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Year: 1867




Among the many strange things occurring in the
year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and sixty
seven, the Adrian (Michigan) Times furnishes
and vouches for the following


The train from the West on a recent afternoon
brought to this ciry Chicago gentleman and
his wife. They stopped at one Of our hotels,
and the next morning after their arrival the
gentleman announcing business in the
country, intimated his intention of proceeding
to transact it, and asked his wife to accom-
plny him. But this Madame declined to do,
Pleading as an excuse a severe headache. Pro-
curing horse and buggy, the gentleman started
for the country, desiring to see man who
sides about eight miles from the city, and in
tending to he absent most of the day


Soon after the departure of her lord. Madame
far recovered herself as to be able to write
note and dispatch it to ii certain gentleman in
this city, who is somewhat notorious for his gall
lantries. We suppress names for obvious rea-
sons. The recipient soon found time to call on
the fair writer at her room. But comes the
startling denuuement


The husband of the invalid at the hotel, soon
after leaving the city, met the gentleman he was
In search of, thus precluding the necessity of
going the whole distance to his house, and came
back some hours sooner than he expected.
lie went immediately to his ROOM being natural
ly anxious after his wife's health. The door was
ioN Nheu, anu the only effect OF his Knock was
somewhat irregular and suspicious commotion
in the interior of the apartment In n low tone
but one that admitted of misunderstanding
he demanded that the door h. opened Madam.
attired in snowy robe de NUT, as he had left
her. opened the door, and the husband entered
At the first glance there no sign of any other
inmates of the apartment. But the husband was
not to be deceived by appearances and SION
from under the he'd he fiShed pair of boots,
certainly not his. With no signs of anger he
inquired of Madam from whence they came. Of
course she did not know, they must have been
left there by some former occupant of the apart
ment Now gentlemen are not accustomed to
leave good boots in their vacated apartments,
and this our Chicago husband knew ward
robe c.ught his eye, and opening the door he
discovered-the owner of the boots, our fellow
citizen who beside being minus his boots, was
en- dishabLle in several other important particu-
lars.


Under such trying circumstances many men
would have lost their temper, and little scene
in which pistols play prominent part might
have ensued. But long residence amid the
christianizinc influences of Chicago had rem
dcrpd this injured husband superior 10 such eh-
ulitions of anger. Dress Yourself sir, said
he TO the gentleman in the wardrobe, g. and we II
60 and tnke drink. Probably under the same
circumstances should have acted as you have.
Mary Ito his wiie). pack your trunk, and be
ready to leave on the next train for the west
Go home to your parents. | never wish to see
you again.


So said, done. He carried ont the pro-
gramme to the letter. Many men are incapable
of such superlative self-control
Year: 1867




Probably no body Of men that ever
assembled has been made the subject of
more bitter and unsparing abuse than
the Convention now engaged; at Mont
gOmery, Alabama, in the arduous and
highly important task of remodeling
the Constitution of that State under the
reconstruction law. The whole rebel
and Copperhead press have let loose
upon it the fen is of detraction, and
has poured out torrents of abuse upon
the individual members, as if bent upon
smothering to death with caIumny the
loyal sentiment of the State. But in
the midst of all this the Convention
quietly pursues its work with a firm
dignity which is worthy example to
its vilifers. The sympathies Of every
man and woman who loves justice and
loyalty should be with this body of men
who are breasting the tide of treason
and hate, and patriotically laboring to
redeem their State to loyalty and Union.


The following sketch of the Conven-
tion, by a correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial, is a good offset to the
many bitterly partisan and unfriendly
criticisms that have been made of It.
1t seems to be written in the spirit Of
truth and candor:


The convention is held in the hall
usually occupied by tho Lower House
of the Legislature Of Alabama.


The delegates are one hundred in
number, and of these sixteen are freed
men. The seats having been drawn by
lot, the members are, OF course, seated
irrespective of color. AS I looked at
them I could not but reflect that I be-
held magnificent exhibition Of poetic
and retributive Justice, for these men
now occupy the place where sat but
seven years ago, the proud, defiant Con-
federate Congress, that made slavery
the keystone of their arch gof govern
meut.


