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Year: 1871

The Pttsield Eagle has unearthed the mean man of that village. He is 50 years old, worth $15. .000, has driven all his four boys away from home by his stinginess and general cussedness. and when one of them was fatally hurt lately, refused to- bring him home. When his wife did bring him,

 he refused both admission to the house and turned his only daughter ont of doors besides, because she went to visit her dying brother. She then bought 8 trunk, into

 which she packed her few clothes and went to another town, to relative's The old man found she had not paid for the trunk. and did SO out of his own pocket, and then sent an officer to the town where she was to attach the trunk and bring it to Pitts. field. If the devil don't get such man as

 that, what is the use of having any devil.
Year: 1871

A0s+1F CHATTER Lv. sa sesga

 An act in addition to an act concerning Communi-

 ties and Corporations.

 Be dt enacted by the Se'sGte and House 0f Repre- sentdtiUes in General Assembly concerned:

 Sec. 1. The presidents of the several trust com panies heretofore or hereafter chartered by thia State, on or before the first day of April in each year, and as much oftener as may be required bv the bank commissioners, shall make up and trans init to them, a sworn statement of the condition of their respective institutions, making balance sheet, showing among other things, the amount invested in real estate the locality thereof, and the cash value of said real estate; tho amount in- vested in stocks or bonds specifying the number of shares the par value thereof the actual cost to the institution, the actual market value of said stocks at the time of said return, the number and amount of bonds, and of what description the par value of the same the actual cost and the present market value; and all other investments in persona al property, specifying the value thereof, and also showing the actual cash value thereof and the or- gnal cost also the amount ofmoneys held in trtlst and on deposit on the day ofthe return, the ayers age amount of loans for the year and the actual amount of loans on the day of the return and the security therefor, held by said company; and said bank commissioners shall under this act have the same power and it shall be their duty to visit and Iexamine the trust companiesafor in the same manner as is now by law provided in the case Ot CoNTTNUED ON FoURTH FAoH.l
Year: 1871

On the occasion of the birth of his
first child, the poet writes:
One night as old st. Peter slept.
He left the doors of Heaven ajar,
When through little angel crept
And came down on falling star.
One summer, as the blessed beams
Ofmorn approached, my blushlng bride
Awakened from some pleasant dreams
And found that angel by her side.
God grant bu, this, ask no more,
That when he leaves this world of sin,
He'll wing his way to that bright shore,
And find the door of Heaven again.
Whereupon, Saint Peter, not liking
this imputation of carelessness, thus
{by friend) replies:
ON THE PART OF THE DEFENCE.
For eighteen hundred years and more,
I've kept my door securely tyled;
There has no little angel strayed,
No one been missing at the while
did not sleep as YOU supposed,
Nor leave the gates of Heaven ajar
Nor has little angel strsyed
Nor gone down with falling star.
Go ask that blushing bride and see
II she don't frankly own and say,
That when she found that angel babe,
She found it in the good old way.
God grant but this, ask no more,
That should your number still enlarge,
You will not do as heretofore,
And lay it to old Peters charge.
The "policeman's song"


] want to be police.


And at the corner stand;


A star upon my bosom,


A club within my hand.


I'll stand and roll my eyeballs,


BY passing breezes famed;


I'll walk into each restaurant,


And take my oysters panned.
Year: 1871

murderl Beware, say, Of meddling
with the internal prerogativel Beware,
! say. Remember the fate Of the man
who attempted to steady the ark, and
tremble. Gentlemen, ] adjure you by
the manumitted ghost of temporal san c.
tity, to do no murder. j adjure you by
the name Of woman, the handspring Of
the ticking timepiece of Times theoreti-
cal transmigration, to do no murder


| adiure you by the love you have for the
esculent and continental gusto Of our
native pumpkin, to do no murder ad


