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Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
P0etry.
THE EMPTY NEST.
BY LIZZIE YORK CASE.

My mate and had a coy nest
a. was hidden away in a mountain brenst
IN the heart Of nature wild and frce.
ana TWO 0irdinss fair in the nest had vo
nut the war wind blew, and We lacked ,b. c,o5
l nat was wont to supply our littl. br,od .
50 my mate took his flight far over the sea
th search alter food for them and for me
Dut er ne came back the birdlings had aoUn
IND was left in the nest alone:
Aney mad hown away beyond the sea
anu aIas they can never come back to ,,o
% nney had hown farther of than the farthes, star
lhelr wings were DER tender to tly so far
nut the angels assisted them in their aiob+
scared away and away, to heavenly bipbt
watched them till my eyes grew dim.
No longer birds but seraphim,
Ana sang In heaven their holy hyun.
Ihey made their nests away in the skies
And now they are birds of paradise.
A'as! my wings were so heavy with sin
watched but could not follow them in.
anu OH times we weep, my mate and l.
TOT tnese dear young birdlings away in the skv
ANA still he goes far over the sea,
Du' now he only brings food for me-
carry my Srlet like wound in my breast
AND hover around the empty nest?
Or sitting in that nest alone
sung oil naught but my birdlngs flown,
iou chIue me because my songs are sad
anu ask ior numbers blithesome and clad
y. ask not Tor songs that are happy and CAV
men my loving mate is so far away:
ASK ASH not ior songs that are joyous and Tree
"hen my brdlin2s can never come baclr 70 r,o.
II sing 70 you it must either be
song OF the grave or A sony of tho con
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

CHURCHES AND COMMON SENSE. The
Methodist Conference in this city, which
adjourned on Tuesday, took bold step in ad
vance OF any past action in that church on the
subject of Popular Amusements, when it
recognized the right of any earnest Christian to
decide upon the propriety or hurtfulness to
himself of any given course of conduct.
While the members urged caution and faith
tulness in warning their churches in this matter
of amuSements, they admitted, for the first
time, we believe, in the history az a sect, that
each individual had a conscience as we'll as
orrgns Of taste and digestion of his own, whose
rights deserved to be respected The right of
private judgment has been heretofore too often
little more recognized by Protestant than by
Catholic churches. Priests and pastors are
brought down now a-days to the same plane
with their parishioners, and can no more shut
off theatres, music, dancing, all bonnets that
are not calaShes, and all coats that are nor
shad-hellied, into the limbo of the devils
property, than they.can deliver over the souls
OF the offending of their fl ck, with their heads,
arms, knee-capS and toes into his eternal hell
fre-N y Tribune
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

THE Rule OF THREE. There are exceptions
to every rule but the rule of three That is
never changed. As your income is to your ex-
pendtures, so will the amount of your debts be
to your cash on hand and your consequent
ability to meet them. II you allow your vanity
to lead you into extravaganza, you must rely
on something else TO take you ont of it-eithpr
a rich relation or the Shcriff's writ Your fur
nilure may he less snowy than that of your
neighbor, but never mind. Better are cane
bottoned chairs and mahogany tables that are
paid for than spring cushions and marble man
tells on a note of six months Your coat may
be less fashionable than your neighbours and.
may he riding >hank's horse. But remember
there is time for balancing the books, and
every purse has got hottom So. economize,
and always remember the rule of three.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

The Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Cox met in Broadway on tba
morning OF the day on which his Bishop of Buffalo
to be consecrated a bishop of the Protestant Fn;,
Church BY the laying of hands, etc. The gentleman o
insly said why doctor TO he present AT tho
Secraton n your son at Genevag You know that the vjp
on of hands comes OF to-day
The doctor stood still then said
I'll had attended to the laying on him wears
age, there would be occasion now Goodmornin
SIR
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

SHE DREAMED-A dfdent youth paying his addresses
TO gay lass of the had long despaed of bringing
things to crisis He called day she was alone
syly into his face:
Il dreamed of you last night"
Did you? Why now
Yes. dreamed that you kissed me-"
Why, now! What did you dream your mother saidf"
oh dreamed she wasn't at home"
hsh dawned on the youths intellect. singular sound
broke the Stiffness and in they were married
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

DIAMOND CCT DAMoSD.-A benevolent elderly gentleman,
being drawn instrumentation by sharpers railway
car was induced by henO buy SI for which he
gave them two hundred dollar received from them
S43n cash The conductor OF the first opportu
nifty to quietly the innocent old gentlemen tina; hs
afraid the draft WAS fraud
Well the bland response the Rreepv
iii is bigger my two one hundred dollar notes
were. then am not si3 ahead which think am"
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
For the smyrna Times.
Roads About Smyrna.

