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Year: 1865

THE FARMERS BAROMETER-Takea COM
mon glass pickle-botte-wide montted; fiji
it within three inches of the top with water;
then take a Florence oil flask, removing the
straw covering aud cleaning the flask,
thoroughly; plunge the neck of the flask into
the other hottie, as far as it will go. and the
barometer is complete. In fine weather the
water will rise into the neck of the flask even
higher than the mouth of the other bottle,
but in wet and windy weather it will fall an
inch below the mouth of the flask Before
heavy gale Of wind, the water has been seen
to leave the flask altogether at least eight
hours before the gale came to its height.
The invention was made by a Ger nan, and
communicated by him to London journal.
Year: 1865

Power OF IlUNpUG.-An individual
who opened a small tavern near the field
Of Waterloo was frequently questioned as
to whether he did or did not possess some
relics Oft battle, and he invariably and
honestly answered in the negative.


But he was very poor; and one daJ
while lamcn!ing to 4 ncighbor not only
his poverty, hut the annoyance TO which
travellers subjected him, his friend cut
him short with


"Well,make one help the other make
some relics"


"But what can do ?" inquired the
poor man.


"rcll them that Napoleon or yelling
ton entered your shop during the battle,
and sat down in that chair"


Not lrng after an English tourist enter
ed the tavern, and, inquiring for relics,
was told the chair story. The chair was
bought at an incredible price, The next
conner was informed that Wellington had
taken Il drink, and the Wellington tum-
bier WIS accordingly sold. The third ar
rival gazed with breathless wonder at the
nail on which Bonaparte had hung his
hat; the fourth purchased the door-posts
between which he had entered; and tho
fifth became the happy purchaser of tho
floor on which lie had iroddcn,


At the LIST adyices the fortunate tav-
crn-keeper had not a roof TO cover his
head, and was sitting on n bag Of gold in
the corner Of a deep pit formed 10y selling
the earth ON which the house had stood.
Year: 1865

Do not fed of pastures too closely, as
the grass will be long time starting again
especially in hot and dry weather, 1t is
bad policy to keep so much stock that
pastures are always very short. The
leaves of grass perform the Office filings.
Therefore, let plants have top enough,
that the breathing may not be obstructcd,
Year: 1865

TIE GOVERNMENT AND THE RAILEoADs.-
Secretary STATIONS order to Major General
Thomas to transfer the control of railroads in
the State of Tennessee and their continua-
tions in adjoining States from the military 20
the civil authorities contains the following
important prov.so:


Each company will be required to give
bonds satisfactory to the Government that
they will in twelve months from the date or
transfer as aforesaid. or such other reasonable
time as may be agreed upon, pay fair valu-
alton for the Government poperty turned over
to said companies, the same being first ap
praised by competent and disinterested par
ties at a fair valuation, the United States re-
serving all Government dues for carrying
mails and other. service performed by each
company until said obligations are paid; and
if at the maturity of said debt the amount Of
Government dues retained as aforesaid does
not lquidate the same the balance is to be
paid by the company IN money.
Year: 1865

GS"Gcneral Grant met with an enthusias-
tic reception in Cincinnati on Saturday. In
response to an address of the MAY or, he made
the longest speech he has been known to make
yet He said: b.. !.


Mr. Mayor, and Ladies and Gentlemen
i thank you for this very cordial welcome
and reception. | say to you as have said
elsewhere, l do not receive these demonstra-
tions as particularly intended for myself, but.
as showing the loyalty of the people to the
aarse we have been fighting for the past four
years. Again thank you
Year: 1865

Gen. A. B. UNDERWOOD received his COM
mission to-day as Surveyor of the Port Of
Boston. He was consequently relieved from
service upon the WERz Military Commis-
sion, and breveted by the Secretary of War
a Major General in the volunteer service,
without asking for it, "a Well-earned honor
and, in order to accept the new civil position
just conferred upon him by the President, he
has resigned his military commission. This
is good record for one day.
Year: 1865

The Military Commission of which Major
General WALLACE is President and General
Holt, Judge Advocate, for the trial of the
rebel Captain WERE, will hold their sessions
in the room occupied by the Court of Claims,
in the Capitol, q spacious and airy chamber
Year: 1865

ed several times without any result. At
length, penetrating below the mud, the
hooks caught in something Of consider
able weight, and after much time and
effort they succeeded in raising from the
obscure hole. 1t was an old chest. The
sides and lids were decayed, and it need
ed no locksmith to open it. Within it
they found what they were sure they
would find, and which filed the spec
tators with horror-the remains of a
human body.


