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The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-25

STIRRING TALK TO THE BOYS IN Blue
In late speech at Springfield, Illinois, SEN
ator Dick Yates said:
Now, fellow-citizens, l have told you that
l did not regret that l was Governor of the
State of Illinois during the eventful period Of
the war, but | tell you another thing that
shall regret. l shall regret that any brave
boy in blue who has assisted in placing our
proud flag over JEFF. Davis and the hosts Of
treason, should vote for this anti war Dem
ocrat, as opposed to that patriot and hero
General Grant. NowI want to tell such
soldier, if he is here, that if he votes for
Grant he is voting on the side for which he
fought-for the preservation of the Union {;
and if he does not think so, want TO tell
you how he can undeceive himself. l will
give him an infallible specific, a remedy by
which he may undeceive himself. II is not
that tell you that you vote against your
country and on the side Of traitors if you
vote for Seymour and Blair =; but this is my
spec ihc. Tomorrow morning, my brave
young friend in blue, when you get up,
raise your east window, and look out upon
Gods glorious sun as he rises in majesty );
look out upon all the grandeur of creation,
and then, when your brain is aglow, and
your heart is honest, look into your looking
glass and you will see a man there look
him steadily in the eye and tell him that
when you vote for Blair and Seymour you
are voting upon the side for which you
fought, and there is something in the eye of
that fellow in the glass that will say to you,
80 you lie and you know it !" Great ap-
plause.)
The same test will convince any and
every honest friend of the Union that he
cannot, as such, support Seymour and
Blair.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-25

POSTAL AFFAIRs.-After long effort to
repeal an onerous law, section 259 of the
postal laws has been repealed, and section
229 of the regulations rescinded, SO that
mailable matter passing between California
and Kansas pays the usual postage as in
or across other portions ofthe United States,
on and after the LIST of October next, where
as heretofore such matter had to be prepaid
at letter rates.-Trespass.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-25
THE CANVASS.

| IdE CAN VASo.
The friends and active supporters O.
the vital cause of Republicanism are
warming with the contest. The silent
forces which have wrought such happy
and promising results in Vermont and
Maine are at work, with irresistible eff
feet as we'll throughout the States of the
Pacific Slope as in the great States east
of the Rocky Mountains. Never in the
history of the Country have its friends
taken to the task of saving it from i'm
pending peril with more hearty vigor
than now. The devoted friends of the
cause in California do not forget the
services rendered in its behalf in that
State last year by Stewart and Fitch !;
and they are lending us such powerful
workers as Edgerton, Swift and South
ard. Westmoreland, we believe, and
others will soon lift up their voices in
the sage brush.
The giants of the two parties have
taken to the great battle grounds of the
Eastern States. They met in Vermont,
and Republicanism came out of the con-
test with fresh and more signal triumphs
perched upon its banners. They fought
hand to hand in Maine, and the echoes
of Union victory come, thrilling our
hearts, from the land of pines. Carl
Shurrz is stirring up the patriot blood
of the Pennsylvania Germans prepare
tory to the State election to be held in
that State in October; the fighters upon
our side in Iowa are making splendid
canvass in behalf of the Union State
ticket there and they will show US in
October that Grant and Colfax are GER
tain to sweep that State in November.
In Wisconsin, similar good work is being
done; and in Ohio, the friends of Lib
erty and Progress are preparing the way
'or the redemption of that great COM
and the glorious triumph of
Loyalty over Pendletenism and Vallan-
lighamism in November.
The life of the Republic-all that was
ought for BY the Union armies-is in
'olved in this tremendous struggle, and
very intelligent man in the country
,nows it. This is year when patriot
sm is synonymous with active services.
very man who would preserve his coun-
ry from the evil designs of its worst foes
will, during the next six or seven weeks,
,lory in considering himself "a politi-
IAN" The humblest citizen should
eem it his duty not to leave the work
f this campaign to any man or set of
nen. Whateyer any voter can do for
be cause he should do, at whatever ex-
ense of time spent or labor employed.
IS in the dark days of the war, every
God friend of the Country, from the
ighest to the lowest, is called upon to i
Ike part in the struggle. Look over /
le land and you will see the leading |
len of the nation, prominent business t
len in the States, the sterling men I
working with all their en-
-gies to ensure the Republic the right :
il fruits of its victories. These exam
les should not be lost upon those of US
no are in less prominent positions be- S
re the people but all who would II
7ert calamity and ruin to the country b
lould "march to the 'front.'" We can, a
We will, justify Nevada's proud rec O
d of loyalty. Let US make sure that IL
e do it h
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-25

