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Year: 1870

The following article, which We find
in an exchange, is applicable to every
community, and is especially commeded
to our readers :


If we had an almanac that predicted
for us the social and business uetcorol.
ogy of life, we shonld, under the head
Of January first, see-"About this time
look for many bills" 1t is settling
time. All sorts of bills are coming in.
Those who have bills that they consider
perfectly good have kept them back
from presentation till this period; those
who have bills that they consider de.
cidcly bad make at this time a strenu.
Gus effort to realize them. Many man
at the first of January finds he owes
more than be thought he did, and many
others find that they have less to pay
with than they expected. The money
question of the year has to be faced, and
the problem Of making both ends meet
solved. To those who cannot pay, who
have been improyident' or spcndthrift,
there is nothing to be said except to ad.
wise them to do SO no more--advice by
the way, which they are not likely to
heed, and which is therefore scarcely
worth giving. But to those who eau.
We say PAY up" Put your money in
circulation, look over your accounts,
collect your own bills, aud endeavor to
commence the year with clean balance
sheet. Especially pay your small debts
those you owe to your doctor, your
tailor, your shoemaker, aud your trades.
men generally. Great injustice and
great harm are often thoughtlessly done
BY those who are abuudantly able to
pay, by the neglect of their small ac.
counts. The very insignifcauco Of the
amount in their estimation tends to
make them oareless about il. They
know they intend to pay, aud know
that they can pay, aud therefore put it
off. Rat what is . small matter to
them is large one 10 the creditor.
"Many mickels make muckle." The
personal and family bills that we make
are generally small ones, but their ag-
grega.e, owed by line ofcustomers, is
often the sole capital Of the tradesman.
You have been a good purchaser, he
knows you are safe to pay, wants con
tinuance Of your custom and does not
like TO press you. But he wants his
money badly. He owes bills that must
be paid if his credit is to be maintained
Therefore, pay up The prompt pay
ment within this month Of all the small
bills, owing by those who are able to
pay, would put an amount Of money into
circulation, that in its turn, running into
all the channels of trade, would relieve
embarrassments, revivify business, aud
give tone and confidence 10 the
commercial aspect Of the opening year.
Besides, if you pay, somebody else may
find that money coming to them, and
be able to pay you. So there is Justice
as well as selfshness in paying up.
Year: 1870

The New York Times Of Tuesday Of
last week says: "For the first time within
tho memory Of this generation the law
against election frauds was enforced and
punishmentiuaicted upon man, yesterday,
for illegal voting. The scene was the
Court Of Oyer and Tcrmincr ond the sit
tinp Magistrate was Judge Barnard. =
The accused was from the Gem Of the Say,
and answered to the name Of John
Kelly. John received one year in the pen
.itentiary at Sing Sing for his forgctfulness
Of tho fact that he had omitted to stay in
the country long enough to become q citi-
izen before voting. Nov let tho De@Oc-
racy howl.
Year: 1870

No man can tell wetAer lie is rich or
poor by turning to his ledger It Is the
heart that makes The man rich. He Is
rich or poor according to what ho is, not
according 10 what he has.
Year: 1870

Tho subjoined,extact from the viii Of
Charles Dickens will be read with interest;
II desire that my name be inscribed in
plain English letters on my tomb. | con-
iure my friends on no account to make mo
the subject Of any monument, memorial or
testimonial whatever / rest my claim to
the remembrance Of my country on my
published works and to the remembrance
Of my friends in their experience Of me
in addition thereto. / commit my soul to
the mercy Of God, through our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ; and I cxhort my dear
children humbly to try TO guide them
selves by the::teachipgs Of the New Testa-
ment, in its broad spirit and to put no
faith in any mans narrow construction Of
its letter here or there"
Year: 1870

to an artist to have in his works two
kinds of property instead of one; the
power to sell them and the power to
sell the privilege OF multiplying cop
les of them. Neither art, literature
nor science will have fair play in this
world until one success, strictly first
rate, will confer upon the producer of
the work a competent estate; or, in
other words, until every one who re-
qnires property in a proportion of art,
literature or science will pay a just
compensation to the producer. Before
many years have passed, we shall see
artists mounted on horseback riding
in my Central Park, who would have
gone on foot put for the production of
their works by chTomo-lithography.
Copyright will pay for the oats. T"


