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Year: 1860

MoRRIssEY \ WINNER.-Among the win
ming men on the Presidential election, one of
the most successful is Morrissey, the pugilist
l was eonversing recently with an acquaint'
ance. who stated that he acted as stake hold
er of bet between the brawny John and
another party to the amount of $4,000, and
had only an hour before paid over to said
John that amount in good current money
AS general thing there was little betting
on the election. Persons accustomed to wa
ger, and who bet to win, were unable to
place anything to suit them. Few were will
ling to bet against Lincoln, and none against
Morgan.-New York Correspondence Of the
Philadekphia Press.
Year: 1860

The pickpockets of London and Paris have
long enjoyed the reputation Of being the
most adroit in Europe; but if we may believe
CART can fully rival those cities. That gem
leman was walking in the Konigstrasse,
looking at the shops. when he was accosted
by an obsequious little man. who offered him
his services to show him the lions of the capi
tai, but the other refused the offer. The Of
icious parsonage however was not offended,
but politely asked what O'Clock it was. The
other answered that he did not know, as his
watch had stopped, and continued his walk
towards the Museum of Natural History,
which he entered. lie had not been there
many minutes before the same person came
up to him with the air Of an old acquaintance
and offered him pinch of snuff This NJ.
W declined, saying he was no snulftaker
and walked away; but some minutes after,
having presentiment of something being
wrong, he felt for his snuff f-buX. but instead
of it found scrap of paper in his pocket, on
which was written, "As you are no snuif-ta
ker you do not require a box" He thought
the logic of his unknown Acquaintance rather
impertnent, and Iesolved to bear his loss like
philosophers but what was his amazement
when "A moment after he discovered that his
watch had also disappeared, and in his other
pocket was another note in the following
words: As your watch does not tell the hour,
it would he better at the watchmaker's than
in YOUR pocket" 1t is unnecessary to say
that he never heard any further tidings of
the two articles.
Year: 1860

Mr. Bryant's very delicate and judicous
reference to the fact of Mr.. Irving's early
engagement was undoubtedly correct. A
miniature of young lady, intellectual, re-
fined and beautiful, was handed to me one
day by Mr.. Irving, with the request that
would have slight injury repaired by an
artist and new case made for it, the old
one being actually worn cut by much use.
The painting ION ivOry) was exQuistely fine.
When returned it to him in suitable vel
vet case, he took it to a quiet corner and
looked intently on the face for some minutes,
apparently unobserved his tears falling free
ly on the glass as he gazed. That this was
miniature of the lady. Miss Hoffman, sister
of Ogden Hoffman-it is not now, perhaps,
indelicate to surmise 1t is for poet to
characterize the nature of an attachment SO
loyal, so fresh and so fragrant, forty years af-
ter death had snatched away the mortal part
of the object of affection"
Year: 1860

SPEAKING OF the burning OF the Lyceum
Theater in San Francisco the Mirror says it
is safe to set the total loss and damage at
nearly forty thousand dollars. 1t is affirmed
that the fire must have been the work of
some malignant incendary. This is strength.
ened hy the fact that there was no fire in the
theater, and that the flames burst out stimuli
taneously at three separate points.
Year: 1860

GREELEY EATING PoRK AND BEANS Pink
the New York correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier, writes the following:


Having entered favorite restaurant to get
lunch, found everybody staring in the same
direction. Turning around, | discovered that
Horace Greeley was sitting near me, eating
his dinner. He had some pork and beans,
potatoes and squash. a newspaper was w.
ing by his plate and he divided his time and
attention between that and his dinner. affect
ing to be unconscious of everything else
Like all iil-bred people, Greeley feeds him.
self with knife, considering the fork useless.
To judge frem the manner in which every.
body watched the old white-coated philoso-
pher while he was feeding, should saw that
he was regarded as a greater curiosity than
any monstrosity Barnum ever had.
Year: 1860

A little fair-hairsd child laid its pale
check against pillow of straw


1t had toled up three pairs Of narrow
dark stairs to gain its miserable gsrrct, for
it was a little "bound child, that had
neither father nor mother so no soft bed
awaited its tired limbs, but miserable
pallet with one coveret.


