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Year: 1866

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bid by tho contractor for printing one side, sixty
per cent; but this addition will not apply to blank
books with ruling and printing on both pages of each
leaf Incase any LABOR is pegformedor ANY materials
are furnished under the provisions Of said chapter
3l5 of the laws of 1860, of said chapter 1S Of the
laws of 1861 by the public printer, the price of
which is not fixed by law, the regular 'trade prices
for such labor materials will be paid after deduct
ing much per cenum as by the provisions If the
contract, is tobe deducted from the maximum prices
established by law as aforesaid.
Year: 1866

az To the Merchants who formerly purchased
in this market, and to all others. We can assure
them there is no necessity for going beyond Nash
vile to buy their goods; for WE WILL SHOW
THEM STOCK OF GOODS UNE-
QuALLED In THE MARKET. and at
prices that will fully compete with Louisville and
Cincinnati.


We solicit an Examination.
Year: 1866

A kind-hearted man suggested that we
publish too much politics in the Farmer.
Can we say too much in favor of gathering
up and reuniting the scattered fragments Of
once glorious Union3 Can we say too
much for the amelioration of the Govern
ment that is staggering with its load Of
debt and haunted by tinaneial ruinr Can
wesay too mnch in behalf of the people who
are almostdriven to the wall in their efforts
to meet the exactions of the tax eollectorsa
Can we be too fervent In exposing corruph
Ition in high places, and in laying bare the
be too jealous in warning the people
against that intolerant spirit of fanaticism
and sectional hatred which has brought
ruin upon the countryland mourning to al
most every freside P-Hollnes Co. FaTmer, i
Year: 1866

AS matter of course, the radicals, in
Congress and out of it, are bowling over
the grand veto message OF President john
son. The Freedmen'S Bureau bill was their
pet measure, and it has been annihilated by
the pond8rous blows of Andrew johnson,
welding the scepter of the Constitution.
Thus has the issue been broadly and dis
tinctly made up between the conservative
national men of the country, led on by the
President, and the radical, revolutionary
elements, now threatening every safeguard
of American liberty with destruction. We
rejoice, most heartily rejoice, that the line
of demarkatioR between the friends and the
enemies of the Constitution has been un-
mistakably drawn. The President will be
sustained by the overwhelming power of
the honest and patriotic masses who are re-
solved to transmit their heritage of tree
principles unimpaired to coming genera
tiOns. His late message, conveying his veto
of the mOnstrous Bureau bill, is being ap-
plauded by millions of grateful white men,
North as well as South, as a production of
rare practical wisdom, and as gratifying
addition to other recent proofs that its au-
thor has more at heart the welfare of the
whole country than any partisan interest.
The President has done what his conscience
and his view of public duty required, re-
gardless of the fact that his action must
bring down upon him the btterest hostility
of many who claim to be of the party tina 2
elected him to office. For this independ-
ence-this fealty to an honest Judgment
he is entitled to the thanks of all who love
justice and hate tyranny-all who are jeal-
GUS of the aggressions of power-all who
wish to see the Government administered
according to the teachings of the revered
founders of our republican system, In prO-
portion, however, as the course of the
President shall subject him to the denun-
Citations of men like Sumner, and Wade,
and Stevens, will it, as with hooks of steel,
draw to him the heartiest Endorsement and
support of reasoning, Constitutional loving
men OF all political classes LouiSUike Jour
nnI
Year: 1866

A DoATING HUsBAND.-One day a
sturdy peasant in the environs of Evreux
was at work in the fields amid storm
and rain and went home in the evening
thoroughly tired and drenched to the
skin. He was met at the door by his
loving wife who had been at home all
day. "My DEAR" said she, "it's been
raining SO hard that l could not fetch
water and SO l have not been able to
make you any soup. But now, as you
are wet through l shall be obliged to you
if you will bring me couple of buckets
of fwater. You will not get any wetter." :"
The argument was striking, SO the
good man took the buckets and brought
some water from the well, which was at
a considerable distance On reaching
the house, he found his wife comfort
ably seated by the fire; then, lifting
one bucket after the other, he poured
both over his kind and considerate
partner. "Now wife," said he, "you
are quite as wet as 1 am, so you may
as we'll fetch water for yourself-you
can't get any wetter."
Year: 1866

A recent criminal trial at New Or
leans had a rather novel catastrophe; the
prisoner was acquitted, and his own and
the counsel for the prosecution commit
ted to jail for contempt of court.
Year: 1866

There is man in Pennsylvania who
is so forgetful of countenances that his
wife is obliged to keep wafer stuck to
the end of her nose in order that he
may distinguish her from other ladies.
Even then, he occasionally makes a
mistake.
Year: 1866

av Inner Sight.
think that love is never blind.


