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Year: 1861

There is an angel in every house. No
matter how fallen tho inmates how deprcss-
ing their circumstances, there is an angel
there to pity and to cheer. 1t may be in the
presence of little child or it may be en-.
closed in STOPPING and wrnklcd body, tread
ing the downward path to the grave. Or,
perhaps, it is cheerful spirit looking upon
the ills Of life as so many steps toward heaven,
if only brayely overcome and mounted with
snless feet


We knew such an angel once and it was a
drunkard's child. On every side wherever
she moved she saw only misery and degrada-
ton, and yet the child did not fall. Her
father was brutal and her mother was dis
couraged, and her home thoroughly comfort
less. But she struggled along with angel
endurance, bearing with an almost sanity
patience, the inirmaties of him who gave her
existence and then hourly embittcred it.
Night after night, at the hours of ten, twelve
and even one, barefooted ranged, shawlless
and bonnetess, has she been to the den of the
drunkard, and gone staggering home with
her arm arouud her father. Many time
has her flesh been blue with the mark of his
hand when she has stepped in between her
helpless mother and violence. Many time
has she sat upon the cold curb-stonc with his
head in her lap; many time known how
bitter it was to cry for hunger when the
money that should have bought bread was
spent for rum.


And the patience that the angel wrought
with, made her young face sshine, so thai
thou gh never acknowled ged in the courts o
the world, in the kingdom OF heaven she was
waited for by assembled hosts OF spirits, and
the crown Of martyrdom ready, lay waiting
for her young brow.


And she was martyr. Her gentle spir.
it went up from the couch Of anguish an
guish brought on by sell-usage and neglect
And never till then did the father recognize
the angel in the child never till then did
his manhood arise from the dust of its dis
honor. From her humble grave he went
away to steep his resolves for the better II
bitter tears and he will tell you to-day
how the memory of her much-end during life
keeps him from the bowl how he goe;
sometimes and stands where her patient
hands have held him, while her cheeks Grim
soned at the sneers of those who scoft at thu
drunk ards child.


Search for the angels in your households
and cherish them while they are among you
1t may be that all unconsciously you frow'
upon them, when smile would lead you tt
knowledge Of their exceeding worth. The.
may be among the least cared for, most des
pissed but when they are gone with thel
Silent influence, then will you mourn for then
as for jewel of great worth.-Mrs. Den
nison.
Year: 1861

The entrance ioto society may be said
to take place Immediately after boyhood
has passed away, yet the multitudes take
the initiative before their boards are pre-.
sentable. 1t is great trial, either At
tender or tough age, For an overgrown
boy 10 go to the door. knowing that there
are dozen girls inside, and knock or
ring with an absolute certainty that in
two minutes all the eyes will be upon him
is severe test of courage. To go before
these girls and make tour Of the room,
without stepping on their toes, is al,
achievement of which few boys can boast.
IL boy can go so far as to measure off
ten yards Of tape with one of the girls and
cut 1t short at each end, he may stand
chance to spend pleasant evening, but
let him not iiatter himself, that all the tri-
ais of the evening are over.


There comes at last, the breaking up.
The dear girls don their hoods and put on
their shawls, and look SO mischievous
and saucy, so unirnpressible and indie
pendept, as if they didn't wish anybody
to go home with them. Then comes the
pinch. and the boy who has the most
and his tongue cliDging to the roof Of his
pluck goes to the prettiest girl in the room
mouth, and crooking ont his elbow stam-
mers out the words, Shall / see you
home? She touches her finger to his
arm, and they walk home feeling as awk-
ward as two goslins. AS soon as she is
within her own door, he struts home, and
really thinks he has been, went and gone
and done it.
Year: 1861

