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Year: 1871

It is no exaggeratiOn to say that
health is large ingredient in what
the world calls talent. A man with
out it may be a giant in intellect but
| his deeds will be the deeds of a dwarf
On the contrary, let him have aqulck
circulation, a good digestion, the bulk,
thews, and sinews of q man, and the
alacrity, the unthinking confidence
inspired by these, and though having
but thimbleful Of brains. he will
either blunder upon success or set
failure at defiance. It Is true, especi-
ally in this country, that the number
of contours in every eommunity-of
men in whom heroic intelleets are
allied with bodily constitution as
tough as horses-is small; that in
general, man has reason to think
himself well OFF in the lottery OF life
if he draws the prize of a healthy
stomach without mind, or a prize of
a fine intellect with a crazy stomach.


But of the two, a weak mind in a
hereulean frame is better than giant
mind in crazy constitution. A pound
Of energy with an ounceof talent will
achieve greater results than a pound
of talent with an ounce Of energy. The
first requisite to success in life is 10 be
a good animal. In any OF the learned
professions, vigorous constitution is
equal to at least fifty per cent. more
brains. Wit, Judgement, Imagination,
eloquenee, all the qualities Of the
mind, attain thereby a force and
splendor to which they could never
attain without it. But intellect in
weakly body, is 'like gold in a spent
swimmers pocket" A mechanic
may have tools Of the sharpest edge
and highest polish; but what are
these without a vigorous arm and
hand? OF what use is il that your
mind has become a vast granary OF
knowledge, if you have not strength
to turn the key?
Year: 1871

do not Lry 70 pc pOl1Le. -


Never oYerwhelm your friends by
begging them to make themseIve at
home, or they will soon wish they
were there. Show by your actions
rather than your words that you are
glad to see them. 1sl


Have enough regard for yourself to
treat your greatest enemy with quiet
politeness. All petty sights are mere
ly uneasiness and hurt yourself more
than any one else.


Do not talk about yourself or your
family to the exclusion Of other topics.
What if you are clever and little
more so than other people, It may not
be that other folks viii think so,
whatever they ought to do. -.r


1t may be interesting to you to talk
over your ailments, but very tiresome
for others to listen to.


Make people think you consider
them clever and agreeable, and they
will be pretty apt TO have 8 pleasant
impression of yourself.


Treat people Just as you would like
to have them treat you.
1t is much easier 10 lose the good
opinion of people than to regain it;
and when any one does not care for the
good opinion Of others he or she Is not
worthy Of respect.


DonOt excuse your house, funitnFe,
or the table you set before your guests
1t Is fair to suppose their visits are to
you, not your Surroundings.


The whole machinery OF fsoeialinter.
course Is very delicate and intricate,
and it is our business to keep all
places of possible friction well supplied
with the oil Of politeness.
Year: 1871

A Boston paper wishes to know II
there is any way of silencing the rail-
way liars. We are told that it is a
common thing for travellers Of both
sexes to enter a car, take q seat next
the window, place q shawl or carpet
bag or newspaper on the other seat,
and then tell the next applicant that
it is reserved or engaged, and repeat
the lie as often as application for 1t Is
made, with apparently as little com
Function of conscience as they would
eat a fine peach or an ice-cream. In
view of this prevalent system Of rail-
way lying, it's not strange If occasion
ally there should be one who, havilg
had his faith in such statements who'll
ly destroyed, should take possession
of an uuOecupied seat whenever be
finds it. At any rate, we are certain
-of one thing, and that is that there
ought to be q reform in this matter OF
railway lying about engaged" OF
reserved seat. An old traveller, il
seems, entered Boston train, and
deposited himself in q seat which
contained a dog. He quietly lifted
the canine down, and was informed
that that seat was "taken." "I know
it is" was the response, as he buried
himself in his paper. 1t seems the
seat was really claimed, but he declin-
ed to it up. Thus we have the lecture
on railway etiquette. There are GER
tain little matters occurring in public
conveyances which the company can
not regulate, and this is one of them.
But they can be made to furnish a
seat to every passenger who purchases
a ticketor pays his fare. If passen-
ger sees a vacant seat it is his right to
take it, and it is only a matter o.
courtesy between man and man that
requires him to relinquishi it to a com
panion of the one he sits beside. The
courtesy cannot be forced on any one,
If he is determined to keep the seat hC
has obtained, he cannot be forced out
of it so long as he behaves himself
The only remedy is to force railways
to attach cars enough to accommodate
all their patrons.
Year: 1871

