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Year: 1867

The longer / live the more lam con-
vinced that the apothecary is Of more
importance than Seneca, and that half
the unhappiness in the world proceeds
from the little stoppages from ditch
choked up with food passing in the
wrong place from vexed duodenum on
m agitated pylorus The deception as
practised upon human creatures, is Gu
rious and entertaining. My friend sups
late he eats strong soup, then q lob
ster. then some tart, and he dilutes
these esculent varieties with wine. The
next day / call upon him. He is going
TO sell his house in London and retire
to the country. He is alarmed for his
eldest daughters health. His expenses
are hourly increasing and nothing but
q timely retreat can save him from ruin.
All this is the lobat-r and when over
excited nature has had time to manage
this testaceous encumbrance, the
daughter RECEIVERS, the finances are in
good order, and every rural idea exclu-
ded from the mind Exercise without
fatigue generous living without ex-
cess early rising and moderation in
sleep. These are the apothegms Of old
women but If they are not attended to
happiness becomes so extremely diff
cult, that very few persons can attain it.


EVERY DAY MAxIMs


Remember that every person, howev-
er low, has rights and feelings. In all
contentious let peace be rather your
object than triumph value trium ph
only as the means Of peace.


When you meet with neglect let it
arouse you 10 action instead Of morti-
Tying your pride. set about lessening
those defects which expose you TO neg
lect, and improve those excellencies
which command attention and respect.


II You desise the common people to
treat you as gentleman, you must
condnct yourself u gentleman should
TO them.


DO not attempt to frighten Children
and interiors by passion. IL does more
harm 10 your own character than it does
good 10 them. The same thing is bet
ter done by Ermness and persuasion.


Find fault when yon must find fault,
in private, il possible, and some time af-
ter the offense rather than at the time.
The blamed are less inclined to resist
when they are blamed without witness
es. Keep up the habit ofbeihg respect
ed. and do not attempt to be more
amusing and agreeable than is consist
ent with the preservation Of respect


Don't be too severe upon yourself
and your own fsslings; keep On, don't
faint, be energetic 10 the last


II you wish 10 keep your. mind clear
md BODY healthy, abstain from al fer
mentcd liquors Sydney Smith
Year: 1867

The way is dark my Father Cloud on cloud
Is gathering thickly DER my head and loud
The thuuders roar above re. See, stand
Like one bewidered Father. take my hand,


And through the gloom


Lead safely home


Thy child.
The day goes fast, my Father And my soul
Is drawing darkly down. My faithless sight
Sees ghostly visions. Fears, spectral band,
Encompass me- o Father take my hand,


And from the night


Lead upto light


Thy child.
The way is long my Father And my soul
Longs for the rest and quiet of the goal:
While yet journey through the weary land,
Keep me from wandering. Father, take my
hand


Quickly and straight


Lead to heavens gate


Thy child.
The path is rough, my Father Many thorn
Has pierced me; and my weary feet, all torn
And bleeding mark the way. Yetthy command
Bids me press forward. Father, take my hand,


Then safe and blest,


Lead up to rest


Thy child.
The throng is great my Father Many doubt
And fear and danger compass me about,
An& foes oppress me SO. cannot stand
Or go alone o Father take my hand,


And through the throng


Lead safe along


Thy child.
The cross is heavy Father have borne
II long and still do bear it, Letmy worn
And fainling spirit rise TO that blest land
Where crowns are given. Father take my hand,


And reaching down,


Lead TO the crown


Thy child.
Year: 1867

There is no one thing which helps to
establish a man character and standing
in society more than steady attendance
at church, and proper regard for tho
first day Of the week. Every head Of Q
family should 60 10 church as an exam.
pie. LoUnging on the streets and in bar
rooms on the Sabbath, is sbominsble, and
deserves censure, because j. lays The
foundation Of habits which ruin both
body and soul. Many man can dsio
The commencement Of his dissipation.
which made him a burden TO himself
and his friends. and an object Of pity in
sight of his enemies, 10 his Sunday de.
bauchery. ldeness is The mother Of
drunkenness.
Year: 1867

SACRAMENTO CITY, June l, 1866.


