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Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-24

NATURE ACCOMMODATES ITSELF TO
CIRCUMsTANCEs.-The workmen on
Miuot's Ledge Lighthouse, suspen-
ding work last fall, left q fish, six
inches long, in the well room, in close
confinement, with nothing to eat.
When work was commenced in the
spring, he was found as lively as
ever, having grown six inches longer
during the time but from long con
fnement in dark place, be had be.
come totally blind. When the fish
caught in the water of the Mammoth
Cave we're exhibited, a few year.
ago, it will be remembered tina
they we're not only blind, bat eye
less. When the fish reached its dart
waters, they probably soon lost theiI
eyesight. Succeeding generation
lost their eyes.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-24

The prayer OF all should be,
"Lord Jesus, as thou hast got death,
and him that hath the power Of
death, under thy feet, even 50, Lord,
put them under ours. n-Rostaine.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-24

frMere mortal preaching tells
tie people bow the house ought to
be built; gospel preaching actually
builds the house T'ogg1dg.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-24

-@liase gou any travelling lax.
stands asked q lady of young
slatlquer
No na am, we haze them with
feet and lees, bar they are oot old
eaoagh - travel pet
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-24

a5-Yoa don't live as well now as
$ hen soa worked FOR me, do you?
You then had roast beef mince pie,
aud loaf cake every day Henry
rolled up the white oi his eyes and
replied Yes. Nassa Coons, We did
have roast beef minee pie, and loaf
cake cbry day Dat 4. Aassa Coons,
ifyoa call eg3asd al dea
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-24

LIHAN oPf hE, SecfeIary.
p. S.-The consiito Jted orthoriiies Of
this taown tender their thanks to the Di-
rectors ofthe Florida Bee Company"
for their kind offer to send a swarm 10
help us in these tryin times. 1t the
Falanks is like 10 get the wust ont, ws
will telegraph by horse express.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-02-24

From the Portland Transcript, We
take the following account Of great
"Union Savin' Meetin," lately held in
HOrnby, Maine.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

Doc LAw.-The Ohio Senate has passed a
"dog bill" that will create a great hoDling,
should it become a law by the action of the
House. 1t provides that every owner of a dog
over the age of six months shall cause the
same to be registered, described and number
in the Office of the Mayor or township Clerk,
obtain a-licenee, renewable yearly, and pay
said officer two shillings for each dog. Ev-
cry dog must be provided with a metallic collar,
with the word "licensed" and it's name en-
graved thereon, by the owner. Persons wrong
fully removing said collars from dogs, or kill.
ing, manning, or otherwise injuring the licen>.
ed, to be punished. All dogs known to be
guilty of engaging in the mutton or wool
business, are to be demolished by their owners
within twenty four hours after receiving notice
of the fact. TIL bill contains several other
stringent provisions, and should it become a
law, the Township Clerks in this county will
find their.ofhces very lucrative.-Celfmu Stand
ard.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14
B PHYSIOLOGY.

