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Year: 1860

THE ferrymau between Buffalo aud
Cdgington Settlement say that the number of
teams crossing on his boat bound for Daven-
port are increasing every day. We shall soon
have all the E EIgington trade.
Year: 1860

GRAIN BUYERS complain that the
farmers do not allow their grain time to sweat
before they thresh it and consequently it is un-
safe to buy it. 1t will not do to ship grain un-
less it has passed through the sweating stage.
for if they do, it is sure to spoil
Year: 1860




DISSIPATION AMONG THE YoUNG MEN
OF DAvrsPoKr.-It is certainly shocking t. con-
| template the amount of wretchedness aud woe


which wi III soon ovestake many of the young
men Of Davenport il they do not forsake their
evil ways. and turn into the paths Of rectitude.


We have in our city many very fine young
men who have received liberal educations,
have studied some one Of the professions and
who could take prominent positions in society,
il they would but reform aud set themselves at
work to gain reputation and an honorable
name. The course these young men are now
pursuing will most assur"dly lead them to des-
tsuctioD, and they must know ii. Let an OBJ.
serving man walk along our streets in the
morning between nine and ten O'Clock, or drop
into the offices and places Of business OF these
young men, and he will witness many painful
sights. He will see bloated faces, red and
blood-shot eyes. forms trembling as with ague
and altogether, set Of the most miserable ob.
jects he ever had the misfortune t, look upon
These poor fellows spend large portion of the
morning hours in endeavoring to cool off their
parched and burning stomschs, with copiods
draughts of water, but the fire will not be sub


dued, and in the evening fresh fuel will be
heaped in the furnace. In the evening they
| will be found in the saloons of our city, or on
the streets, rendering night hideous Every
few days some one or two of them are brought
up standing in the courts Of justice. and are
either fined or sent to Jail. Their regulations
are thus blasted, and they themselves degra.
ded


We think it is high time come strenuous
measures were taken to turn these young meu
from their present course They are certainly
going to the devil very fast, ard unless some
check is put upon them, they will reach there
in q very short time. Let all persons hav.
ing any influence with these young men la
Dor with them. and endeavor to turn them
from the evil Of their ways.
Year: 1860

u Col Corcoran, Of the Goth
regiment of New York. is to be
tried for neglecting to obey the or
der to bring out his regiment on
the occasion of the visit of the
Prince Of Wales. The regiment is
composed mainly Of men Of Irish
birth.
Year: 1860

Sons OF New YoRK.-By call pub
lishei in another column it will be seen thst
those favorable to the formation Of an "Excsl-
sior Society are requested to NEE. at the Bur


It's House on Friday evening, next. at I o'clock
This Society will conss. OF those persons who
are natives Of New York who will delight i
meeting together and talking over old matters,
cit down to a social table, and have good
tine generally. We hope to see ageneral turn
out OF New Workers 20 this preliminary meet>
Year: 1860

SpRlNo ELEorToS.-Wo are upon the
eve OF another poliiica! contest, and We think
i, time-high time that preliminary steps were
being taken in reference thereto. the Demo-
cratic club formed for this purpos- and which
ha. hsret ofore been Of efficient service should
be bestirring itself and getting matters proper
ly adjusted for the campaign. Present iadica-
tons 90 to prove that the city Is not always to
be in the hands Of Black Republican officials,
and We doubt not that with proper energy and
exettion the election may lie carried by the
Democracy. There is, however, only one way
in which 1t can be done. and that by going into
a system Of thorough aud perfect city and " ard
organization And let us take hold Of this mat.
ter before it is too late The work Of crganiz-
ing city and getting ready for an election ia
nor to be done in = week or two OF time. Let
the work commence immediately. Let him
whose business i. IL, if he thinks proper, call a
club meeting At some appropriate place at an
early day
Year: 1860

FALSE RUMoRs.-Within the past few
weeks rumors have been put afloat, from
some source, that the Grand Trunk Rail
way Company proposed either to lease or
buy the Michigan Central or the Michi-
gan Southern Railroad, to form a com
plete connection through to Chicago
The latest rumor in this connection was,
that a proposition had been submitted for
the purchase of the Southern Road from
Detroit 10 Elkhart.


