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Year: 1872

We have news of much interest from
Ohio. The Liberals and Democrats there
have entirely recovered from the effects Of
the October election, and are setting to
work with energy and high hopes to carry
the election in November.


Had the whole force of the Democratic
party gone to the polls in Ohio the week
before last, there would have been Lib
erul Democratic majority of 10000 instead
of GRAET majority of 12,0OO or l5,00O.
There were great many Democrats who
took little interest in the struggle and al
lowed il TO go by default. II is known in
what parts and districts of the State these
Democrats are, and effective measures are
now being applied TO organize them and
bring them all into line for the great con-
test of the Presidency. Our friends are
full Of confidence that they will succeed
In this effort and that Ohio will give her
electoral vote 20 GREELEY and Brown.


II is perfectly certain that IL the mass of
the Democratic party really wish TO beat
GRANT and elect HORACE GREELEY they
can do so And If they wish TO beat GREE
LEY and elect GRANT that result is also
within their power. II will depend upon
them; and We are glad TO hear that in Ohio
ut least, where the Democracy have in
former times manifested more steadiness
aad more devotion TO principle than in any
other part Of the Union, they are now
getting ready to do their duty in earnest.
Year: 1872

Perhaps the GRANT wire-pullcrs have not
deceived OBRiEN so much after all Us
would at first appear.


They promised him to nominate VAN
NoRr for Mayor, n weak young man who
W. uldnt amount to much as candidate
and could be easily knocked over.


But there are two periods of childhood,
one az the beginning and the other at the
latter end of life; and after all there may
not he 80 much difference between VAN
NoRT and HAvEmEYER as might I've sup
poepd
Year: 1872

Mrs. wHARToN's trial for the alleged at
tempt to Kill EUGENE VAN Ness by poisoning
began yesterday in the Circuit Court OF Anne
Arundel county. In this case~he public will
have the statement Of the alleged victim him
self a novel feature in poisoning trials, and one
which will have considerable influence In deter
mining the amount Of crcdibtv to be given TO
the testimony Of experts. VAN NESS Is said to
be very positive In his belief that Mrs. WHARTON
tried to poison him, and the state Attorney is
only the more determined by his previous defeat
TO secure the conviction Of the accused in the
present trial.
Year: 1872

We ofcr our coincidence 10 Col. CHARLES
:. SPENCER IN full uniform ON occasion of his
failure to receive from the GRAST oriceholdcls
their nomination for District Attorney. Let
him fnd comfort in the midst of this dlsap-
pointmcnt by putting on his full uniform and
going out at the head Of his regiment any one Of
these fine days u charge upon the casks Of lager
beer In Jones's wood. In lager there IL no
falseness and no disappointment!
Year: 1872

now In a position 10 make their invention profit
able. They are building two cigar ships in Eng
land and one in Russia. The steamer begun


many years ago In Baltimore Ia still unfinished.
Year: 1872

Public thanks are due to the GRANT
Convention for not nominating for Mayor that
hrst-class dead beat, GEORGE NJ. VAN MORT. 1t
seems that he holds his present place by the
favor of WILLIAM NJ. TWEED, and that he ox-
pected TO rise by the influence Of TWEED, who
is now strong with the GRANT organlzatlon
But there are some things too absurd TO be
done, and NAN NuRT's nomination for Mayor
was one Of them. II the new Legislature want
to legislate anybody out of Office, VAN MORT
will he a good subject for them to begin on
Year: 1872

The first and most important Qualifica-
ton of a stock ram is constitution. No
matter how perfect he may be is every
other particular, if he is defective in this
one point he is worthless. His stock will
he feeble, short-lived, poor breeders, and
always Hiling. Constitution is to be deter
mined by the full, robust, physical Develop
mcnt, the deep, fnll chest, giving ample
room for the vital organs; a uniform devel-
opement of all the parts, giving look of
strength and vigor, and by family antece-
dents. The ram should not only be all right
himself, but he should come from healthy,
vigorous families on both sides, else he NAV
have lurking in his system the germs of
weakness and disease, to be developed in
his stock. In choosing stock ram, size is
important. A large, roomy sheep makes
better breeder and nurse, carries heavier
fleece, and makes more mutton. We are of
the number who believe that the grade
merino, when properly bred, is a superior
mutton sheep, equal to any except the
South Down.


