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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
CAST LINE FoR YoURsELF.

A young man stood listlessly watching some
anglers on a bridge. He was poor and defect
ed. Al length, approaching basket well
hlled with wholesome looking fish, be sighed
.If now, had these, 1 would be happy.
could sell them at fair price to buy me food
and lodgingF'
II will give you just as many and just as
good fish" said the owner, who CHANGED to
oveFhear his conversation, ''If you will do me
q triAing favor"
"And what is that ?" asked the other eag-
eFly.
aOnly to tend the line till come back.
wish to go on a short errand.'
The proposal was gladly accepted. The
old fisherman was gone SO long that the young
man begun to grow impatient. Meanwhile,
however, the hungry fish snapped greedily at
the baited hook, and the young man lost his
depression in the excitement of pulling them
10, and when the owner Of the line returned he
had caught large number. Counting ont
Of them as many as were in the basket and
presenting them to the young man the old
fisherman said:
81 fulfill my promise from the fish that you
caught, to teach you that whenever you see
others earning what you need, to waste no
time in fruitless wishing, bat TO cast a line for
yourself" f"-Home Monthly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
VALUE OF FEMALE ADVISERS.

It is q w0ndrous advantage to man, in
every pursuit or vocation, to secure an adviser
10 sensible woman. 10 woman there is at
once a suitable delicacy of tact and a plain
soundness Of judgment--which are rarely
combined in an equal degree in man. A
woman If she really is your friend, win have q
sensitive regard for your character, honor and
repute She will seldom counsel you to do a
shabby thing-for a woman friend always
desires 10 be proud of You. At the same
time, her constitutional timidity makes her
more cautious than your male friend. She,
therefore, seldom counsels you to do an impru-
dent thing. By female friendships / mean
pure friendships those in which there is no
admixture Of love, except in the marriage
state. "a mans best female friend is wife Of
coed sense and gOod heart, that he loves and
who loves him. IF be have that, he need not
seek elsewhere. But suppose the man be with
out such helpmate female friendship he must
still have, or his intellect will be without a
garden, and there will be many an unheeded
gap, even in the strongest fence. Better and
safer, of course, such friendships where dispari-
ties OF years or circumstances put the idea Of
love out of the question. Middle life has
rarely the advantage youth and old age. have.
We may have female friendships with those
much older, and those much younger than
ourselves. Molieres old housekeeper was
great help to bis genius and Montaigue's
philosophy partakes both of gentler and lof-
tier character OF wisdom from the day in
which he finds Marie de Gournay an adopted
daughter, "certainly beloved by me- says the
Horace of essaayists, ''with more than pater-
nal love, and involved in my solicitude and re-
tirement as one of the best parts Ofmy being"
Female friendship, is to man -prossidiUm ct
d.slce decus- Bulwark, sweeter, ornament Of
his existence. To his mental culture it is in
valuable; without it, all his knowledge Of
books will never give him knowledge Of the
world.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17

Some people take their troubles to bed
with them. II is bad plan, for they are dia-
bolical bed fellows. Even if tired Natures
sweet restorer" whips the spirit of to dream
lard in the midst Of its repinings and forebod-
ings, there is no comfort for it there Of the
last sad waking thoughts are born visible imps
that haunt us in the realms of Morpheus, and
we fight with horror all night long. Happy
are those who can put off their day troubles
with their clothing, and as they assume the
horizontal forget all the annoyances that be-
long to perpendicular life. We have known
people who could do all this-individuaIs who
after struggling from morn till night in Slougha
of Despond, and getting miserably mauled by
the Giant Despair, no sooner slipped between
the blankets than the Angel of Sleep, who
seemed to have been lying in wait there to
bless them, took them on their wings, and
bore them to Elysium. To 6ght over again in
bed the battles of life, as many do in their
slurnbers, is a miserable business. Still more
unpleasant is it to be surrounded in sleep by
all sorts Of vague aud impossible phautoms
which are none the less disagreeable that they
are utterly absurd. The best thing that ner-
vous highly impressible fdgety people can do
after getting into bed, is to lie resolutely still
and try to abstract their minds from the oc-
currences of the day. The power of doing
this is natural TO many, but it may also be ac-
quired by persevering effort. The will OF the
weakest is mighty instrument when fairly
brought into play.-SundGy Times.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17

