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Year: 1867

MUST HAVE CIDER.-In a Good
Templar's Lodge, the subject was be-
ing discussed us to whether it was al
lOwabIe for members of that fraternity
to drink cider. The pros and cons of
the question were being discussed with
much warmth-some of the members
speaking twice upon the subject. At
last a young lady, who had spoken
once before, and in favor of cider, got
up, thoroughly warmed in favor of the
affirmative. After a spirited prelude,
giving a glowing description of the
goodness of cider, and its usefulness,
she closed with-''and, brethren, cider
is a necessity to me, and l must have
it, shall have it. If it is decided
that we are not to drink cider, shall
eat apples, and get some fine young
man to squeeze me; for 1 tell you
that can't live without that delight
full nectar, the juice of the appIew
Year: 1867

instruction which guards one against the
baneful influence dimpulses which are most
likely to give direction to our conduct in af-
ter life. In word, William, it Is for the
want Of a santi6ed education which is gem
orally neglected with the children of the
poor. Those who have been more fortunate
in the world should make due allowance for
those who have been denied this great boon,
and never deal vigorously with them, II other
means can be employed for their government
| would ask your officers to remember that
you are the only stay 10 declining and
lonely mother, her only hope for succor and
comfort in this life May God be nercirul to
you aud them; in directing them in counsel,
aud you in receiving the same. And more
than all, may He, be so good and merciful as
to return you to the embrace OF your mother,
so as to be a protector and comfort to her
and an ornament to society during the re.
mninder Of your sojourn upon earth. If you
will strive to do right, the God Of righteous
ness will guard aud defend you by his holy
angels in the darkest hours oftrial and trib-
ulation. The Lord says: If any one offend
you, cry unto Him, and he will smte them" :"
But you must ask in sincerity and truth. Do
yoIr duty as becometh true soldier,





Write to us and let us know how matters
are moving along politically, also. Are the
soldiers to man for Governor Brownlow2
Are the rebels to be reconstructed upon their
ooa terms? If so, tell Capt, c. to write
to the Governor and urge him to disband the
troops at once for the rebels again in pow
er, the last vestge of liberty to US is lost
We have had rebel protection enough Shall
,1o. Al n .t,o nda
Of those who pledged their lives and their
fortunes to destroy 1t? Must we again, in
deed come under their tyrannicaf rule and
submit to their prosecutions and insults
Rather than this, my son, death would be
far more preferable. need your aid at home,
and desire to see you greatly, yet if my conn-
try requires your services, lgive you up Free
ly. Again, say, be q good and faithful sol
der, conduct yourself honestly and may
heaven bless you and The command to which
you belong.


Your loving mother, ai


s. H.
Year: 1867

MI DEAR SoN IL wish TO infoim you, this
beautiful pleasant Sabbath day, that we are
all we'll and are very GnKioui TO hear from
you. wish you to inform me how 1t Is that
/ can see every body's son but MY own Who
belongs TO Capt. G--'s Company2 Wish
TO Know whether this is your fault, or the
fault OF your oticers7 Perhaps you are sick,
let US know how II Il. | want you 10 be a
good obedient boy, and wish your officers
TO remember that you are but boy, aud
need proper counsel as such, and yousbould
be careful TO consider the counl el OF those
who are ln authority over you. Itrnst and
believe yudr Captain will treat you as be
would have others treat bis own child under
like circumstances. We should all remem-
Der that there Is Just God with whom we
have TO deal, and that we are accountable to
Him for our conduct, be what Il may. We
should deal out such mercy to others as we
should like 10 have bestowed upon US by
Him. William, fwould like to bear a good
report from yOu wish you to remember
the advice gave you when you were under
my care. You have, at times, had the mig
fortune 10 be placed under the care Of those
in life who could not feel for you as a moth
err, and who were not careful TO bestow upon
you the necessary counsel required TO make
you understand the rules Of right and prong,
Is you might otherwise have done. This
was necessary consequence, owing 10 my
lack oftte means 10 sustain I'd In the world.
Poverty 10 no sin, my son, yet u has often
subjected many TO scorn and derision. Nam
mon predomina.es ia the heart where virtue
should reign. This Is not uufrequsutly ow-
ing TO the depnyed and vicious state Of the
human heart and judgment. Itis as told
you, william, for wani Of proper attention TO
having Justified into the youthful mind the
right kind Of instruotlon--that which does
not wither When the storms Of life blow
coldly, aud lasts and lives long aiter these
frali bodies have Crumbled into dustj that
Year: 1867

