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Year: 1868

Books AND HARACTER.-Beniamin
Franklin tells Us il ore Of his letters
that when he was a boy little hook
fell into his hands entitled. ESSAYS
to do Good, by Cotton Mather Ii
was tattered and torE aud several
leaves were Mlssing : Bat the the. re,
turn of thinking as to have an inhu-
ence on my conduct through life; for
1ave always set a greater value on
the character OF doer of good than
any other reputation and if | have
been useful citizen, the public owes
all the advantage of it to that little
book.


Jeremy Bentham mentions that the
current of his thoughts and studies
was directed for life by single phrase
that caught his eye at the end of a
pamphlet: The greatest good to the
greatest number.


There are single sentences in the
New Testament that have awakened
to spiritual life hundreds of millions
OF dormant souls. In things of less
moment, reading has a wondrous pow
er.


George Law, a boy on his fathers
farm, met an old unknown book which
told the story Of a farmers son who
went away to seek his fortune, and
came home after many years absence
a rich man. From that time George
became uneasy. left home, lived over
again the life he had read Of, returned
millionaire and paid all his father s
debts. Robinson Crusoe has sent to
sea more sailors than the press gang.
The story abOnt little George Wash
lngton, telling the truth about The
hatchet and the plum tree has made
many truth teller We owe all the
Waverly novels to SCOTS early read
ing of the old traditions and legends
and the whole body of pastoral fiction
came IRON Addison's sketches of Sir
Robert de Coverly in the Spectator.-
But illustrations are numberless.-
Tremble, ye who write and ye who
read. A paragraph may quench or
kindle the celestial sparks in the hu-
man soul.
Year: 1868

Struggle onward, ever onward,


Though the way seems dark and drear,
Though the clouds hang dark as midnight


Soon the sunlight will appear.
Struggle on, though faint and weary,


An unseen form is by thy side,
A form unseen, though ever lowering


Round thy path, thy steps to guide.
He who trOd life's thOrny pathway,


He who groaned upon the tree,
Now is ever kindly watching,


Yes; is kindly watching thee.
Grasp the hand he gently offers,


Press it to thine aching breast,
Safely through the shades twill guide thee


On to sweet Eternal rest.
Year: 1868

during a storm a few weeks ago.
He overheard you in a moment of
great distress, speak with such full
faith, that he feels you are just the
person for this charge, and on his rec
ommendation this call has been made" I"
Maryville was the county town, rich
and thriving place in a broad and fer
tile valley at the foot of the hills.
1t was far filter sphere of labor for
man of the minister's abilities than
the wild village in the mountains


So a young man, without family,
took the missionary church among
the hills, and the Rev. James Spring
accepted the call.


But he does not forget the past,
and often, when people show want of
faith, he tells the story of his last dol
lar.-Zion's Herald.
Year: 1868

"Let us have peacep is the cry of the


millions
Who fought for the starry-gemmed flag


of the free;
'Tis the prayer of the hero, the song of ci-


villains,
That tolls from the mountain far down


to the sea.
The nation that rocked in the tempest and


gloom,
And drifted in doubt to be wrecked on


the shore,
The storm has outlived, and the thunders


that boom
Are voices that prophesy tempest no more
''Let us have peace r' is the sigh of the


lowly,
That walk in the vale where the cypress


is seen,
Who mourn their departed with tender


ness holy,
And kneel where the graves are peren-


nially green,
And where the unknown" in that silence


are sleeping,
The feet of the angels are pressing the


sod,
And vespers of harmony round them are


keeping,
While martyrs of freedom have gone to


their God.
"Let us have peacer the evangel of la


Dor,
Where toilers imploringly lift up their


hands;
Go ! wipe off the stains from the death


dealing sabre,
And build the bright altar of hope for


all lands;
LO radiant from darkness the temple in


glory
Throws wide to the world the broad ais


les of the fame;
And freemen shall tell as they utter the


story,
And children repeat to the ages again.
Let us have peace is the chorus ascend


ing
From hamlets that lie mid the pine


covered hills,
And like glad anthem in union blending
Floats on till the plain with its melody


thrills;
And rivers that roll to the land ofthe West,
And prairies that wake to the hymn of


the free,
With millions of freemen imploring for
rest,
Swell psalms of rejoicing while bending
the knee.
Let us have peace n' from the wars wild


cOmmOtion,
The trumpet's alarms, and the crash of
the field,
And let the new bliss, like the billows OF


ocean,
Roll over the land where the hero has


kneeled;
The smoke Of the battle has swept from the
sky,
The thunders have ceased and the bugle's
wild blast
The chains have been riven! and loud


from on high
The reveille calls to the love of the past
"Let us have peace" in holy thanks
giving,
The hero voice cries, in the name of the