The police officers now rushed into
the house and secured the old man. AS
to his wife, she, at first, could not be
found. But after fatigueing search,
she was discovered beneath a pile of
wood. being much bruised by the heavy
logs above her., By this time nearly the
whole population Of the town had col
lected around the spot.


The old couple were brought before
the proper authorities and separately
examined. The man persisted in his
denial most obstinatcly; +; but his wife at
once confessed that she and her husband,
very long time ago, had murdered a
peddler, who possessed a large sum OF
money. He had passed the night at
their house and they, taking advantage
Of the heavy sleep that encompassed hill
had strangled him, after which they
placed his body in a chest The chest
was then thrown into the we'll, and the
well stopped up. The two criminals
had reason to believe themselves free
from detection, as there were no wit
nesses Of the crime, and its traces care
fully concealed. Nevertheless, they had
not been able to hush the voice Of con
science They fled from their fellow
men. They were intimidated at the
slightest noise, and silence filled then
with fear They had often thought o
flying to some distant land but some
inexplicable influence kept them neal
the remains Of their victim. Terrified
by the deposition of his wife, the old
man at length made similar confession:
and six weeks after. the guilty couple
expired on the scaffold.
Year: 1865

LulI' during long period, was a
manager of the French opera, and being
fayorite with the court, amassed a
handsome fortune But alas, despite
the sweetening influences of the gentle
art, he rendered himself the terror of
the musicians under his direction by his
furious demeanor, being by no means
squeamish in his treatment Of them, often
belaboring their craniums with his fiddle
if by chance somo note struck his critic
al ear In this manner he is said to
have destroyed scores Of violins; and one
wretched claronet player, in particular,
who had rare genius for never being
either in time or tune, cost him a vast
number Of Instruments. They shivered
like glass on the obdurate caput of the
faulty Orpheus, and Lulli swore, in his
bewilderment Of rage, that he never be-
fore met with so vile a performer or SO
hard head. What must have been
his astonishment on discovering, after
time, that the offender had his peril
wig lined with lead---a most undignified
mode of procedure on the part Of the
one, and master stroke of policy On
that of the other, who by this ingenious
device retained at once his brains and
his situation. This very sensitive
method of instruction is, fortunately,
rather out Of vogue at present; other
wise it might be hard to conjecture
what unpleasant results would frequent
ly follow among our musicians.


Handel was also extremely passionate,
and so remarkable irratable of nerve
that he could never endure to hear the
tuning of instruments, which process,
therefore was always completed before
he arrived in the orchestra.


A musical wag, who knew how to ex-
tract mirth from his Feasibility of tenn
per, stole into an orchestra on a night
when the Prince of Wales was to be
present at the performance of new
oratorio, and untuned all the instru
ments- Some half note, and others q
whole note lower than the organ. AS
soon as the Prince arrived, Handel gave
tie signal beginning con sprtto, but
such was the horrible discord that the
enraged musician started up from his
seat, and having overturned double
bass which stood in his way, he seized
kettle drum which be threw with such
violence at the leader Of the band that
be lost his full bottomed wig by the eff
ort. Without waiting to replace it, he
advanced bareheaded to the front of
the orchestra, breathing vengeance, but
SO much choked with passion that utter
ance was denied him. In this ridiculous
attitude he stood staring and stamping
Tor some minutes amidst convulslons OF
laughter, nor could he be prevailed on to
resume his seat till the Prince went per-
sonally to arpease bis wrath, which he
with great difficulty accomplished.
Year: 1865

A LAKE OF LAGER BEEK.-Some
miners the other day sunk shaft for
mineral in the foundation of Jones' old
Brewery at British Hollow and at a
depth Of sixteen feet, came upon cav
ern nearly filled with Lager Beer
depth Of opening about six feet, lateral
dimensions unknown. A pump was i'm
mediately sent for and inserted, and
several hogsheads Of as pure beer drawn
out as was ever matted. Grant County
Herald.
Year: 1865

