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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

HINTS TO TIppLERs.-When you
feel particularly DESTROYS of having an
otLer glass, leave off drinking. You
have had enough.
When you look at distant object,
and appear to see two, leave off. You
have had too much. ~
When you knock over the glass, spill
your wine over the table, or are unable
to recollect the words Ct song you
have been in the habit of singing for
the last twelve years, leave the compa>
ny. You are getting troublesome.
When you nod and fall off your
chair, or lurch on your neighbours shout
der, 60 to bed. Y0u are drunk.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

BWT The Deaf Mute Convention in
Hartford, recently, was attended by
nearly 800 ladies and gentlemen from
all parts of New England, Of whom tie
Press says, "they are fine looking,
intelligent company Of people, and
when we called at noon, all we're talk
ing and laughing together with the
greatest animation, yet not one said q
word audibly. Most of them are getting
along we'll in the world-some are
married, and have their children with
them-and all seem to keenly appreci-
ate the privilege of meeting their old
friends again, and picking up the scat
tered threads of friendship, all the
stronger because they are shut out from
intercourse with the world at large"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

MILKING BY MACHINERY. - The
Philadelphia correspondent of the New
York Tribune, in describing Mr.. B.
Kershaw's dairy near the former city,
gives the following description of .
machine for milking in use there, the
invention Of Mr.. L. O.. Colvin. The
writer says -
Several cows were MIXED out clean,
with entire satisfaction to all who saw
the thing done, as we'll as tie COWS
themselves. 1t was drawn in two min
utes, SO that the whole herd can, by
additional appliances, be MIXED in half
an hour. Tie machine is SO simple an
affair that child may work it. It
consists Of two distinct, single acting
pumps, made in the form of tin basins,
placed with their bottoms q little apart.
Each pump has a rubber head drawn
over the end of the basin and metallic
tca cups by elastic joints, SO as to fit
the distance apart Of teats in different
cows. In the bottom of each pump is
single valve, which closes when the
suction is produced and opens to dis
charge the milk into the pail, when the
vacuum ceases. As the rubber heads
are drawn out by the levers, a vacuum
is produced which causes the milk to
flow into the pump when they return
to their positions again, the milk passes
through the valves, and all pressure On
the teats ceases, thus producing re.
hitting suction, in imitation of the
natural suction of the calf. -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
FulaFaygraplls.

~ Thomas Hood died composing
that, too, an humorous poem. He is said to
have remarked that he was dying out oil
charity to tho undertaken, who wished tc
urn lively Hood.
BB-"If there is anybody under the CAMS.
ter of heaven that | hold in utter; execres.
cence," said Mrs. Darlington, sit is the
slanderer, going about like boa constructor
circulating his calomel among honest folks. y
W-' Mother" said little Ned, one morn.
| ing after having fallen from his bed,
smother, think know why fell out OF
bed the other night-it was because slept
too near the place where got in" Musing
little while, a. if in doubt whether he had
given the right explanation, he added "No,
that was not the reason = it was because |
slept too near the place where fell out ~
"Sonny, where is your father? %
Fathers dead, sir.'' - -...-.
"lIave you any m other ?'' 4.
eyes, l had one but She's got married to
Joe Dunklin, and doesn't be ny m other
any longer, cause she's enough to do. to
atterd to his darnei young ones"
s:Smarr boy = here is a dime for you.;'
s'M ank you, sir; that's the way gits
my living.' ssrg sas e-ia IA,
.,IIow ~ sa IN s..s- =,
"why, by telling yarns to gre,nys like
you, at dime pop y rsg I'D.
A QUAINT CRITIoI "A newspaper before
us states that at the breaking 1T the ground
for the commencement of the Lynchbnrg
ard Tennessee Railroad at l.ynchburg, a
clergyman slo~l, and soie,nnly read a man.
uscript prayer, at the conclusion of which,
an old negro man, who, had been resting with
one foot on his spade, and his a.ns on the
hahdle, looking intently in the chaplain's
face Strengthened himself up, and remarked
very audibly swell, reckon OATS de fust
time de Lords been writto on de subjec Of
railroads"
n@ Newspaper people are proverbially
enc of the craft did get slightly slight q
few days ago, and the following is sample
of his paper the next day: 4 .ds
sYesterday morning at O'Clock P. N. a
small man, named Jones, or Brown, or
Smith, with hole in the heel of his trows-
ers, commit ted arsenic by swallowing dose
of suicide. The verdict of the inquest return
cd jury that the deceased came to the
facts in accordance with his death. Heleaves
q child and six small wives to lament the
end of his untimely loss. In death we are
in the midst of life." af
WHAT IMAGINATION D1D. An elderly lady.
from one of the adjacent towns, called re.
Gently at store to make few purchases of
dry-goods. 1t happened to be one of those
raw days of which we had SO many this fall,
and the old lady was cold. She came 10
rubbing her hands, and, remarking how very
chilly it was, hauled up chair, and seated
herself in front of huge salamander safe,
where she sat and pdrmed herself some fif-
teen minutes, when Ia came her ssold man., .
Who stopped down and rubbed and warned
his hands, and then, after selecting some
FOODS and paying for them, they started on
their way, remarking, 'swhat . comfortable |
hing a good stove Is on,a cold day."
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
sE They had an Iadian excitcmer

