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Year: 1867

A fond parent heard his daugh-
ter and her fellow plan an elope-
ment. The next day the old man
waited upon the young one and
addressed him thus:


"You are a fine brave youth,
and 1 don't object to you for a SON
in-law. Here is a hundred to aid
in an elopement. May you live
happily, in the same house, and
may no accident occur to throw
the least shade on the sunshine
of your life. All request is that
you elope with my daughter
She's a mighty fine girl, you know,
but somehow her mother and |
could never travel smoothly with
her; we don't know her good points
elope with her to such a distance
that she won't return to her loving
father and mother any more. Good
by sonny, and may you be hap
.py." There was an elopement
that evening of one. The young
man went alone. He thought
everything could not be entirely
right when the old man was SC
anxious to get rid of the girl
The father looks upon his act as
very neat bit of strategy.
Year: 1867

The ARMY WoRM.-The first
time the army worm ever destroy
ed the cotton crop of the South
was in 1904, and it has done the
same thing every twenty-one years
since. In 1926 it made clean
sweep, and again in lS46, land from
present appearances it will do the
same thing in 1867. Already
many crops in Louisiana and the
southern part of Mississippi have
been entirely devoured. So far as
we have heard no cotton patch
from the Gulf to the Ohio river is
unvisited.
Year: 1867

Judge Buckner lately committed
suicide in Kentucky, and left, as al
apology for the act, the extraordi-
nary and plausible letter given be-
low:


Ihave no country, no family, no
home, no money,no hope,no health.
l am old and feeble, almost astran-
ger to my kindred. If l had the
physical strength requisite to
maintain i myself, l might desire
to live; but my spirits have been
so broken down that | could do
nothing useful. l should if L
lived longer, be burden upon my
friends and relatives. My vital
powers are completely sapped.-
This has been becoming more ev-
ident every year since the agonl-
zing strain upon my constitution
caused by the death of my poor
little wife, Jane, and afterwards
by the loss of the liberties OF my
country. l see nothing In the
Book of God which forbids us from
putting an end to our lives when
we can no longer do good; but, II
we live, must inevitably become
hurtful to others. | have most
earnestly prayed my God to take
me away, or if it was not His good
pleasure todo SO (as l had the phys
iical power,) give me the right
in my will and action in this mat
ter, that I might do nothing IN
consistent with His Holy will.
And undera these circumstances,
| felt impelled by an irresistible
impulse to quit this lonely scene
of sorrow and suffering, and JOIN
nv dear little wife and all my de-
parted friends and relatives IN
the spirit land.
Year: 1867

A good lady, who had two chill
dren sick with the measles, wrote
to a friend for the best remedy.
The friend had just received a
note from another lady, inquirlng
the way to make pickles. In the
confusion, the lady who inquired
about the pickles received the rem
edy for the measles, and the anN-
ions mother of the sick children
read with horror the following
"Scald three or four times In very
hot vinegar, and sprinkle them
with salt, and in q few days they
will be cured.
Year: 1867

CURE FOR DRopsY.-A friend
gives us the following remedy for
dropsy, by the use of which several
cures have been effected in this
county: A handful of wild thyme,
same quantity Of Star root (root
and top) and tablespoonful of
anvil dust in aquartof strong cider
vinegar. Let it stand twelve
hours and take a tablespoonful
three times a day.
Year: 1867

Seven years ago St. Louis
merchant caught burglar in his
chamber, and let him go on prom
ise of good behavior. The burglar
made his pile during the war,
whereas the merchant failed, and a
few days ago the former paid his
debt of gratitude by loaning the
latter $4,000 with which to start
in business again.
Year: 1867

A friend tells a tough story on a
young man in an adjoining county,
who married a handsome dashing
widow, a few days since. Times
were hard, and money so scarce
that the young man could not af-
ford to buy full rigging to marryin
so he depended on borrowing.
Among other things he borrowed
a pair of shoes from a friend, but
failed to ask him to the wedding.
This ineensed the friend, SO he de-
termined to get even; SO he posted
himself on the road, and when the
couple came up on their way
home he halted them and demand
ded the return of the shoes. The
poor bridegroom protested, begged
and pleaded that he might keep
them until he reached home, but
his friend was inexorable, and de-
manded his property at once.
The bridegroom was compelled
to get down, shuck his shoes, and
ride home with his new wife in
his bare feet.


