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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
A ROnlant tic Case.

. = s.r, 49, ~, ~ .
,,,,'ast ~ s'Iae ss1Iy Ty IS 'ola Dya Paris cores
p"usns oe ,:, ol q ~ ne i.ulln "a young Ia
VI soou i""tiy' put "lthout fortune, who
"as' nE"oiei, al accomplished musician, and
MY Wy Pu?..snep' some years ago. several Oh her
~. L' Nnicii Salhea her SONG ceielri'
y. no snc aisp happened 10 possess consld-
@ erapie personal a'tractiohs'' she soon had d
l,'nii' " "'i.e.s inn =: niA~,i'9 around her un-
,uSA'!, INe ICY ~ 'oe hahas oi onflof the
rah,o dJ' eI 80 l,a; "oss tneai' SONG EcHsfs ea-
pap.e VI oei.,s .utneu aSailsC her' a Ter
@ @ s,e". ui's'uur!ol s.thl music, now enters
up9h ,te sIene i"'is ~ 'iore w, WIN tine lady,
anq l,'tHes nsr MS SIe, me baroness, ggt-
Io,i,ss hnssn & - sIs t'Nea, " ar'se IRON me
s I.,o'e sl'1Nun ", ehqeavots ~ NOOK or
~ ~ siu"n " se. .i'egi aSalh mo hr l'nfs:-
y, ~ i 4ae lemne cea'' Dts@ 70 cehS' says the
o,' ,;n itei,sn toyefo etil instead q making
AZ, ~ aa.oaa ~. ohcr' = sue should nave DONE
" Wv 80 e.oua 'n'ss'ves' sne P"ceS theul
~ nts''.s s.,, ori"srLi IN ofaer 10 re-read once
asa'.i 'ne ioi,ies VI lel yo"th suddenly the
bavo dso @ ~ nen noilor !nat .he letters
fpo,n @ ber dpsk ask nav : "'e'' S'o'e"' :" '"oi
"a ,mo,th ,ossos,.t.ona r,,o ol,o =. fA5 J..
tha th;nf mil nnI, a rau, - , ''a.u w
cnllnr himself n Lus;ness agont @o vrosontaI ,a
himself to the baroness statps % b;s nssu bns;noss
to be of the most private nninrs m = IL q q
course, is the po.sessor Of the le,ters In y;n , .
bought them from her nv. s,nns ds shns,b,s mJ
aud in the true dramotic stve Jnmands .,' ,n
cyorbitanf sum for thar ret,,r1 # sIe rofn ne. 9.
cs, they Win be ,niade nnbl;c and tbat n sncb
a way MS to ruin tbe.renntation 1of G tbe ~ iaIy E
He s 90 romarl,,hly rnda nv '",
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

abode Of no less than fifty women who slee,
Rditring the day yyand swarmiin the streets from
ll0o'elock tillmarning, making night hideou.
with their. orgies, In the street is an oper
space where the rag pickers dry their wares ry
for the market. Sta a2f9tfdglFls 7''6'
% After viewing this depth Of degradation We
entered the "Eiye, Points House Of Industry,
t2,s What was being done &r their relief
The Building rises in one side Of the five
pointed square, is modern in style, and Of IN
Fpia4size. Its doorsarecaivej worthy destitute
women, and. chldrepIof; al kinds 5,t,- ~,
In its immense dining hall about, 400
inmates are fed, and in its cornmodioits school
room six teachers and one princ p Il are con
stantly employed 81 AboiEI75 Of Tho children
sieep.in the nice little beds of theirnstitution,
and the rest arethere during; the" day, but 90
home qt night These little outcasts are those
whose parents are dead or imprisoned for
crime or SO hopeiessfy inGbrlateu AS to rem
der their custody of them wholly unsafe. =
They are detained only so long as enables the
managers to find homes for them in christian
families in the West, to be raised in all cases
astheir adopted children. In this manner no
less than 1900 have been sent out in the past
year. Destitute women are set to work here
in mending half-worn garments or other work
t,ll places can be thus found for them beyond
the city's Temptations. Under tile influence
of the children who come to school and chap.
el here many parents have been. INDUCED to
attend, and the good effects are apparent, in
the great decrease Of crime in the vicinity
Thus the work Of these good Samaritans goes
on, as q great fountain of good whose results
no, one can toresee, and all dependent, on the
voluntary contributions of the benevolent
Yet the supply never fails, and this great
charity blesses him that gives and that re-
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
of'the oldacourle .whsn!keen.e,yed Speculation

