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Year: 1867

The beautiful have gone with their
bloom from the saze of human eyes,


Soft eyes that made spring time in our
hearts are seen nomore We have loved
the light of many smile that has faded
from US now and in our hearts have
fingered sweet voices that are now hush
ed in the silence of death. Some are
left vacant in our early homes which
none can fill Kindred and friends,
loved ones, have passed away, one by
one our hearts are left desolate; VIC
are lonely without them. They have
passed with love to ''that land from
whose bourne no traveller returns. -
Shall we never see them again! Memo
ry turns with lingering regret to recall
those smiles and the lo.ed tones of those
dear familiar voices. In fancy they are
often by our side, but their home is on
a brighter shore. They visit US in our
dreams, floating over our memory like
shadows over moonlit waters When
the heart is weary with anguish, and
the soul is bowed down with grief, do
they not come and whisper thoughts of
comfort and hope? Yes, sweet memory
brings them to US, and the love we bore
them lifts the heart from earthly aspi-
rations, and we long to join them in the
better land. They hover round us, the
ethereal, dear departed ones-the loving
and the loved; they watch with eyes
that slumber not. When gentle dreams
are wandering to the angel land in whis-
pers that wake the hymning strains of
that bright and happy choir, revealing
many tale of hope, and bliss, and ten
derness, and love. They tell US of sun
ny realms, never viewed by mortal eye
of forms arrayed in fadeeas beauty
and anthems to their great Creators
praise are sounded forth in sweet, SER
aphic numbers And this bri eht vision
of the blest dissolves the tumultof life's
jarriog scenes; they fade in air, and
then we glory in the thought that We
regard with deep reverence and love,
those bright, celestial beings of another
sphere. All, it is because they take an
interest in our welfare, and Joy over
our success in the great battle of life.
They are not selfish in their happiness,
but fain would have us share it with
them.
Year: 1867

I am a police superintendent in a
large iron making town, and for up
wards of twenty years have had the
charge of a populous colliery district.
The peculiar avocations of the people
supply ample disguise for criminals in
hiding. Who would look for a runaway
clerk in the black face and coal stained
garments of collier, or in the guise of
a laborer in the iron shed? 1t may be
assumed, therefore, that many strange
incident has come under my notice in
the course of so long service, and some
of these l may occasionally present to
the public. One in particular | remem-
Der we'll, as practically illustrating re-
mark made in the Times on the convic-
ton of Muller, that crimes of conspic-
uous character are generally committed
By the class that is least expected. |
was called on one evening to quell a
disturbance between several culliers and
party Of Irishmen. The colIiers, it
appears. ruaddened with drink, had as
sailed the latter, driven them into a
dwelling. and would speedily have kill
ed one or more, but for the opportune
arrival of the police. The night after
ward, | received a note from the rail-
way authorities that coal train had
been thrown off the line by some mis-
creant or other, who had placed sleepers
along the rails Knowing that colliers
working at distance invariably return
ed bv these trains. and remembering the
struggle If the nj sht before, | at once
concluded this TO be an attempt at re-
venge. and pursued my investigation
accordingly.


A few nights after another coal train
Year: 1867

see a pistol thrust in his face by jeal,
Gus husband, turned pale as death, and
resigned himself to his fate.


Just at this juncture the throng out
side presented itself at the door and be-
held Mrs r. covering in one corner,
exercising her lungs magnifcently, with
a sheet WIZ pped over her form and head
and the Indianian in the middle of the
room, envelope1 in a coverlit, and ejac-
ulating' My God Madam, on't"'
The Junior partner, DIR Cahlll, saw
there must be some mistake, and re-
questins the others to retire, called the
merchant ont, and went with him to
another room, and there learned the
whole story. The Doctor then sent one
of the ladies of the hotel to Mrs R.
and the entire affair was explained,
greatly to her relief, though she was
overwhelmed with confusion at cir
cumstance that might have ruined her
reputation forever.


