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Year: 1866




Well hath the poet said that Death,
With ghastly mien and his chilling breath,
With his icy hand and his heart of stone,
Hath every season for his own.
There's no escape from his poisoned dart
Twill pierce in its flight each throboing


heart;


Fen nov the bow and the string are set,
And the shaft is aimed at the Househ old
Pet.


She struggles now with the monster grim ;
Her cheeks grow pale and her eyes grow
dim;


Her sttenuate form is racked with pain,
And efforts to save seem all in vain;
They are in vsin-she is going fast;
Her form is chill-ehe has bresthed her last,
'Tis solemn fate, but it must be met
Fen by the little Household Pet.
She is gone we never shall see her more,
In her childish sports, as oft before;
No more shall look in her sparkling eye,
No more shall list to her sweet bye-bye;
The soul has gone to its rest sfar,
Perchance to dwell on some distant star;
Of all she was, naught remaineth yet.
Bat the dust Of the Household Pet.
She has gone from earth with its pain and
care;


She's safe in a realm that is bright and
fair


And It's cheering to us who linger here
To know that her way to heaven was clear !;
But yet it is hard to give her up,
And the hand is slow to take the cup,
And hearts arc bleeding and eyes are wet,
For the little, playful Household Pet.
Adieu sweet child it is thine to 60
And ours to remain a while below
Ours to lament that thou art dead,
And strew with flowers thy grassy bed;
But while we grieve, twill be sweet to know
That our heavenly Father ordered SO;
And that, how deep may be our regret,
i: is well with the little Household Pet.
Year: 1866

NEVER KNOCK UNDER.-No, never.
Always rally your forces for another aud
more desperate assault upon adver.ity.-
If calumny assails you, and the world
as it is apt to do in such cases, takes part
With your traducers, don't turn moody
aud misanthropic, OF worse still, seek to
drown your unhappiness in dissipation.-
Bide your time. Discover the SANDER if
you can if not, live it down. If pow
erty comes upon you like thief in the
night-what then Let it rouse you, as
the presence of real thief would do to
energetic action. No matter how deeply
you may have got into hot water-alvays
provide that you did not help the Father
of Lies to hate your case, if you are made
of the right kind of stuff, it is not des-
perate, for it is in accord with the divine
order and sweep of things that life should
have no difficulties which an honest, de-
termiued man, with Heavens help, cannot
surmount.


sg-Thsre is boy down East who is
accustomed to go out Oh railroad track
and initiate the steam whistle SO perfectly
as to deceive the officer at the station
His last attempt proved eminently sue
cessful the depot master came out and
switched him off,"
Year: 1866

Ia Many cotton bales arriving in New
York have to be overhauled, dirt and
stained cotton thrown out, and then re-
baled. The other day two labOrers in
discharge Of this duty found in one of
the bales twenty seven thousand dollars
in gold. Both seller and purchaser claim
the spoil, and the law is like to get the
oyster, and the other the shells.
Year: 1866

THE RIGHT SPIR1r-The white people of
Marion, in Perry County, Alabama, recently
held meeting, in which they spoke kindly
of their former slaves, and expressed adesire
to assist them in educating their children.
Recently the colored people held meeting
in the Baptist Church in Marion, to respond
to the wise action, and passed the following
resolutions:


Whereas, The white citizens Of this COM
munity, our former masters, have by, a series
of resolutions expressed their appreciation Of
our feeble attempts made for the education
of our children, and also their willingness to
extend helping hand to us


Resolued, That while we cannot but rejoice
at our liberation from slavery, We hold none
but the most pleasant feelings toward our
former owners, and rejoice that feeling Of
kindness and willingness to help us is mani
tested by them.


Resoicsd, That as we believe we must re-
main part of the population Of this country.
it is incumbent or us to cultivate kindly re-
lations between the white and colored people,
and it is also an imperative duty laid upon us
to cultivate our minds and to educate our
children.


