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The Cecil Whig., 1868-12-05
The Practical Farmer.
s9W ~ iTs stxTII YEAR!
published in PhiladelDhia.

MONTHL + at 81 so per aanun, in ADVANCE 5v
Paschall Morris, Is No. 18th Street. Philadelphia.
70 copies for $50. Is chiefly made up of origi-
nal matter in relation to Department of AGEIcu-
TIRE, HORTICULTURE and RuRAL EoSoaY. Large INDUCE.
p,cns ilcIa premihs offered 10 agents am, cam
.isstrs. Sample copies furnished on application.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-15
There viii also be distributed among the
ticket holders, fairly and impartially, BY
and under the direction Of Mana
gers not interested ir the Asso-
cation, the following
49, splendid
LIST or PRIZES.

LIST Prixs-A fkUI1 FARM or los ACRR1
ons mile from o-stsu,ts. all sahw epoA A1es:
5000 Peach trees msstly bearing; 10 seres II APP
pie t-sss from ave to tss ysars old, al beasins
and Of the choiesst varisties aefss Of Straw
berriss good house, bars. vsl,s. ~ ssreAn Of
1a NJ. nST npw Brick Houys Of rooms.
With tso lots, choice fruit and ornaasstal trees,
10 Csafr.a i..... - ~
7Dd Prise 0as me Sowing NacAins...--..... q
u Pris.-A FINE FRUIT FARM sf1 $50 acre.
In MavS6n Cpaaty, IN, tw0 mf1eo ffo0 Depot
on the ILL., Ceet. \. H.. 20 seres Improved aad7o
acres IL timber % serss Of Psaeh trssG serrs
2. s... : e e. ns = sss. s .:i
md ctstsSn Az.soS
Ash Psfse-oas hos fhst horse .....-....... ~
5th Prixe--A FINE BIRsf-CLAss BOrEI,
With Furniture and Fixtures. known - the
.Nenen 1sses rip 0sssraliA. epol
sssh asAs uinekisy KAifrns MArAins, NortA
eseA Vzb-s. -
iAth Prire-oxB FARM OF - ACRES In
Warrington Co m. three niiss fro. CesHaha,
with house u fve rooms, 18th veil. stetefn,
out housss &c, together with 2oo0 Apple usss ~
nth psiss-osB MULE. DU0oy sd HKw
HAkHkxa -
18th Prize ONE FARM m JETFER sos co,
rai i 4 good house and s.rsl
18th Ff5as1-oNE FARM IN CLINfaN CO.,
H., Of 40 acres. al il cultivation, small Aonse,
we'll and out-buidiaG..--.-- go
18th Priss-rwo HOUSES AND OEE LOT
In Centfsiis, -
2lss ersss--Oss he Maaeese go s.--...-.. "a
7A ISiee--iHE uExF YOuRs uBNREn1 k
v4Ii sseA &sAw onS lot In eestraltAs wsfth t1s74.
30 eoch ~
9ssh PsizeOne Lea In ccatr.slia-~..-..-----.. ~
9Th Fshs--fnK BExf vtSf1 nUNbkns &
en- ss .- -. -. - .--- = 81 ~
nth Prise-oNE TRACT OF 10 ACnE3 Of
Land In Rooas GeesAy. 1saaessse-..4.--..---.. ~
18Th pri.s-0BR RARN ~ - ACRE, .eii
fsnced, .4fss m6las fun Asesey1 SAessssa o.
Illinois 80
18th prize--onc elegant Rosewe. a Z octs.s
Piano ~
8 III Prire--rHE NEXT s1x HvMAEas sni
each draw prize Of s1ofn 0resnhAeks-....--. q
seth Prise-akE FARM or EfoRry ACRES,
% sores 10 cultivation, snla,l house, no large
5le ffees, In ienrfpcn CO., Ill -
s7sh pssxs-THE NEXT TWO hUMsERs
viii each draws new wheeler Wilson full
easei No eewinz MsrhiL Is
ssth Prixs-TBE 4kExe ekE HgEDRED =
Numbers y III eAch dshu . Dsise Of = In osssa-
bscks.-.....-...-.... -......-..-. ~
iss,b Prix,-nNE bRacr o. 80 ACRES Of
Land 10 Linn coaaty. 1so
Ieosh P,i.e--one t1set Of - serss eflAad In
Dss Moin.s Cousty, 4eo
Ioi.t Priss-0se House ard Lot In 0sauAiA L.
Is2d Phss-rhs nsxt $40 aaabsn Will esch
draw whsslsr Wtlera Ne. haif essA
Sc wing Mschine. vsissd = ~ saeh ~
ls..a rli..-Ih. ,.s. - :sabs.s N. :ssa
Sewing A.chine ysiasd q ~ II
l9s.h Prize-ons asw Hooss, Ban and La, n
Cehtralia, ~
10Th PriEs-Oas ensA prize II erssahaeks, 8
1os.h Prirs-oas L. - para Il Csntfaaa. IL
lss<h Prtss-o.s a4sas ~ IL vitk nwn.
Well cistsrn, he, y pssanain. 1llDsts---.-.-- -
2ooth Prfa.-Divs sutae n kss1 in6to1n9
rick-yard, b,iek ssadhfas, tssla, nssssss. ~,
In Central Gay 90 - Ac0 ceet1aAs 1n--. -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-01-15

