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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

81 WISH | HAD CAPITAL" y So we
heard a great strapping young man
exclaim the other day. We conclud-
ed that he wanted practical advice, and
we shall give it to him.
You want capital, do you? And
suppose you had what you call capital,
what would you do with it? Haven't
you hands, feet, muscle, bone, brains,
health, and don't you call them capi-
tai? What more capital did God give
anybody?
"Oh but they are not money! say
you. But they are more than money,
and nobody can take them from you.
Don't you know how to use them :?
If you don't its time you were learn
ing. Take hold of the plow, or hoe,
or jackplain, or broad-ax, and go to
work. Your capital will then, in due
time, yield you large interest. Ay,
but there's the rub, you don't want to
work, you want money on credit, so
you can play gentleman and speculate,
and end by playing the vagabond.
Or you want farm with plenty of
hands upon it to do the work, while
you run over hecountry and dissipate;
or you want TO marry some rich girl
who may be foolish enough to take
you for your good looks, that she may
support you,
Shame on you, young man. Go to
work with the capital you have, and
you'll soon make interest enough upon
it to give you as much money as you
need, and make you feel like man.
If you cannot make money on what
capital you have, you could not if you
had large amount in cash. If you do
not know how to use bone, muscle,
and brains, you would not know how
to use gold; you would only know
how to waste it.
Then don't stand about idle, great
helpless boy, waiting for something to
turn up, but go to work. Take the
first work you can find, no matter
what it is so that you do it well al
ways do your best, if you manage the
capital you already have, you will soon
have plenty more to manage; but if
you can not or will not manage the
capital God has given you, you will
never have any other to manage. Do
xo. hear vounp nnan2
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18
LIVE TEMPERATE.

A merchant princep of New York
"a portly six-footer of great manly
beauty, who never dined without his
brandy and water nor went to bed
withouta terrapin or oyster supper, and
who was never known to be drunk,
died of chronic diarrhea- common
end to those who are never intoxicated
and never out Of liquor. Hats Jour
nal Of Health gives this account of his
death:
Months before he died-he was
year in dying--he could eat nothing
without distress, and at death the
whole alimentary canal was mass of
disease; in the midst of his millions,
he died ofinanition. That is not the
half, reader. He had been a steady
drinker, daily drinker, for twenty
eightyears. Scrofula had been eatingup
one daughter for fifteen years; anoth-
er is in the madhouse the third and
fourth were of unearthly beauty; there
was kind of granduer in that beauty;
but they blighted and paled, and IA
ded-intO heaven we trust-in their
sweet teens another is totering on the
verge Of the grave, and only one is left
with all the senses, and each of them
is weak as water"
The same periodical instances anoth-
er case that should supplement the
one just given:
"a gentleman of thirty-five was sit
ting on chair, with no specially crit
ical SYMPTOMS present; still he was
known to bea 'dissipated young man.
He rose, ran fifty feet, fell down, and
died. The whole covering of the brain
was thickened, its cavities were filled
with fluid that did not belong to it,
enough to kill half a dozen men with
apoplexy; great portion of one lung
was in state of gangrene, and nearly
all the other was hardened and useless;
blood and yellow matter plastered the
inner covering of the lungs, while an
CRY, red patches of destructive infiama-
tion were scattered along the whole al
imentary canal. Why there was e.
nough of death in that one mans body
to have killed forty men. The doctor
who talks about guzzling liquor every
day being healthy is a perfect dis
grace to the medical name, and ought
to be turned out to break rock for the
term of his natural life, at shilling a
day, and find himself.'
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18
HOW FARMERS CAN KEEP THEIR
FARMS PRODUCTIVE