1t had neither lamp nor candlc to light
en- the room, if such it might be called /;
still TINT WAS not SO bad for the beautiful
round moon smiled in upon the poor bound
boy, and almost kissed his forehead, as
his sad eyes closed dreamiugly,


But after awhile, as he lay there, what
wondrous change came over the place.
A great light shone down, the huge black
raiters turned to solid gold, and these
seemed all studded with tiny, precious,
sparkling stones. The broken floor, too,
was encrustcd with shining crystals, and
tho child raised himself upon his elbow,
and gazed with half fearing, half de-
lighted look upon the glorious spectacle.


One spot on the wall seemed too bright
for his vision to endure, but presently, as
If emerging from it, came soft, white
figure, that Aood by the poor bound boy s
bedside.


The child shut his eyes; he was y little,
only little, frightened, and his heart beat
quickly, but he found breath to murmur-


I" Tell me who are you!'


"Look up, be not afraid" said a sweet
voice that sounded like the harps of Hsay-
en-; "lock up, darling-I am your brother
Willie, sent down from the angels to speak
with you; and tell you to bear all your
sorrow patiently, for you will soon be with
U.S."


What, you are my brother Willie =
Oh, no, no, that cannot be. My brother
Willie was very pale, and his clothes were
patched and torn and there was hump
on his back, and he used to go into the
muddy streets and pick up bits of wood
md chips. But your face is quite too
handsome, and your clothes prcttier than
/ ever say before and there is no ugly
hump on your back. Besides, my brother
Willie is dead, long ago.


" ! am your brother Willie, your i'm.
mortal brother; my body with the ugly
hump is dead and turned to ashes; but
just as that died l went up to the great
heavens, and saw lights that cannot tel
you about now, they We're so very, very
beautiful. But God, who is your Father
aud the holy one of Eternity, gave me
these bright garments that never get soiled
and l was so happy that expect my face
was changed very much, and l grew tai
and straight; so it is no wonder you dc
not know me-


And now the little bound child's tear
began to fall.
Year: 1860

A young man left London for the pur-
pose Of enjoying himself His object
was not the qualification Of laud4blc
curiosity, but pleasure.


He reached Rome in time for the car.
nival; his purpose was to enter into all its
gaieties. lie obtained an introduction to
lady of fashion, who sent him card of
invitation TO a splendid masquerade ball.
1t was on Sabbath evening that he joined
tho masks, and continued with them in
the dance till morning


On Monday he returned to his lodgings
in paroxysm of dcirium. On Tuesday
an acquaintance found him in that state.
He called a physician, who pronounced
the life of his patient to be in immediate
danger. His friend, anxious about his
spiritual state, sent for minister He
came, but could do the sufferer no good
His reason had departed No words OF
truth could reach him.


On Saturday he was laid in the grave
Saturday, the week preceding, his mind
was wholly occupied with the anticipated
pleasures of the ball. y part of God
holy day was spent in the excitement OF tho
dance. During the remainder of his stay
on earth he was dclirious. Thus ended
his pursuit of pleasure.
Year: 1860

" MOTHER, %, word of undying
beauty Thine echoes sound along the
walls of time until they crumble at the
breath of the Eternal. In all the world
there is not a habitable spot where the
music of that holiest word is not sounded.
Ay, by a golden flower of the river, by
the crystal margin of the rock, under the
leaf of shade of the forest tree, and in the
hut built Of bamboo cane, in the mud and
thatched cottage, by the peaks of the
kissing mountains, in the wide spread
valley, on the blue ocean in the change
less de sert where the angel came down to
give the parched lips the sweet waters
of the wilderness; under the white tent of
the Arab and in the dark covered wgwam
of the Indian hunter wherever the pull
scs of the human heart quick and warm,
or hoat feebly along the current of fail
ing life therc is that sweet word spoken
like a universal prayer" Mother"
Year: 1860

