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Year: 1869

IT'S pleasant when our friends arc rich,
70 meet them cay by day,
For coed or i'll, no matter which,


provided they can pay;
But is there one-you answer not


Who would or could avouch
Esteem for one who hadn't got


A dollar In his pouchl
IT'S pleasant with our fri ends to dine,
To see them well arrayed,
To bumper them in costly wine


For which themselves have paid;
To smoke with them, to drive about,
Share cup, caress, and couch
But could we knoW man without
A dollar in his pouch!
The bride will love the pleasing swain
Who holds at his command
A handsome house, a gOodly train
or equipage and land;
But should his fortune cease to smile,
Even love away will slOuch-
Why can't tho creature show pile
OF fdollars in his pouchf
On s:a. on shore, they seem to say
lie is rich, and can't be dull
The gold within his port monnaie,
They think. can I'll his skull,
Let mammon rcign, let genius rot,
Let wit, love, valOr crouch
Poor devil, If he has not got


A dollar in his pouch.
II Christ again should visit earth,
A man Of toll and care,
H0we'er divine, whateer his worth,
How think you, would he fare?
Hence with this vagrant! thrust him out
Some swindler, dare vouch-
Think you Gods son would come without
A dollar in his pouch!
Year: 1869

Two Germans had y very peculiar case
in court at New York, on Thursday. Be-
tween them they had invented whale
as large as life, which they exhibited to
the public as veritable live whale, at SO
much admittance per head, four assistants
being placed inside to work the monster.
The deception was complete, but at the
conclusion Of performance some spies in
the audience waited behind, and observed
the four Jonahs emerge from the whale's 8
belly, wbcreupon they attacked them and
cut the whale to pieces. The suit was
brought by the manufacturer Of the whale
to compel the owner to pay for him, which
the court decided hc must do.
Year: 1869

When was in Ghcnt, at the request o


the American Minister, consented, in tn


hope of doing some good to our country


to call on the King of Belgium. 1t would


not do for me to go without some prepar


alton. AS to borrowing q Court suit, ]
would not; but l did consent to get q


white vest and l did consent to get some
white gloves; and I did consent to get q
stiff hat. When had got myself ar
ranged for going to Court, in manner
unlike that to which had been accus>
toned, procured splendid carriage, and
started. As l rode through the streets,
all the boys looked at me, and felt very
much like a fool going to court.


And as l came to the Kings residence,
thought that the soldiers knew that was
dressed up for the first time in my life in
such things-wl,ich was fact. l did not
know what to say to the servitors at the
foot Of the stairs or to the scryiters at the
top of thT ytairs' but fmade my way along
somehow, and they conducted me through
the hall, and whiskcd me at once before
the King. lie is venerable parsonage.
lie speaks the English language beauti-
fully. lie is the mentor, he is the adviser
of European monarchs. If you were to
see him dressed in ordinary clothes, you
would think him plain American citizen;
but he was dressed, from the crown of his
head, to the sole of his feet, in all sorts of
beautiful things and ornaments. lie
walked toward me in very stately man.
ner, with his sword ratrling on the floor
by his side, and walked toward him the
best way could. lie bowed, and l bowed.


We talked together, and l called him
"Sir," all through, and said good many
things that l should not have said. I
could not get it out of my head that was
not afraid of the King, and that vas
afraid of doing something disreputable.
| wanted to observe Court forms; but the
very desire to do so rendered the thing
impossible. l saw that he knew it; for
he smiled benisnantly, ard seemed to
have fatherly consideration for me.
Finally, in leaving the room, l ought to
have backed out. l did go backward for
one or two steps; but then turned and
whisked through the door, face foremost.
Year: 1869

When by the counting Of the electoral
votes of the several States it would be-
come necessary for the Republican mem
bers of Congress to admit by their count
ing the votes Of Georgia that she was
State in the Union, or in refusing to
count those votes to say that she was not
to cvade the responsibility of saying
joint resolution the effect of which was to
declare that il the vote of Georgia meant
anything it should not be counted but
that if it effected nothing then it should
be counted and with a consistency on q
par with the wisdom and statemanship of
the resolution, tho House which had ad-
mittea members from Georgia voted not to
count her electoral vote, whilc the Senate,
which had refused to admit her Senators,
voted to count her electoral vote. True it
is that afterward the convention Of both
Houses through its presiding officer count
ed the vote and reported it in q way un>
known to and .ever contemplated by the
Constitution. The intent was to perpe.
trate cheat. The result was disgrace
ful quarrel.


