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INITABLISHEI) IN 1813.
THE WAYNESBURG MESSENGER
PIMISZED BY
W. JONES AND JAS. S. JENNINGS.
Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa.
EreriPlCE BEAELY OPPOSITE THE
PUBLIC SQUARE. .41 •
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aitasiit4ihts.--82.00 in :"vance $ 2.25 at the ei
taptin. se
itmitio; 62.50 after the expiration of
the year. :sec square for
ADTEristeritEnTs inserted at $1.50
*nee insertions, and 'SO eqoare ex, ‘! additi°a
al insertion; (ten lines of lest counted a squaT,.. l .
go- /I liberal deduction made to yearly adverti: Prs •
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Joe Pattimao, of all hinds, executed in the bet.:
style, and on reasonable terms, at the "Messenger'
JO Ogee.
Tiliztgatsburg 'fusintss itarbs.
ATTORNEYS.
DEE=
PURMAN & RITCHIE.
ATTORNEYS AND CoIINSLI.I.OII.S AT LAW
Waynesburg, Pa.
itifrbetter:—lVliin Street, one door east of
tyreold Bank Building.
Erdll Justness in Greene, Washington, and Pay
etts Counties, entrusted to them, wilt receive proinp
stAlation.
N. B —Particular attention will be given to the col
lection of Pensions, Bounty Money. Back Pays and
Oar claims agaitist the Governm ent.
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11. , 1. WCONNELL. T. J. HUFF.V.ii!I.
IMPCONBirZILL 8L ECUITECL&N,
iIiTTORNEYS d a X y D nesbur Pa .
COUNSELLORS IF
W7MroMee In the "Wright IR tee," East Door.
Arms, lac., will receive prompt attention.
Waynesburg, April 23, 1662-Iy.
DAVID CAAWFORD,
Attorney and efiunsellor at Law. Office in the
ging limese. Will attend promptly to all business
fattusted to his care.
4001ria7aeebeng. Pa., July 30, 1863.-Iy.
•. *LACE'
BLACK & PHELAN,
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Arrommits AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Office in the Court Douse, Waynetburg.
Sept. 11,1881-Iv.
111OLDIERS 7 WAR CLAIMS !
D. R. P. HUSS,
yllllllllEl' AT LAW, WAY NEISBUIV3, PENN A.,
• r received from the War Department at Wash
f..• ingtOn city. I). C., official copies of the several
pwe
passed by Congress, and all the necessary Forms
.Rd Itiettoetione fur the prosecution and collecjion of
lONS, BOUNTY, BACK PAY, due dis
'lnd disabled soldiers, their widows, orphan
.Ithiblypeit.,widowed . mothers, lathers, sinters and broth
/M.P. Wkicb business, Inpon due notice} will he attend.
tedtolpittraptly and accnratelyif entrusted to his care.
°Gee, No. 2, Campbells Row.—April 8, 1863.
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LIMIiEI
PHYSICIANS
Itre T. W. Ross,
sus geiNll.3rgeiCa3l3.,
Waynisburg, Greene Co., Pa.
Ovirks AND RESIDENCE ON MAIN STREET,
Pit, end nearly opposite the Wright house.
.16re1iesbn:g, Sept. 23, 1863.
. DR. A. G. CROSS
itOULD ,very r espectfully tender his services as a
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, to the people or
bon end vicinity. He hopes by a due appre
. PO blown I* and health, and strict attention to
, to merit* share of public patronage.
~.. ifornbiang, January 8, 1802.
MERCHANTS
WM. A. PORTER,
4iiii;:o;eilale 'and Retail Dealer in Foreign and Domes
'Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, &c., Main street.
*pt, 11:1881—Ir.
• • MINOR & CO.,
- Ihreidentiti Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Gro
eiwyksiotacessasware, hardware and Notions, opposite
the Green Donee. Main street.
1861-Ig,
SCR' AND SHOE DEALERS
BB
J. D. COSGRAY,
, ,
)fit and Shoe maker, Main street, nearly opposite
Ore 'Vermeer; and Drover's Bank." Every style Of
41 /E t
r awl Snots constantly on hand or made to order.
