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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-13
Methndist Conference.

BINeHAMProx, n. Y, April 10
The Wyoming Methodist Conference,
In session here, have chosen Rev. Drs
Peck, Paddock aud Clark as delegates
to the General Conference.
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AYERS
AYERS
HAIR VIGOR,
For the Renovation of the Hair.
The GREAT DEsIDERATUM Of the Age.

A dressing which is at once agree
able, healthy, and effectual for pre-
serving the hair. Faded or gray hair
Is soon restored to ITS original color,
and tAe gloss and freshaess Of youth.
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by its use. Nothing
can restore the hair where the folli-
cles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can De saved for usefulness by
this application. Instead of fouling
the hair with pasty sediment, it will
keep it clean and vigorous. It's occa-
sional use will prevent the hair from
turning gray or falling of, and conse-
quently prevent badness. Free from
those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous
and injurious to the hair, the VigoI
can only benefit but not harm it. /
wanted merely for
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-13

ALBANY, n. =, April 1.-THE
Senate has made the New York 4
Erie Railroad bills special order for
Tuesday next, and from day to day
thereafter, to continue till finished
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-13
Hair Dressfn &,

nothing else can be found so desir.
able. Containing neither oil nor dye,
it does not soil white cambria, and
yet lasts longer on the hair, giving it
a rich glossy lustre and a grateful
perfume.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21

sion, who sometimes preached a little, but had
not oeen prosperous in business, although he
occasionally INDUCED in a horse-trade In after
years he confined himself more exclusively tc
MS proper business calling, and the two. after
beinS long separated, CHANGED TO meet opposite
new and commOdious house which he had built
and called his own. Proud to show Mr.. Stevens
the proofs of his prosperity. he said, when their
greetings were over, THAT house across the
way have built-it is nine All. indeed, -
was the answer Sc but how the Lord prospers
those who desist from horse-trading aS well as
preaching l'
The crispness Of his thought. or in other
words, his facility Of painting the character Of
another IN a single expression, which Is, in fact,
but an epithet was well illustrated in the speech
IN which he called Andrew johnson. whose us
urptions be declared were not unworthy to be
compared with the tyranny of Charles / and in
any other country would have cost "a king his
head, Sc the man at the other end ofthe Avenue. -
Even his most elaborate efforts at sarcasm could
not be more severe than these single ar1n-sweeps
Of contempt, reproach, rebuke. In that re-
markable piece Of irony, his speech in the Houses
in which he pretended to defend the President
against aspersion TO his loyalty. and To proclaim
the famous 4th Of March speech "a - hoax. there
Is something so ludicrous and yet apparently so
sincere that many people believed II an honest
expression Of his convictions. ct, even in this
elaborate effort, his satire received its strength
from his epigrammatic wit, and every word that
seemed to commend the President, the rebukc Of
The IIOrld which had called him a drunkard.
the description of the cunning that had made
him "a victim by % plot so circum,tantial every
phase Of the speech was a flashing dagger Of
rcproot. But the closing words were so emil
ncntly characteristic they cannot be cmmitted
here. lie said he hld delivered the speech on
the same principle the late President had sent
in veto message To- % bin which he had already
-igned-because he hal written the veto and
thought f well done -T.iurs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21

THAp. STEVENS RErAETTE--lt is difficult to
reproduce in print his quickneSs Of repartee and
the half playful, half reproyinc, sometimes
wholly deuuuciatory and withering qualities of
his wit Quaintnc~s, fancy. and rehuke were
strangely mingled with his words, and there
was a personality in his thoughts, whether in
Jest or earnest, that gave them peculiar force
Only three men Of modern time-Garrick,
Foote and Beau Brummell-were so much a
part Of what they said as Thadieus Stevens.
What in others would have been insuiferable
dullness was often rendered by his manner mi
mtable in pleasantly or scornful in reproof
He said Of n colleague in Congress that he was
" a man Of remarkable capacity, remarkable Ca
pacity-for drink. And although there is
nothing striking, or even fresh, in the thought
or in the words, his manner and emphasis We're
such as TO produce an inetiaceable picture Of the
man who merited his scorn. He met in the
streets an old friend who had been an Abolition
ist in the doys when Pennsylvania was alto
gether pro-Slavery, but who went over to the
Democracy at the hour when Abolitionism was
about to triumph, and enrolled himself among
the supporters Of Gen. Mcclellan for the Pres
idency. They had not met since the beginning
of the war, and this friend, who was really glad
to see him, extended his hanc in greeting. But
Mr. Stevens was oblivious to the courtesy, and
stood still in blank surprise. At length, as if
suddenly recollccting himself, he exclaimed :;
''Ah is that you? But how Democracy has
changed you - On the same day be met an
other old acquaintance Of the Methodist persua-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21

PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF MUsIc.-Music COM
municates to the body, shocks which agirate
the members to their base. In churches, the
fame of candle oscillates to the quake Of
the organ. A powerful orchestra near Il
sheet of water rufies the surface. 4 learned
traveller speaks of bell which swings to and
fro to the sound of Tivoli Falls In Switzer
land it excited, at will, in poor child affiict-
ed with frigntful nervous malady. hysteric-
al and cataleptic crises, by playing on the
minor key of fiat. The celebrated Dr. Ber-
tier asserts that the sound of drum gives
him the collie. Certain medical men state
that the sound of a trumpet quickened the
pulse and induced a slight perspiration.
The sound of the bassoon is cold the notes
of the harp voluptuous. The flute peayed
softly IN the middle register, calms the nerves.
The low notes of the piano frighten children.
once had dog who would generally sleep
on hearing music but the moment played
on the minor key he barked piteously. The
dog of a celebrated singer whom knew,
would moan bitterly, and give signs Of vio-
lent suffering the moment his mistress chant
ed chromatic gamut
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21
HJ MOR>ONIE..

Why are author, like cattle, Because they
are accustomed TO pens.
| The alarming feature has been discovered
/ 10 be the mouth Of cannon.
Pat thinks it :, good for II man To- sometime,
be alone. especially it he has his swatrhart wild
! him.
| Prentice wants some one to invent AL 80 cx-
/ tractor that will take the " stump out q
/ Congressional speeches.
An irreyerent itcmiler. speaking Of Hole
/ in-the-Day's son. alude- TO- the oli gentleman
{ the paterual aperture"
There Is man ia a lunatie asylum in Eng
land, who believes that the British Government
wishes to build an iron foundry in his stomach
The Y Y, Indies interested in tn. yacht races
are compelled in conversation to allude to Plum
gut, as &c Plum stomach
One Of our Florida exchanges speaks Of "a
'' clap of lightning we wonder if 1t ever heard
"a flash Of thunder.
Why DO the countrymen Of GaribalIi So gene
rally take 10 Or-an-srindiug IN foreign climrs,
lt j. because they are So accustomed to re,olu-
tionary movements.
Of the present day were fast, Prentice, of the
Louisville Jou-aal, reports that '' they have To
he 70 catch the women
IN old offender vis lately introduced 70 a new
county justice in Illinois as John Simmons, alias
Jones, alias Smith IN Try the two women
first said the Justice. Bring Alice
Jones"
Topsham girl died the other day because hrr
blood turned to sugar. We don't believe this
item, for We know u a girl who, If sweetness
were fatal to mortality, couldn' live q minute
4 little shaver going to the BARRIERS shop the
other day, told the barber he wanted him TO
cut his hair bald-heaied ''-accoriiug 10 the
prevailing summer fashion.
The principal Of a school advertises the open-
ing Of his school thu, " Dear Boys Trouble
begins, September 10" II is evident tina, hi,
man has not forgotten his sehoolboy days.
\ western politician in speaking Of arr
val. said '.Pilkius is II great use 10 Observing
men. Straws show which way the wind blows;
and as "a ,tr1ir, Pilkins has DO equal II the
country.
An instance Of throwing ones self about
was witnessed few evenings ago at a party, IN
the case Of young lady, who, when asked to
sing first tossed her heal, and then pitched her
\ thirty-two months girl in Worcester
thus nccosted her paternal relative day or two
ago 'P'' ~" ,'' Yu' '-' - -. D.
III H! az, :" 0'' "' 'F
j "'" '''N'is ''' ''
Lady Beaueu was complaining of being
wakei bv noise in the night Her lori Gan
Irisbman) replied =. oh. for INV part. there'-
no disturbing me. if they don t wake me befors
T,n 10 sIssD tbere', No Snking me afterwar,l %
A paper at Columbia, Pa, has the har,iihood
TO make this announcement - talking match
is on the tapis between two women of this town,
though no bets have been made as yet. The
time to talk is set down for forty-eight cousecu-
tive hours. Both will win.
a.. ,.-:..
'el ~ -, g.
.,''s'' Nas So -.
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We take from the Boston Journals Washing
ton despatch the following interesting particu-
lars concerning the last moments Of the So Great
Commoner."
About 1 Pm. one Of his distant relatives,
Simon Stevens, New York lawyer, came into
his room after a business visit 10 Attorney Cen
eral Eyarts, and, sitting by the side Of the dy-
/ ing man, conversed with him for nearly an hour
I Mr.. Simon Stevens informed him that he had
just left Mr.. Evarts, and that the latter had in
| formed him Of the purport Of his opinion on the
Rollins case. and that it was in effect that Rol-
/ Inns resignation could not be accepted, etc. To
this Mr. Stevens replied '' believe Mr..
Eyarts is not only sound lawyer, but a states
man. who Will advise the President so to act as
to administer the laws in manner that will
avoid the necessity Of Congress meeting in Sep
tember If he does 80 he continued '' shall
feel prouder than ever that urged his (Eyarts)
confirmation
Mr. Simon Stevens said that he had met Cen
eral Rosecrans, and that the latter had spoken
Of Alanson Stevens, nephew of Thaddeus, who
was killed at Chickamauga. The dying man
looked up and smiling said &. He was a brave
boy | ike Ro~ecans. Ihope that Mr. Sew
ards instructions 70 General Rosecmns VIII be
such as Will tend to build up and strengthen
that tottering sister Republic
He spoke several times of his going to his
home in Lancaster, and had no dea that his end
was so near at hand. Tie said 90 his relative
50 believe Grant Will be elected. and that he
will carry out the great reconstruction laws"
His relative tod him about Norrissey betting
~ Seymour. lie replied like him for his
pluck" He spoke Of the political prospect in
Pennsylvania several times, and slil that the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21
The Union Pacific Railroad.

