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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

A Michigan correspondent of the
New York Farmers Club furnishes the
following items on clover:
II fear that your reply to Charles
Vinans about clover may mislsad those
who have not been in the habit of using
plaster. You say six or eight bushels
is as good as one hundred. Now, !
have found that half bushel is suff-
eient, on clover, if applied every Spring.
Two bushels of clover seed to fourteen
acres iI not heavy seeding, but rather
light. Ny rule is two bushels to ten
acres, but many recommend peck to
the acre. Clover seed is raised sxteh:
sively in this region. The general
practice is to cut the first grswth for
hay about the 1st of July, and let it
grow again for seed 1t is then fit to
cut the fore part of October. We cut
it with a reaper, leaving it in large CAV
els. The yield is from one to six BUSH
els per acre. Iwould recommend Mr..
Vinans to SOW on the six acres which
he proposes to manure highly for clover
next spring, either barley or wheat for
/ think if he sows the clover alone, The
weeds will grow up and choke the
clover as much as a creP of grain. /
would SOW the clover seed before the
last dragging, and then SOW one bushel
Of plaster per acre about the time the
grain was coming up. Let him try this
plan, and if his land is sandy he will be
surprised at the result. The clover viii
grow up after the grain is cut, and
blossom, and if the season is moist, it
will fall down. The man who should
manure his land for slower in this State
would be laughed at, we expect, unless
by clover itself. We don't think much
Of barn-yard manure; clover and plas-
ter are our great fsrtilizersi if We use
them properly, our land grows better
every year.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05
WINNING Rites.

WHAT JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE THINKS OF IT.
Josiah sez to me, sez he, "Whimmen
are too dsliket to 60 to the poles"
Sez i, "Josiah Allen, do you think i
am too feeble to go to the polesi"
"Yss," sez he.
sszi, "There's / kind of poles you
are willin enuff l should 60 to-"
"What poles 7" sez he.
"Hop poles," sezi. Josiah has sOt
out hop-pard, and is maxim mummy
by it, Sez i, "You are Yillin shud
go into ure hop-yard and pick hops all
d." sezi. Ssz i, 81 amt too deliket
to handle them poles And ken draw
up water out of the well with q pole F;
i amt too feeble for that pole, and git a
ten quart pail of water on the end ov
it; and i don't believe the politikel pole
wud draw much harder than that duz. F"
Ssz i, "The very men who tauk the
most about the wimmin bein too delikst
to go to the poles, are the very ones
who make 'em bring in all the wood
they burn, and bid fires, and put up
leeches, and make sope, and other hard
ships"
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05
How to Promote Peace I'm a
FamiIy.

Family.
/. Remember that our will is likely
to be crossed every day, so prepare fol
it. .....
2. Everybody in the house has an
evil nature as well as ourselves, and,
therefore, we are not to expect too
much. "a78 ...... ...
8. To learn the different temper and
disposition Of each individual t.4
4. To look on each member of the
family as one for whom we should have
q care. sF
8. When any good happens to any
one, to rejoice at it. ..,.l "a
6. When inclined to give an angry
answer, to "evercome evil with good
Z. If from sickness, pain or infrm.
ity, we feel irritable, to keep a strict
watch over ourselves.
8. To observe when others are suf.
fering, and drop a word of kindness
and sympathy suited to them.
2. To watch the little opportunities
of pleasing, and to put little annoyan-
css out of the way.
10. Te take a cheerful view of every.
thing, even of the weather, and en-
courage hope.
IL. To speak kindly to the servants
Ito praise them for little things when
you can.
l2. In all little pleasures which may
occur, to put yourself last.
10, To try for "the soft answer that
turneth away wrath"
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JACKSON. c. H. OHIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER s 1867

