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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

MASNfRs. Young folks should 10
mannerly. How to be 20 Is the que4-
ton Many good boys aud girls feel
that they cannot behave 70 suit them
selves in company They feel bashial,
timid, self.diatruatinl tho moment they
are addressed by stranger, o. appear
IN company There IL but one way 10
Ret over this feeling. and 70 acquire
easy and graceful manners; that Is to
do tho best they can all tho time at
home, al veil as abroad Good man
negs are lot learned a. much irom ar
bilfary teachings as acquired from
habit They grow upon Us by use.--
We must be courteous, agreeable. ciyii,
kind, genlemanly. and womaniy at
home. and tLen Il sill soon become a
kind Of second nature to BE- 80 every
where a coarse. ragL manner at lone
oegsta habit q roughnea which we
cannot lay on II vs. pisou we 70
among stranger
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

CnAYcEs on MAnalAoE The follow.
curious statement by DR. Granville il
taken from late English paper II ia
drawn from tile registered class Of SIG
women, and is derived from their an
swers 70 the age at which they are re-
spectiyely married 1t is tho first ever
constructed 70 exhibit to females their
chances Of marriage at various ages.
OF the SIG females 3 we're married At
the age Of IS, II at IA, lC at Is 40 AZ
1G, 45 at II, Go at Is. ll5 at 10, lls at
90, sG at Il, S. at y, 50 At 70, 80 At q,
80 1T 25, II at 20, 28 AZ n, % at28. II
at 20, at 80, Z at 81, 8 at 81, Z at SO.
6 at 80, 0 at Sc, 2 at38, 0 at 81 ] n
30, 0 at 40 From this orr fair read
ers may form a pretty accurate iudg-
ment Of tie chances they have of en-
tering into The holy estate of matnno-
ny. and Of enjoying The sweets I've say
nothing Of tho bittefs) Of welded lifo
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

A young man who had spent a little
Of his time and good deal Of his faith
er's money in fitting himself for the
bar, was asked after his examination
how lie got on "Oh, well, said he,
Il answered one question right" "Ah,
indeed /" said the old gentleman with
look Of satisfaction, and what was
that ?" They asked me what a qaa tam
action was" THAT was a hard one.
And you answered II correctly, did
your" Yes; told them | did not
know
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14
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No "otdef yoa arc asiohlshed- saia
D'eA'- 70 fee s'eA an article as that ~
my possession pnt Il 4 Il stfAng'
tAin2 lof iae '9 AaFe 2 bibit' 'Ao Way
came oy u ia stranger / nave had !.
+. lhiee years ! 5ilail heep i n iohB AZ
'Na
lnfea years aao ! was i.'lng oy ny
"i's Y 'hs e''5 q IA lauh felnap'
you "oaid cat y s"ihaliug' ~ a'
events There was achap ont lhere' Q
Inch, young seapegraeo who loved to
bo Eeeeed, ana no one loved TO fleece
NM oettof tnan Dick' ono day he
came to me lpo@lr8 'efy miserable.
b'ek, said hc, I've lost my watch
poor oia turnipi bnt the oid woman
gave Il 70 me Just before she died, and
! wouldn : lose It for farm
made some inquiries ami soon
iound ont That tho watch had gone m
70 the Virginia baelwoods settlement
How found out Is nothing to YOU
! told Tom abontit
"eil' he sald, as uekied rs q ehlId
AL we Ye got to do is to put an olhoef
on his track
Aou must be sweet gabby ! inter
rupted. Why up there they shoot an
officer at sight.
! wonld s'vo hvo hundred dollars
sa'd Ion, pasaiona'eiy'ra'her than lose
'uat "a'eh
Done said, ana 'ho next morning
| started ior Lake Howard Y miles
r 'he areMy 0oodN dressed me
baeRwoodsman' with q couple OF Der
ringers " NY pockets aud mounted on
an animal mat was once a horse'Which
We bought ior so. q dreary ride It
was 10 say nothing OF the awiaI
roads the backbone oi my noble steed
was source O. constant misery Tor
had no saddle that would have ezcit'
cd suspicion AZ once. SO was glad Of
the end oi the second day, when 1--WE
miles Ifom the lake 70 stop at a 70"
boVeI ~ the roadside. The family
were last preparing their evening meaI
-maklog = INTO mnsh-wheh enter
q and ! "as atont % take my seat a
'he table "hen lhe gag man looked ?.
me sadly
Young man, said be, ! sco BY you
iooLs tdat lon don ( know the Lord
You aie nsat share, old man, ! sad
Hes q siteatser g nae
AZ tbat t'ia old fellow groaned an'
immediately produced the ideh'ica
b'uie yon see before you.
iieA the Me4as oi WRATH rs saiu,De
Iglnnihg TO read, and queer work b.
made Of II kicking hia Sims agains
all ihe ti8 words ! paid httlo atten
ton 70 hlm, bui ] got somehow yagu'
impression That BIS mind was not Of
his reading sui did MT SGT BIN
down as hypooriie, as should in
aianily, bad he been anywhere else bu
there, whore hypocrisy seemed &
snperauoas Wicked IS ! was, va
raiaor pAased iban Otherwise to Gn'
symptoms n pioty IN that 6od-iorsak
/ ou placc Tito tJading and the anppc
over tie q man raid inquigingly
Maybe yer EQaas iato thc fagini
se,temcgt
/ That Just where ! em going. | Re
pliei
Then if yon take that ring with ycu
violence wiil be done you. Them pco
ple dont kuoa tic Lord.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

