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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15
The Swath Hand

The swath hand of labor-what has il
done9 Delved and ploddcd, hewn wood
and stone, and drawn water, it may be. Yes,
it has done all this, and most patiently and
brayely borne the burthens and battle weap-
ons of nations. Sweat and blood have trick
led from its brow in innumerable tolls and
conflicts ut has gathered spoils and won
victories, seldom to enjoy them. Ithas been
scofed in the temple by priests, in palaces
by kings, and in all the ornaments and com
merce of the ocean, and the trade marts Of
earth, have denied it, though to it they owe
their beauty, strength, wealth and glory.
The swath hand ought long since to have
been jeweled; it should, ages gone, have
swayed the rod Of power, and been the ruler
of the earth. 1t might and would, had il
been true to the merit and strength, and no,
directed, by the will of taskmen, to selfish
and stavish toll. Had its owner felt tha.
the earth was truly the empire Of him who
titled it, wrought its wondrous stores into
paiocOc 0hu iCupiSS, ouu PASoSaAs ACiuSy sHS
swath hand would have held to its creations
demanded the scepter of its rightful empire.
Yet, if the past be fruitful OF bitter memo.
ries, there is present and future, in which
errors Of the past csn be righted.
But the hand Of labor is not recordless in
the ages. The palaces Of ..Assyria, the pyr-
amids Of Egypt, the temples of Greece-aye,
and whatever Of martial pile, column, OF
trophy survives decay aud devastation, is
the monument of that miserably requited
hand. Continent born Of wilderness---ham.
lets and cities, fleets and forests--aA in.
deed, that art can boast or civilization de.
light in, owe allegiance to the swath hand Of
labor. nuest hand of nobility on Gods fai,
earth! Let the heart that beats behind il
be not cast down. Power and dominion are
before it, ifit win but bravely strike for the
sovereignty which is its natural right.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15
Investing Money.

Thousands upon thousands of fal mcrs and
others who have been struggling TOR years,
perhaps, to acquire the means to pay their
debts are now able to say for once that they
are free. The abundant crops have done a
wonderful work of relief in the untold num-
Der of cases. Providence is smiling upon the
nation-upon the free States particularly, as
never before Our growth and development
in wealth and prosperity will be great be
yond precedent What is to be done with
all the money with the accommodating millions
now flowing into the pockets of the people ?
this is an important question. We have
some opinions on the subject which we would
| like to express, as they viii be an answer to
the question--"What shall do with nv
money ~
Invest money in helping those in business
who are less fortunate than yourself-not
neglecting, of course, to ask for ample security
Invest money permanently, by direct dona-
ton for any desirable improvements in your
town.
Invest money in making yourself and
family comfortable in your own home
Invest money in developing and improv-
| ing your farm so that it shall be a model to
all your neighbors
Invest money in educating your children,
for such investments will pay larger divi-
dend than can be counted by figures.
Invest money in securing for yourself and
yours, the cultivation aud refinement ofevery
endowment with which you are favored.
Invest money in making yourselfacquain-
ted with your own country and it's institutions
Invest money in visiting other lands, ard,
| if your means viii permit, you may go to
''the ends of the EARTH"
Invest money in seeking out and rendering
aid to objects Of charity both at home end
abroad
Invest money in liberal measures to the
poor, and in rewarding literally all who are
employed by you, or are dependent upon YOU
Invest money in reforming the politics OF
your country, and, if your purse holds out,
invest little in reforming politicians.
Invest money in any way that will bring
you hedrt-revenue, for such riches are
! worth more than gold or precious stones.
Invest money literally, and never tire, to
make comfortable and happy your parents.
brothers, sisters, and all relatives, for the
promise is sure, better than the Rothschilds'
that your dividend shall be an "hundred-
fold.
After you have determined your duty in
regard to the foregoing, and your duty will
vary according to circumstances, you may
perhaps have some surplus money-if so,
invest that on bond and mortgage, or in good
sound, specie-paying, weltknown, we'll
officered, well managed bank-the stock OF
which has quotable market value. This all
done, go to work again, earn more money
and invest as before Work on, work ever
work as Christian and invest for eternity
-Ner York Iadepeaa:at.
\
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15
IN UsKC.
BY LAUREN @. THoxi

