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Year: 1872

Our Charleston letters are week oio
and in this respect if in no other, illus
tate the Importance OF removal o.
III. Capital from its present location
Soecisl dispatches by telegraph cost us
1onbls rates. The line from Wheeling
"a Huntington is owned by one com'
,,,v and that from Huntington to
CHARLESTON by another. Each telegraph
company charges its own rate for the
transmission of dispatches, and hence
30 have been compelled to pay two
,.,s, for every word of a te!egraphic
3isrstch between the capital Of the
S,ste and this. the chief city in the
State boundaries. From this city the
r,ople of the State derive most OF their
;,t,-ms,ion as to what has been done
and ia being done by the Legislature
wb;cb is two hundred miles dlsthat,
and letters from which are a week old
before their reception here!


West Virginians are a patent and
long suffering people. They submitted
for many years to the exac'ions OF the
E,s,ern counties a-d to the inconVe-
risnce of the location of the State Cap
i,sl a, Richmond. Having been so
long under the yoke they can scarcely
appreciate their present freedom and
are disposed to look upon the location
Of the new Capital at Charleston as
unite IN the usual and natural order OF
things and unworthy OF special wonder
Blt the fact is that Richmond is more
convenient of access and more open to
communication than Charleston, and
that our news from the Capital OF Old
Virginia is generally two or three days
earlier than that from the Capital OF our
own State that was created for our own
convenience and for our emancipation
from the bondage under which we
thought ourselves held by the counties
on the eastern side OF the Allegheny
Mountains We have not bettered the
matter very much by making Charles
ton the seat OF the State Government.


Notwithstanding the disadvantages OF
the present location, we believe that
the chances of removal are exceedingly
sim. By some means, majority OF
the Senate has been Influenced to favor
the present location OF the seat Of the
State government, and the people Of
West Virginia may as well make up
their minds to accept Charleston as the
State CAPITAL for an indefinite term OF
years. The Representatives who have
BETRAYED the will Of their constituents
in relation to this matter may be con-
denned to personal disrepute, but the
fact Of the location Of the Capital in
sn inaccessible town, out OF the
ordinary course Of public travel Of the
people of the State, will still remain to
annoy those who think they should
know what the Legislature is doing
and what means are being resorted to
10 execute the public will.
Year: 1872

We are pleased to see that Presi.
dent Grant has sent to the Senate the
nomination Of Captain Charles F.
Robertson to be postmaster at
White Sulphur Springs, West Vir-
ginia. Captain Robertson did good
service on the Union side during
the rebellion. and as postmaster at
the White Sulphur Springs he has
not only given general satisfaction but
brought system and order out Of wha!
was formerly a harum-scarum and
chaotic office. OF course the Senate
will confirm his appointment Wash
ington Republican.
Year: 1872

! remember well such night. near the
Yellowstone Lake. when we were dOubly
suspicious because We had heard rifle sho,
close TO our camp. not fired by any member
OF our party. was on guard as about l A.
", and kecnIy alive to all the blood -curd
suddenly the trees above and the ground
beneath were shaken by brief hut unn
takcable earthquake. The shock Us in tn.
nature Of n horizontal vibration; and the
emotion produced by the experience at sucl,
an hour, in the solemn woods, was UNIQUE
combination of awe and nausea. l was no,
sorry that one or two of the party were
walked by it; under the circumstances,
was grateful for little conversation.
Year: 1872

the stand, As he said, to speak to the Swedss


q moment. He said an effort was being
made to turn their slleg lance from the Re,
publican party. He hesought them not to
60. He told them how kind the Republican
party had been to them, and appealed to
them to stand by the party with whom they
fought. The Idea I! That the Republican
party would set up such a man as Howe to
talk to Swedes as if they had forgotten how
he had, four years ago, sought disruption
Of their party By appealing in behalf, as i,
were, of Swedes in their county convention
after FlansburR had slready been nominated
for Sheriff. lave they forgotten what a
mania a certain lawyer had for Congress
about that time. Bu, they are sorely pressed.
They can't afford to lose voters at this
juncturs. Even Democratic vote would be
acceptable to beat Greeley.
Year: 1872

iovia collier lad and blithe as blithe can be,
For let the times be good bad they all the
'Tslittle OF the world know and less for its
For where the dOgstar glows days.





