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Year: 1867

4 Bic TnING.-The Illinois State Register says that an old man. standing on the street, in Springfield, the other day, addressing crowd on the subject of politics, said, when asked what he thought of the negro that he thought the "nigger big thing" He said he had lived to see the nigger break up the old Whig party to which he belonged; had seen him divide and distract the Democratic party; had seen him cause terrible civil war; had seen him break up the white mans Union, and has recently seen him cause the defeat of the Republican party in Pennsylvania and Ohio and hoped to live to see him defeat, ruin and annihilate the Radicals in the Presidential election next year.
Year: 1867

We invite the attention of the many whom It does concern to the communica- tion signed "Plain Talk" It contains nothing but truth, though clad in homely garb, and the plain but honest writer has nothing in view save the correction of a habit as general as it is rude and unseen. iy. Complaints are heard from all guar ters of this annoying department, no: on- ly in church, but wherever crowds are gathered to hear or see. Quiet and re spectable demeanor in public seems to be a hard lesson to learn, yet we hope this hint will not only be taken in good part, but be productive of good results

 MEssRs. EDITORS: The reason why most people go to church--at least the younger portion-is to see one another They don't go there to hear what the preacher has to say, and when the sermon is over six out of ten don't know what the text was. In church you will see little boys and girls looking at each other, laughing and making signs, youcan see it from eight year old children up to grown persons. You will see crowd of boys talking in Sunday school or church One will say to the other: "Do you see that gal over there2 Ain't she pretty? That is my sweetheart--ain't she dressed nice? --ain't she got pretty hair? Look, how nice she's got it fixed up! Ain't she got pretty hat?"

 The gal says: "You see that fellow sit ting over there? He's a nice one, ain t he?"
Year: 1867

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Year: 1867

The season opens with bright promise OF a
number of new and handsome buildings being
erected In Ottawa during the coming summer


The new City Hall, the erection Of which was
arrested by the early frosts last fall has been re.
suned with vigor, and will soon be under roof


Mayor Clancy has, also, we are happy to note,
commenced moving away the rubbish from his
valuable lot ON the corner Of La Sale and Madi-
son streets. and proposes, as rapidly as work and


material will permit to erect a splendid brick
block. There is no corner in Ottawa on which
such an improvement will contrast more strik-
ingly with its present appearance. 4H .Eta,


Several handsome new brio structures are
also projected on Main street, on the ground the
scene of the late destructive fire. but of these we
shall have more to say hereafter.
Year: 1867

would be the probable expense; second, what ex.
tent OF the past would be revealed and how much
OF the future could be penetrated. The answer
Deing that the expense would be a ''quarter -
that the past could be seen from the bottom up
ward and the future penetrated sufficiently 10
satisfy all his curiosity, he said ne believed he
would not look at the aslst, but sail in his nhok
quarters aco,M on the future. After many times
waving her magic wand over his head, explain.
ing that 1t depended on the persons age how Of.
ten this must be done, the Gipsy maid COM
menced


"You are to be married in about fifteen months;
your bridal is to be the result of a wonderful
scheme; this scheme will be conceived in the
stormy month Of February, brought forth in the
baimy days Of June; and will happen at the time
OF the opening of the new hotel in Ottawa. A
grand ball will be given on the occasion, and you
will be informed that it is in honor Of your bri-
dal. The elegent bridal chamber will be filled
up In regal splendor for You to dedicate, which
you will do in style creditable to yourself and
honorable to Ottawas pride end glory You will al
30 be invited to come down five hundred more on
the subscription list which you win do and after
spending few days pleasantly in the city you
will move to your country seat for retirement
and repose, to enjoy the society and bask in the
sunny smiles of q fond and loving wife. Misfor.
tunes will soon follow a littleIcloud no larger
than mans hand will appear, expand, and dark
en- the horizon Of your domestic bliss. Your lit
tie chldwill be accidentally drowned in the Feed
er, and almost at the same instant you will hear
OF heavy depression in hOtel Stock you will also
be worried by thinking and feeling that others
who have no more and not 80 much stock as you,
are receiving larger dividends, and, to comfort
you in these days Of trial ! will paste in your
hat two lines of poetry. which bear the Gipsy's
charm, and read thusly:


Once when was little hoy sat down to cry,


Because my little brother had the biggest piece of pie


Remember l do not warrant that frequent
reading Of these lines will bring hotel stock back
to par, as advise it merely to remind you that
human nature is esenalIy and ecerlastingly grasp
ing, and also to remind you of the old adage
about ''spW milk Now, my friend, adieu! II
the rabble jeer at thee, and ask thee, is it lie
whdt the Gipsey maid hath attested? You
must answer and say unto them, it it is no lie,
men" The only reply that escaped the old
bachelors lips as he left the tent was, Gabriel
blow your horn l want to go now"
Year: 1867

Rabid dogs have made their appearance in our
midst and we have it from good authority that
one succeeded in biting some six or seven other
dogs on Thursday. -,


One red-eyed monster was dispatched by Mark
Kane, in front of Hull's store, after he had made
general round in the premises, both up and
down stairs.


There is quite an excitement among the peo-
pie in town in regard to the CANNES, and our city
authority will receive the thanks Of every one If
they will act in the matter without single mo-
ment's delay. No one has yet been bitten, but a
lady made very narrow escape from a rabid
hunting dog some three or four days ago.


We advise every one to chain up their dogs,
and to our country friends We my keep your
dogs at home, unless you are desirous of having
them slaughtered A war Of determination is
certain to take place Immediately against the
CANNES of Ottowa. z1
Year: 1867

spRIsG.--There have really been symptoms
TOR the last few days Of returning spring. A
whole week has passed without snow storm,
although we had cold rain that lasted nearly
two days. But since Wednesday the air has been
quite balmy so that one could venture out in the
middle of the day without an overcoat


The past winter has been remarkable in this
region both for its length and severeness of the
temperature. From the middle of November
to the first of April it was steady cod the ther-
mometer seldom rising obove freezing point and
but once OF twice going below zero. In the same
time we had forty-two snow storms, and up to
Sunday, but one Sunday without rain or snow
Year: 1867

The ladies of the First Congregational Church
have reason to feel satisfied, if not exultant, at
the success of their fair and entertainment given
weather was such, that failure seemed almost
inevitable; yet their gross receipts were over
$6OO, and profits something over $3.50. This
was up to their anticipations under favorable
circumstances, and we congratulate them.
Year: 1867

Mrs. WALKER has just returned home from
Chicago, with splendid stock of new spring
goods, which will be sold at very reasonable
prices.


The ladies will do well to call and examine her
styles before purchasing elsewhere
Year: 1867

The Chicago TribDc speaks thus con
corning tue effect of the late eight honr
strike in that city: II all the strikers WHO
think that they are holding ont gallantly
against the tyrant capital, should aban
don their self-imposed idleness. and pro
pose to return to their work to day. on
former terms as to pay and hours, not
one third of them would recover their old
situations, or any situations, for two rea
sons: First, the places of great many
of them have been filed by men from
the country; second, they have SO de
ranged business by their eight hour folly
that their bosses do not need, and could
not employ. anything like the former
number of hands The strikers have de
feated themselves.
Year: 1867

Milo is my fs~orite steed, for Harry
broke him for me, and We are all as hap
py as the day is long. uncle included, for
uncle insisted on our living with him,
and / told him at last would consent, if
only to keep Poll Wilks from cooking
his dinner To which he answered,
loaking at Harry. ''You see what spit
fire it is, and you may bless yocr stars if
you don't rue the day she went out to
find husband.
Year: 1867

