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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
No s sabbath.

In Prize Essay ON the Sabbath" writ
ten by journeyman printer in Scotland,
there occurs the following striking passage |:
Yoke-fellows think how the abstraction
of the Sabbath would hopelessly cnslave the
working classes, with whom we are identifi-
cd Think of the labor thus going on in one
monotonous, and continuous, and eternal cycle
limbs forever on the rack. the fingers for
ever playing, the eycballs forever straining,
the brow forever sweating, the feet forever
plodding, the brain forever throbbing, the
shoulders forever dropping, the loins forever
aching, and the restless mind forever schem-
ing! Think Of the beauty it would efface,
of the merry y-heartedness it would extingu-
ish, of the giant strength it would tame, of
the resources OF nature it would exhaust. of
theaspirations itwould crush, of the sickness it
would breed, Of the projects it would wreck,
of the groans it would extort, of the lives it
wsuld immediate, of the cheerless graves it
would prematurely dig! See them toiling
and moiling, sweating and fretting, grinding
and hcwing, weaving and spinning, sowing
and gathering, moving and reaping, raising
and building, digging and planting, unload
ing and storing, striving and strugging-in
the garden and in the field, in the granary
and in the barn, in the factory and in mill, in
the warehouse and in the shop, on the noun
tain and in the ditch, on the roadside and in
the wood, in the city and in the country, on
the sea and on the shore, on the earth in
days Of brightness and Of gloom. What a
sad picture would the world present il we
had no Sabbath p
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
Ministering Angels.

The beautiful have gone with their bloom
from the gaze of human eyes. Soft eyes
that made it spring-time in our hearts are
seen no more. We have loved the light Of
many smile that has faded from us now !;
and in our hearts have fingered sweet voices
that now are hushed in the silence of death.
Seats are left vacant in our earthly homes,
which none again can fill Kindred and
friends, loved ones, have passed away one
by one; our hearts are left desolate; we arc
lonely without them. They have passed
with their love to THAT land, from whose
bourne no traveller returns" Shall we never
see them again9 Memory turns with linger-
ing regret to recall those smiles and the loved
tones of those dear familiar voices. In fancy
they are often by our side, but their home is
on brighter shore. They visit us in our
dreams, fioating over our memory like shad.
ows over moonlit waters. When the heart is
weary with anguish, and the soul is bowed
with grief, do they not come and whisper
thoughts of comfort and hope? Yes, sweet
memory brings them to us, and the love we
bore them lifts the heart from earthly aspra-
tons and we long to join them in that better
land. They hover round us. the ethereal,
dear, departed ones-thc loving and the loved,
they watch with eyes that slumber not. -
When gentle dreams are wandering to the
angel land, in whispers wake the hymning
strains Of that bright and happy choir, reveal.
ing many tale Of hope, and bliss and ten
derness, and love. They tell of sunny realms,
ne'er viewed by mortal eye--of forms array
ed in fadeless beauty-and lofty anthems to
their great Creators praise are sounded forth
in sweet, seraphic numbers. And this vision
of the blest dissolves the tumult of life's Jar
ring scenes; they fade in air, and then we
glory in the thought that we are heirs of i'm.
mortality. And why is it that we regard
with such deep reverence and love, those
bright, celestial beings of another sphere p
All, it is because they take an interest in our
welfare, and joy over our success in the great
battle of life. They are not selfish in their
happiness, but fain would have us share it
with them.--fiagmood Chronicle.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

