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Year: 1866

NEENlNT RErUEuCAN CoNy NyENTIoS-The
Republican State Convention Of Vermont
was holden yesterday ct Montpelier. OF the
nominations made we need not speak. They
are OF tried men, and being thoroughly ac-
ccp;ahle to the people of the State, that's
enough. But the resolutions can &c appre-
ciated in one place as well as another. They
are admirably expressive Il the loyal sentI-
ment Of the North. They declare in favor
OF that reconstruction which shall keep the
government in loyal hands. They approve
the constitutional amendment, but acknOwl-
edge equality of rights to be the cardinal
aim Of the people. They hope for the
sTeediest possible restoration Of the seeded
States, provided that the prep0nderance Of
loyalty ID eacn makes the admission wise
and sale They affirm that gratitude should
cause the soldier Of the Union TO be remem-
bcred in peace and in politics as well as he
vas IN war. They render just tribute to
the late lamented Senators Of Vermont.
Finally, they renewedly and more explicitly
ayow their devotion to equal rights and In
munities.


These are utterlnces worthy Of the Green
Mountain State, which never yet sweryed
from the path Of freedom and true progress
They Will be heard at this time with especial
pleasurc-at "a time when, the battle being
nearly won, many slacken in their zeal and
the i0cs Of freedom and right are cUyer.ly
mischievJus.-B0st0H j ~ nat.
Year: 1866

A new and very extensive and complete
coal mine has just been put in working order
in the Northern part of this State. We refer
to the works oil the Illinois Valley Coal
Company, Mt og1cshy station, on the Illinois
Central Railroad, on the south side of the
illinois River, about two miles from Lasallc.
This being the first shaft sunk through the
three veins On the south side of the river, in
the lasalle basin. the statistics Of the mine
have some scientific, as we'll Us economical,
yn1ue Tiny arn rs fn11ous.
Year: 1866

BoRAx.-A California paper states that
large lake has been discovered in thai State,
from ths waters of which can be obtained
large quantity Of horAx without much trouble
and in a state of almost absolute purity
Considering the fact that the world Is now
dependent on the lagoons Of Tuscany for its
borax, and the contingency that this foreign
supply may at any time be cut off this dis
oaYerv il ono Of no little imnortanca
Year: 1866

LABOR AND SELF LF-CULrURE.--Are labor
and sell cut irreconcilab.s to each other
In the first place, we have seen that man in
the midst of labor may and ought to give
himself to the most important improvements,
that he may cultivate ais sense OF justice his
bsnevoence, and the desire of perfection.
Toll is the school fox these high principles /;
and we have here a strong presumption that,
in other respects. it does not necessarily
blight the soul. Next we have seen that the
most fcuitfll sources Of truth and wisdom are
not books, precious as they are, but expert
ence and observation; these belong to all
conditions. 1t is another important consid-
Grafton that almost all labor demands intel
lectual activity, and is best carried on by
those who invigorate their minds, so that the
two interests, toll and sei-culture, are friend,
90 each other. Il is mind, after all, which
does the work of The world, so that the more
there is Of mind, the more work will be ac-
compished. A man, in proportion as he is
intelligent, makes given forca accomplish a
greater task; makes skill take the place of
muscle, and, with less labor, give better
product Make men intelligent, and they
become inventive, they Gnd shorter processes.
Their knowledge of nature helps them TO turn
its laws to account; to understand the SUB
stances on which they work, and to. seiza on
useful hints which experience continually
furnishes. Il is among workmen that some
of the most useful machines have been con-
trived Spread education, and as the histo
ry of this country shows, there will be no
bounds to useful invenuou.-Dr. Qh1nRiHg.


RHUBARB EoR VINEGAR.-It It may not be
known that an excellent article Of vinegar
may be made by taking the late stalks Of rhu-
barb, and chopping them as one would for
pies or sauce then pour scslding water over
the whole and let it stand on the stove until
we'll cooked then strain off into a suitable
vessel, add one gill Of molasses to each quart
Of the juice; set it 10 sunny place, stir oc-
oasionaly, and in few weeks one may have
stout article of vinegar,


A friend of mine who does not raise the
pie-plant prepares vinegar for table use by
treating the rhubarb which she uses for sauce
or pies to a scald Of hot water, and, pouring
it of, adds the molasses as above. thus i'm
proving the favor OF the stalk to be used for
pies OF sauce, and making saving in the ar
tce Of sugar, as rhubarb so scslded does not
require so much sweetening to render It pala-
table.-N. h. Farmer.
Year: 1866