&59- Hope for the Aflicted.-In another part
of this paper viii be found the advertisement of the
celebrated Institute established by DR.. J. C.
YOUNG, in 1850. In this age of deceit and char.
latanism it is boon to the suffering to point out
to them where they sure of obtaining the wished
for relief and cure Under the of the skillful
Doctor the sick and troubled can diyest themselves
of their burdens of pains and shame lay aside their
cross, and secure health and happiness. If you
sick or in trouble, do not hesitate. Read the
advertisement and follow the advice. Do not for
get the number the manner of directing your
letter. CONSULTATION OFFICE, $50 Washing
ton street, San Francisco.
Year: 1867

INsANE.-A man said to be insane was
brought in from the east side of the river on
Wednesday, and placed in charge of the
Sheriff Examination showed that the man s
insanity was caused by the excessive use Of
ardent spirits, and it was decided to retain
him in confinement at the county Jail for a
short time, instead of sending him below, as
the physicians are of the opinion that his
malady is only temporary and easily cured.
Year: 1867

IN effort will shortly be made to raise a suffi-
cient sum of money to build wagon road
from Indian Creek, in Trinity county, to
connect with the Shasta ard Red Bluff road
near Cottonwood bridge. The proposed road
will start from Indian Creek, cross Trinity
Mountain, and lead down the North Fork Of
Cottonwood, past Posts place. and terminate
also connect with the new silver mines at
South Fork. We understand that one bust
ness firm in Douglas City offers to subscribe
$4,000 to secure the completion of this new
route, provided it is built as a free public
highway.
Year: 1867

PAcIFIc-The last rock taken from the
Pacific lode, at depth of 100 feet below the
surface, is said to be the richest ever found
in the South Fork district. The proprietors
have decided to work no more of the rock in
the Little Devil mill, as they find that not
more than one third of the gold and silver
contained in the ore can be saved by that
process.
Year: 1867

LECTURE Professor Compton delivered a
lecture at Armory Hall on Wednesday night
last. We were not present, but if the reports
we have heard on the street be true, the
Professor is one of the most consummate
blackguards that has ever disgraced our
town with his presence
Year: 1867

A PAIR of Liliputians were lately brought
into the world by lady of Preston, Conn.,
One of the infants weighed less than one
pound and half, and the other little over
two and a half pounds. A lady's finger ring
fits their arms nicely.
Year: 1867

Understandable. jackson, of Clear
Creek, got his leg broken some time since,
but the fracture had so far healed as to enable
him to walk with the aid of crutches. While
thus walking, one day last week, he forgot
himself and bore too much weight on the
crippled leg, when the bone gave way at the
old fracture, leaving the sufferer in as bad a
situation as when the limb was first broken.
Year: 1867

GOVERNMENT TRAIN LOST IN WATER
sPoUT.-The Los Angeles correspondent OF
the Alta relates the following:


The unusual rain storm of Sunday, 10Th
inst, notice of which | send you by steam
er, was not confined to this immediate local.
ity. On the Colorado desert, on the after
noon of the same day, in what is known here
as waterspout, a Government train was
lost. The train consisted of eleven wagons,
was known as Chandler's train, and was
accompanied by one company and detach-
ment from another comp any of the Fourteenth
United States Infantry. under the command
of Lieutenant They had encamped in
the bed of. and Just below the forms of,
deep and broad wash. The troops were
marching to Date Greek and Skull Valley,
in Arizona. The camp was about nine
miles east of the Dos Palmos at Canyon
Springs. While thus encamped a small
black cloud suddenly appeared above the
horizon, from which lightning and thunder
proceeded. A sufficient time hardly elapsed
to observe this cloud when it, or another one
teeming with electricity, made its appear
ance in almost the opposite direction. The
whole heavens were overcast, and amid the
vivid flashes of lightning and deafening
peals Of thunder q shower of hail commenced