Th ISli—ly.
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4 ' , ANXEIRLES & VARIETIES
JOHN MUNNELL,
Dodder in Groceries and Confectionaries, and Vallety
GlendsGenentlly„ Wilson's New Building, Main street.
ASOlLik"lB4l-IY.
IMILTOXEXIS AND JEWELRY
• : • a. lit. BALLY,
sow, opposite the Wright House keeps
#4 l ,zup A: ei large and ele g ant assortment pc
gof r acks; W a tches and Jewelry wil
attention. Mee. 16. 1861—ly
41; BOOKS.
, LEWIS DAY,
i m . /.l=n a d ni blis i : a e pe lle n nrus D e o L ks ; fletatiooni
. 004 learn Street. ' Sept. 11. 1861 ly.
;11.402741teNi AND it.sairmse.
• I;AlattlEl. 1 , 41 , ALLISTER,
karat= and Trunk Maker. old Bank Build
;44 ion--In
MANS.
- InitICERS' & DROVERS' BANK,
Waynesburg. Pa.
.."iz Btj k.i res't. J. LAZEAR. Cashier
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- tilltdraving tbe contract for the carrying/lithe
she soova points, he has placed uptn the
- gig rw end- 'eranoodtous Hacks for the ae
at, lipizzates rainnuinftv, Qneyil
datn'a Waynesburg, every worn
, - tc at 211 k wench, and will arrive
for the Beetle Pittebttqlk
Wane ' Landing at the MINI time
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Nottrg.
If we knew the cares and crosses
Crowding around our neighbor's way;
If we knew the little losses,
Sooely grevions, day by day,
Would we then so often chide him
For his lack of thrift and gain—
Leaving on his heart a shadow,
Leaving on his life a strain?
It we knew the clouds above us,
Hold but gentle blessings there,
Would we torn away all trembling,
In our blind and weak despair?
Would we shrink from little shadows,
Lying on the dewy'grass,
While 'tis only birds of Eden,
Just in mercy flying past?
J O. FITCIIIg
If u'e knew the silent story,
Quiveritig through the heart of pain,
s Would our manhoj,"
1 dare to doom them,
Back to haunts of guilt :._' in ?
Life has many a tangled crossing;
Joy hath many a break of woe,
And the cheeks tear-washed are whitest,
This the blessed angels know.
Let us reach into our bosomz,
For the key to other lives,
"And with love toward erring nature,
Cherish good that still survives;
So that when our disrobed spirits
Soar to realms of light again,
We may say, "Dear Father, judge us
As we judge our fellow men."
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The light at home! how bright it beans
When evening shades around us fall;
And from the lattice far it gleams,
To love, and rest, and comfort all;
When wearied with the toils of day,
And strife for glory, gold, or fame,
How sweet to seek the quiet way,
Where loving lips will lisp our name,
Around the light at home!
When through the 'dark and stormy night,
The wayward wanderer homeward flies,
How cheering is that twinklicg light,
Which through the forest gloom he spies!
It is the light of home. He feels
That loving hearts will greet him there,
And safely through his bosom steels
The joy and love that banish care
Around the light at home.
The light at home—how still and sweet
It peeps from yonder cottage door—
The weary laborer to greet—
When the rough toils of day are o'er!
Sad is the soul that does not know
The blessings that the beams impart,
The cheerful hopes and joys that flow,
And lighten up the heaviest heart
• Around the light at home.
I ask a perfect creed;
0 that to me were given
The teaching that leads none astray,
The scholarship of heaven!
The one whole truth I seek,
In this sad age of strife;
The truth of Ilim who is The Truth,
And in whose truth is life;
Truth which contains true rest;
Which is the grave of doubt;
Which ends uncertainty and gloom,
And casts the falsehood out!
