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Year: 1862

FLANNEL.-Flannel should be worn
in summer and winter, during the day,
but should be taken of at night. In
summer it allows the perspiration to
pass off without condensing the skin,
and prevents the evil effects OF the
rapid changes of temperature to which
we are liable in our changeable climate,
when out of doors. In winter. as a
non.conductor of heat, it is protection
against cold. at night the flannel
jacket or jersey should be exposed to
a free current of air, and allowed
thoroughly to dry; it should never be
put in a heap Of clothes by the bedside.
Flannel is usually only worn over the
chest and abdomen.
Year: 1862

The last time ] was sick / paid tscc
dollars a day board which 1 think will
be good preventative Of sickness for a
long time to come. Please write to me
again the first opportunity and know
that if nothing more you will at least
have the gratitude of


Your True friend IL


Affectionate Cousin


W. G. REYNOLDS.
Year: 1862

To MAKE SUPERIOR VINEGAR AND
PIcKLEs.-To one gallon of soft water,
add pint of sugar or sorghum molas-
ses; stir all well and then add nearly
a gallon of fresh and ripe tomatoes
Now set The vessel aside, and soon you
will have sour pickles and vinegar
Scientific american.
Year: 1862

N We have not struck this rebel
lion as we should have struck. We
have not put quarter Of our strength
into our blows. Henceforth we must
put the whole. What's the use of our
being giant if we don't act as one?
Year: 1862

~ The following secesh letters
have been furnished us by friend. into
whose hands the fortunes of war sent
them as cOntraband. They furnish an
inside view of the life these men are
leading, which may prove of interes, to
our readers.
Year: 1862




A ProjecttLe for Iron Clad Vessels "A
projectile is wanted capable OF penetrating or
adhering to the sides Of iron clad vessels, In
such q manner that by explosion or otherwise
breach may be made.


CorsriHg Vessels tyith Protecting ATmor
A cheap and quick method Of covering vessels
with protecting armor.


Grappls for Seixtng Hold of and Boring
Through Iron Clad Vsssxs.-A grapple or
other device for seizing and holding fast to
marine monsters like the Merrimac, and Of
boring through her sides when you get hold.


Ordnance and Projsetilcs for Striking
Iron Arm0r Plated Vessels Betoto tho Arnor
PLFttng.- in ordnance and pre-
jectiles for striking those parts Of iron armor
plated vessels which are so far below the water
line as to require no armor to protect them
from the ordnance and projectiles at present
in use or some substitute for cannon as a
means Of arming vessels for the purpose of
striking armor plated ships below the line.


Su6nsor1ns Maehines.-A very important
ssld fer ingenuity Is the discovery of an eff
eient method Of preventing the entrance of
vessels into harbors by submarine shells or
explosives. "


An Ezptoder-An adjustable attachment TO
the bow Of a battery, by which powder mag
szins could be carried under an enemy's vessel
and exploded at the moment and place de-
sired.


A Small Looomot,Us for Family Use
Suited to run on common level roads, to be
light, safe, neat, convenient, easily managed
by any person and not expensive to run.
Great speed not essential.


A Porous Substitute for Leathsr.-Many
excellent substitutes have been invented, but
most of them involve the use of gum, paint or
some water proof substance, so that the article
produced is unfit for the feet and for other
purposes to which leather is applied.


A Pulse I'rdtcotor.-A small instrument
for the sick room, capable of application to the
wrist of the patient, to show and record the
number of pulse beats.


A Practical mode Of saving the waste ma
nure of cities.


A Neto Cement for Coating Casks Con-
tanning Petroisum. cements have
been trisd, but all have failed to prevent the
petroleum from leaking


Clothes Line.-A process, composition or
device to protect clothes lines against the in
fuence of the weather, particularly to prevent
them from shrinking when getting wet
Year: 1862

GONE TO BED.


