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Year: 1866

The jackson Michigan Citizen tellsa good
story of young man in that city who had
been in thehabit of visiting the residence Of
widowed lady, who had daughter ''pass-
ing fair. . The young man was assiduous
in his attentions, and was constant visitor.
This notice awoke in the young lady's heart
the tender passion, and in her dreams she
imagined that she had become the wife of
her Adonis. Matters kept on in the same
old way. The young man continued his
marked attentions, and people began to
whisper among themselves: A match,
sure" while knowing ones, with solemn
toss of the head. would remark, ''What did
| tell you?' The young man went out to
his supposed charmers house the other eve
ming, for the purpose of taking tea. During
the meal the mother of the girl asked
1'When are you and - to be married.
The young man leaned back in the chair
and coolly remarked that he had no idea of
marrying anybody, and that he and the
daughter were only friends He said he
supposed she understood it so all the time,
The young lady said not word, but rose up
and seized the teapot, which was filed with
hot tea, took off the lid, and threw its boil
ing contents into his face, scalding him Sc
yerely and leaving an ugly mark. She then
furiously ordered him out of her sight.
"Hell hath no fury like woman scorned, :"
is an old saying, and this young men can at
test to its truth
Year: 1866

HERE Is the pithiest sermon ever preached
Our ingress in life is naked and bare, our
progress in life is trouble and care: our eg-
ress out iafit we know not where but doing
well here, we shall do well there; / could
not tell more by preaching year
Year: 1866

WOMAN love, ike the rose blossoming
in the arid desert, spreads its rays over the
barren plain of the human heart, and while
all around it is black and desolate it rises
more strengthened from the absence of every
other charm.
Year: 1866




The HONEY MooN.-Why is the first
month after marriage called the honey
moon" Doubtless on occout of the sweet
lunacy which controls the heads of the par
ties during that brief and delightful period.
What pity that they should ever get quite
rational again That sentimentality should
give place to sentiment, sentiment to sense,
love yield to logic, and fiction to fact, till the
happy pair are reduced from the Eden of
romance to the Sahara of reality-from
Heaven to earth-and perhaps peg lowerl


Strange as it may seem, there have been
couples who hayeq quarreled in thefrst month
of matrimony, and have got back to their
astonished parents before the good mother
had fairly done weeping, land rejoicing tool
at her Daughters departure. Their 'hon
ey moon" soured at the full of her thorn,
and become moon of vinegar, instead. A
bad omen thati There was much sense and
propriety in the text which the ancient
clergymen chose fora wedding sermon. 1t
was taken from the Psalms of David, and
read thus "Aad let there be peace, whizc
the moon endureth.
Year: 1866

BOLD RoBBERY.-The store of Messrs.
Stevens & Pegram was entered on We'd
nesday night through sky-light by means
Of q rope fastened to the roof. The Key
of the iron safe was taken from the pocket
of young man sleeping in the,store, and
the safe opened and ten or twelve dollars
taken from an open drawer. One OF the
proprietors having the key of the money
drawer, it was not opened. The change
left in the money-drawer IN the store
amounting to several dollars, was taken.
The young man did not know anything OF
the transaction till the store was opened in
the morning. The thief made his exit by
means of the rope, not disturbing any OF
the doors. He left the young man minus
shoes and hat, but was liberal enough not
to take his pants. A heavy iron weight
and large bottle was found near the iron
safe.
Year: 1866

THE BUILDINGS at the Old Fair Grounds
were sold at auction yesterday by Z. B.
Cook, auctioneer, for the sum Of 81 600.
They are to be removed in ten days. The
proceeds Of the sale were given by tho
Government officers to the Sisters Of
Mercy, in recognition Of their valuable
services to the sick.
Year: 1866

OAKwO0D MEMORIAL AssoCIATI0N.-We
are pleased to learn that the members and
friends of this Association, the oldest in
the State, are still faithfully, though quiet
lv, at work for the success Of the great
enterprise upon which they entered with
so much enthusiasm on the 10th of May
last. The following is but one of many
letters of similar tone received by the
secretary from all quarters of the South {;
and some of the writer's have given an
earnest of their sincerity by following their
letters in due season with handsome dona-
tions:


GEORGETOWN, KY, September 30, 1866.
Mrs. 4. r. Courtney:


Dear Madam,-Your kind favor enclo-
sing circular came to hand some days since.
/ regret that my health is such that ] can
not comply with your request but l have
succeeded in getting the consent of Miss
Martha Johnson daughter Of the late
George W. Johnson, of Kentucky topper
form the work you requested OF me. She
will give it prompt attention, and have
no fear but she will succeed in procuring
a liberal contributions for the worthy object
for which it is intended. The citizens of
this county only few days ago reInterred
all of the Confederate dead that had been
buried in our county. They were from
four or five different States. They were
placed in our cemetery; and we have q
sufficient sum Of money to erect q hand
some monument to their memory. Our
people have had many drafts upon them,
but IL still affords them pleasure to con-
tribute their mite to so worthy and noble q
purpose. With great respect.


Mrs. JOIN F. PAYNE.
The Association has, we learn, an agent
for the State of South Carolina, who has
recently informed the secretary that she is
much encouraged in the work, and will
soon make good report of her operations
in that State probably before the regular
annual meeting of the Association, which
takes place on the second Thursday in
! October. At this meeting the president
and the treasurer are required by the con-
stitution to make full report OF the ope'
ration and financial condition Of the Asso.
citation up to the present time and itt
prospects for the future. These reports Of
themselves will be sufficiently interesting
to secure the presence of every friend OF
the memorial effort for Oak,cood hut, in
addition to these, the election Of Officers
for the next year will take place at thit
meeting, and upon the iudiciOus selection Of
these, more than anything else, depends the
success of the cause. After the business
of the day is over, the proceedings will DC
closed by fitting addresses from some Of oui
most prominent speakers, who have con-
I septed to be present on the occasion.
Year: 1866

SO cz necessitate, the literary gentlemen


bad to send round the hat to raise the
amount necessary to cancel his indebt-
edness. After the landlord was satisfied,
you may be sure the friends Of the son


of Lord Byron contemplated him with
feelings that can be better imagined than
described. They did not bid him good.
bye. They only told him to 60 to the
devil, ard never to show his face among
them any more. That's about the last
that has been heard of the SON of Lord
Byron in this region from that day to
this but as rumor has it that he served
in the army during the rebellion, and
did what little he could to save the best
Government the world ever saw, dare
say his literary friends will be glad to
see him back in the good minister S study
Ton Murray Hill always provided he say
no more about his illustrious parent, nor
of those tstill) unpublished manuscripts,
nor of those unpaid Broadway dinners
Year: 1866

IL is matter Of surprise and regret
that more attention has not been paid to
the culture of the Grape in Virginia. In
all other countries where it would flour,
isb if has been the subject Of careful at
tention and wherever successfully cult
waited it has proven not only the great
apostle of temperance, but the source
of wealth and prosperity to the people.
That it has not been more cult
waited here is we believe owing
to two causes first, that the
attention of the people has not been
properly called to its value and impor
tance; aud secondly, and mainly be.
cause of the general ignorance which
exists of the proper method of planting,
cultiyating and pruning the vine. That
such is the case we are forced to believe
from the frequency with which we see
both in city and country gardens masses
of matted tangled vines producing moth
ing or almost nothing, and constant COM
plants of their owners that they know
nothing of their management and have
no means of obtaining instruction.


To remedy this want we propose to
give a few plain instructions stripped OF
all techniCalities for spring planting
and pruning which will enable those,
who have no vines, to set out some this
spring, and those who have old and un-
productive vines to renovate and make
them fruitful, following them up each
month with such information as will en-
able every farmer and every city resi-
dent, who has few spare feet of ground
to give himself and his family the benefit
of beautiful shade of the vine and at
least sufficient supply of grapes for is
family use during two OF the hottest
months of the year.


We call attention to the following
facts:


|. A vine of a suitable variety set out
before the first of the ensuing April
properly planted, tended and trained
will with safety bear next year five
pounds of good grapes, and increase its
quantity five pounds every year until ii
reaches an annual product OF twenty.
five pounds.


,. Every city resident who has on his
lot any yard or alley room upon which
the sun shines two hours a day from the
middle of April to the middle of Septem'
ber can have healthy vigorous vine for
every two square yards of such space
whether the same be paved or unpaved,
and with few vines so planted can the
second year shroud his porches and back
buildings with their beautiful foliage
and fruit.


