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Year: 1868

When lovely woman stoops to frolic
And rEes the ruse, alas, too late.
What balm shall soothe her meloncolicP
What art shall set her back up straight!
The only thing for her Disaster
The only way her woe to end,
is TO apply mustard plaster
If she won't do it, let her bend.
Year: 1868

The Falcon complains of the neglect of
the corporate authorities of omerville, and
says that yawning gullies and impossible
streets should be repaired. So they should
Peg away, friend Falcon, and expose them
if they do not do their duty
Year: 1868

The following is from the edition of
Mother Goose for 1869:


Grant and CoIfax went or a tair,


To get the public plunder,


Grant fell down and broke his crown,


And Colfax to thunder.
The right way-sixteen ounces to the
Mound
Year: 1868

Queen Isabella Of Spain weighs two hun
dred and twenty-five pounds. She has be-
come very homely, and when she appears in
public with her two eldest daughters both
Of whom are very handsome girls, the con-
trast is most striking The Queens husband
IS the very embodiment of stupidity; he
looks IN bis gorgeous uniform like an idiot
wondering why they have dressed him up
so nicely. He is always head over heels in
debt, and the Queen herself is likewise most
iy short Of funds The better class Of Mad
rid society look with profound contempt on
the royal family. As a proof Of the Queens
unpopularity at the capitol of Spain, it is
said that there is IN Madrid scarcely
single girl bearing the name Of Isabella
Year: 1868

Hon J. W. HARRIs-On the 9th of
August a large number of the people of
Fayette addressed a letter to this dis
tinguished Chancellor and requested him to
address them at his convenience at the court
house in Somerville upon the issues of the
times. On the 18th of September. His
Honor replied to the communication of his
fellow citizens and declined to do so, from
the fact that he did not think that the iu-
dietary should engage in political discus
sions The closing paragraph in the reply
Of the Chancellor is as follows


Whilst / do not deem it proper for me
to enter the political arena and engage in
public discussions, shall IN the exercise of
the right Of a private citizen, vote for that
pure and eminent statesman of New York
for the first and highest Office within the
Gift Of the American people, sincerely be-
Heving his election VIII bring about union
and harmony among all classes Of people !"


The many friends and admirers of Hon.
j. W Harris IN this county are glad to learn
that lie endorses Horatio Seymour, the peo-
ples choice for President
Year: 1868

FATTENING HoGs.-This kind of stock
should now receive close attention; they
should be fed regular, and all they will eat
but no more. In addition, they should have
salt and sulphur, and also some charcoal or
rotten wood and all the drink they will take
Milk, dish-water and ofFal from kitchen,
should be given to the younger pigs and
ehnafs
Year: 1868

Of interest themselves to them than the wars
of nations or the discovery Of a continent.
The warm heart Uust throb its last before
its interest ceases in the people around
it.


There is malicious gossip. very ulcer
in a community, at least he or she was
once so considered, bat we are moving un-
der new lights now.


Very soon there will be no such thing as
gossip. It applies a kind of freprobation of
evil and real or fancicd moral elevation
Can we, by any effort of inauguration,
fancy gossip going on in the courts ofhel {?
The devil, who goes beyond another in
diablerie, only moves step nearer to his
monarch's throne.


We are no advocate of the illnatured gos-
sip which picks flaws in peoples charac-
ters. We are far ahead of gossip, and out
Of its reach. The very name sounds like
nothing in our ears. The world is spread
ing out its ideas in such wonderful space
that all barriers are swept down, and, like
the insect on the wheel, each man cries
out, "admire my rapidity p
Year: 1868

If you read the epitaphs in our grave
yards, or the obituaries in the newspapers,
you will be astonishcd at the number of
men whose friends claim for the merit Of a
well spent life.


If a man was rich aud gave OF his album
dance to public or private charities, his life
is a: once pronounced perfect. II poor
and industrious, he is considered as hav-
ing justly filed the measure of his allotted
hours. If a woman keeps clean house
and quiet children, she is a ''mother in
Israel" II she deVotes herself to spas
mOdic works of benevOlsnoe ; let any one
dare to question her motives. On tomb
stones at least this measure is awarded,
whatever censure the living might have re-
ceived or deserved. Ali these things are
we'll and good, but to US the idea of well
spent life conveys more.


