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Year: 1866

y Milwaukee paper says, that about
a month ago, 4 ragged little urchin
called upon merchant Of that city.
and asked the loan Of fifteen cents, for
which he promised to give his note,
bearing interest at ten per cent The
merchant struck with the novelty OF
the proposition, and with the evident
straight Iorwardncss OF the boy, gave
him the money and took his note, as
the boy insisted upon giving it. He
had almost forgotten the occurrence,
when he was surprised to see the little
fellow walk into his store one day to
pay his note, Upon inquiry the mcr-
chant learned from the boy thlt he in
vested the money in newspapers and
oranges, and had already made about
forty dollars, which he was about pla-
cling in Il savings bank. He no father
nor mother, and dld chores At q friends
house for his board.
Year: 1866

Good temper is like sunny day, it
sheds brightness over everything, 1t
is thesweetner of toll, and the soothcr
Of disquietitude.


He that hath good book in his
hand, but not lesson Of it in his heart
or life, is like donkey that carrieth q
rich burden, and feeds upon thistlcs,


Harmless mirth is the best cordial
against the consumption OF the spirits;
wherefore testing is not unlawful, If it
trespassetll not in quantity, quality or
season.


Let woman be declicd with all the
embellishments of art and nature, yet
if boldness be read in her face, it blots
out all the lines of beauty.


1t has been beautifully said, that
/" the veil which covers the face Of itl-
turity is woven by the hand o! mercy"


Love is the soul, the life, and anima-
ting principle of truth, and so far only
as there is good in truth, SO far only
there is life in it.


TO be faithful to the present moment,
hour, day, and its state, is most
weighty matter, and demands mans
most serious. consideration.


Every day brings forth something
for the mind to be exercised ON, either
of mental or external nature; and to
be faithful in it and acQuit ourselves
with the advantage designed thereby, is
both wisdom and duty.


Nothing exist in vain, either in out
ward creation, in outward concerns, or
in human minds. All the wisdom lies
in extracting the use and sweet out Of
every thing, SO that it may assist in the
pertcctions Of our minds.


Providence enters into the most mi
mute particulars Of mans life OF will and
thought, and marvc!ously overrules
all of external action and being, i'll
agreement with the state the man is i'll
and passing through


Shelton, in one Of his sermons says ::
can upright is always easier than 4
STOPPING posture, because it is more
natural, and one part is better support
ed by another; so it is easier to be an
honest man than knave. 1t is also
more graceful


The frank avowals, the stately can.
dors, the noble sclf-forgctting which
we meet with in books, are very seldom
met with anywhere else. When they
are, let us guard them jealously, for
they are the jewels Of life


The mere power Of saving what is al
ready in our hands must be Of easy ac-
QUESTION to every mind and rs the OK
ample Of Lord Bacon may show that
the highest intellect cannot safely neg
lect it, thousand instances every day
prove that the humblest may practice
it with success.


There were four good habits wise
and good man earnestly recommended
in his counscIs, and by his own exam
pie and which he considered essential
ly necessary for the management Of
temporal concerns; these are punctu-
allty, accuracy, stcadincsa and dispatch.
Without the first, time is wasted with
out the second, mistakes the most
hurtful to our own credit and interest,
and that Of others, may be committed;



without the third, nothing can be well
done; and without the fourth, oppor-
tuntics Of advantages are lost which it
is impossible to recall.
Year: 1866

PRESERVING SEED CoIN--As the
season is at hand for the farmers to lay
away their seed corn we give the follow


ing suggestions from and old farmer in
Wisconsin. AS soon as the largest be.


come hardened or glazed, though the
stalk may be quite green and the husk
on the ear somewhat green, select the
largest and ripest ears, and on the same
day diyest tine corn Of all the husk.
save us much rs will suspend it. Braid
the ears in lunches often or twelve and
suspend them in some dry place, Or if
the atmosphere he damp, hang the
lunches around the wall of the kitchen
for three or four weeks at least. IL
may hang either in the kitchen or any
dry, airy place, where neither damp nor
rain will get to it, until planting time.
All such will grow in any land not
Hooded with water.-Prarie Farmer.
Year: 1866

