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Year: 1869

To RELIEVE CHoKED CArrLE.-Having
lost a heiier by choking with turnip and
having had one choked since for which
found relief, l send you my remedy for
publication Get eight feet of telegraph
wire, double it in the middle, and twist 1t
together so to leave loop in it. Take the
creature by the horns and run the loop end
Of the wire down its throat and pull it out,
and the turnip viii be pushed down or pul.
led up in its mouth and give instant relief.
.-Coantry Gentleman.
Year: 1869

At the annual school meeting on this
side, last Monday evening, Mr.. Thos.
Robinson was elected Treasurer of the
District, and R. D. Smart was elected
Clerk, to gil the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of VIM. F. Eldridge.


A tax of $4,000 was raised, to meet
teachers wages and incidental expenses,
and tax of $4,000, was voted to build a
school house. Under the law this tax
must be raised in three 81 900 installments,
$4,000 each year.


1t is possible that this tax may be de-
feated on account Of some irregularity
growing out of special law governing the
the raising of money to build school
house in this district, but VIC hope not. 1t
is certainly time that something was done
to put our school house in better shape
than it now is.


The outgoing Treasurer, Mr.. Peter
Johnston, reports in his hands some seven
ur eight hundred dollars worth of tax cer-
tifcates. Why do not the Board give
those certificates, to some man for building,
a small school house, to be used only for
small children, and locate the thing towards
the outskirts of the district, and thereby
draw from the school-rooms now used,
about 100 of the small children? This
would give all more room, and would not
only benefit those who remained in the old
rooms, but would also be doing but justice
to large number of small children who
now either do not go to school at all, or
who are obliged to travel much too far.
We refer principally to those children who
live outside of the village corporation. We
must either do this, or the parents of those
children, will be justified in asking that the
school partnership be dissolved. and they
will then build school house themselves,
and will also have the consolation of know
ing that the enormous school taxes which
thsy are called upon to pay, and not be
used to educate the children OF people who
live in the village part of the district.
Year: 1869

fA- From letter just received from
Jere., dated at Menasha, We learn that he
thinks that his health is much better, and
he proposes to take a trip into Minnesota.
to breathe the pure air OF that state. May
he gain that which he SO much needs, is
the earnest wish of thousand friends.
Year: 1869

nsa- We are informed by our friend
Bob" McGavin, that he is fixing up
the Two River end of the road and making
it as solid as iron. This road is now in
tip-top order. and affords good healthy
drive to the owners of fast nags.
Year: 1869

GRAIN.-Small quantities Of grain con-
tinue to come in frcm the country, although
hardly enough to speak about The far
mers continue to hold it back, thinking
that sooner or later the price of grain will
advance, anu they will NOT sell no faster
than they are compelled to, and coDse-
quently it will continue to come in in
small lots.
Year: 1869

SHEBoYGAN JoURNAL.-We see that
this paper has been revived, and we are in
receipt of copy. Sharpe knows how to
publish paper as good as the next fellow,


and We advise him not to fret about the
county teat, but 60 to work and redeem
the county from Radical rule as soon as he
possibly can, and then he will get suck. "
Year: 1869

A negro woman living in Dog Prairie,
St. Charles county, recently gave birth to
an infant whose body was entirely black,
with the exception Of one LEG, which was
perfectly whitc to the thigh.
Year: 1869

THE CROPS. s.-Reports from all parts of
the county say that the crops are looking
wonderfully we'll. Wheat could not be
better, except in very wet patches, and
these do not present the barren appearance
one would be led to suppose. Every one
we have seen who has travelled to any ex-
tent in the county, and possesses judgment
to make his information worth anything,
say that they never looked better in the
county than at present.
Year: 1869

A CURIosITY.-Friend Halverson took
US by the arm the other day, marched US
up to his garden, and said that he had a
curiosity to show US, which was curiosity,
being nothing less than small apple tree
with siaty-three apples on it. The thickest
part Of the tree only measures about one
inch through, and at the top does not
measure more than half an inch, and has
not more than half dozen small branches
to hold the apples. 1t seems hardly posi-
bic, but nevertheless it is fact. The ap>
pies are now about the size of good sized
plum.


