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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-05-29

GIVE HIM he advice of
Franklin, to give every child trade by
which he can earn living, if necessary.
comes of human experience older than
the sage of our revolution. In some
countries this has been the law in 9TH
ers common custom. St. Paul, thou III
educated in the law at the feet of Ga
maliel, also acquired the important ORR
entail handicraft of n tent-maker, by
which he was able to earn living while
prosecuting his mission.
1t is good and wise thing to do
You may be able to leave your children
fortunes "but riches take to then selves
wings" You may give to them finished
cducations, and they may be gifted with
extraordinary genius but they may DO
placed in situations where no edacation
and no talent may be SO available rs
some humble, honest trade, by which
they can get their living and be useful to
othe s.
1t need not take seven years. Sever
nj months of earnest work are, in some
cases, sufficient to learn IN ordinary bus
mess. If every young person. male and
female, were oblig d in the intervals OF
study, preparatory or professional, to
learn farming, gardening, shoenaklng,
tailoring, blacksmithing or if ladies,
millinery or dress making, or one of
twenty kinds of work or business, it
would always giss them feeling of Sc
curity and independence. 1t is well for
every one to have something to fall back
upon. We do not know what revou-
tons may come in our time. We do not
know what misfortunes may come to US
individually. There is no harm in be-
ing able to take care of ourselves in any
possible emergency.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-05-29

Never be idle. If your hands cannot
be usefully employed, attend to the cult
vat ion of your mind.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-05-29

A HARD SHELL BAPTIsr.-The Bara-
boo Republic says : Rev. J. B. Patch,
of the Baptist Society of this village,
having neglected, or ut all events, some
how failed to convince large proportion
of his flock, that his sympathies were
with the Government, which had all his
lifelong guaranteed to him liberty of
person, speech aud conscience, rather
than with the enemies Of that Govern
ment, thirty-nine of his congregation, in
Guiding many church members, consider
ing that he that is not for US, is against
us, and having distrust in, as well as
a distaste for, that piety which omits
common gratitude from the catalogue Of
the christian graces, signed, some three
weeks ago, respectful paper, intimating
to Mr.. Patch, as delicately as possible,
that a discontinuance of his labors would
be more acceptable than continuance of
the same, and that his resignation was in
order. Mr.. P. thereupon stopped preah-
ing, but has not yet resigned, for reasons
probably best known toghimself.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1861-05-29

THE WHEELING CoNvENrIoN.-The
Union Convention of the counties of
Western Virginia, held at Wheeling,
adjourned on Wednesday. 1t adopted
a report recommending the election of
new State officers !; the re-assembling Of
the convention in June in case the Ordi-
nance of Secession passed by the Rich
mond Convention shall be ratified by
the popular vote, on the 2sd instant, to
take further action towards organizing a
new State and appointing Central
Committee for the furtherance of the OBJ
jects of the Convention. The Star Span
gled Banner was sung and prayer offered
prior to the final Adjournment.
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Be virtuous, and you'll be happy.
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SLANa.--The witless mans wit.
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SOMEBODY thus improves Shakes
peare
"Thrics is he armed who hath his quarrel
Just"
But six times armed is he who owns good
revolver.
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A happy woman . is she not the very
sparkle in sunshine of life A Won an
who is happy because she can't help it
whose smiles even the coolest sprink-
ling of misfortune cannot dampen.-
Men make terrible mistake when they
marry for beauty, or for talent, or for
style the sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret of being happy
under every circumstance. Rich or poor,
high or low, ii makes no difference, tho
bright fountain of JOY bubbles up just as
musically in their hearts. Do they live
in log cabin the freight that leads
upon its humble hearth becomes brighter
than the gildcd chandeliers in IN Add
din palace Do they eat brown bread,
and drink cold water from the well it
affords them more satisfaction than the
millionare's pate do toi gras and iced
champagne. Nothing ever goes wrong
with them no trouble is too serious for
them " to make the best of it, Was
ever calamity SO dark and deep that the
sunlight of happy face falling across its
turbid tide would not wake an answering
gleam Why, then, joyous tempered
people don't half tie good they do. No
matter how cross md grabbed You feel,
Mr.. Grumbler, no matter if your brain
is packed full of lnoditations on affecting
dispCnsa irr, aid your stomach with
medicines, pills and tonics just set one
of these cherry little women talking to
YOU, and we are not afraid to bet any
thing she can cure you. The long drawn
lines about the mouth will relax, tho
cloud of settled gloom will vanish, and
nobody knows when, aud the first on
know, you will be laughing Why 3
That is another thing we can no moro
tell you why than we can tell you why
you smile inyoluntarily to listen to the
the first blue bird of the season among
the maple blossoms, or to meet Il knot Of
yeIIowoyed dandelions in the crack Of n
city pave-stone. We only know that it
is so.
Oh, these happy women how often
their slender sho ulders bear the weight
of burdens that would smite men to tho
ground ! how often their little hands
guide tho ponderous machinery Of life
with an invisible touch how we lock
forward through the weary day to their
firesido smiles how often their cheerful
eyes see Colour dc rose where we only
beheid thunder-eharged clouds No one
knows, no one ever will know, until tho
Judgment how much we owe to these
hopeful, accomplishing women
1
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A Good Camp story.
A correspondent of the n. Y. Hers