Lord!
For the sake of the dead! for the sake Of
the living!
Turn spears into pruning hooks-to
ploughshares the sword.
And out of the darkness shall come forth
the beaming
Of glory's bright sun where the foemen


have trOd,
And freemen shall teach, with truth all


redeeming,
That weace with our brother is peace


with our God
Year: 1868

A MURDEROUs SEA FLowER.-One
of the exquisite wonders of the sea is
called the opelet, and is about as large
as the German aster, looking indeed
very much like one. Imagine a very
large, double aster, with ever so many
long petals of the delicate shade of
light green, glossy as satin, and each
one tipped with rose color. These
lovely petals do not lie quietly in their
places, like those of the aster in your
garden, but wave about in the water,
while the opelet himself generally
clings to rock.


How innocent and lovely it looks on
its rocky bed! Who would suspect
that it could eat anything grosser than
dew or sunlight =? but those beautiful
waving arms-as you may cali them
have another use besides looking pref
ty. They have to provide food for a
large open mouth, which is hidden
deep down among them-so we'll hid
den that one can scarcely find it.


Well do they perform their duty,
for the instant a foolish little fshlet
touches one of these rosy tips, he is
struck with poison, as fatal to him as
lightning. He Immediately becomes
numb, and in moment stops strug-
Cling and then the other beautiful arms
wrap themselves around him and he
is drawn into the huge greedy mouth,
and is seen no more Then the love
ly arms unclOse and wave again in the
water, looking as innocent and harm
less as though they had never touch
ed a fish.
Year: 1868

Years came and went. The little
chestnut girl passed as entirely out of
Ralph Moore's memory as if her
pleading eyes had never touched the
soft spot in his heart, but Mary Lee
never forgot the stranger who had
given her the silver piece.
Year: 1868

rss- hob Brown. did you say that my father
had not much sense rs Billy Smiths little yel-
low dog "No ! never said any such thing
Al said was that lilly Smiths little yellow dog
other, tell you
Year: 1868

The Second Advent people in This vicinity
relate . remarkable instance Of cure to q
sick person in answer to q PRAYER. A
woman at Charlestown bad Tor some time
been bedridden and on last Sunday fore.
noon n number Of the brethren and sisters
met in her room. in accordance with the
instructions in the epistle of James. chap '.
YER IA. Is:


us any sick among you3 let him call for
the elders OF the church, and let them pray
over him. amounting him with oil in the
name OF the Lord and the prayer OF faith
shall save the sick. and the Lord shall raise
him up


Carrying out the instructions Of the pas.
sage quoted. they proceeded to ancint her
with oil and united in prayer for her re-
covery, and what is not little remark able :.
the woman was so far restored to health az
to be able to attend church in this city that
aFternoon, and hundreds who were present
heard her praise God Tor her speedy relief
lBoston Traveller.
Year: 1868

VINO ARE YoUR CoMrASY? HE that
~aIketh with wise men shall be wise but
a companion OF fools shall be destroyed"


II is said to be property OF the treelrog
that it acquire, the color OF whatever i,
sdheres to for short time. Thus. when
found OF growing cora, it is commonly a
dark green. II found on white oak, IL has
the color peculiar to that tree. Just so it
is With man Tell me whom you choose
as your companions, and will tell who you
are. Do you love the society Of tbs vulgar ?
Then you are like them in your sentiments
Do you seek the society OF the pro;ans' IN
your heart you are like them. Are testers
and bufoons your choice friends2 lie who
loves to iaugh At folly is himself 3 fool. and
probably very stupid one too. Do you
love 10 seek the society Of the wise and
COOL? Il this your hab;t' Would you
rather take the lowest place among them
than the highest anoog others' Then you
have already learned TO be wise and good :.
You may not have made mach progress,
but even good beginning Is no, TO be
despised. Hold on your way. and seek 20
be The companion Of all that fear God. So
you shall be wise Tor yourself and wise in
eternity.
Year: 1868

