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PROFESSIONAL.
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K. CLARK,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
OFFlCE—next door to Hess' hook store.
°Mee Hours—From 6to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P. M.,
and from 0 to 0 P. M. [apr.2o,
H. M. NORTH,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
Columbia, Pa.
Collections promptly made In Lancaster and
York Counties.
A J. K AUE.7I\ I,laq ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.II
Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining
Counties.
Pensions, Bounty, Back Pay, and all claims
against the government promptly prosecuted.
°lllce—No."ls2, Locust street,.
SAMUEL EVANS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Oaten, on Secona St., adjoining Odd Fellows'
Hull, Columbia, Pa.
TZ. HOFFER,
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DENTIST. •
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in the extrac
tion of Teeth.
Olfice—Front Street, next door to It. \Valiance
Drug Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia, Pa.
1p HINKLE,
PHYSICIAN d SURGEON;
offers his professional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. Re may be found at the
office connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry and Union, every day,
from 7 toil A. If., and from 6 to BP. M. Persons
wishing his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by note at his office,
or through the post ()dice.
D ENTAL SURGERY.
J. S. SMITH, DENTIST,
Graduate of Pennsylvania College of Dental
Surgery. Office In Wagner's Building, over
liabieman's dry goods store. En
trance, 270 Locust Street,
- Columbia, Penrea.
Dr. J, S. Smith thanks his friends and the pub
lic in general for their libeml patronage in the
hast, and assuring them that they can rely upon
aving every attention given to them in he
future. In every branch of his profession he
lies always given entire satisfaction. He calls
attention to the unsurpasssed style and finish
of artificial teeth Inserted by him. He treats
diseases common to the _mouth and teeth of
children and adults. Teeth filled with the great
est care and in the most approved-manner.
^Aching leetlitinated and filled to last for years.
The best"of dentritices and mouth washes con
stantly on hand. -
H. B.—All work 'warranted..
ap24-lyw J. S. SUITE, D. D. S.
HOTELS.
WESTERN HOTEL,
Non. 9, il, 1:3 13 CORTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORK.
THOS. D. WINCIIEBTER, rItOPItIETOII.
This Hotel lb central and convenient for Penn-
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sylvanians.
ABLE: litsn.LErt. of Reading, Pa., .
is an assistant at this Hotel, and will be glad to
title his friends at all Mines. oetle-tfw
4 .; CONTINENTAL."
Tars HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations of the Reading and Colum
bia, and Pennsylvania Railroads,
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FRONT STREET, COLUMBIA, PA.
Am pie accommodations for Strangers and Tray
eiers. The Bar Is stocked with
CUM= LIQUOrtS,
And the Tables furnished with the best fare.
FINDLEY,
Columbia, April 29, 1997.1 . . Proprietor
F-
RA:NKLIN HOUSE,, —, , . . .
LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA: '
This is a first-class hotel, and is in every respect
idapted to meet the - wishes and desires of the
traveling public. • .MARTIN ERWIN,
Proprietor,
1 4 1RESCH'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan, opposite City Hail Park
New 'Md.:. It. FRENCH,
Sept. 1.9.15ti5. Proprietor.
MISHLER'S HOTEL,
West Market Square, Iteatlitm Itenn'a.
EVAN 3LISHLEIt.
Proprietor.
jr.A.LTBY HOUSE,
BA.LTINIO RE, UAlriasAls: D.
This hotel has been lately refitted with all the
necessary improvements known to hotel enter
prise and therefore offers first-class iweommoda
lions to strangers and others visiting Baltimore.
A. B. MILLER,
Proprietor.
EDUCATIONAL.
T ERASON VALLEY COLLEGE !
PALL T EMT CONIME:s.7CES AUGUST 3ISOB.
This institution aims to educate youth of both
exec in all the solid or ornamental' branches.
Its officers hold that students should be trained
with a view to the sphere of life they are to cmc
eupy, and to occomplish this object, the follow
ing courses of study have been adopted :
1. A Classical course.
2. A Biblical course_ •
I. A. Ladies' course.
.1. A Scientific course.
5. A Teacher's course.
G. An Ornamental course.
7. A Comaercial course.
8. A Grammer School course.
Theee minces are THOROUGH. COMPBEHES=
SIVE and COMPLETE in thenixdres
We invite all who have children or 'wards to
educate, to visit this School before sending else
where. It presents many adVantages, among
which are
Ist. Thorough and practical instruction.
2nd. Accommodations not excelled elsewhere.
ihd. 20 por cent, less in cost than other schools
of equal grade.
Air - Folly nod redden are not part of our pr . ();
grame. Nve mm at r ef inement, but a refinement
springing from a goal heart and a 441M:cf.:xi
ect.
For Catalogues or further particulars, address
T. It. VICICROY, A. N.
Annville, Lebanon County, Pa.
j my 25%84 C.
_iILARB_LE ,WORKS.
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IiANCASTER
MARBLE WORKS,
LEWIS Tr. A T.p . Y,. Proprietor.
All persons In want of anything In the Marble
lbw, wilt be furnished at the very lowest prices,
only the best workmen are employed, conse
quently •a - e are enable to tnru out inn superior
manner .
MONUMENTS. STATUARY * TOMBSTONES,
onxAmEsrs, 3tAiwrr., - Es:
BUILDING FRONTS,
And Marble Work of every description.
irrOrders promptly at•
LEWIS tended to
HALM - . ,
May 4.,'07] Lancaster City, Pa..
CHARLES M. HOWELL, '
MARBLE :NEASON,
NO. GG NORTH QUEEN STREET,
EAST SIDE.
The Oldest'Marble Works in Lancaster County.
Thankful for the liberal patronage' heretofore
nestowed upon iiim..he respectfully 'solicits a
continuance of the same, lie has on hand the
largest, most varied and complete .stock of
finished
AIONUMMiTS, JUAN - T.I:ES.
GRAVE STONES. &c., Se,, •
to be found in the city, and which will be sold at
the lowest. prices. Building, work and Schhing,
of every description punctually attended to.
rersons in want of 3lOnuments, .Mantles, or
Grave Stones, are invited to call and examine
the stoclt on hand, also the portfolios of designs,
June M-tfl
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES: .
Bonds Articles of Agreement'a ndl;egal
t ' arilcs of an kinds for sale, or neatly priated at
this °Mee.
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BUCHER 'S COLU2tEltr.
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Wholesale and Retail Limier in
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Wines and Liquors
Thu; removed his Store to his Buda( tzg, ruljoirun
lialtiernau'a Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
where he has fitted up rooms, and greatly
inereased hLq facilitieN for doing
a more extensive business
MISHLER'S CELEBRATED
HERB BITTERS
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
These 131 t term are celebrated for the great cures
they have performed in every case, when tried.