An eminently good man thus wrote on
hearing of the death of child


'Sweet thing, and is he SO quickly laid
to sleep? Happy he Though we shall
have no more the pleasure of his lisping
and laughing, he shall have no more the
pain or crying, nor of being sick, nor OF
dying. Tell my dear sister that she is
now SO much nearer akin to the next
world. John is but gone an hour or two
earlier to bed, as children used to do, and
we are very soon to- follow. And the
more we put off the foFo of this present
world, and all things superfuous, before,
hand, we shall have the less to do when
we lie down."
Year: 1862

Hope writes the poetry of the boy, but
memory that of the man. Man looks
forward with smiles but backward with
sighs. Such is the providence of God
The cup of life is sweetest at the brim
the flavor is impaired as we drink deeper
and the dregs are made bitter, that we
may not struggle when it is taken
from our lips -
Year: 1862

The following occurred not many weeks
since, in the Quaker town of Richmond
Indiana:


A wealthy Quaker whose four beauti-
full horses were the admiration of the
place, was asked to aid pecuniarily in the
formation of a regiment of cavalry. He
replied, 'tFriend, thee knowest that can
not give the money or horses for war--
arar IS aoicked-but as for my four horses
it is true that two will serve my needs
and, friend, l will say this to thee, that
my stable door is not locked and if
see thee on one of my horses, and thy
friend James on another, / will keep III.
peace to,oards 6oth.'' The stable door was
found unlocked, and the Quaker did not
go before the magistrate when two OF his
fine horses were missing.
Year: 1862

Words are nice things, but they strike
hard. We WELD them so easily that we
are apt to forget their hidden power
Fifty spoken, they fall like the sunshine,
the dew and the summer rain-but unfit
ly, like the frost, the hail, and the DESC
lating blast. fHa
Year: 1862

A good deal has been written since


the commencement Of the war, anl


especially since the late inroads of tho


enemy on this side of our frontiers


about the propriety Of burning our


towns and villages, as u mode of in


flicting calamities upon the invaders


We arc happy to see reaction cse


ating against that atrocious system
Of vandal warfare and the press


eohdemning il as being both barba-


rous and an act Of unparalleled folly
by which alone we would suffer.


Says the Deha, suppose New Orleans
destroyed. Will the Hectors and hot


heads who SO flippantlg prate Of the
possibility Of this contamination tell
lis where its vast population. its
tender women and helpless children
are to be sheltered? What city is there
within reasonable distance that could
receive them? Would they not besnatch-
ed from the flames to be surrender
cd TO q more lingering death by
famine and exposure? But it is needless
to dwell upon an event which, in all htl-
man probability, will mover occur. Any
persons attempting so hagitious a
crime as the destruction Ivy fire Of New
Orleans would be regarded as the
worst Of public enemies, and would be
shot dwon or strung up to the nearest
with as little compunction
as might bc felt at the killing of a
mad dog.


The Ii llsborough Rtcoye1er has some
very furcible arguments against the
system. 1t says should the
enemy occupy the houses, it would be
hut for brief period they would be
permitted to remain in possession.
When the families return to their
homes they will need their houses for
shelter, and many Of them will be
too poor to rebuild them, and much
will be the consequence
We should consider it barbaric van
ialsin if an enemy should burn our
towns and villages when passing
through them; is it less an evil because
inflicted upon lis by our own hands?


Another remarks that such acts ca;
seldom be unanimous; consequently
)one Of contention will be thrown into
'ur midst that will greatly divide
weaken rs. indeed it is reported That
his actually happened in Elizabeth
}lty-one party cxtinguislling the
Tres which the others had put to tn gir
dwellings,. This last consideration
hould bear forciJ''y on the minds Of
hose who arc undecided on this mo-
ncntous question,
Year: 1862

CorroN SEEN FOR SoAr.-It is said
that cotton seed oil is equal if not
superior, to the ordinary refuse grease
for soap. The process is so simple that
any housewife may with little trouble,
make the cxperimcnt.-Put as much
cotton seed into large iron pot, or
wooden mortar, as can be mashed with
pestle, crush OF mash them well; then
boil in strong ley, and proceed as in
the usual way. As grease may be
scarce next year, it may be we'll to
begin with experiments before the
grease is exhausted. [Southern Home
journal.
Year: 1862

out this rebellion, and that as specdi.
y as possible.


