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Year: 1868

In selecting seed corn choose the
finest ears, and trace together and hang
up to dry; it is better done now than in
the spring in the crib, land surer to grow. {.
A stout wire stretched in the garret of
the house or other loft is one Of the best
things to hang sced-corn on as it can be
easily arranged SO as to keep Off mice
and rats. ......
Year: 1868

Bsg~ The best reading is what we get
ont of each others faces. What volume
so interesting as q lady's pretty face ?
And who doesn't want to read it
through and through and repeat the
perusal next day. ..sEED ..
Year: 1868

BY- Let no man drop an ill-gotten
guinea into his pocket, and think the
pocket unconscious of the wrong. His
very glove shall babble of the bribe that
has burnt his hand and his cravat shall
tighten like a rope about his throat.
Year: 1868

DsgH The best cure for most ailments
would be to take--nothing. There is
vast virtue in this, with the merit in its
favor that it is to be had without cost.
The latter is commonly the reason why
so little value is placed upon it. ... ..
Year: 1868

Governor Holden's message to the
Legislature shows that tax of one per
cent. ad valorem on the property of the
State would pay the interest on the
debt and recommends such levy. 1t
advocates various internal improve
ments, encourages immigration to the
State, congratulates the State upon the
suppression of the rebellion, upon the
reconstruction of the South on the ba-
sis of suffrage for all, etc.
Year: 1868

A great portion of the time of Congress was
occupied on Thursday upon the important ques-
ton of whskey meters. good deal of elo-
quence was expended, and some very extraor
dinary charges we're made against the Presi-
dent and Secretary of tho Treasury, the mildest
of which were that thieves and scoundrels had
been appointed to the Department of the In
ternal Revenue and would not be removed
upon the application Of Mr.. Logan and other
vtuperant members We do not observe that
this very demonstrative discussion amounted
to much except mere assertion-not exactly
fortified by proof-although we suppose that
very few people doubt the fact that frauds and
the perpetrators of frauds abound In tho In
ternal Revenue Department Commissioner
Rollins we notice, comes in for good ham
mering from one side of the House and is
vigorously defended from the other side. II is
manifest however, that the best way to stop
all these frauds in tho whskey business is to
reduce the taxation on the material itself, and
thus remove the temptation to which frail hu-
man nature Is exposed. The government has
lost more than 1t has, gained by the attempt
TO collect this tax, and that portion OF the In
ternal Revenue law bearing upon the whiskey
tax has proved failure. II is, therefore, not
worth the time wasted upon its discussion in
Congress
Year: 1868

from "Good Words.
Beside the window / ST: alone, .r- -
And | watch the stars come out
| catch the sweetness of Lucys toue


And the mirth OF the chorus shout;
| listen and look on the solemn nighs,
Whilst they stand singing beneath the light.
Lucy looks just like an early rose,


(Somebody else is thinking so,)
And every day more fair she grows


(Somebody will not say me no)
And she sings like bird whose heart is blessed
(And somebody thinks of building a nestD
And now she chooses another tune,


One that was often sung by me-
do not think that these nights in June


Are half so fine as they used to be;
Or It's colder watching the solemn night
Than standing singing beneath the light.
Lucy, you sing like silver bell,


Your face is fresh as q morning flower
Why should you think of the sobs which


swell -.--


When leaves fall fast in the autumn bower?
Rather gather your buds and sing your song !;
Their perfume and echo will linger long.
I'm gray and grave-and tbs quite time, too--
60 at leisure along my ways;
But know how life appears to you-


l know the words that somebody says;
As old songs are sweet and old words true,
So there's one old story that's always new.
There is grave that you do not know;
A drawer in my desk that you've never


seem


page iii my life that l never show;


A love in my heart that is always green.
Sing out the old songl l fear not the pain;
l sang it once, Lucy, sing it again!
Year: 1868

