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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

SOLEMN THoUGHTs.-Paragra like
the following from she NORTH British Re.
Uielg. are calculated 70 make one feel his
nothingness: What this change is to be
we dare not even conjecture but we see
in the heavens themselves some traces OF
the destructive elements and some indica-
tions of their power. Tde fragments OF
broken planets, the descent of meteOric
stones upon o1r globe, the wheeling COM
cts, welding their loo.e material in our
own satellite, the appearance Of new stars
and the disappearance Of others, are as the
solar furnace, the volcanic eruptions, all
foreshadows Of that impending eOnVuision
to which the system of the world is doom
ed. Thus placed on planet which is to
be burned up, and under heavens which
are to pass away; thus treading, as it were
on the cemeteries, and dwelling upon the
mausoleums of former worlds, let US learn
the lesson of humanity and wisdom, if we
have not already been taught in the school
of Revelation"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

The FINANCES OF OHIO.-The report
Of the State Treasurer to the Governor,
which has been nearly completed, will
show that the receipts of the Treasurer
during the fiscal year 1867. amounted
to S6,l76, ,955, and were credited to the
following funds, fractions of dollars be
ing omitted: General Revenue, ST.
999, ,42l T; Canal fund, S32, Sinking
fund, S2,249. ZIG; State Common
School fund, s., ,525, ,325 State Military
fund, S4l,5l9; Soldiers Allotment
fund, 5000; Soldiers Relief fund,
SlSS,722; National Road fund, S23,
O39; Soldiers Claims fund, SII6,55S !;
Bank Redemption fund, 5000; Dis
trict School Library fund, SS5. The
total disbursements for the year are
S., 498, ,264, and were divided as follows:
General Revenue, $l,777.9 1854; Canals,
S22,09l; Sinking fund. SI,S65, ,0S4 =
State Common, Schools, SI,469, ,936:
Soldiers Allotment fund, $500; State
Military S4l, $40; Soldiers Relief, SISS,-
722; National Roads, $50, Bank
Redemption, S2S7 Soldiers Claims,
Sll2,7U5; District School Library, $50
The balance in the Treasury at the
close of the fiscal year which ends No
Vember 18th, was S677, 900. The re-
ceiPts are S2,203.793. and the dis
bursements 1850, $40, less than in
1866, showing considerable retrench-
ment in the State expenses.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08
.The st). e. Ghruaitle.
THE BAREFOOT BOY.


Blessings on thee. little man.
Barefoot boy. with cheeks OF taal
With thy upturned p1ntalo0ns.
And thy merry whistled tunes
With thy rel lips. redder still.
Kissed BY strawberries on the hill
With the sunshine on thy face,
Tbreuch thy torn brim Is jaunty grace;
From my heart 1 give thee Joy,
Twas once q barefoot boy.
OH for boyhocd's painless play.
Sleep that wakes in laughing day,
Health that mocks tae doctors rules,
Kn0wledge never learned At schools,
Of the wild bees morning chase,
Ofthe wild flowers time and place.
Flight Of fowls and ha5itude
OF the tenants Of the wood.
How the tortoise bears his shell.
How the WOO ichuck aigs his cell,
How the ground mole sinks ms well;
How the robin feeds her young.
How the orioles nest is hung.
Where the whitest lilies blow.
Where the freshest berries grow.
Where the woodnut takes its vine,
Where the wood grape clusters shine;
OF The black wasp's cunning way,
Mason on his black walls Of clay,
And tue architectural plans
OF gray hornet artisansl
For, escheWllg books and task,
Nature answers all he asks:
Hand in hand with her be walks,
Face to face with her he talks,
Part and parcel Of bis joy
Blessings on the barefoot boy
Cheerily. then, my little man,
Live and laugh as bOyhOOd can;
Though the fiinty slope be hard,
Stubbles spread the new-mOSn swsth.
Every morn shall lead thee through
Fresh baptism of the dew:
Every evening from thy feet
Shall the eUOl winds kiss the heat,
And too soon these feet shall hide
In prison cells of pride.
Loose the freedom Of the sod,
Like a colt for work be shOd.
Made 10 tire. the mills of toll.
Up and down the ceaselnss LnOil-
Happy il they sink not in
Quick and treachOrOus sands OF sin,
An that thou may know thy JOY,
Ere il passes, barefoot boy
-JOHS g. WHITTIER.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08
WHOLE NO. 2675.
The Two New York Money
Kings.

