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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-06-16

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7. Y. BRUNDSGE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-06-16

A PURE and powerful Tonic, corrective and
- Alternative of wonderful efficacy in dis
ease Of the
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Confidence in Wife.

IF you arc in trouble or a quandary, tell
your wife-that is if you have one-all
about 1t at once. Ten to one her invention
will solve your difficulty sooner than all
your logic. The wit of woman has boen
praised, but her instincts are quicker and
keener than her reason. Counsel with
your wife, or your mother, or your sister,
and bo assured that light will flash upon
your daikposs. Women are too commonly
adudged as verdant in all but purely wo.
manly affairs. No philosophical student OF
tho Sex thus judges them. Their intuitions
or insight are more subtle, and if they can
not see cat in the meal, there is no cat
there. In counsoling ono to tel! his troubles
to his wife, We would 60 father, and advise
him to keep none of bis affairs secret from
her. Many home has been happily saved,
and many fortune retrieved, by mans
full confidence in his "better half" Woman
is far moro seer and prophet than man, if
she be given fair chance. AS a general
rule, wives coniido the minutest of their
plans and thoughts to their husbands, hav-
ing no nyoIvements to screen from them,
Why not reciprocate it, if but for the pleas
ure of meeting confidence? We are certain
that no man succeeds SO we'll in the world
as he who, taking partner for life, makes
her the partner of all his impulses or judg-
ment, who may check and set right with ber
almost universally right instincts. "IIelp.
meet" was no significant title. rs applied to
mans companion. She is help meet to
him in evory darkness, difficulty and sorrow
of life. And what she most Graves and
most deserves, is cogfdence-wthous which
love is never free from shadow.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Work for Children,

Ono OF the greatest defects in the educa-
sion of children is iu neglecting to accustom
them to work. 1t ia an evil peculiar to
large towns and cities. A certain amount
of work Is necessary to the proper educa.
ton of children their future independence
and comfort depend on their being accus-
toned to provide for the thousand con-
stantly recurring wants that nature entails
on them. Even il this necessity did not ex.
ist, moderate employ mcnt Of some kind
would preserve them from bad habits; pro.
moto health, and enable them to bear the
confinement of the school.room. and teach
them more than anything else, appropriate
views respecting their future welfare.
1t is too often the case that children, af.
ter spending six hours of tho day 10 school,
are permitted to spend the rest of the day
as they please. They do not consider that
their aftor life depends upon tho improve
ment of their youthful hours. They grow
up in tho world without knowledge of it,
cares. Thoy cannot appreciate favors be-
slowed on them by thclr pareD:s, rs tney
do not know the tolls they cost. Their
bodies aud minds are enervatod. and they
arc constantly exposed to whatever associa-
tons are within reach.
Tho daughter probably becomes that
pitiable object,a fashionable girl. The son,
if fho surmounts tho consequences of his
parents neglect, docs it probably aftor his
plans and station for life are fixed, whom o
knowledge of SOM of its important object'
comes too late. No man or woman is thor
oughIy educated If not required to labor
Whatever accomplishments they possess
whatever their mental training, in tho voy
ago of life, they require some practica
knowledge and experience derived from ac
customng themselves to useful labor o
some sort.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Eeed.Lives.