4 young lady once married man by
the name Of Dust, against the wishes Of
her parents. After a short time they
lived unhappily together, and she re-
turned TO her fathers house; but be re-
fused TO receive her. saying Dust
thou art and unto Dust thou shalt re-
turn" And she got up and "dusted.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

For vigorous, original English, let
one 20 West or South. A Memphis
gentleman Is there described by the re-
mark tuat "his forshead extended to
the gable end Of bis neck, which is IN
terrreted to mean that lie is barefooted
OF rha top Of his head
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

/ am afraid you don't ike babies
when they cry, said matron to gen
tlenan, as she tried 10 soothc the darl-
ing II her arms Oh, yes, said he,
" | like them best when they cry, be-
cause I've always observed that then
they are invariably carried out oi the
room"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

When Scotch minister told his
neigLbor that be had preached two
hours and ha,f the day before. the
neigbbor said: Why, minister, were
you not tired to death r "Aw, nae,
said be, was fresh as rose but u
would have done your heart good "a
see how tired the congregation was"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

lishcj house, % else boldly struck oat
for themselves Here, then Is the 81
son, which is, Il sou wish 70 bo1omo
successful masters. learn frst 70 become
faithful servants.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

4 yiyididea Of the weakness Of chick
en- soup vaa conveyed in wag's query
10 bis wife d, dinner Cant you coax
that chicken 70 wade through the soup
onco more 2"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14

A young man having devoted himself
to the special entertainment Of a COM
pany u pretty girls f0r a whole even
ing. demanded payment 10 kisses, ,when
one oi them instantly replied, Certain
ly, SIR. present your bill.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-06-14
Ihr 9anrnal.


o usn
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16
MY WIFES BRIDAL TOUR,
BY NOSE SKINNER.

When I married my second wife,
She was dreadful set about going
OF on q bridal tour. / told her
sho had better wait six months or
n year, and ia try to 60 with her,
but she said she'd rather 90 alone
WHOM woman was travelling q
man was an out.and-out humbug.
so l. gavo hor sevonty-fivc conts,
and told hor to 60 OFF and havo q
good time. I mover bcgrudgo
money whore my wifo's happiness
is concerned. My first wifc mover
could complain of not going any
whercs, for I'm dreadful ficrco to
60 off on n good timo myself, and
always was. I don't prctond to
say how many timcs L took hor
out to sec tho engine squirt, and
thcro was no end to tho frco lcc-
turos 1 lot her 60 to. Tho ncigh-
bors used to say: "It does beat all
how tho Skinnors do go!"
Whom Signor Blitz was in Sunk
vile, with his wonderful canarics,
no gavo my wifo q complimentary
ticket. I not only sold that tickot
for my wife, but I gavo hcr half
tho money. don't boast Of it.
though :; only mention it to show
how much | thought of my wifc's
happiness.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16
JTow GOVERNMENT Is RobBED.

