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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

sgHe who waits to do great deal of good
at once will never do anything, Life is made
up of little things. 1t is very rarely, that an
occasion is offered for doing great deal at once.
Tr2e greatness consists in being great in little
things Drops make the ocean, and the great
est works are done by Titles. If we could do
much good in the world, we must be willing to
do good IN little things. - A
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02
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Gy-No paper stontinued until all aIrearages are
paid unless al the option Of the publisher It has
been decided by the United States Courts that the
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a criminal offence.
GZThe courts have decided that persons are ae
conHtable for the subscription price of newspapers,
q they take them from the post Office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

cyWink at small injuries rather than avenge
them. II, to destroy q single bee, you throw
down the hive, instead of one enemy you mako
Il Thousand. ara5s = veIy
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

Caesar said planter to negro, "clmb
up that tree and thin out the branches" The
negro showed no disposition to comply, and on
being pressed for a reason, answered: ''Well,
look heab, massa, if GO up dar an fall down
an broke my neck, dat'll be Thousand dollars
out Of your pocket. Now, why dont yea hire
an Irishman 10 90 up, and den If he falls and
kills himself dat won't be re loss TO nobody, =
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

az IAN editor says he has seen the contrivance
lawyers use when they swarm up with the sub
ject" He says it was glass concern, and held
about pint.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

nFThe issue of all the London daily papers
together, amount 60 24s, s,O0e sheets daily; of
all the weeklies thgether, 2,263,o00 weekly.
The issues of the monthiies are still larger.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

Gy''Yoa seem 10 walk moro erect than dsaal,
my friend" sEYes, i have beer lately straight.
encd by circumstances"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

eEThe workmen employed on he tunnel un-
der Lake Michigan, at Chicago, recently found
rnulistabable Evidence of oil. Instead of wa
Ter, the Chicagoians bid fair to obtain infama-
bic material for city use.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

egA man who covers himself with costly APP
pareI, and neglects his mind, is like one who
illuminates the outside of his house, and sits
within the dark
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-12-02

sSThe cigar and the cup are very intimate
aequainiances.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
How Farming may be made more
Attractive.

l. BY less hard work Farmers often
undertake more than they can do we'll,
and consequently work too early and too
late.
2. By more system. The farmers
should have time to begin and stop la
Dor. They should put more mind and
machinery into their work. They should
theorise as we'll as practice, and let both
60 together. Farming is healthy, NOR
al and respectable; and, in the long run
may be made profitable. The farmer
should keep good stock and out of debt
The farm is the best place to begin and
end life, and hence so many in the cities
and professional life covet rural home.
3. BY taking care Of health. Farmers
have healthy variety of exercise, but
too often neglect cleanliness, omit bath
ing. eat irregularly and hurriedly, sleep
in illventilated apartments, and expose
themselves to cold. Nine tenths oe the
human diseases arise from cold or intem-
perance. Frequent bathing is profitable,
SO is fresh air, deliberation at the din
ner table, and rest after meal.
4. By adorniDg the home. Nothing
is lost by pleasant home. Books, ra-
pers, pictures, music and reading should
all be brought to bear upon the indoor
family entertainment; and neatness and
comfort, order, shrubbery. flowers and
fruits should harmonize all without
Home should be a sanctury SO happy and
holy that children will love it, and old
age enjoy it. There would be less des-
ertions of old homesteads if pains were
taken to make them agreeable. Ease
order, health and beauty are compatible
with farm life, and were ordained with
| it. a5 4 ~
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
The Seven Thirty Government
Loan.

