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The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03
How to be Independent.

Mr.. Peter O. Brooks maxim wa
that the whole value of wealth con
sists of the personal independence i
secures" An amusing and singular
illustration of that distinguished mer
chants maxim is thus given:
A merchant named Porter once hat
a clerical friend between whom anG
himself there existed great intimacy
Every Saturday night, as Porter wa,
sitting balancing his cash, note would
come requesting the loan of a FIVE dol
lar bill. The money was always pune
tually restored at eight o'clock on tho
Monday morning following, But wha,
puzzled the lender was that the parsor
always returned the identical note he
borrowed. Since the discovery of this
fact he made private marks on the note
still the same one was handed back on
Monday morning. fsa
On Saturday evening Porter sent 0
five dollar gold piece instead of a note
and marked it. Still the very same
coin was returned on Monday. Porter
became nervous and bilious about it
he could hardly sleep at night for think
ing about it; he would wake his wife
in the middle of the night and ask hel
what she thought of such strange oc.
curance. He was fast boiling over
with curiosity, when news came from
the reverend brother one Christmas eve
asking the loan of ten dollars.'
A brilliant thought struck him. He
put on his great coat, resolved to cal
and ask an explanation of the mystery,
When he was shown into his friends
study, he found him plunged in the
profoundest melancholy,
"Mr. b." said the lender, :" If YOU
will answer me one question, / will
lend you that ten dollars. How does
it happen that you always pay me the
money you borrow on Saturday night
in the very same coin on Monday NOR.
ing?"
The parson raised his head, and after
a violent internal struggle, as though
he were about to unveil the boarded
mystery Of his soul, said, in faltering
tones:
"Porter, you are gentleman, q
Christian and New Yorker. know
/ can rely on your inviolable secrecy
Listen to the secret of my eloquence.
You know that l am poor; and when
on Saturday, / have bought my Sunday
dinner / seldom have red cent left in
my pocket. Now, / maintain that nc
man can preach the Gospel ard blow
his congregation properly without he
has something in his pocket to inspire
him with confidence. i have, therefore
borrowed five dollars Of you every Sat.
urday that I might feel it occasionally
as preached on Sunday. You know
how independently / preach-how
make the rich shake in their Shoes
We'll, it is all owing to my knowing
that | have five dollar bill in my pock.
ct. Of course, never having to use il
for any other purpose, it is not changed
but invariably returned to You the next
morning. But tomorrow Mr.. George
Law is coming to hear me preach, and
! thought i would try the effect of a
ten dollar bill sermon on him = Cyclo-
ppdia of Commercial and Business
Anecdotes.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03
A Democrat.

The Lancaster Gazette says: "The
Coppcrheads claim that Gen. Sherman
Is good Democrat. He has shown
himself to be good Democrat in gen
eral. When Johnson and Hood tried
to crack him, he proved to be o "Iard
She'll" When he was down in Geor-
gia giving the people their rights, he
was /" Estates Rights Democrat
When he issued matches to the boys
on the South Carolina line, without
stating what they were for, we suppose
he was Locofoco." When he as
certained the position of the different
corps at night, by burning bridges, he
must have been q Barn Burner"
When he set free thousands of slaves
on his march, he was no doubt a "Son
of Liberty" When he made the grand
circle of the continent from Louisville
around to Louisville again, wasn't he
"Knight of the Golden Circle ?
And when he bagged Johnson's
army, clpsed the war, and marched
his gallant army home, wasn't he Q
Peace Democrat." neT aIs
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

