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Year: 1869

At the very threshold of our institution the
candidate is reminded that the AL seeing
Eye. from which nothing can b. hid. is upon
him. As he advances. the lessons impaired
to him are calculated to deepen this impress
sion. and to lead him on to a knowledge of
himself. his duties and his destiny The
glorious principles which we cherish. finding
their clearest illustration in the we'll anthem
ticated records of inspiration. and harmonic
irg with the law which our Creator has
stamped upon our nature, are eminently cal
culated to make men social and humane and
To elevate them above the influence of every
sordid motive.
Year: 1869

These questions were discussed
few evenings since at the Social
Science meeting, and some interest
ing facts were elected in the debate.


One gentleman described his visit
to starch mill in the country, which
was supplied with potatoes at the
time honored price of New England
| twenty i've cents a bushel. He told
the proprietor that he had several
little starch mills around his table In
Boston, and asked why he could not
have supply at the same price, and
was told that the railway charges
were too high for profit; while anoth-
er gentleman gave the prices in the
British Provinces, and showed the
| operation of the war duties and de-
| based currency In raising the prices.


LIS it not time that some steps were
taken to restore peace prices for such
essential articles of food. and to lower
the cost of gas and fuel? Our legis-
lators do not seem to realize that the
war is over.


Let US trace the potato to its origin
In the Provinces. There, on the Gulf
of st. Lawrence, is the fertile Island
of Prince Edward, fifty per cent.
/ AcsA SSA NAAAh AAOHS u. Will tCE-
tile soil, without a stone on its
surface, and a climate cooler and
moister than our own, admirably
adapted to grass, oats and potatoes.
While the cold and rocky soil round
Boston. In a drier climate, yields on
the average less than hundred bush
els of potatoes to the acre, here is an
Island, every acre of which can be
cultivated, so intersected by inlets
and rivers that every farm is within
an average distance of three miles
from navigable waters, and is easily
accessible. The average yield Of an
acre of this cheap land, worth from
five to ten dollars per acre, is three
fold the yield of our dear land near
our seaports, for two hundred aud
fifty bushels to the acre is but an or
dinary crop.


The farmer of the Island can grow
rich by selling at twenty-five cents
the bushel, and can contract for their
delivery and sale at three-eights of a
dollar at the pier in Boston; but here
he encounters his first difficulty.
Here he IS met by polite officer of
the customs, who invites him to pav
duty OF twenty-five cents a bushel
Year: 1869

Is at hand and every loved one expects
valuable gift, buy a Florence Sewing Ma
chine, which IS easier learned, less liable
to get out of order, and does more varieties
of work without change than any other


Every Machine warranted to give satlsfac-
ton, or the money refunded. Price S65 and
upward. Twenty pieces OF Gray TwIlled
Year: 1869

FIsH LAW. = The law that was
passed March 9th, 1867, making it un
lawful to trap, net, or seine fish in
any river or stream for the period Of
two years. has expired, SO FIR as its
general operation is concerned. Here
after it is only unlawful to trap, net,
or seine fish between the first day of
May and the first of September of
each year.
Year: 1869

R~ A man who got a marriage
license last week in this county, had
to settle an unpaid balance of about
Sc, that was due in a divorce case,
wherein his intended had figured as
one of the principal parties.
Year: 1869

b1- The Board of State Debt Sink
ing Fund Commissioners will hold a
meeting at Indianapolis. on the first
Wednesday of April, to make ar
raugements for the redemption of the
five per cent. State Stock.
Year: 1869

AWFUL. = In company with DR..
Thompson, we took drive through
the lower part of the city yesterday,
and we must say that we found the
streets in an awful condition. Mud
thick and thin, deep and shallow
net US wherever we went, and we do
not believe we saw two hundred
yards of good road in a drive Of two
GA three miles.
Year: 1869

BS5~ The street brigade was out on
Saturday, cleaning Main, First, Lo
Gust and Water Streets. This Is the
first business in that line for a long
while. 1t is always easy to tell when
an election is near at hand. This is
one Of the electioneering lodges oI
the Democracy. The dirt was scraped
up in piles, but if not hauled off soon
the streets will be as bad as before.
Year: 1869