MoRAL.-Never marry until you
are able to buy your wedding fix
ings, provided you are too proud to
wear your old clothes Brandon
Hiss Republican.
Year: 1867

TREATING A BURN.-It is said
that by laying piece of charcoal
upon burn the pain subsidies i'm
mediately. BY leaving the char
coal upon the wound one hour, it
will be healed, as has been demon
strated on several occasions. The
remedy is cheap and simple, and
certainly deserves trial. Mary
land Farmer.
Year: 1867

| From the Detroit Free Press.l


"People should be careful hoy
they handle edge tools" is an adag
that may apply in more ways thar
one, of every day life, and is a.
true in matrimony as in carpentry
The history of man and woman
kind is full of marryings in haste
to repent at leisure-of ill-assort
ed consorts, and troubles, trials
and tribulations without number
have resulted from the careless
choice of materials for the matri.
monial craft. But seldom do we
hear of a case like that which we
give to our readers this morning.


A few evenings since a gay
young mechanic of this city, of
pleasing address and full of fun,
in company Of youths and mai
dens at a party in the neighbor-
hood, bantered a young lady up
on the mode and tense, otherwise
the manner and form OF the mar
riage ceremony, and in the course
of his joke, which was not by any
means intended at first to be prac-
tical, offered to submit to the or
deal, Gust for fun," if she would
consent to act the part of bride in
the ceremony. She, full of spirit,
and with the determination toshow
the laughing bevy of boys and
girls about her that she was not
one to retire and hide herself in @
confusion of bushes at the men,
ton of such a subject, declared
her readiness for the operation.-
1t needed but a decided belief on
the part of the company that both
would recoil from the undertaking
to fire the souls of the young
couple, and they forthwith pro-
ceeded to a well-known clergyman
and made known their errand.-
The about-to-be-groom and the
reverend gentleman stepped out
for a moments conversation, in
which the young lady says she
supposed the farce was explained,
and in few moments


''The knot was tied, though the bridegroom


was weak,


Yet, nevertheless, he made clear fer to speak," ?"
and they were pronounced man
and wife. But the end was not
yet--the affair at first talked over
as a good joke, began to excite
serious apprehensions, and inqui-
ries into the effect of the ceremony
revealed the fact that the parties
were, as Artemus Ward would
say, ga good deal too much mar
ried." Apretty kettle of fish. Fhe
daughter of well known and high
ly respectabfs parents, the wife of
a man she never thought of loy-
ing-the joke of moment and
the thoughtless railery of a breath,
turned into a most serious matter
and of lifelong extent. Legal
advice sought from the highest
authority but confirmed the cere-
mony and drew the cord closer
Despair, chagrin, and je ne sais q,coi
seized upon the young lady's fam
lily and friends. The youth was
appealed to


s'Like wretch o'ertaken in his track


With stolen chattels on his back;


Will hang his head in fear and shame


And to the awful presence came"


He said that he didn't mean
to do any harm, and pleaded the
schoolboy's defense-"the darned
thing had whistled, itself!''


The last resort was to the law
for divorce, and papers in due
form were drawn up praying the
courts to sever the unpleasant
bonds. This, signed by "the
high contracting parties" is now
in the hands of the Judge, and
the interested ones are waiting
anxiously to know what his decis-
ion may be. 1t is by no means
Year: 1867

WHEN TO APPLY PAINT.-Palnt
to last long, should be put on ear
ly in winter or spring, when it IS
cold and no dust flying. Paint put
on in cold weather forms a body or
coat upon the surface of the wood
that becomes hard and resists
weather, or an edge tool even, like
slate.-Ame7lcan Farmer.
Year: 1867

To MAKE A SUPERIOR YEAST
Take one dozen medium sized
Irish potatoes, boil and mash fine ;
add one cup of white sugar, and
one quart of hot water; let this
stand five to ten minutes; then
add one quart of cold water and
half pint yeast, and bottle Off
Use a half pint of this liquid yeast
for large loaf Of bread.-Ma1y-
zGnd Farmer.
Year: 1867

SORE THROAT GARGLE.--Dis-
solve a small piece of alum in sage
tea; then mix a little honey. Or
two drachms Of oak bark in six
ounces of boiling water-use the
LIQUID after it becomes cold.
Year: 1867

