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'Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.
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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSLLOR:4 AT LAW
Waynesburg, Pa.
pi . r*OFFlrr. -- )lain Street, one door Past of
the old B ink Building.
SII Jusiness w cre,qle, Washington, am! Fay
Counties, elll.ol , , Lcd 01 00!111, prowl.
attention.
N. B —Pattirolar attention will he given to tho col
lection of p ens ions, Bounty :Jowl , . Back Pay, and
ether claims against the Government.
dept. 11, 1601—Iv.
R. A. M'CONNELL. J. J. DUFFMAN.
M'CONNELL Of. scurrnils.N,
4T7'ORNE3'S AND COUNSELLORS A7' LAW
W aynesbu rg, Pa.
i]l7"Office in the "Wright Ilt ~se," East Door.
Collections, &c.. will receive prompt attention.
Waynesburg, April 23, 1862-Iy.
DAVID CRA SVFORD,
Attorney 'And Counsellor at Law. Otlire in the
Court House. Will attend promptly to all business
entrusted to his care.
Waynesburg, Pa.,.lnly
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BLACK & PHELAN,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELL,OII23 AT LA W
Office in the Court liouge, Way nutburs.
Sept. 11,1861-,-Iv.
SOLDIERS' WAR CLAIMS !
D• R. P. HUSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, WAYNESBURG, PENNA.,
'EI AS received from the War Department at Wash
ington city, D. C., official copies of the several
laws passed ly Congress, and all the seceseary Forms
and Instructions for the prosecution and collection of
PENSIONS, BOUNTY, BACK PA Y, due dis
charged and disabled soldiers, their widows, orphan
children, widowed mothers, fathers, sistets and broth
ers, which business, /upon due notitm] will he attem!
edis promptly and accurately if entrusted to his care.
Office., .11i0.. 2, Casupbells Row.—April 8, 1863.
PHYSICIANS
Dr. T. W. Coss,
3E 1 '13. - snesicietia. dot SEllargeoc:•22.,
Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pe
OFFICE AND RESIDENCE ON MAIN STREET,
east, and nearly opposite the Wright house.
WaSnesbu - g, Sept. 23, 1563.
DR. A. G. CROSS
WOULD very respectfully , tender his services as a
PHYSICIAN AND 11RG EON, to the people of
Waynesburg' and vicinity. He hopes by a dne appre
ciation of human life and health, and strict attention to
business, to merit a share of public patronage.
Waynesburg, January 8, 1862.
MERCHANTS.
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WM. A. PORTER,
Who,esale and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domes
( Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street.
Sept. 11. 1861-Iv.
MINOR & CO.,
Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Gonda, Grit
Series, Queensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite
tlte'Dreen Douse. Main otroot.
S.W. 11. 1861--OY.
ROOT AND SHOE DEALERS
J. D. COSURAY,
Boot and Shoe maker, Main street, nearly opposite
On "Farmer's and Drover's Bank." Every style of
BOON and Shoes constantly' ua Laud or made to order.
Sept. 11, Iti6l-Iy.
GROCERIES & VARIETIES
JOHN MUNNELL,
Dealer hi Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety
Geode Generally, Wilson's New Budding, Main street.
Sept. 11. 1861-Iy.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY
S. M. BAILY,
Main street, opposile the Wright linine keeps
always on hand a large and elegant assortment of
Watches and Jewelry.
irr Repairing of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry wil
receive prompt attention I Dee. 15, 1861— ly
BOOKS, &c.
LEWIS DAY,
Dealer in School and Misrelleneous Books, Station
ery, Ink, Magazines and Papas: One door east et
Pnrter'w Store, Mail, Street. Srt.t. 11. tout
SADDLES AND HARNESS.
SAMUEL M'ALLISTER,
Ilarnese and Trunk Maker. old Bank Build
.ng. Main street,
dept. 11, 1861—L•.
BANK.
FAMERS' & DROVERS' BANK,
Waynesburg, Pa.
C. A. ItL.CK . Pres't. J. LA Z EAR, Cashier
DIEDOONT DAY,
iirmDWESDAT
"TM 11. 1861—Iv.
