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Year: 1860

My neighbor Jones has a yoke of handsome grade Devons, that would be worth two hundred and fifty dol lars, if they were not breachy. A better pair of cattle for work cannot be found in town. But he can not keep them in any pasture upon his farm, though his fences are much bet ter than the average of our farmers. Last summer, they tore down seven rail fence and got into his rye, just be- fore 1t was ready for cutting, and des- troyed ten dollars worth of grain in single night. He found them so un- controllable in the pasture, that he had to put them in the stable for the rest of the season. He could not sell these oxen for a hundred and fifty dollars to any man that knew their character for jumping. This vicious propensity costs him at least a hun dred dollars, to say nothing of the crops they destroy when they get a chance.

 And this trick is altogether result of education, as much as lying or stealing is in boy. He bought them of a man who was too lazy to put up his fences in the spring, and uniform ly has that job to attend to all through the season. Sometimes the cattle were in the oats, sometimes in the clover, and again in the corn. Of course, they had to be driven out, and the gap was temporarily stopped.

 This vice of jumping and throwing down fences Is, almost without ex- ception, taught to cattle when they are young, by lazy and careless own CTS. Neglected fences are soon thrown down as the cattle rub against them, without any design on their part: They can not be blamed for their rub ping against every fence corner, for 1t is their nature If the fence falls, it is their first lesson, and they walk over triumphantly ly into the better feed in the next lot. Any animal of good sense puts the rubbing and the good bite together, and the next tempting feed over a fence creates a great itch ing of the skin, and this the second lesson. If the boys are too lazy to let down all the bars, so that the ami mals are compelled to jump over, they have a third ,esson. This is gener- ally enough to complete the education; but If the farmer gets desperate and puts on an additional rail every time they make a breach in the fence, the ambition of the animal generally rises with the height ofthe fence, and he be- comes an accomplished vaulter, that no fence can restrain. When once the lesson is taught, it becomes per- manent characteristic, and lowers the value of the animal for all purposes except beef. ltis worth while to bear this in mind at this season, when fem ces are repaired. The pastures es- pecially, that are designed for young cattle should be thoroughly secured. The want of half days work in the right spot, may be hundreds of dol lars damage to the young herd.- AmericGn Agriculturist.
Year: 1860

A correspondent of the Country Gentleman, writing from Clifton, c. w., gives the following receipt for cheap paint:

 l see in the Country Gentleman, an inquiry for q cheap paint. Enclosed is one l sent to the Niagara Nail, in January, which l know to be first rate.

 Take one Bushel of unslacked lime and slack it with cold water, when slacked add to it 20 lbs. of Spanish whiting, IT lbs. of salt and l2 lbs of sugar, strain this mixture through a wire sieve, and it will be fit for use after reducing with cold water. This is intended for the outside of build ings; or where 1t is exposed to the weather. In order to give a good color three coats are necessary on brick and two on wood It may be laid on with a brush simi- lar to whitwash. Each coat must have sufficient time to dry before the next is applied.

 For painting inside walls, take as before, one bushel of unslacked lime, 3 lbs. of sugar, , lbs, of salt, and pre- pare as above, and apply with a brush.

 l have used it on brick and find it well calculated to preserve them-it is far preferable to oil. Ihave used it on wood, and assure you that it will last longer on rough siding than oil paint will on planed siding or boards.

 You can make any color you please; if you wish straw color, use yellow ochre instead of whitening; for lemon color, ochre and chrome yellow; for lead and slate color, lampblack; for blue; indigo; green, chrome green These different kinds of paint will not cost more than one fourth as much as oil paints, including labor of putting on.
Year: 1860

To KEEP OFF EToEs.--Campbor is the most powerful agent to drive away musketoes. A camphor bag hung up in an open easement will prove an effectual barrier to their entrance Camphorated spirit applied as perfume to the face and hands will act as an eflectual preventative; but when bitten by them aromatic vinegar is the best antidote.
Year: 1860

TCHE Fall Session of this Institution

 \ will open on the first Monday of September next.

