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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-05-05
SAINT PAUL. FRIDAY, MAY S. 1865

But in the whole category of crimes of
high treason, attended by deliberate assas-
sination, that which most resembles the
"damnable taking off " of the good and
universally lamented Abraham Lincoln, in
point of ferocity of purpose, precise calcu-
lation, and the wonderful steadiness of
nerve exhibited by the murderers in both
cases, was the assassination of Spencer
Percival, in 1910, just as he was entering
the lobby of the House of Commons. Mr..
Spencer Percival was then prime minister
of England, and was generally looked upon
by the whole English nation as one of the
ablest and most conscientious men in the
country. In the advocacy of certain mea.
sures however he had given offence to
certain parties, whose personal interests
were supposed to be somewhat jeopardized
by his policy, and the forfeit of his life was
secretly determined upon. A desperate
and rather eccentric individual by the
name of Bellingham was selected as the
fittest person to execute this atrocious
behest, and faithfully did the monster
perform his part in the tragedy. Standing
in the lobby of the House of Commons,
with pistol in ha d, he took deliberate aim
at the minister as he was passing, who fell
without groan, and died almost instanta-
neously. .~- ..
We could, had we space and leisure, par
ticularize many other instances of State
murders, showing that in generality of
cases those who have deserved most of
their country, who have striven with unfal-
tering energy to discharge honorably and
faithfully the sacred duties allotted to their
positions, have been the victims of the
assassins wiles. History records few
instances where crimes of this character,
involving, as they always do, incalculable
mischief to whole community, have been
committed for the purpose Of ridding the
land of tyrant like Nero or Dionysius.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16
PRODUCE OF AN ACRE.

The following product Of single acre OF
ground, the truth Of which IS vCached for, viii
give an idea of the capacity of land in the hands
Of one who thoroughly understands how % bring
it forth. The acre here referred to Is situated
on Long Island, where the soil is by no means
naturally afluent;
son one acre, within sight of Trinity Church
steeple, New York, but in Jersey, lives man
will call john Smith Johns neat cottage
and acre cost him, eight years ago, $4,000,
now worth $4,000. In the spring of 1856 he
planted 12,0O0 Early Wakefield cabbage plants
which by the first week in July, were sold in
New York market at S8 per 100, for 5000.
Between the rows of cab5ages were planted, ct
tie same :;ine, 900 Silcsia lettuce plants,
which at 81 80 per 100 brought $40. Both
crops were cleared off by July -, the ground
being thoroughly plowed, narrowed and plant
ed 900 celery plants, which were sold before
Christmas Of the same year at 50 per 100, tor
$1,000, making the total receipts $2,430.
"EIis expenses were /: Manure, $50; keep
Of morse, S300; interest on SO, 600, 1920; hired
labor, S4O0; incidental outlay, Sl00; amoun-
ting in all TO $3.50, which deducted from the
receipts gave him the net profit of 1850. John
some might call clod-hopper. He has no par
ticular skill, no great share of 'brains,' his only
prominent quality being untiring industry; but
it would be difficult for any one, no matter how
endowed with skill or brains, TO make more CT
an acre than he did,
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

81 say--you," said Jonathan, grinning,
'that ere city fellur's turned out pooty pup,
amt he?"
''I,'s dreadful, if it's truel'' replied the young
lady.
''You had narrer escape, didn't ye?" pur-
sued the old lover. ''But he warn't never of no
account, any how. What do the old folks think
&5ont 1t p
''They bain't said word since he cleared
OUT
"Forgot that night l rode you home from
singing school?" asked Jonathan, suddenly
branching off.
"No haint," replied the young lady, blush
ing and smiling at the same time.
Remember them apples l gin you?"
so, yes"
"Well they was good-wasn't they ?"
''First rate, Jonathan"
SCOT a hull orchard of them kinder fruit,
Suke, said Jonathan, suggestiyely.
Susan was silent
$50 long!" exclaimed Jonathan, putting the
''braid' on the black horse. ''IIa1c you any
idea where we're going, Sulse ?"
''I''n going tc the village"
"No, you amt, you're goin' along er me"
''Where to 2"
'Proyidence. And you don't come back till
you're Mrs. Doubikins, 10 how you can fix Is"
'How you talk, jonathan. What will the
old folks say %
'Darn the old folks crieI Jonathan, put.
ting on the string again. "Ef was to leave
you with them much longer, they'd be trad!n'
you off to some city feller with half q dozen
wives already"
The next day, as Mr.. and Mrs. Doubikins
were returning home in their chaise, Jonathan
said, eonfidentially:
inlay as well tell you now, Suke, for haint
10 secrets from you, that Gusset never seen
them women afore the day they came stompin'
into your house and bowed him up. had
though. Cost me ten dollars, by thunder I
teaehed 'em what to say, and l rather guess
they done it well, Old Gusset may be sharp
shopkeeper, but eff he expects to get ahead Of
Jonathan Doubikins, he must get up plaguy
sight airlier O mornings"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16
The Question of NEGRO Suffrage.

