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Year: 1872

Be patient with little ones. Let neith-
cr their slow understanding nor their
occasional pertness offend you, or pro-
woke the sharp reproof Remember the
world is new to them, and they have no
slight tasks to grasp with their unripen-
ed intellects, the mass of facts and
truths that crowd upon their attention.
You are grown to maturity and strength
through years of experience, and it i'll
becomes you 10 fret at the little child
that fails to keep pace with your
thought. Teach him patiently as God
teaches you, cline upon line, precept up
On precept; here a little, there little"
Cheer him on in this conflict with mind !;
in after years his ripe, rich thought shall
rise mp and call you blessed. Bide pa
tiently the endless questioning of your
children. Do not roughly crush the
springing spirit of free inquiry with an
impatient word or lrown, nor attempt,
on the contrary, long and instructive
reply to every slight aud casual question.
Seek, rather, to deepen their curiosity,
convert, if possible, the careless question
into profound aud earnest inquiry. Let
your reply send the little questIoner
forth, not so much proud of what he has
learned, as anxious TO know more. Hap
py you, if in giving your child the frag-
ment Of truth he asks for, you can whet
his curiosity with glimpse of the mcun-
tain of truth lying beyond; SO you will
send forth philosopher, and not silly
pedant, into the world. Bar patiently
the childish humors of the little ones.
They are but the untutored pleadings of
the young spirit for care and cultivation.
lrrtated into strength aud hardened in
to habits, they will haunt the whole Of
life like tiends in despair, and make your
little ones curse the day they were born
but corrected kindly and patiently, they
become the elements OF happiness and
usefulness. Passions are but fires that
either scorch us with their uncontrolled.
fury, or may yield us a genial and need
tul warmth. Bless your little ones with
patient care of their childhood, and
they will certainly censecrate the glory
and grace of their manhood to your SER
vice. Sow in their hearts the seed of a
perennial blessedness its ripeued fruit
will afford you a perpetual joy.


NOthsr'S Friend
Year: 1872

what Of it if did help him saw the
small timber? All this was done in bad
weather, and the children were growing
up enjoying the liberty of making all the
litter desirable, whenever they were re-
leased from their hours of study. No
one on ear,h loves neatness better than
!; but L learned, in time, to sacrifice
neatness in measure, to prosperity and
happiness.


Husband is very nervous and irritable
by nature, AID it will not do in all cases
TO try to teach old dogs new tricks. so
nave picked up after him, boots, hats
and clothing, washed and combed him
almost every Sunday morning, and, as to
the boys, they have made all sorts of
farming implements in the house when
they could not play out Of doors; and
whatever innocent amusement they wish
ed TO engage in aside flom mental I'M
prorement, they have done. Imake ma
ny efforts to teach the boys order about
The house, but never fairly succeed.


Now the result of my course We
have farm Of more than hundred acres
well stocked; there are several rooms in
our house, but shingles are not made in
any ut them. sometimes when husband
brings ~ barrel TO hoop for our own
use, tell him to be careful not to scratch
the paint off the floor Husband is a
steady, bard working man, and when
night comes, he is at home; the boys, or
rather young men, are honest, ambitious,
home-!oying boys. No smoking cigars,
or taking a glass, Or lounging about
with them. Studious, noble, good and
true they are.
Year: 1872

Swindlers are now perambulating
the country representing themselves
as patent right venders, and operat-
ing in the following manner as given
by the Tifin Tribune:


The patenJ-right vender goes into
a neighborhood and approaches a
citizen, telling him that he has a pat
ent right to sell, and wishes his as
sistance in selling it to a neighbor.
He proposes to the first man he ap-
proaches, whom we will call A., to
take his note for S1,25O for a Ger
tain amount of territory. This note
he SAYS he will show to the neigh
bor-H. we will call him-who by
seeing that A. has confidence in the
patent will also be induced to buy.
When the note is secured Of H., it is
to be sold and the proceeds are to be
divided between the patent right
vender and a., and the latter is to
have his note back. Unsuccessful in
getting AS note the patent right
man goes to H. and proposes ex-
actly the same thing. If ne gets
HIS. note also, neither A. or H. sees
him as he goes and disposes of each
ones piece of paper and pockets the
proceeds.
Year: 1872

Cooler Day-ShOwer OF Rain In Brook


Iyn-Cascs OF sunstrolso Yesterday.


