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PAPA, WHAT I A NF.WHPiPf rt, AMD
WHAT DOES ITIOMTAIX?
Organ that gentlemen play, my boy , .
To answer tbe taste of the day, my boy ;
Whatever It be.
They hit on the key,
' And pipe la full concert away, my boy.
News from all countries and clime, ,my boy,
Advertisement, essays, and rhyme, my boy,
Mled np with all sort
Of (f) lying reports.
And published at regular time, my boy.
Articles able and wise, my boy,
At least la the editor's eyes, my boy,
And logic so grand
That few understand
To what In tbe world It applies, my boy.
Statistics, reflection, review, my boy,
Little scrap to instruct and amuse, my boy,
And lengthy debate
Upon matter of State,
For wlse-hi-adej folks to peruse, my boy.
Tbe funds at they were and they are, my boy
The quibble and quirks of tbe bar, my boy
And every week
A clever criliqp,
On torae rising theatrical star, my boy.
The age of Jupiter' moons, mv boy,
The stealing of somebody's spoons, my boy,
The state of the crops,
The stylo of the fops,
And the wit of the public buffoons, my boy.
Lists of all physical ills, my boy,
Banished by somebody's pills, my boy,
Till you ask with surprise
Why any one dies,
Or what's the disorder that kills, my boy.
Who bas got married, to whom, my boy,
Who were cut off in their bloom, my boy,
Who has a birth
On this sorrow stained earth,
Who toilers first to the tomb, my boy.
The prices of cattle and grain, my boy,
Directions to dig and to jjrain, my boy,
Rut'twould take me too long,
To tell you in song,
. A quarter of what they contain, my boy.
Churrh Union.
Original
For the RErriiucAf.
puis i.irr..
HY A ritISOXF.lt.
It hits been said that in tho life of
even the liumblast individual there is
enough of fact, romance and adventure
to form an agreeable history. In every
picture there must be light and shade,
and in every description of a success
ful life there are dark passages that
contrast more forcibly the doeds of
light. I do not propose to give a
history of my life, but merely to relate
soma facts and adventures that came
under my observation, and quorum
pars fui.
On the morning of the 29th of April,
1864, the sun shone out clear and
bright, as it can shine only in that
loveliest of valleys, the Shenandoah.
Our regiment was encamped upon a
-slightly rising piece of ground, that
overlooked the country for miles
around. Away to the left lay the
town of Martinsburg, a good, Union
loving place, the memory of which is
enshrined in the heart of every soldier
of tbearmy of West Virginia. Around
sjs the little white tents looked so beau
tiful in their quiet stillness. Here and
there soldiers might be seeu wonder
ing listlessly about, as if tired of the
camp, and longing for home. To our
right the blue mountain stood up in
glorious majesty, as if in reverence
before the Creator, and then stretched
on, on, and faded away in the distance.
Looking upon the scene one could for
get that war was raging throughout
the land, and that those lovely plains
might soon become the fields of battle.
It seemed so like a vision of the patri
archs, who dwelt in tents, df old.
, But suddenly a courier from the
town gallops up to headquarters, dc-
livers a message, and returns. . In
almost au instant tents are struck and
.folded, knap-sacks packed and slung,
bayonets glisten in the sunlight, order
lies rush to and fro, companies form
into line, and the silent encampment
becomes a scene of busy activity, like
that uoon r'" "'a JF,neaa XnnlmJ
(down with wonder. Soon the bugle
rings out clear upon the air the "ad
vance,"and a long line of blue stretches
lowly southward, like a huge serpent
unwinding its folds.