Professor H, of Yale College,
was passing out of the recitation room
on his erutches, when an ambitions
Freshman dropped slyly into his cap
q piece OF paper, on which he had
written legibly the word "mOnkey.n
Tiekled with his sjoke, he told his sue.
cess to all his student friends But
speedy retribution befell him. At the
next recitation the bland professor
addressed his division thus, in his
sweetest tones, 'Gentlemen, as was
passing out Of the room yesterday one
of your number did me the very
high honor Of leaving with me his
eard.n
Year: 1871

AS 1 propose to make my observa.
tions ON that, sine ira ct studio, / shall
not lift the vail which covers its past
Let the dead bury their dead. 1t is
with certain feeling Of well-wishing
with which / met her in her partially
new garment.


In its last platform its obstinate re-
sistance to the achievements Of the
Republican party is given up, and
the amendments ID the Constitu tion
in regard toslavery and negro suffrage
are recognized; as existing at least in
fact if not of right, that is to say, we
put good face upon a bad bargain
IfIhat is meant, honestly, and with
out mental reservation, it signifies for
the Democratic party, whose chief
essence was always rooted IN slavery,
great progress. But the subsequent
sentence (rdchsaetze) in the. platform
show unequivocally that such mental
reservation exists in order to evade
the execution of the constitutional
amendments--and, when circum-
stances permit, to return to the old
love of nigger-hating. On the ground
of this nominal new departure, the
Democratic party can claim all the
less confidence, inasmuch as it is a
notorious fact that the great number
of Democrats openly and without
reservation pronounce this "depar-
ture" as not binding, un-DemOeratie
and a heresy. Only of the greater
number of German Democrats, who
in their hearts really never were pro-
slavery men, it may be assumed that
they honestly adhere to it.


AS a matter of course there is no
longer any reason to apprehend that
the Democratic party, even if it had
the dominion, would attempt to re-
store slavery, but it would not prevent
nor be able to prevent the rebel and
Year: 1871

The Democratic Convention, which as
sembled at Dayton, Ohio yesterday, passed
the resolutions which will be found in our
telegraphic column to-day. We suppose
they announce the "new departure" which
the Democracy Of the whole country will
eventually take. We never had the pleas
ure Of reading better set of resolutions.
They are just to the point in every par
ticular, We adopt them as our creed
almost in whole and in part. The
old issues growing out of the war
are laid aside and the vital
issues of the hour considered. All the re-
cent amendments to the Constitution are
regarded as settled, and general amnes-
ty asked for. We hail those resolutions
as the beginning of Iew state Of polti-
cal action which will eventually command
the support of the best men Of the country,
of all parties. The time is fast approach
ing when the opinions of the mere politi-
clan will be forced to give place to the
views Of statesmen, and demagogues who
have stood in high places for years since
the war, will be pushed aside by the strong
common sense Of the people, and their
places occupied by abler and better men,
May that suspicious moment approach
rapidly and certainly.
Year: 1871

IL we compare frst-class railroad bonds
with real estate mortgages as an invest
ment for the people generally, each will
be found to have peculiar advantages Of
their own. For examples railroad bond
is readily and always negotiable; its cash
value is known by all bankers, and hence
II can bo used as collateral at bank for
temporary loans; the interest it bears is
regularly and promptly paid, without
trouble or expense TO the holder the in
vestor in railroad bonds, unlike the owner
Of real estate mortgage, has no anxiety
about the tile to tIe property on which
his bond is secured, insurance on build
ings, or the annual payment Of taxes on
which the continued soundness of that title
depends.


On the other hand, 1t is to be admitted,
that first mortgage on valuable land is
one Of the best possible securities. The
property can neither run away nor burn
up. Its value is not affected by specula-
tive combinations. nor by 6ucturtions in
the amount of railroad traffic. The actual
value of good land steadily increases with
the steady growth OF population.


