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Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
A Candid Man.

There is nothing sheds so fine a light upon
the human mind as candor. 1t was called
whiteness by the ancients, for its purity, and
it has always won the esteem due to the
most admirable of the virtues. However
little sought for or practiced, all do to it the
homage of their praise, and all feel the
charm and power of its influence The man
whose opinions make the deepest mark up
on his fellow man, whose influence is the
most lasting and efficient, whose friendship
is instinctively sought where all others have
proved faithless, is not the man of Brilliant
parts, or fattering tongue, or splendid
genius, or commanding power; but he whose
lucid candor and ingenious truth transmit
the hearts real feelings pure and without
refraction. There are other qualities which
are more snowy, and other traits that have
a higher place in the world code of honor,
but none wear better, or gather less tarnsh
by use, or claim deeper homage in that
silent reverence which the mind must pay
to virtue.-Green LedreS
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
Readers and Writers.

heading, without purpose, is sauntering,
n9t exercise. More is got from one book on
Which the thoughts settle, for definite end
IN knowledge, than from libraries skinned
oyer by wandering eye. A cottage flower
gives honey to the bee, King garden mono
to the butterfly. Youths, who are destined
ior active careers, or ambitious of distinction
III such paths of literature as requires fresh
ness OF invention, or originality ia thinking.
should avoid the habit Of intense study for
many hours at one time. There is point
IN ~ the tension, ofthe intellect, beyond which
EFFORTS are only waste Of strength Fresh
Iueas 90 not readily spring up within weary
euI, eraih ana whatever exhausts not only en-
ieepIcs IT'S power, but narrows its scope.
We often see men, who have overhead
at college, entering upon life as languidly "a
II they were but snails. They have not the
! yigor to cope with their own generation
TOR their own generation is too young, and
they have wasted the nervous energy which
supplies the sinews of war to youth, in its
contest for fame or fortune. Study with
regularity, at stated hours Those in the
forenoon are the best if they can be secured.
The man who has acquired the habit of
study, though only for one hour, in every
day in the year and keeps to the one thing
studied until it is mastered, will be startled
to see the way he has made at the end of
one year.
He is seldom overworked who can con-
trlve to be in advance of his work If you
have three weeks before you to learn some
thing which a man of average quickness
could learn in week, learn it the first week,
and not the third. Business despatched, is
business well done but business hurried,
is business ill-done. In learning what
others have thought, it is as well to keep in
practice the power to think for ones self,
when an author has added to your knowl-
edge, pause and think and, if possible add
to, or improve it. But, not contented to
have learned problem by heart, try and
deduce from it a corollary not in the book.
Spare no pains in collecting details before
you generalize; but it is only when details
are generalized that truth is grasped.-
The tendency to generalize is universal with
all men who achieve great success, whether
in art, literature or action
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19

\ very common form of vulgar impudence
is the staring at ladies' To do So in pub
lie place, is ungentlemanly but to avail
ones self of a vicinity, which circumstances
render unavoidable, is contemplate. The
man who will stare continually at lady
across hotel table, or in an omnibus, de.
serves to be arrested. Ignorant young mer
frequently do this under the impression thai
it is not really disagreable to the other sex
and that they are, in fact, paying a specie.
| of compliment. Could they know the wax
alton and annoyance which is often masked
under the air of calmness with which theil
insOlcnce is received, they would think diff.
ferently. | have heard at hotel of instan-
ces in which ladies delayed their meals for
hours subjected themselves to annoyances,
and even left the house in order to avoid the
presence of some conceited puppy, who
possibly, imagined that he was recommend
ing himself to their good graces.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
Impudent Questions.

