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pleasure, while the study of words, without
understanding and conveying no ideas has
achillng and repulsive effect. BY thouhs
only is the miaa aroused, expanded and
strengthened, and subjects, not mere
words, should be 30 presented to the mind
that natural curiosity, which is ever busy
IN the 'yOung idea" may compel the at.
teltion to sharpened and ac tive inter.
est in the facts presented, thus giving to-
the pupil a strong and healshy stimulus
to diligence, securing through his own
mental processes a salutOpy discipline Of
the mind, a positive pleasure in It's own
discoveries, an expltation in its own con-
quests, a real joy in its own perceptions.
and reasoning, which results, are oaly o
normal consequence of the exercise Of
all the faculties and of. tbs divine adapt
edness to the mind of The difereat SUBJ
jects.
Ideas, then, may be firmly engraveu
upon the memory but the knowledge Of
words must be ''lost and die in one short.
hour" These thoughts were sugge ste8
by reading the display Of Sword memo
ry" by the Zelicnope school Of this eouu.
ty. And l asked myself, ''for what pur-
pose," what gc o1 7
Tam indeed sorry for the youthful in
tellects under twelve years, of that an
Gent and cultivated borough-even
though they strive to gain notoriety as
word.memory prodigies. Let them ask
aud answer the question "cm BONO
for what benefit, Such method of
study is hurtfuI and injurious, to say
nothing of the golden moments ,caste$
which could be proGtably employed in
storing their minds with varied and use.
full ideas; noble thoughts and just princi-
pies, mental treasures which may be turn.
ed TO profitable account in ennobl:ng the
intellectual faculties preparing the pupil
for the proper discharge of his great
work on the theater of lite. For "what
shall it profit" the mind to Re clogged
and burdened with words, having no
tendency to cultivate and developc the
thinking powers? The memorizing Of
words and no ideas, is complete parrotry
positively useless. 1t is mere dIudeery
on the part of the pupil--a gathering of
husks, not ears storing away in the
garners Of memory dry chaf, not grain.
II has no tendency to make the mind
more active and vigorous, or the memory
more rcteutive of that whch is worth
remembering. Thoughts and ideas are
the food of the mind. apl the mind is so
constituted az to have a natural taste.
natural craving for them; put to com
pei the mind to the study o. words with.
out ideas, is forcing it to feed on unpal.
atabIe. unnatural and indigestible food
which il time, if il ho moi excited by
artifcs! stimulpS, must create disgust
for study and rciugnancc to school
More anon A. G.. SCHOOL.
'Bqtlcr, February 10th, 1867.
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Notice.
caused an advertisement of the Ham
ilton Gold and Silver Mining Company,
of Nevada, to be Published in the pa
pers of this connty. bat refused to dis
pose of the Stock until the Superintend-
ent who bad been sent to Nevada to as
certain the productiveness of the mines,
should return. He has now returned
and the ore having been tested, and prov
ing to be as rich as that Of the best mines
in that State, the Company, at its last
meeting in Philadelphia, concluded not
to sell Stock but to issue bonds With cou-
pons attached bearing ten per cent inter-
est, payable in coin. The bonds are re-
deemable in Eve years from date, and
may, within that time at the option Of
the holder, be converted into Stock. If
those persons who desired to take stock,
