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Year: 1870

In Alton, Ills, on the 18th ints., in his thi I'd
year, LEWIS PALLEN, son of GRo. S. an /
MARY E. MYREs.


When an adult dies, however pure and useful
his life may seem to have been, some doubt may
arise as to his future destiny, because We cannot
enter into the heart of man to read his motives
but, the authoritative declaration of the blessed
Saviour in regard to little children that, "of such
is the Kingdom Of Heaven" dispels every doubt
as to them. The word Of consolation thus spoken
makes tho future Of little LEWIS beyond doubt
and his pareats and friends should endeavor, as
far as in them lies. to yield every personal desire
to have him with them. knowing that one hour OF
enjoyment in the Heavenly Mansion is of far
more exceeding Joy than all the pleasures Of
earth could possibly give, though he should onjoy
them forever.
Year: 1870

The exhibition of Christian Institute
takes place to-uight (ThursdayO We
hope those who usually make great deal
of noise on such occasions will give a
little more thought to gentility and good
behavior.
Year: 1870

The Buffalo Commercial says it is hard
TO see how Whittemore can be admitted
into Congress by those who have already
passed az unanimous resolution to the
efFoct that he was unworthy Of seat
there.
Year: 1870

can II be attached for the husbands debts Tenants by
courtesy cannot dispose Of anything bat the and
profits OF Their deceased wives wife abandoned
by her husband business woman.
IN her own name and II she had property at the time
she abandoned. her husband loses all right to her
property During the cohabtaton Of husband and wife,
ne IS Obliged TO support her. no matter how much
property she may have In her right, 10 her
sole and separate which hs cannot have
control OF even its rents and profits and the last dollar OF
his property can be attached and held original process
issued to enforce the payment debts contracted
dress and support


The Connecticut statute says that, married woman
can dep0se OF her property by viii the any
other person"


Women In Connecticut, do not have pay poll tax
or military tax, nor do military or jury duty. l.


West HInSed, Conn. Dec 81, 1869
Year: 1870

SIR Noticing the statements of A Constant
Reader In one OF your Last weeks issues. and tha 10 s
calculated To misead some, wish to say that Con
slant" does not know whereof he writes. Women can
hold property IN Connecticut. both real and personal


over which the husband have no control. as any
lawyer will tell him. married woman earning money
by Ler own personal service u entitled To tbs sauna h"f
Year: 1870

The subject of agriculture is one that demands
fully as much attention at the hands of the
reading public as it gets Indeed no theme
presents itselfthat is fraught with more real
import SO far as regards our prosperity, than
the wants of the agricultural world What we
mean by attention, is studioS, careful search
for the best way of accomplishing certain de-
sired results, not a superficial investigation of
some theory merely for the purpose Of creating
difference and provoking discussion. The day
has, happily, passed when being farmer is
synonymous with being blockhead 1t re-
quires something more than mere physical
strength to keep up with the advance of the
age in farming as we'll as science. Many of the
systems of years ago are no more applicable to
the demand of to-day than would be an ox-team
to run an opposition freight line across the plains.
The farmer who reads much, and reads that
much with care, is the one who stands in ad-
vance In intelligence and prosperity.


Science can aid the farmer in raising wheat
or corn just as much as it can aid the miller in
grinding it and the science to be applied in
agriculture is nothing more than study of the
composition of soils and the properties that are
drawn from them by certain grains.
Year: 1870

''Now abide faith, hope and charity, these
three" Some gifts shall fade some graces
vanish away, as the childhood passes into the
manhood of our being, the seeing through the
glass darkly is exchanged for seeing face to face;
but faith, hope, charity shall abide everlasting
ly. That kind of faith indeed which is now the
evidence of things not seen shall then be lost
in sight. That kind of hope which is now
Graded amid alarms and fears shall be lost in
fruition. But faith in its primal and essential
elements, as child like trust and holy con-
fidence in God. shall never die out of the soul,
and hope shall find new objects in the heavenly
places to fasten as its bright eye runs up the
slopes of higher and yet higher holiness that
rise between it and the throne of the Eternal
As born together in the one new birth of the
soul-as rocked together in the same earthly
cradle-baptize with the same earthly baptism
having passed through the same feeble and
checkered childhood, faith, hope. charity un-
separated inseparable, shall dwell together
everlastingly in heaven but then as now, there
as here, the greatest of the three eternal graces
shall be love ; faith anl hope ever ministering
to her as she ministers to Christ-the happy
thought of the Christian poet at last and fully
realized


