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Year: 1859

PULPIT WIT.-In Pennsylvania there is
clergyman almost as remarkable for eloquenco
and eccentricity as Lorenzo Dow himself-On
charity occasions his pathos, wit, and some
times bitter satire, are sure to win more bank
notes and gold coin to the State than the deco
rous eloquence of half a dozen other men, On
late occasion he was preaching temperance
sermon, which produced unusual effect on the
audience. Among other things, he asserted, as
result of his own observation, that confessed
ly '' moderate drnker was sure to become IL
confirmed inebria,e within five years after he
reached that stage of indulgence.


He was interrupted here by man in the
audience, who started up in great excitement,
procaiming himself a moderate drinker of ten
years standing, and one on whom the habit
made no progress.


{" say, friend, stand up here and let me have
a look at you"


The man made an effort to brave the host of
eyes turned upon him, and stood his ground


" Nearer, man !" cried the minister, beckon-
ing with his finger. " Hold light up to this
brothers. face some Of you. Step up on the
bench and give us good look
The moderate drinker was not to be looked
down or talked down, and not only mounted
the bench but allowed lamp to be held close
to his face.


The minister bent over his cushion, and gave
the face long survey.


That will do" said he, drawing back
" That will do, my friend, and now say if
owed the devil debt of hundred drunkards
and had paid him ninety mine, and he wouldn
take you in full payment at the end of five
years, would never pay him."
Year: 1859

long as We continue TO quarrel over different
routes, We shall accomplish nothing save the
postponement of the very object We seek to
achieve. The California Railroad Conven.
ton, when it again meets, in February next,
we hope will take such steps as will lead 10
good results in furthering the enterprise.


The Committee to whom was allotted the
work of reporting on the project, by the
Convention recently held in San Francisco,
have performed the duty ina very satisfactory
manner. We expect by the next steamer
copies of their report for circulation among
our readers.


The New York correspondent Of the S. +.
Herald writes as followsrespecting this great
project -


When this Is completed, and the long. talked Of
railroad to the Pacific finished, America can
boast Of having completed more in her infancy
than any other nation has yet accomplished in
modern times. In speaking Of the Pacific Rail-
road, am reminded Of O conversation on change
few days ago between some Of the heaviest
men in Jauncey Court and Wall street. Mr..
GrOot said as soon as the route was decided upon,
there was private capital enough in New York
to take the stock IN twenty-iour hours after the
books were opened. Last evening . number
Of men, among whom was Mr.. Smith, President
Of the Hamilton Fire Insurance Company, said
they believed, from thorough investigation Of the
subject that when that road would be completed, II
will be the means Of doubling the size and wealth
Of this city during the next twenty-five years.
The proceedings Of the Pacific Railroad Conven-
ton, held in San Francisco in September last,
were read with interest, and when the Conven-
ton meets again, you may rest assured that
some Of our influence will be present to aid in
removing the obstacles which Il seems were pre-
sent at the September session.


II railroad was now finished, the merchants
Of New York would make il the highway for the
passage Of most IL not all the goods from the
Eastern part Of Asia, and find BY computation,
from all the data can gather, that The money paid
for freight alone in each year Is over Eve millions
Of dollars. What would be the effect on the
Pacific coast to have al the duties Of ten millions
Of dollars worth Of goods paid into the Custom
House there, time can only tell. Yet Il may be
guessed BY many.
Year: 1859

Ah, how the silent memories of years


Are stirring in my spirit. l have Been


lone and joyless wanderer. Ihsve rosmed
Abroad thrO' other climes, where tropic flowers
Were Offering up their incense, and the stars
Swimming like living creatures; have strsyed
Where the soft skies of Italy were hung


In beautiful transparency above,
And glory floating like lovely dream


Der the rich landscape; yet dear fancy still,
Mid all the ruder glow Of brighter realms,
Oft turned to picture the remembered home,
That blest its earliest day y-dreams M"st 1 80
Forth in the world again! I've proved its joys,
Tilljoy was turned to bitterness-Pve felt
Its sorrows till thought my heart would burst
With the fierce rush OF tears The sorrowing babe
Clings to its mothers breast The bleeding dove
Flies TO her native yale, and nestles there
To die amid the quiet grove, where first
She tried her tender piniOn. i could love
Thus to repose amid these peaceful scenes
To memory dear. Oh, it were passing sweet
To rest forever on this lovely spot,


