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Year: 1869

THE following maxims or rules of action
might, if strictly observed, go far to in
crease the happiness, or, at least, to
diminish the inquietudes and miseries OF
life:


Observe inviolably truth in your words
and integrity in your actions.


Accustom yourself to temperance and
be master of your passions.


Be not too much out of humor with the
world; but remember it is world of
Gods creating, and however sadly it is
marred with wickedness and folly, yet you
have found in it more comforts than
calamities, more civilities than affronts,
more instances of kindness toward you
than of cruelty.


Try to spend your time usefully both to
yourself and others.


Never make an enemy nor lose friend
unnecessarily.


Cultivate such a habitual cheerfulness
of mind and eyenness of temper, as not to
be ruffied by turmoil, inconvenience, and
crosses.


Be ready to heal breaches in friendship,
and to make Differences, and shun litiga-
ton yourself as much as possible, for he
is an ill ll-calculator that does not perceive
that one amicable settlement is better than
two law suits.


Be it rather your ambition to acquit
yourself well in your proper station than
to rise above il.


Despise not small honest gains, and do
not risk what you have on the delusive
prospect of sudden riches. If you are in
comfortable thriving way keep in it. and
abide your own. calling rather than run
the chance of another. In word, mind
10 use thesworld as not abusing it," and
probably you will find as much comfort in
il as is most fit for frail being who is
merely journeying through it toward an
immortal abode.
Year: 1869

A MEMBER of large mercantile firm


recently gave bit of his early experience
| in this wise:


"I was seventeen years old when lefl


the country store had tended for three


years, and came to Boston in search of a
place. Anxious, of course, to appear to


the best advantage, spent an unusual
| amount of time and solicitude upon my
toilet; and when it was completed, sur


veyed my reflection in the glass with no
little satisfaction; glancing lastly and
| most approvingly upon seal-ring which
embellished my little finger, and my cane,


a very fine affair, which purchased with
direct reference to this occasion. NV first
days experience was not encouraging;
traversed street after street-up one side
and down on the Other-without success


fancied, toward the last the clerks all


knew my business the moment / entered


the door, and they winked ill-naturedly at


my discontinue as passed out But ma
ture endowed me with good degree of
persistency, and the next day started
again. Toward noon / entered store


where an elderly gentleman stood talking
with a lady by the door. waited till the
visitor had left, and then stated my er-
rand. mo, sir, was the answer, given
in peculiarly crisp and decided man.
ner. Possibly / looked the discourage
ment began to feel; for he added in
kindlier tone, Are you good at taking
a hint? Il dont't know, answered /, while
my face flushed painfully. What wish
to say is this said he, smiling at my en-
barrassment; 'ifI I were in want of clerk,
| would not engage young man who
came seeking employment with fancy
ring on his finger and swinging fancy
cane For moment mortified vanity
struggled against common sense, but sense
got the victory, and replied-with rather
shaky voice, I am afraid-'I am very
much obliged to you, and then beat 8
hasty retreat As soon as got out of
sight, slipped the ring into my pocket,
and walking rapidly to the Worcester de-
pot, l left the cane in charge of the bag
gage-master, until called for 1t is there
now, for aught / know. At any rate, 1
never called for it. That afternoon OBJ
tanned a situation with the firm of which
/ am now partner. How much my un-
fortunate finery had injured my prospects
the previous day l shall never know but
/ never think of the old gentleman and
his plain dealing without feeling, as told
him at the time, very much obliged to
him "
Year: 1869

weariness. It has been company in soli
tude; it has soothed our nerves and given
refreshment and strength. Very humble
skill will serve to reproduce a leaf or a
flower; and the work pays for itself If
only one learns by it the infinite beauty
of nature, and comes nearer to God by
seeing how inimitable are His works, one
gains by it. s8l


Finally, every good husband should try
to make his wife have some resource of
this kind, and every wife should do the
same for her husband. Don't infringe on
each others little Saturday afternoon
reverence each others pet pleasures.


We heard once of thrifty husband
who plowed in his wife's little flower
garden, because he thought it a waste of
time. We have seen a wife impatient OF
the botanic specimens, bugs or butterflies,
that Uttered husband S study. Weknew
good, conscientious mother who tumbled
her sons mineralogic cabinet into dark
garret. None of these people were either
cruel or bad hearted, but they had never
considered the sacred right of every hu-
man being to play-spell.