But few men die of age. Almost all die
of disappointment, passional, mental, or
bodily toll or accident. The passions
kill men sometimes, even suddenly
The common expression, choked with
passion, has little exaggeration in it; for
even though not suddenly fatal, strong
passions shortens life. Strong bodied
men often die young-weak men live
longer than the strong, for the strong use
their strength, and the weak have none
to use The latter take care Of them
selves; the former do not. AS it is with
! the body so it is with the mind and TEN
per. The strong are apt to break, or
| like the candle, to run; the wick burn out.
The inferior animals, which live in general
regular and temperate lives have gener-
ally their prescribed term of years. The
horse lives twenty five years; the OK fif-
teen or twenty the lion about twenty; the
dog ten or twelve; the rabbit eight; the
guinea-pig six or seven years. These
numbers all bear similar proportion to
the time the animal takes to grow its full
size. But man, of all the animals, is the
one that seldom comes NJ to his average.
He ought to live hundred years, accor-
ding to his physiological law, for five
times twenty are one hundred; but instead
Of that he scarcely reaches on the average
four times his growing period; the cat
six times; and the rabbit even eight, the
standard Of measurement. The reason is
obv:ous--man is not only the most ir-
regular and the most Incorporate, but
the most laborious and hard working Of
all animals. He is also the most irri-
table of all animals; and there is reason
to believe though we cannot tell what ami
NAL secretly feels, that more than any
other animal, man cherishes wrath to keep
it warm and consumes himself with the
fire of his own secret reflections.
Year: 1861

one man in the maintenance Of that Govern.
ment under whose flag we have been reared, and
under whose broad acgs We have enjoyed "liie
and liberty" and have been protected in "the
pursuit Of happiness"


The memories Of Washington, whose name
is house hold word and Of a host Of others, his
companions In arms, call upon us 10 be true ~
sacred trust, and 10 hand down unimpaired TO
those who shall come after us, the iieh legacy
which has been entrusted ~ us. Let us be true
TO God, true 10 the memory Of our fathers and
true 10 ourselves and ~ posterity. Bu, while in
fidelity 20 all these we obey the voice Of stern
necessity let not in the heat of conflict forget
that for which we are contending, and that once
attained, let the sword be again returned TO its
scabbard. All else will soon follow.


And while we retr ember that IL is not foreign
foe with which the Government IL contending but
with her own errAg cons, let her hot carry into
the strife the feeling Of hatred, but rather that
commngng Of love and grief with which faith
er chastiscs his crring and refractory son 10 en-
force parental authority, and TO secure amend
ment And let us not forget that on our revol.
ted territory, there are many who have buhsted
long the swelling tide Of rebellion and have
fought manfully, N bly, for the Government, tho
Union, the Constitution and the laws, many
whose warmest sympathies are with us, and whose
hearts are true to their countrys colors and bca,
in unison with our own. Let them have the strong

of their warm, generous, and true hearts.


While "the government must arm, and that il
manner commensurate with its vast resources
and becoming the priceless interests coufded u
It's keeping ;--becoming great, generous, ant
forbearing people, and becoming the lamentabl'
occasion p yet, let ait put its armor for pres
ervation, not for destruction not for aggressive
war, but for defensive peace;" remembering tina
peace throughout its entire domain is what Il
wants, mot for subiugation or coercion but to ar
rest tumult, lawlessness and discord not TO des
poll others, but to keep its own, TO maintain the
supremacy Of the Constitution, and to vindicate
the laws, 70 put down insurrection, and to repel
INVASION to maintain the power and dignity of
the nation and preserve its flag invioate; TO save
if saved il can be- the Union, already discovered,
from the final overthrow and destruction with
which it is menaced." This done all will be well
In this time of our troubles let God be our trust
and our place of defense the munition of rocks.


We can say of our fathers as Israel of old. OF
the, .'our fathers trusted in thee they trusted,
and thou didst deliver them. They cried unto
theirs, and were delivered: they trusted in thee
and were not confounded."
Year: 1861

What q glorious thing it is for the hu-
man heart. Those who work hard sell
dom yield themselves up to the fancled
or real sorrow. When grief sits down,
folds its hands, and mournfully feeds up
on its tears, waving the dim shadows
that little exertion might sweep away
into a funeral pail. The strong spirit is
shorn of its might, and sorrow becomes
our master. When troubles flow upor
you, dark and heavy, toll not with the
waves--wrestle not with the torrents
rather seek by occupation, to divert thu
dark waters that threaten to overwheIn
YOU, into a thousand channels which the
duties of life always present Before
you dream of it, those waters will tertii
ize the present, and give birth to fresh
flowers that may brighten the future
flowers that will become pure and holy
in the sun shine which penetrates to th'
path of duty. in spite of every obstacle
Grief after all, is selfish feeling anC
most selfish is the man who yields him


selfto the indulgence of any passion whicl


brings no Joy to his fellow men.
Year: 1861

The following good one is told Of a
rum un' who was in the habit of coming
home hungry after his evening potations


