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Year: 1859

OFFICE At THE EMPORIA HOUSE.
WITH THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE


w New YearI wish 20 return my hearty thanks
for the liberal support and deneouragementthat has
been extended to me in my business for the past
two years. This Office was opened here about two
years ago, not with the expectation Of realizing
fortune. but with the hope Of contributing some
thing towards the settlement and improvement of
this beautiful valley, by means Of direct personal
effort, and by furnishing information to those at
the East who were seeking homes and occupation
at the West have endeavored to keep steadily
in view the Future of this tOacn and country. and
by means of considerable labor and expense, re
gardless of present profit, my business is es-
tablished upon q firm and reliable basis; and
can offer to all who entrust their business to nv
care, an intimate knowledge of the country its in
habitants and their circumstances, derived from
extensive travel. and constant int rcourse with
settlers, upon and since their arrival l claim to
be thoroughly eonversant with the wants anil ca
pabilities of this country and shall never advise
correspondents emigrants aught they cannot
realize. My facilities for the transaction of bust


ness are unequailed by any office in the Neosho
Valley shall attend all the
Year: 1859

WoLcorrv1LLE.-A fire was discovered in Agard & Church's Tin and Stove shop about o'clock Christmas Eve It had made some progress, but was quickly extinguished 1; and it was then found that some one had carried in a lot of kindling wood and put in tbe cellar stairway where the fire originated. Most of the sticks were consumed, but enough left to show that the fire was not accidental. Had that building burned, as it certainly would if the fire had not been discovered for 10 min utes more, Bradford's store and Church's Ho- tel, and probably other buildings must have been burned--HeraM.
Year: 1859

Parson Twiss. of New Hampshire, had just married lady whose Christian name was De. sire, and it being in his course of remark on a certain Sabbath to illustrate the difference be tween the renewed and the unrenewed man, in the exercise of love, he delivered himself, to the amusement of his audience, in this way : formerly l had no desire to love, but now have desire to love, and love freely"
Year: 1859

THE NEW ROAD TO Bosr oN.-The new line of road from New Haven to Boston over the New Haven, New London, and Stonington Railroad was opened on Thursday afternoon of last week. The route is said to be shorter, more direct and straiter than any other road now in existence, and saves about two hours time between New York and Boston. - Doubtful
Year: 1859

fT The Republican State Convention for the nom- ination of candidates for State Offices will be held at New Haven on Thursday next Although it seems to be generally conceded that the present encum- bents will re-nominated hope there will be full convention and that by cordial union of the orpo- nents of the Administration upon the Republican platform, certain and significant triumph may be ensured at the election in April. .
Year: 1859

Gg7We are requested to remind our agricultural friends in this county of the Annual Meeting of the State Society at New Haven on Wednesday next It is desirable that there should be full attendance.
Year: 1859

Tho publisher of the Atlantic Monthly printed thirty thousand copies of the January number, yet they were all exhausted on the day of publication. Another edition has been put in press.
Year: 1859

eS3 We have no objection at all, brother Clarke, to the free discussion of the claims and qualifca- tions of candidates for office. What we do object to is the sly method which has sometimes been adopt ed of packing conventions for particular candid ates, and thus, in measure, tying the hands of delegates when they meet in convention. We would have intelligent judicious unpledsed men selected ill all the towns delegates, who will be prepared after a full discussion and comparison of views, to unite cordially upon the best candidates all things considered, and then go heartily to work and elect them As for the candidate for Congress from this district, most cheerfuly sup3b either of the ten good men named in the Herald or either of ten more that might be mentioned. There is no trouble in carrying this district by at least one thou sand majority, if there is cordial union of the op ponents of Administration Let us see to it. brother as that neither the Enquirer nor Herad are instru- mental in preventing such a union.
Year: 1859

