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Year: 1869

The editor of the Sentinel has accepted an
invitation to deliver an address before the
Franklin county Agricultural Society, on
Saturday, the 5th of June.-SentineL


The people of Franklin county must have
committed some awful sin to receive such a
terrible punishment as this. However, "the
quin4 is tempered to the shorn lamb" and
perhaps has will give out, or he may break
his ''tickler' again. In the meantime the
agonized suspense of that unfortunate Agri-
cultural Society is painful to think of.
Year: 1869

Who wasn't wondrous cool,
For he would kick and, cuss, and swear
If any man. in the innocence of his heart,
and without having any reference to the
retreat from New Berne, or to war re-
cord, should


Inadvertently say mule.


P. S.-The reader will please excuse the
length of the last line, as we couldn't do
Justice to the subject in less space.
Year: 1869

The Journal Of Commerce says that the
editor of Wilmington Star is "disgruntled."
We saw that the Star had stopped Twink
Tnun but this is the first intimation we
have had as to the cause. We are afraid
that it is falling Star. ----
Year: 1869

The editor of the New York Times adj
vises his readers, in order to avoid sun-stroke,
to place cabbage leaves in their hats. r The
advice could not apply to the editor as he
always has an entire cabbage head in his
hat.
Year: 1869

4 short time since just at dusk, ped
dler carrying large pack appeared at


the door of wealthy farmer in the town


of Green Garden, in this county, and re-
quested the privilege Of remaining over


night. The farmer being away from home,


he was Informed by the hired man that
he could not stay. He then requested
the privilege Of leaving his pack until


morning, as he was very tired and could


not carry it any farther that night This
was granted and the pack deposited in one
corner Of the sittingroom During the
evening some of the females of the house


hold had occasion to moye it, and taking
hold of it discovered that there was some
thing suspicious about the content 8.
The hired man was called, and upon tax
ing hold OF it found that it containing a


man. He quickly stepped into an adjoin
ing room, and returning with a revolver.
motioned the family to stand aside, and


at once proceeded to fire three shots into
it. 4 piercing shrek issued from it, and
on ripping off the outside covering man


with a large bowie knife and a revolver
clinched in his hands, was found welter
| ing in his blood. Two of tho shots proved
| fatal The neighbors were alarmed, but


no traces Of the peddler who left the


precious pack could be found. Thus by


mere incident, doubtless shocking


case ofrobbery, and perhaps murder, was
prevented. 1t was doubtless a plot to
| rob the farmer. as it was known that he


had large sum Of money in the house.


An inquest was held over the body on the
| following morning, and the verdict was
! that the killing was iustitiable homicide.
No cline lea3iur IN the discovery of the


name of the victim OF his accomplice has


yet been ascertained. Such summary
justice Is seldom meted ont to the guilty.
Year: 1869

1t is said that the proprietors Of the
celebrated Plantation Bitters rent no less
than nine pews from the different denom-
nations in New York City for all those
of their employees who will occupy them
regularly, free of charge This is GER
tainly praiseworthy, and it is to be hoped
that others who employ large number
of people, will follow the example. The
above fact accompanied with the belief
that firm who would look SO closely at
ter the morals and welfare of their en-
ployees, would not impose upon the pub
lie, has induced us to give the Plantation
Bitters trial, and having found them
to be all that is represented we cordial
ly recommend them as tonic of rare
merit Observer, July 1st.


MAGNOLIA WATER. 10 the
best imported Cologne, and sold at half
the price.
Year: 1869

All kinds of remarks are just now be-
ing made as to the man who will next
fill the Governor chair at Madison. So
we intend to have cur say on that subject
One paper says, ''the slate is all made
up This we know to be false In the
Republican party we don't propose to
have any states which the people do not
make. Another paper favors the re-
election Of Governor Fairchild. This,
too, we think is wrong. And why I? Be
cause there are other men as worthy as
he, whose services in their count,y's cause
the people have never acknowledged.
Perhaps we never have had a better
Governor than Lucius FairchiiG ; God
grant we may always have as good !
Early in the var, lie enlisted, bravely
fought for his country and left an arm on
a southern battle field. This was ser
vice which our people could appreciate,
and it was their pleasure to elect him
twice by large majoritieS, to the highest
Office in their gift. But there were 9TH
ers who also la bored for the good cause.
There were others who made sacrifices
that the nation might live. These too
are deserving Of the honors which a
grateful people would bestow. There
are not so many high seats in our State
Government that one man should sit In
the best Tor many years. Gov. f., we
feel assured, takes the same view of this
matter that we do, if we read his letter
Alright. Let US have some other good
man in Office. We have plenty of that
stamp in the republican ranks who
would fill that position with credit to
themselves and the State, and when the
time comes we as part of the people, will
have 0a.T candidate
Year: 1869

TAKE NOTICE. Periodicals will
hereafter be delivered at the Franklin
Bookstore unless payment is made at the
time. Five or ten cents is too small an
item to charge, and the proplietors pre-
fer to do less business and get pay for
what is done. OF course this has no
reference to those who pay by the quar-
ter Subscribers calling for papers viii
please give their names. If
Year: 1869

CAsBoN-ITs Uses. Last week we spoke of the
nature, origin, amount, &c., of this simple sub
stance; charcoal giving the best idea of impure the
diamond, of pure or crystallized carbon.


Its immense uses in the world may be seen in
the fet that in round numbers-for in all these
things we avoid minutia--of all the organic parts Of
man himself, so parts in 100 are carbon, derived
from his food, vegetable and animal, which con-
ains it in about that proportion on the average as
is also so per cent. of the substance OF the whole
vegetable and animal kingdoms. So that whatever
we catfish, flesh and bread or drink-coffee, tea,
sugar, ardent spirits, medicines; or wear-silk, cot
ton, wool, leather; or houses we live in, if OF wood
the furniture we use, and the beds we sleep on $
one half the substance of all these is only carbon,


is nothing but charcoal if you burn it slowly, is
pure diamond if you crystalline it. 1t forms the
burning part of all fuel also For this reason
it is the means that furnishes all the animal heat
that warns the body,-the carbon of the food and
Year: 1869

Over and over again,


No matter which way turn,
| always find in the Book of Life


Same lesson have to learn.
] must take my turn at the mill,


must grind out the golden grain,
| must work at my task, with resolute VII
Over and over again.
We can not measure the need.


OF even the tiniest flower,
Nor check the flow of the golden sands
That run through single hour,
But the morning dews must fall,


And the sun and the summer rain
Must do their part, and perform it all
over and over again.
Over and over again


The brook through the meadow flows,
And over and over again


The ponderous mill-wheel goes.
once doing will not suffice,


Though doing be not in vain;
And blessing, failing us once OF twice,
May come if we try again.
The path that hath once been trod


Is never SO rough to the feet
And the lesson we once have learned
Is never so hard TO repeat.
Though sorrowful tears may fall,


And the heart to its depth be riyen
With storm and tempest, we need them all
To render us meet for Heaven.
Year: 1869

Drowned leaves occur upon house plants, espec-
tally If the temperature Of the room be high, much
to the annoyance of the cultivatOr. In the majority
of cases, the trouble is caused by the insect pop


larly known as the Cred spider" 1t is SO small
that it requires sharp eyes to see it and one would
hardly think such mite Of thing capable OF pro-
ducng so much damage, yet it is one of the worst
pests, not only Of the greenhouse but OF my open
air plants The red spider will not flourish in a
moist atmosphere, and frequent drenchngs are
fatal to it. The remedy is to shower the plants fire.
quently, especially the under side of the leaves. If
you have no syringe, lay the plant down and show
er them from watering pot with fine nose.
Year: 1869

No SPOON. General Butler was taking
tea at the house of a lady friend in Washing
ton, the other day. The General seemed to


look as though something was lacking, and
the following dialogue took place - Can il
be possible, General, you have no spoon ?'
Butler, rising Indignantly and holding out
both hands" No, madam! If you do not
believe it, you can search me-"
Year: 1869

The sculptor, either 4 bungler OF very
careless, found that after carving the words
Let herr that he had not sufficient room to
finish the sentence, so concluded the in
itials of the other words would convey the
We can imagine the CONSERVATION
of the worthy Deacon and the pious friends
of the deceased at seeing so unworthy IL
motto on the tombstone:


LET HER r. l. Pn
Year: 1869

The wife of Deacon farewell to this
vale OF tears in the goodly town of D,
in Connecticut leaving the widowcr discon-
solale indeed After having laid her in her
quiet resting place, he ordered costly mar
Bile slab to be erected over the loved and lost,
and with the name and age, the following in
Scription:
Year: 1869

young lady gave him slight tap of her
switch, when he started off like streak.
She spurred up her little mare after the
enraged horse, but was speedily left be-
hind. The horse rushed madly on, and in
crossing broken part Of the road, two
miles from Lebanon, in Wilson county,
he threw his rider violently to the ground.
The riders foot caught in the stlrrup, and
he was dragged along the rough road at
the rate of twelve miles an hour, at the
heels of the infuriated horse. His bones
were nearly all broken, and he was gashed
and mangled up in most frightful man
ner. The horse didn't stop till he ran into
the square at Lebanon, when he fell down
exhausted and died in few minutes. The
mangled remains of the rider We're gath
cred up, put in box and sent home to his
friends
Year: 1869

AN English steamer, which arrived at
Liverpool from Africa short time since,
had on board three giant chacmas or
balloons, two crocodiles, several monkeys,
and other specimens of the natural history
of the country. The balloons We're very
ferocious and possessed of great strength.
For their safe custody, a strong den with
iron bars was provided and placed near
the forecastle, so that they could con-


stantly be under the eye OF the crew. All
went well until the morning of the second
day out, when crash was heard, and in
an instant the large chacma had wrenched
several bars off, and the next instant was
on the fore castle, armed with the bars
with which he had been confined. Here
his majesty paused for moment, and in a
dignifed manner surveyed his captors. A
rope having been got, moose was formed
and cast over his head, and he struggled
hard to extricate himself, but without
avail He then attacked one of the sea-
men, whom he seized by the arm, and,
Notwithstanding that several OF the men
belabored him with weapons, the brute
would not relinquish his hold until he had
torn the flesh from above the elbow to
near the wrist, and had been rendered in
sensible, when he was carried to his den.
Year: 1869

Three of the passengers who arrived by
the mailbOat from Cincinnati yesterday
attracted no little attention. They were a
very tall man and two children. The man,
besides being the tallest among the passen-
gers, was dressed in manner well calcu-
lated to draw curious eyes to his really
well-prOpOrtiOned figure. Random esti-
mates put him at not less than 61b feet
high, and he wore an Odd-looking cap,
which enorted fully developed squirrel
tail, gil .lg him an effect not unlike that of
the trappers who figure in the wild Indian
romances of the weekly papers of New
York. His vest and trowsers were of
well-worn buckskin, and his coat was an
old black garment that had seen its best
days He carried in his arms child not
more than two years of age, and by his
side was sweet-faced girl. His appear
ance leading some of his more inquisitive
observers to question him, he told most
heart-rending story of the last few months
of his life.


He had emigrated with bis wife and
child from one of the interior counties of
this State to the Territory of Montana,
where he settled upon a piece of land,
building himself cabin home, and pre-
pairing to spend the remainder of his days
in that far-away region. There he lived
long time unmolested, and there another
child was born unto the little family from
Kentucky. Their neighbors were few and
lived long distances from them, but they
nevertheless felt little apprehension of
the dangers incident to their new life.
One day the father left to go on a hunt,
taking the little girl to neighbOrs and
leaving the wife and the baby at home.
When he returned a few days afterward
he found his wife dead upon the cabin
floor, near the cradle of her infant child.
Her head had been crushed in by some
heavy weapon, and the scalping- knife had
done its work The infant in the cradle
was alive and had not been molested
Everything valuable, including two or
three rifles, had been taken away, and a
partially burned corner showed that the
Indians had attempted to fire the building,
but that the flames had sunk and died
| away before they could consume any great
portion of the cabin or reach the helpless
| child in the cradle.


|; After giving all proper attention to the
| remains of his wife, the Kentuckian,
| taking with him his two children, set out
to return to his native State He walked


with them 20 miles before reaching point
at which he could secure conveyance


He was inquiring his way to the Nashville
depot on his arrival in Louisville yester-
| day, and is believed to have left here by an
afternoon train. A gentleman who heard
his story was about to offer him pecuniary
assistance, but this he abruptly declined,
stating that he had quite sufficient to take
him to his relatives, with whom he wished
to leave his children, that he might return
to the West and avenge his murdered wife.
He passed along Fourth street on his way
toward the depot, and many wondering
eyes followed him as he jostled along the
crowded way in his singular garb, with


his two children clinging to him as if they


feared they knew not what might yet
come of it all.-LoaisUile Courier Journal,
| August II.
Year: 1869

A RECIPE WORTH ONE THOUSAND
DoLLARs.--The Ohio Cultivator
says the following recipe is worth
$1,000 to every housekeeper:


Take one pound of sal soda and
a half pound of unslacked lime,
and put them in a gallon of water,
boil twenty minutes, let it stand
till c"ol, then drain of and put in
a small jug or jar soak your dirty
clothes over night, or until they
are wet through, then wiring them
and rub n plenty of soap, and in
one boiler of clothes well covered
with water, ado one tea cup full of
the washing fluid ; boil half an
hour briskly, then wash them
thoroughly with snds rinse, and
yonr clothes will look better than
by the old way of washing twice
before boiling. This is an inval-
,nable recipe, and every poor, tired
woman should try it. - ~,
Year: 1869

THE STORY OF A PHYsIcIAN.-An eminent
physician, in Hearth and Home, tells the fol-
lowing exc client story for the benefit of young
mothers. He says: . An intelligent young
mother inquired some days since how she could
best preserve her child linen clean and sweet
when changed frequently during the day. l
directed her never to dry it by the fire, but in
the sun and open air if the weather permitted.
You thus not only avoid saturating the air of
YOUR room with the volatile and poisonous gas
es driven out of the linen, but the suns rays
have powers of cleansing and disintecting,
which artificial heat has not and will purify
and preserve the linen. She followed directions,
but as is too often the practice, dried and aired
it in the nursery window. Her fastidious hus
band demonstrated in vain against this unseen
" exposure. Believing that if she saw her
practice as others saw it, she would desist, he
so directed their afternoon walk as to bring
the nursery window in full view from centra
part of the town. Stopping abruptly, he point
ed to the offending linen tapping conspicuously
in the breeze, and asked sarcastically: My
dear what is that displayed from our window
why she promptly replied, that is the flag
of cur Unionl' Conquered by this pungen
retort, he saluted the flag with swing o
his hat and pressing his wife's arm close


within his own, said, as they walked hOmeward


And long may it wave
Year: 1869

Leuorp, the hour draws nigh.


The hour we've awaited so long,
For the angel TO open door through the sky,
That my spirit may break from its prison and try
Its voice In an infinite song.
Just now. as the slumbers Of night


Came Der me with peace giving breath,
The curtain half lifted. revealed to my sight
Those windows which look Oh the kingdom Of light,
That borders the river Of death.
And a vision fell solemn and sweet


Bringing E.eams of a morning-lit land.
saw the white shore which the pale waters beat.
And heard the low lull they broke at their feet
Who walked on the beautiful strand
And wondered why the spirit should cling


To their clay with struggle and sigh.
When life's purple autumn is better than spring,
And the soul flies away-like sparrow to sing


In climate where leaves never die
Lenore. come close bed.


And lay your dear hand my brow;
The touch that thrilled me days that Hed
And raised the lost of youth from the dead,


Can brighten the brief moments now.
We have loved from the cold world apart.


And your trust was too generous and true
Fer their oerthrow; when the sanderers dart
Was ranking deep in my desoate heart,


was dearer than ever to you.
thank the great father for this.


That love is not lavisned In vain
Eacn germ in the future will blossom to bliss.
And the forms that love, and the lips that kiss.


Never shrink at the shadow OF pain.
BY the light of this faith am taught


That my labor is only begun,
In the strength of this hope have and fought
With the legions of till my armor has caught


The CLEAN OF Eternty's sun.
Lenore look forth and behold.


From headland, from hillside, and deep,
The day king surrenders his banners Of gold.
The twilight advances through woodland and void.


Aud the dews are beginning to weep.
The mosns silver hair lies uncurled,'


Down the broad breasted mountains away;
Ere sunsets red Rlories again shall be furled
On the walls of the west. DER the plains OF the world


l shall rise in limitless day.
q. come not In tears to my tomb,


Nor plant with fra flowers the sod
There ia rest among too sweet for its gloom,
And life where the lilies etsrnAly bloom,


In the balm breathing gardens OF God.
Yet deeply those memories burn ..


Which bind me to you and to earth,


And sometimes thought that being would Year,
In the bowers of its beautiful home. to return
And visit the home Of its birth.
'Twcud ever be pleasant to stay,
And walk by your side to the last


But the and-brsezes of Heaven beginning to play
LIfe's shadows meeting Etsrnity's day,
| And the tumult is hushed in the past.
! LOnore, goodbye; should the grief
| That is gathering now ever be
| Too dark for your faith. you will long for relief,


And remember. the journey, though lonesome, Ia brief
| Over lowland and river To me-
Year: 1869

CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT ICE.-Besides the
fact that ice is lighter than water, there is an
other curious thing about it which most per-
sons do not know, perhaps, namely its purity.
A lump of ice melted will become pure distill-
ed water. When the early navigators of the
Arctic seas got out of water, they melted frag-
ments of those vast mountains of ice called ice.
bregs, and we're astonished to find they yielded
only fresh water. They thought they were
only frozen sea water, not knowing that they
were formed on the land and some way launch
ed into the sea- But if they had been right
the result would have been tho same. The fact
is the water, in freezing, turns all out that is
not water-salt, air, coloring matter and all i'm
purities. Forzen salt water makes fresh wa
ter ice. If you freeze a basin OF indigo water
il will make ice as clear and as white as that
made of pure rain water when the cold l:
very sudden the foreign matters have not time
to escape, either by raising or sinking, and ere
thus entanged with the ice, bat do not make
any part Of it.
Year: 1869

SHALL WE MEET AdAIN?-The following
waif afoat on the sea of reading we clip from
an exchange. We do not know its paternity,
but it contains some wholesome truths beauti-
fully set forth:


Men seldom think of the great event of
death until the shadow falls across their own
path, hiding forever from their eyes the traces
of the lovel ones whose living smiles were the
sunlight of their existence Death is the great
antagonist of life, and the cold thought of the
tomb is the skeleton of all feasts We do not
want to go through the dark valley, although
its passage may lead to Paradise; and with
Charles Lamb we do not want to lie down in
the muddy grave, even with kings and princes
for our bedfellOws.


But the fat of nature is inexorable There
is no appeal from the law which dOoms us to
dust. We flourish and we fade as the leaves
of the forest, and the flowers that bloom and
wither in day have no Trailer hold upon life
than the mightiest monarch that ever shook
the earth with his footsteps. Generations of
men appear and vanish as the grass, and the
countless multitudes that throng the world to-
day, will tomorrow disappear as the footsteps
on the shore.


In the beautiful drama Of Ion, the instinct
of Immortality, so elOquently uttered by the
death-devoted Greek, finds deep response in
every thoughtful soul. When about to yield
| his young existence as sacrifice to fate, his
beloved Clemanthe asks if they shall not meet
again, to which he replies: " | asked that
dreadful question of the hills that look eternal
of the clear stream that flows forever-oi
the stars among whose fields my raised spirit
hath walked upon thy living. face, and l fee
that there is something in the love that mantelS
through its beauty that cannot wholly perish.
We shall meet again Clemanthe.
Year: 1869

VARNIsH FOR SHoEs-It is bad plan,
says Halls Journal of Health, to grease the
upper leather of shoes for the purpose of keep
ing them soft. 1t rots the leather and admits
dampnesS more readily. 1t is better to make
a varnish, thus Put half pound of gum
shellsc, broken up into small pieces, into a
quart bottle or jug, cover it with alcohol, cork
it tight and put it on shelf in warm place /;
shake it we'll several times a day, then add a
piece of camphor as large as hens egg
shake it again and add one ounce OF lamp
black II the alcohol is good it will 0e all dis
solved in three days; then shake and use. 1t
it gets too thick, add alcohol. Pour out two
or three teaspoonfulls in a saucer and apply
it with small paint brush. If the materials
are all good it will dry in about five minutes,
and will be removed only by wearing it of
giving gloss almost equal to patent leather
The advantage of this preparation over OF herr
is, it does not strike into the leather and make
it hard, but remains on the surface, and ye
excludes the water almost perfectly. Thli
same preparation is admirable for harness, ant
does not soil when touched as lampblack prep
arations do.