writing from Perrysville, says /:
"a laughable incident occurred in
camp on the night that Sherman's Bat
terry passed through here. The soldiers
are not allowed to drink liquor, but do
buy it whenever they can. While Sher-
mans horses were being embarked the
men had liberty to stroll about. They
all wear long, heavy sabres. 1t was af-
ter dark. Ono of them had been to a
tavern outside the camp limits, and filled
his canteen with the vilainous mixture of
camphene and strychnine. which is called
here whisky" On coming in the lines
the Gentry challenged him, and put his
musket across the path to bar his pro-
gress. With o motion as quick as light
ming the artilleryman grasped the mus
ket barrel, closed with the astonished
sentry, and before he could recover from
his stupefaction had grasped him tightly
by the throat. His useless musket drop
ped from his nerveless grasp. The ar
tilleryman, still holding him by the
thro,t with the left hand drew from his
girdle long and sharp knife, which
glittered in the light of the distant watch
fire before the eyes of the terrified SEN
try. The latter sank upon his knees in
n paroxysm Of terror. He would have
begged for mercy, but he could not speak.
Suddenly the artllIcryman hurled him
from him, caught up his gun and brought
It to charge. Now, you raskel,' said
he to the trembling sentry, listen to me,
am reguar-mind, = regular ct
is impossible to initiate the pomposity
which he uttered these words.i Now,
don't you 60 for to stop regular agin.
Regulars never stop. In the bright lexi-
con of regulars vocabulary, there's no
such word as stop. Regulars is on the
go all the time. They 60 with the pass
word, and they goes without the pass
word. Passwords is nothing to them
and they is nothing to passwords. My
friend { in n softer tone take your
gun. The night is dark, the mir is chill.
Take some,' pouring from canteen into
cup) what is it?' Faltered the SEN
try. water, you fool; ormore proper
ly, whisky and water The sentry took
q long and deep draught, onl the regular
passed on. Soon after, when the relief
guard came around, they found the SEN
try in condition not easily described.
He was taken to the guard house, and
thence to the hospital. The poisonous
liquor had made him nearly crazy ; but
he is now well and swears first, that he
will never try to stop a REGULAR and,
second, that he will never touch Perrys-
vile whiskey again"
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Blu SINES s @ ARD S.
A L I o r N E Y S.

ATTOR NEY S.
A. H. YOUNG. n. II. FITCH,
YOUNG & FITCH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW: All business entrusted to
their care will be promptly attended to-.
- Office over City Bank Prescott.
Prescott. May Is, 1861. n2tf
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-19
Y...ap ri;CroA,i III.
Correspondence.
St. Louis, letter,