3ofthe old1couple whenskeen!eyed Speculation
La Acknowledged wonder, and anotly erowd
fof wicked Yankees should trampe that green
slope into aihighway and thrust fhe. world
sharp elbows into the old ;Romesteade when
the grown daughter ishouldsaspire to ribbons
alittle broader and ibfightergand blossom, out
like a lbelliAowerdn ami equatorial sweep oi
terhoHn aand the hainBle elfragrance Of pep!
permint, ofashiehd had n lstrong gtsuspirion is
|bbewhisked ibyJslIould Be.6xchaneed lfor the
-Night-blooming Cereus and sheswill betalse
bherself to,reaectiopi III ihe shant breadth of
eokingg glass, IAnsI sbe,will illihaveltiIc yanities,
and she will cherish a WATERFALL" ahIlayon
will felbIke sighing oyer her, saohata-feil 7"
Nothing good can cdmcloGthe w6rld'sfelbows
In a fifty mile ride, you cannot-see, broad
brimmed hat, ner % tsab bonnet, nor moth
erly.Q .Quakefsss lhsuicalshs snexyesna d. sim
pie as a Ily:ofN the fieii No gentle sthec"
ahd sttifdu8 from anybody tsalfnost persuaded I
you 10 be her, 'iriend, and the only trace, of
Penn, was that nobody called you ''colonel,"I
Squire" o. s"tsatrraRngser,"t tarR but everybody
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

atf.s d $780,. "a ttr
va a, more ss asthn;sbsd III h
M an ;ntev;natedIn = - '.a,.' MI M.
I . r,i g seAs, az vo,, ~. ors su ,f. a,,., ss
son. NV ~ hsnt - - s.,.ea ! Sarl
wards he got e,,angled IN ano.lcr r,gl.;.,nad,
n desnerass aflart to save ii m.olf mi, oya,,I,
went cain. snashine out the-side ,liybtsffi,
ttIo. entry and nearly ,bpeallpg his sLull Il,
he hargs;nl i, a, 4 !,
Mrs. Primsk;n renorteI n t him, so tbA n,;n;ste,
Of tbe parisl who, labored with Nm, an ,tIie
tsin of Pearson got mad s,sS
1;hle bFofane ionciYaoe "a tyss s,1sna M,,a nj
eaoSTr9 f5t5iaSf's = " N sf'fis ~
PsfSt1Ts hrsJspe ,sNaag \ n tnol u 4, Ss ;s
Wb6le bS6ss as y, fssn NH s,e
always Mantsal 6He more. .lss ',;'ss v
Minette. her eldest daiiahfer,s n had bei, beau
His lie was Georgec 81 ilayson aid a f;ner
youn gentleman could not hay,e, ,,'fbssI bessIn found.
&c had BIT Die iault 1t can, be thps desie-
hated ahe Ras fefribly lbashfuli = He Usually
made his calls On Miiette between sunset and
dark, because he was 100 adifident to, come At
any other fihe, "iHe called one evening lust
as Mrs. Peai.sJn HID got iii iiew rug He
raped abhtthe family was at supper, and did
NOT heaTthe summons, so he TOOK the liberty
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

lived chiefly on milk, and evef, that in small
Quantities his son Michael, by similar means
lived to be JOB years old, ~, 4, .,f.,.a...,.
Father Gull, a Methodist clergyman, died
last year at the age of lD5, the main diet of
his life having been salted swines flesh (ba-
con and bread made Of Indian meal From
these statements, nine general readers out Of
ten will jump at the conclusion that milk is
healthy as are baked apples and bacon
These Conclusions do not legitimatey follow.
t1Ihe only Inference that can be safely drawn
Lis from the only fact thatrunning through dill
these cases-that plain food and life of steady
labor tend to great age
We must. not expect to. live long by doing
any one thing which an old man did and omit
all others, but by doing all he did, that is,
work steadily rs well as eat mainly'a partcu-
lar dish Hall Hss laurnal Of Health. }sy
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
FoRr VALLEY, Houston Co., Georgia, !
Oct. %, 1865 (