After a humorous description of an
establishment in New York, in which
'Original oil paintings" were manu-
factured by the dozen, Mr.. Parton
closes his paper with these excellent
remarks on the true position of art as
an educational agency


''It is possible to OveFvalue the edu-
eating influence even of excellent
pictures. In strengthening or in
forming the intellect, they areSo of no
more use than mothers kisses or the
smiling lOveliness of a floweF-garden
and truly, man may spend his life
among pictures and fill books with
eloquent discourse about them, and
yet remain poor, shOrtsighted react
ionist, filled with insOlent contempt
of his species which he does his best
to mislead, But we can say of good
pictures that they are a source of il.O-
cent and refined pleasure; and that is
enough to justify their existence. /
think therefore, that this new art,
which enables me and others to buy
for five dollars all that we can enjoy
of thousand-dOllar picture, is one
that deserves the encouragement it is
receiving; and / cannot but regard ii
as kind of national blessing that
the business of supplying US with
these productions has fallen to the LOT
of honest, painstaking and tasteful q
person as Louis Prang. y Christian
Register.
Year: 1870

Two MEALS A DAY.-If any man
or woman of fOrty-five or over, not
engaged in hard manual labor, espe-
cially the studious. sedentary and in
door Iivers would take but two meals
day for one month, the second not
being later than three in the after
noon, and absolutely nothing after
wards, except it might be in some
cases an orange or lemon, or cup of
warm drink, such as tea, brOma,
sugarwater, or ice cream, there would


be such a change for the better in the
way of sou d sleep, a feeling, on
waking, of having rested, an appe-
tite for breakfast a buoyaney of dis
position during the day, with geni-
ality of temper and manner, that few, !,
except the animal and the gluttOn
would be willing to go back to the
flesh pots of Egypt. "Ben. Wade. -
as he is frequently called, one of the
political lions Of the west, has taken


bat two meals a day for twenty wears,
and if all sedentary persons, those
who are in doors a greater part of
their time, would, after, the age of
forty-five, observe the same ihfieXable
rule, there can be no doubt other
things being equal. that long years Of
happy exemption from the ordinary
ills of life would be the result. The
reason is that the stomach would have
time to rest for recuperatiOn, and
would thus be able to perform its part
more thoroughly, making purer blood, /,
giving better sleep and securing good
apf elite for breakfast. Let any man
try it for ten days, taking the second
meal seven hours after the first, and
the practice If he can
Hal, s Journal Of Health. 8Houus
Year: 1870

Many persons lose life every year
by an injudiciOus change of clothing,
and the principles involved need re-
petition almost every year.


If clothing is to be diminished, il
should be done in the morning, when
first dressing. Additional clothting
may be safely put on at any time.


In the Northern States the under
garments should not be changed for
those less heavy, sooner than the
middle of May: for even in June, a
fire is very comfortable sometimes in
New York parlors.


Wooden flannel ought to be worn
next to the person, by all, during the
whole year, but thinner material
may be worn after the first of June.


A blazing fire should be kept in
every family room until ten in the
morning, and rekindled again an hour
before sundOwn up to the first week
in June, aud from the first day of
October.


Particular and tidy housekeepers
by art ranging their tireplaces for the
summer too early, Oftentimes put the
whole family to q serious discomfort,
and endAnger health, by exposing
them to sit in chiliiness for several
hours every morning, waiting for the
weather to moderate, rather than to
have the fireplace or CRATE all BACKED
up; that is rather than be put to the
trouble of another fixing up for the
summer. they expose the children to
Group, and the old folks to iHfama-
sion of the lungs. The old and young
delight in warmth; it is to them the
greatest luxury. Half the diseases of
humanity would be swept from exist
ance if the human body were kept
comfortably warm all the time. The
discomfort of cold feet, or of chilly
room many have experienced to their
sorrow they make the mind peevish
and fretful, while they expose the
body TO colds and the infiamations
which often destroy it in less than a
week. Halls Journal Of Health.
Year: 1870

A Graceful Compliment TO A
WIFE.-The following neat and beau
tiful reply was made by the lato
Daniel OCOnnell, in response. to q
toast given in compliment to his wife.
whO'was the object of his long and
aftectionate attachment. Itwas given
at political meeting. The English
language can furnish nothing nnOFe
tOuchingly tender and graceful :: t..r.


