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Year: 1876

The Black Hole at Calcutta, the Mid


die Passage, the wholesale massacre of


helpless women and children by the un-


tanned savages of the forest, are not to


to be compared, in cool, persistent, ma


Ignant purpose, with that which actual
ed Jefferson Davis and his atettors ia
the scheme of wholesale destruction by
starvation, exposure and disease, which
was adopted at Andersonyille to dispose
of the thousands of Northern soldiers
captured during the late war The dis
cussion brought about by certain con-
gressmen has ELECTED the facts of history
which now stand out in their true char
ter of atroeious darkness; and it will re-
quire two centennials before the people
whose sons died like dogs at Anderson
vile will forgive the arbitrator who
permitted the horrors of that place.


Not since the close of the war has the
public voice of S1ae North been more
unanimous than in this one thing, that
jeff Davis can never be politically for
given. 1t was he that knowingly per-
mitted, or at least had the power
to prevent, the programme of horrors
there enacted. And what were they?
The camp was pitched in the woods,
with miesmatic swamp in its
center, through which a sluggish
stream of water flowed. In order
that the soldiers might not have
the comfort of shade, all the trees
were felled; in order that prisoners
might be sure to have no pure water,
the stream flowed through the rebel
camp before it reached the Anderson
vile prison; with scanty food, and no
fuel to cook it; with dead line run
ming around the interior twenty feet
from the fence; and miasma from the
swamp to poison their blood, the men.
destitute of proper clothing, died of
gangrene, of starvation, of fever, of
pestilenee, and by the bullets of savage
gua-dsmen at rate sufficient to satisfy
the most demoniac, it would seem. The
black flag, which the rebel government
did not dare to false by enactment,
fioated effectually through long sum-
mer over Andersonville. 1t would have
been more honorable in the rebel govern
ment to march our men out by hatalions
and regiments, tied together in masses,
and then to blow them from the can
mons mouth, or open upon them with a
battery of grape and canister, in the
style of the times of the French revolu-
ton, than to have devised and executed
the eowardly plan carried out at Ander-
sonville. There is ample evidence that
the head of the Confederacy was fully
informed of the state of Andersonville.
jeff. Davis may stand back; his enfran-
chisement would mar the centennial
year of 1876. We should prefer to defer
the celebration one hundred years rather
than fail to punish this crime against
this century Northeastern Christian
Ad1Ocdte.
Year: 1876

PLACE a man in a position that will
fearfully tax him and try him, a posi-
ton that will often bring blush to his
cheek and the sweat to his brow, a posi-
tion that will overmaster him at the time
and cause him to rack his brain for re
sources. But every time he trips go TO
his rescue; go not with words of blame
or eensure, but go with manful words Of
encouragement look him boldly in the
eye and speak to him with soul and em-
phasis. This is the way to make a man
of a boy anda giant of man. II man
has pluck and talent, no matter whether
he everfilled given position or not, put
him in it, if worthy, and he will out
grow it. Put him in grandly with most
unnistakable confidence. Drop no
caveats, but boldly point the way, and
then stand by with the will and counte.
nance of a true friend. Thus try TWEEN
ty men, such az have been named. and
nineteen will succeed.
Year: 1876

THE late Charles StOddard once sent
to his little grandson the present of a
basket, with a cover, saying: ''When
you carry peaches to a sick person. you
will want the cover on. When you pick
up shells and pebbles on the Leach you
will want the cover off" Which was a
very neat way of preaching short ser
mon on practical beneyolenee.
Year: 1876

Show me Thy face


4 cheering beam


Of lOveliness divine;
And | shall never think or dream
OF other love save Thine
All lesser light will darken quite
All lower glOries wane,-
The beautiful of earth VIII scarce
Seem beautiful agi ain.


Show me Thy face


The heaviest cross
Will then seem light TO bear;
III c e will be gain in every loss,
And peace with every care,
With such light feet the years viii fleet
Life seem as brief as biest
Till | have laid my burden down.
And entered into rest


Show me Thy face


And | shall be
In heart and mind renewed.
With wisdom, grace and energy,
To work Thy work endued
Shine through the veil, Emmanuel,
Until, the veil removed,
In perfect glory | behold
The Face that | have lOvcdz
Year: 1876




Nor YET.-''Not yet," said little
boy, as he was busy with his bat and
ball. ''When grow older, l will think
about my soul"


The little boy grew to be Il man.