help his old partner, who was :" fiat broke"
that he could think Of, was to give him the
"big chunk T" and let him exhibit it; as it
contained a good deal of quartz which be-
sides adding to its size made it very snowy
specimen and people would very willingly
pay quarter Of dollar to see it. So the
kentuckian took the specimen and showed
it through all the large towns, making
good deal of money and doing much better
than he had expected. Arriving at length
at San Francisco, he concluded to take pas
sage in the steamer and 20 to the Atlantic
States and exhibit his "chunk" in the large
cities there.
Meanwhile Mentz was working his claim
in the River hosting out huge boulders and
endcavoring to get a hole down to the rock
in the bed Of the stream where they expect
cd to find pay, but one day great rock es.
capped from the tackle as they were hoisting
it out and falling knocked Mentz down and
rolling over his left arm crushed the bones to
a powder and il had to be taken off near thr
shoulder. For a long time he was laid up
with his wound; all Of his money was gone
and he had for sometime been living on the
credit of his claim, in which they soon ex-
pected to reach pay, when the rainy season
suddenly set in and everything was swept
off by the rising Of the river. His landlord
now refused to board him, saying he had
kept him long while for nothing and it was
but fair that others should do something for
him. So poor Mcntz was forced to beg from
town to town and the generous hearted mi
ners never let him do more than state his
misfortunes till they literally supplied hi
wants. He had tried in vain to hear from
his Kentucky friend and "big lump" hui
after tracing him to San Francisco, could hear
nothing more of him and finally was forced
to conclude that he was scoundrel and that
his money was gone; and whenever he men,
toned the circumstance he was told that he
was very SILLY for letting his "lump" go
out of his sight: so at last he never mention
ed it and began to think himself that he had
been fool. But about this time letter was
advertised for him in the Golden Era, and on
sending for it he found that it was from a
gentleman in Kentucky stating that he had
in his possession large lump Of gold left
in his care by his nephew, who had died at
his house of consumption. and that he would
forward 1t to his order. This was good news
for Mentz; he got his gold in due time and
had 1t smelted down--it yielded little over
$4,000. Mentz soon after built large brew
cry in Nevada in so his establishment was
totally destroyed by fire and as he had neg
lected to insure he was again "smashed
and went into the " cabbage and turnp line, !"
where found him making another raise.
SILVER CirY. U. T., March 9th, vi.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

AN OrINIos.-A highly respectable color.
u gentleman, rejoicing in the big sounding
name of George Edward Fitz Augustus, visi.
ing the Washington Market, New York CITY
few days ago thus delivered himself to fat
country man. whose stock of vegetables he
had been busily investigating:
" Are these good tater ~
Yes, sir -
/" A tater," resumed George Edward Fitz.
Augustus, :" is inevitably bad unless it Is in
wardly good. Dere is no lnedumocracy in de
combinations Of de later. De exterior NAV
appear remarkably exemplary and beauti.
some, while de interior is totally negative.
But sir, II you wcnds de article OBJ your own
recommendation, knowing you to be man
OF probability in your transactions, l widout
any furder circumlocutions, takes peck OF
dat superior vegetable.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

DEPRESSION or BUSINESS IN ExaLAND.-A
private letter from 4 gentleman in Manches
ter. England. received in New York, saws.
under date Of March 27th:
"What with bad crops last Summer in
this country. disturbed political affairs in the
United States, ovcrtrading to India and China.
ETC.. I have never seen commercial affairs IN
a worse condition than they are in England
at this time: there is complets st1gnation,
both in home trade and shipping; and where
the flFst relief is to come from Il hard Il de-
from the United States, g
II did In tie panic Il '01-'6e."
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
The Genuine Palmetto.

At prominent wholesale grocery store,
situated in Broadway, and distinguished for
its large dealings with Southern States, is to
be seen vertable palmetto, the accepted
representation Of the same little State Of
South Carolina. We examined the thing,
superficially, internally, laterally and scien-
tifically, andhave come to the conclusion that
it is one Of the most appropriately selected
symbols of the State of which it is SYNONYM
that possibly could be devised. In the first
place, the vegetable" grows in swamps and
malaria. It's leaves, when young, represent
stillettos, and when aged, sharp swords
They are, however, valuless as food for any
living thing, and are merely disagrecable as
weapons Of defence. The trunk Of the pal
metto is too short for forest tree, and too
large for parsnip. Being the nature ofa
bundle Of spun yarn, it cannot be worked
into boards, and it wouldn't pay to pick it
into oakum. 1t is valueless as the stockades
of a fort, for it won't bear sharpening at the
end, and as spike won't hold in its spongy
treacherous heart, you can not fasten num-
Der together, so as to make reliable defence
against a cannon shot. The palmetto, view
ed az a whole, has not one element Of beau.
ty in its form, there being no relation be-
teen its relative parts; but it is, nevertheless,
eminently like South Carolina in this, it CON-
mences at the ground promising an irnmense
amount of vegetation 1t keeps up the delu-
sion for about fifteen feet, then It suddenly
collapses into small potatoe pretention Of
foliage, that suggests the mountain that has
laborcd and brought forth mouse. The
people crowd around thcmonstrosity, eager
ly ask. ''What is it?" and when they learn
its name, the 8 colored individual is appar.
ent. Barnum persists that it's manufac-
tured affair, and won't believe that thing
so worthless for ornament, defence, meat,
drink. or even heraldry, has been selected
by the Insane Chiyalry," as their represen.
tative, and with much truth he observes,
people however crazy, are never sarcastic at
their own expense. As the palmetto we a.
lude to is, however, genuine, and rs It is to
be seen and admired free OF expense, we ad-
wise ali who can to give the representative
of Palinettodoin a call. To the thoughtless
it will offer no mental exercise Of painful
suggestions; to the thoughtful, it will haye
some such impression as fingers over the in
telligent mind, when it contemplates one of
thoac wooden gods SO devoutly worshiped
by the less intelligent, or, more elegantly de-
nominated, the !" mudsills' of the Cannibal
Islands. In conclusion, we would remark
that the palmetto plant is common in the
swamps Of al the seeding States, but its
miserable. misshaped head never rises above
a worthless weed except in the sovereign
ty" where it is adopted as the proud heral-
die emblazonry of the mighty nation Of
South Carolina.-N r. Tribune.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

