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Year: 1867

All drunkards have to be initiated.
There must be beginning, and this
beginning must be the result of some
influence. What influence is it that
will induce young man to take the
initiatory? Is it the example of that
bloated, blear-eyed, loathsome speci-
men of humanity, that he saw picked
out of the gutter last evening? Is
there such a seductive power in the
sight that he must 60 and do like
wise? We should think not,most de-
cidedly. 1t is one of the most repuls-
i've spectacles a young man can set
his eyes upon, and his involuntary
ejaculation is, "God preserve me from
such fate" What is it then? In a
recent address of Rev. DR.. Eddy, OF
Boston, he remarked that, Sin assail-
ing intemperance, we oppose three of
the most active elements Of humanity
Appetite, Avarice, and Custom.
OF these our opinion is that custom
is the strongest. The one million
drunkards in the United States were
all made such by custom, and the Gus
tom Of moderate drinking will con
tinue to breed drunkardS as fast as
carrion breeds maggots, and as long
as the custom lasts. Those who Sc
duce the young to drink must be
moderate drinkers themselves. The
more repuIsive sots have no such pow
er. The vast multitude of youth il
our country who have not vet defleC
themselves with the drunkard'S bev
erage would every one of them grow
up teetotalers were it not for the pes
tilent influence of moderate drinkers
Excessive drinkers are loathsomC
and disgusting to a child or you'll
uutainted by drink, and such person.
could not seduce them if they would
Moderate drinkers alone are able t.
initiate new victims. Their very mod
Grafton and responsibility give then
the knack of entrapping the youth
Let the fact be well pondered. |
should sink deep into all hearts. Th
whole world should understand tina
every one Of the rising generation
now pure and sober as God mad
them, would coutinue so to the end 0
their virtuous and happy lives wer
it not for the contamination Of mod
crate drinkers.


Let moderate drinkers think o
these things, and ponder over thei
responsibility. They are emphatic
ally, the Observation-Disclosures, acting i
conjunction with the liquor sellers.
Year: 1867

THE FUNERAL of Lewis Paten, an old resi-
dent Of this city, formerly barber at the Kirk
wood House, took place yesterday. and was
. largely attended by representatives Of the or
der of Odd Fellows. headed by q band OF mu-
sic. The remains Of the deceased were taken
to the burying ground on the Fourteenth street
road for interment
Year: 1867

Congress is evidently going to work with a will They have already disposed of the impeachment question, and will abolish the tax on cotton, and stop the contraction Of the currency. The financial question will probably occupy their attention, prin- cipally. Every effort will be made to equal ize, and, if possible, reduce the load of taxation which weighs so heavily on our industry. Secretary McCulloch proposes to fund our debt into six per cent gold in- tercst-bearing bonds, one per cent. of which is to be reserved and allotted, in just proportion, to national, state and munioi- pal taxation. Senator Fessenden demands c return to specie payments in 1869. and Ben Butler and the Democracy are for a moderate measure of repudiation. The National Banks will probably be heavily attacked. but as the government is making already nearly as much out of them as it could make by their abolition, and as they are an unquestionable convenience to the people. we doubt whether they will suffe, serious injury. The ,Whiskey tax will be reduced, and a vigorous attempt made tc collect it. On the whole, we expect more business and less buncombe than is usual in our great deliberative assembly.
Year: 1867

Reconstruction is a mooted question; on it, doctors and lawyers disagree, and none are satisfied; but without dissenting voice the people all affirm that American Life Drops have no equal, as Pain Killer to cure the ills of both heat and cold
Year: 1867

It is but q few months since an Ameri can tourist in search of cold bracing air was making the ascent of Mont Blanc. The tourist in question can have his ''tip-top air" ata much cheaper rate. Let him start from Litchfeld on some of the cold days of the present December, and ascend the hills to Goshen Center,a ,and if that does not satis fy him let him keep on to IVY mountain and we think we can insure him enough of it.

