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Year: 1869

DoN'r crowd; this world is broad enough
For you rs well a. me:
The doors OF art are open wide
The realm of thought is free:
OF all earth's places you are right
To choose the best you can
Provided that you do not try
To crowd some other ma H.
What matter though


Your piles of ,ou scarce can count
While he can ,,lden ore.
Iaunt y hardly strive to keep
vi WI .mine from his door!


ling hands and honest heart


alone should man be proud:
inen give him all the room he needs,
And never try to crowd.
Don't crowd. proud Miss your dainty silk
VIII glrsten none the less
Because il Comes in contact with


A beggar's tdtfcred dress;
This lovely world was never made
For yoH and | alone:
A pauper has a right 10 tread


The pathway TO throne.
Don't crowd the good from out your heart
BY fostering all that's bad:
But give 10 every virtue room
The best that may be had
be each days record such one.
That You may well be proud:
Give each his riSht-give each his room
And never try TO crowd
Year: 1869

One of the evil engineers on the
Central Pacific Railroad thus de-
scribes a pond of warm water in
what seems to be the crater of an ex-
tinct volcano, near the North Fork
of the Humboldt River, in Nevada
II must tell you about ono remarka-
bic natural curiosity we camped near
"a curious hot spring. 1t is situated
in crater about two hundred feet in
diameter. on the top of a knoll which
rises about fifty feet above the rver.
In the bottom Of tho crater is q long
elliptical pool, perhaps $50 feet long
in one direction, and IS in the other
"a mammoth bath tub in shape
The depth of the water is unknown,
no limo brought here having been
long enough to reach the bottom. In
one part the water is just hot enough
to enable the hand to be held lit
and the remainder of tho pool varies
from this to lukewarmness. The
walls are nearly vertical, aud you
can imagine the luxury Of plunge
into it, with no fear of striking bot
tom. Just think, too, of swimming
about, on a cold November day, with
the rising steam deposited in frost
lopn the rocks, in water which is a
temperature perfectly luxurious
When l went in had SO severe a
cold as TO be unable to speak aloud,
aud it cured me almost entirely
The water tastes slightly Of sulphur,
iron and lime"
Year: 1869

Goethe tells the following story,
which amusingly illustrates the ca
pacity for drink of the Rhinelanders:


"Thc Bishop of Maycnce once dc
ivered sermon against drunken
ness, and after painting in the strong
est colors the OWLS of over indul g
ence. concluded as follows: But the
abuse of wine does not exclude its
use, for it is written that wine re-
ioices the heart Of man. Probably
there is no one in my congregation
who cannot drink four bottles of wine
without feeling any disturbance of
his senses. but if any man ut, the
seventh or eighth bottle so forgets
himself as to abuse and strike his
wife and children and treat his best
friends as enemies, let him look into
his conscience, and in the future stop
at the sixth bottle Yet, it after
drinking seven, or eight or ten or
twelve bottles, he can still take his
Christian ncighbor by the hand, and
obey the orders oe his spiritual and
temporal superiors, let him thank
fully drink his modest dlaught. He
must be careful, however, as TO ta-
king any more, for it is seldom that
Providence gives any one the special
grace to drink sixteen bottles at
sitting, as it has enabled me, its un-
worthy servant, to do without either
neglecting my dutis or loosing my
temper
Year: 1869

There are some signs apparent ofa
growing scarcity OF butter in the
markets Of the world, and especially
in the United States. which unques-
tionably contributes more largely


than any nation, both for its produc-
ton and its consumption. The
steady enhancement in price OF the
article is shown in the following
sales Of average wholesale quotations
in this market for the past eight
Year: 1869

A MIsTAKE.--Some newspaper
gossip has started the report that
Gen. Mcclellan would have a seat in
Gen. Grants Cabinet. That is the
next think to an impossibility, for
supposing Grant to have rendered
him the place in November, it would
be impossible for Little Mac to make
up his mind before the 18th Of March,
whether to accept it or not -Nashua
Post.
Year: 1869

! We have received long letter
from the State of Competinc, over
the signature of Gan Observer"
the burden of which is q prolonged
vail against the evil tendencies Of
shooting matches, which seems to
afflict that balliwick, in the opinion
of this writer.


