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Year: 1865

that of the North; and with this bar-
moni zing of the social condition of the
entire country will come harmoniza-
ton Of sympathies and aims, both in
common life and in the high destiny
of tn G nation. Chagrin over final de-
feat will melt away rapidly in the
general intercourse and common la
bors of those Of both sections in the
same field, as soon as the inevitable
and sple ndid results of such labors
shall be in process Of realization and
animositics, except in the hearts of the
few who can no longer lord it with an
aristocratic will, will no more rankle
in tho sensibilities Of those who will
then perceive that they have fought
against their own and country's inter.
ests, than to day ranklc in the breasts
OF pickets who exchange tobacco for
coffee before Richmond. In little
more than eleven years the centenary
Of the Declaration of Independence
and the birth of the United States will
be celebrated by the rising and Joyous
country with such heartfelt and en-.
thusiastic expression as was never ex
cited before by our Nations anniver-
sary. Many Of the sad effects of the
war will then have passed entirely
away. Many effects that now scom to
be almost ineXcusable in their severi-
ty, will then provo to have been most
acceptable blessings. Desolation on
tho devastated tracts will have given
place to aourishing markct-places,
that under the fresh impulse of more
earnest ideas and endeavors will have
sprung up in the midst of fields Of
more varied and bountiful abundance
The high seas everywhere will then
again shine with the white sails of our
expanding and reinvigorating com
morce. Talent from every section, re-
infused with the stirring spirit Of pat
riotism, will SIT once more in council
in the Senate Chamber, but no longer
vexcd with the miserable element that
has hitherto been our political distur.
bance. Good feeling and graceful
courtisies will be restored, and be ex.
changed with more kindly and warm.
er emotions with tho return Of q deer
relief, q new content, and the reap


pearance of plenty in the invaded ter
ritory, General harmony will be re
established everywhere over the land
The leign of William and Mary il
Great Britain did not experience ;
more cordial and general CO operation
of all classes and factions after the civ
il war that brought Charles [. to thu


block, and that still threatened during
the reign of James H., than the admin


istration that shall govern this country
on the 4th of July, 1876, will expert


cnce in every portion of our increasing


national domain.
Year: 1865

A masonic festival was held in Prov
idence ON Wednesday evening, at
which the following toast was read
from General Burnside, who had
promised to be present, but was un-
avoidabiy dc tanned:


ABRAHAM LINCoLN-IIis integrity,
loyalty, courage, determination and
faith IN the great truths enunciated by
Saint Paul to the men OF Athens, that
God hath made OF one blood all ma
tions of men to dwell on all the face
OF the earth, and by the signers OF
the Declaration OF Independence, that
"all men are born equal, have made
him Il fit instrument in the hands Of
Divine Providence to carry our peo-
pic through the fearful struggle now
being enacted; and we promise him
and his officers now leading our ar
mics our cordial support, confident
that they will succeed in re-establish-
ing the authority OF the Government,
and in making it respected ut home
and abroad.
Year: 1865


no harm to read these articles. He
too, may wonder and be somewhat
how the people did in the
so-called sold fogic" days.


But enough by way of introducing
my subject. | will at once proceed to
my plain, simple talk, and quit when
| am through.


First, then, about


GOING TO MILL.


When l was a boy we had to 90 q
distance of Is miles to have grinding
done, that is, if we wanted grist of
ten or twenty bushels ground at a
timc. About thrce miles from our
house there was cheap mill, built on
Little Walnut, by Job McNamee.-
This mill had none of the modern i'm
provemcnts in it. No elevators and
screens. | remember | saw old Job
take the wheat and put it into sieve
and clean the wheat by hand, and
then pour it into the hopper, and after
it was ground, would carry it up into
the bolt and turn the boiling apparatus
by hand. Old Job had the name Of
being one Of the honest millers Of old
en- times.


No man ever had reason to complain
that he did not get his own. When
we compare the present mill privileges
with those of the first settlement, we
must say, great is the change. The
first mills erected in this neighbcr-
hood wero "horsc mills" OF these,
however, therC were few in existence
in my boy days. Some of the pioneers
l was told, had to go all the way to
Chilicothe to get grinding done. One
man told me his father went on horse
back to that place to mill, and it took
half of the bag of corn to feed his horse
before he got home again.