Dr. Mist'ler offers fire hundred daliare to-the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where It is made, than
MISRLER'S HERB BITTERS
liHSHLER'S HERB BITTERS
Is rot yid e in Columbia b)
J. C. BUCIIER.
At his Store, Locust Street, Oolttlxibla
WINES AM) LIQUORS!
Etubraelug the followmg;
Catawba,
Port,
Lisbon,
Currant :aid Muscat WINES
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
Albo, OLD RYE and
BRANDIES of all kinds
EMECEM
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Cherry,
OE
XX Old Rye X Old Rye,
Pure Old Rye, Menong2thela,
Rectified Whisky, London Brown Stout
Scotch Ale, Sc., Sc. , ..tc
MALT AND CIDER VINEGAR
He bi also Agent for the Celebrated
MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS
POCK ET FLASKS,
and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
MISHLER'S BITTERS I
PURE dr. UNADULTERATED
BEST STOUT 'PORTER !
From E. G. ITIBBERT, LONDON.
Agent for the
PURE MALT VINEGAR
Cannot be purchased at any other establirdt-
merit in town, and is' warranted to keep fruits
and vegatnbles perfect.
Heat Bran& of Importe3
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS AND CHEWERS
BUIRHER will still keep on hand tko
Best Brands of
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA; YABA, and
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- COMMON 81:OARS. Also,
SNUFF.x TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and ono varieties. Call at
7.. C. BUC.7IER'S,
LOonst Street; adjoining Haldeman's Store.
It la the greatest establishment of the kind thin
nide of Philadelphia: .
Vlaf e t r k , l, 3l =itY for Lee's London Porter, and,
Cherry,
Maderia,
Nfalaga,
Champagne,
Claret,
Rhine,
Blackberry,
Elderberry,
SWirisLic2. Spirits,
Kuinmel.
Anger
Superior Oki Eye,
Pure Ohl Rye,
XXX Ohl Rye,
AGENCY FOR
FOR SALE
DEMIJOHNS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
At J. 0. nue-nut's
For Sale Ijy
J. C. BUCHER
For sale by
J. C. BUCIIER,
Locust Street, above Front
For Sale at
J. C. BUCKER 8
C 0 LIT M REA_, PA., SAT "TIM A - Y MORNING, E 5, 1869.
'Y-ottrg.
Our' Fallen' Brav es.
.
In seeds of laurel In the earth
The blossom of your fame is blown,
And somewhere, waiting for its birth,
The shun, Is In the stone.
'Meanwhile, behalf the tardy years
Which keep In trust'your storied toombs
Behold! your sisters bring their tears,
And theie memorial blooms.
Small tributes! butyour shadeswill smile
:Nroro proudly on these wreaths to-day,
Than when some cannon-moulded pile
Shall overloolt this clay.
stoop, angels, hither from the skies !
There Is no bolter spot of ground
Than were departed valor Ilex,
By mourning beauty crowned!
011 A: Tureir
Decoration Day in Columbia A
Great Concourse of People
Bright, Beautiful Bray Flowers
Deck the graves of fallen Heroes—
Offerings of Gratitude and Tears
of Remembrance— Scenes of '6l
and 2 62 Recalled—Turnout of the
G. A. R. and other Societies—Chief
Burgess, Council and School Di
rectors— Address by Maj. .1. C.
Reinochl.
Sunday last was an oeca'sion long to be re
membered by the citizens of Columbia and
vicinity, as the first annual celebration in
Colombia, of the beautiful custom of strew
ing. May flowers over the graves of
soldiers, and as one on which the most
pleasing and solemn ceremonies ever wit
nessed by them occurred. The day was
ushered in by a heavy rain storm in the
gray of morning, and at twilight the dark
clouds overhanging gave every indication
of an unfavorable day. However, ere noon
old Sol made his appearance and shone out
with his brightness and splendor, gladden
ing the hearts of all good and loyal citizens,
and drying up the rain and muddy walks to
the delight of every one.
The graves of our honored dead were
strewn with garlands and boquets of beau
tiful bedding and blooming May flowers
by fair ladies and gallant soldiers, under
the auspices of the Grand Army of the
Republic. -
The flowers looked so fresh with the tiny
drops of water on their petals, as if fond
mothers, loving sisters or innocent child
ren, had been dropping tears over them to
the memory of dear fallen ones. 'There
were verbenas and roses, and pansies and
daisies, and lilies and pinks and carnation's,
and white dowers of every description;
some done up handsomely or woven into
garlands and lestoons, arranged in betimes,
or crosses.
It IS seen by the event of Sunday that the
glowing patriotism of the recent past is not
choked out by time or selfish motives.
Those brave fellows who went forth in the
hour of the nation's peril and gave up their
young lives to save it, are still remembered
by the people of Columbia. Their glorious
sacrifice, the memory of their deeds and
their deaths has not grown dim. Their
neighbors and their friends who, amid the
tears and prayers and wild cheers that
heralded their departure to the battle,lields,
have notlorgotten the'-past.
Tile gredt crowd of people conkregafed in
our streets and at the cemetery exceeded
any we have ever before seen in the borough.
Everything passed off quietly and peacably.
The countenance of every one seemed to in
dicate the solemnity of the occasion. It is
estimated that, at least, 3000 people witness
ed the services. There were quite a number
form Lancaster, Wrightsville and other
neighboring towns.
Tim PitocEssioN
The procession was formed on Second
street, right resting on Locust, Capt. Harry
Mullen, Chief 'Marshal, and Lieut. Geo.
Souders, assistmt, and moved up Locust
street, at 3 o'clock., in the following order:
ch•rgy—rnon ral. J
Burgess and Town Cuunoll.
Seilool. Board.
Orator.
soldiers' Bearing Flowers.
I'ottl No. HS G. A. IL, Adjutant Budding (.0111-
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nemdinfr, GO members.
Returned Sold [ere' or Wrightsville, Dr. L. L. lte
watt!, marsiml, lB men.
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Chlequesahingri Tribe, No. 39 L 0. of Red Men,S.
11. elepper, nairi•hal,l23 members. The Great
Prophet of Penn'a, M. J. Weaver, and Great
Junior Sagainore and Deph
Great Sachem, Adam Schutt,
Were present.
U. 0. of Druids, John Metzger, raikrsital, 31 weat
hers..
Rivet side Council, No. 160 0. U. A. M., A. A.
Harper, marshal, 00 members.
Junior 0. U. A. M., Owen Clark, marshal, a tine
looking body of young men, all under
l years of age, 22 in number.