Barring the personalities contain
edin the communication, it is too:
long; too badly spelled; too care-
lessly written and on both sides of
the sheet, therefore we can only find
room for the following extracts, re-
marking in the meantime, that with
more care, and brevity, this writer
will make an acceptable correspond
ent of tho COURIER.


Speaking to these shooting match
ers, the writer says:


II would advise you to take the
money you gamble away, and buy
yourselves a bible (for which you
have none.)


Subscribe for the COURIER and
teach your children to read it, and
when you are tempted to go abroad
for amusements take upyour bible or
county paper, and read aloud to your
family make home pleasant, and you
perhaps may learn a great many
things you never knew.


Some of the inhabitants OF your vii
lage by reading the laws of Iowa
contained in the COULTER may learn
that there is law to prohibit u man
from shooting across the highway
Some also might by reading it very
carefully see defects in their political
views, which they seem now to bc
very ignorant of, and l verify believe
the villagers in general would profit
very much by a careful reading Of
the bible. There are perhaps some
very important facts containedin that
ancient book which some of you have
never SO much as heard of. 1fforone
year you leave off your wicked habits
carefully, read the word of God, and
at the end of the year you see no
change in the place or people, then l
will yield the point but not till then.


AN'OBSERVER. !.
Off.
Year: 1869

Domestic ISDUsrRY.-0n Saturday, the 2lst
Mrs. T. G. Lee brought to town one hundred
pounds of butter, every ounce of which was
made within the preceding week, and all sold
previous to delivery. We mention this fact as
showing what can be accomplished by persistent
industry, and commend Mrs Lees example to
other farmers wives as indicating a mode in
which they may materially aid in gaining
competency for their families.
Year: 1869

FALL AND WINTER SToCKs.-Mr. Louis Schwa,
bacher the senior of the firm, is now in San
Francisco engaged IN selecting stock of goods
suited to the fall and winter trade. Due notice
will be given of his return, when customers Will
have the opportunity of securing the latest and
most fashionable styles of goods, for which their
house is celebrated.
Year: 1869

PAINFUL AccIDESr.-0n Saturday last, the
little son of A. Seitel, aged about years, net
with painful accident; the little fellow was
playing around the room in which his mother
was engaged at her household duties, and hap>
of boiling water. The poor boy was so badly
scalded that the skin peeled from the flesh on
removing his clothes. Medical attention was at
once secured and although the boys injuries are
terrible hopes are entertained of his recovery.
Year: 1869

Hor HAsrE.-Ou Monday last Judge Kennedy
ordered decree of divorce to enter in the case
of Faber us Faber The ink used in writing
the decree was scarcely dry before the woman
thus set at liberty was united in marriage with
a man named Harding, who the evidence showed
played the part of a lover whilst the woman was
still basking in the arms of her husband. 1t is
disgrsceful that parties like these should occupy
tae time of our Courts, and still more disgrace~
full that they should be permitted to pollute the
marriage relation.
Year: 1869

The New Pass is now up and in running
order. 10 getting the press under the way we
are indebted to the skill of Mr.. Charles Able,
who bears the reputation of being one of our
best and most skillful mechanics. Mr.. A. took
the detached parts of the press, scattered 10
hopeless confusion, and in a very short time
brought order out OF chaos, and delivered the
machine over to Us ia perfect working order.
Where hue and intricate machinery is to be
handled, Mr.. A. is the man for the work, as we
can testify from actual experience.
Year: 1869

PRorEcrIoS FoR SHADE TREEs.-For years we
have urged upon our citizens the importance of
planting shade trees, and thus calling nature to
aid them in the work OF heautifying their prem
ises. This advice has very generally been acted
upon, until to-day very few towns on the coast
present such picture of rural beauty as the
town of wAlla WalIa. The people who have
thus exhibited their taste are entitled to protect
ton aud encouragement, and every measure
should be taken for the protection Of the trees
and shrubbery that minister to the pleasure and
enjoyment of the passer-by quite as much as to
the actual owner. Instead of affordiug this pro.
tection the authorities have entirely ignored the
matter, and allow vicious animals to run at
large, and pull down and destroy the young
trees. A few mornings since, we counted no less
than six shade trees, on the line of Alder, be-
tween Third and Fourth streets, all of them
broken down and destroyed by cows that are al
lowed to roam at large in that locality. For the
purpose of protecting the shade trees, now so
generally planted, we think it would be we'll
for the City Council to pass an ordinance pro-
hibiting cows and horses from running at large
within the city limits. The streets were never
intended to be public grazing ground, and the
stock owner who has due regard for the comfort
of his animals, will never be found turning them
loose to feed upon the offal that lines our high
ways."Tke merciful man is merciful to his beast
and it is not this class that allow their stock to
roam around aud destroy their neiRbbors' props
erty. 1t is mainly persons who are careless and
thoughtless that leave their cattle to shift for
themselves, and this class can be taught that if
they thus offend, they can be held responsible
in damages. An ordinance of this kind would
at once arrest what may be ftly termed the
"catte nuisance" and owners of city property
would be encouraged TO 60 on and complete the
work of beautifyng our streets.
Year: 1869