wish to have bonds, they can signify
their intention by application to JAMES
T. M'JUNKIN, Esq, Of Butler.
]. ZrEGLER, Sec'y & Treas.
February Goth, '67-tf f #
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How THE PRESIDENT MISSED HIS
OPPoRTuNITY-The Augusta Constitt-
tionalist says, in disconrsipg of recon-
struction r...t, as;,,.- ted
Mr.. johnson had a splendid opportu-
nifty of redeeming the country immedi-
ately after the war, but lost il forever by
lettering on the wayside to crafty bis
vanity in receiving the homage and sup
plication of aristocratic ''rsbels." While
he should have struck magnanimous
and patriotic blow for the Union, he dal
lied with fortune. While he thus dallied
aud pardoned, his enemies were under,
mining him, and he now discovers at the
eleventh hour, that the precious time then
squandered in trifes has been ''suicide
where more than blood is split"
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the audience by the fair donors, while
the signatures were being obtained. Rev.
Leggit urged all tosign their naaes, say
ing, thai 10 one refusing to do SO, could
lay claim to the title Of "a good man ?
The speaker insisting that there can be
no neutral ground-th 1T all must enlist
under some bauner-either that of King
Emanuel" I" or king Alcohol choose We,
whom ye will serve. 1t being asked
whether ladies would be permitted to
join the League. Rev.Leggit said that
he should not like to put his name to
anything which lady could not be eer>
mitted to sign. DIR, ], 9. Moore = said
that if ladies' had the control Of the
whiskey traffic, there would not be a Ii
eensed house in the U. S., that they are
all fast friends Of temperance. The
speaker animadyerted severely upon the
conduct of certain church m embers, in
signing the petition of men of 'good, NOR,
al character" % to retail the essence Of
damnati1n, which beggars the children,
maniacs the wife, and demonizes the hus.
band; churches are the moalders of sooie-
ty, and should not permit theig members
to sit at the communion table within two
weeks after signing petition for license:
He especially criticised and eeuspred the
o. S, Presbyteriaps, the United Presby-
terians and the Lutherans.
DR.. Young thought it untrue that the
o. s. Presbyterian church Of. Butler h s
ever sanctioned the sale of liquor by re.
ceiyiLg to her communion those engaged
in the traffic. But upon Mr.. Moore ex-
planning that he had reference to those
denominations in general, and not to any
particular church-the matter was made
agreeably by Maj. Anderson stating tha
we are all to blame, perhaps not by sigl'
ilg petitions for license, but. by sitting
with folded arms and seeing the law vic,
lated, aud taking no measures to puni ST
the offenders which were doing more t.
counteract the good efforts of individual!
for the christianization Of society, thar
any other engine OF wickedpess which
Satan could invent. W, J. Young in-
sisted upon the circulation of the remon
STRANGE in all the churches of the Bor
ough on the coming Sabbath. Ga mo
tion Of G, A. Black, it was resolved, tina
we honar the mau who proposes to keef
temperance house for the next year
On motion of w. IL. Ii. Riddle, tn,
next meeting was fixed for Friday, Feb
ruary 22d, in the basement of the Pre-
bytcrian charch, and Messrs Galley
Black, Young, CIV. Ji),qRd Jas. Bredin
were chosen to address the meeting. u
On motion, adjourned,
j. D. LEGGIT, Pres.
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Boots, Shoes and Leather.