Evergreen Lodge, No. Si Knights of Pythias, E.
A. Becker, marshal, 81 members,
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Columbia Fire Company, George Sprenger,mar
thal, GO members.
Vigilant Company, James Baughey, mar
shal, 48 men.
A large number of eitizebs.
Arriving at the cemetery a hollow squ:n•e
was formed around the graves of onr fallen
heroes
A ocomoilleo of ladies comdstimt of
Misses vebby Mifflin, Hannah Wike,
Fraley, Kate Stambaugh, Annie Caldwell
and Emma Hnnter,ftssisted by a committee
of the C. A. It, proceeded while the band
played ti dirge, to decorate the graves of the
following soldiers with flowers and gar-
Gen. Thomas Welsh. John Mlles, Samuel
Swartz, Maior E. A. Kelsey, Henry Wilco, Geo.
Lehman, Peter Gardner, George Derrick, Jacob
Myers, Michael Collins, Captain Edgar Eyde,
stone erected tomemory of George Stapp. who
died in a rebel prison and buried there. Harri
son Bruiser, Samuel Hinkle, Henry Mullen,
Thomas Cooper,Milion Cowden, Hobert Allison,
Samuel Harris, Howard Vache, S. Wilson, John
Goodwin, D. Jones. C. Fullerton, Jacob Tyler,
H. Ferns, W. 11. Smith, L. Drown, George Long,
Wm. Steiner, Capt. Daniel Herr. John Wilde,
John Williams, Charles Hippey, John M. LAM
can, Lieut. Cochran, Wesley Hinkle, Byron
leryberger; I , 7.Hogentottler.
The graves of the following colored soldiers
were also decorated: Robert Loney. Stephen
Miller, Clay Sweeney, Win. Mouton, John Mor
ris, John Jones, Henry Young.
After which private Charles Shreiner de
livered an impressive and eloquent prayer.
The following hymn was then sang by a
selection of ladies and gentlemen of our
church choirs:
OrENEs:GIII - 3IN
TI7141:—" s Ihmin
Love unchanging for the dead,
Lying here in gloried bleep,
Where the angels softly tread.
While their holy watch they keep
Wreaths we bring that n'er shall fade,
Greener with the passing years,
Brlgh.ter for our sorrow's shade,
Jewelled with our falling tears.
Dying that the Troth might lice,
Yfere they rest in Freedom's mane,
Giving; all that man ant give--
Life for Glory's deathless fame.
Bend in love, 0 azure sky!
0 stirs! at evening I !me!
'Watch where heroes calmly lie,
Clothed with faith and hope Nu I'll toe
God of uations,bless the land
Thou Last saved to make us free!
Guide us with thy might• hand.
Till all lands shall come to Thee!
MujOi A. C. Reinoehl, of Litneastt-r, then
delive - red the following
IVEMORIAIi ADDRESS
antradre, Ladics arid'Oentlensos:—On this solemn
memorial occasion; half a:million of the survi
vors of tae Union army, together, with the pa
triotic men and women of our common country,
are assembled throughout oar fair la ridto honor
the memories or our fallen braves. - With •muf
tled drum and walling life; tvith tamtsured step
and moistened eve, and hands laden with
Spring's flowers, the chliciren of Columbia's soil
seett this day the silent streets Of the "cities of
the dead to deck the graves where Freedom's'
martyrs sleep. And while the fair hands of pa
triotic women have culled the choicest flowers
of May,' to softly drop upon these hallowed'
mounds, I would that I cowd gather as - into a
bright garland of speech, the choicest flowers
fr om the nerds of Poesy to offer as my. hurnble
tribnte at these shrines of Humanity.
"NO ENTERTAINMENT•SO CHEAP AB BEAD/NG, NOR .ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
"here sleep We brave who sink to rest,
With all their Country's honors blest.
By bury hands their knell is rung,
'By forms natecn their dirge is sung,
Thera honor comes a pilgrim grey,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay,
Anti Freedom shall awhile repair.
To dwell a weeping hermit there."
These cmemontes are eminently proper for
ninny reasons. It has been said that Republics
are ungrateful. This may have been true of the
ancient Republics, for they lacked the true
spirit necessary to national life. .No govern
ment can exist that is not founded upon the
broad foundation of ChristianltY, and a nation
al character wanting in this, must be radically
defective. But in our Christian land, 'where the
school house and the church are among the
pioneers of every new settlement, this charge
is proved false by argument. Who dare say
tins Republic is ungrateful—with its pensions
to the disabled soldiers and the widow and
orphan, and its asylums for the little ones
whose fathers' graves we deck to-day?
We have been accused of being too practical,
amid those who would to-day rattler see au Ent-
Wye than a Republic, meeringlY say, that In a
few years these men who inea for the 0111150 of
struggling humanity, everywhere will soon be
forgotten. Not beneath the busy exterior of the
pushing, bustling American citizen bents the
truest heart of man, And more than all, from
these thousands of graves invisible chords
stretch to every household of the land, which
will never cease to vibrate while human tongue
can grow ehiquent over the story of the grand
est achievements of History, and human hearts
can Ono)" with the impulse of patriotism.
These decoral ion ceremonies are Intended to
keep fresh hi the hearts of the people the sacred
cause! for which these men died. Here, year
after year, as the ranks of the Grand Army
grow thinner and thinner, as one by one death
musters them out, let the rising generation be
taught to bring their annual floral offerings.
And to: they gather amid these sacred mounds,
let them learn for what these men tiled. Teach
them duty to their government and flag. and I
that. before God, the Great Commander of the I
universe, all men are free and equal, and upon
the virtue, intelligence and honesty of a people.
depends the National existence.
And to us, comrades, what saddened memories
of our soldier life trill come up on these our
own peculiar holy days? How we will recall
the incidents of the march, the camp, the
trenches and the bivouac, the lonely nigt.ts on
picket and tile wild storm of battier, the tierce
charges the battle-field by night, and the crowd
ed hospital. How we will all remember the
story of some comrades death. Let me recall
an incident.
In the regiment in which your speaker served
was corporal Raney, a boy not yet twenty . ;
handsome as a woman, with a stalk like a girl's,
and a gentleness of disposition almost child
like, he was the beau ideal of a young soldier.
'When others murmured, he never sate a word;
when ordered to duty Ile never complained; no
heat of the march could force him to yield. In
the engagement of the explosion of the mine itt,
Petersburg, by permission of his commander,
he took a wounded mess-mate a short distance
to the rear, and returned at once. Re was
si ruck in the trenches by a rebel shell and torn
to pieces. After the battle we gathered him
tenderly in a blank:et, and with aching hearts
and moistened eyes we bore him to the rear and
hollowed his mile grave, and laid hint to rest
under the pine trees. And perhaps to-day, in a
land where no sympathizing hand will place a
Ilower above poor Rancy's gravel:lnd zephyrs
will pluck the plumes from the pine tops and
spirit hands will waft them down upon his
breast. So we all can recall the fate of some
brave lad, the pride of his home, to whom the
words of the poet are applicable.
