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Year: 1866

CooL.-We believe ia the eternal fitness
Of things. We always did. If we didn't,
We should not have been able to account
for the hyperboreal eooiness of the Metro
politan Police, yesterday, in assuming that
they owned this town, and had a right to
let vote and keep from voting whom they
pleased But, upon this hypothesis of the
eternal fitness of things, the matter be-
comes clear. Yesterday was a very cool
day-in fact, the eoldest we have had this
season, and Of course the conduct Of the
Metropolitans had to correspond with the
weather. Chattanooga Union.
Year: 1866

There goes virtuous and honest man.
/ Who cares? Nobody looks at him or cares
a Zig how ha looks or dresses.
! Here passes man of wealth. The old
ladies run to the window. Who?"
Where% How does he dress?" He
is great object OF attention. " How in
the world did he make SO much?' He
doesn't look as if he was worth penny"


yhis is the way Of the world. Every.
body gazes with admiration upon the rich
while they turn away from virtuous pow
er,y. Let man make ten thousand dol
lars, and he is a gentl leman, every inch of
him. Every body has kind word and a
smile for him.


Be poor and honest, AMI no one knows
you. len and women have heard Of such
a name as yours, and you may live at
their elbow. but they are not certain
about It. l


Possess fortune, and live at the nile
post, and your neiyhbors and friends will
Iine the heart OF the city. All would
know where you live, and point a sLrsu
ger to the very door F-5fde@


We epeat--such is lhe world. Golden





vice is caressed, while humble virtue is
unobselved.


Will the time never. neUer come when
men shall be houored for their virtues
and deSpised for their vices, rather than
be caresSed for their riches and condemn
ed for their poverty? Everybody in
words, censures tho idea of honoriug the
rich because they are rich, and yet such
are the regulations Of society that every
body does humble in his manners and
feelings in the presence of the upper
ten thousand" As long as the ladies
will associate with the voluptuous rich
and sbun the virtuous poor, SO long will
vice be considered no disgrace, and wealth
will pay for the sacrifice Of virtue.
Year: 1866

DIGGING FOR GoLD.-The Norfolk Day Book says;
We have been informed that for several nights past
number of persons have been busily engaged in dig
ging for gold on the land known as the "Braidfoot
Farm" owned by the Collins family of Portsmouth.
This tract is situated near the Navy Yard, Gosport
and is now under cultivation by energetic towns
man. VIM. Collins, who tells us that he experienced
considerable inconvenience and loss by these gold
diggers who have already made deep holes In the
land. The spot which seems to have taken then
particular fancy is just in the center of the farm
around an old chimney, which is all that remains Of
former dwelling
Year: 1866

Solangc Dudevant

 The sharper took the ticket to the young of- ticer, who having noticed the manner in which it was obtained, did not hesitate to receive it, and handed him over the promised hundred francs.

 On taking his seat in the opera house the captain found himself elbow to elbow with Mile Dudevant, with whom he was we'll ac- quainted. He frankly explained to her the equivocal process by which he had procured his ticket, and the lady laughed at the trick of which she was the unconscious victim.
Year: 1866

Young turkeys are very tender things at the best, and for the first few days they will eat but little food. Unless the weather be quite warm, they would rather be broodeil than cat. A little careless feeding or little too much Indian meal, will fix them so that they will give no more trouble. Don't be in too much haste to have them eat as much as they can swallow they are little feeble things, and they w no fafSs ii SnEa E ahs1 a ed will soon become very tired of it. Give them little boiled egg every day, in connection with the curd wheat flour and Indian meal wet up with milk is also good do not use too much Indian meal, as it will kill young tur- keys. sometimes, before We know It. A little boiled potato, o,--,-mashed ine--,wthout salt, which is sure death to them--will be useful. Wheat bread, soaked in milk, is also good. Keep their pen and coop clean, and let them have pan tull of fine, dry sand to wallow in , when the sun shines and they will also begin to swallow fine grains of sand, in order to set their grinding apparatus in operation.

