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GROyEsTEEN & CO.,
Piano Forte Manufacturers,
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rrHEsE PIANOS received the Highest Awara
i of Meritl at the Worlds Fair, over the
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the cities Of New York, Baltimore and Boston,
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has practical experience of over thirty-nve
years, and is the maker Of over eleven thou
sand piano foites. Our facilities for manu-
featuring enable us to sell these Instruments
from 500 to 5000 cHRAPER than any hrst
class piano forte. juls24lynr.
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Notice to Bridge Builders.

QRALED proposals, plans and specifications
y win be received at the Auditors Office, up
to January 2, 1867, for covered bridge
across Muskingum Creek, at Jacob Clines 60
feet long and ID feet wide, abutments to be
26 feet high; also proposals plans and speci-
fcations for acovered bridge across Muskin.
gum Greek, at the mouth of Clear Fork, so feet
long and IA feet wide, abutments to be 36
feet high.
Bids will he received for stone and wood
work, or alone for either. ao
By order of Commissioners.
IS . NJ. H0EFFLER,
deellx3. Aud. NJ. c, o.
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AcclDENT.-A, distressing accident, by
which the life Of Mrs. Susannah Uncles
was imperilled, occurred near this place
last Saturday. NJ. D. King, Esq. was
returning from Temperaneevi.le, when
his sleigh upsetin a bad place on the
road. After righting the sleigh, and be-
fore be could get in it,the horses became
frightened and started off. Being upon
the slippery road, Mr. King was unable
to check the horses, and was compelled
to let go the reins. The hOrses ran over
Mrs. Uncles, everelysinjuring her head
and side. For some time after the acci-
dent she remainedsin precarious condi-
ton, but We are glad to learn that she is
now pronounced out Of danger-Barne,-
rits Enterprise, Dec II.
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Insolvent Notice.

ON the 18th day of December, 1865, the
" Probate Court of Monroe County, Ohio,
declared the estate of Asel Eddy to be insol-
vent. Creditors are therefore required to
present their claims against the estate to the
undersigned, for allowance, within six months
from the time above mentioned, or they will
not be entitled to payment.
jan1. ADAM EDDY, Adm'r.
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Legal Notice

NOTICE is hereby given, that on the 18th
IN day of December, 1866, the Trustees of
the Christian Church in Beallsville, in Mon
roe county, in the State of Ohio, fled their
petition in the Court of Common Pleas of
said county: the object of which is to obtain
an order of said Court to sell the following
property belonging to said Society, to wit:
A part of Lot number thirty-one in said town
of Beallsville, beginning for the same at the
northeast corner Of said lot; running thence
west flty-six feet; thence ,uth to the south
line of said lot; thence east to the southeast
corner of said lot; thence north to the be-
ginning, containing. thirieen rods and one hun
dred and ffty-six and three-fourth feet, in or
der to apply the proceeds of such sale to the
payment for other church property purchased
for said society. Said petition will be for
hearing at the next term of said Court.
HOLLISTER g. 0KEY,
janw4. Att'ys for Trustees.
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CLUB RATES:
Single Engraving 81 so each-by mail free.
For SIS we will send l3 Eng. and 2 to Club Agt

The Club packages will be very securely
packed aud forwarded by Express.
Any person may get up Clubs and forward
the amount either by Express, Sight Draft,
Post Office Order or in a registered letter, and
in all cases the Engravings will be immedi
ately sent, and for each engraving number.
ed certificate and receipt will be enclosed in
the package.
C. Q. D. ORDERS. Persons wishing to send
for Engravings and pay the Express Co. when
they are received, will be required to send
with their order So to SIS, according to its
amount, and this will be credited on their bill
List Of Premiums.
IT, H.,
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aA- Why confer the elective franchise
on Negroes and deny it to young men of
eighteen? Are the young men less in
telligent, less patriotic, or. worse citizens
than Negroes2 What is your opinion,
young man?
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The Deyil OF Nan,es.