The two great AngloSaXon nations, Eng land and the United States, are contending now peacefully for a prize, of more importance to them respectively than any that was ever gain on the tented field. They are contendng for the trade of the Pacific and the nation that suc- ceeds in winning it will have attained tri- umph the results Of which will bafle ,ll attempts at an estimate. Ii is not alt tie upoh the Cen tral American Isthuus that rhis question is to be decided. Over the continent of America the rails are to be laid that will connect the ports of the Pacific with those of the Atlantic Our government was first in the field with its several corps O. en yineer olicers, surveying the most appropriate route for this great national work, and Congress has been engaged during the present session in endeavorng to mature plan for carrying out the enterprise. Three routes are proposed for the road-a Southern one, crossing New Mexico at Fl Paso or AlLur- querque; a central one, crossing the Rocky Mountains at the South Pass and Northern one, starting from the head of Lake Superior, and crossing Oregon to the Pacific The prob ability is that one road only will be authorized by some future Congress, and that the selection of that road will be left to the Executive-f the road is to be bnilt by the government-or to the contractors, if that mode of building 1t shall be preferred The estimated cost of one rOad IS hundred millions 0f dollars. but we think that g .hQpased and 6agss @il ;Cns 7gonld be much nearer the mark. If the three roads are to be built, the aggregate cost to the gov ernment will not fall short olive hundred mill: ions of dollars

 In the meantime, and while rival interests are contending in and out of Congres over the location of the road and the mode of building 1t, the British government has gone to work and sent out parties of engineers to survey route from Lake Superior, through its own territories, to the Pacific This road would open the fer tile valleys of Saskatchewan and Red river of the North, make available the gold mining re- zion of Frazer river and divert the trade of the Pacific through the lakes to Quebec. Thus there are in contemplation four routes, to the Pacific over the continent, the average cost of which cannot be less than one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, or six hundred millions for the whole.
Year: 1859

We found in Burlington Co., N. J., that mules were the reliance for all kinds of team ing on the road, and for farm work they are in universal use. A friend told us that ten years ago he bought six pairs which he has in use now, worth to-day all he gave for hem. It is a well known fact that where they have been long used, they are bought and sold without ref erence to their age, after they get over six or eight years of age, and it is not unusual to know of their reaching the age of fifty years in good working vigor Mules with equal size and quality with fine carriage horses are not very rare and bring an equal price. Common, young well broken mules are worth more than horses of equalsize Well broken, and free from tricks, at three or four years old, q mule with ordinary treatment, coarser fare, and harder work, will outlast and outwork at least three good horses When they are young, say from three to seven years old, they often show great speed, and make excellent, sprightly saddle and carriage beasts but after this age, especially if put tc hard work, they geta heavy loggy gait, whicf is abundantly rapid for all farm work but the ac tivity and sprightliness so requisite in car riage horse is usually lost
Year: 1859

We noticed at some length, last week, the bad policy of maintaining in New Mexico so many weak and inefficient military posts they being heavy expense to government without afording due security to the inhsCitants So far as these one company posts altord an op- portunlty to the officers of drawing double ra- tions and furnish additional expense in the way of contracts and transportation, they an- swer very good purpose, but as defence against Indians they are comparatively worth less This view of the case is taken by the able and experienced Commander of the De partment of Texas General Twggs The fol- lowing article from the San Antonio Herald, which came to hand after our remarks were published, explains the policy determined upon in regard to Texas. We sncerel thope it may socn be adopted in New Mexico X

 trom what we have been able tb learn since the return of Gen. Twggs, as to tne result of his late consultation with the Ccmmander-in chief at New Orleans, we think we are justified in saying, that the experiment ma le last fall by our able Department CommanCtr, of chas- Using the wild Indians in their mclntain fast ness has proved so promising of aluable re- suits, and has given such satisfaction to the Commander-in-chiefa and the War Department, that 1t Is hereafter to become the settled mode of securing protection to our frontier. Instead of scattering the few troops in the Department along our extended frontier, as heretofore the forces are benceforth to be kept in effective bodies in the Indian country, instructed to chastise the savages until they sue for peace

 The deductions of reason and the facts of expe rience alike go to show that this mode will be far more efficient than the one pursued by the previous commanders of this Deaartment- Since the brilliant victory of Major Van Dorn, in which he gave the 'lords of the prairie the severest iogging they ever experienced not q dement's, and all is peace along the frontier.- All honor to our Commanding General for in augurating this great and effective reform 1T our Indian policy
Year: 1859