The weather yesterday was not, during the early
hours OF the day, as warm on Saturday, but in
the afternoon the mercury took several higher
points than on Saturday The heat was not so OPP
pressive, owing to the cooling blasts that driven
down upon the city by threatening clonds'
that ever and anon passed over the metropolis
and occasionally discharged few drops Of
rain. Compared with the corresponding day last
year yesterday several degrees cooler except
at three O'Clock p NJ, when the thermometer
marked 90 against SO last year at the same hour.
The following is the state of the thermometer at
Hudnuts, in the HERALD building:-
Year: 1872

The plea Of insanity is to be rrsula-
ted by statute in Indiana, at least i
bill Is now pending before the Legi--
lature which provides that when
murderer is acquitted on the ground
Of insanity, the court shall sentence
him to Lunatie Asylum for the same
term that would he awarded in the
Penitentiary. II an ordinary verdict
Of guilty were rendered. This Simply
enables the accused to choose between
the two places Of confinement.
Year: 1872

Animals, especially the dog, cat and
parrot, often indulge In the luxury OF
dreams. A correspondent of Land
and Water tells the following anec-
dute of p cat: "Sne was very still,
and appeared to be fast asleep, when
suddenly she sprang into the middle
of the room, where she fixed her feet
on a limited spot on the hOOr, 70
which, also her nose was applied, as
if closely grasping something she held
in her claws. This continued for a
short time, when the nose was gently
raised, and the visible attention was
directed to the feet, which continued
their grasp; but after q time one o.
them was gradually removed, and
then the other, at which puss appear
ed greatly at a loss to imagine whether
the imaginary object could have
gone, 50 as to escape her grasp. She
looked in various directions along the
hUor, with a foolish face of confusion


and then again her attention was di


rected to the spot on which her feet
were first closely pressed, as If to ex'
anime closely whether the presumed
escape had been by sinking through
the floor and when this sPemed un'
satisfactory, the disappointed animal
now wide awake, retired slowly from
the spot but she returned more thar
once to re-examine the place, as if sht
found it impossible to comprehend
how an object she had 50 plainly seer
and grasped should have sunk into
nothing. Many minutes elapsed be


fore the cat appeared to be recOncileC
to the conviction that what had beer
a dream was not in truth a reality"
Year: 1872

All politeness Is owing 20 liberty.
We polish one another aud rub on our
corners and rough sides by q sort OF
amicable collision. To restrain this is
inevitably to bring rust upon mems
understanding.
Year: 1872

The Riral Collection Of Prose and Poetry, by
MARTIN LARKN Gcnernerhorn Coz, is the rather pre-
tentions title Of excellent manual for reading and
recitation in the school and family, al also at public
exhibitions. 1t coptains great variety Of specimens In
almost every kind Of composition selected with good
judgment from every appropriate source, reproducing
almost all the old favOries together with many pieces
that are now given 70 the public for the first time.
Year: 1872

Asan evidence of the growth aud increasing pros
perty Of city, note the auction sale of vacant
lots TO be made April 10th by Messrs. HILL & COP
DIN, real estate agents. who will offer OH the day
above named most beautiful tract of land (which
has been divided into lots just beyond the western
line Of the city, adjoining Harrie Parties purchas-
Ing avoid the heavy taxation Of the city, and at the
same time have the advantage of the improvements
which have been extended in this direction. A plat
of these Iots--slxty-four in number, ench having n
front Of thirty feet with depth of one hundred and
eighty feet-can be seen at the Office of the auc-
tonecrs, No 1los Main street. Our young inen and
the mechanics Of the city cannot do better than in-
vest In these lots. steadily increasing In value US
the city moves westward.
Year: 1872

TEE BERGER BELL-RfHGERs.-The Theatre
will be open tonight for one of the most
agreeable and popular and at the same time
entirely innocent amusements Of the season.
The Berger Family of Swiss Bell-Ringers
will make their first appearance in an engage
lnent of four nights. The Bergers are ia
vorites here, having given most successful
series of entertainments ut the Theatre last
winter. The lady orchestra, Miss Anna Ber.
ger with her premium cornet, and Sol Smith
Russell with his inimitable comicalities, still
lend their attractions to the company.
Year: 1872