Any one who has witnessed it knows
the delay that invariably attends the
first movement of an army. It was
opn before our regiment, with seven
others cf infantry, cavalry and artillery,
Itttlors and camp followers in propor
tion were fairly on the road for Win
chester, "twenty miles away." Maj.
jQen. Sigel was in command, and
Gens. Stahl and Sullivan subordinates,
As he passed along, loud cheers went
Up for the hero of Pea Ridge, and we
were confident he would again lead on
to victory. . It was well we knew not
the future. . ,
Soon tho road becaino strewed with
JAS. E. SAYERS,
VOL. XI.
the inevitable debris of an army. Our
regiment had never before marched
much, and of course started with full
supplies Of 'overcoats, blankets, gum
and she Iter tents, which the heat and
fatigue soon caused to.be cast aside.
The mile posts become closer and closer.
The weak soldiers dropped exhausted,
and were put into ambulances, while
the1 strong and vigorous marched, on
with song and jest, and rejoiced in the
prospect of soon meeting the enemy.
The mountain looked dowh Upon us
as if to say, why do you not go home
and cease your conflict ? Ah, truth
must bo upheld, and the right defend
ed, even though it cost many, very
many noble lives. For what is life
without liberty ? A miserable failure,
On tho top of one peak was a sig
nal station, and we saw the flags fly
ing, telegraphing to others miles away.
At one house the ladies waved their
handkerchiefs, and were greeted with
rousing cheers. At night we ramped
at Bunker Hill, not the one of revo
lutionary memory, but a village of
half dozen houses and churches, almost
ruined by the war. As soon as we
halted I went to one of tho large
springs, that burst forth all through
the valley, to procure water. A
largo pond was formed near, around
which water cresses grew in abundance.
Seeing other soldiers eating them, I of
course gathered some, and found them
delicious, an excellent seasoning for
our salt meat and crackers. On my
way back I passed through a German
regiment from Ohio. They were
uerco looking leiiows ; wore Jong
mustaches, and had Belgian rifles with
sabre bayonets. Supper cooked and
eaten, I lay down to sleep with two
companions. But before wc fell
asleep, a partnership was formed to
last as long as possible, tho chief arti
cles of which were, to cat and sleep
together, bear our burden equally, and
whenever a halt was made, one was to
put up the tent, and the other two go
out and forage. Was there not some
thing beautiful in that ? Away from
home and loved ones, our hearts
stretched out, like little tender vines,
for something to cling to and twine
around. And thus we three became
firm friends. As I was tall and slen
der, and remarkably good at creeping
through small bole.', I was chosen 03
one to forage. The other, a corporal,
always seemed to mo to have peculiar
fingers, as whatever he touched clung
to them. The third was a young man
of moderate education, and in soldier
phrase, "a good fellow."
How we fared together will appear
in time.
WORHI.HU dlHUS.
Happy girls t who cannot love them?
with cheeks like roses, bright eyes and
elastic step, how cheerfully they go to
work. Uur reputation tor it, such
girls will make excellent wives.
Blessed indeed will those men be who
secure such prizes. Contrast those
who do nothing but sigh all day, and
live to follow the fashions, who never
earn the bread they eat, or the shoes
they wear ; who are languid and lazy
from one week's end t another. Who
but a simpleton and popinjay would
prefer one of the latter if he were look
ing for a companion ? Give us the
working girls they are worth their
weight in gold. You never see them
mincing along, or jumping a dozen
feet to steer clear of a spider or a fly ;
they have no affection or silly airs,
and trying to show off to better ad
vantage, and you feel as though you
were talking to a human being and
not to a painted automaton or a fallen
angel.
If girls knew how sadly they missed
while endeavoring to show off their
delicate hands, unsoilcd skins, and
putting on n thousand aire, they would
give worlds for the situation of work
ing ladies, who are as fur above them
in intelligence, in honor, in everything
as the heavens are above the earth.
Be wise then, you who have made
fools of yourselves through lite. Turn
over a new leaf and begin, though late,
to live uid human beings, as
companions to mf.r! mnn "nd not
playthings and dolls. In no other
way can you be happy and subserve
the designs of your existence.
