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The Hillsborough recorder., 1867-09-04

Coon vIsresR.--re make good sinegn
81 Gust oi only ten eents pr gallon, -
the iollow.ng ingredients 4 pounds sces,s
scld. gallon molasses. 40 do. raia wasf.
hix well together. and In three weeks
good. strong vinegar, closely re<mblia:
that made from cider, will be pfodaesd
This acid exists N vinegar in diIs'fd
state. andis composed ~ carboa. hydrogen,
and oxygen 10 certain ielsrmina.e asd sn'
form proportions.
The vile Of Col. Bankhesd and a5 men
of The 5th regiment have died ol chpIcra q
Fort Wallace.
Ten persons lately died In vandaIia. W"
from eating corn boiled 10 . brass kettle
which hal not been properly eIeanssd.
a butcher 10 New York has been sea
fenced to thirty days Imprisonment sad 70
pay iine of $50 lor cruelty to an o..
The Hillsborough recorder., 1867-09-04

Louisiana. The election f,r State coasen
lion. By General Order j. required 70 b held on ID,
second Mondas in september BY police rries in saci
parish.
Mwensy-six deishs from yellow fever occurred il
New Orleans on the 2sth ali
Two freedmen In The first and fsarsh Districts are
oui IN addresses 10 their felowei,r.ns irrespsrgis,
Of color. - candidates for Congress. Thes claim
tia, the right % so.e gives the right 70 hold Office
and .hsE IN The majority, the whites shall nO
Be eIsc;ei By h.ir v0,es.
Tbs candidates are conservative anl il lsvor Il
universal amnesty.
lis The Impression ihn Iaxe nunser d whites
all sote for blacks 10 preferences 70 whites who eau
take lLe test Os,k.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1867-09-04

Gen. Pope hss issued an order for an sleelian 10
Alabama o. The first Of october. On The qaesioa 81
Convention and ior delesates,o The same. The Stale
i divided into fouy election districts Monlsonrry
and DaIlars have Eve delegates each.
The Hillsborough recorder., 1867-09-04

The Bank OF EagIand. whenever coan.
terisil of one of - notes il presented al
the cos.ter, II 10 stated. instantly pays over
ne gold TO redeem il. II IL comes from
some known person be . only asked where
he got IL.
Iflrem stranger, The cashier signals %
his detective. alwsys 10 waiting. aud the
officer fsIiows secretly. Before many hoars
the bank 10 10 possession of Tie strangers
biography. The offender once arrested. Il
likely 10 be convicted and sentensed ID .
summary wsy.
Tie New Orleans mint. which has beea
Idle since the outbreaking "a The rebellion.
Ii about % resume operations. II pill con-
mence by coming nickle.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22
LITTLE CROSSES.


thrlst comes tous morning b. slnruiuq 10
present TO Us for the Gar thai i onening
unto Us divers little crosses thwartinrs ~
our Own Will, interfereBces with our nlans
dlsappOlntments of our liitle pleasures. Do
We kiss them and take them ap, and follow
- his rear, Ike Simon Tie CyreBesn3 Or
DO We toss them from u se9rnfuily, because
they are so little and wait for some Erea,
atfilctlon to approve onr pagieuce and our
resignation to bis WHIP Ah, how we might
accommodate 10 the small matters of reli.
gions generally those werds of The Lord
Take heed that ye despiSe not one afthese
hitlc ones ~ Despise BOT The little sins:
they have ruined many soul. Dcspisc not
little duties, they have been 10 many a sa7ed
man an excellent discipline Of humanity.
Despise not little temptations. rightIP met
they have nerved the character Of some
ilery trial And despise not little crosses;
far when taken up and lovingly accepted at
the Lord hand they have made meet for
a great crown, even the crown Of righteous
ness aud iIte, which the Lord has promised
to them that love him.
1 do not think a man ought to want to
rest In this world. he nav desire 10 achieve
tRe means CT setting himself free from
physical taxation. He mag say Il viii
=
transfer my activity to another sphere. "
That It IS proper for man to do. But for
man to retire from life and society after he
has been an active force therein, and filed
bis sphere with usefulness, and seen the
fruits Of his labor multiplied at his hand,
and known the satisfaction Of well spent
years-nat itself rebukes il. But many
plan at the age Of 45 years SAYS to himself
i am worth S500 900, and what a fool
am to work any longer I am going 10 buy
an estate in the country, and be a gentle
man. He buys him an estate, and under
takes 70 be a gentleman; but man who
has nothing to do Is no gentleman. He
goes into the country andlearns how to gape.
and learns how TO wish he knew what to do.
de goes into the country in order to take
the cars every morning, and come 10 the
city every day to see what Is going on. And
he soons discovers that he has made a mis-
take, and says: w hat a fool / was. |
thought | was unhappy, but / see that
was not. And he becomes discontented.
and before two years have gene, he sells his
country place for fifty per cent less than he
gave, and goes to the city and enters into
new partnership, and says, j have learned
that man had better not give up bis busi-
ness as long as be is able To attend 20 il.
lie could. think, have learned II without
going through that practice. A man ought
not TO be obliged to stumble upon every
evil Of life in order to find It out Some
thing ought to be learned from other peo-
ples blunders There are enough Of them.
H TT ReeaI.y
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22
A MODERN POLITICAL PARABLE.

