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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
Distance to Plant Trees.

The Warsaw Ill Horticultural Society,
having appointed a committee 10 determine
on the distance apart different fruit trees
should be planted, they made the following
report:
1.-The Red June. Sweet June, BenOni,
American Summer Pearmain, Red Astra-
chan. American Golden Russell. Summer
Rose, Lady Apple, PryOr's Red, Red Win
ter Sweet and Winter Sweet Paradise, are
OF upright growth. and from sixteen to
eighteen feet will be found a sufficient dis
tance 70 plant them. The Early Harvest.
Fall Wine, Winesap, Ben Davis. Jenneting.
Rome Beauty. Lady's Sweeting. White
Be!lefOur, HGbbardstOns NOnsuch, iona
than, Peck's Pleasant, RambO, KsOpus
SpN en5urg Westfeld, Seek-nO-Further
and White Winter Pearmain are Of a more
spreading habit, and should be allowed
from twenty-five TO twenty-five feet. The
Maiden's Blush. Yellow Belleleur, Talman' 5
SweetiIs, Summer Queen, King Of Temp
kins County and Golden Sweet are Of eX-
tremely vigorous growth, and should be
planted at least thirty feet apart.
"AbO1t fifteen feet will be found the
proper distance for standard pear and
cherry treess aud eight feet for dwarfs.
Your committee have been induced by the
following reasons 10 recommend closer
planting than has been generally practised.
at IL universally conceded that our or
chards vii! nc. be as long lived as those on
the sterile soil OF New England. Fruit
trees cOntinue 10 grow there from seventy
I'VE 10 hundred years, while ours grow
very rapidly while young mature early, fruit
heavily, exhaust themselves and begin TO
decay IN twenty-five or thirty years. As
evidence os his We would state that the
first orchards planted in this country are
rapidly gong - decay, being only thirty
two or thirty years old"
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
Dress.

IL ls a prevalent but most injurious mis-
take, TO suppose that all women must be
splendidly and extensively dressed, to rec
Onmend themselves to general apprOba-
ton. In order to DO this, how many, in
the sphere OF life TO which these remarks
apply, are literally destitute of comfort,
both IN their hearts and their homes; for
the struggle between parents and children,
10 raise the means, on one hand, and TO OBJ
tain them either by argument or subteriuge
on the other, Is but one amongst the many
sources OF family discOrd and individual
suffering, which mark out the excess OF
artificial wants, as the great evil Of the
present time.
A very slight acquaintance with the sen-
timents aud tOae OF conversation familiar
amOngs' men, might convince all whose
minds are open TO conviction. that their
admiration is not TO he obtained by the dis
play Of any Kind of extravaganza in dress.
There may be occasional instances Of the
contrary, but the praise most literally and
uniformly bestowed by men upon the dress
OF women Is, thatit is neat, becoming. and
10 good taste.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

What Is SALERATUs.-WOod is burnt to
ashes, ashes are lixiviated-lye is the re-
suit. Lye IS evapOrated by boillE E-black
salt is the residuum. The salt W. aergoes
publication by fire, and the potash of COM
merce is obtained. By another process We
change potash into pearlash. Now put
these in sacks and place them in distilley
wash-tub, where the fermentation evolves
carbOnic acid gas. and the pearlash absorbs
it and Is rendered solid. the product being
heavier whittier and dryer than tue pearl
ash. How much salts Of I've and carbonic
acid gas human stomach can bear and
remain healthy, is aquestion for saleratus
eater. Some people say saleratus will not
harm the stomach Is it not very palp-
able iye
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
The Little Children.