pieces of ice, from two to four inches square.
The mules instantly fled before the pelting
storm to some neighboring hills, while the
men sought shelter under wagons and the
high banks of the wash. An employe, a
Californian, who came in with an express
from the command to the Quartermaster at
Wilmington, says he took shelter in a wagon,
and in a few moments a huge volume of
water, the face of which was nearly or quite
three feet high, camo rushing down the
wash. This was soon followed by an addi
tiohal one, which came pouring onward, and
which presented front still higher above
the waters of the first. The water rose in
the wagon in which he was until it nearly
reached the top of the bows Of the covering,
only a few inches of air being left to him
beneath the wagon cover. Two men OF the
Fourteenth were drowned and the command
ing officer was carried down the wash in the
angry and boiling flood, and was only res
cued from drowning by an Indian vaquero
who, standing on the bank, saw the Lieu
tenant completely exhausted from battling
with the wild waters, amid the wreck of the
trees, and threw his riata over his head and
drew him to the shore. Six wagons were
irretrievably lost, together with nearly all
the harness of the whole train, and the
rest of the wagons were washed down the
torrent. overturned broken, bruised and
scattered for miles. Commissary stores,
with which the train had been laden, were
carried into Salt Lake (the great basin of
the Colorado desert) distance Of. eighteen
miles from the scene of disaster. The COM
mand and the train unable to move until
supplied with wagons, harness and provi-
sions from the depot of Wilmington. The
provisions were nearly all lost Canyon
Springs are about two hundred miles from
this city, on the La Paz road, by which
route and place the command was marching.
Year: 1867

cident from life in Virginia. We are cogni-
zant of the details, and glad to state that the
erring husband has taken solemn oath to
never again g touch, taste nor handle" the
accursed wine cup upon which assurance
the wife of his heart has again taken him to
her bosom. May he keep sacred his prom
Use.
Year: 1867

EXCELLENT RULEs.-To remember
that we are all subject to failings and in
frmities of one kind or another


To bear with, and not magnify each
others infrmities.


To avoid going from house to house for
the purpose of hearing news and inter-
fering with other peoples business.


Always turn deaf ear to any SANDER
Gus reports, and lay no charge against any
person until we'll founded.


IF one be in fault to tell him in private
before it is mentioned to others.


To watch against any shyness of each
other, and put the best constructions on
any action that has the appearance of op
position or resentment.


To observe the just rule of Solomon,
that is, to leave off contention before it
is meddled with.


A LILLIpUT1AN-Mrs. General Tom
Thumb may often be seen promenading
Broadway on fine afternoon She goes
just as any her lady is supposed to do.
She dresses very neatly, wearing black
silk dress and basque, jockey hat and dark
kid gloves. Mrs. Startton is never unac-
companied in public. When walking by
the side of her attendent, she looks Ike a
mere child, and attracts little attention
excepting from those who happen to re-
cognize her, and rudely stare at and no
tice the good looking and we'll developed
little lady:
Year: 1867

We see the following sensible advice
going the rounds of the press, aud re-
produce it that our readers may know
how country editors elsewhere talk 10
their patrons:


g l. Lay aside your fears that the ed |.
itor will get rich faster than his neigh
bors, We have never heard of a man
making much more than decent liv-
ing by the publication of a country
newspaper if he had ever 80 good a
business. -...'


2. If the paper agrees with your
way Of thinking, subscribe and pay
for it, and persuade your neighbors of
the same mind TO go and do likewise.
Do not tell the editor to send you q
paper without paying for ii, and
when you get to owing two or three
dollars, tell your friends that the pa
per will burst up one of these days.
The way under such state of the
case, to keep paper from bursting
up" is for each subscriber to keep
the editors books free from charges
against himself. This thing of apply
ing the credit system to the newspa-
per business may be likened to a far
mer selling out his crop bushel to a
man. The sum each would owe
would seem of little account, but
the aggregate might makeor break
the farmer.





8. If you have father, mother,
brother, sister, or friend at dis
tance, and are able to do so, subscribe,
and pay for and send them copy.


