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LIVING 10 ENJOY Ell.

Mr.. PAYNE COLLIER recently delivered lecture
on the origin and progress of Street Ballad
Singing. Among the specimens OF comic songs
once popular, the lecturer recited the following
A wealthy old father had three grown-up sons,
Two of them steady, the youngest was wild
He drank and he gained, and was thought but a
A care and cost to his sire from child.
The father was dying: the sons were called in. Z
And the old man addressed them one AFTER the
other,
Saying, .sTom, you are eldest and always have
A dutiful son-so has Edward, your brother.
s. But as for you, Richard however, no more; Is
am worse at the sight OF you, there as you
stand
You win find by my will, Tom, that l have given
To you, as my heir, all my houses and land.
"To my second son, Edward, my money I've
given,
My furniture, carriages. horses, and pelf.''
Alas, my dear fatherN' they both cried, ''by
Heaven,
We hope you may Ire 10 enjoy Il youfself!'' - a
Then turning to Richard, the old father said
In voice from his suffering beginning to falter:
You are not forgotten, you'll find, when I'm
I've left youa shilling to purchase halter
s. GU were born for my sorrow, as well as your
mothers:
The price of a rope is the whole of your wealth. -
ALAS sir!'' cried Dick in the tone of his broth
ers, nj# EtA - t@a
Godg,uet you may tioe to enjoy IL yoursafrf
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TrellisiDg Cranes.


Ii there is anything in the theory that
great injury is often caused by extraction
of moisture and evaporation when in con-
tact with continual cold, then it is advisa-
BILE to leave the vines lying upon the
ground until after the cold, drying winds
of March have passed. As the season adj
vances, the circulation of sap increases,
and in March there is more aqueous mat
ter in the vine than in the month of Janu-
airy, and consequently it is more suscepti-
BILE to changes of temperature, and is more
afflicted by cold, drying winds; but to
what extent injury is caused by continual
cold, drying winds at this season, we will
not undertake to say. There are those
who believe the plant more severely in
jured by the cold, drying winds in March
or April, than by any extremes of temper
AZURE during the regular winter months.
Without attempting to prove or dis
prove the theory, we shall only say that
our experience for some years has been in
leaving ouryines on the ground until quite
late in the spring We have sometimes
left them even until they bloomed and set
their fruit, and once or twice we, have
thought that we escaped injury from frosts
and from cold, driving rain and sleet
storms, by the vines being on the ground,
we having plenty of fruit when some OF
our neighbors, whose vines were neatly
and carefully tied up, were destitute
H0rticuL ts35st. a Se u
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22
Marriage Maxims.

A GOOD wife is the greatest earthly
blessing. A man is what his wife makes
him. 1t is the mother who molds the char
acter and destiny of the child.
Make marriage matter of moral judg-
ment.
Marry in your own religion.
Marry into different blood and temper
ament from your own.
Marry intoa family which You have long
known.
Never talk at one another either alone or
in company
Never both manifest anger at once.
Never speak loud to one another, unless
the house is on fire.
Never reflect on a past action, which was
done with a good motive and with the best
judgment at the time.
Let each one strive to yield oftenest to
the wishes of the other.
Let selfabnegation be the daily aim and
effort of each.
The very nearest approach to domestic
felicity ON earth is the mutual cultivation
of an absolute unselfishness.
Never find fault, unkss it is perfectly
certain that a fault has been committed;
and even then prelude it with kiss, and
lovingly.
Never taunt with past mistake.
Neglect tie whole world beside, rather
than one another.
Never allow a request to be repeated.
~ forgot" is never an acceptable ex-
cuse.
Never make a remark at the expense Of
the other; it is a meanness.
Never part for a day without loving
words to think of during absence; beside,
it may be that you will not meet again in
life.-Erch0Rge.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22
DIR. Livingstone.

