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Year: 1868

Or those who contemplate marriage who are
suffering under any of ilese fearful malades.
should not forget the sacred responsibility
resting upon them, nor delay to obtain i'm
mediate relief
Year: 1868

DOUBTED THE FIT--Henry the
Eighth appoirt ted Sir Thomas Moore to
carry an angry message to Francis the
First, of France Sir Thomas told him
'.He feared if he carried so violent a
message to so violent King as Francis
it might cost him his head" "Never
fear,' said the King, eff Francis
should cut off your head, l will make
every Frenchman in London a head
shorter" ~ am obliged to your ma
jesty," replied Sir Thomas, "but l
much fear if any of their heads will fit
my shoulders"


ADVICE TO BRIDE. .-Zchokko, in
one of his tales, gives the following ad-
vice to bride: In the first solitary
hour after the ceremony, take the BRIDE
groom and demand a solemn VOW of
him, and give a VOW in return. Prom
Use each other sacredly, never, not in
jest, to wrangle with each other; never
to handy words or to indulge in the
least i'll, humor Never, l say. never.
Wrangling in jest, and putting on an
air of ill-humor merely to tease, becomes
earnest in practice. Mark that Next
promise to each other never to keep a
secret from each other, under whatever
pretext or whatever excuse it might be
You must continually and at every mo-
ment see clearly into each others bo
som. Even when one Of you has CON-
mitted fault, wait not an instant, tut
confess it freely. Let it cost tears, but
confess it. And as you keep secret
nothing from each other, SO, on the
contrary, preserve the privacies of your
house, marriage, state, and heart from
father, mother, sister, brother, aunt
and all the world You two, with God
help, build your own quiet world
Every third or fourth one you draw into
it with you will form party, and stand
between you two. That should never
be. Promise this to each other Re
member the VOW at each temptation
You will find your account in it. YOU
souls will grow as it were to each other
and at last will become as one All, i
many pair had, on their wedding day
known this secret, how mar y a marriag,
were happier than, alas, they are.
Year: 1868

This splendid Tonic is now used by all
classes of people for every symptom of a
Stomach out of order"


The secret of it is this: Plantation Bit
ters are certain to correct the juices of the
Stomach, set all its machiaery at work and
enable it TO resist and throw off the approach
ing danger. The tendency of the operations
of Nature is always towards a cure all she
needs is little assistance at the proper time
How much more reasonable and sensible it is
to help her along with gentle, yet power
full Tonic. than to deluge and weaken and
defeat her curative processes with poisonous
drugs and fiery mixtures. which only stupefy
and plant the seeds of disease and DEATH
Year: 1868

A great French Physician says: More
than half the disease in the world comes from
neglect to fortify the system against changes
of climate. weather and food. The great Sc
cret of health is to keep the condition of the
Stomach and Blood regular and uniform, Sc
that changes from Heat TO Cold from Dry to
Damp, etc. cannot upset the machinery OF
the body, and breed disease"


Now. it is fact. positive and well-known
that there is no such bulwark and assistant
Year: 1868

ny SAM BOOTH.
Advance the old flag the glorious old Gag,
Let the Union men step to the front.
The good men and true who fought the fight through
And stood enc the battles red brunt.
Every man to his post, in the great Union host
With faith no disaster can daunt.
TIL victory once more, shall crown as before.
The inyinciblc banners Of Grant
Let traitors and knaves. their lictors and slaves
The conservatives, take a back seat.
They stand in the way. to obstruct and delay
The Union restored and complete.
Who did no good deed in her utmost need,
But all through the war did not cease
To exult in her woes, and rejoice with her foes.
Can hardly be trusted in peace.
What then! shall the shrine of our goddess divine
Which the lfe-blood of heroes has guarded,
Shall the sacred fine. be despoled, and again
To the keeping of knaves be awarded?
The blood of the slain, shed on ocean and plain.
Defending her honor and fame
And thebones of our braves from dishonored graves,
Would rise up and put us to shame.
Then up with the flag. the glorious old lag,
On turret, and housetop, and wall
Inscribe on each fold, in letters of gold.


