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Year: 1871

The comment of q colored
preacher on the text ut is
more blessed to give than to
receive" is inimita5le for its
point as " ell as its eloquence:
live known many a church to
die cause 1t didn't give enough
but neber knowed a church
TO die cause it gave too much.
Dey don't die dat way. Bred
ren, has any of you know'd q
church to die cause it gave too
muchs If you do, just let me
know, and I'll make a p,lg i'm.
age to that church, and I'll
climb by the soft light Of the
moon up de moss covered roof,
and III stand dar, and lift my
hands 10 Heaven and say :
Blessed are the dead that die
in the Lord ="
Year: 1871

a eotemporary states the following -
Some of our farmers wives should test
the truth OF the statement, which if true,
will prove a great gain to those who are
engaged in butter making


a few days since, Mary Hughes put
about quart of cream in cloth bag, and
buried it about two feet deep in earth,
where it remained three days, when she
disintcrred it, and found it transformed
into pure, sweet, yellow butter, with not
one drop of buttermilk to be seen. Mrs.
Hughes thinks that cream will yield about
one-third more butter by this process than
BY the old fashioned way of churning.
Year: 1871

Wet the part with warm water double
a piece of brown paper 1--WE or six times
soak IN the warm water and lay it on tho
place; apply on that warm, but not
hot fat iron, till the moisture is evapora-
ted II the bruise be not gone repeat the
process. After two or three applications
the dent or bruise will be raised to tho
surface. If the braise be small, merely
soak it with warm water aud hold a red
hot iron near the surface, keeping The
surface continually wet-the b.uise will
soou disappear.
Year: 1871

for an honest and impartial investigation,
who shall hold Office for the period Of one
year from the date Of their appointment, Jun
less their duties shall have been sooner ac-
complished; who shall investigate the sub
ject Of wages and hours. Of labor and of the
division Of the joint profits Of labor and cap
ital between laborer and capitalist and the
s0cial, educational and sanitary condition Of
the laboring classes of the United States,
and how the same are affected by the exist
ing laws regulating commerce, finance and
currency; provided that said Commissioners
shall be appointed irrespective of political or
partisan considerations, and from civil life.


Sec. 2. That said Commissioners shall
receive an annual salary of five thousand
dollars each; shall be authorized to employ
a clerk, and shall report the result Of their
investigation TO the President, to be by him
transmitted to Congress.


House adjourned. The session to-mor-
row is for general debate only.
Year: 1871

Discussion was resumed on Mr.. Hoar's
labor and wages bill.


Mr.. Campbell argued for referring the
subject to a select committee of the two
Houses. If the President appointed the
Commissioners, they would be selected
from the friends ofthe administration. Per-
chance Borie might be at thehead ofthe COM
mission and Tom Murphy at the tail, and
sandwiched between them would be perhaps
some men from Yale and Harvard TO go
abroad for the benefit of the service, and to
report, as in the San Domingo matter, the
character of vermin, bugs and lizards. On
the other hand a committee appointed by
the Speaker would be selected with impair
tiality, and would be composed Of repre-
sentatives of both capitalists and labor, and
of the Democratic party as well as the
Republican party. Unless Congress should
take prompt action to relieve the labOring
classes from the present oppressive system
of taxation, storm with disastrous conse-
uuences would be the result. The Repub-
lican party was not friend to the laboring
man. Congress Disseminated against labor,
and in favor of capital. Commenting on
the repeal of the income tax, he said the
rich man would thus be relieved ofEhis
proper burden of taxation and the deficit
made up by the mass of consumers.


Mr.. Dawes asked if the Democrats were
prepared to vote for retaining the income
tax.


