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Year: 1870

Can any one tell how men that can
not absolutely pay small bills, can al
ways find plenty Of money to buy Ii
quOr and treat when happening among
friends?


Can any one tel how many young
men who dodge their washerwoman,
and who are always behind with
their landlord, can play billiards night
and day, and are always ready for a
game of poker or seven-up?


Can any one tell how 1t is that some
men who owe their butchers, owe tor
rent, owe for tailoring, for shoes, ETC.,
can have anything that's nice-eat
oysters at night, wear fine clothes, and
have all the delicacies Of the season?


Can any one tell how men live and
support their families who have no
income and don't work, while others
who are industrious and always en-
pleyed almost starve?


Can any one tell how" man who is
too poor TO pay four c. I've cents a
week for a newspaper, ca spend FIVE
or six times as much for tobacco and
cigars, to say nothing of drink?
Year: 1870

After many mishaps and vicissitudes
the Great Eastern has finally settled


down to her appointed work. Although
her builders did not anticipate that
career for her, it was her manifest des-
tiny to lay submarine cables. Her di-
mensiOns and structure exactly qualify
her for that work, and there is no
other vessel afoat which can compete
with her in this service. -Four thOus-
and miles of cable can with ease be
slowed in her vast holds, and paid out
at the rate of between one and two


hundred miles per day. She is too
big and unwieldly for ordinary marine
service, but the wonderful develop
ment Of ocean telegraphy for the last
two years has kept her fully employed
and bids fair to do so for many years
to come. She has just left the Med
way for the Red Sea, by way of the
Cape of Good Hope, with two thous'
and miles of cable OH board, which is
to be laid between Suez and Bombay,
Year: 1870

When I mention the beautiful girl,
I mean simply the sort of girl a man
refers to when he says, "There is a
pretty girl" Her chief fault is that
she overrates the value of personal
beauty in this world, and undertakes
everything else. 1t will be a wonder
if such a girl does not get an exagger-
ated estimate of such claims, and give
her whole attention to enhancing her
attractivensss by superficial and arti-
fetal means. OF all girls in the world,
this girl is the most difficult to advise,
for she knows her power. If you tell
a girl that sensible men do not care for
pretty face, you close her ears at
once. She knows better. You might
as well tell her sensible men do not
care for Strawberries and cream.


But, girls, l must tell you the truth
about this matter. In the first place,
l want to assure you that l am on
your side. 1 never see a downright
pretty girl but 1 want to take her in
my arms and kiss her. Applause J
You can fancy how 1 feel at this mo-
ment. Laughter. My experience
teaches me that sensible men do care
for the pretty faces just as truly as
they care for Strawberries and cream.
There is something about those over
which sensible men smack their lips.
! Laughter But 1 will tell you
something more, while Lam about it.
You would not have me tell you one
half the truth in this vital matter OF
course not. Well, the other half is,
that neither sensible men nor fools can
live on Strawberries and cream alone.
The Strawberries on your rosy lips and
the cream on your fair cheeks are ex
cellent, so far as they go, but they
won't 90 far. Ten to one, the straw
berries will be more talked about than
any other dish on the table. They
will get all the compliments and all
the praises; but though they bear of
all the vocal hOnors, take my word fol
it, it is the roast Eeef which does the
solid work of the occasion. Laugh
ter
Year: 1870

It was an Irishman who wrote to his son
in the could cOunthry:" "COme till Amer
ky, Mike. 'Tis fine country to get a
living in. All ye have to do is to get a
three-corGored box and fill it wild bricks,
and carry it till the top of a three-story
building, and the man at the top does all
the work" It was another OF the same
nationality, who hearing that his widowed
mother had married again since he quilted
Ireland, exclaimed: "Murther l hope
she won't have q son oulder than me ; If
she does, I shall lose the whole estatel"
Year: 1870

evening in favor of Woman's Rights.
She described a wOmanly girl as she
thought men generally regarded them,
and then over the poor girls shOul-
ders, gave the opponents of WOman's
Rights terrible drubbing. This COM
pleted, she turned and utterly demOl-
ished the aforesaid wOmanly girl, and
then painted one of that class accord
ing to her own ideas.


