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Year: 1864

A little house well filled, little land
well titled, and little wife well wiled.


All women are good good for some.
thing or good for nothing.


A virtuous woman, though ugly, is the
ornament of the house.


An obedient wife commands her hus-
band.


A man of straw is worth woman Of
gold.


A woman's work is never at an end.


A good wife is the workmanship of a
good husband.


When the good mans from home, the
good wife's table is soon spread.


A mans best fortune--or his worst
is his wife.


An enemy to beauty is foe to nature.


All are good lasses but where come
the i'll wives frae?


A woman conceals what she knows
not.


A lass that has many wooers oft fares
the worst.


A man must ask bis wife leave to
thrive.
Fools are wise men in the affairs of
women.


Every man can tame shrew but he
that hath her.


Ladies will sooner pardon want Of
sense than want of manners.


Bare walls make gadding housewives.


You may know foolish woman by her
fnery.


Women are wise on sudden, fools on
premeditation.


Beauty will buy no beef.


Choose a wife rather by your ear than
your eye,


Many blame the wife for their own
thriftless life.


Prettiness make no pottage.
| While the tall maid is STOPPING, the
little one hath swept the house.


Women laugh when they can, and
weep when they will.


Beauty in women is like the flower in
spring; but virtue is like the star Of
heaven.


Women grown bad are worse than men,
because the corruption of the best turns
to the worst.


Beauties without fortunes have sweet,
hearts plenty, but husbands none at all.
Beauty is no Inheritance.


Fire dresses the meat, and not small
lass.


Far fetched and dear bought is good
for the ladies'.


Three women and goose make mark.
There may be good wife that can't
sing and dance well.


The society of ladies is a school Of
politeness.


The rich widow cries with one eye
and rejoices with the other.


He that tells his wife news is but
newly married.


He that wishes to chastise a fool, get
him a wifet


Next to no wife, good one is the
best.


No woman is ugly when she is Dress
ed.


She that is born a beauty is half mar
ried.


She that has an i'll husband shows it
in her dress.


Saith Solomon the Wise, " A good
wife is a good prize"


She who is born handsome is born
married.


Who has bad wife, has purgatory
for neighbor.


The cunning wife makes her husband
her apron.


The more women look in their glass
es, the less they look in their houses.
There is one good wife in the coun-
try, and every man thinks he hath her.
There is no mischief in the world
done, but woman is always one.
According TO the London SDeetat0r.
Year: 1864

THE husband famine exists to such an ex-
tent in some of the border States, that it is
proposed to establish polygamy there each
msn TO be allowed five wives. The widows
and maids are said to be rather in favor of
it under the circumstances, each one seeming
to think that a fifth of husband is better
than none at all.
Year: 1864




TIE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE War
The lental letter of Archbishop Purcell of
Cincinnati, to the clergy and laity Of his do
cese, gives expression to some very interest
ing facts ,regarding lie real disposition of
the Pope towards the question of peace in
America. The Archbishop's words are ex-
cellent in their religious feeling, which loses
nothing by his earnest and high toned pat
riotism. The italics of the letter are those of
the Archbishop:


BELOVED BRETHREN AND CHILDREN IN
GoD: If ters of thousands of
our Catholic brethren have fallen in the front
ranks of the National armies, attestidg, even
at this high price, their devotion TO The Gov
ernment, and their sense Of the value of the
Union, surely we can unite with the Vicar of
Christ, undeterred by what friend or foe may
say Of his paternal interposition or counsel,
in beseeching the Almighty God to inspire
the contending hosts and their rulers, North
and South, with the desire of peace.
1t is worthy the noble heart of Plus the Ninth
to wish and pray that this great country, but
yesterday united, and therefore prosperous
and powerful, may put back the sword into
tit cSdDDdiu' anu tiitoN III HUuOldDlc anu
uninterrupted peace the blessings which God
has poured upon it more abundantly than on
any other nation under Heaven. The Holy
Father, in an audience of three quarters Of
an hour, granted on the lst day of December,
to a young American priest of this diocese.
who had left a seminary in France with some
of his beloved fellow students, to join the
Papal Zouaves, and who told the Pope that
as he had rsked his life to maintain the ter
ritoral integrity of the States of the Church.
so would he willingly die to defend the integ
rity of the Union, and assured him Of his sin
cere love of the people and Government ofthe
North, At the same time, the Sovereign
Pontif confded to his care an autograph let
ter for US, doubtless. as in the instances of
the letters to the Archbishop of New Orleans
and the late lamented Archbishop of New
York, TO urge us to use our best efforts in the
interests of peace. We have not received
this honored letter. But you are our wit
nesses, that while we go with our whole
heart and soul for the maintenance Of the
Union and the abolition Of slare1y-Qgainst
neither Of tchtcA does the Supreme PoHtf Of
CAriStend0m after a single rord-we have
omitted no opportunity in our visits to our
churches, in the administration of confrna-
ton, in our public prayers, morning and
afternoon. in our cathedral, to exhort our
beloved children to unite with US in snpplica-
tions for peace.
Year: 1864

