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The Shasta courier., 1865-04-15

The only i'll effect of the great trial to her
nerves was disposition on the part of the
young heroine to listen for midnight sounds,
and start uneasily from troubled dreams,
but time and change of residence soon eff
fected its cure. hes
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-15

Truth has nothing to fear from error.
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-15

FESTIVE HoRsEs.-How few people know
how to manage q restive horse. Or, more
properly speaking, how few preserve their
temper when an animal becomes restive
stubborn and baulkyl They regard the lash
to be a sovereign remedy in every case, and
appear to learn no better from the experience
of the absurdity Of such an idea We have
observed many an instance where we should
like to have applied the whip to the biped
instead Of the quadruped which was in the
act of being abused. In reference to this
subject, we find the following communication
in a late number Of the Genessee Farmer:
| have a valuable mare, of very high srir-
its. Last Fall she began to be restive about
starting, so much. so; that it was dangerous to
drive her single. She was impatient to start,
and if held in,e would rear and pitch about,
sometimes throwing herself down. Finding
the ematters becoming serious undertook to.
cure her, and succeeded perfectly. The
Dao7uS 0perapai is this Let the driver have
the entire charge of her, and take pains, by
gentle usage and kindness. to be on good
terms with her. When shesis to be driven,
let him harness her himself, talking to and
patting her during the process. When all is
ready, 90 to her head and stand. without
holding her, if possible, till everything is in
the buggy but yourself. Now. holding the
lines, step back a pace or two She will
probably start; if she does, pull her up spith-
ont a jerk. speak kindly to her as soon as she
is still. If she backs up or rears, hold her
by the head, but don't strike her Repeat
the process until she is mild enough to stand
still, and take that time to get in. Now, if
you order her to start, she will probably
make more trouble; wait, therefore, till she
is ready-you can tell by watching her ears
then give her the word and let her go. By
pursuing this plan a few week a radical cure
may be effected this. at least, is my expert
ence. One very important point is, never,
on any account, any severity with a horse
of that dispositions; it can never do any
good, and is almost sure to do hurt. 1t
should be remembered that while it is never
necessary to give up to q horse, it is very
often advisable to hunor them. ihaa 1al
The Shasta courier., 1865-04-15
THE
SHASTA COURIER.

Publication Office in Tomlinson's Building, front
room, up stairs, three doors ABOVE "elis' Fargo
Co.'s Express Office.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14
Il Proclamation for Fast.

The return of the spring-.ime and the lengthening
rays OF the sun warming the earth into beauty and life
and giving promise OF fruitful harvest should remind
Of dependence upon Him who rueth the world and
ho gveh freely and withholdeth no. from those who
ek Him in faith.
In accordance therefore with the custom of our fathers
which commends tsef to every Christian heart and in
order that the people of this State unitedly humble
Themselves before tod and devOutly implore His favor
10 hereby appoint FRIDAY. The l4IH April.
'FNr. 70 be publicly observed a day of HUNLIATI N
FN>1I>G AND PRAYER, by the people of this State.
And do earnestly enoin upon all good citizens the
Gay OF strict and sacred observance of the day. that
they revercntly appear before God in penitenta confer
-lon o Their fins as individuals and people. and i'm
pore forgiveness through the merits and suterngs OF
lin who loves Us and hath redeemed by His blood
Let us seek iis blessing upon the that lie will
make 1t fruitful giving us the rain in due time and the
cnia influences OF the sum- that the labor of the hF
hndnan may not go urewarded and that the year may
ht crowned with Il rich and abundant harvest
Let mplore the blessings of health that we NAV be
saved from ravaging disease and wasting sickness
Let IL ask for his blessing upon the widow and father
ie- that He will comfort them that MOURN and that He
Vii grant the consultations Of His spirit to hearts desola
ed ty His affective dspensaols.
Let Us devoutly supplicate Him, that He will give
peace to land that He will aay the spirit OF angry
-'ritr and boodahed, and H. will hasten the day when
WY shall cease and when righteousness and truth shall
r. ~ in all our borders.
And while we thus in humiliation and prayer, seek Hi.
divine favor let also render to Him. grateful praise fo
he signal mercy displayed in The trumphs of arm
an Tor the glorious pros pee: of returning peace.
hI7 may render acceptable service to God and re
celve abundant spiritual and temporal blessings.
- Iven under my hand and the Seal of the State
J.. ! in Executive Chamber at St. Adams this thir
tieth day Of March i'll the year of our Lord, on'
ous'nd eight hundred and -xtyfve, and Of TIN
'o''ce OF the United States the eighty-ninth.
~, hi r,oor j. GREGORY SMITH.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
eels'a:y Of Civil and Military Affairs.
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line of the desk, the right arm and hand,
which perform the work, supporting the
reclining body, while the left arm, which
has little or nothing to do, is perfectly
free. l know that this method has its
advantages, but it has a sufficient con-
demnation in the fact that few if any ele-
giant penmen practice it. My judgment
is that the practice ought to be immedi-
ately stopped, otherwise a class of mere
scribblers will be produced
4 An essential defect in teaching Eng
lish grammar in applying the laws or
rules to pure language only; a course,
which, however efficient in the main, is
essentially defective in perfecting the stu
dent, and to prevent which our best au-
thors have provided abundant examples,
showing how rules should be applied to
erroneous language, but it will be found
that this essential hint is practically ig-
nOred in some of our schools.
However, upon reviewing the whole
field from the standpoint, Of my limited
opportunity of Judging, hesitate not to
say that the condition of your common
schools is matter Of congratulation, and
the prospect arising from the good intlu-
ence of the central graded school is that
each ensuing year, under the direction of
efficient superintendency, will witness a
rapid advance. ISAAC MCANN,
Town Superintendent.
st. JohnS6ury, March 6, 1865.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14
An Unexpected Meeting.