YANKEE GIRLS AND WESTERN GIRLS.


These two types represent the ex-
tremes of American life. The Yankee
girl is the ideal of James Parton, who
found one of them in a Boston book
store buying "Lippincott's PrOnOunc-
ing Gazetteer of the World" She can
perform household duties, and study
mental philosophy with equal facility.
Intellectual pursuits never interfere
with the quality of her pumpkin pies.
She has quietly laid her plans for the
future in such a way that, if she is
obliged to, she can support herself
She is not a strOng-minded girl ex-
actly, but has strong loanings that
way, and she is ready for any emer-
gency.


A girl should be educated just as a
boy is-that is, in such a way that she
will be able to support herself if it be-
comes necessary. The Yankee girl
has a very keen sense of humor, as is
shown in the case of the girl who ask
ed her neighbOr how many barrels oil
cider her husband made, and when
she was told that it was seven, tasted
it very carefully, and informed hel
that if he had had one more apple he
could have made another barreI-oi
the same quality.


The Western girl is just the Yankee
girl let loose upon the prairie. She is
a magnificent specimen of true wo.
manhood. Some of them have g
strong infusion of New England blood
The girls in Wisconsin who have made
a farm in the woods, and are now cul
tivating it without male assistance
were alluded to as samples of what
women might be. Such girls as these
would appreciate the ballot, and would
use it properly. But with the present
tendency of civilization toward the fal
West, the Western girl will have to bt
looked for in future further west thar
Cincinnati.
Year: 1870

Does the road wind uphill all the wav
nes, to the very end.
WIZ the days journey take the Who'll,
long day!


From morn till night, my friend.
But is there for the night resting place
a roof for when the slow darl; hour,


begin.
May not the darkness hide it from nv


face!
You cannot miss that inn.
Shall meet other way-farcrs at night /:
Those who have gone before.
Then must knock or call when lust in


sight!
They. will not keep you standing at the


door.
Shall ! find comfort, travel-sore and


weak
VI labor you shall find the sum.
VIII there be beds for me and all who


seek?


Yes, beds for all that come.
Year: 1870

Many excellent farmers have a.. idea
that manure to be most efficient in raising
crops should be we'll rotted; bnt this is q
mistake Manure loses very heavy per
centage. Fresh manure, dripping with
anima! urine, hauled directly from the
stable on the land and plowed urder, is
worth nearly double that which has de-
composed 10 saponaeous con. ,s;ency.-
When it is convenient for farlnt S 10 haul
manure on corn ground from the stable as
fast as it is made, it saves handling 1t
twice, and forwards the work in busy
spring time. No fears need be entertain
ed that the atmosphere will carry off the
strength of the manure if left on the sur
face. The only danger to be unprecedented
by this method will be i'll case of the
ground being frozen and covered with
snow and ice when the manure is applied:
if upon aloping land, the virtue of the
manure might wash way; but on level land
there is no execution 81 Ills ti;s Si:. is:. 6 opera
tic:G Iur;ng the entire fall and winter
season.
Year: 1870

OF General Banks, chairman of the
House COMMITTEES on Foreign Affairs, con
corning the delay of said committee in
making report on the Cuban question:
Are the committee waiting for the end OF
the Cuban insurrection, or for the election
of King of Spain, or for tho dogma OF
Papal !nfallibility or what
Year: 1870

The legend of the Cherokee rose is as
pretty as the flower itself. An Indian
chief of the Seminole tribe was taken pris-
oner by his enemies, the Cherokees, and
doomed to torture, but fell SO seriously i'll
that it became necessary to wait for his
restoration to health before committing 6
him to the fire. And as he Icy Frustrated
by disease in the cabin OF the Cherokee
warrior, the daughter of the latter, a
young dark-faced maid, was his nurse
She fell in love with the young chieftain,
and wishing to save his life urged him to
escape; but he would not do SO unless she
would flee with him. She consented. Yet
before they had gone far, impelled by soft
regret at leaving home. she asked permis-
sion of her lover to return for the purpose
of bearing away some memento OF it. SO
retracing her footsteps she broke a sprlg
from the white rose which climbed up the
poles of her fathers tent, and preserving
it during her flight through the wilderness
planted it by the door uf her new home IN
the land of the Seminoles. And from that
day this beautiful! flower has always been
known between the capes of Florida and
throughout the Southern States by the
name ofthe Cherokee rose.
Year: 1870




