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Year: 1868

At recent dinner in this city, at which
no ladies' were present, man, in respond
ing to the toast Women" dwelt almost
solely on the f:ailty ofthe sex, claiming
that the best among them were little better
than the worst, the chief difference being
their surroundings.


At the conclusion of tho speech, gentle
man present rose to his feet, and said


II trust the gentleman present,in the ap-
plication Of his remarks, referred to his orn
mother and sisters, and not to ours.


The effect Of this most Just and timely
Iebuke was overwhelming the maligner Of
women was covered with confusion and
shame.


This incidcHt serves an excellent purpose
in prefacing few words on this subject.


Ofall the evils prevalent among men, We
know none more blighting in its moral st.
fccts than the tendency to speak slightingly
Of the virtue Of women. Nor is there any
thing in which young men are SO thorough.
ly mistaken as in the low estimate they iron,
Of the integrity of women not Of their own
mothers, who, they forget, are Sc %sonieJody
else's motAers and sisters.


Plain words should be spoken on thia
point, for the evil is general one, and deep
rooted. If young men are sometimes
thrown into the society Of thoughtless, or
even lewd women, they have no more right
to measure all other women by what they
see Of these than they would have to esti.
mate the character tofhohesst and 'rcspecta.
bic citizens by the developments Of crimo
in our police courts. =


Let young men remember that their chief
happiness in life depends upon their faith
in woman. No worldly wisdom, no misan.
thropic philosophy, no generalization can
cover or weaken this fundamental truth
1t stands like the record Of God himself,
for it is nothing less than this-and should
put an everlasting seal upon lips that are
wont to speak slightingly Of women
Rtckurls Monthly.
Year: 1868

to do the same. We have only to do
our duty, and our whole country viii
be rescued from the control of the cor
ruptionists and revolutionists who
now manage the Radical party and
we viii be rewarded with a uni
ted and, prosperous and happy peo-
people, and the election of men who
have the good ofthe whole country at
heart, and who will labor, not for per-
sonal aggrandizement and party su-
premacy, but to bring peace and hap
piness to the people of this distracted
and unhappy land.
Year: 1868

From the Green Bay Advocate, May 26.
Our travelling correspondent writes US
from Negaunee Of the great fire which! is
raging through the iron regions north of
here. s


The accounts have received of the re-
cent fire at Days River are perfectly as
tonlshing and almost past belief. Parties
that saw it described it as vast whirlwind
in the shape of funnel travelling through
the woods at railway speed, setting fire to
and burning everything in its way. The
first pile of wood the fire struck about p.
m, contained over 1000 cords OF green
beech and maple, cut last winter. The
wood was one sheet of flames in an instant.
Water was on the piles in about fifty ba-
rels put there in case of fires. and the snow
and ice melting from under the wood gave
them plenty more, which was put on with
out seeming to have any effect, such being
the force Of the fire. Help was SUNNI oned
from Escanaba and Negaunee; six trains
were on the track, aud all the help they
had besides this, they were unable to get
command of it until two o clock next morn
ing At aoout three o clock the fire was
heard coming back from the peninsula
They Immediately despatched all the force
they could spare, to a pile containing about
600 cords short wood, two mics above the
fire. They had no sooner arrived there and
taken their station before the hurricane
struck the wood and set it on fire before a
hand could be raised. Such was IFS force
that it jumpcd clear across small opening
and the railroad track before it struck the
wood. Many men had their WHISPERS aud
hair singed by the heat. But very few
cords in this pile were saved. | saw moth
ing that would burn left on the spos it
was one vast sea OF ashes. 5U ~
- The fire is stll raging in all parts Of the
keountry it is but one line of FIRE and smoke
between here and Escanaba. / saw s,veaal
wood piles on FIRE on the way here. Men
are stationed all along the road watching
tthc track and the wood piles. a.ssf
At Palmer's Falls, five miles from here,


the whole village burned down last night I;
they sent here this morning Tuesday for
help to save a large mill they have there
The railroad from here 20 Marquette is
also In a very dangerous state--fire all the
way down. / learn from several parties
from Marquette. this morning. that the VII
lage of Chocolat was in considerable dan>
GER This south wind has driven the FIRE
right down in that direction.