Commodore Vanderbilt and Alex
ander I. Stewar: reign over two differ
el-t empires, in which neither Of them
has a rival. The Commodore represents
railroad wealth while Sts7vsTs Tepra-
sents the wealG Of merchandise. The
Commodore never sold a ys--, Of dry
goods, while Stewart i the prince of
tape measurers. Both are great build
ers, but the Commodore builds nothing
out mammoth passenger and freight
depots, while ST Tsrt erects marole
stores and marble houses. Both have
: great passion for real estate and also
Tor horses, though in the latter speci-
allty the Commodore outstrips his
rival. Stewart has some Sine animals,
but none equal 20 the winged coursers
of the Commodore. Both are old men
who have spent many weary years in
building up fortunes which they must
soon leave to hungry heirs. Among
the points of difference which 1distin-
guish these two kings is that of psrson-
81 appearance. Stewart is slender and
careworn; while the Commodore is Of
large size and finely developed, weigh
ing nearly as much as three OF the for
mer, and with an easy and, in fact,
rather Jolly countenance. Stewart,
though married, is chiIdless; while the
Commodore has large family Of sons,
several of whom are connected with his
railways as Vice Presidents, though
none of them inherit his gains. We
believe that these two kings seldom
meet, and have but little in common.
They occasionally dash past one moth
er in their drives, and then one may
notice the slight bow by which thsy
confess recognition. Each feels that
his Empire IS distinct, and they have
no desire to invade each others realms.
Stewart would be lost if he were thrown
among a crowd of railroad contractors,
and the Commodore would make 8
poor dabster at dry goods. Hence
they dwell apart and divide the empire
Of wealth.-ROehsster DemocTat.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

FARM AcCoUNTs.-Mr. Wallace. of the
Utica Herald, in late agricultural DIS
cussion, strongly and properly advocates
the absolute necessity of keeping q careful
book of account of the operations on the
farm. He says very justly that many
farmers go on from year to year, raising
and selling without having any correct
knowledge of the profit or loss of the diff
ferent crops. 1t is natural that every far
mer should know exactly what crops pay
and what don't. He says he has known
farmers to grow oats year after year and
selling it at thirty cents per bushel who
did not know they were doing it al loss.
This state of things ought to be remedied,
but it can only BE- by farmers, who, just
as much as the manufacturer, the mer-
chant or the stoor keeper, should have his
regular books, where the whole operations
of the farm should be directly stated, and
his recei pts and expenditures appear to the
last cent. We hope our farmers will take
the advice given by Mr.. Wallace. We have
urged our readers often to consider this
matter, for we know they will derive much
benefit from It. Try the experiment by
beginning with the nsw year.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08
The ssFaf Contributors on
Farm Life,

Being invited recently to deliver an
agricultural address before a Harvest
Home Association in Central New
York, on the occasion of their annual
festival, the Fat Contributor con
sented. We nuke the following elo-
quens extract from his address: al
though fortune Tor perhaps the want
of itl cast my lot amid the struggling
multitude Of great city, where yoI
wouldn't see a farm in q walk Of sever
al squares, where there are ne mead
ows with their waving potato tops, or
wheat fields ripe for the woodlands
axe, yet I have always felt q deep in
terest in the tanning classes, and l
Hatter myself that l know somethin 9
about the noble pursuit you follow
l will say here that it has been the
ambition Of my whole life to be an
honest old farmer-to earn my bread
by the sweat of hired mans brow
How delightful life on farm must be.
L can imagine what Vigor is impaired
to the frame, and what strength to the
muscles by reclining in the shade and
watching the mowers as they gaily
swing their threshing machines and
then what an appetite one must ac-
qulre for the noontide lunch by obser-
wing the merry reapers at work digging
their wheat and raking and binding
their potatoes and their fall apples.
.'How often, in imagination, 1 have
followed you, as you went forth of q
summers morning when the dew was
on the grass seed, neatly attired IN
neat linen suits with patent leather
boots, with your eoFnshellers swung
lightly over your shoulders, to cut
your winters wood. have seemed to
hear your merry songs sweeping up
from the meadows, ss you gathered
your watermelons and turDips into
your-corn houses, while mingled with
the busy hum Of your sorghum evapo-
rators, came the musical bleatings of
your cattle, and the lowing of your
sheep and poultry. 1 can imagine nc
greater delight than to gather aroun
the blazing fire place, regardless of tn g
destinations of the storm without
amuse yourself with apple. pairing, knit
ting, base ball, seven up, and Other
athletic games"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