This is what call the beginning
and beginning Alright. This is what
gives new vigor to the soldier who
has already gone through hardships
and suffcrings almost beyond descrip.
tion. l say it is encouraging to know
that the people at home. aud the Gov
ernment, are at length fully awake to
the Importance of the crisis and the
magnitude Of the rebellion. Before
this we were discouraged. Our army
had been beaten at Richmond. We
were continuing to guard rebel prop
erty. The roseswater policy of deal
ing with the rebels was at its hight.
| think you will agree with me in say
ing that we had reason to be discour-
aged. But still we had no thought of
giving up the contest. We never for
moment entertained thought but
that i'll the end we should come out
victorious and we still think so-not
only think so, but we know it.


| am happy to inform you that the
confiscation act has already been en-
forced in the town of Trenton. The
property of a rich lady who resides a
few yards from our camp, and whose
husband is in the rebel army, was
yesterday confScated by Gen. Dodge
who is commander of the post here
He took every thing he could find
about the premises that was of any
value, even to beds and bcd-quilts
This is what like to see.


Should this measure be strictly en-
forced in every place where our forces
obtain foothold, it is my opinion thai
it would not be long before the REBEL
ion would be known only among the
things that were. You will of course
perceive that am strongly in favol
of confscation. have been where
have seen the workings of the kic
glove policy Of dealing with the reb
els, and know how it works.
Year: 1862

We are permitted to make the fol-
lowing extracts from private letter,
written by John w. Darland, now SER
wing in the army of occupation in
West Tennessee, to his father at Mar
bic Rock in this county:


Trenton, Tenn, Aug. 2, 1862.


Emerson Etheridgc spoke
in this place last Monday, but | was
prevented from hearing him because
we were expecting an attack by a
party Of guerllas. No attack how
ever was made.


Quite an excitement was created
among the boys of our Company yes
terday afternoon. We have now
about twelve or fifteen negroes in the
Company. One of these, a few nights
since, stole a watch. Two Of them
were suspected Of having taken the
watch. The boys took the matter in
hand yesterday afternoon, determined,
if possible, to find out the guilty one
They put rope over the limb of a
tree fixed moose in the end of the
rope and walked the two "cullured
gemmen up to it. The poor fellows
were SO badly scared that they turned
pale but each charged the Other
with stealing the watch. Jake said
he saw Bill take it, and Bill said b,
saw Jake take 1t. But this did no
satisfy the boys. They were bound tC
make the one that had it confess. ST
they slipped Bills head into the moose
he still denying that he had the watch
They pulled on the rope two or three
times, raising him from the ground, bu
Bill would not confess. "Oh, Massa
Massa, dis nigger hain't got de watch
Dis nigger hain't got de watch" Til,
boys were certain that Bill was tn,
guilty one, but concluded they haC
choked him about enough, and let hin
slip the halter.


At about this time the Captain cam
up and told Bill to leave the camp
and never come back again if he di,
he would kill him. Bill then startc,
off on the double quick"


To-day saw Bill in the cavalr,
camp. The boys there say they foun
the watch in Bilps clothes. | thin
the affair will be warning to tn
rest Of the negroes while they renal
with this Company.


| We have now been nearly one yea
in the service. The 9th of this mont
a year ago being the time that til
Company was accepted. We ha
flattered ourselves nearly all summer
and part of the past winter, that b.
the coming fall the rebellion would b
crushed and we could return to on
homes and friends that are so dear I
us. But where are we to-day? Al
parently no nearer the end than W
wero then. In fact, it is just the bt
ginning of the end (; for we now hav
the late act of Congress in the pa,
sage of the confscation bill, and tn
determination of the President for
+ vigorous prosecution Of the war, ais
Gen. Pope's immediate action upo
this order in forbidding the guardin
of any more rebel pig-pens and hel
: coops


, The Presidents late call for thrc
hundred thousand additional troops
and the readiness with which the pc,


pie of the North everywhere respon
+. to this call, shows the determinatio
: Of both President and people to crus
Year: 1862

TO the Iouny Men Of The Shell Rock Tatiey.


GENTLEMEN Your noble grandsires
fought seven long years that they and
their children might have their Liber-
ty under democratic form of gov!
ernmcnt. That Liberty they have had


and gave to it new seal in the wal
of 1912. Our country is again at war,
and you are now in your turn invoked
to rally around the Liberty Tree"
and protect the Trembling flag Of your
country.


Your fathers, some of whom are i'll
their graves-some of whom are in
numbered with cares at home--and
many of whom are wearing out, or
are exhausted by labor or disease,
cannot at this time, and under these
circumstances, be expected to go to
the war until younger men are found
insufficient to crush the rebellion.