Sometimes fruit trees are uuproductive from
other sources than poverty of the soil, or neg
Iect of the erchardist. They often grow too
luxuriantly to bear well. 10 this case root
pruning is very effectuaI, and ia performed By
digging a circle around the tree. A fifteen
year old tree for instance, may be encircled at
FIVE feet from the trunk. No rule can be laid
down for this; judgement must be exercised
If cut too close, the tree may be stunted for
years, and if too far, it will not be effective
The aim should be to reduce the roots about
one third.
Established orchards, on thin or impoverish-
ed soil, may be renovated in the following
mauner: If a tree has been planted, say if-
teen years, and attained the size we might exc
pect in that time,-get, say ten feet from
the trunk, and dig circle two feet deep all
around it, and Gil it with q good compost; the
effect next season will be quite marked. II the
tree is older or younger, the distance to start
with the circle from the trunk will OF course
be proportionate. A top dressing OF manure
on impoverished orchards will be Of great as
sistance, as well as vigorous pruning out Of all
weak or stunted branches. Moss and old bark
should be also scraped of, and il the trunk
and main branches can be washed with mix.
ture Of sulphur and soap. much advantage
win fellow.-GardNer's Monthly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
rnsTLY nWELIINHS IN NEW Work.

The New York correspondent of the New
ark Advertiser writes as follows concerning
some of the newly erected private residence in
Gotham.
The style and magnifeenee OF the new
dwelling houses in the upper part of this city
surpass belief Two or three just put upon
the market on Murry Hill are valued at 500,
600 and $4,000 each, and if rented, $4,000
annually! They are elegant houses, yet only
twenty-five feet front, though finished with
black walnut from basement to attic. The
largest house, in price, reached 100000 to
$l50,OOO. One of this kind, occupied by Mr..
Bennett, of the Herald, on Murry Hill, Fifth
avenue, with spacious stables, corner of Thir-
ty-third street, is said to have commanded
$200,000l The new residences combine every
imaginable convenience and improvement
dumb walters" go as high as the :opmost
story, and 10 addition to food and crockery
they daily transport all the coal and ashes and
dirt, which in most houses are carried up and
down by 'sturdy bridgets," are transported on
this most convenient wooden waiter. Some
of the mantle fire places cost 81, 900 each, and
the gas fixtures and furniture to match would
involve an additional outlay ofat least $4,000
more for each housa
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
California Vegetation and EztravaganOo.

All the vegetation of California is mon
strous, in growth. Strawberries as big as
hens eggs, some of which sold at Sanitary
Fair for dollar piece. Indeed. eggs have
sometimes sold in market at seven to ten dol
lars per dozen. We have no conception of
the extravaganza of the people. They never
think of the price of anything so long as they
have the money. They live on their capital
instead of income and begin anew every year.
A lazy stage driver will toss the stable boy
who waters his horse a silver half dollar as if
it were but two cents. Judging from their
generosity, we think this people immensely
rich but they are poor-keep themselves so by
their extravaganza no population IN the
world, living at the same rate, has so little
wealth. But the great crops-green vegeta'
bles are to be had through the whole year, and
10 size they beat nature. A respectable Pres
byterian clergyman told me he planted a
peach-pip, and in fourteen months it had grown
to tree ten feet high, and he ate peaches grown
upon ii, Now, you don't believe this; but it
Is true. One man cut a stick which he car
ried as Il cane for week or two, aud then
sticking it into the ground as support for a
weak sapling, it sprouted and IN two years he
gathered peck OF pears from that very cane!
We have no conception of the activity of that
soil Prodigious crops of wheat and oats are
raised, aud as to peaches, plums, and pears,
why should ruin my character for veracity
should 1 give you the facts about them
Pears weigh five and six pounds; grapes weigh
four and a half pounds to the bunch. 1t is the
greatest grape growing country in the world ;
they are produced in the greatest proinsion-
grapes for breakfast, grapes for dinner-and
yet they are not cheap, because labor enters
into their cultivation, and labor is high. So
nothing is cheap, though it is picked up in
the streets, because the man who picks it up,
will charge you quarter for STOPPING down
and picking it up. All vegetables, potatoes,
turnips, etc., are sold by the pound, ard you
can imagins what the bills must be.-Addrss'
By Rev. DR.. BelloaOs.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
DELUSI0N.