Resosued, That committee of seven be
appointed to confer with the gentlemen Of
the other committee, and perfect such ar
rangements as they believe will work for the
improvement of our race, and we pledge our.
selves to support them with all the means in
Cur power.
Year: 1866

When T am old-and, oh how soon
Will life's sweet morning yield to noon,
And noon's broad, fervid, earnest light
Be shrouded in the solemn night,
: Till like e story well-nigh told


Will seem my life when am old!
When I am old, this breezy earth
Will lose for me its voice of mirth;
The streams will have an under-tone
Of sadness, not by right their own,
And springs sweet power in vain unfold
It's rosy charms when am old.
When am old, I shall not care
To deck with flowers my faded hair;
Twill be no vain desire Of nina,
In rich and costly dress to shine;
Bright jewels and the brightest gold
Will charm me not when am old.
When I am old, my friends will be
Old and infrm, and bowed like me;
Or else, their bodies meath the sod,
Their spirits dwelling safe with God;
The old church bell will then have tolled
Above their rest when am old.
When am old, I'd rather bend
Thus sadly Ger each buried friend,
Than see them lose the earnest truth
Thatmarks the friendship of our youth;
Twill be so sad to have them .cold,
Or strange to me, when I am old.
Year: 1866

FANCY DANcEs.-If we ever have any chill
dren we will teach them to dance fancy dan
ces, to the neglect of their catechism. Not
that they will enjoy the hopping around, first
on one foot and then on the other, then on
both; but they will have good chance to
hug other folks wives and sweethearts
This is the secret of the dancing. No one
could object then bnsif a fellow was to sit
by the side of his own wife, even in ball
room, and hug her half as hard-wel, wouldn't
there be remarks? Guess not. 1--WE speak
ironicalIy.) Talk about going to pic.nics,
sparkling by moonlight, sitting en- the stoop
Sunday evening, aud stealing a kiss every
time star shoots, (that's the incest game,
sIeigh-ridiDg by TIE side of rosy checked
girl, or eating happiness with a gold spoon
all, all these sink into insigniticance when
fancy dancing comes on. But then if fel-
low don't know how, and takes to a party
girl that does and if he has to sit on cold
bench and see another fellow doing the sweet
hugging of that angelic creature that he paid
his ticket to, it's awful Just to sit and see
another's arms where yours should be; her
head where it should not be-and, we'll, don't
take girl to fancy dancing party unless
you know the ropes.
Year: 1866

II Recent news received from ieAas
gives an unfavorable report of the cotton crop
in that State. It is estimated there Will not
be more than one-fourth of a crop made. Ine
worms are threatening their usual ravages
Year: 1866

Some persons pride themselves on being
blunt, or, as they callit, "honest;' but very
blunt people do little good to others aud
get little love to themselves The Scrip
lures recommend gentleness and kindness.
There is nothing in all this world Of ours
half so mean as vindictive and malignant
disposition. Yei many Christians crafty
this spirit, and deceive themselves with the
idea that they are rebuking sin. Chris
tians should take heed of getting fond of
the work of ''rebuking" Such spiritual
constables" do great deal Of mischief
without intending it. They are in Church
what very witty and sarcastic person is in
society. or what a telltale is in school; and
approximate very closely to that class which
the apostles term "busy in other
mems matters Such Christians come in
time to be regarded as nuisances in society,
constantly to be avoided. and the little
good they may do is thrown away. Our
manner must defender and winning. The
nail of reproof, saysan old writer, must be
we'll oiled IN kindness before it is driven
home.-[ Boston Recorder.
Year: 1866

A clergyman called on poor parishion-
CIR, whom he found bitterly lamenting the
loss of an only son, a boy of about four or
five years Old. In the hope of consoling
the afflicted woman he remarked to her
that lone so young could not have COM
mitted any very grievous sin; and that no
doubt the child was gone to heaven
"Ah, cir" said the simple hearted creature,
"but Tommy was SO shy-and they are all
strangers there -
Year: 1866

Presentations are getting common
The Captain of canal boat out West has
just been presented with service of five
years in the penitentiary, in consideration
Of the distinguished ability with which he
pluudered passenger, and kicked him
overheard.
Year: 1866

On the ID instant, at large meeting of
Union soldiers, held at Oakland, Allegany
county, Md, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:


ReS0lUed, That by no word or act has
Andrew johnson forfeited his claim upon
the confidence of the Union-loving people
of the land. His firmness in opposing the
heresy of secession will, we hope, be equal
ed by his firmness in opposing the insane
measures advocated by such sectionalists
as Sumner and Stevens which can have no
other tendency than to ALLEVIATE the people
of the country, and revive those sectional
animosities which brought on the war.