+.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
made an appeal to the people for loan
Of two hundred millions of dollars
This appeal, although responded to
promptly in some sections, has been re-
ceived with different feeling in some
others. This, it seems to US, is grave
mistake. The Government is in debt,
and it must have money to pay the SOL
diers in the field, the sailors on the
ocean, and to meet the current daily
expenses incurred. Congress has made
the appropriations. It will never do for
the people who own the government to
say that individually they will not pay
the debts contracted by their represent
tiyes assembled in Washington. This
is repudiation, and reputation is dis
grace the world over. IF the people
think that the money which has been
appropriated has been squandered reck-
lessly, if they believe the war might
have been avoided with the exercise of
ordinary wisdom, or. conducted with
more energy and more success, they
have the remedy in their own hands,
and thatremedy is to change their rep
resentatives and select new President
The remedy is not Reputation, or to
even falter in the prompt payment Of
the debt already contracted. Every
individual in the State has a personal
interest in the discharge of every obli-
cation contracted, and to sustain the
credit of the government above even a
suspicion. The payment Of our debts
is a question quite outside Of the ordi-
nary political discussions We are liv-
ing under system of written laws.--
We are nation Of freemen, each one
Of which has direct interest in the
government, and if it falls, the failure
will more or less reflect upon the wis
dom and patriotism of each and every
one in the community. We may differ
widely as to the best policy to pursue
to accomplish certain end, which all
ardent'y desire, but when that policy has
been decided upon. and obligations con-
tracted, it is the imperative duty of
every one to sustain the government, so
as to enable it to meet promptly all Of
its liabilities. The ruin of the govern
nent financially, is the prostration of
every individyal in it. IF the govern
ment bonds will not sell, what are State,
county or individual obligations worth?
What security is Of any value, if we
have no government to enforce obliga-
tons?
If these views are correct, there is no
one thing more important at this time
than to sustain the credit Of the gov
ernment This can be done with ease
if the people will but invest a small
part of their surplus in government Sc
curities-Deroit Free Press.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
DODGEVIL1E, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,

had majority of the Presidents cho-
sen from the South, as we'll as the control
and management of most Of those cho-
sen from the North. We have had
sixty years of Southern Presidents to
their twenty-four, thus controlling the
Executive department. So Of the Judges
of the Supreme Court, we have had
eighteen from the South, and but eleven
from the North, although nearly four.
tifths Of the judicial business has arisen
in the Free States, yet a majority of the
Court has always been from the South.
This we have required, so as to guard
against any Interpretation Of the Con-
stitution unfavorable to us. In like
manner we have been equally watch
full to guard our interests in the Legis-
lative branch of government. In choos-
ing the presiding Presidents (pro tenn
of the Senate, we have had twenty -four
to their eleven. Speakers of the House,
we have had twenty three and they
twelve. While the majority Of the Rep
resentatives, from their greater popula-
ton, have. always been from the North,
yet we have so generally secured the
Speaker, because he. to great extent,
shapes and controls the legislation of
the country. Nor have we had less
control in every other department of
the general government.
Leaving out of view, for the present,
the countless millions Of dollars you
must expend in war with the North,
with tens of thousands Of your sons
and brothers slain in battle, and offered
up as sacrifices on the altar of your am
bition-and for what, we ask again :?
Is it for the overthrow of the American
Government, established by our com
mon ancestry, cemented and built up
by their sweat and blood, and founded
on the broad principles of Right, jas
tice and Humanity? And as such, I
must declare here, as have often done
before, end which has been repeated
by the greatest and wisest Of statesmen
and patriots in this and other lands, that
1t IS the best and t'eest governnaent-the
most equal IN its rights, the most Just
IN ats decisions, the most lenient IN ats
measures, ard the most inspiring IN its
principles to elecate the race Of men,
that the sun OF heauen erer shone upon.
Now, for you to attempt TO overthrow
such a government as this under which
we have lived for more than three
quarters of century-in which We
have gained our wealth, our standing as
A nation, our domestic safety while the
elements of perils are around US, with
peace and tranquility accompanied with
lnbounded prosperity and rights unas-
'ailed-is the height of madness, folly
and wickedness, to which can neither
end my sanction nor my vote.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
p O e try.
WITHOUT THE CHILDREN.

