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Year: 1862

A little of the sea in a tumbler is coloriess;
hut vast deal of The sea, seen in its ocean bed


is green. With life The case is reversed. In
the common-pli course ofliGr, tie path VIC are
actually treading msy look rather green--grecn.
/ mean. like the cheerful verdure Of grass; but


if you take in too great prospect, the whole
track is apt to take the aspect OF desert waste,
with only green spot here and there. You
will not add TO the cheerfulness aud hopeiul-
ness Of man or Of child by drilling into him;
this morning you will do such things; and all
day such other things; and in the evening such
other things; then you will sleep. Tomorrow
mornirg you will rise; and then the same things
over and over; and so on, on. have known
a malignant person who enjoyed the work Of
presenting to others such disheartening views
of life. Let me, my reader, counsel the oppos-
ie course Let us not look at life as one un-
varied expanse. altho we may justly do so. Let
MS discipline our minds to look at life as sue
cession of stages and we shall think of one stage
IT n time ASuficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" Most people can bear one days evi'.
The thing that breaks men down, is trying 70
bear one day, tlleevil Of two days. twenty days,
hundred days. We can bear a day OF pain:
and then again a night of pain, and thus
onward. But we can bear each day and night
of pain, only by taking Sbh by itself. We
can break each rod, but not the bundle And
the sufferer, in real great suffering turns to the
walls in blank despair, when he looks too far
on, and takes in a uniform, drcary expanse of
suffering, unreieved by the blessed relief
Of even fancifui beginnings and ends.-BOyd.
Year: 1862

The common way of laying up a cheese


with wet straw has several disadvantages
! particularly the necessary use of water to wei


the straw, which is equivalent to an addition


of wafer to the jnice then, too, the straw


always retains much Of the juice. The small


presses alluded 10, which work without straw,
/ yield better article of cider. To Judge Of
! the quality Of cider an apple will make, it is
| best to try an experiment, grinding small
! quantity, letting the pOmace stand half day,
/ stirring it occasionally, and then pressing it.
! The difference in the color and richness of
/ favor, and Of sweetness, is quite remarkable.
! Sweet apples. though containing more sugar,
are often watery and deficient in flavor, while
many sub-acid, or even sour apples, contain as
much sugar, and make much richer cider
The juice, when first pressed. should be syrupy,
clear, and the darker The color the better. Ap-
pies vary also greatly in The quantity OF cider
they will make of MANY kinds no more than
eight bushels will make a barrel of cider,
while of some OF the richer, finer kinds it will
take twelve bushels or more


1t is poor policy to grind and press at once.
A bruised apple gains in sweetness, by some
chemical change which takes pace-and so
the pomace should lie several hours TO sweeten
in this way; and besides, it should be stirred
up occasionally TO lei the air get to it, so as
to impart better color. The dark red color
is very desirable, and cannot be gained in any
other way, and at the same time there is a
positive gain in sweetness and richness to the
cider


As the juice runs from the press, it is best
received directly into barrels, flowing through
a straw strainer. The strainer is easily made
by putting a wooden tube through the Bottom
of pail, which makes u funnel, and then
stufing the pail full of clean, sweet straw
Almost all the particles of apples, flies. etc,
will be strained out, and clear liquid alone
will pass through. The barrels, large or small
are filled full, bunged up and moved to u cool
cellar, where the bungs are removed and the
cider left to fermeut. se4e.s a.ag .s


The fermentation goes on qnite rapidly, and
a considerable portion Of scum oyerfoWs and
is thus removed. When the active lermentag
tion and frothing ceases, and the bubbles
crackle as they rise TO the surftice and break,
the bung-hoe should be closed by a Iarge
cork, through which u glass or leaden tube,
bent twice at right angles, is thrust, which
rises from til bung and dips below water in
some convenient S nall vessel, through which
tube this gas will escape, but air cannot enter.
When the fermentation is over, and no more
bubbling at the end Of this tube occurs, and
the cider is clear, draw it off into clean, lunli-
gated barrels, bung up tight, and keep in the
coolest place.-4American Agrtcutturst.
Year: 1862

Look on the bright side of things. The
times may be hard, but it will make them no
easier by wearing gloomy and sad counten-
ance. 1t is the sunshine, and nor the clouds
that makes the flower. Full one half our ills
are so only in imagination. There is always
that before or around US which should cheer
and 6ll the heAIt with warmth.