As to the general aspect and bearing
Year: 1867

The leading objection to the PROPOSE
ton to give the country an exclusively
greenback currency, retiring the Ma
tiOnal Bank notes, is the fact that it
would give permanency to that which
was never designed 20 be other than
temporary; it would indefinitely post
pone return to specie payments; it
would place absolute control of the cur
rency, the trade and business of the
country, and the prices of all cOmmod-
titles, in the hands Of a constantly
changing administration; and above
all, it would be a most powerful temp
tatiOn to government extravaganza and
corruption. Let it once become the fix
ed policy of the government to furnish
the country with its circulating paper
currency without a return to and con-
tinuance Of specie payments, and trade
and prices would no longer be govern
ed by the laws Of trade, by demand and
supply, but by the caprice Of Congress
and the Secretary of the Treasury for
the time being. AS, under the propos-
ed system, the greenback currency
would be pracii ically frredeemable, de-
signed to circulate forever except when
worn out and exchanged for new notes,
the advocates of eXtFaVagant legisla-
tion would argue that their ruinOus ap-
preparations could be met by an addi-
tiOnal issue Of greenback legal -tenders
without taxing the people, and that
thus nobody would be the poorer. 1.-THE
country needs more currency" would


be the cry of every lobby-rascal who
nad fraudulent claim to put through
Congress, and every administration that
wished to aggrandize itself by the pur-
chase of more worthless territory; tickle
the unthinking portion of the people
with light taxation, or secure the pOlit-
ical support of eX-rebels, by paying
of Southern claims for billions of prop
erty destroyed in the war. Each fresh
issue of greenbacks, each new expan-
sion of currency, would seem to cost
the country nothing beyond the eZ-
pense of printing, while with each in
tiatiou il would depreciate in value un-
til a pOcketful would not buy a break
fast. In this matter we might learn
lesson from the experience of Brazil
There the Government mOnopolized
the issue Of circulating medium,
which each successive administration
adding 10 the irredeemable and almost
worthless paper issues without even
caring to repudiate the issues Of former
administrations. This continued until
the Brazilian paper dollar was worth
five and one-half cents in gold and the
government was in fact bankrupt. I'M
der similar system our own currency
would have a similar tendency and
very likely. a similar ulti mate fate. It
would be fatal TO financial soundness
and safety in time of peace to grant
this unchecked liberty to the various
parties in power, to il ue money from
the Government printing presses for
any and every purpose which party
pride or party corruption might sug-
gest.--Saalda8hy Register.
Year: 1867

A FUNERAL IN THE SNow.-The Nevada
Transcript says that on last Thursday week,
F. b. Castreel, who resided on c street,
Meadow Lake, when to his house in the
evening, and being missed by his friends, on
Saturday they searched for him and found
him smothered in the snow. The house is a
story and half high and was entirely
buried in the snow lie was found laying
in the window of the upper part of the house,
half in the house and half in the snow
His body was recovered on Saturday, and
the funeral was very novel and imposing
The snow is twenty feet deep on the average
A sled was used as a hearse and the long
procession followed on snow shoes. The
sdlemnity OF the scene was not even broken
by the rafting Of wheels, and as the pro
cession moved along so neiselessly en- the
snow, following the poor man to his ias'
resting place, those who witnessed the scene
were impressed more deeply than by any
burial they had ever witnessed. The grave
had to be dug through sixteen feet Of snow
before burial place could be reached.
Year: 1867

FREEDoM's FIRST MARrYR.-What ST.
Stephen was to early Christianity, John
Brown was to the cause Of universal free
dom. He was tie solitary herald standing
upon the gray walls of the twilight foretell-
ing the approach Of a bright and glorious
day. There was feasting and dancing in
the palace of Iferod when the CHASTITY head
of the Baptist was laid at the foot of the
throne for the qualification of royal muir
deress. But from that hour the sweeping
angel of destruction with glittering sword
and flaming torch lowered over the sacred
heights of Moriah. His wings were plumei
with fire his trumpet blew the onset of
destruction. The glorious Temnle faded
like roval dream: Salathiel with his beau
tful and faithful Miriam set out on his eter-
nal pilgrimage, to find the Ancient People
of God crouching and heart broken in the
distant lands Of strangers. And so dia the
exultant slave holders sing and dance with
Joy when they had murdered that one old
man and haptised young principle with a
martyrs blood and so did they perish when
the angel OF retribution swept the SKY oTer
their wicked cOuntry.-Fdg.
Year: 1867

