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Year: 1869

The Wheeling Register says:


Last winter '.loyal" township treasurer in
Clay township, Braxton county, named Zcbe~
dee Brown, professed to have been robbed of
all the school funds in his possession, amount
ing, as well as we recolect, to some twelve or.
fourteen hundred dollars. His securities ap-
piled to the Legislature for special relief, and
q bill was passed releasing him and them
from tho payment of the money. The cir.
cumstances connected with tho case were
very suspicious, but as tho treasurer and his
securities we're severely sloyal," they had but
little difficulty in obtaining the Legislation
tiesited.


For some reason or other misfortune of this
sort seems to be getting contagious. We learn
from the Weston Democrat that one of the
township treasurers in Jackson county was
recently ''robbed" of all the money which
had come into his hands. The Democrat
gives the'treasurer's statement as follows:


Zone evening. about dark, two men came
to my gate and asked me to come out to them.
1 went to them and they te!;: me to return
and bring my gun. I did as they desired me-.
One of the strangers asked me to let him look
at my rife; 1 handed it to him, and they
then demanded my money. l took out my
pocket.book containing all the money belong
ing to the township, and they finding the
money there, started of with money, rifle and
ALL The next morning 1 started in pursuit
of them, and found my rife and papers on
the road, near my house, but the money was
gone"


Next winter this man will be applying TO
the Legislature for relief and will plead the
Brown case asa precedent. In all probability
the Legislature will grant the application and
before another twelve month every rascally
treasurer in the State will be robbed and res
lieyed
Year: 1869

Vows MADE DURING THE WAn.-At
young mems prayer meeting not long since
young man said, with deep feeling, During
the battle of Seven Pines, when my COM
rades were falling fast around me, l made n
VOW to God, that if he would spare my life,
would ssrve him better than I ever had l
feel that 1 have not kept that vow. Pray for
me-"


How many such VOWS were made during
the war? How many of them have been
kept?
Year: 1869

a SAP SToRY.-An incident of the sad
side of life occurred in connection with the
small,po hospital a week or two ago. A
young lady of German parentage was taken
there to remain under treatment for the small
pox Just at the time she was to have been
married to an cstimable young man connected
with one of our most fourishing business
houses. Day after day he came to the hospital
to hear from his afianced bride. The time
for the wedding passed by and news came to
him that she was worse and must die. With
the characteristic devotion of a woman, she
sent him word not to visit heE or to be present
at her funeral She also made the request
that she should be buried in her bridal dress.
So. about the middle of last week in the
white vestments in which she was to have
been arrayed at the marriage altar, she became
the bride of Death Cincinnati Gazette.
Year: 1869

Cept. EUsrAcE GIBSON, who was mem :
Der of, and took an active part in the doings
of the Virginia mongrcl Convention, is now
a candidate for State Senator in the Botetourt
District In letter to friend he thus gives
his views;


81 am satisfied that it is folly longer to ro-
sist recon> truction ON the congressional plan,
and think, therefore, that we should not
waste our energies on hopeless cause but
devote them to efforts that will produce good.
think it advisable, by accepting the consti-
tuition, to unite with us all good men to strike
out the obnoxious clauses. This we can do.
But if we resist all compromise, we will in
evitable have all eg,1 furced upon us.


eff elected to the Senate l SHALL also vote
fer the Fifteenth Amendment. to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, for reason that
it will give a greater surface for this given
amount of evil to spread itself, and therefore
makes it less severe upon And also for
the additional reason that believe it will
eventually rid us entirely of the whole evil !;
for then the whole country suffering the same
curse, will unite to remove it."
Year: 1869

= Three suggestions-First Go to no
place where you cannot ask God to go with
you. Second: Engage in no business which
you cannot ask God to bless. Third Indulge
in no pleasure which you cannot return thanks
to God
Year: 1869

EARLY Our CouNTY FAR.-In
order to give our boys an opportunity of
attending the fair al Dodgeville tomorrow,
and to secure the same privilege for our
selves, we issue the TRBUsE for this week
on Wednesday evening instead of Thurs
day morning, The Secretary of the Soci-
ETY. assures us that the balloon ascension
and velocpede riding advertised for Fri.
day are no humbugs, but are bound to come
off, per announcement, We think full
delegation of our citizens will be there,
which is proper, and we hope many who
have not now made arrangements to 20 may
yet do so. The imitation and ascension
OF genuine monstrous air.ship is some
thing not often to be seen; most of us
have never witnessed such a sight, and if
We miss this opportunity may never have
another, If the weather is propitious there
will no doubt be at Dodgevile on Friday
such crowd as never before assembled in
Iowa county.
Year: 1869