Conveyanees 10 all The shove Real Estate and Db Of
Sale tbs Personal Property bees nas o. 80
dspo tied witha CcmnsAisnes, uAD viIl . esee9 -
trasing completed Warranty Dssds to ths ksA
Estate and Bills Of ssie the Personal Propes % b
apA lAiivsrsd to thos FsspssetvsIy Aswfne
the same. 49,
Minor ID Caah Prizes will be promptly paid - eeos
10 those drawing them.
1t viii be sssa that ot the absve 49, cet -
unhneu articles cheap Jsweify, SD thaf nssfly ~
sntne list Of prizes made up 81 valuable 1AAi k4sssA
principeliy located In NAFan aad thA a1ioinn0
ties, vel knssn0 ~ has fruit rexfea = - WSG
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01
EXceSS of Reading

This IS reading age; and, precisely
because it is 50 reading an age, any book
which is the result Of profound meditation
is perhaps less likely to be duly and prof.
tablv read than a any other former period.
The world reads too much and too quickly
to read well. When books were few, to
get through one was work of time and
and labor what was written with thought
was read with thought. and with a desire
to extract from it as much OF the materials
of knowledge as possible. But, when al
most every person who can spell, can and
will write, what Is TO be done? 1t Is
difficult to know what to read, except by
reading everything; and 80 much of the
worlds business Is now transacted through
the press, that it Is necessary to know what
is printed, if we desire to know what Is
going on. Opinion weighs with 50 vast a
weight In the balance ot, events, that ideas
of no value in themselves are of Importance
from! the mere circumstance that they are
ideas, and have 5ona.fde existence as
such anywhere out of Bedlam The world,
in consequence, gorges itself with lntellec-
tual food and, in order to swallow the
more, 60ltS it, Nothing is now read slowly,
or twice over. Books are run through
with no less rapidity, and scarcely leave 4
more durable impression, than a newspaper
article. 1t is from this, among other
causes, that 50 few books are produced OF
any Nd4uu. rtO lIuuiro> Ia tue faIiu
boasted that, though she produced one at
a birth, that one was a lion; but if each
lion only counted for one, and each leveret
for one, the advantage would all be on the
side of the hare When every unit is in
dividualiy weak, it is only multitude that
tells What wonder that the newspapers
should carry all before them? \ book
produces hardly a greater effect than an
article, and there can be three hundred and
sixty-five of these in one year. He,
therefore. who should and would write
book, and write it in the proper manner Of
writing a book, now dashes down his first
hasty thoughts, or what he mistakes for
thoughts in periodical. And the public
is in the predicament of an indolent man,
who cannot bring himself to apply his
mind vigorously to his own affairs, and
over whom, therefore, not he who speaks
most wisely, but he who speaks most fire.
auentlv obtains the influence.
j 8 Mill
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01