There is music in the zephyr
As It steals among the 40 vers;
There is music in the insec:s hrm,
As IL floats around our bowers.
There is music in the rumblng tones
o. the thunder in the sky,
In the rushing noise OF the driving wind,
And In the gales soft sigh.
There is music in the murmuring stream,
Gliding softly through the lea,
In the rit er's loud majestic roar,
As IT surges toward the sea;
In the wayward oceans deepening crash,
As tbeats npon the sand
o, there's music ia all nature,
ShowiRg forth Gods mighty hand.
And hank hear the mcsic
Ofthe seraphims above,
As they va to heavens farthest realms
Sweet songs OF peace and love,
And the sslemn sound of whirlng orbs,
As they roll from place to place,
FAN on my ear with graadest power,
AS IL echoes throughout space.
Then since each breeze that floats along
Gears music to our cas-
Should we not heed the angels eongs,
And the "music D the spheres ?"
Aye let's immitate the glorious sounds
We hear Ground. above,
And ever sing anu happy he,
AS through the world we rove.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15
LovE.-The following exquisite passage

LovE.-The following exquisite passage
we find in Tupper's ''Crock Of gold:"-
"LovE is the weapon which Omnipotence re-
served to conquer rebel man when all else
had failed. Reason he parties; fear he an.
swers blow to blow; but love, that sur
against whose melting beams winter cannot
stand that soft subduing slumber which
wrestles down the giant, there is not one
human creature in million, not thousand
men in all earth's large quintillion, whose
clay heart is hardened against love-"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

AsToNisHiNG EACT, OBJECTION OF CLER
GYMAN TO LARGE SALARY.-Ministers in
our day rarely object to an increase of salary,
but we find in an exchange capital story Of
an old Connecticut pastor who declined it for
substantial reasons:
His county parish raised his salary from
$500 to 500. The good man objected for
three ieasons:
First" said he, "because you can't afford
to give me E,o,e than $780,
"Second, becadse my preaching isn'tworth
more than that.
Third, because have to collect my sal
arv, which, heretofore, has been the hardest
part of my labor among you. If had to
collect an additional hundred II would kill
me
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

Tue GREATEST On DlscovERY YEr.-
Western Virginia promises to divide with
Slippery Rock Creek, and the districts up the
Allegheny, the attention of oil spectators.
In Clark county, some time since, Mr..
Karns sunk well one hundred and fifty feet
deep, and is now taking out fifteen barrels
a dsy. Mr.. Raihbone, from whom Karns
leased, subsequently sunk well himself.
and in twelve hours after Gle" was struck,
it filed cistern contaiuingon one hundred and
thirty barrels Of forty gallons each. But this
is not all.
They have discovered a vein Of oil coal one
theusand feet thick, in a mountain on Hugh's
river, a tributary OF the Kanawha. This
coal, when put on shovel and he'd over the
| fire, melts into oil, SO that the discovery is a
most important one. A good deal Of excite
ment prevails in the neishborhood, and ..ile''
sites are being disposed Of rapidly at fabst
Ions prices
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

STARTL, sc DiscoyERy.--D During the sit
ting of Court in Connecticut, not long ago,
on very cold evening a crowd of lawyers
had collected around the open fire that
blazed cheerfuly on the hearth in the
bar-room, when a traveller entered, be-
numed with cod but no one moved to give
him room to warm his shns, SD he leaned
against the wall IN the back palt of the
room.
Presently a smart young limb Of the law
addressed him, and The following dialogue
took place:
"You look like a traveller"
"Wa'l suppose am; come all the way
from Wisconsin afoot, at any rate"
"F'rom Wisconsin What a distance to
come on a pair oflegsr'
"Wall done it any how.'
"Did you ever pass through beA in any
OF your travels?"
Yes sir | have been through the out
skirts"
~ thought likely. Well, what are the
mannersand customs there? Some of us
would ike to know"
'Oh. you'll find them much the same as
in this place -thelapyerssit nearest the. fire"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

