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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
THE RoRDS HE USE.

Be simple, unaffected; be honest in
your speaking and writing. Never use
long word when short one will do. Call
a spade not a we'll known oblong instru-
ment of manual industry ; let home be a
home, not a residence q place a place,
not locality, and so of the rest. Where
a short word will do, you always lose by
you lose in honest expression of your
meaning; and in the estimation of all
men who are competent to judge, you lose
in reputation for ability.
The only true way to shine even in this
false world is to be modest and unassum-
ing. Falsehood may be very thick
crust, but in the course of time truth will
find place to break through. Elegance
of language may not be in the power of
all of US, but simplicity and straightiUr-
wardness are.
Write much as you would speak speak
as you think. If with your inferior,
speak no coarser than usual if your su-
perior, speak no finer. Be what you say,
and within the rules of prudence, say
what you are. Avoid all oddity of ex-
preston. No one ever was a gamer by
singularity of words, or in pronunciation.
The truly wise man will so speak that no
one will observe how he speaks. A man
may show great knowledge of chemistry by
carrying about bladders of strange gasses
to breathe, but he will enjoy better health,
and find more time for business, who lives
on common air.
When hear a person use a queer ex-
preston, or pronounce a name in reading
differently from his neighbor, the habit
always goes down, minus sign before it,
stands on the side of deficit. not of credit.
Avoid, likewise, all slang words. There
is no greater nuisance in society than a
talker of slang. It is only fit (when in
nocent which it seldom ISL for raw
school boys and one term freshmen to
astonish their sisters with. Talk as SEN
sible men talk; use the easiest words in
their commonist meaning. Let the sense
conveyed, not the vehicle in which it is
conveyed, be your subject of attention.
Once more, avoid in conversation all
singularity of. accuracy. One Of the
bores of society is the bore who is always
setting you right; who when you report
| from the paper that 10000 men fell in
some battle, tells you that it was 9,999
who when you describe your walks as
! two miles out and back, assures you thai
it lacks half furlong of it. Truth does
not consist in minute accuracy of detail
| but in conveying a right impression; anC
there are vague ways Of speaking that are
truer than strict fact would be. When
the Psalmist said 'Rivers Of water ruI
down mine eyes, because man kept not
thy law" he did not state the fact, but hC
stated truth deeper than fact, and also
truer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
LEGAL NOTICES.
Legal Notice.

ClTMEoN HARRISON and 1--WE minor heirs Of Spencer
- Iarrisan, deceased (names not knowR) who reside
in the State Of Iswa, heirs at OF Theodorns Lrri
son, decd, will take notice that Charles Wilcox, ad-
mnistrator the estate TbeOdOrus LarrsOn deed,
the ID day OF June, 1865. fled his petition in the
Probate Court within and for the County OF Delaware
and State Of Ohio alleging that the personal estate Of
said decedent insufficient TO pay his debts and
charges of administering his estate that he died seized
nfee simple OF the following described real estate
situated in the County OF Delaware and State Of Ohio
in section g township 5, and range 16 U. s II. Land,
and middle part of lot number %: Beginning the
center Of the road leading from Olive Green
town OF olive Green, in Porter tp. Delaware county
eight rods lands Of s P Lott; thence west eighty
nine rods along said Lofts south line TO Washington
street. the town of Olive Green; thence south forty
the place Of neutrality-suspicious. % OF
land or lees, and is the same land conveyed by
John II. Harvey and wife to the said Theodorrs Lar
Fisou. deed, by DEED dated Nay 1lth, 1880.
That Mary LarrisOn, as widow Of said decedent, ls
entitled to dover in the premises, and that Sarah
Harvey and Joanna Bishop, Of Knox county, Ohio, and
Simeon harrison and i've minor children (names not
known of Spencer LarrsOn, deed, residents Of the
State OF Iowa, heirs at law Of TheOdorus Larrison.
Decd hold the estate OF Inheritance, is for the
assignment OF dover said Nary Harrison, and for
sale Of said premises subject To such DOVER estate for
the payment OF the debts and charges aforesaid
Said petition will be for hearing on the sth day Of
July, 1865. CHARLES WILCOX,
Administrator Of the estate or Theodorus Larrison
June 9-4tt
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
L,URTrY oE CHARACrER

