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Year: 1861

~ declare if warnt rilod up,' said
Aunt Bctsey Green, dropping her knitting
work into her lap, and pushing her spec
tacles up over her cap border. "I de-
clare if warn't! If could only have
taken that man by the collar, as 1 used to
my Reuben when he didn't "toe up" to
suit me, I'd have given him such a shak-
ing he never heard on, I'll be bound "


"There he sat in that rocking chair, his
feet on the tenders, and kept growing out
to Lizzy Jane to bring him his boots, or
fastcn his shirt collar, or some such un-
reasonable thing, all the while she was
trying to dress them four young ones,
and had the headache so she looked more
like ghost than created woman.


eff | was in that ere place they call
the Legislator I'll bet thcre'd be law
passed to build ponitcntshry, or some
other kind of pen, for such critters as he
is-with no mercy on a woman whether
she's sick or well, just keeping up their
"you do this" or you do that from sun
rising to sun setting.


"But then there's Lizzy Jane she's
most as much to blame as he is. If she d
had bit of spunk, he'd ncver'd have got
her under his thumb that way. Most
likely he begun to order her round before
the honeymoon was set, when she hadn't
got her eyes open no more n three days
old kitten, and thought she should be
blessed for ever, cause she'd got her neck
in the came yoke with hisn. If she hadn t
found out her mistake, and had some
tears to shed over Hcrushed idols" as
they tell about in poetry, 7 i~~'. Auo"
what kind of stuff she's made of.


"When 1 got marrcd--thank my
lucky stars-I didn't get tied to any such
kind of crockery. Ruben wasn't uncom-
mon handsome to look at; to be sure
any one might thought of brown earth
crn plate side of n china vase, comparing
him with such scented up chap as Lizzy
James husband but can tell you he is
just what took him to be, and never
shed one single tear finding that my idol
must be handled careful, fused over,
waited on and for to keep in good humor
without fear of brcakage.


"I did feel kind of spitcful when Lizzy
Jane set her head up and acted like she
crowed over me, cause she had got a city
husband; but ever since stopped there,
I've felt real Christian like about it.


"I tell you gals, when a chap asks you
to stand up before the parson with him
you just find out whether he can stir out
of rocking chair long enough to find hi
boots, or not, and whether you are net tc
be head waiter or help meet after you ar
rive in the Country of Matrinouy, Stat,
of Bliss"
Year: 1861

This scourge of the family continues to
ravage many sections of our Commonwealth
and counts its victims by hundreds. We
subioin an extract of letter from gen.
tlemen in Maryland, relative to the cure
of this alarming disease. The remedy re-
commended was successful in his own fam
lily, and may bring relief to others. The
simplest remedies are often the most eff
ective:


Putrsd Sore Throat or Dtptteria and its


Cures.


The Distinguishing mark of this malady
from other diseases Of the throat is the for
nation Of membrane, which increases
gradually until the patient is strangled to
death. To prevent the formation of this
membrane is to arrest and cure the disease.
In the early stages of the complaint which
is accompanied by soreness and swelling
of the throat, let the patient use simple
olut ion Of salt and water, as hot as the
patient can bear, as gargle, every fifteen
minutes, at the same time moisten piece
Of flannel with solution of the same kind
made as warm as the patient can bear it
Gas before), and bind it around the throat,
renewing it as often as the garglc is admin
istered, and in the mean time sprinkle fine
salt between the flannel and the neck; use
inwardly some tonic or stimulant, either
separately, or, if prostration be great use
both together. The treatment as may be
seen, is extremely simple, and if used in
the earlier stages of the disease, will effect
a complete cure. know this to be a Ger.
tain cure, as my Mother and Sister-in-law
both had it and cured themselves with this
simple remedy. BY inserting this in your
paper you will oblige.
Year: 1861

'PrTE, how does your father hamper
his sheep, to prevent them from jumping
over the fences p ooh that's easy enough
he just cuts hole through one hind leg,
and sticks the other one through it and
then puts the fore legs through that for a
pin
Year: 1861

A YOUNG lady was taken very sick in
Cleveland the other day. A Geographic
message was sent to her friends saying:--
'Janc is very sick; she has a chill )
The wires made ID of the last a. and
for a time threw the young lady's friends
into perfect furry of vexation and dis
tress of mind.
Year: 1861

