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The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02
My Wife's Cousin.

Some time ago, called on a cousin
|my wife, who resided in the city of
l had not seen him for
apng time, but having heard that he
Is IN atliuent circumstances, I Was
y little prepared for the condition
(Which found him. Through infor-
nhon derived from Philadelphia
hectory, Iwent to one of those alleys
y which that city abounds, and
Nnd ms name on a sign-board asso-
xted with that of another man, over
drk and dingy shop. The sign pur-
IT. that they were lock-smiths and
hangers also, that locks were re-
Fled and keys fitted. Without cere-
a l walked into the gloomy recess,
re there was a blacksmith's forge,
Where, among several muscular
Ang men up to their armpits in
~ was my wife's cousin" He re-
r. me most cordially, and for a mo-
mtermitted filing a huge brass
on which he was engaged, and the
pc of my own dexter by one of his
Pa, brawny hands, l can hken to
sHhlng nearer than the shock of a
Png earthquake.
lake a seat, take a seat" he OBJ
r. and just as soon as l finish this
Wen make tracks for home"
4 OF course replied that l was in no
ply' and at once became interested
fhe facile manner in which he was
''ainorphoslng rough casting into
polished key As soon as if was
hpleted, he washed the worst of the
1 rom ms hands, hung up his work
r0h, and putting on his coat and hat.
parked IN a cheerful tone, Come
F. COUSIN Aleck, let's go and see
E,ler wife has got any tea for u.s.
'F'i'ef we We're in the street, our con-
Sa'loh msensibly ran on business,
! took occasion to say to him that
ID been Of the opinion that he had
w nom his trade on a handsome
potency Don't say a word about
'M'at he replied "it really
" us SICK to think of it. People
o. retiring from business while
are healthy and able to work
= tell You, Aleck, they don't know
II means. | didn't know what il
VT until | tried it, but NOR, retire
anu misery sound to my ears
words OF about the same meaning.
''ceiylng that lac had struck a sub
y" winch he could easily be com
-iva'ive | looked inquiringly, wher
''lOlned' Perhaps you never hearC
I, Particulars of my retiring"
!" my replying that l had not, h,
'''eded you see, Aleck, it il
,u' 'hree years ago. that having, al
would say, a competency, / mad,
- mind to stop work, and NOV,
'ne country. SO l sold out my
OF the business to my partner
ny year or more in looking at tw,
+''e scores of country places, an(
'''' found one that wife and mysel
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

crawling through the world, who
might have held up his head and pros
pered, if, instead of putting off his
resolutions Of industry and amend
ment, he had only made a beginning?
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-02

least adapted to my taste or capacity.
But, Cousin Aleck, to shorten nv
story, wife perceiving that nv I'M
happiness was increasing, at last con
scented to move back to town, and let
me resume my business. | had no
difficulty in renewing an arrangement
with my old partner, and hence YOU
see me hard at work, and happier than
the President. = l am perfectly able, in
pecuniary point Of view, to live with
out work, but 1 have learned to nv
satisfaction two important truths /.
First, that we never enjoy ourselves so
well as when we are usefully employed !;
and second, that there is no occupation
on the whole, for which we are so well
fitted, as that to which we have long
been accustomed, and which has hence
become to us, as it were, a second
nature"
/ was much pleased with the good
sense of 'my wife's cousin, as eyinced
IN the small section of his autobiogra-
ply which he had given me, and very
soon after he had finished it, we reach
ed his dwelling. If his shop was din
gy, there was no dinginess here. The
edifice was built in the PHILADELPHIA
style, having large dining room back
of the two parlors, and noble kitchen
in the rear Of the dining-room. The
whole floor, as well as the airy and
pleasant rooms above stairs, were prob
ably adorned with better description
of furniture than was owned by the
Governor of Pennsylvania Everything
was in perfect order, and although the
locksmith's wife was uppish in her no
tons, l soon perceived that she was a
capitalhousekeeper and that my friend
was proud Of his house and proud Of
his wife, and proud of his two sons
who had come from boarding-school
to spend the vacation l found that
these lads were quite intelligent, and
that they were both intended for the
learned professions.
While one of them entertained me
with some music on a parlor organ,
the worthy smith begged me to excuse
him for a few moments, after which he
reappeared in perfectly clean linen,
and dainty suit Of black, We sup
ped at table spread with the utmost
profusion, and in the evening some
company coming in, conversation and
music filed up the passing hour l
was deeply interested, and conluded
that my wife's cousin, the locksmith
ana bell-hanger, was a wise man, aud
that unwittingly be had discovered the
true philosophers stone. Daily work
was to him as necessary as his dali
~ bread, and the toll Of the shop
only served to enhance the pleasures
and recreatons of a refined and happy
home. On taking my leave I realized
that I had been taught valuable les
son: Employment is the healthful lot
of life, and he that would seek happi-
ness in a state Of perpetual repose, be-
trays a profound ignorance of the be
nefcent laws which govern his being.
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was recreation when compared with
that of an editor who undertakes to
please all.-Erchange.
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,,,r Old CHURCH BELL