The sky Is bl1e ten times where it is black
once. You have troubles it may be- So have
others. None are free from them. Perhaps
it is as web that none should be. They give
sinew aBa tone to life; fortitude and courage
to the man. That would be dull sea, and
the sailor would never get Skill where there
was nothing to disturb the surface Of the
ocean,


1t is the duty of every one 10 exact all the
happiness and enjoyment he can without and
wiihin him; and above all he should look % the
bright side Of things. What though things DO
Look Little darkl The lane will turn. aud
the night end in broad day. IN the long run
and very eften in the short, the great balance
rights ITSELF


What is ill becomes well; ,R4at is wrong
right Men were not made 10 hang doyn eth
er their heads or their lips, and those who do
only show that they are departing from the
path Of true common sense and right. There i:
more virtue in one sunbeam than whole hem
isphere of clouds and gloom. Therefore, We
repeat look on the bright side Of things. Culti
vate what's warm and genial; not the cold
Tepulsiye dark and morose.
Year: 1862

Cou'd we but make language express the
beautiful images of Nature, how eloquent we
should be! Could we trace in words the ex-
auisite tint Of the flower, or the sparkling of
the rippliag wave; the majestic beauty of the
forest. or the graceful iutermingliug of light
the loveliness of the laughing plain: the joyous
ness of the sunshine OF the tranquility Of the
twilight gloom the terror of the storm.
or the milduess Of thk evening breeze! Nature
has a language .ofits own--a language which
is understood in every Eclime-wh;ch speakes s.
lently to the heart of every beholder, through
which many communicate with their Creator
and his own, but which can find no utterance
through the lips.
Year: 1862

As many people are not we'll informed on
the subject of harvesting Sugar Cane, the fol
lowing from a published treatise on The sub
ject will not be out Of place just now aa5-7


The cane is in the best state for harvesting
when part of the seed is beginning to turn
black, or in other wcgds whcp the seed is ID Q
doughy state. The care should be cut up and
shocked in the field, always in a dry place.
and corn fodder put around The shock to keep
it from the hot, GOLD or rainy weather. In
this condition it may remain several months
before being worked up, for the cane ripens,
forms more saqharine and less green vegetable
and foreign matter, consequently requiring less
time, skimmiGg end fuel 10 manufacture.


very light frost does not hurt the cane
before being cut up but if there is danger of
a heavy frost, it should be cstup, even we're il
not so forward as akoye described Hard
freezing after being cut up does hot injure the
cane if protected as above described.
Year: 1862

ID The chief topic of conversation in Washing
ton is the recent campaign in 9iaryIand.-
While every credit is given our gallant sol
-dierS for their splendid fighting at Sbarpsburg,
the utmost ehagrin is felt over the surrender
of Hmper's Ferry. The victory in the one
case is deRreoiated by the disaster in the other
The escape of the rebel array, With ali ita
plundcr and the arms and ordnance stores
captured at Harper's Ferry affects public sen
timent here like defeat Ssr~'t
Year: 1862

n ADVANCING. On Friday it was reported in
oorinth that the enemy were advancing from De.


catur to Tuscumbia, and that they had small


force seven miles east Of the latter places This was
stated upon the authority of citizen scouts that
had been sent from the town.
Year: 1862

We have no time this week to make any COM
ments on the above, other than to say that The
handbill to which objection is made was not
published in our paper. We printed and were
paid for IL the same as any other Job. We give
It below, that the people may read and Judge
whether there is anything Objectionable or dis
loyal In It:
Year: 1862

CooKIEs.-Three quarters of cup of
sour milk or cream, one cup Of sugar, and
one egg; flour enough to roll.


FRIED PorAToEs, No. l.-Beil your
potatoes. and when cool slice them; season
with pepper and salt, have ready some hot
melted butter or fresh lard in pan, and
fry a light brown.
Year: 1862

be estimated by tens Of thousands. 1t was in
vain that the party of the country bore up
maufuly against it and did all that men could
DO to mitigate its effect" What is the use
Of sending our young heroes to die Of exposure
fatigue and fever, in a war wherein they are
not permitted to fight l-wheroin nothing is
achieved because nothing ia really and reio'
utey attempted Whose progress is only
marked by deaths in hospitals and augmenta-
tion Of our Public Debt l--wheroin month after
month drars on its tedious hours to no purpose
and with no result 2"-such were the questions
that caused thousands Of voters to refuse In
vincbly to approach the polls, no matter how
strongly urged, and .mpeed other thousands
10 vote against their nobler impulses and better
iudgment--to vote according TO the dictates OF
discoqragement and DESPAIR.


