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Year: 1860

A story is told in the First Ward. at the
expense Of poor Irishwoman. 1t appears
that flock of dozen geese belonging to
her had been driven to the pound. and che
resolved to undertake their rescue. and to
recover her geese without paying the pound
fee. She found no difficulty in climbing
into the Pound. nor in pitching the geese
over the high board fence constituting the
enclosure. But her own release. which
was next thing to be considered, was
more difficult job Indeed the ventersome
woman speedily discovered that she was
prisoner beyond the power o. self.release
The pound fence is ten feet high and nailed
to rails and posts from the inside, 80 as tc
present a plain, smooth and unscalable sur
face from within. There was no one with
in hailing distance, and the result was tha
the imprisoned adventurer did not regair
her liberty until the Pound Keeper vtsitet
the place the next afternoon, after she hae
spent over twenty.four hours. including al
entire night, in the Pound
Year: 1860

But the driver. asked our lady passen.
ger. who had attended to the recital of the
the story with much attention, "what be.
came of the driver, or did you never learn
the reason Of his deserting bis post !''


:" His body was found on the road, with
in few steps Of the spot where the coach
went over. He had been struck dead by
the same fash Of lightning that blinded the
restive horses"
Year: 1860

The WAY II STASDs.-The Breckenridsers
claim that the greater portion of the Germans
IN this town will support Breckenridge and
Lane, under the lead OF Uncle John Dreibelbis.
This is mistake. We can count up about so
German votes in the town-all of whom. save
about fifteen or twenty, are for Douglas; and of
these fifteen or twenty not more than dozen
are for Breckenridge and Lane-the remainder
being for Lineoln
Year: 1860

Tan YARD DRAIN-We have been request
cd by several residents Of the First Ward,
TO inform the committee Of Council to whom
was referred the consideration of the tan
yard drain, and its termination the marsh,
that il they will, on any calm night, when
the malarious etluvia is permitted TO remain
in the neighborhood of its place of genera
ton, visit that portion of the city known as
tunnel town, their labors will be 50 material
ly lessened as to enable them without any
difficulty whatever to report at the next meet
ing Of Council.
Year: 1860

GA-ASoTnER set Of piOus noodles in New York
have written themselves down asses by offering
another prize for another ''best tract on the im.
morality of dsncing A veri6cation of the maxim
in regard to the fool and his money. One might
as well try to persuade the women of America tC
give up eating as dancing. It's about the only
exercise one half of them gOt--poor creatures
and 1t we're cruel to deprive them of Il.
Year: 1860

~ The projected Fair Of the Light Guard
aud Light ARTILLERY is being put into shape
We are assured by those who know of what
they speak, that it will exceed anything in the
Fair way that was ever given 10 Dayton We
will soon be able to name the time, aud give
the programme In the mean time, public Gu.
riosity will be on the tip toe
Year: 1860

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County OF Cass.-ss.
y At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Saturday the sixth day of October,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Present-C Clifford Shanahan, Judge of Probate. In
the matter of the estate of Elias Simpson, deceased
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified OF
Thomas Simpson and Samuel Morris, praying for
license to sell real estate of said deceased.


Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
seventeenth day of November next, at ten o'clock
in the forenoon be assigned for the hearing of said
petition and that the heirs at law of said deceased
and all other persons interested in said estate are
required to appear at a session Of said Court then
to be holden at the Probate Office. In Cassapolls
and show cause if any there be, why the prayer OF
the petitioners should not be granted.