Not yet" said the young man. Il
am now about to enter into trade
When l see my business prosper, then
shall have more time than now"


Business did prosper.


Not yet," said the man of business.
''My children must have my care
When they are settled in life, shall
better be able to attend to religion.


He lived to be gray headed OLD man.


''Not yet," still he cried. 81 shall
soon retire from trade, and then l shall
have nothing else 10 do but read and
pray"


And so he died. He put off to anoth-
er time what should have been done
when a child He lived without God,
and died without hope.-Dr. HdCeR.
Year: 1876

AS the sun can be seen only by its own
light, so Christ can be known only by
his own Spirit. The sun can make dark
things clear, but it cannot mike blind
man to see them. But herein is the
excellency of this Divine Sun, that he
illuminates not only the object, but the
faculty; doth not only open the mystic
ries OF his kingdom, but opens blind eyes
to behold them. Leighton.
Year: 1876

CoNTRMPLATIvE admiration is a large
part of the worship of the Deity. Moth
ing can array us so near to God and
heaven as this. The mind can walk be-
yond the sight of the eye; and (though
in a cloud can lift Us into heaven while
We live. Meditation is the souls per-
spective glass: whereby, in her long re-
move she discerneth God, as if He were
nearer at hand.-Feltham.
Year: 1876




CARD FROM TIE FIREMEN's CRNTEN-


NAL ASSOCIATION.


At the request of the Firemeu's
Centennial Association, we publish
the following:


WILMINGTON, Feb. 25th.


AT stated meeting of the Firemens'
Centennial Association held Wedncs.
day evening 23d. it was deemed BRO
per and right and just to the associa.
tioh, that eur object should be placed
before this community in its true and
proper light, having been the subject
of calumny and attack by two men
Of brief and undeserved authority, at
stated meeting of eur City Council
held 18th met, when the question of
granting donation to our Centennial
fund was before that body by the
member from the Ninth ward, Martin
Farrell, and the member from the
Second ward, Ii. Mclntire. 1t is true
that the attack was by parties who
have but little influence in this COM
munity yet we feel their attack keenly
and the publishing committee were
instructed to prepare this communica-
tion and have the same published in
all the daily papers of cur city. 1t 10
a well known fact that the State Com
mission were accomplishing but little
aud their efforts were likely to prove
failure unless some active acquisition
should come to their aid. the tiremen
of this city seeing this, the question
at once arose with them: Is Delaware
like other States, to have building
, upon the Centennial grounds or notf
Viewing the matter as every true and
patriotic citizen should, we resolved
with the aid of the State Commission
and that Of her citizens that there
should be q building, and Delaware
one OF the old thirteen represented in
the Centennial Of American Indepen-
dence; this building to be known as
Delaware, the Diamond State House
to be for tho benefit OF theC Commission
, and the rest our people, and not for
! few leunging and ambitious fremen, as
the gentlemen alluded to want to have
this community believe. Our sole
object is for the reputation Of our
States and the benefit of our entire
people, nothing less. We have met
with such encouragement that we can
ooJ W thC 4Nlntii ahu DCCOnu WhIu
gents, that we have now every assur-
ance that the house will be built not
withslanding your opposition to the
city donation, and we shall welcome
either Of you under its roof, and to
enjoy its convepiences if you visit
the Centennial. And we again assure
you that the building is intended for
the comfort and conveniences of the
people of this State, where her sons
and daughters can meet and exchange
greetings at the arrival Of her Centen-
nial year. In conclusion we would
say to our citizens of both city and
State, come forward each and do your
part to the extent you may feel able to
contribute, that a building may be
erected on the Centennial grounds, in
Philadelphia, that will be worthy Of
you as Delawareans, and save our
people from the modification that will
await as all there if our State should
not keep house there as well as sister
States.


