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Year: 1869

qualified to cultivate the barren wastes OF a
sinful world, or to build up Gods spiritual
temple, who make but very poor figure
when they come to fight with the enemies Of
the faith. Their feeble advocacy does tar
more harm than good to the cause they wish
to defend. What man cannot do well, ne
had better let alone.


There are some amongst us who consider
it an end of all strife to appeal to the au-
thority and example of our Puritan fore
fathers. 1t may be said that their preach
ing and writing were, to great extent, con-
troversial, that they used their rare endow-
ments and their vast learning to oppose the
religious errors of their times. Very true,
and no one would wish to undervalue their
important services in this direction. But,
on the other hand, it may be doubted whether
this was the most permanently valuable part
of their labors. Will not Baxter's "Call to
the Unconyerted, and his "Saint's Ever
lasting Rest" be read with unabated plea
sure and profit, when his ponderous tones of
polemic theology stand neglected and un.
opened on dusty bookshelves! ,a


1t not, of course, meant that ministers
should have no sympathy with the doubts
which will often distress the minds of their
most intelligent hearers, or do nothing to
remove them. But ministry which is only
or chiefly anti .skeptical, is not likely to be
very fruitful one. 1t is generally positive
didactic preaching which brings sinners to
and does the most to promote
experimental and practical religion.-Lor'.
dom Fireman.
Year: 1869

The voyage which the Apostle Paul had
on his way to Rome is one of the most
thrilling passages in the Bible. The des-
criptiOn of the peril in which all on board
were placed is drawn by Luke with graphic
power, of which we here quote only single
verse describing their extremity: "And
when neither sun nor stars in many days ap-
peared, and no small tempest lay upon us,
all hope that we should be saved was then
taken away"


They had tried every expedient, but all
had failed; the lamp of hope for time
went out. Their souls were in despair, a
despair as dark as those heavens in which
were not seen either, "sun or stars for many
days"


Danger of life is universally felt to be
one of the severest trials to which we can be
exposed. "All that man hath will he give
For his life. But to this very trial are We
all exposed in many ways, and perhaps every
day of our existence. The clouds of death
darken every sky. Some are in more i'm
mediate peril-in more visible, conscious
contact with the destroyer than others, and
their struggle is more severe. But all of
us are every hour in danger, and all must
one day, like Paul and his companions, feel
that as respects that inevitable event, "all
hope of our being saved is taken away"


For a time, in youth, or in health, life may
move on, like this ship bound for Italy at
the first of its voyage, "when the South
wind blew softly" Gentle gales awhile may
fill your sails; the fatering sea of life may
smile But of one thing let every human
being lay his reckoning sure. You cannot
go very far until tempests shall come. The
wind will blow, your sea will rise to noun
tains, the sun and moon, and every star of
earthly hope will disappear, and you shall
feel yourself here only as bubble on the
breakers.


Sure a time will come


Thy painted sails, and spread thy gold like chaff
D 'er the wild waves. And what wreck,
If judgment find thee unsuStained by God. "
Year: 1869

which he has paid for our ransom, has OBJ


tained for us an inheritance in the heavens,
and will ultimately redeem his purchased
possession; for 'it doth not yet appear what


we shall be, but when He shall appear We
shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as
He is And until we shall see Him, as


He is, the incarnation of the Son of God
will remain mystery to be received and
loved, being fully assured that what is now
dark and inscrutable will ultimately be as
clear as the light.


l have said more than l designed, for l
meant merely in brief article to express my
objection to the use of the term "Deus-


Homo" G.
Year: 1869

able to sympathize with those in sorrow will
be hundred times greater than your past
sorrow; yea, the remembrance of your sor-
rows will be itself a source of joy, when you
see the joy and gladness which you are able
to bring to other hearts, which could never
have been the case had you not yourself
passed through trials.


Gods sovereign ways are all unknown


To our weak erring sight.


Then, let our souls, adoring, own


That all his ways are right.


