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Year: 1865

LET no man drop an i'll gotten guinea into
his pocket and think the pocket unconscious of
the wrong. His very glove shall babble of the
b-ibe that has burnt his hand, and bis cravat
shall tighten Ike rope about bis throat.
Year: 1865

To FATTES PoUlTRT-To fatten poultry
cheaply, so that it will be tender and juicy.
mingle equal quantities of wheat -four and In


dian corn meal together, and wet the mass with
boiling water, and let the fowls have access to
clean water and some boiled potatoes. Prepare
fresh batch for them every morning. By
allowing them to have access to food at all
times, they will consume less and fatten faster
than they will to feed them several times day.
Year: 1865

The war killed out or squelched for the
time being most of the fanciful theories
bv which the Northern mind had been
previously occupied and amused. Social
ism. freeloveism, BlOomeusm, and score
of like doctrines which had seized upon
the minds of idle people, passed out OF
discussion, and seemed to all appearances
dead and buried Even the spirit of re


ligious fanaticism was for the time abash-
ed and humbled III presence of the dread
full misfortunes which it had assisted III
bringingiupon the country. The war is no
sooner ovel than these elements OF social
antagonism revive from their chrysalls
like torpor The parsons are hard at
work endeavoring to stir up the em6ers
of religious strife and persecution. The
Boston fanatics are trying to raise fresh
issues on the negro, not satisfied with
having rendered his condition worse than
ever. And now just when we have vim
dicated our manhood before the world,
the Bloomerites have resumed their con-
ventious to establish the right OF the
fair sex to wear the breeches All this
is very progressive and very amusing
1t proves the activity Of the national
mind and is good for the newspapers.
Year: 1865

PHILADELPHIA, June 30.-The contest
between the civil and military authori-
ties growing out ofthe arrest of w B.
Cozzens continues. Last night three of
the Sheriff's deputies proceeded to Pro-
vost Marshal Finks headquarters, with
orders to arrest that officer They were
driven away by the provost guard, and
made rettirn accordingly to the court
to day. The matter has been postponed
till tomorrow at nine o'clock, when the
Sheriff will probably call on all citizens
to aid him in arresting the Provost Mar
shall. There seems to be some doubt as
to whether the application for assistance
to enforce the arrest should be directed
to the Sheriff or the Governor
Year: 1865

II is said that the food crop cf the
United States, in 1865, will be the largest
known in our history This fact seems
d be unde. stood by everybody but the


in food. The latter find it as


t to get out of the habit of charg-


t they were Kilpatricks aud Sher-
Year: 1865

GoLDIEKs Dinner. ALI interested
will do we'll to bean in mind the fact that
a dinner will this evening be given to the
Fourteenth Infantry, Batteries d and II,
and Company A, First Cavalry
Year: 1865

4 GENTLEMAN from Mississippi is in
Washington, on his way to New York,
where he intends to astonish his creditors
by the payment of large sum Of money
which he owed them at the breakingcut
of the war He states that At the com
mand of the former rebel authorities he
paid into their treasury the amount OF
his Northern obligations. but does not
consider that manner of paying debt
either honorable or honest.
Year: 1865

When I used to tend store at the
Regulator, in Syracuse, the old gen
tleman comes round one day, and he
says:


"Boys the one that sells the most
'twixt now and Christmas, gets vest
pattern for present. :


Maybe we didn't work for that vest
pattern. I tell you there were some tall
stories in praise of goods just about
that time but the tallest talker and the
one that had more cheek than any Of us
was certain Jonah Squires, who room
ed with me- He could talk dollar out
of mans pocket when the man had in
tended to spend only siapence; and the
womel-Lord bless you, they just hand
ed over their pocket books to him and
let him lay out what he liked for them.


One night Jonah woke me up with:


"By Josh, old fellow, if you think
that eres got any cotton in it, I'll bring
down the sheep it was cut from and
make him swear to his own wool 'Twont
wear out either-wore pair of pants
that kind O. stuff myself for years, and
they as good as when first put them
on Take it at thirty cents, and say you
don't owe me anything. Eh to dear
Well, call it twenty-eight cents. What
do you say? Shall | tear it off? All
right, it's bargain"


| could feel Jonah's hands playing
about the bed clothes for an instant,
then rip tear went something or an
other, and I hid myself under the blank
cts, perfectly convulsed with laughter,
and sure that Jonah had torn the sheet
from top to bottom.


