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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-07-05
WEAK EYES AND FINE PRINT

4 non. n.pruiesSlonal correspondent
calls our attention to the Increase y.
near sight.dness aud other ,.lliicui.
ties oi the eyes AT tie present d,S
OWING, as he ueileves, 10 the read
ing vi too fine type III books; ANA
wishes. us 10 utter u word OF warn
ing against. tins cvll.-lle complains
OF much OF the prlnt III SpapeiS
as very trying to the eyes. W hcth'
cr the cvil OF which he complains Is
mainly due to the cause 10 which he
aseglbes IT or not, II is certain that
1t may be greatly aggravated by IT.
Tn.s opiNnon has lohg been he'd ny
the medical profession, but men IN
general seem 10 care more lOf the
pound OF cure than the ounce oi pre-
veutlou, IN this as III everything
else. We can only say ti'at IL
graves rs to see I'VE never reao
theuD aud to see ui'lNtisaiis ap
pln,,u.d ia the daily press, tue h'"'
implying diamond editions 0. pop"
i,r authors. Their publishers sure
ly cannot realize what an INJURY
luey may inilict upon the eyes ol
th.ir renders. II In poor cconoihS
io huy "A book at hill prioe printed
IN I, ,,s so small as not 10 be iea'l
w,ii,ou, such n risk.-Bosfon Med''
ai and SWyieM journal.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-07-05

saved him. l think there were few
dry eyes in that room about the
bridal breakfast table when he
paused.
'Yes,mother,' added Mr.. Randolph
in a voice of strong emotion, as he
looked down with the tenderness of
his youth Oh the fair and gentle ma.
trOn at his side, 'your woman's wis
dom was greater than all my boast
ed Judgment then. l and mi he will
have cause to bless you for that
work as long as We live Sweet
words in the ears of her who heard
them.
And how many women, like this
one, have work lying at their doors
works which they neglect to do |
In their husbands offices, stores
and wart houses, and manufactures
are clerks and employees, are mer
and women, for whom they nigh
speak kinnly words, in whose wei.
fare the.I might take some interest
who might be rescued from wrong
and evil, in their youth and need
To how many women throughout
the land, sitting in ease and pros
perity, in their luxuriant homes, has
thought of the good they might ac
compllsh by speech or deed never
come home.
Lift up your eyes for the fields
~. nj II 81
and the laborers are few.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-07-05

AN EDITORS LIFE.-An editors
work is never done. He is called
upon to furnish others not with
ideas but brains as well. He has
every one to please, and struggles
hard to accomplish this end. Yet
the difficulties are 80 great he rare.
ly succeeds. Theeditor OF the Ohio
State Journal is thorously sound
Oh this point, and in discussing it
says with truth !; somebody will al
ways be found to find fault with
him either for what hepubIishes or
what he leaves out. 1t Is u sinyu
lar fact that the articles a writer
considers his bei! are frequently
passed over by the reader without
notice, while another which costs
little labor and is considered otlittle
consequence Is extensively printed.
The editor must never follow hiS own
taste il he does he pleases himself
alone. He may feel an intense dis
gust for 'norri ie accidents-a ,rge
share OF his readers crave them as
ii person with Il dis jrdei ed stomach
does unWholeSome fpod. lie may
| ue nauseated 10y marvellous stories
many Of his readers Will leave the
prl iuundest discussion OF political
principles (or want OF principie) un-
read, lur story OF some monStroSl.
f,y. The politician wonders why he
has no exhaustive leader Oh the tax
aion OF town.pulnps II he has Il
stunning article Oh that subject
every body else wonders why 50 M
! interesting d matter WAS allowed to
occupy So much valuable space.-
Young gentlemen just beginning to
discover the shadow OF Il coming
event Oh the upper mp tninh II docs
id Duall that there Is not more nice
poetry; ladies would like to see
something ABOUT the newest ano
swe, test thing III bonneiS Ole
Ceutpercet wants to know the state
OF the markets, as also dOes Oul
friend Dandie DIlimost, who ha,
cattle for sale. The Rev. Mr. Sleeh
thinks we are running the morals v
the rising generation by punlishln.
accounts oi horse races, base balls
and other wlckednesses old Miss
Pzlm wants TO hear some lovely
scandal, ,ciOpemelt VI suicide Farm
er Droadacr.s wants TO know the
best breed Il sheep; and the farm
sys wife and pretty young daughter
want 10 read II NICE STORY. Al
these dltterent tastes and thous
and otbeys nave 10 be gratltiet
Evegy body may get the partnuL'
thing he wants, yet he Is dlssatlst
ed and distressed, because there
something III the paper he don
i, want, never dreaming that the soin'
. thing is the very thing another wi
:, read with the greatest delight.
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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-07-05