Where rassed my days of innocence-to dream
Of the pure stream Of infant Happiness
Sunk in life's wild and burning sands-to dwell
On visions faded, till my broken heart
Should cease to thrOb-to purify my soul
With high and holy musings-and to lift
Its aspirations to the central home


OF love and peace and holiness in heaven.
Year: 1859

While we seek mirth and beauty and music light
and gay,


There are frail forms fainting at the door,
Though their voices SILENT their pleading looks
will say,


Oh! Hard times come again no more.
IT'S the song and the sigh of the weary,
Hard times come again no more, door,
Many days you have fingered around my cabin
Oh! Hard times come again no more.
Let us pause in lifes pleasures and count its many
tears
While We all sup sorrow with the poor,
There's song that will linger forever in our ears,
Oh Hard times come again no more.


'Tis the song &c.
There's o pale dropping maiden who tolls her life
away,


With a worn heart whose better days are o'er,
Rough her voice would be merry, tits signing all
Oh HI Hard T time, come again no more.


'Tis the song, &c.
IT'S o Q sigh that is waited across the troubled


wave,
'Tis a wall that is heard upon the shore,
'Ts dirge that is murmured around the lowly


grave,
Oh! Hard times come again no more.


'Tis the song, DC.
Year: 1859


STAY vet my friends, q moment stay
STAY till the good old year,
So long companion Of our way,
Shakes hands and leaves US here.


Oh stay, oh stay,
One little hour, and then away.
The year, whose hopes we're high and strong
Has now no hopes to wake;
Yet one hour more of jest and song
For his familiar sake.


Oh stay, oh stay.
One mirthful hour, and then away.
The kindly year, his liberal hands
Have lavished all his store.
And shall We turn from where he stands,
Because he gives no more'


Oh stay, oh stay.
One grateful hour, and then away.
Days brightly came and calmly went,
While yet he was our guest;
How cheerfully the week was spentl
How sweet the seventh days rest!


Oh stay, oh stay,
One good hour more, and then away. "a"
Dear friends were with US, some who sleep
Beneath the coffin lid:
What pleasant memories We keep
Of all they said and did!


oh stay, oh stay,
One tender hour, and then away.
Even while we sing he smiles his last
And leaves our sphere behind
The good old year is with the past;
Oh be the new as kind!


Oh stay, oh stay,
One parting strain, and then away.
Year: 1859

Here is q white rose not faded in two hundred
years-the white rose sent by Yorkish lover to
his Lancaster sweetheart:


If this fair rose offend thy sight,


Placed in thy bosom bare,
Twill blush to find itself less white,


And turn Lancastrian there
But if thy ruby lip 1t spy,


As kiss it thou mayst design,
With envy pale twill lose its dye,
And Yorkshire turn again.
Year: 1859

SlLvEe CoINAaE.--Some immediate action is
needed oy Congress to give legal value to silver
coin. which is accommodating in large amounts in
various parts of the country, and is only ten.
der in sums of five dollars. The New York bro.
kers are advertising it at IA and 3.S per. cent
discount This very difficulty was foreseer
when the standard was changed several year:
ago, and debssed by a diminution of weight
England resorted to that expedent at one time
to prevent the export of her small silver curren.
cy, and we followed a pernicious example with
out any such plausible pretext. During the last
fiscal year, S8,233, 3,2s7.77 were coined in silver
and circulated among that portion of the com
munity least able to bear any loss THERE'S ev.
ident fitness in the recommendation of the Di
rector OF the Mint at Philpdelphia to make sill
YER legal tender to the extent Of fifty or one
hundred dollars. Tie Secretary of the Treasury
does pot favor this change in the present system
but his opinion is of no material consequence
among practical men, and will not produce
much impression on Congress-


Nj. John Smith has discontinued eating crabs
as he has lived upon them SO long that every
Year: 1859

Call when the family is out of town.


Choose dark night for your visit


Make as little noise as possible.