CANE. The mountains bordering the
western and northwestern side Of Lake Big
Ter are said to be alive with game since the
cool weather Get in-deez, grouse, and quail
docking dow from the SUBMITS into the
valley Of the laks.-Ttespass.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-25

The following named gentlemen constitute
5lie Union State Central Committee: Charles E.
belong, Chairman: c. C. Batterman, Secretary :,
NJ VI. Hoy., Fred. Furth, J. G. McCiinton, W. A.
BOURNE John WATSON, J. NJ. Woodwork J. S.
Slau,en Thomas Wren, C. B. Zabriskie, +. IL.
Kennedy, VI. Fuller, Frank Tagliabue, James S.
Siinserand, J. P. Hickey, J. 2. Jones, n. A. II.
Ball! John C. Lewis and j. II. kinkead.
The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-09-25
ORMSBY COUNTY
UNION REPUBLICAN TICKET
For State Senator. II. BROTTN
For the assembly:
>1II. c. bright, ". II. CORBETT
JOHN HANSON.

for sde,!6..............s.T. SWIFT
For County Clerk. J. EDW4RDS
For County Treasurer. ....H. S. MASON
For County Recorder. ID. KING, Sr
For County Assessor. ......G. ". CHEDIC
For District attorney. SIM. c. DENSON
For Sslpt. Pub. Schools. .....B. F. BIVINS
For County Satrreyor. .......R. 4. CHASE
For Public administrator. H. Fl. BENCE
For County Commissioners
II. T. RICE, 4. B. DRLESBACH,
S. E. JONES.
Carson Township Nomin ations
For Justice of the Peace. ........A. W4ITZ
tor Constable. WILLARD
Empire Township Nominations:
For Justice of the Peace.......J NORRIS
For Constable, ..............D. H4RKINS
The following named gentlemen members o.
the OrIlsby County Union Central Committee
Henry X. Mighels, Chairman; George ellison,
S. Z. JONES' W. D. Keyser, L. NJ. |
- la!iin.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23

weeks and he barely kept body and soul to-
gether on the pay he received Then he wa,
put into better position. Then he rose tc
be clerk, and no clerk so hard working, "a
faithful, 20 interested, in all this great house
as himself Ne saw his chance, and counted
up in his busy brain every point in tn,
game.
In five years from the time he sat on q
bench pounding nails straight, he sat on the
managers scat, and hammered the crooked
ins and outs of the business straight Dur
ing his clerkship he never missed q single
day and no morning went by without his
reporting promptly at seven O'Clock. He
saved money and married, and prospered as
the years went by. Go up Broadway to-day,
and you will see his name shining in golden
letters over the entrance Of one Of the largest
and finest establishments In that building
is seventeen millions Of dollars worth Of
stock His trade extends all over the land.
His fortune is princely And even now,
though the great merchant is getting gray,
and the old-iime energy is waxing slow, new
light will come into his eyes, and a new life
into his form, when he tells Of those past
days Of striving, and says 10 the young men
around him, " Work, if you would succeed I;
be a true, faithful, earnest clerk, if you would
become merchant Of position and import
ance Z"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
MONTPELIER, W. WEDNESDAY. DECEMB1

