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Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

A GHOST THAT IL Dove are not partial
to ghosts. They are doubtless very well in
their place ByrOns suggestion that n body
and soul together are ahead of a soul SOluS, may
be somewhat sOphistical; but we certainly pre-
fer cased souls to uncascd as companions and
visitants on this visible diurnal sphere" In
the world to come, we may well indulge an OPP
pOsite preference, holding ever to the sound
principle of like to like.
But they have ghost out in Indiana that
we RELISH and recognize as a suitable visltant
to souls still tabcrnacled in flesh lie was once
(such is the avcrmont) Mr.. Orrin Elder, who
in 1853 went to California, leaving a wife and
two daughters behind him, and was killed
there in 1860 His wife has lived in poverty
since he left her, trying to subsist by washing,
&c. Two weeks since, her younger daughter
died, and five adult relatives and friends were
watching beside the corpse, when, at 10 P. NJ,
the dead father walked in-thOugh no door nor
window was open, and while all sat transfxed
with amazement, walked up to the coffin,
placed on it a bag containing 67 $40 gold pieces
| (nOne of your Legal Tender and a bit OF
paper on which was written Restitution for
Mary and instantly vanished, not taking
away the int-drOps, which the First National
Bank of Indiana was very willing to take and
credit to Mrs. Elder, allowing her the current
premium.
We have not the least wish to cross-examine
| MIR. Wilbur G. Mclntire who says he witness
ed the appariton and saw the ghost and his
sinners All we have to suggest is, that he be
invited to come often, bringing with hin
| g troops of friends s'-not forgetting the cast
ings. DESPITE Mr.. Stevens strong prejudices
we think he would in time be welcomed to al
most every fireside.-N Y. Tribune, 29th alt
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04
WHOLE NO. 600

COUNT 'EM.-Several years ago there %
the annual three days muster" of certain
Western Massachusetts regiments held at
Northampton, in that State. High Private"
IN one OF the companies, was the friend | write
Of and jolly good times he and two or three
more choice spirits made for their comrades in
arms. Now, round about camp, various suit
lers showmen, and other outside barbarians
had pitched their tents, for the purpose of re-
lIeving the militia Of their small change. Of
course they succeeded admirably. One even
ing, - and some score of his friends were
outside the lines, having good time. Rowing
from point to point they came upon tent, out
side Of which burly man was shouting
walk up! Walk! Walk right in and
see the great Kentucky giantess, the horse
with six legs, and nary two alike; the living
anacondas, and man that swallows a sword
and eats small rocks for supper-all for ten
cents! -
by Joye, boys" said -, "Mat sounds
good Lets go in. "
A smile overspread the features of the door
keeper at the g fat take before him.
" Many in?' inquired -.
" Lots Full OF soldiers ~ replied the door
keeper. 4" It's worth the money; only ten
cents Pass right in. +"
"CoVnt EN- = said -.
"All right quoth the guardian of the show.
" Pass right in, gentlemen
And about thirty passed in.
Have you conntcd emp" inquired -.
"All right! Thirty-two an youU make
thirty three said the doorkecper, extending
his hand for the money
| oh I'm not goin in!" quoth -.
8 Ion ain't?' said the man, horrible sus-
picion crossing his mind.
No; Im going back to camp" said -.
Good night!'
Then, if you could have seen that nfuriated
door-keeper speed to the mysterious interior Of
the tent.
There were at least a hundred persons crow
ded within its canvass walls all in uniform.
= Here! Look here | counted you,
believe. Didn't | count you? Wasn't yol
countcd?"
Thus he flew from blue-coat to blue; but not
a soul owned up, and thirty men saw the snakes
and things for nothin'
1t was bad sell, decidedly.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