nc mo" r"'ih' iE'iiIo"d'
Accustomed. l- ,e arc. t1 tine slow ur. -re-s
made with milrlli and other industrial enter
pli-e- iu cur eastern States. we cla hardly real
ite ile iuteu-, rIp.iI-y and energy which have
characterized thc builIuz of the Union Pacific
Railroad during tine past two years. and which
are carrying it forward. during al ut this year.
10 % rltc ut from two o. four miles ..r i4v How
is it possible o. lo this u region devoid If all
the ail, 90 rllroll construction which are In
valuable. aul which the settled portion, of our
country always contain Seven hundred miles
200 two years Nothing Ike 70 Ul- ever done or
escl conceived before. Clu a railroad te built
with such amazing rauitv. ami vet he well
built, Must ua- safety aui uerm4ar-c, bs ,lc-
rhceI ta mere su.cI These are question.
which haye been a-sel by ta.-. whose. attention
has h.er drawn Co. the w6r, which is hain., lane
fv those having iu char-, the construction If
Til. immense national railroad
These questions are being answered L, tb.
0fi.riI statement. If the CaHrsiuv and -5.. IT,
tfm.nvaf those ,sl.. have v-i-.i .,l -l....,..1. q,
examined the Union Pacific Railroad V5-. t.l-
t-uouv all r.,- to prove the Rad 70. f ,..l arI
thoroughly built. i.-rr-,-.'v e..fiirr.I .-.I al
r-af1v rlrq-.f Ts. y.-t t-.. n H..
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o. . +..,g f.-r-.1r,.l man. ,sr...,. l,,.. .r .i-
ur0n tb. ton of rio .-r.rrl .i,.lr,. nj. +,
f,-.if'a for tbe Locomotive. p. nun ,.. r.,, b,,
number. r.f less +t.ar f-..+. +5.......f ,... .,
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10 ,lS --- ,l '''- 'i'- .' '-e liAeA :
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GOSSIP.