REMOVING A TIGHT FINGER RIxG-I, is
seldom necessary 10 file on a ring winch is TOO
tight to readily pass the JOINT OF the finger. III
the finger is swollen, apply cold water to retuc G..
the ihTainmaton. then wrap small rag wet
In hot water around the ring 10 expand the
metal, and soap the finger. A needle threaded
with strong silk can then be passed between rh,.
rms and hnger, and Il person holding the two
ends and pulling the silk while slowly sliding
II around the periphery of the ring may readily
remove the ring. If the ring a plain hoop
Tins process L. easy; if it has setting or protu-
perahce more care Will be required. Another
method is TO pass piece of sewing silk und.r
the rlng and wind the thread, in pretty clos-
spirals and snugly, around the finger 10 the end
lhen take the lower end-that below the fling
ana begin unwinding. The ring is certain to
be- removed unless the silk is weak The wind /
ing comprises the finger and renders the oprr-
alton less difficult.
Year: 1868

Of all the returuings, that one latter the
funeral Is the saddest. Who will say it is
not SO, who has followed beloved one to
the grave? While he was sick we went in
and out, anxious, sorrowing, suffering The
sollcltude to relieve, and care for, and COM
fort him, engrossed US the apprehension
OF our own dissolution, in case he should
be removed from us, almost drove us wild.
While he lay dead under the home roof
there was hurry and hustle in preparation
for the final rites. Friends are sent for,
neighbors are present. the funeral arrange
ments are discussed, the mourning procur-
ed, the hospitalities of the house provided
for; all is excitement the loss is not yet
perceived in all its greatness.


But after the funeral, after the hustle


has subsided and things begin to move on
as usual, then 1t is we begin to know what
has befallen US. The house seems still and
sepulchral though in the heart of the town
The apartments, how deserted especially
the room where he struggled and surrender
ed in the last conflict There are his clothes,
books, hat, and cane, there his ever-va-
cant seat at the family board. During his
sickness We had not so much noticed these
things. for we hopedever that he might use
or occupy them. But now the dreadful va
Guilty is everywhere.


Oh how dark and cherries the night
shadows come down after the funeral No
moon or stars ever shone so dimly no
darkness ever seemed SO utterly dark. The
tickings of the clock resound like bell


strokes all over the house. No foot-step
now on the stairs or overhead in the sick
chamber; no nurse ano watchers to come
and say, ''he is not so well and asks for
you. No, indeed, you may sleep on now
and take your rest, if you can. All, poor
heartl 1t will be long before the sweet rest
you once knew will revisit your couch, or
slumber will bring again the scenes through
which you just have passed, and you will
start from it but to find them all too real.
God pity the mourner after the funeral "
Year: 1868

oh give me the life of a farmers wife


In the fields and woods so bright,
Mong the singing birds and the lowing herd.
And the clover blossoms white
The note Of the mornings heavenward lark


I. the music sweet to me;
And the de~ flowers in the early hours,


The gems L love to see
Oh give me the breeze from the waving trees
The murmur of Summer leaves;
And the swallows song as he skins along
Or twitters beneath the caves;
The plowman's shout. as he's farming out
His team, at set of sun,
Or his merry good night" by the freely light
When his daily work is done
And give me the root and luscious fruit
That my own hands rear for food;
And the bread so light and the honey white,
And the milk so pure and good;
For sweet the bread of labor is,


When the heart is strong and true,
And blessing will come to hearth and home
If our best we bravely do.
Year: 1868

A young girl, one of the Arab children
under the protection of the Archbishop of
Algiers, states that she is the only child left
of five in her family, the other four having
been successively killed and eaten by their
parents On search being made, the bones
were discovered in the cabin.
Year: 1868

Secretary Seward has at length found a
toeman worthy of his steel in the Emperor
of China, who writes letter to our Gov
ernment covering twenty feet in length by
two feet in width of royal parchment. The
odds appear heavy, but we bet our bottom
dollar on Seward. He will either beat the
Emperor of China best, or perish.
Year: 1868

A lady not long since, visiting a cemetery
with her daughter, observed on one of the
stones a neatly cut figure otsa horse. They
examined the inscription closely, but could
find no clue to its appropriateness, when her
little girl remarked, II presume she died of
the night mare"
Year: 1868

Miss Kate Randolph remarks that ''even
the calm and we'll balanced mind recoils at
the dreadful thought of the immense num-
Der of single ladies who are to adorn the
present century in the old Bay State.
Year: 1868