We tell the Administration most earnestly
that the Country cannot endure another months
inoction of our Armes--that Fernando Wood
dictatorship at tho North, in thorough sympa'
thy if not in open alliance with the jeff Davis
Rebellion at the South, will inevitably result
from such naction. The War FOR the Union
must be fought out speedily and resolutely or
il will die out Defeat would be calamity but
delay ia ruin.
Year: 1862

o Here is Specimen from democratic
paper-the Franklin Patriot:


"The commander of a Division of the Army
of the Potomac, pe guess, wrote Il friend in
this State, three weeks since, that Mcclellan
had orders not to pursue the rebels into Vir-
ginia, and this is the true reason why he is
not now pressing on towards the rebel capital,
at the head of his victorious legions. Why
not find fault with the order then, instead of
the General who is compelled to obey it?


This only shows that even such papers as
the Patriot, which are ready to compromise or
anything else to save the democratic party, see
and feel that there is wrong in the non-acton
of the army, and they resort to silly and pre-
posterous guesses and suppostions, hoping
thereby to shift the responsibility. That dodge
is about played out.
Year: 1862

From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser, Jan. 81


Il s reported from Richmond that Congress and the
President are supposed to favor the policy Of throwing
open the ports Of the Confederate States absolute
trade during the continuance Of the We inclined
to believe that the adoption OF such policy at the present
time would be both Wso and judcious. While ports
remain bockaded the amount Of collected under
the present tariff must be incQnsderabe, and
compensate for the loss of trade which s operation
causes us Let be understood that all cdrgoes Of goods
,chich succeed in Grading the blockade and reaching port
of tie Coedrats States be entered free of duty. and
great tnducemt wiH be held o 10 shippers 10 the risk
The amount Of duties to be paid under the present tariff
added to the risk does not leave margin wide enough
induce many to make the attempt to evade the blockade
Take away all restriction for the present and believe
u the South.
Year: 1862

brief time be left 10 take their chance, ti the blow
that will relieve them with ths whole confederacy
be struck whore only can be delivered.


AZ General Johnston conrouts superior forces
OF the enemy under Buell. Of the most CAUTIOUS,
panstakng ard able generals tbs Other side Gererl
Buell. has now Immediately IN front Of Johnston al army
OF sevenysx thousand and can bring TO boar on u.s.
NJ other given POINTS, thirty uoisand nure. what
Ihe Confederate commander has, may not be
stared but IL Is probably enough 10 hold his present
strong position against numbers that might attack
MIN tare iut the enemy has tho choice to attack him
tbcre pass eithor side get TO his rear and
or his supplies This he do by leaving sufficient
army front General Johnston while he can III sand
upon the right left flank force large a. he leaves
behind. That this is the plan Of Bue is longer
doubtful He has placed force Of eight thousand men al
Glasgow. thirty miles to the eastward Of Bowling
Green threatening the Of General Johnston while
Is within easy supporting distance OF other DOS IA
held IN strong force by the enemy II the plan Of Buel
successui II may result In great aster To defeat
him. absolutely necessary that mon should at
once be sent 20 Bowling Green. General Johnston
must have force sufficient to attack Buel in front with
only defeat his scheme the centre Of the con.
aedcracy but Immediately transfer the war 10 the
State OF Ono and thus the whole South from the
great danger of being overrun in the t fine weather
the coming spring.


We SATISFIED that beyond the fiasrinq possibilities of


foreign tnerlention, The only rational hope
Gain @ speedy termination If hss be found
81 snssue capdign the Ohio from the point that
Imaginable TO strike tho vitals Of the North which
are the Lake States. is that through Kentucky. Tho
country Is plain, tho people not actively hostile, sup
Plies without stint, and the great OF the North
B beyond. The enemy understand this, and making
tremendous efforts to Kentucky TO them without
The possibility of escape. This Of inacon from
the nclemency Of the skies b precious boon Of Provi
dsnce to us; can now determine plan, and pre-
naught and abortive all the costly complicated de-
vices OF the adversary. --~.--.-
Year: 1862

COTTON OR NO CoTTON-rHAT IS THE QUESTION.


