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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
observation-disclosures.

The uhkindest cut Of all to James
Buchanan, who served the Southern
traitors with a servility unsurpassed in
the history of the country, is given in the
late letter of Hon.. Kenneth RaynOF to
DIR. William Elder of Washington. Ray
nor puts his deliberate opinion on record
thus: l must say that I regard James
Buchanan as more responsible for the
disasters and horrors of the last four
years, than any other man in the Nation.
The people of the South had very kindly
feeling for him. In fact, he was more
popular with the ultra men of the South,
on account of his connivance at the Kan
sas outrage-his dogma about having no
power to coerce a State, &C., than he was
with the Union men, A remonstrance
from him, warning, a declaration that
he must maintain the supreme authority
of the Government and see that the laws
were executed-this, coming from friend,
would have induced the secessionists to
pause and consider; at least it would
have aroused and given confidence to the
Union element of the South. Tt would,
in my opinion, have averted the conflict
But he stood still and did nothing. -
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
An EnnrH ARDEN rAsE-ALMns1.

Most of our readers have read of the
famous poem of "Enoch Arden" An
incident occurred in this place last week,
which is similar in character, with Il e
exception of one particular, which viii
be noted.
About eight years ago, man residing
in Mansfield, went to California, leaving
his WIFE During the time that he was
was absent, nothing was heard from him.
as he never kept up correspondence with
any one at home, and no one who knew
him ever saw or heard anything of him.
His wife, after waiting for years for his
return, gave him up for dead, and in the
course of time, she married another man,
in Cleveland, with whom she lived in
this place, up to the date of which we are
writing. Last week husband No ] re-
turned, and found the condition of affairs
as above alluded to. Now No. 1, not
having heard of the story of Enoch Ar
den; of how he saw the happiness of his
wife in her new relation; and how Enoeh
died sooner than reveal himself, pursued
a different course. He went to work and
put-No. out of the house, and took
possession of his wife and household
affairs, leaving No. minus wife, etc.
MoRAL--Never marry woman unless
she can show clear title to her hand
This thing of having some former hus-
band coming in to pre-empt your claim
don't pay.-Maastield Herald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
NO. SO.
HOW TO CLEAN A WELl.

The Daily New Era, Atlanta, Georgia,
tells this story at the expense of a Pro-
vost Marshal there
"A gentleman in this city, whom we
will call Mack for short, had we'll pretty
much filed up with rubbish and trash of
different kinds, which he wanted cleaned
out. He spoke to a freedman about the
job, and in very confidential manner in
tlmated that there was treasure hid In
the well he was anxious to exhume. He
imposed profound secresy upon his sable
and sent him off in search of another one
of his hue who could be trusted. The
upshot of the matter was that about one
hundred negroes knew that an iron safe
belonging to the Express Company, and
which contained an invaluable amount of
gold, had been precipitated into this we'll
when the city was evacuated The affair
was speedily brought to the ears of
t h Provost Marshal, not the
presenc one, however, for the thing of
which we write occurred some time ago),
and Mack, on going to see about his well
one morning. found it guarded by strong
provost guard, who forbid any one COM
ing on the prem ses. Mack protested
against any such proceeding, and persisted
that everything on that lot, in the well
and out of it, was his individual property.
The Provost Marshal gave him an official
wink, and Intlmated that all was right.
Mack thought if it was not that it would
be in the end ....
"a strong posse of freedmen was sent
down into the well to work. Bucketful
after bucketful of rubbish and mud was
drawn out. But no treasure as yet made
its appearance. Occasionally the officer
of the guard went down on prospecting
tour. In punching about with his bayo-
net he hit upon something that had the
true metallic sound They had the treas
ure now sure. Again the negroes went to
work, and after laboring some hours sue
ceeded In bringing out the top of an old
ten plate stove. AT last the firm bottom
of the well was reached, but no iron safe.
Mack said he thought the safe was about
ten feet further down. Whatever may
have been the Martiars opinion on
the subject he concluded he hadnot time
to prosecute the search further, and with
drew his forces, leaving Mack in posses
sion of thoroughly cleansed well, and at
liberty to hunt up the safe if he wanted
to- Mack didn't want to p
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
TIE CLOSE OF zur REEK.

