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Year: 1872

The demand for Telegraph Operators
is constantly being increased by the num-
Der of new railroad and telegraph lines
which are being opeued up in the West
and South, thus making Telegraphy one
of the most profitable as we'll as most
pleasant employments in the country
To young persons Of either sex We offer
superior advantages to learn this art, as we
have short line expressly for learning,
also the benefit of practice on one of the
principle lines in the country. We shall
endeavor to procure situations for our
pupils as soon as competent. Terms $40
per month in advance.


ABBIE G.. VAUGHAN,


P & A Telegraph office, Troy, Mo.
aug1m3
Year: 1872

The editor Of the Herald, 20 years of
age, cast his frst vote yesterday for ma
tioual, state and county officers. He
begins to feel that he is almost as good
as q negro, in this model republic of ours
Year: 1872

Dear Dispatch: In behalf Of many mem.
bcrs aud earnest friends Of the State Agri-
cultural Society accept thanks for frankness
aud tidrlity in correcting some mistakes
and evils tending to injure the Society and
hinder its prosperity in future. Let me add
one suggestion Less irritahility and more
courtesy on the part Of the Secretary towards
those having business with him would have
Il good effect. Except to thank its member
have no connection with the press.


\ MEMBER.
Year: 1872

P.NSFUL AcCIpEST.-Ycstertlay afternoon
about ha!-past 4 O'Clock colored woman
named Jane Baker, from Amelia county,
while coming into the city from the Fair
Grounds was knocked from the track; run
over by the cattle train, and had both of her
legs cuL of below the knee. No blame is at
tached to the engineer or officers of the road.
The crowd has been very great ut the point
where the accident occurred, and otentmes
it was difficult to get the people out of the
way, though the Usual signals were given by
the engineer and others whose duty it was
to do so:
Year: 1872

ANOTHER AccIDEsT.-As the last train ar.
rived at the Fair Grounds last evening to
take return load so great was the rush to
get on board that young girl named Mag.
gle kinniry fell, and had her foot caught
between two Of the cars and badly crushed
Though very painful it was not serious
Nnllnl
Year: 1872

II you need anything In the way Of gentlemcn's
furnishing goods, drop In at 1900 Main street. where
you will find complete stock Of all that gentle-
man may need In the way of clothing.
Year: 1872

party has done. We think here that it's
work is not mpleted-th,tt u the issues grow
ing out of the late civil war are not all
settled and we cannot secede from party
that has such record 50 long as it has work
to be done. If Mr.. Greeley shall be the nom
inee Of the Philadelphia Convention we can
cheeriully support him. We acknowledge
he has great abilities and especially his valu-
able services in the Republican party ever
since it came into existence No man has
done more for that party than Horace Gree
ley We have no disposition ID abuse him or
undcTrate his past services bat there are
principles that We must adhere 20 which lie
below all personal and even party c)nsidora-
tions.


That there have been abuses under tie ad-
mlnlstratiJn of President Grant is NOT to be
denied and 80 there will be under admins
tratIons SO long as tais government shall
have an existence but il must be conceded
that as financial success the present admin
istration - without parallel in the history
Of the world. The national debt has been
paid of more rapidly than the most san
guine even dared u hope Tor.


We can support Grant, Greeley. or one Of
several other men st hav3 been named in
connection with the Presidency provided the
candidate assents to stand ON the platform
which shall be constructed under the prln-
ciples OF the Republican ltrty proper.
Year: 1872

FASHION AND HER WINS, - Fashion


has at length reached point in dictation


at which We rejoice, for its laws are not


COW simply for the mere apparel. A for


eign magazine has description of dress


of which It says, - with this costume the


mouth is to be worn slightly open" This


IS happy, for there are so many women


who do not know what % do with their
mouth, any more than timid young men


know what to do with their hands, and
minute directions of this sort, studied with
every style Of dress, will be very conve-
nient. 1t Is to be hoped that some cos
tunes viii require the mouth to be worn
shut, for the effect IN the street would be
anything but agreeable If every lady went
about with her mouth open. So much de-
pends upon expression, in combination
with costume, that the subject is worthy
Of study, The effect Of the prettiest dress
Is often spoiled by a sour expression Of the
face, aud as expression IS simply an affair
Of the muscles, It can be prevented by the
artistic dressmaker We are very anxious
to see, by the way. what women will be
like when the Worths and other artists
have finished with her She is already,
with her three story hat, panier built up
ike a dome, high heels and fascinating
wiggle walk, creation of great interest,
aud if she &" wears her mouth slightly
open" there viii be no resisting her. If,
now. she we're to nearly close her eyes, and


