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Year: 1872

REMEMBRANCE THE following sto-
ry comes from Kentucky: About 25
years ago young man from Kentucky
took a horseback ride to Virginia,
where his father came from, and on
his way he met a man and his family
removing West, who were so poor as
to be almost reduced to starvation.
He had compassion on the wretched
group and gave them a twenty dollar
bill with which to reach their jour
ney's end. In about fifteen years the
young man received a letter from the
man he had befriended, saying he was
a prosperous merchant in Southern
Kentucky, and enclosing a twenty
dollar bill to pay his loan. After an
other ten years, which included the
great rebellion and its termination, he
was elected to the lower house of
the Kentucky Legislator, and being a
man or talent and influence, was
chosen Speaker, in the contest for
which he had noticed that a stranger,
and one of the other party was his
strongest supporter. His curiosity
was aroused by this and he asked the
mans motive, as he never had, to his
knowledge, seen him before, "Sir,"
replied the member, "you will recall,
when I mention it, little scene that
occurred when you were boy on
your way to Virginia. 1t was you
who saved my wife from starvation.
She told me time and again, that new
er did a morsel of food taste so sweet,
so unutterably delicious, as that you
gave them. She was just SIX years
old at that time, but when she saw
your name during the late canvass,
among the prominent probable candi
dates for the Speakership, she laid
down the law as to how | was to vote.
This is ALL Neither she, nor her faith
er and mother, brother and sisters,
nor myself, can ever forget you"
Year: 1872

Now is the time of year when il


is customary to write something


autumnal. Our readers expect it,


and we shall do our sad duty in


the matter to the best of our


ability. We don't do it for pleas.


ure, because it is SO sad; and we


don't do it for profit. because


there is no profit in it. Bryant


said that these are the saddest


days of the year, and Bryant


wouldn't lie sbout thing that is


SO sad. The gates Of summer are
closed, and strongly bolted by the
chilling blasts. Mr.. Jackson


Frost has commenced daubing
every fence and board pile with


his silver paint, and the song Of
the mosquito has died away like
drowsy tinkling of the distant
COW bell. The long, sweet walks
of gentle lovers beneath the soft
silvery light of the moon have
shrunk up into tedious droning
before the Pickering fire in the
closely blinded parlor, and the old
man grows because firewood and
coal are so dear. The little birds
have ceased their twit.ering, and
the breath of the flowers scent the
gale no more. A little chill stirs
the scar leaf on the tree, and it
falls dead to the ground. "Going,
going, gone," are the silent words
that Nature heralds from every
These are types of our
own going, to push US to the sad
thought that we to will soon be
gone, and that somebody else will
be pressing for gold these crowded
streets, considerably less than a
hundred years to come. This is
the sad lesson of Autumn. "Nev-
was Poe's glooniest word,
but that is harsh by the eide of
the mild melancholy of the bold
words, "Going, going,
gone" when cast and colored by
the sad, tender influences of the
falling year. Let US sh.cd a tear.


P,S.-Thhis is also the very sad
season when people bottle cider
and grind sausage.
Year: 1872

The Macon Telegraph reports
that when the Radical Convention
Of the Sixth district was about to
adjourn sine die, the Hon. Mark
Curry rose to ''de pint of order"
and wanted to know ''if de people
of de State of Bibb was represent
ed in de motion, and who was
sine die any how? He had never
learned of that candidate before"
Year: 1872

! "A strong mind is sometimes
more easily impressed than
a weak one. For example, you
cannot as easily convince a fool
that you are a philosopher, as
youcan a philosopher that you
are a fool. .sr
Year: 1872

A Colorado man, a few days
since turned out bis two horses,
tied together with rope around
the neck of each. The next day
one OF them came home drraging
the head of the other. The last
heard of the owner he was. wan.
dering over the prairie, saying he
supposed the id animal was
dead somewhere" That is just
like some men. They always
jump to conclusions without wait
ing Tor evidence.
Year: 1872

The English journals mention
case where a milk dealer, on a
second conviction for diluting
milk with water, was not only
fined but required, in accordance
with the provisions of special
law, to pay the cost of notice in
a leading paper, giving full ac.
count OF the transaction.
Year: 1872