In the proceedings Of the New School Pres
byterian Conference, which is now being held
in New York, we find the following:
''THE NEGRO TO OFFSET THE IRISH VOTE.
''The consideration of the memorial was the
next business in order, and was discussed by
DIR. Spear, c. H. Thompson, (colored), Rev.
Mr.. Johnson, of Pittsburg, and Others The
principal theme of the discussion was negro
suffrage. The last speaker, whose name was
not announced, stated that it became at this
time, an absolute necessity to give the negro
the ballot, to counterbalance the Irish vote
and to keep out of Congress aud the Senate,
men from the South. The time has come,
when snch influences as Irish and Southern
politicians she.lI sse held in check. The mo
ton onthe adoption Of the memorial was pui
and carried Z
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

@A paper is in circulation for signature a.
mong the business circulars of New York, oil
the subscribers to which agree to give at least
one disabled, honorably discharged soldier or
sailor employment as general messenger in some
light capacity, where the work has heretofore
been performed by ablebodied men
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

er"See here, Mr.. - the chambermaid found
a hair pin in your bed, this morning, and it will
not answer
SWELL" replied the boarder, 'I found hair
IN the butter this morning, but it did not prove
you had a woman in it."
The two men looked at each other for a
bout ten seconds, when each smiled and went
his way, no doubt pondering on the pecuIiarities
of circumsta rtial evidence.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

eg-Three bits pound is now the price of
honey. We know party who has ga little
honey" that he wouldn't sell for $4,000 a
pound. She weighs 81 pounds and ounces.
E-Spectat0r.
Just SO. We knew man once who owned
just such chunk of honey, it weighed about
l20 pounds, who sold the whole Of it for bran
dy foddy. That's the difference in the ideas of
men.-AppeQl.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16
ST. ttt % nftru.
A LESSON OF The WAR.

TCapfain Stone, of Massachusetts company, b
g wounded in an engagement, lay for three d.!
pom the battle field, and was saved from starvatlc
1ly b. wounded rebel, who shared his ratio
ith him.l
Fiercely ragged the tide of battle,
Fiercely Taag the wild hurrah,
Strains of martial music blending
With the claiion sound of war.
On the blood red field of conquest
Lay the hero spirit brave,
While comrades ebbing life blood
O'er him poured its crimson wave.
Day had passed, and night had faded,
Mornings sualight dawued again,
Still amid the dead ana dying
Lay the hero in his pain.
Oh, that long, long night of anguish!
An, what careless lips SHALL tell!
Many bleeding form around him
Gave TO earth last ia.eweii
Say what dreams 0 loved ones
On New England's rocky shore,
Mingled with the wilder fancies
OF the caanon's fearful roar.
Who shall say what mothers kisses
on his brow in fancy fell3
VINO shall speak the tender yesTnings
Lingering roand some old farewe.2
Morning broke IN glowing splendor
O'er that field OF carnage red,
FieTceIy poured the sunlight glory
O'er the piles of mangled dead.
Fiercer grew the feyerish buinings,
Breathing low he lieth still,
Battling with the iend starvation,
Father, shall it be Thy will
Pale and wan with fea rful anguish,
Breathing forth one earnest prayer,
Drinking in the golden glory,
HoveriHg over earth and air.
Drinking III the low toned whispers
OF his dear ones last farewell;
wldeTing fancies thronging o'er him,
Z houghts no human tongue can tell
Harkl sweet-toned voice Of succor;
See a hand extends him food.
Comrade brother blissful music
Brother though of Southern bloodl
Hand clasps hand with gentle pressure
Saved, oh Father By Thy win
Yet nation yainly yearneth
For Thy blessed "Peace be still"
Dying heroes, weeping mother,
Breaking hearts, Oh God how .ong
Ere Thy voice shall calm the tempest,
Ard the right replace the wrong
God of mercy-light eternal
From the gracious Throne above,
Smile upon our severed nation
Fold the North and South in love.
JERSEY Blue.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