The Indians caused great deal of dis
turbance in the early settlements, eSpec-
tally after the commencement of the Rev
olutionary war. The morning previous
to the taking of Crown Point by Bur-
goyne, Mrs. Strong and her youngest chill
dren were warned that the Indians were
coming. and were obliged TO flee for life
The two eldest sons had gone TO the
woods TO look for young cattle that had
strayed away. Mr.. Strong had gone to
Rutland to procure supplies of beef for
the American forces at Tieonderoga and
Crown Point. Mrs. Strong and children
were taken in bateaus with their neigh
bors to Whitehall, and from there she
went east with them. The two Oldest
sons found their mother in about week.
Strong hearing that Burgoyne had taken
Crown Point, left the cattle at b andon
and hastened home, but was captured by
the Inditns. commanded by a tory and tax
en- to the fort. When brought before
the commanding officer-Col. Frazier
he explained who he was, the uncertain
fate of his family, and his anxiety on their
account Frazier generously paroled him
until the middle of November, when he
was to be at Crown Point, to 90 with the
army and prisoners to Canada. After
thanking him, and just Is he was leaving,
he said, "Colonel, suppose that army new
er return. how then2" Frazier smiling
incredulously, replied, "Then YOU are re-
leased from all obligation" And order
ing him provisions for his journey dismiss
ed him.
He now made his way to his home.
which he found in ashes. After search
inc for any remains that might be left in
case his wife and children burned in the
house, he returned to the fort, and from
there 10 Whitehall. After weeks of fruit
less search, he almost despaired of finding
them, when, one evening, weary and foot
sore. he called at a Lighthouse in Dorset,
for entertainment for the night. 1t was
quite dark. A flickering light from the
dying emLers only rendered things more
undistinguishable. He had Just taken
seat. when smart little woman, with q
pail of milk. came in. and said. ''Moses.
can't You take the gentleman's hat -
That voice, He sprang towards her.
Agnes" And she with outstretched
arms. John. o john" That was a
happy night in the little Lighthouse. The
children came rushing in. and each in
turn received their fathers caress. Smiles
OF happiness and tears OF JOY mingled
freely. for father and husband was re-
stored from the dead.-T Record
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14
A Good Offer.