Let us all see to it that we let every one
have their own Saturday afternoon. Life
is not so very long at the best, and bit
of pure pleasure is not thing to be
despised.-HearM and Home.
Year: 1869

HAVE in my possession white (nearly
true bred) Angora tom cat, about four Oh
five years old, which being great pet is
in the habit of sleeping in my bedroom,
and is let out every morning as soon as the
servants arc up, about seven o'clock. One
morning, some three weeks ago, having
been at a ball the night before, was
sleepy, and did not hear the servants, or
the cat scratching as he usually did, at the
door. There is bellrope at the bed head,
near the door. The cat, finding his scratch
ing of no use, must have stood up on his
hind legs (for the rope is some distance
from the ground) and caught at this AT
all events he pulled the bell with such a
clash that l heard it; the maid of course
came. ft....


This was probably accidental, but the
curious thing is he has rung the bell every
morning since, and on more than one occa-
sion twice when the first pull has failed
1t is a considerable effort for him to do so,
as he has to stretch up at full length q
watched him without his being aware j he
then gets the tassel between his paws and
lets himself down with all his weight and
generally clashes the bell so that it is heard
over the house.-Ldnd and Water.
Year: 1869

AT late hour on Saturday evening, a
young couple arrived here from Lebanon,
Ill, having travelled the whole distance on
foot. They went Immediately to Justice
Jecko's office, but found it closed. They
then engaged separate rooms at Barnum's 8,
and waited rather impatiently for the
dawning of Sunday morning.


The name of the young man was John
Charles Tiedeman, and that of the lady,
Miss Pauline Betzler. The story of their
adventures is somewhat romantic. Tiede-
men is German, and has been raised from
beyhood by the father of Pauline, who es-
tecmed him very highly. Although reared
together, the young couple only recently
discovered that they were desperately in
love with each other. The old man wished
to unite his young and beautiful daughter
to man of wealth living near Lebanon,
and then it was that the seal of the blind
god was broken, and the young people
discovered that they could not live apart.
Tiedeman, after worrying his brain for
many nights and days in endeavoring to
extricate himself from the meshes of tove,
concluded at last to go boldly before the
old man and demand his daughter for a
wife. Mr. Betzler would not listen to
anything of the kind, but Indignantly re-
fused to give the girl to her lover. John
Charles was not dismayed by this refusal
he had heard of cruel parents and loving
daughters, and knew that he could rely
upon Pauline in any emergency. Finding
that the consent of the old man could not
be obtained, the lovers determined to work
out their own destiny without it.


On Saturday morning when Mr.. Betzler
awoke, he was astonished at the disappear.
ance of Pauline, and John Charles. He
waited and waited, but they did not show
themselves, and he concluded they had
eloped. He started for st. Louis, but in
large city it was difficult to find two peo-
pie who were disposed to hide from him.
He waited until the next morning, when he
started out with the firm determination to
annihilate John Charles at first sight He
took walk in the Lafayette park ON Sun
day morning, and the beauty of the place
somewhat modified his feelings and soft
ened his heart. In promenading around
the park, who should he meet but Pauline
and John Charles sauntering arm in arm
and engaged in low and earnest converse
tion. The old man could not help admir-
ing the handsome couple, and thinking
they were well suited to each other, in-
stead of blowing out John Charles brains,
he spoke to him kindly, and in few min
utcs the quarrel was made up, and the old
man agreed to the marriage. They went
before justice Jecko, and in a few minutes
the ceremony was over. The justice was
so much pleased with the handsome young
bride, that for the first time in the course
of his official existence he bestowed a kiss
upon her blushing cheek, which .blushed
still deeper at the conclusion. The old
man was highly pleased at the happy Urn
affairs had taken, and the three returned
to Lebanon in high glee.-S. Louis Demo
crdf
Year: 1869

the moon so clamly gliding through the


stars above me, ] fell Into kind of stuDor,
and can distinctly remember repeating
scraps of verses totally unconnected with
each other. From this state, 1 was aroused
by the loud note of some night bird, prob


ably an owl, and found my arms very stiff
from holding on to the root; while my


legs felt like weights of lead suspended be-


meath me. While trying to change my


position, l fancied l heard the gurgling


sound of running water, and that not far
off listened intently, and found it was


no fancy. Water was evidently running


into the pool, and saw by the root was
cfinging to that the water had risen some


inches GB guim =,


A cheering hope sprang up within me,
as it flashed across my mind that the tide
must be rising, and that the pool must
have an outlet into the river. 7egy ~


