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Year: 1869

SAVE TIE AsmES.-Now that the
cold weather is approaching, we hope ev-
cry farmer will take care TO save all the
wood ashes that come from the fires of
the house. Ii tHuiv are any now ut hand,
put them around the fruit trees OF upon
the gardc.. They will serve a good pur-
puse in either place. Even coal ashes
are worth saving. They are good around
apple trees and upon the garden walks.


To SAVE GIRDLED TEGrs.-The
iSurlnton Free Press says gir'iled fruit
trees may be saved by the following pro
cess: Graft five OF six sclons, as large
around as pipe stem, and long enough
to reach over the girdie place into the
tree. First notch the live bark above
and below the girdle, then spring the
shoots or scions into these notches and
lasten the ends with wax. The princl-
pie Is, that the scions grow rpaidy and
spread over the girdled surface. Fruit
trees have been saved in this way that
had, apparently, been ruined by the
gnawing OF mice.
Year: 1869

branches of the civil service by legislation,
making capacity and integrity the sole tests Of
the fitness Of the applicant, and throwing COM
petition open 10 all.


Z" II there were no hope for speedy legislative
action, 1 am well aware that this statement
would be useless display OF an unpleasant sub
ject but the fact that public attention il already
directed to il, and that measures are pending III
Congress, designed 10 cure the acknowledged
evil, seems To make an -unreseTved declaration
OF the truth public duty."
Year: 1869

We long for the day when this


custom shall be obsolete. 1t is un-


becoming the truly sffllcted one. The


wearer says by the black garments


al have lost dear friend. ] sm in


deep sorrow" Bnt true grief does


not wish to parade itself before the


eye of the stranger; much less does


it assert its extent. The stricken


one naturally goes spart from the


world to pour out the tears. Real


afiiiction seeks privacy. 1t is not


respect to departed friends to say


we are in sorrow. II We have real
grief, it will be discovered. When
God has entered household in the
awful chastisement of death it is
time for religious meditation and
communion with God on the part of
the survivors. How sadly out of
place, then, are the milliner and the
dressmaker, the trying on of dresses,
and the trimming OF bonnets. There
is something profane in exciting
the vanity of young girl by fitting
q waist or trying on hat when the
corpse of q father is lying in an ad-
joining room. IL is sacrilege to
drag the widow from her grief to be
fitted for gown, or 20 select vail.
1t is often terribly oppressive to the
poor. The widow, lett d6solate,
with half dozen little children, the
family means already reduced by
the long sickness of the father, must
draw On her scanty purse to pay for
q new wardrobe for herself and child
rem, throsipg away the goodiy stock
of garments already prepared, when
she most likely know not where she
is to &c: bread for these little ones.
Truly may fashion be called tyrant,
whQn it robs a widow of her last dol
lar. Surely your sorrow will not be
questioned, even if you should not
call on the milliner to help display
it. Do not IN your affliction help
uphold custom which will turn the
of your poorer neighbor to
deeper poverty as well as SORROW
Year: 1869

TIE INFLUENCE OF MUsIC.-Luther,
in his writings, is frequently and fer
vently thankful for being enriched
with love of music He says :''lt
is one of the fairest and most glorious
gifts of God, to which Satan is a bit
ter enemy for it removes from the
heart the weight OF sorrow, and
the fascination of evil thoughts
Music is kind and gentle discipline ;
it refines the passions, and improves
the understanding. Those who love
music are honest and gentle in their
tempers.' This latter assertion is
not true in these days of professional
musicians but then, those who live
by music do not necessarily love it,
so that Luther may be correct after
all.
Year: 1869

AS long as fifteen years ago We


warned the public, and especially far


mers, against the lightning-rod swind-


lers who travel the country aud impose


their bogus work upon thoughtless


or credulCus people. We had visi,


from them here in Germantown, and


we at once discovered the shameless


imposition, and took the first oppor-
tunity of exposing it in our columns
The principal operator called upon
us to get a job. We examined his
points, and found that, while very
fair and nice-looking one was carried
about with him as q sample, those
put on his rods were nothing but
zinc, and taking 4 knife we cut q
chip out OF it before his eyes. We
told him that if he did not leave the
place in two hours he should be ar
rested. He went.


But it was not simply the points
that were worthless in this case,
though their reliability is of the
utmost importance the rod itself
was a mere pretense. The pieces
appeared to screw into n box, but
they merely hung together and did
not meet for Il tpll inch, and these
screw-bOXes were also nade of zinc !


Latterly lIgh,ning-rod 1nen have
been operating III some OF the inte-
rior counties OF this State, in which
they are charged with swindling in
another form, to-wit: in obtaining
two or three prices for their work
by species OF dodge which they
have manipulated into y system.-
Nothing is said about the acorE they
do, and to this we would call atten-
ton at once. We doubt if any vi il
would stand 4 trial or be any protec-
tion against lightning.