And it is further ordered. that said petitioners
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
Of the pendency Of said petition. and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass, for
four successive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing. Z. SHANAHAN,
A true copy. Judge OF Prooate
October 6, 1860. octll-25w4
Year: 1860

Far beyond drawing-room or spare
room and important above almost eve
ry other arrangement in your domestic
establishment, is the cousecration of
one room to the especial use of the
master of the house, should his pur-
suits be such as to :e,,der occasional
solitude and quiet peedful, or merely
pleasura5le to him. A sound and a
lovely policy is that which secures to
husband, in his own family, certain
privileges and comforts that he can
never find elsewhere, and that are cal
culated to counterbalance the weight
of the many other attractions which
his immediate circle cannot offer. A
room to himself-a home within home
is not such privilege, and a few
sacrifices too great if they may pro-
cure it for him; few advantages are
great enough if they must take it from
him; it will keep him from. clubs and
card parties abroad, or from being cal
ways about" at home it will prove a
sanctuary from the numerous petty do
mestic troubles and annoyances that, as
few men can comprehend or tolerate, il
is much better that they should not see
or should business or amusement in
duce a temporary absence, the image
of his O,on room, and the gentle loving
being presiding over its many indul
gencies and comforts, will follow
him into "hall and power" and, crea
ting salutary yearning in the midst o
greater luxury and wealth, will guide


him safely back again, where only h


can rest in perfect happiness and safe
ty
Year: 1860

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County of Cass.-ss.
y At a session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Thursday the twenty day Of
September, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and sixty. Present-Clifford Shanahan, Judge of
Probate In the matter of the estate of Kinchen
Artis deceased. On reading and filing the petition
duly verified, of jefferson Osborn, praying for
license to sell real estate of said deceased


Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the tenth
day of November next at ten O'Clock, in the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition:
and that the heirs at law of said deceased, and all
other persons interested in said estate required
to appear at a session of said court, then to be
holden at the Probate Office in Cassapolis, and
show cause if any there be, why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted.


And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate,
of the pendency of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass, for


four successive weeks previous to said day of hear
ing. c. SHANAHAN,


r A true copy. Judge of Probate.


September 81 1860 oct424w4
Year: 1860

land of freedom for you in 1887. She
sustained the Ordinance of 'S7 till you
were able to take care Of yourselves.
Among the first acts of her Govern
ment, she abolished slavery for herself
She has known nothing of compromises
nothing of condition or qualification
in the great principle. and she never
will. She will sustain your distin-
guished neighbor, because she knows
he is true to this great principle and
when she has helped to elect him, by
giving as large majority as can be
given by any halfdozen other States,
then you will find that she will ask less,
exact less from him, and support him
more faithfully than any other State
can do. This is the way she did with
John Quincy Adams. That is the way
she will sustain Mr.. Lincoln. Loud
cheers


In the course of conversation, Mr..
Lincoln said to Mr.. Seward:


Twelve years ago you told me that
this cause would be successful, and ever
since l have believed that it would be.
Even if it did not succeed now, my
faith would not be shaken.
Year: 1860

WINTERING CABBAeE.-I have prao-
ticed for four years the following mode
of wintering cabbage, and it has proved
so well, l give it for the beuefit Of 9TH
ers My cabbage is left out till there
is danger from frost. The heads are
then cut off, with few coarse leaves,
and if winter does not seem to be upon
us, thrown into heaps, and covered
with litter Of some kind. till winter
seems to be coming in earnest. Then
the cabbage are put in heaps by plac-
ing them on the ground-three for the
bottom course two for the second, and
one for the top. Make your heap az
long as you wish-pack them close by
putting the largest to the bottom, and
keep the stem end up Cover ten to
twenty inches or more with earth, with
out any straw. The earth must be in


proportion to the frost. A little frost


will not hurt them if the cabbage are
not taken out till the frost has left them.
Year: 1860

Controlling THE INcLINArroN.-It
is hard work to control the workings
of inclination, and turn the bent of
nature; but that it may be done, /
know from experience. God has given
us, in ameasure, the power to make our
own fate, and when our energies seem
to demand sustenance they cannot
get-when our will strains after path
we may not follow-we need neither
starye from inanition, nor stand still in
dispair, we have but to seek another
nourishment for the mind, as strong as
the forbidden food it longed to taste,
and perhaps purer, and to hew out for
the adventurous foot a road as direct
and broad as the one fortune has