By the way, Jake has some more of the
same kind in his garden, and we think that
he might be induced to part with them for
fen stamps.
Year: 1869

In Pennsylvania the Democracy have
nominated a bloated boDdholder for
Governor, and their platform is dumb as
Rn oyster on the bond question. In Ohio
the Democracy repudiate bondhol ders
and threaten the reputation of the
bonds themselves. In Ohio they are
for free trade, but in the neigh Boring
State for protective tariffs. But then
Democracy is everywhere and at all
times the same.-OoLUmbUS Journal.
Year: 1869

ed that it would be far better to reduce taxa
tion or simplify revenue than to bring the
amount OF debt down by million or two,
and the opposite school, represented by Mr..
Gladstone, can hardly be said to have prevail
ed TO much purpose in giving effect 10 their
views. But Americans OF all schools appear
to concur in doctrine exactly contrary
However much they may dilfer on other
questions OF financial policy, they are all one
in assuming that the public debt cannot be
lett as it is. 1t must be gradually reduced,
and ultimately extinguished, The citizens OF
th. Union are not going to carry this clog
about with them forever.
Year: 1869




Sir William Napier was one day taking a
long country walk near Freshford when he
met little girl. about five years old. suhbing
over broken bowl; she had dropped and
broken it in bringing it buck from the field
to hIch she had Il ken her fathers dinner
in it. and she said she would be beaten on her
return home for having broken il; then. with
a sudden CLEAN OF hope she innocenrly looked
up into his face and said: But We can mend
it, can't yeE My iather ezplained that he
could not mend the bowl, but he could by
the gift Of a sixpeDce, buy another. How
ever. on opening his purse it was empty Of
silver, and he had T. mako amends by prom
ising to meet his little friend in the same
spot. at the same hour neTf day. and t. bring
the sixpeuce with him. Kidding her mean
while tell her nlorher she had seen gem
tIenan Who would bring her money for the
bowl next day. The child entirely trusting
him. went her way cn-aforted On his re
turn home. he found an invitation awaiting
him TO dine in Bath the following evening.
to meet with some one whom he specially
wanted to see. He he>itatei far some little
time. trying to calculate the possibility OF
giving the meeting to his li:tle trieLd Of the
broken bowl and Of sfIl! being in time for the
diuner-p rty in Bath but. finding this could
not be- he wrote to decline accepting the 10
ritation on the plea Of '-pre-engagement,'
saying to US: L could not disaPpoint her,
she trusted me so implicitly. - BJuce,s Life
Of General Sir WHhGn. B0pieT.
Year: 1869

The Richmond correspondent the Lynch
burg R,p"bHcan narra,es the following sim
guIar incident: A very singular and. at the
same time, rncommouIy horrible accident
took place on Sunday afternoon at Thornton's
store on the Fredericksburg road, few miles
tro!u the city. Thornton and neighbOr,
having determined to have day of it. opened
the bung Of barrel of whiskey, and from
thence drew their too frequent potatinns.-
About dark coored woman living on the
place came into the store to light her candle,
which she did with an rdinary friction match.
After lighting the candle she carelessly threw
the still burning match off from her, and it
fell into the open bung. There was an in
Simultaneous explosion, which was heard a
mile off, rending the barrel asnnder and
throwing the burning whisky all over the
poor woman After two days of agony. not
often paraIeled she died, despite all that the
surgeons called in could do for her relief
The whisky was of the meanest kind /; sup
posed TO have been combination OF fluid oil
aud alcohol.
Year: 1869

Crops AND TRADE IN TExAs-Notwith
standing unpleasant reports in relation to
crops in sections Of some of the other States
of the South, we have information Of Texas
which is cheering. In mercantile and other
pursuits we are assured that the feverish and
distrustful feeling has been removed that
swindlers have been pretty thoroughly cleared
out, and that business generally is rising to
more confident position. In Galveston the
wholesale trade has largely improved. and
among the retail dealers throughout the State
failures are rare. The sugar and cotton pros
pect is better than for several years before,
and the belief obtains that if let alone by the
Governments Radical rascals who are sent out
there to feed. Texas will soon be found free
from the disagreeable marks Of war.
Year: 1869

belonging to the Mill Property. There is
adjoining the mill an Excellent Disiillery
in good repair, which together with all the
Fixtures, viii be sold with the mill property.


