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Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

simplicity and spirit pours forth all her aspi-
rations." She has just finished bust of Colo
mel Shaw, who commanded the first colored
regiment that was ever formed and who died
& a leader for all time in Freedoms chivalry. I"
Another commission is the bust of DR.. Dio
Lewis. She is executing an ideal group for a
gentleman in Boston, and, in the spirit of a
heroine, she has selected for her sub iect, "The
Freedwoman on first hearing of her liberty. "
1t is kneeling figure of woms with clasp
ed hands and uplitted eyes; her boy, ignorant
of her agitation, hangs over knees, and clings
to her waist; she wears the turban which was
used at work around her wrists are the half
broken manacles, and the chain lies on the
ground, still attached to large ball.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

DIR. HAMLIN AND THE CHOLERA.-W
have several times had to speak of the very
unusual usefulness to the world of the Rev
DIR. Hamlin Of COnstantinople, who, having
greatly benefited the country to which his mis-
sionary life has been devoted, was in the hours
of his native country peril her true, earnest
and .judiciOus and patriotic friend. His last
and most important work is the publication OF
his cholera experiences in COnstantinople,
where he labOred most asslduOusly in fighting
the disease Two Of his conclusions, derived
from much severe experience, are most impOr-
tant now. The first is that no one using the
proper precautions need hare the cholera at
all and the other is that if person takes the
disease, it is still ARRAYS and easily managCa-
bic, if treated in time and with vigor
As TO the first, cleanliness, wholesome food,
cheerful and moderate exercise, in fact all that
keeps the system in most perfect health with
out fear or careful thought, is the most sure
preventive; but careessness, dirt, excesses and
depresoiOns of every kind render the subject
peculiarly mpressible to the disease when it is
lurking in the air. The medical treatment he
preScribes is very simple and natural. Cam
phOr and stimulating medicines given at once,
mustard plaSters on the surface if necessary,
and above all, a recumjent position, are most
important. DIR. Hamlin' effort is designed to
induce people to plOvide means of combating
the first symptoms of the disease while waiting
for the doctor Our medical men could do no
better service than to instruct the people here
on the same pOint.-Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

PIT 'pI TO SoAK.-A correspondent writes
that ir view of the course of the President il
the wholesale pardoning Of prominent rebels
pe,1aps the following anecdotc may not come
a.niSS:
'Ina Baptist church in the western part of Con
necticut, during a revival, a man became a sub
iect of the awakening and was anxious to join
said church, but his antecedents had been such
that the members hesitated about admitting
him. They finally concluded that each mem
Der should give his vote and his reasons for or
against his admittance. They all give their
votes one way or the other; until Caesar an
honest old Guinea negro, being called, remark
ed, He says he be good man; he say he meet
the saving change; now we can't see dc heart,
and we 'spose it must be so, and we must ad-
nit him; but l guess We had better put him in
soak over night.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

lNGRATITUDE TO PARENTS. was o1c
a father who gave up everything to his chll
dren-his house, his fields and gOOdS-a1d eX
pected that for this his children wouldsuppOr
him. But after he had been some hme will
his son, the latter grew tired of hir, and SAT-
to him:
Father, | have had a son BORN to me this
night, and there, where your srln chair stands
the cradle must come. Wlll you not, per
haps, go to my brother. who has large
room p =,
After he had been scne, time with the sec
ond son. he also grew tired of him, and said
Father. YOU ike a warm room, and that
hurts my head Won't you go to my brother,
the bakerY
The father went, and after he had been some
time with the third SON; he also found him
troublesome, and said to him:
Father, the people run in and ont here all
day, as If 1t were pigeOn-house and you can
not have your MONDAY sleep. Would you not
be better off at my sister Kate's near the town
wall p
The old man remarked how the wind blew,
and said to himself" Yes, L will do So
will 20 and try it with my daughter. Women
have softer hearts" Bat after he had spent
some time with his daughter she grew weary
of him, and said she was always so fearful when
her father went TO onuTcn, Ut anywhere elSei
and was Obliged to descend the steep stairs and
at her sister EliGabeth's there was no stairs to
descend. AS she lived on the ground floor.
For the sake of peace the old man went to
his other daughters. But after some time,
she too was tired of him, and told him by a
third person, that her house near the water was
too damp for man who suffered from the
rout, and her sister, the grave digger's wife,
at ST. Johns, had much dryer lodgings. The
old man thought she was right, and went out
side the gate to his youngest daughter, Helen.
But after he had been three days with her, her
little son said TO his grandfather:
"Mother said yesterday to cousin Elizabeth
that there was no better chamber for you than
such as father digs.
These words broke the old man s heart so he
sank back in his chair, and died.
The Bostonians, to escape the cholera, are
said to be rushing out of town and crowding
the suburban villages. Everything in the
shape OF dwelling house for a radius of TWEEN.
ty miles around Boston has beed rented for the
season, and as high as $3.50 month is report
ed as being paid for furnished house of ordi-
nary size. Signs of similar movement are
in Philadelphia, but whether to es-
cape the cholera or not, it would be hard to
say, as the sanitary condition of this city is
steadily improving and the death list as stead
lily decreasing.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09
NJ | s G ELLAN ECU s.
California Fruits.


