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Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
GhiidhOOJ's sorrows.

Mothers often err in undertaking the
little gricL and disappointments of child
h"Qd. The trilcs which give them pain
and trouble would DC nothing to US. so we
unrcasonably exact Of them the same indif-
ference. Did you ever reflect how different
the same scene looks at your own height
from that point from which your little child
must view 1t? II not. you will realize il by
STOPPING down beside him and taking a view
OF the same landscape. SO mothers should
learn TO place themselves at the child :
mental stand point in all their dealings with
them.
a lady Of great strength Of mind and fine
sensiblltlcs, once told friend that she ney-
or suffered 50 acutely, as once in childhood
when her mother carelessly swept into the
IRE some Of the shining silk Of the milk.
weed plant. She had just found it for tht
! first time in one Of her little walk. and wa
| greatly delighted with her little treasure
/ laying IT out IN pareels, thinking what en-
/ Joymcnt she would have over il with her lit
tie companions, assigning its various uses il
/ her simple domestic economy. Her mothe
! entered and finding the litter on the Garnet
I hastily and cOldly swept it all into the fire
despite the child's entreatieg. She moor
gneyed little thing. fed away almost Dis
bear to look upon her mothers face. II
her 1t was as real source of anguish
as for the millionaire to sec all choice Dos
sessions swept away by the devouring fame
Oh, mother. learn to reverence every ten.
der, loving thing in your little child ma
turc. The world will harden it soon enough
without your hand aiding in the work
Enter ieelingly into its little Joys. and add
to them the double pleasure Of your appro-
wing, smile. Sympathize with its little
grieis and comfort with cheering words Of
tender love the little sobbng bosom. "A.
one whom his mother comforteth what
sweeter figure could the kind Father above
employ to empress his tender pity for his
Borrowing children.
Christian mother, be faithful to your sol
emn trust; then, when angel voices shall
shout. the harvest home, you may stand be
fore the great white throne and answer to
the summons-''Ifere am |. Lord, and the
children whom thou hast given me-
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
Death GEEOn. George Nj. Dallas.

The public men of the last generation are
rapidly passing away. Death has removed
a late Nice-Prcsidcnt from all earthly scenes.
Hon George NJ. Dallas, of Pennsylvania.
is no more. Twenty years ago--and it
seems but short period in our recollection
he was called upon by the people of the
United States to preside over their h CHEST
and most dignified legislative body, the SEN
ate, at Washington. 1t was then in the
height of its glory, when intellectual giants
like Clay, Webster, Calhoun, Benton, and
others, gave it immortal fame. The CON
trast between it then and now is, indeed,
wonderful. 1t hardly appears ike the same
assembly. Over this body Mr.. Dalla. pre-
sided with the most marked ability. He
was an elegant and polished gentleman, an
excellent parliamentarian, and statesman
Of culture and refincment-.jUst the man for
the place.
He had been previously a member Of the
Senate, and Minister to Russia. When he
was placed upon the ticket with James X.
Polk. for President. and elected in 1884,
over Theodore Frelnghuysen, of New Jer-
sey who is now also deceased.
While Nice-President, Mr.. Dallas gave
the casting vote in the Senate Of the United
States, in favor Of the repeal of the celebra-
ted BLACK high protective tariff of 1912,
and for the substitution of the more liberal
tariff of 1916 in its stead. He was denoun-
ced with great bitterness in Pennsylvania
his native State for this act, as she had t
powerful interest which was tattcning upol
the duty laid upon iron, and collected off the
West and South. Mr.. Dallas name wa,
frequently mentioned for the Presidency il
Democratic Conventions for the last fifteen
H., l., 81, q. Il 1.
nently sound being States Rights, free
trade Democrat of the strictest sect
OF all the men who ever filed the office
of Vice President, Milard Fillmore and
j ohm c. Breckenridge are now the only
survivors. OF the Presidents, only Mr..
Pierce, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr.. Fillmore.
The statesmen who directed the affairs of
the country, and under whose auspices it
became prosperous and wealthy, are being
spared the sight of further calamties and
misfortunes which in these days Of degener-
acy have fallen upon it. Death is remov
ing them from a land torn by factions
with ianaticisln-the prey of
bigotry and folly, and which is now drench-
ed with traternal blood ond whose future
appears dark as its past was bright and
brilliant.
As the Constitution is being submerged
in the gulf of revolutionary folly, it is, per
haps, not inappropriate that the statesmen
who were the political landmarks ofthe age
when it was rejected should take their de-
parture, and no longer by their presence
remind us of the mourniul change When
mediocrity usurps the place of
talent. When coarse ignorance is seen in
lieu Of polished refinement-rawness of ex-
perience. When vulgar brutality bears
sway in the highest positons-the men of
the past who recollectcd it otherwise seem
to have out-lived their proper destiny, and
to be strangers in strange land, Ciacin-
natl Enquirer.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
& Dinner Of Eighteen Hundred
Years Ago.