Dear TtmeS:-As the season is drawing nicb
for repairing the roads [ thought | wonld
advance an idea, as | think | can saw with
prOprety that We have the worst roads about
smyrna that there is in the county, and
more particularly the Maryland road. leading
from Smyrna to the Maryland line There an.
pears to be lack somewhere either in the Levy
Court III not apprOpriating money enough. or
lncompctency III the Over>eer 1t | was road
overSecr, and had six miles Of road in my seq
ton, and the Levy Court was to approprilte
three hundred dollars for my part, | would do
my work well il it took all the money TO do one
mile. l would not let the people think that
did not know how to do the roads that were
entrusted to me. In regard to mendng roads
my idea Is this: If there is Il hole in the road
made by the long hitching in and out of the
wheel, 1t should never be filled up with fresh
art because the hltchlng in and out of the
Wheel Tor months will SO pack and glase the
hole that it will hold water the same as n nan
would; therefore if you throw in fresh dirt it
never will pack, but when the rain comes it
Will be nothing but mud-h0le to be pitched
out again | would take pick and break up
the crust that Is In the hole and throw in the
dIrt-then when the rain comes, it will all mack
together aud become solid. For the fact of
this statement let him that travels the road
take notice OF the holes and he will see that
tnCJ are lulI VI water anu 1t never abSOrhS
but always evapOrates again. The roads want
dltching in many place, but it is never done.
The road running by Robt Hills and Ran.
Garman's farms is basin or bottom and stands
full OF water two-thirds of the year Yet
1T can be made as good a road as anv
between here and the line All that has to be
done is to take a strong team and commence
in the middle of the road and plough it up and
ridge it well 10y throwing the dirt out of the
ditch three feet wide on each side into the mid
die Of the road. 1.-THE depth of the ditch to be
six inches in the bottom or hasin) draw the
water from the basin by cutting the ditch well
into the hill on both sides of the road with a
good fall SD that the water will run to the hill
Perhaps the ditch will have to be twenty
inches or two feet deep up towards the hill, to
give 1t a sufficient fall. All of this work can
be done IN one day with six good men and two
teams, and if the Overseer will do as above
stated aud it it is not dry road all the wear
round will paw for it. The roads never were
In better condition Tor mending than they are
now and they ought TO be attended to.
OBSERVER
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

DOLLY WARDEN PASTsPhiadrlphia accounts are to hand
OF steady sober citizen being suddenly surprised by his yIis
and daughters in all the glory Dolly Yardens
wheeupOn ottered throne and amid bursts OF
d"mansc laughter lie wildly exclaimed 'Ha ha How
they make iOr plntaloOnsy Ha hal ha Let me have
Dolly Warden. Let clutch it, Bring pattern of mon
key scaling amppOsts. How would Chinese puzzle look or
map Of Farmoupt parkr" All the rest is a blank.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
WHOLE NO. SOC
The New Church Organ,
eY WILL NJ. CARLETON,

- = n nj b lONs
THEY'VE Rot bran new organ Sue
~ For all their imS, ana search;
Au'' We "tlu" IuNt a. tiI"N sad they Il do
~ And i'tct"i il into church
iIr, , re- o1nnh the critter shall be seen.
Ih"N Ve hci>ipd up their new mschina
In everybody sight
IItH Nc got a chOri~tcr and choir
- AZ ~ MY voice. and vote
f@T 1t was never MY desire
10 praise the Lord BY note.
I've beena sister good an true
,.Foi hve an thiry wear:
We done what seemed my part 10 do
An PRAYED my duty clear;
w. sung NE hymns both slow and quick,
Ana t"lce when Deacous Tubbs was sick
LOOK the tork an led
ma 20 nov now Their bold, new-fanged ways
Is comm all about:
AHa l. right in my latter days,
Am talrly crowded out!
To-day the preacher good old dear.
N WIN tears all in his eyes,
h9aa T| - Il can read my title clear
- hlauslonS III the skies"
allays liked that blessed hymn
pose al avs will:
l. somehow Vri:lfeS NY vvl.in,
In good Old OrtOnvIlla:
But when that choir got up to sing
m coui0n catch a word:
Inty snng the most iog-gopdest thing
body ever heard
Some worldly chaps was standin' near
An when seed them grin,
bld farewell TO every fear,
And boldly waded in
though | Il chase their tune along
- An tried with all my might:
b9t though my Voice Is good an strong
~ coulln steer II right
"a1n I tLsH was high then was low.
ana ltO0 last, or thev too slow,
10 maLsIonS IN the skies"
An after everv verse you know
They played little tune;
ddn understand, an so
, started in too soon.
pitched u pretty mhidlIn' high
fetched a luSty tone
But oh. alas | found tbatI
as singin' there alone,
lheY laughed little. / am told
But had done my best:
ANA not wave OF trouble rolled
across my peaceful breast
And sister Rrown-I could but Look
She sits right front OF me:
she never was SlHgiu' book
, An never went tu be;
but then she al avs tried to do
Inc best she could. she said
She GnIerStond The time right through,
An KEEP II, with her mead
But when she tried this mOrnn, OH
had to laugh. or cough
KEEP her head n bobbn So
IL ell a most came of
An Deacon Tubbs--he all broke down,
As one might we'll suppose
He to'k one look at SISTER Brown
. Ant meekly Scra ched his nose
ne '""ktd ms hymn book through and through
And laid II on the seat.
Ani then pen>Ive sigh he drew
And looked completely beat
An ~h"n they took another bout.
He ddu even rise
But dra~ed his red bandanner OUT:
An wiped his weepin' eyes.
"" hAen sister good and true
For five an thirty year:
l We done what seemed NV part TO do
An praved NV duty clear;
But death will stop nv voice, know.
For he is on nv track:
Aud some day, to church will go,
And never more come back,
Ana when the folks get up TO sing
Whene er that time shall be
do nor want no PATENT thing
sQuealin' over me
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

