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Year: 1866

Among the innumerable anecdotes re-
lated of the ruin of persons at play, there Is
one worth relating, which refers TO a Mr..
Porter, gentleman who, in the reign of
Queen Anne, possessed one of the best es-
tates in Northumberland, the whole of
which he lost at hazard, in twelve months.
According to the story told of this mad
man-for we can call him nothing else
when he had just completed the loss of his
last acre, at a gambling house In London,
and was proceeding down stairs to throw
himself into carriage to convey him home
to his house in town, he resolved upon hav-
ing one more throw to try to retrieve his
losses, and Immediately returned to the
room where the play was going on. Nerved
for the worst that might happen, heinsisted
that the person he had been playing with
should give him one chance of recovery or
fight with him.


His proposition was this: That his ear
riage and horses, the trinkets and loose
money in his pockets, o his town house,
plate and furniture-in short, all that he
had left in the world, should be valued IN
lump at a certain sum, and be thrown at
single cast. No persuasion should pre-
vail on him to depart from his purpose.
He threw and lost; then conducting the
winner to the door, he told the coachman
there was his master, and marched forth
into the dark and dismal streets, without
house or home, or any one ereditable
means 0fsupport. Thus beggared, he re-
tired to an obscure lodging in a cheap
part OF the town, subsistihg partly on char
ity, sometimes acting asthe marker at q
Year: 1866

A PLAIN MANS INrERRoGIToRY.-Some
one who describes himself as a man of plain
physiognomy and attire, thus relieves his
feelings toward the young swells of the fancy
stores


/ wish to know why young man CT first
rate appearance, glossy hair and neat attire,
taken from any station in life, and put be-
hind a counter on Broadway. or in an Office
down town, should conceive his idea that his
mission in life is to treat me with scorn
Why does he disdain my plaintive and re-
spectful solicitations for gloves or cravats p
or why does he look with such patronizing
air upon me when | step into the broker S
Office in which he is engaged, and endeavor
to impress upon me that he is of more impor-
tance than the chief of the shop? What
have done that should be thus treated
Is it because | have come to purchase some
thing or to have draft cashed, or to buy
one? 1t is strange that he should take that
i'll, because his vocation would be gone if
and my fellow creatures, for whom he has
such a contempt did not appear before him,
suing, in humility, to be allowed to lay out a
little money. Yet | never offered him any
other injury. Then why does he wound my
sensitive nature by being so dreadfully
stuck up?" Why does he do it?
Year: 1866

GEN GRANTS VISIT TO RlcHMoND.-
Speaking of Gen. Grants visit to Richmond,
the Whig says:


The arrival of Lieut.. Gen. Grant, in this
cfey is an event of peculiar interest. What
particularly marks and stamps it with this
peculiar interest is the fact that it is the first
visit to this city since its surrender to his
troops. There was deicacy and magma
nimity in his studious avoidance of it that
has added much to that honorable estimation
in which he is held in tie South, as well as
in the North.
Year: 1866

That leave the poison to crawl through the system,
eating its way into the tissues and organs beneath
the apparently smooth surface, to burst out in the
future with vrulence that will battle the effects of
medicine, when PERFECT CURES can be OBJ
tanned by consulting physician whom long prac-
tice and thorough investigation into the of
DISEASES of the URINARY ORGANS enables
to determine at once the nature of the disease.


In all diseases entrusted to the Doctors care,
PERFECT, SPEEDY and PERMANENT
Year: 1866

FArTRNINa CALvEs.--A sensible practical
farmer told US the other day that he had no.
ticed that calves would thrive better on milk
that was not rich in butter, than on what was
commonly called very rich milk. That is a
fact in accordance with what we recently sta
ted, that the nutritive elements of milk reside
chiefly 10 the caseine. Ifyou have a COW that
gives particularly rich milk and one that gives
a quality poorer in butter, it is better. in eve
ry way, to feed the calf on the milk Of the
latter. The calf will thrive better and you
will get more butter. from the milk Of the
frat cow.--Ploughman


One hundred and eighteen Of the New
York police are charged with being drunk on
New Years day. In Brooklyn twenty-five
have been discharged for the same cause
Year: 1866