The Pail Mall Gazette says that there are
no positive assurances that DIR. Living
stone is alive, and closes long article on
the African explorer as follows:
In his first journeys he travelled ostcnsl-
bly, as missionary. In his second, in the
double character of missionary and gov
eminent official. But now he has adopted
his true profession as an explorer, and is
engaged in journey which geographical
connoisseurs will probably pronounce his
greatest At present it has all the interest
Of an enigma. The murder story is settled
and done with, but still there is abundance
of mystery left. His last letters were dated
more than a twelve month ago, on the
shores of Lake Tanganyika. He may turn
up at any moment-but nobody can say
where. It may be at Zanzibar: it may be
at Gondohoro. There is wild idea afioat
that he may be descending some river to
the western coast. He may be detained in
state of complimentary captivity by
some barbarous chieftain, being made
show of. We have indeed no positive as
surance that he is alive at all. Atthesame
time, the delays of African travelling are SO
constant and prolonged that even if as is
by no means improbable, a long period of
time should again elapse without our hear
ing of him, it would be no proof of ca
tastrophe. One thing alone is certain,
that when he does re-appear he will have a
reception such as even that darling OF the
British public, the African explorer, has
never vet enjoyed. @a@
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The time is arising when the inhoduc-
ton of more economy in the family ex-
penses will become imperative. Among
our mercantile people in the cities / hear
of heavy failures, so that families who
have been living in opulence and extraya-
gance that plain woman like myself
knows scarcely anything about, will be
obliged to economic fearfully. Theywill
have to adopt a totally different course of
life. Luxuries will have to be abandoned
and unless they have wealthy friends to
lean on for succor, they may be driven to
the dreadful alternative-even the wives
and daughters-to labor for their own sup
port. The change will be terrible, heart
rending to them, but it will no doubt pro-
mote their health and digestion, enable
them to sleep soundly, and wake up in the
morning with the consciousness that the
breakfast about to be set before them they
have earned by the sweat of their brow
We have no doubt, however, that such a.
change will in the end prove beneficial
The wastefulness, extravagance, and ex-
cess of the American people, in eating.
drinking and dressing had not a parallel
in the history of the world; and all this
has been against health, happiness and
morals When, as a nation, we tread in
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

ing, especially for cattle, and clover too
wasfy (succu1ent1, hence both together are
better than either alone To these we may
add, under the head of the first, that where
grass comes in rotation, it is of the utmost
importance, on clay soil, that at least a
part of this grass crop be clover. 1t will
serve to mellow and loosen the heavy soil
in remarkable degree, SO that when
turned over with the pillow it will not only
be rich, but loose and friable. If, on the
other hand, timothy alone is sown (Which
somedo because the hay sells better, the
soil will turn over heavy and clammy, and
be unfit for any crop which is to follow.
The same correspondent says that he. is
partial to rye for calf or sheep pasture,
which he occasionally sows in the summer
or autumn, after a crop of corn; and then,
after being pastured winter and spring, it
is turned under for spring crop-corn, il
the soil be strong enough-or it may be al
lowed to go to harvest. 81
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forgotten his face, did forget it, in. fact, for
Jeftries, when seized, had only changed his
wig, but lie could not forget the ferocious
glare of those insuferabIe eyes, Buick
preston changes quickly may change per
manently. We all say, every now and
then, Ellis face quite changed,' while
nothing is changed except, perhaps, the
expression and the color. Madness. ex-
IRENE anger, drink, will all change a we'll
known face till it is almost irrecognizable.
No doubt there are faces so marked and so
individual, SO completely isolated from any
type, and so independent Of accident, that
it is almost impossible they should ever be
forgotten or mistaken. 1t would have
been nearly impossible for Sir Thomas
More to disguise himself, and we question
if DIR. Newman or DR.. Tennyson could
abolish the expression. of eye and brow
sufficiently to battle recognition and there
are artists, and as the public believes de-
tectives, who would recognize any face
under any disguise. But the majority of
men trying under changed circumstances
to recognize ordinary faces from their
memories of feature alone are liable, we
feel convinced, to extraordinary and yet
NATURAL self deceptions.- The Spectator. 8
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Forest Planting the True Remedy ioi
20 81 Western Hurricanes.