jure you by the American eagle, that
whipped the universal game cock of ere
alton, and sits roosting on the magnetic
telegraph of Times illustrious transmit
grafton, to do no murder And lastly,
gentlemen, Il you ever expect to wear
long.tailed coats-if you ever expect
free dogs not to bark at you--if you ever
expect to wear boots made of the free
hides of the Rocky Mountain buffalo
and to sum up all, if you ever expect to
be'anything but Q set of sneaking, loaf.
ing, rascally cut-tbroat, braided small
ends Of humanity, whitfield down to in
distinctibilty acquit my client and save
your country. The prisoner was ac-
nuitted -
Year: 1871

g 10 RD


8.UPEBIOR.
Railroad or no railroad intend to keep business
going until my license is ended Remember where
you can have game OF Pigeon Hole. fa|
Welcome gents, sit at your case,
Free to call for what You please;o4
Free to speak, free to thinlS sF
Free TO pay for what you drink ;ae1
Free to sit an hour or So -aua9
And when uneasy free to 90.
Ny house is furnished with good board wet or drv
Bedrooms well furnished with good beds Visitors un
able 10 Pag tog lodging are not admitted


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Year: 1871

les and Provisions, of which we keep Good Stock
consisting of CHOI0sa and FANCY GROCERIES,
as well as ST1PLE.5. In this line we would call
special attention to our TEAS, which we think are
not excelled by anything in the market.


When visiting our store, if you do not see what
you want, ASK FOR IT.
Year: 1871

We were highly pleased with an in
cident friend related to us about . lit.
tie girl who with her parents went to
visit the fair at the American Institute.


While there one of the managers took
a fancy to the little miss, who was of .
lively and social turn, and to make her
visit more pleasant, himself conducted
her around the hall, showing her the
various points of interest. He left her
for short time, to attend to something
in another part of the building, and
when he returned, Immediately sought
the little girl, offering his hand to con-
duct her around again. To his astonish-
ment, she refused to accompany him.
"Why," said he, "you have not seen
half the pretty things yet. Come, and
I will show them to YOU" Still she
refused, and clung as If affrighted to her
mother. Surprised at such conduct,
her mother demonstrated and bade her
be polite to the kind gentlemen.
Mother" said the little girl, Whisper
ing in her mothers ear, II cannot go
with him-he smells of rum" Was
she to be blamed, children
Year: 1871

A GREAT WoRK.-Aany q discourag
cd mother folds her tired hands a
night, and feels as If she had, after all
done nothing, although she has no
spent an idle moment since she rose. Il
it nothing that your little helpless child
rem have had some one to come to will
all their childish griefs and joys? Il
it nothing that your husband feel
"safe" when he is away to his business
because your careful hands direc
everything at home? Is it nothing
whom his business is over, that he ha,
the blessed refuge of home, which 20,
have that day done your best to brigh
ten and refine? o, weary and faithful
mother, you little know your power
when you say, II have done nothing
There is book in which q fairer record
than this is written over against you,
name.
Year: 1871

A good home must have mutual for.


bsarance and forgiveness. There mus,
be discipline in a good family. Ibe.
lieve in moral suasion, but also be-
lieve In the suasion of the birch. My
grandfather whipped my father, father
whipped me, and have whipped my
own children, and I find it does
works very well. I do not believe in
much birch. But believe little birch
brings out the spiritual as we'll a. the
physical circulation. The Fundamental
law OF household should be unques-
tioning obedience to tho parental will.
A weak man who has no government
should marry strong minded woman.
who will whip all tho children, and
lick him too If he needs it.-Dr. H. M
Ncudder. ~"'
Year: 1871

