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Year: 1870

have read with pleasure your remarks
in your issue of July 80, relative to home
interests and the value now of home in
vestments by our capitalists in factories of
different kinds to build up the village.
Middletown, situated in the midst of the
finest agricultural district to be found
east of the Rocky Mountains, surrounded
by beautiful orchards, broad fertile fields,
is yet an inland town, and whether this
production of her surrounding country be
greater or less she cannot hope to derive
much more benefit than is already attain
ed. She may have more stores, but they
are only advantageous as conveniences for
exporting the money from us to the large
centres of trade, viz: the cities, and no
real permanent improvement can possibly
be realized from large number of such
places of trade. Indeed, many of our
merchants will tell you they are often for
gotten by our opulent farmers and too Of
ten are compelled to know that the money
they might reasonably expect is conveyed
direct to the large cities and there expend-
ed. This being the state of the case it
behooves all energetic business men to
cast about to discover if some new enter
prise can be started that will check the
constant drain upon our villages and con-
duct tho trade into better channels for u.s.


We are situated inland, but we have an
outlet via the Del. Rail Road we have
splendid water power sites all about our
place. Within an area of three miles we
can find as fine water power sites as can be
asked for all or any kind OF factories. A
number of such enterprises suggest them
selves. For instance from this depot there
are annually shipped thousands of bushels
of wheat and corn, most of it goes to Phil
adelphia and Wilmington. When after
being ground and packed it is shipped to
all parts of the world. Would it not pay
Year: 1870

drowning yourself in a we'll to get
drink Of water. Take nothing in hand
that may bring you repentance.


Spend Wisely.-Look most to your
spending. NJ mater what comes 10,
if more goes eut you will always bs
poor. The art is not in making money,
but in keeping it; little expenses, like
mice in barn, when they ars many,
make great waste. Hair by hair heads
get bald. Straw by straw the th.tch
goes of tho cottage, and drop by drop
the rain comes into the, chamber. A
barrel is soon empty, Il the tap leaks
but a drop minute. When you mean
to cave, begin with your mouth !; there
are many thieves down that red lane.
The ale jug is great w.sser. In all
other things keep within compass. In
clothes choose suitsbie and lasting stuff;
and tawdry 6oeries. To be warm is
the main thing; never mind the looks.
Never stretch your leg, further than
tho blankets viii reach, or you will
soon be cold. A fool may make mon
ey, but it needs wise man to spend it.
Remember it is easier to build two
-


cbimneys than to keep one going. II
you give al to back and board, there is
nothing left for the savings bank. Fare
hard and work hard while yoa are
young, and you have chance to rest
when you are old.-Jok~ Pso.gkman's
Year: 1870

One of our popular preachers says
! have great hope of wicked man
slender hope of a mean one. A wicked
man may be converted and become a
pre-eminent SAINT. A mean man ought
to be converted six or seven times, one
right after the other, to give him 6
fair start and put him on an equality
With o bold wicked man.
Year: 1870

When a horse refuses to eat, he
should not be made TO do any more
service that day, for i, may be known
that he is tired out or sick. 1t is bar.
barous to compel a horse TO perform la
Dor when iu such condition that he re-
fusea grain, yet it is often done, aud by
meu, to who they are merciful.
Year: 1870

A circular was sent yesterday to many men,
bers Of the bar practising III the Courts OF this city, in
vting conference in relation to matters ia which all
supposed to be much concerned The circular Is re-
garded as a secret document and is very carefully and
cautiously worded as are most the papers prepared
by members OF the legal profession 1t is indeed so
very precise in its phraeoOgy that 1t Is dcnt 10 ten
what i, porcnds by the call 1t may be the organization
Of a baseball club. or 1t may be the impeachment OF


Judge Of the Supreme Court bench that Will be consld
cred by the Conclaye 1t is certain that no lawyer Will
be admitted to the council who has not been previously
provided with the circular, which bears the name OF
william NJ Evarts at the head OF the list OF signatures
and that Of Charles b. StoughtOn at the end.
Year: 1870

