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Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04
Original poetru,
THE PRINTER.
Written for The Middtetown Transcript,
ny THE ODESSA BARD.


A song for the Printer who ranks among men,
AS the Oak in the forest-the Press with the rem
The sun with the Planets, dispensing his light
And giving us Day for the darkness OF Night.
what volumes Of transcripts Ledgers and Times
Gazetted and Index'd, he marshals in lnel
What Journals he Poshs how his Heralds delight
whilst his shine by day his Stars beam atnightl
The poet may sing and philosopher write,
The artist may paint and the warrior ight
The scholar, historian, statesman, may scrawl,
But the Printers the peer the Prince OF them all
I" OF Arts preservative" his is the Ari
The fountain the life blood the head and the heart
OF all science that profits, and love that adorns,
Enjoyments that please and genius that charms
When he speaks, how the millions bend at his nod
Like devotees bow'd at the shrine of their Godi
How Vice and his cognates sink back and grow pale,
And towards and tyrants tremble and quail
How Virtue and Justice and Mercy rejoice,
At the clear ringing sound of his eloquent voicel
And Innocence triumphs DER Guilt and Shame,
And Purity hallows the Printers name.
How the types spring to form in the magical stick
Aths bid, con spirito, with musical clickl
And that Archimedean lever the Press,
Is his engine that moves the world from its resti
The Printers the friend and the servant of all,
II q farm you would buy, on the Printer you call
And whatever we wish the public to know,
Or the underworld to learn, to the Printer we CO.
II a bachelor prospers in quest OF a wife
To gladden. his home and comfort his life,
He hastens, In rapture, Printer to find
Who will publish his bliss to the rest of mankindl
And let the loud chorus spring deep from the soul,
For Of all of Gods workmen Pm sorely afraid
That the Printers too often the last and least paid
ODESSA, July 4th 1868.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

A HINT TO BALp-HEADED PEopLE.-
Frederick Kemp writes from the silver
mines of Montana to the Hearald of
Health, giving the following hint in ref
erence to cure for baldheadedness !: q A
friend of mine who had the misfortune to
be baldheaded, knowing that there. is a
wonderful invigorating power in the SUMS
rays, last spring threw away his hat, and
worked in the gulch all spring, summer
and fall bare-headed, and also for the first
few days at midday. For the first few
days the rays of the hot sun on his head
were almost uncomfortable; aftor that time
he experienced no uneasiness whatever.
The result was that in the fall he had a.
good head of hair. And in this expert
ment he was not alone--several of his ac-'
quaintances who were bald-headed, having.
followed the same plan, they were all for
tunate enough to experience the same re-
suit" The editor adds that similar
case once came under his own observation
and PROCESSES to have no doubt that :" the
exposure of the skin to the air and SUM
shine, under proper circumstances, stimu-
lates it. to healthy action and with Il
those glands upon which the growth ofthe
hair depends"
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04
"The Old oalSen Bucket,

The song of &c The Old Oaken Bucket
was written by Samuel B. Woodworth,
while yet he was journeyman printer,
working in an Office on the corner OF
Chambers and Chatham streets, New
York. Near by, in Frankfort street, was
drinking house, kept by man named
Mallory, where Woodworth and several
particular friends used to resort. One
afternoon the liquor was pronounced super
excellent. Woodworth seemed inspired
by it, for, after taking draught, he set
his glass upon the table, and smacking bis
lips, declared that Mallory's eau de qis
was superior to anything he had ever
tasted.
" No." said Mallory, you are mis-
taken, there was one which in both our
estimations far surpassed this as drink. y
"What was that? asked Woodworth,
obviously.
"The draughts of pure, fresh, spring
water that we used to drink from the Ole
oaken bucket that hung in the well, on
our return from the lahors Of the field, g.
a sultry day in summer"
The tear drops glistened for moment
In WoodWnrth's eye, II True truep hi
replied, and shortly after quilted the place
he Immediately returned to the office
grasped a pen, and in half an hour the
"Old Oaken Bucket" one of the mos
delightful compositions in our language
was ready in manuscript to be embalmet
! in the memories of succeeding generations
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