eaTA chap in Saint Joseph knows hows how
to keep hotel. lie keeps lot Of pretty girls
in his house, ard gets his male boarders in love,
ana then he says ''they don't eat anything
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16
GENERAL JACKsON,S MOTTO.

s'Think before you act, but when the time
for action comes, stop thinking" This Is the
true doctrine. Many men fail in life and go
down to the grave with hopes blasted and pros
poets of happiness unrealized, because they did
not adopt and act upon this motto. Nothing
SO prepares man for action az thought; but
nothing so unfts man for action in the course
of action. Better by far adopt some course and
pursue it energetically, even though it may be
not the best, than to keep continually thinking
without action. $50 ahead ought to be print
ed in every young mans hat, and read until 1t
becomes part of his nature, until he can act
upon his Judgment, and not be turned from his
course by every wind of interested advice. In
conclusion we would say: ''Think before you
act; but when the time for action comes, stop
thinking"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

s. sg-An old dutch tavern keeper had bis third
wife, and being asked his views of matrirnony,
replied, ''Vell, den, you see, de first time,
maIries for love-dat wash goot den mar
ries for beauty-dat wash goot, too; about as
goot as de first but dis time | marries for non-
isll--and dis is peter as both.''
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

sra poor fellow having got his skull frac-
tured, was told by the doctor that his brain was
visible, when he remarked ''Do write to faith
er, for he always says that had none"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

ga lady wished for seat in a crowded
hail. A handsome gentleman brought her q
chair. ''You are jewell said she.-"Oh, no,
am jeweler; have just set the Jewel"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

eE"Yes, Mrs. Mitfin," said a visitor to her
hostess, ''dear little Emma has your features,
but | think she has her fathers hair "Oh,
now see,' said little Emma, it is because I
have papa's hair that be wears a wig"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

erA clergyman recently travelling in the oil
regions, saw child stumble and fall He
kindly picked her up. saying ''poor little dear,
are you hurt 2 when she cried out: Il amt
poor. DAD has struck lie
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

eg-A clergyman, catechising the youth of his
church, put the first question from the cate
ehism to bright young girl: "What is your
consolation in life and death o. The girl smi-
led, but did not answer Tue clergyman in
sisted "Well, then,'' said she. ''since must
tell it, it is young printer"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

egSEvery household has its pet names. Mr..
Jones enchants his helpmate by calling her ''his
idol" Jones, however, privately spell it
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

eg-Some fellows deposit all their money insids
their vests in the form of victuals and drink,
and call that i22estalg it.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

EFThere is a man out West who claims to
cure disease by laying on hands. That is noth-
ing marvellous. We have ourselves says the
Bangor Wing, when young, been cured of NOR
al obliquities BY the laying on of the patsrnal
hand-severely
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

eg"Tom, said a gill TO her sweetheart, you
have been paying your distresser to me long e.
nough It is time you made known your con-
tcntions, SC as no: to keep me in expense any
Iengef."
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

era jockey furnishes some hints as how to
sell your horse 81 tell you it's all by compari-
son-have the critter fer sale long side of
scrub-ain't one in fifty but what'll get fooled.
They look first at the scrub and then at the 9TH
er; and they think its a 'traordinary critter.
That's the way l came ii on jenkins, the livery
nsu, with that gray colt"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

e9~As the good man saith, so may we; but
as good women saith, so it must be.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

