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Year: 1872

HEREWITH we present the opinion
on the prospect in the State of the
oldest Republican editor in the State,
Benjamin Bannan, Esq, editor of the
Miners Journal, who in his paper Of
Wednesday, says: The prospect Of
the election Of the Republican State
ticket in October by large majority
is growing brighter every day. The
Democracy can get up no enthusiasm
in the party for Bnekalew, who, be-
sides being an exclusive, selfish man,
ha. a record during the war for the
Union that would kill any candidate,
politically, in loyal Pennsylvania. In
the United States Senate he voted
and spoke against the Government,
and was the deadly enemy of our sol
diers who were fighting at the front.
Chief Justice Thompson was also an
tagOnistic To the Government, while
Hartley, the Democratic candidate for
Auditor General, was so great and
open an enemy of the Government
that General Couch, in command of
the Department of the Susquehanna,
himself a Democrat, arrested him
twice for disloyalty And these are
the men that the Democratic press
and leaders, headed by the recreant
Forney, ask the people to support at
the polls, in opposition to heroes Of
the war and honest men? The res
ponse in October will be magnificent
Thirty thousand of a majority for the
Republican State ticket will be the
prelude to fifty thousand majority for
Grant in November.
Year: 1872

Of command and blows Of axes. The
people were thinking Of the hundreds
Of barrels of petroleum below and its
possible escape on shore and eommu-
nication to other ships, perhaps others
with petroleum. and in imagination
conceived the whole surface Of the
basin covered with blazing oil. Pres
scntly the burning vessel began TO
settle. She had been seuttled and
her cargo was now under water, the
deck being level with the surface.
The danger from the escape Of burn
ing petroleum was still imminent,
when line Of boats, lashed together
stern and stern, was seen pulling
away, and as the file Strengthened out
the burning ship moved also, and was
slowly towcd out to the bay by over
two hundred well-manned oars. 1t
was only then that an immense cheer
broke from the thousands Of peop.e,
who felt inxeprcssible gratitude for
the salvation Of the city.
Year: 1872

An old woman entered the refresh
ment room at the depot in Spring
field, Mass, the other day, and said
that she had left her parasol on the
settee. After the attendants had spent
some time looking for the lost article,
the old lady said she had left it there
'.just three years agolast Fouth Of Ju-
ly," and was very much astounded
to see every body drop the search
with a laugh.
Year: 1872

You all know the golden rule: "Do
unto others as you would wish them 10
do unto you" Here is rule which is
almost part OF the golden rule, but
which we will put by itself, and because
of its value call it the silver rule:
Think and say all you can Of the good
qualities of others; forget and keep sill
ent concerning their bad qualities" You
cannot conceive how much such 4 course
will tighten your own happiness and
raise you in the esteem OF your cOmpap-
ions. Did you ever think any more of a
boy or girl because he Or she found iaut t
with others Never call your school.
mates or playmates ugly OF cross to their
faces nor behind their backs. II they
are ugly. or stingy or cross, it does not
make them better for you to talk or think
about it, while it makes you love to dwell
upon the faults of others, and causes
your own soul to grow smaller and be-
come like the foul bird that prefers car
ZION for food. Rather tell all the good
you can, and try 10 think OF some quality
of your mate.
Year: 1872

Those disasters which so often break
down the spirit OF man and PROSTATE
him in the dust, seem to call forth all the
energies of the softer sex, and give such
intrcpidity and elevation to their charac.
ter, that at times it approaches to sub.
Unity. Nothing can be more touching
than to behold Il soft and tender female,
who had been all weakness apd depend
ence, and alive TO every trivial rough
ness, while ireading the prosperous paths
of life, suddenly rising in mental force
to be the comforter and supporter of her
husband under misfortune, and abiding,
with unshrinking iirmness, tho bi,lerest
blasts of adversely. As the vine which
has long twined its graceful foliage about
the oak and been lifted by il in sunshine,
will, when the hardy plant is nlted by
the thunderbolt, cling round il with
carcssing tcndrils, and bind up its shat.
tered boughs; so it is beautifully ordered
by Providence that woman, who Is the
mere dependent and ornament Of man
in his happier hours should be his stay
and solace when smitten with sudden
calamity; winding herself into the rug
ged recesses of his nature, tenderly sup
porting his dropping head and binding
up the broken heart.
Year: 1872

and seen in others. You can teach un-
selfshness and love ia acts and words,
and no priest of any faith will wish to
forbid. If you are wise, you may per-
haps find common ground, in that which
all Christian religions teach, for open
sympathy and help in things Godward.
But if that is impossible, you may help
another soul toward Heaven by the min
stries of kindness and of daily Christian
lilo, which are better than any sermon.


