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Year: 1872

A KENTUCKIAN and a Yankee were
once riding through the woods, the former
on a fine black horse, and the Yankee on
an inferior animal The latter wanted to
make "swap," but he did not see how
he was to do it. At last he thought of
plan. His horse had been taught to sit
down like dog whenever he was touched
by the spurs. Seeing a wild turkey, the
Yankee made his horse perform his trick,
and asserted that he was pointing game,
as was his custom. The Kentuckian rode
in the direction indicated by the horses
nose, and up rose u turkey. That settled
the matter the trade was made, and sad
dies and horses were changed. After a
time they came to deep and rapid stream,
over which the black horse carried his
rider with ease. But the Kentuckian, on
the Yankees old beast, found great diff
Guilty in. getting over, and when he had
reached the middle of the stream he was
afraid the horse would allow himself to
be carried away, and so endeavored to
spur him up to more vigorus action.
Down sat the old horse on his launches.
"Look a here !" shouted the enraged and
partially submerged Kentuckian to the
Yankee on the other side of the stream,
"What does all this mean ?" want
you to know, stranger" cried the Yam
kee, preparing to ride away, "hdt that
there boss 'oiH pint fish jist as 'ceH as he aoiH
foirLn
Year: 1872

TIE END OF TIE EARTH.-Profeasor Plan
,amour's prediction that great comet is to hit
the earth at midday on Monday next and smash
it into smithereens has been the subject ofa good
deal of fun.
Year: 1872

The barometer will fall In the North.
west and thence TO Indiana and Michigan
with southwesterly winds, cloudy weather
and occasional light snow tomorrow.
From the Ohio Valley to the Gull Coast
q tallowing barometer tomorrow, and
cloudy weather and southwesterly winds
veeriIng to northwesterly. On the lower
lakes clearing and partially cloudy wealth.
er and southwCsterly winds, extending
with increasing cloudIness to New Eng.
land and the Middle States. In the South
Atlantic States northerly to easterly
winds and partially cloudy weather.
Year: 1872

The demand for this favorite SEWING MA
CHINE is still increasing, and the great number
sold in this city during the past year is without
precedent. The machine is question is simple,
compact, durable and beautiful, and is beyond
doubt less liable to get out of order than any
machine claiming public attention, and can be
operated by child. The sales of this machine
since its introduction have steadily increased,
leaving all competitors far behind, This fact
alone IS a proof of its superior merits over all
other machines. Over one hundred and fifty in
daily use in this city, giving universal satlstac,
ton For references examine my books and
Judge for yourself Machines sold on the most
liberal terms, and satisfaction guaranteed IN ev-
ery case G. G. BERRY, Agent,


Alexandria, Va
Orders from the country promptly attended to.
.)E
Year: 1872

REMEDY FOR PAINFUL WOUNDS. a
pan or shovel with burning Goals and sprinkle
upon them common brown sugar, and, hold
The wounded part in the smoke. In a few
minutes the pain will be allayed and recovery
proceeds rapidly. In my own case rusty nail
had made a bad wound in the bottom of my
ioot foot "'@H The p pain and Devoas irritation was
severe. This was all removed by holding it in
the smoke for fifteen minutes, and W was able
10 resume my reading in comfort. We have
often recommended it to others with like re-
suts Last week one Of my men had hnger
nail torn out by pair of ice tongs 1t became
very painful as was to have been expected.
Held in sugar smoke for twenty minutes the
pain ceased, and it promises speedy recovery


C0uut1Y Gentleman.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
tAe melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
anothe ;s blighted with our own.
Year: 1872

THE REASON WHY-The immediate
cause of premature fading or blanching of
the hair is an obstruction of the oil vessels
which afford the coloring matter. The re-
mote causes may be general i'll health,
trouble of mind, etc Hence, in order TO
restore its natural color and beauty the oil
vessels must be restored to their normal
condition 1t is on this principle that Ma
TURE's HAIR RESTORATIVE is compound
ed, and it has proved complete success,
wherever faithfully applied. 1t is not a
poisonous dye, consequently the effect is
gradual, and in severe cases two or three
bottles are necessary to produce the desir-
ed result. Sec advertisement.
Year: 1872