A week! It is but short time indeed,
but its events are host, its changes many.
To whom has the week just closed brought
joy? to whom sorrow? to whom riches ?
to whom poverty? to whom friends 2 to
whom enemies to whom love? to whom
happiness to whom misery2 to whom
life to whom death What all these
changes in one week? Yes, and a host
more numerous than the sands of the
sea. Many who see the daWning of the
present week, will be in another world
ere it closes; many upon whom fortune
smiled but week ago, are now groaning
beneath the whitening frOWns of poverty;
many who were floating gently on the
bark of life, Der the unruffled sea of hap
piness a week ago, are now wrecks of ruin
on the shores of affliction; many upon
whom the sun of last Sabbath shone pro-
pitiously, have ere this time met with
some i'll fortune and are turned upon the
world the children of poverty; and many
whose expectations and hopes were beam
ing forth, bright and prosperous, at the
dawn of this week, find themselves at its
close the sad and miserable beings OF
disappointment. And such is the life OF
mani It is subject TO changes in week
a day-nay, even an hour. The world is
still in commotion-revolutio succeeding
revolution-time whirling on its rapid
progress, leaving behind it traces of de
struction, and even in a small community
many thrilling, exciting circumstances
might. be summed up and recorded at the
close of each week.-E. T. Whtppte.
j
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
AN AFFLICTED EDITOR.

The editor of the Charlottesville (Va.)
Chronicle has grown desperate over the
learning that surrounds him no
charlottesville is fairly entitled to be
called the literary centre of the South
There is, first, the University of Virginia,
with it's learned professors on all sorts of
subjects. Then we have two large fe-
male seminaries, where young ladies learn
thirty or forty things ending in-ology.-
Then we have some half dozen hrst-class
academies for boys. Then several select
schools Then number of schools for
the English branches. And then the
whole colored population. of all sexes
and ages, is repeating from morning to
night, a-b-ab; e-b-eb; i-b-ib; c-a-t-
cat; d-o-g-dog; c-u-p-cup, etc-thrOugh
all the variety of lessons in photography
There are some four or five colored
schools, and little negro chaps darken
every door with primers in their hands,
If we pass blacksmith shop, we hear
a-b-ab; if we peep into a shOemaker's S
shop, it is a-b-ab; if we pass negro
cabin in the suburbs of the town. we hear
the sound of a-b-ab; if cook goes out to
suckle her infant. it is a. -b-ab; the dining
room servant washes up his dishes and
plates, crying a-b-ab; Jerry blacks boots,
saying, with rapid strokes, a-b-ab; the
whole air is resonant with a-b-ab. The
little yellow boy who sleeps in our cham
Der awoke us the other night, u4uttering
a-b-ab. Mr. Greeley has stirred up
thunder here IF you send a little negro
boy on an errand, he is spelling every
thing he meets in one syllable. The lit
tie white boys look at them wonderingly,
and try to cork them. In a month or SO
we expect to issue an evening edition of
the Chronicle in monosyllables, to increase
our circulation-perhaps pictorial with
tubs and spades, ants and COWS, owls and
bats-like the primers.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
GRAND FARMING

The New York Post notes a corn field
of one hundred and sixty acres, on the
grand prairie, in the blowing, planting
and cultivation of which no man walked
a step. A rotary spade, drawn by four
horses, and driven by a man upon box,
plowed the field to a uniform depth of
eight inches, and gave such a thorough
tilth that it was not necessary to use a
harrow at all A cornplanter, drawn by
two horses, and driven by a man upon a
box, next planted the seed. A cultivator,
drawn by two mules, one walked on each
side of the knee high corn, and driven by
a man upon box, completed the culture
of the row at a single operations; and in
the tool house lay another machine, also
to be drawn by horses, which will cut
down the corn when it is ripe, and lay it
in regular rows, to be finally gathered by
hand. But it is expected that by next
year this machine will be SO improved as
to gather up the corn also.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
AaRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

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The Commissioners appointed by the
Governor to locate and report a plan of
organization for an Agricultural College,
have had rendered to them Mt, Vernon
College, Stark county, valued at upwards
of 100000; the Miami University, at Ok
ford; and Farmers College, at College
land and appropriate buildings, near
Kent, Portage county-aIl of which they
have visited, and are now engaged in
preparing their report for submission to
the General Assembly. Which one of
the specified localities the Commissioners
will select is not known. It is possible
that they may recommend the founding
of two colleges, because no property CEN
trally located was rendered them. Had
this been done, they would, perhaps, have
considered one sufficient for the accom-
mediation of all sections of the State
Col ,JOur
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
RANTED---AN HONEST, INDUSTRIOUS
BOY.

