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Year: 1869

In the days that are gone an old garret knew.
Where often in sleep have lain;
Where a small dormer window crouched squat


like toad"


And stared on the barn in the lane.
In the waspy dark roof large knot have watch


ed,


Till it turned to tight clinging bat,
And I've seen in a corner two stars blazing out,
The twin gemmy eyes of the cat.
A fiddle bow stood by a rusty-keyed flute;
A saddle bestrided beam,
And its stirrups down danged in loopings of brass
And the bride bit sent out gleam.
A pile of old bottles dull Uttered nook,


With glare ghastly white from it shed;
And a spider had spun his gray wheels DER a


book


Whose pages with CRIME were o'erspread.
How oft have lain with the rain on the roof
Shifting loud like the tread of host!
Or the rumble and tumble of waves as they roll
On the low sounding line of a coast
Oh, the dreams that the tread of that rain called


forth,


AS lay in the twilight of sleep;
1t was music that charmed me, but not ofthe


earth,


But of fairy land solemn and deep.
Yes, the garret crown of the dwelling, it lifts
Its brow to the breeze of the sky;
1t is brndled with hues from the cloud it drifts
And the moon-tints like pearls in it lie.
Beranger there lived with his bashful Lisette
Where with sure shawls he blinded the pane
There Johnson with Rasselas paid off his debt,
And Goldsmith won bread with his brain.
1t is nearer to heaven than after life known;
A realm fitted over the din;
And the hopes that illume its dusky domain
Are free from the clouding of sin,
For youths hopes are pure, they are born in the
heart,
And they know that ife's soul-staining blight
For hope when it perishes turns to a spear,


That we grasp with revengeful delight.
Alfred B. Street
Year: 1869




STATION AND Fort HARRIsoN.-We
take the following extract from a re-
cent letter of a correspondent of the
Boston Traveller who is visiting in
succession the battlefelds of Virginia


TERRIBLE SToRY.-We stopped at
a house about half way between the
cemetery and Savage's Station, to in
quire the way of an old lady, and a
frightfuI tale she told us,-a tale we
have hesitated to write until we should
be well reinforced with proof, lest
your readers regard it as hoax. She
showed US a place in her garden,
where there was formerly well, and
in it, she said, was buried fifty or more
of our soldiers. She said during a
calm in the fight on the first Of June
the wounded men lett uncared for on
the field, crawIed up to the spot to get
a drink of water. No one was able
to draw mp the bucket. and there the
poor fellows lay and died in sight of a
well of pure water unable to get any
When our army retreated down the
Williamsburg road, the Confederate
troops to whom was assigned the task
Of burying the dead came up and filled
the we'll with bodies, and many, ac
cording to the rebels own story, were
thrown in alive Since the war their
bones have been taken up and placed
in the cemetery by the U. S. burial
corps, of whom we inquired as to the
truthfulneSs OF the old lady'S story
The negroes for miles around repeat
the story Of the Pennsylvanians buried
alive in Mrs. Whiteside's well and
tell of ghosts that rise and dance, and
of hobgobHns that call through the
night for water.


FORT HARRISON = TWENTY ACRES OF


HUMAN BONES.


The cemetery keeper offered to act
as our guide, and after showing
US the fort and its adjacent lines
Of rife-pits, he escorted US to g
large field on the northwest side of the
fort, and there a most terrible scene
presented itself. The thousands of
Confederate soldiers who had faller
in their desperate and persistent at
tempts to retake Fort Harrison, were
buried by the Confederates where they
fell. Twenty acres or more have jus
been ploughed up by the owner of thu
field, and the ploughshare turned tt
the surface all these skeletons. Owe
the whole tract the bones are strewet
in profusion, and grinning skulls stare
the visitor in the face on every hand
When the farmer was questioned, h,
said the land was now the riches
piece he had, and in justification Of hi
sacriligeous act stated that "he Gidn
put 'em there no how" We Learned
afterwards that the bones had beer
taken away by the load and sold t.
fertilizing mills in Richmond. TIVE
humane men, too poor to do anything
else, came the day we were there ant
attempted to burn some of the bone
to prevent the wretches from carting
them of. But long job they will
have if they attempt to burn them all