Is it best to raise a few roots for the cattle
this yeari We do not ask is il best to 60
into this business as the English farmers do /;
but is it advisable to raise just enough to
give the animals an appetite, and to keep
them healthy while confined to dry-hay ra-
ton? If old Broad and Bright, Bug-horn
and Line Back could speak or write, what
wonld be the answer
Year: 1866

"A Life on the Ocean Wave p


The man who wrote ii was green
he never has been TO sea,


And wave he never has seen.
BE never has seen a wave


AS il dashed DER the vessels deck;
He never has seen fire at sea,


Or been floating upon wreck.
He never has been aroused


From his mornings gentle doZe
By the sound of the splasbing water
As it fell from the horrid hose.
He never has heard aman


ScEubbing right over his head,
With noise sufficient to rouse


From the grave the slumberinG dead.
He never has seen woman


Growing thinner day by day,
And leaning over the vessels side,
Throwing herself away.
While the people look carelessly on;
Though in tears the woman may be,
And unfeelingly say it is nothing at all
Only the roll of the sea.
And oh he has never been sea-sick,
And cTept into bed in his coat
While every motion increased his throes,
And his feelings were in his throat,
That mal may have sailed in boat
In some puddle or in sound,
But if he has been to sea, and wrote
Such seng, he deserves TO be drowhd
Year: 1866

BUFFALO, May 3O.-Several hundred
men, said to be Fenians, arrived here
early this morning and are in secret
council with the brother Fenians here.
There is but little if any apprehension
of a raid from this quarter
Year: 1866

WHAT HOSE TO UsE.-In plant
ing or hoeing corn use the ordinary
hoes in common use. Neither India
rubber hose nor cotton hose would
be of any account in corn field; no
more would one of HoE's cight-cyl-
inder presses.


How TO HOLD THE pLow.-Don' t
try to hold 1t out at arm length.
You can't do it.


If you hain't a plow of your own,
get out an attachment Oh your
neighbor's, who owes you. Any
Justice will tell you whether you
can hold it or not.


The BEST TINE TO Pur IN RYE.
~ asked an old farmer the best
time to put in rye? He looked at
his watch and replied:


this Is ABOUT MY HOUR .


The rye was Immediately put in.


All seasons arc the same for put :
ting in rye. ...


How TO KEEP CORN.-The best
place to keep corn is in a good corn
house, though some prefer to keep it
in their systcm-in the juice. If
they don't keep corn they keep
CoRN'D. .... .... ....1 ..


FENCES AND FENcING.-Good
fencing is essencial on farm
Get good "fencing-mastcr'' to
learn you. a rail fence is better
than an imaginsry one. You can't
repair a WORM fence by taking YER
mifuge. Neither can you cut good
whitewash brushes out Of BRUSH
fences. ...


TO DRAIN LANDS. Drink whisk Y
and spend all your time at the
village tavern. This will drain you
of all your lands in a short time.


To MAKE Stone FENCE.-Equal
parts of whisky and cider. This is
the reciprocal stone fence; the ,torc
you lay of it the more i, will clay
you.
Year: 1866

Andrew johnson is to-day the
best abused man in the country, and
at the same time the most popular.
The Radical organs are furious in
their denunciations. Forney raves
like maniac in The Press and
Chronicle. The New Y ork Tribune
hurls anathemas, it's namesake of
Chicago vents it's rage in the coar sest
epithets, and from all the Radical
journals the venomed shafts fly thick
and fast against the Chief Magis-
trate of the Republic. No less an
exhibition of impotent wrath was to
have been expected, and it is far
better that the NAL ice of the baffed
revolutionists should expend itself
in rant and villifcation than be
nursed to give impulse to plots and
intrigues. Had the Radicals re-
NAMED silent and submissive, had
they bent under the lash, there
would have been cause to fear
some deadly mischief at their hands.
But the very intensity of their anger
shows that they are disarmed and
conscious of their defeat. The fangs
of the, serpent have been plucked
out, it snaps it's jaws in vain.