But rather brings an added light
An inner vision quick to find


The beauties hid from common sight.
No soul can ever clearly see


Another's highest, noblest part,
Save through the sweet philosophy
And loving wisdom of the heart.
Your unannointed eyes shall fall


On him who fills my world with light I;
You do not see my friend at all


You see what hides him from your sight.
see the feet that fain would climb


You but the steps that turn astray;
see the soul unframed. sublime


You but the garment and the clay.
You see mortal-weak, misled,


Dwarfed ever by the earthly clod;
see how manhood, perfected,


May reach the stature of God.
Blinded I stood, as now you stand,


Till on my eyes, with touches sweet,
Love, the deliverer, laid his hand,
And 10 worship at his feet!
Year: 1866

The Florence" was awarded the First
and Highest Premium at the State Fair of
California, the only Fair on the Pacific Coast
at which any two double thread Sewing Ma
chimes were exhibited in competition in 1865.
Year: 1866

For in every case they add new life and vi
tality and restore the waning energies to
their pristine state. To the young and mid
die aged, they will prove most invaluable, as
a ready, specific, and sterling medicine Here
is dream realized that Ponce-de-Leon sought
for three hundred years ago, and never found.
He looked for fountain that would restore
the old to vigor and make youth ever
Year: 1866

Have been used with the greatest success,
Their mission is not only to prevent disease
but to cure. They search out the various
maladies by which the patient is suffering.
and re-invigorate the falling system. To
the aged and infrm few doses of these val
liable PILLS will prove to be
Year: 1866

1t was left for this day and hour to realize
the dream, and show in one glorious fact. the
magic that made it fair.


These Famous Remedies.
Cannot stay the flight of years, but they can
force back, and hold aloof, diseases that
might triumph over the aged and the young.
Let none hesitate then, but seize the favora-
Bile opportunity that offers. When taken as
prescribed


For Bilious Disorders.
Nothing can be more productive of cure than
these Pills. Their almost magic influence is
felt at once and the usual concomitants of
this most distressing disease are removed.
These remedies are made from the purest


Vegetable Compounds,
They will not harm the most delicate female,
and can he given with good effect in pre-
scribed doses to the youngest babe.


For CutaneOus Disorders.
And all eruptions of the skin, the SALVE is
most invaluable. 1t does not heal externally
alone, but penetrates with the most search
ing effects to the very root of the evil!
Year: 1866

We do not refer to a book with the
above title recently published. 1t may
be very readable volume, but we are in
no wise indebted to it for the facts of an
infelicity OF matrimonial kind that is re-
ported to have occurred in the land of
wooden nutmegs not great while ago.
A fellow was sent to the Connecticut
penitentiary the matter of twelve years
since, but whether for murder, horse steal
ing, or forgery, is not at all worth men
tioning, as his connection with this histo-
ry ends with his being sent to the States
prison. He was married, and by the
laws of that State, as of other States, the
fact of husbands going to the penitentiary
in the unfortunate capacity of perma-
nent boarder furnishes sufficient ground
for divorce. In this instance the wife,
supposing she was divorced without fur
ther ceremony or legal proceedings, mar
ried again. We are not informed wheth-
er she took the stepat once, or waited until
she was in that transition state when Unit
igated mourning goods are donned by
the sex to show the abatement of grief.
At any rate she married again. Her ex-
perience, however, with husband No. 2
was not pleasant Infelicities of one kind
and another sadly disturbed the connu-
bial state, and the yoke became calling to
such degree that she could have resigned
No. to the penitentiary with commend
able fortitude. But as this husband was
not disposed to sacrifice himself to that
extent they appeared in court one day
and begged the judge to make twain the
one fesh-in other words, to take the
sword of justice and cut the bonds that
bound them together, or something to that
effect. At this stage of the proceedings,
the circumstances Of their marriage
were related, and the discovery made
that they had not been lawfully
married; SO of course they could not be
divorced Here, one would naturally
think, was cause for rejoicing. But the
boon they had sought, now that it was
bestowed upon them, was considered Of
no value; and instead of going their sew
eral ways in all the Independence of single
blessedness, they were more unhappy than
ever. Shakespeare says What Won
derful thing is mani" meaning woman TOO.
The actions Of people under peculiar cir
| cumstances are unaccountable and unex-
plainable. This miserable couple, who but
a short time before were anxious to be di-
vorced, now that their eyes were opened
to the fact that they had never been mar
ried, suddenly took itinto their headstO get
married for good, and accordingly had
the knot tied, legally. What became of
them afterwards we knew not. Our duty
| as journalist ends here.
Year: 1866