Yet these are not the only fields OF
Confederate bones we have seen, no
the first instance Of disrespect for thei
dead we have witnessed. Perhap
they are too poor, as they plead, tt
bury them. Then, in the name of hu
manity, why do they rear stone mon
ument, forty-fve feet square at th'
base, and ninety feet high, at Rich
mond, to the memory of the "Confed
crate dead, in the cemetery, and leav,
their bones to bleach and crumble OF
the fields q?
Year: 1869

Agent for the Orleans County Marble Works at
Barton, would return his thanks TO the public
for their patronage the last eight years and would


say that he is now prepared to finish
Year: 1869

A young gentleman, happening to
sit at church in a pew adjoining one in
which sat young lady for whom he
conceived q sudden and violent at
tachment, was desirous of entering
into a courtship on the spot, but the
place not being suitable for formal
declaration, the case suggested the
following plan:


He politely handed his fair neigh
Dor a Bible, opened, with pin stuck
In the following text: Second epistle
of John, verse 5-"And now / be-
seech thee, not as though 1 wrote "a
new commandment unto thee but
that which he had from the begin
ming, that we love one another"


She returned it, pointing to the Sec
ond chapter of Ruth, 10th verse =
'"Then she fell on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground, and said to him,
why have | found grace in thine
eyes, seeing L am IL stranger W


He returned the book, pointing to
the thirteenth chapter of the third
epistle of John: "Having many
things to write unto you, l would
not write with pen and ink, but l
trust shortly to come unto you and
speak face to face that our JOY may
be full"
Year: 1869

French Manners and American Manners.


One of an American party in Paris
whose circle had been invaded by death,
at Partisan hotel, writes:


mo other experience could have so
warmed my heart to the French people
as did that ten days of SORROW giving
as reason therefor that every one at
the hotel, from ehsmbermaid to hostess,
we're attentive, sympathetic and ready to
help.


What guest in America could have an
experience that would draw from him
like thanks to the host and servants OF
one of our large city hotels


And the same letter, in speaking OF
the funeral procession, composed only OF
carriage or lwo-the deceased and her
companions being total strangers in
Paris-says: " As our simple procession
passed through the crowded and fashion
able boulevard, the Broadway of Paris,
every one turned to look upon it with,
not curious, but sympathetic eyes !;
every hat was raised in deferential salu-
tation, from the poorest peasant, in his
soiled blouse, to that of the wealthiest
gentleman, sauntering for pleasure or
Fastening to his business"


What contrast with American man
nersl Here we see herses and carriages
dash past funeral professions, and even
break through the procession itself be-
tween the hearse and the carriage of
mourners. and the person who should halt
with raised hat as procession passed
would be stared at as q curiosity. In this
connection we may repeat an incident
occurring on Broadway at its most
densely crowded point, just below the
Astor. 1t was q number of years since
the Prince de Joinville, son of Louis
Philippe, then King of France, visited
this country, and made his mysterious
trip up the lakes, and had his remarkable
interview with the late Rev. EIeazer
Williams at Green Bay. The Prince
came over in the Belle Poole, a beautiful
miniature frigste; and at the time we
refer to, this vessel was lying at New
York. One day there passed along the
crowded walk down Broadway past the
Astor and St Paurs Church poor man
and woman, the former carrying under
his arm tiny coffin with their dead baby,
they stranBers auu Hieuuioss, eeeh.ne
Christian burial for their child. The
rude surge of Broadway rendered it
almost dangerous to attempt to thread
that crowd in safety to their precious
burden. Just az the two had passed St.
Paul there came up Broadway the
entire crew of the French frigate, two by
two, in their holiday dress, and jaunty
hats with long streamers, chattering and
isbbering as French sailors only can
but the instant the leading man espied
that baby coffin he called halt, and
every man, facing it, lifted his hat and
stood in silence while that humble couple,
with their cheap pine coffin, covered with
the mether's only shawl for pail, were
passing. There was lesson for Ameri-
can gentlemen, but one our people, with
all their pretended respect for the dead,
will never learn.
Year: 1869

tied great dislike for devils from some
ancestors, who, possessed of that bad ar
ticle, had run down steep place, and
were drowned. No sooner did his hoofs
touch the bridge than he gave great
squeal and, bobbing between the legs OF
his prosecutors, escaped to the noun
tsins.


