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Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02
How TO Get Rid Of a Rock.

Uriah Abel! was Connecticut far
mer, and in his time9a pretty good one.
Hs farm like great many other Con-
necticutfarms, was full of stones, and he
delighted 10 clear them out of the way
of the plow. He built up a grea, many
rods of substantial stone, wall, bat he
could not use up all the stone. He had
cleared one field # all but one great
boulder, about the size of large hay
cock. He wanted to.get rid of that
He would have ''blown it TO flinders" as
he had a Gnnd manu nhfers hni il MAS
withinstwo rods Of the "best room win
dOws, (" which might gOtO flinders" at
the same time. So he attempted 10
haul it out of its bed oGe day. After
firing his own and his neighborls oxen.
and breaking several chaine, Uriah grew
wrathy. and declared that she would
give So to any one that would put that
pesky rock out of his sight"
"Wa'al meow, don't pind taking tie
Job if you'll find a spade and throw in
some dinner, and mug of cider along in
the'afternoOn."
This pppositioA was made by stIan-
ger who had just then come up. He
was fairIspecimen of working. Yam
kee, and Iriah dropped the broken chain
and turned square round to look him full
in the face.
eyes I'll give it and the dinner aud ci-
der too, but / won't pull my oxen again
at that stone, no how"
"Don't want you-should. I'm TO put
that stone out of sight, making all smooth
about here, so you can plough right
along. That's what I'm to do ain it."
"Yes, thatis all / want. / don't care
how you do it, but if you fail l don't pay
anything, do you understand Very
well, then come ipto dinner"
That done, and-,a large cud Of tobacco
adjusted, the Yankee threw off his coat
and took up the'spade. He. gave a lOOl;
at the stone to see the way il would tip
easiest, and then commenced digging a
hole on the lower side, large and deep
enough to burr the boulder quste out Of
sight. In three hours he got out and
ok a careful measurement, and then
tdug little upon one side. Then he went
TO The wood pile and got stout stick Of
wood, which he planted firmly with one
end in the bottom of his hole and the 9TH
er bracing against the rock. Tnen he
began undermining, and worked ill be
saw the dirt begah to give, and foun1
that the rock was resting on his brace
Now" says be II think will take
tha, mug of cider"
Uriah, Who had been watching him
ordered out the cider with rigid good
will He even offered to add dough.
nuts and cheese"
While the Yankee was Wiping away
the perspiration and drinking his cider
Uriah brought his oxen around and hitch
ed a chain TO thswooden prop.
! 81 did sav I wouldn't null nv oxar
again and / don't mean TOO, cause it only
needs a smart jerk"
Jerk it was, and down wen. the boul
der and with it shovel full Of dirt, and
another and another, in quick succession
until all was smooth and level, and long
before night the Yankee was ready le
resume bis journey.
There said Uriah, -as he haudnd
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02