From the Troy Times Oct 10


There was another sad accident at the centr al
shaft OF the Ho0sac Tunnel yesterday afternoon Dy
which three men lost their lives. IT. seems tbat
operations upon the bed OF the tunnel from the bot
tom Of the shaft have been suspended for some tue
In order 10 enlarge the sides Of shaft 80 that the
buckets could pass each other In ascending and
descending II, aud In consequence Of this sus
pension the pit became filled with water to
The depth OF several feet. Yesterday Corne
las Redding, foreman at the shaft, James
James, master mechanic Martin Jewell, boss
stepped into bucket to test The fastening Of new
rope to the drum above. Upon reaching the third
DOor from the bottom Mr.. Redding requested Mr.
to step out as everything safe about the
bucket and he did 80, the act provdentally saving
Its life The others continued their descent, and
when about forty feet below the point where Ste
vens stepped Of tie bucket the staple connecting
the rope with the drum drew out and the three men
were precipitated INTO the water below q distance
OF forty eel. No help could be extended to them,
and they were drowned almost Immediately. Mr..
Redding leaves wife and one child, James wife
and two children, ana Jewell wife and several
children. These men were all very valuable In their
several capacities, aud tpeir loss Is severely felt
Year: 1870

AK AFFECTING SCESE.-A little son or Mr. Genrus
was drowned at Whitehall one day last week His
mother on missing him, In searching tor him. pro.
ceeded to the canal snort distance OF, and the
suit Is related by the Chronicle as iolows-The first
thing She his little hat floating the
water, and her heart at once crushed with
despair for the little fellow was much at
tachcd to his hat that ne wouid hardly put it
down long enough to eat. II was the first thing
he sought in tho morning. The alarm gwen,
and, after dragging the canal the body was
found short distance below the boat Fortunately
the face was not dlshgured IN drawing II up. The


scene at the house at the inquest very affect
ing. The little fellow was laid out the bed, one
arm was laid across the breast and the other was
extended By his side, looking as II he were asleep
as many parents have seen their own children or
that age lie when sleeping. taper was burning
by the bedside, as Is the custom among our French
friends. The mother was very calm, though almost
prostrated with grief having buried infant only
four monSis old, the Sunday previous. In bed
in another part OF the lay the father himself,
suffering from q severe illness.
Year: 1870

The coarsest reed that trembles in the


marsh,


If heaven select it for its instrument,
May shed celestial music on the breeze
As clearly as the pipe whose virgin gold
Belts the lips Of PhGbus.
Year: 1870

The merchant of America occupies a very different position, socially and politically. from him who pursues the same calling in England or France.

 A friend of mine, who had the good for tune to be the bearer of letters to some of the aristocratic circles of London, told me how quick the warmth of his reception was changed to an icy reserve when he incautious- ly announced his intention to devote himself to trade. And even the polite Lord Morpeth at dinner given him in Boston, forgot him self 80 far as to speak of certain Englishmen who, he said, were nothing but merchants.

 In fact, in Europe, the man of aristocratic claims, though he may sometimes condescend to eat the excellent dinner and borrow tho money ofhis wealthy host, still, in his heart, revots at any attempt on the part of the man who has made his own fortune 10 indulge in any familiarity or to presume on any intimacy.

 My dear Paul." said the Baron Roths child, to little Prince who had done him the honor of dining with him, "I recommend YOU to try that wine" "f would call you by your eArfstian name," said tho irate little potentate. eff you had any"-a witticism which cost the Prince his dominions, if the man of money chooses to forclose his mortgage upon him.

 Al for the position of the merchant in France
Year: 1870

Quite recently We pointed out the necessl-
ty for an entire new assessment, 10th city
and State, for the city of New Orleans. We
made some statements that to many persons
might seem exaggerated. Having spent
some time in collating and preparing our
remarks from the printed reports OF the city
and State officers, we now present the figures
in tabular form, so that the wide differences
may be seen at a glance.


We also add the amount assessed by the
United States assessors on incomes for the
years 1868 and 1869, compared with the city
assessment. The city assessment for the
year 1868 being not one-half of that returned
by the servants Of Uncle sam; while for the
year 1869 the city assessment is only trifle
more than one-third that of the United
States for the same year.


