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Year: 1869

Some reader of THE UNION saws.


"There is another 'sRanGom Shot
from Lady Gay; spiteful old thingl of
course she is down on somebody
Stop! am not always spitefuI. 7 can
not refrain from getting out Of patience
when Isee silly people doing silly things
around me, but this does not prevent
me from discovering the wheat that
glistens in its rich, golden beauty among
the "tares;" and oh how lovingly
cherish it away down in the iHner-nOsf
Of my genial heart. Take for instance.
the honest, industrious, sturdy mechanic
with his bold sinewy arm, giving light
and life to all things in the circle Of his
influence. How love to look into his
broad handsome face and read the lines
which stamp him, UnmistakabIy, one
of natures nOblemen. lam not talking
of that inefficient unstable class who
promise and never perform, and who by
a lack Of prOmptness and honesty in
fulfilling their duties, have made it al
most Il disgrace to be called mechanic:
men on whose word and work, no Gus
toner can reIy-there are unhappfly too
many such; but I mean the sterling man
of business, who is at his post earlyand
late;tO whom this great country owes its
greatness the bone and sinew of this
mighty government; for, Withdraw the
reliable mechanic from our midst, and
COlumbus's name would be a by-wOrd
and nOnentity. Upon her broad ex-
panse the name Of mechanic is written
in every valley and upon every hillside.
The FURNISHED locomotive as it flies by,
whistles the power of the mechanic.
The graceful steamer as she floats in
majestic beauty, proudly Te-echOes the
ingenuity of the HcchdHic;crowded cities
north, south, east and west with teem-
ing millions sends forth the praise of
the mechanic. The harvest fields where
once the farmer plOdded YEARLY, has
lost their monotony, and labor there,
has become plaything, by the skill of
the mechanic. God bless the mechanic,
1 say and as time rolls on may thecircIet
that now binds his brow become a dia-
dem upon which may glitter and spar
kle name, and Il fame as dazzling and
lasting as any that ever clustered about
the heads Of sages, poets, sOveTeigns or
cOnquerors! Earnestly do I pray the
day will come when the proudest, and
most noble title a man can bear will be
"A MECHANIC
Year: 1869

LET 1t never come upon you. Live so
that good angels may protect you from
| this most terrible evil-the winter of the
/ heart.


Let no chilling influence freeze up the
| fountains Of sympathy and happiness in
| its depths; no cold burden settle over
! its witheFed hopes like snow on the fad
ed flowers, no rude blasts of discomfort


moan and shrek through its desOlated
chambers.


Your life path may lead YOU through
trials which for a time utterly impede
your progress, and shuts up the very
light Of Heaven from your anxious gaze.


PenuTy may take the place of ease and
plenty; your luxurious room may be
changed for a single lOwly hOme-the
soft couch for the coarse food Of the DOOr
Summer friends may fOrsake YOU with
scarcely a word or look of compassion.


You may be forced to toll YEARLY,
steadily on, to earn q livelihood YOU
may encounter fraud, and the base av-
arice that would eXtOTt the last farthing,
till you well nigh turn in disgust from
your fellow beings.


The noble, manly boy, the sole hope
of your declining years, may be taken
from you while your spirit clings to him
with a wild tenacity, which even the
shadow of the tomb cannot wholly sub
due.


Do not lose your faith in human ex-
cellence because your confidence has
been sometimes betrayed, nor believe
that friendship is only a delusion, and
love bright phantom which glides away
from your grasp.


Do you think that you are fated to be
miserable because you are disappointed
in your expectation, and baffied in your
pursuit.


Do not declare that God has fOrsaken
you, when your way is hedged about
he grave.