years ago physician visiting


Island St. cz for their health experienced ana witnessed surprising and
beneficial effects the produced upon hsiavaIis like
ourselves health; ana inquiry and obtained history
Of its medicinal virtues e delighted and surprised after his recovery
which occurred determined if possible procure the sole manufacture
sai sell tin the United States.


The result Of his s glorious himself suffering Humanity
tor the celebrated PLANTATION BITTER
TAIN sIEas being article real upon principles
relying wholly the vegetable woi m its medicinal effects: worked
tca in the history medicine ana became household word all civilized
w The cabasc ls5oX aEnan health
the PLANTATION BEEs exceeded the abilities


Notwithstanding expressly
pounding these B the quantity inadequate therefore became necessary
that Arrangements extensive scale abroad should and
was dispatched to S. Thomas fer that purpose securing
leasing several plantations Of the largest and productive the
Island Houses stills aa3 erected asf BY
hed the natives The experienced island
cured and the pet the PLANTATION BITTEas position


sappy their laboratory with all the perfectly
turing the GREAT DYE?-.c TONIC AND vaaAToR
the natives crushing the and otherwise for stills presses


As anado Fever and Ag Intermittent and Iau Feves Dyspepsia and
other kindred diseases the the PLANTATION sTTERs the
history the world Over FIVE million bottles disposed Of annually They
adapted old and young male and female They agreeable always
produce immediate beneficial result


F" 20 lS69-lv
Year: 1869

SINGAPORE has boa constructor that has
swallowed a young lady. who wore at the
same time 900 diamond necklace.
About thirty thousand natives are diligently
searching for the snake, in order that they
may get the necklace.
Year: 1869

A MINOR was recently sued in England for
preach OF promise. 1t was contended that q
minor could contract for necessaries. but the
Judge decided that wife did not come with
In the range OF necessaries for an infant.
Year: 1869

man was recently fined in England for
annoying passengers by discussing politics in
railway car. Such law enforced in this
country would pay all our current expenses,
besides wiping out the debt
Year: 1869

When female is in trouble afflicted with disense,
the back and limbs pain in the head, dim
sight loss of muscular power apitatiun of the
heart rritably, nervousness, urinary difficult
ties arrangement of digestive functions general debility
vagintis, all diseases of the womb, hystera sterty,
all other diseases peculiar to females she should go
write the celebrated female DOCTOR W. K
Doherty at his Medical Institute and consult him about
her troubles and disease The Doctor is eecting
than any other physician in the State of California
Let false delicacy prevent but apply Immediately
and yourself from painful suffer ngs and premature
death All married ladies' whose delicate health ober
circumstances prevent Increase in their families should
write or call at Dr. W. X Dohsrys Medical Institute,
and they will receive every possible relief and help The
Doctors offices arranged that he be consulted
without fear of observation.
Year: 1869

in vain regrets When we are boys We ar
dently wish to be men; when we are men
we ardently wish to be boys. We talk OF
'.Auid Lang Syne, of the days when Te
were young. of gathering shells on tie sea
shore, and throwing them careiess y away.
We never cease to be sentimental upon past
youth. manhood and beauty. Yet there are
no regrets so false. and few half so silly.
P.rhaps the saddest sight in the word is to
see an old lady. wrinkled and withered,
dressing. talking and acring ike very
Young one, and forgetting all the time, as
she elngs TO the past, that there is no sham
so transparent "a her own, and that people
instead of feeling with her are laughing at
her. Ola boys disguise their foibles little
better. but they are equally ridiculous. The
feeble protests which they make against the
flying chariot of time are equally futile.
The great mower enters the field, and all
must come down. To stay him would be
impossible. We might as well try with a
finger to stop Ixion's wheel or to dam the
current of Z river with a child foot.
Year: 1869

It's all very pretty talk, . said 4 recently
married bachelor, who had just finished
reading an essay on the Culture OF Women,
as heavy miliiner's bin was presented to
him. Its all very pretty, this cultivation
of women, but such a charge as this for
bonnets Is rather heavy top dressing
my Judgment
Year: 1869

How darkly and dcnsely the cypress leaves grow!
How cold and how dank is the shadow they throw.
So solemn, so silent, so sOmbre and dead.