 La Grange Female College is located in the healthy and pleasant town of LA GRANGE. TENN, forty nine miles east of Memphis on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, three miles west of Grand Junction and is accessible by Railroad from all the surrounding States.
Year: 1860

LARGE AND ABUNDANT CROPs.-This sec
ton of country is certainly blessed this
year with the biggest crops ever made in
Indiana, and as our farmers will have plen-
ty of nloneyto spend this fall, we'would
advise them before they do it to come to
S. RosENwALD & Co, No 73 Main Street
between Second and Third, and see our
new stock, all of which has just been mao
ufactured by ourselves We can warrant
every article for durability and cheapness.
There is ne Clothing House in Evansville
that is able to hold ont such inducements
in Clothing "a we are, at the Oak Hall
Clothing House. 1t is your advantage to
come and see our stock, and rest assured
nothing will be left undone to secure your
custom.


Oct. 1st-tf. s ..E ....-.....
Year: 1860

FAYETTEsvILLE, Ark, Oct. 3.-The muir
derers of the two persons whose bodies were
found on the Mountain road between this
place and Van Buren, on the 23d ult., were
brought here last night. This morning a
large crowd collected and insisted upon
hanging the man at once, but by the repeat
ed efforts of some of our most influential
citizens the crowd was finally prevailed up
on to allow his captors to take him back to
the county in which he committed the deed.
1t is thought that he will be hung day or
Tomorrow. His wife is in custody as ac-
cessery to the deed.
Year: 1860

Trial of the Steam Fire EAgine.-The new


steam fire eLeine, Constructed for the city by
Ettenger x Edmond, was tried yesterday at


teruoor, on Maip street, near the 5, cond Bap-
tist Church. Quite a large crowd Assem- bied
to witness the novel experiment. Steam was
gotten up ia five or six minutes, and the ma
chine was Immediately set In operation A
powerful stream was elected down the street
through i inch nozzle; after which per-
pendicnlar stream was thrown upon the
steeple of the church. the engine pun ng and
stralDing as If she meant to conqaer or ex
plode her boiler in the effort when the hose
suddenly burst, scattering the water in every
direction and causing general stampede She
was then tried with an inch nozzle, and a
beautiful stream went up to the spire Of the
church, 100 feet from the ground. The ma.
chine was afterwards removed to the dock for
further trial. The Chief En- gineer and others
were in attendance TO witness the ex peIiments Is
Year: 1860

TOBACCO KILLED By FRosT-The effects Of
the lrosts of last week upon the ooacco crop
in Kentucky are stated To have been most dis
astrous, Involving the loss perhaps OF abou t
one-eight tn OF the crop in the tobacco. growi ing
region OF the southern portion OF the State
The Louisville Journal of the 18th says that
the effect of knowledge of this falling OF is
already apparent, aud an advance OF fully one
dollar per hundred was sustained in that city
on Tuesday upon all descriptions.
Year: 1860

SUDDEN DEATH.-Last Saturday week, man
named Lacyeliving near San Jose. took his gun and
went out for the purpose Of shooting ground squr-
rels. He took position upon the fence Of neigh
boring field, and sat there some time watching for
game. Suddenly he was seen to tumble off the
fence, and, as he did not get mp again, those who
saw him fall ran to his assistance Upon their ar
rival they found that the man had fallen upon his
head and breast, and was already quite dead As
deceased large, feshy man, it is believed that
he died from attack Of apOplexy.
Year: 1860

The excitement about the newly discovered silver
mines near Owens lake, is on the increase, Per.
sons are arriving, and after getting their outfit here
depart daily for the mines via Kern river. A party
There are about three hundred men at the mines
and about one hundred on the way there from
Visalia. Yesterday it was reported from reliable
source that in addition to the silver leads there had
been discovered gold-bcarng quartz that will pay
thousand dollars 20 the ton. Many Of the citizens
Of Visalia are leaving for the Mines Trade is brisk
and the town is full Of strangers their way to tho
mines.
Year: 1860

THE RuIN OF CoUNTRY.-The ruin Of a coun-
try is not the blight of corn-the weight and
impetuosty OF hail stones; II is not pestience
and famine. A few years, perhaps a single one,
will cover all traces Of such q calamity but
that country is too surely ruined in which
morals are lost irretrievably 10 the greater
part Of the rising generation.
Year: 1860

Two persons we're once dlsputing so loudly
on the subject of religion, that they awoke a
big dog which had been sleeping on the hearth
before them, and he forthwith barked most fu-
riously. An old divine present, who had been
quietly slipping bis tea while the disputants
were talking, gave the dog q kick, and exclsim-
ed. "Hold your tongue you silly brute you
know no more about Il than they do.n
Year: 1860