THE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE.-The
invention of the Wilson Sewing Machine is
destined to exert an influence over domes-
tic comfort unequalled by any invention of
the last one hundred years. As an eco
nomical arrangement it enables one person
to do the work of ten in superior manner
and with unspeakably more comfort To
satisfy yourself how perfect and simple a
new machine can be, call at the Wilson
Sewing Machine rooms, and examine the
perfect New Wilson Under-Feed Sewing
Machine, that is sold fifteen dollars cheap
er than any other frst-class machine in
use. Salesroom at 375 West Madison
St, Chicago, and in all other cities in the
Z. S. The company want agents in coun-
try towns
Year: 1872

From lands end to lands end. that all may read,
and reading, believe, that for the countless mil
lions who the road to an untimely grave
with bilious complaints there is but truly great
and reliable remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

The recent passage 0l' Soldiers
Homestead bill has produceHa demand
from thousands of TN. .Yai7Sti.iS' of the war
for information concerning the, location,
extent and character of the public lands
subject to the provisions of the law, and
that information il is the aim of this let
ter, as far as possible, to supply.


The main provision, and most import
ant, of the law is that which provides
that, instead of the five years actual res
idenc0 that was required under the pre-
yious law before title could be given,
the time any soldier was in the service is
to be deducted from that time, and the
residence required is made so much the
shorter as a soldier was in the army.
Thus soldier who served three years
will have to remain upon his land but
two years to secure patent; he who
served two years only three, and he who
served one year four, and so on.


There is another provision, which was
intended to give TO soldiers the right to
enter lands through some other person
acting for them, which would save TO
such as might find such agency convent
ent personal location and entry OF the
lands they might desire, but this Is a
doubtful advantage, and, from present
appearances, more likely to be taken ad'
vantage of by spectators toslock up lands
than by honest soldiers desiring to settle
on homesteads.


The amount of lands subject to the pro
visions of this new law are enormous, as
will be seen by reference to the tabulated
statement for the different States, which
will he found below. The extent which
is really available for present or early set
tement is much more limited, because
many of tie lands are too remote from
settlements and too inaccessible To be
suitable for homestead pre-emption for
several years to come. II readers not
familiar with the geography OF the West
Year: 1872

~ The Lewiston CMe.) Journal says the
Democracy of that section of the Pine Tree
State are unit for Greeley, and this is their
reasoning: "We go for Greeley because it
is the only chance we have of getting into
power; and we believe that when elected by
us, he will change his course and become
practically Democrat, as we have noticed
that men are usually nodded by those who
elect them to Office; and our votes must elect
him if he is elected at all"
Year: 1872

~ Horace Greeley made an address last
fall before the Trumbull County (Ohio) Agri-
cultural Society. He is doubtless sorry for
it. In that speech he said: 81 saw, the
other day, a suggestion that I would prob
ably be the best Democratic candidate to
run against General Grant for President.
thought that about the most absurd thing
ever heard or read. If the Democratic party
were called upon to decide between Grant
and myself, know that their regard for
what they must call principle would induce
nine.tenths of them to vote against me.
Why9 l am a decided enemy of that party,
even in its most respectable aspects"
Year: 1872

AT an exhibition by the pupils of the
institution at New York fer the instruc-
ton of deaf mutes given on a recent
evening, the different classes showed
great proficiency in the rudimental Eng
lish branches, and what was much more
wonderful The elder pupils rendered sew
eral short recitations with fiuency and
distinctness. From this it would seem
that the term "deaf and dumb is likely
to become obsolete, deafness no longer
being an insurmountable obstacle to intel
ligible articulation.
Year: 1872

The Grant worshippers are almost be.
size themselves in the attempt to have q
nomination made at the Baltimore con.
ventiou. They know their is no chance
for them unless the Democrats turn
fools and pu, a candidate in the 6eld |;
and to assist them in turning SO, the
forte of bribing is resorted to. They
know the effect Of money so we'll on their
own side, that they think it may be used
effsctually on Democrats, and beucs
number Of prominent Southern capital.
lists are being ticklcd BY q promise Of
Grant to favor the South in a grand canal
undertaking, &c. But they know the
autumatou President too we'll to rely en
his promises, and We guess he will 6uo
few to work in his favor.
Year: 1872