The Opejt Fire. "I am a firm
believer" says Dr. Ctiyler, "in the
moral and spiritual iufluence of an
open fire. To make home attractive
there must be somewhere in the house
a common family reudezvous ; and that
ought to present a more radiant at
traction than a black hole in the floor,
through which hot air pours from a
subterranean furnace. Men will fight
for their altars and their firesides ; but
what orator ever invoked a burst of
patriotism in behalf of steam pipes
and registers? I never cease to be
thankful that I was brought up be
sides the hickory fire of a rural farm
house." .
.There were three thousand bales
of cotton raised in one southern county
of Illinois this season,
FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT
WAYMMIHG,
Select Reading.
l'BOW: WANIIIXtlTON.
Tha Flaanalal ejacatloa Itepart f the
S.B.U CaaaalUM.
The Senate Committee on Finance,
in their report remark : It should be
the effort of Congress, not merely to
declare and obey the existing law, but
to adopt a comprehensive policy that
will preserve the public faith, restore
confidence to the people, stability to
our business interests, and yet will ap'
peal to the sense of justice of the peo
ple. If it is unhappily drawn into
the arena of party financial matters it
ought not be in anv sense partizan, but
may become so. Unless Congress can
tavivjr v ca Jti--j uiccuiig tnu s vvjuiqi ivo.
the contest on these most delicate and
dithcultquestions may be transferred to
the Hustings, where the heat of party
strife may read to dangerous results,
The Committee examine at length
tho provisions of the bill reported,
state the condition of the public debt,
and then, take up the question ns to
whether the 5-20 bonds arc redeemable
in any other money than in coin of the
United States, sav : Tho duties on im
ported goods, and the interest on the
public debt, arc, by law, exceptional
from the legal tender clause. This
implies that the principal of the debt
is not excepted. Tlie construction
drawn from the payment of previous
loans in gold is answered bv the fact
that that the act under which these
bouds were issued expressly declares
that a note shall be lawful money as
well as gold, and shall be receivable in
payment ot public debt. Ihe argu
ment that a construction was put upon
the law by the agents of the United
States, is answered by the fact that
this whs not a mutual construction,
recognized by both parties as a part of
the contract, but Avas rather an opinion
based upon a supposition of the state
of facts, which, when the five years
expired, did not actually exist. It is
clear that if the bonds are payable
when diie in legal tenders, they are
redeemable after fivo years from date
in the same kind of money. The
word "payable implies a duty or nbli
gation, which must bo pcriormedntthc
tunc stipulated. Ihe word "retleonv
able" implies a discretionary power,
whieh may or may not bo exercised,
but tho same kind of money, in the
jamo mode tendered, will redeem a
note or pay a note.
The Committee have deemed it their
duty to present the agreement in favor
ot redeeming bonds in legal tender
notes, for it cannot be concealed that
this construction has been adopted by
manv who disclaim all purposes to
cvaife public engagements. Still, the
admitted fact remains, that these bonds
Were generally taken up on the suppo
sition that they would bo paid in coin ;
that this was expressly declared by
authorized agents of tho Government
in necotiatine the loan, that such dec
laration must have been known by
Congress and ' was not negatived
that it was sanctioned by three
successive Secretaries of the Treas
ury ; that upon tho faitli of it the
bonds have been continually higher in
market value than the notes, and
public sentiment, both in this coun
try and in Europe, would regard it as
a breach of public faith. Public credit
is of so sensitive a quality that time
cannot restore it when impaired. It
is better far to forego a doubtful privi
lege. If in the judgment of impartial
men we have no right to exercise it,
the doubt should be removed. The
discussion of the question manifestly
impairs public credit. Until it is set
tled no new loan can be pegotiated.
The public mind becomes accustomed
to the idea of repudiation, and the
wildest schemes of paper money
worthy of the days of George Law.
It lias, tho Committee.says, been
provided by Congress by joint resolu
tion that the Five-Twenty bonds arc
redeemable only m gold. J his is
stcad of settling the question will
only create divisionsand parties, and
the resolution when passed will be a
subject of notation nnd repeal.
