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Middletown transcript., 1870-10-15
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AUTUMN WOODS.

Ere in the northern gale,
The summer tresses of the trees are gone,
The woods of autumn, all around our vale,
Have put their glory on.
The mountains that unfold,
In their wide sweep, the colored landscape round,
Seem groups of giant kings in purple and in gold,
That guard the enchanted ground
roam the woods that crown
The upland, where the mingled splendors glow,
Where the gay company Of trees look down
On the green fields below.
Ny steps are not alone
In these bright walks the sweet southwest at play,
Flies nesting, where the painted leaves are strewn
Along the winding way.
, And far in heaven, the while,
The sun, that sends the gale to wander here,
Pours out on the fair earth his quiet smile
The sweetest of the year.
Where now the solemn shade
Verdure and bloom where many branches meet,
So grateful when the noon of summer made
The valley sick with heat2
Let in through the trees
Come the strange rays the forest depths arc bright
Their sunny colored foliage in the breeze,
Twinkles like the beams of light.
The rivulet, late unseen,
Where Pickering through the shrubs, Its water run
Shines with the image of its golden screen,
And glimmerings of the sun.
But meath yon crimson tree
Lover to listening maid might breathe his fame,
Nor mark, within its roseate canopy,
Her blush of maiden shame
Oh, Autumnl why SO soon
Depart the hues that make the forest glad
Thy gentle wind and thy fair sunny noon,
And leave thee wild and sad2
All 'twere n lot too blest
Forever In thy colored shades to stray
Amid the kisses of the soft southwest,
To roam and dream for aye.
And leave the vain, low strife
That makes men mad; the tug for wealth and
power;
Tho passions and the cares that withcr life,
And waste its little hour.
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-15

CURE FOR SrAMMERINa.- cffectual
cure mainly depends upon the determine
ton of the sufferer to carry out the follow
ing rule: Keep the teeth close together.
and before attempting to speak inspire
deeply; then give time for quiet utteranos.
and after very slight practice the hesita-
ton will DO relieved. No spasmodic so-
ton of tho lower jaw must be permitted TO
seperate the teeth when speaking. This
plan. regularly carried out for six months,
cured me when twenty years old. ] was
painfully bad, both to myself and to others.
Without determination to follow out the
plan, it is of no use attempting it.
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MDDLWN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE MORNING.
won't boi Catch mo telling you anything

won't boi Catch mo telling you anything
again"
"But, Aunt Sally, what became of him?
Did you ever see him again 2"
"No, the moment ho touched the ground
he got up and left the place in terrible
hurry. I tell you it was sight to be
remembered to see how that man did run.
Father happened to be coming up the
street at the time, and he said he never
saw anything equal to it in his whole life.
1 heard others say he did the fastest kind
of running ever known in that part of the
country, and he never stopped nor looked
behind until he was two miles out of town.
He sent me note few days afterward,
saying tho engagement must be broken off,
as he never could look me in the face again
after what had happened. He went out
west, and l believe he is preaching out in
Illinois. But he never married. He was
very modest, and suppose he was SO bad
ly frightened that time that he never dar-
ed to trust himself near q woman again.
That, girls, is the reason / never married.
1 felt very bad about it for long time,
for he was real good man, and I've often
thought to myself that we should always
have been very happy. # his suspcnders
hadn't giuen aoay."
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FORMATION OF DEW.

