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Year: 1871

Till We have reflected OH it, we
are scarcely aware how much the
sum of human happiness il the
world Is indebted to this one feel
ing-sympathy. We get cheer
falness and vigor, we scarcely
know how or when, from mere ass
sociation with our fellow-men, and
from the looks reflected on US
OF gladness and enjoyment. We
catch inspiration snd power to go
on, from human presence and from
cheerful looks. The workmen
work with added energy from hav-
ing others by. Tho full family
circle has strength and life pc
culiar to its own. The substan :
tial good and the effectual relief
which men extend to one is tri-
ding. It is not by those, but by
something far less costly. that the
work is done. God has insured it
by much more simple machinery


He has given to tho weakest and
poorest the power to contribute
largely to the common stock OF
gladness. The child's smile and
laugh are mighty powers in this
world. When bereavement has left
you desolate, what substantial
benefit is there which makes con-
dolence acceptable2 It cannot re
place tho loved ones you have lost.
1t can bostow upon you nothing
permanent. But warm hand has
touched yours. and its thrill told
you that there was living re-
SPONGE there to your emotion. One
look, one human sigh, has done
more for you than the costliest
present could convey.
Year: 1871

WHEN young man begins to
send presents Of flowers, books
and sugar plums to lady friend, it
is said 20 be q sure sign that he is
very much in earnest, which proves
the truth Of the old proverb which
tells US "when you touch a mans
pocket you touch his heart"
Year: 1871

The season for city COWS to get
theik living out Of farmers wag-
ons il now in full blast, and the
co~s are performing their work
with the usua! good success. Farm
ers should be cautious about put
ting poor corn or hay in their
wagons, for it seriously impairs
the flavor Of city milk. We hope
they will duly consider this mat
ter and heed our warning, for it
may be the last time We shall refer
to this matter.
Year: 1871

In almost every household there is ali en-.
shrlned memory, sacred casket, where a
lock Of shining hair, ring or faded picture,
tells otsome one long since gone. The young
er children, as they grow up, learn to look on
the picture Of the dead brother or sister as
on the face of an angel. They wonder if they
ever shall be as good as they we're! They
look with tender awe upon the various relics
of a sister never known, the broken plaything,
the unfinished piece of work with rusted
needle just where she left it and seeing their
mothers tears, and hearing her talk Of the
child that was or would have been more love-
y or intelligent than any of the rest, they
meekly wonder if they shall ever deserve to
be loved as much as she was who is now in
heaven.


The orphan, longing for mother dimly re.
membered, is sure if she had lived he never
could have been ungrateful or disobedient.


Yet your daily life is subject to many dis.
turbances. Parents forget to be patient with
their children; the noisy, trying little things
are often roughly treated, their feelings wound
ed and their gayety checked children of a
family quarrel and ovcrbear; friends grow
NAltlAdi dllu toAhs ~ lpOh ulou Ant huIllCe
Of general domestic life, it seems as if there
were few only who would not be happier
separated. But when by death some are re-
moved, then only can we measure the rea
depth of affection that We cherish for them.


One beautiful trait of our humanity is the
tenderness. with which we cherish the memory
Of the departed Let death take from the
household that troublesome and ungovernablC
child, and all that is remembered is his sweet
and gentle words, his rare qualities, his low
ing ways, his beauty and his manliness. The
child stands before his parents eye, not as he
was, but as he might have been had all God
put in him been perfected by love and grace
He is now always dear child" in their
thoughts, aud not selfish or unlovely The
children long for their dead companion with
real and tender grief-they would be pleasant
er were he back again; they are surprised tc
find how much they loved him. Friends long
to have the opportunity, now lost, to show
their love. Why did not prize him more
why did | not serve him better is the uni
versal feeling.