Not having the moral courage to say
whether Georgia was State or not, it is
no wonder that the two Houses should
have at last completed their action by q
1urse which, If it should survive as a
precedent, would in certain contingencies
nullify the expressed will of the people.
Georgia is State in the Union, whether
viewed ~ an original party to the Copsti-
tuition or A. . reconstructed State. Ac-
cording to the true theory, she has never
Year: 1869

= IC"CAA Ah0nUCs


January.-IIe who is born in this month
will be laborious, and lover of good
wine, but very subject to infdelity he
may too often forget to pay his debts. but
he will be complaisant, and withal fine
singer. The lady born in this month will
be pretty, a prudent housewife; rather
melancholy, but very good tempered.


February.-The man born in this month
will love money much, but the ladies
more; he will be stingy at home, but pro-
digal abroad. The lady will he humane
and affectionate wife and tender mother.


March.-The man born in this ,nenth
will be rather handsome, he will be honest
and prudent, but will die poor. The lady
will be passionate chatter-box, some
what given to fighting, and in old age too
fond OF the bottle.


April.-The man who has the misfor-
tune to be born in this month will be sub
ject to maladies. He will travel to his
advantage, for he will marry n rich and
handsome heircss, who will make what no
doubt, you all understand. The lady will
be tall and stout, with little mouth, little
feet, little wit, but great talker, and
withal great liar.


May.-The man born in this north will
be handsome and amiable. lie will make
his wife happy. The lady will be equally
blessed in every respect.


June.-The man will be Of small sta
ture, passionately fond of women and
children, but will not be loved in return
The lady will be giddy parsonage, fond
OF coffee; she will marry ut twenty>One,
and be a fool at forty five.


July.-The man will be fair; he will
suffer death for the wicked woman he
loves. The female Of this month will be
passably handsome, with sharp nose and
sulky temper.


August.-The man will be ambitious,
courageous but too apt to cheat. lie will
have several maladies and two wives
The lady will be amiable and twice mar
ried but her second husband will cause
her to regret her first.


September.-He that is born in this
month will be wise, strong and prudent
but too easy with his wife, who will cause
him much uncasiness. The lady round
faced, fair haired, witty, discreet, affable
and loved by her friends.


OctOber.-The man will have hand.
some face and forid complexion; he will
be wicked in his youth, and always incon-
slant. lie will promise one thing and do
another, and remain poor. The lady will
be pretty, u little given to contradiction, a
little coquettish, and sometimes a little too
fond Of wine-she will Give her preference
to eau de rie. She will have three hus>
bands who will die for grief; and she will
best know why.


November.-The man born now will
have a fine face, and be gay deciever.
The lady of this month will be large,
liberal and of novelty.


December.-The man born in this month
will be good sort of person, though
passionate. lie will devote himself to the
army, and be betrayed by his wife. Tn.
lady will be handsome, with good voice
and we'll proportional body she will be
married twice, remain poor, and continue
honest.
Year: 1869

We have received a letter from
Paris, informing US that BY paying the
small sum Of nine dollars in gold, at the
end of each ninth week, we can have a
regular Paris correspondent. A. letter
is sent for sample, long as the moral
law. We respectfullY decline.
Year: 1869

New York, March l3.-The Express says
there is much anxiety IN Wall street regard
ing the policy of the Treasury Department
in the Immediate future. There have been
some heavy short sales of gold and stocks on
the theory of early fales of gold. Considera-
bic pressure will be brought to bear on the
new Secretary to induce him TO sell gold, but
the revenue receipts from income tax will
soon he coming in and will supply the Treas
ury with Currency.
Year: 1869

that his journeying with Daniel Webster
was The best school he ever attended.
And the lesson he received from that great
man were never forgotten hence we come
to the conclusion that William Pitt Fessen-
den was harder student than many have
supposed him to bc. IL is not too much
to say. perhaps. that his keen logic, his
terse language. his power of cOndensa-
tion, his clear statements and sharpness
in debate, may be traced TO the lessons
which Webster gave him while journey
ing to the West. Young men who arc
ambitious to excel In their professions will
do well to make note of these things.
and govern themselves accordingly.
Year: 1869

We cannot have figs from
thorns, or grapes from thistles
and if we wish to succeed in bus,
mess, we must Use means adapted
to its end.