Mr.. G. GRANT-Sir: 900
embrace this, one Of my many leisure
hours, to inform you that Company X, 18th
| Regiment Q. Y. H. generally and myself in
particular, are still in The land Of the living
well and hearty, and think with bettt1i
prospect Of getting out OF the service soon
than we had when last wrote to you. Since
then things have made quite change in om
favor and | think for The better With the
exception of some few cotton scrapcs and a
little guarding Of the same, we have nothing
to do. There are at present many Govern
ment agents and detectives hunting up cotton
that Lncle Sam heir to at the death Of the
wonld be government OF erlpollne persuasion
ana the day Is not distant when everything o1
that kind will be satisfactorily settled T.
The freedmen in this neighborhood have
pretty well settled down to await dame for
tune lucky tNrp, bnt many sadly disappoint-
ed nave concluded that they will be compelled
to labor rs well now as before their freedom
II they want to keep body and soul together
without stealing from others Many had got
II IN Ihelr heads that once Tree they would
have 1arms and everything belonging to the
same gwen them ny Uncle, Sam, and that
days OF labor to them was numbered with the
things like the Southern confcderacy: they
can tisee the point, 'S"nd think afeedom all
,a'kr, ana Hotthe thinG 1t was cracked up to
be when they gre informed OF ihe FACTS. W..
Many planters, formerly slave holders, are
beg3iining TO ,looEat things inn more proper
light, and sec that,by proper treatment and
pay they get along 4etterand more beneficial
both to themselves and freedmen in ther EN-
ploy than they would at hrst be made believe.
Qthers HisIf again are only compeled,by stern ne
cessity or risor of the military power to do
anything like right or justice towards freed
men in their employ, and their constant cry
is to have tle y s" troops withdrawn from
the Staate, thlpkng that perhaps then they
would once more enjoy and have the pleasure
of whipping and shooting negroes. Some
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
THE WOMAN WHO HOOKED
9gr,riya ~ 20 -f3p, RUGS. tYV ~ .sr s5i
by CLARA AUGUSTA.

4uln. Illtii j SdloO Nsln IL fIt
4, If it had been practicable, the people Of
Logyille would hayepetitioned the State Leg.
stature to have her rabated She was pels
fectly sane on all points but one, and there
she wasa mad MS a March hare. Rags were
her esptcial delight, and working them into
rugs constituted Her earthly happiness. a She
asked for no higher felicity. Her friends
shuned. her as they would the- plaques They
dreadedto see her coming, for'her 'intariable
salution was ,2'a'9''''F
"Halnt you got i few rags to give me 2
| lee got rug in, and I've raked and sefhpcd
the house, butI can't find quite enough to
finish i" ne 2Gia'7ye' "ar ~ a'Il'4a 90,
Her husband, Mr.. Elisha Pearson, vas d
martyr. Sometimes he rebellea, but for the
most part he was. paticntapd hopeful as John
Rogers .IrVruq .!iG:a
She was always hooking arug. Tie Oldest
ihlnbitEinti coudinot remember the time when
she was not thus engaged. Her children ran
wilds her house-work diditself; her husband S
clothes went to. ruin, and if she combed her
hair once q week, she -bcmoaned the loss of
tim@tog t8entyfourr heuts aIterw3rG iShe
put everything into rugs. Her children went
half frozen, that 'fleir llahiiels might figure in
lileSt uUMGbCu aUUlllllullOHS, HtT OWli uItsSeS
were htver balf worm When sacrificed, and
poor Mr.. Pearson had tokeep his spare iclothes
Under lock and key One day, he lwailtel to
90 to The, village, and asked his wife for nLis
clean flannel shirt 4 Hi'', II. .oi isst1 ltssss
Lawful heart! said she, "you laynt got
onegoiI failed ior red'ih that cherry rug of
mine, and l took your shifttp finish out the
scroll. And now, | think Of itnyol mpsn't t
90 away till you get me some moss out in the
woods to color the groundwork, of the rug |
got in yesterday shan't have half yellow
enough, neither to finish thatsunfower"
Mr. Pearson slammed the door behind him,
aa'a mild form fof swearing which nc ioccaT
sonally indulged in,argos,ua ''''''
After he was gone, tliss wife shortened the
tail of his Sunday coat a couple of inches,
and put the cuttings into her rig" y s,tded
FTnJ q ft.I . n, ~ n n - 4 ~ q 9Jii
Judge Ges, an eld II irlend s q her t hpseqng s,
tn I tnrn nfttk ,I,n
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