Church Union.
Year: 1869

THERE MAY BE AUDIBLE MUSIC in heaven ;
but its chief delight will be in the music of
principles in full and cOnsenting harmony
with the laws of eternal rectitude. There
may be visions of loveliness there; but it
will be the loveliness of virtue, as seen in
God, and reflected back in family likeness
from all his children.-Dr. Chalmers.
Year: 1869

the highway and from the fields of his
Deighbors is so much gain to him.
You have only to make Chim feel
that 1t is loss in money and in self
respect, 90 reform him. in most OWL.
lied communities yeu have the Law on
your side. There is pound for stray
cattle, geese and hogs, and if they are
put IN, he cannot get them out without
paying the fines and fees. A little
faithfulness on the part OF the afflicted


will soon open his eyes, as well as his


purse. He will keep his cattle at less
expense upon his own land. There
must be no Observation-Disclosures shown
him under the misapprehension that he
will make reprisals. Let him if he dare.
You are unmanly il you will not defend
Your own property by all legal meas
ures. He is as full of conceit as an egg
Is of meat, and as long as he finds that
his cattle can steal from the highway
with impunity, he will keep them at it.
He thinks it is smart to get
ahead of the public in this way,
and until you can take this conceit
out of him, and show him that it is
wicked rather than smart, there is no
hope of his reform. The pound for his
cattle will be a means of grace he can.
not slight. If the law is against you it
will take little longer to reach your
result, but it is equally sure. By sufli-
cient painstakipg law can be secured
in any township, clearing the highway
of cattle. The proposition that a man
should pasture his own cattle is so just
that few men will argue long against it.
Public opinion can be reformed and
made right on this subject, aud with
the law on your side, it will be your
own fault if your neighbors thrust their
surplus cattle upon your premises. Try
the effect of the pound.
Year: 1869

We very well remember q saying of
an old gentleman, an excellent farmer,
that if you would make hog profts.
BILE, You should not let him ever see a
winter; and we think we have satisfied
ourselves that spring pigs, well kept
and nursed, are far less expensive, aHd
yield more in return for their keeping
than those which are fifteen or eighteen
months old. But one thing Is quite
certain, If we prefer our store hogs to
come in the fall, we ought to be careful
to keep them through our long cold
winters, both warm and dry.


Every observant farmer knows that
if his cattle are not sheltered from the
cold weather and storms, they will re-
guire much more food to keep them in
tolerable order than if they are kept
warm and comfortable. Just as it is
with pigs, if they are suffered to run
over your premises in the snow and
sleet, with their legs and snout as red
as the gill Of your gobbler, without O
warm and dry bed of clean straw to
resort to when they choose, they will
not only, in all probability, come out
with mango in the spring, but every
grunt they give will convince you that
all the food they have devoured has
been thrown away; for shoats that have
Geld, damp, comfortless bed, will get
NANCY, and NANCY pigs cannot grow.


Let any one who has mind to try
the experiment, take two pigs of the
same litter, suffering the one to run as
above, and let the ether be we'll housed
and we'll fed, and it will be found that
the superior growth Of the latter will
pay for the care bestowed upon him,
and good interest. Hogs that are con-
fined, and cannot get to the earth, will
frequently be benefited by having a
little charcoal, soft brickbats, or soft
rotten wood thrown into them; and a
trifling quantity of birthstone mixed in
their food, occasionally, is an excellent
thing.


The hog has the reputation of being
dirty fellow, but we should remember
that he likes to be dirty in his own way,
and for his own PLEASURE he neither
prefers to live cold nor in filth; still!l less
does he choose to be half fed. DR.,
Franklin's man said tho hog was the
only gentleman in England, because he
alone was eIOneTated from labor. If
this be so, surely he ought to be well
fed and well housed in America. We
entirely believe that the same amount
of food that will barely carry a pig
through the winter with bad manage
ment, will, with good, prudent treat
nent, keep him growing, and in the
spring you have something to build
upon that will by-and-by make you
solid porker who will do credit to your
sty.-RWraiiSt.
Year: 1869

A FEW days ago the Intelligencer had
reliable information that the REGISTER
chad not the approval of the rejecting
m.n of its own party" Our neighbor
also assured us that we would make
the same discovery" after the election.
As we have so far utterly failed to do
so, will our afflicted friend have the
kindness to name some of the "refect.
ing" Democrats to whose counsels he is
admittedf
Year: 1869

WE don't want to be troublesome, but
if i,'s perfectly convenient we would
like our neighbor to advise us as to the
net proceeds of that investment in Ger
man circulars on the night preceding
the election. One Of the Intelligencer's
articles was rehasbed in German, and SO
far as we could learn the only effect was
to impel few German. Republicans to
vote the Democratic ticket.
Year: 1869