 After they are week old, they should be let out of their enclosure for an hour or two each day, when it is warm and dry when cold night or cold storm comes on, spread a blanket in a large basket, and carry them into the barn. As soon as they are large enough to eat kernels of wheat, one or too feedings of soaked wheat per day will be good food for them Ohio Furmer. .--.
Year: 1866

If you should e'er get married, John,
I'll tell you what to do
Go get little tenement.


just big enough for two!
And one spare room for COMPANY,
And one spare bed within it
And If you'd begin loves life Alright,
You'd better thus begin it.
In furniture be moderate, John,
And let the stuffed chairs wait;
one looking glass will do for both
Yourself and loving mate;
And Brussels, too, and other things,
Which make fine appearance,
Ii you can better afford it, they


VIII better look year hence.
Some think they must have pictures, John,
Superb and costly, too;
Your wife will be picture, John,
Let that suffice for you;
Remember how the wise man said,
tent and love within it
Is better than a splendid house,
with pickering every minute,
And one word as to cooking John,
Your wife can do that best;
For love, to make the biscuit rise,
Is better far than yeast
No matter if each day you don't
BRING turkey to your table
Twill better relish by and by,


When you are better able.
For all you buy pay money, John,
Money that very day
II you would nave your life run smooth,
There is no better way;
note to pay is an ugly thing
Ii thing you choose TO call it
When it hangs DER man who has
No money in his wallet.
And now when you are married, John,
DON'T try to ape the rich;
1t took them many toilsOme year
To gain their envIed niche;
And If you gain the summit, John,
Look well to your beginning,
And then will all you win repay
The care and toll of winning
Year: 1866

disturb him or remind him that he is
a prisoner, mating is laid down on
"hlch they walk. The officers and
men at the place are but little more
tnan his servants; his friends visit
MN, that IN their society time may
pass pleasantly, and, in fact, whatever
the Government can do to make his
stay pleasant is done.


We saw yesterday a man who was,
two years ago, what the Hon. Jeffer-
son Davis Is now, prisoner of war
his prison was situated on sandy,
barren plain, from which the trees had
been carefully removed that they might
not shelter him and some ten thousand
OF his comrades. His clothes were ia
ken from him; he was fed upon rotten
meat, spoiled meal, and for drink he
had water, when he could get it, which
a hog outside of that prison would re-
fuse to wallow in He was kept some
times for days with nothing to eat,
and IN the madness and despair of
starvation frequently struggled with
his fellow sufferers for the possession
of garbage. A bone gnawed by an Of
tcer's dog was priceless, a shred of
grlstle was a luxury, and medicines
for the sick or decent interment for
the dead were unexpected and unheard
Of He existed in this hell upon earth
thirteen months, and came out wreck
physically and mentally. This man
was a Union soldier, his prison was
A Andersonville, and his keepers starved
him by the express command of the
same Jefferson Davis who is now being
attended and fed like prince at For,
tress Monroe. "Treason must be made
odiOus."
Year: 1866

bss~ There is magistrate in a town
III Indiana named Helser. A clergy
man in the same place was called upon
by young couple not long since,
wishing him to join them in the holy
bonds of matrimony. He asked the
bridegroom, Ga soldier by the way for
his marriage license. The man in blue
said he had been engaged tn his girl
for four years, and thought that would
do. Clergyman thought not, and re-
marked as the speedicsG way to obtain
license, "you had better take your
girl and go to Helser." " You can 90
to HI yourself" retorted the veter-
an, and without further advice he left
his presence.
Year: 1866

Tongue Toast.-Take cold tongue
that has been we'll boiled, mince it
fine, mix it with cream or a little milk,
if there is no cream at hand, add the
beaten yelk Of an egg, and give it
simmer over the fire. Toast nicely
some thin slices of stale bread, and
having buttered them, lay them in Il
fat dish that has been heated before
the fire; then cover each slice with
tongue mixture, which should have
been kept quite hot, and serve up i'm
mediately.
Year: 1866

Corn Pudding. Two dozen green
corn grated, add two eggs, a cup Of
cream or milk, a small piece of butter,
one tablespoonful of sugar, salt, one
tablespoonful -four, bake slowly in a
plate not much more than an inch
deep.
Year: 1866

Hoarhound Beer.-Take one handful
of flour, pour one quart boiling water
over it, four tablespoonsful of yeast,
and put in when cool enough; when
risen add three pounds brown sugar,
four tablespoonsfuI of ground ginger,
one pint strong hoarhound, steep it in
boiling water; stir this all up, let it be
tor twelve hours, strain through a lin
en- cloth into bottles.
Year: 1866

