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Year: 1868

Some one gives the following as a
receipt for making a Radical. The
ingredients are just exactly what we
have considered predominant in car
pet baggers and scalawags:


''Take a large amount of ignorance,
a half pint of corruption, one ounce Of
cowardice, one pound of hatred of in
telligent white men, one pound of ne
gro fiattery or deception. Put them
all in the unconstitutional mortar of
contention, bruise them well with the
pestle of oppression, or Brown!ow's
military despotism. Then put the
compound iato the kettle of midnight
plotters-add gallon essence of ne
gro social equality.


'Skim the fire of cOnfscation until
you can see a scum of falsehood rise
to the top. Skim the scum off with
the ladle of traitorism. Let it stand
till it settlers, then put in the freed
mems bureau jug. Take two table
spoonful every night, If the patient
be much debilitated-as he will be
very apt to be, if he has any symp
toms of constitutional government
still remaining in him-let him take
two teaspoonfuls Of decoction of negro
leagues sweetened with hypocritical
prayer, and he will be as confirmed 9
radical as eyer polluted the South with
his presence"
Year: 1868

MONTGOMERY, oct. Son Friday the
House turned out o Democrat and admitted
q Republican to his seat. The Republican
was candidate in Jones county, and claim
ed the seat in that county. The Democrat
was from Fayette county. The Legislature
abolished Jones county, and then the Re
publican claimed his seat from Fayette coun-
ty. The majority of the Committee report
ed that the Democrat was elected by over
700 majority, and that his contestant was
not a candidate against him at all


The Election bill is still under discussion.


Governor Smith is expected tonight.


The Registry bill, it is thought, will re-
ceive his signature, but it is hardly prsbable
there will be an election for Presidential
electors as there is not now time to compile
registration.
Year: 1868

Honor to New York Her Govern
or has acted like man who knows
when the time for partizanship is at
an end. Her gallant Seventh is now
at Harrisburg, and side by side our
brave Pennsylvanians, preparing to
resist the invaders. This is the true
spirit Of brotherly love. But while
the city of New York is doing SO
much to save our State, what is the
city of Philadelphia doing F0rney's
Press, June, 1868.
Year: 1868

BY FATHER RYAN, OF KNOXVILLE, TES7F.l
The land of the Gentle and Bravel. u z -
Our love is as wide as thy woe, Z q -
1t deepens beside every grave


Where the heart of hero lies low.
Land of the brightest of skies!


Our love glows the more mid thy gloom,
Our hearts, by the saddest of ties,


Cling closest to thee in thy doom.
Land where the desolate weep


In sorrow too deep to console,
Our tears are but streams making deep


The ocean of love in our soul.
Land where the victor flag waves,


Where only the dead are the free,
Each link of the chain that enslaves,


Shall bind us the closer to thee,
Land where the sign of the cross,


Its shadow of sorrow hath shed,
We measure our love by thy Loss,


Thy Loss-by the graves of onr Dead.
Year: 1868

How TO REVIVE RusPSEss- Reduce the
enormous load Of taxation.


How To KINDLE FRATERNAL FEELNe-
Equal taxes, and less of them.


RALLYING CRY FOR THE PEoPIE-Down
with taxation and all corrupt tax-gatherers I
Year: 1868

THE HAY scALFs-A GRIErAScE.-Lo-
cal Editor Dispatch: Several days since
bought cart-load Of hay, and after put
ting it in my house had reason to believe
that it fell short Of the amount called for
by the ticket furnished by the sworn weigh
master at the Old Market scale-house. l
purchased another load on yesterday from
the same man, and fancying it would not
hold out with the weight as recorded on the
ticket, 1 took it, before unloading, to one of
our coal dealers, and got him to weigh it,
and then weighed the empty cart. I dis
covered discrepancy in favor of the seller
of 3l5 pounds. To satisfy the seller and
show the weighmaster his error, we took
the cart to the hay scales, and found that
my weights were correct, and also that the
cart had not been ooeighed for toco months.
The coal dealers frequently weigh their
empty carts, and find them to vary as much
as fifty pounds during the day.