WANTED---AN HONEST, INDUSTRIOUS
We lately saw an advertisement headed
as above. It conveys to every boy an
impressive moral lesson.
An honest, industrious boy is always
g1dnted. He will be sought for; bis SER
vices viii be in demand; he will be spoken
of in terms of high commendation; he
will always have home; he will grow up
to be man of known worth and estab-
lished character.
He viii be aounted. The merchant will
want him for salesman or clerk the
master mechanic will want him for an
apprentice or journeyman; those with a
Job to let will want him for lawyer; pa
tients viii want him for physician re-
igious congregations for a pastor; parents
for teacher Of their children; and the
people for an officer.
He will be q0Gnted. ToWnsmen will
want him as a citizen; acqUaintances, as a
neighbor; neighbors, as a friend families,
as visitor; the world, as an Acquaintance;
nay, girls will want him fer a beau, and
finally for husband.
An honest, industrious boy Just
think of it, boys, will you answer this de-
scription? Can you apply for this situa-
ton? Are you sure that yoU will be
a0a7ated. You may be smart and active,
but that does not fill the requisition-are
you honest? You may be capable-are
you industrious. You may be well
dressed and create a favorable impression
at first sight-are you both honest and
Industrious ?
You may apply for a good situation
are you sure that your friends, teachers
and acquaintanees can recommend you
for these qualities? ? Oh, how would you
lished, on hearing the words 81 can't en-
ploy you'll Nothing else will make up
for the lack of these qualities. No readi-
ness or aptness for business will do it,
You must be honest, and Industrious
must work and labor; then will your call
ing and election for places of profit and
trust be made sure.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
INT0MeATLNn LInunRs.

More than 10O,O00,OOO gallons of intox-
icating liquors are manufactured in the
United States annually. On this there
should be an internal revenue of $780,
100000, whereas there is only $25, 100000,
thus defrauding the Government Of $175,
100000 A traffic which thus originates
in sin and dishonesty, cannot beget very
desirable results. Here is the record
More than 100000 drunkards die every
year. More than 100000 hard drinkers
in the world. Thus the vast army of rum
victims array themselves in frightful at
titude- before us. One hundred and forty
thousand every year During the late
war, zoe, 900 souls have gone to perdition
by rum. Where is there a parallel for
this =? War, with its missiles of death, is
weak in the comparison.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
DELAWARE, OHIO, DECEMBER 1, 1866.
SWEET MEMORIES.
BY 1. RUSSELL.

Oh, there are memories that throng
So closely round my heart,
That of its hidden tremulous strains
They seem to form q part;
They're woven in every dream
That haunts my nightly rest,
And nestle like a golden beam,
Deep in nay troubled breast.
o, there are memories that crowd
And cluster in my brain,
That bind me gently to the past,
And make me young again;
The blooming wreath my childhood knew
Ere change had come or blight;
When each fair bud was wet with dew,
Each blossom crowned with light.
Sweet memories, We gently now
Are whispering to my heart,
feel your light upon my brow,
In tears of rapture start;
Ye tell me of the sun-lit hours,
That tsR-g so gaily on,
Mid SINGING birds and fragrant flowers,
That bloomed without thorn.
Ye tell me of the yOung-the fair,
Who fitted around my path;
I twine amid their clustering hair
A bright and glorious wreath;
listen to the warbled notes
That tremble on the tongue,
Till through my soul that music flows
Like strains by angels sung.
o, stay then, gentle memories,
Within my heart of hearts,
And softly hush its heaving sigh,
And dry the tear that starts.
o, hold, We gentle memories,
Your empire in my breast,
Till death shall close my weary eyes,
And take me home to rest.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
nroNEr--HoW TO KEEP 1r.