if it is not irreverent, 60 it blind" we
could suggest nothing more. Weshould say,
however, that these fashions are not uni
yersal. The women in Lancashire, Eng
and, are driven into still stranger apparel.
they often put on the coarse clothes of
he miner, and work at the mouth of the
Dit with pick and shovel. They also
engage in the heavy work of the farm, and
are employed on the canal barges harness
and lead the horses, and take their turn at


he helm, and help to load the vessel.
These girls are rough 10 manner and coarse
n language, but honest and industrious.
They take their pint of beer, and enjoy
her pipes, and never grumble. The
question of how to wear the mouth has
lot yet got down to them.--Hartord
CouraHt.
Year: 1872

His marriage, as We have seen, had dou-
bled his estate, increasing the number of
his slaves to more than eighty and the
profits of his profession had added three
thousand acres to his paternal farm. There
had gathered about him, too. on his noun
tain-top. including his own family. his
sisters brood, his mother ana brother. his
Italian gardeners, the mechanics employed
on his house, and his overseers, q patriarch
al household OF thirty-iour persons. His
presence at home was peculiarly needed at
all times. for his wife was not one Of those
robust ladies of the Old Dominion. who
could conduct a plantation as well as their
husbands; and she was generally absorbed
in nourishing a life more feeble than her
own. 1t was for such reasons, rs we may
presume, that he now withdrew from q
profession that compelled him to be long
absent from Albermarle He cit himself
strong enough to trust his future to glori~
Gus agriculture. and the manly, homely,
arts that facilitate agriculture lie might
build a mill for his own and his neighbors
grain he might keep a few boys at work,
making nails for his country he might
convert some of his wood into timber and
! little of his clay into bricks but hence
forth to the end of his days he derived
the greatest part of his revenue from the
culture of the soil He was farmer, as
his fathers had been before him.


At a time when busy and capable men
shrink from public office with feeling re-
sembling horror, it may be well to note,
that few persons have ever performed
public duty at such a sacrifice OF personal
feeling and private interest, as Thomas
Jefferson. Even in old and highly organ
lied communities, the head of such a
household can be i'll spared; butin Virginia,
in a remote country, in a region where
Year: 1872

| trained labor did not exist, and where


men of much capacity could seldom BE-.
hired at all, and never for long, wheI e
rudest men titled new soil with rud, .st
implements, and those men were sla, ses,
nothing but the masters eye could pre- vent
the most reckless waste and ruinous mis-
management Every frontier plantation
was, Of necessity, a little kingd om, in
which the master had to furnish th whole
daily requirement of authority a nd guild
ance. If wood-chopper broke a leg or
bl0Od-vessel, it was Jefferson who was
summoned and if the baby had the mea-
sles, it was Jefferson who must prescribe.
When the dam gave way, or wheelbarrow
broke down if a shop caught fire, or the
lettuce was nipped by the frost if the
cattle got into the wheat, or the smallpox
into the negro quarter 1t was still the
master who had to furnish brain and nerve
for the emergency. There was never
period, during his public life when lie had
not reasons for remaining at home, which
most men would bave felt TO be sufficient
From the Atlantic Monthly for Mau.
Year: 1872

The OLD Beethoven
was in the habit of playing his symphonies
ou an old harpischord as q test. They
would thus be made to stand out in their
true character, with nothing to hide their
faults, or exaggerate their beauties If
then they commended themselves TO his
ear, they were good and might safely be
sent forth to the world.


Thus wisely may we test our character,
endeav0ring to ascertain how it manifests
irseif-not on great and rare occasions, or
before the public eye, where there is a
chance tor display AMI applause, but in
private, in the little, homely, everyday
duties, Which attract no particular at
tentiou. and reward Us with no praise.