A correspondent of the New York Times, in
letter dated from San Francisco, gives the fol
lowing account of the fruits of the wonderful
country, California:
The fruits Of California, unequaled in variety
and luxuriousness, are her surprising riches.
Trees are twice as large as in New York or
Ohio at the same age. In one year the cherry
has grown fourteen feet high the pear ten feet,
and the stems Of peach trees three inches in
diameter. One peach tree year from the bud
grew eight feet high, with a trunk -circumfcr-
ence of eight and half inches. A peach twig
foot long, stuck in the ground in 1853, bore
fruit the next year. The apple tree bears in
the second or third year from the bud, and ap-
pies have been exhibited weighing two and a
half pounds. Distinctly a Northern fruit, how
ever, requiring a cold climate, it has not the
pungent flavor which New England and Ore
gon impart But the enormous peaches, the
strawberries-whOse vines produce four or five
crops year-and grapes, which grow with in
credible profusion, have a peculiarly rich and
generous taste that fingers lovingly on the
palate.
In the orchard of Wilson Flint, near Sacra-
mento, | saw hundreds of pear trees, seven
years from the graft, bearing 60 pounds of fruit
S'NAA' ~AN "A4OlNo'AAD1 III w lhbSA1 ~
from five to six cents per pound, by which
weight fruits, vegetables, and grain are invari-
ably sold. These pears were enormous, though
far from their full growth; and Mr. Flint as
sures me that they some times weigh two and
halt pounds each. | noticed cluster of six,
growing on one twig, almost as close as they
could be packed in a fruit dish, and each near
ly as large as a man fist This was the 26th
of August, and the graft which bore them was
put in last April. 1t WAS the most wonderful
sight of my Summer journey. Jonah's gourd
ceases to be the symbol of miraculous growth.
In the same orchard hundreds of fig trees
bent under rich purple fruit. Olives, pome-
granates, lemons and apricots grow in various
sections The orchards of the State contain
also about $500 orange trees. When six or
eight years old they produce fruit, and continue
for half century At IA years they are in full
bearing, yielding from 900 to 5000 oranges
per tree. They blossom early in Spring; the
fruit is ripe in the following February, and if
left on the branches, keeps until May. A full
grown tree is thirty feet high, with dense bushy
top, or 10 yards in diameter. 1t requires ir-
rigation and careful culture.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

A worm protector, designed to capture
and kill the worms which annually infest the
trees Of forests and parks and fruit trees, has
been invented by +. K. House OF Connecticut
1t consists of a tin screen Of bell shape, which
is to be sOldered around the tree and suspended
on an Indian rubber band that fits the bark
closely. Under the expanded edge of the
screen and concealed there is receptacle for
oil. The worm in their ascent cannot pass the
protector, but are likely to fall into the
oil. This invention has been tested, it is said,
with the best results and it will be likely to
supersede the use of the ropes and bands of
hay or straw, saturated with various substan-
ces which are temporarily useful, but very un-
slightly.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09
Chatechism For Thinkers.