Walk on tiptoe, as you keep moving
from room TO room, for fear of disturbing
any one who might be asleep.


Remove all articles of value that come
in your way. a-a l--


Don't slam the doors.


Before leaving, drink your hosts
health in his best Sherry.


Shut the street door carefully as you
go out.


As you are not expected to show your
face on such occasion, you may as well
protect them from the cold by wearing
pieces of black Grape over them.


You needn't leave your Card behind
you because if your host troubled himself
in the least by attempting TO return your
call, you would only be putting him to a
great deal of inconvenience, and besides
you would not be able TO treat him with
the same hospitality. Moreover, such
visits, paid as they are with such little
ceremony, are never expected to be re-
turned.


Should you, by any accident, meet with
policeman, do not behave meanly or dis
courteOusly to him, but invite him by all
means to Join your little festive party, un-
less he should prefer to keep watch for
you by remaining outside.
Year: 1859

There is no adhesive label like nick
name!


Waiting for dead mems shoes is, in
most measures, a bootless affair.


Ladies generally shop in couples
When lady has any money to spend
she dearly loves taking friend with her
TO see her spend it!


The number of poor poets is, if any
thing, greater than the number of poets
that are poor! .o 4l


Bad words, like bad bills, are often
brought home TO the person who has ut
tered themI


Life, we are told, is a journey-and to
see the way in which SOME people eat, you
would imagine they were taking in proyi-
sions 20 last them the whole length of the
Journey
Year: 1859

6rGood men never make anything by
treating rascals as equals. A conscious
villain who 10 treated as an equal BY al
honest man who is conscious of his villainy
recognizes the man at once as coward
and treats him accordingly. Treated as an
inferior, a bad man becomes polite at once
or plays de6antly the bully and the black
guard that he is. We may 60 the world
over without finding any man who, in his
own soul, knows his place so we'll a. a very
bad man; and there is no way Of securing
his respec, so easily as BY giving him te
understand that he 10 understood, and ap.
precrated at his true Timothy TIT
CONT.
Year: 1859

"On The relatipe adyatanges Of apply
ing manure an the hill for corn and pota-
toes, end plowing in."-I am greatly in
favor spreading and plowingin mar Ire
upon ground which is to be planted to
corn or potatoes, instead of placing it in the
hill for several good reasons.


would not place the manure in hills,
because its effects sre of small value to the
crop of corn or potatoes. What possible
benefit can a shovel full or two of unfer-
mented yard or stable manure do hill of
corn? Two-thirds of the farmers use the
manure made in winter, for application to
their fields in the spring. 1t is nothing
more or less than green manure. If the
weather, after planting, should prove wet,
it will be one chance in hundred if the
seed does not rot-corn especially. lfthe
weather is dry, the manure dries into SOL
id mass, and is more of an injury than a
benefit. Should the season be Just right,
the roots soon grow beyond the effects of
the manure, and leave il useless at the
bottom of the stalks, where it can be of no
use until the field is plowed again for an
other crop. If well rotted manure is used,
applying in the hill will do very we'll
Yet its effects are too contracted, and the
full force of the manure is lost to the
crop.


lam not in favor of manuring potatoes
in the hill under any consideration, as |
believe it more Of an injury than other
wise. l have always seen the best potatoes
raised upon ground well manured for some
other crop the previous year, especially
of late years, when there is danger of the
rot.


Ny reasons for spreading and blowing
in the manure are, because it is where it
can benefit the crop during the whole Pc
riod of its growth. 1t is mixed with the
soil. and within reach of the roots of the
plant along its whole length, where it must
be of more value TO the plant than when
placed in the hill. 1t is impossible tor the
manure. when placed in the hill, to infu-
ence the growth of the crop beyond the
first commencement; and, although an ear
i start in the spring is very beneficial, yet
would not that hill outgrow and outyield,
which could obtain rich supply of nour-
ishment for its plants during the whole sea-
son, instead of the one which had full
supply during its early growth, but was
stinted all the rest of the season, as corn
and potatoes must be, when dependence is
made upon applying manure in the hill
alonel E. P. B.-Gen. Farmer.
Year: 1859