In passing Through the country,
why is it that we see only few farms
that seem to be well fenced, and on
which the dwellings and other farm
buildings are in good repair? These
few farms are always free from weeds,
and invariably yield good crops Of all
kinds. The owners OF these premises
attend to their business. They make
business Of farming. They get their
crops in at the proper season, and har-
vest them when they are properly
matured. Their cash account is al
ways in their favor, the balance being
on the right side. They have no time
to waste at the taverns or groceries.
If they have spare time, it is devoted
to self-culture. They always subscribe
and pay for their local paper first, aud
Others are not discarded. They and
their families are we'll informed upon
the current topics OF the day. Their
children are educated, well clad aud
we'll bred. These men are the sub
stantial aud influential men Of the
town. They keep it respectable. They
support the schools and the churches.
These are the men to whom the cOun-
try ever looks in time of need. They
always have opinions upon subjects,
and their views are never in market.
Ever open to conviction, never to cor
ruptiOn, they may sometimes be lit
tie exclusive, but they are ever ready
to assist their less favored neighbOrs
to rise to the same plane upon which
they stand. They are reserved, but
true, cautious but sure, and they con-
stitute the hope and safety Of our re-
public.
Year: 1872

Solomon said, many centuries ago,
"tbat even a child was known by his
doings, whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right" When L


see boy in haste to spend every cent
as soon as he gets It. I think IL IS q
sign that he will be a spendthrift


When see a child boarding up his


pennies, and unwilling tn part with
them for any purpose, | think it is a
sign he will be a miser. When 1 see
q boy or girl always looking out for
himself or herself, think it is sign
the person will grow up very selfish
person. When / see boys and girls
often quarreling, 1 think it is a sign
they will be violent men and hateful
women. When / see a little boy
willing 10 take strong drink, think
it is a sign he will be a drunkard.
When see boy who never attends
to the service OF religion, l think it is
a sign he will be profano and profit
gate man. When 1 see \ child Obedi-
ent to his parents, think it is sign
of great future blessings from his
heavenly parent. And though chang
es sometimes take place in the char
aeter, yet, as q general rule, these
signs do not fail.-Oid Jonathan.
Year: 1872

Those who desire well-formed and
healthy children must not during
the first hours Of independent exist
enee compress their lungs, liver, heart
and bowels with q brOad, firm band
age so tightly drawn that the little
sufferer breathes with difficulty and
cries continually with pain.


Those vino wear shoes with
high, narrow heels in the hollow Of
the fOot peFvert natures design, and
must bear the penalty she imposes,
viz: defOrmity OF limbs, an awkward
walk, and spinal disease.


Alcohol makes neither blood,
bone, muscle, or nerve, and is not
more suitable as beverage than arse
ME or stryehnine.


Nature is ever ready to resent
abuse, and the practice Of feeding and
over feeding children at Irregular in
teryals and from the bottle will not
pass unnOtieed.


Since the birth OF mother Eve
every man Of sense has most atnirsd
q fOrm like hers with waist not small
but such as God gives aud fall Of
health.
Year: 1872

In all the world there is nothing so
delightful rs tale Of 4 faithful and
constant love. Such tale Of maseu-
line devotion we have 70 tell. AT the
beginning Of the war y young and


lovely maiden Of Philadelphia prom
ised her lily hand in marriages ID q
brave and beautiful youth iu the
Union army. MillpOnds were moth.
ing To the smOOthness with which
their course of love ran, until at the
end of the war the youth determined
to seek his fortune in California. He
departed burning with impotence to
return and claim fOFeyermOre his
charming, his angelic bride. Years
passed OH rs they are wont to pass !;
the gentle lady looking in the glass
found that her chestnut locks from
day to day began To show decided


signs OF gray. A whisper Of ''Old
maid'i rent her all too faithful heart
vet she waited, sure that the Brave,
the Beautiful, would return to COM
fort and bless. He eame-at last he
came With bronZed cheek he
came, with high hopes, with q pro-
digiOus fOrtune-aud--and a wife and
twins. Alas for female expectations.
Year: 1872

THE RUTs OF LIFE.-Get out Oi
them il you wish to live long. Men
and women must have recreation,
must have amusement, must have di-
version. 1t is wholesome for the
mind to break away from its daily
vocation OF employment every night.
The man who goes from his counting
house or workshop at the close Of the
day, and does not leave it behind him,
but sits at the family table in moOdi-
ness broOding over past occurrences,
weighing probabilities, laying plans
and when the meal is over, thinking
thinking, thinking by the hour, and
goes to bed TO toss and tumble about
cannot live long; the brain or hear
must fail.
Year: 1872