Also at the same time and place will be
sold the lulloNinF valuable
Year: 1869

Before Judge Cardozo.


Tne Attorney General or the state, de-. Us The
Dental College OF Ne,o York.-An action In the na-
ture OF a quo ,cdrTanto was brought against the
defendants by tho Attorney General to compel
forfeiture of the charter OF the Dental College
of New York, on the ground OF misbehavior
OF the trustees. the principal charges against them
were disregard OF their own bylaws; attempting TO
alter those bylaws irregularly In order TO cover up
such irreruarity and giving diplomas to four stu
dents who were not according TO their regulations,
entitled TO such diplomas. The main charge was
the issuing OF the certificates or diplomas TO the
young men at the last graduation. The nrst rules
required three years. study from students THIS was
afterwards modified so as TO permit ONCE work TO
count as time OF study and thus 10 reduce the period
Of actual attendance AZ the college 10 about two
years. The charge Is that at the last examination
they passed some students who had not 1ed even
these easier requirements, and the Regents OF tue
University having refused TO approve these diplomas,
an effort was made IN a hurry ard irreguary 10
amend the bylaws TO cover the case.


The answer of the college IA that In so far .as the
faculty of the college did act they acted on the rep
reservations Of the Dean, who mas since Jailed to be
re elected and n now the promoter OF this attack
that as Q matter Of fact the young men were well
Year: 1869

PROVERBS OF ALL NATIoNs.-God
cures and the doctor takes the fee.


Go into the country to hear what
news in town.


Go to bed with the lamb and rise
with the lark.


Give neither council nor salt till
you are asked for it.


God help the poor, for the rich can
help themselves.


Grieving for misfortunes is adding
gall to wormwood.


Give clown your finger and he'll
take your whole hand.
Give child his will and a whelp
his fill, and neither will thrive.


Go not for every grief to the ply.
sician, for every quarrel to the law
yer, nor for every thirst to the bowl
Health is better than wealth.
Health and mirth create beauty.
He that serves the public obliges
nobody.


He who gives to the public gives to
no one.


He who marries for wealth sells
his liberty.
He that wants health wants every
thing.
| Humility gains often more thar
lpride.


He is handsome that handsome
does.
| He who has no shame has no con
science.


He that hath an i'll name is half
hanged.


He is poor indeed that can prom
ise nothing.


He that will steal pin will stea
a better thing.


He who avoids the temptation
avoids the sin.
| He vino wants content can't fine
an easy chair.
| He that knows himself best, es
teens himself least.
Year: 1869

The DIVORCE ANTIDOTE.-The ed
itor of the Liberal Christian says, OF
the divorce discussion:


A great many wise suggestion;
have been made as to the way of cur
ing the disorder, and pairing every
man and woman, and tucking then
snugly away in domestic berth of
some sort for life, if they will only
have the good sense and the gooC
manners to stay there. But the trouble
is, they won't stay there. And wha
is worse, in many instances, it is not
wise nor right for them to stay there
The seat of the difficulty lies a gooc
deal deeper down in our customs anC
ways of thinking than these socia
Solomons seem to imagine. 1t is no
IN the faculty with which people ge
divorced, but in the faculty with which
they get married, that the mischief
lnheres. 1t is not in the unmarrying
but the marrying-the marrying with
out proper consideration, marrying
from wrong motives, with false views
and unfounded expectations, marry
ing without knowing who or what
that causes all the disturbance. AnC
there is altogether too much of sucl
marrying. Marriage Is a thing of
quality and degree. A marriage OF
the blood is usually a short lived af
fair, while marriage of the brain o.
of the heart is life long. When maj
and woman marry all over and clear
through, every faculty and sentimen
of each finding its complement an,
counterpart in the other, separation i
impossible. But when they are onl
halt married, when only third par
OF them is married, when they ar
married only in their instincts, o
their imaginations, or their fortune,
the unmarried part of both of them j
very apt to get uneasy ana rebel, an
they find Bedlam where they loo
Z for Elysium.


