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Year: 1867

General Grants father recently visited
Davenport, and the Gazette stated that he
was in feeble health. Since his return to
Co,ington, be has written letter to his old
friend and partner, +. A. Collins, Of Daven.
port, in which he alludes to call made at
the Gazette office, and facetiously says:


That scamp Of an editor who wanted me
to make an apology for not being willing to
regard Davenport as equal to Cincinnati or
Philadelphia, owes me something more than
an apology for reporting me in "feeble
health" while At Davenport. That has gone
all over the world-I mean the Western
States--that is all the world that is Of any
Importance; and l am now supposed to be
lying there in dangerous condition. If
the world would refer TO your cook they
would find they were badly picked up.
Why, never enjoyed better health in my
life than l did in the wide-awake city of
Davenport.
Year: 1867

A MArrER or DurY.-I, is the solemn
duty of every grocer to refrain from selling
to his customers, an article for food, which
he knows is positively injurious to the health,
and he is deprived Of all excuses for so do.
ing, when better article for the purpose
can be readily obtained at the same cost.
Year: 1867

Now THEY SnE Ir-The late fire at Cedar
Falls has reused the citizens of that city to
sense Of the necessity for organized means to
fight the fire fsni. Cedar Fails has no FIRE
company Of any description. We may justly
express l.tls pride that our own city can
boast two excellent FIRE companies. Wo feel
especially proud Of our Hook & Ladder Company.
whose character and efficiency in every respect
cannot be surpassed. Our citizens cannot too
highly appreciate the wide awake, public spirit
which inspire the men who compose our fire de-
partment. Utter confusion prev allied at the FIRE
in Cedar Falls. as is nearly always tho case
wheI there is no organization.
Year: 1867

The lower House of the Massachusetts
legislature has rejected by II decisive
yote. lGl to 64, bill to license the sale
Of liquors in that State. This is re-
Affirmation of the present prohibitory
system, and means that that system
,ball be enforced at all hazards and to
the utmost extremity. The irritation
which this sumptuary enactment has
produced in that State is therefore to be
continued. The dominant party there
seem, resolved to stand or fall with the
liqnor prohibition. 1t is believed by
many, aud with good reason, that the
next West Virginia Legislature will
give so,he special attention to this now
prominent feature of the Radical policy
and attempt the experiment of prohib-
ilion in our midst.
Year: 1867

WEBSTER TOWNSHIP, May 25, 1867.
Editor Of the Register.


Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather, our election came off on
last Thursday, and the extremists were
badly beaten. At our nominating
meeting few of the most arrant run
the machine, and selected some candi-
dates that the people did not want, and
the result was, portion of our good
citizens presented us with respectable
Conservative ticket, which we elected
by a large majority, and at the same
time telling those arrant gentlemen
that we did not want theirrnle any
longer.


The weather is quite cold and wet,
SO much so, that we have trouble in
getting our corn planted, but few
warm days will change the appearance
of things very much, and then we will
have other subjects to talk on aside
from the impeachment of Andy John
son, or the hanging of jeff. Davis. A.
Year: 1867

4 rcccst number of FoRNEY's ChrOn-
irir contains an article styled "The New
SOUTH" of which the following extract
is fair specimen:


No division into States or sections
can accommodate our form of'civiliza-
tion-no patch of land like Delaware or
Rhode Island could elicit earnest patri-
otism. The national policy is the only
true one for our form of civilization,
and despite all influences, it will be adj
herrd to. Whatever notifications in
the form of our government are neces-
Sarv To the realization of this purpose
will he made. Written constitutions
are made for the people, not the people
fur constitutions. No blind veneration
for form of expression or compact
made in less developed state of society
will prevent the. people of the United
States from so modifying their institu-
tionS as will best subserve their nation
al advancement. 1t is for statesmen
and juristS TO consider whether they
will be wise betimes and accept with
good grace that which is inevitable, or
whether they will try to retard that
which they cannot prevent by reviving
laws and traditions of the'pas'.