The internal revenue receipts from
ten OF the lately cl,ellious States,
thus far are el!,WW,'kO less thall
paid bv Rhode Island, the smallest
State in thu Union.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1867-07-05

There will I've about 5000 white
and 1000 colored voters registered
IN South Carolina. A black Repub.
licIn State.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

nsa. ANEcpoTE OF Mr.. WESLEY. AT
one time Mr.. Wesley was travelling in IRE
land, his carriage became fixed in the mire,
and his harness broke. While he and his
companions were laboring to extricate it, a
poor man passed by in great distress. Mr.
Wesley called to him and inquired the cause
of it. lie said he had been unable, through
misfortune, to pay his rent of twenty shll-
lings, and his family were just turned out OF
doors. SIS that all you nced?' said Mr.
Wesley, handing him the amount; here,
60 and be happy. ''Tben turning to his
companion, he said pleasantly, "You see
now why our carriage stopped here il the
mud"
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05
LIQUOR.
PUBLISHED by REQUEsT.l

Disprace arc tho furrow, 1t piows m il goes
And death Fenps tho harvest that IN than Il sows
And the sigh Of the widow and the orphans lone
wall,
While the check Of the former with despair turns
pala
Then tippcrs rouud groceries your fatc well bcwars.
For the fatc that swoits you is grief and despar.
Aud most Of you young men In youths haathful day
That is throwing your pleasure and fortune away.
Then beware or the wine. cup you hold too so fast
For he hopes OF your youth II most surely will b'1st
Then IL you will take warning from that hateful vino
For the ken Of prophet con,ider as mine.
Then IL you'll just look in the wine cup with me.
IN tell you all the pests wtirh there can see
Inc dropsy Is there IN ttG wines hateful folds,
And misery, shame aud disgrace. behold.
And poverty Ia there too, do you he li.ve me,
That the grave ofthe DIR inkered there plainly see,
30 you need 10 take waning and Keep from the puce
here liquor 10 sold, all The yoang 10 disgrace.
For the old who hive formed better habits know
You cnnno; deceive with the wines hatrfu' flow,
rf the fate that awaits them they are wei, aware,
And the serpent ticy see that coiied snugiy there
For like The old simro ON iin sweeps o'cr the sand.
Aud the life Of tho traveller IL counts but small
When horses aud riders IL slayeth them all.
And 30 il Is with liquor. that most hateful thing.
That IN sent DER the lSnd disgrace for to bring
And poverty, Sickness and death soon will come.
If you do not quit slipping that most hat;fa rum
Out all that I ask Of you now az n friend
Is ye lovers Of brandy your habits to mend.
And to keer from the place where all liquors sold
Aud i've yeuI life teinpliancc from now ill yoi'f
cold.
L.. &C.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05
For the Democrat.
lyrics OF the eSusnuchanna No. no.
DEATH OF JAMES BRADY.

Through the fog the foe approaching,
Neared the place where reaptrs stood,
Sometimes creeping, sometimes crouching,
They gained the margin Of the wood.
The sentinels guns, now, gave the warning,
And told that red-skin foes were nigh,
No time was left them cv'n for arming,
There only safety was to fly.
All fed for refuge but young Brady,
The noble captain Of this band,
Whose Father had been killed already.
lie resolved to make stand.
He reached the place whore stood Lis rifle,
Though in his arm wound severe,
Yet this he counted but r triile,
His life was sweet. he'd sell it dear
His faithful gun, true to his aiming,
Soon brought two Indians to the ground,
With Lion strength the fight maintaining,
Till grcying numbers hemmed him round.
The fatal tomahask, up'ifted,
New b.ougl. the noble captain low,
His scalp removed, ly warriors gifted,
Then boys were taught to strike the blow.
Saltwater, June 3. 1867.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