Not half the gentlemen in society
appreciate the value and importance of
''little attentions.u Many assume to
regard them with kind Of contempt !;
others neglect them through thought
lessness; others are too supremely self
ish TO extend them to others, although
they can fully appreciate them from
theirs to themselves. We have all
seen men whom it seems almost
impossible to classify; royalty good
hearted Fellows who would do every
thing and any thing, accommodate a
friend, and yet we cannot call them
gentlemen Ruskin attributes this to
the absence Of what he calls sensitive
ness" This dlstiction between the
"gentleman" and the good fellown in
excellent. We would Include In the
definition of ''sensitiveness" that del.
icate PERCEPTION of the thousand and
one little attention which will con.
tribute To another's comfort. The true
gentleman not only perceives the prop
per time and place for these, but iisoi-
plines himself never To forget them.
How often do we hear young men spo.
ken of ms 'perfect gentlemen" when
no tangible reason can be given why
he should claim this title more than
the young man on his right or left. IL
IL not because he has a larger heart or
Is better acquainted with the general
laws of etiquette. II Is because he
gives you his entire attention when
you speak to him; he anticipates your
wishes in a hundred little matters
which hpassunnoticedby you, except that
youenjoy his society; he compliments
You perhaps, without saying o word,
by seeming to appreciate what you
do or say; and he often flatters your
vanity by what he says, not intending
it himself, and without suspicion on
your part that he is doing 1t. None of
us are Indifferent to these little atten.
tions, and those who boast that they
are, show as little knowledge Of their
own human nature as Of good taste.
We have heard IL said that IL was tire
little annoyances, the ''musquito bites
of life,''as a friend expressed 1t, that
make the miseries OF existence. So II
Is with happiness-it Is the "little
things" that make life pleasant or dis
agreeable. The true gentleman recog-
nizes that In his treatment Of his
friends, and here it is that he differs
| from the good fellows
Year: 1867

Tuesday evening Judge Kelley, while peace


ably addressing the citizens of Mobile, was in
t.zrrnpted by med rioters and driven from,
the platform amid a shower of pistol shots.
Whether his language was discreet or injudi-
cious conciliatory or defiant, has nothing to do
with the case. He had right to discuss ma
tional topics in his own way, wherever the
tional flag flies. The speaker is one and the
hearer is another, and if the party of the sec
ond part is dissatisfied he has perfect right to
go away. A pistol shot is o cowardly reply to
an argument. Mobile was disgraced by the
riot in the eyes OF all right-minded men.


Wednesday afternoon the details of the affair
appeared in the Northern newspapers. Thurs
day morning the Argus suppressins the testi-


nony of the reporter of the New York Herald,
who was an eyewitness of the scene, comment
ed ON the affair as follows: i-e


The bloody tragedy which we believe to be in
store for the South has already commenced at
Mobile. The villainy taught by Judge Kelley
and his followers is being executed; and the
Judge may find visited upon hls own precious
person the hatred with which he has been hll-
ing the Southern heart We foresee massacre
-fiendish massacre of whites and blacks
nlike throughout the South. Most OF the he
groes are AIMED with pistols and long, sharp
Knives and when they are deeply enough i'm
busd with the spirit OF hatred and revenge, as
instilled into their hearts by their radical
teachers, they will strike for murder and
rapine. b.


1t is a sufficient reply to these extraordinary
misrepresentation to say that tho Mayor OF
Mobile invited Judge Kelley to remain and
speak again, offering him the protection of all
good citizens. If the Pennsylvania orator
had been merely an ncendiary, stirring up
evil passions and preparing the way for scenes
of violence, would he have been invited to re-
main in Mobile and continue his work? The
question admits of but one answer, but if any
further doubt were possible it would be remov-
ed by the resolutions adopted at the public
meeting of the citizens of Mobile held Thurs
day evening. Those resolutions fix the stigma
of the unqualified disaprobation" of the as
sembly upon-not Judge Kelley, there is not
a word of censure for hm-but upon the rioters.
The opinion is further expressed that the dis
turbances were unprecedented, and that the
people of Mobile are not disposed to interfere
with any mans freedom ofspeech. Accepting
this statement as sincere on the part of the
better portion of the community, it only re-
mains to be said, that such an assault with
firearms could not have occurred in any North
ern city unless premedtated, and that the mis-
cradle consequences of what the Mobile people
call an accidental excitement" are directly
chargeable to the cowardly practice of carrying
cencealed weapons. The state of society is i'm
proving, we hope, at the South, but there is
still room for amendment in this and other
norticulars
Year: 1867