Over the beauty of the plum and the
apricot there grown bloom and beauty
more epuisite than the fruit itself-a
soft, delicate flush spreads its flushing
cheek. Now, if you strike your hand
over that it is gone. The flower that
hangs in the morning mpearled with dew,
arrayed as no queenly woman ever was
arrayed with jewels-once shake it so
that the h sads roll off, and you may
sprinkle water on it as you please, yet it
can never be again what it was when the
dew fell silently on it from heaven. On
a frosty morning, you may see panes of
glass covered with landscapes, noun
tains, lakes, trees, blended in beautiful
picture Now lay your hand upou the
glass, and by the scratch of your finger,
or by the warmth Of your palm, that del
icate tracery will be obliterated. So
there is in youth beauty and purity of
character, which, when once touched and
deiled, can never be restored.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
For the Delaware Gazette.
DIST.

How soon it settles, in the parlor as
we'll as In the kitchen, though we can
hardly tell from where it comes, yet there
it is, along the wall, on the pictures, the
tables and the carpet, and on our bodies,
as if to remind US that we are but dust
and ashes" And as dust flies away we
know not whittier, so shall we all go out
into the unseen world, and no eye can
follow our fight.
These warm summer days make us in
stinctively desire to wear thin muslins,
fresh and pure, and do we not feel more
pleasant than when attired in soiled gar
ments?
Though this is earth, let us not forget
that in heaven white robes are given to
all the faithful; and earth 8 purest vesture
can never be compared to that beautiful
raiment upon which no stain or dust will
ever come. MRS. 7. STONE.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
A GOOD EXAMPLE.

The New York Evening Post says:
Two gentlemen of this city, Messrs.
Trevor and Colgate, have recently given
to Madison University the sum of sixty
thousand dollars, one-half of which
amount is to be applied to the endow-
ment of twenty permanent and free
scholarships for the benefit of young sol
diers 1t is well known that manyyoung
men forsook their studies at the begin
ming of the war to enter the military or
naval service in defence of the nation,
and it is in order to restore to them some
of the educational advantages they vol
UNFAIRLY relinquished, that this move
ment is begun.
The number of such scholarships in
any single institution of learning is ne
cessarily limited, but the just and benevo-
lent character of the enterprise cOmmends
this example to others. A similar en-
dowment of free scholarships for soldiers
in a hundred and fifty of the two hun
dred and thirty-six colleges and semina-
ries iD the United States, would extend
the facilities of instruction to very con-
siderable number of young and needy
students, each of whom gave up his per-
sOnal comforts, and risked everything in
doing battle for the nation. We owe
these brave fellows every reward that it
is In our power to giYe-employment for
the disabled, homes for the sick, educa-
ton for the studious, and honor for all.
Madison University, where twenty
scholarships are now open, is situated at
Hamilton, New York. 1t has three de
partments-a grammar school, in which
students are fitted for college; a college
proper; and theological seminary. The
new scholarships are available in any Of
these departments The terms of the
endowment give each student the benefit
Of an extended course of eight years in
struction, or make it optional with him
self to finish the course in any one de-
partment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
AHAPPY WORLD.

This is happy world; who says to the
contrary is a fool or something else.-
There is everythingsto make US happy
The land, the sea and sky contribute to
our enjoyment. The man who has a
good heart secs pleasure where a bad per
son beholds nothing but gloom. The Sc
cret, then, of being happy and enjoying
this glorious world, is to possess a virtu-
GUS heart Who is the most contented
and cheerful man In your neighborhood :?
The man who has the most honor and
possesses the greatest riches? No. It is
he who has nothing but kind heart
For nothing rufaes his temper or disturbs
his repose The morning sky-the even
ing cloud-the rolling Waters-blooming
landscape-the teeming forest and the
fields of snow, give him pleasure that
others never dream of. It is he whose
mind is led from Nature up to Natures
God-and every day that he lives he is as
contented and happy as is possible for a
man to be. Depend upon it, the world is
beautiful one, and contains thousand
sources of enjoyment. which they can
only see and feel whose hearts are pure
and whose lives correspond with the
word of eternal truth.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
THE GOLD BELONGlRa 70 The RICHMOND BANKS.

