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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-04

SrrriDIrIrs Walking alorg the streets
with the point of an umbrella sticking out
behind, under the arm or over the shoulder.
BY suddenly stopping TO speak to friend.
or other cause, a person walking in the
rear had his brain penetrated through the
few days.
Stepping into church aisle, after dis
mission, and standing to converse with
others TO allow occupants of the same
pew TO pass out and before, for the cour-
tcsy and precedence, at the expense of a
great bo0rl>hness to those behind.
To carry a long pencil in vest or out
side coat pocket. Not long since, clerk
in New York fell, and the long cedar pen
ell 50 pierced an important artery, that it
had TO be cut down upon from The top OF
shoulder to prevent his bleeding to death,
with three months illness
To take exercise, or walk for the health,
when every step is drag, and instinct
urges to reposc.
To guzzlc down glass after glass of cold
water, on getting up IN the morning, with
out any feeling of thirst, under the i'm.
preston of the health giving nature Of its
washing out qualities.
To sit down TO table and ''forcc" your.
self to eat when theie is not only no ap
petite, but a positive aversion to food
To take glass of soda, or toddy, or
sangaree, or mint drops on summer
day, under the belief That it is safer and
better than glass of cold water.
To economizc time by robbng Yourself
of necessary sleep, on the ground that an
hour saved from sleep is IN hour gained
for life, when in reality it is two hours
actually lost, and halt dozen others
actually spoiled.
To persuade yourself that you are de
stroyinG one unpleasant odor by intrJ-
ducng stronger one that is, attempt
ing to sweeten your own unwashed gar
menis and person by cnveloping yourself
in the fumes of musk, eau de cologne or
rosc-water; the best perfume being n
clean skin and well washed clothing -
-dOntredE IjHRcSS.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-04
A qua DE MAGNOLIA.

A toilet delight, Superior to any Cologne, used
to bathe the face and person, to render the skin
soft and fresh, to allay inflammation, to perfume
clothing, for headache, &c. 1t is manufactured
from the rich Southern Magnolia and is obtaining
patronage quite unprecedented. 1t is n tavoritc
with actresses and opera singers 1t is sold by all
dealers. at S1.00 in large bottles, and ~ DEMAs
BARNES & Co., New York, Whocsal, Agents.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-04

HEIMSTREETS irimitable Hair
IL Coloring is not a dye. All instantaneous
dyes are composed Of lunar caustics, aud more or
less destroys the vitality and beauty Of the hair
This is the original Hair ColVring, aud has been
ton, in most remarkable manner. II il also a
beautiful hair dressing. Sold in two sizes-5O and
sl-by all dealers. e. lEIMSrREET, Chemist.
SARATOGA SrRING WATER, sold by all Druggists
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-04

An English paper strangely states that
among the visitors at Boutwell, care tina
widow and daughter of the late Abraham
Lincoln, Presi lent of America.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-04

God is love, but he hates sin.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-12-04

EDWARD p. Russell, MID,
PHYSICIAN & SURG EON,
MIDDLEBURY, VT.
have formed Partnership with my father W.
T. Russell. upon whose counsel and advi can
rely. Office over the Drug Store of
W. L. 4 L. Z. Russell.
July 1st, 1866. 1l;u
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
Success the Result Of Diligence.

There is nothing in all the routine
of life in which we may be called to
engage but what it is necessary to be
.diligent in order to succeed. Whilst
we travel life's uncertain course, and
wander up and down the shores of NOR
tality in search Of transient treasures,
we can see no better way to pursue
than that in which all the wise aud
iudicious have trodden-the path Of
Diligence. 1t was this trait of char
acter that marked the Father of his
Country, George Washington, and his
noble comrades as they struggled
through seven long years for sweet
Liberty, which was finally won only
| by untiring diligence. 1t also charac-
terized the reformers of past ages, and
still characterizes the successful men
and women of the present day.
Without diligence we must not ex-
pect to succeed in any laudable enter
prise There is nothing that goes SD
far toward the building up of an indi-
vidual or community as to be always
diligent in business, and in every pun
suit of life which we may be called To-
follow. Did you ever see the slothful
man and know him to prosper? On
the contrary, we all of MS daily wit
ness the success of the assiduous and
why is it that some are so much more
prosperous than others? We cannot
ascribe it to their superior abilities, or
say that Providence has especially fa-
vored them but it is because they
have made better use of the talents
given them, and by their own ardent
exertions have secured to themselves
peace and prosperity.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24

