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over Jones's cards. Hs had three aces
aJsol When they left off playing whist,
the white packs had somehow mixed to-
gether, and so the two gentlemen had all
their excitement for nothing. They had
each enjoyed the luxury of running
friend, in Imagination, and Of being mag
unanimous at a cheap rate; and if it had
not been for the interposition of the pres
ent writer, it is my belief that they would
have been Dragging still.
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Somebody's Grandpa

Q
eOu, cried Emma Rich, out Of breath
running to catch up with Julia Kent
there's an old man coming down Tru
man street. and he walks 50 queer; tn
boys are pestering him, and it frightene,
me awfully.'
Julia looked around, yet saw nobod,
but Emma at her side, pale and trem
bling.
Awfully, said Emma, who saw hia
through her fears; and fears, you know
often give quite wrong impression.
Julia looked again, and caught sigh
Of an old man staggering round the cor.
ner, with q pack Of rude boys behind
him.
Lets run away cried Emma.
Instead of that Julia stopped. Il
should think these boys would be asha-
med to treat an old nah SO, she said,
her cheeks glowing. He's aome5ody's
grandpa
'Oh, I am SO scartdl' cried Emma
again.
Scared cried Julia Indignantly; then
run Julia went back. Boys, she said
boldly, 1 think you ought to be asbam-
ed to treat an old man so. Should you
like it, if twas your grandpa?'
8 Who are you?' cried the rude boys,
and they began to sneer at her.
You may laugh as much as you
please, said Julia; Il don't mind it.
i heard friendly voice, said the old
man, but I am blind-I cannot see
where it comes from.
It is I, answered the child going up
to him, and I will lead you home, if
you'll ike me to. Maybe you lost your
way, sir 1t must be so hard not to
see.
Yes, dear child, said the old blind
man, Pm a stranger here. I'm visiting
my daughter, who lives On - street. 1
just stepped out to sun and air myself,
and somehow missed my way, The boys
think I'm in liquor, for I can walk With
young legs. How came you to befdend
mc, dear ehild?'
'Oh. sir said little Julia, thought
you must be somebody's gran0pa, aud I
could not bear to see you treated SO. I
will lead you home, sir -
God bless you, dear child, said the
old man.
As soon as Julia took him in charge,
the rude boys sneaked of, showing that
the brave stand of even a little girl for
right cOnfounds and puts to flight the
wicked. Kindly and carefully she he'll
ped him down unexpected steps, and
round sharp corners, by the dogs and the
people III the streets, the old man thank
ful for little child to respect and care
for the aged. Her grandpa had lived
in her fathers family, and she knew old
feet needed young active steps to go for
them; old eyes wanted young, bright
eyes to see for them; and old hands,
which had done the hard work of other
days, must nov have young strong hands
to help them.
So, in every old man, no matter how
poor or how pitifuI he was, she saw
somebody's grandpa, who ought to have
the respectful behavior, the kind atten-
ton, and the afectionate treatment which
made her grandpa so happy while he
lived, and which made grandpa's memory
SO sweet to his little grand children.
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WHOLE NUMBER ll6.

and ne went on to enumerate other oaus-
es for thanksgiving, but this one be felt
to be foremost of all Gods earthly gifts,
a good mother to teach him the way to
heaven through the blood of Jesus.
Have you such a mother, and have
you ever returned thanks to God for her2
Or have you neglected her teachings, and
thought her earnest cOunsels sometimes
iFksOme, and almost wished you might
be left undisturbed in the enjoyment Of
youthful pleasures, without the check
which her words would, in spite Of your
self, leave upon the reins of her instrue-
lions now, the day is fast approaching
when you wall see it, perhaps too late.
If you have good mother, cherish her
tenderly, and DO not SOW thorns in her
pillow and your own by earelessness and
neglect.
And mother, win your son have eaHse
to thank God, on his dying bed for Civ
ing him such q mother 2-SuAdog School
~.
/ '"sSS- .a=t. -r-.=r-
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Thank God for Such q Mother

