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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
An q Able, Editor.

Every judicious and observant man will con
cur in the following views, presented by the
editor of one of the best conducted journals in
the Old Dominion, the Alexandra Gazette
Many people estimate the ability ola news
paper, and the industry and talents of its edit
or, by the quantity of editorial matter which it
contains. 1t is comparatively an easy task for
frothy writer to pour out daily, columns of
urOrds-uordS, upon any and all subjects. His
ideas may flow in lone weak, washy, everlasting
food and his command of language may enaz
BILE him to string them together like punches of
onions, and yet his paper may be mcagrc
and poor concern. But what is the labor and
the toll Of such man who displays his "leaded
Natter ever so largely, to that imposed on the
jiudicious, welI-informed editor, who exercises
his vocation with an hourly Consciousness of its
responsibilities and duties, and devotes himself
to the conduct of his paper with the same care
and assiduity that sensible lawyer bestows
upon u suit, or a humane physician upon a p,l-
, tient without regard to show or display! In
deed, the mere tcriting part Of editing paper,
is but a small portion of the work. The indus
try is not even shown there. The care the
time employed in selecting is far more impor-
tant, and the tact of a good editor is better
shown by his selections th:tn anything else
and that we all know is half the battle But
as we have said, an editor ought to be estimat-
ed and his labors understood and appreciated
by the general conduct of his paper its tone
its temper-its uniform consistent course
its principles-its aims--its nianliness-its dig
nity-its propriety- To preserve these as they
should be preserved, is enough to occupy fully
! the time and attention of any man. If to this
be added the general supervision of the news
paper establishment, which most editors have
| to encounter, the wond Il is how they can find
time or room to rritc at all.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
MARKET AlsPxHs AND PHA0RHG
FOR NoRTHHRN OHIO. af /.

The following list is given by the Ohio Far
mer. The Richfeld Nonsueh is the Red Can
ada The selection is a good one as far Ss il
goes
The best varieties in our opiaion, are those
Which bear best, and for which there is q do
nand in the market ana these are tie Bel
mont, Baldwin, Richfeld Nonsuch, Rhode
Island Greeping, Pccks Pleasant, Red As
trachian, and Queen Ann or Lowell apples
To these might be added the Early Harvert;
but the red Astraehati is d finer looking fruit,
sells better, and is almost as early. Sweet APP
pies have no sale; but the best early one is
the Sweet Bough, and it rs a good annual
bearer. Amateurs #itl add to the list, but
farmers raise fruit to sell.
The best peaches, having like qualifications
with the apples, are Early York or Honest
John, Crawfords Early and Late, YeitSw
Hrfcripe and old Nixon Free. From tkese
crops of find fruit may be raised that viii sen
at remunerative prices:
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02

! lege which enables you to scatter over the
country cords and cart-loads of books, thereby
stimulating an anxiety to publish such books
as are not valuable, and creating fund which
is a source of great corruption iii this Govern
ment.
Now, believe if such books as we distrib-
ute are worth what they cost this Government,
that they can be published by private enter.
prize. Of course 1 do not refer to such works
as the Presidents message and accompanying
documents.
But l confess I have another objection to
this franking privilege, which cannot be exer-
cised by deputy. You can not authorize any
body else to frank for you. 1 confess 1 desire
to spend my time in some other employment
than franking speeches on the eve of prcsi-
dental election. l desire to inform myself
upon various Legislative matters pending be
fore Congress / desire to know what am
legislating about, and therefore do not de-
sire to be made drudge, whose whole time is
spent in franking electoneerng documents.
For the reasons | have expressed, am op-
posed to each of these two last amendments
of the Senate upon this bill because desire
to sustain, and hope the House will sustain,
the action of the committee, and prevent in
dependent legislation upon appropriation bills.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
GOOD HABITS LAST.