A Boston girl whose gallant on a
ride, contrary TO her wish, insisted on
stopping at a tobaecOnist's for cigar,
took advantage Of bis leaving her
mistress OF the situation and the
vehicle TO drive to her paternal abode,
in front Of which the abandoned one,
some hours afterward, found his con-
Veyance.
Year: 1872

Serve God (; let him be the author OF
all thy affections; commend all thy
endeavors TO him who must either
wither or prosper them; please him
with prayer; lest, if he frOwn, he c5n-
found all thy fortune and labor, like
kthe drops Of rain upon the sandy
ground.
Year: 1872

That unhappy New York lady whose
husband only allows her $40, 900 a year
for dress, and who Is consequently
Obliged to wear dressing-gOwn half
the time, in order TO save money to
buy decent evening dresses, has at
! resolved TO demand q divorce from
the stingy creature.
Year: 1872

Hold not thy head too high, my friend,
For surely thou must know
The heaviest heads of wheat will bend
The stalk on which they grow.
And everywhere the loveliest flowers


Bloom nearest to the ground;
The sweetest songsters Of the wood


In lowly shades abound.
Hold not thy head too high, my friend,
Though rich in land or gold
The throngs that on thy steps attend
Speak not the thoughts they hold:
Their true respects is only paid


Where worthiness they see - a
Whose deferential bows are made


To thy wealth, net to thee.
Hold not thy head too high, my friend. !
Whate'e thy station here;
For brain will triumph in the end
What then will be their sphere?
Who envy not thy lordly tread,


Nor at thy lot repine-
Who could not hold erect head


That weighs so light as thine?
Year: 1872

"Klss Me, MOTHER, FOR CAN'T HoLD
ON ANY LONGER. I'm describing the flood
which was so disastrous to many sections of
Virginia, the Lynchburg papers record the
following very sad and touching incident:


A mother and several little children were
making their escape from marrow neck
of land," which lies between the river and
canal They had reached the banks of the
canal when they were amazed to find that
the bridge was already gone; and their only
hope was to cling on to the abutment of the
bridge until the angry waves should sub
side. But as they stood there clingng to the
abutment, the waters continued to rise higher
and higher, while in the deep darkness they
could hear the crashing Of trees amid the
thunders Of bridge timbers that were wildly
dashipg all around them. They had been
in this desperate condition for some time,
when the little girl felt that her strength was
gone, and with wild shrek of terror, she
exclaimed, Kiss me, mother, for l can't
hold on any longer!" And with the warm
pressure Of that mothers lips upon her
check, she was swept away and was seen no
more.
Year: 1872

A LADY schoolteacher in Omaha, having
an inordinate dread Of smallpox, sent home
little girl because she said hey mother was
sick and had marks on her face. The next
day the girl presented herself at the school
house, with her finger in her mouth and her
little bonnet swinging by the strings, and
said to the teacher: ''Miss -, we've got
little baby at our house; but mother told
me to tell you that it isn't catChin'." The
teacher said she was very glad, and told her
pupil to take her seat.
Year: 1872

INTERESTING ASTRONOMICAL FACT.-Two
persons were born at the same place, at the
same moment of time. After an age of so
years they both died, also at the same place
and at the same instant, yet one had lived
one hundred days more than the other. How
was this possible? Not to keep our friends
in suspense, the solution turns on curious,
but with little reflection, very obvious
point in circumnavigation. A person going
around the world toward the west, loses a
day, and toward the east, he gains one. Sup
posing, then, two persons born together at
the Cape of Good Hope, whence voyage
round the world may be performed in a
year; if one performs this constantly to-
wards the west, in fifty years he will be
fifty days behind the stationary inhab-
tants; and if the other sail equally to-
ward the east, he will be fifty days in ad-
vance Of them. One, therefore, will have
seen one hundred days more than the other,
though they were born and died in the same
place and at the same moment, and even
lived continually in the same latitude, and
reconed by the same calendar.
Year: 1872

A NOVEL QUESTION GROWING OUT OF THE WEST


CASE.