sd: -r:. ST. LOUIS. No., :Dee,l2, 1851
From Our Regular Correspondent: Fed .Y1n~r,
l. This morning we, have theifrst snow 90
the season; about two inches, which even:
nox AZ AZ WI Is q4apidly melting Before
the rays ofthe sunrr0, for alSigh f SSt, I!
a thing almost unknown 'tqtAs., lea@iz lss
fsthisng6od1y city, sit' 7o'i5"hN mia
% Matters ahf1c senlihg down qdietly' HERE
lF3rimopt 'r cmoved h5s to{urned here
meeting WITH the MQst brilliant ;n! rreceptiicn
ever accorded to my 'mau,ih t>1Qujjs,
which he received with becoming nodes
tyI and has left the city.tor remain tempo
fariy'in' New ork. I'VE shall hnar from
him agaiih. certainly, and in such al form as;
shall ppt Zig traduccrs beyond, the - hfpa-
thyoof 1tbs meanest OF ,pqifen,i Halleck; is
here: and goes as far, in favor of helping
Rebels catch nitgcrs. as Fremont ~ent,to
prevent them from getting them Halleck's
antscedentsi don't promise. much; His
manic, Hsug Wager, is that Of one Of ytfbPfe,
most uncomprrse'mising devotees to- South
ernn 'penocrscy whioE New York ever held,
and is relative Of Hallcek ), rs 'UneP,,l
bclieve., ,lnallleck' will soon tire If pla9Jipg
niger. Catcher, and learn that this war -
not fof the 'porpetuatiou Of slavery, st all
events Thousands Of White fugitives arc
daily passing through Sur city gOihg to
lllinqjy from The South West country:
i mapy, ttem na,iy,Jy MissSurisa;i- T..
Large numbers Of them are destitute IF
clothing and the necessaries of life. They
meet With ulahy sympathizers here; for
how many, Of us tai1s sU NEAR bcingoih
a'i # s A$R S w.
past eight mesths2.or1 SAM .afne t{ {ii T. Of
born 1ndiidIans. ewho hail eb"eea living in
oMtnnts6ta ana hadcteft 'thasoin 1851 and
ttySatyysslodS By"taad! tug pfiagae}a, iu'stb5s
State. What biitts'fS ezperiloSn1ce's' Of M
em2cstucus sea had they not seen -
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-19
Gen! McClellan..:

srHFha statcmentis confirmed that General
MsGlolAar thre4tsne to resign unless SEQ
rotary Galuero,.s 1>1iort was amended.1-
As betw ecn tue ieptt and tho uowmapd-
1xr; swo ;sboalJy i!Aye tprstsrred j5oIsacEitipoe
the latter-Chicngo 2ssI.eeto,nU cd;
1t does ocrur to ~ that for rgentlcman
'vHghas puAAasSd SJ6h aar cxt ehAs : crop
afsGssS " 9ee1itflsp q az! %ga
.ast9,ois esptpsi.ias. odWs hays heard of
men livinGlu7u.s7 Income, of,,tbeir debts,
and our country las been somewhat cele-
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-19

D@Tickets for the Brass Band Ball on
tie 2&b, are fSr ?' ya IT, 1T thS poSt Office
and Book Storo;>1"1 .s'"i!:o:or a~nis2" 5>.'@:
snh -: .rs" I" .1cucr Lns s1,F.;v oil; I;a mi
;" s+-1Rcad the; advertisement off, Sewing
,sM1 !! h Every body should have enc
and they have never ,baep,so qheap as aow.
rue $eqSKQtiqsf Fl # a c0ld fnnt
" y DONATION Partysat Rev. Phillips
lasttevepisg PASSED, Of. Very PLEASANTLY 4
large dumber' we're present, and the want
of:goad keighipg alope, pr9v4nt t q i l Hq4h
from coming: from the n county. ."r The
The amount oq5stEssd was ab9at $ 't; A., XII
''nsIfE,ts !A!Thepublic sohoofin the lip
pei, District; commenced. on on LAST, Mondayy,
Mig" Allen teaoher: That in the lower
nistriet opened on. tie same day." Mrss.
Lombard teacher Henry, G, BnIbank
returned from Georgetown last week AND
says a. danger is apprehended from the
s as;sss G ;Ssfe sss hs troops h.ys been
Tia OYRs1f9EAn S.3-P FH9f: Cr5nnxcll appears to
havsa well acyeloR$d ialA Ks At, .i fintets
as, well,as other, folks ARE fopa, qf 5000
Things, and every now and then tips I'VE
local. wink"t 10 stepin and: try 50 plate
lstowvd9' mot a'stewcdrplate)iorv to disaect
an "6yster fry,,'' all of whiotr7is complied
with WIKI III IN ~ 6eiSmeAdably Accommodating
splrit.,'' The ,Proof: has, now.a lMgc st6 Y
and apples for the holidays ,5loSt
to n'speak of 11ast fowlsy bcetstoaks, NUT
ton chops pics;y IT. ;'which The: is: read yto
/, seryt Shy&tihe ,','' o. !:''"' H,,"j
4','Algor Dorshe elmer, Dan, officer or AS'e Gen
ffc6fbA; staff 'otdNb bhhhence a :series' Of
pppe,so o. E dssa ~ RGH
III t1ha8s Jdd! N6nSf YhanAehmtiuit hoih~ 0,
Fremont is, besiegsd ,hljppessoas anxious
to see 1.-THE Path6n Ter: One behtloman
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-19