What is the cause of the high taxes?
The war.
Who made the war?
The Democratic party.
Why did they make the war?
Because they were expelled from political
power.
Why were they expelled from power?
Because they were owned, body and soul,
by an arlstocratic, ambitious sectional class in
terest, which sought, in defiance of the Con
stltutlon the will of the people, and natural
right to perpetuate its powers by obtaining con
troll OF the territories and the States to be form
ed out of them.
What chiefly encouraged this aristocratic
class interest to make war upon the Union?
The oft repeated, StereOtyped, public decla-
ratlons OF all sections, never rebuked or disa-
vowed by that party, that the Union should be
dissolved if the demands of shareholders were
resisted by the people.
Who were in power when this aristocratic
interest undertook to dissolve the Union.
| The Democratic party.
What did they do to prevent it?
Nothing.
What did they do to assist the traitors?
| They gave them the forts, arsenals, cannon,
arms, ammunition and public moneys in the
| South, and sent them all they could from the
| North.
What did Gen. Scott beg them to do to pre-
vent the war?
To do as Gen. Jackson did, garrison all the
Southern forts
What reply did they make?
That the shareholders wouldn't like it.
How long was the Democratic party in pow
er after secession commenced?
Three months.
What were the traitors doing all that time +?
Surrounding Fort Sumter with batteries of
British guns.
What did the Democratic Administration or
der Major Anderson to do?
Let them alone.
What did the Republican Administration do
when Sumter grew short Of provisions?
Sent her more provision.
What did the Democratic party at Charles
ton do then with those British guns?
They rained shot and shell upon the old flag
on the walls Of Sumter until Anderson was
compelled to lower the flag and evacuate the
fort.
What was the consequence?
-Four years civil war: the death of half
million of men national debt of three thou
sand millions of dollars; the high taxes and
high prices.
If the Democratic Administration did moth
ing to prevent the dissolution of the Union,
what did the Republican Administration do?
They prevented it.
Who said the war was a failure?
The Democratic party.
Was it a failure?
Yes; on their side.
What do they ask the people to do, now that
they have failed in the war they made?
Restore them to power.
Will the people do it?
We guess not.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

How MAJOR GANsoM GAVE THE RgA1,
MASTER Mason GRIP.-Major James Can
son, OF LIE Roy, N. Y, though o small man.
had the most powerful grip ofhand of any man
ever knew. His hand was like a smith S vice
Whenever he chose to exert his strength.
1t was one night in the height of the anti
Masonic excitement Of 1886, 7 8, that silly
anti, by the name Of Smith, came into LIE
Roy and sought out the Major, saying that he.
the Major, could give the real Master Mason's
grip, and that he had come over eighty miles
on foot to obtain it. The meeting took place
IN the bar-rOom Of the village tavern, where,
as usual, many persons were cOngregated, who,
knowing the strength Of the Major grip, were
on the lookout for fun Having, according to
the custom OF those days, first taken a drink,
the Major extended his right hand and slightly
grasped that Of Smith
= Are you ready?' asked the Major.
All ready, replied Smith.
The Major, steadily looking Smith in the
eye, began to tighten his grip. Smith grew
uneasy, and began to vince. Tighter and t5ebt-
beg to be let off. why, this is only the En-. NJ
tered Apprentice grip, said the Major; II
VIII now give you the Fellow Craft :" and the
MAJOR gave his hand-vice several more turns.
winch caused much groaning and many ludi-
'eroul;S contOrtions on the part of Smith. who
Justify begged to be let off, said he was salts
he'd, and did not want any more grips. The
Major, however, was inexorable, and still held
on to Smith all the time, shaking his hand,
and every shake causing a groan.
Now, said the Major, "having come a
long way to get the real Master Mason's grip,
1t would be wrong in me to lot you 20 hence
without it.
=, There it is" said the Major, the real
Master Mason grip, and one that you will not
soon forget" at the same time exerting to his
utmost his great muscular powers, causing the
bones Of Smiths hand to crack, and the blood
to start from under his r-nails-Smith, in
the meantime believing with pain. "Go
home, said the Major, and tell all Of your
anti Masonic friends that if any of them want
the real Master Mason's grip to come TO me,
for fatter myself that | can give it as well as
any other man.
The Major gave one more turn of the vice.
and then released his victim The next day
Smith, with his hand done up in pOulticc,
started home, entirely satisfied with the Ma,
sonic information he had SO painfully obtained
"a wiser, if not better man.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

ODoMETERs.--A lady writes she has heard
that, In Connecticut, there are large mauufac-
tories OF odOmeters that is, clockWork ma
chimes for telling how fast carriage travels
She is anxious that some one in that State will
invent ntdchtae to tell hoW for husbands run
when they just drop down IN the evening to
the poSt-oihce, or "go down to the corner to
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

