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Year: 1867

A Masonic cotemporary says:


ga candidate for the honors OF Ma
sonry presents his petition. The com
mittee, at the end Of the month, instead
Of making their report, ask to have theii
time extended for six months At the
end Of that time, the candidate not con-
Quoting himself as becomes man aspir-
ing TO such honOrs, q motion Is made to
have the petition withdrawn. Now, Is
that Masonic? After petition Is once
presented. can it be withdrawn, the com
mittee never reporting either favorable
or unisvOEable?


mo time can regularly be given a
committee extending beyond the next
stated meeting. II unprepared to report
they NAV ask further time until the
next stated meeting,' and this may be
repeated as frequently as the Lodge
deems II proper to grant the extension.


" As to Withdrawing a petition, differ
ent Grand Lodges have different rules.
In Kentucky it may be withdrawn by
unanimous vote. We are not aware OF
the rule in Ohio, but in principle we are
clearly of opinion it ought not to be
withdrawn
Year: 1867

The following eloquent passage is from


the pen OF Albert Barnes:


A whole family in heaven Who can
picture or describe the everlasting joy
| No one absent. Nor father, nor mother,
nor son, nor daughter are away. In the


world 5elOy, they were united in faith,
and love, and peace, snd joy. In the
morning Of the resurrection they ascend
| together. Before the throne they bow
/ together in united alteration. On the
| banks of the River Of Life they walk
hand in hand, aud as family nave COM


menced a career of glory which shall be
everlasting There is hereafter to be no


separation in that family. Nopne is to
lie down on bed Of pain. No one to
wander into the arms of death. Never


in heaven is that family to move along


in tine slow procession, clad in the ha-
bilaments of woe, TO consign enc OF It's


members to the tomb. God grant that


in his mercy every family may be thus
united. r.... . g.
Year: 1867

A cottage residence Of ten rooms, with lot
60xIU0, in the citv Of Chicago, III, only three
guar ers of a mile from the heart OF the city
and within one b ocz Of the street railroad in
tersecting every part Of the city, Valued al
f5EnO
Year: 1867

Who ever became a man of influence
by sitting under the harrow of despon-
dency? What idle man ever benefited
the world, his friends or himself? There
is nothing like action coupled with cheer
fulness. We see it everywhere. Who
is he sitting on the empty barrel OIL the
wharf? A man with no energy-a prey
to grief. Who is that man with folded
arms, standing in the market place? A
lazy, do-little sort of a vagabond, who
hardly earns his bread and butter. Do
you wish not to become such character?
Then arouse yourself! away from the
armchair! up from the gutter! out from
the downy bed Move your arms, kick
your feet and stir about; give youI blood
a chance to circulate through your veins,
and the air of heaven chance to cir
culate through your lungs. Seize the
first job presented and dispatch it at once,
up for your pay, and get another forth
with, you will earn enough to pay for a
wheel-barrow, a hand-cart, and then you
will begin to live. Who knows what
you may become? Energy is half omnip-
otent. Small beginnings end in large
gains. A penny we'll turned begins a
fortune. Resolve then to do something,
and you will bless US to your dying day
for preaching thus faithfully to you.
Year: 1867

The Galveston Texas says: "God
uses a good many ugly tools to dig up the
stumps, and burn the forests and drain
the swamps of a howling Wilderness
lie has used this old Egyptian plow of
slavery to turn over the sod of these 1if-
teen Southern States. Its sin consisted
in not dying decently when its work was
done. 1t strove to live and make all the
new world likeit. Its leaders avowed that
their object was to put this delt of the con-
tinent under the control of an aristocracy
which believes that one-fifth of the race
was born booted and spurred and the
other four-ffths ready saddled for that
fifth to ride. The war was one of free
dom and democracy against the ipstitu-
ton that rests on classes. 1t will take
ten years forthis country to shed the tears
of such struggle. The state of society
at the South that produced the war, will
remain and trouble the land until free
dom and democracy and the system of
the nineteenth century takes its place.
Only thus can we grapple the Union to-
gether with hooks of steel and make it
as lasting as the granite that underlies
the continent.
Year: 1867