CYL say, printer, do you take government
money? No. What's the reason-ain't It
gaed Ies-best in circulation.-F don't
you fake it, then? Because we can't get it.''
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

egTwo men were conyersing about the ILL.,
Fhumor Of their wives. "Ah," said one, with a
sorrowful expression, 'mine is a Tartar -
swell, replied the other, ''rnine is worse than
that; mine is the cream of Tartar"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

ez-A brave man--one who isn't afraid to
wear old clothes until he is able to pay for new.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

es-A wife's advice is ike the ballast that
keeps the ship steady.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16
TEE BEDFORD GAZETTE
1s PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
BY B. r. MEYERS.

At the followingeterms 10 wits
50 90 per ann1m, if paid strictly in advance.
g. so if paid within 6 months $500 If not paid
within months.
Dz-No subscription taken for less than six months
ry-No paper discontinued until all arrearages are
paid unless at the option of the publisher. 1t has
been decided by the United States Courts that the
stoppage of newspaper without the payment OF
arrearages, is pria faeis evidence OF fraud and is
4 criminal offence.
D5-The courts have decided that persons are ae
eountable for the subscription price of newspapers,
ii they take them from the post office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

ea- Washington Irving must have been an
awful ''copperhead' when he got off the follow
ing on religion and politics:''
"a cunning politician is often found skulking
under the clerical robe, with an outside all re-
Egion and an inside all political ranchor Things
spiritual and things temporal are strangely
jumbled together, like poison and ansidotes On
an apothecary's shelf; and instead CT devout
sermon the church-going people have political
pamphlet thrust down their rhroats, labeled with
pious text from Scripture
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

e9eAll are good lasses but where comes
the i'll wives frae?
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

CT When a belle is married. does she not re-
ceiyc ring?
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-06-16

eg-Newspaper subscriptions are infallible
tests of mans honesty. If man is dishonest,
be viii cheat the printer in sone way-say
that he has paid when he has not, and sent the
money which was lost by mail, or will take the
paper and not pay for it, on the plea that he
did not subscribe for it; or move off, leaving it
to come TO the Office he left. Thousands of
professed christians are dishonest, and the
printers book will tell fearfully on the final
saa..lement. Of the judgment day. How many
who read this paragraph viii be guiltless Of the
otsease charged r. fzabaM EIpress
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-27
Manufacture OF Welded Iron Tubes,

In the ordinary manner Of constructing
heating furnaces used in the manufacture
OF these tubes the furnace is made in two
compartments, each compartment being
provided with frc-grate- One Of the
SAID compartments is called the back hole
or warming furnace, and the other is call
Gu tue welding furnace. The skelp, or
partially formed tube to be welded is first
heated in tho back hole or warming fur
mace, and afterwards transferred to the
welding furnace. where il il raised to \
Welding heat. The invention Of Mr..
James Fisher. Of West Bromwich. Eng
land, consists in dispensing with tho fire.
crate at the back hole or warming fur
mace, and IN 80 constructing and arranp-
ing the.said back hole or warming fur mace
and the welding furnace, that the warm
ing furnace shall be heated by the waste
heat from the Welding He builds tho
warming furnace and welding furnace
side By side in the ordinary manner, bu,
builds the warming furnace without any
fire-grate. lie builds the welding fur
mace IN The ordinary way excepting that
he closes the end Of the said furnace, in
stead Of making It communicate directly
with the stack. He perforates the wall
separating the two furnaces with series
Of holes, through which holes the flame
and heated air of the welding furn ace
pass into The warming furnace, and thence
to the stack. BY this arrangement the
two furnaces are heated BY the fire from
the grate--namely, by the fire of the
welding furnace CRATE. II is claimed,
that by constructing the heating furnaces
according to this invention great economy
is effected in the fuel employed.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-27