Some time since the Treasury De-
partment ordered the construction of
six new revenue cutters for the lakes.
The contracts for two of them were
awarded to Peck d Kirby, of Buffalo.
Work was commenced on them in
March, 1864, and has progressed as
rapidly as circumstances would per-
nit, and in few days more the two
cutters, John Sherman and William
Pitt Fcssenden, will be in commission
and doing duty on Lake Erie, Both
vessels are of the same and the follow
Ing dimensions: Length $50 feet
beam 20 feet; depth of hold IL feet.
The engine was built by Fletcher,
Harrison & Co., at the North River
Iron Works, of New York, and are
pronounced the finest pieces of me-
chanism in the Western waters. The
engines have each 4S-inch cylinder,
with nine feet stroke of piston. The
boiler is 8 feet shell and 33 feet in
length. The blower engine has 12-
inch cylinder and l2-inch stroke of
piston. The wheels are 25 feet In di-
ameter, and feet face. The engines
cost about S75, 900, and the boats COM
plete, without armament, 100000.
The trial trip of the John Sherman
took place on Thursday afternoon, and
an elegant party were on board to wit
ness the performance of the fastest
vessel on the lakes, as she proved to be
on that occasion. Senator Sherman
was among the guests, and Mr.. Peck,
her builder. Andrew Fletcher of New
York, Capt. Knapp, Government Su.
perintendent of the hull, and M. III.
Plunkett, experimenting engineer
With 9s pounds Of steam the engine
made 20 revolutions per minute, cut
ting off at half stroke, the engine work
ing smoothly and to the entire satisfac-
ton of all concerned. During the trial
trip the Sherman tested her speed with
the Pacific and Canestoe, and other fast
steamers, and ran by them with perfect
ease.
The Sherman was absent on the trip
about three hours, aud in that time
made distance of about so miles, go
ing at the rate of Is knots per hour.
When everything has been worked
down to its bearings it is believed she
can make 20 miles an hour with ease
and safety. The armament for the
Sherman will consist of rified guns and
a couple of brass howitzers, and, when
completed, will be credit to our reve-
nue. marine force upon the lakes.-
Hitherto sailing vessels have perform
ell revenue marine duty on these wa
ters, and it is due to say, that Mr.. Har-
rington, late Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and Mr.. Il. B. Stillman, SUI
perintcndent Of construction and re-
pairs at New York, the country is in
dcbted for the introduction of steam in
to the lake cutters. The engines were
built by Fletcher, Harrison & Co., and
shipped out there for the reason it was
considered that better piece of work
manship could be produced by them
and in less time than any firm in tho
West.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03
A Movement to Abolish Express
COMPANIES.

The trunk lines of railroad have now
under discussion through q committee,
the most efficient and speedy way oi
riddMg themselves of an abuse, under
which they have suffered until it has
become unbearable. 1t is proposed to
cut off the commission exacted from
railroad companies by "dispatches, -
"expresses,"' through lines" etc., by
which merchants are humbugged and
railroads defrauded of the business be-
longing to them. The freight entrust-
ed to them travels no faster than ordi-
nary railway freight and it will be to
the advantage of merchants to place
their goods i'll the immediate posses
sion of the roads. The following arc
the names of the committee as far as
selected: Mr.. Diven for the Erie, Mr..
Harlan for the New York Central, Mr.,
Garrett for the Baltimere and Ohio
Railroad. Every 'stockholder has an
interest in the success of this move
ment which will restore to whom it be-
longs many millions annually, which
now goes to organizations whose only
capital is a sign.board. The only la
Dor they perform is the collection and
distribution of large dividends by few
rapacious share holders. Every road
in the United States ought to be pre-
pared to receipt for about everything
that is moved by Express and thus
secure to themselves the profits of a
traffic which makes express stocks sell
at aO0 per cent, while railroads doing
the work get per cent, with OCCASION
ally an omission to pay anything.-N.
y. Tribune.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03
Farmers Of the Northwest, Make
q Home Market.

At the late National Convention of
Boards of Trade in Detroit, an impor-
tant meeting of leading merchants, Mr..
Littleton, of Oswego, n. Y, in an able
speech, in favor of Niagara Ship
Canal on the American side, large
enough to pass vessels of 1,OO0 tons,
or more, said: All the present modes
of transit are inadequate to carry East
ward the vast produce of the West,
and all new outlets and engagements,
we can reasonably expect to make will
be filled by their increasing products" +"
An experienced Chicago grain buyer
said also, that, "the freight charges
often cover over seven-eights of the
value of bushel of corn at Liverpool.
More than half the cost of vheot IS also
covcredby the present inadequate modes
of transportation"
In view of these facts, would it not
be wise for the people of the North
west to encourage the building up of
manufactures here, that we might feed
the workmen at our own doors, rather
than wait for crowded and uncertain
transportation, pay the expenses there
of, both ways, and impoverish our soil
by sending off all its products
In 1862 the North western people
bought merchandise to the value of $5s
per head, and of this Sl6 per head of
foreign manufacture, and large share
of the balance fromnear the sea-board.
Even our vast grain exports were in.
sufficient to pay for these goods.
Is it not plain enough that we ought
to manufacture large share of these
goods, now imported? Have we not
food and raw materials-wool, iron,
coal, &C.? Have we not skill too, and
can we not induce experience and la
Dor to come here? We have both, in
deed, now, and want them increased.
1t is high time we studied our best in
terests more carefully, and saw the adj
vantagcs of home manufactures in the
North and asked for such action,
public and private, as shall foster and
build up manufactures and agriculture
together, each helping the other.
There would be still enough of our
extra produce to crowd the avenues OF
transit East and satisfy the needs OF
our friends in that region; and we
should be, meanwhile, saving a vast
drain, and gaining great wealth, which
we now fail to secure.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03
Heallhfulness OF WOman's Dress.