The fleece should be, in our opinion, free
from yolk, and the less oil the better
staple long; quality Of wool good medium
neither very fine nor very coarse. The
body should be well covered III all it's parts,
the under side having a good coat Of wool,
holding its length well down to the knee
and hook, and on the neck and head. 1t
really costs no more, and we believe, all
things taken into consideration, it costs
less to raise sheep that will shear six
pounds of we'll washed wool and 60 to
market at four years old, weighing a hun
dred and forty pounds, than to raise little,
black, greasy sheep that will hardly weigh
seventy and whose fleece, if well
washed, would hardly turn the scales at
four pounds. 1t does not pay for the wool
grower to give much attention to the de
Veiopment of fancy points. These should
he left to the breeder who expects to real
ize fancy prices.
Year: 1872

CHILDREN IN THE OTHER WORLD. Swe-
denborg has n chapter on infants in the
other life that is worthy of study. He
makes the happiness of Heaven consist in
uses, and each follows the occupation to
which their loves adapt them. Those who
have deep maternal love delight in moth
ING so much Us in the care of infants, and
to such angels, on their entrance into the
other lite. infant souls are assigned. BY
them they are nurtured and instructed,
till their minds expand to take in the in
etfable glories of the spiritual and celes-
tial. A mother could have dreamed this !;
to man it could not come except as a
reality. The mother can believe it-she
can appropriate it. Hence the riven heart
that turns from that little grave consolea
aye, it may be happy. She has given
her darling to other hands-to more care
full nurses than earthly mothcrs-to a hap
pier lot than could be theirs here. They
are not lost-only absent; not dead, or
even sleeping. Some day she will 90 to
them, and they will meet her and greet
her and love her on the other shore.
Year: 1872

A lady of large experience writes as fol-
lows: ''There is no absolute safety from
moths except in the absolute seclusion of
the miller. If put away early in the season,
before millers make their appearance, furs
can he kept in their own boxes without
danger of any kind, by simply pasting thin
paper closely around them. No aperture
must be left for the entrance of the miller,
although the paste need not touch the
boxes. To keep dresses, cloaks, etc, with
out crushing, suspend them near the upper
edge of the sheet, then lay another sheet
over, sew the two sheets together at the
edges, then sew loops at the upper edge of
this bag, and hang it up wherever You
please. Be careful that there is no hole
for the miller to enter. In order to secure
further safety, it is well to beat and brush
the furs and garments well before putting
them away, and if it is anything that can
be heated, it may not be amiSs to heat it
enough to destroy the eggs that may be al
ready laid.
Year: 1872

In this thinking and observing age new
ideas and discoveries are constantly being
made Known, many of which, if true, are
never after heard of, while others pass into
the treasury of established facts, when their
me. lit has been proven. We have just met
with the following paragraph in an ex-
change -


An intelligent and reliable farmer, who
has for many years been making expert
ments with corn, has discovered an impOr-
tance and value in repanted corn, which is
quite novel and worthy of publication. We
have always thought replanted corn was Of
little consequence, but this gentleman SAYS
it is of so much consequence, he replants,
whether it is needed or motor rather he
plants two or three weeks after the crop is
planted about every fifteenth row each
way. He says: If the weather becomes
dry during the filing time, the silk and
tassel both become dry and dead. In this
condition, if it should become seasonable
the silk revives and renews, but the tassel
does not recover. Then for want of pollen,
the new silk is unable to fill the office for
which it was designed. The pollen from
the replanted corn is then ready to support
the silk, and the filling is completed. He
mon in the corn crop, is caused by the want
of pollen, and that he has known ears to
double their size in the second filling.
Year: 1872