If your dependent is hard and inacces-
sible, so much the more need that YOU
reach her heart. If she is dull, or per.
verse, or intractible, remember that il is
because she is low down that you should
try to help her up. Even il she prove
ungrateiu, YOU know not what unseen
work in her heart your kindness may have
wrought. But when we hear OF ingrat-
tude of servants, we suspect that much
that is. called so is only indifference to
what was given in sellishness or careless
ness. Hearts are not won by an extra
holiday, or layishncss in wages or gifts.
1t is feeling that wins feeling, and only
genuine heart kindness has n right to eX-
pect gratitude in return. We have i'm
mense faith in the power oil un'ellish re-
gard to arouse response. And we have
unlimited faith in The power Of Christian
love 10 work upon hearts, whether visible
response comes from them or not


"fiow are we to get good servants ?'
No one knows how much the comfort
and peace of family life depends on the
answer TO that question, can fail To SYM
pathize with the trouble It expresses But
there is greater question than that--it is
"What can we do for our servants ?"
Our country seems called OF God TO the
noble mission Of helping the races Of men
that have been weak and oppressed, into
frser and better lille. In doing that
work, she must herself bear awhile some
of the burden and trouble she is lifting
from others. Have not we in our homes
some OF the Christ-likc work to do
Ought not they that are strong to bear
the inirmities OF the weak Christian
IDiol
Year: 1872

With over two hundred Republican majority
in the city, yesterday, good canvass and full
vote in November will give the Republican ticket
not less than five hundred majorityand possi-
by eight hundred in November This can be
done, by hard work, and evory politician knows
Year: 1872

The County Executive Committee make an
important formal announcement that the nomi'
nations for Legislature and Levy Court will be
held in this city. and in each Hundred Of the
County, ON the lith int.
Year: 1872

a WRITER IN THE Country Gentleman
recommends that late winter and early
spring celery should not be earthed ul'
at all. just before winter sets IN, h''
says, have all the plants carefully ilited
with a spade and the earth partly sh,-
ken out from the roots. Place them III
a trench in place protected from the
winds and cover them over with a foot
of dead leaves.
Year: 1872

heat from the earth aud the lower atmos-
phere and thus moderate the bitterness Of
approaching winter. Earlier the evaporation
does not take on visible form; but it is no
less efficient to repel early autumn frosts and
prolong the season to allow the full devel-
opment Of our later fruits. The same course
also renders spring frosts almost unknown in
a belt Of country several miles in width along
the border Of the lake, so that our fruit crops
are never blasted IN the blossom by that
cause. Aud during the heats of summer
this evaporation from the lake supplies to
the atmosphere that humidity which is the
essential feature of every fruit region.


Unfortunately for us the waters Of Cham
plain are shallow and, consequently, they
become SO chilled as to freeze over before
the winter is hardly half over; after that
we are exposed to the rigors of winter incl
dent to our latitude only we do enjoy some
immunity from cold by reason of our low
elevation, which is only from one to three or
four hundred feet above the level of the sea.
But, if our propitious and almost tropical
summer has tempted us to the planting Of
tender varieties Of fruit, we now see them
swept away by excessive frost. Were this
lake as deep as some Of the smaller ones Of
Central New York, doubtless we, also, be-
tween 449 and 450 north latitude, might
grow peaches, ounces, grapes, etc., unPro'
tectcd.


fEo,,ftoue4 mort ,rsel
Year: 1872

1t is common thing among farmers in
Vermont to give young cattle a yard and an
open shed for winter quarters. The shed is
often open on more than one side, and
may have apertures in the walls which give
very free ventilation and cause draughts
wheti the wind blows. Here they have their
food, and drink and rest; some having the
luxury of good bed of straw, while others
lie on frozen manure, in snow drift, or in
mud-puddle. We have heard farmers make
a strong argument in favor Of open sheds for
cattle, An open shed allows great free
dom of motion, and fair chance for pure
air. A good open shed, well Uttered, is bet
ter than some stables we have seen but, un-
less they are favorably located, and arranged
with great care, cattle which are kept there
day and night are exposed to unnecessary
cold, to al! changes oftemperature, and suffer
accordingly The cost Of keeping is in.
creased, aud the growth is diminished. II
cattle arc to be kept in open sheds, they
should be built SO as to open to the east or
south. They should be sheltered from wind,
and all sides but one should be perfectly
tight not even crack left for air to draw
Year: 1872