When children 90 abroad in clear
morning they often find all the grass COW
cred with drops of water, and sometimes
the water even drops from the trees,
though the ground is dry and there has
evidently been no rain during the night.
They soon learn to call these drops by the
name of dew, but whence and how comes
dew on the ground is puzzle. Well,
there is always more or less moisture in
the air. If there is a cubic inch Of water
in a cubic yard of air, then the air is said
to be thoroughly impregnated or filed
with water. In such case the smallest a.
mount of cold or absence of heat in any
thing will cause little drops of dew to set
tie on the surface. By cubic inch or
yard is meant square space measuring
one inch or yard on every side If you
take block one inch long, one inch thick,
and one inch high, it will be cubic inch.
Then, if you take o box of the same form
and size, and can fill it with water ex-
tractcd from vessel filled with air, and of
the same form as the box, but measuring
yards instead of inches, you would say
that there had been q cubic inch of water
in cubic yard of air. Almost any sub
stance will have more or less dew on it
when the air is in such state, because
few substances are warm enough to pre-
vent it. Then just in proportion as there
is less water in the air must a body or
substance be cooled to produce dew. The
blades of grass and the leaves of trees
being SO thin are quickly cooled by the
air when the sun goes down. They radi-
ate or throw out the warmth that is in
them and soon become cooler than the air
is, and then the water that is in the air
begins at once to settle on them. and in
the course of clear night will collect
there enough to form the dewdrops."
There is never any dew on the bare
ground, because it never gets cooler than
the air, so as to cause the moisture to set
tie on it.: nor of cloudy night, because
the clouds radiats heat to the ground,
which prevents the leaves and grass from
cooling, as a cloudy night is always warm
er than clear one would have been from
the same cause The dew does not fall
on leaves like rain, but collects from all
directions, and it is not seen on the under
side because that side is so porous as to
absorb or drink it up, as o sponge does
water.
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AN ELECTION JoKE.-A stolid Dutch
man was standing at certain place on
election day, inquiring for "de regular
Democratic dicket," when shrewd fellow
stepped up and supplied him with the
genuine thing.
"Vell. now. says Hans. "vot now will
l do NIT hint"
"Put it in that box" exclaimed sever
al voices, pointing to the ballot-box.
But the cunning chap who had accom-.
modated him with the " dicket" whispered
in his ear.
Don't let them fool you; don't put it
in the box; put it in your pocket; it's
yours; don't let them cheat you out Of
your vote"
And SO he did, ramming the ticket a.
way down to the bottom of deep pocket
in his coat, and walking off as mad as
could be at the rogues who wanted to
cheat him out of his vote by putting it in
the ballot-box.
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Tlit and Samor.
THE RIVALS.

Frankly A. was young man who fol-
lowed his trade of carpenter. He was an
honest, industrious, religious young man,
quiet and unobtrusive, but withal, natu-
rally shrewd and observant. Jimmy NJ:
was hardworking young farmer, who
cultivated his own land, and though an
humble young man, he was regarded as a
wcll-to-do person, in his neighborhood,
and as very fair "catch," by mamas
with marriageable daughters. 1t SO hap
pened that Frankly and Jimmy conceived
liking for the same young lady, the
daughter of respectable farmer in the
neighborhood. Franky had been a regu-
lar visiter at the farmers house for some
time, and had established very intimate
relations with the family. He would go
of Saturday night, after finishing his
weeks work, and stay until Monday NOR
ming, so that he came to be looked upon
almost as zone of the family" One Sun
day afternoon Frankly was at the farmers
house as usual. The table had been spread
for supper and they were about sitting
down to very plain repast Of mush and
milk. Just then Jimmy was seen riding
up the lane towards the house on fine
spirited young horse. The farmer went
out to meet him. The mother gathered
up her plain delf cups and saucers togeth-
er with the milk and mush and brown
table cloth. and disappeared into the kitch-
en-. The daughter whipt up stairs and
exchanged her dull calico for her best silk,
and soon Joined the gentlemen in the par
lor, radiant with smiles, and mctamor-
phosed into fine lady. In the mean
time the supper table had been respread.
The china glittered upon fine white ta-
ble-cloth, and tempting "short=cake, T"
and pot of fragrant tea, had been provi-
ded instead of the palmer mush and milk.
Supper was announced. 1t was the GUS
tom in the family to have "grace" at
meals, and the farmer usually called upon
Frankly to render that service. He did so
on this occasion. Frankly, who had been
a silent but attentive spectator Of all that
had passed since the coming of his rival,
and who was somewhat of wit. withal,
drew up to the table, and with becoming
gravity. commenced as follows:
The Lord be praised, how Pm amazed
To see how things are mended,
Here's short-cake and tea for supper see,
When milk and mush were intended.
The meal was eaten in silence. 1t was
the last "grace" Frankly ever said at that
table. When supper was over he took
his hat and bade them good evening. His
rival married the young lady some months
afterwards.
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TYRIAK PURpLs.-The ancient wealth
and opulenoe Of Tyre Game principally
from its purple dye. About fifteen hum
dred years before Christ, 1t Is said. the
King Of Phenicia was SO captivated with
the color that he made it his greatest Or
nament, the Tyrian purple thus becoming
an emblem Of royalty. In the time Of
Augustus, pound of wool dyed at Phc-
nicia was worth about hundred and fifty
dollars. The purple was obtained from a
small vessel or sac in the throat OF IL
shellfsh, to the amount of about one drop
from each animal. AT first it is a color
less liquid but, by exposure to the air
and the bright sunlight Of the Tyrian
coast, yellew, green, azure, red, and in
the course of forty-eight hours brilliant
purple hue. The color, besides its great
brilliancy. is also remarkable for its dura-
bility. Plutarch says, in his life of Alex
ander, that at tho taking of Susa, the
Greeks found in the royal tresury of Da-
rius quantity of purple cloth at the VAL
ue of five thousand talents, which still re-
tanned its beauty although it had lain there
nearly two hundred years. The color ro-
sists the action of all alkalies and most
acids.
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The following curious sentence. /" (