blocked up against us, if rougher than
it, Charlotte Bronte.
Year: 1860

A THoUGHT.-When there is a
thought in my heart, and l wish it to
be in thine also, l seek sound, as it
were for a vehicle, by which it may
pass to thee. / take sound, and as it.,
were, put the thought into it. Thus l
utter and produce, and teach thought
yet lost it not. If my thought can go
forth to thee and still remain with me,
cannot the Word of God do the same
thing by means of the flesh which he
took on him? Behold the Word OF
God, God with God, the Wisdom OF
God, remaining increasingly with the
Father, that he might proceed to US,
sought the flesh, as it were sound,
and introduced himself into it. BY
this expedient he doth proceed to us
and did not recede from the Father.
Year: 1860

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of
IN license granted by Clifford Shanahan. Judge
of the Probate Court for the County of Cass in
the State of Michigan, shall offer for sale at
public auction The southeast quarter of the
northeast quarter of section seven, in township
five south Of range fourteen west, in Cass County,
Michigan, containing forty acres of land more or
less, on Saturday the seventeenth day of November
next between the hour of nine o'clock In the fore
noon and the setting of the sun the same day, at
the School House in District number three, in the
township of Volinia in said County of Cass, for
the payment of the debts of David Crane, Jur.,
deceased and the costs and charges of Admins
tration, subject tc the right OF Dover OF Charity
Crane. widow of said deceased.


MILTON j. GARD, Administrator.


Sa,tan,ber 90 1890 oct424w6
Year: 1860

At Springfield, where Mr.. Lincoln
resides, there was a crowd awaiting
the arrival of the train, and salute
was fired as it approached the station.
There was rush into and about the
windows of the car in which Mr.. Sew
ard was seated. Among those who
pressed forward to shake him by the
hand was Mr. Lincoln himself. His
portraits bear sufficient resemblance
to him to make recognition easy, and
yet he is rot by any means so hard dfea-
tured and almost repulsive-looking as
they represent him. On the contrary,
while no one would call him good
looking man, neither would any one
be repelled by his aspect. The good
humored expression that turks about
his clear gray eye, travels the one
long, deep-curved furrow down his
cheek, and makes its home somewhere
in the region of his capacious mouth,
must always make him friends. He
dresses in the ordinary style of West
ern lawyers, black cloth swallow tailed
coat, and pants fitting tight to his long,
bony frame: the inevitable black satin
vest open low down, and displaying a
broad field of shirt bosom, the collar
being turned down over a black silk
neckerchief.


Mr.. Seward made little speech in


which he said:


am happy to express, on behalf OF


the party with whom l am travelling


our gratitude and acknowledgements


for this kind and generous reception al
the home of your distinguished fellow
citizen, our excellent and honored can
didate for the Chief Magistracy of the
I United States. If there is in any par
, of the country deeper interest felt il
i his election than there is in any 9th
er part, it must of course be here, whcr,
e he has lived life of usefulness wher,


he is surrounded by the companions o


his labors and of his public services
We are happy to report to you, although
. we have travelled over large part o


the country, we have found no doubtful
G States. Applause. You would natur


ally expect that l should say something


about the temper and disposition of tn
, State of New York. The State O
!; : New York will give generous, an,


cheerful, and effective support to you


neighbor Abraham Lincoln. l hav
D heard about combinations and coal
F tions there, and / have been urge
e from the beginning to abandon thi
Journey, and turn back on my foo
5 steps. Wbeneter / shall find any res


son to suspect that the majority whic
: the State of New York will give for tn
d Republican candidate will be less tha
10000, [cheers, l may do so.