CONJUGAL CORREsPONDENCE.- Husband.
(trdreling). Scene tISt.-Room in hotel. Spit
toons full of segar-stumps. Bourbon whisky.
Husband, in hurry to go to the theatre, writ
ing home: Dearest Susie My time Is so
occupied with business that can hardly spare
moment to write to you. o, darling, how l
miss you and the only thing that sustains me
during my absence is the thought that every
moment thus spent is for my dear wife and
children. Take good care Of yourself, my dear.
Feed the baby on one cows milk. Excuse
haste, etc. Yours, ever, Tom"
Scene SecOnd-Wife at home. Parlor.-
All gas lit. Thirteen grass widows. Fred,
from around the corner, with his violin; Jim,
from across the way with his banjo; Jack,
from above, with his guitar; Sam, from below,
with his flute lots of other fellows, with their
instruments Dancing and singing; sideboard
covered with nuts, fruit cake, ice cream, wine,
whisky, etc. Wife, in hurry to dance, writ
ing to husband: Dearest Hubby How
lonesome | feel in your absence The hours
pass tediOusly. Nobody calls on me, and l am
constantly thinking of the time when you will
be home, and your cheerful countenance light
up the now dreary routine of everyday life.
My household duties keep me constantly en-
! plOyed. | am living as economical as possible,
knowing your small income will not allow OF
| frivolous expenses. But now, dear, | will say
goodbye, or will be too late for the monthly
concert of prayer. In haste, yours,
HSISIE ~
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04
How 10 Avoid [ hOlera

At meeting of the New York Health Com
missionerS, DIR. Sayres, of Brooklyn, gave the
following general rules for the treatment of
cholera patients: Great fear and anxiety
had a great deal to do in the prostration and
spread of disease, and influence the physical
condition to such degree as to make persons
more subject to it than they would otherwise
be- He thought if the people understood the
single fact that it is always preceded by GER
tain mOnltary symptoms, such as lasSltude,
lang0ur, debility, and diarrhpa, and that in
this stage Of the disease it is nearly always GU
rable, if the proper precautionary measures
are taken, it would tend to allay the popular
terror
AT this stage of the disease it is of the first
importance to pay attention to the first Symp
TEN, which is diarrh9a At the very first ap
proach, the patient should assume horizon
tai posture and retain it, with the hips higher
than the shoulders, and under no circumstan
ces assume the perpendicular, even for mo
ment. Absolute, positive rest is needed, thC
body being kept in warm condition. Any
artificial means can be used for that whicl
may be necessary The main thing is the hor
lzontal position, and perfect rest at the yer!
commencement of the disease. If the patien
is down stairs when taken, let him stay ther
or be taken up. If he is out visiting, let hin
stay at his friends house.
g Keeping this position for forty eight hours
in the majority Of instances the disease vii
pass ovcr and the patient, on recovery, neet
make no very great changes in his mode o
life. OF course, if he has bad habits he shOult
reform them eat and drink nationally, and at
tend to business as usual, but not Overdo il
In the present state of the atmosphere, whe
pestilence is abroad, the system is rendere,
more liable to exhaustion, and he should hus
band his strength by avoiding violent exercise
With these few precautionary measures, an
proper sanitary condition of the city, and
rigid enforcement of quarantine, We may hop
to escape any pestilential epidemic.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

SOUND AS You've TIMBER. Once on time.
not long ago, good hearted man and his long
tOngued, style-talking wife attending social
party: Almost every three minutes his wife
would check her husband thus:
Now, William don talk so loud!' Come,
William, don't lean back in the chair that
way!' Now, William, dont get noisy over
thereT Say, William, let the girls alone,
At last forbearance ceased to be virtue,
and the husband, who was really pitied by ali
III the room, arose and said
. beg pardon of the company, but as wife
insists on being the boss all the time, it is right
she should have these!"
And he deliberately took off his pants and
handed them to her, and sat down in his boots
and drawers.
The company was astonished the women
burst into tears the happy couple soon went
home; but neither of them wore pants.
How the matter was settled we cannot tell /;
but the last time we saw William he had the
pants On.-HOlmeS' Country Gentleman.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

THE CREoLEs. term Creole IS cor
rupton of the Spanish Criotto, when sigIlliless es
one born in America or the West tnules, mus 20 VI
H%s % %any ng'fs pSces that Creole must have
gro blood. This, 50 far from being true = Tha EN-
e the term mOSl IS applied only to those who are Of
French T I or Spanish descent and it is the proud
es bons Of these people that they are Creoes
In the British West Indies the ter term rs is applied
ndscrminatey to all cCOrs vnt and hdan the native i've
are called GTSqs Se@ U@ %eSS hsS 1aSS broug
from Africa by the slayers.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04
A CONSCIENTIOUS DurcHMAN.-One Of the