MECHANICS AND CLERKS AT
THE SOUTH.-A recent New Or
leans paper states that the me-
chaniCs in that section were never
so busy as now. Building opera
tions are quite actively CARED on,
and in repairing the waste and
loss of war, and in providing for
the necessities of a new and larger
development of business and IN
dustry, mechanics of all kinds are
needed and are sure of employ
ment at good wages. On the
other hand, we find it stated that
there is so large a surplus of un
employed clerks at New Orleans
that some of them are taking po-
sitions as hotel walters. The
South needs mechanics more than
clerks, and will continue to need
them for some time to come. There
is much to be done in the way of
building up and unfolding the in
duStrial and commercial develop
ment of the Southern States, and
skilled laborers will find that part
of the country a remunerative
field for them.


The disparity between the sup
ply and the demand for mechan-
les and clerks at New Orleans is
very like what exists in all parts
Of the country. The mechanical
trades are deemed less inviting
by young men than clerkships,
and probably there is no city of
any considerable size in the cOun-
try where the number of persons
seeking clerkShips OF various
kinds is not largely in excess OF
the places to be filed. We need
every where more skilled lab0rerS,
men who thoroughly understand
some mechanical business, and it
will be a good indication for the
future when our young men begin
to turn their attention more gen
orally than at present to the va
rious mechanical trades. The
country at the North as well at
the South, and.at both East and
West alike, needs workers and
we want TO see the number of
this class of people-a class so es-
sential to nationol prosperity
largely increased within the next
few years. This is a world of
work, and there is no kind of nee
essary work which is not honor
able Boston Journal.
Year: 1869

May we not hope that the taste
for rural life which once prevailed
in our land may be restored bp a
better public opinion and by a
judicious system of education
which shall aim at gaining that
knowledge which is needed by
our farming population. The
young men of our country are
crowding into cities; they are leav-
ing safe, heathful, and useful pur-
suits for the speculative chances
of town life. In too many in
stances they make miserable fail
ures, and shipwreck health and
character.


The practice which prevails
among our successful farmers, of
selling their lands and moving
into cities and villages, does a
double mischief. 1t strips the ru-
raj districts Of their accumulated
capital, and deprives them of wis
dom and skill gained by long ex-
perience. The double drain of
the young and active, as well as
the old and wealthy, is hurtful to
the moral tone, as we'll as to the
material power of the agricultural
interest. 1t weakenS the influence
Of the greatest industrial pursuit
Of our land-the one upon which
the prosperity of all others is
based. 1t is our duty, then, not
only to urge measures which will
make farming profitable, but also
those which will make country
life attractive. 1t must be lifted
up and made an intellectual pro-
feSSion. Itmust not be stunned,
but it must be sought as u mode
of life which gives not only just
reward to labor, but honor and in
fuence in our social and political
system. ..s.s


We find a great diversity OF
tastes among civilized nations.-
They are the results of education
and public opinion. Our tastes
and habits should be made to
conform to the condition OF our
country. Our chief wealth is in
our lands. Our growth in great
ness depends upon our bringing
into use our vast uncultivated do
main. These tastes and habits
which lead our people to turn
their backs upon country life are
hurtful to our prosperity. The
system of education which fails
to give intellectual interest and
mental activity to rural pursuits
is not we'll directed, and does not
meet the wants and conditions of
the American people. We must
have as a basis of political stabili-
ty and business prosperity, not
only agricultural skill and me-
chanical inventions, but also the
diffusion ofthat kind acknowledge
which will make our farmers and
their families honor their pursuits
and love the rural scenes amidst
which they are carried on Ec-
tract from an Address Of Hon. Fl.
Seymour.
Year: 1869

FANCY FARMERs.--The follow
ing certainly contains great deal
of truth too frequently overlook
ed:


81 wish to say a few words in
regard to a class of men who have
done as much, if not more, to pro,
mote the Agricultural interest Of
this country, than any other, and
yet, since my earliest recollection,
they have been sneeringly called
Fancy Farmers! They are gener-
ally Mechanics, Manufacturers, or
Merchants, who have been sue
cessful in their vocations, and who
have invested the first money they
could spare from their business, in
land and in making improvements
upon it. They may occasionally
have a ditch dug and find that
the water runs the wrong way,
but this hurts nobody, and gives
employment to those who need it
tor the support of their families.
They do not watch the Almanac
and discharge their workmen when
the days become short, but en-
ploy the poor when tue weather
and the hours for work do not adj
nit of a compensating return,
which the man who has no other
means OF support than the pro-
duct of his farm, cannot afford to
do. These men are to be found
in almost every part of our coun-
try, and may be known by the
houses for their land and their
out-building being in better order
than any others in their neighbor,
hood. They are the first to buy,
what is called, improved agricul-
tural machinery and implements,
which do not always prove So
Not being dependent upon their
farms, they can afford to expert
ment; sometimes they are success.
lul, sometimes not; but when they
are, every farmer gets benefit
from their outlay. 1t is largely
to such persons that we are in
tiebted for many of the improve
ments in husbandry, and still they
are sneeringly called Fancy Far
mers."
Year: 1869

MR. Jos. s. WILSON, Commissioner of the Land Office, at Washington, D. C., is, in our opinion, the right man in the right place, and we hope General Grant will keep him in the position he now occupies. We have never as much as seen sir. Wilson's photograph, and hs may look like old Belzebub or Ben Butler for all we know, but his untiring laborsi in be- half of the people of the mineral States and Territories commend him to us as a man for whom we would locate a good extension claim on quartz lode. He believes in doing equal and exact justice to miners and farmers while dealing out the public lands, as can be seen by his decisions. He is in favor of rob ping the soil of the precious metals where ever found, and so are we. In fact, to use a vulgarism, Wilson is regular brick. He is now endeayoring to acquire all the informa- ton possible about tracts of dry land com monIy called "desertsn Y with the hope that some plan for their reclamation may be con trived, and we hope some of our citizens will furnish him information in regard to the "deserts" in the Southern part of the Terri tory.
Year: 1869

WITHDRAWAL or Mn. WEAvER.--Tho withdrawal of Mr Weaver leaves us "alonc in the world of the MINER office, and were it not for the fact that he will still continue to labor with us in the office we should feel cast down in spirit. Mir Weaver is a good printer and agreeable gentleman, and We are sorry that he does not retire with fortune.
Year: 1869

CoPPER MrNiSe in the Territory is likely,

 soon, to receive an impetus, from the fact

 that Congress is about to erect a barrier

 against the importation of copper, by increas-

 ing the duty on that commodity. A short

 time ago, bill having this object iE view, passed the House of Representatives, and will, also, it is believed, pass the Senate. We are Ho: true believer in Protection doctrine, but AS the East has grown rich by it, why should we of the West object to having q little of it spread upon our plates, while 1t is being used. Copper mining Is in its infancy upon this coast, labor is scarce and dear; the the cost of living etc, is also great, and lt- tie protection of this kind will enable US to work our mines. By-and-by, when our pop ulation increases, when provisions become cheaper, and when lines of communication shall be constructed, we believe the copper miners of Arizona and California will be able to supply the eastern market with copper at price far below their European competitors.
Year: 1869

GRATITUDE TO OLD SoLDIERs.-The Louis
vile CoUrier-JourndI goes out Of its way
10 PROFOUND the following interrogatories -
''why is il that the President appoints such
multitude of officials who served Immediately
around him in the army2 Why is II that nearly
all Of the army officers who were with him cry
aloud for place and so many of them get IL
Didn't they receive pay for their work in dol
lars and cents before they were discharged" :"
Suppose they did and are now unfit for other
civil employment, could the public Offices be
better disposed of than by giving them to
old soldiers? The only difficulty Is that there
are not Offices enough for all who have fought,
bled and almost died for their country. Hence
the President no doubt finds no little trouble
in making his selections.
Year: 1869

more Bismarck snubbing. He knows well the
character of the people whom he governs. He
knows that no further compromise would be
tolerated, and now and on this great question
he and his people are of one mind.