The best way is 10 employ only
weILknOwn establishments t. put up
lightning-rOds. a good blacksmith,
after Obtaining platinum point, will
make and put up point equal to the
best. TIE booking together of the
pieces of rod is perhaps the safest
plan, and the lower extremity planted
at least three feet in the ground,
where it should be fastened to a broad
bar of iron, on which heavy stones
should be placed; or what is better.
a strong iron spring should be so
posted as TO keep the rod taught
Glass is wholly useless about q
for when wet it is as
good a conductor as any other sub
stance.


A cheap lightning-rod, be it re-
membered, is of no benefit at all
hence when a person is anxious to
be protected against this destructive
fluid he must make up his mind to
pay a fair price for first-class rod
as We have said, nobody can make
a better rod than good blacksmith,
if he is told what is wanted, pro-
curing for him the best ''point"
which is to be mad in all our large
-Geraaontoun TeJegraDh
Year: 1869

TuARE haint been bug yet made
in vain, nor one that warnt a good
job; there is over lots of human men
loafing around blacksmith shops and
cider-mills, all over the country, that
don't seem to be necessary for any
thing but to beg plug-tobacco and
swear, and steal watermelons, bat
WI let the cholera break out once,
and then yu will see the wisdom of
having jist sich men laying around;
they help count.
Year: 1869

With certain limitations, it is true
that man who cannot save margin
from 4 small income will never save
anything from a large one. Wants
are always more plentiful than dol
lars. The habit of self denial is
rather more easily cultivated when
the means for supplying them are
limited than when more ample means
have created new tastes and desires.
Therefore. if you would grow rich
you must begin to acquire A single
dollar saved is is often q larger pro-
portion of actual necessities, than the
thousands your rich neighbor places
in bank. 4 dollar saved at twenty
will count as much as sixteen saved
at sixty. Many young men spend as
much in cigars alone, between the
ages OF fifteen andt twenty-five, sums
OF money which, ii properly invested,
would accumulate TO an amount, by
the time they reach fifty years, ample
to meet the necessities OF age, and
render them independent for the re-
mainder OF their days.
Year: 1869

Having made large additions to our establish
ment in the shape Of material of the latest
style and having employed experienced and
orders for every variety of PLAIN AND FANCY
joB PRINTING with neatness and Dispatch
The addition of Steam Power TO our establish
mont affords us great advantages over most
country offices in the way of low prices and
fa,t work Call with US, and be convinced.
Year: 1869

Have been in use 81 years, and are daily per-
forming wonderful cures. In many instances
where patients were unable to walk upright
or to rise without assistance, they have been
relieved by a single dose.
Year: 1869

Every one who takes a newspaper which
he in the least degree appreciates, will often
regret to see number thrown aside for waste
paper which contains some interesting and i'm
portant article. a good way to preserve these
is in the use of scrap book. One who has
never been accustomed thus to preserve short
articles, can hardly estimate the pleasure it
affords to sit down and turn over the pleasant
familiar pages Here a short piece of poetry
meets the eye, which you remember you were
SO glad to see in the paper, but which would
longsinc have been destroyed had it not been
for your scrap book There is witty anec-
dote, it does you good to laugh over yet though
for the twentieth time. Next is your valuable
receipt you had almost forgotten, and which
you had found just in time to save you much
perplexity. There is sweet little story, the
memory of which has cheered aud encouraged,
you many a time, when almost ready to despair
under the pressure of lifes cares and trials.
Indeed, you can hardly take up a single paper
without reperusing. Just glance over the
page before you, and see how many items it
contains that would have been of service to
you hundred times in life. A choice thought
is far more precious than a bit of glittering
gold. Hoard with care the precious gems
and see at the close of a year what rich
treasure you have accumulated.
Year: 1869

A TRrLLIoN.-This is simple word, but
it includes good many unities. A person
who had commenced counting at the creation
and had been miraculously allowed to con-
tinue his task would not have reached the
number yet by a very considerable margin,
because triIion of seconds is about thirty.
two thousand years. A little calculation of
this sort sometimes renders a man better able
to appreciate what short space of time he
is allowed to live in this sublunary space, and
what an exceedingly long period eternity is
compared with it. He will also understand
that few thousand dollars one way or the
other make very little difference to him, pro-
viding he is able to get enough sleep and
three meals day regularly and can run up
a small credit account against mankind for a
number of kind services rendered here and
there along his brief journey.
Year: 1869

RP GEN. WICKHAM denies the story of
his shedding tears" &c, when he saw the
United States flag on any battlefield during
the late war. He adds this however,:


During and since the war, l have often
said to those with whom | was on terms of
friendship that never saw the U. S. flag even
when approaching me in battle, that I did
not feel arising those emotions of regard for
it that it had been wont to inspire.