Under the escort of the Doctor she
was conveyed to the Spencer, where the
husband was found pacing the corridors
with frantic mien, and half crazed with
grief at the mysterious disappearance of
his wife whom he believed had been
spirited away by villain, or murdered
for her jewels, in this "infernal city,"
where, as he expressed it, "they would
kill man for dollar any time"


As soon as he beheld his spouse he
caught her to his bosom and wept like
a child. He was melted with happiness
at her discovery and recovery, and said
he had secured the city for intelligence
of her whereabouts in vain. He had
nearly given up all hopes of meeting
her again in this world. The bride
told the bridegroom a story as near the
truth as she could, and with thousand
thanks to the Doctor, they bade him
good night and retired.
Year: 1867

FASCINATING "A fellow who has
seen the Black Crook in New York,
says he is convinced of the folly of wo-
men spending money for SO much dress
when they rander themselves so fascl-
mating with very little
Year: 1867

A YOUNG man out West was entrust-
ed with the money to bring his father
home good family sewing machine.
He carried off a neighbor's daughter to
Chicago, married her and brought her
home, declaring she was the best family
sewing machine he could procure.
Year: 1867

One AND TIE OTHER.-"Why doc
tor" said sick lady, you are giving
me the same medicine that you are Civ
ing to my husband. Why is that -
"All right replied the doctor, "what
is sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander"
Year: 1867

Nor A CENT-A Yankee preacher
discoursing in regard to Daniel in the
lions den, said: "And there he sat all
night long, looking at the show for moth
ing and it did not cost him a cent"
Year: 1867

THE following is going the rounds as
a domestic drama:


Scene Mother in the cellar split
ting wood.


Scene 2-Daughter in the parlor
sinoipg to Clarence Fitznoodle the pa
thetic ballad Of who will will care for
Mother now"
Year: 1867

An ingenious person In the town Of Lee
lately suggested means to paint one of the
tall church spires there, that the paint be
mixed in one of the tanks and the fire en-
gines be got out to squirt it up,
Year: 1867

A Game called Hand Ball is
beginning TO divide the honors
with the" National game" along
the lake shore. Symptoms OF the
epidemic are beginning TO show
themselves in Cleveland and Tole.
do. The new game is said to be
OF Irish origin,
Year: 1867

A nervous old gentleman re-
Gently attempted to remove a large
bug from the bonnet OF a lady who
sat in front OF him at the theatre
in New York. The result was
he unroofed her back hair, the
bugs Office being to hold head and
hair together.
Year: 1867

FEMALE SUFFRAGE-The racy editor of
the Oshkosh Democrat gets funny over the
female suffrage question. He wants infor-
these


"How could we or any other bashful
man, get through with canvass in dis
trict containing four or five thousand lovely
damsels? We should haye to do it by
proxy, and that we shouldn't like.


How would you like to have a good look
ing politician canvass your wife or gal for
lone hour or so :? Taft.


How would you like to make an offer of
marriage to an old maid to secure her vote,
said O. NJ. being sixty, sour-visaged, hair
less, toothless, and induging in plurality
of night cap, especially if you were married
already?


Supposing your education was imperfect,
how would you like canvassng at the house
of your literary sisters, and being asked
some such mild questions as, whether you
preferred the patheistic sciolisis of the pre-
Rapheaiite era to the Tertiary -oolitic for
nation of the upper red saurian batry cho-
names, and how many of them ?"
And, lastly, on the supposition that if
women can vote they can hold Office. How
would you like to be summoned before your
wife for fast driving, or getting tight, or
trotting on the bridge, or any other of the
ills mankind is heir to, and being sentenced
by her as magistrataress to Sc and costs,
or imprisonment for thirty days with the
children sent to the reform school?
Forbid it civilization and the spirit of
progress of Ills 10Th century of ours.
Year: 1867

VILLAGE PRINTING. Notwithstanding
orr village charter expressly says that the
village printing shall be let to the lowest
bidder" the Board of Trustees saw fit, on
Monday evening, to award it to.the Tribune
without auy bid whatever from that Office
The question is now whether any ordinance
or other notice will have any binding force
or effect upon the public when published
under such a clear violation of the charter.
As our lawyers generally say they will not,
we can stand it about as well as our inteili-
gent Board.
Year: 1867

THEATRE the I'd of June Mrs. WIN.
BURMEIsTER is to receive benefit at Turn
ers' Hall, and as she is one of the Society s
best actors, she should have large attend
ance The misfortune which the family has
recently met with should be an additional
inducement for rousing benefit.
Year: 1867