A POOR soldier lay on his hospital bed
with the sands in his hOur-glass almost
run. As the chaplain bent over him, he
looked up eagerly and said. pointing to
his temple:
Chaplain, I want you to cut big lock
Of hair off from here for mother
The chaplain hesitated a moment ond
the youth added, You need not be afraid
to disfgure me. It's for mother, and no
body viii come to see me in the dead
house tomorrow,
The request was at once complied with
and the blood-stained lock, OH which her
hand had SO often rested with a pride
and fondness which mothers only know,
was laid aside fer those loving eyes to
weep over. What ftter token could 20
back from herO-martyr, even though it
wrung her heart with anguish. All, how
little did she think as she smoothed those
shining locks in sunny childhood, that
they would ever thus come back to her.
Now, chaplain, said tbs dying man,
I want you to kneel down and return
thanks to God And when the good
minister asked him for what he should
return thanks, what think you was the
FIRST great blessing for which, in such a
solemn hour, he felt his heart rise up
in gratitude to the great Giver Of ali
good?
Thank God for giving me such a good
mother. Oh, chaplain, her oounssls and
teachings comfort me now. Oh, what
-otld I do now If I wasn't Christian .
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Out StOrn- TrIltr.
4 GlHE or BBlG

On that railway which connects the
two great commercial towns Of Lancash
ire, MANY Of the everyday passengers are
accustomed to while away the journey by
playing cards togothorj they know one
another. and make up their rubbers be-
forehand, and even have certain carria-
ges retained at either terminus for their
especial accommodation and diversion.
Whist is, Of course, the usual game am
ong them, but with some Of the juniors
that beaut fLl science is voted dull and
slow, and they play brag instead-a dis
graceful tasto, which is very properly
reprobated 10y the rest, and stigmatized
as sheer gambling even by those who
pass their mid-days in the stock exchange,
and risk hundreds and thousands upon
scrip and share. However, it so happen
ed last July, that I, a chance passenger
between Liverpool and Manchester, with
a return-ticket for the day, found myself
in frst-class carriage occupied by FIVE
gentlemen playing at this redoubtable
game; and without having the least de-
sire to join them, I watched their pro-
eeedings with some attention, and was
rewarded by Witnessing what was admit
ted by all to be an unprecedented occur
renee, and one well worthy, if not Of i'm
mortal verse, at least of printed record.
For the first twenty minutes, should
mention, they played whist--of course
with two packs Of cards-but upon the
remonstrance Of the gentleman who found
himself cut out, and obliged to make
room for the fifth man at the railway rug,
which was their card table, they changed
that game to brag.
While my moral nature was shocked,
1 could not help being interested by the
.secretveness Of each competitor, by the
air of confidence with which they backed
an Indifferent hand, by the affected hesi-
tation with which they continued to brag
upon a good one, and by their close scan
ming Of one anotbers countenances. in
which nothing but cunning and averiee
we're to be traced. And yet, in the sense
Of playing for high stakes, they were not
gambling. A sovereign or thirty shill-
ingS was the most that had been lost by
any person, when presently, the rest hav-
ing thrown up their hands, two players
began to back their cards at such consi-
deraOiy higher sums a" to arouse every
body curiosity to know what they were
stalking on.
Let me look tyou, Jones, cried one;
I'm not playing you know, and Smith
rill never be able to tell anything by my
face.
That is true, my dear fellow replied
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1MPoRTANT CERTIFICATES.

Rochester, n. .Decembe- 2s, 1851.
MEssRs- P. H DRaKE & Col have been
4 great sufferer IRON Dyspepsia for three or
four wears and had TO abandon my profession
Abodt three months ago I uied tie Planla-
tion BitterS. and 70 my great JOY, am now
nearly well man. l have recommended
alem IN several cases, and, as far as l know.
always with signal benefit.
I am respectfully vours.
Rev J. S. CATHoRN.
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Platform Of the Fremont Party.