There are seed lives as well as seed.
thoughts. One is the full grained ear,
the other the separate kernels. Eiz-
abeth Fry's was seed.life, and cut OF
its wide.root termination there came
up-grow,b Of hundreds Of lives, all show
ing the leading features OF the original.
In every part of the Christian world these
lives are putting forth the fragran. bios.
SONS of philanthropy. More than a
hundred Elizabeth Frys, junior, are
working with her spirit for the uplifting
and salvation Of the most forsaken repro.
bate victims Of ignorance and vice. They
arc erecting new power among men,
the like of which no past generation ever
saw. With the love Of precious and i'm
periled souls beaming in their eyes, and
solleniug their voices 20 the sweetest ac'
cents Of human sympathy, they lay their
gentle hands upon the large-iramed d
drunkards. blear-eyed pugilists, with lips
swollen with profanity, and men at every
depth OF degradation and misery. and un-
fold to them the great hope and possibility
laid before them in the Gospel of saliva
ton. And those little hands, those
voices so tender and low, and the ligh
Of those love-beaming eyes. have such
power with these men as never reached
them before. The call to them to come
up higher comes itself seemingly from
nearer heavens gates than any voice they
ever heard before. 1t has the accent o
the angels of mercy, and it sinks deer
into their souls. One by one they follow
its lead, as with the short and falterng
steps of new child. Indeed, hard.vis
aged meE who have wrest,ed for half ,
century with their own passions and ap
petites, and have been thrown desperate
~ in the gull, become children again in al
meek docility, under this new and gentl
teaching. From those soft voices, ant
the light Of those kind eyes, they lear
the alphabet Of the new life, and SIM
the new songs of great and holy hope
: -Elihu BurriA.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
General Mcclellan.

Horace Greeley concludes long article
ON the Presidential prospects of General
Mcclellan in the following words:
i, "Let us not, then, commit the common
error Of undertaking the strength of the
foe. General Mcclellan is to be the Pro-
Slavery candidate for next President of the
United States, and he will provo more form
liable in the canvass than in the field
Ho is essentially not soldier, but a poll.
ticiau. and his fighting and writing have
| alike been intended to train him for the
Presidential race. There is not in all the
loyal States Nmpathizer with the Slave.
holders Rebellion who will not support him
with desperate energy-not mau who,
like Gov. Price. of New Jorsoy, gravely pro.
posed that bis own State should become a
satrapy of jeff Davis slave empire, or who,
like our Gov. Seymour, ted the Union
e.constrncted with New England left ont,
who is not natural McClellanite. Ado to
every remaining devotee of Slave Power
the soldiers and others who will vote
for him as a favorite General, and he
becomes candidate hard to DO beaten
Only by digging down to tho bedrock of
Principle, and imbuing the masses with a
stern repuguance to Human Slavery, with
all its walks and ways, its incidents and be-.
ongings, can We insure the discontinue of
this, its final and insinuating representative
and embodiment. And to this end, sys-
tematic efforts should be at once COM
menced aud vigorously prosecuted"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Earnest Men.

Enthusiasm is magnetic. Like tho mag
ne,ic fiddle Of little Ftz IN the German ie-
gend, il fascipates and draws alter it the
crowd. No eloquent enthusiast ever lacked |
followers, whether his croed we're right or
wrong. The earnest man of action, even
though n very bungrer in his rhetoric, is
sure to have plenty of friends. His deeds
speak for him. Cromyells speeches were
generally unintelligiho, but he was terribly
in earnest both as fanatic and soldier. 1t
was impossible to doubt tho sincerity of bis
prayers, or to misunderBtand the logic of
bis victories. Mahomet was man of vast
capacity. q groat orator, a furious sectariau,
aud an honest. hearted hero. Ssch COM
bination was irresistible, and he founded at
oncc new empire and new creed. Had
The intellect of Luther been of o more
passive type, bis couquests over error had
nevor been achieved. 1t was the war-like
ardor with which he challenged and defied
his antagonists, his enthusiasm as o con-
trovcrsialist, that enlisted 81 sympathetic spir-
vs. under his banner and made tho Reform
alton success. To come down to later
timos--confdence in hia own DESTINY was
the inspiration of Napoleon, and it was be-
cause no believed in himself that bis army
believed in him. lie thought himself ire.
sistible, and 90 thought ovory man in his
hosts, from tho marshals of the empire tc
the IN eanest followers of the camp. To tbi
delusion. as much ns to his genius may b,
ascribod the g'ories of his career. Stone
wall Jackson, man Of not very cxtraordi
nary talent, was an enthusiast whose zoa
and fervor wore worthy of a botter caus
and a better fate. No red cross knight eve
shouted the crusaders shibboleth "Go
wills Ill! with moro passionate devote
than the war cry of Treason. Tho fer
zeal that possessed him communicated I
those he lod, and they performed prodigc
Of vnlor.
1t has been ever thus, and ever will b,
Without energy aud earnestness nothin
that the world will think worth remember
ing can be accomplished. They often saw
bad cause from defeat, and almost inva
riably secure the ultimate triumph of goo
one. In the field, the forum and pulpit, i
art, science, literature and love, they ar
, alike Indispensable to success. An inte
'ect however capacious, has no potenc
without them. 1t is like shell without
!, fuse-a ball without charge of powde
between the right aud wrong oil the "
= hemepce is sometimes on tho evil side, az
hence right now and then gets the worst
Q it. whatever thy hand findeth to do, {
il with all thy might" is glorious prec op
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
The New Ter.Forty Bonds.