The outragcs committed by Indians
on the Plain have been greatly exaggc
rated. The President of the Holiday
Overland Mail and Express Company,


in answer to an inquiry, states that
there are Indians all along the route,
but they arc perfectly friendly, and
give every assurance of so remaining.
Year: 1866

The London Times thinks that Italy
can get along very well with the Pope
us Chief Bishop Of Rome, the temporal
power being abandoned, The writer
inclincs to the belief that the Italian
people would not fix the capital in Rome
under any circumstances.
Year: 1866

The Radical members Of Congress
from Ohio, who voted last winter for
comforting the right Of suffrage upon
the ncglocs of the district ofColumbia,
are denying upon the stump that they
arc in favor Of any such measure i'll
Ohio
Year: 1866

During the Indianapolis reception, a
Radical gave Il boy five dollars to
throw stone at the President, giving
him the stone with the money. 1t was
thrown, but did not reach the point at
which it was aimed.
Year: 1866

she would give him the lob" And he
accepted it, and in the presence Of the
freedmen was permitted by this patriotic
person to do the dirty work Of her house
hold with his single arm. The other had
been buried on the battlefield.


The. facts we relate were told by the
lady herself and in spirit which indi-
Gated satisfaction with the performance
of what she considered christian duty.


When incidents like these are permit
ted to throw discredit on whole COM
munity would it not be wise to spend
the money collected for the adornment
Of soldiers graves upon the living, and
thus deserve the favor of heaven rather
than the praise of men ?
Year: 1866

From the Columbia South Carolinian.l


An officer who fought through the war
in the armies of the South, and was
wounded and disabled by the loss Of an
arm, being impoverished, applied for va
rious situations in which he might sup
port his family, but failed to obtain
anything to do. Making his way from
Charleston to one of the neighboring
islands almost in despair, he there made
further effort among the plantations. He
still met with no success. His wife, sick
and suffering from lack Of the ordinary
comforts Of life, wanted a little tea


The poor man knew rot where OF how
to get it, until driven to the verge Of beg
gary, he called on lady. narrated his
misfortune, and asked permission to
scrub her hsuSe, that be might obtain
the means Of purchasing the desired lux
ury for the beloved invalid. She replied
that she had three negroes employed on
her premises, but to encourage him
Year: 1866

Flowers are the silent yet eloquent
teachers of innocence, and their preaching
has worked good in many places. Woven
into poetry, into religion, and into art,
illustrating the most attractive morality of
the Bible, and being in themselves most
beautiful, they are likely to be the cause
of moral beauty where their influence is
permitted. OF all things We would urge
an exhibition similar to that which we be
lcve was got up last year-a show for
humble plants grown by poor people Mig
nonettcs aud geranums are to be found
even in White chapel, and the more to be
found there the better. A chid's nature
is not only the worse, but is positively inn
perfect, if not brought into contact Will
flowers, and poor children should get
chance OF seeing them. Flowers are. Ner


haps, to working man. more relief thar
! books LonCion Rcview.
Year: 1866

The political meeting of "the soldiers
on yesterday, SO far of the Republicans
were concerned, was most sigBal failure
The number of persons standing during
the speaking of General Willich, was two
hundred and sixteen in front, and seventy
five back Of the stand, by actual count =
There were two hundred and twelve seated
and twenty>seven carriages and buggies =
There were ninety>six Democrats, who at
tended through curiosity, and not over fif
ty soldiers present. This result was from
actual count, and it shows that the attemp
of the negro suffrage radicals to use and
enlist the soldiers as their political auxil
iaries was a most signal failure They art
too intelligent and wide awake to bite a
the naked hook Tcrre H,ute Journal
Year: 1866

The harvest in Missouri is ended. Tue
warm weather was unusually favorable for
field work, being dry and rainles>, and the
labor Of cutting ana shocking was conduct
ed under the most favorable circumstan>
ces. The wheat and oats in Central and
Western Missouri are good, and rather
more abundant than usual In the North
ern part of the State there was large
proportion Of cheat in the whca' fields. and
the yield Will be curtallc,l to this extent
All over the State the corn is rs fine as il
could be, and the general rain OF last Sat
urday and Sunday has placed it out of al
danger. There will be no scarcity of grain
in Missouri, and in Kansas the crop OF wheat
cats and corn Will be the finest ever gath
cred there
Year: 1866

