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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05
Flowers of Pnlestine.

That land of sacred memories has not
lost all Its primeval fertility and beauty,
though barbarism and violence have de-
stroyed many of Its ancient cities and
laid waste Its fair fields. We stood gaz-
ing last spring from our window In early
morning, when the old celestial sun
came up from behind the mountains of
Judea In all Its ancient splendor, and as
we rode many miles over the plains of
Sharon, the rose of Sharon and beauti-
fni ffowers In vast variety carpeted the
ground and called to mind chs graphic
description OF u modern author, where
he says, alludlng to the floral luxuriance
and beauty: -
"It Is the wild flowers OF land that
outlive Its devnstation--it IL these that
outlive the disasters or the extermina-
tion OF Its people--it Is these that outllve
mlsrule, and that survive the desolatlons
ofwar. 1t Is these witnesses for God
low OF stature as they are, and bright,
and gay, and odoriferous- because
they are infructu0us, are spared by ma
raudlng bands. These gems ofthe plain
and OF the hillside outlast the loftiest
trees Of a country. They live on to wit
ness the dlsappearanee OF gigantic FOR
he cedar. and of the palm, and of the
lex, and OF the terebinth, and of the
olive, and Of the acacia, and of the vine,
and OF the ng tree, aud OF tho myrtle.
They live to sec fulfilled, In themselves,
the word, every high thing shall be
brought low, aud the humble shall re-
jolce.. So has 1t been In Palestine
Once II was land of dense timber
growths, aad Of frequent graceful clus.
tiers Of smaller trees, and of orchards
and Of vineyards, which retains now
only here and there n remnant OF these
adornments. Meanwhile the alluyial
plains Of the land, aud It's hillsides, ara
gay every spring with the embroidery O.
howen-the resplendent erocus, ths
scented byacinth. the anemone, the mar
cissus, the daffodii, the fiorid poppy, ant
the EaIsupculus. the tulip, the lily, ant
the rose. These jewels of the sprlns
niornlng-these children of the dew
bedded as they are In spontaneous pro
fusion upon soft cushions OF heather ans
diyaps Of sweet thyme-iDvite million
Of bsess and of the most snowy OF the In
eeet orders-sfiowers, perfumes, butter
dies, birds OF song, all things beautift,
and humble. here flourish. and are safe
lbr man seldom intrudss upon the smil
rs wildsrasss'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

A New PLoUGH.-A plough has just
been invented by mechanic in San
Francisco, which, If it proves as success
full in practice as those who have seen it
in operation predict, promises to be an
important improvement. This plough
is an adoption of the screw propeller to
the process of turning up the earth. In
stead of share, six iron bhades are fixed
in frame and geared together after the
fashion of a marine screw, and the mo-
tion of the machine is also similar. The
blades dip into the ground rs they re-
volve, and not only turn and pulverize
the earth, bat also serve to aid in pro-
be driven by steam or horse power, and
will trench strip from six to eight feet
wide. The working model of this ma
chine has been found to perform capital
"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05
.farm and stdastllold...