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HACK
I FUNNING RECITLABLY BET% 'EEN
RYES MID EU IMIER.
THE undersigned respectfully informs the generous
Public, that having the contract for the carrying of the
stall between the above poiets, be has placed upon the
route two new and commodious Hacks for lilt &C.
rommodation of the travnllng vommunitv, One wit
leave the Adam's Houve, Waynesburg, every morn
ing, Sundays excepted, at 7} o'clock, and will arrive
at Ricee' Landing in time for the }tomb') Pittsburgh,
the other will leave Sites' Landing at the same time
and arrive in Waynesburg at noon. No pains wilt be
spared for the acc.rumnociation of passengers,
'TIMOTHY UOUGLIER, Proprietor.
ligust 7th, MC. no. N.
WAYNESBURG STEAM MILL.
'WM. ROGERS respectfully inform his friends and
the public that he low teased the NEW STEAff
MILL at Waynesburg, Pa., where h e will alwayele
found ready to accommodate all who may call on the
shortest notice- Grinding done on the same ternw as
PO ; water wino. FLOUR and ISOM kept constanny
an hand. Orders fur Other tent be left at he Minns*
Alan amna. (Jas. M.MIM
cJu fortilanto
A Good Thing to Breathe.
The great mass of the inhabitants of
the Northern United Staten live in better
houses, wear ,beaer clothes, and eat
better tod than the mass of any other
nation, but they breathe the worst air
of any people in the world. They like
bad air. Every man chooses to have
his clothes and food prepared fresh and
new for himself, bathe likes to have his
air breathed over a few times by his
neignbors before he takes it into his own
lungs. In this process its oxygen is di
minished, its carbonic acid is increased,
it gag . a little . wail* :hid Moist, amdt Mr
ty, and then it just suits the American
taste.
All through the winter months our city
railroad cars are literally packed with
passengers, and the doors, windows and
ventilators are kept tightly closed. If
any passenger ventures to open one of
the little narrow ventilators in the up
per part of the car, sonic very nice gentle
man, with a clean collar, white teeth,
and a carefully dressed wig, who is
drawing in at every breath quarts of
tobacco fumes and animal matter from
the lungs of his fellow passengers, is
sure to give a shiver and a request that
the minute openings might be closed.
In our churches the congregations
generally have air in the forenoon which
is quite tolerable, but in the afternoon
their consciences and good manners are
subjected to a constant strain in their
efforts to resist the stupifying effects of
the noxious gases with which the
churches become filled during the morn
ing service.
But the worst effect of this national
predilection is seen in our thools.—
Hundreds of little boys ana l girls are
confined in close rooms for three hours
at a time, breathing over and over again
the same air, constantly diminishing its
oxygen which is the supporter of life,
thus reducing its vital functions ; while
at the same time the brain, that inevit
ably shares the enervating influence, is
stimulated by the most excited ambition,
to exertions too great even for its un
diminished strength. By this course
hundreds of helpless children, each the
pride and joy of its home, have each
been doomed to lingering disease and
early death.
There is no necessity for breathing
poisonous gases. We are placed in an
ocean of air which has just been pre
pared in proper proportions of oxygen,
nitrogen and watery vapor to adapt it
to the structure of our lungs and the
healthful action of all our organs. We
know that by constantly breathing this
atmosphere, taking a fresh and pure
supply at every breath, our physical
syst• in will attain to the highest degree
of health and strength of which it is
capable. It is only by laborious effort
that we can box ourselves in, so that
we can obtain the foul air of which we
are so ford.
J G. RITCIIIE
JOHN PHELAN
There may be, however, a few per
sons in the community that prefer fresh
and pure air to that which has been
breathed over a number of times. To
thQo we Sa minima De_ Reed's Ivo' k on
ventilation recently re-pubushed by John
Wiley, 535 Broadway, New York. It
is a small book of 120 pages and dis
cusses the subject with an intelligence
which is the result of a long series of
investigations. The various methods
of bringing in and disturbing the fresh
air and removing the noxious gases, are
treated with a rare combination of pro
found scientific knowledge and practi
cal common sense.—Scientific American.
