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Year: 1866

An old Illinois farmer gives the following
maxims for farmers to practice: :,


When yau wake up do not roll over. but roll
out. 1t Will give you time to ditch all your
slcughs. break them MP, harrow them, and sow
them with timothy and red clover. One bushel
of clover to two bushels timothy is enough.


Make your fence high, tight and strong, 50
it will keep cattle and pigs ont, II you have
brush, make your lots secure, and keep your
hogs from tie cattle, for if the corn is clean
they will eat it better than if it is not.


BE sure to ret your hands to bed by seven
O'clock, they will rise early by the force OF cir
cumstanccs.


PAY hand, If he sa poor hand, all You
promise him; if he is good hand, pay him
little more; it will encourage him to do still
better.


Always feed your hands as well as You do
yourself, for the laboring men are the bone
and sinew of the world, and ought to be well
treated. r-.


am satisfied that getting mp early, industry,
and regular habits arc the best medicines ever
prescribed for health.


When it comes rainy, bad weather so that
YOU cannot work out Of doors, cut and split
your wood.


Make your tracks when it rains hard, clean
ing your stables, or fixing something which you
would have TO stop the plow for and tx IN good
weather.


Make your tracks, fixing your fences or gate
that is off its hinges, or Notwithstanding your
barn where the wind has blown of the siding,
or patching the. roof of your house or barn.


Study Your interests closely, and don't spend
money and time in clecting presidents, senator's
and other small officers, and don't talk of hard
times when spending your time in town whit
ting on storc-boxes.


Take your time and make your calculations;
don't do things in hurry, but do them at the
right time, and keep your mind as well as your
body employed
Year: 1866

INDEPENDENT AcrIoN-IIow useless tits to
rely for happiness on the world" If you
would pass through life in the easiest possible
manner. shrink from nothing in itself virtuous
and rational. Venerate only that which is in
herently and changeleSSly right. Release your
minds from the trammels of conversationalism,
and suffer 10 other restraint upon your acts
than that imposed by conscience and the Bible;
50 will YOU insure sweet immunity from count
less petty cares and annoyances, acquire an
ever-increasing strength fcharacter, and build
ON a firm and durable basis that inward respect
for yourself which is incalculably more to be
valued than the cbangeful approval ofartifcial
people,
Year: 1866

For every three gallons Of water put in one
pint Of fresh slacked lime mnon coarse salt,
one gill; mix well and let the barrel be about
half full Of this liquid; then, with dish,
let down your fresh eggs into it, tipping
the dish after il fills 50 as not 10 crack the eggs
If you put fresh eggs in you will take fresh
eggs out.


Another way is to take perfectly fresh-laid
eggs, grease them completely with butter and
pack them in box or barrel with salt. A lay
er Of salt should be first put in the box. the
eggs carefully imbedded in it, with small end
down, 50 as not to touch one another, then a
layer of salt and layer of eggs alternately till
the barrel is full.
Year: 1866

| WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The following


memorial was presented in the House yes
terday:


To the Honorable the House Of Representatives


of the United States of America:
Your memorialist humblv represents that
in common with the loyal people of the Re-
public he has been anxiously waiting for
justice to be done the soldiers of the Union
army, particularly those who have been
disabled, and to the parents, widows and
orphans Of those who have been lost. Reso-
lutions of thanks and proclamations of re-
cognition may be sufficient for those whose
gamers are well filled, but it is a notorious
fact that the great majority of the ranks of
the army were not from the high in civil
positions, or those rejoicing in wealth and
luxury, and the nation was saved by the
agony, the privations, the tears and the
blood of those who apparently had the least
interest in its preservation. Declarations
that the debt we owe the soldier is one the
nation can never pay, seem to paralyze the
Government so that no successful attempt
has yet been made to pay it, and the obli-
CATION is looked upon as of such magnitude
that it is partially ignored.


