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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1861-03-08
A. D. Smith and G W. Chapman Editor.

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Then for the first time in thirteen years Of anguish
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enjoy life. NY disease all my body and thro'
my system. Doctors called it by different names.
was lame, crippled, had breakings out over my body
pains and aches in all my limbs, headaches pains IN
my stomach after eating could not sleep we'll nor d.
anything like healthy should do in fact, was
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Great variety Of BROCHE and WOOL sHAWLs at
various prices.
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S000 PIECES OF DELAINEs at from one sbi1-
cOOO ling up.
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NkIRT Aoree@Drst and white at
) PEFEgsoN's.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-06-12
A Compact with the Devil,

The following is too good to be
lost =
A young man who ardently desired
wealth, was visited by his Satanic
Majesty, who tempted him to promise
his soul for eternity, he could be sup
piled on earth with all the money be
could use. The bargain was conclud-
ed-the devil was to supply the mon
ey, and was at last to have the soul.
unless the young man could spend
more money than the devil could far
nish. Years passed away-.he man
married, was extraqagant in his living
built palaces, speculated wildly, lost
and gave way fortunes, and yet his
Golfers were always full. He turned
politician, and bribed his way to power
and fame, without reducing his pile of
gold. lie became flibuster and fit
ted out ships and armies, but his bank
er honored all his drafts. He went to
st. Pauls to live, and paid the usual
rates of interest for all the money he
could borrow, and though the devil
made wry faces when be came to pay
the bills, yet they were all paid Ore
experiment after another failed-the
devil counted the time only two years,
that he must wait for the soul, and
Knocked the efforts Of the despairing
man One more effort was resolved
upon--the man started a newspaper
The devil growled at the bill at the
end of the first quarter. was savage
in six months, melancholy 1t nine,
broke, dead broke, " at the end of the
year. So the newspaper went dowa
but the soul was saved
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-06-12

THE VIRTUES OF BORAx-The
washerwomen Of Holland and Belgium,
SO proVerbially clean, and who get up
their linen so beautifully white, use
refined borax as washing powder,
instead of soda, in the proportion Of
one large handful of borax powder
to about ten gallons of boiling water !;
they save in soap nearly half All the
large washing establishments adopt
the same mode For laces, cambrics,
&c, an extra quantity Of the powder
is used, and for crinolines, (requiring
to be made stiff J a strong solution is
necessary to be used BoraX being
neutral salt does not in the slightest
degree injure the texture of the linen;
its effect is to soften the hardest wa
ter and therefore, it shonld be kept
on every toilet table. To the taste it
is rather sweet, is used for cleaning
hair, is an excellent dentrifce, and in
hot countries is used in. combination
with tartaric acid and bicarbonate Of
soda as cooling beverage. Good
tea cannot be made with hard water,
all water may be made soft by adding
a teaspoonfull of borax powder to an
ordinary sized Fettle of water, in
which it should be boiled The saving
in the quantity Of tea used will be at
least one-ffth
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-06-12
VOLUME 3. NUMBER 1876
Pray for the Soldiers.