We will suggest that there seems to us no
necessity for three separate assessments, as
at present. We hope we don't offend any
aspirants for office when we say that in our
opinion one set of assessors for the city and
State ought to suffice. The remedy is for the
next Legislature. What is done once, well
and properly. there Can be no need of paying
another set of men for not doing:


Table showing the City and State Assess
ments for the city of New Orleans:
Year: 1870

Picnic OF THE HARMONY SOCIAL CLUB
We learn that extensive preparations have
been made towards making this picnic
which comes Off to-day-the affairs of
the season. Oakland PARK has been fixed
up. and every delicacy of the season pro-
vided. We will go there to have gay time
and are sure not to be disappointed.
Year: 1870

TuE GROVER & BAKER SEWING MACHINE
Every lady who has not already supplied
herself with sewing machine should by all
means call at the agency of these machines,
At the corner of Canal and Dryades street.
and give them critical examination. The
Grover & Baker machine is no new thing,
but has been tried and proved by years OF
the hardest kind of tests. 1t is simple IN
construction and easily learned, while work
done upon it is absolutely unexceptlonaoie'
no matter what kind of material used
whether it be the coarsest or the hness
fabrics.
Year: 1870

A man named Sullivan was arrested IN
Texas for assaulting his wife with intent to
kill her, but while the Sheriff had him IN
custody at night, on the route to the jail,
he was taken from the guard by party OF
seven or eight men and shot.
Year: 1870

Our forms were kept open to a very
late hour this morning, in the hope
that We would be able to give our
readers some idea of the general re-
suit. Owing, however, to the great
length of the tickets and the very de-
cided manner in which they were
scratched. We were unable to
get complete returns from any
precinct or township. except the
Second Precinct, which we give
entire. We may say, however, that
all the returns, aud rumOrs of returns,
indicate the success Of the Repurli-
can ticket By very comfortable ma
jority. The republicans did splen-
did days work. and have reason to
feel good over their success.
Year: 1870

This little State comes up with her
usual overwhelming republican ma
jority. She is q star that never sets.
Long may she retain her place as the
top stone of the Republican pyramid.
Year: 1870

] Although tho mon arc educated


thoroughly, especially upon points
likely to affect tho spread of their be-
! lief, tho women arc left in utter and


complete Ignorance. IN all tho many
houses, even Of tho highest Of tho
land, to which we aftorward had ac-


cess, VIC saw scarcely {. book save


those on Mormonisnl, and not q single
paper or magazine. We spoke of
tho day both at homo and abroad,
and met with entire blanllncss; mono
Of them had any idea of what VIC
wcrc talking about. Then, before a
girl has reached full womanhood,
while her ideas arc still Uniformed and
childish, she is married, probably TO q
lhan Old enough TO DO her father
Take any girl Of fourteen OF fifteen
which is tho common marriagcablc
ago in Mormondom-c even an educated
girl, and how able is sho to form
opinions and right judgments ? Then
leave out the education, and her abili-
tics will surely be at tho minimum.
So, by these three levers do Mormon
men, wise in their generation, act
upon tho hearts Of the women among
them: First, ~ appealing to the reii.
gious clement so strong in every
woman; next by keeping her in ig-
norancc of everything that might
show her tho fallacy Of the claims to
superiority Of tho men; and lastly,
by throwing upon childish shoulders
burdens of care and weights of res
possibility under which mature
womanhood must often faint. We arc
reminded of Him who pronounced
woe of old upon those "bind heavy
burdens and grievous to be borne,"
and lay them upon others shoulders.


The place occupied by q Mormon
wife in her husbands household is
simply that of q servant, with fewer
privileges than has Jane tho cook, or
Lucy tho waiter, in our domestic
economy. She has no "aftcrnoon
out"-no wages to Go rs she will with
mo followers" and no chance of
change. But she has hard work, un-
rcalizablc in our comfortable houses;
tho privilege Of waiting upon the mas
ter Of the house when no chooses to
call upon her services; and the belief
that the moro patiently she bears the
cross Of tho present, tho moro beauti-
full will bo tho crown of the future she
hopes to wear.
Year: 1870

street, with whom she lived, was com
PEELED to call in an officer and have the
unfortunate maniac removed to the sta
tion-house. Thither she was taken, and
yesterday the necessary papers were
made out and the poor victim of man S
deceit, cruelty and inhumanity, removed
to the State asylum at Trenton "a