WEnpIS0s.- weddings, celebrated
when the couple has been married two years, In
among the latest improvements in Massachusetts,.
Tho sugar wedding-thirty days after Wedding
II the newest thing
The Round Tube man, who evidently ID not
married, or has made failure Of his tin wedding,
calls tin wooden and glass weddings. benefit nights
for married beggars.
EUCHRIsTIC.-A vote was being taken
on impo, tant measure In the Indiana senate the
other day. Mr.. -, grave and reverend senator,
had not been attending to his biz" and didn't
by the secretary. lie looked puzzled for \ moment.
and then rappng the desk with his knuckles, after
the manner Of card-players, said II pansi" An
audible litter through the hail. and the presi-
dent Of the senate took 1t up"
THE WARD FAMILY.-Artemas says, "as
for the Wards, they air known all the world over,
and every big city in the blessed union has all it,
little divisions called after them In New York and
Boston there is the fust Ward and the second Ward
and NO on to the one hnndrGdth Ward, and 10 Paris
and London, and everywhere, We are honored with
the same remembrance guess that's sum honor.
they've some Wards In their small villages; and WI
70 popular that tho workin apartments In
the penitentiaries cir named in the same way"
SAssINo DADA gentlemanly school
teacher thought II advisable to give some les
IN politsness. Among other things he told the
boys that In addressing gentleman they should
always say Sir" aud gave them examples, and
delighted and tok occasion to speak to his teacher
often. to show he profited by HIS teachi ngs when
he went homo to dinner his father said
Tom, have some mcati"
Yes. sir. thank you"
The next thing the child knew his fathers hand
came whack his ear, and his fathers voice thun-
dered forth, I'm teach you to sass your dad -
Tom gave up being polite.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-27

Sir Walter Scott perpetrates curious
blunder in one of his novels, by making
certain Of his characters behold sunset
over the waters Of seaport on the eastern
coast Of Scotland.
The owners Of the Congress and Empire
sulphur, springs, Saratoga, have contracted
for all the water they can bottle in the next
ten years the business amounting in that
time to millions Of dollars.
-Thad. Stevens is aow in his seventy
third year. He was born in Caledonia Co.,
Vermont in April 1898 graduated at Dart
mouth in 1914: went to Pennsylvania a.
q lawyer was in the State Legislature FIVE
years. Canal Commissioner in 1886, in Con-
gress from l849 TO 1853, and again in the
House in 1869, and has been there ever
since.
Oysters in England are seven times
dearer than they were two or three years
ago.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-27

DELAYs.-An English railway lawsuit
Of some interest occurred lately. A pas
senger by the London and Northwestern
railway, took o ticket from Manchester to
Levenshnlme, and after sitting in the
train twenty minutes beyond the time for
starting. he engaged cab, and sued the
company for three shillings, the amount
of the cab fare. The company, however,
proved that they only engaged not to start
before the specified time. The Judge gave
. verdict for the defendant.
To put an eud to the continual delays
on railroads, the Council Of State in
Switzerland has just resolved to impose
the following fines: A delay Of from
quarter to half on hour, fifty francs; from
half an hour to an hour, one hundred
francs; from An hour to an hour and
half. three hundred francs more than an
hour and q half, five hundred francs.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-27

The most extensive brewery in the
world is at Dublin, ireland. 1t employs 500
men, through whose hands sex, O)D barrels
of water, either in the crude form or manu-
featured state, pass daily Thirty tons of
coal and 800 cwt. of grain are consumed
per day. 1t turns ont about II. 900 hogsheads
Of beer per day Each workman is allowed
quart per day, and they consume sixty
five gallons daily. The brewery was started
in 1870. and has amassed princely fortunes
for it owners.
A lady in New Bedford, Massachusetts,
recently gave birth to child, weighing 49,
pounds.
In Paris the fashion of three cornered
hats for ladies. is reyiving.
A minister in Belgium has been dis
charged for being drunk in his pulpit.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-27

Look ouT FOR Your VALIsEs.-A nav
enterprise has been started by the pro-
fessional thieves who .'work" the railroad
cars. When the train arrives at q stop
ping place, these fellows are on the watch
for yalises or carpet-bags lying on the
seats or hanging ON the hooks, but not
under the eye Of the owners. When the
cars stop, they seize them hastily MS if
they had arrived at their destination, and
jump off the cars. It is evidently new
4 odge Of the thieves, and will be heard Of
all over the country until exposed by the
newspapers. Look out for them.