ReSOloed, That his opposition to negro
suffrage meets with our entire appreciation,
and we pledge ourselves to support no
man for any position, either high or low,
who has favored, does favor, or whom we
believe will ever favor, negro suffrage in the
District of Columbia or any other portion
Of the United States. 81"


ReSolued, That we respect and honor
President johnson for the gratitude he has
so often expressed for the service rendered
by the white soldiers; believing as we do
(and as certain Senators do not) that all
the honor, all the credit. all the substantial
tokens OF gratitude should not be given to
the negro soldiers to the exclusion of the
white soldiers.
Year: 1866

Two young man were lost in Mammoth
Cave few days ago, and at last accounts had not
been heard Of They became separated from O
party with which they were visiting the cave.
They were last seen near a steep bank, down
which II Is feared they have fallen.
Year: 1866

The reconstructed rebels and Northern Demo
erats very anxious that the eleven seeded States
should be at once represented in Congress If they
were they would have % Senators and 81 Represen-
tatives-thus enabling oe-ssue1h of the population
of the United States TO control oaeird Of its leg


slstive powers before the rebellion and this con-
troll would be used for the destruction of the Gov
eminent. These States only come back to the doors
Of the old Union, knocking for admittance after
they had been soundly thrashed. They are not even
protesting 10 be in favor Of the Union. If they
could they boldly avow that they would revive the
exploded Confederacy at once-they would provoke
war with England or France, hoping thereby to
Secure their independence. They have no regrets
for having brought on the rebellion, and say they
would 30 the same thing over, under like crcum-
stances. They are in word, more malicious now
than they were at the time of Lees surrender. and
as omalevolent and disloyal as they were in 1861
Phs is especially of the leaders and politician
They were four dreadful years afoa upon the angry


sea Of rebellion, working like pirates to destroy the
Ship of State and if the present Congress does it's
duty to them and the country, they will hold
them at quarantine for at least four years more or
until they send up TO Washington men who can
take the required oath. Tennessee has done that,
and she is the only rebel State that has In her
delegation there may be one or t0o exceptions
Year: 1866

Not few Of the disorders that affect mankind arise
from the corruption that accuuaes IN the blood or all the
dis GOVERNS that have heen made II
equal HELWsOL COaroUHD EXTRACT S1RsArARL
II cl-ause and the blood Ills the hea
the system, and the humors which make dis
1t stimulates the healthy functions of the body, and
pes the disorders that and ranke in the blood Sui


remedy that could be relied has long been sought for
and for the st time the public have which ihe
depend Our does admit of certificates
show its Effects but the trial Of sing bottle will show the


sick that has virtues surprising anything they have
taken


Two Iespoonful Of the Extract of Sarsapara added
pint of equal the Lisbon Diet Drink and botl
fully equal gallon Of the Syrup Of Sar,apara, the
decocons usually made.
Year: 1866

From the Springfield Mass Republican.


Parents Of ambitiour boys complain
that the new muscular movements are
cngrossing too much time and money;
that the fondness for contest with ball
and oar is becoming too much of a
passion with many of our young folks,
leaving them little energy or disposi-
tion for moro serious duties. Such is
the American habit. Everything we
take up We run into the ground at last.
Even in our religion we advance by
spasrns Of excitement, with long inter
walls of inaction and indifference be-
tween, and it is not strange that we
carry the same habit into our amuse-
menls. Nevertheless, it is an evil, and
we can do better if VIC try,


Boating and ball playing are capital
recreation, good for the muscle and di-
gestion, and indirectly promotivo of
moral as well as physical health. 1t is
well to encourage them, and to en-:
courage them, and to furnish ouryoung
men with facilities for engaging in
them. But they should be u relief
from study or business, not a substi-
tuto for either. When they absorb tho
time and means thai arc needed for
the real work of life, and fill the
thoughts to the exclusion of proper at
tention to that work, they arc an evil.
And this is precisely the present dan
ger. The professionals in these popu.
lar sports can of course afford to make
them a business, and to become exclu-
slvely devoted TO them Not so our
amateurs. They have their text books,
their ledgers or their trades to attend
to, and if they devote to the ball or
anything beyond their intervals Of
leisure, and allow themselves to be so
much interested in the recreations as to
neglect the substantial work of life,
they do themselves a serious injury.
An occasional friendly contest on the
water or the ball ground may be
very useful. Too cften repeated, and
accompanied with betting and its un-
healthy excitements, they become de.
moraizing, besides involving loss of
time and money.