WOODEN NUTMEGs OuTpoNs. There is 4
parisian dandy, who we think. rather outdid
Connecticut. c. had at his residence
q complete costume of grosm. When OF.
fering an attention to one ofthe fair sex he
used 70 say: Permit me to send you bou.
quet by my black servant" He then repair.
ed to his garret. took out his blackins bottle.
polished his face and hands, put on his livery
and knocked at the lady's door. "Here.h
ne said, "are some flowers sent by my mas
ter to madame. He has spent the last fvs
frances IN their purchase" Madame was SO
delighted with the present, that she present
ed louis to the bearer. That is clear pock.
eting OF the dollars, and hdy's favor into
the bargain.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

BAD CHARAcTER.--The importance of prc.
serving good reputation for truth and honesty
is quite strikingly set forth in the following
mortal fever prevailed on board ship at sea.
and negro man was appointed to throw the
body of those who died, from time to time.
overheard. One day, when the Captain was
IN deck, he saw the negro dragging out of
the iorrcastle sick man, who was violently
struggling to extricate himself from the ne.
gro.s grasp, and demonstrating very bitterly
against the cruelty of being buried alive
What are you going to do with that man.
you black iascaly" said the Captain "Go.
ing TO throw him overheard, massa, cause he
dead. Dead, you scoundrel p said tho
Captain, don't you see he moves and
speaks?" Yes, massa, know he saws he
no dead. but he always lie so, nobody ever
know when to believe him."
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

TIE MASSACHUSETTS DEAp.-We thini's
few men read Gov. ANDREWS dispatch to tn.
Mayor OF Baltimore, requesting him to care
for the Massachusetts, dead tenderly," and
TO send on their remains for honored buria,
by the Commonwealth without tears. Yes.
those bodies battered and bruised by the
brutal mob, are sacred Tenderness ix
not too gentle word to be used for the care
OF them. From the plow and the fishnr.boa
those hardy men. bearing the names and the
memories OF Concord, and Lexington, and
Bunker Hill, came forth, as their fathers did
OF Old, to offer their lives for Liberty's dear
sake. Foremost in the Second War of Inde-
pendence, as their forefathers were in the
FIRST, the very day on which the men of Lex.
Ington stained the green sward with the first
blood OF the Revolution, saw the men of this
generation stain the streets Of Baltimore with
the first blood of this great struggle.
All honor. then, to those humble men of
Massachusetts,, the first victims in the new
war OF Liberty. Unlike them they died far
from home and native soil, but like them they
died for their country. The whole nation
owns them. Their names shall be preserved
in the country's roll Of honor.
Yes, bear the battered bodies " tenderly -
they are more sacred than the relics of the
saints. Wherever they pass, let the nations
flag, which they died to defend, wave over
them let cannon thunder the martial honor,
and let women and children come to drop a
tear over the Massachusetts, dead, who died
for Country and Liberty.-N Y Times.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

ADVANTAGES OF ADvEnrrsrNG.-An ex-
change paper says that the leading partner
in publishing house, who was pushing his
advertisements during the dull season, being
interrogated by the editor, in regard to his
policy, replied:
The very time of all others to crowd, sir,
give US the field when few advertisers occu-
py it, and we care not how hard the times
are. It pays US well ct all times, because we
k,ow how far to 60, but especially it pays
us in times like the present, when most Of
he business men in our line have taken
heir hooks out Of the water, thinking no
bites are to be had We are satisfied tha,
nothing has kept US constant run of trade
for the last ninety days, but pushing our no
tices through the dull season."
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