1t is matter of regret that the depart
ments OF tie Government are almost sealed
against the applications nfthe living he-eas
of the age, and too often when the limping
cripple and empty sleeve ask the privilege
of an honest living they are turned away
as the wandering mendicant or the inso-
lent beggar on the highway and street cor
ners. Those whom the nation should de-
light to honor, are compelled to beg for
their daily bread. Should we do less for
our soldiers than the rebel communities who
periled everything and failed in the
struggle


The people of Florida in their legislature
a few months ago, made liberal appropria
ton for the support Of disabled soldiers,
widows and orphans, graduating the amount
only by the wants of the needy. Shall we
fail to do as much promptly and cheefully?
The mere pittance of eight dollars month
was fixed when the nation was poor, and
that sum would purchase more than twice
the neeessaries of life then than now. The
faith of the Republic was pledged in ad
vance 10 the wounded soldier and sailor,
the widow and the orphan. Let it be re-
deemed so that gratitude may be shown in
deeds and not in words only. 1t is not
asking too much that while eight dollars
was formerly paid, that twenty should be
given now, and the pension law 50 modi-
fed that the pensioner can obtain his bounty
with less annoyance than now is the case.
-Four years of war clearly show that the
Almlgnty Will oe avenged on naLlonS lor
great offenses. May we not provoke his
Indignation by committing the basest in
gratitude to those who saved the nations
life.


(Signed) c. II. VAN WYck.


Presidential Car to be Sold.


The Secretary of War has consented to
the sale of the Presidential car to Thomas
Durant, Esq, Vice President of the Union
Pacific Railroad who tenders its use to the
Company for the accommodation of its Of
fcers on special occasions. 1t will leave
New York in a few days for the West, with
several government directors who go out to
examine the road.
Year: 1866

RObaek's Blood Pills are undoubtedly
the most valuable Of all the Cathartic Pills ohor-
ed to the public-opsrating by virtue of special
affinity for the mucous membrane Of the bowels;
bsing sugar coated they are especially adapted for
the use of children and are unquestionably one Of
our most satisfactory csthsrtics and should be in
constant use in domestic practice. spl0
Year: 1866

VALUABLE TABLE LEGs-A younn
4 imam went from New York city to the
3West, where he commenced business on
shis own account, and married. His
Friends in the city were interested in his
3welfare, and when a amerchant was about
Ito journey to the place where the young
/ man had located, he was requested 10
Svisit the emigrant and ascertain how he
lived, and what sort of woman he had
chosen, his prospects, etc. Accordingly
%the New Yorker ascertained the resi-
ldence of his young friend and called
upon him quite early in the morning.
HE found him in small, neat cottage.
|and just taking his breakfast. The in.
production of the New Yorker to his
wife was quite off hand and unceremo.
'nious, and he was requested TO be seated
and partake of the morning meal. The
young wife had prepared the steak. bis
'cuit and coffee with her own hands. and
for table had used her kneading board


over which napkin was spread, and the
E board" placed on her lap. The New
Yorker declined a seat at the table and
took his leave. On making the report
TO his New York friends as to how he
found his young friend living. he de.
|scribed the style as magnificent" and


if he were the owner of the young mans


furniture he would not take ten thousand


dollars for the legs of his tablet
Year: 1866

THE YUBA RAILRoAD.-Work upon
this road is being rapidly pushed ahead.
The cars are already running on the
north side Of Bear river, and the track
is nearly all graded to the Yuba. This
road will be vigorously pushed on to
Oregon.-uining Press.
Year: 1866

In this city, on the morning Of the Goth inst the
wife of ii. l.. Gilbert of twins-girls. We are
informed by the medical profession that this is the
first pair OF twins born in Montana
Year: 1866

BLACK RocK.-Aeconnts from the Black Rock
mining district continue favorable. The Sage
Brush mentions the working of ore at DALI
mill, which was taken from the Eureka lode a.
depth of so feet, tina. yielded fraction under s44
to the ten II seems 10 be established to the salts
tion of those interested. the lodes of that vicinity
may be proatasly worked, and il will not be len s
ere the busy hum OF industry in that vicinity viii
be accompanied by the noisy mill pounding the
precious ore from the growing quartz.
Year: 1866

above al, by giving to capital the secu-


ritv of a civil government. we nave


again the opportunity, ard II brings with
h tbe duty, to occupy the flrst place IN


the markets Of the world. The same


natural advantages we have always pos


sessed remain to US, the same labOrlng


ron,,lotion are there ready 10 engage


h the eulture. and with an interest


in the result which must add largely to


fha nrofit Of both the lahorer and the


empiover. Besides, machinery can be


used instead Of old negro hoes to prepare


fhe soil, and emigration from Europe viii
add largely TO the volume of industry.
If, therefore, we can encourage the pro-
duction now, capital will be attracted to
the South, the waste OF the war viii be
supplied and the future condition Of our
country cannot be doubtful"