The Charleston Courier inquiries What the planters
agreeing intending to do ~ planting cotton for 1902
Some have advised and agreed that cotton no p,rted
unless the blockade and removed from early
la January Others urge that for domestic consumption
and other obvious portion of crop should
be planted. We have exprsssi an opinion, hin, and


basis that each plar cor should give 10 cotton
fourth and ana f prcfc fable hfth of the
area Of bis las, crop What DO The planters say3
Year: 1862




Tho report Of the keeper Of Hollywood Cemetery that
up 70 the 18th inst, e hundred and forty Confederate
soldiers had been buried at that place ,os calca
lated 10 induce ysiOms Of unpieasant mature To ac
count for this seeming excessive mortality among
brave defenders may state that TO within very
cent period it had been tho practice in the army Of
tho Potomac to retain oil sick and disabled soldiers the
scanty and iprovded hospitals at that place. t from
want OF SKILL the virulence Of the disease exposure
some Other cause they past the power of human
SKILL When tho soldier was thus reduced no
was despatched to Richmond. It may in truth
DO stated that many who thus came were as
good a. dead on their arrival Tho parties having charge
Of the hospital here have shown neither want OF alton
ton, or skill. Tho soldiers, many Of them when re-
ceved, were past hope No wonder that they died. Tho
matter having attracted the attention of those in
thority steps have been taken tending give the sick
soldier chance for his life, learn It s contem
plated in future to bundle them or from Manassas
after tho sands Of life have nearly out leave
the subject ono chance In hundred OF surviving the
journey to Richmond hospital with all the necessary
adjuncis has been established at or Manassas In
this all sick and disabled soldiers will be taken for treat
ment. When sufficiently convalescent to boar the fa-
tgue Of journey to this place. and not before, he will
be sent down in the sick train to be either cured killed
or discharged here This is as It should be.
Year: 1862

CT There is in Philadelphia, as every
where else, great demand for small change.
The Ledger thus describes the rush for cents
at the Mint:


Thursday being one Of the days assigned
for the exchange at the Mint Of nikels for U.
8. Treasury Notes, the doors were besieged
with an anxious crowd before seven O'Clock,
and by twelve o'clock, the hour set apart to
commence the exchange, there were several
hundred persons present, mon, women and
boys. Lines were formed Of the men and
boys on one side Of the building, and Of the
women on the other, the former extending
half square along Juniper street. Many Of
the boys were provided with small basket
to carry the cents in. To preserve order a
posse of the reserve police were in attendance
but their services were not required. Though
many of those who desired cents stood in line
for hours waiting an opportunity to get into
the Mint, tlev lad to 60 homo without them,
as the supply on hand was exhausted before
half Of the applicants were accommodated. We
understand that two thousand dollars worth Of
cents are coined daily at the Mint, making
twelve thousand dollars worth week.
About two-thirds the coinage goes to New
York, Boston, and other cities, leaving but
four thousand dollars worth a week for dis
tributiou in Philadelphia. Only five dollars
worth arc given to each applicant at the Mint
but it is said that boys are employed to stand
in the line, and by this means raise large
amount of cents.
Year: 1862

tB The competition in New York to gin
the rough cotton received from Port Royal has
run to such IN extent that it Is now taken by
different parties for nothing, each bidder being
only too anxious to try the experiment.
Year: 1862

In the intercourse of married life, one
great source of peace and honor is pre-
serving mutual respect, and never act
ing as though the courtesies which may
not be omitted towards others, are of no
moment between man and wife. Elabo-
rate politeness may be obsolete but it is
much to be preferred to that unceremo-
nious Indifference which is often fatal to
good temper, if not to happiness. In the
presence of others, not only should ex
cessive fondness and terms of endearment
be avoided, as equally ridiculous and i'll
bred, but guests ought to be spared the
pain of Witnessing family discontents
How embarrassing is the situation of &
guest who is called on to be an umpire
in case in which the gentleman appeals
to his justice to decide in his favor, and
the lady to his politeness and gallantry
The quarrels of Sir Peter and Lady Teazle
may amuse in the drama but on the
more practical stage of human life they
are sources of serious disturbance to other.
as well as to the actors.
Year: 1862