One night, besides his usual dish o.
cabbage and pork, his wife had left 6
washing bowl filled with caps and starch
The lamp had long been extinguished
when the stggcring sot returned home
and by mistake, when proceeding to sat
isfy his hunger, he stuck the fork into th'
wrong dish He worked away at hi
mouthful of caps for some time, but be
ing unable to maSticate them he sung on
ont to his wife:


Old woman where did you get your
cabbage! They are so stringy that 1 can t
chew them.


My gracious!' rcniied the old lady i
the stupid old fellow hasn't been eating
up my caps that put in the starch over
night
Year: 1861

Plato asserted that if Truth were to
come down from heaven, and display it
self in all its glory upon earth, all men
would instantly fall down aad worship
it. What Plato stated as a hypothesis,
inspired history records as fact. Truth
came down from the skies, beauty and
perfection; neither hell nor earth were able
to detect flaw in it; but so, false proved
the prophecy of the learned and accom-
plishod philosopher that the world rose
up against it, and shouted in voice OF
thunder: Away with him; cruelty him,
Not this man but Barabbas"
Year: 1861

SYRUP FROM WATERMELoNs-EIGH-
TEEN BARRELS TO THF AcRE--A man in
Ross Coutny, Ohio, states that he had
made last season, from water melons
grown on one acre of ground, eighteen
barrels of syrup, which sold for soc. q
gallon-giving s460 for the acre Of land
and the labor. The process is as follows:
Take only the soft part of the melon rub
i.through wire seive in to barrel then
strain out the juice in to a copper kettle,
just as you would cider or maple sugar,
water, aud be careful not to scorch it when
nearly done.
Year: 1861

TuE truth is precions as it is divine. The
truth is precious, because nothing else is SO
near man present ard future welfare
There is not sin. crime. wrong, or bad
thing in the world. but, sweep away the
dust of earth around it, it stands upon a
lie; and falsehoods is the foundation OF
all evil. Sin came in with lie, and the
devil told our mother--as he has told
many of her daughters since-you may
sin and not suffer. The ruin Of man
stands upon lie.
Year: 1861

BREATH OF RELiGIoN.-Religion should
influence its professor in all the relations
of life. Whatever he does, he should do
it better for being Christian. Religion
should ma one better student, bet
ter want, better master. better pa
rent better child better man in all re-
spects. The pieus but eccentric Roland
Hill remarked, HE would not give far
thing for mans religion whose cat and
dog were no better. for it.
Year: 1861

has won for itself such renown for tho cure of
every variety Of Throat and Lung Complaint, that
it is entirely unnecessary for us to recount the
evidence Of its virtues, wherever it has been en-
ployed. As 1t has long been in constant use
throughout this section, we need not do more than
assure the people its quality is kept up to the best
it ever has been, and that it may be relied on to
do for their relief all it has ever been found to do
Year: 1861

"Will you, or some Of your Correspon-
dents, give me correct way Of grow
ing peach and cherry pits How to
freeze, and how long, pear, ounce and
apple seed before planting, and how deep,
and at what time to put in the ground
How to grow chestnuts and horse chest
nuts? The best plan to start grapes
from cuttings7 Will Arborvitae, Hem
lock and Spruce seed grow, sown in the
spring BY answering the above be-
fore planting time you will Oblige. r."