Mean while the President has
strengthened disposition by appeal
ing directly and manfully to the
people for their support. The pop
ular heart thrills with pride and Joy
in acknowledging the frank,
earnest championship of the popular
cause assumed by the highest official
in the land. The country has so
long been under the dictatorship of
an arrogant and unscrupulous faction
that the masses feel as if relieved
from an incubus, in seeing the
trammels burst by tho bold hand Of
Year: 1866

the Executive. We were drifting


fast into anarchy and dcspotism; a
reckless ambition was at the helm,
and the breath of fanaticism filled
tho sails; but at last the ringing
voice ofcommand is heard, lcgiti-
mate authority asserts itself, the
course is changed, and the fair,
smooth ocean is before us, the break
crs behind and the haven within
reach.


But it is not yet time to feel sc :
cure. There is still treachery to
combat, or powerful and artful fac
tion to subdue. Mr.. johnson has
scortched the snake, not klncu H..
He has the vantage ground, but his
enemies are bold and strong. They
will leave untried no strategem, no
engine of force or fraud to regain the
supremacy that has been wrested
from them. The determined attitude
of the President has encouraged his
friends and added to their number;
but it hes intensified the bitterness
and hate of his foes to degree tha t
leaves no hope of tranquility and
order until they have been complete
lysprostrated and swept from the
political arena. One decisive blow
we'll timed and planted home has
bewildcrcd and unmervcd them; let
it be followed by others. Give them
no respite, no opportunity torecover
their balance, no chance to resume
an offensive warfare. Mr.. johnson
needs only an indication Of the pop
ular sentiment in Endorsement of his
policy to enable him to hold his
ground. Let the people assemble
everywhere throughout the land, and
give utterance to their haarty appro-
val of his course. Let there be such
an uprising that the revolutionists
will hide their brazen fronts in shame
and dread, not daring to stem the
overwhelming current. Let the
echoes in response to the Executive
voice, be so loud and emphatic that
the dcmagogucs, iu Congress and
out OF II, WIN seal Ihelr llps, ana
yield with what grace they
may to the will Of an aroused and
determined people.
Year: 1866

The undersigned has just received fine
lot of Millinery Goods which she is OPEN
ing up to the trade OVER THE STORE OF
Moon & HUNT in New Oregon.


She invites particular attention to her
Goods believing that both in quality and
price she can give as good bargains as were
ever offered in this place.


New additions will be made as fast Us
needed to meet demands.


2iv7 Mrs. SHUTTLEwORTH.
Year: 1866

PAPER. We understand one house in
New York has imported 75,000resps Of pa
per, and that decline must soon take place.
There never was more unscrupulous monop-
oily than the present one that controls the
price of paper
Year: 1866

The disingeniousness of our politlsal op-
ponents is truly disgusting. Recently, the
Patriot and Union, in column of rigama-
role and nonsense, labored to create the inn
preston that the Civil Rights bill conferred
the electire franchise on the black popula-
ton OF the South Immediately ly-that the
blacks Of the country were to be at once el-
evated to political equality, while intelligent
and deserving foreigners, who came to the
country qualified to exercise the highest
privileges of citizenship, are compelled to
undergo a probation of five years before
they are endowed with political power. In
telligent men know that this definition of
the Civil Rights bill is perversion. That
law does not enfranchise the negro. 1t does
not contain provision in anY of its see


tions looking to the political equality of the
races. But what of. this? The Patriot and
Union has only to deal with ignorant men,
and if it can infame the passions OF these
with falsehood, it would rather take that
mode of controlling them than by enllght-
ening them with a fact The Civil Rights
law, as we have written, makes no reference
to the elective franchise. 1t only seeks to
prevent white traitors from continuing their
robbery of the fruits of black men, s labor.
But such purpose is enough to elicit the
animosity of the men in the North who
symplthized with the traitors while they
were warning to destroy the Government :
TeIe0ru1H ft 3ff
Year: 1866