The music of wealthy church in New
York often costs more than the minister S
salary of minor church. Trinity pays
five thousand dollars year for its music !;
ST. Johns, tour thousand Trinity Chapel,
four thousand There are certain up town
quartette chcirs costing three thousand to
four thousand dollars For an average sec
ond rate quartette and organist two thous-
and dollars must be paid
Year: 1867

CHEAP CLoTHISG.-A gentleman from
Cincinnati, assisted by WooDIN, is holding
forth at the old stand of CREUTZBURG &
BRAUsE, and has a choice lot of ready
made clothing for sale at auction prices
As be will remain but few days longer,
those who wish to purchase cheap should
call on him at once. 1t is the last chance.
Year: 1867

SPREADING IT THICK. The Chiffon
Times, in speaking Of the renovation Of a
hotel in that village, says-"When fitted
up it will look as handsome as young
miss Of sixteen with her first silk dress
and duplex elliptic skirt"
Year: 1867

FOND HOPES CHERISHED AND DE-
sTRoYED.-We were informed, day or
two ago, by the Messrs. MORGAN of an
incident connected with the building of the
large Barge now being constructed in our
upper ship-yard by Messrs. MORGAN and
KAHLER, that is interesting and note
worthy although tinged with a degree of
sadness.


1t appears the Robins have taken par
ticular fancy to the barge and her builders.
and that three several pairs have built three
separate nests under the beams of the
barge-industriously laboring upon their
cunning apartments to completion whilst
busy workmen all around them piled their
daily labor: and the good danes have fur
nished their cosy chambers with birdlings
embryo, to be by them patiently and care
fully incubated into ful-feathered Red
breasts, fondly anticipating that in due
time their mellow note and gleeful hop
would amply reward their motherly care.
But alas poor brides, your fon1est hopes
are doomed to blight and mournful ere
long will be your wailing song: for the
great barge must leave her present resting
place, and ere the morrow will seek the
waters of our river-thence be waited far
away from your parental eyes, and your lit
lie house be strewn in ruins. We sympa-
thize deeply with you, poor afflicted brides,
but be res signed and reflect that the God of
the Robin deals just so with mankind: for
there are many men that build houses in
this world that are not permitted to occupy
them. We wish for your sakes that you
had built your nests in some safer place.
Year: 1867

A BLIND man had been sitting one day
pleasantly chatting with some visitors for
an hour, when one Of them wished the
company good morning and left the room.
"What white teeth that lady hasl said the
blind man. "How can you possibly know
that?" said u friend. because, was the
ready answer, "for the last half hour she
has done nothing but laugh.
Year: 1867

to town at any time with a heavy
load or with a buggy at good speed,
attend church or 60 to market with
pleasure, where now they must watch
their opportunity, and perhaps drag
through the mud at a snails pace,
and perhaps not get home the same
day.


The business men of Findlay are
much interested in the improvement
of this road. The bad roads south
of Findlay, drives much of the grain
produce to other markets. The
roads are better to Dunkirk, Johns
town and Cary and farmers would
rather drive little farther on a good
road. Where farmers sell their
produce they buy more or less of
groceries and dry goods.


If the people do not like this'plan of
building turnpike let them organ
ize and form a joint stock company
and build a road from Findlay as
as far south as they wish, and put
up toll-gates. The road Is travelled
more than any other road in the
country, and will pay a good per cent.
4 know of several men who will each
take $500 stock. One man says he
will take $l00 per mile for the
first five miles, and $4,000 per mile
for as much farther as they wish to
build it. Where is this objection to
putting up toll gates. The statutes
require that a road must be stoned
or graded sixteen feet in width be-
fore tolls can be collected thereon,
and such a road will cost nearly
double the money that a free tn m
PIKE would. Either way will do,
but the road should be built, from
Findlay to Dunkirk, and should be
continued through to Perrysburg.


five had good turnpike fromFind-
lay to Dunkirk, we might have a
daily coach to carry passengers, 60
ing or coming from the west, which
would be much pleasanter and cheap
er than to run around by railroad.
The Improvement is much needed,
and if the people will only look at
the thing in the right way 1 think
they will make it the coming sum-
mer.


