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Year: 1859

Mr.. EDITOR: have been reading your
paper for the last twelve months, and have
been so pleased with it that l concluded,
the best thing to do, was to make up a
club of five, and send the money to you,
that [ might have the pleasure of reading
it for the next twelve months. | thought
by so doing might not Only benefit my
self, but others also. We people in Mis-
sissippi love to have such publications in
our houses to read, at least SOME of us do;
but there are others who have no taste for
such reading, but had rather indulge their
appetites in tasting and indulging in the
use of strong drink. learn by reading
your Spirit of the Age" that you have
determined to wage war against this strong
and bold enemy of man, until your pen
shall drop from your hand by death itself,
or until the enemy shall be driven from our
land. To do something to sustain you in
your very laudable efforts to accomplish
this your great aim, l have thought to con-
tinue to read it longer and have others OF
my acquaintance to read it also.


Woman has suffered more intensely than
man from the habit of strong drink, and
from that fact she should do all she can tc
promote the cause which you with SO much
ability have espoused. May you continue
to speak forth in such language that you
shall be heard in the midnight revelry-
around the WORM that" biteth like SER
pent and stingeth like an adder )" that your
voice shall be heard in the more polite anc
social circle--around the peaceful domes
tic hearth-untiI it shall influence thos
who occupy the sacred stand to teach th
way of life, to lift their voices against thi
soul-destroying practice. Iwish your pape
to WELD such an influence that among a
classes of mankind-in all the grades c
society, even in the legislative halls, tn
doctrines taught in the Spirit of the Ag


may be advocated in tones of eloquenc


strong as that of Patrick Henry, or SUI


sive as that of William Writ. G. E. w.
Year: 1859

Ministry should be the peculiar champions
of this reform; because by their peculiar
relations to society they have the power of
accomplishing more than any other class
in bringing about that moral sentiment,
which is necessary to reform the world by
first reforming the Church. Their infu-
ence will throw around it the charms of
that high dignity and respectability, with
which an intimate connection with the
church can. invest it, and which no merely
social revolution can, unaided, ever expect
to attain. The evils of intemperance are
too firmly intIenched behind the bulwarks
of lust and avyrice, ever to be routed until
the artillery ofthe Church has been brought
to bear against them. Then let it hesi-
tate, vassilate no longer. Let both Minis
try and laity arouse from their slumbers
let them baptise the Temperance reform
anew by their emphatical appreciation, and
give it renewed impetus by their une-
quivocal cooperation.


Elm Cottage, Va.
Year: 1859

mouth, and require him to enter into
recognizance, with surety, for his ap-
pearance at court, to answer charge
of the state against him, and, in the
mean time, to be of good behaviour,
and to keep an orderly house. And
when any applicant appears before
you for license, if it appear upon the
examination that he has had such dis
order athis house, it is the duty Of
the court to put him in custody, and
request the county attorney to send
a bill against him. In this, way re-
tailers would be taught that their bu-
siness is not only suspicious one, but
a very responsible and dangerous one
for them. That he is not allowed to
drug the poor men with poison as long
as he has dime, and then to irritate
and disgrace him by kicking him cut
of doors, to freeze in the cold, or well
ter in the sun. But instead of pursu-
ing this course, what do you do? You
send that poor man to jail, for striking
at somebody and missing him, and the
next moment you license that retailer
again; and endorse him IS man of
good moral character. What is mo-
rality? A rule of propriety. Who
is a moral man? He that observes
the rule of propriety. And is it pro-
priety to invite man into house of
entertainment, and smairk around him
as long as he has money and sense, and
kick him out when you have deprived
him of both


Magistrates Magistrates such a
course is obliged to make you odious.
And besides, it makes the dependent
classes among us dissatisfied with the
law; makes them feel that they are
hardly dealt by; raises a spirit of re-
bellion, and makes them worse men,
and worse citizens. The law has
clothed you with immense powers
The county court is the peoples court,
and they would be proud of it, and
proud of you, if you would maintain
your high position. You have to deal
with the most generous people upon
the face of the earth. How they
prize what is excellent, and how they
hate what is mean! How much it is
to be lamented that such people
should ever have one in authority about
them, who is either ashamed or afraid
cannot come up to the ddscnarge ornrr
duty with independence, he ought tc
retire. By failing to do so you have
already degraded the liquor traffic SC
that but few respectable men will en-
gage in it; and you have allowed bad
men to monopolize it. And you will
reduce the magistracy to the same de
plorable state.