1t is utterly IL! possible for man in New
York to shake hands with a man In Texas
but inexorable distance alone prevents us
from offering to grasp the dexter of Mr..
John III. Reagan. Knowing simply the
fact that ne was the Rebel Postmaster Gen
eral, the critic of character would not be
likely to pronounce Mr.. Reagan particularly
smart or sensible; but when we state that
he Is now raising corn, ard cotton, and
sweet potatoes, on his farm nea. Palestine,
Texas, working steadily with his laborers,
white and black, the intelligent reader will
perceive thar here is a genuine No. patri-
arch, with no nonsense about him, and as
well entitled to private vine and fig tree
as the longest bearded old gentleman men
toned in the Old Testament Without
knowing his exact age, we pronounce him,
morally at least, venerable trump, and as
good an Isaac or Jacob as can be expected
in Texas We commend him as an excel
lent example to the patriarchs who are
merely disposed to curse God and die of
whisky and water; who are hanging around
the Washington bar rooms. thickly enpnci-
atiug their praises of the President; who
are gallantly engaged in soaring school
marms and burning school houses; who are
trying to exist upon Presidential vetoes,
which are good neither for the BODY nor for
the soul who expect to be saved from
starvation by acts of Congress who cease
not to lament the loss of the touching pa
triarchial privilege of selling their own
children at public vendue; who wonder
where on earth they are in future to fad
even a tolerable supply of bondmen and
bondwornen without which patriarch is a
mere nobody; who see before them no es-
cape from the dire and dreadful doom OF
working for living. which in their opinion
is the most exquisitely painful calamity
which can befall human being. Let them
look at Reagan, and take courage! Let
toes, and pluck up heart Let them inves-
tigate the aneviating virtues of the shovel
and the hoe Let them, like the respecta-
BILE John, dry their tears, cease their howls,
hang up their harps, and partake them
selves, spade in hand, to digging IN. T.
IriB7f,e. - ..5r tr--
Year: 1866

Returned to the County Commission
ers by the Collectors of the several town
ships and boroughs for the taxes due
and unpaid thereon for the year so5
and previous years. in pursuance OF
the Act of Assembly in such case made
and provided. In pursuance whereof
the said Treasurer will expose the said
property to public sale at the Court
House. in Clearfeld, on the I'd Monday
of June next, the 1lth day)
Year: 1866

American farmers may learn from
Russian serfs how to store their corn
in safety. In Russia, a pit is dug in
the ground, in a well drained place. and
the sides hardened by long exposure
to fire. Before the grain is introduced,
straw is ignited in the pit to purify and
dry the air. The grain is thrown in
and packed close. It is said to have
been preserved in this way forty years
without deterioration,
Year: 1866

New England's sons look cold as their own lakes


And mountains on the sick Italian child;
There is no voice in this strange cline that wakes
Memories of days when health and hope beguiled.
Year: 1866

One of the saddest and most melancholy
events that has occurred in this city for a
long time took place yesterday morning, at
80 o'clock, at the Mansion House, on Wa
bashaw street, in which a young and happy
wife was suddenly killed, by the accidental
discharge of pistol in the hands Of her
husband. The tragic occurrence shed a pail
OF gloom and grief over all who were more
immediately connected with the unfortunate
wife, thus cut off in the bloom of her youth,
and the even more unhappy husband, who
was the unintentional cause of the dreadful
calamity, and whose grief under the Distress
ing circumstances borders on the agony of
despair; and the whole city was impressed
with the painful particulars Of the moulnful
catastrophe.


From the evidence presented at the in
r1est it abpears that about three months
ago Mr.. NJ. A. Hawkes., native of Marble
head Mass, but latterly Of Chicago, came
to st. Paul for the berefit Of his health, and
since then has been stopping at the Mansion
House Some three weeks since Mrs.
Hawkes. came to this city to join her husband
who anxiously awaited her coming, and to
whom he was devotedly attached. During
the three weeks past the husband and wife,
who have been but eight or ten months mar
ried, WERE as he stated to q friend, really
spending the honeymoon. Together they
visited the lakes Wherever the husband
went the wife accompanied him, and every
evening was spent in her company. Such is
the uniform testimony of all who were init
mate with Mr. and Mrs Hawkes., and whose
conduct and reputation have been entirely
beyond the shadow of reproach.


Yesterday morning the husband and wife
went down to breakfast at the Mansion
House in their usual good spirits. After re-
turning to their room, Mr. Hawkes. took out
one Of two pistols which he possessed and
began to clean and oil it, his wife III the
meantime, seated in a rocking chair, was en-
gagged in sewing. One of the servants in
the house was in and out of the room during
this time, and having adjusted the furniture,
she had returned with pitcher of water,
and was standing in the corner a few feet
from the chair occupied by Mrs. Hawkes.,
when she heard the report of the pistol, and
looking round, saw the lady leap from her
seat, exclaiming, ooh my God y and then
dropped upon the carpet, weltering in her
life-blood, and expired. The husband, when
he realized the calamity that had befallen
him, was overcome with grief and anguish,
and in the midst Of his unutterable woe
nearly lost his reason, and he could with diff
Guilty be restrained from adding a suicide to
the fearful drama.


