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Year: 1872

4 subscriber residing in county in
which paper is printed, can take the paper,
provided he pays in advance, and urges his
neighbors to subscribe. If he does not live
in the county in which he resides, and the
paper Is not printed in the same county in
which it has its press-work done, then the
county must pay double postage on the
man-we mean two cent county must be
affixed to every postage stamp-that is to
saw, every two ounces of a man-we mean
the paper eounty-the maxwell, we must
leave this ruling to the discretion of the
postmaster. r.-RorslFs Reporter.
Year: 1872

A GOOD BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY FOR PER
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merry Business for sale which is doing large cash bust
has been in existence for l3 years. has present
lease OF six al low rents terms easy open for in
speciioa all hours the day For particulars inquire
at the store, 2oi Third avenue Agents inquire at
gnm
Year: 1872

is THERE AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN WILLING
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and best OF references even In this country Let him
please address ANIL Herald Uptown Branch ofhce.
Year: 1872




There was a little scene not down on
tie bills at the entrance Of the Spring
field, Mass, opera house, the other night.
A young married man, it seems, had told
hisswife that he was going to West6eld
atevening, and the wife, not doubling
his sincerity, had decided to while away
the time by attending The, Streets of
New York" with another lady. What
was her surprise on entering the opera
house to discover just in advance of her,
her husband, arnl-in-arm with another
woman. Laying her hand on the stranger
the wife inquired sharply; "Are you
aware that you are leaning on the arm Of
nv husbands Whether she was aware
of the fact or not, she turned about and
and left the building, without saying Q
word. The husband, surprised and cha
grined, then proposed to 60 home and
spend the evening with his wife, but she
replied thathe could go to Westfeld ,or any
where he pleased but she would witness
the play. And she did.
Year: 1872

Some one hassaid young mother is the
most beautiful thing in nature. Why
qualify it7 Why youngl Are not all
mothers beautiful? The sentimental
outside beholder may prefer youth in the
pretty picture, but am inclined to think
that sons and daughters, who are most
intimately concerned in the matter, love
and admire their mothers most when they
are old. How suggestive of something
holy and venerable it is when person
talks of his s:dear mother?" Away with
your mincing 'mammas'' and. ''mammas'
suggestive only Of a fine lady, who de-
putes her duty to nurse, a drawing-room
maternal parent who is afraid to handle
her offspring for fear of soiling her fine
new gown. Give me the homely mother
the arms Of whose love are all. embracing,
who is beautiful always, whether old Oh
young, whether arrayed in satin or mod
estly habitated in bombazines n q
Year: 1872




WITHOUT AN ENEMY.-Heaven help
Che man who imagines he can dodge
enemies by trying to please everybody |!
If such an individual ever succeeded, we
should be glad of it--not that one should
be going through the world trying to find
the beams to knock and tLump against,
disputing every mans opinion, fighting
and elbowing and crowdiag all who differ
from him. That, again, is another ex-
treme. Our people have their opinion,
50 havo you don't fall into the error of
supposing that they viii respect you more
for turning your coat every day to match
the color of theirs. Wear your own
colors in spite of wind and weather,
storm and sunshine. 1t costs the irreso-
Lutte and yascillating ten times the trouble
to wind and twist and shuttle than honest,
manly independence to- stand its ground
Year: 1872

La q


Men and women make their own beauty
or their own ugliness Lord Lytton
speaks in one of his novels, of man
''who was uglier than he had any business
to be-" and ifhe could but read it, every
human being carries in his face. aud is
good-looking or the reverse as that life
has been good or evil. On our features
the fine cbisel of thought and emotion arc
etcrnally at work. Beauty is not the
monopoly of blooming young men and of
white and pink maidens. There is a
slow growing beauty which only comes to
perfection in old age. Grace belongs to
no period Of life, and goodness improves
the longer it exists. 1 have seen, swceter
smiles from lip Of seventy than upon a
lip Of seventeen.