DRUGGIST ALPHABETICALLY,
nEALER IN OILS, PAINTS, UsHESs'
~ Varnishes, Dyestuffs, Perfumery, and fame,
artisles, Front jstresg Pomeroya Ohio Preser,P
tions earefnlly put up, .irnN nttlq IlegLi7iIf1
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
,POiIEIsOY lIIIsON. GONIPANY.

si6 siA .d3@- POMER0Y, 0HIp,a yoh dlel odt
EScp constantiy on hand and make toordm all
s;.cs offbe celebrated on 70 ytlron a9i 1st hHn
~ ~, : 1n's''F5s ,sP0MER0Y IRoNai !seinys e'ii'
yaass- Orders filed on short 'notidebis' rJ tsdi
t1-al-n| bins aai o, Ss,UpdhANI, 20 u AgehI p
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
DENTISTRY.

DIR. ID. G. wHALEY, Dentist 80"
Office on Court Street, one door below McQuigg
& Smiths Leather Store. Work warranted. ~,
I'll ~ : b., Ia 81 -..-
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

g. II. MARTIN, 70 ttsft ilA Q. B. SAUNDERS.
8, DR,s MARTIN e. SAUNDERS, 9r"'s
Botanic Physicians, tendertheir professional SER
vices to tho citizens Of Orange and vicinity. -
All diseases Of private nature strictly comb
Dental. All calls promptly attended to- Pre-
scriptions, cash. Office at Martins Mill, Orange,
Meias Co., ,ohio!f 's% lsop14-3m]
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a,, T m "A ANsTEy3Fs z; rsI 3ssG rs RI u y

~E doity .gT. BRANsTRUP, M. p!.N iasg
rECLECTIc PHyBICI AN AND SURGEON
OEsa a6d fssidsncs lftpnt stree, below lower
.,iii5 Middienoff. 0hiu ~ ssGaf \ hrei lpe .ln
esss HcHrs tfsS ;5f ,7:' Ia NJ 5s4s s
PSaihs IL iApSssible ssltsaa - Al hSas y ~.
iness 81 is present ditioh taye dfseoHsin ri.
aed INV Pomerey Office. :, All my, friends can rely
mon dndffif ne At my fssiaenee durin the above
hours pnisls rSfsssiohhliy absent: e Es-4o-tfl
CANE MILLS, of different pattefns andbssIssa
Ijlfior tb anyiA the county, at the MiddiepoSi
krsAise' ehsf yi't's wat sfsfs-v'l
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

Matchmaker ana Jewelcr, and Wholesale and
retail deaIefin Watches, Clocks, Jcwciry and
Fancy Goods, Front street, below thchemingtoh
House, "Ponieroy. Particular attention paidlto
repairirY al articles in my linci lf-l]Se
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

ss,iFIo If1r rKfvN7dafnHitN 90 -FNNI.h ~,
J. J.GARTwRIGHT, ,, S.r-I se.S ad. Y Y w Ehs 5
yijr., ,dcARTWRIGHT g. MYERS nisr
Attorneys and Counsellors, ,at Law. Promptiat-
tsntion given to all business intrustcd to ,thoif
care.5, 6iice en- Court street, rPomeroy, Meigs
county. Ohio. - .lL-.ta ,anla.i..n lS-39 u.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
aiARTIN HAYS,
w. "A. AICHER,

Ia PoMEIsOYg SALT CO2IPAEE. p
Sslt45 cents per bnshel. -i""7s' i'1i lf-l1
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
DIR. ID. MAYER.