A new thing is seen amongst US
Military service is no longer q pag-
cant. but stern reality. Tie sound
of the fife aud drum in the street is
the signal, not holiday parade, but of
actual war. Hence all these anxious
hearts and anxious faces; hence the
crowds that throng the streets and the
earnest tone and gesture ofthe groups
that collect at the corners and hence
too the pleading urgency of prayers
going up from family affairs at which
there are vacant places, or in the
closet of devotion where solicitous
parental love wrestles with Him in
whose hands are the lives and desti.
MES of all.
Pray for the soldier. Said the
mother of brave young Zouave, al
ready in the feld-"I would rather
my son should die, than he should re-
fuse to go when his country called
him. But while we give the bodies
of our sons to this good cause, we
must pray for their souls" God can
visit the soldier in the camp, and while
leaving him all courage for the hour of
trial, impart that good hope which
worst that can happen seem the best
And God can protect him in the day
of battle. Summoned to defend the
land of his birth, and to fight for fire.
dom and the dearest rights of men,
his cause is just, and the God of just
ice will not forsake him.
We say, again let those who remain
al home pray for those who go. The
memoirs of Havelock ara Hedly Vic
ars and others, show that even the
camp be made scene of revival, and
men may be converted TO God even
there, where many OF the circumstan-
ces seemed unpropitious. And such as
are thus born again, while there are
made thereby better men, are none
the worse soldiers. We may feel be-
sides, that in SO good a cause it must
be according to his will when we ask
of God that his protecting Providence
may be round about those who go to
the field, and his Grace prepare them
for whatever may come.
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THE FEDERAL ARMY.-The Fed
eral army, drawn from the workshops
and farms of the North, has no lack
of means within itself to supply every
want of the army. When the Mass
achusetts men reached Annapolis
and found the railroad taken up, they
relate it and repaired the locomotives.
On the advance into Virginia, at Alex
andria, q proclamation was desired to
be published to the inhabitants. The
printers in the town refused to print
it. Col. Wilcox called for printers
among his men and Immediately he
had enough to set up the proclamation
and issued it, assuring the citizens
that if they kept quiet they should be
protected from any outrage or injury.
An army composed Of men so ready
for anything required will make its
way, successfully, wherever sent.
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-06-12
" Our Fathers Bones"

Twenty-Five years ago, fourishing
western (there) city was thrown into
great commotion by the discovery, in
digging the foundation Of a house, of
the bones of Revolutionary patriot
whom tradition had buried on or near
that spot.
The excitement was intense. Hun
dreds of people rushed to the spot
The bones were carefully taken up and
put into a box. A public meeting
was called to deliberate as to the proper
course of proceedings in this impor-
tant crisis. II was decided that a great
funeral, an interment must take place,
in order TO properly do honor to the
ashes of the valiant dead. Rev.
DIT, who welded the pen of
ready writer" and who was not indis-
posed to appearing before the volun-
teers to procure suitable eulogy
The arrangements were all made-the
solemn dey arriVed-the public schools
had holiday-the stores and Offices were
closed--fags hung with Grape streach.
ed across the main stree it was a
day long to be remembered. The
procession, headed by the city military,
marched by the music Of muffled drums
to the large court horse An immen-
Sc audience filled every corner of the
building. Brave soldiers equipped
with bayonets, stood guard around
the sacred bones, which had been hand
somely cofined. The Rev. DR.. step
ped forth, and for a whole hour spoke
touching words of eulogy over the
remains of the honored dead, ending
by striking apostrophe to " the holy
relics Of patriotism" which drew tears
to many an eye.
After the eulogy had been finished,
the coffin lid was partially removed,
so that the crowd passing out might
see the "holy relics of patriotism"
They gazed, wiped away their tears,
and were satisfied.
But by-and by plain backwoods-
man came along, and looking cautious
" and carefully at the bones in the
coffin, was apparently Disconnected at
something At last after examining a
bone or two, he spoke as follows:
"A Revolutionary hero, indeed |
Why, them's the bones of bar"
"Put him out put him out |" the
crowd nervously cried.
"Weli" said he, "you may put him
out or not, as you like; but l say
them's bars bones, and nothing else.
A committee of physicians were as
sembled, and they decided, upon ex-
animation, that the bones were those
of bear
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have suffered from her arrogance. -
She grew ahfable, however, when I
presented her with q fan made from
the teeth of the elephant, aud inlaid
with ruhies and turquoise.
Wishing to probe her heart little,
/ asked if Mrs. Cleland was living in
New York.
Drawing hersel: up she said. can
not inform you wAere the person you
speak Of lives. In marrying Mr..
Chandler I did not marry his rela-
tions. Those I could not raise ID my
level"
but she is not very poor?" |
persisted in saying,
Sir, am not acquainted with the
state of her circumstances.
All, madam" playfully rejoined,
you will not confess your good acts
| am snre she is indebted to you for
every comfort"
I begged a thousand pardons, and
then went on to say that I had deter
mined to settle in New York-had al
ready taken a house, and would issue
under her patronage, cards on the
fourteenth, for large ball and supper
She consented very graciously to invite
the elite SO ended my visit
The slave Of the Magic lamp is
money.
The evening of the ball arrived
my sister wore a plain dress, woven
with gold en- violets a Bird of Paradise
plume gracefully arrayed in her soft
fair hair. An aigrette of diamonds
fastened it firmly-that I attached to
the plume with my own hands
Though over forty years Of age, she
was still lovely woman. But Ellen
was a perfect gem, so graceful and
self-possessed in her simple white dress
and oriental pearls. And little fairy
Mary dancing about with delight
I was happy man, not the less so,
but I had the power to humble the
pride of that hard woman.
The room began to fill. Soon the
arrival of Mr.. and Mrs. Chandler was
announced. Ny sister and Ellen were
standing at the upper end of the room
I advanced toward my brother and
his wife, leading them forward, said.
Allow me to introduce you to my
sister, Mrs. Cleland-- and my adopted
daughter, Ellen the same to drop my
false cognomen, and introduce myself
as yodr brother Harry"
I leave You to imagine the rest
my ink pales-my paper futters--
farewell.
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"Bite Bigger. Biliy.''