BREAD MuFFINs. Take some bread
dough that has risen as much possible, and
knead into it some well beaten egg in the
proportion of two eggs to about pound
of dough. Then mix in q teaspoonful of
soda that has been dissolved in avery luke
warm water. Let the dough stand in


wsrm water for q quarter of an hour
Then bake it in mufiin-rings. You can
thus, with very little trouble, have mullins
for tea whenever you bake bread in the af-


ternoon. . ........ -f-
Year: 1859

ES Fyrollgnous Gcld hau WONDERFUL
effect on the preservation of animal food.
A fresh piece of beef dipped into it for one
minute during the summer, has been pre-
served perfectly sweet till the following
spring. It is said quart of the acid will
impart to barrel of hams smoked fla
vor as, perfectly as, if they had been sub
mitted to the usual process Of smoking.
Year: 1859

We can sometimes love what we do not
understand, but it is impossible completely
to understand what we do not love. rs
Montaigne, the great French writer, on
one occasion, set down in his book of ex-
penses, 'sItem for fit of idleness, one
thousand pounds"


The difference between q suit of clothes
and suit at law is this-one provides you
with pockets, and the other empties them.
Excess of ceremony shows want of breed
ing. That civility is best which excludes
all superfiuous formality.


Bad temper is more frequently the re-
suit of unhappy circumstances than of al
unhappy organization. --- .-.
Never forget the kindness which others
do for you, nor remind others of the kind
ness which you do for them.


Marshal Valiant, the French Minister
of War, says, in letter giving sketch
of his career, II have no child, and this is
the greatest sorrow that God has given
me-"


Some one wants TO know whether man



cannot vote by telegraph. This is ques-
tion for political wire workers to solve.-
Our opinion is, that it depends entirely up
on the regulation of the poles.


The praises of others may be of use, in
teaching us not what we are, but what We
ought to be.-Mare.


That load becomes light which is cheer
fully borne--if the spirits are buoyant, they
diminish in a great degree the weight of
the sufferer.
The amity that wisdom knits not, folly
may easily untie.-Shakespsare.


What an iron net is habit, and how Sc
curely it bind us in its foldsl


Five great enemies to peace dwell with
in us, piz., avariee, ambition, envy, anger
and pride.


While shame keeps its watch, virtue is
not wholly extinguished from the heart.
The most certain resignation for all which
may happen is, always to expect the worst.
Let friendship creep gently to a height
If it rush to it, it may soon run itself
Year: 1859




The local editor of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, on hearing of the duel between E.
E. Gross, formerly of the Daily Times in
Cincinnati and Mowry, in Arizonia, and
the after report of the assassination of
the former, relates the following anec.,
dote: -.-,r,


We knew E. E. Cross very WELL He
instructed US in the mysteries and miseriesl,
of type-setting in Coos County, New
Hampshire, some years ago. He was
First Lieutenant of the Coos Greys, and,
was rather proud of his position. He
went to get his uniform one training day.
but he could not fnd it.. He was forced,
to train with red scarf and dingy old
cutlass, that being the only uniform he
could raise. In the evening crazy old
town pauper (who fancied he was Napo~
leon Bonaparte) was dug out of wood
shed with Cross uniform on. He was in
state of extreme intOxication, and the
uniform, once so bright and gay, was now
besmeared with mud, &c. The Lieuten-
ant was quite angry and accused US Of
rigging the pauper out in his beautiful
military clothes. We. had slight falling
out, in which the Lieutenant fell some.
what heavily upon as, and as he was Q
man grown and very stout, and as we we're
quite small and young, we can safely Ray
that we never experienced such intense
anxiety in our life. .a r -.