A recent number of the Edinburgh
Review contains an article concerning
Bishop Berkeley, who made a visit TO
this country in 1929, : remaining two
years and half Before his departure
for home he made present OF his IL
brary and small estate in Rhode Is
land to Yale College, from which arose
the Berkeley Scholarship of that seat Of
learning. The main object of the writ
er in the Edinburgh Review is to trace
the various influences of the circum-
stances Of the philosophers life and
career upon the formation of his views.
The result is somewhat at variance with
the general ideas on the subject. Phi
losophy is shown to have, by no means,
been the cardinal interest Of Berkeley's 3
life. Philoso ophy, in fact. was hardly
at all followed for its own sake, but very
much at least in purely practical in
terest II was made and was meant to
be subservient to and the means of as,
sailing and routing the enemies of re-
ligion and the Irish Church. The good
bishop is pictured as keen and eager
controversialist bright, flexible, facile
and subtle nature, bent upon overthrow
ing and sweeping utterly away the foes
of the truth, rather than as devotee
0. ..abstract, scientific thought, resolved
to read the riddle of the universe by
excogitating system out of his con-
seriousness. And there can be little
doubt that main motive of the elabor-
alton of his idealism was the belief that
he would thereby confound sceptics and
in6dels, and demonstrate the existence
of God by abolishing matter aud con-
verting all existence into spirit and
what was in spirit.


lis remarkable fact, says the Pail
Mall Gazette, and SO far confirms this
view, that the chief philosophical works of
Berkeley were published before he was
thirty. Such philosophical precocity is
not without parallels. Did not Schelling
produce his elaboration of the Fichtean
philosophy while yet in his teens2 But
what is strange is that in Berkeley's
case there was so little after-haryest. If
he had been the Jealous student of phi
losophy for his own sake which he is
usually esteemed his interest, it is
argued, would hardly have evaporated so
soon. And yet is it not the case that he
did produce philossphic speculations up
to the end? What the Edinburg reviewer
calls "the somewhat mystical medita-
tions suggested by the strong impression
tar water had made on his enthusiastic


nature" and the lofty thoughts to be
found in Sirius prove that Berkeley
was not in latter life so entirely faithless
to his first love as the reviewer would
lead us to conclude. Nevertheless, he
has done good service in connecting the
several separate influences that went to
constitute the whole Of Berkeley's nature
and work. The article is unquestiona-
bly, noteworthy contribution to Berke-
leyan literature. ...v--- ,. L. ia
Year: 1872

She is not very fair, and yet


She has a winning face;
She wears not Beauty's coronet,


But there's a gentle grace
Upon her brow. and in her eyes
a light which could not be se-
If her thoughts were not harmonious


Shes beautiful to mel
Not beautiful, save when the flush


OF feeling dyes her check;
When her lips are mute beneath it,


gush,


And leaves her eyes to speak
Not beautiful. save when some thought


OF goodness sends its glow
Across the face, by art uutaught;


And yet 1 love her so.
Aye! she is beautiful! though small


The gifts that Overliie
The spirit, glorious in all


The things that cannot die!
As leaves are to the reddening rose,


Her frame is to her soul;
They. only swathe the grace that grows,


And shield the repining whole!
The heart! the heart give me the
I care not for the face,
However fair each separate part,


Without the spirits grace.
Give me the heart! care not how


The form may moulded be.
If perfect love light up the brow,


'Tis beautiful TO me!
Oh, We who spend your precious days


In vain attempts to guild
With Arts deceit each fading face,
If but your souls were filled
With love and beauty, know We not
Their radiance would appear
Upon each forehead shining out,


More bright from year to year?
And when the Yestments of the clay
Should shriyel, fade and fall,
Ye would not fear that perfect day


Which shines at last on all;
Knowing this beauty of the earth
Is but AIDED flower,
Which needs the charm of higher birth
To bring its perfect hour"
Year: 1872

