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The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

Some twenty-five years ago, when
was pastor in church in -, took
occasion one evening to attend a social
Meeting in the church in that place. AS
is their custom on such occasions, one
after the other rose and gave in his or
her experience. After time, man in
humble circumstances, small in stature,
and with very effsminate, squeaking
voice, rose to give in piece of his ex-
perience which was done in the follow
ing manner:
Brethren, have been a member of
this church for many years. 1 have
seen hard times; my family has been
much afflicted; but have for the first
time in my life to see my pastor or any
OF the trustees, of this church cross the
threshold of my door,"
No sooner had he uttered this part of
his experience than he was suddenly
interrupted by one of the trustees, an
aged man, who rose up and said in a
firm loud voice:
"My dear brother, you must put the
devil behind you.''
On his taking his seat, the pastor in
charge quickly rose, and also replied to
the little man as follows:
"My dear brother, you must remem
ber that we shepherds are sent to the
lost shep of the house of Isreal."
Whereupon the little man rose again,
and in answer said, in very loud tone
of voice;
Eyes, and if I'd been fat one, you
would have found me long ago."
The effect upon the audience can be
better imagined than described.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
DON'T HANG HIM.

The following oration was delivered
somewhere out West by one Of the pro-
fession, who would seem to have quite
an aversion to hanging people:
May it please your lordship and gen.
tIemen of the jury-the case is as cleal
as ice, and sharp to the "doin" as "no''
from your sweetheart. The Scripture
saith, "Thou shalt not KILL" now if you
hang my client, you transgress the COM
mand as slick 6 s grease and as plump
as goose egg in loafer's face. Gem
tlemen, murder is murder, whether com
mitted by twelve jurymen by an hum
BILE individual like my client.
Gentlemen, 1 do not deny to fact of my
clients having killed man, put is that
any reason why you should do so? No
such thing, gentlemen. You may pring
the prisoner in "guiIty," the hangman
may do his duty, but will that exonerate
you? No such thing. In that case you
will be murderers Who among you is
prepared for the brand CT Cain to be
stamped on his brow to-day? Who,
freemen, who, in tuis land ofliberty and
light? Gentlemen, will pledge my
word that not one of you has bowie-
knife or pistol in his pocket. No, gem
tlemen, your pockets are odiferous with
the perfumes of cigars and tobacco. You
can smoke the tobacco of rectitude in
the pipe of a peaceful conscience; but
hang my unfortunate client, and the
scaly alligators of remorse will gallop
through the internal principles of ami
NAL vertebr@ until the spinal anatomi-
cal construction is turned into a railroad
for the grim and CORY goblins of des-
pair.
Gentlemen, beware of committing
murder! Beware, I say, of meddling
with the internal prerogativel Beware,
l say. Remember the fate of the man
who attempted to steady the ark, and
tremble. Gentlemen, abjure you by
the manumitted ghost of temporal sane
tity, to do no murder. / abjure you by
the name of woman, the handspring of
the ticking timepiece of Times theoret-
ical transmigration, to do no murderi
I a5jure you by the love you have for
the esculent and continental guste of
our native pumpkin, to do no MURDER
I abjure You by the American eagle,
that whipped the universal game-cock
ofcreation, and now sits roosting on the
megnectic telegraph Of times illustrious
transmigration, to do no murderl And
lastly, gentlemen, if You ever expect to
wear lonS-tailed coats-if you ever ex-
pect to wear boots made of the free hides
of the Rocky Mountain buffalo-and SO
sum up all, if you ever expect to be
anything but set of sneaking, loafing,
rascally, cut-throat, braided small ends
whitfield down to indistinc-
tibility, acquit my client and save your
country.
The prisoner was acquitted.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
ROLLING GRAIN IN THE SPRING.

If farmcrs.would look at the theory of
rolling the wheat and rye fields in the
spring,sa all exchange, 1t would be
resorted to much more frequently than
it now is. Occasionally the winter and
spring hive been so favorable to these
crops as not TO render it necessary. But
in three seasons out of four it is necessa-
ry, and doubtless adds considerable TO
their productiveness. The thawings and
freezings Of the ground, throwing or
spewing out of the roots and exposing
them to the drying winds of February
and March, very seriously effect the
grain. Passing a roller over as soon as
the soil is fit to enter upon, presses back
the roots into their beds, and gives them
fair grip again upon the support on
which the crop must depend. This must
be apparent to every one who will look
at it's operation. We have no, doubt that
rolling clover fields that have been bad
ly thrown up by frost, would also have
a most beneficial effect.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
Making a Clay soil Fertile.