A friend of ours who has great success
in raising calves on skinned milk and
corn pudding" says the Genesee Far
nler, adopts the following method


He never lets the calf suck the COW,
but teaches it to drink out Of pail
When the calf Is three or four days old,
he takes about teacup full Of corn meal
and pours pint Of hot water over TO-
stirs 1t up and has 1t scalded for few
minutes. He then pOurs on three or four
quarts Of skinned milk, or as much as
The calf will drink. In the meantime he
has had a piece of iron heating in the
stove When red hot he stirs the milk
with it. This ''scorehIng" the milk he
considers of the greatest Importance
when calves are fed on skinned milk. 1t
prevents it from the securing the calves.
As the calf grows older he increases the
quantity of corn meal The skinned
milk at first is only twelve hours from
milking but when the calf is older, the
milk may be allowed to stand twenty
four or thirty hours before it is skinned.
Farmer and Mechanic.


We have raised several calves In this
mode-all but the hot iron-and can see
no necessity of wasting any part of the
butter or cheese Of the milk upon a calf.
We have had no trouble with the "scOurs"
by this mode, aud every one -four calves
have grown aud looked as wei as II 1t
had run with its mother. They have
greedily devoured not merely skim milk,
out sour milk and buttermilk, with the
meal pudding, and often with the un-
cooked meal, or shorts. We have made
capital young beef in this way By a little
extra feeding of pumpkins and soft corn
10 the fall. The experiment has convin-
ced US that this process furnishes moro of
nice young beef In eight months from the
birth oft6e calf, than the same expense
of food would ofpork, and Of course it is
more satisfactory to eat 1t.


Ofcourse, in this, as in everything else,
a little gumption is necessary. The young
calf should not be put upon this regimen
atonce, but brought to itgradually, so that
in ten days it will live exclusively upon
this bill of fare. At first give milk fresh
from the COW, then half and half new
and skim, and finally all skim with meal.
Introduce the buttermilk gradually also,
and soon it will take clear buttermilk and
also any slop that pig will drink
change.
Year: 1866

five may judge from the tone of q
speech recently delivered by Brigham
Young, that 'potentate" will hardly sub
NIT without a struggle to the innovations
of the bill to regulate the mode of select
ing jurors in Utah, and for other pur.
poses, now before Congress. Hear what
the old sinner says:


"If they undertook to try him in Gen.
tile court he would see the Government
in HI first, and was ready to fight the
Government the rub He had soldiers
and rifles and pistols, and ammunition.
land plenty of ~ and cannon too-and
would use them. He 10as on 1t The
Governor of the Territory was useless,
and could do nothing. lie was the real
Governor of this people, and by the pow
er of the Most High he would be forever
and ever Ifthe 4entiles didn't like this
they could leave and go to hi"
Year: 1866

A Fort Leavenworth correspondent Of
the Columbus (O) Journal writes.


A peculiar freak of nature occurre
here on the 18th ult Four men, who had
been committing some crime, for which
crime warrants were issued for their ar
rest, and the proper civil authorities were
in pursuit, sought refuge under large
tree, between here aud the city, about
half a mile from the fort, to protect them
from the rain, as it was raining very rap
idly and was uncommonly stormy and
such storms as are only known in Kansas.
wind blowing with terrible fury and rain
coming down in torrents, laundering and
lightning as though the clerk of the
weather was on bust Well as we may
say, by an interposition of Providence,
these men were struck by lightning, and
of course instantly killed but strange to
say, although every man was killed OF the
four, not a sign Of the freaks of the cleo
trio fluid was visible on the tree. Their
bodies (the men) were black as coal, and
two of them horribly mutilated; the ground
was torn up several feet around the tree,
but it remained untouched. AT the same
time several houses were struck in the
city, but no damage done save the demOl-
itiOn of few chImneys
Year: 1866