THE following resolutions were adopt
ed by the Cleveland Convention, On the
31st ut:
/ Rss0lvsd, That the Federal Union
shall be preserved.
3 That the CONSTITUTION and the laws
of the United States must be observed
and oBeyed.
3. That the rebellion must be suppress.
sed by force Of arms and without com.
promise
4 That the rights of free speech, free
press, and the ha5eas cOrpus, be held in.
violate, save in districts where martial
law has been proclaimed.
5. That the rebellion has destroyed
slavery, and the Federal Constitution
should be amended to prohibit its re-es-
tablishment, and to secure to all men ab-
solute equality before the law.
8. That integrity and economy are de.
manded at all times in the administration
of the government, and that in time of
war the want Of them is criminal.
I. That the right Of asylum, except
for crime and subject to law, is a rsoog.
nized principle of American liberty, and
any violation Of it cannot be overlooked,
and must not 60 unpunished.
8 That tue national policy, known as
the Monroe doctrine. has become a rec
ognized principle, and that the establish
ment Of an anti republican government,
by foreign power, on this continent,
cannot be tolerated.
9. That the Oue-term policy for the
Presidency, adopted by the people, is
strengthened by the force of the existing
crisis, and should be maintained.
10. That the Constitution should be 50
amended that the President and Vice
President shall be elected by q direct
vote Of the people.
IL. That the question Of the recon.
struetiOn Of rebellious States belongs to f
the people, through their Represents.
tives in Congress, and not to the Prssi.
dent @
12 That the confscation Of the lands
of the rebels, and their distribution am.
Ong the soldiers and actual settlers is a
measure ofjustice.
10. That the gratitude and support of
the nation is due to the faithful soldiers
and marines, and the earnest leaders of
the Union army and navy, for their he
roio achievements and deathless 7alor in
defense of an imperiled country and Of
civil liberty.
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Arrangements are now completed to SUP
ply any demand for this article, which from
lack Of government stamps has not heretofore
been possible
The public may rest assured tllatin no case
will the perfectly pure standard Of the Plant
alton Bitters be departed from. Every bot
tie bears the fac simils Of our signature on a
steel plate engraving, or it cannot be genuine.
Sold by al Druggists, Grocers and Dealers
throughout the country.
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law 0F EEWsPAPERsi

!. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishing to con
inue their subscriptions TO the paper
2. If subscribers order the discOntinuance OF
heir periodicals, the publisher may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid
3. Ifsubscribers neglect or refuse TO take their
periodicals from the Office to which they were d.
:ectcd they are held responsible till they have set
lied the bin and ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers remove to other places with
out informing the publisher, and the papers are
sent to thefOrmerdirectiOD, they are held respon-
sible.
5. The Courts have decided that refusing to take
periodicals from the Office, or removing and leav-
thg them uncalled for. is priEG fdeie evidence Of
intentional fraud.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-06-22

Ar printers festival the following senti-
ment was offered: Printers Wives May
they always have plenty Of small caps for the
heads of their little original articles"
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UNION.
. ", HoUx, PnOr'R.

OFFIcE:-Coulson's Building. second floor,
Nest side North Maia-street, near the Square.
TERMs;-S1 so per annum, invariably in ad-
vance. One Dollar for Six Months.
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A little boy, on coming home from certain
church where he had seen a person perform
on an organ, said to his mother" Oh NAM
ma, wish you had been to church to-day
to see the fun-a man pumping music out Of
an old cupboard p
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-06-22

THERE is no voice or folly that requires so
much nicely and skill to manage a vanity /;
nor any which by i'll management makes so
contemplate figure
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sherman House. Chicago. I'll. Feb. II. g

Sherman House. Chicago, I'll. Feb. II. 1868.
lIg-.es. p. H. DRAKE & Co. Please send
ls aaoG,or twelve cases Of vour Plantation
B.Fers. A, morning appetizer. they appear
% have SInrrctlel everything else, and are
greatly esteemed. Yours, &c
GAGE q WAITE.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-06-22

JOHN SMITH is gone at last. He took
a bottle of dead shot for rats, at Kin
derkOOk, last week, and has not written
to bis friends since
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-. 1ota ,Lanth. Ia Day. lssa.

Rspeo- e., FuC>p m, daughter has been
p, ben 'ri bv lie Sc Of thy Plantation
ars. Tao wil. -cu1 me Jwnboulr> more.
Tlv friend Asa CrRRIN-
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-06-22

Mr. STANTON has not yet done with
his outragcs, He is perpetrating what
he calls an official history of the Har in
sixty volumes!
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-06-22

Q AGATE, of the Cincinnati Gazette, sps.
aking Of the Shoddy Convention at Bal
timOre, says: 4 have said, that on the
whole, the Convention was made up Of
small men. The fact that General Jim
Lane was virtually its leader, is sufficient
evidence that few great men wers pres.
emf"
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gtIttt 4uEtrr
THE LITTLE MAID AND THE LAWYER.