The Magazine shows from facts and
figures thst we cannot, under the present
state Of affairs, return to our monopoly Of
cotton production. That this can only
be done by encouraging the "fiow Of
capital South by taking away as soon as
possible military rule, and stimulating
the production so that low prices may
drive outall competition Itconcludes;


"Hence, we see that every reconsideration
Of national interest and public policy, re
quires the early rehabilitation Of the
Southern states and their restoration 70
the family OF Union and the Presidents
TO lay aside the extraordinary
powers which the exigencies OF the war
had conferred upon him, affords the high
est proof of his sincerity and patriotism.
We want the aid of Southern statesmen
to solve the problem Of necessary legisla-
ton for the South, and il is damaging to
the best interests Of the country 10 dis
pense with It any longer; we want the
moral influence Of a united country in
our foreign relations; and, per-
haps more than all, We want capital at
tracted TO the South, and its industry and
wealth free TO develop itself, and this can
not be, so long as States are under semi
rule


These are the views Of the oldest and
most influential commercial Magazine in
the United States; a Magazine distin-
yuished for its ability, accuracy and fair
ness. It's opinions are worthy Of all ac-
aud are more to be relied upon
than those Of any Of the political leaders
1f the day. They ought to have great
weight in the determination of the lead
ng question Of the day.
Year: 1866

SPREsERyATfoN OF EGGs-The best
method | know OF to preserve eggs is 70
ill the pores Of the shell with fresh clean
lard, so as 10 exclude all air. 1t Is NV
opinion that this simple and easy method
is Preferable to any now in use. Some
put them down In lime water; some Law
them down in salt, some put them in
sawdust But the lime cooks them. 50
that they have dried appearance; salt
has a similar effect, while eggs saturated
with lard, as far as my experience goes,
open fresh and nice.
Year: 1866

On the second page will be found q signi6.
cant article from the New York O6scrrer,
bearing upon the condition and prospects OF
the south, and the probabilities Of reunion
in church and in State on q loyal basis.
Year: 1866

It will be remembered that whom our distinguished fellow -citizen, Admiral Semmes, arrived in England, immedi- ately after his brilliant combat with tho Kearsage, a number of officers of the British army and navy, and several of the nobility who were friendly to the Confederate cause, determined to pro- cure by subscriptions, magnificent sword for the admiral, as a testimonial of their appreciation of his gallantly and heroic conduct as naval comman- der The subscriptions were limited to a guinea each, and in a day or two the entire amout, two thousand guineas, was subscribed. 4 Aa PET Hi9af

 The order for the asword was imme- diately given and the work was long ago completed, but the beautiful and costly testimonial is still ill England. A citizen of Mobile, who has recently returned from Europe, brought over with him a most skillfully executed photograph of both sword and scab- bard, from which we have obtained an idea of the exquisite W workmanship dis played in their make. The blade bears a suitable inscription and is ornament ed in the highest style of the sword makers art. The scabbard, which is of gold, as is also the hilt, or at least the guard, is ornamented, not profusely, but most tastefully, with deyicesi eln- blematic of the naval profession and Southern agriculture. The testimonial is one of which a monarch might be proud, and is just and well merited tribute to the personal and professional W orth of the most distinguished of Confederate ofiicers.--Mobile Register.
Year: 1866

When the Irresistible Radicals shall have consummatcd all their political monstrositiiscs. may we not expect them to turn their attention to religion? We don't mean religion oi tho heart. but religion on the brain---tiist scrrt of re- ligion which compels the neighbor an one hill to think as the neighbor on an

 other hill may ,dictate-that sort of re- ligion which shall discover disloyalty in one form of prayer, and heresy, he'll deserving, in another form of worship. The spirit that dictated the law which doolns ministers of the gospel to fine and imprisonment for preaching with out having taken an oath to the false God of Radicalism, will pause at no outrage which may be deemed neces- to the thorough subiugation of the human mind. We may look for an established religion. We had some thing like it during the war, and tie fire of the war is not allowed to abate, but is kept burning. We have recent ly seen the faggots hurled upon it, and the, fire mount mountaill high, scoreh- ing with it's tongues of flame whatever dared oppose it. Look at, New Eng land. Is not every pulpit a misnomer, every church sort of political club room, and every preacher party spouter? Butler says if BAAL be Cop, serve him. And isnot BAAL rising to the dignity of a God ?-[ Memphis Led
Year: 1866