1t seems to me that these carts should be
weighed every time load has been taken
from them. 1t is the only true way to get
at the correct quantity of provender which
they hold. Is not the weighmaster who
takes it for granted that cart weighs the
same every day for two months culpably
negligent Of his duty? MERCHANT.
Year: 1868

mind Is considerably exercised upon subject There doubt ba
that the people are in establishment Of Asylum for h
relief disabled OF the late aud sha be glad to sc
.gv honorable eao, to end meet with sueeess
Year: 1868

ruins of liberty ana the shattereu fragments
of the Constitution. -


And We do declare and resolve that ever
since the people OF the United States threw
off all subsection to the British Grown the
privilege and trust of suffrage have belonged
to the several States, and have been granted,
regulated and controlled exclusively 2 by the
political power of each State respectively, and
that any attempt by Congress, on any pretext
whatever, to deprive any State of this right,
or interfere with its exercise, is fragrant
usurpation of power which can find no war
rant in the Constitution, and if sanctioned by
the people will suhFert our form of govern
1nent, aud can only end in single central>
lied and consolidated government, in which
the separate existence of the States will be
entirely absorbed, and an unqualified despot-
ism be established IN place OF a Federal Union
of coequal States. -5sss.I-- "a


And that we regard the reconstruction acts
ESQ called) of Congress, as such, as usurPa-
tions and unconstitutional, revolutionary and
void.


That our soldiers and sailors who carried
the flag of our country to victory against
most gallant and determined foe must ever be
gratefully remembered, and all the guaran-
tees given in their favor must be faithfully
carried into execution.


That the public lands should be distributed
as widely as possible among the people, aud
should be disposed of either under the pre-
emption of homestead lands, or sold in rea-
sonable quantities. and to none but actual oc-
cupants at the minimum price established by
the Government. When grants OF the pub
lie land may be allowed, necessary for the en-
couragement of important public improve
ments, the roceeds of the sale of such land,
and not the lands themselves, should be SO
applied.


That the President of the United States,
Andrew johnson in exercising The power of
his high office in resisting the aggresssions
of Congress upon the constitutional rights nf
the States and the people, is entitled to the
gratitude of the whole American people, and
in behalf of the Democratic party we tender
him our thanks for his patriotic efforts in that
regard.


Upon this platform the Democratic party
appeal to every patriot, including all the Con-
servative element and all who desire to sup
port the Constitution and restore the Union,
forgetting all past differences of opinion. to
unite with us in the present great struggle
for the liberties of the people, and that to all
such, to whatever party they may have here
tofore belonged, we extend the right hand of
fellowship, and hail all such cooperating
with us as friends ard brethren.
Year: 1868

EARLY FRUGALIr1.-In early childhood,
you lay the foundation of poverty or riches,
in the habits you give your children. Teach
them to save everything-not for their orcn
use, for that would make them selfish-but
for some use. Teach them to share every
thing 18th their playmates but never allow
them to destroy anything. 1 once visited a
family where the most exact economy was Oh
served; yet nothing was mean or tipcomfott-
able. 1t is the character of true economy to
be as comfortable with little, aa others can
be with much. In this family, where the
father brought homo package, the older chill
dren would, of their own accord, put away
the paper and twine neatly, instead of throw
ing them in the fire, or tearing them to pieces
If the little ones want piece of twiue to
play scratch-cradle, or spin top, there it was
in readiness and when they threw 1t upon
the floor, the older children had no need to
be told to put it again in its place Oh
MqHdzine
Year: 1868

Every one at times has to contend with
some noxious weed, which seems to DEFY all
attempts to eradicate it; yet the most tenacious
of life may be destroyed by persistent cut
ting away of its foliage two or three times
year. -


Many farmers have experienced this fact
without knowing the reason. and hence we
often read that farmer so and so destroys us
elders by cutting them down the "fu'! OF the
moon," or killed his brambles by moving
them off in July" The real reason is to be
found in the destruction of leaves, and t-Iis
eau be as we'll accomplished in the new Us IN
the full of the moon--iu the month OF, juno
or August as in July.


