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Year: 1866

THEY AISIGSO MUCH HTROUBLE


The little ones, we meah--the children


who are glowing up in our homes, and


calling Oil us daily ard hourly fof loving


patient care. How often have. we heard


the above expressed from the lips OF


some W cary mother, and never without a


consciousness that it grated haishly on
the instincts of our better nature. -


How much fault we findiwith our chill
dren, little tesliaihg that we are only
''chifdfen of larger growth How i'm
patient we become with their never-ceas-
ing questions how thoughtlessly we de-
molish their block-houses: how incessant-
ly we find fault with their little pattering
feet that so often lead them into forbidden
hooks and corners! Torn bibs and dresses
are fruitful theme for conversation and
reprimand, and, in despair, five out OF the
half dozen, are hustled off to school to get
them out of the way. Pr


Now we do not believe God ever intend-
ed children to be so much tronble, and we
have a theory, that if mothers would only
live little more as they shojtld, children
would not approach SO nearly the condi-
tion of Little torments." In, the first place
do not entail so much hereditary evil upon
your children, and you will not have our
self to reform again in miniature. In}the
iiext place set fashion at defiance, and let
the little beings have anyquantity of fresh
t air, good wholesome food. and watchful,
moral training. Teach your children it is
all honor to work. Impress Oh their minds
the fact that they are to become help and
comfort to you, and in niiie cases out of
tth, they will really become so. Be their
advisors and let them become your COM
pahions: .'E" 8.


1oii will have to give up many of your
own pleasures in order to do this, but the
reward Of loving kisses and clinging arms,
will BIZ yours. First in the memory of
every child will stand the mother, whose
affectionate teachings they can never for
get. and when life with you shall be slow
ly waning, and you feel rs though you
would fain relinquish its burden, there
will be kind hands and youthful shoulders
to help you bear it, and fill your heart
with the sweet consciousness that you have
not lived in yain-that you have nebly
filled the part of a wise and loving mother.
In the decline of years, you will bless
God for the gift of the little ones who are
$50 much trouble" to you now. So live
with them that they may not have cause
to repeat the same words7over your bowed
and tottering framer as you near the gates
of eternity.
Year: 1866

linger lovingly many sweet remembrances
of the Golden time''-when with light heart
Ihave gathered wild flowers, and clambered
high up these rugged sleeps for the wood
bines, which in Summer hangs in such
gorgeous festoons from every peak, and
when wearied sat resting on some gray
old rock, and bathed my naked feet in the
bright waters below. It is here in this
same old seat that have had many day
dreams, and INDUCED in many bright hopes
hopes that faded as my girlhood passed
away.


Just above my head, on this moss-grown
old beech against which am now leaning
is my name, cut here years ago. The one
by whose hand it was cut is not with me
to-day, but tossed by the "eontending
winds of fate' is away, struggling with the
winds of life's stormy ocean. love to
wander to this lonely place. and forget, if I
can, the strife, passion, and ambition of the
world-to call up the memory of bygone
days, and live over the early hours of child
hood--the bright visions of youth, when
all was promise and anticipation, and even
to glance into the dark vista of the future.
Oh! the mysterious futurel It is well that
we connot look into it-well that we can't
see the dark hour when the death-dews will
lie chill and damp upon our brows, and
when the gathering mists of life's evening
will shut out from our eyes the scenes we
so much love. a H


Daylight is fading, and I must bring this
letter to close; but I quit this spot with
reluctance. I love to commune with nature,
for always go back to the world wiser,
better. and happier. LUELLA.


Bradshaw, April, 1866.
Year: 1866

The best and most useful invention the kind for savn
household labor invented.