The FLoATING CITY.-Nenice, queen
city of the Adriatic, has been immortal
lied in song and its streets of water.
alive with gliding gondolas, and gay with
revelrv, are familiar to all. But, though
less known, not less worthy of note Is
the capital city of Siam, of which travel
Ter thus discourses in the Springfield
Union
One of the most wonderful cities in
the world is Bankok. Did you ever wit
ness such sight in your life ? On either
side of the wide. majestic stream, moored
in regular streets and alleys, extending as
far as the eye can' reach, are upward OF
| 10000 neat little houses, each house
floating on a compact raft of 6amboos
and the whole intermediate space of the
river presents to our astonished gaze one
dense mass of ships, junks, and boats, ot
every conceivable shape, color, and size
As we glide among these, we occasionally
encounter stray house broken loose from
;+O ,oee-i.-s, and Ls.rrying down the
stream with the tide amid the uproar and
shouts of inhabitants and all the specta-
tors. We also notice that all the front
row of houses are neatly painted shops, in
which various tempting commodities are
exposed for sale; ; behind these again, at
equal distances, rise the lofty, elegant
porcelain towers of the various temples
On our right hand side, as far as we can
see, are three stately pillars, erected to
the memory of three defunct kings cele-
brated for some act of yalor and justice /;
and little beyond these. looming like a
| line-of-battle ship, among a lot of cookie
shells, rises the struggling and not very
elegant palace of the king, where his Siam
ese majesty, with ever so many wives and
| children, resides.
Now, be careful how you step out
of the boat into the balcony of the
| floating house, for it will recede to the
| force of your effort to mount, and if you
are not aware of this, you will lose your
balance and fall into the river. Now we
are safely transhipped, for we cannot as
vet say landed; but we now form an item,
though very small one, of the vast popu-
lation of the city of Bankok.
Every house has canoe attached to
it. and no nation detests walking so much
as the Siamese at the same time they are
exnert swimmers, and both men and women
begin to acquire this very necessary art at
a very early age. Without it man runs a
momentary risk of being drowned, as, when
canoe upsets, none OF the passers-by ever
think it necessary to lend any aid, suppos-
inc them fully adequate to the task of saw
inc their own lives. Canoes are being
hourly upset, owing to the vast concourse
of vessels and boats plying to and fro and
owing to this negligence or carelessness in
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01

PERMISSION FROM THE OFFICE. An
amusing incident, too good to be lost, oc-
Cured at the Nicollet day or two since.
A verdant couple form the vicinity of
Winona who had never travelled outside of
the limits of their little native town, fell
in love, were married, and on their bridal
tour visited Minneapolis. Arriving on the
evening train tho t-r.lo davaS tool roe.-a@
at the Nicolet Before making his toilet
the next morning, the young husbands eye
rested upon the ''rules and regulations }"
tackled upon the door, and for the purpose
of posting himself in the requirements of
hotel life, he proceeded to read them.
Judge of his surprise, when, after careful
study, he learned that washing In the
rooms is prohibited, except permission is OBJ
tanned at the office! " The young man look
ed about him. Upon the opposite side of
the room were washbowl, pitcher, towels,
and all the necessaries for performing the
usual ablutions, but before his face and eyes
was the rule prohibiting washing IN the
rooms What was to be done? Bride and
groom were at loss to know. They GER
tainly could not think of going to breakfast
without washing, and it was rather lncon-
venient to 90 to the river for that purpose,
AS he reflected upon the awkardness OF the
situation, he became impressed with the idea
that something must be done, and remem-
bering the solemn promise made to the
Justice of the Peace who, for the trlf1lng
sum of seventy five cents united them IN the
holy bands Of matrimony the day previous
he determined to rise mp in his strength
and represent the case in proper terms at
the office He did so. Approaching the
desk, he beckoned to the clerk. Look a
here' said he, that ere kaird that's
stuck on to the door says that nobody can't
wash into the room less you let 'em. Now,
couldn't you let me and Jane Ann wash
our face and hands there this mornin'
There's wash things and towels right in the
room, and Iwish you would let US use 'em
I'd be much obliged to you if you would :?
The clerk kindly gave his consent, and
the unsophisticated couple were made hap
lpy-Minneapolis Tribune.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01
Beautiful Extract.