Peach and cherry pits should be kept
moist or fresh-wilh cherry pits this is
very important; a few weeks drying will
render them nearly worthless, and dur
ing a shorter time may prolong their
vegetation a year. They should imme-
diately on taking from the berry, be
mixed with moist sand, earth or mould,
and kept moist. They may be planted
late in autumn, or very early in the
spring. If planted in autumn, the soil
should be quite light, to prevent the for
nation of hard crust. which will retard
their coming up. Peach stones should
not be allowed to dry more than three or
four weeks. Exposure to frost only serves
TO crack and open the she'll of any seed.
If kept properly moist, and the she'll is
cracked, freezing is not essential. When
apple seed or peach stones, have beenal-
lowed to became very dry, quick scaId'
ing, and then freezing, several times re-
peated, will much assist vegetatation.-
Pear, Ounce, and Apple seed are quite
similar, and should be treated allke-be-
ing planted half an inch deep, in moist
strong soil. and an inch in light Soils
Peach pits should be planted NEARLY Two
inches deep-and deeper rather than to
allow them to dry up in dry soil. Chest
nuts and horse-chestnuts should not dry
day-but the fresh and moist nut, the
moment it drops from the tree, placed In
moist sand or mould, and kept moist tili
planted. If this care is observed, there
will be no difficulty whatever. Other
wise, they Will certainly fail. Grape
cuttings should be about a foot long, Of
one years growth, placed sloping in the
soil. and the earth packed closely, or
beaten about them. It should be done
very early in spring, or still better, in
autumn-and projected by a thin coat Of
fine manure spread on the surface. Ever.
green seed, if good, viii grow when they
are sowed in the spring, but the young
plant must be shaded from the hot sun.
Country Gentleman.
Year: 1861


But it may be objected that children
are sent TO primary schools TO learn their
A B @, not 70 spend their time upon OBJ
jeet lessons. The reply is, that not only
is all the information and all the disci-
pine acquired in that way, clear gam,
bat the alphabet, and all the rudiments of
books taught by the old method can be
and are mastered in much less time, and
also with vastly more pleasure and ease,
thar when the latter are the exclusive
studies Of the primary schools. The
mind is relieved, refreshed, BY the IN
terest and pleasure ezoited by the object
lessons, and returns 10 the alphabet or
book with tenfold rest and spirit. and viii
accomplish in five minutes, more than
it would have done in half an hour with
out the relaxation. and far more thorough-
ly. The idea of expecting children.who
cannot read, or who do not even know
their letters, to ''study is simply alb
surd. They do not know how TO study
they have no command of the necessary
means and agencies. We might as well
place all the tools Of carpenter before
an apprentice who has just entered the
shop to learn his trade, and tell him to
go TO work, as to place book with the
twenty-sIx letters of the alphabet, in the
hands of a child and tell him TO keep
still and study. 1t is absurd, How can
he study? how will he get about it? He
may be compelled to sit still and keep
bis eyes upon his book, but he might as
well have his feet in the stocks and his
eyes upon the moon. He could study as
well with the book shut and his eyes on
the cover, and with much less danger
to his eyes and-to his book. And as
to requiring the child to keep perfectly
still when he has nothing to do, it is DIFF
fcult to avoid the use of strong language
against snch folly and cruelty. All that
the little martyr can do is to 60 to sleep,
and even this refuge is usually denied
him. If there are degrees In human fol-
ly, surely that must be in the superlative
which would shut up troop of little chill
dren in close room six hours day, and
compel them to be perfectly still, on pain
Of chastisement, when there is not a sim
gle thing for them to do--nothlng to in
terest the mind or heart. If then teach
ers will persist in trying to impart
knowledge Of the alphabet, by the ex-
elusive use Of the Old dreary monoeon-
aes iisan A-B.C chiect iesa,ns
Be added % the exercise by ali meanss II
viii shorten the time necessary for the
by at least one half Bateman's
Report, Illinois.
Year: 1861

A correspondent of the Bristol Times
draws attention to method employed in
Russia TO prevent the disease. Professor
BoIlman of St. Petersburg planted some
potatoes which had been accidentally
dried near a stove till they were so great
" shrivelIed that it was thought they
would be quite useless for seed. They
grew, however, and while all the other
potatoes in the neighborhood were much
diseased. these remained sound. The
professor afterwards adopted the princi-
pie of drying his seed potatoes at high
temperature. and the plan has never fail
ed. His example was followed by a
number of other persons, with the same
success; and on many estates drying
houses have now been built to carry on
the process. 1t is said that the progress
ef the disease on pototoes partially at
tackled is completely checked by the heat,
The experiment is very simple, and it has
this adsantage-it may be tested without
trouble or loss.
Year: 1861