On the grave where We laid down our beautiful dead
Year: 1869

A marriage took place at Concord
\. H, on Wednesday, i'm which the
bride was only sixteen years of age, and
n widow ut that. She was married the
first time when she was only thirteen
years of age. The bridegroom ON this
occasion was twenty-fOur years old
Early aud often seem to be her motto
Year: 1869

Oh, bright were the days Of the summers fed,
Ere VIC laid down our darling to sleep with the dead
But the balmicst day OF the Junes that arc gone


Is as nOught 10 the day which hereafter shall dawn
Year: 1869

FREDDIE.


81 w. HUBBARD.
How darkly and dcnsely the cypress leaves grow!
How cold and how dank is the shadow they throw!
So solemn, so silent so sOmbre and dead.
On the grave where We laid down cur beautiful dead.
&c is gonei we shsI hear his light footsteps no more
Hc has crossed the cold stream to the shadOvy shorc
Long we stood on the brink looking out in the night
Till the mist on the waves bid the loved ono from
sight.
WcrCturn to the home now 50 dcsUlate made
To the chair where he sat-to the hearth where nc
played
To his clothes. tohis tOys lvith ono bright tress of
hair.
And witt hearts broken down by the load Of despair!
Oh, blessed belief! whose clear eyes can behold
Thro the gloom of the cypress the gateway OF gold
The city celestial whose glorifcd thrOug
Welcome home the redeemed with the scraphim's
song!



Ii the day dawn Of Bliss VIC shall see him the same
We shall meet our lost darling and call him by name
BY the pet name he bore while he gladdened our
hearth
With his football. and prattlc and inlantnc mirth


VI
VIC shall look in his eyes darkened now with deaths
night,
Rc-ilumed with the glow Of Etemity's light:
We shall hear his dear voice in the cherubims land
A new song on his lips, new harp in his hand!
Oh. bright were the days Of the summers now fed
Ere laid down our darling to sleep with the dead;
But the balmicst day OF the Junes that are gone
Is as nOught 10 the day which hereafter shall dawn


VII.
The light Of that day will illHminc forever
The vaIcs that lie green just across the dark river
Where the lost shall be found, where no parting is
known.
We shall clasp thee and keep thee our beautiful ono
North WlsI.
Year: 1869

Oh, blessed BELIEF. whose clear eyes can behold
ThrO the gloom Of the cypress the gateway OF gold
The city celestial whose glOrifcd thrOug


Welcome home the redeemed with the scraphim's
Year: 1869

A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF EGGs.-A
heighbor of ours says that hogs lard is the
best thing he can find to mix with the dough
he gives to his hens. Tie says that one cut
Of this fat, as large as walnut, will set a
hen to laying Immediately after she has
been broken up from setting, and that by
feeding them with the fat occasionally, his
hens continue to lay through the winter.
-EOrksm0xth Chronicle.
Year: 1869

~ Kingsler says that French people
begin their preparation for the days din
ner the moment they get out of bed, while
English people, on tho other hand, put it
off to the last minute, and then begin FRY
and boil in d frantic manner."
Year: 1869




How TO BUILD AN Ice HoUsE.--Thc
season is approaching when the suggestion
below relative to constructing ice .houses
may be valuable to some Of our readers;
A building eight feet high, and eight by
twelve on the ground, would doubtless be
Of sufficient capacity for supplying four
families and allow onc-fourth of the ice to
60 to waste. 'i"e


Many persons build icc-houscs by placing
the sills directly on the ground; but our
experience is that the ice will keep better
if the building is entirely supported by up
right posts, which wo would prefer to have
inbedded in charcoal. This allows free
circulation of air under the building, and
provides for suitable drainage. The only
difference between building an ice-house
and any other building is that it must be a
double building-onc inside Of the other
at least as far as the walls are concerned.


