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Year: 1861

"a young fellow residing in one o,
the tobacco growing counties of Vir
Slnia, made his first visit to the capi
tai of the "Old Dominion" for III.
purpose of selling his crop, seeing the
sights and rubbing off the rus,
which his backwoods fetching up
had thrown upon his manners. He
reached Richmond about the middle
OF the afternoon. and was fortunate
LIZ selling his crop at an advanta seouS
rate, and almost immediately. Meet
ing an old acquaintance-one who
had lived in the city long enough to
know its ways-he was advised to
take up his lodgings at the crack
house Of the Place, and thither he at
once went, bag and baggage. just
before dinner, his city friend called
upon him, and found him comforta-
bly, located in room lust at the head
OF the first stairs. 1t was close upon
dinner time.


"Suppose we take something to
start an appetite" said the chap who
had just come down.


agreed" rejoined the city friend,
" a glass of Wine and bitters for me"


Lets 60 down and get it--dinner
is almost ready" continued the tobac-



We might as we'll have it up
here was the rejoinder.


Good luck-but how are we to
call them ?"


"Ring that bell"


What bell 2"


Sc Pull that rope there.


The young fellow laid hold of the
rope and gave it jerk, and just at
that moment the gong sounded for
dinner. Never had he heard such a
sound before, and the rumbling crash
came upon his ear with a report that
him. He staggered back
Year: 1861

A CTION BROUGHT IN THE DISTRICT
n Court of the Ninth Judicial District of the
State of California, in and for the County OF
Trinity and the complaint filed in said County
of Trinity, in the office of the Clerk of said Dis
trict Court.


The People of the State Of California, sesd greeting


10 JACOB MYERS, Defendant:


You are hereby required to appear in en- action
brought against you by the above named plain
tiff in the District Court of the Ninth Judicial
District of the State of California in and for the
County of Trinity, and to answer the complaint
filed therein, "a copy of which accompanies this
Summons) within ten days, exclusive of the day
OF service) after the service on you of this Sum
moEs-if served within this county or, If served
out Of this county, but within this Judicial Dis
trct within twenty days or if served out OF
said District, then within forty days-or Judgment
by default will be taken against you according
to the prayer of said complaint.


The said action is brought to obtain decree
dissolving the marriage between you and the said
plaintiff and claiming divorce from you, on the
ground of extreme cruelty and other acts, men
toned in complaint, etc, and that the plaintiff be
declared the legal guardian of her infant child,
during its minority, and for costs of suit, etc.


And you are hereby notified, that If you fail
to appear and answer the said complaint as above
required, the said plaintiff will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said complaint.
The foregoing Summons is published by order OF
said Court.


Given under my hand and the seal Of the Dis
trict Court of the Ninth Judicial District of the
State of California, in and for the county of
Trinity, this oath day of April, A. d., 1861.


[I.sl NJ f. GRIFFIN, Clerk.


PIrzER & STUART, Pltf7s Att 'ys. Is.
Year: 1861

Our last nights dispatches develop an
o:her paric and fight in the rebel army,
In the first instance, large number were
greatly frightened, and in the fight, six or
eight rcbelS were killed.
Year: 1861

CARE OF SwINE.-Early in the spring
swine should have run to grass, and
early | say in order to get the first bite
while the grass is short, as they will not
gorge themselves; which if delayed until
the grass or clover gets up to a good
growth they will certainly do, and cause
what is termed by farmers scours or diar-
rhma; which if allowed to continue many
DAYS will cause inevitable death. At this
time of the year swine are very liable to
this disease. or more dangerous one, hog
cholera. The first thing to be attended to
is a prevention; and with swine consider
the old axiom, An ounce OF prevention
Is worth one pound ot cure very express
sive especially in this disease (diarrh9a)
as it mostly depends upon feeding and
management. 4 rush Of feed from a
scantv allowance will almost always cause
or create this disease, especially in con-
nection with green food. Our first duty
is to provide dry sleeping apartment for
our hogs free from all dampnes,; it is not
so essential that they should have much
nest. or straw at this time Of the season,
but free from all dampneSs for this is one
great cause of this disease. The next
thing to be considered Is. regularity in
feeding both a regards time and quantity
If YOU wish to increase the allowance. do
50 with caution, increasing gradually not
by rushing one day and negIectin@ the
next. II at any time YOU should discover
any symptoms (which are loo,eness. gaunt-
ness. gradual loss OF appetite >macking
IT. Jaw, over the trough or mess. drop
ping iGo tail, gIas~y eyes. &c.,) you must
have recourse 10 medicine. In it, first
stage. = niiclp warm milk with a half tea-
spoonful OF black pepper and one-hah d
tea-cuptul OF burnt whea; @yUr viii. in
most cases cure; but in advanced cases we
must resort 10 something stronger At
thi, stage We must expect 10 Use force In
order to drench. throw the hog on his
back. and have TWO slipping-nooses ready
and slip them on each Jaw and pull them
apart and pour in the following prescrip-
ton, but never use force a, long a they
will eat.