FEMALE SUFFRAaE.-Thereis is one insu-
perable obstacle in the way Of female suf-
frage. I approach the subject with fear
and trembling, but it must out A woman
would never vote because she would have
to tell her age at the polls. And even Il
she did dare to vote once or twice, when
she was just of age, you know what dire
results would flow from " putting this
and that together" in after times. For
instance, IN an unguarded moment, Miss
a. says she voted for Mr.. Smith. Her
auditor, Aho knows that it has been seven
years since Smith ran for anything, easily
cyphers out that she is at least seven years
over age, instead of the young pullet she
has been making herself out TO be, No,
this new fashion of registering the name,
age, residence and occupation of every
voter is a fatal bar to female suffrage.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

RosEs.-The rose among the ancients
was held in high consideration-was used
to adorn the temple and palace, the
solemn rites of religion and the festive gay
cites of the banquet. Cleopatra, at feast
given to Mark Anthony, expended up
wards of 81 900 in the purchase of roses
alone. Suetonius relates that he spent
four millions of sesterces, equal to $780,
900, on roses for one supper! The por-
ticos and courtyards of the palace, as well
as the couches, were thickly strewed with
them. A thousand roses yield two and a
half pounds of rose water. From film
that rises on this water the otto is taken
with feather. Ten thousand roses pro-
duce 1S0 grains of otto, and one drop is
worth its weight in gold.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04
Ingenuity of Birds.

Thrushes feed very much on snails,
looking for them in messy banks. Having
frequently observed some broken snail
shells near two projecting pebbles on a
gravel walk, which had hollow between
them, endeavored to discover the occa-
sion of their being brought to that situa-:
ton. AT last l saw a thrush fly to the
spot with snail shell in his mouth, which
he placed between the two stones, and
hammered at it with his bill till he had
broken it, and was then able to feed upon
its contents The bird must have discov-'
cred that he could not apply his beak, with
sufficient force when it was rolling about,
and he, therefore, found out and made use.
of spot which would keep the shell in one
position. When the lapwing wants to-
procure food, it seeks for worms cast,
and stamps the ground by the side of it
with it's feet; somewhat in the same man.,
ner as / have often done when boy, in
order to procure worms for fishing After
doing this for short time, the bird waits
for the issue of the worm from its hole,
who, alarmed at the shaking of the ground.
endeavors to make his escape, when he Isl
Immediately seized and becomes the prey
of the ingenious bird The lapwing also
froquents the haunts of moles. These an
imals, when in pursuit of worms, on which
they feed, frighten them, and the worm in
attempting to escape, comes to the surface
of the ground, where it is seized by the
lapwiug. The same mode of alarming his
prey has been related of the gull.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04
Selett poetrp.
A SUMMERS DAY.
BY JAMES N. HUDSON.


Now gently blow the summer winds,
Now softest odors rise,
And sweetest smiles of natures love
Float down from Junes bright skies.
The days come early-linger late,
TheEnights are blissful dreams,
And sweetest music softly breathes
From gently ripping streams.
Beneath the trees upon the hills
The drowsy cattle lie;
And watch with dull, unmcaning gaze
The floating clouds and sky.
These are the days of olden time
The mellow, golden days
That warmed the poets heart, and woke
The singers sweetest lays.
Beyond the meadow and the stream,
The countless acres lie;
Those far off borders seem to touch
The azure-tinted sky.
The air is filled with silent song,
And unseen fingers play
Low plaintive strains OF natures psalm
Through all the hours of day.
Slow sinking in the golden west
Declines the regal sun;
The night with glorious pomp comes on
The summers day is done.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

To clear room of mosquitoes, take Of
gum camphor piece about ene-third the
size of an egg, evaporate it by placing it
in tin vessel and holding it over a lamp
or candle, taking care that it does not ig-.
mite. The smoke will soon fill the room
and expel the mosquitoes, One night not
long since l was terribly annoyed by them
when I tried this remedy, after which |
neither saw nor heard them that night.
Next morning there was not one to be
found in the room, though the window had
been left open all night.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04
The crop reports are most encouraging,

The crop reports are most encouraging,
and should the weather prove propitious
during harvest, we may look for one of the
heaviest yields of grain ever known in this
country. How much of this gratifying re-
suit is attributable to the more liberal use
of manures than formerly, we are not pre-
pared to say, but doubtless it has had
much to do with it. If farmers would on
ly take into consideration the simple, in
controvitable fact, that generous manuring
is Indispensable to complete success in far
ming, we should have fewer failures of
crops to record 1t is satisfaction to
know, that by slow and gradual but GER
tain process, the agricultural mind of the
country in arriving at this wholesome con-
clusion, and that high manuring is begin
ing to assume its proper place in their es-
timation. Our advices from all sections,
indicate this, and the hope may reasonably
be INDUCED, that the day is not far distant
when the entire manurial resources of the
country will be brought into active play
and the United States become as it is right
fully and naturally should, the granary o.
the world. d.-Joarnal of the Farm.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