DURING steam voyage, on a sudden
stoppage of the machinery, considerable
alarm took place, especially among the
female passengers. "What is the matter?
What Is the matter? For heavens sake
anxious than the rest, After a short
pause a hoarse voice from the deck re-
piled: Nothing, madam, nothing only
the bottom of the vessel and the top OF
the earth are stuck together
Year: 1867

Coleridge was such slave to liquor
that he had to be kept an unwilling pris-
oner, by Christopher North, on an occa-
sion when some literary performance had
to be completed by a certain time, and
on that very day, without even taking
leave Of any member of the family, "he
ran off at full speed down the avenue at
Ellerary, and was soon hidden, not In
the groves Of the valley, but in some OBJ
scene den, where, drinking among low
companions, his magnificent mind was
soon brought 10 a level with the vilest of
the vile" When his spree was over, he
would return to the society of decent
men.


De Quincy was such slave to the use
Of opium, that his daily allowance was
OF more importance than eating. IAN
ounce Of laudanum a day prostrated ami
NAL life during the forenoon. 1t was no
unfrequent sight to see him asleep on the
rug before the fire in his own room, his
head on book. his arm crossed on his
breast. When this torpor from the opium
had passed away, he was ready for COM
pany about daylight. In order TO show
him off, his friends had to arrange their
supper parties so that, sitting until three
or four in the morning, he might be
brought TO that point at which, in charm
and power of conversation, lie was so
truly wonderful"


Burns was not less drunkard than
Colcridge. 1t was the weakness of
Charles Lamb. AAdwho can remember
the last day Of Poe without an sirrepres-
sible regret ? He who was on the way to
marry confiding woman, stopped in
| Baltimore, and was found by gentle
| man who knew him, in q state of beast
ly intoxication, unconscious as log, and
! died in the rawlings of delirium tremens.
! Douglas Jerrold was devotee of gin
| Byron was tippler, and his vile Don
| Juan was written under the inspiration
! of rum.


| Steele. the brilliant author OF the
Christian Hero, was a beastly drunkard.
! Men wrote of him that very often he


would dress himself, kiss his wife and
| children, tell them lie about his press
| ing engagements, heel it over to grog-
! gerry called 1.-The Store" and have revcl


with his bottle companions. Rollin say.
| of Alexander the Great, that the true
| poison which brought him TO his end


was wine.


The Empress Elizabeth, OF Russia, wa.


completely brutified with strong liquors


She was often in such state of bacchic


ecstacy during the day, that she could


not be dressed in the morning, and heI


attendants would loosely attach some


robes, which few clips of the scissors


would discngage in the evening.
Year: 1867

The Nashville Union and Dispatch gives
the following concerning the washing away
of the great Bridgeport bridge over the Ten.
nessee.


A dispatch from Decatur dated yesterday
morning, stated that the four spans of the
Bridgeport bridge which had been swept
away the morning previous, had just passed
through the bridge at the foI mer place. An
effort was made to try and SECURE them, but
the boat which made the attempt came near
being swamped. Nothing had been heard
from the poor fellow who.was swept,into the
river simultaneously with the missing spans
He was watchman on the bridge, and as
water was getting high, was repeatedly
urged to leave the structure to its fate, as |,
was bound to go with the madly rushing cur.
rent. But no, he would not desert his post
He kept persistently on clearing away th.
drift and debris, and leaving nothing undont
which could be made available in saving the
the bridge. While thus heroically employed
the four spans, on one of which he was stand.


ing, suddenly gave way, and with them tn,
daring Kirkpatrick (that was his name) wa
plunged underneath, and swept along tn,
foaming food.
Year: 1867

Tns SuErRAor IN TRsNkssEE.-We take
the following from Republican journal,
AS an evidence Of the justice and wisdom Of
the new order OF things, under Radical rule
in Tennessee


IA firm in Nashville-one Of the largest
and most respectable mercantile houses in
the West, paying annually many thousand
dollars for ,axes-bas, including clerks, six
persons employed in the concern beside the
porter who Is a negro. The latter Is now
the only one of the whole concern who Is
allowed 10 vote under tho present Brownlow
Constitution. The point Of the joke Is, that
the negro was the bitterest rebel Of them
oil, and was AN officers servant in the late
rebel army, and when fighting by his mas
ter's side he was the third man over the
ramparts Of Fort Pillow, where no fell like
an avenging thunderbot upon the negroes
who SO gallantly surrendered that strog-
hold"
Year: 1867

