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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-04-03
ABOUT THE PREMISES.

April is famed for ''gentle shows
ers," but in the low country it some-
times is equally famous for floods,
that in fifteen minutes will do more
harm to the farmers plowed ground
than he can repair in weeks
knowledge of these facts should pro-
vide against damage by the opening
of hillside bitches, diagonalIy across
the slopes, with ouch gradual fall as
to convey the water gently, and not
10 rushing, roaring torrents. The
same heavy rain falls will carry eff
all the fertiIizing principles Of the
soil about the yards, barn, and ma
nure heaps left exposed. All that
can should be sheltered, bat the wa
ter from those rich places should be
conveyed by broad shallow chsn>
mel into or upon the border of cult
waited land, where it may be damed
up and settled before allowed to es
cape. The settings may then be
taken up and used to advantage
Washes or bitches not wanted may
be filled with old ground sugar cane,
oyster shells, rocks or chopped up
brush Of any kind.
Tools left in the rain and then
exposed to the sun will soon have to
be replaced.
Harness that has been wet should
be rubbed dry and then we'll greas
ed and rubbed again with a stout
piece Of WOODEN cloth.
Hogs should be shut out from un
der houses or shelters to avoid their
taken thumps or m Dge and to pres
vent the raising of heas.
HORSES allowed to stand in open
lois, exposed to all vicissitudes of
weather, will not only have shaggy,
bad hair, but weak constitutions, and
8ponding want OF bone and sim
ew to stand the long, hot summer
work. So. Farmers Monthly.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-04-03

TO MAKE FARMING PROFITABLE.
"A Subscriber, gives the following
as the rules that have led to his sues
cess in farming: /, cultivate dou
bic the area that any Of my neigh,
bors DO, compared with the size Of
my farm, and get double the aver
age crops per acre ;. My rotation
extends t@o years beyond the usual
course Hoed and grain crops, the
first two years. Of 2 character suited
he soil and the markets third
year. clover; fourth year. wheat,
then three years in hey. , Breed
ing a large number OF pigs as the
most economicsi medium for the
conversion of grain .into money and
manure My pigs are always cross
breeds, using q boar Of a quickly
maturing breed on selected sows.-
They are killed and sold at six to
eieh. months old 4. The purchase
of rich food, such as bran and cotton
seed meal, for it's manure value, and
to be fed in connection with straw,
corn stalks and swale hay, thus en-
HANGING the vsiue Of this rather
COARSE fodder. This enables me to
mature grade Shorthorn steers inside
of two aud half years. | also feed
clover bay with he fodder. To be
successful use more capital impfov>
ed implements, commercial tertlllz-
ers, thorough cultivation, and care
full attention to the selection of seed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-04-03

WE HAvE NOW IN OUR WAREHOUSE FULL STOCK OF
the following brands which ho" oy analysis
that the highest stan ard is fully maintained, VIZ:
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1879-04-03
Marietta HiGD School
For Boys s Girls.

TIE SPRING TERM OF THIS INSTi-
tuition opens On MONDAY. Jan 6, 1879.
The course OF study embraces all the branches
usually taught in the High Schools Of the State,
MRS. MANGET r.maius in charge OF the Phi
mary aud the Ornamental Department
Each one of the churches in the City will, a.
heretofore. be entitled 10 send a pupil free OF
tuition charges
Tuition per scholastic month q Jour reels g
to So 90.
Fuel, Iens and ink, per Term of six months,
forty cents ,.,,,,,-,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
Women Clerks At Washington.

sThe fist female clerks in the Nation
al Treasury were appointed in 1862
by Secretary Chase, who placed them
in the office of the Controller of the
Currency at $500 year. They cut
and trimmed the United States notes
issued in sheets, and did their work
very we'll. As soon as they had been
appointed there was many other ap-
plcants, and their number steadily in
creased, many Of them securing plac-
es through the peculiar energy and
perseverance, which will refuse to take
no for an answer. There are now
more than 1900 women in the depart
ments at Washington, the majority
employed in the Bureau Of Eugrav-
ings and Printing in the Government
PRINTING! They excel as counters
their slender sensitive fingers tnrning
notes with great rapidly and cxactness
They detect .ounterteits, it is said
quicker than men, though they do
not succeed so well in accounts, as the
average feminine mind has little nat
ural love Of figures. Counters and
copyists receive 5000 a year other
women $1,000 to $14,OO several Of
them $1,000, and one in the Internal
Revenue $500. Most of the clerks
are we'll educated and refined, and
have seen more prosperous days. A
number are widows and daughters Of
army and raval officers who lost their
lives in the civil war. Very few of
the yourg women Or widows marry
or resign, and consequently the hund-
reds who are constantly seeking
places in Washington have very slen-
der prospects OF success. The most un-
tiring, obstinate place-seekers at the
Federal capital are women.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
Boys and Pistols,