The TRACK OF THE METEoR.-The
track of the great meteor of the Goth OF
July is being gradually traced out. De-
troit, Michigan, was the furthest point
West at which it was first noticed, accor-
ding to the Cambridge astronomers. 1t,
however, appeared still farther West, as
we learn from correspondent of the AL
bany Journal of the I'd inst. writing from
Sycamore, DeKalb county, lllinoise who
describes it as ga shooting star, crossing
about one.half of the southern sky, from
west to east, moving slowly, and leaving
large track, like comet" Sycamore is
within hundred miles Of the Mississippi
river, and no doubt further information
from the West will prove that this frery
traveller in the armament first struck the
earth's orbit on or near the Pacific ocean
It's fight, says the Journal of Commerce
has already been traced 800 miles east
ward on the Atlantic Ocean, and ships YET
to come in will probably give us furthuI
accounts of its course. We sec no reason
to doubt the truth Of the theory published
in this Journal on the 23d, that this mete
or was fragment of a broken planet, oil
an accumulation of nebulous matter eircu
lating around the sun and ignited by the
friction of our atmosphere. Judged BY
the above facts, and also by the opinion o
astronomers, that the least diameter of thu
meteor was not less than half mile, there
is reason to believe that its velocity wa
not overcome by tho gravitation of thu
earth, and that it is still pursuing its eours


around the sun in an orbit whose plane i
eoineident with the planes Of motion Of tht
other bodies in the solar system.
Year: 1860

A THoUGHT.-When there is thought
in my heart, and l wish it to be in thine
also, seek sound, as it were, for ve-
hicle by which it may pass to thee. I take
a sound and, as it we've, put the thought
into it. Thus l utter, and produce, and
teach that thought, yet lose it not, If my
thought can 60 forth to thee and still re-
main with me, cannot the Word of God do
the same thing by means of the flesh which
he took on him? Behold the Word Of
God, God with God, the Wisdom of God
remaining increasingly with the Father
that he might proceed to US, sought ths
flesh, as it were sound, and introduced
himself into it. By this expedient he botE
proceeded to us and did not recede from
the Father.-Augustine.
Year: 1860

FLOWERS AND FLOWER GARDENs.-This is the
season of the year when the flower garden needs
attention. and the out door labor OF those who wish
a beautiful garden begins. Tho flower beds re-
quire to be uncovered, the earth dug around the
roots that have remained in the ground over win
ter, and fresh seeds to be planted. TIE climbing
roses need trimming and fastening anew to
the lattice, and the pretty honey succle and other
beautiful creepcrs that greatly ornament the
garden are pat in order for the season. The scent
Of fresh earth is said to be good medicine for dys
pepsa. and is also an excellent remedy for Ian
gour and pale checks. The morning air watts on
its gentle wings the blessings Of health and vigor
and person could better employ themselves
than by working an hour early every morning in
their garden. If many of our young ladies would
do so, instead of wasting the fresh hours Of the
day in bed, there is not the least doubt in our
minds but that it would greatly conduce to their
health, and consequently add to their beauty and
happiness There can be more pleasant and
there is certainly no more refined occupation for
female, than the cultivation of flowers. They
beautify the most barren spot and cast All air Of
refinement around the most lowly home, that can
not fail to make it attractive and pleasant. Poets
Of every land have made flowers the subject OF their
harmonious strains. As Mrs. Dnncss, the charm
lug poetess. 50 truly remarks:


'They cheer the fancy by the steady bloom.


with thoughts Of summer and the fertile plain,


Calling II thousand visions into play


ofbeauiy redolent and bright as May"


baltimore Patriot. .
Year: 1860

LOOK AT THE DIFFRRENcE.-The men
who favor the thirteen mill tax are office hold
ers-expectant office holders, or men who have
no taxes to pay. On the other hand. the men
who oppose hi III taxes are our largest tax pay
ere, the hard working mechanics and men who
are endorsers on orr city paper. 1t is easy to
see which side the men are on who have the
interests Of the city in view.
Year: 1860

WITTY NoMEN-lt II generally the
fate Of witty women to be unlovcd.- -.
Whcncvcryou see an old maid, unless
she has hump on her back, you may
safely conclude that in youth she had
reputation for briIliancy, No man
would offer himself to young lady
who would call him an owl because he
looked somewhat serious before asking
to be allowed to support her and nay
her millinery bills; nor would any man
marry u woman when thc possibilities
and probabilities were that she would
place chestnut.burs on his side of the
Ded, Or fill his boots with hot mush in
the morning by way ofa joke. If ever
you have lady acquaintance who de-
srcs to introduce you to an intimate
friend Of hers, because she is so
original and witty that you'll be sure
TO like her, plead business, and respect
fully decline the h@nor, or say that you
have ne Sunday clothes.
Year: 1860

ties, and TO hay l6e care ia manage
ment Of the property and business Of the
county in all cases where no other pro.
vision shall be made.