Some six or eight years since, Mr..
Benjamin Ewig, Of Hancock Co., Ohio.
while walking through field of wheat.
on his premises, suddenly came near step
ping on a large snake. The reptile
placed itself in an attitude of defense.
coiling around large bunch of wheat.
and raising its head to the height of four
or FIVE feet. Mr. Ewig being somewhat
frightened, left the field to his snakeship
at double quick, and saw nothing more of
him. He supposed the reptile was about
sixteen feet in length, and proportionate-
ly thick. About one year after that
time, the snake was seen crossing the
road leading to Findlay, about midway
between the residences of Mr.. Bangs aud
Ralph Ewing, going toward large marsh
in that neighborhood. The individual
seeing him on that occasion, thought he
was nearly twenty feet in length, and the
impression of his body in the dust of the
| road was five or six inches in width
Within the last four or five years he has
been frequently seen by persons going
through the marsh gathering elder-ber-
ries, but had never been captured, owing
to the rapidity of his motions, and ready
means of hiding himself, among the de-
cayed logs and underbrush of the marsh,
and also from the fact that all those who
saw him, were disposed to give him a
wide berth, rather than undertake to kill
him. Within the past month, young
man of that neighborhood, going through
the marsh with his gun. accidentally dis
covered his snakeship extended on the
trunk of fallen tree, and cautiously ap-
preaching sufficiently near, lodged ball
in him, which gave him an effectual qui.
fetus. When stretched out he measured
twenty feet and six inches in length,
and seventeen inches in circumference al
the thickest part of the body. A full


grown rabbit, apparently but recently
t swallowed, was found in his stomach
| He belonged to the ordinary species O.


black snake peculiar to the United States
-Bueyrus Journal.
Year: 1862

1t is said that poor men always make
love better than those who are rich, be-
cause having less to care about, and not
being pulled up with their own conse-
quence, they are not selfish, and think
more of the lady than themselves. Young
ladies also, who fall in love, never con-
slider whether there is sufficient I" to sup
port the cuisine Probably young ladies
in love lose their appetites, and not feel.
ing inclined to eat at that time, they ina
gine that love will always supply the wan
of food. They discover their mistake
after the honeymoon, when their appe
tlteS return.
Year: 1862

Foppishness and conceit, unbounded
love of show and ostentation supercili-
business, hauteur and arrogance-all these
are, under its common acceptation, desig-
mated by the term pride. But this quality
has other more beautiful signifcations
There is pride of character, pride Of
inward consciousness and purity of soul
and of every beautiful sentiment and
Christian virtue. Kind reader, if thor
hast little of this last species of pride
pray God to give thee more.
Year: 1862

Not among the suffering wounded,
Not among the peaceful dead;
Not among the prisoners Missing
That was all the message said.
Yet his mother reads it over


Until, through hei painful tears,
Fades the dear name she has called him
For these two-and-twenty years.
Round her all is peace and plenty;
Bright and clean the yellow floor;
While the morning glories cluster
All around the kitchen door.
Soberly tie sleek old house cat


Drowses in his patch OF sun;
Nestly shines the oakeD dresser;
All the mornings work is done.
Through the window comes the fragrance
Ofa sunny harvest morn,
Fragment songs from distant reapers.
And the rustling of the corn;
And the rich breath of the garden,
Where the golden melons lie;
Where the blushing plums are turning
All their red cheeks to the sky.
Sitting there within the sunshine
Leaning in her easy chair;
With soft lines upon her forehead,
And the silver in her hair;
Blind to sunshine-dead to fragrance
On that royal harvest morn;
Thinking, while her heart is weeping,
OF her noble browed first born:
How he left her in the springtime,
With his young heart full of flame,
With his clear and ringing footssep,
With his 1.-THE and supple frame:
How with tears his eyes were brimming
As he kissed last "good bye
Yet she heard him whistling gayly
As he went across the rye.
Missingl Why should he be missing7
He would fight until he fell;
And if wounded, killed, or missing,
Some one there would be to tell.
Missing! Still a hope to cheer her:
Safe, triumphant, he may come,
With the victor army shouting,


With the clamor of the drum.
So through all the days Of Autumn,
In The eve and in the morn,
She viii hear his qnickening footsteps
In the rustling of the corn;
Or, she will hush the household,


While her heart goes leaping high.
Thinking that she hears him whistling
In the pathway through the rye.
Far away through all the Autumn,
In a lonely, lonely glade,
In the dreary desolation


That the battle storm has made,
With the rust upon his musket,


In the eve and in the morn,
In the rank gloom of the fern leaves
Lies her noble -browed first born.