poots, Shees ana Leather.
Have you been at the New and Fash /,
ionable Boot& & Shoe store of B. @. Hus.
elton? II not, you should call without
delay. This store is fitted up in the la
test style. Mr.. Huselton is an enterpris.
ing young mau. is affable and obliging,
and Keeps the very best stock of goods
that the market can afford. He has on
hand a larg and splendid assortment of
Boots, Shoes, Caters, Gents and Ladies'
Slippers, Sole and Upper Leather, French
and Common Calf skins, Boot Trees,
Lasts, Hammers, Pinchers, Shoe nails
and Pegs; in short, everything usually
kept in q Boot, Shoe, Leather aud Find>
ings Store Give him cal, doors
North of M'Aboy's Store.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-02-20
J. Il. CRAFTY, se0'ys.'


Mr. EDITOR John, under the cap
tion of "A few.words to Emma" gives
your readers long article, on Saxon
burg, false appearances, snuff, cigars,
common schools, heather mothers the
millennium, &C., &c. Now Rhy should
these words be said to Emma ?n said
nothing about any of these subjects. |
shall not stoop to deny any of the base
practices you have charged upon my sex
Neither shall j. notice any of the score
of subjects you have introduced Inmy
short article | mentioned nothing but the
license question, and If John will look
just thee columns ahead from his tobac
co sermon, he will see notice headed,
TAvERE LICENSE. This is what we
want to talk about Nineteen men in
this county have applied for license. New
what does this mean LICENSE for what?
aud license from whom Whiskey men,
VIXEN they cry liberty, they mean hecpse,
and if they don't get permission to do
wrong, they will cry liberty, as if they
had natural right to sell poison. The
people are just beginning to learn that
no such natural right exists. il
But permission from whom 2 I un-
derstand that & he people have a right to
rulo and | as one of the people protest
against the granting of license to ara
one of these nineteen men; a.sgl t
1st. Because it is unnecessary 2pd.
Because it is morally wrong Sd. Be
cause no person has a right to do wrong.
4th. No person, or number of persons
can LICENSE another person to do wrong.
5th. No person. not even John, pretends
to say that it tisright. 9th. ! know of
no person that was ever ultimately bene-
fitted by drinking whiskey at licensed
bar. sth. The people in the county
election last fall declined to elect judges
whs claimed the suffrage Of the people
as yhiskey men. 9th. Because they elet>
ted men known to be abti-hcense men.
l0th Because, if these 10 houses sold
only 30 drinks each, they would sell
$50 drinks per day, end allowing them
to keep Sunday, (Which is not always
done.) they would sell 297,S50 drinks 10
year, which, a. 10 cents each, would
make s29, ,785- enough to make 20 rich
men, poor, and 20 poor men miserable
enough to build 20 houses for 20 poor
families. iIlth. Because, ALLOWING six
drinks to make a pint, they would drink
e,l69 gallons of liquid poison. 18th. No
man knows the harm that 6, ,169 gallons
or 13O barrels of yhiskey would do act
ing upon the immortal minds of men and
vibrating from century to century, and
from generation to generation, until the,
end Of time, and its destroying scffects
upon soul and body to be recorded upon
the scroll CT eternity; the tears OF wid.
ows, the groans of orphans, the miseries
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HARRISBURG. Feb. Is. 1867

The following was the final vote on the
Connellsville Railroad Bill r.
YEAs--Bigham, of Allegheny; Bill
liugfelt, Lancaster Browne, Lawrence
Brown, Mercer; Coleman, Dauphin; Da
Wis, Berks; Graham, Allegheny; Lowry
Erie; Searight, Fayette; Stutzman, Sons
erset; Taylor, Beaver Wallace, Clear
field; White, Indiana.-l2
NAYS Ys-Burnett, of Carbon; Connell
Philadelphia; Donavan, Philadelphia
Glatz, York Haines, Blair; Jackson
Montour; James, Bucks; Landou, Brad
ford /; McCandless, Philadelphia Ran.
dali, Schuylkill; Ridgeway, Philadelphia
Roger, Chester Schall, Lehigh /; Shoe.
maker, Luzerne; Walls, Lycoming Wor'
thington, Chester; Speaker Hall, Blail
-l7 - IL -
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sE Owing to the pressure upon our
columns this week we have been CONS
pelled to withhold several communica.
tions and articles of interest some OF
which will appear in our next issue.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-02-20

The South Bend, Indiana, Register
says Some thirty-one years ago Jona-
than Beck with, young lawyer of deci>
dad promise, bought a pint Of whiskey
and getting drunk, wandered out on the
Terre Coupee prairie, pn cold winter
right, and was so badly frozen that 10
lost his reason and the use of his limbs /,
apd has been ever sinee, until two weeks
ago. an inmate of the county p0or house,
an insane cripple, and his keeping cost
the county no less than $4,000.
Did the county ever think of hesdiug
this edmonton when II was all the
while licensing indefinitely the sale of
Ehiskey
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The costliest watch that was e

The costliest watch that was ever
made is said TO have been one which was
constructed in ls44 for the Sultan AD'
dael Madjio, who must have found il
rather inconvenient, since it was FIVE in
ches in diameter, and struck the hours
and quarters on wires, with sound re.
sembling that Of powerful cathedral
clock 1t cost 1000 guineas. Another
famous watch was noted for its smallnsss.
1t was inserted in the top of pencil
ease, and though it was but three six
teenths of an inch IN diameter, its dial
not only indicated the hours, minutes and
seconds, but also the days of the month.
1t was made IN Geneva. - 9a'Hl ~
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Spanish Sheep,
The attention of Wool Growers is d..
rected to the advertisement of MoABoY
Bros, Butler, Pa. pwhe have fne lot of
of Spanish Merino Sheep for sale. All
persons interested should call at once
and examine this splendid lot of sheep,
which are said to be the best ever brought
into this county. te
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DARK HoURs.-To every man there
are many, many dark hours, hours when h 9
feels inclined to abandon his best enter.
prise; hours when his hearts dearest
hopes appear delusive; hours when he
feels himself unequal to the burden,
when all his aspirations'sesm worthless.
Let no one think that he alone has dark
honrs. Theyare the common lot of hu,
manity. They are the touchstone to try
whether we are current coin or not,
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H0F. An adiournad N

