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Year: 1868

As soon as you discover that the horse
is foundered, take him to the nearest
branch or stream of water and tie him
in it, standing in the water nearly up to
his belly = his head being so high that
he cannot drink. Ifthe weather is warm,
let him stand in the stream several hours :;
then take him out, rub his legs thorough
ly to promote circulation, and again tie
him in the water, if he is still lame. By
repeating this process two or three times,
the horse will be efectuaily cured If
the weather is cold when the horse is
foundered, that is, if it is in winter, the
horse must not be allowed to stand in the,
water more than about twenty minutes at
a time, he should be taken out and his
legs rubbed diligently till they become
dry and warm and the circulation of the
blood made active, and this process must
be repeated till the horse is cured, which
will be generally within twenty four
hours. This remedy will cost nothing,
can do no possible harm, and will, in ev-
cry instance, cure, if the disease has not
been of too long standing Don't be
afraid to try it. : Rural World
Year: 1868

Thousands of men breathe, move, and
live-pass off the stage of life-and are
heard Of no more.
Why? They did not particle of good
in the world and none were blessed by
them, none could point to them as the in
struments of their redemption not a
word they spoke could be recalled, and
SO they perished their light went out in
darkness, and they were not remembered
more than the insects of yesterday Will
you thus live and die, o man immortrl ?.
Live for Something. Do good, and leave
behind you monument of virtue that
the storm of time can never Destroy
Write your name in kindness, love and
mercy, on the hearts of thousands yon
come in contact with year by year, and,
you will never be forgotten. No; your
name, your deeds, will be as legible on
the hearts you leave behind, as the stars
on the brow of the evening. Good deeds
will shine as brightly on the earth as the
stars of heaven.
Year: 1868

At recent meeting of the Dairymen's s
Association in Illionis, President King
remarked that he had been dealer in
butter for thirty years, and considered
that May, June and July produce the
best, if properly made and put down
Butter containing whey, or lime, or milk
will not keep. 1t should be made dry,
come hard, and be properly cured. Most
people salt too high. 1t should be salted
to the palate and it will keep. All in
excess of this is injurious. The milk,
cream and the surroundings of the butter
room, should all be pure, as food odors
are certain to impart disagreeable flavor
Mr.. X. stated that he knew man to
plant honeysuckles and roses around the
place where his butter was made, for the
purpose of giving it an agreeable flavor
This was a pleasant conceit, whatever
the influence on the dairy-room may have
been.
Year: 1868

A writer who says his cow gives all the
milk that is wanted in family of eight
persons, and from which was made 200
pounds of butter in the year, gives the
following as his treatment. He says
" If you desire to get large yield of rich
milk, give your COW three times day
water slightly warm, slightly salted, in
which bran has been stirred at the rate of
one quart to two gallons of water You
will find, if you have not found this by
daily practice, that your cow will gain rs
per cent Immediately under the effect Of
it, and she will become so attached to
the diet as to refuse to drink clear water
unless very thirsty, but this mess she will
drink almost any time, and ask for more
The amount of this drink is an ordinary
water pail full each time, morning, noon
and night. Your animal will then do heI
best at discounting the lacteal. -Four
hundred pounds of butter are often OBJ
tained from good stock, and instances ars
mentioned where the yield was even at
higher figure"
Year: 1868




A recent sermon by Henry Ward
Beecher has the following in regard to
marriage:


You that are starting, avoid the errors
of those who have gone too fast and too
far.


You that are old bear witness for your
selves and seek to repair as far as you
can the errors of your own lives, by
warning and directing the young.


Young men take hold Of each others
hands.


