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Year: 1869




Mr.. Lincoln WAS not man who held it good
public economy TO pull down On the mere chance
Of rebuilding better Mr. Lincoln's faith in God
WAS qualified by very well-foundei distrust Of
the wisdom Of man Perhaps il was his want Of
self confidence that more than anything else won
him the unlimited confidence Of the people, for
they felt that there would be no need Of retreat
from any position he had deliberately taken.
The cautious. but steady, advance Of his policy
during the war was ike that Of a Roman army.
lie left behind him a firm road on which public
confidence could follow be took America with
him where he went /; what be gained be occupied,
and hi advanced posts became colonies The
very hon elness Of his genius WAS its distinction
His kngship was conspicuous by its workday
h0me-pun Never Was ruler 50 absolute as he.
nor - little conscious Of it for he was the in
caruate common sense fthe people. With all that
tenderness Of nature whose sweet sadness touch
ed whoever SAW him with something Of its own
pathls, there was no trace Of sentimentalism in
hi speech or action. He seems TO have had but
one rule Of conduct, always that of practical and
successful politics, To let himself be guided by
events, when they were sure to bring MIN out
where he wished to 20, though by what seemed
10 impractical minds, which let 90 the possible
20 grasp at the desirable, longer rvad


GENERAL GRANT.


We look forward with well-grounded cunhd-
ruce o. the administration ofGen. Grant Elect
ell il may be truly said, in spite Of both parties,
but in sympathy with the more judicious Of the
party Of progress, he will be independent OF the
extremists. whether Of blind advance or binder
reaction. knowing by the most thorough e1pe-
rieuce the men he has conquered and the men he
has lei. he will know how to deal firmly with
the one side and 10 moderate the other Asn
soldier, he has been schoOled to look forward to
remote results rather than TO be Over-conhdent
in immediate successes. He has shown an in
domitable persistency in plans well considered
and justified by good fortune. He has chosen
nj leuteuants with instructive felicity and done
Justice 10 their merit with almost unexampled
magnanimity. He possesses beyond most men
that virtue Of moderation which So many Amer
lean politicians eschew rs unpopular. Above all
he has an almost heroic gift of silence which pre-
vents him from allowing himself TO be dragged
from his moorings by the strong current Of elo-
quence, aud afterwar1 feeling bound to sacrifice
his sense Of what is prudent the tyranny of hts
own consistency We think that his administr1s-
tion will disappoint those only who believe that
words are more potent than things IN the con-
duct Of States and in lasting influence on the con-
duct Of men.


The present number Of" The North American
j. now e,ltel by James Russell Lowell and f. W
Gurney.
Year: 1869

derful instance OF the perverseness Of woman re-
fusing to do that which everybody said she ought
to do--die Mollie was not the only wicked


person in the city There was "Jim, j" an
Year: 1869

NEvER.-Never taste an atom when
you are not hungry it is suicidal.


Never enter an omnibus without hav-
ing the exact change.


Never stop to talk in church aisle af-
ter service is over.


Never pick your nose in company.
Never speak of your father ''as the old
man."


Never reply to the epithet of drunk
ard, fool, or low fellow.


Mover speak contmptuously of woman
kind.
Never abuse one who has once been
your bosom friend.


Never seek to create smile at the ex-
pense of your religion or your Bible.
Never stand at the corner of street.
Never take second nap


Never eat hearty supper.


Never insult poverty.


Never eat between meals.


Never fret; it viii only shorten your
days
Year: 1869

When it blows in Illinois it blows
hard A man sitting in his house at
Shipmans eating pie, heard the storm
coming and ran to the door. The gale
first blew the honse down and then seized
the man, carried him through the air
hundred yards or SO, and landed him in
peach tree. Soon after friendly board
from his own house came floating by.
This he seized and placed over his
head to protect himself from the raging
blast. Under this shelter he finished his
pie. The above is related as veritable
occurrence.
Year: 1869

Boys, when they are boys, are queer
enough. How many ridiculous notions
they have, and what singular desires,
which in after life change and shape
themselves into characteristics Who
remembers when he would have sold his
birthright for rocking horse, and his
new suit of clothes for a monkey :?
Who forgets the sweet faced girl older
than himself, against whose golden hair
he leaned and wept his grief away !?
Who reeollects when the thought of being
a circus rider appeared greater than to
be President, and how jealously he
watched the fellows who wore the
spangled jackets, and prayed to become
one of them If memory preserves not
these capacities, or something similar,
the boy Is lost in the man. Happy vis-
ions! They come but once and go quick
ly, leaving US ever to sigh for q return
of what can never be again.
Year: 1869