—Rev. H. Amor
The heart of the patriot and philan
thropist is sickened by the too frequent
details of the privation and suffering to
which the families of the brave men who
have gone forth to. battle in the sacred
cause of their country. A case has very
recently came to our knowledge in which
sympathy for the helpless victims of want
and penury struggle for the mastery
with feelings of scorn and indignation
against the base wretch who could be so
hopelessly depraved as to deprive them
of their just dues, earned under most
peculiar and trying circumstances. A
poor woman, whose husband is in the
army, and who has not received any
money from him for the last four months,
almost driven to despair for want of
means to support herself and three little
children, offered to enaA the part of
scavenger for her neighbor, for which she
was to receive four dollars. She went
to work in the night time, performed
the disgusting job, and when claiming
from the unfeeling - and unnatural neigh
bor her hard-earned pay, he gave her
only two dollars and fifty cents, telling
her that she had earned the money in a
very short time, and ought to be satis
fied! She has instituted a .suit before
Justice Kuhn to recover the balance.—
Comment upon such base conduct is un
=amour. The ease of t* poor we
n **es tin as an exceedingly proper
me for the intervention of our humane
wad charitably disposed oitizena:"De
Irak Ai tiler,
A Cops THOiVq*--4,e = boy
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sitging Dear a window pun
'bents blight eSing,.
14 1 414 2 4, Wiled Mt, A O f . 1 1 1*
of slor for I.
vigirgypthd. of 10;c13 4 foo . ' '
C.) ICI
If We Knew.
The Light at Home.
The One Truth.
A Sad Case.
.t.'vt
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDkDAY, • 14D.' 30, 1864.
•%1,11 iottliantono.
fit JOHN S. C. ALIVOTT
When Napoleon returned from
Egypt, the latter fart of the year 1797,
he found Republican France assailed,
both by sea and land, by the eomhined
fleets and armies both of England and
Austria. The peril of France was so
(neat that dictoral power seemed essen
tialb for its salvation. Napoleon by gen
eral acclaim, was placed at the head of
the Government with the title of con
sul.
His first act was to write to both
England and Austria, imploring peace.
Both Governments contemptuously re
fused to heed his appeal. An Austrian
army 150,000 strong was on the banks
of the Rhine, menacing the Northern
provinces of France. Napoleon placed
150,000 veterans, the elite of the French
army, under the command of Moreau,
and sent them to repel these invaders,
The work was effectually accomplished
i n ne great battle of Hoblenlinden.
The General Melas, with
140,000 men 14 - f , re marching upon
FranCe through western it:Aly• Re had
already reached the plains from which
the Alps ascend, and was preparing to
penetrate France through the unde
fended defiles. Napoleon formed the
plan of presenting no resistance to the
head of these formidable columns, but
secretly to cross the Alps, where his
passage would not be thought of, and
to assail • the foe unexpectedly, and
with sn overwhelming energy in the
rear.
65,000 troops were assembled at
points on the Eastern frontier of France,
where they could attract but little ob
servation, but trom which, at a few
hours notice they could be concentrated
at the contemplated rendezvous at Dijon.
From this station, at the foot of the
Alps, almost with a rush they were to
cross the pass of the Great Saint Ber
nard, and to sweep down like an aval
anche upon the Austrian hosts.
The minutest details of the expedition
were arranged with the utmost care,
tbat there should be no possibility of
failure, Immense magazines of provis
ions were collected. An ample amount
of gold was placed in the army chest
to hire the peasants, with their mules,
to aid in dragging the guns over the
pass. Mechanic shops rose as by magic,
all along the way, to repair promptly
every possible breakage. The ammu
nition was stored in small boxes, which
could be transported on the backs of
mules. Hospitals were established on
both sides of the pass.
On the summit of the mountain is a
convent of world-wide renown. The
monks were provided with an ample
supply of bread and cheese and a cup
of wine to present to each soldier as he
passed, Napoleon superintended all
these details, while at the same time he
arranged all the combinations of the
campaign. As the precipitous path
could only be trod in single file, the car
riages were taken to pieces, and slung
on poles, carried by med. Large pine
logs were split and hollowed out, so
that the heavy guns could be fastened
in the grooves, and thus they were
dragged by a long string of mules, in
single file. When the mules failed a
hundred men were harnessed to a sin
gle gun. The summit of the pass is
eight thousand feet above the sea. The
distance across, from the plains of
France to the plains of Italy, is twenty
miles.