"HARDLY KNEW YoUi"-A maiden
lady, residing iE great seclusion, had
not been to church for several years :;
but, Oh the accession Of a small proper
ty, she bought herself a new bonnet,
shawl and dress, with the appropriate
gloves, boots, g., s1d appeared on the
following Sabbath, in a style which al
most destroyed her identity with the
hitherto shabby aud hopeless I'D maid.
As she was w king Up the aisle, and
as every eye seemed to be turned upon
her, the choir commenced singing an
anthem, the burden of which was
'Hallelujahl Hallelujah :" The indig-
nant spinsteF retraced her steps down
the aisle in high dudgeon, exclaimiug:
Hardly knew you, indeed 20 why,
this is not the first time I've been
dressed up" Hardly knew you % 4
guess l don't come here again very
soon :"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08
SMILES Grotesquc and ComI-
c0l

A grotesque simile is sometimes very
expressive. We may mention those of
Daniel Webster, who hkened the word
would" in Rufus Chcate's handwrit-
ing to P small gridirOn struck by light
ming: of a sailor, who likeued a gentle
man whose face was covered with
whiskers up TO his very eyes, to q rat
peeping out Of bunch Of oakum; of
! q western reporter, who, IN a weather
item on q cold day, said that the sums
rays in the effort TO tbaw the ice were
as futile Is the dull reflex Of a painted
yellow dog; and Of conductor, who,
in a discussion as to speed, said that
the last time he ran his engine from
Syrscuse the telegraph poles on the
side looked like a fine tooth-comb.
Smiles Of like character are often
heard among the common people, and
are supposed to be the peculiar proper
! ~ of Western orators. Instances: As
sharp as the little end of nothing; big
as all outdoors it strikes me like a
thousand of bricks; slick as grease or
as creased lightning melancholy as a
Quaker meeting by moonlight; fat as
a founder; quick as wink; aot enough
to make cruel for a sick grass shopper !;
not clothes enough to wad gun; as
limp and timber as an india-rubber
stoVe-pipe; uneasy as a cat in strange
garrett; not strong enough to haul a
broiled Goldfish off agridiron; after you
like a rat-terrier after a chip-monk
squirrel: useless as whistling psalms to
dead horse; no more than a grass
hopper wants an apron don't make
the difference of the shake of a frogs
tail; soul bobbing up and down in the bo-
som like crazy porpoise in pond of
redhot grease enthusiasm boiled over
like bottle of ginger pop; as impossi-
bic to penetrate his head as to bore
through Mount Blanc with q boiled
carrot; as impossible as to ladle the
ocean dry with clam-sheli, or suck the
Gulf of Mexico through a goose quill:
or to stuff butter into a wildcat with a
hot aBl; or for shad to climb up a
shad-pole with fresh msckerel under
each arm or for a cat to run up stove
pipe with a teasel tied 10 its tail; or
for a man TO lift himcelf over a fence
by the strap of his boots. A smile
resembling these was used by Lady
Montague when, getting inpatient, in
discussion with Fox, she told him she
did not care three skips of louise for
him. He replied in few minutes with
the following:
'-Lsdy Montague told me, and in her owr house,
i do not care for you three skips Of a louse.'
! forgive her. for woman. however well-bred.
VIII still talk Of that which runs most in their
head"
There is another class of smiles
scarcely as pertinent, as, for instance; /;
straight as a rams horn; it will melt
in your mouth like red. hot brickbat;
talk to him like Dutch uncle; smi-
ling as basket of chips; odd as Dicks
hatband; happy as clam at high wa
ter; quicker than you can say Jack
Robinson; ike all possessed; like fury;
like all natur'; like all sixty; quick as
anything; mad as hops: mad as Hall
fax; eleep like top; lun like thun-
der; deader than a door-nail.-Roiu1d
Table.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08
Some Phases of Love.