A want of information as to hov
you ought to act, is a satisfactor.
apology for many who have tried t.


do their duty. If the Author of thi


little address, has made that dut..


plain; and, without offending any, ha


melted all to the performance of it


it is that which he most earnestly de


sired.
Year: 1859

GIVE THE BOYS cHANCE.-One ot the surest methods of attaching boy to the farm, is to let him have something upon it for his otcn. Give him small plot of ground to cultivate, allowing him the proceeds for his own use. Let him have his steers to break, or his sheep to care for. The ownership of even fruit tree planted, pruned, and brought to bear- ing by his own hands, will inspire him with an interest that no mere reward or wages can give. In addition to the culti- vaton of a taste for farm life, which such course will cultivate, the practical knowl' edge gained by the boy will be of the highest value. Being interested, he will be observant, and will thoroughly learn whatever is necessary for his success Another and equally important advan' tage will be the accustoming him early to feel the responsibility. Many young men. though we'll acquainted with the manual labors of the farm, fail utterly when entrusted with the management o an estate, from want of experience 1T planning for themselves. It IS much bet ter that responsibility should be gradually assumed, than that young man should be first thrown upon himself on attaining his majority.
Year: 1859

The noblest men know on earth,

 Are men whose hands arc brown with toi Who, backed by no ancestral graves,

 Hew down the woods and till the soil, And win thereby proud,r fame

 Than follows king or warriors name. The workingmen, what'e their task,

 To carve the stone or bear the sod They wear upon their honest brows

 The royal stamp and seal of God And brighter are their dpps of sweat

 Than diamonds in a coronet, God bless the noble workingmen,

 Who rear the cities of the plain, Who dig the mines and build the ships And drive the commerce of the main; God bless them, for their swarthy hands Have wrought the glory of all lands.
Year: 1859

TIE DIrrERENCE.-A gentleman of influence and property recently remarked al the annual examination of the High School in Toledo, Ohio, that he "would not live in a community where he could not educate his children, and that he was not willing that his neighbor's children should haze any less adUantage than has. i" A noble sentiment.

 A certain rich man in another State re. gently resisted the payment of school tax of a few dollars, and subjected dis trict to great annoyance and expense. merely because he was unwilling that a single dollar of his property should be ap- piled to the education of the youth of his neighborhood. Comment is unnecessary.
Year: 1859

| NATIONAL CHARACTERIsTICs. mlS- sionary in the "Celes;ial FIowery King dom" gives an account of some of the pecuaritles of the people of that densely populated section of the earth. He says

 The Chinese parents select the wives for their sons, and decide whom their daughters shall marry. Their badge ol mourning is white, and their funeral cards are written with blue ink. They mourn for the dead by proxy, and select bury ing place for the departed by the aid of one who makes that his profession. We read horizontally; they perpendIcularly. We uncover the head as a mark of respect they put on their caps. We black ball our boots they whitewash theirs. We compress the waist; they, the feet. We give the place of honor on the right they on the left. We speak of northwest they, of the west north. We say the needle of the compass points north; they, to the South We shake the hand of a friend in saIutatlon; they shake their own. We locate the understanding in the brain; they, in the belly. Our officials designate their office or rank by a star on the breast or epaulettes on their should CTS; they. by button on the apex ol their caps. We page our books at the top; they, on the margin. We print on both sides of the leaf; they upon one.- We place our foot-notes at the bottom they, at the top of the page. We mark the title of book on the back of the binding; they, on the margin of the leaf. In our libraries we set our volumes up; they lay theirs down. We keep our wives in the parlor; they keep theirs in the kitchen. We put our daughters lc school; they put theirs to service. We propel our canal-boats by horses and steam; they pull theirs by men. We take our produce to makel by railroad they take theirs on mems shoulders. We saw lumber and grind flour by steam and water-power; they do it by human mus cIe. We turn thousand spindles, and fly hundred shuttles without a single hand to propel; they employ hand fol each. We print by a power-press and metal type; they, on wooden blocks witt band.brush. We are beardless Re public; they; a hoary.headed Empire We worship God; they offer incense tt the devil.
Year: 1859

There IS place in Maine so rocky that when the down Easters plant corn, they look for crevices in the rocks, and shoot the grains in with musllet; they can't raise ducks there no how, for the stones are so thick that the ducks can't get their bills between them to pick up the grass hoppers, and the only way that the sheep can get at the sprigs of grass IS by grind ing their noses on a grindstone.