| o the dreary solemn silence
OF house without tle children,
o the strange oppressive stiffness
| Where the children come no morei
All! the longing for the faces,
Faces gone forevermore I!
~Peeping through the open door.
Strange il is to wake at midnight
And not hear the children breathing,
Nothing but the old clock ticking,
Ticking, ticking, by the door.
Strange to see the little dresses
Hanging up there All the morning
And the gaiters-Ah! their patter,
evil hear it never more
On our mirth- -forsaken floor.
What is home without the children?
'Tis the earth without its verdure,
And the sky without its sunshine;
Life is withered to the core!
So we'll leave this weary desert.
And we'll follow the Good Shepherd
10 the greener pastures vernal
Where the lambs have "gone before"
With the Shepherd evermore
Q the weary solemn silence
Ola house without the children,
. the strange oppressive stiffness
Where the children come no more;
All. the longing of the sleepless
For the soft arms Of the children;
All the longing for the faces
Peeping through the open door
Faces gone forever more
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
M iScellany.
Canada and our War.


A Washington correspondent of the
Boston Aduertiser gives some interest
ing facts derived from a gentleman who
has spent several weeks in Canada, in
reference to the effect of our war upon
the people of that Province, and espe-
cially upon the laboring classes. Among
the middle classes the greatest dissatis-
faction is said to exist at the presence
OF vast numbers OF runaways from the
States: who have there soughta refuge.
Setting aside the fact that most of these
are the sneaking class, for whom little
respect can be felt, and the further fact
that they are all Southern sympathizers,
their presence is obnoxious for the rea-
son that their competition for work is
exceedingly disastrous to the native
population.
At the best, labor in Canada is not
particularly remunerative ; and the ex-
cess of workmen for the work has re-
duced wages to such figure that the
class dependant upon daily support is
materially Strengthened in circumstances
Of late.
One result of this influx of men who
compete for work is said to be that the
great middle class Of the population is
gradually veering around to more de-
cided sympathy with the North. The
argument is, that the South may be
right, but that the North will ultimately
crush the Rebellion; and that, the
sooner it does so, the sooner will the
runaways from the States return home
and leave the work of Canada to be
done at fair prices by Canadians, who
are justly entitled to its support.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01

WHAT THEY THINK.-The Copper
heads, by their persistency in rendering
said and comfort" to the rebels, are en-
dearing themselves to the enemies Of
their country. The rebels confess their
confidence in them. The Atlanta GAY
Register exborts the Copperheads to per-
sist in their hostility to the Government.
and adds: D4# L.4.'7
"We can gain nothing by denouncing
them. We may loose much by present.
ing hostile front to their peace move
ments. Live with them under tho same
Government we never will But, IN the
naeanwhtle, If they uiU use the ballot
boz against Mr.. Lincoln, aohile we use
the cartridge boz, each side aoill be a help
e, to the other, and both cooperate IN
accomplishing the greatest aoork achicA
the country and this continent have acit-
messed" of a4aa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
Cotton Culture in Turkey.

A correspondent of the N. Y. Erening
Post, with the Dead Sea Exploring Ex-
pedition, writing from Constantinople
under date Of June 22d, gives very
encouraging account Of the success Of
cotton culture in that portion Of the Old
World @ 4ev
In all parts of the country there have
been planted this spring heavy crops,
which succeed astonishingly well, and
the results are far beyond what was
ever expected. From Bagdad to Euph-
rates, in Mesopotamia, all over Syria,9
throughout Asia, Minor, in the Islands
of the Archipelago. in Salamis, Monasta,
and even in the immediate vicinity of
this capital, vast fields Of cotton has been
planted Nothing is talked of by busi-
ness mon but cotton, the cotton crops ex-
pected, and the cotton trade in general
Where two thousand bales were produ-
ced, now twenty thousand are raised; and
the yard Of the Custom House of this
city somewhat reminds one Of the quays
of New Orleans, with their mountains Of
cotton-bales.
I need scarcely add that this is all by
free labor With the exception Of
Egypt, it is all the result Of individual
industry, on more or less small SCALE
There are no large proprietors in Tur-
key, no hereditary nobility to prodnce
ua CT Iandod oc+atos which oro found all
over Europe, and no hereditary bondmen
to be used Tor the benefit Of single indi-
viduals, as formerly was the case in the
southern states of North America. I'm
der no possible circumstances can those
states now ever hope to regain their lost
position as the monopolists ofcotton cul-
tivation. EH@
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01