Immediately after the juice has been
pressed out of the ripe Sorgo cane, boil
as rapidly as possible without heating the
Juice or syrup to exceed two hunderd and
thirty degrees Fahrenheit, is very essen
tial In making sugar To produce a
greater heat may scorch the crystalized
portion; and to evaporate with q slow
heat induces fermentation of certain parts.
The result of either extreme is syrup, but
no sugar. The juice or syrup In the
not exceed one inch In depth. A greater
depth will retard quick evaporation.
Skim thoroughly and frequently. Evap-
crate the syrup to about forty-hye degrees
by the saccharometer, or until 1t will
stretch out to a long thread when rub
bed between the thumb and finger. The
syrup must be Immediately run off into
coolers, and kept in open shallow vessels,
In warm room. It will crystalize in a
a few days, if all conditions are right
Year: 1866

Few indeed there are who know
How our hearts warm currents flow,
1t is what we seek to do,


Not what we may labor through
1t is what we stlUe to be


That shall mark our souls degree.
OFT conflicting duties rise,


One by one, before our eyes,


And we tremble and we falter
With our gift before the altar
Leave some cup Of joy untasted
For a toll that seems all wasted.
Ali it is Iife's saddest trial


When its earnest seIf-deniaI
Still has left the good unbought
For which it so wildly sought
But it is a discipline,


Needful for our hearts Of sin,


And our days of care and pain
Surely are not spent in vain,
Still there be q few who love us
Save tha ones who dwell above us
With that deep and pure affection
That shall never know detection.
Such a love may be unspoken-
Give to US no outward token
Yet its silent influence
Be our hearts most sure defense.
Something more our weakness needs
Than the love that glows in deeds,
And soul to Heaven may guide us,
Whose kind presence is denied US
Loving, wait our spirits there
Through the power of faith and prayer
When the tolls ofIife are o'er
And we seek the peaceful shore,
We shall know who loved US best;
Who most sought to make US blest-
Then it viii be ours to read
Both the purpose and the deed
And it is a pleasant thought
That the soul which here has wrought
Earnestly, shall there behold
All its deeds to light unfold
And the good you sought, to do,
Gods own hand may carry through,
Yet to greet your longing eyes
In the light of Paradise!
Year: 1866




The prominent Union journals of Mich
igan urge the re. nomination of their en-
tire congressional delegation. Nearly all
the members from that State have served
terms already, and it is now proposed to
utilize for the State the experience they
have gained.


We are glad to see a disposition on the
part Of Union men to take a lesson In
this matter from their adversaries Much
of the preponderanee formerly obtained
by the Southern States In the government
was due to the fact that they did not SO
frequently send new men to Congress
Old members. are sure to get the. control
IN Legislative bodies, from their familiar
Ity with the rules and machinery, where
as new men are obliged to spend half the
session in acquiring the requisite knowl-
edge for the performance Of their duties
II the constituencies of Northern States
had been as sagacious as their opponents
in this respect, there would have been
far less opportunity for complaint of
Southern aggression in Congress.


Rotation IN Office is a device of tie
politicians who think only of themselves,
and regard the Otlea-aa their lDronerEV
to be held for their profit; but the fact
Is that the people are to be served, and It
is to their interest that there should be
no rotation IN Office, no change except
where an officer is incapable, or where he
can be superseded by a man of decidedly
greater ability. It is notorious that
second or third rate man, familiar by
long experience with the rules and prac-
tice, the humor and spirit of Congress,
almost certainly makes a more effective
representative than far abler or pro-
founder man new to the House.


Among the States which have for some
4
their representatives in Congress, are
Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut,
New Hampshire, Indiana, Iowa and
Minnesota. Other districts have fallen
more or less into the practice; its gen
eral adoption would greatly help to Sc
cure a definite policy for the country, and
to strengthen the government.
Year: 1866

It was testified to before the New York
Board Of Health, by chemist who had
ozamiued teas for detection of deleteriOus
substances in their manufacture, that he
had found poisonous coloriug substance
in teas procured from the most respect
able dealers, and there was no certainty
of having pure article except by analysis
of each package.


In law suit before a New York Court
it was divulged that patent existed for
the coloring OF coffee to make il brighter
and more marketable, and that the sub
stance used to produce the effect is black
lead


Verify, verify, what shall we drink p
C7e5elaRd Herald.
Year: 1866

SILK CULrURE.-The San Francisco
(Cal Bulletin remarks Our readers
scarcely need to be told that recent at
tempts at silk culture in California has
been uniformly successful. The climate
is all that could be desired for the pur-
pose the soil is admirably adapted to the
growth of the mulberry tree Chinese la
Dor, which is exactly adapted to that busi
ness, is abundant and cheap, and it is by
no means improbable that our State may
become the Italy or France Of the United
States, in point Ofsilk culture.