FINE CARRIAGE.-D. PIERCE &
Son have justly the reputation of being the
best workmen in the line Of carriage man.
ufacturers &c in the West. They have Just
finished carriage for Hon. JAMES SPENsELY
which can hardly be surpassed in any coun-
try. For neatneSs and perfect workman
ship both in manufacture and painting, we
have rarely seen its equal, the whole of
which was done by PIERCE & Son. Persons
in want of anything in their line will find
them gentlemen in every particular, as
fair dealers and first-class workmen.
Year: 1869

THE PlatteviIe Witness mentions
the fact that SHEPARD x Bush, of this city
have put a number of tomb-stones and
monuments in the cemetery of that Will
age which are specimens Of workmanship
equal to any in the place The same is
found tpS be true wherever their work is
founD
Year: 1869

The tallow candle is the offspring
of the tallow torch used in the twelfth
century. When tallow candles were
first introduced their cost was so
great that only the most wealthy
could afford the luxury, and it was
not till the fifteenth century that they
were sufficiently cheapened to come
into general use.


Think of a tallow candle-that
dripping, guttering, greasy thing
being considered a luxury. But the
tallow candle, now used only where
more convenient and economical
lighting materials cannot be obtain
ed, is, as we now know it, no more
to be compared to the candle of the
twelfth century, than the best illu
minating gas 10 lard oil. Its wick
was of tow, hard to light, and burn
ing so rapidly as to melt large por-
tion of the tallOw into rivers of oil,
so that the drip of four candles would
buy new one.


What would the quaint old revelers
of that period have thought if, in the
midst of one of their drinking bouts,
their tallow dips with tow wick:
could have been suddenly eclipsed
in the splendOr of the oxy,hydrogen
light of to-day. Verify, both the
physical and mental darkness of thai
age has given way to the light of s
brighter and nobler period.


Can it be that in centuries to come
the lIxuries of the present will b'
regarded as contemptuously as WI
now regard the obsolete appliances
of the middle ages ?-Scientyfe Amer
icdn.
Year: 1869

An eminent physician in Hearth
and Home says:


at is a common practice of nurses
and parents to grasp children by Il
single hand or wrist, and lift them
bodily, as in stepping over cutters,
streams, &c. Occasionally q child
is seized by the hands and swung
around with great force, the body
being nearly held at right angles.
This feat is not always followed 10y
immediate ill effects, but is liable TO
result in most serious injury. AT
this period of life, the ends of the
long bones are united to the shafts
by cartilages, which renders them
weak and very liable to be distorted
by force. There are three o: these
bones in the arm one between the
shoulder and the elbow, and two be-
tween the elbow and wrist. The arm
of the child is therefore very weak.
When extension Is made at the hand,
the force is not expanded upon long,
finn bcnes, but rather upon bones
broken at several points, and very
loosely united. A small force, far
less than is required to fracture a
fully formed bone, will separate the
catrilaginous portions, or permanent
ly bend them. There is also anoth
er form of injury which may occur
at the instant. OF this l have seen
several examples. 1t consists in a
slight displacement of the cartilages
in one of the joints, either the wrist
or elbow, attended by pain. swelling
and tenderness. The joint is fixed
in semi flexed position, and the lit
tie sufferer will not allow it to be
moved, or even handled. 1t can be
easily rectified by a surgeon, by fore
ible Election and extension. Finally,
by lifting q child In this manner, the
|ligaments about the joints may be
extended, and this will weaken the
Joints, and this weakness may remain
as a permanent disability.
Year: 1869