Mans dress is allowed to fit his
body; woman's body is compelled to
fit her dress. His chest and waist need
no compressing = they were created
perfect, and so are allowed to develop
naturally, as God designed them; but
she-her Makers "last best gift to
man"-in fashions eye sad mistake
was made in her creation. The beau-
tiful round waist, so full, so perfect,
with room within for all the vital or
gans to play their part in the great
drama of physical life, is so "very un-
genteel, so vulgar - And so the little
girl, whose form up to the age of thir-
teen or fourteen years has been left to
grow as free and as untrammeled as her
brothers, must now begin to pay at
tention to her figure. The short dress
is heightened down to sweep the floor ;
the childish.waist, so comfortably loose,
is laid aside forever, and encased in
whalebones, if not in corsets, with a
dress so tight that an attempt to take a
free breath would endanger every
hook and eye upon it, but which fash
ion says fits so neatly, the process of
improving g, as hondiwork begins. The
muscles of the chest, denied develop
ment, becomes enfeebled by disease,
and gradually shrink away, causing the
waist to diminish in size the heart la
bors Intellectually to properly circulate
the blood through the arteries, capilla-
ries, and veins: the ribs, forced down
ward and inward, press upon the vital
organs, often crowding the adominal
vicera oat of position while the poor
lungs, crowded, stifled, unable to more
than half expand, become the ready
seat of fatal disease. And as she grows
older, additional stays are deemed es-
sential, corset strings are tighter drawn,
the dress fits still "more neatly" and
by the time she has arrived at Woman
hood the goal is won! She has reach
ed the genuine wasp-waist standard,
and fashion declares her figure " "ele-
CANT" An "elegant figure!" Shades
of Venus de Medicis preserve us La
mented Hiram Powers, what sad
mistake you made when you fashioned
the Greek slave! An" elegant figures !"
and what else has she in addition p
An aching head, weak back, disorder
ed liver and shattered lungs. And yet,
with effects following as surely in the
wake of their causes as sunshine fel-
lows shade, she cannot see her dress
has ANYTHING to do with sickness. Not
one woman in thousand will ac-
knowledge that her dress is tight
/" See how loose it is !" she tells you
as holding her breath and taking up a
fold in front, she deems you have con-
vincing proof; when if her dress were
but unfastencd, and she was to breathe
naturally, it would barely reach togeih-
er within two inches. From the crown
of her head to the sole of her foot there
is hardly one article of woman's dress
that is really what it should be.--Mrs
AZ Jones. fot i9 r
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03
Spend Less than you Earn.