It is easy enough to classify 'IoTN, ,
but it Is not easy to define It-for one
definition cannot do justice to shat
which is of so many varieties.
Thus, to say that Glove" is the inhu.
enee exerted over the person by the
attractions Of another is to le,'ve mu.
tual attachment unprovided for. II
we say love is the result Of equal at.
traction exerted by two persons on
each other. We conflict with law which
says that two equal forces can make no
impression on each other.
Here is a query, then, for everybody
who has done with affection. To make
perfect love, must not one of the par
ties Lore more srdently than the other?
Have you not noticed that young
men who are full of ambitious objects
elw%ys lore woman who are older?
The want Of reliable and apprecia-
tive confdant for these young Hercu-
leses, force them to take invariably to
some woman who was weighing mat
rimonial matters while they were at
the age of serpent strangling.
The young man who puts his affec-
tions in the keeping of very young
girl has to withhold from her his sub
Inner confidence because she has no
place 10 keep them. As a part of this
rule it seems that intellectual men al
ways love women who are some years
older than themselves, and intellectu-
al women love men twice their own
age.
Great men spend their first years in
"adoring" women whom they are d is
posed to call Gisnt-when they get to
maturity and grow idle with success.
The wives for wise men are certainly
those women who have exhausted their
girlish capriees on a score of fools. 1t
does not seem, though, that these
young men and women, who are born
beautiful and winning, vino begin to
love at fifteen, who have hundreds of
Rirtations, dozen engagements, and
some real affection in spite of them
selves, carry to their future husbands
merely the shreds and tatters ofa heart.
How many spouses have pressed to
their bosoms these veteran organs. en-
shrined in the freshest forms, and giy-
ing no on tHard sign of their many des-
perate campaigns.
One Of the most melancholy things
IN nature is the fact that no one loves
the same person twice. 1t is absolute
ly impossible to light fire anew on
the hearth where the ashes of some
former flame are resting. You may
rekindle slumbering or dying spark,
but if it be dead altogether. your ut
most efforts are vain. Those persons
who meet sgain after separation who
loved-parted-ma widow
ed and then meet and intermerry, had
not extinguished the embers, but cover
cred them.
As rule no man msTries his first
love. 1t is hard to give any reason for
this, except that it seems always to
have been a fact
Nothing becomes so terrific after a
while as those first loves" The end
of young peoples infatuation Is night
mare. Some loves are to be compared
to the possession of the famous bottle
imp, which was first srdently desired,
which showered benefits on the posr,s-
sor for time, and which was gladly
sold at last for half its cost.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

There were nine bridal parties at the
Phillips's Rouse. Dayton, on Christ
mas eve. Apropos of this fact, the
Journal tells the following hard story
at was midnight-it might have been
q few minutes later-When the inmates
Of the hotel were aroused by the voice
of one in distress. 1t was not a sub
dued sobbiag,' nor yet "a hearty crying
but it was the style Of lamentation
usually denominated heart broken,
and INDUCED in only by those who are
overwhelmed with a sorrow that saVors
Of despair We will not undertake. to
give our readers the faintest descrip-
ton Of the situation, at that hour in
the hall of the Phillips where o
crowd of hastily dressed persons were
gathered, apprehensive that something
dreadful had happened-murder it
might be right in their very
midst. They all very naturally fell
back on the landlord and Mr.. Rel
bold was sent for, brought 70 the scene
and besought to verify their widest
fears, or dissipate them. This brought
Mr.. r. to the threshold of the room in
which, at an early hour the previous
night, the more Juvenile couple of the
weddingers were deposited. A demand
for admission received no other recog-
milton than a fresh outburst of the
wailing which had filed the people of
the house with the most terrible ap-
prehensions. The demand for admit
tance was repeated with more vigor of
tone, and was accompanied with an
intimatiou that it was not unlikely the
door would be forced if not unfastened
Then the door was slowly opened, and
the landlord quickly slipped into the
opening, and the door closed There
was no scteam-as some feared there
would be. Even the lamentations low
cred into a kind of conversational sob
not unlike the gruntng of a hog
while crunching corn. Then for few
moments utter, silence prevailed
could it be the silence Of death And
this condition was becoming painful,
when the landlord reappeTed, and the
wailing was resumed. What can be
the matter 2 was the general exclama.
ton, as the landlord emerged from the
door. why, the fact is Ssid r., con
fusedly, the bridegroom is a very
young man; he has neye, been from
home before the thought that he Is
among strangers fills him with uacou-
trollable grief; and, like a calf that
has been penned up the fist time, he
is bawling for his mother That is ALL"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08
Trrr-Tbe follovino beautifll tbor