Our cemeteries, carefully kept aud rchy )
ornamented, may sometimes betray the harst
ostentation Of wealth, but usually the polished
and elaborate marble speaks the tenderness o
grief, striving to do here what it feels ha
been left undone before. Absence lends, to
less degree, the same halo of perlectness. s.
soon as we are separated from those we really
love, then they seem more than ever desirable
and necessary to US, and we send back MESA
ges of regret for past selGshness and unfrend
illness.
Year: 1871

1t is harder to bring up one child well than
six. In large family the children help to
bring up one another 1t is not merely that
the elder ones assist in taking care of the
younger but they all influence one another
prodtably in other ways vanity is sometimes
laughed into modesty, and arrogance is snub-
bed into humility. Each child is kept con-
stantly in mind that others have rights and
feelings, and preferences, as well as himself
he forms the habit of considering those rights,
feelings and preferences, and he is thus pre-
pared to "get along" Bwe say, with those
among whom his lot may be cast. Parents
with one child have a difficult task, and their
best way is to get for their solitary chick as
many play.fellows of its own age as they con-
yeniently can. 1t is bad for a child to asso.
ciate too much with persons of mature age.
Year: 1871

cratic party seems now to be marching toward
the ascendant not because the republicans have
not soon enough favored the enfranchisement of
few very wicked men, Horace Greeley to the
contrary, Notwithstanding


Other causes might be named one is, General
Grant has not been entirely popular, and those
republicans who oppose him will ndubitably
throw many Of their own party over to the other
side. The removal Of Sumner from the chair Of
the committee on foreign relations may cost the
administration the State of Massachusetts These
and some other like causes may combine to defeat
Grant in the next election. That would be a
great calamity and would be attended by fearful
consequences. But if doing right endangers the
party, then cheerfuly accept the situation Fiat
justicid ruat c0lum. is. H.
Year: 1871

Coon LUCE.-Some young men talk about
luck. Good luck is to get up at six O'Clock
in the morning. Good luck, if you only have
a shilling a week, is to live on eleven pence
and save penny. Good luck is to trouble
your head with your own and let others bust
ness alone. Good luck is to fulfil the COM
mandmcnts, and to do unto other people as
We wish them to do unto US. We must plod
and perseyere. Pence must be taken care Of
because they are the seeds of guineas. To
get on in the world, we must take care Of
home, sweep our own doorwways clean, try
to help other people, avoid temptation, and
have trust and faith in God.
Year: 1871

Words have meaning in them, but what


do you say about | can't? 1t is a very


common werG and yet. liz many respects
quite uncommon. We hear it every day


in the school room, on the recitation seat,
and at the blackboard. / can't study to-
day. l can't solve this problem. / can't
prepare this lesson. This word the cause
of most, of our failures. l can't has led


many noble mind from the bright and
shining way of knowledge. 1t has never
achieved single victory in the world. for
those who use this word never succeed.
There is something strange in the word.
/ fear it has something dangerous in it too.
Some say it has the power of making men
dream of wonderful things-such as money
growing on trees, education without study
and greatness without effort. [ can't whis-
pers to us that study is of little use. 1t
tells us that there is an easy, smooth
road to the hill of knowledge, but none
have ever found that easy way. No Won
der that many are afraid of ''I can't
1t is peculiar word and of such danger
Gus character that it should be used with
caution by those. who expect to do any
thing worthy of remembrance.
Year: 1871

The exhibition Of tableaux which took
place at Odd Fellows Hall last week. for
the benefit of the mission schools, were so
interesting to those who witnessed them
that very general desire has been ex-
pressed for their repetition. As the Odd
Fellows Hall was crowded to overAowing,
it has been suggested to procure the Opera
House, which there is little doubt would be
filed, and thus a large additional sum be
realized for the benefit Of the mission
schools
Year: 1871

We have home news from New York to
the effect that the Bonnet Care crevasse
has temporarily severed communication
with the North by rail. This is true as far
as it goes, but, thanks to the capitalists and
others who have afforded US another means
Of railroad communication with the North,
the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas rail-
road and its connections make an all rail
route to the principal cities of the North.
Year: 1871

If farmcrs.would look at the theory of
rolling the wheat and rye fields in the
spring,sa all exchange, 1t would be
resorted to much more frequently than
it now is. Occasionally the winter and
spring hive been so favorable to these
crops as not TO render it necessary. But
in three seasons out of four it is necessa-
ry, and doubtless adds considerable TO
their productiveness. The thawings and
freezings Of the ground, throwing or
spewing out of the roots and exposing
them to the drying winds of February
and March, very seriously effect the
grain. Passing a roller over as soon as
the soil is fit to enter upon, presses back
the roots into their beds, and gives them
fair grip again upon the support on
which the crop must depend. This must
be apparent to every one who will look
at it's operation. We have no, doubt that
rolling clover fields that have been bad
ly thrown up by frost, would also have
a most beneficial effect.
Year: 1871