The plain meaning of all this is that
Capitalization is the great desideratum,
according to the Radical view, of "our
form of civilization" and that the con-
stitutions of the United States and of
the several States are old fogy affairs
that must not he permitted to stand in
the way of national advancement


The Radical leaders may find them
selves mistaken in the opinion that the
movement they have set on foot cannot
he retarded, or even checked altogeth-
er. "by rcviving the laws and traditions
of the past" 1t may be they will yet
lind that there is still enough venera-
ton left in the hearts of the people,
for that Constitution which is so con-
tcmptuously referred to as "form of
expression or compact made in less
developed state of society,"" to save the
country from reaching the last goal in
the march of ruin. Whatever may. De
the final issue, it is the duty of every
Que who desires tho perpetuity of repub-
Hcam institutions to enter zealOHsly in
To the contest against such pernicious
,eas rs we have quoted.


We do not believe that the majority
of the American people, or even ma
iority of the people ofthe North, have
deliberately made up their minds in IA
yor of the change proposed by the Radi-
cal central organ. But it is high time
they were showing their opposition to
these Radical heresies, and their devo-
tlou to constitutional government by
taking immediate steps to wrest the
rein> of power from the grasp Of the
dominant party. y little further delay,
and it may be forever too late.
Year: 1867

Ayoung girl named Bridget Gleason,
n cook at hotel in Detroit, came to her
death recently in a singular manner.
She was engaged in preparing breakfast,
and left sharp butcher knife lying on
the table. 1t so happened that a heavy
stone, used for pounding meat on, was
also left on the table. The blade of
the knife projected over the edge of the
table several inches, in such position
that the butt end of the handle lay
against the stone, so that anything
coming in contact with the projecting
point Of the blade could not easily
move it. The girl having occasion to
approach the table for something, and
being in a hurry, did not notice the
knife, and ran against the sharp point
with great force. The blade entered
the thigh, severing the femoral artery,
which of course bled profusely. Before
surgical aid could be made available,
she had lost large quantities of blood,
and no skill could save her.
Year: 1867

Paradise Lost. F.....r. a.....f


There is probably no epic poem in the
English language that has been more
universally read and admired than Mil
tons paradise Lost" The blind bard,
inspired by the holy nature of his
theme, eloquently and beautifully de-
scribes the scene through which his
characters pass, now melting into ten
derest strains as he describes the beau
ties of the celestial world, and then in
awe with the impressiveness of his de-
scriptions of the Arch-fiend and his
work. The painter and poet, are ever
bound together by the love for the
beautiful and grand, and when
they combine their arts the production
cannot but prove beautiful and grand,
appealing both to eye and ear. This
union has taken place in the Miltonian
Tablcaux, representing the scenes de-
scribed in Paradise Lost" The paint
er seems to have enthusiastically enter
ed into the spirit of the writer, and the
result is most vivid production,
breathing out the very soul of
poesy. To gaze at the scenes as
they roll slowly by seems like en-
chantment, and under the spell we
are transported through chaos to
earth, wherein lies the beautiful gar
den of Eden, and as we gaze upon the
last and loveliest creature of God, wit
ness their happiness and then their en-
pulsion, we pity and .deplore the first
falr as we never did before. 1t
is grand subject, grandly han
died by both poet and painter.
We believe no one can fully appre-
ciate the first book of the Bible
until they have witnessed the repre-
sentation of paradise Lost" as exhib-
tied at Washington Hall every evening
this week. All lovers of the beautiful,
the grand and the good should not fail
to attend these exhibitions, which have
everywhere met with most enthusi-
astic reception.
Year: 1867

NEGROES FOR CoNGREss.-The Lynchburg Virgin
ian says:


The idea Of sending negroes to Congress is widely
discussed and approved We heard a number of gen
tlemen say yesterday they were in favor of it, and
hoped it would be done. The blacks only have to
shove few sealawag whites ont of their way, and the
field will be clear. They have it all their own
way. And why may they not 80 to Congress? The
Radicals have given them the power and let them
it. If they admitted very well; if they are re-
ected it will prove the hoEiowness of Radical preen
sions. Let them make the ISSUE and have their rights
clearly defined.
Year: 1867