TAX Chalk, one ounce; Japan Earth,
ene-half ounce: Ginger, TWO drachms:
Opium, one-halt drachm,-mixed and dis
solved in one pint of scalded milk. One
ounce OF this mixture twice per day in
connection with dry food, Is a dose for a
common sized hog. By all means avoid
green food while giving medicne-Am.
Stock .J0urn0I.
Year: 1861

The EARTH.-The hollow ball on
which We live contains within itself the
elements OF its own destruction. Within
the outer crust-the cool temperature of
which supports animal and vegetable life,
and solidiGes the stone, coal, and metallic
ores 50 important to our well-belng-there
exists a mass of fluid igneous matter
Some Of this matter occasionally escapes
through the mouth of a volcano, or makes
its presence felt by an earthquake; but
neither the earthquake nor the volcano
are necessary to prove that fire exists in
the earth At the depth of 2480 yards,
water boils lead melts at the depth Of
8400 yards There is a red heat at the
depth of seven miles, and if we adopt the
temperature as calculated by Morveau's
corrected scale of Wedgeworths pyrome-
ter, we find that the earth is fluid at the
depth of one hundred miles.
Year: 1861

To CURE CHICKENS OF THE GAPEs.
This destructive disease to poultry Is
caused by small worms inside Of the wind
pipe.


Tie Remedy,-Take one dropof spirits
of turpentine, mix it with seven drops Of
new milk, give this to the chickens with
a spoon it will soon kill the worms: and
they will be thrown out Of the windpipe:
Keep the chicken in warm place, and
when it begins 10 revive give it little
Indian meal mixed with milk to strength
en- it. If one dose does not cure in five
hours. give it a second dose Of the same
quantity.


One dose will generally cure. 1t is Il
certain remedy, and is Of great value to
the agricultural community.-FormeT q
Gardener.
Year: 1861

The Scientific American. in noticing a
new patent bier for lowering cotiins into
graves, indulges in the following strain in
reference to patents -


The life Of this age, most assuredly,
moves on patent inventions. The infant
is wrapped in linen which has been wo-
ven on patent loom. from yarn spun up
on patent frame, and he draws his first
drop of nourishment from his mothers
breast through a patent nipple shield
The girl fondle, q patent doll, the boy
whrls " patent top; or plays with ball
which Is made under one OF the most valu-
able patents of the age. In later life we
put on a French yoke shirt, which. with
the rest Of our clothes, IS sewed on pa
tent machine with q patent thread, by a
patent needle. which comes enveloped in
patent wrapper and our very boots are
made Of patent leather. We rise in the
morning from patent elliptic spring bed,
undo the patent fastening Of our windows,
roll up our patent curtains, open the pa
tent locks OF our doors, which were con-
structcd by patent machinery. and 90
down to our coffee, which is made in a
patent Old Dominion pot We write with
one Of Morton's patent pens, which we dip
into patent ink i'll patent stand. Thus.
surrounded by patents, We pass our life,
which is filed with gorgeous dreams of
making a splendid fortune by some patent
invention of our own. ill at last we are
placed in q patent burial case and lower
ed from patent bier into our final place
OF rest.