take to be the architect Of his warehouse, and
to place the desks, drawers and pigcon-holc.
OF his counting room, as for him to divine
from his omniscience the most convenient spot
Tor her cupboards. In the same manner, il
trees are 70 be cut down or left standing OF
fower-beds to be laid out around the house,
her taste should be consulted fret, for the
sight Of these things must delight or chafo
her all day long, while they are Of very little
practical consequence to tho husband in the
evenings, which are his chief time at home.
Again, the homestead should belong to the
wife in fee-simple she has a right to the
nest in which she rears her young, and ought
70 be assured that it can never be torn from
her by those reverscs of fortune to which, in
this country, all are so liable. Women all
feel this, though they are apt to lack the cour.
age to say IT. and if their comfort and con.
yenience were once more paramount at home,
IT they were quite certain that the spot to
which they are SO often advised to confne
their aspirations really belonged to them, and
was wholly within their control, they would
gladly assume the responsibility, and strive
with much greater alacrity than they do now
to force their husbands to acknowledge the
ability Of their generaship, and to appreciate
the delights Of home.-Horper's Bazar.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
What City Clerks Have Done.

A green rustic lad came years ago to the
metropolis from Connecticut village. Al
home he had done very well in an humble
way, but had shown no very marked ability
He had read and heard of the wonderful city
He made up his mind he could do something
in it. When he reached the city no place
seemed open to him. Day after day he hunted
for business. Want stared him in the face,
He would not give up and go back to his
friends Dropping into large drygoods
house one day in the search for work, he
CHANGED to come face to face with the propri-
etor. We have nothing for you to do, sir, -
this great business man said, in reply to his
inquiry. But, stay, what can you do ?" he
continued, ''you seem to be an honest-looking
lad"
"Oh, sir, can do anything only try me,
foniy-giye me chance to do something p
And the tears came out, aud trickled down
the cheeks of the almost discouraged, forlorn
boy, though he tried as hard as he could to
repress them. will take the lowest, poor
est place. and do my best y
He was engaged and set to work. lie was
sent down into the cellar and commenced his
business career in New York by pounding out
bent-up nails, which had been thrown ina
pile beside the packing-boxes, so they could
be used again. This was his work for two
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
The Fire Side.
HAUNTE9 HOUSES.

Ni if W. lffNAl flllNs
Al houses wherein men have lived and died
Arc haunted houses. Through the open door
The harmless phautoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors.
We meet them at the doorway, on the stair,
Along the passages they come and 20.
lmpolpable impressions on the air,
a sense Of something moving to and fro
There are more guests at table than the hosts
Invited the llumined hall
Is thronged with quiet inofensive ghosts
As silent as the pictures on the wall.
The stranger at my fresde cannot see
The forms [ see, nor hear the sounds hear;
lie but perceiyes what is while unto me
All that has been is visible and clear
We have no title deeds 10 house or lands:
owners and occupants Of earlier dates
From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands
And hold in mortmain still their old estates
The spirit world around this world Of sense
Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere
ats through these earthly mists and ynpors
dense,
\ vital breath Of more ethereal air
Our little lives are kept in equip1ise
by opposite attractions aud desires
The struggle Of the instinct that enjoys,
And the more noble instinct that inspires.
These perturbations, this perpetual jar
or earthly wants and aspirations high,
Come from the influence Of IN unseen star,
IN undiscovered planet in our sky.
And as the moon from some dark gate Of cloud
Throws o'er the sen a floating bridge Of light,
Across whose trembling planks our iancies crowd
Into the realms Of mystery and night
So from the world Of spirits there descends
bridge Of light connecting it with this,
o 'er whose unsteady floor, that sways and bends,
Wander cur thoughts above the dark abyss
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23

y newspaper correspondent writes very
sensibly as follows, to a Chicago paper
In these cold, blowy, snowy days, am
panied to sec the efforts of foolish parents to
freeze their little girls 1t is an outrage
Girls should be dressed Just as comfortably as
boys. On the contrary, the poor little shiv-
ering things are sent out into the streets, with
their heads comfortably protected, thick
shawls around their shoulders, which compar.
atively need no protection their skirts stand
ing out at an angle of forty-fve degrees, and
their poor little drum-stick legs as unprotected
from the blasts as the legs of turkey hang
ing in meat stall. And thus we pack off
these little girls to school, with their big
heads to be crammed full of learning, at the
expense Of their legs which, at tender age,
are Of more Importance than their heads. As
a general rule parents should devote their en-
tire attention to their little girls legs and let
their heads alone. The heads will take care
of themselves in due time The legs are
helpless and need looking after. BY taking
care Of the heads little girls acquire knowl-
edge, such as it is, Of music, drawing, all the
modern languages, botany, the use of the
globe, embroidery, poetry, and in general a
little of nothing, and by neglecting at the
same time their legs, they acquire colds,
coughs headaches, weak backs, ppe-stem
legs, hollow chests, neuralgas and other COM
plants, which either send them to heaven be.
fore they ought to 60, to be made into prema-
ture angels, or, if they live to grow up, makes
them drag through a miserable unhappy and
unhealthy life.
And all this time you take your great
strapping, tough hulks of boys who are never
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
Women's Homes.