81 noticed" said Franklin, "a mechanic,
among number of others, at work on a
house erecting but little way from my of


fee, who always appeared to be in merry
humor who had kind and cheerful smile
for every one he met Let the day be ev-
er SO cold, gloomy or sunless, happy smile
danced like sunbeam on his cheerful coun-
tenance. Meeting him one morning, [ ask


ed him to tell me the secret of his constant
happy flow of spirits, 'she replied, 81 have
got 0se of the best of wives, and whom go
to wbrk she always has kind word of en-
couEagen,ent for me and when go home
she meets me with a smile and kiss aud
then tea is sure to be ready; and she has
done so many little things to please me, that
[ cannot find it in my heart TO speak an un-
kind word to anybody" What influence
then has woman over the heart of man to
soften it, and make it the foundation of
cheerful and pure emotions. Speak gently,
then; kind greeting, alter the tolls of the
day are over, costs nothing, and goes far
towards making home happy and peaceful.


Young wives and girls, candidates for wives,


should keep this in mind as to older wives,
experience may have already taught them
this important lesson And what we say to
wives, we say also to husbands. A loving
word and kiss go very far with woman.
Year: 1868

resources and the increase of power TO this nation
the asylum of the oppressed Of all nations. shonId
be fostered and encouraged by liberal and lust
policy.


Twelfth-This convention declares itself in sympa
thy with all the oppressed peoples which are strug-
Cling for their rights


Unanimously added, on motion OF Gen. Scf"rz


Resotrea, That we highly commend the spirit OF
magnanimity and forbearance with which men wh0
have served in the Rebellion, but who now frankly
and honestly cooperate with in restoring the peace
OF the country aud reconstructing the Southern
State governments upon the basis of Impartial JUS
tice and Equal Rights are received back into the
communion of the loyal people; and favor the
mOva of the dsauafcatiOns and estiietions i'm pos
ed upon the late Rebels in the same their
spirit loyalty will direct, and may be consistent
with the safety OF the loyal people.


Resotred That we recognize the great principles
laid down in the immortal Declaration OF lndepend-
ence, as the true foundation of democratic govern
ment; and hail with gadness every effort towards
making these principles living reality on every
inch of American SOIL
Year: 1868

have been but mnrder? For what is the de-
liberate unlawful taking of life but murder2
And flour Distinguished Senator's "opnion" is
sound, johnson had right to remove STAN
ton, and Stanton had no right to resist remoy
al, and if in resistance he had taken life.
would he not have been a murderer? Yet
fessenden eulogizes StantOnr


That illustrous patriot, Ensign Stebbins.
wheh candidate for the Presidency at the
same time with Daniel Webster being inter-
rogated by his caviling adversaries upon the
Temperance question, put the scofTers TO con-
fusion by his reply, that he was in favor of
the Maine law but opposed to its execution.
But greater than Stebbins was in the Sem
ate when "Fessenden eulogizes Stanton"


am aware that l am raining close to the
verge OF high treason now, but must plead
my conscience" and the truth in palliation
of the offence


"Mr. Fessenden said no public honor could
be paid to Mr.. Stanton that would not
crafty him and meet with his concurrence.
He could vote for the resolution with pleas
ure in all its parts. Ii there was any one
connected with the administration, not ex-
cepting Mr.. Lincoln, who served his country
merely for the love OF it, and from the desire
to save it from the dangers that he saw inn
pending over it, il was he. Under such cir
cumstances, although it is not customary TO
pass votes OF thanks for civil services yet with
pleasure l can vote for making an exception
in this case, but l am more particularly will
ling to do so because of the facts that have
transpired. 1t is a peculiar position to be
placed in, for an officer, and more especially
a member of the cabinet, to hold on to his
office under circumstances where che majority
of the lockers on would think it his duty in
good faith to retire. This
brought him into collision with the President,
and the rest of the Cabinet, and he thought
it his duty to remain, sacrificing his own
wishes and feelings to an overruling contin-
gency, as few men would have the courage
and manliness to do"


The ancient Jews were once charged with
hypocrisy for building the sepulchres of the
prophets whom their fathers killed. 1t has
been reserved for some modern Stnators Off
cially to eulogize, with unstinted panegyric, Z,
public servant whose official lie they had
just cut short and branded as usurpation
under the solemnity of their judicial oaths.