One of the most agreeable letters we
have ever received Is from John w. Le-
land II Co. of Covington Ky, whom we
do not hesitate to set down ;.> public ben
factors. because the letter Is Autographed.
and copies are doubtless distributed TO Il
great many worthy people. The letter
contains, and it Il remarkable that such
should be lis terms from perfect, OF imper-
feet strangers, Il proposition 10 give us five
thousand dollars: and this on the simple
condition that we will speak we'll of
MeSsrS John W. Leland 4 Co.. among
our friends, and take the 5000 1--WE hope
ii will be i'll gold) out OF our pockets oc-
c;lsionally and show ii TO our friends
There is another tritiing condition which
is hardly worth mentioning. Mr.. Leland
wants us to sendhim $40; but he will no
doubt consider this unnecessary when we
represent TO him the danger of transmit
ting small sums by mail, and suggest that
the simplest way will be for him to send
us 81. 900; and we will do. as we are do
ing now, speak as well of MIR. Leland as
we can.
His proposal takes the following form ::
'Wc have taken the liberty of address
ing you. to tender to you how agreeable a
prize in the enclosed scheme. We do this.
however, only upon the condition that you
use your influence among your acquaint-
ances in our favor Iou will be expected
to exhibit the money and circulate the re-
port that YOU drew it at John w. Leland
4 Co.'S Lucky office"
We shall be happy to exhibit the money
when we get it, and circulate the report
when it is true: The reason we know
that This Leland is going to draw an hon
est lottery on the 3lst of March is that he
offers to insure us a prize for $40 and our
influence, and that he is SO liberal that he
has such offers printed to send to a great
number Of people. lie says, in his pleas
ant way:
1--WE are so certain that we krao,r ho,c
to select a lucky certificate. that if the one
we select for you does not, at the re,y least,
draw $4,000 prize, We will send YOU
another package of one OF our extra lot
teries for nothing"
We wouldn't have YOU do it. John. for
anything. Because if we should speak OF
it to our acquaintance that you took peo-
pies money for chances in pretended lot
terry, and then selected the prizes, as
you say you know how to do, for us and
such particular friends, they would think
you a swindling rogue-in fact no better
than q thinf - H1,yt.,,J Dross
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14
" Examination - at the UniVerSi-
ties.

The great bugbear and terror of under
graduate existence lies in that awful word
"examination. Numerous stories are al
ways afloat of wonderful blunders in
divinity some, of course, are inventions,
and other facts, or founded on facts. Here
are a couple Of amusing specimens, which
we credit with some foundation:
Examiner: "What can you tell me
about st. Paul?" Undergraduate: ''He
was also called Saul, and was brought up
at the foot of Gamaliel." Examiner !:
" Yes, quite right. What do you know
about Gamaliel!" Undergraduate: " 1t
is mountain in GaliIee." The next, we
believe, may be credited to Cambridge.
Examiner: "Why did Moses leave
Egypt?" Undergraduate with hesitation):
"Why ,sir-hem-hem-" Examin-
er: "Come, come, answer, if you know. -
Undergraduate: "Well, sir, l suppose
that little affair with Potiphar's wife! -
For the following we do not attempt in
any way to vouch, although we have
heard its authenticity strenuously asserted.
Examiner: "Why was John the Baptist
beheaded?" Undergraduate falteringly)
"Because he wouM dance with Herodias's
daughter. ."-C0rnhW MAGAZINE.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14