Many of our farmers are not troubled
with the stiff soil that is often difficult
to make productive, and unmanases.ble
in spring and summer; bnt other posses
this soil, and will no doubt profit by
our remarks; Fall ploughing, leaving
the ground as rough as possible when
done, ready to go through; in winter
when frozen up solid, haul on the ma
nure and litter you have, scattering it
pretty erenly over the surface. In the
spring you will find that the frost has
been great pulverizer and that the
great adhesiveness of your impervious
clay has passed away. The manure and
roughness you have applied will, in
great measure, tend to keep the soil
loose and productive. If it is intended
for corn it will need blowing again in
the spring, if for any small grain, only
harrow down thoroughly after the grain
is sewn. Frost as an agent to fertilize
and destroy the solidity of clay soil, is
too little understood by our cultivators.
Rural World.
Year: 1871

A correspondent of the New England
Farmer says: 1.-THE more 1 become ac-
quainted with this grass the better L
like it. Not the least among it's merits
is its hardness. 1t stood the hot, dry
weather last summer better than any
other valuable grass with which I am
familiar. 1t should be sowed thick.
think two bushels not too much seed for
an acre; and it must be cut early, be-
fore it is full bloom, to have the hay of
the best quality. On rich, moist land it
IS as sure to yield three crops in year,
as is red-top to yield one. Unlike Glow
er it never inclines to blossom but once
i'll season; the second and third crops
are mostly leaves, and the best feed for
cows IL winter evei grown. 1t is a good
grass to sow in early spring with clover
but without groin. Two good crops of
lsafy hay may be counted on the first
year, and three crops year afterwards,
as long as the land will carry it out. L
believe it the best of grasses to SOW
where 1 intend to keep the crop up by
top-dressing The dressing should bs
spread Immediately.
Year: 1871

CUTTING OFF THE WRONG HEAD.-An
old farmer was out one fine day looking
over his broad acres, with a dog at his
heels. They espied woodchuck. The
dog gave chase and drove him into a
a stone-wall, where action Immediately
commenced. The dog would draw the


woodchuck partly out from the wall,
and the woodchuck would take the dog
back. The old gentleman's sympathy
getting high ON the side of the dog,
thought he would help him. So putting
himself in position with an axe above
the dog, he waited for the extraction of
the woodchuck, when he would cut him
down. So an opportunity offered, and
the old man struck, but the woodchuck
gathered up at the same time, took the
dog in far enough to receive the blow,
and the dog was killed on the spot. For
years after, the old gentleman, in rela-
tion to the the story, weuld always add:
"And that dog don't know to this day
but what the woodchuck killed him."
Year: 1871

IN LovE.-I was in love once with a
fat girl. She was very feshy. She was
enormous. But tho course of my true
love came to grief. I was sitting with
her in the dim twilight one evening. I
was sentimental; said many soft things;
I embraced part of her. She seemed
distant. She frequently turned her
head from me. AT last 1 thought 1
heard the murmur of voices on the 9TH
er side. arose and walked around,
and there found another fellow court
ing her on the left flank. I was indig-
nant, and upbraided her for her tresch-
cry in thus co 1cealing from me another
love. She laughed at my conceit, as if
she were not big enough to have two
lovers at once.
Year: 1871

PAPA" said little urchin to his faith
er the other day, 81 saw a printer go
down the street just now"


"Did you, sonny? How did you
know the person was a printer2"


Because do, papa"


"But he might have been a carpenter,
blacksmith or shoemaker


"oh ne, papa he was printer-likely
an editer-for he was knawing a bone,
and had no stocking on. The crown was
out of his hat, and his coat was all torn.
am certain he was printer"
Year: 1871

Special 10 the APPEAL


LITTLE Rock, July 19.-The Col
ored Baptist State Convention met
here to-day. Senator White, negro,
of Helena, was to have presided, but
owing to a misunderstanding between
himself and the daughter of a colored
brother with whom he found a home
during the session of the Legislature,
he has failed to put in an appearance
The father Of the abused lady threat
ems instant death to White if he turns
up. The colored politicO-religious
faction are in a state Of tremendous
excitement.
Year: 1871

The Supreme Court of Rhode Island
has granted an order to show cause
why final order for the foreclosure and
sale of division of the Boston, Hart
ford and Erie road in that State should
not issue. Similar orders will issue
in Massachusetts and Connecticut.