Keep a holy trust in Heaven through
very trial bear adversely with forti-
Ude.
Year: 1869

THE last sensation made by the enter
prising Mr.. James Fisk, JT., COmptTOI-
Ter of the Erie Railway, is the undertake
ing of plan by which it is proposed to
make the line of the Erie Railway, from
the foot of Chambers street and Twen-
ty.thiTd street to Buffalo and Dunkirk,
an unbTOken belt of light all through
the dark night both summer and winter
The Bergen tunnel is to be so brilliantly
Illuminated day and night that upon a
lowering day the eyes of the passengers
will be almost blinded as the train
emeTges from the mouth of the tunnel,
owing to the difference between the
light Of the tunnel and the dull rays Of
the sun. The means to be adopted to
carry out this great plan, and thus pre-
cluding the possibility Of any further ac-
cidents on the road on account Of dark
ness, is in the application of the electric
light to every locomotive on the line,
and stationary lights at the ferries, in
the tunnel, and at dangerous curves
along the route. The attention of the
Erie Company was first called to COnSid-
er this scheme by Mr.. E. c. Morse, and
hT, FiSEC at once authorized him to 20
TO work and see what could he DONE
Mr.. Morse thCTCupOn commenced To
make arrangements for the manulac-
tUre of large number Of electric lamps
at Jersey City, and he is quite confident
that within three months he will have
Erie all ablaze.


Mr. Morse claims to have made sew
eral valuable discoveries and improve
ments in connection with the electric
light. One invention claimed by him is
the sClf-sustaining battery, and another
is devicCfOr making the carbon points,
used to give the electric light, burn for
months without wasting away. This
electric light, it is said by those who
have experimental with it, will cast u
shadow behind an opaque body at n dis
tance of ten miles. But when iarrcd
by the motion of the locomotive, the In
temsity Of the light is diminished. The
light will ilImine the track for three
Year: 1869

miles ahead, however, so that where
the road is straight, the engineer can
discern any object at that distance. By
another ingenious device, the electric
ity used to run the lamps viii be collect
ed by the friction of the wheels rs the
trains are in motion. Two lamps will
be used for lighting Bergen tunnel, with
one in the middle, as the tunnel is not
straight but curves. Other lamps will
be stationed at each end of the Pavonia
ferry, which will throw a broad belt Of
light across the North river every night
to guide the traveller safely to his home
in the metropolis. These lights will, it
is said, be so intense that on the dark
est fOggy night there will he no danger
of collision on the water any more than
in the day time. Still more, it is pro-
posed to fill Twenty-third street every
night with 4 flood of light from the
North river to the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
so that travellers Mt the heart of the me-
tTOpOlis may at all times be reminded of
the broad and happy way.
Year: 1869

Shall float our temperance banner. too.
O'cr land-and o CT the sea:
And Millions yet unborn shall bless
Our efforts TO redeem
From crrOr and her chains, weak men.
And life prove more than dreams;
Life prove a deep reality.
We all have work to do
And as we toll on for thcTi"h'.
Keep ever this in view
There is land above us high,
Where rich reward VIII come
For every deed of love we do
Our bright and heavenly home
Year: 1869

Acts


The card of Mr.. PETER SEMoNIN,
which we print in another place,
convicts Mr.. VAN RIPPER of very
dishonorabIe and cowardly act. The
attempt to make capital for himself
by personal defamation of his oppo-
nent will not make the young New
Yorker many votes In the Third
Ward. We can assure him of that.
The citizens of that ward despise such
dishonorable tricks, and have a genu-
inc contempt for the man who INDUCES
in them. We presume there is not
high. minded business man in the city
who will not feel disgust for the indi-
vidual who would resort to such low
demagogueism. The design, wording
and posting Of Mr. VAN RIPERs hand
bills is a fair sample of the low
cunning aud triekery that will be in
troduced into the management OF our
city's affairs, should he be elected.
The whole thing savors of Five Points
or Mackerelville, New York, AMI no
dou5t it was 10 some such locality that
the trick had its birth. As Mr.. SEM
oNIN says in his card, the people Of
the Third Ward have no use for
such specimens Of New York politics,
nor have they any desire for third or
fourth rate pl4yed out" politicians
from that ciiy to take charge of the
interests OF our thriving and growing
place.
Year: 1869

BUFFALO, March 27.-The Board
Of Trade, after an animated discus
sion this forenoon, endorsed the
resolutions adopted March 23d by the
New York City Produce Exchange.
favoring the enlarging aud improve
ment Of the canals ia this State, and
a general reform in the management
of the same. There was only one
dissenting vote.
Year: 1869