1t Is as impossible That n.plant should hive
long without foliage, as for an aslmal to exist
without lungs Cut away the leaves and the
plant dies of n consumption, for which no
physician, even if his sands of life" have
we'll nigh "run out" has been able to find
remedy. The plant draws only the elements
of existence from the soil. Fhese are vitalised
in the leaves, aud this cannot be accomplished
when the leaves are taken away. But 1t is
necessary that the foliage should be destroyed
before they are much matured, or else some
yitalized matter is returned TO the buds and
rooots and the plant thus fitted for new
start All noSious weeds therefore, should
be cut down close to the ground, before the
leaves are fally expanded, while yet green
and tender, and after pushing afresh in n few
weeks, be cut again away. Some very per-
sistent pests, like Canada thistle, yellow snap
dragon, sorrel, will often take two years to
eradicate by this process, but the result is
sure if the ptaotice be persevered in.


This kind of labor often seems great task,
and many get disheartened ct the prospect;
but what seems a mountain before trial usually
proves but mole hill by the time we get
through and certainly that is SO in the case
of these weeds.-E'rcham9e.


Tho dock and plantain of our lawns can
be removed in the same way.
Year: 1868

Away in the Greek times there arose a
little unpleasantness with the Trojans, on
account of a good looking girl called Helen.
Ulysses tried hard, with the rest, to get into
the city of Troy, but failed, until he came a
horse jockey thick over the Trojans, and got
inside the,belly of wooden horse (not saw
horse.) So it will be seen that the Ulysses
of to-day comes fairly by his propensity to
"talk horse" After this little affair, Ulysses
in his wanderings, fell into the power of the
grand Cyclops-but inviting him to 'take
something" the Radical nominees nemesake
drank him drunk in seven minutes by a
Waltham watch, put out his one eye, and
vamosed the ranch. 1t was thought to be q
good joke, but Cyclops couldn't see it.


When Ulysses again went to sea, he was
furnished with a very large bag of wind for
his personal use I! How exact the parallel !!
This bag of wind, designed to propel his
vessel, was pricked at the wrong time, and
blew Ulysses just where he didn't want to go,
damaged his craft good deal, and forced him
to bear up for repairs with no insurance or
cargo, and no claim for average, general or
particular. Ulysses next landed where part
of his followers became swine, with permission
to ''root hog or die" And for some time
Ulysses himself followed the occupation of
swiueherd, becoming about as badly off as the
prodigal son, With no fatted calf ahead. He
was so constantly with his swine that he came
to understand their language, and USED it him
self until he became known as Ulysses Grunt-
Here the coincidence is very remarkable =
At last, in little misunderstanding with his
son concerning the market price of spare ribs,
the progeny inserted few inches of steel
between his parents own ribs, and that finish
ed the namesake of the Radical nominee
This is supposed to forecast the fate of the
present Ulysses Grant. If he don't go the
whole hog. Ben Butler will have him itil-
peached.-BeltdstJ Journal
Year: 1868

SLEEPS TONGUES STEwED.-Put them
into cold water and let them boil; when they
are sufficiently tender to remove the skin
easily, take them out, split them, and lay them
in stewpan with enough good gravy to cover
them. Chop parsley, and mushroom, with
little eschalot finely, work lump of butter
with it, and pepper and salt to favor; stew
them in the gravy until the tongues arc
tender, 10y them in n DISH strain tho gravy
and pour it hot over the tongues, and serve.
Year: 1868

Strawberry SHORT CAKE-Mix somo
dough precisely as you would for biscuit;
bake in one cake, on round tin. When it
is baked, split it open and butter it we'll
Have your berries prepared with sugar, and
cream also, if you like; pour them upon the
lower crust of your cake, and place the upper
one over them.
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the Chicago Times
says:-The question is often asked "What
has General Grant against the Jews 2" 'Why
did he issue that notorious proclamation
driving all Jews without discrimination, out
side his encampInent. And not having
seen published any satisfactory answer, will
give you what l suppose to be the real cause
Of his dislike to the Jews. During the winter
of 1853 ahd 1860, while Grant was living at
Galena, he took it into his head to go into
business on his own hook /; and thinking there
was speculation in buying dressed hogs and
shipping them to Chicago, he came down to
southwest on the west bank of the Mississippi,
for the purpose of buying from the farmers
as they came in town with their pork and
having it hauled to Galena, and there shipped
on tho railroad to Chicago, or in any other
way disposed of so as to make profit, which
was very honorable, and, if managed under
standingly, could have been made profitable
business. There lived at that time in Bellevue
a man by the name of Rosenthal, who was a
jew, who was in the pork trade, and of course,
would be glad to keep the trade in his own
hands so he determined, if possible not to
give Grant much of a chance, and the first
two or three loads were bid up far beyond its
real value, and finally sold to Grant. BY this
time Rosenthal discovered that Grant knew
no difference between the price of light and
heavy hogs, when in reality, there is differ
cnce of at least one dollar per htndred-
heavy hogs being the most-the hogs already
purchased by Grant being light and be having
paid the full price for heavy hogs. So Ros.
enthal goes to his warehouse, selects out all
the light hogs, enough to load three or four
wagons gets some farmers Who had wood
racks on their wagons to load on the hogs,
drive out of town by another street and come
in the main road to the corner where they were
buying Rosenthal meets them there by