The citizens of ancient Pompeii knew
what was good. They relished roast pig
4 family in that aristocratic city, one of the
+. F. p. :. perhaps. were about to dine on
the rich aud succulent dish on the very day
that the restless Titan, under Mount We
suvius, expectorated from his fiery lungs
the shower ofred- hot ashes which entombed
the Pompeiians in their dwellings. The
pig was being cooked, and was probably
near done. at the time when the volcanic
storm burst in and spoiled it, This is not
matter Of conjecture reader, for only
few weeks ago mass of indurated lava and
ashes was found in stew-pan, standing on
cook->tove in the kitchen of house re-
Gently disiuterred, and on opening the lump
perfect mold ola sucking poker was closed.
\ cast was taken of the hollow. and the re-
suit was a facsimile in plaster of the little
animal, which had been roasted in scientific
style, and Is supposed, from the shape of
the matrix, to have been Just ready for the
table, The inquisitive antiquarians are con-
tinually poking their noses into little do
mestic secrets Of the Pompeiians of eighteen
centuries ago, which the people of the ex-
cavated neighborhood would have hesitated
to tell one another.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
Women fthe Sandwich Islands.

/ \ lady writing from Honolulu, thus dis
| courses upon the native women and their
| free and easy manners The women are
erect, wide in the shoulders, and carry their
heads like queens many of them are truly
handsome, wearing their hair falling over
with little straw hats garlanded with wreaths
of lovely native flowers. They clothe them
selves modestly and prettily, wearing the
dress to cover neck and arms, and falling
loosely from the shoulders to the top of the
feet, which are often bare. Not being
civilized like us, they have not been en-
lightened into COMPRISING their ribs with
iron and whalebone corsets, nor to disturb
and torture their feet with overnight shoes,
nor to put bonnets on their heads than run
up into turrets Of silk and artificial flowers,
and leaving the ears at the mercy of the bit
ter winds. nor to make up forty-fve yards
of steel wire into cages and fasten themselves
within them, nor to carry an extra half
yard of dress stuff bravely after them on
the pavement through thick and thin
Yet these women have the advantage of us,
for We are not forced by the exigencies of
custom, when we come with our long gar
ments upon any impurities of the path way,
to shut our eyes and clench our teeth and
push blindly over them, whereas these
kanaka women, at the sight of even spot
Of water, lift their light garments gingerly
and pass over, clean and unsullied from its
contact Can this be barbarous?
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
Girls! Help Your Mother.

How very often do We see daughters loll
ing on the sofa while their mother is tOilinc
In the household. Can We believe in affec.
ton which quiets itself by the remark.
that poor mamma is so very active -
Why Is she so, young lady? Because you,
in your thoughtlessness, allow it. 1t has
continued from year to year-from when you
We're too young to remember; and therefore
It never strikes you that your duty should
bid ii cease.
Your mother is as we'll fitted for leisure,
elegant or otherwise, as yourself; your sell
fish incidence alone denies it to her, and yet
you calmly sign yourself her 'afectionate
daughter. Is it right, also. that she
should be meanly dressed, while you step
out arrayed like print in fashion book !?
How calmly you appropriate her ornaments
and plume yourself in her feathers Take
her place for awhile-relieve her of some
portion of her cares; thus only can we hope
that your weekly prayer has been heard
that you do honor to your father and moth
er-that you have been enabled to keep
this law
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
Respect the Aged.