&C.
Year: 1868

This IL the last number Of the Herald
before the election, and VIC earnestly call
upon all our good citizens to 20 to tho
polls and Gust their votes, whether us re.
jccted or qualified voters. The rascally
registration with which this county has
been cursed, mukes it necessary fer every
one to vote in order that we may cleo,
our county ticket, and even then the rc
su will be doubtful. Not less than C0U
or 800 Democrats have been rejected in
the county; hence these who have not,
by the rascal',y Of the Registrars aud the
cowardly Radical sncuks who have made
it their business to object to our best cit
izens, been deprived Of their franchise
see the necessity Of making every vote
count. Do not fail TO cast your vote for
the Democratic ticket out and out!
Year: 1868

/


Whoever wrote the following
would do well to continue in similar
strains. 1t is from an exchange pa
per:


1T is the belief of certain WELL
meaning men. who were not born In
Constantinople, that if the American
girl were called on to. meet a pro-
portion of her expenses by her own
labor, she would be publicly greater
blessing, and personally healthier,
wiser and happier 1t is even believed
that her outlay, instead of increasing,
would diminish Practiced in the
mystery of keeping accounts. aware
By experience, of the difficulty of
earning money, she would be clever
enough to save it. With something
to do she would put less mind, time
aud purse into the pursuit of pleas
ure. Mated at last with q poor
man $50 many are incorrigibIy vi
cious that wayD she would share
his burden rather than crush him
with it. If al women. now were thus,
we would have no cause to cry, as we
are sometimes tempted 20 do: Oh,
for the slow but cheap girl of thirty
years since T. Whether Democracy is
capable of some such self. saving mir
acle as we have indicated, remains to
be seen
Year: 1868

is itthey are ashamed of economy IN,


the management of slender means, :.
and of frugalitg fn living? There is.
no disgrace in being an acorn before
an GA ( Young people frequently
wish that they were grown men; but
they are not ashamed of being YoHpgl
No one is ashamed to have Il discov-
cred that his strength, knowledge and
skill are proportioned to his years.
But these same persons will blush
and suffer shame, at being supposed
not to have money, under cIrcum-
STANCES in which all the sensible
world knows that they ought to have
nonel'
Year: 1868

gE- Gen. Butler is evidently prepar- ing the way for the leadership of the Southern negroes, to which he is said 10 aspire. Just before Congress ad- journed he got very much enraged with member who had spoken Of the ballot being taken from the blacks :; and, after saying that "all the powers of hell and death" could not take it away, he exclaimed that "whenever it was attempted, he wished his friends on the other side would go down and lead the army of nullification, and they would be welcomed in way that would make them understand that the negro had some of the attributes of men-to wit, the knowledge of their rights, courage to maintain them, and steadfastness never to yield them up. We deprecate this sort of clustering talk, as being as foolish and wicked in itself as it is damaging to the interests and welfare of the negroes. There are white demagogues in the Southern States who are constantly telling the blacks that in certain events they must fight. They must fight if this occurs, or if that does not occur-if the whites deny them any of their rights" or re- fuse to give them ashare of their lands, if the whites put forward any preten- sions to superiority, or fail to award the'negro all that he has been told pro- pcrly belongs to him. It is a shocking bad education for the blacks when we consider their antecedcnts, their char. acter and their necessary situation in the South.
Year: 1868

Exceed those of every other establishment OF the
kInd,-pr0Ot of this can be found in Ct tnparIng our
premiums with those of others FOR CLUBS OF THE
SANE SIZE, addition o which claim To give bet
ter goods Uf the same character.
Year: 1868

II it Is desired TO Keep eggs fresh, for
a long time, have box or barrel bored
full of holes and placed in cool place
then have a piece of board with hole
made in il just large enough to admit Iht
smaller end Of the egg without goin;
through; the object being to keep the ess!5
10 all upright position


Pu. the eggs on these holes, whichmu'
be far enough apart to keep them from
touching each other, and keep the box
or barrel away from the rats. Egg
hus placed away will keep for week.
sweet and fresh.
Year: 1868

A man running down the street to
catch the ferry boat was little late and
the ferry boat had started when he
reached the wharf. He made long Jump
20 catch the boat, but jumped into the
water.


IN" said a man who pulled him out
of the river; 'you did not jump far arenough'"


ayes did," replied the man "bnt did
not commence soon enough" This is too
mich the case with many men who be-
come christians when they are old and
gray headed. They make long jumps
but they did not commence soon enough


It's never too soon to serve Christ.