These things are said in the interest
of the noble muscular exercises, not
against them, We should be glad to sec
them pcrpotnated, and a constant inter-
est maintainedin them. For this reason
we urge their legitimate use. Let our
young men cultivate moderation as
well as muscle in their sports. They
will enjoy them all the bettor and ro-
tain their interest In them the longer
If they are INDUCED in to excess, they
will soon weary and will be abandoned
altogether. The secret of the true en-.
'ioyment of life is to combine in their
just proportions work and play, the Sc
rious and the lively, the permanent
and the transient, and SO cultivate ev-
cry fac ilty of body, mind and heart in
strong and harmonious development.
Year: 1866

Ny method to keep sweet potatoes is
to air dry sand by spreading it on
boards or broad walk, dig the po.
tatocs in the morning and pick them
in the afternoon before the dew falls,
throwing out all the bruised ones. |
pack them in flour barrels-frst coat
Of sand then Il layer of potatoes 50 that
the sand would fill the interstices. Ii
tho sand is too dry, as when dried in
kiln, it will shriyel the potatoes, ]
had a room on the south side of my
dining room that l kept the potatoes ia
after packing them in the barrels. The
heat from the coal stove in tho dining
room was all that was given them, and
1 did not lose two dozen potatoes out
Of eight barrels. have found them as
sound in the sand as when dug in the
fall. The outside dampness should be
we'll dried off the potatoes. | felt my
self amply paid by the treat they gave
through tho winter. Cold fall rains
on cold, damp sand makes the potatoes
lose their sweetness.-C Country Gen
Heman.
Year: 1866

The Chicago Journal says that the
facts about the late frosts, as regards
their effect on the corn in Illinois, may
be briefly summed up thus: In the
Southern part of the State no damage
has been done to the crop; in the CEN
trail part tho damage has been but
slight and to the Northern part the
damage has been great, probably de-
stroylng, in the aggregate, about one
third of the crop.
Year: 1866

A considerable number Of wealthy
former slave7owners have arrived at
Washington from the South, with the
intention of taking up their residence
north OF the Potomac. They repre-
sentthat the change in their labor sys-
tens and. the unsettled state of society
at the South since the war, promiseto to
make the section an undesirable place
to live for some years to come, and
that great numbers of the class to
which they belong are selling or leas-
ing their plantations and moving
away.
Year: 1866

Few people know how to prepare
uncooked tomatoes in the way adopted
in my family, and incomparably bet
ter than any mode | have ever tasted.
BY this mode they arc very desirable
for supper or breakfast. For Il family
of half dozen persons, take six eggs,
boil four of them hard, dissolve the
yolks with vinegar sufficient, add about
three teaspoons of mustard and mash
us soon as possible; then add the two
remaining eggs (raw) yolk and white,
stir we'll; then add salad oil to make
altogether sauce sufficient to cover the
tomatoes well; add plenty of salt and
cayenne pepper, and beat thoroughly
until it frosts. Skin and cut the toma-
toes full fourth Of an inch thick, and
pour the sauce over, you have dish
fit for n President.


Though q little troublesome to pre-.
pare, yet if once eaten by people who
are blessed with palates to enjoy good
things, they will be pronounced to be
far superior to any other mode of
preparation. We use them constantly
in this way for these meals, For din
ner they are best stewed, but they
should always be strained before send.
ing to tabIe.-GermantOwn Telegraph,
Year: 1866

GoNE-ro RETURN AsAIS DIR }. S


GIBSON the unexceIled artist ard natural


genius has left US During bis four wears
stay amongst us he has proved what
energy and industry combined with excel


lent taste and mechanical genius can
achieve. To the Dr's energy and perse.
yerauee we are indebted fol the introduce
tion Of those beautiful oil paintings which
adorned the walls Of his interesting cal


lery We have the best Of reasons for
saving that the DIR. Was able to lay by
for his interesting little family the snug
SUN Of 81 600. We are pleased TO know
that lie was SO well appreciated. We as
sure ever, body who may have any dealing
with the DR.. tha. they will find him as We
have manly. gentlemanly, generous firm,
frank, punctual. energetic and honest. As
| soon as he announced his intention OF
leaving US. his gallery was thronged to
oveIf1owing BY customers who came to
have .ttw mas'e photographs or another
life size picture of some kind friend We
are happy to learn however that the Dr.


