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three insertions, and 25 cts. a square for each addition
al tateribta. (tea lime or tesecouated a square.)
iw • liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers.
nita vein, of all ithuis, esesatird ittetie'best
and on reasonable terms, at the "Ideisenget"
Marburg 'usintss Cutts • .
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BITCHANAN & HUSS,
Attorney's £ Counsellors at Law,
WAYNgSAURG, PA.
Inc ill practice in the Courts of Greene and adjoining
stonnties.lkettions and Other. legal besidess will m
ewls* prompeifisaion
e t ,lMllipstin Use, Month side of Main street, in the Old
lank Building. Jan. 28. 1863.-13.
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a. •• rair. J. G. MITCH'S.
PIMILLAN lc RITIMUL
.111W1111Nalre Alla COUNS&LLOILIS AT /JON
lititaysteaburig, Pa.
Itir'OFFlrit — Main Street, one door enet of
th ead Boik Building.
atrial Anhwei io Greene, Washington, and Fay
ette Count/es, entrusted to thew, will receive proinp
iiiifitidern. • , .
N. 0 , tauter attention will be given to the col
lee4oll Pension/. Bounty Money. itnek Fay, and
.Ed ' theclovenunent.
atapt. li. i —!IN
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SP7I77IIWIC
~1 1 MOILingiff 4XD comitsattoas AT LAW
Waynesburg, Pa.
pee in "Wright lit•tief" East Door. -
as, will receive prompt attention.
..pouri, April 23, 1222,-Iy.
WAVLE, CIL A W
iyarropp, sad floansollor at Law. °Mee in dm
Court House. Will 4104 promptly to ail busimas
estimated to hie tare."
Waynesburg. Pa.. itotyle. 1863.-Iy.
I. •. BLACK
- 411114 11, & PAREILAN, .
. 11 . 4 = 95 AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
in the Court Roark Waynesburg.
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s is .1' aw, drititralitmo, Peons.,
11 iteibloilinnerVair beim -Department at Wash
. „ espies of tie sommal
ed by Coves*, undull the necessary Forms
actions Insets "pralseantion and collection of
art BOCANTY. 41.4C1r PAY:, due die
disabled wmtbr Vodir widow*, , ir-Ohan
obildren, widowed mothem, Mom. slalom aid broth
s*. which business, [upon dos notice] will be attend
ed to promptly, and accurately, if entrusted to hi. care.
Office in timid& 41 *O PP B, 1863 -
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to:* 4 *. .W. fik•
orROY ilk COU,NSEL,LOR AT LAW,
CI in Ciumpt . !eil's bow Apposite the Ham il ton
Mims, WI eilinig, Peens : Busmen of all
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and l'hi, %iv pe=yofi :” (Ir
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'ned and dhableiraoldiera, widows, Orphan
suc. teed loseleipa if tweeted to his care
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or. T. W. Noss,
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CB AND R ENCE ON MAIN WTREET.
sad seedy opposite the Wright bees..
a) eiellows. SWI- A. 1803.
Da. A. G. CROSS
WOULD very respectfully tender his services as a
111`1111C1Alli . leNfkallIGDON, to the people of
.11 4418 1 8808t8 and vicinity lie hope. by a due appro.
times ofturritia life witdinialth, and stria attention to
110/ learn" Awn vf, pi patron age
ddle .
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DRUGS
M. 11.- IiARV
OntersiaiiiiattieCary, sea in Paints and
e snout ealebraW Patent Medicines, and Pure
Ltrai ro. noes itisitiedinal purposes.
it, witr-ly.
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WM. A. PORTER,
stmiiimat sad Beton Desks in Foie* anti Domes
, IMGrrieriss. Notions, Stc., Nato street.
Y.
R. CLARK,
Delwin Diy Geode, Groceries, thudware, Queens
's*. eppierie, itaindsoo Slums, opposite
Mmes. Maio street. Sept. 11, 1861-1 y„
MINOR. & Co.,
lumg „.l: goIMO and bomeinic Dry Goods, Gro
ononroweboMilaiare, Widows nail Notions, opposits
Ma Green How.. Main street.