When I woke up next morning
found-alas; unkindest tear Of all-that
the back of my night shirt was split
from tail to collar band .
Year: 1865

A miraculous escape from the horrors
of actually being buried alive has just
taken place in New Orleans. A person
by the name of Martin was supposed to
have died from disease of the heart, and
to every outward appearance was dead.
The attending physician had given his
certificate of burial, certifying to the
cause of death, and the supposed corpse
bad been prepared. shrouded in the hab-
iiments of death and encofined. Near
and dear ones had shed tears over the
loss of one whom they supposed dead,
and whose body had been carefully pre-
pared for the silent precints Of the tomb,
when the fortunate thought suggested
itself that the body should be embalmed.
The necessary steps were taken, the
coffin carefully closed up, and the body
sent to an embalming establishment
Here the process Of embalming was in
due time entered upon. It appears that
in the process which preserves the body
from immediate decomposition the pre-
serving quality is infused into the main
arterty of the arm. The incsion with
a lancet is in the same manner as in the
case of blood letting. The embalmer
had commenced his work by making the
necessary incision, and to his surprise
he discovered blood slowly oozing from
the vein. He knew there must be life
where blood would flow, and desisted from
his work Of embalming. In a few minutes
more there was a slight motion Of his
body, and presently the man in the coffin
made an effort to raise himself, and, with
assistance, did rise up and speak
Gentle restoratives were administered,
and he desired to know how it was that
he found himself in a coffin clothed with
shroud. His friends, to their utter
joy, were advised of what had taken
place, and he was sent to the hospital
instead Of the grave, where he is in a
fair way of recovering. This is, indeed,
q miraculous escape from the clutches of
death.
Year: 1865

There was once a wise emperor who
made law that to every stranger who
came to his court, fried fish should
be served. The servants were directed
to take notice, if the stranger had eaten
the fish to the bone on one side he
turned it over and began on the other
side. If he did, he was Immediately
seized, on the third day thereafter he
was put to death. But, by great
stretch of imperial clemency, the culprit
was permitted to utter one wish each
day, which the emperor pledged him
self to grant provided it was not to spare
his life. Many had already perished in
consequence of this edict, when, one
day, a count and his young son presen :.
ted themselves at the court The fish
was served as usual and when the count
had removed all the fish from one side,
he turned it over,a and was about to COM
mence on the other, when he was seized
and thrown into prison, and was told of
his approaching doom. Sorrow stricken
the counts young son besought the en-
peror to allow him to die in his place !;
favor which the monarch cheerfully
accorded him. The count was accor-
dinghy released from prison, and the son
was thrown into his cell in his stead
As soon as this had been done, the
young man said to his goaler," ,"Y ou know
| have the right to make three demands
before [ die; go and tell the emperor
to send me his daughter and priest to
marry us. The first demand was not
much to the emperors taste, neverthe-
less he felt bound to keep his word ,and
he therefore complied with the request,
to which the princess had no kind of
objection. This occurred in the times
when kings kept their treasures in a
cave, or in tower set apart for the
purpose, and on the second day of his
Imprisonment the young man demand
ed the kings treasures. If his first
der and was bold one, the second was
not less so; still an emperor's word is
sacred, and having made the promise, he
was forced to keep it; and the treasures
of gold and silver and jewels were
placed at the prisoners disposal On
getting possession of them. he distribu-
ted them profusely among the courtiers,
and soon made host of friends by his
liberality.


The emperor began now to feel ex-
ceedingly uncomfortable. Unable to
sleep, he arose early on the third morn
ing and went with fear in his heart to
the prison to hear what the third wish
was to be.