SIGNS OF RAIN-Just before rain, flow
ers smell stronger and sweeter, because the
vapors of the air prevent the scented parti
cles OF their perfume from ascending, as
they would in a drier atmosbhere In
stead of rising above the earth, the odor is
disseminated by the moisture. Because the
plants are stronger in fragrance just before
a fall of rain, we see horses stretch out their
necks and sniff the air in peculiar manner.
Animals arc more observing than man, and
nature speaks of them iu a silent manner.
They thus are able to prognosticate the
coming storm with unerring certainty. while
man. often stands bewiidered and lost in
doubt
Year: 1867

On the whole then, 1 am of opinion
that the provision of the act of Congress of
February 25th, 1862, declaring the notes is
sued In pursuance of that act to be lawful
money, and legal tender, Is uncohstitu-
hondl"


On the whole, then we are of opinion
such decision springs from looking at the
Constitution through the eyes of Calhoun,
and that any lawyer indoctrinated with the
heresy OF the celebrated nullifier is an un-
Pennsylvania We do not believe that the
war was fought for the purpose of estab-
fishing he theory of State rights.
Year: 1867

Some very amusing and rather tough
stories are told of the political canvass In
Kentucky. One of them is related by the
Frankfort Commonwealth 1t says "We
learn that one of the rebel Democratic can
didates for representative in this county,
in one of his speeches. recently accused his
competitor with having Furnished the Uni
ted States Government with horses to be
used in putting down the rebellion. The
accused party replied that he had contract
to furnish horses to the Government; that
he had so arranged the place and time of
their delivery as to secure their capture by
John Morgan, who was then on raid in
Kentucky.
Year: 1867

Away up among the White Mountains,
where it is said they grind the sheep s noses
before sending them out to pasture in the
morning, Reverned Doctor, from Boston,
found man on the shady side of fifty hoe
ing his living out of the barren hills. In
Producing himself, he soon succeeded in ex-
citing in the old man the Yankee propensity
to ask questions, first among which was !:
Where ye hail from p Answering that
he was from Boston, the old man of the hoe
replied: IVY, | wouldn't think ye d like
to live away off there ~
Year: 1867

The Constitutional Convention of the


State of New York is engaged in discussing
| the matter of official fees, for the purpose
of devising plan by which such items of
expense TO the people may be reduced, or if
they are paid, to have them applied to pub


Inc uses instead of allowing them o be mon
opoiized by individual officials. In view of
these facts, it is no wonder that bribery,
corruption, and every species of rascality
are resorted to in order to gain official pla-
ces. The man who obtains city or county
office In the State of New York, under ex-
isting circumstances. has struck mine
more valuable than the gold diggers of Cal
ifornia often find. Men enter offices there
comparatively poor, and emerge at the end
of term superlatively rich. This injustice
ought not to be further permitted. 1t is an
outrage upon the people to allow public
otflcer to accumulate large fortune from
his Office in the course of a tern as officials
frequently do; and it is time that official
services were paid in ratio with the sums
given for the same kind OF labor when per-
formed for individuals New York is not
the only State that suffers in this respect.
Year: 1867

i FEMALE lNGENUTY-SECRET CORES
PoNDENCE.-A young lady, newly married
being obliged to show her husband all the


letters she wrote, sent the following to an


intimate friend:


can not be satisfied, my dearest friend
blest as | am in the matrimonial state,


unless now pour into your friendly bosom,


which has ever been ip unison with mine,


the various sensations which have swollen


with the llveliest emotions of pleasure


my almost burning heart. tell you, my dear


husband is one OF the most amiable of men,


| have now been married seven weeks, and


have never found the least reason to
repent the day that joined u.s. Husband is
IN person and manners far from resembling


those ugly, cross, disagreeabie and Jealous
monsters, who think by confning to secure
wife; it has been his maxim to treat as
bosom friend and con6dant; and not as
plaything or menial slave, the woman
chosen TO be his company. Neither party
he says, should always obey implicitly
but each should yield to the other by turns.
An ancient maiden aunt, nearly seventy,
a cheerful, venerable, and pleasant old lady,
lives in the house with us-she is the de-
light of both old and young; she is ci-
vii to all the neighborhood sround,
generous and very charitable to the poor
am sure my husband loves nothing more
than he does me; he flatters me mua more
than glass, and his frequent intoxication
[ for SO must call the excess of his lovel
often makes me blush for the unworthiness
of its ol ject, and wish were more deserving |
OF the man whose name | bear To |
say all in one word, my dear, and to
crown the whole, my former gallant lover
is now my indulgent husband, my fondness
is returned. and [ might have had |
| Prince, without the felicity | find in
him. Adieu may you be blest as am un-
lble to wish that could be married more
happy.