There is altogether too much ma


rying by forms of law those who, &
, the most, are only third or half ma
S ried in other ways. And there is a
IS together too much urging and Goa


ing and alluring young people I'M


the most important and sacred of a
> human relations, before they are pr


pared for its responsibilities, or mo


ed to assume its burdens, aud


those who ought to know better al


act with more consideration. v


make too much of marrying and beil
= married, until it is thought by mai


people somewhat of a disgrace for


woman to pass through life alon


when, in fact, the life Of many a 81
|, gle woman is poetry, romance, "a


ture even, in comparison with that
D many wife. So there is a vast dc


OF marrying with very little real m;
riage; a vast deal of discomfort, het
Il ache, misery, infdelity and unmarl
i ing at the last. What we want is no
e more stringent divorce law, but b
~ ter understanding of the divine |;
d which forbids the marrying of tho
N not already one; not less unmarryi
"a but less marrying where there is
q real marriage.
Year: 1869

Pity the poor, their sad, sad lot,
Is often hard to bear
Pity the poor, their weary hearts
Breathe oft of sad despair.
Pass them not by with naughty mien,
For, though they lowly be,
And wear no gems that brightly shine
So often seen on thee.
Still they have hearts that beat as true,
And God to them has given
Promise that though they humble be,
They'll wear a crown in heaven.
And if thou hast, with all thy good,
Unto them freely given,
Blessed art thou, for in thy crown
Shall jewels shine in heaven.
Pity the poor-their weary hearts
Have often glief to bear;
Cheer them with words of love and hope,
And breathe for them prayer.
Then will the blessing oft return,
For more than thou hast given
Unto thy soul like early dew,
Gently distilled from heaven.


"A. Lancola.
Year: 1869

The right perfect. The left-that
MANNED foot which had made its i'm
press in the clay on the night of my
husbands murder.


| gave yell of almost insane tri-
umph, and cried aloud for John.


"Hold him" / said. "Do not let 60.
He is murderer"


forgot the other details of that
night, or remember them only in a
sort of dream. | know emissaries of
the law soon filled nv house. know
my wild statement slowly gained Gre
dence. had my proofs in the clay
and plaster in my room above. At
last, in my recognition Of the man as
a desperate of the Mississippi, and
finally in his own confession.


His end was the one he merited,
and my work was done.


Long since Grace married man
she loved with her whole heart, and
they are prosperous. And II am
patient and ready to bide Gods will.


FIXING IT.-Willie had just begun
to go to school, but, strange to say,
| did not like it-for which reason |
fear he can never become president of
the United States. 1t was rather un-
fortunate, perhaps, that his first expe-
rience of school and of snow fell to-
gether. Temptation came to him in
the shape of a sled, with red runners,
and he fell an easy victim to it. So
it was, that about school-time he be-
came subject to an accession of head
ache, which made confinement impos-
sible, but did not at all interfere with
his going out to slide after an hour or
two at home.


One glorious morning in particular,
he came to his mother with a "dreful"
headache-school was cot to be tho't
of under such circumstances.


avery well, Willie" said she, "if
you have bad headache, you may
stay at home but remember, you must
not come afterward and ask to go
and slide"


Not half an hour afterward up came
Willie-his "drefful" headache all
gone-with the usual petition.


"No. Willie, you know | told you
if you staid at home | should not let
you go out with your sled; and you
would not have me tell lie, would
you ?"


Willie turned away thoughtfully,
but a moment afterwards his face
frightened up as he saw path out
of the dilemma, and he sidled up to
his mamma with a confidential whis.
per:


Il don't want you to tell lie,
mother, but couldn't you just fix it.,
you know, as you do when you put
me to bed, and say you are not going
out, and then go?'
Year: 1869

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,


healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
to ats original color
aoih the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1869

Agent for the Orleans County Marble Works at
Barton, would return his thanks to the public
for their patronage the last eight years and would


say that he is now prepared TO finish
Year: 1869

MOTHERS WILL FIND REST and spare their
little ones much suffering by keeping bot
tie Of ''Pratt 4 Butchers Magic Oil on
hand-two to five drops in little sugar
and water will afford Immediate relief to
the little enes when suffering from wind
colic or while teething. 1t is also a sure
cure for Group. 1t is perfectly harmless
try it. Sold by all druggists at SO cents
Oer hottie.
Year: 1869

From the New Albany Commercial.