3s4iiii — XED . =OA DISAVIRS.
J. D. CQS(RAY,
Bost sad .. eakeF, Kahl Moot, .d ,. d
Drover% Batik:" Eiiitry sty're of
Boots and Oboe, conorootly ea Mood or made to order.
Ift. 1014—Iy. .
JOSEPH PATER,
cirbeaTier gad comactioiritie.. Ne , *ono ;
erlhaniririna. Linsrpool Ware, .116-. Glom ei
li Add fer illodidiair ant Looking Masi natio.
V 11 . 11 4b pad far good sating Appies.
• JOHN MUNNELL, •
condreidauties, and Variety
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lins.. il. —V.
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The Good and Bad.
It is a great mistake to suppose merit has
no reward because it may seem to be unre
cognised. Even in this world the good, for
the most part, &re better than the bad. "I
never knew," said Sam- Johnson, "a villain
that wasn't an unhappy fellow." And who
ever knew a good man who was altogether
wretched ? It is true, indeed, that the best
are subject to poverty and detraction ; to
sickness and bereavement. The noblest of
heroes may, for a time, be regarded with in
difference or contempt ; but the case is by no
means so bad as it seems. There is more jus
tice in the world than the grumblers allow.—
Hear how Coleridge has summed up the whole
matter :
"How seldom, friend, a good great man in
herits
Honor and wealth, with all his worth of spir-
its,
When any man obtains that which he merits,
Or any merits that which he obtains."
For shame, my friend ! renounce this idle
strain !
What would thou have a good great man ob
tain ?
Wealth, title, dignity ; a golden chain;
Or heaps of corses which his sword has slain ;
Goodness and greatness are not means, but
ends.
Has he not always treasures, always friends—
The good great man ? Three treasures—love
and light,
And calm thoughts, equable as infants
breath ;
And three• fast friends, more sure than day or
night—
Himselt; his Maker and the Angel Death..
Dnmkenness in England.
By a Parliamentary paper lately issued,
it appears that in the year ending Michael-
MllB, 1861, there were 54,128 persons, male
and female, convicted of drunkenesa in Eng
land and Wales ; but in the year ending
Michaelmas, 1862, the number convicted
reached the high amount of 62,250, whilst
not less than 100,000 were proceeded
against before justices of the peace for being
in a sate of ipebriety. Thus the dishearten
ing increase of more than 9,000 intoxicated
persons was proved to have, occurred last
year ! The proportion of drunkards convict
ed to those takes up did not alter, being in
each year 66 per cent. of those charged with
this offence to our national character. What
is, what must be, the result of this unhappy
addiction to an excessive we of alchoholic
&lids Y England, which is the wealthiest of
the three kingdomg, is deepest in pauperism.
The police force costs us £1,579,222 per an
num, one half of which has been stated to
be necessary in consequence of the prevalence
Of drunkenness. For every drunken individ
ual that falls into the 'hands of the police,
25 others are only just sufficiently sober to
escape judicial expoture. Day by day our
most experienced magistrates affirm from the
bench that were it not for the effects of in
toxicating agents, they would be lightened of
half their labors.'--[Lancet.
Horrible Aeoldent---Explosion of a
Shot
A falal accident occnred at Gettysburg on
Friday, which should prove a warning against
the handling of dangerous missiles. A man
named Willi ns, of Philadelphia, attempt
ed to, remove the contents of a bomb-shell,
when it exploded, blowing off both his hands
and shattering one arm to the shoulder, A
portion of the shell also struck a boy who was
standing near, killing him almost kistantly.--
Physicians amputated the shattered arm of
Williams, but he died directly afterwards
from the effects thereof. Williams had gone
to Gettysburg to take home the body of his
son, who had been killed in the battle at that
place. Through curiosity he also lost his life,
and his remains accompanied those of the son
to their late home.--111,arrisburg Tel.
Irye Greatness.