Maidens, look to the God of your ia
thers


If there be any one in this world who
cannot afford not to be Christian, it is a
woman. If there be any one whose
beauty fades as flower, and whose grace
needs the sustenance Of the inefable; if
there be any one more than another upon
whom blisht falls more rudely; if there be
any one more than another who is more
burdened with grief or more wrung with
sorrow, it is a woman that is not Chris
tian The ladder between your souls and
God is not half so long as that between
our souls and God. God made woman to
be better than man; and the perversion
is in proportion when she is worse.


beseech of every young man and OF
every young maiden, that is beginning
life to begin it Alright Now is the time.
Days are passing. Years are accumulat-
ing 1t will be too late by and by. Be-
gin now.
Year: 1868

The Dayton Journal tells the follow
ing story:


Mr.. Whit. Herr, of this city, has shown
US letter from a relative in San Fran
cisco, giving an account of a rooster that
had his head chopped off on the 2Sth of
February, and was alive at the date of
the letter = March % = and walking
around as large as life The history Of
this most wonderful affair is briefly this !:
On the 2Sth of February the cook of a
restaurant in San Francisco decapitated
three roosters, and on going out in the
yard again few moments afterward, he
could find but two chickens. On looking
around more closely he discovered the
missing rooster walking around without
his head. The proprietors of the restau-
rant were acquainted with the wonderful
circumstance, and they Immediately had
the rooster carefully taken care of and
fed him on boiled milk by means of a
small tube inserted in the throat. Strange
as it may seem, the rooster was thriving,
and the severed neck had nearly healed
over. The chicken was placed on exhi-
bition in popular garden in San Fran
cisco, and thousands of people were ad-
admitted daily to see it. The correspond
ent from whose letter we derive these
items saw and critically examined this
headless rooster, and certifies to the truth
of the revelation. We have heard no
theory advanced to account for this pass
ing strange case.
Year: 1868

A patriarchal frog was caught near
Flint, Michigan, lately He mersured
fifteen inches from the tip of the nose to
the end of his feet, eight round the body
and six around the neck. He weighted
fifteen ounces, and had quite formidable
teeth.
Year: 1868

The formal opening of the connecting
track between the Ohio & Mississippi
and Little Miama Railroads took place
last night. The transfer of passengers
and freight will commence regularly
on Monday. This track will also
connect with the new bridge in course
OF construction over the river.
Year: 1868

1t is not charity to give q penny to
the street mendicant, OF whom nothing
is known, while we hsggle with poor
man out of employment for misera-
ble dime. 1t is not charity to beat
down q seamstress to a starvation price;
to let her sit in her wet clothes sewing
all day Z; to deduct from her pitiful re,
muneration if the storm delays her
prompt arrival. 1t is not charity to
take poor relative into your family
and make her slave to all your whims,
and taunt her continually with her de-
pendent situation. 1t is not charity
to turn a man who is out of work into
the streets with his family because he
cannot pay his rent. It is not charity
to exact. the utmost farthing from the
widow and orphan. 1t is not charity
to give with a supercilious air and pat.
ronage, as if God had made you, the
rich man, of different blood from the
shivering recipient, whose only crime
is that he is poor. 1t is not charity to
be an extortioner-not though you be-
stow your aims by thousands.
Year: 1868

A SAD SToRr.-The sadest story that
we ever read was that of child in
Switzerland, q pet boy-just as yours
is dear reader-when his mother. one
bright morning, rigged out beautiful
jacket all shining with silk and but
tons, and gay as mothers love could
make it, and then permitted him to 90
out and play. He had scarcely stepped
from the door of the Swiss cottage
when an enormous eagle swooped him
from the ground and bore him to its
nest, high up among the mountains
and yet within sight Of the house of
which he had been the Joy. There he
was killed and deVoured, the eyerie
being at a point which was literally
inaccessible to man, so that no relief
could be afforded. In tearing the
child to pieces, the eagle so placed the


gray Jacket in the nest that it become
fixture there, and whenever the wind


blew it would fatter, and the sun


would shine on its lovely trimmings.
For years it was visible from the low
lands, long after the eagle had aban-
doned her nest. What sight it must


