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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-29

GENEHAL REMARKS.
This Fair was admirably managed The
Board were competent, experienced and pub
lie spirited gentlemen who attempted TO meet
public expectation. None will deny that they
we're successful The exhibition was the best
ever held in Ohio--and the best in the live
stock department ever held in this country
Il is gratifying 10 know also, that it was pecu-
niarily successful. Here il may be appropri
ately remarked that the Daytonians deserve
great credit for their public spirit, in promo
ting the interest and success of the exhibition.
Visitors who soiourned there during the Fair
were Hospitality entertained, and none were
permitted TO he uncomfortable Notwithstand-
ing the crowd, oil had enough TO eat and
agreeable lodgings. (Whon | speak of eating
/ except the abominable fodder provided by
the keeper of the Fair Ground Dinning Sa-
l1on.) Guests of the Phillips House Jared
we'll They were crowded. of course and
ept little thick, but nobody suffered, The
tables and furniture were clean, the food
abundant, and well eooked-a fact which never
before could be truthlully said Of a hotel out
side Of big city during Fair time. Mine
hosts, Hubble, have made good reputation for
the Phillips House But for the nodesiy of
my friend Lewis G., Esq, room No so
Phillips House ] should take the liberty of
reminding him Of the good Samaritan,
Much credit is due TO the Corresponding
Secretary of the Board, John IL. Klipart, Esq,
for his admirable management of his depart
ment But nothing can be said to add TO his
reputation for urbanity and executive ability.
II is Just to say however, that his selection of
clerks was admirable. They were gentlemen
qualified for their positions and the fact was
z nerally remarked The ticket office under
/ 70 direction of Hon. G. w, Potwin, Treasur-
er, is embraced ia the same category The
Grand Marshal, Col f. A King, discharged
his responsible duties faithfully and efficiently,
"Sinning golden opinions from all sorts of
men" Gen. Gregg, Chief of Police, also
proved yigiant and efficient officer.
The clerical force Of the Seoretarys depart
ment to whom the press is under especial OBJ
legations, consisted of Messrs Jas. Williams,
j. H. Wheeler, r. H. Geary, and c, S. Matsoa,
Columbus NJ L. Holbrook, Cleveland; II. s
Babbitt, Newark, and W. p. Stowell, Sidney
Measrs Kaufman and Abbott wero ip the
Treaanrera department
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-29

DOR sALE-Two acres of land with store house
y and dwelling house on IT, situated IN West Sonora
Preble county, Ohio, 20 miles west Of Dayton, on the
Dayton and Western Railroad. The storehouse IL o
brick 40 BY 30 feet two stories high, situated iinmedi
ately on the railroad The dwelling is near the store
frame cottage, containing FIVE rooms and porch.
VIII sell said property very low and easy payments
Inquire on the premises or Of
jan2l ID. NJ. CURTIS DAYTON
T AND WARRANTS bought and sold
IL apl D. BECKEL.
IL Or SALE-A HOUSE AND LOT, on Main ST
l. Ia squares from the Court House, and known rs
theTemperanoe House. The house Is well calculated
for hotel or boarding house. Lot 49, 'front.' I49 feet
deep. For particulars inquire Of
jy10 HENRY KIssINGRR.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-29
FOR SAITH

FNHE subscriber has two light draught Mares for sale
l. at bargain Either will make a good Family Horse
for Buggy or Saddle. Apply at 20 and Is Jefferson st
sepl4 ]. II. GILBERTk 90.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

SERVING AND PRAIsING GoD-Not a cloud
which fleets across the sky, not clod of earth
which crumbles under the frost, not blade
of grass which breaks through the snow in
spring, not dead leaf which falls to the earth
in aumtun, but is doing Gods work, and show
ing forth Gods glory Not tiny insect, too
small to be seen by the human eye without
the aid of the microscope, but it is as fearful
ly and wonderfully made as you and |, and it
has its proper food; habitation, work, appoint
ed for it, and not in vain Eothing is idle,
nothing is wasted, nothing goes wrong, in this
wondrous world of God. The very scum upon
the standpool, which seems mere dirt and dust,
is all alive aud peopled by millions of crea-
lures, each full of beauty, full of use, obeyng
laws Of God too deep for US to dc aught but
dimly guess at them and as men see deeper
and deeper into the wonders of Gods creation
they find in the commonest things about them
wonder and glory, such as eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, nor hath 1t entered into the
heart Of man to conceive and can only say
with the Psalmist, "Oh Lord, thy ways are
infinite, thy thoughts are very deep !" and
confess that the grass beneath their feet aud
the clouds above their heads-ay, every worm
beneath the sod and bird upon the bough do
in very deed and truth bless the Lord who
made them, praise him, and magnify him forev-
ever not in words, but with works and say
to him all day long, Go thou and do like
wise
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