1t is life which sets before it the i'm
mutable principles of truth and justice as
rules of action. The man may be a poor
laborer. unskilled in the learning Of the
sci hools but with a determination to do
right whatever may come of it. In the
drawing of furrow, or the measuring Of a
bashel of corn, the principle will sustain
him quite as thoroughly as on the dividing
line between some questionable good and
decided vice.


A well spent life is filed with deeds of
active, loving sympathy for its fellow men.
! 1t is self-controlIed. and not at the mercy
of caprice or passion, for it's main springs
of action are beyond their reach Its in
! huence is genial, and men are drawn TO it,
for the fruits of peace and content it bears
in their sight. Whatever Of self-sacrifice
is required, is cheerfully paid as debt in
a world where trouble is a universal law
The most perfect lives are full of faults,
but the faults of the ones of which We have
given vague outline are obscured in the
eyes of men by its strong helpfulness min,
gled with tender pity for the weak and er-
ring. It's noble results are in the help il
lends to feeble spirits who steady Ihemsel-
yes against its taller stature. One suon
life in a community is a public blessing
All hearts and prayers follow it, aud we
too, bid it "God speed" wherever and
whenever it i5 to be found.-N. o. Times
Year: 1868

Woman is a very nice and a very COM
plicated machine Her springs are indef-
nitelv delicate, and differ from those of
man, pretty nearly as the work of a repeat
ing watch does from that of town clock.
Look at her body, how delicately formed J
Examine her sense how exquisite and nice
Observe her understanding, how subtle and
acute But look into her heart; there is
the patch work, composed of parts so won
derfully combined, that they must be seen
through a microscope to be clearly com9re-
hended. The perception of a woman is as
quick as tightening. Her penetration is
tuition had almost said instinct. By
a glance of the eye she can draw deep
and just conclusion. Ask her how she
formed it, she cannot answer the question.
AS the perception ola woman is surprising
ly quick, so their souls and immaginatiOns
are uneommonly susceptible.


If few women write they all talk and
every man may judge of them in this point
from every circle he gets into. Spirit in
conversation depends entirely upon fancy,
and women all over the world talk better
than men. Have they character to por-
tray or figure to descibe They give
but three traits, either one or the other,
and the character is known, or she figure
placed before our eyes. WhyAse From the
susceptibility Oftheir immaginas cir
fancies receive lively impIsssie q
those principal traits, and th


impressions with which the


A woman of fancy, warm


will produce hundred cl


ges, among which there shal -


indicate or coarse. Warm


subject he shall possibly fpd strong.
lusions, but, they shall neither be so
liant nor SO chaste.-.S Sherlock
Year: 1868

FASHIONABLE TAILOR,


No 161 King ST. next O Milburns Drug Store,
Would announce to his friends and the public
that he is again prepared to attend to all orders
for work in his line in his usually satisfactory
style. MAI 1o-'l
Year: 1868

GRIEF.-The following is copied from Ger
man newspaper =" My noble husband, Profess
sor Sell, is dead the most powerful medicine
would not keep him with me. Two sorrowing
children would weep over his grave but alas
our marriage was not thus blest. AS he is dead,
and it cannot be helped now, do not wish to
think of 1t, and do not wish to be reminded of
it by having friends condole with him. His
death has placed me in the mournful state of
widowhood, and see no way to get out of it,"
Year: 1868

Why ?-Why sits that maiden sad and pale,
amid the glittering throng? Why bears her face
the mark of pain, while needless of the song p
Has he whom she did fondly love left her young
heart forlorn More poignant are the pains she
feels she suffers from a corn
Year: 1868

The Dramatic Chronicle remarks "a The Occi-
dent is entirely another paper from the Occidental
and Vanguard The malicious person who cir
culated the report that the two sheets were iden-
tical should be humanely hung"


What on earth does the man mean?
Year: 1868

But through the misty twilight of this eclipse
OF reason, we see the dawning of day OF re-
generation.


But how can you see when you acknowledge
your reason to be in an eclipse ?-Appeai.
Year: 1868

country forswear his previous allegiance
and be admitted into all the civil and
political rights of mis- new home-that
American citizens by adoption and nat
uralization are entitled to all the rights
as between us and foreign powers
which can be claimed by our native
born citizens, and it is the duty of the
Federal Government to protect and TO
maintain them by every means within
its power.