Many of our farmers are not troubled
with the stiff soil that is often difficult
to make productive, and unmanases.ble
in spring and summer; bnt other posses
this soil, and will no doubt profit by
our remarks; Fall ploughing, leaving
the ground as rough as possible when
done, ready to go through; in winter
when frozen up solid, haul on the ma
nure and litter you have, scattering it
pretty erenly over the surface. In the
spring you will find that the frost has
been great pulverizer and that the
great adhesiveness of your impervious
clay has passed away. The manure and
roughness you have applied will, in
great measure, tend to keep the soil
loose and productive. If it is intended
for corn it will need blowing again in
the spring, if for any small grain, only
harrow down thoroughly after the grain
is sewn. Frost as an agent to fertilize
and destroy the solidity of clay soil, is
too little understood by our cultivators.
Rural World.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

SoRE EYES IN CATTLE.-Cattlo are liz p
BILE to suffer from opthalmia, from char,
or other foreign substance, getting ints
their eyes. The symtoms are irritabi
of the eyes, watery discharges, and wheo
the foreign substance becomes isifisir.
ed and ultimately Opaque. In eaI
stages the eye should be examined, eaJ
the foreign substance removed, whieh
can be done by iDverting the eyelids,
the substance is not visible, and remoy-.
ing with pocket-hankerchief. The lc-
suit of such an accident should be treat-
ed by h OF water lamentations, and the
occasional application of a lotion com
posed of a drachm of tinture Of opium
to four ounces of water.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
NO. Ia.
agricultural.
ORCHARD GRASS.

A correspondent of the New England
Farmer says: 1.-THE more 1 become ac-
quainted with this grass the better L
like it. Not the least among it's merits
is its hardness. 1t stood the hot, dry
weather last summer better than any
other valuable grass with which I am
familiar. 1t should be sowed thick.
think two bushels not too much seed for
an acre; and it must be cut early, be-
fore it is full bloom, to have the hay of
the best quality. On rich, moist land it
IS as sure to yield three crops in year,
as is red-top to yield one. Unlike Glow
er it never inclines to blossom but once
i'll season; the second and third crops
are mostly leaves, and the best feed for
cows IL winter evei grown. 1t is a good
grass to sow in early spring with clover
but without groin. Two good crops of
lsafy hay may be counted on the first
year, and three crops year afterwards,
as long as the land will carry it out. L
believe it the best of grasses to SOW
where 1 intend to keep the crop up by
top-dressing The dressing should bs
spread Immediately.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

CUTTING OFF THE WRONG HEAD.-An
old farmer was out one fine day looking
over his broad acres, with a dog at his
heels. They espied woodchuck. The
dog gave chase and drove him into a
a stone-wall, where action Immediately
commenced. The dog would draw the
woodchuck partly out from the wall,
and the woodchuck would take the dog
back. The old gentleman's sympathy
getting high ON the side of the dog,
thought he would help him. So putting
himself in position with an axe above
the dog, he waited for the extraction of
the woodchuck, when he would cut him
down. So an opportunity offered, and
the old man struck, but the woodchuck
gathered up at the same time, took the
dog in far enough to receive the blow,
and the dog was killed on the spot. For
years after, the old gentleman, in rela-
tion to the the story, weuld always add:
"And that dog don't know to this day
but what the woodchuck killed him."
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

