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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-05-10

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You're tired, dear mother, your cheek is quite pale;
Wont you lay down your sewing and tell me a tale
Of FAIRIES that sent, in the good times of DID,
Rich banquets, and jewels, and purses of golds
Not about little Riding Hood crossing the moor
Was the wolf that she met like our wolf at the door?
Shall we never walk out where the houses so tall
Have lace Ger each window, and lamps in each
hall?
Where the curly haired childred play over the
U grass ? Y1gsifd eg
We might hear their gay laughter and talk as we'd
Must you sit here and work till your fingers are
il2fiS-s sore? .noaiae YiIlua a5a Faa
think we might steal by the wolf at the door !. &.
I'll lay down your work-oh, how warn it will be-
My nice little cloak why, thought twas for mel
Once, always in garments as fine I was dressed,
But shan't ask for this, if you think 'twould be
best; hppi1 49i gJtsel Ieaolpj
Yeti can't understand what you told me before,
That it might, for awhile, keep the wolf from the
door.
The clothes have on are so thin and so wornl
Itrv to be thankful they never stay torn;
But should like some new ones, with tassels and
braid, l won
And stockings, not shrunken, nor faded, frayed
And pair of new shoes-how they d creak the
floor!
But then he might hear them-the wolf at the doorl
The rooms growing dark and | cant see to play
BY the light of the lamp that shines over the way
And the shadows that fit o'er its CLEAN the
alE wall 7 asFT sfa7 af
They frighten me, coming SO shapeless and tall !;
Oh, how would beg for candle once more, ;
Ifyou thought he'd not see us-the wolf at the
p. door.
And the fire the hearth, it has died away quite
Wont you kindle new one, dear mother tonight !?
Don't you love the soft flames as they crackle and
glow?
They would warm your poor hands, that are cold
as the snow; t.ia
And the kettle would sing-hark lis that the
Oh, mother II fear tits the wolf at the door
Well, hear me my prayers and I'll lie down in bed,
And while your soft arm is passed under my head,
Wont you tell me again to be trusting and brave,
Though march over thorns my way to the
grave?
To keep sin from my heart lest II eat to the core
Dear mother. is..sin like the wolf at the door?
And tell me of mansions still grander than those
Where the rich children play and the grass green
ly grows;
Where they'll give me bright robes, and crown
for my head,
And on fruits from the garden of God I'll be fed
Oh, mother. to think there we'll live evermore,
And'be in no fear of the wolf at the door
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-05-10
ACT FOR ADDRESSING NEWSPAPER

ACT FOR ADDRESSING NEWSPAPERS.
-DRoP LETTERs.-The act passed by
Congress has been approved and is as
follows: Be it enacted, &C., Thatth
second clause of section third of the
act of thirteenth August, eighteen hun
dred and fifty-two, establishing the rates
of postage on printed matter, is hereby
so modified rs to read as follows, name
ly:
There shall be no word or communi-
cation printed on the same after lis pub
lication, or upon the wrapper thereof,
except the name, the date aclien the sab
scyiptioa expires, and the address OF
the person to whom it is thus sent.
Ie-And be 1t further enacted That on
all drop letters delivered within the
limits of any city or town by carriers
under the authority of the Post Office
Department, one cent each shall be
charged for the receipt and delivery o.
said letter, and no more. yi9isec
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-05-10
Specimens of Democratic Decency.

Below we give extracts from the Of
fetal report Of the proceedings in the
House on the 5th nit, during the de-
livery of the speech of Mr.. Lovejoy.
We are told that Slaveholding is very
elevating and refining in its effects up
on those enjoying the benefit of its in
fiuence! If this be true, it would be
difficult to conceive what would have
been the condition of Barksdales,
Singletons, and other specimens of
Democratic breeding, without the hui
manizing influence of the s'Patriarchal
institution" Let the reader carefully
examine these samples of modern De-
lnocracy adorned by Slayeholding, and
then ask himself if he wishes to see
any more public territory placed under
the teachings and influences whose
fruits are here exhibited: mi3isoqas
Mr.. Order that the black
hearted scoatndrel and nigger stealing
thief to take his seat, and this side Of
| the House will do it. feH' ,esisa1'
Mr.. Singleton wish to know ifthe
gentleman intends to cast any insinua-
ton or slur on the women of the South.
| want to know that distinctIy,and en-
Iphatically; because if he does, I will
hold him personally accountable for it.
Mr.. Barksdale- sir; you stand
there to-day an Infamous purjured vil-
lain. ~ a@'.tas' +, = Eosa1' ss's off
Mr.. Ashmore-Yes he. is per;ured
ciHair /; and he perjurcs himself every
hour be occupies q seat on this floor.
Mr.. Singleton on-And neyro-fhief'
in the bargain. go !" - l''1
Mr.. Barksdale-I Lope my colleague
will hold no parley with q apeyured ne
Mr.. Martin, of virginiia-No. iiN W we
would hang yoat higher than Haman.
Mr.. Barksdale- meanest slaye
in the South is your superior. stusa,
Mr.. Loyejoy-I will answer all ques-
tions, if the House will give me time.
Mr.. Singleton-No, Sir; any gentle
man shall have time, but not such a
mean, despicaJle scretch as that.
Mr.. Martin, of Virginia-An you
come among us we viii do with you as
we did with John Brown-ha5g vou
up aasIhigh as Haman. say that as q
Virginian. aa sey .eusa xsogs ri
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Fact.

