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Year: 1869




We were incxpressibly shocked
last night, to hear of the shooting,
by man whose name our informant
could not give us, of the Rev. Samuel
Anthony, one of the oldest and most
respected ministers of the Methodist
church 10 this State.


Phe tragedy was enacted yester-
day, at Andorsonville, just before the
arrival of the up-train on the South
western road. It seems that Mr..
Anthony had gone to AndersOnville
to marry couple and while in the
middle of the ceremony wasinterrup-
ted by the step,father Of the lady,
who ordered him to desist. He re.
monstrated with the intruder, telling
him it was too late, then and that
he ought not to be guilty Of such IN
seemly conduct. The mans response
was the raising and firing. at almost
point blank range, of a double-barfeled
Shot gun, loaded with buekshot, the
entire load taking effect in the lower
part of his victims stomach. The
brave old man tell TO the floor, but
by a Tremendous effort raised him
self up, aid saying, II will finish the
Job" proceeded with the ceremony
and pronounced the compile man and
wife. Ho then fell down complete
ly exhausted, and when tho cars left
was expected to die every moment,
Year: 1869

Young man, did you ever think
how the terrible words sound? Did
you ever think what misery and woe
you brought 1pon friends, when you
degraded your manhood By getting
drunk Oh, it is q fearful thing ID
trample under foot the claims that
God and man have hpon you


Drunk How it rings ia TIE ears
of your loving wife I How it erushes
out the hopes Of doing father, and
brings reproach and shame upon lov-
ing sisters


Drunk See him as be leafJB against
some friendly house. Ho stands
ready to fall into the open Jaws Of
hell, unconscious Of bis approaching
fate. The wife, with fearful eyes and
aching heart, sits at the window 20
hear her husbands fOotstep; but,
alas they come not.


He is drunk The husband, tho
parent, is drunk, spending bis time
and money, when be should be &C
hotne enjoying the pleasures and
comforts of the family circle. Drunk |!
He is spending means Of support for
liquor while his family Is starving for
bread--his children suffering for
clothing.


Drunk His friends, one BY one,
are reluctantly leaving bin to his
miserable fate. He goes down to his
grave unbonorod and nnsung. Friend.
Year: 1869

To remove stains from silk, place
the part which is soiled on any warm,
hard substance-a red hot stove, for
instdnce-and, having prepared tho
stuff By slightly rubbing It briskly
with a rough brick, gradually smear
it with the following mixture: TO
two parts gum goober add one part
vulcaniaed chicory -ahy part will do
dissolve in three parts codlivroleum
till it betorhes Of the consistency Of
cold whalebone. Having worked the
ingredients till they form separate
mass, take a knife and fork-one with
three prongs IL procurable--and skill
fully cut out tho damaged part With
any shafp instrument, such as a roll
ing pin then rub the hole fur few
months with lerion-peelngs and seal
ing wax, and expose TO the sun in q
dark chamber fOr several nights.
Year: 1869

How softly on the bruised heart


A word of kindness falls.
And to the dry and parched soul
The moiStening tear-drop calls:
Oh, if they knew who walk the earth
Mid sorrow, grief and pain,
The power Il word of kindness hath,
'Twere paradise again.
The weakest and the poorest may
The simple pittance give,
And bid delight to withered hearts
Return again and live;
Oh, what is life if love be lost?


If mans unkind to man
Or what the heaven that waits beyond
This brief and mortal spans
As stars upon the tranquil sea


In mimic glory shine,
SO words of kindness in the heart
Reflect the source divine;
Oh. then be kind, whoe'er thou art,
That breathest mortal breath,
And il shall brighten all thy life,
And sweeten even death.
Year: 1869

towards me, and then he gave bound like
deer, and disappeared from my sight


God have mercy upon his soul - murmur-
ed l, sinking exhausted to the ground. Then
for a time remembered no more.


\ week passed away before my mind was
clear enough to recognize those that We're
dear to me.


Minna told me that had passed through a
violent brain fever


'What has become of the engineer"


james is dead and buried" said She, in
answer to my question, they found him "
ing at the foot of the waterfall. lie liz ed
long enough 10 confess that he had put You
into the boiler, and that he supposed that it
was YOUR ghost that haunted him. prayed
with him until he breathed his last. He died
penitent.'


afterwards learned from the worhngmcn
that they We're terribly frightened at my ap-
pearance.