1 hese considerations induce tueCom-
mittoe, without deciding the question
to propose a substitution of new bonds,
clear and explicit in their terms, for the
J! tve-twenty bonds as tliey become re
deemable. This exchange must de-
fiend upon the voluntary consent of the
wider, but it is believed that the great
body ot them will readily make thecx-
ehange and the government will be
able to sell the new bonds at a rate that
will redeem or purchase an caual
amount of the 5-20 voniz. It is the
manifest interest of the bondholder, as
well as of the tax pnyer, to have rights
cleared defined. That Congress after
fuir: consideration, should so settle
them that they will not be effected by
any uncertainty as to tho manner of
their payment. If this exchange is re
fused by the bondholder, it will be
time enough to determine whether, by
the conditon of his bond, he may not
bo paid in lawful money. The plan
pro)oscd establishes the maximum of
currency at an amount fixed by law,
and it may be diminished by payment
for taxes and its converson into bonds.
This process would.it is believed, rap
idly restore our currency to the stan
dard of gold, without the levere dis
turbances and uncertainty caused by
the present system. ' When the re
stored credit of the Government ad
vances market vulue of our bouds to
the gold standard, specie payment may
be resumed, and maintained, This
AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE
PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1867.
plan is in accordance with the uniform
practice of our Governmcut' prior to
July 1st, 1363, and of Great Britian
during the long period of specie pay
ments, from 1 797 to 1 823. The hold
er of paper money paid out was allow
ed at any time to convert it into a bond
or annuity. The note forced upon the
people during the suspension of specie
payments was never allowed to be ot
less value than other securities held by
public creditors.
The committee are of opinion that
the tilne is not .distant when it will
become the duty of Congress to repeal
so much of the existing law as makes
a United States note a legal tender in
payment of debt either public or pri
vate, ilns provision was adopted
with extreme reluctance and under
the pressure of overwhelming neces
sity. The Committee having stated their
views upon the diilorent propositions
of the bill, add that they do not con
sider this measure as embracing all
the financial measures demanded by
public interest, but they present it in
the hope that it nutv not be embarrass
ed by other financial problems now ex
citing general uiscussiuii.
WHAXT'S' l'RIVATE" LETTER.
The following is the private letter
to tho J 'resident from Gen. Grunt,
about wh ch so much curiosity has
been expressed :
(Private.)
Headquarters Army op the
Usited States, 'Washington, D.
C, August 11, 18G7. His Excellency
Andrew Johnson, President of the
United Stales Sir: I take the liberty
of addressing you privately on the sub
ject of tho conversation wo had this
morning, feeling as I do tho great
danger to the wcllare of the country
should you carry out the designs then
expressed.
First, on the subject of the displace
ment of the Secretary of War. His
removal cannot be effected against his
will without the consent of the Senate,
It was but a short time since the
United States Senate was in session,
and why not then have asked for his
removal if it was decided upon. It
certainly was the intention of tho leg
islative branch Of the Government to
place a Cabinet Minister beyond the
power of the Executive removal, and
it is prettv well understood, so far as
Cabinet Ministers are affected by the
terms of the Tenure of Ollice bill, that
it was intended especially to protect
the Secretary of War, in whom the
country felt great confidence. The
meaning of the law may be explained
away by nn astute lawyer, but com
mon sense and the views ot the loyal
people will give to it the effect intend
ed by its framers.