These rumors are wholly without foun-
dation. No proposition has been made
by the Grand Trunk either 10 lease or buy
the Central or the Southern, or any por-
ton Of them, nor has any such PROPOSE
ton been submitted by either of these
roads to the Grand Trunk. The reports
which have been circulated contain not O
shadow of truth. Det. Free Press.
Year: 1860

EE- A man in Michigan not long since
committed suicide by drowning. As the
body could not be found the coroner held
an inquest OIL his hat and jacket, found on
the lake: verdict" Found empty"
Year: 1860

The junior class in a Southern college
had assembled in students room to
spend the night in riot and dcbauch.-
Amid the crowd was one who had never
recited bad lesson since his matricula-
ton. In his study he was |" head and
shoulders" above the class. That day he
Year: 1860

Around q center-table, where an astral
lamp was shedding its mild light, sat
three girls, one holding in her hands a
pack of cards. AT the back of her chair
stood young man, who for years had
successfully resisted every effort made by
his companions to induce him to learn the
character of cards.


"Come," said she, "we want one to
make up our game. Play with us once,
if you never play again"


Her eye, cheek and lip conspired to
form an eloquent battery, which sent forth
its attack upon the good resolution in
which he had long stood secure, until it
fell, like the walls of an ancient city when
Jared by the fearful battering ram. He
learned the cards, and played them. A
few weeks afterwards was passing by
his door at late hour, and q candle was
shedding its dim light through the win
dow. Since then / have looked from my
chamber nearly every hour of the night,
from the close of day till early morn, and
seen the light family struggling through
the curtains that screened the inmates o.
that room from every eye, save his who
seeth alike in darkness and at MONDAY
Gaming brought with it disease,and deatf
came just as he had numbered half of hi'
three-score and ten years. During BIZ
last hours l was sitting by his bedside
when he fixed on me look that | shal
never forget, and bade me listen to hi
dying words.


/" / might have made different MAJ
from what l am; but it is now too late
l am convinced that there is state o
being beyond the grave; and when / thinl
of the retribution that awaits me in an
other world, | feel horror which Ian
guage is inadequate to describe" Thes
were among the last words he ever ut
tered.
Year: 1860

DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.-A man named
Thomas Faulkner, of Halifax county, Va,
who, while intoxicated, had habit Of
amusing himself by frightening his wife,
carried his joke n little too far few days
since. The Echo says: "On :his as on
previous occasions, he declared his inten-
ton of hanging himself. This he had
done before, and had tied the rope TO the
joist, and then around his neck, always
taking care, however, to have it long
enough so that, in stepping from the
chair, box, or whatever he used on the
occasion to elevate himself, he would ca
silly reach the floor. On this occasion he
tied the rope too short, and when he step
ped from his elevation, instead of reach
ing the floor, broke his neck"
Year: 1860

The New Bedford Mercury SAYS, o
day or two since man rushed frantical-
ly down to one Of the wharves in that
place, pulled off his coat and was about
to commit suicide by drowning; but no
ticing a colored person near by who is a
thief, drowning was postponed for fear the
coat would be stolen.
Year: 1860

OVERLAND ROUTE. -Buttcrfield & Co., have
for some time been maturing a plan for rum
ming horse express from Syracuse, the ter
minus Of the Pacific Railroad, to San Francis
co; and there is reason to believe that it will
soon be in operation.


Simultaneously with this movement the
Stebbins Telegraph Company will extend their
wires to Sherman, in Texas. and acting in
concert with the Butterficld Company, news
papers and private dispatches will be convey
ed through to the eastern end of the CaliEor-
mia line. 1t is calculated that tho time re-
quired will be less than eight days. There is
very little doubt but that this will be done
even should Congress furnish no aid II is
believed that it can be made to pay.
Year: 1860

UsEFrL.-The Bath (Maine) TInAs says Oga
Black Republican paper in that State, that il
always sells it for sheaihing paper, and car
pentcrS say it needs no tar on 1.-THE dirt in
it being sufficient to prevent the dampness
from striking through" There is q similar
paper in this State, with this dfFerence-tho
one here soon becomes putrid from its own
filth. The exhalations it emits is disgusting
even to the most ultra and bigoted of its own
party.
Year: 1860

THE MEXICAN brigands are ungentlemanlike.
They rob all the stages and twice lately ac-
cording to recent letter the passengers have
arrived at Vera Cruz in such state of nudi.
ty that they were not able to alight from the
stagc.cOach before getting clothes to hide their
nakedness. They had not hesitated to take
the last shirts Of the travellers-and where
there were ladies, only fancy how awkwardi
oh
Year: 1860

MrLIrARr.-We learn that the Cadets of
the Farmers Home Institute, of Cliuton,
will visit this city as a military turn out, at
the close Of the the present term, which
will be on Saturday, the 24th inst. We
are glad to hear this, as it viii no doubt be
a creditable display OF the practical work
mos Of that EXCELLENT institution
Year: 1860

OOh BAD n


PHILoPRoGENITIvENEss
Did you ever see our baby?