York and Albany ''N
american ladies are the observed among the
lashionables at the circus in Paris
Chinese printing Office i. to he established
Thirty thousand Bibles in yar;ops I.r,,,....
were grstuitously distributed at the Paris Ex5o-
sition. p'-
A man in San Francisco advertised To av IN
the Fourth, and when he couldn't he psrrowlv
escaped ducking by the mob.
poyglOt Journal in Chinese and English has
appeared in California. 1t is entitled The Cali
Jornta China -HaiI and Flying Dragon.
A spiritualist has predicted that the millep-
mum viii come within twenty years, and before
that time men will have to work but two hours
day. and there will be piano in every house.
The Chinese compOsitors employed on the Eng
llsh papers published in Hong Kong do not un-
ders'and a word Of our language, yet they set
manuscript with facility, and give great satisfac-
/ ton
! Two more beautiful frescoes have been dis
covered at Pompeii in the vestibue of A house in
the Via Stabiana, in an excellent state of pre-
serVation. They are supposed to be portraits Of
the master and mistress Of the house.
=. The most valuable antiquity in the British
Museum Is the royal mummy Of Pharaoh Myker
rlmus, OF Egypt. whose remains are still wonder
fully perfect though nearly thirty centuries have
rolled on since he occupied the throne.
Prior to 1SiS there was no ,bipment If grain
from Chicago, which in that wear exported in
thirty-nine sacks seventy-eight bushels of wheat.
In 1862 nearly twenty-three million bushels were
exported, and it Is now one of the greatest grain
markets in the world
Florida must be grea; fsh country. An
Alabama paper SAYS .. There are also numer-
Gus small lakes Of pure water. slled with 6sb
some OF which are only a few rods in extent,
while others are from two to ten miles in
length
In the time Of Henry VIII one who wa, about
TO be burned at the stake as a hereto was saved
by the Interference Of a friend on the plea that
q" it wasn't worth while to burn him. a, he wa,
nothing hut "a musician The reason wa, ac-
cepted as quite sufficient and the prisoner, life
was spared
Mr.. Charlie Noy,ey. a learned Enelishuan.
in recent theological work. says -. If the
bodie> Of all men were to be raisei ike Christ's,
and restored as they were before corruption,
there would not only be- no standing room On the
earth for them, but they would form closely
packet mas, thousands Of times larger than the
earth itself
An armies yioliui,t recently gave a perform
ance At Leipsic. Of aniaute hv lie Beri8t and
a Lied ohue Worte by Neyrrheer. The performer
was born without arms He hold, the bow with
the two first toe Of the lett foot. and manage,
= FI. 81.
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sflrri 9flrsrrllanp.


80 ..''Aa.' rhAf'AAHthH
I've listened, at the early dawn.
The lark salute the morn,
The msvi- and the linnet's note
Poured from the blooming thorn
I've heard at evenings dewy close
The blackbird's melting lay
But there's no music half SO sweet
~ children at their play.
I've heard unriyalled Wilson sing
In Scotland's doric strains,
Md lend even poesy a grace
Beyond the poets pains
And Catalini's marvellous voice
Hath borhe my soul away
Yet there's 40 music half so sweet
A- children at their play.
I've -4t within enchantment', spell.
sri lost 10 meaner things.
Vile Paganini master hand
with magic touched the strings
rs there's no sweet-toned instrument
Which cunning hands essay,
Can vic'l a music TO my heart
Like children at their play.
Al nature teens with hottest sounds.
On listening years they fall
Ycriyer-, streams, ye lands. We wave.
There music in We all
But see the schoolhoys Just let loose.
Exulting, bound away
- 81. s...,-sr
Like children at their play.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21