The Ohio county movement cane to
grief because it had q mere party aim.
Had it been honestly designed to abol-
ish our proscriptive system, its success
might not have been doubtful. In view
Of recent results, it must be pleasant
for the leaders to contemplate that
"they contemplated only the safety and
perpetuity Of the Republican party"
Year: 1869

1t is impossible as yet to form even
the dimmest shadow of conjecture as
to the complexion of the next Legisla-
sure. The returns SO far received are
comfortable enough, but there is hardly
q handful of them. AS the Legislature
does not meet until January, there is
ample time for collecting and forward
ing the results, and in the meanwhile
we can only possess our souls in pa
tianca
Year: 1869

The man who by his own showing
male the new State, couldn't be elected
to the Legislature from one of the
strongest loyal" counties in the State.
Either the "loyar folks Of Harrison dent
think much of the job or they haven't
much faith in the maker.
Year: 1869

II is rumored that CARLILR is about
to revise his reply to the CAMDEN letter.
He now wants to prove that he did not
write the letter, in order to smooth his
way into the Democratic party.
Year: 1869

THE National Telegraph has been max
ing quite merry over the REGISTER with
its pictures and predictions. We trust
our friend will favor US with an early
review of the CAMDEN letter, considered
as humorous production. It's as full
of fun a. ever
Year: 1869

"As a matter of expediency among
themselves" the "let up" candidates in
this city have retired from public life.
They contemplate only the safety and
perpetuity of the Republican party"
Year: 1869

Without any special complaint except grad.
ual declination Of bodily strength and nervous
erergy, will fnd in the TONIC A FOUNTAIN
OF VITALITY ANDEVIG0R AS RE
FRESHING AND EXT HILERATING As
A POOL IN HE DESERT TO THE SAND
SCORCHED AND PAINTING TKAYELER
Year: 1869

THERE are now 5000, 900 bales Of cotton
growing in the Southern States, and there u
not labor enough in that section 10 pickit. 1t
Is estimated that the average price will be at
least twenty-five pound. This IS abun-
dainty compensating. All persons who desire
employment from now until January next will
find it in the South at the very best wages
The New York Herald says " that the whole
population should turn out TO gather this i'm
portant crop"
Year: 1869

that the Texas convention has presented good
Constitution to the people. and he had no doubt
Of its ratification, and that Texas would thus soon
be restored to the Union.


Gen. Grant expressed his qualification. He said
Gen. Candy was an excellent officer, but he felt il
due TO Reynolds to restore him TO his command
The Texans were well pleased with their inter-
view. They are all opposed to division OF the
State.


The caucus renominated all the old House off
GERS except King. postmaster. The Democratic
caucus nominated Kerr for speaker. Blaine is
nominated for speaker by the Republicans.
Dawes will be speaker for the remainder Of the
session.
Year: 1869

Intriguing among the Radicals for the
Governorship of Tennessee, which set in
as far back as last fall, is becoming more
and more complicated and intense.


Governor Senter the present incum-
bent who succeeded Gov. Brownlow by
right of the Office of Speaker of the
Senate which he held, is said by those
who profess to understand the mysteries
of the inner circle to be assiduously plot
ting for the Radical nomination. Under
the existing franchise law the Governor
in possession is enabled to control the
vote of every county in the State. He
has the appointment of all the registrars;
these registrars decide who shall vote
and who shall not vote and If they
should make a mistake in the registra-
ton of picked voters, the Governor has
still authority to annul their action and
to throw out of the ballot box as many
votes and as many counties as he pleases


Gov. Senter seems to understand the
advantages of his position perfectly, and
is making them serve his purposes WIFI
total disregard of the wishes ana IN
terests of his party.


| The favorite of the Radicals is Gen
W.B. Stokes. He is looked upon as the
natural successor of Brownlow who Ii
said TO have formally bequeathed hin
his blessing.and his mantle before ne sci
out for Washington. Stokes is as earn
est as his friends, and but for the mach
nations of Senter, there would be little
! doubt of his unanimous nomination
Senter is by no means strong. outside o.
his Senatorial district in East Tennessee
He would not be thought of if it were
not for the extraordinary powers which
he holds as Governor but by ktres
and unscrupulous use of those ~
he can certainly control the e.