"Slott ly and sadly we laid him down,
From the field of his farm, ftesh and gory,
We eat red not a line, we raised not a stone,
But we left hint alone in his glory."
And yet while we mourn the fate of those who
fen, we rejoice that they have not died In vain.
True, with deep soldierly earnestness we can
not but regret thatat least the head and front of
the rebel lion escaped justice, and our consolation
is only in the thought that God is just, that con
science has a sting,
and remorse has. pangs.
Their blood washed the foul, dishonoring stain
of slavery from our dug; upon their graves is
reared the fabric of a purified and more endur
ing Nationality. The wild flower blooms in
the ride pit, the vines twine about the broken
eariniln 'wheel In the wilderness, and so out of
the wrcek of the war are springing the sweet
flowers of a lasting peace.
With a government whose majesty is felt and
trusted,our Country rises like a Pinenix from
Its ashes. Like the glad sunlight bursting limn
the clouds atter a night of stot in. prosperity be
gins to shine once more as the broken clouds
of war sink behind tine national horizon.
American genius and American pluck have
girdled a continent with iron, and to-day the
smiling Pacific sends words of vesting to the
distant Atlantic responding boisterously yet
kindly. These triumphs of science are th
fruits - of 4iirtirpeuec - to"seftreThfrabh otfr""tbin
reties died
"On many a bloody plain,
Their teddy swords they drew,
And poured their life-blood like the
A borne, a heritage to gam,
To gain for me and you!
Our brothers mustered by our side,
They marched and fought and rarely died
For me slid you!
Good friends, (or me and you!
BLit {aline we gather around the graves of
those who came home to die, or ISIIOIII loving
friends brought brick to sleep in a loyal soil, let
no place a garland and drop a tear to the mem
ory of our private soldiers whom the hand of
affection could never reach, when they fell on
the tar distant battle-field, or sank tinder the
hellish torture of Southern prison pens. Our
private soldiers what a volume would the un
written history of each one till ^ What deeds
of valor of these nameless heroes of the war
have been performed ; deeds of purest patriot
ism, nets 01 loftiest heroism; for no army bul
letin mentioned time names, no newspaper col
o11111:4 teethed with flow deeds, but sustained by
those principles that led their lorth,they silent
ly endured the heat of battle, the tolls of the
march and the tedium of the trenches. They
sleep in every valley of the South, on every
plain, in every thicket; on the rugged steeps of
Lookout Mountain their comrades hmllowed for
them rude graves, on the saints of Smiths Caro
lina the cactus booms where they sleep, and
the Potomac and Pamunky now by the banks
made holy by patriot tombs_ Andersonville
and Salisbury, plague spots on the page of his
tory, will yet be ,Meccas of America, for here
sleep the victims of the +lib/strums guest of Fort
Monroe; sleep softly, rest hum the pangs of
hunger, the fire of fever, and the crack of the
rebel guard's rille; amid all that could be done
for them has been to Inscribe upon their rude
head boards t.te sad word—ca KNOWN.
"On famo's eternal camping ground,
Teir silent tent, are sprcod;
And ,glory guards with aateirm
The bivouac of the dead."
A word to you, comrades, and I have done.
You belong to amorder whose objects are sacred
and the membership of which embraeos veter
ans whose deeds of valor in Freedfan's cause,
through coining time "will till it the world
with wonder:" To belong to the Grand Army
of the Republic is an honor which the proudest
of the land may well covetfor its members wear
the old corps Midges of the rebellion. How the
mind goes back to the bloody days of 'irJ and
when those who wore those badges on their caps
and breast stood a living wall between
treason :old our heart 1i -stones, There we
see the acorn worm by our gallant 79th
at Perryville, Chleamauga and when Sherman
marched to the sea. There Is the white star
Whicit gleamed amid the battle smoke of Look
out Mountain. anti the Maltese moss that shone
amid many a battle made memorable by the
heroic army 01 the Potomac. There is the ar
row, and swift as Its night was the marcltof the
legions that wore it when they severed the
confederacy, while the sight of the four bastion
ed fort recalls the "g allant little Tenth."
which won its Insignia front the captured walls
of Pulaski, Sumpter and \Vaguer and the ram
parts of Fort Fisher. What thoughts of the
glory that wreaths garlands of fintnortelles
around these badges, what tears for thegallant
boys who wore them and whose eyes will never
brighten at the .sight of them again. Those
badges are worn now by thousands of Veterans
of our order, who prize them as highly as the
soldiers of Napoleon prized their cross of the
Legion of Honor, for they are mementoes of
holler fields than Austerlitz or Joint. they re
call battles fought tor Humanity and Freedom
and not fur Kingly power.
You are no pOlll teal organization banded to
support any party. Your object is to support
your Government and to maintain its honor,
anti stand by each other in tile protection of
your interests. You are to see that the widow
and the orphan do not cry for bread, and that
your disabled comrades do not suffer want, and
to:preserve those kind and fraternal feelings
which have bound together, with the strong
earths of love and atfectlon, the comrades in
arms of many battles, sedges and marches, And
last of all, it will ever be our sacred and solemn
duty to
I=
And, concluding; bean but recall the benuti
fol
and appropriate words of the address of our
Grand Commander, Logan :
If other eyes grow dull and other hands
I
slack, and other hearts cold n the solemn trust,
ours shall keep It well as long as the light nod
warmth of life remain to us."
Let us, them• at the time appointed. gather
around thelr sacred remalns,and garland tile pas
sionless mounds above them, with the choicest,
dowers orspring time; let us raise uhove them
the dear old nag they saved from dishonor; let
us, In this solemn presence, renew our pledges
to aid :ma assist, those whom they have left
among us, a sacred charge upon a nation's grat
it tule• the soldier's and sailor's widow and or
phan.''
" Let us also remember the gallant deml, who
sleep in thr-otr fields, near whom is marked that
saddest of worth: Unknown."
After which the loflowitag hyin n was sung
by the ehoir : .
CLoSI YG' Y'\l\
TUNE 01d Iriontral.
11It-st are the martyred dead who lle
In holy graves her Freedom Ivan,
WiIOSC storied deed..s shall never die,
COlJilug years their circles tun
Blest be the ground where bernea
And ble 4 .t the I:ag that o'er them wave,
Its radiant stars thelr•watelt shall-keep,
And brightly beam on hallowed graves.