the Prussians conquered the French
but it was triumph OF knowledge over
Ignorance; triumph of the pen over
the sword-an easy triumph. And we
venture the assertion that the star OF
Prussia's military glory, now so full,
and high in the ascendant, will soon
wax and wane, if indeed the time should
ever come when her pen is corroded and
laid aside for the sword.
We also have been pointed with man
ly pride, to the liberty achieved by our
patriot sires of '76. What heart in this
house did not throb with passionate
emotion " hen our friend who has just
taken his seat, was dilating in lofty
strains of impassioned eloquence upon
that glorious struggle? But, Honorable
Judges, was that independence an
achievement of the sword? Not at all.
just the reverse. For the pen of history
has informed as that England was then
the greatest and mightiest nation upon
the face of the globe; that her ma
vies rode triumphant every sea; that her
sword, kept whetted by long and sue
cessful use, was legion. 1t was an
achievement of that still mightier in
strument-the pen. 1t was the patriot
pen of Jefferson that published to the
world the heaven-born, pen taught doc
trine of truth, that all nations are cre-
ated equal; that taxation without rep.
resentation is despotism and political
death. In obedience to its commands,
the dull, blunt, pointless sword of the
weak, infant American colonies leaped
from its rusty scabbard, in maintenance
of that pen-enunciated doctrine of the
absolute, inalienable right of life, liber-
ty, and the pursuit of happiness
Guided, directed, and controlled by the
pen, that hand full of brave men drove
discounted England's naughty host
our shores, and established our indie
pendence. A few died that the founda-
tions of their government, laid by tho
pen, might endure, as they fondly, and
we trust not vainly, had hoped, through
all time. Commanded by the pen few
presented themselves as sacrifices on
their country's altar, that many might
live. 1t was conflict of opinion with
power; of the pen with the sword. And
in immortal verse-verse that shall out
live the sword, monumental marble or
intaglios on ever enduring brass-their
name and fame the poets pen has sweet
Iy sung:-
"They fell. devoted but undying,
The very gales their names seem signing
The waters murmur of their name,
The woods are peopled with their fame,
The meanest rill, the mightiest river
Rolls mingling with their fame forever"
CONCLUDED neat aDeek.)
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

IN LovE.-I was in love once with a
fat girl. She was very feshy. She was
enormous. But tho course of my true
love came to grief. I was sitting with
her in the dim twilight one evening. I
was sentimental; said many soft things;
I embraced part of her. She seemed
distant. She frequently turned her
head from me. AT last 1 thought 1
heard the murmur of voices on the 9TH
er side. arose and walked around,
and there found another fellow court
ing her on the left flank. I was indig-
nant, and upbraided her for her tresch-
cry in thus co 1cealing from me another
love. She laughed at my conceit, as if
she were not big enough to have two
lovers at once.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

Mr.. President, Honorable Judges
Ladies and Gentlemen :-Your kind re-
quest that fill the place of member
unavoidably absent, will avail mo as an
excuse for few desultory remarks.-
"Resolved-That the Pen is Mightier
Than the Sword" is question, Honor
able Judges, which, no doubt has claim
ed the attention OF every debating socie
ty of late years. But, unlike some 9th
ers, we apprehend this is one capable of
the most speedy and satisfactory solu-
tion-that this is one the truth of which
appears upon its very face. Go ask the
unlettered child, and prompted by un-
erring instinct, it will instantly exclaim
"The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword" ="
Maintaining the affirmative side of this
issue-and 1 like always to beon the side
of truth-I shall contend that neither
side is limited and restrained to a dis
cussion of the merits of these two instru-
ments in their present form and shape,
for like fashions they have changed
Tut in principle and substance only. 1t
has been said, with no little of truth,
that time proves the soundness or un.
soundress of every human institution;
tina. the age or antiquity of a thing is an
argument all powerful in its support
Admit it. And admit that the Sword is
mighty, that it is an institution of long
established usage; that it has marked
"a dnx.oofofsa,a JocaIaffpr, nd ,.,rs.,
many of the fairest portions of the globe
and that it has drank the life-blood of
millions slain. Admit all that But
why should we admit this SO seemingly
against us? Why, Hon. Judges, the
the truth is, we are mpelled-com-
PEELED by that still mightier instrument
of men-the pen. For, without it, the
exploits of the sword would have per-
ished on the bloody field where died its
victims. 1t is only through the agency
of that little, all powerful, golden, silent
imperishable pen, that we are made ac-
quainted with the butcheries of that
not heaven-wrought instrument-the
sword. AS the sword has departed from
its original shape, so has the pen. Who
will compare the long, keen, and finely
polished sword of to-day, with the fro
like sword of the ancient Briton2 We
have to-day the gold pen with diamond
points, the steel pen, and the irrepressi-
BILE "oid gray goose quill" But, Hon.
Judges, we intend to claim the same
right of latitude which we grant to the
opposite side. We claim as fruits of the
pen everything written, whatever may
have been the shape or substance of tine
pen, or the material employed. Hon.
Judge we all know and have felt its
mighty influence. But who will dare
assert the day and date of its origin?-
For that chronology has no table 1t
existed long before the heavens and
earth were. II has no beginning, un-
less, indeed, eternity has beginning
We assert, without the fear of successful
contradiction, that the first pen ever
employed was finger, and bring for
ward in its support the best of all au-
Bible. That finger was
the finger of the Eternal-of One who
had no beginning. He it was who in
vented writing. He it was. who, with
His finger, wrote the Ten Command
ments on tablets of stone, and handed
them down to Moses mid the lightnings
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
Doetrp.
ONE YEAR AGO.