though, with their different belief,
cannot help thinking that they have
taken away my Lord, and | know not
where they have laid him ; yet good
men and women chat glorious old Peter
Cooper among them) hold to this belief
and | will quietly cling to my faith
and quarrel with no one"
1t was late; the inner door was clos
ed. ] opened it softly and went in.
A gentleman, sitting in a chair by the
door, whispered, "The sexton will be
here in moment, and will give you a
seat" / waited, and very soon a
white-haired man came up to me and
looked at me and at the door; saw that
it was not quite closed went to it,
shut and locked it; then said to me in
low voice, SO grabbed, so indescriba-
bly, grating and biting, that l can only
give you faint idea of the sound by
putting the then words he used togeth-
err thus: "What you wanti
What did / wanti My blood went
up instantly to boiling heat. | said,
''Do you ask me what wanti l did
want a seat; now l want you to open
that door for me-" a
The man locked scared, and turning
very red, he said: 81 didn't say so, l
will give you a seat"
II will not have seat" ! said: "I
shall leave the church, and report you
to DR.. B.. Open the door"
"You can go out at the side door,"
he muttered, "but l did not say so"
took no further notice, but walked
out of that house of God with my head
beating wildly, and big tears of indig-
nation binding me.
l went home then, and tried to con-
quer the angry passion raging in me by
reading Our Lords sermon on the
mountains but, try as ] would, / could
not be forgiving.
When my husband returned he in
formed me that seat had been given
them at the end of the first lesson.
When / had a pew my standing or
der to sexton was to fiji it up at once
every Sunday. / would not dare to
risk the possible salvation of human
soul by an exhibition of churlish selfish
ness--a vice doubly base in such place.
What manner of Christians are we who
do such things?
DR.. - once told me Of member
of his congregation noted for his ex-
clusiveness and pride. "Why, my dear
madam" he said, 81 don't know how
Mr.. - will consent to go to Heaven,
for then he will have to endure the
companionship Of Peter aud Andrew,
who were only poor fisherman"
AS this proud man has long since
parted this life, let us hope that he is
humbly and gratefully abiding with
those faithful apostles of our Lord; and
let us also hope that those like him,
who are still remaining in - and 9TH
er churches, will listen to the apostle
Peter in this life, who in his epistle en-
joins upon us all to "use hospitality to
one another, without grndging."
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Josh Billings on GOues.
Josh Billings relatsth his first ex-

JOSE Dllngs relatetn MS tlr5t 0X-
perience with the gong, thusly:
81 can never eradicate holi from nv
memory the sound of the first gong
ever heard-I was setten on the frunt
stupe Of tavern in the sitty Nv Buffer
10, pensively smokin. The sun was
goin to bed, and the heVins fur and mere
was blushin at the performance. The
Fry kanal with its golden waters was
on its way tu Albany, and ! was per-
usin the line boats fotin bi and think
in ov lilly (wher / used to live) and her
gondelers and galus women-Mi entire
sole, as it were, woz in swet. Iwant-
ed to klimb, / felt CRATE, / acktually
grew. There are things in this life tn
big tn be trifled with, there are times
when a man breaks luce from hisself
when be sees sperrits, when he can al
most tuch the mune, and feels as tho
he oud fill both hands with the stars ov
bevin, almost sware he was a bank
president That's what allied me.
But the course Nv tru luv never did
run smuthe, (this was Shakespeare s
opinun too, l and he often thinks thru
quill, just as / was doing my best
dummsr, dummer, spat ban, bsller,
crash, roar, ram dummer, whang rip,
rare, rally, dummer, dummer, DUN
with one tremenjps jump struc the
center of the sidewalk, with another |
stood in the middle of the street, Snor-
tin like an Injun pony at a band of
musick. Gain in wild despars, at the
tavern stand, mi hart swelled up as big
as an out dore oven, mi teeth ware as
luce as a string ov bsdes. ] thot all
the Crockery in the tavern had fell
down. / thot ov fenomenons. I thot
oV Gabriel and his horn. / WOE Just on
the pint Ov thinkin ov something else
when the landlord KUN out tu the frunt
stupe sv the tavern, holdin by a string
the bottom ev an old brass kittle. He
kawled me gently with his hand, /
went slola and slola up to him, he kam-
med my feres, he sed it wuz a gong, l
saw the cussed thing, he sed supper
wuz reddy, be asked me if wud have
black or green tee, and | sed l wud
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