"I have in like manner said that one of the
most painful sights l had ever seen was on
the night of the first battle of Manassas, when
I saw an officer trailing the flag in the dust
before regiment in line.


And further, in like manner that there
was no day during the war on which 1 would
not have hailed with pleasure an announce
ment of the restoration of peace and Union" "
Year: 1869

SATURDAY NIGHT Somebody gets off
the following beautiful paragraph on the clos
ing night of the week. There is volume
of truth in it:


Saturday night makes the people human.
sets their hearts to beating softly, as they
used to do before the world turned them into
war drums and Jared them to pieces with
tattoos The ledger closes with clash the
iron door vaults come to with bang; up go
the shutters with a will click goes the key
in the lock. 1t is Saturday night, and bust
ness breathes free again. Homeward ho y
The door that has been ajar all week gently
closes behind him; the world is shut out
Shut out? Shut in, then, rather. Here are
his treasures after all, not in the book-save
the old family Bible-and not in the bank.
May be you are bachelor, frosty and forty
Then poor fellow Saturday night is nothing
to you, just as you are nothing to anybody.
Get wife, blue eyed or black eyed, but
above all true eyed; get little home, no
matter how little, and little sofa, just to
hold two or two and half, and then get the
two or two and a half in it of Saturday
night, and then read this paragraph by the
light of courage.
Year: 1869

A clergyman and one of the elderly
parishioners were walking home from meeting
one frosty day, when the old gentleman slip
ped and fell upon his back The minister, on
being assured that he was not hurt, said to
him: "My friend, sinners stand on slippery
places" The old gentleman looked up, as if
to assure himself of the fact, and replied -
s.Yes, l see they do, but I can't"
Year: 1869

"A writer beautifully remarks that
mans mother is the representative of his
Maker Misfortune and mere crime set no
barries between her and her son. While his
mother lives. man has one friend on earth
who will not desert him when he is needy
Her affection flows from pure fountain, and
ceases only at the ocean Of eternity.
Year: 1869




law, for its consideration toward the fair sa~
OH matter of SO mnch delicacy as question
of age betokens extreme civility. When this
wore away the Roman law was so civil as to
regard them as infants till they were five-and
twenty-which was meeting the ladies hall
way by treating them as little iDnocents fol
the nrst quarter of century of their previous
exstenees.


Land means anything substantial, but It
don't mean substantial dinner-tenemept
means anything that can be holden. though
1t don't mean woman's tongue, which the
owner can hold sometimes.


Some conditions are void: First, If thev are
impossible; as, il an estate be given to Lord
Brougham, on condition that he keeps him.
self out OF mischief. This would be clearly
an impossible condition and Brougham would
have the estate.


Every man may appear by his attorney, ex-
cept an idiot, who must appear In person, for
the law regards an idiot as one who Is natur-
ally qualified to enter personally into a law
suit.


Counsel guilty of practicing deceit are pur-
shable by sentence of perpetual silence In
the courts; but there are some counsel who
are doomed to perpetual silence by their ut
ter briefessness. These unfortunate indi-
viduals, so far from practicing deceit, are MT
terly precluded from practice OF any kind.


Nuisances are OF various kinds; for in
stance, it is a dreadful nuisance to meet a
mad bull in cul de sac; and, indeed, this Is
nuisance which might affect ones corporeal
hereditaments.


The policy of Alfred was to bring the law
home to every mans door, but the policy OF
every man ought to be to keep his door shut,
and on no account let the law in If he can
help it.


What an attorney is, everybody who has
got an attorney will no doubt be aware, but
those who are ignorant on the point may feel
assured that ignorance is unquestionably
bliss, at least in this instance. We, however,
are far from intending to stigmatize all attor-
neys as bad-and the race of roeuish lawyers
would soon be extinct il roguish clients aid
not raise demand for them. No man need
have knave for his attorney unless he
chooses; andwhen he goes by preference to a
rosuish lawyer, it must be presumed that he
has his own reasons for not trusting his af-
fairs to an honest one.
Year: 1869

THE economy of the Augusta Democratic city
government is characteristic. The amount Of
money required by law to be raised for the
support of schools was not raised and so the
city loses its share OF the State school fund.
Democrats know well enough what reduces
their vote.
Year: 1869

VthE two story brick house 5s Clark st, with 1000
good cellar, cistern and well that is never dry CON


venlent for one or two families. Must be sold i'm
mediatey Apply at Exchange st or at the house
Year: 1869

with his friend! How many foolish bar
gains have been made under the influ-
enee of the 'nervin, which tempOrari-
ly makes its victim think he is rich.
How many important chances have
been put OFF until tomorrow, and
then forever, because the wine cup
has thrown the system into q state Of
lassitude, neutralizing the energies so
essential to success in business. Verify
"wine is a mOcker." The use of in
-toxicating drinks as beverage, is as
much an infatuatiOn, as is the smO-
king of opium by the Chinese, and
the former is quite as destructive TO
the success Of the business man as the
latter. It is an unmitigated evil, ut
terly indefensible in the light of phi
losOphy, religion, or good sense, Il is
the parent of nearly every other evil
in our country y.-St1IGgLes and Tri-
IIn9phs.
Year: 1869