Though there were several disasters
by the way, and not a few lost their
lives, the feat which had been deemed
impossible, was accomplished, and the
army appeared, as . if it had descended
from the clouds upon the plains of Italy
traversing the banks of Aosta. The
Austrians, who were eagerly crowding
upon the frontiers of France, had no
conception of the peril thus gathering in
their rear.
Melas heard the tidings, and alarm
ed, began to concentrate his forces.—
Napoleon gave him not a moment - of
leisure. To Lannes and Murat be is
sued the order, "Gather immediately
your divisions at Stradello. You will
have,on your bands fifteen or eigh
teen thousand Austrians. Meet
them and cut them to pieces. It will
be so many enemies less on the day of
decisive battle we are to expect with
the entire army of Melas."
The prediction was true. Lannes and
Murat encountered 18,000 of the foe at
Montebello, strongly posted with bat
teries which swept the plain. The
French soldiers, inspirited by the al
most miraculous power, with which Na
poleon infused his own spirit into his
troops, appeared to pay no regard to
shot or shell. Though but 8,000 in
number they rushed upon the entrench
ed foe.
"At the first discharge of the hostile
lotteries," said Dames, "I could hear
t bones crash in my division like
glow in a hail storm."
Rif nine hours the tornagecontinued.
Just as the Austrians were routed, •and
were, c r i pic re their victors, Na
pelf** ibon - the field. Lan
flehltiiiiThu the - hero of this bloody.
AtiV be staid, Mast mounds of
tbW 4 lloflece' rilped his hand
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MARENGO.
upon him the title of the Duke of Mon
tebello.
Four days after this,. Napoleon with
but 30,000 men, encountered Melas
with 40,000 troops upon the plain of
Mareno. The Austrian force included
7,000 cavalry, and 200 pieces of artil
lery. The French General Desaix,
with 6,000 men was nearly 30 miles
from the field.
Fortunately, when reclining in his
tent he heard the first crash of the bat
tle, as it came booming over the fields
like distant thunder. His troops were
instantly on the march, and they press
ed forward with all possible speed to
the aid of their comrades.
All the day long Napoleon held his
ground against a foe outnumbering him
two to one. It was now three o'clock
in the afternoon. The contending hosts
were within pistol shot of each other,
and in many cases blending in the fier
cest fight. ".'On part; of the field the
French exhausted and overpowered,
were retiring in confusion, pursued and
cut down by the cavalry of the foe.—
Napoleon by his personal supremacy,
still held a few squares together, slow
ly, reluctantly, but in good order retir
ing, while the victorious Austrians close
ly f6llovired them, ploughing their ranks
with two hundred pieces of artillery.—
.blelas doubted !Wt that he had gained
the day, and dispatched couriers
throughout Europe to announce his
victory.
Just then the solid columns of Desaix
appeared. impetuously entering the
plain. Desaix cast an anxious glance
over the confusion, around him, and
upon the broken bleeding, and re
treating battallions of the French, and
spin-rim; his horse, galloped to the
point where Napoleon stood envelloped
in the smoke and dust of the conflict.
"I see," said Desaix, "that the battle
is lost. I can do no more for you I
suppose, that to cover your retreat."
By no means," Napoleon replied.—
"The battle I trust is gained. Charge
with your column. The disordered
troops will rally in your rear."
Desaix, at the bead of his division,
made an impetuous charge upon the
front of the advancing foe. At the
same time Kellerman received an order
to charge the foe in th© flank with his
cavalry. The change was like one of
magic. In an instant the whole aspect
of the field was transformed. Those
on the retreat were partially raked by
the voice of Napoleon as he rode along
their broken ranks.
"My friends," said he, "we have re
treated far enough. It is now our
turn to advance. Recollect that I am
in the habit of sleepinz on the field of
battle."