A Butter MACuINE.-A machine for
working butter is one of the inventions in
England. 1t consists of IA movable metal
cylinder suspended from a small east iron
frame The bottom Of the cylinder is n
loose piece of galvenized iron, and above
it the cylinder is suspended in bowl of
water, and the butter is placed in the cy
iuder and pressed by a screw piston, the
result Of which is that the butter is forced
through the holes into the water in the
shape ofvermiceli. BY this means all tn,
butterr,ilk is excluded, and the butter il
found to be much closer and swocter thar
when made by hand
Year: 1866

WHAT GEN GRANT SAys.-General
Grant whom the radicals are trying to ruin
by putting him forward as a candidate for
the Presidency, recently remarked to a
gentleman of Buffalo, who met him in the
west. that ''unless the southern States were
speedily admitted to representation in Con
gress, and the right of self,governmen'
conceded to them we should soon have
another rebellion" Gen. Grant is nj
radical, and, if the disunionists should
elect him President, they would catch 9
more decided Tartar than Andrew John
son.
Year: 1866

"A Celebrated actress, whose fresh smile
and silvery voice favored the deception. al
ways called herself "sweet sixteen She
stated her age at sixteen in courtroom as
n witness. Her son was directly after
placed on the stand. and asked how old he
was. "Six months older than mother,
was the honest reply.
Year: 1866

BUFFALO, June "a commanding
officer informs us that there are as many
as 5000 Fenians in Buffalo. They are
generally quiet and orderly, and very
little if any trouhle is anticipated, as
bnt one quarter of these have arms or
could get any here A number of them
leanring that transportation had been
furnished by the government elsewhere
to send them home, have applied to
General Barry to send them. General
Barry has telegraphed to General Meade
for instructions on this point 1t is
pretty certain that if the government
don't semi them home, they are likely
to stay here some time. Most of the
men have no money, and General Barry's
order No. 2, of yesterday, prevents them
from travelling on railroads.


"A movement was made by body Of
Fenians up the lake shore last evening,
and General Barry fearing that an
attempt might be made to cross, had
armed boats patrol up the lake for some
Year: 1866


.NOTICE.-To all whom it may
i \ concern. Notice is hereby given. that an
assessment according TO benefits for building main
sewers In sewer district, No. /, commencing at
the Mahoning River south of and near the abut-
ment of the new bridge north of Hoyt's Store
cross Main street, pass through Market alley to
Liberty street. up Liberty street to its intersec-
ton with Lane street; also another main sewer to
branch from the aforesaid sewer at the corner Of
Market and Liberty streets, pass east on Market
street to Vine street. north on Vine to High street.
and east on High to its intersection of Elm street.
Also another main sewer to branch from the afore
said sewer at the corner of Liberty and High
streets, pass west on High to North Main streets
up North Main street to its intersection with Lane
street, has been submitted by the committee ap-
pointed for that purpose. to the Town Council. and
are now on file with the Recorder for inspection
The aforesaid assessments also includes for local
sewerage on the line Of said streets hereinbefore
named.


All owners of lots or lands lying within said
sewer district No. having objections to said as
sesSments, are hereby required to file the same in
writing with the Recorder of the village of War
rem, or before the 18th day of July next or make
their objections before the Town Council at that
date, at which time said assessment will come be-
fore the council for confirmation. By order of the
Town Council. II. II. TOWNSEND.


warren, j une ~, lS66-N. Recorder.
Year: 1866




have not attempted to. anticipate the
action of Congress or the President, or to
discuss things that are settled, or any issues
that do not seem necessarily involved in the
approaching elections; and in. conclusion,
exhort the Union men of Indiana not to
suffer themselves to be enticed from the con-
sideratiOn of the great questions by side is
sues, which Democratic politicians are busi-
ly engaged in thrusting forward. The in
terests at stake are too vast and vital to be
endangered by division in our own ranks
upon imnaterial questions or by bringing
forward matters which, although they may
be important in themselves, can gain moth
ing by being pressed at a time like this 4-


