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Year: 1871

A story is told Of a citizen Of Dam
bury, Connecticut, who was broken
Of the wretched habit Of swearing in
q novel manner. He was an inveter-
ate cursor and grumbler. At every
meal he neglected his blessing, and
swore at everything from the gravy
to the teapot. His Oaths diseolored
the napkins, soured the bread, and
eurdled the milk. His wife, a woman
who evidently believed the hair Of the
dog would cure the bite, stood this
unseemly conduct ''until forbearanee
ceased to be q virtue.n One morning
he was unusually cross and profane,
and was about to take a fresh start at
something else, when his wife sud
denly broke out with a series Of
damns that made the old gentleman
get up and leave his chair as though
some one had introduced a pin be-
tween the canes. AS soon as she
ceased he breathlessly remarked,
''Well, I swear, If it has got so you
can swear, it is time I quit" +" and
he did.
Year: 1871

A number Of Democratic journals are
making a great Outcry over the yenal
practices OF certain Republican officials
OF the State Of South Carolina While
the wholesale charges Of corruption al
legged against the administration Of that
State have been thoroughly disproTed,
and while the recent convention Of tax
payers, composed almost solely Of men
OF extreme Democratic viewsS officially
expressed its belief that the finances
had been honestly managed, there is no
doubt that a number Of greedy rEscals
have slyly dipped their fingers in the
public treasury, and stolen upon 8 small
scale. In this way a considerable amount
Of money has been plundered and
squandered, and il cannot be to too Sc
verely reprObated and denounced; but
if these picayunish Republican thieves
are to be brought under the public lash,
land it is perfectly right that they should
be, what is 10 be done with the great
Democratic masters Of ne art OF spscu-
latiOn, who have reduced bribery to a
science, and repealed the prohibitory
clause of the Eighth commandment
II is good to grow indignant over the
theft Of hundred thousand dollars IN
South Carolina is it i'll to do so oyer
the purlOining OF millions Of New FORK ?
The Republican party is discharging its
dishonest servants, and bringing them to
justice; has Democracy made an effort
70 cleanse its own Augean stables7 We
are not silent with respect 20 the adyen-
turers Of the South, but we hear nothing
from our Democratic brethren with re-
gard to the raiders of Tammany. Or is
It as true Of robbery as Byron said 1t
was Of murder, that while one theft
makes a villain, millions make a hero
Year: 1871

Massachusetts, has amOnopOly Of the
manufacture Of palm-leaf hats in this
country. The raw material is import
from four to five feet long. These
pass into the hands Of manufacturers
at Amherst, Palmer, Care, and Fitch
burg, by whom they are bleached and
split. The weaving is principally
done by women and children, and in
hundreds of country farm-hOuses the
inmates can be found busily at work
at hat-making. The pay is not large,
but the work is simple and easy. The
waste resulting from the splitting was
until lately regarded as entirely use
less, but is now sold to paper mills
and used in the manufacture Of coarse
paper.
Year: 1871

This note is apparently all rightsnd
fair upon its face. but the reader will
observe that by tearing the paper in
two Just after the date above and the
signature ''Smith' below, the reading
is entirely changed, and the left hand
piece Of paper becomes a promissOry
note for S275, which the sharper inn
mediately sells alta good discount, and
then strikes out for some other sec
ton Of the country.
Year: 1871

THE LITTLE FOLKs.-Mothers,
please let them play in the dirt, romp
and ramble all they wish in the sun
shine and the open air, never mind
the "taren and "dirtn for the little
pets will grow up with vigorous con-
stitutions and be free from disease.
Year: 1871

genius in some one spot in the world,
than to wander over the whole world
and spend his life in admiring the traces
which other men and other people have
left behind them. Every part of our
land has its own special attractions.
The Southern States have their mild
and beautiful climate aud their many
incentives to out door life But the
North and West, if they have more
rigorous climate, have the superior in
citements to long sustained exertion
which that climate affords. It'matters
little whether one lives in the West or
in the South, either affords good field
for successful and useful exertion to one
who is content to remain in one place
and do his best. There are wealth and
honors to be gained in the South, and
there arc wealth and honors TO be gain
c in the West but they offer them
selves as rewards only to the pa
ticnt toler, who seeks them with stead
fast resolution. They flee from those
who pursue them in aimless wandering,
and who 90 from place to place in use
less search for some favored spot where
they can gather gold and riches without
labor


Young man, stay where you are, if
you can do reasonably well there.
Waste not the years of your youth in
wandering over the world in quest OF
better place. Your success in llfe de-
pends not so much on the place you
live in, as it does upon yourself.
Year: 1871

wiekedaess is often punished by Divine
Providence with most simple form of
retribution; it is allowed to have its
own way. plunge the man into hopeless
ruin, and then force him to see with
his own eyes that the past is irrepar>
able.