"Now," said he to the prisoner, "tell
what your third demand is, that it may
be granted at once, and you may be
hung out of hand, for | am tired of
your demands"


Sire" answered the prisoner, 81
! have but one more favor to request of
Year: 1865

Where the rocks are gray and the slope is steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep;


Where the ragged pine, in its lonely pride,


Leans gloomy the murky tide;


Where the reeds and rushes are tall cnd rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day through
Lay at its mooring the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped,


Like the seabird's wing that the storm had Topped
And crossed on the railing, one DER one,
Like folded hands when the work is done
While busily back and forth between
The spider stretches her silver screen,
And the solemn owl, with his dull 'too-hoo,"
Settles down on the side of the old canoe.
O. many a time, with careless and,
1 have pushed it away from the pebbly strand
And paddled it down where the stream runs quick,
Where the whrls are wild and the eddes are thick:
And laughed as leaned DER the rocking side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two,
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.
But now as I lean Ger the crumbing side,
And lock below in the sluggish tide,
The face that there is graver grown
And the laugh that / hear has a soberer tone,
And the hands that lent to the light skif wings,
Have grown familiar with sterner things
But love to think of the hours that flew,
rocked where the whirls their wild spray threw,
Ere the blossoms waved or the green grass grew,
Der the mouldering stern of the old canoe.
Year: 1865

RREyET. This word is often used,
and there may be those who do not un-
derstand it's precise meaning. 1t is
commission to an officer, which entities
him to an honorary rank in the army
above bis actual rank and pay. Thus,
a breret Major serves as Captain and re-
ceives pay as such. Such commissions
were given to the officers Of the Ameri-
can army at the close of the Revolution
ary war, giving them a grade of rank
above that which they hold in the SER
vice.
Year: 1865

rougl our Territorial Legislature.
pass both Houses in proper shape
promi es to smash it all to flinders
g, and IF by any possibility His Ex-
not interpOse his veto, the Supreme
The hr siness for it. So that on
seems impossible to get a spe-
lazy this Territory as it would
)melary crawl through the eye of
Year: 1865

At the last evening board II closed at 1874 bid This
shows advance OF 94 from the lowest point touched
May IL. The strength OF the Market unasssted by
speculative Influences although II has doubtless disap-
pointed some be easily accounted for by the law Of
supply and demand .nd the condition Of our foreign
trade. We have been exporting gold
than we have been receiving during the last
four years, and the supply in the banks OF the
loyal States, excepting California and tho Treasury
which not far from hundred and fifty millions at
tho outbreak Of the rebellion now less than third
of that Our markets throughout the entire


try at the same time baro of foreign
merchandise, In proportion TO the population, and,
owing to the withdrawal OF labor from agricultural and
other industrial pursuits for purposes stocks Of
produce are sufficiently Santy 10 command higher
prices at home than after adding freight and charges


foreigners are willing to pay for them abroad Hence We
have comparatively little to spare for shipment ant
even for that little there is no very rrUnt.
able market Gold has fallen without henry ~
tended by . corresponding fall In provisions ind
breadstuns for the reasons stated. The cxoor


Of our securities. which, FOR otg time In conjunction
with light imports checked the drain Of specie rom
Shores has stopped and have bad several millions Of
them returned 70 ne Our imports the same time
increased In about The ,ame ratio our exports have
dm,n,shsc owing 70 the before mentioned scarcity Of
ioreigv nercnsnoiso ana domestic produce Inc conse-
quence that in order 70 balance our exchanges
compelled 70 export gold at the rate Of from two 10
three millions per week, and during time like the pres
ent when specie payments are suspended coin, like any
other commodity, will command price regulated by sup
ply and demand Not only are we losing our gold by
porting TO Europe but 10 the British provinces and be-
May and September imports from the latter
always larger than during the other months Of the year.
owing TO purchases OF lumber The drain this year. too
on account Of the lumber trade larger than usua The
Year: 1865

or inequality OF taxation


2, The tax which each individual is bound to pay
ought be certain and not arbitrary The time of pay
ment the manner Of payment the quantity to be paid
ought all 10 be clear and plain TO the contributor and to
every other person. Where 10 otherwise every per-
subject To the tax is put less In the power
the taxgaherer who either aggravac the upon
any obnoxious contributor extor by the terror Of such
aggravaon some present or perQuisite TO himself The
uncertainty OF taxation encourages the nsolence and
favors the corruption Of order OF who are natu-
rally unpopular even when they neither nsolcnt
corrupt The certainty Of what each indvd al ought TO
pay is In taxation matter Of great importance that
very considerable degree Of inequality II appears be-
levc, from the experience Of all nations Is
great evil a very small degree Of uncertainty