If the Radical party has patron saint
or guardian spirit it is sthe Devil of
Names Its whole political action is
based upon the theory that it matters
not how obnoxious scheme may be pro-
vided has che saving grace of taking
name.
It's leaders have estimated with won
derful accuracy the amount of credulity
Of the American people, and calculate
with great certainty on the approval of
any measure having gull.cathing title.
Thus in the earlier days of Radical
rule, 10 sing hosannas when some guilt
lesssman vas thrust into dungeon was
to assupport the government and to
shout halleiujahs when some honest citi-
zen was banished from the country by a
squad Of shoufder.strapped upstarts, was
eyincing szeal for the Government" -
Crimes and outrages perpetrated upon
persons and property we're merely SO ma
ny pillars supporting the Government.
But in a short time it became necessary
to.the success of their party aud projects
that they should themselves become the
most violent opponents of the Union and
the aGozernmensp To do this it was
only necessary to adopt other clap-trap
phrases, knowing most Of their followers
would swallow whatever vas presented to
their throats, ike SO many young black
birds.
A new and entirely different series of
schemes was introduced and marshalled
under the banner of .Progress" the
followers little needing whether they were
progressing toward Paradise or Purgatory.
This Progress has been unmistakably
directed toward Negro equality, but it
tiekled the ears Of the crowd, and opera
ted as q BELL to herd. 9
s.Negro equality Negro suffrage,
''priyileged classes are phrases the lead.
ers do not know the meaning Of; and new
er, under any circumstances, venture to
pronounce them. If they mean "Negro
outrage. they may prate about ''manhood
suffrage or harangue about 'saniversal
suffrage or rant about impartial suf-
frage," but about "Negro suffrage" they
are as retieent as upon the subject of their
treasury plunderings. We have no such
things as privileged classes" Ifone
hundred men are robbed for the benefit of
one-if the West digs treasures out of
the earth only to FIJI the pocket of its
New England masters-this isl merely
seneouraging home industry. True it
encourages industry by keeping the la
borer's nose to the grindstone, but the
pretty name silences all complaint.
If Thad. Stevens is not himself this
guardian spiris, he is at least the medium
through y which 1t communicates
ska ns enes.s % lalss sraoes'
spl,S@'S 'a'ss,
= :, ,.sss's.s-1 -. p,''',:s'
3. -h,..a.1
I'D The m.nner IN which Cono,sss vb;,o
uvasbes its black bantlinos Is sometb;ng
IKE the following: Mr.. Trumbull brings
in bin to give to Negroes rights and
privileges which are denied to white men
Nr RAYMOND gets scared as usual, and
declares s that such q measure Is enough
81 70 kill a score of such parties as tho Rad
ical.7 Thad Stevens looks at it a moment,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-01

1.-THE UNION AS IT WAS, AND
THE CONSTITUTION AS IT is"
II hold thatTHrs Government was made
en- the WHITE BASIS, by WHITE
MEN, for the BENEFIT of WHITE MEN
sad their POSTERITY forever. STE
phes a. Douglas,
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James Ross Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber
IN was, on the 10th day of Octobers 1856,
appointed Administrator Of the estate OF
James Roes, deceased. q li} l
dec1I JOHN J. HURD.
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Not So Cheerful.

The Delinquent List-to men whose
little homes must be sold because they
are too poor to pay their own taxes and
those of the bond holders.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-01

named that these men would worship
him? By calling him Saint Beelzebub,
for instance?
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Neto gobertissmsnts,
John Sears Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
In signed was, on the 18th day of December,
1855, appointed Administrator of the estate
of John Sears, decd.
.janl. DAVID T. SEARS.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-01

London steam railways carry passen-
gers six miles out Of town and return for
thirty four cents per week,
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"A union Of hearts, a union of hands,
A union that none may sever;
A union Of lakes, union of lands,
The AMERICAN UNION FOREVER"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-01

The Stark Co.. Democrat says, and SO
say ne:
The road mapped out by the Chicago
Tipaes for the Democracy Of the United
States to march to victory or the grave,
is not inviting. In the language Of the
poet: qsoab
99 at is not passable, a
SIS Not even jackass-able. 90
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Cheerful Reading.