One day last week prominent aud very
successful physician residing in Washing
ton county, who has long enjoyed lucra-
tive practice and justly stan is high among
the people Of his county, visited this city,
and after making such purchases of nlcdi.
cines, etc., as he needed, repaired to the
principal undertaker's establishment in the
city, where, after q long and critical exami-
nation, he selected, purchased and paid for
a coffin, in which, he said, lie intended to
be buried.


The coffin was plain cherry one, STAIN
I'd and vanished, but unlined. The un-
dertaker asked him if he would have it
lined. The doctor replied, /" No, it is not
necessary; my wife will line it when it
reaches my home" The coffin was shipped
to Salem on Monday last, whence it was
conveyed tho same day to the residence of
it's owner. The doctor stated to the under
taker that he had long desired 10 have his
coffin in his house, and that he thought it
perfectly proper for one to purchase his
coffin before he died, 80 that it might be
ready without further trouble.


1t certainly will be allowed that tic doc
tors suggestion that his wife would line
the coffin was rather cool, and to her it will
no doubt prove startling. The gentleman
was perfectly sane. man of the highest
character. but somewhat eccentric We
should think, however, that coffin in a
honso was not exactly the thing to produce
the most comfortable feeling in the family
Year: 1869

T Hereby certify that have this day given my son,


i lLENDELL q. j.. FO0TE, his time during the
remainder of his minority, and shall claim none Of
his wages pay any debts of his contracting after
Year: 1869

TIE first marriage certificate issued in Bos-
ton this year was to negro who contemplated
marriage for the sixth time. The would-be
bride is white woman, who enters upon the
matrimonial voyage for the first time
Year: 1869

bordering on the Yangtse Kiang, especially IN the
province OF Schuen and, with Chinese labor Is pro-
duced at the mouth Of the mines fqr $2 80 to 50 90
Tor working the coal mines by the foreign method,
even this small cost can be reduced The coal fields
OF China are estimated equal In extent to those In
examination,


The Yangtse Kiang as far as Hankow is open to
that the British government win insist upon addi-
tonal ports being opened In the fertile province OF
Sechuen on Its upper waters as they can open
trade with India through that channel.


The American river steamboat Ii superior TO any
other craft that has been built to navigate inland
waters, andthe Americans can handle river steam
boat better than any people In the world. Here Is
an unlimited field for their enterprise, and the remu-
neration s certain, beyond doubt.
Year: 1869

and is called to his last account, the world
win go on as though nothing of importance
had happened. Let US point out to him, in all
kindness, that the master whom he PROCESSES
to serve, was not in His sojonrn upon earth,
breeder of contentious and strifes, but
rather, that His was mission Of peace and
good will, and that His messengers should
follow His great example. They should
eschew the vanities and ambitions of this
world, not only rendering unto Cesar that
which is Caesars" but letting Cesar enjoy
it in peace, after it has been " rendered unto
him"
Year: 1869

THE Ohio Cultivator says the follow
ing recipe is worth one thousand dollars
to every housekeeper Take one pound
of sal soda and half pound of unslack-
ed lime and put them in gallon of wa
ter, boil twenty minutes, let 1t stand uli
cool, then drain off and put IN small jug
or jar; soak your dirty clothes over
night, or until they are wet through;
then wiring them and rub on plenty of
soap, apd in one boiler of clothes well
covered with water add one teacupful of
the washing fluid, boil half an hour
briskly, then wash them thoroughly with
suds, rinse, aud your clothes will look
better than by the old way of washing
twice before boiling. This is an invalu-
able recipe, and every poor tired woman
should try it.
Year: 1869

l wish my love was some fair stream,


Soft singing through her woodland way,
And / some star, whose loving beam


Might in her bosom, rest its ray.
l wish my love was IKE the dew


Half hidden meath the roses's lip.
And | the young dawn, trembling through
The fragrance none but ] might sip
l wish like flowers that fondly meet


And cheer and charm the humble spot
Our lives might blend while life was sweet
And even death divide us not.
Year: 1869

One would think the public had been
sufficiently duped during the past few
years to insure them against turther ID
vestment in gift enterprises: Orpha D
Asylums and other pretended charitable
schemes have cheated the people out OF
not less than two or three millions since
,<he close of the war Every one of these
>vrojects has proved in the end to be a
downright swindle, a shameless and bra
zen fraud. If the people are wise, they
will learn from experience that they
might just as well throw their dollars
away as to invest in such enterprises