Autumn, a. soon ~ the leaves fall, is the best
time to Plant. deciduOus trees, wherever tho tops
will endure tho winter following The ground 10
usually In better condition for planting In tho
fall farm work 10 not 90 pressing, and better
tress can generally be obtained.
Year: 1869

We sell more Waltham Watches than any other
establishment in the country, either wholesale or
retail; we send great numbers TO every section of
the country by Mail and Express, carefully pack
ed, and in perfect running order. Our plan is
this: You want Watch and see our advertise
ment; now we want you first to write to us for
Descriptive and Illustrated Price List; we will
send it, post raid, by return mail. 1t explains
all the different kinds, tells the weight and quail
ity OF the cases, with prices OF each, you then
make selection of the kind you prefer, and send
us your order. We will then send you the watch
by Express, with the bill to collect on delivery
We give instructions TO the Express Company to
allow you to open the package and examine the
Watch; ii it suits, you pay and take it; if not
you are under no obligation to receive it; and if
it istakcu, and afterwards does not prove salts
factory, we will exchange it, or
Year: 1869

All the other kinds, both gold and silver, in
the same proportion. Do not order Watch un-
til you have sent for Price List, as it contains
great deal of information regarding these
Watches that will enable you to make an inteli-
gent selection. Don't forget, when you write,
to state that you saw this advertisement in the
PLACER (Auburn) HERALD, and you need not put
in stamps for return postage. Address in full,
Year: 1869

Whether in the young or old, married or single,
at the dawn of womanbood, or the turn of life.
these tonic medicines display 30 decided an inau,
encc that marked Improvement is soon perccpt-
bic la the health Of he patient. Being purely
vegetable preparation, they are safe and relia-
Bile remedy or all classes of Females in ever
condition of health and station of life.
Year: 1869

TIE QUESTION OF MONARCHY OR NErCBtIc


MADRID April -.
The majority in the Constituent Cortes urge d
prompt decision either Tor the Duke Of Nonpensie1
Or Prince Of Astu1as Is King. or the declaration
Of republic. The Republicans arc about to start
a national petition In favor Of the rc1clAIc.
Year: 1869

A coUNTRYMAN, walking
along The streets in town,
found his progress stopped by
a close barricade of timber:
"What is that FORE" he inquired
of a person in the street. sOh,
that's to stop the cholera. p
"Ah! l have often heard of the
board Of health, but never
saw one before"
Year: 1869

The late Lord Derby had an
income of nearly S400 per an.
mum. Much of his property
was in Liverpool, and is so rap.
idly enhancing that his son
and heir will soon enjoy an in.
come of 100000 and upward
Year: 1869

A HARD WORKING man who
has spent most Of his life in
trade at Piltsfeld, Mass, and
accumulated twelve or fifteen
thousand dollars, sold out
there a few months since, and
went to reside in one OF the
suburbs of New York. Hav,
ing a son who was a clerk in q
bankers office in that city, he
placed his surplus funds in his
hands Tor investment. The
young man put them into the
gold pool; the memorable 24tll
Of October came, and with it
the crash that ruined so many
millionaires, and he was
"cleaned out" and the father
at sixty, is ruined.
Year: 1869

The following Is from the 'Reveries Of n
Bachelor by Ike Marvel: a poor man
without some sort Of religion Is at best n
poor reprobate, the football OF destiny,
with no tie linking him to infinlty and the
wondrous eternity that Is even worse-a
fame without heat, rainbow without
color, flower without perfume. A man
may, In some sort, tic his hope and his
honor to this shifting ground tackle, to
his business or the world, but woman
without that anchor called faith, Is drift
and wreck! A man may, In some sort
of moral responsibility out OF relation to
mankind, but q woman In her compari-
lively Isolated sphere, where affection and
not purpose Is the controlling motive, can
find no system In any other system or
right action but that Of faith. Amanmay
craze his thoughts to trustfalness, In such
poor harborage rs fame and reputation
may stretch before him, but a woman
where can she put her hopes In storms, II
not In Heaveny And that sweet truthful
ness-that abiding love-that enduring
hope, mellowing every page and scene In
life-llghting them with radiance, when
the worlds storms break like an army
with cannon. Who can bestow It's all but
holy soul tied to what Is stronger than an
army with cannohp Who has enjoyed the
love OF Christian mother, but will echo
the thought with energy, and hallow it
with tears?
Year: 1869