3. The State of New York never fails
: never finches. She has been comml
u ted from the beginning, and she wi


be to the end, under all circumstance


to the great principles of the Republic
E. party. She voted to establish this
Year: 1860

PACKING EGGs.-Take the barrel or
tub, and put layer of common plaster
in the bottom; then take the eggs,
set them up on their ends-don't have
them so they will hit each other; then
add more plaster, then another layer
of eggs, and so on until the vessel is
full. Set them where they will keep
dry, and in the spring yon will have
Hpleanty of fresh eggs on hand.
Year: 1860

The following is one of Lincoln's illus
trations in speech delivered two years
ago. Speaking of the rights and wrongs
of slavery, he said:


''Thc other policy is one that squares
with the idea that slavery is wrong, and it
consists in doing everything that we ought
to do if it is wrong. Now don't wish to
be misunderstood, nor to leave gap down
to be misreprcsented. | don't say that we
ought to attack it where it exists. To me
it seems that if we were to form II govern
mcnt anew, in view of the actual presence
of slavery, we should find it necessary to
frame just such government rs our fltll-
ers did, giving to the shareholders the en-
tire control where the system is establish
ed, whilo we possessed the power to re-
strain it from going outside those limits
(Applause.) From the necessities of the
| case we should be compelled to form just
such n government as our blessed fathers
gave us: and surely, if they have so made
| it, that adds another reason why we should
let slavery alone where it exists.


If saw n venomous snake crawling in
the road, any man would say might seize
the nearest stick and kill it, but if found
that snake in bed with my children, that
| would be another question. Laughter.





snake, and the snake might bite them
[Applausc. Much more, if found it in
bed with my neighbor's children. and
had bound myself by solemn compact
not to mcddlc with his children under any
| circumstances, it would become me to let
that particular mode of killing the gentle
man alone. [Great laughter. Bnt if
there is bed newly made up, to which
the children are to be taken, and it was
proposed to take ii batch of young snakes
and put them there with them, take it no
man would say there wns-a question how.
ought to decide. Prolonged applause
and cheers.


That is ust the case! The new terri
tories are the newly made bed to which
our children are to go, and it lies with the
Nation to say whether they shall have the
snakes mixed up with them or not. 1t
does not seem as if there could he much
hesitation what our policy should be-
fAppIuuse.7
Year: 1860

SHssIsLE.-0ur old friend, John D. Haven,
who used to supply us with the incest ice that
ever frore this side of the open Polar sea, was in
town . day or two since his way from the
silver mines to his ranch in San Mateo. John
has done a sensible thing. On the first an
nouneement of the discovery of silver in Washoe
he made a venture and secured slice. With
A4e hundred dollars he bought an interest which
he soon after sold for $4,000, rescrving the ore
already dug. He then wisely invested his cash
IN property that can never Guctuate in price
1900 acres of land in San Msteo, and as beauti-
full spot was ever made to lie cut of doors.
With the profits of ashoc speculation he has
procured homo for himself and family, good
enough for any body. And yet John has fair
interest in the silver mines which is supposed to
be worth few thousands Haven did not run
erAsy silver, but went in for 8 sure thing
Sensible.
Year: 1860

The WRoSG Boy SPASKsp.-An old fellow
living on Commercial street has practice of
calling his boys to regular and appointed spank
ings daily, till they get old enough to whip him.
His son Henry, the other day, was promised a
smart application at some future moment of more
leisure. The first lull in business rcminded the
paternal memory of the promise. The eyes of
she father were growing old and dim, Seeing a
guilty looking urchin short way off he called
to Henry" Like good boy Henry obeycd,
and the old patriarch smotc him heavily on the
parts appropriately designed by Providence for
correction. Ths squaling that cnsucd was moro
deafening than usual. The old fellow turned his
victim about and WAS astonished to find he had
spanked the wrong boy The progeny of a
neighbor had "csught it." The old chap pro-
tested he was not believer in vicarious punish
msnt, begged the boys pardon, and proceeded
70 vent his rage and modification upon his own
Henry, "the tam rascal"
Year: 1860

HOUSE, ScoRcHED.-Tho house Of darkey
on Aristocracy Hill," or Hollow, caught fire
last Sunday about noon, and was considerably
seorched before it could be put out The kitch-
en- was pretty well burnt off and part of the
lining Of to beu made into finder. One oi
our ministers of the gospel put in good licks to
sItinguish the fire and got to Sunday School
late in consequence. The recording angel is
supposed to have forgotten to note this crack Of
the Sabbath, but the people of Nevada never
will, and particularly the darkey. We propose
70 make the reverend gentleman an honorary
member of the first FIRE company.
Year: 1860