Then we had not the stores so near
our homes as we have now; nor had
we the wherewith to purchase as we
have now. When | was a boy Coffee
was fifty cents, $50 it is now,) but then
what we had to sell at that time, bro
a very low price. The first barrel Of
salt my father purchased cost just Sl3
| was told the other day by one of the
first settlers here, Mr.. Brown, that he
went out into the woods one day and
killed six wild turkeys. Mrs. B. clean.
ed them that same evening; next day
her husband took them on his horse
and went to Lancaster and sold them
for Just t,relre and a half cents a piece
for which he bought one peek Of salt
How much salt could Mr.. Brown buy
to-day for just six such large turkeys
(You would take u few at the sam,
price now.)


Soon. however, times got better.
remember also, when was boy, oul
neighbors used to 60 to GAINESVILLE
with load of wheat and exchange fol
salt. On their return they would be
asked, chow is the market" "Firs
rate" was the reply, by adding, "bush
el for bushel." Now, if the farmer TO
day cannot get two or three bushels o
salt forono bushel of wheat there would
be some complaining OF herd times.


One of our neighbors one time wen
to GAINESVILLE for salt, took feed, anC
' bread and meat along, Gas every body
did in those days) Mr.. J. H. by
some means got out of horse feed by
the time he got back to the village o
Thornville. He had no feed, so he un
htcbed his horses, lett his wagor
stand, and rode home that night fol
feed, and then returned next day fol
his load lie might have purchased
some feed, but either ho had no money
or was too stingy to buy. Ii. L.
Basil, Ohio.


ITO be continued.1
Year: 1865

ON1oNs.-This is an article which
farmers should turn their attention to
moro than they have for some years
past. They are consumed by our
in large quantities, and many
more would be ifthcy could be obtain
ed. The prco last season ranged from
SIS to 81 a barrel. We know ofnothing
that will pay farmer as well as
Onions.
Year: 1865

III only had my IiuIe boy again,
how patient l would bear, and how
little | would fret and scold l can
never have him back again I;
but there are still many mothers who
have not yet lost their little boys. |
wonder if they know they are living
their very best days; that now is the
time to really enjoy their children =
l think if had been more to my lit
tie boy, might now be more to my
grown up one.-Home Magazine.
Year: 1865

those great principles upon which our
fathers have founded the Government"


That is our duty to-day. We are not
here to create, nor to recommend creation.
We are not here to build up better sys-
tenn than our fathers of the revolutionary
time made for us-nothing Of the kind.
1t is simple effort to 60 back again to
the chart of our principles as recorded by
our fathers, and place ourselves upon the
ground occupied, and all will be well.


But, gentlemen of the Convention, what
a. herculean task is before us all! 1t need
not be supposed that we are to have no
lot or part in the matter. Who are we?
We represent more than 100000 of the
electors of this great and powerful State
We represent more than 1000, 900 of the
population Of the State. That population
lis looking to you to-day, with anxious So
licitude that you should do for them, and
for the cause of truth and righteousness,
just what is necessary to restore to them
the blessings which they enjoyed prior to
the advent of the new party that has come
into power. That is what they ask you
to do


And now, gentlemen, what is the first
thing to be done? The first thing is to
bring our great and glorious country to-
gether again. The first thing to which
we must direct our attention as free men,
leaving the past to take care of itself, and
looking now to the discharge Of our high
duties for the future,is to cooperate man.
fully, resolutely and determinedly, in re-
storing our country, until we see the
happy spectacle of thirty odd States again
in peace, represented in the National
council Applause.


How this is to be done precisely [ do
not stop to inquire. Who it shall be done
by, do not stop to inquire. My hand
my heart shall be with any man who, un-
der the Constitution and in obedience to
it,uses his best efforts to bring again into
the National Council and into the family
e-unien, all those who were oe our glo.
rious and extensive country. Having all
this to do, my fellow citizens, what task
is upon us still Hardly more difficult
was the task Of unburying again those
cities of the East that had been buried
hundreds of feet deep in the eruptions
from the mountains. Hardly less than
rescuing Pompeii from its burial place, is
the business that now devolves upon us is
to rescue our old genuine Constitution and
laws from the vast rubbish that has been
heaped uyon them. In doing this, how
ever, let me say to you as citizens in the
honest discharge of your duties, it will be
your task to see that the burdens which
the party in power have laid upon us and
upon the country, shall be equally lait
upon the property of the whole country
We will go back again to the good ole
proposition that liberty and equality liz
i at the foundation of our institutions.
Year: 1865

