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Year: 1859

She duelt where long the wintry showers


Hold undisputed sway,
Where frOwning April drives the flowers
Far down the lane Of May.
A simple, rustic child of song,


Reared in chilling zone,
The idol Of household throng--


The cherished one Of home.
None sang her praise, or feard her fame
Beyond her natiN town.
She bore no fancy name,


Twas simple Mary Brown.
Her eyes were not shining black,
Nor yet heavenly blue,
Thes might be hazel, or alack!


Some less poetic hue
Indeed mind me, long ago,


One pleasant summer day
A passing stranger caught their glow,
think he called them gray.
Yet when with earnestness they burned
Till other eyes grew dim;
Their outward tint was ne'er discerned--
The spell was from within.
A novelist, with fancy's pen


Would scarcely strive to trace
From her a fairy heroine


Of machless mein, and grace,
AmOdel for the painters skill,


Or for the sculptor's art
Her form might not be called; yet still
1t bore gentle heart;
The while it fOndly treasured long
Loves lightest whispered tone,
In other hearts she sought no wrong
She knew none in her own.
Though never skilled in fashions school,
To sweep the trembling keys,
Or strike the harp by studied rule,
listening throng to please;
Yet still when anguish rent the soul,
And feyer racked the brain,
Her fingers knew that skillful touch
Which soothed the brow of pain
And widow thanks, and orphan tears
Had owned her tender care,
While little children gathered near
Her earnest love to share.
might forget the queenly dame
OF high and courtly birth.
Descending from an ancient name
Among the sons of earth
scarce recall the dazzling eyes
Other, the village belle,
Who caused so many rural sighs
From rustic hearts to swell;
let never can cease to own


While future years shall roll,
Thy passing beauty, Mary Brown
The beauty Of the soul.
TmHrr RIVER, August, 1865.
Year: 1859

| THE INFLUENCE OF A Coon WOMAN


sometimes think the influence of q


good woman greater than that of 8
| good man. There are so many avenues


to the human heart left open to hel


gentle approach, which would be in.


stantly barrrd up at the sound Of rough


er footsteps. One may tell anything


to a good woman. In her presence


pride sleeps or is disarmed. The old


child-feeling comes back upon the


world-weary man, and he knows not


why he has reposed the unsought con-
tidence which has SO lightened bis


heart. Why, he goes forth again


ashamed that one SO feeble is so much


mightier. Why he could fly from the
foe whose approach she courrageously
tarries. Why be thinks Of the dagger
or pistol, or poisoned cup, while she,
accepting the fierce blast of misfortune
meekly bows her head till the whirl-
wind be believing, hoping
knowing that heavens bright smile Of
sunshine will break through at last
The worldweary man looks on with
wonder, reverencing yet not compre-
hending. How can we comprehend
He who stands in his pride, with his
painting soul uncovered, in the scorch-
ing sahara Of reason, and then com
plains that no dew falls, no showers de
scend, no buds blossoms or fruit cheer
him2 How can he who faces with
folded arms and decant attitude, com.
prahend the twining love-clap and sat
isied heart-rest which comes only Of
love? Thank God, woman is not too
proud to take what she SO much needs.
That she does not wait to comprehend
the Infinite before she can love. That
she does not plant her foot and refuse
to stir, till her Guide tells her why he
is leediug her by this path instead of

tAat; and though every footprint be
marked with her hearts blood, she does
not relax her grasp or doubt His faith.
Well may her glance, her touch, the
rustic of her garments even have pow>
er to soothe and bless; well may the
soft touch Of such upon brows knotted ]
with the worlds strife bring cooIness
and peace. Oh, woman, do not with
your arms akimbo, leave it to profane
Delliahs to hold Sampson by sbearing
bis locks Be strong minded as you
will, if only you be pure and gentle>
hearted.
Year: 1859

The LAST DAY.-To everything be
meath the sun there comes last day
Let the sanguine then take warning
and the disheartened take courage for
to every joy and to every hope and
every fear, there will come a last day;
and man ought to live by foresight,
that while be learns in every state to
be content, he shall in each be pre-
pared for another, whatever that may
be. When we see an acorn, we expect
that it will produce an oak; when we
plant vine we calculate upon gather
ing grapes but when we lay q plan for
years TO come, We may wisbsand do no
more, except pray that it may be ac-
compllshed, for We know not what to-
morrow may bring forth. All that We
do know beforehand Of anything is, that
to everything beneath the sun there
comes last day..
Year: 1859

Most men make the mistake of living too
much outside of themselves. They throw
themselves into the out-ofdoor activities of life
with an ardor of devotion that unhinges their
true nature. They accumulate wealth, they
acquire knowledge, or they become warped
cramped or deformed-one portion of their
powers expanding at the expense Of others.