The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
has adopted an address to the Secretary of the
Treasury, asking him to cause the ten per cent
import duty on silver ore to be modified or
omitted.
Year: 1861

To-day is the Anniversary of the birth of


Him who proclaimed peace on earth and good


will to men at whose coming as a Savior of a


sinful world the morning stars sang together
for 10Y and the angelic hosts of the upper
spheres tuned their harps to sing His praise.
Q that shining mortality could lift itself for
this one day to the contemplation of the majesty
of His sacrifices THAT our countrymen who
are noW ready to engage, section against sec
ton, in deadly hostility could only realize how
He was oppressed, prosecuted, and finally,
crucified upon the cross for sins-not his own
but of our commission. IF those who are
now endeavoring to tear down our temple OF
liberty could be Frustrated as sinners were on
the day of Pentecost it might arrest them
in their mad career Humanity in its fallen
nature is weak and frail and while all men
should at all times look to the King of Kings
for light and guidance especially should we
in this country in very lowness of spirit
and meekness of disposition PROSTATE our
selves before Him at this time We may
think our punishment is too severe but then
we should recollect that our sins have been
great Let us then not forget this day in the
festivities of the occasion the homage due to
Him whose birth we celebrate


As is usual at this season we wish all our
patrons happy Christmas and express the hope
that they may live to see many returns of the
same; hut who can think of the probable oc-
currences of the next twelve months in this
hitherto favored land without a shudder.


of rs evar roOnIr bor that Of ourSnIvnc wn
can do nothing, and that our trust must be
in Him who has promised to be the friend of
the friendless.
Year: 1861

How VERY FooLIsH.-Some Southern men
in Congress are asking guarantees from the
Abolitionists that they will not abolish slorery
in tie States achere 1t nOr EXISTS. How foolish
this is. Why Congress has just as much
right to abolish horses, mules and asses from
State as negroes. If the people of State
want slavery they can and will have it, and if
the people of State don't want slavery all the
powers of earth, Congress included, cannot
force it upon them. Let the Black Republi-
cans attempt to intefere with slavery in the
States and the Union will not only be des-
troyed but a revolution would follow far sur
passing anything ever witnessed upon this
Continent. Any Southern man degrades him
self by asking them to protect slavery where
it now exists, for if those who established, who
have it, who own it and who want it will not
protect it with their lives they are not worthy
of that or any other blessing.
Year: 1861

Owing to the suspension of the Dailies North
and South of us for one day on account of
Christmas, there was no news by the mail
last night. To-night's mail will bring up what
ever there may be and we shall give it to our
readers Tomorrow
Year: 1861

We rarely meet with SO good re-
cipe for making a durable white-wash
as the following:


Take half bushcl of rock lime ::
slack it with boiling water cover it
during the process to keep in the
steam. Strain the liquid through q fine
sieve, and add to it a peck of salt,
previously we'll dissolved in warm wa
ter; three pounds of ground rice,
boiled to thin paste and stirred in
boiling hot half a pound of powder
cd Spanish whiting and q pound of
clean glue, which has been previously
dissolved by soaking it we'll and then
hanging it over n slow fire, in small
kettle within large one filled with
water. Add five gallons of hot water
to the mixture, stir it well, and let it
stand few days, covered from the
dirt.


1t should be put on right hot. For
this purpose it can be kept in kettle
on portable furnace. About pint
of this mixture will cover q square
yard on the outside of house, if prop
erly applied. 1t answers as well as
oil paint for wood, brick or stone, and
is cheaper. 1t retains its brilliancv
for many years. There is nothing that
will compare with it, either for inside
or outside walls.
Year: 1861

wish, before | enter upon the con
sideration Of this subject, to say thai
in this and succeeding articles, l dc
not expect to advance any new IDEAS
my only object being to call the at,
tcntion of the public to known, but ii
may bc forgotten truths.