Once to every man and nation comes the


moment to decide,


In the STRIFE of truth with falsehood, for the


good or evil side:


Some great cause. Gods new Messiah, offer


ing each the bloom or blight,
Parts the goats upon the left hand and the


sheep upon the right;
And the choice goes by for ever 'twixt that


darkness and that light"
Year: 1871

From the New Jersey Mechanic.I


The most careless observer cannot
fail to notice the new faces he daily
encounters. They are keen, restless
faces. fal! OF intelligence ard animation,
and seem to say, :. am hunting loca
tion." These young men must enter
tain dreams Of some modern Utopia,
whore skill or enterprise or both CON
bined, reap rich harvests. and onward
they 90, year after year, in quest of the
attractive region After time, how
ever. most of these men settle down and
become staid and respectable citizens,
while others journey on until they reach
the last goal in the round of life-the
grave 1t was migratory movement
that settled the new world, and the
movement is still going on, impelling
people from the Atlantic Coast to the
Aiieghanies from the Alleghanies to
the Mississippi; from the Mississippi
to the plains; end from the plains to
the Pacific.


1t affects al classes, rich and poor,
aud the throng that is continually
pouring across the continent is full
picture 0f our whole American society.
But individually considered, this migra
tory movement is generally poor
busiuess, and he who is afflicted with it
to an unosual degree had better find a
method Of curing it, Restless nations
will achieve great things in the way of
conquest, discovery and adventure /;
but restless people are apt to achieve
nothing if their restlessne4s keeps driv-
ing them from one place to another in
search of better fortunes nor do they
become recognized land marks. 1t is
a natural curiosity that leads young
man to see the world but if the Curl
osity be INDUCED, it is apt to become
an insurmountable habit. The more we
see of the world, the more we want to
see Of it; the more we travel, the less
content we are to stay at home. and set.
tie down in dillgcnt, patient. persistent
efforts that bring wealth, honor, distinc
ton, usefulness aud influence. 1t is moi
the revolving meteor, but the steady
shining stars, always to be found in
their api ointed places, that give char,
acter to the flmament, and serve ai
sure guides to the mariner and way
farer; so, it is not the restless traveller
who travels from place to place to look
upon the wonders of the world, wht
impress their character upon the world
and leave mark behind when they di,
but the patien plodding workers
who stick to one thing and to one place
until they solve the problem of thei
lives. Young men cannot learn to
early how intimately their success il
life is connected with loyalty, and ho'
much their influence depends upo
roofing themselves into the soil, an
there remaining, until tdeir genius
whatever it may be. shall yield its fruit
The tree that ID often transplante'
dwindles and dies without arriving a
maturity and without leaving biessln
behind it; it is the tree that has it
nome IN one spot, and that strikes IT
roots deep and spreads them wide in th
: soil. that becomes useful and honored
1t is worthier ambition in a youn
man to leave the traces of his labor am
Year: 1871

puRIrY OF IcE.-Besides the fact
that ice is lighter than water, there is
another curious thing about it which
persons do not know perhaps, its purity.
A lump of ice melted will always bo-
come purely distilled water When
the early navigators of the Arctic seas
got out of water, they melted fragments
of those vast mountains of ice called
icehergs, and were astonished to fnd it
yielded only.fres water. They thought
they were frozen salt water, not know


ing that they were formed on the land
and in some way launched into the sea.
But if they had been right, the result
would have been all the same. The
fact is, the water in freezing turns out
of it all that is not water, salt, air, col
oring matter, and all impurities. Fro
zen salt water makes fresh water ice. II
you freeze basin of indigo water It
will make it as pure as that made OF
nnre rain water When the cold is very
sudden these foreign matters have nc
time to escape, either by rising or sink