There is a delusion which belongs strictly tC
the North: 1t is that the South cannot be
conquered. The Southern people don't be-
lieve that, but it is theory got up by Nor
thern men for their Own benefit A people
can't be cenquEed! Where is there a country
on earth which has not been conquered?-
What was the conquest of England by VIII
LIAM the Norman? A whole people reduce
to slavery by one disciplined army. What
was the conquest Of Scotland by Eugland?-
OF ireland? OF Gaul, conquered by Romans?
OF Romans, conquered by Cloths? or Burgun-
dy, conquered by the French OF France built
up and consolidated by perpetual inter
nal wars? Every country has been con-
quered and conquest has been one Of the great
instruments of civilization. The South can
not only be conquered, but it can be ground
into powder if that be necessary. But the
rabels have no idea of dying in the last ditch.
Look at Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas and
Georgia.
Apother delusion got up at the North and
adopted by the fre-eater is, that though con-
quered we shall not be one Uniou-they won't
love US, the dreadful chivaIry will spit upon us,
hiss US. Well, as to tue last piece of bad
manners, it is easily cured. We shall put
General BUTLER in command and every son
and woman of chiyalry among them will soon
acquire the courtesy Of CHESTERFIELD. 1t
will be a school for the graces. As to loving
US, they will have great deal too much OF it.
No sooner will the armies of rebellion be con-
quered. than half the men in rebeldom will be
on their way to Washington with claims for
Office. They will love US with affection which
! nothing but the lRves and fishes can Inspire
Take the case OF Scotland after the Union.-
After DR.. JOHNSON had been in Scotland, and
did not like it very much, Boswell, (who was
Scotchman,) said, Doctor, you must al
low they have fine prospects in Scotland
Sir the finest prospect SeOtchman ever saw
is The road to London. Let the war be once
ended aud our Southern rebels will fiud the
road to Washington, one for which they have
great affection.
The national debt is another thing out Of
which some narrow minded people have tried
TO make bugbear. Let DO man deceive him
self with such an idea. The nation eau pay
the entire national debt 10 five years, and not
feel it. Capitalists holding ;he bonds Of the
United States will be far more fearful that
they will be paid than that they will not be-
This idea, like all other delusious will soon
fade away. But the rebels may be assured Of
one thing. Not one dollar OF their debt will
we either pay or suffer to be paid. Their debt
and their government are ictions which must
so down 10 pSrdition together Cincinnati
GaSeite.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
The Best Whitewash.

Mr.. Uriah Ritchie, well known in Boston
as master builder, and man OF great ex.
perience, gives to US the following receipt for
whitewashing. Mr.. Ritchie is practical aud
successful mechanic in the broadest sense, aud
after forty years experience at mason work,
and after having made a great many expert
ments 10 the art Of preparing Whitewashss be
comes to the following conclusions:
lst. For rough outside walls--thoae expo
sed to the weather-the best mixture is clear
lime aud water. AnV animal or vegetable sub
stance added diminishes the adhesion or dura-
bility of the wash.
I'd. But il the wall is hard and smooth, the
wash is improved by q mixture OF very fee
sand-as much as will mix and can ba ap-
piled.
Sd. For inside walls an addition Of litts
glue, say quarter OF @ pound 70 lhrea pail.
TulIs, increases the adhesion. II iG is desired
to have the walls very white, the white Of sgRs
may be used in the place Of the glue.
Scientific american.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
RECEIVING ATTENTION. {"

Some of our young lady readers may have
reason to thank rs for giving them access tc
the following wei expressed practical advice
Young men toe, may proftaby take the hint
from it. We find the article afoat without
credit:
"a young man admires a pretty girl, and
must manifest it. He can't help doing go, for
the lie of him. The young lady has a tender
heart, reaching out like vine tendrils for some
thing to cling co. She sees the admiration; is
Aattered; begins soon to love; expects some
tender ayowal; snd perhaps goes SO far as to
decide that she viii choose white satin under
the gauze, ETC., at the very momen: The gallant
that she loves is popping the question to an
other damsel ten miles off. Now the difficult
~ lies in not understanding the difference be-
tween polite atteEtion and the tender mani
festations of love.
"Admiring beautiful girl, and wishing to
make wife OF her, are not always the same
thing; therefore It is necessary that the
damsel should be on the alert to discover to
which class the attentions paid her by hand
some and fashionable young gentleman belong
First, then, if young man greets you in
loud, free, hearty tone; if be knows precisely
where to put his hands or his hat; if he stares
you right in the eye, with his own wide open;
if he turns his back 10 you to speak to anoth-
er; if he squeezes your hand; if he eats hearth
ly in your presence; if, in short, he sneezes
when you are singing. criticizes your curls, or
fails to be foolish in fifty ways every hour, then
don't fall in love with him for the world He
only admires you, let him do or say what he
will.
On the other hand, if be be merry with
every one else, but quiet with you; if he be
anxious to see that your dear person is well
wrapped up when you go out into the cold;
if he talks to you very low and never looks
you in the eye; if his cheeks are red, and bis
nose only blashes. it is enough. If be romps
with your sister, signs like an old pair of bel
lows, looks solemn when you are addressed by
another gentleman, and, 10 fact, is the most
still, awkward, stupid, yet anxious of all your
male friends; you may Ego ahead" and make
the poor fellow too happy for his skin to hold
him!
Young ladies' keep your hearts in case
of good leather, or some other substance, until
the right one is found beyond doubt, after
which you can go on and love, ana court, and
be married and live happy, without the least
bit of trouble" -1
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17