There is the beauty of young aud the
beauty OF holiness beauty much more
seldom met, and more frequently found
in the armchair by the the fire, with the
grandchildren around It's knee, than in
the ballroom or promenade. Husband
and wife, who have fought the world side
By side, who have made eommen stock
Il JOY or sorrow, and aged together, are
frequently found curi0usly alike in per-
sonal appearance, and in pitch and tone
OF vice-just as twin pebbles on the beach,
exposed to the same tidal iraseAecs, re
each others Tecsnd self. He bs gained
feminine something, which brings his
manhood into full relief. She has gained
masculine something, which acts as a roil
to ber womanhood.
Year: 1872

No. .homel What misfortune How
sad the thoughtl There are thousands
who know nothing of the blessed influence
of comfortable home merely because
of a want Of thrift, or dissipated habits.
Youth spent in a frivolous amusements,
and demoralizng. associations, leaving
them at middle age, when the physical
and intellectual man should be In sis
greatest sigor, enervstod and without one
laudable ambition. Friends long since
lost, confidence gone. and nothing to look
toin old age. but "a nero toleration in
the, community where they should be or
naments No home to fly to when weari-
ed with the struggles incident to life !; no
wifeto cheer them in their despondency
no virtuous household to give zest to the
joys of life. All is blank, and there is
no hope or succor except that which is
given out by the hands of private OF pu-
bile characters. When the family of the
industrious and sober citizen gathers
around the cheerful fire of wintry day,
the homeless man is seeking shelter in
the cells. of station house, or begging
for nights rest in the out-bnildings of
one who started in life at the same time,
with no greater advantages; honesty and
industry built up that home, while dissipar
ton destroyed the other. 81 ilfll fss1g
Year: 1872

A single bitter word may disquict an
entire family for whole day. One sarly
glance casts gloom over the household /;
while smile, like CLEAN of su: shine,
may light up the darkest and weariest
hours. Like unexpected flowers which
spring up along our path, full of freshness,
fragrance, and beauty, so do kind words,
and gentle acts, and sweet dispositions,
make glad the home where peace and
blessings dwell. No matter how humble
the abode, if it be thus garnished With
grace and sweetened with gladness and
smiles, the heart will turn longinsly to.
ward it from all the tumults of the world,
and home, if it be ever so homely, will be
the dearest spot beneath the circuit of the
sun. @ y -


And the Influences of home perpctuate
themselves. The gentle grace of the
mother lives in her daughters long after
her head is pillowed. in the dust of death; /;
and fatherly kindness finds its echo in the
nobility and courtesy of sons who come to
wear his mantle and to ell his place !;
while, ON the other hand, from an unhappy,
misgoverned, and disordered home go
forth persons who shall make other houses
miserable, and. pcrpetuate- the sourness
and sadness, the contentious and strife, and
ratings which have made their own early
lives so wretched and distorted. ia


Toward the cheerful home the children
gather ...as clouds and as doves to their
Windows while from the home which is
the abode of discomfort, and strife, and
trouble. they 60 forth as yultures to rcnd
their prey.


The class of men that disturb, and dis
order, and dirtrcss the world are not
those born and Eurtured amid the hallow-
ed Influences of Christian homes; but
rather those whose early life has been a
scene Of trouble and vexation-who have
started wrong in their pilgrimage, and
whose course is one Of disaster to them
selves and trouble to those around them.


ORIGIN OF THE PeNNY PosTAGE.-
A kindhcarted stranger once stopped at a
little wayside inn, just as the postman
was delivering letter to young miad-
servant. The girl turned it slowly from
side to side, and asked The charge. 1t
was one shilling. and she handed the let
ter back. saying it was from her brother
but that she was too poor to take it in.
The traveller quickly paid the postage,
though she strongly objected. much to
his surprise. When the postnan had
gone she confessed that the letter was a
blank, and that certain signs on the out
side had told her all she wishes to know,
Both she and the brother were too poor
to pay the postage, SO they had adopted
this method of communicating with one
another. As Rowland Hill pursued biz
| journey. he reflected over the system
which drove the poor to such deceptions
and the result of these meditations wal
the present system Of penny postage il
England.
Year: 1872

From the New Orleans Republican,


At the present time we have four
tickets for State offices in the field,
with one convention" to hear from.
This is rather lively work. for hot
weather, or would be if the adherents
of the several candidates felt much
enthusiasm in the causes for which
they are battling respectively. But
fortunately for the personal comfort
of all save the candidates, there is u
palpable apathy of feeling, which, un-
less an impulse can be given to the
people, will result in avery light vote.
In the absence Of any great cause, in
volving a vital principle, the, politics
of Louisiana have come down tp mere
personal contests. There is scarcely
a shade of difference between the Kel-
lOgg men and the Pinchback men,
both being understood to be sound
on the Grant question. The only OBJ
vious cause of disagreement consists
in the fact that each faction considers
its nominees as the most proper per-
sons to fill the officesthat will become
vacant at the close of 1872.