3. Four such vines will give him the
third and fourth years as many grapes
as a moderate family requires.


4. Two hundred pounds of well ripen,
ed grapes will produce from fifteen to
twenty-five gallons of wine infinitely
healthier and better than any foreign
wine which can be purchased at price
within the means of most of our people
with the great advantage of knowing
that it is really unadulterated grape
vine and not the poisonous compound Of
the northern manufacturer sold for wine
but really not containing a drop OF
crane Juice. This amount will be fur
nished by twenty vines the third year
| and ten the fifth year.
). These results can be obtained al
verv small expense and after the ntsl
planting with but little labor ana tna1 o'
the lightest kind.


PLANTING N YARDS OR GARDENS.
Dig out the space in which you pro
Year: 1866

pose to plant, allowing to each vine
about two square yards in any shape
| which is most convenient, make your
pit about twenty inches deep and cut a


narrow drain from this pit to any point


lower than its bottom-fill up the pit


from the litter pile of your yard or alley
the proper proportion is one-half rich
earth and the other half bones, old shoes,
leather scraps, hair, feathers, wooden
rags, old iron, stable manure and from a
peck to half a bushel each of broken
charcoal, brickbats, old morter or plaster
and coal cinders all mixed well together
Throw a tier of gravel, brickbats or
stones into the bottom of your drain and
FIJI it up.


Take good healthy vine one or two
years old with as many ofits tine hbrous
roots as possible-dig out a place IN the
filled up pit large enough to receive the
roots and about six inches deep-put
about two inches of rich mould in which
there is no manure over the bottom of
this hole, set on your vine spreading out
the roots smoothly and naturally and
cover over with similar mould finely
crumbled, being careful that no manure
is brought in contact with the roots
then wet the whole well with cold soap
suds to settle it, If pavement has
been taken up to dig the pit it may be
replaced as soon as the ground is suffi-
GENTLY settled leaving a space the size of
two bricks around the stem of the vine.
Thus planted the vine is provided with
the food it most needs tor at least ten
years. II planted where the sun reach
es the ground, cut off the vine an inch
above an eye, about one foot from the
ground if the sun does not reach it
leave the stem from two to four feet long
as your vine permits.


The varieties best suited in this eli
mate to ordinary cultivation are the
Garriques, Concord, Herbemont, NortOn's
Seeding, Catawba and Isabella, which
ripen in the order in which they are
named. The Delaware is superior
grape to any of the above, but of slower
growth and later bearing. 1t would be
best for those planting so many vines to
have one of each
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, March 5.-The Tribune s
special reporter of the trial of the rebel
Major Gaa at Ralaigh North C"~oliua,
SAYS at the rate the examination is going
on a month or more must elapse before
the trial is concluded. The counsel for
the defense have notified the Judge Ad.
vocate to issse about l20 subpoenas for
witnesses in behalf OF the prisoner.
Year: 1866

ANOTHER WAR THREATENED.-Forney's pa.
per, the leading Washington organ of the Re-
publicans, makes the following threat against
those who favor the restoration OF the Union


That policy is now making active war upon the
party aud the people who saved the nation from
annihjlation, and it must, if not checked by the
prompt aud decided action OF the people at the
coming fai elections. inevitably culnainate IN the
tc0ger OF bdtte. We here write it as logical con.
sequence as surely as effect follow cause if the
policy which is being pursued by Andrew johnson
is successfully carried out by the many influences
attached to administrative power, aud a supine-
ness on the part OF the Union Masses that a re-
netcet Of the tcGr to put down the traitors late in
rebellion becomes inevitable:


If be thinks to appal the Democracy by his
threats he may wake up the wrong man
Come on with your ''renewal of the War;"
Year: 1866

THE REAL OBJECT of the Republicans in re-
fnsing the Southern States representation is to
prevent the vote of the Southern States from
being counted in the next Presidential elec-
ton, By excluding that vote they hope to
continue the Republican party in power
They will fail, and that vote will be counted,
and it will elect 8 Democratic President.
Year: 1866




mo PoLirIcAL RIGRrs. - AT late Repub.
lican meeting at Boston, the following reso-
luton were passed:


Thanks were rendered to Congress for its courage
hrness and fidelity in resisting the admission Of rebels
to Congress 08HtH841 d


The true doctrine of reconstruction is declared to be
that defeated rebels have no civil or POLITICAL
WHICH LOYAL MEN BOUND oRESPEcT and that all loyal
men, WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE COLOR are entitled t,
EQUAL RIGHTS AS CITIZENS of the Government which de-
lyes It's Just power from consent of the governed.


