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within its folds a brighter omen of "Peace
on earth, good will to men," than that bat
tle-stained emblem so tenderly restored by
a son of South Carolina, whom here in the
name of the soldiers of Massachusetts l
thank and greet as u brother And am
proud that he was an American soldier.
AS an American am as proud of the men
who charged SO brayely with Pickett's
Division on our lines at Gettysburg, as I
am of the men who bravely met and re-
pulsed them there Men cannot always
choose the right cause, but when, having
chosen that which conscience dictates, they
are ready to die for it; if they justify not
their cause, they at least ennoble them
selves, and the men who for conscience
sake fought against their Government at
Gettysburg ought easily to be forgiven by
the sons of the men who for conscience
sake fought against the Government at
Lexington and Bunker Hill. Oh, sir, as
Massachusetts was first in war, so let her
be first in peace, and she shall forever be
first in the hearts of her countrymen. And
let us here resolve that, true to her ancient
motto, while in war, ense.petit pldcidam, in
peace she demands not only for herself but
for every inch Of this great country, SUB
Hbertate 9uietdm.
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Mending the Jaw Of a Living HOrse.

In a letter to the Observer, Serene Ed.
wards Todd, Jr., q student of Cornell Uni
versity, writes: A very interesting and
extraordinary operation was performed
not long since, by DR.. Law, Professor of
Veterinary surgery at the Cornell Univer-
sity. The doctor is far-famed for his as
tonishing cures of the diseases and iniu.
ries that the horse is subject to. A horse
had broken his lower jaw bone Just back
OF the intersection of the lips. This acct
dent was caused by running away and
striking his lower jaw with sufficient force
against tree to produce the above cited
injury. The parts being placed in their
respective positions, holes were drilled
through each near the fracture, through
which strong Irvine was passed and tight
ly drawn, thus binding the broken parts
firmly together. The ends of the Irvine,
instead of being tied, were firmly twisted
and brought against the jaw, where they
were held by being covered with a pad Of
gutta pcrcha. The operation was CON-
pleted by binding the jaws So strongly to-
gether by means of a starch bandage, that
it was impossible for him to move them.
When last heard of, the horse was doing
well, being fed on cruel, which will be
continued until the bones have become
sufficiently united to stand ordinary usage.
N. J. Observer.
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FLOWERS IN THE HoUsE.-Most people
imagine that house plants poison the air
OF room by the exhalation of carbonic
acid during the night. That this is a
popular fallacy, and that it should be
speedily consigned to the well-peopled
limbo of"Vulgar Errors" was demonstrate
cd not long since by Professor Kedzie Of
the Michigan Agricultural College. To
make the test as conclusive as possible, in.
stead of taking the air from a room con.
tanning few plants only, the professor
gathered it from the college green house,
where more than 5000 plants were grow
ing. The room had been closed for more
than twelve hours; and if the plants ex-
hailed carbonic acid to an injurious extent,
the analysis of air from such room would
certainly have disclosed the fact Three
specimens of this imprisoned air were
gathered shortly before sunrise, from diff
ferent parts of the room, the analysis Of
which gave All, 400, 400 parts of car
bonic acid in 10000 of air, or an average
of 4.O3 in 10000, while the outdoor air
contained 4 parts in 10000, thus proving
that the air in the greenhouse was better
than pure country air."
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far1lIers' Gnlm,nll.
"Speess the E'iOac."
The Best Manner of Repairing Roads.


Mr.. John l. Carter, correspondent of the
Oxford Press, in valuable article on the
Importance of good roads, gives the fol-
lowing as the best manner of repairing
them. We commend his remarks to the
attention of road supervisors:
A common road should not be over 90
feet wide, clear of side bitches. Should
be rounded up, with an average fall from
the centre OF the road to the side drain of
an inch to the foot. But few breaks should
be made, and those made horseshoe shaped
low and well backed. Water should
never be turned across the road when
svoidable, when we must have them, and
the ground ls fiat, or any considerable
amount OF water passes, put in small Gull
verts. Private bar-ways or lanes should
not be allowed to interfere with the pub
lie interest. One of the most prevalent
nuisances, is the custom of many farmers.
turning the water back and forth across
the road, as personal accommodation for
few trips in and out to the hourly detri.
ment OF the travelling public. 1t were far
better for the supervisor to put in culvort,
in such cases, at the public expense.
should be allowed to lie upon the road
Side cutters should lie wide, and amply
sufficient to carry the largest floods. Al.
ter the roads are settled and drying. aV
shaped scrapcr CT potato-coverer should be
dragged over them, filling them level With
the bed of the road.
These deep ruts frequently remain half
the season, and are a dangerous and un-
pleasant hindrance to travel. Every rain
fills them with water--and they wear
deeper and deeper. Roads can be mended
rapidly and easily, by using pillow, and
dlrt-scraper. After sufficient dirt is put
upon the road, few moments work with
a harrow and roller fit it for immediate
travel, without the risk of wearing in holes
and ruts-and secure straight track. If
farmers would use axles ofdifferent lenptbs
the roads could be kept in better condi.
ton at less cost
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The Man who Wanted Information.

