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Truth and Right -Cod and our Country.
Two Dollars pr Annna.
Volume is.
"b'UOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9, 1861.
NUMBER 40.
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v'tlnuances permitted until all arrearages are
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Every subsequent insertion, . 25
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One year, 8 CO
XIST OiE FEMIXJIviCS
TO BX AWiUID AT TBI SIXTH
-ANNUAL EXHIBTION
- ' OF THE COLUMBIA COUNlY
Agricultural, Horticultural,
AMD
MECHANICAL ASSOCIATION,
To be Held at BLOOMS B TJ R 0, PEHITA,
On Thursday, Friday & atiirday,
'CTOBCR. 17th,istii & 19th, 61.
Class 1st HORSE'S.
But pair Draught Horses
' 2nd M do
" Carriage "
Jad- " do . " 4
do Mares
vnd " do
$3,00
.5,00
8,00
.5,00
,,0i)
.4.00
8,00
.5,00
.4.0,0
" Stallion
lad do
" Stallien between 24 years
3nd " do do , . . , .
- Brood mar with colt at her side. both,
owned by exhibitor .
'2nd " do do
- - Single Carriage Hrse
3,00
6,60
4.00
4.00
2,00
3,0,0
"2nd do do
j- do . Mare, - :- v :-
- Galding Co'U Wween.2 4 3 years
- Mre Colt f .... do..
- Horse Colt between 1 & 2 years
.4,00
S.OO
2.00
trim u , - . , : . ;
- nana or Mare colt under 10 months 3.00
?2nd do . . do 2.00
Exhibitors under this class a.re. expected to hare
Hheir horses on the track for examination on Fri
vday. at 11 o'clock, A. Si., when the Judge will
proceed io inspect mom-, ..
Elia Dietcrick, Montonr,
pictcrick, Motitonr, 1
Fowler, Brief creek, J
Smith, Jersey town,
Freas Fowler,
Keifer
Judges.
Jas. Kostenbad
aaer, tpoun, I
lumanBeTtr. j
Franklin L Sh
'Cfass 2dCXTTLE.
DURHAM STOCK.
Best Durham Bull 3 years upwards
2nd"
r2ad -
4
'2nd
'2nd "
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
do.
4,0 0
.4.00
3,0!)
3,00
2.00
2.00
1,00
6.00
3,C0
3,00
2,00
2,00
'!cb
4,00
4,00
3,00
3.00
2.00
2,00
1,00
,00
" between 23 years
. ,t do. .
" 'between 1 '& 2 years
M do. . ,
" Calf under 10 months
u do
do Cow
-2nd" cla , do ... v .
lleuer or cow between
and 3 years
2nd- do d
do Calf nndor 10 months
' DEVON STOCil.
Best DeVoa Bull, 3 years A upwards
'2nd "
4
T2nd "
2nd
2nd -
:Jnd-
do
do
do
do
do
do
do
between 2 A 3 years
do
between 1 A 2 year's
it
do. ..,..,.,.
calf under 10 moclhs
do
Cow
Heifer, or cow between 23
years
3,00
2.0P
do
do,
do Calf under 10 months 2,00
tatiVe stc-c'k.
Rt Xatire Bull '2 Veers A upwards
5,00
3,00
Xon
2.09
2,00
1,00
5.00
2nd-
do between 1 A 1 years
2nd-
u
2nd "
u
2nd"
M
I
3 An
t . .,, i.L
do Calf under 10 month
"do., do
"Cow
do.
3,00
TTaifnr or eow between 2 A 3 .
years
do , t- do
do . Calf under 10 mos.
2,0.0
iJOQ
1,00
Sad"
OXEN AND STEERS.
Best Yoke Oxea owned A worked by
Exhibitor
5,00
3.00
4,06
2,00
ad
iad
do do
do Steers between 23 years
da do
Franklin JIcBride, Hemlock,")
Andrew Frees, Centre,
DaridTeager, Locust,,,
H. Bittenbene"er, F. Creek,
John WoU MiffliuV - -
judges.