The people met with no better success
with ajackass. The poor donkey kicked,
plunged, and brayed so furiously that he
had to be given up. The people we're
about abandoning the attempt, when a
half-witted boy suggested tying tin
kettle to dogs tail, and chasing him
over. A hungry hound was seized, q
kettle tied on, and with great shouts and
wild yells from the multitude, he was
started. Poor Touser, terribly fright
ened, flew heller skeltcr over the devils
bridge.


The devil was wroth. He was in o
state of profound disgust. He said the
villagers were dirty lot of repudiators,
and would never more have any credit
with the devil, and that he would tear
down their bridge. And so, with great
power, he tore out the keystone. But
the holy father was present, with cross
and holy water, and standing on the
bridge, it was miraculously held up until
another stone could be inserted.


The devil flew up in the air hundred
miles, more or less, and then dropped
the stone directly over the priests house.
But the holy father had or his vestments,
and yet carried the cross and holy water,
80 that the stone shied to one side, and
falling on the lawyers Office, killed that
old Gomez dead as a rat.


Now for the moral of this beautiful le-
gend. You have only to substitute
spoons for the tin kettle to the dogs tail
to appreciate and comprehend it ALL
Year: 1869

Mrs. General Chomutoff, dislin-
guished member Of the Russian aristoc-
raey, is now in jail at ST. Petersburg on
the charge of having robbed another
lady Of the sum of forty thousand rubles.
She has petiiioned the Emperor to allow
her to occupy a room in the jsiler' S
house, the cell where she is now confined
being so dark that she can never read q
line except by candlelight She begs
also to be permitted to see her children
occasionally. II convicted Of the charge,
she will be sent for ten years to Siberia,
have to perform the whole distance on
foot, and, upon reaching her destination,
will be employed as cook or washer
woman for the cOnvicis working in the
mines
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

Rather funny incident in Russia
shows how easily red tape may some
times be united by skillful hand. A
surgeon was hastily summoned to
care for four men injured by an ac-
cideut in a town in the in
terror. The railroad train to start
soon was for freight only and the
physician was told that he could only
be admitted as an escort to living
freight. He hurried to a house near
by and bought rooster, which he
carried upon the train and was per
mitted to proceed, the requirement Of
the rule being fulfilled.
Year: 1869

The man whose spirit in favor Of
supporting his home paper is so weak
that it surrenders for fifty cents a
year, should be thankful that lis
neighbors have more liberal ideas, or
very few of the presentcountry week
lies could live at all. Live and let
live, aud don't try to starve your
home paper.
Year: 1869

dAIl are alike before his fsce;


'Tis easy to our God Most High
To make the rich man poor and base,


To give the poor man wealth and joy.
True wonders still Of Him are wrought,
Who setteth up and brings TO nOught.
Year: 1869

What are the practical lessons which
this subject should teach us all? You
know how the human character is formed,
and how the faults and vices which de-
grade it, and which affiict the world are
generated. Pity their unhappy victims i;
treat them in mercy; pour, if it be posi-
BILE, the light Of knowledge on their
minds, and infuse, by obliging them to
witness its excellence in your own DISPOSE
ton, the love Of goodness in their hearts.
In the family and ip the world, be what
your views Of philosophy and religion
ought to make you-forbearing, generous,
just; the intrepid defender Of others
rights the uniform observer of your own
duties; the master Of yourself, the servant
of all. Endeavor at all seasons and by all
means to diffuse the blessings Of knowl.
edge; deem no labor too protractcd or too
severe, which may terminate in the re-.
moval Of an error. Let no calumny or
invective excite in you a spirit Of resent
mcnt, or force from your lips harsh ex-
preston. Make those whom you strive to
enlighten feel that you wish them to en-
brace your views, only that they may be
inspired with the same cheerful, amiable
and beniguant spirit Of which your heart
is full, rejoice in the good that is; live
but to labor to increase it; believe that
every event is SO arranged by Infinite wis.
dom and almighty power as to perform its
necessary measure in securing its ultimate
triumph. This is true philosophy; this is
A genuine Christianity: this is the wav tn
live happiest, to die happicst, and to pre-
pare best for glory, honor, aud immortal
ity.
Year: 1869

~ Fish may be keptalive for ten days by
pouring little brandy into their stomachs
and filling their mouths with brandy soaked
crumbs. This stupe6cs them, SO that they
can be packed in straw, and after being
placed in fresh water again for an hour or
two they become as lively as ever.
Year: 1869

psr Great joy was manifested by the min
ers in the White Pine district over the
birth Of the first native of the region.
They made up purse Of several thousand
dollars in silver bars and gave it to tho pio.
nccr infant.
Year: 1869