The Governor sat during the deliveryof
his, address and read his speech from, man
uscript Its salem points, and especially in
the stinging arraignment of the Democracy,
met with hearty applause. 1t was morally
impossible 10 restrain the enthusiasm when
Governor Morton was describing the De-
givingits component parts; winding
up with the statement that the Democratic
party was common sewer and loathsome re-
eeptIcle into which was emptied all the tFea-
son of the country, North and South, and all
the barbarity that had disgraced the age.t-
Year: 1866

A wealthy lady had a tickling in her
throat, and thought that bristle of her
tooth brush had gone down and lodged
in her gullet. Her throat daily grew


worse, 1t was badly infamed, and she
sent for the family doctor. He exam


ined it carefully, and finally.assured her
that nothing was the matter-it was a
mere nervous delusion, he said. Still
her throat troubled her, and she became
so much alarmed that she was sure she
should die A friend suggested that
she should call in Dr. Jones, young
man just commencing practice. She
did not at first like the idea, but finally
consented, and DR.. Jones was called.


He was person of good address and
polite manners. He looked carefully
at her throat, asked her several aues-
tions as to the sensation at the seat of
the alarming malady, and finally an
nounced that he thought he could re-
lieve her in short time. On his sec
ond visit he brought with him deli
cate pair Of forceps, in the teeth of
which he had inserted. a bristle taken
from an ordinary tooth brush. The
rest can be imagined. The lady threw
back her head; the forceps were intro
duced into her mouth pick-a loud
stream and twas all over; and the
young physician, with smiling face,
was holding up to the light and inspect
| ing, with lively curiosity, the extracted
bristle The patient was in raptures.
| She Immediately recovered her health
and spirits, and went about everywhere
sounding thepraises of "her saviour
as she persisted in calling the dexterous
/ operator *'it1 @Is iGF -raH rs.-.,.sfr
Year: 1866

p W- Our little friend Bobby at the
breakfast table one morning broke out
in new vein; Il don't want mother
to marry again. he said s'Why not


Was asked with some surprise 'tBe-


cause, said he, ss Tvelost one father,
and i don't want the trouble of getting


acquainted with another, one
Year: 1866

DRoWNED-We are informed that a
Miss Boggs, living in Harrisburg, Linn
county, lost her life on last Thursday, by
going into the water to rescue her little
brother whom she supposed was about to
drown.
Year: 1866

We are gratifed at the moderate, conser-
vative tone Of the Memphis press concerning
the recent negro riots in that city. The
Arala,,che in its editorial notice, says:


The present state of the public mind ex-
cited as il is by the fact that the white Off
GERS Of the law have been fired upon by ne
groes, who but to-day have expired their
service as Federal soldiers, and dofied their
authority to begin an unlicensed foray upon
law and order, bids Us in the interest Of the
public peace, TO postpone, TO more calm Oc-
casion, any further observations which the
outrage naturally suggests.


We would at this time upon behalf of the
unfortunate class, who by the Vaccinations
and teachings of designing white men have
| been brought to this condition of turbulent
violent, nay bloody, opposition to the civil
law, ask our fellow-citizens to refrain from
any exercise of iustitiable violence upon
them. Many of them are innocent of any
| sympathy with the transaction. Do not
| make the innocent suffer for the guilty
| Strengthen with your great power the ma
| jesty of the law, and aid it in upholding its
dignity against the recurrence of so bloody
and unproyoked an outrage as was levelled
at it yesterday.


The Argus, treating of the same subject,
says:


But we cannot suffer the occasion to pass
without again calling the attention of the
authorities to the indispensable necessity Of
disarming these poor creatures, who have 50
often shown themselves utterly unfit to be
trusted with firearms On this occasion, the
facts all 90 TO show that but for this much
abused privilege accorded to them by mis-
guiding and misiudging friends, there would
have been no riot-no deadly attack, in the
first place on sworn officers ofthe law going
forward to make an arrest in the regular dis
charge Of their duty.