"Don't trysto skate on both sides at
once, my dear sir" advised sensible,
Christian looking young man, who came
10 my assistance, and set me on an even
keel once more. "When you lift one
foot, sir, you must throw all your vigor
and muscle into the other limb. And
then remember to sway your body SO
tha. your weight win always be upon
that foot which has the ice. IT'S very
easy, sir-just this way," and away
went my Christian mentor. with a long
striding, graceful swing.
Oh, yes-that is very easy. All the
vigor in-4he other limb. Yes. can do
it, So / made prodigious scout, and
did it!
l stuck out left leg like . mosquito
when he i, blood sucking. Put all my
vigor and muscle into right limb, and
couldn't getit out again. Went of on
one foot, ike shot, crooking right knee
little, twice minute. just as little Di-
nifty did. Saw a crinoline craft cross.
ing my cruise, under convoy, of big
double-banked chap. both skating like a
streak. Tried to sheer to port, and gc
clear of 'em. Missed stays, and went
afoul Of Crinoline.
The Toe of my port skate hooked Miss
Somebody's skirt which gave a broad
sheer to starboard, and | rammed big
convoy ,buttlng him square on bis Cut.
water, and drove the fire of my Princi.
pie half way down bis throat. There
was an everlasting tangle, and all hand;
went sprawling on the ice, like nest Of
Ineauga land-crabs. strsJ
gLook here, sir Z! What do you mean g
yelled the big convoy, scrambling to bis
feet, and maneuvering for broadside
beg pardon, sir, cOuldn'. help it g.
/ replied meekly, still sitting on the ice
"Couldn't help it! Why don't you
STOP"
Didn't know how.'
"Oh, he! green on skates, eh !''
''Yes, greener'n cabbage !" n.
That Modified big chap, and setting
me on nv pins again. he vcluntee.ed tC
educate me in cheering up.
Turn your toes up, and dig the heel;
of your skates into the ice-and he il.
lustrated.
20, yes; / can do that" And
did, directly. Off shot again on one
leg steering this time for the shore
for I'd skate enough,
Halfway in, and there slide right dOWr
in my cruise crowd of forty or So
girls and men, and women and boys
l tried ''down brakes" according to in
structionS and broke too much. Upstpe'
and digging my heels into the. ice.
sagged back like, and doubled amidshiP
as if ! was going to take a seHt-and
did wept down stern foremost, will
a whang, that broke the ice like apan'
Of windsw.glass shiyered by a pebble
hurled through il. ! had an idea JUS
then that such bump as'that would have
started the armor of any iron-afoat.
l sold those Internal skates just as
sat, for four dollars, under strong con
viction that there's no fun in skating. :
It's all humbug. / cant skate don
want to.
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02

20 the Leg slalurs annually, The mum
ber of patients SENT and the Auditor
shall furnish . report TO the Legislature
annually, of expenses incurred under
the provisions Of this act $50 81.
SECT, 10. This act shall take stfeci
and be in full force from and after its
passage. 5f
Approved, February, l3, 1866.
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02
POETRY.
A Grand Old Poem.

Wh' shall judges man from mADBersf
Who shall know him by his dress
Paupert may be 1T for princes,
Princes fit for something less.
orumpled shirt and dirty jacket
Nay beclOthe the golden ore
or tbeIdsepest thoughts and leslinss-
Satin vests could do no more.
There are springs Of crystal nectar
Ever WeiIing out Of stone;
There are purple buds and golden;
Hidden, crushed and oVergroWn;
Goo, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prOspers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest,
But pebbles in the see.
Man, upraiSed above his fellsws,
Oft forgets his fellows then,
Masters, rulers, lords, remember
That your meanest binds arc men,
Men by labor, and men by fame,
Men by thought, and meO by fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine,
In q mans ennObling name.
There are foam embroidered oceans,
There are little reed-elad rills,
There are feeble, inch high SsplingS,
There are csdars on the hills
God, who counts BY souls, not stations,
Loves and prOspers you and me;
For, to him, all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Telling hands alone are builders
OF a nations wea lth or fame;
Titled laEiness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the sms;
By the sweat Of others fOrehsadS,
Living only TO rejoice
While the poor mans outraged freedom
Vainly lifted up its voice.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with lovliness and light,
Secret wrongs shall never prosper,
While there is sunny right
God, whose world-heard voice is singing.
Boundloss love to you and me,
Sinks oppression with its titles,
As the pebbles Of the sea,
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02

maee. spice, pepper, GINGER nutmeg, Gin
n, ETC. etc, OF best quality
Al MoLaughlin & Swans.
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02