Soon after settled in the ministry / was
appointed q member of the school committee
of the place where lived. In frequent visits
to one OF the schools took notice of a boy
whose clothing was very coarse, and showed
many patches, but still were clean and neat
throughout. His habits were remarkably
quiet and orderly, and his manner very correct,
His disposition was evidently generous and
kind, and his temper mild and cheerful, as he
mingled with his schoolmates at play or joined
their company on the road.
= When last / saw him in New England, he
was on his way TO school, His appearance
still bespoke the condition of his purse and
his hat was but poor protection against Ell
ther sun or rain; but as passed him, he lift
ed it with an easy but respectful action, 9
pleasant smile and cheerful good morning,
which, uneonsciously to himself made the 10
BILE boy perfect model of genuine good man.
ners. His bow, his smile and his word all
came straight from his true, kind heart. Whei
last saw him, thirty years had passed, ant
/ was on a visit to the West. The boy hat
become dis inguished lawyer and statesman
but his bow and his smile and his kind greeting
were Just the same as those Of the barefoo
boy with the shocking bad hat.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
FAMILY FAILINGS.

The habit of viewing everything in ridicu-
lous light, is one of the family failings that
would warn against. 1t too often leads to an
unaniiable desire to detect and hold up to ridi-
cule the faults of others. and it almost always
destroys the finer feelings of admiration for
what is beautiful, and the tender and more
lovcable qualities of putting the best construc-
tion upon the actions of others, &c. A critical
cefsorious, fault finding woman is most I'M
ainiable being; and let us not conceal the true
otliousness ofsuch propensities in ourselves, un-
der the guise OF sense of the ludicrous. In
nlany families however, where both love and
good temper prevail, there is what may be call
ed an irksonie, rather than a sinful mode of
carping and contradicting one another. No
harm is meant and no offence is taken but
what can be more irksome than to hear two
sisters, for instance, continually setting each
other right upon trifing points and differing
from each other in opinion, for 10 apparent
reason but from habit of contradiction and
such habit does it become. that one may
sometimes see persons who have acquired it
contradict their own statements just male, the
moment any one advances the same opinion.
1t is generally on such trifles that this habit
shows itself, so that it may seem needless to
avert to it; but it is a family fault, and should
be watched against, for it is an annoyance,
though but petty one, never to be able to
open your lips without being harrassed by such
contradictions as 20 no, that happened on Tues
day, not Wednesday, or if you remark that
the clouds look threatening, to be asked, with
u tone of surprise, "Do you think it looks like
q II Al
such a thing" Narrate incident, every
small item is corrected hazard an opinion, ii
is wondered at or con tradieted; assert fact
it is doubted or questioned, till you at length
keep silent in despair.-Friends hatcll'gencer
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02

CoRN BEEE.-Fresh beef, boiled in "very'
that which has been picked before cooking
and any family that can get fresh beet, may
corn" it as they want ii. ....
Coxx Coox1vs.-Oue cup Of SoSs cream. u
half cup of butter, one cup OF sugar one cup
of -four, two cups of corn meal, one teaspoon
fnl of soda trub in the Aour dry y half teaspoon.
fnl of salt, one eGg, half of one nutmeg. Pat
all in together and mix with spoon until it
becomes light foam; bake in hot oven
twenty-five minutes Eat with tart preserves
for tea. They are most delicious. ...
HoNEY Dew BIscUr.-one cup fresh but
ter, one cup loafsugar, one ounce honey (melt-
ed with the comb,) six drops oil cinnamon, one
Gun sour cream, two cups -four, one teaspoon
full soda (rubbed dry in the fiour) half teaspoon
fill salt in the cream, one egg. Mix thorough
ly bake in hot oven 25 minutes. Eat with
cold fruit and cream.
ToaAT0 PIcKLEs.- Chop green tomatoes
fine to one gallon Of tomato, add one tearcnp
of salt; let It stand twenty-iour hours and
draw off the liqaor put in few onions (chop-
ped fine.) two tablespoonsfull of cloves, ofmus-
tard seed, ofpepper, of allspice, each, and pour
on boiling vinegar
! CucuNpER CATsUP-MRs. NICHOLAS RE
ctrE-Take three dozen Of full grown cucum'
bers, and eight white onions. Peel tho onions
and cucumbers, and then chop them as fine as
possible. Sprinkle on thrce-quarters ofa pint
of fiue table salt; put the whole in scive
and let it drain about twelve hours. Then
take teacupful of mustard seed, half tcacup
of ground black pepper, and mix them well
with the cucumbers and onions. Put the
whole into stone jar, with the strongest vino
gar close it up tightly for three days, and 1t is
fit for use. 1t will keep good for years.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
CHEERFULNEss.