A great man is affable in his conversation,
generous in his temper, and immovable in
what he has maturely resolved upon. And
as prosperity does not makehim haughty
and imperious, so neither does adversity sink
him into meanness and dejection ; for if ever
he show more spirit than ordinary, it is when
he is ill-used, and the world is frowning on
him.. In short he is equally removed from
the esOmmites of servility and pride, mid semis
aithre.to trample oa a worm, or cringe to an
F4l4Pfkrer• JEREEIT COLLIES.
letter from Chatter'Ooga says
hundreds of deserters from Bragg's army
are coming into our lines. In one night
thirty-six, from different parts c the
rebel lima, found glair waf throng% to
oars. There was oae North Carolina
gousnipt la wee them, who said that the
late eoasariptioit hi his . State had raked
up every aims who *mid oatry a mus
ket, ivad that, wahine a sisgkerseptan, they
ware fri entia thp Union. He said that
Irk*, pteitiyawm of them, Amos sad
*, '"Olr" 0 1014 they would desert at
the*st 40parsnity.
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Ne ne first ATOW*III. ,ten on Vie'
Yimoskiqkio
rst„wit-,lify *4
stinetit4,4l6
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WAYNESBUIW, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1863.
Cure for Hydrophobia.
Another preventive and cure of hy
drophobia is spoken of by ‘Gralignani,'—
It consists of a vapor bath, a single one
illirninating the virus, although Dr.
Boisson, the inventor, uses one on each
of seven successive days. The wound
is to be pressed while in the bath. Im
mediately after the bite is inflicted the
wound is to be washed with a piece of
linen dipped in liquid ammonia, which
is to be kept on for an hour. After
ward treat the inflammation by cats
plasms of linseed renewed every three
hours, and dress the wound with cold
cream. If the disease has declared it
self, Dr. Boisson keeps the patient in a
vapor bath until cured, gradually raising
the temperature. Diet, plentifill, and
what the patient pleases ; exercise freely,
and no talking about the case is to be al
lowed in the sick person's presence.—
Hydrophobia lasts three days. Thie
remedy certainly cures on the first day,
is doubtful on the second, and useless on
the third.
Sad Fate of a Little School Girl.
A little girl, four years old, named
Louisa Schieder, was at school, in New
York, last Friday, when, for failing in
her lesson, she was ordered to stay after
school. When she heard the mandate,
unusual seriousness overspread her fea
tures, and, in an agitated manner, she
begged of her teacher to let her go home.
The teacher, it is said, told her kindly
that she might go as soon as she could
spell "hedge" correctly. The little thing
withdrew to accomplish her task.—
Shortly after she had regained her seat
she gasped for breath, her head fell back,
and after three or four gasps, she died.
The deceased was possessed of a suscep
tible and affectionate nature. A post
mortem examination showed that death
was the result of 'Syncope.' Dr. Ram
sey, who made the examination, said
that syncope might be produced by fear,
excessive grief, or the heat of the room.
Wealth of the Territories.
The report of the Commissioners of
the General Land Office will show that
the following territories are rich in gold
and silver : Idaho, Nevada, Washington,
Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.—
New Mexico and Idaho are especially
rich in gold. In the former it is now
being dug out with the rudest imple
ments, in astonishing quantities. There
are also gold deposits in 'Utah, but the
Mormons do all in their powers to pre
vent the settlement of the country by
any other than those of their own faith.
The richest mines yet found in Arizona
are on the branches of the Rio Grande,
which runs in the Gulf of California.—
The Territories of Idaho, Colorado and
Arizona have large beds of coal. Reports
from Surveyor General Clarke, of New
Mexico, fiilly establish the truth of rich
deposits of gold in Arizona.
A white glove often conceals a dirty
hand.
The remedy for injures is not to re
member them.
Be a friend to yourself, and others
will.
Go to the country to hear the news
of the town.
Be not a baker if your nead is made of
butter.
Call me cousin, but cozen me not.
Faint praise is l'isp:ungettient.
Ask thy purse what thou shouldst
buy.
Zeal without knowledge is like fire
without light.
Youth and white paper soon take an
impression.
Vows made in storms are forgotten in
cairns.
The church is out of . temper when
charity is cold and zeal hot.