4. Do not expect too much of the
editor when he is compelled to be his
own eOmpOsitor, proof reader, etc.


5. Do not expect the editor to make
honorable mention of your busines ev-
cry few weeks for nothing. -e


g. If you wish to sustain your To-
cal paper properly, to live in peace
and die happy remember that We
have told you in this article. ..
Year: 1867

Brick PomerOy, who says mary
vulgar and untruthful things, some
times says some very sensible and
good things, among which is his
wholesome advice to the Wisconsin
editors who recently took spree at
La Crosse under the name of State
Convention:


Go home from your convention
when your spree is ended. Take off
your best clothes and 90 to work.
Sweep your Office and then mop the
floors. Pick up your scattered type
and keep it in place. Wash your
windowo. Clean your presses and
make your Office attractive. Get
ready to print paper or a job, then
stay in your Office during business
hours, Keep out of Saloons. Let
liquor alone. Read your exchanges.
Hunt out the local items and incidents
Of your own town or village, Throw
away your scissors and use the pen.
lfyou cannot originate, condense and
give variety of news. Publish a
good paper, but never ask man to
subscribe for it An editor is never
cdnUaSSer Make a good paper and
folks will take it fast enough. Keep
out Of saloons and rum holes Employ
none but sober, capable workman.
Pay your employees literally and
promptly, not grudgingly, but as a
pleasure. Don't Jegl Beggars have
no influence. Don't make a huckstrr
shop of yoursanctum, and cover your
doors with advertisements of wood,
eggs, milk, chickens, corn, paper RACES,
turnips, old clothes, soap grease, med
ieine, fresh sausage, maple sugar, &c,
wanted at this Office on subscription
etc. Ask pay for what you do
pay for what you get, Let your
word be sacred as your bond. Know
what you are doing, or do nothing.
Keep out Of saloons. Don't spend
your profits In liiuor, and ruin both
health and credit. And do not risk
yohr manhood for some little Office,
or a free pass over some railroad.
Pay for what you have. If You have
no money to pay fare, stay at home.
If you need recreation go to the
woods rather than to saloon! Do
not ask people to support you support
yourself Make your paper interest
somebody. and it will have friends
and influence. If the business will
not pay, gut it. Ifyou must be for
living, get dog and string and
90 at it in earnest, but for the sake of
manhood do not dishonor the press.
Be something else than a political dan
Ger for cold victdals Be temperate.
Keep out of salOoR$, Let whisky alone,
for it will beat the best man in the
world. Ornament your Office. Mako
it attractive. Then stay there to do
your work
Year: 1867

The time was when boys were
considered of but trihing account up
on the farm. They answered to
run errands and 10 do the light
'chores" about the house and barn
To keep them out of mischief when
not attending school they possibly
did some service astride the horse to
mark out corn ground, and cultivate
the corn and potatoes. But if am
bilious to join the men in the field, or
elsewhere, they were, equipped with
the most worl bless cast aside tools,
such as rusty Hoes, worn out seythes,
old fashioned forks, used up shovels,
dull axes, battered-hammers, unified
saws, and so on through the whole
catalogue of farm implements They
grew weary using them, and so would
men have done, accomplishing only the
same amount of labor. 1t would not
be strange ifsuch treatment first plant
ed dissatisfaction in the heart OF
many a farmers boy, which finally
ripened into utter disgust, the seek
ing of employment behind the count
er of the village store, or, perhaps, in
something less honorable, which in
the end resulted IN iniduity and ruin.


We have faith in the farm boys of
this day and generation. The nation
owes them it's sincere gratitude, They
are deserving of all the benefits that
shall result to them from the new In
dustriaI Schools that are about being
established. Their early life is pre-
paratory school that win teach them
to appreciate the benefits and bless
ings that the agricultural colleges are
intended to dispense. Honor, encour-
ago and care for the boys Of farm
agriculture. .
Year: 1867

Dissolve / ponnd extract of log
wood in s gallons of water, boiling IL
for few minutes in an iron pot, add
a tablespoonful of copperas, one OF,
of fvitrol in gallons soft water: put
ting the articles to be colored first in
the vitrol, then boil them two hours
in the logwoOd, stirring them often !;
then dip them in strong lather Of
homemade soap suds, to set the color.
Sweet skinned milk is very good.
Year: 1867

" We find the following sad in
cident of the epidemic in a New Or
leans paper: ..F


A poor man came into the Office of
the Times yesterday, and wished to
put ia death notice. Afler writing
it ont he felt overcome, saying:


"Three years ago, to day, l came
up in this office to put in a marriage
notice OF my wife and myself Now
| como in to insert the death notice of
my poor wife aud my two children
al died of yellow fever. l feel as
il | had nothing to live for.
Year: 1867

A late visitor at Napolenon's tomb
in st. Helena, writes


al turned away from house and tomb
with deeper conviction than ever of
the vanity of man as mortal Who
would not 4? And that death room
How the last words linger about
which Napoleon uttered in il, from
a crushed and bleeding heart Gen.
eral Bertrand, | shall soon be 10 my
grave. Such is the fate of great men.
So it was with the Caesars and Ajax
ander, And /, too, am forgotten, and
the Marengo conqueror and Emperor
is u college theme. Ny exploits are
tasks given to pupils, by their tutor,
who sits in judgment over me, accord
ing to me censure or praise. And re-
mark what soon is to become of me
I die before my time, and my dead
body. too, must return to the earth
and become food for worms.