Ii. ia the retired nook of your own
breast, in the regulation of your thoughts
and feelings; if in the bosom of your
family. in the monotonous round of home
life each day, you preserve a sweet, serene
temper, and 90 forward cheerfully, taking
a real pleasure in duty as duty, and in all
these little matters honestly strive to serve
and please the heavenly Master if, in &
word, your pjety sounds well on such an
harp, and there, it is good,
genuine, tested it vii. one day win ae-
clamatiou from q vaster and nobler throng
than ever was thrilled by the genius of
BeethOven.-AmeriCa Messenger
Year: 1872

\ DELIGHTFUL LEGEND.-There Is a
charming tradition connected with the site
on which the Temple of Solomon was erect
ed. 1t Is said to have been occupied 10
common by two brothers, one of whom
had a tamily-the other had none. On
this spot was sown a field of wheat. On
the evening succeeding the harvest-the
wheat having been gathered in separate
shOckS-the elder brother said to his wife :
" My younger brother is unable TO bear
the burden and heat Of the day | will
arise, take Of my shocks, aud place with
his without his knowledge The Younger
brother being actuated by the same be-
nevolent motives, said within himself
3" Ny elder brother has family, and
have none. will arise, take of my shocks,
and place with his"


Judge Of their mutual astonishment, when
on the following day, they found their re
spective shocks uudiminished. This course
OF events transpired for several nights
when each resolved in his own mind to
stand guard and solve the mystery
They did so when, on the following night
they met each other half way between
their respective shocks, with their arms
full. Upon ground halIowed by such as
s0ciations as this, was the Temple of Sol
Omon erected-sO spacious and magnificent
the wonder and admiration of the world
A.as in these days, how many would
sooner steal their brothers whole shock,
than add 10 1t a single sheaf.
Year: 1872

There is now and then a person so
stupid as to believe that advertisements
in the newspapers are not generally read,
and that money expended in advertising
is practically wasted. Even such will
concede that if a hundred men of polite
address, of fluent speech and ready wit
were to call daily or weekly each upon
hundred others and get the ears of
each long enough to say j. Smith, or
Jones, or Thompson at such place. has
such and such goods at such prices, or
would sell farm, or house and lot, or
has lost horse, or pocket book, or
would loan money, etc.,-we say such
men will concede that the services of
this one hundred men would be of great
value to Smith or Jones, and in some
measure advantageous to the party to
whom this statement was made. This
hundred men could not be employed to
90 from door to door and make this state
ment to ten thousand people at less than
cost of several hundred dollars each
trip. All this is done by the newspa-
pers at cost of a few shillings, or few
dollars at most, and the visits are made
week after week, day after day. The
messenger who travels addresses him.
self to the ear and takes the party adj
dressed when he may have his thoughts
absorbed in business or other matters !;
but the newspaper reaches the party
sought through the eye, and when the
reader has his thoughts solely fixed upon
the paper before him.


But those who affect to believe that
there is little use in advertising, urge
as an objection that advertisements are
not read. They can be easily convinced
of their error in this respect by making
inquiry, Let them insert an advertise
ment offering to purchase some article
that is tolerably plenty in the market,
and they viii be flooded with offers to
sell before the ink of the advertisement
is dry. An enterprising weekly that
has circulation of one, two. or three
thousand copies. is in position to do
the village merchant great good, and for
which, as rule, the publisher does not
get one-fourth of what he justly deserves.
In Its sphere the weekly is Of quite as
much service to the advertiser as is the
daily, and oftentimes it enjoys the priv
ilege of being the exclusive family Wis
itor, privilege the daily seldom has
Union and Adcerttser, Rochester. ~ 7,
Year: 1872

SHORT OF MEAT.-A Deacon being in
a neighboring town on Saturday, fell in
with travelling minister and invited him
to come to his town and preach next Sun
day. and to his house to dinner. So
Sunday morning the deacon told his fam
lily that the minister would be there to
dinner, and, as they were out of meat,
told his hired boy to 60 to a certain place
by the side of the road, and dig out a
woodchuck that was supposed to have
burrowed there, and they would have
him for dinner. While the boy was dig
ging away at the woodchuck hole, the
minister came along, on his way to preach.
On seeing the boy thus digging, he haul
ed up and accosted him with:


"Well, my son, what are you doing
there ?''


Digging out woodchuck, sir" said
the boy.