The sting of reproach isithe truth of
Envy shoots at others, and wounds
herself.
A goose-quill is far more dangerous
than a lion's claw.
Identity Ascertained.
The identity of the dead soldier who
was found on the bloody field of *Gettys
burg, with the picture of his three pret
ty little children tightly clasped in his
hands, has been ascertained within a
day or two. The wide publicity given
to the touching circumstance through
the medium of the press produced the
desired result. The name of the man was
Hammertoe; and his widow and three
children reside at Portville, Cattarangus
county, New York. Large numbers of
photographic copies of the picture upon
which the dying eyes of the warrior
father closed, have been sold, and the
profits realised from their mile will be
awropriated to the benefit of the chil
dren. It is hoped that a sufficient sum
may be reahaed in this way, and by fu
ture sales to , aid materially in the e duce,
two of the little ones who were made
orphans at tiettysburg.
sir Tot one of Washington 'mines
letters, written in . 11169.,, he says: tea
friend is Preis,.leis Napoleon and
VLAPIPAP.:_.I 6 ,4II O 44 I 4I.DE kiligness
grAPee ! -- ralae 0 ! halm .1.4141 a
7,04:144g, ciNk i
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Of
winch Paris has been the' ,' - felint
Tay ahtinse:"
Proverbs.
The Late Affair at Opelousas.
Various and contradictory statements
have been received of the surprise and
capture of a considerable number of
Federal troops in Louisiana, on the 4th
inst. A correspondent of the Boston
Traveler, writing from General Frank
hn's headquarters, gives an intelligible
account of the affair, purporting to come
from an eye-witness of the events rela
ted. The substance of his statement is,
that when the Federal troops evacuated
Opelousas, General Burbridge, with one
brigade, was left ten miles this side, at
the little bayou of Grand Courteart.—
, Three miles this side of him, across a
rolling prairie, on the Carrion Crow
Bayou, was General Washburne, with
three other brigades of the 13th Corps.
The whole of the 19th Corps moved
back to Vermillionville. The troops
under Gen. Burbridge consisted of the
13th Wisconsin infantry, 60th and 61st
.Indiana Infantry, 83d and 69th Ohio In
fantry, and the Ist Ohio Battery, of the
13th Corps, and three companies of the
Ist Louisiana Cavalry, of the 19th.—
About 11 o'clock, a. m., on the 4th in
stant, a large force of mounted rebels ap.
peared suddenly in front and on the left
of the encampment, rushing forward
with such impetuosity that they were in
the midst of General Burbridge's camp
before he had hardly time to form his
command in line of battle. lle formed,
however, such of his troops as he could
collect in rear of his camp, which was
occupied by the enemy, dispatching at
the same time a courier to Gen. Wash
burne for aid. The troops held their
ground against the superior force of the
rebels, until General Washburne's ad
vance came in view, when the enemy
retreated, carrying of what they could,
and leaving ninety-three of their dead
and some sixty wounded in our hands,
together with about 100 prisoners taken,
who were too busily engaged in plun
dering the camp to get away with the
rest. Our loss was as follows : One 10-
pounder Parrot and caisson, 500 prison
ers, about one hundred wounded and 30
killed. Total killed, wounded and miss
ing, 638. The 67th Indiana and 96th
Ohio losing most heavily of prisoner s :
the 23d Wisconsin next, among whom
was Colonel Guppy, first losing his horse,
then being wounded and captured. Two
pieces of Capt. Nim's flying artillery ar
rived in time to give the retreating reb
els a few effective shots. The enemy
was 5,000 strong, and nearly all mount
ed. It was a shameful affair on our part
and the whole brigade might easily have
been captured, if the rebel troops could
have been induced for a time to forego
the plunder of the camp.
The next Draft.
The Boards of Enrollment of the several
districts have prepared lists of all those per
sons who were enrolled previous to the last
draft, lad are having the same printed, for
the purpose of having them posted up for pub
lic inspection. In some of the sub-districts
the lists have already been posted, and are
being closely examined. The lists embrace
the names of all those enrolled, and give the
disposition made of those who were drafted
in July last. The names of those not previ
ously drafted, and belonging to the first class,
will of course go into the wheel fir the next
drawing.