An editor, speaking of the bad lit
erature of the present day, says:
/" on may read many of the eastern
weeklies for year and scarcely find
fact which viii make you wiser or bet
ter-all fiction, romances, lies, velvet
feathers, little fiends equipped in smiles
and crinohne, big scoundrels in epaul-
cites, with a moustache, turning the
hearts of simpering maideps; the eve
ry-day history of life ingeniously bclied
and genteelly ontstretched /! and yet
always ends beautifully. Hundreds of
persons who think they can't afford to
take their home paper, in the course of
the year spend three or four times the
amount in trash" ~, =.
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Fol- the Rpublican.
An Allegory.
BY MARY A. DAY.


Twas amid the silent watches of the
night, when deep sleep talleth upon
man, leaving it q midnight to the soul,
1 sat wrapt in contemplation, for the
outer world seemed to invite thought,
and the soul so tranquil formed itself
into a piece of mechanism, that it was
capable of receiving impressions that
passed before the mind in such beauti-
fully allegorical phantoms, that the pen
can but poorly portray the panoramic
view. The sky above, fit panoply of
Gods most elaborate workmanship,
was richly studded with gems, fit coro-
net of its makers might, while before
and on either side of me, were drawn
in the most magnificent array, a variety
Of trees, some dressed in richest robes
of evergreen, fit emblem of such place,
and the landscape with its rooling sur
face, and ever and anon pearly brook,
meandering itself along so tiihidly, as
if in youthful blushing loneliness it was
afraid to attract attention.
And now the pearly lake, with its
dimpling surface, inviting the passer-by
to launch his barque uponits fair bosom,
and while away a pleasant hour, and
too, how many of the Hght-hearted
ones were there, as if to make the hap
I lpiest use of time, "to drive dull care
away" for surely more fit place they
could not have chosen, than this, mid
way between three elements, "where
the light wave just breaks and whispers
of its makers might" one would hard
" think that "they of the 'earth earthy,'
could long habitate such a place as
this, but that they must subside into
the. etherial. l thought as / glided
amid its cver-varying scenes, this must
have been tho s'happy valley where
prince Rascelas, and the princess Pek-
nah and Nekayah took up their abode,
but was unable to receive any satisfac
tory infornation concerningit. Stray
ling into a winding path (for this was
not the highway / was led along by
the beauty it presented, not merely o
scenery, but by the elegantly workman
ship of carriages drawn by dappled
coursers, and filled with merry hearts
} / did not have to look but once before
assured myself, that this soas not th'
vehicle on the road to the scamp meet
ling in s'Mrs.. Stoves Dred" And nov
bursts upon my wondering vision, anC
admiring gaze, the object of all thi
! careful blending of beautious harmony
lit was the elaborate workmanship of
Temple or Castle, vieing with those Q
1.-THE east in architecture. go s''
& +rf@l'~ s>r4s ~ s-.r~s. ruc-r~.4er
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-05-10
Only Tight.
" How flushed, how weak he is
What is the matter with him %
Ss-Ou1x, fir1,t -, ffi|.H.iI- ~