"Why, but don't you know that it is
very wicked +? and besides, you won't
get him if you dig for him on Sunday. >


"Git i'm y said the boy. Thunder
I've got to git i'm; the minister's com.
ing to our house to dinner, and we AIM
got any meat
Year: 1872

The Treasury Department received on
Saturday the Cuban flag taken from the
priyateer Pioneer and forwarded by the
captain of the Moccasin, which captured
her. The flag is composed of five alter
nate bars of white and dark blue bunt-
ing with white star in the red. trian-
gular-shaped ground of like material.
Year: 1872

There is nothing more common than
the assertion that the women of this day
and generation are so extravagant in
dress, and SO helpless in other respects,
that none but rich men can afford to
marry. Foolish people are constantly
iterating this charge against the women
of the present day, and every time
man fails in business these people take a
mental inventory of his wife's wardrobe
and cry out, "What pity he was ruined
by his wifes extravaganza. No account
is taken Of his club expenses, or his un-
necessary restaurant bills, or his fast
horses, or the vanity which prompted
him to buy bigger and finer house than
he needed; nor of his wardrobe, for
which he paid two prices, because they
were made by celebrated artist tailor"
The man may have gambled his money
away, or lost it in reckless stock spec
ulation, for all anybody knows. And if
his wife has been as extravagant as he,
the fault is usually his, so long as the
fact remains that any proper man can
lovingly control the course of any proper
wife. Women are often extravagant
The fact cannot be denied. But that
they are more so than men is by no means
true. AS rule every woman wishes to
live within the means of her husband s
income, and In nine families out of ten
all the economizing done at all is done
by the wife.


This constant iteration of the charge
against woman, however, has secured a
kind of passive acceptance of the theory
and nothing is more common now than
for young men with salaries of one OF
two thousand dollars year to lament
their inability to marry, because women
are so extravagant. One of these has
recently told the public through the
newspapers how it takes all his income
to support him, which he states is two
thousand dollars year, but after look.
ing over his bill of items we find that il
takes fifty-two dollars worth of perfum.
cry every year to keep him sweet, We
therefore, quite agree with him that he
should not marry. A woman weak
enough to marry such youth would
probably give him trouble even with &
much larger income than his to draw
upon.


The truth is men want to live in {
more costly style than their income viii
allow. They hire houses they canno
afford nn1 I.,-- e-.-...:s.----- ,L1--~-l--l :,
means, and live in a style, generally
they cannot maintain. Their wives
knowing less than them of the depths O
the purse at command, accept the hus
bands estate of their ability to ive,ant
they dress as their lords clearly wisl
them to do. And then the crash comes
as come it must to all so living, and poo
Charles Augustus is commiserated, Will
his wife's shoulders is burdened wit
the blame.
Year: 1872

CURIOSITY SATIsFIED.-The curiosity
of a young lady was thoroughly satisfied
at Little Falls the other day. She visit
ed telegraph Office and there saw
pair of handouts, left by an officer who
had gone to Syracuse. She put them
upon her wrists and they fitted well, and
so she snapped them together and there
they were. There was she, moreover.
for when she tried to get them off they
wouldn't unsnap. Various entreaties
were made to friends and acquaintances
in the vicinity, but they couldn't assist
her. Keys were tried in vain. Tears
and explanation points were used in pro-
fusion, but the inexorable bracelets re-
mained fixed. Finally telegraph mes
sage was sent to the officer at Syracuse
to ''come back. quick speedily followed
by another of like tenor. He returned
as soon as possible, and after being
prisoner several hours the young lady
was released. She has, it is said, no
especial desire for further experience of
any. kind. She is hardly able to appear
in company.


RECEIPT FOR MAKING TATTLERs.-
Take handful of the weed called Run
about, the same quantity of root called
Nimble-tongue, a sprig of the herb Back
bite, tablespoonful of Dont-you tell-it,
and six drachms of Malice, and a few
drops of Envy. Stir them well together,
and simmer them for half an hour over
the fire of Discomfort, kindled with
little Jealousy. then strain it through
the rag of Misconeeption, and cork it up
in the bottle of Malevolence and hang
upon skein of Street Yarn; shake it
occasionally for few days. and it will
be tit to use. Let a few drops be taken
before walking out, and the subject will
be enabled to speak all manner of evil
and that continually. t8t


Having an abiding faith in the axiom
that nothing was created in vain, we
have long sought for an apology for the
existence of those wretched little Great.
ures known as poodle dogs, and at last
we have found out their uses. A lady
who kept one of the curly denominations,
recently lost her pet, and called upon a
policeman to find it. The next day the
officer came with the dog, which was
very wet and dirty. The lady was over.
joyed. and asked forty silly questions ;
among others,


baby ?''