I'm apt to think the man


That could surround them sum of things and
u spy


The heart of God and secrets of His empire,
Would speak but love- With Him the bright
Would change the hue of intermediate scenes,
And make one thing of all Theology"
Year: 1870

mind But one more point I must revert to-
He says this matter is being pressed upon the
people Of Augusta, only by the inordinate am
bition of one man. Whom on earth does he
mean? Among the many thousands, nay mil
lions Of people in the Valley of Virginia, in
Baltimore and in Tennessee, who are laboring
with untiring energy and zeal, spending their
time and money to get this great enterprise un-
der way. Does he mean General r. E. Lee,
who was chairman of the delegation to Balti-
more from the Valley, to solicit their aid and
pledged our ownsto this great work? When
'Augusta" throws a stone into so large crowd
he ought to be careful who be hits. Is it pos
sible that the people Of Augusta county are go
ing to be influenced by such absurd statements
and arguments as those, to give up all the ad-
vantages and profits of having her resources
developed, her industry stimulated by the in
fux Of money that the building of the road
must bring, besides the lasting benefit of hav-
ing the road, and the income to be derived for
all time to come from the dividends of the
stock all to save that Al cent fiddle


RAPHINE, VA. PROGRESS.
Year: 1870

A lady once asked Mr.. Wesley, "Supposing
that you kne,o that you would die at twelve
O clock tomorrow night how would you spend
the intervening time?'


How, madam" he replied ''why just as 1
intend to spend it now. should preach in the
evening at Gloucester, and again at five to-mor-
row morning after that | should journey to
Tewkesburg, preach in the afternoon, and meet
the societies in the evening. | should then re-
pair to friend Martins house who expects to
entertain me, converse and pray with the fami-
ly as usual, retire to my room at ten o'clock,
commend myself to my heavenly Father, lie
down to rest, and wake up in glory


The proper method OF preparation for death
is life of faith in Christ and hearty and faith
full discharge Of every duty Persons SO living
can not be taken unawares; they have living
grace. and they will have dying grace whenever
they shall need it.


"As thy day, SO shall thy strength be-" They
have strength in life to live to God, and in
death to die in him.


BLESSED is that servant whom when his Lord
cometh he shall find so doing. Matt. xiv.
46.-British Workman.
Year: 1870

To CLEAN KNIvEs.-A small, clean potato,
with the end cut off, is very convenient me-
dium of applying brick dust to knives, keeping
it about the right moisture, while the juice OF
the potato assists in removing stains from the
surface. A better polish can be obtained by
this method than by any other we have tried,
and with less labor Cot Planter. re
Year: 1870

Oh, God, who by Thy Prophets hand
Didst smite the rocky brake,
w hence water came at Thy command.
Thy peoples thirst to slake:
Strike, now, upon this granite wall,
Stern, obdurate, and high,
And let some drops of pity fall


For US who starve and die!
The God, who took little child


And set him in the midst,
And promised him His mercy mild,
As, by Thy Son, Thou didst:
Look down upon our children dear,
So gaunt, so cold, so spare,
And let their images appear


Where Lords and Gentry are
Oh God, teach them to feel how we,
When our poor infants droop,
Are weakened in our trust in Thee,
And how our spirits stoop:
For, in Thy rest so bright and fair,
All tears and sorrow sleep;
And their young looks, so full of care.
Would make Thine angels weepl
The God, who with His fingers drew
q The Judgment coming on,
Write for these men, what must ensue,
Ere many years be gonel
Oh God, whose bow is in the sky,
Let them not brave and dare,
Until they look (too late) on high
And see an Arrow therel
Oh God, remind them In the bread
They break upon the knee,
These sacred words may yet be read,
I'm memory of Mer'
Oh God, remind them of His sweet
Compassion for the poor,
And how He gave them Bread to eat,
And went from door to door.
Year: 1870