Has more and better recommendations for saving
and the wear and tear Of fabrics washed than any
chine All the other machines either clothes and We
hem out speedily do not satisfactorily perform their work
With the


HYDRAULIC CLOTHES WASHER
Ihsisno the case. There rubbing the clothes an
consequently no and The washing is os con
pstsy and thoroughly performed by She Of the Whe,
alone Send for circular giving full explanations or call snt
examine them at the General Southern Agency.
Good Inducements offered to agents elsewhere


s. NJ. BARTON & CO.'S


No. IT FchOuDit0ulsa street,
Year: 1866

''coal dirt and the gaunt "breakern Of the
busy miner, your correspondent turns his
mental eye to our trim little city, and regrets
more OF his tellow-citizens are not with him
to sec the stir and enterprise and perhaps to
catch the spirit of these industrious people


From hilltop in the centre Of this town
you may count the curling jets OF steam from
some ten or more collieres which have a
capacity Of sending to market from two hun


Ircd To one thousand tons OF coal per day,
apiece. To get the product from all of these
operations there is perfect network Of
Railroads, seven distinct tracks, besides sid


ngs being crossed, in a walk Of half a mile.
and with such namesl "Swilch backs g"
Tail Tracks Feed Tracks, &c. Why
is it Mr. Editor, that the natives here always
speak OF thcir mines as being feminine--is it
because they love them so: You hear them
talking Of "s1s is in fault''--"lIow docs ale
pilch:'-"ls she squeezed:' You should
come up here to see and find it all out


But my point is that Wilmington is or
ought to be just as near all of this wealth as
Philadelphia, and yet we must pay tribute
to the hitter on all of this product which we
use, BY allowing it to go some 80 miles out
of the woy-pass through Philadelphia and
thus add to its cost. am told that the
mining region extends some Is or 90 miles
both East and West from here, and | only
see small portion of the system of Iron
Road which drains this rich product. When
we see our sister city OF Reading, certainly
not our superior in wealth or population
few years since, take hold of her advantages
Of situation, and build the Lebanon Valley
the East Pennsylvania and the Reading and
Columbia Railroads, in all some 15O miles
over rough mountains and through rocky
cuts, we ought TO feel that we can by our.
selves build road of some so miles. But
even this l am told we are not asked to do,
for our friends OF Berks and Chester are
ready TO take one-half the load, and we are
only left to build e5 miles OF road, 10 enjoy
the benefits of the expenditure of millions
which have been spent on the hundreds OF
miles which would become tributary TO our
line. BBANpYw1Nr.
Year: 1866

THE GREAT SALE Tomorrow. Capitalists
and those who are looking out for safe pay
ing investments must not forget the extensive
sale of Mr.. J. T. Head, tomorrow. farm
of over fifty acres; lot of twelve acres on
Green Hill Avenue; and lot of eight acres
on Woodlawn Avenue, are all to be disposed
of at the hotel of Morris Dickinson, at two
O'Clock. No better opportunity will offer
for long time to come, for the purchase of
fine lot or farm, on such favorable terms as
are offered at this sale. No cash is required
The locations are all eligible and desirable;
and the Improvements going on in the
neighborhood will undoubtedly make them
first class paying investments in very short
time.
Year: 1866

THE WILMINGTON AND READING RAILROAD


AS a PASSENGER ROAD.


Most estimates of the receipts from pas.
sengers on new road, are found when
brought to the test of experience, to be mere
guesses, and of but little value, except to
show that the guesses are most frequently
too low, particularly in the department Of
way travel.


In attempting to estimate the passenger
traffic over our road, the first fact that strikes
us is, that it traverses distance of so miles
through one of the most populous districts
of Pennsylvania and Delaware Terminal,
ing at either end in Railroad leading TO
Philadelphia, and passing in its route three
others, (and likely to be connected with
fourth by short branch all leading to.
wards the same city, it occupies a geographic
Year: 1866

a portion of the influential men of Utica,
n. Y, are actively opposing the movement
to create a city debt for new railroad


Hide importers arc allowed to land cargos
when they prove that the cattle from which
The hides were taken did not die of the cattle
disease
Year: 1866

And we have, as the gross receipts


from passenger traffic.. ................ 81, ,451
AT the first glance this may appear a large
estimate, but it is one that will be more
likely to be exceeded than otherwise, after
the road has been three years in operation.


LAUREL
Year: 1866

THE body of perfectly formed infant was
found in the river, this morning, washed
against our levee No trace of the authors
OF the crime by which it came, before its
time, into the world, has yet been obtained,
though the officers are on the alert. There
are various theories in regard to the matter,
but none reliable.
Year: 1866

when it shall have been ratified against your
will and consent.