have been for the parents of the little


Tictiml
Year: 1868

The friends Of General Butler have
for long time been trying to bring
him back to friendly relations With
General Grant. One delegation made
an effort four months ago, but accom-
plished nothing, though General Grant
said to them that if there was . quarrel
it was not on his side; that he had no
hostility to Butler. Another delega-
tion took up the matter two months
ago, and was equally unsuccessful,
though Senator Wilson was one Of the
persons interested. George Wilkes f.
nally engaged himself with the ques-
tion, and seems to have helped Batter
out of his difficulty. He talked with
Butler and his friends, and after hear
ing their grievances, had a talk with
General Grant. Itappears that Butler
was much incensed at Grant for remoy-
ing him from the command of the ar
my of the Jamesjust before the end OF
the war, and that when Grant during
the first winter of his residence here
sent ont the Invitations to his hRst
grand party, ,9Butler conceived that the
sending Of one to him was intended
as an insult, whereupon he returned it
in short order, since which time he has
had no intercourse with Grant except
of formal and official character. The
adjustment of the situation was made
by one letter from Wilkes to Butler,
one from Butler to Wilkes. and from
Wilkes to Grant, aud finally s note of
ten or twelve lines. from Grant to
Wilkes. 1t is understood that Butler
voluntarily withdrew his rejection of
Grants party invitation on the state
ment from Wilkes that Grant said TO
him that he had not the least inten-
tion to insult Butler in sending it, and
was much surprised at its return.
Grant further said verbally that he
meant no personal disrespect to Butler
in,the language of his report at the close
of the war, That phrase about being
"bottled up" was common in the army
at that time, and vas used to express
military fact. Butler responds 70
Wilkes that he does not so much OBJ
ject to those words as to the general
tenor Of Grants report, which he con-
siders as unfair to him. Grants note
says he is willing to consider Buffers
return of his card as Withdrawn, and
that while he cannot open matters
about his report in which he lad no
intention of Wronging any one, he is
willing Butler should ask for acourt of
inquiry, if he chooses. The correspond
ence was brought to a conclusion with
this note last evening. and IS stated to
be satisfactory to Buffers friends.
Year: 1868

A New York letter presents the
folloging entertaining picture of Broad
way: There are more japanese
costumes in Broadway than you can
shake stick at, unless you are very
skIllful in this manly recreation. With
black hair high in the air, little patch
es of green or white Just over the
bump of Veneration, broad ribbons
floating from behind and before,
dresses built in the Yokohzma style,
the parasol held pretty much as the
idiotic 'supes' in the theater hold their
wooden swords at the present. the
women sail up and down the shady
side of the popular thoroughfare, a
never failing source of wonder to their
country cousins, and of most unmiti-
gated contempt to each other, The
scornful look, the impudent brazen
look, with which every woman regards
every other woman in the street, is a
something greatly to be deprecated.
Whence comes it? If two men should
look at each other in passing, as two
women do. there would soon be an
unpleassntness between them and
should every man follow the fashion,
it would require 100, 900 policemen to
keep the peace in broadway alone.
Year: 1868

Flowers, at this season. when q tol.
erable boouet costs from one to five
dollars, are rather expensive luxuries
and it is we'll worth while to know all
the devices of florists to keep them
fresh as long as possible. Here is one,
said to be practiced by the Belgian
florists, by which a boquet can be Kept
in fair condition for a week or ten
days: Change the water every other
day; cut of, with sharp scissors, a
quarter Of an inch of the stems, and
put a pinch of salt and grain of salt
petre into the water. If very much
faded, the stems may beput into hot
water for a minute or two, or into high
wines, Eau de CAogne, OF ammonia.
Year: 1868




We FADE As LEAF.-As the trials
OF life thicker, and the dreams o.
other days fade, one by one, in the
deep vista Of disappointed hope, the
heart grows weary of the struggle, and
we begin TO realize our insigniicance
Those who have climbed to the pima
Gle of fame, or reYel in luxury and
wealth, go to the grave at last with
the poor mendicant who begs pennies
by the wayside, and like him are soon
forgotten. Generation after generation,
says an eloquent modern writer, have
felt as we feel, and their followers
were as active in life as ours are now.
They passed away as q Yapor, while
nature wore tae same aspect of beauty
as when her Creator commanded. her
to be. And so, likewise, shall it be
when we are gone. The heavens will
be as bright over cur graves as they
are now around our path; the world
will have the same attraction for of
springs yet unborn that she had once
for ourselves, and that she has now for
our children. Yet a little while and
all this will have happenedt Days will
continue to move on, and laughter and
song will be heard in the very chamber
in which we died; and the eve that
mourned for <us will be dry and will
glisten with JOY and even our children
will cease to think of US, and will not
remember to lisp our name. -..t.
Year: 1868