The above is the substance OF all the Re-
publican State platforms which are being
adopted over the country. mo political
rights which loyal men are bound to respect
What admirable strangers they would make
if they were with their brethren in Idaho /?
This is the party which is now going after
Democratic votes in this county. Remember
them. y
Year: 1866

HORRIBLE SUICIDE-A Man CUTs Orr HIS
OWN HEAD AND HIDES IT-Our Coroner,
yesterday morning, held an inquest on the
body-we insist on his word-on the body
of an unknown man, fou ID in the room
of house on a street of suburb in this
city.


The unfortunate victim had, few DAYS
ago, hired a suite OF rooms, and not hay-
ing been seen si.Ice he entered them, the
intelligent freedwoman who plays lands
lady over the premises, suspecting some
thing wreng, sent for the police, when, the
door being forced open, a horrible specta-
Gle was discovered The headless body
of the man was lying in state in his own
bed n suspicion of murder at once
arose IN the minds of the spectators, and
the Coroner was sent for, who notwith-
standing appearances, at once expressed
his opinion that the death was the result,
not of a murder, but of suicide, and, while
looking over the body, a letter was found
IN the hands of the victim, fully iustify>
ing the Coroner convictions. The letter
ran thus:


Il have put an end to my own life-I
was tired of existence in this un1ratetul
land-and ! lett it of my own free will
There Is money in my drawer sufficient
to pay my funeral expenses, As to my
name, try not to discover it. TO prevent
Identification, Ihare hidden my head tChere
you tciU l1ever find It, ~


The whole transaction is thus destined
to remain shrouded in eternal mystery
Mobile Times, August -
Year: 1866

Bl1g- BY the ocean telegraph we know
the price Of stocks In London three hours
before the stocks are sold This IS real
fact - no joke The position of the sun
marks the time it takes the sun a little
more than three hours to creep from Lon
don to New ork, and it takes the tele =
graph just no time at all therefore a sale
made there at noon hy London meridian,
Is known three hours before noon, New
York meridian Jes' so, jes SO. Go east
from London and still more time is saved;
something happened to one Of the Grand
Turk wives on Tuesday, at 6, afternoon
the ladies on Fifth avenue knew all about
it at l:l5, or a hours before the Grand
r''rl could possibly find it out, although
he was on the hook out for a SYsea9 What
blessing the ocean telegraph isl TAomp-
son s Reporter
Year: 1866

TAxEs IN UTAH. - Taxes are pretty
heavy all over the country just now, but
those who indulge in the luxury of Mor-
monism suffer little more than the rest
In Utah, according to Brigham Young
laws, when man joins his church, ones
tenth of all his property has to so to the
support of it, and one-tenth of all the an
nuai profits Of the remainder If the
man has no property one-tenth of his la
bor has to go to the church one-ten- h Of
every trade or occupation has to be rep
resented; and if a man should be idle
thirty days, the tithing man claims the
profits of three days labor, on the ground
that no one has right to idle away three
days belonging to the Lord In addition
to this, there are federal territorial, coun-
ty and town taxes, which are sufficient, of
themselves, to reduce one to poverty
What becomes of ali this money no one
knows, for no public statement of the fl
nances has ever been made, while it is a
curious fact that the t;thing officers have
the largest farms, the best stock and the
most wives of any Of the inhabitants iu the
territory.
Year: 1866

The Executive Committee Of the Iowa
County Agricultural Society, publish here
with the List of Premiums for their Elev-
enth Annual Fair; aud it is hoped that all
classes of our people, for whose benefit
the Fair has been instituted, will feel q re-
newed interest in its success, and the con-
tinued prosperity of the Society.
The most essential condition of aericul-
tural progress-peace has now again fully
returned to our land. So late was the
disbandment of our volunteer armies
rotracted after the close of the war. that
not until the harvest of the present year
were there men enough IN our community
for the ordinary requirements of field la
Dor. All the great interests of society have


now haG time TO return to their peaceful


channels and agriculture in which more
than all other arts or emplOyn ents of men


lies the recuperatiye power of the nation,
may again receive the attentlO which ii
demands