A late number of the Framer's Mag
azine has the following: Doubtless you
have remarked with satisfaction how lit
tle oddities of men who marry rather late
in life are pruned away shortly after their
marriage. You have found a man who
used to goshabbily and carelessly dressed,
with a huge shirt collar frayed at the
edge, and a glaring yellow silk pocket
handkerchief; broken of these things and
become a pattern of neatness. You
have seen a man whose hair and Whis
kers were ridicuously cut, speedily be
come like other human beings. You
have seen a clergyman who wore a long
beard in a little while appear without
one. You have seen a matt who used to
sing ridiculously sentimental songs leave
them off. You have seen a man who
took snuff copiously, and who generally
had his breast covered with snuff, aban
don the vile habit.
A wife is a grand wielder of the mor
al pruning-knife. If Johnson's wife had
lived, there would have been no hording
up of bits of orange peel, no touching
all the posts in walking along the streets,
no eating and drinking with a disgust
ing veracity, If ever Oliver Goldsmith
had been married he never would have
worn that ridiculous and memorable
coat. Whenever you find a man whom.
you know little about oddly dressed, or
talking ridiculously, cot exhibiting eccen
tricity of manner, you may be tolerar
bly sure that he is not a married wan;
for the little corners weeounded off,the lit
tle shoots are pruned away, in married
men. Wives generally have much more
sense than their husbands, especially
when their husbands are *NW .mqn- -- ""
The wife's *dykes are like ,the ballast
thstr . keeps tke ship, steady. : , These afro,
Wil M" 1 " 1 ° 111 X 4 .1 08 i0 8 k 8 •
ping .e( little, growths of 4,4onceit.
Ana
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The Effect of Marriage.
WAYNESBUO-, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1864.
Boring an 011 Well.
'The follwing is a summary of the little
difficulties to be encountered in boring
an oil well : In selecting a spot for an
oil well the artesian driller raises a der
rick about one hundred and -ten feet in
height, brings up a steam engine of
about six horse power, and then, after
driving down about six inches in diam
eter through the earth and gravel some
fifty feet or so to , the first strata of rock,
introduces a drill of about two and a
half inches in diameter attached to a
temper screw, and thence to the "walk
ing beam' and engine, with Whiet he
bores now at the-rate of eight or ten
feet per day into the solid slate and
49,901014. Any,ame 4/66 4 ,: , }10.
then comes on the first strata of sand
stone, which may be ten or twelve feet
thick, and bearing through this comes
again to slate and soapstone of a blue
ish cast, and working on say for twen
ty-five feet or so, he reaches the second
strata of sandstone, out of which there
comes a rushing up, when the right
vein is struck, inflammable gas, salt wa
ter and petroleum.
The bore of the well is enlarged by
an instrument called a "rimmer ;" and
then an iron tube, in sections of about
fourteen feet and closely screwed togeth
er, is inserted by sections and run down
to the veins of oil; a flaxseed bag, which
expands when wet, is fixed between
the tubing and the walls of the well in
order to prevent the surface water from
descending: a "plunger" or valvid pis
ton is introduced into the tube, and the
sucker rod being attached to the "walk
ing beam," the conduit pipes and tank,
which may hold sixty barrels, being in
readiness, the engine moves and the
precious treasure gushes forth. This is
what is called pumping a well. In the
flowing wells, that is such as send the
oil out spontaneously, the drill msst go
down into the third strata of the sand- ,
stone, but this, in some instances, is
very deep.
Yet, notwithstanding all these obsta
cles in the way of obtaining possession
of the hidden treasures beneath and
which would place one of our richest
resources as far out of the reach of man
as the hidden treasures of the deep
were it not Tr machinery, oil is always
in abundance. The profits assuring
from the sale of the precious liquid am
ply repay the labors and expenditure
which the speculator may have to meet
in boring the well, and therefore he
pushes forward Isis enterprise with a
will and determination worthy of the
difficulties he has to encounter.
A Proposed Plan for Prolonging Life.