LIFE.-The following beautiful thought;
are from the pen of George d. Prentice
There is but breath of air and a beat
of the heart, betwixt IL world and the
next. And in the brief interval of pain
ful and awful suspense, while we feel that
death is present with Us, and that we are
poSerless and He all powerful, and the
last pulsation here, is but the prelude of
endless life hereafter; we feel in the midst
of the stlnning calamity about to befall
Us, the earth has no compensatlng good to
mitigate the severity of the loss There is
no grief without some benefeent provision
TO soften its intenseness. When the good
and lovely die, the memory of their deeds,
like the moonbeams on the stormy sea,
light our darkeued hearts, and lend to the
surrounding gloom beauty so sad, so
sweet, that we would not if We could, dis
pei the darkness that enyirons it.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

ARTIFICIAL FLoWERS.|Ladies who
deck their hair with mimic bloom,
have in general, little idesof the way
in which these wild flowers grew
They wear them light-heanedly in the
gayest scenes, and think not that they
are transplanted from the saddest.-
They put forth their leaves and deli
cate hues in sitting garrsts, in fetid
back kitchens, or in hot, overcrow6ed
factories, where tho heaah of those
who make them was withering away,
where the gas-burners are often with.
ont glass or shade, and the gas.stoyes
are set on the tables to heat the tool
while a hundred women and girls,
from nine years old and upwards, Bend
oyer their hot-house plants. Some
hold the hand stamp wnica cuts thro'
sixteen folds at q time Of the muslin
or silk that is to make the leaves cor
flowers. Others vein the leaves by
pressing them between dies, or paint
the petals separately with a brush
when the center is TO be left white
Most of them are busy with the finer
work of Constructing the flowers. They
gum and wax, dust for bloom with po-
tato -four, or with blown glass powder
ed for frost; they twist paper or silk
thread to the stalk, and make the
foundation on which the petals may
stick. Slender wires are run through
the blossoms, and a small goffering
iron gives them their curl. All this is
straining and fidgety work, esp48ially
by gas-light, with blistered fingers,
thumb-nails worn to the quick, and
the dust of paints and other materials
inhsming the eyes and preparing the
patients for the opthslmic Hospital
The. bright blues and carmines try
the sight sadly, and the latter causes
heaViness IN the head. Arsenic green
ar d verdigris blue are seldom used /;
but enough is left to poison the poor
flower. girls" existence. She works
in London fourteen or fifteen hours q
day, and sometimes longer. After
thirteen hours work, girls often take
home sufficient for two hours more
London R6veiig.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08

MosT IMPORTANT DIscovERY--We
learn from our foreign scientific ex-
changes that N. MiIliott. of Paris, has
devised method of introducing light
of an intense brilliancy into the hu-
man stomach. He passes into that
organ two platinum wires, connected
with the poles of powerful battery.
the apparatus of MiddedorF being pre-
ferred, and in this way kindles a very
bright light in the ntirecavIty. Now,
if NJ Milliott will only modify his ap.
paratus so as, by passing his wires
through the ears Of some individuals
to illuminate the inside Of their skulls,
be will take rank forever with the
worlds foremost benetactors. The ap-
paratus of Middedorff will accomplish
a task which all great teachers, from
Socrates to Coleridge, have tried in
vain.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-01-08
ONE DAY NEARER HOME.


Over the hill the sun is setting.
And the eve is drawing on;
Slowly drops the gentle twilight.
For another day Is gone;
Gone for aye-Its race is over.
Soon the darker shades will come.
Still It's sweet to know at even.
We are one DAY nearer bone
"One day nearer, sings the mariner.
As he glides the waters O'er,
While the light Is softly dying
On his distant native shore.
Thus the Christian on Ete's ocean,
As his life-boat cuts the foam,
In the evening cries with rapCnre.
I'm one day nearer home!
Worn and weary, oft the pilgrim
Halls the setting Of the sun.
For his goal is one day nearer.
And bis journey nearly done.
Thus 10 feel when DER lite desert
Heart ard sandal sore We roam,
As the twilight gathers o'efus.
We are one day nearer home"
Nearer home Yes, one day nearer
To our Eather'E house on high
TO the green fields and the fountains
Of the land beyond the sky;
For the heavens grow brighter o er US,
And the lamps hang in the dome.
And our tents are pitched still closer
Meare one day nearer home