The Almighty rested one-seventh of tn
time of creation, commanding man to observe
an equal repose. The neglect of this injunc
ton will always, sooner or later, BRING mental
moral, and physical death. ..-.
Rest is an invariable law of animal life. The
busy heart beats, beats ever, from infancy t,
age, ard yet for a large part of the time 1t Ii
in a state of rep,se. s.a.
William Pitt died of appoplexy at the early
age of forty-seven. When the destinies of na
tions hung in a large measure ON his doings, he
felt compelled to give an unrem ittlng attention
to affairs of state. Sabbath brought no rest to
him, and soon the unwilling brain gave signs
of exhaustion. But his presence in Parlia
ment was conceived to be indispensable for ex.
PLANTATION and defense of the public policy
Under such circumstances, it Was his custom to
eat heartily substantial food, most highly sea-
soned, Just before going to his place, in order
to afford the body that strength and to excite
the mind to that activity deemed necessary to
the momentous occasion. But under the high
tension both brain and body persisted prema-
turely.
Not long ago one of the most active bust
ness men oc England fourd his affairs so ex-
tended, that he deliberately determined to de-
vote his Sabbaths to his accounts. He had a
mind of wide grasp. His4views were so com
prehensive. so farseeing, that wealth came in
upon him Ike food. He purchased a country
seat at the cost of S400, 900, determined that
he would now have rest and quiet. But twas
too late. Ash he stepped on his ~threshhold a ter
a survey of his late purchase, he became apo
plectic. Although life was not destroyed, he
only lives to be the wreck of a man.
1t used to be said that a brick kiln ''must be
kept burning over the Sabbath;" it is now
known to e a fallacy. There can be no must
against a divine command. Even now, it is a
received opinion, that iron blast furnaces will
bring ruin if not kept in continual operation.
Eighteen years ago, an Englishman determin
ed to keep the Sabbath holy as to them, with
the result, his bo,,ks testified, that he made
more iron in six days than he did before in
seven; that he made more iron ina given time.
in proportion to the hands, and number and
size of his furnaces, than any establishment in
England which was kept in operation during
the Sabbath.
In our own New York. the mind of a man
who made Ealf a million a year, went out IN
the night of madness and an early grave in
only two years, from he very strain put upon
it by a variety of enterprises, every one o.
which succeeded.
at will take about FIVE years to clear them
off" said an observant master of an Ohio canal
Loaf, abiding to the wearing out influences on
the boatmen. who worked on Sabbaths as we'll
as on other days. AS to the boatmen and fire.
men of the steamers on the Western rivers,
which never lay by on the Sabbath seven years
is the average of life. The observance, there
fore, of the seventh portion of our sine. for
the purposes of rest, is demonstrably a physi-
logical necessity, a law Of our nature.-HsH US
Journal Of Health. q 4
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

QUE UN10m


rrr
1.-THE following beautiful and thrilling poem wa
xoune man. then residing at yicksburp. Mississippi
snd oeheve' win 'he sa'Esours wing
fs proanelton seems pecunarly appropriate ~ 'hi
N. G..n.l na,xE rrss,suaa tb;, doe.-ne.-in the leas
49,. ~ tbs to.e 81 aIn;o1', - t~a.,efullv and
eoeIee'p
teuchfngty shsdOwed forth2iH the fOndwingtld2
y;.o, .,d .i
me eeeoa sna6 nonsa AZ Alpeson = 1se
Wt,l etresnss alone the Southern Gulf, and by the
: u. = ,hst sv.,i .hove Psc;fc,s oo,dsr
...ntt -
.AsassA .ianlo ; s'rano. : = ias7 % oeaae-
- ..i ~.
it binds in one vast brotherhood the trapper OF the
-, AF
classic breast; - 1..t I. 80. !, :
49, social hours s9.s.-i-.. -,
VITA NOSE VINO see Deeemoers oro" en"feA'neu
-. viii. gorgeous flowers ! 49, 9 i.2s.7'
- sswsass re ~. dn1"u gDs : %l1s
r. vb.-s Pniomac ,;obs Sas;d. n. natr;et-bero,s
And from the streaming everglades, to Huron's
iTEe Kiory Of a nations past thrills through a kin
bred blood! w
-. . - ..a - =
with shame;
And glows with pride Ger Bunker I'LL, or MouItrle's
And wheresoe'r above the fray the stars Of empire
CLEAN, 80 800 . .l.
4Uponthe deck, Or o.ter the dust it pours'a common
stream! III zlHEgf GJT IL
81. 3 -s.sa
It is 9 sacred legacy, ye never can divide,
Nor take from village uchin, nor the son Of city
PRIDE; end .
fruitful home, |
Where nameiess lakes are sparkling, anu "here
lonely rivers roam
GREENE drew his sword at EurAw! anu Dlseoing
.s.x2SouTHER feet,
Trod the march across the DEIA"A amhu i a
snow and sleet!7
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14
CAUGHT IN HIS oWN TRAP.