The following from the Richmond Exam
iner, may possibly have some application In
this latitude:


There is class OF men OF peculiar habits
in every community, not only In the popu-
lous city, but in the peaceful and quiet coun-
try village, whose hearts are open 10 gene
rous impulses, and whose minds are not un-
frequently endowed with genius, at whom
the Pharisee points the finger of scofn, aud
for whose short comings and failings society
in general has but little sympathy. We al
lude to the habitual spreer-the man who
getteth up betimes In the morning and cock
taileth, and repeateih the dose an indefinite
number Of times, until his brain whirleth,
his legs refuseth their Office, and he siukcth
down on the soft side Of the pavement a
helpless victim TO the wiles of Bourbon or
needle-gun whisky, as the case may be-
Such men often keep sober for many weeks
and then, under the influence Of the times
fancied misfortune, or well filled purse,
think they may venture TO take one drink
1t will dispel care, raise the spirits, and set
them on their feet again. The drink is taken,
and this drink begetteth an appetite for an
other. The spirits begin to rise, an happy
feeling Of prosperity warns up the heart
The devotee Of John Barleycorn has CON-
menced his practice at the bar in earnest. A
party Of jolly fellows come in and he treats,
and is treated in return. His little pile Of
currency becomes small by degrees and beau
tifully less. SO long as il lasts he is gene
rous, and never lacks for "a friend to join
him in drink. Finally his legs begin to
get drunk, hut his brain Is clear. He knows
what be is about and will stop when he has
got enough. Another drink, and another,
until search OF the innermost rccesscs OF
his pocket fails TO bring to light another
dime. He asks the barkecper for credit
ave don't do business in that way" Is the
ready reply. By that time he is pretty
drunk all over, staggers out, and falling into
some friendly doorway, sinks into the arms
of "natures sweet restorer, balmy Sleep
If he happens to escape the notice of tire
vigilant policeman, he awakes at late hour
Of The night, minus hat and shoes, which
have been taken possession of by some way
farer, whose necessities doubtless drove him
to the act Hatless and shoeless he goes Ia
his lodgings, and after a troubled sleep wakes
up with q burning thirst. He has no money
but must have drink and he gets 1t. In
fact, a man,c manage by shrewd engineer.
ls
Year: 1867

smile. God bad saoed him. All hearts were
happy.


The next day was Thanksgiving day.
The people sent many little presents to Mr.
Singer and his family. In the evening Elias
mothen called her up and said, "My child
do you know that the stocking you knit was
the means Of saving your fathers life p
You cried because wanted you 10 work a
little. Neither you nor knew then what
your work would eventually do. How glad
am that you obeyed me know you are
very thankful for what you have done. I
hope that you and all the girls and boys in
this great world will always do willingly
what their parents tell them. Such work
may save the life Of somebody whom they
love-"
Year: 1867

A stranger in printing Office asked the
youngest apprentice what was his rule OF
punctuation. al set up as long as can
hold my breath, then pat acommon WIEN
cape insert a semi-colon; and when want
chew Of tobacco, ! make q paragraph.
Year: 1867




GENTLEMEN Yours OF the 3Oth ult.
informing me of my unanimous nomina-
ton as the Candidate of the Democrats
and Conservatives of this Senatorial Dis
triot, and asking my views of the pOliti-
cal issues of the day, came during my ad-
sence from home which must be my ex-
cuse for not giving it earlier attention.


As you are doubtless aware 1 have
been identified with the Republican par
ty from its origin to a very recent period,
and no one need be assured that it is not
a pleasant thing to sever such cOnnec-
ton.


Becoming tbroughly convinced, how
ever, as I did, that the elements in that
party which must ultimately control its
organization, would use its power not for
the good but to the detriment of the
best interests of the Country, the issue
between country and party was fairly
presented and under such circumstances
no good citizen can hesitate to give up
any party however strong his party ties.


The reason my Republican friends
olung to their party still, was not that
they were less patriotic but they did not
see things as I saw them, for have alb
solute faith in the patriotic intentions Of
the mass of my fellow citizens.