II is because the 1-30 bonds of the
Northern Pacific Railroad are both rst-
class railroad security, and n real estate
mortgage, on ihnus worth twice the
amount secured, that we commend them
to those Of our readers who desire an in
vestment that is safe beyond question,
while really negotiable and bearing a good
rate Of interest. They are a arst lien, not
only on a great railroad and its traffic, but
in addition are first mortgage ON valu-
able lands at the rate OF 80 acres TO each
800 of indebtedness. Add TO this the
fact, that the rate of interest 4 $40 per
cent gold, is more than per cent. cur
rency, and that the bonds are always ex-
changeable at l0per cent. premium for the
lands on which they are secured, (practi-
cally giving the power Of foreclosure at
will, and it is easy to explain the high
favor with which these securities are now
regarded. Central Pacific X: X. bonds,
secured only on the railroad itself, and
bearing only six per cent gold interest,
are now selling at los, and they are we'll
worth the price. In the light of this fact,
it is not unsafe to predict that Northern
Paci6es, bearing seven and three-tenths
per cent. gold Interest, secured both on
the railroad and on $4,000 acres of land
to each mile Of track, and now selling at
par, will at an early day be worth Ito,
Year: 1871

n0~The grand jury of Wilcox county,
Alabama. report that after careful and
rigid examination, "that there Is not now
nor has there ever been in Wilcox county,
any such organized set of men opposing
the execution of the laws Of the State or Of
the United States, since the surrender"
Year: 1871

In the above hasty review Of the more
prominent interests of Cairo, we have
written Of the actual and not the tradition
al Cairo. When Mark Tapley said "No
one couldn't think of settling in better
place than the Valley of Eden," he was
evidently joking. Many who have sup
posed that no good thing could be said of
Cairo, may accuse US Of joking, too. But
we can only assure our readers that what
has been set down to the favorable account
of this place has been set down in oil
truth and candor.
Year: 1871

A New York jail-brd. in response to the
customary question as to his employment. made
The startling and rather vague ststement that
lie was sn - otservsiionist,' aud on being re-
quested to kindly explain the meaning Of the
term, he frankly and lucidly informed the
prison people that he subsis;ed by looking ar und
during the daytime to observe what be could
steal st night
Year: 1871

To Colon Chamberlain shall transmit TO you
n Copy Of an Express Red Satcth dag night
FOR this County


Stale Of Vermont : Chares.own December
County ol Washington let A. D. 1881
Sir two men belonging TO Chesterfield have Been
taken by the authority Of this and committed in
the Goal in CharlstoEn for opposing the Con
stable Of said Chesterfield in the Execution Of
his Office Intelligence Of Which has Been sent to
the general C0ut Of New Hampshire whU Did
Resolve that Colo Hale Proseed 10 said Goal and
Release the PRISONERS and in Case Of Resistance
10 Call on the Seyil and Military Authority Of
the State Of New Hampshire to SUPPORT him
meaning She authority of the County oi
Cheshire Colo Hail arrived here on the
2Sth Of November last Demanded the
Prisoners they being Refused he attempted
to brake the Goal in oder to Release them for
which he vas taken and Committed to Prison
wss Released on his Parole for tie Purpose Of
Consulting General Bellows and Calling on him
to Raise the alsliua sgreable to the order Of
said Court but the General Refused to Do it the
Col is Returned and is now under Confinement
haveing the Liberty Of the Yard on the Egening
Of the 295h General Bellous Sent en Express to
the General Court Of new Hampshire now
Setting Excusing him Self for not R4iseing the
Melitia and inf0rmeing them ths; If the Meli,a
are 10 be Rai5ei it would be best to Raise them
without the Limits Of this County for the Relesf
of Col. Hail Doubtless there VIII be force rent
10 Reliye him In which csse shall call on YOU
for assistance to With Stand avery Force that
nav be Sent to Release him if / am advised 10
bv proper authority as the Law Directs | wish
YOUR Regiment might be notified Withou; Loss
of time to be in Readiness properly Provided
With Provisions arms and ammunition TO march
on the Shortest Notice Shoulde be under the
Dissgresble necessity of Calling for your Assis-
t.nce Have Sent Simelar Letters to Coonels
HAYWOOD Chase and Childs Regiments have
oply to add that if the People Elected me into
office will not turn out at 80 Creticsl a juno
ture to Defend me and the Honour Of the State
and lis Laws Shall be under the Disagreable
Necessity Of GiveiDg up Cause Which under
Took for my osn and their Good am Sir your
most o5eiient humble Servt.


WILLIAM PAGE Sheriff.