Small boy on tip toe to his compan-
ions-"Lh-sthop your noise. all of YOU"
Companions-"Hallo, Tommy what's
up now?" Small boy-"We've got a
new baby-it's very weak and tired
walked all the way from Heaven, last
sight-musn's be kicking up q row
round here"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
Terms of Peace---A Lesson Two
Centuries Old.

Thomas Fuller, the old English di-
vine, was a cotemporary of Milton, and
during the time Of the civil wars, wrote
thus quantity of certain, attempts in his
day to cry peace when there was no
peace:
"ILL-DoNE, UNDoNE. Il saw one,
whether out of haste or want of skill,
put mp his sword the wrong way ) it cut
even when it was sheathed, the edge
being transposed where the back should
have been; so that, perceiving his er-
ror, he was fain to draw it out that he
might put it up again.
Wearied and wasted with civil war.
we that formerly loathed the mamma of
peace, because common, could now be
content to feed on it, though full of
worms and purified /; some so desirous
thereof, that they care not on what
terms the war is ended, so it be ended :
but such peace would be but a truce
and the conditions thereof would no
longer be in force than whilst they are
in force. Let US pray that the sword
sheathed the right way; x y =
I otherwise it may justly be suspected
that the, sword put up will be drawn out
again, and the articles of an ill-agree-
ment, though engrossed in parchment,
not take effect so long as paper would
continue"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01

SINGULAR BUR1AL,-In the burial
register Of Lymington, Hunts, there is
the following entry:-"l2, August 1722.
This afternoon the body of Samuel Bald
win, late inhabitant of this parish, was
conveyed in a vessel off to sea, and was
committed to the deep off the Needle
Rocks, near the Isle of Wight" " This
appears to have been done," says
Hampshire paper, sin accordance with
the wish of the deceased, to prevent his
wife from dancing over his grave, which
she threatened to do"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
This world is not made for a tomb

This world is not made for tomb,
but garden. You are to be seed, not
death. Plant yourself, and you win
sprout Bury yourself, you will only de-
cay For dead opportunity there is
no resurrection. The only enjoyment,
the only use to be attained in this world,
must be attained on the wind. Each day
brings its own happiness. its own benefit;
but it has none to spare. What escapes
to-day is escaped forever. Tomorrow
has no overflow % atone for the lost OF
yesterdays.-ve1 H1r.;to~.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
G. w, BURIAL, M. D.,
J. Fl. CLARY,
& co.
P. A. GRIFFITHS.

nEALER IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
ID Oils, Dye Stuffs, Fcrftnery, Stationery, Cut
tlery, School Books, &c, &c.
Having lately moved into New Store, and just
received a large supply of the above articles, he
feels confident that he urn ish his customers with
such ices in his line they may sh, the best
Of terms.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01

SMART LITTLE GIRL.-''You must
not play with that little girl, my dear.
said very injudicious parent. but,
ma. ike her; sheis good little girl,
and I'm sure she dresses as neat as | do,
and has lots of toys" II cannot help
that, my dear, responded the foolish
mother cher father, you know. is
shoemaker "But | don't play with
her father, | play with her !; she amt
shoemaker" H5ta2
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01