Protection and Freedom to ALI"
Four bloody campaigns have washed out tho stains
That clung to it like foul blot
We loved it Of yorc but we love it still more
That it's free from all blemish and spot.
-Four billions of treasure and blood without measure
We paid for our eountry's salvation;
We honor the dead, shall it ever be said
We dishonered the faith of the nation2
Each sacrificed life, offered up in the strife.
Immortal shall be through all time,
And the money we spent, so trustngly lent.
Shall be paid to the very last dime.
Our Moses they slew. who brought us safe through
From our Egypt of bondage and night,
And through the Red Sea, cut path for the free.
Till the fair land of hope was in sight.
But still we had reason to thank God that treason.
Joshua had left for our head
Who from bloody Shiloh dealt blow upon blow,
Till rebellion was bafied and dead.
On the great Western waters, through sieges and


slaughters'


He traversed highway of fame.
Till the nation, so sad, took heart, and was glad.
And the rebels grew pale at his name.
We rejoice in the story now part of our glory,
How he fought the good fight I" on that line:"
How he ceased press. through the dark wilder


ness,


Till victory had crowned his design.
Then Aing out the flag, the gallant old flag.
On hCusetop. and window. and WALL
And let its proud motto be. Justice. Equality.
Protection and Freedom for all
Close up the lines, advance the ensigns.


Let the Union men step to the front,
Every man to his post in the great loyal host.
For the Union with Colfax and Grant
Year: 1868

erately and brought revolver and re-
turned to the playground where his enc
my was, told him that he was going to
shoot him and did SO at once inficting a
wound from which he died in very few
hours. The culprit was arrested and
brought to trial at Watertown, convicted
of murder in the second degree, and sem
fenced to confinement in the penitentiary.


The Fourth of July passed off here
with very little noise. l did not hear of
an old fashioned celebration in all the
region. They approached the nearest it
at Oswego and Waterville. At the lat
ter place the following was the pro-
gramme:


"There is to be procession and
Donnybrook fair and the people are to
enjoy a big time. At II o'clock A. M.
will come off hurdle races, sack and foot
races, wrestling match, wheel barrow race,
climbing the CREASED pole, blindfolded
ring sports, ducking for oranges and
apples, and smoking match, concmd-
ing with chase for CREASED pig"
To these were added small horse trots
for still smaller purses in the afternoon.
have observed with much interest the
workings of the different temperance or
ganizations in this part of the State.
Very different from what l supposed it
to be. | find very many wide awake
workers in this cause in New York.
Good Tcmplars are very unpopular (with
a class of course) but very strong and
numerous. Lodges spring up in almost
every town and go right onward till they
number hundreds, and they exercise here
as everywhere a very strong restraining
influence upon those who traffic in intox-
icating drinks. 1t is we'll known fact
that under the present license system in
this State that bars and decanters are
Just as common as hotels" This is the
way it is talked and the way most peo-
pie understand the matter; but it is D
great way from the fact. 1t is true that
there are very many hotels in the State
which take out license and open bar
in broad day light, but through the in
fuence of the Good Templars very many
are refused this privilege. In the small
village of Adams Centre, Jefferson coun-
ty, there are three hotels and only one
could get license. In Oswego county |
am told not a single license has been
granted during the year. The people
may if they will, in this community as
in others, restrain very nearly within
proper limits (if there are any such linn
its) the sale of spurious liquors.


Lake Erie, three hours off Cleveland,
Ohio: Our sail across these waters thus
far has been charming. The passage
through the canal has been effected in
less than half the usual time. We stop
ped at Niagara and had glorious visit.
l will write more of this in my next let
ter. Love to all the friends.