Professional politicians who live by
Office may be a partial exception, but
that man is either fool or knave or a
sad compound of both who will charge
great masses of his fellow citizens with
anything but a desire for the permanent
good of their country.


I certainly do not propose to initiate
the example of those bowling Dervishes
who roam about the country seeking the
public confidence by claiming exclusive
and pre-eminent patriotism themselves
while denouncing everybody else as
traitors and knaves.


My Republican friends contended that
the unlawful acts which so alarmed me
we're only occasional Outbursts of ez-
citement, or perhaps necessary stretches
of power for legitimate ends and not, as
they seemed to me, the result Of the de-
liberate purpose of determined men who
we're resolved to retain power at whatever
cost to the Union, Liberty and Law.


They pointed me to the solemn pledges
contained in the Crittenden Resolutions,
which in an hour of peril both parties
through their Representative in Congress
gave to the country and the world, which
pledges we're reaffrmed in the conven-
tions, addresses and publications of all
parties, and to Mr.. Lincoln,s oft repeat
ed and solemn declarations, that the war
and all things done in its prosecution
should look solely to the end Of main
taiDing the Constitution and preserving
the Union.
Year: 1867

Now let me in all earnestness and
kindIiness put this proposition to my Re
publican friends: If at the time we
parted company you could have forseen
that in three short years, Stevens, Sum
ner and Wade and their colaborers
would have compelled the whole party
in Congress for the sole and avowed pur-
pose of maintaining party power to re-
pudiate the Constitution, as Mr.. Stevens
in his recent letter boldly declares they
did. declare the Union dissolved and ten
states but conqured provinces entirely
outside the pale of the constitution to be
governed by military dictators, thus
tearing ten stars from the constellation
on our banner of glory and Of beauty !;
and then that they would deliberately
tur those ten States over to the exclu-
sive control Of Africans just freed from
slavery-let me ask you my friends
would you not have shrunk with horror
from such prospect.


For myself I can freely say that in all
my fears and apprehensionsIneverd dream
ed that such a monstrous proposition
could be conceived by the heart Of
man.


And these men like Senator Wade
seek to withdraw your attention from
the naked monstrosity Of this PROPOSE
ton by talking about what some Demo
crat said before the war, apparently for
getting that many of their leaders and
Wade among them, when the Southern
Senators were hesitating and shrinking
from secession, assured them they had
right to secede and the Government had
no right to compel them to remain in
the Union against their will These
instigators Of secession themselves
now have the brazen impudonce to
call every man traitor who opposes
their mad scheme although he fought
through the whole war and is covered
all over with sears.


And then they talk about manhood
spfraoe as if it were manhood suffrage
to take the vote from the white man and
give it to the negro. Now if Gen.
Grant was mistaken when after tour
through the South in a formal report in
tended for the information of the Prcsi-
deut, Congress and the people, be stat
cd that the whole people Of the South
Year: 1867

is brief period of time, and there are
but few persons in our county, perhaps,
who do not anticipate living at least so
long Calculate for yourself reader,
and satisfy your own mind that we make
no mistake. Almost one-thiFd Of all
the property in Belmont County, would
be now required to pay our proportion
of the public debt, to say nothing of
our Country Indebtedness for Turnpikes,
etc. If the Radical party has absorbed
third Of your property, are you GO
ing to continue the leaders Of that party
in Office, until they have baukrupted
yOuP-AnsWer at the ballot boxes on
the Second Tuesday Of October !-St.


UaiTsUine Gazette.
Year: 1867

The whole legislation of Congress for
the last five years on the Tariff has been
devised by New England men in the in
terest of New England Manufacturers,
so that while the people Of the West are
oppressed with burdens of every kind,
these New England Manufacturers have
been declaring unheard of dividends
sometimes as high as one hundred per
cent.
Year: 1867

THINK of it, white men of Belmont
County In just twelve years, at the
rate Of expenditures now praetieed BY
the party in power, you will not own
dollar The Government will have ab.
sOrbed all your real and personal proper
ty to pay the expenses Of the negro
bureaus and the army in the South for
the purpose of making voters Of the me-
groes in the Southern States, so that the
Radicals may retain the Offices Of the
country.
Year: 1867