LINCoLN.-On the day OF his death,
this simple Western attorney, who. &C.
cording to one party, was vulgar jok-
er, and whom the doctrinaries among
his own supporters accused Of wanting
every element Of statesmanship, was
the most absolute ruler in Christendom
and this solely the hold his good hum.
ored sagacity had laid on the hearts and
understandings of his countrymsn.
Nor was this all for it appeared that
he had drawn the great majority, not
only of his fellow citizens, but Of man
kind also, to his side. So strong aud 80
persuasive is honest manliness, without
single quality Of romance or unreal
sentiment to help it? A civilian dur
ing times Of the most captivating mill
tary achievement, awkward, with no
skill in the lower technicalities of man.
ners, he left behind him fame beyon d
that Of any conqueror, the memory OF
grace higher than that OF outward
person, and a gentlemanliness deeper
than mere breeding. Never before that
startled April morning did such mul-
titudes of men shed tears for the death
of one they had never seen, as il with
him a friendly presence had been taken
away from their lives, leaving them
colder and darker. Never was funeral
panegyric so eloquent as the silent look
of sympathy which strangers exchang-
ed when they met on that day. Their
common manhood had lost kinsmsn.-
James Russell Lo,peU,
Year: 1871

The New York Tribune. under this head,
has practical article, from which we make
the following quotation


1T may be true that the South needs money,
or such capital as is Instantly available and con-
vertlble but she cannot afford to borrow it,
If she could borrow five hundred millions to:
IN orrow. it mi ght give her instant rcef, but
that relief would be fictitious like the strength
ob aimed by the tippler from his dram-and
would but increase her ulumate embarrass-
ments She needs rather to get out of debt
than to get In deeper-to sell property that she
is unable to use, and devote the proceeds to
make available the residue of her now dor
mant resources


If her men of substance could sell two-thirds
OF the land, timber, ores, &C., which now en-
ploy no labor and afford no income, the resi-
due would have greater market value than
the whole has at present, and they would be
able to buy stock, implements, machinery, fer.
tilzers. etc, for lack of which their efforts are
now relatively inefficient and fruitess


The South needs more people, greater diver
slty OF pursuit, more skill, more energy anC
thrift-more mills, more shops, more factories
more furnaces; she does not need more capi
tai than will inevitably flow in upon her if sh,
can but utilize what she already has, We sub
nit these suggestions to her leading minds, il
the hope that they may sow some seeds of fu
ture thrift and progress"


We have tried to impress the same idea OF
our people. Use your credit and the capi
tai you have to develop the country, to put In
to operation the useless capital we have LIE
the cheap, worn-out lands be covered Wit
sheep until they can be made more valuabl
for something else. Let every man who is
farmer and the owner of land sell property,
need be, at once, for what it will bring-ont
half of the surplus that he cannot cuItivat
and manage. Let those who are in debt, alon
the railroads aud the rivers, sell their higf
priced lands, and 60 further back, and the
can buy the same quantity for one-haf or on'
third the money Two good results will Ell
sue they will get out of debt the rich mour
tain country will improve in population, an
they can make as much and live well. n
need of going to Missouri, or Texas, or an.
where else.-Amherst Enterprise.
Year: 1871

ence, In others OF over-confidence. Some can


not he brought to believe it possible that the


Radicals can carry majority ia this State. =


They therefore neglect the means of s,1ccess


and expose US to defeat. Others are lukewarm


and indifferent because the late Legislature did


some things they did not approve and omitted


others which they greatly desired. In their
dissatisfaction they are indsposed to exert
themselves for the Conservative cause and in
some cases. so far give way to passion, as to OPP
pose the regular representatives of the party


1t Is very true that the last Legislature did
many things which deserved reprobation, and
omitted many that were desirable. but we
should not forget that its members had very
arduops task, and that they we're very much
hampered by the constitution which was i'm
posed upon u.s. They were constrained to re-
spect the provisions of that constitution. how
ever oppressive and unsuited to our condition.
but we should remember If they, friendly and
sympathizing with the masses of our people.
could not so administer that constitution as to
| r. lieve Us of its stings-in the hands of Radi-
Gals and carpet-baggers, animated By hate and
rapacity, we shall be subjected TO burdens too
grievous to be borne. Let US bear in mind the
fate OF our Southern sisters, who have expe-
rienced the blessings of carpet-bag rule-wbo
have been robbed and impoverished and are
now being subjected to judicial dragonade-
arrested by hundreds and condemned to the
Albany penitentiary for not loving the hand
that tieeced and oppressed them.