We hear many good sermons nowadays
from the text that the chief duty of woman is
to render home attractive to her husband.
No doubt any good wife will make this her
GROWING pleasure but where duty is in the
question, there is another phase Of the matter
which is sadly oyerlooked-the duty of the
husband to make home pleasant for his wife.
As very small portion of his waking hours
are spent in the house, where his wife's whole
life is passed, it would seem quite as impor.
tant that her convenience and tastes should
be consulted as well as his. In their caPaei-
ty of head of the family, men think that the
ordering of the house naturally belongs to
them. They build it to suit their own taste
and convenience, lay out the grounds accord
ing to their own fancy, and manage things
generally with some Difference to their YIfe's
wishes, it is true, but a great deal mora to
their own. And sometimes their faprlces
wocfully conflict with the comfort Of the
household.
The home should belong to the wife she
should plan the house, arrange the furniture,
lay out the garden, and order all the details.
She knows from experience better than her
husband can possibly do, what arrangement
best conduces to her Housekeeping convenience.
Il would be just as absurd for her to under
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
Help One Another.

a traveller who was passing over the Alps
was overtaken by snow-storm at the top OF
high mountain. The cold became intense
The air was thick with sleet, and the piercing
wind seemed to penetrate into his bones.
Still the traveller, for a time, struggled on.
BSty oR%s nt@R6s gRfe IS 6qpeitaat peiFtaatpb pbSpgRRaa pgiR RR
his feet almost refused to move and he lay
down on the snow to give way to that fatal
sleep which is the last stage Of extreme cold
and from which he would certainly never have
walked up again in this world.
just at that moment he saw another poor
traveller coming up along the road The un.
happy man seemed to be, ifpossibe even in Q
worse condition than himself; for he, too
could scarcely move, and he appeared to be
at the point of death. When he saw thii
poor man, the traveller who was Just going tc
lie down to sleep made great effort H'
reused himself up, aud he crawled, for he wa
scarcely able to walk, to his fellow-sutferer
He took his hands into his own and tried t
warm them He rubbed his temples, his feet
his whole body; and all the time he spok,
cheering words in his ear, and tried to com
fort him.
As he did this, the dying man began to re
/ yive his powers were restored, and he fel
able to 90 forward. But this was not all
for his kind beneiactor, too, was recovered by
the efforts he had made to save his friend
The exertion Of rubbing had made the blooc
circulate again in his own body. lie grew
warm by trying to warm the other.
Soon the snow-storm passed away, th'
maintain was crossed and thew rporhad thai
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23

mer whose strength has often raised hin
above the stormy waves, but now exhausted
sinks amidst the surgcs.
Why should the old love the old or kis,
the old, unloving lips ? Ah why shouldn't
thcy2 Does affection grow old Does the
true heart feel the indruity Of years Does
it grow old when the step becomes unsteady,
AMI the hand hangs down
Who shall say that the heart Of the old
wife was not as young and warm as in those
carly and brighter days, when he wooed and
won hcr2 The temple Of her earthly hopes
had fallen and what was there left for her
but to sit down in dependency among its
lonely ruins, and weep and die Or. in the
spirit of a better hope, await the dnwninp of
another day, when a hand divine shall gather
its sacred dust, and rebuild for immortality
its broken walls.
May the old wifss kiss, that linked the
living with the dead be the token of holier
life, that shall bind their spirits in that bet
ter land, whore tears are wiped from all faces.
and the days Of their mourning are ended
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
nlntal & Religious.
TnE rNROLTEn n0nn.