BOULDER SrRKEr.-The quiet denizens who
inhabit the sides Of this street. promise to be the
most public spirited of any, Lately they have
determined to have street that should ut least
ss respectable, and accordingly they have raised
the funds and gone ahead. The traveller in that
part of the city will now find street graded,
and with cutters to carry off the water in winter.
The expense, we will say for the benefit of those
who desire to initiate, is trihing. Boulder street
wAs principally improved by the labor of lot
of petit larceny chaps from the JAIL who have
proved to be not only cheap but useful. They
have made street which is the delight of young
men to show up their fast nags on, while on
eeurting expeditions. We hope the young la
dies along other streets we know of will insist
on the men mending their ways.
Year: 1860

TO The local columns of the Sac Standard
give the following affecting account of the de-
parture of the Legislature. For an Administra-
ton print, and the organ of the late Legislature
it is refreshing:


The Dear Departed.-The steamer, of yester-
day, carried among her passengers some two
hundred of those who had been sojourning with
us during the past winter; grave Senators.
staunch and true to the trust reposed in them /;
astute Assemblymen, who had borne the heat and
burden of the session with irrepressible vigor
og-rollers, bummers, and gentlemen solicitors of
the Third House; officers, clerks and attaches
all in one grand mass, were gathered on the
steamer bound for San Francisco. As the last
tap of the bell was given, and the plank was
drawn in from the wharf, the immense crowd
which had gathered to witness the exodus, made
not the least demonstration of enthusiasm or re-
gret; they neither cheered the departed with
kind " God bless you" and "good by" nor
uttered wish for their speedy return but ST.
lently they stood watching the steamer until she
turned her head seaward and was moving rapidly
down the stream. Whether the silence came
from indifference, or from an excess of grief
which knew no utterance, we cannot say, but the
crowd that witnessed their departure were as
silent and stoical as so many mummies-giving
not even shout or wave of the hand. A stran-
ger would have thought, indeed, that the specta-
'ors "era rather glad at the lcare taking.
Year: 1860

RAMA cloudy sky ovcrhung this mundane
sphere on Mayday morning, and n few solitary
drops were shed in the course of the day. Rain
was the order of the Gay during Wednesday and
Thursday. Yesterday the heavens distilled CO.
?iouslyi little Did fashion thunder we had too
for novelty. We fear the crops in the valley
are too far advanced and may be injured by the
showers, but here, the effect is glorious.
Year: 1860

MISS MuNsoSs LRcrUREs.-Miss Nunson
delivered third lecture at the Court House on
Saturday evening last, upon the .ubject-"what
is the cause and use of Religion The theme
was not known to her till she arose to speak,
when it was given by q committee appointed at
her request. 1t is conceded by all that the sub
ject was very cleyerly handled The lecture par
took too largely of the metaphysi at times to
be clearly understood by a majority. Thought,
if we may be allowed the expression In this
instance, was projected on too high plane for
the common mind The nice distinctions some
times drawn were too fine to leave separate i'm
prsssions except on those whose understandings
are susceptible or subtitle. Yet as a whole the
lecture was comprehensive, harmonious, able
If the doctrines were not entirely new, they
to be believed it was not for the want of very
strong and plausible argument in their favor
The lecture occupied about an hour and half in
its delivery.


Miss Munson delivered another lecture at the
same place on Sunday afternoon upon the sub
ject of the Coming, Life and Death Of Christ
We learn that the lecture was one of the ablest
of the course and was listened to by . good au
diencs.


We have not attempted to give an idea Of the
doctrines taught by Miss Munson for the reason
that but bare enunciation without evidence, is
all that could be given in the space allotted to q
newspaper article, and besides, Miss Munson
must be seen and heard in ertenso to be appreci-