While Freedom Ih•es, their fame 1,114111111%
ln dory on her blazing scroll,
Luce her micralce ahall give,
ant hong round Thu - altar roll.
Year utter year our hands shall bear
Immortal dowers In vernal bluom,
Till God stool mot us home to Khan ,
Immortal life beyond the tomb.
Our Father, all the praise be thine!
Thy grace and goodness we adore;
Bless our dear land with love divine, •
And shed thy peace !ram shore to shorel
The procession and immense throng of
citizens who numbered several thousand,
then moved oil in perfect order, no incident
or disorder occurred during the solemn
ceremonies to mar the proceedings.
We heard people speak of this ceremony
as foolish and sentimental. Only those can
think it so in whose breasts the "foolish"
and " sentimental " patriotism of '6l auld'62
and '63 and '6l and '63 is cold and dead.
Let us hope that this year will be only the
inauguration of Usk: beautiful ceremony of
decorating soldiers' graves—that instead of
declining and becoming obsolete, each en
suing year shall see the Thirtieth of May
growing steadily into the affections of the
American people, becoming not a substi
tute for Foe rtha of Jlaly, but a pensive com
panion to Tt, eoantnemorating the glories
and the sacrifices of the Second Revolution
—grander, more perilous, and -involving
greater sacrifices, and for es glorious a re
ward, ai the First.
The Grecian Bend at Westville.
The daily .tage rumbled noisily along the
principal street of a little isolated village,
nestled among rugged hills, whose rocky
sides had never echoed the whistle of a lo
comotive or the booming of cannon from a
coming or departing ship. The coming of
the stage was regarded as quite an event,
though it rarely stopped except Ihr an ex
change of mail matter at the little post-oflice
on the corner. •
On the occasion of which wo Write the vil
lagers rushed to their respective doors and
windows as usual to catch it glimpse of the
passengers. There was but one—a richly
dressed, sweet, though pale-Mced young
creature,who leaned back among the scarlet
cushions with an air of weariness, while she
bestowed a passing, glance on each of the
curious faces peering co inquisitively at
her.
Suddenly the heavy vehicle stopped, the
driver leaped to the ground, and assisted
the young lady to alight.
She stood upon the green roadside, but
I ier form, though lithe and plump, way not
@MI
Was she deformed ? Was she sick, or had
the long jolting ride distorted her spine?
The latter would seem the most plausible
conjecture, for there was a huge excres
cence on her back. Her arms hung limp
by her sides, mid she walked with groat ap
parent discomfort.
Kind-hearted Mrs. Plummer, who, with
dish-cloth in hand, was watching the new
arrival from her front stoop, gave vent to a
sympathetic groan and exclaimed :
"Now if Squire Peabody wasn't the
mealiest man that ever lived, he'd ha' been
half way to the doctor's afore this. Poor
thing, she's some o his connections -from
Boating, I reckon. There's the squire and
his wife and all the young ones hogging
and kissing her, but not one on 'em takes
bold to help her in the house. Some folks
belief no human feeling in their hearts.
Only see! she's ready to tumble face fore
most any minute, and nut a soul to help
her."
And with Cols Mrs. Plummer went about
11er
Jos n'h to u :itch Ile squire's to ascertain
•
wia?tbar or not the doctor was sent tor.:
Afier a while she, re - tamed to the post of
observation.
"Itas the doctor been to Nee her yet?"
"Ne, nkother, they Imin't sent for hill],
and I saw the poor girl not more than a
minute ago all bent in a heap with pain.
It's a shame to use such a purty - girl in that
WRY," and young Plummer stroked his
tow-colored moustache and watched the
squire's parlor windows.
"It's outrageous!" began his mother,
but the appearance of the object of her solic
itude at one of the windows somewhat
changed the current or her words.
"She's growing worse and- worse! Iv'e
seen folks have the cramps beforc,but never
so bad as that. Poor dear, here it ntottg
strangers, with 110 one to pity or help. I'm
proper sorry I used up all that pain-killer.
If I was you. Josiah, I'd run after the doc
tor myself. See how she seems to ask for
ielp with thew I,l;tek eyes o' hers,«•hen she
ooks this way.
This wtt4 enough. .tosialt was MT in a
twinkling. As his tall, lank form was
borne rapidly over the ground his ' heart
fluttered with a new and strange feeling.
Re felt nt4 though he wan id Willingly ran his
two feet on' to win the gratit udo even of such
a beauteous creature.
was g,aspivig for breath when he 111811-
od into the °dice of Dr. Stewart, a handsome
you practitioner, who had recently come
to R'estt•ille from the EM4,- --Todgit% front
the hurry Jo.iuh was in, and his excited
manner, the doctor concluded that the eat L
was an extremely urgent one, so seizing his
hat anti metlieine-ease he WAR quickly on
his way to Squire Peal,Oily's, closely follow
ed by Josiah, who, when the doctor walked
briskly up the walks and entered the house,
leaned his uncouth body against the fence,
determined on two
_thingt, Itinnely—to let
the fair patient know to whose kindness she
MI, indebted I•ur the doctor's visit and to
learn the nature of her malady. Josiah had
but a short time to wait ere the phyidcian
reappeared, ills Bice• was crimson and he
carried his medieine-ca,se Its though he felt
ashamed of its presence. lie was going
away without a word to young Plummer,
who seized him by the coal-sleeve
ering
"Doetor, - what heir, the poor girl gOL?"
"The t:reeiatl Bond," vas the lawmic
ME
'0 anar ! A forvign complaint! "Fa t
like the cholera. I hope?"
The doctor laughed in spito of
and Lis eye twinkled a moment. With mis
chief.
"It's not so fatal in its results, perhaps,
but qu its as coutageous. We shall proba
bly hava a tlazea eases within a week."
"Dear me! Then it's catching? I don't
wonder you didn't Stay any longer in there.
I would*L go near that girl, purty as she is,
Tor the best cow the Squire's got. But see
ing you're the doctor, -1. s'pose yomean telt
what's the cause of this Greek bendover
'Tain't eating gardengrass, such as cow
cumbers and green-pens, is it?
"There is something wrong here,
the facetious M. D. touched his forehead
significantly and walked off, while Josiah
Bow home to relate what-he had heard to his
mother. As a necessary precaution against
infection that good lady closed all the win
dows of her house which faced the squire's,
and cliarkcilsosiath. 'he - valued his spine,
not to sit a moment in the front stoop. -
The next day Mrs. Plummer kept a strict
lookout (tErough a.window.) for any indi
cations regarding the stranger's situation.