Upon this night, after a long absence, she
was to appear in her best part. The Neapol-
itans attended for a thousandth time to enjoy
the wonders and witness the triumph Of their
queen of song.
Year: 1864

II discourse at the Broadway Church,
New York City, on :" The Sanctities of the
Threshold" Rev. DIR. Chaplin took occasion
to condemn in vigorous language the preva


lent notion and silly talk about the unhappi-
ness of married life. He argued that unhap-
piness in that condition was the exception,
aud not the rule. and that tie vast majority
of young men and young women would be
happier as well as better by entering into
married life. lie also deelaimed against the
present fashionable and extravagant style of
living, and against the idea that young mar
ried couples must begin life in the same style
maintained at home by their parents. The
sermon was listened TO by very large con-
gregation. though the above features of it
were by no meansits most eloquent thoughts.
Year: 1864

The arrival Of the gallant Colonel Streight
In Washington is circumstance that will hll
all loyal hearts with rejoicing. His daring,
periiouS expedition into Georgia, an account of
which written in Libby Prison, we published
some months ago, was one Of the most brilliant
affairs OF the war, and that II was not made
as notable for Its success a. II Is for the cour-
age, endurance, and hard lighting displayed,
was not the fault OF Colonel streIght and his
command.


Tho lndomltable spirit OF Colonel strelght
was manifested on his recent escape from the
Libby Prison. Contrary to the advice OF his
friends and companions, he determined to re-
main In the rebel capital for few days for the
purpose Of seeing what he might see and hear
ing what he might hear at the headquarters OF
the insurgents. The telegraph had him in
Williamsburg with the first lot Of escaped prls.
oners, but he persisted In remaining in Rich,
mond.


The rebels said in their papers that the
Williamsburg dispatch was a ruse Of "old
Butler" and descents were made upon tn,
houses Of several Union men by the authori
ties In the hope OF finding the Colonel, but h
was so fortunate as to eludc their search. Hi
stay In the city under such circumstances o
danger proves that the long imprisonment an,
harsh treatment he had suffered could no
break down his heroic spirit. Colonel Streigh
has doubtless acquired during his SoJourn IL
JEFF. Davis capital much information that vii
be valuable to our Government.
Year: 1864

The action OF House, yesterday, in retract-
Ing its resolution 10 pay Lanman gratuity in
the form Of a copyright Of two dollars a vol.
nme for his " dictionary" and in putting a
quietus on the whole matter was highly credl.
table to the honesty and intelligence OF that
body. A large number Of those who voted for
the resolution, on its passage, did so under q
false impression in regard to the copyright,
supposing the entire cost Of the book to the
Government was to be two dollars volume.
Year: 1864

HoS. JAMES S. BRowN-CitiSens Of
Milwaukee, l now have the honor Of in
PRODUCING to you Hon. Horatio Seymour,
President of the Chicago Convention, and
the favorite son Of New York.