This general term for bed manage.
ment should be abolished there is


no such thing as bad luck in the
sense in which it is used. There are
accidents which no common coed
care could prevent, but there are few
ills attending crops, live stock, or


the disposal Of the same, which can
not be easily traced to bad manage
ment. For instance, q field Of corn
turns out 50 bad in quantity that the
owner says he has chad shocking bad
luck with it this year p but on inqui-
ry it will be found that he was at
work at something which he might
have done a month earlier, when he
ought to have planted it; that his
manure.was raw, having been taken
from heap which had never been
turned over, and other peoples corn
was up and looking well when his
was put in the ground. His lambs
die without any apparent cause, many
of the ewes having done the same
previous to weaving time; but these
sheep were shut in close quarters
most of the winter, eating dusty and
hard hay, without any roots, bran or
grain to strengthen them and enable
their stoG&chs to digest, His cows
nave been niscarrying, and those
having gone their full time give little
milk. so that he has hsd yesy ..ba6
luck' with them too; it will be found
on investigation that these poor ami
mails lived on mouldy cornstalks the
first part of the winter, chopped up
AMI wet, so that they could not pick
out any which happened to be not
quite so bad as the rest; then, lust
as abortion commenced, some hay
was given to them, which was full of
weeds-ali OF it. timothy, clover and
weeds, in seed; the clover quite
black, and the stems of sll cracking
like 5rushwOod when moved about,
Bushels of seed were knocked ont In
hay making, many more bushels
scattered aboutinl loading and unload
ing, while the rest sheds out and
mixes with the few leaves left to rub
off the stems, in being forked over
from the NOW to the mangers.-
Gentleman.
Year: 1869

i understand there are hundreds of
families in the Northern and Eastern
States that would like to remove to q
more healthy climate, and 70 them we
say, come to the Mountains of Ten
nessee. l have lived here three
years and find there is no healthier
place in the United States. We are
situated in the central, part of.tthe
Union and are able to purchase all
the cereals that grow in the North
and all the agricultural products OF
the South, except sugar cane. Our
climate is very mild, the mercury
seldom rising to $50 in summer, or
falling to zero in winter. Fevers and
chills are unknown. In fact, it is
said that the people had to shoot q
man in order to start graveyard.
Fentress county has 81, ,S4S acres of
improved and 2S0,626 unimproved
land, and is superior to Cumberland
county, in having plenty of good
timber, water and mills; also an
abundance of the best of coal and
iron. Fentress coal is declared by
experts to beexcellent for gas as well
as fuel, and when our contemplated
railroad from Cincinnati to Chatta-
nooga is completed we will have
easier access to market.


This county is finely adapted to
grazing; land can be purchased ON
very reasonable terms half the price
it can be bought for one year hence.
The unsettled condition of society
following the war, and the injuries
it wrought to our social condition
are fast passing away, and people are
just as safe here as in any Of the
Northern States. 1 am no land agent,
but write this to encourage emigra-
tion South.-Rn6ers Brier, in Prairie


Former.
Year: 1869




WHAT Man kNow5.-What man
can write out clearly, correctly, and
briefly, without book or reference OF
any kind, that he undoubtedly knows,
whatever else he may be ignorant of.
For knowledge that falls short OF that
knowledge that is vague, hazy, in
distinct, uncertain-I,for one, profess
no respect at all. Aud believe that
there never was a time or country
where the influence of careful train
ing were in that respect more nee'l-
ed. Men live in haste. write in haste
Il was going TO say think in haste,
only that perhaps the word thinking
is hardly applicable to that large
number who, for the most part pur-
chase their daily allowance of thought
ready made.-Lord Stanley.
Year: 1869

TRIM Your WIcKs.-The coal oil
fend is killing its victims constantly
Anything which will avert the danger
should be known. The Burlington Ar
gus says:


"The explosion is caused by practice
of neglecting to cut off the charred por-
tious of the wick when the lamp is filled;
observation will show that in few days
use the wick becomes charcoal in COM
position for an inch below the top of the
tube containing it, and after the lamp
has burned short time the heated tube
fires all the charred portion of the wick
inside, and that sets the oil on fire below.
This may be prevented by cutting off a
sufficient portion of the charred wick each
day after using the lamp"
Year: 1869

Srt1G TAxEs.-We clip the follow
ing from the Unionist::


The amount of the State taxes for tho year
1853, from all the counties is $l6l, ,446 60.
A part Of this sum has been paid in already,
and the balance is receivable. For the next
year the amount will be an equal sum at any
rate, so by the time the Legislature meets in
1870 there will be at least $322, 1868, in the
treasury on which sum the people arc pay
ing interest at the rate of ten per cent, and
that too without any fault Of theirs. 1t does
seem as though this great leak should be
stopped.
Year: 1869

Some clergymcn deal in rhetoric, some
in logic. aud some in common sense
The first are popular with ladies, the Sec
ond with most men, and. the third with
an uneommonly few Of either sex.
Year: 1869