A girl, young and pretty, but above all gift
ed with an air of adorable candor, lately pre-
sented herself before a certain Partisan lawyer
"Monsieur, I came to consult you on,
! grave affair. | want to oblige. q man | love t.
marry me in spite Of himself. How shall
proceed ?" ~
+ The gentleman Of the bar had, of course, g
sufficiently elastic conscience. He reflected 8
moment, then being sure that no third person
overheard him replied unhesitatingly:
3Mademoiselle, according to our law, you
always possess the means of forcing a man tc
MARY you. You must remain on three occa.
sions alone with hin, that you can so before
a Judge and swear that he is your lover"
"And that will suffice, Monsieur ?"
eyes, MademoiseHe, with one further con-
dition."
aWeli?, '.ss"ssS gsaseoss 7yox ,snv.
"rhat you will produce witnesses. who will
make. an oath to their having seen you remain
a good quarter of an hour with the individual
said to have trifed with your affections" q
every we'll, Monsieur, l will retain you as
counsel In the management OF this affair. Good
day" 10, l.,
A few days afterwards the young girl re-
turned. She was mysteriously received by
the lawyer, who, scarcely giving her time to
seat. herself, questioned her with the most live
ly curiosity, 'f s7a
-"Well, Mademoiselle, how do matters pros
peri" =e. Ill .4-a -. ;
"Capital" fa.zr aia
"Persevere in your design, Mademoiselle
but mind the next time you come to consult me
you must tell me what the name of the young
man is that we are going to render so happy
in spite of himself" "
"You shall have it without fail, Monsieur"
A fortnight. afterwards the young person
more maize and candid than ever, knocked dis
creetly at the door of her counsel's room. No
sooner was she in the room than she flung
herself into a chair, saying that she had mount
ed the steps too rapidly, and that the emotion
made her breathless. Her counsel endeavored
to re assure her, made her inhale salts, and
even proposed to release her garments.
sit is useless said she, Il am much better"
DWELL, Mademoiselle, cow tell me the name
of the fortunate mortal you are going to es-
pouse."
"Well, the fortunate mortal, be it known to
you, is-yourself," said the young beauty,
into a laugh. 81 love, you, I have
been three times tete-a-tete with you, and my
four witnesses are below, ready and willing to
accompany me to the magistrate" gravely con-
tinued the narrator.
The lawyer, thus fairly caught, had the good
sense not to get angry The most singular
of all is that he adores his young wife,
who, by the way, makes an excellent house
keeper. -
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growing on samole under his chin, on the sid
of his throat?"
eyes"
"These are the cadses of his trouble, and al
long as they remain you had better look out
Now, as a friend, I would advise you to GU
them off the first, time you get a chance, and
thus end the trouble"
eff you say do so, I will" replied the credu
loussold lady, LEI S1
Soon after the old lady started for home
and made it convenient to meet Mr.. B.. onrthe
way. Much the same talk, in relation to, his
domestic happiness, passed between them as
ibid between her and the old woman.
"But, friend Blueford, " said she;"I think it
my. duty, as a christian, to warn you to be on
your guard, for I tell you that your wife in
itends your ruin"
Old Mr.. B. was very much astonished; yet
he could not wholly discredit her words. When
he reached home he threw himself upon a bed
in greatperplexity, and, feigning, sleep, studied
over the matter in his mind. His wife, think
ing this a good opportunity to cut off the OBJ
~noxious hair, took her husbands razor and
crept softly to his side. Now the old lady was
very much frightened at 1holding arazor so
close to her husbands neck, and her hand was
not so steady as it onceswas; so between the
two she went, to work very awkwardly, and
pulled the hairs instead Of cutting them off.
Mr.. b. opened his eyes,, and there, stood his
wife with a razor at his throat. After what
had been told him. and seeing this, he could
not doubt that she intended to murder him.
He sprang from the bed in horror, and no, ex-
PLANTATION or entreaty could convince him to
the contrary. So, from that time forth. there
was no more peace for that house. 1t was jaw,
jaw, quarreling and w~rangling all the time.
- With delight the Devil heard of the success
of the faithful emissary, and sent her word
that if she would meet him at q certain time,
he would give her the shoes. @
At the appointed time she repaired to the
spot, and found the Devil at the place. He
the shoes on the end of a long pole, and
standing on the opposite side, handed them
over to her. She was very much pleased with
them they were exactly the article.
se "But there is one thing, Mr.. Devil, that 1
would like to have explained-that is, why you
hand them to me on that stick"
every easy to explain" replied he, Aany
one who has the cunning and meanness to do
as you have done don't get nearer than twenty
of me-" So saying he fled in terror.
After a while the old woman died and
when she applied for admittance to the lower
regions the Devil would not let her in, for fear
.shemight dethrone him, as she was so much his
superior. So the woman is yet compelled to
wander over the world, creating quarrels and
strife in peaceful families and neighborhoods.
Would you know her name?
1t is Madame Scandal. When she died;
Ter children, the young Scandalizers, we're left
but the Devil in consideration of
service done by the mother adopted them;
nd SO you see, he is the father of that re-
pectable class called scandal mongers.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