 But that ain'ta circumstance to a place on the Eastern shore; there the land is 80 poor that it takes two kildeas to say "kil- dea;" and on a clear day you can see the grasshoppers climb up mullen stalk and look with tears in their eyes over a fifty acre field; and the humble bee have to go down on their knees to get the grass, all the musquitoes die of starvation, and the turkey buzzards have to emigrate.

 Bu, there is county in Virginia which can beat that-there the land is so sterile that when the wind is at the northwest, they have to tie the children to keep them from being blown away; there it takes six frogs to see a man, and when the dogs bark they have to lean against the fence, the horses are so thin that it takes twelve of them to make a shadow. and when they kill a beef they have to hold him up to knock hlm down!

 But, oh!-there is a region in Jersey, saith Nose Draper, where they held two weeks jubilee in the churches, because Ii; was announced that fresh blade of grass had sprou,ed in the southern part of the county. There the natives once murdered a traveller for the sake of half ginger bread cake, which he was rumored to have in his pocket, and there, too, they turned a man tout of meeting" because after a visit to Philadelphia, he reported that while in that city he had had at one time as much as he could eat.
Year: 1859

when at early dawn the roll list was called,
he was not present to answer, to his name.


Col Hammond dispatched an Orderly after
him, who found him in his tent covered up,
head and ears, with his blanket When
ordered up and made to walk out, he shook
and shivered as though he had an ague-ft
upon him; told the Orderly his dream, de-
clariug that if forced into battle that day he
would not return alive, and begged permis-
sion to remain. To this, however, the Or
derly paid no attention, and forced him to
his place in the ranks. The roll was again
commenced, but on reaching his name it was
not responded to-he. was gone. Again he
was sent for, and, as before, found covered
up in his tent. BE was brought out and
compelled to stand his ground. In few
moments after he reached the ranks, the hpe
moved up the mountain, and the firing COM
mencei, after which no further notice was
taken Of him. .. .-.. -.


After the action, he was found stretched
at full length behind a stump, dead. Col.H.
says, there was no doubt that he had sought
shelter behind this stump at the commence.
ment of the action, and that when the firing
began to be brisk, his curiosity became too
strong for his prudence, and overcoming to
some extent the fear that controlled him,
raised his head above the level of the stump
to see what was going on, and thus received
the stray ball as it came, directly in the fore
head, killing him instantly where he lay
The circumstances in connection Justify the
conclusion. Col. Hammond says if he had
been apprised of the facts in the case he
would certainly have not allowed him to 60
into battle, but knowing nothing of the state
of his mind, be thought be was laboring IN
der the influence of cowardice, and was at
that moment unwilling to tolerate anything
of the kind. L.
Year: 1859

stern, proud and naughty. Why did you
love him ?-why did you lay your warm
heart at his feet at the first sight of him p
All you do not know-you cannot tell =
From the moment that you beheld his am
brotype, you felt that, in great measure,
your destiny was in his hands-that your
happiness was inseparably connected with
his. From the first moment thatyou looked
upon him, the whole aspect of life seemed'to
change, and the timid, bashful girl bounded
in an instant into the woman, and realized
the great heart-experience which only she
can understand. No woman can tell ,:ehy
she loves mo woman can help loving whom
she loves! The language of her heart is
this:


81 know not care not if quilts in thy heart
know that love thee whoeusr thou art!'