The message of Alien Wright principal
chief the Choctaw Nation, convening d
special session of the Council, is an able
State paper. He warns them by the fate
Of their territory il Mississippi, and in
view Of the proposed establishment of the
Territory OF Lincoln, that it is idle to
talk Of things remaining as they are. The
great change is approaching; not such as
we wish, but just as it is, faster than we
are prepared to meet it. All must meet
the change, whether prepared or not, and
let us meet it manfully.


He then advises that the lands be sur
veyed and held in eeveralty, and then that
We organize ourselves at once as the State
of Ok-la-h0m- ma and ask for admission
as one Of the States Of the Union, and if
it is the honest desire of the United States
government to have US become citizens Of
the American Union, she will acquiesce in
our petition. He also recommends an
immediate protest against any territorial
government, and the adoption OF a reso-
luton to ask the government to settle the
status of the freedmen and recommends
the encouragement of railroads.


The Council subsequently passed an act
submitting the question Of dividing their
lands so as to be held in servaty, or as
heretofore in common, to a vote of the
people on the 4th of July next


..SometfmG.'


The following is one of Mr.. Prentice's
little waits, so many of which appeared in
the Louisville Journal in its palmiest days:


'Son7etinae-it is a sweet, sweet song,
warbled to and fro among the topmost
boughs of the heart, and filling the whole
air with such JOY and gladness as the songs
of birds DO when the summer morning
comes out of darkness, and day is born on
the mountains. We have all our posses
sion in the future which we call some
time Beautiful flowers and singing birds
are there, only our hands seldom grasp the
one, or our ears hear the other. But oh,
reader, be of good cheer, for all the good
there is golden 'sometirne;' when the
hills and valleys Of time are ell passed;
when the wear and fever, the disappoint-
ment AMI the sorrow of life are over, then
there is the place and tho rest appointed
of God. Oh, homestead, over whose roof
fall no shadows or even clouds; and over
whose threshold the voice of sorrow is
never heard; built upon the eternal hills
and standing with thy spires and pima
cles Of celestial beauty among the palm
trees of the city on high, those who love
God shall rest under the shadows, where
there is no more sorrow nor pain, nor the
sound OF weeping sometime"
Year: 1870

The Prussian commanders exhibit good
taste and judgment in tho selection of
headquarters while they arc engaged in the
siege OF Paris King William will occupy
the palace Of Versailles during the opera
tions before the French capital. He could
not wish for more beautiful, charming anil
comfortable quarsers- His son, the Crown
Prince, shows that hts taste for the elf-
Year: 1870

He Is the noblest E0an Of whom
our land can boast; whether iE the
workshop or at tie plow. you dnd
the same noble hearted, free and
independent being. And if thereisi
a man upon whom we can look
with admiration and esteem, It is
the independent, sober working
man. We care not whether he be d
farmer, mechanic on common labor
er-whether his tolls are endured
in the workshop, the field or the
coal mine whether his house is
the backBoods or the neat cottage
-.-our admiration is the sap2a.
What a happy picture he presents;
what a reward tor his labor, who
by his own unaided eUartiOn estab-
fishes for himself position ia socie-
tn; who commencing ia poverty, by
his skin and assiduity surmounts
every obstacle, overcomes every
prejudice and finally establishes q
character whose value IS enhanced
Eby those who come after him. Such
q man we prize as the noblest work
of Which human nature is capable
the highest production she can


boast. And letit be borne in mind
lby the young working man Just


entering upon the stage Of active
| lifa-let 1T ever lay at the foundo-
/ ton and be the loving spring Oi
his afforts-that this situation be


must strain every nerve to attain.
1t can be attained bv all. Untlr-
ing industry and virtuous ambi-