 Some of our staid inhabitants are turn Ing their backs on Goshen for the winte, season. Mr. Moses Grey and family have gone to Bridgeport and Moses Lymar Esq, leaves in few days for N York, from whence he contemplates a journey to some of the Southern States
Year: 1867

LITCHFIELD, Dec. 12 1867 DEAR ENQUIRER:-We sea but little com paratively from the town of Kent in your paper. It is town of which think high

 ly and from which should like to hear

 more. made my first visit to the place

 not long ago and can testify to the beauty

 of It's scenery and to the hospitality of the

 citizens of & village whose streets are after the wide pattern of your own town, while

 its sociality and business enterprise are pe-

 culiarly it's own.

 That in summer 1t must be very pretty place 1t is not difficult to see even now that the leaves are off the trees No wonder that with its one broad, level street, bor- dered with an abundance of shade trees,

 and the snug houses almost hidden in the

 foliage, the city people flock there in warm

 weather to enjoy it's beautiful scenery and

 it's healthy air. had the honor of atten- ding one session of the North Kent Deba- ting Society. The subject for debate was this: (Which is the most pleasing to the eye; Art or Nature?' After several able ar-

 guments on each side the weight of argu-

 ment was decided to rest with the side of Art. But l think if the friends of Art had

 gone upon either side of the valley looked up and down the river they would have for

 gotten their argument, and recognized | the Sl1Oari0rity of n otura

 Besides it's remarkable mountain scenery the finest in the state. I was struck with

 the beauty of the North Kent fall where the Housatonic descends four hundred feet

 in the course of half mile. In fact Kent

 wouldn't seems to me afford, an artist more | valuable studies for landscapes than any place in the state. ...

 On Sunday We had on excellent sermon

 from tue Rev. Edward Payson who I heal

 has been since installed pastor of the par. ! ish. .... .~. l Why does not the secretary of the North

 Kent Debating Society send reports o1 their debates. They would be interesting to one, at least, of the readers of the En.

 quirer. HyLAs
Year: 1867

THE NATIONAL. RAILgoAD-525 MILES COMPLETED. A few days ago it was an nounced that "5 300 miles of the Union Pa cltic Railroad had been completed west from Omaha;" and the bare announcement was made the text for many interesting facts concerning the history of this great national enterprise, and the wonderful fa- cillty with which its construction had been carried forward. The public had scarcely begun to appreciate the fact that half 6 thousand miles of railroad had been built Tn two years into and through what had been an unten2nted waste, before the tele- graph told of the completion of the 517th mile. and the public welcome given to the locomotive by the City of Cheyenne, which two months before had no existence, but which now numbers its inhabitants by thousands This fact was also proudly commented upon as an illustration of the restless vigor with which this Railroad was being built, but while the people have been reading these congratulatory paragraphs, the tracklayers have kept steadily at work, and the last bulletin announces the com pletion of 525 miles. How much greater distance will be accomplished before this article shall be seen by our readers, We will not venture to predict.

 The whole history of the Railroad Is wonderful. It has the advantage of such liberal national aid as was never before gwen to any private undertaking; its off cers and promoters are men of national re- putation and large financial experience; the road is being built under the largest railroad contract of which we have any re- cord; the security offered its bondholders exceeds that of any similar loan, as these bonds constitute first mortgage upon the entire road, while the Government accepts second lien as its own security for alvar- ces, the amount of its business when the through line shall be completed must of necessity be enormous, and its local traffic and profits upon the portion now in ope- ration are unprecedented. We are sure that the further information concerning this National Railroad which will be found ln another column, will be read with espe- cial interest.
Year: 1867

One day, | was watching great Newfound-
land dog. lie had been told by ms yo,,ng mas
ter to fetch him basket OF tools that the
gardener had left In the shed. The great dog
went TO obey his young master. lie took hold
of the basket in his mouth, but he could not
hit it. What did he do-give it up? No,
never One by one he took the thiags out OF
the basket, and carried them to his master.


One by one that is what we must Try to do
with all our faults. Try and get rid@of them
one by one. Jesus knows how hard II is for
YOU to do this, and so he has given you word
that will help you to do it, and that word is


To day" | will show you how. Take one
fault-we will cali it bad temper and III the
morning, when you get up out of bed, ask God,
for Christ s sake, to help you to-day to over
come that bad temper. Perhaps oy and by
something viii begin to make you feel angry
then remember your prayer, and try and drive
away the angry feeling, and say, Not TO day,
not to-day; L Will not be angry to-day.