How 10 Gef the Boys 10 stay at Home.
Frphthe American A sricultorist, N ~
- The boys catch new ideas much more
RAPIDLY thai their fathers, and with the
impulsiveness of youth, want to test
them. They go to the Fairs, and see the
fine stock, the new tools, the premium
fruits and vegetables. They read the
papers, II they have them at home, and
If they have not, they borrow them
Agricultural papers are greatly multi
ptiedg and noreiigious or political paper
Quite does its duty without furnishing
column or two, weekly, of agricultural
at all cannot very wellslkcep themselves
In the dark in regard to the changes that
are coming over our husbandry. If the
father keeps up with the times, has agri-
cultural papers and books, reads, thinks,
and practices, he retains the confidence
of bis boys and can readily guide them.
But, If heisa man OF routine, ,.and keeps
in the ruts, the boys soon become dis
gIsted with farming. They do not want
to break their backs. over a ascythe, when
u moving machine can do the work bet
ter and at q tithe of the expense. They
want tedders, hofse-rakes and horse hay
forks. They want subsoil plows, tile
drains and barn cellars. They want
blood stock in the stable and in the sty.
They want to move little faster, and to
do business on little larger scale. The
boys have the facts and the arguments
on their side, and If you want to retain
them upon the farm, you must keep up
with the times, and make farming live
business. The subsoil plow has spoiled
the ruts for this generation. Na
Another thing, the boys want an iu-
terest in the business and the sooneryou
l. fa, -
its stock, the more likely you will be to
make. .farmers OF ythem.-, it.pis true, the
lawgives you Alright to Cthe tavails of
their labors until they reach their ma
jority. 1t may be true that these SER
vices are no more than a fair ycompensa-
tl6n for the expenses of their childhood.
The inte course of parents and children
should not always be graduated by. the
legal scale. You do not want your son
for a servant but for companion and a
support in your declining years. You
want to attach him by affection and i'm
terest to the soil. that he cultivates.-
Begin then early to identify his interests
with your business, as If he was under
no obligations to you. If he fancies
stock, give him what he likes, and let
the increase be his. Especially encour-
age him to plant orchards or vine yards
of the finest varieties of fruit. Teach
him to bud, graft, prune, ripen, and mar
ket, ell the fruits of your climate. Furn-
ish him with all the books and facilities
that he needs to study and to practice
pomology and horticulture. If proper
ly encouraged, he will take an interest
In these things very early, and before he
is old enough to think of leaving your
roof, his tastes will be formed and his
course in life will be determined. His,
heart will go down into the soil with the
roots of every fruit tree that he plants,
and the orchards and gardens of the old
homestead, or of another close by, will
be his PARADISE from which nothing but
necessity can drive him.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

ONE of the mean traits of some mems
character is that OF busylng themselves
circulating the prediction that certain
others will fail In this or that enterprise,
thereby doing great injury in efiecting
the public mind, while the parties thus
being injured, can in no way defend
themselves but by passive perseverance.
How long does IL take some men to
overcome obstacles thus thrown down
oy Others who can have no motive other
tina the unkindest, the most unchris-
tian? How good it Is for every one to at
tend quietly to his own business, not dis
turbing, but with kind wishes for the
success the good of all.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

LIFE, likean ill-golten estate, consumes
insenshily, in despite Of all imaginab, Q
frugality. Infancy is state fhope, and
has the tenderness of parents, or tile com
passion of strangers to support 1t; youth,
like blossom, gives us beauty In hand
and fruit in prospect; but age grows worse
and worse upon the progress. sinks deeper
In sorrow and neglect, and has no relief
to expect but the grave. -.i-.& sla
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05
BeautlfuI AIirgory.

Mr.. Cfittenden was engaged in defend
ing man who had been indicted for q
capital offense. After an elaborate and
powerful defense, he closed his
effort by the following striking and beau
tiful alIegory:
"When God in His eternal counsel con-
eeived the Thought of mans creation, lie
called to Him the three ministers who
wait constantly upon his sthrone--Justice,
Truth, and Mercy--and thus addressed
them: etnf III r. r
"Shall we make MANI" Then said
Justice, o God, make him not, for he
will trample upon the laws Truth made
answer, also, 80 God make him not, for
he will pollute Thy sanctuaries.' But
Mercy, dropping her knees and look
ing up through her tears, exclaimed 3
% God, make him-I will watch over
him with my care through all the dark
paths which he may have to tread. >
Then God made man, and said to him =
o man, thou art the child of mercy-go
deal with thy brother ~,
Tile jury, when he had finished, were
IN tears, and against evidence, and what
must have been their>own convictions,
brought in verdict of mot guilty.p
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

GoD has written on the flowers that
sweeten the air; on the breeze that rocks
the flower upon the stem; upon the rain
drop that retreshes the sprig of moss
that lifts its head in the desert; upon it's
deep chambers; upon every penciled
shell that sleeps in the cavern of the
deep, no less than upon the mighty sun
that warns and cheers millions of crea-
lures which live in its lightA-upon all
his works he has written, None liyeth
for himself" st,s
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

PEACH LEAVES, PeIsoNoUs.-
q friend threw branch ofa wilted peach
tree at ~ cow, the leaves of which she ate
with avidity. This was in the evening.
The following morning she was found
dead in the stable. Another COW also ate
a portion of the leaves, and came near
dying too. Eaten in u fresh state the
leaves are not dangerous, neither dre
those of the sorghum plant, but in a wilt
ed state both are dangerous food for stock.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