ton never fail to find their reward
! They never yet were exerted 10


vain, and never will while honesty


and Justice finds home in the hu-
man breast. It was remarked by


an eloquent writer, that the work
ling man who had no inheritance
but virtue, Is the sole king among


men, and the only man amona


kings.
Year: 1870

Dress, dress, always dress! Where is
the prophet among women who will eman-
cipate us from the tyranny of clothes? Is
she yet born? If so, would that we knew
the Bethlehem of her nativity, that our
wise women might hasten to bow before
her and bless her coming. Not till our
dress is more simple, healthful and COM
Portable will it be possible for women to
compete with men in the world of work,
and yet we cannot afford to sacrifice the
element of beauty. Where is the genius
who will combine what is needed, and
give us dress that will express and not
imprison us; of which we shall be as I'M
conscious as our souls are of our bodies.
A dress free from impertinence. that will
not thrust itself between us and the woman
we seek, but take its proper place as a
secondary and altogether subordinate fact.
know OF nothing more truly representa-
tive of the worst aspects of woman's char
acter and condition at the present day than
her dress. 1t is "a thing of shreds and
patches" full of pretense and unreality


1t is often composed of the fiimsiest ma
terials, it consists of bits, it is fastened
with pins, and woman once taken to
pieces the work of reconstruction is truly
formidable; from first to last her dress is
without unity harmony or completeness.


why does it take you longer to dress
than it does me ?" said an impatient hus-
band, whose morning paper lacked its
appropriate adjunct-the cup of coffee
waiting the wife's appearance at the break
fast table. For several very good rea-
sons" said the wife. ''In the first place.
have three times as many things to put
on as you. know, for l counted them.
y L T L Il
fasten with buttons, mine with pins:
yours might be called self-adjusting, while
mine need an endless amount Of fixing.
and then think of the difference in our
hair" Here, surely, is food for thought
How to simplify dress, how to lessen the
cost of living. how to make our home life
more enjoyable. and social intercourse
more rational and satisfactory are impor-
tant questions; questions that are press
ing upon us for immediate soluiton.-Celi0
Burleigh, in Womans Journal.
Year: 1870

1t was an Irishman who wrote to his
son in the could country, Come till
Ameriky, Mike. 'Tis fine country to
get living in. All We have to do is get
three cornered box and fill it wild bricks,
and carry it till the top of three-story
building, and the man at the top does all
the work" 1t was another of the same
nationality, who hearing that his widowed
mother had married again since he quilted
Ireland, Observation-Disclosures! l hope
she wont have son oulder than me if
she does ! shall lose the whole estate.n


Singularly confused ideas must the son
of Erin have of death, for it is related Of
one whose master had died suddenly,
leaving letter ready for mail, that he
dispatched it after adding at the bottom:
"Sinee writing the above have died."
of still another who wished to inform a
friend in ncighboring town of the death
OF fellow workman, that he sent a dis
patch signed with the deceased mans
name, reading: "James, come home;
died last night" and an Irish lady ordered
her body to be opened after her death, lest
she should be buried alive. 1t was a
Hibernian gentleman who told friend
who was studying for the ministry Il
hope may live to hear you preach my
funeral sermon; it was an Emerald
Islander who, being asked to go on the
deck of vessel when she was in danger
of laundering, said he had no wish to
see himself drowned. 1t was Michael
O'Mulligan who remarked. with much
good sense. that "a man gets a very poor
show who waits till he is kilt before he
acts on the defensive;'' and the following


is found on an Irish tombstone Here
lies John Highly and his wife, who were
drowned in their passage from America.
Had they both lived. they would have been
buried here. ."-Appleton's Journal
Year: 1870

The lollowing record win show the changes IN the


temperature OF the weather for the past twenty y.our
hours IN comparison with the corresponding day Of
last year as Indicated by the thermometer at Hud-
nuts pharmacy. HERALD Building, Broadway cor.
Year: 1870

Religious Notes-General and Personal.
Correspondents communicating with us upon rci-
gious topics must be brief and to the point and
write only upon one side OF the paper to insure at
tentiOn.


