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Year: 1871

To TRAIN HORSE TO STAND.-Tske
your horse on the barn floor and throw =
strap over his back and fasten it to his right


fore foot; lead him along and say ''whoa,"
ut the same time pull down the strap,
which throws him on three feet and makes
him stop suddenly. This is the best way
known to teach whoa. though you can put
on the war bride, and say whoa, and give
him sharp jerk that will stop him about
ns soon Ms the strap on his foot. Then put
him in harness. with The Foot strap and
drive him up 10 the door. The moment he
undertakes to move, take his foot and say
whoa Get in your carriage and get out
again: rattle the thills. make all the noise
you can in getting In and out give him to
understand, by snstcl,ing his foot each time
lie moves. that l,e must stand until you tell
him u 90; after few iimes you Gun put
the whole family into the carriage and he
won't stir out of his tracks.-Anerican
Stock Journal. ~. ...- ... .-
Year: 1871

To be let


To be let Mt a very desirable rate,
A snug little house i'll a healthy estate,
Ills a Bachelors heart, and the agent is


Chance,


Affection the rent, to be paid in advance
The owner, as yet has in it alone
So the fixtures are not of much value; but


soon


Twill be furnished by Cupid himself, II a


wife


Take a lease for the term Of her natural life.
Then, ladies, dear ladies, pray do not for


get


An excellent Bachelors heart to be let,
The tenant will have few taxes to pay,
Love, Honor, and (heaviest item) OBEY.
AS for the good will, the subscribers inclin-
To have that, If agreeable, settled in kind =
Indeed If he could such q matter arrange
sFr'sf be highly delighted tutuke IN exchange
Provided ,rue title by produce be shown,
Any heart u1incumbercd and free as his


own.


So ladies, dear ladies, pray do not forget
Anexcellent Bachelors hearts to be let.
Year: 1871

FALSE CHARITY.-That is very poor
kind of charity which clears the sinner
by making light Of his sin. 1t is not
uncommon to speak of swindling as an
"irresularity ~ Of gambling and drunk
enness as youthful indiscretion of
profanity as "fiee speech )" and licen-
tiousness as an "unfortunate laxity."
There is deep wrong done to society
by the use Of these deceitful phrases.
When a crime is called a ''fault,n in Or
der to save the feelings of the criminal,
or when any wicked act is treated with
indifference by reputed good men, the
cause of righteousness suffers. We are
insensibly governed by the estimates
put upon actions by the careless speech
of our fellows. We cannot long hear
vices rated with mere misfortunes with
out renlitting somewha. of the blame
which properly belongs to them. ...


It is certainly uncharitable to hinder
any mans return to respectability and
integrity by unnecessary illusions to
past wickedness. Man cannot refuse to-
receive whom God receives, as he does
every penitent and reforming soul. But
to make no distinction between mis-
taken judgment and deliberate, wilful
transgression is just the opposite of
Christ,s method He said not, You were
indiscreet, but, Sin no more. -.#


Down below all the crust Of human
conceptions, of human ideas, Christ
sank an artesian we'll into source OF
happiness SO pure and blessed that even


vet the world does not believe In It.
Year: 1871

A little four year old has been intent-
ly watching the process of corn popping
OIL q stormy day in winter. Happening
to turn to the window, she observed
for the first time the falling snow
Amazed and delighted, she ran to her
father and exclaimed, 30 papa! do
see the funny rain it's all popped out
white!" Can any older heads describe
snow more graphically?
Year: 1871

A little girl in West Virginia, busily
engaged in working pair: of slippers
intended for birthday gift to her faith
er, told one of her playnates I" L think
you are real lucky, for your papa has
got only one leg, and you needn't work
but one.
Year: 1871

The ways and manners by which
printers contrive to fill out columns that
lack line or two look odly collected as
follows. Close Observers may detect
some sound advice in all these diversi-
Year: 1871

A HARDSHELL Baptist minister, liy-
~ ing somewhere on tho frontier of
Missouri, was in the habit of saving to his
family and to his church: "Friends Won
need not take any unusual care of your
lives the moment of your death was writ
ten before the foundation of the world, and
you cannot alter it, His wife observed
when he left on Saturday, to meet one Of
his frontier missionary engagements, that
he dressed the flint of his rifle with unus-
ual care, put in dry powder, fresh tow, and
took every pains to make sure that the gun
would go off in case he came upon an In
dian. 1t struck her one day as she saw
him in the saddle, with his rifle ON his
shoulder that his conduct contradicted his
teachings, and said to him:


My dear, why do you take this rife
with you? If it was writ before the
foundation of the world that you were to
be killed during this trip by an Indian. that
rifle won't prevent it and if you are not To
bekilled, of course the rifle is unnecessary
so why take it with you at ALP" "Yes,"h he
replied, "of course, my dear, you are all
very right, and that is a very proper view
but, see here, my ear-now-really-b
then, you see, my dear, suppose l should
meet an Indian while am gone, and his
time had come, and hadn't my rifle with
me- what would he doP Yes, my dear, we
must contribute our part toward the fulfill
ment of the DEGREES of Providence"
Year: 1871

An amusing circumstance occurred one
evening in singing school. A Mr.. Pain
was the teacher, and Miss Patience one
Of the pupils. In the course of the even
ing the teacher gave out the tune, set to
the W ords "Come, gentle patience, smile
on pain" The pupils were so excited by
laughter, that it was impossible to sing the
line. Soon the teacher gave out another,
in which were these lines so, give me
tears for others woes, and patience for my
own;' at which the risibilities of the school
were so affected that all singing was de-
ferred until another occasion.
Year: 1871

| GONE of the Maine papers, having COM
! ~ peted in the publication of improbable
stories correspondent of tho Kenebec
Journal capped the climax by writing the
following "yarn -


81 was informed by one of our oldest
inhabitants that in the early settlement of
our country, two men were travelling on
foot through the town Of Skowhegan, and
in close proximity to piece of dense woods
when to their surprise and horror, they saw
a monstrous black bear coming directly
toward them, evidently very hungry, from
the manner in which he showed his long
white teeth.


| The men determined to show their cour-
age towards the bear, hoping by so doing
to induce him to turn from them, pressed
firmly onward, expecting every step they
took that they should see him retreat /. but
to their surprise, old bruin made no retreat
but pressed forward, as determined to show
fair front as they, and both parties kept
their onward movements until within about
four feet of each other, when the bear SUD
denly reared upon his hind feet and for a
moment looked his victim steadily in the
face, and then made desperate spring
toward one of the men, and with his paws
tore the entire contents of the man out, and
made his way with it to the woods.


AS the man that was not injured by the
bear stood looking, with wild confusion at
the mangled body of his unfortunate COM
panion, and trying to decide what to do,
he was reminded of hearing the following
recommended in such cases If persons in
this situation could have the insides of a
sheep put into them when warm, that some
times they would recover. And as good
luck would have it, in looking around he
saw, in little clearing near by him, flock
Of sheep.


He Immediately went to the flock and
caught one and opened it and took the in
sides from it and carefully placed them in
the body and by the assistance of travel
leri who fortunately happened to come up
Mt that moment, they carried him to the
nearest house, where the bedy was sewed
up and every attention given that was pos
sible in the absence of a physician, and in
a few days the man was able to sit up and
continued to gain very rapidly, SO much
so that he was able to be taken to his fami-
ly. 1t was reported that the man enjoyed
good health for a number of years, but
ever after had great hankering after
grass
Year: 1871

OB He who thinks no man above him
but for his virtue, none below him but for
his vice can never be obsequious or assum-
ing in the wrong place, but will frequent.
ly emulate men in stations below him, and
pity those nominally over his head.
Year: 1871

WE give so much of our space this morn
ing to. the report of the Sabbath School
Convention that our readers will find it
sufficient excuse for the want of cur usual
variety of reading matter.
Year: 1871

The symptoms Of liver com


Il plant are uneasiness and


pam IN the side Sometimes


CIhAhA0klcy n the pain is in the Shoulder


SIIWWUINO Il and Is mistaken for rheuma-


tism. The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and
sickness. bowels in rene-al


8 costlyesome alternating with
lax The head is troubled with pain and dull heavy
sensation. considerable loss Of memory accompanied
with painful sensation ofhav
ing left undone somethine
which ought to have been
tntr1 done. 0ften complaining of
lVER weakness, debility, and low
Espirits. Sometimes many Of
f & the above symptoms attend
the disease and at other
ans.zzszz,x times very few Of them; but
the liver is generally the organ most involved Cure
the Liver with
Year: 1871