Notwithstanding the very unrayorable
harvest weather, and the difficulties cons
sequently experienced in getting home the


crops, we believe the present season will


prove to be a most bountiful one to the


farmer, and that our Fair NAV exhibit the


smaller grains in quality and quantity


unequalled IN previous exhibitions for


several years.


We would again call attention to the


Indebtedness of the Society, (now reduced


to two hundred dollars, and to the fact
that many and extensive repairs on the
grounds are much needed. The pecuniary
success of the Fair IS our only legitimate
reliance for the means of freeing the So
ciety from embarrassing obligations, and
for making the required improvements.


1t will be observed that considerable
notifications of, and additions to, the
Premium List, have been made, which
will, we hope, give general satisfaction,
and contribute TO the success of the exhi-
btion.
Year: 1866

Eg- a Portland paper illustrates the
wholesale thieving there on the night oi
the FIRE as follows:


" One who had been slumbering peace
fully in his grave IN the Eastern Cemetry
ewoke. and walking forth inquired If the
dav Of judgment had come 2 On being
told that IL was only Portland burning, he
remarked that be would 90 back to his
repose On reaching his grave he found
that in his absence somebody had stolen
his coffin
Year: 1866

CURIOUS MAIL MATTER.-A live turtle
was recently received by mil 1t the Koch
ester Post Office The required stamp and
address were pasted On the back OF tho
g aninaile," and in that shape he was
chucked into the bag with other mail
matter.
Year: 1866

The EFFECT OF THE TELEGRAPH on News
PAPERs-A New York letter saws And
just here, i may as we'll state that the talk
in. newspaper circles Is, that one of the
very first necessities of this institution, as
soon as it is demonstrate that it Is to be
a permane"t thinq- mnst be an advance in
the price, not only OF newspapers, bat or
newspaper advertising. As the cable des-
patches add nothing to newspaper circula-
ton, the public is the only party benefit
ed, and the public, therefore, must expect
to foot the bill; otherwise, one half OF the
newspapers now IN existence may as well
give mp the ghost


Mind, | don't say that this is what is
going to be done to certainty ! only
say that it is the talk in newspapeEcircles,
and that the talk, in all probability, will,
in the course of few days, crystalize in
the shape of general convention Of the
leading newspaper proprietors in all this
part of the country to discuss the situation
and see what is to be done"
Year: 1866




CoLoRED STARCH. IA late English in
vention of colored starch is Que Of the
greatest novelties in the London iashiona-
bic world. Several colors are already
produced, and the invention IS being ex>
tended to others. Any article starched
with this preparation is completely colored
by it. but as the dye readily washes out,
the garment that was pink today may be
made green tomorrow, and so on. This
starch is of great use for those bright but
treacherously colored lnusins that are
very costly, but, as their colors wash out,
continually perplex the owners. If the
pattern has been green, starch Of that
color is used, and the green remains; and
the same is true Of any other color To
have the means always at hand, not only
of keeping colors fast, but also Of vary
ing them day by day, must be invaluable
To ladies
Year: 1866

The sun flung his last faint golden beam
Der the room in which 1 lay,
And my weary eyelids dropped, but the pain
For while drove rest away.
But Natures strength at last gave way,
As closer the twilight crept!
And L dreamed in my sleep heavenly dr. cam
!s That she kissed me while 1 slept.
I dreamed that the fever had left my pulse,
And l slept in health once more;
felt not the racking, torturing pains,
Which l had felt before.
For an angel had come and cooled my brow,
While over my sorrows she wept,
All! knew the touch, and l knew the lips
That kissed me while 1 slept.
] have seen them oft, wreathed into smile,
have seen them curled in scorn,
But the shade of displeasure l saw at eve
Was replaced by the smile ere the dawn.
Yes, knew by the touch it was she whom
love.


And her football though careful she slept,
And love her the more that she came to my


couch,


And prest my lips as l slept.