MIR. Campbell replied that he was not
here as the representative Of any party,
and said be would like to know If all the
Year: 1871

Secession, Ns State right, unques-
tionably, has been settled by the fiat OF
war. There is no doubt about this
not u lingering doubt-eithcr North or
South. Whatever we are-whether u
constitutional Republic or an Empire.
it is acknowledged that the right of a
State to secede has been definitely set
tied. But there remains the other ques-
ton, what, if any, rights have the States
which the Federal Government is bound
to respect? And this lisa question which
docs not concern tho South more than
it does the West and the North and tho
East. And this Is the question which
must find an answer in the political con-
ventions shortly to- bo held at the North.
VIII the platforms Of these Republican
Conventions exhibit continued progress
towards Consolidation and Imperialism?
Will the Democratic platforms exhibit
firm adhesion to time honored princi-
pies? These are the significant ques-
tions which will be met and answered
in the conventions enumerated above
and the answers will not onlyreyeal the
true tendency OF political porties ut the
present time, but will mark the course
and distance of party politics not only
in the next Presidential campaign, but
foryears to come, AS the people answer,
SO viii the leaders take position, and 50
will the impetus be.
Year: 1871

An editor i'll Indiana stated that n
rival who was coming to town to start
IN opposition paper, WAS pretty good
fellow, but "parted his hair i'll the mid
die" Every man i'll the place who could
leave his store went to the depot to see
the new comer, but instead of seeing
tho spruce and dandifed young man
they expected, they saw an elderly and
rather shabby gentleman, who, as he
raised his hat in honor of the crowd,
they found to be as bald as q billiard
ball. His hair was parted in the middle,
and the parting was four inches wide.
The incident created such laugh THAT
the new publisher could not stand it, so
he departed next day for "pastmes new.
Year: 1871

Whatever may be II mans station in
life, whether it be high or low, public or
private, he viii become q better man,
and escape many d disaster, if he will
listen i'll due season to the voice of the
intelligent and refined among the gentler
sex. Not only do women generally ex-
Gel men in their nice perception of tho
proprieties OF life, md i'll the tender
sense of duty both to God and man, but
they are also before us in their instinct
i've faculty Of fOreseeing evil before it is
upon us, and of wisely discerning the
character and motives of men. It was
not all dream which made the wife of
Julius Cesar so anxious that he should
not go to the senate chamber on the
fatal ides Of March and had he COM
piled with her entreaties, he might havo
escaped the dagger OF Brutus. Disaster
followed disaster in the career of Napo-
leon, from the time that he ceased w
feel the balance-wheel Of Josephine's in
tluence on his impetuous spirit. Our
own Washington, when important qucs-
tons were submitted to him, often saip
he should like to carry the subject to
his bed-chamber before he formed de-
cision F; and those who knew the clear
judgment and elevated purposes of Mrs.
Washington, thought oil the better of
him for wishing to make her contiden-
tial counsellor. Indeed, tho great ma
jority OF men who have acquired for
themselves good and great name, have
been not only married men, but men
happily marricd-both paired AMI match
cd.
Year: 1871

ing thiekly around the entire eeme-
terry.


At the entrance there is a heavy
arch. Streets about 30 feet wide and
nicely paved have been laid out, one
at the base inside the wall leading
around the entire cemetery, another
running parallel about twO-thirds Of
the way up the hill; and four at equal
distances from each other leading from
the base to the summit, intersecting
with the two leading in the opposite
direction. Various kinds Of trees
have been set out in great abundance.


Six thirty-two pound cannon that
were used in the siege of this place,
equal distance from each other,
around the upper half Of the hill,
standing upon the breach end, are set
in solid limestone, and around the bSse
Of each are four piles Of thirty-two
pound cannon balls in pyramidal
from. n
Year: 1871

APPLE DUMpLINGs.--A writer, who must
know what is good, makes the following sng-
yestion concerning a good institution