TIE Bell and Everett men are beginning to
stir themselves and are becoming quite noisy
and active. Last week they were canvassing
for funds to establish campaign paper at San
Francisco
Year: 1860

Law OF RETALTATIos.--A New York Justice
Of the Peace refused warrant for the arrest
of an injured young woman, who had struck
her faithless lover With . loaded cane, on the
ground that man who attempts TO break q
girls heart gives her the right TO break bis bead
Year: 1860

A CHAKGI.-The Iariposa Gazette says that
there was no celebration Of the Fourth in that place.
but in future the anniversary Of the Heenan and
SayeFs fight will be celebrated in its stead.
Year: 1860

ToADss- The MarysViIle Democrat says that a
large number Of toads were seen in locality in that
city the morning after the late heavy rain. Some
thought that they !eu with the rain.
Year: 1860

HORSE SHoTs-A peddler of cheap jewelry, in
Sierra county recently lost his horse by his revolver
exploding while he riding. He thought a robber
bad shot at him, aud on trg7ng TO hurTp his horse
the animal dropped dead.
Year: 1860

i an age remarkable for " wars. and r1Imors of
Il wars, Of intrigue and blood shed for good reas
oning and bad conduct, for sound rule. and corrupt
manners, when virtue fills our heads but vice our
hearts when those who would persuade that
they are quite sure Of heaven, appear to be in no
greater hurry to go there thnn others, but put on
the liyery OF the best masters only to serve the
worst in an age when modesfy herself is more
ashamed Of detection than Of delinquency when
independent Of principles which to depend and
free thinking not in thinking freely, but in being
free from thinking; in age when patriots will
hold anything but their tcngues-keep anything
but their words-lose nothing particularly except
their characters to improve such age must DC
dificult-to instruct such age must be danger
ous, In an age like this We call the attention of
he public to.
Year: 1860

II MIS- wonderful Machine is remarkable for the
i following properties which it is warranted to
possess. 1t does not wear the clothes, and never
breaks a button. 1t eeanses thoroughly the most
delicate clothing. and rinses clear 1t is very sim
pie very strong and durable, and can hardly get
out of repair 1t is light and portable, and when
not IN use takes than the common
wash tubs A common hand can with and
perfect safety to the clothing wash faster and bet
ter than four washerwomen can by hand.


This nnachiue has been greatly improved since
ie.'c, and Is now perfect 1t operates much
more easily, and weighs only between 60 and 20
pounds. all put up. aud when taken down-which
can be done in one fourth of minutes so light
thata child II years OF age can move it about.


Why all other Machines Fail
is because they rub only the surfaces Of the cloth,
taking it for granted that the clothes soiled
" upon the surface and that the dirt .i,ist be rub
5ed off one would clean board.


Washing By Hand is Wrong,
because the rubbing of the surface of the cloth is
wholly unnecessary and is great waste of strength
as well as great injury to the fabric.


OBSERVE that the cloth soiled is always soiled
through and through, and that it cannot be cleans
ed without being washed through and through.


Tie Reason schyM Metropolitan Succeeds
is because it forces the water powerfully through
the fabric, between the pestles. and the action of
the water displaced by the FOUNDER carries the
clothes from the outside to the centre of the tub.
presenting u continuous fresh surface of clothes
the action of the poundcr, thus washing every
portion of the clothes thoroughly and equally.


THE Time and Labor .Sared
is more than one half Washings which require
all day by hand, are by this Machine generally
done in less than one-half a day The clean
sing process is done in one fourth the time. The
cleansing rinsng and wriuging and hanging out
taken together, require less than onehaf the time
and no person possibly rinse as well by hand
az with this Machine. Very many persons say
that th, Machine i, if. for ~
alone.


Tile Durability Of Ills Machine.
is very great | don't see why it should not last
for ten or twenty years with only repairs of poun-
der and rope. which would be very trifling. The
whole cost Of repairs upon all the several hund-
red machines | have sold in the last two wears
taken together, don't amount to two dollars and
many of them have been in constant use in large
families


For sale by WARD IL SOUTIINAYD
Year: 1860

III d speech made on the floor Of the House d
Representatives the other day by Mr.. Farnsworth