The land Of the Pine to the land Of the
Palm.
(rRox VANITY rAiaJ
Ho scuthron we're coming,-youve reused us at last
And the chains that once bound together 50 fast
Shall clank at your feet meath the Palmetto tree
Ere your treason shall shatter the Home Of the Free
II.
From the white Hampshire hills where the Bald
To the prairie that sweeps through the land Of the West
voice has awakened our slumbering souls:
And II gathers In strength TO itself as II rolls.
s.s.. -s... III.
Tis the voice Of the nation your sins has bersyed
In the balance Of Justice your treason Is Weighed
BY the names You dishonor-yeu time Is at hand,
When the cry Of the mighty goes up for their land
trtH. s.~... Nv.
Do You think In your vanity. pride and csnceit,
fou can force the stern Northern to basely retreat
Al pause In your blindness! awake from your sleep
Ere ye meet US in enmty earnest and deep.
" - s.N.1..
From the Father OF Waters" whose valleys are wide
From the great Northern lakes the Great Mountain side
Shall pour down in myriads. constant and true
The men who still stand by the Red White and Blue
VI.
That old nag shall blind with one CLEAN OF its stars
Your patry abortion OF prison-hous bars
our iaws-upon paper; your forts-upon sand;
In the light Of that banner they never can stand
.''.' VII
And when ye shall see ii float high in the air.
With all Its old memories vibrating there;
An your heart will turn back by the Palmetto tree
With fealty and truth, to the Home of the Free"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

An artist describes sunset thus -" Il
SEEMED as If ten thousand dye-pots Of glory
had been upset on the floor Of heaven and
leaked through, staining the under side with
respondent hues too brilliant to bo mocked
BY the daubing pencil Of art"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

Two young men undertook to see which
possessed the greatest Internal capacity, and
TO test the matters agreed to eat raw clans.
each to eat until he could hold no more
The victor ate l6l the vanquished hero eag-
ging at the l49th, when he gave up the con-
test, remarking that he could eat more, but
did not want to make hog of himsslfr'
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

A writer in the Cincinnnti Commercial
Gnggests that as we have ban il ths habit 81
designating the United Ststss 8 Uncle San,
for short, that upon the Sane p5incipIe a
shcnh call The United Confsd5ney = dUnols
CuAse." ss1
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
From Our Utah Correspondent.
SILVER clrr, U. T. March stb a,


DEAR GAZETTE There is nothing new to
write Of in our place at this date; Had
" Grand Inauguration Ball during which
some four fights occurred One gsntleman
took lady upon the floor for dance and
tinding It was to be something she did not
understand begged to be excused and took
her seat. Gentleman made the remark that II
he had not had a ching" for partner he
would not have lost the dance. Lady's hus.
band happened to hear the remark and knock.
ed him fiat instanter. Husband is n small
man, gentleman a six-foot bully. Husband
hadn't moro than "spotted" gent, till half.
iozen derringers were placed at his disposal
with which to finish "bully" who was sup.
posed to be armed" husband" " very proper.
ly declined to shoot Man had his bowels
cut out on the 9th at Genoa Family diff
ulty. Riot at Coloma, Cal fuss commenc cd
between Irish and Chinese about claims
irish afterward collected and tore down Cbi
nese part of the town. Several badly wou,n.
ied on both sides-one or two Chinamt n
killed--damagc done to amount Of sec. 90 0.
Mining operations in statu quo. Wealth or
line. Pintes and Shashones are to have a
great battle soon-Pintcs have advised a II.
ners on Humbolt to leave till its over--the y
wont DO it-bound to see the fun. As so, On
as this fight is over the Pntes with some go
white men from Honey LAX Valley a, e
going up to clean out" the Pitt River II /.
dams. Pintes very friendly to whites Z
present. Times dull, some buyers from Sal /,
Francico but are very cautious in their on
erauohs. De GUILE.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
SHERMAN HOUSE.
wlLy4IAvI y. CASE,
b A N X ER