A. D. VANDEvER, !


WM. Fl. BLAKE, Committee


j. CRAWFORD.
Year: 1876

The Speaker on entering and standing at
the bar would have Gravely bowed TO the five
figures, who would have solemnIy raised their
cooked hats and bent their cloaked fsures, the
first obcisapce being understood 10 be toward
the mace which the Sergeant-at-Arms bore
shoulder high at the side of the Speaker, the
secJnd to the Speaker himself and the third in
recognition of the presence Of the honorable and
right honorable members who had accompanied
tho Speaker.


READING THE SPEECH DY COMMISSION.


Then the clerk Of the House would have
read at length the terms OF the royal COM
mission appointing the five figures on the
woolsack Her Majesty's Commissioners to open
Parliament, and at each successive mention
OF name OF an individual Commits sionor one
of tho fivo cloakcd figures would have graycly
raised its cooked hat.


Then Lord Cairns, Lord High Chancellor,
would have read the speech from the
throne, At the elose Of which exercise the five
figures would three times have doGed their
five cooked hats, the Speaker, the mace and
honorable and right honorable gentlemen
Year: 1876

JOB WORK.
Done at the RECORD office In the best STYLE
known to the art; and must be paid for on de.
livery. unless persons having the work done
nave standing accounts with the once. No do
vtation from this rule.
Year: 1876

Last night James Ssroup, an old and


well-known farmer, who lives near Bea-


station, on the Delaware Railroad, heard


noise from his hen-house, al though
some one was stealing his chickens. Co
ing out he founG negro busily engaged
in robbing the roost, when he quickly
locked the door and fastened the thief
in. Then he hurried TO his house, pro
cured his shot gun, and accompanied by
his daughter, went back to the COOP
Here he told his daughter to open the
door while he peppored the rascal with
q dose Of shot. But ne did not know
what a desperate scoundrel he had &C.
cured. and the instant the door was
opened the negro hurled y bricl. at Mr..
Stroup, which struck him g1uarely in
the forehead and felled nm to the
ground The assailant then ran away
and the daughter discharged tho gun
after him, but with what effect, if any.
is not known.


The lady then summoned assistance
and had Mr.. Stroup removed 10 his
house, where doctor was speedily sum =
moned. He was found to be dangerously
injured. His skull was crushed where
the brick struck him, and the back OF
his head was badly cut where it strscl
upon the hard ground. The physician
entertains but little hopes of his reoov-
cry.


His assailsnt is unknown, but Wig
orous effort is being made to ascertain
his identity and his whereabouts.
Year: 1876

They have got to finding solid
chunks of silver ore lying around
loose on the top of the ground in
Arizona, weighing 220O pounds.
Silver is getting SO common we
have concluded if we can't have
something better than silver
plated handles on the coffin that
we won't have any funeral. We
are not proud, but the dignity of
the editorial position must be
maintained, as they say about the
salaries of foreign COnsuls. -AN0.
Year: 1876

He called for nights lodging at the Union
He was tired, and of rest much was need
ing,


So concluded till morn meath strange roof
And retired, after copious feeding.
He unrObed, and the pillows adjusted with
Ensconeed himself snug meath the bed
And indaiged in sweet slumber, after short
That nothing happen to mar his repose.
What sound breaks his slumbers what forms


meets his view!
As thus blankly he gazes around him.
He sees the good landlord, and gentlemen
Who with martial bearing surround him;
Good sir" spoke the foreman, Your a


stranger, some how,


And the likes o. such never here venter,
For though public our house, we ReUer allow
But the good and the worthy to enter.
We know not your calling, perhaps not your


right name,


HencefOrth for your supper and lodging
Wen confiscate your clothes, that you play


us no game,


Or the morrOw's payment be dodging."
The stranger assented, with dubious smile;
No further they carried their probing,
So he watched them depart with keen ans


guish the while,


That so perfect had been his unrobing.
And again courted slumber to Danish his
But in vain, though dreams sought his


pillow,


They were not refreshing, and brought no re-


pose


Thus he lay like wind'shaken willow;
Now lost for moment, then widely awake,
As his dreams brought him rest, or false
Oh, gladly he e hailed the soft, grayish streak
Ofhght, that announced the morning.
And lightly he sprang from his couch of i'm