The following curious sentence. " Sdtor'
arepo teret opera rotas." is not irst-class
Latin, but may be translated: g. cease
from my work; the mower will wear bis
wheels" 1t is, in fact, something like a
nonsense verse, but has these peculiari-
ties: /. 1t spells backward and forward
the same. 2 Then the first letter of each
word spells the first word 3. Then all
the second letters of each word spell the
second word. 4. Then all the third, and
SO on through the fourth and fifth. s.
Then, commencing with tho last letter Of
each word, spells the first word. g. Then
the next to tho last, and 30 on through.
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TIE HONEST IRISH BoY.-There was
lad in Ireland who was put to work at q
linen factory, and while he was at work
there piece Of cloth was wont TO be sent
out which was short of the quantity it
ought to bc; but the master thought il
might be made tho length by a little
stretching. He thereupon unrolled the
cloth, taking hold of one end of it himself
and the boy at the other. He then said:
"Pull, Adam, pull"
- cannot, SIR"
"WhyT
Because it is wrong, SIR" said Adam,
and he refused to pull.
Upon this the master said he would not
do for linen manufacturer, and sent him
home; but that boy became the learned
Rev. DR.. Adam Clarke. 'N'
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Select poetru.
TN e RAIN.

Patter-patter-
Listen how the rain-drops clattcr,
Falling on the shingle roof;
How they rattle,
Like the rifles click in battle,
Or the chargers iron hoofl
Cool and pleasant
Is the evening air at present,
Gathering freshness from the rain;
Langor chasing,
Music, thew and sinew bracing,
p And enlivening the brain.
Close together
Draw the bands of love in weather
When the sky is overcast;
Eyebals glisten--
Thankfully we sit and listen
To the rain that's coming fast.
Dropping-dropping
Like dissolving diamonds--popplng
'Gainst the crystal window-pane,
As if seeking
Entrance-welcome, and bespeaking
Our affection for the rain.
Quick and quicker
Drip the droppings; thick and thicker
Pour the hasty torrents down:
Rushing-rushing-
From the leaden spouts a-gushing,
Cleansing all the streets in town.
Darkness utter
Gathers round: we close the shutter.
Snugly SHELTERED let us keep.
Still unceasing
Falls the rain; but oh tis pleasing
Meath such lullaby to sleep.
How | love it
Let the miser money covet-
Let the soldier seek the fight;
Give me only,
When lie awake and lonely,
Music made by rain at night.
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HOME CouRrEs1Es. Il am one of those