" How flushed, how weak he is!
What is the matter with him 20 "
"Only tightr' ae1ai- -
Tight ?" 'fni35ls Lfaaa2a aoA -si
ni" Yes, intoxicated.'' ''gna ~ i
"Only tight!'' Mans best and
greatest gift, his intellect, degraded
the only power that raises him above
the brute creation trodden under foot of
a debasing appetite. .,a,ssA sass8
"lOnly tightn' The mother stands
with pale and tear-dimmed eye to see
her only sons disgrace, and in her fan
CIV pictures the bitter woes of which
this is the foreshaddowing. l8I
"sOnly tight!'' The gentle sister,
whose strongest love through life, has
been given to her handsome, talented
brother, shrinks with disgust and con-
tempt from his embraces, and brushes
away the hot impure kiss he prints up
on her cheek. = t.f-E s1
"Only tightr' And his young bride
trips to meet him, a ID checks the wei
come on her lips, to gaze with terroron
the reeling form and flushed face OF
him who was the God of her idola-
try"
"Only tight!nH And the fathers face
grows dark and sad, as, with a bitter
sigh, he stoops over the sleeping face
of his first born. ases as.nfs.I
He has brought sorrow to all theil
affectionate hearts ; he has opened the
door to a fatal indulgence; he. has
brought himself to a level with tht
brutcs; he has tasted, exciting the ap
petite to crave. the poisonous draughf
again; he has fallen from noble man
hood to babbling idiocy; brought grie
to his mother, distrust to his sister
shame to his brother, and bowed hi'
fathers head in sorrow; but blame
him not; he is "'only tight
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CHANCERY NOTICE.

NTATE OF MlCHIGAN-In the Circuit Court
- for the County of Cass-In Chancery. li4W
James NJ. Spencer, Complainant, AT a session
VS.. of Said Court
Strawther Bowling, le .sEH held at Cass-
Catharine Bowling, apolis in said
Frederick, Pitcher, County of Cass
Charles Atwood, s.i on the 10th day
Blakesley Barnes, and ~ oei8 - of March A d.,
Edward Kent, Defendants. 1860. sr
Present, Hon. Nathaniel Bacon, Circuit Judge.
1t satisfactorily appearing to this Court that each
of said defendants, Charles Atwood Blakesley
Barnes and Edward Kent are non-residents of this
State. On motion OF Joseph B. Clarke, Solicitor
for Complainant, it is ordered that each of said
defendants, Atwood, Barnes and Kent cause his
appearance in this to be entered in this cause
within three months from the date of this order:
And that each of said defendants in case of his
said appearance cause his answer to the Complain
ants bill to be filed and copy thereof to be served
upon the Compainant's Solicitor, within forty days
after service of copy of said bill and notice of
this order and in default thereof that the said bill
be taken as confessed against each of said defen-
dants in default. And it is further ordered that
within twenty days from the date hereof the said
Complainant cause copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and published in said County, and that the
publication of said copy be continued in said news
paper once in each week for six weeks in succession;
or that he cause copy of this order to be person
ally served on each of said defendants, Atwood,
Barnes and Kent at least twenty days before the
time above prescribed for their appearance seve-
rally. n. BACON, Circuit Judge.
State of Michigan, County of Cass,-ss. there
by certify the foregoing to be true copy of the
order of publication made and entered in the above
entitled cause. 80. t.-,-l-.-.s
CHARLES G. LEWIS,
11flpl8 rest Register in Chancery.
Dated March 18th. 1860. lnarch224Sw6
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-05-10