Of Illinois, he inquired, " How will you divide the


Mississippi river if the Union be dissolved?' The


way 1t would be divided, in that disastrous event
| is plain cnough--the North would have the upper
| and the South the lower end of the great watery
1 thoroughfare which drains the heart of the CONT
| nent Bnt as river is not comparatively of much


use unless II has mouth, ii ID not surprising that
the representative of the Mississippi Valley State
| Of Illinois was somewhat solicitous I'd know how
the river would be divided-or how it could be
divided so that the rights which the Northern
States now have in its free navigation might be
secured to them beyond contingency of interrup.
ton. The Mississippi Is like tree growing up into
the midst Of the continent from its root at the
Gulf, and the wealth and prosperity Of the West
are the golden fruit cnging along its main trunk
and far-sprcading branches, and nourished BY the
nutrment OF foreign commercial connections
through Its mouth. Check the circulation Of its
sap Of trade at the root, and paralysis would
smite and the fruit would wither upon its topmost
branches.


This power Of cutting off the communication of
the Northern West with the outside world would
be the thumbscrew which the nation holding the
lower end Of the Mississippi could tighten or relax
at will and, this being felt by all that section the
watery cord Of the great river is one Of the strong
est bonds which binds together the large portion of
the union Immediately Interested. Should the
Union ever be separated, an American Sebastopol
and Gibraltar would be created at the lower and
upper limits of the domain Of tile South over the
waters Of the Mississippi and batteries would


rown thick along its shores, and defy the perilous
attenpt of itS oneninn by hostile fnrce A one


AZ ,'s as wen as the southern
Gnu Woula cohect great revenues on OF Northern
Year: 1860

ArrRorRIATE-The portraits of " John Brown !,
represent him sitting in red-velyet cushioned
char, holding copy of the New York Tribune in
his hand. There is an appropriateness about the
latter feature OF the picture that none dispute


The teachings of the New York Tribune probably
did much towards pushing him on from fanaticsm
to crime; and it is proper that the tool and the
teacher should be held in common remembrance,
Year: 1860

B@"We yesterday alluded to the fresh
editor of the Albany, Ia, Tribune, and re,
corded the fear that he would come to grief.
That he stands upon the verge of preCi.
pice, with determination to jump down
the abyss, there can be no doubt Read
what he has to say about the Democracy
poor, unfortunate devils that they should
ever have been born


To gain a victory, if they could, they
would arch over the gulf which separates
heaven from hell They would destroy the
splendid machinery of the first Republic on
the face of the globe They would sell
their birthright and yours tool


We point to the edi'or Of the Albany Tri-
bune as undoubted evidence that all the
fools are not dead.
Year: 1860

go, nv son-rememlHr that there is
right and wrong way"


Dr advice at the parting moment, but
they are words not spoken in vain. Little
did that mother think. living in that obscure
village on the Green hills in Vermont, when
she gave that youth he was going TO push out
into the wide world to try his fortune, with
what a taIsman she had surrounded him.
She had prayed long and earnestly for her
son she had invoked the choicest blessings
Of Heaven to rest upon him, and with tears
standing in her eyes, her last words were,
Go, my son-remembrr that there is
right and wrong way"


Virtually, in that one sentence her prayer
was answered In the temptations of city
life he was saved by those words. Years
after, when in foreign port, exposed TO
seductions which overcome all his COM
panions, the thought of his mothers voice,
There is a right and wrong way" gave
him strength 10 overcome, and he passed
through the ordeal unscathed. When in
the full tide of a successful business pursuit,
an opportunity was presented him, by
little ingenious trickery, as some would call
it, to make large amount OF money. The





temptation was strong, but he did not yield
to it.


81 was sorely tempted,' he said, "but my
mothers look, when she said .Remember
there is right way and wrong way was
continually before me, and did remember,
and was saved"


What picture is more interesting than
that of the young man leaving his country
home,-the home of his childhood and youth,
the scene Of all his early associations. leav
ING his parents, brothers and sisters, friends
and acquaintances, to go away TO the dis
tant city to embark in the voyage of life,
amid strangers Look at him! win he
succeed? VIII he shun temptation and
prosper in the world, or viii he, like hun
dreds and thousands before him, be drawn
away from the paths ofrectitude and virtue,
and 20 down in the maelstrom ofdissipation
and ruin? What time for serious refec-
ton! What events that will affect his des
tiny, not simply for the present life, but for
that which is TO come, are connected with
this leaving home,


Happy is the youth that has a mother,
who with a realizing sense of the dangers to
which he will he exposed, not only earnest
ly prays for him, but at the final scene inn
presses on his mind some brief and terse
sentence. that wherever he wandcrs he can
never forget.
Year: 1860