Riley is said to have died in the State
prison since his incarceration.
Year: 1870

THE Gypsies in the Hop Garden in Pesth
have curious way of booking after the
honesty of their money ce lector The per-
son entrusted with the mission of taking
the hat round among the crowd has liv-
ing fly put in his left hand, while he holds
the hat with his right. When lie returns.
with the funds he must bring the fly back
alive, as "a sign that he has not taken any
money from the common property, but if
the fly be wanting, or even dead, he does
not get his share of the money.
Year: 1870

Is it possible that women of professed
respectabllity, and apparently earnest to
have woman invested with the ballot, can
take pleasure in s. enting out some flaw,
some weakness, some defect in the antece-
dents OF their sisters, who are superior to
them in all that goes to make up the true
woman. and then whisper those supposed
defects to multitudes of listening ears p
San Francisco Pioneer
Year: 1870

WHAT WE HAVE Done FOR OrHERs.-
The words which Walter Scott puts in the
mouth of Jeanie Deans, in her memorable
address to the Queen, are as true as they
are beautiful: when the hour of trouble
comes-and seldom may it visit your leddy-
ship-and when the hour of death comes,
that comes to high and low-lang and late
may it be yours, O my Teddy lit is nj
what we have dine for oursels, but what
we have done for others, that We think on
most pleasantly,
Year: 1870

Mono LAKE-This lake is one of the
greatesl curiosities in the State of Califor
MIA, if not in the world The lake is eight
teen miles in length, by thirteen
In width. Its color in the center is dark
bottle-green; near the shore of an alkali
color. On the western shore numerous
streams empty into it. On the northern
and northeastern shores innumerable
springs boil up from the bottom. One Of
these springs is % feet in diameter and
comes to the surface with such force that
it is imnossible to keep boat on the top
of it. 1t is one half of mile from the
shore and in % feet of water. On the
shore of the lake, numerous columns of
rock resembling coral, rise from the water.
They are from five to fifty feet in highth,
and suppose to have been formed by the
fresh water springs. which, in almost every
instance, burst from beneath them. They
are of different diameters, and have been
worn by the wind and woven into the most
fantastic shapes, then encru.ted by the
calcerous deposits of the water, which gives
them the appearance of marble columns
or the ruins of some magnificent temple
Two or three miles back from the shore,
the same rock exists, proving that the lake
has been at least l,0OO feet higher than al
present.
Year: 1870

AN exchange says: Save all your
newspapers, and when you get enough for
the purpose, make a paste as for putting on
the wall, and lay them down one by one,
pastlng them till your floor is covered, then
let it dry; then lay another in the same
way. When again dry get some wall
peper of suitable color, and paste it all over
1t. When dry 90 over it again with coat
of varnish, and you have nice covering
for your floor, which will wear as long as
carpet, and look as well as OF cloth. This
is a cheap method of covering bedrooms
which are not much used"
Year: 1870

CUcUMBERs.-In March procure some
sods about eight inches square and four
inches thick. Turn them over and cut
the soil so the seed can be stuck in an
inch or SO deep. Plant only the EARLY
Fame" Set the sod in pit or hot bed,
if you have them if not, set them on a
shelf in room where there is fire; water
with milk warm water occasionally as the
sod gets dry and when warmer weather
comes, remove them to the garden aud
place small boxes foot square. having
neither bottoms nor tops over them. At
night until the young plants get sharden-
ed" lace pare Of glass over them.
Remove the boxes as the ground and the
air gets warmed up, and you will have
fine early cucumbers.
Year: 1870

ABOUT Roes.---No animal raised upon
farm varies so much in actual value as
the hog. A long legged, long -nosed, loose
Jointed. slab sided, course haired, gaunt,
uncomfortable rooter is an absolute lose, as
we'll as perpetual annoyance to any farmer
who has any pride in his business, or taste
about the locks of his stock. On the other
hand, money invested in stub nosed, short
cared, short-limbed, round-bodied, thin
skinned, quiec ana c,ean animal, is better
than in fancy railroad stock, not to mention
the comforts of having models of the beau
tifui hard by your door.