Mr.. EDlTOR:-Our little town is
still enjoying the usual quietude OF
a country village. No roaring
sound as that of a city is heard save
the rolling of some poor wanderer' S
wagon, who is seeking n better
home in some far off country; no
wars or rumOrs of war are heard
since the erection of that little
square building down on Water
street, commonly called a calaboose;
no disorderly men for Jody to drag
to the Mayors office, but all is
harmony and peace. business is
tolerably brisk considering the
scarcity of money. Our merchants
will start for their fall and winter
stock pretty soon, and business will
increase as the cotton season comics
in, rs farmers generally have a.lfttle
loose money about that time. Our
corn crop is fine, but cotton, has
fallen far short of the eXpectaG Sns
of some Of our farmers. Where TIM
cotton is small it is all open,T and
more than half in our best. | think
five or six hundred pounds per acre
will be a big yield this year. Our
farmers generally have up their
hogs they expect to fatten. Old
bacon is very scarce in this commu-
nifty and is demanding a very good
price. Mr.. Dave Walrnp was very
unfortunate in getting his house
burned few days. ri. w. was out
in the field pulling fodder, and
while his wife went to carry
him some water the house caught
fire and was burned up, nothing be
ing saved. Mr. W. is a hard work


ing man and of limited means; con
sequently his losses are very heavy.
Mr.. Robert McLaurine came very
near having his house burned up n
few days ago by throwing a stick
in the yard that had fire on It. The
grass took fire. and had not some of
the neighbors been near, it would in
all probability have burned up.
People can't be too particular about
fire, especially when leaving home.
The Baptists dedicated their church
few Sabbaths ago. It is a very
handsome edifice and quite an ornh-
ment to our little town. Mr.. Mul-
lirs preached the dedication sermon
to a very large audience. Mr. NJ.
is a very excellent preacher, and we
would be glad TO hear him again.
The Presbyterians are to have a
sacramento meeting beginning Sat
urday before the fifth Sunday in
this month. Polk's Creek is still on
the improve; the young generation
is rising very fast lin numbers) and
all are progressing very finely in
every particular. Mrs. Corbin,
formerly of this place, arrived here
on last Thursday from Chattanoo-
ga, on a visit to her relatives in our
little town. We are glad 10 see her
among us once more, and wish her
a pleasant time during her sojourn |
with us. We are expecting an en-
tertainment of some kind very soon /
given in behalf of the Confederate /
Burial Association. ! guess that /
will enliyen up the times little.


CoUNTYRNAN.
Year: 1872

To BourbOns: We are fat Of our
backs politically, and we must first
get on our feet: we are in bonds and
they must first be broken; the ship
is on Sire and it must first be extin-
guished, and VIC must first rescue
the government from Grantism, and
afterwards discuss the details of a
return to constitutional govern
ment. 1t is no time TO prate of
principle, principle, when personal
liberty and every right that we hold
dear are in jeopardy and doomed,
unless we break up the ring now
ruling and running ths government
Year: 1872

Kate Field has no great passion


for philosophers, and for the best
Of reasons She says they are un-
pleasant TO have in the house. They
always forget TO market never take
their meals regularly, never comb
their hair, never buy a new suit or
clothes, always wear shocking bad
hats, never button their gloves, arc
50 engrossed in improving the hu-
man race as never to pay any attcn-
ton to the individual specimens
around them, and last, but worse
sin of all, they never notice what IA
woman has on If this is not enough
to ruin the female temper, whatis2
Year: 1872

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus1 mean that your sub
Scription is outand unpaid, and that you
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our ffiends and patrons, but
cash alone win pay expenses. and we
are foTced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF such
course, land renew your snbseriptien
without delay. We solicit your favor


es5 We enter no new narnes on oar
books Wfthoatthe money in advance-
Year: 1872

conc sad lOSel soils a name for aye,


However mighty in the Olden time:
Not all that heralds rake from confined


clay,
Nor fiorid prose, nor honied lines of


rhyme


Can biazen evil deeds or consecrate a


crime"