GREELEYs CALF FooT JELLYMr Greeley writes a con-
feconer in Boston that in making Jelly the
ham breed should always be selected live calf place
the hind feet i'll con-m and then turn.
the Jelly will Aow state. Collect this in pam
and throw away the cali.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

New ATLANTIC CABLE-The prospectus of
a new Cable Company, called the "American
Telegraph Company" was issued in London
on Saturday. 1t proposes to lay direct cable
from Milford Haven. Wales to Rye Beach,
New Hampshire, and to carry dispatches for
about one-third the charge of the present
companies.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
IGRNRRAL NAruRE-No. an

An Act 10 establish of and delivery at he city OF
Pittsburgh, PENNSYLVANIA.
Be enacted By the Senate and oase Of
the United States OF America assembled That
port o. entry and delivery be- and hereby at The
city OF Pittsburgh Pennyyan which shall be entitled tho
sae provisions and subject the regulations and
States. ' - ' = - "
Approved, April O. 1872
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

The Cleveland Leader that of the poorest families
in that city able to keep goats They say the latter will
thrive on board fence while old hoOpsks and broken pop
bottles luxurious viands that afford many
days.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

Cleanliness OF person promotes health body and this IN
turn naturally beges purity and moral eleva,o
such persons are quiet much concerned having the
aud tidy and clean the outer and the ysh
they pure from principle. not policy.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

That was rather touching alluson to deceased sror
made recently by Wisconsin farmer came to this VILLAGE
store to purchase things. show you apy thing e
day 2 politely asked the clerk.
No reckon not replied the sadlooking r
lost two horses and wife last fall and fell putty no
Good span of horses too" F
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

a'nenu section thirty tive OF an act en,tled -
Re II e.. internal taxes, and other purpnS, % act
tba taStel oy the Senate and House
the Sriyilsy aIe OF America in Congress asrm%d ri .,
a. sT @ o tue act entitled AN act to ranrs &
cen anu 3t other purposes approved july
port Of % % m SeVenty De- and hereby EXTENDED ~ ~
APPROX ed. March s. Is7l O-'O'
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

= LIMITING FUNERAL Expenses AT the
Rcman Catholic Cathedral in Rochester. N.
y, on Sunday, 9Th int Bishop McQuaid in.
formed his people that hereafter not more than
twelve hacks would be allowed in a funeral
procession. Those who came with a greater
equipnge would fnd the cemetery gates locked
Nor would funerals be allowed on Sunday if
they could be conveniently arranged for another
day. Priests will not be permitted in funeral
dlscourses to indulge in any eulogy of the
deceased. Those who did not like these regu
ations, the Bishop said, might have their
funerals outside the walls of the church.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
IGENERAL N.rvRE-NO. as.I

President appoint George PunSet
paymaster III the
u enacted by the
he Uned states OF America Congress assembled That the
PRESIDENT be- and he Is hereby George
runkett paymaster Ia the UBed States IT, in his
opinion the interests OF the public service will be thereby
promoted.
Approved, April 2. 1862.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

In Mississippi, hundreds of horses and
mules arc dying from the attacks of the "buf
falo gnats," and the farmers in some places
are unable to cultivate their crops for want of
teams.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

when DO! has the fever and in Danbuy Conn., thsx
make him useful by setting him to shaking carpets
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