noying our patriotic population. Under
! the circumstances. slavery had better be
abolished. The capital of the confeder-
acy will theneeforward he found sup a
stump" on the picturesque banks of the
celebrated "Last Ditch To the for
eign subscribers to the confederate loan 1
return sincere thanks Lieut.. Gen. Grant,
e. S. A, will please see that they get
their cotton. All persons having claims
against this government will please pre-
sent them to A. Lincoln, Richmond, by
whom all such accounts will be most cheer
fully audited. 1t is not altogether i'm
probable that the glorious experiment of
shareholders confederacy may yet prove
delusion and a snare l have often
thought so. SO has Gen. Lee, who has
lately been fghing mostly for his last
years salary. The confederate treasury
being light, l think | will take it in my
valise. Gen. Lee thinks we have good
opening before us, and that we have seen
the last of the fratricidal war. l hope so.
Stephens thinks peace more imminent
than ever. If the United States persists
in refusing to recognize the confederacy,
on my return | shall again urge the arm
ing of the negroes. Office seekers are
respectfully solicited to cease their impor-
tunatings Fellow citizens, farewell.
J. DAVIS,
President Confederate States Am.
Done at Richmond, April l. 1865.
INCIDENTS.
The rebel Gen. A. p Hill, killed in one
of the late battles. was very able leader.
He was Virginian and graduated at
West Point in the class with Burnside in
1S47. After the death of StOnewall
Jackson, Lee relied mainly upon Hill and
Longstree: for the successful execution of
his orders. When LongStrect was wound
ed in the Wilderness battles, Hill was the
only reliable general left to the rebel COM
mander, and during the engagements
which followed he was invariably assigned
to the most important positions.
\ newspaper, II by 26 inches, was is
sued by our troops in Petersburg. called
Grants Pa7sJmy Prcgtss. These are
some of the items in it: Fashionable
arrivals, April Gen. Grant and staff,
and the army of the Potomac generally"
"A five cent piece and 4 copper penny
were found in Petersburg Court House,
this morning; supposed TO be all the
available specie in the city"
they could not take away. The city au-
thoritie- had all the liquor poured into
the cutters, but the rebel stragglers man
aged to get intoxicated. and scene OF
wild devastation followed PERLEY.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14
Buying Beef.

Happening at a butchers stall. a GUS
toner came to make purchase
"What do you .ask for a good bak-
ing piece of beef"
Thirty-eiglt cents a pound,'' was the
reply
Cut me off eleven pounds said the
customer '.rll come in shortly and set
tie for it, And he went ON an errand.
After the beef was weighed and ''trim-
nd said TO my friend, the provision
dealer:
Il wish to know. just for the curiosity
of the thing, how much that piece OF beet
has lost in trimming.
Very WELL" replied he. weighing ii,
there are nine pounds and a half left
'.And eleven pounds" l added, "at
tiirty-eight cents a pound, equal to four
dollars and eighteen cents This divided
by nine and a half makes Just forty-four
cents per pound Rather tall price for
beet. particularly when a large share is
bone"
"The man is fool for paying it." re-
piled the butcher. .'but no matter what
the cost Ii. some people will buy it: and
generally they are not the richest in the
place. either
thought of a certain little woman, the
light of my cottage home, who manages
things very differently in marketing
In the matter of beef, for instance. now
that prices are exorbitant, she purchases
that which is suitable for stutfing. which
can be obtained clear of bone. for twelve
or fourteen cents per pound This is her
receipt for cooking:
Take a thick slice of steak, no matter
how tough, of about two pounds weight
make two gills of stuiiing, of crumbs oi
bread, pepper, powder Glove, or sweet
marjorum. as you choose: roll the dress
ING up in steak; wind piece of twine
around ii, taking care TO secure the ends.
Have ready a kettle, or deep stew pan.
with slice or two of the pork. fried
crispy. Take out the pork and lay in the
steak. and turn it en- every side, until
brown. Put in half pint of water. 4
little salt, cover closely, boil slowly two
hours. Add more water after while, il
too dry. Some persons like the addition
of chopped onions; half a small one i:
enough. When nearly done, add halt i
gill of catsup. if yon like il
When you take up the meat, unwind
the string carefully so as not TO unroll it
Lay it in fricasse dish, thicken the gra
w. if not thick enough already, and poul
| it over the meat. Cut the meat in slice
through the roll The toughest meat i
made tender and nutritious in this way
and it is equally nice heated over an,
served the next day.
A leg of lamb, or small leg OF mutt
ton, cooked one hour longer in the sam
manner, makes good dish.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14
SLOAN HOSPITAL,