A few days since two of the officers of
the Richmond banks, whose assets were
removed from that city upon the evacua-
ton in April, reached Washington, in
this State. They were empowered by the
authorities to remove their effects, consis-
ting of 1926, 900 in specie, to the capital
of Virginia. Procuring teams and a
guard of twelve men, these gentlemen set
out upon their return home, intending to
take the railroad at Chester, South Car
olina
At the end of the first days journey
they encamped on the grounds of Mrs
Morse, eighteen miles from Washington
and three from the Savannah river. The
officers retired, and the guard fell asleep.
About midnight, party of twenty noun
ted men, who were evidently aware of the
value of the train, suddenly dashed upon
it, and the guards surrendered without
firing a gun or making the slightest show
of resistance. The freebooters immedi-
ately went to work bursting open the spe-
Gle kegs and helping themselves to the
glittering contents. One fellow, it is rela-
ted, had large leathern haversack which
he filled; but just as he was mounting his
horse the straps gave way, and the pre-
cious metal fell clinking to the ground
He eagerly scraped up the gold and sand,
leaving number of pieces, and placing
the coin in a bag rode of. The next
morning a negro teamster found five dol
lar pieces scattered in profusion all about
the ground
Some two hundred thousand dollars
were stolen, leaving about one hundred
and twenty thousand. With this amount
the bank officers iourneyed on, sadde1
but wiser men. Upon reaching Abber-
vile, South Carolina. they offered re-
ward of twenty thousand dollars for the
recovery of the property. The robbers
are supposed to be parolled soldiers, who
followed the train from Washington. Il
is singular that in the present demorali-
zed state of the country the gentlemen in
charge made no secret Of their valuable
possessions, nor did they use any extra
ordinary measures of precaution to pre-
serve their property.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30

JEFF DAVIS IN HIS CELIA cores
pondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer gives
the following statement of the condition
Of jeff Davis:
The great criminal appears to be al
ready suffering the penalty of his crimes.
His appetite has failed him, tired natures
sweet restorer refuses to bless him, and
his days and nights pass on in wretched
wakefulness. Those who saw him on
Monday, report him sitting on his bed.
his brow furrowed, his cheeks sunken, his
eye listless, gazing on the blank walls of
his cell as if he saw great horror before
him. His nerves are gone, he starts at
the slightest noise, like fevered child /;
his physical organism is prosuated almost
beyond recuperation His physicians, af-
ter consultation, imposed absolute char
nel-hOuse quiet in his easement, and nov.
the guards of the prisoner pace his cell in
slippers, that their footballs may not give
a sound. The prisoner never reads, never
talks, except to utter querulous complaint,
and this last he indulges in much less
frequently than he did.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30

MATRIMONIAL law against obtaining
husbands under false pretences, passed by
the English Parliament in 1770, enacts
THAT woman Of whatever age, rank,
profession, or degree, who shall, after this
act, impose upon, seduce and betray into
matrimony, any of his Majesty s subjects,
by virtue of scents, paints, cosmetic
washes, artificial teeth, false hair, iron
stays, bolstered hips, or high -heeled shoes,
shall incur the penalty of the law now ia
force against witchcraft and like misde-
meanors and the marriage under such
circumstances, upon conviction of the Of
Tending parties, shall be null and void.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
HOR TO BE POLITE.