ing, and are entangled with the ice


and do not form any part of it.
Year: 1871

A Coop WoMAN.-A good woman
never grows old. Years may go over
her head, but il bencvolence and virtue
dwell in her heart, she is rs cheerful as
when the spring Of life first opened to
her view. When We look upon n good
woman, We never think Of her agc-she
looks MS charming rs when the rose Of
youth first bloomed upon her cheek.
Tint rose has not fadeiyet; it will never
fade. In her neighborlood she is the
friend and benefactor, in the church the
devout worshipper and exemplary
Christian. Who does not love and re-
spect the woman who has passed her
days in acts of kindness and mercy-who
las been the friend of man and God
whose whole life has been scene OF
kindness and love, u devotion Of love
and religion? We repeat, such q wo.
man cannot grow old. She will always
be fresh and buoynnt in spirits, and nc
tive in humble deeds OF mercy and
benovolcncc. II the young lady desires
to retain the bloom and beauty Of youth,
led her not yield to the sway of fashion
und folly; let her love truth and virtue
aud to the close Of life size will retain
those feelings which nov make life mp.
pear garden of sweets ever fresh and
ever new.
Year: 1871

ET The New York Sun, Republi-
can. of the 9Th, has this hit at Grant;


There has been good deal OF trouble
in settling the question as to what Gen
Grants given name reallyis. His father
says that he christened him Hiram Ulys-
ses but somehow, in being transferred
from his fathers tannery to the Academy
at West Point, his names got twisted
about, and he turned up on the catalogue
as Ulysses S. Nobody ever could tell
what the s. stood for, though perhaps it
might he held to indicate his crooked
tracks home to his farm after he had
been to st. Louis with load Of wood
He was known at the West at one time
as Useless Grant; but we think there is a
more appropriate name for him. Since
his treacherous blow at Mr.. Sumner, let
him be known hereafter as Preston 5.
Brooks Grant
Year: 1871

AFFIpAvITs TOO SCANDALOUs FOR PUBLICA-


TON.


The notorious case of Stokes agt. Fisk came
up before Judge Ingraham yesterday, when the follow
ing proceedings took place:


this motion are highly mpertluent and scandaous, and
In my Judgment a. counsel OF this Court unit 10 be
the minutes or to he published and therefore
respectfully ask that you take them and give them
personal examination for the purpose OF disposition OF
the motion. 49,


Judge ngraham-what do you purpose to do with your
m0tiOnf


Mr.. Marsh-We have received order to show cause
why the adavits should not be suppressed and that
order before your Honor first We consent that
and that the other motion stand over until the Court de-
termines that question. - .
Mr Beach, understand that these af1davits should
not be considered records OF the Court US TO give
permission to publish them


Judge ngraham-whie they are in my possession
Mr. Marsh-The counsel may have imagined that there
Mr.. Beach, don't want to have them far brought
the Court that other copies should be
privileged. go ,


Judge Ingraham-They will not be published from me-
Mr. BeachSO far the original motion Ia concerned,
II your Honor will permit the adavits TO be presented,
should then desire an opportunity TO answer their
allegations.


Mr. BeachYour Honor will permit me to suggest that,
In the order to show cause see that the phrsseooRy
requires TO be shown why the andavlts or por
ton them be stricken out was not advised then OF
your HonOrs decson In another case that where there
scandaous matter In sidayit, the true practice s
to suppress the whole affidavit Our motion Is also 70
suppress the whole OF the affdavits.


dne case then adjourned TO the 18TH
Year: 1871

parture shell on his back, and a North.
ern Republican, is the difference between
ins and outs, or tweedledum and tweed
ledee


Therefore, we hold that it is the duty
Of TIE South to stand firm by the faith
of their faith ers, adhere immovably to
the principle of Republican government
and constitutional liberty, and say no.
thing till the two factions at the North
have aligned for battle and sounded the
advance. AS between two opposing fac
tions who are struggling for power and
plumber only, and not for the preserva-
ton of the government or the liberties
of the people. and with neither Of whom
we can agree, it may be wise in US to
cast our lot with the mos { powerful, and
seek safety even III the tents of the wick
ed. We do not mean to turn Republican
but we mean to say that we have no
friends at the North except for the
strength we carry into the contest for
the leaves and fishes; that we believe the
Democrats of the North ars as corrupt
as the Republicans of the North, and
that when both factions at the North
stand on the same platform, as now in
dicated, it is matter OF no consequence
to US which faction goes into power. We
can only hope for peace by voting with
the winners"