Any person enrolled may appear before the
Board, prior to the 20th of December, and
claim to have his name stricken off, if he can
show that he is not liable to military duty on
account of alienage, non-residence, unsuita
bleness of age, or manifest permanent physi
cal disability.
Any person who may be cognizant of any
one liable to military duty. whose name does
not appear on the list, can report the fact to
the Board of Enrollment, when the matter
will be investigated and the name added to
the list, if the party be found subject to en
rollment.
A Prisoner Starved to Death.
The Buckeye State, published at New
Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio, says :
"C. McClure, son of Seth McClure,
formerly of Elkrun township, in this
county, was taken prisoner by the
rebels in one of the desperate charges on
Fort Wagner, at the siege of Charleston.
He belonged to an Indiana regiment;
and had been in four desperate engage
ments, and was regarded by his com
rades as one of "the bravest of the
brave." After his capture he was taken
sick and placed in the rebel hospital in
South Carolina, where he literally starv
ed to death for the want of proper food,
and the cares and attention necessary
to Ms helpless condition. What n corn
znentall-upon the humanity of the peo
ple of that State.
arGeneration after generation have
felt as we do now, and their lives were
as active a 3 our own. The heavens will
he as bright over our graves as they are
about our paths. Yet a little while and
all this will have happened. The throb
bing heart, will be stilled, and we, shall
be at rest. Our funeral will,wend its
way, and the prayers will be said; we
shall be left in the darkness and silence
of the 'Mid It may be but a slot
time we shall be spoken of, but the
:a of life, .
on, anN t ril
continue to drawl on, -iina daughter and
mew will he board tke nom where
wwad tlee rye* that Humaked fox
ut44 ,4941 **Awl witicioati 4*d
eq. airakilihen,3ll4 . Taal this*. 4
ipid..varrenienii* to lop our pained
A Snake in a Man's Stomach.
A physician at Orenkoldsvkke, in his
official report to the Royal Swedish San
itary College, narrates the following :
A peasant from Trehorningssjo Ra
pell, visited me at the beginning of this
year to consult me regarding au unwel
come guest that had got into his stom
ach, namely, a snake. During a journey
he had slept one night in a wicker bas
ket that stood upon the floor, and all at
once he awoke Ebeling something which
resembled a cold, live body sliding down
his throat. He remembered that he had
seen some large, half-decayed logs
brought in for the fire-place, and at (nom
bethought that very likely a snake might
Have been Concealed in one of these logs,
and during the night had come out to
seek a wanner dwelling by sliding down
the sleepers open mouth into his stom
ach.
This idea became quite rooted with
him. When he got home he took epsom
salts and aloes in numerous doses, but
the •saake which at once notified itifres
enee by sucking just below the Abdo
men was not brought to light. After
this the poor sufferer drank at once half
a gallon of another mixture, but with no
avail. Had he more, he said, he should
have drunk more. Now he drank a
quartern of nitric acid mixed with three
pints of water, but equally unavailing . ;
the snake only grew still more restive.
Next, a sort of soup was made of thin,
sour ale, and the juice from tobacco pipes
which had not been cleansed for more
than a year. Cold sweating, retching,
and at last vomiting followed, but the
man only got worse.
He now tried, assisted by two friends,
to kill the snake by squeezing it to death;
and he and his friends continued during
nine hours to knead away, and the snake
really became more quiet for twenty-four
hours, but that was all. After having
drunk several quarterns of turpentine to
no use, an attempt was made at angling
for it. A sort of fish-hook was made of
iron wire, and a lump of dough, com
posed of flour, the white of eggs, treacle
and butter was on as bait. The hook
fixed to a string was swallowed. and af
ter about half an hour, a "bite" was felt,
and the string was therefore • hauled in,
and the patient could distinctly feel how
the snake hung to the hook; but unfor
tunately, just as it came to the gorge,
it let go its hold and down it sank again
into the stomach.