1t would be selfish in us to cultivate flow.
ers merely to adorn our own homes, or to
crafty our own love of the beautiful. The
flowers are generous, their fragrance is not
pent up in themselves, but is waited on ev.
cry one who passes by our grounds, or enters
our parlors aud we doubt not many wistful
eyes admire the bright colorings and desire
to hold some Of them in their hands as their
uery own.


1t is a sad thing to be sick and disabled
from walking out. 1t is great privation to
be shut up in the house, feeble, wasting in-
valid, when there is so much brightness ous
of doors, so much to fill the heart and eye
with joy and happiness. We that rise early
and employ ourselves with daily cares and
labors, can hardly sympathize with those who
are unable to enjoy these privileges, which
we can really never appreciate until they are
lost and gone beyond our recall. And in ev.
cry community there are those who highly
prize the "green things of the earth," and
yet are not able to enjoy them, but are forced
to struggle for life with pain and sickness,
day and night. To such sufferers fragrant
bunch of flowers comes like messenger Of
hope and comfort from the outer world
even II single rose bud or a bunch Of pan.
sizes is fraught with blessing, and such
slight tokens of remembrance will brighten
many dark hour, and give cheerful ap.
pearance to many gloomy room. Far bet
ter than pills or powders sometimes, are the
bright, sweet flowers of our gardens to those
who are denied many comforts and even
when their illness is so severe that only the
physician and nurse can enter their sick
room, the lovely, fragrant flowers will remind
our friends that we are mindful of their suf-
ferings, and will do all in our power to alle-
vate them. Amid the dull array Of phials
of medicine, it is almost blessed relief to
see few flowers, which can cheer the pa
tient in his bitter pain and if death is the
only physician which can heal, the flowers
will speak to the sufferer Of brighter
skies and purer airs, where no griefs nor
graves are known; and sin and sorrow new
er enter In the time of fruit, luscious
peach or pear, or a glowing bunch of grapes
will be relished by the sick for their sake,
and also for the gver's for intense graft
tude is often felt for kind remembrances,
such little tokens of affection and interest.


Dear friends, let US bestow of our abun-
dance not only upon the sick and suffering,
but also upon those who are denied such
blesslngs.-DMsY EYEBRrGuT, in Country
Gentleman.
Year: 1872

through. They should have a hard, dry
bottom, so high that water from the surround
ing premises will not g. her there, and
should be we'll supplied with bedding.


1t is a question, after ALL if good, warm,
well arranged stables are not most favorable
to health and growth.


An experiment Of our own, last winter,
would indicate that stables are the best. A
pair Of fine yearling heifers, which had run
together in the summer, came to the barn in
healthy condition, Nov. 1st They were
kept in an open shed the first Of the winter
being fed alike, literally, and having good
care. The shed was q basement under
sheep barn, with stone walls on one end
and one side, one end boarded up, and the
south side open. 1t was tight and well pro-
tected from wind. They appeared to grow
well. After a couple of months, one of
them--the largest and strongest--was tied
up in the stable and fed there altogether, be-
ing turned out for water and exercise every
day. They were still fed the same-each
one having good hay and small quantity OF
meal. The heifer that was tied up in the
barn soon began to gain on the other, and con-
tinued to do so until the other was put by
her side.-C. II. Hubbard, ia Record and
Farmer.
Year: 1872

"a mans eyes are his market meaning
thereby, that it is proper to conceal from an
intending purchaser, every defect which such
purchaser may not of himself be able to de-
tect-is the horse jockeys rule Of faith and
practice. In plying his vocation, it is, how
ever, not unusual for a jockey to permit his
anxiety to get rid of an unsound animal to
get the better of his discretion, and to induce
him to warrant horse when he has no in
tention of doing so in fact. The law OF the
case is stated substantially in the charge of
a New York Judge, to jury, as follows


"If man warrants horse, it is not nee
essary for him to say, l warrant that horse,
but any distinct affirmation in regard to the
quality or condition of q horse made to op-
crate, and which does operate on the sale,
amounts to warrantee. Ii man don't
want to warrant he must keep his mouth
shut and if he does open his mouth, he
must tell the truth.