DR.. CHAs. II. TozER-Dear Sir You will ex-
cuse me for not writing to you sooner. You will
perhaps remember me the individual who called
on you for assistance about year ago. The roof
of my mouth had completely rotted out, and my
palate dropped down and there remained, stopping
up the passage SO that could hardly eat. You
remember you cut it out at once, which relieved me
Immediately, and | enabled to swallow my
food and in short time began to improve took
your medicine and followed your directions for
several months. You finally succeeded in stopping
the disease, saving my nose and upper lip, though
you frequently cautioned about losing it. 1
continued to improve until you finally recommends
ed me to go into the country, and before going by
your advice, / bad cast taken of my mouth IN
order that l could have plate made for me to en-
able me to speak so as to be understood, and am
now using it. Ny eternal thanks are due to you
for the perseverance and skill that you displayed
in my case and | have to thank you for your
restored health, and for my life as was very
near bleeding to death several times from the nose.
l am now in Sacramento City. enjoying good
health and shall recommend all my iriends to
call on you, should they be unfortunate as to
require assistanee and would advise all persons
to avoid certain scientific doctors in your city, for
they will send them to a land from whence no
traveller returns With my best wishes for your
success, remain, yours, &C., S.S.F.


To Dr. Chas. II. Tozer San Francisco. jnl2ly
Year: 1867

C0ME OF YOU CAN'T, AND WE PITY


~ you. You have tried every remedy but the
ONE destined, by its intrinsic merit. to supercede
all similar preparations. it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try something else after the
many experiments you have made of trashy com
pounds foised on the public as certain cure but
Year: 1867

HAVING my new Mill machinery In operation,
IL l am now prepared to fill all orders for
boited o. Unbolled Corn Meal When you want
as good as can be made, give me a call.


mar2l JOSHUA BEAL
Year: 1867

DLANTERS who have found it quite impossible
i to secure sound dry lots OF Bread or Feed
Corn, are solicited to give me call, my stock on
hand being strictly choice.


apr27 JOSHUA BEAL
Year: 1867

TREATMENT FOR A KICKING Cow.-The
following treatment of kicking COW is re-
commended BY c. l.. Tlubbs, OrOnoco, Mimi,
in letter to the New York Farmers Club
First, tie her by the head; then take a rope
the size of clothes line, and place it around
the cow, just back Of the fore legs, and tie
loosely; then put in a small stick. Now
commence milking, and when the COW kicks,
twist up the rope, and renew the twisting
process every time she kicks. You will
soon have it tight enough so that she can
not raise her hind foot more than four in
ches from 10 ground; when she stand,
quiet, loosen up'a little A few doses oil
this viii cure a COW so we'll that she may be
MIXED anywhere in the yard without kick
ing.
Year: 1867

THE SULTAN A REFoRMER.-It expands
mems minds sometimes to go away from
home Il seems to have been so with the
Sultan, for on his return home be declared
to his Grand Vizier that the reception he
had met in foreign lands strengthened his
desire to insure the impartial protection of
all his subjects 81 feel,' said he, "that
have sacred debt to discharge. l am also
anxious that public instruction progress,
that our facilities of communicating with
other nations be extended, and that our
national forces be thoroughly organized and
our credit improved'
Year: 1867

PERSEVERANCE is the secret Of success
in trade, as in everything else The man
who wishes to prosper in business must
make up his mind in the first place to ac,
complsh whatever he undertakes, and, when
he decides on some particular employment,
to persevere in it. Diligence and assiduity
will overcome all difficulties.
Year: 1867

THE Cleveland merchants have formed an
Association to guard against losses by the
credit system. A man who is "poor pay
will be able to obtain no credit, and raid
is also to be made on the peddlerS and
hucksters, who pay no rent or taxes, and
are thereby able to cut down prices.
Year: 1867

Mr.. D, who is d man of considerable
wealth, had an acre Of buckwheat which,
while in blossom, was often visited by the
bees of neighbor. Thinking that he was
imposed on by this state of affairs, he called
and presented claim for damages to his
neighbor, who could not get rid of the troub>
lesome Mr. D without first agreeing
to pay him two cents per month pasturage
for each hive of bees
Year: 1867

THE shoe manufacture, it is said, differs
according to the locality of the market for
which they are destined. A broad shoe,
wide in the shank, is best adapted to the
Eastern trade, a narrow sole meeting with
little favor. The Middle States require
smaller shoes and higher in the instep ban
the New England people. The instep grows
higher as We proceed southwark, aud the
foot shorter and more plump.
Year: 1867