THET say, little maid, quoth lawyer Brown,
I'm the cleverest man in all the town.
Heigho says she,
What's that to me?
But they say, little maid, quoth lawyer Brown,
You're the prettiest girl in all the town
Says she, If they do,
What's that to you?
Il
They say, little maid, quoth lawyer Brown,
I'm the richest man in all the town.
HeighO says she,
What's that to me-
But they say, little maid, quoth lawyer Brown,
You ought to be dressed in q finer gown!
Says she, If they do,
What's that to your
They say, little maid, quoth lawyer Brown,
That Jonny Hodge is an awkward clown.
Heigho says she,
What's that to me?
But they say, little maid, the lawyer said,
That you and Jonny are going to wed!
Says she, five do,
What's that to you2
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some wretch of joker psrpstratss
this outrage:
'Ifa Romsu wore 20 change her ss1.
what religion would she bs2 A ks Rss.
To which q lady with mora Wit and
point, replies:
And to convert an artless woman into
henrtless one, there only wants a ,he.'
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" "Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop hole TO keep the wind away;
Oh! that the earth, which kept the world IL
awe,
Should patch wall to expel the winters fawn
B. F. Taylor.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-06-22

4 RIoH FIND.-1he army digging a
bout in Virginia find many curious and
valuable articles buried by the inhabit
ants. The richest find, however, is that
of man in the 9th army corps, who,
digging for sweet potatoes, found over
$4,000 in silver He very generously
divided it with his company, and that
company has since been matching quar-.
ters and half dollars as though they we're
pennies.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-06-22

The Hamilton has been thorough yreftted
6-tbe accommodations Of guests. We are conf
5saf ofrendering satisf action to all
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HAMILTON HOUSE,

OPPOSITE THE COURT HOUSE. URBAYA. 0
JOSEPH vii ET, Proprietor.
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Thank God for giving me such a good
mother. Oh, chaplain, her counssls and
teachings comfort me now. Oh, what
would I do now if I wasn't Christian p
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-02
BY o. W. HOLMES.


Nsuiieus ioq,iitup.
I've heard some talk of Jubilee
To selebrate sour" "victory -
Now I'm chap as fellers the sea.
'nf'rz know, nob'dy II listen to me,
BIT I'll tell y jest what's my idee.
When you n fellah = got your grip,
Before we settled II which can whip,
i won't say nothin'. You let her rip !
Knock him 10 pieces. chip by chipi
Bu, don't fire into n sinkin' ship
I tell y, shipmates m lan'smsu too,
There's chaps aboard th't's z good Y you,-
Twas God Almighty that made her crew
Folks is Jolks! n that 'ztrue
z that land Is black N water blue
Come tell us, shipmates, eff can,
was there everA crew sense tn worp began
That sach u wallOpn' had to stan
= them poor iellahs mt tried L man
The great CHI cage cattmardn.
Wahl, this is what we hedp do,--
T lick 'm,--but not = drown m tool
There's some good fellahs, n not a lew
That's swlmmin' about, all chilled N blue
N wants Z DO h'istcd aboard " you'll
Come, drowning foes your friends weIl be,
We've licked! Htw Haw You're iiJked
Hee hee
HOortw for you Hooraw for we
Wen wait till the whole wids laud is free,
And tsen we'll have our Jubilee
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-02
II ". NN'rIliiliN,

IL ". ENrIIiiiIN,
L. PHYICGAN AND SURGEON.
REsIDENcE-Main street, one square south
of Presbyterian Church, east side.
0FFIcE-Four doors South OF Wheeler Bros.
So When professionally absent, orders may
be 10 II at his residence,-al such orders will
receive prompt attention.
Especial attention given to operations upon
and treatment OF Diseases OF tho Eye and Ear.
January 2jth 1861.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-02

E1- 1t is related that in the town
of Richmond, Indiana, wealthy
Quaker, whose four beautiful horses
were the admiration of the place, was
asked to aid pecuniarily in the form
alton of regiment OF cavalry. He
replied;
"Friend, thou knowest that I can.
not give thee money or horses for the
war-war is wicked-but as for my
four horses it is true that two will
serve my needs; anl, friends, will
say this TO thee, that my stable door
is not locked; aud if | see thee on
one OF my horses, and thy friend
James on another | will keep tho
peace toward them both"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-02

The roots OF plants are hid under
ground, so that they themselves are
not seen; but they appear in their
branches, flowers snd fruit, which
argue there is Il root and life in them
rhls the graccs Of the Spirit planted
in the soul, though themselves invisi'
BILE, vet discover their being aud life
in the track OF Christians life, his
words, has actions, and the frame OF
his carriage. - Leighton,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-02

Be avaricious of time; do not give
any moment without receiving II in
value; only allow the hours to so from
YOU with as much regret as you give
to your gold, do not allow a single
day to pass without increasing the
treasure of your knowledge and vir-
tue. The use of time is debt we con-
tract from birth, and 1t should only
be paid with the interest that our lifo
has accumulated.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-12-02

From the Boston Sailors Fair paper, th
BCalswain whistle.
THE JUBILEE.
The Placer herald., 1864-09-17
CONSTA8LE'S SALE.