~ never could understand" the
Deacon said, "wly o boy should car
ry pistol, A pistol Is a very peeu-
liar frsarm Il IL made tor q very
peculiar purpose, II is quite natural
for some boys to want rifles or shot
guns, with which they may kill game !
but pistol Is Intended to kill human
beings, and this Is about all Il Is good
for, There arc very few boys IN this
country who could shoot u bird or a
rabbit with n pistol, and any one who
should 80 out hunting with a pistol
would be laughed at, This being the
case, why should a boy want pistol
What human being would he like to
kill7
ut Is useless to say that he may
need his pistol for purposes Of defense
Not ono boy in thousand is ever
placed in such position that he need
defend himself with u pistol, But 1t
often has happened that boys who
carried loaded pistols thought it would
be a manly thing, under certain cir
cumstances, to use them, and yet,
when the time came and they killed
somebody, they only brought down
misery on themselves and their fami-
lies. And this, too in many case
where, it no one present had had q
pistol, the affair would passed of
harmlessly, and been soon forgotten.
"But the way in which boys gcncr-
ally take human life with pistols is
some accidental way, They do not
kill highwaymen and robbers, but
they kill their school.mates, OF their
brothers, or their sisters, or, IN many
cases, themselves. There is no school,
where boys are taught to properly
handle and carry loaded pistols, so
they usually have to learn these things
by long practice. And, while they
are learning, it is very likely that some
one will be shot. saw in newspa.
per, not long ago, accounts of three
fatal accidents, all Of which happened
on the same day, from careless use of
fire arms. And one of these dreadful
mishaps was occasioned by lad "h"
carried a load"a piston III Ills oVercoa'
pocket, and who carelessly threw
down the coat,
"And then, again, a boy ought to
be ashamed to carry pistol, especially
a loaded one. The possession of such
a thing is proof that he expects to
go among vicious people. If he goes
into good society, and has honest,
manly fellows for his companions, he
will not need pistol. A loaded pis-
tol in a boys pocket is not only Use
less and dangerous, but also it almost
always stamps him as Il bad boy, or
one who wishes to associate with bad
boys and vicious men, [Jack-in the
Pulpit" St. Nicholas tor February.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
WHOLE NO. 1890
A Glacier Meadow OF tho Sierra.

Imagine yourself at tho Tuolumne
Soda Springs on the bank Of the liver,
q days journey above Yosemite Val
ley, You set of northward through
q forest that stretches away Indefinite
y before you, seemingly unbroken by
openings of any kind, Al soon rs
you arc fairly into the woods, tho gray
mounlsin peaks, with their snowy gor'
geS and hollows. are lost 10 view,
The ground IL Uttered with fallen
trunks that Ito crossed and fecrossed
like sIorm'lodged wheat aud besides
this close growth Of pines, the rich
morainc soil supports a growth Of
ribbon'leaved grasses, chiefly bromus,
tnticum and agrostis, which rear their
handsome spikes and panicles above
your waist, Making your way through
this fertile wilderness. finding lively
bits OF interest now and then in the
squirrels aud Clark crows. and per
chance In a deer or bear,-afler the
lapse OF an hour or two vertical bars
OF sunshine are seen ahead between
the brown shafts OF the pines, and
then you suddenly emerge from the
forest shadows upon delightful
purple lawn lying smooth and free in
the light like lake. This is a glacier
meadow. II is about mile and
halt long by quarter Of mile wide,
Tho trees come pressing forward all
around in close serried ranks, planting
their feet exactly on its margin, and
holding themselves erect, strict and
orderly like soldiers OH parade; thus
bounding the meadow with exquisite
precision, yet with free curving lines
such as nature alone can draw. With
inexpressible delight you wade out
into the grassy sun lake, feeling your
self contained in one Of natures most
sacred chambers, withdrawn from the
sterncr influences Of the mountains,
secure from yourself, free in the
universal beauty. And notwithstaud
ing the scene is so impressively spirit
ual, and you seem dissolved in it, yet
everything about YOU is beating with
u...., .--~--.~:., L..~.~- 1o-n Iol;nh,
fully substantial and familiar. The
rosiny pines are types of health and
steadfastness the robins feeding on
the sod belong 10 the same species you
have known since childhood and
surely these are the very friend-howers
of the old home garden. Bees ham
as in harvest noon, butterflies waver
above the flowers, and like them you
lave in the vital sunshine, too richly
and homogeniousy joy.fllsd to be ca
pable of partial thought. You are all
eye, sifted through and through with
light and beauty John Muir, 10
Midwinter Scribner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
The Necessity Of Plenty of Sleep.