EPITAPH ON A TERMAGANT WIFE.-
WRITTEN BY HER HUsBAND.-The fol
lowing curious epitaph is from the New
port Mercury of Saturday, October Is
1887, silF ~ bsa lt
Beneath this rugged stone doth lie s;44i
The rankest scold that ere did die; 7ffi1
Whose softest word to dearest friend
Would make his hair stand bold on end
9a You'd think storms rising when she sung:.
Thunder was music to her tonguei1 fer
When real storms in her did rise,
Lightning was twilight to her eyes
Her mildest look so fierce sight
Great chance you'd catch an ague by it,
And when her person mored-hugh rock
No earthquake gave great shock!
Where she abides, seek not to know,
If they want sulphur, she's bezoac
If she's a6ore-Gods, hear my prayer,
And send me anyacha-e bit terei '''',
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PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF CHIGAN-Cou,lty Of Cass Pro-
- bate Court. = Whereas application has been
made to the said court by Daniel A. Williams,
administrator of the estate of Stephen Owen, de-
ceased, for the final settlement Of his admins
tration accounts in said estate: And, whereas,
and adjust the ciainis against Said estate:
Notice is therefore hereby given, that the second
Saturday in May next, has been appointed by said
court for examining and adjusting the claims
against said estate, and for final settlement of the
same, at the Probate Office, in Cassapois, Of said
county, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, at which
time and place all persons having claims against
said estate viii present them to said court for final
settlement
And IL is hereby ordered that the above notice
be nublished in the Cass County Republican, once
in each week for four weeks in succession imme
diately preceding said settlement fa.,-ifs.-
C. SHANAHAN, Judge Of Probate
April 9, 1860 en3r,tFv 1aprill2-5lw4
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MORTGAGE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made In the condition
IL of certain indenture of Mortgage, made,
executed acknowledged aud delivered by Alanson
s. Bacon to Noah Could bearing date November
10, 1857 and recorded the 9th day of April, 1859,
in the Office of the Register of Deeds for the
County of Cass, in the State of Michigan, in Book
II of Mortgages, on pages 456 and 457 ; and which,
said Mortgage was duly assigned on the 9Th day OF
April, 1859, by said Noah Gould to Chauncey
Crippin, for a valuable consideration, which said
assignment duly recorded on the 9Th day OF
said April, lS59in said Iiber Book Of Mortgages
on pages 457 and 45S and no suit or proceedings
at law having been instituted for the recovery of
the debt secured by said Mortgage, or any part
thereof or on the note executed Herewith, and
there being claimed as due on said Mortgage at
this date, the sum of S6l2.50. Therefore, notice
is hereby given, that by virtue OF power Of sale
contained in said mortgage. and in pursuance of
of the statute in such case made and provided,
said mortgage will be foreeoscd by sale at public
auction or yendue, to the highest bidder of the
premises therein described, Cor so much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage at the date Of this notice, with
interest, and the cnsts and expenses allowed by
law which sale will take place on Tuesday, the 9TH
day of June next at IL O'clock noos'of that day,
at the front door of the Cass County Court House,
in Michigan. the said mortgaged premises intended
to be sold as above and be affected by this fore
closure being that certain piece or parcel OF land
situate living and being in the County of Cass and
State of Michigan, and known and described as
follows. to wit: Village lot number one hundred
and ninety-seven (197) in Patrick Hamilton's Ad-
dition to the village of Dowagiac" in said County
and State. staafs ~ 81
CHAUNCEY CRIPPIN, Assignee.
s. N. CAN'T, Attorney. f HiA
| = Dated, Dowagiac, March 15 1850. marl5-47wl3
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hEFAULT having been made in the condition
IL of Mortgage executed by Noah Gould and
Amelia Gould, of the County of Cass and State of
Michigan, to Samuel n. CAN'T. bearing date Decem-
ber 10. 1853, to secure the purchase money of
S35000 and interest, divided into three annual
payments, the first of which fell due ON the 10th
of December, 1861 now in foreclosure, and recor-
ded january s. 1889, in Liber I'll of mortgages, on
pages 253 and 254 in the Office of the Register of
Deeds for the County of Cass; and the amount
claimed to be due on said motgage at the date OF
this notice being sl5S II, and no suit at law having
been instituted borrower the same or any part
thereof Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of
power of sale contained in said mortgage, and in
pursuance of the statute in such case made and
provided, that on Thursday the 5th day of July
1862 at IL o'clock noon of that day, at the front
door of the Cass County Court house, in Cassapo-
lis (t being the place of holding the Circuit Court
of said Cass County shall sell at public auction
TO the highest bidder, the premises described in
said mort GAGE, or so much thereof as shall be
necessary to satisfy the amount due on said mort
gage, with interest costs and expenses of fore
closure, viz: Village lots thirty-fve and thirty
six in the village of Dowagiac, Cass County aud
State of Michigan, in Patrick Hamilton addition
to the village of Dowasiac aforesaid together with
the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto
belonging.--2 i--iL .fll
SAMUEL N. CAN'T,
Mortgage and Attorney.
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~ Constant success shows but one
side of the world for it surrounds us
with fatterers who will tell us only of
our merits, and silence our enemies,
from whom alone we might learn. our
defects. ss
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az A man passing tAreagh a gate
way in the dark, hit his nose against
the post. 81 wish that post was in
HI" said he. Better wish it was
somewhere else," said a bystander,
'"you might run against il again. % = :
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1860-05-10

eW The pleasantest things in the
world are pleasant thoughts, and the
greatest art in life is to have as many
of them as possible.
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noWAGIAc NURSERY.