DY virtue of an Execution TO me directed anu
I'D Delivered on the Sth day OF September,
1864, issued out o. the Codrt Of IL. W. starr"
Justice OF the Peace in and for Township Nv
10, OF Placer county. State OF Caiorn,a; GU
Judgment rendered in said court on the ON aay
of September. A. d. 1864, in favor oil H. ). Dooeo
and against Lewis Bclcher, for the sum OF ono
hundred and ninety four dolllrs (Sl9f) ah! cG,.a
OF suit taxed at fty.iiyc dOlrs and seVen'y-n'II
cents (Sj5 75.) have this day levied upon, aIu ~
will expose to public sale for cash, TO NC p'" :"
gold con in front of The JUSTICES ONCE III nu'
coin. on
Thursday, the 9Th day OF october, 1sos'
at the hour of 10 o'clock, A. NJ, all the rlga!' "s.
interest and claim which the said Louis Deicn ,sa
had on the 81 day OF May 1864, IN ana 10 , iu1
following described property, to wit: Az 'u We.
certain piece or partei OF iand known an. M NJ
scribed as follows. being the East eait OF ios NJ
one (l.) of the Northeast Quarter Ol Secuon "
four a. Township No. Twelve ga no'" nd NJ
Range seven ~ East, Mount Dia6io ols .,, HoS
meridian. containing forty acres. Al! OF ~ ,ors
named and described property shall sell a: aV IN
said. or SO much lhcreot AS may be suiC.I" N.
satefy the above judgment. together VIII Wv
costs due and to become due thereon. ,,v of
Given nuder my hand, this iontteen"I q''
September, A. D. 1864. GEORGE On ALL "A
Constable Township DO !"
Sent 18TH 1864. -3W
The Placer herald., 1864-09-17

DISAPPOINTED A man applied to Dr.
Jackson a celebrated chemist Of Boston
with a box Of specimens.
"Can you tell me what this is, siri"
"Cerlainy | can, sir that is iron pyri.s,."
"What, sr!' in voice Of thunder.
Iron pyrites"
Iron pyri,es! And what's tha,!"
That's what it is" said the chemist, put.
ting lot on a shovel over the hot coal.
where it disappeared. "Dross."
"And what's iron pyrites wor,hi'
"Nothing!'
"Why there's n woman in our town own,
a whole hill Of that-and I've married hern
The Placer herald., 1864-09-17
ED. BARRETT, Secretary.

DurcH FLAT ESQUIRER.-The Gra,. ",
ley National says: This paper hibsr,o
professedly Democratic but always shakv
has come out in a sickly Endorsement 81
Lincoln and johnson. Think of the En-
quirer one Of the coarsest abusers of Linrolr
and his administration, now TALKING III.
Lincoln kind of loyalty. This remind. -.
Of a story, after the fashion of Abe: Beinr
unable to tell what political position tho
Dutch Flat man occupied, from reading bi,
paper, we made enquiry, not long ago, Of =.
Placer county loyalist. "WeII," said ,b.
Placerite, "Boust is sort of Union m.,l
when on his guard. but when drunk he, n
ID Copperhead!"
The Placer herald., 1864-09-17

AUBURN, Sept. 10Th, 1864
The Democracy of Auburn Precinct met this
evening for the purpose of organizing a Demo-
cratic Club. when on motion. VIM. Mcdaniel
was elected Chairman; and Tabb Mitchell, Sc
Rotary.
On motion, 10 Hamilton, Chas. Fl. Mitchell
VIM. Crutcher. l.. L. Bullock. f. NJ. Banvard
John Conner, and Joseph Walkup, were appointed
. committee to draft Constitution and By Laws
for the Club.
On motion, adjourned until next Saturday
evening" to meet at The La Fayctc Hail.
VIM. MCDANIEL, Chairman.
TABB MITCHELL Secretary.