~ 70 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ,,,.l a +,
x NEW HAVEN, WEST VA.d' @
All calls on either side of the river will DO care
fully attended to. aa' ,,saInrIt3 Nrtl7-49-ttl@ h
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

-Eaf' J! A. w. WILLIAMs,g D. sana'A.
Ts.ehof sf the organ, Plane and Melodeon, Flute
and Violin. 49,. ~. ..g,, .nsm
Pianos and -Melodeons tuned and repaired
IS-38-tf1 ','''' j" '' - .f
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'gdt avll,d ,.13EwIs aFAaNEy 5Gs II9l 'aUo
&c IL AaTM5 AbG EN- IL, Tlis

POMEKOYy :, ;, o'rl0' ~
VIII Attend p6Foubtiy u thes seSedtinge ef Bounty
,nonoy. arresFs 81 bay, and pehsiohs due TO Hst
abled and discharged soldiers and the widows of
deceased soldiers oice IN The Court HsbS bS9use
.nI7r25- li,.r n eaaI q q ,1etm9laa. 10 gah
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23


rA. rtaiprsfsMS:s siraMs gis1fss siss III best! tH!sls
One evening he went to the tavern, my lad, +
He went to.nztassm bnenightj ~
7, ,7,,s And drinking too much, Fls.IZYA.its. tY
Rum, brandy and5such;Ge 80 ..iGp ,5i
e, The chap got, exceedingly tight a y
AiF s'7'''' '''N' And was quite ~. .,',,r,
What your aunt would chtitie d ssfright," IVY:
Tho fellow fell into asuoozo, my lad, .g5s,l
IT'S a horrible ,siumber he takes-.7 1 risi,9d4
Hetrembles, with fcar,,,cil ,,ih ,jasgH
= And acts very queer; pic,tri n .ssal. ],
Ny. eyesl how no shiyers and shakosf " ..saa /
MA When he wakes, Il. ,-.b,.gN
And raves, about grcat horrid snakesi!sd.rclf
'Tis warming to- you and to inc, lad, = ''.'f, !,
particular caution to all - 'F'f'1i'
N ThUughno one'can SEQ
Tho vipor but he ----,--
To hear thepoor unatie howl, fnes%@ppnJ d
"iIow they crawl
All over the floor and the WALL"
The next morning he took to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he took to his bed, y yyy,y,r j,
i And he never gotupt gElt}M VIVA
To dinner or to sup, .st,,s
Though properly pbysickcd and blcd; ~.
And I read, 7s,.,., ,,gi ara
Next day that tho poor fellow. was dead. i s1
Yon'vc heard ofthe snake in the grass, my lad,
Of the viper concealed in the grass; H4'7i
pr, But now you must know, " iaa %!
Mans dcadliest foe 17'lsN' Rte
T Is snake of different class! IN 'sUa q
st-EdG -,l Alas!--- 7.'=tE, hSifG tfHE9pfJ
,T;s tbo vi lurke in t,a ioIo uuf i-
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

Painter and alazier, backroom Of P. Laaabrecht' {
Jewclry Store, west side Coart street, Pomcroy,
Ohio. A9s [7-1]
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..,RastFey.s.. ".
A sNAKEenN PHnT GLASS.

FEi oa atjls9e7 isyit6N T7sTGfg sdl ---sgph
sso7s eA t@f ipg IoHk e'sAlxlF.- ,iiasd Ok$. -
una roY .,tgi ,,vs5. ,T7T-r- ON, 4. --.s9sge!aR
Conc, listen awhile to mo, lad, ..y s.s,S tlnb
Come, listen to mo SPELL IT, =,
I'D TI.et that'teTribie' drum, s---soeit8nf
r For q moment beldunh, y stie glSi haa
" ,FqEy our andle islgding totell 5aisiY6Ii
,ts,,a Njsa sIa What befst sgy .isoq spAai
y0Sih l who leyea liauortoe yell eStil1qas
ia eleter young manswas he, my1ad,f sissdl
And with beauty uncommonly " blessed, ggbis
Ere with brandy and wine, gbysI
He began to. decline ....-.....'-..,. -,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23
in AM in Nothing

ss 1865
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-11-23

Stgisast ,hiies ~ 10 si7Gd
- ssldt u swab ,a4slaelat
ssT .uotiaoiidl'l r.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-01-27
TuE CALIFORNIAN
agricultural.