For CAMP BIDwELL.-We learn from .he
Independent that the troops now at Fort
Reading, in this county, under command of
Major Chaplin rwill soon take their departure
for Camp Bidwell, Surprise Valley. Only
a small detachment will be kept at Fort
Crook hereafter. 1t is said that vigorous
campaign against the Surprise Valley In
dians will be prosecuted this season.
Year: 1867

g ONE OF lGU CAN'T, AND WE PITY
- you. You have tried every remedy bu, tho
ONE destined, by its Intrinsic merit to superccde
all similar preparations it is not surprising you
should be reluctant to try scmeti ing else after tho
many experiments you have made Of trashy com


pounds foisted the public as a certain cure; but
Year: 1867

Junior Exhibition-Couclu En-
tertainment.


The young ladies connected with the
Wheeling Female College gave their
concluding entertainment at Washing
ton Hall last evening: The programme
differed materially from that OF the
preceding evening, the readings from
Evangeline, with illustrative tab
leaux,- being the only portion
of the first entertainment marked
for repetition. By request, however,
the Poem by "the bard of Wheeling
and the Colloqty, Returned from New
York" were repeated. The audience,
like the first, was large, refined
and appreciative. The. same degree
of excellence which W4sre pleased
to be able to remark" iT our article
of yesterday characterized all the per-
formances. and the friends of the insti-
tuition, as we'll as the public generally,
were more than satisfied that by the
Junior Exhibition, the Female College
has been shown to merit n prominent
position among the finishing schools
of the land. Its continued prosperity
will be source of pleasure, as its ex-
slted merit is a matter of pride to all
who take an interest in promoting the
educational interests of our city and
State.
Year: 1867

To REMOVE THE TASTE PROM NEW
WooD.-A new keg, churn, bucket, or
other wooden vessel, will generally
communicate a disagreeable odor to
anything that is put into it. To pre-
vent this inconvenience, first scald the
vessel with boiling water, letting the
water remain in it till cold. Then dis
solve some pearlash or soda in luke
warm water, adding little bit of lime
to it, and wash the inside of the vessel
well with the solution. Afterward
scald it well with plain hot water, and
rinse it with cold water before you use
~
Year: 1867

On Saturday morning terrible scene
was witnessed in Philadelphia. The
wife of an e1-policeman and constable
in the lower part Of the city, whilst Ia
boring under n fit of insanity, seized
upon her child, boy aged four and a
half years and running up stairs into
the second story. threw him out OF the
window to the pavement below. As
soon rs the frantic act was observed
some persons rushed up and secured the
woman, and ut the same time every
thing was done to relieve the poor child,
who was insensible when picked up. Be
sides being badly bruised, it was injured
internally, and it is probable that it
will die. The family has met with
many terrible misfortunes in the last
! two wears.
Year: 1867

EARLY PEAs.-As soon as the frost is
sufficiently out of the ground to enable
it to be dug or plowed, it is advisable
TO prepare for sowing peas. 1t is not
requisite that the soil should be rich,
but if deeply stirred and of moderate
fertility the crop will be abundant and
long continued. Shallow soils and
shallow planting give shallow returns,
OF in other words, give dwarf vines,
short pods, and but one OF two pickings.
OF varieties that we have tonnd valua-
BILE, Carter's Extra Early or First Crop
natures early and is productive Ne
Plus Ultra, Philadelphia Early, and
Prince Albert, are all good until Cham
pion of England natures, with which
we are satisfied, and continue its use by
having succession of paintings to
come along in due time one after the
other.
Year: 1867

NEVER PLANT IN WET ysoH,-Great
care should now be had in plantlng
seed. After the long spell of. such
weather, the earth is cold and seed VIII
rot in the ground if planted, unless 1t
be in light, sandy soil, naturally warm.
After such season as we have had IT
is very necessary that the earth shall
be warmed by genial sun, and the soil
be made light and mellow before seed
can have fair chance to vegetate and
grow. Every rejecting mind will see
the importance of these facts, if they
wish success in their labors. =
Year: 1867

