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Year: 1874

Eating a hearty meal at the close


OF the day is like giving a laborius


man 2 inll days work to do Just as


night sets in, although he has been


toiling all. day. The whole body is
fatigued when night sets in, the stom-


ach takes its due share, and to eat


heartily at supper and then go to bed


is giving all the other portions and
functions Of the body repOse.. while
the stomach has thrown upon it four
or five houls more of additional work,
after having already 'abored four or
FIVE hours to dispose OF breakfast, and


a still longer time for dinner. This


ten or twelve hours Of almost inces-
SAINT work has nearly exhausted its


power; it can not promptly digest
another full meal, but lab0rs at iG for
long hours together, like an exhausted
galley slave OH a newly imposed
task.


The result is that by the unnatural
length of time which the food is kepa
in the stomach, and the imperfect
manner in which the exhausted organ
manages it, it becomes more or less
acid this generates wind, this presses
UP itself against the more yielding
lungs, contining them to largely
diminished space; thence every
breath taken is insufficient for the
wants Of the system, the blood be-
comes foul, black, and thick, refuses
to flow, and the man dies, OF in dclir-
.ium OF fright leaps from a window,
OF commits suicide. @ ~ 81 -
! Let any reader who follows an in
active life for the most part, try the
experiment for a week of eating, alb
solutely nothing after a one or two
o'clock dinner, and see if sonnder
sleep and a vigorous appetite for
breakfast and a hearty dinner are not
the pleasurable results, to say moth
ing Of the happy deliverance from
that disagreeable fullness, weight;
oppression, or acidity which attends
over-eating. The great renoxating
and yjvacity which a long, delicious,
and connecting sleep in,parts, both ii,
mind and body, will OF themselves
more than compensate for the certain
ly short and rather. dubious pleasure
'of eating Il supper with no special rel
lsh.-Science OF HEALTH.
Year: 1874

Kind reader, did you ever think
what great advantage the Chris
tan has over other fnen in
regard to companionship The
Christian can never be truly alone,
when Christ in his Holy Word
speaks to him: "Behold, l stand
at the door and knock if any
man here my voice and open the
door l will come in to him, and
sup with him and he with me-"
There are very few, if any of us,
but can remember times when we
longed for companionship and the
saddest of loneliness is that felt in
the midst of mirth and gayety,
when associated with those whose
souls are not and cannot be, in
unision with ours.


The Christian can have sweet
companionship, as did Paul and
Silas, when they sang praises to
God in the inner prison as. did
hundreds of martyrs at the burn
ing stake. Hence they are often
heard to pray and speak to God as
they would to q dear earthly
friend, who was bodily preasent.
with them.
Year: 1874

ARE YoU MARRIED This ques-
ton is raised by case which
proves that persons may have been
married in due form of law and
yet not be able to prove it.-A lady
in a western city very nearly lost
the right of dover in her deceased
husbands estate--amounting to
$40, ,000-for lack of marriage GER
tficatc. How many married ladies
are any better situated in this re-
spect! Marriage contracts are


loosely entered into now a days,
and the manner Of registration Is
managed In such way that many
ladies were they to institute an
investigation, would not be able to
tell whether they are wives or what.
Year: 1874

Lost.
Wandering on with aimless feet,
Mid the din and roar of tho busy street;
Watching the sights so strange and new;
Stopping TO peer Bome house-door through;
Gazing delighted ut windows gay,
Choosing what toys she will buy some day.
Never thinking or knowing how to cotint the


cost.


All baby Fay do you know you are lost
Years pass away; and adown the street
woman wanders with aimless feet.
The night is murky-the wind is chill
And she drifts along with wanton will.
Draggled and torn are the tawdry clothesi
Men jibe and stare us she onward goes.
Oh! she never had counted the fearful cost,
For Fay-oh, Fay you're lost YOU'RE lost
Year: 1874

In the decease Of this gentleman which occurred
in this city on Monday last at the ripe age OF
eighty-four, New York city loses Its oldest lawyer.
He was intimate friend Of the father Of Charles
OConor and one OF the nrst to predict the success
OF the latter In Jurisprudence. Mr.. Bogert never
achieved any eminence at the bar, but has been
always known for conscientious fidelity to his
oath as attorney and counsellor and for his we'll
balanced Judgments In real estate law. For
many years he was great favorite with lawyers
as administrator OF oayhs and taker or deed
Acknowledgements, and has probably during the
nifty years he continuously held this small but yet
important once supervised more commissioner OF
deeds and notary public business than oil the rest
OF mis- compeers together. He was also known for
his courtesy, urbanity and amabtity.
Year: 1874