If you had learned any bad, wicked words,
like the poor children in the street, who don t
know any better, then ask God for Christ sake
to help you to-day not to say any wicked words;
aud then when you are tempted to do SO, re-
member, Not to day, not to-day [ viii not say
any wicked words to-day"


And so the same with all your faults. Take
them one by one, and try for one whole day,
not to give way to them. Ii viii come so much
easier then,
Year: 1867

Come, wanderer with me,
And rest beneath this tree
Far from the city's inarticulate moan;
Far from the din and strife,
And agony Of life
Here is place Peace elainneth for her own;
Comes from beyond the shadows of the hills.


Within this narrow bound


See life complete its round
And reach its rest half wed by love and prayer;


And yet again repeat


That round half sad half sweet
As to the church the bridal train repair,
The babe is borne the children troop along
And meath the old tree meet the funeral throng.


Ger generations dead


Its mighty arms are spread
And it hath seen the long procession pass;


Men fade like leaves away,


And fall as scar as they
Or swift as flowers among the scythed grass:
And still it sways in every vernal breath
And murmurs ever more of life than death.


Where violets scent the air,


With their sweet breath, and where
The ground lsmatted with the primrose roots,


Beneath the spreading shade


The careless childrel, strayed
When those great boughs were tender budding
shoots.
Since then hundred years its growth hath seen,
And still its heart is fresh, its leaf is green.


A resurrection birth
Each year awaits the earth,
Awakening from their sleep the flowers and tree;


And God in whom we live


Unto souls doth give
Faith IN a glorious future yet to be-
Breathed in the blessed words, with comfort rife
Il am the resurrection and the Life"
Year: 1867

~ The circulation of the SPECTATOR is
about as great as the combined circulation
of both the other papers published in this
place, and has as many subscribers in this
county alone as are contained in the whole
list of either Of the other papers.
Year: 1867

Lord, take my heart, for [ cannot give it to
Thee; and when Thou hast taken, keep it for
Thyself, for | cannot keep it for Thee Give
me such outward crosses as may keep under the
obedience Of Thy cross, and save me in spite of
my3elE"
Year: 1867

diction to try Indictment for perjury. In
superinteuding the subsequent elections, the
duty of the board is to receive the votes OF
all whose names are upon the registration aud
reject all others, not thon having power to erase
or add u single one.
Year: 1867

GIVING JOY TO CHILD.-BIesscd be the
hand, says Douglas JerroId, that prepares a
pleasure for u child, for there is no saving
when aud where it may again bloom forth
Does not almost everybody remember some
Eiud-hearted man VINO showed him kindness
in the duest days of his childhood? !? The
writer Of this recollects himselfat this moment
as a barefUoted lad, standing at the wooden
fence Of Il poor little garden in his native viii
lage, while with longing eyes he gazed on the
flowers which were blooming there quietly in
the brightness of Sunday morning. The
possessor came forth from his little cottage
he was wood cutter by trade. and speut the
whole week at work in the woods lie had
come into the garden to gather flowers to
stick in his coat when he went to church.
He saw the boy and, breaking off the most
beautiful Of his carnatiOns--it was streaked
with red and white-he gave it to him
Neither the giver nor the receiver spoke a
word, and with bounding steps the boy ran
home. And DOW here, at ii vast distance
from that home, after so many events of so
many years, the feeling Of gratitude which
agitated the breast of that boy expresses it,
self on paper. The carnatiuu has long since
wIthered, but now it blooms afTesh.
Year: 1867

From the National Intelligencerl


The republican party leaders have de-
voted themselves with fatal intensity to
securing the electoral vote of the eXiled
southern states in the next presidential
election, and the political strength of
their representation in congress. To this
end the federal constitution has been
trampled under foot, congressional AFRO
gance has teen stretched to the utmost
limit, civil liberty has been abrogated,
military despOtism has been erected
and the lowest depths OF political fraud
and corruption have been sounded. This
act, however, is one of absolute despera-
ton on the part Of the republican party
leaders. 1t is the last gasping effort OF a
party organization, which, having out
lived its reputation for a love OF the
union, is resorting to traitors schemes to
prolopg its existence.