10 They had an IAdian excitement
at Forest City, Minnesota, not long
since, very much after the style Of that
made memorable III verse as ssthe frogs
Of Windham." The people scattered
while the deputy sheriff was stationed
at an outpost to guard the property,
and during the long night watches his
heart failed him. Falling upon his
knees for the first time in his life, he
framed this prayer to Heaven: go,
Lord, most Of our folks have gone to.
Fair Haven and carried their guns with.
them Ipray thee, don't let the Indians
come on this road, while l am here
do, let this cup pass from u.s. but if
they must scalp the whites, they'll find
most Of them, as I said before, at Fair
Haven, and they had better 60 by way
Of Kingston, as it is SO much shorter
road-amen !"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

E liver Wendell Holmes wildly
describes death thus ''By the still
ness Of the sharpened features, by the
blackness Of the fixedness Of the smile
less mouth, by the deafening tints, by
the contracted brow, by the dllating
nostril, We know that the soul is soon
to leave its mortal tenements, and is
already closing its window, and putting
out its fires"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
THE REPUBLICAN WAGON.

There's right and wrong in politics,
And right is on our side, .a
So we've harnessed up the wagon, boys,
To let the nation ride. e
The Union is our wagon,
And it isn't any sham, 10
For it's crowded with the people, a1
And it's drivers Abraham
CuoRUa.--Wnit for the wagon,
Wait for the wagon,
Wait for the wagon,
For the drivers Abraham
This wagon is q noble one, "
'Twas made in '76,
'rwas driven by George Washington,
Through stormy politics; d
With Northern oak and Eastern pine
And Western ash it's bound a
Palmetto, cyprus, cotton wood,
In every wheel are found. a
Waltz the wagon, SO.
Tie Mill-boy of the Slashes, boys,
Kentucky's Harry Clay,
Once sat upon this wagon
As we're sitting here to-day; I'd
He drove the road of Compromise,
By Constitution charts, aa
And held the reins of Union 81
All around the peoples hearts.
Wait for the wagon, 30.
In this our famous wagon, -
With Tom Corwin at ITS back,
Through all the troublous elements
Our Lincoln keeps the track;
And when the hand of Webster shook
The hand Of proud Calhoun,
Twas here upon this wagon-box
They sat in close commune.
Wait for the wagon, &c.
So jump into the wagon, boys, 70.
The people are its springs, -
We're running on the Union course, g
And Lincoln holds the strings;
The Union is our wagon, l
And it isn't any sham,
For its crowded with the people,
And its drivers Abraham.
Wait for the wagon, &c.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
TAKE MANKIND AS THEY ARE

TAKE MANKIND AS THEY ARE. =
Here is wise remark from Mrs.
Evans novel Of Adam Bede e
"These fellow moltals, every one,
must be accepted as they are. You
can neither Strengthen their noses, nor
brighten their wit, nor rectify their
dispositions. And it is these people,
among whom your life is passed, that
it is necdful yen SHOULD tolerate, pity
and love. 1t is these more or less ugly,
stupid, inconsistent people, whose mo
menss ofigoodness you should be able
to admire-for whom you should Ct err
ish all possible hopes, all possible
patience"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