There are sail to be million and half of people in Csrsnx
who speak the English language
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

Incredible as many the richest planter, n
Jamaica live coffee grounds
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

IGENERAL NATURE-No. 34l
An Act to authorize the Gilbert Morton to the
naval service.
De enacted by the Senate and House Of Representatives Of
the United states OF America Congress- assembled That the
President OF the United States he hereby
70 nominate and by and with the advice aud the
Approved, April /, 1879.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
- - . -

Ar. James said Clergyman pastoral visit "I don't
see y9u and Mrs. James at church Sunday evenings"
Yell. no = replied Mr. James, MY wife has 10 sta, hama
to take care of the children and rather hard ON
her. stay to keep company"
nhS no" Is ihatF Don't you keep any servants -
Oh Yes-We keep but they don allow us anv rr,v
leges! - ' '''''
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
o f FICIAI.
IGGNERAL NATuRr-No oA1

sed MT he SSSnad0ns Snn0t,ns Of the United States Pns
o FScOnu session OF the FOrIy-
second Congress.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

lady asked by her Bddy the next
world and whether it would Just The lady be-
ing blessed with happy family eleven children
ton in the house the shape stocking basket that never
gets empty and whose side she spent many midnight
hour in darnnG With this before her replied
TO the girl play fully:
Il don't think shall be required stockings after
midnight"
"Shure that true for you mum-or all the peturas OF
angels have were barelooted."
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01

HOW MUCH IS THE BIBLE WORTH. How
much is your Bible worth? Scientific men are
trying TO show US, through the newspapers
and through philosophic papers, that our race
Is descended from the monkey. Get out of nv
way with your ahOminable Darwinian theories
Scientific men cannot understand the origin of
| this world. We open our Bibe>, and we feel
like the Christian Arab who said to the skeptic
| when asked by him why he believed there was
God: " How do know that it was a man
instead OF camel that went past my tent last
night? Why, | know him by the tracks ?"
Then, looking over at the setting sun, the Arab
said to the >keptic: Look there that is not
the work of man. That is the TRACK of a
God. We have all these things revealed in
Gods word
Dear old hook My father loved it. 1t
trembled in my mothers hand when size wa
nigh fnur-Sc"re years old. 1t has been under
the pillow OF three of my brothers when they
died. 1t is IA very different book from the
book It was once to me. | used to take it aS a
srlendld poem. and read it as read John
Milton. took it up sometimes aS a treatise
on law, and read it as | did Blackstone.
took It as "a fine history, and read it as
| did JnSephus. All! now it is not the poem;
1t is not the treatise on law it is not the history.
1t is simply family album that | open. and
see right before me the face OF God my father;
of Christ, my Saviour; Of heaven, my eternal
home Tdlmage.
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
Mama.

Inc most remarkable production Of Knr1iS-
tan Is the celebrated vegetable known bv tha
"a'he "l mamma, and which, in Turkish. ls also
c1He' Kuuret hal-vaS>iZ, or the divine. sweet
meat. 1t Is found on the leaves of the dwarf
oaN' and also, though less plentifuIly and
scarcely so good, on those of the lamariSk and
several other plants 1t is occasionally f,und
2n 21, the sand, and also on rocks and stones
neh thaS found 1t is of "a pure white color
anu appears TO De more esteemed than the tree
mamma. Mr. Rich, in his account of tho conn
try-and he is very high authority, for he was
many years the consul general for ENGLAND at
nagdad-seemS to think this is another kind Of
mamma But Mr.. Mormuzd RaSsam. also a
hlgh authority, considers it to be the same
WIN the simple difference of being free from
the leaves and other impurities taken nm with
II when shaken down from the trees or nlants
!, Manna Is collected chiefly at two periods of
the year: first, in the early part of spring. and
again towards the end OF autumn. In either
case the quality depends upon the rain that
may nave fallen, or, at least, on the abundance
ol thG dews-tor, during seasons of drought. it
uhuerstood that little or none is obtanable
III 9fuer 70 collect the mamma, the people 90
out before sunrise, and, having placed cloths
under the oak, arch, tamarisk. and sever !
other Kinds Of shrubs, the mama is shaken
Gown IN such quantities from the branches
as TO give supply for the market, after pro
YIding Tor the wants Of the entire family The
NnrdS not only eat mamma in its wild state. as
they do bread or dates, but the women make il
INTO kind Of paste, which resembles honey,
In tins state it is added to other ingredients
used in preparing sweetmeats, which, in some
shape or other, are found in every house
throughout the ErSt
me mama, when partially cleaned. is car
rltd to the market at Mosul in goat-skins. and
sold at the rate Of five pounds for two and a
hall pence; For family consumption. or for
export to distant parts, it is first thoronphly
cIeansed from the fragments of leaves and
other foreign matter by boiling
In the natural state it is of deicate white
color, AMI OF a moderate hut agreeable flavor
1t Is well described in the Bible Numbers, il 7
aS being Ike cnriandcr seed. Calmet. in hi
dictionary, SAYS that it is met with not only il
Arabia, but also in Poland the mountains n
Lebanon, and other places Burckhardt de
,cribeS It, in his -four in the Peninsula q
Honnt Sinai, as being Of dirty yellow color
slightly aromatic, of an agreeable taste, swre
as honey, and being Of the nature Of a pursa
i've when eaten IN any quantity. This great
traveller says that thc Arabs esteem it as thei,
Ereate,t luxury, and that the season for collect
ing 1t lasts six weeks
Smyrna times., 1872-05-01
GENERAL NArrpr-Nn %