A correspondent of the Rural Net
Yorker has found a use for Canada this
ties; he uses them for filling up wood
chuck holes and find that they keep the
troublesome animals out or in, rs the
case may be.
Year: 1867

Levi Bartlett writes to the Country
Gentleman that in an experiment with
superphosphate for potatoes, he found a
spoonful to the hill gave double the
Weld over those receiving none.
Year: 1867

GRowING OLD.-How steadily the
years creep upon us one by one, until
some day We are startled to find ourselves
grown old Ii is curious 10 see what diff
ferent estimates people put upon old age
at different perioas of their own lives. To
the youth in his teens the man of middle
years appears quite antiquated, but when
he himself arrives at forty years he can
scarce believe he is no longer young, and
is astonished to see SO many who were but
infants the other day now jostling him as
full grown men in the race of life. Said
one gentleman to another once in our
hearing, I" What has become of all the old
men ! When you and / were boys there
were many old gentlemen about, but they
seem 10 be all gone" All, said hs
friend, with smile, " ask th- Sc Youngsters
where the old men are. They'll tell you
and you viii find yourself among them"
Year: 1867

Henry Ward Beecher tells what he
likes =" like to go past an engine-house
and see the fremen, even if they are rude
and IL they do sometimes forget their man
ners and shout out my name when pass
by them, as they did yesterday-I like to
go past an engine house and see these rude
sons Of industry fondle and pet their en-
gine. Sometimes think 1t is their Ii tile
God. How they rub it! How they clean
it How they oil it! How they put
flowers upon it! Why? They know what
it can do. They are proud of IL! They
have seen il play. They have seen how
well it performs in the hour Of danger.
1t has stuff in it. Ii is brave engine.
They personify it, and give attributes to it.
They love it. They talk to ii. And they
rub the brass and clean the leather, and
keep everything all right about it. And
l like to see it; because it is the radical
quality that they like. 1t is the ability to
perform. 1t is its real executive power.
For that's sake it is tha. they work it up.
and shine it up, and like il and pet il, and
idolize it. like to hear an engineer talk
to his engine. think that the next things
TO men are machines like locomotives. If
they should, by some accident. be transmit
ted, and be endowed with thought and in
telligence, ! t~ll you they would make
grand men And when / am travelling, I
think they hardly ever stop to w od and
water that do not go out to see what the
engineer is doing with his engine. /
sometimes think there is about as much
intelligence at one end of the train as at
the other. notice how closely he inspecis
the various parts. ] have sometimes crep,
under the wheels myself when something
had given way and they were repairing
the damage, and seen, with admiration how
clean the very bottom of the engine was
where nobody looked at it; how all the
axels and boxes and parts were cleansed
and in order. And have often said 10
myself, Il wish could make my people
take as good care of their bodies as this
man has taken of his iron horse to-day
Year: 1867

The insurgents in the Papal States seem to


have achieved complete and an easy victory.
The Cable this morning informs us that the Gar
ibaldians are marching from all directions upon
Rome. No further resistance of the Papal
troops is mentioned, and it is not probable that
any further resistance will be attempted. The
organs of the Italian Government wish to rob
Garibald of the fruit of his victory, and urge
an immediate occupation by the National troops
of the City OF Rome. The weakness of the Pa
pal Government is so apparent that it seems to
have even modified the policy of Louis Napo-
leon, who is reported now to be ready to con-
sent to the immediate annexation of the Papal
Provinces to Italy, and to the annexation of
the City of Rome on the death of Plus IN.
Year: 1867

q The, Supreme, Court Of this StsteP Whether
.tlelhe in question VIII fulfill the'promises OF
its builders in relieving our overcrowded streets
remains to beiseep but every downtown mer-
chant, clerk, or mechanic is interested in, having
some method OF rapid conveyance to homes in


the northern part of the city, and it is worthy
Of note that upon the day the injunction was
granted four persons were killed by being run
over in our streets, and that upon the day of
the final hearing one woman was killed and
several persons injured in Brooklyn, two per-
sons run over in Williamsburgh and one in
this city by surface cars. '.,.
Year: 1867

dispatch from Austaa statss that tina
Emperor Francis Joseph has determined not 20
make any change in the ConcOrlat, and that
the negotiations about tLe conclusion of new
ConeOrdat will be broken off. We doubt the
accuracy Of the first part of the dispatch. To
retain the Concordat wsuld not only require an
entire change of policy but it wouM be tho
beginning of new war with the representa-
tiyes of the people, who are nearly unanimous
in demanding that the old ConcOrdat be de-
clared invalid, and that Church matters, so far
as they concern the State, be regulated by
special legslation, without any negotiations with
Rome
Year: 1867