Mint Vinegar. Put into a wide
mouthed bottle fresh nice clean mint
leaves, enough to fill it loosely; then
fill up the bottle with good vinegar,
and after it has been stopped close for
two or three weeks, it is to be poured
off clean into another bottle, and kept
well corked for use Serve with lamb
when mint cannot be obtained.
Year: 1866

Tomato Sauce.-Take as many toma-
toes as you please, boil for twenty
minutes; pulp them through sieve
To every pint Of pulp and juice put
half pint of best vinegar, one ounce
Of chillies, half drachm Of mace, the
same quantity of ginger, cloves and
allspice one ounce of shallots, garlic,
and black pepper. The garlic and
shallots must be boiled in some Of the
tomato juice, and the spices soaked in
boiling vinegar, and allowed to stand
for day before adding them to the
whole Of the pulp and juice. Put
large tablespoonful of salt to each pint;
then bottle, cork and seal.
Year: 1866

The radical aud rebcllions press Of the
South, representing the elements of the
same character among the politicians, grows
more and more rampant, in proportion to
the aid and comfort that is received by tham
from other quarters. The following from
the Richmond Enquirer is about a fair SAM
pie Of thespirit and utterances ofthat paper
and Its coadjutors. We give ats own italics:


''The revolutionary violence Of the radi
Gals will be resisted to blood, if need be; and
to that extremity, the struggle seems likely
to proceed, unless one party or the other
shall triumph at the polls not simply by a
majority but by an Ocei7rhctudt9 majority
No eauivocal or even result, no faiut.victory
will avail to maintain the peace; only such a
triumph as shall cover all cavils, and over
whelm the hopes Of tlp defeated,


It strikes us that this was their style Of
sueech before the election Of Nv. Lincoln in
1860. Something Of the same strain of
eleccioneering was adopted, wheni6 was SAID
hundred times over, that the election of
Mr. Lincoln would be sufficient cause for
breaking up the Union, or for attempting it
by force of arms


It seems, too, that they have raised the
terms on which peace is to be maintained,
by making a new and extraordinary rule for
the determining Of elections. Majorities
viii not answer their modest purposes, but
oUeqchelming majorites are demanded.
Who is to be the Judge whether majorities
are overwhelming or not, But the new
rule of elections proposed by these men, Ella
ted and intoxicated with their new born
hopes must not be overwhelming, but must
''cover all cavils' of tho defeated.


This is the sort Of temper, and those the
views that went into the Philadelphia
Convention from the States lately in REBEL
ion. It is easy to see what kind Of recon
struction policy this spirit will dictate, and
it is equally plain what would be the effects
of such policy on the peace, liberty and
prosperity of the country The babbling
madness Of the Enquirer AID It's class let out
terrible secrets ofthe brewing policy


tWake up here and pay your lodgings,
I L.
Year: 1866

ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTISING The
Bellows Falls Times, says thrifty farmer
called into the editors sanctum, the other
day, and wanted to know who was the most
liberal advertiser-Bho advertised the most.


He had some trading to do, and the most
liberal advertiser was going to have the
largest share of his custom. People will


generally rado where they can do so to the
best advantage. regarding both price and
auality-but the fact that one adyertises in
the newspapers largely, indicates DISPOSE


ton to be liberal with TIE community gener-
ally. He who dosen't care much to make


the business acquaintance Of the people,


never advertises in his county papers If
people wish to trade, they argue, let
them come TO US we are not going to invite
them through the newspapers. " In making
our rounds we inquire after business pros


poets generally, and Invariably fnd those
who do not advertise complaining of dull
noss, while those who let the people know
they have goods and want to sell them, are
nearly always satisfied with the patronage
they receive. The moral is plain, Let orr
| business men try it on.
Year: 1866

cover the river, I'm gazing tonight,


Gazing while silently weeping,
Thinking Of spirits now happy in light


Whose bodies are quietly sleeping,
And they seem, as I think Of their happy abode
In the fair and the blissful forever,
To say eve are waiting for thee in our home,


On its borders, Gust over the river"
Just over the river" a father now dwels,


A father lovingly cherish,
Whose name on my heart is 50 deeply engraved
That its memory never can perish.
And often look upward in prayer to the throne
OF the great and bountiful giver,
And pray may meet that dear father again