To attain independence, SO appor-
tion your expenditures as to spend less
than you have or you earn. Make this
rule imperative. i know none better.
Lay by something every year, if it be
but dollar. If you cannot increase
your means, then you must diminish
your wants. Every skilled laborer Of
fair repute can earn enough not to
starve, and surplus beyond that bare
Sufficiency. Yet many a skilled labor
er suffers more from positive privation
than the unskilled rural pensant.l Why2
Because he encourages wants IN excess
of his means. t.4
Spend less than you earn. Whatever
your means may be, SO apportion your
wants that your means may exceed
them. Every man who cams $40
week can do this, if he pleases, whatev-
or ne may say to the contrary for if he
can live upon $40 a week, he can live
upon 80 co. eh i'an1
Mark this distinction between power
ty and neediness. Poverty is relative,
and therefore not ignoble neediness is
positive degradation.
III have $500 or 5000 year. ! am
rich as compared with the majority of
my countrymen. If / have $4,000 a
year may be poor compared with the
majority of my associates; and very
poor compared to my next door neigh
Dor. With either of these incomes, i
may be positively free from neediness.
With the 5000 a year, ! may need no
mans help. But with $4,000 year !
may dread ring at my bell; / may
have my tyranical masters in servants
whose wages cannot pay; my exile
may be at the fiat of the long suffering
man who enters a Judgment against
me. Nor is this an exaggeration.-
Some of the needicst men are those
who have large incomes. Every man
is needy who spends more than he has;
no man is needy who spends less. I
may so ill-manage my money, that with
$4,000, OF $4,000 year Ipurchase the
worst evils of poverty--terror and
shame. / may so well manage my
money that with $500 year, or less,
l purchase tho blessings Of wealth,
safety, respect, freedom from debt, and
the ability to aid my neighbor. Spend,
then, less than your income. Let no
pride lead you to entertain company in
o manner inconsistent with your means.
Let not your house be furnished with
what for you is extravaganza. Do not
dress your children beyond your means,
Extravaganza is prominent nation
al vice. Let us correct it,
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

ATTEMPT TO COMMIT RoBBERY.-
On Friday two fellows, named res
pectfully, VIM. Andrews and Frank
Burt, made an attempt to take from
the pocket of Mr.. Welch Of the Varie-
ties, an amount of money, which they
supposed he had stored there, as he
stood at the door of his pavilion on the
fair grounds, 1t happened, however,
that his money was not there, and one
of tho fellows in his cagerness ran
against Welch's fist and came down in
the dust. They were both arrested,
and being examined before Justice
Robins, were held to bail in the sum of
$4,000, in default Of which they went
to Jail. Burt was clerk in the Island
House at Toledo.-Adrian Erpositor.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

PALrITArING BosoM.-Not a small
amount of ingenuity has, within the
past few years, been exercised by our
inventors for the Improvement and en-
bellishment of the human form divine.
On ladies' hoop-skirts there have been
patents innumerable, and in machinery
For making them the inventions have
been many. We have also had patent
hats and bonnets, patent corsets, a pa
tent waterfall; and patent is about
te be applied for an instrument for
parting ladies' hair. The climax is,
however, capped by the latest improve
ment, which is no less than self-act-
ing palpitating bosom; so that if our
inventors cannot manufacture emo
tions, they can at least produce the
means Of stimulating thcm.-Scientyfc
american.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03
Up the Hill a Berrying.

On q sunny summer morning,
Early as the dew was dry,
Up The hill went a. .berrying.
Need tell you. tell you why
Farmer Davis had daughter ff
And 1t happened that knew.
On such sunny morning Jenny,
UP the hill went berrying too.
Lenely work is picking berries
So joined her on the hill.
"Jenny. dear" said I. your baskets
Quite too large for one TO flll."
SO we stayed---we too to fill it,
Jenny talking-I was still
Leading where the way was steepest,
Picking berries up the hill.
"This is uphill work." said Jenny;
so is lifs." said "shall we
Climb it each alone or Jenny,
Will you come and climb with me p
Redder than the blushing berries
Jenny's cheek a moment grew;
While without delay she answered,
al will come and climb with youP'
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

The Louisville Journal has correct
estimate of the special anxiety of Ger
tain politicians to be protected from
4" niggcr equality" That paper says
the /" anti-amendment people seem ter
ribly apprehensive that unless restrain'
ed by the constitution they will newt.
ably marry niggers. We have heard
of the fellow, who, getting into quar-.
rel cried out to those around him,
hold him, gentlemen, or shall strike
him. Each anti-mendment man, seems
calling aloud in similar spirit, Hold
me, e,dear Constitution, or shall marry
a niggcr, as sure as you are born. =
But we propose that the Constitution
stand off and see fair play"
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

SINGULAR AccIDENT-At the State
Fair at Adrian on Friday,a team attach
ed to carriage, were left standing on
the ground, and taking fright they
dashed off into the crowd, Fortunate
ly for the people, but unfortunately for
poor horse-the first thing they struck
was horse being led by boy across
the grounds. The pole of the carriage
struck the horse in the stomach, throw
ing him over and tearing out his inter-
nails so that they lay on the ground
This stopped the horse. But for this,
many people must have been hurt,
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