The popularity Of the present situation is
that there is no immediate Ineligible cause of
war. 1t is difficult to believe that Napoleon,
for the sake Of any uncertain gain that
might result, for the mere sake of flattering
French vanity, would rush into open hostili
ties without some satisfactory reason. 1t might
be dangerous to bring down upon his head the
indignation of Europe; and we may feel well
assured he will rnn no such risk. Whence,
then, is cause of war likely to emerge9 There
is the Belgian difficulty, for the settlement of
which mixed commission has been appointed.
How this commission will decide we know not.
1t is difficult to believe that the Belgian repre-
sentatives will be plucky enough to sepa-
rate the interests of Belgium from those
of France. But it is not impossible.
1t is the object of the commission
"to give mutual proof of friendship and con-
fdence." Its result will be "to develop the
commercial and Industrial relations of the two
countries" and hence it will "examine the
divers industrial questions arising from the
existing relations and from the treaties re-
Gently proposed for the cession and working of
the Belgian railways" 1t is not difficult to
see how casus 6eyH might be manufactured
by this commission. The Belgians, as we
have said, may not prove sufficiently yielding.
What then? Will Napoleon use force? If
he does, will not Bismarck initiate his exam
pie? A French army in Belgium, the English
people would force the government to inter-
fere. Supposing, however, that some treaty
is signed which meets the wishes without
wounding the pride of either party, it is not
conceivable that trouble will not grow
out of it. Whatever the treaty may be
France is certain to obtain such q
footing in Belgium as shall be found
ultimately to jeopardize the life of the
little kingdom. The Great Luxembourg
Railway in the hands of France, Prussia
would be more in danger of surprise than
ever. On the doings Of this commission
Bismarck will keep fixed jealous eye. 1t will
not be wonderful if before the commission has
concluded its labors the voice of Bismark is
heard, and if this Great Luxembourg Railway
becomes another great Luxemburg question
on the solution of which will depend the des
TIMES of Europe. This is one of the irons
which Napoleon has in the fire, and 1t will serve
his purpose as well as any other. Whether
war shall spring from this source, or whether
it shall not, it cannot much longer be delayed.
The cloud, already heavy and portentous,
grows denser and denser. Men begin to hold
their breath, for they feel that the dread ex-
plosion is at hand.
Year: 1869

BAD FOR THE OFFICE SREKRRs-The boozy
condition Of members of Congress on the last
morning of the session. The applicants came
at the last hour to "see" the members, but
the latter could not see them. They were up
all night and good deal more elevated In the
morning. The luxurious lunches in the Law
Library and the room Of the sergeant-at- Arms
blighted the last bud Of expectation tor the
Door ONCE hunters.
Year: 1869

A REVENUE COLLECTOR BROUGHT TO
Smith county, Tennessee, has been convicted
Of the fraudulent investment of public moneys
in gambling operations. He had excited
much sympathy from his armless condition,
but his conduct proves him to have been a
rogue in grain. II depends a good deal upon
how a man loses a limb to entitle him to
sympathy and confidence.
Year: 1869

Spoils.


The hocks of disappointed Office seekers
have taken wing from Washington. The dis
tributon OF the spoils works according TO this
rule-for every man appointed TO Office there
are from ten to twenty disappointed, and most
of these are ready for new shuttle, cut and
deal of the pack. Thus the spoils-the great
bone of contention between the ins and outs
is continually weakening the ins and strength
ening the outside pressure for a change; and
hence, except in the case of Lincoln, reelected
on the overshadowing question Of the war for
the Union, we have had only one-term Presi-
dents since the time Of Jackson. General Grant,
then, must fortify himself behind something
stronger than the spoils il he has any ambition
for a reelection. In short, he must strengthen
himself on the popular side OF some great and
overshadowing issue, or his administration will
most probably be limited 10 four years. The
Appomattox apple tree has given his first term,
but TO secure second something new will be
required at his hands challenging the general
approval Of the country. So far as the spoils
are concerned, whatever he may do, he will In
their distribution lose about ten friends, dis
gusted, for every one rewarded and delighted.
Year: 1869

GENERAL HErNrzELMAN.-The brave old
veteran is to be put upon the retired list, with
the rank and pay Of major general. We
recognize this as strict justice and proper
recognition of the services Of one Of our best
and most earnest and obediept soldiers.
Year: 1869

is given to one of the beautiful hills and one
Of the streets of the young city now nesting
IN security where once war in all Its horrid
features ragged; and it remains for the citi-
zsns, in gratitude for the event that stayed
the cruel foe in his destructive career, to
possess themselves of that historic square
and preserve, it from the vandEl hard Of
private aggrandiEement.5 siBoJ FoGsY.
Year: 1869