A CONSCIENTIOUS DUTCHMAN. Of the
most conscientious Dutchman ever known was
porter in a commission-house in Cincinnati,
and sometimes sold some of the merchandise
when the proprietors were absent. He was a
good salesman, and pretty good judge of mo-
ney, but in one of his sales he took in very
Notwithstanding $5 bill and when the book
keeper took it to the bank, the bank refused
it and pronounced it spurious, but said it was
an excellent imitation. The boOk-keeper re-
turned it to the porter, and told him to return
it to the party from whom he received it,
About week afterwards, the book-keeper
thinking he had had time to see the party anC
get another note, asked the porter il he haC
said, Fdat man vot gave me dat bill he ,didn'
coined already, and some days l tink de bill
vas goot, and some days tink de bill vas bad
so one of dem days vot l tink der bill vas goo
passed him out
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

AN EYE TO BUSINESS, u. Il. Fair
child says that while in Palestine he met, on
the banks Of the Jordan, two English. clergy
men filling an assortment of cans and bottles
with water from the river The water was in'
tended for the baptism of children, on their re,
turn home; and one remarked that it would
pay the expenses Of his tour to the Holy Land
-as he would not baptize q child with it fol
less than s5 note, ..,.. q.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

SpEARING FIsH.-The Canadians are having
rare sport catching fish with spears. 1t is said
that upward of thirty spearing houses have
been erected upon Burlington Bay: The fol
spear: The house is rendered impervious to
the light, and circular hole of about yard
in diameter is cut in the ice. The house being
dark renders the water quite clear, and the
fishermen can see to the bottom A small de.
coy fish, made of wood and painted in brilliant
colors, is properly weighed and worked in the
water by means of a string; around this the
fish disport themselves, and the expert fisher
man can select the largest and by dexterou'
throw of his spear pierce it with the prOngss
Some of the finest fish are caught by this
means, as they fearlessly approach the decoy,
and appeared unaware of the proximity ol
danger
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

A PERsEvERING YoUNd LADY.-One day
last winter young lady of Bucyrus, Crawford
air-hole generously took her in and supplied
her gratis with hydropathic treatment. Not
daunted with one mishap, she went home,
changed clothing, and returned to the ice,
when she met with similar accident. A Sc
cond time she returned to the parental resi-
dence, habilitated herself in dry garments, and
tried it again She had been on the ice but a
few moments when she again went under, and
this time came very near being drowned
Whether she would have tried it again, is not
ing her arm and spraining her ankle.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

THE CANARY BIRD AT HoNE.-"W When l
saw it first in its native woods" says a late
traveller, /" | could scarcely recognize it as the
so much is the latter altered by domestication
and repeated crosses The native bird is gray
on the winge, the belly is green, and the back
a very dark gray 1t builds ON bushy trees or
high shrubs, lays from four to six pale blue
eggs, and sometimes matches six times iu sea-
son. was surprised to find that each flock
has different song. The note is between that
of skylark and nightingale. The natives as
sert that the bird is very difficult to rear, and
generally dies in couple of years if kept in 9
cage"
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

Where is paper money first mentioned in the
Bible? When the dove brought the green
back to Noah.
Husband Mary, my love, this apple dump
ling is not half DONE
Wife-"Well, finish it then, my dear"
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

IDIoCY.-Dr. Ballard, an English physician
who has closely studied the subject of idiocy
holds it not to be hereditary, but produced by
the Asylum at Earswood, England he says
nearly all the idiots, no matter how old, are
continually sucking sucking either their ton
CUES, or fingers, or bedclothes. This arose
early in infancy from a want of the infant nat
ural food, which was only to be got from suck
ing. The babe went on sucking and swallow
ing its gastric secretions, and this produced
constant dysentery; in many instances it total
ly destroyed the stomach, withered the crea-
ture, and ended in idiocy. Such things took
place frequently in the same family, when the
parents were offull mental development. This
view is greatly engaging the attention Of the
pOrtance.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