FT1HTS Institution is prepared to purchase or


L furnish Exchange on all the principal cities
OF the Union, Receive Deposits, Buy Gold, Sill
yer and Uncurrent Money, Collect on this point,
without charge, furnishing Exchange at cur
rent rates.
Year: 1865

win offer my entire stock OF Fall and Winter
Dry Goods at an Immense reduction. The stock
consists Of everything generally kept IN first
class Dry GoOds House for Family and Planta-
ton supplies. as foilsws;
Year: 1865

AN AWFUL IDENTIFICATION OF THE
EPISCOPAL CHURCH BY Mr.. GREELEY
We find the following fearful anathema
against the Episcopal Church in the Tfi'
bnne of the 10th. What the Episcopal
Church has done to call forth this terri
BILE imprecaution on its head we wot
not:


$50 then the Episcopal Church, in this
year of peace and grace and emancipa-
tion, with all the world recognizing in
America the triumph of freedom over
tho worst form of slavery and OPPRESSION,
steps back and says: Let the children
of God pass on; We shall remain with
our eyes fixed on Sodom.' So stood the
wife of Lot in the olden time. We know
that God cursed her with his awful
wrath, and that through all succeeding
time she remained 4 monument of shame
and blacksliding, and a Just example OF
Divine vengeance She did not save So
dom. The fire came, and the sons of the
wicked were destroyed"
Year: 1865

A SENSIBLE CoNcLUsIoN.-The New
York Tribune, chief among the Radical
abolition journals, peintedly and wisely
says: "The more we see Of coHrts-mar
tial the more anxious we become for the
announcement that it has been decided
to dispense with this anomaly OF our ma
tional government. end return to the le-
gitipate and normal processes OF law IN
the treatment of crime.


We cordially concur with the Tribune
that these tyranical confriyaDces should
be dispensed with now and forever
Year: 1865

New YORK, Oct 25.-At meeting of
the James River and Kanawha Canal
Company, in Richmond, n vote was pass
ed to carry out all arrangement for the
sale to a French house of the property,
conditional upon its enlargement and
completion to the Ohio river, and asking
the legislature to extend the charter of
the Company in order that the agree
meut NAV be cOnsummated
Year: 1865

Tho present Abolition party has always
been q Dis1nion party aud they meant to di,
vide the Union II they could not succeed in
provoking the South to secede. Mr. Seward
in so made his celebrated speech that the
States must be all free or all slave. Ben. Wade
made speech in the Senate, and asked the
South why they did not go as be claimed they
had right to do. When the South begun TO
secede Mr.. Chaue was in favor of letting them
go, sr-s t.as-.f.


Mr. Chase had always been O State Rights
man in the secession sense. In his speech
in the case Of the slave Matilda (l838) he
said that the Union was q mere compact. In
1864 the convention which nominated him
declaIed that ''the people should guard with
jealous care the rights of the several States
as independent governments" and "that no
entertainments on the judicial or legislative
prerogatives OF either should be permitted
from any quarter"-and Mr. Chase gave
these resolutions his special endorsement in
q speech. And while he was Governor he
hada body of troops under arms with cars
tridges at Columbus to resist the United
States Government-and bis small fey in the
counties everywhere from Urbana to Lumber.
ton, were ready TO cry hurra They have al
ways meant Disunion to get rid Of the South
and they only agree TO have il in the Union
now because they believe that they can hold
the States in subjedtion as conquered Provin
ces under the sway OF Menial Satraps-
Urband Onion.
Year: 1865

VIRGINIA. The Union Association Of Alex
andria, Va, have issued an address to the
people of the North, upon the subject Of re.
organization Of the State government in Vir
ginia, in which they ask, after reclting the
history of the restored government of that
State,o that Congress regard the administra
ton of Governor Peirpoint as only provisional
that 1t lnaug lrate measures to call a State
convention at fit time, for the amendment of
the old or the formation of new constitution,
the convention to be chosen by the loyal people
of the State without distinction of color and
from which all who have voluntarily aided the
rebellion be excluded, whether as members or
electors-that until such fit time arrive, it orga-
nize- provisional or territorial government,
upon such plan as, in it's Judgment, shall seem
best calculated to guarantee the enjoyment of
the civil rights and peaceful pursuits of the
ordinary avocations of the people, and to
emancipate the blacks from the control of
their masters, and educate them for the enjoy
ment Of their civil rights. s.-Nat. Int.