M. Robin, an eminent Fiench chem
ist, in a memoir recently presented to
the French Academy, expresses a be
lief that the period of human life may
be greatly prolonged, and enters into
an argument to show that his opinion is
based upon sound reasoning. Re also
gives the result of his personal observa
tions on this subject, and proposes to
demonstr* the truthfulness of his po
sition by actual experiments upon ani
mals whose lives are of short duration.
His arguments is; that the mineral mat
ter which constitutes an ingredient in
most of our food after the combustion,
is in out my.t,ein to incrurt and
the different parts of our body and to
render imperfect many of the vital pro
cesses.
He compares human beings to furna
ces which are always kindled ; life ex
ists only, in combustion, but the combus
tion which occurs in our bodies, like
that which takes place in our chimneys,
leaves a detritus or residuum which is
fatal to life. To remove this, he would
administer lactic acid with ordinary
food. This acid is known to posses
the power of removing or dissolving the
incrustations which form on the arteries,
cartilages and valves of the heart. As
butter milk abounds in this acid, and
is, moreover, an agreeable kind of food,
its habitual use, it is urged, will trco
the system front these causes, which in
evitably cause death between the sev
enty-fifth and one hundredth year
Annual of Scientific Discovery.
A Temperance Fable.
The rats once assembled in a large
cellar, to devise some method of safety in
getting the bait from a small trap which
lay near, having seen numbers of their
friends and relations snatched from them
by its merciless jaws. After many
speeches, and the proposal of many elab
orate but fruitless plans, a happy wit,
standing erect, said:
"It is my opinion that, if with one paw
we can keep down the spring, we can
safely take the food from the trap with
the other."
All the rats present loudly squealed as
sent, and slapped their, tails in applause.
The meeting adjourned, and the rats re
tired to their homes; but the devastations
of the trap being by no means diminish
ed, the rats were forced to call another
"convention." The elders, just assem
bled, had commenced their deliberations,
when all were startled by a faiut voice,
and a poor rat with only three legs,
limping into the ring, stood up to speak.
All were instantly silent; stretching out
the bleeding remains of his deg, be said,
",ley friends, 1 have tried the method,
and you see the result. Now let me
suggest phm to escape the trap, not
tough* !"
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siiir"4o. 4eSParOg man Mira his hair. .
454.! compd.
,women is wiser—she tears
busbancts."
Singular Marriage Customs.
The inequality almost everywhere vis
ible in human affairs is perhaps nov,ikcre
more conspicuous thaa iu the contrast be
tween the poverty of ceremony which at
tends matrimonial unions in sonic 'parts
of the world, and the pomp which accom
panies them in other parts—the absence
not merely of a 'priest, but even of a jus
tice of the peace, at the nuptials of the
South Sea Islands, and the :diluent pres
ence of two or more first-class clerryiaen
at the fashionable celebrations in our own
society.
The Siamese used to marry by the
simple ceremony of handing over the
bride's pets the conplopmcechug home-
Virard..as man and wife, , Ivitton, further
ado. But as these people now have a
king who is devoted to steam engines,
telegraphs and other emblems of progress,
doul itless the ladies DELI. kingdom have ob
tained glimpses of "woman's rights,"
iln
ported along with other notions from the
United States, and accordnOv, no doubt,
they do not now suffer theniseh es to be
disposed of in such a cavalier manner.—
Marriao-e with ..11 hupruve
meats would not unnaturally be one of
the earliest reforms introduced br an in
novating female Siamese.
Instead of desiring the presence of two
clergymen, the Crimean Tartars are said
to value the privilege of having one, even
so little as to keep him standing outside
at the bride's window, through which he
throws his formulas. Other barbarous
and semi-barbarous people have ceremo
nies elaborate enough, though of a queer
character. Among certain fir'eworship
pers the happy couple are united by a
hem on their garments and led in pro- ,
cession around a fire. On the banks of
the Gauges, the Bralimin priest, bride and
bridegroom all hold on to the tail of a
cow; another Hindu() custom is ibr the
bride and bridegroom to shower rice on
each other's bend.