The highest steeple Of the Minister was


an extremely convenient lookout for the


besieged, and in fact they could look from


there into all the works Of the Germans,


and discovered at once where laborers


were employed If the Prussian GEN
eral had only TO act as a General, his first
order would have been to destroy this
dangerous building but as il was he
took the utmost care TO protect il as much
as possible. The French had established
on the Minister, in the building of the
guard, q telegraph station, from where
the batteries were informed of the points
against which they had TO direct their fire.
The telegraph was plainly TO be seen from
the outside, and TO give them hint, some
shot were fired against ii. One of them
pierced the wall quite close TO the tele-
graph. Instead Of taking the hint, the
French showed themselves always on the
height, and 1t was very natural that some
of the artillerymeR, who perhaps did not


understand the value OF that architectural
monument, could not resist the tempta-
ton of sending up some balls to drive
eiium away, nvtwtUnstanuing All vr,lvis
of the General. The large Gothic cross
on the top of the Minister has been struck
also at its foot, and is hanging oyor some
what on one side. 1t is said that gun
ner boasted that be could hit the cross,
and an officer hearing it, and not beliey-
ing it possible at such great distance,
and to shame the boaster, said, 81 will
give you thaler if you hit it," Though
soldiers only were permitted to ascend
the tower on that day, our company en-
tered also. The beautiful towers con-
tnining the winding staircases were not
much damaged; but some parts of the
stone balustrades had suffered, and it was
dangerous TO pass. The whole roof of
the nave is burned, but the vaults under
meath fortunately resisted and kept the
flames from the interior Of the church.
From that gallery one has distinct view
of all the parallels. AS the whole Minis
ter was crowded with soldiers, we had
some difficulty in descending the narrow
stairs. We entered the interior of the
church and were glad to see that not
much damage had been done. Some sim
pie wooden chairs were burned: the up
per part Of the organ and some parts of
stained windows were broken; but the
celebrated clock was intact, Think, how
ever, that the damage done will require
100000 francs to repair it. Tenn
ple Bor.
Year: 1871

Decision Of the Wcstchestcr County Surrogate


in the NYatt.r-Tae Contested Document


Sustained.


The decision OF Surrogate Coffln In the Bussing
legacy matter. which has occasloned almost univer-
sal interest in Westcheser county, was rendered by
that official in his court at White Plains yesterday
This somewhat remarkable case, the hearing Of
which has extended through period OF several
months, has terminated in the contested Will being
declared valid and admitted to probate.


In his rather voluminous decision the Surrogate
makes prominent mention OF the faithful services
rendered by the egatec John Bussing, Jr., son OF
ring that TO the


INDUSTRIOUS EFFORTS


Of the was mainly attributable the material
increase in the value Of the estate. Regarding the
many years during which the tesator Kept his bed,
no evidence had been offered to warrant the
assumption that his mental faculties were at all I'm
paired at the time he executed the w nor, indeed.
ence Saa been over e
testator by his son John was ucidly
reviewed by the surrogate who adverted
took 10 his bed his son, the legatee was scarcely
fourteen years of age; that he was an only son.
HARD-woRKING YOUTH,


OF good morals, as far as could be ascertaned; the


egatee had arrived at the age or about twenty years


wnen the Will was executed, and did not Know that


the latter was In existence until nve years alter It's
execution.


.Undue influence TO make void win mus,


be such overcome the free agency OF the tesla
/ tator at the time the instrument was
1 made. II must be such that the ties.


tator ceased to be free agent and had quite sue
! cumbed to the power OF the controlling wiIl.n The


decision continues TO set forth that at the time the
VIII was executed the proponent had barely arrived
| at mans estate; that he was man who
POSSESSED A STRONG WILL


and seldom gave uterance to his thoughts while 1t
was dllcut 10 induce him 10 change mis- mind after
he had once fixed upon any subject; that it was
scarcely fair to inter tnat LAD who had
grown up under the eve OF such a parent
had at that early period obtained such
an undue and controlling influence over a man OF
such a firm character. In concuslon the Surro-
gate Said:-l have carefully mined the au-


horties cited by the counsel the contestants
well as those cited Tor proponent and have duly
considered their able ana exhaustive arguments.
anu am unable TO arrive at any other conclusions
than those above expressed IL was natural under


the circumstances that the testator should make the
discrimination the Will shows he did in
1avOr OF his He was only son. The
daughters were married and settled
In life away from home. The was
the right hand OF the iather working,
managing and holding the property until 1t had
risen immensely IN value. The conduct or the
son was always kind ard respectful towards his


ather and 1T perfectly natural for the father to
give him the largest share His unbiased will
stands as reason for his act and the will must be
admitted to probate.