In New Orleans a car driver killed
man by striking him on the head with
loaded whip, because he got on a street car
with an unightedoigar in his hand.
Year: 1866

MR. EDIToR-I noticed in your paper of the 2lst ult., an article deprecating the practice of newsdealers sending such infamous sheets as Harper's Weekly and Monthly Upon this subject the strictures of the Southern press cannot be too severe. There are many other sheets equally as black as any published by Harper & Bros. Frank Leslie's Illustrated is not far behind in point of low flung vitupera- tion. It is astonishing to see what little cir cumspection is exhibited by these Publishers, in forwarding to the different Southern Post Offices, large packages of their filthy produc- ton. l saw, some time since, no less than twenty copies of the American Chronological Journal, sent for distribution to our little town, and presume most ofthem remain intact Prompted by curiosity, I opened one and found that it contained several articles which would wound the feelings of any honest South ern man. Is this done with the intention of adding insult to iyury9 for the purpose of goading fallen enemy and make him feel more perceptibly the thorn in his flesh ? or, are these men foolish enough to believe that such sheets will meet with appreciation, and their pockets with approbation's reward money, Thank Heaven, there are ten right eous men left in Sodom who have not bowed the knee. It is still more astonishing to see Southern men investing their money in arti- cles abusing themselves. Common sense will dictate the only method of subverting this evil Let the Southern man refuse to buy, and throw the periodical upon the newsdealer. His own interest will prompt him to make the supply only equal to the demand. Such an in dependent course will learn them that they can subject the Southern people to the most igno- nainious insults, but cannot be allowed to laugh at them for su6mtting.
Year: 1866

A

 Across the sunny sea-

 One of the most pleasant entertainments of the season was the pic nic given for the bene- fit of the school children of this place on Wednesday last The day was cool and pleas ant, and nature seemed to smile and lend to the hour the power of pleasing" Anxious, loving mothers, and kind friends were there to participate control and direct, and as the merry shout of childhood rang out upon the air, seemed to forget the cares of life and blend their riper years with sportiye innocence in the enjoyments of the hour. Much credit IS due Mrs Kate Huntsman and Mir. 5. D. Perry for the order and arrangements of the day i; and the department of the scholars was high tribute to them as teachers. The dinner in due time was announced and gathering around the table, ssone of nature's own," old and young alike did full justice to the good things that were so bountifully set before them. The evening was devoted to sportive play and childish amusements, after which all retired to their homes well satisfied with themselves and fully persuaded that life has In 1t much to love, if we will but look upon it right. Altogether, it was 3 pleasant time, one in which we learned to love the children more because of their innocent simplicity.

 Little children--ycs we love them

 For their spirits ceaseless flow,

 For the joy that ever fingers

 Where their bounding footsteps go.
Year: 1866

MR. EDiToR:-The August election for mem bers of the State Legislature, is one of more than ordinary importance to the people of the State. We should all not only feel. but mani fest an interest in it, by exerting ourselves to secure the services of the best men in the State. A great deal of important legislation must necessarily be had, and the character of the Legislation in it's operations upon the peo- pie in the future, will depend upon the indi vidual characters of the members elect. for good or bad results. We should select men of experience, men of tried and undoubted abili- ty, men who we kaow will not pander to parties or cliques. Men who are by nature above the trickery and demagogueism which has hereto fore prevailed at Little Rock during the ses- sion of the Legislature, and to some extent moulded the legislation of the State. I know of no man who would represent Prairie and Pulaski counties in the Senate, with more ability, energy, zeal and honesty, than 5. C.. Totten. I think him above every other per son, the man for the place. We all know him, we have tried, we can trust him, and know that he is the choice of large majority of the people of this county. The question is, will he consent to become candidate?