The universal question asked on all the
corners of the streets, is, "Why are not the
negroes disarmed2 2n
Year: 1866

MYTH RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES IN
w every County in Tennessee. and very shortly
throughout every southern State. This Company
inSures against THEFT or DAMAGE TO Stock
while stolen. If not reeoYcrcd within
Year: 1866




As first passed by the Senate, the Bill
to increase the pay of members only re-
ceived three votes in the Lower House,
whose members are going to their cleo
tions. But the e0vetous patriots were not
to be bafiled in that way. The proverbial
"cuteness' of the Yankee was quite equal
to the emergency. It was believed that
the members of the Lower House would
be glad topay themselves the extra 81, 900
each if they dared. So the proviso in
creasing the pay Of the patriots in Con-
gress was tackled to soldiers bounty bill,
and both were rushed through. The peo-
pie are 10 be gulled with the assurance
that the bounty bill was 8 very important
atfair-that it was 4 matter of justice to
the soldiers-and that the Senate put the
matter in such shape that there was no
other wayof doing justice to soldiers than
by voting for the extra pay for members
With that excuse, the Lower House put
the measure through, and the country
pays few hundred thousands extra in
consequence.
Year: 1866

Speaking of the hone: and indignant


comments of the Norther1l press upon the


New Orleans massacre, the New York


Hes aid is audacious enou Oh to say: "This
is the old familiar radics slang of which
the country heard so mut h before the re-


belIion, and of which we are all so heartily
sick. 1t is the sort of language that has
cost us one civil war, an may yet lead to
another" The people of the North are
generally of the opinioIi that the last war
was brought on by tn 9 traitorous resist.
ance of Southern rebels, anxious to de-
stroy the government { o the national au-
tbority. They VIII be su rprised to be told
by Northern paper thit it was caused
by the exercise of freq speech in the
North. But If, as the 7eraLd threatens,
the continuance of free speech in the
North will bring on another Southern re-
volt, the people of the North will be apt
to say: LET it comet If Southern reb-
els have got to take another whipping be-
fore they can stomach freedom of thought
and speech, the North is able to give it to !
them.
Year: 1866

1t is a curious illustration of the mis-
cegenation now going on bet @een the
New York Times and the Copperheads,
that the articles of the former ON the New
Orleans riot are copied and aloplauded by
the Plain Dealer. Even the Vallandig-
ham organ of Ohio can not dive any
lower in the dirty task of defending the
New Orleans horror than the renegade
Ti,nes
Year: 1866

Why CHILDREN DIE reason why
children die is because they are not taken care
Of From the day of their birth they are stuff
led with food choked with physic, sufoeated
in hot rooms, steamed in bed clothes. So
much form doors. When permitted to breathe
breath of fresh air once week In summer,
and once or twice during the cold months only
the nose is permitted to peer into daylight. A
little later they arc sent out without any clothes
at ALL as to the parts of the body which need
most protection. Bare legs, bare arms, bare
oecss, girted middeS, with an inverted UNI
orela to collect the air and chill the other parts
Of the body. \ stout, strong man goes out
on cold day with gloves and overcoat, woolen
atoci::iogs, and thick double soled boots. The
sane day a child of three years old, an infant
ii nesh and bloou, and bone and constitution,
GOES out with soles as thin as paper, cotton
Jocks, legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare
n exposure that would disable the nurse, kill
he mother in fortnight, and make the father
en io7alia for weeks. And why? TO harden
.ae cnilG to mode of dress which they are
sever expected to practice. To accustom 1t to
exposure which dozen years later would be
considered downright foolery. |
Year: 1866

CoNNUBIAL AFFEcTIoN.-In a town in Con-
necticut, not long ago, lived Aunt Kezlah,
an Industrious and thriving widow. She
had not only kept good her estate, but had
increased it much in value, and she loved
to refer to it as "the little home poor Dan
iel left herm


One day the income man came along
and carried off some of that little boarded
treasure, and she wept as she counted out
the bills on which her partners fingers
had once rested-so sacredly does the
heart cling to the memories of the depart
ed


A few hours afterward she was at the
table kneading bread, and evidently think
ing of the lost one, when her niece said


"Aunty, now you you are prosperous
and well-to do, let's get pretty tombstone
for good Uncle Daniel you say he has
none at his grave"


Aunt Keziah lifted up her doughy hands
to emphasize this touching expression


"Jane, if they want anything of Daniel
at the judgment, they can find him without
guide-board. tell you he'll be there Oh
time"


Nothing more was said.