One year ago: ringing voice,
A clear blue eye.
And clustering curls Of golden hair
Too fair to die.
Only year; no voice. no smile;
No glance OF eye,
No clustering Curls of golden hair
Fair but to diei
One year ago: what loves, what schemes
Far into life,
What joyous hopes, what high resolves,
What generous strife
The silent pictures on the wall,
+ The burial stone
OF all that beauty, life and joy,
Remain alonei
One year-one year-one little year,
And SO much gonel
And yet the even flow oflife
Moves solemnly on;
The grass grows green, the flowers bloom
fair
Above that head;
No sosrowing tint of leaf or spray,
Says he is dead.
No pause or hush of merry birds
That sing above,
Tells us how coldly sleeps below
The form we love.
The vail, the vail, SO thin aad strong,
'Twixt us and thee;
The mystic vail-when shall 1t fall
That VIC may see.
Not dead, not sleeping, not even gonei
But present still,
And waiting for the coming hour
OF Gods sweet will.
Lord of the living and the dead,
Our Saviour dear,
We lay in silence at Thy feet
This sad, sad year.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
! YOUNG GENTLEMAN. eighteer

A Young GENTLEMAN, eighteen
months Of age, residing in Pawtucket,
r. T., remained quiet the other day for
such an unwonted period that his moth
er, suspecting all was not right, went in
search of him. She found him sitting
on the floor by an open bureau drawer
with loaded and capped and self-cock-
ing revolver in his hand, and he was
amusing himself by ramming the muz-
zle of the piece down his throat, working
at the trigger, aud hammering it against
the lock of the drawer. AS soon as the
mother recovered from her fright, she
took the weapon from the child, without
any unpleasant result.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

PAPA" said little urchin to his faith
er the other day, 81 saw a printer go
down the street just now"
"Did you, sonny? How did you
know the person was a printer2"
Because do, papa"
"But he might have been a carpenter,
blacksmith or shoemaker
"oh ne, papa he was printer-likely
an editer-for he was knawing a bone,
and had no stocking on. The crown was
out of his hat, and his coat was all torn.
am certain he was printer"
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

FATTENINa PIGs.-An Ohio hog grov
or says that the following treatment VIE
make the biggest hog out of a pig 10
twelve months. Take two parts of bar
ley, two of corn. aud one of oats. Grind
them together; then cook and feed colo.
He says it is the cheapest food, and that
any pig of good improved breed can he
made to gain pound day until ear
old..-Prarie FdYme1.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

Also. Freight Trsin with Passenger
Car attached, will leave Wilmington about
clayton, 7.30, Dover, $50, Camden, 9.l5, Fell
sen, 1919, and he due at Harrington about
@<U78 MISUNDERSTANDING, to leave Harrington
Mkout e5, r. M, FELTON, $50, Camden, 4.55
Dsvsr, 5.35, MORTON, 900, Clayton, $50, Mid
distown, $40, New Castle, 1000, and be due at
Wilmington, about 1880 p. NJ. Subject to de-
Mys Incident to Freight Business.
This Train will stop to take up Passengers
enly at Stations named. but will set down
Pmssengers at any stopping place except
4ars's Corner. State Road. Del. Junction
nd Dupont.
OF Wilmington and Philadelphia at 7.40 A.
N Leave Philadelphia 1900 M. and Will
1ain Z ton Ito p. M. for New Castle.
smyrna Branch TrAims.-Addittona
fs those above leave Smyrna for Clayton
III 40 A. NJ, and 8.00-P. M. Leave Clayton fol
SIN yrna $40 A. M, and 200 P. NJ, to make
sonn sctlon with trains to and from Dover,
and Stations South
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

A COMMIT EE of several leading gen.
tleman are in Washington representing
the reform movement, and propose ma
king a combination to secure the nomi-
nation of Senator Trumbull or some
other prominent reformer for President
1872. This movement claims to repre-.
sent some of the most prominent news
papers in the country.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

