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To My Wife.

The following exquisite ballad was written by
young Irishman named Joseph Brennan, 2S
years of age, while dying Of consumption in the
city of New Orleans:
Come to me dearest, Pm lonely without thee;
Daytime and nighttime Tn thinking about thee
Nighttime and daytime in dreams behold thee;
Unwelcome the waking that ceases to fold thee.
Come TO me, darling, my sorrows TO tighten;
Come in thy beauty, to bless and TO brighten
Come in thy womanhood, meekly and lowly;
Come i'll thy loneliness, queenly and holy.
Swallows will fit round the desolate ruin,
Telling of spring, and its joyous renewing;
And thoughts ofthy love with its manifold treas
ure,
Are circling my heart with promise of pleasure
Oh, spring of my spirit Oh, May of my bosom !
Shine out ofmy soul till it bourgeon aid blossom
The past of my life has rose root within it,
And thy fondnesS alone is the sunshine can win it,
Figures that move like song through the even
Figures lit up by reflex of heaven
Eyes like the skies of poor Erin, our mother,
When shadow and sunshine are chasing one other.
''HiiS0 NOihhS eCIuOu, uuJ anu simple,
Opening their eyes from the heart of dimple;
Oh, thanks to the Saviour, that even thy seeing
Is left to the exile to brighten his dreaming.
You have been glad when you knew was glad
dened,
Dear, are you sad now, to know am saddened !?
Our hearts ever answer in tune and in time, love,
AS octave to octave, and rhyme unto rhyme, love.
[ cannot weep, but your tears will be flowing;
You cannot smile but my cheeks will, be glowing :;
would not die without you at my side, love,
You will not linger when l shall have died, love.
Come to me dear, ere die of my sorrow;
Rise on my gloom, like the sun of tomorrow
Strong, swift and fond as the words which speak,
love,
With song on your lips, and smile on your
cheek, love.
Come, for my heart in your absence is weary,
Haste, for my spirit is sickened and dreary;
Come to the heart that is throbbng to press thee,
Come to the arms that would fonuly caress thee.
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even when it took the life of a child
like that, that Abraham Lincoln thinks
the life far too precious to be lost
TO back, or-wait until tomorrow
Bennie will need change after he has
so bravely faced death, he shall go
with you.''
"God bless you sir" said Blossom
and who shall doubt that Heaven heard
and registered the request.
Two days after this interview the
young soldier came o the White
House with his little sister. He was
called into the Presidents private
room, and strap fastened "upon the
shoulder" Mr.. Lincoln said, ,"that could
carry a sick comrades baggage and
die for the good act so uncomplain-
ingly." Then Bennie and Blossom
took their way to their Green Noun
tain home, and a crowd gathered at
the Mill depot to welcome them back.
and farmer Ovens tall head lowered
above them all, and as his hand grasped
that of his boy, Mr.. Allan heard him
say fervently, as the holiest blessing
he could pronounce upon his child -
"Just and true are all thy ways, thou
King of Saints
That night, Daisy and Brindle and
Bet came lowing home from pasture,
for they hear a well known voice call
ing them at the gate; and Bennie, as
he pats his old pets and looks lovingly
in their great brown eyes, catches
through the still evening air his Puri-
tan fathers voice as he repeats to his
happy mother these jubilant words !:
"Fear not, for am with thee; | will
bring thy seed from the east, and
gather thee from the west; | will say
to the north give up, and to the south,
keep not back; bring my sons from
far, and my daughters from the ends
of the earth, every one that is called
by my name, for have created him
for my glory | have formed him, yea,
| have made him..
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The Seven Days Battles.