Little Tot:
With her eyes so sparkling bright,
And her skin so lily white,
Lips and checks of rosy light


Tell you what
She is just the sweetest baby


In the lot.
All! she is our only darling!


And to me
All her little ways are witty;
When she. sings her little ditty,
Every word isjust as pretty


AS can be:
Not another'in the city


Sweet as she.
You do'it think sos You ne'er saw her
Wish you could
See her with her playthings Gathering,
Hear her little tongue a chattering,
Little dancing feet come pattering;


Think. you would
Love her just as we'll as | do,


If you should.
Every grandma's only darling,


| suppose,
Is as sweet and bright blossom,
Is treasure to her bosom,
AS cheefing and enduring
As my rose.
Heavenly Father, spare them to us


Till life's close.
Year: 1860

IT has been said that it is greater mis-
fortune for man to be blind than for o wo-
man to be so, for, as to him, it involves a
deprivation of the greatest of all enjoyment,
the sight of woman. But we apprehend that
the reverse is true as to deafness.
Year: 1860

HOPS, best 20 pounds ~


Notice of the above must be given to the Secretary
who will make the proper entry Such notice must
be accompanied with the affidavit OF the owner and


Two dsinterested persons of the number Of bushels or
hounds produced to the acre Wherever the Visiting
Committee can visit they will make the examination
f.. themselves,
Year: 1860

CUCUMBER COSMETIC, TO PREVENT
FRECKLEs AND SUN-BURNs.- .-.Ifin youth
we we're more careful, it is certain that
ns we progress onward in the journey
Of life, the exception would be to see
person with the skin dull at an age
when it ought to have the most youth
full freshness The trouble of preser-
vation is far more simple, agreeable, and
eifectual, than that of restoration, to
which it is necessary to have recourse
in order to repair the wrongs Of care
less negligence Freokles are oonsid-
cred by the majority as inimicol to
beauty; We however, are of the miuori-
ty, and rather admire them They are
the result of the iutermiugling Of race,
Of the dark blood of the South with the
fair Saxon. It is positive that they in
dicate exuberant health-and what is
more beautiful than the hue Of health2
As the summer advances, freckles ap-
pear If the skin is exposed to the sun
! it is darkened like a cherry or a peach
that is ripening The effect Of the sun
upon o delicate skin is very rapid, and
it becomes sunburnt, which in many in.
stances produces inconvenience, attend
cd with slight pain, Of the various
cosmetics invented for preventing and
Iremedying this evil, Cucumber Cream
bears q Just reputation The following
is the method of preparing it:-Cut the
Cucumber very thin, and place it into
as much almond oil as will cover it; let
both remain together for twenty-four
hours; then strain away the oil, and re-
peat the operation a second time with
fresh Cucumber and the same oil; then
strain away the oil and place it in jug,
which put into boiling water, making il
hot enough to melt wax. For every
pound of oil add one ounce Of sperma-
ceti aud one ounce of white wax
While the spermaceti and wax are melt
ling, cut up a Cucumber and place il
into two folds of book muslin, and
squeeze out the juice with all the force
that can be employed Do the same
with half a lemon. Then take tho oil


when the hard materials arc melted, and
allow it to get nearly cold, when (6nally)
add gradually, and with constant stir.
ring with a small whisk, the juices be.
fore obtained. Put it into a jar in q
cold place. In less than twonty-foul
hours it will be set like an ico-cream.-
Apply it by rubbing a little all over the
skin at bedtime; aud also place a piece
about the size of filbert on the sponge
or towel with the soap used in washing
A small piece may also be rubbed ovoi
the skin with advantage before going
into the sunshine, as when health anC
enjoyment are sought on the sea-shore
or in picnic and exploring parties in
land.
Year: 1860