If. as now appears to be inevitable,
these radical schemers should secure to
themselves political power in the southern
states, by the Acknowledgement of four
fifths of the white population, and the
consolidation of the negro vote, what
then? They will surely from the course
they now are taking, lose three-fOurths
of the northern, western, middle and
border states. They will then present
then selves to the country in the attitude
of a party organization sustained by 8
miserable minority of the white people
Of the loyal states, and exclusively by
the negroes in the south. The fate of
such party need not be described. The
result is so plain that he who runs may
read. 1t is now an undeniable fact that
from all its high-sounding professions of
patriotism and love of the union, from
all it's once Vaunted devotion to the main
tenanee of the supremacy Of the constitu-
ton and the law, the republican party
has been dragged by its progressive
leaders, down to the pitiable condition Of
simply negro party. 1t presents to the
country no other issues than negro suf-
frage and negro supremacy over white
people. 1t offers these, and these alone,
as the only panacea for all political and
social ills. Negro suffrage and negro
equality are now its only principles, its
only watchwords. With these, and
upon these, it must go into the campaign.
With such issues we may well be content
to leave it to meet its doom at the hands
of the white people at the north and west.
Year: 1867

Prof. Agassiz, of Harvard college,
Mass. the most learned and scientific
naturalist the world has ever produced,
declares most confidently, after life
time of thought and observation on the
subject, rthBt the negro and the white
man were created as specially different
as the owl and the eagle, They were
designed to fill different places in the
system of nature. The negro is no more
a negro by accident or misfortune than
the owl is the kind of bird he is by aeci-
dent or misfortune. The negro Is no
more the white mans brother than the
owl Is the sister of the eagle, or than the
ass is the brother Of the hOrse.n There
are.U saws the same great authority
"a over one hundred specific differences
between the bonal and nervous system of
the white man and the negro. Indeed,
their forms are alike in no particular.
There is not q bone in the negrO's body
relatively of the same shape, size, artieu-
lation. or chemically of the same eOmpO-
sitien as that of the white man. The
negrois bones contain q far greater per
eentage of ealcareous salts than those of
the white man. Even the negrO's blood
IL chemically q very different fluid from
that which courses in the veins Of the
white man. The whole physical organl-
zation of the negro differs quite as much
from the white man as 1t does from that
of the chimpanzee-that is, in his bones,
muscles, nerves and fibres. The chim-
nance has not much further to progress
to become a negro than the negro has to
become a white man. This fact science
inexorabIy demonstrates


In the most admirable speech OF the
Hon. w. Alungen, Of Ohio, lately deliv-
ered in congress land to which ] am
greatly indebted for much that ! have
ssidf 1t is boldly asserted, on the author
ity Of scientific men, that the world does
not afford an instance of mulattO in
the nth generation. The hybrid race
becomes extinct after the fourth genera
ton, unless they have intermixed with
ona or the other OF the original races.
So it is with eli snimals. The mule does
not breed at ALI The wolf and jaekal


the aog and fox, have produced hybridsl


which always become extinct in the
| third generation. These animals, like
! the negro and white man, were regarded


AT one time, as only different varieties o.
the same species. But experiment shows
Them to have been different creations, as
It does the negro and white man,