Many an old person has the pain-not
bodily, but sharper still-of feeling himself
in the way. Some one wants his place.
His very chair in the chimney corner is
grudged him. He is a burden to son or
daughter. The very arm that props him
is taken away from some productive labor. =
As he sits at the table, his own guests are
too idle or too unkind to make him sharer
in their mirth. They grudge the trouble
of that raised voice which alone could make
him one of them /; and when he speaks it is
only to be put aside as ignorant or despised
as old fashioned and obsolete. Oh, little
do younger persons know their power of
giving pain or pleasure 1t is pain for
any man, still in the world, to be made to
feel that he is no longer of it, TO be driven
in upon his own little world of conscious
isolation and buried enjoyment But this
is his condition and if any fretfulness or
auerulousness of temper has aggravated it
if Others love him not because he is not
amiable-shal we pity that condition the
less? shall we upbraid it with that fault
which is itself the worst part oft?
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12

confederate flag, and threatening arrest in
case of his not Immediately rc.igning. Mr.
Waters, who il n man Of the highest person
al worth and integrity. denied the charge
and offered 10 come to Baltimore and estab-
lish his loyalty by the best possible proof
The letter Of the refractory man, who dared
give duty the precedence Of prudence. was
answered by guard Of soldiers, who placed
him under arrest, and, bringing him to Bal
timorc. consigned him to the military iail.
where he was kept short time. when TO
prevent any trouble in the premise he was
hurried over the lines, and that being done
Mr.. Lincoln with show OF virtue pretends
he knew nothing about it until too late, and
because the sufferer is out Of his reach can
render no redress.
TERROR SUBSTITUTED FOR LAW.
The happiness Of the people, their security
in person and property are the great ends
for which governments are instituted and
laws made. These blessings Maryland once
in common with her {s,eer states enjoyed
Times have changed However. All law anC
civil government have long since been ig
nored by the military commanders Of the
state Detectives are sprinklcd throughou
the state to dog every man : steps. NJ
man or woman is safe. The menlal IN you
kitchen or the neighbor at your side can io
some fanced wrong go to the co mmandan
and have you arrested. No fair and impair
tal trial i. granted no facing your accuse
can be obtained OF even the knowledge o.
the cause of your arrest is vouchsatcd, bur
days, weeks, and months may pass withou
a hearing, and, locked in a dungeon, yol
await the pleasure of those who have the
disposal Of your case, or suffer the penalty
invoked by your prosecutors. Such is tn,
state of affairs in Maryland. Such is the
land where civil and religious liberty frs
found an asylum and "a home.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
From JOhnsOn's Island--IIorrid
scenes
from the Toledo Record ]

We have been shown a private letter from
soldier on johnson Island, under date of
December 22d, from which we are author
lied to copy the following paragraphs:
I'VE are having some very cold weather,
but not much snow. The bay is frozen over
50 that teams cross, but with not much safe
". Three government mule teams broke
through to-day. They were hauling flour
to the post. One of the teams were drown
ed, the others were got out but were all
cut up so bad that they are fit for nothing
now.
we received yesterday three hundred
and six more prisoners from Hood army,
and to-day about forty--in all we have over
three thousand in the prison. Among
| them were Major General johnson. Brig.
| General Jack kson, and Brig, Gen. Smith
The balance ranged from Col. down to Lieu
! tenants.
IT was an awful sight to see the prison
ers when they reached here. Some were
| barcfooted, others had no hats. some no
coats, and great many had nothing but
| drawers for pants Some ofthem had their
feet frozen, others their hand. and arms,
and most all Of them their faces. One poor
fellow had to be carried over by the guards,
and when he got here his face was frozen so
that it was perfectly white, had his arms
were 50 badly frozen that he had no use of
them.
Those who saw them as they were cross
ing the bay say it was a pitiable sight. The
WIND was blowing perfect gale and so cold
that 1t was a. much as a man could stand
who was dressed comfortably. A great many
Of them had never been on ice before, and
the consequence was they could not walk.
W hen they came to a smooth piece of ice
they would get down on their hands and
knees and crawl over. They were an hour
and half in crossing. The line reached
from one shore to the other 1t was an
amusing sight to see them Some were
picking themselves up, while others were
unwillingly letting the ice fly up and hit
them in the backs Of their heads, or else
striking them on their coat tails.
1t was amusing TO US to stand on the
shore and watch them, but suppose it was
death to them. a. a great many tf them laid
down on the ice and cried ike children.
Our boys went out to meet them and
to watch and see that none escaped and to
pick up stragglers. The result was they
had great many frozen Rebs to bring in
some that will never want TO sec cold wealth
er again.
II think from the looks Of these Rebs,
that, the rebellion is about played out, for
the best dressed among them did not dress
as well as our privates Take them on an
average, they were the hardest looking SOL
diers ] ever saw. "
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
"FaiIing in Love =,