l. Our Escanaba correspondent informs us
that the loss Of wood belonging to the rail
! way company, by this fire, reach 1000
cords


From every direction in this aorthern re-
siop ~ get intelligence Of disastrous 6rcs
. t. ~ ~ ~
Year: 1868

DIRTY BUSINESS. dirty brute
far meaner than the canine breed-has
been administering poison to some Of our
valuable dogs during the past week.
Among those killed was the fine brute
owned by THOMAS ROBINSON. This dog
never injured any one, and was a general
favcrite with Mr.. Rs family. A man
who will poison dog without cause will
do any other mean act. 2EEG h
Year: 1868

as. From the Chiffon Times, May 80.


On Tuesday last horrible and brutal
murder was committed IN the town of
Brothertonc, in this cvunty-Henry Bull
man being the murderer and his wife the
victim. AS near as we can gather the facts
from the numerous stories afoat they are
as follows: ats


Henry Bulman is Pennsylvania Ger
man and over 25 years ago married Bro
thertown woman They lived happily to.
gether, raised large family and were well
liked and respected by their neighbors. Of
late, however, 1t seems they have been
jealous of each other and several "family
jars was the consequence, but nothing se>
rious was thought of those quarrels hy the
family friends. For some time past Mrs.
Bulman has been in the habit of visiting
and waiting upon Mrs. Skeesuck, sick
neighbor, and upon visit of this kind she
started on Tuesday last, taking with her
pair OF pants she was making for. her hus-
band. On her return it seems she was met
in the woods and her skull smashed in and
her throat cut from ear to car. 1t being
late In the afternoon she was covered over
with some leaves and brush, but was again
covered by her murderer with few inches
OF dirt. stone placed over her face and
log rolled over her body. ..s Is


I. The remains were first discovered on
Thursday (hcr children not being alarmed,
supposing her to be at the sick neighbor's)
by a young man hunting cattle. The cat
tie smelling the blood became wild which
excited the suspicious of the young man
and he went to investigate the matter.
Discovering the leaves and brush he con-
cluded to let them remain until morning
and then return with some other persons.
He described the circumstances to his bro
ther end they repaired to the place next
morning and were surprised to find that
the leaves and brush had disappeared and
the dirt and the log were in their place.
Alarm was given, the neighbors assembled
and the remains removed to proper place.
] he deceased was about 45 years old.


When the husband discovered that the
body of his murdered wife was found he
sti,rted for the woods where he was ca D.
tifed IN swamp by a party who went in
pursuit. He had on when ca p.ured the
new pants which bis wife had been making
! for hlm, whieh she Completed, except sew
ing on the buttons. which, it has since
transpired, he had sewed on by another
woman after the murder. He was exam.
ined by Squire Simons and committed to
the Fond du Lac Jail to await ,he action of
the Grand Jury at the next TIE IN of the
Circuit Court. se


Bnlman was always considered an up
right and quiet man until this fatal occur
renee took place, and it Is hard to believe
! that jealousy incited him to commit the
mtlrderoHs act. We understand he denies
committing the crime. SO r.u7 qFfP
Year: 1868

Mir. U. H. Miner discovered two men endeayoring to break into his residence one night last week, at about midnight. On perceiying that they were discovered they ingloriously fled. He is prepared for them in the future.

 = The Fourth was celebrated in 'fast'' style by our citizens, notwithstanding the hot weather. The thermometer stood at 9s in the shade.