On Saturday the Autumn meeting Of the
American Jockey Club will commence at Jerome
Park, the opening feature being hurdle race
of one mile and thres-quarters for all ages


The very decided success of this racing course
last Spring, and the cOmmendable improvement
made in the racing business encourages the
Association to further efforts to deserve the
liberal patronage that they hoped sor. A
prominent feature of the coming meeting will
Year: 1867

occasion we may expect an outpOuring OF the


people on, the, most immense scale. We hear


that the managers have given up two thirds Of


the club stand TO the public, and that they will


still further enlarge and equalize the accommo-


dations for tho public, at the same time pre-
serving the good character for order and re-
spectabity already attained. sal
Year: 1867

The charter election in Newark yesterday
was very close. The Democrats claim the city,
but our figures reflect Mayor Pedde by small
majority. The Republicans gain two Aldermen,
and lose no Councilmen. There was heavy
falling off in the vote on both sides
Year: 1867

What is prettier than pretty FOOT What
more captivating than dear little boot cover
ing a high instep, and coming down neatly
over the toes, with bcwitching tassel dang
ling at the top of the close-locking. In moth
ing is aristocracy so marked as in the pedal
extremity; the thin nostril, the long fingers,
the narrow palm, are evidences Of gentle blood,
but far less so than the round ankle, the high
instep and the hollow beneath, through which,
as the high bred Arab says, stream Of water
should be able to flow while the possessor is
standing. The fat splay foot on the contra
~, as surely tells Of want of pedigree as It's
mis-shapen excrescences, its corns and bunions
drive away affection. The horse showsthe pu-
rity of his extraction by clean limbs, neat
pastern and small hoof and the same result is
noticeable more or less. in all animals Man
falls in love as readily with a seductive foot rs
with an attractive face he finds in Il thou
sand expressive movementsj its firm tread
speaks of Q decided character its quick step
denotes anger its elasticity Of motion assures
him of liveliness and good humor; its hasty
tread denotes inpatience its subtle glide signi-


ies cunning while the quiet but marked foot
fall guarantees him an affectionate disposition
The face often deceives with an alluring smile
it is taught or trained by design or habit
openncss is guarded and confined; but the foot
speaks its own language, unrestraincd and un-
tutored and the malesex owe a debt of graft
tude to fashion for giving back honest feet t.
the future adorners Of human existence.
Year: 1867

To TIE GIRLs-Girls beware Of transient
Young men. Never suffer the addresses oi
stranger. recollect that steady farmer boy OF
mechanic is worth all the Acating trash in
the world. The aIlurcments Of dandy Jack,
with gold chain about his neck, walking
stick in his paw, some honest tailors coat on
his back. and brainless skull, can never make
m for the loss Of fathers house and a good
mothers counsel, and the society Of brothers
and sisters; their affections last, while those OF
a rich young man are lost in the wane OF the
h)neymoon. 'Iis true.
Year: 1867

An exchange says: :" What noisy creature
world a man be were his voice, ih proportion 10
his weight, as loud as that Of locust A To-
Gust can be heard at the distance Of one-six-
teenth Of mile. The golden wren is said 70
weigh but half an ounce; so that a middle
sized man would weigh down not short Of four
thorsand Of them, and it must be strange if a
golden wren would not outweigh four Of our
locusts. Supposing, therefore, that common
man weighs as much as sixteen thousand Of
our ocusts, and that the note Of locust can
be heard one-sixteenth Of mile, man Of
CON mon diners ols, pretty sound in wind and
limb, ought TO be able 10 make himself heard
at lie distance Of one thousand six hundred
miles: and when be sneezed Ibis house ought
10 fall about bis ears~ Supposing flea to
weigh one grain, which is more than its actual
weight, and to jump one aud half yards, a
common man Of one hundred and fifty pounds.
with jumping powers in proportion, could
lump twelve thousand eight hundred miles, or
about the distance from New York TO Cochin
China