and
were in commotion as to what TO do; but he
explained the matter, exclaiming g. Brethren,
don't be alarmed the 1rord Of tie Lord IS l''
my mouth bit the Derl is m my bresches -
Webster always told this with great giee tc
the ministers.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
KISSING ON THE SLY

Wy i ~ - u q"
His manly whiskeFs swept her check,
She uttered no reply;
How could she part her lips to speak,
While kissing on the sly
There's such 4 sum Of Slnacsing bl4ss,
That CroesUs could not buy,
The honied worth OF enc sweet kiss
That's taken on the sly
Oh this kissing on the sly
This kissing on the sly
This woo:ng, winning style of shining,
Kissing on the sly.
The maiden meek one kiss received
pernurely winked her eye,
And with the air of one bereaved,
She heHTed a hearty sigh
Again that wayward whisker pressed
Her check, she breathed-Oh my
How grateful TO the burthened breast
This kissing on the sly |
Oh this kissing on the sly
This kissing on the sly
Downright delicious, e'en malicious,
Kissing on the SLY.
Though rigid rule declare the deed
To be crime So gh,
y lover dare deny the deed
OF Ssing ON the sly ;
Though Pa ) and Ma : beTatc and prate
Till Dulceneas cry,
The custom don't Il bit abate,
OF kissing on the sly.
Oh this kissing on the sly
This kissing on the sly
Intensely thrilIing-troGbic killing,
Kissing on the sly.
While ing thus il single life,
What happier lark than /,
When, opportunely without strife,
a glo-inus chance tcscry
To seize the dainty treasure which
No royalties pUtVic
Than me no nabCb half as rich,
Thus kissing on the sly.
Oh this kissing on the sly
Aye. kissing on the sly
This lrebly tempting, care exempting
Kissing on the sly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
The Sons OF Erin.

Many hard stories are told at the expense o!
the brave sons of '.ow!d Ireland But the fol-
lowing timely repartec we consider all eAcep-
ton:
"A tavern keeper in Newark, when giving
New Years presents to his "heip," told one OF
his partrrs-a smart Irishman-that he was
about the best man about the house, and there
fore he should give him the most costly present
Sure said Patrick, rubbing his hands with
delight Il always name to do my duty 81
believe you" replied his employer, "and there
fore shall make you present of all you have
stolen from me during the year, Thanh
your honor" replied Pat, land may your friend
and acquaintance trate You as hbcraliy."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
A Gentle Hint.

Rev. Jonathan French, of South Andover
YVES to be supplied with wood by his parishion-
ers, according to the terms of his settlement
Winter was coming on, but no wood had been
furnished. Mr.. French waited until the Gov
crnor's proclamation for thanksgiving came
when, after reading it to his people, he said
with great apparent simplicity, " My brethren
you perceive that his excellency has appointed
next Thursday a day of Thanksgiving, and
according to custom, it is my intention to pre-
pare two discourses for that occasion-prori
ded I can writc them pithout fire. The hin
took and on the next day all his winters WOOD
was in his wood yard.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
sr6uT trI WHEAT.

An experiment is re'atcd by New York
farmer, where three plots of ground exactly
alike where sown with wheat to test the cansts
of smut. The fist ws.s sown with smut wheat
and lot eourss) id not grow. The seconed
was so@n with bruised wheat, broken in thresh.
ing which some think the cause Of smut A
few kernels grew, but produced no smut
The thirl plot was sowed with good wheat
roilcl in s'nlt until tl- kernels were en-
TREY back With it. The product was oEc
half smut wheat.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Shaving.

Shaving.
" Can you take off my baird hcre?" said a
tail, slab-sidcd Yankee to an Albany barber
feeling, at the same time his chin, with noise
lige a graft, :" it's light baird what dyer
tax-three cents for light baird, aint it p
Yes"
wall, go ahed then
While the barber was rasping three cents
worth from his chin, his sitter saw an assistant
putting colonge upon a customers hair
through quill in the cork of a bottle.
g Look a here squire" said the Yanke'
" can't yer squirt some o that pepper sarss OIL
to my head tew? Say, can't You throw a lttl
| O that in for the three cents?"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Peter HIS own Judge


The following amt sing incident, commnnica-
ted by a friend in Rox bury Mass, occurred in
school in that city.
A lad, whom we will call Peter, for the sake
Of a name, playing truant from school, and
wishing an excuse the next day, altered over
an cd note (which had been used for the sa ms
purpose on folmer occason) by expunging
the old dale and substituting the present. Th1
master immediately detected the trick, and III
the presence of the school impressed upon him
the dangerous character Of such frauds. H:
then told Peter that he would leave Him IN the
aisle for half an hour to reflect upon this, and
be his own judge as to the punishment due tEtt
off.nce. The half hour having elapsed ,e w!s5ss
school was called to the ':thFI position til
attitude of attcntion-anI the teacher sal!
Now, sir, you yourself are the judge in this
case what is yorr dec;sion?' Peter hesitated
little, ther hanging his head, pronounced III a
whining voice. the following impartial verdict
why, as it's the first time. think you'd bet
/ ter let the poor fellow go!'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Popping the Question,

Popping the Question
Oue evening as | was sitting by Hetty. ant:
had worked myself up to the sticking pint, sez
I-"Hatty, ifa leliar should ask you to MARI!
him, what wud you say? q Then she laughed
and scz size. That would depend on wto ask
ell me-" Then sez /, Suppose it was Neo'
Willis ?" Sez she, I'D tell Ned Willis, but
not YOU That kinder staggered me. Bat
was too cute to lose the opportunity, anl 81
sez again, Suppose it me?'' and thel
you ought to have seen her pout up her lips
and sez she, 81 don't take no supposes' Wei
now, you see there Was nothing for me to dc
but touch the gun off. So bang it went. SIl
l. "Hetty, its me. Won't you say yes p
And then there was such hullaba!oo in my
head. don't exactly know what took place
but l thought l heard Il ''yes" whispered some
where in the skirnlsh.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27

4 portion Of the extensive slave mart of For
rest, Jones & Co, at Memphis, Tenn, brick
building erected during the Inst summer, fell a
few days since, owing to the foundation giving
way from the constant wet weather. Six ne
groes, who were there for SALE were burried in
the ruins, two of whom were taken out dead,
the other four II was feared were fatally injured.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27
Preparing for u Storm.

A few nights ago Mr.. Bodkin, on going
home late, borrowed an umbrella, and when
his wife's tongue was loosencd, he sat up in
bed and suddenly spread it out.
What nre you going to do with that thng?'
said she. Why my dear, expected q heavy
storm tonight, and so came prepared Very
considerate, eh p
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-01-27

A generous, brave, noble deed, perform
ed by an adversary, commands our approba
ton; while in its consequences it may be ack
nowlcdged prejudicial to. our particular inter
est-Hume.