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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-05
GI3OELLANX

ORIGIN OF THE TERM BLUE
STOCKING. The Pacific Monthly,
edited by ''blue-stocking," gives
the following as the origin of the
term
This term had its origin from the
''Society Della Calza, of the stocking,
formed at Venice in the year 1860,
the members being distinguished by
their stockings, the prevailing color
of which was blue The Society Della
Calza lasted till the year 1860, when
foplings of Italian literature took
some other symbol. The rejected
title then crossed the Alps and brand
ed female pedantry in Paris. 1t
emerged from France into England,
and for while marked the vanity of
the small advances in literature in fe-
male coteries. But the propriety of
its application is gradually ceasing;
for we see in every circle that high
attainments in literature can be
reached without any loss Of womanly
virtue or attractiveness.
Another supposed derivation of
the appellation Of ''Blue Stockings"
is understood to have originated in
the dress OF old benjamin Stllllng-
fleet, grandson of the Bishop, as he
used to appear at the parties Of Mrs.
Montague, of Portman Square, Lon
don. He was Tilted by mistress, to
whose remembrance he remained
faithful, and in spite of disappoint-
ment which he then deeply felt, re-
NAMED to the last one of the most
amiable of men and entertaining of
companions. Mr.. Stillingfeet al
most always wore blue worsted stock
ings; and whenever he was absent
from Mrs. Montagues evening par
ties, as his conversation was very
entertaining, the company used to
say: ''We can do nothing without
the blue stockings" and by degrees
the assemblies were called the 'sblue
stocking clubs, % and learned people
"blue stockings.'
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-05
Barber's Patent Adjustable Brace

Barber's Patent Adjustable Brace.
TUST received, a complete assortment of
81 Barber's Patent Adius.able BIT
BRACES, which, for carpenters and Wheel
wrlghts' use, are the most convenient and
useful braces made, requiring no adjust
ment or fitting Of the bit to the brace, and
are emphatically the ne plus ultra Of braces.
For sale by the sole agents,
Dec 40 J. i T. B. AGNEW.
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Congaree Iron Works.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
JOHN ALEXANDER, Proprietor.

HNHE above Works can furnish all kinds
i Of IRON and BRASS CASTINGS. MA
CHINERY, GHlST and SAW MILL IRONS,
GIN WHEELS, OF different sizes, &c, at
short notice and on reasonable terms.
A new, large Foundry having just been
finished, the proprietor is prepared to cast
HOUSE FRONTS andany other CASTING,
OF every description and dimension, and
will guarantee satisfaction.
"A Portable and a Stationary % and so
horse power Engine for sale for cash, at
reasonable price.
Il. McDOUGALL, Attorney,
Oct III SmO Superintendent
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-05

Success in life is very apt to make
US forget the time when we wasn't
much. 1t is just so with q frog on
jump; he can't remember when he
was tadpole-but other folks can.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-05
Paints, Oils, Window Glass.

TNHREE THOUSAND lbs. pure WHITE
Il LEAD, ground in oil
1000 lbs. St. Louis White Lead, ground
IN oil, at 123 cents per pound.
200 gallons boiled and raw Linseed Oil.
Together with 3 complete assortment of
Tanners and Machinery Oils, dry and
ground Paints, Furniture Coach and Japan
Varnishes, Window Glass, Putty, Paint
Brushes, Varnish, busting and Scrubbing
Brushes. For sale st low prices by
Oct 81 j. 4 T. Il. AGNEW
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a GENT for Geo. Page 4 Co.'S (of Balti-
~ more, Nd Celebrated Patent Port
able CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, STEAM
ENGINES and BOILERS, Horse Powers,
Grlst Mills, Timber Wheels, &c. Dupli-
Gates furnished at short notice. Circular
ana Gang Saws at manufacturers prices.
scrlption; Pages Celebrated GARDEN
PLOUGH.
A splendid assortment of Sashcs, Doors.
Blinds, &c, Hickory, Ash and Oak Rims,
Poles and Shafts for DuSgies, Carriages
and Wagons, all kinds of Carriage Mate
rial.
:, White Pine, Spruce, Oak, Walnut, Ma
hogany and Cedar Lumber of everv de-
sc1ptlon. Dec ~ 3mo
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

you have got letter from your wife's
sister out in Iowa and modestly asks you
what she has to say. m oz
In the city, this petty annoyance of
being butt for universal inquisition, is
unknown. There you may hear your
neighbor on either side of you, daily for
"a whole year, and yet not know them
when you meet them, and as to their
family affairs, they have no more interest
for you than as though you never heard
of such people. Your business brings
You in contact With SO many of different
habits and tastes, that, though the choos-
ing of friends is matter, of time, the
friendships formed in city are generally
OF more lasting character than the pro-
miscuous friendship of country village.
Talk of going to = country place for
Eetirement2 The idea is simply prepos-
ferrous and those who go there for that
purpose merely succeed in setting them
selves up as public curiosities, whose cos
tunes and antecedents viii be dissected,
and whose future viii be obligingly plan
ned out for them.
For retirement and solitude, the city
is the place, and the denser the popula.
tion, the more solitary the individual 7
% .|
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