One of the best farms in Franklin County
is owned and managed hv two brothers,
whose locks are now ~iverch by many
years of honest Labor Their well-krpt
lands extend over hundreds Of acres in
cudng some of the most fertile pastures,
whore graAed in the Summer - or 50 head
Of cattie-oEe Of he best herds of Dtlr-
hams to be found in New England Hun
drcds of acres of woodland are covered
with Il heavy growth of timber, and in
stead of being pilaged and robbed by the


invading axe, are increasing in value every
year. Extensive orchards are in the best
bearing condition, and frequently con-
tribute over Il thousand dollars to the an
nual income. They own u aairv of some
twenty cows, and the golden butter pro-
duced is some of the best that finds its
way to the Boston market. Each of these
brothers has = family, and they reside IN
two grand old f,ii1-hutiots in close proN-
unity, beneath the spreading branches OF
magnificent elnS. But what seems Il lit
tle remarkable in this age of greed and
selliShneSs, is that the relations of the two
families are always most friendly and are
in the most perfect harmony. They share
everything in common. There is no !i-
vision OF The proceeds Of their we'll pay ing
farms. Either draws for the wants oi
himself and family, as the occasion re-
quires, without any particular consuta-
ton or with permission OF the other
There is Il confidence in and u reliance
upon the integrity Of each other that is rs
rare as it is beautiful If member Of
one household is sick, he on She is cared
for as tenderly by those from the neigh
boring house rs by those beneath the same
root. There is no finding Of tault because
some may think they are doing more than
their share of the common work. As the
wife OF one of the brothers is an invalid,
the management of the dairy has fallen to
the lot of the other; but this extra duty is
discharged as II matter OF course, and is
the source OF no unpleaSantness. Each OF
the brothers has Il son, and it is probable
that the grand old farm will be transmitted
to them still undivided, and that the same
pleasant family relationship will be con
timed tor another generation. We doubt
if Il like instance Of happy co-partnership
can be found in the country. Greenfield
Gazette.
Year: 1872

A most remarkable nciden for which
modern science has no satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION, came to our ear, Saturday. The
story needs no comment of ours save that
it came direct from the gentleman con-
cerned. This gentleman, a former resi-
dent of this city, some years ago moved
to Cincinnati and went into business there.
Some time since as he was on his way to
his place of business at his usual early
hour in the morning, when going past a
occasion to use, he distinctly heard voice
which said, "Go down this street, but,
not being of supersttious turn of mind,
he continued on his way for few blocks
when the impression grew SO strong that
he retraced his steps and went down the
street indicated by the voice. He had
gone but few rods when the voice again
said, $50 in there :" he looked and found
himself opposite a small third rate hotel.
Going into the bar-room which opened on
the street the first sight that met his aston
ished eyes was the bar keeper holding up
a coat of a peculiar cloth and color for the
examination of a small knot of idlers. He
at once recognized the coat as belonging
to a friend OF his whom he had last seen
here in Maine during a visit home. Upon
making inquiries, he found that his friend
lay dead in the house, and finding that
there was an evident disposition to plunder
the valuables and clothing of his dead
friend, he took charge of the body and
saw it properly buried, and the property
sent home to his mother. Had it not been
for his remarkable warning the dead man,
dying among strangers, might have gone
to the dissecting-room of the medical col
lege, and his effects to healtless thieves.
What makes the story the more wonderful
is that this gentleman had no idea that his
friend was in the city. Our spiritual friends
will have no difficulty in explaining these
facts but the sceptical will. Bangor
Commercial.
Year: 1872

/ lay my tasks down one by one,


sit in the silence iii twiieht's grace;
Out of the shadow soft and dun,


Steals like star my baby's face.
Mocking cold are the worlds poor Joys,
How poor to me all its pomp and pride
In my lap lie the baby's idle toys.


In this very room the baby died.
l will shut these broken toys away


Under the lid where they mutely bide;
l will smile in the face of the noisy day.
just rs if baby had never died.
l will take up my work once more,


As if had never laid it down;
Who will dream that | ever wore


MotherhoOd's fine and holy crown.
Who will deem my life ever bore


Fruit the sweeter in grief and pam;
The fitting smile that the baby wore
Outraged the light of the loftiest brain.
I'll meet the man in the worlds rude din
Who hath Outlived his mothers kiss,
Who hath forsaken her love for sin


| will be spared her pang in this.
Mans way is hard and sore beset;


Many must fall, but few can win,
Thanks, dear shepherd My lamb is safe
Safe from sorrow and safe from sin.
Nevertheless. the way is long.