RESOLVED, That the people will sus-
tain Andrew johnson, President of the
United States, in his struggle with Con-
gressional usurpation, and that We
pledge the Democracy of Ohio to sup
port him in all Constitutional measures
to relieve the white people Of the
South from the negro government
now being imposed upon them.


RESOLVED, That the fortitude and GAL
lantry Of our soldiers in the recent
civil war, in defense of the Union, en-
title them TO the gratitude of the
country, and they should ever be re.
membered by III it's bounties.


RESOLVED, That the Democracy OF
the country have neither the purpose
or desire to re-establish slavery, nor to
assume any portion Of the debts of the
States lately I'm rebellion.
Year: 1868

at the close of the war;" SAID
General Grant, where was q very
fine feeling manifested in the South
and / thought We ought to take ad-
vantage oflJas soon as possible. -
Had this submissive and mngnani-
nous loyalty been met in a cores
ponding spirit, the country would
have been Immediately tranquilized
and have entered at once upon an
era of harmony, But a partlxan
Congress flung IN Ingredients which
changed tho WINE into vinegar
Fearing that the restored South
would act with tho Democratic par
ty, the Republicans determined to
keep tho Union disunlted. We
have had three years OF rancor ard
turmoil because the Republicans
were willing TO sacrifice the Union
and tho public tranquility to the
hops ofparty success.
Year: 1868

john II. THOMAS, Esq, tho Dem
ocratic nominee for Congress in tho
7th District of Ohio, makes, in hs
speech accepting tho nomination,
tho following truthful and pointed
remarks


The Republican party has been
IN absolute power for eight years /;
and whatever has been done, for
the good or evil OF tho country they
have done. They cannot divide the
responsibility with any one else
because they have not even advised
with any body else. Thoy can not
plead want Of power nor charge
auy one olse with defeating any of
their wishes; for if the President
stood IN their way, they stripped
him OF all power to hinder. Ii the
courts lntcrposed upon either pleas
OF mercy or vengeance, thcy either
stIfied their uttorances by malIg-
nant Legislation or by military
force. lfState Legislatures, or State
Conventions attempted TO obstruct
the pathway they were opening to
their elyseum, they were either pre-.
vented from assembling or dispersed
with the bayonet. If the people of
\ State declined 10 ratity their acts,
they, by force of power, declared
them ratified notwithstanding. In
short, whatever this Republican
party have thought il desirable u
do, they have done it in defiance of
all opposition, and it therefore fol-
lows, rs an inevitable conclusion,
that it this country is not to-day rs
happy, prosperous and harmonious
rs it ought to be, it Is the fault OF
the Republican party, and oftho Re-
publican party alone.


Now, if at the end of eight years
OF most absolute rule, tho country
is worse off than when they entered
INTO power, what hope Of relief or
ofbcttcr times can the people have
from continuing them longer in
power2 Their only promises for
the future arc basod upon their cor
duct in the past, and rs their past
and present measures have not been
such as to improve our condition,
but have loaded us with burdens
unnecessary and ruinous, it seems
to me, that nothing but n blind, un-
reasonable, utterly reckless and sla>
wish adhesion to prejudice or party
can induce the people any longer to
entrust that party with the govern
ment OF tho country. And l have
so much faith in the patriotism and
virtue of the great mass of the peo-
pie, who, like myeelf have no IN
terest in parties fun ther than they
can be made instruments Of good
to believe they will this fall refuse
to voto back this party into power
No party can claim ownership oi
the farmers, mechanics, laborers
and business men OF this country
and no party discipline or deception
can longer force them TO adhere .o
and support a party when they can
see all around them, everywhere,
evidences of tho injury that party
is doing them and their country.
Year: 1868

The Kansas State Journal defends woman
Suffrage thus: ''Who was the first to convey
2 pail Of water at the recent FIRE at Topeka?
A woman Sally Young. Couldn't
Sally Young carry printed ballot as easily
as water hucketm -
Year: 1868

Lambs should be taken from the ewes
before feed begins to fail in the fall;
they require when left to get their liv.
ing by grazing alone, good pasture, or
they will decline in flesh and enter win
ter in condition that will not warrant
their going through. The eve, also,
after supporting lamb through the
summer requires time and plenty of
food to recuaerate lost strength and
flesh. Sheep lay on flesh more readily
from grass in the months of October
and November than any others, and
lambs should be taken Oft as soon as
September, or at least rs soon as they
are four months old.