How many men who have spent their lives
in some worldly pursuit, find themselves in old
age, the slave of iron habits, and incapable OF
enjoying all higher and purer pleasures of life !.


New life was not given merely for an out
ward effort, but mainly for inward cultivation
We are to make the most of ourselves-give
all our powers due expansion and cherish an
inner life that will make us Independent of out
ward circumstances The man who lives only
in his worldly pursuits is ever in danger of
moral bankruptcy. When the outer world
fails him he has no inner world from which to
draw strength for the battle of life. Not long
since in this State man hanged himself be
cause Ill health deprived him of the power to
labor, When he could no longer work he
said, he no longer wished to live, He had
lived too much in his labor and had neglected
to provide an inner retreat from the pains and
msfortunes of life.


What a miserable mockery it il to know
that we have accumulated fortune, or achiev-
ed an object Of ambition, if in the pursuit we
have wrecked our manhood Inward growth
not outward accumulation, is the true object
of existence Life rightly lived mounts ever
upward, and may reach at its latest hour its
happiest condition-the crowning beauty and
perfection of earthly existence.
Year: 1859

In the first place, if you want to make your
self miserable. be selfish. Think all the time
of yourself and of your own things. Don't
care for any thing else. Never think of en-
joying the satisfaction of seeing others happy
but rather, if you see smiling face, be jeal
Gus lest another should enjoy what you have
not Envy every one who is better off in any
respect than yourself think unkindly towards
them and speak lightly of them. Be constant
afraid lest some one should eDcroach upon your
rights be watchfal against it, and if any one
comes near your things, snap at him like a
mad dog. Contend earnestly for every thing
that is your own, though it may not be worth
pin, for your rights are just as much con
cerned as if it were a pound of gold. Never
yield a point. Be very sensitive, and take in
the most serious manner every thing that is
said to you in piayfullness. BE jealous of your
friends. lest they should not think enough of
you. and if at any time they should seem to
neglect you, put the worst construction you
can upon their conduct.
Year: 1859

Where is the heart that hath not in some
dark hour, leapcd with an exulting bound at
the thought that earth is not our home? 1t
comes like the "balm OF tIilead," to the child
of sorrow and poverty, giving him new strength
to tread the thorny pathway of hie- lie feels
that every swelling billow of hatred waits him
nearer the heaven of unchanging love. Every
disappointment weayes for him "a brighter gar
land of lifeis immortal tree. Has genius stamp
ed upon his brow her own Godlke image p
Does he feel that he was made for nobIer des-
tiny. and vet conscious that his talents must
sumber in obivious shade? To him the
thought is full of joy-that though his name
may not be written on Fanle's gilded page yet
it may be engraved on heavens everlasting por-
tails Though honor withholds frem him her
fading laurels, he looks onward to a glorious
diadem reserved for the pure in heart Al
ready he sees angel hands placing the hast
gem in the conquerors crown; already he hears
their shouts of triumph, as they throw wide the
gates of the heavenly city and welcome him
to his eternal home. Is there, then, no Joy in
the thought that earth is not our abiding-place?
Why should we despair, though trials gather
around us-though happiness, like phantom,
tries but to destroy? Though death loves a
shining mark, taking with unerring aim, those
we love. There is a brighter world where
those we have loved will be forever in our pres
ce-happness like a boundless sea, where we
may drink and never thirst, will richly repay
for every sorrow, every disappointment that
darkens our pathway here below. Yet who
would drink at the fountain ofknowlege, is there
no joy unspeakable in the thought of "a world
beyond the grave?