Yesterday noon while the people around
the office except the "head reporter were
at dinner the smell of smoke suddenly be-
came apparent, and fat man, smoking a
big pipe, came toiling up stairs. When
he had recovered his breath and taking q
seat he inquired:
us der big editor what knows every
dings in ~ @ss-5 Lfs-a
"No-gone to dinner was the reply.
"Und he shall come back purity soon ?'
SIN about two hours"
II can't wait so quick rs dat hat to
60 to funeral"
"Did you want anything ~
"Yes, wants to know some dings about
dat Peecher scandal. You zee, one day
about dree months ago fellow comes nit
my FALCON and he says: Did you hear
holdings about Mr.. Peechers' und l say
nix, und he says MIR. Peecher sthule
corn"
Eyes"
"Und der next day when went home
my wife says: Did you hear holdings
about Mr.. Peecher9' Und she said MIR.
Peecher stholo dog" .....
"Yes."
"Und when l was in der street gar d
man says: Hello, Mr.. Ritterman, what
you drinks about Mr.. Peecher2' Und saws
no man can be goot man who Will steal
o dog. Und den everybody laughs und
winks, und don't know about it,"
eyes"
"Und when l was in der Zitty Hall o
man sthrikes me on der pack, und gays
Hello, old trent, is Mr.. Peecher guilty p
Und say dunno. und he said Mr.. Peech-
er hiret man to blow up schurch nit q
barrel OF bowder."
"Yes.n
"Und den when / was in Dearborn a man
looks bretty sharp at me und gays: You
lif in Dadroit, don't you2' Und l said l
lif in DGdroit. Und he zays: What is
your shudgment on dat Pcecher pisiness p
Und said noddings. IND he said Mr..
Peccher had fight nit circus man."
"Yes."
"Und when my pig boy come home from
Doledo he say: 'Fad'ler, what you drinks
about dot Mr.. Peecher = Und say dun
no, Hans. Und he says Mr. Peecher got
some gloze und shumped der dailor's
bill"
Eyes"
"Und when goes home or in der street
gar or nit my FALCON, or in der bost office,
somebody say some dings about dot Peech-
er pisiness, and dunno. Who is dot Mr..
Peecher? Where lie lifl'
He is a great preacher, and he lives in
Brooklyn?"
go Und what he do e.
"He got one of these tobacco boxes with
a needle in the cover, and carried it around
in his pocket When man tried to open
it the needle went into his thumb about
twenty-five feet"
as dot possible I"
Eyes, and he had his vest pocket made
so deep that cigar would go clear out of
sight, and he kept it fall aud deceived
the public"
my zoul but is dat 20 2"
"Yes, and he keeps an old wildcat bill
in his wallet to lend out when man wants
to secure the loan ofa dollar for a few min
utes."
"Vhell, DECLARES Ven preacher shall
do like dat we shall wonder what next.
70 dat is der Peecher pisincss Well,
vhell. From the Detroit Free Press.
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T. q. M . 9 =