This subject is one of the special in
terest, and deserves the attention of
every agriculturalist. Byswhat meth
cd is the richness of the soil to be pre-
served and continued in productive
state" This question is based on the
following assumptions, viz: that the
amount of produce depends on the
quantity of manure applied as food for
plants, Of whatever kind they may be.
Although nature has furnished man
with soil.of virgin richness and fertil-
ity, it cannot continue so while we
draw from it yearly, and continually,
our vast resources of food and clothing.
The soil must be renovated, or it will
cease to yield her increase for the sup
ply of our wants. The farmers of the
Southern States, by neglecting to re-
new their exhausted lands, have be-
come poor, and in many instances
have abandoned them, as worn out
and worthless. Whereas, had they,
from time to time, renewed the fer
tility of their lands with suitable ma
nure, there would not now be seen
those vast, deserted and worn out plan
tations that exist in that section of the
Union. FIVE do not renew the fer
tility of our soil, it will cease to re-
compense US for our toll. We must
eXpend money and labor upon it, in
order to provide Tor our wants and
those of our families. In order to de-
velope the resources that nature has
impaired to the soil, it must be well
titled.
Suppose a man should take a guam
tity of new land for the purpose Of
gaining a livelihood, and should year
ly plant it with corn, or sow it with
wheat if he should neglect to renew
it, in few years it would degenerate,
and his crops would grow scantly and
soon fail altogether. Now what is
necessary to keep his land in good con-
dition is thorough cultivation, by
draining, (if it be wet and by careful
aud judicious manuring; deep plow-
ing. also, and narrowing are necessary
to pulverize the soil, and give free
passage to the roots Of plants to de-
scend. By thus conducting his farm,
the owner may for an indefinite time,
reap sure and plentiful reward for
his labor, and at the same time keep
his lands in prime condition.
1t is not judicious management of
a farm to plant or SOW Que kind of
grain from year to year, SIS this will
soon exhaust the soil, unless highly
manured. A rotation of crops is In
dispensible also, to prevent the land
from degeneratiug. As to the kind of
fertilizers to be used, almost every
farmer knows, or ought to know, what
kinds are best adapted to his lands.
Barn-yard, stable and hog manure,
ashes, lime, guano, and all kinds Of
vegetation in a state of decay, are use
ful manures, and should be carefully
preserved for use.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

GYPsUM.-Mr. Willard says 1T
has been estimated that in Herkimer
Co., a third more feed is obtained from
the land one year with another by the
judicious use gypsum. However this
may be, the increase in grass from its
use both in meadows and pastures, is
very considerable, and dairymen re-
gard "plaster," as it is termed, as one
of the important adjuncts in dairying.
1t is certain that our pastures are kept
fresher and greener by the use of "plas-
ter" and neglect in its application
for any considerable time is made ap-
parent in the milk pail, and decrease
Of the cheese product.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18
n MOVING SERMON.

We have the subjoined discourse, de-
livered by Southern divine who had
removed to a new field Of labor To
his new flock, on the first day of his
ministration, he gave some reminiscent
ces of his former charge as follows:
My beloved brethering, before /
take my text | must tell you about
my parting with my old congregation.
On the morning of last sabbath /
went into the meeting house to preach
my farewell discourse. Just in front of
me sot the old fathers and mothers in
Israel; the tears coursed down their fur
rowed cheeks; their tottering forms
and quiyering lips breathed out sad,
''Fdre !ye tCeH, Brother Watkins, ,-dh ~
Behind them sot the middle-aged men
and matr0ns T; health and vigor BEAM
ed from every countenance;a and as they
looked up, l could see in their dreamy
eyes, "Fitre ye ,CelI, Brother WdtkinS,- =
dh ~ Behind them sot the boys and
girls that had baptised and gathered
into the Sabbath School. Many times
had they been rude and boisterous,
but now their merry laugh was hush
ed, and in the silence | could hear
"Fdre ye 1ceN, Brother Watkins,-ah %
Around on the back seats, and in the
aisle5, stood and sot the colored breth-
ering, with their black faces and hon
est hearts, and as looFed upon them |
could see a-"Ftre ye OeU, Brother
U'dtkilas, ,-uh !' When / had finished
my discourse and shaken hands with
the brethering-ab passed out to
take last look at the old church-ah !!
The broken steps, the Hopping blinds
and moss covered roof suggested only
-" Fare yeaCeU, Brother Watkins, ,-dh!"
| mounted my old gray mare, with my
earthly possessions in my saddle-bags,
and as passed down the street the
servant-girls stood in the doors, and
with their brooms waved me a" Fare
ye aceH, Brother IPdtkias, ,-dh % AS
L DdSStu Out Ol Tie NIiIsiSG llIC lOW
wind blew softly through the waving
branches of the trees and moaned--
"Fdre ye 1oeY, Brother WatkiaS,-dh D.!
| came down to the creek, and as the
old mare stopped to drink | could
hear the water ripping over the peb-
bles a-"Fdre ye aoeU, Brother Watkins,
-ah!" And even the little fishes, as
their bright fins glistened in the sun
light, thought, gathered around to
say, as best they could" Fare ye a0eH,
Brother Watkins, 20 | was slowly
passing up the hill, meditating upon
the sad vicisitudes and mutations of
life, when suddenly out boun ed hog
from a fence corner, with aboo! aboo I!
and | came to the ground with my
saddle-bags by my side. As | lay in
the dust of the road my old gray mare
ran up the hill, and as she turned the
top she waved her tail back at me seem
ingly to say-"Fdre ye soeY, Brother
IVdtkiRS,-d :" | tell you brethering,
it is affecting times to part with con-
gegration you have been with for thir-
~ years-ah ~
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