Second, onthesubjectof the removal
of tho very able commander of the
Fifth Military District. Let me ask
vou to consider the effect it would
llinvc upon tho public He is univer
sally and deservedly beloved by the
people who sustained this Government
throughout its trials, and feared by
those who wouldstill bo enemies of the
Government. It fell to the lot of but
few men to do as much against an
enemy as Gen. Sheridan did during
the rebellion, and it is within the
scopeof the ability of but few in this
or any other country to do what he
has done. His civil administration
has given equal satisfaction. He has
had dimcultics to contend with which
no other District Commander has en
countered. Almost, if not quite, from
the day he was appointed District
Commander to the present time, the
press has given out that he was to be
removed that the administration was
dissatisfied with him. This has em
boldened the opponents of the laws of
Congress within lus command to op
pose him in every way in their power
and has rendered necessary measures
which otherwise may never have
been necessary. In conclusion allow
me to sny, as a friend, desiring peace
and quiet, the welfare of the whole
country North and South, that it is
my opinion the loyal people of this
country I mean those who supported
the Government during the great re
bellion will not quietly submit to see
tlie very men ot all others who they
have expressed their confidence in rc-T
moved, i would not have taken the
liberty of addiessimithc Executive of
the United States thus, but for the
conversation on the subject alllttdcd to
in this letter, and from asense of duty.
Feeling that I know I am rigi.t In this
matter,
With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
Signed. U. S. Grant.
Among the papers is a letter to
General Grant from Major General
Sheridan.dated New Orleans, January
25, 1867, in relution to matters in
Texas, particularly referring to the
condition of the Uuion men and frecd
men in different parts of the State,
which he says is horrible. He says
the Government is denounced, freed
men are shot, and Union men are per
secuted if Uiey have the temerity to
express their opinion
This letter Gen. Grant, under Jdate,
Headquarters Army of the United
States, January 29, 1867, endorses as
follows t ."Respectfully forwarded to
the Secretary of War. Attention is
invited to that portion of the communi
cation which refers to the condition of
the Union men and treed) n on in Texas,
and to the powerlessness of tho mili
tary in the present state of affairs to
RIGHT. Lincoln.
afford them protection. Even the mor
hl effect of the presence of troops is pass
ing away, aud a few days since a squad,
of soldiers on duty was tired on by some
citizens iu Brownsville. In my opin
ion tho great number of murders of
Union men and freed men in Texas,
not only as a rule unpunished, but un
investigated, constitute practically a
state of insurrection) and believing it
to be the province and duty of every
good government to afford protection
to the lives, liberty and property of
her citizens, I . would recommend the
declaration of martial law in Texas to
secure these. The necessity for gov
erning any portion of our territory by
martiul law is to be deplored. If re
sorted to it should Iks limited in its
authority, and should leave all local
authorities and civil tribunals free and
unobstructed until they provo their
inefficiency cr unwillingness to per
form their duties. Martial law would
give security, or comparatively so, to
all classes of citizens, without regard
to race, color or politiul opinions, aud
could be continued until society was
capable of protecting itself, or until the
State is returned to its full relation
with the Union, ' The application of
martial law to ono ot these States
would bo warning to all, and if neces
sary can bo extended to others.
Signed. U.'S. Grant,
General.
No action was had by tho civil au
thorities upon the foregoing recom
mendation, A ailARP BOY.
The Watcrtown (X. J.) Reformer
tells this story. A few days since a
small, fine looking, bright boy came
into the cars and took a scat. Shortly
after a minister camo in and took a
scat before and facing him, when the
following conversation ensued:
"Well, my littlo lad, what is your
name?" asked the minister.
"My name is James Foot. What
is your name ?"
"Willinm Hand" was the answer.
" Where are you going?" asked the
minister."
"To Rome, sir; nnd where are you
going?" was the rcsponso of the boy.
'i he minister could do no less than
answer, "Camden."
"How old aro you ?" was tho next
question of the minister.
"Eight years," replied tho boy.
"How old are you, sir?"
The minister hesitated but gave no
answer.
"Aro you alone?" was the next
question of tho minister.
"Oh, no, sir,"replicd the boy, point
ing to the passengers, "I have plenty
of company."
"But have you no friends on board
to look after you?" asked the minis
ter. -
"Xo sir, have you ?"
This was not answered, but was fol
lowed by a littlo history.
"When I was a boy, said the min
ister, "my parents would not allow me
to go ot! the farm alone.
At this the boy with an indescriba
ble look, said' ''It is diflbront now."
A SKETCH OFTIf E TRini'.t'E OFFICE.