Accept, now, ooluatarily, as free men, the
proposed amendment, and your fellow-citi-
zens, shall commend and follow your exam
pie, and all North Carolinans will march
with you back into the Union, under the flag
of the Union, to achieve the great victories
ofpeace, and to follow the high destiny Of
the great army of the whole country to per-
form the great actions of the peace, whose
results shall be the increased happiness, pros
perity, freedom and renown Of the American
people.
Citizens and Citizen Soldiers:


Who now shall lead the great army of the
country to these victories of peace, and their
great results2 By your ballots you may de-
eide. And by the dangers which threaten
around amid the darkness of the American
quarters you are charged to "put none but
Americans on guard" and to follow those
only who will "keep step to the music of
the Union"


The farewell command of our first great
leader-of him who was first in war, first
in peace, and first in the hearts of his coun-
trymen," still fingers, and should always be
ODSNOu3 yVu Hof ccss - 5ttseSt3 ftOOtttettt
and inamooeable attachment to that unity of
government which constitutes us one peo-
ple" The voices of other dead are heard
over the fatal experience of the past, to pro-
claim-the national sentiment of the millions
of to-day is proclaiming, and millions on
millions Of posterity, could they advance to
greet you, would re-proclaim, The Federal
Union, it must and shall be preserved" Let
us all have full confidence in that the virtue
and intelligence of the people, which has
hitherto proven equal to the administration
and preservation of our free representative
form Of government, will be found equal, in
all coming time, to the achievement of the
victories and to the performance of the great
actions upon which depend those grand re-
suits of progress, that millions of eager eyes
are now straining to behold on the march of
American civilization.


UNION CITIZEN.
Year: 1866

GONE by THE BoARD.--A man was wash
ed overheard from the schooner Eureka
Saturday morning, during heavy gale on
Lake Ontario Several thousand feet oflum-
Der with which the schooner was freighted
were carried away at the same time. The man
managed to get three boards together, and
making them rude raft fioated for sixteen
hours on the lake. Meantime the gale sub
sided and the captain of the schooner having
put about, with little hope Of finding him
alive, picked him up and proceeded ON his
voyage. The man was benumbed with cold
and afflicted with vast appetite. Beyond
this he did not suffer much,
Year: 1866

It should never be forgotten by those
who would form proper judgment of human
nature, that the religious feeling may exist
in its strongest form, uuaccompanied by
either auiability of disposition or honesty of
character; on the contrary, the most fero-
cious monsters that ever disgraeed humanity
have been the most superstitious in their re:
ligious feelings, the strictest in their bious
Observanees. 1t is a lesson which all history
teaches, and one which is every day lost
sight of in our surprise at the exposure of
some enormous villaiuy in those who are es>
teemed the pillars of the church
Year: 1866

LABOR AND Observation-Disclosures
is intended for the mind as whetting is to
the scythe, to sharpen the edge to it, which
otherwise would grow dull and blunt He,
therefore, that spends his whole life in re-
creation, is ever whetting, never moving; his
grass may grow and his steed may starve, as
contrarily he that always tolls, and never re-
creates, is ever moving, never whetting; Ia
boring much to little purpose. As good no
scythe as no edge. Then only doth the work
grow forward, when the scythe is so season
ably and moderately whetted, that it may
cut, and so cut that it may have the help Of
sharpening.
Year: 1866


diture of public moneys, without a bud
get duly voted and sanctioned, was con
trary to law; that the only excuse for
such illegality which this cabinet had
been obliged to commit during the last
few years, was duty devolying upon
them to keep the admi nistrative machine
going; and that Bill of Indemnity,
therefore, was as much required under
the Constitution as he hoped it would
be readily granted by the Commons.
Then, alluding to the original cause OF
the quarrel, be intimated that now, when
the Prussian army was likely to receive
a considerable increase from the aggran-
dizement of the State, and the acquisi-
tion of permanent allies, it would be
much wiser to effect a compromise on
the vexed question of military service
In this case he hnted, in conclusion, the
right of the purse, as vested in the
House, would be no longer disputed by
the crown.


/ have no doubt that these terms will
be accepted by Parliament, as, indeed,
they were received with loud applause in
the Hall The loan the Government is
going to ask to defray a portion of the
cost of the war will be sure to meet with
little, if any, opposition.