QUITE A SPECTACLE.-One of the
handsomest and best-dressed gentle
men in the city, says the New Orleans
Picdyt01e, is a worthy merchant, whose
great personal care of himself and his
addiction TO fiue living have procured
him a rOtundity which, while it de-
tracts nothing from his good looks, ut
terIy conceals from his own inspection
his extremities, This circumstance
twas on Friday morning the occasion
Of. to him a notifying exposure,
while others looked upon it as an a
musing spectacle. Before breakfast he
invariably takes a morning walk, and
his urbanity and polite recognition are
looked for by early pedestrians with
pleasure.
Dressing himself, therefore, with
great care, he sailed out, but strange
to say, every one he met turned their
heads and laughed, and some ladies
from the gallery of a residence over
he way IA n screaming into the house.
"What did it mean?n
At last he met little boy whose inn
moderate laughter drew from him the
indignant inquiry:
"What do you see about me, you lit
tie scoundrel, that everybody laughs
at ?"
"Why, Mr.. D., you've forgot to
put on your pants ~
Overwhelmed with shame the old
gentleman hurried home and eagerly
sought out the mirror. In his haste
he had carefully adjusted his attire,
but had, indeed, forgot his pants.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

Letters received by the British Min
lister at Washington indicate that her
Majesty's Government is prepared to re-
duce the single rate of postage between
the United States and Great Britain to
three-pence, and therefore that the ear
ly adoption of this measure of postal
reform is highly probable.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

The Rome correspondent of London
paper, writing in regard to the Gcu-
menical Council, says that the dogmat-
lc definition of the Assumption of the
Virgin Mary will encounter no obsta-
Gle, but that the erection into dogma
of the necessity of the temporal power
is not considered possible by its most
ardent chaInniOuS
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

Some people don't believe in adver-
tising because they say nobody reads
the papers" But let them get into a
scrape and you will find them flying
around to the newspaper Office with
the request, "Please don't mention
that little affair, it's all mistake; 1
don't want my name published all ov-
or the country"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

An exchange says, in town in Ma
ryland, pic-nicS are wound up by the
girls standing in long row, while the
young men go along the line and kiss
them all "good night" Wish We
lived there.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

The New Haven Lerer sounds this
note of warning: Beware, young
man! The pearl powder now used by
her is poison One touch of those
eager lips to that enamelled cheek may
result in death most horrible! Be-
warrrre!"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.

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JOB PRINTING of every kind, done with
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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