A farmer out West bought a
new cook stove, held a funeral in
his horse, had new door hung,
hired a new cook, and had thirty
new panes of glass put in the win.
dOws all in the same day. The
day before his "help" tried to light
q fire in the cook stove with coal
oil. j,
Year: 1872

Land intended for oats, Spring
wheat or to be stocked down in March
should be plOwed this fall. Every
well experienced farmer knows that
there is profit always gained by get
ting in the above named crops early,
in fact that the yield at harvest time
depends almost wholly upon this, and
they also know that grain may be
sOWn days and weeks earlier upon
fall plowed land than upon that which
Is turned in the Spring.


Flowing may be done better now
than at the close Of winter, for the
team is in better condition fer the
work than It will be in March OF
April, and more time may be given
to doing a good job. Good plowing is
one Of the most important prerequi-
sites in grain growing.


Soil turned over now will be bene-
fitted BY the pulverizing effect Of the
frost, viii expose the larve of injuri-
Gus vermin to the merciless ice finger
of winter, and seeds which germinate
now will be killed outright, thus rid
ding the soil of an obstinate enemy to
the husbandman.


Ifland intended for spring crops re-
curing manure, we should give a
coating this fall after plOwing. The
fertilizing qualities viii be taken up
by the soil and returned.-OhtO Far
meT.
Year: 1872

The following interesting anecdOte Is
told in a recent volume of travels. A
German cavalry soldier and his horse
were captured in the fight at La
Bourget and taken off with other pris-
oners. Three days after the fight
they were halted for the night in q
village. The poor fellow WAS sitting
near the window thinking how he
might escape, while his noisy captOrs
around the fireplace were lulling
themselves with wine. Suddenly he
hears in the streets the neighing of 4
horse. His soul is trembling and his
blood stops for a moment. No doubt
it is his brave steed, that had broken
loose from q shed where she had been
placed, and is in search of her mas
ter. One of the panes of the window
was replaced by paper boring with
his finger a hole in it, he lays his
meuth to the opening, calling eau
tiOusly and cOaxingly, Lizzie, Lizzie
A joyous neighing is the reply, and
Lizzie is close to the window. In a
moment the whole frame of the case
ment is smashed, and before the tip
piers know what is the matter he is
outside and on the bareback Of his
faithful mare 1t is as if the sagac-
ious mare knew that the life of her
master was at stake, for she runs off
like whirlwind and jet she is not
urged on by spurs or byridle, for the
franc-tiTeurs have taken the boots off
the ride, and the bride is hanging by
the saddle in the shed. Shots are
fired after them, and bullets fly past
their ears without stopping the horse.
The hussar does not know the way,
but Lizzie remembers it, and after
thirty-fve hours both arrive at the
OutpOst,Of La BOurget, dead beat but
happy 10 be again among their COM
rades.
Year: 1872

A friend Of mine told me a story
little while ago which interested me
so much that 1 want to tell it to all
my little friends. This gentleman
owned a fine horse, which was very
fond Of him, and would come from the
pasture at the sound Of his voice, and
follow him about like dog. Well, at
one time the horse became lame and
was Obliged to stay in his stable and
not be used for many weeks, and 1t
was during this time that Mr.. G. be-
came interested to see how much the
horse knew and how kind his sympa-
thies were. An old cat had made her
nest upon the scaffOld just above the
horses manger, and laid there her lit
tie family of five kittens, to bring
them up under good tuition, I sup
pose. She and the horse got on nice
" for some days. She jumped down
into his manger and went of for food,
and, then came back and leaped up TO
her kittens again. But one morning
she rolled into his manger, with her
foot bleeding, and badly hurt, so that
she could scarcely crawl; but she
managed to leap away on three feet
and get her breakfast, but when she
came back she was entirely unable TO
get to her kittens, and what do you
think she did? (My friend happened
to be there at the time and saw this
done.) She lay down at the horses
feet, and mewed and looked up sever
al times, till at last Pony, seeming to
understand her wants, reached down,
| took the cat in his teeth and tossed
/ her up on the seaffOld to her kittens


who, I doubt not, were glad enough tC
| see her. This Mr.. G. told me he saw
! repeated morning after morning.