You Just looked like man coming out Of
l fight. with blood all over YOU and your
clothes in rags said the second sawyer.


Two months passed away before | was
able to leave my bed Then Minna became
my wife, and we are vet living in the cottage
close by the mill. San Francisco Golden
Era
Year: 1869

Til. fine flower has now attained good size, and
is in bloom But its stalks are so tender that with
out some care in stalking il will be torn to pieces by
the winds, as we in most gardens. Our plan is
this Out lof good ritl old cedar, make eight sided


stakes six feet long and TWO inches in diameter at


the lower end, and tapering 10 inch Mt the top; !;
paint green, aud sci them one foot deep in the
ground, and as near TO the main stalk OF the dahlia
as possible without injuring it. Tie this main stalk
close to the stake in three places with strong


Hat strings like pieces of CLOTH This will give
firm central support and the stakes will last life
stake, if strong and well set, will answer. But


now lhc side branches which are heavy and tender
must be supported. some put separate stake TO
each OF these. but this will require eight
ten stakes 10 each plant and besides the cost and
trouble, makes an awkward and bad show Now
here comes in good use-about the only one-for
old skirt hoops Burn them Just enough to burn off
all the cloth, and You have the toughest and most
supple OF strings Tie one end Of these TO the upper
part Of the main stake, and wind il round and
TO support their weight and TO prevent too much
side ewaying. We have cultivated hundreds Of
dahas and have saved them from these injuries by
these cheap and easy means. As with The whole
vegetable world, the dahlia sets many more bios
SONS than ii perfect; hence taking OFF all the
" caker and crow cd ones, gives greater
the whole
Year: 1869

The HEART. The effect Of everything that
touches the heart is multiplied by the intensity OF
the hearts own changes Hence it is that it is so
sensitEe--so true and quick an index OF the bodys
state. Hence, also, il is that it wearies Let
me remind you OF the work done by our heart in a
day. 4 mans total outward work, his whole effect
upon the world, in twenty-four hours, has been
reckoned at about three hundred and fifty foottons
That may be taken rs good ''hard days work.
During the same time, the heart has been working
at the rate Of one hundred and twenty toot-tons
That is to say, if all the pulses of day and night
could be concentrated and welded into one great
thr0b, that throb would be enough to throw a ton
Of iron one hundred and twenty feet into the air.
And yet the heart is never weary.


Many Of us are tired after but feeble labors; few
OF us can hold poker out at arms length without,
after few minutes, dropping it. But healthy
heart, and many an unsound heart, too-thougl
sometimes you tell in the evening, by its stroke,
that it has been veXed during the day, that il has
been thrown off its balance by the Iurmoils and
worries Of life-goes on beating through the night
while we are asleep, and, when we awake in the
morning, we find it nj work, fresh as if it had only


just begun to beat. 1t does this because upon each
stroke of work there follows period, brief but
real period, OF rest; because the next stroke which
comes Is but the natural sequence of that rest and
made 10 match it; because, in fact, each beat is in
force, in scope, in character in everything the SIM
pie expression Of the hearts energy and state y
I''Wonders of the Hearts Action" in Appleton's
journal.
Year: 1869

WHAT TO DO WITH BONES WHEN THERE Is NO
MILL TO GRIND THEM. 81. D. g." Central Co..
Penn. Probably the best thing to be done with
makers Of animal charcoal than they are to you.
There is no way of using them as manure to the
best advantage without grinding them. But if you
cannot either sell them or get them ground dig them
in around yonr grape vines or fruit trees, or break
them as fine as you can with large hammer, and
make compost Of them with manure, sods, etc.
The fermentation will decompose the organic mat
will be retained in the heap, while the bones will be
softened and rendered more available as manure.
To dissolve them put them in heap; after break
ing with the hammer, and moistening them with all
sulphuric acid 10 each 100 lbs, Of bones, BY turn
ing over the heap occasionally, the bones will be
more or less decomposed. We have tried this plan


not think the benefit generally equal to the trouble
and expense. 1t is difficult to make superhpos-
phate without grinding the bones. [Agriculturist-
Year: 1869


In the sleep that comes to all.
Does it matter what befall
When we are beyond recall
Sleeping soundly and profoundlyt
Does it matter all the care
Which our human spirits bear
In great or lesser share


After all?