Is there Conservative, white or black In
the State, who desires to see this state of
things introduced into the Commonwealth p
Who would motif he listens to his reason and
his patriotism, put forth every energy to aver
II! We beg our friends who are lukewarm, to
lay aside their sluggishness and postpone their
dissatisfaction to more convenient season, if
they would retain control of the Common
wealth 10 the hands Of the intelligent and vir-
tuous portion OF the community. And those
who are over r-sanguine and despise the preten-
sons OF the Radicals, to recollect that it is new
er wise to underrate an adversary. We admit
that 1t does look absurd to fear that set of ad-
.venturers without character, and uudisguisedly
lnient On plunder and rapine, should, by aid Of
the Ignorant and deluded gain the ascendant
IN this Commonwealth. But in these dis
j'inted times, the thing has been done else
where; and unless we are upon our guard, and
adopt every expedient of prevention, it may
be visited upon u.s.


We beg every man who reads these lines to
go to work at once. Stir himself up-stir up
bis nelghbors-put the whole body of the peo
pie to work-black and whie-who desire that
Virginia shall be ruled by Virgibians. Rich
nsoad Vhig
Year: 1871

For several years we have offered, in
connection with our own, most of the pub
lications in the country at great y reduced
rates, even lower than the lowest club rates
in many instances. We do this to induce
advance payment, and people to subscribe
who are not now subscribers, and also to
do a good favor to those who patronize us.
We cannot offer club rates for the News
DEALER, nor can we send it more than u
year at the regular rates, for the price is
now so low as to be within the reach OF
every one, and so low as to leave no mar
gin for profit. All new subscribers who
pay in advance, and all old ones who will
pay arrearages and year in advance, can
avail themselves of this offer. The first
column oe figures gives the regular sub
scriprion price of the publication offered,
and the last is the price for it and the
NEwsDEALER. Any publication not appear
ing in the list will be procured at advan-
to,oo,e r,tao Road tho liot.
Year: 1871

SOME idea of the damage done to vegeta-
ton by lOcusts in tropical countries may
be gathered (says nature from the fol-
lowing account of a raid made by them
in an East Indian cotton plantation
The means adopted to Tepel them was
by recourse to the discOTdant sounds Of
native music-hOrns, tOmtoms, and
bipes-aided by the waving of flags and
branches of trees. These measures un-
dOubtedly, saved the produce, for iudg-
ing by the performance of the very
small number that succeeded in gaining
admission to one of the finest fields un-
observed, had a full complaint effected
a lodging, one hour would have sufiiced
to strip every tree of its leaves, though
the foliage was abundant, and the plants
in one field from five to six feet high
The immunity which the native Indian
cotton enjoyed from the attacks was con-
siderable, considering the avidity with
which they devoured the exotic descrep-
tiOns, and, true to their early traditions,
the Egyptian was evidently no especial
favorite. Some of the swarms that pass
ed over the country at that time were
exceedingly numerous.


The arrival and settlement of one
mighty mass was remarkable sight
What was first observed was a sort of
haze on the verge of tho hOrizen, in a
long line, as if a steamer had passed, and
its smoke was rising into vapOr; this was
some hours before the insects arrived
The cloud gradually thickened, and rose
higher as they approached. When they
got fairly overhead, the air became
darkened as if night was sitting in, it
being yet midday, and the peculiar
sound which accompanied their flight
resembled that of the rustling of the
leaves Of the peepul tree when agitated
by light winds; but it is not until they
have settled down that any idea can be
formed of the immensity of their num-
bers, and the early dawn, before sunrise
had warmed them into life and motion,
is the time to witness this most extraOr-
binary sight.