WoN,N As FtRNER.-In Yinehnd, y. J.,
place Of 1000 inhabitants, 35 miles south of
Philadelphia, women are demonstrating what
they can do at farming. These women are not
coarse or illiterate, but some Of them have been
highly eiucatela and possess well cultivate, minds
| do not know how many there are here who
own farms which they have hrougB into cult
yation solely by their own efforts, but | will
speak Of a few that have come under my imme-
diate notice. The first one who gave me an
account Of her work Is a maiden Of about 90
She had been a school teacher in Massachusetts,
for Il years &; she got weary, she said, Of be-
ing a slave for others, and, thinking a farmer :
life more 10 her heart, came TO Vineland and
bought ~ acre She has been here three wears
and has FIVE acres in good bearing condition all
the work. except the clearing Of the land has
been done by herself and boy IL years old /;
and from being weak in some directions she has
become strong and healthy. | next saw another
maiden of the same age She was educaled as a
physician, but her health giving away, she came
here and bought 10 acres and with the assistance
Of only boy she has five acres under nice cul-
tivation, and she says she never had 50 good
health in her life. have been in this place but
a few weeks, and have made no effort to find out
how many cases there are here, but am told
there are many, ahd that it is well demonstrated
in this place that women excels as farmer
have met more than dozen women, who are
widows, and take all care of large gardens, and
they are the finest have seen, abounding in the
most delicious fruits and beautiful flowers. One
woman, who does all the work in her garden,
and who, had noticed, had been engaged a
few days past in painting the outside of her
house, was little surprised on hearing the
next week that she had on the Sabbath previous
filed with great acceptance the pulpit Of the
Unitarian church, in the absence Of the minister.
During the recent war a good many women be-
came 90 mowing-machi les, and did the haying
and harvesting while husbands and boys were
away in the harvest fields cf fheath.-Rerolutio,
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Results OF PRAYER IN THE NArY.-ln Is
50, at the instance of the great arctic naviga-
tor Admiral Sir ". Edward Parry, - naval
officers bound themselves to spend portion
of time every Sabbath morning in prayer for
the outpouring of Gods Spirit on the royal
British navy. Eight years after, the mum
Der was increased by l30 officers, who took
the same pledge. A great improvement in
the spiritual condition of the navy has been
traced from the time. Officers and chapnins
have We'd with one another to bring souls
to Christ. and seamen have desired places for
retirement and study of the Bible. The
number of praying seainen and comunicants
has greatly increased, and the faith of Christ
ian officers is greatly strengthened by the an
swers to their prayers.
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notice Of recent steamboat explosion in
Western paper ends as follows: "The captain
swan ashore. So did the chambermaid; she was
insured for Sl5, 900, and loaded with IRON
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Fruit OF GOSPEL TEACHING.-A missionary
in China, on approaching a village on the
Sabbath where no European had ever been,
noticed the stiffness that peryaded the place
reminding him Of a Scottish Sabbath. Al
most the whole of the people Of the village
had met for Christian worship, az was their
custom, and were keeping the sabbath day
holy, having been instructed in the Christian
religion by native ministers.
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.- 90
iAs NeN i'rS papers publish full reports Of
'Nt crops IN All parts oi the Union. We can
t give gTf I readers a general iiea o. their
.'..'',-i we nt'e eaTeiu.'y compared the re-
and briefly present the results of opr corr.-i.,,'
'- GLOW, 5,-
- hfli-in the Eastern and Middle States Il
little larger crop than last year. and Of a better
fHaH'y IN the Western States fully oHe-foarth
more, S--' oi q superior quality IN The south.
about the same.
C9la.-,hepoF', m ir'm AT parts state that the
Fr-I VII. De much larger than last year.
"'i' are NOT looking 5" well and the farmers
''r " 'u,'' crop
h3'-Ah average crop
"a, Dul H''e apltsiIN 70 nave been SOW
Hay-The reports reure.eDt tie bav ..,.,. AZ
over the country as being an unusually heavy
one.
Po'atoss-ln The East, about the same a- last
year IA the West, much smaller.
FT"us are IA bad condition every wherc
All the accounts describe the apple crop a- about
'nt-li Us large a> last year, and Of an Inferior
quality
The peach crop III New Jersey Is almost to-
tal failure.
t0tion-Less was planted than usual bat
the yield promises 20 be fully equal TO that Of
last season.
Rice and sugar, about the usual quantity
we 'u'l''n the reports Tor this state
.o1-r1frtx vrp,,oS,
.T .'i ~ -'-'' ''''''S III ''ulierh vermont are
W.. W.
,,,i y'; Is IN oli-'i'i' more 'i'ii l's' year and THE
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u 81
But | choose that
81 cannot -


Robert Nelson's face grew angry, and he
took coil Of rope from one of his pockets, at
the sight Of which Margaret shuddered, and
he SAW it,
"Ah! you remember this, do you?'' he
said, with chuckle 'Well, you'll taste it
again, my dear, if you begin any of your old
tricks. Come, sit on my knee
lie had been her husband, but his touch
seemed now remembering the later purer
touch OF John Hartlcy's hand to have become
detlement to her, and she shrank from it
visibly.
"Come, Meg, do as tell you
Don't ask me; pray, don't ask me-
at is to be war or peace between US, then ?
War" " she said, despairingly, {" if you
require the appearance of love from me-
And then she shrieked, for he had raised
his hand to strike her. and his dark fierce
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21
Thad. stevens last Hours.

We take from the Boston Journals Washing
ton despatch the following interesting particu-
lars concerning the last moments of the Sc Great
Commoner"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-08-21

Prior to lS'io there was no shipment Of grain
from Chicago, which in that year exported in
thirty-nine sacks seventy-eight bushels of wheat;
in 1862 nearly twenty-three million bushels were
exported, and it is now one of the greatest grain
markets in the world