another street, ,and commenced bidding against
Grant, and after bidding the pork to tho
value of heavy pork, it was sold to Grant
But the joke or ''sell'' being too good to keep,
it was not half an hour before nearly every
body was splitting with laughter to see how
the Jew sold the Galena PORK buyer, which
so disguised Grant that he went home that
night, and was never seen in Bellevue after.
And the transaction so embittered him against
the old tribes of Israel that 1 doubt whether
he could now be reconciled. And this is
undoubtedly the whole cause of the expulsion
of the Jews from his camp. etr-
Year: 1868

CREAM FgIrTERs.-Mix pint and half
of -four with pint of Miik-stir in six we'll
beaten eggs add half nutmeg; then two
teaspoonsful of salt and pint Of cream stir
the whole Just enough to intermix the cream;
then fry in small cakes; the addition Of a
few tender apples chopped fine improves the
fritters
Year: 1868

RASPBERRY CREAM.-Rub quart of rasP.
berries through sieve to take out the secds,
and then mix it we'll with some cream, and
sweeten with sugar to your taste. Put 1t in
a bowl and froth as it rises. When you have
as much frotI. as you want, put the rest OF
the cream into a deep glass bowl or dish, and
put the frothed cream on it, as high as twill
stauu
Year: 1868

THE GRAssuoPpER PEsT.-The grass
hopper plague is devastating Western Iowa
in a fearful manner. a friend who has just
come in from Sioux City informs US that of
about one hundred and fifty miles wide, ex-
tending from southwestern Dakota-chiefy
between the Des Mosne and Missouri rivers
to the southwestern boundary of Iowa, there
will be scarcely a wheat field left exempt
from total destruction by these vertiin. They
ill the air and cover the ground, making
constant sound like that of heavy shower.
They sometimes gather over night in such
myriads upon the track of the railroad, as to
stop the train by lubrlcating the track when
crushed by the wheels. They devour wheat
first, and afterwards take to oats and weeds,
leaving grass and other crops comparatively
unbarmed.-Ec.
Year: 1868

How To MAKE SAUsAGE.-A good
sausage-grinder is almost as essential to
a we'll ordered kitchen as coffee mill


The proportion of fat meat to lean will
depend somewhat on the taste of differ


ent people, but there should, in all
cases, be sufficient amount of fat in
them to supply what is needed in cook
ing. IF the pork you design for sausage
contains too little lean, you can supply
the deficiency by adding beef, which is
less expensive, and which forms with
the pork mixture which is preferred by
many, to pork alone. a1 ia, b.
@The most difficult part of sausage
making is the seasoning, Many house,
wives have no rule about it, but add
sope salt, and pepper, and sage; cook a
sample find it not seasoned highly
enoug Oh; and try itsover again > finally,
from too little seasoning, the maker man
ages to get in too much, for having
tasted for some time the substances used,
their flavor is not so distinct as at first.
An excellent proportion is to add 100
pounds of chopped meat. two and half
bounds of salt, ten ounces of black pep
DER, and eight ounces of well dried sage
leaves. Itfis preferable to buy the whole
pepper eorns, and to grind them at home,
as ground pepper is often adulterated,
and always loses its strength after being
ground. Sage also often deteriorates by
Year: 1868