saT An adjourned meeting of the
friends Of the Temperance cause will be
held in the Basement Story of the Pres,
byterian church, on Friday evening the
22d inst, at 81 o'clock. Several address
es will be delivered by prominent gentle
men appointed for that purpose A lem,
perance League will be organized. All
are respectfully invited to attend and
especially the ladies. Come one! come
all and lend helping hand in the good
cause.
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; SoaETHING OF A CHANGE.-Rev. III.
Hilland Gaspett (eolored) lectured in
Buffalo the other eveninx. In the cosrse
of his remarks, by way of contrasting
the present and past, hs stated that rs
years agp, On the railr9ad frsp that city
to Niagara Falls, be was dragged from
the ears because he wanted 70 ride, after
having purchased = ticket, beaten until
covered with blood. and laid under the
car lie appealed to the Grand Jury,
but obtained 20 redress =
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To PREVENT FELoN OR OTHER BfAL-
INC. AS soon as the person is satisfied
that oeal ng is coming forward apply a
common fly blister about the size of a
cent, and when it is raised, treat it as any
other blister; and when it is healed the
bealing is cured without fail, for have
tried it, 3a Yours, truly, d.
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nag The Largest Circulation OF
ing Paper IN the County: -s9a
@. E. ANDERSON. --- Editor.
BUTLER PA.
WEDNESDAY,, FEB. 40, 1867.
Hs-"L Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One
and tnseparsbie DO. Webster.
WANTED.

At the CIrIzRN Office, good boy,
10 years of age, to learn the printing
trade. Applicant must have good
knowledge of English Grammar, and be
able to write fair. legible hand.
None need apply that cannot come
vel recommended for truth and honesty.
Jan. 23, 1857.
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H~In publishing the obituary of
Alb. aham Parker, husband Of Mrs. Mary
Parker, in the Citizen of January Both,
we made mistake in the number of his
lipeal descendants; it should be as fol-
lows, viz; II children, l37 Grand chill
dren aud S5 great Grand ohildren-in
all, 231,
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On motion Of Mr. SHERMAN the IL
tie of the bill was amended TO read an
act for the more efficient government OF
the rebel States"
At 6:30 Sunday morning, adjourned.
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-02-20

B1- We will publish the proposed gen.
eral Railroad law in our next issue,
American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-02-20

Alta meeting of the Butler Bar on
the 10Th inst, it was unanimously agreed
that all the civil cases on the Trial List
for March term, should be continued,
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State NormsI School.

State Normsl School.
Young men and women who ale de-
sirous of attending Normal School, are
referred to the advertisement of the
School, located at Edinboro', Erie Co,
Pa. For information address j. A..
Cooper, Principal. .
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HOUSE.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE Es.

REPOkTS Ot COMMITTEES. O..
From Federal Relations oint resolu.
tion requesting Congress to reimburse
loyal States for bounties paid volunteers.
Also resolution against the confrma--
tion of Edgar Cowau as Minister to VII
emma. -a ..
Also, to repeal the tax on State Banks.
Also in favor of the repeal Of the neu-
trality laws. 10 - '.' a..
BILLS IN PLACE. ..
Mr.. McKee-Supplement to act ineor.
porating the borough Of Lawrenoeyille.
Mr.. Wilson-Act to pave and grade
the streets of McKeesport. '
Also, act incorporating the Eagle man.
ufacturiug company. 7'a
Mr.. Chadwick-Supplement to Penn
sylvania Agricultural Society. r a.
Mr.. Colvile-Act relating to pawn>
bro kers in Allegheny county. e
Mr. Me.hling-Act to incorporate the
Armstrong county bank. ,Nnat q ta
Mr.. Quay---To divide New Brighton in
three wards. r.. ass + .5. go.
Also, an act to disorce W C. Gray and
Lucinda Gray. Flr1 vf4H a
Also, act to repeal the Anthracite Rail.
road Company. .g 5d
Mr.. Waddell-Act directing liens for
moneys due the Commonwealth for lands
held by virtue of location, and regulating
the fees of surveyors in general. s'
MIR. Pennypacker--To compel the re-
corder of deeds in all the counties in the
Commonwealth to record the names Of
honorably discharged soldiers.
The act to allow the Pennsylvania r
R. Company to increase its capital stock
and other privileges, being on third read-
ing, it was strenuously opposed BY Messrs.
Myers, Cole and jerks. Itwas postponed
after considerable debate
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aa HARRISBURG.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS,
HARRISBURG, Feb. Is, 1867.
SENATE.