What a halo of glory there is surroun
ding the manly heads of the Southern
Democracy, when compared with the
shifting time-serving Democracy of the
North. The ark of democracy is with
the Southern wing of the party, and the
unsanctifed cuSses Of the new departure
will fall dead as the priests of old did, if
they undertake to meddle with it.
Year: 1871

The Milwaukee ,Seebote, in an article
on Heligoland, says:


There is no probability that the Eng
lish government will ever voluntarily sur
render this place. They would look up
on it as the beginning towards giving up
those strategetical points that it holds in
| different portions of the globe, and es
sential to uphold their empire at the sea.
| Those that think it is worthless to her, OF
| that the menace of war will induce heI
| to part with it, are mistaken. This ma


ton cannot surrender this naval station
without being called upon to surrender
others, and she cannot surrender her ma
val stations without surrendering her
| empire Of the sea, and she cannot be
stripped Of these without her overthrow
as great power. Menaces will have nc
effect upon her. She regards the offer


to sell this little island in the same light


that parent would entertain the prepo-
sition to sell ore of his children. The
German flag will never float over this is
land unless as trophy ofwa Germany


will not go INTO war with any great pow-
er while the smothered fires Of French
hate are still burning. Germans are toe
peaceful to think of going lightly to war.
| England will not part with this island.
She will risk war with Germany and
all Europe first.
Year: 1871

The departure of the Northern Demo
craey from the true faith of the party,
should inspire the South with a lofty
sense of seif-respeet and a profound re-
gard for her oWu peace and material IN
terestS The tore of the Northern press
toward Mr.. Davis. and through him to-
ward the people of the South, is ample
testimony that the Democrats of the
North have no more love for us than


have the Republicans, and should re
mind US of their villanous deception,
duplicity and treachery IN 1860. About
the only difference between a modern
Northern Democrat, with the new de-
Year: 1871

A proposition was laid before the City
Council last Monday evening asking thai
body to call an. election the 18TH of thi.
month for the purpose cf determining
whether the people desire to grant aid tt
the extent of 500, 000 to the Milwaukee
& Nor. Railroad. The Council refused
to entertain the proposition by vote o
six to two We shall have more to say
concerning this matter in our next issue
-4ppleton Post,
Year: 1871

Aer seeing the statement Of the editor Of the White
Cou Ckef In to the reply Of the Repubioan
believe the former is and his position entirely
fsasibie.-Ozkaloosa Independent


The Independent is not alone in this belief We
are in frequent receipt of words of commendation
Of our course, from old and tried Republicans of
this County, who understand the situation thor
oughiy, aud promise to stand by us in our war
npou hnckstering and shystering Republicans in
this County. They propose to test this question,
whether certain men can carry ont their boast
that no matter what course they pursue in elec-
tssas they can always control the men who are
elected.
Year: 1871

II Some of the Kansas papers seem to thics II
an outrage that JOHN SPEER should agsin become
an editor, after the editors of the State, through
their petition, extricated him from his difficulty
with the Government. We did not understand,
~her We signed his petition, that he pledged him.
self to make no further efforts to support himself
and family. Asthenewspaper business is about the
only business he understands, there is nothing
reasonable in his engaging in it-and besides, he
does not even faunt his name at the editorial
head of the paper. Until he shows a determine
tion to retnrn to the dark and devious ways that
led him into his former troubles, the best way is
not to go to kicking the man down.
Year: 1871

II When men preach, they ought also to prac-
tice. Before the Republican insists upon our be-
smearing the men with fattery who tried to be-
tray the party in this County, and begging them
to become harmonious, and to consent to take the
Offices at the next election, suggest to the ed
itors Of that paper, that they go back to Savan-
nah, establish paper, and advocate the election
of the rowdy HUSTON to Congress. Then they
may be able to appreciate how that manner of
dealing with such unprincipled cattle feels.
Year: 1871

rV During the past week, the number Of new
subscribers received has been unusually crafty
ing. We are under especial obligations to those
subscribers who have sent additional ones. Keep
up the work. We now publish better paper
than our patronage really justifies Give MS the
support, and we will give you a paper that can
not be beaten in the State.
Year: 1871