Biiousness, Indigestion, General Debility, and
all the complaints which proceed from want of
proper action in the liver, the stomach and the
bowels. are eradicated by q course of this great
Year: 1868

A PUNCTUATION Puzzle. Tho following
article ioro'Lly illustrates the necessity Of
punctuation. 1t can be read in two ways,
making very bad man or q very good man,
the result depending on the manner in which
it is punctuated:


He is an old and experienced man in vice
and wickedress he is never found opposing
tie walks of iniquity he takes deligb. in the
downfall of his neghbors he never rejoicss
in the prosperity of any of his fellow crsa.
lures he is always ready to assist in destroy.
ing the peace of society he takes no pleasure
in serving the Lord he is uncommonly dill.
gent in sowing disorder among his friends
and acquaintance he takes no pride 10 Ia
boring to promote the cause Of Chrstianity
he has not been Negligent in endaayoring to
stigmstize al! public teachers hs makes NO
exerlions to subduo bis evil passions he
strives bard TO build up Satsns kingdom he
lends no aid TO the support Of the gospel
among the heather be contributes largely to
the evil adversary he pays no attention to
good advice he gives great heed to the devil
he will nsver 60 to heaven be must 60 where
he will receive the just rscompenso Of reward.
Year: 1868

To RAISE WATERMELoNs WITHOUT SEEDS
The following plan has been successfully
adopted by planter in Caddo parish, Lou
isians: After the vine is about two feet
long, cover the vine at point intermediate
between the top and the root. After it has
taken root where it is covered, divide the
vine between the old and new root, and the
result wl'be that the melons will be sesdless
without impairiDg their quality.
Year: 1868

We have not entertained the most exalt-
cd opinion of proprietary medicines, but in
all candor we must accord to DIR. Heck
ellis Vegetable Ague Cure the merit of
excellence and superiority as the best re-
medal agent ever known to the West for
the cure of igue. 1t can be purchased of
any of our Drug Stores.
Year: 1868

gave an entertainment at Balcony Hall last
evening, to good house. We hear it
web spoken of by those who were there
They play again tonight, with an entire
change of programme. All lovers of fun
should attend.


New CoURr HoUsE-Marshall county
needs place, in which can be safely kept
all her records. The destruction Of evil
dences of title to property, would be q
great calamity to the people. Some coun-
ties provide against scch a calamity by
building fire-proof offices and vaults at an
expense of few thousand dollars. The
Democratic Board Of Commissioners of
this county, we are informed, propose to
secure the safety Of the public records, by
contracting for the erection of a magnifi-
cent structnre-a Court Hcuse-at a cost
of from $50, 900 70 $4,000.


We have had the pleasure OF glance at
a Photographic view of this great building,
and are highly pleased with the picture.
The house is to be about enc hundred feet
long, sixty feet wide, two stories high and
basement The first story is to be abso-
lutely fire and burglar proof, so that the
top and bottom may burn up or be stolen
away, and the fire and burglar proof part
win remain stsadins. The basement will
contain furnace, fuel for same, and
somewhat extensive water-closet. The
second story, sixteen feet high, will con-
tain offices for the Clerk, Recorder, Audit
or, Treasurer and Sheriff, and two or more
vaults. The third story, twenty-feur feet
high, will contain Court room about the
size of the present Court room would be if
the partition therein were removed, and
viii seat about lS5 spectators. The re-
mainder of the third story will be cut up
into consultation rooms for the Judges, ju-
rors- witnesses, Surveyor, and one or more
little rooms for babies. There are to be
two fronts, (and no rear) TO this superb
structure, the whole to be surmounred by
a grand dome or cupola, pointing to the
day of judgment, in which direction We
earnestly beseech tax payers to look for a
reinrn of their 100000.


We have no time now for further de-
scriptien of this much eeled ornament TO
our town, but when we learn more ofwhat
it is TO be, We shall take pleasure in i'm
parting our knowledge TO the public. We
can only add that we are right down glad
the county can afford to build better
Court House than any other county in
Northern Indiana.
Year: 1868

DaAMAT1e.--The Hernandez Troupe
gave an entertainment at Balcony Hall last
evening, to good house. We hear it
web spoken of by those who were there
They play again tonight, with an entire
change of programme. All lovers of fun
should attend.