The WHEELER WILSON SEWING MACHINE CON-
PANY invite their friends and the public to visit thcm IN
Fourteenth street Union SQUARE Eew YORK This s com
and having the best machines and the best organized
mandatory the world and having achieved the high
is but In keeping with the reputation OF that company
Year: 1874

Hon. 4. G. Downey, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, delivered an opin-
ion upon the constitutionality of two Sec
tions of the Baxter Bill-the 17th and
18th. Section IS is declared constitution
al, but section Is, so far as it attempts to
dispense with statement of the name of
the person to whom the liquor was sold,i is
invalid. The section reads as follows:


SEC. Il. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to buy for or to furnish to any
person who is at the time intoxicated, or
in the habit of getting intoxicated, or TO
buy for or to furnish to any minor, to he
drank by such minor, any intoxicating
liquor. Any person or persons violating
this section shall be fined not less than
five dollars nor more than fifty dollars.


SEC. IS In all prosecutions under this
act, by Indictment or otherwise, it shall
not be Necessary TO state the kind of IL
quor used, or to describe the place where
sold, and it shall not be necessary to state
the name OF the person to whom sold
In all cases the person or persons ia
whom intoxicating liquors shall be sold
in violation of this act shall be competent
witnesses to prove such facts or any 9TH
er tending thereto.-Indianapotis Journal.
Year: 1874

While in Plymouth last Friday week,I
beheld sight which brought me TO re-
fleet upon the good might be accomplish
ed by the praying band.r were they Ia
become acquainted with ihe circumslan-
ces On coming out of II. It DIS grocery,
we beheld two or three doors north of
that, woman standing at the door plead
ing with her husband 10 90 home, who
only turned her away, telling ler TO go
along and mind her own Cd Id busi
ness. Within short interval, the scene
was repeated two or three times.


| noticed in communication from Ar
gos. that the "Green Walnut Grange"
had passed resolution asking a post
Donement ofthe building Of an iron bridge.
across Yellow River, at Plymouth.
suppose the object is to avoid an increased
taxation, which we all should do; but il
am correctly informed, the money is on
hand to carry on the work. Now if this
be true, would it not be advisable to let
it be thus used, instead of allowing q
few favored ones to use il to their own
personal advantage: Though not q
granger, am in favor of economy and
retrenchment, in the County, State and
Nation. Now if my logic is not good,
will bear correction. OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1874

The Indiana Sentinel published what
purpOrted to be the proceedings of a
meeting held in indianapolis last week,
by the Patrons of Husbandry, in which
the old parties were denounced and laid
aside by them as too corrupt for the farm
ers to hold fellowship with. The follow
ing call for meeting was published in the
Sentinel last Friday morning:


To the People of the State Of Indiana:


Believing that the people are honest
and capable of self government. that the
old political organizations az corrupt /;
that there is no trust TO be gplaced in the
promises Of either of the so.called great
political parties; that there are no ques-
tions that ought to divide the people of
indiana that the dead past isues should
be buried with the past, and that we
should address ourselves to the living
questions of the day; we therefore invite
the farmers, and industrial classes gener
ally, of Indiana, to meet with us on Wen
neSday, the 11th day of June, in the city
Of indianapolis, to devise ways and means
to bring about such reform as will eman-
cipate our State from the intolerable bur-
dens heaped upon Us by the misrule of
corrupt party politics. Come, let us
counsel together.