The French now raised shouts of
victory, which rose above the thunders
of the canonade. A panic and a well
founded one, now pervaded the ranks
of the Austrians. In the wildest con
fusion they broke and fled. They
were pursued, cut down, .and trampled
beneath the iron hoofs of Kellerman's
dragoons. When the sun went down
behind the distant Alps, after witness
ing 12 hours of this frightful carnage,
more than 20,000 human beings were
strewn upon the plain weltering in
blood.
The rout of Melas was so entire that
escape was hopeless, and he was at the
mercy of his victor. Napoleon rode
over the field, and gazed sadly upon
the aspect of misery spread everywhere
around him. As some ambulances
passed him laden with the mutilated
forms of the wounded, lie stopped and
uncovered his head, saying :
"We cannot but regret not being
wounded, like these untappy men, that
we might share their sufferings."
Under the influence of these feelings
he took a pen, upon the gory field, and
wrote as follows to the Emperor of
Austria:
SIRE : -It is on the field of battle,
amid the sufferings of a multitude of
wounded, and surrounded by 15,000
corns, that I beseech your majesty to
listen to the voice of humanity, and not
to suffer two brave nations to cut each
other's throats for interests not their
own. It is my part to press this upon
your majesty, being upon the very the
atre of war. Your majesty's heart can
not feel it as keenly as does mine."
The letter was long and eloquent, but
unavailing. England and Austria still
continned the strife until the French ar
mies, within sight of the steeples of Vi
enna, compelled a peace,
A Touching Incident.
A correspondent of the Blair county
(Pa) Whig furnishes that paper with the
particulars of the fallowing interesting
incident of which he was an eye-wit
ness. It occurred a few years ago on
the line of the great internal improve
ment of that State. It was one of those
acts of genuine kind-heartedness which
fill the mind with the involuntary con
sciousness that there is something of the
angel still in our common nature.
At the point this side of the moun
tain, where occurred the tran-shipment
of passengers from the West, was moor
ed a canal boat awaiting the arrival. of
the train ere starting on its waytiwongh
to the East. The captain of the boat, a
tall rough, sun-embrowned ma; stood
by his craft superintenaeg the Men of
his men when the ears 'up. and a
fini , Moments attar it party of about a half
dosen of gentlemen came oat, and de
liberatclywalking, Arpto: the capes aft
dunaing bib itmisatng asaittatiaiipe:
. fru. r J
..t~t fr, ..,; v~ •.
"Sir, we wish to go on East, but our
further progress to-day depends upon
you. In the cars we have just left a sick
man whose presence is disagreeable.—
We have been appointed a committee by
the passengers to ask that you will deny
this man a passage in your boat. If he
goes we remain; wat say you?"
•'Gentlemen," replied the captain, "I
have heard the passengers through their
committee. Has the sick man a repre
sentative here?"
To this unexpected interrogatory there
was no answer; when without a mo
ment's pause, the captain crossed over
to the car, and entering, beheld in one
corner a poor, emaciated, worn out crea
ture, whose life was nearly eaten out by
that canker worm—consumption. The
man's head was bowed in his hands, and
he was weeping. The captain advanced
and spoke to. him "0, sir," said the
shivering invalid looking up, his face
now 1 4 with trembling expectation, "are
you the captain, and will you take me!
God help me! The passengers look up
on me as a breathing pestilence, and are
so unkind! You see sir, lam dying,
but oh, if I am spared to reach my moth
er, I shall die happy. She lives in Bur
lington, sir, and my journey is more
than half performed. lam a poor prin
ter, and the only child of her in whose
arms I wish to die."
"You shall go," said the captain, "If
lose every passenger for the trip."
By this time the whole crowd of pas
sengers were grouped around the boat,
with their baggage piled on the path and
they themselves awaiting the decision of
the captain before engaging their pas
sage.
A moment more and that decision was
made known, as they beheld him com
ing from the cars with his dying burden
cradled in his arms. Pushing his way
through the crowd with the sick man,
he ordered a mattrass to be spread in the
choicest part of the boat where he laid
the invalid with the care of a parent.—
That done the captain ordered the boat
to be got ready for starting.
But a new feeling seemed to pervade
the astonished passengers—that of shame
and contrition at their inhumanity.—
With one common impulse they walked
aboard the boat, and in 3 few hours af
ter, another committee was sent to the
captain, entreating his presence among
the passengers in the cabin.