May Of ||thsssyfasitfe,ayov their detsr:,
to getarn after the1 have depsi-|
led tAeir' faaAies ssfslJ apdI fight for hoI
scorAy of Etheir homes and prpp.'
esty. I'VE ksxes another PEG clamation AID
this time from the Rebel Price, who calls
FOR $4,000 more men and promises $.o;z
900 property aa)pillage.7 3 noh,.E he7vieh
be may get the men, and the pillaSe?
The Investigating c0mmittsc appointed
by Gqvetntadpt( ipI session, Have opened| d
rich vein here much IF the cvfaeuee:
being at once instructive and amusing
The way Our blind Uncle Samuel get. poor
bargains o@horse, ialesh, campsk ettles; &c.,
is,shown up handsomely. An old seqteh7
man BY the name of Harkness Is one of
the Witnesses aqd he calls things very cry
blantly5 by their. Dictionary names.' As
yet there j. n9on. II Implication Of Fremont ;
nor do we tfinkthere can be. General
McKinstry, now a.pfisonerH at the Arse
nal, gets several severe hits He was Uni
ted States Quarter Master here under FIRE.
mont, though not Of his appointing, a.. The,
result Of the Committees Investigations
will be that, good: many: fat contracts viii
not be paid BY Uncle Sam, leaving those
who finally we're to 'ggtt 'theE;pay ftom"the
Treasury ia the: lurch:t, The mlsspr who SOLD
these fat takes will fare tho bestes yA'!
~" i'>.>'H t. ~'.''': ;';':.s~"" ~ Xxx. 81.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-12-19