"I'il fog you for an hour, you:little villain.
Father" instantly replied the incorrigible
young scamp, as he balanced a penny on his
finger, 81 will toss you to make it two hours
or nothing"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

A visitor to the poet Tennyson wfites:- =
ale spoke in terms of the wafmest praise Of
Charles Summers recent speech in the Sen
ate, and added: The most eloquent thing,
as thought, in the whole speech was the
unspoken thing--.he Silence about his own
SfDr,, ~
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

ProfaTe individuals may take warning by
this sad revelation of what one oath cost Da-
Wis:
Mr.. Davis stumped his toe the other day,
and said D. The exclamation so aston
ished Mr.. Daviss oldest boy, William Hen
ry that he dropped his hoe and rushed into
the house with eyes so wide open that they
looked lfSe ''eight cent saucers." Mrs.
Davis seeing William Henry's looks beca me
frightened and dashed out of doors to Sec
if Mr.. Davis had fallen into the well.-
While absent from the kitchen Master James
Davis set fire to his apron This set fire to
a box of shavings, while the box of shavings
ignitedthe house. The result Of this is that
being uninsured, Davis is out three thousand
and all causedby his attemptin; to make g
slave OF little blasphemy. Think of Mr..
Davis, and learn wisdom.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

Many poor woman thinks she can do
pothing without husband, and when shc
gets one, finds she can do nothing with him.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15
"Like . new moon
Risen on mid.noon." /"

Commerce already feels the beneicent in
auence Of the new rays; and politics, antici
pating the advent Of a new Western States
man worthy of the prodigious region by
which he has Teen nurtured, begins to re.
joice at the prospect ofa season Of unwonted
political prosperity. Neo York Post.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

GREArSEss.-All greatness consists in
this-in being alive to what is going on
around one; in living actually, in saying to
ones fellows what they want to hear or
need to hear a, that moment in being the
concretion, the result of the present world
In no other way can one effect the result Of
the present world. In no other way can
one effect the world than in responding thus
to its needs, in emhodying thus its IDEAS.
You will see, in looking in history, that all
great men have been piece of their time
take them out and set them elsewhere, and
they will not fit so w,ll they were made for
their day AMI generations. The. literatufe
which has been worthy of the name, has al
ways m;rrored what was doing around it !;
not necessarily daguerreotyping the mere out
side, hut at least rejecting the inside the
thoughts, if not the action of men-their
feelings and 'rtiments, even if it treated of
apparently far-of themes.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

When little three yea Did sister lays her,
fair cheek ag inst nine, and. with dinpled
arms claspei round my neck, prattles in her
innocent way, don't think Of the path her
little feet must tread Are there any thorns
to pierce thcm-any pits into which she may,
fall? Now think of it, must tell you of
her little speeches. think she is SO cum
ming though perhaps, I am partial: if so,
pardon. One night last week, she crept up
into my lap, and, ere was aware Of it, fell
asleep. | took her up to her little bed; but,
before putting her in, said:
Nellie must not forget her prayer" She
commenced:
"Now lay me down to sleep
"Dod knows therest," she muImered
And the whfte lids closed over the bright
eyes, and Nellie was ,leep again,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-11-15

"Then pity poor old stepen A." That's all.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13

a battle between an eternal truth and a
temporary error, is therefore necessarily
unavoidable and irrepressible. And this
slavery question, in one form or another,
has been before the public mind ever
since the inception of this republic, at
times stayed by enactments and compro-
misses it has slumbered uneasily, like the
volcano that rumbles for centuries, and
then suddenly breaks forth in clouds of
flame and streams of burning lava, until
all attempts to quiet the public heart
and mislead the public conscience, have
miserably failed-until crashing through
the frail barrier of human laws, cemented
together by the honeyed glue of compro-
mise, it presents itself before the Ameri-
can people, an unmistakable issus-a live
political question, which can no longer be
avoided or covered up, but must be met
and decided-with that fairness, that
candor, and that integrity, which should
ever be inseperable from the solution of
great political problems.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13
THE JOURNAL.
Lutte A. TAYLOR. Editor.
River Falls, Pierce County. Wisconsin.
Wednesday, june, 13, 1850.
ME FOUR.