Walking down the street, we saw
two very ragged boys with bare toes,
red and shining, and tattered clothes.
upon which, the soil Of long wear las
thick and dingy. They were few and
far between-only jacket and trousers
aud these solitary garments we're an
neighborlY, and objected 70 q union
however strongly the autumn wind
limited as such arrangement. One Of
the boys was jubliant over a half with
cred bunch of flowers some person had
cast away. ~ say, Billy, warn't
somebody real good to drop these 'ere
posies just where I could find 'em, and
they're SO poorly and nicel Look
sharp, Billy and maybe you'll find
something binchy-Oh, Jolly, Billy,
if here amt most half peach, and
amt much dirty neither. Cause you
hain't got no peach, you may bite
first. Bite bigger, Billy. may be we'll
find another fore long"
That boy was not cold nor poor, nor
never will be his heart will keep him
warm, and if men and women forsake
him, the very angels will feed him,
and fold their wings about him
Bite bigger Billy, may be we'll find
another fore long. What a hopeful
little soul! If he finds his selishneSs
lily repaid, he viii not turn misan-
thrope, for God made him to be
man, one to bear his own burden un-
complainingly, and help his fellows he,
sides. Want cannot crush his spirit,
nor filth stain it, for within him and
about him the spirit of he Christian
child dwelleth always.
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Major Jones' First and Last
Drink of "Sody Water"
RELATED by HIMSELF

After gwine up as far as Youtaw
street and takin look at Youtaw
hotel, what's about as big as Noey's
ark, [ crossed over and cum down on
tother side of the street, lookin along
at one thing an another, till G 1t most
down to Charles street. By this time
begun to be monstous dry, and as I'd
heerd tell a good deal about the sody
water what they have in the big cities,
l thought I'd try little at the fust
place whar they sold it Well, the
fust doctors shop I cum to had sody
water sign up, and I went to get
sum.
SEES, " want a drink Of your sody
water, sir"
"What kind ofsyrup will you have"
ses he, putten his hand on bottle of
molasses.
II don't want no syrup" seS I, ~
want sody water F."
"Ah y ses he, "you want extra
sody"
And with that he took glass and
put some white stuff in it, and then
held it under the spout till it was full,
and handed it to mel put it to my
he'd and pulled away at it, but never
got sich an everlasting dose before in
all my life. I got three or fon" swol-
lers down before I begun to taste the
drafted stuff, and you may depend it
liked to killed me right ded in my
tracks. 1t tuck the breath clean ont
of me, end when | cum to myself, my
tung felt like it was fnll of needles,
and my stumick like I'd swollered a
pint of frozen sopsuds, and the tears
tears was runuin' out Of my eyes in
stream. I drapped the glass and sper-
ted the rest out Of my mouth quicker
OILS lightnin, but before / could git
breth to speak to the chap what was
standing behind the counter, starin' at
me with all his might, he ax'd me if /
wasn't we'll.
" Well, thunder and lightnin'!" ses
Doyou want to piZen me to death,
and then ak me if I'm we'll ?"
"Pizen !" ses he.
Yes" ses |, "pizen, ax'd you
for sum sody water, and you gin me a
dose bad enough to kill a boss !"
II gin you nothin' but plain sody,"
SEES he.
"Well," ses I, eff that's what you
call sody water, I'll be dadfetched if
III try any more of it. Why, it's
worse nor Injin tnrnip juice, stew'd
down six gallons into a pint, cooled
off in snowbank and mixed with a
harrycane.
Jest then the bilin' hot steam cum
up into my throte that like to blow'd
my nose ont by the roots.
SEES he, Maybe You amt used to
drinkin' it without syrup"
mo" ses l, and what's more |
never will be. 7"
rs much better with sassyparilla
or goosberry syrup" ses he. Will
you try sum with syrup 2"
"No, I thank you" ses I, and |
paid him thrip for the dose | had,
and put out.
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Ludicrous Anecdote.