SEELEY & COLE, having established themselves
in the Nursery Business in this village, will fur
nish to order Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Law
ton Blackberries, Cherry Currants, Grape Vines,
Evergreens, aud every variety of Shrubbery.
- e5fy- Office with DIR. Clarke, on Commerce-st.,
second building from the Post Office.
:. -. IT, p. SEEIEY, II. d.
EXM, p. COLE.
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"a How many a man, by throwing
himself to the ground in despair, crush
es. and destroys. forever a thousand
flowers Of hope that were ready to
spring Dip and gladden. al his pathway.
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GO Father, Let me in!''--A Picture from
.t9ihuoo cid the Mind. etfi a. ant4fts
Father. let me in p sa

Father, let me IMP eai E7iafseo e.i
The words came, clothedin the dull
Get accents of childhood, from curly
pated little. fellow, over whose golden
head the footsteps of scarce seven flow
ry springs had lightly sped. He stood
at the door of cottage, his dimpled
arms filled with violets and primroses
-those) sweet companions of child
hood-and was vainly endeavor;ng to
reach the door latch. s''' - .sv
We passed on, musing on those SIM
pie words, sSweet child!' we thought.
: You are happy, now, as the short
lived butterfly that you chase over the
clover-felds What sorrow-what
care4what pain-yet awaits youp
We saw him in early manhood. The
same bright-eyed fellow, his form
larger and more powerful, with step
elate, he marched forth into the battle
of lifes to do his best and-die 20 Let
me IMP he cries, as he knocks for adj
mittance at the door of fame, of wealth,
and of happiness. They open not as
did the door of his humble cottage to
admit him to Joy and pleasure-he
finds not the father, the mother, the
friends of his earlier years; alas, the
JOY he finds is but transisory. q w World-
sick he murmurs, in the words of the
poet:
when that was tiny boy,
Ny days and nights were full of joy, go
Ny mates we're blithe and kind, iswove
No wonder that | sometimes sigh;
And dash the tcar-drops from my eye,
To cast a look behnd." 81 gHii-
Let me in !',he sighs, in the voice of
youthful passion, as he knocks for ad-
mittance at the gate of love. He gains,
perhaps, admittance, he has at last
found happiness.
''There is boso,n-all lis own-eu b.iQ9
Hath pillowed oft his aching head; ioll
mouth that smiles on him alone -.
An eye whose tears with him are shcdIv
He sees children = bright-eyed
cherubs-gather around him he tiies
from the strife of business to the bosom
of his family. The elysian bliss which
he has SO long sought has at last been
found, and he seems to live for the time
in heaven of his own. Alasi short
sighted world dreamer! !oIa His wife,
stricken by the relentless destroyer,
Death, is borne on the wings of angels
to the garden of God His children
now his only confort-drop off one by
one, like young birds when deprived
of their parents, and they also follow
his beloved wife t. Heaven! O, God
he longs to die Maddened and disar-
pointed, he plunges into the dissipation
Of the wine cup for relief
Father, let me inr he -murmurs
once more in the words Of childhood
Care and dissipation have done their
work. He is not the bright lad ofyears
agone; but an old man, bowed and en-
feebled by disease. His hair, once
golden as the rays of sunlight that play
through the open window near his bed
is now whitened by age and sorrow
The flame of life flickers fcebly in his
heart; his eyes close convulsiYely, fee
bly, he grasps: q s'isss-so
Father, let me in!' rq9d edH
Reader, perhaps you will say thai
this sketch is too dark, but we give il
as the picture presented itself to oul
| mind
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F. G. LARZELERE,

Dealer in Dry Goods. Groceries, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Hats and Caps, Glassware. Paints and
Oils Hardware, &C., &c. Front Street, Dowag-
~ s,taasi5 MAMMOTH STORE tsei !
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Labor, industry, and virtue go
hand in hand. Idleness and leisure
lead to wickedness, immortality, and
vice siE 19t 152 IeEi lSSS fe25tl.i {
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6. c. JONES & CO.,

Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes,
( Crockery, Glassware, Hats and Caps Front
Street Dowagiac Mich
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General Dealer in Books, Stationery, Periodicals,
~ Wall Paper, Window Shades, Wrapping Paper
81 Pocket Cutlery, &c. Dennison Block, Dowagiac,
Mich. ~. $3.50, 49,. 49,.
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GEORGE SMITH,
A. N. AWARD.

.ailor. Shop over BrownelPs Hardware Store
Cutting and Making done to ORDER. and warran
ted to it, io i7td tlii io -L2rt t4oL
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Banking and Exchange Office, Dowagiac, Mich.
Buy and sell Exchange, Gold, Bank Notes, and
Land Warrants. Pay interest ON School and
State.