The Raleigh, n G., Standard, speaking Of
the Confscation and Abandoned Property
laws, says;


There is reason to hope that very little
property in North Carolina will be taken from
the citizens under these laws. The laws
themselves do not appear to be SO general as
most persons have anticipated, and in addition
to this large discretion for relief Of those
subject to them, is given to the President, which
he will exercise with kindness and lberality.-
And even beyond this, there is we'll grounded
hope that when we have established civil
government and have entered into the bosom
of the Union forever, Congress will deal
mildly and gently with us.


Among the passengers arrived at Cairo on
Year: 1865

An exceedingly modest young lady,
desiring leg of chicken at the table,
said: "Pll take the part that ought to
be dressed in drawers" A nice young
gentleman who sat opposite. imm mediately
said: "Pll take the part that ought to
wear the hustle"
Year: 1865

TO the Travelling RublaC~To Par


ties Travelling East.


To the Travelling Publio-if there has
previously existed any question - to which
is the most practicable line Of travel to
reach the Eastern Cities, that question NO
longer exists. Leaving Chicago the most
Direct expeditions and comfortable route to
take is the Michigan Southern Railroad,
which connects directly with the Lake
Shore and Erie lines, making . continuous
and nnbroken line Of travel to New York
City. This is an entirely American line.
As it does not pass through any portion Of
John Bulls dominions, the traveller i not
subjected to vexatious delays and addition
al expense caused by procuring passports.
You take the Michigan Southern cars in
Chicago. your baggage is checked through
to any point East, and you are put through
almost without change Of cars. The &C
commodations on this line are of the first
order. The cars are commodious and com.
Portable in every respect Luxurious Sleep
ing Coaches on all Nigh Trains-in fact
nothing is lacking to make the trip by this
route one of perfect comfort. Call for
tickets via the Michigan Southern and Lake
Shore Route, and you will hit the nail on
the head.
Year: 1865

YOUNG SETTLERS FEsrlvAL.-The Young
Settlers Of Scott county hold their annual
festival at the Pennsylvania House to-mor-
row evening. They have made arrange
ments for happy time. Mine hosts Of the
Pennsylvania House is preparing everything
in the best style for the occasion. Every
Young Settler should IN axe it point to at
t end.
Year: 1865

The last few weeks have been rather dull,
but we are glad to see that business is
again reviving, and the promise of large
sales and quick returns is good; and the
merchants who take the proper means to
secure the trade, will be well and literally
rewarded. The question then arises, what
are the proper means to secure large
share of this trade? The best, cheapest,
and quickest way to secure customers is
undoubtedly to advertise, advertise liber-
ally, let persons know what your business
is, what you can do, and what you have
for sale; spread broadcast over the coun-
try cards, posters and circulars, and insert
an extended advertisement in your county
paper; and if there are persons in the
county who want work done in your line,
or need what you have for sale, most as
suredly you will get their custom, and
they will come to you before going else
where.


Times have changed wonderfully in the
last few centuries. In the middle Of the
seventeenth century the shop-keepers Of
London made known their business 0iUa
ooce The masters or proprietors would
take a turn before their doors, crying
"What dye lack, sir !? what dye lack,
madam % and then run over list of
commodities they dealt in. This demo-
cratic ,era was succeeded by the age of
signs, which genius soon improved by
all imaginable devices. AS the capabilities
of the printing press were developed,
shrewd men. saw in it a chance to 'univer-
salize their sign board;" they saw that
they could place upon it not only their
name and number, but full account of
their stock, and their range of prices; they
saw that they could challenge the attention
not only of those who passed by their
store, but of men in all places and at all
times. And since the capabilities Of the
press have been developed, shrewd busi-
ness men have availed themselves of its
advantages, and have universally found
such investment remunerative Que. And
nowto neglect it, is like resolving never to
travel by steam nor communicate by tele-
graph. 1t is to close ones eyes to the
light and insist upon living in perpetual





darkness. An individual may do this at
his own cost; but community will never
act SO unwisely. And he who 'neglects the
advantages of advertising, not only robs
himself Of his fair advantages, but bestows
the spoils on his wiser rivals.
Year: 1865