Hd7per'S Magazine for March, con-
tains an account of the great battles
between Mcclellan and Lee, before
Richmond, made up from the official
of both sides:
1t appears from comparison of
Lees with McClelIan's report, that
at the beginning of the Seven Days
the armies were very closely matched.
Mcclellan had 103, 224 men. accord
ing to his own account, and Lee had
100, 500, according to his report. 1t
appears further, from Lees report,
that in every single battle our men
beat the enemy, though almost in every
case a greater rebel force was brought
against that part of ours which was
permitted to fight: it is shown that on
the SecOnu anu uIIiu uuNo pTUHIuUuu
was open to Mcclellan. the tide of
battle having so rolled round that the
greater part of Lees army was so
placed as to leave the whole of Nc
Cielan's force between it and Rich
mond.
Mcclellan had not more than a
third of his army engaged in any sin
ole battle, except that of Malvern
but our gallant troops fought with he
roic bravery; the generals in com
mand on the different fields appear to
have selected admirable positions, and
as the attack lay upon the enemy, he
suffered more severely than our troops
as will be seen by the following off
cial account of the losses on both sides
Union, killed, ,5S2; wounded, 7,709
total, 9,2i9. Rebel, killed, 3,l61
wounded, 1926; total, 1906
That is to say, the rebel losses were
twice as great as ours in killed anC
wounded.
But after every success, Mcclellan
ordered a new retreat. He appear;
to have been totally ignorant of the
enemy's position and strength; he haC
Richmond in his power on every da,
of the seven, and on the last day, il
instead of retreating from Mal.erl
Hill, he had attacked the enemy, h,
would not only have gained Richmond
but destroyed the rebel army. Th
rebel General Trimble, in an oflicia
report. thus describes the condition 0
the Confederate army on the mornin!
after the battle OF Malvern HILL:
"The next morning, by dawn,
went off to ask for orders. when
found the whole army in the utmos
disorder. Thousands of stragglin
men were asking every passer 10y 70
their regiments ambulances. wagon
and artillery oIstructed every roaC
: and altogether, in a drenching rail
presented u scene of the most wott
and hcartrending confusion"
The writer i'll lIarper's Magazin
adds:
"The very show of an attack upo
y such an army 10y the unbroken Unio
e force, must have defeated it. Bl
) there was in the mind of its comman'
, er no thought of an attack. When
[ the morning the Confederates locke
lip at the hill which they had so vain
e attempted to scale, they saw not
trace Of the grim batteries and serric
t lines which had confronted them IL
l. night before. In the storm and dar
ness the Union army had fled from Il
IS victory as though it had been rout
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CHARLES OF SWEDEN A TEETOTALER.
Our readers are not, perhaps. aware
that Charles XII, "the mad king of
Sweden as he was called by some of
his contemporaries, was a pledged man.
The anecdote on which this statement
is founded is given in a work by NJ. de
Bury. Charles, as everybody knows,
in the commencement of his career
drank to excess. In one of his drunk
en- bouts he so far overstepped the
limits of propriety ss to treat the
nneen. his mother with great -disre
spect. The next day. on being in
formed of his rudeness, he took glass
of wine in his hand and repaired to
the queens room. MADAM said he
to her, II have learned that yesterday
in cups, forgot myself toward you.
| come to ask your pardon, and, to
prevent the recurrence of such fault,
| drink this glass to your health it
shall be the last during my life" He
kept his word, and from that day
he never tasted wine. We may add,
10y way OF recommendation to the habit
that in his subsequent life no king was
ever known to have undergone greater
hardship, and enjoy better health, than
this cold water monarch.
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How JIM WILSON BECAME A TEN
pERANCE MAN.-The following story
was told by Pofessor Stowe in re-
cent temperance lecture:
There was one Jim Wilson, a very
rum customer, of Cumberland, Maine,
who used to get converted at August
camp-meeting, and soon after getting
drunk again, would keep drunk pretty
much through the rest of the year
Richardson having got ho.d of him at
camp-mceting, made this prayer.
90 Lord, Thou, hast many times
converted this poor sinner, and BOW
again hast Thou made him a subject
of Thy saving grace. We pray Thee,
o Lord, to take him home, and to do
it now, for if he remains on earth he
will be drunk again III less than q
week y ar s4a aneftgae ~
The prayer was answered to some
purpose; for it so frightened the poor
subject of it, that from that day he be-
came a reformed and temperate man
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There is nothing purer than truth.
nothing swecter than charity, nothing
warmer than love nothing brighter than
virtue and nothing more steadfast than
faith. These united in one mind. form
the purest, sweetest, richest, brightest,
holiest, and most enduring happiness.
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TEMPERANCE T COLUMN.
BRANDY AND HEALTH.-aA glass o