I Kit would roll of into the manger


20 and get her breakfast, come back


and be tossed up to her family by the
/ kind horse, who must have under


stood cat language, and been willing


t. listen to it. And do not such les


sons teach US, dear children, If hOrse'
and cats are kind TO each other il
trouble, children who know 50 muct
l-more ought certainly to be more ten
der TO each OtLer, and very thought


suI Of dumb animals
Year: 1872

Always attend to checking yourself.
II you feel like swearing at the bag
gage-master, check yourself. If you
haven't a trunk full Of clean clothes
to check, you at least should b. ade-
quate to a check shirt.


When you vacate your seat for ?
moment, leave a plug hat in your
seat. Some one will come along and
sit down on it, thereby preventing
your hat from being stolen.


Passengers cannot lay over for an
other train without making arrange
ments with the conductor. II man
has been on a "train" for week OrsO
no conductor should allow him to lay
over for another on any account.


Ladies without escort in travelling
should be very particular with whom
tbey become acquainted. They
needn't be so particular with those
with whom they are -acGHa4tst"ef


K-~y-ysuF IeEd and arms inside the
car windows, if you would keep your
head and "carry arms"


Never talk politics; it encourages
some 'nimshi" to take vote Of the


No gentleman will occupy more
than one seat at a time unless be be
twins.


A gentleman should not spit tobac-
co iuiee in the cars where there are
ladies. He can let drive out Of the
car window while the train is at a
station, if the platform is crowded.


Always show your ticket whenever
the conductor asks for it. If you get
out of humOr about it, don't show 1t.


Never smoke in a car where there
are ladies. Get the conductor 70 turn
the ladies out before lighting your
cigar.


Never use profaue language in the
car. Go out on the platform. Pro-
family is never thrown away on q
/ brakeman.


If you cannot sleep yourself do not
disturb the ''sIeepeTs."


Look out for pickpOekets. Pick
pockets are never in the car, you
know, as you have to look out foi
/ them.


Provide yoursef with sleeping berth;
before starting. No careful man vii
start out on a Journey without goOc
supply Of sleeping berths. n. B.
! Those put up in fiat bottles are th'
best, as they are easily carried in th'
pocket


Always be at the railroad station il
/ good time to take the train. Bette
/ be an hour too early than minut
too late, unless you are on your wa.
| TO be hanged.
Year: 1872

A correspondent of the Northwestern
F1rBler writes: To cleanse musty foul
casks, put in a quantity of unslacked
lime and then pour in boiling water un-
til the lime is Stacked. Put in the bung
and shake until the water and lime has
come in contact with every part of the
barrel. Let it stand six or eight hours,
empty out and smell the cask, and il
not clean repeat the operation, and
after having again emptied out the
lime, burn a strip of cloth dipped in
melted birthstone fastening by the
bung, and the cask must be foul in
deed, that can not be purified by this
process.
Year: 1872

Never eat much when fatigued; wal;
un til rested.


Never eat just before you expect to
engage in any severe mental or phys
ical exercise.


Never eat while in a passion, OF
when under great mental excitement
depressing or elevating-


Never eat just before takinga a bath
of any kind, or just before retiring Al
night.


Never eat between regular meals.
Year: 1872

A Jersey paper tells very interest
ing story of a little boy in that state.
He was climbing an apple tree, and
when on the tOpmOst limb he slipped
and fell to the ground. He was pick
Nv in an insensible condition. After
watching by his bedside during many
weary hours, his mother perceived
signs of returning consciousness.
Leaning over him, she asked if there
was anything she could do for him,
now that he began to feel better
Should she bathe his forehead, OF
change his pillow, or fan him? was
there anything he wanted? Opening
his eyes Ianguidly and looking at her
the little sufferer said: "Yes; / want
a pair of pants with pocket behind.'
He got them.
Year: 1872

The wOman's rights movement
must be making considerable head
way in England If we are to believe a
statement Of a London correspondent
Of the lScOtsmdn, who says that one
Of the leading lady advocates Of wo-
mans suffrage intends, at the next
general election, to offer herself as a
candidate for parliamentary hOnOrs
ia a popular constituency
Year: 1872