A friend to everybody is friend
to nobody.


A man is a man, though he
wear a crownless hat.


A handful of common sense is
worth a bushel Of learning.


A man may say many things
out of time, even his prayers.


A man may talk like a wise
man, and act like fool.


A merry companion on the road
shortens the Journey.


An ass covered with gold is
more respected than a horse with
a pack saddle on.
Better keep the devil out than
turn him out.


You must be a friend to your
self and others will be.


You had better pass a danger at
once, than be always in fear.


Empty vessels make the great
est sound, and empty heads the
most noise.


Every man is architect Of his
own fortune.


You had better pay the cook
than the doctor.


A sure way to wealth Spend
only half you make.


A fools tongue is long enough
to cut his own throat.


Every man knows best where
his own shoe pinches.
Year: 1869

The Americas (Ga.) Courier re-
lates the particulars Of a case in
that county, in which the bride
was bctrothed to three brothers,
and married to two of them,
which is rather remarkable:


On the 9Th of August, 1866, a
young man came to Americus and
procured a license to marry an cs-
timahle young lady, residing sew
raj miles from this city; went
home, and was married in the af-
tcrnoon of that day. He was at
tackled by a conjestive chill, which
terminated in his death the fol-
lowing Saturday-the stricken
bride followed his remains to their
last resting place, clothed in the
same suit in which her heart had
been made glad by becoming his
bride.


On the following August (196O.
the second brother of. the same
family came to Americus for the
same purpose which had brought
the deceased one year previous.
On his way home. rejoicing in
happy anticipation of making the
worthy widow of his lost brother
Lis own bride, he was caught in a
heavy rain, and arrived at home
with his clothes thoroughly satu-
rated, from which he was taken
with conjestive chill, and died
the evening previons to the mar
riage, which was to have taken
place the following Sabbath
Again, instead Of listening to the
merry ringing Of the marriage
bell, the death knell was heard
and funeral procession took the
place Of the marriage feast.


Sometime during last month
the third brother Of the deceased
procured license, and was happily
married to the ce-bereaved
lady.
Year: 1869

A Southern paper is opposed to
the education of women as sur
geons. 1t says that suppose one
were put under the influence of
chloroform by such a doctor, what
is to prevent the woman from kis-
sing you?
Year: 1869

But why do the poor cling to
the metropolis? Because of it's


companionship. There they clus-
ter together and hold fast to each


other in one great fellowship.
They sympathize with, they aid,
one another. Watch decrepit
beggar. Who puts pennies in his
hat? Children and poor people.
Of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Year: 1869

Mr.. EDIToR:-I notice on the fourth page
of YOUR last Mondays issue an article headed
"a wise Cheftain"


This article speaks Of his wisdom as COM
pairing favoraby with thar OF Solomon when
he wished to ascertain the mother of the child
in dispute.


Some twenty-five or thirty years ago case
wherein like wisdom was exhibited, occurred
in the little town of Cumberland In this
county. The old house at the foot Of the
hill Ia little this side of Cumberland Centre
meeting house) was then used as a public
house. and was kept by Mr.. Waterhouse.
One day man stopping there for short
time discovered that bis trunk bad been OF en-
ed by false keys, and a number of articles
stolen. The landlord was informed OF the
fact, and inquiries made of all persons about
the house each of whom protested his inno-
cence.