ID.
SENATE.
The Senate this morning resumed con.
sideration of the Connellsville Railway
bill. The vote was taken at eleven A. NJ.
and resulted in the defeat of the bill by
a vote of thirteen for and seventeen
against
A motion to reconsider was carried, and
then the bill was postponed indefinitely,
which will kill the bill effectually.. a
BILLS PASSED. .ta
The following bills wer' passed.:
Act relating to restaurants in Wash>
ington county: ar. :.
To vacate burial grounds in Sewick-
ley, and to remove the dead bodies there
from.
Act relative to livery stable keepers in
Mercer county. 4a. E. ID. e.y nl
Act to incorporate the Sandusky and
Irwin Street Bridge,
IInfrnTs
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Painting spd Psperins.
Our readers are referred to the card of
Elliott Il Rose, who are first class work,
men. All work done by them warranted.
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Reparator Capilli.

y ~k<sR849 vi ~
Throw away your false frirrcs, your switches,
your wig
Destructive IL comfort, and not worth 6e:
Come aged, come youthful, come ugly and fair
AND rejoice in your own luxurisnt hair.
REPARATOR CAPILIL.
For restoring hair upon bald heads ffton
whatever cause IL may have fallen outl and fore
Ing growth Of hair upon tho face, ID has NO
equal. Ii will force the beard 10 grow anon
the siooothest face in from Eve to eight weeks,
or hair apon bald heads Ia from two 10 three
months. A few ignorant practitioner have
asserted that there 10 nothing that will force or
hasten the growth OF the hair or heard. Their
assertions are false, as thousands Of living VII.
nessef iron their own experience) can bear
witness. But many will say, how are We 10
distinguish the genuine from the spuriousy II
certainly 10 difficult, as nine.tenths Of the dif.
icrent Preparations advertised for the hair and
beard are entirely worthless, and you Ear have
already thrown away large amounts IN their
purchase. To such we would say, try The Re
pfator Cappilli; 1t will cost you noihing ma
lees IL fully comes mp 10 our representation =
II your Druggist does not keep 1t, send us one
dollar and We viii forward II, postpaid toeesh-
er with a reception the money, which viii IL
returned you on application, providing entirs
satisfaction ls not given. Address,
w. J.. CLARK a co., chemista.
No. ; West Fayette Street, Syracuse, N. Y.
feb-7iy ~ 80 T'a''fl
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PLO uC II s.
REAPER AND MOWER,

for Carroll county, and in that part Of Fred
erick county North Of Frederick CITY, and
also in that par. Of Baltimore county North
of Texas. With this Machine the Farmer
saves money, time and labor, and i, without
controversy, superior to any Other now in
the market, and fully warranted 70 reap and
rake heavy, light, tangled or lodged Grain,
where hand rlkcs or dloppcrs will fail. We
offer il on trial with any other. the purchaser
to keep and pay for the one preferred. Also
are Agents for
Geiser's Patent iSs!fReqalrfjag Graa
.Separator, tyeaaer and B,g9cr.
AT time ike the present. when labor Is
very scarce, it is important that Farmers,
who are interested, should give attention 10
this Improvement, which viii considerably
reduce the expense Of Threshing Grain in
tho common way. This is now considered
the best Separator before the public. Il Is
particularly adapted to Farmers for their
own use, aud win apply to Lever Or Railway
power, aud will rhresh aud Clean from 100
TO i50 Bushels per day, using four 10 six
horses and as many hands. Also, for sale
MoNrGongRI's 'fDopBLE- SCREENED RocKA-
WAY WHEAr FAM
dec1.Iy,
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JOHN C. FRixELL. n. rAsytsa
FRlZELL & MANNING,
WESTMINSTER, Mo.
STOCK AND BILL BROKERS.

WILL buy and sen on Commission, all
w issues Of U. s. Securities, Gold, Sill.
yer, Bonds, &c. Bank Stock bought and
sold on Commission. Collections made with
prompt returns. Land Warrants Wanted.
VIII pay Three per cent. (s) for Deposites,
to be drawn out on demand.
march7-tf