Quite number Of years ago poor,
but honest man, with a large family de-
pendent upon his labor for support, emf
grated from Vermont to the West, and
very naturally came to Dubuque. Here,
like hundreds of others, he pursued the
business of lead mining. Patiently he
toiled and delved within the recesses OF
mother earth, always in search of tlls
glittering earth, but alas, never finding it.
Other men, who had commenced mining
with him, acquired fortunes and retired
from business, but the Green Mountain
boy, was not one of them. That fortune
which smiled SO sweetly upon the efforts
of other men, and resolved every crevice
into secret passage leading on to wealth
as wondrous as that which enTapted the
gaze of Aladdin, seemingly had no favors
to bestow upon him, but continued way
ward and capricious. Time aud time
again our hero struck a vein of mineral,
little silyery thread, which promised to-
lead to richer things, but after indus
triously following it for weeks and months
it would suddenly peter out or spring in
to another mans grounds, and bid HIM
defiance. But the miner was not to be
discouraged. Within his breast was
large amount of tie stuff that hreoes are
made of and, although his wife and
friends attempted to persuade him into
another, and, as they considered, more
lucrative line of business, he resolved to-
perserve, declaring that he would make
the mines pay him back his principal and
good share of interest yet The sequel
will prove that he was correct in his con-
clusiOns. g


One fine day last September our miner,
| fresh and vigorous In purpose as ever,
went ont prospecting III the vicinity of
Catfish Creek. While passing along a
side hill his attention was attracted by q
pile of fresh yellow dirt, displaced by that
bore of farmers, and much prosecuted
animal, ground mole. Curiosity led
him to kick the earth careessly With his
foot, when somewhat to his surprise he
found a small piece of ore On further
examination number of other small
pieces were found, and the prospect was
so enticing as to be deserving of a trial.
He went home, procured his tools and
went to work, and, to make long story
short, in two weeks reached an opening,
filed from top to bottom with pure gal.
ena. Old miners say that it is the rich.
est thing yet discovered, and contains;
half dozen fortunes. Perseverance
will tell. The Vermonter is lucky at
last, and has experienced the fruition of
his fondest hopes. We would Suggest
that If inclined to turn aristocratio, as
many others have done before him whets
afflicted with a shower of this world 8
goods, that he inscribe his family coat of
arms with the figure of mole. 1t WON'T
cost much, while it will tend to relieve
the debt of gratitude the NH er must ever
feel toward the peaked nosed. dirt digging
animal that pointed him out the way to q
fortune.
Year: 1868

II HAVE at my lumber yard a lsrge quantity
i of ]. HAYES & CO.'S Felt. This material
is designed to be put upon roofs in the place
of shingles or under siding instead of sheeting.
1t is very durable, and is offered at such a
cheap rate that all who may he building will
find it an object to purchase. Come and ex-
anime for yourselves


O. x. COE
Year: 1868

HAvING permanently located himself would


III respectfully inform the Citisens of Water
town and vicinity that he is prepared to do all
kinds of DENTAL WORK. All work warrAn-
ted to give entire satisfaction. Office on Main
Street. over Post office.
Year: 1868

The Pacific RAILRoAD.-We publish
to-day communication from correspond
ent at Green River, on the line of the
Union Pacific railroad. 1t is only sample
of numbers of communications we have
received from that region commenting upon
the rapidity with which the Union Pacific
railroad is earning the subsidy of United
States bonds. The great mistake on the
part Of this corporation appears to be that
it i5 just, now building the road for the
bonds, and not for the public use. 1t is
manifest that when it comes to be brought
into practical use, after the present owners
have realized their immense profits, it will
necessarily have to be rebuilt for the public
at several times the present cost. Under
existing circumstances the road is simply a
speculation, nothing more nor less.-Na-
tional IRtelligencer. . ...s s...s n...
Year: 1868




the Boston Commonwealth, says: r 80, i
"Let Congress repeal its reconstruction
acts and put the South once more in the
condition it was at the time Of Lees sur
render. This it can do, as reconstruction,
thus far, has been wholly g legislative pro-
ceeding. Then it will have the ground fall
low for its proper planting. And if our
husbandry has not been enriched by expe-
rience, we miss our calculation. What will
be needed will be begun anew, with copfs-
cation Of lands, and the total disability of
every rebel--no representation in Con-
gress-military government and the strong
hand for twenty years upon the South.
We can do without the South. Let us see if
she can get along without the North"


