Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-03-03
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A BEAuTIFuI. belle never thinks Of hiding any
faults, for she doesn't think that she has any.
If a woman steals your eyes with her beaaty, you
must of course be blind to her imperfections.
TESSYsoS says that kiss is merely an idle
pleasure. It may be mere idea, but ii is touch
ing one
n BY no means certain that Mark antony,
when he gave the world for love, didp't make a
sharp bargain,
A MAY must study for years to be able to treat
the diseases Of an individual body. Butmen are re-
lied on to treat the complicated maladies Of the
body polite with no preparation whatever.
THERE are calm, tranquil pieces, even in the cay
ern Of the Winds where one could sink into the pure
open flower cup Of peace, as the pHre and perfect
pearl is found in the melancholy storn-sea.
The colored citizens Of New Orleans own real es-
tate to the value of 500Oooo, and they now have
daily newspaper, the Tribune, printed and edited
by colored men.
The construction of the Government arsenal on
Rock Island, Illinois, viii be commenced immediate
ly. 1t viii cost one million FIVE hundred thousand
dollars, and will be one of the largest structures of
the kind in the world.
A PLEASANT, cheerful wife is rainbow set in the
sky, when her husbands mind is tossed with storms
and tempests but dissatisfied and fretful wife in
the hour of trouble, Is like thunder cloud charged
with electric fluid. At such times wise man win
keep clear if possible in order to avoid the shock
BoxBAY is in a state of much excitement over the
great sucsegs of East India cotton cultivation. Men
who short time ago were possessed of only
10
aires, and the manner in which it is said fortunes
are being piled up there rivals the wonders of cur
own oil regions.
STRIKES IN ENGLAYD.-Strikes are the order of
the day among the mechanics in the middle counties
of England In Birmingham about eight hundred
carpenters are on strike in Coventry about four
hundred men, comprising all branches in Walsall
about four hundred of all branches in Nottingham
about seven hundred in Malvern about one hun
dred, and about one thousand in the other towns
FEw weeks ago, near Southampton, the gate
man at level railway crossing incautiously opened
a gate to let donkey and cart, with man and wo-
man in charge of child in the cart pass through,
when train, then due, came up and swept every
thing from the line killing the three human beings
and the donkey, and smashing the cart into atoms
TWENTY-FIVE young ladies lately graduated at the
Framingham (Massachusetts) Normal School The
exercises with the examination, occupied two days
and were attended by Governor Andrew, ex-Gover-
nor Washburne and President Stearns, of Amherst
College. Governor Andrew presented the diplomas
This is the Oldest Normal school in America hav
ing been established in Lexington in 1889, removed
to West Newton in 1914, and to birmingham in 1853
A WARsNq The Pa,sgolQ, Of Milan, has the fol
lowing; "A young man of good fortune, inscribed
on the conserphon lists for the present year and be-
trothed to handsome girl was lately declared unfit
for service Delighted at what he considered a
lucky escape he FASTENED to convey the news to his
intended bride, but was sadly taken back when she
informed him of her firm resolution never to accept
as husband man who was not fit to serve as a
soldier
A PLEASANT story istold of rather aged lady who
was recently married to young and fast man, quit,
ting him at the station when he was en- Uoydge on
some important private affairs. After an embrace
of the most loving character she put her head into
the carriage and said
dear Charles, remember you are masried'
To which he replied:
Dear Caroline, / viii make memorandum of
it, and once tied knot in his handkerchief
POPULAR SENTIMEST AT THE SouTH,-The Rich
mond Enquirer frankly admits that there is, or has
been large party at the South willing to return to
the Union, and that il would have certainly become
the dominant party if the peace commissioners had
been proposed generous terms by Lincoln and Sews
ard This is the first time that any Richmond iour.
nal has admitted that reconstruction was possible
The Mobile Register and Adrertiser says the peo-
pie at that end of the Confederacy are Wiling not
only to come back but consent to a gradual aboli-
ton Of slavery.
A BAD PRAoTIoE.-Many persons who use kero.
sene lamps are in the habit when going to bed OF
when leaving for short time, of turning the
wick down low in order to save the consumption of
oil. The consequence is that the air of the room
soon becomes vitiated by the uncousumed oil va
pors, by the gas produced by the combustion, and
also by the minute particles ofsmoke andsoot which
are thrown off Air thus poisoned is deadly in its
effects and the wonder is that more persons are not
Immediately and fatally injured by breathing it. r.
ritation and Inflammation of the throat and lungs
headache, dizziness and nausea among its effects
Boston Journal.
The MARCH OF EVENTS. Time is pretty certain
to bring Its compensations at last. A gentleman
recently from the valley of the Mississippi, says
that at St. Louis, in building formerly occupied as
slave pen, he saw large numbers of rebel prison
ers over whom coored soldiers were standing guard
They went to war to rivet closer the chains Of the
black man to-day the black man is master Of the
position. Says correspondent :-''CampbeIs 5
slave pen is now rebel prison. Get in dar yer.
self said colored woman, as she saw the rebel
prisoners fling into the old pen Use to putus dar.
Get dar yerself now. De LORDS comm sure
CHINESE PRoPosAL OF MARRrAGE.-When a gen
tleman feels desirous of taking unto himself wife
he sends to the paternal head Of some family CON
tanning daughters for specimens of the sizes of their
Get, with the prices attached One foot is valued,
at perhaps two thousand dollars, the next smallest
at Ave thousand and so FORTH according to the mar
ket After he foot (or the lady to whom it belongs)
is chosen, she is sent in sedan chair to the intend