The DsDOeratic organ OfiVihtOn county
says that the scarcity of money iBcausPd'b by
tIbe paying Of the semi annual interest on
the national debt rThergsis good d. al Of
financial wisdom among the Democratic
nditaFs
Year: 1869

THE undersigned takes pleasure IN announcing


to his numerous friends and patrons that nom
this date the charge Of the Pacific viii be $3.50 per
day. Being sole proprietor of this house, and there
fore free from the too common exaotlOn OF an IN
ordinate rent, he is fully able to meet the down
ward tendency OF prices without any falling OF OF
service. 1t will now, as heretofore, be his aim to
maintain undiminishedt the favorable reputation OF
the Pacific which it has enjoyed for many years,
IS one Of the best Of travellers hotels.


Thetable will be bountifully supplied with every
delicaey of the season. The attendance will be
found efficient and Obliging. The location will be
found convenient for those whose business calls
them in the lower part OF the eityb-and Of ready
access to all Railroad and Steamboat Lines.


SO JOHN PATTEN.
Year: 1869

party favoring reputation has a
prospect of success in this country,
and such a result would follow.


A striking contrast was here drawn
between the credit of the little State
Of Massachusetts in the foreign mar
kets and that of the United States
Government bonds Of Massachusetts
at five per cent, gold interest, are
worth twenty-one per cent. more in
London than national five per cent.
bonds, because they have never been
able to get up q Democratic party
strong enough to whisper Reputation.
We arc paying Sl35, 900, 900 a year in
what we call interest; a large per
cent of that is notinterest, but insur-
ance. It is insurance that we will
not be rascals. What we need in this
country is sieadiness of values-a just
weight and a just balance. The soon
er they are resumed, the sooner will
prosperity be assured for the future.
In thIt path lies the way of safety.


Gen. Garfield was listened to by an
appreciative and highly delighted au-
dience, who Interrupted him with fre-
quent rounds of applause.
Year: 1869

About the middle of July a serious aCCi-
dent occurred in Bulwer village to pie
mic party going to castle Howard, who
made he journey in an omnibus. 1t seems
that the wife of one Of the men hesitated To
Join them, and tried to persuade her hus-
band not to 20, because she dreamed a
week before that they we're in omnibus
and were upset on going through village,
and were greatly injured the fright awaken
ing her. The man and wife, however, did
go; but on reaching Bulwpr, the woman
became excited. Not only, she remarked,
was the omnibus that which she had seen
in her dream, but the village was Chat in
which the accident she dreamed Of hap
pened. The words were scarcely uttered
when the omnibus was upset, and those on
the outside were thrown to the ground
with great violence. One man was rem
dered insensible by the omnibus falling
upon him, and sustained rather serious in
juries. The woman 10 whom the GCri-
Cident was revealed WAS badly hurt, and
her husband sustained disiOcation 0fthe
ancle. Every incident Of the accident
seems to have been pictured in the prenlun-
itOry dream.
Year: 1869

God be thanked for books! They
are voices Of the distant and the
dead, and make US heirs
of the spiritual life of past ages.
Books are the true Jewelers.. They
give to all who will faithfully use
them, the society, the spiritual pres
ence, of the greatest and best of our
race. No matter how poor I ammo
matter though the prosperous of my
own time will-not enter my obscure
dwelling-if the sacred writers will
enter and take up their abode under
my roof-if Milton will cross my
threshold to sing to me of Paradise,
and Shakespeare to open to me the
worlds of imagination and the work
ings of the human h ar nd Frank q
to enrich me with his practical wis.
dom-I shall not pine for want Oi
INTEL, ctual cOmpanionship, and 1 may
become a cultivated man, though eX-
cIuded from what is called the best
society in the place where I live
tTChanning,
Year: 1869

Our Democratic friends talked loud
ly of retrenchment at the last election
for members of the Legislature. Yet
we see that the taxes increased nearly
four millions of dollars in 1867 over
1866, and there is still another in
crease of over half million in 1868.
And this too in peace times, when no
war expenses or war fund were to be
provided for,
Year: 1869

The way the young Partisan breaks an
"engagement' he is getting tired with is
to mail his lady note, saying: al know
all! Adieu." Usually there is enough to
he known, if he does Mt know it, and no
fuss is made.