hundred aud slAty seven, iosether with Comments
and explanations by The State superintendent U.
Common Schools.
1.-THE REIMBURSEMENT OF TEACHERS
INSTITUTES.
SIC. 2. That the County Superintendent
Of each county in this Commonwealth Is
hereby authorized and required, once in
each year, at such time and place as he or
properly authorized committee of teachers
acting with him, may deem most convenient,
to call upon and invite the teachers of the
common schools and other institutions of
learning in his county, 10 assemble together
and organize themselves into II Teachers
Institute, to be devoted to the imp lovemcnt
of teachers in the science and art Of educa-
ton, to continue in session at least five days
including 4 haif-a-dsy for going to ard a
halEa-day for returning from the place Of
meeting Of the said Institute, and to be
presided over by the County Supernten-
dent or by some cnc dcsigaatcd by him, and
subject in its general management to his
control.
SEC. g. THAT each County Superintcn-
dent upon the assembling of the Teachers
Institute Of his county, shall cause a roll Of
members to be prepared, which rol! shall be
called at least twice every day during the
session Of the Institute and al 2bsentces be
carefully marked, and from which upon ad
journment Of the Institute he shall ascertain
the exact number of teachers who were in
attendance and the length of time each at
tended, and upon the presentation of GER
tiicate at the close OF the session Of each
annual Institute setting forth these facts and
signed by the County Superintendent, to the
treasurer of the proper county, he is here
by authorized and required to pay immedia-
tcly out of any money in the county treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to tie County
Superintendent, one dollar for every three
days spent by teachers Of the county in at
tendance at the Institute for that year or as
much Of it as may be needed, such money
to be expended by the County Suporinten-
dent in procuring the services of lecturers
and instructors for the Institute, and in pro-
viding the necessary apparatus, books, aud
stationary for carrying on its work: Pro-
yhed, That the amount which may be'drawn
from the county treasury shall in no case be
more than two hundred dollars but may in
all cases be sixty dollars, if it shall appear
from the vouchers presented by the County
Superintendent to the county auditors as re-
quired by the fourth section Of this act, that
this sum has been actually expended FOR the
purposes herein specified: ,p,oriaed further,
That all boards Of directors may allow the
teachers in their employ the privilege Of at
tending such Institutes without making any
deduction from their salaries, and that any
teacher who absen.s himself from the ln-
stitute of his county without q good reason,
may have his want Of professional spirit and
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

the parapct and dcaptured our little command.
We had been overpowcred by tho advance
of division of Stonewall's army, and ]
thought myself lucky, by dint Of hard
riding, to reach the advance of our division
halfan hour before Stonewal' cavalry drove
in our lickets on the Shenandoah.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

pT- Two negroes in Richmond we're so
delighted at the idea Of being able 70 ride
in the street cars that they carried their
breakfast and dinner with them and remain.
ed in cne Of the cars until night. One OF
them proposed that they should go alter
their beds.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05
A sad History.