If anything in the world will make
a man feel badly, Except pinching his
fingers in the crack of door, J it's un.
questionabIy quarrel. No man ever
fails to think less of himself after il
than before. 1t degrades him in the
eyes of others,an what is worse, ,bluntE
his sensibilities on the one hand. and
increases the power Of passionate irri'
liability on the other. The truth s,the
more peacesbly and quietly We get on
the better for US and our neighbors. In
nine cases out of ten the better course
is. if a man cheats you, cease to dea
with him if ne be abusive, quit hi
company; and if he ISLANDERS you, take
care 30 10 live that nobody will believe
him.-No matter who he is or how be
misuses you, the wisest way is to lei
him alone for there is nothing better
than this cool, calm and quiet way Of
dealing with the wrongs we meet.
Year: 1868

An English engineer, now in New
York, writes 70 the London Engineering
Journal as follows: "The cast iron here
astonishes me. I saw in Brooklyn
nayy-yard a cast iron naval gun which
had been hit by a Southern shot about
four feet from the muzzle, and the shot
left its mark, impress;ng the rifing
quite clearly. There was not a crack
upon the surface Of the gun; but the
dint was driven right through the
thickness of the gun and Reproduced
in the chase, SO that a closely fitting
shot could not be fred from it."
Year: 1868

"A gentleman having got out of all
patience with one of his servants, called
him in, and after giving him sound
scolding, wound up with the stereoty.
ped phrase, ave must part" The
servant stood scratching his head for
q moment, and then said with look
of much concern, "Sorry am 1 that
we must part your honor may make
so bold as to ask where your honor'l
going?"
Year: 1868

There is nothing that is properly
evil that can befall q good man for
reason has armed him against ambitious
prospects, Unsuitable avsrice, and low
and sordid actions. Prudence and in
tegrity are above accidents, and draw
good out of everything, and the con-
stancy and resolution Of the good mar
are the grace and dignity Of the picture.
Year: 1868

Mr.. Harris, the eloquent North Car
olina negro orator, said on this point,
in his FaneuiI Hall speeehs Now We
are told that if the Democratic party
nominate certain candidates there is
fear among some that they VIII divide
the, colored vote. Now, my friends,
letfne assure you, in the name Of III
600 colored voters in North Carolina,
and l think can also assure you in
the name Of the 200, 600 loyal black
voters in the South, no candidate that
the Democratic party might reach
ooWn and bringup Laughter no can
dldGte hat the Democsatic party might
reach up and draw down; no man who
oreathes the free atmOsphsreof heaven
VINO would accept the nomination at
the hands OF the Democratic party, no
such man could obtain the support of
the black people of heSouth- Loud
applause. As I said before, on anotA-
er occasion, if the Democratic party
were to nominate an angel We would
not vote for him, in that the very fact
Of his accepting 8 nomination Of the
Democratic party would be evidence Of
his being a fallen angel. Laughter.
And, in my opinion, he would have
fallen very low when he shall frat rest
on CopPerhead platform. Renewed
applause.
Year: 1868

Omaha would seem to be going into
q state of decline. A correspondent
writing from there ssys: IN the last
week there have been sixteen fzilures
with business houses, and before the
next sixty days roll around they viii
double that amount. Our streets look
a. If the place was being deserted.
Omaha can never get up the same ex-
cItement she did this spring, In my
opinion she Is dead for eesrs to come,
and if the truth was told by al they
would concide with me. Two months
ago there was not a store to be rented
in the place. To-day there are sixty
one stores for rent.
Year: 1868




Preparation for Fraud.