A NEW INvENrioN.-An ingenious
English mechanic has perfected an inven-
ton for the detection Of hidden defects in
iron castings, wrought iron shafts, and
other heavy iron castings. The invention


is one of the most powerful, and at the
same time useful Of modern tunes. A
small magnetic steel bar is SO supported
that, beside being able to turn in hori-
xontal plane, it can also turn in sectional
planes. 1t points northward and down.
ward with an inclination Of seventy de-
grccs. This needle traverscs the shaft or
bar, dcnoting tho flaws or bad places by
an irregularity in the top Of the needle.
The invention has been tested in every
conceivable manner. In one instance a
heavy shaft Of iron was drilled, the hole
was filed up with inferior iron, then plug
gcd up, and turned off so smoothly that
the plug could not be detected. The
compass needle indicated the spot at which


the strength Of the shaft was not reliable.
Year: 1869

The connection Of Mrs. Stowe with the
editorial department of the Hearth and
Home, of New York, ceased last week
This is we'll for Hearth and Home She
il lady of talent, and with all the mis-
chief she did with her fanatical agitation
and injustice to the South before the
war. she might more than have repaid the
paper for any injury her reputation did
it BY the entertainment Of her contriou'
tions; but her latest mischief, for which
her preyicus career in outrage had we'll
fitted her, is more than any newspaper
can afford to sustain, and i. is well that
the enterprising paper should sepa'
rae from her. Mrs. Stowe has, no doubt,
a plenty to do. 1t is q great labor that
sbe has on bsnd-thst of defaming the
dead and prosecuting those whose bodies
are turned to dust upon the charge OF in
cest. Delightful occupation for one whose
tender sensibilities could not endure the
existence OF slavery thousands OF miles
from her. II turns out that the amisble
and virtuous lady, the enthusiastic
philanthropist, has q book on hand, ard
her notification in the Atlantic Monthly
was to whet the appetite, as drink OF
absinthe before dinner, and secure large
sale. We hays been inclined (charitably)
TO conclude that many Of the extreme
"philanthropistsH Of the far North we're
mad but there is q wonderful amount OF
method in the msdness OF a Roodly par!
ofthem.-Richmond Of Dispatch
Year: 1869

4 writer in the american Stack Jour.
nal says:


1t is not the amount Of food aud care
given TO a horse that insures his health
and good condition, but the times aud
manner Of application. There are times
when horse should have full feed.
and other times when he should have a
small one. The heaviest feed should be
in the evening, after his days work is
done. His appetite is then gratified, and
he lies down to rest, and will most likely
lie till morning. BY this time his food
is digested, his system rested, he gets up
refreshed with n good appetite His
morning meal should not be an over full
one-not so full as that of the previous
evening. lie should be driven or worked
moderately for the first hour or two. Af-
ter that his speed or labor may be in
creased if there is urgent necessity for it;
his mid day feed should be smaller than
that Of the morning aud evening-it
should be the smallest feed of the day,
and he will travel or work on during tho
afternoon with more vigor and less ex-
haustion than he would have done on a
full feed, and will enjoy his evening meal
with greater relish.


If horse is very thirsty do not give
him over two gallons of water. He will
be more refreshed and better able to per-
form his duty after drinking two gallons
than he would be after drinking four 1t
is necessary sometimes to restrain the ap-
petite, even with water; and this requires
judgment and discretion.


Never suffer horse that has been
driven or worked thaough the day to
spend the night without first having been
welfseaned and his limbs we'll rubbed
down. This operation, if well performed,
is worth hae a feed-it is worth more to
the owner than the price of many feeds.
The same operation should be performed
again in the morning. In fact, horse
should never be taken out of the stable
to either work or travel without first hay
ing his limbs we'll rubbed down. 1t stim-
ulates the circulation, and opens the
pores of the skin. The horse then feels
that he has limbs, and enjoys a pleasure
In using them.


Always cultivate an acquaintance with
your horse-be on social and friendly
terms with him--tak to him with kind
ly tone of voice, pat him ON the neck
and even sing and whistle to him, for he
is fond of music, and these little atten-
tions are not lost to him. Pull hand
full of grass by the roadside and feed it
to him. IF he is tired and worn down,
it is astonishing how these little atten-
tions will encourage and cheer him up.