HOME CouRTEsIEs. am one of those
whose lot in life has been to 60 out into
an unfriendly world at an early age; and
of nearly twenty families in which / made
my home in the course of about nine years,
there were only three that could be desig-
mated as happy families; and the source
of the trouble was not 80 much the lack Of
love as the lack of care to manifest it. The
closing words Of this sentence give US the
fruitful source of family alterations, Of
heart aches innumerable, of sad faces and
gloomy home circles " Not so much the
lack of love as the lack of care to manifest
it,"
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BONE FELoN.-Of all painful things
can there be any so excrutiatingly painful
as a bone felon? We know of none that
flesh is heir to, and as this malady is quite
frequent and the subject of much earnest
consideration, wo give the latest receipt
for its cure, which is given by that high
authority the London Lancet:
AS soon us the pulsation which indi-
Gates the disease is felt, put directly over
the spot fly blister about the size of your
thumb nail, and let it remain for six hours;
at the expiration of which time, directly
under the surface of the blister, may be
seen the felon, which can be instantly ta-
ken out with the point of a needle or lam
Get.
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The line Of conduct chosen by prudent
young man during the five years from fif-
teen to twenty, will, in almost every in
stance, determine his character for life.
As he is then careful or careless, prudent
or imprudent, industrious or indolent.
truthful or dissimulating. intelligent OF
ignorant, temperate or dissolute. SO will
he be in after years, and it needs no
prophet to cast his horoscope or calculste
his chance in life.
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While trudging along, one day all alone

HIfo VI uu6fuS "f0HSI oHo u"J I"i' 'f0t1o'
rebel soldier met preacher, when the
following dialogue ensued Preacher, =
What command do you belong tot Sol
dier-I belong to the Fourth Texas Regi-
ment, Van Dorn's army. What army do
you belong TOT Preacher, very solemnly
Il belong to the army of the Lord.
Then. my friend, said the soldier. you've
got long way from headquarters !!
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HUMoRs OF THE CENSUS. see il
stated that in Indiana the census taker
discovered young lady who was happy
in tho name Of Jane Juliette Isalina Ara
minta Muscadora Peeks. In Ohio fam
lily was found where the first son was nam-
ed Imprimis, the second Finis, and tho
three others Appendix, Addendum, and
Erratum.
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At a school at Wallsend, near New
Castle, England, the master asked class
of boys the meaning of the word appetite,
when, after short pause, one little boy
said-"I know, sir. When I'm eatin I'm
'appy, and when I'm done I'm tight"
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A physician in Burlington, Vermont,
driving into town on election morning,
was met by friend who hailed him with
the question:
"Have you voted ?"
"Not yet," replied the Doctor. "but |
have been out all night after voter, and
I've got him safe, too"
when will he vote ?"
about twenty-one years from now"
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A USEFUL REoIpE.-It may not be gem
orally known among our lady readers that
hot water will take out the stain Of any
fruit from any fabric. You have only to
putsthe garment in tub or bowl, pour
boiling water over it, and let it stand till
cool, then wash out, and the stain is gone.
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A woman applied to a magistrate for q
summons against neighbor "She call
ed me thief, your honor-cant I make
her prove it 2" "No doubt you could"
said the magistrate, "but think you had
better not"
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A carpenter at public dinner given in
honor of the erection Of largo public ed
iGce for which he was contractor, when
the toast to his health was given, rather
enigmatically said that he was more fitted
for the scafold than for public speaking.
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A girl hearing the lady of the house at
dinner, ask her husband to bring "Dom-
bey and Son" with him when he came
home to tea, had two extra plates on the
table, for the supposed visitors.
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WHAT IS A MILE.-The following table
showing the length of mile in different
nationalities, will doubtless prove of inter-
est to number of our readers during the
contest now progressing between France
and Prussia
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New Lisbon, Ohio, has female base
ball club. One of the girls recently made
home run" She saw her respected
father approaching with switch,
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THE AMERICAN
Buttonhole, 0verseaming,
SEWING MACHINE,
Has the following advantages over
most all other Sewing Machines
in the market;