saw her own life, stretching on, on
into eternity, while the dark river
seemed but shining thread in her
way.
The evening after the funeral, Mr..
Herbert called to say goodbye. Alice
and her father were alone in the still
twilight--the old man sitting close be
side her, with his mournful, question
ing face. There was little said, bu,
once Mr.. Herbert looked around the
lonely room, and then to Alice with a
pleading look. She glanced at her
father and back to him with an ex-
preston he could not understand. He
bowed his head silently, and again
Alice was alone.
The autumn of Alice Lansing's life
had come. There was no shouting of
the harvest home, no singing, joyous
festive days, but there were peaceful
ingatherings, full and rich,-there
were precious stores that would nour-
ish her and others here, and hereafter.
If ever Winter comes to such a
life, there will be in it only gentleness
and purity-a whiteness and transpa-
rency over the seeming barrnness
which hides germs of stronger, rich
er, more glorious growth.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
Prize a Faithful Friend.

Above all things we should prize n
tried and faithful friend-one who will
not for a right hand reveal the secrets
you have reposed in him-who does
not prize him? There is nothing, to
onr mind, 50 base as to betray the
confidence that has been reposed in
you. If a word is spoken to you-a
word you know is for your bosom
alone-do not for the world whisper
it aloud If a letter, or note, is
placed in your hands for another, let
it be delivered promptly, and not re-
tanned or shown to those whom it
might vex or displease. No matter
what the secret is, that love, or kind
ness, or good will has placed in your
keeping, there let it remain, hallowed
and secure.
\ faithful, true.hearted friend is
prize indeed. TO possess such friend
you feel that there is one ark of safety
for secret thouSht--one source of
consolation for the depressed and
stricken spirit You can unbosom
your griefs, and have them in a meas
ure alleviated. Stick to such friend
in any and every emergency. Let
nothing tempt you to desert him. The
voice of slandcr and the tongue of de-
traction should be raised in vain, while
to you proved true-hearted, honest
friend,-for such are "few and far be-
tween "-one which we should cher
ish above all things. 1t is needless
to say that such friend should be
treated with all due kindness, on your
part, and do by him as you would wish
to be done by.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
Pnefru.
The Song of Other Times.

Oh, sing that song to me once more!
Though sad, yet sweet the strain
1t thrills the cords of memory o'er,
And joy revives again.
Long time ago | heard those words
Sung in so sweet a tone
That e en- the merry, tuneful birds,
To hear it, hushed their own.
That time, that spot, that song are all
TO me e en- yet so dear, d"
That never, till oblivion's pail
Shall cover memory's bier,
Shall fancy cease the backward flights
She makes, with gladstone haste,
To gather relics of delights
BY sorrows hand laid waste.
That time was eve and DER the scene
Fair Cynthia shed her rays;
But lovelier than her richest sheen
The eyes that met my gaze;
For, as thew cast upon my sight
The brightness of their beams,
They poured such floods of living light
As but on loves shrine CLEANS.
We sat upon a brooklet's bank,
With gentle slope inclined;
AHu OlLt tS VIC It's "dltlh tllhl1h,
The fancy crossed my mind;
As, in the hand OF Moses was
To Marah, Alyah' wood,
Or aromatic sassafras
To Florida's foul food:
So, sweet ming to that limpid stream
Was her pure. honied lip;
And joying in the pleasing dream,
turned again to sip.
She gently touched her light guitar,
Aud babe its music swell
While Echo answered from afar,
Ger hillock, green and dell.
And as those witching words she sung,
l heard with raptured zest
Their pathos with weird pleasure wrung
Each fibre of my breast.
Then sing that song to me again
Its pcnsive notes once more;
Sweet mem'ry of that blissful pain
That hour-that spot restore
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
The Lnnatic.
B. F. Taylor TINS alludes to touch
ng incident Of railway ride:

B. F. Taylor TINS aludes to touch
ing incident Of railway ride:
1--WE saw a sad sight on the Michi-
gan Southern train--a woman IN the
tangled maze of insanity. Young,
wondrous fair, with clear, soft eye,
and hair that Petrarch's Laura might
have sighed for, with a sprightly mind
and gentle spirit, she was, it was
feared, hopelessly crazed. Her friends
were taking her to the Asylum at
indianapolis, but sadly, as to the
grave.
One, who would have been all the
world to her, fell in Virginia, in the
front rank, and the bullet that found
his heart out struck the gentle girl as
well. She was waiting at home for
her bold soldier boy" Her madness
was mildness /; she fancied she could
fly, and waved her white hands, sing.
ing all the while, snatches of song and
fragments of hymns. One moment it
would be the bugle-like strain Of
"I see them on their winding way,
About their ranks the moonbeans play. -
Aud then it would be snatch of Lo-
gan's
ocould ay, I'd ay with ,hee;"
broken off with
I'm over young to marry yet"
And all along she would call in the
most persuasive tones, Henry"
Henry !"listen for an instant for a
response that never came, and then
laugh so like sweet bells tangled out
Of tune"
1t was not hard, knowing as much
of her story as we did, to tell who
Henry was it was he that slept in bis
bloody vestments in some grave Of
the "Old Dominion" Her friends
stopped at the Salem Crossing, and as
the train swept on we caught a
glimpse Of those white hands, as she
waived them from the platform.
1t was sad, sad sight-one Of the
works of the war and that poor girls
shattered fate strows SOMEBODY'S thres-
hold. Thank God, it is not yours or
mine
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
Farmers.

Adam was a farmer while yet in
Paradise, and after his fall he was
to earn his bread by the
sweat of his brow. Job, the honest,
upright and obedient, was a farmer,
and his stern endurance has passed i'll
to proverbs. St. Luke was a farmer,
and divides with Prometheus the hon
or of subjecting the OK to the use OF
man. Socrates was a farmer, and yet
welded to his calling the glory of his
immortal philosophy. Cincinnatus Of
was a farmer, and the noblest Roman
them all. Burns was farmer, and
the muses. found him at the plough
and filed him with poetry. Washing
ton was a farmer, and retired from
the highest earthly station to enjoy
the quiet of rural life, and present to
the world a spectacle of human great
ness. To these may be added host
Of others who sought peace and re-
pose in the cultivation of their mother
earth the enthusiastic Lafayette, th'
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
The Secret.

There were two little sisters at the
house, whom nobody could see with
out loving, for they were always So
happy together. They had the same
books and the same playthings, but
never quarrel sprung up between
them-no cross words, no pouts, no
slaps, no running away in pet. On
the green before the door, trundling
hoop, playing with Rover, helping
mother, they were always the same
sweettempered little girls.
"You never seem to quarrel" | said
to them one day." how is it you are
always SO happy together 2"
They looked up, and the eldest an
swered - s'pose its because Adde
let's me, and Iiet Addie"
thought for moment All, that
is it," | said -" She lets you, and you
let her that is it."
Did you ever think what an apple
of discord mot letting" is among
children Even now, while | have
been writing, great cry was heard
under the window. | looked out.
"Gerty, what is the matter :"
Mary won't let me have her ball."
bellows Gerty.
"Well, Gerty wouldn,t let me have
her pencil in school," cried Mary, and
don't want she should have my ball.'
"Fie, fe is that the way sisters
should treat each other 2"
"She shan't have my pencil" nut
tered Gerty "she'll only lose it."
"And you'll only lose my ball." re-
torted Mary +" and | shan't let you
have it,"
The "not letting" principle is down
right disobligingness, and a disoblig-
ing spirit begets great deal of quar-
relng.
These little girls, Addie and her sis
ter, have got the true secret Of
good manners. Addie lets Rose and
Rose let's Addie. They are yielding,
kind, unselfish, and always ready to
oblige each other Neither wishes to
have her own way at the expense Of
the other. And are they not happy?
Oh, yes and do you not love them al
ready?
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
The Secrets of the Heart.