The two flocks should be separated if
possible so Ear that they cannot hear the
bleatipg of each other, aud by all means
so that they are not in fields adjoining,
for they will spend one half of the time
running up aud down the fences trying
to get together. If lambs cannot be
furnished with good pasturage, they
should have little oat meal once day;
q gill to each is sufficient, and less than
that amount should be given at first.


If docking was neglected at the prop
er time, do not do it when weaniug; the
lambs have enough to endure by the
separation from their mothers; nor
should the job be attended to until grass
has q good start in the spring.-Okio
Farmer
Year: 1868

In the present prostrate condition OF
the country, can the workingman for a
moment be at loss to know in what
direction lies the path of duty-duty to
himself and those dependent upon him
Have not eight years of strife and blood
shed-eight years of crushing taxation
eight years of tyranny and despotism
eight years of gross violations of Con-
stitutional rights-eight years of the
most wasteful extravagance, which has
entailed three thousand millions Of dol
lars of debt upon US IS a peeple-satis-
fled the workingman that the peace
and prosperity for which he longs can
never be restored to the land under
Radical rulei
Year: 1868

TIE Radical journals boast that their
party was never so thoroughly organ
lied, and that they have an abundance
of money for campaign purposes. We
do not feel disposed to dispute either as
sertion, but we know thing worth two
of that. The campaign document OF
the Democrats has been before the peo-
pie for three years past. They learned
to ok.ow all about the frauds, corruption,
extravagance, tyranny and oppression
of the Radicals while reading the pro
ceedings of Congress, and the frequent
visit of the ax-gatherer, the high prices
of food and rent, have long since con-
WINGED them that change Of rulers is
demanded and that they are the agency
through which this change is to be eff
feeted.
Year: 1868

1t is estimated by the Department OF
Agriculture that ten million bushels of
wheat are wasted annually in this
country by bad sowing. II this be cor
rect there is loss of sufficient grain to
bread at least FIVE hundred thousand
families. This waste arises from SOW
ing too deep, too shallow, too heavy or
light, and too uneven. If ground is
plowed up rough, and the seed applied
to il in that state, a good portion of the
grain is covered too deep. If the soil is
dragged down smooth and mellow, and
the grain buried by the harrow there
will be a loss from too shallow covering.
Then 1t appears that the best mode TO
be adopted is to put the ground into
good condition, aud SOW with the drill,
or use the cultivatOr to cover.


The amonnt of grain suitable to be
used upon one piece Of land, might not
be at all appropriate for another, the
strength and condition Of the soil must
in all cases be taken into consideration
If the field is Of clay, rough and lnmpy,
more seed will be required than upen
mellow well fitted piece, aid strong
land will mature a much heavier growth,
of course, than that which is compare
lively poor.


AT harvest time the result Of heavy,
light and uneven seeding can be plainly
seen. Where too thin, the growth Of
straw will be large, the heads long,
and the kernels plump, but the yield
light, for the soil did not have . chance
to produce more than One-third the
amount it was capable of doing.


Where the seeding was too heavy,
the straw is abundant, but the grain
heads are short, not well filled and the
crop light. Where uneven sowing is
done the quality Of grain will be varied
as the cases above mentioned.


Thorough ditching is another impor-
tant thing to be observed in wheat
growing; surface water should never be
allowed to stand upon field, not even
for day, for wherever plant Ii allow
ed to be flooded at each heavy rain, no
grain will be found at harvest time


Ohio Farmer,
Year: 1868

During the late exhibition we con-
versed with several prominent manu-
facturers and wool dealers concerning
the future of wool. The impression
seemed to be general that prices had
touched bottom" and that the ten
dency was and would continue to be up
ward. There are many well informed
men that predict that wool will reach
so cents per pound before the first day
of January next. The present advance
would indicate that such may be the
case.-Prdirie Farmer.
Year: 1868

The New YORK tribune mas w aSn'
ington correspondent who recently
wrote from that city, rather exultantly
that "the Republican Committee are
sending our documents at the rate OF
more than 100000 per week" The
New York Express, in noticing this little
enterprise, says, with great truth, that
everywhere, OH every side, in every
home and household, is a Democratic
argument-such as


The double price of tea.