:. FEMALE AF-FN-TIEs.--A lady who adver.
uses herself as 'an orphan, eighteen years Of
age, and loves water, proposes through the
fatfs6arrgh Despatch, to swim in public for a
reasonable sum. She says, "Nd doubt neonle
Will think it wild idea;" but she ''understapds
her business" OnU0'S'"nNS
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

The death Of a Mormon bishop is thus an
noqnced - lie was thirty-seven years old,
and leaves an interesting family of elerea aUiues
death. -
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

A STORY OF THE TRICHINA.-The awful ca
amity which has been devastating Hedersle-
ben and its vicinity has brought to light the
following strange occurrence, which happened
In Germany many years ago.
In the year lS45, several clergymen and 9TH
er official persons met at Jessen, little town
in the district of Merseburg, for the purpose of
inspecting the schools. Seven members of the
commission took their luncheon at the house
OF wine merchant named Gese. The fare
consisted OF cheese, sausage, raw ham, and
white wine. A Mr.. Stoukert came rather lat
er, and ate nothing, but drank glass of wine.
A few days afterward all the seven who had
taken luncheon became very seriously i'll, and
four of them died. The symptoms were vio-
lent diarrhea, red spots on the skin, swelling Of
the whole body, accompanied by great pain,
sleeplessness, and delirium. The doctors were
completely puzzled, and could come to no 9TH
er conclusion than that the food had been pois-
Oned, which seemed to be more than probable,
as Mr.. StOukert remained perfectly well. Sus-
picion naturally fell on the wine merchant,
Gese. Two Of the bodies were dlSnterred, and
chemically examined, but no trace Of poison
was discovered. The popular belief, however,
that there had been foul play, was so strong,
that GeSe was from that time ruined man.
Nobody would have any further intercourse
with him, and he found himself compelled to
emigrate with his family to America, where he
is supposed to have died in great indigence.
In the year 1863 the teacher-Oehmc one
Of the three who had recovered from the ina
gined pOisoning-came to Berlin tor the pur-
pose Of having an operation performed on his
neck. AS soon as NJ. Langendack, the cele-
brated surgeon, had laid bare the upper layer
of muscle, he observed very larga number of
small white spots. They were examined by
the microscope, and found to be dead tTchtad
Here, then, was the solution of the fatal mys-
terry which had occasioned the utter ruin of an
innocent man, and might very easily have cost
him his life as well as his good name.-Ger-
man Paper.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

HOAXING A MINISTER of the most
successful hoaxes perpetrated on the first Of
April this year, was the work of a lady in Pitts
burg. She sent up into the pulpit, in Metho.
dist church, a notice, purporting to announce
a meeting in aid of another church. A mum.
Der of names of prominent clergymen were
mentioned as to take part in the exercises
The preacher read the manuscript to his large
congregation without hesitation, until he came
to passage announcing that certain layman
would sing comic song, when he became
confused, suddenly remembered the day, and
abruptly sat down.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09
DIR. c.. A. COWGU,L.

Having returned to Dover, offers his professional
services TO tbe citizens of Kent County.
Office at Che residence Of Daniel Cowgirl, Sen'r,
Dover, Delaware. apll 2m
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

COULDN'T Fool HER-The Lafayette,
lind Courier tells an amusing story of some
ladies and gents of that place who were taking
a social walk near the cemetery when ghost
appeared. They all ran but one sturdy woman
of the strong minded class, who stood her
ground till the ghost got to her. ohe then
thrashed out of the frightful disguise a mis-
walking about graveyards discussed, and had
hid himself to Give the party a fright. She
led him hack to the house, and in reply to the
questions that poured in upon her, said:
dCan't fool me I've seen too many men In
sheets to be frightened by then"
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09

RoBBING What is worse than hen steal,
ing "A cock robin (robbing.)
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09
FOR SALE. 4 rS%s SSGP caRsY csaERMAN .1'.

and Harness, with Pole, Cross.tree, Breast q
Straps, &C., all complete. Also, good In
Carriage HORSE, gentle and easily kept. GLA
apis WIN. WORDEN, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09
m o I IC z !!
FOR RENT.