How little we know what is in the
bosoms Of those around How nat
nral it is, however, to feel and act as
if We knew how to account for all
that appears on the surface by the
limited acquaintance we have with cir
cumstances and ieellngs-to resent an
Indifference of which we know not the
cause-to approve or condemn with
out an allowance of chagrin, or de-
spair, or love, or hope, or distress
any of the deep under-currents for
ever at work in the human bosom.
The young man at your side at a din.
ner party may have duel on his
hands for the mornig, a disgrace, i'm
minent in credit or honor, or refused
heart, or an accepted one, newly
crushed or newly made happy or
(more common still and less allowed
for }, he may feel the first impression
of disease, or the consequence of an
indigestion ;and for his agreeableness
or disagreeableness you try to account
by something in yourself, some feel
ing toward yourself, as if you. and
you only, could affect his spirits, Or
give a colour to his mood or manners.
The old mans thought of death, the
mothers overwhelming interest in her
child, the woman's up-spring of love,
are visitors to the soul that come uu
hidden and out of time ; and you can
neither feast nor mourn secure against
their interruption. We would explain
many coldness, could we look into
the heart concealed from us; we
should often pity when we hate, love
when we think we cannot ever forgive,
admire when we curl the lip with
scorn and indignation. To Judge
without reserve of any human action
is a culpable temerity, of al! our sins
the most unfeeling and frequent.-ly
Note Book
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
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Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24

But how many of you know the ori-
gin of these simple lines (! We have
the following account from the records
of the Boston Historical Society ::
Shortly after our forefathers landed
at Plymouth, Massachusetts. a party
were out in the field where the Indian
women were picking strawberries.
Several of these women or squaws,
as they were called, had papOosses -
that is, babies-and having no cradles
they had them tied up in Indian fash.
ion, and hung from the limbs of the
surrounding trees. Sure enough,
I" when the wind blew, these cradles
would rock" A young man Of the
party, observing this, peeled off a
piece of bark, and wrote the above
lines, which, it is believed, is the
first poetry written in America"
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24


The seasons are wheeling their rap.
id course, and May with her coronal
of vernal fora is again here to make
glad the hearts of all. What prom
ise of plenty it gives to the careful
cultivator what joy to the invalid to
again inhale the balmy air laden with
the aroma of flowers. 1t is joyful
sight to look ont upon the green car
pet that forms the rich setting of field
and lawn. We hope there is no farm
err SO sordid, so lost to all love of the
beautiful. that he does not enjoy the
opening beauties of the floral king
dom, and rejoice in the deep green OF
the vernal verdure.
Summer, with all her wealth of
leaves-full-grown and waving in the
MONDAY SUMS not more beautiful
than May in expanding them, to float
ont in the morning air, full-robed and
gorgeous with the rich pencilings that
nature with her wondrous art imprints
upon the petals that harbinger the en-
bryo fruit. Does the farmer see other
than dollars and cents waving amid
the opening leaves of the apple, the
peach, the cherry or the pear? Do
the spices of the tiliering grain give
him aught of pleasure than the con-
temptation of the heaping measure.
that these ripened spikelets may fill
again and again :? Is there nothing
| in the roseate hues of health of bound
| ing, ioyous childhood, as tiny hands
ravish the plants of the beautiful,
wherewith to deck the parlor with the
greetings of spring? IT does not
seem possible that such man tills the
teeming soil of the prairies that he
would willingly neglect the planting
of flowers wberewith to make his
home perpetual spring and yet. too
often we fear, the modest request OF
wife or child for flower seeds and
plants, is in this busy season unheed.
ed, and they musts plod on amid the
waving leaves and rustling grain.
Thousands of homes attest the un-
pleasant truth, that, during this busy
season when the fields are vocal with
the glad song of birds, aud the air la
den with the breath of vernal fora, the
time to plant, wherewith to make the
beautiful in summer and autumn with
wealth of roses and other fora, is pass.
, ed in dreamy forgetfulness of duty
. We would arouse the this class to
their interest that their homes may
wear cheerful smile when the sickle
has laid low the beauty of the field
and the heat Of the summer sun be
, gins to paint the landscape with th'
0 sere aud yellow.-Prairie Farmer.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24