/ THESE atmospheric disturbances are
growing alarmingly frequent in the West.
| Tornadoes visit US almost every summer.
Towns are torn up, villages destroyed, and
/ farms laid waste by these destructive
| agents. Our praires are so level and ex-
| tensiye and offer so few impediments to
| the action of the atmosphere that 1t IS a
| wonder that our stormy seas are not more
destructive than they are. There are no
ranges of mountains to interfere VIII the
| action of the winds, nor no heavy bells of
| forests to attract the clouds So that the
only wonder is that when it starts raining
| it ever stops, or when it stops, that it ever
commences again. AS the subject of me-
teorology comes to be better known,
science may be able to regulate the laws
of moisture and supply, and to guide the
course of tornadoes or divest them of
their electricity, and convert a furious
WhirlWind into harmless breeze. AT
present, we know one fact, that forests do
exercise an astonishing influence over
these disturbances. A heavy mass of trees
does not only break the force of the wind
and so make the land near it warmer but
it does exercise a controlling influence on
the clouds and acts as distributor of rain.
Every one has noticed how, in seasons of
drouth, the clouds follow, the courses of
the streams, attracted by the ascending
moisture and the vegetation along their
banks. Forests also greatly diminish The
evil effects of floods by holding the waters
back like sponge. In this way, too, they
protect and feed the smaller streams In
the older settled countries in the Eastern
States streams that were considerable in
size when the country was first settled
have now dwindled into insignificant
brooks, and many of them have dried up,
except during the fall and spring rains,
when they become, for few days. tor
rents The Upper Mississippi. from the
same cause, is yearly diminishing. Boats
that formerly ran to st Paul all the season.
can get there now only in one or two
months of the year. In some parts of Eu-
rope this subject is so well understood
that forest planting has been undertaken
by the Government and diligently pur-
sued, on all the barren and unoccupied
places in the empire. The ground is laid
off into districts, planted with trees, and
cultivated like any other crop Ityields
about two per cent on the original in
vestment, and is perfectly sure every year.
It is perhaps too soon for us in this coun-
try to undertake such methodical designs
as this, but we ought to encourage tree
planting with all the means in our power.
With our extensive coal beds, the question
of fuel is small item, but the climatic
changes that will be more frequent and
violent as the forests disappear, ought to
induce us to take some means for their
protection.-Peorio( Il.) Transcript ).
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the footsteps of The old ] ions, we shall
have to follow them as lilies and midi
viduals. If we. go, there re, among the
rural and laboring classes If Switzerland,
France, Germany, Swedel. and Russia, we
may take lessons in our future modes OF
life In health and vigor Jley are among
the first people Of the earth, yet their ex-
penditures are nothing in comparison to
ours Indeed the waste ola common
American town of ten thousand people
would almost or quite support as large a
population in the rural districts OF Europe.
Never shall 1--we come to their level Tor our
country is new and differently situated, but
the next generation of Americans cannot
hope tolive as we have, and there we could
take lessons in economy that would be
very useful to us. We could discover, as
we shall be forced to by some means-that
family can be subsisted upon a very
small portion of what Americans are ac-
customed to expend nay, that they can
be fed on what is now, in many instances,
thrown out at their back door to the dogs.
Those of us that take these lessons and
practice upon them first will be the best
off in the end. = Correspondent GGrDaon-
torn Iaegr0ph
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22
Cisterns and Dry Times.

MuLTITUDEs of farmers last fall learned
by a troublous experience what good els
terms of water in the farm yard might be
worth Thousands in one season ex-
pended more in drawing water several
miles, or driving stock long distances to
running streams, than it would cost to
build good cisterns and keep them in repair
for a life time. When it is considered that
the roofs necessary to properly shelter
stock in winter will supply all needed
water for their use, if it is carried in sound
troughs to ample and tight cisterDs, the
provision in this respect against such
drouths as last yearsseems very easy one.
The most convenient and durable cistern,
although the most expensive in first cost,
is one built above ground A heavy frame
supported on trestle work boarded up
tightly on the inside and lined with tin,
with the outside boarded up, and cover
over all, will last for years. If pulverized
charcoal is filled in between the Innings
there will be little danger of its freezing.
-In4 -aUrUltces - zssesrs ate~ra -.sFi
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Danger from Lightning.