Down in a coal mine underneath the ground,


Where CLEAN of sunshine can be found;
Digging dusky diamonds All the round,


Down in a coal mine underneath the ground.
My hands horny hard ard black with working in the vein,
And like the clothes upon back my speech rough and
plain;
WE'LL if l stumble with my tongue I've excuse to
Ts the coers heart that's wrong ts til head that
astray.
At every shift bet late haste my bread
Andanxiously kindred wait and watch for return;
For Death that levels all like what their rank be-
Amid the fire and damp strike and fling his darts at
little the great who sit at home
hidden coiers dare, what hardshps they


endure
their mansions boast cheer themselves and


wives,


Mayhap knded the OF jovia golfers Ewes.
Then cheer up lads aud make much of
But let mirth he always such best becomes
However Fortune turns about we'll still be ova souls,
For what would England be without the lads that look 10
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Year: 1872

Archbishop Whately once received a
Roland for his Oliver =" The head master of
one of the model schools complained that some
of the officers intrusted with the inspection of
the schools were uuduly ofEcious, and not
qualified for the duty. Surely said the
without being cook True, your grace
retorted the head master, but one is not, on
that account, qualified to go into the kitchen
and take the cook s place."
Year: 1872

A BANKING HOUSE


of


JAY COOKE CO.,


No. 20 Wall street, Dec n, 1879.


The Northern Pacific Railroad Company has in full
operation. with regular daily trains s2l miles of road
distance OF nearly 200 miles more Is constructed. The
Minnesota section Immediately on its completion entered
upon satisfactory business including local traffic and
the large carrying trade the Northwestern British set
Elements and the Hudsons Bay Company Tho recently
completed section Of sxyve miles, the Pacific coast
at once commands profitable business between Puget
Sound and the Columbia River heretofore done BY
wise steamess On the opening Of Spring, with more
than 800 miles Of road In regular operation the company
will control the extensive and productive trade Of the
Upper Missouri, much Of Montana and the Northwest
The earnings of the road for 1873 viii be large.
Arrangements for pushing construction vigorously the
coming year are progrc rcssins satisfactorily.


OF the nearly million Land accrung to the
Company in connection with the portion of the road
virtually constructed two million of excel
lent average quality market and their sale and set
tement progressing The average price thus realized
is IS &c per acre. which is at tha OF more than
100000 per mile Of road for the whole grant


The Company already begun process of redeem
ing canceng its First Mortgage Gold Bonds as they
being received at 81 To- payment and exchange
for the Company's lands.


With these accomplished results and most favorable
prospects, the Company is selling its First Mortgage
73O Bonds for the purpose completing its line of
We recommend them as q well secured and unusually
profitable investment They have following elements
of strength and safety They the obligation of
strong corporation; they First Mortgage on the
Road Its right Of way, telegraph lines Equipments and
Franchises, and first lien Its Net Earnings. In
for the payment OF principal and interest Land Grant
800 per mile Of road through the States and
through the Territories The scven
and hreetenths per gold equal now to about 81
currency Gold Checks the semiannua interest on
the Registered Bonds are mailed to The Post office address
Of the owner.


All marketable securities are received in exchange
most favorable terms. For sale by Banks and Bankers
generally.


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Year: 1872

A BRAVE AcTIoN.-Y yesterday afternoon, two
horses, attached to large hay wagon, became
frightened at Fifth and King streets and started
down King street at rapid rate. When they
neared Fourth street, young colored man, who
was driving a team up the street, suddenly
sprang in front of the Runaway team, and by
dashing his arms right into the faces Of the
instant. He then seized the Bride. and firmly
held the struggling animals until they became
quiet. The man acted with great coolness and
courage, and AZ the street below was quite full
Of vehicles he doubtless prevented considerable
injury by his brave action.
Year: 1872

The Middlebury Register says that for
ten days past the sheep market in Addison
County has been uncommonly active in con-
sequence of the successful efforts of Messrs.
Severance & Peet to make up a flock pur-
chased from the very best breeders in the
state. 1t is generally conceded that their
selections constitute flock Of thoroughbred
sheep unsurpassed by any ever shipped from
Vermont. The prices of some of the sheep
ran well up into the hundreds. Such flock
in skillful hands will do credit to the breed
ers of our state, and we believe both flock
and masters will be hailed as most valuable
acquisition by all the wool growers Of the
Golden State, whittier they are bound. We
are informed that the rancho purchased by
Severance 4 Peet upon which these sheep
will be placed is located near the Central
Pacific Railroad, and only two hours ride
from San Francisco.
Year: 1872

from time TO time to have the Ameri ca
Dairymen's Association take measures to get
the shipments of butter and cheese in the
other counties of New York, but no system.
attic plan for obtaining this information has
been adopted.