"Wili it pay?" is the question
asked by the present moncy-loving
generation, whenever anything new
is presented for consideration if we
apply this tcst-qucstion to the subject
now claiming our attention, Il favor
able answer will be obtained. 1t is a
conceded fact by all who have had
any connection with, or have paid at
tention to the practical workings Of
Graded Schools, that more can be
learned in them in one year, than in
from two to three years passed in
mixed schools, like our common dis
trict schools. The reason of this differ
encc will be shown in q subsequent
article. If "time is money," here is a
large item in favor Of Graded Schools
If our children can have the benefit Of
such q school, and obtain as good,
yes better education in six years,
from between the ages of eight and
fourteen, than they possibly can un-
der our present system in from twelve
or fifteen years, by all means let them
enjoy that benefit, and save the years
now spent in fruitless toll for some
worthy object.


Not only is the time of the pupil
economical, but also the time of the
teacher; a class of twenty-five can
be instructed in the same time and
with the same ease as class of five ::
and teacher can, with less labor and
greater success, conduct classified
department containing seventy-fve
pupils, than a mixed school number
ing but twenty-five. Money as well
as time is thus saved, for, for instance,
in district containing say two hun
dred scholars, three teachers would
convey more instruction with less
labor, if the school was properly grad
ed, than ar teachers possibly could
do under the common system, thus
saving in teachers wages a large
amount.


Again, school houses can be erected
and kept in proper repair, for the ac-
commodation of two OF three hundred
Year: 1861

The beautiful red and purple silks
which are now so fashionable through
out the civilized world, are colorcd
with substance which is extracted
from coal-tar called mauvc dye. The
price in Paris of pure anilinc violet,
in powder, was stated to be from $2l5
to 1926 per pound. The enormous
value Of this substance is owing to
the fact that it not only produces q
great variety of red and purple shades
Of exceeding delicacy and brilliancy,
but these colors are also permanent.
Year: 1861

BLEACHING HARNESS. following
is recipe for backing harness. Melt
two ounces of mutton suet with six
ounces of Beeswax, six ounces of SUI
gar candy, two ounces of soft soap
and one ounce of powdered indigo.
Melt and mix we'll. and add gill of
tnrpentine. Lay it on with a sponge,
and polish with q brush
Year: 1861

CORNER or EAST WATER DETROIT STREETS,


MIL W,i I'hEE


This House is located in the business part of
the City, convenient to the Cars and Boats
e. Omnibus and Baggage Wagon always
on hand to convey Passengers and Baggage to
and from the Boats and Cars free of charge.
Year: 1861

Mr. Russell, the London Times correspondent, it is
said Is commissioned to pay visit to the Cotton Con-
ederacy, with view to ascertain what Public Opinion
the Secession question really il there The studied
and systematic misrepresentation Of that part OF the
country, by the Northern Republican journals are too
much now, even for intelligent Engishmen-and hence
the despatch of special correspondent by the leading
British Journal to enable and judge for itself
TIE step which does as much credit to the impair
tally TO the enterprise of the "Thunderer" and if
Mr. Russell only only dispOssess himself of the pre-
udices common to his eountrymen, We have no doubt
that be will convey his transatlantic readers impress
sions Of Southern society aud institutions very different
from those they have received through the medium OF
Yankee newspapers and romances.


AZ st. Patricks celebration in New York, Mr.. Rus
sell present, and was called up by toast, in ac-
knoHledging which he said:


It had been his unfortunate lot to be rather stormy
petrol than bird of good omen. He had been present
among where blood had been cast out as water;
but he hoped and trusted and believed that there was
no hand in this country which could be raised 10 shed
brothers blood. (Great cheering) A speaker had
pointed him out sent TO take notes and he GER
tanly hoped they would have very general circulation.
But he would answer that be would nothing extenua,e
nor set down aucht in malice Into the grave in which
the liberty OF this country would 60 would be buried
the hopes Of humanity all over the world He was a
admiring Engsbmau, Of Irish
birth and presented himself before them an Eugsh-
man. with strong Irish tendencies Nothing would more
grieye his heart the hear; OF any man who, in any
part Of the world sough. the Development of the right
of man to make his own laws and to govern himself,
than to witness their fall Bu, he daily met with
the assertion that the experiment had reached ts end in
ashes For Gods sake exclaimed the speaker preserve
those in Europe from that applause and enable them
with logical facts strike blow for the liberty Of man
kind on the other side of the world (Great cheering
He came among them at period great difficulty and
element He recognized in the couendpg voices Of the
storm around him. the intensity of the emotions and pas
soas that gave BIRTH but he could not and would net
believe that the people Of the United States about
TO whistle down. prey TO fortune, the greatest legacy
nl,inn ever received. Great cheers.
Year: 1861