Tho Delinquent List-to bond holders
who pay no taxes.
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American Artists Union!
American Artists UniOny
American Artists Union!


The AMERICAN ARTISTS UNION Iestab-
lished 1854 announce that in order to extend
the sale of the following well known and
highly popular
STEEL PLATE ENGRAvINGS:
The Last Supper. .2S az in.
Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers
for America. .27 K So
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. 2 x 36
Falstaff mastering his Recruits. .25 80
Shakespeare and his Friends II 81
Cotter's Saturday Night. .23 2S
Village Blacksmith ith............27 x32
Manifest Destiny, Fortune Telling)21 2S
The Massacre at Wyoming in 1776. 2S 36
Mount Vernon in the olden time,
or,Washington at 80 years of age .26 "a
The escape of Alastor Macdonald
from the Massacre of Glencoe. .26 "a
The Madonna. .26 "a
They have deemed expedient to offer them
to their friends and the public at one dollar
and fifty cents each, the price heretofore hav-
ing been two dollars each, and for the pur-
pose of stimulating the getting up of Clubs,
they have determined to award premiums to
the getters Hp of Clubs, and in addition
thereto to distribute amongst the subscribers
the sum of $4,000 in money and paintings,
as soon as the sale shall have reached 100, 900
engrayings. As it is our intention to adyer-
tise very extensively, and as the engravings
are well kaown throughout the whole eoun-
try. we have no doubt, that with the low price
we charge for them, and with the exertion
which will be put forth by our numerous
friends, the number will be reached in short
time. As soon as it is reached the subscri-
bers, through their Club Agents, will be mott
fed by a circular letter from US, naming the
time and method of distribution.
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To be distributed.

One hundred elegant Oil Paintings,
richly framed, Landscapes, at 500. Io,000l
Two hundred elegant Oil Paintings.
richly framed, Interior Views, $50. 10000
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The New York Tribune says "John
Browns soul is marching on in England. .
Upon which the 81. Loais Times observes:
"We had seen no indications of the alb
sence of the vagabond ghost of the crazy
old fanatic aud horse thief; but, if the
Tribune is right, we can heartily condole
with England IN the unfortunate vista
tion."
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-01-01

Considerable excitement exists among
the working men in GAINESVILLE, on account
Of the proprietors of the stove foundries
reducing the wages of the moulders forty
per cent.
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$1,000 Reward

If the SIcrrAN HAIR REVIEWER does not give sat-
isfaction in all cases when used IN strict accord
ance with our instructions.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-05-04
AGRICULTURAL, &C.