He went, and from their midst there
arose a white-headed man; who, with
tear-drops In his eyes, told that rough,
sunbrowned man that they felt humbled
before him, and they asked forgiveness.
It was a touching scene. The fountain
of true sympathy was broken in the heart
of nature, and its waters swelled up,
chocking the utterance of all present.
On the instant, a purse was made up
for the sick man, with a "God speed" to
his home, to die in the arms of his mo
ther!
Married the Wrong Lady.
Love is a very uncertain thing, and
it is not safe to be too certain of the
symptoms until they are unmistakable.
The following will explain . our mean
ing: •
Vienna has been stired up, lately, by
the comical result of a strange love
story. It seems that in the house of
one Herr Kuhne, a teacher of languages,
Dr. Kant, a young lawyer, happened
to make the acquaintance of a lady,
burdened with some property and thirty
years. The lady being unmarried,
evinced particular interest in the young,
shy, and rather abashed man of law.—
She made love to him, in fact, very
strongly, and persuaded him to visit
her at her house. But alas i be loved
another lady. One evening, while con
versing with the doctor, she said :
"With your - favorable idea of matri
mony, may I ask if you evei thought of
marrying yourself?"
Dr. Kant, sighed, and his eyes rest
ing on the ground, hesitatingly mut
tered in reply--
"I have already thought of marrying,
and made my choice, but—"
"But?" he continued, "the lady is
rich, very rich, and I am poor. lam
afraid I could hardly aspire to her hand,
and rather than allow myself to be tax
ed with sordid designs, I will bury my
passions in my breast, and leave it un
avowed forever."
At an early hour the following day
she, however, betook herself to a solic
itor, and in legal form, declared her
wish to present and hand over his prop
erty the sum of 150,000 gulden—(ls,-
000) —to Dr. K.3pt. When the docu
ment had been signed, countersigned,
and, duly completed, she sat down in
the office, and, encloping in it an elegant
envelope, added a note to the following
effect : "Dear sir—l have much pleas
ure in enclosing a paper which I hope
will remove the obstacle in the way of
your marriage.. Believe. me, &c.,
Alace Martini." Dr. Kant, for he and
no other was the addressed, was the
happiest man in the world on receiving
this generous epistle. Repairing at
once to the parents of Franlem Fische',
the lady . ,of his love, he proposed for
and received the hand of a girl who had
long beer flattered by his delicate
though unmoved. attentions. His re
ply to Franlein Martini, besides convey
ing We sincerest thanks, contained two
eartee visite, finked together by the
magnificent rose-colored Miss
Martini . finthwith sued the happy bride=
grain 14 width*" beik as tre-prorip.
ise of itiartfage ha&been toad% the em
was by two lineeeeliTO emits, - decided
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Sizing Down .the Age of Man and
The man that dies youngest, as might
be expected, perhaps, is the railway
brakesman. His average age is only
27. Yet this must be taken with some
allowance, from the fact that hardly any
but young and active men are employed
in the capacity. At the same age dies
th e factory work woman, through the
compined influence of confined air, se
dentary posture, scant wages, and un
remitting toil. Then comes the -rail
way baggage man, who is smashed on
an average at 30! Milliners and dress
makers live but little longer. The av
erage of the one is 32, and the other 33.
The engineer, the fireman, the conduc
tor, the powder-maker, the well digger,
and factory operative, all of . whom are
exposed to sudden and violent deaths,
die on an average under the age of 35.
The cutler, the dyer, the leather-dresser,
the apothecary, the confectioner, the
cigar maker, the printer, the shoe
cutter, the engraver, and the machinest,
all of whom lead confined lives in an un: ,
wholesome atmosphere, do not reach the
average age of 40. The musician blows
his breath all out of his body at 40.