A busy man is a locomotive. and life q
track. Every night he drives into ''thehouse"
and STOPS. Every morning he has fired up
anew, and away he goes switching off in one
direction and then in another. In tbs rou.
tine of business he soFsets that the physical
organization is of the most delicate kind
TIA hard IRON locomotive needs constant care
and to be we'll oiled up and rubbed off eve,y
day, how much more necessary is it that all
men and women should use PLANTATION
BIrrEcs, which are the ne plus ul,.a of every.
thing which is necessary to keep the system
in perfect tone of health.
Year: 1869

HiGH WATER.-The recent heavy
rains have raised the streams on the
stage road SO that during the past few
days the arrival Of the mail at this
place has been very uncertain and ir-
rnoular
Year: 1869

Il


There is solemnity, and there y also
great beauty in wssehing ths approSch-
ing twilight To watch che glorious and
mighty king Of day slowly sinking be-
meath the western horizon, sending forth
his last lingering rays, illuminating the
trees and hills, aud the earth oil around
with perfect halo Of dazzling bright
ness, also shedding its last rays Ger the
calm still wseers Of the silver lake, which
catches ito brightness and spacndor and
reflects tho ssAads OF its golden rays; It's
indeed a bcautiful scene. And there is
solemnity in the approaching twilight
after the sun has sunk to rest beneath
the western hills, and night wrapts the
earth in her mantle of darkness, then twi-
light slowly approaches, the birds and all
other living things have gone to rest.
leaving the world and all around calm,
quiet, and still, except the occasional
sound Of the lonesome whipporwill send
ing forth his clarion notes, indicative OF
the approach of night


IT'S also Q beautiful illustration oflife,
cur happy days will soon end; yes those
bright sunny days OF youth, are fast
drawing to close, and old age is creep.
ing stealthily on, as the darkness creeps
on and tho light Of dsy is SLOWLY sinking
and giving way tonight. so is our youth
giving away to old age. This dying day
reminds me Of that last day, when we are
called from earth, called to give up this
tenement Of clay, when our life is sinking
fast, as the daylight is going. and giving
way to darkness, 80 10 our breath slowly
but surely going, and - darkness settles
DER the earth our spirit has taken its
flight, oh Who knows hcre.--whether
to peace and the Maker, who gave It, or
to eternal woe. Blu. after darkness has set
tied DER the earth. and the stars peep
forth, glitterins like diamonds in the
azure sky, and the moon burst forth from
beneath somc beautiful cloud, that has
obscured it from our sight. shedding her
bright silver rays over the silent earth,
seems to be one Of the greatest combina-
tions OF solemnity and beauty.


While sitting silent observer of all
this, the gentle zephyrs tanning my brow,
my thoughts wander back to home, won
dering IL the loved ones at home are, too,
silently gazing on this beautiful spectA-
Gle if they too are watching the same
beautiful stars ? and that the broad face
of the moon is looking down on them, as
It is on me, sitting silently musing and
alone and il their thoughts are Of the
absent one or are they enjoying them
selves some other way never once let.
ting one thought, Of the one that is sitting
here solitary and alone, creep into their
minds to modest their happiness.


While these and thousand other
thoughts come crowding on my brain. let
us all not forget that the same God who
made US and this beautiful world for our
enjoyment, is still watching DER snd taxi
ing care Of US, aud thank him for all these
blessings. SOLITAIRE.
Year: 1869

A certain cure for founder some


think is to stand him IN water up


to his belly. I have known il
practiced for fifty years; and swath.
ing the legs in hot water, vinegar
and sugar of lead, are all good to
some extent; but a founder must
be relieved suddenly, or the horse
viii show stiffness in his action.
and have deformed, callous and
tender hOofs.


Water applied to the legs l do
not consider a positive cure; the
disease must be attacked at the
r0ot by bleeding and purging; a
few drops of blood taken from be.
low fetlocks will hasten his recov-
cry. But the most certain and
quick remedy that / have ever
known is green gourd cut it up,
put it into gallon of water, and
boil it down to a quart. Strain
the liquid and drench--in twenty.
four hours the horse will be per-
fectly himself. The gourd is a
powerful diuretic, and will cause
the horse to stale the most ofen-
sive odor.