PrcTUREs-A room with pictures in it, and room without pictures differ by nearly as much as a room with windows and a room with out windows Nothing, we think, is more mel ancholly, particularly to person who has to pass much time in his room, than blank walls, with nothing on them; for pictures are loop holes of escape to the soul, leading it to other scenes and other spheres It is such an inex- pressible relief to person engaged in writing, or even reading, on looking up, not to have his line of vision chopped off by an odous white wall, but to find his soul escaping as it were, through the frame of an exquisite picture, to other beautiful and perhaps heavenly scenes where the fancy for moment may revel, re- freshed and delighted. Thus pictures are con- solers of loneliness; they are relief to the ja- bed mind they are windows to the imprisoned thought; they are books; they are histories and sermons, which we can read without the trouble of turning over the leaves.
Year: 1859

A person named John Hartman,
just from the mountain gold mines in
Kansas, publishes letter in the Lea
yenworth Times, saying that he dug
$1,000 of gold in twenty five days.
Exchange.


1t is such reports as this that tempt
people to leave comfortable homes
and good paying businesses 70 seek
quick fortunes in California, Fraser's
River, Pixies Peak or some other fan
cied Ell Dorado. Many of the stories
are mere fabrications; yet if they all
were true how small proportion OF
those engaged in mining meet with
such success as that OF the "John
Hartman" mentioned above. For
every one so fortunate there are hun
dreds who return with broken down
constitutions and poorer in pocket
than they went A man stands about
as good a chance oi being struck by
lightning as of digging " $4,000 in gold
in twenty-five days" in any gold re-
gion on earth.


There is on every farm and in every
mechanics shop in this country a
mine from which ordinary industry
and perseverance, will obtain the
glittering dust more rapidly and much
more easilv than do a majority of
those who wash the sands of Fraser's
River or Pixies Peak. But as men
often risk their all on the result OF
some very uncertain speculations, so
there will be those who will risk non-
ey, health and life itself in the slen-
der hope of realizing fortune in
few months, in some wild and sterile
region where rumor says "John Hart
man" or some oiher mythical indi-
vidual "dug $4,000 ofgold in twenty
five days"


Our advice to those afflicted with
the gold lever is to stay at home; if
you have no business make one; there
are plenty of chances in every legiti-
mate pursuit where industry and fru-
gality will meet with a generous re-
ward, with very little risk of money
or health to run. Ifyou can't set up
business for yourself work for some
body else until you can. 1t will be
easier work than you will find in the
gold diggiags, you will be happier all
the time, and, ten chances TO one,
richer at the end of ten years.
Scioto Gazette.
Year: 1859

If woman could only believe it, there is a
wonderful beauty even in the growing cid.
The charm of expression arising from soft
ened temper OF ripened intellect, often am
ply atones for the loss of form and coloring;
and, consequently, TO those who never could
boast of these latter years give much more
than they take away. A sensitive person
often requires half life to get used TO this
corporal machine, to attain a wholesome
indifference, both to its defects and preeep
tions, and TO learn at last, what nobody
woaId acquire from any teacher but expert
ence, that it is the mind alone which is of
consequences; that with a good temper,
sincerity and moderate stock of brains-or
even the two former only--any sort of body
can, in time, be made useful, respectable
and agreeable, as a travelling dress for the
soul. Many one who plain in youth
thus grows pleasant and well-looking in
declining years. You will hardly ever find
any body. not ugly in mind, who is repul-
sively ugly in person after middle life.
Year: 1859