Nor is there any doubt entertained il
the minds Of any one that he will enaplo.
every agency that he can command fo
his own purpose. The latest phase il
this curious intrigue has arranged |
bargain between Gov. Senter and Mr
Fletcher, the present Secretary OF State
| by which Senter is to have the race to
Governor and Fletcher to go into the Y
i s. Senate as successor to Fowler. Tn
mode of carrying out this combination
has not transpired as yet, but itcap east
ly be effected, as Senter and rletche
Year: 1869

TO WEST 10Th ST.. BETWEEN 9Th AND 7TH AVS
Liz Iespecta le woman first class cook is good
bread and biscuit maker objection TO u private board
ing house short c ance the country good city
Year: 1869

LIE lax BILL-The Legislature is now en-
gaged IN the consideration Of the Revenuc Tav
Bill. This is the weightiest matter vct bropobt
~ 'heif conslderation-onc which they have
ureaucd through the whole session. The bill
YiS long, filling a pamphlet of twenty popes.
ana we will have to content ourselves with
synopsis which we give elsewhere, as furnished
py the Gdzette'S correspondent. The bill. in
It's present shape, is very unpopular, many be-
llevlng that 1t is too high in its rates, and will
raise a much larger sum than is required to
pay oil the interest on the State debt Anoth-
err and the greatest fear is, that it will iniure
the Democratic party. This is creating much
uncasiness.


We learn that there has been a proposition
made to abandon the bill altogether and lew a
direct tax OF one per cent. on real and person
al property. An estimate has been made. it
is said, and it was found that this tax would be
sUfhclent to pay off the entire debt.
New Castle county is almost rebellious over
the bill, judging from our exchanges. Both
Democrats and Republicans alike denouncing
1t In unmcasured terms. because, owing to its
excessive tax on manufactures that county
would have to pay about two-thirds of the tax.
10 strong are the objections to it that the au-
thor OF the bill is ashamed to father it. it is
said.


The lottery men, taking advantage of this
occasion, have offered bonus to the State of
$6O0,000, payable in semi-annual instalments
of $4,000, for lottery grant to G. w. s.
Nicholson, but there is no probability of the
bill passing. The passage of such bill would
be the next mcanest thing to reputation. 1t
was introduced in the House by Dir. Jump.


There is also great opposition to the taxing
CT bonds and other securities. Parties who
have been crying out against the "bloated
bondholdcrs" are about to cry on the other
side Of their mouths.


y bill has also been introduced to tax the
net earnings of all railroad and canal companies
IN the State certain per cent (rate left blank
also to tax each locomotive 500, each passen-
ger car $2j, and each freight car $40 In adj
dition to this the bill provides that the actual
cash value of each share Of stock of each rail
road and canal shall be taxed at the rate of
One-haf Of one per cent. Where the road or
canal Is partly in this State and partly in an
adjoining State the part of such net earnings
only shall be subject to the said tax, as will he
in that proportion to the whole net earnings or
income of such company.


No bill now before the Legislature will pass
without material alteration.
Year: 1869

John q: Berckinridgc, once Vice President
OF the United States, and aftcrward prominent
among the Generals of the rebellion, has avail.
ed himself of johnson s amnesty and returned
cordial and somewhat demonstratiye. His
manner was quiet and unobtrusive as that of
One thoroughly chastened in spirit and subdued
in temper by the disasters of the war of which
be has had so large personal experience. He
comes home without personal ambition or as


piratlon, and without any more of the political
excitement of his past years, as he says HIM
self, than it he were an extinct volcano"
tie says little OF his plans for the future. ex-
cept that he wishes nothing to do with politics,
and intends to devote himself to the repair of
his shattered fortune.
Year: 1869

WAR CLAM-The claim of the widow of
FIX Senator Riddle of this State now pending
before the u. 5. Senate is for loss and damage
sustained in the occupancy of her plantation
i'll Virginia by portion of the Union Army
during the Rebellion. 1t amounts to between
three and four thousand dollars.
Year: 1869

a habitual patron of an institution,
whose pathway is marked with the
footprints of the destroyer of the
bodies and souls Of men? Is it any
thing but the species of the most
unaccountable recklessness