After all,
All the glory. all the gain.
So much chaff, so little grain,
All life's pleasures, all its pain.
Matching sweetness by its fleetness.
Only on the upland slope
OF God, bloom the hope
Which we cherish while we srope.


After all.
Year: 1869

An insane man in White Pigeon, Mich,
recently burned Sl,100 in greenbacks and
buried the ashes. He had just received the
money for four years service on q farm which
he has suddenly taken notion to leave He
explained, that ne used the money in this sim
gular and Improbable way ''to help him
through purgatory." He had given no indi-
cation Of insanity before.
Year: 1869

Monday evening OF las. week a train over
the Troy and Boston railroad ran into a pow
der wagon Just above Valley Falls,N. y.
smashing the vehicle into pieces, and scatter
ing the powder in all directions, One keg
was hurled so feet into the air, came down
upon the track again, and was run over by the
cars. Strange to say, ii was not exploded
by the rough usage it received, and the train
passed on uniniured
Year: 1869

CUBA-Late news from Cuba Is as badly mixed as ever, notwithstanding which it was thought that the spaniards would soon be driven from the Island CArtain-Gcneral Dulee had resigned and gone home.
Year: 1869

Under this head, the San Francisco Bulletin, of a recent date says

 There are some indications that there Is tO be another instalmcnt of Indian troubles. It is hard to accept the doctrine that there Is nothing better in store for the Indian than exterIninatlon But it Is doubtful 1T he Is going to permit his best friends to make any other choice for him. lf the alternative Is presented of a preservation of the Pacific Railroad, the loss of that and the pres eryntion of the Indian the latter will have to go Gen. sherman said 10 him "If you do not let the railroad alone will kill you" There arc over a hundred millions Invested in that road and it is now too late for Mr. Lo 10 fife his objections tO the locomotive. The worst phase of the mat ter is that the Indian fuly understands just how to do the most mischief The most abandoned white man has not more capacity for tearing up q railroad and smashing up trains There must bc protection, and the utmost immunity from danger; If it is at the cost Of the Indian, % much the worse for him.

 lt may be hard for some people to accept inc doctrine of cxterminaiion. but 10 that must they come at last Mild measures have been tried and failed Frontiersnen know full well that time and money spcnt in bribing hostile savages Co keep the peace and be good Indians. are thrown away. We're half the hostile Indi- ans killed of. the other half might be made good Indians or but. until that is done, we need not expect them Co "lei us alone" Wish General sherman would also tell them ths; if they did mol quit numbering whites in Territories tha: have no railroads. he will Kill ihein But perhaps be thinks tue lives of New MeKicans and Arizonians Of but little consequence when weighed in ihe balubee against the Pacific Rail road and he money invested in il3 Quiea saIc.
Year: 1869

The London Telegraph says No
cards has long been a familiar an
nouncement. The truth seems to be
that people are getting little tired of
ceremony, not to say little ashamed of
it. Even the honeymoon is taken much
more quietly than of yOre, and the days
of the postillion are, we fear, numbered.
The most affectionate husbands prefer a
quiet journey by express to the giddy
glories of a post-chaise. We hardly
like to say things which may hurt the
feelings Of young ladies, but in these
revolutionary days, we do not feel quite
certain that even wedding breakfasts will
long continue to be an institution in the
land. There is matter for anxious
thought in an advertisement published
by the Quebec Morning Chronicle: "No
cards no cake; no wine" This an
nouneement is surely what our Conserva-
tive friends call the thin edge of the
wedge" and, as the same elegant writer
would say, "we stand on the edge of q
volcano" Before many days are over


we shall perhaps find the marriage an
nounosmsnts followed BY No Nothing,
Year: 1869

A novelty in photographs is promised
US pictures visible only in the dark
portraits that must be taken into the
coA cellar to be admired. There are
certain compounds of phosphorus which,
after a short exposure to the light, retain
a certain amount of luminosity for days
and even weeks afterward. The image
from the photographers lens is allowed
to fall upon a plate covered with ene of
these preparations; the light exeites the
surface to phOsphorescence wherever it
falls; the shadows Of the image produce
no effect. When the the plate is removed
from the camera and brought to the light
nothing is visible upon it; but if carried
into utter darkness the picture develops
itself with an unearthly glow, as if it had
been drawn with the point Of lucifer
match.
Year: 1869

for statue should exhibit any one Of
those relics in order TO traffic in rlbaldry
she would certainly be disappointed.