The thought infused new life into me,
and struck out in the direction of the
sound. Then, to my intense joy, saw
distinctly, in the clear moonlight, that the


water was streaming in fast through
several small inlets and pouring in quietly
and steadily, through one of the bitches
had previously swan up. I knew that if
the tide rose another foot or eighteen
inches, could, by treading water FAST


spring up so high as to be able to catch
hold of the top of the bank, and 80 swing
myself up. l knew also that the water
could not possibly begin to flow into the
bog pools until 1t was. nearly high tide.
Returning to my resting place, watched
anxiously, the prospect of speedy deliver
ance banishing all weariness Tie
water continued to pour in steadily.
and in greater volume. The dawn
was now breaking, and / had not
much longer to wait. The water had
ceased flowing, and the bank in one
place was barely five feet above the water.
Taking long breath, I let myself sink
low, and then treading water as strongly
and quickly as possible, threw half my
body above the surface of the pool, and
caught the top with one hand. Before the
soft earth had time to crumble beneath my
weight, had obtained firmer grasp with
the other hand, and in another moment
with eager gasps the fresh air of the morn
ing.


The white haze was rapidly clearing
away, and through it l saw five or six
men hurrying towards me.


have a confused idea of being helped
to my lodgings, and of afterwards telling
my adventure to many eager questiOners.


The soaking had had, and the expose
ure to the unhealthy mists which rise from
the morass in the night, caused an illness
for time, but the effects soon wore of.


The heron is stuffed, and adorns my
cabinet, unconscious of the revenge which
overlook its distroyer.-CAd Chambers Journal.
Year: 1869

AT a large mandatory OF jewelry IN
New Jersey two young men were once
working in the same room and earning
equal wages. A foreman being required
for that department one of the two re-
ceived the appointment. Six months al
ter he rose to be foreman ofthe whole fac
tory. While he was holding this position
one of the two members of the firm sud-
denly died, and the remaining partner,
soon finding the cares of sole proprietor
ship too heavy, called his young foreman
to a partnership in the business. Only
three months afterward has unexpected
death left sole owner and manager the
Young man only eighteen months before
a humble journeyman. His former work
fellow still tolls at the same table, jour
newman still, envying his fortunate shop
mate, and cursing his own miserable
luck"


Yet, in fact, "luck" had nothing to do
with it. The different fortunes of the two
men are fully accounted for by their
characters. Both were strictly sober,
skillful, and industrious. But one was
,eacAfM of his employers i,sterest, the
other careless. One was in the habit OF
leaving work day as often as'he chose;
the other was ever at his post, no matter
what picnics, parades, ball-matches, or
target -shootings took place. One dropped
his tools on the instant of the six o'clock
whistle, the other stayed to finish his job
One refused to do overwork when orders
were pressing, because 50 he wouldn't be
imposed upon" the other was always
willing to do whatever he was called upon
to do. He won his promotion by giving
his whole heart to his trade. Deyoting
himself to the business as thoroughly as
though it were his own, he made it his
own


1 His history reminds Us of the saying of
an old shepherd to the boy who COM
planned that his companion had left him
to tend the sheep alone, "Never mind,
my boy, if you watch the sheep, you'll
win the WOO" Seest thou man dill
gent in his BUSINESS. He shall stand be-
fore kings, he shall not stand before mean
men, wrote the wise man of olden time.


Boys, don't be afraid of work, don't
talk too much Of your rights, and think
too little Of your duties. Whether your
place is on the farm or in the factory, be-
hind the counter or the desk, falthfulness
There will be round in the ladder lliting
you higher.-Amsrican AarieuItursst.
Year: 1869

CONCERNING this very important opera
tion the New York Observer says:


In the days of Puritan grandmothers
no girl was considered fit to receive pro-
posals of marriage until she could make a
good hemlock broom; but in these later
times many young lady not only offers
herself in the matrimonial market, but
absolutely gets married, and undertakes to
manage her house, without knowing how
to use a broom that some one else has
made. We have seen broom used so un-
skillfully that one would think the person
engaged in using il was endeavoring to
transfer the dust from the floor to the fur
niture.