TaIs is said to be very good RENEE y
for hollOw-horn: Take one pouud az
bitter-sweet root, and one third Of ono
pound of tobacco, boil in chamber
add one pound of lard, simmer down 60
salve. Shave the hair of bstw4cn the
horns, apply to the head, rubbed or well:
put two thickness of wooden cloth from,
horn to horn, tie on with string.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

IPREssED her gentle form to me, and
whispered in her ear, if. when was far
away, for me she would shed a tear,
paused for some cheering word, my
throbbing hoart to cool, and with her
rosy lips she said, "oh, Ike, you are
such fool"
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

THE natural produce of whoat in ON
country under careless cultivation, Is
abont sixteen grains to one, the usual
groduce, Under the highest order of gar
den culture, has gone as high as seven
Thousand tonr hundred and forty-tfy 8
grains to one.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
miscellaneous.
For the Herald.
"The Pen is Mightier Than
the SMOrd."

speech Delivered by q. J. RaughIey,
Esq, before "The salisbury Lyce-
um, ,''neah Denton. Md. Subject un-
der Discussion :-''ResOlved-That
the Pen is Mightier Than the
SWOrd.''
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

A WAC having married girl name
Church, says he has experienced mo- q
happiness since he joiued the Churea
than he ever did before.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

A man in this town has got so deep in
debt that none of his creditors have been
able to see him for months.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

BY the above arrangement, close connec-
Mems will be made both ways, and passen-
xsrs will arrive early both in New York and
baltimore, and will be able to visit Phila-
}slphiR and Baltimore, returning the same
iil Freights must Q at the various Sta
1ons at least (80) thir- v minutes before star
q OF Trains, otherwise they will lay over
enty-four hours. j. L. CALDW ELL,
98 4 f. superintendent.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
VILTBERGER'S IIDGHBLE INK

VIII be found on trial to be a superior arti-
Bile. Always on hand and for sale at reason-
able prices. Pure Ground SPICES, Genuine
MEDICINES, Chamois Skins, SpUnges, Ta-
pioca, Pearl, Sage, and all articles in the
drug line at
ALFRED wILTBERGERs DRUG STORE,
No. Sss North Second st., Pnilsdslphia.
july2-I0m.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06

"TM bound to disturb your repose,"
as the storm said to the sea.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
WILTBERGER'S
Flavoring Extracts

Are warranted equal to any made. They
are prepared from the fruits and will be
found much better than many of the Ex-
tracts that are sold.
A8-Asx your Groceror Druggist for WILT
BERGER'S EXTRACTS.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1871-05-06
eARLoW's INDIGO BLUE

Is, with nut doubt, she best article in the
market for blueing c'othes. 1t will color
more water than four times the same weight
OF indigo, and much more than any other
wash blue in the market The ONLY GEN
UINE is that put up at
ALFRED WILTBERGER'S DRUGSTORE
No. 233 North Second ST., Philadelphia.
The Labels have both WILTBERGER'S
and BARLOW'S name on them, ALL 9TH
ERS ARE COUNTERFEIT. For sale by
most Grocers and Druggists,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-11-09
MNoHrrr RrpRrsrsrAr1oS.-The lpeopl

MNOHrTY REpREsEETATIOy.-Th people
of Pennsylvania decided at the recent election
to call q convention for revising the State Con-
stitution, which, with an amendment or two
such as that which provides for the election Of
judges by the people-adopted without the aid
of convention, has stood the test of whole
generation. The journals of the State are al
ready suggesting work for the convention in ad-
vance Of the eleetion Of delegates; and in par.
ticular are urging attention to the question Of
minority representation, which is probably as
important a subject as is likely to engage the
deliberations Of the body. This is fortunately
question which can be considered upon its in
trinsic merits, inasmuch as it can have no ex-
elusive party bearing. While no one party can
be benefited by it more than another, all par
ties may we'll unite in the material reform
which it contemplates Of rendering representa-
tion more Just and equal thar is possible under
the existing system. Pennsylvania is entitled
to the credit of having introduced, and to a
limited extent given practical effect TO this te.
form. It was through the preserverihg and
truly patriotic efforts of ex-senator Btekalew
that the e2perimenteYas made in the local cleo
tions, at the place Of his residence, and which
has been repeated with so much satisfaction to
the people. With such aid as MIR. Buckalew's
sound Judgment and experience will afford, it
is hoped that some plan will be devised by the
the Pennsylvania convention for successful
Introduction Of thesystem which will commend
it to general adoption -Charleston Reaos.