 CITIZEN.
Year: 1866

Alice Moore was a pretty and pleasant
child, and favorite with all. She had very
lady like manners, and no course words or
rough and uncouth actions spoiled the eject
of her childish beauty She was like little
queen among her playmates, and any one of
them was proud Of her company. Perhaps
there might have been danger from taking
the lead among them so long and Alice
would grow up selfwilled or wayward How
ever, when she Was eight years old she had Il
dangerous fever. All th, village was anx-
ious about little Alice, and many COOL people
prayed the Lord to spare her life After six
weeks of pain and weakness, she began to
get we'll How pale and sweet she looked,
the first morning she came into our school
room to see us all again! y.
| We looked with awe upon her altered face,
| for we knew she had been very near death.
| But it had been blessed sickness for
Alice Her mother thought that God must
have been with her, she had been so patient,
trustCul and humble. Certainly she was a
grntler AMI kinder child ever aitcrward. and
all her companions noticed the change. She
grew to he great comfort to her mother,
and was like the light of his eyes to her poor
father For Mr. Moore was one OF those
good naturcd mrn who fall an easy prey to
bad habits He ha times of being very in
temperate. and then he would he cross to
every one but Alice. She stood between him
and the rest of the family when no one else
dared to approach him. She loved him
dearly, and never seemed to fear him. even
when intoxicated. Perhaps this pleased him.
even then Certain it is, he never harmed
her, however violent to others


As years went on, he sunk lower and lower,
becoming burden as well as terror to his
poor family. Finally they sought the pro.
lection of the law. and Mr. Moore was sepa
rated from his suffering wife, Nothing but
shnme and death seemed to be before him,
and for them nothing but poverty and unuter-
able grief


1t was about year after this, that all the
land suddenly walked up to temperance re-
form. Children as well as grown people
signed the pledge Meetings were held in
every town through the goody state of New
York, and the excitement reached even our
quiet village Of NJ. How well l. remember
the autumn afternoon when lecturer nd
dressed the people at Lyceum Hall We
children were all there Alice Moore among
the rest Just rs the speaker began, poor
Mr. Moore himself entered, and walked slowly
mp the aisle, taking seat near the desk =
Great was the surprise of ALL looked at
Ahce, she was still and, pale, with eyes fixed
upon her father, who sat looking on tho floor.
After an earnest address. the pledge was
pass around for signatures One oe the
papers was handed % Alice 5 seat She rose
Year: 1866

BUcKwHEAr CAKES Wet WITH Water
Take quart of buckwheat -four, and nearly
m even tablespoonful Of salt Stir in warm
water til it is the consistency Of thin batter
Beat it thoroughly. Add two tablespoonful
of yeast, if disfillery, or twice as much # home
brewed. Set the batter where it will warm
through the night Some persons never stir
Il EN- after they have risen, but take them out
carefully with largo spoon. Add toa-
Year: 1866

The hour up which FREIGHT for this road will be
received at the Depot, in Manchester is extended to
FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ, from and after this date As 1t is
necessary enable the clerks to make out the proper
way bills to have fixed hour to stop receiving notice
Is hereby given that freight will be received after
the hour named


The Freight goods for Danville and Greensboro
may be paid at destination, at the option Of the ship
pers but the freight all goods for way stations must
be prepaid.


shippers will please pay their freight bills by four
o'clock P. NJ. otherwise goods will not be sent for
ward THOMAS DODAMEAD,


"A 1anf
Year: 1866

TRANSIENT YoUNG MEN-Girls, beware
ot transient young men; never suffer the
addresses OF a stranger; recollect that one
steady farmer boy or mechanic is worth all
the floating trash in the world. The allure
uents of dandy Jack with gold chain
about his neck, walking stick in his paw.
some honest tailor's coat on his back. and a


brainless skull, can never make up the loss
OF father house and mothers counsel,


and the society of brothers and sisters their
affections last, while those of such a young
man are lost in the wane of the honeymoon.
Year: 1866

sr This Vegetable Compound is certain cure for
Dyspepsia, Disease of the Liver, Carbuncles. E.
ruptions of the Skin Canker in the Stomach. etc.
A benefit is always experienced from the use of
one bottle. and a perfect cure warranted when the
patient perseveres in taking sufficient quantity
In from two TO three bottles will effect
No change of diet is necessary, Our ad-
vice is, eat good bstantal food and enough of it,