Amongthe Noble deeds Of Women,
we have not read Of an effort to heap in
suit on the fallen for the purpose of gain,
and make peeuniary speculation IN the
brutality Of a mob by selling them a
look at a supposed relie of the misery OF
man and the love Of his wife. But the
women who have done noble deeds have
not been the wives of men who hshed
for pennies for monument with bait
of lying old clothes.
Year: 1869

The New York Independent lays out for
Congress its work for the winter, and among
the jobs which it would have done at once,
it mentions the following:


WO hope the House of Representatives
will promptly prepare articles of impeach


meut against the Supreme Court OF the
United States, including its whole bench OF
Judges, oil and singular, for disobedience to
the Ciyil Rights Bill. Of course, when we
say impeachment, we mean the mild pro-
cess Of moral Indignation, rather than the
fierce alternative of criminal prose ecuton.
The thirteenth rule Of the Supreme Court is
as follows: "The service If all subpnnas
shall be by delivery Of u copy thereof by
the officer serving the same TO the defend
ant personally, or in case Of husband and
wife, to the husband personally, or by leav.
ing copy thereof at the dwelling house or
usual place of abode OF each defendant,


With some free phite person, who is a mem
Der or resident in the family" This rule, be
il remembered, is rule of the cour, over
which Salmon Portland Chase, of anti slav-
cry memory, daily presides!


The unsettled condition of the South, the
continuous prosecutions Of the Negro, the
ostracism of Northern settlers, the continued
RIGHTEOUSNESS Of many former rebels all
this requires the serious and stern attention
of Congress. We say it requires the atten.
sion Of Congress, not forgetting that il is the
duty Of President who has said "Let US
have peace" to keep the peace. We have
uttered few criticisms upon the sdministra.
ton OF President Grant 1t has seemed to
US that from the beginning of his term he
has been animated by patriotic desire to
do justice to the negro. Certainly, he has
signally proven his willingness to see the
wronged race righted. He not only urged
in his nsugura, the speedy passage of the
Fifteenth Amendment, but he Immediately
began to appoint colored men to responsible
offices under the Government. Only two
criticisms do we care to urge against our
we'll meaning Chief Magistrate: one of which
is that he has not always been go happy in
the selection Of his white as of his black as
sociates in the Government and the other
is that he has failed to make the negro's life
safe on the Southern plantations. If the
President answers, ~ have done my best,
then let Congress devise a way of doing bet
ter. The need Of interposition in the ne.
gros behalf was never greater than now.
Year: 1869

Al ingenious piece of whiting by q
Connecticut Yankee is thus described by
the New York Mail: HE has taken IA
eight ounce vial and set up in its interior
a perfect keg about two inches long, with
four hoops on It and both heads in. and
he has stopped the bottle with wooden
plug which fts perfectly tight and is
keyed inside, the key pinned aud the pin
togglsd. The workmanship is excellent,
and the way it was done is mystery"
The same amount of labor expended
upon the manufacture of wooden nut
megs would have realized q fortune, and
yet that poor devil fri,ters away his time
in building kegs in yiAls.
Year: 1869

The greatest amount insured in any one risk,
The greatest amount allowed by the rules of


the Company to be insured in any one city,
town or village,
The greatest amount allowed to be insured in


any one block,


mo arbitrary rule on these points. This
Company is governed by prudent regard tor
The construction, occupancy and exposure of
riS
Year: 1869

MUTIL ATED cuRKEAcY.-Ihe amount
Of rnutilated fractional currency and Uni
ted States notes being received st the re-
demption bureau Of the Treasury Depart
ment for exchange IL now greater than
ever before, and requires the force en-
ployed in that division until a much later
hour in the day than usual Since the
18th Of last month the daily amounts re-
ceived for redemption from all quarters
have been very heavy and seem TO be
increasing daily. Seven hundred thous-
and dollars were received to-day and q
larger amount yesterday. The large sums
returned for REDEMPTION indicate that the
original issue of United States currency is
worn to an extent that interferes with its
circulation.
Year: 1869