LARGEST CHECK EVER DRxwN.-In the negotiations
made few years since by the English Government
for loan of eighty million dollars the successful con
tractors we're the MeasFs Rothschid and having been
supported by the subscriptions of friends they Of
course recognized the acting firm in that important
Transaction In paying the first deposit toward this
amount to the Government, the check they drew
for The sum Of six million dollars. This bank check
was probably the largest drawn at once By ono
private banking houscor if not, was certainly for
verY large sum.
Year: 1867

The wonderful effects of Mofat's Life Pills ir
cases of mental depression or physical weakness,
proceeding from Indigestion, costiveness, or DILL
Gus secretions are certified to by millions OF per
sons who have been benefited by them. They are
the most efectic cathartic and purifier ever before
the public and have ever been in use since ls25--
They cheap, safe and reliable. Sold by all re-
spectacle dealers everywhere
Year: 1867




The "former harvest" has
been gathered in, and there is
hope and gladness IN the land.
Ohio has yielded a crop Of ex-
cellent wheat, though the ex-
tent of land in that crop was
but little over onehalf a full
average-certainly less than
two-thirds of the land unusual
ly sown to wheat. AT the time
of the harvest; there was no
surplus OF old wheat i'll the
hands of the farmers, SO the
new crop commences to go di-
rectly to the mill and into
home consumption. The bar
ley crop was not large in the
extent of land cultivated but
the yield was fair. The oat
crop is quite uneven. In some
cases there was a very heavy
stand /; IN others, where the
seed was put in late on account
OF the cold, wet spring, the
crop IS light. The hay crop,
Ike that OF oats is variable
While the average of the whole
state Is fair, in some cases ex-
ira good, yet there is much up
on the flat lands that is light,
In consequenceof the cold and
wet spring which kept the
grass from taking an early
start. Corn was late planted
and IN many places the weeds
and grass are masters of the
held, to the great. detriment of
Year: 1867

A LADY visited New York
city and saw on the sidewalk
a ragged, cold and hungry lit
tie girl, gazing wistfully at
some of the cakes in a shop
window. She stopped, and TAX
ing the little one by the hand,
led her into the store. Though
she was aware that bread
might be better for the cold
child than cake, yet desiring to
crafty the shivering and for
lorn one, she gave her the cake
she wanted. She then took
her to another place, where
she procured her a shawl and
other. articles of comfort. The
grateful little creature looked
the benevolent lady full in the
face, and with artless simplici-
ty said: care you Gods wife ?"
Did the most eloquent speaker
ever employ words to a better
advantages
Year: 1867

If industry is no more than
a habit, it is at least an excel
lent one. If you ask me which
is the real hereditary sin of hu.
man nature, do you imagine I
shall answer pride, or luxury,
or ambition, or egotism9 No;
l shall say incidence. Who
conquers Incidence will con-
quer all the rest. Indeed, all
good principles must stagnate
without mental activity.
Year: 1867

The following is from a late
number of the Richmond Wing:


GAS one of the victimized,
we believe we can declare for
the whole South, that the ex-
pertinent OF secession would
not have been tried but for the
thousand-times repeated assur.
ances of the Democratic lead
ers that it an army should be
raised in the North for the pur-
pose of making war upon the
South, it would be met by an
other army raised in the North
to defend the Democratic in
terpretation of the Constitu-
tion."


Can the American people, in
view of such facts, trust the
present Democratic party with
powers Let the answer Re
given at the polls.
Year: 1867

To EVERY man there are many,
many dark hours, when he feels
inclined to abandon his best
enterprise, when his
hearts dearest hopes appear
delusive-hours when he feels
unequal to the burden, when all
his aspirations seem worthless.
Let no one think that he alone
has dark hours. They are the
common lot of humanity. They
are the touch-stone to try
whether or not we are the cur
rent coin.
Year: 1867

A SAILOR, looking seriously
into certain chapel in Balti-
more, was asked by a certain
clergyman ifhe felt any change.
Whereupon the tar put his
hand into his pocket, and said,
"Not a red cent?
Year: 1867

WHEN asked how he got out
of prison, a witty rogue replied:
81 got out of my cell by ingen-
uity, ran up stairs with agility,
crawled out the back window
in secrecy, slid down the light
ming rod with rapidity, walked
out Of the town with dignity,
and am now basking IN the
sunshine of liberty
Year: 1867