1loW GOVERNMENT Is RobBED.
--"Mack," the Washington COR
respondent Of tho Cicinnnati En-
quircr, thus lifts tho wells
General McPhcrson's Adjutant-
Goncral, rcputed the best oflicor
of tho kind In tho sorvico, told mo
Of u sun-dial which had boon CON-
structcd in ono Of tho frontier
forts-a very plain article on Il
granite pcdostnl--tho actual valuo
Of wh;cli lie estimated at SIT.
What do you think tho Govorn-
mont has paid for it? Ho assured
mo that he had gono to tho trouble
to examine tho vouchers in the
Departments, and, said ho, "as I'm
n living man, that sun.diul has
cost tho Government $4,000"
asked how it was dono. ~ don't
KNOW" said ho; "I only know
that ovory quartormastor and cons
missary who has had anything to
do with tho fort owns a pair Of
horsos, with silvor-mountod mopo.
gram harness, and splondid cap.
riagcs and big stono front housc ,,cssj
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16

The Minnesota Tribune SAYS !:
awe have now employed IN our
office q man who has been in tho
English army for thirty-fvc years ;
was ut tho scigc OF Lucknow; had
both Of his cars cut Off while stick
ing his head out ofa sallyport. lie
aftorward served on tho staff Of
Wellington at Waterloo, and sub.
scquontIy accompanied Bonaparto
in his celebrated Egyptian cam
paign, whcro he was arrested for
conniving at an clopoment with
Sphpnx, and was confined in tho
Pyramids for three years, Ho
has boon in 48l pitched bat
tics, and n great many that whore
not pitched. Everybody has read
Of tho butcher who was killing a
beef for tho Commissary when tho
Balaklava charge was sounded,
and who seized an axe, mounted u
horse, and wont thorough tho bat
terry and back safely. WolI, this
is tho man wc aro writing about.
lilo relates that thrilling episode
in his chcckorcd history with much
enthusiasm. IIo used TO hayo a
modal, but grizzly boar snatched
it off his shirt bosom whilo ho was
laying tho last tic on tho China
and Siberian Railroad, Eastorn
Division. lilo says ho is now tirod
Of travel and adventure, and bro.
poses to sottlo down, and it is tho
gonoral opinion that he will. Ho
Mother smokes, elbows, drinks
whisky, or swcars, and can set typo
as well as he used to fight.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16


"TnE New ERA or PnoaREss."
Tho Now York Herald in an
article upon tho wonderful march
Of events in tho nineteenth ccntu-
ry, says:
In NIL directions science is
giving man tho mastery of nature.
Tho crooked places aro being mado
straight, tho rough places plain.
Wc know no barrior. We dread
no difficulty. The elomonts have
become our obodient servants.
What creator power is yot to bo
givcH us? 10 what unknown fu-
turo arc wo tcnding2 Wo have
caught tho winds and made them
tho carriers OF tire gIobo. We
havo tanned tho mighty ocean and
made it tho pathway ofcommcrcc.
Wo have seized tho force lightning
and made it tho swift messenger
ofthought. What gives additiona!
vnluo to thoso triumphs is that
they havo boon won by and in tho
interest Of tho people. Wo build
no moro pyramids, because wo
know 10 slavery. One hundred years
hence, what othcr changes will
have taken place? Tint tho
world will bo grandcr and mon
nobler, happier and moro united,
we cannot allow, ourselves to doubt.
Wo can SEQ thrones crumblinG to
piocos and national barriers oVery-
whore disappearing. 'Wo can see,'
TO quotc tho words Of tho eloquent
and philosophic DcMaistro, tho
human family rushing together
towards somo immense unity-but
Of tho name and nature of that
unity il is not yct safe 10 spoak
with authority"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16

whose guests tho ladies wcro to
DO, delivered mo from these Philis-
tines, for l handed ovor their
checks to him and ho gave them
to tho ono ho pleased, whilst I
gave my own check to tho same
man,and thereby offended another
who had offered to tal1o mo and
my trunk to q hotel for tho samo
price rs tho other. lilo spoke to
me in very injured tono somo-
timo aftcrward,w whom mot him at
my hotel whcrc ho stopped to de-
liver some baggage for othcrs. I
was recommended to tho Prico
House by tho gentleman above
mentioned, and had reason to be-
lievo that my choice Of q hotel
was n wise ono. 1t is kept by
Southern mon and is q most excel
lcnt house. Tho st. James is u
fine, largo new Hotel built by a
Northern Company, and kept by
Yankees, and largely rcsortcd to
by Yankees. / should not have
felt at homo there, and I heard n
Canadian, as we'll as some North
crn mon, say that thoy liked tho
Price House the bost after trying
both. They said thcro was moro
formality and display at tho st.
james, but not so much real COM
fort rs they found at the Price
House. The latter is q now hotel
also, and is situated Immediately
ut tho terminus of tho railroad
from Savannah and Tallahassee.
[ was( purpriscd to find Persons
from almost all parts Of the world
at Jacksonville. There wcre sev-
eral of tho English nobility there.
l noticed the name of Lord Par
l1cr on tho register at the St. James
Hotel. He had q very fino Now
Foundland dog which was much
spoken Of. There was q British
General Of somo note, Sir Charles
Wyndham, Of Crimean celebrity,
stopping at tho Prico House, and
died there. lilo was rather ad-
vanccd in ago but won't to Jack.
sonvillc for tho benefit of his health
lilo was stationed in Canada, and
when it was found that he would
not recover, telegram was dis
patched to his wife, Lady Wynd-
ham, in Canada, who arrived in
Jacksonville only in timo to sec
him sink. There was II French
Marquis, Dc Tallcyrand, also there,
and wealthy Spanish or Cuban
family staying at tho Prico House
IL fow days. There wcro persons
from all parts Of tho United States,
oven from tho most remote States,
but principally from tho North
and East. We mot them every-
whcro, and one of tho ladies of
our party remarked "that their
hard characters and harsh voices
did not harmonizc with the dreamy
beauty Of tho land" I was struck
with tho truth Of the roma ark
Most Of thcm go thorc for health,
but some for pleasure and the
sports of hunting or shooting and
fishing. An Englishman who
was On the same boat with us and
had his family with him, had also
u number Of dogs and guns with
him.
(1o be Continued.)
--~ss~-e---s.<s
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16