 Most of the farmers have begun to se cure their hay, of which there is large crop but the quality is not as good a! usual
Year: 1868

na- The Democracy will also advocate and labor for an early return of specie payments. The pa per money with which we are now cursed is the source of nearly all our financial troubles. With it's disappearance will come national prosperity Register

 And the road to specie payment pointed out by the Democratic platform is by way of an issue of greenbacks to pay the Five Twenties! The amount of "paper money with which we are now cursed" is thus to be quadrupled- " financial troubles of course will be quadrupled with it-till our currency finally" disappears, as Con- federate scrip disappeared, leaving the North in the exact condition the war left the South! Then comes national prosper ity.
Year: 1868

ALDERMAN RAvESs.-The City Council pro-
ceedings, as published to-day, leave it undecided
whether the council accepted the resignation Of
Alderman Ravens, of the 9th ward, O, not. It
is only necessary to add that at a subsequent
special meeting of the council the resignation
was accepted; SO that there are two aldermen to
elect on Monday in the 9th ward, The hesitation
in the council to accept the resignation of AID.
H., 1t is but just to say, arose purely from an
unwillingness TO lose so valuable and efficient a
member. Bat since Mr. r. has become a partner
in the banking house Of f. A. She, wood d Co.,
justice to his own private business has rendered
1T impossible at the same time to do justice to
his constituents as their representative in the
City Council
Year: 1868

Not BY any means the least important matter
to be voted upon on Monday by the people of
Ottawa, is the question whether they will rstify
the ordinance of the City Council providing for
an additional city loan of $4,000 for school pur.
poses. The loan is objected to, on the ground
that the school board did wrong in pledging the
school revenue Of the current year in advance
for building, purposes, leaving no means for run
ming the scaools. The wisdom Of the action of
the Board in tho premises is matter we do not
propose to discuss. It is conceded, We believe
that they did not exceed their legal powers and
it is also conceded. We apprehend, that the money
they expended in erecting school houses was
wisely and judiciously expended, except, posi-.
bly,, in the case Of the second ward, where there
is probably just ground for complaint that two
or three thousand dollars were uselessly frittered
away on "fancy work."


The expenditure, then, in erecting school
houses, having been wise and judicious, when
the last building Chat commenced in the 9th
ward) is finished, and which this loan of SIS, 900
will enable the Board to finish, this sort of ex.
penditure will be done with for the next ten or
fifteen years. People who complain that the
School Board, in erecting buildings last year,
went too fast, must bear in mind the pressure
that was upon them from wards that had no
decent buildings, while others were so we'll sup
piled with frst-class buildings. 1t was erring,
at least, on the better side to yield in case
backed up by 20 strong plea Of fair play.


The case resolves itself into 4 single point
The school houses were needed, they have been
erected, and when paid for will relieve the city
from further expenditure in that direction for q
number of years: Shall we now close up the
schools until the buildings are paid for? Shall
We pay an additional tax to maintain the public
schools at their present high standard, or shall
we damage them irretrievably by closing them
for year, and pay more than the tax would
amount to in the interval to support private
schools? Sensible men can give but one answer
to the question.


We should pursue the subject further, but
that it is SO ably handled by correspondent in
another column.
Year: 1868

10 :ANoFHER WINDOW RoBBERY.-Early


yesterday morning the window of the auc-


tion store of Mr.. Thomas D. Neal, on
Main street below Fourteenth, was broken


into: and robbed of most of its contents.
The first thing known of the robbery was


the discovery of a brickbat inside the win
dow, and a}good- sized hole through the
large plate glass made by its entrance


This class of robberies is becoming fire.
5quent, and if not stopped there will soon


be no sale for plate glass in Richmond.
Year: 1868

CLEAR THE Neutrality-suspicious., mar
ketmen, and all others who. do business on
the muddy deep in the vicinity Of the


powder magazine and alms-house, COM
plain exceedingly that fence has been
built across the road leading from the head
Of Seventeenth street to the magazine.
This obstructs road in use for nearly
thirty years, and persons, have to make a
circuit Of nearly two miles in order to get
TO a spot only q hundred yards distant.
Cannot our city authorities attend to this
grievance? u
Year: 1868

Food for the mind shoald be selected with
as much care as food for the body. Yet how
many there are, who are very particular what
they eat and drink, but do not use very good
judgment in regard to reading. In this age
ofliterature there is an enormous amount of
cheap trash in the market that we should be
great deal better off without. There is also a
large quantity of reading that poisops the


minds Of the people; degrades them just as
alcohol does the soul. Their evil effects are
not seen at first, but slowly and surely the
deadly poison does its work. Some publishers
think that good sensible books and papers
do not pay. Hence we have a flood ofweekIy
periodicals, embellished with immodest en-
cravings, and filed with corruption to salts
fly the tastes of humanity. In them, vice is
made 10 appear respectable and virtue does
not exist. Such publications should not be
permitted, and it is time that something was
done TO put stop to them. May the law,
then with its strong arm soon annihilate such
iniquitous proceedings. A.B.M.
Year: 1868

Those who make butter are interested tc


know how TO get the most cream from thei,


milk and wi h the least trouble. But the in.


haDltants of our city have but little interest


III the subject; for they might as well attempt


10 extract sunbeams from cucumber OF
squeeze blood from turnip as to raise cream
upon the milk brought into this market


We have tried the experiment several times
and never succeeded but once, aad then the
mlkman accidentally gave us quart from
the top of the can and we get a thin skim
ming of cream from it. But we pity him or
her who bought the remainder of it. The
truth Is the most of the milk sold in our city
cohies rom cows that have not been properly


shnIsled.' But let that pass.


a dalryman has given his opiniou upon
snailow or deep pans to the Farmers Club in
New York. lie asks" Who knows that milk
sci IN shallow vessels win raise more cream.
and consequ -ntly make more butter than II
set in deep vessels?' We believe if is the
general opinion OF dairymen that shallow
pans are the best, but this gentleman thinks
N'-AS'SAhIiJ' AAs always uoto pdllS
three gallons-when not too warm weather.
and about six inches deep. There is less
waste by the cream adhering to the pans and
less work in skimming, washing pans &c.
The shallower the pan the thinner the cream
which Causes it to mix with the milk in
skimming and therefore there is a loss. Be


ldes the quantity OF the cream is not so great.
Tor, being more exposed ia currents of air.
the cream dries on the surface more or less.
always, and the greater the surface the drier
IL Will be. The consequence OF all this is, the
cream will show more "specks" and make
poorer butter.


This is question OF considerable impor-
taDee, and this dairy man hopes some men,
Der OF the Farmers Club will test the matter
be straininS quantity of milk and mixing so
as to have it uniforlx. Weigh out half and
set it in shallow pans two inches deep, and
the other half in deep pans Or pals and let
them remain in the mllkroom until fit to
skim at temperature of 60 degrees as near
as may be. Skim and churn each separate
and weigh the butter. 1t will not cost much
to test the question in the manner above de-
scfibed, and surely the experiment is worth
trying. Ii saving can be made, it is best 10
do it, especially since butter commands such
high prices. We know it is the universal
practice among our dairy women to set the
milk in shallow pans, but If deeper ones are
more profitable, they ought to know it. This
Is an age OF improvement and frequent inno-
yations are made on former practices anu for
the better we hope and trust. Ii deep vessels
are the thing, let shallow ones be cast aside,
for we are anxious to have all the butter
made from the cream that can be, and have
none wasted. We hope some dairyman or
woman will test the question next June and
give the result Of the experiment TO the pub.
lic


-
Year: 1868

The New York World has a more delicate
way of attacking the military men than III.
Clay Dean and Brick Pomeroy, but it is ami
mated by the same spirit of inveterate hostili-
ty. Here is delicate little norceau:


The Radical party brought about the recent
war; that war abolished slavery, but it fasten
ed on the country an evil fully as great, Tor it
is not too much to say that two-thirds of its
survivors came out OF that war with intemper-
ance fixed upon them; the necessities of the
climate where the war was waged, the excite
ment of the contest, the recklessness before
and after battle having engendered habits
that did not die with the occasion. President
Ben Wade will not be likely to issue an
emancipation proclamation to these slaves.
Year: 1868

The Marquis of Hastings is thus sketched,
see how vice may antedate years and blur
manhood with ages decrepitude. He can
not be above forty he looks like man of
sixty. He is bowed almost double. His
eyes are extinguished. His face Is fur
rowed. When the time came for the great
race he turned ashy pale, and his eye-lids
quivered." He adds that the simple
minded Freuchmen gazed at the English
peer with undisguised respect and wonder.
They were quite right. A man who can
run through SO great a fortune in so short


atime is legitimate object of curiosity.
Year: 1868

The editor OF the Philadelphia Press says
that he received from the late General Hal
pine, about six weeks ago, letter in which
be expressed his determination to oppose
any Democratic ticket that ignored the
brave men who put down the rebellion
Year: 1868

strict party vote, the whole subject was
laid on the table. But the people have
got hold of it, and will not permit il to be
tabled. A crowded gallery took great
interest in the fight, aud see in this mat
ter one Of the biggest jobs Of the Wash.
ington lobby. IL is said that not half OF
the story has yet been told. o the timesl
o the customs Of these Raiicalsl
Year: 1868

The Radical press have q great deal
TO say about the GLORIOUS Republican
victories in the South" Why don't those
papers tell the people something about
the elections that have lately been held
in the North, where elections in accord
ance with a republican form Of govern
ment have really been held, and men
have voted without a bayonet 10 their
rear
Year: 1868

EASY SUITED.-Ths morning a
young gentleman from the country
stepped into a jewelers. store on
East Water street, and informed
the proprietor that his occupation
was that of a carpenter, and he de
sired to get a bosom pin emblematic.
al of that profession. The obllging
ieweler looked over his stock, and
finding nothing else. showed him a
very fine Masonic pin. The young
man looked at it carefully.


Yes he said, this sit. There is
the compass and the square. | use
both of them, but why didn't they
put saw in it It's first rate as
far as it goes. Hullo. there's q q
there what does that stand for p


The jcwcler didn't know.


The man studied it carefully for a
moment. and a bright thought
struck him. His face flashed as il
he had made Il discovery.


Il have it, he said, 'its all right
G. stands for gimlet Compass
square and gimlet. That will do
III take it,


There was n little touch Of sad
ness in his voice as he pinned the
emblem on his coat and went away
muttering:


Square, compass and simlet.
do wish there was saw, though
Year: 1868

price for year-for what q And
yet how smilingly he does it. All!
those poor, sympathizing wives! -
How many clouds often darken up.
on them from the brows of their
husbands when they ask for trihing
sums of money, and how grudgingly
the mite is handed over when it is
given What perfect foods of joy
that dollar and forty cents might
have poured upon the children OF
the unsuccessful billiard player
All E! it is well for such wives and
children that they do not know
where the money all goes


They had finished at the nearest
table. The two gentlemen moved
on, and Albert Landman rose from
his seat and left the house. Never
before had he suth thoughts as now
possessed him; he had never dwelt
upon tine same grouping of ideas
That very morning his own true,
faithful, loving wife had been sad
and heart sick because he had harsh.
ly and unkindly met her request for
a small sum of money. And his
sweet Lizzie had crept away to her
home almost broken hearted for the
want Of a simple toy, such as her
mates possessed. And yet the sum
of both their wants amounted to not
as much as he had payed away that
evening for billiard playing.


Albert Landman wanted to be an
honest husband and father, and tho
lesson was not lost upon him. On
his way home be stopped ut Mr..
Grants and purchased the best and
prettlest hoop to be found, with dri.
wing stick painted red. white and
blue, and in the morning, when he
beheld his child's delight, and had
received her grateful, happy kiss,
the question came to his mind:
Which was the best and h:ppiest
result, this or the five games of bill.
liardsi The hoop had cost thirty
cents. He cOuld play two games Of
billiards less, and be the absolute
gamer of ten cents by the pleasant
operatlon.'


A few mornings after this, as AL.
bert rose from the breakfast table,
he detected an uneasy, wistful look
upon his wife's face.


Kate, what is its


albert, could you spare me .
half dollar this morningr


And out came the wallet, and the
money was handed over with
warm, genial smile.


What! Tears at that Was it
possible that she had been SO little
used to such scenes on his part
that so simple an act of floving-kind.
ness thus affected her.


How many games Of billiards
would be required TO secure such
satisfaction as Albert Landman car.
ried with him that morning to tho
shops


A very simple lesson, is it not I
But how many may gain lasting
profit by giving heed to the lesson