The growth that trees and
vines and shrubs make in a few
years is astonishing-therefore
no person should neglect to set
plants, cutting or gratis, upon
the supposition that he will not
live to secure the benefit of his
labor. In few years after
setting out, the trees and gratis
will be bearing.
Year: 1867

If YOU curtail your expenses,
clip at the right corners; be
sure you do not begin with the
newspaper. One ounce less of
sugar per day will more than
furnish a newspaper to a tam.
lily. Stare your stomach SOON
er than your brains. You will
not miss the sugar as soon as
the paper.
Year: 1867

1--WE have urged the North
again and again, to make its
citizens equal before the law
and before the ballot box. We
should be glad to see the Mas
saohusetts Suffrage law adopt
ed by every State In the Union,
No matter what a mans color
or size may be-if he can read
and write, is twenty-one years
old-let him vote"
Year: 1867

1t was wise law of the Jews that
the sons of even their wealthiest men
should be obliged to serve an appren-
ticeship to some useful occupation so
that they might have something to
" fall back upon" The same still
exists in Turkey, where every man,
even the Sultan himself, must learn a
trade. How fortunate would 1t be
now, had it been law in this coun-
try. f" Would to God l had trade =
is the cry of thousands Of men, north
and south, who find themselves ruined
in pocket with no immediate prospect
Of gaining a livelihood. Il should
teach parents that whatever else, they
may give their sons they should give
them a good trade One of our CO.
tcmporaries most,truthfully remarks,
that a popular idea among the people
is that all of their sons should adopt
clerkships, and the adoption Of the
business Of bookkeeping as means
of obtaining their livelihood, and every
effort is made to give them an educa-
tion to that end So far as the edu-
cation of their children in the science
of keeping proper accounts IS con-
cerned, the idea is good one, as ev-
cry young man should have sufficient
knowledge to properly manage his own
books should he ever embark in bust
ness klt to make book-keepers and
clerks Of all our boys is a grand mis-
take. Better place them in work
shop, mill or foundry, where they can
learn independent trades, which at all
times will secure for them employ
ment, the pecuniary compensation for
which Will be at least as much, if not
more than the business of accounts.
We earnestly advise all parents to
teach their sons some trade, no matter
what, so it is an Industrial pursuit !;
and let US in the future be spared the
pain of seeing so many stout, able
bodied young men out of employ
m ent.
Year: 1867

THE following powerful, elegant
and classic appeal was made in a
court of justice recently, somewhere
in Kentucky, by one of the learned
heads of the bar: Gentlemen Of
the jury, do you think my client, who
lives in the pleasant valley Of Ken
tuckv, where the lands is rich and the
soil are fertile, would be guilty OK
stealing eleven little skeins of cot
ton? I think not, reckon not, I
calculate not And / guess, gentle
men of the jury, you had better bring
in my client not guilty, for, # you
convict him, him and his son John
vii, lick the whole of voul1
Year: 1867

One REASON FOR MARRYING. - 4
bachelor friend Of ours is about get
ting married for no other reason than
to have some one to take care Of him
when he Is ILL., The treatment he
received at a fashionable boarding
house, the last time he had the ague,
has cured him not only Of single life,
but single bedSteads and single mat
tresses. He ordered, he says, the
servant TO bring him some Cruel on
Monday morning, but which he never
got till " ednesday afternoon. Du-
ring his confinement, not a single soul
visited him save the young gentle
man who cleans the knives; he came
not for the purpose Of consolation, but
TO inform him that " Misses would be
much obliged if Mr.. Skeesick would
do his shaking on a chair, SO as not to
get the bedstead apart" This was
the feather that broke Skeesicks
bachelorship. From that moment he
resolved TO connect his fortunes with
a piece Of dimitv.
Year: 1867

The GREEK Government, IN note
to the foreign powers, declares crisis
Of war near at hand. and though their
desire IS for peace, they deem It pro-
per to propose an increase Of the army
end navv
Year: 1867