Tears, idle tears, 1 know not what they mean;
Tears, from the depth of some divine despair


Rise in the heart and gather to the eyes,


And thinking o oft the hpy days d that are no more


Fresh as the first beam glittering on sail
That brings our friends up from the outer world
Sad as the last which reddens over one


That sinks with all we love below the verge:
So sad, so fresh the days that are no more.
All, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns
The earlest"pipe of half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casemate slowly grows glimmering square
50 sad, SO strange the days+hst are no more
Dear as remembered kisses after death,
And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret,
Q Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Year: 1866


The moon shone sadly on the battlefield,
A misty pail Of vapor hung around
And there were lips and eyelids closely seal'd,
And crimson hearts blood sinking in the ground
There manly forms lay stretched upon the sod;
Some held within their grasp the word of God,
While others clutched their weapons-grinn' d as


though


They were in deadly struggle with the foe
There, stretch upon bed of clotted moss,
Lay dead trooper-while his faithful horse
Lick his cold hand; and there a eannonier
Beneath the gun he never=iflore shall hear
Deep in trench color-b bearer slept,
Hugging his flag, beneath whose folds he'd crept
And bear it with him mid the hosts of dead.
The clangor of the fight was still-all hushd
Save the sad murmur of the stream that gush'd
From its high home upon the mountain side,
And struggled onward to some mightier tide
Then, ever and anon, the owlet scream'd,
And the black vulture barrd the light that


stream'd


From the pale moon-while sadly from the hill
Went up the requiem of the whip-poor-will
A mournful sight that moony night reveal d.
King Death enthron'd upon the battlefield
Year: 1866

MENTAL AND MANUAL LABoR.-Professol
Houghton, of Trinity College, Dublin, has pub
lished some curious chemical computations, re-
specting the relative amount fphysical exhaus
ton produced by mental and manual labor
According to these chemical estimates, two
hours of severe mental study abstract from the
human system as much vital strength as is ta-
ken from it by an entire day of mere hand work.
This fact, which seems to rest upon strictly
scientific laws, shows that the men who do brain
work should be careful, first, not to overtask
themselves by too continuous exertion and sec
ondlv, that they should not omit to take physi
cal exercise each day sufficient to restore the
equilibrium between the nervous and muscular
system
Year: 1866




We take the following extract from letter of
Rev. t. V. Moore, d. D., published in the
Richmond Wing:


There Is to me a strange and terrible beauty
about these Bernese Alps. AS [ write [ can
see them, for many miles, from my chamber
window, and there is a fascination in their daz-
zling splendor lit up, as it is, with the morning
sun; in their unearthly purity as they lift them
selves SO far toward heaven that none of the de-
Elements Of earth can reach them, that is diffe-
rent from my anterior expectation. In this re-
spect they have the same effect on my mind
that Niagara has always had. Before visiting
either expected to have an overwhelming sense
of their sublimity and vastness that would be
almost painful. Bat the aspect in both cases
that rivets my attention is their unearthly beau
ty. Niagara clothed in eternal thunder, and
the Alps In eternal snow, are to my mind, the
grandest symbols of supernal beauty that exist
on earth; and the one, as it pours, in unceasing
ibation, the waters of a continent in symphony
with its undying psalm to that Great Power
from the hollow of whose hand these waters are
ever renewed, and the others, as they stand like
mighty affairs on which the morning and eve
ming sun lays its offerings of gold and amber
are, to my mind, filter symbols of the seraphic
worship OF the upper world than anything else
L have ever seen on earth. Niagara, with its
grand descending mass of emerald and crystal
tells me Of the river that gushes out from the
Eternal Throne while these stainless and gilt
tering Alps that | now see lifting themselves
away, peak above peak of snowy whiteness, tell
me of the hills Of light in that upper world, a.
long whose ascending slopes of dazzling splen-
dor we hope to be led to the fountains of living
waters by the Lamb, where there is none Of
that voiceless solitude and that hfeless desola-
ton that reign in eternal rigor in the frozen re-
glons of these lofty mountains The higher
Alps have been to me a sermon such as mortal
lips never uttered, and such as I do not expect
ever to have fade from my memory. In the
glowing levels of our SUMMER land I expect to
have these white and lofty Alps come up in Wis
ion before my eyes, telling me in their silent ut
terance OF the gllttering ascents Of those hills of
light IN the better country above, where no cha
mois leaps and no eagle scars, but where the
wicked cease from troubling and the weary are
at rest
Year: 1866