We therefore appeal to all young
men, as friends whose destinies arc
interviewer with ours, and who must
soon be with us upon the stage Of &C
ton, to rally and save their country
for them and for us who must share
with them its future fate, whatever
that fate may be. And here permi'
us to remind you that, until this wal
is closed, we neither desire to nor will
we train in the company of any young
man who can, but will not so ant
train in the Company of his country


believing, as we most sincerely do
that he who will not defend and love
his country, in it's hour of adversely
and distress, will not love and defenC
his family when overwhelmed by dis
tress and misfortunes.


In conclusion, we therefore most ear
nestly implorc you to mo,c exhibit those
traits of courage and patriotism which


were the prominent characteristics
your revered Revolutionary fathers


and we do most solemnly declare an6
assure you that, during your absence
we will not shrink from any honora
bic occupation which will contribute
to sustain you in the field, or maxi
more comfortable those at home VIII
cannot 60 with you. Our prayer
and tears, and our affections are re
served for those who will defend thei
country in its hour Of peril against tn
, Vaccinations of enemies and traitor
Year: 1862

Is of such citizenship to them.
iat as the citizens of loyal State
Sc patriotism, both at home and
a foreign battle-ticlds, has spoken


tself, we earnestly appeal to the
!lmbents of the Legislative and
lcntivc Departments of the Govern.
It. to use every legitimate means
heir possession to crush the Rebel
! and If, as last measure for the
of the Republic, it shall
pme necessary to blot out the in
ation of Slavery from the soil of
~ State, we will say AMEN letting


consequences fall upon the wicked
lors Of the War and leaving the
issue with God
Year: 1862

A FINE DAY.-The first pleasant day
for three weeks made ts appsarnce yesterday.
The sun paid US . visit Which lasted nearly all
day. and brought out clouds of elegantly ar
rsysd ladies who have been houred for some
time past. A few more such days will put
mat ers in proper shape again.
Year: 1862

- 4 Massachusetts, firm engaged in the
manufacture Of shoes is now filing an order
for three Thousand pairs Of bzogsns, to be for
wardcd to Fortress Monroe, for the use Of the
contrabands at that station The sizes for men
range from eleven to sixteen, and in one in-
stance a special order vas given for pair Of
tTcntic5.
Year: 1862

TEE Pooa HoCsE--There are at present
only one hundred inmates In the county poor
house, the smallest number st this season Of
the year for number Of yea1a It speaks
well for the city and county.
Year: 1862

PEasoNAL.-Dr. Airport has just returned
from his Lake Superior trip, where he has
been doirg the hypsrborsan and may now be
found at his office, as usual, prepared for
customers and their teeth
Year: 1862

The RECEPTION or GEN. TCRcnrS.-In
our account Of tae reception OF Gen. TurchIu,
The welcome Eas made to belong entirely to
tho Board Of Trade By the accidental omis-
zion Of the part taken By the Citizens Com
nittee. This committee WEE composed OF
prominent gentlemen, who met the train st
the depot and joiued in the escort to the hall.
This statement Is due, for the reception was
orc not alone of the Board Of Trade, but Of
ali our citizens, who testified by their pres
ence and enthusiasm the appreciation in
which they hold the gallant general
Year: 1862

"TimotLy Titcomb" has a keen scalp
ell, and he thus dessects men on the sub
iect of truth-telling: 81 have known en-
inent men who had not the power to state
a fact, in its whole volume and outline,
because, first, they could not comprehend
it perfectly, and. second, because, their


power of expression was limited. The
lenses by which they apprehended their
facts were not adjusted properly, so they
saw everything with blur. Definite out
line, clearly cut edges, exact apprehen-
sion of volume and weight, nice measure
ment of relations, were matters outside
of their observation and experience
They had broad minds, but bungling; and
their language was no better than their
apprehensions- usually it was worse, be-
cause language is rarely as definite as
apprehension. Men rarely do their work
to suit them, because their tools are i'm
perfect There are men in all Commu-
mites who are believed to be honest, yet
whose word is never authority upon any
subject. There is a flaw or a warp some
where in their perceptions, which prevents
them from receiving truthful impressions.
Everything comes 10 them distorted, as
natural objects are distorted by reaching
the eye through wrinkled window-glass.
Some are able to apprehepd fact and
state it correctly, if it have no direct re-
lation to themselves; but the moment
their personality, or their personal inte-
rest, Is involved, the fact assumes false
proportions and false colors. | know a
physician whose patients are always al
armingly sick when he is first called 10
them. As they usually get well, am
bound to believe that he is good ply
sician; but l am not bound TO believe
that they are all as sick at the beginning
as he supposses them to be. The first
violent symptoms operate upon his i'm