The quota of Delaware is 93s Of
which WiimingtOn's: poFtion is 37s snd
tha. Of New Castle county 5s7.
The quota Of Philadelphia has been re.
duced TO 6,s45.
No member of COngrssst;wbp has
been reelected voted against the consti.
suiiOnal amendmepr.
Df.J. s. Jefrries, government de-
tective, doing duty from post headouax.
ters at Cincinnati, was betrayed by
rebel deserter last week into the hands
of the rebel guerrnIas in Bourbon com
ty,Ky.,w ,whS firsI murdered and then rob
bed him. ,.ssg u
Adyices from Peru indicate that ,ho
Government is likely 70 come 10 terms
with Spain, and pay tollerabiy heavy
damages. -
The lFFepressible Boxer has attacked
Fort Fisher after Porter, and waves,a
string Of verses''Over its ruins as lone A
TV1E aIrHs Hs E-uEIusrsfPuIu E-ress u8s
secured them. ro,l
In the Paris,arcBisses Of Jussies ,hers
are 36o, 600 full and accurate rep5Fts 6f
cases of suicide, every One'of which con-
tains all letters or scraps Of writing Isf,
by the self-purderer which relate 10 hls.
crime. ts
John Steel died the other day in
Philadelphia, from the kick Of a horse.
He was the wealthies. man in PhiladeI-
phia, Income $4,000 per day on Oil.
Only nineteen men have been enlisted
in Philadslphis since The first of January.
Reason, small 5OSasies.
The sum Of ss65,e4S has been paid
to the owners sf the marble quarrias at
Lee, Mass, for material furnished for
the extension of the Capitol. 2
Among the signs Of progress in the
Empire of Mexico is the formation Of
companies for running hOrss-railrOad
cars in the cities Of Vera Cruz and Mex
leo a"S4 i l-
uam 4Jtnsa-
New York has 4 new insliiuiion--a
Petroleum Stock Exchange Twenty
five dollars is the annual subscription
single admission, twenty-five cents.
Under the pew chleula,iODof the Pro-
vosI Marshal General Of the Slais Of
Rhode Island, is called upon TO furnish
,459 men. But7 few days ago ihs
Governor who had conferred With the
War Department eEulliugly proclaimed
that the gallant little State was "oul Of
the draft" The neH decision creates
very natural surprise. - s
The Montreal Telegraph Company
have completed arrangements to carry
their wires down through Lower Canada
and the New Brunswick. to nsersees
with the wires Of the American TslsSs
graph Company a. SaekvilIs, N. B., iu
anticipation of the speedy cOmplsuOo Of
the Atlantic telegraph cable from Ire
land to New Bell FoundIand.
There are now six thousand men en-.
PlOyed in, the Brooklyn navy yard. The
keel Of the new frigate Ontario is being
laid, and the work is being hurried on %
an early completion. The steamer Is to
have capacity for three thousand TONS
and viii cAsry twenty-five nine-incb
guns, each weighing one thousand
pounds.
A correspondent of The Mopusal Ga
zette says that the ports Of Canada are
u q state of blockade. Windsor, To-
rOntO, Hamilton. Kingston, and Mont
real are as efsctually blOekaded BY the
passport system of Presiden. Lincoln es
they possibly coule Be BY his guDbost
system, should those gunboais ever Be-
built,
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02
lard w. THOMAS.
r0RNEY AT LAW,
ICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Pc corner Of Main and First Streets.
: DWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
nc COESUMETIYEs.

advertiser Having been Rest ored to
lev weeks, BY a very simple remedy al
suffered several years with q severe lung
and that dread disease, CousumptiOn-is
make known to his fellew-suf.erers the
cure.
no desire IL, he will send copy Of the pre-
osed free Of charge, with the directions
lng and using ihe same which they will
'RE CURE FOR CONSUMPTION, ASTH-
pNCHiTIS, &c. The only object Of the
~ sending the Prescription is 10 benefit
ied. and spread information which he con
pc invaluable, and he hopes every sufferer
REM dy, as it Wih cost them nothing, and
blessing.
'shing the prescription will please address
hev. EDW ARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburg. Kings Co. New York.
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02

The following are the debts Of the
several Of The principal States of he
. MON, according 10 the las. official re-
ports New York, s2s. .720, ,724 Pen.
s39, ,379 ,eOS Mass. .,.s2z .sss, ,g72 Ohio
slS, $50, ,z5l; Ills. .s.sll, 1854; Maine.
SIS, ,l37 500; Conn, $4,000, 600: Mich,
sS,45l.l29: Wis. 81, ,5OO,0Oe; ", q.
642, SIS.
Nebraska advertiser., 1865-03-02
NO24.