1


Yes, little whitewash will do great


amount of good but full supply


enough to cover the inside of barns, sta


bles, cellars, ect., with two good coatings


is much better The lime which enters
into this composition is purifying agent
| and the wash serves as disinfcctant
| The benefits conferred in this regard
compensate for all the labor and expense
involved in whitewashing but the clean
tidy appearance which it gives to farm
premises is most pleasing and salutary.
In no way can farmer make SO imposing
and even elegant show, for trifing ex-
Ipe1diture, as by free use of whitewash.
Even old buildings glow and glisten
under the whitewash brush, and assume
new and fresh appearance. Buildings,
in the eye of the owner, as well as those
of his neighbors, have higher money
value after the process is completed.


A correspondent of the Prairie Farn-
er keeps the cnrculio from his plum trees
Al
fairly open, sprinkle common salt
around the trunk of the tree, covering a
space as far out from the trunk as the
limbs extend, making the ground fairly
white with salt, using from one to two
quarts to tree, then, with an iron tooth
rake I give the ground thorough
scratching, working more or less Of the
salt from one to two inches into the
ground. As soon as the blossoms have
fairly fallen from the tree, I repeat the
operation, which will usually be in about
ten days from the first application. Two
applications are all that are required to
obtain crop of plums."


No artificial food can compete with
grass, its juices matured and sweetened
by growing widespread under the sun.
Improve your pastures, and, meanwhile,
do the best you can with substitutes.


Muck should not be taken to the field
direct from the swamps. It should be
exposed to the atmosphere for six months
or more, the longer the better, and CON-
posted with lime or unbleached ashes.


An English farmer, by picking over
wheat with the utmost care, and planting
q grain in place, at intervals of a. foot
each way, produced 162 bushels to the
acre.


A colt that measured only 81 inches
in hight was lately foaled in Ken
lucky.
Year: 1869

My heart is waiting for somebody;


Somebody. where can he be'
Somewhere on earth he is waiting,


Waiting and watching for me.
My heart shall be faithful and true, then,
To that somebody, wherever he be /;
Yes my heart is locked firmly and fast.
But there's one possessing the key.
How shall know who's the somebody?
My heart will tell faithful and true;
You wonder who can be the somebody
Well, somebody, darling, is you.
Year: 1869

VARIOUS ITEMS.
Carpets are bought by the yard and
worn by tho foot
| What Is the most popular kind. Of cuff
The hand-cuff
What soup would cannibals prefer
The broth of boy
Why are clouds like coachman


Because they hold the rains
The artist who took lady, returned
her the same day.
Who was TIE first man condemned to
hard labor for life Adam.
When is lawyer most like don.
key !? When drawing conveyance.


1t is very bad sort of education to be
drought up by policeman


Moving for new trial--cour.iug
second wife.


Why is misery like most young la
dies Because "Misery loves compa-
n.y."


He who assails drunken man is like
one who clubs house when the owner is
away


Many men who pretend to have grains
OF good common sense seem to have scru-
pies about using them.


Why should chimney sweep be a
good whist player Because he is al
ways following SCOT.


Why does waiter at the restaurant
resemble arace-horse Because he runs
for the plate.


A punster says that New York city il
now governed by Oakley Hall, Tammany
Hall, and Alcohol


When your pocket is empty, and your
stomach also, sit down near hot fire and
read cookery book


Josh Billings says that opera music
don't have any more effect on him than
castor oil would have upon a craven i'm
age.


A man turned his son out of doors
lately, because he wouldn't pay him house
rent-a striking proof of pay-rental affec-
tion.


Ladies are like watches-pretty enough
to look at-sweet faces and delicate
hands, but somewhat difficult to ssregu-
late" after they are a-going.


An advertising tallow chandler mod
estly announces that without any dispar-
asement to the sun, he may confidently
assert that his octagonal spermaceti are
the best lights ever invented.


ga lecture will be delivered in the
open air, and a collection taken at the
door to deffay expenses" appeared re-
Gently on poster in the west Of Eng
and.


Happiness consists of being perfectly
satisfied with what we have got and with
Whas We haven't got.