BREAD PUDDING.-As many of our fair read
ers are probably not acquainted with this cheap
but delicious dish we give the following recipe /:


Take pound Of stale bread boil quart of
mik; pour 1t on the bread, and let it soak one
or two hours then rub it quite fine with the
hands. Beat up four or five eggs. and add
them to it. also, a tablespoonful Of cinnamon.
or any other kind of spice, two cups of supar'
and little chopped suet, or quarter Of q
pound of butter. Bake OR boil it two hours.
Year: 1866

TDROOM CORN.-Farmers who have broom
D corn have their attention called to the fact
that I am paying the highest CASH price for
that article, at the


CHURCHVILLE BROOM FACTORY,
and want all that is for sale in the county.


Those who have good strong bottom land can
next Spring as the crop is less trouble not so
hard on land, and will pay fifty per cent better
than corn. want to engage for next year from
two to three hundred acres, and will give special
now. The best quality of seed furnished to plan
ters Bring on your Broom Corn, whether you
want money or the best quality of Brooms


81. L. HOOVER,
oct 16-6m Churchville, Va.
Year: 1866




The subscribers would introduce to the public
the above Wheel Of which they are the sole agents
in this State, as the best economzer of water
known, and pledge themselves to furnish wheels
of this description, that will at least equal in eff
cheney the best overshot wheel in existence
Among the excellencies Of this wheel may be
enumerated the following:


1st. It is cheaper than any other wheel of the
same power.


I'd. From its small size and diminished friction
it has one-third more motion than any wheel of
the same power


Sd. It vii! use more or less water, and with the
same percentages OF power to the amount of water
used


4th 1t can never be frozen up oc affected by
frost in any way.


9TH 1t has given the highest effect due to the
head and amount of water used of any wheel on
record as tested by competent civil engineers.
9Th 1t is completely finished before leaving the
place of manufacture, and adjusted for running
and enclosed in an iron case requiring only to
be coupled to the water wheel shaft.


Circulars containing cuts, explanations and tes-
timonials may be had upon application to the
subscribers.
Year: 1866

II is a good thing for a young man to be
"knocked about in the world" though his
soft-hearted parents may not think so. All
youths. or if not all, certainly nineteen
twentieths of the sum total. enter life with a
surplusage of self conceit The sooner they
are relieved of it the better. If, in measur
ing themselves with wiser and older men
than themselves, they discover that it is un-
warranted, and get rid of it gracefully, of
their own accord, we'll and good if not it is
desirable, for their own sakes, that it be
knocked ont of Them A boy who is sent to a
large school finds his level. His will may
have been paramount at home :. but school.
bows are democratic in their ideas, and, if
arrogant, he is sure to be thrashed into
recognition of the golden rule. The vorld
is great public school, and it soon teaches
a new pupil his proper place. If he has the
attributes that belong to leader, he will be
installed in the position of leader; if not
whatever his own opinion of his abilities may
be, he will be compelled to fall in with
the rank and file. If not destined to great
ness, the next best thing to which he can as
pire is respectability but no man can either
be truly great or truly respectable who is
vain, pompous, and overbearing. By the
time the novice has found his legitimate soci
al position, to be the same high or low, the
probability is that the disagreeable traits of
his character will be softened down or worn
away. Most likely the process of abrasion
will be rough, perhaps uery rough but
when it is all over and he begins to see him
self as others see him, and not as reflected in
the mirror of self conceit, he will be thankful
that he has run the gauntlet, and arrived,
though by a rough road. at self knowledge
Upon the whole, whatever loving mothers
may think to the contrary, it is good thing
for youths to be knocked about in the world
it makes men of them