There was once two young men dwelling
in the same country who were about to
commence career IL life. They were
eighbors-iBdeed, they lived In the same
house Oae Of them was rich, straight,
strong, handsome, intellectual, we'll school
ed, and trained in all the knowledge necessa-
ry for success. The other was poor, a Grip
pie, weak homely, dull, ignorant, and un-
restrained in everything except severe toll
As they were about to commence tie world
for themselves, the ruler of the land de-
creed that they should take fair and even
start, and the one who succeeded the
best should receive the honor due his sue
cess. But the rich, strong, handsome, in
telectual and well trained young man OBJ
jected TO giving the poor, ignorant, cripple
fair start with himself, or allowing the
poor cripple to compete with him at all.
Having all the advantages of wealth, beauty,
strength and schooling, and claiming to be
the Superior beyond doubt, he was afraid 10
compete with his inferior upon equal terms,
and threatened violence if the poor cripple
was allowed an equal chance in the struggle.
He demanded that law should be passed
which would not allow the cripple TO out
strip him If he could. Because the ruler Of
the land would not pass such law, he
threatened rebellion, massacre, and all sorts
of evil Is anybody in doubt as to the
name Of this young man? He was high
toned gentleman, and his initials were +.
+. N.-Detr0it Press.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22
A RIDE IN THE SEWERS OF PARIS.

But a few Of the Americans who visit
Paris know of the opportunity which may
be offered them TO visit the very extensive
sewerage Of Paris and examine It's system.
Receiving cards Of Invitation, We stationed
ourselves near the tower of St. Jacques, at
an iron trapdoor, and the party were soon
called upon to descend. Not knowing Of
the Bs0dus 0Padadi of getting into these
dark regions below. We al felt as if We were
going TO take leap in the dark, tut What
was our surprise to fnd elegantly fitted up
carriages or cars, lighted By four large globe
lamps on each corner. These cars contain
twelve persons each, and there were FIVE Of
them, making sixty persons, which IS the
limit to the number invited at one time.
OF course our ride was limited to the large
tunnel or main sewer, which was about
twenty feet high aud fifteen wide, The cars
run on a SIX feet guage track, and are push
ed on down grade by two men for each car.
The water sewerage or drain is below, and
Is from six to eight feet deep, so that small
boats can be toRed all the way, and has
down grade enough to make quite current.
We rode by this train of cars across the
Boulevard Sebastopol TO the head Of Rue
Bivo.i, alongside Of the palace and Tuiieries
gardens, 20 the place Concord, distance Of
more than three miles, where we dISem-
barked into boats and sailed under the
whole length Of Rue Royale, coming out by
the side OF the Church Of Madeline All
along the main channel are openings. OF
trap-doors, covered with gratings at the
head of each cross street, which are marked
by the names of the streets on the side Of
the tunnel By this means complete venti-
lation is secured. On the top OF the tunnel
are two large iron pipes, in which pass
through the fTeshwater supply for the city
one from the aqueducts and artesian wells,
the other from the water pumped up from
the river Seine.
There are also three lines of telegraph
wires inclosed in lead pipes. 1t Is well
known that the great sewers are built for
the underground transportation Of troops in
the time of an insuTTection or war. By this
meaus Napoleon can transport, secretly,
troops from one part Of the city to the 9TH
er, suddenly appearing from the ground at
almost any point. The telegraph would al
so be serviceable on such occasions. Be-
sides this navigable sewer, which Is fitted
up especially for pleasure trips, there are
smaller sewers running under twenty-five
Of the principal streets, and the whole
length Of the sewerage of Paris, large and
small including that under construction, l
was informed, is over three hundred miles
in length and By these means the drainage
of Paris is effected on a magnificent scale,
and far surpasses the subterranean wonders
of ancient Rome. Correspondence Ctere-
land Herald
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22
THE LIVE MAN.