COUNTERFEIT TWENTY-FIVE CENT CURRHN-
cY.-Counterfeit fractional currency, Of the
denomination Of 25 cents. is getting into cir
Culation to an extent that is likely to prove
not only troublesome, bat expensive, to per.
sons of small means, who are the most likely
to be imposed On. A mere glance at the
counterfeit is sufficient to detect it, if the fol-
lowing points are noticed: The words, "Uni.
ted States" on the face of the bills, in either
upper corner, are very indistinct, hardly legi-
bic Indeed. The same is true Of the steam.
boats in left hand lower corner, and the pack
age Of goods in lower left hand corner. But
the point most readily observed on the face OF
the bill is, that the whole groundwork is sha-
ded, while in the genuine, on the right hand
side, underneath the smoke rising to the right
Of the figures 25, is a space OF white paper.
On the reverse, everything ia indistinct-let-
terinR, stars on the shield, &c. Ir will pay to
scrutinize all rs cent bills for some time to
Coms-Can. GdS.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
nIsnnYERY nE EMERY.

On the line of the railroad between
Boston and Albany, one hundred and
twenty-six miles west of the former city,
and seventy -four miles east Of the latter,
stands Chester, Mass. 1t has been a
quiet little village, known only for some
cotton factories and the manufacture OF
some edge tools. Being only twenty
eight miles from the Connecticut river, at
Springfield, an inland center and United
States Arsenal, when the war broke out
sabres naturally claimed the attention of
the manufacturers, and the polishing Of
the hard steel Of these consumed no
small quantity of emery. All of this had
to be imported at great cost from Lon
don, and the high price of exchange may
perhaps have had something to do with
one of the most important discoveries
since the war began-an inexhaustible
supply of emery in this very town, and OF
very superior quality.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17

HEARTRENDING KEROSENE AccIDENT.-A
correspondent of the Buffalo Express in Erie
county, New York, gives the particulars OF a
terrible accident which occurred in that place
last Monday evening, resulting in the death Of
Mrs. Uriah Clark and the serious and prboa-
bly, fatal injury of three of her children and q
girl aged thirteen. Mrs. Clark and her three
children were seated at table, on which was
placed lighted lamp, which the girl under
took to fill with kerosene. In attempting
this the blaze communicated to the oil in the
lamp, causing an explosion Of both the can
and the lamp, and instantly enveloping all four
persons in q sheet of liquid FIRE. Efforts was
made in vain to extingush the flames. The
unfortunate mother was burned to blackness
from head to foot, and her features so horribly
dsfgured that her most intimate friends could
not recognize her. She survived till Tuesday
enduring the most intense agony.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17

Il appears that those ferocious articles in
the Charleston Mercury, of which the follow,
iug is sample, were written while the editor
was packing up his effects for the flight he
subsequently effected in safety:
I'VE stand to-day as gladiators, stripped tC
the fght-we are ready trained to enter The
struggle, for life as for death. South Carroll
na is ready to become the arena Of the RepuB
lie. Her sons are ready for the contest
Make of her soil military camp-strip her
to the waist; she will not shrink, but give hsr
the gauntlets and her sword, and she is ready
to stand or fall where she is''
stripped to the fight" above mentioned
is evidently misprint, for stripped for the
race"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17

Gen. Palmer, the successor to Burbridge,
is constantly winning laurels from the truly
loyal BY his wise, patriotic and humane orders
Order No. Z, dated March 4th, commands the
post commandant at Louisville to cat once
suppress all slave pens and other private estab-
lisbments for the confinement of persons ia
the city, and to discharge all persons confined
He will report the execution Of this Order."-
He seems to recognize all the inhabitants 90
human beings, irrespective Of color or artificial
local relations.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17
povERTYs FALSE PRIDE.

A religious cotembOrary says very justly
"The idea of respectable employment is the
rock upon which thousands split, and ship
wreck themselves and all who depend on them
All employments are respectable that bring
honest gain. The laborer, who is willing to
turn his hands TO anything, is as respectable a
the clerk or dapper stUre-tender. Indeed, the
man who is ready to work whenever worh
offers, whatever il may be, rather than lie idle
or beg, is far more respectable man than one
who turns up his nose at hard labor, wearie'
his friends with his complaints because be car
get nothing respectable TO do, pockets theiI
benelactions without lhankfulness, and goes or
from day to day, a useless, lazy grumber.'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-03-17

Every farmer can have the luxury Of early
tomatoes without the trouble OF q hot bed, o.
sending to the city for early plants. About
the 6rst week 10 March gil boz holding ain
or eight quarts with the richest mold you Can
get and SOW your seed. Set il near q south
window, If possible. in a warm room; give ia
plenty Of water, and 10 ten days the plants will
begin to appear, When the plants are two
inches high, or have four leaves, make boxes
four inches wide BY five deep, Of shi0gles or
any thin stuff, tackled together with carpet
taoha; till them with rich mold, and puG one
plant 10 each box; set them in the window,
turn aud water them every day. When you
wish to transplant to the garden, take ths boz.
es carefully apart, and the dirt remains undIaa
turbad; sea deep and water freely.