There are some topics Of so sacred
and sweet a nature, that they may be
comPrehended by those who are han
py, but they cannot possibly be de-
scribed by any human. All that I
shall do is to thank you in the name
other who was the disinterested choice
of my early youth who was the ever
cheerful companion Of my manly
years; and who is the sweetest sOlaee -
of that 'sere and yellow leaf age, at
which have arrived. In hername i
thank you; and this you may readily
believe for experience I think will
show to us all that man can not battle
and struggle with malignant enemies, I
unless his nest at nome, is warm and
eOmfOrtable-unless the honey ofhu-
man life is commended by a hand that
he lOves.p
Year: 1870

L remember hearing astage-driver's
story Of Jenny Lind, when she was
ridingin the country:


A bird-ofbriliiant plumage was
perched on tree as they drove slow
ly along, and trilled out such a COM
plicatiOn of sweet notes as to perfect
" astOnish her. The coach stopped,
and reaching out she gave one of her
finest rOulades. The beautiful crea-
ture arched his head on one side, and
listened deferentially then as if to
excel his famous rival raised his grace
full throat, and sang song of ripping
melody that made Jenny rapturOusly
clap her hands, and caused her heart
to beat as quickly as though she were
before severely critical audience in
Castle Garden, and she delivered some
TyrOlean mountain strains that set
the echoes flying. WhereupOn Little
Birdie took it up and sang and trilled,
till Jenny, in happy delight, acknOwl-
edged that the pretty woodland
warbler decidedly OutcarOled the
great Swedish Nightingale.
Year: 1870

fathers. who can wonder at the obJec--
tionable way in which some of them tnd
amusement for themselves. The Ger
mans express the diverse interests and
unsympathetic existence OF family
circle in the word Unzusammengehorl-
gkeit," which, literally translated, is un-
together belongingness, and it IS just
this that we complain of in a larger
sense. Not only as members OF fam
lies, but of society, our unzusammenge-
horigkeit is growing evil against whicn
every one ought to struggle. .


Is it impossible to enjoy the society OF
cultivated woman unless she wears
dress decollete exceedingly? And is a
man not to be considered clothed IN his
right mind who is not habited in black
trowsers and swallow-tail coat2 All this
is absurd enough, and generates serious
inconvenience and extravaganza. And
would it not be wise to adopt more
sensible style Of .evening dress, which
would enable people to walk to each
Others houses2 There can be no doubt
that the low gowns and cumbrous head
dresses of ladies of the present day, or
rather night, are relics of barbarous
age, and must some time or other give
way to more sensible costume.


There is yet another point to consider.
A man often remains unmarried, not
because he prefers single life, but because
he is too conscientious and too unseltish
to condemn young woman, nursed IN
luxury to poverty and the anxieties OF
an uncertain livelihood 1t seems to us
that grievous responsibility rests upon
parents. In this matter, at least, they
should take little heed for the morrow
and consider their daughters not as mere
pretty playthings in the house, but as
rational beings, who will sooner or later
fare the hard realities of life, and it may
be unaided and alone. 1t is nonsense to
affirm that the extravagance OF the age
is obligatory. We would do our duty as
citizens, parents and Christians quite as
we'll, and perhaps better, if we resolutely
adhered to the principle of living within
our incomes, no matter how small. W.
could meet old age twice as cheerfully
and what to parents is harder still-th'
middle age of our unmarried daughters
if we had placed them beyond the reacl
of the penury that depresses, the disap
pointment that sours, and the depend
ence that demoralizes.
Year: 1870