DoDoING \ HATTER.-.An individual
purchased a hat in shop kept by
tradesman by the name of Dodgion. The
article was got in the absence of the pro-
prietor, and the purchas ser left the shop,
entirely forgetting (by mistake of course,)
10 pay for the aforesaid tile The trades
man, upon hearing the facts, started after
him, in hot pursuit of the delinquent. Up
on overhauling him, the following scene
occurred


See here, sir, I wish to speak with
you


Move on


i am Dodgion, the halter.


That's my fix


4 tell you / am Dodgion, the halter


80 am I'm dodgin' the halter too
and very likely we are both of us dodgin'
the same chap


The scene ended with a striking tab
leau; in which Mr.. Diddler found himself
considerably mixed up with Dodgion, the
halter.
Year: 1861

y CURIOUS EXrERHEST.-Take a
round piece of pasteboard (or any other
shape.) and insert it in quill open at
both ends, and lay this on another piece
Of pasteboord Of the same shape, in which
is stuck 4 pin, 50 that the pin will enter
the quill Blow through the quill as
hard as you may, but the lower piece can
not be blown OFF.


A common spool, such as is used for
sewing cotton, forms suitable apparatus
for trying this wonderful experiment.
Take a bit Of smooth writing paper a
little larger than the head of the spool,
and run pin through the paper and into
the bore of the spool. Now, by blowing
down it will be found impossible to blow
the paper off: By observing closely, it
will be seen that the paper does not quite
touch the head of the spool. 1t is, of
course, necessary to hold the paper up
with the hand until you begin to blow.


The explanation is this : When the
currents of air are established, radiating
from the central tube horizontally between
the disk and the paper, the greater area
of the disk as compared with that Of the
tube causes the air above the paper to be
rarifed, when the pressure of the air@ be
low, not being counterbalanced, holds the
paper up. The pin acts as an anchor to
prevent the paper from being blown
away horizontally. .-.Scjent!fc 1nser|cam.
Year: 1861

SHERIDAN AND THE BOOTs.-He had
always taste for the art Of duping, and
he began early in life-soon after leaving
Harrow. He was spending a few days at
Bristol, and wanted a pair of new boots,
but could not afford to pay for them
Shortly before he left he called on two


bootmakers, and ordered of each a pair,
promising payment on delivery. He fix
ed the morning of his departure for the
radesman to send in their goods. When
the fir. arrived T.. tried on the boots ana
Year: 1861

CAvoCE's WORKING CArAcIrr.-In
a sketch OF Count Cavour'- life. the New
York Evening Post says -


He possessed. moreover, one clement
Of success without which these mental
riches, a. W adly see every day in other
men OF genius, would have been Of little
Use TO him. He wa- henLhy Up to the
period Of h- last lines, he had hardly
known day Of indisposition. His fru-
gality was almost as famous a that Of
Garibaldi. and his capacity for .ieepless
work worthy to BE- compared with that of
Napoleon the First, or Palmerston. His
habitual quautum of sleep was but four
hours a day. We may understand the
strength Of hi constitution. when we
learn that. after six successive bleedings
for the removal Of the congestion which
finally proved fatal, he had 20 little idea
Of his peril as 10 call hi= ministerial col
leagues to his bed. and hold with them
conference Of several hours upon the mat
ters Of the realm"
Year: 1861

complained that tha for the right foot
pinched a little, and ordered Crispen to
take it back and stretch it, and bring it
again at nine the mex morning. The Sc
cond arrived soon after, and this time it
was the boot for the left foot which pinch
ed. Same complaint; same order given;
each had taken away only the pinching
boot, and left the other behind. The
same afternoon Sheridan left in his new


boots 70 rtown, and when the two ghoema-
kers called at nine n ext day, each with a
boot IN his hand; we can imagine their
disgust at finding he ow neatly they had
been duped.
Year: 1861

Sow BARLEY AND BUCkwHEAT.-
Buckwheat need not be sown until Ju-
ly, but barley usually succeeds well when
sown early in June. Besides. barley
forms a pretty good substitute for wheat.
in case that crop is cut of, or l. in de-
mand at extra prices. Who i not fond of
a good. light, warm barley loaf-and OF
buckwheat cakes How would il work to
have barley. buckwheat, and garden
truck enough to about support the family
from six to ten months, and sell all the
wheat and corn, and most OF the beans.
and pay up the debts on the farm. and at
the stores, this year
Year: 1861