1t is understood that the contestants win appeal
from The decision Of the surrogate.
Year: 1871

II has been asserted that certain parties who have
been engaged in removing smallpox patients to
the Flabush Hospital have been 'letting out'' the
coaches used to convey the pestilentia stricken
carry people TO funerals. This Is great outrage
upon the sanitary safety OF BROOKLYN, and should be
thoroughly investigated by the Health authorities In
order that the evil practice may be stopped once
before the contagiOn has spread any further, and
That the persons so offending may be brought under
the lash OF the law without delay, and made an ex
ample OF for the benefit OF all reckless mercenary
Jehus. The eject or this business Will be To ruin the
coach trade by impressng upon people the propriety
OF walking In preference to carriage riding. There
were twentyeight cases OF smallpox reported IN
Brooklyn during the past week.
Year: 1871

Veto Message Of Governor Hoffman.


The following is the message OF Governor Hoff-
man in returning. with his objections the bill ex-
tending operation Of the act providing for relief
against illegal taxation in certain countess with the
Year: 1871




Mrs. Partington has recently at.
tended wedding, and speaks of
them as follows: ...t


II like to attend weddings" said
Mrs Partington, as she came back
from one in church, hung her shawl up,
and replaced the black bonnet in the
long, preserved bandbox; II like to
see young people 90 together with the
promise to love-chersh and nourish
each other. But what o solemn thing
is ma.rimony--a very solemn thing,
when the minister comes along into
chancery with surplus, and goes
through the ceremony Of making them
man and wife. 1t ought to be hus-
band and wife, for it isn't every hus-
band that turns out to be a man. l
declare I never shall forget when Paul
put the nuptial ring on my finger, and
said, with my worldly goods thee
endow." He used to keep dry
goods store then, aad thought he
was going to give me the whole there
was it. I was young and simple,
and did not know, till afterwards, that
it meant one calico gown year. 1t is
a lovely sight to see young people
'plighting their trough as the song
says, and coming up to consume their
VOWS" sa
Year: 1871

A correspondent of q Baltimore pa
per assures the editor that to preach
successfully, a man must read, he
must feel. He must have knowledge,
observation and heart. The first
gives facts and truths; the second
shows them in their relation to persons
and society ; the third charges tho soul
with sympathy. With this triple pow
era man cannot speak and not be
heard
Year: 1871

THERE has been a good deal of non- sense spread abroad about the virtue of the Apache women. The penalty the noble Apache visits upon an erring sister, wife, daughter or mother, is that of clipping off a large share of her nose. A good many of the women, as appears by their lack of nose, fail to corroborate the statements of the pale face reporters of their womanly purity.
Year: 1871

A PRIVATE letter from friend at St. Thomas says that Lieutenant Wheeler and his exploring expedition will make that place his coming Win ter quarters, and will make thorough examination of the Colorado canyons, and the country generally roundabout.
Year: 1871

MIR. OCHoA informed us yesterday that the Indians had just stolen twenty more head of stock from about San Xavier, and that Juan Elias and 8 party of men had gone in pursuit. It seems evident that a Troop of Cav airy or part of one, will have to be kept in this vicinity or there will soon be no stock left to steal. We have no doubt but that as soon as the Troops now at Yuma get up this way, either one of them, or Captain Moore's will be ordered to this neighborhood.
Year: 1871

wood pile. By his direction the two
small piles had been cut and left as
on. the previous night.


Being in somewhat cramped 10.
sitIon, the time Of waiting seemed
long and uncomfortable. At last.
about ten o'clock, as near as DR.. Hol.
liz could guess, there came a slight
click OF the gate-latch, followed by
steps, as if some one was cautiously
approaching the wood pile.


lie was instantly on the alert. The
guarded steps came nearer and pres
emily the figure Of a man appeared
under the edge Of the wood shed.
He stopped and peered around as if
to be certain no one was in SIGHT
and then advanced boldly IN. walked
straight up to the dry wood and be.
gan loading 1t in his arms. As he
stopped, the dim light showed his
face Tor moment and then the doc.
tor was sure of his man. In another
moment the wood was all taken IN,
and the thief started off. No sooner
was he gone than the doctor stepped
silently from his place Of conceal
ment, and rapidly loaded the ,ile OF
green wood into his arms, and set of
after him.