IL is now toward the end of a second
month on the river, but the luxury OF our
life increases instead of diminishing, and
the table is daily loaded with good things.
There is something incongruous, but by
no means disagreeable, in eating at
Thebes, close by the palaces of the Rem
eses. oysters from the shores OF Long
Island. green corn from Maine, ham
from England, truffies from France, in
short scores Of articles from Western
lands, many from countries unknown to
the old nations who built these temples
and nalaces But travel in our day is
full of incongruities, and there is none
greater than we see here in the present
when silence is settling down at evening
ON plain and ruin, but is broken by the
distant and rapidly approaching thunder
of steamer, bringing Prince or fasha
or company Of travellers to see the re-
mains of Thebes. What business have
steamers on the silent solemn river,
flowing through the slumbering millions,
and never waking them7 Travelersbeqn
to talk Of improving the Nile voyage by
hiring a steamer to tow the dahabeeh up
as far as the cataract and leaving her
free to come down the current. But !
cannot admit the idea. Ii saTors OF
haste. and no one should be in haste here.
Come TO Egypt without any limit Of time,
and trust 10 the winds and the current for
the voyage. Forget time, as Memnon
has forgotten il. Pay no more attention
to the succession Of sunlights and nights
than the shadows in Karnak pay TO it
inst swinging back and forth day after
dav in satisfied languor forever.
Year: 1870

The New York correspondent of the
Boston journal says: 1t is not exactly
settled in this vicinity whether gentle
man ought or ought not to give up his
seat to a lady in car. The English
style is growing upon us that whoever
pays for seat has one, and that It is
the business of the company to furnish
passengers with seats But the inciyility
of ladies has done much to remove the
gallantry that once prompted man to
abandon his seat when lady was stand
ing. A New York lady will get into a
car which holds eleven on a side. Nine
of them will fill up an entire side, and
they will not bulge an inch. Gentlemen
come in tired from their business and
have to stand, while there are four unoc-
cupied seats to which they are entitled


A man and woman come into a car,
a gentleman rises to give the woman a
seat; she watches the chances, not to re-
pay the Kindness of the gentleman, but
to get her male friend down by the side
of her, which she manages to do and
leaves her polite friend to shift for him
self Two gentlemen get up and make
room for two ladies; when a party goes
out, instead of putting themselves to a
little inconvenience to restore q seat to
the gentleman, they not only do not put
themselves out to accommodate him, but
actually spread out, dividing three seats
between two and leaving the tired bust
ness men on their feet. 1t is the rarest
thing in the world for New York lady
to return the slightest acknowledgment
for seat rendered to her. She takes
the seat as if it was her right and gives
the gentleman whitening look for his
impertinence in being in it when she EN-
tered. Men tire of this disconrtesy, and
as ladies are agitating their right to as
sumo the privileges Of men, it is pro
posed to award to them this special priv
ilege of standing up in the cars.
Year: 1870

Japanese to be so near civilized. The
barberess took up little box, with fine
bamboo sieve in the end, and, after
telling the customer to shut her eyes,
began to throw Tor sift) the fine rice
-four Tor dust) upon the young lady $
face and shoulders. Very soon the skin
that was naturally copper colored was
artifcially white. That portion of the
-four which did not stick was brushed oil
with feather brush, after which piece
of bark of some kind was rubbed on her
cheeks until red as a rose. was She
Then for the first time polished piece
Of iron or steel, serving for mirror, was
held up before the young lady, who
smiled her approval. rose to her feet,
gathered up her dress, and marched
proudly of, leaving the barberess to
await another customer.
Year: 1870

WE desire to return our thanks TO our old
w customers and the public generally, for
the liberal share of patronage extended to US
in the past, and hope TO inertia continuation OF
the same by close attention to business and
offering CHEAP GOODS.


RICHARD & WELSHANS.
October Is, 1870. II
Year: 1870

HE RAILROAD WAR.-We made mention last
week OF the lawsuit between Judge Cation and
tho Ottawa. Oswego & F. R. V.R.R Comnanx
In reference to the right OF way across piecs Of
land owned by Judge G.. in the northern mart Of
the city. Judge c. resisted the passage Of the
railroad over the land in question on the pronnd
that 1t did him great damage in obstructing his
private road to town, and that it was nor tho
most eligible route" which the charter reouires
the railroad company to select At the hearing
OF the injunction suit before Judge Leland last
Friday, Judge Cation, stating that whatever the
decision might be, the case would doubtless have
to 60 TO the Supreme Court allowed the bill to
be dismissed pro toraa, giving notice that he
should apply at once for supersedtas and in.
junction to Judge McAllister, of the Supreme
Court. The railroad company thus finding no
injunction in their way for the present, and that
1t must necessarily take several days until an.
other could be obtained, resolved to take time by
the forelock, and get the mine points of the law
'n their favor by taking possession forthwith and
building their road on the disputed territory.
To do this all the force that could be made
available was put upon the ground early on Sat.
urday morning and kept crushing things" until
nightfall. Still the road was far fron being
completed, and. az Judge c. might be on hand
with his injunction early on Monday, it was de-
cided to keep up the war There is no Sunday in
war tmes) on Sunday. So early on that hal.
lowed day the work was resumed with increased
force, and prosecuted with such vigor that by S
o'clock the last rail was laid and construction
train pushed upon the disputed ground and left
there over night under guard. Hundreds of
our citizens were spectators of the odd Sunday
Dissertation AS it went on