Then comes trades that are active or in
a pure air. The baker lives to an aver
age age of 54, the butcher to 49, the
brickmaker to 47, the carpenter to 49,
the furnace man to 42, the mason to 48,
the stone cutter to 43, the tanner to 49,
the tinsmith to 41, the weaver to 44, the
drover to 40, the cook to 45, the inn
keeper to 49, the laborer to 44, the do
mestic servant (female) to 43, the tailor
to 42, the tailoress to 41. Why should
the barber live till 50, if not to show the
virtue there is in personal neatness and
soap and water' Those who average
over half a century among mechanics
are those who keep their muscles and
lungs in healthful and moderate exercise,
and not troubled with. weighty cares.—
The blacksmith hammers till 51, the
cooper till 52, and the wheelright 61150.
The miller lives to be whitened with the
age of 61. The rope-maker lengthens
the thread of his to 55. Merchants,
wholesale and retail, to 52. Profession- I
al men live longer than is generally sup
posed. Litigation kills clients some
times, but seldom lawyers, for they av
erage 55. Physicians prove their use
fulness by prolonging their own lives to
the same period. The sailor averages
43, the caulker 64, the sailmaker 52,
the stevedore 56, the ferryman 65, and
the pilot 64. A dispensation of Provi
dence that "Maine Law" men may con
sider incomprehensible is, that • brewers
and distillers live to the ripe old age of
64. Last and longest lived comes pau
pers, 67, and "gentlemen" 68. The
only two classes that do nothing for
themselves and live on their neighbors
outlast all the rest.
A Nail in the Stomach.
A correspondent of the London Daily
Telegraph writes
Upon reading the account in the morn
ing papers of the fatal result which oc
curred to a gentleman from swallowing
a nail, I felt much regret that I hail not,
for the benefit of the public generally,
made the following case known. A few
years since the landlady of the house in
wi icli I was residing informed me, in a
state of great alarm, that one of her chil
dren, about four years of age, had swal
lowed a nail. She said that she was
sure of the fact, and that it was an iron
nail about two inches long. She re
quested my advice as to how to act, and
as to whether she should give the child a
dose of castor oil.. I told her not to give
the child anything to relax the bowels,
and upon reflection I advised her to
make the child a hard dumpling for its
dinner. As I was quite aware that the
ease was dangerous, I also advised her
to consult a medical man. This she did,
and informed me that he quite agreed
with my opinion ; and I was pleased to
find that she had not brought back any
"mixture."
In the evening At3he again consulted me
as to the child's -supper, and I advised
another dumpling, with as little drink as
possible. The next morning she in
formed me that the child had slept well,
and had not exhibited any symptoms of
hysterics. Upon asking
.me 'what she
should give the child for breakfast, she
could not refrain from smiling when I
advised another hard dumpling. In the
course of the forenoon, however, she
smiled most satisfactorily upon entering
my room, at the same time placing be
fore me an iron spiked nail, about an
inch and a half long, which the child
had passed without having shown any
consciousness of its presence. I had
much difficulty in persuading the moth
er that I was not connected with the
medical profession,but was merely 1;1.0-
(4 by a general knowledge of the intes
tinal organs and by common sense.
Rev. Dr. Cheever writes, in'the Indepen
dent, that, "After the slaughter 02 hundreds
ot thousands of our citizens, with the cor
responding frightful desolation and demoral
ization of a four years war, and a debt of
two thousand millions ot dollars, we are in
all other
,respects, just where we were when
Mr. LificcAri began his career." Now what
is to be done with an eminent clergyman
and sboittionist who will talk nub naughty
copper as that ?
illirGoogi manners are 4 . part . of g oo d
morals, and it is as much you dsty as
intereAfttolow*Weilt
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Family Intercourse.
This is a sore subject to touch. One
feels like treading on a hundred corns
all at once. Nearly every family has
its sore spot—its dark corner—its pri
vate closet, caretblly locked up and the
interior hidden from the light of day.
It seems strange to say that most fain
ity difficulties arise from the ignorance
of the different members of each °their,
and yet it is sadly true. Many familie
live together for years, and separate,
knowing less of each other's secret feel
ings, motives, and the springs which
guide action, than of others who Mere
lived together outside the fami l y
Small jealousies, petty selfishness • 4
in and produce estrangsseank
frequently mar_ the happiness of a life
time.