1t is generally understood in New
York that Commissioner Pleasanton
viii adhere to his former decision in
the New York Central dividend case,
and order the immediate collection of
the total amount of tax levied, leaving
the road to appeal to the courts for re-
drpsS
Year: 1871

Second Grand Festival at Odd Fellows
Hall.


If any Of our readers would like to be
transported to fairy land for an hour or so,
without undergoing serious Punishment or
the least inconvenience, let them visit Odd
Fellows Hall tonight and witness q really
charming scene. We have visited almost
every fair held in the old hall and all held
in the new one. but never until now have
The ladies and gentlemen in charge are
among the most refined and elegant in this
community, giving their time aud talents to
a work of charity.


The rooms are elegantly arranged and
decorated in the most refined style. A
gentleman who has seen much Of the world
remarked that in all his travels he had
never beheld SO great an amount of beauty
and elegance under one roof in the Old
World or in the New. No one will dispute
him, after making single visit. Gentlemen
are hereby notified not to attend unless
they are willing to lose their hearts, as the
loveliness is certainly captivating.


There are many other attractions suf.
ficient to induce repeated visits.


Prices in all cases are about the same as
on Canal Or Camp streets, and change will
be returned with scrupnlous exactn ess, and
there are articles which all desire. If a
tender appetite is to be pandered to, tables
loaded with delicacies can be found that
would tempt the most Indifferent. A call
on the Third Mission table, at which will be
found Mesdames and Misses Lyman, Robin
son, Green, Fayssoux, Hodgson and others,
will result in pleasure. On one side is
well, in exact imitation Of the one by which
stood Rebecca, only this one knows three
Rebeccas, Misses K, j. and T., willing to
send pitcher into its depth to draw up
refreshing drink for the thirsty.


On the principal table can be seen re-
freshments prepared artistically. The la
dies will give you hearty reception. TO
the right are young ladies with q silver
water-cooler, and the visitor, by paying
small sum of money, can vote whe ther it
shall be given to the steamboat Lee, Natchez,
Pargoud or Katie. Last night one Of the
fairies informed us that the Lee was head
ing the race. The contest will be lively,
for steamboatmen are interesting them
selves without limit Having exercised
your right Of suffrage, step over to the
other end of the room and look at the
Bouquet, where will be found the Misses
Camerdens, Gallagher, Bailey, Brown, Nc
Williams and Farley. The arbor is a tasty
combination, the flowers having been i'm
ported from Germany; they are preserved
with their natural colors, and are rare.
Beneath wilderness of bouquets are
crowded piles of tempting edibles, cooked
BY master hands.


Gentlemen must not forget that each day,
from noon until two o'clock, the lad les will
be prepared to furnish splendid lunch,
finer than can be obtained in res taurant
It is hoped this fact will not be forgo tten or
neglected. At night hundreds Of charming
young ladies grace the room, lending their
assistance in the good work.


The fact that visitors are not importuned
is worthy of mention.
Year: 1871

When leaden rifle bullets are fired
against iron targets. the lead is melted
and spattered upon the target in the
form of star. This feet is stated as
the result of careful experiments made
recently at Basic, Switzerland.
Year: 1871

An elderly man in a dark brown
cloak sat on a rickety chair by the fire
and warmed his thin hands over the
cinders. Peter saluted him with a
slOuch of the head; the stranger rose
and apolOgized for the intrusion, re-
peating his request for nights lOdg-
ing.


"There's only one bed," said Lundy,
"and that's at your honor's service
but we are very poor people and have
not got goOd accommodation for gen.
tie folk"


THAT does not matter" answered
the elderly man; "but, master, can
you not give me a, little more fire?
am shivering with cold"


George, shove on some peat, and a
few humps of coke" shouted the pud-
dler. az


The traveller couched over the fire
and said no more. In an hour or two
he went to bed, and Peter and his
children lay down on straw in a corner.
The puddler Gid not sleep; his eyes
watched the stranger by the fire light.
The elderly man fidgeted about until
he had deposited a packet and a large
purse under his pillow and then, till
he fell asleep, continually passed his
hands under the bolster to assure him.
self of its safety.