Instructions have beer issued BY the Sec
retary of the Treasury to tho several Ma
tonal Banks authorized to act as deposito-
ries of public moneys. for receiving sub
scriptions to tho new ten-forty loan, and
they will all be prepared to take them as
soon as these Instructions reach them By
mail. Bonds arc not yot issued, end are
not expected to bo ready at least before the
4lh of April. Certificates of deposit will be
given. however. at once, and the earliest
subscribers will of course get bonds FIRST.
At the present prices of gold the interest
on these bonds amount TO be about 8 per
cent. IL is expected that the conversion Of
currency into these bonds will have some
effect IN diminishing the present plethora
of the money market. Judging from the
beginning already made the sales will be
more rapid than in the case of the five.
twenty bonds. On the first day they were
advertised, and before any of the proposed
agencies for distributing them had been
awarded, the sales amounted to nearly a
million, viz: In orders from New York,
S674 500; from Philadelphia, S54, 800, and
from Washington, $1,000.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Torpedoes in War.

The sinking of the Housatonic by q
torpedo, in Charlston harbor, is the only
successful instance of the kind during the
war, though severa. vessels made narrow
escapes by them. In the case of the
Housatonic, the torpedo was guided and
directed by small! cigar shaped steamer.
to which it was attached, and which lay
half submerged in the water. The
steamer has not since been heard of, and
must. therefore. have gone TO the bottom
with the Housatonic. The same thing
nearly happened when a similar steamer
struck the Ironsides, some time back,
with a torpedo. The Ironsides was in
iured, but the column Of water sent into
the air, and falling upon the deck OF the
rebel steamer, came near sinking her
This liability of torpedoes to destroy the
vessels which direct them, must limit
very materially their usefulness and en-
ployment as means Of opening block
aGe harbor.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
CHARDoN GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO. FRIDAY APRIL Is 1861

within proper bounds the various tribes Of
insects and weeds. The white snowbird
may be known by iis very white appear
ance On flying up" and going in large
flocks.
WHITE Owl, BuJo Trgiaianus.
This is simply winter visitant, appear.
ing along in December, and bearing again
about the first OF March. Its retreat
south, on the approach Of winter, seems
not 10 be so much on account Of the cold,
as on account of a lack Of its accustomed
food, which consists Of lemmiugs, hares,
and other small quadrupeds, and birds.
While here, il destroys larger quantities of
rats and mice than the resident owls, for
it pursues its game by day, as well as by
night, which the Others cannot do. Being
bird NOT al all shy, it frequently visits
the farmyard 10 search Of these pests, and =,
If uudisturbed, would frequently remain
till their mum bers were we'll thinned out.
The habits Of this bird might be turned to
good account, but, SO long as it is looked
upon as an enemy, TO be slain wherever
found, the good that Providence designed
il should accomplish during its short stay
with us, cannot be attained. am not
aware that it dsturbs our poultry, but, il
it should occasionally take one, the dam.
age would be far outweighed by the good
! it does.
PEsvEE OR PnEDEBIRD, Sog0rias Fascus.
This bird-the first Of the true fly.
catches TO visit us in The spring-made its
appearance along the first of March. II
is busy, active little creature, wagiug
a constant warfare, during its entire stay
with us, against gna,s, flies, musketoes
and other small winged insects. The
good its labors and those of its class &C
complish for us, by diminishing the mum
Der of these pests, is hardly TO b.
measured. 1t is true friend, against
which no harm can be spoken.
8. +. ABELL.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Vulgarities.