Silk culture is beginning to attract great
attention in Utah. President Brigham
Young is setting out one hundred and fif-
ty acres in mulberry trees, and the faithful
are about to follow his example. The
slopes and the hills of Central Utah are
particularly well adapted to silk growing,
and the Characteristic energy of the Nor
nous will soon make it large interest.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

:. HAMMER OR ANvIL.-Go, boy, obey thy
masters stern behest, the scales of fortune
,,"-,n- at rest: make no delay, &C wis wis
dom's call attend: rise in the balance, OF
YOU else descend make your election sure,
tits as you choose, to govern and to gam
or serve and lose; to bear defeat, or wiz
the victory; hammer or anvil you mus
surely be
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

Deep cultivation accompanied by libsr-
al manuring never fails to result In re-
munerative crops. The subsoil contains
more mineral elements of fertility than the
surface. while the other ingredients lack
ING are supplied by the manures. Try the
experiment if you feel doubtful on the sub
ieot, and satisfy yourselves.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

The meaning of the word smeerschaum"
is sea.foana. 1t derives its name from the
peculiar clay out of which meerschaums
We're originally made, which is white, and
in appearance somewhat resembles the foam
Of the sea.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

A photographer in Massachusetts, was
recently visited by a young woman, who,
with sweet simplicity asked: How long
does it take to get photograph after you
leave your measure ?"
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

Who docs not love the plain but beauti-
full name of Mary7 1t is from the He
brew, and means tear-drop.
Middletown transcript., 1868-07-04

Every one can master grief, but he
that has it.
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popular. 8listellann.
Curtosities of Marriage.

How different Nations regard the Marital Rela-
mountaineering resume.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-10
UNITED STATES DIsTalcr COUaT-aVuiIv BRANCH.
Dispute Among Internal Revenue Imformers--
The Champagne Cases.
Before Judge Blatchrord.


The United States 1915 Packages or cham payne
ana Same u.s. 125 Gases or Sdme.-ln tnis case pc
tition was presented to the court by Mr. 3 ID. Jones'
claiming to be the informer in the seizure OF those
wines and therefore entitled to the niormer's share
OF the penalty paid into court in the shape Of COM
promise in the suits instituted by the District Atto-
ney, the amount Of which was &c. 100. ON that pc
titon Judge Batchford granted an order to show
cause why the prayer Of the petitioner should
not be granted. The order to snow cause
came for hearing this morninr and Mr Soren
appeared as counsel for the petitioner AT. ~ COSTA
appeared Tor the re officers ana ned an an
swer To the petltion i'm which It was denied tnat
Jones was the inforner, and u"her alleged that Mr..
Hiram Harvey the then Collector of the Port had
seized the champagne In pursuance ol Information
received by him rom the solicitor or the Treasury,
communicited from that department 10 the Depart
ment of state, and not otherwise. Montgomery
Gibbs OF Washington, also claimed 10 he the M
former I'm this and alone entitled 10 the INFORM
era share lie was represented by Mr.. O. A. seward,
ami und,r the circumstances stated To tue court
Jndge BatchlOrd ordered reference to a comns
soner 10 take evidence on those conflicting ciai.ls
and report that evidence to the court.
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Foreign Art Notes.