EARMER
Year: 1867

Communicated.


Where is slaverynow? Turn your
eyes to Ohio, where its power is Its
friend, and you will find it carried on
in more blind, subtle form than it
ever was at the South; it was the
laws of the South that made slavery
there-it is the laws of Ohio that
make slavery here. Which is the
worst, to make a man work for moth
ing, and board him, or take his earn
ings which he has earned, for moth
ing, without board? The Ditch Law
authorizes men to force from fifty to
two OIL three thousand dollars a piece
from men who ask not for, nor do not
want them, if it takes nearly all they
are worth to make them. Many a
man has been driven from his land
and home, because he could not ditch
it, and support his family Now, is
it right to force a man to give up all
he is worth, to help his neighbor to
improve, or to help the county or
township to make roads, or TO i'm
prove the country for the cOuntry's
sake. 1t betters the whole county to
ditch, why not make the county do
one third? 1t also betters the whole
township, why not make the town
ship do another third, and especially
on public highways. Then, if the
owner of the land does the other
third, would not that be more just
and equal Then all would be in
terested, and ditching would be done
without base swindle. Some men
say that it improves the value of the
land. What if it does? 1t would
improve it much more to make HIM
improve his adjoining neighbors,
farm, and build him a fine house; but
force him to do it, where is the right?
We send men to amend bad laws,
and make good ones. Why not
amend the Ditch Law 2 Slavery is
slavery, take a mans earnings which
way you will, and when done by bad
laws it is a bondage madn fast- Instiee
demands that ditching along public
highways should be done exclusive
ly 'by the county and township.
The power that locates ditch, should
help to make it, and there by keep
small farmers in. our own State.


b. II.
Year: 1867

An exchange has the following
statement in regard to an enterprise
that promises highly beneficial re.
suits: "We understand that there
is proposition before the different
Lodges in the State to organize a
protective system. 1t is proposed
that each member Of the society shall
contribute two dollars as a standing
fund, and when a member dies each
one shall contribute one dollar, so
that there may always be q fund to
donate TO the widow of the last
deceased brother. 1t is generally
thought that this benevolent scheme
will be carried into effect"
Year: 1867

Interesting to Farmers--Shelter for


Stock.


This stormy day suggests the idea
of having every animal provided with
q dry place to live in. The long
drought Of the past season has ma
terially shortened the supply of rough
feed, so that farmers should econo-
mize with what they have. This
should not be attempted by putting
stock on "half rations," for that is
no economy at all. But cattle, horses,
&c, may be wintered on comparative
ly small amount of feed, if they are
well housed, regularly fed, and kind
ally handled. A large portion of what
they eat, goes to keep up animal
heat, and the excess if any, lays on
fat, or goes to milk, as the case may
be. Now as the heat manufacturing
process is the first that nature en-
cages in after an animal eats, it is
necessary to have good supply of
fuel for the occasion. If the animal
is exposed TO the cold, especially to
a storm, it requires an extra quanti-
ty to keep up the fire within. Did
you ever travel all day in the cold
rain? And was it the exercise that
made you as "hungry as wolff" Or
was it the loss of heat carried off by
the cold damp air7 Now if your
cattle and horses are to-day standing
around in the storm as / fear some of
them are, with their backs drawn
up like porcupines, you will have to
bestow extra feed, or see bones stick
out before spring. And then what
a shame to punish dumb brutes in
that manner. 1t is unkind, it is un-
christian. The writer of these lines





travels frequently through several
counties in Northern Ohio, has OBJ
served that but limited shelters are
provided for stock, especially cattle,
on most of the farms. When l see
animals shiverfng in the storm, in
The big road, I conclude that the owner
is either poor economist, or ascrGel
man, or perhaps both.


Now it is not very expensive, nor
laborious to erect shsads, or even
enclosed shelters; every farmer
should see to it, that before another
storm occurs, every hoof Is in the
dry. You will save feed. have the
manure for your hungry field next
year, your cows will be more gentle,
and give more milk, your horses do
more work, every hing will look
better in the Spring, and you will
have a good conscience to boot
Every farmer likes to see his animals
in good condition; he feels proud oil
fat horse, and ashamed of poor
one. A like feeling should exist
toward ali other domestic animals.
l would especially insist upon
lshelter, and good feed, and a kind
handling of milch cows. Ityou want
a eopious flow of rich milk, and
Large rolls of yellow butter next
Summer, now is your time to secure
them. By keeping your COWS in
good flesh in the fore part of the
Winter, they will repay you well
next Summer.