The season is now opening to commence
plowing, and every farmer and farmers boy
feels as if he knew how to hold and ''draw
the plow" as well, if not letter, than the man
who writes. All this may be true; he
knows that he should never turn furrow
wider than the plowshare will cut clear, but
always as much narrower as the stiffness OF
the soil shall render necessary, to lay his
furrows smooth, and light and free from
clods. In all such cases of narrow furrows
the expense of plowing will be saved in the
decreased expense of narrowing, with this
| advantage to the crop, that the harrow pull
verises only the surface, but the plow, when
properly used and directed, renders the
earth mellow to the whole depth of the fur
row. .
This again involves the question, how
deep is best 2 To this will reply, particu-
larly as it is one of the most important in
field husbandry. That plowiug doep is of
the most Importance to make land produc-
tive. none who is a good farmer will deny
! yet how deplorable is it to see so many of
our farmers, instead of ploping their land,
persist in the old and ruinous practice of
only skimming it Soils of the best quality
may be very soon impoverished by shallow
blowing, while on the other hand those OF
an inferior quality may be materially i'm.
proved by judicious plowing
| Why, it may be asked, are swamps and
bogs so inexhaustibly fertile after being well
| drained2 One simple reason is because they
are possessed of a soil OF very considerable
depth. Then why not plow deep in order
to increase the depth of the soil of our up
| lands?
Lands which have been plowed shallow
on receiving the first deep plowing, will
generally fail in some measure in producing
good crop in consequence of turning up
the clay, but the action of the sun and at
mosphere on the upturned clay will contrib
ute greatly to its Fertilization. This being
plowed down and the former surface turned
up again, with the addition of proper ma
nures, will give the land deep soil and
render it fertile and productive.
But few persons are aware of the great
length to which the tibrous roots of grass
descend into the soil 1t has always been
found that they usually reach to the bottom
| of the surface soil, be il ever so deep, and
consequently plants grown in deep soil viii
be much better protected against the effects
of drought than those grown on shallow
soil.
Would it rot be better then in ordinar,
cases to plow not less than eight inches deep
Will it not be much better to suffer PARTIAL,
in one crop and have afterward manifold
increase, than 20 be always toiling with very
imperfect returns for the LAHORE
The success of one-half of his fields unde
a regular deep tillage, compared with th,
other half under shallow tillage, will be tn,
most convincing argument in favor of deeI
plowing that can be laid before practica
farmer Germant0scn Telegraph.
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ESees.

There are three classes of bees in every
colony, namely: the drone or male, the
queen or mother of the colony, and the
working or honey making branch of the
family. All occupy their separate divisions
of the hive, the queen having her cell dis
tinct and isolated The working bee is the
smallest of the three divisions, but nature
has made amends by imparting 20 them a
restless activity and industry which more
than supplies the deficiency as to size. In o
strong healty colony they number from thr
ty to forty thousand, while few hundreds
comprise the force of the non-producers
The queen is an object of unceasing care and
solcitude. If this head of the household
meets with mishap, the family is at once
thrown into confusion. Labor is suspended
and the workers may be seen coursing wild
ly about in search of the lost one. This
kind OF breaking up continues till new
queen is developed, when order is restored
in the disorganized household. According
to the authority of writers on bee culture
and management, fertile queen, during the
better portion of the honey season, deposits
about three thousand eggs per Gay, and if
she has been fertilized, the product of these
will be working bees. 1t will be seen that
the three divisions, constituting perfect
colony, vary in size, form and color.
The queen has an elongated body with
short wings and darker hue than either
the drone or worker. The Italian queen is,
however, lighter colored than either the
drone or the worker, much of her body being
of a golden yellow The queen is said to
live from three to fonr years. The Messrs.
King, in their work on the honey bee, speak
ing of the drones, say that they "are more
bulky, though somewhat shorter than the
queen, and unlike her, their wings are long
enough to cover the entire abdomen" They
are clumsy and uncouth in appearance, and
when flying may be distinguished by their
boisterous hum. They are destitute of the
sack for carrying honey or o. groves on their
thighs for pollen, hence they are untitled for
the labors of the hive. Their functions seem
simply fertilizing the queens, or in other
words, "to propagate and rot,'-for, when
their functions are performed, the workers
drive them forth to perish. These last are
prodigies of industry and have been cited,
for long ages, as examples worthy of being
initiated by man.
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FfREXITIES.