TREEs IN AJTUMN,=Some trees seem
to turn to their hue of Mayor early June
before they put. on the brighter autumnal
tints. In some places, along the bor1ers
Of low and moist land, whole rznee6f
trees We're clothed In the perfect geof-
geousness of autumn, of all shades of bril-,
liant color, looking ike, the palatte on
which nature was arranging the tints
wherewith to paint a picture, These
hues appeared to thrown together with
out any. design; and yet there was per
feet harmony among them, and softness
and delicacy made up of a thousand
different brightnesses There is not. I
think, so much contrast among these col.
ors as might at first appear. The more
You consider them, the more they seem
to have one element among them all,
which is the reason that the most brif-
liant display of them sooths theaobseryef,
instead of exciting him. And T. know
not whether it be moral effect or phys
ical one, operating merely on the eye;
but 1t is a pensive gayety, which causes
a sigh often, but never smile We pe4.
er fancy for instance, that these gayly-
clad trees might be changed into young
damsels in holiday attire, and betake
themselves to. dancing on the. plain. IF
they were to undergo such transforms
ton, they would surely arrange them
selves in funeral procession and go sadly
along, with their purple and scarlet and
golden garments trailing over the wither-
cred grass. When the sunshine falls up
on them, they seem to smile; but tits as
if they were heart-broken. But it is In
vain for me to'attempt to describe these
briliiances, or to convey the I'M
preston which they made on me. ]
have tried q thousand times, and always
without the slightest selfsatisfaction, ~
Fortunately there Is no need of such
record, for nature renews the picture
year after year; and even when we shall
have passed from the world, we can
spiritually create these things, so that we
may dispense with all efforts to put them.
into words. Hosothor1s's Diary.
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|l17.o 5s-.. ABULA OHI0 ATURDAY JAN. s. 1867

.posite sides Nv the tomb, and party NUM-.
Der One glared fercely at party number
Two. -
sLize /! Flora Jane p sed the oldest NV
party number One. swat are yoo doin
here" adi a4lI9 hiR 81 3 1ia9esa
"Sisters, ''sed the oldest of party num-
Der Two, "We're here disehargin fillyal
dooty. Beneeth these sod hes the remains
NV our father, and we are goin to strew
these flowers onto his tomb. Jine US in
the strews Il So 3.
"Father,'' y shrieked IL three Of party
unmber One. "Y cor ge1s and wuz
servants unto - IS q
"Our half sistelSr ~ Srnkenr
nv party number Z - IZ
we'd the cuss of Ham 1nd ~6f( 5 4
and have as much rite q 1fxUx g n
NV our common parief ~ WI ~
Guttle, ez 700. Oh! q <t@<e, our
er wuZ great maI-le bedeX
grave with our teers and
"Wats impndence!" shrieked part
number One, all ia corus.
Q "Impudence yoorself!" reSorted rEE
number too, gettin red in the face ezT
John Guttles daughters precisely as uznc
as 700, and the only advantage yoo hev
over us Is in the article of mothers Yoo
three hev wun, which wuz John Guttle-
ses wife, while we three hev three-wuls
apiece eggsactly-wich wuz John Cutie
ses servants, but we cant, nevertheless,
stife our emoshuns. I shell command
myself, and thus perceed to perform a act
Nv fillyal dooty" SIS
And he histed out the flowers and COM
menced to strew.
The tother ones is getin hot The leld-
est one Good stand this impudence no Ion
ger, and dropped her basket, and went
for her, follered by her sister It wuz a
spirited conflict, and lasted perhaps four
minutes, or until I parted EN-, when they
gathered themselves together and depart
ed--one party went one way and tother
tother. l.-t r.
Fillyel love he'd done more in'the strew-
in bizines than it sot out to do. The six
1loyin daughters NV the deceest John he'd
not only strewed flowers onto. his grave,
but hair, and collars and buzzum pins, and
shreds of silk, and waterfalls, and cotton,
and false teeth, and pieces Nv almost ev-
erything wich goes to make up the sum
total of female attire. -
:, Ez 1 gazed at the wreck and saw their
tattered forms vanish in the dim distance
/ Good not help admittin that when it
come. to strewin the graves of deeeest an
cestors there wuz sum disadvantage at
tendin. the patfiarkle system, '.isF
PETROLEUM v Massey, p. M.
And likewise Professor NV Bibiklc Poll
tics in the Southern Classikle and Militia
ry Institoot.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