1t overcomes difficulties. Not with a
a rush and shout, but one by one. They
melt away before the incessant pressure, as
Icebergs before the steady radiance of the
SUM- 1t gives one the strength of happy
conscience A weaiher-cock of man
whiting about with every breeze, cannot
have true quietness of mind. Dissatisfac-
ton worries and annoys him. But cheer


fuI vigor and energy grows out Of inteIli-
gent and unvarying purpose. 1t gives Dig
nity and honor to character. Men cannot
but admire the miEd that marches steadily
on through sunshine and shade, Gains.
smiles and frowns glad of favor, but pressing
on without it. thankful for aid but fixed on
advancing at all events. Such men cut out
for themselves character which cannot but
be seen and honored- 1t gives success. In
any enterprise that is not downright mad


ness such man must succeed. He has
the chief element of triumph over every
difficulty, and if he is not an idiot be will do
something in the world. He moves not
rapidly, but assuredly. When you want TO
fiud him, by-and-by. you know where to
look You will look at the topmost round
of the ladder ofsuccess, and you will find
him about there, somewhere Il Selected.
Year: 1859

The number of languages spoken is three
thousand and sixty -four. The number of
men is about equal to the number of women
The average OF human life is thirty two
wears One quarter die before the age of
seventeen. OF every one-handred, only
sixreach sixtyf five years; and not more than
one in five hundred reaches the age of eighty
years. There are on the earth one thou
sand million inhabitants. OF these, thirty
three million three hundred and thirty
three die every year, ninety-one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-four die evrY day,
aud seven thousand seven-hundred and
eighty every hour, and sixty every minute,
or one for every second. These losses are
about balanced by an equal number OF
births. The married are longer lived than
the single, and above all, those who observe
a sober and Industrious conduct. Women
have more chances of life previous 10 the
age of fifty years than men, but fewer after.
The number Of marriages is in proportion oil
seventy five to one hundred.
Year: 1859

We hope that the citizens Of our


town will take this into consideration


and make it a poin, to encourage home


Industry. II is the only policy that


will s.pay," or that will build up our


town. 1t is clear that if our people


were alt to go or send TO Cleveland,
Cincinnati or New York for their
mercantile supplies, our merchants


must all leave here or go into some
other business. So, if our merchants
and others who should patronize our
mechanics, were to send off for all
they want, our mechanics must all
leave and go where they are better
appreciated, and merchants, profess
ionai men, property holders, all class
es suffer by their departure. Every
dollar thus sent away, diminishes the
business capacity OF our town, and
aids in crushing out enterprise in our
midst. The citizens of our town all
have one common interest, and what
ever causes the business of one class
10 languiSh Injuries all the rest. They
should all work for each others inter |
cherish every business thai
tends TO attract and consolidate trade |
here. should patronize each other and
thus keep every dollar thatlegitimate-
iy belongs here, and thus add to our
common wealth. Whenever this LoIi-
cy becomes the policy Of all our citi-
zens, we will see our town building
up, population increasing, business
extending and general thrift perva-
ding all a ses.
Year: 1859

Let me touch cord of compassions i.
my frie nd, as / point 10 thst poor =
shivering flock of sheep exposed 10 :
the cold air this morning, as they have W.
been since breakfast. Pray turn thsm 81
into the barn, and give them sotne- .
thing to pick over, at least if not t0 .
eat, that they may drive away the
thought and feeling of cold, which =
threatens TO shake them TO pieces


address every man who leaves his
sheep and cattle exposed to the wealth
er when ii is, as it's now, below free
zng, and especially when the wind
is strong enough TO open the wool
and stir the hair of the COWS. II is
sufficient te say it makes them uncom-
Portable. No animal in this state for
long and frequent periods was ever 4
known 10 make the most of the food
given it, or TO improve in flesh and
fat and muscle. II is enough for mo
TO hear the cattle lowing in The barn.
or see them walking about the yard
uneasily, or to feed them irreguIarIy,
TO satisfy myaelf that at the following


milking the quantity will be less than
-
will be restless and disobedient, OF.
weak and unwilling to haul their lOads
and always look here for the cause
OF the evil. An interesting anecdotes
in the Farmers Guide, where greaa b
diminuiion of milk was the result Of
irregular feeding Of lot of cows IN
possession of the author.


The piercing wind and still, cutting
cutting cold, has no less disastrous
effect. The quantity of food consunT-
ed has been clearly proved to be much
greater than otherwise, and the pro-,
tit derived from it at the same time IS
found to be much less. If wandering
about the yard causes sheep and cat
tie TO eat more food to less advantages
than when penned up, who viii deny


that any additional demand upon
comfort, animal heat and fat, is
source of loss to the farmer! Yes, my
| friend, this little matter also demands


your care.-Genesee Farmer.
Year: 1859

At this season il may be interesting
to our readers to learn that ice may
he saved and kept TO the close Of
summer without the aid Of an ics-7
house.