There is not much more difference
between the Liberals and the Liberal
Republicans. Each party supports
Year: 1872

1'ooAONs Ouy oI, 1917
To Jas. S. Lewis, Esq, Lynn


My DEAR SIR: | have the honor to
acknowledge by this note, in addition
to our conversation day, the receipt
of your invitation to address the citi-
zens of Lynn on Thursday evening, in
support of the election of General
Grant and the policy of his Admins
tratiOn.


No invitation could have greater
weight with me, from any part of the
country, nor from any portion of my
fellow citizens; and it gives me great
pleasure to assure you that nothing
could be added to your suggestions as
representative of the citizens of Lynn
to induce me to accede to the request.
| Their kindness to me many years
since is q continuing -remem-
brance, and nothing would give me
greater satisfaction than to renew nv
association with them.


But regret to say that / am not in
accord with them in regard to the
Presidential canvass. Against my
wishes and my personal interests, 1
am compelled to say that | believe the
perpetuation of the present policy of
Government is not for the advantage
of the country, and that it will not
tend to establish its former good and
prosperity, nor to promote the inter
ests of any class of citizens. No per-
sonal feeling of any form or character
enters into this Judgment. It is in
view of general principles and public
interests alone that am led to this
conclusion.


The uniting of masses of people of
all parties, sections and races in sup
port of the grand result of the war is
Indispensable to the permanent estab-
lishment of the general recognition of
those results. 1t can be secured by
no other means. We shall all be
forced to this conclusion sooner or
later. This united action upon this
basis has been the hope of my life.
fervently desired it during the war.
and in reconstruction of the States
subsequent to the war. | believe it is
now rendered in good faith in the
nomination of Mr.. Greeley, and for
OHO9 L StaA NV uOD II WIS
what desired. Its consummation, al
though sudden and startling, does not
alarm me. Ny duty to myself and
my country requires me to give him
my support. [ can not advocate le-
fore your friends different course,
which neither my judgment nor my
heart approves.


1t grieves me most deeply to sepa-
rate myself in thought or act from any
of those with whom | have been. so
long associated, and to whom l am so
greatly indebted but | believe the
result will justify my action, give to
the country that peace and prosperity
which is the object of all our labors,
and secure to every citizen that civil
and political equality and freedom
which was won by the sacrifice of so
many valued lives.


Accept the assurances of my lasting
friendship and esteem, and believe
me yours, etc. n. p. BANKS.
Year: 1872

be that harmony which is essential tt
a true civilization.


The present position of the coloret
citizen is perilous. He is exposed tt
injurious pressure when he needs sup.
port; but see no early extricatior
except in the way now proposed. Lei
him cut adrift from managers who
would WELD him merely as politica
force, with little regard to his owl
good, and bravely stand by the candi,
date who has stood by him. If Demo.
Gratis unite with him, SO much the bet.
ter. The association once begun must
naturally ripen in common friendship
and trust.


am for peace in reality as in name
From the bottom of my heart am fol
peace, and / welcome all that makes
for peace. With deep-felt satisfaction
| remember that no citizen who drew
his sword against us has suffered by
the hand of the executioner. In just
association with this humanity will be
the triumph of equal rights when the
promises of the great Declaration are
fulfilled and our people united as new
er before in the enduring fellowship
of a common citizenship.


To this end there must be reconcile
alton, nor can l withhold my hand.
Freely l accept the hand that is Of
fered, and reach forth my own in
friendly grasp. | am against the poll
cy of hate; l am against tanning
ancient flames into continued life
am against raking in the ashes of the
past for Goals of fire yet burning. Pile
up the ashes, extinguisll the flames,
abolish the hate. Such is my desire.