We think Mr. johnson ought to
retire quietly from the canvass. He
has been greatly honOred by the
people heretofore, and as it is not
in harmony with the dignity of ar
president to handy epithets with
unknown persons on the stump
The post of duty should be private
station, A sense of self-respect, if
nothing else, will, if we mistake not
the temper of the people Of Tennes-
see,- induce them to support Gen.
Cheatham as the candidate for Con
grcss. The State owes him and
every other Confederate soldier a
debt of gratitude. Whether the
State was right or wrong in 1861 he
was true to her. If she has any
good things to give, she should give
them to those who were faithful TO
her when faith was thing she sadly
needed. Otherwise she can not ex-
pect, should the hour of other dan
ger ever come, a discarded and dis
inherited yeOmanry, who have been
repudiated in their chief. TO rally to
the defense of her life, her fortune
and her sacred honor.
Year: 1872

THE RAINFALL.-Mr. A. Cochell, who
is our authority in relation to the amount
Of water falling at this place, says that
since our last reference to this subject
about two and quarter inches of water
have fallen, making about forty-three
inches since the first heavy storm in
December. We estimate that there has
been at least forty-eight inches of rain
this season, from first to last. One inch
of rain equals eleven inches of snow.
Had this rain been all snow, not house
in Weaverville would be in sight. 1t
may be the storms are not over, but it is
likely they are. "When March comes
in like lion, it goes out like lamb" is
an old saying. The first day Of March
was a stormy one here. Unless the wis
dom of our forefathers is at fault, we may
expect that "Old Winters cold, with ice
and snow, has passed away" and con-
fidently count upon an early Spring.
Year: 1872

Indigestion is. not dangerous, say the
faculty. Perhaps not in itself, while il
remains mere indigestion but look at
the consequence to which it may lead
chronic disease. A spark of fire is a
small thing. A pressure of the foot will
put it out ; breath will extinguish it..
Yet it may fire n powder mill, or kindle
flame that will consume city. In like
manner indigestion may produce gastri-
It's, cancer of the stomach, congestion of
the bowels, apoplexy, liver disease, and
many other dangerous maladies. Is it
not wise, then, to check it in the germ ?
Nothing is more clearly and indisputa-
bly, established than that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters will eradicate dyspepsia
in all its stages. The true policy, how
ever, is to extinguish it in tho first stages
with this wholesome, powerful, and in
fallible tonic and Alternative. 1t is easier
to quench spark k than flame, and it is
easier to cure dyspepsia when ii is first
developed, than when it has made head
way by neglect, and become complicated
with other ailments. There is not the
shadow ofa doubt that the bitters are as
directly antagonstic to dyspepsia as wa
ter is to fire. There are thousands of
cases on record proving this fact. The
remedy is safe and agreeable. All the
liquors of commerce prescribed as stimu-
lants leave a sting behind. But the sting
is taken out of the spurious basis of this
great remedy by vegetable medication,
and, moreover, the stimulant thus med
icated is of exceptionabe purity. or all
tonics taken as safeguards OF remedies
for fever and ague, bilious remttents,
and other epidcmics, it is the only one
that can uniformly be depended on.


3mar.
Year: 1872

MORE QUARTZ. We are informed that
James Morris and Jonathan Smith have
found quartz ledge in the diggings dis
covered by Mr.. Morris, back of Corbus'
store, on Indian Creek. If Morris claim
is anything to go by, it must prove to be
rich, but we have not heard how it pros
poets. If worth anything, we will know
by next week.
Year: 1872

Too WET.-The farmers and gardeners
of this county have as yet done nothing
in the way of stirring the ground. Cause
why-the ground has been too wet all
the time. The gardeners, especially
generally do considerable planting before
this time. One consolation is that, as the
ground is thoroughly soaked, it won't
dry out so readily this Summer and crops
will be more certain.
Year: 1872

HAY FoRK.-Expressman Kellogg in
forms us that the farmers in Hay Fork
have not been able to do much so far this
season, owing to the ground being so wet.
A dance at Jack Kellogg's hotel, on We'd
nesday evening Of last week, was a very
pleasant affair.
Year: 1872

GOING IT.-Charley Tourot has had no
water in his ditch heretofore this Winter
for fear of injuring the ditch. This week
however, he turned the water in and is
rushing the dirt off in double-quick time.
Year: 1872

We have ascertained that the woman who
was 40 anxious to unite her fate with the old
gentleman OF nearly 100 years in Chester, on
Thursdav OF last week, was Phoebe Baldwin
who lives at Ga. East Sixth street, in this city