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Middletown transcript., 1869-12-25

MANURING WITH MuD.--As it is difficult
for many farmers to obtain all the barn
yard manure they need, it is well for them
to be on the look-ou for every other
means of fertilization within their reach.
Many live in the neighbourhood ofcanals,
ponds, and sluicc ways, where the large
annual deposit of mud and various refuse,
is cleared out every Spring, and left on
the banks unused. This mud may serve
an excellent purpose. If farmers should
cart it home, at their leisure, and let it
lie in broad heaps, exposed to the air and
frost, and give it also few coatings of
lime to sweeten, and few turnings over
to mix it we'll, it would make in few
months, an excellent fertilizer. And why
not use it, also, in making the compost
heap? Cart pile of it into the barn
yard near the portfolios of the stables,
and then stack it up in alternate layers
with the dung as fast as that accumulates
As a top-dressing for grass, it is valuable
fertilizer. Sandy soils treated with it
shows an immediate and decided improve
ment.
Middletown transcript., 1869-12-25

Many incidents might be related con-
cerning this preacher, who has left a
worldwide name, but your readers are
probably familiar with many of them, and
if any desire to learn more of him, glance
at his journal and Biography of Peg
gy Dow" will suffice.
NeW York, Dec. 1860. b. S. L.
Middletown transcript., 1869-12-25
ROCKHfLL & WILSON,

IAEADy with the richest aHd rarest styles
$Cvercoats in countless variety!
Ohevoits, Cassimeres and all fine Coatings!
IAlothes Klothes Klothesl Klothes!
lleight of the fashion
Indeed you will be pleased,
Look Mt the
Lots of elegant clothes
6O3 and 6O5 AAAAAAA
Chestnut ST. MINIMUM
Philadelphia. DDDDDDD
w inter- gentlemen, winter
ce, snom, frost, and-so-forth
Lowest prices for winter defenccs
lDafe against storm and snow, in
Overcoats of Rockhil & Wilson
IN ow is the time to lay in your winter clothes
The cold is great,
But the rush is greater,
From all parts of this State,
And every other State.
The best men come to
Rpy their Best Clothes
Wonderfully cheap,
AT the Great Brown Hall.
ROCKHILL & WILSON.
COB s. COS CKIESTNEF street,
PHILADELPHIA.
December H. 1869.
Middletown transcript., 1869-12-25

Philosophers say that shutting the
eyes makes the sense of hcaring more ac.-
cute. A wag suggests that this accounts
for the many closed eyes that are seen in
church every SUNDAY;
Middletown transcript., 1869-12-25
DOUGHTEN'S
PARAGON SHIR rs.

TTAVING removed to our new store No. 4l0
j L Market street. we are now prepared 10
manufacture with greater dispatch our celebrated
PARAGON SHIRTS,
In which are combined neataiss, camtart, ele-
gance, and durability.
A number of years of practical experience has
reduced the manufacture of Shirts TO q thorough
system, and the wide spread reputation Of our
PARAGON SHIRTS
Is based solely upon merit.
Ss8- Descriptive Circulars for
SELF MEASUREMENT
Sent on application to
j. H. DOughten,
40 Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware.
Nov. B-y
Middletown transcript., 1869-12-25
The farmcr,

For the Mddictorn Transcript
Clover the Substitute for Peruvian Guano.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

ENCOUNTER BETWEEN SWORD
FISH AND A Sperm Whale In BsoDE-
GA BAY.A correspondent Of the Peta.
luna Jcasnsl and Argus, of April ID,
relates the following singular incident |;
A novel sight was witnessed few
days since by Mr.. Gaffney, who lives
near Bodega Bay. While plowing near
the coast, his attention was directed to
an unusual commotion in the water, near
ly mile from shore, which proved to be
a conflict between FIVE sword-fish and a
sperm whale. The ocean was quite calm,
and as they neared the shore their move
ments could be plainly seen. The whale
was no match for his smaller antagonists,
who seemed to understand his only
means of defense, and displayed conside-
rable knowledge of tactics in parrying
with their formidable adversary.
In making their thrusts into his sides
they would keep clear of his tail, one
blow of which would have been fatal to
them. With maddened fury the huge
monster of the deep would strike right
and left, causing the water to boil by the
force of the bloa-and then he would
dive deep to escape the relentless fury of
his tormentors, but he was followed and
soan brought to the surface. Deep
gales could be seen in his sides and the
blood flowing freely. The fight was wit
messed for nearly an hour, vixen the
whale, in the agony of despair, started
for the shore, ainging himself upon some
low rocks, and soon died from the effects
of his wounds. Gashcs two feet deep
and six feet long were made in his sides
Many in this city went to see him. He
Was between fifty and sixty feet long
The third day the tide rose high enough
to float him from the rocks, and he float.
ell out to sea.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