Robert Brand, Esq, Mayor of Galena, in
a report to citizens meeting, touching his
duties in connection with tho wounded men
of Company l, Nineteenth Regiment, at
the late disaster on the Ohio and Mississip-
pi Railroad, thus speaks of the noble con
duct of Madame Turchin, the Coloners wife.
on that mornful occasion:


"Tbis report would be incorrect were /
to omit the names of Colonel Turchip and
his heroic wife; to the Colonel, for his care
and attention in providing for his soldiers
and the facilities he extended in the per
tormance of my sad duties to the dead
But to hear the wounded men speak of the
heroic conduct of the brave Mrs. Turchin
When the accident occurred-when the
dead, dying and mutilated laid in one mass
of ruin--when the bravest heart was an
palled, and all was dismay, this brave wo
man was in the water rescuing the mapelec
and the wounded from watery grave. auC
tearing from her person every available
piece OF clothing as bandages for the wound
ed-proves beyond all question that she /,
not only the right woman in the riehtplace
but tit consort for the brave Tnrchin IA
leading the gallant sons Of Illinois to bat,
tie. Such misfortunes bring forth heroic
women, whose services may be frequently
needed if this fratricidal war shall continue
to the bitter end" p T'.'7 z
Year: 1861

serf already colonized ard eufrsnchis.d will paw
TO the treasury an interest Of sta or seven and a
half per cent until the extinc ION IF the debt


The second group comprises ali the serfs pay
ing the obrok or annual tax. FIVE hundred thou
sand of whom will be bought, annually. by the
government. A yearly issue OF thirty five mil
lions OF dollars in government scrip will be d vo-
ted to that purpose. An annual interest of sev-
Ell and half per cent. upon each serf valued
from eighty TO one hundred dollars apiece, will
be paid by the peasant himself for the reimburse
ment of this amount.


Each serf established upon private property
or settled in villages vii have the right to pur
chase his cottage aud enclosure BY means OF
graduated manual labor, or of a payment in pro-
duce or money.


The third group contains the serfs liable la
three days labor per week According to the
Imperial decree this kind Of labor will be reduced
to two days, with privilege for the Peasant TO
purchase his freedom, at stated price, till he be
included in the annual purchase made by the
gov Vernmeut, in which Case he will be taxed tor
the payment of the interest of the mouev
ployed in his purchase.


The fourth group comprises the domestic SER
wants. to which the government has made the
Same proposition made that made to the pea
santry, ard will be eifranchi-ed witnin two years
from the time the decree will be promulgated.
Year: 1861

In responding to my nomination by your


representatives. in Convention at Columbus
on the 9th inst Intelligence Of which has


this day been officially communicated 10 me,
and in tho acceptance Of the same, it is meet
that should express 10 you my sense Of
the obligation which this high honor confors.
Language fails me in this attempt, as ! can
conceive of no moro distinguished mark of
your confidence at this critical junctuTe,
veuton Of representatives assembled from
all parts of tho State, rejecting the sent-
ments of all political parties, as we'll as OF
the highest interest and most important con-
Germs involved in what may with truth be
termed a struggle for our national existence.


Believe me when assure you fully ap-
preciate the vast responsibility attached 10
the position of Chief Magistrate Of our State
at this critical period in it's affairs, and duly
Year: 1861




The following order has just been pro-
mulgatod


uEApoUARTERs ARMY OF THE PoToMAc,


WAsHINGToy, Sept. 7, 1861.


GESERAL ORDER No. The Major Gene-
raj commanding desires and requests that
in future there may be more pefeetrespect
for the Sabbath on the part of his command.
We arc fighting in a holy. cause, and should
endeavor to deserve the benign favor of the
Creator. Unless in case Of an attack by the
enemy OF some other extreme military ne
cessity, il is commanded to commanding Of
fccrs that all work shall be suspended on.
the Sabbath that no unnecessary move
meuts shall be made on that day that the
men, as far as possible, shall be permitted
to rest from their labors that they shall at
tend Divine service after the customary
morning inspection and that officers and
men alike, use their influence to insure the
utmost decorum and quiet ON that day. The
General commanding regards this as no idle
form. One days restjs reeessary for man
and animals more than this the Observance
of the holy day Of the God of mercy and
battles is our sacred duty.