NERO.
Year: 1868

How FRANK BLAIR SUNK THE
WRONG SHIRT.-The Blairs were raised
in Washington city, and the boys then,
as ever since, had enlarged ideas of the
consequence of the Blair family" They
were big strapping fellows, and smaller
chaps always avoided them for the wan
tonness with which they imposed on those
too weak to defend themselves. Thirty
or thirty-fve years ago the canal which
now serves Washington city as a sewer
was not the mud-hole it has become of
late years. 1t was favorite bathing
place for boys, particularly the smaller
ones, who did not venture to go to the
river. On one of these occasions, when
Frank and one or two other of the Blairs
were present, little fellow in advance
of the others picked up shirt from the
pile of clothing and began to dress. As
this boy was very little one, the oppor-
tunity to show the power of a Blair was
too good to be lost. Frank snatched the
shirt from the child and threw it over
board. The outcry at so mean an act he
answered with laughter, for his big
brothers stood by him.. The shirt not
sinking as fast as he wished, he threw
chunks of mud and stones upon it, until
the over-freighted garment went down.
Frank laughed loud and long; the little
boy cried; whereupon Frank, as pun
ishment for not accepting as an honor
the notice taken of the garment by the
Blairs, threw additional weights upon
the sunken shirt. By this time all ex-
cept the Blairs had dressed themselves,
and the piles of unclaimed clothes was
reduced to those belonging to them, and
the lad selected as victim. The Blairs
had enjoyed their pastime, dancing in
aboriginal costume, but now turned to
their own clothes. One of their shirts
was missing. The supposed victim had
found his own garment and escaped to a
safe distance. Terrible was the profan-
ity and wild the wrath when the truth
became apparent that Frank Blair had
thrown his own shirt overheard and had
sunk it irrevocably. The little boy
whose shirt he sunk in the Washington
canal is delegate to the Tammany Con-
vention, and he will at least recall the
incident we have related, and laugh at
Gen. Blair's laundering persistency in
sinking the wrong shirt.-Ct:cago Tri-
Jame.
Year: 1868

STEAMER AKRON OFF PORT oswEGo,


LAKE ONTARIO.


July 8, 1868.


FRIEND SWAIN: Your correspondent
has pulled stakes" from the north
western part of the Empire State and is
off for Niagara, Cleveland and the west
We have few things to speak of, before
we leave our readers, which came to our
notice in New York. One noticeable
thing was the hot weather. For nearly
week to the 9th inst, mercury ran as
high as 100 in the shade during the hot
test part of each day, and as is usual af-
ter such extreme hot weather tornadoes
ensued. Between eight and nine o'clock
on Thursday eve of last week, one of the
most fearful hurricanes swept across the
southeastern part of the city of Utica,
carrying devastation and ruin in its path.
So great was the power of the storm that
few buildings in its path withstood its
fury. Trees of the largest size were up
rooted; houses were unroofed and the
timbers blown to the four winds as though
they were feathers; crops of grass, corn,
wheat and rye were literally mown down
by the cutting hail. The course of the
storm was northeast and southwest and
about one mile wide. The destruction of
property began at the foot of the hills
bounding the city on the south. The
storm was the result of a clash between
an east and west gale which presented a
scene that was grand beyond description.
Clouds of inky blackness rolled noun
tain high from opposite directions and
across their SUBMITS darted the light
ming, and then followed crash after crash
of thunder which seemed to shake the
foundations of the earth. The conster-
nation of the people can better be imag-
ined than described. 1t lasted only
about fifteen minutes and all was over,
but this time was amply sufficient to des-
troy more than $4,000 worth of prop
erty. No lives were lost that we have
heard.


The crops in this part of New York
are rather late, but looking very we'll.
/ have observed with interest that the
people give much attention to the raising
of berries. Almost every farmer has a
patch of strawberries and different vari-
cites of raspberries One man where l
visited had one-fourth acre of the finest
strawberries / ever saw. He had con-
tracted them at fourteen cents per quart
and would probably sell not less than
forty bushels.


1t seems great place here to foster
crime, one of the most heart-rending OF
which took place at Watertown short
time since. A little boy not over twelve
years of age had some slight alteration
with schoolmate and then went delib-
Year: 1868

A FIRST RATE BEAR SToRY.-A
Ludington (Michigan) paper says that a
little girl named Flynn, living in the
woods about forty miles from that
place, disappeared recently for thirty-six
hours. On examination by the father
and some gentlemen, who were looking
up land in the vicinity, bear tracks were
found, and it was supposed that she had
been carried off and devoured. The
gentleman alluded to had wandered
about, andas they were passing swampy
spot where the underground was thick.
they either called the child or were talk
ing loud one of them heard the child's
voice.