We often have inward promptings OF
the vulgarity of our actions; there is q
sort OF instructive propriety in all of us,
and whenever we heed these moniions,
then we are pretty certain of being in
the right. If you have doubt at any
time OF the propriety OF an action let in
stinct guide you, and you are safe. l
have observed that it is very common for
persons to talk very loud when in con-
versalion with foreigners, as if increase
of noise would compensate for difficulties
Of mutual understanding. In omnibus
and railway travelling there is good
deal Of bawling, ,treading on toes, thrust
ing ofelbows into sides, crushing, crowd
ing, and running to and fro. In the
midst of all this confusion, the gentleman,
punctual to time, walks with ease 10 his
place, takes his seat without hurry or
noise, end, in securing his own comfort,
regards the comfort of others by a spirit
of concilialing accommodation. Rude
ness of any kind on such occasions causes
annoyance TO all who witness it.
Avoid all boastings and exaggerations,
back biting, abuse, and evil speaking;
slang phrases and others in conversation
depreciate no mans qualities. and accep,
hospitslities OF the humbest kind in a
hearty and appreciative manner; avoid
giving offence. and, if you do offend.
have the manliness to apologize;' infuse
as much elegance as possible into. your
thoughts as well as your actions; and, as
you avoid vulgarities. you will increase
the enjoyment of life, and grow in th'
| respect Of others. ....
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
THE SOLDIER,

flushed is tho long rolls angry threat,
The squadron's cchoing tramp,
And night, her starry pickets set,
Is guardian Of the camp.
The soldier sleeps. and sleep has spread
Her tent Of dreams above bin,
Que white woll slantiDg o'or his head,
And ono ocr those that love him
He sloeps q thousand wintry miles
Keep parted with their gloom,
. His bed in battles slumbering files
This bower of light and bloom,
oh would these fairy halls for him
Might ope, tonight Eysan.
Or. waited Souihward far and dim,
Flash DER him in vision
Hush for msthirks the winter wind .
Has swept the camp fires place;
And yet, a radiance soft and kind
Steals DER the veterans face
Oh surely, cleaning from afar,
1t lights those stains of powder
And. surely, in his dreams of war
These flowers are shedding odor.
He sleeps. but DER him in the skies
The milder stars have met
The heaven of home 10 DER bis eyes,
The Ruddy Mars has set.
And from his bearotd lip, the while, q.
A smile has passed, elated-
Oh Woman, by that soldiers smile
Your work is consccrated !
Ay. sacred are the magic charms
That set the night a.glow,
Till summer into winters arms
Spraug laughing, from the snow
The blended skill OF hand and heart
Wrought in these walls of fairy
With Martha's careful, tireless art,
The love and faith Of Mary
Not mirth or thoughtless rcvel slides
With Flora in these bowers;
IT'S Mercys fearful face that hides
Behind this mask of tlewers,
'Tis womnn's constant. tadeless faith
This evergreen discIoses--
Her heart Of love, ouilastipg death,
That throbs beneath the roses.
Oh Soldier, fearless be your mein,
While the grim work endures,
For her white hand is stretched unseep
And grasps the Fiug with you're,
And God fail us if We fail you,
Our debt of love forgetting,
Or cease TO keep your glory new
In memory's golden setting.
Oh ! Woman, angels aid your toll,
So weary not nor cease !;
Where battle sternly breaks tho soil,
You plant the seeds of peace;
And 10 ! beyond the war clouds frown
Comes clearer sky and starrior;
And History holds an equal crown
For you und for the Warrior
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
Tnuru.-When AIperoou Sidney was told