LINCOLN AMONG THE CH1LDRES.-Probably
no attribute of our candidate will, after ali.
endear him SO much to the popular heart as
the conviction that he Is emphatically lone of
the people" His manhood has not been com
pressed into the artificial track of society
but his great heart and vigorous intellect have
been allowed q generous development amid his
solitary struggles in the forest and the prairie
With vision unobscured by the mists of sophis-
try, he distinguishes at the first glance be-
tween what is true end whet is false, and with
will aud courage fortified by bis life of hard
ship, be is not the man to shirk any response.
bility, or to shrink from any opposition More
over. he is peculiarly one to win our confidence
and affection To know honest Abe IS to
love him and bis neighbors In the West, al.
though voting for him to man, will mourn
the victory which is to deprive them of bis
presence. The following incident will exhibit
Lincoln in one of those nobtrusive acts of
goodness which adorn his life The circnm-
stance vas related by teacher from the Five
Points House of Industry in this city. "Our
Sunday School in the Five Points was as
sembled, one Sabbath morning, few months
since when I noticed tall and remarkable
looking man enter the room and take seat
among US. He listened with fixed attention
to our exercises, and his countenance manifest
ed such genuine interest, that | approached
him and suggested that he might be willing to
say something to the children. He accepted
the invitation with evident pleasure, and COM
ing forward began a simple address. which at
once fascinated every little hearer, and hush
ed the room into silence His language was
strikingly beautiful, aud his tones musical with
intensest feeling. The little faces around
would droop into sad conviction as he uttered
sentences Of warning and would brighten into
sunshine as he spoke cheerful words of prom
Use. Once or twice he attempted to close his
remarks, bnt the imperative shout of 60 on.'
Oh, do 60 on I" would compel him to resume.
As looked upon the gauBt and snewy frame
of the stranger, and marked his powerful head
and determined features, now touched into
softness by the impressions of the moment, /
felt an irrepressble curiosity to learn some
thing more about him, and when be was quiet.
ly leaving the room, begged to know his
name. lie couFteously replied, " 1t is Abram
Lincoln from Illinois p"
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3HIstdlantous.
From the Baltimore Exchanged ]
The Cattle Disease.

There are few occurrences which are more
calculated to excite grave alarm amcng the
agriculturistS and stock breeders of the United
States than the introduction into this country
of an epjdemicai disease by Rhich q million
Of catt'eare reported TO die annually in Ea-
rope. In the Tat pastures of Holland and the
la,L-sretu meadows Of England and Ireland,
fureY YasHmoHia, or the " lang epidemic -
Is it IS there commonly cs!led-has of late
years prevailed to O fearful extent. and has al
los: Invariably proted fatal This terrible
disease was first brought into pubiic notice in
England little more than a century ago, aud
50 rapid was its progress that in two counties
a2ne, over seventy Thousand aead of cattle
led within the course of six months. The
prompt measures which we're taken by the
"4JGalcut to prevent the spread of :he dis
s.s5 BY ordering the immediate slaughter of
d. i-s attic that were supposed to be infect
~ e. t9apTomlsed, quelIed 1t for season, but
I'D 15: entirely eradicate it. From that pc
.a- -1.l. the present it has made its appear
a~.s al intervals Of few years, sometimes iu
MD but more frequently in its most malig,
1al. loTm. Formerly, experienced veterinary
-iseeas doubted whether it was cOntagFeus.
1lS doaOt has long siace been diSpelled, aHd
Is now conceded not only that it is centa-
s~-Sr ~. that no remedial agent has been dis
e27s;e4 vhlch is of any service whatever 10
(~e case, In Holland this terrible distemper
-@S ,eg many years been more frequent than IN
HaSiaad. Tue cattle epidemic, which, in lS4T
SS.sB' cl ninety i've cut Of every hgldTe11
.'s' u sock which we're pastared ia the
'saeg & IAe Thames. aud thirty-ire Der cent.
q ;he herds in the counties TO which its raw
Ases we're restricted, was traced to importa-
- .Eoa Holland. Ii broke out with such
'G.Saee 10 lle latter country in 1889, that
=" H-'lTee villages alone, the number of
-'''' 'l2I aIed, or we're killed in consequence,
.--,Ia'sl 10 fourteen thousand. In this coun-
!. '-s l-seaSe Tor whose suppression legisla-
-,'oa IS invoked in the Eastern States.
- "44y nuknows. except by name, until
= --'-'a OF May, 1859, when Mr. ChenerY.
D..-a9at, North Brookfeld, Massachusetts,,
,1s.s 1sss'e1 i9as aoE@ from Holland Of breed
--t lsa become celebrated for lis milking
'-% - Oa the voyage ont these cows fell
- =, 60 ''o OF then oa their arrival at Bos-
80 as.s % feeble as to oblige the owner to
:, = conveyance for tie purpose OF tax
- IN LON the wharf to Belmont. Before
r.OS sOSe q the month one Of the cogs died
30 --Is Afterwards secoad one died
-, - aeeAs later third died, leaving but one
-. -1'As' H2ich IS still alive In the mean
=. - however, other cattle Belonging 20 The
- 5s.u o"aed by Mr.. Cheaery, had taken
zease- IL was not az Iirst sunpossd -
y N1ta-lOQS and ths-aF,-, .h
--T F.-!1l'y experienced 10 very
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