MIR. Waterhouse then provided himself with
little sticks all Of the same length, and in the
evening every member of the household was
summoned to the bar room. The landlord
then tod them that he held in his hand as
many little sticks as there were persons pres
ent, himself included) and shouli now
oblige each one Of them to draw by lot
one of these wands, and TO keep them
till morning, when they should at the
ringing of bell. all meet again in the bar
room, each one presenting his wand. and the
one who had the longest should be considered
the thief, In the morniag they all obeyed
the summons. aud upon examination II was
found that one of the party had cut a piece
from his, so that it was about an inch shorter
than either of the Others, the man who pre-
sented this confessed his guilt, and restored
to the owner the articles stolen. W.R.J.
Year: 1869

OF Congress express determination to take
me action in Congress to prevent the gross
abuse of Office by the incumbents being absent
from their posts unnecessarily and TO the det-
riment of the public service. II is proposed 10
make the legislat on this subject very rigid,
and to have it operate in the way OF outing
down the enormous number OF soecures.--
There are several very glariug cases " bich are
held particularly in view by these members.
Year: 1869

THE ARMY AND NAVY REUNION


LONG BRANCH, July g. The complimentary
ball to the Army and Navy of the Gulf this
evening was grand success. Tomorrow the
members of the society leave for their homes.
Year: 1869

The vote on the Shepaug Valley railroad subscription is to be taken on Thursday, the 21st inst The petition is signed by persons paying more than majority of the town tax, and all that is necessary is sim pie majority vote authorizing tho sub- scription. Let the frie nds of the road do their duty and success is certain
Year: 1869

From the New York World.


The case of Daniel L. Sickles displays
in an eminent degree the effect of the
sentimentslism of some phases Of the
doctrine of the reformatory powers oi
government. In semi-civilized countries,
like France and England, when u man
is notorious scoundrel he is put under
lock and key; but in this country we
manage things more wisely-we try to
refsrm him. What is more likely to re.
form rascal than to hold before him the
prospect of at one time filing some fat
and moral Government Officer How
better can the Sixth Ward be regenersted
than by telling 1t that, like Rienzi's Rome,
its "sons shsll walk with princes p
Never catch a rogue and hang him, for by
such proceeding the world may be de.
priyed of future Butler or Sickles, re-
generated, washed white, respectable,
and rich--the mud sll soraped from him
and thrown upon us. The individual is
saved from disgrace and contumely, and
we, bis constituents, who from our great
number can more easily bear shame than
one man can bear it, generously take ell
the odium upon ourselves. Great are
the powers of reformatory measures
especially of this sort. a
Year: 1869

Ihe Rappel, the revolutionary paper in
Parls, prints Victor Hugo's speech before
the Feace League at Lausanne, in Switzer-
land. 1t will be noticed there is a very
important condition in his advocacy of
universal brotherhood. This is the con-
cluslon Of his address :s-1


we who are here, what do you wish p
Peace. We desire peace; we desire it ard
entity, we desire it absolutely. We desire it
between man and man, between people and
people, between race and race, between
brother and brother, between Abel and
Cam. We desire the appeasement of hat
red. But this peace, how do we want it
DO we desire it at all price? Will we have
it without conditions No We want not
the peace Of the bent back and the bowed
head HE


We want not peace of despotism, under
baton or under the scepter. The first con-
dltion of peace is deliverance For this
dellveranee there must bean effort, assured
ly'a revolution, which will be the supreme,
and alasl perhaps war which will be the
last. Then all will be accomplished. Peace
being inviolable, will be perpetual Then
no more armies, no more kings The van
lshlng of the present-that is what we will
We will that the people shall live, labor,
purchase, sell, speak, love, and think free
ly, and that they shall have schools making
citizens, and no more princes making rifle
men. We will the great continental Re-
public, we will the United States OF Europe,
and conclude with this watchword: Liber-
ty, the object the result.
Year: 1869

Near Cerney, in another little village. is
the church Of st. Giles. By the side OF the
altar is an image OF the patron saint, and at
his feet Is bov placed there for the pur-
pose of receiving contributions Quite re-
Gently the padre noticed that although con-
siderable money was deposited in the box.
yet the amount that he found there was al
ways very small; and as no one beside him
self and the beadle had access to the de-
posltory, he at last accused this functionarv
OF abstractlng the money. He at first de-
MED 1t; but after while confessed that he
had at times taken small amounts, but he
explained 1t In this wise: 'sWhen it was a
hot day, said he, ''and I wanted drink,
and had no meney with which TO buy it, I
would go INTO the church, walk up to st.
Giles, and say to him: Now, old fellow. I
VIII bet you franc that 7 will beat YOU in
a race to the church door, Then I would
count one, two, three, and away! and T al
ways beat him, though I gave him per
teetly fair chance. Of course he could not
take the money from the box and GIVE it
to me himself, and so took it out; but I
never took more than the amount of the
debt The beadle lost his situation, though
he protested that he had always given St.
G1lesa fair chance, and had won his bet
FdrtS Cor. Pr0Uidencs Press.
Year: 1869