The triple price of sugar.


The double price Of clothing.


The velocity and volume with which
property in almost every part of the
country is running from the poor to the
rich, in consequence of the iniquity
and injustice of taxation.


The destruction of our foreign com
mercial marine.


The banishment of all gold and silver
as coin, and the universally of paper.


The downfall Of the Constitution
everywhere.


The substitution of consolidated fol
federal form of government.


The overthrow of the right of trial BY
jury, AID of the habeas corpus among
10 ,OO0, 900 of our people.


The subjugation of eight millions o.
white men in the South to three or foul
millions of negroes.


The reign of carpet -saggers in Con
gress generally runaways from th'
North), assuming to represent th'
whites and negroes in the South.


All these are Democratic argument!
in every mans mouth, and are present
more or less, everywhere, in every hense
cottage, and cabin.
Year: 1868

We lay before our readers to-day
the able protest of the white people Of
Louisiana against the adoption OF the
Carpet-bag Constitution, and the In
auguration Of negro supremacy in Lou
isiana. The document is issped by the
Democratic Central Committee OF Lou
isiana, It is an able calm and good
tempered argument against the tyran-
ny of the Radical Party. hope &c
one will fail TO peruse it,
Year: 1868

A writer gives the following advice which
we fully endorse:


Don't buy piano for your daughters while
your sons need plow


Don't let your horse be seen standing at the
tavern door 1t don't look right.


Don't give the merchant chance to dun
you. Prompt payment makes independent
men.


Keep good fences; they promote good feel
ings between neighbors.


Decent and substantial clothing for your
children makes them think better Of them
selves, and keeps the doctor away.


Don't starve your land, if you do you will
grow lean.


Don't become surety for him who waits for
the sheriff.


Buy farm wagon before fine carriage.


If you have a yoke of oxen, don't be ashamed
of them, and give your note for a span OF
horses.


Keep your sons away from horse races /;
they are the highway to ruin.


Don't run for constable; you may get it {;
and let the plow stand.


Teach your boys to look up and forward,
and never down and backwards.


Don't leave to memory what should be writ
ten it makes lawsuits.
Year: 1868

A little "unpleasantness occurred between
gentleman and his wife at Fort Wayne,
which came about in this wise The head OF
the family married a lady several years ago,
whom he had known but short time. In the
family was employed young man Of all
work, whose services the lady in question had
engaged herself The gentleman, having all
confidence in his wife, made no objection; but
lately his suspicious were aroused that all was
not right: first by remarks made by the fe-
male help presiding over the culinary depart
ment. and afterwards by hints thrown out by
neichbors. On Saturday he informed his wife
that business required his presence in Lima.
Ohio. that evening, and he did not think ho
would return until Monday. This was only
ruse, and he returned to his domicil after dark
in company with a couple friends, to whom no
had impaired his suspicious. Judge Of their
surprise aud the husbands indignation 10 SEQ
the lady actually kiss the young man. To
rush into the house and accuse the partner OF
his joys and woes Of her unfaithfulness was
but the work Of moment She received him
with perfect composure, not a muscle Of her
face moved as she heard his upbraidings, but
asked him if he was through, and then told
him that the young man was her son, the result
OF ncr UtSt HlAIIiaSc, HcI loIucI HuSu~uu nav
ing died on the scatfold, in one of the Eastern
States many years ago, for one OF the most he
NOUS crimes known 10 the land. This fact
she intended to keep secret from her husband
and all the world, but she must prove her in
nocence. Then going TO the bureau she opened
the drawer, and gave her husbend the certif-
cate of her marriage, the papers containing her
marriage notice, and also that Of the birth of
her son, aud lastly, the paper giving full ac-
count of the execution Of her husband. The
husband fell on his knees and implored her
forgiveness, and the party ACCOMPANYING him
withdrew, one of whom vouches for the truth
Of this, feeling convinced that truth is stranger
than fiction.


The moral Of this story is plain. Never
marry until you hear and know the previous
standing Of the party you are about TO select.
especially il she be widow from the East.