"As this is the season for apple dumpllngs,
allow me the liberty Of saying that they can be
made so that every ons. even of delicate diges.
tive powers, can eat them with impunity. OF
course am saying nothing but what Il good
housekeeper must know already, when RECON-
mend that the dough, it may be so called,
should be made of about one part of flour to
six parts of potatoes, boiled and mashed
thoroughly, and every lump removed. 1t
makes good paste; and the dumplngs can be
enjoyed by every one without the fear OF after
unpleasant result.
Year: 1871

= The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint are uneasiness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF


appetite and sickness, bowels


in general costive, some
shines alternating with lax.
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
Of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay


ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or


weakness, debility and low
Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

Reflect that II sound mind and body arc the
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
happiness, Indeed without these the journey
through trr5 life becomes a weary pilgrimage THO
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filled with
tho melancholy reflection that the happiness of
another is blghtcd with our own.
Year: 1871

Especially, who have become the Victims Of
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimey
grave thousands of young men of tho most cx-
allied talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have cntranccd listening ScnateS with
the living Tyre, may call with full confidence.
Year: 1871

Have ready a little new milk in
one saucer, piece of white soap in
another, clean cloth folded two or
three times. On the cloth lay out
the glove smooth and neat. Take a
piece of flannel, dip it in the milk,
then rub off good quantity of soap
on the wetted flannel, and commence
to rub the glove towards the fingers,
holding it firmly with the left hand.
Continue this process until the glove,
if white, looks of a dingy yellow,
though clean; if colored, till it looks
dry and spoiled. Lay it to dry, and
the operator will soon be gratified to
see that the old glove looks nearly
new. 1t will be soft, glossy, smooht
and elastic -l-
Year: 1871

The following coating for rough


brick walls is used for painting
ighthouses,an it effectually pre-
vents moisture from striking
through: Take of fresh Rosen-
dale cement three parts, and of
clean, fine sand one part; mix
with fresh water thoroughly.
This gives a gray or granite col
or, dark or light,according to the
color of the cement. If brick
color is DESIRED add enough Ven
etian red to the mixture to pro-
duce the color. If a very light
color is desired, lime may be used
with the cement and sand. Care
must be taken to have all the in
gradients well mixed together.
In applying the wash the wall
must be wet with clean fresh
water; then follow Immediately
with the cement wash. This pre-
vents the bricks from absorbing
the water from the wash too rap
idly, and gives time for the ce-
ment to set. The wash must be
we'll stirred during the applica-
ton. The mixture is to be made
as thick as can be applied
conveniently with a whitewash
brush. 1t is admirably suited for
brickwork, fences, ETC., but it can
not be used to advantage over
paint or whitewash.
Year: 1871

An English inventor has taken


out a patent for a new method, Of


making nails. From his specification


we learn that the method is substan-


TALLY as follows: The inventor forms


fiat bars or strips of wrought iron


in the ordinary way, and by the use
of machinery. While the bars OF
strips of iron are still hot, he pass
es them between a pair of shaping
rolls. Onesof these rolls is plain
cylinder, and the other roll has the
general figure of a cylinder with a
series of incllnes or steps made on
its cylindrical surface, the said in
clines or steps of the roll having
such conformation that the bar roll
between them and the plain cylinder
roll has in longitudinal section the
figure of series of headless nails
Joined together shank TO point.
While still hot, the shaped bar or
strip is slit into nail rods by a series
Of circular slitters, the whole bar be-
ing simultaneously slit up by the
said slitters into nail rods. These
nail rods when cold are fed into
heading machine, by which the nails
are headed and cut off from the nail
rod. The heading and cutting ma
chine which he employs differs in no
essential respectfrom other machines
commonly used for the heading and
and cutting off nails. -.-0
Year: 1871