At the end of the desperate coDtestwe
found ourself at the foot of the printing-
Office stairs. We thought we would print
no more in that building. We had q
"sheep's-foot' il our hands, and, think
ing we might be accused of theft if we
carried it away. we stepped out into the
street and threw it up through the win.
! dow. Lieutenant Cross was unfortunate.
ly standing at the window, and the
, "sheep's-foot" hit him violently in the
: abdomen. We were SO anxious to get
) home to our parents that we didn't stop
to see how much he was injured; but he
informed US few years since that he ex-
r perienced considerable pain for several
l days afterward. In reading of the Lieut.
S enant's doings in Arizonis. we could NOT
help putting on record our remarkable
9 contest with him. tT
Year: 1859

Diriding the Fards.-The City Council have
under consideration the propriety of dividing
the city into wards, so as to equalize the rep
resentation; but the committee to whom the
subject was referred has not yet reported
There are but two plans by which to perform
this important work, and the sooner one or the
other is adopted the better. If a portion of
Madison Ward is added to Jefferson, and q
good slice Of Monroe is added to Madison
Ward, the population of each may be equal
ized and all the voters be thus represented
This plan could be carried out with less truu-
Bile than any other, and will probably be adopt
ed but if it is not, then the city will have to
be divided into five wards, giving each three
members of Council and three Aldermen
Under the present division, more Than one
fourth of the tax payers and property holders
20 unrepresented in the City Council-the
polls have to be kept open three days in near
ly all elections, and the people are thus kept
in a state Of excitement three times as long as
is at all necessary. The City Council have
doubtless seen the importance OF making some
changes, so As to ensure representation to all,
a nd the sooner they are effected, the better II
will be for the interests of the city.
Year: 1859

AN EAGLE BEATEN BY CRows.-A cores
pondent of the New York Journal of Com
merce, writing from Geneva, August 25th says
that on the 18th of that month a remarkable
sight was seen on the east side of Seneca Lake,
opposite Geneva. About nine in the morning
a large eagle was seen over a wood on the edge
of the lake, vigorously pursued by three crows,
two of which were frequently pecking at his
back. This assault continued for sometime,
the eagle all the time trying to escape from
them, in which he finally succeeded, and got
high up in the air, when the crows gave up the
pursuit and returned to their wood. Soon at
ter another eagle (probably his mate) came
from a wood up the lake. when the higher one
swooped down and joined it, and they both
flew off towards the south, and neither party
We're seen afterwards. The crows had proba-
bly, nest of their young and had courageous
ly defended it, and pursued the eagle that came
alone. Compared with the eagle, they looked
as much smaller as the kingbird is smaller
than the crow, which he sometimes is seen to
attack in a similar way, and probably for a
similar reason. But this is the first instance
have ever known ofany bird having the cour-
age to attack an eagle,
Year: 1859

beaten for Auditor even worse than his COM
patriot A. III. Brown was beaten here. Now
when it is considered that he was the head
and front of the Douglas secession last
year in the Seventh District. most ardent
and untirng popular sovereignty man, and
that the Seventh District il the strongest
Douglas District in the State, this defeat
really lends some confirmation to the opin-
ion that the Lecomptonites are going to
carry the organization with them this year,
as they did last.-Ind jour.
Year: 1859

A LIZARD SToRY.-With reference to kill
ing lizards by means Of salt, was lately told
a wonderful story by raw Lancashire man
1t appears that once upon tim there lived
man whose appetite was enormous; he was
always eating, and vet could never get fat;
he was the thinnest and most miserable of
creatures to look at. He always declai ed that
he had something alive in his stomach; and
kind friend, learned in doctoring confirmed
his opinion, and prescribed a most ingenious
plan to dislodge the enemJ. big Triton.
who had taken up his quarters in the mans
stomach. He was ordered to eat nothing but
salt food, and to drink no water; aud when
he had continued this treatment as long as he
could bear it, he was to 90 and lie down near
q weir of the river. where the water was run.
ing over. "with his mouth Open" The man
did as he was told. and the open-mouthed ex
peetant placed himself 10y the side of the weir.
The lizard inside, tormented 10y the salt food
and parched for the want of water, heard the
sound of the running stream and came scam
pering up the mans throat. and jumping out
of his mouth, ran down to the water 10 drink
The sudden appearance of the brute so terri


fed the weakened patient that he tainted
away, still with his mouth open. In the
meantime, the lizard had drunk his full, aud
was coming back to return down the mans
throat into his stomach he had nearly sue
ceeded in so doing, when the patient awoke.
and seizing his enemy by the tail, killed him
on the spot. consider this story to be one
of the finest strings Of impossibilities ever re.