Tayerns of the third and fourth rate


and doggeries, from time immemorial
have been termed "eofee houses" This
name is hereafter to be applied to class
of houses entirely different and opposite
to liquor shops. The Young Mems
Christian Association of Cincinnati, few
days ago, opened second room where
coffee is given to such as call for it with
out price. 1t is practical movement IN
the cause of temperance, and in time
must commend itself to the sound
sense of all large communities. We
have seen no details of the plan
on which these looms are conducted


but know that their object in the main is
to afford place where young men can
spend their evenings in social converse
orreading, without having the temptation
of intoxicating drink before them. It il
intended more particularly for that class
who have been in the habit of stopping il
saloons, entertaining themselves with card
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, February 10.


Mr.. WARD, of n. Y, argued it was the
duty of Congress to bring back the Southern
States to their relation with the Govern
ment. The people of the States were on
their good behavior, but the rebel spirit yet
prevailed. The leaders of the rebellion
ought to be hanged, that such offenders in
the future should be admonished, and that
treason is a crime which out to be pun
ished. He said he should not now enter
into the discussion of the question as TO
whether the States by the treason of their
people and officials had destroyed their
union with the other States. He assumed
that the legal relation of the States to the
Union was not destroyed and would stand
upon the declaration of the lamented Presi-
Year: 1866




EAsT CLEvEAxD, o., jan 10th, 1885,
Ma. JORH K sIETLER-DEAR SIR


Meat cheerfully do comply with your request
for my opinion TO the merits Of the recent issue
Of revised and enlarged edition Of ''Aackenzie's
Ten Thousand Receipts"


Although long familiar with the title Of the
work, had little conception Of its REAL VALUE,
until my attention lately called to il, by your
self. had imagined the book to be somewhat
random compilation, with an imposing title, made
chiefly TO sell My surprise, therefore, you may
readily conceive, when came 20 examine the work
and found it TO contain multitude Of well chosen
and carefuliy prepared Receipts for the practice Of
aln.ssf every art from the curing Of diseases to
the cultivation Of the soil and the simpler process Of
twisting dough-nut and the knOtting Of rope.
Apart from the infinite number Of receipts relating
TO the wants and contingencies Of every day life,
the work embraces distinct treatise Agriculture,
Cookery, Medicine, &c, &c, any one Of which, by
Itself would make book, in ordinary type, worth
half the price Of the present large and closely
printed volume. Whatever the value Of the for
mer edition, the present issue commends itself by
clear typography, while it claims to have been
carefully revised, and also to have received valuable
additions Of original material. The work should
be in every household.