The following waif, afoat on the sea
of reading" we clip from an exchange
We do not know its paternity, but it con
tains some wholesome truths, beautifully
set forth
Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across their
own path, hiding forever from their eyes
the traces of the loved ones whose living
smiles were the sunlight Of the existence
Death is the great antagonist Of life, and
the cold thought of the tomb is the skelton
of all feasts. We do not want to 20
through the dark valley, although its
passages may lead to paradise; and, with
Charles Lamb, we do not want to lie down
in the muddy grave, even with kings and
princes for our bed-fellows.
But the fat of nature Is inexorable.
Ia@ 1FFH Which ii 4 tdooms Us to dust. We flourish
and we fade as the leaves of the forest.
and the flower that blooms and wthers in
a day has not a frazier hold upon fife than
the mightiest monarch that ever shook the
earth with his footsteps. Generations of
man appear and vanish as the grass, and
the countless multitudes that throng the
world to-day, will tomorrow disappear as
the footsteps on the shore.
In the beautiful drama Of len, the in
stinct of Immortality, so eloquently uttered
by the death devoted Greek. finds deep
response in every thoughtful soul. When
about to yield his young existence as a
sacrifice to fate, his beloved Clemanthe
asks if they shall not meet again, TO which
he replies: :. [ have asked that dreadful
question of the hills that look eternal-of
the clear streams that flow forever-of the
stars among whose field of azure my raised
spirit hath walked in glory. All were
dumb But while [ gaze upon thy living
face, feel that there Is something in the
love that mantles through It's beauty that
cannot wholly perish. We shall meet
again, Clemanthe."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01
HE "KiilGuick Railroad

The Omaha Herald enlarges upon the
superior attractions of this new railroad
route which it says has Just been completed
and will be open to passenger traffic as soon
as the proper agent can be found to sell
the tickets. 1t announces
Through tickets daily for eternity, and
all stations beyond the grave, connecting
closely with ferries at the river Styx, for
all points on the other side of Jordan.
Passengers should take no other route.
The cheapest and shortest way to the
Tomb 1t is with great deal of pleasure
that the officers of this road announce its
completion.
This road has been carefully built by
experienced workmen, who have graduated
at the best slaughter in the land.
The scenery along the line is remarkably
fine, consisting principally of yawning
chasms, charming precipices, and shaky
trestles The rails are laid very loose and
without extra spikes, which, when the cars
are going at full speed, keep the passenger
in delightful motion, settle his dinner, and
sometimes his & hash" most effectually.
The coaches are all of wood, which in
case of accident always splinter, and thus
give passengers holding insurance tickets a
chance to make little more money. with
an occasional prize in case of death.
The seats are constructed on an entirely
new plan, being made in the shape OF a
coffin. so that the holder of ticket IN case
of accident can be Immediately boxed up
and sent home. .,,,-.,,, ,,at
tern, and known as the Railway Cooking
Stoves. 1t is calculated that with good
FIRE a first-claSs passenger can be thorough
ly cooked in ten or fifteen minutes,
although much more speed can be attained
if necessary.
The attention of the travelling public
is directed to new and unique style of
tomb-stones furnished by this company to
those purchasing through tickets.
\ large corps Of undertakers at each
station, and elegant hearse ears accompa-
ny each train.
The sleeping cars upon this route are
got up regardless of expense, and passen-
gers can sleep without fear of being
awakened by noise of conductors. In fact,
mosl oi ouI passengers h0NoA ""NN "P "i'oA
once getting to sleep.
Wives having cross husbands, have
them purchase tickets on this route they
will never scold again.
The government is about to do away
with capital punishment, criminals being
furnished with tickets over this line
Death is certain, and the system of hang
ing is thus avoided.
Revolvers, poison, and butcher knives
on each train for the amusement OF pass
engers when they are tired of riding.
No repairs are allowed on coaches the
wheels, axles and boilers being used till
they break or burst Coroners on each
train.
Collisions inevitable and explosions sure
Persons wishing to reach the mansions in
the skies, ask for tickets, via = this line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01