Where are those high and glorious aspirants
that continually point to something more holy
and pure? Do they not whisper to the letter-
ed spirit, thou shall soon be free, and bask in
the unclouded sunlight of thy native home
Unnumbered worlds shall be spread out before
thee, like islands that slumber on the oceans
triumphant bosom. Beings more beautiful
than fancy ever pictured, will lead thee to foun-
tains Of knowledge, exhaustless as the river of
life Mourn not that earth's troubled and i'm
pure waters are denied thce-look onward to
those immortal streams that flow through the
garden of God yea rejoice that earth is not
thy home-that mortality is not thy destiny.
Year: 1859

A darlley who was on trial the other day in
the Police court, found it necessary bring in wit
nesses to prove his previous good character
One of these was Mathews, the old darkey who
toots a horn around the streets, and trades in
old bottles aud any other truck that people have
on hand. He swore to the defendants good
character point blank. As a clincher on his
testimony, the court asked him if he was shure
the defendant wouldn't steal chicken. At
this he balked in his profile flow of language,
scratched his head, looked first at the court
and then at the defendant, and then deliherated.
AT last he answered with grin


Lord hress you, Mister Bagg l dunno nuf-
fin bout de nigger, but tell We, if / was a
chicken, and know d he was a comm I'd git
clar up, sure If ever I'm a pulet, he ain
gwine to get no chance at me- case IN gwine
up into the loft cherry time. Yah Yah p
Detroit Free Press
Year: 1859

An Indiana man was travelling down the
Ohio in a steamer, with mare and two year
old colt, when by a sudden careen of the boat
all three We're tilted out into the river. The
Hoosier, as he rose, putting and blowing, above
the water, caught hold of the tail of the colt
not doubling in the least but that the natural
instinct of the animal would carry him safe
ashore The old mare took bee line for the
shore but the frightened colt swan Justify down
the current with its owner still hanging fast.


Let go of the colt and hang to the OLD
mare shouted some of his friends.


'Phree, boob = exclaimed the Hoosier, spou
ting the water from his mouth, and shaking
his head like Newfoundland dog its mighty
fine, your telling me to let go the colt but tc
man that can t swim, this amt exactly the
time for sarap'i1g horses
Year: 1859

First class in natural philosophy stand up.
What's attraction?


Pleas sir l know-the look that blue eyed
girl gives her lover.


Right, sir! Now tell me what inertia is ??
Inertia, sir is desire to remain where you
are feeling that piece of calico experiences
when leaning against a canary colored velvet
vest.


Right, again sir; call the class in Botany, do
you hear?'
Year: 1859

The editor of the Brandon Miss Republi-
can notifies the public that hereafter no gentle
man need expect to receive his paper more
than % years without paying for it, He
winds up with the following Philosophical an
nouncement Those who may wish to renew
their notes, can do so by writing out new ones
for the amount on buckskin, as paper, though
not used, will mould, and the ink on it will fade
Year: 1859

Dan said a little four year old, give me
ten cents to buy monkey We've got one
monkey in the house now,' said the elder
brother Who is it, Dan p said the little fell
low. You was the reply. Then give me
ten cents to buy the monkey some candy. =
His brother shelled over Immediately.
Year: 1859

INSCRIBED TO THE MEMORY OF lone GRIswoLD


BY DAISY WE'RE
Alas And art thou gone dear one
Pst true that death hath cut the cord
That bound thee to earthly home.
And sent thee to a fairer world ;
Thy mourning friends will miss thee, love-
For thee will drop the burning tear
Remember them when far above,


And God the Father thou art near.
Pray him to comfort id distress


To heal mothers bleeding heart;
And from fathers aching breast
Remove deep sorrows cankering dart
Thy weeping friends around thy bier
With breaking hearts are gathered now
With trembling form thy mother dear
Bends DER to kiss thy icy brow
Ny child my child o can it be
With torturIng anguish filed she cries,
a. ThatI must ever part with thee,
Speak speak o heed thy mothers sighs
They we borne thee to thy hone
The cold damp sod is thy breast,
We've parted with our cherished
yt We've left thee to thy silent rest.
Farewell farewell we'll ne'er forget
The link that's broken from our chain
Though of our darling here bereft
We pray that we may meet again.
DELAWARE, June 20th, 1853
Year: 1859

The latest case of absence of mind is that
of a ship carpenter, who bit off the end of n
copper spike and drove plug of tobacco into
the vessels bottom He did not discover his
mistake till the ship spit in his face,
Year: 1859

Some years ago Ben Brown opened a store in
Swaptown, and in order to hook evrybody in to
trade he offered to treat every one that bought
anything at his store. Money being pretty
scarce, there was a good deal of barter going on
in those days So Sam Jones called into the
grocery and dry goods store of Mr.. Brown and
asked for a darning needle, offering in ex-
change an egg. After receiving the needle,
Sam said


Come. ain t you going to treat"


What on that trade I!