The Live Man IL ike the little pig, be IL
weaned young, and begins tew root arly.
He IL the pepper sass w ereation-the
all-spice NV the world
One Live Man In village IL like a case
Nv itch at distrikt skool-he sets every
body teW scratching at onst.
a man who kan draw New Orleans moias-
siss in the month Nv January, thru half
inch auger hole, and sing 'Home sweet
home while the moiassiss is running, may
be strikly honest, but he amt sudden enuf
for this climate.
The Live Man Il az full Nv Dizziness az
the conductor Nv q street kar; be IL often
ike a hornet, very bizzy, but about what
the Lord only knows
He lights up like kotton factory, and
haint got emmy more time tew spare than
skool boy haz Saturday afternoons.
lie IL like dekoy duck, abuy water, and
live at least Is months during each year.
Heiz Ikea runaway hoss, he gifts the
whole Nv the rode.
He trots when he wolKs, and lies down at
night enly bekauze every body else duz.
The Live Man IL always depe thinker
he Jumps at conclusions Just az the frog duZ,
and don't alwus land at the spot he IL lookin
at.
He IL the American pet, a perfekt miste-
ry tew foreigners; but he haz dun more
with charcoal) tew work out the greateness
Nv this kountry than emmy other man IN II.
He IL jist az necessary az the grease on an
axeltTee.
He don't alwus die rich, but alwus dies
bizzy. and meets death a good deal az an
oyster duz, without msking emmy fuss
Josh Billings.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22
EVENING PARTIES.

No one would accuse Thackery Of Puri-
tanic scruples or a tendency TO religious
croaking. He speaks as a close observer
and merely humane critic In one of the
papers found in his recently issued volume,
where he says; The system of evening
parties is false and absurd one Ladies
may frequent them professionally with an
eye TO husband, but man is an ass who
who takes wife out Of such assemblies,
having no other means Of Judging of his
choice. You are not the same person in
your white Grape aud satin slip as you are in
your morning dress. A manis not the same
in his tight coat, and feyerish glazed pumps,
and his stiff white waistcoat as be is in his
green double breasted frock, his old black
ditto, or his wooden jacket And a man is
doubly an ass who IS IN the habit of fire.
quenting evening parties, unless he is forced
tbither 10 search of lady to whom he is
attached, OF unless he is compelled to 60 by
bis wife. a man who loves dancing may Be
set down as an ass; and the fashion is great
ly going out with the increasing good SEN
ses Of the age. Do not say that he who he
who lives at home. or frequents clubs in
lieu OF balls Is brate, and has not prop
el respect for the female sex; on the CON
tTary, he may respect il most sincerely.
IAc tESAs tLat nOuaa appears 70 aQNau-
tage not among those whom she can not
care about, but among those whom sho
loves He thinks her beautiful when she is
at home making tea for her old father He
believes her 70 be charming when she is
singing simple song at the piano, but not
when she Is sereechlng at an evening party.
lie thinks By far the most valuable part Of
her IS her heart; and kind, simple heart,
my dear shines in conversation better than
the best Of wit. He admires her best in in
thrcourse with her fsmily and friends, and
detests the miserable slip-slop that he is
obliged to hear from and utter to her in the
course Of a bah, and avoids and despises
cf1.h rpnafinrS ~
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22
STORIES ABOUT WHITE ANTS.