Children grow up-nothing on earth
grows 80 fast a. children. IL was but yes
terday. and that lad was playing with tops.
a buOyant boy. He is a man and gone
now There is no more childhood for him
or for us Life has claimed him. When a
beginning Is made. il is like 4 raveling stock
ing, stitch by stitch give way till all are
gone. The house has not even 4 child in
it. There is no more noise 10 the hall
boys rushing in pell-mell; it is very orderly
now. There are no more skates or seds,
bats, balls or strings left scattered about.
Things are neat now.
There is no delay Of breakfast for sleepy
folks; there is no longer any task before
you lie down of looking after anybody, and
tucking up the bed-clOthes. There are no
disputes 10 settle, nobody to get of to
school. no complaints, no opportunities
for impossible things. no rips to mend, no
fingers 10 tie up, no faces TO be washed, or
collars to be arranged There was never
such peace in the house II would sound
like music TO have some feet clatter down
the front stairs for some children's
nOise
What used to all US that We were hushing
their loud laugh, checking their noisy
frOlic, and reprOving their slamming and
banging doors We wish our neighbOrs
would only lend Us an urchin or Two to
make little noise in these premises A
home without children II is like lantern
and no candle; u garden and no flowers
a vine and no grapes; brook and no wa
ter gurgling ard rushing in Its channel
We want to be tired. to be vexed to be run
over, TO hear chIld-hie at work with all its
varieties
During he secular days this is enough
marked. But it is Sunday that puts our
homes TO the proof That is the Christian
family day. The intervals OF peace. The
family seems made up on that day The
children are at home You can lay your
hands on their heads They seem TO real
ize the greater and lesser Iove-tO God and
to friends. The house is peaceful, but not
still. There is a low melodiOus thrill OF
children in it. But Sunday comes too still
now. There is a silence that aches in the
ear. There is too much room at the table,
too much at the hearth. The bed rooms
are world too orderly. There is too much
leisure and too little care.
Alas what mean these things Is some
body growing old. Are these signs and
tokens. Is life waning Henry Ward
Bescher
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
THE LANSING STATE REPUBLICAN, AUGUST s.
Al Old-Fashioned Choir

The conoreration Of which Mrs. Sigour-
ney was a member in her young days liked
plain. slow music. but the leader OF the
choir loved the brisk fugues, where one
part leads OF. and the rest follow Ike a
flock OF sheep She thus describes an
amusing performance. which shows that
the love for artistic effort is not q modern
passion:
"He, one Sabbath morning. gave out .
tune OF the most decidedly lively, stirring
character. which we had taken great pains
in practising. Its allegro 0lsiSsfDl0 open
ing.
8Aiso your triumphant songs,
To al immortal tune"
startled tie tranquility of the congrega-
ton, as though a clarion had sounded IN
their midst The music being partially an-
tphOnai, comprehended several stanZas.
On We went complacenLy, until the last
two lines:
50 No bolts - drive their guilty sSuls
To ne-csr flames below"
There was the forte of the composer. OF
course, it was our duty 10 give 1t full ex-
preston. OF led the treble, having the
air. and expanding con SpiritO upon the
adjective " fiercer," especially 10 its first
syllable about fourteen quavers. not count
ing semieS aud denies. Alter Us came the
tenor, in a more dignided manner, bestow-
Ing their principal emphasis on flames.
" No bolts, no bolts, " shrieked a sharp
counter OF boys, whose voices were in the
transition state. But when heavy bass,
like claps Of thunder, kept repeating the
closing word /" below, and finally all parts
took up the burden, till. in full diapason.
guilty souls. and " iercer flames below, ="
reverberated from wall TO arch. it was al
together too much for Purltanic patience.
Such skirmlshing had never before been
enacted in that meeting house. The most
stOical manifested emotion. Our mothers
hid their faces with their fans. Up jumped
the tithing man, whose Office it was to hunt
out and shake refractory boys The anci-
ent deacOns slowly moved 10 their seats at
the foot Of the pulpit, as If TO say, Is there
not something for Us 10 do ia the way Of
church government
d" As | came down from The gallery, q
sharp gaunt Welsh woman seized NE by
the arm. saying.
d" What was the matter with you all up
there You begun very well. only too much
like a Scr0me. Then you went gallavanIing
like parcel of wild colts. and did not sing
the tune that yOn begun, not at all. ."
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
EAT WESTERN w.
1868. 1865.
Great Central U. ). Mail Route.

Three Express Trains leave Windsor Opposite De
troIt) daily. except sundays arrival Of II e. D. 4
N, ani ; Railway trains as follows
Morning Express, ct. Western timo0 7SOA.N.
Day &" llO0A n
Night 80 GASP n
Tho Railway Ferries leave II e. anf H. a NJ Rail.
way docks in time TO connect with she above trains
Sufficient time allowed FOR meals aboard tho steam
Trains connect closely al Suspension Bridge with
New York Central Saiirosd for Buffalo Rochester,
Syracuse, Ogdeusburg Albany, New Work. Boston
also, al Toronto with fand Trunk Railway. az Ham
llton with Royal Mail ste lmers and at Toronto with
American Line and Royal Nail Line Of Steamers for
all ports on Lake Ontario and River ST lawrence
Superb nee sleeping cars on al Night Trains.
American currency tAkeu al par for through fares
Sleeping car berths. and meals ~ R-freshment
Rooms
Tickets and sleeping car berths secured atthe Com
pAnys once corner Of Jefferson avenue and Griswold
street. Detroit, Mich.
CHARLES AcCABE, Western Passenger Agent, De.
troit Michigan.
THOMAS SWINYARD, General Manager. JAMES
CHARLrO-I, General Agent, Hamilton C. W
54ou !. 7. WHICOMB, Agent, Lansing
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