The Cincinnati Commercial, on be-
half of the Liberals, throws up the
sponge, in regard to the Presidential
contest by saying:


Taking yesterdays elections alto
gether, the conclusion is forced that
the luck of General Grant, in politics
as in war, is likely to be confirmed by
his reelection to the Presidency
The Liberal and Democratic Organi-
Eat on is notsO compact that it ear
Withstand the shock Of repeated de
feats.
Year: 1872

Next to the inquiry, What becomes of


the pins ! an interesting question would


be " hat becomes of the sons of success
fnl men? A few names and few firms
are in the hands Of the founders but


those are exceptions. The old name
and the old trade generally pass into the
haads- f-eshers-.Do you gee that man
shoveling in coal? Well. his children,
and children like his, will .jostle your
pampered sons and rule this land," said
an old New Yorker, the other day. The
old names have ceased in the pul pit


The famed men at the bar seldom have a
successor. The eminent jurists carry
their honors with them to the grave.
Merchant princes are obliterated. The
reason is clear. The fathers laid the ba-
sis of the business one way and the sons
another. Men who earned their fortunes
by hard work, BE- diligence that knew
sixteen hour toll by personal attention
that were their own book keepers, sales
men. cashiers and vften porters, are fol
lowed by sons who do as little as posi-
bic who delegate to others all the work
they can, and who know more of the road
than of the ledger. Famous hotel men
were gentlemen, men OF intelligence, men
who were the equals of the best in the
land, and who never sunk the gentlemen


in their trade Young men who fling the
example of their sires to the wind, find
i: easy to squander valuable name,
run through fortune quicker than it
was earned, and find themselves, while
young, at the point from which their IA
theirs started. One thing is quite marked
in New York 1t is the fact that the
heavy business is getting into the hands
of foreigners. The heavy importers, the
great bankers and much of the trade of
value is slipping out of the hands of
Americans, and the trade of England goes
into the power Of the Lombards Nee
York Letter TO Boston Journal
Year: 1872

There are at present about 80 600 peo-
pie at work in the South Africa diamond
fields. The diamonds were first discover
ed on the Fall river by the natives. but
the Doors, of the Dutch settlers, soon
left their farms and went to searching for
Jewels Numerous Adventures from Eng
land, and even from this country, have
been attracted to these wonderful fields,
and some of them have been so lucky as
to make fortunes. One of these men re-
lates that, after hunting for ten weeks
with several natives whom he had hired,
he found one diamond weighing half a
carat, and shortly afterwards another still
smaller. This dscouraging beginning
however, was the forerunner of wonderful
success Among many other stones he
found one which he sold in its rough
state in London for $4,000 The soil of
this portion of Africa is sandy or cover
ed with layer of rather coarse gravel
The diamonds are easily taken out, and
are of remarkable size and beauty.
Year: 1872

In the presence of all the mixed as
sembly Mrs. Catrax commenced reading
the letter.


.Mfs. Casrax halt rtuo-paees ses-isa
rear y he grow!ed out at those around
him, and then he stopped to whisper
something softly in the widows ear. To
prevent the letter being heard by the
crowd around him, SNOWFALL decided up
on accepting the situation. He danced
and promenaded with Mrs. Catrax that
night, but the next morning went to his
room and made two Intellectual attempts
at blowing out his brains. The shock
was too much for him, it cost him three
months illness, during all which time
the widow danced attendance npon Linn
To the overwhelming surprise of town
and country, Sergeant SNOWFALL and Mrs.
Catrax were united in wedlock on the
following Easter Sunday.
Year: 1872

A KNOWING lNsECT.-A correspon-
dent of New Y York paper relates touch
ing instance of insect instinct as follows {:
:" l found cockroach struggling in a
bowl of water. l took half peanut shell
for boat. l put him into it and gave
him two wooden tooth-picks for oars and
left him. The next morning | visited
him, and he had put a piece of white cot
ton thread on one of the toothpicks and
set the toothpick up on end as a signal
of distress He had hair Oh the other
tootbpick, and there that cockroach sat
fishing. The cockroach, exhausted,
had fallen asleep. The sight melted me
to tears. never had to chew leather to
get soul; | was born with one | took
that cockroach out, gave him spoonful
of Cruel, and left That animal never
forgot that act of kindness, and now my
house is chockfull of cockroaches.
Year: 1872