BETTER HALF.--The phrase speaks Of
home and it's comforts, "a smiling wife
and pretty children, your slippers
ready for you when you come home
from the office, good cup of tea, and
Awe may as well say it-a kiss to
welcome you, the evening paper read.
and all those little ct ccteras that
make home, that blessed place, so
comfortable.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
NUMBER 21.

steadfast Pickering, the scholastic
Jefferson, the fiery Randolph, all found
an Ell Dorado of consolation from Iie's
cares and troubles in the green and
verdant lawns that surround their
homesteads.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
LIVERY STABLE.

The Subscribers would respectfully inform
the citizens of Floyd county and the public
generally. that they have their Livery Stable
we'll stocked. and that person desiring to hire
double or single teams will be accommodated
With good outfits on reasonable terms
JIG. STEARNS & Co.
Chsrlss City, May %, 1885. -
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24

All day the glory of the autumn
had been vailed with clouds and mist
Now and then the wind sobbed among
the branches, but the leaves in the
hollows were still-and all day the
rain had dropped monotonously
against the windows, running down
the panes little globes oflight. Alice
sat watching them, not thinking of
them, while she listened to the short,
quick branch Of the dying one. The
old man sat by the bedside, looking
at the sunken face with the half Won
dering glance Of child, then up to
Alice with an appealing, questioning
gaze while sometimes, as the confus-
ed thoughts shaped themselves in his
poor brain, and he knew he was to
be left alone, the tears ran down his
withered cheeks-and he took the poor
pale hand in his, shaking his head
mournfully. ~"
To Alice the sense of loss had not
yet come. On her mother, she knew,
eternal happiness was about to dawn
| For herself there was to be one less
care, one less comfort on earth--oDe
more treasure in heaven. 1t was no,
strange that her life, SO closely con
nected with the one almost extinct
passed in review before her. To her il
was a straight and quiet way she hat
trod, to the angels it was glorious
triumphal march.
Alice" her mother spoke" Alice
YOU have been good child. see i
all now. God has blessed you and hi
/ always will. Goodbye" .......
The old man. seeing her lips move
stood close beside her. Alice was for
gotten again. The dying one claspet
the hand of him, her best beloved
through all the weary years Of he
! life, smiled and died. The old ligh
flashed into the dim eyes. and liftinl
his hands he said solemnly, Blesse,
are the dead who die in the Lord"
For the first time, feeling of pai
and desolation came to Alice. As sh
turned sadly, Mr.. Herbert entered tn
room, and after the first clasp Of syn
f pathy, knelt-while his words ofprais
and thanksgiving brought peace t
her. As they arose. the sun burs
, through the cloud, flooding the roor
with light, bathing the face of the dea
: with an almost celestial radiance
: Alice looked away to the clear, calm
infinite space. She had been to ii
banks of the river with one and sh
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1866-05-24
The First American Poetry.

There are few boys or girls in this
country who have not heard the nurs.
cry rhyme sung by their mother while
rocking the cradle