SOLITUDE OF CITIEs.-There is no such
a sceue of loneliness in any other position
in which a man may be placed as to be
in strange city, friendless and money
less. The busy throng that jostle him
on the streets are too much absorbed in
their own affairs to notice the wanderer.
and the sea of faces that go surging past
have no kindly glance to give him. He
is as hopelessly alone as if he had passed
the bounds of civilization, and heard no
voice save that of the wild animals of the
forest and prairie. And yet with all
this complete separation of individuals
where the masses are thrown together,
the city, as dwelling place is far prefer
able to the little gossiping village. There
as soon as stranger arrives, every one
is apprised of it, and unless he makes a
"clean brest" of it, by detailing his entire
past history and future prospects, the
town is on the g,si gioe until the leading
gossipers have framed history of him.
' In a little village, every one knows
every one else, and in nearly all cases,
take personal intrest in overseeing the
affairs of each other. fla sewing girl by
prudence and industry has saved money,
enough to purchase bonnet that looks
smarter than the ordinary, old-fashioned
lot, the old dgossips sip their tea and shake
their heads while vaguely limiting that
she is no better than she ought to be. If
wealthy farmer proposes to send one of
his boys.to college, every one knows oft
and canvasses the propriety of the pro-
ceeding with as much earnestness as
though each had to contribute towards
the necessary funds. Do you receive a
letter-it is inspected at the Post Office
by at least dozen interested personages
the post-inark examined, the hand writ
ing Of the address critisized and its con,
tents strongly guessed at. The chances
then, are that q neighbor will volunteer
to carry it TO you and after forgetting tor
a week or so that it is in bis eoatrpocket
hands it out with the infoss,stion that
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05
CONSERVATIVE ALARM.

In view of the strength which the
for Territorial Governments
are assuming, the Conservatives are ta-
king alarm, and have sent messengers and
dispatches into the South to induce the
Legislatures to ratify the amendment,
promising immediate admission. The
argument that the test oath will probably
be set aside, is also used; but as the test
oath was considered by all the last. sess-
ion as much part of the plan of frestora-
tion as the amendment itself, if the Su-
preme Court shall set the former aside
few in Congress would feel bound to
admit the Representatives of the rebel
States, even if all ratified the amendment.
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SELECT. POETRY
In Peace

rf9bs = IA sao In Peace oil ii a.l .pa BE-
Come let us make his pleasant grave g g 1sa
F. Uponthis shady shore, - 80,
Where the sad river, wave on waye,a 5raera ssti
~ Shall grieve fOrevermore, g-e}s--f z-.--s-s.ss
Oh! long and sweet shall be his dream,
Lulled by its soothing flow,
Sigh sofIy, seftly, shining stream, because he
lsses 81 loved you So al s--e ~ ID -z.is,
Fair blossoms, daughters of the May, 5htt s
So lovely in your bloom, bpe
Your ranks must stand aside to-day
To give our darling room.
Those dew drops which you shed in showers,
Are loving tears Iknow-VI TIA ECn
Bloom brightly, brightly. graceful flowers, be-
cause he loved you so
: Here all the long warm summer days -
The yellow bees shall come,
Coquetting down the blossomy ways
70 With fond and ringing hum; 3A{
While warbling in the sunny trees, trees,
The birds f1itsto and froA-sA 'Ae - Al
Sing zsweetiy,o sweetly, birds and bees, because
he loved you SO .9.i sal
Then with their softened cautious tread, ~
The light feet of the shower.
Shall walk abou: the grassy bed.
And cool the sultry hour;
Yet may hottwake TO smiles again ~
The eyes which sleepbelow-s s-s,.-..g ~
Fall lightly, lightly, pleasant rain, because he
loved you 50! ~ tis
And when the summers voice is dumb, s1ssL
And lost her human grace,
When sobbing autum's tempests come -l3
To weep above the place;
Till allthe forests boughs are thinned,
7.5 Their ieafy pride laid low -.
Grieve gently, gently, wailing wind, because
.s5l.he loved'you So! % s "a. .f-..sassE i.
And when beneath the chilly light
That crowns the wintry day,
The storms shall fold bis grave 10 white,
And shut the world away;
Above his sweet ur1troubled rest,
- Fab soft, caressing snow,
Drift tenderly across his breast, because he
sea : = loved you so! g .jls as.'.7f 90 t,oai -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

