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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16
A Seventh Wife Enumerates the Bless.
ings of POlygamy.

Inc syracuse Courier guarantees the
authenticity of the tlattering picture of
domestic bliss contained in the follow
ing letter. 1t was written by Mormon
lady to friend residing near Syracuse I:
My DEAR MARTHA You know have
never written to you since | came here
to the land OF promise and joined the
Mormon faith. You know we used to
talk about Joe Smith and his twenty
wives, and what terrible wicked thing
it was for man to have so many wives,
and that all such women ought to be
put to death, and we wondered how
they could ever agree to live together
and all that. Now | will tell you some
of my experience. You know | went
with a company of sixteen, some from
New York State, some from Connect
cut, and two from New Hampshire, and
when we got here a great parade was
made over us. We Wee taken into the
tabernacle where our spiritual Lord and
master made fine prayer and speech
to us, giving his thanks for coming so
long distance to be with them and
enjoy the only true religion and happi-
ness. The next day | was married to
my husband, who is a farmer, is as fine
man as you ever did see; he is noble
and generous he had then only six
wives, | became the seventh he has
married two more since, and we were
all glad he did, it is so pleasant when
we all get together and tell each other
OF our former experience before we
came here; how we used to think it a
mortal sin for man to have more than
one wife, and all such foolish nonsense.
Our dear husband often laughs at us
when we tell him of the silly notions
we had in our younger days. Our hus-
band is one of the kindest men if anv
one OF us want any money all we have
to do is to ask him for it, and the horses
and the carriage is always ready to take
us wherever we wish TO 90. We have
thirty-seven children altogether; only
three are mine, and most of them are
old enough to 90 to school. | tell YOU
1t is mighty pleasant to see them ali in
the play ground together ENJOYING
themselves hugely, and their father in
their midst as happy as any of them. |
tell you he is as nice a man as ever
lived. lie says he is going 10 have all
the boys learn Il good trade or profession
1--WE have only nineteen boys), and we
must learn the girls to work, SO thew
will be useful when they become wives.
tell you, Martha, we have no old
maids in this country. no illegitimate
children, no abortion, no coroner's in.
quests over little babes at every half
mile along the line of the canals, as Won
nave IN your country. There are no
houses OF lll-tame in our country. In
snort, my dear Martha, we are happy
ana prosperous people, and we enjoy
life in a proper and Christian.like man.
ner. l would sign my full name, which
am proud of, but husband saws had
better sign my original maiden name,
as this letter is going to land of unbe,
Levers. 90 auleu, CLARA.
Z. 81 will write you again before
long, but husband says must not urge
you to come here; if you come, YOU
must do so voluntarily.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16

Is IT MEDIcINE?-A friend of ours,
who halls from one of the upper districts OF
South Carolina, called at the Pick office,
and among other novelties, he mentioned
" Wolfe's Aromatic Sehiedam Schnapps,"
and stated as o fact that, in his section of
the country, nearly all the physicians, in
certain cases, when they deemed ardent
spirits necessary to prolong or save life, in
variably used these schnapps,' justly re.
garding it as the only spirits that could DO
procured pure and unadulterated. He also
stated that this medicine or " Schnapps''
was becoming the only beverage sold on the
great stage or railroad routes. He says
those physicians who have used and
analysed it state that for d seases such as
gravel, govt, rheumatism, &C., it is incom-
narahle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16

gloss and freshness 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 follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, so that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandrutf, which is often so I'M
clearly and offensive Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. IF wanted
merely for q HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found SO desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. ]. G. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16
Expand the Lungs.