A gentleman who recently spent a
week among the Metropolitan lions,
had contributed tho following to Tlie
Hudson Star.
"We ascend to the fourth story in
the "dummy" in former connection as
an employee giving us the privclego,
and what do we behold? Hero are
54 men at work "type-setting," for to
morrow's issuo of llie Tribune, whose
wages range from $20 to $35, six
nights constituting a week's work.
The compositors have two hours' com
position each after noon that is to say
the men are equally divided into four
phalanxes, two going to work at a
certain hour and working two hours
when "time" iscalled by the foreman,
and the othertwo phalanxes go to work
in the same order. At 0 o clock r.
M. workisleftotf.so far as type-setting
is concerned, and the compositors fill
their cases with type for the nights
work. At 7 o'clock the whole force
of 54 men commence work together and
are seldom let off until half-past 2 or
3 o'clock in the morning. But an in
dependent life is that, notwithstanding
on xhe Tribune."' He works
the latigue ot night work, ot
o a-.rtm-
when Ii
ic Ureases, simulv havintr to nut
a 'sub' on his frame when he desires to
"toko a day off." Saturday no work
is done, and at 2 o'clock in the after
noon the men arc paid off. They form
in line, and each man is paid in regu
lar order, and reoeivesonly thntremu
meration for his labor which his
capabilities as a compositor calls for.
In other words, a "fast" compositor
(he who can "set" the most type in a
week) makes the largest bills. Sorao
of tho men are of an economical turn
of mind, toraperate iu their habits, aud
industrious, while others live fust, use
intoxicating drinks, aud . generally
havcdcpleted purses on Monday. We
know compositors on "The Tribune"
who are worth $5,000 and a number
have stock in different business enter
prises. Take them altogether, they
area rollicking, happy intelligent body
of men, ever charitably disposed and
sensitive to poverty's call. Many it
the poor woman in New-York who
blesses "The Tribuue" boys for favors
received. So much for the composi
tors, with whom we mingled, collect
ively, for two years. Let us take a
peep into the press-room vault, where
stand the huge presses which print
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
NO. 27.
brisk, it was found impossible to do
justice to the subscribers nnd newsmen
V. .1 ... r. !-l ' i 1
in me eariy lurui.siiini; ui tinners, mm
so a. meeting was hold by tlie stock
holders to consider tho propriety of
putting in a new eigni-cyunuer ngni
ning Hoe press, new boilers and en
gine, and it was promptly decided to
go on with the improvements, and
now we see standing sido by side, one
ten, one eight, and a six cylinder press.
While we stood admiring these iron
Monsters, we took out our watch aud
"timed" the eight cylinder press,
which was engaged in printing "Tho
Weekly Tribune," and the result was
as follows: there were thirteen ihovi
and nine hundred and twenty papers
thrown lrom the "flyers," and laid on
eight, different piles in an hour.
This press was not run at full speed.
The ten cylinder press tout print twen
ty thousand papers in an hour, but the
average speed is in proportion to the
eight cylinder, wlucli would mako tlio
number of papers printed in an
hour 14,000. The six cylinder, in reg
ular ratio, prints 10,440 papers to the
hour, so that, taking all tho presses
toeether. it will be seen that they will
print forty-one thousand seven hundred
and suty-one papers per nour. at
full speed the presses Will print about
60,000 papers an hour ! The papers
aro mostly folded by machinery five
folds being given each pnjcr, which is
dono at tho rato of alwut lorty per
minute. Tho presses and folding-ma
chines are driven bv two large horizon
tal engines, which aro located directly
under the pavement on the iN assail
side of tho building. The united
powers of these engines is about 250
horse, and the steam is supplied by two
immense upright boilers.
U1XLK.