of quarantine regulations were established
among the border States and although we in
May and are comparatively remote from the
present seat of the disease, yet if it should
prove true that the cattle in New jersey have
taken the contagion, it can scarcely fail to
spread into the adjacent State of Pennsylvania
and when once there the health of our own
herds might speedily be compromised No
judicious precautions which may be taken at
this time can; therefore, be called wholly vain
or useless, for very slight cause may give rise
to serious disaster 1t was the importation
into England oftwo calves from Holland which
caused, in l744, the loss of upwards of fifty
thousand head of cattle, and the introduction
OF disease which the efforts of wealthy graz.
lers and agrlculturaliStS, backed by the whole
power of the Government have never vet sue
ceeded IN entirely expelling from the Island
The experience of those who have suffered from
this cause should be a warning and q lesson to
those to whom SC terrible meady is at pre-
sent unknown
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

How TO lake LIFE-Take life Ike man.
Take it just as though it Eas az il is, an
earnest, vital essential affair Take it just as
though yoa personally were born to the task
OF performing merry part in it, as though the
world had waited for your coming. Take it
as though it was grand opportunity to do and
to achieve, to carry for ward great aud good
schemes TO help and cheer a suffering. it NAV
be broken hearted brother The fact is. life
is underTaued by great majority of mankind
It is not made half as much of as should be
the case. Where is the man or woman who
accompliShes one tithe of what might be done?
Who cannot lo9S bac& upon opportunities lost
plans unachieved. thoughts crushed, aspira-
tons unfulflIed and all caused from the lack
Of the necessary and possible effort ? If we
knew better h8E to take and make the most
of life, it would be far greater thanit is. Now
and then a man stands aside from the crowd,
lab0rs earnestly, steadfastly, confidently, and
straightway becomes famous for wisdom, in
tellect, skill greatness Of some sort. The world
wonders, adfnires, idolzes and get it oulv
illustrates what each may do If be takes hold
of life with purpose If man bat say he
trW follow it up, there is nothing in reason he
may not expect to accomplish There IS no
magic, no miracle no secret to him who is brave
in heart and determined in spirit.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

t1~ 1t being one of the delights of the
Hon Daniel Webster to annually visit the
Granite hills of his native State to rusticate
a few days, he usually favored Conway with
his presence, where resided the famous Billy
Abbot, both small Of stature and old of his
age For his humorous wit and wonderful
knowledge of every little incident that made
this or that place particularly charming and
interesting to the historian and the antiquarian
which lie vas very fond of imparting, he so
ingraited himself into the good favor of the
great exponnder of the constitution, that he
always gave him q seat in his carriage when
he rode ont to view the beauties of nature
B.lly's associates, feeling enVious on account Of
the honor conferred upon him By this diEtin-
guished man, one day after Webster's depar-
ture sarcasticaliy asked Billy, in the crowded
bar room, what be and bis friend Webster
found to converse about as they rode around
the country? Billy replied We usually
talk about horticulture and agriculture, and
the different breeds Of cattle and horses, aud
upon these subjects derive from him a great
deal Of useful information and npon such
topics fad him little more taan NY match
but the moment enthusiastically with 9
gesture, and tone of voice becoming the ora
tor himself" but the moment he alludes to
the constitution, can foor him in a minute;'
which was received with applause, and the
BaDquo of Envy never again affronted Daniel 5
rustic !aForite.-Osslpoe Register.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