The nezt attempt was still more un
fortunate, as the hook got fixed in the
throat and it took long to get it loose
again. It would have been • thought
that this would have induced the patient
to give up any further attempt at ang
ling ; but no, a third attempt was made,
and an extra tackle fixed at the hollow
part of the hook, to be able to get loose
if it should fix again. This time the
snake would not bite at all ; the hook was
drawn up bare, and all further attempts
at angling relinquished. Quite in des
pair the_pesent now Qonsulted me, (the
physician spoke of as above) and I tried
to reason with him, it was of no use, he
clung to the idea. I have since learned
that he consulted both physician and
others, and he was at last obliged to re
turn home unalleviated. When he got
home, he became addicted to drink,
which, after some time has actually.eured
him.
Sad Comment on Fast Living
An old man, who has been living in
the most abject poverty for several years,
vibrating between "Worcester county
and Berkshire, Massachusetts and Con
necticut, as he was shifted by selectmen
who wished to clear him from their pre
cincts, has at last found a refuge, but
perhaps only a temporary one, in the
late almshouse at Munson. Forty years
ago this same man did a heavy grain
and shipping business in New York,
and was among the most influential and
respected of the merchant's of the me
tropolis. About the time of the com
pletion of the Erie canal, he with others,
conceived a grand scheme of doing an
immense -foreign trade, and went to Eu
rope, taking most of his wealth with
him. Family aftitirs did not run smooth,
and he gave up his grand project, went
to London, led a gay life, was feasted
by lords, became very intimate with the
household of a noble earl, and was pre
sented at court by the American minis
ter.
Afterwards he crossed to Paris, where
some imbroglio obliged him to accept
the challenge of a fighting marquis,
who sent a ball through his right arm ;
but our pauper being a poor shot, se
verely wounded his own second instead
of the marquis, and was obliged to leave
the city. Then he went to Munich, and
made love to a niece of one of the royal
families, was accepted, got drunk at a
palatial ball over his conquest, made a
bad thing of it, and
,left Munich with
despatch. He continued in his excess
es, gambled away all his property, *as
a vagabond in England a few years,
then in New Yolk and then throng
eut western usetts. His life is
kodder
* comment on. fast living than
was ever .written.—. Baton 2raveler.
earatrs. Dow, widow of the famous
Lorenzo, died a few days age at Mont
ville, lama., leaving this singular .will
foliihagivisi the whale of bar emote (fi6,-
000) to the town of Montville, for the
purpose- of building- four stone arch
b‘likpas in fipeciifits
Viie.44Wq• pakijommetiotogihas TAW
titligoO , *Wt., And the eincintiog
to kw Oeintat.7 l Pv..
.
Flowers and Children.
vep ,
up. ftrvel is, his test .:' .:Antitled'
"My Pin of Fidgewood," — ' 'the fol
lowing tribike to a littledaughter he
lately lost : Flowers and children are of
near kin, and too much of restraint. or
the much of forcin,, or too mach of dis
play, ruins their ehiefest charms. I love
to associate them together ; and to It%
them to a love of the towers. Some
day they tell me that a violet or a tuft of
Wiles is dead ; but on a spring morning
they eatriera(flatlt with the.l3lo*.-`: ! that
the v e ry same violet, iii..blOoming sweet
er than ever, upon some far away cleft
of the - hill:side. So you, my ctiild, if
the great Master lifts you froin »c+,• mall
bloom—as God is good—on some rich
er, sunnier ground! We talk thus ;
but if the change really come, .it is more
grevious than the blight of a thousand
flowers. She who loved their search
among the thickets—will never search
them aciain. She, whose glad eyes
would haveopened in pleasant bewilder
ment upon some bold change of shrub
bery or of paths, will never open them
again. She—whose feet would have
danced along the new wood-path, car
rying joy and merrimept into its shady
depths—will never set , foot* upon these
paths again.
What matter how the brambles grow ?
her. dress will not. be torn; what matter
the broken paling by the water ?—she
will never topple over from the bank.—
The hatchet may be hung from the
lower nail now—the little hand that
might have stolen possession of it
is stiff—is fist ! God has it.