A neighbor Of ours, the other day, informed
his milkman that he could not employ his SER
vices any longer unless he shinged his cows :
He did not say whether the milk was affected
by the late heavy rains or not, but such is the
natural inference.
Year: 1870

THERE is one proposition in
Senator Fowlers late speech, that
all will agree to. He informed
his hearers that "the Republican
party had lost Tennessee simply
and purely because there was not
wisdom and virtue enough in the
Republican ranks in the State to
hold the power and that oil the
military power in the world
would never make Tennessee a
Republican State again! This is
the substance of the Senator S
revelation, and whether the Sen
ate believed it or not, it is true
nevertheless.
Year: 1870

that race for which the humanita-
rians Of the North have so jealous
Is labored, and for which they have
sacrificed go much Of treasure and
of blood.


If Radicalism Is any rCcommcn-
dation Mississippi should certainly
be the beI recommended state in
the Union.
Year: 1870

-


Our COUNTY RoADs.-The condi-
ton of our County roads demands
the attention of the Board Of Po.
lice. Since the war the roads have
been kept in q barely passable con-
dition. Ifroad overseers managed
to work the sections just sufficient
for travel, it was considered they
had performed their duty.


In consequence tho condition of
our highways of travel have grown
worse aud worse until they are a
shame and disgrace to the county.
Wherever a good piece of road is
found it is owing to the nature Of
the soil or other circumstances and
not to the attention and labor Of
the road overseers. Bridges have
been continued in q most miserable
condition.


After 4 heavy storm, ora rain of
any length, it has been an almost
debateable question whether q per-
son should travel by wagon
or boat, when having occasion to
pass over the quOgmires, fictitious
ly termed roads.


II is true that our soil is such
that the roads are not easily kept
in repair; but what of that? Let
us expend the moro time and labor
upon them, enough, at least, to
place and keep them in respectable
order. 1t is as much labor to go
ten miles over such roads now as
thirty if they were in the order they
should be. This horrid condition
of the roads retards bringing crops
to market, prevents the markets be-
ing literally supplied, prevents
hauling wood 10 market, keeps
back the settlement of the interior,
and is a bad thing all around.


1t is the business of the Board Of
Police 10 see TO this matter and at
their door lies all the blame so far
as we know. We hope these few
desultory remarks will do some
good, aud If we don't hear that they
have VIC will try another dose OF
the same sort.
Year: 1870

A GREAT want in this section is
increased mail facilities.


The settlement of the interior is
greatly retarded because of this
disadvantage. There is hardly q
city of our size that has not better
means of communication with In
terror localities. Mails are received
at this point either very late or not
at all.


In the interior the trasportation
of mails seems to be more q matter
of favor than duty. 1t is earnestly
hoped this trouble may be rene.
died.
Year: 1870

A LORD BUTE has been winning
the affections" of young ladies in
Boston. There is no Lord Butte in
the British or any other peerage (;
but that don't make any difference
to the young ladies, it would seem.
They will love their ideal of a
lord" if lie comes along even il
they knog the lordship part 10 be
bogus.
Year: 1870

IF the new ships of the Interna-
tional line ever cross the ocean In
six days, making from port o port,
it will be nothing more than was
expected Of steamships long ago.
Twenty five miles an hour is no
great rate of speed in these days Of
rapid travel.
Year: 1870

WE hope that the Secretaries Of
our several Fire Companies have
filed with the City Clerk their
sworn list Of active members as
prescribed by our new fire 0rdi-
nance. Under that Ordinance the
election for Chief Engineer and
Assistant begins on the second
Monday in February. The lists
are required to be handed In one
month previously.
Year: 1870

IT is earnestly to be hoped that
among The earliest acts Of tie new
State ADMINISTRATION vii! be the
reconstruction" Of the courts.
The whole judiciary system Of the
STATE Is and for sometime has been
virtually deaf, and even worse than
dead. where ii wa, controlled by
partisan Judges and officers who
locked upon their Offices simply as
a Hcaps oimouey getting.