To ask an unmarried lady how old she is.
To ask lawyer if he ever told lie.
To ask doctor how many persons he has
killed.
To ask a minister whether he ever did
anything very wrong.
TO ask merchant whether he had ever
cheated customer.
To ask young lady whether she would
like beau.
To ask an editor the name of any of his
correspondents.
To ask a subscriber if he has paid the
printer,
To ask a printer if he has got more than
one shirt. .-Akron Beacon.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19

As two urchins were trotting along to-
gether, one Of them fell and broke pitcher
he was carrying. He began crying when
the other boy asked him why he took on so.
Cause" said he, when | get home
mother will whip me for breaking the mug"
What said the other, 'hain't you got
no grandmother living at your house p
No was the reply
''Well, | have, and / might break two
mugs and they daren't whip me. "
A physician, examining his student as to
his progress in medicine and surgery asked
him IF man should fall into well
forty feet deep, and strike his head against
one of the tools with which he had been
digging the well; what would be. your
course, ifcalled in as a surgeOn?' Student
Il should advise them to let the man lie,
and fill up the well. "
Ton HOOP called the slamming of
door, by person in passion g wooden
oath. Most men swear by word or deed,
and there is, perhaps, no particular differ
ence in the sinfulness of the two modes.
RHEUMATIsM-Ac correspondent of the
Germantown Telegraph recommends the
application of kerosene oil to the parts af-
fected by rheumatism, as an effectual rem
edy far this painful complaint
In darkness and silence rest the dead
children in the arms of the cold mother; but
at last, when the sun of eternity rises, they
shall arise, and she, too, shall bloom again.
Why is the rise in cotton like the siege of
fort? Because it reduces the breast
works.
The man that forgets a great deal that
has happened, has better memory than he
who remembers great deal that never hap
pened.
Young men who wish to rise in the world
must rise early in the morning.
Society, like shaded silk, must be viewed
in all situations, or its colors will deceive
you.
Memory is not so brilliant as hope, but it
is almost as beautiful, and thousand times
as true.
Be kind and obhging to all, but be init.
mate only with the good. Thus you will
gain esteem and offend nobody.
Good nature, like the little busy bee, col
lects sweetness from every herb; while i'll
nature, like the spider, collects poison from
honeyed flowers.
A LADY, while eating oysters at a saloon
in Chicago, found pearl in shell which
the jewellers pronounce worth $3.50. Fat
oyster" that.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
Josh Billings on Muskeeters.
] do consider muskeeters
Ile nos L L est Of God L Greet nr.s

] have finally ketched it, | hev bin like
man led to the slotter, an had my blud
sucked out ov me as tho it wus ownly swete
sider and belonged to sumbuddy else. l
am man ov pease, but 10, and beholed
thare amt pease in me but it is bit and
puckered and tore.
When mus1eeters whispur in yure ear
The devils angels are huvring near.
/ retired last mite to rest at the usual
time. On the left side NV me, an about 2
feet adjacent. wuz the side Nv the house,
on the other side Of me, an about s feet ada
cent la mi wife. | dropt to sleap as sno-
iaik duz on the buzzum ov a silvery laik.
| hav a faint idee that this last scntense
for luyliness kant be beat hande. dree-
med good hot dreem.
felt like the breth ov Kannidy thissul
( Around mi he'd tryfn to wissul
Suddenly l woke, the room was full ov
yells and shreeks ov utter despair. ] dash
ed wildly across the room. I lit lite. l
harked one ov mi most reliable harks.
Awl wuz still-still as a crows nest in ded
w winter. | made a gaze as though l
We're agoin tu thread the wrong end of a
cambric needle. Ava in the distance, soli-
tarie and alone, klows up to the ceiling,
chawin his cud, saw little gray cuss. |
/ dipt a corse towel into basin ov water and
rung it out. l krept up under the little
gray cuss--I tux aim and fired,
And hit the spot
where the the gray Gus sot.
Awl wuz still again. I onlit my kandil
and sought mi kouch.
| slept again as only the most virtuous
kan sleap.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
Rules for Making Good Butter