To think clearly is among the FIRST
requirements Of a public teacher. The
faculty may bo improved, like other fac.
ulties Of mind or body:


One Of the best modes Of improving
in the art Of thinking is to think over
some subject before you read upon It,
and then to observe after what manner
it has occurred to the mind Of some
great master; you will then observe
whether you have been too rash or too
timid, in what you have exceeded, and
by this process you will insensibly catch
a great manner Of viewing questions
It is right to study, not only to think,
but from time to time TO review what
has passed; to dwell upon it and to see
what trains Of thought voluntarily pre-
sent themselves TO your mind. It is a
most superior habit Of some minds to
refer all the particular truths which
strike them to other truths more gener.
al; so that their knowledge is beautifully
methodized, and the general truth, al
any time, suggests the particular oxem.
pliication, or any particular exemplif.
cation atonce leads to the general truth
This kind of an understanding has an
immense and decided superiority ovei
those confused heads in which one fact
is piled upon another, without the least
attempt at classification and arrange
mont Sidney Smith.
Year: 1860

GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE. One of
the surest methods of attaching boy to
the farm, is to let him have something
on it for his oUn. Give a small plat of
ground to cultivate, allowing him the
proceeds for his own use. Let him have
his steers to break, or his sheep to care
for The ownership of even a fruit tree,
planted pruned and brought to bearing
by his own hands, will inspire him with
an interest that no mere reward of wa
ges can give. In addition to the cult
vation of taste for farm life, which
such course will cultivate, the practi-
cal knowledge gained by the boy will
be Of the highest value. Being inter
ested, he will be more observant and
will thoroughly learn whatever is nee
essary for his success. Another and
equally important advantage will be the
accustoming him early to feel responsi-
bility. Many young men, though well
acquainted with all manual operations
of the farm, fail utterly when intrusted
with the management of an estate, from
want Of experience in planning for
themselves, 1t is much bctter that
responsibility should be gradually as,
sumed, than that a young man should
be first thrown upon himself on attain.
ing his majority.
Year: 1860

There is a sort Of people who, through
some notion Of their own superiority Of
wisdom or authority, are so in the hab-
it Of identifying their opinions and
preiudices with the DEGREES Of Heaven,
that they cannot but look upon all who
call them in question as wic6ed--ene-
les of God and incendiaries in society.
They do not doubt that tho Almighty
thinks precisely as they do, and expect
that their views will be received with
the Difference due to an iufallible rela-
tion. These people do not combat
opinions, they cry out against themi
they do not respond TO arguments, they
arraign their authors; they do not seek
to convict; and look upon error not as
a thing TO overcome, but to be punished
in the person Of its believer
Year: 1860

SILENCE IN NATURE.-It is a remark
able and very instructive fact, that many
of the most important operations of ma
ture are carried on in an unbroken ST.
lence There is no rushing sound when
the broad tide of sunlight breaks on a
dark world and floods it with glory, as
one bright wave after another falls from
the fountain, millions of miles away
There is no creaking Of heavy axles or
groaning Of cumbrous machinery, as
the solid earth wheels on its way, and
every planet and system performs its
revolutions. The great trees bring forth
their boughs and shadow the earth
beneath them, the plants cover them
selves with buds, and the buds burst
into flowers; but tho whole transaction
is unheard. The change from snow
7 and winter winds to the blossoms, aud
fruits, and sunshine Of summer, is seen
in its slow development, but there is
scarcely sound to tell of tho mighty
transformation. The solemn chant Of
the ocean as it raises its unchanged and
uncoasing voice, the roar Of the hurri-
cane and the soft notes of the breeze,
the rushing Of the mountain river, and
the thunder Of the black -browod storm;
all this is the music of nature-a great
and swelling anthem of praise, break
ing in on the universal calm. There is
lesson for us here The mightiest
Worker in the universe is the most
unObtrusive.
Year: 1860

Twenty thousand Swedes and Nor
wegians are reported to be getting in
readiness to embark for the United
States early ia the coming summer
They will bring much wealth with them,
and what is better they will bring with
them confirmed habits Of morality, in.
dustry and economy.
Year: 1860

There is something so tender and
beautiful in the following from the pen
of B. f, Taylor, of the Chicago Jour
nal, that it even throws the sunset
around the tomb. We commend it to
the lovers of tho chaste and glowing in
thought and diotion:


"Thero is bat breath of air and a
beat Of the heart, between this world
and tho next. When the good and
lovely die, then the memory of their
deeds, like the moon-b beams on the stor-
my sea, light up our darkened hearts
and lead us to the surrounding gloom
beauty so sad, so sweet, that we would
not, if we could, dispel the darkness
that environs it,
Year: 1860

SrYE ON THE EYELID. "A CORES
pondent sends us the following remedy,
which she says she can youch for:-Put
a teaspoonful Of black tea in a small
bag pour on it just enough boiling wa.
ter to moisten it, then put it on the eye
pretty warm. Keep it on all night, and
in the morning the stye will most likely
be gone; if not, second application is
certain to remove it,
Year: 1860

Oaken Bucket"


The following "reminiscences Of Sam
uol Wordsworth, from a private letter
is in reference to the period of the pro-
duotion of tho "Old Oaken Bucket


It was written in the spring or sum-
mcr of 1857. The family were living,
at the time in Duane street The poet
came home to dinner one very warm
day, having walked from his Office some
where near the foot of Wall street Be-
ing much heated with the exercise, he
poured himself out a glass of water
New York pump water--and drank it
at draught; exclaiming, as he replaced
the tumbler on the table, "That is very
refreshing, but how much more refresh
ing would it be to take a good, long
draught, this warm day, from the old
oaken bucket I left hanging in my faith
er's we'll at home" Hearing this, the
poets wife, who was always a suggestive
body, said, samuel, why wouldn't that
be a pretty subject for a poem?" The
poet took the hint, and, under the in
spiration of the moment, sat down and
poured out from his very heavy soul
those beautiful lines which have i'm
mortalized the name of Wordsworth,
Year: 1860

A man would do well to carry a PEN
Gil in his pocket and write down the
thoughts of the moment Those that
come unsought are commonly the most
profitable, and should be secured, be-
cause they seldom return Bacon.
Year: 1860

HUMAN LrFE.-Hope writes the poe
try Of the boy, but memory that Of the
man. Man looks forward with smiles,
but backward with sighs, Such IS the
wise providence Of God. The cup Of
life is sweetest at the brim, the flavor is
impaired as we drink deeper, and the
drogs are made bitter that we may not
struggle when it is taken from our lips.
Year: 1860

Aunt E--was trying to persuade
little Eddy to retire at sundown, using
as an argument that the little chickens
went to roost at that time. eyes, said
Eddy, "but the old hen always goes
with them" Aunty tried no more ar
guments with him.
Year: 1860

You may be too poor or too busy to visit theSwatering places; in either case you are equally unfortunate, for you will lack the stamp of the assay office, only there to De obtained. You will not pass next winter without keen scrutiny from those sharp peo- pie, the society brokers But you must req son thus: q can spend month among the hills for what week would cost me at New port or SAmtoga;. j. an air bath is more exhil- arating tban surf bath, and leaves one far less sticky; therefore Newport and Saratoga and Long Branch and Cape May are such very sour grapes, that I will none of them lest ruin my teeth, but will go to the airing places.

 The scenery in this, the northwestern part of Connecticut, is wild and hilly in the ex- treme, but some of it is very beautiful. The village where l stayed last night, for in. stance, lies in the centre of a deep basin from which you would think there was nc outlet if you did not see the Housatonie sweeping through it. There were several mills here at one time, but the river grew tired of work, and sxept awsy the dam ous
Year: 1860

Sacred places for pure thoughts and
holy meditations, says a writer, are the
little graves in the churchyard. They
are the repositories of the mothers
sweetest joy, half unfolded buds of IN
nocent humanity nipped by the first
frost of time, ere yet canker worm
of corruption has nestled among its
embryopetals. Callous, indeed, must be
the heart of him who can stand by a
little grave side and not have the holi-
est emotions of the soul awakened to
thoughts of purity and joy which be-
long only to God and heaven, for the
mute preacher at his feet tells of life
begun and ended without stain, and
surely if this be vouchsafed to mortali-
ty, how much purer and holier must be
the spiritual land enlightened by the
sun of infinite goodness, whence ema-
mated the soul of that brief sojourner
among us? How swells the heart
of the parent with mournful Joy while
standing by the earth-bed of his lost
little ones? Mournful, because sweet
treasure has been taken away-joyful,
because that precious jewel glitters in
the diadem of the redeemer.