D- As catechising is the order of the day, and
we have answered the Republicans questions, We
propose to put to it a conundrum or two. During
the late canvass we did not print single ticket
that did not contain the name Of every Republi-
can candidate, JOHNsON's included. Tickets were
ordered with GRAHAM's name on, and on them we
printed JOHNsON's name also. Will the Repsbli-
can inform whether it printed any tickets head
ed Republican but with the name of one Republi-
can candidate omitted, and that Of a Democrat
inserted, the object of which was to enable bolt
ers and traitors to deceive the unwaryf
Year: 1871

~ Some of the papers have come to the con-
clusion that it is unwise and unnecessary longer
to continue the disfranchisement of persons in
Kansas who were engaged in the rebellion. We
thought SO year ago, and voted to remove the
disabilities from all who wished it. The Repub-
licans had better do it, than to let opposition
party make hobby of it to excite sympathy for
the disfranchised, and divide the party, as was
done in Missouri
Year: 1871

The CHEZ says Il supported the entire ticket Did
Il support Johnsoni Did he get vote from the Chief ed
itorf Let ms know that-Liek


Yes, sir; he did If thai answer is not clear and
satisfactory, please let us know what will suit
you.


We inserted JouNsoNs name in the list Of can
didates, and gave him better support than yOu
did the balance of the ticket. We know you made
yonr whole effort for JOHNSON, because You were
ordered to do SO, by your commander chief; and
yon think that makes amends for playing second
fiddle to shysters relative to the balance of the
ticket. But JOHNSON is not a man that pays
folks for acting sucker. You may ms well quit
boring for oil there.
Year: 1871

Young men who go to see girls
have adopted novel method of OBJ
tanning kisses. They assert, on the
authority of scientific writers, that
the concussion produced by a kiss
will cause the flame of a gas jet to
flicker, and easily induce the girl to
try the experiment in the interest of
science. The first kiss or two the
parties watch the flame to see it flick
er, but soon become so interested in
the experiment as to let it flicker if
il wants to.
Year: 1871

\ Western gentleman lately put
himself to bed on the steps OF a
church, and, trying to fold the snow
flakes around him, declared every
time he grasped handful that the
darned sheets always tore so.
Year: 1871

A SIGNIFIcANT FAcT-Notwithstaud-
ing that million of soldiers belonging


to the French and Prnssian armies have


been trampiing down and laying waste


the magnificent vineyards in the great


campagne district around Reims, Eper-
nay, ETC., the price of the wine has not
been affected in the least in this country.
So extensive and destructive have been


the military operations in the depart
ment of which Reims is the most impor-
tant city, that the vintage this year is
almost total loss, and the wine-factors
have to great extent had their stocks
of wine destroyed. Any one would sup
pose this would produce panic among
dealers and consumersof the effervescing
wines, but such is not the case. The
truth is, in the manufacture of the bev-
erages now sold as wine, the juice of the
| grape is of no account. A large part OF
that which is sold in this country is made
from cheaper and more gross materials,
and we suppose if the vintage should ut
terly fail abroad for twenty consecutive
years, the supply of wine would not in
the least diminish. Some time ago


when the terrible oidium destroyed the
vine in Madeira for several years, and
not cask of wine was made upon the
island, the supply of genuine Madeira
was never greater or the price cheaper
Wine drinkers may take encouragement
from these facts.-Journal Of Chemistry
Year: 1871

IAN hub IT OuT. 0O8 WkA00
there" said father to the con, who
was writing with diamond On bis win
dow.


why not?'


Because you can't rub it out"


Did it ever occur to you, my child,
that you are daily writing that which
you can't rub out?


You made cruel speech to your
mother the other day. 1t wrote itself on
her loving heart, and gave her great
pain. 1t is there now, and hurts her
every time she thinks of it You can't
rub it out


You wished a wicked thought one day
in the ear of your playmate. 1t wrote
itself ON his mind, and led him to do
wicked act. 1t is there now you cant
rub it out.
Year: 1871

Any amount and every class Of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies.
and at as low rates at any agency In the country


Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
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