q D.
DURING a thunderstorm, it is very dan
gerous to be near tree or lofty building !;
also near a river or running water, because
any tall object will frequently discharge a
lightning cloud, and if any one were near
by at the time the lightning might glance
off and pass through the human body. a.
The most dangerous parts Of dwelling
during thunder storm are the fire place,
especially if the fire be lighted, the attic,
and cellar. 1t is also imprudent to sit close
by the walls, to ring the bell, or bar the
shutters during a thunder storm.
Fire places are dangerous, because heat,
air, and SCOT, especially when connected
with stove or CRATE, are conductors. At
tics and cellars are dangerous, because the
electric fluid, as we have already told you,
sometimes passes from the clouds to the
earth, and sometimes from the earth to the
clouds, so that in the middle story must be
the safest place. 1t is dangerous to lean
against wall, because the lightning, in
passing down the wall, would leave it, and
go into the body, which is better con-
ductor.
1t is dangerous to be in crowd, because
mass of people forms better conductor
than one person, and because the vapor
arising from the crowd increases the con-
Quoting power Any place about twenty
feet from tall tree, building or stream of
water is the safest place.
A person in a carriage during storm
should not lean against the side of the car
riage, but sit up, for the same reason that
we have given why a person should not
lean against wall
A mattress, bed, or hearth-rug furnishes
good security against lightning.
If in the open air at the time, the best
thing person can do is to stand about
twenty or thirty feet from any tall object
and get wet to the skin, because wet clothes
form better conductor than the fluids of
the body, and the lightning, therefore,
would more readily pass down the wet gar
ments.-EechQ1age.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

The human stomach seems to require tonic
stimulant From time whereof the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary, tonic bitters
have been used. Formerly men made their own
biters, and few thought of eating breakfast With
out first taking their 'tansy." Those were days,
however, when prohibitory laws were unknown,
and in consequence, liquors were pure. Dealers
could then afford to be honest and sell nothing
but the upadultersted. Now. however, what with
government tax and court fines, poke berry juice
and alcohol must pass muster for . old rye " and
s'pure bourbon People have come to fear
poisoning more than malariel diseases, and
dropped their 9 tansy." Right here is where
HosgETTER s. SMITH, OF Pittsburgh, have proven
benefactors. Years ago they commenced the
manufacture of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BIT
TIERS, laying it down as a rule that has since been
conscientiously followed, to use nothing but the
pnrest liquors manufactured expressly for them
By strict adherence to this rule they nave won
public confidence and reaped their reward I'D
large profitable and steady business. Their BIZ
TIERS is known all over the country. They are
the pioneers of the business and have the largest
mandatory in the world. Nor has success IN
their case as in too many instances, rendered
them careless; their Bitters is as pure and good
to-day as was the first distillation. we nearby
recommen nd them q tonic. !.
AS specific for dyspepsia, b1nousness cons!i-
patton, nervousness, general deDlllty, ana remit
tent and intermittent fcvers its efficacy has never
been questioned. ..,1-..s -.
There are many worthless limitations; VIC
earnestly caution the public against them.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22
What Is a Month ?