Certainly a trades a trade, let it be big or
little


Well, what will you take?


"A glass of wine, said Sam.


The glass of wine was poured out, when Sam
said


Would it be asking too much to request you
to put egg into the wine =! L am very tond
of wine and egg


Appalled, by the man meanness, Brown took
the identical egg which he received for the darn
ing needle and handed it TO his customer, who,
on breaking it into the wine glass, discovered
that it contained double yolk.


Look here, said the sponge, don't you
think you ought to give me another darning
needle! This, you see, is a double yolk.


Lewis, the fun-loving editor of the New York
Union, says an exchange, candidate for
the Legislature. In the last number of his pa
per he publishes Il circular to his fellow citizens
OItlSnJ columns. nGTeupOh ne say


1t may be asked why [ wrote 50 long circu
lar. An anecdote will illustrate nay answer
Once upon time old lady sent her grandson
out to set a turkey. On his return the follow
ing dialogue took place


Sammy, have you set her"


Yes, grandma


FIXED the nest all up nicely ?


Mighty fine grandma


How many eggs did you put under her?


One hundred and twenty. grandma


why, Sammy, what did you put 50 many un-
der her for


Grandma, I wanted to see her spread her
self


My opponents will pitch into this circular
and hope they will have a good time in ma
king large percentage of it. A short one
would be much as they could get over, but
I wanted to see them spread themselves.
Year: 1859

THHE firm Of Griffith a Garrison IL this day dis
Il solved by mutual consent T. Garrison will
attend TO settling up all the business Of the firm.
All those owing us on note or book accounts, are
requested to pay up as soon as possible. T. Gar
rison will continue the Furniture business at the
old stand, where be viii be pleased to see our
friends and customers who may want anything
In the Furniture and Housekeeping line.


J.. GRIFFITH


T. GARRISON
Year: 1859

and examine the stock therein

 We have good assortment of BOOKS from which nearly every variety of taste select something to suit, and our prices will bu found satisfactory. We have Inauy friends and customers in Litchfeld County, and dcsrous of extending the circle. We think we can sell books on as good terms as can be obtained elsewhere to say the leust We buy on cash account and are satisfied with moderate profits. We prefer quick and, if possible large sales with small profits to the old fashion of heavy profits and restricted sales Give us a call.

 WILLIAM PATTON 43-6m -
Year: 1859

''But the joy of the world is gone from me;


/ see no beauty in field or tree;


The flower that bloomed in my path is crushed ;


The music that solaced my life is hushed."


Don't sing that sad song, young man
forget the "fower" that grew in the past,
and the thrilling music that bathed the BY
gone years in such foods of exquisite melo'
dy; and lifting thine eye from the darken-
ed spot where the flower used to bloom, and
closing thine ear to the music which was and
is not, resolutely face the future like mao
Why brood over the past? Why retrace the
once Aowery pathway of earlier life, and sigh
because the butterfly lives no longer there
or because time has drank up the fragrance
from the flowers, and left desert where an
Eden was? Throw Byron into the fire
wipe away those tears which have been wash
ing the rose tint from your cheeks-stop
writing about "blasted hopes" and singing
"Hours there were'-trample that little
miniature beneath your feet-burn that lock
of hair-do onything rather than surrender
your heart to the dark curse of bitter mem
ory. Does it do you any good to turn res
surrectionist of the past? Does it contribute
to your happiness to drag up from their
graves the woes and SORROWS of the long-ago,
Year: 1859

MELANCHOLY OCcURRENcE.-It is with feelings of
sorrow, says the Rockingham (vt.) Register, we re-
cord the death of little daughter of Harris Bate
man, of this county, occurring under the following
circumstances:


His little daughter, about II years old, went in
company with younger brother, to water the COW.
While they were out some childish difficulty arose
between them, when the brother struck her in the
temple with stone. She went to the house and
communicated the fact to domestic in the family and
requested her not to tell her mother lest she might
correct the little brother She went to her room and
slept until or in the evening, and when she awoke
she was speechless. Medical aid was called in, but
all to no purpose-she soon expired.
Year: 1859

SALT LAKE AS SEEN BY SACRA-
MENTAN-A former resident of Sacra-
mento, but more recently of Yolo, who
is now at Salt Lake, writes to friend
In this city, under date Of December 2Otn
as follows;