GEO. b, McCLElLAN.
Major General Commanding.
Year: 1861

To PREVENT Tools FROM RUsTING.-Thou-
sands of dollars are lost each year by the rust
ing of plows, hoes, shovels, &c. Some of this
might be prevented by the application of lard
and rosin to all steel or iron implements.
Take three times much weight of hard as
rosin, and melt them together. This can be
applied with brush or cloth to all surfaces
in danger or rustng, and they can be easily
kept bright. If tools are to be laid away for
the winter, give them coating of this, and
You will be well repaid. 1t can be kept for a
long time, and should always be on hand and
ready for use
Year: 1861

Colonel Jones met one of his men coming
into camp, pretty we'll intoxicated. He took
his canteen from him, turned it up, and pour
ed the whiskey upon the ground. The sol
dcr watched the operation until the last drop
gurgled from the vessel, when he observed
81 suppose that's all right, Colonel, but new
er could o. had the heart to done it,
Year: 1861

OF South Carolina; and if that State persists
IN her rebellion there will be- and such a re-
constru ction as shall make it q strength to the
Union Instead of a weakness, pride instead
of reproach.
Year: 1861

The war has done more to develop the inge-
nuity and cultivate the industry OF Southerns
than years of peace. IT has forced them to q
great deal of manual labor, more than they
have done in twenty years previous.
Year: 1861

The captain of the rebel privateer JEFF Da-
Wis was passenger on board the Trent, at the
time of the arrest of Mason and Slidell, but
was not recognised, and consequently escaped
arrest.
Year: 1861

Volumes are now written and spoken
upon the effect Of the mind upon the
body. Much of it is true. Bot I wish
little more was thought of the effect OF
the body on the mind. You who be-.
lieve yourselves overwhelmed with ankle
ties, but are able every day to walk up
Regent street, or ont in the country, to
take your meals with others in other
rooms, ETC., you little know how much
your anxieties are thereby lfghtened;
you little know how intensified they be-
come to those who can have no change;
how the very walls of their sick-rooms
seem hung with their cares; how the
ghosts of their troubles hannt their beds;
how impossible it is for them to escape
from pursuing thought without some
help from variety.


Z Apatient can just as much move his
leg when it is fractured, as change his
thoughts when no external help from
variety is given him. This is, indeed,
one of the main sufferings of sickness;
just as the fixed posture is one of the
main sufferings of the broken limb.


1t is an eVer-recurring wonder to see
educated people, who call themselves
nurses, acting thus. They vary their
own objects, their own employments,
many times day; and while nursing ID
some bedridden sufferer, they let him lie
there staring at the dead wall, without
any change of object to enable him to
vary his thoughts; and it never even oc-
ours to them at least to move his bed, 80
that he can look out of the window. No,
the bed is to be always left 10 the dark
est, dullest, remotest part Of the room.


/ think it is very common error
among the well, to think that with
little more self-controlp the sick might,
if they choose, dismiss painful thoughts
which. "aggraVate their disease" etc.
Believe me, almost any sick person who
behaves decently we'll, exercises more
self-control every moment of his day than
you will ever know till you are sick your
self Almost every step that crosses his
room is painful to him; almost every
thought that crosses his brain is painful
to him; and if he can speak without
being savage, and look without being
unpleasant, he is exercising self-control.


Suppose you have been up all night,
and instead of being allowed TO have
your cup of tea, you were to be told
that you ought to exercise self-control,
what should you say? Now, the nerves
of the sick are always in the state that
yours are in after you have been up all
night.


We will suppose the diet of the sick TO
be cared for. Then tais state of nerves
is most frequently to be relieved by care
in afording them a pleasant view, ju-
dicious variety as to flowers and pretty
things. Light by itself will often relieve
it. The craving for the return of day,
which the sick SO constantly evincs, is
generally nothing but the desire for light,
the remembrance Of the relief which a
variety of objects before the eye affords
to the harassed sick mind.-florence
Ninht9U0nle