Drs. Stewart and Mattocks were immedi-
ately sent for by those who first rushed into
the room after the shrieks were heard, and
they promptly responded to the call But
all human aid was unavailing, for the spirit
of the beloved wife had already winged its
fight-St Paul Pioneer, Aug 22d.
Year: 1866

The abolition papers are troubled because
the President exercises unconstitutional
powers in Louisiana. We do not remem-
Der that they were particularly horror-struck
when General Thomas closed every Episco-
pal church in Alabama, and suspended the
Bishop and clergy of that Diocese from the
exercise of all their clerical functions, even
the baptizing of the young and the burying
of the dead.


To be sure the cases are different Then
it was the ''rebels' and their wives and chill
dren that we're made to feel the rough hand
Of rude soldier, and the Constitution was
not made for their protection No'o it is
General Baird of the Freedmen's Bureau,
and the negroes whom he has corrupted, who
are made to feel that the Federal Govern
ment can protect, when it chooses, the white
man as well as the black, the Southerners as
well as the New England and that the Con-
stitution is again resuming It's way over all
the land and all its people.
Year: 1866

The happiest place on earth should be
home ; and yet how many homes there are
destitute of nearly all true happiness


Why is it so ? Answer. Because hus-
bands and wives do not understand and ap-
preciate each other as they should


Parents and children are strangers to each
other The holiest and purest affections Of
the soul are never called into action by thou
sands in daily life, but rather chilled and
deadened.


We live under the same roof, eat at the
same table year after year, and yet are as
really ignorant of the inner life of each 9TH
er as strangers. These things ought not to
be so, But the old Puritanic spirit which
we inherited from our ancestors has not all
disappeared. Well do | remember feeling,
when living in my childhood homo, surround
ed with all needed comforts-watchful and
provident parents-brothers and sisters near
aud dear-that yearning of soul, that crav-
| ing for sympathy and love which manifests
itself by outward tokens and expressions
from my loved and honored father but in
vain, No, 1t was not thought to be digni-
fed and manly to give expression to tender,
affectionate feelings in the family circle it
would look weak, silly, aconaanish.


Sad, fatal mistake How much Of domes-
tic happiness is lost through ignorance of our
own natures


Fathers and husbands do you not know
that life is made up of tifeS that one
bright ray of love cast upon the home-altar
Will impart more warmth and life to the souls
gathered around there than all the golden
trappings of wealth and show?


Away with the idea that fine houses and
splendid equipage can appease the hunger
ings of the immortal mind or nurture and
develop the sweet affectional natures which
God Of love has wisely given us, both for
our happiness here and in the bright hereaf-
ter. Oh, could we as parents fully realize
how much it lies in our power to do for our
selves our children, and community, we
should awaken as from the stupor of death !!
We are so accustomed to the old zigzag rout-
inc of every day stereotyped duties, that we
need the trump of the angel sounded in our
dull ears to arouse us anew to life's great and
all important duties, both in our families and
in the nOUing 1c0rId
Year: 1866

Resolve to form your lives upon some GER
tain principles. Man was made to be gov.
erned by reason, and not by mere accident
or caprice. 1t is important, therefore, that
you begin early to consider and inquire what
is the proper course, and form some plansfor
your future lives. The want of such con-
siderations is manifest in the conduct of
multitudes They are governed By tie I'm
pulses of the moment, reckless of the con-
sequences. They have fixed no steady aim,
and have no certain principles Of action
Living thus at random, it would be q mira
Gle if they went uniformly right. In order
to your pursuing the right path, you must
know what it is, ard to acquire this knowl-
edge you must divest yourself Of thought
less giddiness- you must take time for Sc
rious reflection 1t will not always do to
adopt the recommendation of those who
may be about you, or may themselves be
mlsled by error or prejudice. Persons al
ready involved in dissipation or entangled
IN error, naturally desire to keep themselves
IN countenance by the number of followers
who they can sedube to their path of vice
AS reasonable creatures, therefore, Judge for
yourselves what course is right and fitting.
/ that you should. pursue. Exercise your own
reasons independently and impartially, and
give not yourself up to begoverned by mere
caprice and fashion, or by the opinion of
others.