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DEALER IN BAR IRON, STEEL, HORSE
- SHOES, Horse Nails, Nail Rods, Norway
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BUILDING HARDWARE,
Such Locks, Strap and Butt Hinges, Screws, Bos'
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Farmers and Mechanics TG0ls.
Forks Fork Handles sbovels, Spades lloes, Rakes,
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Carriage Goods.
Oil Cloths, Duck Lining, Lining Nails and Thread,
Fifth Wheels, Shaft Couplings, King Bolts, Axes,
Springs Hubs, Spokes, Rims, Bows and Shafts, Car
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Mallesblo Iron.
Painters Supplies.
Lewis's Pure White Lead Oils varnishes, Glass and
Putty, Colors, Dry and in Oil. Keep in Store full
Stock of the celebrated
MONTOUR SLATE PAINTS.
These paints have gained high reputation in point Of
Durability Economy and Beauty.
pairs, Tin and Sheet Iron ware. Sheet Tin, Zinc and
Iron. CEDAR, STONE and EARTuEN WARE.
Building Material.
Lumber, Shingles, Sash, Mouldipgs, Lime, Hair Hy-
draulic Cement Terra Gotta Sewer Pipes aud Chimney
Tops, Duponts Blasting Powder and Fuse.
Sporting Powder, shot Caps, Cartridges etc, ETC.,
All of which will be sold
AT CITY PRICES FOR CASH.
ap9.ly
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How SHE SAVED HER PLuMs. -Mrs.
Weakly, at late meeting Of the Mont
gomery county Ohio Horticultural Socie-
tty, being called upon, responded that she
mad a fayoritc green gage plum tree in Der
yard, and was DESTROYS, of course, of saw
ing the fruit. Happening to notice, in tt
horticultural publication that the branch
es OF the elderbcrry bush cut off and hung
up among the branches of the plum tree
would prevent the ravages OF the curculio,
she did as the article suggested. The re-
suit was she had half bushcl of plums
from the tree treated as described The
fruit had already commenced falling from
tue plum tree when she first hung the cl-
derberry branches ON it. DR.. Grswold had
succeeded in driving the striped bug from
cucumber plants by means of the branches
OF the elder plant, but was not aware of
their efficacy in the case of the curculio.
He had been accustomed to look upon
those little fellows as our master
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-05-07

The LIFE BLOOD OF THE FARa.-There
is more written in agricultural journals on
the subject of manure, in its various rela-
lions to the farm and farmer, than upon
any other, for the very best reason in the
world. 1t is his handspring of action,
success and prosperity. AS rule, in all
old counties at least, land without ma
nure is as worthless as life without the
power of movement, u violin without it
bow, or moving machine without cut
tiers. With the needful supply of manurcs
everything in the way of productive Ca
pacity is possible, without it all is barren,
useless, desolate How much, therefore,
does it behoove every farmer to look to
the manure heap; to devise means to in
crease its bulk and quality by the many
ways within his power. There are scores
of ways to do it, and not one of them
should be omitted or overlooked. The
very Likelihood of the land lies in them.
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VARIETIES.

"A lazy schoolboy who spelled Andrew
jackson "&ru Jaxon" has been equalled
by student who marked the first ola half
dozen shirts "Jolm Johnson" and the rest
do
-Unchaste conversation is an evidence
of inward depravity. 1t is what proceed
eth out of the mouth that defileth. Don't
accustom yourself to vulgar conversation
and the telling of vulgar anecdotes. 1t is
degrading.
"A candidate for office in Mississippi
informs his fellow-citizens that tat the
earnest solicitation of my wife and daugh-
tiers, have consented to become candi-
date for county Treasurer"
-sSchoolnaster-"Of what does the sur
face of the earth consist I" Pupil-"Of
land and water" SchoOlmaster-"Very
well. Now, in order that / may sec ifyou
clearly understand the subject, will vary
the question little. What do land and
water make 7" Pupil-"Mud."
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II O Q bfc al.
EscEigios, and Doctrine.

He stood before the Sanhcdrim
The scrowling rabbis gazcd at him.
lie rocked not of their praise or blame;
There was no fear there was no shame
For one upon whose dazzled eyes
The whole world poured its vast surprise.
The open heaven was far too near,
His first days light too sweet and clear,
To let him waste his new gained ken
On the hate-clouded face of men.
But still they questioned, Who art thou?
What hast thou been ? What art thou nowy
Thou art not he who yesterday
Sat here and begged beside the way;
For he was blind
-"And l am he
For was blind, but now l Sec"
He told the story DER and DER;
1t was his full hearts only lore;
A prophet on the Sabbatll-day
Had touched his sighticss eyes with clay,
And made him see who had been blind.
Their words passed by him like the wind
Which raves aud howls, but cannot shock
The hundred fGthom-rooted rock.
Their threats and fury all went wide;
They could not touch his Hebrew pride.
Their sneers at Jesus and His band
NamelGss and homeless in the land,
Their boasts of Moses and his Lord,
All could not change him by one word.
49, II know not what this man may be,
Sinner or saint; but as for me,
One thing | know, that am he
Who once was blind, and now l Sec"
They were all doctors Of reuown,
The great men of q famous town,
With deep brows, wrinkled, broad and wise,
Beneath their wide phylacteries
The wisdom of the East was theirs,
And honor crowned their silver hairs,
Thp N n thnv iaprpl IN Ian Is
Was unlcarncd, poor, aud humble born;
But he knew better far than they
What came to him that Sabbath-day;
And what the Christ had done for him
He knew, and not the Sanhcdrm.
John Llay, in HarpeT'S for Nay
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81 say, Pat, what are you about
sweeping out the room Z" "No," answer
ed Pat, ~ am sweeping ont the dirt and
leaving tho room"
Mind Reading.-Sallie Morris, pref
ty Newark girl, is q "mind reader" She
said to bashful beau, the other night,
LA believe you are going to kiss ME"
She was right.
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Painters Supplies.
TREES.