"He has takenia house in the same
block with ours, }and when they have
moved into it, will lltake up his residence
with them. MeagWhile he is stopping at
the R House..
"What Henry beaumont ?"
"The very samd but / thought you
knew it,"
When the visitor withdrew, Mrs.
Beaumont orderedl a carriage, and inn
mediately drove I'd the hotel where her
husbands uncle w4h stopping. She sent
up her card and requested an audience
The servant soop returned with anoth-
cr card, on which. were traced the sig
nifcant words i
"NoT All HOME"
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05
GIVE YOUR CHILD A PApER..-

GIVE Your CHILD A PArER..-A
child beginning to read becomes deieh
ted with newspaper, because he reads
of names and things which are familiar,
aud he will progress accordingly. A
newspaper in one year is worth quar-
ter's schooling to child. Every father
must consider that information is con
nectcd with advancement. The mother
of family, being one of its heads, and
having more immediate charge of
children should herself be instructed.
~ mind occupied becomes fortified againts
the ills Of life, and is braced for emcr-
gcncy. Children amused by reading or
study are Of course more considcrute and
easily governed. How many thoushtless
young men have spent their earnings in
tavern or grog-shop who ought to have
been reading! How many parents who
have not spent twenty dollars for books
for their families, would have given
thousands to reclaim a son OF daughter,
who had ignorantly, thoughtlessly, fallen
into temptation.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

TIE HUSBAND OF THE FUTURE.-
The following is from the Charleston
Courier
The model husband walks cut with
his wife on week day, aud is not afraid
ofa miiii' sshop, BE even has change
-. ~
1t atterward. HI is not above carrv;np
large bundle or cotton umb.clla. or
even holding the baby in his lap in a,.'
omnibus. lie runs on first to knock at
the door when it is raining. He gets
outside if the cab is full. lie goes to
bed first in cold weather. He cets-up
IN the night to rock the cradle or an.
swer the door.bell. He believes in hys-
terics, and is melted instantly by a tear.
lie patches up quarrel with velvet
gown, and drives away the sulks with a
trip to Central Park. He never flies
out about his buttons, nor brings home
friends to supper. His clothes never
smell OF tobacco. He respects tie cur
tains, and never smokes in the house.
lie never invades the Kitchen, aud would
no more think of blowing up" any of
the servants than of ordering the dinner.
He is innocent of a ch-key He lets
the family 90 out of town once every
year while he remains at home with one
knife and fork, sits on brown Holland
chair, sleeps on curtainless bed, and has
Il char woman to wait on him. He is
very easy and ailcctionate, keeping the
wedding anniversary regularly.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05
A MOUSE JUMPS Down A JupqE's

a MOUSE JUMPS DowN A JUDGES
THROAT. = While Judge Archer, OF
Marshall, Ind, was removing some boxes
from a shelf one day last week, mouse
jumped out of one of them and into the
mouth of the Judge, and started direct
ly down his throat. The Judge unlike
John Chinaman did not relish the taste,
and after several hawks, succeeded, des.
pite the efforts of the mouse, in getting
him out of his throat into his mouth,
but was rather slow in getting hold Of
the ''lttle devil, and he made another
attempt but was again unsuccessful
Whether the mouse was trying to COM
NIT suicide, or whether he wanted mere
ly to ''revive the inner-man," we have
no way of ascertaining, but we are as
sured that he was successful in soaring
the Judge considerably.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

WHAT AN ENERGETIC YouNd Fan.
MER CAN Do.-A Jones county boy last
year took some of his fathers land-hired
two negroes and pitched in to hard work
himself, lie had forty-eight acres in
cotton, from which he gathered twenty
bales, which sold for an average of up.
wards of one hundred dollars per bale,
beside raising full supply of corn. This
year he is doubling his operations all
round, and counts upon proportionable
results, which we hope he will realize.
Such young men as this will own the
State of Georgia after awhile.-Macon
Telegraph. bas
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

A Quaker had quarrclsome neighbor
whose COW, being suffered to go at large,
often broke into the Qunkcr's well-cult-
waited garden. One morning, having
driven the COW from his premises to her
owners house, he said 10 him: "Friend
L., | have driven thy cow home once
more, and if find her in my garden
again" Suppose you do, his neighbor
angrily exclaimed, "what will you do z"
why" said the Quaker, III will drive
her to thee again, friend T." The COW
never troubled him again.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05
NUMBER, y, \, 3 16.