n THE UNB0LTED DOOR.
IN aged widow sat alone
Beside her narrow hearth.
Her silent cottage never heard
The ringing laugh Of mirth
eA children once had sportcd there, but now the
churchyard snow
fell softly on five little graves that were not long
ago.
She mourned them all with patient love.
But since her eyes had shed
Far bitterer tears than those which dewed
The faces Of TIE dead
lhe child which had been spared to her, her dar-
ling and her pride.
The woiu mother lived To wish that she had also
died
These little ones beneath the snow.
Not lost but gone before,
Faith taught her all was well with them,
And then the paug was DER
Bot when she thought where Katie was. she s,w
tie citys glare,
The painted mask Of bitter jos which Need gives
Sin TO wear.
Without the snow WINS thick and white.
No step had fallen there
Within, She sat beside the fire,
Each thought O silent PRAYER,
" hen suddenly, behind her seat unwonted noise
was heard
As though hositating hand the rustic latch Ind
stirred.
She turned, and there the wanderer stood,
in sn0w-tlakes IN her hair
mded woman wild and worn
The ghost Of something fair.
And then upon the mothers check the witbered
brow WAS laid
'' Can God and you forgive me all? for have
sinned, She said
The widow dropped upon her knees
Before the fading FIRE.
And thanked the Lord, whose loving hand
Had granted her desire.
The daughter kneeled beside her. too. te,rs
streaming from her eyes
And prayed. " God help me to he good to mother
ere She dies,
They did not talk about the sin,
The shame, the bitter woe
They spoke about those little graves
And things Of long ago.
And then the daughter raised her eyes. and said.
in tender tone
- Why did you keep your door unbarred when
you were quite alone?'
My child the widow said, and smiled.
\ smile OF love and pain,
" kept it 50, lest you should come,
And turn away again,
We waited for You all the whie--a mothers love
Yet il is but the sladowy type Of His who died
for You ~
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
nniscella anenits.
AFTER ELECTION.
by JOHN G. WHITTIER.


Tho days sharp strife is ended now.
Our work Is done, God knoweth how
As on the thrOnged, unrestiul town
The patience Of the moon looks down.
! wait 20 hear, beside the wire,
The voices OF its tongt es Of FIRE.
SLOW, doubtful, faint, they seem at first
Be strong, my heart, to know the worst
lark there the Alleghanies spoke
That sound from lake and prairie broke
That sunset-gun Of triumph rent
The silence Of q continent
That signal from Nebraska sprung
This, from Nevada 8 mountain tongue
Is that Thy answer, strong and free,
q loyal heart Of Tennessee? Il?
W hat strange, glad voice is that which call
From Nagner's grave and Sumter's walls ?
From Mississippi fountain-head
\ sound as of the hisOns tread
There rustled freedoms Charter Oak
In that wild burst the Ozrk's spoke
Cheer answers cheer from rise tO set
Oi sun. We have a country yet
The prnise, o God, be thine alone
Thou giyest not for bread a stone
Thou hast not led us through the night
To blind us with returning light
Not through the furnace have we passed
To perish at its mouth at hast.
. night Of peace, thy flight restrain
November g moon, be slow to wane
Shine on the freedman's cabin floor,
On brows Of prayer blessing pour
And give, with full assurance blest,
The weary heart OF Freedom rest
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23

--Emerson, in his lecture on greatness,
cites Count Gurowski for hissturdy independ
ence of character "Where is this bog 2
asked he of somebody in Cambridge, when he
was poor and in strait for victuals and lodg
ings 81 wish to dig in it; |, too, wish tC
earn some money And on being remonstra
ted with that such work would degrade him,
he replied, 81 cannot be degraded an
Gurowski !"
Rocks and stones, by hewing and polish
ing, may be made fit for abuilding, but there
are some men who by no Affections will be
amended.
There is poor old soldier, aged 50, al
Albany, whose great grief arises from the
fact that the officers will not allow him to re-
enlist in the army in which he has so faith
fully served for thirty-seven years.