Travellers in the East have told some won
lerful stories about the Tayages committed
bv the white ants, but the following, from
an English magazine, are the latest
An odd story is largely credited 10 India
ia regard to the voraclty Of the white ant
A gentleman having charge OF a chest OF
money. placed it on the floor, where II was
speedily attacked by these destructyes, who
soon annihilated tie bottom Of the bags
containing the specie, which fell piece by
niece into the hoiloWs Of the terDltes bur
row lust underneath the floor where the
box was placed. When the coin TgS to be
demanded il was not to be found, but the
attacks of the ants were Incontestible, and
the story got abroad that their teeth were
capable Of deT0uriug metal. Some years
afterwards, when the house was undergoing
rcpairs the whole sum was found several
tee, deep in the earth IN the midst OF the
ant nest. Waite ants once attacked Brit
ish ship Of the line, the Albion She was
obliged to put into port in consequence, and
had TO be broken up.
These creatures are much rellshed as
food by the natives Of the interior OF India,
as well as by those Of Ahiea- ln India, be
fore the migration Of the ants, two holes
are bored in the nest opposite 70 each other;
on the leeward side pot Is placed, which
has been rubbed with aromantic herbsi on
the windward side, Ere Is made, the smoke
of which drives the insects into the pots.
These captured victims are then securely
fastened in, dried over the fire, aud ground
into -four, and made into pastry which Is
sold TO poor people, but which, if used
abun3antly. produces dysentery. At the
time of the migration Of the ants in Africa,
myriads Of them fail into the water, when
the natives skim OF the surface with Gala
bashes, then grill them IN iron cauLdrons
over a larce FIRE, stirring them a. coffee IS
stirred. The natives eat them by handtuls,
without accompaniment or other prepara-
ton. and consider them very delicious.
They are said to resemble IN taste, sugared
cream, or sweet almond past. The Hotten-
tots eat them very greedily when boiled. and
grow plump and fat upon the food. They
also consume the pupe of the ants, which
they call nee, on account of It's resemblance
% that grain. They cook these IN a small
quantity of water. \ large nest viii some
times yield bushel Of the pupse.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22
AUTUMN DAYS.


when the Autumn days come, says
Beeeher, Nature, like a retired merchant,
changes its manner from thrift and busting
industry 70 lauguid leisure and 10 ostents-
tions luxury. The sun rises later aud sets
earlier than when it had all the Summers
crops on hand, and was playing universal
husbandman. There is 20 nest-buildlng
now, aud no birdsiaging (which is purely
domestic arrangement, designed, on the
birds part, 70 keep peace in the family
while the children are being raised, and
land aside as soon as the young birds are of
their hands Mornings come feeced in
mists, which hang over streams and low,
moist places The sun plays with then,
but they perish In his arms. A few bella
ted flowers yet keep watch, but chiefly the
asters, which fringe the fields, star the
edge Of forests, and. ike late conner sta
feast, seem bent upon making mp for lost
time At night, crickets and katy dds
seFape their shrill yiels, and hll the air
with stridulons music Over all the
shrinking fields the trees lift up their gor-
geous ioiIage, and, ike those who wait for
The marriage bell and the bridegroom, they
shine out in glorious apparel The bills
forest clad, are become the Lord 5 younger
sons, aud, Ike Joseph, they are dressed in
a coat Of many colors. October days, short
between horizons, reach higher into the
vault than any days Of the year; and
through them the season seems to look with
soltened sadness, as one who, in the calm Of
age, meditates on all the mistakes Of his
past life, aud solemnly thinks upon the ad-
vapcing future. Along the fence rows,
where seeds and late berries may be found,
birds hop silently, as If ashamed to be seen.
Soon they viii change their solitary ways
and collect in focks. To day, the fields viii
swarm with them; to morrow, there VIII
not be one left, and they viii be picking
their food many degrees oflatitude south.
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gQftrlI.
- "a
SHADOWS.


Ia the old deserted homestead
Where the loved Of long ago
Laid them down to rest forever.
Stranger footsteps come and 90.
Ia the hall and on the staircase
Strange forms wander every day,
Never dreaming they are passing
Through gray shadows all the way.
In the grave upon tbe hillside.
In Tue shadowy heretofore
One turned back, last look giving
And one standing IN She door
Waved long and tearfal farewell;
And I see iheir shadows still
Where they stood al their last parting
In the door and on the bin.
Aud if either YET were living
Who were actors ia the scene.
They would point you out the shadows,
Tell you strangers walked between,
Years ago, white orange blossoms
Cleaning thro' long curls fgold,
Told as that bride was standing
In that chamber dim, and old.
IN the parlors, wide aud lofty,
Once there stood Christmas tree
And the trembling lights aud tokens
Were q goodly sight 70 see.
Children there With bright eyes spark
ling.
Matrons, each with smiling face.
Grandsires with their locks now silvered-
Formed picture full Of grace.
In the darkeHed. ancient chamber,
Where a sp;iit took its 4ight.
Strangers, standing on the threshold,
See the dim, uncertain light
Cleaning through the misty cob-webs
That for years a veil have spread,
Shutting from the sun bright glances
Ghosts of the departed dead.
Years ago, within that chamber.
Hushed hearts gathered round bed
Where .he Crown of Life was lowering
Ger q dying mothers head.
Could we view, by retrospecton,
All the life scenes OF the past,
Could We see the shadows deepening
Ever round US, thick and fast
There would be b0st Of shadows
Gliding over land and sea;
And no nook would be without them
Every spot would haunted be
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22