There is little appreciation of 414 ail
vine beauty and loving graceial mibiliit
ties of the family relation, It Is ,iip
common a fact that we loose sightllW
wisdom, just as we forget to be
that the sun shines, or that the 01,
rain fall. The sweet name of
brother, sister, falls upon the atioill
out meaning, while we are
associated with them, and firt%
ual enjoyment of their kind offiemarytit
is only long after, when, perhaM so
bright eyes have become dimmett, ME
the weary, tired heart seeks *owl
among strangers, that.thet 131fittat
household names, and the deetr;
meaning of the household rehOlotaillp
is really felt. . -
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Of course, the fault of this lies. NiFitki
the parents. Precept is of little VIII
without example. Some parent.
it it beneath their dignity to prefix i, fie- - •
quest with "If yon please," or "MIA
the kindness," and then wondet
their children cannot be "manne2
rl
like other people. We have known'
sons of a poor widow, who on no Ailig
coUnt._ would have permitted the
to sit down to a table with their moodlig
without first arranging their; wog in
the best manner their circums
would permit, never suffered her,lB
matter what the temptation, to Mod
church or her weekly player meeting
alone. This consideration eatento
their minutest acts of their Ilailr.
and was most charming to , see: ~
mother, it is hardly news" aro/ VI
was a lady by birth and educatick; '
had carefully practiced .towardAlNlP
children that respect of their issiiiip*
and thoughtfulness of their :essarquis
which she afterward reenised.drom
them.
The great want in' funirAwis jogs!
and reciprocity and that fore
' s
it is necessary for morinis / Amfm
to exercise towards each 0the . ic,.. : ,,y0
willingly accept it from other% kfftwit i e
are not Willing to give it in:
We establish a claim on some NA
tal circumstances, or the bear &Warfel
iationship; and impose burthebs Mai*
cept kindness without a thattgiet of - '4116
ligation on our own part Chen
make the life of their parents onele
never-ending toil and anxiety, and
retuse even the poor reward of,,
love and confidence. Sisters def.
aid, protection and favors of all AS
from their brothers, and if asked
make their shirts, and mend their shei;
or eve?i•hem their handkerchiefs 414.
turn, would have a thousand execsiii4
or, perhaps, flatly refuse the needediamar
vice. •
Habitual politeness . is a valuable -:ele
ment of family intercourse. A exeless,
rude; speech is less excusable, address**
to a father, mother, brother or sister
than if used to a stranger or a aminAo
acquaintance, and yet how cxxnuml.#
is.
Take Your Wife with Yew,
What a blessing is labor, whetliii of
the hand or of the brain ! How itesoller
pens the appetite for sport: , With
what an exicurean zet one enjoys g jot
!
iday in the country after three or ..
weeks of hard work ! Shaking,
dust of care from the feet ot the
one passes at once fkm purgatory:
paradise—and but for the preview ur
gatory, the paradise would haver'
charms. What do rural people thehr
ot rural felicity ? Nothiwg. Theiruilb.
eustomed senses take little tiote:olll4he
meadows flushed with clover *mew
or of the deep, low anthem of the %.
ey gathering bees. In them .. 1
with Nature has bred indifference to' ,--,
attractions ; but the city man, thithipla
for a day or two, sees with other'senv ) .
hears with other ears then thiskaa r , ,
he cannot thoroughly enjoy his country
holiday alone—Adarn , fresh irons the ,
dust, no doubt thought Eden Wiwi
pretty place, but he soon get tieedDot
wandering about the gswdoffir bra
and went to sleep. It war not,:meln
Eve joined him that he became t il =
ly alive to the loveliness 'of the '
41
"TL. world was sad, the garden liaftibield>
And man, the hermit,- sighed. * !rasa
smiles."
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Therefore, ins* of the- :tows 4111 11
'forget to take yew wile, 7.if yoskAllift
One, with you, whew you lip
ing in the green and Bowe - rl ,
raid the bricks. 11" a , 7111 1 r
suede a friend or two to woo
on your trip 9nd, iti*Od
ter, invite her to mile
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