A business meeting of purchasing
agents for the Oranges in this State met
in Indianapolis last week, in which po-
litical questions were neither acted upon
nor discussed, and they positively deny
that any such action was taken by the P.
of H. 1t is political dodge which mer-
its, as it will receive, the condemnation of
the people.
Year: 1874

1T has been suggested that now is the
time to clean the alleys The city Prose.
cutting Attorney was looking up the ordi.
nance lass week. II is unlawful to keep
a nuisance in any of the streets or alleys
in this city, and fine may be imposed
against any one who violates that law.
Year: 1874

KEEPING PoULTRY IN ORCHARDS
Some farmers make it practice to keeI
their poultry in their orchards from
early in the spring until cold weather
sets in; and they find that it pays them
for SO doing. A picket fence should be
built around the orchard, high enough
to prevent their flying over, with suit.
able house or shed in one corner of the
yard to shelter them at night. Thus
situated the poultry will thrive and pros
per, keeping themselves in good condi.
ton, and the increase in eggs will be
greatly augmented, and their usefulness
and value enhanced tc their owners al
least, ON account of the THOUSAND my.
riads of insects and worms which they
naturally destroy, and which will more
than repay the cost and labor of build
ing the fence. By keeping them en-
closed in this manner, large number of
fowls may be retained in an orchard ;
and the continual scratching which is
done by them will prove advantageous
both to the soil and trees themselves.
Year: 1874

1t is good sign when a man is proud
of his calling. Yet tnothing is more CON-
mon than to hear men finding fault con-
stantly with their particular business,
aud deeming themselves unfortunate be-
cause fastened TO it by the necessity of
gaining livelihood. In this spirit men
fret, and laboriously destroy all their
c,mfort in their WORK; or they change
their business, and 60 on miserably shift
ing from one thing to another, till the
grave or the poor house gives them
fast grip. But while occasionally man
fails in life because ne is not in the place
fitted for his peculiar talent, it happens
ten times oftner that failure results from
neglect and even contempt of an honest
business. A man should put his heart
into everything that he does. There is
not profession that has not its peculiar
cares and vexations. No man will es-
cape annoyance by changing business
No mechanical business is altogether
agreeable. Commerce, in its endless va
rieties, is affected, like all other human
pursuits, with trials and unwelcome
duties and spirit-tryipg necessities. 1t is
the very wantonness of folly for man
to search out the frets and burdens of
his calling, and give his mind every day
to consideration of them. They be-
long to human lie. They areinevitable.
Brooding, then, only gives them strength.
On the other hand, man has power
given him to shed beauty and pleasure
upon the homliest toll, if he is wise.
Let man adopt his business and identi-
fly it with life, and cover it with pleas
ant associations for God has given us
Imagination not alone to make some
poets, but TO enable all men to beautify
homely things. Heart varnish will
cover up innumerable evil and defects.
Look at the good things. Accept your
lot as a man does piece of rugged
ground, and begin to get out the rocks
and roots, to deepen and mellow the soil,
to enrich and plant it. There is some-
thing in the mo forbidding avocation
around which man may twine pleasant
fancies, out of which he may develop an
honest pride.
Year: 1874

A SAUoY NoTE.-A young man from
the States was the master of a newly es-
tablished school in city consisting Of
about score of houses, or TO use the
common name, log cabins, in the far, far
West. The master had so small linn BIS
that they were often callei microscop
ic members" The people also said he
ought to be arrested on account of hav-
ing no visible means of support, &c.


AT first, some two or three of the citi-
zens were against the master and public
instruction in the city. One of these,
whom the master thought had been won
over upon his side, sent by his boy the
following note, devoid of punctuation
and the capitals used Unfortunately,
to the pedagogue: eur Ass you are a
man of no lege wish to intur my bowie
in your Skull"


The schoolmaster dismissed the boy,
and, Immediately after, the school. Find
ing the author of the note in a cornfeld,
he displayed his "persuader and told
the man to explain, apologize or fight,
at the same time producing the note.
The man translated the note as follows ::


"Sir, as you are man of knowledge,
l wish to enter my boy in your school,"
Year: 1874

Do not stop to tell stories in business
hours.


If you have place of business, be
found there when wanted.


No man can get rich by sitting round
stores and saloons.


Never " fool in business matters.


Have order, system, regularity aud
promptness.


Do not meddle with business you
you know nothing of.


Strive to avoid harsh words and per-
sonalities.


Do not kick every stone in the path.
More miles can be made in day by
going steadily on than by stopping.


Pay as you go.


A man of honor respects his word as
he does his bond.


Help others when you can, but never
give what you cannot afford simply be-
cause it is fashionable.


Use your brains rather than those of
others.