Ring ont merrily
Lonely cheerily,
4 MN 10 bells from the stecple tower,
\ HOPEFULLY. fcarfullN
Jyuny, teartuny
|, ,,..h he bride from her maiden bower.
itep i.none in the fair summer sky,
.bne angs benson down from on high;
llren sing loud as the train moves along,
,rry Il. bride that the sun shineth on
Kncl ont dearly,
Measured aud YEARLY,
L,5ca bells from the steeple gray,
Priests chanting lowlyi
Solemnly, slowly
,..etb the corpse from the portal to-day
ban. nom the leaden clouds heavily fall
brppngly over the plume and the pail;
urmur old folks as the train moves along,
amy the dead that the rain raineth on"
Toll at the hour Of prime,
Matin and yesper chime,
koyeth old bells from the steeple high
Rolling like holy waves,
4 over the lowly graves,
rioatng mp, prayer fraught into the sky.
Soemn the lesson your hghtest notes teach;
Aemis thcpeaching ruontongues preach
Kngng in life from tho bud to the bloom,
N
Rhgiug the dead to their rest in the tomb.
Peal out evefmore-
Peal as We pealed Of yore,
Dfaye old bells on each sabbath day,
In sunshine and gladness,
Through clouds and through sadness,
} dc and burial have passed away.
|, D Us LIES pleasures with death are still rife
/ B us that Death ever leadeth to Life,
b is our labor, and Death is our rest,
happy the Living, the Dead are the blest,
Dubi1i tnjresay Nag7-iae.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-07-15
THE DEMOCRATIC CREED.

EQUAL and exact justice to allm men, Of whatev-
er state or persuasion, religious or political.
The support Of the State governments in all
their righ.s as the surest bulwarks against anti
republican tendencies.
A mild and safe corrective of abuses which
are Topped by the sword Of revolution, where
peaceo bic remedies are unprovded.
A generous spirit Of concession and compro-
fise, the vital principle Of republicss without
which there must be an appeal to force, the vi
tai principle and immediate parent Of despotism
The supremacy Of the civil power over the
military authority.
Economy in the public expense, that labor
may be lightly burthened.
Freedom of religion freedom otspeech, free
dom of the press, and freedom Of the person,
under the protection of the habeas corpus, and
trial BIZ jurJ impartially selected.
And now, as am about to bid you
good night, allow me to say, by way Of advice,
stand by your principles as you are, BECAUSE
you ARE RIGHT. These, and these alone, if
successful will give peace to the country, and
ensure the perpetuity OF the government. Make
no bargains nor compromises with either of the
opposing political parties, and if we be defeated
as We may perhaps be, in the coming contest,
10 not be disheartened but stand firm, and soon
or or later, honest mer i'll join you from the
other parties enough 10 give you the victory
and preserve the government III its constitution.
al integrity forever. "-STEPHES a, DOUGLAS,
u, his remarks from tie baLcony Of tie Michigan
Exchange, Detroit, 1860.
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FIGHT BETWEEN BULL AND AN ELE
PHANT.-The Correspondence, Of Madrid.
contains the particulars Of fight between
bull and an elephant:
The elephant is the largest and oldest
that has ever been seen 10 Europe, as his
enormous :usks indicate. lie travelled q
long time with the female, who died re.
Gently. Since then the surviving elephant
has been subject to paroxysms of fury,
which his keeper has appeased with great
difficulty. When the elephant was brought
TO the place des 7uureaur, a fiery Young
bull was turned out.
The bull advanced against his terrible
adversary without evincing the slightest
fear. lie attempted to flank him, in or
der to wound him; but the elephant, ex-
hibiting an equal agility in his motion,
did not suffer him to approach. Finally
the bull attacked him in front; but every
where confronted by the formidable tusks
which interposed an impregnabe barrier.
he did not succeed in wounding him. At
last, in one of the assaults, the bull sue
ceeded in thrusting his head beneath the
tusks; but, before he could penetrate the
tough hide of the elephant, be fell to the
earth.
The spectators only saw the elephant
bend his head slightly, and rest the ex.
tremeties of his tusks, which had been
plugged, upon the back of the bull.
From that moment the bull was hors du
combat, and when they afterwards killed
him they found that three ribs were com
pletely crushed, by the almost impercep,i-
bic movement the elephant had made in
holding him with his tusks.
1t appears that the proprietor ofthe ele-
plant intends to take him TO Madrid for
another contest.
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The New Draft.