At about noon. Dr. Stewart was seen to
enter Squire Peabody's house without his
medicine•c:Lse. ----
"Poor thing. She's past: being helped by
doctor's slit tr," waaldra.Xlummer's in entail
COIIIIIIOI.
Imagine her astonishment when an hour
later she sass• the "poor thing" aeconipanied
by Mrs. Peabody"'eiiiergo Yiorii 166 hOU >l3
and take her way down the street.
"Wen t " said Mrs. Plummer to het self
for want of any other heaier,.n'if•-that don't
beat zny time. She can't begin to stand up
straight, and her back-bone is enough sight
humpier than it was yesterday. And here
she goes parading herself through the vil
liage to give bar outlandish complaint to
everybody. It brings the old saying true,
`Misery likes company.' Ido hope Josiah
'll keep clear of her. But so true as the
sun shines there conies the deur boy now.
He'll have to meet her and then-0 dear."
Mrs. Plummer might have spared her
anxiety on her son's account, Ihr no sooner
did he see who was coming toward him than
ho sped across the street as fast as his feet
could curry hint, never pausing till in the
presence of his mother, who praised him for
the presence o 1 mind which had enabled
him to make so narrow an escape.
The next day the county agricultural fair
to be held in Westville, and Mrs.
Plummer suns early astir. Break fast was
soon ready, but Josiah had no appetite. He
was in pain, Mrs. Plummer was tilled with
apprehension, and many and various were
the questions she showered upon the young
man, each of which was answered only by
a groan.
But at length the frightened mother elici
ted the information that her son's ailment
was the toothache. This was n twofold re
lief to Mrs. Plummer. Josiah had not
earght the contagion, and she emaid attend
rho fair. So, after administering an opiate
to the sufferer, she dressed herself and was
soon in the midst of the moving throng on
the fair grounds.
She had been . gone about an hour when
her son was aroused fforn the stupor into
which lie had fallen by her return.
"Why, mother, what's the matter?"
"The matter?"-and Mrs. Plummer threw
her bonnet and shawl on the table with a
jerk—"why Josiah, half of the woman folks
in the place have got that horrible com
plaint. I counted more than a dozen of
them, every one ready to drop down with
pain, and yet all creeping around as though
they was bent and bound to see everything
on the ground if they died the next minute.
Squire Peabody's niece, Clara Irving, they
call her, was there, promenading around
with Dr. Stewart as unconcerned as though
she wasn't responsible for all the dis
tress them poor victims was stooping under.
But what need she care? She's got over it
anti stands up as straight and fresh as a
cabbage plant after a shower."
She's cured, then, is she?" exclaimed
Josiah, quite forgetful of his itching tooth.
"Then. I'm going over to the Squire's this
very night to see her."
As the young man spoke a little old maid
entered the gate and walked awkardlv to
ward the house.
"Well,ilSophia Dill by ain't took with it?''
cried Mrs. Plummer, excitedly, as she
rushed to fasten the door against which she
planted herself. "She needn't think I'm
going to have it brought right to any very
door and not resist. Go away, Sophia
Dillby, you needn't stand there knocking.
We don't want any more ails in this house.
Josiah's got the toothache to kill, and I've
had the neurology all summer."
' The window was raised, and Miss Dillby's
'Sallow face thrust in before Mrs. Plummer
could prevent it.
j ke-to know-what
von mean."
"Just look at your back and see how
crooked you are, and don't try to make mo
believe thera's nothing the matter."
The old maid laughed, showing two rows
of false teeth,
"Land sake ! Mrs. Plummer, it's the Gre
cian Bend. Don't you know it's all the
rage?"
"Yes, I guess I've had a chance to know
that. Didn't I just come away from the
fair on account of its. raging so Y"
"You don't understand, Mrs. Plummer.
I mean it's the fashion."
Mother and son looked at each Other a
snoment in blank amazement. Then Mrs.
Plummer Unbarred the door, saying, re
flectively :
"Well, the women are bigger dunces than
I ever thought for, though come to think it
over there was none on 'em rigged out in
that style except the old maids and the sim
pletons."
This was tie, much Mr Miss filthy, and
she retreated as fast as possible. With this
new light on the Grecian Bend Josiah con
cluded thou his ardent admiration for the
fair Clara must be crnshed. had thought
that he deserved :it least her gratitude for
his primmt, and kindly action in calling a
physician, but now he was sure that grat
itude would be the last feeling that she
could entertain for hint ; and yet the poor
fellow was mistaken ; for months afterward,
when she became the happy wife of Dr.
Stewart, Clara never thought save with
grateful feeling of the unsophisticated
young man who had unwittingly gave her
a lover and a husband, and, at. the sante
time, exposed to her the absurdity of the
fashion she lied adopted.
No ,Moller,
She has no mother! What a volume of
sorrowful truth is comprised in that single
sentence—no mother! We must go far down
the hard, rough paths of life, and become
inured to care and sorrow in their sternest
form, before we can take home to our ex
perience the reality—lVO Mothcr—withont
struggle. But when it is said of a frail
young girl, just passing from childhood to
ward the life of women, how sad is the story
summed up in that one short sentence.
Who shall administer the needed coo nsel
who shall cheek the 'wayward fancies—who
shall bear with the errors and failings of the
motherless girl?
Deal gently with the child. Let not tho
cup of sorrow be overfilled by the harshness
of your bearing, or your unsympalbizing
coldness. Is she heedless in her doings?
Is she careless In her movements? Remem
ber, oh, remember, she has no mother
When her companions are gay and joyous,
does she sit sorrowing? Does she pass with
a downcast eye and languid step, when you
would fain witness the gushing of youth?
Chide her not, for she is motherless; and
the great sorrow comes down upon her soul
like an incubus. Can you gain her confi
dence—can you win her love? Como. then,
to the motherless, with a boon of your ten
derest. care; and by the memory of your
mother already passed uway—by the possi
bility that your own child may be mother
less—contribute us far as you may to relieve
the loss of tbat fair, fair child who is written
"motherless."
ME
Tin: notorious Ned Buntline lately went
to San Francisco us a temperance lecturer.
His brilliant success, and what followed,
are thus described: "After delivering the
most thrilling teetotal lectures there, and
inducing sOlllO three thousand to sign the
pledge, he astonished the natives by ap
pearing upon the streets on a fearful bender,
both at mid-day and mid-night, dressed in
a red, white and blue costume, more
gorgeous than ever worn by any of the
heroes of his own romances, with a whisky
bottle -in his hand, and surrounded by an
enthusiastic crowd of small boys who lusti
ly cheered him on his way toward the
White Pine region, where he opened a faro
bank, which the press informs us is still
running with fortune's favor."