In TIanr PLAcEMfhc Ghicsgc
Joar,a. ssiiS Tie Il iA Is a.s a...
attempt OF d convict. TO escape 2foni fsis
son occurred at the Toilet .Renitantissy
last Tuesday morning. On the esenins
previous colored convict had died, and
his dead body was placed in . rough cof-
fin for burial On Tnssday = imorhi6g
when the remains werc about TO Beocon-
reyed to the buryiul5 grounds whiolsis-a
short distance frepf the premises ens0f
the officers perceivelsa slight mp9smept
of the coffin lid, which had mt yst haen
screwed down. The lid being raised 10
and behold, instead Of dead black nan,
live white convict was found sisgis1le
coffin He was hustled onsisaHmaIilg,
and required to give an explanation. yIt
appears that early in the morning, while
the other couviCts were at breakfast, he
smuggled himself into tho room where
the coffin was, removed the corpse 81 tie
colorcd man, deposited il iRlani,empty
barrel, and got into the coffin hinself:
expecting that he. would be carried out
side of the walls, and before reaching
the burying ground, jump and escape.
Being almost smothered, he raised the
lid slightly to get breath of air, and
was thus discovered in time tospoilIhis
his "little game" If he had remained
quiet minute or two. longer, the lid
would have been screwed down, and he
would probably have been smothcred to
death. ..ssa"t
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE S, 1869.
How JoE SMITH Proved HIS In

How JOE SMITH. PROVED HIS In
spIRATIoN-In the beginning of Nor
monism some of Joe Smiths followers
were incredulous, and doubted the in
spiration of the prophet. To strengthen
his influence Joe wanted sign, and as
he had read of signs in the New Testa-
mcnt, and knew that in heathcn times,
and with the Arabian prophets, signs
were the proof Of divine mission, he
chose a dove as the aerial herald of his
sanctity. The dove was carefully trained
to futter around the prophets head
when carraways should be smclled in his
hat, and was meanwhile entrusted to a
Saint from the County Glare to set free
from an adjacent attic in the solemn
moment of the adjuration. Joe, at this
crisis addressing host Of worshlppcrs
inprcssively, enunciated.
"My friends, the Holy Spirit descend
eth on me as dove. Already hoar
the murmur of his cooling, and feel the
faint flutter of his inspired wings high
in the cloudlcss ether"
Whercupon hey looked up to the
ueaveus. and he looked up at the attic
"My friends you may not witness it
with your mortal and unpurged eyes,
but the shadow of the sacred pinion is
deep upon my SOUL and the celestial
messenger fast approaches to MY glory"
This time the public looked doubttully
at himself, and he WAS ashamed to lock
at the attic.
"My friends! 1t ccne,h. 1t will not
be delayed. Your Apostle is crowned
by the feathery fondness of the true
angelic envoy"
The crowd looked So downcast he was
able to hazard practical invocation.
where the devil is the Spirit, Patsy
bad luck to ye?"
The anti-climax is simple but grand
Sure aud did not the cat ate him
and bad luck to both of yccs all the
same"
Joe cagal the Spirit ...weh more care
fully for the future.
Il
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05
EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL PROD,

EXTRAORDINARY NATURAL PRoDI-
GY.-Thcy have on exhibition in Jack
son, Tennessee, a four-leggcd child, o
little over eleven months old From the
head to the waist it is u healthy, fine
looking child, but from that point down.
ward the body DIVORCES. The formation
of the limbs arc tocrably perfect, the
two inside, though healthy and growing,
being little deficient, and the child has
but little use of them. The outside legs
are the only ones that will ever be Of
service in walking.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

A wise old gentleman, who knew all
about it, on retiring from business gave
the following sage advice to his son and
successor Common sense, my son, is val
liable in all kind of business except love
making.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

Miss Ames is announced to open a
school in Paris to teach young ladies the
study of fine arts, which is absurd, since
the most young lady aims at is to prae-
tice her fine arts,
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

Henry Bacon, a Boston artist, has gone
abroad to remedy some of the bad effects
OF his early efforts. 1t is important that
Bacon should be cured.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

Western farmers complain of the sa-
gaoity of crows in eluding traps-but it
is natural that crows should be cav -tious
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

San Francisco ingenuity has patented
carriage that goes by sails-which was
not worth patent because all carriages
go by sales, except those given away.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05
What can hc want of me !?