The amendment to the CONSUMPTION law
has passed the house and will pass the
senate. The new demand upon the peo>
pie for their blood is a very appropriate
act to crown the work of the present ses-
sion. BY the law as amended, men Will
not be permitted to redeem their lives
with greenbacks. They must give life for
life. Each man drafted must 90 himself
or purchase his neiohbor as a substitute
1t would be interesting to know just
how many lives would serve to surfelt this
Administrations thirst for human gore
We have given it two or three millions of
men and the rebellion is stronger at this
moment than at any hour heretofore. To
please its policy, we have erected heca
tombs all round the borders of the south.
ern contederacy. And the more We give.
the more Lincoln wants, and the keener
his appetite for slaughter. We fancy his
satellites never see healthy man on the
streets or ia the fields, without longing
after him as sweet molsel wrongfully
withheld from their banquet of blood. =
They are seemingl y half mad with nature
itself that she fails to spontaneously pro
duce whole regiments Of soft-cheeked BOYS
ready made for their ghastly feast. Near
ly year ago, before The last large draft,
we were told that the government wanted
more men only as contingent reserve.
We gave them; they were sent to the
front, and for several months they have
been moved down at the rate of thous.
and every day. We are now told that our
fields and workshops must be raked for
more-this time to strengthen Sherman
and Grant. What can one hundred thou
sand or two hundred thousand raw re
cTuits do but fall in the tracks of those
who have gone before? The probability
is that before a new CONSUMPTION can be
enforced, more effective men will be con
sumed in fiell and hospital than the new
CONSUMPTION can supply.
Bad laws, like good laws, should be
obeyed. But it is a right the people have
to protest against this cont.ual and utter
IL wanton waste Of men and treasure
The probability or the possibility that the
southern people can be suljugated or that
this war can be ended by the sword alone,
in one year or 10 ten years is notion no
Logger entertained among men Of common
intelligence. Doubtless Lincoln, if afford
ed tie opportunity, would continue to
slaughter the people for four years to
come. lie evidently don't know any bet
ter. We rather think if he had the pow>
er, he would butcher the population at a
single stroke, and think it a lauehable
joke. In any event, he will accomplish
the same end by degrees, if the electors of
the nation continue to help him swing bis
bloody axe over their devoted necks as an
amusement for himself and bis shoddv
Observation-Disclosures News.
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Government, III 1643, arrested and I'M
prisoneo O'CoNHELL, SMITH O'BRIEN threw
himself heart and soul into the national
organization, though in doing so he es-
traDged himself FROM bis family, anu crea
ted GOODNESS between himself and them
which, to one Of his afiectionale DISPOSE
ton, must have been extremely painful.
From that period no one worked more en-
ergetically for the legislative independence
Of Ireland than be did and 40 other ex>
erted a greater influence over the minds
of his countrymen. The subsequent
evebts of his career,-the division Of the
national party, and the arrest, condemna-
ton and exile of SMITH O'BRIES in 1913,
are still fresh in the minds of the people,
and REQUIRE no repetition here. Since his
return from exile, in 1856, Mr.. O'BRIEN's
only connection with public affairs has
been through bis letters to the public press,
and his speeches durlng bis visit to Amer
lea, in 1859. The latter years of his life
have been saddened by grief for the loss
of his wife, to whom he was devotedly at
tached, and by the troubles regarding the
settlement Of his property which su5se.
quentIy ensued. Enjoying, as he did
thoroughly, the esteem and respect of all
who knew his many virtues and genuine
goodness Of heart, few men will have more
numerous or more sincere mourners than
WILLIAM SMITH O'BRIEN, whose loss will
be deeply fe. and truly depIored BY the
country which he SO faithfully served
throughout his long and brilliant career
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The Campaign in Virginia.