The advertisement of Mr.. b. Bryant
of the Stanstcad nurseries, appears on
the inside OF this paper We call atten-
tlon TO II not expecting or wishing til''
The people here in the Passumpslc valley
should attempt an indiscriminate raising
OF all the fruit trees he advcrtl>es, ior we
very we'll know that many OF them "o"i'
not live here in this sandy soil. but we
would direct the attention OF people es-
prciallv to the Crab Apple tree. Ii has
been demonstrated that the crab apple will
flourish even in our soil and climate and
tb,. improved varieties that Mr. b. sells
are la,yc. and almost a. good either for
eating or pies. Il, the common apple
Iicy also make good cider These APP
plr@ are grated on the Siberian stock,
which i very hardy, and will flourish
where the common tree will not live.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-01-27
Let Nothing he Lost.

In times like these, when we have to
pay Il tax Oh everything we use or con-
sumo, it l. necessary to practice the most
rigid economy in Ill things. Every far
mrr who has a stock to care for may save
quite Il sum this winter by savin" all the
refuse straw, instead Of permitting it tc
be lrod len in with the filth Of the yard.
Carefully rake il up and put it where il
will keep dry and You can have the cash
Ior it, The ST. .Iohn-bury Paper Mill
Company are paving ten dollars a ton for
-lr;rN. at present. delivered at their mill
All refuse straw after being picked over
~ cattle, if carefully preserved from the
wet, will be taken at the same price as
hey pay for other straw.
Now. farmers. appropriate some corner
Of vour barn or shed, and see how large
a pile YOU can accumulate during the Will
Ter. With this pile You can purchase
guano. phosphate or other fertilizers, and
thereby incrca>r the productions of your
>oil ten fold. Every farmer who has tried
The experiment knows that a ton of straw
thoroughly dccomposcd, will not make
OVER two dollars worth Of manure Many
farmer will feed straw TO their stock this
winter, on account Of the higL price OF
hay; still, | think the would get earlier
beef and make more butter to sell their
straw and feed their hay
BY using panings or saw dust for lit
1er, q large amount OF straw may be say
I'll. ALrIiA.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-01-27

Tie llAEIrs OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
Rev. Mr. Adams OF philadelphia in his
recent Thanksgiving discourse. Speaking
OF aii early morning call upon Mr. Lin
coin, made the following interesting state
mcnt
Morning came and I.Stencd INV tot
let. and found myself al :, quarter to five
in the waiting room of the President.
asked the usher if | could see Mr.. Lin
coin. He said could not But | have
ali engagement to meet him this morning.
AT what hour!' AT five o'clock.' -
Well, sir, he will see you at five l
then walked to and fro for few minutes.
and hearing a voice as if i'll grave CONVEX
>ation. asked the servant: Who is
talking in the next room 1t is the
President, sir Is ANYBODY with him ?
No, sir, he Is reading the bible Is
that his habit 50 early in the morning ,
Yes, sir, he spends every morning from
four o'clock to five in readin. the scrip
'"i>1 'hi' pay nv
In Scotch town. man from the
country applied to a respectable lawyer
lof legal advice. After detailing the cir
rumstanccS of the case he was asked if he
had stated the facts exactly as they occur
red "Cu. az. SIR reioined the appi-
cant: Il thocht it best to tell YOU the
plain truth you can pit the iees int;lrt
ver>eI"
New three cent pieces are to be issued
soon.
Sixteen years ago Gen. Grant was set
ting type in an Ohio printing office.
a. G. Jerome, the young and wealthy
New York broker, is dead.