Tonics, stimulatives, medicines There's
nothing in the pharmacop9ia half so inspirit-
ing as cheerful temper. Don't fancy your
selfa victim! Don't go through the world
with face half yard long! Don't persuade
yourself that everything happens wrong. My
dear sir, you are the only person that is wrong
when you say that this is world of trial and
trouble! 1t is great deal better to be with
out an arm, or a leg than to lack cheerfulness
What if the globe does not roll round in the
precise direction you want it to? Make the
best of it. Put pleasant face on the matter
ind don't go about throwing cold water on the
fresides of all the rest Of mankind. IF you are
In want of an example, look at the birds, or The
flowers, or the very sunshine on the grass =
Show us one grumbler in all Natures wide
domains! The man who Is habitually gay and
cheerful has found the true philosophers stone
there is no cloud so dark but he sees the blre
sky beyond-no trouble so calamitous but he
finds some blessing left him to thank Provi-
dence for.
He may be poor and destitute; but he walks
clad in an armor that all the mines of Golcon-
da cannot purchase. Snow and rain cannot
penetrate it-scorn and centumey fall harm
1ec5 nOtil HIS SutiuCCs IDC SAOIul lildL SiuhS IL
less courageous craft can only compel him to
trim his sails and try again And somehow,
these people that keep trying, and always sa-
lutte her ladyship with bright face, are the
prime favorites of Fortune. Who would be a
mere thermometer, to rise and fall in spirit
with every change of life's atmospheric Z
Whenever we see a 1litfl signing and bilious,
and despondent, about anything and every
thing, We know it is not his bodily, but his mem
tai health that is out of gear" Cheerfulness
is all he wants Let him put on the spectaces
of his nerry-hearted neighbor, and it is wonder
full what different complexion the world will
wear No matter how thick and fast vexatons
may come-theres nothing like bright little
ray of the souls sunshine to dispcrse them
Counted in dollars and cents, your wealth may
be but paltry sum, but if you have cheerful
temper, you are rich Life Illustrated.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
About the availability of Stephen a
D6uplaS,

The Hon. It. G. Davidson, of the Third
Congressional District of Louisiana has writ
ten nm address to his constituents, reviewing
the late letter of the Hon. Miles Taylor 1t
will be remembered that Mr.. Taylor urged Mr..
Douglas on the South as the available candl-
date. Mr.. Davidson says:
declare it to be my deliberate conviction
that Douglas would be the weakest candidate
that could be selected from among all the men
who have yet been prominsntly spoken Of
x Judge Douglass avowed opinions are
in direct hostility to the constitutional rights
of the South. He holds that the territorial
legislatures established by Congress have the
power either to prohibit the emigration OF a
Shareholder into Il new territory with his slaves
! or take them from him after he goes there
We thought we had achieved great victory
when the right to our property in the terrific
ries was declared by Congress and the Su-
preme Court to be sacred and inviolable under
! the Constitution But Judge Douglas has
been doing all he could. for some time past, to
place us in a condition far worse than we were
at the beginning. 1t is true that, as he has
changed his opinions several times already, he
might change them again but | have YET
seen no sure sign of his repentance Within
! the last year he has declared his resolution no
to accept the Charleston nomination unlcSS his
\ platform on this subject was adopted, IT,
therefore, we take the man, we must not onl.
take him with his principles unchanged, bu
we must incorporate those principles into on
! political creed and agree to surrender our con
/ stitutional rights into the hands Of our enc
mics.
In further evidence of the utter unavailable
ity of Mr. D., may state that, of the 81 U
nited States democratic Senators besides him
self, Mr.. Pugh, Of Ohio, is the only one VIII
has avowed preference for him or desire 70
his nomination, while the other 36 are eithe
opposed to his nomination and would supper
him merely as IL choice of evils, or, if they dt
sire his nomination, will not avow the prefer
ence out of respect for the opposition of thei
States to him. So in the House of Represer
tativcs, | do not know half dozen Souther
men who prefer Mr. DIS nomination, or VII
regard him as q choice of their constituents
Can it be possible that one who is antagonize
in the Senate by all his democratic peers, saw
one, and by all the Southern representative
in Congress, save two or three, is an availab
candidate for the Presidency? Can it be po
sible that it will be judicious or discreet c
the part of the Charleston Convention to for'
Mr. DIS nomination on the South against tt
almost unanimous opposition of her Senate
and Representatives, or on the Northern der
ocracy against the almost unanimous oppos
; tion Of their Representatives in the Unltt
a States Senate?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
Another School Teacher Driven Out of
a Slave State.