In 1882, l traded for two fine
young mares in Augusta, Ga. /
rode one of them to Kentucky,
and my servant the other. Early
one morning, atcrossingthe Clineh
river, Tenn, we found one of the
mares SO badly foundered that she
could not be led out Of the stable.
| procured a green gourd and
drenched her as directed above,
and directed the servant to remain
until she was able to travel, expect-
ing that he would reach home in
three or tour days after me; the
next day after my arrival he came
in, with the mare in as good plight
as if nothing had happened.-Cor.
RuraI Horld.
Year: 1869

A few years before his death,
the Emperor Nicholas OF Russia
sent looking glass, of rare size and
beauty, with an embassy to the
Emperor of China. The looking
glass had to be carried all the way
from St. Petersburg to Pekin by
human hands. Despite the i'm.
mence distance which had to be
performed in this manner, the look.
ing glass reached China; but, in the
meantime, difficulties had broken
out between Russia and China, and
"The Son of Heaven" neither ad-
mitted the Embassy nor did he ac-
cept the present. A courier was
dispatched to St. Petersburg, and
asked the Emperor what was to be
done with the looking glass. The
Emperor replied that it should be
carried back by the same route and
In the same manner. When he
gave this order, the Grand Duke
Michael happened TO be present,
and offered to lay a wager with the
Emperor to the effect that the
looking glass would be broken
on the way back to st. Petersburg.
Tie Emperor accepted the wager,
and the bearers of the looking glass
received stringent orders to be as
careful as possible. If they should
break it on the road, they should
be severely punished /; but if they
should bring it back safely, they
should receive @handsome reward.
They carried it back with the most
incredible care, forty men bearing
it by turns, and safely reached ST.
Petersburg with it, where the En-
peror stood with his brother at the
window of his palace, and laughed
at having won the bet.


But on the staircase of the pal
ace one of the carriers slipped his
foot, fell down, dragging several
of his companions after him, and
the precious looking glass was bro
ken into a thousand pieces. The
Grand Duke, therefore, won his
bet.
Year: 1869

A correspondent of a Rochester
paper writes:


''On entering a Third avenue
street car, in New York, one morn
ing last winter, at the Sixty-sixth
street depot, l was pleased to find
the floor strewn with rye straw.
This car had stood upon the track
during the latter part of the night
while the straw was in it. The
frost upon the windows gave a
perfect photograph of the straw,
and every passenger looked with
wonder and admiration upon the
beautiful frost paintings.


ga few evenings since, in pass
ing a water trough. which stood
under young elm, noticed-the
moon being full-that the shadow
of the tree was thrown upon the
water. The next morning the
trough was slightly frozen over,
bat behold there was a perfect
photograph Of the dropping branch
es Of the beautiful elm. Can you
tell me how this was done? Has
the moon gone into the photograph
business, and has it been engaged
in that business for a long time
past?"
Year: 1869

"ANILINs. There is a new
dye-stuff in the market called
"Aniline. The color is a purplish
crimson, very bright and beauti-
full, 1t is good only for woolen
fabrics and does not require any
thing to set it. 1t is a greenish
powder, a product of coal oil, and
is to be found at all drug.stores.


Twenty cents worth will dye all
the articles you wish to dye, and
after that all the carpet-rags you
have on hand. Tie the powder
ina coarse cloth and rub it through
into any quantity of warm; soft
water. Let it stand an hour or so
where ii will keep warm, then
heat hot, and put in the garments,
having first wet them in clear wa
ter. Don't rinse them.
Year: 1869

SCRATCHES IN HoRsEs.-A cor
respondent of the Country Gen
aenaan sends that journal the fol
lowing receipt, which he pro
nounces ''the best medicine that
can be made" for the ailment a
bove named:


-Four ounces ointment CT rosin
one half ounce fSely ground yer
digris, two ounces turpentine, one
half ounce oil of origanum, one
half ounce tincture of iodine, one
and a half pounds mutton tallow
Mix all well. Wash the foot
clean with CASTLE soap and soft
water, and apply the ointment
after the foot becomes dry. Once
a day will be sufficient to apply
the ointment.
Year: 1869

Maj. Chapman, Sheriff of Cum
berland county, Kentucky, had a
tax bill against a man who refused
to pay and seemed to have no
available property to answer the
claim, until one day he found the
delinquent with his setof false
teeth out for the cleaning process,
and seized upon the pearls. The
delinquent is now cumming it.