In the instance now referred to, the
appearance the face of the country wore
would be best described by suppOsing
that a tolerably heavy fall of snow had
taken place, only that the color of it was
a light brown, and this extended for
miles, as far, indeed as the eye could
reach. Trees were favOTited perching
ground for the night, and the manner in
which they cOntrived to crowd upon
them, piles over piles, cOncealing every
vestige of leaf and branch, gave the
trees a singular appearance. At one
spot a stout and widespTeading branch
of banyan tree had snapped at its stem
from the incumbent weight of the in
SectS.
Year: 1871

Has she call to be wife who thinks
more of her silk dress thauh children,
and visits her nursery not Oftener ,han
once a day?


Has the woman a call to be a wife who
sits reading the latest novel while ber
husband stands before the glass vaiuly
trying to pin together a buttOnless shirt
bosom


Has that YOman call to be a wife
who cries for a cashmere or camers hair
shawl when her husbands notes are
protested.


Has that woman a call to be a wife
who expects her husband to swallow
diluted coffee, sOggy bread, smoky tea
and watery potatoes, SIX days out Of
seven?


Has she a call to be wife who flirts
with every man she meets, and reserves
the frown for the home fireside?


Has she a call to be a wife who comes
down to breakfast in abOminable curl
papers, soiled gown and shoes down at
the heel?


Has she a call to be wife who boreS
her husband when he comes into the
house, with the history of broken tea
cup, or the possible whereabouts of "a
missing broom-handle


Has she call to be a wife whose hus-
bands love weighs naught in the bal
ance with her next door neighbor's
damask curtains or velvet carpeto


Has she a call to be 4 wife who would
take advantage of a moment Ofconiugal
weakness to eXtOrt money or exact
promise ?


Has she call to be a wife who takes
journey for pleasure, leaving her hus-
band to toll in close office, and have
an eye when st home, to her servants %


Has she a call to be a wife TO whom
husbands society is not the greatest of
earthly blessings?
Has she call to be wife who listens
to outside ISLANDERS against her husband,
and does not scOrn the slanderer?
Year: 1871

Der of steps TO get near it. It's leaves
are shaped like a heart, and always
trembling, just as poplar leaves are


Really said good farmer BOyce, III
is good thing that I wasn't around
when that tree was five hundred years
old; it might have been split up fCI
firewOOd.'


But that is very hot country, you
know I said, 'and nobody wants much
firewOOd'


Sure enough. Well, this stove is
getting cool again; Sammy, go out and
bring in another armfuI of my old pine.
If it keeps such weather as this, don't
know as even that sacred tree Of Ceylon
would last us through the Winter So
much for the biggest and oldest tree in
the world, schoOlma'am, and beaU-tree
at that. Bright Side.
Year: 1871

In all of these statements only the cost
Of material is given. The cost of cook
ing is not given.


Cost for the week, fifty-four and a
quarter cents.


Of course, I don't pretend that every
body can live in this luxurious way. It
isn't everybody that can afford it. I
could have lived just as well, so far as
health and strength are concerned, on
half the money. Besides, on three days
I ate too much altogether, and suffered
from thirst and dullness. But, then, I
may plead that my habits are very ac-
tive. Not only have written forty odd
pages of this book during the week, but
I have done large amount Of hard mus
cular labor.
Year: 1871

Peters Musical Monthly comes to
us regularly each month, overlooking
with choice new music-some fifteen
pieces in each number. 1t is printed
from thirty,six full size music plates,
and sells for the modest sum of thirty
cent, a number. Any one sending us
ten new subscribers to the Telegraph,
with the cash, will receive subscription
10 this valuable work, which will insure
them eighty or ninety pieces Of choice
new music. The same music bought
in sheets would cost about 800.
Year: 1871

SEC. u. No idiot or insane person, or persons
convicted of any infamous crime shall be entitled
to the privileges of an elector.


SEC l3. crime shall be deemed infamous
which is punishable by death or by Imprisonment
in the State Prison.