And tears heap up in the light Of the sun
I'd give my world for a cradle-song,


And kiss from baby-only one.
Year: 1872

HARD ON THE SHEEP. Sheep in Colorado
have long fecces in which the dust and
mud of the summer accumulate. Then
seeds of grass are waited into them by the
wind When the rains of winter fall, the
grass sprouts and thousands of sheep are
now to be seen on the plains, carrying their
pastures on their backs.
Year: 1872

Saturday afternoon a boy about eleven
years Of age, while crawling along the
leads Of house on Third street, near Bry-
ant. for the purpose Of clearing the OBJ
strnctions in the water pipe, slipped and
rolled over the edge of the root In his
desperate efforts to save himself, he sue
ceeded in grasping the raised edging of
wood and tin that bordered the roof, and
50 hung, suspended by his hands, fort V
feet above the street. utterly unable to re-
gain his footing. The accident was wit
messed by a woman on the opposite side
walk and her screams brought at once to
her side three men. who saw, with horror
and alHaZement, the predicament of the
poor boy, who, without Il cry or struggle,
was hanging over certain death, with only
the frail grip of his weak hands. They ran
across the street into the house and up
stairs toward the attic, when, as they
reached the second story. sudden thought
struck the last man, and he left his COM
panions to 90 without him. Underneath
where the boy was hanging, is a small
old-fashioned porch, which projects out
about three feet from under the center
window of the second story, and out of
this window the woman on the opposite





a man step on the porch and look up. AS
he stood he was Immediately under the
boy, but too close to the house tor his ap-
parent purpose, the boy hanging just over
the railing; he stepped over the latter,
and with his feet resting on the edge of
the platform Of the porch and one hand
grasplng an iron support, he waited. In
the meantime the othertwo men had reach
ed the roof, and were descending, when
they discovered the impossibilty of reach
ing the boy in safety and one of them call
ed for rope. Before any one could move
to the aid of the exhausted boy, he with
a shrill cry let 60 his hold and tell. AS he
approached the man on the porch, the lat
ter WAS seen to reach out his tree arm un-
der him, and then the boy was grasped
by him. A cry of horror went up from
the crowd rs the man was seen to stagger
and swing around the end of the porch
with his load but his hand held Its grip
on the iron, and a moment afterwards he
carried the boy through the window and
turned him over to his mother, who had
only JUS realized that something was
wrong The name of the man whose pres
ence of mind enabled him to save a life.
and whose courage made him forget the
risk of losing his own, is Clmpbell
Williams. [San Francisco Paper.


There are in this world two kinds OF
natures-those that have wings and those
that have feet-the winged and the walk
ing spirits. The walking are the logicians
the winged are the instructive and poetic.
Natures that must always walk find many
a bog, many a thicket, many tangled
brake, which Gods happy little winged
birds fit over by one noiseless flight
Nay, when a man has toiled till his feet
weigh too heavily with the mud of earth
to enable him to walk another step, these
little birds will often cleave the air in a
right line toward the bosom of God, and
show the way where he could never have
found it. Mrs. Stowe.
Year: 1872

A RAMBUNCTIOUs Cow. A Kansas pa
per's cow obituary says "Therc is not a
farm wagon in the county that she has not
stolen something out of; not a gate in town
that she has not opened; and the stones
that have been thrown at her would make
five miles of turnpike"
Year: 1872

If young lady wishes young gen.
tleman to kiss her, what papers would
she nention2 No Speculator, no OBJ
server, but as many Times as you like.
We wish 70 add that she would like it
done with Dispatch, no Register or Jour
nal kept Of it, and for him not TO Herald
it, or mention it to Recorder, nor
Chronicle It abroad. Her lips should
be the only Repository, and the Sun
should be excluded as much as possible.
If Messenger got it the World would
soon know it, for News arc now carried
by Telegraph where il was formerly done
by the Courier, who was always ready to
Gazette il IN the act, the Press upon
her lips should be light and the Union
perfect-that is our STANDARD for kiss
ing-hrst assuring ourselves that no
Argus eye was upon Us, aud the only
Reflector present The Mirror.
Year: 1872