HARTFORD, Sept. A.-Facts have just come to
light showing that the Naturalization bill which
was passed by the last General Assembly has
been tampered with, and that, tooffn the office
of the Secretary of State. 1t has been relieved
of Its vital part, that clause prohibiting any
alien from being admitted to become citizen
of the United States before any city Court. The
clerk in the Secretary of States Office engrossed
the bill correctly after its passage, and the En-
crossing Committee examined 1t and found 1t
correct. During the Committees stay In the
office there was some skilful manipulation
somewhere, and the result was that they
took to the Speakers table bill with the
vital part omitted. Governor English had this
mutilated bill before him when he wrote
his veto message, and yet two-thirds of that
message was made up of labored argument
against this expunged section. Another curious
fact is that the bill, as sent from the office of
The Secretary of State and published in State
newspapers, is all correct. 1t may be remem-
bered that the new election law was similarly
tampered with, but that the fraud was discov-
cred in time to have the proper corrections
made. The mutllation of the Naturalization
bill seems to be part of some plan to defeat
the will OF the people and prevent a fair cleo
tion in Connecticut Governor English and
Secretary OF State Pease will have hard Job to
clear their skirts vf the transaction.
Year: 1868

The New York Heratds special from the Capi.
tai yesterday contains the followng:-


frequently when conversation has turned
upon the probable issue of the coming Presiden-
ual contest the question has arisen whether
General Grant will resign his position in the
army before the 5th of November, or on the day
the election Is to take place. Whenever this
question comes up it is generally conceded that
Grant will resign at some time before the result
OF the election Is reached. 1t is rarely, II ever
supposed that he will not resign at ALL although
II the matter is given a careful consideration
no good reason can be assigned to estab-
lish the point that resignation under the
circumstances is absolutely required, arguing
either from the nature Of the case or the law OF
precedent. General Grant himself seems to have
given this subject thorough examination, for
1t Is understood that his mind has been decided
for some time past in reference to his duty in
the matter of reslgnng the chief command of
the army before the day of election. Certain
gentlemen whose relations with the General,
both social and official, afford them an excellent
opportunity to know his We've, have recently
stated-one or two of them quite positively
that General Grant will not resign his army
rank unless he shall be elected to the office Of
Chief Executive of the United States. l-.
Year: 1868

Late adyices from Society Islauds bring news
of an important political disturbance there on
the 23d of June. The King of Huahiue made
visit to Pomare on the 4th, to the Queen of
Society Islands at her capital, aud when the
King was about to return, the Governor of
Tahiti arrested him, and compelled him to 60
on board on French war steamer and sign
new treaty with the French Government, the
exact purport OF which is not known. The
King was then set at liberty and returned to his
island, when his subjects revolted, took him
prisoner, and chose another king.
Year: 1868

John Bright and Golden stood by us
in that struggle. The speaker to-
night hailed the spirit of liberty, for
to that he had devoted his life. Last
year he saw two thousand men. march
ing through the streets of London,
singing,


''John Browns body lies moulderinS in


the ground,


But his soul is marching on"


He saw the stars and stripes float
ing by the side of the union Jack; he
saw the most radical measures carried
IN Parliament; liberty he saw stand
ing up, no longor feeble babe but a
stalwart man, strong with the strug-
giles 1t had had with wrong. Let It
go on, on, until the day should come
when wrong should be vanquished.
and all men should be drawn 10 the
life of liberty.


The closing apostrophe to liberty
was splendid specimen of electrify-
ing eloquence, calling forth continued
applause and cheers from the audience
for some time after they rose to de-
part.
Year: 1868

In her costly gilded carriage,


Along the crowded way,
Rides a rich and handsome lady
IN the golden light of day.
With stately step the horses


Tread the pavement. side by side,
Their bright necks gayly arching,
As if IN conscious pride.
In satin and IN velvet,


She sits within her place
A shade of sadness resting


Upon her handsome face.
Her carriage nears the curbstone,
The door is backward thrown;
She steps upon the sidewalk


Like queen from off her throne
Her costly dress, in passing


Across the pavement bare,
W ith gentle motion brushes


Against another's there.
And quickly mounts the color,


\ bright and sudden flame
Her soft cheek gently dying


With the crimson hue of shame.
Oh! lady, proud and handsome,
Because your garments brush
Against a fallen sisters,


Your woman's cheek must blush.
But have you never pondered


Since first you took his name,
How the Jewels you are wearing,
Are emblem. of your shame?
You gave your hand in marriage;
He bought you with his gold
Gou do not, cannot love him,


Your charm. were to him sold.
Then turn not in chill scorning,
Nor let your fair cheek blush,
If gainst a fallen sister


Your garments chance to brush.