n. B.-The key TO the above letter is to
cad the first, and then every alternate line
Year: 1867

Divorces are granted with signal rapidity
II Illinois As an evidence, the Chicago
Tribune says it b S not been many months
since a citizen, called away from the State
on business for a few weeks, found upon his
return that he had been divorced, that his
wife was re- married, that his property had
been awarded to her, and that she had
adopted as her child the young woman upon
whose fabricated testimony of adultery the
divorce had been claimed.
Year: 1867

MIR. Stanton has been removed from of


nee, but the principles he represented re.


nam. We repeat that although the Presi-
gents action is unjustifed, and likely to


nave evil results, yet on the whole the
country may gain by it, Mr. Stanton S
presence In the Cabinet may have restrain
ed the President, but did not change the
policy OF his administration. 1t was neg
ative protection. At the same time Mr..
Stanton shielded Mr. johnson from great
d deal of Indignation that Justly belonged to
working out its own destruction. Now we
are to have the lines deeply drawn. The
President has resolved upon opposing re-
construction; Congress has resolved that
the laws shall be executed, and there is no
longer power in Office to intervene We
are well satisfied to abandon Mr. Johnson's s
administration to its own devices it is use
less to longer hope that Republican in the
Cabinet could patch it up. and make it
worthy of the peoples confidence. ''Eph-
rain is joined to his idols; let him alone


We know now where we stand There is
no complaint that Mr. Stanton had not dis
charged his duties faithfully; it is plain
that he Is suspended simply because he is a
kepubican Mr.. johnson could not endure
that the Secretary of War should be resolv-
ed to execute the laws in the spni in which
they were laid down. Mr.. Stanton's S. Of
tense was that he chose to obey the laws,
even it in doing SO he disobeyed the Presi-
dent. The Senate will determine whether
his SUSPENSION was legal; and in the mean
while Mr.. Stanton has put it on record that
he has Yielded only to superior force. He
could not resist the combined authority of
the Commander in Chief of the Army and
the General of the Armv. When General
Grant agreed with the President, and sent
word to the Secretary that he bad accepted
from the President tie position. MIR. Stan
ton had no choice left Had Gen. Grant |
refused to have anything TO do with the ar
bitrary and possibly the Illegal suspension
nf an officer whose only crime has been
fidelity to his duty, Mr. Stanton might have
taken another course ASH was, resistance
would have been useless Tribune.


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Year: 1867

An insurance agent. urging citizen to
get his life insured, said: Get your life in
snred for ten thousand dollars, and then if
you die next week the widder's heart win
sing with Joy.
Year: 1867

Old Churches are sold in Philadelphia TO
minstrel troupes and devoted to opera pur-
poses. Two churches on Seventh street in
that city are now used for such amusements.
After dedicating and giving house to God,
is it religiously or even morally right to sell
it to those who devote it to Goddess objects :?
We submit this question to the considera-
tion of the churchmen engaged in this sort
of traffic. After church building has been
given to God, what right has man to sell it
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the southerh
people to be self-reliant, and shall do what We
may be able to induce the establishment OF
rnauufactories in our midst for our home pro-
6zcfs. TO this end We will pay special attention
20 the oosF and STATISTICS Of manufacturers
and exert ourselves to encourage the d'EsTsin-
cation of Southern industries and the develop
usnt Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

TIE STREET RAILWAY IN RICHMOND.
TRIBUNE


RICHMOND, Va, April 3O.-To-morrow the Street
Car Company will run four for both whites and
blacks and for ladies' The Company have only
sx care and this done after consulting with Gen Scho
field
Year: 1867

A South Carolina paper says that
sunless it shall please God to arrest
the authors of this fearful crime, in
less than four months the negro will
have supreme control in sOmo of the
oldest and most honored of the Old
Thirteen" But how long would they
keep control? Negroes will not long
hold control anywhere in this country.
The fate of Jamaica and Hayti is not to
be repeated in the United States. All
the black and white negroes will soon
lie swept into the sea
Year: 1867