The OLD MAY.-Bow low the head boy;
do reverence to the old man. Once ike
you, the vicissitudes Of life have silyered
the hair, and changed the round merry face
to the worn visage, before you Once that
heart beat with aspirations coequal to any
that You have felt; aspirations crushed By
disappointment, as yours are perhaps des-
tiney 10 be. Once that form stalked proud
ly through the gay scenes of pleasure, the
beau ideal Of grace; now the hand of time,
that withers the flowers of yesterday, has
warped that figure and destroyed the noble
carriage. Once, at your age, he possessed
The thoughts that pass through your brain,
now wishing to accomplish deeds equal to
nook in fame; anon imagining life dream,
that the sooner he awoke from the better.
Bat he has lived the dream very near
through. The time to awaken isyery near
AT hand; yet his eye ever kindles at old deeds
Of daring, and the hand takes frmer grasp
of the staff. Bow low the head, boy, as
you would, in your old age, be reverenced.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-11-22

THOMAS Hoop TRIBUTE TO LITERATURE.
My own obligations to literature are
debt so immense as not TO be Cancelled, ike
that Of nature, By death itself Adrift early
in life upon the great waters-as pilotless Is
Wordsworth blind boy in the turtle she'll
If | did not come 10 shipwreck, It was that,
IN default Of paternal or iTatuTnal guidance.
I was rescued, Ike the ancient mariner by
guardian spirits, each one 4 luvely light,
who stood as beaconSto my course. Infirm
health and a natural love Of reading happily
threw me, instead Of worse society, into the
company Of poets, philosophers and sages-
70 me good angels and ministers Of grace.
From these silent ins;ructors-wao often DO
more than fathers. and always more than
godfalhers, for our temporal aud spiritual
interests-from these mild monitors learn
ed something Of the divine, and more of the
human religion. They were my interpret
ers 10 the House Beautiful Of God and NY
gnides among the delectable m3unlains Of
nature. They reformed by prejuiices- chas-
tened my passions tempered my heart,
purified ny tastes. elevated my mind and
directed my aspirations l was lost IN 4
chaos Of undigested problems, false theories
crude ianeies, obscure impulses, and bewil-
derinc doubts-when these bright intelli-
ganees called my mental world mt of dark
ness ike a new creation. and gaze Il two
great lights, hope and mem9ry-the past
for n0en. and the future foT sun
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HOTELS.
HOTEL.

This large and commodious house, having been
rc-takeu hy thc subscriber, is open for the re-
zeption Of visitors and boarders. The rooms are
.sTru. vel ventilated, and comfortably furnished
he table viii always be supplied with the best
.5e market can afford. The Bar Is stocked with
lie choicest liquors In short. it Is nay purpose
.a keen FIRST CLASS HOTEL. Thanking
he public for past favors respectfully solicit a
renewal ef their patronage
N j. hacks win rua constantly between the
Hotel and the Springs.
rDsvi7. .'s7.ly wM. DIBEBT, Prop'r
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MES are more civilized By their pleasures
than by their occupations. Business DIS
penses not only with ceremony, but often
with common ciTility; and we should become
rude, repulsive and ungraeeful, did We not
recover IN our recTeatlons the urbapity which
Il los; in the hustle OF our lives,
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ID UPP & SHANNON, BANKERS,
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Bank or DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT.
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KIND works are the brightest flowers of
earth's existence; they make very paradiSe
of the humblest home that the world can
show. Use them, and especially around
the ireside circle. They are jewels beyond
price. and more precious to heal the wouu-
ded heart. and make the weighed down
spirit glad than all the other blessings the
world can give.