There are many people who hardly
fill their lungs once in a year as full as
they can hold with pure air. In conse-
quence they become liable, like any
other halfexercised organ, to contract
disease. This may be prevented by the
following simple exercise: On rising
from bed in the morning, stand up
straight, throw the head back, and in
hale all the air you can; now breathe
slowly out, throwing your arms behind
you. Repeat these long breaths few
times every morning, and you will much
diminish your chance Of having con-
SlImptiop
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16

A letter from Natal says that the dia-
mond fields along the Vaal River are SO
extensive that to effect q thorough
search would occupy 10000 men 100
ynarc
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16

BAD enough to look and feel bad
yourself, but no excuse for having your
horse look and feel badly, when for a small
sum you can buy Sheridan's Capqlry Condi-
t,on Po,oders, which given in grain two or
feel we'll
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16
MISS SAWYER'S SALVE,

HERE you have n salve combining soothing and
i healing properties, with dangerous ngrcd-
lent. A remedy at hand for the many pains and
aches, wounds and bruises to which flesh ia heir
Is more easily applied than many other remedies.
never producing bad effect, but always relieving
pain, however severe.
1t is prepared by Hiss Sairyer who has used it
IN her own extensive treatment of the sick, for
nearly twenty years with great success.
The principal diseases for which this salyc is rec.
commended are, ChH5ldins, Reundtism, Piles,
.Sc,ofula, old Ulcers, SAT- Rheam, Sprains, Burns,
Etrer Sores. fS'9"s; Puppies, E,ysipelas, Sore
Co,7is, Bites of Insects, Cancers ToothaChe, Eau.
ache, Sore Nipples Baidness S'eoilen Brsasts,
E yc; scGla Hsaa 7Ff G, CGEpsd Hands
Sores Children
1t never fails to Rheumatism If properly
applied. Rub it on well with the hand three lines
a day. In several cases 1t has cured pasied limbs
For Piles it has been discovered to be a sure rem
edy. Persons that have been afflicted for years
Sipelas it works wonders nllaying the inflammation
and quicting the patient For Chapped Hands it
produces cure Immediately. Let those with SAT-
Rheunl obtain this salvc, and apply 1t freely, and
they will find it Invaluable. 1t is good in cases OF
iScrofiiu and 1tm0rS. Cancers have been cured
with it. The best Savc ever invented for S,solten
sure to afford relief. Sore or Weak Eyes-Rub 1t
the lids gently, once or twice day. Cures deaf
ness by putting in the ears on a piece of cotton.
For Feions this is superior TO anything known.
For Pimpies this acts like charm. For Burns
and Scaids, apply the Savc at once and it gives
immediate relief For OLD Sores, apply once
day
of Miss SAwfER's SALvE are its beneficial effects
on the hair Rubbed on the scalp, in five or six
different parts, it promotes the growth of the hair,
prevents it turning gray, and on bald spots pro-
duces new growth of hair. No lady should DO
without this invaluable article as an indispensable
cosmetic for the toilet 1t cradicates dandruf and
disease from the head, and blotches and pimplcs
from the face.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16


1t is edited by - person who has had lifetime of
lractGGi experience and who now has under cultiya
over Four Thousand Fruit Trees in Orchard Form
and an immense amount of Glass Forcing Houses, or
forever thirty Agricultural and Horticultural papers
besides reading the most practical books these sub
beavers to copy into the RECORDER only such matter
as will prove of pr"cti al benefit to its readers Thus
PAPERS besides the long experience and observations
of the Editor. For years, have been engaged in
he business he, OF here and IN Indiana
such information desired to assist us in our bust
# gssnRg te c r fa TINS oI % ana fi
papers are jealousy careful not TO copy articles from
pap5 NO hG% gaasf s s Sy
and detrac from their boosted originality. Now we
don't profess so much knowledge or originality as to
throw aside original matter of this kind. but shall
cut and slash wherever find valuable matter
copyng such, and Of course giving the proper credit
We also have article in every number from some OF
the practical Fruit Growers in the United States
bts f wG the or Eo er n * a oe Sr M Tn
Farms, have given such universal satisfaction that
they will be continued also. Prof Keen Eyes obse7
patiotS'' will take up certain space.
Many suppose it is impossible to have good prac
cal paper printed outside of certain cities. We simply
ask such to send for aspecimen copy OF the CoRDER
seut free to all applicants and let speak for Itself
We think it will satisfy that person can be prGc-
tcuhD engaged in the business and yet edit present
able paper Over one thousand testimonials, received
the present year claim for it tie best paper cxtant
Fruit Growing, Flowers and the Kitchen Garden.
one prominent horticulturjst writes us; Tie HE,
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for any other horticultural paper to send for spec-
men copy Our premiums, i'll cash or plants. are tery
liberal to those who wish to act agents in occurring
our SMALL FRUIT INSTRUCTOR" work of "a pages
fully, all kinds of Small Fruit. Subscribers to the
hEconDER before Jan Isl, 1870, VII receive this work
A. VI. PtIRDY, Paimy ra, Wayne Co., N. v.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16
TO TIE dFFLICTFD.
Ayers
.airVigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy, a II d
effectual for
preserving the
hair. 1t soon
restores taded
or gray hair
to ats original
color, qUith tile
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16