In making butter there are several nice
operations to be gone through with which
require an eye to cleanliness, forethought
and some little experience.
|. On milking clean, fast, yet gently,
regulary twice day, depends the success
of the dairyman. Bad mixers should not
be tolerated in herd 1t is better to pay
double price for good ones
.. Straining is quite simple, but it
should be borne in mind that two pans about
half full each will produce greater amount
of cream than the same amount of milk in
but one pan. The reason of this is the
greater surface.
8. Scalding is quite an important feature
in the way of making butter in cool wealth
er. The cream rises much quicker, the
milk keeps much longer, the butter is of a
better color, and it churns in one half the
time.
4. Skimming should always be done be-
fore the milk is loppered otherwise much
of the cream turns into whey and is lost.
5. Churning whether done by hand OF
otherwise, should occupy forty or fifty
minutes.
6. Washing in cold, soft water is one Of
its preserving qualities, and should be con-
tinued until it shows no color of the milk
ny tHc uSc VI luc luulc. cry udTu water
is highly charged with lime, and must, in
measure, impart to it its alkaline prop
critics.
I. Sailing is necessarily done with the
best kind of ground salt the quantities
vary according to the state it is taken from
the churn-if soft, more if hard, less-al-
ways taking taste for the surest guide.
s. First working, after about twenty
four hours, is for the purpose of giving it
greater compactness.
9. Second working takes place at time
of packing, and when the butter has dis
solved the salt, that the brine may be work
ed out.
10. Packing is done with the hands, or
with butter null; and when butter is put
into wooden vessels they should be soaked
two or three days in strong brine before
using. After each packing cover the butter
with wet cloth, and put layer of salt up
on it. In this way the salt can easily be
removed by simply taking taking hold of
the edges of the cloth
Butter made in this way will keep any
length of time required.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
The Battle Of New Orleans, Eif-
~ Years Ago.

On Sunday, the sth Of January, fifty
years exactly had elapsed since Gcn. Andrew
Jack son s victory at New Orleans, which
for long time was celebrated as one Of the
great days in our history. The engagement
took place on the 9Th Of January, 1915. In
the numbers engaged and in the loss sus-
tanned it bears but small comparison with
gigantic contests of this war. jackson s
force was about 5000 and that Of the Eng
lish was about 1900. The English lost
1900 men killed, wounded and prisoners.
The American loss was but seven killed and
six wounded. If the glory Of a battle rests
IN the Immense force employed and in its
tremendous list of killed and wounded, this
at New Orleans, we repeat, could hardly be
mentioned with such engagements as Shi-
loh, Murfreesboro, Antietam. Chancellors-
vile, Fredericksburg. Chickamauga and
Gettysburg, where the loss was tens of
thousands on a side, and the numbers en-
gagged were counted by hundreds Of thou
sands. But if we consider the military en-
crgy and ability displayed-the disparity of
the loss--the disparity in numbers of the
mbatants--the great difference in favor of
discipline and experience being on the side
OF the British--we must admit that New
Orleans, as a military exploit, has not been
outdone by this or any other war With
few, thousand raw troops, many of whom
had never been in the field, or accustomed
to act together, imperfectly armed, and be-
hind hastily constructed breastworks, Gen.
jackson managed to repel, with dreadful
slaughter to the assailants and with little
loss to his men, splendid body of trained
British troops, who were fresh from the
battle fields of the Spanish Peninsula, where,
under the Iron Duke they had repeat
edly beaten the best troops of Napoleon.
commanded by his ablest Generals, and
where they had repeatedly taken by assault
the strongest Notifications in Spain and
Portugal
There was not, probably, another man in
America who could have saved New Orleans
from capture. No action ever did more to
raise the military character of the United
States abroad than this at New Orleans. 1t
was, in fact, the only striking military vic
tory of the war of 1912, which generally
was adverse to us. Peace had been declar-
ed between the United States and Great
Britain before the battle was fought, but
the news of it had not reached this country
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
Decidedly Cool.