All was itnot because you loued Charles,
that his "Take my arm" iellupon your ear so
sweetly; and was it not because you hoped
that he loved you, that your heart felt 80
sweet sense of satisfaction as he walked
beside you? I think that l know something
perhaps, not much-about the heart (the
great, enduring, gentle heart J of woman.
l think that have shown this in all of my
simple, off.hand sketches; and I will tell
you how yom felt when Charles said, "Take
my arm" -


You felt Git was not thouyht--it was feel-
ing) that the time would come, when that
voice would fall into a lower key-when it
would sink into sweet whisperings of love.
Yon felt--(the spirit of prophesy was upon
you)-that at no very distant period, the
arm that you leaned upon, would glide,
ever so gently, around your waist, and draw
you sweesly to his side-that his hand would
pass, as tenderly asa mothers, over your soft
brown curls, and close in fond pressure a.
round your dainty little hand You felt
that the proud man beside you would be
melted down into the gentleness of little
child, and that the erect form would bend
over you yet, to kiss, ever so lovingly, your
rosy lips. You felt, that the "Take-my-
arm" was life act--an eternal covenant !!
That, that arm would be around you all
through the sunny season of youth-around
you when the "dark days" should come
around you when the shadows were upon
your heart, or when the song and the sun
shine were there-around you when the
weary feet would stumble in the great life
journey-around you when the soft blue eyes
were dim with age, and the little white hand
tremulous by the weight of years! Around
you when your ".iathcr's" coffin was being
lowered into the grave-around you when
the bell was tolling for "mother"-around
you when the lips are mute, that call you
"dear sister" now-around you in the battle
of life, the hour Of sickness, the day of
death


Am I not right? Was it not this that
filled your heart with such indefnable SEN
sations, that beautiful night, when Charles
said "Take my arm"


May your sweet expectations be abundant
y realized-your budding hopes burst into
flowers the influence of whose fragrance
shall linger about your heart away down to
the closing scene of life, until the voice of
the Omnipotent shall fallupon your ear like
the blesssdness of "news from far country"
and the low gurgle of waters on the parched
desert
Year: 1859

Months had passed away-vacation was
drawing near. You had gradually become
used to city life; made rapid progress in all
your studies; become quite proficient in
wax and embroidery work, and deserved
praise for the manner in which you played
the harp. Your girlish timidity and bash
fulness had pretty much worn off by contact
with society. You loved the girls very, very
dearly, and respected the faculty very highly;
but ever an anon you would seek out some
quiet place, where you could be alone, so as
to think of sthe old folks at home" and have
good, hearty cry.


One fower-perfumed afternoon in the
balmy month Of June, Lula met you at the
door Of your room with her pretty face BEAM
Year: 1859

We fling down our hearts, to hearts that are tillet
To the brim, with the joy of possessing;
We throw down our kisses, to lips that have


thrilled,


Till cloyed with the sweets of carressing.
We lavish our treasures, of beauty and mirth,
On souls that stated with pleasure;
And hoard up the smiles, that would gladden. tbs


earth,


To deal them by stint and by measure.
We keep the sweet song and the rarest 6On-nos
For the cup that already is flowing;
And swim with the tide, till not one of us know
What spirit within us is growing.
We take up our garments, while stepping aside
From the children Of sin and of sorrow;
Forgetting we gather dust in our pride


Which shall bear through Hades tomorrow
We drink of the cup whate er it may be,


That accords with our taste and our station;
And dream we are strong, as we wisely agree
In resisting our neighbours temptation.
Ye may tell of the wisdom that's hid in the root
OF the truths which the soul may not grapple;
IT'S clear that sweet Eve in eating the fruit,
Did swallow the seeds with the apple.
Year: 1859

NOTICE is hereby given that by virtue of a
IN license granted by Clifford Shanahan, Judge
of the Probate Court, for the County of Cass, in
the State of Michigan. shall offer for sale at pub
lie auction the undivided two fifths of the south
west quarter of the north east quarter of section
thirty four in township Ave. south of range fifteen
west, in Cass County, Michigan, on Saturday, the
18th day of March next between the hour of nine
o'clock in the forenoon, and the setting of the
of the same day, on the premises above described,
as the property of Mary A. Mott and Ann Mott,
minor children of Gopher Mott, deceased.


ROXY HORTON, Guardian.