An aged clergyman in the western
part Of this country, speaking Of the
solmnity attached to the ministerial
Office, said that during the whole term
of forty or fifty years that he had OF,
ficiated therein, and his gravity had
never but once disturbed in the pulpit.
On that occasion, he noticed a man
directly in front of him leaning over
the railing of the gallery with some
thing in his hand which be soon dis
covered TO be huge quid of tobacco
just taken from his mouth. Directly
below sat a man asleep with his
mouth wide open The man in the gal
lery was intensely engaged in raising
and lowering his hand, taking an ex-
act observation, till at last, having got
it right, he let fall the gnid, and it
went plump into the mouth Of the
sleeper below The whole scene was
so indescribably ludricrous that for the
first and last time in the pulpit an in
voluntary smile forced itself upon the
contenance of the preacher.
UNION BUTTER. The Boston Com
mercial Bulletin is responsible for the
for the following
A worthy dealer in Batter in this
city, thinking to make his merchant
disc more attractive, labelled several
choice tubs of the article with a pla-
card stating it to be Union Butter"
He was quite surprised, however, at
hearing one of a knot of purchasers
assembled declare, in a lond tone,
he would never buy such butter as
that. A group Immediately collected
about the individual who made the re-
mark, and his reason for it was in
quirsd, Because replied be with a
sly grin, "because in union there is
strength, and it can't be Dissolved. -
The crowd spread for laugh, and the
dealer, upon a suggestion, concluded
to call bis merchandise Massachu.
sets Butter, because it can't be beat.
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Good.

The following is too good to be lost
of q schoolmaster and pupil g
Joseph, where is Africa ?"
Con the map, SIR"
II mean, Joseph, in what Continent,
Eastern or Western"
3" Well, the land of Africa is in the
Eastern Continent; but the people, sir,
are all down south"
What arc tie products ?"
"Of Africa, sir, or down South 7"
africa, you blockhead,"
"Well, sir, it hasn't got any it
never had any"
How do the people live ?"
by drawing"
Drawing Whitewater 7"
No, sir, by drawing their breath.
"Sit down, Joseph"
"Thomas what is the equator I"
"Why, sir, it is the horizontal pole
running perpendicu larly through the
imaginations of astronomers and old
geography"
$50 take your seat, Thomas.
William, what do you mean by an
eclipse ?"
"An old race horse. sir"
"Silence Jack, what is an eclipse
Gan eclipse is a thing as appears
when the moon gifts off on bust, and
runs agin the sun, consequently the
sun blackens the moons face"
"Class is dismissed
GEN. Buffers STRATEGY AT THE
BAR.-One of General Buffers shrew-
ed professional freaks is told by a
young factory girl, formerly employ ed
in one of the Lowell mills. She had
been discharged, and the corporation
refusing TO pay her, she sought legal
redress and retained Mr. Butler fo.
her counsel. Mr.. Butler issued writ
and attached the main water wheel of
the establishment, and by bringing
the whole mandatory to stop, the
corporation, rather than to allow
their mills to remain idle, and await
the laws delay paid the girl her
wages, and resumed operations.
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'Pray excuse me, /" said we'll dress
ed young handsome man to lady
in the second tier of boxes at the thea
tire; | wish to go up stairs and get
some observation-disclosures leave your
seat. A sailor seated in the box
near his sweetheart, disposed to do
the same, rose up and said, "Harkee,
Moll I'm going aloft to wet my whis-
tie; don't fall overheard while I'm
gone"
The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-06-12
Our Flag