The space between the wall will depend
upon the efficiency Of the non-conductor
used for filing; if it is to be pulverized
charcoal, six inches would be sufficient;
but if sawdust or spent tan bark is to be the
material, then a foot would be the proper
distance. The roof may be made double
like the wall, but it is acheap plan to make
floor across from the ewes, which may be
covered on top with loose saw dust. Ifthis
plan be adopted, the walls ofthe gable end
may be single, and door can be cut through
one of them and through the floor across
from the caves, through which the ice can
be passed into the building. 1t is we'll to
divide of few feet ON each end of the
building for cooling room for milk, or 4
room for keeping fresh meat and vegetables.
The doors leading into and out of this room
should be double like the walls, and may
be either fitted with heavy hinges or made
to slide. An ice-housc should be open but
once day, which should be as carly in
the morning as possible.
Year: 1869

IL is somewhat remarkable that when.
ever any allusion is made to giving the negro
equai political rights with white men. the
expounders of Democracy call it placing him
over the white men. This we consider an
insult to the white race, as it implies that
by allowing negro to vote, he will become
superior to them in point of intelligence etc.
In our humble way Of thinking, the whites
are abundantly able to take care of ,bon,-
selves. Those who are afraid of negro s1nre.
macy must certainly have very poor opin-
ion Of their own capabilities.
Year: 1869

A GOOD ORDIR.-Mayor Bowen has issued
circular stating that he has been informed that
the Ward Commissioners are in the habit Of
instructing laboring men in want Of employ.
ment to apply to them at the City Hall, which
causes large crowd to loiter about the City
Hall from day to day, much TO the discomfort
OF the public, and the annoyance of those
having business with the officers OF the Corpo.
ration, and he suggests that the Commissioners
receive such calls In their respective wards,
and inform those who hang around the City
Hall that they need not expect to have anything
to do on the streets or any other Corporation
work, unless they discontinue the practice.
Year: 1869

- - ~ @SSOs
To the Citisens of Fremont and sur


rounding country.


After year of varied experience and
relaxation, have returned to Fremont
to remain a permanent citizen, and
bought the Hardware, Stove and Tin
Store of Messrs. Roberts & Sheldon. 1t
is the intention to conduct it in bust
ness like manner, and make it, as far
as possible, every ones interest to give
me a share of their patronage. The
line of Goods will be kept full and COM
plete. Builders Hardware will be made
a speciality, and want every one to
understand that in no case will 1 be
undersold. Our Tinware has always
had the reputation land deservedly) Of
being very much superior to anything
made in the market, and it will always
afford us pleasure to have a comparison
made. I intend to employ skilled
workmen, and anything wanted in the
way of Mending, Esves Trough, Roof
ing, or putting in of Hot Air Furnaces
will always be promptly attended too
and completed in the neatest manner.


Stoves are one of the great leading
articles of our trade, and it is the in
teution to sell only those made by
manufacturers of long practical exper-
fence and who have an established re-
putation for using the most superior
Iron. Especial attention is invited to
our Cook Stoves. Any one wanting
a Coal Stove for their parlor, will do
well to bear in mind that we are the
only Agent for the best Base Burner
and Base Heater in this market, and at
the lowest price, and for beauty equaled
by none.


Believing that he use of Improved
Agricultural Implements has a tend
ency to an increased production, shall
feel it my duty to devote considerable
time and attention to this branch Of
the trade, aim to meet the growing re-
quirements of the age, in supplying the
latest modern Improvements demanded
by the Farming interest Mr.. o. A.
Roberts is now visiting the East, and 1
have accepted his kind offer to purchase
what goods are needed for the fall trade.
He has the reputation of always buying
at the bottom price, and one of the first
rules in business is to buy we'll and
then it is easy to sell. To the old Gus
toners of Messrs. Roberts & Sheldon,
1 would say that every thing will be
done in the future as in the past, to
make it their interest to still favor the
establishment with their patronage
To the people in general 1 extend a
cordial invitation, to call and examine
my stock, and they will find, that 1 offer
good goods, sell them at fair prices, ac-
commodate as far as possible and try to
make the store pleasant and agreeable
for all. Yours


C. M. DILLON,


Successor to Roberts d Sheldon.