January %, 1889. ian27-40w6
Year: 1859

gW An exchange says man who
would Systematically set about cheat
ing printer, would commit highway
robbery on a crying baby and rob it OF
its gingerbread Rob a church OF its
counterfeit pennies, lick the butter off
a blind nigger's last g fritter," pawn his
grandmothers spects for a drink OF
whiskey, steal acorns from blind pig,
and take clothes from scare-crow that
he may make respectable appearance
In society
Year: 1859

PREDICTIONS FOR 1S59.-Throuoh--
out the course-of the whole year Just
commenced, whenever the moon wanes
the nights will grow dark.


On several occasions during the pres
ent year, the sun will rise before certain
persons discover it, and set before they
have finished their work.


If bustles and hoops go out of FASH
ion, a church pew will hold more than
three ladies.


If dandies wear their boards there
will be considerable less work for bar
bers. He who wears mustaches will
have something to sneeze at. 9 el8


Whoever is in love will think his lady
a perfect angel till he finds out his mis-
take by getting married.


There viii be more books published
than will find purchasers. and more
bills made than will find payers. II
If the incumbent of a fat Office
should die, there will be dozen feet
ready to step into one pair of shoes.sio


Dinners and entertainment will be
given to those who have plenty to eat
at home. The poor will receive much
advice but poor wages.


He or she who marries this year will
run great risk, more especially if it be
done in hurry.


There will be great cry and little
wool, both at the shearing of pigs and
the session of Congress.
The world will go round as usual,
and come back to the place whence it
first set out; as will many a man who
sets out in business. tse's,


Finally-there exists but little doubt
that this will be the most wonderful
year, far surprising in interest any that
ever preceded it. ifsed
Year: 1859

EW- We publish the Official vote OF
Scott county this morning. taken from the
urdsy afternoon. We must say it does not
present very pleasing aspect to those can


didutes who represented the Democratic
party in the late election We hope next
year to have the majority figures reversed
Year: 1859

BARGE SUNK.-.is the steamer Ida
May was coming down through the Bridge
last evening about six o'clock, barge at
tached to her struck pier and sunk in deep
water. We did not learn the amount or the
name Of the party sustaining the loss.
Year: 1859

It is estimated that there are in the United
States twenty Thousand persons who make
their living partially BY the sale Of patent med.
icincs.


And It is estimated that about four times
that number lose their living by taking the
same medicines.
Year: 1859

A JAIL BURMA PRISONER Parishes IN
THE FLAMEs.-The Marksville, La, Central
Organ, Of late date, says On Monday morn
ing last the Jail in this town was set on fire by
negro prisoner. Efforts were mado to force
open the door of the dungeon, but to no avail,
even after the key had been turned, as tho
negro had fred the inside of the door itself,
the outside being Of iron, and so expanded by
the heat of the burning wood, that all efforts
to force open the door were Intellectual, in tho
short space of time allowed. The flames in
the meantime had caught the woodwork Of
the floor, and other portions of the cell, and
were bursting out Of the window, and with
the most korrid yells and screeches of agony
the poor wretch expired.
Year: 1859

WISE AND HIS CAvALRY.-The Baltimore
Patriot says in recent issue We are sorry to
SEQ the fanfaronade Of the Richmond Enquirer
about the dissolution Of the Union, unless Gov.
Wise be nominated at Charleston, treated with
seriousness by any portion Of the press. 1t is
nothing more than heotoring the Charleston
Convention into the nomination of the valiant
Governor, and is good deal like his order to
impress all the horses at Harper's Ferry into
the service Of Virginia, for mounting the Bal
timore Light Grsys, the result of the order
being gathering together Of seven spawned
animals with blind brides and two saddlesi
Year: 1859

GrTwo magnificent sales to be added to
the military galleries of the palace of Yer
ssiIles are now approaching their termination
One is to receive pictures representing the
different battles during the campaign in the
Crimea, and the other those of the late war in
Italy. t...r
Year: 1859

A writer on domestic economy, in giving in.
structiOns for keeping eggs fresh, says, Lay
them with the small end down." He does not
specify whether this direction is for the hen or
the housewife.
Year: 1859

Habits arc as easy caught as "yaller birds.
Let circus arrive in town, and in less than a
week halt the boys in town will DO throwing
summerscts and breaking their neks over an
empty mackerel barrel.