These ports have a foreign commerce of $780,
600, 600, and an enormous domestic trade, besides
which we have the immense internal commerce of
the Empire, radiatng from these points, through
its canals and navigable rivers.
The cable being laid, this company proposes
erecting land lines, and establishing speedy and
trustworthy means Of communication, which must
command there, as everywhere else, the commu-
nieatiOns of the Government, of business ana of
social life especially in China She has no postal
system, and her enly means now accommodating
information is by eOuriers on land, and by steam
ers on water.
The Western World knows that China is a very
large country, in the main densely peopled but
few yet realize that she contains more than third
of the human race. The latest returns made to
her central authorities for taxing purposes by the
local magistrate make her population Four hun
dyed and Fourteen millions, and this is more
likely to be under than over the actual aggregate.
Nearly all Of these, who are over ten years old,
not only can but do read and write. Her civili-
zatiOn is peculiar but her literature is as exten-
sive as that of Europe China is land of teach
and traders and the latter exceedingly
quick to avail themselves of every profered facli
ty for procuring early information. 1t Is observed
in California that the Chinese make great use of
the telegraph, though it there transmits messages
in English alone. To-day great numbers of feet
steamers owned by Chinese merchants, and
used by them exclusively for the transmission of
early intelligence. If the telegraph we propose
connecting all their great sespOrts, now in
existence, it is believed that its business would
pay the cost within the first two years of its sue
eessful operation, and would steadily increase
thereafter
No enterprise commends itself as in a greater
degree renumerative to capitalists, and to our
whole people 1t is of vast national importance
commercially, politically and evangelicalIy.
E-y7The stock of this Company has been IN
quaIifedly recommended to capitalists and bust
ness men, a desirable investment by editorial
articles in the New York Herald, Tribune,
Worid, Times Post, Express, Iadepsndemt, and
in the Philadelphia North american, Press
Ledger, Inquirer Age, Bulletin and Telegraph.
Shares of this company, to a limited number
may be obtained at $50 each, $40 payable down,
$I5 on the lst of November, and $25 payable in
monthly instalments Of $3.50 each, commencing
December l, 1865 on application to
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F5NHE BEST PLACE TO BUY
IL choice brands of chewing Tobaecos and ci.
gars, at wholesale retail is at 0ster's. Good
natural leaf TobaccOs at IS cents. Try our 5 cent
Yara and Havana oigars-they cant be beat,
nnel8m3.
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NEW GOODS just Received at J..
Nj Shoemakers Bargain Store.
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Shares can be obtained in Bedford by applica-
ton to Reed & Sehell, Bankers, who author
lied to receive subscriptions and can give all
cessary information on the subject. sept25yl
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-11-18

The Chinese Government having Through the
Hon. Anson Burlingame) conceded to this Com
pany the privilege of connecting the great sea-
ports of the Empire by submarine electric tele-
graph cable, we propose commencing operations
in China, and laying down line of nine hundred
miles at once, between the following ports, viz
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Dru- Goods, Sc.

NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED
IN AT J. NJ. sH0EMAKER'S BARGAIN
STORE.
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Misfellaneous.

aalisfellaneous.
~ L E c T r I G
TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
THE EAST INDIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY S
OFFICE,
Nos. % & 25 Nassau Street,
NEW YORK.
Organized under special charter from the State
Of New York.
CAPITAL............... S., 600, 600
$4,000 SHARES, 800 EACH.
TORS.
Hon. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Philadelphia.
PAUL S FORBES, of Russell 4 Co, China.
FRED. BUTTERFIELD, of F. Ba tterfeld
New York.
ISAAC LIyERMORE, Treasurer Michigan Cen
tral Railroad, Boston.
ALEXANDER HOLLAND, Treasurer American
Express Company, New York.
Hon. JAMES NOXON, Syracuse, Ny
O. H. PALMER, Treasurer Western Union Tele
graph Company, New York.
FLETCHER WEsTRAY Westray, Gibbs &
Hardcaste, New York
NICHOLAS MICKLEs, New York.
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Bedford, Pa, June l. 1869.
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The proprietor takes pleasure in offering to the
public the following articles belonging to the
Book Business, at CITY RETAIL PRICES:
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-11
"Au Laws will be Faithfully
Executed"

Under Johuson's administsa.
'tion it was impossible % punish
counterfeitsrs; revenue thieves,
or any of:that class of rogues
whocame under his all.pardon-
ing power. Gen. Grant has
turned over a new leaf upon
which this class of swindlers
may read their tate.
One Of the last acts of John.
son was to pardon Jacob aid
Moses Dupuy, who had been
sentenced by the U. S. District
Court Of New York to one
years Imprisonment for rescu-
ing a lot of seized whiskey.
Before the pardons had reached
their destinations Grant be
came President, and the United
States Marshal of the district
was ordered to return them 10
the State Department, which
he did last Saturday, and jus
tice will be meted out to
Mesjrs. Dupuy.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-11

The people of the United
States, having deprived Andy
JohnSon of the power to bite,
he turned upon them in the
last hours of his administration,
to show that he could still bark
and growl. He issued @ long,
,egotistical defence of "my poll
cy" calling it a farewell ad-
dress" which reads like the
discontented wall of a discon-
solaLe Office seeker with q sour
stomach.
Poor Andy! May he live a
ihousand years, and die sober
We want him to see what q
fool the Democracy have made
Of him..
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-03-11

by the ratification OF the 18th article
OF amendment to the Constitution.
In conclusion l ask patient forbear-
ance. one toward another, through
out the land, and a determined effort
on the part of every citizen to do his
share toward cementing happy
union. and1 ask the prayers of the
Nation to Almighty God In behalf of
this consummation.