C6UAR TAILS, .........................
n LS~ NpTARY PupLyc, REAL EsrArE AMP IN.
~ suyane4 Agent. Esrsavzs mn M pnrt~ offA~ vnf-
TED A61@ e. ~ Esvops. bought and aold. Collections
made and pstptiv remtted. Money invested and Taxes
paid f0s ;<ertdeuss, - the usual commissioa
Broadway W6nk New York.
MsssYs 0eo p. Nlssell Co., Banhers Nartforn cnon
MeseAansf Swings. Loan frsst Co. RANT. chicago.
CAsSeer weed> President u ~ 6tses Bank Of Iowa
1ra,ea Bse1 ~ Tire state 81 Iowa q pnsnq1e az
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

IT dosn't sssm desirable to live an invalid |;
but he who i Zone foot h the gravJ' might
6 wVll b ~.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

Is China, the owners Of female slaves Who !
do not procure husbands 5os them ars liah3sI
to topr9sesuticn.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
JOB WORK..

Waving purchased entirely new ONCE our Job De-
carsnt comprises large assortment os the latest styles
Type Borders &e thus enabling US to do every var-
ETY. Of Job Work In unsurpassed in this section
of the State All work entrusted to care will be exc
cuted on short notice and reasonable terms.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
MARSH 4 6sRNSs.

nRyTVSTS. ARrJTICIAL TEETH inserted from
one To an Entire Set, on principle practced by
NE Procession Ladies waited uron at their residence Il
aedkd Work done reasonable terms. Once In
o. hams brick block, Cedar Falls, Iowa. ms
u. =. MAaaH. ". n. GROSS
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
DARIsrS ALLEN.

TVOVNEY ATLAW, AND SOLICITOR IN
- CHANCEVY, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Notes and Bills
Collected and Claims secured in Black Hawk, buchanan
Bremer Bntler FrarkMn frundy and Renton counties.
once In Overmen's new block Main 81. 2:u
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
GEO. G. DEAN.

NOTARY PUBLIC and GENERAL AGENT
~ Cellar Fails Iowa. Blank Deeds. Bonds etc., con
stantlv hand. s~sasA 1:H
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sDus II ssVDWN.

NOTARY PURLIC, Cedar Falls. Black Hawk
Csun.y Iowa. RstL EsrArE, Insurance. AND CoL-
,xcr,os A1nvcY Real Rstat. haucht and sold. Taxes
pad for in al, the Northern Counties cf Iowa
Titles investigated Collections made and proceeds remit
ted promptly, favorable terms.
evfERsNcrs.
uon Thos g. Wilson, Hon. y. g. wilson, Dnhuque, Iowa
Messrs Greene, Merritt q" Bankers, Cedar Mapids,
=. clark, rsa. pres Branch state Bank, Iowa City.
Gesrze fisher Esg Scranton. Penn
A. IT, Miller Esq. Spencer, v. Y.
Dr Geo Spr.r,,- Snc'v Ohio Stock Co. Butler Co.
Or g. A. bishop Peter Ne,endy. Cedar Fails. Iowa.
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u. y. TR ACY.

COyINTY SURVEYOR Of Black Hawk County
Surveying I.eveling Drafting done short notice
and II prices 10 suit the times Once In Ovcrmans block
Cedar Falls Iowa
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8. n. vANRITsKIRM

,WTFORNEY and COUNSELLOR At LAW
Cedar Falls. Iowa. win attend promptly to all busi
9ess entrusted 70 his care.
n. D. Kichardsou. Banker, Geneva, Wis.
G. NJ Baker, Attorney. &c. Geneva. Wis.
j. r. wentworth. District Attorney, Waworth Co., Wis
L. u. Hale, ESQ. Geneva, Wis.
r. Andros ESQ.,, Geneva, Wis. e nH
Case RAYMOND. Elk Horn Wis. @
winsoE Smith, Elk Horn. Wis
Spooner Harkness. Elk Horn Wis.
once opposite the Gazette ONCE In Overmans Block
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03

From the New York Tribune of the %,
inst, we copy the following choice extract
from an exceedingly interesting letter by
BAYARD TAYLOR:
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-05-03
AWERICAN 4 HOTEL.
ORSON RICE.

ORSON RICE.
TT6RvWv At LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC
AANDAENERALI.AND AGENT, Butler Center. But
icr c. IA viii practice in Butler and adioing Coun-
ties 8rtcuar attention paid 10 Collections and remit
tances he TO any part Of the State Titles examined
Taxes and all other business pertaining to Coilec-
tlon " Agency once. E9-1y