The dairymen of America, as well as the
dealers who handle dairy products, are great
ly in need Of accurate statistics upon which
to base their operations of selling and buy
ing. Prices are largely regulated by the re-
ceipts and shipments at New York city but
these do not always indicate what is being
done in the whole country. 1t is very impor.
tant to the dairymen of the East to know
how dairying is progressing in the Northwest
and in Canada and it certainly is Of equal
important TO our Western and Northwestern
friends to have u knowledge Of their own
progress, together with the condition Of the
business at the East.


We feel greatly the need Of accurate sta.
tistics from year to year, and we are sure Mr..

Morrow is not insensiblc to their Importance
for the dairy interest of the Northwest. In
our suggestions respecting the collection Of
statistics we do not pretend to give the best
plan, but only that which has occurred to us
as feasible. We hope the excellent Secreta-
ry of the Northwestern Association will ma
ture better plan than we have named, and
whatever he may do in the way of making
the statistics Of the dairy more complete,
will be very fully appreciated by us and by
many others at the East who have the best
interests Of the dairy at heart. The West.
ern Farmer is doing good service to dairy
men in calling attention to this subject and
we hope that every factoryman who may
read this article will send statistics Of his
factory operations to the Secretary of his
State Dairymen's AssociatiOn.-X. A. WILL
LARD. in Rural Ne,o Yorker
Year: 1872

Take as many pums as you have and
pour sufficient boiling water over them to
cover them. Pour off the water Immediately,
draining them. Put your plums in pre-
serving kettle with boiling water enough to
cover them again, and then boil till tho
plums begin to open, and some juice is ex-
tracted. Then pour off the liquid and strain
it, and add to each pound fjuice one pound of
white sugar return to the kettle and boil it
from twenty minutes to half an hour as it
may require, and you will have most deli
oious jelly. The plums may be used for pies
or sauce.
Year: 1872

Cider is the only real article to use for
vinegar, and there is but one sure way of
making cider into good vinegar quick. That
is by starting with good vinegar.


Get ten gallons of good vinegar, and put
one gallon of good cider into it every week
until the cask is full, then draw off a gallon
of the vinegar each time before putting in
the cider. In this way vinegar is made rap
idly and surely, and with no possibility of
loss; for the strong vinegar acts on the fresh
cider at once. Besides, one knows that there
is nothing unwholesome used in the process,
and good pure vinegar will be on hand ready
for use all the time.
Year: 1872

10 three pounds of very hard apples, take
two pounds of loaf sugar, and quarter of a
pound of best white ginger. Put these in
layers (having first sliced the apples in eight
pieces and cored them) alternately in wide
mouthed jar. Next day infuse an ounce Of
white ginger, well bruised, in about pint of
boiling water; let it stand till next day.
Then put the apples, that have been two
days in the ginger into preserving kettle,
and turn over them the water from the
bruised ginger, Simmer slowly until the
apples look clear, Take great care not 70
break the pieces, If closely covered, over a
slow fire, half an hour will cook them enough
without needing to stir them. Put into jars,
and cover tightly while boiling hot. Let the
bits Of ginger remain in the syrup until it is
served,
Year: 1872

One of the best housekeepers We know,
says the Hearth and Home, has told us of her
method of producing lemon favoring. She
never throws lemon skins away after making
lemonade, lemon pie, etc., but always, while
the skins are yet fresh, shaves off the yellow
surface with sharp penknife, taking as little
of the white part as possible. These small
yellow shavings are then sprinkled upon a
warm plate, and as soon as they are dry they
are put into a muslin bag. When required
for use, whatever quantity may be needed at
the time is ground into fine powder, and this
powder makes the best lemon havoring, our
friend says, that she has met with. Orange
peel may be successfully treated precisely in
the same way. This same lady preserves
lemon juice for favOring by mixing it with
sugar without cooking it, until it becomes
thick syrup. 1t is then ready to be put in
bottles and sealed. Orange juice may be
kept for weeks in like manner.
Year: 1872

A rogue is n roundabout fool.