4 writer in ScRIBNRR for February,
considering "The Relations OF Insanity
to Modern Civilization" speaks Of the
loss Of sleep as q prominent cause OF
insanity. lie says;
During every moment OF conscious
ness the brain is in activity. The
peculiar process of cerebra'ion, what .
ever that may consist Of is taking
place thought after thought comes
forth, nor can we help it. 1t Is only
when the peculiar connection or chain
of connection of one brain cell with
another is broken and consciousness
fades away into the dreamless land OF
perfect sleep, that the brain IL at rest.
In this state it recuperates its exhaust,
ed energy and power, and stores them
up for future need. The period Of
waketnlness is one of constant wear.
every thought is generated AT tne tx
pense of brain cells, which can be fully
replaced only by periods of properly
regulated repose. If, therefore, these
are not secured by sleep, If the brain,
through oyer.stimulation, is not left TO
recuperate, its energy becomes ex-
hausted Z; debility, disease, and finally
disintegraton supervene. Hence the
story is almost always the same; for
weeks and months before the indica-
tions of active insanity appear, the
patient has been anxious, worried and
waketul, not sleeping more than four
or five hours out Of the twenty-tour.
The poor brain,, unable to do its con-
stant work, begins to waver, to show
signs of weakness or alteration hal
lucinations or delusions hover around
like floating shadows in the air, until
finally disease comes and
''plants his seige
Against the mind, the which he pricks and
wounds
With many legions Of strange fantasies,
Which in their throng and press 10 that last
hold
Confound themselves.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
Prom sunday Afternoon for January,
THE SHADOW OP TliE ROCK,
~ RAY PALaHH

A hiding place from tho wind and q cove
rom the tempest 40 rivers Of water IN d
'laee an the shadow Of grssl Rock Ia
'eary land, IL, HIrii, 2,
IN the shadow Of tho Rock
Let me rest.
When l feel the tempesl'a shock
Thrill my breast
All in vain the storm shall sweep,
While ! hide,
And my tranquil station keep
liy thy side,
On tho parched aud desert way
Where tread,
With tho scorehing noOn-tIde ray
Ger my head
Let mo iind tho welcome shade,
Cool and still,
Aud my wesried steps be stayed
While I will,
IN peace viii fosl mo iliSfp
I'ill ! aee
That tho skies again arc fair
over mo
That the burning heats arc past,
And the day
Bids the traveller at last
Go hls way,
Then my pilgrim Htah III take.
And once more
III my onward journey make,
A sbeforo
And with joyous heart and sirong
win raiao
Unto Thee, o Rock, 4 song
Glad with praise
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
a LECTURE
~ TO YOUNG MEN

Just Published, in Sealed Enuelope. Price &c.
A Lecture on the Nature, Treat.
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Nervous Debility, and Impediments to Mar
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The world renowned author, in this ad.
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Address the publishers.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22

C1cERo's CREED. 20 glorious day
when | shall enter that divine COM
pany and home of souls, when l shall
leave this turmoil and conhux of i'm
purites for I shall not 60 only to
these men of whom / have spoken,
but also to my Cato, than whom no
better man was ever born, no man
more eminent in all good works for
whom performed the last sad rites,
when it seemed more fitting that he
should mourn for me whose soul not
forgetting me, but often looking back
upon me. departed to that place
whittier it perceived that I, too, must
come.
While l seemed to bear my grief
bravely, I did not endure it with a
calm mind, but I comforted myself
thinking that only short time would
intervene between our parting and
meeting.
Meditating upon those things find
old age pleasant; not only not sad,
but even joyful. And if in this, | err,
1 err willingly, and I do not want this
error In which delight to be wrested
from me; and if after am dead, l
shall know nothing as certain petty
philosophers think, I do not suppose
that these philosophers will laugh at
me when they are dead.-From "De
Senectute. "
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
Men of the Old School.