THE present number completes the
THIRD VOLUME of the JOURNAL. 1t il
beginning to have a history, as well as
hope.
In commencing the FOURTH VOLUME,
we have few promises to make. Our
Past is, we trust, sufficient guaranty
for the Future. The Journal will con
tinue to be thoroughly Republican in pol
itics, We shall endeayor to make its Mis-
cellaneous Department as entertaining as
possible, while special pains will be taken
to make its Local Columns moro full and
valuable than heretofore.
Thankful to our many friends for their
generous patronage and valuable coop
Grafton, it shall be our endeavor to make
the JOURNAL worthy of their increasing
and continued favor.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13
The Republican Principle

The Chicago Journal, speaking ofthe
recent growth of the Republican party,
thus eloquently alludes to the principle
upon which it is based.
"But that Principle is no new thing
no Ephesian device; it underlies the fab
ric of our government; it is warm with
the touch of the heart of a Washington
and the hand of Jefferson; the lips OF
worthless to whom the World has listened
and been charmed, have testified to it
True, hearths have been built over it, a
rank gro With Of sectional interests has
hidden it; but thank Heaven, the hearths
were not tomb-stones, the weedy luxuri-
ance was not mountains, and all the vast
wealth of that Principle has beeu uncov-
cred to the light, and it has become the
slogan of multitude air and earth now
free, forever free, and they that till the
one and breathe the otheri Men have
come out from the ranks of all parties, of
what name soeyer, and stand shoulder to
shoulder for its sake"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13
SERMON TO THE GIRLS,

Ladies-caged birds of beautiful pluu,-
age, but sickly looks-pale pets of the
parlor, who vegetate in an unhealthy at.
mosphere like the potatoe terminating in
a dark cellar, why do you not go ost IN
the open cir and warm sunshine, and add
lustre to your eyes, bloom to yeur cheeks
elasticity to your steps, and vigor to your
framess Take morning exercise, let
loose your corset strings, and run ur the
hills for n wager, and down again for fun;
roam the fields, climb the fences, leap
the bitches, wade the brooks, and after n
day of exhiarating exercise and unres-
trained liberty, go home with an appetite
acquired by healthy enjoyment. The
blooming and beautiful young lady-rosc-
checked and bright eyed; who can darn
a stocking, mend her own sFocks, COM
mand regiment Of pots and kettles, feed
the pigs, milk the cows, and be a lady
when required, is the girl that young mon
are in quest for wife. But Your pmipg,
screwed-up, wasp-wasted, 6oll-dressed,
consumption-mortgaged, musio-murder-
ing, and noyel-eevouring daughters Of
fashion and idleness-yoa are no more
fit for matrimony than pullet is to look
after brood of fourteen chickens. The
truth is, my dear girls, You want less
fashionable restraint and more liberty Of
action, more kitchen and less parlor; more
leg exercise and less sofa; more pudding
and less piano: more frankness and less
mock modesty. Loosen your waist
strings, and breathe in the pure atmos-
phere, and become something as good and
beautiful as nature designed,
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13

LEAVING Hrs CARD.-One day, when
Mrs. Pennington was out--not in the usu-
al acception of the term, but when she
WAS on visit to some neighbors--the
minister called upon her, and, upon her
return, Mrs. Partington found delicate
bit fpasteboard upon her table. what
is thatr said the dame, holding it up and
looking at it from various angles, and
holding her head back as though she were
sighting it by her nose and chin. 1T is
card, l guess, replied Ike, taking hold
of it and reading it; yes, it is one of the
minister's cards. 'Oh, you wicked boy
said she, holding up her finger, how can
you assassinnate such a thing against so
good man as that he plays cards though
when l came to Boston everybody said |
should find playcards at the very street
corners 'Tis' his, said Ike, for here's
his name on it, well, well, Heaven be
good to u.s. replied she, for we are none
of us any better than we ought to be, and
some do worse than playing cards. 1T
is visiting card urged lie, clearing
up the mystery as the sun clears up
shower, 'and he's left it for you How
very kind said she, smiling, Il wonder
what st. Paul did for cards when he
went a visiting. How he must have suf-
fered for Them She placed the card be-
tween the leaves of her old Bible, and
Ike threw his bran new cap at the cat
sleep in the shavings basket.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13