SMILES AND TEARS
The smiles that light some kindred face,
To cheer us when by sorrow bowed,
Are like the glory beams that chase


The darkness from the summer cloud.
Dear, radiant gleamings of the soul


The sunshine of affection's sky
They lift the heart from griefs control


And wipe the tears from sorrows eye.
The tear-drops on some kindred cheek,


When joy is mingled with despair,
On spirits gloom can lift and break


And leave joys light unclouded there;
Can lift and thrill the trembling heart


And soothe us in life's saddest hours,
And sparkle on the sou! as clear


As dews that sleep on fainting flowers.
Loves holy smile and PHYS tear,
Like angel footprints from the skiea,
They lift us DER the mortal sphere


And give US CLEANS of Paradise
o Smiles and Tears, by these alone,


Have we no higher rapture given
The heart might hope for glory's zone--.
The soul might wing its way to Heaven.
Year: 1860

forth and made faces at Great Barre,
whenever the clock struck the hour
of The day. This was what we were
engaged in making faces at
the South, and he didn't think j.
was very dlgnified, or that it would
result in much in the end (Great
and conlusion)
Year: 1860

In asbccch made by II. " Johnson,
the Douglas candidate for Vice Prcsidont,
in Philadelphia in 1856, he used the fol-
lowing language.


1--WE believe capital should own labor;
ia there any doubt that there must be "a
laboring class cvcrywhcrcl In all coun-
tries aud under every form of social or
ganiz1tion there must be a lahnring class
IA class OF men who ret their living by
the sweat of their brow; and then there
must be another class that CONTROLS and
directs the capital of the country"
This is the language Of the regular old
Federal oristocrocy Of the Hamilton
School, aud should consigu the author OF
il to everlasting inlamy. Just look at
t. lie takes the ground that the labor
ors Of the country whether black or white,
for he makes no distinction on account
of oolor-should be owned, body aud soul,
| by the blo0ted capitalists of the land
II is a burning insult to ask loboring
men 20 vote for such man. lie should
be consignedto everlasting inamy. lie is
unworthy Of the land that gave him birth,
and is a libel upon our free institutions.
Low indeed must the spirits Of laboring
men have fallen, il they can vote for such
a man. lie has cracked his whip over
the slaves of his plantation so long, that
he thinks the working men of the North
will be as patient under insult and injury
as they arc. II makes the checks of a
laboring man burn like fire to read such
n sent nee as the above. And the uu-
thor fit has the brazcn impudcncc tc
ask the loboring men of the country to
aid in clevating him to the next highest
office within the gilt Of the people. II
they do they deserve to be slaves. Every
one of them should cast their vote in
such way as will make even his thick
hide feel the chostisemout he so much
deserves.
Year: 1860

A MURDER DISCOVERED AFTER MANY YEARS


The Tazwell County (Va.) AdUocate says,
that some days ago, James r. Witten, while
exploring a cave on his place, near the head
of Clinch, discovered the remains of human
skeleton, and by them the skeleton of a
horse and portions of bride. Many years
ago, a peddler who was vending his wares on
horseback in the neighborhood, suddenly
disappeared, and was never more heard Of
disposed of by foul means, but no discovery
or Investigation threw any light on the sub
ject. No doubt these strangely associated
relics in SO strange place, point to the real
result that peddler and horse came to Their
death by simultaneous and improper means.
Year: 1860

BEAUTIFUL ATMOSPHERIC ILLUsIoN. - At
Chicago almost every day, when the sun is
at or near the meridian, and the sky clear. q
beautiful optical Illusion may be seen by look-
ing westward in any of the, east and, west
streets, where the. view is Uninterrupted for
a long distance. Remote objects, as horses
and vehicles, appear suspended in the air, or
loom upward to colossal proportions. The
illusion is produced by unequal refraction in
the lower strata of the atmosphere, and its
phases are occasionally very curious and in
terrestinR.
Year: 1860

d "A SENTIMENTAL ROMANCE SPoILED.-A man
walking along an alley one morning, in Chi
cago, saw a human band on the ground-a
delicate hand with tapering fingers, and
around the wrist silk ribbon. He was
wrapped il in silk handkerchief and sent
for aphysician. 1t was found that the wrist
was covered over with sealing-wax, and that
a young physician had dropped II from his
luggage, while moving the day before.