Iwould heartily condemn the prac.
tice Of kicking or beating animals
''to make them mind" as the boys
say. When some men or boys go
about the stock, the poor creatur es
scamper off as if an enemy were
after them, or stand trembling with
Year: 1867

SHIP BuILDINa.-It is asserted that
at the present time there is moi single
new merchant ship or steamer building
at any Of the numerous sbipyards Of
New York, BROOKLYN or Jersey City,
and but few in all the yards, Of the coun.
try and further, that there is no pros,
pect of any being built until the present
condition Of affairs is altered. Thon-
sands of,workmen connected with ship.
building are now out Of employ
and are likely to be for the present.
One cause assigned for this is the high
rate Of taxation upon materials used In
ship building. But that can hardly be
the cause altogether, as The business Is
quite as dull in England as in this coun.
try, and in one ship>bnilding district In
London fifteen thousand mechanics havs
been ont of work for months, and the
families Of many of them are now pau>
pers.
Year: 1867

VERY ORDERLY-our citizens have every
reason to congratulate themselves upon the
character of the soldiers which have beer
put on duty at this place, SO far as We are
able to form any judgment from the length
of time they have been here. Their deport-
ment is nnacceptionable, and nothing offer
ing the slightest ground of complaint has,
SO far as we have learned, been displayed iRt
their conduct on our streets. FdyettepiRe
NesDs. - T.
Year: 1867

Study the following tables closely; there
is whole volume of political economy in
them.


By the Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury On the finances for 1s56-'57, the
ratio of annual per cupita production to each
man, woman. and child, white and black. in
the respective States, exclusive of the gains
or earnings of commerce, stood as follows
Year: 1867

Opposing the proposition to admit
Nebraska asa State, the st. Louis Bepub-
licdn enters into an examination of the
legal questions involved, and incident
ally gives history of the movement
designed to bring about this object, as
follows:


In the opinion of the President, Con-
servative Republicans and Democrats,
the objections to the admission of Ne
braska are insuperable on the highest
legal grounds. Acting upon the theory
that the people of territory cannot
proceed to form a State government
without authority first conferred by
Congress, that body passed an enabling
act in 1864, authorizing the calling a
convention Of the people to form a
State Constitution, to be afterward sub
mitted TO the vote of the people. The
time within which this was to be
done was fixed by the Enabling Act.
That convention was called and met. 1t
assembled, did some talking, but
framed no constitution, and adjourned
without doing that which they were au-
thorized by the Enabling Act and
called together to consider by the peo-
pie. The inference was that the con-
vention of the people were opposed TO
framing constitution, and did not de-
sire to form q State Government. The
Enabling Act expired, and no Congress
ional authority existed for initiating
the necessary steps to organize State
government. In this emergency, the
Legislature, without legal authority,
assumed to discharge the functions of a
convention, and framed State consti-
tuition, which they submitted to the
vote of the people. The town council
of Omaha, however, had just as much
authority to frame a constitution and
submit it TO the people of
Nebraska, as the Legislature of the terri
tory. But this constitution, so framed
by legislature without legal warrant,
was submitted to the people, and the
vote upon it raised the essential ques-
tion, is the population of Nebraska suf-
ficient TO authorize the formation Of n
State Government The entire vote
was three thousand nine hundred and
thirty-eight. This would indicate a
population of less than twenty thOu-
sand, rating the vote Mt one in five of the
population. At an important election
held in Nebraska in October last, in
volving local matters exciting the in
terest of the entire people, only nine
thousand votes were cast, indica-
ting a population of less than
fifty thousand people, supposing
that the vote nine thousand was
legal. But this is in fact no
evidence that the population of Nebras-
ka reaches thirty-fve thousand. There
has been no census. 1t is mere matter
of opinion that the population is less or
more. There is no means of knowing
that majority of the legal voters voted
for the Constitution unwarrantably
framed aud submitted by the Legisla-
ture. No election Laws were in exist