IL don't know he inquired alter Mr..
Beaumont first"
You didn't bring him in the parlvr,
did your
The girl sliook her head.
You did right, and you'd better tell
him I'm not at holun"
"Airs. Beaumont is not at home" Said
Betty, re-appearing ut the door.
81 suppose that means she is engaged" :"
said the old man; 81 think she will see
me when she knows who am. Tell her
/ am her husbands uncle, and my name
is Henry Beaumont"
THAT old ras.taS' masters uncle, :"
said Betty, wondering as she re-asccndcd
the stairs.
"Good Heavens! exclaimed her mis-
trcss. 'It amt that old veteran who
strollcd off years ago, nobody knows
where. I did hope he would never come
back again. And now l suppose he is
as poor as rat and wants help. Well,
he won't get it if | eau helpi it; but sup
pose | must see him.
The lady descended, fully prepared to
give the visitor frigid reception.
II am not mistaken" said the old man
with feeling; "It's Aloxander's wife"
"You DIE right, cir. | anu the wife of
Mr, Alexander Beaumont, and | suppose
from your language you are
ellis uncle, Henry. All, nc | have
been gone SO many years, and it does me
good to return to my kindred"
The old man leaned on his staff and
his features worked convulsivcly as
thoughts of the past came over his mind
Mrs. Beaumont stood holding the door
as If waiting for him to depart. She
did not give him any invitation to enter
lis your husband well % inquired the
visitor, looking in, as if he expected an
invitation to enter and refresh himself
after his walk by an interval of rest.
"He is. IF you have any message for
him you may leave it with me, and | will
deliver it" said Mrs. Beaumont dcsirous
oil ridding herself of the intruder as
speedil : as possible.
''iou may tell him | have called"
said the visitor in disappointed tone,
land that j would liked to have seen
him"
IL will tell him" and Mrs. Beaumont
was about to close the door.
Hold there is one question more.
What has become Of Alcxandcl's sister
Anna 2"
II don't know much about her." was
the rather disdainiul reply; "but think
she married clerk, u mechanic, OF some
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

Applause is manufactured in some. of
the French theatres in this ingenious
way: "The reader must imagine several
articulatcd hammers at four different
places under the pit floor, and so tina.
they might strike on string being pull
led. The noise produced by these ham,
mers simulate that of stick. iA,fsw
yards from these hammers, in the centre
of the pit, were, placed two instruments
which initiated the clapping ofthe hands.
They were two large castanets covered
with lcatheE; string pulled the shells
together; - TAc1six cords net in part
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

the machinist, and were fastened d
strong wooden keys, like those ofa piano.
At certain passages of the piece the
machinist places his finger on one or
another of the keys and the applause
was forthcoming. aa4s
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

"Kissos," says Sam Slick, ARE like
creation, because they are made out of
nothing and are very good" They are
also, says The GALAXY, "like sermons,
requiring two heads aud an application" :"
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05

THE POWER OF a WoRD.-N m0thcr


THE POWER OF a WoRD.-A her
oli the green hills Of Vermont was hold
ING by the right hand son. sixteen
Years old, mad with love Of the sea.
And as he stood by the gard n gate one
morning. She said: Edward. they tell
ne---i"r | never saw the occan-that
the great temptation OF a seaman's lie
u drink. Promise me- before YOU Quit
y"nr mothers hand, that YOU will never
drink And said lie. (for he told
m" the Story.) IL gave the promise, and
went the globe over, Calcutta and the
Mediterranean, San Francisco. and Cane
Good Hope, the North Pole and the
South. saw them all in forty years,
aud never SAW glass filed with spark
ling liquor that my mothcr's form by
the gate did not rise before me, a4d to-
day am innocent OF the taste of liquor
Was not that sweet evidence of the
power of a single word? Yet that is not
half. For" said he, yesterday there
came into NY countilg-room II man of
forty years
DO you know me?'
".Non
"'Wcll, said he, II was once brought
drunk into your presence on shipboard; !;
you were passenger; they kicked me
aside; you took NE to your berth and
kept me there till | had slept off the
lntoXication; you then asked if | had
a mother. | said | hm' never known
a word from her lips You told me of
yours at the garden-gatc; and to-day
L am master Of one of the first packets
in New York and came to ask you to
come and see me-"
How far that little candle throws its
beams That mothers word in the
green hills of Vermont. Oh God be
thanked for the mighty power Of single
word.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1869-06-05
Z NOT AT HOME.