TO THE DEMOCRATS.


And now, turning to the Demo-
cratic party, l hold it to all the COW
.enants solemnly given in the adoption
of u Republican platform, with Horace
Greeley as its candidate. There can
be no backward step. With no com
mon sympathy | have observed that
Mr.. Hendricks, Il leading Democrat,
whom | knew and esteemed in the
Senate, has recently announced his
acceptance of the constitutional
amendments with their legal results.
He proposes us a proper key note to
the extraordinary movement now
swelling to a sure triumph, "Just
Laws and Public Virtue" This is a
worthy aspiration, entirely fit Oh this
occasion.


My keynote is 'The unity of the
Republic, and the equal rights of all,
with reconciliation" Such is my cry,
and wherever my voice can reach,
there do insist upon all those hum
bly, invoking the blessings of Divine
Providence, which, l believe, must
descend upon such IL cause.


Accept my best wishes for your
selves personally, and for the people
you represent, and believe me, gen
tlemen, your faithful friend,


CHARLES SUMNER.
Year: 1872

We copy this paragraph from the
Louisville COnrier-JOarRdl:


There has not for many years been
such spontaneous Outburst of impulse
on the part of the masses as that which
now greets the grizzled and noble old
patriot Horace Greeley. With the in
telligence that the most enthusiastic
demonstration which Washington has
Witnessed for many years was made
in that city last night, comes the pean
of gladness and exultation which has
signalized his tour through New Eng
land. These demonstrations mark not
only the popularity of the man who re-
ceives them, but they show in what
direction the impulse of the nation is
bending its vast energies. They are
the outpourings of the noble feelings
which We're stified by the fetters OF
prejudice and passion, but which are
now bounding out with rush and a
rumble. They not only indicate the
love of the masses for Mr.. Greeley,
but they show the love of the masses
for the principles which find their
representative in the farmer that is
and the President that is to be.
Year: 1872

Greeley, goes in for reform, whatever


1T may mean, and processes a desire
that all men shall enjoy equal civil


rights. But they are not quite able


to agree upon the recipients of official


emolument. The McEnery party is


connected to the two last named by
a very frail tenure. They offer Gree
ley and Brown faint lip service, but
it is not so clear that they will prove
very effective when it comes time to
vote. This faction also persllades
itself that it wants some sort of re-
form; but that term is understood to
be limited in its meaning entirely to
a change of offices. About the only
open departures they have made from
the Liberal and Liberal Republican
platforms relate to reputation and
white supremacy. One of these is
founded on dishonesty and the other
on stupidity. For with an excess of
colored voters and at least one-half
the white men opposed to any supre-
macy based upon color, we can not
see how the Last Ditchers are going
to carry through their pet scheme.


The Liberal Republican Conven-
ton has virtually indorsed the
Liberal ticket, but have evidently
made mental reservation that
change of some kind will be asked
for hereafter. The adjournment sub
ject to the call of the president is
fact in confirmation.


Perhaps it is better for the people
that they have no common ground of
deep-seated hostility upon which to
meet and make war upon each other
with feelings of rancor. And the
breaking up into factions of the two
great opposing parties that have here
tofore divided this State and kept it
in fret and turmoil more appro-
pirate to a community with less pre-
tensions to being civilized, will finally
have Il happy effect. For under the
influence of what is blieved to be
common danger, the people can be
induced to divide and vote blindly
for the friends of their side of the
question without much regard to the
personal merits or demerits of the
candidates. There is now, therefore,
a better hope that each individual
who presents himself for popular ia
vor will have to show something in
the way of character and ability in
order to command success
Year: 1872

Since that Warren county Qowa)
girl was saved from the attslck of a
bull-snalSe by the timely all of two
gallant hogs, pet por Eers have become
all the rage, and no Joung lazy of any
standing in society now take walk
without a pretty pig pranci along
by her side, his tail NE atty tie lp with
al pink ribbon,
Year: 1872

am sure it cannot be best for the
colored people to band together in a
hostile camp, provoking antagonism
and keeping alive the separation of
races. Above all there must be no
intimidation, but every voter must
act freely without eonstraint from
from league or lodge. Much better
will it be when the two political par
ties compete for your votes, each anx-


ious for your support. Only then will
that citizenship by which you are en-
titled to the equal rights of all have
its natural fruits /; only then will there
Year: 1872