that the Jury had returned to their seats.
All repaired immediately to the Court
House, and while the prisoner was being
brought from the Jail, the Courtroom
was filled to overfiowing with citizens OF
the town. When the prisoner and his
mother entered, silence reigned as CON-
petely as though the house were empty.
The foreman of the Jury, in answer to
the usual inquiry from the Court, deliver.
ed the verdict of mot Guilty" The
widow dropped into the arms of her son,
who lifted her up, and told her to look
apon him as before-free and innocent.
Then, with the words, s'Where is Mr..
L;ncoin?" he rushed across the room and
grasped the hands of his deliverer, while
b heart was too full for uttsranee. Lin
coin turned his eyes toward the West,
where the sun still fingered in view, and
then, turing to the youth, said, SIT is not
yet shutdown, and you are Free" con-
TESS that my cheeks were not wholly un
wet by tears, and | turned firm the af-
fecting scene. As l cast glance behind.
l saw Abraham Lincoln obeying the d.
vine injunction, by comforting the widow
ed and the fatherless.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13
TATMBRLAND.

Nothing but the hand of tyranny that
brushes them like the grapes of their vine:
yards, could have driven out the Gets
mans ffom a land eudeared by SO many
reeollections and hallowed by so much
suffering; the coarse fabric of whose tolls
ing year was frightened with the silver
and gold threads of many household
festival, and who lC ted every th'hg GerS
man, from the beds of its valley brooks to
the peaks of its mountains, with q iovs
passing the love of woman.
The exiles must remember, in April.
when the snow drifts yet lie along onr
northern hill-sides, the fowsr festivals
t. at are opening like the rich heart of
June, 'at hotne.' When October k,owns
the year, they hear in thought, the MUSIC
of the German bells, and think of the
throngs in holiday costume with baskets,
on their heads, that sprinkle all the val
leys, as they go forth to the vine yards
with songs; they cannot forget the har.
vest festival, nor Christmas, whose light
in every German household brightens
and gladdens whole white week Of iot..
And after the harvest and the vintage
are over, they remember the piles Of hnsn,,
the fair produce Of the grand semi annual
washing day, that drift like snow the
lawns and the grass-plots, and the lines
that stretch away with miles of network
by every running brook and beneath
every green tree. TLey remember the
fire upon the hearth, that never went out
until the father died Gods acre. decor.
ated with flowers; the outdoor dances;
these and thousand memories more, ell
national, and all wrapped up in that ons
word 'Fatherland,' render the past of the.
peasant exile, despite the tyranny that
crushed hiln,as sweet as an old ballad.
With a recent traveller in Germany,
'we do not wonder at the love of all her
children for the fatherland, which they
leave. The tone with which every Ger
man speaks this one word has in it
depth and meaning which no other lips.
convey; which, perhaps, no other heart
can exactly feel. 1t has more than ones
brought tears to our eyes. How long
they have been people-how long they
have lived upon the same soil--how
much they have suffered for themselves,
and others, all tending to root their hearts
to every hill and valley, rock and forth
Our fatherland! wo do not wonder it 10,
so DEAR
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-06-13

The VIsrToR's TRUNK-What n
sound that is-the barging down of The
preliminary trunk, without its claimant
to give it the life which is borrowed by
all personal APPENDICES, so long as the
owners hand or eye is on them! If it
announce the coming of one loved and
longel for, how we delight to look at it,
to sit down on it, to caress it in our fam
les, as lone exile waking out on a
windy pier yearns toward the merchant
man lying alongside, with the colors of
i, own native land at her peak, and the
name of the port he sailed from long ago
upon her stern! But if it tell the near
approach of the undesired, inevitable
guest, what SQUAD short Of the muffled
noises made by the undertakes as they
turn the corners, in the dim lighted house
with low shuttle of feet and whispered
cautions, carries such sense of knock
ing-kneed collapse with it as the humping
down in the front entry of the heavy
portmanteau, rammed with the changes
of uncounted coming weeks ?-Holmes