To WHAT BASE UsEsDo WE COME AT LAST?
A cargo of two hundred and thirty-seven
tuns of human b"nes lately arrived in England
from SevastopoI, which are to be converted in
to manure The British soldier may be cheer.
ed to think that it is sweet to die for his coun.
try, but one would think he. would not be much
comforted with the thought that his flesh may
he given to the vultures. and his bones brought
back to al English d~unShiil.s Some of them,
no doubt, however, both leave, and in the shape
of bones come back to their country for their
country's good. We should think that such
Christian nations as England, France and Rus
STA. might by treaty solemuly spare the bones
of their soldiers.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

Coon DENTISTRY ACCOMMODATIONS
ly a gentleman from Ravenna stopped for the
night with some friends in HUI, tngton, Lorain
county. As he retired at night, he extracted
from his mouth a set of one hundred dollar
false teeth, and laid them on a chest by the
bed. On rising in the morning he was greatly
surprised to find that the teeth were missing.
After a brief and f~ruitless search, he apprised
the family of his misfortune, and a general
search ensued. They were about to give up
the search in dispair, when it was discovered
that the room had been visited during tile
night by rats, which had left the prints Of
their feet, as they had access to a jar of pre-
serves. 1t was then decided that the teeth
must have been carried off by those mischie-
vious Creatures. Then followed tie telr.rg of
of window castings, baseboards, siding, &c,
which resulted in the recovery of the valuable
masticator. They had been carried u%ninjured
between the weather boarding and the inside
wall.-CLeve. Herald.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

HORSE PowER.-Wbile the horses stand
idlei in their stalls, their owners sweat at the
woodpiles! Every farm of considerable size
should have some sort of~horse power. 1t
should be located in hesample barn, where, on
rainy days, the horse could drive a saw which
would cut a cord every hour easily. Then
how a horse can make a grindstone go around
L like to have a grindstDne perfectly true, ex-
actly round, and then go so that the fire will
occasionally start out. Where grindstones are
turned by hand, they very seldom burst by 60
ing too fast! The fact is, it is tedious work
the most So of all in summer. Where a water
power is not convenient, it is a great relief to
have the grindstone go by horse power. The
tools will always be Kept sharper, and can be
ground in less time. It is the height of folly
to smash away with dull tools. It will pay to
provide convenient means to keep them in or
der. Hay cutters are made to attach to a pow
er, so that hay, for a large stock, can be most
expeditiously prepared. If one has a taste for
the thing, the horse can saw the wood, wash
the clothes, churn, turn the grindstone, cut
the hay, shell the corn, drive a small circular
bench saw, and pump the water. Are not
farmers less Interested than other classes, in
ingenious contrivances which expedite their
business and save their strength?
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14
LIBERTIN1sM IN. CONVERSATION.

Among the most prominent causes which
directly contribute to engender thoughts and
speculations unfavorable to female chastity, is
the style of conversation commonly INDUCED
in by men Of all classes while meeting togeth.
er alone, unchecked or restrained by the pres.
enee of women. AT the social board, in, the
public bar-room, or on the streets, men Of
cultivation and refinement, as well as without
being, it may be, positively obscene, are ac-
customed to indulge in remarks or indelicate
illusions which, if uttered by others in the
presence. of, a female of their own families,
would meet with instant and fearful retribution
These remarks, in many instances, no doubt,
are mere words, not stirring with a ripple,
even the inner feelings of the ~utterer, but they
are too often listened to by the young and
comparatively ingenious man, who, perhaps,
blushing as the unaccustomed sounds fall up
on his ear, insensibly admits them into a mind
heretofore trained, by a careful mother, to re-
gard woman and womau's virtue as among the
most sacred things of earth. He had before
learned to speak with reverence and love of
the opposite sex, judging all by the standard
of his mother; but, listening to the lewd
double entenders or exciting remarks, clothed
probably in choice language, he learns insen-
sibly to separate his own family from the rest
of the world, and enshrining them in the in
ner casket o. his heart as pure and holy, he
comes to believe that female virtue and purity,
outside of his own household, is a rare COM
modify. .t #
We dislike to speak of these things, yet the
evil is becoming so glazing. that a public jour
nalist should not hold his hand, and we there
fore raise our voices in earnest reprobation of
the practice. What man, however degraded or
would suffer in his presence an indeii-
cate allusion to the mother who bore him, his
sister or wife, indeed of any female in whom
he feels an interest, and yet how many there
are, who, reposing entire trust in all these,
will in company Of their own sex, make OBJ
scene or indicate illusions to others, forget
ting that they, also, have mothers, sisters or
and should be protected from coarse
ness quite as much as their own families.
The evil is not alone in remarks concerning
Individuals, but also in remarks concerning
conversation of a generol character,
or no party of men can properly appreciate
emale purity who speak lightly upon this sub
ect. The truth is, that advancing civilization
not seem to have done us good in this
PARTICULAR. for we need much a little infusion
# the old chivalric element which almost de-
woman, and secuted from decent society
my mar who wilfully maligned her. A reform
n this evil of indelicate conversation would do
more to arrest libertinism than anything with
n our knowledge.
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pzFew people, says,the New York Eyeaiinq