I
Year: 1867

Permit me, through your paper, to
make the follow ing statement for the
benefit of those who are suffering from
this painful and fatal disease. About a
year ago noticed at times sharp sting
ing pains in my right breast, but did
not pay much attention to it, until in
the latter part of June discovered n
small tumor in the vicinity of where
the pains originated. My husband ad-
vised me to consult our family physi-
clan, DIR. HALEY Mccoy, who told me it
was Schirris, and that it would result
in Cancer. / also consulted several
other physicians-who pronounced it
Cancer. They all advised me to have it
removed by an operation, but l could
not entertain the idea of having the
glittering steel applied. l was very
much alarmed at my condition, know
ing as did that Cancers in nearly all
cases prove fatal. / found myself fail
ing very fast physically as well as men,
tally. felt as if my life was melting
away like the candle before the deyour-
ing flames. The tuner increased very
rapidly in size, so much so that in three
mouths from the time / discovered it, it
involved the half of the gland, and the
pain became more severe. After pass
ing many sleepless nights meditating as
to what course should pursue to get
relieved of it, fortunately for me lady
friend called on me and informed me
that a Mr.. Reynolds was removing
a cancer from the breast of Mrs.
Norris, whom / called to see. !
watched the progress of her case
with much interest until the Cancer
was removed and the wound healed
entirely. l then placed myself under
the same process of treatment, which
consisted in the application of pow
der, dressing it twice day for several
days, then following with the applica-
tion of an ointment, which was con-
tinued several days, when the tumor
began to separate from the healthy tis-
sues, and in q few days more it fell off
without the loss of blood, and but very
little waste Of the tissues. 1t is now
healed over perfectly, leaving but a
very small scar. / most gratefully rec
ommend this process of treatment for
the removal of Cancer, and advise those
that are suffering from this dreadful
disease to take immediate steps to place
themselves under treatment. The rem
edy is perfectly safe and will most GER
tainly eradicate the disease.


Mrs. S. V. BURRIs,


- . ~ Wheeling.
Year: 1867

A Yankee genius out West conceiying that
little powder thrown upon some green wood
would facilitate its burning, directed small
stream upon the smoking pile and not posses
sing hand sufficiently quick to cut this off at
a desirable moment, he was blown into pieces
The coroner thus reasoned out the verdict =
" 1t can be called suicide, because he didn't
mean to kill himself; it wasn't visitation of
he didn't die for the want of breath, for he
hadn't anything left to breathe with. It's
plain lie didn't know what he was about, SO |
shall bring in, Died for the want of common
sense '"
Year: 1867

A laboring man in Providence, II. l., had
been fined and sent to Jail for ten days, for
falling asleep in church. The Journal thinks
the minister ought to be fined for not preach
ing so as to keep him awake.
Year: 1867

rently he too largo for the Treasury to meet Wheh
combined. what hope would there be of doing itf


The last thing desire to do is to boltte the apii
ity of the country TO resume. And IN making these
remarks trust am by no means doing so' only
expose the financial situation according to my view
and in showing why we cannot resume now at the
same time show how we can do it by and by. ap
pears from tho exposition here made, that we nave
only to fund or pay otr per cent legal tenders 10
throw our 7.SOs into long loans as they become due
and to continue our accumulatlons of coin IN Tue
Treasury. meantime, at the same rate we nave pccn
accommodating for year past in order to be ready 10
tnre And If the foregoing calculation Is correct III
can be done without any very material cohtracIoh
of the circulation; that on the whole vie" pre-
seuted is of the most hopeful and Satisfactory


aplar
Year: 1867

An incident occurred in the bank a
few days ago that wreathed with broad
smile the faces of those who witnessed it,
An honest-looking inhabitant of an
Alabama county, not far from Fayette
and Marion, handed the Cashier one of
those familiar old certificates of de-
post we all got accustomed to during
the war, and remarked that he wanted
the new issue" or the greenbacks for
it, he didn't care which. The gentleman
behind the counter, with pleasant smile
ripping around his mouth, replied in
effect that the old times had passed away
now, that the war was over, and that
kind of thing had sunk in the new dis
pensation. Our man of the wilderness,
in no wise satisfied with this explanation,
but falling deeper in justification at
every sentence, then demanded the
whereabouts of major Anderson, the
Ouartermaster. He said that Major
Anderson bought some corn from him,
and told him as soon as he heard from
Richmond he would get the money on it.
His astonishment was greatly increased
by the further information that we were
all back in the Union now, and that Maj.
Anderson no longer discharged the
duties of Confederate Quartermaster.
He left the Office divided between dis
gust at the loss of his certificate and sur
prise over the new order Of things inau-
purated. Mississippi Inder.