For Coughs, Bronchitis and Con-
sumption, in its early stages, nothing
equals Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16

CnAPPED HANDS, face, rough skin,
pimples, ringworm, salt-rheum, and ether
cutaneous affections, cured, and the skin
made soft and smooth, by using the JUMPER
TAR SOAR, made by CAswELL, HAZARD & Co.,
New York. 1t is more convenient and
easily applied than other remedies, avoiding
the trouble Of the greasy compounds now in
use.
FRUIT GROWERS and flower fanciers
should not fail to read the advertiseme mt
in this number, headed, " Fruit Recorder
and Cottage Gardener
GoUT OR RHEUMATISM is quickly re-
lieved and cured in a few days by that cele-
brated English Medicine, BLAIR's GoUT AND
RHEUMATIC PILLS.
For CoUGHs, COLDS, AND THROAT DIS.
ORDERS, use "Bro,on'S Bronchial TfOcheS,"
having proved their efficacy by test of
many years.
Tie YoUrn's CoMPANIoN.-This well
established weekly paper for Young People
and the Family, offers the largest possible
amount of reading, for the lowest possible
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can be obtained.
THE Mutul Life of Chicago is con-
Quoted in the interest OF its policy holders,
not to enrich stock holders.
ATTENTION is called to the advertise
ment of the Waukegan Star Wood Pump
Works, to be found in another column.
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ATTENTION is called to the advertise
ment of the Waukegan Star Wood Pump
Works, to be found in another column.
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The Mutul Life of Chicago is con-
Quoted in the interest OF its policy holders,
not to enrich stock holders.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-12-16
EINAN ClAL.

OR family use, the Hayord Table Sauce.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18

stopped all the passages, so that no help
could be applied. The eastern wind
stillmore impetuously drove The flames
forward. Nothing but ye almighty
power OF God was able to stop them, for
vaine was ye helpe OF man.
Sept. 5th. it crossed toward White.
halle; oh, the confusion there was at
that court II pleased his Majesty to
command me among the rest to locke az
ter the quenching OF Fetter Lane, and
to preserve if possible, that part of Hol-
borne, while the rest Of ye gentlemen
tooke their several posts, and began TO
consider that nothing was so likely to
put stop but the blowing up of so ma
ny houses as might make a wider gap
than any had yet been made by the or
binary method of pulling them down by
engines"
After an exceeding graphic description
OF the dying down Of the wind and the
gradual abatement OF the flames, the old
dlarist tells Of thousands who sought
refuge III the fields about the city. He.
says:
The poore inhabitants were dispersed
about St. Georges Fields and Moor
fields, as far as Highgate, and several
mylles in circle; some under tents, some
under miserable hutts and novels, and
many without rag, or any necessary
utensils,s bed, or board, who from deli
ca;eness, riches, and easy accommodation
IN stately aud well furnished houses
were reduced now 10 EXTREMIST misery
and poverty"
Atlerward lie continues
81 then went towards Islington and
Highgate, where one might have seen
100000 people of all ranks degrees, dis
persed and lying along by their heapes
OF what they could save from the fire,
deploring their losse; and though ready
to perish from hunger and destitu,ion,
yet not asking one penny for relief,
which to me appeared stranger sight
than any l had yet beheld."
This might almost be taken as it
stands as description of the great fire
which has temporarily reduced the chief
city of the West from grandeur and op-
uience to deepest poverty and distress.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18
WHOLE NUMBER 1l42.
Truth in ParenthAaia.