Occasional Of the Philadelphia Press,
furnishes the following eloquent trib-
ute to the Flag of our country. God
forgive the man who will not honor
the Stars and Stripes
What magic there is in symbol
that represents a truth The Turk,
with his cresent--The Englishman
with his St. George-the Frenchman,
with his eagles-The Irishman, with
his shamrock-the Scotchman with
his thistle-the italian with his red
shirt of Garibaldi-are ready to en-.
counter all odds, and to defy death
itself. But of all the emblems that
that ever rorsed and rallied people
that of the American Flag is the
n ost irresistible. 1t has survived many
a battle and many a breeze 1t is the
signal not only of progressive people.
1t is the sign of liberty. The Eng
lish banners are the same always; the
French tri-color is the same always;
but the stars on our flag is increasing
in number. Every new State gives
us new constellation, and as each
appears on the blue sky of the banner,
the hearts of the people turn to it in
stinctively, and welcome it as a light
that will never expire. And it is in
teresting to witness how many, how
unconquerable is the affection they
bear to it.
In the Spanish bull-fg hts, the mat
adore protects himself from the enrag-
ed animal he is appointed to encont-
err by unfurling red flag, and his
fierce assailant breads the Haunting
crimson more than the sword. Our
little bunting, ridiculed, is playing sad
havoc with the Disunionists North
and South. 1t is wonderful how that
FLAG has traversed the nations of the
earth; how many lives it has saved !;
how many foes it has conquered !;
how it has canopied our rights in e5-
cry sea and in every land ! Yet
strange to say, at the very moment
when it was most hon ored abroad, it
fell into sudden and singular disrepute
in a portion Of our own country. A
combinations Of demagogues, render
ed arrogant by the long possession Of
power, and indignant by the loss of it
forgetting their defeat in the Presi-
dental campaign was produced by
themselves, undertook the task of rid
culing, and finally, of attacking that
Flag Some of them had fought I'M
under it in cur late war with Mexico,
and mos of them had hailed it as the
pledge Of everything that was good
and great. Their conduct, at first re-
gar2ed by the people Of the free
States with contempt, was treated
with indifference until the masses were
convinced that the traitors misunder-
stood Il cir silence for acquiescence,
and attempted to render the Flag as
odious among the people of the free
States as they had contrived to make
it unpopulerin portion of the South.
The surprise and indignation which
the knowledge Of Of this fact cited
among the people have lately been
manifested in many 2 curious demon
STATIONS.
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A preacher, whose text led him to
speak of the prophet Jonah, remarked
incidently:
/ am of the opinion that Jonah was an
old man, neither smoking or chewing,
from the fact that the fish retained
him so long in his stomach. If the
fish had swallowed the house we are
worshipping in, he would no doubt,
ave puked himself to death.
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guet's Mook.
For The LambertviIle Press 4
shun the Wine Cup.
BY BELLA McNAMEE.

Oh, shun the bright wine cup,
Away from it tear.
Though fair hands invite you,
It's pleasures to share
There's death in the eye,
Dash it down from your lips.
Or the sun of your life
Win be surely eclipsed.
1t covers with shame,
1t saddens the heart,
It rends the fond ties
OF affection apart
1t has made desolate
Many dear home
Many n loved one,
1t has caused to roam.
Abstain from the wine cup,
Ii you would Lave rest
II you would he free
If you would be blest
For it harrows the soul,
It maddens the brain,
Oh, it is vile poison.
Mingled with pain.
Ifyou would be happy
Ifyou would he wise
Sign the cold water pledge,
And to honor you'll rise
Firm and united be,
To the Temperance land,
Who are winding their footsteps
To the bright, happy land.
Oh, May 3, 1861.