A NY PERSON desiring Trees of any
IA description. Fruit, Shade or Ornament
al, and also SHRUBBERY, ROSES, &c,
can leave their orders with JAS. T. RUS
SELL, Esq Perryville, or VIM. G. KING,
Druggist, Havre de Grace, Agents.
VIM. d. OSBORN, agent at Aberdeen,
Md.
CB- Orders by mail promptly attended to.
j. L. WINDOLPH,
"HARFoRD HOUSE."
feb28-11w ITavrc de Grace, Md.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11
How it Happened.
BY JOHN HAY

eY JOHN HAY.
pray YOU, pardon me, Elsie
And smile that troWn away
That dims the light of your lovely face
A 5 thunder clouds the day,
Before | thought, twas done
And those great gray eyes flashed bright and
cold,
Like an icicle in the sun.
| was thinking Of the summer,
When We We're bows and girls,
And wandered in the bios soning woods,
And the gay winds romped with your curls,
And YOU seemed to me the same little girl
kissed in the elder path.
| kissed the little girls lips, and alas!
have reused a WOmans wrath.
There is not 50 much TO pardon,
For why were your lips so red?
The Glonie hair fell in a shower Of gold
From the proud, provoking head,
And the beauty that flashed from the splendid
ewes
And played round the tender mouth,
Rushed over my soul like warm. sweet wind
The blows from the fragrant South.
And where after all. is the harm done
! believe we We're made ID be gay,
And all Of youth not given to love
is yainly squandered away.
And streWn throughout LIES abors,
Like gold in the desert sands,
Are loves swift kisses, and signs, and vows.
And the clasp Of clinging hands.
And when you are old and lonely.
In memories magic shine
You will see on your thin and wasting hands,
Like gems, those kisses of mine.
And when you muse at evening,
AT the sound Of some vanished name.
The ghost OF my kisses shall touch your lips
And kmde YOUR heart to flame
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11

How ANDY JOHNSON LOOKS. Andy
johnson was interviewed the other day by
a correspondent of the St Louis Republi-
can; "Mr. johnson" we are told, ''looks
about 10 years younger than he did when
| saw him last October His face wears a
happier and more placid expression than
it did then. The thickly- gathered lines
about the eyes that used to give his face
the appearance of being covered with cor
rugated sheet iron have all been smoothed
out by the touch of success, and the harsh
compress of the lips that constant struggle
had made habitual has sottened down into
an expression that hardly bespeaks the
tirmness of the old man even when best
natured and most yielding His form is as
erect as ever, his step quick and firm as a
boys, his shoulders still suggest that they
might have been laid out with a carpen-
ters square, and except the silver hair that
curls gracefully about his round, combat
tive head, there is nothing in his person to
tell the story of his trials and tribulations,
nor anything to suggest that his eventlul
life has passed its prime"
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11
Scarcely has the harvest Of observations

Scarcely has the harvest Of observations
from the transit of Venus expeditions been
garnered when the restless spirit of astro-
monte inquiry is to be diverted toward
the approaching eclipse Of the sun. This
eclipse will be total, and will occur on the
9TH Of next April, when, according to the
English astronomer HIND, there will be
the best opportunity for the observation Of
totally likely to be offered till toward the
close of the century Although the course
of the central line in this eclipse is prin-
cipally sea track, fine opportunities for
observing it will be had during its passage
from the Nicobar Islands, in the Bay OF
Bengal, to Siam. The central eclipse, it
is computed, passing from the Nicobars
crosses Bentinck Island, where the maxi
mum period Of totality will be four min
utes and seventeen seconds. At several
other adjacent insular stations the phe-
nomenon will be observable for about the
same space of time. The King Of Siam
has heartily invited British and other as
tronoiners to make the observations with
in his domlnions and volunteered to ex-
tend them every facility and hospitality.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11
a Mystery.