NIaHT.-The contemplation OF night
should lead to elevating rather than to
depressing ideas. Who can fix his mind
on transitory and earthly things, In pres
ence of those altering myrlads ofworlds;
and WHO can dread death or solitude m
the midst of this brilliant, animated uni
verse, composed of countless suns and
worlds, all full of light, and life and mo-
tiOnt h
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

To DESTROY INSECTS ON FRuir TREES.
"A writer to the London Journal OF Hor-
ticulture says that either common alco-
hol or methylic alcohol wood spirit,) as
a wash, will destroy the woody aphis and
other insects on fruit trees more effactu-
other compound generally used for. that
purpose. a4, iHHA
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

A MOTHER teaching her child to pray,
Is an object at once the most sublime and
tender that imagination can We'll com
ceive. Elevated above earthly things,
sho seems like one of those guardian
angels, the companion of our earthly
we are inclined 10 do good and turn from
OWL
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

SoME wise man takes the following
view of the economy question wv hen
you see n man spending two or three dol
lars week foollshly, the chancesar arsfi va
To one that he'll live long enough to
know how many cents are In dollar
II he don't. he Is pretty sure 10 bequeath
that privilege to his widow" KS - :.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

GIRLS, do you want to get married,
and do you want good husbands? Ifso,
cease. to act like fools. Don't take pride
In saying you never did houseworl,
never cooked pair OF chickens, never
made u bed, and so OH. Don't turn up
your pretty noses at honest industry.
Never tell your friend that you are. not
obliged TO work. When you go shop
ping, don't take your mother with you
TO "carry the bundle"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

LOVE AND ANGER. .--'fhe rainbow of
peace never rises on our hearts In all its
beauty, till storm has cleared the atmos-
phere. We are incapable eofupipterrupt-
ed love, NIthout coidness, QnaFrsis and
sssVae1Aiesa01tl 70 .oil; fsstss9 - .Roae nlI
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05

BEGINNING THE WORLD Many an
unwise parent labors hard and lives
sparingly all his life, for the purpose of
leaving enough to give his children q
start In the world, as it is called. Set
ting a young man afloat with money
left him by relatives, is like tying blad-
ders under the arms of one who cannot
swim ten chances to one he will lose
his bladders and go to the bottom.
Teach him to swim and he will never
need bladders. Give your child a.sound
education, and you have done enough
for him. See to it that his morals are
pure, his mind cultivated, and his whole
nature made subservient to the laws
which govern men, and you have given
what will be OF more value to him than
the wealth of the Indies. TO be thrown
on ones own resources is to be cast into
the very lap of fortune, for our faculties
then undergo a. development, and dis
play an energy, OF which they were pre-
viously unsusceptible.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-05
looo AaENrs wANTEp.

sa \, .'o- y daily losses. Aorsrsr origfs.
el or lsEe rsarated In character promptly cor.
ieE those soalip eoSDcHs wllsh the consequence
s'fabass ~ Tho SPECIFIC PILL contains Mercury.
Iron caaiAsriss any inlarssi ingrsA Used in con-
junct'o' with the nrrerRes,rts !, viii
rewra.ia eii sasea Of iNPolsasy Laespaeiiy. e ~
lss- NEW TREATISE $50
Giving the most pronlnent sypoms sf SEXUAL
DEBILITY VIII be maiie fsoe all shes sex
faes 81 per box; slz boxs, for S. " nall By Dsus
sss and Wholesale BY the rropristors - SvsNCuEsrEn
4 CO 10 whom oEjers should 10 addressed. q -
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10

ing a legacy lately left by my friend,
Mr.. ---, to the society Unfortunate
ly for me, I happened to be Mrt IS
executor. also paid him my annual
subscription to the society. He and his
wife made good lunch, pockcted my sill
yer spoons and forks, and their coachman
stole my things from the stable and the
servants hall. So you see Mr.. Temple
[ am just now more than usually suspici-
GUS of gentlemanly persons" ..
GA good natured laugh at the expense
of Lord Clayton and myself ran round the
table. 1t appeared on inquiry that Mr..
Ambrose, who was dining with Lord Clay
don, drove pair of grcvs and close car
riagc as likewise did Mr.. Singleton, the
rural dean who was dining with Mr.. Chill
mark. The turnpike woman had mista-
ken one carriage for the other, and owing
to the mis-dircction, I had followed the
wrong carriage. Hence my fix at the bot
tom of which was a woman. However,
all's well that ends we'll. Lord Clayton
took very kindly to me was constant
visitor at Clayton Castle and when the
living I now hold became vacant, Lord
Clayton used his influence successfully
with the Lord Chancellor to get me ap-
pointed as the new vicar"
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10