The way to keep money is to earn it
fairly and honestly. Money so obtained
is pretty certain to abide with its possess
sor but money that is inherited, or that
in any way comes without fair and lust
equivalent, is almost as certain to go as it
came. The young man who begins
honestly and manfully done, stands bet
ter chance to spend the last half of his
life in afluence and comfort than he who,
in his haste to become rich, obtains money
by dashing speculations, or the devious
means which abound in the foggy regions
lying between fair dealing and actual
fraud.
Among the wisest and most thrifty men
of wealth the current proverb is: Money
gees as it comes" Let the young make
a note of this, and see that their money
comes fairly, that it may long abide with
them.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

A petition to Secretary Seward is cir
culating in Boston, and has already re-
ceived the signatures of some of the
largest shipowners Of that city, praying
him not to press our claims on the British
government for the depredations of the
Anglo-rebel cruisers. The petition states
that when England becomes involved in
a war, which cannot be far distant, the
position which her government has taken
in regard to the fitting out of rebel erui-
sers, if allowed to stand as a precedent,
will give us such an advantage that we
can, by furnishing privateers for her ad-
versary, infict on her commerce damage
hundred times greater than that she has
allowed to be inflicted on ours.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

Not long since citizen of Champaign
county was swindled out of fifty dollars
by a sharper on the S. ID. & @. mail train
in this WISE He drew the old gentleman
in conversation, and just before the train
started he asked the loan of. fifty dollars,
to get package from the express Office,
stating that his money was in the baggage
car, and could not be obtained before
reaching West Liberty; AS pledge he
my watch until / turn"-handing the
Champaigner brass piece" worth about
seventy-fve cents. The train left Belle
fontaine and-the confidence chap, too |!
Neither he nor the fifty dollars were heard
of more UrbdRa Union.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

John Bell is said to have become a
weak old man-another King Lear
scarcely knowing his own mind, and
wreck mentally and physically.
A little girl washing linen in brook in
Baron Rothschild's park at Schillersdorf,
was seized and dangerously lacerated by
huge pike. The child was rescued by a
gardener, who was obliged to cut Off the
fish's head.
Immense herds of cattle are pouring
into Louisiana and Texas, aud the price
of beef in New Orleans has fallen fifteen
cents. In other parts of the State the
price ranges from seven to ten cents per
pound.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
SHAW e CEARE'S
low PRICED
Sewing Machines (!

FFAyING taken an Agency for the above excellent and
III only licensed cheap machine, ] am ready to take
orders for them at the lowest terms Any one desir
ing to purchase Sewing Machine VIII do well to call
on me s. NJ Llltells store and examino samples or
leave an order there and will bring Machine TO their
residences show work ngs and the beauty and
simplicity uf-its meehanisnn Persons buying one Of
these macbines do not lay themselves liable to
we're penalty fer violating tho patents Of Wheeler Il
Wilson, Grover Baker, SC, as IL is fully licensed
under all these patents have also the following ar
tiees which can be attached 10 any machine by the
gage screw: Silver plated selfsewer, hemmer, and
baster. .Ii4H
Aurfl R1I '65-tf wa q. LITTEI.L.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
MODESTY.

When sincere and unaffected modesty
conveys a graceful tribute of Difference
and respect to the merits of others, it
charms the eye and wins the heart even
of the bold and the proud. True mod
esty is true humility put into Practice
We find that modesty is not the virtue of
persons who are unrefecting, and who
are easily driven hither and thither by
the untutored instincts and hasty i'm
pulses of their nature. On the contrary,
the man Of solid merit and ripe thoughts
is much more likely to be modest and re-
tiring than the man of trifing pursuits,
of imperfect education, aud unmistakable
mediocrfty. This does not happen be-
cause the great man is ignorant of his
great powers, or the good man of his good
qualities.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

rf e VTaIIsI,;II 59Ii Al s,'d5oiI-
while sitting in his chair, last week He
possessed enormous wealth, mostly in the
shape of real estate and mortgages on the
same. He also owned large interests in
a number of Ohio banks. He was noted
for his extreme penuriousness and intense
devotion to money getting. Though worth
millions, when travelling in the cars, he
would carry a lunch in his pocket to save
the expense ofa dinner at an eating house.
He had no children, and his immense es-
tate will go to his collateral heirs.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