$4,000 Reward, AN English gen
tleman, who retains his incognito, but
who is guaranteed by the chairman Of
the London Hospital, promises to bes-
tow two thousand pounds sterling, on
any person who before July 1st, 1868,
shall have discovered any means by
which in all, or nearly all cases, pain
can be both permanently and complete
ly annihilated, as ii is now extinguished
for a short time by anacsthetics. The
means must be easy Of application, moi
dangerous, and of moderate cost. In
case this discovery is not made by that
date, one-half the above amount will be
awarded for any kindred discoveries Of
miner Importance, but yet of great SER
vice in the relief of pain, If the reward
is accepted, the process must not be
patented but given freely to the medl-
cal world at large.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

CAouTcHoUC.-This barbarous appel
lation is corruptiou--it certainly can
not be called an improvement-of the
South American Indian name cahuchu.
Although ill-named, the industrial de-
mands for the substance have become
so important that experiments have
been made in Brazil for cultiyating the
tree which furnishes the supply, in the
same way as the qulnquina has been
grown in the Himalaya For preserV-
ing the gum in a liquid form, as it
comes from the tree, the liquor is filter
ed, then mixed with about One-eigh-
teenth its weight Of strong ammonia.
On being poured out and exposed to a
temperature of 10 to 100 degrees Fab.
the ammonia which preserved it from
the action of the oxygen, svaporates,
and leaves the gum shaped to cores
pond with the containing vessel.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

sTIf our readers do not think that it
requires nerve to edit a newspaper, let
him read this, the experience Of "One Of
them fellers:'' "a gy9T .qoosg IisW
Gone evening, it was moonlight in
the summer time--we sat alone on the
porch by the cottage door, holding that
little white hand in gentle pressure !;
one arm had stolen round her waist
and a silent song Ofjoy, like the music
of the night, was on our soul. Our
lips met in a sweet delicious kiss, and
in bending softly to her ear, we whis-
pered a tale of passionate devotiOn--we
proposed In moment she tore her
hand from ours, and with look of in
effable scorn said, what, marry an edi-
tor7-You git out!' We slid"
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~The Eeyptian Lotus. is q fne

swThe Egyptian Lotus, is . fine
aquatic plant sacred to Osiris and Isis,
and regarded in Egyptian delineaticns
as signifying the creation of the world.
The only place where it is known to
grow spontaneously in this country is
in a pond in Middlesex county, Conn.
The origin of the plantin this spot is
not known, but here it fourishes in
great perfection. The leaves, slightly
resembling those of the pond lily, are
nearly round and about two feet in di-
ameter. The flower bud is long and
pear shaped, white and slightly resem-
bling the magnolia, when not unfOlded.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05
AS DAY BY DAY.

As day by day the years go on,
sometimes sit and ponder, E|
Will oil be gone when love is gomez
What comes instead, / wonder7
1t must be strange to wake at morn,
And not fall back on dreaming,
Not cen to feel one ls fOrlorn, ..
Nor miss the loVe-lights cleaning.
So day by day, so old and gray,
The people go on living,
Till life hath taken all away,
And death begins its living.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

ETA countryman who was charged
with ten gallons Of whisky, though the
publican had sent him only an eight
gallon keg, said he "didn't mind the
money overcharged so much as the
strain on the ksg."
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

era schoolboy being asked to define
the word admission" said it meant
twenty-five cents. twenty-five
cents !" echoed the schoolmastsr.
aWhat sort of definition do you call
thatiu 81 don't know sulkily replied
the boy, ''but I'm sure'i it says so in the
advertisement down there at the show
eyes," said another boy, "and children
haIfprice."
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

srAn Ohio editor refused to speak
to the toast, "woman," on the ground
that woman was able to speak for her
self, and any man who undertook to do
it for her would get into trouble,
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

sEJsf, acolored man living in Wash
ington, is so years old, and the father
Of 20 boys and q girl, ~
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

ECarrots are a valuable crop To-
feed to cattle, horses, and store hogs.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05

From the New York Evening Mail.
COURTESY IN CHURCHES.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-12-05
FARMERS COLUMN.
The Kitchen.

A lady contributor of the Western
Rural has something to say about
"sIDE DISHES"
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EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO.