1t requires some science, or at least skill,
to use a broom well. To do this skillfully,
the handle should incline forward and not
back If the top of the broom nclines for
ward beyond the part next the floor, it
will prevent much of the dust from rising
into the air, and will carry it along by a
gentle sliding motion toward the place
where il is to be disposed of If, on the
other hand, the handle of the broom in
clines backward, the dust is sent in the air
by kind of jerk, to the detriment oil
everything in the apartment. More than
this, it wears off the threads of the car
pet quicker, Injuries the paint more, If the
floor is interpreted, and destroys the
broom sooner than if the sweeping is done
in rational way. A brush of bristlcs is
always better to sweep carpet, as It is
less liable to "kick up dust" or to injure
the texture of the carpet.


A WRITER, giving "Notes of Tour IN
China" dwells on the great difficulty of
learning the Chinese language, from its
hieroglyphic characters ard legion of dia-
lccts and tones. The speaker may have
the right word, but unless he gives the
right tone, he either says nothing or says
probably the opposite of what he intended.
A missionary, on one occasion, when
preaching, wished to say "God is angry
with sin" To his utter astonishment, the
whole congregation jumped TO their feet.
He had got the right word; but, minus the
tone, the word meant "Stand upP On
another occasion the preacher wished to
say, Idols shall be utterly abolished ;
but, not giving the right tone, he found TO
his CONSERVATION that he had actually de-
clared, Idols are absolutely necessary
In India where there is no such difficulty
absurd blunders are made. Who has moi
heard OF the Bengal missionary who meant
Ia preach from the text, Il am the Light
of the world" but substituted aloo (potatol
10 Glo (light)g The writer once heard !
missionary by an error of aspirate declare
that "St. Paul made a monkey"
Year: 1869

looked up 10 the SKY, IN Wh1Cn the twilight
was fast giving place to the moonlight, and
across which the clouds were merrily
driving before the evening breeze and
then l looked at the black and Shiny walls
which hemmed me in, and felt as though
1 were about to scream with terror. From
my childhood, I have always had horror
of confinement of any kind. l have felt
strangely uncomfortable when 1 have been
persuaded into exploring a cave, or when
have been shown through prison. This
feeling felt now more strongly than the
fear of drowning. To die hemmed in by
those gloomy walls would be terrible.


To add to the weirdness, hollow boom
ing sound, almost amounting to roar, ran
through the quivering bog, intensified to
me, no doubt, by my imprisonment in the
heart Of the moss. This, though / had
never heard it before, knew to be the
note of the bittern. During the night, it
was repeated several times, and anything
more weird and dismal it would be hard TO
imagine.


1 had not as yet thought of shouting,
but now did so till / was hoarse. The
only answer was the eerie scream of the
curlew. The improbability of any one
being near enough to hear me 30 late,
struck me, and desisted from the useless
labor. The stiffness was intense, broken
only at rare intervals by the bittern or
curlew. How long clung to the branch,
l do not know. Fortunately the water
was not cold. The clouds had cleared
away, and the moon, near the full, shone
brightly. Had it been dark, my courage
must have given way, and should most
probably have sunk. But as it was, I can
not say that Iquite despaired of a rescue in
some way or other. II ] could only hold
out till morning, some one might con-
jectured, come for the purpose of carrying
away the turf sods, and might see my coat
and gun, which would lead them to, a
search. had not much hope in any
search from the village; had started in
the direction of the cliffs, my fayorite even
ing haunt, and fancied that would be the
direction the searchers would take. As
the night wore on-oh, so slowly-with
Year: 1869

Having this late date made arrangements for manufacturing
limited supply Of these machines desire every farmer IN TINS
and adjoining counties know that while there one left h
should avail himself Of the first opportunity to give his order io
one for truly lucky is he who secures


FOR $65 SEEDER AND CULTlVAIOK
EQUAL TO- il not superior most Of the SO machines.
It is Good Sower and superb Cultivator. Sec


Ond to none,
With lever front for riding and in rear to use in walking
The shoves be adjusted at three angles There is no posb
ity Of breaking the machine by hcng to rocks roots
frozen ground All Kinds of Grain can be SOwn accu-
rately in Windy as well as Mild Weather. Be sure
the Wig Wan and examine this machine before you buy
Buy the Champion Of Iowa and save your money.


