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The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10
Under the Ice.

L nder the ice the waters run;
Under the ice our spirits lie;
The genial glow of the summer sun
Shall loosen their fetters by and by.
Moan and groan in thy prison cold,
River Of life-riyer of love;
The winter is growing worn and old,
The frost is leaving the melting mold,
And the sun shines bright above.
Under the ice, under the snow,
Our lives are bound in crystal ring;
By and by viii the south winds blow
And the roses bloom on the banks of spring.
Moan and groan in thy fetters strong,
River of life-river of love;
The nights grow short, the days grow long,
Weaker and weaker the bonds of wrong,
And the sun shines bright above.
Under the ice our souls lie hid;
Under the ice our good deeds grow;
Men but credit the wr we did,
Never the motives that lay below.
Moan and groan in thy prison cold,
River of life-river of love;
The winter of life is growing old,
The frost is leaving the melting mold,
And the sun shines warm above.
Under the ice we hide our wrong
Under the ice that has chilled Us through
Oh : that the friends who have known US so long
Dare to doubt that we are good and true.
Moan and groan in the prison cold,
River of life-river of love,
Winter is growing warm and old,
Roses stir in the melting mold;
We shall be known above.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

KILLING PEOPLE IN SIAM. - Among the
charming customs of the Siamese people is one
which will particularly commend itself TO the
people who hate children and are bothered by
noisy boys Homicide in Siam is punishable
at regular tariff of prices. Thus the penalty
for killing babe of from one to three months
is six ticul," or SO 50 for child of four
years about SO; for a boy of fifteen about
Sl5; and for man between twenty-six and
forty years nearly $50. Beyond the age o
forty years the penalties decrease, so that il
is no more expensive to kill an old man from
eighiysix to ninety years than an infant of two
months. Women can be killed at two-tbirds
of the rates of men. Another pleasing custom
is that which allows man to hire out bis
wife TO his creditors as slave, and thus cance
his debt by means of her toll.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

An EsQUINAux FIDDLE.-The Esquimaux
are fond of music and dancing, are apt mechan-
les, and will readily initiate anything they see.
For example, l showed one a violin. and on a
visit to his wigwam some months after, found
be had manufactured an instrument from the
birch-tree. the strings being made from seal
gut The most curious part was the bow. On
asking him how he managed TO make it, he
pointed with smile to his wifes head, and
sure enough, found the hair on the head and
that on the bow correspond.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

4 STRANGE HoRsE AND a STRONG Man
\ jackson butehering establishment has q
horse which eats meat and drinks blood. His
favorite meat is raw liver. The same estab-
liShment has man who can carry a quarter
of beef by seizing it with bis teeth only 1t
is bis daily custom to unload the meat cart by
taking hold of one end Of a piece with his
hands and managing the other end with the
strength Of bis teeth Amador Dispatch.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10
New American Cyclopedia

4 NOTEWORTHY FACT. - The Louisville
Journal remarks:
We understand that not the slightest inju-
ry has been done to any of the offices or editors
Of the bitter aud ferocious rebel newspapers in
Nashville or ClarksYlle Does any one suppose
such forbearance would have been shown to-
wards the loyal papers and editors of Louisville,
if Buckner had got possession Of this city"
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

NETER try to make friend. Enemies coma
fast enough without cntivating the crop. and
friends who are brought forward By dollhouse
expedients are apt to wilt long before they are
ripened
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

WHEN sculptors go into partnership, what
should be their motto? In Statue Co. The
youth who perpe,rated the above has been
drumned ont of collegel.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

WHATEyER is necessary TO be done can be
done. Nature is too wise and bene6cent TO
yoke necessity with inpossibility
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

MR. Ross, the ex-champion rifeman, in
England. denounces the Enfield rife as having
every fault-a high trajectory, rendering it a
matter Of great chance hitting distant object
when the ground is not accurately measured.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

WHAT Mrs. Stowe hopes-That slavery vii
soon be topSy-turvy.
The weekly Butte record., 1862-05-10

MUS for our Navy-Anything they car
shell.