FATTENING HoGs.-After hogs have
been put up for fattening, and during the
first week of the fattening process, cooked
roots, apples, pumpkins, and vegetables
of various kinds, mixed with a small guam
tity of meal, and during the last three
weeks of the fattening they should be fed
exclusively on cooked corn meal aHd slops.
1t is extremely wastcful to feed corn in
the ear. We may here remark, that
warm and comfortable sleeping apartments
for the hogs expediate the process of fat
tening, and that the open portion of the
pens should be at all times furnished with
an abundance of rough vegetable fibre and
woods mould, to be worked over by the
animals and converted into the richest Of
manures.-Mdryldpd FHrmer.
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10
TIMELY HINTS TO ALL,

HoW many have lost father, mother, bro
Il L ther, sister, or an innocent little prnttling
Child, and have not even shndow of rescmb-
lance to look upon. After tho separation some
little toy or a triliing article is often kept for
years, and cherished as token of remembrance.
How much more esteemed and valuable would
be one of lloRNING's Perfect Photographs, of the
loved and lasf, There is scarcely any one who
does not take pleasure in gazing on the features
of a friend, and when that friend has been re-
moved by death, we often hear the exclamation
with an expression of regret; o Tltat would
not give for such picture of my friend.
Readers, perhaps you cannot do a better thing
now your mind is upon the subject then take an
hour or two and visit Mornings Gallery, then
you may, at some future period, have reason 10
ieel grateful for these gentle hints from
JOHN NJ. HORNING,
Middetown, Del.
the best memcnto that you can supply,
Or leave value friend when you die,
Is the lifc-spe king picture taken in health,
Far better than all of earth's fading wealth.
July lift
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10
0Ulit a nd Aumor.

SUCCESSFUL SEA ARcn.-M. l.. affronted
his wife, who, to punish him, resolved to
act dumb whenever he was present; and
so well did she maintain her resolutiop, that
nearly week passed away in which not
a word did she utter in his presence. She
performed her household duties as usual,
but speak she would not. He tried to
coax her out of her whim, but in vain.
At last he tried the following plan to over.
come her resolution, by working on her
osity-the most ungoyefnable female
propensity. Returning one evening from
his employment, his lady sat there as usu-
al, mute. lie Immediately commenced o
vigorous search throughout the room.
The closet was exa mined, the bedroom,
drawers, boxes. shelves; everything that
could be thought of was overhauled. His
wife was struck with astonishment at his
unaccountablc behavior, and as he procee.
ded in his search, she became anxious to
find out what he W as looking for. What
could it be She looked in his face, to
CLEAN, if possible, from his expression the
object of his search but no go, he was So
Der as Judge. He lifted the edge of the
carpet, looked under the table cover and
finally approached her chair, looked under
it, and even went 20 far as to brush her
dress partly aside, as if what he sought
might be there. She could stand it no
longer She burst out, "Bob, what are
you looking for p He smiled and an
swered, Your tongue, and I've found it.a
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10

BY DE suILB.
Why should we notice little things
And whf should triHes so
Vex our weak hearts, and make US grieve,
And magnify our woe.
When we are prone to sorrow, too,
Why do we miss the joys
Which slsed to comfort oft our minds,
And raise our cheerful voice,
How foolish, too, when life is full
OF pleasant things, to seek,
Because we dismal feel, the ones
We know will make us weep.
And often, when we need but stretch
Our hand to grasp some sweet,
We, with n suicidal will,
Take what 5 with pain replete.
Not in childs young heart alone
Is folly still bound up;
But, though we Older grow, we still
Hold fast IL bitter cup
We point at the old misanthrope,
And scorn his hateful look
But, in ourselves, we let the seeds
Of his disease spring up.
Now we might just as well be gay,
And seize on pleasures fruit,
As pick the sour and baleful growth
Of disontcutments root
So from the future, let us learn
a lesson of content,
And when we're old we car look back
Upon IL life well spent
With pleasure fraught and full of Joy,
(Although not free from grief)
But still We'll find that as we will,
So we may make our life.
Philadelphia, September %, 1868.
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10