The Washington correspondent of the Lccl-
ger gives the following account Of the last mo-
ments of the late Senator Foot, of Vermont:
lie has been virtually dying for nearly a
week, and has been conscious all the while of
the fact. So favored, indeed, was he in this
respect, that he has been able to converse with
ease with his relatives and friends, and to give
such directions and advice as appeared necessa-
ry. His absolute sufferings, therefore, have
been trivial and though, toward the close, he
professed willingness to depart, and said he
had no fears for the future, yet he could but
regret that he had not made an open profession
of religion, and been formally enrolled among
the followers of the Master. On Tuesday eve
ming he called to his side all old friend to whom
he babe final farewell" God bless you!'
responded the friend, to which Mr. Foot re-
piled, "He will he will! | know he will :"
He woke to the morning light, which burst
brightly through the blinds of the room, but
said, soon after, that the hand of death was
upon him, and that his moments were nearly
numbered. Raise me, said he, that ! may
take farewell look at the Capitol" This
was dOne-his CLASSY eye fixed upon it through
the front window of his roOm-when, appear
ing content, he reclined back upon his pillow
and slept peacefully in death embrace.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04

LEARN TO "SPoUT. This is the first ad-
vice that female whale gives it's young, and
it is just the advice that every American moth
er should give her boys In no country in the
world is there such field for off hand speak
ers to operate in as the United States. A man
capable of stirring up a multitude at a mass
meeting can reach any Office in the gift of the
people, beginning with Comptroller of Poultry
and leaving off with the Presidency. In the
present Congress there are ffty-siX Senators ;
tOrty-thre are or have been lawyers leaving
only thirteen for all other professions. Now,
why is this? Why should twenty thousand
lawyers have eight times as many representa-
tives in the Senate as the whole twenty-five
millions of other people? For no other reason
i'll the world than that lawyers are good speak
ers. But why should good speakers be limited
to one profession? We know not single good
reason.
Every school should have defamation club
connected with it. Boys of all classes should
be initiated into the art and mystery of persua-
sion. With early training the mechanic and
farmer would become as successful ''on the
stump as gentlemen who consume their oil In
pouring over the old fOgyiSm of Coke upon
LlttletOn. To be good speaker all that is re-
| qulred Is a first-claSS memory and little manly
confidence. The former can be acquired by
practice at any time the latter, however, can
| only De obtained by breaking the Ice during
our schOol-boy days. Again we say, "learr
to spout.
DEATH OF SENATOR FooT. On Wcdnestla,
last, the Hon. Solomon Foot, United State.
Senator from Vermont, died at his residence
in Washington, aged sixty -four Mr. Foot wa
born at Cornwall, Addison county, Vermont
November 10, 1902 He was graduated a
Mlddlebury College in 1896 and for some year
atterward devoted himself to teaching. Hav
ing studied law, he was admitted to the bar il
1881, and settled at Rutland, which town h
represented for number of years in the Yer
mont Legislature. He was Speaker of tn
House for three years. In 1872 and 1914 h
was chosen member of Congress, but in lS4
he declined re election, and resumed the praC
tice of the law. Determining to rc-enter pull
lie life, however, he was in 1850 elected to rcI
resent Vermont in the United States Senate
and was reelected in 1856, and again in lS6.
His present term would have expired in 1865
and at the time of his death he was the oide>
member Of the Senate in consecutive service
having sat in that body without intermissior
for more than fifteen years. Mr. Foot was fc
four or five years regularly chosen as Presideu
pro tcnt of the Senate He was always dc
cided Republican in politics, but was at tn
same time very moderate in the expression
his opinions, courteous in debate, and yer
prepOssessing and impressive in his person;
appearance.
Smyrna times., 1866-04-04
AUCTIONEERING.

The undersigned, having taken out license to call
sales win sell Real Estate, Personal Property, or
Merchandise in all parts of the State. He has had
Considerable experience in the business, and feels
Confident Of giving entire satisfaction. Persons at
distance wishing bills distributed, he will DO Il 10 the
neighborhood free of charge. Thankful for past ia
sofs he sociis share of the peoples patronage 10
his line Address
WILLIAM ]. LANK,
myl81y Kenton, Del.