BRANDY AND HEALTH.-aA glass of
brandy can't hurt anybody" Why,
we know person, yonder he is now,
on high exchange, specimen ofmanly
beauty, portly sixfooter. He has
the bearing of a prince, for he is one
of our merchant princes. His face
wears the hue of health, and, at the
age of forty, he has tie quick, elastic
step of our young men of twenty
five, and [ know that he never dimes
without brandy and water, and he
never goes to bed without terrapin
or oyster supper, with plenty of
champagne; and more than that, he
was never known to be drunk. So
here is living example and disproof
of the Temperance twaddle about the
dangerous nature of an occasional
glass, and destructive effect of a tenn
perate use of good liquors.
Now it so happened h al this
specimen of safe brandy-drinking was
a relation of ours He died in a
year or two after that, of chronic
diarrahea, a common end to those
who are never without liquor. He
left six children, and he had ships on
every sea, and credit at every counter,
which he never had occasion to
use. ---~
Four months before he died Che was
year dying he could eat or drink
nothing without distress; and the
whole alImentary canal was mass of
disease; in the midst of his millions,
he died of inanition. This is not the
balf, reader. He had been a steady
drinker, daily drinker, for the last
twenty-eight years. He left legacy
TO his children, which we will not men
ton. Scrofula hand eaten u p one
daughter, of fifteen years; another is
in the madhouse; the third and fourth
were of unearthly beauty, b u they
blighted and paled, and faded into
heaven, we trust, n their sweetest
teens; another is tottering on the
verge of the grave, and only one of
them is left with all his senses, and
each of them weak as water. Why,
we came from the dissecting room and
made a note of it, it was SO horrible.
Halls Journal of Health.
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MODERATION DRINKERs.-The mod
Grafton Drihker, observes the Record
er in reference to America, helps to
lay an annual tax upon t he coun-
try OF nearly two hundred millions
dollars; to shut in jaiis a-d aims
houses one hundred aud fifty thousand;
to an army of more than sixty thou
sand murderers, robbers, incendia-
rieS and thieves quartered upon the
community, and active III their depre-
cations; to make the country sustain
another army Of five hundred thou
sand drunkards; to reduce one humid
red thousand families, annually, to
wretchedness; to make one hundred
thousand orphans and twenty thousand
widows; and to send prematurely
to the grave one hundred thousand OF
his countrymen-that is nearly two
thousand every month. and one hund-
red and seventy-five every day. Who
does not tremble at the idea Of afford
ing the most remote influence in favor
of system like this {?
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COULDN'T Go.-Uncle John Morris
was a topper. One day, returning from
the tavern, he found locomotion impos-
sible, brought upi the corner of a
fence, where he remained. He had
been there only a few minutes, when
the, minister came along. a
aUncle John said he, .where do you
suppose you will go wbenyou die r
aIf | can'tg any better than | can
now, / shan't go anywhere" replied
| Uncle John.
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Consider.
BY CHRISTINA G. ROsSETTI.

Consider
The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief:
We are as they;
Like them we fade away,
As doth Leaf.
Consider
The sparrow ofthe air Of small account:
Our God doth view
Whether they fall or mount
He guards us too.
Consider
The lilies that do neither spin not toll.
Yet are most fair:
What profit all this care
And all this .oil:
Consider
The birds that have no barn nor harvest weeks
God gives them food
Much more our Father seeks
To do US good.
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@Well, Charley" said a friendly
gent to an urchin of three years old.
on Christmas day, @what did yog find
III your stocking this morning p
Find replied the hopeful, why ]
found a big hole" The questioner
gave the boy cent.
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madame" said a gentleman to his
wife, "let me tell you that facts are
very stubborn things" Dear me,
you don't say so,' quoth the lady
aWhat fact you must be"
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Wife (complainingly): al haven't
more than a third of the bed" Hus-
band (triumphantly): "That's all the
law allows you"
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"There now," cried a little girl,
while rummaging a drawer in a bureau,
agran'pa has gone to heaven without
his spectacles."
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HORACE BEAN,
proprietor LAKE Z III o U S E
NFwpoRT VERMONT.