W-On our fourth page will be found
continuation Of our correspondent J. Ms
article on mining. 1t is, as the first, a
sound and sensible article, just what we
need to prompt US Of the mining district to
do our duty, and thoroughly dovelopo our
mining resources. Let US hope that we
may see the words ''to be continued" at
the close of a number Of articles yet to
come -.
Year: 1865

sI-It is useless at this time to insert
an extended notice Of the County Fair
which commences tomorrow Suffice it
to say that the indications are that we are
to have an excellent Fair.
Year: 1865

The war for the Union was not begun
to obtain any financial advantages, but on
the contrary, with clear foresight of the
great financial waste and loss it would in
volve. 1t frequently occurs, however,
that where We most certainly expect loss,
and loss only, some dimly un dcrstood or
previously unknown law of co mpensation
intervenes, which not only Sc tiles the ac-
count. but leaves balance of profit to our
credit. The farmers Of the Western
States, large proportion of whose farms
were at the commencement of the war.
and had for many years been mortgaged
for half or wo-thirds their value did not
expect that one of the first effects of the
war would be, by depreciating the cur
rency, to reduce tie value of mortgages,
which called only for fixed sums in cur
rency, to one half or one third their orig
inal standard, and by raising the prices
of agricultural produce to twice its form
er figure, enable them, with the same
crops, to pay off three or four times as
much Of the debt due on their farms as
formerly Nevertheless this has occurred,
and every township of the West has been
witnessing this gradual emancipation of
its farmers from their former load of in
dividual debt


While the borrowers have been thus
releaved the lenders have Jared equally
we'll as class The funds which for
merly sought investment on bond and
mortgage, being loaned to individuals to
enable them to carry on agricultural bus
iness, have largely sought Gve-twenties.
seven thrties and other Government Sc
curities aud speculations, which were so
many ways of loaning to the Government
the funds for conducting the war. The
great national debt only takes the place of
vast aggregate of individual debts which
would have to exist were there no nation
al debt, for all surplus capital seeks bor-
rowers, and every mans debt. If invest
ed in improved property its returns are
the rents. If put out on mortgage its
return would be styled interest If in
vested in FIVE twcntIes its returns are in
the form Of taxes and revenues. In Ell
ther case, however, the consumer pays
the rent interest or tax, and in the ag-
gregate it is probable the burden Of debt
is not greater now than formerly, as there
has been no period in the history of our
country when a given amount of labor
has yielded a more adequate return in the
necessaries of life.
Year: 1865

you understand that ! am in earnest a.
bout marrying Harriet Parker, I hope you
will reconsider your hasty resolutions a
bout not speaking to your sister in-law.-
The loss, let me tell you, will be all on
your own side


Brother Tom understood his own posi-
tion entirely. He was not man to .toop
below himself in marrying. He could
not unite himself with one who was igno-
rant and unrefned-against that his gen
erously cultivated soul would have reyol
ted. But he wanted real, not an artifi
cial woman-one who could take her
place beside him, as he said on the lowest
round of fortunes ladder, aud keep step
with him upward. Such a one he had
found in Harriet Parker, and he was in
depended enough to make her his wife.


Lizzie soon discovered, after brother
Tom actually got married aud commenced
housekeeping in two rooms. with his mod
est, cheerful, earnest minded wife, that
her new sis]er had about her something
that insensibly won the love, commanded
the respect and almost extorted the ad-
miration of all who were fortunate as to
make her acquaintance.


Marriage they say makes or mars a
man, the brother overheard Lizzie once
saying, in an undertone to lady friend.
But it will not mar the fortune of broth
er Tom. He's got just the wife to help
him along in the world and one that
will grace any position to which they may
rise


'My own sentiments exactly, pretty
spoke our brother Tom. She's jewel
and worth thousand of your paste and
tinsel women. [ told you so. But you
couldn't believe NE. Now, if you'll go
and apprentice yourself to dress maker,
or milliner, or learn to do any useful
work-useful not simply ornamental |
mean, | will recommend you to the new
President of the society told you about.
| had to resign when | got married He's
splendid specimen, and will make hus-
band worthy of a queen