JERUsALEM-A recent visitor at Jeru-
salem gives some of his impressions of that
city, as follows
1t is cavernous, disagreeable, damp desc
late. and very uninteresting. The narrow
streets are arched like cellar vaults. 1t
abounds in caves and cisterns. aqueducts
and tombs. Creeping into little fox-hole
Just outside the Damascus gate, we wan
dered for hours through spac Gus and lofty
caverns undermining half the city-the an
cient quarries discovered by DR.. Barclay
In Warrens recent excavations we CROPPED
through arches and covered ways of Hero
dian time down to the original rock of Solo
mons foundations. You are struck with
the incongruity of new and costly modern
buildings rising from among the rubbish
aud decay of the old city. and of no use, ex-
cept for the pilgrims of all Christendom
who watch with jealous care their respect
i've rights in the Holy City, and are kept
from biting and devouring one another by
the sabre of the Turks There are great
empty places of desolation within the walls.
Just inside the Dung gate [ saw Jerusalem
ploughed field, and got lost In the great
cactus wilderness of the T.yropean valley
lust where that magnificent causeway of
DIR. Robinson's arch once connected Mount
Zion with the Temple. Stumbling over
dead dogs and garbage up the steep of Zion
was run at by COW who was just about
tossing me on her horns when the herdsman
came to my defence. And then going out
of Zion gate had to run the gauntlet of
the lepers who there do congregate, whn-
ing horribly and stretching out their shape
less stumps
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01

to put away my things, and me great
six-footer No. no. You may meet me
and kiss me, but-why just see how nice
can do it when I've mind to ; and re-
leasing her from his folded arms, he delib-
erately took off hat and coat and hung
them up by plummet and line, and then
kicking off his rubbers, he set them square
ly under the rack
Only, Susie, if l once in a while for
GET
L won't scold, George; no, [ won't, if
| have to bite my lips till they bleed, to
keep the ugly words in
And when | see you biting your lips,
Susie, I'll know what's up, and hurry and
put things in their places, and then wipe
the heat off just So and he pressed his
bearded chin close to hers to soft and
sweet, and then took dozen or so warm
kisses.
And now put away your things, wifey,
and let's have some dinner, for I'm as hun
CRY as church rat
I'm afraid it's dried up by this time
but I'll hurry and make you a nice cup of
coffee
You know what the good book says,
Susie, better is dry ,morsel,,- .a;..
back again, she took his hand and laying
it tenderly on her heart, SAID tenderiy,
help me to be good
We shall help each other, wife and Hea-
ven shall help us both
And so ended the first quarrel. God
grant that it may be the last
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01