Learn to think and act for yourself.
Keep ahead rather than behind the
times.
Young men, cut this out, and if there
be folly in the argument, let US know.
Year: 1874

DRINK AND WARM WEATHER.
Drink as little as possible in warm
weather This simple rule will prevent
almost all discomfort from heat. 1t il
the stertorous people who go about puff
ing and blowing like steam engines, and
taking in about as large an amount Of
fuel at every street-eorner, who COM
plain, probably suffer most from the
summer warmth, and are most liable to
be attacked by summer disorders. In.
cessant thirst is induced partly by habit,
partly by the quantity of salted food
ham mainly-which is used during the
warm weather. Abstain from salt food
eat fresh meat, fruit and vegetables, and
drink as little as possible. So will you
be happy.-Dr. Hail..
Year: 1874

A PLEASANT CoUNTENANCE.-A low
ing heart and pleasant countenance
are commodities which a man should
never fail to take home with him. They
will best season his food and soften his
pillow. 1t were a great thing for man
that his wife and children could truly
say of him, He never brought frown
or unhappiness across his theshold."
Year: 1874

Religion is not confined to devotional
exercises, but rather consists in doing all
We are called and qualified to do, with a
single eye to Gods glory and will, from
a grateful sense of his mercy to us. This
is the alchemy that turns everything in
to gold, and stamps value upon COM
mon actions.-J. Ne,ctoa.
Year: 1874

FERN PREssING.-This is just the time
to gather and press green ferns, and we
agree fully with writer in Scribner's,
that they are 80 pretty and refreshing to
have in the house in cold weather, so ea-
silly obtained, and 80 little trouble to pre-
pare, that it is pity that any one should
be without few bunches when the fow-
er season has passed There are many
ways of preserving them but the one
that seems most successful is to pick the
ferns when they are young and tender,
lay them between newspapers, or in large
fiat books, and place them under very
heavy weights until the sap has entirely
dried. Persons who gather in August
often leave them in press till Thanksgiv-
ing or Christmas, asserting that this long
subsection to weights keeps the color
better than any other method. The sat-
est way TO secure perfect ferns is to take
book to the woods, and lay each one
between the leaves as soon as broken
from the stem. Even in few minutes
ferns will curl up at the tips; after an
hour or two it is almost impossible to lay
them fat. This process is very good for
bright leaves. and makes them less arti-
fetal than when vanished. Bunches of
autumn leaves are very beautiful for eve
ming decorations, if a lighted candle be
set behind them. This brings out their
brilliant tints, and gives them the ap-
pearance of having been freshly gather
| ed.
Year: 1874

Either a man must be content with
poverty all his life, or else deny himself
some luxtlries, and save, to lay the base
of independence III the future. But if
man defes the future, and spends all
that he earns, (whether his earnings be
one dollar or ten dollars per day), let
him look for some lean hungry want at
some future time-for it will surely
come, no matter what he thinks.


To save is absolutely the only way to
get solid fortune; there is no other
certain mode. Those who shut THEN
eyes and ears to these plain facts will be
forever poor, and for their obstinate
rejection of the truth, mayhap will die
in rags and filth. Let them SO die and
thank themselves. But, no! They
take a sort Of recompense III cursing for
tune. Great waste of breath! They
might as well curse mountains and eter-
nal hills. For [ can tell them fortune
does not give away her real and substan-
tial goods She sells them to the high
est bidder, to the hardest, wisest worker
for the boon. Men never make SO fatal
a mistake as when they think they are
mere creatures of fate; It's the sheerest
folly in the world. Every man may
make or mar his life whichever he may
choose. Fortune is for those who, by
diligence, honesty, frugality, place them
selves in position to grasp hold of for
tune when it appears In view. The best
evidence Of frugality is the five hundred
dollars Or more standing in your name
at the savings bank. The best evidence
of honesty is both diligence and frugal
Year: 1874

fruited. Apple trees look thrifty. None
old enough to bear.


As to the length Of the season. One
settler planted his corn among the logs
of his clearing on the 10th of June and
long before the first frost harvested
about so bushels (ears) to the acre.


In so new a country agricultural
statistics must be meagre, but the above
Will show that northern Wisconsin is
neither barren nor unfruitful.


The country is well watered. Indeed
it is a country Of streams as a glance at
the map will show.