A judge of the Bankruptcy Court in Buff
falo rejected petition on the ground of
"illegible writing" and upon receiving a
letter from a prominent lawyer on the mat
ter, replied that if the rejected petition had
been as badly scrawled as the epistle in
question, he should have committed the
author for CONTEMPT.
Year: 1867

How To SELECT CHOICE Cows FOR MILK.
Cows with q small head, slim neck, horns,
legs and tail, big feet, two small teats on
the back of the bag in addition to the four
that are to be MIXED, with wide strip, or
what l think is some times termed~the
feather, that is to be found on COWS above
the upper part of the bag behind. 1t will
be noticed that some of our deepest mixers
have feather that is full three inches wide,
with very large, what is called milk hole
in the milk vein, the larger the better, for
the greater will be the flow of milk, and of
better or superior article. As for richness
and favor, the cream of all such mixers
will churu much quicker, and make very
yellow butter. In this country much inns
provement is possible in this respect, and
would commend the subject to the notice
of our dairymen, that calves may be selects
ed that will make very deep mixers, before
they are able 10 stand alone. If it is des~
irable to raise calves that will make good
mixers, raise all calves that have six good
sized teats that are apart, as all such calves
make the very best of mixers. Many hand
some red heifer calves arc raised on. account t
of color more than any thing else, that do
not make very good mixers. l am for
raising calves that will make the best milk
ers, no matter what the color may be if it
is rot calves all of one color, that is, pure
white, for they some times make cows that
will give an uncommon large mess of milk
that has not much richness.
Year: 1867

"a HAIN AIhhHH
Il IS IN TRUTH Family Medicine and should be kept
IN every family tor immediate use. Persons travel
my should always have bottle Of this remedy with
them IL Is not unfrequently the case that persons
are attacked with disease and before medical aid can
oe procured tho patient s beyond the hope Of frecov-
cry. Captains Of vessels should always snpplv them
selves with few bottles of this remedy before leav-
ing port as by doing 20 they will be in possession Of
an invaluable remedy to resort to in case of accident
or sudden attacks OF sickness. 1t has heen used in


SEVERE CASES OF CHOLERA
and never has failed in a single case where IL was
thoroughly applied on the first appearance Of the
symptoms.


To those who have 50 long used and proved the
merits OF our article, we will say that will contin-
to prepare our PAS KILLER Of the best and purest
materials, and that it shall be in every way worthy
Of 'eeir appreciation a family medicine.


2-ly PERRY DAVIS & SON,


Manufactnrers and Proprietors. Proxidence r. l.
Year: 1867

THE EAST RIVER Ice BRIpsK-rhe New
York papers, whilst they make a great clatter
about the people being able 10 cross the East
river, between New York and Brooklyn, on
the Ice, are al the same time full OF warnings
70 the people not 70 venture too much IL ap-
pears that two ladies crossed over this way on
"wednesday. The tide OF the east river is
strong and swift, and when q thaw breaks the
Ice IL is feared that hundreds may be drowned !.
Crossing that river on the ice is described by
the World as most s.eriminally rash"
Year: 1867

The destruction OF the Long Bridge" and
the railroad bridge adjoining it, cuts of all
immediate communication with Virginia, eI-
cept by way of the aqueduct bridge. The
river is ice-bound. Steamboats, cannot run
Even if the river were so clear Of ice as to
permit the regular ferry.boats to run to
Alexandria they would not be able to meet
tenth part of the demand that would be
made upon them. To reconstruct the Long
Bridge as il ought to be done for safe travel
would cost at least half million Of dollars.
1t will not do to patch it up" Human life
is too precious to warrant resort to such
mean course.


1t is very fortunate, in the present emer-
gency, therefore, that there exists the old
"Aqueduct Bridge" extending over the Po-
tomac from Georgetown to Virginia. 1t was
built upon solid granite, thirty years ago,
and is as good to-day as ever. tits the only
present means Of communication with the
residents over the river This being the fact,
it is fortunate that it is structure based
upon q solid foundation, and built, as stated
above, out OF material which would, if neces-
sary, safely bear q superstructure upon it
sufficient for driveway that would accom-
modate all the travel that has heretofore en-
ployed the rckety old Long Bridge"


We learn that the proprietors, or lessees
of the Aqueduct bridge, have already ten
dered the use Of it to the Government for
military and postal service, free of charge.