him the five dollars. "lhsre IS Tie. best
spent i've dollars tkas I pad FOR work 81
my farm. Won't YOU TAKE another drink
Of cider. YOu. are eptiTe.y Welcome
| have learned something Of you.
Perhaps some persons who read this
may learn somsihing-learn how 10 ges
rid Of same Of the boulders that enumbsr
the surface and which are ofied blssled
and broken up and hauled away ..iass 10
gel rid IF shem.'iYas q. .mush greater eS-
pense than il wopld require. 70 bury them
weeTe they lie, entirels out Of sight
". I. Tribune s''e
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08

would seem to indicate that 1t was i'm
ported in those years, and not indigenous
to the soil. The city once perfectlyclean.
care should be taken that it is kept clean
and all danger will be avoided. A libe-
raj use of water, brooms, white-wasb
brushes, quick-lime, and that greatest of
all purifiers, fire, will save hundreds of
valuable lives to the people of Norfolk,
and when the autumn-time comes thew
Will not be mourning the loss of their
loved ones, or at least they will escape
theself-accusing reproaches of their own
hearts that their own neglect was the
cause of their calamities.
Who will move first In this matter {?
Ii the Common Council will not assume
the responsibility, and that at once, then
we must appeal to the military to take
hold of it and do the work thoroughly.
Last year, under military authority, the
city was kept as clean as good house.
wife's kitchen, and at small expense;
and with properly directed efforts, the
same result can be arrived at now. But
whatever is done must be done prompt
ly; so, gentlemen, stand not upon the
order of your doing, butdoat once.
Since writing the above, we rejoice to
learn that the committee on streets at their
meeting yesterday afternoon, resolved
to put sufficient force to work upon
the streets and lanes of this city on Mon
day next, with view of thoroughly
cleansing them. We are glad that all
parties are moving in the right direct
ion. AT least, sixty carts and sufficient
number of laborers will be at once put
to work.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08
EFFICIENT QUARANTINE. {

We are assured that a most effective
quarantine is kept up in this harbor. On
the 14th Of June the following order
NO. 81 was issued: Il. ganiaL@
For the protection of the health of
this Command a Quarantine of not less
than ten Q0) days, is hereby ordered to
be performed by all Vessels, their pas
sengers, officers and crews, arriving from
any Port where any pestilential, conta-
gious, or infectious disease exists. The
places which are hereby declared to be
infected as aforesaid, are the following,
viz: Havana, Matanzas, Trinidad, Car
denas, and st. Jago, all ON the Island of
Cuba. Kingston, Port Royal, and Mon
tego Bay, on the Island of jamaica
Jacmel, and Port-au-Prince, on the Is
land of st. Domingo. The Islands of
st. Thomas, Martinique, and Guada-
loupe; Campeachy in Yucatan; Balize
in Honduras; Vera Cruz, Alvarado,
Tampico, Matamoras, and Turpien, in
Mexico. San Juan, in Nicaragua; Cha
gres, Aspinwall, and Porto Bello, in
Central America; Maracayo, Venezuela,
Laguayra, Island of Trinidad, Rio de
Janeiro, Para and Cayenne, in South
America; Nassau, N. p, and Calves
ton, Brownsville, Wilmington, n. c.,
Key West, and Pensacola, in United
States.
"All vessels of every class, together
with the officers, crews, passengers, and
cargo arriving at Norfolk or Portsmouth,
Va, or in waters contiguous to these
cities, from said places, or having |
touched or stopped at any one of them,
shall be subject to said quarantine, of
not less than ten [10] days, from and af-
.er the date of this order until the LIST |
day of November next.
"Acting staff Surgeon, J. MARCUS
RICE, U. s. Vols, is hereby appointed
health officer for these Ports, whose duty
it will be to board all vessels that ar
rive, and quarantine such as come
from infected places, but he will not
be authorized to release any vessel, Of
ficer, crew, passenger, or cargo, subject
to quarantine under this order. Said of
ficer will also be governed by such
further instructions as may from time
to time be given him by the Medical Dr.
rector of the District of Eastern Va.
"Brevet Major General G. X. Ora
HAM will give such aid to Acting Staff
Surgeon RICE as will make the quaran-
tine effective.n 80 ~ e 3D. ~
We have reason to know that DR..
Rice is performing his duty faithfully,
and that, SO far as he is concerned, the
public may rest assured that all that can
be done will be done to resist the intro.
duction Of "any pestilential, contagious
or infectious disease" into the cities Of
Norfolk or Portsmouth. Is 3 %
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08
1HE AeALYH OF NORFOLK.