That would be doing without the North
with vengeance. We offered to do with
out it, and to that end fought for four years.
But our :. dear brethren" would not let us
go. They wanted to plunder u.s. They
find that BUTLER and the rest have stolen
all of our movables, and now they clamor
for the land. We don't think, the pur-
chasers under such state of things would
be able to get much for their lands, orSto
live upon them themselves.
Year: 1868

Ee VISA" 0EH ,kAFGssERS AE-7


FEMALES, OWING TO THE
peculiar and important relations which
they sustain, their peculiar organization
and the-oAiees- they perform, are subject
to many sufferings. freedom from these
contribute in no small degree to their
happiness and welfare, for none can be
happy who areeill.', Not'only SO, but no
one of these various female complaints
can long be suffered to run Oh without
involving the general health of the in
dividuaL and ere long producing perma-
nent sickness and premature decline. Nor
is it pleasant to consulta physician forthe
relief of these various delicate affections,
and only upon the most urgent necessity
will a true woman so far sacrifice her
greatest charm as to do this. The sex
will then thank us for placing in their
hands simple specifics which will be
found eficacious in relieving and curing
almost every one of those troublesome
complaints peculiar to the sex.
Year: 1868

The New York Times recalls this fact


while the rebellion lasted the North
never accused the Rebels of cowardice. On
the contrary, we gave them credit for pluck,
audaciiy, daring, endurance, aud a deter
miuation that only death and ruin could
break. Those who confronted the enemy
in the field were not the least ready 10
allow him the possession Of these warlike
qualities II any one spoke contemptu-
ously OF the Rebel spirit, il was not the
soldiers who closed with them an the
struggle, nor the leaders who attempted TO
overcome them ia the conflict. There can
BE no harm in remembering this fact in
these days, when the North is dealing Eiih
a PROSTATE South. There carf be no harm
80 orr treating the S0utherners As though
they Possessed all tEe bravery which We
pat 10 their account In the days Of war
and there eau be nothing hu. har0 ia treat
ing them "a though they had given us
reason 20 charge them with the spirit OF
! bearing OF oOWardice."
Year: 1868

And for the special pleasure and profit OF the
vouns zach week woWill give a general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall hho
its way into our columns unit for the perusal
he mothers and daughters Of the land. Depre-
eating the demoralirinE scnsationalism Of many
contemporary journals, We shall eschew tha'
character: striving to give the reader substantial
matter. prelorring to be useful rather than
sensational
Year: 1868

BY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE ,rAsH-
YILLy UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH. and by the generous and united
support Of the UEIoN AND D1sPATcH by the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Proprie-
tors are enabled to present a Newspaper hithe
to unsurpassed in this city OF State


IN FULLNESs AND ACCURACY
NEWS. our paper will compare favorably itb


best in the entire country; and in ssying


we only repeat the expressions Of many


patrons, who are most capable Of judging in


matters.
Year: 1868

steeled against every sentiment of pity or
mercy, and then, too, to shoot an unoffend-
ing innocent man, prisoner, I cannot
think the government will allow it to pass
unrebaked. It cannot be that the govern
ment will uphold an officer in such diabol-
ical conduct, will pass unnoticed an act
calculated to stir to the lowest depth every
bitter and revengeful passion of the heart
in a people among whom he had been sent
to prevent and allay excitement to quiet
and soothe, as we'll as to over-awe every
angry feeling. Major Lyman went there
in the character of mediator and conser-
vator of the peace-the defender and pro-
tector of the weak and oppressed he went
away savage. He went there specially to
preserve the peace between white and black
at a period of high excitement, and took
that critical time to make black troops turn
white women from their home nearly naked
to stand and see that home reduced to
ashes, and the husband and father, the son
and brother shot down OF burned up-all
this done by black men to white men and
women But have made my letter too
long, but think you must admit that there
is abundant cause for me seriously to con-
template going away.
Year: 1868

ner in life an honest. intelligent, indus
trious and systematic farmer or laborer.-
Determine to marry no other sort, and in
short time we will have no other kind of
men. Let your powerful influence be in
the right direction. And to this end let
your motto be, Idleness is Disgracetuz, but in
Labor there is Honor and Dignity.
Year: 1868