from which mankind suffer over large part of the globe. is the consequence of diseased action in the system, induced by the poisonous miasm of vegetable decay This exhalation is evolved by the action of solar heat on wet soil, and rises with the watery vapor from it. While the sun is below the horizon this vapor fingers the earth sur face. and the virus IS taken with it through the lungs into the blood. There it acts an irritating poison on the internal viscera and excretng organs of the body The liver becomes torpid and fails to secrete not only this virus but also the bile from the blood. Both the virus and the bile accumulate in the circulation, and produce violent constltu- tional disorder. The spleen, the kidneys, and the stomach sympathize with the liver, and become disordered also. Finally, the instinct of our or ganism, as if in an attempt to expel the noxlous infusion, concentrates the whole blood of the body in the internal excretores to force them to cast It out. The blood leaves the surface, and rushes to the central organs with congestive violence. Ihls is the CHILL But in this effort 1t fails. Then the FEVER follows in which the blood leaves the cen tral organs and rushes to the surface, as Ii in another effort to expel the irritating poison through that other great excretory the skin In this also it fails and the system abandons the attempt exhausted, and waits for the recovery of strength to repeat the hopeless effort another day. These are the fits or paroxysms of FEVER AND AGUE. Such constitutional disorder will of course under mine the health if it is not removed.

 We have labored to find. and have found, an apf;dnte
Year: 1861

FOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF

 Intermittent Fever, or Fever and Ague,

 Remittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb

 Ague, Periodical Headache, or Bilious

 Headache. and Bilious Fevers, indeed

 for the whole class of diseases Origi-

 mating in biiiary derangement, caused

 by the Malaria of miasmatic countries.

 No one remedy is louder called for by the necessities of the American people than sure and safe cure for Fever and Ague. Such we are now enabled to offer, with perfect certainty that it will eradicate the disease, and with assurance, founded on proof, that no harm can arise from its use in any quan- tity.

 That which protects from or prevents this disorder must be of immense service in the communities where 1t prevails. Preuention is better than cure, for the patient escapes the risk which he must run in violent attacks of this baleful distemper. This "CURE" expels the miasmatic poison of FEVER AND AGUE from the system and prevents the develop ment of the disease, if taken on the first ap- proach of its premonitory symptoms. It is not only the best remedy ever yet discovered for this class of complaints, but also the cheapest. The large quantity we supply for a dollar brings it within the reach of every body; and in bilious districts, where FEVER AND AGUE prevails, every body should have it and use it freely both for cure and protection. It is hoped this price will place it within the reach of all-the poor as we'll as the rich. A great superiority of this remedy over any other ever discovered for the speedy and cer- tain cure Of Intermittents is, that 1t contains no Quinine or mineral, consequently it pro- duces no quinism or other injurious effects whatever upon the constitution. Those cured by it are left as healthy as if they had never had the disease.

 Fever and Ague is not alone the consequence of the miasmatic poison. A great variety of disorders arise from its irritation, among which are Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Headache, Blindness, Toothache, Earache, Catarrh, Asth- ma, Palpitation, Painful Affection of the Spleen, Mysteries, Pain in the Bowels, Collie, Paralysis and Derangement of the Stomach, all of which, when originating in this cause, put on the intermittent type, or become period ical. This "CURE" expels the poison from the blood, and consequently cures them all alike. It is an invaluable protection to immi- grants and persons travelling or temporarily residing in the malarious districts. If taken occasionally or daily while exposed to the in- lection, that will be excreted from the system, and cannot accumulate in sufficient quantity to ripen into disease. Hence it is even more valuable for protection than cure and few will ever suffer from Intermittents, if they avail themselves of the protection this remedy af- lords.
Year: 1861

which neutralizes this malarious poison in the blood, and stimulates the liver to expel it from the body. As it should, so it does cure this aff1icting disorder with perfect certainty. And it does more, or rather does what is of service to those sub feet to this infection. If taken in it expels it from the system it is absorbed and thus keeps those who use it free from its attacks; keeps the system in health although exposed to the disease Consequently it not only cures, but protects from the great variety of affections which are induced by this malignant influence, such as Remittent Fever, Chill Fever, Dumb, or Masked Ague, Periodical Headache or Bilious Headache, Bilious Fevers, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Blindness, Toothache Earache, Catarrh, Asthma, Palpita- tions, Painful Affections of the Spleen, Mysteries, Colic, Paralysis, and Painful Affections of the Stomach and Bowels, all of which, when arising from this cause, will be found to assume more or less the intermittent type. This "AGUE CURE :" removes the of these heterogeneous, and cures the disease.