FRUIT CASNISG n GLASS JARS. The
common practice of heating glass Jars used
for canning fruit, in hot water before the
frlit IS poured in Is said to be useless la
Dor. !. L.. EoOth communicates the fact
TO the Rochester Democrat, recommending
the following process as entirely sale: Fold
wet towel OF cloth a few times, placing
the same on table or in . pan: set the
glass jar (cold) upon it. and pour in the
hot fruit or liquid without fear. If Jar
can be broken in this way he would like to
know il. Ii perchance one should break.
il would be easier 10 give = philosophical
reason or II than for its not breaking. As
il is an intOlerable pest to heat the Jars
prior to filing, the announcement OF the
above will be thankfully received by sll
who are nor aware OF the fact NJ Booth
offers 10 give fifty dollars to the first person
who viii se1i hun a satisfactory exnlana-
ton showing Shy the jar does not break
under the above mentioned circumstances.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

SCALE Or BARK LICE--A correspondent
n the Northern Farmer, says: For some
years my orchard was infested with scale
or bark lice. had tried various expert
ments to be rid of them, still they in
creased in numbers. and my trees looked
as though they must yield to these pests
when, in an agricultural paper, found a
remedy that laid them out" In the
month Of June the eggs are hstched and
the louise crawls over the tree until about
the middle OF August, when they form
scale over themselves. During the time or
their travels wash the tree in strong ley,
ltle cloth TO a stick, aud save your hands
as strong as you can make it, i. VIII not do
any serious injury The ley will remove
the scale and the tree will resume bright
healthy appearance.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
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ALL sZES CONSTANTLY on HAND
FiSk'S Patent Metallic Burial Cases.

For ordinary Interments, Depositing in
vaults. and Trsasportssioa. they have no rival
They are made Of the most inpsrishabIs materials
and are eaans4el irsi1s az o-t, 20 prevent rust,
snd the exterior has 61s Rosewood foi.b Wbsr
properly cemanted the remains Of the fscsaset are
free from irr Iption u water or dspre ations OF v
Mn All may without ofrnsiTs od0r BE- kept a
long - desired thus 3oFaI1g ths necessity or hasfy
5lr-sis Their ong successful Csc an he apo-6
baton given Ehs renders am ecesssrg any e tendss
notice . see.- Tal1eas.S i-s1LaSes lv-5-O
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
" OF CANADA
Great International Route,
Nine Hours Saved From Detroit to Buffalo.

Three Express trans leave ths 50 Union Depot
Detroit, fOot q Third Street daily except sundays
on arrivalO Michigan Ceatrai Detroit Milwaukee
and southern trains, a. follows.
Buffalo and Montreal EKpress, 6.l5 A VI.
Buffalo ana New York Express &c .0S An
Montreal and New York Express, SIS Pm
Trans are run By Caicago tins. ~ minutes slower
than Detroit time.
This * the only direct route t. Buffalo conr ectng
without detention with the Eris ana New York Csa
tral railway only direct route 20 tho C4Baias and
al places % ths New Eagani states. Luxurious
sleeping cars o. all night Trans smoking cars with
euchre tables day trains American currency
taken a. par for tickets 20 ali ps1ee5 meals All sleep
ing car berths Passengers going east II they wish
to save time, unnecessary changes, and money will
gel tickets via the Grsnt Trunk Railway aud change
cara st the Junction three miles west o. Detroit
The officers Of the Road re az follows
EDN ARD kEIDI Agent Passenger Dept, Detroit
CO BRlDGIS, Managing Director G. T. K. Montreal.
7. P. BeACH, General Agent, lis Broadway, MY.
L K HEWITT, Agent az lansing, Mich 566H
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
GQrltuiIurnI anh 0umsstit.
"When Green Leaves Coma Again.
1T HAs UGDoH