AT Milwaukee, lately. during a
heavy storm a little boy fell into a
snow-drift and was lost to sight. Af,
ter he had been buried for an hour,
his friends began to search for him
Meanwhile one of those who seemed
most uneasy at the absence of the boy
was 4 dog, who was a great favorite.
Approaching the place where the boy
was buried. the dog stopped, snuffed
the air, and whined piteously. He
then began trying TO dig into the drift
The party then began digging and
throwing aside the snow The dog
dashed in beneath their shoveIs, and
found the boys cap. He evidently
knew to whom it belonged, for as he
dragged it forth it gave him great 10Y
and he barked gladly. Here was a
trace, at least, but it was not without
fear and trembling that the search
was continued, and with the help of
the dog, who seemed as earnest as any
of the party, the boy was soon found
there in his snow-bed. The little fell
low had suffered no injury whatever,
he said it was quite warm in the snow,
and that he wasn't afraid because he
knew his friends would come for him
Year: 1867

THE GRAND jury Of the Court Of
Oyer and Terminer IN New y ork city
have presented all alleged gift enter
prises as public nuisances, and detri-
mental to the morals of the commu-
nifty. which should be a. once abated
Unless such action Is taken. they say
they VIII proceed more specifically.
Year: 1867

An army officer in the Indian coun-
try writes in the following cheerful
strain TO a friend " [ would send you
a lock of my hair but it would be 4
fraud upon the savages of vicinity
There Is 4 fair prospect that one OF
the noble red men will be my barber
before spring
Year: 1867

DoNT Law in that posture" said
Mrs. Partington to her nephew, who
was stretched on the sofa with his
heels foot or two higher than his
head. " Don't lay so raise yourself
up and put this pillow under you. /
knew young man once who had a
suggestion Of the brain in consequence
of laying so--his brains all ran down
into his head u And with this ad-
monition she left him to his nap in
the little back sitting room.
Year: 1867

THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1t will
be remembered that the Committee Of Federal
Relations of the lower House of the Massachu-
sets Legislature, to whom the question ofrati-
flying the Constitutional Amendment and the
minority favor it. This committee consists Of
seven members, one Of whom is cOlored man.
The curious fact is now developed that three
of the white men on the committee were op-
posed to the amendment and three in favor of
it, and the colored man, by his casting vote
against the ratification, gave that side the ma
iority and made the committees report oppose
the amendment. The majority opposed it be-
cause it did not secure universal suffrage.
Year: 1867

by both Woman-like, with the impair
tial sympathy of true enevolence--tiod-
like, in the noble and divine spirit of her
Savior. she stayed not her hand in her
work of mercy till she had blessed both
friends and enemies. and offered up
her life in the cause Of suffering human
ity e"l 1- -" A.fi'li .


Where woman is. there is home Hard
is the fate of that man who hath not the
sweet counsels of woman to ease his va
ried trials, and soften the asperities of
life-nor her cheering smiles, as men
tai sunshine, to chase away the clouds of
despondency that rest upon his soul,
And how hard is the death of that man
who hath not woman by his side in the
character Of sister, wife, or mother, as a
visible guardian angel, to smooth his dy-
ing pillow-to wipe the death damp from
his brow--to clasp his pale hand-to
bedew with her tears his burning check
to kiss his quivering lips and to whisper
an afectionate adieu to his sinking spirit
as 1t recedes from the world, into the dark
unfathomable and unknown abyss Of
death
Year: 1867

A soil that is close, hard, and SO com
pact that the fbrous roots Of plants can
not penetrate it, cannot be expected to
produce a crop Of wheat or any other cere-
al and consequently the more porous we
can make it the greater the return It will
Yield. ln order that the nutritive matter
contained in the soil may be made pro.
ductive, we must cultivate we'll. Tho
ploughing must be well done; the man
ure applied to field should be thorough
ly Incorporated with the soil in order to
be within reach of the roots Of the plants.


Special attention should be given to this
subject at thistimc. and the laud got into
the very best condition, that VIC may raise
larger crops to the acre. The more land
We can plow iu the fall, and get in fne
tilth for planting or sowing, the lcss We
shall have to do in thespring Many far
mcrs reaped the reward Of their foresight
In this particular the past spring, when
the weather was SO unfavorablc that only
a few days now and then ct to do work
in, and they succeeded in getting in their
crops while their unfortunate neighbors
were doing their plowing o