ls not going to leave US permanently, but
| that lie returns again after few months
sojourn in Milwaukee to engage ia the
dental profession for which bis talent ex-
cells that which he exhibits in the picture
line. We say this from plugging which
We have seen him do, and what we have
head those say who know. He has had
constant calls III this line, to which he
could not possibly respond, owing 20 the
press Of his other business. We are also
informed that he has accepted over twenty
ichs OF making and refitting plate teeth
He informs us that his time in Milwaukee
will be spent chiefly in examining late i'm
provements and new work, tor the natural


turn Of DR.. GIBsoN will never permit him


to be second TO any man While we .aks
onr leave from him therefore we con.
graduate ourselves upon tie hope o.


meeting him again soon in his old pro


fession EE
Year: 1866

COOP TEMPLARs-The order Of Good
TempIars has been revived in this town,
and Lodge established which NUN bers
many ladies and gentlemen Mr. Hume,
of the Chiffon IImes is informed that bis
visits to Mani owoc will no, be as accepts
able hereafter as formerly, for many of his
friends who loved the bowl have Joined
the order, and do not wish affinity with
those who would oe liable to tempt them
from the path Of temperance. morality.
and virtue Should be choose to reform,
however, we will guarantee him brotherly
welcome
Year: 1866

ES- In last weeks Pilot we jested a
little in reference to our friends Captains
RANKIN and VANVALEENBURGH, who by
the evidence Of Two Republican papers,
had been unsuccessful in their Southern
speculalions. OF course every person OF
sense took the article for what it WAS in
tended-a joke; but the nincompoop OF
the Tribune whines over it as serious
matter, and talks as though both Captains
were fools, which We assure it is not the
fact.
Year: 1866

A wealthy old farmer was Absalom Lee,
He had but one daughter, the mischievous


Kitty;
So fair and good and so gentle was she,
That lovers came wooing from country


and city.
The first and boldest to ask for her hand,
Was trimly-dressed dandy, who wor-


shipped her tin;
She replied with smile he could we'll un-


derstand,
"That she'd marry no ape for the sake OF


his skim
The next was merchant, from business re-
tired,
Rich, gouty and gruff-a presuming old
Young Kitty's form and sweet face he adj
And thought to himself " 1 can easily win
her.
So he showed her his palace, and made
bluff bow,
And said she might live there; but wick
edly then,
Kitty told him she had long ago made
rash VOW,
"Not to marry bear for the sake of his
den!"
A miser next came he was fearless and bold
In claiming his right to Kitty's affection;
He said she'd not want for home while his
gold
Could pay for cabin to give his pro-
lection;
Half-vexed at his boldness, but calm in a
trice,
She courtesied, and thanked him, and
blushingly then
Demurely repeated her sage aunt's advice,
Not to marry hog for the sake of his
pen!'
The next was farmer, young, bashful and
shy;
He feared the bold wooers who came from
the city;
But the flush on his cheek and the light in
his eye,
Soon kindled flame in the bosom of
Kitty.
Ny life will be one of hard labor" he said;
'But darling, come share it with me, if
you can -
az suppose" she replied, gaily tossing her
head,
"I must marry the farm for the sake of
the mani"
Year: 1866

A cavalier rode by cottager's door,
And a maiden sat thereby,
The cavalier bowed to his saddle full low,
And the maiden winked her eye;
And years rolled on, and the maiden worked
By her door, and still would think
Of the cavaliers bow, and the knight he


thought


For aye on the maiden's wink.
And years rolled on, and the maiden heard
No more of the courteous knight
But, perchance, he called on her name and


thought


Of her wink, as he died in fight.
But the maiden lived the merriest life,
For the Doctor he came one day,
And she winked at him with her arch blue


eye,


And he married her straight away!
Year: 1866

A Resolution requesting the President of the


United States to recommend Day of Public


Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer.


Resolved by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That joint committee of
both Houses wait on the President of the United
States and request that he recommend day of
public humiliation, prayer and fasting, to be OBJ
served by the people of the United States with
religious solemnity, and the offering of fervent
supplcations to Almighty God for the safety and
welfare of these States, His blessings ON their
arms, and speedy restoration of peace


Approved, August 5, 1861.