Vbsp green leaves come AGAIN my wv
When green leaves come asa'n-
WHY pnt OF such = cloudy lace
When green leaves cone As-'n
" An, this spring will Dc IKE 'n7 'A'''
N nrontss false Aa1 van,
- 5nr.rner die 10 winters Arms,
Ere green leaves come AGAIN
90 a. ain the -esssu-and our lives.
Tsilic 70 complain,
Ant vet sign, searcs koo~ WY
when green leaves come ssAin-
Esv. ID. % thankful eyes, my sves.
Count eqaal loss and gan.
Because a. iong ss the world Asts-
Green leaves wall come again
For sure a. Earth lives under SHOWS,
And love lives under pain,
rs good to sing With eVerythiag-
. when green leaves come again
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

\ little fellow not more than i've wears Of
axe, hearing some gentleman at his fathers
table discussing the familiar line. "An
noles, mans the u05.esc work OF God"
sad be kaew 4. wasn't true his mother was
better han any mar thai was ever male
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

Eish- N.uor sellers. 81 PES MONIES. Iowa.
have ms; been l1ed 500 each 10 .le u. :.
D.s,gc- .o-r-
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

srEaSorAKr ANn Burning. On P,,,,.
For ihess diseases 10 Is truly a So,
and too much cannot b. said In ~ e,
dose has oecn known 20 relieve q. I
symptoms. -
Are "a troubicl with that . s.r..
small ~ III back and tlro4kh ~ s-.-s -
full day OF the Constitution Wst-- 80 4,
ike magic -.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

Have iung since given Up The use q, ~.
ana Juniper IN ne ie-tmsat Of tAss. :. |,
only use iaem "a Tho want o. bette, -
4 Institution W.,
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

DANvIILz. Pa. Jane, 1862 Or. WsE< ~
Dear SiT.-l1 February. ls6l. was - :
sugar ilsbetes, and for ave months ~. Il
than two gallons OF water 10 twenty ..s- ~
was obliged % gos Up IS often as teu Or .stn 4
during she night, ana IN TIVE months laS ~ !
pounds Ia weight Daring the mosia q "a u
procured ts0 bottles Of C0usttatiln Var = [
two days after using n experienced fsis. cd
taxing Two bottles WIS entirely cgrc.. s,E - /
gaining my usual good health
Yours truly, JYLlT-I
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08
ID IL Il r lie,

has proved 'is-'f equal % the tsst,,,,.
upon q
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-08-08

irriiaie and drench the Kidneys. aae Nv.
soon lead TO chrome degener..io1 -.
disease. -
We present the Consultation Wax, ..
with The conviction tAat 20 Las 10 49,.
the class OF diseases Tor which IA - -,
eminently successful for curing. aad vs'.-.>
shall be Rewarded for our enorts N -.
able remedy il form - meet ths r.-.ss|
patient snd physician ~.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30
Tay14ANo RIoAT.-ooD ave ovR ooONTRY
BLooMsBURG. COLUMBIA co. PA. WEDNESDAY, \

shot at, grounded and killed Abolitionism
don't pay. Now I'm as good man as any
of them. No mar has right now to lord
it over me. / wear no badge of servitude,
advertising that l am fit subject for shoui-
der-strapped damnss cuffs, kicks, guard houses
&c. I'm returned soldier-a poor man
who must work or starve. love my coun-
try. I'm better patriot than the man who
asks the poor man to pay taxes and interest
on bonds exempt from taxation, and say it
boldly that the next time [ shoulder mus
ket will be for equal taxation, equal rights
and free country don't like the idea of
reputation, but if government don't tax
her bonds, may be id if / ever pay a
cent of taxes, for my crippled limb is a bet
ter and more honorable bond than the
government ever issued. IF all are taxed
alike, it is well. IF not, it's repudiate, or
another fight.-La Crosse Democrat.
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30
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throw himself upon me, as | found l was
not heavy enough. He did SO, and the
additional weight was of great service. l
had now got firm hold of his tail and after
violent struggle or two he gave in, feeling
himself overpowered. This was the moment
to secure him. So while the first negro con-
tinued to hold the lance firm to the ground,
and the other was helping me, contrlved to
unloose my braces, and with them tied up
the snakes mouth. The snake, now finding
himself in an unpleasant situation, tried to
better himself, and set resolutely to work !;
but we overpowered him. We contrived to
make him twist himself round the shaft of
the lance, and then prepared to convey him
out of the forest. [ stood at his head and
held it firm under my arm, one negro sup
porting the belly and the other the tail. In
this order we began to move slowly toward
home, and reached it after resting ten times !;
for the snake was too heavy for us to sup
port him without stopping to recruit our
strength As we proceeded onward, he
fought hard for freedom, but it was all in
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30
Man in a Trance--Remarkable BILE
Escape from a Living Grave.