They have an editor in Wisconsin who
is getting scarce. He is called Brick
Pomeroy, and publishes the La Crosse
Democrat A year or more ago he ex-
pressed the wish that, if Lincoln should
be reelected, some bold hand would
pierce his heart with a dagger point for
the public good" And recently he thank
ed God ''for calling Lincoln home, wher-
ever that home may be-" The existence
of such monster is proof positive that
the devil can enter sWine.-C Cincinnati
Commercial
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

ANCIENT MoUNDs.-Extensive explo-
ratioDs are being made in the ancient
mounds near this city. by scientific gen.
tleman, Professor in Yale College
Workmen have been digging several days.
On Tuesday they exhumed human bones
and copper -beads-the beads being still
strung. We understand that the Pro-
fessor is very enthusiastic on the subject
and proposes to make Ohio the principal
field of investigation in the branch of
science to which he devotes himself He
has spent several years in Europe in simi-
lar explorations and comes well qualified
for the work. The result of the explora-
tions viii be awaited with interest.-Neto-
ark american.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
SEWING MACHINES.
DO You Want
a Sewing Machine /?

NYhe Best is the Cheapest-therefore get the best
All Sewing Machine Agents represent their partcu-
lar Machine be the pey best The only to test
this matter by practical work There are now some
thirty ttHOWE Machines in in this town and
vicinity and il you will call the Agency you
get the names OF the persons and faIns using them.
Several Of these persons have used all the ayorite
machines in the Market, but Low give tn" "Howe''
the preference decidedly. G. PLATT,
Agent for Howe Sewing Machine,
Mar IT, '65 No Williams Block.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
NEiIlinerv g. FANCY Articles,

superior In style TO anything Of the kind ever before
brought to this place.
Mrs NJ hopes by close attention to the bus mess TO
merit the patronage of Mrs Wages 'od patrons and
the ladies of Delaware generally. af
Delaware Ohio, April 7, 1s65-ly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
MILLINERY.
Misses 81. NJ. & 3. ]. OUNINGHAN
MYs, G, ", Mess11aOre

UJAKES PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING TO THE La
ii dies OF Delaware and vicinity that she has pur-
chased the stock Of Millinery Goods owned by Mrs
r. Wages and intends to continue the business IN the
room over the Book store nr n Dickinson 4 Son, in
Union Block,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

The Largest .Stock-Best Assortment I
Decidedly the Cheapest IN Delaaoare.
For Ladies, Misses and Children, Men
and Boys, in Wool, Merino & Cotton.
Gl0ves in Lisle Thread, Cotton,
Silk, Linen, Merino, Wool,
Kid and Buokskin.
Under Shirts and Drawers
for ladies and gentlemen, Hoods,
Nubias. Sontags, Breakfast
ShaWls, SOarfs, &C., &c.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01
SHTI EdfI1IN.


S. p, & ]. ]. SHUR
fFAvE rsoeivsd and opened at their :LARGE AND
NEW STORE ROOM,
D#sohy spposissths Pos. 6hss. shsir FAIL AND
WINTER STOCK Of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
VI For -Irnmediate examination Of thsr customers
and the public generally. Our assortment is large
and varied embracing every article des able for r."
coming season Ana do not hesitate TO say thAt
we are ready to oasr the LARGEST, CHEAPEST, BEST
SELECTED aud MOST ELEGANT AssORT8IENTsof de-
sirAbIe Goods .r h. ~
EYER OFFERED IN LAWARE
we thsrefdte cordially the GttoatIon q guy
srs Following list, comprising part Of the ar
tiees on sllo e
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-01

An interesting trial took place in Ra-
VIENNA, Ohio, recently, under the Ohio
liquor law. A returned soldier, named
Greer, while in state of intoxication,
was robbed of $120 by some unknown
persons. His wife brought suit against
the saloon keeper who sold him the
liquor, and obtained verdict in her favor
for $120.