A letter from H, I. 'rewsbury to the Chica
go Press gives the particulars of his expulsion
! from Arkansas, where he had been teacher
for ten years. Mr.. y. says:
In January spy was sent to me to ascer-
tain my political views, endeavoring to extort
from me a confession that Slavery was a So
cial, moral and political blessing" Tor SEMI
ments to that amount.) and also to have me
enlist in a military company, to be ready "to
fight the North, and particularly the Yankees,
in the next expected outbreak ;" to "be ready
to fight for the dissolution of the Union" &c
/ informed the spy that Il could not. consis-
tently with my convictions OF right and wrong
and further, Il rould not ' That IL was
proud of Yankeedom- as the land Of my nativ-
ty, and that l would sooner die than take up
arms against my parents, brothers and sisters. -
Three days after was waited upon by a
gentleman STAKEHOLDER, showing me resolutions
signed by nearly all the planters in that vicini-
ty, resolving themselves into Vigilance Com
mittee for the security of their slaves pledging
themselves one to another, to examine every
non-slaveholder, and satisfy themselves beyond
a doubt of the soundness of every person-and
should they find any one of whom they should
have the slightest suspicion, they would com
municate at once, one with another"
The gentleman then accused nae of receiving
Abolition literature, saying that Congrega-
tional Herald was found at the Post Office ad-
dressed to me, and that [ had correspondents
ana associations at the North and East This
admitted, also that II was anti-Slavery from
the bottom of my heart" He then notified me
''to leave within thirty-six bours that he would
protect me that length of time, but would not
promise me my life to be safe any longer" l
was obliged to leave all my property, library
and all, not being allowed time to collect my
claims or pay my debts, or to talk with any
aon-slavehoder breaking up my school and
throwing Inc out Unemployment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
A BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.

Beautiful is old age, beautiful as the slow
dropping mellow autumn of rich glorious
summer In the old man nature has fulfilled
her work; she loads him with the fruits of a
well-spent life; and surrounded by his children
she rocks him away softly to the grave to which
he is followed by blessings. God forbid we
should not call it beautiful. There is another
life hard, rough and thorny, trodden with blee-
ding feet and aching brow; battle which nc
peace follows this side of the grave; which the
graves gapes to finish before the victory is wun
and strange that it should be-this is the
highest life of man. Look back along the
Ia other than this West minister Reuiev.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02