k4~ The American rowdy is terrible uuis-
ance. Hear bow the poor Dutch landlord
described his sutfe!ings at the hands Of one of
these amaule beings: Ter rowdy combed
in and aKed me to sell him sum peer / tells
i'm had more as would do him good He
call me Won ole Tutch liar, and begun tc broke
two tumplers. Ny wife she call for de watch
ouse. Fore de watch ouse got dare, de rowdy
be kick Hans Scruggle Pehint his pack. kissed
my daughter Petsy before her face, proke all
ter trmPlers, 'cept ter old stone pitcher, and
split my wife aud fodder peer parrels town in
ter de cellar
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

OmctS or THE JAPAsEsE-Many have sup.
posed that the japanese are descended from
the Chinese but it is no. so The evidences
are that they are an original nation The
language of :he two people are entirely differ
ent both in construction and pronunciation
So the religion Of the two nations offered
The original religion OF Japan was the Siutoo
the gods and idols of which were SIS and
hans
Buddhism, which now prevails was not in
trodu,e into the Empire unti SIS years after
the birth of Christ Chinese settled in Japan
in the seventh year of the Sth monarch Of the
Empire Kokem, and there was considerable
trade between the two Empires prior to 1881,
after which it was restricted. They introduced
and communicated by these sparse settlements
from time to time, the arts and sciences to
Japan, which had long before fourjshed 10
China. k9nfer, besides these reasons for de-
RYing that the Chinese and japanese are the
same people, inhabitiug different countries, in
clines to the opinion that the japanese are de-
scendants of the first inhabitants of Babylon
and their language of those which God, as 6
punishment for the confusion of its vain and
conceited builders, Infused iuto the minds of
those VIE cOU9EUeUtSG tue tower Ol DaUti.--
lie thinks that the confusion of tongues bro't
the people, who then dwelt in the plains of
Shinar, to separate aud be dispersed over the
work. This is an ingenious theory but the
general opinion IS that the japanese belonged
originally 10 the great Tartar race. Informa
ton is too limited, however, to solve the ques-
tion satisfactorily.
The Empire OF Japan has two Emperors,
one ecclesiastical and the other secular The
first is called the lTlkado, and resides in Mi
kao. He is the first in rank, and is regarded
with excessive YeneratiOn, but has no political
power whatever The second is called Zio-
rg0a, who resides at Yeddo. He commands
the army, has the revenues ut bis disposal, is
Emperor ds tacto, and visits the llladQ once
in seven years with great promp and pagean-
try. A coCGcil of State consists Of thirteen,
of which five are taken from the hereditary
nobility below the rank of princes.
This council Of State governs in the nanae
of the Emperor-ZiogaoH. Among these
councillors there is one called the Governor
of the Empire,H TO- whom tie Others are sub
ordinate. There are Numerous other inferior
officials, bu: the Empire is ruled BY those a.
ready named and while the laws are sangui.
nary-death being the penalty in most cases
of otTence-the whole system is q government
Of spies, and as absolute as any, 1t not the
most absolute in the world.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