:" If the seeds of disease are in a horse
when man warrants him, the man who
makes the warrantee takes the responsibility
as to whether the seeds will trout or not,
but warrantee don't apply to known de-
fects which can be seen. If horse has an
eye knocked out, or has but three legs, and
the owner says, warrant that horse to be
sound the law does not take notice Of that,
as the warrantee does not apply.


alt may be further remarked, that the
seller Of mich COW is under quite as clear
legal obligation to tell the truth, as the
seller of horse"
Year: 1872

How brightly through the mist Of years,
My quiet country home appears
Ny fnther, busy all the day
In ploughing corn, or Taking hay,
My mother, moving with delight
Among her milk-pans, silver bright;
We children Just from school set free,
Filling the garden with our gleei
Tho blood Of life was flowing warm
When was living on farm.
hear the sweet church-going bell
As Ger the fields its music fell.
/ see the country neighbors round
Gathering meath the pleasant sound,
They stop awhile beside the door,
To talk the homely matters DER
The springing corn, the ripening grain
And how we need little rain "
"a little sun would do no harm,
We want good weather for the farm."
When autumn came, what joy to see
The gathering of the husking bee,
To hear the voices, keepin tune,
OF girls and boys beneath the moon,
To mark the golden corn-ears bright,
More golden in the yellow light
Since have learned the ways Of men,
I often turn to these again,


And feel life wore its highest charm,
When was living on farm.
Year: 1872

Apples of uniform size are selected, and
simply wiped and cOred. This last opera
tion is quickly performed by punching
them through the middle with an apple corer,
thus removing the stem, seeds and tougher
parts, and making an opening for the intro
duction of sugar, in the cooking operation
which follows. After dipping the apples in
water, they are placed in any deep pan or
baking dish, and sprinkled with sugar, about
a teaspoonful to each apple, and a tea-cup-
full of water turned on around them. They
are then baked with a slow, steady fire till
soft, when they should be removed from the
baking pans for cooling and the table.
When served with cream, this is a dish fit
for the gods. Every part of the apple can
be eaten, the sugar having neutrallzed the
acidities in the fruit and the cooking max
ing tender the skin. 1t is capital substi-
tute for strawberries. There is another way
of treating sweet apples, which some of the
ancients did not practice. Stew them in
porcelain kettle, with just enough mOlasses
and water to prevent their burning on, till
cooked through and then transfer them to the
oven, with all the liquid residuum, to dry


and brown. This gives baked apple, half
jellied, delicious in flavor and moisture, that
any one can love. Sweet pickles, by some
considered superior to the old fashion apple
sauce, are made by partly baking sweet ap-
pies and then saturatiug them in pickle Of
vinegar, sugar aud spices. This is easier to
make than apple sauce, which must be
smothered in boiled cider, and is full as
| healthfnl az the nnrina cucumber.
Year: 1872

writes as follows:


Now Mr.. Editor, we will give you our SOL
id opinion about this Household Department
business. We guess it will be n genuine
failure. The fact Is, girls won't write for It,
because they don't know anything about
house-work Oh Guess we had better take
that back, or the girls will be in our wool
we will say that they are too busy catching
beaux, to write. The old maids won't WRITE
because they are not so vain as to want to
see themselves in PRINT besides, they will
not set themselves up rs teachers-they are
too modest for that. The married women
will not write, because they have their hands
full now, especially if they have q few like
Yankee Boy" to look after. The strong
minded women will not write, unless they are
paid for il and that settles the whole ques-
ton.