RANSOM BARTLE.
Jan. sth, 1869. l2S-Sm]
Year: 1869

"Many years ago, I recollect," says a
correspondent of a London paper, "a
horse bring brought into The yard OF
Joseph Bignsl, celebrated man for
keeping hunters at Croy den. The horse
was very much affected in the wind, and
could hardly move from distress. In a
very few days this animal did its regu'
lar work as hunter, with perfect ease
aud comfort to itself. Tar water was
the cure. Tar is carbon, and charcoal
is also carbon; charcoal in the powder
is more easily given than tar water.
have tiitd it with most beneficial effect,
and l think it stands TO reason that the
removal of noxious gases and fatuence
from the stomach of the horse must i'm
prove his wind and condition. Tar is
frequently given with benefit in cases OF
chronic disease of the respiratory Or
gans; but its effects are totally different
from those produced by charcoal Gear
bon.v
Year: 1869

The New York Times, a mild Radical
organ, whichis said to interpret the
Presidents Olympian mods for the in
formation of the great snwashed, takes
strong ground against the repeal of the
law creating the income tax. The Times
say Grant is pledged to the continuance
of II, and then proceeds to give its rea-
sons why itshould be. One of the Times
arguments is that we are all too flush of
funds, and that little hard times, NOR.
ally and financially, would do us all
good. This is rich, coming upon the
desolation of the war. Hard times may
be needed in New York to check the
Wall.street swindles, the custom-bouse
frauds, the pernicious examples of the
Beechers, and the extravaganza and
aping of aristocracy by the shoddies;
but away out here, far from the iguoble
strife of the pandemonium of specula
tion and licentiousness, hard times are
not needed to purify the moral and
financial atmosphere.
Year: 1869

Harrison, to do anything for themselves.
You do Us injustice. We did not know
that McGinniss was candidate, as he
was only brought out few days before
the election, and the man who was sent
from Lewisburg to apprise Us Of the
fact, did not do his duty-and as gen.
tleman in Lewisburg, who had hereto
fore been known as prominent Demo.
crate wrote to McBarlow Uiberal CAN
didate for the House,) that Humphreys
was running on the "let up" platform,
he received the entire Democratic, Con-
servative and Republican vote. Some
tickets were sent here from Lewlsburg
with the names of James Scott for the
Senate and Charles Morrison for the
House on them, and as it was known
that Morrison was the extreme Radical
candidste, it strengthened the belief
that Humphreys was the Liberal candi-
date, as bis name was on Barlows
ticket. The reason that Humphrey s
received such a large vote in this coun-
ty, was because it was belived that he
was the Liberal candidate, so you can
see the spirit of the voters OF this
county is Conservative although only
about one fifth of the voting population
is registered.


We can scarcely realize that the days
of our oppression are about over. 1t
seems too good to be true, but hope 1t
is so. You, who can see comparatively
nothing of the working of this internal
prescription, can have no idea what we
have suffered. 1t you come out on
visit to this section next summer, extend
your visit to Pocahontas. / will be
glad to have you pay me visit and
then can show You some of the prac-
tical workings of Radicalism.
Year: 1869

1t is bad policy to move team out of
it. natural gait, especially with load.
1t is far better to put on a full load, and
even a little more, and give the horses
their own time for moving il TO it's
place of destination, than to make two
loads of it and hurry them. There is q
certain degree of rapidity of action Pc
culiar to the muse es of each class of
animals, and indeed to each individual
animal, and if they are pressed beyond
this fatigue follows quickly, while
within this limit great endurance is
witnessed.


To test this, let a man attempt to
move his arms as rapidly as bird does
its wings, or his legs in walking as
rapidly as a little boy, and see how
greatly he will become exhausted. This
will convince him of the folly of at
tempting TO make his heavy draft
horses move with the rapidity of the
pony or fast trotter. The law of nature
is that heavy bodies move more slowly.
Year: 1869

RThere are great crowds at the auc-
ton sale closing out Loecher's stock of
Toys and Holiday Goods, under Wash
ington Hall, and there is q rush for
goods at private sale. The auction will
continue every evening. Bill Haller is
the salesman, and he is good at 1t, with
his quaint sayings, and any who cannot
attend the auction in the evening will
find Connor in readiness to show them
anything in the way of goods for Christ
mas time. Allshould call at once before
it is too late.