Two horse thieves were captured in Ire
mont county, Iowa, few days since. A
public meeting was called, and they were
ordered to choose death by hanging or
shooting. They chose the latter, and were
shot by twelve men with revolvers.
A Texas gentleman writes to the editor of
the New York Times that there is a disposi
ton at the South to unite with the conserva-
tive wing of the Republican party, rather
than with the Northern Democracy.
Governor Jenkins, of Georgia, has pub
lished an address in which he recommends
to the people non -acquiescence in the re-
construction plan of Congress, and "a pa
ticnt, manly endurance of military govern
ment, until, in the effiux of time, and on the
subsidence of the passions generated by civil
war; better counsels shall prevail at the
Federal capital" Still he hopes that the
Supreme Court will overthrow the recon-
struction acts, so that the people will not
be subjected to the alternative Of eitherac-
cepting or rejecting them. Governor Jen-
kins has some thing to learn yet.
An American millionaire in Valparaiso
had 100000 rattle, and poor woman
drew the largest prize.
A Gentleman at Calhoun, in Gordon
county, Ca, states that he recently saw, in
one day, seven-hve woman in that place,
some of whom had walked ten miles in
search of food to save themselves and their
children from starvation. In that and other
counties of Georgia there are hundreds of
similar cases of destitution which call loudly
| for relief.
A Cuban gentleman has horse which
runs one mile in a minute.
Lemons grown in Florida weigh over a
| pound each.
A negro in Indiana, who was originally
as black as any Congo, has turned nearly
white within the last year or two.
The Oil City Petroleum says The
| largest raft of lumber we have ever seen in
Oil Creek came down last week. 1t foots
up two hundred thousand feet, and is from
the mills of Ames 81 Co., near Ttusville.
The time is at hand when our ministers
should remember this from Josh Billing :
~ always advise short sermons, especially
on hot Sunday. If a minister kant strike
lie in boring forty minutes, he has either
got poor gimlet or else he is boring in the
rong place.
! STYLE.-The latest style of bonnet has
just made it's appearance. 1t is called the
sRevenue Cutter" and consists of two
cent internal revenue stamp, worn on the
head and tied under each ear with horse
hair 1t presents very pretty appearance,
at distance, and must be very comforta
BILE at this season OF the year.
What is it that has two buildings, two
trees, two animals, and two fish 2 The hu
man body-viz: two temples, two palms
two calves, and two soles.
MAKE the best of everything; think tn,
best of everybody hope the best for your
self. aasrtt.l l.at
IF colts pistol has six barrels, how
many barrels ought horse pistol to have
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OLD SERIES, VOL. 27, NO. 29

TRAVEL TO EURoPE.-It is clear that
Americans will not flock to Paris to attend
the Exhibition in as large numbers as was
at first expected. The great Eastern, which
was fitted up to accommodate three thousand
passengers, took out less than two hundred.
The steamship Havana, which was newly
furnished to run between New York and
Havre for the Exhibition, has been with
drawn from the line for the lack of patron
age. Hs I.,
1t is said that / 200 Irish emigrants, most
ly of the comfortable farming class, were
disappointed in getting passages to the
United States on board the last three steam
ers from Queenstown.
Mr.. Fairman, the Englishman who made
extensive discoveries of petroleum in North
ern Italy, has Just been honored by private
audience of the King, who has conferred on
him the Cross of Saints Maurice and Laza-
rus, in acknowledgment of the service rem
dcred to the country by his researches.
Philosophers say that shutting the eyes
makes the sense of hearing more acute. A
wag suggests that this accounts for the
many closed eyes that are seen at church
every Sunday. y.. .e'. .9 H.I
"One might have heard pin fall" is q
proverbial expressions Of silence, but it has
been eclipsed by the French phrase, "You
might have heard the unfolding of lady's
cambria handkerchief" l---
Tbirty-four colorcd men in Philadelphia
are worth $1,35S,000.
Granville John Penn, the great grandson
of William Penn, Proprietary of Pennsylva-
mia, and the eldest surviving son of Gran
vile Penn, of Stoke Pogis, England, died
lately in London. Only bachelor brother of
Granville John Penn survives him, so that
the great Quaker name of Penn will soon
cease genealogically. The Penn-Gaskill
family are descendants of the great Quaker,
but not in direct line, and so, too, arc
Lady Gewan and Lord Northland.
A long time ago little boy twelve years
old, on his way to Vermont, stopped at q
country tavern, and paid for his lodging
and breakfast by saving wood instead of
asking it as gift. Fifty years later the
same boy passed the same little inn as
George Peabody, the banker.