BoTutu denies any intention of explo
ding Grant because of Lbe Georgia trou
bles.
$2,00 Per Year, in Advance; 02,50 - if not Paid in Advaztee.
riot Good for:3lan to be Alone.
God saw that It'was not good for unto to
be alone. if it wits not good for hint to be
alone in the Garden of Eden, amid the in
fluence of nature, it is certainly not good
for hint to be alone at Washington or Alba
ny, amid the influences of lobbyists, cor
ruptionists and whisky rings, and the best
proof of it is the way in which these men
have hitherto conducted the affairs of the
nation. Government is simply national
housekeeping. Does any responsible
woman keep house so badly as the United
States, with so much bribery, so much ex
travagance, so much selfishness, so much
quarreling in the domestic counc . ils? For
the good of humanity We need the united
action of man and we:nun in the family,
the community, the Church sod the State.
A family—if, indeed, the word here is not
a solieistn—a family without the presence
of a woman, with no wife, sister, daughter,
above all no mother, is a sad thing. A com
munity without her social action, a Church
without her ecclesiastical influcnet• and ac
tion, a State without her political influent ,
and action, scions to use 1011 lost, as bad.
There are differences between men and
woman; they are nunlike; thenelural.olin
nun.erablc diversities among men; and
these differences, those diversities, are
meant to hind theta together, not to subdue
one class to another; are meant, not to es
tablish an excellent privilege of subordina
tion on one side anti an ennobling responsi
bility upon the other; but that one shall
supply the lack of another; that the strong
shall bear the burdens of the weak, be they
weak men or womeu,and the strong women
or men ; not as subordinates, but as equal
heirs and co-heirs of eternity. Fo• these
diversities are nothing as compared with
the attributes in which they agree.
There are but two methods of establish
ing equality in the political world. Every
citizen must be put in possession of his of
her rights, or rights must be granted to
noac, It is 1111 insult to that God who. is no
respecter or persons, whosu mercies and
whose
,jlldglllents are accorded without ac
count of sex, to declare that men are more
careful of the moral purity and dignity of
one-half his creation than lie, its creator.
Humanity recognizes no sex. Morals re
cognize no sex. Yhtue and vice, pleasure
and pain, happiness and misery, sickness
and health, life and death, recognize no sex.
The saute comtnandatents are laid upon all.
The saute Christ died for ali ; the sante eter
nity awaits us all. To his or her own Mas
ter this soul standeth or rancid' alone. God
does not need tnan's help to save a soul for
11 is k ingde 11c—A one Dickinson.
1 .'Morin;; Pillar of Water. •
The storm of NVeduesday evea.ing was
unusually severe along the , cost of Long
Island. At all tunes the wind blew
perleet hurricanes. These were followed by
torrents of rain. Brigs and schooners lost
spars and sails, and considerable damage
was done.
'Between Nix and seven o'clock, as the
steamer Martin was coastin7, up the Sound,
an immense water spout was discovered.
_y!ritep,,Urst,„ seep,. it ! wtts„,§.pral hundred
yards ahead of the vessel, moving rapidly
!up the Long, Island shore. Some fishermen,
who first observed the phenomenon, said
that immediately after a hard shower they
noticed nit immense dense cloud forming
in the heavens. While they were wonder
ing at its rapid formation, and momentari
ly awaiting, a further deluge of rain, a coni
cal pillar or large upright funnel descend
ed front the cloud. The apex of the spout
was downward. At first it apparently con
sisted or a dense vapor. A similar cone
arose from the bosom of the Sound, and the
two became united during a vivid ❑ash of
lightning. When this junction was form
ed the water seemed to rim up the sides of
the funnel like flames of lire enwt tipping a
church steeple. A high wind prevailed,
and the column beeante oblique to the hori
zon. The pillar at its base was the size of a
hogshead, but some hundred feet above the
water it was no larger than a lager beer
• '
keg.
The spinning column of water danced
over the waves like a huge giant in a waltz.
Nearing' Cold Spring it shot across the har
bor from Oyster .13ay about a quarter to
seven. In its course I. sucked up a row
boat. sending it spira.iy several hundred
feet in the air, currying it over a. boat. house,
and dropping it on the beach. Just out
side the harl.or it struck a brig, coinpletely
dismasting it in the short space 01' three
seconds.
Its purees of suction Was elliaillow4,and it
is estimated that, over half a million of gal
lon, of water were drawn into the elouds
du ring its ex istenee. eating the beach in
the vicinity of Banyartrs castle, it was
seen by a boy named King. The urchin
said that he heard a terrible roaring, and on
turning about saw twenty steamboat pipes
rolled into one and a toile long twisting
toward the shore. The Imy ran 'tor his life,
and the spout ran Upon the shore apparent
ly in pursuitofhitu.
Striking the beach fronting the castle.,the
vast, pillar of water broke, mid the shore
for an eighth of a mile was deluged by its
flood. The phenomenon was also witness
ed by Mr. John 13.tnyard, who speaks of it
as a wonder'', I I liatural curiosity..—.Vete
of /.'
Exeunt, Velocipedes-
The SIM of the two wheeled and three
wheeled giecarts—bieyolu and I Heyde
flashed brilliantly for a few mouths, but it
i. threver settling, in dense a cloud that
the machine; will soon be regarded as curi
osities to mark the lolly of the infatuation
which charneterizetl so many of their vic
tories.
The manufacturers of these implements
had better fashion the wheels into material
fur baby carriages, a style of vehicle that
will be in use long after velocipedes are for
gotten, and as for those already itt exist
ence, the iron of Ny Web hey - ttre chiefly
composed can be reconstrueted to a better
purpose.
The idea of making the feet and legs do
crank work must have some more feasible
elucidations before it con be made practiea
ble. In addition to the testimony, that
upon a good road the most expert. riders
could only make a mile in about, six min
utes, comes word that they were so fatigued
as to make it doubtful whether they could
have gone one fourth art mile further at a
like pace. Add to this the testimony of the
physicians, hid the unnatural position and
unnaturalexereise produce hernia and null
formation, and it is only reasonable to sup
pose thatithe rage for velocipedes will die oat
as suddenly as it sprung to life, and of this
early demise the best evidence is the lack of
interest shown in velocipede schools at
present. Requiscal in pace.
NEWNI`APEIL reporters, in giving accounts
of the speeches of lady orators, generally
preface them with a description of the lady's
dress. This habit the New York Times,
says. "i. 4 apt to lead tin lady preachers to
get themselves up with an eye to effect and
to the reporter's description."
A YOU NCI Or. in Bordeaux -sae courted
by two rival lovers. .Unable to choose
teen them, she poisoned both of them.