Very respectfully and sincerely yours,


q
Year: 1866

A' 'S iact LOO patent to reqnire argument though realized by few, that the gardens of most farmers are by no means what tbey should De- This is more particularly observed by those who make gardening an exclusive busi. ness Too little attention is paid by the far mer 10 this branch of his industry. Upon how many farms of two or three hundred acres is the garden limited to half or even to a quarter of an acre; and this, how often, nothing more than sort of home potch of the same things which are produced from the fields, with the advantage of a little earlier maturity. A few things, it is true. find place here. which can not be planted in the feds with profit or con. venience, such az several kinde of herbs some roots. and perhaps a few early cabbages. How remarkably innocent is the ground of any like. ness to garden. There may be men whose ideal of a garden is filled by that which they 80 designate, but it must certainly arse from @ lack of observation. It would most unauas. ti'nably do these men good to journey abroad, it for no other purpose than to cultivate their conception of proper gardening. .s .... . ..5

 That it is no part of good husbandry aud very bad economy to bestow so little Ire upon this part of the farm may be easily sesn by any one who will give the slightest thought to the snhjAct. The larger mans farm the larger should be his garden; and let the fsrn, be of whatever size, the garden should be we'll cared for. The man who farms on small scale ought to see to it that he raises as much as possible from the garden, so that he may save the profits of his farm to apply to other uses and if possible add Something to his income by the sale of whatever he can spare The man who owns hundreds of acres and employs several men has need to make his garden tell in the economy of the kitchen. He surely, has the means Of making much of his garden He has the manure. the land. 4he men to work it, and to consume its products. Totake care of it. if rightly managed, will not detract jus. so much time from the labor of the fields. Set it down as a fact, that aIy time during the sum-

 

 be prof1ably spent elsewhere, you or some of your men may work in the garden to good ad. vantage. And let it be so mar aged that two or three crops shall be taken from the soil.-- This can as easily be done as to get only one Odd spells are continually occurring, and le, some crops be put ia early, aud a succession of the same be kept up at intervals of week or ten days, somewhat according to your conven- fence; and let others follow iu their season.-- Yoa will then soon enlarge the grouLd devoted to garden purposes. give-it better cultivation and more skillful management; eat of it's fruits you and your household; so shall your pork and beef barrels be heightened out and you, 1 measures of meal enlarged. PP
Year: 1866

I'm not the sort Of man, you know,
Who sentimentaliZes often
But this, believe me, was blow
Demanding change of air to soften.
The girl was lovely as a grace;
Her dress the sweetest ever put on;
l set my hand upon her face
Her dress only set my foot on.
It 2cds silly step to take,


And half the room was in litter,
"a fact which merely serves to make
Remorse additionally bitter.)
Those trains are utterly absurd
wonder why the women wear them;
They seem designed, upon my word,
For folks to tread upon and tear them.
She turned, and gave me such glance
She smiled but oh! in such a manner,
Farewell, said l. my only chance
OF Chote or Godfrey, Strauss or Lanner.
I think blushed-I know bowed
And raised my erring patent leather
Laid half the blame upon the crowd,
And half upon the sultry weather.
/ stayed an hour; l talked a bit
With guarUs and people from the city,
My hearers, when made hit,
Were kind enough to think me witty.
They little knew, good easy men !
The pangs that lay beneath my laughter
Pangs that were only stitied then,
To sting the more forever after.
The seasons nearly at an end;
There's joy at least, in that reflection;
4 continental tour may tend
To dull the edge OfrecOllectiOn.
[ might, perchance. in other climes,
Forget my sense of self adherence,
Should peace return with better times,
And Gear again the way to Florence.


London Society,".
Year: 1866

IHE WASHINGTON NEGROES AND THE SUF-
FRAGE BILL.-There was great rejoicing
among the colored population in Washing
ton on Friday night over the passage of the
suffrage bill in the House of Representa-
tives. They say they intend to select
Sayles j. Bowen, now postmaster of that
city, as their candidate for Mayor, and two
years hence they will put up one of their
own race as their candidate for that office.
There is no doubt that the President will
veto the bill, though of course, it will be
passed nevertheless in both Houses of Con-
gress by a two-thirds vote.


The Washington Union of Friday says


The bill allowing unqualified negro suf-
frage in the District of Columbia, passed
the Senate yesterday by vote of thirty
two to thirteen. so the fiat has gone forth,
and the fate of the two cities is seald. The
rights of the people have been trampled
under foot Step by step the Radicals in
and out of Congress have been deprivinga
portion of the people of their rights. Lit
tie by little have they been disregarding
the wishes of the people of portion of the
country, until they have no rights now
that Congress care to respect At our next
election for mayor and city councils, at least,
one thousand ignorant negroes W II go TO the
polls and cast their ballots beside the white
man. This IS not all they will have the right
to elect from their number members of the
corporation and compel the white man to sit
in council with the black man. We have seen
election riots in this city-we have seen the
blood of the white man fow-but we have
seen nothing compared to what is in store
for us. We trembie for the result. The
citizens of this District are white, and have
shown in days gone by that they have pa
tience, but there is bound beyond which
patience ceases to be a virtue They have
hoped for better things, but have hoped in
vain; they have hoped that their almost
unanimous desire would be respected, but
the sequel shows to the contrary.