PHILADELPHIA, October I6, 1868


Republicans Of Pennsylvania: YESTERDAY
you achieved a triumph at the rolls scarcely
less important in its results than the victory
of arms on the field of Gettysburg. The
integrity of the Union and the perpetuity Of
the Republic were secured by the one its
permanent peace and future glory are insur-
ed by the other


Your verdi thus pronounced will be re-
corded by the American people in November
next in most emphatic condemnation of
the party false to the country in the hour of
its peril, false to liberty and the rights of
man. Every lover of peace and good order
congratulates you on your achievements in
stripping such an organization of all power
to infict future injury on the country. Hence
forth it must sink under the same obloouv
that rests upon the Tories Of the Revolution
and the Federalits of the war of 1912. En-
trusted with power, it welded it for the dis
memberment Of the Republic Confded in
by its devotees as the guardian Of liberty, it
exerted al its energies for the perpetuity of
human bondage. Processing reverence for
free speech ;nd freedom of the press it ST.
fenced both with bowie knife and revolver
wherever it had supreme control. Assum-
ing TO be the guardian Of the rights of man.
it became the champion Of human bondage
and stood sentinel with baying blood hounds
to seize and return the heeing fugitive, and
at last, dissatisfied with the result of a fair
election. it raised its hand against the life of
the Republic, and, Sampson-like, would
have buried itself in the ruins of the grand
est temple of liberty ever reared by human
hands.


1t is befttiug that party SCARED by such
a record should die at the hands of the peo-
pie whose sense of justice it has outraged,
and whose dearest rights it has trampled in
the dust


Republicans of the Keystone Your
brethren throughout the Union have watch
ed the struggle through which you have just
passed with intense interest, and its result
glad9ens every patriot heart Let not your
victory dampen your ardor or relax your en-
ergy, but march on with closed ranks and
solid columns to complete your fictory in
November. GALUsHA A. GRow,


Chairman Republican State lentral Com.
Year: 1868

THE USE OF WALNUT. The use of Wal
nut in the interior of dwellings is daily grow
ing in favor. Although very beautiful, when
employed in moderation and with good taste
an eminent cabinet maker truly says that
there is danger of inordinate recourse to it,
as it has very gloomy look, particularly if
oiled, as is usually done, with dark red oil,
and placed in contrast with light colored
frescoing. The best finish is the natural
color of the wood, toned to a nut brown by
the material used in finishing it,
Year: 1868

There is story ofan Irish newspaper ed
itor who, being left without assistance in q
busy time found himself unable to cope
with all the intelligence, late, later and la
test, that flowed in upon him so that. to
yards four in the morning, he wound ur
his nights work by penning a notice extra,
ordinary in these words Owing to a
most unusual pressure of matter, We are
compelled to leave several of our columns
blank %
Year: 1868

We are more afflicted by fancy than by
fact. To be supremely happy or miserable
we have only TO imagine ourselves So To
make the world a purgatory we have only to
think of its pains and privations to find it
a paradise We need but open our eyes to its
beauties and joys 4 bad Imagination keeps
the soul in torment; good one surrounds
with elysium The gulf that separates hell
from Heaven is often spanned by dream,
and the worm becomes an angel by merely
using its wing.
Year: 1868

Dr. Franklin said that revivals in reli-
gion always made him think of scarcity of
grain; those who had enough said nothing
about it, while those who we're destitute
made all the clamor.
Year: 1868

To-Day AND To MoRRow.- -day we
gather bright and beautiful flowers to-mor-
row they are faded and dead To-day a
wreath of leaves shade us; tomorrow, sere
and fallen, they crumple beneath our tread.
To day the earth is covered with carpet of
green; tomorrow it is broken with the with
cred grass. To day the vigorous stalk only
bends before the gale; to morrow, leafless
and sapless, a child may break the little stem.
70 day is ripened fruit and waving grain !;
tomorrow the land is taking its Sabbath
after toll. To day we hear sweet songstcrs
or meadow and forest the buzz of myriads
of insects; tomorrow, breathe softly, all
noise is Rushed and silent To-day stately
edifice. complete in finish and surroundings,
attracts the passer by; tomorrow a heap of
ruins mark the site. To-day there are cat
tie on thousand hills; tomorrow they may
fall in the slaughter. To-day a man walks
forth in all the pride and joy of life; to-
morrow he is gone. So ''thc fashions of the
world pass away" But let Christ dwell
within US, and though we may pass away
like the faded leaf and sapless stalk, we shall
arise TO n4wness OF life, )"