She has confessed her crime, and AVM prob
ably he sent for life to the penal colony of
:Ten• Caledonia.
EWITOVE - NUMBER, 2,072.
,f,artn and ',ll.ottsritold Column.
cuurunE is the rno.t useful uud ino,t noble
employment of Men.— WA 41IINGTON.
CON3I - 1 - NICATION 4 4, Melee/ 1011 S, Recipes and ar
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depart them of the paper. IVe desire to supply
the public with the heat practical Information in
reference to the limn, garden. and household.
Practical Hints.
Useful, practical hints about the every
day oat door and in-door work, are always
of great value. A single hint often saves a
valuable animal, or changes one's method
of performing a particular kind of work so
as to greatly lesson its drudgery. A farm
er was troubled with smut in wheat. A
single line in his newspaper told him to
`•wet the seed with tar water and roll it in
lime." Acting on this hint for part of his
crop, gave him an increase of over five
bushels per acre of fine wheat, worth a
hundred dollars on twenty acres, and many
hundreds of dollars in after years. The
knowledge, extended to his neighbors), re
sulted in thousands of dollars of not profit.
Similar illustrations are continually occur
ring in all departments of life. Indeed,
progress and profit come from au acemnit
latitto or these hints. The ahoy)) train of
thought is suggested by looking through
the A merire,l .Igricultarist for Juno Ist, an
advance copy of which has just come to
hand. Its pages are crowded with useful
hints and suggestions, told in plain lan
guage, by practical, obServiug men, and in
:I multitude or instances illustrated with
engravings that speak directly to the eye
and the mind, more tafectually than words
can du. We doubt if there be a family in
the country, ur in a village or city, for that
matter, that would not find this journal ten
fold more valuable than its cost, $l5O a
year. We notice that the publishers offer
at ben nt trial ".A usual" free to every sub
scriber of the Ayr/ea/Mr/4/ received during
June. for the catmint year. Orange Judd
d Co., Pnblisher.4, 245 Broadway, New
York.
Feilltil Cry Piilll CS for the Kitchen.
Take a common tumbler or a fruit can;
till it nearly full of soft water. Then tie a
of course lace or cheese sacking, over it,
and press down into the water covered with
a layer of pea 2.4. In a few days they will
sprout, the little thread-like roots going
atzWit through the lace into the water, and
the vines can be trained up to twain, or,
what is prettier, a frame may be made for
the purpose.
The tumbler or jar should be set in a
window where the sun shines. It requires
no care, end you will have a delicate, pret
ty vineto rest your weary eyes upon.
You cnn make another pretty thing with
as little trouble: Take a saucer, and fill it
with fresh green moss. Piece in the center
a pine cone, having first wet it thoroughly.
Then sprinkle it with grass seed. The
moisture will close the cone partially, and
in a day or two the tiny grass spires will
appear in all the interstices, and Ina week
'you will have a perfect cone of beautiful
verdure. It only wants a plentiful supply
of water and to be kept secure from frost to
"aLe thing of beauty "all winter.
Still another: If the top of a carrot cut
oiris placed in a saucer of water, with a few
bits of elntreoal to sweeten it, it will form a
mediated, feathery plant by no means un
worthy to grace a lady's table.
Caution to Strawberry Eaters.
David 14111(1011, JACIZSOII coun ty, Mich.,
CEUZI
One of your lady subscribers gave me the
following to send you for publication: "Two
years ago I gathered some large berries
from small vines of Wilson's Albany. On
examing one of the largest I found three
worms coiled up inside. I continued the
examination in fourteen berries. I found
t wen ty- fon r Nvortits,very full of legs—usual
ly called 'thousand-legged' worms—and
more than an inch in length. There was no
apparent scar on_ the berries. It has been
stated that persons have died from eating
strawberries put up In cans. May not
worms in the berries have caused the
deaths?"
Ln'..tare Az.co u.K.—The New York Star
says: I lere's richness. Better than cream !
Lizards, regular built four-legged, alliga
tor-jawed, black-bodied, nasty, snaky liz
ards may now be procured single or in
quantity of Greenwt•ich street grocerymen
and Ilobokeu dairymen. NVe've got one;
got him in a bottle. He was duly served
up in a quart of milk to the family of J. T.
Brown, nt No. Zt9 Broadway, and as Mrs.
Brown had used hint for coffee, she natural
ly hail an aversion to putting him in the pud
ding, and her husband has left him for us
to ponder and look at. Here's the country
for a poor tutu llere, and here only, can
milk with four-legged cream be procured
fresh from the udder of the kine, and limpid
from the runnings of the brook.
count ry-si des are beantif uljust now
with ample foliage, tall Drosses, greon fields
of young wheat and burley, wild honey
suckles and violets, and musical birds and
streams. It is worth a mouth of city life—
an hour among the woods and meadows
any one of these fine mornings.
Ftsit.—Cod, bass, and shad are
good few baking. Stu t 1 them with a season
ing. made of bread crumbs, or crackers,
butter, salt, pepper, and IC you like, spices.
Put the flesh in a bake-pan, with a teu-cup
of water, and a bit of butter; bake from
forty.:lve M sixty minutes.
SODA. CMCE.S.—Disso: ye half a pound of
spaar, and a teaspoonful of soda, in a pint
of and put it, with half a pound of
melted butter, on two pounds of flour.
Kneed it well together, until light ; butter
shallow pans; nearly fill them, and bake in
a (viol; oven.
Couo.A.xur Carr.—Serapeoirthe rind and
grate the nut quite tine, and mix It with half
its weight of finely powdered white sugar,
and the white of an egg. Drop the mixture
on thin paper in pieces., the size of tt. uut
meg., and bake it in a moderate oven.
Tit v: frcarth and //mac says that the first
thing for a farmer to find out is what crops
grow best on his soil. After lie has learned
this it thinks lie should not be discouraged
by low prices for a year or two.
Tan tomato is supposed to be a modern
fruit, if it is fruit, but it is mentioned in a
book printed in London in 1600 as having
b,on long known.
trials with the Early Rose potato
prove that it is imequaleil for earliness and
productiveviess, but it has the slight draw
back of not being first-rate for„the table.
TEN •ears ago California exported 20,500
barrels of flour ; this year she has 420,000 to
spare, the most of which was produced
within oue hundred miles of Sau Francisco.
Jon 7s Jac I.,To's says t 'lateen's and sheep
should not ho pastured together. Horses
and sheep form a more suitable partner
ship, as their grazing habits are similar.
E more the nature of horses is studied
the more they are found like men. The best
horses are nervous and require the treat
ment proper for n•otnon and poets.