IN on article on Gentlemen Of the
Old School," in tho Springfield Re
publican, Mr.. w. NJ. +, Round says ;
The old school ministers were evei
more highly reverenced than the min
listers Of today. They scorned the art
ofpopularity. They considered them.
selves on n theological rock and made
OF that rock n throne from which they
issued judgment as if clothed with
divine inialllbil'iy. They did not flirl
with science as ministers do nowadays
and get worsted. They were not
ministers Of congregations they were
ministers of God. Their names were
given to their churches. They didn't
call their churches after streets, but
after saints sometimes, and often after
the minister, who himself was reckon.
ed by his congregation to stand in the
succession oi. .sain.ship and the old
school ministers generally stayed long
enough in q place to make his title
good. Wherever he was, the old
school minister never forgot his minis.
terial dignity.
He wasn't a minister IN the pulpit
and a horse, jockey or n humorist in
the street. II he made joke it was
y stately. well.weighed joke, conscien
tiously made, as by one who felt that he
must give an account for every idle
word, and did not mean to have the
balance against him for the sake Of
n roar Of laughter. The old-school
minister was man feared and dreaded
by the young, and loved and respected
by the aged. TO boys he was terror,for
he gave a theological twist to all their
naughtiness, and would argue a rent
in their trousers or a dirty face into an
evidence that they were fallen from
grace and unfit for the kingdom Of
heaven. They were stern and unllnch-
ing in judgement, and with prayers and
exhortation dwelt on the necessity of
free use Of the rod. They preached
death and judgement until there was
a flnerea, aspect to all their doings,
and New England parlors were only
opened when there was a funeral a
wedding, or the minister came on
one of his parochial visits.
Yes these old.school ministers were
clad in a vestment of frigid dignity,
but when once it was laid aside there
were great hearts beneath. When
repressed emotion once breaks
through there is 9 torrent. ID is this
fact that made the old.school mast
ters so successful in love. What
maiden heart could resist the soft i'm
portunities of saint when they were
poured forth in noble language as a
message delivered from heaven. All
messages of true love are indeed mes
sages from God, but these seemed
doubly so as coming from the accrsdit
ed ambassador OF heaven: American
npvelists have not been unmindtul OF
this, and the clerical love of the old
school has furnished more than one
writer with a character.
But the gentleman Of the old school
were not all of the clerical profession.
There was the dear old school doctor
with his air ofprofound wisdom and un
hakeable belief Of calomel and blood.
letting. More than once in the history
of the world Que error has been modi-
fed BY another and so homeopathy
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
WindsOJ Photograph Rooms.

FIRsT,cLAsa WORK GUARANTEED,
OLD PICTURES copied and enlaIgfd and
finished IN lax, Water C0ioTs, on, hlereo'
seopic Views taken Of Residences Horses,
or Groups, and IN fact, all kinds Of fholo'
graph Work done satisfactory or no charge,
Adams, Picture Frames, RieTeoseopes,
siereoseopie Views Of Windsor and vicinity,
Passeporouts, &c., &c., always on hand,-
Also, Agent fOr tho celebrated Esiy Organ
Having had experience IN the business
We trust We shall merit liberal public
patronage liasayll
AMBROSE \, VosE, Artist
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22

A man will sit in the theatre for
three hours and think the play the
shortest he ever saw, and yet sit as
uneasily in his pew on Sunday as
though he was being used for apin-
cushion and think the twenty. minute
sermon the longest be ever beard
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
Windsor Business Cards.
CUTN Ely H 0 U S K,
BY CHARLES o. DURKEE.
south End Of Main street.
WINDSOR. VERMONT. l54e
r. d. w YN N,
MACHIN I $ IT

Manufacturer of the "Boss' Jack Screw,
Cider Mil Screws, Wine and Lard Presses,
and Small Lathes.
Hemp and Rubber Steam Packing Scotch
Gauge Glasses, Lace Leather, Cop waste,
Boiler and Engine Supplies on hand or
furnished on short notice.
nsehins Jobbipg Of su kinds promptly
;xss,esS xs,eas! y; An'd'''
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
WOODSTOCK VT, WEDNESDAY. JAN, 22, 1870.