How little we think as we travel


Through life's ups and downs day by day,
What good each might do for his neighbor,


Did all of US go the right way;
How many poor fellow whose talents


To elevate science would tend,
Is lost to the worlds gaze forever,


And al! for the want of friend.
Then stretch forth your hand like brother,


For remember that life's but span;
'Tis our duty to help one another,


And do good turn when we can.
Some boast of their wealth and connections,


And look with contempt upon those
OF higher degree-quite forgetting


The means by which they perhaps rose,
So be kind to the poor and the lowly,


Never utter word that's untrue,
Prize the maxim which says, "Act to others


As you would they should act unto you.'
Then stretch forth your hand like brother
/ Since life's after all but a span,
Let us try to assist one another,


And do coed turn when we can.
Year: 1865

A young man, poor and detected, stood
watching some anglers on the bank of a
stream. Atlength, approaching basket
we'll filled with fine fish, he sighed, "If
now I had these, l would be happy. l
could sell them at fair price and buy nae
food and lodging.


''I will give you as good fish, said the
owner, who chanced to overhear his words
"If you will do me trifing favor"


Sand what is that?" asked the other
eagerly.


"OnIy tend this line till come back
I wish to go on short Grand"


The proposal was gladly accepted
The old fisherman was gone so long thai
the young man began to be impatient
Meanwhile, however, the hungry fish
snapped at the baited hook and the young
man lost his depression in the excitement
of pulling them in, and when the owner
of the line returned, he had caught large
number. Counting out from them a,
many as were in the basket and presen
ting them to the young man, the old fish
erman said:


II fulfil my promise for the fish yor
have caught, to teach you that whenever
you see others earning whatyou need, ts
waste no time in fruitless wishes, but cas-
"a line for yourself"
Year: 1865

The farmers home is to a great extent
a community within itself, and its inmates
must seek for their information for them
selves; hence. the farmers family is bound
to read, because it has not the opportunity
of the city, or town, where the lecture
room, the court, the walking takers, the
numerous churches the rapid movements
of trade. etc., supply to some extent, the
place of reading.


The farmer himself is bound to read,
because his interests are involved with
interest of the state and county which are
constantly doing something which affects
him and his children, and it is the news
paper-the political newspaper-whieh
informs him, if he will read, ofthe changes
of the laws of his state and county, as well
as the time when the officers and the courts
act upon these laws. This is information
which he must have, his own welfare
compels him to have it, and if he does not
take the paper containing this information
he must borrow from his neighbor, or else
ride to the county seat and ask for the
news. Whereas, when he takes paper
he has the information in print, together
with large amount Of other interesting
matter. His journey to the county-seat
if he wants any information, must seost
him his time, and not less than half a dol
lar, while his paper at $3.50 per year, will
cost him less than FIVE cents per week
less than his tobacco, less than any thing
he buys or can buy. Yet we have men
scolding about the price of newspa-
per.


Now, we would like you to ask any
man, especially farmer. how he can get
the same amount Of information which ht
needs, and the same amount of amusement
for his children, for five cents per week
that he can get in his own political county
newspaper. 1t can't be done. 1t is thu
best and cheapest friend that enters thu
farmers door. Will not those farmers
who know this to be fact, endeavor tt
impress this upon their neighbors, VIII
do not consider the matter ?-Clark
| County Democrat.
Year: 1865




Bishop Elliott, of Georgia, has written
a letter to the editor of York county
paper in Pennsylvania, upon the reunion
of the Episcopal Church North and South,
in which it says:


$50 much for the church, now for
myself You wonder, in your letter, that
the Bishop of Georgia did not lead the
way IN such action as the Bishop Of Tex
as has taken. ! could not have conscien-
tiously have done so. forsthe reasons Civ
en- abeye, even had l desired it and con-
fess was not anxious to be first to sub
NIT myself to the yoke which had been
prepared for me. 1t is very easy for you
sitting in the midst Of plenty; with every
thing fourishing about you, with the
world fawning upon yeu because of sue
cess, with future seemingly as bright as
prosperity can make it, to wonder at oul
baekwardness in acknowledging the bles.
sings of peace and reunion; but the case
is very different with us whose homes are
desolate, whose friends and relatives, and
children are utterly impoverished, whose
social order is totally subverted, whose
future is dark and almost hopeless.
can humble myself under the mighty hand
of God, and I call my people to patience
and endurance; but even though grace, ]
car do no more, I do not mean to com
plain; we entered upon this struggle
which was irrepressible, and forced upon
us, after having counted the cost; but
should be hypocrite if came forward
with any smile upon my face, and said
that rejoieed in it. I do not rejoice il
it, but l have taken the oath of allegiance
and mean to keep it, and have advised my
people to take it and be good citizens; and
above all, to do the best for the poor un-
fortunate negroes, whose future is darl
and miserable beyond conception. AL
ready are they perishing by thousands
and the whole race will now go out befor'
civilization ESQ called) and competition
as the Indians are doing. We can sur
vive the change, and one day fourisl
again; but their fate is sealed, and th
edict of Puritanism has already gon
forth, "If you can not and will not work
you must die." The furthest I can go i


behalf Of these fanatics is to cry. "Fath
er, forgive them, for they know not wha
they do."
Year: 1865

HEALTH OF JEFF DAvIs.-On Friday
last an officer of authority called on JEFF
Davis, who announced himself as in very
good health, the only drawback being a
carbuncle on his leg and slight touch oI
erysipelas. In speaking of Wirz, Davis
said that he never seen or heard of him
before his arrest; adding, that from what
he knew of Winder, having been class
mate of his at West Point, he did not be-
lieve that he would be guilty OF such aw-
full acts of inhumanity as are laid to his
charge.-N. Y. Times.
Year: 1865

pgA gentleman of Belfast Ireland,
who had lately come in possession of
splendid fortune. invited a few friends to
trial sail on the Tough on board yacht
which he had lately purchased. BY some
means the yacht sunk, and all on board
were drowned
Year: 1865

We have now the official announcement that
the attempt to lay the Atlantic Cable VIII
be renewed next year. Both the Cable Com
pany and the Cable Construction Company feel
sanguine as to the ultimate success OF the enter
prise. The Cable Construction Company have
offered 10 commence at once the manufacture
of a new cable. and the Directors OF the Cable
Company have unanimously accepted thispropo-
sal. The old cable is at the same time to be
completed, so as TO have next Summer two per-
feet cables. The manufacture OF the new cable
has already begun.


Capt Anderson of the Great Eastern has
received an offer from the Cable Construction
Company to command the Great Eastern for
five years in laying cables and he has accepted
the offer. Capt Anderson, as stated in his let
ter, which was published few weeks ago III
The TRIBUNE, feels very hopeful as to the COM
plete success of the next attempt. lie regards
the cable as perfect, with the only exception
of penetration of the gutta percha core by
pieces of wire, and this fault will be carefully
guarded against in the manufacture OF the new
cable He, moreover, expects to sail next yeai
with more efficient graphing gear, which Ii
case of any defect being discovered will not ex
pose the cable, while being hauled in, to The
same accident which this year proved fatal.


The unshaken hope and courage which thu
Telegraph Company have evinced in the grea
trial through which they have passed, will chal
lenge universal admiration and raise the warm
est sympathy everywhere for the success
their new attempt.
Year: 1865

can practically take charge of the enterprise by
running their Great Western road to Fond du
Lac. and thence unite with the Northern Pacific
Railroad. This line, it is true, is in the United
States but il lies on the British American
border. and for all purposes of trade is British
American road. Or if they prefer an enterprise
more English, let them run their road from OF
tawa to Lake Superior and thence by water
carry freight to Fond du Lac. The opportunity
is with them; and if they wish to do something
Napoleonic Eve use this un-English word In
purely English sense), let them take hold OIL the
enterprise.