A young German recently married to
handsome lady of very respectable parents
age was taken suddenly i'll at his place OF
business last Friday. He was placed in
carriage and taken to his residence on Erie
Street, where he lay in great agony until
Sunday, when the disease SO Frustrated his
physical powers that he lay motionless upon
the bed, while weeping friends surrounded
the couch. To all appearances he was dead,
and it was SO decided.
Arrangements were about to be made for
the interment, when the young wife feeling
she could not give him up SO soon, insisted
that the funeral be postponed until Tuesday
morning. To CRAFTY the woman thus
brought so speedily to mourn the loss of her
husband the funeral was postponed. The
disconsolate wife spent most of the day on
Monday in the same room with the corpse,
weeping as though her heart would break,
and still clinging to the idea that he could
not be dead.
About twilight on Monday evening, when
everything about the house was perfectly
quiet, except when the stiffness was broken
by the sighs of the .bereaved widow, there
being but few persons in the room, the body
seemed to move. 1t was but slight mo-
ton, yet sufficient to arrest the attention of
one fearful eye.
| When the wife insisted that life was not
extinct, that the body did move, her friends
became anxious about her reason, and tried
to divert her mind from the sorrowful scene
Two long hours were spent in conversation,
the friends urging that she was deceived,
possibly by the Pickering light, as the shad-
ows it cast might have produced the effect
that she ascribed to vitality.
The feeling of that little circle of devoted
friends is known only to themselves and Him
whose all-seeing eye visits the inmost recess
ses of our hearts. During the conversation
all eyes involuntarily rested upon the habili-
ments of. the grave and the features of him
whom they supposedwould soon become one
another slight movement was perceived by
all the party The scene which followed can
; never be described.
The wife clung to the motionless form of
her husband, alternately weeping and beg
ging of him to speak just one word, while
the friends wept for joy, hastened for ply
sician, alarmed the servants by thier strange
conduct, and presented scence of confusion
generally. When the physician arrived, they
assembled about the Hring man, suggesting
and applying all the restoratives ever heard
or dreamed of by any of the party, while the
| IL Al
worn out with excessive excitement, had
swooned away and was lying at the side of
her husband, in the same death-like stiffness
that had embraced his form but a few mo-
ments before
The physician took the necessary steps to
restore the woman and resuscitate theman,
which was speedily accomplished. in both
cases, and as we write to-day the woman is
joyous and happy; while the man thinks his
escape from the grave a living one of the
marked features of his lfe.-Cleueland Her
Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-05-30

Editors Democrat and Star In contin-
.uing my brief notes on the Gubernatorial
campaign, l am happy to believe andfree to
write, that every indication in the political
world unerringly point to the triumphant
election of the Hon. HESTER CLYSIER.
Have not the people of Pennsylvania, rob
bed, wronged and oppressed, as they long
have been, by the shoddy crew who assume
to engineer for them the affairs of fState, had
a sufficient experience in the schoolof afflic-
ton to assert their sovereign majesty and
resist further oppression and taxation. The
answer and the antidote are alike with them,
and viii be duly furnished by the change Of
rulers, with which we shall have partial in
demnity for the wrongs of the past, and
ample security for the justice of the future.
Gentlemen, long to witness return to
better times, and enjoy the benefcent inhu-
ence Of Democratic Government This Oh
tanned we have gained everything. With
out it our future is yelled in inimitable dark
ness.
Every election IN our State, formany past
years, has been carried by fraud, brute force,
and corruption. The tyrants and satraps of
the Government have strutted their brief
hour and abused their authority in the vio-
lation of our wholesome laws and the plain
provisions of the Constitution They have
had their day-and dark day twill be for
them and their posterity in future history,
-, -,~,- c fl,a 1rx-a1 sa Won ornro have ,1ra,1,-