Gen. SCHENCK.-Don Piatt says OF
Congressmen Schenck. Of Ohio that ''he is
not only honest but aggressively honest.
He is superior to Washhurne in this.
Washburne is honest through policy-1
should say iple-but Schenck Is
honest through instinct. Nature set him
on end with deadly, instructive hatred
for rogucs and roguery His first impulse
is to knock rascal dowd; his next is to
kick him when down; his third and last
is to express his opinion Of him during
life aud after death"
Year: 1869

Having this hate date made arrangements for manufacturing
limited supply Of these machines desire every farmer IN tins
and adjoining counties to that while there is left he
should avail himself Of the first opportunity to give his order Tor
one for truly lucky is he who secures


FOR $66 SEEDER AND CULTIVATOR
Equal to- not-supeor to most Of the $75 machines
It 10 Good Sower and superb Cultivator. Sec


Ond to mono,
With lever front for riding and in to use in walking
The shove be at three angles There is no posb
y Of breaking the machine by hchng to rocks roots
frozen ground. All Kinds Of Grain can be sown accu-
rately in Windy as well as Mild Weather. BE sure
call at the Wig Wam and examine this machine before buy
Buy the Champion Of Iowa and save your money


RANSOM BARTLE.
JAM 9Th, 1869. [2s-sm]
Year: 1869

more heating surface than any furnace of the size
can give without them


By placing the vapor pan where it should he,
above the heating apparatus, TO restore humid.
n.y. fallsu OF water should be cvaporatcd where only
pints


l. is law OF nature that the higher the temperature
the more water air will and must contain If Furnace
air be not supplied by proper apparatus the supply will be
drawn from any and all sources Even from the lungs
those rospirng it, If they happen to be weak much
the worse for the lungs


|! is well known fact, that the Sirocco winds the
Sahara and Arabian deserts, become the balmy of It.
aiy by passing over the Mediterranean sea, after
ing heated, and taking upa proper and heahul per
cent. of humidity.


Hence we claim this Furnace to be the powerful
as well as the most economical heater present
stence, and will warrant No. do the
any No. eight of any older pattern offered to the
public.


AS to durability, we will come under bonds that they
Furnace to last.


And viii warrant every one to give perfect satisfaction


Hs-Stove and Furnace work OF all kinds promptly and
faithfully executed. =. y. IIERSEY x son,


5mos4o Ne. 7S Main street.
Year: 1869

Is the result Of thirty years practical experience in
the Furnace business and not only combines in one Fur.
advance with new plans, following strictly by natural
laws, however smple they may be. Viz:
amount of fuel.


By making large amount of atmospheric air impinge
uecy upon this large surface as take the
heat to the rooms to be warmed


ly taking advantage of comparative expansion and
construction OF metals in the combination OF its parts,
so as to prevent the escape OF gas.


by preserving fire day and night by the modern mode
OF mounting doors and regulators.


ny rejecting all fire brick and conductors, substi
tuting very heavy fire pot, - inches thick at the
points of combustion, thus saving the heat hithero
sorbed by brick, and melted coal will adhere to
iron, it can never cnker require new lining


By easy manner and convenience in tending Furnace.


BY addtiod OF eight radiators upright around the blaze
Year: 1869




District. Aeolored man, they sat commit
ted an outrage on Young scLo$l teacher
when within two hundred yards of the school
house, When found by her friends she was
lying on the ground, fearing to move lest the
assaiant should return, and finding her alone,
Kill her The negro was arrested the same
day, taken to Piscataway, where he was iden-
titled by the lady, and a committal made out
against him, and in charge of constabes he
was Immediately started in Il wagon for Marl-
boro', the county seat At his request, he
was taken to his house to bid his wife good
by While the wagon was standing in front
OF his house, it was approached by about
twenty men dressed only in their shirts and
drawers; one only in shirt, and with hand
kerchiefs with pierced eye holes. They made
Deputy Constable Anderson drive the vehicle
to a piece of woods a short distance oil, where
he was put out and tried. Tho wagon was
then driven under the edge OF :; large white
oak tree, and 4 moose having been adjusted
over horizontal limb, the prisoner who was
handcutled, was made to stand up, but his
head not reaching the moose, he was REQUIRED
to get upon the drivers seat, when the moose
was put around his neck and the wagon
driven from under him, he springin@ up at
the time, apparently with the intention of eX-
pcditing his death. The rope slipped and the
wretch's feet touched the ground. One of the
maskers then jumped upon his shoulders to
swung him to and fro until life was extinct
After which the whole party formed in line
and fired volley at his body.