Money enough has already been expended
upon the " Long Bridge" which is really
located in the widest part Of the river, to
raise public travel way which shall rest
equally upon the banks of this District and
Virginia, to be of brick, stone or iron, as
substantial and magnificent as any bridge
that spans any river on the globe. We have
had the facilities and means for doing this,
but have preferred to waste the public money
on contractors and jobbers, without either
artistic taste or means to execute faithfully
the work in which they were engaged. But
enough of this to-day. Let the great river
be spanned, and let us be thankful that the
Aqueduct Bridge still exists, and stands like
Gibraltar in the Potomac.
Year: 1867

Here is a letter from a wife in
Massachusetts, to her husband in
California. She don't intend going
through tho world with the blues !:


"MY DEAR HUsDAND-As it is
now some time since you left for
California, l suppose you would be
glad to hear how we are getting
along in your absence. / am happy
to say We arc enjoying very good
health on the whole. Just at pre-
sent two of the boys have got the
small po1; Amanda Jane has got
the typhus feavcr; Samuel got
hooked by a coy the other day, and
little Peter has just chopped of
three of bis fingers with a hatchct.
1t is mercy be didn't chop them
all of. With these trifling excep-
tions. we are all we'll and getting
along nicely.


"You needn't be ct all anxious
about US. l almost forgot to say
that Matilda eloped last week With
a tin pedlar. Poor girl She has
been waiting for chance, and I'm
glad she's married at last. She
needn't have taken the trouble to
elope though, for I'm sure l was
glad enough to have her 60. She
was a great eater, and l find baked
beans don't 60 off near so fast as
they did. The way the girl could
dip into pork and beans was eau.
tion to the rest Of the family. The
cow took it into her head to run
away, which was very fortunate
am sure, for the barn caught fire
last night and was consumed. l was
in hopes the house would 60 too, for
it's inconvenient but the wind was
the wrong way, go it did not receive
much injury. Some boys broke into
the orchard the other day and strip
ped all the fruit trees. l am very
glad Of it, for if they hadn't, I pre-
sumo the children would have made
themselves ill.,
Year: 1867

LIFE AND ITS END.-Remcmbor
for what purpose you were born, and
through the whole of life, look at its
end. Consider when that comes, in
what you put your trust. Not in
the bubble of worldly vanity-it
will be broken; not in worldly pleas
ures-it will be gone; not in worldly
connections-they cannot serve you;
not in rankin the grave there is
no distinction; not in the recollec-
objections Of a life spent in giddy
conformity to the silly fashions of a
thoushtless and wicked world; but
trust in life spent sobcrly, right
eously and wisely, in tho present
world.
Year: 1867

From the Albany Evening Journal.


Wheat has already reached this
city from New York; and it will 60
farther west as soon as it can be
forwarded. A number of cargoes
have been received from California
by wAy of Liverpool and large
quantities are going west from Buf-
falo ha


This anomalous fact is the result
of the excessive shipments from the
west last autumn, stimulated by the
high prices of that period. It haa
been aggravated. also. by the i'm:
lnense quantities Of wheat injured
since the close Of navigation at
several Of the large western depots,
and by the additional fact that the
excessively wet weather, during
last September. greatly curtailed
the breadth Of land usually devoted
to the culture Of winter wheat in
several Of the vast wheat regions OF
the west.


This back action" Of trade,
however, will be only to very
limited extent. and for very brief
period. 1t is the concurrent testi-
mony Of every one who has visited
the west within the past fortnight,
that the winter wheat never looked
more promising, and that the de-
ficieucy in the fall sowing has been
much more than made up this spring.
In some parts of Michigan. where
"spring wheat" is seldom seen, it
will this year constitute more than
one half the crop.


Besides, the snowy winter and
the cold backward spring, have been
just what was needed to put the
wheat fields in the best possible
condition.
Year: 1867

The reason why SO many marria-
gcs occur Immediately after great
war, is that bachelors become SO
accustomed to strife that they learn
to like it, and after the return of
peace, they enlist in matrimony, as
the next thing to war.-Exchange.


Not bit of it. 1t is because
they get so used to having earns
around them,' that they can't sleep
without hem.-Prescott Journal.