A LAKE DRIDD UP.-A few weeks ago
the water from the Ottawa Lake in Monroe
County, Michigan, all at once disappeared
The Coldwater Gazette states that the wa
ter had begun to subside for some days. and
the teamsters who carried stone from the
lake noticed that the holes at which they
watered their cattle we!e crowded with fish.
They increased in numbers, both large and
small, the former having their mouths wide
open, and so exhauted that the people caught
them with their hands. The work of quar-
rylng and hauling was soon abandoned, and
in a short time scores of teams and hund-
reds Of men might be seen on and around
the lake. The men with handspikes, crow
bars and axes, were busily engaged in cut
ting and raising huge pieces of ice, and
then STOPPING down, and lifting the fish,
some of which were dead, and some alive.
and some frozen fast in the ice; for the
water having departed from the lake by
some subterranean passage, the vast sheet
of ice lay on the bottom. For three days
immense quantities of fish were carried
away, principally pickerel and bass, while
vast quantities of white fish were left to
rot on the ice and in the mud-for mnd
and ice are al that i left of 0ttrYa Lake
Numerous pieces of the ice are left stand
ing on edge, like so many grave stones.
The lake, or rather Its bed, or graveyard.
presents novel scene. Some say the wa
ter will soon return by the same source by
which it departed, bringing fresh supply
of fish with it-for Lake Erie Is supposed
to be its headquarters. Meantime the
farmers in the vicinity greatly feel the loss
of the departed waters.-About seven years
ago, this lake departed waters in the same
way, and old men say it departs and returns
periodically.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01

idea was that the good level land was on the
bank of the river, and when the early
lessons in geography made known to me the
g Great Bend in the Missouri. had the
verdant idea, that with this bend for farm
my ambition would be gratifed. L associated
the '' Great Bend" with the :. old OK bow
on my fathers meadow and thought them
alike valuable
THUNDER STORM.
At , o clock at night, the clouds betoken-
ed a storm. The wind arose and peal on
peal of thunder followed in quick succession
each electric flash. Such rain 1t poured
in torrents The engines were hushed-
they did not breathe and hardly pulsated -
suspended mechanical animation We Just
foated easily along till the fury Of the storm
had passed Puff-puf went the engines.
and on we move, again Storms in the west
arise quickly-sOon exhaust their power and
all is calm again The reason is Obvious
The unobstructed winds soon pass the charged
clouds from one point in the heavens to
another
Yours truly,
S,vr krtT.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-01
The RIVERSIDE for July is at hand. An ex-
change thus notices it

change thus notices it
4 The July RIVERSIDE is hot and patriotic
There is striking frontispiece from the
Eastern story in the Arabian Nights of the
Afrite who was released from jar by the
fisherman terrible, portentiOus figure
rises like great clond and overspreads the
sky, while the Fisherman is seen on his knees
IN startled horror, supplicating the monster
For outdoor Summer scenes there are two
papers of excursions My Three Gardens,
and About Frogs, together with more of Mr..
Abbott's Hunter and Tom, while Miss. Thorn
as, a Western writer describes with pic
turesque power scenes on the prairics. The
Fourth of July is remembered In various
ways, by an account Of Joseph Warren ora
tion in Boston Old South Church. just before
the Revolution by the beginning of short
series of pictures of New York in early days,
IN which the three noticeable entries OF
W ashlDgton into the city make the central
point by a sketch of Patrick Henry, and by
series of eight amusing pictures headed
Mimic Warfare. There are some lively verses
also on the Third of July. One quaint paper
is called Three Little Artists, and contains
fac-simile sketches of the little Artists work.
The number has a good show of illustrations,
and more than the usual variety of articles.
Published by Hurd & Houghton, New York.
The LITTLE CoRPoRAL for July is at hand
bright and interesting Ct usual. IL io pub
lished at Chicago, Illinois
OUR SCHooL-DAY VISITOR, for July, pub
lished by J. W. Danghaday & Co Philadel-
phia, is at hand. 1t has has articles by
Jacob Abbott, George W. Bungay, Sophie
May, and other well-known writer's. Its
enigmas REFUSES, problems. &c. are verv
interesting to the children.