As the above rather fits the case Of our
Ladies' Department" we submit it to our
readers, hoping yet that the farmers wivesand
daughters of Vermont may feel moved to
make use of this column, which is rendered
70 them freely for the expression Of their
wishes and ideas on all subjects that interest
them, either on the farm or in society.
Year: 1872

The skin of an animal, whether COW
calf, colt or horse, that dies on the farm,
is worth more at home than at the tan
ner's. Cut 1t into narrow strips and
shave off the hair with sharp knife be-
fore the kitchen Ere, or in your work
shop on stormy days and evenings. You
may make them soft by rubbing. A
rawhide halter strap, an inch wide, will
hold horse better and longer than an
inch rope. 1t is stronger than hcop-iron,
and more durable, and may be used to
hoop dry casks and boxes, and for max
ing hinges. Try it on broken thiIl, or
on any woodwork that has been split.
Put it on wet and nail it fast a. raw
hide rope is . good substitute for
chain.
Year: 1872

A Missourian who stole kiss
from q pretty girl, was fined by q
magistrate, horse whipped by her
brother, and hurled into the brain
fever by his wife. The clergyman
also alluded to the affair In a ser.
mon. the local editor took sides
with the clergyman and reviewed
the case in print, and the potato
bug ate up every blade Of the male
factors wheat crop.
Year: 1872

In like manner on the subject
Of the payment Of the National
Debt, on which, also, his party
had trimmed and prevaricated,
he did not hesitate to take the
responsibility of a clear state
ment Of his position, at the inn
minent hazard Of his popularity
Year: 1872

We make the above announce
ment, not to attract special no
tice, or to indicate extra-officious
zeal, but because it expresses
OUR MOST EMPH TIC
PREFERENCE, and we don't
see why we should not say so.
Year: 1872

We, understand that no less than
fifteen applications have been made
for the position OF Private 6ecreta-
ry to Mr. Hendricks in tho still
somewhat improbable event Of HE
taking . seat in the Governors
chair, This being the only position
that he will have at his disposal
under any circumstance. We sug.
gest the name of Capt. Chas Hall.
- worthy man for the place.
Year: 1872

The Grand Juke was at Memphis
yesterday. In the South We will
scarcely hear 90 much about the de-
votion of the Great Nuscovite to ouT
Union during the war. BY the wsy
it would be exceedingly grateful to
us to hear Of some porter or cham
bermaid at some hotel in this coun-
try who has the mAnliness or woman
illness to Indignantly refuse some Of
the breaches, earrings, or other sub
sides by which the Royal Scion
thinks he is buying his way through
America.
Year: 1872

A man in Danbury Comm discovered
that powder fried in lard was good for
boils. He tried 1t. The stove cover is in
the second story now, though almost all
the rest Of the stove has been collected.
He was deceived in his lard, he says.
Year: 1872




\ writer in the North american Quar-
terLy discusses with free pen and in a
very sensible manner the relations between
oratory and Journalism. He has reduced
to the dignity of type an idea that has long
been current, and has to a great extent
been acted upon by thoughtful people in
this country. He thinks that it probably
would not be too much to claim that, as a
motive power in Government, reliance up
on oratOry itself has imperceptibly passed
away. AS useful Incidental appliance it
must always be cultivated more or less as
siduously, but by comparison with the
days when Oratorical eminence was among
the supreme ambitions of statesmen, it
must be admitted that oratory is not cer-
tainly a lost art, but declining one, and
that the orator has abdicated his power in
favor of the Journalist. In the long strug-
gle between debate and the press, the vic
tory of the press has been complete. In
the presence of the nation-whieh, in coun-
tries like England and our own, is the true
deliberative body, determining upon pub
lie measures long in advance of legislative
action-the journalist, though unseen,
holds the relative position of the legislator
i'm the assenlblage which, though pretend
ing to originate, only goes through the
process of formulating enactments already
decided 10y public opinion. The newspa-
per is the natural outlet for the talent
which once conld find no expression but
in oratory, and for the ambition which
seeks power rather than applause
Year: 1872

\ gainst the tide-ah me, against the tide
No slightest wave but drifts me back to shore )
Though Straining every nerve, / still abide,
With strength all spent. just where was be-


fore.
Why could l not have stayed upon the shore,
To pick up shining pebbles in the sun?
Instead of laboring at the useles oar,
To sleep in peace when the days sport was


done


Ny longing heart torbids such rest TO me,
Though reach not the goal that lies before,
But live wrestling with the wind and sea;
And die with tireless hand upon the oar.
Year: 1872

The undersigned will continue the Commission and
Produce Business. at the old stand. east side of Gay
street. (Branner's Block and will pay the highest
market price IN CASH for all kinds Of grain and cOun


try produce. Country merchants throughout East
Tennessee will do we'll to bring in their produce we
insure them the full market value foe all goods in our
line. feb2-2t ALLISON i MCCLUNG u