All! don't be sorrowful, darling,
And don't be sorrowful, pray
Taking the year together, my dear.
There isn't more night than day.
'Tis rainy weather, my darling,
Times waves, they heavily run;
But taking the year together, my dear
There isn't more cloud than sun
We are old folks, now, my darling
Our headsare growing grey,
But taking the year all round, my DEAR
You will always find a May.
We have had our May, darling.
And our roses long ago;
And the time of the year is coming,
For the silent night of snow.
And God is God, my darling,
OF night as well as day;


And we feel and know that we can go
Wherever He leads the way,
God of the night, my darling,
Ofthc night OF death so grim,
The gate that leads out of life, good wifi
Is the gate that leads to Him.
Year: 1867

Henry Ward Beechcr has preached Il
sermon on marriage, the object of
which was to prevent his people from
marrying with persons not sound in the
religious faith Of the Puritans. That
is bad 1t will have the effect (if any
effect at ally to perpetuatc an uneasy,
misunderstanding, intolerant, back hi.
ting, self-righteous and scditious breed
of men. A community Of such men as
Beecher would be as restless as hand
full of peas in hot skillet.
Year: 1867

No notice can be taken Of Anonymous Communica
tions. Whatever is intended for Insertion In
The Home Journal must be authenticated by
the name and address Of the writcr-not nec-
cssarily for publication, but as guarantee for
good faith and responsibility.


All business letters for this Office should be ad
dressed to "The Home Journal" winchester
All communications for publication must be writ
ten on one side of the page, and with all other
matters connected with the editorial depart
ment, should be addressed: Editor OF The Home
journal, Winchester, Tenn.


We cannot, as rule, undertake to return articles
not found suitable for publication.
Year: 1867

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1S.-Ihe Morning Post
has the following special dispatch from Washington


Upon the retirement Of Dr. Leber from the office OF
Rebel Records he wrote TO Cen Grant, congratulatng
him upon his success and saying that 1t was rarely that
history devOved upon one man so many great
civil and military responsibilities. He felt 1t was possible
q greater crisis was coming than that which ended IN
Appomattox Court House, and he prayed he might be
strong enough to accept the responsibility.


letter in reply is said TO be the most Radical he
has written. In 1t he says he trusts he may have
strength to any responsibility that may devolye
upon him. No matter how solemn 1t may be, he VIII not
hesitate to accept il If the country demands 1t.
Year: 1867

If the rebel leaders would just see and bear
two things in mind, they would cease to
trouble the colored people about their votes.
First, the colored people know that they
owe their freedom to the Republican party !;
secondly, the colored people know that the
Republican party is the only source to which
they can look for future security for their
freedom, for equal rights, schools, &c. The
most uniformed of the colored people know
these facts. and they will vote accordingly.
There is no reason or common sense in sup
posing that they will vote against the Re-
publicans.


Again, if any employer should discharge
any colored man for voting as he pleases,
the property of that employer will certainly
be confscated by act Of Congress. And this
right to impose penalties or punishment for
fraud or force by employers will exist al
ways, for the plain reason that members OF
Congress are sworn to enforce the freedom OF
these people.


Again, even if the colored people, under
some strange and unaccountable impulse
should vote with the rebel leaders, or latter
day war saints, and place them in power in
these States, the latter would not be able to
restore the Union, for Congress would not
accept the work of reconstruction at theil
hands,
Year: 1867

We have the pleasure of publishing to-day
(reported by the Junior Editor,) full re-
port of Mr.. Wilson's speech, delivered in
the Capitol Square, in this City, on Tuesday
last


The speech occupied about two hours in
its delivery. The distinguished Senator,
though speaking in the open air. seemed as
fresh when he concluded as when he COM
menced, and every word he uttered was dis
tinctly heard by the large audience present.
The manner of the speech was as fine and as
effective as its matter.


We would that every citizen Of the States
lately in rebellion could read this mastery
effort. While true in every letter to the
great principles of Liberty and Union, it is
nevertheless pervaded by spirit of liberality
and kindness which must commend it to
all thoughtful, air.minded persons


No comments on the speech are necessary.
Let every one into whose hands this paper
may fall read the speech carefully, and then
hand it to his neighbor.
Year: 1867

We still have on hand some copies of Mr..
Pools Address.


This great document should have wide
circulation We will mail copies to friends
free of charge. Every citizen should read
this Address.