The news from the theatre Of war 10
Virginia continues to be of anything but
a cheering character. TIE general results
Of the campaign so far may be summed
up il the opinion, universally entertained,
that the mere capture Of the Rebel Capt.
l-Inaccompanied by the anEihilaton Of
LES army as defensive or offensive
force-wiIl no longer compensate US for
the enormous losses we have sustained
since GRANT crossed the Rapidan. It is
sickening to read the daily details of
slaughter, ever swelling up in vain holo-
cansts: 20 see the brayest and best Of
those who, in the enthusiasm Of devotion
to the Union, took up arms to deferd its
integrity and vindicate its flag, sink in
death, after years Of incessant struggles.
their losing eyes unblessed by the sight
OF that national aviation to purchase
which their lives had been freely offered.
But when we consider that these accumu-
lated misfortunes are so largely owing to
the corrup,ions and unfaithfulness Of an
Administration. which deliberately dis
placed or thwar'ed our most capable com
manders, and diverted the struggle from
It's original purposes, for selfish personal
ends, we are justified in calling on every
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-07-15

q hioRE Talk OF INTER vENTIoN. Tie
Paris correspondent of the \. Y Hcro1d
states that most ot the prominent rebels
resident in that city have gore over to
England to take active part in moves
1men, caIcu'a'ed they SAY. to brire about
the recogn,1ian Of the Confalera,y To-,
IN sr3 #r1 France. It IS alleged that
NAro4ros Las assured them .hat he will
immediately sanction such a measure If
+ Eng land does, and 'he rebels have gone to
that country TO influence public opinion in
every manner towards such step. They
rely mainly on petition to be presented
TO Parliament, signed largely by tie cler~
gy Of the established church. These Sc
cessionsts assert that they have had an
interview with Lord pALMERsToN, who
said that all his "Personal sympa.hics y
were with them.
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Written for the Pilot
AN EVENING REVERE.

Why do dreams of sad forebodings
Fl. Shadow o'er my mind tonight
Sadness resting now upon me-
To obscure all happier light 2
O, begone thou sad misgivings,
Drive not gladness from my heart
Let not thy unwelcome presence
Bid my faith and trust depart.
Fain would be free and happy,
Happy as the warbling bird,
But through all the breezes lonely,
Thy ominous voicei is heard.
Now it comes in saddest cadence
Breaking on my listening ear.
And, while trying to define it,
Feel an unknown inward fear.
have often heard it stated
g. Sorrows make our mission bright
Then may not l believe it's well
That am very sad tonight?
All my hearts forever yearning
For some nobler aim in life
Something higher still to live for
Than is found in this worlds strife.
Hush-be still-thou restless SPIRIT
Ever longing for some end,
Ever craving for some merit
Which to higher realms tend.
7 II, e..
Friends | love should prove untrue
Let my spirit rest contented
With the hope of Heaven in view.
Wis, July, 1864. l.. c.
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EE The rebels are said to have the Lar
gest powder mill in America at Augusta,
Georgia, and " Colts pistol factory " in
full blast at Columbus, in the same State.
So extensive are the several powder mills
now at their command, that it is said they
are wholly independent Of Europe for that
article, the quality of which is pronoun-
ced even superior to the foreign manufac-
ture.
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SfleFEH's Sale.