ROLLING GR4IN.-The practice OF
rolling grain in the spring is not as gen.
eral as it ought to be. Now and then
the winter and early spring have been
so favorable to the crop as not to make
rolling necessary. But in three seasons
out of four it is necessary, and doubtless
adds considerable to the productiveness
of the. crop. The thawings and freezings
1.-THE ground. throwing or spewing out
the roots and exposing them to the dry.
ing winds Of March, very seriously ef-
fects the crop. Passing roller over il
as soon as the soil is fit to enter upon


presses the roots into their beds, and
gives them support on which the crop
must depend Germantown Telegraph
Year: 1867

Have good piano or none. Be sure
to have dreadful cold'' when asked to
"favor the company" Cry at wedding,
but don't faint Always scream at spi-
der. Never leave your curl papers in the
drawing room. Drop your handkerchief
when you are going to faint. Mind, you
are engaged if you don't like your
partner. Abjure ringlets on wet day.
Never faint unless it is convenient to
fall into the arms of the young gentle
man you love. Remember it's vulgar in
the extreme to know what your mother
is going to have for dinner. When you
go a shopping, be sure to take your ma
along to carry the bundles.
Year: 1867

A WATERFALL.
Take four pounds of rags and bunch Of


shavings, a
An old tin pan, and a bunch of straw;
Then steal an old hat of somebody's leavings,
And swear it's your own,to get clear of the


law;
Next, get an old stocking, and stuff it with


paper,


And if it is possible, put in mole;
Then get some old china, and nutmeg gra-
ter,


And make them all up in a nice little roll;
Put all these things in a net of red,
And glistening beads must cover them ALL
Then fasten it on the back of your head,
And you viii have--a waterfall.
Year: 1867




comparatively new and fashionable dance
known as the "German:'


1t is customary, when a lady contem-
plates giving large German to invite
gentleman friend, known to be good
dancer, some days previous, to lead; and
he having accepted the invitation, can in
troduce his own figures in the dance
Some figures are danced with flags, bells,
flowers, sc. Gentlemen who go out a
great deal in society usually have their
own flags. bells: and badges, which they
lend when invited to Lead
To dance the "Germana every gentle
man chooses partner, and sit in couples
until forming large ring around the
room. Every figure is commenced by
the leading couple at the head of the set,
and at a signal from the leader. one, two
or three other couples start at the same
time. The couple called up usually dance
short gallop or waltz, and then form
the figure as the leader directs, each figure
being closed by another gallop or waltz,
lasting about minute. The first figure
may be thus described;


The leading couple starts with few
turns of the galiOp. They then separate
in the middle Of the floor. The gentle
man chooses two ladies from the ring land
the lady two gentlemen. They then place
themselves opposite each other, in the
center of the room; on one side, the gen.
tleman between two ladies, and on on the
other the lady between two gentlemen.
The next movement is forward and back
twice. The leader then elevates his
hands, holding those of the ladies on
each side, thus forming two arches, through
which the opposite two ladies pass. In
this way all balance" then the hands
are let 60, the leading lady stepping be-
tween the two gentlemen. Then follows
the "grand chain" and at sign from the
leader, each gentleman dances a gallop
with the lady whom he holds by the right
hand, and at the close Of which all return
to their seats. This figure is repeated by
all the couples in turn.


IF the German be large one, three
couples may be started at the same time.
The step in the figure is choin, more
persons walking than dancing it, the time
of the music being almost entirely disre-
garded. Not So, however, with the GAL
lop or waltz which precedes OF termi-
mates it. After each couple in the ring
have danced the figure, the leader stops
the music. An intermission of five min
utes takes place, when the signal is given
for the second figure. Each figure is gen.
orally so eontrived that no one knows with
whom he is going to close it, and, in
some cases there is regular scramble
for partners. In choosing them, the in
clinations of the parties become pretty
clearly developed, the young ladies al
ways managing to place themselves in the
way of the partner they prefer above all
others. Anxious match making mothers
usually watch this part of the dance with
interest. After season of the "German, u
there is no difficulty in deciding what
more serious engagements are in prospect
There are many other beautiful figures
besides those which have been mentioned