Peter soon came to the determiua-
ton of robbing him, and escaping with
the money; as for the children, they
might go to the work-hOuse. Accord
ingly, as soon as he was convinced of
the soundness of the travellers sleep,
he rose from his straw bed and stole on
tip.toe across the room. The stranger
breathcd heavily in sleep, and Peter
cautiously slipped his hand beneath
the pillow to the purse. In doing so
he moved the old mans head SO as
partially to awaken him; the eyes
opened and looked into Peters face.
Instantly the puddler grasped the
mans throat, and pressed his fingers
tightly, while he dragged the package
and purse from under the bolster with
Year: 1871

NEVER run down your opponents
goods in public. Let him do his own
advertising.


IT'S as true of advertising as OF
anything else in this world-if it is
worth doing at all, it is worth doing
well.


WE don't recommend advertising
ms the best way Ia get wife but We
know that it is the best way 10 get n
good trade.
Year: 1871

NEVER trust secret with mar
ried man who loves his wife, for he
will tell her, and she will tell heI
Aunt Hannah, and Aunt Hannah
will impart ii to the parson, and then
the whole female sisterhood will be
treated to broken doses for the next
six months.
Year: 1871

y LIVE CAT was found in the mail
bag at town in Maine one day late
ly. The postmaster made diligent
search through all the United States
postage laws to ascertain the amount
of postage on the animal, but found
nothing touching the case.
Year: 1871

At lIlc boar last night report was in
circulation that Pctcr Il. Sweeney had left the city, os
ttusby the purpose OF visiting his country seat at
Lake Mahopac. Many If the opinion. however,
that he had lett the country under an assumed name
Year: 1871

A1oern1an Benevolent Association Ball.


The first grand fancy and dress ball of
the Hibernian Benevolent and Mutual Aid
Association Branch No. y, will be given at
Odd Fellows Hall, on Tuesday evening, No.
yember q. From our knowledge of the
energy Of the committee Of arrangements
we are satisfied that the Hibernians and
their guests will have a magnificent hall
and enjoy themselves hugely.
Year: 1871

Notwithstanding the air was cool lest
night, the attendance at the fete ham
petre, for the benefit Of the Odd Fellows
Rest, was quite large, and the gentlemen
were unusually generous with their money,
which was very freely expended in aid Of
very commendable object The aggregate
receipts have been large during the enter
tainments of the week.
Year: 1871

%, Godl Thus upon my knees
how often have prayed for this =
My wife | My child =


They were down By bis side-their
arms were about him-they called him
husband and father-and the bright
freight sEone upon their mingling
tears.


In the morning the storm was passed
and the sun came brightly up. Late
in the forenoon the stage came along
the road and with busy hands dug
through the snow; but Ellen Ander-
son did not so away in it. And many
suns rose, beaming warm and brightly
upon the house of Mary Anderson ;
but the light and warmth without was
nothing to the light and warmth with
in. The love of the earlier time had
been renewed, and the MONDAY of life
turned toward the evening with prom
ise of Joy made richer and more en-
during by the stern trials of the dark
years which ended in the winter
storm.
Year: 1871

Mother dear, cannot leave you
Let me unpack my trunk and remain
at home. I can find something to do
here"


You had better 90, Ellen The
mother spoke these words in q low
tone, and with her face turned away
from her child; and it was plain to be
seen that she had been speaking as she
had schooled herself to speak-not
from the impulses os the heart but
from the dictates of necessity.


Mary Anderson was a middle aged
woman slight of frame, from whose
pale, careworn face the traces of rare
beauty we're not yet obliterated. Her
daughter resembled her, not only in
form and feature but also in the ex-
preston of care and toll which casts its
shadow over her face. They lived
alone in the humble cot, just out from
the village, and for years their daily
bread had been earned by constant Ia
Dor. Ellen had learned to work when
a mere prattling child, and as she
grew older her busy hands found en-
ployment in many useful ways. And
now, at the age of fifteen, she had
mado arrangements to go away from
home and work among strangers. Her
new clothes had been packed in
small trunk, and the stage was to call
for her the following morning. 1t was
early winter, and the day had been
cold and drear. As the sun went
down the snow began to fall, and by
the time night had fairly set in the
storm was raging furiously.


Il shall be SO lonesome and unhap-
py away from you my dear mother
said Ellen, clinging close to her par
eut's sido
Year: 1871

II every family iu this town knew the
value Of Rennes Magic Oil, and would keep
a bottle of it on hand, to use in case Of &C
ciden., we should be happier if not
hAudsomer people. Try this Oil.