The tobacco chewer is said to be like
goose in dutch oven-always on
pit.
Year: 1869

TAKE THE PAINs.-Never think it
too much trouble to answer your child
ren's questions. How often do we hear
the tart reply:


"I am sure don't know child-don't
tease me, when you see I'm busy y


This is the surcst way to stunt the
growth Of your child's mind. It is the
most cruel and ruthless conduct possible,
thus to deny a child the information
which he craTes, and allow him to feel
all the awkwardness and pain to which
ignorance exposes him. Rather hail
with joy these indications of growing
mind, and make the little inquirer happy
by drawing him to ycu with kiss, and
give him as full and patient an elucida-
tion as he may require
Year: 1869




Bill p, by force Of brain and gift Of
CAB. has come to be looked TO as authority in
the community of Black River Forks, out in
Wisconsin. lie is cross between lumber
man, politician and lawyer, and was never
lacking for a loopholc through which to slip
when ordinary men would have acknowledged
themselves cornered. Bill had been called
upon to defend worthy citizen against an
indictment for assault and battery upon mis-
cradle vagabond, contrary to the peace and
dignity of the people Of the State Of Wiscon-
SIN" The evidence was conclusive, and Bill
attempted not to Justify or mitigate. There
seemed no way 10 escape punishment; but
when Bill came to address the jury lie laid
down this rule of law: You can't convict this
defendant unless the prosecution prove the
entire allegation. Proving part will not do.
We admit the assault and battery, but re deny
that it was contrary to the peace and dignity
of the people Of the State Of Wisconsin, and
The prosecution has .taiied 10 shoe Il.


The Jury so held
Year: 1869

Coop ADvIcE.-At the installation Of a
Baptist minister, in Lower Canada, recently
the following advice was given to the congre-
CATION. The speaker said :-"Dear bretbern-
suggest that you pray for your minister
daily guard his reputation carefully hear him
preach weekly listen TO the Word wakefully
treasure it up joyfully; labor with him patheti-
caIly, both individually and collectively; at
tend dtheprayerand C. inference emeeting constant
ly support the Sabbath School promptly give
him a bit Of meat and ball ofbutter OCCASION
ally; call on him frequently TO tary briefly
greet him cordially but not rudely-and may
the God Of all grace bless youabundantly, and
add unto you daily such as shall be saved eter-
nally."
Year: 1869

4 writer in the AAqutic Monthly says ono
rainy day, the past summer as we sat by a
window looking out upon the flower bed, our
attention was attracted to a cat bird apparent
" buried head and shoulders in the soil, and
trying to oxtricate himself Our first impulse
was to run to his rescue, supposiug him to be
in danger from some hidden enemy, but we
soon discovered our mistake when we saw him
gradually immergc, dragging out with him,
not without some difficulty, a very large grab
of the May beetle, which he hal detected in
the very act Of eating the roots Of our favorite
acranium. The ofenlerwas forthwith pound
ed to Jelly, and in this condition borne off to
a birds nest hard by, where it no doubt glad
deued the hearts Of one Of its nestings. Our
good opinion Of the cat-Jird is confirmed by
the recent experience Of President Hill, Of
Cambridge. \ favorite elm, near bis house,
was attacked last summer by a large swarm OF
the vanessa caterpilIars. They rapidly de-
youred its foliage, and threatened soon to des-
poll the tree of its beauty. One day when he
was about to bring ladders to attempt thcr
removal. and was considering whether it was
practicable, he observed a cat-bird fly to the
tree and begin 20 destroy the caterPiIlars.-
Seeing this unexpected relief, he deferred any
interference and awaited the result. Nor was
he disappointed. In few days the cat-biTd
entirely cleared the tree The writer was an
eve witness to a similar result, but in this case
the tree attacked by the yanessa worm was
poplar aud the birds which cleared them out
were Baltimore Orioles.
Year: 1869

OFF THE TRAcK-The train over the
Bennington and Rutland road, due here
at noon, was some two hours late, yester-
day evening, owing to the trucks OF one
of the freight cars coming out, which
threw q part of the train from the track.
Year: 1869

VOTES FOR COUNCIL or CENsoRs.-
The Burlington Free Press says the Re
publican State Committee have under,a-
ken 10 distribute votes for the Council OF
Censors, throughout the State, and will,
in the course Of this week, send by mail
to the town clerk of each town in the
State, votes enough Tor the town, which
the town clerks are requested TO see
placed where they can be obtained by


voters at the polls. We trust that the
voters ON their part will see TO IL that
respectfully full vote is east for the ticket.
Year: 1869

The town of Danville recently voted
to unite two of the village school districts
SO that they might grade their schools.