rest,


The visions Of night still around him,
He looked first east and then looked west,
To fathom the gloon that had bound him
And then he bethought of morning stroll,
That his senses no further should scatter,
When friendly glass on the opposite wall
Suggested what was the matter.
Three wearisome hours wound their length


around,


Ere the good landlord thought to be stir


ing, fHa
That at fate there is no use demurring;
How he managed the tedious hours to be-
Let only the walls give answer
But imagine yourself In his place the while,
And keep back the Oaths, if you can sir.
The four blank walls, could they speak, wot.
They would tell the tale DER and DER, sirs,
That the over-sound rating the landlord got,
Was rehearsed to them before, sirs.
Ny patient friends should it serve you well,
Give heed at my moral at parting,
Whenever you stop at the Union Hotel,
Keep well in your clothes at the starting.
Wiener you.put up at the tavern and sup,
Think of the strangers fate so appalling,
Nor seek for repose till you first shah disclose
Whence you came from, your age, and your


calling.
'Tis e'er the best way, will here pause to
say,


Would you keep aloof from all danger,
, Should you chance to dwell in the Union Ho


tel,


To announce that you are no stranger.


KINGsvILLE.
Year: 1876

The following we take from the Boston
Herald.


Il advise no one who is interested in the
Presidential election, " said Wendell Phil
lips the other night, to an audience Of
about Zoo in Parker Memorial Hall, ''to
feel certain who is to be the next President
OF the United States until we reach the 4th
day of March. l do not think that there
Is any certainty whatever who will sue
coed Grant in that seat until the 1st dsY Of
March. No matter what the papers NAV
say this month or next month. descision
VIII not be reached certainly before the
middle OF FEBRUARY with anything of a
character a man can trnst
Year: 1876

If this were all-Oh if this were all
That into each life some rain must fall,
There were fewer sobs in the poet rhyme
There were fewer wrecks on the shores OF


Time.


But tempests Of woe pass over the soul
Since winds of anguish we cannot control,
And shock after shock we are called to


bear,


Till the lips are white with the hearts de-


spair.


The shores of time with wrecks are strewn,
Unto to the ear comes ever n moan
Wrecks of hopes that set sail with glce,
Wrecks of love sinking silently.
Many are hid from the human eye,
Only God knows how deep they lie
Only God heard, when came the cry,
Help me to bear, Oh! hel lp me to die.
Into each life some rain must fall,
If this were all, Oh If this were all
Yet there's a refuge from storm and blast
Gloria Patr we'll reach at last
BE strong, be strong to my heart cry,
The pearl in the wounded shell doth lie,
Days of sunshine are given to all
For into each life some rain must fall.
Year: 1876

Let those who are appointed to-
Judge of the characters of others bear
in mind their own imperlections, and
rather strive by sympathy to soften
the pang arising from conviction of
guilt, than by misrepresentation to-
increase it.
Year: 1876

SuAD BY THE ACRE.--The result


Of Seth Green's experiment OF raising


shad in Lake Ontario is a success


-Four years ago several hundred
young shad were turned loose near


where the Genesee river empties into


the lake, and for two years nothing
was heard Of them. Suddenly, how:
ever, they turned up down at the end
of the lake, near Sackett's Harbori
and so miraculously have they multi
piled that schools Of them, acres in ex-
tent, are found everywhere there. At
Oswego, last spring, they collected
around the new government pier by
millions, and when tug steamed near;
in the haste to get away from the un-
known monster, they leape / from the
water in clouds. They are about 8
inches long, and are as lively ss fish
can be. In the spring and fall mill
ions of them die-a fact that seems to
augur i'll for their successful growth
yet the number that die is not to be
to the number that live
The fishermen say if these shad grow
to any size their occupation is gonei
for the fish increase with such aston
;shing rapidity that they must become
so common as to be sold for compara@
lively nothing: moreover, they can be
caught at any time Of the year except
midw:nter, and therefore will nos
command the price PAID fer :heta IN
the two short months in which they
are now marketable. The lake water
is so cold all summer that it's fish are
always in prime condition.
Year: 1876