A Boston lady, who had a somewhat
Bachanalian spouse, resolved to frighted
him into temperance. She therefore en-
gagged watchman, for stipulated reward
to carry ''Philander' to the watchhouse,
while yet in state of insensibility, and to
frighten him little when he recovered, In
consequence of this arrangement he awoke
up about eleven o'clock and found himself
on his elbow. He looked around until his
eyes rested on man sitting by stove and
smoking a cigar.
Where am ?" asked Philander.
I'm a medical college," said the cigar
smoker.
'What doing there?"
Going to be cut up ~
"Cut up-how comes that ?"
"Why, you died yesterday, while drunk
and we have bought your carcass anyhow
from your wife, who had right to sell it,
for it is all the good she could ever make
out of you. If you are not dead it is no
fault of the doctors and they'll cut you up,
dead or alive !"
"You will do it, eh p asked the old sot.
$40 be sure we will-now-immediately," "
was the resolute answer.
"Wall, look a hear, can't you let us have
something to drink before you begin?"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
UnpOpuiarity Of the War.

That the war is becoming more and more
unpopular every day. is a fact now so palpa-
bic as to require no evidence to prove it
heretofore, opposition to the war was al
most exclusively confined to the Democrats
or "CoDperheads," as they were called by
the sclf-styled ''loyalists But now, how
ever, we find that some of the men who
voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and
again voted for him in 1864 are speaking
as bitterly against the war; as ever did the
rebel sympathisers We have not heard
ofa single Loyal Lacquer" in Knox county
who has expressed a willingness to respond
to the Presidents late call for 300 900
more by volunteering to "put down this
rebellion. But, on the contrary, we have
heard of quite number of them who are
cursing poor Old Abe in the most shameful
manner, and who declare that they have
given their last dollar for the purpose of
carrying the war on. They say they have
been led long enough in the way of paying
enormous bounties to get townships out OF
the !draft-thc call upon them being one
continuous demand, like the mother of the
horse leech, Of give give give !"
We heard the other day Off Loyal Lea
from the draft on the ground that he had
lost most of his teeth, and could not there
fore 'bite cartridge The gentleman to
whom the application was made, was one Of
a committee appointed to correct the enroll
ment in his township. ''You appear to en-
joy good health" said the committeeman,
you say you are only thirty-nine years of
age. and believe you voted for Mr. Lin
cOln"-"d-n Abe Lincoln, was the instant
and angry reply Of the Loyalist, 81 ac-
knowledge being guilty of that sin, but if
God forgives me for it, | solemnly promise
not to commit such an act of folly and wick
edness again. .u
This incident illustrates the present feel
ing of the Loyal Leaguers" towards the
war. Not one of them is willing to become
food for gunpowder;' and many of them
are unwilling to pay another dollar to induce
others to fight for them. Indeed, so far as
we can hear, the Democrats every where are
taking the lead in raising money with which
to make up the quotas assigned to the diff
ferent townships, under the late call.
That Democrats should complain of the
constant demands Of Abraham Lincoln for
fresh subjects for slaughter, is the most
natural thing in the world but for ''loyal'
Abolitionists to utter word of complaint
is to us unaccountably strange. BY voting
for Abraham Lincoln they indorsed all his
war measures" including emancipation,
confiscation, negro equality, more drafts,
more destruction of human life, more ruin
and beggary, more wailing widows and
orphans. They are now getting precisely
what they voted for, and have no right to
complain. The pill is bitter and nauseating,
we admit, but it is pill of their own making
and they must swallow it, nolenS volens =
M Vernon Banner.
|
HAPPINESS without health is not impos
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
slrtt poetrp.
PEACE AND WAR.

zone murder makes man villain, te
housand u hero.n-BYRoN.
Let others sing the Song of War,
Mems hatred to increase;
BE mine the song of Hope and JOY,
Love, Unity ana Peace.
Away with cannon, powder, ball,
And all their kindred train,
They've always been the curse of man,
And so they will remain, boys,
And so they will remain.
Did ever war, throughout the world,
One blessing yet bestow?
Has it not made men worse than brutes,
Filled every land with woe
Taxation, debt and misery,
Have followed in the train
II ruined every country yet,
And so it will again, boys,
And so it will again
Ten thousand homes made desolate,
Ten thousand widows made,
Ten thousand clergy asking God
To bless their bloody trade.
All justice trampled under foot,
Truth treated with disdain-
Such is the sad result of war,
And so it will remain, boys,
Aud so it will remain.
Now turn thine eyes from wrctchedness,
Where Peace, in calm repose,
Has made the wilderness to smile,
And blossom as the rose;
There Justice, Harmony and Truth,
And Love in concord reign;
Peace always made men happier yet,
And so 1t will again, boys,
And so ii will again
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
Facts.