TIE subject Of Mormonism is
attracting universal attention.
The New York Herald has lately
been devoting considerable space
to the subject in the way Of Nor
mon correspondence,


This system Of faith will, we
think. ultimately be source Of
great agitation, and may result in
religious Intolerance, as another
peeuliarity in our political system
resulted in political Intolerance.
Year: 1870

From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, May 81


1t is only few days since the numerous
officials of the City Hall were thrown into
fever of excitement by the discovery OF
skeleton of woman boxed up in a
narrow space IN one of the dark cell
lars OF that building. The workmen who
had been engaged in cleaning out the ac.
cumulated filth of quarter of a century.
stood back aghast at the spectacle which


hrst met their gaze, wildly recalling the
butche lies of Cole, Probst, Traupmann
and company. But the horror of the poor
Mile slams at the City Hall was as nothing
compared with that of Mr.. Fred. Brisfe 81
a contractor, of No. $50 Sixth street and
his men, upon being conf onted last eve
nlng by the skeleton of man standing
erect between the weather board and the
chimney at No. 265 Rivington street.


MIR. Brissel was tearing down the house
IN question prepararatory to building a new
one, when the skull of the skeleton, grim
and CHASTITY, was suddenly revealed by the
falling away of some plaster. The whole
wall was removed as fast as the fears of the
trembling laborers would permit, and in q
short time 1t was taken out of place in
which It must have reposed for balf GEN.
tury.


The police, on being notified of the case,
hunted up colored woman named Debo-
rah Groomer, who had been a resident of
the room in one of the walls of which the
skeleton was found, for upward of twenty
i've years. She professed entire ignorance
OF Its existence, and showed by her FRIGHT
ened appearance, to be more surprised then
the laborers. She had often heard strange
noises at night about the room, but had
always attributed them to rats and mice.


No fragments of clothing were discovered
around the skeleton, nor could anything be |
found to indicate that body had been put
IN there with the clothing on. All the cir
eumstances point at the affair as murder.
NO medical student would go to the trouble |
Of hiding skeleton IN place where it's
removal would involve almost the tumbling
down of the house.


R1vlngton street was once the abode of a
gang of cut-throats, who used to operate ex-
:enslvely along the East River, and this
act may to some extent account for the
presence of the skeleton.


Coroner Keenan, was notified to hold an
inquest, and he may possibly throw some
lght upon what is at present shrouded in
mystery.
Year: 1870

FRENCH DOUBLE SUICIDE.--The suici-
dial mania has broken out in France, and
the ingenuity displayed by some of the
victims IS truly wonderful, not to say
appalling. On a Sunday morning,
recently, some peasants found in the
grounds of Villa Teissere. near Nice,
a young woman bleeding and insensible.
She was removed to town, but expired
before reaching it. It was ascertained
from reliable sources that she was the
daughter Of bookseller, and was a bril-
liant pianist. During the winter months
she was in the habit of residing at Nice,
and had there made the acquaintance Of a
man named Morplain. Her lover being
without resources they determined to put an
end to their anxieties by killing themselves.
According to the statement of the dying
woman, she left Nice with her companion.
sit was, she said, sour last night. y
They took with them phial of laudanum,
q revolver, and a sword-stick. They
made bed with their outer gar
ments upon the moss and lay down and
slept till seven o'clock the next morning.
They then arose, bade each other adieu,
and drank the laudanum. They suffered
much, but could not die, Morplain said to
the girl, ''I can bear it no longer; shall
blow out my brains" She cried out that
she would not be left alone with his corpse,
and said, ''Shoot me here pointing to
the spot where a gaping wound in her
breast was visible. 81 did not wish to be
disfgured, and I entreated him to aim
there. He fired point blank" ''Mor-
plain added the dying woman, 'sshot
himself through the head, and you will find
him lying yonder He feared a failure, and
you will see that he yet holds poniard in
his hand"
Year: 1870