Foreign Art Notes.
The last exhibition Of the Royal Academy which
viii be held In the old building in Trafalgar square is
promised to be most brilliant AFFAIR for art most Of
the leading artists Of England being represented
Among them are Mnlais, Maclise, Firth, Goodall,
Leighton, Eyre, Crow, Faed Nicol and others.
At an exhibition Of French and Flemish pictures
in Pail Mall, London is one by Meissonier presented
by Napoleon to Prince Albert and lent by the Queen
to this gallery II is titled la Rixen and Is said to
be one of that artists finest works. In the same
conectioh are pictures by Jerome, Edouard Frere,
BRANDON, Lambinet Daubigny, Henriette Browne and
others.
The Italian journals publish long description of
casket in massive gold which the city OF Turn has
presented TO the Princess Marguerite on the occasion
OF her marriage IL Is inlad with apis-lazuli and is
with cornce at the top and bottom, the whole being
in the Italian style OF the sixteenth century
curious theory was advanced some years ago by
George augustus Saa TO the effect that the stage OF
nuinau cViilatOl Is TO be calculated by the number
OF prongs 10 the fork with which the units OF society
convey 1000 TO the human mouth. He pointed out
now tnat In seml-barbaric ages and countries this
motive power was exercised by means Of skewers,
daggers and chOpsticks and how from that improved
but aDOmlnable invention OF two prOnged fork the
ete OF tne world have advanced to the fOur-pronged
MODE OF conveyance to their mouths. improvements
in modern art have established things more astOnish
ing than this, as we see every day ON our tables.
AT the recent sale OF the San Donate gallery at the
salle Droua IN Paris, lately, consisting OF twenty
three pictures, Rothschd offered million francs for
the collection, but was refused 1t reported that
Prince Demdon, the owner, had sold them to a
specuiator Tor half the money before Rothschild
made the offer. The connoisseurs, the museums and
arstOcracy OF Europe or their representatives,
crowded around the auctiOneer, and holly contested
Tor the purchase OF each picture. The whole realized
l,oI3,oo0 francs The collection included Teniers,
an Isaac Van Osade Terburg's Congress of Mum
ster' copperpate) and Paul Potter's "Pasturage"
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NAVAL GAZETTE.
WASHINGTON. May 0. 1865


The following naval orders have been issucd:--
Captain Thomas W. Brasher has been detached
from the command Of the freUon.a and placed on
waiting orders.
Commander Francis NJ. Baker has been detached
from the command OF the unadiia anu granted "a
SICK leave.
Master r. NJ sheppard has been detached from the
Portsmouth and placed on waiting orders.
Acting volunteer Lieutenant GeOrge u. Livingston
has been detached from the South Pacific squadron
and placed on waiting orders.
Paymaster u. NJ. Dennston has been detached
ron duty as naval storekeeper at Rio Janeiro and
ordered TO the United States TO settle accounts.
Acting Passed Assistant surgeon NJ l.. Campbell
has detached from special duty at the Bureau OF
Medicine and Surgery and granted leave prior to his
discharge.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Robert Cowie, from the
naval hospital OF New York, was detached from duty
on the LIST Of June and discharged from service on
that date.
Commander Robert Boyd, Jr., has been ordered to
the receiving ship ohio.
Paymaster J. h. sofree has been ordered to the
practice snip savannah.
Paymaster Forbes Parker has been ordered to Rio
Janero IA naval storekeeper.
The following officers have been honorably dis
charged:-Acting Ensgns Henry W. q. O'Flara,
August Adler; Past Assistant Surgeon Henry Mann
and Acting Assistant Surgeon John ID. Malone.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-10
INTERNAL REVENUE.

Income Rcturns-Sevcnth Revenue District.
We publish herewith the income returns exceed
ing $4,000 OF citizens residing in the Seventh reve-
nue. district, which Is bounded by the Bowery and
Fourth avenue to Fourteenth street, to East river
and thence along the river to Rivington street and
up the northerly side of that thoroughfare to the
BOwery. During the past year a number of persons
Of wealth who had resided IL the district have re-
moved to more connections residences and less
crowded avenues in the upper part of the island,
thus giving place to me German portion Of our popu-
aton, which seems TO affect the eastery side Of the
the Bowery and the East river north OF Grand street.
This change Of residence has greatly reduced the
aggregates In the several subdistrc.s II the income
taXes-making the Seventh district, which i'm the
scale Of wealth year or Two ago among the first
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-10
A M U EN- E N rs.

THE DRAMATIC FUND BENEFIT.-Charles Eytinge
last evening gave reading at Stenway Hall In aid Of
the Dramatic Fund, before audience Of about two
hundred and fifty persons. The entertainment was
announced as benefit for the Dramatic Fund; but
1t is questionable whether the end sought to be &C
complished by its promoters, among whom were a
large number of influential citizens, was actually
attained. The inappreciability of human nature Is
decidedly heavy in the scale when the amusement
loving public OF New York fails TO make even a tOle
rable success OF such praseworthy object as aiding
those who have catered for years to their taste and
for their amusement, but now unable to earn
livelihood. The readings were rendered in Eynge's
usual mastery STYLE and embraced selections from
Shakespeare, Dickens, Browning and Whittier.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-10
UNITED STATES DISTRICT -cslnSsL BaASca.
Internal Revenue Cases.
Before Judge BlatchfOri.