agination and excite his fears, and his
opinion as to he degree of danger at
taching to the diseases of his patients is
not worth half so much as that of any
sensible old nurse. In fact, nobody yIhinks
of taking il at all; and those who know
him, and who hear his sad Representations
of the condition of his patients, show
equal distrust of his word and faith IN
his skill, by taking it for granted thai
they are in fair way TO get well"
Year: 1862

1Ht EUtdIO nut anu It's IFCHCHtlOu


l take the liberty of making few
remarks on the potato disease and my
method of saving potatoes when the
rot has made its appearance. Divers
opinions have been advanced relative
to the cause of the potato rot, but
have heard no reason assigned that
was satisfactory to me. except that of
atmospheric influence, which We have
TO remedy to counteract.


Truly an excess of moisture (when
the disease is present,) will cause a
decomposition of the potato, but this
is not the cause of what we term the
potato disease. As soon as we dis
cover the leaves and stalks of the po-
tatoes become suddenly wilted and
black, when there has been no frost to
cause it, We may rest assured the dis
ease is present, and l believe the
sooner the potatoes are dug after this
appearance the thhe more soG@..di ones you
will have, and the more that are par
tally affected may be saved for feed
ing purposes.


1t is the deleterious sap of the dis
eased leaves and stalk circulating to
the potato that causes it to rot; cut
off the communication and you arrest
its progress. If partially affected
potatoes are separated from the sound
ones and spread thin upon the floor of
some out~building, they will become
dry and keep we'll for some time, and
may be fed to good advantage in fat
tening cattle. I had over 200 bushels
of this description one season, which
] fed out for the above mentioned pur-
pose, and saved what otherwise would
have been a total loss. The better
way is to commence feeding the un-
sound potatoes as soon as you begin
to dig. ,ssr-


/ have noticed that some potatoes
appear sound except a number of
white specks on the surface, and on
cutting them / found dark colored
streaks extending through the potato,
showing decidedly that the potato was
diseased; such potatoes if deposited
in heap would shortly ferment and
rot. The reason why so many pota~
toes rot in the cellar is because so lit
tie care is taken in selecting all that
are unsound. Again, have observed
that when the leaves and stalks of
potatoes were suddenly and totally
killed by disease, that very few potas
toes, became rotten, the circulation of
the eeleteEious sip Seiiig entirely arN
rested. The method I pursue when I
find my potatoes diseased is to dig
them as soon as possible Gn fair
weather fpracticable,) and sort out all
the unsound ones I can discover while
picking them up; and deposit the
sound ones on the ground in long
narrow heap in the form of a roof,
and then cover them with straw laid
on lengthwise from the ground to the
top of the heap, for the purpose Of
protecting them from wet in case Of
rain, and then put on sufficient earth
to prevent them from freezing. If
there should be severe frost, let them
lie few days, and then uncover and
carefully sort and put into the cellar,
and keep your cellar cool until the
frost becomes so severe that there may
be danger of freezing in the cellar,
then close up for winter. Ihave never
suffered any loss from potatoes rotting
in the cellar since | have used the
above mentioned means to prevent it.


M, NJ. HOWARD.
Year: 1862

mond is not successful, we must consider the
raising OF more men and pushing the war to
the bitter end, for the rebellion must and
shall be put down.


The Vermont cavalry has for time been
lad upon the shelf fol the want of horses.
We expect to receive our horses soon, as
Lieut. Col Preston is now in Vermont pur-
chasing and will probably have enough ere
long to remount the regiment, when with its
Col restored it may act to the front once
more. A portion of it is now acting to the
front with Sigel's army,-the available part
only-being less than one hundred men. 1t
would seem strange that SO many good hors-
es which the regiment took from the state
should be missing so quick. The fact, how
ever, IS only evidence of the service which
the cavalry did last summer. The efficiency
of our regiment, will in a great measure
depend upon the horses purchased, conse-
quently hope they will be good. With
many kind wishes for the friends in Yer
mont, remain, very truly yours.


J. G. Jr.