A considerate husband in Lawrence
Mass, bought some pills of a quack doe.
tor, and being apprehensive that they
might be poison, would not take them
himself, but his wife falling sick, he ad,
minstered them to her quite literally in
order to test their character. They did
no harm, and SO he told her all about it.
lie would have been wiser to have kept
his secret, for the lady is patiently wait
ing until he becomes i'll that she may
experiment. She proposes to find out
the virtue of the contents of numerous
mysterious bottles already purchased.
AS she is constantly adding to her stock,
the best thing the husband can do under
the circumstances is to get sick as soon
as possible; the earlier the less severe
the trial.
Year: 1872




God, who shields our noble land,
Spread DER Summit, vale and strand,
Holy hope and peace for all,
Hear this prayer, inspire the soul.
Be our faith as pure and true
As the heavens spotless blue,
And let charity abound
Everywhere-the world around,
Keep US peaceful, glad and free
Glorious in liberty !
Home of Freedom, ever grand,
God protect our happy land.
And as science shall ascend
Human errors to amend,
And as knowledge lifts the veil
Human follies to curtail,
And as thought in full array
Shall give action proper sway,
And as liberty of speech
Shall us virtues beauties teach,
So, o God let all rejoice,
And praise Thee with nations voice
Let US not by feeble bands
Bind TO US all other lands.
But let soul to soul be bound,
Uncontrolled by charts or sound,
Ger the earth, where man doth dwell,
Let our hearts in friendship swell.
Keep us peaceful, glad, and free,
Glorious in liberty.
Home of Freedom, our owr land,
God preserve thee ever grand
Year: 1872

There was a young man once in the
Office of a Western railway superintend-
ent. He was occupying a position that
four hundred boys in that city would
have wished to get. 1t was honorable,
and sit paid well" besides being in the
line of promotion. How did he get it
Not by having a rich father, for he was
the son of a laborer. The secret was
his beautiful accuracy. He began as an
errand boy, and did his work accurately.
His leisure time he used in perfecting
his writing and arithmetic. After awhile
he learned to telegraph. At each step
his employer commended his accuracy,
and relied on what he did because he
was just right.


And it is thus with every occupation.
The accurate boy is the favored one.
Those who employ men do not wish to be
on the constant lookout, as though they
we're rogues or fools. If carpenter
must stand at his journeyman's elbow to
be sure that his work is right, or if
cashier must run oyeiehis book keepers
column, he might as well do the work
himself as employ another to do it ia
that way; and it is very certain that the
employer will get rid of such an inaccu-
rate workman as soon as he can.
Year: 1872

Half the perplexity, annoyance and
trouble that men have in this world Is IN
consequence of getting into debt. 1t
seems to be natural for some people to
buy and incur obligations without meas
ure, SO long as they can avoid paying
ready cash. Give one of this sort a
chance to buy on credit, and the ques-
tons of price and conditions Of payment
are matters that he cares but little about.
But what a crop of trouble springs up
from the seed of debt. How many
sleepless nights result from IT. How many
gray hairs it brings, and how often 1t
shortens life-sometimes leading men to
commit suicide or murder Yet, how
easy thing it is to keep clear of this
terrible monster. Every young man
should form fixed an unalterable deter
before commencing his active
business career, not to incur one penny
of Indebtedness under any circumstances
Never borrow; never buy anything un-
less you have the money to pay for 1t
at once; pay 70 attention to splendid
bargains" "rare chan
ces. " and the like. Such affairs are only
the traps which debt sets to catch victims.
If you see anything you would like to
buy, or if any offer is made that you
would like to accept, look, first at your
money pile, and the answer depend up
on that Always pay as you go. Ii
YOU are short of money, you guagc your
demands accordingly. Foster habits of
economy, live within your means, buy
,o,b;,o that Won cannot properly afford
and you will 90 on through life free from
the miseries and troubles that ever beset
the path of the debtor.