In Ceylon they are tied together by the
thumbs, the courtship having begun by
the lover sending to buy his future hride's
clothing, which, knowing that it is to be
returned along with a husband, she read
ily parts with at her own valuation. The
Chinese practice of three days' mourning
befOre a wedding unay seem curious, but
it is hardly so curious as inarrying a liv
ing man or woman to the °rave of one
betrothed to him or her betbre death—a
custom belonging to no other people.
A Strange Story
The truth of the passage that the
way ofthe transgressor is hard," was
never more clearly illustrated than in
the case of W. W. Tread'vell, of lind
son, Michigan. lie was a man of fami
ly, possessed of wealth, education, influ
ence, and respected by ail who knew
him. He was a banker, and the good
name which he bore in the community
caused hundreds of poor people to de
posit their savings with hint. Thus
situated, with all the comfbrts that a
man could wish for, he suddenly ab
sconded, in company with a confeder
ate named Crowell. He took all the e
posited money with him, was art-cacti
and convicted, but escaped from ctiso
dy. Months p2ssel, and a short time
since, near Napoleon, Ohio, telly miles
o t h of .A. , ,biao, a man was passing
through a piece of wool:, awl W;l4 at
tracted by a stench, which he tbund to
proceed from a decomposed human
body. The flesh had been picked and
gnawed by wild beasts and birds, the
head was detached from the body,
and lay some distance from it, an arm
torn off and partly eaten; two bullet
holes were found in the skull, and tie
clothing, contents of the pockets, and
other unmistakable evidemes proved it
to be the body of W. W. Trcadwell,
the Hudson banker; and subequent
developments proved that he had been
murdered by Crowell, his partner in
iniquity, whu has since been arrested.
The Use of Lawyers.
A wealthy fanner, being engaged in
a law snit against one of his opulent
neighbors, applied to a lawyer, who
happened to be engaged on the oppo
site side, but who told him he NI ould
give him a recommendation to a pro
fessional friend, which he did in the fol
lowing lines:
"Here are two Mt wethers fallen together;
If you'll fleece one fleece the other,
And make them agree like brother and
brother."
The letter being unsealed the farmer
had the curiosity to open and read it ;
he did so, and instead of carrying it to
the other lawyer he took it to the per
son with whom he was at variance.—
Its perusal cured both parties, and end
ed the dispute. Inference—Lawyers
live by the violation of the laws of good
ness and truth.
WORK IF YOU WOULD RISE.--Richard
Burke being found in revery, shortly
after an extraordinary display of powers
in the House of Commons by his broth
er Edmund, and questionel as to the
cause, he replied, "I have been won
dering how Ned has conti(ved to mo
nopolize all the talents of the family,
but then again I remember, when we
were at play he was at work. The
force of the anecdote is increased by the
fact that Richard Burke was consider
ed tiot...inferior in natural silents, to his
brothel:. Yet one rose to greatness,
while-the other diej Cthitratively -ob
scure.
Useful Hints. Autumn Plowing.
To eat when you do not want it, i Farmers we commend you to plow all
is brutal—nay, this is a slander on the that is possible this autumn. There are
lower animals, they do not so debase several reasons why this should be done.
theniselveF. We have had a great drouth, and that
2. Do not enter a sick chamber on being fbllowed by warm rains, Ims and
an empty stomach, our remain as a will produce an unusually large growth
watcher or nurse, until you feel ex- of herbage, which will enrich the land if
hausted, nor sit between the patient 'turned under while green. If suffered to
and the tire, nor in the direction of a ripen its seeds, it will exhaust the soil and
current of air from the patient toward seed it for a great crop of weeds next
yourself; nor eat or drink anything af- year. When you plow, do it as though
ter being in au invalidsro(ini until you you meant something. Let it be ten
have rinsed your mouth. inches deep at least, and then you will get
3. Do not sleep in any g irment-worn the benefit of frost, the (neat refiner of
in the day. hard earth. If you reallY , =mot NAY
4. Most grown persons are able to winter grain upon the land you do plow,
sleep sounklly over six hours in sum- let it lay naked. But we assure you it
mer and seven in winter ; to attempt would more than pay you for seeding
to force more sleep on the system by laud that you intend to plant with corn
sleep in the day time, renders the next spring to put in rye, which you will
hole of the slumber disturbed and im- turn under when a foot high, making a
,rfeet.
ieek
5. Seine of the most painful stomach
aches ai; occasioned by indi , restion
this generates wind, and hence disten
finn
rug the abdomen with the hai.d, skin to
skin, from one side to another, iro n '
the lower edge of the ribs downwards,
whereby the surplus air is forced on
and outwards alimentary by the canal.