a day or two since q coroner Jury held
an inquest in the city Of Louisville upon the
body of an abandoned woman namen Kate
Carrigan, who was strangled to death by
falling from fence, upon which por-
ton Of her wearing apparel had caught. The
wretched woman was in n state of beastly
intoxication at tho inc, otheIw SO he could
have discngagcd her garments and suffered
no harm whatever.
a few months ago this woman was frc-
qucnt delinquent at tho bar of the recorders
court ip this city, being arrested almost week
ly in some Of the low dens of Smoky Row"
where, under the influence of liquor, she
had become reckless and uproarious She
had once been beautiful girl and tie Inca
ments Of most fascinating loviness we're
ncvercflaced from her countenancc, although
she sank repeatedly into depths Of drunken
ness and dissipation seldom seconded by fel-
low sisters, and among whom she ranked
lowest of the low. Amidst all the exccsscs
to which the poor girl was addicted her soft
blue eyes never lost their lovcliness, and we
remember more than once to have seen un-
feeling men look upon her with saddencd
faces, at thoughts of what she once was, as
they behcld her pae an wretchcd at the
bar Of the police court
Kate Carrigan was or C an accomplished
and respected young lady. We recall
scrap or two Of the history Of this poor fe.
male, which reads sad lesson. She was
the only daughter Of wealthy parents,
Virginian by birth, and at the age of four
teen was left fathcrless. Two years later
she was seduced by some fiend in human
shape, and in few weeks after, ct of re-
morse, which could not have been far from
actual insanity abandoned luxurious home
and plunged into the widest vortex of dis
sipation. She wandered from city to city,
sinking lower and lower, and about year
after the close Of the war came to Nashville
From this point her heart-broken mother
heard the first news of her crring daughter,
and sent an uncle to bring home the lost
child. He was unsuccessful, is all that we
know. The poor girl afterwards went to
Louisville, and the end we have already
seen.
Oh cursed and broken life, sad and mex
plicable Oh blackened and filth bcgrim-
med spirit wall of bitter anguish runs
through the annals of thy short earthly his
tory. A bit Of charnal house clay in
rough pine coffin, above which is heapcd
the rude earth Of pauper's grave, is all
that remains tQ. tell Of thy career in this
dark, cruel world.
A year and half ago the mother, heart.
broken and despairinr, lived isolated and
alone, sorrowing with an mconsolable sor-
row over the angel which had once blessed
the desolate household. We know not if
she survives the daughter NashriNe Rrsss
and Times. " ''''F
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

DESPERATE The following touching z,
lines VIC picked up on the street in front o.
the DEMOCRAT Office, the other day. They
were addressed to one Of our Bloomsbure
lasscs, who can have the copy by calling
upon us. In the meantime, our advice tc
the "Pcick" is to have the kiss or perisi
in the attempt: go
Let me kiss you for your mother
My bewitching Polly Arm
Let me kiss you for your brother
Or any other man.
Let me kiss you for somebody
Anybody in the world,
With your hair SO swectly auburn,
And SO gleriously curled.
Let me kiss you for your 'feller,"
do not care a red.
If he taps ME on the smellor
With his chilly made Of lead. -
Let me kiss you for your daddy
You pretty, pouting elf ..
Or, if that don't suit the family,
Let me kiss you for yourself.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

sD- Apoor fellow as last resort for
more drink fetched his Bible to pawn Tor
liouor, but the landlady refused to take it.
"Well," said he, ''if she will not take my
word nor Gods word, it's time to give up
And he went and signed the pledge, and
kept it faithfully.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05
MACHINE AND REPAIR SHOP

THE undersigned would most respectfully ar.
TO the public generally, that he is prepared
: 10 execute all kinds of MACHINERY, at JOSEPH
SIlARPLESS' FOUNDRY, in bloomsbury where he
always be found ready to do II! kinds &C repair
kinds o! Farming Utensils. ALSO, TURNING AND
FITTING UP or CASTING AND MACHINERY
done on short notice. IN good workmgnl:kc man
ner, upon the most reasonable ctcrms. - ''- -
d Ills long experience in the business as foreman In
the shop Of Lewis II. Maus of this place, for over
nine years, warrants HIN IN saying that he can give
thcif work.
GEORGE HAssERr.
Bloomsbury, Nov. 81, 1866, -
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

EJ. GAS we two are oue," said q witty
brute to his wife, when / beat you l beat
half of myself "Well," said the wife,
Chen beat your own half.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

n- A Radical paper in New York says
that party has become 'dvarfod and debas-
ed in mind.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