A MASSACHUSETTS FIsHING TowN.-The
Boston Transcript say that between this
time and the first of June at least forty
new vessels will le added to the fishing
fleet of Gloucester, and adds,
1t is estimated that last year from two
to three thousand men came frsm the
provinces the state of Maine to engage
in the Gloucester fisheries. That town
is rapidly engrossing the entire cod and
mackerel fisheries of New England.
Many provincial q Maine vessels pack
out at Gloucester, finding that port the
best market for their mackerel and the
cheapest and best place to procure outfits
The hardy fishermen are continually seek
ing out new channels for their enterprise
and new grounds for their cruising voya-
ges. Last year vessel was sent to Green
land for halibut, and was successful, and,
other vessels will be fitted out for the
locality this year. Some of the enterpris-
ing shippers of Gloucester think OF fit
ting out their vessels for the coast Of
Norway. Fish-can be purchased OF the
ssnatiyes" in great quantities at very low
prices and can be readily sold in our mar
kets at q great advance. M -
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

The New York Times in an artlcal
headed: "The Collapse of Crinoline," says
"No one who promenades Broadway now
a-days will doubt that the long-foretold,
long-delayed collapse of crinoline has at
last come to pass. 1t is visible to the
most ,carless observer, and has proof in
our most fashionable ladies as they march
along. The immense circumference of
skirt and sweep of train that came IN
vogue dozen years ago, and have been
expanding and lengthing ever since, until
recently, are now things of the past.
In their; stead masculine eyes are now
gratified by neat, train dresses, at once
moderate in size, gracefully brief, and pre-
euainently Rqna-t,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

How TO GET DRUNK.-A Chicago paper con-
tains the following confession made by priso-
ner arraigned before the Police Court of that
city for drunkenness I am A. p Griffin
want to call myself Smith, but cannot tell q
lie; I'd be sure to betray myself; last night
visited friend, and took supper with him !;
branded peaches were on the table, and ate
many of them; they were nice and / had an
appetite; strange te say, they improved my
conversational powers; was witty; whenever
spoke every one laughed i got of a conund
rum it was wicked, but oh, how funny; it
was (which of the appostles is good to drink2"
Paul, because a pail is bier; its rule Of
three cenundrum then ] left for home; I
haven. reached there yet ;Zon my way there, q
missionary spirit awoke ia me; | would see
what haunte of iniquity a rum shop looked
like; called for branded peaches without the
peaches: it was given me and / drank it !; the
barkeeper demanded twenty cents !; said ],
shall pay thee in tracts here are two dozen of
them, read and profit thereby he wouldn't
take them he cursed me : then got angry,
and forgot that was christian; L said sscon-
found you;p but had to pay him; it would
sometimes seem that the wages of sin are twen-
ty cents; what did after that Idont know
know my head aehed l know my hair was
filed with ashes; know am wicked sinner;
now Mr.. Juctice, don't fine me; If / didn't act
right when WAS drunk. it wasn't my fault;
there is no hand book of drunkenness to teach
me it was the peaches that made me drunk
/ am going to write outlast nights experience;
it will be in the form of tract /; / viii send you
some that will make some nice Christmas gifts"
to discourage people from becoming drunk on
peaches A. P, was fined so,
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ing with your wife. That little P Paradise
where two are met together and have
one Me-I mean Home, sir,---you will
never see. I have an old friend who has
been living here, boarding here, forty
years. ! expressed my surprise one day,
that with his family he Should never
have taken house. @Oh, you know.
Henry, Ihave only been living here tenn
porarily = was his answer.~ Temporarily!
That isit-everything is temporarily here
sir Flseao Is wind in Dante's Hell
tlsat, by fits and starts, sweeps certain
awaythey cannot pause and
That drea1fht wind blows in Wash
sir,-aud look at these Treasury
nen and = bmen; how soon they
Sslat breath which indeed bloweth
lasd when) it listeth ? Tempo
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WHOLE NUMBER $685.
From tAe Portage County Democrat.
s Way ? - +