Tho Printing business in Cali
fornia for tho last twenty yoars
has bcon tho subject of an inter-
csting a.ticlo in the San Francisco
Bulletin. This roviow Of tho pro-
gross of printing and publishing
in California states that ut tho
timo Of tho gold discovery in
1913, but ono small wotkly news
paper was published in California,
tho editor of which was his own
printer. In the winter Of 1849
throo daily newspapers and tbreo
job printing Offices, employing
about forty printers ut wages Of
fifty dollars II week each, woro Ca
tablishcd in Francisco. In tho
spring and summer Of 1850, daily
Journals began to spring up over
tho Statc, md tho journoymcn
printers put up wages to sixty
dollars week, and thon to two
dollars per ono thousand ems,
which rates ruled generally until
1856, when thoy woro fixed ut
scvcnty.fvc cents for picco work
and fifty dollars u week for day
worIs, which rates havo bccn
maintained to tho present timc.
Six dailios, two somi-wcchlica,
three tri-wccklios, twenty -oight
wcoltlics and monthlics, and ono
by-monthly arc now published in
San Franciscot giving employ.
mont to about four hundred prin-
tcrs. There arc thirty four book
and job printing establishments,
eleven of them using steam pow
CT in their press rooms. Tho to-
tai labor bill for ono Of tho most
extensive job offices amounts TO
$4,000 gold per anhum (only
gold rates arc given in this arti-
clo), and at least two newspapers
nro paying printors at tho ratio OF
moro than $50, 1000 each year.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16
found it out. I simply say I found

In conclusion l would say to all
young mon: Marry your second
wife first, and keep out of dobt by
all means, ovon if you have to bor-
row money to do it.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16

A young Kontuckian has literal
iy "gono back" on his family by
marrying his grandmothcr'ssis sistor.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16
o ccdo to tho Unitod Statos iuris-

VI w AShlVfc SOuulS NttNlGOES,
trclsurcrs, and other officers by
him appointed.
Joint resolution to authorize
tho State treasurer to issue ro-
nowal Of six por cont. Stock to
tho executor of tho estate Of Maria
brisbane, or to his legal roproson-
tativcs.
Joint resolution to oxtond tho
timo in which tho claims Of teach
ors for services rendered during
tho year commencing October 81,
1867, shall bo presented for pay
ment.
Joint resolution authorizing tho
treasurer to advance six thousand
dollars por month to tho supcrin-
tondcnt Of tho pcnitontiary Of
South Carolina.
AN act for tho bottcr protection
OF migratory fish.
An act to incorporate tho Co.
lumbia Oil Company.
An act to regulate tho rights
and powers Of railroad compa-
MICS.
An act to provide for n general
election Of county officers.
An act to secure equal civil
rights, and to provide for tho on,
joymcnt Of all remedies in law by
all persons, regardless of raco or
color.
An act TO amend an act entitled
an act to empower circuit Judges
TO change tho vonuo for tho trial
of actions, both civil and crimi-
nal.
An act to establish and main,
tain n systom of frce common
schools for tho State Of South
Carolina.
An net to amend the charter OF
tho GranitcvilIc Manufacturing g
Company.
An act to regulate tho publica
tion uf I'LL loyal and public no
ticcs.
An net to establish tho weight
ofh barrel Of crude turpontine.
Joint resolution to authorize
the Secretary Of State to purc!!::""ssee go
ono hundred copies Of Richard
sons 18th volume Of Law Reports
and ono hundred copies Of Rich
ardson's 14th volume Of Equity
Reports.
An act to provide for tho pay
mont Of claims Of teachers for scr-
vices rendered during the fiscal
year commencing November I, A.
ID. 1868, and ending ending Octo
bcr 81. A. ID. 1869.
An act to alter and amend the
charter and extend the limits OF
the City Of Columbia.
An act to determine the time
when the salaries Of tho county
school missioncrs shall com.
mcnco, and to fix tho date ol
tho first meeting Of tho State
Board OF Education.
An act to amend an act entitled
an act to incorporate the Char
lesion Board Of Trade.
An act to charter tho Manchcs
ter and Augusta Railroad Com
pany.
An act to grant, renew and
amend tho charters Of certain
towns and villages therein named.
An act to amend an act entitled
an act to fix tho salary and reg
ulatc the pay OF certain officers.
An act to provide for the forma-
ton Of religious, charitable and
educational associations.
An act to amend an act entitled
an act to authorize tho sale Of tho
Columbia Canal.
An act to grant to cortain por-
sons therein namod, and thcir u.s.
sociatcs, tho right to dig and mine
in the bods Of tho navigablc
streams and waters Of the State
Of South Carolina, for phosphate
rocks and phosphate dcposiLcs.
An act to incorporate tho Will
mington and South Carolina Rail.
road Company.
An act to enforce tho provis-
ions of tho Civil Rights bill Of tho
Unitod States Congress, and to
secure to tho pooplo tho benefits
Of a republican government in
l..
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16