This infamous traitor who richly deserved
hanging within the first twenty-four hours af-
ter his capture, is at liberty to travel in tri-
nmph through country, which sacrificed half
amliion OF lives, to save theigovernment which
he and his associates sought to destroy. For
the credit Of the country, we are glad to see
the approaching finale of stupendous fraud
upon the patience and forbearance of the ma
ton.
Year: 1867

The loyal people of the country demand that
there shall be an end of this Davis perform
ance which has been going on for some two
years, during which they have been unable 10
distinguish whether it has been tragedy or
farce. If treason is to be considered a crime.
they want to see it made apparent by trying
the man who above all others has been instru.
mental in bringing all the calamity and woe
which the country has suffered upon it. Late
Investigations have revealed the fact that the
horrible suferings which our prisoners under
went, were all inflicted by his order for the
purpose of compelling an EXCHANGE of prison.
ers ON rebel terms. Hanging is too easy pun
ishment for SO inhuman a monster; ana the
loyal people are looking with no complacent
eye to the delays and shifts that are resorted
to in order to screen him from instinn
Year: 1867

1t is matter of surprise TO many, that Hor-
ace Greeley and other prominent Republicans
of New York and Philadelphia, should take
the trouble to go all the way to Richmond, for
the purpose of giving bail TO Mr.. Davis, and
many questions are asked as to what it can
mean.


Rumor has it that political considerations
led to this singular proceeding, an arrange
ment having been made among leading radi-
Gals to run MIR. Davis for either President or
Vice President, upon the radical ticket, with
the belief that he would be sure to carry the
Southern States and thereby secure the sue
cess of the ticket.
Year: 1867

THE outery raised against the President
for removing from office is shown to have
very little foundation But four hundred
and forty-siK removals have been made out
Of 2, 4S4 subject to confirmation by the
Senate-hardly one-sixth. It is not too
much TO say that two-thirds of those offices
are filled by opponents Of the Presidents
many of them Of the most uncompromising
character; and this is the abuse of the ap-
pointing power, about which we have heard
80 much.
Year: 1867

The Milwaukee Seafial, of March /, is
responsible for the following Fish stories
are proverbally discreditabe-so much so
| that when we get hold of a good one, we are
almost 10th to tell it for fear our statements
may be laughed at However, despite this,
we will relate an incident which happened
Yesterday, and which was told us by gen
tleman whose veTacity We have never had
occasion to doubt


1T seems that number Of men and boys
were at work almost opposite the Detroit
and Milwaukee depot, when one OF the
number saw an. enormous sturgeon swim
ming near the surface of the water close by
the dock The paGlJ armed themselves
| with poles and other weapons while a boy
named Patrick Nolan, procured boat hook
and resolved upon the capture of the mon
ster Patrick made lunge at the fish and
caught the hook in its bad, but before he
had time to brace himself and haul the
fish to the dock, it darted out into the riv
er, jerking him from his footing into the icy
water. The boy held on to the boat-hook
and was dragged with greatvelOcity into the
| middle OF the stream, and then ont toward
the lake.


The spectators, meanwhile, we're almost
paralyzed with terror, They we're power
less to help Nolan, and could only look on
| and see him dragged through the water by
a monstrous fish at a rate of speed exceed
ing that of the fastest row boat. They call
ed to him to release his hold of the boat
hook, but he, either too much terrified to
heed or not being able to hear, chung fast
to it as if it was his only hope Of life The
monster fish, maddened by pain, and terri
fed by the load he was dragging, lashed the
water into fakes offoam as he sped outward
toward the great lake, never staying in his
mad course. Death seemed the only fate
awaiting the boy, and one or two of those
on shore knelt down and implored the mer-
cy Of Heaven upon his soul as he fast rece-
ded from their sight-probably forever.
Providentially, however, couple of fish
ermen, who were in a boat near the straight
cut, saw what had transpired, and although
unable at that distance to understand the
full nature OF the affair, Intercepted the
course of the fish