Modesty and merit are handsome couple.
Without good-nature. man is only sort
of vermin.


Ifit is the truth, what does it matter who
says it?
When IS it right to take any one in when
it rains.


Many children, many cares; no children.
no felicity.


Search others for their virtues, and thyself
for thy vices.


A failure in a good cause is better than n
triumph in bad one.


A promising young man is all very well;
better have paying one.


The test of mans honesty is in the sacri-
fees he will make to preserve it.


To love is to place our happiness in the
happiness of another.


What fruit is the most visionary?-The
apple of the eye


Wise men have but few confdants, and
cunning men, none.


A wize man never enjoys himself so
mutch, nor phool so little, az when alone.
There is no trade or employment but the
young man following it may become hero.
The finest compliment that can he paid to
n woman OF sense is to address her MS such.
Pen-makers are n bad lot. They make
people steel pens, and they say they do write.
Plato says God has so framed his laws
that it is for the advantage Of every one to
observe them.


The higher life begins for us when we re-
nounce our own will to bow before n divine
law.


We get ut the outlines of things from what
we read and hear, but the filling up must be
through our own experience.


Do not wait Tor extraordinary Circumstance
es to do good actions; try to use ordinary
situations.


The popular notion ofgenius is-ofone who
can do almost everything-eXcept making n
living.


A strenuous soul hates cheap success. 1t
is the ardor of the assailant that makes the
vigor of the defendant.


Trying to define love, is like trying tew
tell how you kun tew brake thru the ice,-
all yu know about it IL, yu fell in and got
ducked.


Such rs the natures are, separately taken,
such will be the collective sum; no crowd of
pigmies can add themselves up into God ;
and self-love multiplied by self-love will on
ly become self-love of higher power.


Cure for dyspepsia: Have right good
talk, with funny anecdote or two, and hall
dozen hearty laughs, with each meal. This
shovelling in the proyender in solemn 81
lence will give dyspepsia to an ostrich.


"Here's your invaders" shouted NOM
ber of the llth Mississippi regiment as Gen.
Lees veteran army plunged into the Poto-
mac on its way to Gettysburg "And here's
your wetter'uns,n echoed a soldier Of the old
4th Alabama.


What greater thing is there for two hu'
man souls than to feel that they are Joined
for life, to strengthen each other in all labor
to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minis
ter to each other in silent, unspeakable mem
ories ut the moment of the last parting.


The proud duke of Somerset had SECOND
wife, who one day threw her arms round his
neck, and aflectlonately kissed him. Look
ing at her with naughty GOODNESS, he said
Madam, my first wife was Percy, and she
would not have taken such n liberty!


man once went to n lawyers office ant
told the legal gentleman that he had beer
II, t..Il to
and desired to know what he should do, The
lawyer suayely said II wouldn't advise you
to go the law doesn't compel you"
Year: 1872

Iwonder l what makes papa tell such nice
stories to visitors about his hiding his mas.
ter's rattan when he went to school, and
about his running away from the school
mistress when she was going to whip him,
and then shut me up all day in a dark room
because tried, just once, to be Os smart as
he had been2


Wonder what made papa say that wicked
word when Botsey upset the ink all over his
paper, and then slapped my ears when 1
said the same thing when my kite string
broke2


Wonder why mamma told Bridget, the
other day, to say she was not at home when
Tommy Days mother called, and then puts
me to bed without my supper every time 1
tell lie2
Year: 1872

This is the season of the evening socials,
and " candy pulling is often the element of
the happy entertainment An exchange
suggests the following mode of making the
taft" which is decided Improvement on
the old process, that requires from one to
three hours to complete it, For a small
number, say four persons, the following
quantities will answer; for a larger, increase
proportionally; One teacupful of mOlasses,
half a teacuPful of any kind of sugar. a tea
spoonful of vinegar, a piece of butter the
size of half nutmeg Put the whole in a
skillet, on hot fire, and boil exactly ten
minutes, stirring it all of the time, then set
it off to cool. Pull it as soon as 1t is hard
enough. If you want some nice candy to eat,
add teacupful of hickory nut kernels to the
above compound and stir while hot Let it
cool and it is then ready for use.
Year: 1872