The Crown Princess, being in deep
mourning for her infant son, did not
leave Heringsdorf to attend the solemni-
ties. Her royal husband this morning
went to Potsdam to the grave Of his lost
child, who died while his father was alb
sent in the war. To morrow he repairs
to the seaside, whence he intends 10 ac-
company his consort to some Silesian
chataau
Year: 1866

ton which already adorns our -four
ishing capital. +,


If the Recommendation, of the Com
missioner be adopted, and the friends
of Miami University can comply
with the conditions, something worthy
of the State may ybeaccomplished. Ok
ford is one of the finest sites for an in
stitution of learning in the United
States. 1t Is sufficiently retired, and
very .lhealthful and beautiful. Cam
bridge is mere suburb of Boston, and
Yale is the midst of aslarge town. Ok
ford is out of the way. of these evils.
With new buildings, with a large and
learned faculty, and ample epdow-
rnents, it would compete with any col
ilege on the Atlantic, for the choice and
am mbitions young men who aspire to the
honor of learning. We say this much
without single motive to prefer it to
any other. On the contrary, there is at
least one other College we should choose
to favor. But we write with a convic-
ton that this agricultural. fund ought
to be made useful to some purpose; and
if the policy either of scattering or of
making new college is to prevail, it
might as we'll be thrown away. Let us
do Something useful, or do nothing.


MORROW, Feb. 10. d. vii E. DIM
Year: 1866

THos. TOPHAT, the strong man,
was born in London, in 17I0, and was
bred a carpenter, but afterwards tray
eled on his muscle" He was a quiet
peaceable man, Of middle size and weight
made like other men except that the
usual cavities under the arms and hands
were, in his case, filed full Of muscles
The. wonderful stores of his feats OF
strength are well authenticated.


He could hold under perfect restraint,
and with ease to himself, the strongest
horse. He lifted a table six feet long,
with ffty pounds on the end of it, with
his teeth, and held It in a horizontal po-
sition a. considerable time. He rolled
up a pewter dish, weighing seven pounds,
with as much apparent ease as the
reader would roll up a sheet Of paper
lie held a pewter quart pot at arms
length and squeezed the sides together
like an egg shell.


lie lifted 2O9 pounds with his little
finger and waved it gently around his
head He lifted Mr. Chambers, a clergy
man, who must have lived on the fat of
the land for he weighed 374 pounds,
with one hand, Mr. Chambers head be-
ing placed on one chair and his feet on
another. At a blow he struck round
bar of iron one inch in diameter, against
his arm and. bent it like a bow.


One night, observing a watchman
asleep in his watch box, be picked up
box and watchman, carrying the load
with. the greatest ease, and dropped them
over the wall into Tindale burying
ground


A butcher once passed a large window
at which Topham was sitting. He
stopped down and took half an OK from
the fellows shoulders with so much ease
and dexterity that the man swore that
the devil had flown away with his beef


At race a man insisted upon driv-
ing upon the track; so Topham took
hold of the tail Of his cart and drew it
gently back, the driver whipping the
horse like a madman all the time


When he kept a public house two
men we're determined to fight him so to
satisfy them he seized them by the napes
of their neoks, and knocked their heads
together till he knocked all the fight out
of them


He astonished a sailor, who presented
him with cocoa-nut, by cracking it
close to his ear as you would peanut ;
and upon one occasion he lifted three
hogsheads of water. Once he threw his
horse over a turnpike gate, and at any
time could go through the manual Of
arms with the beam of house.
Year: 1866

A WITNESS BEFoRE TIE RECONSTRUCTION
CoMM1rrEE-The Staunton Spectator says
Mr. John F. Lewis of Rockingham, was sum
moned to gire testimony before the Recon
struction Committee of Congress in reference
to the loyalty of the people Of the South
We understand that portion of his testimony
was as follows: When asked If the peo-
pie in his part of the country were loyal, he
replied, "Yes as loyal as the members Of the
Reconstruction Committee. His interroga-
tor then asked II it would be safe for
Northern man to travel through his section p
He replied, " Perfectly safe, unless there
should happen to be a Yankee there, who
might knock him in the head to rob hin"
Year: 1866

