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Year: 1865

Due Of our contemporaries most truth


Ftlly remarks that popular idea among
our people is that all of their sons should


adopt clerkships, aud the adoption of OBJ


tanning their livelihood, and every effort
is made to give them an education of
their children in the science Of keeping
proper accounts is concerned, the idea is
good one, as every young man should
have a sufficient knowledge to properly
manage his own books, should he ever
embark in business, but to make book
keepers and clerks OF all our boys great


take, Bet er place them in "A work
shop, mill or foundry, where they can learn
Independent trades, which at all times
will secure for them employment, and
the pecuhiary compensation for which
will be at least as much, if not more than


the business of accounts. We earnestly
advise all parents to teach their sons
trades, no mdtter what, so that it is an
industrious pursuit, and let us in the
future be spared the pain OF seeing SO
many stout able bodied young men out OF
employment, and seeking situations where
The pen can only be used. There is dig
nifty in labor, and an honest trade is the
beat legacy parent can bestow upon his
child, for it will secure his bread where
all else may fail We base our remarks
upon the act that nearly one hundred APP
plicaiions from young men were received
by firm in our city, who recently adver-
tised. in our columns but twice for an as
sistant book keeper. This fact alone ia
ken in connection with the well known
scarcity Of labor in the mechanical bran
ches OF industry, speaks volumes in con
>emuation Of the popular error of making
book Keepers out of all our boys.-Er.
Year: 1865




LEBRNISG A TRADE.-It was wise
law of the ancient Jews, that the sons OF
even their wealthiest men should be ob-
liged to serve an apprenticeship to some
useful occupation so that, in case of re-
verse of fortune, they might have some>
thing to fall back upon" The same
still exists in Turkey, where every man,
rich or poor, even the Sultan himself,
must learn trade. How fortunate would
it be now, had it been.a law IN this conn.
tryI ''Would to God l had trade -
is tho cry Of thousands Of returned sol
diers, North and South, who find them.
selves ruined in pocket, with no imme-
date prospect of gaining livelihooJ.- -
1t should teach parents that whatever
else they may give their sons, they should
give them a good trade.
Year: 1865

"A Christian is man that Is living
to perfect in himself better manhood,
He is living. not to waste his understand.
ing either by dissipation or by a selfish
and peryerse use Of il, but to enable him
to use it for the worthiest purpose. He
is living to carry higher and higher in
himself the moral entiments-conscien
benevelence, faith, hope aud love. lie
is living SO as to be better There are
great many persons who ara living SIM
ply for wealth, or for honor, or for pow
er; but these are not tho things that he is
living or lie is to become better IN
every part Of his being The coose-
queace s that the highest rule tLat. i
Gods law-to measure his conthct ard
disposition by ali the changes Of lie,
Year: 1865

WE WOULD CALL THE ATTENTION OF DRUG
wv GISTs to the above establishment, and invite
hem when in the city, TO look through our stock


Our goods were bought when gold was al 81 5s and
before the additional so per cent in Tariff Duty
which, we are confident will enable US 10 sell goods 10
our line very low and yet realize profit. We will du-
piicate any Cincinnati bifuctustons in prices con-
sidered


Orders are solicited JeT'64-dly
Year: 1865

nA-We have received the following lines from one
who purpors to be ''old contributor" Though not
in the habit of publishing contributions from an un
known author the character of the following ustiAes
us in doing so in this case-Eds e
Year: 1865

Oh, could there in this world be found
Some little spot of happy ground,
Where village pleasures might go round


Without the village tattling.
How doubly blest that spot would be,
Where all might dwell in liberty,
Free from the bitter misery


Or gosslp's endless prattling.
If such a spot were really known,
Dame Peace might call it as her own
And in it she might fix her throne


Forever, and forever:
There like queen might reign and live,
While every one would soon forgive
The little Sights they might receive,


And be offended never.
The mischief makers that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love,
And lead us all to disapprove


What gives another pleasure.
They seem to take ones part-but when
They've heard your cause, unkindly then


Mixed up with poisonous measure.
And then they've such cunning way
OF telling ill-meant tales; they say;
"Don't mention it pray


would not tell another"
Straightway to your neighbors then they 60,
Narrating everything they know,
And break the peace of high and low,


Wife, husband, friend and brother.
Oh, that the mschicfmaking crew
Were all reduced TO one or two,
And they were painted red or blue,


That every one might know them.
Then would our villagers forget
To rage and quarrel, fume and fret,
And fall into an angry pet


With things so much below them.
For It's sad degrading part,
To make another's bosom smart,
And plant dagger in the heart


We ought to love and cherish.
Then let us cyermore be found
In quietness with all around,
While friendship, JOY, and peace abound,


And angry feelings perish.
Year: 1865

To MAKE Coon CIDER.-Pr Probably
but little cider will be made this year
in New England. That little may be Of
the best quality, correspondent of the
Country Gentleman gives the following
directions for its manufacture -


The apples should be ripe and sound.
Don't press the cheese until the cider runs
clear. After filling the barrels, remove
them Immediately to cool cellar-let
them stand with the bung open until the
sediment begins to drop down; then close
them, and pretty soon after give it the
first racking. About three rackings will
remove all the sediment. Bottle before
the weather becomes warm enough for
the trees to put out; fll the bottles one
half inch from the corks; let them stand
twenty-four hours after filling then take
a bowl of boiling water, dip the end of
the cork to go in the bottle in the water !;
hold the bottle in the left hand by the
neck and drive the cork in with piece of
fence lath. The bottles are then buried
in the sand in the cellar. BY this proc
ess our best Jersey apples will make ci-
der that has often been drank by epieures
for champagne wine, and will not change
for years, only seeming to get more body.
Let no water be used on the straw. In
packing away, keep the corks up.
Year: 1865

The return of the spring time, and the
lengthinging rays of the sun warming
the earth into beauty and life and giving
promise of fruitful harvest, should re-
mind us ofour dependence upon Him who
ruleth the world and who giveth freely,
and witholdeth not from those who seek
Him in faith.


In accordance therefore with the custom
of our fathers which commends itself to
every christian heart, and in order that
the people of this state may unitedly
humble themselves before God and de-
voatly implore his favor, l do hereby ap-
point FRIDAY, THE l4th DAY OF APRIL
NEXT, to be publicly observed as day Of
HUMILIATION, Fasting and PRAYER, by
the people of this state. .1


And | do earnestly enjoiE upon all
good citizens the duty of a strict and sa-
cred observance of the day, that they rev.
erently appear before God in penitential
confession of their sins as individuals
and as people, and implore forgiveness
through the merits and sufferings of Him
who loves us and hath redeemed us by
His blood.


Let us seek His blessing upon the season
that He will make it fruitful, giving us
the rain in due time and the genial infu-
cnces of the sun, that the labor of the
husbandman may not 60 unrewarded, and
that the year may be crowned with rich
and abundant harvest.


Let us implore the blessings of health
that We may be saved from ravaging dis
ease and wasting sickness.


Let us ask for His blessing upon the
widow and the fatherless, that He will
Icomfort them that mourn, and that He
will grant the consultations of His spirit
to hearts desolated by His affective dis
pensations,


! Let us devoutly supplicate Him, that
He will give peace to our land, that He
will allay the spirit of angry strife and
bloodshed, and that He will hasten the
day when war shall cease, and righteous
ness and truth shall reign in all our
borders.


And while we thus in humiliation and
prayer, seek His divine favor, let us also
render to Him, grateful praise for the
signal mercy displayed in the triumphs of
of our arms and for the glorious prospect
of returning peace.


Thus may we render acceptable service
to God and receive abundant spiritual and
temporal blessings.


Given under my hand and the Seal Of the
State, in Executive Chamber at st. Al


bans. this thirtieth day of March in
the year of our Lord, one thousand


eight hundred and sixty-five, and Of
Independence of the United States the


eighty-nlnth. j. GREGORY SMITH.
By His Excellency, the Governor,


Samuel Williams. lse
Q secy of Civil and Military affairs.
q L----------
0 Trust Christ and praise him and you
Year: 1865

The following expressively beautiful
pieces should have been inserted last
week, but came too late


Written for the Newsdealer.


THE ROBIN.
Softly over the golden gates of morn,
And family from the eastern sky,
Fair lines of light by angel wings seemed borne
And shadows stopped as from on high.
The Springs first warbler plumed his azure wings
And poured from out a tall elm tree,
A joyful song, that said thousand things,
And seemed to say them all for me.
His full clear tones now flowing sadly sweet
Came richly from his swelling throat,
Or, chanting gaily with ecstacy replete,
In dulcet strains of every varying note.
Entranced listened, for tseemed to be
Some angel visitant the while
In winged guise, come down to speak to me,
Which bade me both to weep and smile.
Heaven forgive the thought, that in such guise
Some kindred spirit back to earth
Was come to woo me to the bissful skies,
Where life's fair river knows no dearth;-
For soon away he flew, and near the couch
OF pain he sweetly warbled low
plaintive strain, as if he knew his power
To touch and soothe the heart of woe.
Then, peering from the easement, l espied
Him for moment rest
Near my retreat away again he hied--
But ali! saw his blood-red vest,
And knew it was the robin; and he sang
OF laughing flowers and sunny clmes,
Where myrtle bowers with silvery music rang,
And azure groves are draped in vines.
And, gladly to this boreal cline was come
To cheer us with his joyous lays,
And greet each summer mornings sun
With songs to his Creators praise.
Now in his grateful song, what odors rise;
More pure than incense from the fire.
OF thankless man, whose vespers to the skies
Touch not the cold strings of the living Tyre.
Another joins with merry tuneful voice,
And yet another swells the round;
And woods and fields with minstrel choirs rejoice
And birding choruses resound,-
While waking nature smiles in concious pride,
And teens with grateful life again;
The frisking brooks leap from the mountain side
And hail the welcome Springs bright reign


G. A. l.. X. WHITE.
Hyde Park, Vt,
Year: 1865

All kinds Of carpets will wear very
much longer If fine straw be placed
evenly over the foop about half an
inch thick, before they are fastened
down. When they lay on Tho bare
floor, the gritty dust works through
them to the fcor, and as they, are
pressed down on and among it, they
will be worn out much more than
when kept mp from it by istrawsisTo
aid ia drawing carpets close up to the
basp board, preparatory to- Mailing
them down, drive s or 10 small nails
into apiece OF wood, allowing them
TO extend about three-oighths Of an
inch beyond the surface, similar to q
weavsr's stretcher, and file them to o
sharp .Doipt. I, With such an instru-
mont es this, having a long handle,
one person can thrust the side Of a
carpet close up. TO the base board, and
hold it with caso till it is pailed.-
There is some science also in the man
ner of sweeping carpets correctlN--
Instead of inclining the handle Of the
broom forward, and rolling, the dirt
along and prsssing it into the carpet,
by bearing down on tho. broom, the
handle should be nearly erect, and
the dirt brushed along, by touching
tho carpet lightly. In this way, both
broom and carpet will be less worn,
and the sweeping done far better.
Year: 1865

! Reading without purpose is saun-


tering, not exercise. More is got from


one book on which tho thought settles


for definite end in knowledge, than


from Libraries skinned over by


wandering eye. A cottage flower gives


honey to the bee. a kings nose to tho


butterfly. Youths who are destined


for active careers, or ambitious OF dis


tinction in such forms of literature as


require freshness of invention or


originality of thought, should avoid


the habit Of intense study for many


hours at a stretch There is point


in all tension Of the intellect, beyond
which effort is only waste Of strength.


Fresh ideas do not readily spring up


within a weary brain and whatever


exhausts the mind not only enfeeblss


its power but narrows its scope We


often see men who haye oyer-read at


college, entering upon life languidly


as If they were about to leave it


They have not tho v;gor to cope with


their own generation; for their own


generation is young, and they have


wasted the nervous energy which sup
plies the sinews of war to youth, in
its contest for fame or fortune. Study
with regularity, at settled hours
Those in the forenoon are the best, if
they can be secured. The man who
has acquired the habit Of study,
though for only ono hour every day
in the year, and keeps to the one
thing studied till it is mastered, will
be startled to soc the way he has made
at the end Of the twslyemonth. Ho
is seldom overworked who can con-
trive to be in advance Of his work. If
you have three weeks before you to
learn something which q man Of aver
age quicknoss could learn in week,
learn it the first week end not the
third. Business dispatched is business
vol done, but business hurried is
business ill-done. oiatg


In learning what others have thc't,
it is well to koop in practice the power
to think for ones self; when an author
has added to your knowledge, pause
and consider if you can add nothing
to his. be not contented to have
learned problem by heart; try and
deduce from it a corrollary not in tho
book. Spare no pains in collecting
details before you generalize; but it
is only when details are generalizel
that truth Is grasped. The tendency
to generalize is universal with all men
who achieve great success, whether in
art, literature, or action. The habit
Of generaliziug, though at first gained
with care and caution, secures, by
practice, a comprehensiveness of judg-
ment, and promptitude of decision,
which seem to the crowd like intui-
lions of genius. And, indeed, nothing
moro distinguishes the man of genius
from the nero man of talent than the
facility of genoralizing the various
which can be only gathered 'ihts5S a
whole by the grasp of mind which
may have no special aptitude for any.
IL. BhekNooa. of
Year: 1865

The Siamese Twins have beon lost


from public view for the last few years.


1t was well known Of them that they


had married two sisters, and settled


down near Salisbury, in North Caro-


lima, on well-stoeked plantation. In


addition to this they have ample funds


invested through their agent in New


York. Through a North Carolina


medical gentleman now within our


lines, we had the other day an oppor-


tunity of learning minute and full


particulars in regard to them. Ever


since the war began they have con-


tinued to reside ON their plantation,


and lived in the same quiet and har-


mony as ever until about two years


ago. The brothers probably never


would have had any difficulty, but


that their wives Though sisters) turned


away their hearts, and children were


the cause Of this estrangement. Up


to the period that each had five chill


dron, all prospered well enough, but


one Of them had q sixth, and this
awoke envy and jealousy TO such g
degree that the two sisters, not being
bound together like tho twin brothers,
would no longer live under tho same
roof, though, we believe still in differ
ent houses on the same plantation
The brothers are now, it seems, about
fifty years of age; but one, the smaller
and feebler Of tho two, looks now at
least ten years older than the othor
They can turn back to back, or face
to face, but that is US far as the re-
markabls bond that unites them per-
mits. 1t is almost certain that should
either die, the other could not survive
for more than few minutes, as thore
is an artery as large as the f1moral
artery that connects them. A few
years since they corresponded with
some Of the leading surgical operators
in London as to tho possibility Of the
umbilicus which unites them being
cut, so that in case of the death Of
one, the life Of tho other might be
saved. At the request Of tho London
surgeons, they visited that city, and
many experiments wero tried to do
termine the safety of such an opera
ton. Among other things, ligature
was tied firmly for few minutes
round the connection between them,
so as to prevent the circulation Of
blood through the artery. But it
seemed as if each would expire if this
were longer continued. The smaller
Of the two tainted away and lost all
and there were symp-
toms that the same effect would follow
to the other, but the process could not
be continued long enough without en-
the life of him who was
FIRST to faint. Should the smaller and
feebler brother die, it might be worth
while making the experiment of ope-
rating, but the prospects of prolong-
and IN more re ks kesffthyg ala gtha ~ sRsnlaa he
thore would seem absolutely no hope
Of saving the life of the other. From
all this it is evident that though the
between these two brothers
Is very remarkable and perfectly
UNIQUE, il is not so absolute as has
been generally supposed by those who
have seen them. 3gt-,t i
Year: 1865

E7- The sudden manner in which
the rebellion collapsed after the fall OF
Richmond was singular proof OF the
correctness of McClellan's Judgment.
He wrote from Harrison's landing to
Gen. Halleck, in response to the order
commanding him to withdraw his
army, as follows;-


"Here directly in frontof this army
is the heart of the rebellion; tits here
that all of our resources should be
collected to strike the blow. which
shall determine the fate of the nation.
All points of secondary Importance
should be abandoned, and every avail
able man brought hero; a decided
victory here ond the strength OF the
rebellion is crushed !; it matters not
what partial roverses we may meei
with elsewhere. Here is the deienes
Of Washington. 1t is here on the
bank of the James that tho fate o.
J the Union should bo decided
Year: 1865

age of the individual at the timo OF


the vaccination.


z. That during the prevalence Of
an epidemic of smallpox there is in
creased susceptibility to the disease,
and the degree of protection from pre-
vious vaccination is proportionally
lsssened. Under such circumstances,
therefore, it is incumbent to re-vaccin-
ate at intervals not exceeding five
years and in cases Of sudden expos
ure as soon as practicable thereafter,
as there is abundant evidence Of the
protective power of vaccination and
re-vaccination even as late as the
fourth day after exposure to smallpox.


8. Protection is known to be COM
plete only when fresh vaccine lymph
from a perfect vesicle fails TO take on
Year: 1865

HOME AFFEcIIoNs.-Ihe heart has
memories hat can never die. The rough
rubs Of the word-the cold, uufeeling,
selfish world cannot obliterate them.
[, makes no difference how We may be
tossed about upon LIES turbid ard te.n-
pestous stream. these memories is still live
with us, and often times steal in upon our
saider emotions. They are memories Of
home-earIy home. Dear haliowed spot.
What magic in the sound And as our
mind wanders back far oyer tie misty past,
how many tender "reminiscences OF that
early home come cruwding upon Us. There
is the old tree under which the light
hearted school-boy swung on many sum
mer day yorder the river in which we
learned 70 swim there the home in which
we knew a parents love and parents
protection and hard By is the old church,
whittier, with a joyous troop like himself,
he followed his parents to worship with
and gear the good otd man who gave him
to God in baptism. Why, even the cid
school house, with its dark old walls,
which in youthful days impressed him with
such awe, associated as they we've with
thoughts Of ferule and tasks, come back
to bring pleasant remembrances Of the far
long ago There lie learned to feel some
of bis best emotions and there perchance,
he first met the being who, by her love
and tenderness in after life, has made a
home for himself, happier even than that
which bis childhood knew. Oh there
are memories which linger around the
heart ever and amen dispensing joy and
sunshine athwart our checkered pathway
memories which the cares Of the world
can never cbIiterate.
Year: 1865

GF Tuesday night we we're favored
with heavy shower Of rain. It was
greatly needed. II the dry weather bad
keep on a week longer, the crops in his
section of the country would probably
have been considerably damaged. But
thauksto Divine Providence for His time y
aid to the farmer. The weather is Of the
most favorable kind, and everything in the
shape of vegetation looks we'll.
Year: 1865

s9' A politician once, a politician
forever-Chief Justice Chase. This more
fortunate than ab9 man is sick for the
Presidency, and before the question of
negro suffrage has been decided, he has
gone 10 the South to throw out bis bats
for that suffrage. Where is the dignity
of the supreme Judge of the United States
Frustrated before negro votes.
Year: 1865

We polce that ex-SecrctarY Cameron,
Senator Ben Wade, Of Ohio, and a few
mora of the stay-at-home, blood letting
stamp. have been speculating in what
they call abandoned lands, in South Caro-
lima, purchasing large tIacts OF valuable
land for mere nominal sur. The pub
lie will soon learn the much boasteI of
patriotism Of these men lay only skin
deep, and far down in their rockets.
These are the class Of creatures who
thwarted Mcclellan and other generals,
and bounded them out of position, for
fear the war would be brought to speedy
close before the south had been so much
depopuiated and devastated that they
could make a good thing OF it. What
did they care for the immense sacrifice
Of ife, even of their northern brethren
Not fig. All they were after was plum
der and the destruction of a republican
form of government Now that their
object is partially obtained, we see them
tlocking, like birds of prey, to fatten on
the dead carcass of rebelIion-some OF
them even have the impudence to travel
at the public expense. Think Of that ye
mothers who have lost your sons, wives
your husbands, and children your natural
protectors This war could have been
ended in half the time bu, for these bad
men, who were governed by purely selfish
motives. Buff Courier.
Year: 1865

rah, English enterprise has established
factory for the extracting of bromides
from the waters. They will attempt to
strike oil, and we will soon have in the
market choice lots of scrip in Lots wife
tuning 40 barrels day
Year: 1865

Notifying plaintiff where defendant has


been arrested on capias to be paid by


plaintiff
Executing landlord warrant or serving


execution
Taking inventory of goods, each item
Levying or distraining goods, or selling


the same for each dollar not exceed


ing thirty dollars
For each dollar above thirty dollars
And half of the said commission shall


be allowed where the money is paid
after levy without sale, but no COM
mission shall in any case be taken on
more than the real debt
Advertising the same
Executing attachment
Copy of vendue paper, when demanded,
each item
Putting up notice of distress at mansion
house, or other public place on the
premises
Serving scire facias personally
Serving by leaving copy
Executing bail piece
Travelling expenses in all cases, for each
mile circular