Solicits the patronage of the travelling commu.
nity and will use his best endeavors to please his
patrons. Connected with the house is one of the
best Livery Stables to be found in the State. Sin
gle or double teams furnished at short notice, and
AT reasonable rates
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Jaw! how do you like my mustathe,
Mith Laura ?" lisped a dandy to a
merry girl. 40, very much. 1t looks
like the fuzz on the back of caterpil
lar r
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Douglas Jerold was at party,
when the Park guns announced the
birth of a prince. allow they do
powder those babiesr p exclaimed
Jerold.
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The woman who rushed to the
soldiers ''arms," has been sent to pris-
on for having Government property
in her possession.
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A little girl not six years of age
screamed to her little brother, who
was playing in the mud, Bob, you
good-for-nothing scamp, come right in
to the house. or | will beat you till
the skin comes off,
"Why, Angelina, dear, what do you
mean? Where did you learn such
talk ?" exclaimed the mortified mother
who stood talking with friend.
Angelina's childish reply was a gooC
commentary upon this manner ofspeak
ing to children.
"Why, mother, you sec we are play
ing, ana he's my little boy, and In
scolding him just as you did me thi'
morning; that's all"
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The rich, said a Dutchman, "eat
venison because it ish dear; eats
mutton because it ish sheep"
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Why is love like the letter r.
Because it makes many a Mary mar
ry
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THE three degrees of comparison In
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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WINTER FATTENING OF SHEEP.
has recently become a practice with
many farmers to buy in autumn con
siderable aocks Of sheep, for the pur-
pose Of consuming their COarser grains
and forage-selling them in the spring
or summer, after shearing, for mutton.
The profit of this course depends to
q considerable extent on the price
paid at first, and the condition in which
they are or may be put while at pas
ture. If brought to their yards in
prime store condition it will require
but a small amount Of grain. with good
hay, to insure good product of wool
and fair marketable condition after
shearing. Some feed largely on peas
and pea straw; others depend on oat
and wheat straw, with a mixture of
oats and corn; those who grow beans
find the straw of considerable value.
while those who have plenty Of good
fearly cut clover hay need no other
feed to keep their focks in as good
order as they should he for breeding.
But to grow prime mutton, and get
the best profit of fwOol besides, we take
the lamb at the beginning, and keep it
always in thrifty growing condition
until three or four years old, when ii
will be third or one-half heavier than
under the usual treatment, and will
have produced a like iccreased amount
of wool, and will now sell at double
the price of the other.
The making Of mutton by winter
feeding requires shelter, protected
from wind and storm, but dry and
we'll ventilated; convenient access tc
water, and close attention to the sup
ply of their wants according to THEN
appetites, which ever vary with the
weather. A change of food is of ad
vantage, and we believe thatroot crop:
will be found profitable when they
overcome the prejudice held agains
, their culture and use by many of oul
/. enterprising farmers. Some expert
: ence is also requiSite-no one can b'
so well acquainted with the care o
animals as not to learn more ever,
week he feeds thcm-and good judg
ment III buying and selling is alway
u prerequisite to profit.
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n. q. RIJRPEE.
DIR. T.. PALMER,

SURGE DENT L t
NEWPORT, VERMONT
Consult DIR. Palmer where skilful operations III
Dentistry are required. because no operator Is
more careful to avoid pain, more perfect in the
art or reasonable in prices.
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IL. III. LITTLE,
PROPRIETOR OF THE BARTON HOTEL.
BARTON, VERMONT.
Carriages in attendance on arrival of traiDs.-
The Stages all stop at this House Also good
Livery in connection with the same.
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HENRY CHAMEERLIN.

JOHN JENNESS,
PROPRIETOR OF THE UNION HOUSE.
GLOVER, VERMONT.
An excellent home for the traveller. No pains
will he spared to promote tho comfort of guests.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-25
Mustang Liniment.