Stop, reader, and think how
truly you are favored for having an
opportunity to see the new goods
just received from the east, by II.
T. Osborne. The stock is really as
rich in appearance and fine in quail
ity as any ever offered to the people
of this county. The prices suit tho
times.
Year: 1876

THE Good Templars of Willow
Springs will give a sociable at the
church on tomorrow Thursday, J
evening. Quite a number of the
Cold Waterites from this city expect
to run out and enjoy the festive oc-
casion.
Year: 1876

THE Chief Of Police at The last
meeting of the Common Council, re-
ported one of. the saloon keepers as
having violated the Sunday law. A
defender for this breach, as also for
resembling the restriction of time
now binding the liquor sellers to
close their places of business at 10
o'clock in winter and II o'clock ia
summer, was found in the person of
an alderman elected on the issue OF
no license.
Year: 1876

While grass is admitted by most farmers
to be the most useful and valuable of the
vegetable productions, comparatively few
are aware Of its value in growing aud fatten.
ing swine. 1t is an open question whether
the average farmer, here 10 New England,
can iatten swine at profit, if he depends
mostly upon corn for that purpose. But if
we feed mostly upon grass during the sum
mer months, with the sour milk and whey
from the dairy, aud some grain. there is a
clear profit in growing swine at present
prices. When one has a suitable pasture
near the sty, if tho hogs are ringed and
turned into it, they will cut their own grass.


If you have no such pasture give the
swine the run of small yard, and NOW
grass for them daily. Begin when it is
young and tender and NOW again when six
or eight inches high, A small piece will
suffice, it may be mown once in two weeks
all summer, and will be eaten with avidity
by the swine. Do not wait till the grass
gets too old and mature before cutting. /
make it rule to cut a small quantity each
morning while the dew is on, in my yard


aud thus keep well-out lawn and furnish
cheap and nutritious feed for the swine


which thrive as we'll as when fed on more
costly and concentrated food, l. Il w.
Year: 1876

itiveIluxury aud certainly conducive 10 health.
A square rod Of strawberries would require
more care and cultivation than all the rest,
but " we'll cared for il would furnish many
treat for the family and even might furn-
Ish few for market, though it would not iu
my family. With ounces selling at three
or four dollars per bushel, half dozen good
bushes would yield more profit than an acre
OF apple orchard, yet very few farms have
any, unless il be an old bush or two stuck
IN by the brook and half killed by the bor-
crs, and almost the other half by the grass
and weeds that choke 1t up.


IL | owned farm should try to have
supply of small fruits sufficient for my own
use, and good kitchen garden IT had no
corpfeld and only one COW.


Add to the above list of small fruits n
little permanent garden consisting of small
plot OF asparagus, few roots Of rhubarb,
few mere Of sage and other potherbs, and
there would be scarcely day in the year on
which i would not contribute something to
the table, either green, dry or preserved.
Yet hundreds Of prosperous farmers have not
the first thing Of the sort
Year: 1876

In thirty.two counties, during the same time
lO,6O2 sheep were killed by dogs.


Here, in Massachusetts, we do not have 50
many sheep for the dogs to kill, but mad dogs
have been quite common of late. We had
one pass through this town last summer, bit.
ing several other dogs, but fortunately no
persons were bitten, aud the only damage
was the loss of several worthless ours, and
the confinement Of the rest for somo weeks.


Within a few years we have had, 10 this
town, turkeys killed, a COW bitten and chased
into the pond, and another COW partly eaten
alive by dogs


In view Of these facts, do not the interests
OF all persons who do not keep dogs, and of
society in general, demand that dogs be re.
strained and not allowed to run at large
Why should man be allowed to let his dog
run at liberty in the streets and on other
mems premises more than his bull, or his
hogs2 Would bull at liberty be any more
dangerous than dog2 But what good do
dogs do? Many people keep them to scare
away thieves and tramps, but | doubt if it
pays in the long run. 1t has been estimated
that what 1t costs to keep dog would be
sufficient to keep pig, and at the end of
year, the owner would have two or three
hundred pounds Of pork, worth from 500 to
$50, which would be quite an item 10 poor
mans pocket, and poor men are the ones who
usually keep dogs. - Cor. Nev ENGLAND
Farmer.