The river. hemmed with leaning trees,
Wound through its meadows green;
4 low. h}ue line Of mountains showed
fhe open pines between.
one sharp. tall peak above them all
Clear into sunlight sprang;
saw The river Of my dreams,
Tht mountains that | sang.
80 clue of memory led me on.
Bun we'll the WAYS | knew:
\ feeling of familiar things
Mlth every tootstep grew.
Not otherwise above its crag
Could lean the blasted pines
Not otherwise the maple hold
Alotl its red ensign.
So up the long and shorn foothills
The mountain road should creep:
So, green and low, the meadow fold
It's rcd-haired kline asleep.
The river wound as it should wind;
Their place the mountains took;
The white. torn lringes of their clouds
Wore no unWonted look.
Yet ncer before that rivers rim
Was pressed by feet of mine;
Never before mine eyes had crossed
The broken mountain line.
A presence, strange at once and known.
Walked with me as my guide;
The skirts of some forgotten life
Trailcd nOseless at my side.
Was it aforementioned dream ?
Or glimpse through @ons old :
The secret which the mountains kept,
The river never told
But from the vision ere it passed
A tender hope | drew;
And, pleasant As a dawn of spring.
The thought within me grew,
That love would temper every change,
And soften all surprise;
And, misty with the dreams of earth,
The hills of heaven arise.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11

The Boston journal tells the following
story of a little one:
We know a bright, intelligent little
miss, residing in this city, who is eleven
years old and who weighs sixty pounds,
who when she opened her eyes upon this
world, weighed less than one pound and
a half She was the tiniest piece of hui
llanlty which we ever heard Of The
nurse IN washing and dressing her used
~ lay ner in the palm of her hand. and
Inc nrsl few days of her life were mostly
spent wrapped up in cottonwood and
paced In basket beside the stove to keep
n a.,, warm; Her head would 20 into a
small sized tea-cup. Can any one tell Of
smaller edition of humanity" that lived
little lady promising
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11

There was bishop in Dublin who en-
gagged skilful painter to make a large
picture for the cathedral. The subject
chosen was the crossing of the Red Sea bv
the israelites. After time the picture
was completed and hung in the cathedral.
covered by heavy curtain, and great
crowd OF people assembled to see It I'M
yelled. All faces were turned in expecta-
ton to the curtain. But 10 when it was
drawn aside, nothing could be seen but a
wlde expanse of water. In rage the
blshop turned to the artist and exclaimed ::
n thought asked you to paint picture
OF ON, the Israelltes crossing the Red Sea! ~
True tor you; that's Just it, said the
painter "But where are the israelites p,
asked the indignant bishop. They've
gone over said the painter. "Wen. but
where are the Egyptians?" They've gone
under"
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11

A Farmer called at the house of a LAWYER
to consult him professionally. is t
Squeer at home p ne inquired OF the law
yer's wife. He was answered negatively
After moments hesitation a thought re-
lieved him. "Mebby yourself can gi' me
information as we'll as t Squeer, as ye're
his wife" The kind lady promised to dc
80 if she found it in her power, and the
other proceeded as follows: "Spoaze ye
We're an old white NEAR, an | should Dor
~ ye to gwang to mill with grist on yel
back. an we should get no farder thar
STAR Hlll, when all at once We should back
up and rear up, and pitch up, kneel down
backward, and break yer darned old neck
who'd pay for YEP Not darn me if
would" The lady smilingly told him, as
she closed the door, that as he had him
self settled the case, advice would be
supert1uous.
The Republican journal., 1875-03-11

DIR. srAPI.Es-Deor sir: This Is to certify that
have suffered with scroiua my leg for the last
eight years have used almost all kinds Of medicine
/ could think OF and employed our best physicians
all to no benefit. The doctors said they could do uC
more | got discouraged and thought never should
get cured, but at last | heard Of your University
Medicine Last Fail sent YOU and got t,and aft al
using only four bottles of the Cancer Plant with II,
May Apple Pills and Tar Ointment to 60 with it,
| now consider myself entirely cured. | think tn.
medicine is all that it is recommended TO be and the
best ever before the public l would aCyis. all suf
terng with Scrofula to the University Medicines
Amy one wishing any further proof Of the benefit
that have received from your medicine | should be
happy to answer all questions.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. SUSAN CARTER.
Bluchil Fails, Maine, March ID, Is.I.