How THE EYE IS SWEPT AND WASHED For
US to be able to see objects clearly aud dis
tinctly, it is necessary that the eve should be
kept moist and clean. For this purpose it is
furnished with little gland, from which flows
watery fluid (tears) which is spread over
the eye by the lid, and is afterwards swept off
by it, and runs through hole in the bone to
the inner surface of the nose, where the warm
air passing over it while breathing, egaporate
it. 1t is remarkable that no such gland can
be found in the eyes of fish, as the element in
which they live answers the same purpose. If
the eye had got been furnished with a liquid
to wash it, aud lid to sweep it off, things
would appear as they do when We look through
a dusty glass. Along the edges of the eyeld
there are a great number of little tQbes or
glands from which flows an oily substance
which spreads over the surface of the skin aud
thus prevents the edges from becoming sore or
irritated. and it also helps to keep the tears
within the lid.
There are also six little muscles attached TO
the eye, which enables rs to move it in every
direction aud when we consider the difereat
motions they are capable of giving to the eyes
we cannot but admire the goodness of Him
that formed them, and has thus saved US the
trouble of turning OR heads every time ne
~i>h to view an object Although the eyes of
s0me aur1als are Incapable OF motion, as the
fly, the beetle, and several other insects, yet
the Creator has shown His wisdom and good
ness in furnishing their eyes with thousands of
little globes, aud By plating theis eyes in front
of their heads A gentleman who has examin-
ed the eyes Of fly, says that the two eyes of
4 common one are composed of 5000 little
globes, through every one Of whichit is capa-
bIe OF forming an object Having prepared
the eye Of the fly for the purpose, aud placed
it before his microscope and looked through
both. in the manner of the telescope, at
steeple which was 299 feet high. and $50 feet
distant. and he says he could plainly see
through every little hemisphere, the whole
steepie inverted or turned up side down.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

HF The finest idea of thunder storm was
when Virgins came home tight. He came
into the room where his wife and daughters
we're, and just then be tumbled over the cradle
and fell whop on the foor. After short time
be rose and said q" Wife, are hart ~ "No. .
&" Girls, are you hurt ?" NO" " Terrible clap
wasn't it p
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

ga highwayman undertook TO rob Jones
He met jones in wood over in Jersey. He
asked Jones for his pocket-book. Jones refus-
ed to yield Highwayman took Jones by the
neck, and undertook 20 choke him Jones
made fight aud kept it up for an hour. At
the expiration of that time Jones caved, and
the highwayman commenced rifing his pock-
cts. The contents amounted to eighteen cents.
=" Is that all you've got p EFery cert"-
What made you fight so long n Didn't
want to be exposed. Bad enough to have
only eighteen cents great deal worse to
have the whole world know itD
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Thursday Morning, June Il, 1860.
seIetteb 4oetrg.
sEEDTIME AND HARVEST.

Beneath the dark November sky,
With the cold rain falling drearily,
And the bleak wind moaning and skrieking by,
The seed o'er tue land is cast
Aud in the graye-like burrows the grain doth lie,
Till the weary months are past
In curling mist and frosty air,
And weeping skies, it lieth there;
or buried in the snow, or bare
To every wind that blows;
And Nights deep darkness. like despair,
Hangs Ger it while it grows.
i grows in spite of cloud and blast,
And sullen rain descending fast,
And snow -wreaths thickly Ger it east,
And thuuderous, darkening skies
The yery tempests roaring past,
Strengthen It as It lies.
Anon kindlier season shines,
And warmth and light. the springs soft signs,
With many 4 beauteous blossom twlnes
The breast of icy Earth
And the grain. in delicate emerald lines.
Springs up, in 4 fairy birth.
The sunny months, in swift career.
Bring up the lusty, ripencd ear;
And the golden harvest-time draws near,
AMI the reaper whets his scythe:
Til. On j day, the rich sheaves rear
Their shapes on the landscape blythe
S5wa u the cold, dark, desolate days:
Eaaped in the sunshine's mellow blaze;
Thus in the dim aud wouIrous ways.
Of Fate are the deeds Of men:
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a@ Reader. did you ever notice immediate

IA Reader. did you ever notice immediate
ly after the marriage head that tie % obi
tuary." notice followed. Typical Of the we'd
ding of happiness and grief in this life. The
chants and songs and glec OF merry ones to,
day, will be broken BY walls tomorrow, for
the sod viii be piled on the breasts of some we
thought not so near the grave. We read who
are married and with them JOY a line below
is the record Of death, and We say, nouTnfnlIy,
peace TO their ashes Sorrow treads on the
heels OF joy songs are husbed by the foot
falls of death laughs are broken rudely
voices, no matter low musical, are stilled in q
norent-never again to be hesrd by living
ones below.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-06-21

sg A railroad conductor, who wore long
Toomy white lineu coat, had dispute with a
female passenger The lady won the victory
gloriously by the following brilliant and des-
truetive charge: You are q purity fellow,
amt you You are the 6rst conductor | ever
seed agwin about smong passel Of decent
wimmen folks in his skHt tail