The United states Us. Td,tD. our Barrels Qr SPIRITS
seized at No. 1871 Ninth street; sHe SIC 6ai7ets
Or spirits ana DtsttHe,v seized at No 39J Eighh Set;
Same u.s. One stu setzet at No. l22 clinton pIoe.-
In those three cases Mr.. s. g. Courtney Inited
States District Attorney, said that IN eac case mo-
ton had been heard by the court to show cause fo'
stay OF proceedings, and the time hld apsed ana
no step taken by the claimants 'u tNV 90 ,hc 1855
and as the owner Of the stil IN tiintOn pace COS.
groye) had been tried and convicted ne nov moved
that the order to show cause AMI LOT stay Oi pro-
ceelngs be set aside and vacated ofueiea aceo1u'
ingy. -, -. -, ,,....,.
same u.s. A Parcel containing JeTcetry-ln those twJ
cases one OF which VAS seized IA i>Jr, u mot on
Tor ~ stay Of proceedings AID for u new tril
had been heard and the coat having den ell the mo-
fion FOR A new tr al. Mr. Courtney moved ~ prOce
on the judgment had and execution thereof The
court granted the order accOrdinllv
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other parties for new Egyptian loan of FL, 0o0o0o
to be introduced In Paris and London; but some
very clear explanations regarding the precise cond>
ton OF Egyptian finance and stringent conditions
with regard to this being nna appeal TO the mar
sary.
Paris advices mention that a loan OF "a, 0O0, 900
stock with lottery prizes Is about to be introduced
Tor the SueZ Canal
Baron de Budberg was completely recovered from
the results Of his late duel.
A most destructive fire took place at cotton
mandatory at Comar and property to the value OF
t6o,00O was destroyed.
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Abroad.

ADrOuu
The Italens closed in the last week OF April.
Mr.. Charles Dickens IL expected in Paris.
Herr Strauss the dance composer has been stricken
with paralysis.
Professor Anderson exhibits nightly TO crowded
brated "buterfy trick" his daughter SURPRISES the
japanese, who first introduced 1t.
Mr.. wlgan reappears at the Queens this month";
"King Learn is an immense success at the Odcon.
Mr.. Kendall, of the Haymarket theatre, will shortly
be married to Miss lone Burke, OF the same house,
and formerly of Wallack's.
Miss Nelson's readings commenced on the 1st OF
May ut the ST. Georges Operetta House. The pro-
gramme was OF an exceedingly attractive and most
varied description.
Mr.. II. Keece, the well known author Of many
highly successful burlesques produced ut the New
Royalty theatre and elsewhere, ~ principally respon-
sble Tor the literary portion Of Mr.. John Parry's
entertainment.
Miss Lucy Rushton appeared at the Princess thea
tire on Monday, as Lady Teazle, in "the SrhOO for
Scandal" The part IL one In which Miss Rushton
had made nigh reputation In New ioik and
throughout the United states and Canada.
Mass Batcman will appear at the tiaymarket thea
ter the 18th OF October. Her first performance
Will be "Leah." During the previous month she will
play two engagements at birmingham and Glasgow.
In consequence Of the Illness Of NJ Felix "Les Faux
Bonshomnes'' has replaced LIES Parisiensr at the
Vaudeville. "Lcs LOups ct Les Agneaux,o OF NM.
Crisafalii and Stapleaux, Will Immediately be pro-
duced.
Mr. Bandmann has appeared at the Theatre Royal,
Manchester, IA Hamlet. According 20 the local
press, his success Is undoubted. Miss ". Palmer as
very interesting Ophela.
The friends Of Mr.. Ferdinand JOnghmans the late
musical director OF the oxford and Canterbury Halis
about TO present That gentleman with u tcstimO.
NAL as "A mark Of their respect
At the FOes Mari9ny two new pieces are both
great successes. One, "frac ct Douette,n IL a one
act vaudeville by N. Eugene MOreau. The second,
ale Merriam Frt, is one act operetta by NM. Mar
quet and Delbes, with music by NJ. George Douay.
IN
There ~ paper pub islej somewhere In America
called the n eioe DsutscjP Mlsiac Zeftug, which Tor
some months past has served subject for ridlcue
and merrment 10 lie London and Paris papc :, now
ever on eart1 1t managed to cross the Atlantic.