An act to limit tho cost Of Grim
inal prosecutions.
An act to provide for Cling va
cancics in county Offices.
An net to incorporate tho Char.
lcston Banking and Trust Com
pany.
An act to provide for tho ap-
pointmont Of trial justices.
A joint resolution authorizing
tho Attorncy-Gonora to institute
proceedings against tho South
Carolina Railroad Company for
violation Of Charter.
An net to incorporate tho Coop.
ors' Trades Union Of Charleston.
An act relative to tho City
Council undor tho charter to i'm
posc punishment for violation Of
city ordinances.
An act to make appropriations.
An act to define tho criminal iu-
risdiction Of trial justices,
/ An act to exempt cotton and
woolen manufactures from taxa.
| ton for four years.
An act to authorize trustees to
invest in State bonds.
An act to amend IN act to char.
ter tho Barnwcll Railroad.
An act to regulate tho fees of
tho clerks of tho court, probate
Judges and trial justices.
| -------.~----
OUR FuTUnE IIOUsEKE
Wo sometimes catch ourselves
wondering how many Of tho young
lndios whom wo meet with arc to
perform tho part of houscl1ccpors,
when tho young mon who now
oyc thom admirably havc pcrsua-
dod thcm to become thoir wives.
We listen to those young ladies of
whom wo speak, and hear them
not only acknowledges, but boast.
ing of their ignorance Of all house
hold duties, as if nothing would
so lower them in tho esteem Of
their friends rs tho confession of
an ability to bake bread and pics,
or cook n piece Of meat, or Il dis.
position to engage in any useful
employment. Speaking from our
own youthful rccollections, VIC arc
free to say that taper fingers and
lilly white hands arc very pretty
to look ut with q young mans
eyes, and sometimes wo have
known tho artlcss innocence of
practical knowledge displayed by
young miss TO appear rather in
CcrcSllhS lhah OVcfWlSc. But VIC
have lived long enough to learn
that life is full Of rugged expert.
cnccs. and that tho most loving,
romantic and delicate pcopIo must
live on cooked or otherwise pre-
pared food, and in homes kept
clean and tidy by industrious
hands. And for all practical pur-
poses OF married life, it is general
~ found that for the husband to
sit and gaze at the wic's taper
fingers and Highlands, or for u
wife TO sit and be looked at and
admired, tends not to mako the
pot boil or put the Smallest piece
Of food in the pot.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16

Ton thousand people go to bod.
drunk in Philadelphia ovory night.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-03-16
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements inserted at the rate OF 9l.p0
por square--one incb-for f1rst insertion, and
column advertisements ten per cont on above.
Notices Of meetings, obituaries and tributes
OF respect, same rdtes per square as ordinary
advertisements, ~ |%&B
Special notices in looal column 20 cents
per line.
Advertisements not marked with the num-
Dor Of insertions will bo kept in till forbid
and charged accordingly. {84a
Spccinl contracts mado with large advor.
tlscrs, with liberal deductions on above rates.
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... Terms Cash.