To Colo Samuel King
Year: 1871

Among a certain class of people cry
has lately been raised, the burden OF
which is, Beware Of marrying a pretty
woman" Now isn't that pretty way to
talk to us young fellows2 What is the
matter with pretty women; don't they
make good wives7 OF course they do,
and for our part we advise the ladies not
to marry handsome men; they get thread
bare in spots and places, but it does not
follow that pretty women will do any
thing Of the kind. We mean naturally
pretty women-not the manufactured
kind. Why, what a lot Of lunatics they
must be who argue that they cannot be
made good wives Of We had rather
have two pretty women than one ugly
one any time; so had any other sensible
man. Besides, these crOakers, when
they advise men 10 beware Of marrying
pretty women, virtually advise against
marrying altogether; for where is the
swain who does not consider his dulcina
perfectly beautifully Shamel we shall
marry the handsomest girl in this city.
in spite Of all opposition Wfld Oats.
Year: 1871




Two painters were employed to fresco
the walls of cathedral. Both stood on
the rough scaffold constructed for the
purpose, some forty feet from the floor.
One of them was so intent upon his
work that he became wholly absorbed,
and in admiration stood off from the
picture, gazing at it with intense delight.
Forgetting where he was, he moved back
slowly, surveying leisurely the work of
his pencil, until he had neared the edge
of the plank upon which he stood. At
this critical moment his companion
turned suddenly, and, almost paralyzed
with horror, beheld his imminent peril
another instant, and the enthusiast would
be precipitated upon the pavement be-
meath. If he spoke to him, it would be
certain death; if he held his peace,
death was equally sure. Suddenly
he regained his presence Of mind, and
seizing wet brush, he flung it against
the wall, spattering the picture with un-
slightly blotches of coloring. The painter
few forward and turned upon his friend
with fierce upbraidings; but starting at
his CHASTITY face, he listened to his recital
Of danger, looking shudderingly over
the dread space below, and with tears Of
gratitude blessed the hand that saved
him. just so, we sometimes get alb
sorbed upon the pictures of the world;
and in contemplating them, step back
ward, unconscious of our peril, when
the Almighty, in mercy, dashes our
beautiful images 20 the ground, and
draws us at the time we are complaining
of His dealings, into His outstretched
arms Of compassion and love.
Year: 1871

There is story going the rounds o.
the press of a young man who is a trav
cling agent for Chicago firm. Out in
the far West he was arrested, no expla-
nation given in answer to his demands,
and he was taken ninety miles into the
interior, where he was hailed as horse
thief, and immediate preparations were
made for lynching him In vain he
pleaded and explained. The crowd re-
cognized in him notorious horse-thief
and die he must. He tried to pray, for
he thought there was no hope. But
even while the moose hung over his
head, blessed thought struck him, Ma
sonry would save him. He was Royal
Arch Mason, andin all that crowd there
must be Masons. He gave the Grand
HaiIing Signal, and instantly promi-
nent citizen was at his side More Ma
sonic signals followed, and the victim
was surrounded by some thirty deter
mined men, who held the crowd at bay
with pistols. Telegrams we're sent to
Chicago, answers received, the mob con-
vinced that they had got hold of the
wrong man, and all went merry as q
marriage bell" This is said to be a
fact
Year: 1871

the payment but his own note. Mr..
Lawrence informed Mr.. Calhoun Of the
arrangement which he had made, and
expressed his qualification that it was in
the power Of himself and few of his
friends to do a kindness to one so dis
tinguished, whose life had been devoted
to his country. Mr.. Calhoun immedi-
ately wrote back, declining the offer, and
Withdrawing his original request He
said it did not agree with his sense of
propriety to accept loan on such terms;
that in the discharge of his public duties
he did not wish to be embarrassed by a
sense Of obligation to any one"
Year: 1871

When the trial of Mrs. Fair in San
Francisco was ended by the ominous
words, Guilty of murder in the first de-
gree" her little daughter, who seemed to
comprehend their full meaning, broke
forth in a violent fit of sobbing. She
leaned over upon her mother, and her
childish cry of anguish pierced every
heart. Herparoxysm ofgrief became so
violent that she sprang from her chair
and fell in her mothers lap, her little
arms encircling Mrs. Fairs neck, where
she remained until the court adjourned.
When sthe condemned woman was led
from the room, her daughter and her
mother we're forbidden to follow by the
taller, although she pleaded that they
might come, and the little girl cried:
40, let me go with my mamma, dc, Mr..
Kelly; OIL please do let me 90 with my
mammal" Subsequently, in explana-
ton of his refusal the jailer said that he
was induced to do as he did because of
his fear Of her self-destruction and m1r-
der of her child. he furthur said that
during her incarceration in the Jail she
had repeatedly stated that she would
never be hanged, nor would she ever 60
10 San Quenten, in case of her convic-
ton, as she would end her life first
Year: 1871