Many farmers are deferred from at
tempting to produce very early vegeta-


bles, by an erroneous idea that the max.


ing of a hot bed is a complicated and a


difficult operation, while il is Just as SIM
pie as making bill of corn. Every man


who has garden, Of whatever size, if


he will once try the experiment of MAX


ing hot-bed. viii, we venture to pre-
dict, find the task 50 easy, and the resu Il
SO satisfactory, ihas he will never forego
the luxury afterwards. All that is ne
cessary is to make pile Of horse ma
nure two and half feet thick, with the
top sloping a little to the South, then sci
rough frame made of four boards nail
ed together at the corners, upon the bed
of manure, fill the frame with six inches
of garden soil and cover with window
glass. Any old. window will answer the
purpose, but it is better to have the bars
of the sash run only. one way, and to
have glass laid in the manner Of shin
giles.


The best plan to force tomatoes and
cabbages which may be transplanted from
the hot-bed to the open air without any
trouble. We have removed tomatoes in
blossom and had them all to live. If Gu
cunlbers or melons are forced, they sho'd
be planted in hower-pots, and in trans
planting them YOU turn the pot over upon
your hand and give it a gentle thump,
when the earth comes out in a solid lump
and the roots are not hurt in the least.
While the plants are growing, they must
be watered frequently, and on warm days
the sash should be raised few inches TO
give the plants air. We have found the
growing of plants under glass, from
small hot-bed, four feet by six, up to
large grapery for raising the Black Ham
burg and Frontignac grapes, the most
of horticultural operations.
Having the control of the climate bothin
heat and moisture, the plants can be
made to grow with vigor which they
rarely, if ever, exhibit in the open air
A hot-bed should be made from four to
six weeks before the time for planting
Scientific finer ican.
Year: 1861

Mrs. Jane Weaver, in PetersOn's s Mag
azine, gives the following way to do it:


Transfer paper is certainly the most
easy and convenient method if it cannot
be purchased, it can always be made In
the following manner: Take a sheet of
thin writing paper, and with a piece of
wadding or flannel rub il all over with a
little sweet oil, carefully removing any
superfuity on the surface of the paper /;
then rub on to this oiled paper little col
or, either light or dark, according to the
color Of the material on which the work
is 10 be executed; if a dark cloth, for IN
stance, little chrome yellow is the best /;
if a light drab or any pale color, a little
common blue makes the lines perfectly
visible. This color must also be well rub
bed into the paper, so that none shall be
left on the surface. When the paper is
thus prepared, place it on the material and
lay over it the pattern to be transferred,
and with an ivory knitting-needle or
stilletto trace the outline of the pattern,
which will be found to be transferred TO
the material with perfect distinctness, if
properly managed.
Year: 1861

A NEW L1TCHFlELD COUNTY CoMpANY- The advertisement of Col. Brady will be found in

 our advertising column. We predict that this Will be the best company yet formed from this noole county twill certainly be the best drilled company from this county; it will be well taken care of and provided for in every respect, since, wna'ever may be the charges preferred against ool' brady by defunct authority, there has never been anything prooen against his ability as an olhcer' Or skill as a tactician. Recruits will receive pay from the time of their enlistment and pay for transportation.
Year: 1861

HENRY BLUM, .....................PRO
TTyHE UNDERSIGNED TAKES THIS OCCASION TO


inform his friends and the public generally that he
has just opened the above New Saloon, where he will al
ways be pleased and wait upon those who favor
him with their presence


The House has been refitted and newly furnished in
splendid style. Two of Phelans best Billiard Tables
have been put up for the accommodation of his patrons
1t is the intention to make this Saloon avorte place
of resort for those who wish to spend few hours in
quiet and well conducted place, where can be had the
best Cigars, Liquors, Lunch and attention.


The Billiard and Reading Room is superior to any in
this city. Tfeb16-47l ii. BLUM.
Year: 1861

CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO A LARGE
i stock of Goods not usually brought into this market
70 enumerate which would be impossible All are in
yed to call and inspect my stock at the San Andreas
Drug, Book and Variety Store