OF the character Of the country along
the thirty miles of railroad running
south from Ashland, we have not time
to speak, nor of the mineral wealth OF
the Penoka range. We may say, how
ever, that results obtained from farms
in the Bad River Reservation warrant
the statement that the BOTTOM or 'sin-
tervaP' lands Of Ashland county are IN
su. passed in the west. We candidly
believe that no part Of the west offers
such inducements for the employment of
capital, either in manufactures or spec
r1lation, as the line of the Wisconsin
Central railway We are glad to know
that the people of Milwaukee are com
ing to realize the Importance to THEN
city of the development of northern
Wisconsin, and the early completion OF
the Wisconsin Central railroad to Lake
Superior and q connection with the
Northern Pacific railroad.
Year: 1874

The transit of Venus just observed
with all the aids OF science and art, will
enable the Savants as soon as all the
facts are collated, and the great sum
worked cut to determine where we are.
Venus passing across the face of the sun
gives data for closer calculation than
scientists have ever before enjoyed.
Until the present day there has been a
margin of two hundred thousand miles,
a kind of no mans land in space, and
we might be anywhere there, or there
about. Now it is hoped that we shall
know whether we are 81, 100000 miles
from the centre of our system, or some
900 miles nearer; and that know
ledge may enable some few people to
sleep more comfortably on their beds.
The calculations now to be made vii
verify our figures in many other respects
to a great extent, and In that relation,
the value of the service can hardly be
r,y-orratAU
Year: 1874

The pres1ly meeting . the State
Grange at Aus;jp IS aitlaating much
attention oil avrr the tts' e, showing
most conclusively that 'Aeir action
upon given subjects is looked upon
with interest by both papers and
people. 1t Is no use to cover up the
fact, that IN their hands is placed
large share Of the material prosperity
of the State, and all manner of indus,
tnes carried on within It's borders /;
and this circumstance gives to their
present meeting an Importance not
surpassed by any assemblage Of the
citizens Of the State, that has ever
occurred. The number and character
of the delegates now IN council over
the farming interests Of Texas, gives
promise that broad, Ii beral and hon
est policy will be inaugurated, and
that whatever is done, will be wisely
and well done. We confess to de-
gree OF interest in their action, second
only to our interest in the action and
policy of the Legislature Of the State.


This gathering of the farmer clans
Of Texas, is to mark an era In the his.
tory Of the leading industrial pur.
suits of the State. Measures for mu-
tual protection, encouragement and
advancement will be taken. Notes
and experiences will be interchanged
Each mans moiety will be brought,
and Cast inte the common collection,
and the whole will constitute o fund
ofrpe, rich experience which cannot
fail TO be Of Immense Importance to
themselves, and through them to the
people of every class and pursuit in
the State. We trust, and indeed we
have assurance, that no narrow or
mean policy will prevail, but that all
questions coming naturally before
the State Grange will be discussed in
spirit OF liberal and enlighted can
dor, and in the light also Of a ripe ex.
perience, and one that Will be of vast
Importance to all concerned.


We are now only entering upon the
morning oil Texas true progress
With the completion Of her railroad
systems, and the improvement of her
harbors, and the extension of her
commercial connections with the
world, commences an era of true
greatness, that has hitherto been only
dreamed Of, and these dreams are
shortly to become living, practical re-
alities, and no influsnce can be more
potent in effectlng this grand result
than that of the hard listed heroes of
the plow, now in council in the capi-
tai city Of the State.
Year: 1874

Boutwell's Official bones are being
dragged out Of the grave by the Bos'
ton Saturday Gazette and the Gal
weston News. The Gazette furnishes
the text, the News the sermon and
both together the people, with a re-
hash Of the currency question, out Of
which We get no new idea, or even a
practical suggestion. but much stale
Wit, At the expense Of q dead poll
tioisn; Some one is responsible for
the panic Of 1878, and the dead palsy
that has since locked up the business
Of the country, and starved out the
poor mechanics. We rather think
hu Tannership is the guilty party,
and poor Boutwell, the silly tool.
Year: 1874

A learned divine at Burlington
said to liquor dealer there :
"Wretched man! if the bed of the
river was bank high with the suds of
salvation, and June rise of piety
was coming down from the noun.
tsins, there wouldn't be enough to
wash your feet"
Year: 1874

The Dallas Herald writes up the
mad dog question in truly pathetic
and touching vein, underlying it oil
with q substratum Of blood which
BODIES no good to the unfortunate
dogs of that mad community.