young gentleman, happened
to sit at church in a pew adjoin-
ing one in which was a young
lady, for whom he conceived a
sudden and violent passion, and
felt desirous of entering into a
courtship on the spot, but the
place not suiting a formal decla-
ration, the exigency suggested
the following plan: He politely
handed his neighbor a bible, e,open.
with a pin stuck in the following
verse: Second Epistle of John,
verse 7th-'And now l beseech
you, lady, not as though l wrote
a new commandment unto you,
but that which we had from the
beginning, that we love one an
other She returned it with the
following: Second chapter OF
Ruth, 10th verse-sThen she fell
on her face, and bowed herself
to the ground, and said unto him
why have l grace in thine eyes,
that thou should'st take notice
of me, seeing that l am a stran-
gern He returned the book,
pointing to the twelfth verse of
the Third Epistle of John-'Hav-
ing many things to write with


paper and ink, but l trust to
come unto you, and speak face


to face From the above inter
view the marriage took place the


following week.
Year: 1871

Try the following and you will
find there is no need of working
with yeast or of baking bread from
one to three hours, when made of
unbolted wheat flour:


Take one pint of sour milk, two
even tea-spoonfuls of soda; add salt
and sugar or molasses according to
taste. Stir all together, and then
work in enough -four to make a bat
ter as stiff as for drop cake. Drop
in small buttered tins or muffin rings
or bake as two loaves on common pie
pans, in a quick oven. If in loaves,
the batter should be a little sitter
and the baking slower. One or two
eggs may be added if desired, in
which case use less soda and sour
milk. One quart of -four is the
amount usually required to make
the batter of the required stiffness.
Year: 1871

Reader, did you ever eat wormy
apple, at the core of which you found
a little light -colored larva or grub?
That larva Matched from a minute
egg which was layed by moth mil
Ter in the calyx or blossom end of
the young apple. These millers ap-
pear in large numbers in fruit or.


chards about the time apple trees
put on their roseate bloom. In some


instances they glue the egg to the
side of the apple, or in the cavity at
the stem end. Immediately after
the larva is hatched, it commences
boring towards the core of the fruit.


In most instances the apple will be
so much injured by the little larva,
that it will fall to the ground. Some
times the depradator bores his way
out of the fruit, and lets himself
down by means of silken cord,
which he spins while descending.
If birds of any sort are near, they
will devour these delicate tid-bits
with avidity. But if not destroyed,
such larvae crawl around until they


find a place protected from the
storms, where they weave a cocoon
around themselves. and enter the
pupd state. There are two varieties
of this moth worm, one of which re-


mains in the pupd state from mid


summer until the next spring, when
it energies from the cocoon with
wings, to deposit its eggs in the ba-
sin of the apple, while the other
passes through the various trans
formations twice during the year, so
as to be ready to destroy late fruit
as well as early. If swine or sheep
devour the fallen fruit before the
larvae leave it, the winged moth mil
Ter must appear the next season, III
at all, from some other source. III
birds consume them, of course no
millers can ever spread their wings
from crushed Larvae. There are also
several varieties of birds that are in
cessantly searching for minute grubs
and borers in the bark of fruit trees.
Eggs from which borers spring are
deposited just in the edge of the
parenchyma, the second layer of
the bark; and as soon as the min
ute borer is large enough to COM
mence operations, birds perceive
them, and take them out with their
sharp bills.
Year: 1871

An association of Congregational


Ministers met in Oswego last week,


and the points of one unofficial re-


port made at the gathering are thus
given by the Binghamton Repu6h-
can.


A few days ago, one of the clergy


men said, young man called upon
him and asked him to officiate at
his wedding, saying that the young
woman whom he intended to marry
lived twelve miles away, but the
marriage was to be at the house of
her uncle, only four miles from the
minister's house. The brevet
groom gave a moderate fee in adj
vance, borrowed the good mans bug
gy to bring the intended bride to
the Rendezvous, and at the appointed
time the clergyman reached there,
and found all ready. But
just then the young lady concluded
she would not be married. The
groom told the minister that he
guessed he could some day induce
her to change her mind, and if so,
he should be called in. In a few
days he came around, the "gall had
come to her OATS" but he was
afraid she might retract again be-
fore he could take her to her uncle's
and to avoid all risk he had called
in a clergyman right there and made
all fast. "And now, Elder" said he,
'how about that fee 1 gave you; you
did not do the job?" The Elder in
timated that he had loaned him his
carriage gratuitously, and had put
in an appearance at the time and
place named, ,at some cost to himself,
and it was not his fault that he did
not do the job. "Wall, Elder" was
the response, in a triumphant tone,
'and so was 1 there, too, and it wasn't
my fault that you did not do the job,
and 1 want my money And he
got his money.
Year: 1871