TnurH.-when Algornou Sidney was told
that he might save bis life by telling q
falsehood--by denying his haudwriting-he
said:
"when God has brought mo into dilem-
ma in which must assert lie or lose my
life. no gives me clear indication of my
duty, which is to prefer death to falsehood.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15

To make boo is last four years: Grease
them we'll with a mixture made OF tai.
low and lamp black. and set them away
in the closet. and 60 barefoot.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15
How Grant Rolled Logs,

Some one who claims to have known Gen.
Grant from boyhood, communicates to the
National Iateiigencer biographical sketch
of the General. As showing bis business
turn carly in life, the biography says:
At the age of twelve he aspired to the
management of his fathers draught team.
and was entrusted with il for tho purpose
of hauling some heavy hewed logs, which
were 10 be loaded with the aid of levers aud
the usual appliances, by several stout men.
He came with his team and found the logs,
but not the men. A boy CT more imagina-
two genius, and of equal but differently d.
reeted contrivance, might havo laid down to
listen or dream or TO build houses of chips.
Not so with this boy, who, unlike others,
acted upon the idea that where there was
will there was q way, and hesitated not ar
tho undertaking. Observing fallen tree.
having gradual upward slope,he unhitcbed
his horses, attached them to log, drew it
horizontally to the tree, and tben'drew one
end OF it up the inclined trunk, higher than
the wagon truck, and 80 as to project few
feet over, and thus continued to operate
until he had brough. several to this po-
sition.
Next he backed the wagon under the
projecting ends, and finally, one by one,
hitched to and drew the logs leugthwiss
across the fallen trunk, on to this wagon,
hitched up again and returned with his load
to his astonished father.
This auecdote is we'll remembered by old
citizens of Georgetown, Brown County.
Ohio, where Grant spcnt his early boy hood.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15

The miser rakes up wealth 20 no purpose
the spendthrift scatters il abroad.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-04-15

TIE New CENys.-A bill has been
passed by the Senate and will probably
be adopted by the House, substituting q
bronze coiusge for the present nickel
cents, 20 be composed Of o5 per cent.
copper and 5 per cent. tin: There are
to be one cent and two cent plecess-ihe
one cent pieces to be legal tender to
the amount of ten cents. and the two
cent pieces to be legal tender to the
amount of twenty cents. Counterfeiting
these coins is to be punishable BY fine
and imprisonment.
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TILE POWER OF COMMAS.

The following sentence from recently
written novel, shows the importance of
punctuation:
"He enters on his head. his helmot on
his foot, armed Sandels upon his brow !;
there was a cloud in his right hand, his faith
ful sword in his eye, an angry glare he sat
down."-.Neio York Erening Post.
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MARITAL MAxINs BY PERFECT
BRUrE.-Soft words butter no parsnips.
but a new bonnet presented to wife will
cover q multitude of her husbands sins.
Grievances and babies were both made to
be nursed, and a fair division Of labor
lighteneth toll; consequently the sagacious
husband will take charge Of the first and
leave the second entirely to his wife.
Never place temptation in the way Of the
weak; loose change left in marital pockets
over night are apt to vanish before the
morning. Business is convenient cloak,
which, judiciously used, may be made to
hide number of stolen pleasures. The
simplest cure for persistent cold mutton is
to dine in the city, and deduct from the
house-money accordingly. A lateh-key
is the married mans symbol of freedom;
consequently secure it, if possible, in the
honeymoon. Never make vain promises
to wife; give woman an inch OF
promise, and she requires ten miles Of full
flment. A soft answer may turn awsy
wrath, but good round expletive will
often clench an argument wonderfully.
Lastly, never attempt to stop wornan's
tongue; talk is as necessary TO female Vi
tality as the air she breathes.