The American Exchanae and Re
view tells some vcrv nrcttv facts and
fancies about bells, and we clipped the
following from the much longer article
published in that paper. Attcrspcak
in; ot the sizes and virtues ot various
renowned ones, it goes ou to say :
Tho boll at St, Filian, in Perthshire
cured lunacy. Hie patient was only
obliged to bathe in the pool of the
saint and spend the night alone in the
chnpcl. If his disordered intellect
survived such an ordeal, the bell was
placed on his head with duo ceremony
and lorthwitli lus wits returned. An
other bell was so attached to its home
that it extricated itself from the hands
ofa thief, aud returning, took Up its
abode in its accustomed tower. Stran
ger still, Clothaire II. onea carried off
a bell from Soissous, in Burgundy, to
runs. Arrived in tho capital, behold
a miracle 1 The bell was dumb; nor
did its voice return till, bcinir sent back
to its old quarters, it begau to ring
spontaneously and joyously, while yet
seven miles lrom boissons, so loudly
that the people of tho town recognized
the old lamiliar tones, and rushed
forth tumultuoiisly to welcome it.
A curious circumstance is stud to
have occurred at tho death of the Duke
of Wellington, which would have been
written a miracle a hundred or two
years ago. Hearing of the death of
the oltf soldier, tho Dean of Trim,
where the duke had passed many of
his early years, and which lie had rep
resented in Parliament, ordered that
the bells should be tolled. The tenor,
one of the finest aud sweetest in Ireland
was no sooner struck than it broke.
Upon examination it was found to be
cast iu the Very same yearof tho Duke's
birth, 1700.
A legend of the Sinntio peninsula
has been preserved by Uhlnnd, in his
poem "Die Vcilorence Kirche' (The
Lost Chucli), whose peals ring out at
twilight through the forest :
' 'From sge toigc those sounds iro 'jeard,
Borne on tho breczo at twi'lgbt hour ;
From sge to age no foot bath found
A patbvray t the minster tower."
Years ago, as the story goes, the lit
tlo village of Raleigh, Nottinghamshire
England, was engulfed, and the -peasants,
walking now with .their children
on Sunday and holy day over the tin
broken green, bend their cars to the
ground, and through the clover and
daisies they hear "sweet and far" the
chimes of the lost parish churcn.
What tales of wonder may have been
founded on the call of the campanero
or bell bird of Demamra, a snow-white
little creature which carries on its head
a tube nearly three inches long, which
it can fill with wind at pleasure; and
the tones from this feathery spire may
be heard through the deep forest a dis
tance of three miles, and sound, like the
tolling ofa bell.
Father Prout wrote with deep affec
tion of
"The tweet bells of btundon,
That sound so grand oo .
Tbe pleasant waters ,
Of the river Lee."
But the most touching start of at
tachment to the tones of a bell is that
of the peal in the Limerick cathedral.
The bells were made for a convent in
Italy by an Italian of great skill in his
art, and so dear to him did they be
come that he took up his abode near
the convent cliff, where lie could daily
hear the beloved chimes. But polit
ical troubles arose t the monks were
driven from their monastry, the Ital
ian from ins home, and tho bells were
carried he knew not where. Years af
terwards, in his wanderings, the Italian
came to Limerick. ' On a calm beauti
ful eveninir, asheealod slowly up the
broad waters of the Shannon, suddonly
upon the golden stillness . broke the
peal of his long-lost bells. Full and
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lng by the quarter, hall-year or year. Special
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vertlat'inenls. inn I'KtN-rrNnnf Aver kind In Plain and raa
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manner and at tha loweit ratea.
sweet they echoed over the stream, aud
every vibration was to him the voice
of the home forever lost, of the friends
departed, of the youth that only mem
ory could recall. lie bowed his head
reverently and listened. The seamen
came to him by and by. His face was
still toward the cathedral. Tha last
tones of tlie beloved chimes were still
trembling; on the quiet air. but he heed
ed them no longer; his eyes were clos
ed torever upod earth.
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now to KEEP CATTLB.
The shiftless farmer throws his fodV
der on the ground to be trodden under
foot, or to bo worked into the mud.
The good farmer provides good but
cheap racks, where all is saved.