est In oil his employees, aad very libe'
y hss clerk or two in his own family.
lIe knows, or thinks he knows how
all his young men spend their Sundays
what their habits are, and has no Hcru'
pies about admonlshing them lfho finds
them going astray,
Ile takes warm personal interest
Ia all his customers | knows all about
their families, and recognizes his
obligation to them in an exceeding
and courtly difference, The mer-
chant OF tho old school has n hor-
ror If new places aud advcrtis-
Ing ! believes that all Tho plate glass
windows and costly cilice iunlture in
creation, all tho newspaper pufls that
ever were printed, could do for him
what u strict integrity and close attcn'
ton to business eau. Alas these
dear, old, high.rcspectablo aud estim.
able old iogy merchants are growing
scarcer aud scarcer and the spirit Of
costly ostentation has entered into
their old places, increasing profits in
some cases and bringing ruin
IN Others 50 that with the columns OF
business calami,es with which our
papers arc filed, We sometimes sigh
for the old.school merchants who con.
sidcred no fortune good If it was built
on aught else than a blameless name.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22

WHAT A MAN WANTS HIS WIFE TO
KNow.-There are certain things a
man wants his wife to know, which
are never learned at ladies seminaries,
and but too seldom, we fear, at home.
One would like his wife to know how
to make shirt. Ever so rich, it
would be a comfortable sensation to
know that she made it, yet there are
some who cannot even sew on but
ton. 10 be able to cook beef steak
properly, or roast a joint to turn-to
make savory sauce, or dish up q
fricasse cook ones husband a
good dinner, IN short, if need be, what
ever, woman ought to know, and
what very few do know, until obliged
to learn it. 1t is a solemn fact that not
one manageable girl in twenty can
make really good cup Of coffee.
1t is all very we'll to study French,
without ever being able to read or
speak it with any facility-to learn six
or eight sciences up to confused smat-
teriug, unavailable from the fear OF
making blunders, to learn music and
drawing tor the parlor and drawing
room; but man wants inore than
this in a wife and the sensible lover
is often frightened away from an ami
able girl by display Of accomplish.
ments, which indicates the lack Of
more useful requirements.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22

The ills of the mind are greater
than the ills of the flesh. 1t is said
that of two men, one of whom has a
raging toothache, while the other is
desperately in love, the man who has
the toothache will always 80 to sleep
first.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22

He that falls into sin, is man |;
that grieyes at It. may be saint; that
b oasteth of it, is q devil.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22

There is many man who courts a
fortune aud marries a woman in order
to get il.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-01-22
HartIand Business Cards.
Il. G / i II Il II 4
Manufacturer Of and Dealer IN

r. G j II + K 7
Manufacturer of and Dealer In
Plows, CultiyatOrs, Cottage and
Box Stoves, CauldrOn Kettles,
SINKS, HOLLOW WARE, ROLL BAKERS
Door Rollers, Door Roller Track, Corn
Shelters, Sugar Arch Mouths, Crates ant'
Bars, Sap Pans, Arch Tops, Mouths End
Rimmcrs, Slide Yoke Irons, boot Jacks
Registers, Door Scrapers, Empire Stove Black,
Guards and Doors, Bedstead Castings, Gas
Castings, Birdsnest Tuycr Irons, Sleigh ano
Sled Shoes, chilled and common, Cart and
Wagon Boxes, Gr.mcss approved Smut Mills,
Howe's Standard Scales, GIBBS Cylinder Plow
Shares, Ilarrows, &c.
~ Orders solicited.
Iar,land. VI, May |, 1871. 1854
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-04-26
Foreign Markets.

ALLEelIASlA,A April 2s.-CArrLE
Receipts today 22S head all for
this, market; no through stock.
Trade slow, except to local butch-
ers; no other buyers here, only two
or three loads being sold ship;
ping receipts raiigingsfrom ~ 25a
. So:for, fair, to extra, and for COM Il
me- n IS S0al 90.
Hocs-Receipts Ills head.
Workers 70 545as 0;aphiladclphia
- 75al1 %, ,sSl.ts sr2 gsa&5t
snrEr=R Receipts $500 head
clipped ~ 90Wl 80; wu~lcd s 25,l
= d