D9-Few people, sayssthe New York Egening
Post, are aware of the large sums of money
paid by some of our city churches for their
music. A cultivated choir cannot be obtained
for less than a thousand dollars a year, and
many of our churches go beyond double that
figure. Most of our resident musical talent,
and especially the numerous lady ~vocalists
who occasionally sing at concerts, are mem
beers Of the various church choirs; and many
an Industrious musical young lady, in this way,
odds Q comfortable SUM TO her insems.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

A PROTEST AGAINST EARLY RISING
DIR. Hall, in the February number of his
Journal of health. says: ''One of the very
worst economies of time is that flched from
necessary sleep. The wholesale but blind com
%mendation of early rising is as mischievous in
practice as it is arrant in theory. Early rising
is a crime against the noblest part of our
physical nature, unless. it is preceded by an
early retiring. Multitudes of business men in
large cities count it a saving of time if they
can make a journey of a hundred or two miles
at night by steamboat or railway. Its a run
GUS mistake. 1t never fails to be followed by
a went of general well-feeling for several days
after, if indeed, the man does not return home
actually sick, or so near it as to be unfit for u
full attention to his business for a week after
ward. When a man leaves home on business
it is always important that he should have his
wits about him ; that the mind should be fresh
and vigorous, the spirit lively, buoyant and
cheerful. No man can say it is thus with him
after a night on a railroad or the shelf of a
STEAMBOAT. The first great recipe for sound,
connected, and refreshing sleep is physical
Toll is the price of sleep. We
caution parents particularly not to allow their
children to be walked up of mornings let ma
ture wake them up, she will not do it prema-
but have a care that they 60 to bed at
an early hour; let it be earlier and earlier, I'M
til it is found that they wake up of themselves
in full time for breakfast. Being walked up
early, and allowed to engage in difficult or any
studies late and just before retiring, has given
many a beautiful and promising child brain
fever, or determined ordinary ailments to the
production of water on the brain.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

GENUINE VITA sen'ofaErin, just arrived
in this land of plenty, being in want, ventured
to solicit aid from a person whose external APP
pearance seemed to indicate that he could af-
ford it. He was however repulsed with, Go to
the devil. 1
his attention. and then yery quietly replied:
"God bless your honor for your civility, for
ye're the first gentleman that's invited me to
his fathers house since I came to this land"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14

R9-If a Teller catcha Teller carrying off his
wood, should a Teller whale a Teller, if a Teller
could?-Germ. Emp. w
If body spy a body creeping round his lot,
should a body treat a body to a load of shot!
Nor. Neos. :
If a body SEGA body, propriate his hat,
should a body kick a body just for doing that
Star. ~"ei 90 Xte% se%<ssA
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na-oId Roger was visiting a friend, who
had a remarkably fine little girl, about three
years old, famous fer smart sayings. As usual
she was shown off before our esteemed friend.
"What is papa? 2" said the parent, in order to
draw out the precocious reply. "Papa's a
%humbug," said the juvenile. 81 declare"
S, id old Roger, 81 never in my life saw so
young "a child with SO mature a judgment"