In its mansion '.iust over the river"
cover the river" how many look,


Fondly and wishfvlly signing,
Thinking of moments now lost in the past,


Hoping and memory yicing;
Thinking in sadness of friends they have lost,
Gone to the blissful forever,
Signing to meet them yonder bright shore,
That rises just "oyer the river
Year: 1866

As the Democratic organs throughout the
country are laborlng to createthe impression
that some vast work Of mischief was wrought
by Congress at its late session, we wish to
put on record in brief what it really did,


This Republican Congress reduced the
domestic taxes to the extent Of seventy five
millions Of dollars per annum


1t provided for the gradual reduction Of
the great volume Of paper currency, at a
certain fixed rate SO that financiers and
business men might know how to calculate
the future and be relieved Of all danger of a
commercial crash, on account Of the contr ac-
ton of the currency.


1t provided for the protection Of the Feve-
nue. from foreign imports, by more stringent
euactments to guard against systematic
uudervaluation, through which the Treasury
has been defrauded Of countless millions Of
dollars


Tt secured equality before the law TO all
citizens Of the United States, Of every race
and color, under the protection Of the ma
tional government and made every native
born adult a national citizen


1t furnished ample protection for the
freedmen against their late masters and their
associates in the enjoymentof their rights.


It secured homestead to all settlers on
the public lands in the gulfStates under the
national laws and so provided for the poor
whites and blacks Of the south future of
their own better than any they could have
otherwise hoped for.


1t reduced the number Of Supreme Court
judges by gradual process.


1t secured the election Of United States
Senators against the future actionof factious
minorities


1t admitted the reconstructed State of
Tennessee under circumstances which point
out the way in which other reconstructed
States may return to their old places in Con
gress


It restricted the standing army to not
more than fifty thousand men, AGAINST tie
urgent appeals of all who wanted force of
one hundred and seventy seven thousand.


Doubles it has done some things which
might judieiously have been let alone, for al
Congresses do that; but for what is stated
above it deserves and will receive the thanks
Of all right minded men. -N0rth 1Hsericaa.
Year: 1866

pSa Professor Agassiz returned to Boston
last week from his exploration in Brazil.
He has been absent little more than a
year, and during that time has made many
important discoveries in geology and natu-
raj history, finding abundant evidence to
establish his favorite theory of glacial action
and adding to the classification Of the ami
NAL kingdom several hundred species hith-
erto unknown or udescrbed We hear that
he win at once begin the preparation of a
scientific memoir, embodying the result of
his investigation, and work Of popular
character from his pen, entitled Travels
in Brazil, is already announced bg Tcknor
& Fields for publication in the fall
Year: 1866

Deg-A good old Quaker on his death bed
called his young sen to his side, and gave
him the following sensible advice My
dear son, / must soon leave thee, but before
/ 90, give heed to what | say want thee
never to use vulgar language, never to swear,
never to drink Intoxicating liquors, never to
steal and above all never to permit thyself
to be nominated for office by the Copper
head party, for good people viii always alb
hor and condemn such means OF vice and
degradation.
Year: 1866

The pure the bright the beautiful


That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to a wordless prayer,


The drcpms Of love and truth
The longings after something lost,


The spirits yearning cry
The striyings after better hopes


These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
The kindly word in griefs dark hour
That proves the friend indeed:
The plea of mercy softly breathed,


When justice threatened high
The sorrow Of a oontrite heart


These things shall never die,
The memory Of elasping hand,


The pressure Of kiss,
And all the trifes, sweet or frail,


That make up loves frst bliss,
If with firm unehanging faith.


And holy trust and high,
Those hands have clasp ed those lips have met
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word


That wounded as it fell
The chilling want Of sympathy,


We feel, but never tell
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfading record kept


These things viii never die
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work 20 do
Lose not a chance to wakeE love
Be firm and just and true.
So shall light that cannot fade


Beam on thee from on high
A4a angel voices say to thee,


These things shall never die.
Year: 1866

THE Cincinnati Commercial says, The
new party will be no more able to rid itself
OF yallandigbam than the Democratic party
was. He rode the one into premature
grave, and it will not be his fault il he does
not attend the funeral of the other"
Year: 1866