G. When you return to your• house
from a long walk or other exhaustive
exercise, go to the fire or warm room,
and do not remove a single article of
clothing until you have taken a cup of
hot drink.
7. In going into a colder atmosphere,
keep the mouth closed, and walk with
a speed sufficient to keep off chilliness.
H. Two pairs of stockings will keep
the feet warmer than one pair of a great
er thickness.
9. The night sweats of disease coma
on towards daylight; their deathly cold
ness is greatly modified by sleeping in
a single loose woolen shirt.
10. Those who drink a cup of tea or
coffee, or other stimulant, in order• to
aid in the performance of any work,
are fools; because it is to the body and
brain an expenditure of what is not
yet , got. It is using powder in advance,,
and this can never be done with im
punity.
11. The less a man drinks in lot
weather the better; Ibr the more we
drink, the more we want to drink, un
til even ice-water fails, and becomes of
a metalie taste. Hence the longer you
crlu put off drinkivg cold water on the
morning of a hot day, the better you
will kel at night.
l?.. If you sleep at all in the day time,
it will interfere with your sleep at night
much less it' the bleep be taken in the
forenoon.
How to Tell a Lady.
Two woman shall get into an omnibus,
and, though We never saw one of them
lietnre, we shall select von the true lady.
She does nut titter when a g,quleinan,
handing up his fire, knocks Off his hat,
or pitches it away over his nose; nor does
she receive her — change," atter this (to
him) inconvenient a c t o f gallantry,
grim silence. She wears no flowered
brocade to be trodden under loot, nor
ball-room jewelry, nor rose-tinted gloves;
but the lace nut around her face is scru
pulously fresh, and the strings under her
chin have evidently been lied only by
dainty lingers. . Site makes no panicle of
a watch, if she Nvears one; nor does she
draw of her dark, neatly-fitting glove, to
display ostentatious rings. Still we no
tice, nestling in the straw beneath us,
such a vrini little boot, not paver-soled,
but of an anti-consumption thickness; the
bonnet upon her head is of plain straw,
simply trimmed—for your true lady never
wears a "dress hat" in an omnibus. She
is quite as civil to the poorest as to the
richest person who sits beside her—and
equally regardful of their rights. If site
attracts attention, it is by the unconscious
grace of her person and manner, not by
ostentation of her dress. AVe ore quite
sorry when she pulls the strap and disap
pears; if we were a bachelor we should go
home to our solitary den, with a resolu
tion to become a better and a —married
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Whooping Cough.
It will be seen from the f 'Rowing
communication to the London Times,
that the English have discovered a new
remedy for whooping cough. "In
confirmation of the statement on this
subject made in your impression, I
can add that the practice of sending
children to gas works to inhale the gas
from newly opened purifiers hag been
adopted in France for two years past
From information obtained at various
works which Ifrequently visit, I may in
fer that the cure for whooping c ou g h
is perfect. It often occurs that as
many as a dozen children arc brought
to the gas works at one time, and the
managershave now come to regard
this new custom as part of the daily
routine of business.'
,g&—The act of Captain Clay" who
went down in the monitor Tecumseh,
off Mobile, was an instance of sublime
courtesy. As the pilot and himself, the
last in the vessel, moved to the ladder,
the Captain stepped aside, saying : "You
first, sir." The pilot was saved, and
the hero perished in magnanimity, and
an exainple,as noble as Sidney.
leflionosty is Om lost rofroy, an 4
iiinocem..-11;!e*
treat manure crop. It is also very hit
portant to plow every day that it is pos
sible to do so, before frosts stops you,.