Il. To manage and control the School
Fund Of their respective counties a. shall
Be provided b. law.


13. To appoint commissioners to act
with similar commissioners duly appoint
ed in any other county or counties, and
to authorize them to lay out, alter or
discontinue any road extending through
their own and one or more other coun
ties, subject to the ratification Of the
board.


IA. To 6x tho compensation Of all ser
vices of county aud township officers not
otherwise provided for BY law, and to
provide for the payment Of tho same.


b. To authorize the taking Of vote
Of the people for the relocation Of the
county seat as provided BY law.


Is. To alter, vacats or discontinue
any State or Territorial road within their
respective counties.


II. To lay out, establish, alter or dis
continue any county road heretofore or
now laid out or hereafter to bo laid
through or within their respective coun-
ties. as may be provided BY Law.


Is. TO provide for the erection Of ali
bridges which may be necessary and
which the public convenience may re.
quire within their respective counties
and to keep the same il repair.


19 To fill by appointments all vacan.
cies that may occur in any Of the coun
y Offices BY death, resignation Or reno.
val and such appointee shall hold his Of
nee until the next succeeding general
election and until his successor shall Be
elected and qualified.


20. TO purchase for the uso Of the
county any real estate necessary for the
erection Of buildings for the support Of
the poor Of such county and for farm
to be used in connection Herewith.


81. TO have and exercise all the pow.
ers in relation to the poor now possessed
BY tho County Judge or County Court,
and to make such rule and regulations
(not inconsisteDt with law) - taey may
deem necessary for the government Of
their body, tho transaction Of business
and the preservation Of order.


q. The Board Of Supervisors shall
constitute the Bosrd Of County Canvass
Year: 1860

h9@ The crowd at the State Fair was so
great that railroad train constantly run
ming and innumerable omnibusses and 9TH
er vehicles, could not carry it to and
from the grounds fast enough. A street
railroad is now talked of for next year.
The distance of the grounds from Indianap-
olis-a couple of miles from the centre-is
now severely felt, as was foretold but we
suppose the spaciousness and beauty Of the
grounds make up for this inconven ience.
Year: 1860

+ JUDGE BATES on MANUAL LABoR.-Judge
Bates, in a speech commemorating the
death of a young member of the st. Louis
bar, referred to the great mortality of the
profession, and added:


Allow me to suggest that there is a les
son connected with this fact, which it would
be we'll for US to heed. We are too atten-
tive in our active and busy pursuits for
fame and wealth-we are to little attentive
to the keeping of sound mind in sound
body" We sacrifice the one thing in the
hope of raising the other. | will state, so
far as regards myself, that for nearly forty
years land I believe have labor,) l have
made it a rule to work from one to three
hours each day in the garden, and thus,
though my star has long eliminated and
am going down the western slope of life
with increasing impetus, fnd myself in
a good state of health, and attribute
it to the fact that have exercised my arms
to labor in tilling the earth on a small scale;
and advise all my young friends to do the
same thing.
Year: 1860

d. CHEEvER writes from Geneva to a
friend in New York


What wonders God is accomplishing by
GaFibaldi All Europe is being stirred up.
He is neither more nor less than John
Brown for Italy, arih success. Success is
what makes the hero, and constitutes great
ness and virtue in mems estimation. The
end of Popedom seems close at hand
do not believe the French Emperor will
dare again to play the traitor to freedom in
Italy. If he does, and God still holds up
Garibaldi against him, it is all over with
him. He and his throne will go down
with that OF the old Giant Grim, whom he
invites to lean upon his shoulders"
Year: 1860

ALWAYS RooH Up STAIRs-A young
man who was thinking of studying law,
said to Daniel Webster


" Mr.. Webster, l understand the profession
of law is quite full, and that there are more
lawyers than are needed. Do yOn think
there is any chance for me p