The "Grccian Bend" is new sepsA-
ton, but it is doubtf"l if it will displace
the "ltalIan Nestle which has long been
the rage. An exchange thus describes
the latter distcmpcr: at usually attacks
young people, and always ip couples, This
symptoms are dropping of the head ofthe
lady till it rests on the shoulder of the
gentleman, and his moustachc sweeps her
forehead, and his arm cncircles her waist
1t usually comes on in the cars, on the
steamboats,, and in other public places,
and is said by those who have tried it to
be very nice"
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10
MARRIAGE.

1t is often proclaimed by the advocates
of celibacy, that there are but few instances
of happy unions; and VIC must, however
unwilling we may be, acknowledge the
truth of this assertion. But it is undeni-
able, that when the marriage state is en-
tered into with congenial dispositions and
proper motives, without any sorJid views
or selfish ends, it is productive of more
perfect happiness, than any other situation
in which human beings may be placed.
If on the other hand, people will attach
themselves together for life, without due
consideration, led ON only by the humor
of the moment, and pass their days re-
gardless of each others desires, and only
seeking for the qualification of their own
peculiar whims and capriccs
unbcnding and unyiclding to the other, it
would be the very height Of madness to
suppose that such connection should be
productive of aught else but continual dis
putc, war and misery.
Reciprocal, congugal love, is the source
of the purcst happiness that earth affords
1t is perpetual fountain from whence
flow continual streams of joy to gladden.
the heart of the recipicnt-to give to him
comfort in all hours of af1iction-to revive
his dropping spirits, and inspire him with
new life, as fall the gentle dcws of heaven
upon the faded flowers, and rcvivcs them
to their prestinc fragrance and beauty. 1t
is the c0nsumation of afcction-thc happy
minglement Of two fond hearts in one
Their mutual wishes tend towards the hap
piness of the other, and they drink from
the same cup whether its contents are the
sweet waters of gladness or the gall of bit
terncss. The sorrows that rcnd one heart
reach the other, and the throb of JOY that
vibrates in one breast thrills in the other.
With them there is no reserve. All their
actions are guided by mutual sincerity,
and they therefore have never to complain
of deceit Such conneXion is, and ever
will be, productive of the purest emotion
of pleasure, that the human heart is sus-
ceptible Of, and will raise the virtuous and
contented to a height of happiness, that
those who plod on in the drcary, solitary
path of celibacy. can never reach.
To the above may be added, that the
Author of our being has said: at is not
pOUu lOl liidH W lihC ulult, anu w uO
shall gainsay his word ? Did he not in
stitute marriage, and did he not know
what was best for the creature he had
made? How idle then is all the twaddle
about celibacy. 1t may do to joke over,
and laugh at but, all things considered,
i, cannot be denied that marriage is the
happiest state of man. 1t is not always
so, because men do not enter into the
marriage relation properly. But this is
their own fault. OF one thing let all be
well assured, and that is-thcrc is no true
happiness where love is not, though all
things else copspire TO make union de-
sirable. 1t must not be overlooked, how
ever, that only the most fervent love can
survive the trials and cares of life in the
midst of abjeot poverty. Love is essen,
t'al, but something to feed it on and clotht
it, withall, is desirable. Ed Transcript
Middletown transcript., 1868-10-10
Rhodes! Rhodes! Rhodes! y!
Price Reduced to $50 per Ton.

TTN0 meet the recent decline in Grain and in
J. duce larger consumption in this region,
the price of Rhodes Standard Manure has been
reduced to $50 per ton of 1000 lbs.
The quality of this Manure has not deteriora-
ted, being better now than it was thirteen years
ago.
1t is always dry and suitable for drilling.
All that is asked for Rhodes, is TO try it along
side any other Fertilizer in the American market,
and note the result in the quantity and quality
of the grain at Harvest, and the subsequent
growth of clover or other crop.
Put up in bags or barrels, and sold by the sub
scriber at Middletown, Del.-on Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal, and on Chesapeake and Della
ware waters, at $50 per ton, clear of freight.
Send in your orders early, as the supply is
limited. L. T. EVANS
July lS-tf. Mddletown, Del.