Every tax ought To bo levied at the time In the
manner in which i Is most likely TO be convenient for
the contributor TO pay IT, tax upon the rent Of land
or Of houses, payable At the same which such
rents IRE usually paid Is levied At time when II Is most


likely 20 convenient for the contributor TO pay Taxes
upon such consumablc goods articles Of luxury are
all finally paid by the consumer, and generally In
nrr that Is very convenient 70 him. He pays them little
by ltle s he has occasion TO buy the goods As he At
liberty oo either to buy or not TO buy he pcas IL
must he his fault he suffers any considerable
Inconvenience from such taxes


Every ought to be 80 contrived % both TO take
out and to keep out Of the pockets Of the people little
as possible over and above what brings into the public
treasury Of the State tax may either take or keep
out Of the pockets Of the people great deal moro than
brings into the public treasury in the four following
sxysIrrst, the ievyins Of may require great mum.
Der Of officers whose salaries may cot up the greater part
sites may impose another additional tax upon upon
Ss 'p labor s'sSGad SG t.p. " y dy: Ss nsS1
from moro 70 less productive employment Thirdly
BY the foreures and other penalties which those unfor
tunate individuals incur who attempt unsucccssy to
evade the tax IL may frequently ruin them and thereby
put an end 10 the benefit which the community might
have derived from the employment Of their capitals
An inudicious tax offers great temptation 10 smuggling
Fourby by subecng the people 10 the frequent visits
and the odous examination OF the tsxgAtherer, u may
expose them TO much unnecessary trouble vexaon and
regulations TO which trades and manufactures are often
eusjccted 10 prevent evasion OF tax not only IN
themselves troublesome and sxpansve bat often oppose
Year: 1865

ly to his maste9 to present him what wa,
left but to his alarm, when he unfolded he
blanket he found nothing in it. The limo
cent native construed this into some ir-er.
ference of the devil and an incantation of H.
god of the neither world. Without further
ceremony he bolted for the temple, and per
formed variety of prOPitiatory exercises
and laid gifts before his idols The master
however, soon discovered to his satisfaction
the secret of the mysterious condnct Of his
servant; but the native for some time after
always thought of the Yankee and his ship
with feeling of awe
Year: 1865




There arc several American gentlemen
here engaged in business, but the only one
who represents really an American interest
Is Mr. Thompson, the proprietor Of the ice
house American ice brought in ships from
Boston is considered the greatest Of Injuries
There are several ice manufacturing ma
chimes here, but the productions of art can
not at all compete with nature. The ice
trade has been carried on for some vears
both with Ceylon and India. A ship laden
with American ice arriving in any Of the
Eastern ports Is cause Of great rejoicing
and the cargo meets with a rapid cOnsump-
ton This branch Of commerce might be
developed 10 a much greater extent with
profitable rewards. There il no other coun-
try but America which can conveniently
send ice to the East, and natural ice, except
it is imported, il a thing unknown in all the
countries Of Southern Asia. An amusing
incident IL mentioned Of the arrival Of the
first ice ship. The skipper, a shrewd,
waggish man, touched at one OF the princi-
pal ports on the Malabar coast, South
ern India. Hailing a native on shore we
took a large block Of ice and wrapped
it in a blanket, telling the innocent Malabar
TO carry il 70 his master. The native, elated
at being the bearer Of such treasure, az he
supposed it to be an enormous jewel, stopped
at every house on the way to show the peo-
pie what Yankee sailor had brought for
his master. The Europeans as soon a. they
saw what it was the native had, at once
started for the ship, and Immediately the
old skipper found himself head over ears in
business The native meanwhile kept show
ing his ice around, and, 10 his surprise,
found i rapidly dissolying. His supersti-
ton being alarmed, he nov hastened direct
Year: 1865

TIE FU'IIIUN Vf TIE ANENDMt tNI,


Official information has been received at
the Department of State Of the adoption of
the Amendment 20 the Constitution ton
the subject Of slavery by the Legislature Of
Year: 1865

heedlessly commit the mistake which was
made by certain judge, much given to
fits of abstraction, whom a neighbor
found, late one evening, sitting ip banc0
by creek Approaching him, the gen
tleman saw little frog squatting on a
stone by his side, and evidently enjoying
the prospect Calling the judges atten-
ton to the batrachian stranger, he asked
him what it meant


"Well, | declare" exclaimed the judi
cial functionary, if it isn't my baitl And
there I suppose it has sat ever since nine
o'clock this morning.