sd5" TIE TEMPERANCE QUEg:.oN.-We
wish it distinctly understood that we are tho
friends ofTcmpcrance and would wish to sec
the cause prosper throughout the whole
country, as long as it is conducted in tie
proper way. But We have ecently obsely-
ed some things connected with the temper
ance movement which We cannot and will
not endorse, but ON the contrary tie com.
munity may expect this paper to oppose it
while it is conducted as it now is The 9th.
er day we picked up paper printed at
Selinsgrovc called the 7emplar's Baan~,
which is published by Abolitionists and the
political complexion of said paper is as dark
as stack of black cats. In its columns We
find tile following '"'"
"Resol.od, That we hail with delight the
unequivocal expressions of Gov Geary in
this important interest, and that VIC recog-
nizc in him a Temperance man tried and
true"
The above resolution in connection with
others, was adopted at recent convention
of Good Tcmplarg Geld at Scl;nsgrove.--
1t is generally supposed that Geary became
a member Of the Order of Good Temrlars'
six months ago, but this is 4 mistake, Eor
was he member when the resolution was
passed. He was initiated about ten days
ago, and the Harrisburg Telegraph, the
central organ Of the Radicals of Pennsyl-
vania, devoted about column Of its cditori-
al space to description Of the initiation Of
his Excelancy. The ceremonials Of the Or
der were made especially imposing for the
occasion, and the wholc.world was congrat-
ulated upon the auspicious event. II there
is any simple soul in the State so soft as
not to suppose there was design in all that,
we pity the credulous creature. Brigadier
General Governor Geary is a pollution Of
very small calibrs, but of vast conceit and
most pretentious ambition. He is moral
and political humbug Of the very first water.
His abilities are just sufficient to adapt him
to the task of playing the part of a political
temperance re(ormcr in the midst of rising
excitement OH that question. In many ways,
short as has been the time since he was in.
augurated, he has evidenced an irordinate
ambition to be reelected. He thinks he
he sees an clement OF strength in the tenn
perance agitation now going on, and straight
way he turns his back upon she Germans
whom he addressed With lager glass in hand
at Erie, ard take solemn pledge in secret
society to smash every beer mug in Penn
sylvania lie has just the proper proper
ticns of knave and fool in his composition to
make him leader the Maine liquor,law cru
sadc. lie is already fishing for reelection
when his present term expires, and in the
meantime the different lodges throughout
the State will be instructed to pass resolu-
tions compelling the members Of the Order
to vote for Good 1emplar whether he be
a Democrat or Republican, and Geary
will be the Good Templars Candidate"
the same as Curtin was ''The Soldiers
Friend. northumberland Democrat
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

BREAKING Up HELL ITSELF. old
preacher in Weston New York, who was
being persued by some Of his churchmen,
during the political excitement in that State
last fall, to join the Radical party, said
"No, my brethren, can't join that par
ty, because all tie Abolitionists in the coun-
try are in it; and Abolitionism, my breth-
rem. has done a wonderful sight Of harm
among the people. 1t has hurt many shep-
herds, and scattered many 1ocks. II got
into the Methodist church and broke that
up. 1t got in among the Presbyterinus and
split them in two; broke the old Union to
pieces. And, my brethren, | don't know
Of anything it is good for but to break down
and break up. And ifyou have any enn'ity
against TIE Gid Boy, advise you to send
Abolitionisn into his dominions, and it will
break he'll itself up in less than six weeks. +"
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05
E'ICERS OF COLUMBIA CO.

dent Judge-IIon. William Elwell.
|ciatc Judges Irm Derr'
h'y and Cl'k of Courts--Jesse Cole;nan.
lister and Recorder-,John &. Freeze.
( Allen Mann,
hwissioIers-- John Il. Fowler,
Montgomery Cole.
Sif-Samucl Snyder.
sure,--John >: Stiles.
Daniel Snyder,
itors- l.. B Rupert,
John p. Harmon.
F,missioncr's Clerk-Wm. krichbaum.
|,missioner's Attorncy-E. ,H. Little.
|cantile Appraiser--Capt. Geo. w. Utt
Enty Suryeyor-Isaac a. Dewitt.
trict Attroney-Milton NJ. Traugh.
j. Ikcler.
lnty Superintenlent--Chas. G. Barkley,
esors Internal Rcvenue-R. +. Clark.
John Thomas,
istant ASSESSOR s. I; ,. Diem, D1,ie,meF,
j. s. Woods.
lector-Bcnjamin L. Hartman.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05

a.5- 1t is said that Governor Hawley, Of
Connecticut, for several days after the cleo
ton had Grape upon his door knob, to which
was attached this fine stanza, not from By
ron:
'0To all my friends bid adieu;
A suddener death you never knew;
While leading the Radical mule to drink
Hekicked and killed me quickern wink. "
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-06-05
4 sUnpLENENT

To an Sct for tic Regulation and Continuance Of
System Of Education BY Common Schools, ap-
proved tho ninth day OF April, one thousand cigh,
hundred aud siAty seven, together with Comments
and explanations by The state superintendent .!
Common Schools.
1.-THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEACHERS