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Year: 1867

The time will soon be here when
sweet corn will be ready to be put up
for Winter use, and few points in
regard to curing the article will not
be out of place.


Get your corn when the grains are
in prime order for table when the
corn is tenderest, and the juices are
sweetest. Boil the ears a few min
utes mot above five--three is better
than five. Then cut off and lay away
to dry. A fruit dryer is best; oven,
warm will answer very
well, or take any method that will
soonest dry your corn, being always
careful not to burn it; and do not lay
it in Jumps, or too close together
when drying, or it will soon mould.
stove, or where there is a
good place always avoiding damp
ness, steam, etc; put in sacks, and
hang it away in dry place, and
your corn is fit for next Winters
use. In using, you are to restore as
much as possible to its original state.
This is best done by first washing it
to get out dust and husk, and then
thoroughly soaking in water, the
water to be retained to boil it in.
Year: 1867

the General was so profane as rumor
held him up to be, and particularly
whether he was accustomed to inter
lar his statements with the oft-attri-
buted blasphemy, 'by the Eternal.
To this inquiry the writer was then,
and always will be, happy in saying
he never heard him make use of that
nor any other profane language. He
was a plain man, outspoken, and
sometimes rather rough; but he had
q warm heart, and it is to be hoped
he died truly Christian man. He
died in l845.
Year: 1867

In eacn OF the next nvc years. Ihls


will not supercede the necessity fol


high taxes for close economy, fol
continuous industry. They are inevi
table. With them and whatever
other plans wisdom may suggest, the
burden will press heavily on you and
your children.


/ have shown that the redemption
of the bonds will soon be gradual,
the increase of the currency SO slow
that values will adjust themselves
and business interests become regu-
lated without that shock which usu.
ally attends great changes of financial
policy.


But if it were not so, still the bonds
should be converted into greenbacks.
They were sold for greenbacks, it is
fitting they should be redeemed in
the same currency. This policy
would save the interest, pay the debt,
and bring upon the duplicate for tax
alton that immense amount of capital
which is now exempt. And these
advantages would amply compensate
for the evils which are predicted
The debt amounts to one-fifth of the
property, real and personal, of the
whole country. One fifth of all the
capital of the country is exempt from
taxation. Interest eats up the sub
stance Of the people. Exemption
from taxation aggravates the evil
This state Of things cannot last. 1t
labor-it excites deep DIS
content. 1t ought to be relieved by
a fair and voluntary adjustment. 1t
will be relieved at all events. The
bond-holder should he prompt and
wise. The people already believe
this curse is the blight of death; and
we know by experience, what they
will do to "save the life of the nation. y
Year: 1867

In this couplet there is much
more truth than poetry. BY ser
vile labor our planters used to
get on in hap hazard fashion; but
they we're at the constant mercy
Of oVerseers and creditors, and as
soon as failure came they were
utterly helpless. The truly indie
pendent man is the one who can
help himself-whose hands, like
those of Paul, the tent-maker, can
minister to his own necessities
Nor should there be such an effort
among the needy Of our people to
obtain easy occupations, Hard
work carries with it no degrade
ton. Labor is indeed one of the
truest Of hulnanitarians-one of
the most effective of civilizers-
it gives that independence with
out which no man can be. thor
oughly free. Young men by
thousands are flocking from the
country, where their services. are
needed as tillers of the soil, and
in our cities are wasting their
substance and their chances Of
ultimate independence as thor
oughly as did the prodigal son
who wandered away from home
and was at length reduced to the
sad necessity OF partaking of the
food which was meted out to
swine. The free healthful life of
an agriculturist is despised, be-
cause slaves once titled the fields,
and the slavery of the yardstick is
accepted in it's stead as a boon for
which the measurer of tape must
thank his generous employer
Such peurility is unworthy of any
person who is possessed of a sound
mind in a sound body. Let us
take advantage of our own posi-
ton, and instead of coaxing other
people to come and work for us,
go to work for ourselves. 1T this
be not done, not a single genera
tion will pass away before the es-
tates of our land-holders will pass
into other hands. Those who are
now afraid to put their hands to
the plow will become the helpless
mendicants Of the future. He
who will not help himself deserves
help from no one else.-[ N. O.


Times. l-. ....
Year: 1867

WoRK.-There can be no doubt
of the factt that in earnest, energet-
ic effort lies the true secret of sue
cess. Our people talk a great
deal of the scarcity of labor, and
the Importance of procuring it
from other quarters of the globe.
All sorts of emigration projects
are proposed, and from the poor
means of the impoverished people
of the South vast sums have been
voted to invite emigrants from
abroad to come in and share with
us the peculiar advantages of our
position. Our legislative Solons
appear to entertain so poor an
opinion of the industrial powers
OF our own brave Southern men
that they place on them no re-
lance whatever. Foreigners can
work, and their services as labor
ers are highly priced, but to put
our own shoulders to the wheel
and become our own "hewers of
wood and drawers of water" is re-
garded by many among us as
utterly preposterous. Now we
opine that public opinion on this
matter should be reformed, and
the sooner the better. Our peo-
pie must learn to depend upon
themselves; they cannot all be
masters, and make a living on the
labor of others. Franklin used to
fell lis that
Year: 1867

. A WFE's PoWER.--The power
of the wife for good or evil is ire
sistable. Home must be the seat
of happiness or it must be un-
known. A good wife is to a man
wisdom and courage, strength and
endurance. A bad one is confu-
sion, discontinue and despair.


No condition is hopeless when
the wife possesses firmness, decis-
ion and economy. There is no
outward prosperity which can
counteract Incidence, extrava-
gance and folly at home. No spirit
can endure bad domestic infuen-
ces. Man is strong but his heart
is not adamant. He delights in
enterprise and action; but to sus-
tain him he needs a tranquil mind
and a whole heart. He needs his
morals in the conflict ofthe world.
TO recover his equanimity and
compoSure, home must be a place
of repose, cheerfulness, peace and
comfort; and his soul fenews' its
strength again and goes forth
with fresh yigor to encounter the
troubles and labor of life. Butat
home he finds no rest and is there
met with bad temper sellenness,
OF gloom, or complaint, hope van
ishes, and he sinks into despair.
Year: 1867

- An expectant, bridegroom
applied at the military headquar-
tiers in Mobile, for the use of the
United States band to play at his
wedding. The officer in charge OF
the musicians replied that he did
not know about the band, but, he
thought he could furnish a file Of
soldiers to fire over the house. 70
Year: 1867

70 Michigan is second to no
other State in the number and
quality of her sheep. Many good
men are living, and living because
they are good, who remember
when she had q hundred Indians
to one sheep. aF
Year: 1867




through the folly of the Government
but he does not think there i a1y
obligation to force specie payment il
what they are justly entitled He
shows beyond contradiction, hat il
creating loans there was 30 intention
on the part of Congress to commit
the GoYernment to payment OF the
principal IN coin, except where this
was expressly mentioned. This mat
ter was expressly considered aud well
understood at the time, and bond
holders have no reason TO complain.
if paid in legal tenders. Speaking of
this money, Mr.. S. says. For two
years the greenbacks we're the most
popular currency ever used in the
United States, and had there been
no other, would not have failed
to buy every necessary commodity
for every use, public or private, with
out complaint, and if it swelled the
currency Of the country, it also
swelled business of every kind. for
eigu and domestic, agricultural and
manufacturing. So also swelled the
income of business men. and thereby
vastly increased the revenue of the
Government.


The great question now at issue is
the right of the Government to pay,
and the policy of paying the debt in
greenbscks, lawful money. Upon
this he remarks: Various methods
are suggested to redeem the 5-20s in
currency. one very able writer sug-
gests a loan in greenbacks to their
amount, so,that afterwards the green
backs may be redeemed with the
others If we are satisfied that there
is no more than a sufficient cur
rency to do the business Of the
country with its probable increase.
then that would be a proper method
without influencing prices as a coun-
ter balance to the saving; but il its be-
lieved that the present and prospect
i've business of the country would
fairly absorb an amount large enough
TO redeem those bonds as they come
due, and not injuriously increase
business, the true way would by for
the Government to issue legal tenders
equal to the amount TO be redeemed
aud thus save the interest both of the
old and new loans. With these views
he deems the contraction of the cur
rency of four millions a month, as
now authorized, highly impolitic
Finally he believes the true way, if
not the only one, to reach specie pay
ment, is to reduce the debt as propos-
ed before any attempt be made to
contract the currency.
Year: 1867

CINCINNATI. Nov. 9-The report
of the Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce, to which the subject has
been referred, strongly recommend
ing Congress to take off the tax on
cotton and sugar produced in this
country, was to-day adopted at full
meeting of the Chamber, over 900
being in attendance, by a unanimous
Year: 1867

The propeller st. Lawrence. 90 her
way west, had to put into Cobourg
yesterday morning in consequence or
the storm. and another vessel was
then lying at the same harbor, hav-
ing received some damage ID cohse
quence of the storm.


The yacht Gorilla was disabled by
having hole stove in her side dq
ring the night. tt
Year: 1867

works. The, scene at first was one OF


horror; and even to late hour this


afternoon all is confusion, so much so


that it Is impossible to transmit to
you a correct statement of the occur
renee. About sixty men were en-


ployed in the portion of the building
where the. explosion occurred, but


how many escaped is unknown. So
far as ascertainedy twelve men were
killed, most of them instantly. In
one or two cases death did not ensue
until some time after the sufferers
were relieved from the wreck Fif-
teen pers sons, so far as known, were
wounded, some of whom cannot
recover. The engineer was killed
but the fireman. who was stand .ng near
him. miraculously ly escaped injury, One
man was blown to the bank of the
river, distance of over two hundred
feet, and got UP and walked back to
the mill not seriously injured Tie
cause Of the explosion will probably
never be known. There were three
boilers together, all blown to pieces.
The boilers were comparatively new,
having been placed there in 1868, and
were made of the best iron. Half of
one was blown out Of the forge against
an adjoining brick wall, a distance of
three hundred feet. The loss en-
tailed by the explosion will amount
to ten thousand dollars The re-
naming portion or the building ad-
joining the forge was not injured, nor
was any person employed therein
hurt
Year: 1867

In the most crowded life, amid the most
varied and engrossing occupations, there
still will be found numberless opportunities
for improvement, abundant means for doing
good. The haDit Of mind which defers to a
period Of settled leisure the pursuits Of
knowledge or virtuous attainmens, is one Of
the most deceitful evils that can possess the
heart. A time free from all interruption, a
period when the world grants Us furlough
from care-Bever arrives; and for those who
have not time for great performances until
all other cares are excluded, small are the
chances of improvement. The more prudent
seize those fieeting moments of which life is
full, which have no burden laid upon them
the half-hOurs and few minutes, at every
ones disposal; and by employing them
wisely, add to their own and Others hapPi-
ness.


II Is surprising to those who have proved
it, how many acquisitions may be the pro-
duct Of a few spare moments. Great things
are but the aggregate Of many too minute to
mention, Zach day, each hour, will the
diligent find new, irradiating beams Of
knowledge, fresh opportunities of useful
ness. That the adiligeDt hand maketh rich
is as true of spiritual and mental as Of tenn
poFal things; and that life will prove the
most abundant in blessings to others which
has been most faithfully employed rather
than that which was richest in opportunity.
"To despise not the day Of small things" but
to labor on by imperceptible degrees in the
road to excellence, is the mark of a truly
noble miud, and of such will their life-rec-
ord tell that they employed the spare mo-
.ments which many waste, in the service Of
religion and virtue.
Year: 1867

The duty of gentlemen towards ladies on
street cars is Just now attracting considerable
attention and discussion CORY O'Lanus,
the quaint humOrist, in discussing whether
the ladies' ought to have Seats" says.


1 believe they ought.


l always side with the ladies.


When l am in a crowded car, and lady
comes in, think it is the duty Of some
other man to get up and give her his seat.


look around the car to see if any man in
the crowd looks like making move in that
direction, and when / see them all keep
their seats, bury myself in my newspaper
and blush for my sex.


Some Of your male correspondents think
that the ladies ought to thank us for giving
up our seats.


Ladies don't you be imposed upon by any
such idea.


Get the gentlemen into the habit of being
thanked and they IL expect it.


Stick up for your rights, ladies, and stand
on your dignity.


Dignity is good thing to stand on, when
you can't get seat.


But seats are your rights, whenever you
can get them.


When ladies attain the privilege OF voting
and send members of their sex to Congress
well have the Constitution amended to pro-
hibit male creatures from being seated in the
presence of ladies.


l think the fashionable style of pantalooni
will tend to promote greater degree of po-
liteness to ladies in the cars and ferry boats


They are so tight that you cannot sit dowr
in them with any degree of comfort Of
safety.
Year: 1867

NATURAL SucrIoN PUNP.-Livingstone,
the African traveller, describes an ingenious
method by which the Africans obtain water
in the desert; The women tie bunch Of
grass to one end Of reed about two feet long,
and insert it in a hole dug as deep as the
arm will reach, then ram down the vet sand
firmly around it. Applying the mouth to
the free end of the reed, they form a vacnnm


in the grass beneath, in which the water
collects, and in a short time rises to the
mouth. 1t will be perceived that this simple
but truly philosophical and effectual method
might have been applied in many cases in
different countries where water was greatly
needed, to the saving of life. 1t seems
wonderful that it should have been now first
known to the world, and that it should have
been habitually prscticed in Africa, prob
ably for centuries. 1t seems worthy of being
particularly noticed, that it may no longer
be'neglected from ignorance. 1t may be
highly important to travellers in our deserts
and prairies, on some parts of which water
is known to exist below the surface
Year: 1867

How SCHOLARS ARE MAHE.-OOstfy ap-
paratus and splendid cabinets have no magi-
cal power 10 make scholars. In all cireum-
stances, man is, under God the making Of
his own mind. The Creator has so coBstitu-
ted the human intellect that it can grow only
by its own action, and by its own action it
will most certainly and necessarily grow.
Every man must therefore, in an important
sense, educate himself His book and
teacher are but helps; the work is his A
man is not educated until he has the ability
10 summon, as an act Of emergency, all his
powers in vigorous exercise TO effect his pro-
posed object. 1t is not the man that has
seen most or read most who can do this;
such one is in danger Of being borne down,
like beast of burden, by an overloaded
mass of other men g thoughts. Nor is il the
man who can boast merely Of all the war
riors that went to the siege of Troy bad not
the pre-ominence because Nature had given
him strength, and be carried the largest
bow, but because self-discipline had taught
him how to bend it.
Year: 1867

"Go Slow. The Democracy should take
lesson from the Southern leaders, on the
Suffrage question. Only short time ago it
required vigorous use of the strong arm to
prevent the colored man from being out
rageolsly abused in the South. Congress
placed the ballot in his hand, and his abusers
became his most loving friends. They invite
him to SEATS in their conventions, proffer
him Office, and crate to him and gyrate
around him like hsckmen about a newly ar
rived traveler-vieing with each other in
their efforts to recommend themselves aud
their party to him. Afier the constitution
of Ohio shall have been changed by the vote
at the rext election, how long will it be be-
fore the Thurmans and Vallandighams Of the
Ohio Democracy viii be about the eolored
person begging the privilege Of carrying his
carpet sack, aud assuring him that the DEM
| ocratic hotel is the real old reliable, where
the finest accommodations are to be had on
the most reasonable terms-no extra charge
for baggsge-'busses to carry him to and
from the polls free OF chargef
Year: 1867

A Law JoKE.-A lawyer Of fluid tenden-
cies was discussing some nice point of law.
and getting out of patience at the inability
of the court to take his own view of it, said
the intellect of the court was so dark fash
oflightiDg could not penetrate it. Thejudge
being then a new conner, and not knowing
the peculiarities and fsiliDgs ofthe man, i'm
posed severe punishment on him for con-
tempt of the court. Some of the lawyers
friends stated the case to his honor, and the
punishment was remitted on condition that
be should publily apologize to the court He
was accordingly brought up the following
morning and made amends by sayipg:-


81 regret very much that l said in the
heat of the moment, that the intellect of the
court was so dark lightnieg could not pene-
trate it guess it could; q Is very psns,
ratins fhiagF'
Year: 1867

An Irish girl was ordered to hang the
washed clothes on the horse in the kitchen
to dry. He mistress shortly after found a
very gentle family horse standing in the
kitchen, completely covered with the artic-
les washed that day. Upon interrogating
the girl, the reply was, '.Ocb, to be shure,
We told me to hang the clothes on the horse
in the kitchen, and the beast is the kindest
II ever saw"
Year: 1867

A good joke took place in a courtroom
down east. A woman was testifying on be-
half of her son, who swore he had worked
on a farm ever since he was born. You as
sert that your son worked on farm ever
since he was born2" 81 do" aWhat did
be do the first yesrf" "He MIXED. The
lawyer evaporated.
Year: 1867

IA few evenings ago a party OF Southern
gentlemen give dinner TO General Beaur-
egard at the New York Hotel. In the
course Of his remarks on the occasion, the
General stated that he had received tempt
ing offerings from English capitalists to
take up bis residence in England assu-
perintendent OF extensive engineering
works in that country, but he had con.
,cluded, upon calmly surveying the differ
ent governments of the world. their status
and their inherent strength. that this coun-
ty now possessed the most stable Govern
ment Of any existing upon the face of the
earth, and that for his part he was deter


mined to spend his life under the flag of
the Government that was the most stable
aud less liable to disorganization. 1t was
nothing short of sheer nonsense to talk
of another rebellion. If they wanted to
raise one they could not, 1t was utterly
impossible, and will be impossible for them
TO do 80 for the next generation. Before
the war he was in favor Of State sovereignty.
but he had a that dogma essentially whip
ped out Of him, and thought that all should
pow bend their energies towards again
building up our Union TO that magnifi
cent status among the nations of the world
to which its destiny evidently points. In
conclusion, he would urge them to give
the Government their united support in
every manner, making it their pride to add
lustre TO the common glory of a united
people, I'm. Y. Express.
Year: 1867

A Unitarian clergyman OF Middlesex
county, says: at Is doubtful whether,
will our modern tendency, God can send
upon society a greater combination Of
curses than a truly eloquent preacher, u
ten thousand dollar organ, aud superb
opera choir.
Year: 1867




LYING IN BED. 1t is often question
among people who are unacquainted With
the anatomy and physiology Of men,
whether lying with head exalted or erect
with the body is most wholesome. Most,
consulting their own ease on this point,
argue in favor Of that which they prefer.i
Now, although'many delight'in bolstering
up their beads at night. and sleep sound
ly without injury, yet we declare it to be
dangerous habit The vessels In which
the blood passes. from the heart to the
head are lessened in their cavities WI en-
the head is resting in bed higher than
the body; therefore, in all diseases atteny
ded with fever. the head should DO pretty
nearly on level with the body ): and
people ought to accustom themselves to-
sleep thus, and avoid danger. Msdica,
Journal.
Year: 1867

About the whole region of Annaberg
there is q vast quantity of beautiful lace
made. No machinery is employed, the
work being done entirely with the hands,
and it is hardly excelled by the famous
manufactures of Belgium aud France.
We went for y walk through the city,
stopping at some of the little cottages
where the women were at work. They
talk and chatter like all women over
their labor, and have little cushions, q
foot long perhaps, containing six thous-
and tiny pins Of steel, and sixty SO called
clappers or wooden needles, each three
inches long With the simple imple-
monts working 50 rapidly that the eye
cannot follow the, motiops of the pins,
they manufacture this beautiful aud deli
cate texture So accustomed are they to
the work. that they fabricate the. finest
and most complicated embroidery without
stopping their laughter or talk, and SEEM
ingly paying no attention to their difficult
work. Such is the competition Of labor
in this overstocked land that twelve hours
of daily toll brings them at the most but
ten cents; apd until they have spent
yaers at the business, and become perfect.
ly skilled in the manipulation Of their in.
finite needles, six cents is good days
earnings. Yet their houses and persons
seemed clean aud neat; they are pleasant
and hospitable, and we did not see any
attempts to force us to patronize them,, nol
to extort the usual triple price which
strangers are generally charged. w


bought several fine collars and a small


lace mantilla for seventy five cents, ant


that price seemed to the good people s.


enormous that we could hardly esoap,


from the houses for their thanks.-Er


change
Year: 1867

81 While Mr. Rice was eating cher1
rie0 on his farm. near Fredericksburg Ind.
and viewing the working Of his bees, one
of the bees stung him on his upper lip.
when he Immediately started for the
house, calling on his mother for some
remedy, laughingly remarking that bee
had stung him, The remedy was applied
but in half an hour the man was speech
less, and soon after was corpse.