Yes, too many young men, who are
waiting for bite, neglect even to
throw in their bait


The opinion is universal that patience
is very amiable virtue; and the number
of panegyries which have been written
upon it would fill volumes. But patience
after all is of little utility in the absence
of other virtues Unaccompanied by
prudent foresight and earnest endeavor,
it can accomplish nothing Patience is a
virtue in the skillful fisherman who
''vexes" the streams where fish abound,
but it is folly with the little child who
dabbles with pin-hook in pail of water.


We say then to young men, who still
have all the world before them, don't
wait for bite, until you are sure that
you have exhausted ali the resources in
your power to increase the chances of
your success. When you have done this,
arm yourselves with fortitude, endure
and Wait-and you will catch your fish. !"
Year: 1865

A correspondent of the New York Far
mer's Club, gives his experience, as fol-
lows, In regard to the building of a cheap
and reliable ice house. Every farmer, By
small outlay in this direction, can al
ways have at hand during the hot weather
not only an inestimable luxury, but an
article that will be found almost invalu-
able in the prOductionof good butter, the
preseryatlon OF fresh meats, and for Vari
Gus other purposes:


Il see in the papers great many in
quiries about the best method of making
small ice house. / want to give nv ex-
perience for the benefit of the thousands
of small farmers who need plenty of ice,
and are not aware how cheap luxury it
is. Several years ago / built me an ice
house on the back end of my Wood-shed,
u feet square, walls .153inches thick and
filed it with pine saWdust, a board floor
a@th sawdust a foot thick under it, and
we'll under drained; floor overhead and


filed in with saWdust between it and the
roof; the door was double and filled in
with saWdust, | congratulated myself on
having got everything. snug and tight that
no heat could get in, and expected that
my ice would last-until the next Winter.
4 filled it with the finest ice /; and 20 make
the matter dOubly sure covered il with
sawdust 1t lasted until the middle of
duly, so that just when needed it most,
It was gone, / was told it needed ventila-
tion az put ina tube four inches square
and tried itanother year; it kept scarce
the same. i then tore out the floor over
head and left out small window 15 inches
by 2 feet it then kept until Sept. 1st.


ss - a tyearagpI had my attention called
to an ice house built by farmer near me,
which was simply a bin made with rough.
pine boards, 16 feet square, and rooted
over, leavinga larger opening at the front
aud sides. He said his ice kept perfectly
until the next Winter. He put layer of
sawdust a foot thick on the ground and
then stacked tho ice snugly in the center
Is to 20 inches from the walls, and then
filed in with sawdust, and up over the
top foot thick or more. Last winter,
before filling my ice house, determined
to try his method | accordingly tore out


the inside wall, and shoveled out the


sawdust, then filed by stacking it snug
| " in the center ID. to 20 inches from the
wall This space filled with pine saw
dust and covered the whole over the top


foot thick orimOrea Ileft out the win


dow before mentioned, and TOUCHDOWN my
door and left it open so the sun can shine
in there every day. Now for results. At
the present time / have an abundance of
| ice, and the ca kes come out as square and
perfect as when they went in. am sat
| isfed how to build an ice house.


4
Year: 1865

Z


The Home Journal thus describes the
burdens of editors


1T is one of the hardships of our pro-
fession that its working wheels-brains
and heart-are not allowed to lag for sick
ness, or stop for calamity or sorroW. The
Judge may adjourn his court, the schools
and the workshops may close shutters,
the mourner may veil his features, and
turn friend and stranger from the door !;
but the journalist must forget before to-
morrow the sorrows of o-day-must write
gaily and freshly as a newsmonger, on the
trihe of the hour, whatever burden has
been laid upon that same hour by Provi-
dence or his brains as a man, It some
times tries and mocks as the world that
reads what is thus written would never
dream Of ;" s6


The public lock upon an editors la.
bors as the Indian did upon the man who
was cutting hay. He finally gave in his
opinion that it was easy to see the white
man NOW