Behold the destiny now at hand OF
him who has been called the great
Napoleon What an abyss between
my great misery and the eternal reign
Of Christ, who is proclaimed, loved
and adored, and whose Kingdom is ex-
tending over all tho earth p
Year: 1867

Bake some apples with sugar till
they become a marmalade ; put them
into a pie dish already lined with puff
paste; make a custard with half pint
of milk and two eggs, favored with
butter and sweet almonde pour it on
the apples, and bake in slow oven.
Year: 1867

PLAIN TALK.-Does not this look little rebellious
Read: - q.


During the discussion of the suffrage question in
the Connecticut Legislature Mr. Hame-sIey, of Hart
ford, said:


'Sir, the gentleman from New London has sur
gested that Congress may force negro suffrage upon
us! and he seems to think may as well have it;
now, as to wait for Congress to force on u.s. would
not 60 for the sake Of change under any threat Con-
gress may make. Let them try tiff they dare Let
them send On their armed cohorts and their generals
to say to Connecticut-You shall have negro suffrage
If we don't resist to the DEATH then sir our free
sttntions are lost forever Great applause which
drowned the Speakers hammer.
Year: 1867

Almost every paper we take up
contains some reference to the en-
igration of freedmen to Florida or
the West. This results in part
from the disappointment Of the
freed people at the result Of the
last years labor, but chiefly from
the ability Of the owners Of the
fresh lands Of those localities, to
pay more than those who till our
thin soil think they can afford.
We regard this drain up,n our in;
dustrial resources a great misfor
tune. The amount of labor is en-
tirely inadequate to the proper
cultivation Of the soil, and develop
ment of our mining and manufac-
turing resources, and every labor
er we lose is an actual drain upon
our productive capacity. We
should, therefore, be tolerant Of
the caprices Of the freed people,
and not allow their temporary
discomfort to render us indifferent
to their retention among us. They
are the best laborers available,
and under rational control, we
think better suited to our sun and
soil than any on earth. We, there
fore hope, that our planters will
look we'll to the future, and de-
termine whether they can best af-
ford to increase the wages Of their
laborers, and thus retain them, or
allow the present tide Of emigra-
tion to 60 on, which must inevi-
tably render labor scarce and thus
increase it's cost. The discourage
ments of the past, great and de-
pressing as they have been, may
yet be overcome, if We can get a
stable Government and a good crop
year.-Aug. Press.
Year: 1867

Never be afraid Of becoming an
old maid, fair reader. An old maid
is far moro honorable than q heart
less wife, and "singIc blessedness2
is greatly superior in point ofhap-
pincss to welded lite without love,
Fall not in love, dear girls-be-
ware,'' says the song. But don't
be guided by the song on this ques-
ton, On the contrary, be assured
that it is a good thing to fall in
love, ifthe loved object be a worthy
one. To fall in love with an hon.
orable man is asproper sa it is for an
honorable man to fall in love with
a virtuous and amiable woman
and what could be q more gratify-
ing spectacle than sight so pure,
so approaching in its devotion to
the celestial ? No; fall in love as
soon as You like: provided it be .
suitable person. Fail il love, and
then marry, but never marry un-
less you do love. That's the great
point. Never marry for a ~house,"
or . Husband" Never degrade
yourself by becoming party to
such an alliance. Never sell your
self body and soul, on terms so
contemplate. Love digniies all
things ; it ennoblcs all conditions.
With love, the marriage rite is
truly a sacrament without it, the
ceremony is base fraudJ and the
act is human desecration. Marry
for love or not at all. Be an "old
maid," if fortune throws not in
your way the man of your heart
and, though the witlcss may Sneer,
and the jester may laugh, You still
have reward in an approving con
science and a comparatively peace
full life. .'...