On the authority of the New
Hampshire Journal of Agriculture
we give the following receipt Tor
keeping III


Cover a space. eight feet squares,
with wood sufficient to keep the icsrs
from the ground, and ill the spaces
between The sticks with saw-dust or
tan bark. Then pack the ice upon
this foundation, in Pyramidal form to-
any desired height. Throw few
pals oil water over the mass, TO make
it more compact, and to keep out the
air. Cover the whole with saw.
dust" -.s


The Journal says. -


'.We are inclined TO think ice will
kee p in this way better than any other
The evaporation from the outside car
res of the heat. and the mass keePss
cooler than il would If shut up in a.
tight house. 's'4s,s.i
Year: 1859


Z R7Ro B. r. HOOD respectfully informs the public


8 that he is still at his old stand in Clinton where
he continues to manufacture CARRIAGES, BAROUCHAS,
ROCKAWAYS AND BUGGIES. He is prepared at all times
work with neatness and despatch He suPerIn
work shall be durable neat and cheap any other
establishment in the State.


He is now constantly employed IN manua Gturng ana ap
buggy be complete These springs prevent the usual
unpleasant motion and add but little to the cost of buggy
and is of incacuabe benefit they completely prevent
that upon the other springs which has given rise to so
many breakngs. All who want en- easy riding buggy will
give him a call.


May 26th, 1855 59-u
Year: 1859

These Gums remove all
morbid or bad matter from
the system, supplying in
their place a healthy flow
Of bile, inVigorating the
stomach, causing food to
digest we'll, purifying the
blood, giving tone and
health to the whole ma
chinery, re m wing t h e
cause ofthe disease--eff
ing a radical cure.


Bilious attacks are cured,
and, what is better. preven-
ted by the occasional use
Of the Liver Inyigorator.
One dose after eating is


sufficient to relieve t h e
stomach and prevent the
food from rising and sour
ing.


Only one dose taken be-
fore retiring. preve e Mt s


nightmare.


Only one dose taken al
night, loosens the bowels
gently, and cures costire-
ness,


One dose taken after each


meal will cure Dyspepsia.
One dose Of two teaspoon
/ fuls will always relieve SICK
| Headache.


Only one dose immediate
I I
Year: 1859

pardon. This opens the question Of rene
dy and prevention. The first idea is to get
rid of the sin. How it is TO be remedied Is
a question which the wisest cannot answer
Some maintain that it can only be palliated,
but as Christians we are bound to fight a.
gainst every sin, to believe that it may be
overcome, and to strive to that end. Every
man must see to his own individual life
and soul We talk Of society, but it is an
abstraction; society is made up Of indivi-
dual life The second idea is that Of re-
pentence and reformation. If God par.
dons, who shall refuse 2 If these poor, a.
bandoned ones are good enough for Him
to take up, who shall reject them Yet
society makes Dante's hell of this shame
ful life, closes the door, and writes over it,
" No hope" 1t would not be encouraging
sin to encourage repentance-to say to the
sinner that she may be restored to useful
ness and happiness. We have hardly learn
ed yet the alphabet of Christ's charity
Recently, in a western city, poor crea-
tnre closed her shameful career by suicide.
and they would hardly let her bones rest
in the grave. A Christian minister could
scarcely be found, willing to breathe a
prayer over the harlot's bones, ere they
mingled with their kindred dust.


Every man of us depends day by day,
and hour by hour, on the mercy of God,
for who is there that can fathom his own
heart. and say that in some way he has not
sinned as deeply as the fallen woman ?
Mercy is justice in this case. Christ has
prepared the true test Let him that is
without sin cast the first stone.' 1t is the
way of charity, Of hope, of life, requiring
o response from all Christian hands and
hearts. Now, as then, Christ says to the
brokenhearted, peuitent Magdalens, Go
and sin no more"