Stipes first and the doctor follow
ing, keeping well in the shadow.
went across the woods to Stipes'
house. When the rascal opened the
door and went in with his prize, the
doctor paused outside and looked in
through the window. Stipcs threw
tho dry wood down, upon the hearth,
stirred up the Goals with long stick
which was on duty as a poker, and
had just thrown two or three sticks
of wood upon them, when the doc
tor suddenly opened the door, walk.
ed in. and threw his load OF green
wood down beside the other, saying
pleasantly


There ncighbor, if l have 10 fur
nish the wood for both of us, 'tisn't
fair tor me to burn all the green
wood and you all the dry. You must
burn green wood halt the time.


And before the horrlfied family
could speak single word, out walk.
ed the doctor as quietly as he came.
The woods rang again to his hearty
laugh, as lie sped lomeward.


I'll bet he lets my wood pile
alone for awhile


And he judged right. Where Tom
Stipes found fuel the rest of the win
ter, history tails to inform us, but DR..
Hollis wood pile he never molestcd
again.
Year: 1871

Our bellies must cultivate the new
style of bow. There are three in
vogue now, equally unpleasant. The
first is the "superbly Indifferent" con
sisting of slight elevation OF the eye
brows and curl Of the upper lip. A
second style is the "mildly melan-
choly,' which gives the impression
that the young lady has just lost her
dearest friend, or dropped ice cream
on the front breadth OF her new silk
the third is the consciously guilty"
hurried through with as If the yeu,. 2
lady were ashamed to be seen bow
ing to you.
Year: 1871




TIE PREsIDENCY.-lt seems to be
the common conviction of the most
liberal Democratic journals, and es-
pecially of the Germans, that the re-
nomination of Gen. Grant is now
made certain by the sweeping tri-
umphs Of the Republicans in the Oc-
tober and November elections-
But this seems to us to be an error.
The prospect OF his rc-nomlnation is
really no stronger to-day than it was
at the beginning Of October.-It is a
question upon which the rank and
file OF the party have not made up
their minds. and they, in the end will
have to decide Unless some enor-
nous, and now very improbable,
change should take place in the coun-
try before the nomination is made,
the certainty of electing the man,
whoever it may be, upon whom the
Republicans may agree, leaves them
entirely free to choose the man who
is likely to make the best President,
without regard to "prestigeHor tex
pediency'-Ner York Post.
Year: 1871

piece I was suddenly riven from
head to heel by what l regarded
as a perfect thunder-bolt of humor,
and I compressed it into q snappy
foot-note at the bottom-thus:
1--WE will let this thing pass. just
this once; but we wish Mr.. J. Cor
don Runnels to understand dis
tinctly that we have q character
to sustain, and from this time
forth when he wants 10 commune
with his friends in HI ne must
select some other medium than the
columns Of this journal!"


The paper came out, and l
never knew any little thing al
tract so much attention as those
playful trifes of mine. For once
the Hannibal journal" was in de-
mand-a novelty it had not ex-
perienced before. The whole town
was stirred. Hinton dropped in
with a double-barr .lled shotgun
early in the forenoon. When be
found that it was an infant Gas he
called me) that had done him the
damage, he simply pulled my ears
and went away; but he threw up
his situation that night and left
town for good. The tailor came
with his goose and apair of shears;
but he despised me, too, and de-
parted for the South that night.
The two lampooned citizens came
with threats Of libel, and went
away incensed at my iusigni6cance.
The country editor pranced in
with q war-wiloop next day, suffer
ing for blood to drink but he en-
ded by forgiving me cordially and
inviting me down to the drug
store to wash away all animosity
in friendly bumper Of "Fabne-
stocks Vermifugc." 1t was his
little joke.


My uncle was very angry when
he got back-unreasonably so, [
thought, considering what an i'm
petus | had given the paper, and
considering also that gratitude for
his preservation ought to have
been uppermost in his mind, mas
much rs by his delay he had so
wonderfully escaped dissection,
tomahawking, libel, and getting
his head shot off. But be soft
ened when he elooked at the account.
and saw that l had actually book
ed the unparalleled number of
thirty-three now subscribers, and
had the vegetables to show for it,
cord wood, cabbage baans, and un-
salable turnips enough to run the
family for two years