This expression has done an incalculable
amount Of mischief in the world bv convey
ing an idea that it Is thing which cannot
be resisted, and which must be given way
to, either with or without reason. Persons
are said to have fallen in love, precisely as
they would have been said to fall into a fe
yer or an ague-ht, and the worst mode of
tins expression Is, that amongst young peo-
pie, 1t has led 10 general yielding up Of the
heart to the first impression, as if it posses
sed OF Itself no power Of resistance. 1t is
from general notions such as these. that the
idea and the name of love have been vul-
CARRIED and degraded and in connection
with this degredation food of evil has
poured in upon the Eden of woman life.
where the virtues Of her domestic character
are exercised. What. then. is love. in its
highest, hottest character? 1t is woman s
all--her wealth, her power, her very being.
Man, let him love as he may. has ever an
existence extinct from that Of his affections.
lie has his worldly interests, his public char
acter, his ambition, his competition with
other men--but woman centres all in that
one feeling. and
I'm that she lives, or else s,e has no life"
In wOman's love is mingled the trrl.tv
dependence Of child. for she ever looks IN
to man as her protector and her guide
the tranknesS. the social feeling. and the
tenderness Of a sister-for j. not man her
friend? the solicitude, the anxiety. the
careful watching of the mother-for would
she not suffer to preserve him from harm =?
Such is love in a noble mind. and especially
IN Its tlrst commencement, when it is almost
Invariably elevated, and pure. trusting and
disinterested. Indeed. the woman who
could mingle low views and selfish calcula-
tions with her first attachment. would
scarcely be worthy of the name.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
An Enkind Tear.

When | used to tend store at the "Regu'
lator," in Syracuse, the old man comes
round one day, and says he
Boys, the one that sells the most 'twiXt
now and Christmas, gets vest pattern a.
present.
Maybe we didn't work for that vest pat.
tern tell you there were some tall sto-
rics told in praise Of goods just about that
time; but the tallest talker and the one that
had more check than any of us was a GER
tain Jonah Squires, who roomed with me,
lie could talk a dollar out Of a man pocket
when the man intended to spend but six
pence; and the women-Lord bless you
they just handed over their pocket-boo
to him and let him lay out what he liked
for them.
One night Jonah woke up with, "By
Josh, old fellow, if you think that ere S got
any cotton in it, I'll bring down the sheep
it was cut from, and make him swear to his
own wool 'Twon't wear out either-wore
a pair Of pants that kind o stuff myself for
five years, and they re as good now as when
| first put EN- on Take it at thirty cents,
and I'll say you don't owe me anything.
Eth too dear? Well, call it twenty eight
cents. What dye say? Shall tear it 7
All right, it's a bargain.
could feel Jonah's hands playing about
the bed-clothes for an instant, then rip
tear went something or another, and hid
my head under the blankets, perfectly con
vulsed with laughter, and sure that Jonah
had torn the sheet from top to bottom.-
When | woke up next morning, | found
alas, unkindest tear Of all-that the back
of my night shirt was split from tail to col
lar band
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12