IaH.
Onward my life fioweth eyeH .
Why is my earnest endeavor SO
Smiled on-by fate never, never? 5rs
Why will it never be light p.
sOthersare iightod so kindly, .
s Why must l grope my way biindly2 .
Why must I linger in night. .
Once I was happy, light hearted,
Why was the veil ever parted, ~ f'i'r
Why those bright beams ever darted, II
Showing the beautiful way 2
Only to thrall by It's beauty - 9e9t
Only to lead me from duty 2
Only to lead me astray2
Why am I yearning my Saviour
Pardon my sinfukbehayi0ur. 1870
Grant me, Oh grant me thy favor, -
Show me the pathway Of peace,
Show me the pathway so. holy, Ila
Where. unambitions and lowly,
An my repinings shall cease
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

sgFor centuries past the prominent capitals
of Europe have been the grand marts for tho
most valuable products of nature and art. ~
late years, however, our own citv. says the N.:
Y. Express, has become amost FORMIDABLE rissl.
and IN our mids.. set Of diamonds worth $40.
one cashmere shawls at 5000 and q set of
furs at 50, 500 are not without purchasers IN
fact, some of our mercantile palaces are marve-
lous In their elegance and extent. as wen as the
quality and quantity of the wares they contain
and sales per anaum, to from $500, 600 70 81
ooo, o0e are not UNUSUAL
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

: UPs AND DowNs OF A PRINTER--Ar-
temus Ward Charles F., Brown is de-
livering lectures in London, England and
creating quite a sensation among the
Joho Bulls. The London, Ohio Demo-
c,'at says that less than ten years ago Mr.
Brown came to this place a STRAPPED jour
printer, having been defrauded of his
wages at the last place he worked. The
only. sensation he created Il this London
was being out of money.
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a Brave Boy. 9

Mountains of Vermont; in
aking snow forts and sliding
steep hills: an.l in summer
sn wanderine oyer the noun
flowers or nuts, u catching
itnl trout from the brooks
q ID her IN WiscoDson wrote for
= ne to kim. and vent. Our
Oh, w1lIt was than called Bax-
rie. ne prairie was covered
" ers. and the many clear lakes
al ssended IN 81 and ducks, but
our pal food was cake and salt
pork q q sql7zo
One e oJG neigl zad had no meat
for sofse time, a, (flns ont Of pow
der, they had no ~ So ons slav they
sent up their Oldest son, boy about ten
years old, for piece Of pork. As lie
was earring it homewards, and going
through piece of woods by Silver Lake,
ne heard q rustliag OF the leaves, in, a
thicket BY the roadside. He stopped
and listened-a1l was still. Again he
pushed forward; again the leaves rustled
behind hims and he thought he heard a
stealthy step.-Again he stopped every
thing was still, except the gentle dash of
the waves upon the pebbly bench, and
the rapid beating Of his own heart. -
He dreaded to go forward, sand he
dared not stay, for he saw night was
approaching, when the woods always
echoed with the sound of the hungry
wolf, and the savage bear and the stealthy
eatamount came out frorl their dens. So,
picking up club, he again started home
ward. Agaiu came the stealthy step
behind him, nearer and nearer, until he
saw gaunt and savage wolf creeping
after him; and, as he hurried on, still
clinging to his meat, the wolf was COM
ing nearer and nearer, and he might at
any moment spring upon him.
Still the boy, though ne trenibled in
every limb, did not lose his presence of
mind. lie remembered having heard
his father say if any one faced wild
animal, and looked it square in the eye,
it would not dare to attack him. He
turned around, faced the hungry wolf,
and commenced walking towards his
home, still long mile and half away.
As the woods grew dark ker, the wolfcame
nearer, showing his W hite teeth, with
the hair bristlng upon his back. !. '...'o
The courageous boy knew that if he
gave up his piece of pork, he was safe,
and could run home unmolested; but he
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-05

RUGGIES FOR SALE,-A Light,
- Top Buggy. Square Box. New. York built, open
- eosa mooern ana tasteru IN apa nuI n5ue
Asiiabulss Dec q, 1886 ba. ,isil 7ss slstk = se7
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Trims do not stop at Stations where the time Is omitted
in the above table. ~ ~ ;
AZ Second Class Cars run on all Through Trains. IA
All through trains going Westward connect at Cleve
land with Trains for Toledo Chicago Columbus Cncin
nat, Indianapolis &c III se1iSF = a.e9
And all through trains going Eastward connect at Dun
kirk with the trains of Erie Railway. and at Buffalo
with those, ofN. X. Central and Erie Railways for
New York, Albany, Boston, Niagara Falls &C.. &C. ::
and at Erie with trains Philadelphia and Erie R. r.
for Harrisburg, Philadelphia Baltimore Washington
New York, &C.
New York Express East connects atGrard with trains
the Erie & Pittsburgh r. r. for Lnesvile Meadyille
jamestown, Greenville, &C., Pa -
III. NOTTINGHAM, Supt
Supt's Office, Cleveland q EriezRoroad
Cleveland o. November M 1885