Work kcommeneestO-day on a switch
from the main track Of the M. p. R.
T., In kearney to a point on the bar
above the levee, for the purpose Of
transporting material more cOnven-
ientfy to the main lide. The work IS
to be completed by the 18th inst, at
which time the labor Of laying iron
will be going forward at Rs rapid q
pace as men and money can DO it,
Chronicle.
Year: 1869

riage, wrapping his form closely in the
thick folds Of the cloak. and induced him
to swallow some wine which had not been
forgotten. The lad obsyed these direc-
tions very passivcly, then settled back in
q sort Of listless stupor of despair. And
thus he was borne back again to the arms
of his almost broken hearted mother.
Year: 1869

MORAL fNFLUENcE.-The influence of a
good example is far reaching, for, as con
temporary says, our experiences and conflicts
with the world lead US at times to indulge
misanthr6pic sentiments, and charge all men
with selfish and impure motives. The play
of pride, prejudice and passion, and the ca
gerness manifested by the great majority Of
men to advance their own interests, often at
the expense of others, and in violation OF
the golden rule, cause us to look with sus-
picion on the best intents of others. AFRO
gance, hypocrisy, treachery and violence,
every day outrage justice till We are almost
disposed to disSrust human nature and be-
come discouraged. But amid all that is sad
and disheartening in this busy and noisy
world, now and then there is presented to US
a life of such uniform virtue, that We recos-
nize in it character that brings hope for
the perfect development and ultimate regen-
Grafton of our race. Such characters are
precious. and such examples should be held
up to the world for its admiration and imi-
tation; they should be snatched from obliv-
icn and treasured in the hearts and thoughts
of all who are in process of forming habits
and maturing character.
Year: 1869

REsF.-Rest! How sweet the sound. Il


is melody to my ears. 1t lies a reviving cor
dial at my heart, and from thence sends forth
lively spirits, which heats through all the
pulses of my soul. Rest Not as the stone
that rests on the earth, nor as this flesh shall


rest in the grave. nor such rest as the eter-
nal world desires. o, blessed rest ! where
we rest day and night, saying, Holy, Holy,
Holy, Lord God Almighty where we shall
rest from sin, but not from worship, from
suffering and sorrow, but not from joy. O,
blessed day when shall rest in the bosom
of my Lord when | shall rest in knowing,
loving, rejoicing and praisfng when my
perfect soul and body shall together enjoy
the most perfect God when God, who is
Love itself, shall perfectly love me, and rest
in his love to me, as rest in my love to him !;
and rejoice over me with joy, and JOY over
me with singing, as shall rejoice in him !
Year: 1869

FEMALE CoMPANY.-How often have We
seen company of men, who were disposed
to be rfotous, checked all at once into de
cency by the accidental entrance of an ami
able woman; while her good sense and o
bligiug department charmed them at least
into temp orary conviction that there is
nothing so beautiful as female excellence,
nothing SO delightful as female conversation.
To form the manners of men, nothing con
tributes so much as the caste of the women
they converse with. Those who are most
associated with women of virtue and under
standing, will be always found the mos,
amiable characters. Such society, beyond
everything else, rubs off the protTusions
that give to many an ungracious roughness
1t produces polish more perfect and more
pleasant than tha; which is received from a
general commerce with the world The
last is often specious, but commonly super
fetal the other is the result of gentler
feelings. and a more elegant humanity; the
heart, itself, is moulded, and habits of un-
dissembled courtesy are formed.
Year: 1869

MUSINGS. oh, how sad is our heart, as
We think of the days OF long ago-of the
friends and loved ones of other years We
have confidence that they still live and love
that they remember US in the earth scenes
of the past-that they have gone into the
higher spheres and are in more beautiful
and purer home of love than ours but We
are lonely because they are no longer by our
side, as of yore,-bccause we see them only
in memory's mirror, or on The album sa-
eyed page. Sadness comes oyer our heart,
when we remember their sufferings and
their departure from earth. Oh, how hard
that parting-that giving up Of home and
friends-not alone by US who live, but by
the departed themselves Life and loyec
ones were dear to them-the future all un
tried, unknown-yet trey died in hope
with trust in God, through our Lord Jesu.
Christ


We would not recall their souls to earth
to pass through all its scenes of woe again
but we can not, would not forget them, anC
our heart yearns for their companionshir
once more. Memory recalls the past. Love
still lives in the heart Its vestal fame
still burns warm and bright on that sacred
alter of the soul