We see from some of our exchanges
that there is an increasing disposition
on the part of the people Of the extreme
South to foster and encourage the idea
of educating the negro, which we hope
will receive the appreciation and en-
dorsement of the philanthropic and hui
name everywhere, and we seriously
recommend the subject to the consider
alton of the late shareholders of our
community. We have given this SUBJ
ject the benefit of considerable reflection
lately, but have hesitated to give ex-
preston to our opinions. lest it might be
thought an indication of desire on our
part to truckle, disposition to culti-
vate the swart Americans of African
descent. We have not modified in the
slightest degree the deliberate opinion
formed years ago-that the African on
this continent, must from his nature,
habits and characteristics, always occupy
an inferior and subordinate position,
must under all circumstances and con-
tingencies be a "hewer CT wood and
drawer of water" But having had
equality before the law thrust upon
them by the late revolution, their re-
lation to our civil polity is Of a more
intimate and responsible character, and
their influence for good or i'll is more
potent and extensive. And we who are
to be affected by the negro element
must train and direct or beoverWhelmed
by it. Some of the most philanthropic
and president of our statesmen have adj
vocated the policy of colonization, as
the most feasible mode of graduating
disturbing element in our civilization,
but it has not received the appreciation
Of either the black or white race. and
has been abandoned as eitherinexp edient
or impossible, from which results the
.shard fact" that they are and ever will
be component part of our people. Be-
sides, no benevolent heart can but feel
the greatest sympathy for this people,
free or sloue, torn by violence from their
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

homes, brought to this country and sold
into slavery to crafty the avarice Of the
Yankee, they have performed an inn
portant part in the civilization of this
continent: under the direct III OF the
dominant race-the vast forests which
covered the free Of the earth have been
felled, and the soil prepared for culti-
walton, roads have been made, canals
dug and rivers cleared out to an almost
linitless extent. and almost all OF this
work has been performed in the South
ern States, for which we owe them a
debt Of gratitude, and it is our duty to
pay it generously and freely. This debt
can be paid by teaching them the privi-
leges and responsibilities of freedom,
and by aiI'ording them every facility for
the cultivation Of whatever powers they
may possess, so that they may advance
to as high a degree as possible in the
scale of intelligence. Unless this duty
is performed wisely and well their lib
erty will be a bane and not a blessing,
and it may not be long until the horrible
scenes Of San Domingo may transpire
| in our midst.
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.VEfF.S or THE DA 7.

Leave will be asked, on the next mo-
ton day of the Supreme Court of the
United States, to Gle the petition of the
State Of Georgia. asking that The Presi-
dent of the United States and the mill
iary commander of that district be en-
joined and restrained from executing
the act for the better government of the
rebel Stases-the object being, as in the
Mississippi case, to sest the constitution
atty of that law of Congress. Messrs.
O'Corer (of New York and jeremiah
S. Black are already engaged, and will
be associated with other counsel for the
petitioner.
Mayor Tunppert, the Independent
Democratic candidate, was reelected in
Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday last,
by over two thousand majority.
Hon. Thaddeus Stevens has been con-
lined to his bed in Washington city
since Wednesday last from general pros
tration and disease OF the heart, and is
toe i'll to see his friends.
4 municipal election was held at
Hartford, Connecticut, Monday, which
resulted in a Democratic victory by a
majority of six hundred, a ga n Of one
hundred and thirty since the state eiec-
ton in the same city on Monday OF last
week.
The Democrats and conservatives
were triumphant in the corporation cleo.
ton in HagerstoWn last Monday.
At meeting of the Conservative
Union County Convention. held in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Saturday
last, delegates We're elected to seats with
out distinction of race or color. There
were some five hundred negroes and
three hundred whites present at the
meeting. Resolutions We're adopted in
favor of return to the Constitution, OPP
posed to BroWnlow and in favor gilmore
liberal school laws.
Cable advices to the 9th inst, report
widespread feeling of distrust in poiti-
cal and financial matters, all over Eu-
rope, in consequence of the uncertainty
in regard to the future action of Napo.
leon. and the fear that he will adopt {
War-like policy. In the English House
Of Commons, Mr.. Lowe said alarming
news had been received in Berlin from
Paris, and that the King of Prussis
had sent for Bismarck at 2 O'Clock OF
Sunday morning.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

Butler in his eagerness to convict the
President of some misdemeanor, scru-
pies at nothing, however false, mean or
cowardly. He has taken stock in the
Impeachment concern, and is making
desperate efforts TO prevent its involv-
ing the holders in political bankruptcy.
It won't do, Benjamin; the fiat has gone
forth.
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Observation-Disclosures is invited to