Where everlasting spring abides,


And never withering flowers.
Year: 1868

WHAT WE Owe TO DECORUM-'sI will
do just as | please'' says many head
strong young man, for whose business is it
if | choose to take the consequences? Not
so fast, good sir. If you knew more of
human nature you would be aware that you
cannot outrage even the smallest conven-
tionalities of life, which are known under
the common name of decorum, without in
jurlng your reputation. estranging your
friends and preventing strangers, who might
be useful to you, from making your acquaint
ance. But this is net all. You have 10
right to disregard decorum, for the conse-
quences reach others than yourself Y0ur
example is doing harm when it should be
doing good. 7 Your conduct affects the stand
ing of your family ard associates, as well as
yourself Going through life is Ike tread
ing labarynth Of spring guns. Ifyou fol-
low the beaten track, you are yourself But
if you diverge to the right or left, your in
discretion is sure to injure yourself and may
harm others also. A wise man never out
RACES decorum, recklessly violates prejudi-
ces or thoughtlessly acts regardless of the
opinion of the world
Year: 1868

And feeling the hand of time Weighing heavily
upon them with all its attendant ills will 6nd in
the of this BIrTERS. or the TONIC al elixer
that will instl new life into their veins restore
in a measure the energy and ardor of mure youth
full days build up their shruDken forms, and give
h -alth and happiness to their remaining years.
Year: 1868




understand the Guberuatorial hand
is about being laid upon the Judgeship in
this circuit. We do not know what
crime the present incumbent has com
mitted, except it be that he has endeav-
ored, lately, to administer the law. We
have always had our opinion in regard to
the judgeships Of Governor Brownlow's
creation. We have never had any
doubt that the adjudications, both of the
Circuit and Chsncery Courts, would
result in interminabe complications.
Still this is not our purpose. II is un
derstood that Governor Brownlow rs
about 10 order an election for the place
Of Judge Hall. II be does so, it will be
the first recognition be has yet made Of
the right of the people to choose their
officers. Let the election come and let
the people say who shall be their Judge
Il is also said that the District Attorney
is TO be displaced. Bring out your man.
Let the people say Who shah be District
Aitorney.-kHorvifte Herald.
Year: 1868

, Grandmother Seward, in the role
Of "Mrs. ToOdles," is still engaged
in buying up all the odds and ends
Of the uncivilized portions of the
globe, and expects Congress to pay
for them. The old lady has it on
her mind now, to purchase Green
land and Iceland, from the Danish
government. Does the old granny
intend going into the ice and refrig-
Grating business, to pay off the ma
tiOnal debt, or does he only Imagine
it would be $50 handy to have it in
the house?" He had ought to be
buried under one Of the latter's ice
bergs, and every Congressman that
votes for such an appropriation, be
transported to its perennial shores
to guard his frigid corpse, the bal
ance Of their days. oWH
Year: 1868

Ex Gov. Clifford, of Massachu-
sets, one Of the most conservative
men in the State, has the advantage
ofa personal acquaintance with Gen.
Grant. lie says that in his opin-
ion, there is no man, either in civil
or military life, to whose prudence
and patriotism the administration of
the Government could be cOn6ded,
who would justify in all equal de-
gree the assurance Of the people in
its safe and successful guidance,
and in the protection and advance
ment of all the great interests Of
the country.
Year: 1868

Our cOtemPefary down street, left
last week for New York, to attend
the Democratic Convention. We
hope he went with some friend ~ho
will spread his protecting wing over
him, for the young man fell among
thieves at the last State Convention,
aHd had his empty pocket. book tax
en- from him, and some Of the light
fingered gentry in the city, might be
SO unfortunate as to waste time on him
sgain. ~
Year: 1868

Let every man who loves his
country, who glories in its past and
believes in its future, buckle on his
armor and prepare to do his whole
duty in the coming campaign. We
can settle all the questions that have
agitated the country, this fall if we
will, and settle them as'they should
be,--correctlY.