"There is always room mp stairs, was
the reply, and as true as it was ingenious.
Only a few persons reach the high places,
and these are always in good demand.-
"There is room up stairs"


First class farmers and mechanics, as well
as physicians, lawyers, ETC., always find
plenty of room, plenty of work, and good
pay. Whatever calling you choose, and it
matters little if it be an honest one, resolve
to go into an upper story but do not try
to jump there by single leap, or you may
fall disabled. Rather begin at the bottom
of the ladder, and patiently step upon each
round. I @ --c
Year: 1860

THOSE real gems Of thought that shine
like stars in the night, were not struck
out at a heat, as sparks from black
smiths anvil are, but fashioned and pol,
iShCd with patient and weary, aching
head and heart.
Year: 1860

In that quiet parlor all was calm and
bright, and the calmncss and brightness
were reflected in the face of the lady who
sat there writing. But without, the storm
ragged on in the darkness, seeming to spend
its utmost fury on the youthful head that
dropped wcarily against the window pane.


The parlor door opened, and fond,
smiling nurse entered with a little curly.
headed boy, clad in his snowy nightrobcs
on whose sweet cyelids sleep was weigh.
ing heavily.


Hennic wouldn't say his prayers up.
Year: 1860

Old songs! they ring upon the brain,
Like whispers from the far of spheres,
And with their thrilling spell revive


The garncred love of bygone years.
What though beneath the sod they lie,
That pale array of fonored dead;
In hues immortal round the heart,


Still, still hallowed beam they shed.
Old songs! I never guessed how large,
space was in this heart of mine,
Till. one duh eve, by chance found


well worn book, whose every line
Came back to me as clear as though


But yesterday "a laid it down,
And there I found the wished far clue


That spoke Of days forever flown
Oh, when amid the world Of doubts,


OF light and shade in which W stray,
We seek some charm by which to drive
Some temporary grief away,
LoJ ihey who love such pleasures court
The favorites who entrance the throns
For me. III find a homeljer scene.


And lrli 'ge with some dear old song.
Year: 1860


Twas evening in the Summer time,
When hedges hung with May,
And woods and welkin rung again
With many pleasant lay;
1 wandered DER the bonny braes,
And through the golden corn,
And saw maiden sit in the sun
Beneath q snow-white thorn.
She was so fair to look upon,
No fairer have known,
Of all the bright and beautiful
On whom the sun hath shone;
Her smile was like a morning beam,
Her voice was like brook
That sings its dimpling melodies
Along the may nook.
Methought it was an angel world,
The birds sang sweeter far,
There was pearl in every flower,
A heaven in every star;
Peace through the shades of silence walked
Yet left me not alone,
For had found my souls delight,
And wooed her for my own.
And all the love could ne'er be told
By silver luting June,
Which murmured near that shady thorn
For many welcome moon;
Bright Summer went and came again,
Ger dale and mountain wide,
To smile with cheerful beams upon
My cottage and my bride.
Year: 1860

TIE CHINESE TAILoR.-Among the many
whimsical anecdotes told of the peculiar hab-
its of the Chinese, perhaps few will be con-
sidered more characteristic of their love of
imitation than the following:


"At the close of the last century, an of
ficer of the "Pitt," an East Indiaman, when
that ship lay off Canton, sent ashore to ma
tive an order for dozen pair of trowsers, to
be made of the nankin for which China has
been so long famed. The Chinese artisan re-
quired a 2attern-he could not make any
thing without pattern; sca pair of ftrowsers
was sent at his request, which had been
mended by a patch at the knee. In due time
the twelve pairs were sent on board, Of a fab.
ric of great beauty of quality, but every pair
bearing, like an heraldic badge, the obnox-
ious patch on one knee, exactly copied, stitch
for stitch, in style that reflected the highest
credit on the mechanical skill of the work
man, and for which an extra charge was
made upon the purse ofthe exasperated own
er, who. however, had no alternative but
to pay the bill
Year: 1860

Lafayette sent for a hogshead of earth from
Bunker Hill to be placed over his body at
his interment. The Selectmen received the
application from his agent. It was taken
from the spot where General Warren fell,
and accompanied by certificate that it was
genuine, signed by three of the most respect
ed veterans of the town.