TIE FrRsr TRowsERs.-A young out pru-
dent mother. on the occasion of making her
little boy his first pair of eolored }trowsers,
conceived the idea that it would be more
economical to make them of the same d.
mensious behind as before, so that they might
be changed about and wear evenly-oBd so
she fashioned them. Their effect when don
ned by the little victim was iudicrous in the
exteme. Papa, at first Of the baggy garment,
so fearfuly and wonderfully made" burst
into a roar of laughter ard exclaimed, Oh.
my dear, how could you have the heart to
do it? Why the poor fellow won't know
whether he's going to school or coming
home"
Year: 1866

Over the beauty of the plum and the
apricot there grows bloom and beauty
more exquisite. than the fruit itsef-a
soft delicate flush that everspreads its
blushing cheek. Now, if you strike your
hand over that, and it is once gone, it is
gone forever; for it never grows but once.
The flower that hangs in the morning,
impearled; with dew, aTrayed as no
queenly woman ever was arrayed with
Jewels, once shake it so that the beads
roll off, and you may sprinkle water over
it as you please, yet it can never be made
again what it was when the dew fell 81
lently on it from heaven. On a frosty
morning you may see panes of glass coy
cred with landscapes-mountains, lakes,
and trees blended in beautiful, fantas-
tic picture. Now, lay your hand upon
the glass, and by scratch of your ling
er, or by the warmth of your palm, all
the delicate tracery will be obhterated.
So there is in youth beauty and puri-
yof character, which when once touched
and defiled, can never be restored-a
fringe more delicate than frostWork, and
which, when torn and broken, will never
be re-embroidered. he who has spotted
and soiled his garments in youth, though
he may seek to make them white again,
can never wholly do it, even were he to
wash them with his tears. When young
man leaves his fathers house with the
blessing of mothers tears still wet upon
his brow, if he once lose that early purity
of character, it is loss that he can never
make whole again. Such is the con-
seouenca of crime. Its effect cannot be
eradicated it can only be forgiven.
Year: 1866

Night before last, as the moon rose
over the hill and tree-tops, gliding the
spires of our beautiful city with her sill
very rays, there might have been seen
upon the roof of an Egyptian cottage,
which is fiat, and covered with pure white
gravel and pitch, a couple of lovers, seat
ed, enjoying the beauty of the scene,
and,


So warm with heart, so rich with love they few.


That their full souls forgot the will to roam.


And rested there. as in dream at home.


The sun during the day had been very
warm, and thus they met to spend the
fleeting hours of twilight, enjoying the
plesent breeze that hoated up from the
magnolia garden beneath, and the warm
affections for each other. Seated near
each other, the lovers sat with one arm
he encircled the waist of the beautiful
creature at his side,


Her little hand lay gently. eOnHdinEly in his. :"
and all passed quietly and lovely until
the bell tolled the midnight hour.


None but the loving and beloved.


Should be awake at this sweet hour.


The tolling of the bell reminded them
"That tired natures sweet restOrer. balmy sleep"
was requisite for lovers as well as others.
Still seated near each other the plighted
vows were again exchanged, and sealed
with kisses, like


Linked sweetness long drawn out"


At length, after many vain attempts
to sever these pleasant pleasures, the
transported lovers found that they were
bound to each other by more sticking
bond than loves VOW. The hot sun had
melted the pitch and after sitting so
long, and the night air having cooled the
resinous matter, they found they were
both 'istuck fast" The young gentle
man first attempted to disengage him.
self; but found like aunt Jemima's plas-
ter, "The more you try to pull it off,
the tighter it sticks the faster" The
young lady then attempted to get up,
which she did, minus the skirt of her
dress and all her under clothes, as far as
the "titlers" In this plight she attempt
ed to relieve her disconsolate partner.
After some parley he came to the con-
clusion he could manage it by slipping
out of his pants. Accordingly he asked
of his companion if she could lend him
a pair of pants until he could gohome.-
She thought her pas would do if they
were not too long. With this informa-
ton he slipped off his boots, and loosing
his suspenders, drew himself out of his
pants as easily as possible, and the dis
consulate couple took themselves down
stairs in very blushing manner, and
looking very much like our first parents
when they discovered that they were
human. The lady procured, as quietly
as possible, pair of her fathers pants,
which was run into pretty quick, and
the Adonis decamped with his pants roll
ed up about six inches. The joke was
too good to be kept by little and little
it leaked out until the truth had come
to exculpate the happy innocents.