The killing by West of Cooch Turner, at Do
yer, and the supposed motive for the deed, viz:
the receiving from the Insurance Companies Of
the s25 900 for which West had insured his life fol
the benefit OF his family, has given rise to a
novel and curious question OF life insurance.
II ls this II West is hanged for this murder,
will the companies be compelled TO pay the
amount Of insurance to his family7 II the in
surance holds good, it will be to the interest OF
the companies to see that the murderer gets of
with some lighter penalty, such as imprisonment
for life. The case is strange and unparalleled.
Year: 1872

TRIAL FOR ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.-The
trial of stewart for an assault upon his wife
with intent to kill was taken up for trial in the
Circuit Court for Dorchester county, after the
postponement of the Platter trial, last week, but
not concluded, at latest accounts. The presi-
ding Judge was disqualified from sitting upon
the bench because Of the relationship existing
between him and the prisoner.
Year: 1872

1t is not at all surprising to hear that
the Radicals in Congress are hate hing
out scheme by which to extend the
operations f that most detestable piece
OF legislation ever enacted 10 a free
country, known as the Ku.klux bill. BY
ITS own provisions the bill expires with
the present session Of Congress, bu,
Grants friends want to extend the time
until after the presidential election, in
order that their patron saint, Ulysses,
can place under martial law the states
that are likely cat their votes against
him. If these plotters against the peo
pies liberties fail in securing Its cxteu
slon, they expect to fall back into
another filthy ditch, aud fight it out on
that line, which Of course will take
them all summer" As the bill dies
with the present session Of Congress,
they will attempt to have this august
body take recess until the last day Of
November, at which time the session
would expire aud the presidential election
be over. 1t is certainly a weak cause
that has to resort to such rascality to So.
cure success. Who hath warned them
Of the wrath to come, that they begin to
quake at tho knees aud resort to this
subterfngc?
Year: 1872

The Golden Age makes bold to say
that the acts and articles, and the use Of
governmental patronage to which the
President resorts in order to secure his
denomination, render him amenable to
impeachm ment.
Year: 1872

A Kentucky cntomologist has kept
two vigorous muskctoes under an inverted
tumbler for six months without food, and
they remain 10 a healthy condition.
This clearly proves that their annoyance
Of mankind is entirely uncalled for, and
not at all necessary to their sustenance.
Year: 1872

On Frank Seaman's farm on
Brush creek, near Andy Ellison's,
is the remains of u fort built by the
extinct race of people who inhabited
this continent thousands of years
ago. This fort was swept over by
the recent freshet and the ground
washed considerably, leaving on the
surface the remains of stone axes,
flint darts, pieces of pottery, and
many other evidences of the ha6di-
work of its occupants. Mr.. Ellison
left at our Office a specimen of the
pottery, which is singular in ap-
pearance and composition, and
shows that it's maker was greatly
skilled in its manufacture. One OF
its component parts is muscle shell,
ground up, and the other is some
dark colored substance that we are
not able to tell. In the vicinity OF
this fort are many mounds and all
through the neighborhood are traces
of these mysterious and unknown
aborigines who existed, it may be-
$4,000 or 100000 years ago and
tramped up and down on the strataE
that underly us.-[West Union De
| fender.
Year: 1872

The New York Herald, in speak
ing of the coming campaign, says:
awe have little doubt of the result.
Seven years have not suficed to blot
out of the minds of the people the
debt of gratitude they owe to the
successful leader of the Union ar
mics, or to lessen their enthusiasm
for the hero Of the Wilderness. The
boys in blue will rally to the side OF
their old commander all the more
cheerfully when they find him
threatened by the politicians who
owe their present power to the
weight and influence of his name"
Year: 1872

The following brief compilation
of business law is worth a careful
preservation, as it contains the es>
sence of a large amount Of legal
verbiage:
1t is not legally necessary to say
on a note "for value received"


A note made on Sunday is void.
Contracts made on Sunday can
not be enforced.


A note by minor is void.


A contract made with a minor is
void.


A contract made with a lunatic is
void.


A note obtained by fraud, or from
a person in a state of intoxication,
can not be collected.


If note is lest or stolen, it does
not release the maker; he must pay
1t, if the consideration for which it
was given and the amount can be
proven.


An endorser of note is exempt
from liability if not served with no
tice of dishonor within twenty-four
hours of its non>payment.


Notes bear interest only when 80
stated.


Principals are responsible for the
acts of their agents.


Ignorance of the law excuses no
one.


It is a fraud to conceal a fraud.


The law compels no one to dc
impossibilities.


An agreement without considera'
tion is void.


Signatures made with lead pen
Gil are good in law.


A receipt for money is not always
conclusive.


The acts of one partner bind all
the rest.