PRENTICE Of the Louisville ,Iouraat
makes wicked lunge at the very underpin-
ming of society. He says fitting hoops
enable the common people to see a great
deal more of good society than they ever
saw before.
Year: 1866

A YOUNG COUPLE had been married by
Quaker Justice, and after the ceremony, he
remarked to the husband: Friend thou
art now at the end of thy troubles Afe2
weeks after the young man came to the good
man, boiling over with rage. (his wife was
regular vixen Il thought you told me
that | was at the end Of my troubles
SO did, friend, but did not say which
end -
Year: 1866

ces of their country; seeking happiness in the
calm of domestic life and such lovers Of peace
that for generations they have been reputed un-
warlike. Now at the cry Of their country in
its distress, they rose up with unappe'sabe pa
triotismi not hrelings-the purest and Of the
best blood in the land sons of pious ances-
try, with clear perception of duty, unclouded
faith and fixed resolve to succeed, they throng-
ed round the President to support the wrong
ed the beautiful flag Of the nation. The halls
Of the theological seminaries sent forth their
young men, whose lips were touched with elo-
quence, whose hearts kiudled with devotion to
serve in the ranks, and make their way to
command only as they learned the art of war.
Striplings in the colleges. as well as the most
gentle and the most studious; those OF sweet
est tember and loveliest character and bright
est genius passed from their classes tn the
camp. The lumbermen sprang forward from
the forests, the mechanics from their benches,
where they had been trained by the exercise Of
political rights TO share the life and hope Of the
Republic, to feel their responsibility TO their
forefathers, their posterity and mankind, went
forth resolved that their dignity as constitu-
ent part Of the republic should not be impaired.
Farmers and sons Of farmers left the land but
half ploughed, the grain but half planted, and,
taking up the muskel, learned to face without
fear the presence of peril and the coming of
death in the shocks of war, while their hearts
were still attracted to the charms of their rural
life, and all the tender affections of home.
Whatever there was Of truth and faith and
public love in the common heart broke out
with one expression. The mighty winds blew
from every quarter to fan the flame Of the sa-
cred and unquenehabe fire.


THE WAR A WORLDWIDE WAR.


For time the war was thought TO be con-
fined to our own domestic affairs: but it was
soon seen that it involved the destines of man.
kind and its principles and causes shook the
politics of Europe to the centre, and from Lis
bon to Pekn divided the governments of the
world.
Year: 1866

Otherwise his education was altogether Amer
ican The Declaration of Independence was
his compendium of political wisdom, the Life
of Washington his constant study, and some
thing of Jefferson and Madison reached him
through Henry Clay, whom he honored from
boyhood. For the rest, from day 10 day, he
lived the life OF the American people; walked
in its light; reasoned with its reason; thought
with its power OF thought; felt the bealings OF
its mighty heart; and so was in every way a
child Of nature-a child of the West-a child
of America.
Year: 1866

With Taylors improvement which for lightnesS Of
dfaught are second 10 IN use


IN fact. manufacturing all of the various
kinds of Agricultural Machinery known 10 work well
IN this part of the country. 70
Year: 1866

tiff and defendant to do the same yet
1t would certainly be much cheaper, and
more business could be done ia one day
than is now done in a week, and cases
would not have to "lay over" until they
spoil. The "profession of honor" is an
honorable profession yet to those Of its
voteries who aspire to the true dignity of
their Office. It is the pettifogger who
has brought contempt upon the profession.
Because he is sworn to be true to his eli
ent is no reason why man should be un-
true to himself and an ennobling charac-
ter. IF he has the bad side of the case
he must use every honorable means to
show what is favorable for his client and
which will tend to tighten the penalty
incurred. But his oath should not urge
him to go one step further.


I suppose it will be good while yet
before men practice that little rule, edo
as you would be done BY" and so we
must have courts until that time comes.
IF one half Of the world acted on this
principle the other half would have no.
body to fight with and there would be no
fighting. But spunky, selfish nature
seems to be spunky as ever and SO the
war of neighbors goes on,-a war of COW
etousness, of jealousy, of SANDER, of wick
edness.


There is another Bar, my friend,


Where you, a prisoner, shall attend;


A Bar at which your records here


Will for your veal or woe appear,


And He who now is Advocate


Will then as Judge your coming wait.


ICHABOD WHACKHAMMER.
Somew here Jan. Is, 1866.