MY dear Mrs Fuller, I'm really deliOb,ad
To see you this beautiful day
Fray walk In the parlor and take of your
COb, for whirlwinds to blow her awayD
It's such long weary day slnoe you've called
- That my spirits are bounding In glee
To meet you once more and be blest with
your smile,
(The old vixen will be here to teaD
Do try my new sofa-it's Parisian style.
And carved with exquisite skill:
knC" goure taste for artistic display
(Oh, dear what perfect old pill D
And here's a portfolio of choicest engray-
ings, u.
With poems from Byron and Lauab, "a.
And a casket Of gems from the deptbs of old
OCEAN -
(She doesn't know pearls from clamD
Pray how are the children-syest Clara and
And that dear, precious aunt-Mrs. Harpete
day.
but they'll certainly spoil ny new carpet.l
And how is your husbaud' We heard he
And that medicine proved no avail;
We were shocked beyond measure TO hear the
sad news
(He deserves to bs safely lodged in Jail y
Now, why do you haste TO depart Mrs, Fullers
The sun is yet an half hour high
Do give me your fay orite upon the piano
Good gracious, she's going TO comply
Many thanks for your singlng--Tm charmed
with your voice
Dont beat such basty retreat
come often, my dearest of
friends
CThank my stars, there she goes down the
street y
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18

TAMISG THE BRIDEGRooM.-Mr. Spill,
man had just married a second wife
On the day after the wedding Mr., S. re-
marked
81 intend, Mrs. spillman, to enlarge
my dairy"
"You mean our dairy, my DEAR" re-
piled Mrs. Spillman.
"No," quoth Mr.. Spillman, 81 intend
to enlarge my dairy"
''Say our diary, Mr.. Spillman,"
"No, my dairy"
'Say our dairy, say our" scream.
ed she, seizing the poker,
"My dairy my dairy!" yelled the
husband.
"Our dairy! our daryl" screeched
the wife, emphasizing each word by
blow on the back of her cringing spouse,
Mr.. Spillman retreatedi under the bed,
10 passing under the bed.clothes his hat
was brushed off He remained under
cover sone minutes, waiting for lull
in the storm. At last his wife saw him
thrusting his head out at the foot of the
bed, much like turtle from its shell.
"What are you looking for? ?" exclaim.
ed the lady.
"I-am looking for our hat, my DEAR"
said he.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18
Self Decoration.

If ] were called upon to point out the
most alarming sins in this city TODAY.
those which are most widespread m
their ravages, most deceitful in their in
iuences, and most soul-destroying in
their ultimate effects, / would not men.
tion drunkenness with all its fearful
havoc, nor gambling with its crazed vic
Tins, nor harlotry with its helish orgies,
but the toUe Of money, on tho part OF
men, and the loce Of dispLoy, on the part
OF women. While open vice sends its
thousands, these fashionable and favored
indulgences send their ten thousands to
perdliion. They scar the conscience,
encrust the soul with shell of worldi-
ness, debauch the affection from every
high and heavenly object, and make man
or woman a worshiper OF self And,
while doing all this, the poor victim is
allowed by public opinion to think him
self or herself Christian while the
drunkard, the gambler, aud the prosti-
tute is not deceived by such thought
for moment
The three glores of a woman-her
triple crown, which makes her power
more efficient than that of the Vetican.
aud constitutes her in her true and nor.
NAL life the minister of grace and health
to the race--are modesty, truth and
sympathy. All three Of these are tarn-
ished by the seli-decorator. For mod
esty, We have the brazen face with which
young misses even stare unblushingly al
all they meet for truth, we have the
perpetual lie OF fashionable society and
for sympathy, the headlong plunges after
selfish indulgence. do not speak as a
cynlc, as one who would morosely deny
the proper recreation and light enjoy
ments that our natures need as they do
air aud food, nor do l ignore the fact
that some noble spirits are faithfully re-
slsting this spreading evil, but with all
these allowances, l see the Christian
church violently invaded by this fatal
lniquity see Christian mothers insti-
flying it on every hand, the Christian
daughters dragged into the vortext by
the very hands that ought to have been
throwing around them for protection l
see the influence of this self decoration
by the force of example extended itself
over all classes and conditions of society,
like a subtitle poison, eating out the life
of Christianity and leaving the mere
name. And, seeing this, l can not, as a
minister Of Jesus Christ, keep silent
without becoming partaker of the sin.
1t is my duty to warn Christian women
of this foe to piety that they are more
or less nursing in their hearts and in
their families, and to urge them to that
simplicity of apparel which is alone COLI
sistent with Christian heart, and which
will ever help them TO be separated from
a vain and goddess world.-Dr. CrosJu.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18
Josh Billings,