The LATEST REMARKABLE DOG STORY comes
from Charlottesville, Va. A few Sundays
ago clerical doctor was preaching, in the
absence of the regular pastor, in the Dis
ciples' Church. Near the close of the ser
mon his dog got up stretched himself and
walked around uneasiIy. The Doctor TAX
ing no notice of this, the dog deliberately
looked around till he found the Doctors
hat, took it in his mouth, carried it up to
him, and would not leaN } till he was re-
lieved Of it. He then We 1T down in front
OF the pulpit and waited impatiently for a
few minutes for the Doctor to take the
+ mt. Finding he would not, he looked
around and got his stick and carried it to
him, which hint was quickly taken by the
Doctor, for fear that he might do some
thing worse,
Year: 1870

The attention of Memphis people was
attracted the other day to the unsociaI con-
duct Of two gentlemen, one of whom was
repeatedly stabbing the other, while the
latter was holding him with one hand and
fatally shooting him with the other. The
inference is that they had some difficulty.
Year: 1870

The COUNCIL BLUFFS NoNPAR1E1 says
that IL. Platney and his wife, of Manti,
Fremont county, were suspected of mur-
dering an infant child. There had been a
similar suspicion eighteen months ago.
The neighbors determined to investigate,
and en- masse they waited on the couple,
and demanded of them what had been
done with the child that was supposed to
have been born. At first they utterly de.
MED that any such had occurred, but a
rope being placed around the neck OF
the n, with one end over tree that was
handy by, brought them to sense of their
duty, and they confessed that child had
been born, and showed them where they
had put it. Its little body was found in q
post-hole near the house, in which it had
been placed head downward, and then
covered up with loose dirt. An examina-
ton of the body showed plainly that it had
been strangled shortly after its birth
Several different stories are told by them
in regard to the dee h of the child, but as
none were satisfactory, they were both
placed under arrest.
Year: 1870

The Geneva Courier says: We witnessed
battle the other day so singular in its ma
ture as to deserve mention. On one of our
principal streets, a robin had built its nest
IN tree. In the nest were three or four
eggs, which tempted the appetite of squir-
rel who CHANGED to spy them. He made
raid on the nest, and was just about pre-
parlng for sumptuous feast, when the
proprietor of the invaded domiciI arrived.
Seeing what was going on, the robin made
dive at the squirrel, inficting a wound
with his beak. Then ensued one of the
most lively scrimmages ever witnessed. Up
and down the tree with The rapidity
OF lightning ran the squirrel, the robin in
hot pursuit From one limb and branch to
another, they darted, both chattering and
chirping in the utmost excitement The
robin would fly off rod or so, and then
dart, like an arrow from a bow, for the
squirrel, Int1lcting telling wounds It was
soon evident that the squirrel was getting
the worst OF it, and he thought SO too. for
he finally forsook the tree for the ground,
and beat hasty retreat. He didn't allow
much grass to grow under his feet as he
made tracks for safe quarters. The robin,
apparently satisfied with having driven
her antagonist from the field, did not give
further pursuit, but returned to her nest in
a very illustrated state. Her victory was
signal, and she is doubtless now refectinp
over 1t with self-satisfied euuanimitv.
Year: 1870

How FENIAN WAS BURIED During
the afternoon yesterday Gag of truce was
sent to the brook. for the purpose of re.
questing the privilege Of taking of the
dead body Of Young Rowe. This was
refused. and the body lay upon the ground
sll night.


This morning. when the departure of
the Fenians was learned. the Cansdians
came down in large numbers. and the
corpse was dragged BY the hair of the
head to the hill. where the valiant sub-
jects o: Her Majesty were intrenched, and
near there the body was buried, the re-
mains being thrown into the grave with
out blanket or cover OF any kind.


Not content with this. a monument Of
rocks three or four feet high. and weigh.
ing between one and two tons, was piled
on top and the summit, covered with a
bottle. This was subsequently removed
BY eomebody with more feeling than the
brute who placed it there, but the rocks
remained.


A relocated guard paced to and fro
aronnd the grave dnring the day. and
while on the other side of the liue your
correspondent inquired why SO much
stone was placed over the BODY. "Well."
replied the uniformed snob. I've though,
the devil might come after him. and
thonght we'd give the old fellow Job il
he should"