a An elderly man, sbabbily attired, was
neen walking through one of the fash
tionable streets in large city one cold De-
ceniber day. His coat was Of coarse
grey, and had seen hard service, though
perfectly whole and neat. The traveller
walked slowly along as have said, ex-
amining carefully as he passed the names
on the door-platcs.
He finally paused before dwelling of
SNOWY exterior, which, if We may credit
the testimony of the plate upon the door,
was occupied by Alexander Beaumont
"Alexandcr Beaumont! yes, that's
the house" murmured the traveller to
himself, as he ascended the steps and
rang the door bell.
His summons was answered by SER
want, who, after moments scrutiny,
which apparently was not of very fav-
orable character, said roughly:
"Well, sir, what do you want 2"
:sIs Mr.. Beaumont at home 2" asked
the old man, without needing the inten-
tional rudeness.
"No, sir, he is not"
"Ihen perhaps l can see his wife? ?"
II think it is very doubtful, but l will
go and see"
The servant withdrew without asking
the old man to enter, though the day
was very cold and his clothing seemed
to be hardly sufficient to protect him
from its inclemency.
Mrs Beaumont was reclining on q
fauteuil in a room handsomely furnished.
The last magazine was i'll her hand, and
her eyes were listlcsSly gluncing over its
pages. She was interrupted in her read
ing hy the entrance of the servant.
We'll, what now, Betty" she in
quircd.
There is u man down stairs wants to
see you, MA aam."
"Man ii gentleman. you mean -
"No, mann" said Betty. stoutly, for
she well understood what made up gen
: tlemeu in tho conventional sense OF the
:. II isn't ~ gentleman Mt all. for
7t..p. sssst 49, : - A.<,x 9
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-08-19
virginia News,

The splendid farm Of Capt A. Lucas con.
tanning 437x acres, and lying near CHRISTIANS
signees in bankruptcy. One tract, containin z
253 acres, was sold TO Mr. John Henry Booth,
of Baltimore, at 1850 per acre; another, of
Ta.n Same e,s az %
David ID. n. Digges, Of Gor1onsvllle, Va,
has Just sold the farm OF VIM. I. Plunkett, in
Madison county, TO }. X: PENNINGTON, date of
Columbia county, Pal for his brother, OF said
county and State; price, SIS per acre Also,
the farm of James q. Borton, to Mrs Sarah
Altman. Of Philadelphia, for $1,000.
A fire occurred In dry goods store at the
White Sulphur Springs on the 18th, which de.
stroyed moot Of Its contents, and was near be
ing serious confiaerstion. Gu1powder and
Oil Were both 10 the store, 6ot fortunately the
fire did not reach them. The fire cause quite
connection.
On Tuesday evening last, difficulty occur.
red between two white men, John Hays, and
James Hutchinson. At Guilford Station, Lou
doun county, which resulted in Hutcbiusou
striking HAYS on the head with q stick, from
the effects of which he died In short time
We learn from cattle raisers In the South.
Ss
necessary for the cattle IN that section to be
hurried into market at once. there being moth :
ing upon which to teed them.
The black man, Munroe Toler, confined IN
the Jail of Campbell county, awaiting his trial
on the charge or abducting white girl name q
Martha Wood, effected his escape on Sunday
night.
The firm of ellis Il WhittIe.ey, iu the pub.
location OF the Richmond SAFE Journal hr g
been dissolved, and Mr.. ellis will continue
the publication of the paper.
A squad Of soldiers who were sent to Bruns-
wick county to in investigate the shooting of W
w. Lewis by William Lett, has captured the
alleged murderer
Capt. Ashton, an English gentleman, has
purchased from DIR. John Dapiel Payne SCI
acres Of land near Greenwich. Prince William
county, for which he paid $4,000
The woods In Chesterfield, on the line OF the
Petersburg railroad, are on fire. The flames
have reached within a short distance Of Man
chester
The Fredericksburg Herald says: " We hear
of farmers who have housed their whe,t-In.
sured it-apd are now waiting for 81 tide -
The dwelling on the estate OF the late Ben j.
Far ish- four mules from Culpeper q. H., was
destroyed by fire or Wednesday last.
DistIe ssing accounts of the effects of the pre.
sent long drought upon the crops in Virginia
have been received.