"Why, marm," replied the officer, ''a
big niger up in Sullivan street had him
tied to a pole, and was washing windows
with him.
Year: 1872

A few days ago, says an ex-
change, a lady from a neigh
boring village called at one Of
the stores, and meeting the
proprietor with evident aston.
ishment, said:,. why, do you
keep store yet? l thought you
had gone out Of the business,
for | have not seen your adver;
tisement in the paper for over
a year now.' This was a poser
for the storekeeper and he con,
cluded to try the benefit of
advertising again. This lady
is only one of a large class who
look to their papers for infor-
nation regarding persons with
whom they deal, and many a
good customer is lost through
mistaken economy of those
who can see no benefit in ad.
vertisirg.
Year: 1872

HELD HER OWN The
townsville Tribune relates the
following: We are told of 6
wellto.do merchant of Warsaw
invited a young lady of the
same place 60 take a short bug.
gy ride with him on Thursday
of last week. The young lady
consented, and they started in
the direction of the railroad de.
pot. While on the road the
young blood proposed getting
married before returning, The
fair one consented, and they
accordingly took the cars for
Hornesville, where they ar.
rived about two o'clock on Fri.
day morning. They went to a
hotel, and the intended groom
called for room with a bed
in it, and then informed the
young lady that he had secur.
ed private apartments for
themselves, and wished to re.
tire.


But she couldn't see it from
where she was; she politely
told the gallant that she guess.
ed she would be married a lit,
tie firstp The poor man beg.
,ged to postpone the ceremony
till daylight, but was no use,
she would be married then and
there or return home on the
next train, which left within
thirty minutes. So, rather than
blast all his bright hopes and
anticipations, he was forced to
toddle up town and arouse a
sleeping divine, and with the
assistance of number of board.
ers for witnesses, they were
put into condition to take a
private room. Then the fair
bride concluded she would
rather go home, and they ac-
cordingly went-back to War.
within an hour afterthey
had arrived in town.
Year: 1872

To three bushels Of coal ash.
es, -sifted very fine, add one
.bushel of very fine gravel. Add
water to these, and mix them
until they become about as soft
as mortar. Spread over the
walks, the surface of WHICH
should previously be slightl y
broken and raked smooth and
even, spreading it with a piece
of board. 1t will become hard
in q few DAYS.
Year: 1872

The New York Tribune
says: "The salient point in
the French Arms scandal is
that the Government Afmories
were employed by General
Grant to manufacture cart
ridges for the use.of the French
in the aggressive war they
opened in 1870 against the Ger
mans. There are other start
ling features about it. But
this is one point which is adj
mitted by all sides.
Year: 1872

The Register in it's insane efforts to
defeat Harlan and elect its latest
choice for Senator, is striking right
and left, without regard to the truth.
Its latest effort in this direction is to
charge that Postmaster Hamilton
and Supervisor Hedrick were ap-
pointed a.. hostile to Representative
Walden. When it is considered that
they were both appointed about q
month before Mr.. Walden became q
member Of Congress and that they
both received the unanimous support
of the entire Iowa delegation, it will
be seen that in this, as well ~ in it,
other Senatorial gatherings, the
Register is utterly unworthy Of Gre
dence.
Year: 1872

The Congressional Committee on


Rstrenchment and Reform is in ses-
sion in New York in regard to sup
posed irregularities in the Custom
House in that city. Horace Greeley
and Whitelaw Reid Of the Tribune
have appeared before it, but the only
testimony which they were able to
give Was that the patronage Of that
institation has been given TO the Ad-
ministration, rather than to the TIT
bwae and Fenton people who are hos
tile 70 everything they cannot run.
Year: 1872

A country exchange says that
within two years they have "turned
loose at least q half dozen "fnll
Aedged" printers, either OF whom ID
abundantly able to take charge Of
any Office in the State"
u From the general horse-bill style
Of the aforesaid paper we should
Judge that if it ever had q printer en-
gagged on it, that he was turned
loose.