BOILED BEEF FROM Sour. The beef ia il,
ken from a soup may be utilized in various
ways. L am myself of the opinion that
the best way to employ boiled beef is to cut
it, cold, into slices of extreme thinness,
dressed with buttered toast; or else to eat
it as salad, the dressing to be seasoned
with plenty Of pot herbs. However, for
those who prefer it hot, there are excellent
ways of serving it. For example:
Year: 1869

the feathered tenants of the grove, sent up
their melodious prisons to Heaven, uncon-
scious that the late happy pair, around whose
rural dwelling they had SO long carolled
with delight. were reposing, in the sleep of
death, beneath the clear blue waves Of Lake
Erie
Year: 1869

The ''rainy season" of California is
shown by statistics to be slight shower in
comparison with the recent food at the
east. The winter of 1S61-'62 was very
rainy in California, but the fall for the
whole season was only four times that
of two days in New York 3. week or two
ago.
Year: 1869

The Decatur Gazette says that Mrs
Phoebe Hudson, an old lady eighty years
of age, residing in that city, took the first
premium at the State Fair on a carpet
which she spun and wove with her own
hands
Year: 1869

has been remarkably cold tke past week, with
the exception of two days, but is little
milder to day. We have had no rain of con-
sequence for weeks, and the ground is
exceedingly dry to a great depth.
Year: 1869

How 1T ORIGINATED.-Concernine the
phrase " everythingis lovely and the goose
hangs high" an Illinois gentleman says:
/" A practice prevailed in some parts of
the South, before the war, to have goose
pulling frolic about the holidays, conduct
cd as follows: A goose would be tied by
the feet to limb of a tree, just high
enough for a horseman in passing under, by
risingin his stirrups, to reach the head
Of the fowl, and give it a pull. The string
not being strong, sharp jerk would bring
the bird down. Each sport paid the
owner of the bird bit for chance to
bull it from the limb. If he succeeded,
the goose was his. Sometimes the goose
would be hung little too high, and so elude
the grasp of the catcher as he rode under
the branch from which the web-footed bird
was suspended. In such cases, as the
horsemcn galoped past in quick succession,
the remark would be made by the laugh
ing and hooting bystanders, that everything
was lovely, and the goose hung high"
Year: 1869

ANEcDoTE OF TIE BLIND.-John STAN
ley, the musician, lost his sight when only
two years of age. He had so correct an
ear that he never forgot the voice of q per-
son he had once heard speak. An iu-
stance is given in which he recollected the
voice of person he had not heard for over
twenty years, who then accostcd him in an
assumed voice. If twenty persons were
seated at a table together. he would ad-
dress them all in their regular order, with
out their being previously known to him.
Riding on horseback was one of his favor
ite exercises, though it would seem very
dangerous one for the blind; and toward
the close of his life, when he lived in Ep-
ping Forest, and wished to give his friends
an airing, he would take them the pleas,
antest road and point out the most agrcea
BILE prospects. lie played at whist with
great readiness and Judgment. Each card
was marked at the corner, with the point
of needle, but these marks were so deli
cately fine as scarcely to be discerned by
any person not previously apprised of them
His hand was generally the first arranged,
and it was not uncommon for him to COM
plain of the party that they were tedious
in sorting the cords. He could tell
the precise time by watch. He knew
the number of persons in room when he
entered it; would direct his voice to each
person in particular-evcn to strangers;
after they had once spoken; and would
miss any one who was absent, and could
tell who that one was.
Year: 1869

ScALLopED OYsTERs.-Take a large
can of oysters, wash them, CRATE twelve
crackers, batter a deep dish, put in layer
of grated crackers, then layer of oysters,
seasoning with pepper, salt and butter;
then another layer of each, seasoning as
before, until the dish is filled, then cover
with the grated crackers, then turn over it
teacup of cream, set it in the oven for
halt an hour; this is nice for dinner.