Gov. SEYMouR-I fear that my broken
voice will not allow me to address you as
I would wish. | have come from an as
semblage the most remarkable that ever
met in this country Of ours-an assem-
blage which was marked not alone by its
enthusiasm and the vastness of it's num-
bers, but also by its patriotic desire to re-
store peace to our distracted country, and
to preserve its liberty and its union. It is
in the spirit of that convention that l
address a few words to You. I know that
l am animated by no selfish or merely
partisan desire to influence your Judgment.
have experienced too frequently the hos
pitalities and courtesies of those who differ
with me here in Milwaukee to question
the purity of their motives. Three years
ago passed through your city, and had
occasion to address you at that crisis in
our public affairs. 1t was little time
after the public mind was aroused by the
attack on Fort Sumter. Ihad hoped that
a spirit of compromise and Cancellation
might prevent the shedding of blood.
Failing in the East to secure the adoption
of measures to this end, I turned my face
to the West. addressed myself not only
to those of my own political faith, but also
to those who differed from me. l hoped
that the great West would take position
that would stop the flow Of blood. The
rapid increase Of your population had in
creased your representative power in Con
gress. Had not Fort Sumter been fired
upon, the West might have stepped in
and distinguished the first exercise of her
augmented power by the enactment OF
measures for the preservation of peace.


Three years have passed away since l
then stood near this point. Then, seventy
five thousand men had been called for by
the federal government. It was believed
to be an extravagant call. looked upon
it otherwise l feared that we did not ap-
prehend the magnitude of the contest.
Men of all parties, actuated by q spirit of
patriotism, responded to the demand. It
was promised that peace would be restored
in less than ninety days. Three years
Year: 1864

BLUE AND GOLD.


BYC.E.H.
Say love, can ever yoar heart forget
The beaded hours which time has told
Since first we met, and the days were set


In blue and gold?
The days of summer, and song and scent,
That one by one their hearts did unfold,
As they came and went, deliciously blent


In blue and gold.
When Dick the canary sung himself blind
(Some birds ~iA sing without being told)
With voice like the wind. from throat
that was lined,


With blue and gold.
And we sat in the parlor mid talk and play
And "sounds of love into twilight rolled,
As day after day melted away


In blue and gold.
1 told you, love, 1 thought had found,
A warm enough heart to keep out the cold
As the days came round, successfully bound


In blue and gold.
knew that the love you denied to my face
Was stubborn flower, which would unfold
In it's time and place. with an exquisite grace


OF blue and gold.
You remember darling, one day on the shore,
And the long, low wash of the breakers
rolled?


1t tailed a score of days of yore


With it's blue and gold.
Your voice was sweet, and tender and low,
And q warm enough heart to keep out in
the cold


Said the winds might blow, and the SHOWS
might snow


Blue and gold.
Then drew you close to heart of flame,
And kissed you twice without being told,
And took the blame, as coupled your name


With blue and gold.
So give me your hand in trembling and trust.
For it will not do to be overbold
And God is just when he sprinkles the dust


On our blue and gold.
Twenty-four months will soon be dead
For the days go fast as our hearts grow old,
But the lives we have led are a twisted
thread


OF blue and gold.
Year: 1864

"A loyal woman has written an able
paper on the crisis, in which she protests
against the killing of all the men. She says:
:" | do not believe in fighting for the coun-
try and the flag to the last man; and it
seems to me anybody is an idiot who talks
such nonsense. What would the country
be to me or any other woman if the last
man was gomez"
Year: 1864

SEEDING OF GRAssEs.-If clover IS
sown too early in the spring, there is dan
ger that black frost may nip the tender
leaves when they are in the double, be-
fore expanding into robust life, but as this
possibility can not be certainly guarded
against in early sowing, it is best to put
in the seed in season for the plants to get
n start before the spring drouth sets in,
which is more likely to damage the crop
than probable bite Of the frost. Clover
sown in the spring, is usually put upon n
field Of winter wheat or partially seed
ed stubble field of the last year; it may
also be put in with the early sown oats
at the time Of sowing that crop.


Timothy seed, sown in the spring,
should be put in before the ground is done
with the spring alterations, of freezing
and thawing. This may be sowD upon
winter wheat or clean stubble; or may
be put in with the early sown oats, or
other spring grain crop. Readtop re-
quires warm, loamy upland soil and
yields a heavy swath Of tolerably fair hay,
but any soil which will grow redtop, will
grow red clover to much better profit
Flat stalked bluegrass, otherwise called
Pennsylvania bluegrass, forms very
firm sod for the boof, and tolerable bite,
on lean argilacious soils; but generally
any land which will grow this grass can
be better occupied in part or in whole
with timothy or red clover, or both to-
gelher.
Year: 1864

Most Of the wool growers in Vermont
are decidedly opposed to washing sheep.
They think it often Injuries them, in which
| concur. When we see animals take The
care sheep do TO walk around or Jump
over the water and struggle To get out
when taken into it, MS sheep will, think
common sense teaches it is not good for
them. | am confirmed in this opinion,
from The fact that, in this climate we have
sudden changes of weather, and such
changes often occur when we wash sheep,
rendering il cold and uncomfortable for
them. Before they are dry, they often
take cold and sometimes and often die in
consequence, think.