A boil is generally very small at first,
and fellow hardly notices IL bat in a
few days it gets to be the biggest Of the
two, and the chap that has it is of very
little account in comparison with his
boil. which then has him." Boils ap-
pear mysteriously upon various portions
Of the human body, coming when and
where they " darn please. and often in
very inconyenient places. Sometimes q
SOLITARY boil is the sum total of the
affliction, but frequently there is a
rubishin' lot of emit to help the first
one. Ifa boil comes anywhere on a per-
son, that person always wishes it had
come somewhere else, although il would
puzzle him to tell just exactly where


Some persons call them damboils,"
but such persons are addicted to profan-
lty, the proper name being boil. If q
chap has a boil he generally has a good
deal of sympathy from others--"in a
horn. " Whoever asks him what ails him
laughs at him for his pains to answer,
while many unfeeling persons make
game Of his misfortune, or boil. II is
very wicked to make fun Of persons with
boils; they cannot help it, and often feel
very bad about it. Physicians don't
give boil patients very much satisfaction
as general thing. although young ply
sicians just beginning to practice are
fond-oi trying their lances on them.


Boils are said to be " healthy, and,
Judging from the way they take hold and
hang on and ache and burn and grow
aud raise Cain generally, there is no
doubt they are healthy and have strong
Lcsnstitutions. si 7oaeo 1,Igai7


They are generally very lively and
playful at night. and it is very funny to
see chap with good large one, pros
pecting around his couch for place
where his boil will ftin without hurt
ing" Boils tend to purify the blood"
strengthen the system, calm the nerves,
restrain the profanity, tranquilize the
spirits, improve the temper and beautify
the appearance, A


They are good things for married men
who spend their evenings from home, as
they give them an opportunity to rest
their night keys, and get acquainted
with their families. II is said that boils
save the patient it of sickness" but
if the sickness is not the best to have,
itmust be an all fired mean thing. 1t
is also said that person is better after
having them. Many distinguished per.
sons have enjoyed these harbingers of
good health. Job took the premium at
the county fair for having more achers
under cultivation than any other person.
Shakespeare had them, and meant boils
when he said, Zone woe doth tread upon
another's heels, SO fast they follow."6
Year: 1872

ticn which enters INTO the whole matter of the
struggle in Cuba and the financial embarrass-
ments of Spain. That Is the attitude of the
United States and tho civilized world gen.
orally with regard to slavery and the produc-
ton of slave labor. Spain is unwilling or
afraid to abolish slavery in Cuba, because
that might make the island improbable and
give encouragement to the revolution. The
people and government of the United States
have abolished slavery and elevated the negro
to the rights of citizens, and are bound to use
every means possible to carry out the same
policy in this hemisphere. Spain will not
listen to any representations or pleadings Of
our government. What then, should be
done? Evidently the policy is to lay an
embargo upon the slave productions of Cuba,
and especially upon sugar, the most impor-
tant production of the island. Nearly seventy
per cent of the slave sugar production Of
Cuba, to say nothing of tobacco and other
productions, come to the United States;
consequently we are indirectly the sup
porters Of slavery. A very high duty
or prohibition of slave-grown sugar
in our markets would destroy the re-
sources Of Spain and do much to secure the
Independence of Cuba Will our republican
administration and Congress, which have made
the negro free and given him equal rights here,
hesitate to strike this blow at slavery in Cuba
There would be no cause of war in that; nor
would there be In recognizing the Cubans as
belligerents. A great principle is involved
both with regard to slavery and the right Of an
American people to self-government This
we regard as the most important foreign ques-
ton which General Grant and our republican
Congress will have to deal with, and the Ameri-
can people will not be satisfied unless it be dis
posed of in accordance with Justice, humanity
and public sentiment. Slavery in Cuba must
be destroyed, as elsewhere in the world,
and the principle Of republican self-govern-
ment ought to be sustained in this hemisphere.
In this matter the administration and Congress
will be held responsible.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are tho
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
happncss, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes n weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the me !sncholy reflection that the happiness OF
annthe is hlighted with our own
Year: 1872

Who have injured themselves by q certain prac
ticc already described, habit frequently learn
ed from evil companions or AT school, the effects
OF which are nightly felt, even when asleep, and
destroys both mind and body, should apply i'm
mediatey.


What q pity that young man, the hope OF
his country, the pride Of his parents, should be
snatched from all prospects and enjoyment of
life by the consequence OF deviatlng from the
habits Such persons must before contemplate
ing