Mated for JAS tirds, but ceneera1N ecla.
h.h eertAply doing ths LARGEST busl ness
;foa lick" thqs Tha, severAbees trapsactsd
Jon this Continent. He has rsceived the dp.
spsilation dts4hd ercatsssageneraiinske ill.,
tion, received her hisheat hQnQrs. and her
highest pay, controlled, for months, an ar
my which has cost nearly one million and
a half per day, been followed and :ffawnea:
npen by th9fJ enkins Of the Press ,rdiscrib.
ia ak one pflthe prinnees' ooftl|theInoble.s1
&c., SC. lie has not taken off his hat or
put Il on again, winked or sneesed butthe
impoata1t evenf}hasi been duly yobraqieled
he has int sheft been tscoly furnished
with all the capital necessary for setting up
and carrying on tho Demi-god busiaesg on
4 most extensive scale and in, considcra4
ton has furnished the nation with, note!
of hand, without en- lorsers, that, at ills
earliest convenience heis going to DO some q
thing. y ..n'r =, It, :. tr. ..,h o.,l =, =;
Upon the strength Of this highly bank
abre document IL now assumes to control
his superlors. in command, to dictate terms
to! the President, give orders to the Eecrc-
tary of War, overawe Congress and break
things GENERALLY iths is interferea with in
his fayoritc business Of Slave catching. ~
All that he and bis army have done On the
Potomac up to this time, has been CATCH,
ing "niggers' ana'gc:ting up "Grand Pa
rAdes" and Ball Bluff victories :. "'- F.:
His BOASTS that there would be no more
defeats, nomQro retreats, and that if anotR:
er battle was lost two men would be left
dead on the field, himself and Lander,
have been proved mere brasgadocia so far
as he is concerned. We have had the de-
feat and the retreat, better men left dead
on the field and Lander wounded, but Nc
Clellan still lives to make new boasts and
dictate terms to the creditors who have 20
muni6cently furnished him his stock in
trade. =. 49, J., T..
The people will not be slow; to agree
with the Tribune that VIC mi ght survive the
crisis Of his retiring from business, that,
in fact greater evil than the closing of
his broker shop might possibly befal the
nation. =; 49, -. -.
If he assumes to override the wishes of
the representatives of the people, now
when he is mere adventurer what night
we expect of him if he should win bat
tic ON the Potomac, an event which only
the greatest blunder can prevent :? should
We not then have; at least, determined
attempt at the military discipline predict:
ed by Russell of the London Times ..-.
Thaddeus Stephens but told the truth
wheu he said lately in Congress, that nc
observes to have the epaulets stripped
from his shoulders" "The Young Chief:
tain" the would be military dictator will
be apt to find that our present Congress is
not madeof the stuff to yield to: hisdieta-
tion:; IF he resigns the sooner the better
as We understand that Fremont is second
:, - i ci1G ~ *:-T' ~ e: ''oho7 Tsf;.''
- r...HIf ,.
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42s3seS ssG taS% R oaaRta

.EaAa Jriaad. Miaesota Of our sick soldier, in
Kentucky: - - = -~----~------. ---~-~--~
oal0am i6ot2awware that the first dime has
ever been received by 'anyo'5ne from any
sourcc whatever forthe sick soldiers Of this
regiment IT. is true chat while at Fort
Smelling draft' Upon All EASTERN firm WAS
sent IL MY order for the above purpose,
which acknowledged in the st. Paul puS
pits, hit 'ascertaining 'that'it' was not cor
rectly drawn, I returned IL for correction
tt the donor, and have mot heard from it
since. :.fb.G1l
: 1t is evident that'the warm,' damp at
niosphere Of this latitudei is not as congo
Mai to the health of; our soldiers as the
dry; btacing atmosphere Of Minnesota
The record Of our sick atathisl'tiine is as
follows go: 'J l",},.:j'':"N> hnG IL" 'J.:.!;I
In the General Hospital at louisville,
90 an the hospital tents in our camp: 20
III their own quarters, who arc but slight.
ly indisposed; -58--tota}, l07. This may
seem aigreatnnumber,i but we apprellend
that there is'not another regiment in Ken,
lucky from other States as healthy as ours.
Some We know have two or three times as
many SICK as we have. o And il the rebel
camp, south Of the Green River in this
State, we, are assured that there is a fear
full mortality from the black measles and
viirqlent form Of typhoid fever. =,
i: Our surgeons, are, evidently men Of sci
cnce and skill. They are devoted to their
profession, and successful in their prac-
tice. But, enduring all the tolls and pri-
vations Of camp life, and some yielding to
its designations, men will be sick the
camp is the last place on earth to secure
those little comforts. which SO emineptly
cheer the DEPRESSED heart, and sooth the
wounded spirit. - ID" =, -
In view Of these facts, it is exceedingly
desirable that there should be in the home
Of the Chaplain Of each regiment, a fund
from which could be drawn sma}latnniounts
to furnish the sick soldiers with some Of
those needed comforts. Our surgeon has
already paid from his own funds in small
sums, about $4,000 for these things.
Will not the churches and the bcnevo-
lent Of all classes remember the sick SOL
aier far from home, and Immediately send
forward their contributions for this noble
o'', -. - Yours: frraternally,
I: r.: CRESSY,
Chaplain I'd Reg. MINI. Volunteers.
~: Pts. We ere now at Camp Anderson,
Lebanon junction; thirty miles south Of
Louisville, ,Ky.i!I.Any; conampnications di5
rected to Louisville, for the Mimi. I'd will
reach its destination.
/. N. B.-Will other papers in Minneso-