The best and most profitable breed for
ordinary farm purposes-when little is fed
during the summer but the refuse from
the family table and the sour milk or whey,
as the case may be-is a hog of about
medium size, and of thrifty family. If
gross and scrawny" there will be too
large frame in the fall to cover proftably
with fat; if small ooned, and of course
small every way, you will feed food that
will not yield a return, for the reason that
growth in such an animal is unnatural.
Year: 1870

The agony that some young mothers undergo
from the csking Of milk in the breasts. ulcers-
tion Of the nippie and other painful affections o;
the namillsry organs, is extreme. And yet q
few applications OF the Ointment would remove
the difficulty and enable the sufferers to resume
the maternal function and continue TO exercise 1t
without interruption or pain. As the life Of tn.
child as well IS the health of the mother may
depend on her ability to it, this fact hich
is verified by ample testimony, should be treas
ured in the memory of every wife and matron.
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Louisville Jour-
nal, in the course of series of reminis-
ences of an old connection with that es-
tablishment, says:


For a young man that is not altogether
a fool, and who has had the advantages of
an ordinary education, the printing office
is undoubtedly capital school of ad-
vancement. In regard to general knowl-
edge, no class of men who labor for a liv
ing, can approach the printer. The stu
dious among them, if their natural gifts
be not below the level of medioctity, have
equal chances with the members of the
so-called learned professors, to acquire
both worldly honors and literary fame.
From the days of Saxon to those of
Franklin, and from his day to our own,
the craft has produced eminent men in
every walk of fife


A good printer is generally good crit
ic not only of language and punctuation,
but Of the intrinsic literary merits of
whatever comes under his hand. 1t is
impossible that he should be otherwise,
since SO great part of his life is made up,
as it were, OF facts that enforce reflection.
The labor that employs his hands, gives
to his mind neither exercise nor care.
His fingers move intuitively to the exact
points requisite for the proper apportion-
ment of his work, while his mind seizes
the idea sought to be conveyed by the
writer with whom he is engaged, and is
only expelled therefrom after his judg-
ment has passed sentence on its merits


Many one. without knowing it, possi-
bly, owes some unknown compositor or
proof reader much more of reputation as
a writer than he would be willing to ac-
knowledge. If, by changing the reading
of sentence without affecting its mean
ing, he can give it strength or smooth
ness, good printer asks no questions
about the matter but changes it at once.
And so, if the grammer of q sentence is
evidently faulty, he would be considered
unfit for the business, did he not rectify it
in this particular.


have known some printers, it is true,
who could never learn the plainest rules
of either composition or punctuation. To
such an one might be used the identical
words used by well-known Presbyte-
rian, speaking to a young, but particular
ly silly candidate for ministerial orders.
young man, you have made mistake /;
you have been called to another field--the
corn field ?"
Year: 1870

SUMMER DIsEAsEs.-DiarrhG is very
common disease in summer time. ChOl-
era is nothing more than exaggerated diar-
rhna When q man has died of diar-
rhea, he has died of cholera, in reality.
1t may be well for travellers to know that
the first, the most important, and the most
indispensable thing in the arrest and cure
of loosness of the bowels is absolute quie-
tude on bed; nature herself always
prompts this by disinclining us to locomo-
ton. The next thing is, to eat nothing
but common rice, parched like coffee, and
taken with little salt and butter. o Drink
little or no liquid Of any kind Bits of ice
may be eaten and swallowed at will. Ev-
cry step taken in diarrh9a, every spoonful
of liquid only aggravate the disease. If
locomotion is compulsory, the misfortune
may be lessened by having stout piece
of wooden bound. tightly round the abdo-
men, so as to be doubled in front, and kept
well in its place. In the practice of many
years we have never failed to notice graf
flying result to follow these obseryanees
Halls Journal Of Health.
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT LECTURES TO GENTLEMEN ONLY, ON


interesting invaluable and scientific SUBJECTS showing
how to live aud what live for delivered daily at the
New York Museum of Anatomy Those unable TO attend can
receive by forwardng26 cents to the Secretary os
Broadway.