When a thick solution of glue
is mixed with tungstate of soda
and hydrochloric acid there is
precipitated a compound of tung-
site acid and glue, which, at from
80 deg. to 40 deg. c., is sufficient
ly elastic to admit of being drawn
out into very thin sheets. On
cooling it becomes solid and brit
tie, but when heated, it again
becomes soft and plastic. 1t ap-
pears that this material has been
successfully employed instead of
albumen in calico printing, in
order to fix the aniline colors
upon cotton; it is also used in
tanning, but the leather becomes
as hard and rigid as plank of
wood. 1t is recommended as a
lutte or cement.
Year: 1871

The Missouri Legislature has dis
armed the Militia of the State by
calling in all the arms except those
in St. Louis county.


A dispatch from Rouen says that
henceforth all taxes will be payable
to the French. The Branch Bank of
France at Rouen has resumed bust
ness.


A Springfield lady left her little
boy at home to amuse himself with
matches, and when she returned
met him in the street, crying. He
said he only just made a little fire
in the bureau drawer, and q lot of
red d-shirted men came with a great
big tea-kettle and squirted water all
over the house. They saved the
cellar door.
Year: 1871

To remove tightly fitting rings
from a finger without pain, (says the
London Lancet) pass the end of a
portion of rather fine twine under
meath the ring, and evenly eHcircle
the finger from below upward las
whipmakers bind lashes on with
the remainder, as far as the centre
Of the finger, then unwind the string
from above downward by taking
hold of the end passed under the
ring, and it will be found that the
ring will gradually pass along the
twine toward the tip of the finger.
Year: 1871

which are not familiar with the name you have
chosen, and employing the remedies that bear
it.


Thus, gentlemen, have striven in my hum
lie spere to render some service to my fellow
men, and to deserve among the afflicted and
unfortunate some regard for the name which
your kind partiality hangs on these walls


around me. We may look forward with con-
! tident hope 20 the rcmOwn you will gather un-
der IT., and the prosperity, which there is rea-
son to Irust the future has in store for you.
Situated as YOU are here on one OF the main


arteries between the west and east, between


the great industries OF the plough and the


spindle you must aid in their exchanges and


thrive with them. Soon these channels will be


opened wide and pouring through your pre-
cincts streams Of men and merchandise that


will need your futherancc and must contribute


to your growth.


Located here in the centre of New England
10 what dCarer spot can you turn that men in
habitH Beginning life rich with the honors of


your mother town whose influence through her


schools and her scholars is Of itself an inherit


ancc, with such examples as Lawrence, Bout
well, lIoar, what may you not hope for OF use


fuineSs in the councils Of the state and na-
ton?


! Contrast our condition with that Of the Eu-


ropean nations, alternately torn and improv-
! lshed with wars, credit it as You may to the
l better education of the people, and you will
: realize the value of the example old mother
Groton has set you. so worthy of your ambi-
ton to follow. Build schools for your children
: and find talent to teach them, then intelligence
: and integrity in prosperous and happy homes
will be your sure reward.
Associated as you have made me with your
veal and wO, | wish might be allowed to con
n tribute from my means such as they are, some
j thing towards :his first foundation Of the pub
r lie good.


t Gentlemen, have detained you too long
It Oppressed with the fear, that do not deserv
o the distinction you bestow, pray God to max
l. me worthier, and to smile upon you with Hi
c perpetual blessings.