II Is no easy matter to trap crow, and
vet Il may be done. We Illustrate n plan
which Il said to be very sure In its opera
ton. A steel trap Is laid In the shallow
water Of pond, and tuft Of grass Is
placed upon the pan, and partly conccals
the trap. Then the crows natural fond
ness tor eggs Is taken advantage Of In Sc
lecting the bait, and blown egg-shell put
upon stick, which Is stuck in the bottom
Of the pool ut such u distance from the
trap that to get Il the crow must light
upon the tuft Of grass The egg Is half
filed with water and seems to float only a
little out OF water. The jaws Of the trap
should be bound with tow or wrapped
with cloth, to prevent them from break.
Ing the birds legs. The trap must be fire.
quently looked to, lest crow being caught
become exhausted, and falling over into
the water be drowned. When one Is TAX
en- Il may be brought to the cornheld, Its
wings bound fast to q stick or In some
way plnloned so that Ii cannot fiy, and
then tied. It's cries win attract all the
crows In the vicinity, which will come
down close to Il, but do no damage to the
corn. IL crow Is plnioned on It's back Il
Is said that IL will clutch and hold any
crow that comes near enough.-.fneriean
.igriesifsria.
Year: 1869

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and cfcctnal
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
to its original color
,cih the gloss and
freshness Of yo,aA.
Thin hair Is thick
Year: 1869

\ Decatur, Illinois, paper gives an ac-
count Of q youth of seventeen, son of an
editor in q neighboring town, who had re-
ccived IN appointment TO the Naval Acade-
my, but not wishing 10 accept it had run
away from homo and was seeking employ
mcut at the cease" The a,her wished the
boy to accept the cadeship, and hence a
quarrel between the two which resulted in
the boy leavi G home, penniless, and start
ing otr on printers tramp. The Decatur
editor thinks the Young man does not know
when be is well OF. and predicts that be
will rue the day when he refused the posi-
ton.


If the boy refused that position through u
proper ambition TO lie his own man, and is
boy of good moral character he was wiser
than his father, and will eventually show
his Decatur friend to be a false prophet
A good trade is worth more than all the
cndetslips in the navy. 1t is through the
mechanic arts that our best business men
rise TO prominence and wee;th, and boy
who has the moral courage, and the nerve.
to learn Sood trade in preference to the
hstiess life of navy officer, deserves cor.
mehdauon, rather than fathers angry
ace or friends coal shoulder.


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Year: 1869

How it cheers and gladdens the
heart to have something pleasing for
the eye to rest upon, no matter if it be
but a simple engraving, or bunch of
autumn leaves tackled up here and
there on the bare wall. A few sea-
shells, a little statuette, or even a pot
of green moss growing on the window
sill, give an air of taste and refine
ment to the most hOmely cottage
And how true it is that the silent in
fiuence of these little surroundings
helps to make up the great whole that
purifies and uplifts the soul to some
thing higher and better!


1 remember once to have called on
q poor sick woman, who lived in mis-
erable lodgings, and without many of
the necessaries of life; yet noticed
on the old rickety stand near her bed
side a fiOweT-pot containing a pansy,
rich in its tints of purple and gOld.-
"OhW 1 exclaimed, "what a beauti-
full pansy." 'Yes," she replied, her
pale countenance lighting up with
tenderness and joy, ''it is very beauti-
full to me, as it often leads my thoughts
away from myself, from my suffering
and sorrows. Somehow, never feel
half so poor when have something
pretty to look at"


No matter how humble our station
in life, there is always something to
cheer the heart and make us happy if
we would but accept it. The pure air
of heaven, and the glad sunshine, are
they not for us all I? The sweet clover
blooms, and scent of the pine trees,
the warbling of birds, and the rippling
of the brooks, do they not speak to us
of love, hope and happiness? Yes,
there are many beautiful things in the
world, if we would but see them. Yet
how many men and women live in
continual discomfort and Tepinings.
seemingly unmindful of the gifts
with which God surrounds them!


Show me the person who hears
music in the song of the cricket or the
humming of the bee; who sees beauty
in the lowly wild flower, the fallen
log covered with moss and ivy, the
jagged rock, or the pebbles beneath
the feet; one who loves to listen to the
winds, be they ever so wild, and 1
will show you a person who can never
be entirely miserable or alone. The
beautiful sOul-light within will reveal
in amber tints some spots whoreOn
the weary heart may rest, and natures
voice will ever whisper of joy and
peace, no matter how fiercely the
storms of life may sweep around
PhreH. Journal.
Year: 1869

a writer in the Cincinnati CONNER
cidl, in speaking of the modern make
up of society, says: We are in pur-
suit of the almighty dollar. Aged
men die in their counting rooms, and
the sons trot horne from the funeral to
keep their notes from going to protest.
We have no time for study, no taste
for art, no capacity for social enjoy
ment. 1t is one eternal grind, based
on dyspepsia, and ending in naught.


But we come out strongest in our
spasmodic effort at evening entertain
ments. Every ''pater" having mar
Tiageable daughter on the market, is
forced to make himself and family
miserable at least every season. On
these occasions the interior Of the
mansion undergoes fearful cOnvul-
sion. Not being built for such an
effort, the inner sanctuary is invaded
and bed rooms turned into dressing
rooms for the male and female mob of
fashionables. A relay of extra SER
wants is engaged for the OCCASION
Dealers in confectionery are called in
and bands of music engaged. The
note of preparation is loud. There is
very little variation in the affair. One
is like the other, differing only in the
expense that may come of the addi-
tional floral exhibition or more costly
indigestion, in the shape or bottled
headache, that passes under the name
of champagne.


At 0, p. M, the host and hostess
emerge from some closet, or garret,
into which they have been driven to
adorn themselves and at 10 tbe quests
begin to arrive. There is a jam that
continues until or o'clock in the
morning. And merchants and pro-
fessional men may be seen, perfectly
miserable in white kids, white chOl-
ers, and absurd swallow tails, each
one knowing that he must be in his
counting room or office early next
morning to continue the entire day in
anxious labor. And he asks himself,
what the old scratch he is doing there,
making himself miserable, at such
unseemly hours? None but silly
young men and undeveloped girls find
entertainment in the affair, and they
find it at the expense of their health
and better habits.


This is a siclIly imitation of bad
original. In Europe, where large
number of nOn-producers, with heavy
incomes, can afford to exist without
labor, such turning day into night
may be well enough, but with us it is
not only unwise but demOralizing.-
For practical peOplewe are guilty of
much abSurdity in this way, and had
better give up our insane attempts ut
good society.
Year: 1869

A story is told of two boys living
in Western New York, many years
ago, whose father, on returning from
a visit to the East, bought them as a
present a silver 'bulls-eyeh watch.
There was a warm discussion as to
which of the boys should carry it one
day, and the other the next; and that
the one not carrying the watch
should always have the key in his
possession. The watch was the only
one in the settlement, and the display
of even the key was an enviable
ornament. One day the elder Of the
brothers was TO make q journey to the
city, to be gone two days; and, after
a long and serious consultation, it was
determined that he must maintain
the dignity of the family by wearing
the watch; but the younger was to
retain the key. So they bethOught
them to give it good winding, that
it might run for twice its usual period
of 24 hours. The key was applied
and twisted vigorously for 10 minutes,
when they found to their eOnsterna-
ton that the little machine no longer
"ticked." They shook and thumped;
but no signs of life appeared. So
then a diagnosis was determined
upon. After careful inspection of
the interior mysteries, the elder
brother exclaimed, "I have it Joe!
Don't you see that fine hair curled up
in there? that's what stops it."
Fact" said Joe, "that must be it.
Can't we yank it Out?' \ pin was
ut once bent up into a hook, and ''the
hair" was "yankedn out. The watch
didn't go any better when relieved
of it; and to- this day the boys have
not been permitted to forget about
the watch with the hair in it.