Come, rally 70 hiss standard, & 'se q
And don't You be afraid, p
The ball has started down in Maine,
And scores Tor Honest Abe. IN. =
He's honest and he's capable, Ely
~ He's one Of "our boys" "a Al
He is we'll known among US +,
As 9Honeat Abe" Of Illinois. "a
The ball we'll keep rolling, a 81
40 Ws'n keeplit rolling on, ID
Nor will we stopit rolling 81
2 Till Abe's at Washington. 81
% We know he's been poor man,
But few with him could cope,
He'd toll from III orn till setting sun,
And rend the giant oak;
He's studied DER the midnight lamp
70 cultivate his mind;
He'll make an honest President,
For be's honestly inclined.
Let's have true Republican,
Not . Democratic sham
So 60 along with US, boys,
And vote for Abraham.
r Huzsa huzzs for Honest Abe!
He is the peoples choice; 1s
He'll whip the s'Little Giant .
Who halls from Illinois; CSouth
The East and West, tho North and
b, Are all coming on, EaF
They all declare that Honest Abe
& . Shall 60 to Washington.
The Wide Awakes are rallying, Aa
They're gathering everywhere,
They mean to place Abe Lincoln
aa In the Presidential chair.
/ Six cheers for Honest Uncle Abe!
PEI. Three more for Illinois
Well make the welkin ring, boys
Don't fear to make noise. ~
Here's success to Honest Abe!
Well cheer him three times three;
He'll stop the tolling of that Bell, -
That's down in Tennessee.
Now we'll retire, contented,
And let the ball rol, on,
We KNOW that HONEST ABRAHAM
1a Viii go to Washington!
TIvoLI.
Tivcli, N. Y. &
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

wedding p 20 forward, and, iaA tn
day. Hsrsk 3 MI sts Hast
ings and now in . splendid Boston
mansion, she fully justiies the wisdom
Of her. dear hu,bsuds choices by being
to him q most excellent wife, and . sup.
hopse.keeper. .v.-sys.,yp- nv
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

HINTS ON FATTENING PoRK.-It is
usual with many farmers to put this Of
until cold weather sets in. The Pig
run in the woods, and road, or the pas.
ture. picking up a scanty living, and
come to the pens lean and hungry
when they ought to be fattened. Ir
our practice We keep pigs in the sly the
year round. We find them quite toe
valuable co-laborers in the manufac-
ture of manure to allow them to waste
"their sweetr ess upon the desert air. D
A pig is worth ten dollars year TO,
this purpose alone, if you will give him
the material to work with and plenty Of
food. But possibly it may pay for q
little time in The Summer, to keep the
SOW and pigs in q good clover pasture
where grass is more plenty than corr
upon the iarm. II this be done, all OF
them intended for the butcher by
Christmas. should be shut up immedi-
ately, and be fed with all they can eat.
A squeal'ng pig is worse for the own
er's pocket than for his ears. It is
much easier to make pork in Septem
Der and October than in December and
January. No extra amount Of food Is
wasted in keeping up the animal heat.
1t all goes to fat and muscle. Variety
Of food is a matter Of much Importance
IL fattenihg swine. At this season a
greater variety is easily commanded, -
The garden, if it is q good one, yields
q great many refuse articles, squashes,
beets, carrots apples, melons, toma .
toes, and co. n, which. will find . good
market IN the sly. One Of the best
articles Of food for them is sweet corn,
cut up by the roots and fed whole
They are very fond Of it, and it makes
them thrive very fast. A half acre
near the sty may be pro6tably culuiva-
ted every year; expressly for this pur-
pose. If this be not on hand, corn
from the field may be fed in the same
way once a day. But swine need
something more than green stuff, how
ever nutritious, to make them fatten
rapidly. -gs~ss.s.....r.,z =
The cooking sof food il much more
economical than ID. generally supposed,
especially ponAthe farm, where fuel
costs little but the labor in preparing
it. We think about one-third of the
value of all the grains usually fed to
swine, is saved by cooking. iAsboiler
or box for steaming is indispensable in
every we'll arranged swill house. In
in this the meal may be cooked and
thoroughly mixed with roots and other
The meal sbsorbs large
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12
MY LAST LOVE.