A sick cobber must be regarded as being
well when he begins to mend.
Much credit, little faith much ore, little
gold many words, little work.
To the contemplative soul there is no lit
tleness. The least of things is infinite.
Mortified Pride often takes the name and
guise of broken heart.
We use riches as children use toys-to
amuse us till we fall asleep.
A great man is most calm in storms, q
little one most stormy in calms.
III women do the greater part Of the talk
ing, they also do the better part of it.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19

"AH! Jenny, Jenny" said the kind
hearted DIR. Ponsonby, Bishop of Derry,
to drunken blacksmith, - / am sorry to
see you beginning your evil course again,
and, Jenny, l am very anxious to know
what you intend to do with that fine lad,
your son p II intend, sir, said Jenny,
''to do for him what you cannot do for your
son - Eh eh, how's that-how' S that ?
To which Jenny, with burst of genuine
feeling, said: Il intend to make him better
man than his father 2"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19
GATES of Sdrtrtisiaa.
Oh PRINTING

vi Ole every description executed In the best styie
ana on reasonnble terms, "' ''Si
,i me fAkMER has larger circulation than onv
other paper In this section of the state ~ ~
now, and has been for thirty -seven conscc,,tt,,s
years The official paper of the county.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19

HAPPINESS without health is not impos-
sible, but it is very difficult of attainment,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-01-19

zone murder makes n man n villain ten
thousand u hero.n-BYRoN.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-11
"EuGHT YEARS in CONGRESS-.

Hon S. Cox. the former member OF Con-
gre.s from The Columbus. Ohio. district, has
itten a work entitled. "EIGHr YEAEs IN Con
eaE-s." which is DOW being published by The
Me-srs APrLEroN of Nes York To day we
give chapter from this book. from the advanced
sheets, which most graphically portrays some of
{ re noted actor. in the secession drama, espe-
cAly those who were members of Congress with
the author during the session of lo6O-'6l
Personal sketches of mark ed and prominent men
are always interesting and such will be pecu-
llsrly the case with those whom Mr.. Cox de-
scribes, most of whom he knew intimately, and
was in daily contact with for many months, and,
We may cay, years. aud whose action had an i'm
portant influence liz precipitating upon the coun-
try the gigantic struggle which has just ended
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-11
soldiers Outrage Upon IA Negro BOY

From .e Cine iLnati Gazette.
passenger who came up on the Steamer
General Buell., yesterday morning. has informed
OF a most inhuman act that was com mitted by
some soldiers of the Third Ohio cavalry, upon a
negro lad in their command, which resulted 10
his death During the night it was discovered
that the boy, whose name We could not learn.
some seven wears old, had appropriated bundle
OF clothing which bad teen the property of 3
soldier who had lost bis life by drosDing in a
Southern river be Vas assaulted aud beaten
by several of the soldiers. the whole regiment,
seven or eight hundred IN number being on
board and all who could get near enough wit
messed the performance. When thus rendered
almost helpless he Vas taken bE two or three OF
them and deliberately pitched overheard, while
the vessel was under full Roadway. about
four miles below the civ. No one OF ali
the number interfered 10 prevent the hendish out
rsge, aud when his body went under some of
them said: Here's ore more niger out of the
wy HIS bands we're seen TO come up out of
The water "a il seeking for some one or some
thing 70 save him: but the paddles of the wheel
struck him and carried him out of sight and out
81 trouble Attergsrd. when our Informant,
having learned OF the fact, asked some OF them
~hy toeY threw him over, or Why they didu ,,
have the boat stopped and rescue hin. they re
piled threatningly: - VINO cares for id
nIs ger. and We care no more for the niger
wOr-hippers than We do for the niggers." Such
wantou destruction OF life should not be allo ed
to pass sithout an efJrt being made TO ferret on,
and puLish the offenders.