customary cordiality by both, but there was a
/ very decided GOODNESS on the part of Ellen as
! she returned the salutation of Mark, and even
! Kate appeared more than usually grave.
t ''I believe said Ellen, addressing herself to
Frank, 'my sister and myself are indebted to
you for two very elegant valentines received
this morning
alan glad they came safely" said Frank
feeling little awkwardly.
MY sister also received one from you, Mr..
Easton," said Ellen stifly.
(Which could scarcely be called very ele-
CANT said the latter, cuDpOsedly.
THAT depends upon ones taste," returned
Ellen, piqed at his coolness.
The young man smiled.
"Confess now,' said he, in frank, straight
forward way, You think me a little mean in
not having purchased as costly offerings as my
friend Frank
"We supposed you had some good reason"
said Kate, Frightening up with all her former
confidence in her lover.
"You only did me Justice" he said little
more gravely. "and as world not willingly
test under the imputation of meanRess, will
make full explanation of my reasons. A day
Or two since it came to my knowledge aeci-
dentally that poor girl was toiling YEARLY
sixteen hours day TO support herself and her
mother by the work OF her needle. You know
how poorly that is paid. and | am afraid that
even with snch incessant exertion they must
have Jared very poorly. 1t struck me how
much the possession of a sewing machine
would tighten their abors. l accordingly re-
solved to appropriate what l was accustomed
to spend on valentines and as much more RS
was needful to buy pain article for them
I did as proposed. Am forgiven ?"
You have done nobly,' said Ellen, while
Kate silently extended her hand.
And thinking you mean all the time y
exclaimed Frank, indignant at himself.
"You must let me go with you to see the
poor girl" said Kate. Il may be able to sup
ply her with work at more remunerative
price than the shops"
Henceforth brighter days dawned upon the
Mays. They removed to more eligible rooms
and the little machine won them all their need
ed comforts.
Reader, you have the poor always with you,
and it is more blessed to give than to receive.
One luxury foreborne on your part may bring
happiness to those less bountifuiy provided
Will you try the experiment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02
Rllral and 1otllestle.
II critic ult ure
RRURARa.

! RRUBAR9.
BY ANDREW s. FULLER.
To grow Rhubarb, or, in other words. ts
keep it alive, is one thing, but to grow 1t to
perfection is quite another.
The cultivation Of this succulent plant hns
become OF so much Importance from the fact
of its being ready for use at season whea
green fruit is scarce, also being very healthy
vegetable, that we will venture to say Il few
words upon its culture, propagation and its
| best varieties
| CULTURE.
| The soil should be trenched at least two ft.rt
deep three would be still better1! If II Is Q
heavy loan or clay it should be thoroughly
underdrained, for rhubarb delights in q moist
SOIL but not wet. 1t sfonld' be in such q CON
dition that the water will pass off freely after
heavy showers leaving no more in the soil than
will be beld by capillary attraction, and if it is
made 20 by being thoroughly pulverized, there
will be no danger of the plants failing in dry
weather, OF fotthlg in wet
A good LIBERAL supply of old, well-rotted ma
nure should be mixed with the soil before plan
ting. When the ground is ready, which should
be as early in spring as possible mark out the
Io"S IouT leel apart, ana plank the ro0tS three
feet apart in the row, covering the cro1ans three
inches deep; cut no stalks tie first season, for
by so doing you viii weaken the plants and
injure the next seasons crop. If liberal
supply of liquid manure be given them two OF
three times Daring the summer, it will benefit
them much.
The liquid from your barn-yard is the best
kind to give them, but where this can not bs
had, two pounds of guano to barrel Of ~aftr'
is welE let it stand twenty-four hours 10 dis.
olive, applying it just before, or at the timc Of
rain.
Keep the gtoFntf free from weeds sad atir.
it often. Cover the grodftf in autumn with
three or four inches of manure, digging ii ia
with a fork in the spring. Repeat the manur-
ing every fall, and you will not fail of having
a fine crop of stalks every season. C6t down
all seed stalks us soon Rs they appear, unicsz
you want to raise seed instead of leaf stalks:
Linnasus is the best variety il cultivation.
Myatts Victoria is another fine, large va
riety, favor and texture similar to the Lin
naus, but not quite as good the lower end
of the stalks is Of deep red, sometimes eSteAL
ding nearly the whole length. 1t produces al
abundance Of seed stalks, wh h is its gfeasest
fault
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-03-02

DREADFUL CALAMITY-FoRTY-NINE CHL-
pREN DROWNED IN THE ILLINOIS RIVER w Q
find the following in the Hannibal Messenger
of Saturday. The report needs confirmation,
and we ardently hope it may not be true:
1t is said, on what appears to be good au-
thority, that an appalling and terrible acci
dent occurred on the ice in the Illinois river
near Hardin, Calhoun co., His, a few days
since. Fifty children attending school in thai
place, of different ages and sexes, went on tc
the ice in the river to play, when the ice gave
way. precpitating them all into watery
crave save one little fellow, who alone escape'
to bear the sad tidings to the grieved tcache
and agonized parents.