He then called the child by name and
told her to come out of the bushes. She
replied that the bear would not let her.
The men then crept through the brush,
and when near the spot where the child
and bear were, they heard splash in
the water, which the child said was the
bear. On going to her they: found her
standing upon a log extending about
half way across the river. The bear had
undertaken to cross the river on the log,
and being closely pursued, left the child
and swan away. She had received some
scratches about her face, arms and legs,
and her clothes were almost torn from
her body, only the marks Of his teeth be-
ing found on her back, where 'in,taking
hold of her clothes to carry her he had
taken the flesh also. The little one says
the bear would put her down occasional
ly to rest, and would put his nose up to
her face, when she would slap him, and
then the bear would hang his head by
her side and purr and rub against her
like o cat The men asked her if she
was cold in the night, and she told them
the old bear laid down beside her and
put his earns" around her, and Rugged
her to him and kept her warm, though
she did not ike his long hair. She was
taken home to he. parents, who could
hardly express their joy at her safety.


Tho supposition is that II % . female
bear, and having lost her cubs, came
across the child and adopted it Steps
are being taken to capture the bear.
Year: 1868

AIR" Twas of the Blue Canaries."
Twas under Appomattox tree, pleasant April
Grant sat beside the rebel Lee, and whitfield this


war away,
And as the voIumed smoke arose like incense in


the air,
The nation cseered to see the tight go on" with


Grants cigar.
CHoRrs-e'o ont with Grants cigar, &c, Sc.
They sat beneath that apple shade, our Grant and
And watched the Union of their smoke go curling


gracefully
Oh, how hearts, that glorious time, blessed God


that wasting
And all it, woes were sped away Grant and


Lees cigar.
They watched the ashes as they came fast drawing


to the end,
Grant the rebels naughty face its stern resolve


unbend,
And as the flame crept slowly on and vanished in


to air
The rebel cause " gave up the ghost" with Grant


and Lees cigar.
We've seen the stars and stripes we love in war


look faint and dim,
We've seen Secession fly its flag where Union once


hath been,
But now this sorrow is forgot Rebellion made us


bear.
The is ended all in smoke" the smoke of


Grants cigar
And when November's fight is o'er, in Presidential


chair
Wen place this smoking statesman, Grant, with


whom none can compare,
And should ask " his policy by which he'll


- do dare"
He'll only answer with smile, and take fresh


cigar.
Year: 1868

Judge Barrett, of our Supreme Court,
delivered the annual address before the
Phi Beta Kappa Society of Dartmouth
College recently The address has been
very highly commended by the press and
those who heard it. Below we give an abb
stract taken from the Boston Journal, of
that excellent production


His subject was The proper relation
of Ambition and Duty to Character, in
men devoted to the learned professions and
calings, and in public life" The speaker
handled his theme in an able, eloquent and
mastery manner. The following is a
brief abstract of the address


1t may be stated with sufficient practi-
cal accuracy that the spirit,-the man of
the individual, under his conditions Of ex-
istence, makes known his nature and its
worth through the medium Of his visible
practical life Diligence does not charac-
terize Incidence. Great attainments are
not made by idleness Great achievements
are welded to the efforts of great abilities.
In organized society certain standards be-
come established, with reference to which,
as among themselves, the relative merits
of men are adjudged, and their respective
characters determined in the forum of hu-
man Judgment With reference to this
fact men in great measure form their pur-
pose in life and put forth their efforts to
accomplish them. And herein ambition,
and the various moving and modifying in
fluences attending each individual man
find scope and operation, producing for
him the detail and sum total of his part
and portion in the drama Of life.


To be able and successful in given
calling does not necessarily imply bench
cent and worthy man. In proof OF this
may be cited the example of Lord Bacon
Bolingbroke, jefferson, Aaron Burr, Mira
beau. Thomas Paine, Fielding, Lawrence
Sterne, Sheridan, Burns, Byron and many
others. To be a good statesman or legis-
lator, good minister or lawyer or doctor,
in the larger and more comprehensive
sense, implies the being good man: Only
by combining the best qualities OF heart
and life with those that more peculiarly
and exclusively pertain to professional and
official life, can the highest ability and
worth be secured.