For several days back report has
gained body here and in Portsmouth, to
the effect that the Yellow Fever had
made its appearance in the two cities
Indeed, rumor went SO far as to give the
exact number of persons who had been
stricken, and asserted her story with
such plausibility as to lead many per.
sons to fearthat the sorrows of 1856 were
TO be again visited upon us. In view OF
this state of feeling, we yesterday morn
Ing addressed note to the Health Of
dcer, from whom we received the fol-
lowing reply:
NORFOLK Va, July It'll, 1895.
Eat~ NogJoM Post: f.
DEAR sIR; In reply to your note OF inquiry this morn.
ing, would say that have Of yellow fever
in ths city during the present summer do know
the arrival Of single vessel from any infected or suspect
ID port by which the disease might be introduced among
u.s. think the public anxiety groundless and unpeces
sary. Yours respectfully,
sAa'L SELDOM, N. D., Health Officer.
fully endorse the above statement of DR.. seldsn,
Health Officer at Norfolk. Va
J.J. DkLAxAEEE, Surg. Q. 8. v,
Med Director Dist
The statements of Drs. Selden and
Delamater is conclusive, and should al
lay all feverish feeling in this communi-
ty in regard to the Yellow or ship fever.
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rat to be duly executed, in accordance
with the Presidents order.
By command of the
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
E. e. TOWNSEND, A. A. 8.
OLaughlin, Arnold and Mudd are
found guilty and sentenced to be Inn
prisoned for life, and Spangler is found
guilty, and sentenced to imprisonment,
for al x vaare
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE HlAITH OF THl CITr.-Soms very wild rumours
were set afoa yesterday doubt by mischsvous per-
sons with view to inure the city, to the effect that
yellow fever had made it, appearance In order to satisfy
the public mind we sought for information at the very
fountain head and publish to-day the result Of In
quires. 1t will be that the umours like most
mours, were without any foundations in fact We never
yet lived In Southern city that there not every
summer, to be found persons disposed, either from
tves of gain or through their easily excited fears to get
upa "scars" about yellow fever. After ALL yellow fever
is more Of ghost" than anything else and when boldly
met, vanishes At oil events it suddenly
upon the people Its approaches gradual that all
who wish to to the will have time enough before
the foe advances
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A T It E n T I o n +!

A TT E N T / o N
Settlers, aRooERs, DRUGGISTS RooFERs'Sc'
And all persons who use Paper and Paper Bags
We offer for sale much cheaper than any othsr nV"e
large supply Of paper, namely:
1000 reams Commercial Note, ruled ana piaih'
500 Letter and Foolscap do
100000 Envelopes, all grades,
200 reams Manila best quality,
800 bogus MANILA
200 Hardware Paper, different slzes,
100000 Paper Bags, all sizes,
20 tons Roofing Paper,
500 bbls Roofing Cement
We are constantly purchasing for cash. Old account
BOOKS.
BILLS,
RECEIPTS.
PAMPHLETS,
And old books Of oil descriptions
NEWSPAPERS,
WASTE PAPER
RAGS,
ROPE,
&c, &c, at
KNIGHT JOHNS0N'S,
jy S-tf q South Charles St., Baltimore, Md.
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President Lincoln having been APP
piled to pardon repentant slave-trader
who had been sentenced to prison, an
swered the applicant:
my friend, If this man had been
guilty of the worst murder that can be
conceived of, might perhaps have par
Of my nature, always open to the APP
peals of repentance or Of grief, and with
such q touching letter and such recon-
nendations I could not resist. But any
man who could 60 to Africa and snatch
from a mother her children, to sell
them into interminable bondage, mere.
~ for the sake Of pecuniary gain, shall
never receive pardon from me-"
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08
Returned Rebels Badly Used by their
Friends.
From tho Wheeling Intelligeneer.[