Not quite right yet. 1t is because
they are thoroughly drilled in the
art of presenting arms to their
superiors. La Crosse Republican.


We've hit it now. 1t is because
they have become expert in the art
of taking breastworks. LA Crosse
Republican.
Year: 1867

A CoLD, WET SUMNER. R.--French
scientific men predict that the sum-
mer Of 1867 will be cold and wet
like that of last year. They base
the prediction on the fact that i'm
mense masses of ice have broken, or
are to break away from the extreme
north, producing cold and vapor.
Year: 1867

A Coon MINING DIsTRIcT.-Experience
miners inform us that there is ground enough
in the vicinity of Roaring River and the
forks of Cottonwood to furnish mining claims
for five hundred men for an indefinite mum
Der of years. Many of the bars, benches and
flats along these streams are either entirely
unprospected or very little worked, and the
general impression is that they all contain
gold in paying quantities. Last winter Peter
Larkin located a claim on bar on Roaring
River, erected hydraulic apparatus upon
it, and is now taking out from fifteen to
twenty dollars per day. A company have
lately put in a wing dam on the Middle Fork
of Cottonwood and are washing gravel which
prospects bit to the pan. Miners in search
of employment are directed to this promising
locality.
Year: 1867

INDIANs.-We have several times of late
alluded to the nuisance of having 50 many
Diggers prowling about the town, many of
whom never work or lose on opportunity to
steal. Drunkenness is also becoming COM
mon among them, and staggering bucks,
threatening to kill, burn and destroy, are
often observed about the suburbs of the town.
During the progress of the trial of the Indians
Doc and jim, for the murder Of the China.
man All Gap, number of Indians threaten
ed to burn up the town in case the murderers
were hung. Such a state of affairs should
not be allowed to exist, and these miserable
vagabonds should be driven entirely out Of
this vicinity.
Year: 1867

On the announcement of the murder of
lsham Harris, at Buckeye, on the 4th, nearly
the whole neighborhood came to the conclu-
sion as to who perpetrated the deed. Sus-
pician at once fixed upon one Peter Little as
being the guilty party, although no direct
proof could be cited to substantiate such a
charge. 1t appears, however, that Little,
who is described as sullen, morose and
vindctive man, had quarrel with Harris
some time ago, after which he was heard to
say that he intended to kill two men who
lived at Buckeye, and then leave the coun-
try. Some time previous to the murder of
Harris, Little sold out his mining claim, and
apparently made preparations to leave but
he still fingered around his old haunts, and
was seen almost daily strolling over the hills
in the vicinity of his cabin, and always car
rying double barreled shot gun on his
shoulder. Therefore, when Harris was found
brutally murdered, in the locality where
Little was in the habit of prowling, and the
wounds showed plainly the kind of weapon
used to accomplish the bloody deed, every
man in Buckeye fully believed that Little had
perpetrated the murder. A Coroner's in.
quest was held over Harris remains, and
everybody in the neighborhood attended the
examination and funeral, except Little, who
kept away Naturally enough, everybody
stood in awe of him, and many felt fearful
lest they might be the second victim whom
he had singled out to kill. Various PROPOSE
tions were privately discussed among the
neighbors as to the best course to pursue in
order to insure their safety, and rid the
neighborhood of the presence of the supposed
murderer, lut it seemed impossible to hit
upon any definite and satisfactory plan. Af-
fairs continued thus until one evening last
week, when several persons in the vicinity
were startled by noise and confusion in the
direction of Little's cabin, and by hearing
some person cry out: sob, don't for
Gods sake, let me go!' No one ventured
near the spot from whence the noise pro-
ceeded, and nothing more was heard during
the night. The most mysterious feature of
the affair is that Little has not been seen
since the night alluded to, and no one about
Buckeye appears to take any further interest
as to his whereabouts. The probabilities arc
that he has paid his last poll tax
Year: 1867

ArrENTIoN.-The attention of Clerks and


Judges of election in the different precincts
of the county is called to the necessity of
enrolling the names of all qualified voters
upon the-poll lists, previous to the 5th of
August. All persons not enrolled at the
expiration of that time will be excluded from


voting at the next election. Let every Union
man in the county see to it that bis name is
entered on the poll list of the precinct where
I he resides.