Politeness is manifested by courteous
inquiries after the friends and families of
those whom you meet, and in manifesting
a cordial interest in them. 1t is shown
by devoting little space in every letter
to 'remembrances' for friends. 1t is a
highly gratifying form of peliteness to
write occasionally to all from whom you
have received kindnesses which warrant
you in so doing. It is polite to conform
your dress, and (in reason) your habits,
to the tastes or feeling of those whose
guest or associate you may be- 1t is po-
lite and complimentary to inquire after
any one Of whose acquaintance your
friend may have reason to be proud. It
is polite, when you are a guest, to en-
deavor to enjoy yourself and make 9th
ers do so. 1t is polite to those assembled
in any place, to avoid heated argument,
and all noisy remarks, or remarkable"
conduct. 1t is polite to promptly ask
every one to take a chair who enters your
house or office; and the more cultivated
you are, the more widely will you extend
such courtesies to humble people. It is
polite to do everything for another which
would crafty him or her, and is not un-
reasonable. 1t is polite to make no allu-
sion to age. 1t is polite to spare people
older than yourself, and women of any
age, any exertion or personal effort, even
in the meFest trihes. 1t is polite to take
no notice whatever of accidents or an
noying occurrences, unless by so doing
you can render assistance. It is polite to
make ready and unstudied sacrifices of
your exeTtion or your comfort to crafty
others; as, for instance, to always escort
any lady, or do service for a friend
It is polite to suppress your peculiar ten
cts in religion or politics before those
who differ with you. It is polite to new
er take it upon yourself in any way to
punish any person, unless it be distinctly
your business to do So It is polite to
avoid practical jokes. It is polite, when
you have offended any one, or hurt his
feelings in any way, to apologize for It, as
clearly as possible, without reservation or
excuse, since the more vulgar man is,
the more does he obscure and degrade an
apology by classification It is polite
to express an interest in or admiration OF
that which is dear to others It is some
times more polite to accept a gift or a
courtesy, especially from humble people,
than to refuse it; and it is polite to show
the utmost kindness and courtesy to those
who have been reduced by adversity.-
And it is somAthing more than polite to
interpose and shield another person from
modification, wounded self-respect, and
loss of dignity.-Art of Conversation.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30

ADVANTAGES OF POVERTY AND AD-
vERsITY.-Yo ou wear out your old clothes.
You are not troubled with any visitors
You are excused from making calls
Bores do not bore you. Spongers can t
haunt your table. Itinerant bands do
not play opposite your window. You
avoid the nuisance of serving on juries.
No one thinks of presenting you with a
testimonial No tradesman irritates you
by asking, us there any other little ar
ticle to-day, sir?" Begging letter writers
leave you alone. Impostors know it is
useless to bleed you. You practice tenn
perance. You swallow infinitely less
poison than others. You are saved many
a deception; many headache. And lastly,
if you have true friend in the world.
you are sure, in a very short space of
timo, to discover the agreeable fact.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
a ROADSIDE p,ALoauE.

And so, Squire, you don't take ooun-
10, Major, get the city papers on
much better terms, | take couple of
them"
But Squire, the county papers often
prove great convenience to us. The
more we encourage them, the better the
editors can afford to make them.
why, | don't know any convenience
they are to me.
The farm you sold last fall was adver-
tised in one of them, and thereby you
obtained customer. Did you not p
V cry true, Major, but [ paid three
dollars for it.
And you made more than three hun
dred dollars by it, Now, if your neigh
Dor had not maintained the press and
kept it up ready for use, you would have
been without the means to advertise your
property. But [ saw your daughter S
marriage in those papers, did that cost
you anything?
Mo- but"
And your brothers death, with long
obituary notice And the destruction OF
our neighbor Riggs house by fire. You
know these things are exaggerated till the
authentic accounts of the newspapers set
them right.
20, true, but
And when your cousin Splash was up
for the Legislature, you appeared much
gratifed at his defence which cost him
nothing,
''Yes, yes, but these things are interest
ing to the readers. They cause the peo-
pie to take the paper.
No, Squire Grudge, if all were like
you. Now, tell you, the day will surely
come when somebody will write long
anlopv on vour life and character and the
printer will put it in types with heavy
black cut over it, and with ali your riches,
this will be done for your grave as pau
per Your wealth, your morality, and all
such things will be spoken Of, but the
printers boy rs he spells the words in ar
ranging the type to these sayings, will re-
mark of you-'Poor mean devil, he is
even sponging his obituary. Good morn
ing, Squire.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30

The Atlanta Intelligencer of the 8th
inst. says:
We learn that the men who recently
made a raid on and captured a large
amount Of the specie belonging to the
Richmond banks over in South Carolina,
have beon arrested, and are now in safe
custody. We hope the information is
true. We are anxious to see all the law
less put down. Every species of outrage
should be diseountenanced, and that im-
mediately. 1t is the desire of the good
people to see law and order restored in
the country; and to have this end accom-
phshed, every one should lend his aid
toward bringing offenders to Justice
Vallandigkam says that the Demo
cratic party lived only eight days after
the Chicago nominations, and then died
of circumcision. This is very ILL
tempered reference to MoClellan's letter
of acceptance.
The stability aud perpetuation Of free
principles depend upon the virtue and
intelligence of the people.
1t is said that there was never but one
man who wasn't spoiled by being honized
he was jew and his name was Daniel,
Generally speaking, the beggars most
ashamed of begging are those thathave to
beg pardon.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
legal NOTICE.
lichard ". Reynolds, ct al,