Now let me tell you what not to do.
Do not swear at, nor scold him. Do not
whip him. If he has faults try to coax
him out of them. He has spirit of re-
sentiment, if you rouse it in him, as well
as you; and you, having the best reason
ing powers, ought to show the best ex.
ample.
Year: 1869

BEAUTY IN DIFfIcULTY.-Livi near
Warrensburg is n farmer, not long from
the "Suckcr State" who has a beautiful
daughter, just GU tho shady side of "swect
sixteen" The daughter, Miss -, is
domestic in her turn, and few mornings
ago was engaged in milking. She was
seated on a stool, and near by sat a half
bushcl measure, in the bottom of which
was a handful of salt In sitting down,
it SO happened that the hoops of Miss


- extended over the top of tho meas
ure the calf Of the cow she was milk
ing, n strong fat yearling with horns an
inch or more long, discovered the salt in
the measure and commenced licking il,
IN which operation his horns became en-
tangled in the hoops of Miss -, and
the first thing she knew she was jerked
from her scat, at which the calf became
alarmed. and, with a bawl dashed off,
dragging the young lady. Blinded and
frightened out of his wits at the strange
ST. Int, he ran over n straw rick, somc ten
feet in hight, which by chance stood in
his way. Fortunately just as he reached
the top of the straw pile, the fastening
gave way around the lady's waist, and
she suddenly found herself sitting unin-
jured upon the elevation, while the calf
was fast disappearing in the distance with
the hoops over his head. He has not
since been seen, aud 1t is a matter Of sur
mise in the neighborhood, as to whether
he has gone to attend masquerade ball,
or the sale of the Iron Mountain Rail
road WarrcnsJurg Standard,
Year: 1869

IT is not often that man can be
found who is willing to have his
friends post him as The author
of falsehoods for party purpos es.
Yet Msyor WALKER permits that
thing, or, what is worse, does it him
self. IL has printed his report in
hand bin form, with the head ng,
Year: 1869

The Philadelphia Morning Post refers
as follows to the damages attending the
use of kerosene. We heartily wish that
the article might be read in every family,
and each family unite in petition to the
Legislature for suitable protection


"Prof. Chandler, in his report to the
New York Board of Health says that out
of seventy y-nine samples of Kerosene oil
purchased at various places in the city,
but one was found to be fit for use. The
oil bought at a shop in East Broadway,
part of the city where proportionately as
little gas and as much oil is used by pri,
vate families as in any part of the world,
contained ten parts of burning oil and
ninety parts of explosive oil The pro-
fessor remarked that gunpowder would be
safer in land than this oil, because
the powder would not ignite until the fire,
by some accident got to it, but the VIOLA
tile and gaseous part of the oil is seeking
the fame of the lamp as long as it is
burnt.


There is no reason to suppose that the
kerosene oil in New York is any worse
than much that is sold in our city. OF
course, those who are in good circum-
stances can afford to buy properly re-
fined oil, which is considered safe, but
this class use but little of it, preferng
gas. It is the poor who want kerosene
and everything else just as they can get
it who take this impure demon into their
houses and put in its power their wives,
children aud possessions. Every day we
hear the tale of its ravages, but every
night VIC know that thousands Of our fell
low citizens are putting themselves in
danger of the most horrible of deaths by
using cheap, improperly prepared kero-
sene oil. But it may be asked, "What
are they to do? They must have light"
All we can say is this /: If they cannot
buy oil that they are sure is good aud
thoroughly refined, let them burn tallow
candles, whale oil, anything rather than
:: such fearful risks as the impure stuff
80 general, sold subjects them to. But
where no accident h-,ss happened people
expect none 10 hapen, and SO thoy 90 on IN
the old way confident and careless. BN:
it is nearly always the first mad act OF the
kerosene demon that brings suffering and
death into family. Let that be remem-
bered. 1t is probably that actions of law,
brought against the seller Of impure oil,
would produce wholesome change in the
character of the article offered to the pub
lie. This course, by recent action of the
courts, is open to the public, and might
be the beginning of reform.


1.-THE suggestion of holding dealers in
kerosene responsible, to some extent, for
the frightful disasters attendant upon the
sale and use of impure kerosene oil, is a
good one. Let those dealers be made to
understand that they are responsible for
disasters occurring through their cupid
ty, and it will work wholesome change.