The worst OF it is, it was all unnecessary.
The application to Judge McAllister for SUPER
ssdeds and new injunction was frutless, Judge
McA declining to act on the case as it might
commit him in advance of its final hearing be.
fore the Supreme Court, to which Judge Cation
will now apply.
Year: 1870

HENRY WALrHER: see you have taken wa
ter on that challenge Of mine and acknowledge
that can make little better cream than your
very best, aud started on personalities. hoped
to avoid such, but ss you have led the way am
compelled to follow. Yon will please state to
the public how long since you compelled me to
mako levy on your gold watch to make you
discharge little obligation due me also wheth.
er you we're not kicked ont Of . shop and forbid.
den 70 eutsr II again, either from the front or
back door. This you know happened when
stood BY you and was your only friend.


WIN. EBERT.
Year: 1870

cars where the corn is and accidentally kick out
lots OF the corn, which the pigs, with an eve to
business, are there to watch for, and when the
owner OF the corn or railroad employee comes
alone several woman appear on the scene with


whips and they get their little boys ont and 90
through 'em 'like sixty you know, Just in fun.
iof getting inso the corn. Then they set the
dogs at the pigs, and the man goes off observing
men though ~ WV
Year: 1870

The young ladies of the Congregational
Church will give Peach and Cream Festival,
together with the Song of Seven in character at
Turner Hall, on Monday evening, August 22nd
Doors open at o'clock. Admission % cents
Year: 1870

The FRENCH Prince Imperial is said 10
manifest every day more and more aversion 20
military pursuits. His character is that of his
mother rather than that Of his father. Like the
Empress Eugene, he is impulsive, headstrong
vet easily pacihed, and likes 20 be
familiar much beneath his station in life. He 10
very lavish with all he has, and he often gives
TO his servants presents which have been sent TO
him by foreign potentstes. Some time since the
Austrian Crown Prince presented the SON Of
Napoleon with an immense box of toy soldiers.
When the Empress, q few DAYS after her son
had received the box, inquired in has rooms
what had become of IL, he said be had giving it
10 his lacquey, who had told him that his little
boy was sick. II cost the Emperor one thousand
francs to get the box back.
Year: 1870

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN THE COUNTY OF
WAsHINGTON.-A careful canvass of the county
OF Washington, recently made, shows that a
Republican majority of about two thousand can
be polled outside of the cities of Washington
and Georgetown.
Year: 1870

IHE DECLINE OF AMERICAN COMMERCE.
1he Special Committee on the Decline Of
American Commerce this morning heard a dele
CATION Of steamship men from New York, Bos-
ton and the Southern States, with representa-
uves OF leading railroads in the South who are
interested in the Oriental and Mediterranean
Steamship Company, the bill of which has for
some time been before them
Year: 1870

"A NEW YORK correspondent OF the st. Louis
Republican says: al WAS riding in an omnibus
the other day when some Adolphus, with his
hair parted In the middle, reached up his fare
and upon his thin little arm was q heavy band
bracelet shortly L noticed he had another
upon his other arm; and since then q party
dining At an opposite table at Delmonico's
DISPLAYED the same ornaments upon the wrists Of
three Rentleuen.n
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says that tomatoes
want water almost as much as
ducks, but as the vine is hardy
and will stand almost any amount
of heat and drought, few supply
the water it demands. In order to
make tomatoes ripen quickly, they
should be watered at least once a
day. The evening is the best time
to water them.