Inc stOre-ROom recently occupied by the under.
s,Eneu' on Commerce St.. adjoining Robert Hills is
apl6 pp P SOIT SIE ne SA''
Smyrna times., 1866-05-09
BARCAINS!

ne onoersigned having on hand Large Stock
of READY-MADE CLOTHING. and wisbing 10
reduce his stock. offers Bargains to those who are
IN want Of Clothing. ale3 3t ED. WARD
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06

RIoHr TALx.-Says Ben. Avery, in the
San Francisco Bulletin, on Monday, edi-
torially:
A difference Of opinion between the
members Of the Union party being estao-
lished, what is the duty of that party
Manlfestly not to break up and divide,
but to act in harmony as far as possible.
II we cannot agree to-day to admit the
colored race to all the privileges which we
enioy, we should be content with
we can accomplish, trusting to the future
10 bring about more completely what we
NAV desire. We know that the Copper
head journals Of California are most anS-
ious that the Union party should break up
and divide. Indeed. there is not a Cop
perhesd within the range OF our acquain-
lance who is not in hopes that Union jour
mails NAV Grire the President into tho hands
Of his enemies, so that they may divide the
patronage Of the General Government.
We would in sincerity ask, if it be not bet
ter 10 have n President with US mainly,
even if we differ upon two or three points,
than 10 have one entirely in the hands OF
u enemies: The truth is, the Union
party, as constituted, must con6ne itself
TO great and leading objects. The very
incongruity Of its material makes this a
necessity. As we have said before, Prssi-
dent johnson is 6eliered to be a man of the
s~triess,t integrity. He may have his lido
syncracies, but it will be time enough to
try to .hrus, him, into the hands Of Cop
perheads, and those who have been rebels,
when we and that he will be Of no use to
the Union party in readjus,ing the affairs
of the country.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06

A FRENcHNAN who was master Of horsei
to one Of our Generals, during the late war
was sent from Stones river, where his Sri
gade was lying, on an GRAND into Nashville
As he set out, the General told him to brint
him the Nashville time. As soon as he hac
returned, he went to the General, took GU
his watch with an important air and said
" 1t was ju,te I'm quarter I'm three o'eloel
when l leeve &c scetie, then I stop mint
watch, so he keep the reeght time" Bu'
wha, is the time now :" "Ah, dat | know
not. You sails breeng re Nashville time !; J
breengs him ccsZxactly !"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06

The Place to Get Them BAUM
BROTHERS. next door TO the NEWS ONCE, Is
the place to get your best boots. shoes, wooden
and cotton shirts, drawers. hose, hats. caps,
coats, pants, vests. wooden blankets, and entire
suits, from the neat and durable business suit to
the aue and elegant broSdcloth suit, ut for any
man to wear. They are receiving q largo cargo
OF spring goods, and are offering extraordinary
bargains for cash. Try them. Mr.. FRED
HOUSTON. the attentive clerk and salesman.
will sui, You to your entire satisfaction. teod II
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
To Mill Men!
FOR SALE.

a GOOD. PERMANENT STREAM OF
n WATER. running from a tunnel on Crown
Point Ravine. having fall enough to be con-
veyed into Gold Hill proper, will be sold reason
ably cheap for Cash-will be sold with the tunnel
or can he bought with the whole mining claim.
The claim Joins the Aston. Enquire Of the owner.
opposite Odd Fellows Hall, Gold Hill.
"a I'm HENRY ECKERT.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06

u,H1s CEMETERY is SITUATED IN THE
range Of mountains back Of the County
Hospital. overlooking the city Of Virginia. The
Sexton and Superintendent being an old pioneer
ofthe city, and knowing the wants Of the eommu'
nity, has decided the Cemetery above described,
under an Act Of the late Legislature. In trust,
until such time as the same shall DO incorporated.
10 secure a resting place for the dead, and 10
afford 70 the friends Of tho deceased the c~onsola'
don OF knowing that under this trust this Gene
terry can never be disturbed, sold. or used for any
other purposc,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06

"MorHER. did you hear sissy swear p,
mo, my dear; what did she sayi ="
Why. she said she wasn't going to wear
hsr daxnsd Stockings to church,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06

SPANISH shipowners are transferring
their vessels to other na~tionalities to avoid
seizure by Gillian and other privateers.