But there's many a slip tRixt the cup
and the lip for, just as they were about to
grasp the almost inanimate form Of the lad.
the fish changed its course, and the boy es-
capped from their hand They commenced a
pursuit, however, and being stoEt and skill
ed oaTsmen, and the fish having somewhat
slackened its speed, they succeeded after
chase Of about half block, in grasping the
lad and lifting him into their boat, while
the sturgeon passed on into the lake. The
boy fell fainting in the bottom Of the boat,
and was taken home almost dead from ter
ror and the chill Of the water. Had he re-
manned in the water only a few moments
longer his life would have paid the forfeit of
his attempt TO deprive one Of the tinny tribe
Of Its existence
Year: 1867

On certain occasion one Paul Denton, a
Methodist Preacher in Texas, advertised a
Barbecue, with better liquor than is usually
furnished When the people assembled a
des sperado In the crowd cried out, Mr.. Paul
Denton, your reverance has lied. You prom
ised not a good barbecue, out better liquor.
Where the liquor. There ~ answered
the missionary, in tones of thunder, and
pointing his long bony finger at the match
less double spring, gushing up in two strong
columns with sound like a shout Of JOY
from the bosom of the earth. There 2 he
repeated with a look terrible as lightning,
while his enemy actually trembled at lis feet.
there is the liquid which Cop, the Eternal,
brews for all his children Not in the sim
mering still, over smoky fires, chOked with
poisonous gases, and surrounded with the
stencil Of sickeuing 0dors and corruption,
doth our Father IN heaven prepare the pre-
cious essence Of lite, pure cold water. But
in the glade and CLASSY dell, where the red
deer wanders and the child loves to play,
there GOD brews it and down, low down
in the deepest valleys, where the fountain
murmurs and the rllls ring and high up in
the mountain tops where the naked granite
gitters like gold in the sun, where storm
clouds brood and the thunder-stOrms crash
and far out on the wide wide sea, where the
hurricane howls music and the big wave,
roll the chorus, sweeping the march Of Cor
there He brews it, the beverage of life
heathgjving water And everywhere 1t is
thing Of beauty cleaning in the dewdrop
singing in the summer-rain, shining in the
ice gem, till they seem turned to living jew
els spreading a golden vein over the set
ting sun, or white gauze around the mid
night moon sporting in the cataract sleep
ing In the glacier; dancing in the hail
shower; folding its bright snow curtains soft
" around the wintry world and weaving
the many colored iris, that seruph's zone Of
the sky, whose wrap is the rain drops of the
earth, ali checkered over with celestial flow
ers by the mystic hand Of refraction thai
blessed life water, no poison bubbles on IT
brink its foam brings not madness anc
murder no blood stains its liquid glass
pale widows aud starving children weep not
burning tears in its depths Speak out, m,
friend would you exchange it for the de
mon drink, alcohol ?


\ shout ike the roaring of tempest
answered NO T.
Year: 1867

1t cannot be that earth is mans only abb
ding place. 1t cannot be that our life is a
bubble cast up by the ocean of eternity to
float moment upon its waves, and sink in
nothingness. Else why is it the high and
glorious aspirations, which leap like angels
from the temple of our hearts are forever
wandering unsatisiied? Why is it that the
rainbow and cloud came over us with a
beauty that is not of earth, and then pass
off to muse on their loveliness? Why is it
that the stars which hold their festival
around the midnight throne, are set above
the grasp of our limited faculties, forever
mockingus with their unapproachable glory!
And finally, why is it that bright forms of
human beauty are presented to our view
and taken from US; leaving the thousand
streams of our affection 70 flow back in an
Alpine torrent upon our hearts? We are
born for higher destiny than that of earth.
There is realm where the rainbow never
fades; where the stars viii be spread out be-
fore us like the islands that slumber on the
ocean, and where the beautiful beings which
pass before us like shadows, will stay for
ever in our presence.