1t has tension which prevents cutting of
thread or dropping of stitches.
Q II has the most powerful construction, which
will insure good work for quarter of a century.
3 1t sews the lightest cambric and the usual
shoe leather without any strain whatever.
1t has feed bar which can be lowered or
raised at WILL thus adapting it to all kinds of
material.
1t is impossible to get the machine out of Or
der unless by rust, dust or taking apart. 1t will
never get out of order by working.
1t has the highest attainable speed, making
1900 stitches per minute by foot, and 5000 by
steam.
1t is the lightest running shuttle machine.
1t makes the most beautiful lock stitch
1t has the handsomest appearance.
10 1t has the strongest, most convenient, hand
somely polished, braced table, with drawer, and
board TO prevent soiing the dress.
IL Its cover is polished, fitting and locked MS a
little trunk. There is nothing better than this to
preserve the machine.
IL 1t has straight needle.
l3 Four bobbins hold spool of cotton.
IA 1t has the best hemmcr.
l5 1t has the most complete attachment, the
Jack-of-all-trades, hens, fells, binds, bastes,
tucks, brnds and ruflles
l6 1t is as simple as any machine in the mar
ket.
II 1t needs but little time to learn its opera
ton.
l8 1t has the best embroidering attachment.
10 1t sews on straight a piece while putting
another at the same time without basting, at
tachment or after work.
These advantages combine the best qualities q
sewing machine for the family who want TO
use it steadily in all kinds of work. Nothing
equal can he found in the way of combining the
advantages of all the sewing machines now
known, while obviating oil their faults.
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Value the friendship of him who standa
by you in tho storm.
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BANKING HOUSE
JOHN MCLEAR u Son
NO. Goa MARKET STREET,
Wilmington, Delaware
ESTABLISHED ls4s.)

DEPOSlTS of money received on interest dur
~ ing business hours of every day, subject to
dran at,siGht, or payable at 9 time agreed upon,
as may be desired by the depbsitor.
Persons depositing with us can give checks in
the same manner as upon Banks, which Will be
paid when presented.
We buy, sell and exchange all issues of Gov
ernment Bonds at current market prices. We
buy, sell and collect gold and currency coupons.
We execute orders for the purchase and sale of
gold, and all kinds of stocks and bonds on COM
mission.
Drafts on Foreign Countries payable in the
gold coin of the country upon which they arc
drawn. .4a14.is.I- iEai.ULa
Collections made in all parts of the United
States, Canada and Europe.
Inquiries by mail promptly answered.
seAo 50IEN- N-McLEAR t, SON.
aug. 27-3mos
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THE FOLLOWING ADVANTAGES
THE AMERICAN
Possesses alone and undisturbed, there being nc
other machine even pretending them:

Otnef machine even pretending tnem:
1t has a larger arm and stronger construc-
ton than any family machine, admitting larger
pieces of work, thus fitting the machine to family
and manufacturing purposes as well, without
need of two machines. 1t has s9x5 inches clear
room.
2 1t hens any width or thickness, from lie
of an inch cambric to 2 inches beaver.
3 1t binds coat, skirt, or a hat without
any braid or binding whatever
1t folds up the brim of hat to any fullness.
1t overseams sheet or Brussels carpet.
6 1t makes beautiful eyelet work.
1t embroders on the edge.
1t makes buttonholes of any size on any
material.
0 1t has the braiding machine which makes
braid of size or color at the rate of so yards per
hour. This sells for $40 extra.
10 It always won the first premium at every
exhibition in which it has been entered.
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Why is it children are not taught po,
litenessi
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"a FOR SALE.

rJ,mE HOUSE AND LOT, now oc- RsA
i cupied by the undersigned sit HsHA.
uated on Lake street Niddletown, ad- l,jsik3
Joining the property Of Zachariah kzssss4stsss2
Jones' The House is two-story frame, % feet
front running back Is feet, with a back build
ing is by 20 feet, and good kitchen in the rear,
eight rooms h all The Lot is 100 feet 'front.' by
i25 feet deep, stocked with choice fruit and gar
den shrubbery. A well of good water in the
yard For further particulars apply to
June 25-f NATHAN SIMMONS,
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Chester White Pigs,

EoR SALE at less than ihalfthe price charged
IL the producer in Philadelphia, for same quail
ny and age. Apply at this Office, oct l-tf
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CEASONED OAK and PINE WOOD, sawed
y and Split delivered in town, in quantities to
suit, at 81 per cord, by q. I. EVANS.
Feb l9-tf
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The meal was eaten in silence. 1t was
the last "grace" Frankly ever said at that
table. When supper was over he took
his hat and bade them good evening. His
rival married the young lady some months
afterwards.