A.. ..,.--,,. lHENERAL NATURE-No. 32J
An Act IN addition An ar,orl -
entitled An act ior the removal OF causes in Crrtn ca ~
ta'e courts approved July twenty-seventb eighteen
hd ana Sxy'Sx approved March second, eighteen
Be il enacted by the Senate and Uopsa q, I, -,
the United states OF America Congress assrL5 TIat
action has been shall b. rou.h IN any
oy an alien against citizen OF stat, who Is OF
tue atRed action accrued cvI uhcrI of the
Gnteu natrS being non resident State herein ,is
oy the State court, by service
hctioH may be- he al
OF the ned states in and Tor rlct in which, the dsen
sud haVe oreh served with same manner
a. nov PROVIDED Tor the removal Of action brought ~
1y tht provisions Oi
March second eighteen hundred thirt three
Approved March 30 ls7l. :. .e' =" ulpV''9'
The Portland daily press., 1872-07-13

residence of "a coloreds mail agent at.Terre.
Haute, Ind; on Saturday night, while he.
was absent attending to his duties. eThey
drove his family from the house, and Destroy
cd most Of his household furniture and goods.
No cause can he assigned, except that the ne
gro holds position in the mail service.
~ TheDemocratic committee that called up
on Mr.. Greeley Thursday evening each and
every one pledged to carry his State for the
philosopher. Even the Massachusetts, dele
gate promised so to do. The Vermont ma
MAC had he been there would have made SIM
liar promises. This is whistling little loud.
The States which will hold elections previ-
GUS to the Presidential contest in November
are as follows: North Carolina, August /
Kentucky, Montana and Utah, August 5;
New Mexico, September, /; Cali ornia, Sep
TENDER 2; Vermont, September 3; Maine,
September 8; Colorado Territory, September
10; Dakota, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio
Pennsylvania and District of Columbia, Octo-
Der 8; South Carolina, October, 6; West Vir.
ginia, October "a.
The Louisiana Democratic Committee
have published an address, in which they de
clare distinctly that there can be no bargain
with Warmoth, whom they denounce as {
''beggar of four years ago, who was foisted in
to office upon moderate salary, yetto-day il
worth Millions
The Republican feeling is expressed by re
mark made by leading Senator, who wei
understands national politics: ''We have go
a big fight. 1t will open with great hurral
on the part of the opposition, but ours is thu
steady pull, theirs the dash, and we shall VIII
by good majority.
The Portland daily press., 1872-07-13
Political Notes.

Skowhegan has Liberal Republican club.
The New Yord Evening Post declares that
it prefers Grant to Greeley as q Presidential
candidate.
The New York Tribune speaks of the Bal
timore Convention as a gathering of the
"True Democracy" True enough! They
were the Democrats who sustained Presi-
dents Pierce and Buchanan, and when Lin
coin was elected, made war on the Union.
And they appeared in their true colors, too,
and cheered the tunes of the rebellion.
A salute was fired ON the Staten Island
shore in honor of the Democratic nomination.
A kind-hearted Irishwoman hearing the
guns, said: "There they go again trying to
bring up another dead body! The woman
was right.
Tammany is raising funds in New York to
carry the North Carolina election.
A Western delegate to the Baltimore Con-
vention, after the work was over gave the
reason for the nomination. of Greeley as fol-
lows: "You see the Democratic machine is
stuck in the mud and we want to move it.
To do that we are not particular about the
team we hitch to, whether it is draft-horse
or a jackass. What we want is to move the
machine"
A number of masked men attacked the