In conclusion, can.we, who are
not patrons Of those manufactures
of woe and misery, innocently look
on and hear the wall Of widows and
orphans, while we have sons and
daughters, who may at any time, be
drawn into this vortex of ruin and
death, or if not this, can we remain
indifferently, when these victims of
misery and misfortune imploringly
stretch out their hands and beg for
help, and we not make an effort fol
their relief. May not these voices
rise up in judgment, and condemn
us for not having put forth an effort
for their deliverance. God holds
us responsible far our conduct.


| A CITIZEN.
Year: 1869

A-MAN near Massillon had two
thousand bushels of wheat, for
which he was offered three dollars
bushel. The price was not high
enough, SO he kept it until last week
when he cleaned it up and found he
had just two hundred bushels left.
The weevil haG almost destroyed
it. He took what he had, and sold
it in Canton for one dollar per
bushel. Verdict: Served him right.
STARK County Denaocrot
Year: 1869

Tie impatience of German wash
er- woman led to the invention ol
lithography. The history of that
elegant art begins with a homely do
mestic scene, which occurred at Mu.
Mich about the year 1898, and in
which three characters figured
Madame Senefelder, the poor widow
of an excellent actor, then recently
deceased; her son, Alias Senefelder,
aged twenty two, a young man of an
inventive turn; and the impatient
washer. woman just mentioned. The
washerwOman had called at the home
of this widow for the wash but
the "list" was not ready, and the
widow asked her son to take it. He
looked about the room for piece OF
paper upon which to write it, with
out being able to find the least frag-
ment, and he noticed also that his
ink wss dry. asherwomen are not
apt to be overawed by such custom
ers, and this one certainly did not
conceal her impatience while the
fruitless search was proceeding
The young man had in the apartment
a smooth, soft, cream colOred stone,
such as lithographers now use. lie
had also mass of paste made OF
Iampblack, wax, soap, and water.--
In the hurry of the moment, he
dashed upon the soft smooth stone
the short list of garments, using fol
the purpose this lump OF oily paste
The washerwoman went off with hel
small bundle of clothes, peace was
restored to the family, and the wri
ting on the stone remained.--Atlae
TIC Monthly.
Year: 1869

General Slocum, in his lecture on
the military Lessons of the War" "
tells the following story in his refer.
ence to the battle of Bull Run:


"The influence of our officers over
the men, and the state of discipline,
is best illustrated by an incident
which occurred on the field in the
heat of battle.-zAp, officer, who has
became very prominent and well
known throughout the country, was
then in command Of a brigade on the
right of our line. While riding over
the field, he discovered soldier
concealed in q hole in the ground
which was Of Just sufficient dimen-
sions to sfford him shelter. The
General rode up to him inquiring as
to his regiment, and ordered him to
Join it at once. The man, looking
him full in the face, placed bis
thumb to his nose, and replied -
"No you don't, old fellow you want
this hole yourself"
Year: 1869

The following very briet and de
cidedly pithy speech delivered by
Oliver Cromwell on dissolving the
Long Parliament, may be newto some
of our readers. II is fair specimen
of the rude, vigorous style Of this
hardy character


at Is high time for me to put an
end to your sitting in this place, which
ye have dishonored by your contempt
of all virtue, and defiled by the pIac-
tice of every vice. Ye are lactious
crew. Ye are pack of wretches,
and would, like Esau, sell your coun-
try for mess Of pottage, and like
Judas, betray your God for a few
pieces OF silver. Is there a single
virtue remaining in you: Is there
one vice you do not possess ? You
have no more religion than my horse.
Gold is your God. Which of you
has not bartered away his conscience
for bribes IS there q man among
YOU that has the least care for the
common wealth You sordid pros
titutes, Have you not defiled this
sacred place, and turned the Lords
temple into n den of thieves ? BY
your immoral and wicked practices
We have grown intolerably odious to
the whole nation. You, who were
deputed here to get their grievances
redressed, are yourselves become
their greatest grievance Your
country therefore, calls upon me to
clean this Augean stable by putting
n period to your iniquitous proceed
ings in this house, and which by
Gods help and the strength he has
given me, / intend to do. 1 COM
mand you, upon the peril of your
lives, 10 depart Immediately out of
this place. Go! Get you out =
Take away that shining bauble there,
the speakers mace and lock up the
DOORS"