The necessity of doing is the correla-
tive of the faculties with which man Is en-.
Year: 1868

dowed and the fact of doing is the only


alternative against death. do or die


is the behest. "Work or starve,' Is the
law. They who have won in this life
have left enduring monuments of them
selves along the worlds history. A young
man NAV inherit the paternal name as well
as the maternal estate, but a fathers honors
he cannot inherit The son may rejoice IN
them, but not as his own. In general men
are recognized and acknowledged tor just
what they show themselves to be.


The modest leather dealer OF Galena,
who. with undistinguished rank, had grad
uated in his youth at the National Mill
tary School, when dutifully he protfered
his services to the military authorities of
his State in the early days of the Great
Rebellion, was indifferently regarded by
those who were seizing on every help in
organizing the hosts of liberty and Union.
Three years of progressive development
and terrible ordeal brought him forth as
the alone man adequate to the desperate
necessities of the nation in that dark period
of its peril; and the fourth year sealed
him in the Judgment of the world as the
great Captain of the century, and con-
signed him to history with lustre not
outshone by the Alexanders, the Hanni-
balls, the Caesars, the Fredericks, the Ma
poleons, the Wellingtons of all time. God
grant that in the future of his life that
lustre may be consecrated by halo OF
civic glory like that which renders
Washington resplendent above them all,
TGreat applause.


Ambition may grow dull and slumber.
Duty is ever wakeful and watchful. Am
bition may incite to great deeds and ex-
alted name. Duty impels to deeds good
as well as great The one is an earth
born dweller in the human heart. The
other is an imperious Angel from the
throne of God charged with the highest
prerogatives over the soul of man. To
the young men especially | would say that
there is scope and verge and occupation
for every grade and cast of educated mind,
and the work of each, done according to his
gifts and ability, will secure to each that
response to his ambition which he shall
Justly merit, if not the full measure Of
present ecat that would satisfy his self
appreciation Superadd to this the con-
sciousness of duty performed, and the ut
most need of earthly aspiration and effort
will crown the present life, and a glorious
immortality will await the future.
Year: 1868

The smoky but pleasantly written cam
paign song below is from the pen of l., Big
Glow of the Burlington Times. Without
protesting to be poet, and while keeping
the fact that he is one in the obscure back
ground, Mr.. Bigelow has woven some of the
most exquisite fancies into poetry which
ought to have larger audience than the cir
Gle of his Intimate friends
Year: 1868

Tho mercantile houses whose cards compose
this column are carefully selected from the lead.
ing firms in Chicago as those whese extensive
operations and widespread reputation entitle
them to the first rank in commerce The busi-
cards of these establishments i'm their several
trades have been classified in alphabetical order


forming a comprehensive synopsis of business
information. upon which our merchants can RELY
Year: 1868

Col. Forsyth, writing from Washington
to the Mobile Register, presents the fol-
lowing spirited sketch of him:


With Gen. Hancock's personal appear.
ance the newspaper press has made your
readers more familiar. To say that he
is fne-looking man, does not do his ex.
terror full justice. He is not only hand
some in form and feature, but distin-
guished in bearing. He is one of those
men that are so rarely met in life, around
whom is an atmosphere Of charm and at
traction that does not permit even the
casual observer to pass by without a more
intent look. His military bearing is
marked, but not so much so as the courtly
and polished manners of gentleman.
You cannot converse with him without
discerning that he is Democrat in
political principle, is devoted to the Con-
stitution, believes in the absolute SUI
bordination Of military to civil rule in
time of peace. and is worthy of and true
to the speech he made in Tammany
Hall in the early years of the war, when
he declared that If the war in the South
was waged for any other purpose than
the preservation Of the Union under the
Constitution, he would break his sword
and retire from the service. General
Hancock is about forty-six years OF age,
in full health aud preservation, main
tanned by exemplary moderation in his
personal habits and the vigorous exer-
else afforded by his profession.