INTERNAL REvENUE.-The receipts from
internal revenue sources for the present fis-
cal year, commencing July 1866 up to the
18th instant inclusive, amount to the heavy
aggregate of $157, ZOO, 900. This gives an
average of over $3.50, 600 per diem for near
ly six months past, or one-half of the fiscal
year of 1867. If this average should con-
tinue for the balance of the year in ques-
ton, the total revenue received from this
source alone, independent of the customs
and other sources, will reach the enormous
sum of nearly $350,0ON 000-much greater.
than the aggregate for the fiscal year 1866,
which amounted to BOG, 100000.
Year: 1866

solemn spot, a wide ring of earth was en-
trenched around pole the impression of
horses feet marked the spot in every direc-
ton. and the fresh footprints of men,
women and children, were developed on
the soft clay in perfect intaglio. Yet no
sound was there, all was silent and STILL
What does this mean ? A large circus was
here few days since What an epitome
of human life A little lower down
In the valley there was something like a
bundle upon the grass; as we walked on
ward we saw that it was a woman. She
was sitting upon the cold ground, her knees
drawn up, ans! her arms folded over them.
She raised he.' dropping head as we passed.
and never, never, can we forget the miu-
gled expression Of that sorrow and sin-riven
countenance. Natures commissions had
mutilated and defaced the once innocent
8 Image of the Almighty" and like Cain,
she was branded for life a fugitive and
a vagabond upon the earth" There is
something sacred in deep grief-it is like
disinterring the dead to describe it, and
with the ancient artist we will throw vail
over those hneaments we would not por-
tray


A few acts of kindness accompanied by
good advice, together with having procur-
ed for her a situation in The factory on the
hill, metamorphosed this poor Magdelene
from tiend TO a christian.


On granite head-stone in - church
yard there is represented in outline kneel-
ing woman with an Alabaster box in her
hand. Beneath is this inscription


"Her sins, which were many, are for
7th Ch., 47th Verse.
Year: 1866

From present appearances it is not likely that
vote for Senator will be reached for several
days. Both parties are obstinate, and are byino
means disposed to compromise or in any way
back out from their present position. Every
species of political trickery is being resorted to
and as both parties consider the result of the
utmost Importance, we may feel assured that the
end is not vet
Year: 1866

A man named Josh was brought before
a country squire for stealing hog. and
three witnesses being examined swore
they saw him steal IT, A wag having
volunteered his counsel for Josh, and
knowing the scope of the aquir's brain
arose and addressed him as follows:


"May it please your honor, con estab-
lish the mans reputation beyond the
shadow of a doubt, for I have twelve wit.
nesscs Who are ready to swear that they
did not see him steal it. Na


The squire rested his head on his hands
for few moments as if in deep thought
and with great dignity arose, aud brush
ing back his hair, said. a. 'Hr ,'s..


"If there are twelve who did not SCI
him steal it. and only three who did,
discharge tho prisoner"
Year: 1866

The pinching must be done while the
leaves and Shoots are quite young and
succulent. If done while in that condition,
it causes an enlargement of the main
leaves and concentrates the power Of the
roots and elaboration of the foliage on the
growth of the cane which is intended for
fruiting the following season. BY this


method healthy condition of ths vine
can be maintained for many years. On the
other hand. if the pinching is delayed
until the vines and latcrals have mad e
considcrabl, growth and the fluids of the
plants have become more or less hardened
then the natural vigor of the vine is too
much, or too suddenly checked, the root
suffers in proportion to the mutilation of
the branches; and to this evil practice is
due many, if not all, of the diseases to
which grape-vines for yeares have been
suhject.-E. P,yer, IN Prairie Farmer