1t makes but little difference to us whether
our English friends leave their money behind OF
not. We would like to see English capital


in this country, because every investment
brings US nearer toGreat Britain. We seek TINS
union in the interest of peace and civilization.
With an American railroad carrying freight from
Montreal to Puget Sound binding England's
great Atlantic capital with her probable naval
depot at Vancouver's Island, perpetual peace
would be assured between the United States and
EngIand; or, iu the event OF war, we shouio
have the Canadas on the good behavior OF neu'
trails. 1t would be a fair exchange. England
proposes to give us a telegraph to London; We
propose to give England railway from Mon
treal to her possessions on the Pacific. We
shall do this ourselves, sooner or later But Il
our friends on the junketing trip through the
West, wish to achieve the greatest enterprise OF
the age, they have it in their power TO take
instant hold and assist in the work.
Year: 1865

The Epening Post is so hard-hearted as to
quote the following extract from leader Of
The World on the Baltimore nomination OF Lin
coin and johnson last years


"The only merit We can discover in this Baltimore
the tail does not shame the head nor the head shame
the tail A rail splitting buffoon and boorish tailor
both from the backwoOds both growing up in uncouth
ignorance they would afford grotesque subject for
satirc poet who might celebrate them in such strains
as Dean Swift bestowed on Winston and Ditton, or
ArisopLanes on that serve demagOgue, Hyperbolus."
Year: 1865

case may be, where they remain open to public
inspection without charge.


If any member or officer Of the Board willfully
violates any of the provisions Of the act, or COM
mits fraud in the execution Of the duties Of his
office, he is liable to Imprisonment in the State
Prison for not less than one year.
Year: 1865

A Snake Story.


During the Florida war; said one of a
party of non-commissioned officers, 'I
was in the American army. One day 1
shouldered my gun, and went in search of
game. In passing through swamp saw
something a few feet ahead of me, lying
lpon the ground, which had every appear
lnce of a log, it being some forty feet in
length, and about foot in diameter So
positive was that it was nothing but a
log that paid no attention to it; the fact
is I would have sworn before a court of
justice that it was log, and nothing else.
You see never heard of snakes growing
to such huge dimensions, and the fact is
never should have believed it if I had
Well, between me and the log, as I took it
to be, was miry place, which it was ne
eessary for me to avoid. L Therefore placed
the butt of my gun on the ground before
me, and springing upon it, lit right on top
of-what do you suppose ?''


ga boa-constrictor,' said one.


"No."


''What then could it have been ?'' asked
another.


''Just what I supposed it to be-a log,''
said the wag.
Year: 1865

BY CHARLES J. DUNPHY.
Life is but a fieeting dream;


Care destroys the zeSt of it;
Swift it glideth like a stream
Mind you make the best of it!
Talk not of your weary woes,
Troubles or the rest of it;
If we have but brief repose,


Let us make the best of it.
If your friend has got heart,
There is something fine in him;
Cast away his darker part,


Cling to what's divine in him.
Friendship is our best relief
Make no heartless jest of it;
1t will brighten every grief


If we make the best of it.
Happiness despises state;


Ills no sage experiment,
Simply that the wise and great
~ asy bsaS-s and merriment:
Rank is not Its SpeII TSfIzzssss So
Moneys not the test of it;
But a calm contented mind,


That will make the best of it.
Trusting the Power above,


Which, sustaining all of us
In one common bound of love,
Blindeth great and small of us,
Whatsoever may befall-


Sorrows or the rest of it
We shall overcome them all


If we make the best of it,
Year: 1865

exceedingly Tough.


The following story comes from a source
which would take heavy offence if we
were to doubt its authenticity: we there
lore give it without note or comment:


General Kelly, recently captured along
with General Crook, by a sudden dash OF
the rebels into Cumberland, Maryland,
was engaged to have been married within
/ few days, to a lady of that place. The
next evening after the capture, she sung at
a ta6Leau the song,


'He kiss ID when he left me- "
whereupon soldier in the audience ex-
claimed, loud enough to be heard by those
around him: "That's an Internal lie; he
hadn't time to put his boots onr'
Year: 1865

1t is useless to conjecture what will be
the next move. think the army is alto
gether Indifferent about the matter. 1t
has such an abiding faith in General Sher-
man that it will go wherever he leads
Leads" is the proper word, for he is al
ways on the skirmish line, frequently
pitching his camp there He never rests
contented with the reports of others; he
must see the condition of affairs for him
self, so he is generally to be found in the
front