A bale of cotton caught fire in the
third story of B. Greenbank's factory in
South Danville, recently. The fire was
discovered and extinguished without
much damage.
Year: 1869

Two large factories are to be .erected
in Burlington, this spring, which will
make a large increase In the trade
of the city. 1t is said that as
freightg are about seventy-five per cent.
cheaper than at any other point in the
State, it makes it favorable place TO do
business. They have water oommunica-
ton with all the great commercial cities
in the United States.
Year: 1869




Two weeks ag',: on board an En-
glish steamer, Il little ragged boy,
age nine years, was discovered on the
fourth day of the outward voyage
from Liverpool to New York, and
carried before the first mate, whose
duty it was to d4al with such cases.
When questioned as to the object of
his being slowed away, and who
brought him on board, the boy, who
had beautiful sunny face, and ewes
that looked like the very mirrors Of
truth, replied that his stepfather' did
it, because he could not afford to
keep him, nor to pay his passage out
to Halifax, where he had an aunt
who was well off and to whose house
he was goiHS, The mate did not be-
lieve the story, in spite of the win
ming face and truthful accents of the
boy. He had seen too much of stow
aways to be easily deceived by them,
he said and it was his firm convic-
ton that the boy had been brought
on board and provided with food by
the sailors. The little fellow was
very roughly handled in consequence.
Day by day lie was questioned and
requesti0ned, but always with the
same result. He did not know a
sailor on board, and his father alone
had secreted mm, and given him
food which he ate, !.


At last the mate, wearIed by the
boys persistence in the same story,
and perhaps little anxious to incul-
pate the sailors, seized him one day
by the collar, and, dragging him to
the fore, told him that unless he con
fessed the truth in ten minutes from
that time. he w0uld hang him to the
yard arm. He then made HIM sit
downunderitOn the deck. Allaround
him were the passengers and sailors
of the midday watch, and in front of
him stood the inexorable mate, with
his chronometer in his hand, and the
other officers of tie ship by. his side.
1t was the finest sight, said our in
formant, that we ever beheld-tO see
the pale, proud, sorrowful face of that
noble boy, his head erect, his beauti-
full eyes bright through the tears that
SllICb IltclH'' W Ifli SiSHG IlllluUtS
had fled the mate told him he had
but two minutes to live, and advised
him to speak the truth and save his
life; but he replied; With the utmost
simplicity and sincerity, by asking
the mate if he might pray.


The mate said nothing, but nodded
his head, and turned as pale as a
ghost, and shook with trembling like
a reed with the wind, and there, all
eyes turned on him, this brave and
noble little fellow, this poor waif
whom society owned not. ana whose
hands and eyes appraised to heaven,
while he repeated audibly the Lords
Prayer, and prayed the dear 16fd
Jesus to take him to Heaven.


Our informant adds that there then
occurred a scene as of PentecoSt.
Sobs broke from strong, hard hearts,
as the mate sprang forward to the
boy and clasped him to his bosom,
and kissed him and blessed him, and
told him how sincerely he row believ-
ed his story, and how glad he
was that he had been brave enough
to face death and be willing to sacrl-


flee his life for the truth Of his own
WORLDLY. Y. Sufs.
Year: 1869

\ farmer in Western New York
cured n distressing case of Grcclan
bend in his daughter by dipping the
poor young thing in water, and lay
ing her in the sun until the warp ;
came out.
Year: 1869

At recent Sunday school concert in an
Eastern city, an anecdote was related to
the children which is too good to be lost.
It illustrates the benefit of perseverance, In
as strong q manner as ever did q Bruce.
One of the corporations of the city being
in want of Q boy in their mill, piece OF
paper was tackled on one of the posts in o
prominent place, 50 that the boys could see
It as they passed. The paper read, Boy
wanted-call at the Office tomorrow morn
ing" At the time indicated q host Of boys
were in waiting at the gate: All were 3D.
mitted, but the overseer was little per
picked as to the best way OF choosing one
from 50 many, and said he, "Boys, I only
want one, and here are great many, how
shall choose% After thinking q moment,
he invited them all into the yard, and
driving q nail into one of the large trees,
and making short stick, told them that
the boy who could hit the nail with
stick, standing little distance from the
tree, should have the place. The boys all
tried hard, and after three trials each, sig-
nally failed TO hit the nail. The
BOYS were told to come again next
morning, and this time when the
gate was opened, there was but
one boy, who, after being admitted, picked
up the stick, and throwing it at the nail,
struck it every time.