There will be preaching IN most Of the city Churches
Year: 1870

he felt rope pass around his neck: he


then understood the little trick that was


to be played, but did not move. His


wife went up to the attic, and, taking
advantage Of this moments respite, the
drunkard relieved himself Of his rope
and fastened il TO the foot of the stove,
which soon went up to the ceiling with
frightful noise, caused by the fall of
some crOckery which was standing up
on it. The wife, thinking the noise was
caused by the fruitless struggle Of her
husband, ran to the police office to de-
clare that she had found her husband
hung. The police arrived in hot haste,
and candle was lighted, when ali
started back at the specticle that presen-
ted itself. The stove was swinging
in space, and the husband sat
gravely smoking his pipe. Instead Of
suicide, an attempt to murder was es-
tablished against the wife, who was ar
rested. -
Year: 1870

The constitutionality OF the Civil
Rights law is TO come before the Su-
premG Court Of the United States on an
appeal from Kentucky in the case of two
white men, convicted Of numbering n
negro family in that state. The accused
were before the state courts, but on ac-
count of the laws, which do not permit
negroes to testify against white persons,
they were taken before fhe United States
Court, and there convicted upon negro
testimony, and sentenced to be hung
This IL the first case Of the kind taken
to the higher court, and its Anal decision
will be eagerly watched,
Year: 1870

There arc certain important facts
WHICH SHOULD he remembered in treat
ing the diseases of the horse. The horse
is more like man, as regards general
structure and the pathology Of his dis
cases, than any other animal. As r
rule, though not without some excep-
tiQns, the causes Of disease in man op-
crate similarly uppq the horse, and the
same remedies are equally efiicaoious for
both, Disease is either general or local
in its character; local when only some
Year: 1870

Mr.. ED.-Dear Sir:-As farming is
the leading enterprise of Vermont, and as
many men present their views before the
public through the press, | propose to
write some Of my experiences and observ-
ations for your paper, hoping that may
be able to draw out the views of Others
through the same medium in relation to
this pursuit.


With all the improvement of the past
twenty years there is still room for more.
Vermont is adapted for stock raising, and
butter and cheese manufacturing, and not
for the raising of grain to export. There
fore farmers should adopt the best means
for improving their stock Of all kinds, and
growing large hay crops, which are the
staples of this State. Ten years will dc
away with one.third of the ploughing that
is now performed, from the fact that farm
ers cannot keep up so much land IN tIllage
without " running down in the great ma
iority of cases Now what can be done
Stop raising potatoes to sell ;--oblige po'
tato shops to be turned into work shops
Stop raising hops. Stop raising oats to
sell. In short, feed out all you can raise
on your farms, taking care to save all the
manure and the waste of your barn yards
Save it all. Farmers can cut much more
hay on less ground. How can this be
done? Farmers having cellars to theil
barns or good tigh yards can double then
amount of manure by carting in muck OIL
earth and mixing with the contents Of the
wards. The urine Of stock is said to b'
worth. when mixed with earth, as much
as the manure. The great secret of rails
ing crops is in making a large amount o
manure and then knowing how to apply it
| think one-balf Of our meadow land II
Vermont will produce as much hay iron
Year: 1870

ten to twenty cart loads of manure put on
to the surface of our meadows as twice
that amount ploughed in once in four or
five years, aud cheaper and easier way
OF farming. Good meadow land should
not be ploughed oftener than once in ten
years. Some Ian will 60 twenty years
with light top-dressing once infve years.
My experience is that when manure is
mixed with the earth the nearer the top
Of the earth the better. Some farmers
who want to make all they can off their
smrfa this year and next, will prepare a
piece of land for corn this year, next year
for potatos, the third year for oats and then
stock the ground 1t is then exhausted
for growing grass.


From my long experience in farming
recommend stocking the next year after
corp with wheat and hcrdsgrass seed Oh
clover. Wheat and rye arc the best crops
to stock with.


Meadow land should be top-drcssed be-
fore the heavy fall rains come.


There is much diversity Of opinion as
to what kind of team is the best fol
farm work. I think fifty dollars a yeal
can be saved Oh an ordinary farm by us
ing an OK team instead Of horses.