Have you hurt child or lame horse? Usethe
Mexican Mustang Liniment.
For cuts, sprains, burns, swellings and caked
breasts the Mexican Mustang Liniment is certain
cure.
Forrheumatism neuralgia, stiff joints, stings and
bites, there is nothing like the Mexican Mustang
Liniment.
For spawned horses, the poll-evil, ring bone and
sweeny, the Mexican Mustang Liniment never
fails.
For wind gall scratches, big head and splint, the
Mexican Mustang Liniment is worth its weight in
gold.
Cuts, bruises, sprains and swellings are so com
mon and certain to occur in every family, that a
bottle OF this Lniment is the best investment that
can be made.
1t is more certain than the doctor-it saves time
in sending for the doctor-it is cheaper than the
doctor, and should never be dispensed with.
In lifting the kettle from the fire, it tipped over
and scalded my hands terribly. The
Mustang Linment extracted the pain, caused the
sore to heal rapidly. and left very little scar.
CHAS. FOSTER, 420 Broad ST., Philada.''
Mr.. S. Fitch, of Hyde Park, VT, writes: 4" My
horse was considered worthless, (spavin) but since
the use of the Mustang Linment, have sold him
for $780, Your Lnment is doing wonders up hare.
All genuine is wrapped in steel plate engravings.
signed G. W. Westbrook, Chemist and also has
the private U. S. stamp of DEMAs BARNES &, Co.
over the top. Look closely Sold by all Drug
gists, at 25, 80 cts, and 81 90.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-25

A BRAVE SOLDIER DEAD.-The Toledo
Blade records the death of Mark Wood, for
merry a member of the O. V. l., and one of
the men sent by Gen. o. NJ. Mitchell on the
famous bridge expedition into Georgia. At
that time he was known as Corporal Wood,
and, our readers will doubtless remember,
was captured along with the others and re.
ceived 100 lashes rather than reveal the Sc
crets of the expedition. Clad in the uniform
he never disgraced, and his coffin wrapped
with the dear flag he had so proudly and
bravely sustained, he was followed to bis last
earthly resting place by few mourning
friends and members of Rubicon and Toledo
lodges of Free and Accepted Masons, of
which Order he was worthy member.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-25
Magnolia Water.

A toilet delight The ladies' treasure and gen.
tlemen's boon The "sweetest thing and largest
quantity. Manufactured from the rich Southern
Magnolia. Used for bathing the face and person,
to render the skin soft and fresh to prevent erup
tions, to perfume clothing, &C.
1t overcomes the unpleasant odor of perspiraton
1t removes redness tan blotches, &c.
1t cures nervous headache and alays inf1amma-
ton.
1t cools, softens, and adds delicacy to the skin.
1t yields a subdued and lasting perfume.
1t cures musquito bites and stings of insects.
1t contains material injurious to the skin.
1t is what every lady should have. Sold every
where. Try the Magnolia Water once and you
will use no other Cologne, Perfumery, Toilet
Water afterwards.
DEMAS BARlIES & CO.,
Props. Exclusive Agents, N. Y.
Sold by all dealers, and by
L. WELLENDORFF,
Druggist, Shasta.
The Shasta courier., 1866-08-25
SHASTA COURIER.
A New Discovery--The Ague Plant.

The "ague piantn has recently been dis
covered-not the plant, at least. that cures
the ague, but the one that causes it. Here
is one plant, at least, that we can notice
without being overwhelmed with applications
for seed. To be sure. it is little thing and
takes good eve. aided by good microscope,
to find it; but when found it cannot be sa,''
1T is no great shakes" for 1t IS the
genuine shaker Seeding" Itself. Dr. L.
II. Salisbury, of Cleveland o., announces
in the American Journal of Medical Sciences
that fever and ague is caused by minute
planet which is found where stagnant water
has just dried away. The spores, or repro
ductive dust Of this microscopic plant. are
diffused through the night damps, anu oel,s
taken into the system by breathing. are Tue
cause of that wide spread scourge-the ag"e'
The habits of the minute plants compieteiy ac'
cord with whatwas before known OF the occur.
renee of miasma. and that they are the real
cause of it has been shown by taxing ooAes
of earth containing them to places where an
aone was never known to occur. In about
two weeks after the ague plant was taken
there weII-marked cases OF the disease ap
peared. This discovery does not as yet IN
crease our knowledge of the means OF rld-.
ding ourselves of the plant, but IL VIII prob-
ably lead to that-just as o7e, II ne can
only find out ." how he got such a>eold, is
already half cured The spores only rise in
the night and then to height, varying with
the locality. of from thirty to one hundred
feet. This explains why night air brings on
ague, and why elevated localities are free
from it. After the ague seed is taken into
the system. the plant is propagated there.
and the patient becomes a sort of animated
hot bed. Am. Ag.