 This it accomplshes by stimulating the excre- tories to expel the virus from the system; and these organs by degrees become habited to do this their office of their accord. Hence arises what we term acc1inaatation. Time may accomplish the same end but often life is not long enough, or is sacrificed in the attempt, while this AGUE CURE /" does it at once, and with safety We have great reason to believe this is well as safer remedy for the whole class of diseases which are caused by the miasmatic infection, than any other which has been dscovered and 1t has still another important advantage to the public, which is, that it is cheap as we'll as good.

 PREPARED BY
Year: 1861

has won for itself such a renown for the cure of every variety of Throat and Lung Complaint, that it is entirely unnecessary for to recount the evidence of its virtues, wherever it has been em- ployed. As it has long been in constant use throughout this section, need not do more than assure the people its quality is kept up to the best it ever has been, and that it may be relied on to do for their relief all 1t has been found to do
Year: 1861

REFoRMATIoN.-The editor of the Mountain
Messenger notices improvement in the times. The
following extract is very truthful applicable in
this section as we'll as in Northern Sierra


" Our tribunals are no longer dens of corrup-
tlon, and decisions cannot, as in former times be
purchased. Drunkenness and rowdysm are no
longer essentials for the office seekers and he of
immoral character is-thank heaven mo longer
sought for as an available man to add strength
to partizan ticket. 1t is as disgraceful to be
seen staggering through the streets of one of
our mountain towns as it would be to be seen in
a like condition in one of the orderly towns of
the Eastu
Year: 1861

THE New York Times, of late date, in an
article entitled " The temper of the Northern
Masses says:


There are of course, few political organs,
with whom the supremacy of party is of higher
consideration than the preservation of the Con-
stitution. who are delving among the embers Of
party prejudces, and endeavoring to fan them
into life, but their voice is dsregarded and their
course rebuked by the contempt into which they
have fallen.


There has been just such organs in this State,
but they are fast dying out. The people look
upon them with contempt
Year: 1861

FOR the standard.


MR. ERROR: The first act of the Convention
ought to be to impose tax of fifty cents bushel
on all corn distilled into whiskcy for sale, and to
quire each distiller to return under oath, to the
clerk of the county court at every term of the court
in hls county, the number of bushels thus used
and the Sheriff should be required to collect the tax
and return the same to the Treasurer of the State
within twenty days after each court, under heavy
penalty. Such an ordinance would prevent, in
great measure, vast quantity Of the "staf of lfe,"
from being used by greedy spectators who are
working to their interest and, by their course,
putting this necessary Of LITE almost beyond the
reach of the suffering poor. Every county having
soldiers in the field interested in this matter
the tax to support the families Of those soldiers is
extremely heavy in most of the counties, and if corn
is diver ted fron its legitimate USE this tax will be
proportionately increased We can do soithout
.ohSksy-but cannot do without corn '''' Q.
Year: 1861

AN lrEM.-A Washington letter writer says that
gentleman from North Carolina has arrived in that
City with the two sons Of the late Judge Douglas,
who applied for permission to pass the Federal lines
to their relatives in North Carolina with the view
of preventing the contiscation Of their property in
this State and Mississippi The writer says Lincoln
refused the request he intends to adopt measures
20 prevent the operation of the confscation act
What does he mean-doeS he intend to sue for peace
before the law can have its due course?
Year: 1861

Under the administration OF distinguished ply
scians. SANDS SARSAPARILLA has been tested ior
twenty wears in the public Hospitals as well as
IN tbor nrivate practice, with such complete sue
cess as to have acquired the unqualified approval
of the medical faculty and is now held III 'he
HIGHEST esteem and is universally used declZ