The careless farmer yes, we might ,
say hard-hearted, or with no heart at,
all allows his cattle and sheep . tV
feed In the open fields, swept by every
winter tempest or storm of sleet amf
snow. See them hanging under the
lee of some rock, sheltering tbomselvct
from the fury of the blast ; or perhaps
on tho safer side of a haystack we find
a whole herd congregating. Look at
the littlo calves or yearlings driven
away by the older cattle, standing
dreary and deserted on the cheeriest
snow, with the cold wind cutting them
through and through. Such cases may
not occur vory often j but they do
occur once in a while, and have com
under our notice. A farmer so neg
lectful of his best interests is not (U to;
live.
But, on the other hand, tho good'
farmer provides good, clean, comfor--table
shelter, where the animals thrive '
and keep fat, and serves a large por
tion of tho feed otherwise required, to"
keep their animal heat.
Ihe poor farmer lets his calves run
wherever the older cattle drive them,
both In the yard and fields ; and by
spring they look like superannuated
old dummies. The good farmer gives
his calves the best chance of all his cat
tle, feeding them with meal and hay,,
nnd keeping them well stabled by
night, and properly sheltered by day;
and in the spring they look fet, sleek,
and cleans and are the admiration ot
his own household and his neighbors.
The bad manager permits his winter
swine to procure their own lodging
where they can best find it iu the
corncrof the barn-yard, in the manure
heap or under some transient pile of
straw, exposed to rains and snow-drifts.
The good manager provides a comfor
tablo log-house, and takes esiiecial
pains that they have good dry bedding,
and that everything about the in is
kept clean. ,
f hercfore, those who wish to derive
the largest profit from their animals,
and tho food they consuine, may find
good advice in the following rules,
whether for summer or winter manage
ment. Good pasture is a prime considera
tion. It affords the best and cheapest
food, and when pure water is always
at hand, little care is required. But
when supplied with outer food the
owner must attend to tbe following,
particulars :
1. Always furnish warm and well
ventilated apartments.
2. Observe cleanliness. Curry the
animals dally, and clean out the stalls
twice a day.
3. Feed three times a' day, with: ut
most regularity. A cow's stomach ia
a faithful chronometer.
2. Keep the animals constantly in
good condition by a full1 supply of
wholesome food and regular attend,-,
a nee.
5. In cold weather, the less they
are turned out and exposed the better,
6. Give a nortion of roots or meal
in winter with hay, and more if straw
is fed. Increase it toward spring, and
gradually diminish it as grass cornea
7. I urn cows to pasture gradually
an hour the first day, two hours tho
next, and so on.
' Aaausbaa; Aaeedel
Daniel Webster had au anecdote of
old Father Searl, the minister of his
boyhood, which is too good to be lost.
It was customary then to Wear buck
skin breeches in cool Weather. One
Sunday morning in autumn, Father
Searl brought his breeches down from
the garret but the wasps had taken
possession during the summer, and
were having a nice time of it fn them.
By dint of effort he irot out the intru
ders and dressed for meeting. ' But
while read in 2 the scriptures to the
conirrcKation he felt a dagger from one
of tho enraged, small waisted fellows,
and jumped around the pulpet slap
ping his thighs. Uut the moro be
slapped and danced the moro they
stung. The people thought he wet
crazy, but ho explained the matter by
saying : "Brethern, don't be alarmed;
the word of the Xrd is in my mouth,
but the devil ia in my broechesl"
Webster always told it with great glee
to tho ministers. - '
Recently a lady, in company
with a distinguished Western Gover
nor, called upon a friend . who was at
the capitol, to assist in gettinz a lad
appointed page in the Houso of Rep
resentatives, giving as a ground of
claim to the appointment that the lad
was a son of the lady at whose house
President Lincoln died. The friend
gravely replied that he thought he
could get appointments for three pages,
t wanted, it the lacry coma oniy fret
President Johnson to come to the
same house and die. Wath. oarret
X Y. Tridvm,