After passing, perhaps, through doz-
en- very respectable towns on the road,
l arrived in Great Salt Lake City. 1t is
a beautiful place. The houses have
the appearance of having been painted
lead color; although they are built of
adobies, they look like brick and are
very neat. The most of them have
beautiful yards and gardens attached,
and considerable attention has been
paid to the planting of fruit and other
trees. which adds much to the beauty of
the place. The city covers, perhaps,
some two or three miles square, with
buildings on every lot. The streets arc
very wide, and run at right angles
Among the buildings there are some
that will vie with any that you have,
either at Sacramento or San Francisco.
The conviction forces itself upon me
that. if this people is only let alone for
few years longer, they will astonish
the world with their wealth and magnif-
cence, for they are the most industrious
and enterprising people on the globe.
Whatever else the world may say OF
them, they certainly cannot charge
them with being an indolent people.
Year: 1859

CUTTING GRAFTs.-Scions for graft
ing can be cut at any time during the
winter OF spring, and if properly pre-
served; are in better condition than
when permitted to remain on the parent
tree until the buds have begun to swell.
If cut when the ground is frozen, they
can be preserved in the cellar in sand
slightly moistened occasionally; or if
the ground be not frozen, they can be
stuck two or three inches in the soil.
and left there in perfect safety until
needed.
Year: 1859

ARAB PRovERBs.-If your friend is
made of honey, do not eat him all up


Ifyou travel through the country of
the blind, be blind yourself.


Whenyo are the anvil, have patience;
when you are the hammer strike straight
and well.


Take counsel of one greater and ono
less than yourself, and afterwards form
your own opinion.
Year: 1859

Log Rolling has its origination from
the practice of the men of three or four
different camps of lumbermen in Maine,
uniting to help each other roll their
logs to the river, this being the most diff
fcult part Of their work.
Year: 1859

WHAT reason have we to believe
that Solomon was not so rich as he is
supposed to have been 2 because we
have the highest authority that he slept
with his forefathers, if he had been rich,
he would undoubtedly have had bed
of his own.
Year: 1859

~ An editor in Minnesota saws that
he was never happy but once in his
life, and that was on warm summer
day when he lay on the laps of two
blooming maidens, being famed by a
third, and kissed by all three.
Year: 1859

The San Francisco Dashaways have pre-
sented memorial to the Board Of Supervi-
sors asking for a supply of water in the prin
cipal streets of the city. They say that THEN
association numbers some twelve or fifteen
hundred and in the course of the summer
will probably increase to the number ofthret
or four Thousand men, whose purpose is t.
rid themselves and others Of the evils o. in
temperance, and thereby to become more
useful to themselves, to society, and to man
kind
Year: 1859

The report Of the San Francisco Hospital
Committee discloses the fuct that a large
number of the patients at the Hospital, some
OF whom were scarcely able to walk, were
taken to the polls ard made to vote the Gus
tom House or Weller ticket.
Year: 1859

SEVERAL instances of sluice robbing have
recently occurred in the vicinity of Colum-
bla. On one occasion, party supposed to
be Americans were fired upon while stealing
gold from sluices near the Philadelphia House.
On another occasion, Chinaman was shot
and severely wounded while robbing a claim
near Censonville
Year: 1859

SOUTHERN OPINIoN.-In referring to the Har-
pers Ferry affair, the Savannah (Ga.) RpuJiican
says:


The more we think of the unparalleled affair,
the further we become bewildered and lost in
amazement Their career was short but terri
bic one. Many valuable lives we are told have
been sacriced-a circumstance truly to be de-
plored. Like the ncighhoring population, we go
in for a summary vengeance. a terrible exam
pie should be made, that will stand out as bea-
con light in all time to come.


The more we think of it, the more we are of
opinion that more terrible example would be
afforded if Brown and his deluded followers
should receive death at the instance of a legal
and just tribunal. Summary vengeance sounds
badly in connection with the reasonable attempt
Of the llarper's Ferry insurgents The crime is
the highest known and recognized in the Amer-
can conederacy--deathm must follow. The lesson
will he mnch more terrible coming from and
sanctioned hy the law of the land.
Year: 1859

DECIDEDLY Coor~-To show the coolness of
Volcano people during the late fire, the Ledqer
tells of a man who carefully took a sash door
from the hinges, and exctedly threw it to the
ground, breaking all the glass another was
running off with a straw matrass, one end of
which was in blaze A lady was observed to
run with large mirror frame, from which the
glass was broken.