And when spring awakens all its echoes
—of the wren's song—of the blue bird's
warble—of the plaintive cry of mistress
eueko (she daintily called her "mistress
cuckoo") from the edge of the wood—
what eager, earnest, delighted listeners
have we—lifting the blue eyes, shaking
the black curls--dancing to the melody?
And when the violets repeat the sweet
lesson they learned last year of the sun
and of the warmth, and bring their fra
grant blue petals forth—who will give
the rejoicing welcome, and be the swift
and light-footed herald of the flowers ?
Who shall gather them with the light
fingers she put to the task—who ? And
the sweetest flowers wither, and the
sweetest flowers wait—for the dainty
fingers that shall pick them--never
again!"
Attempt to Murder a Methodist Min-
11:011
We learn from the Mercer Dispatch
that on Tuesday night, the 3rd inst., in
New Wilmington, a murderous attempt
was made to assassinate the Rev. J. B.
Orwig, pastor of the M. E. Church of
that place. He was returning from the
post office at about eight o'clock in the
evening, when some cowardly ruffian
attacked him, first knocking. him down
by striking him on the back of the head,
and while he was yet senseless from the
effects of the blow, attempting to take his
life by cutting the jugular vein. The
instrument enjered just back of the vein,
cutting backwards, and inflicting a seri
ous if not fatal wound. He had received
previously three different anonymous
notes threatening his life, from what
source is not known.--Ltrarrisburg Tele
graph.
A Sad Sight.
A lady came up on the train of the
Platte County Railroad, the other night,
who presented one of the most pitiful
sights imaginable. She was on her way
to Chicago from Atchison, from which
place she had started with the remains of
a loved child some four. years old, carry
ing in her arms one still younger. She
took passage in the cars, and almost im
mediately after doing so, the child in her
arms expired: Grief-stricken and heart
broken, she continued on her way, with
one childish form dressed in its burial
robes and confined in its little coffin, and
with her darling baby clasped close to
her bosom. She was truly an object of
pity.—. 9. Joseph (Mo.) Tribune, Noe. 2.
A Beauty.
141aximilian's Duchess is said to be of
surpassing beauty. A correspondent of
the London Times, describing an audi
ence, says the members of the deputa
tion were struck with amazement when
they heard her, beaming with beauty
and freshness, keep up the conversation
in the purest Castilian. The enthusiasm
of these gentlemen reached the highest
pitch, fr, on leaving the presence, one
of them declared that "the very sight of
this incomparable Princess would be
worth to her august husband an army of
forty thousand men ; and that there was
not a single partisan of Juarez, who, at
the aspect of the Archduchess Charlotte
would not become an enthusiastic Imper
ialite."
Attacked by Rats.
Three rats made an attack on an Eng
' h lad, about 15 years of age, who was
g in an old barn eating bread and
bee* The first onslaught was made by
a huge rat, that ran up his back, and at
tempted to seize the food which he was
puttieg in his mouth. He seized it by
the throat, but beibre he had strangled
it two ethers eommeneed a determined
attack upon him. They bit his face in
two places, and attempted to-bite timugh
the (.*t! luag which protect# kie
der. Aow happened to v he
ing while contest was going on, and
_it- was with great 41419444.,t4thigatts
were made to
NEW SERIES.---VOL. 5, No. 27,
Richard Bustead, Esq.,
of New Teak
who has been ,appointeda judge:4-111e
Supreme Court of Alabama, has snare
course of a compirativelyabort life pc/R.
formed the duties of a joanneyimau fifes
ter, lawyer, corporation counsel, -.bags
dier general, and now is about to evanaii:o
the "ermine."
Wintering gimp .
In reply to some inquiries in .regal 4
to his method of feeding sheep in Win
ter. John Johnson writes as follows:
The best time to yard sheep for
thf
toning, or even store sheep, is mil&
they do not improve on the pastures:L.l--
There should be no loft of . condition.:in
the Autumn or early Winter, tibivgt
any other time.