T i.fel,stl l );'lali - or . will affect you
11C t spring. and it is your duty to i».e
pare for it now. One farmer says of his
• operations this year of dear labor and
drouth : "Last season I plowed in the
1411 ti,r all my spring crops. This sea
son, when ready to plant corn and po
tatoes, 1 harrowed the ground thorough
ly and then rolled it. At this time I
have as good a field of corn as any one
would wish to see, and the best 1 have
ever had." Better probably than he
would have if he had waited till the
spring to plow the ground, by more than
enough to pay four times-the expense of
plowing. That certainly was our ex
perience in a piece .of oats. The best
piece of oats that we ever gkrew Wail up
on ground deeply plowed in autumn,
maimed in spring and plowed with a
sub-soil plow as deep as it would run,
then harrowed to stir the surface and
mix the manure, then sowed--four
bushels to the acre—and the seed plowed
in and surface dragged smooth with a
bush. We ask farmers totry this course
the present autumn. —N L Tribune.
Witty Reproof.
A witty suggestion is often more
effective in the way of reproof than a
sharp rebuke. Mrs. Stowe tells a good
story of an old minister, who had been
unable to keep some theivish boys out
of his peach orchard till he inanat e 1
to reach their consciences by a story in
the pulpit:
Old father Morris sometimes used his
illustrative talent to very good purpose
in the way of rebuke. He had on 4iis
farm a fine orchard of peaches, from
which some of the ten or twelve-year
old gentlemen helped themselves more
liberally than even the old mans kind
nosa thought expedient. Accordingly,
he took occasion co introduce into his
sermon on Sunday, in his little parish,
an account of* journey he took, and
how he was very warm and very dry,
and how he saw a very fine orchard of
peaches which nude his month water
to look at them:
"So," says he, "I came to the fence,
awl looked all around, for I would not
howo too olkod one of thc•nt k ithout Icerre
for all the world. At last I espied a
man, and says I: 'Mister, won't you
give ma some of your peaches?—So the
man came and gave me nigh about a
hatfull. And while I stood there eating,
I said, Mister, how do you manage to
keep yonr peaches?
'Keep them?' said lie, and stared at
me. What do you means'
'Yes, sir.' said 'Don't the boys
steal them?'
'Boys steal them!' said he. 'No,
indeed!"why, said 1, have a whole
lot full of peaches, and I cannot get
half of them [here the old man's voice
became tremulous], because the boys
in my parish steal them so.'
'Why,' said he, 'don't their parents
Mach► them not to steal?'
And I grew all over in a cold sweat,
and told him I was afraid they didn't.
,Why, how you talk!' says the man.
'Do tell me where you live'
'Then,' said father Morris, the tears
running down, was obliged to tell hint
I lived in the town of ' "
After this, Father Morris kept his
peaches.
&a-Some years before the death of
the Duke of Wellington, he was sitting
at his library table, when his ro , m door
opened, and witJ►out any announcement,
in stalked a singular figure.
"Who are you?" asked the Duke, in his
short, dry manner, looking upon • the
intruder without the least change of
omntenance.
"I. am Apollyon."
"What do yon want?"
" I am sent to kill yon."
"Kill me? Very odd."
" Lam Apollyon and must put you
to death."
"Obliged to do it to-day?"
"I am not told the day or the hour,
but I must perform my mission."
" Very inconvenient—very bnisy—
great many letters to write— call again
or write me word—lithe ready fin• you."
The Duke went on with his correspon
dence. The maniac, by the stern,
immoveable old min, backed out or the
room, and in half an hour was safe in
custody.
Speak not well of . ,ymittoeit; nor
ill- of others. ' '
NEW SERIES.---VOL. 6, NO. 17
SPEECH OF THE HON. JAMES
GUTHRIE.
Address Delivered at New Albany,
Ind., Sept. 15th—The Meaning of
the Chicago Platform—Peace on the
Basis of the Union.
Ritmo Citizens of Indlizaft :—Kentucky
bids you God speed in this great work
of saving the nation. I have been in
Chicago. knowthe .platformi there
adopted by - the assembled Democracy.
I assisted in making it. I know what
it 4 means. It means peace. It means
peace upon OW basis of the re-establish
meut of the Union in all its integrity.