Another reason for not washing is we
can not shear earlier, and in cold weather
the wool grows faster and protects the
skin and we get better clip than when
shearing is delayed for warm weather be-
fore washing. Often when sheep are
shorn late in the season, the sun is so hot
their skin is burnt, and sometimes bis
ters; and in consequence the wool grows
very little for weeks. 1t may not be rs
injurious as practiced by some in the CEN
trail part of the State, viz: make dam
on the little streams where the water be-
comes warm in the sun previous to wash
ing. Still think washing sheep dirty
job we might dispense with, and it would
be better for all concerned, ms tho manu-
facturcr has the wool to cleanse in any
case. If all would shear without wash
ing, our wool would, l think, find mar
ket and be bought on its merits, as it
should be, without any particular rule Of
deduction.
Year: 1864

TREATMENT OF KICKING Cows.-A
letter in an exchange, from 81. c."
Norfolk, CT. says:


The following treatment which have
tried for some years has never failed to
stop the evil: Put a strap around the
body Of the COW just in front of the bag
and buckle rather tight. Ifthe cow tries
to kick draw the strap little tighter
She will never get used to it, and it will
never do any injury. She will keep on
eating as usual, but has no inclination to
lift her feot, even to walk about. This
may answer the purpose; the experiment
is easily tried.
Year: 1864

REMEMBER.-If you wish to relish
your food labor for it; If you would en-
Joy your raiment, pay for it before you
wear it; II you would sleep soundly, take
a cloar conscience to bed with you.
Year: 1864

Whoever intends to purchase good Family
Sewing Machine, Of any kind, will do well to
call at the News Once. We can furnish them
at sil,timss upon tho most advantageous terms


PRopRIEroRs or THE News.
Year: 1864

WHY DOES IRoN RUsr Pew persons,
we think really understand this question
or know the cause. The rusting Of iron,
which proceeds SO rapidly when it is ex.
posed to damp air, is caused by the at.
traction which the metal has for oxygen.
1t is very remarkable that iron is unable
to combine with the free oxygen always
in the air, but is liable to take it from wa
ter, its compound with hydrogen, for We
End that in dry air, iron remains bright
and clean for long time, but vary rapid
ly rusts when exposed to the joint action
Of air, carbonic acid gas and moisture,
under which circumstances water is de-
composed and oxide of iron formed.


[Chicago Machinist.
Year: 1864

like, had accepted the right not because
it was 80, but because he said II was 30. !.


Il shall die she said, 10 voice. from
tAsfeA s;H YseppYrSNss,t. ~Vetr------. G-as
bear no more and live, but can bear
even this and de-


Who can describe that parting. When
the sun set, it was upon Ashley broken
hearted and alone. Holt had taken away
his wife.


Seven days passed, and Ashley never
left his desolate home. He made no dis
tinction of day or night, but lay down to
sleep-if the stupor which from time to
time rendered him unconscious could be
so callcd-at any hour that sleep came to
him.


At the close of the seventh day he tried
for the first time to look his fate boldly
in the face. am not dead he said,
therefore it is clear that this grief will not
kill me- That night he undressed and
went to bed.


The night six years ago, when the
sheeted figure lay upon the table, and he
dreamed fantastic dreams Of terror con-
nected with it, came to mind more dis
tinctly than it had ever done before. His
sleep was broken and feverish, and haunt.
ed by wild dreams. Twice he awoke
feeling certain that he had heard knock
ing at the door, and twice he slept again
when he found that all was silent. But
he awoke third time in the gray dawn
and heard the sound again, a feeble
knocking at the outer door, which ceased
suddenly. He rose determined. to ascer-
tain the cause; he unbarred and opened
the door, and there fell forward across
the threshold the dead body of Mary
Once Week.
Year: 1864