"No, thou art not my first love,
loved before we met,
And the memory of that carly cream
s. Doth linger 'bous me yet;
But then, thou art my last love,
The dearest and the best
My heart but shed its outer leaves
4 To give thee all the rest"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

a%The city Of Yeddo, the capital
Of Japan, is said to be, without excep
ton, the largest city in the world. It
contains one million ivehundred and one
thousand dwellings, and the unparalleled
number Of FIVE million inhabitants.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

NJ No Mormons have got to Nauvoo
yet; and it is supposed that the large number
making their way to that place las reported)
have been eaten up, devoured, swallowed
without being chawed, and otherwise dis
posed of-Sf. Louis Rspubliean. INA
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

- Don't be in too great . hurry,
girls, to- fall in love with the young
mon. It often happens that your hearts.
are no sooner theirs than theirs are no
longer yours. Haa
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

ca Hon. Roger A., Pryor having said
that he would be the Brutus of Lincoln if
elected, Prentice remarks that, if it comes
to stabbing, they have Cassius in Kentucky
who will be after Brutus.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

GooD.-The Springfield CO., Ne'os perpe.
trates the following clever political pun :
Tie Chain of American Presidents is not
get complete-the Republicans propose to
add link on. Ca. LINooLN.) o sal
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

a Astmlins Republican. of Sweetland
sends ~ for publication the following first
rate campaign song taken from an Eastern
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12

EXTRAORDINARY ELoPExRNT-Mrs. jones'
dog with Mrs.. Smiths dinner aTa IL
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-12


Jane and Charlotte we're in the parlor
waiting for him, and Sarah, as usua' j,
was bustling about in the kitchen. II
do wish," said he, soto voice, '.that
one of those girls would take Sarah's
place in the kitceen little while, that
Knight find out some Of their house.
keeping qualities, and that might have
o little more chat with her."
But he waited for such a change in
vain, though he found some opportu-
mites of converse, and discovered all he
wished to know just then, about her
mental qualifications and requirements;
and 1.-THE close Of the fourth day, just
before he got into bed, he slapped the
white connterpane alphabetically, and
said to it-as there was nobody in the
room at the time, ! suppose he must
have spoken to that-s'She's the wife
70. me-" - a.
The next day was the outer limit of
his visit and, as he stood at the win
dow after breakfast, he saw Sarah with
that witching white apron, tripping in
to the orchard to shake down some ap.
pies, for it was baking-day and pies
we're TO be made. Horace strolled out
sitter her, and shook the tree, and help
ed pick up tho apples, and carried the
basket as they returned slowly to the
house. What he whispered in her ear
she never told, but she seemed not dis
pleased, though evidently surprised.
A year after, Horace was at the house
Of his old friend again, and this time,
Sarah was not so much in the kitchen.
There were great preparations for .
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-07-07
rPnhlic s !

RESOLUTION auhor:z ng the enlargement of and
structIon of a branch to the Louisville and Portland
canal.
Resolved BY the Senate and House of Representatives Of
the United States Of America in Congress assembled That
the presidents and directors of the Louisville and Portland
Canal Company be and they hereby zed, with
the aud credits of the company enlarge the
said canal and to construct branch canal from suitable
point the south side U the present canal to point in
the Ohio river opposite Sand Island sufficient pass the
largest class of vessels navigating the Ohio river:
Provided That nothing herein contained shall authorize
the said president and directors directly indirectly to
use or pledge the faith credit of the United States for
the said enlargement construction it hereby being
preSsy declared that the Government of the United States
shall be in any liable for said enlargement and
construction: Provided further That when said canal is
enlarged aud IFS branch canal constructed and ITS cost of
said paid for tolls shall be collected
than AN sufficient keep the canal in repair and
pay for all necessary superintendent and management
Approved, May a. 1850.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-07-07

The OLD K N GANE.-The Salisbury Banner,
noticing the game of misrepresentation as to their
strength by the Know Nothings says:
"They are again trying the same game. One of
most daring and impudent cases on record is that
OF goose puIportng to write from Salisbury to the
Raleigh Register, in which he represents the De-
moeracy of Rowan as IN a most Respondent state,
ana as II bankruptcy and ruin and death and dam.
nation were staring them in the face Now that is
maze 70 operate elsewhere. The Waterman would
not puolish such stuff because it knows it would
ger laughed at and because it knows that every one
here knows it is utterly false The Democracy of
Rowan Will elect their full ticket by an increased
ma]orlty-wlll give Gov. Ellis larger vote than
ne got here before, and, in conjunction with Dayie
tney VIII gam member to the Senate. That's the
state Of Rowan, and We dare the sapient Register
er name. Will he do it? PIP
=, Watch the Know Nothings-the truth is not in
them on election natters and it is Just as homeless
70 get out of them it is in the language Of onr
friend Gen. Dargan, to make successful 6pbt
against saw-mill with a big head of water"
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-07-07
CEDAR FORK ACADEMY,