Josh Billings being duly sworn, testi-
ties az follers: Eight won. go into six
and hav much ov ennything left over
Menny young felle2 haz found out this
sum in arithmetick bi trying to get a
number eight fut into number six boot
Virtue in one respekt, il like mummy.
That which we work the hardest for
sticks to us the longest. have often
heard there was men who knew more
than they could tell, but l never met
one. l nave often met thoze who could
tell CRATE dele more than they knu,
and was willing to swear to it. To be
proof agin flatterry, man must have
no vanity, and such a man never exist
ed. IT he did he IL one of the lost arts.
Sum people are good simply because
they are too lazy too be wiked, and sum
bekaus they aint got chance. In mum
ny, interest follers the principal. In
morals, principal oftener fo.lers the inter
est. 'ln time ov piece prepare for war;
This IL the way some families live most
all the time. The vices which a man
kontrak in his youth, however much he
may shake them oph, will often call on
him thru lite and seak to renu hiz ac-
quaintance. kno lots ov folks who are
Plus jist bekause they was born so. They
kant tell when they got religion, and it
they should lose it, they wouldn't kno it.
The man who il wiked enuff to be dred-
ed liz safer man in community than the
man who iz jest virtewus enuff not to be
suspected.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18
ta ASHTABULA OHIO, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1871.

space, as it were, void air, might check
the raging element by breaking the con-
tinuity. But ere the CONSERVATION had
subsided the fire broke out afresh, aud
with no little violence, but in regions
more spacious, and therefore, with less
destruction TO human life, but more ex-
tensvc havoc was made of the temples
and porticoes dedicated to amuscments.
Nero seemed to aim at the glory of
building new city, and calling 1t by
his own name, for of the fourteen sec
tions into which Rome is devided, four
were still standing entire, three were
leveled with the ground, and in the sew
en- Others there remained only here and
there few remnants OF houses, shatter-
ed and half consumed. 1t were no very
easy task to recount the number of tene-
ments and temples which were lost, but
the following most venerable for antiqu-
ltY and sanctlty, were consumed-that
dedicated by Servius Tutilus TO the
m BON; the temple and great altar con-
secrated by Evander, the Arcadian, to
Hercules while present; the chapel VOW
ed by Romulus to Jupiter Stator; the
palace of Numa, with the temple OF Ves-
Ia, and in it the tutelar gods of Rome,
moreover, the treasures accumulated by
SO many victories, the beautiful produc-
tions of Greek artists, ancient writings
OF authors celebrated for genius, aud I'LL
then preserved entire, were consumed !;
and though great was the beauty of the
city in its renovated form, the older n-
habitants remembered many decorations
OF the ancient which could not be re.
placed in The modern city.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-11-18
SELECT POETRY.
Buckwheat Cakes.


love TO SEQ in summer time,
The farmer plow the land -..
And broadcast DER the furrow SOW
The buckwheat with his hand.
love TO see the little germ
Come springing up TO view;
And see at morn the growing plant
Besprent with sparkling dew.
l love to see the blossom open,
As white as pearly snow,
While DER the fields the gentle winds
With laden perfume flow.
l love 10 see the blooming field
Put on its coat Of brown;
And see the heavy laden stock
With ripened grain hang down.
/ love to see, in even swath,
The graded buckwhoat lie
And help 10 rake aud bind the sheayes,
And set them up to dry.
love to see the loaded sheayes
Before the old barn door,
And hear the sounding OF the fail
Upon the thrcshing-Hoor.
love to see the tanning mill
Blow off the dusty chaff;
And see them measure up the grain,
And stake the bushel half
love 10 see the water-wheel
Revolve with mighty power,
Which sets the milestone whizzing round
To grind the buckwheat-1our.
love to hear the humping bolt,
Within the noisy MILL
And see the miller scoop the flour,