Ma, is cousin pa 5 angelo" '.No, dear,
what put such an idea in your head =
"Cause every tine you go up stairs to dress
the baby, pa takes her IN ms zap h ana ma cans
her his angel, and makes her look RED.
Child gets stick of candy, and cousin
walking stick.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12

.Shoddy patriotism would throw the lber-
ties of the people at the feet of the President
and feel amply compensated by receiving Il
small contract or petty office. fhe spirit
of liberty has no abiding place in its breast
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12
8ates of Adrrrtisias.
Or PRINTING

OF every description executed In the best styls
and on reasonable terms.
ne FARMER has larger circulation than any
other pnpcr In this section of the state M is
now, and has been for thirty ty-seven consccutiye
years the official paper of the county
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12

There are very afectionate female friends
who kiss each other through two thicknesses
of veil and know how to hug each other
without disarranging curl.
Give us not men like weathercocks, that
change with every wind, but menlike noun
tains, who change the winds themselves.
Every man who is not monster, math-
ematician, or mad philosopher, is the slave
of some woman.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12

JOY may take her wreath and make it a
wedding g-ring Of friendship or love and grief
may do the same with his girdle of thorns,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12

Alta meeting for mutual improvement in
a town not Il thousand miles from the Massa-
chusetts line, one of the brethren announced
that there would be meeting in that house
every "Wednesday evening annually and al
ternately, 1t was at one of these meetings
that the following strain of exhortation was
INDUCED in: You love hogs fat-you
love. dough-nuts fried in hogs fat-why
don't you love religion?" At the latest
dates no satisfactory answer had been given.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-12

Democracy, like truth, crushed to earth
will rise again.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-03

This ia good chance 10 buy goods Of the very
best quslIfY cheap, a. the proprietor hs- maze
arrangements 10 retire from business. Csh ana
examine goods. ,,,,r
GEORGE KERN,
{.p7-iro No Cedar street
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-03

The Mexican Empire comprises 766,-
4S2 square miles, with q popu alton OF
S,5OOo00; as it appears from the sta
tistics OF the provinces given above
that Macmillan has transferred to Ma
poleon nearly one half Of Mexico and
Oue-thirteenth Of her entire population
Again, the whole area Of the French
Empire IN Europe and other parts Of
the globe comprises 31S,623 square
miles, and by this last acquisition Louis
Napoleon nearly doubles the territory
over which he reigns. The provinces
abound in mineral wealth, embrace
much fertile soil, and are admirably
situsted for purposes of commerce on
the Pacific.
The time, we trust, is not far distant
when the strides Of Napoleon will be
checked on the American continent
Cur domestic war cannot last ALWAYS
The nation will come out of the strug.
gle with an immense military organiza-
ton at its command, and the Monroe
doctrine, so long the basis of American
policy relative 10 foreign interference
~On this continent, will be enforced in
all It's meaning. The French. we be-
lleEe, are destined 10 be driven out Of
AeXico.-LoA Jovr.
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-02-03
Maalgpllle Sanlo4l.
For the Nashville Uuion :
Prison Musings.

For the Nashville Onion
Prison Musings.
sunbeams in my prison cell,
Through the dingy crate are streaming
Bright, ike bars of liquid gold;
Ason the murky air they'r floating,
All 50 perfect, still in motion,
Sparkling, on the dust clouds rolling.
Cobwebs from the vaulted roof,
Hanging, waving, slowly moving,
Strike the sunlight for an instant,
Blaze like threads Of silver cleaning,
Then grow brown the old festoonings,
All the arches somber draping.
Squares Of light upon the wall;
Twelve in number richly glowing,
From whose edges fade the shadows,
Fast at FIRST, then slowly blending
With the gloom and brooding darkness
In each distant angle lowering.
Mice, a pair in youder corner,
mid the dust heaps they are playing
See them dart along the flag stones,
Swift as swallows shadows flying,
Crouching, leaping nimbly upward
Now Ger & mouldy crust are nibbling.
Narrow grow the bsrs oflight
Slowly too the squares are fading,
But an instant and they'll vanish,
The lone prisoner sadly leaving
Togolden needles now they'v dwindled-
They're gone, yet still in fancy seeming
OTHEo.
Nashville, Feb. !.