You want dry yards well iitlerecl, tfo
that they can alwitys have a choitti.btid,
with sheds to go in when they 01114110*
but unless quite sternly they akvays'plte
fer the yard for their beds...
I have fed as *any as GOO in dtte
yard, but that is too many, sia titer**
apt to hurt each other in going- be -121eir
grain. From 160 to 200 in alae , t ysitl
does very well.
I salt once a week when feeding
groin, about two quarts to the 10Chtireep.
When fed oil-meal without any= gidilt
they tare little for salt and./ feed -dem
none. It is the same with &Ade.. - hist
the salt in - the troughs when there lei no
grain in them.
- For the first two months I. getter/45r
feed straw only: for fodder, and: I , :iiteite
sold many lht 141 - ieep that gotracskingibiit
straw for fodder. But much Aspen&
ripen the condition of the straw. If tile
wheat is cut in a raw statithat is not
quite ripe—and gets no rain, it :makes
better sheep-fodder than ripe th,otikly
hay. . . 4
I fodder the sheep three times- Ili - ft
in the common board racks. r heat&
grain twice a. day—one bushet , to- tM
100 sheep in the morning, and tlyftiller
bushel about 4 p. in.
When I keep my sheep untilth
dle of March, _they have generally; ;Id
creased from 20 to 22 pounds. on the
average; but much depends on bow
much and how long I have fed diver
hay, and whether I have reduced the
corn or oil-meal on commencing that'll's.
Very fat sheep can be made wait ef
cut clover hay and one bushel ortaersr,
buckwheat, or oil-cake meal to top : 100
sheep per day, if you can ecennanhA
with the clover hay when pastures fait
and continue it until March, bat they eat
an immense bulk of good clover hey.
It is difficult to buy sheep (goeduttes)
for feeding purposes at present ft r les
than four and a half cents per pound;
live weight—a high figure to start with
—and corn very high, oil-cake still
higher, and I fear buckwheat wont be
low. There is nothing better to fatten
sheep than buckwheat. One or one
and-a-half pounds to each sheep per day
makes fine sheep.
I have been writing about fine-woot•
ed sheep—Merinos. I have had great
er increase in weight with grade Lelees
ters, with the same amount of grain or
oil-cake Genessee Pirmes.
The Witoheraft of Good Farming.
Among the old Romans there waa ,
certain freedman whose crops so far sur T
passed those of his neighbors that they
accused him of witchcraft and brought
him to trial fir it. When he appeared
in the forum, he produced a stout
daughter and some excellent implements;
—as iron spades and shears,--and pre
senting these together with is oxen to
the Senate, said : "These, Romans, aru
my charms."
Thanks to the light of a Christian civ
ilization, we have advanced beyond the
superstition which would hang a man
for raising better crops than his neigh,.
bors. We go at once to the reason of
thing. How did he do it ? What' in= 7
struments did he use ? What mean
did he employ ? and may I not use the
same means and secure as good reiMta.
—Rev. Dr. fisher's Address.
Apple Growing in the State of. NW
The apple crop in market from Mon
roe county, New York, this year, - is
about 400,000 barrels, of which 133,006
barrels were shipped for market Ramis
Rochester, 66,000 barrels from Uhan•
lotte, and 200,000 barrels froth -oitihos
points in the county. Orleaus - countyhas
shipped 288,000 barrels. The prices
range frotn $1.70 to 4114,87, wham* oag r
elusive of the cost of barrels., .4* a
million of dollars haS been . ttafrilifted
this 'MI among the fariners of Citltpag
county for apples alone.
The Future of Horses--
The draft upon the servicf4Ae tatseq
of the country has been so greaf, VW
the horse interest, is bound to go 14 1 ;
and among the best investnients of live
stock now to be made will be the put
chalie of likely colts for itising. ~..C.) Ilit,
Unity : the next to tins,! the DVeciF, l g °T.
good horse stock for the' illtui:c 4:tIEPI
Now that the' practice of - 40v.- = ==. •
fw.t •
has elenred.-the..enuutry-
w .
samals r .let. ttra OVN T a ~':
for ' lid in
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York.