To four gallons of boiling water add halfa
peck of new lime, stirring some little time.
When cold remove any hard Jumps by coarse
sieve; add ten ounces of salt and three ounc-
es Of cream tartar and mix the whole thor
oughly. The mixture is then to stand for
fortnight before using. The eggs are to be
packed as closely as possible, and TO be kept
closely covered up. Thus treated, if put in
when new laid, at nine months they will eat
quite as good as though laid only six days,
though of course not quite like ne,o.laid,-
Illustrated Book of Poultrg.
Year: 1872

"If could own that meadow fair,
That spreads so tempting by my door,
I'd crave no other boon than this,
And be content, nor wish for more"
So Farmer Gray laid down his pipe,
And viewed again, with smothered sigh,
The strip Of land that lay beyond
So green, so lovely to his eye.
As time rolled on, he gained the prize,
And then, when years were nearly spent,
He found, as many have before,


Possession does not give content.
And thus through life we always wish
For something Just beyond our grasp,
And then, when we would fain enjoy,
IT'S but q phantom that we clasp.
Year: 1872

Boil twelve apples in water till soft, take
of the peel, and press the pulp through
hair sieve, upon half a pound of pounded su-
gar; whip two eggs, add them to the apples,
and beat all together till it becomes very stiff
and looks quite white. Serve it heaped up
on q dish.
Year: 1872

When the branching spindle of the main
stalk is thus transformed, we see imperfect
or deformed ears, mostly but on the suck.
ers, where the spindle often does not branch,
very well shaped ears may be found. 1t
is likely that by saving and planting seed
from these ears variety Of corn might in
time be formed like that figured in the Cy-
clopedia, but it is questionable whether such
a variety would be desirable one.
Year: 1872

A Vermont farmer carried tub Of but.
ter to market. A buyer tried it and pro-
nounced it to be an inferior article, aud of
fered lie pound for it. Tho farmer, not
willing to take that, carried it home, kept it
a week and took it to market the second
time, and offered it to another buyer. He
offered him l6c. Refusing thus offer he car
ried it to the next town and was offered 22c,
but being determined to get a higher
price he took it home and kept it another
week. BY this time he had another tub
ready for market. He took the two and
carried them to the first buyer and received
22c round for each tub


A READER.
Fairfar. Nor. A."
Year: 1872

From New York letter.


On visit to Harpers' Publishing House,
1 found this genius of the pencil in the
midst of his work, tracing on wood a car
toon for the coming Weekly. He receives
visitors kindly, is affable and genial in
conversation, apparently unconscious of
the fame he has won. His personal ap-
pearance is not particularly striking; he
Is of medium hight has an exceedingly
pleasant face, with decidedly Hebrew
cast of countenance. He says he is con-
stantly besieged by people who have their
personal axes to grind, and wish him TO
use his talent for the purpose of personal
gain but he devotes himself to Harpers' ,
for which he is paid $500 a week. While
engaged in conversation with him, one OF
his own productions was brought in by one
of the workmen completed ready for the
printer The device is first traced on wood
by the artist, and then it is given to others
to cut. The result of the late elections
have given material for unusual attrac-
tions, which Mast is never slow to make
tell, and which he has used for the coming
week with more, if possible, than his usual
skill
Year: 1872

years. He also found much fault with the
acts of Congress since the war. His feel
ing was that the State government of Ten
nessee had been wonderful success in the
hands of Brown, as the State debt had
been so largely reduced by the selling of
railroads and the leasing of the penitenti-
ary. At the close of his speech there was
one man in the house who applauded him.


He was followed by Singletary who
made one of his best and most telling
speeches, with which the Republicans Of
this county were very highly pleased.


,. A CITIZEN.
Year: 1872

The Middle Tennessee appointments OF
Messrs. Thornburgh, Garrett, and Cald-
we'll are nearly over, and soon they will be
on the Cumberland Mountain, and then ia
the valley of East Tennessee.


We hope the people will turn out large
ly. We wish every man in the district, OF
every party, could hear the candidates,
for we feel satisfied Col, 1hornburgh would
gain largely by it.


We are proud of our candidate and want
him known by all the people.


A list of appointments will be found
elsewhere in this paper. Turn out and
hear the men, and then decide which suits
you best