Howl is this ?" said the everseer, What
hs se you been doing" And the boy, look
izG up with tears in his eyes, said, toq
see, sir, have poor old mother, and 1
am poor boy; have no father, SIR,
and I thought I should like TO get
the place, and so<help her all l can and
after going home yesterday, / drove nail
into the barn, and have been trying TO hit
it ever since, and have come down this
morning to try again."
The boy Twas admitted TO the plsce:
Many years have passed since then, and
now that boy is prosperous and wealthy
man, and at the time of the accident st
the Pemberton Mills, he was the first tc
step forward with gift Of one thousand
dollars to relieve the sufferers. His sue
cess came by perseverance.
Year: 1869

A YOUNG girl was recently found guilty
of infanticide before the Criminal Court
of Stockholm, and sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for life. Upon hearing the dread
her pocket and stabbed herself to the
heart.
Year: 1869

A RESIDENT Of Knights Landing sends
us the following account of an act of ju-
venile heroism: On Saturday last two
men went to the farm of Philip Prather,
on the Sacramento river, about two miles
above Knights Landing, and finding only
q small boy at the house e son OF FRA
ther's), who, upon seeing strangers ap-
proach, went into the house and locked the
door. The men demanded admittance,
and threatened to kill him II he did not
open the door and give them what money
was in the house. The boy went up
stair, ostensibly to get the money, but In.
stead he brought down loaded rifle and
told them to leave or he would shoot One
of the men told him he could not do It,
and they then attempted 10 break In the
door with clubs, when the boy aimed at
the larger of the two, through the win
Cow, and shot. The result he does not
know as the fellow halloed and ran away.
The boy thinks he hit his man q center
shot. The little fellow is only II years
old, and his mother was at Knights Land
ing trading. Mr.. Prather is At present in
the East The boy deserves credit for his
Woodland, Ca., Democrat.
Year: 1869

Mr.. Drake, who put down the first
oil well in this country, who at one time
was worth q million, recently died in the
poor house. The first derrick and engine
still stand over the well and are very
carefully preserved. A monument. is to
be erected to his memory, which will con-
tain room in which the engine is to be
placed.
Year: 1869

And now arrives the grand finale No other coun-
try on earth assureily could afford such sensation
The thousand headed orchestra and the twenty
thousand headed chorus are rise from such tribes
as the national anthems OF Europe; from such minor
works as those Of Handel, Beethoven, Haydn. Men,
dessohn. and Mo ART. the glorious company Will
pass into the grand, unparalleled, unique, aud over
whelming Union Pacific Railroad Galop, or March
OF Peace. Teegraphic wires on the platform Will oe
set at work firing every cannon ringing every bell,
and raising every echo within q decent distance
OF Boston. Upon hundred iron anvIls as many
hammers Will beat an AWFUL uproar, unt we should
think anybody present with ordinary nerves would
gladly exchange places with Tom HOODS Old woman
who was


Deaf to adverb aud deaf TO particle,


And eren deaf TO the definite article.


The only object which can be served in any notice
OF inflated exaggeration is TO point out that
tendency exists and not IN America Alone towards
worship OF ggansc proportions IN everythinS; s:
proud oil having the biggest national debt OF
Europe. We mad that monster the Great Eastern,
which was to ecp pse all creation and now 1t Is glad
TO go about carrying electric telegraph cables Tor
any body who can pay Tor the freight. The gigantic
is the IDEAL Here in Boston we are told, or at any
rate an eminent vocalist Is assured that she is TO
sing In the longest widest ana oftest concert room
ever erccted that the heavens themselves Will open
IN the harmony around her; that she VIII be hon
O ed with an artillery accompaniment; as her last
notes fall they VIII be taken up by the Naturalization
OF all the cltys bells: ana that when she aScendS
from that little composition "The Heavens are
telling" TO s'aai Columbia" her glory will oe so
great that she ought 10 accept the engagement
on reduced terms. Well let us not envy the good
folk OF Boston. They inLeDd to make a splendid
noise. They live under the teaching OF that excel
lent Elijah Pogram. who told them that England
was q mnnow while America was the Setnug sun.
How the eagle Will dap its wings wIcI: those an
thems OF liberty shouted forth IN tie really great
and historical capital OF Massachusetts,. But after
all there Is something in IL. nation which can
send invitations TOR a concert to Its own subjects
lantc aud the Rocky Mountains has, perhaps, the
right TO be noisy.