Richard ". Reynolds, ct al, Court Of Com
re. mon Pleas
The Incorporated Village Of Delaware. Delaware co
RTOTICE is hereby given TO the owners and proprie-
IN OF lots and lands in sGriswold's Addition'
said village, that said Richard W. PeyEods and 9TH
ers filed in the Clerks Office of said Court pc
tit0n praying the Court to the whole Of the
Of said Addition, 1.-THE number of said lot being
4O1 extending from the east line OF Washington street
the west line Of the alley the line of raid
lot No. lis. Said petition will be hearing on the
first day Of tho July term of said Court 1865,
any subsequent day thereof to which said cause may
be assigned continued. J. HIPPLE
June 2-w5 Sc 90 Atty for Petitioners
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
Legal Notice,

AToTCE is hereby given that Robert Ferguson. John
IN Garvin, and VIM. B. Bainey, Trustees OF the
First Presbyterian Church in Kingston township.
Delaware csnnty, ohio the 10th day of june 1850
filed the Office OF the Clerk of Court of Common
Pleas of Delaware county, Ohio their petition and
the same is now pending, the object and prayer of
which is that said Trustees may be authorized to sell
the following tract land belonging to said church
to-wit: Situate in Delaware county, State of Ohio,
and in section l, township 8, range II. u S NJ and
located follows: Beginning at a stake at the south
of lot No 10 Of said section thence north
along the east line of said lot 40 rods thence west so
rods and y 20 Inks to the the Napoleon
road thence north 43 degrees east along the centre ot
said road 81 rods and five links thence to
the place Of beginning-containin acres, or
less and to apply and invest the proceeds in additions
and permanent repairs OF other real estate of said
church namely of the church buildings premises
Said petition will be hearing the next term OF
said Court, commencing July Gath, 1855.
Dated this nth day OF june, 1865.
CARPER & VAN DEMAN,
june 23-4t Attys for Petitioners.
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TaW Tofice-

TAMEs X. WILLIAMS OF Titusville in the County Of
81 Crawford, the State of Pennsy lvania is notified
that Lydia Williams did the 18th day Of june
1865, file her petition the Office the Clerk of the
Court Of Common Pleas within and for the County of
Delaware and State of Oho charging the SAID James
K. Williams with adultery with person. to said petit
toner unknown and with adultery with divers other
persons, to petitioner unknown, and with habitual
drunkenness for three years and asking that she
may be divorced from said James K. Williams, and
tor alimony and the custody of minor children which
petition will be for hearing the next term of said
Court commencing July Path 1865.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1866
LYDIA WILLIAMS,
june 23-6t by CAREER & VAN DElLAN, her Atty's
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30

An incident not generally known, con-
cerning one of the st. Albans raiders,
has recently come to light. Immediately
after his acquittal, one of the raiders,
having little faith in the judges decision,
determined to leave the country. 1t be-
ing unsafe to travel unless disguised, he
bethought himself for a while The diff
Guilty was perplexing and time was scarce;
if he stopped much longer he would like
ly be arrested, and there were DISCUSSES
that the lynx-eyed oficere of the law had
not seen through. An idea, however,
struck him He hired baby, and paid
four hundred dollars for its safe return.
He then dressed himself as a lady, and
started for Halifax with the child, and
for great part of the way had for an es-
cort the very officer detailed to catch
him. He, however, gives the detective
a very good recommendation for gallant
ry,. for during the trip, there was nothing
either himself or the child needed that
the officer of the law did not get for
them. He arrived safely in Halifax and
Immediately took passage for England.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-06-30
DELAWARE, OHIO, JUNE 80, 1866.

SUBLIME SIMILE.-Some twenty years
ago, Mr. Everett delivered an grafton be-
fore the Mechanics Society ofSpringfeld,
Massachusetts,, in which occurs this elo-
quent passage: In the great Temple of
Nature, whose foundation is the earth
whose pillars are the eternal hills, whose
root is the starlit sky, whose organ tones
are the whispering breeze and the sound
ing storm, whose architect is God, there
is no ministry more sacred than that Of
the intellectual mechanic"