CEDAR FORK ACADEMY,
WAKE County, n. c.
RICHARD W. YORK, Principal
TIME NEXT SESSION WILL OPEN ON THE THIRD
II THURSDAY IN july.
II is the determination of the Trustees and Principal
that students shall lie made in their studies
Boys prepared for any College but especially the
University.
The Academy has Library and Literary Society.
The Academy is located Immediately on the N0rthCaro
lima Railroad Is miles north vt Raleigh. Students get
off the mail trains ut the Academy.
Board with everything furnished. & per month. TUT
ton varies irum 81 to $50.
For further information address the Princpa or
u. WEATHERSP00N,
President Board of Trustees.
Cedar Fork, n. c. July 5, 1861. 27--w3t.
, .S Weekly Register, Advocate, Recorder and Age
copy three times.
Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-07-07
N. C. Six Per Cent. State Bonds.

=
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. n. L =
June y. 1860.
SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- at this office until 10 o'clock, A. ~, 9th July
next for The SALE To the highest bidder of ll4Om Of
NORTH Carolina State Bonds issued under An Act author
zug the Public Treasurer to sell the Bonos Of the State
for certain purposes"
These bonds sold pay of debt of the State which
is about maturing.
The above Bonds will be issued in of 81 000 $780,
$e0O 500 each suit purchasers bearing date LIST JAN
uay, 1860 with Coupons attached payable semannualy
Those Of 81 900 and $500 win thirty years. and the
$lnO and $500 ten years. J.,
The principal and interest will be payable at the Bank of
the Republic in the City Of New York, unless where the
party prefers have them payable at The Treasury Of the
State These bonds not subject to taxation for any
purpose
Successful bidders upon being informed of the accept
of their bids deposit the amount of their bids
the credit Of the undersigned in the Bank aforesaid
the Bank Of North Carolina Bank Of Cape Fear Raleigh
Parties bidding will please address their letters endorsed
Proposals for NJ c. Stocks" TO the undersigned at Ra
leigh, N. c. -. .-..
The rghtof accepting such bids in whole or in part as
be deemed most to the State is reserved
The bids viii be opened in the presence of the Governor
Secretary and Comptroller of State aid the President of
the Bank of Noi,h-Caroina. III 49,
= T'if' D. W. COURTS, Pub Treas
r-- 80. - 49,. g.. L.. -s--.-s Sid.
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LOOK Up, BoYs.-Every boy who has brain, mus
Gle and ambition in this country, has the world be-
fore him. and can make himself whatever he may
choose to- provided his aspirations are tempered by
patriotism and virtue. We commend the following
from an exchange to all boys who are now receiving
their schooling" at hard labor in pursuing any of
the mechanical branches:
A WORD To ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is the
most important stage of life through which the me-
chanic is called to pass. 1t is emphaticay the
spring Of his days; the time when he is
ing the seed, the fruits of which he is to reap in a
ter years. If he spare no labor in its proper cul-
tnre, he is sure of reapng abundant harvest but
i, in the culture of the mental SOIL he follow the
example of many intlling the EARTH and carelessly
and negligently does his work. like them he will
find the seeding time past and the ground bring
ing forth only weeds and briars.
Let the young apprentice bear in mind, when he
commences learning any business, that all hopes Of
in the future are doomed to fade away like
the morning mist unless he bear in mind that he
can become master of his business only by the clos
est application, and the most persevering industry
and that unless he does master it he may bid fare
well to all visions of future prospect and success
The apprentice is the foundation of the great me-
chancal edifice, and surely if the foundation Of a
structure be not firm, the structure itself crumbles
and falls to the EARTH Then, young friends, perse.
we're; be stndious and attentive study well the
branches of your business, both practical and theo
retical-and you will not fail, when your time shall
come to take active part in life to be Of USE not
only in your particular business but to society
Mr. Breckenridge is very soon to leave for Oalifor-
MA with Senator Latham, proposing to pass the
mer on the Pacific coast He had made arrange
ments tor this trip before his nomination.