"WHAT WILL Mrs. GRUMPY SAY?"
An exchange paper is jubilant over
the fashion Empress Eugene has lately
set, and says her example will commend
itself to the good sense of all sensible
women. 'She upon a recent occasion,
appeared in public with skirts shorten
ed sufficiently to display the handsome
richly ornamented garte,s worn by her.
A modest bachelor says that the printer
has evidently made a mistake; that
gaiters-not garters-is the height Of
this new fashion.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
AHssA COBB. ALEX. WILSON, JAS. F. SUDDUTH
COBB, WILSON & SUDDUTH,

formerly Cobb & Sudduth)
II AWYERS, Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin,
will attend TO professional business and correspon-
denoe as heretofore. viii procure Pensions obtain
Bounties from the State and Federal Government and
prosecute claims against them npon any liberal terms
Office opposite Court House, up stairs. l2v1
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01

A HUGE NUGGET.--The Denver City
(Colerado) Neoos Of the lst inst, says:
1--WE saw at the banking house of Clark
& Co, in this city, this morning chunk
of gold from Briggs mine, weighing s45
OF 10 pvt. 1t was as large as the re-
tort would hold. but the entire cleanup
from two weeks run Of their stamp mill
vas lU41 OF. II pvt. all brought down
together by Hart Harris. It goes east
in a few days. and will figure in the Ju-
ly dividend Of the company. This re-
tort assays $3.50 per oz. /; or at the
present premiums on gold, it is worth
S45,sso; right nice little sum for two
weeks run of single mill and it is far
from the largest at that. The big chunk
is cylindrical in form about eight inches
in diameter; its weight about seventy
ard a half pounds
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
WHITNEY SMITH,


DODGENILLE, " rs
(,oects hack pay for discharged Soldiers, Bount,
Money and back pay for heirs of deceased Soldiers
Pension certificates procured, Bounty claims settled
At prices established by Law. ..
tn24-ly SAMUEL W. REESE, Atty
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01

E How long Eve, the first woman,
lived we do not know 1t is a curious
fact that in sacred history the age, death,
and burial OF but one woman-Sarah,
the wife of Abraham-is distinctly noted.
Woman's age ever since appears not to
have been a subject for history or dis
eussion. o4''-
lW|T The crow is ferocious bird
men never live to get elderly without his
leaving the ugly marks Of his claws
around their eyes. Z
amp Politeness is like an air cushion
there may be nothing solid in it, but it
eases the jolts wonderfully. ~
BW Why are good resolutions Ike
fainting ladies! Because they want
carving ott. go
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
Satisfied With the Terms.

A certain good-natured old Vermont
farmer preserved his constant good-na-i
ture, let what would turn up One day
while the black tongue prevailed in that
state, one of his men came in, bringing
the news that one of his red oxen was
dead ''Is he? said the old man, ''well
he always was breachy cuss Take his
hide off and carry it down to Fletcher's,
it will bring the cash. An hour or so
afterward the man came back with the
news that 'line-back and his mate were
both dead. ''Are they !" said the old,
man ''well [ took them of B, to
save bad debt that / never expected
to get. 1t is lucky that it amt the
brindles. Take the hides down to Fletch-
er's; they will bring the cash." After
the lapse of another hour the man came
back to tell him that the nigh brindle
was dead. rs he p said the man,
swell he was an old OK. Take off his
hide and send it down TO Fletcher's it
will bring the cash, and will bring more
than two of the others Hereupon his
wife, who was very pious soul, taking
upon herself the Office of Eliphaz. re-
minded her husband very severely Of his
sins, and asked him ii be was not aware
that his loss was the judgement of Heav-
en- for his wickedness. as 1t 2'' said the
old fellow, 'aoett If they uill take the
judgement IN cattle, 1t IS the easiest aoay
can pay It, 81
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-01
4roftssional 4 8usiness GarNs
S. w. REESE.

A TT0REEY AT LAW. Lard and Collecting Agent,
n Dodgevlle, Iowa County Wis. Particular at
kention given to collecting and and payment of
taxes in Iowa County Office in the Post Office Build
ng. [nl-yll