The State of Wisconsin-Manitowoc County
Circuit Court. George ". Woodin, Receiver Of
Frederick W. Huebner ag'st John c. job nson,
Benjamin NJ. Field, A. Benedict, Peter Field,
Lester Sexton, Lorin Sexton, George Sexton,
Edward Ballas, Adolph NJ. Neyman, Emil II.
Neyman, Emil Weiskirch, Frederick w. Hueb-
ner, Julian Huebner. Emil NJ. Shoyer, Gabriel
Shoyer, Helry J. Nazro. John Nazro, Edwin X.
Smith, Joseph II. Cordes, and Martin Grueber.
DY VIRTUE OF a judgment of Foreclosure
ID and Sale rendered by the Circuit Court
in and for the county of Manitowoc, state Of
Wisconsin, at the General Term Of said Cour.
held al the village and county of Manitowoc, in,
the aboyc-entitled action, on the goth day OF
April A. d. 1852, will sell at public vendue to .
tie highest bidder, at the Court House in tho
village of Manitowoc, on the seventeenth day,
Of June, A. ID. 1861, at ten o'clock in the fore-
noon of that day. the following described prop.
erty All those certain pieces or parcels of
land situated in the county OF Manitowoc and
state Of Wisconsin, and known and described
as follows, to Wit:
Lot no two ~, in block no. Onc hundred
and sixty three U63); t no. five 81 in blk
no. Two hundred and thirty eight, 50; and
all the interest CT the defendant John G. John,
son in lot no, twelve, Il, in bpk 0. One hund~
red seventy FIVE, I75, all in the village OF Mar
itowoc, in the county and state aforesaid. Da-
ted Sheriii's Office, Manitowoc. April 2G,i 1864.
IRA p. SMITH
Sheriff Of Manitowoc County.
Geo. w. Fechter's Book Store
HAS BEEN REMOVED to his new building
near the bridge, South Side. He will have tho
largest assortment of ..ft =
STATEONEeY. BOOKS,
Segars, Toys, Pictures, Notions.
AND WALL PAPER.
window shades,
Tobacco, etc. q.
Ever brought to this town.
GOLD, SILVER and ORDERS, will be bought
ard sold. as heretofore. Call aud zee
Geo. w.
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THE PREsIDEScr.-1he following vote
for President was taken among the passen-
gers on board the steamer Montgomery,
during pleasure excursion from Chicago
to Waukegan. on the Fourth: For Nc.
CLELLAN, 303; for Fremont, ST; for
LIScoLs, III !; total, 5lI.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-07-15

SHOWER OF BABIES We understand
the people up about Troy, in Davis coun-
ty, had shower" of babies fall IN
their vicinity last Saturday night, there
being four picked up, having been left in
baskets on door-steps and in corn-cribs by
their mothers. - Keosauqua (Iowa)
N,-,a
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F~ N(ban uo comedian uL,, nm, II

~ When we consider what ruin Mr..
LINCOLN has brought upon the country
during his Observation-Disclosures we con-
slider its past and present state, we wonder
at the sublime impudence Of those who
dare to mention him for another term.-
There never was such a monstrcus piece
of etf'-ontery.
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German Printing Office
FOR SALE!

TNHE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale the
l. materials formerly used in printing the
German newspaper-the NoRDwEsrES. They
consist Of No. Washington press, German
and English news and Job type, leads, rules,
chases, furniture, and all requisites for publish
ing German paper. The materials are nearly
new, ana the whole will be sold cheap. by ap-
plying to OTTO TROENEL,
Sept. p, 1869. Manitowoc, Wisconsin,
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WHAr WILL Mas. GRUnDY SAY Am
eAchange paper is jubiIant over the new
fashion Impress EvGENIE has lately set,
and says her example will commend itself
to the good sense Of all sensible women.
" She, upon recent occasion, appeared in
public with skirts shortened sufficiently to
display the handsome, richly orDamen,ed
garters worn By her" \ modest bache
Tor says that the printer has evidently
made mistake; tina; gaiters-not gar,
iers-i tie height Of this new fashion.
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Paw Up! Paw Up!

\ Ii those owing the estate of Michael Drs-
II coll, deceased, are requested to pay the
same to the undersigned Immediately. and
thereby save costs
NJ CUMMINGS, Administrator
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sE Crops look more encouraging.
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Fatal Mistake-Death of Young La

Mishicott, Wis, July, 1864.