MONTPELIER, Apr. 3, '65.
Mr.. STONE :-Knowing that many read
ers of your paper have friends at this hos
pital, thought that perhaps letter from
here would not be uninteresting. The
hospital is about one-haIf a mile from
town, on the old fair ground, a very
pleasant and healthy location. 1t is un-
der the charge of Henry James, NJ. d.,
late surgeon Of the Sd regiment He is
liked very much by all the boys, and ap-
pears to have their best interests at heart.
We have an excellent school connected
with the hospital, under the charge of dis
abled soldiers, who were old and expert
enced teachers: here the young idea Gn-
stead of the recruit) is taught to shoot.
There is slight difference in the drill
the recruit is ordered to aim lo,c. the
idea to aim high.
We have lyceum, which is very in
tere>ting and well attended by the soldiers,
and many of the town, who contribute
much, both by their presence and by the
productions of the pen, to make the meet
ings very interesting. Every place has
its disadvantages, and this town is not ex-
empt from the rub. Montpelier, the cap
ital of our state, has ten times as many
rum holes as st. ,Johnsbury, and am
sorry to say that some of the soldiers will
DcrsiSt in natrOniZiIIu them
Capt. Drew, the able military assistant
of this hospital, does his whole duty, but
he cannot prevent some from making
beasts of themselves. l think that we
have something now that will cure them,
one Snd ALT is temperance society,
which already numbers one hundred and
fifty members and is fast increasing. !
will here state, for the benefit of the curl
Gus, that the members were all volunteers,
without bounty.
We are having our dining halls repair
ed and furnished in manner that would
do honor to first class victualing saloon,
and we have plenty Of good wholesome
food 1t is the remark of all the soldiers,
who have been in the hospitals at Wash
ington, Baltimore and Philadelphia, that
we have more privileges and better care
here, than at any Of those places.
We all have confidence in our peace
commissioners-Grant, Sherman, and
hosts of others brave and true, will con-
quer an honorable peace in the springs
campaign, and show to the world that
our government can sustain itself against
all enemies, no matter whether they art
in the shape of rebel soldiers, English pl
rate ships Or the sting of the creeping
copperhead. Ed.
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\ ToUCHING lNCIpENT-The follow
ING Is taken from IN abstract, given l,y the
correspondent of the y y Clrist,Ra la
q1arr. OF sermon recently preached in
Washington by Rex. W. H. Charming:
q Next he carried his audience TO the
hospitals Of The solder. where again he
found Christ manite>ied->omeiime- con
sciou,ly and then mcon-ciouSly- Among
many other exquisite anecdotes. exqui~-
itelv told. was that OF boy. not eighteen.
whom in his office of chaplain he found
dying. He said TO him, My box, what
shall do for you!' Take my packet
book out said he MIR Claiming ,Ed 50
and the boy opened ii and took out three
photographs AT one he looked and said
: NV mother, You did rot 50 soon expect
10 meet me Ills mother WAS evidently
,lead.) He then ,ook oui another and
sad. Dear ~i>;er Lizzie, You lid not
think should die so far from you,' lie
then kissed this. a> lac had done that of
his mother, will more loving words 10
both. He then took out the thirl ani
looked up into Mr.. Channing's face and
smiled 1t WAS his beiroth5l. Mr.. Cham
mug said {: 1t is hard TO die when life is
so sweet oh. no. n. TO- said the
bow | thank God that have life 10
give for nav dear country"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-04-14

SIERBIookE ITiMs.--The Ga-.ttc has the
two following interesting items The 2ith
ult- while Mr. Harvey Wilson WAS en-
ployed at a planning machine. the rerolr-
ing cutter being in rapid motion. one of
the knives became detached and struck
him ON the upper part Of hls arm ana WAS
driven by the force of The blow into the
shoulder TO the collar bone. The iron re
mained in his shoulder about three hours
before il was extracted We understand
that he is al present doing well. although
it was al first feared he would have 10 lose
his arm A very serious case of stab
hng occurred al the Jail John Ui;rien
had a dispute with one Henry Bashic.
from Salem. Vi. confined a. 4 witness
In the dispute. UBrien called Bu>hie a
son OF a--. when the latter ran al him,
and O'Brien who had a pocket knife with
which he WAS whitiling. put oui his hands.
and the knife entered the bowels ot Bush
lie The whole length of the blade, two and
half or three inches in two places. The
statement of those who SAW ille affair i
very contradictory one saving that Bu>hie
ran upon The knife. and another s.lvS the
knife WAS thrust into his bowels 10y O'IIri-
en-. Busi,ie SAYS he Mas siruck with the
knife twice The wounds are thought 10
be very serious.