Who would give up the mouth of the
Mississippi and the grave of Jackson
f(r 3 1 3 f3ce,Wkiliti dirdiellAxin i s r- bin'-
stitution of our fathers - fOr a peace
which separates this glorious republic
Not the Demo c .atic and conservative
masse s now arrayed under the stand
ard of that hero-statesman, Gen. Geo.
B. McClellan. No, fellow citizens, it
is another party which would thus dis
rupt this nation if its hideous dogmas
of Abolitionism are not accepted by the
people oflhe South. The Chicago
platform, Art the letter of acceptance
of McClellan mean that the President
of the United States, and every official
of the Government, either in the civil
or military department, shall be as obe- .
dient to tie Constitution as the hum
blest citizen or soldier. It is a peace
platform on the basis of the Union, the
Constitution, and the laws. Who dares
say we shall not have peace upon the
basis of the integrity of the Federal
Union ? lf the South is against such a
peace; if she refuses to accept the offer
of such a peace ; if a frank, earnest,
and persistent effort to obtain these ob
jects should fail, then the responsibility
for ulterior consequences will fall upon
those who remain in arms against the
Union. But the Union must be pres
erved at all hazards. Such is the con
struction of the Chicago platform as
given by Gen. M.O el an,
the nomi
nee of the convention. Such is the
construction I place upon it. Such is .
the construction placed upon it by the
Democratic and conservative masses of
the country. We will never give up
the mouth of the Mississippi for Jeff.
Davis and all his crew. I know him
well. The Smth are for peace. Offer
them peace upon this basis and they
will take it—yes take it with joy, and
return to their allegiance. It is the
principle of the Constitution that the
majority shall rule. It is not for one
man to say that we shall not have peace.
Who is it that reverses this principle of
the Constitution, and says that the ma
jority shall not rule ? Abraham Lin
coln and his party ; he who denied the
people the right of tree speech and the
liberty of the press. This is the first
time since Abraham Lincoln was elect
ed—the first time since he violated the
Chimer() platform of 1860—since he
violated the laws of CmoTess--3inee he
violated the Constitution, that the Dem
(wade party has had a chance to speak.
And now it will speak until it saves
this gTeat republic—this precious Con
stitution. It will speak at the ballot
box, the great and sacred forum from
which every American citizen may
speak with power. I have a right as a
Kentuckian, to speak of Jeff. Davis and
Abraham Lincoln. They were both
born in Kentucky, and both have dis
graced that noble commonwealth, and
her principles of equal rights and jag,
laws Both of them take men ag o alaait
their wills to tight their battles. 1;4
coin is doing this now—forcing men to
tight for the Abolition of alavery, not
for the restoration of the Union-sending
men into your houses with bayonets to
hold in awe peaceable loyal citizens.—
Lie has to day scattered throughout
the loyal States of the North soldiers
enough to subjugate Jeff. Davis' con
fedeiacy, to dominate over a free people.
I am for peace—for a peace which will.
give us hick the old Union under the
Constlt ition. I was a member of the
peace Congress in 1861. In that Con
gress I was the peace, concession ; .and re
newed guaraatees to all the Stater. I be-.
lievtd then, as now, that the great waste
of precious blood which was taken place
would restore the Union. I asked that'
the seven border slave States might
propose a basis for the settlement of all
aifficnlties: They could have proposed.
such a basis as would have been a full,
final, honorable, and satistlictory settle
ment. But the radicals in that Om
oress would not consent to it. Neither
the Abolitionists of the North nor the
secessionists of the South would eon
set tto it. They would have nothing
but blood. Well, have we net had
blood to the heart's content of the na,
lion ? Even the preachers have
preached war, and desolation, and blood;
the temples of the meek and lowly Jes
us have been made the temples - froM
which war, and rapine, and blood has
been preached, by ministers with hands
dripping in blood. This must be end
ed. We will hold out the olive branch
like a great, and magnanimous, and
powerful people. We will offer to the
South their rights in the Union under
the Constitution. We will guarantee
,those riahts and dispose of confliettag,
altd.ireastious quAtion.s * Oat.
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