SATISFIED WITH THE TERMs.-A certain
good natured old Vermont farmer pre-
served his temper always, let what would
turn up. One day while the black tongue
prevailed in that State, one Of his men
came in bringing the news that one of
his red oxen was dead. "Is hei" said
the old man; "well, he was Away q
breachy cuss Take his hide off and car
ry it down to Fletcher's-it will bring
cash." An hour or SO afterwards the
man came back with the news that "Line-
back" and his mate were both dead
Are they ?" said the old man well, l
took them of B. to save a bed debt
that never expected to get. 1t is lucky
that it amt the brindles. Take the hides
down to Fletcher's--they'll bring cash" :"
After the lapse Of another hour the man
came back to tell him that the nigh brin-
die was dead. "ls hep" said the old
man swell, he was a very old OK
Take off his hide and send it down to
Fletcher's--it is worth cash, and will
bring more than two Of the Others" Al
this juncture, his wife, who was pious
soul, taking upon herself the Office of Eli
phaz, reminded her husband Of his sins,
and asked him if he was not aware that
his loss was the judgment Of Heaven for
his wickedness? "Is it?" said the old
fellow "well, if they will take the judg


ment in cattle, it is the easiest way car
pay it."
Year: 1864

IN New York medical practitioners are
so abundant that it Is ssid q gentleman
seeing his friend Walking in Broadway,
and having called out Doctor" ten psE.
sons instantly turned round to AnSwer.
Year: 1864

The TIME FOB SLEEP AND SrUDY.-By
all means sleep enough, and give all in your
care sleep enough, by requiring them to bed
at some regular hour, and to get up at the
moment of spontaneous waking in the
morning. Never waken up any one, espec-
tally children, from sound sleep. unless
there is urgent necessity; it is cruel to do so.
To prove this. we have only to notice how
fretful and unhappy a child is. when walked
up before its napis out. If the brain is
nourished during sleep. it must have most
vigor in the morning; heEce the morning
is the best time for study-for then the
brain has most strength, most activity, and
must work more clearly. 1t is the mid
night lamp which floods the world with
sickly ssntimentalities, with false morals
with rickety theology, and with all those
harum- -scsrum dreams of human elevation n
which abnegate Bible teachings.-Rars
Jour. of Health.
Year: 1864

NATURE.-H we cast glance at the inn


mense quantity of plants and animals which


live on the face of the earth, we are at first


struck with the variety of forms under


winch they present themselves; with their
colors so diversified and sometimes brilliant,


and with the colossal proportions of some as
| compared with the diniinutiveness of others.
Wnen, however, we study them more care


luily, we at once see the perfection which
exists IN the organs of both plants and ami
mails, and how we'll they are adapted to-
their habits and modes of life, from the en-
otmous whale, which requires an ocean to
swim In. to those minute and myriad forms
which the microscope reveals, and which
ind ample room for all their evolutious in
single drop of its waters; from the lofty
tree which rami1es in the earth and atmos-
phere, and has stood for centuries the pride
and ornament of the landscape, to the low
~ moss which clings to its bark, or the
beautiful and sweet-scenteG wild flower
growing beneath its shade. We also soon
see abundant reason for believing that the
differences amongst the organic productions
OF nature are not so great as we at first sur
missed: we trace, by almost imperceptibIe
gradattonsi the mineral into the plant, and
animal life becomes, as it were gradually
developed in the vegetable, or rather both
become blended together in the same organic
being.
Year: 1864

WoMAN's LAUGH.-A woman has no
natural grace more bswitching than a sweet
laugh. II leaps from her heart in a clear,
sparkling rill; and the hearts that hear it
feel as if bath ed in the exhilaratins spring
Have you every pursued an unseen fugitive
through trees, led on by her airy laugh
now here, now lost, now found? We have e.
And we are pursuing that wandering voice
to this day. Sometimes it comes to us in
the midst Of care, or sorrow, or irksome bust
ness; aud then we turn away and listen. and
hear it ringing through the room like sill
yer bell, with power to scare away the ill
spirits of the mind. How much we owe to
that sweet laugh! Itturrs the prose of our


life into poetry, it hings showers of sunshine
over the darksome wood in which we are
travelling, it touches with light even our
sleep, which is no more the image of death,
but is consumed with dreams that are the
shadows of mortality. @