A new agriculturalist says: "The
best instrument for cutting stalks is
Boynton's lightning Saw Should
lightning be scarce You can drive the
saw by steam, or with an ox.goad.
When the corn is dug in the fall, take
up good deal of earth with the roo is,
to prevent injury to the delicate tibr es.
The butt.stocks, according to our friend
HUI Gag, whose initials will he at once
recognized,, 'are excellent for cattle
chopped up though if the cattle arc
chopped up badly, wc should think
they would be beyond butt-stocks o,
other human aid. At any rate if yo,


feed them out, mixture of white-oak
chips or scrap iron, half and half, will
Year: 1872

OUR county jail now contains several men who have killed one or more of their fellows. Probably each one is sorry he did so, and more sorry that he is not loose to repeat the operation Let no maudlin sympathy grow up for them, but now and then a thought of their horrid acts might be properly entertained
Year: 1872

THE ball to come off at Congress Hall next Tuesday evening will be a grand af- fair. Better accommodation for the ladies than ever before prepared in this town on any similar occasion, will be made, and all details are being looked after in the most careful manner. That "a good time" will be the result. We can assure all interested
Year: 1872

A. & L. ZECKENDoRFs Christmas raffle was lively affair and drew lots of people to their store. It seems to have been a success all round, and for this reason an other one is in contemplation.
Year: 1872

without it thereafter

 The volume for 1872 is neatly bound and will be mailed to subscribers, with a mag nifcent chromo, upon receipt of SS. A finer holiday present could hardly be selected.
Year: 1872

Since your last session, the president
of the Mexican republic. distinguished
by his high character and by his services
to his country, has died, His temporary
successor has now been elected with
great unanimity by the people. a proof OF
confidence on their part in his patriotism
and wisdom, which it is believed will be
confirmed by the results Of his admins


tration. It is particularly desirable tha
Year: 1872

structure is pyramid balanced on its apex, a
very slight blow is sufficient to upset it. He
also spois Mr. Boutwell's glorfcation over
the reduction of the public debt by quoting
from Mr.. Boutwelrs speech in 1866, in which
that gentleman shows that tho debt was re-
duced much faster under johnson than under
Grant. and predicts great reductions OF the
debt in the future as a matter of course.
Lastly he notices the wretched success which
the Administration has had in funding the
debt at a lower rate of interest, and concludes
by severely condemning the Secretary's deal
ings with the Syndicate. 1t is a speech which
will be profitable reading for all who take an
intelligent interest in the financial operations
of the Government.
Year: 1872

Whether a Secretary of the Treasury ought
or ought not to leave his Department for a
stumpng tour III behalf of his "boss," and
incidentally of himself, it is clear that he
ought, if he speaks at all, to keep truth on


his side Mr.. Boutwell, defes this axiom in
order to misrepresent THE TRIBUNE.


He asserts that this journal advised him to
sell all the Gold IN the Treasury, apply the
proceeds to the payment of Public Debt, then
"resume Specie Payment" This is not so, and
Mr.. Boutwell, should know it is not. THE TRIB-
UNE has indeed steadfastly maintained that the
Government, with One Hundred Millions of
Gold in its Treasury, and an income exceeding
its necessary outlays by still larger amount
per annum, might have resumed Specie Pay
ment if it had chosen to do so; that it failed
to do this through lack of power, not of will.
Does any one doubt this Would the Banks,
when suspended, ever have doubted their
ability to resume under like cOndidonsf You
know they would not. We have thus far
failed to resume, not because we did not choose
to do so. Yet this journal never dreamed of
paying out all our specie and then resuming.


But since we were plainly not intent on re-
suming-prouH not resume-then The TRIBUNE
says that the One Hundred Millions lying idle in
the Treasury for the greater part of the last
three years ought long since to have been de
voted to the payment of the Public Debt. We
might thus have saved many millions which
we have since paid away in interest, and
kept the money in use which has lain for
years dead in the Treasury. The Treasury
might at first have bought for coin our unma-
tured bonds ten In fifteen DeT cent below the
prices We have since paid for them, and thus