-Four weeks" answers a boy Just from
school, who has been learning the " Ia.
bles in his Arithmetic. Thirty days
says a clerk, who has been reckoning in
terest on a note. THE twelfth part of O
year, suggests some thoughtful scholar, af
ter thinking of the matter moment
Neither answer is entirely correct. Feb
ruary is the only month consisting of four
weeks, and it has more than that in leap
year; the other months have either 30 OF
81 days, neither of which is the twelfth
part of year. The word "month" was
formed from the Saxon word Mona (the
moonss.) Formerly month meant the time
of one revolution of the moon around the
earth, equal to 20 days, IL hours, A min
utes, and 3 seconds. Ten such months
were counted year in the time of Romu-
lus, King of Rome. March was reckoned
as the first month. The names of the nine
following ones were the same as now, ex-
cepting July and August, which were
called Quintilis and Sextilis. 1t was found
before long that the seasons did not keep
pace with the year, March did not bring
spring again, and the following seasons
were equally tardy. 70 remedy this, the
Emperor Numa added two months, Janua-
ry to the beginning and February to the
end of the year. This was afterwards
changed, and February placed where it
now stands, the second month At that
time the months contained 80 and 30 days
alternately, which would give 354 days, to
which one was added to make an odd
number, which was supposed to be more
lucky. Still, the seasons would not come
regularly at the same time of the year, be-
cause their changes are produced by the
earth's revolution about the sun, which re-
quires 1861 days very nearly, and the year
should, therefore, be of this length, to have
the same month bring the same kind of
weather every year. 1t was, therefore, or
dered that another month, of % and %
days alternately, should be inserted every
second year between the 23d and oath of
February. This would have answered the
purpose for a long period of years, but the
ruling powers occasionally interfered with
it, to prolong or shorten the time of hold
ing office. At last the Emperor Caesar de-
creed that the year should contain 3e5
days, with one day added every fourth
year. He also directed that the odd
months, that is, the first, third, etc, should
have 81 days, the others so, excepting
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February, which should have %, With one
added every fourth year. The names
Quintilis and Sextilis were changed to
July and August, in honor of the Roman
emperors Julius Caesar and Caesar Angus
trls The latter Emperor also decreed
that August should have 81 days, as he
was not willing to have July contain more
than the month named after himself This
arrangement has continued until the pres.
ent time, excepting that in 1882 it was dc.
creed by Pope Gregory XIII, that the added
day for leap year should he omitted in
years ending in centuries, excepting the
4O0th and the years which are multiples Of
400: this makes. the civil year correspond
almost exactly with the solaryear, and the
four seasons continue to occur with regu
larity during the same months OF each
vear.--d 1aer5can bAQyieultltf5St.
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Clover and Timothy.

A. HADLEY, in a communication to the
northeastern Farmer, gives what he re-
CARDS as three important reasons why
clover should always be grown with timo-
thy First, the clover, being tap-rooted,
penetrates the soil, stands dYouth, melloWs
the soil, and timothy grows much stronger
and holds up the clover. Secondly, if
sown for pasturage, the timothy almost
universally prevents the clover from
swelling cattle. Thirdly, hav is TOO bind
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

PoTAToEs. Blot, in his lectures ON
Che potato, says the skinniug process is all
wrong, as the strength Of the vegetable
lies near the slrface-the starch G owing
less abundant as the center is approxi-
mated
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Medical illumination.

-Four MagniGcently Illustrated Medical Books, con.
tanning Important Physiological INFORMATION. for Men
dressing DIR. JOHN VAEDERPO0L, No. 30 Clinton
Place, Eew York City. L1f3 S o.
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A BAD sign-to sign another mans
name to note
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GRANDMA'S DREAM
] wonder what grandma is thinking about,
As she sits in the corner there,
With the freight shining into her eyes,
And over her silver hairg ~
She has laid her knitting across her knee,
And folded her hands so thin, a.
And I know that her thoughts are lar away
In spite Of the children's din
I'm sure IL is something strange and sweet ..--
That brightens her eyes so dim
Perhaps she is seeing the golden gates + ~ss
And hearing the angels hymn a, -.
And she smiles TO think that she soon VIII Cross
Where the wonderful river rolls,
And rather the rose of her youth fgafn-
In the beautiful garden OF sous! t .q.,sF
Lite Corp01dt. a6a Al
THE Boston T5aceller says. A gentle
man who for several years has resided in
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

A oocKNEY being out one day, amusing
himself with shooting, happened to fire
through a hedge, on the other side of
which was man standing. The shot
passed through the mans hat, but missed
the bird. did you fire at me, sir?n he
hastily asked " Oh no, SIR said the
shrewd sportsman; ~ never hit what l