The CARE OF THE EYEs.-First,
never use desk or table with your
face toward a window. In such case
the rays of light coming directly upon
the pupil of the eyes, and causing an
unnatural and forced contraction there
of, soon permanently injure the sight.
Next when your table or desk is near a
window, sit so that your face turns
from, and not towards, it while you are
writing. If your face is toward the
window the oblique rays strike the eyes
when you sit in front of the window.
1t is always best to sit or stand, while
reading or writing, with window be-
hind you, next TO that with the light
coming over the left side--thcn the
light eliminates the paper or book, and
does not shine abruptly on the eyeball.
The same remarks are applicable to ar
tifcial light. We are often asked
which is the best light--gass, candles,
oil or camphene. Our answer is, it is
immaterial which, provided the light of
either be strong enough and does not
flicker Scientific American. nsf
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

ion takeh up for her benefit. She at
once repaired to a dry-goods store,
where she paid thirteen dollars for a
lace collar
The newest thing out is "plumpers''
for shollow-cheeked damseis.-The
plumper is made of porcelain, pear
shaped in form, fat on the other.--
They fit on the inside of the checks,
giving a round, plump appearance;
hence, doubtless, their name.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

TOMATO WoRM.-The Port Byron
Times says that several persons near
Auburn have recently been fatally
stung by largo worm that infested to-
mato vines, death ensuing within a few
hours. A lady in Port Byron discover
ed one of these monsters on her toma-
to vines one day last week, and narrow
ly escaped being stung. The worm is
described as about three inches long, of
green color, and armed with claws
and nippers, with black horn extend
ing in front some three-fourths of an
inch long. A writer in the Rochester
Express states that few days since he
took one of these worms from his to-
mato vines, and confined it about a
week in a glass jar, awaiting its change
into crysalis state. Upon being. re-
leased it burowed its way into the
ground nearly foot, or as far as the
thread by which it was held would per-
nit. Under the impression that it
might resurrect itself another season
in the miller form and become the pa
rent of numerous and destructive prog
eny, it was killed.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

SMOKING, AS UsUAL.-An exchange
tells this story: While Gen. Grant
was making his trip to Montreal, it was
currently reported at Manchester, N.
H., that he would pass through that
city over the Concord Railroad. So
the waggish tickct-master at that sta
ton informed few friends one NOR
ming that Gen. Grant was expected on
the afternoon train. Accordingly at
that time large crowd assembled, and
when the train came they were gratified
with the sight of large, new engine.
bearing the name of our fortunate sol.
dier. Among the victims of this mis-
placed curiosity was a jocose lawyer,
Familiarity known as "Sam," who had
seen the General before, though we
presume the General never had "seen
SAM" This apostle of Blackstone saw
the engine and the sell at the same
time, and comprehending his situation
at glance, boltcd incontinently for the
street and his office. AS he reached
the former he was asked by a knowing
one, if he had seen the General. "Oh,
yes" said Sam indiffercntly, How
did he appear ?' " Smoking, as usual"
was the clever response.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

LEARNING A TRADE.-It was wise
law of the ancient Jews, that the sons
of even the wealthiest men should be
obliged to serve an apprenticeship to
some useful occupation; so that, in case
of reverse of fortune, they might have
something to fall back upon" The
same law still exists in Turkey, where
every man, rich or poor, even the Sui
tan himself, must learn a trade. How
fortunate would it be now had il been
al law in this country? "Would to
God I had a trade !" is the cry OF
thousands Of returned soldiers, North
and South, who find themselves ruined
in pocket, with no immediate prospect
of gaining livelihood. 1t should teach
parents that whatever else they may
give their sons, they SHOULD give them
good trade, .ei7f ="
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

The funds stolen from the Concord
Mass. National Bank, amounts to s2s5,
500 and consists entirely of State and
Government bonds. A reward of s30,.
600 has been offered for the detection
Of the robber.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1865-10-03

oi A one armed man was asked by a
woman how he came to lose his arm.--4
ITc promised to tell her If she would
not ask any more questions. She told
him that she wouldn't when he said it
was bitten off. As the man went away
she said she wished she knew what bit
il off. .stis a 1897 1.1 TOO