1t appears that some of the returning
.prodigals of Marion county are not re-
ceiving very handsome treatment from
their friends in that locality, and from
whom they expect better things. In
stead of killing the fatted calf and re-
joicing over their return, they have en-
tered suits against them, and in some
instances are having them prosecuted
for horse stealing. One has already
been convicted and sentenced to con-
finement in the penitentiary in this city.
This is certainly very ungenerous on the
part of these wOuld-be Southern gentle
men, who were SO sanguine in their be-
lief in the success of the rebel cause, and
who used their influence to get these
poor dupes to take up arms in its behalf.
Of course these innocents, when they
found opportunity to make raids into
Marion, very justly supposed that these
friends of their cause would be willing
to contribute horse occasionally to aid
in its support. But these Just expecta-
lions have been doomed to meet with a
bitter and unexpected disappointment.
Now that they have been conquered,
these chivalrous friends, instead of meet
ing them with open arms and sympa-
thizing with them in their sorrow and
defeat, cast them aside with contempt,
and mete out to them the punishment
due to felons. Such treatment from
[" vile Yankees" might have been en-
dured, but coming from the noble, gene
a0us and heightened Southerner, how
can 1t be borne? Who would have be.
lieved It? But alas! such Is the fact, and
1t cannot be gainsaid. We know no
remedy for you, Confeds, but to walk up
and settle with your friends for the horses
you borrowed. Perhaps they Will be
willing to receive Confederate scrip IN
payment for the debt. a.
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FARM NEAR THE CITY FOR

We have for sale, on accommodating terms and
two miles from the city by the Military Road or
half miles by the Lambert's Point koa4 thonsand
eighty-two acres forty ofwhich Is cleared i"''"'
cords of wood can be cut from 1t. ,n...,,nc Farms
This farm can be divdedinto two good Trucking f'''
a. It has two dwellings uponit. ,,,.soo,ad for
The land is very nearly all new and Is well auap'''
Trucking purposes. u.p nupRTs
Auction and Commission Merchants
Corner Roanoke Square and Wide-"a'er '"'''
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08

New ABOLITION PARrY-There two constitutions"
in this city which ought to be abolished namey the Gus
tom of throwing slops front the upper windows and
housetops and the horrible habit of eating with knife
instead of fork. Persons desirous Of joining this
league will declare their intention through the postoce'
Everybody knows that the first institution is barbarous
and that the second institution Is heathenish.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-07-08

LAuscH--Mr Marshall Parks, with the assistance OF
Mr. Martin, his enciert superintendent aided BY com
petsnt corps Of constructors introduced 70 the placid
bosom Ofthe Elizabeth handsome stsems ycisped ne
"coinjock" which for beautiful lines ana snuncn con-
struction, will vie with "vanderbnt' or a""eoD All
honor to homo enterprise and public thanks 70 M
for his endesvo, In the fight direction A the coinock
parted the waves reckless youth psrchsd on her bows
christsnsd her in the following classic style; g 81
Now on thy graceful PROV brstS 4ef.l I
This tssmins task Of generous hook, y
And hsnesserth thod may1t proudly TAXA.
The suphonsous name Of sceinjocks
Sth nanssssgy " ssss thss Dbs . MY fksa