Observation-Disclosures is invited to
the card Of the National Insurance
Company, Of Wheeling, West Va, to
be found in another column This
Company embraces among its stock
holders some Of the largest capitalists
and most substantial business men in
the State Its rates are as low as any
first class Company. Charles Wallace,
Esq. formerly connected with The
Home Insurance Company Of Colum-
bus, is now State Agent for West Va.
and Maryland for the National. He
is known to many of our citizens as an
affable and obliging gentleman. Mr..
}. l.. W. Baker is local agent for this
place, and is now ready to receive APP
plieations and issue policies.
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II you want d, complete, well.ma,i.
and cheap sett Of Furniture, go to K
eelschatz S new Furniture Ware. r. 0'
one door south Of the Shenandoah IoD U-'i'
where you can purchase any article !,
the Cabinet making line, at B,ltimor
prices. His work is all of the best ,na
terial and put up by the best wor,.
men. He has recently built a s.
hearse, and is prepared to make arT
furnish collins, and give personal atte1
ton to funerals in town or country. -
all times.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

SMITH was a sanctimonious Deacon
and kept in his house small boardlnis
school for boys. At the table he was III
the habit Of selling whatever his appe-
tite most craved, and filling his plate
which was held before him while say
ing grace One day one Of the urchlh'
slyly removed his chair during this Ger,
emony, and in due course of time tlle
Deacon, plate in hand, and all went ,c to
the floor. He rose and remarked, 'uo
ahead, boys, | want no dinner; WHAT
left is not worth Il d NJ
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

RUSSIA, ''grandest, greatest, oldest
land of wrong,o has learned a lesson in
despotism from the bogus philanthro.
pists and genuine fanatics of tho United
States. The autocrat has decided upon
the extinction Of the name Of Poland,
and after the first of April that ancient
kingdom, whose history goes back into
the early centuries, and whose gallant
people twice saved Europe from be-
coming Mohammedean, is to be called
not Poland, but 1.-THE Military Distrlci
of Warsaw" The Emperor doubles
derived this ultra-barbarou idea from
the proceedings of the Jacobin Caucus
at Washington, which endeavored TO
extinguish the names of eleven sover'
eign States under the title of Military
Districts. 1t is a thing calculated 10
fill the American mind with profouno
exultation that the barbarous ingenuity
of Abolitionism is able to teach a lesson
in tyranny to such venerable despot-
ism as Russia. Let us strike our blood
stained hands with those of the Gar
for are we not akin in each having TO
land to outrage and Cypress ?-Colu"''
5s1s (O.) Crisis.
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The "Beast' is a devout christian. 4
man named Wood, from New Orleans.
a day or two since, insulted him pub
licly on Pennsylvania avenue. The gal
liant fellow took it all with Christian
like meekness, gently stealing away.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

LYNcHBuRG TOBACCO. = Young /
Goldie have just received from Lynch
burg, and have made arrangements to
receive regularly, large supplies Of all
the finest brands Of chewing and smok-
ing tobacco, which they will sell at the
lowest figures. Country merchants
supplied. See advertisement.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

Short dresses worn without hoops
seems now to be the fashion with great
many young ladies. Those who wear
CATERS above No. 3 will be disposed to
frown upon the short dress style.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

II. FLEIsHMAN is in The market win.
a tremendous stock Of new Spring and
Summer Goods-all varieties and latest
and most fashionable styles-which he
is selling at astonishing low prices.
Read his advertisement and give him a
call
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

The Sabbath School children CON.
nected with the Episcopal Methods
Church at Hedgesyille, will repeat tbe;,
Exhibition at the Church next 1nos
day evening, the 10th inst. The mo
gramme will be considerably chanoa3
Admission twenty-five cents.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

Mr.. John SharF has purchased from
Mr.. George Hoke his entire stock Of
goods, and is now carrying On bust
ness at Mr.. Hoke's old stand.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-11

The match game of base ball played
last Saturday between the Star and
Virginia Clubs resulted in favor of the
former. The score stood, Star Is.
Virginia II. The game was witnessed
by goodly number of spectators.