On Saturday, the Republican County Central
Committee meets at Troy, for the purpose OF call
ing a County Convention. 1t is hoped there will
be full meeting, and that the best plan for
Convention will be thoroughly discussed. We
understand that some persons do not wish Co'i-
vention, but want frce race for all. Why they
70 wish we cannot tell, unless it is bccansefhey
think they would not stand as good cllance IN a
Republican Convention as they would s'nong mrn
who have no right to go into such Convention


To dispense with Convention, would he in a
great measure to tlisorganize the party, and per-
NIT number of Democrats to ship INTO Important
offices, by dividing the vote among multitude OF
candidates; for, whether regularly nominated or
running ON their own hook, the Democratic voters
would find ont and stick to the Democratic candi-
dates for Office. 1t would be the Republican vote
that would divide. What Democrats could run
in, would be clear gnn, as with the Republicans
united, they could not hope to elect n man. The
Republicans need to be united now, to be in prop
er order for the great Presidential and State
test next year.


There surely ought not to be repetition of the
complaint that few designing men run the thing
The notice will he ample, and if the grumblers
would quit grumbling, and attend the primary
meetings, perhaps things would 60 better. Some
body must be in minority; and it will hardly do
for tho ones who are BEATEN or who let the matter
60 by default, to keep mp the eternal cry that
there has been swindling or packing Conventions.
One thing should be looked to in all the pre-
pincts: that persons are allowed to partici-
pate in the primary meetings. who are not known
to be Republicans. This rule has not been strictly
observed, and has been good cause for much dis
satisfaction. 1t is wrong on the party to per-
init men to come in for the purpose Of carrying
the day for delegates favorable to certain men,
when those persons do not intend to vote the tick
ct after it is nominated.


Let the Central Committee take such action as
will make the party more harmonious than here
tofore
Year: 1871

PUBLIC TEsTIMoNIAL-Ther respectable business
men and citizens generally of Rulo, without re-
gard to politics, few days ago, united in peti.
tion to the person who owns the Register estab-
lishment, asking him to discharge the filthy brute
who was running the paper, and either put a de-
cent man in the Office, else for the sake of their
town, close the office. So beastly had the paper
become, that the citizens felt that it was a dis.
grace to the town, the business men felt that it
was a scandal to have their advertisements ap-
pear in its columns, and the Democratic party felt
that it was a load they could not carry. The
beast is now playing upon the credulity of the
citizens of Arago. The Germans, as a class, are
easily deceived by plausible stranger; but when
they find him out, they make short work of him.


Watch the result of this venture!
Year: 1871

" printer called on us few days ago, who
said that he had just come from Rulo. The edli-
tor of the Register had written him to come and
work for him. He went, and arriving there ON
the day the paper should have been issued, found
no person in the Office, and the first side of the
paper not yet set mp. Citizens advised him that
the less he had to do with the concern, the better
it would be for him. The elitor was off ON a
drunk, and he was unable to pay the charges of
a bundle of paper in the express Office for him.
Phe printer took their advice, and the bundle of
paper hss not yet been "lftesi,' unless il was
stolen, like tins fellows ping hat, up in Iowa
Year: 1871

~ The outcast who claims relationship to
DoN CARLOS BUELL., was in town, few days ago,
and got into n row with a barber. To save his
hide, he heat hasty retreat from the shop, with
out waiting to pay for his shave. Instinct ought
to teach him that it is about time for him to quit
fOolins with BARRIERS.
Year: 1871

IT will be seen by our dispatches
that distinguished and deserved hon
ors were paid to the memory Of the
gallant and eloquent General Clanton
yesterday, by the people Of Montgom-
cry, Alabama. He was the truest Of
friends, and the bravest and most
generous Of foemen. His devotion to
truth was only less remarkable than
his fidelity in friendship. Alabama
may well deplore the loss Of such
q SON