Class A&SWLNE.
Best Boar of any Breed
2nd " do do
" Brood Sow d?
ad " do do
Lot Pigs, 5 or more, under 8 weeks
2nd do do do
T)iTilr Cat h'o. 2 or more
3,00
2,P9
3,00
2,00
2,00
1,00
3,00.
lad
2nd"
l B
do do
Lot Store Hogs, 4 or more
do do
3,00
2,00
Jonas Hayman, Greenwood,
John M. Barton, Hemlock,
- ' ' Eli Mendenhall, Benton,
Alinas Colei Sugarloaf,
Judges:
Class 1th SHEEP.
. Best Blooded Back
2ad u do .
Sd - do
- BTatite Bacfe
2nd do
Blooded Ew
' " UaUVeEwe
WO
2,00
1,00
?.oo
1.00
,00
2,00
All comoetitori under this lais ihnst furnish
ihe Secretary with a statement of the Blood and
the amount of wool last sheared from Lue animal.
Benjamin Etos, Greenwood,
Lewis Roat, Montour,
""( John MeHenry, Jackson,
Peter Brtigler, Ham lock,
Zssao Fisher, Locust,. ..
Jadgesi
' Class Uh-POVLTRT.
, Best and larrst display of Poultry
2al do do
" Pair Cocks of any T&rietjr . .
Hens do
3.00,
2.00
0,50
flO
0,50
6,50
00
u Turkey cocks ,
'' Turkey hens
M
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- " packs
" ' DitilaT tame Piareons
d,50
0,50
- , Competitors entering for the first premium un
. 2er tLis class cannot compete aain with the same
.fowls.
, Thomas Illman
n, Bloom, 1 ; ,
im Catta'sa, Judges
r. Hemlock, j
Clinton Mareero
G. L. Shoemaker,
Class tlhGRAtX& SEEDS.
Best Half bushel CloTerseed
2,00
1.00
'2,c a
1,00
2.00
2,60'
2,00
1,00
X.oo
1,00
.1,03
1,C9
do Tiiaothy ee4
do do t.
Sushel Red cha Vfbeai
, do White .. -&t
Meditcraaeia
d Bye . .
It sLf bushel Gonrl-tcel Cars
dj Yellow . . "
" "tThife "
" joeke "
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" Bosbel Oats.. . i ,1,00
. "Half bushel' Flax-seed j 1,00
. - do Buckwheat., i v ., 1,00
Grain and seeds should, he- m.iKkfd with a card
stating weight, how Jong. used on same farm, ai)d
such other remarks as the exhibitor may deem
proper.
amuel Eck, Roaringcreek, '
. Philip Cool, do
Vfax. Huffman, Centre Judges.
R. J. Millard, FishiDgcreek,
Montgomery Cole.Suarloaf J
"Class' Jlh VEGETABLES.
Best Bushel Mercer Potatoes., . , 1,00
.," Prince Albert Potatoes 1,00
. Peach Blossom do 1,00
" "Quarter bushel Sweet do 0,50
" -Bushel Field Turnips 1,00
4.
KuU Bagas 1,00
Bix Sugar Bts - , . , , 0,50
Sample Hops npt leas than 5S . 0,50
." Three Heads Cabbage . 0,50
- .." tSVParsnips, 0,50
.." :)lalf bushel Onions 0,50
, TQuartier bushel Tomatoes 0,50
ov .. do Carrots 1,00
J' Two Quarts Lima Boans ,0,50
, " Thrw Garden Squashes :.0,50
, Six Field Pumpkins 0,50
f ",u Largest Sweet Pumpkin 0,50
;Sam'l Connor, Orange, 1
.Enoch Rittonhouse, Briaroreek,
Jackson Thomas,, jcrseytown, ; Judges.
..Beth Hart;uan," Fran klui,
, John tlobisoa, Scctt,
Class x$th22 O USE HOLD MANUFA C
TUBES. Best 10 yards Flannel made on handloora.1,00
2nd
do
do -0,50
do 1,00
do 0,50
do 1,01
do 0,50
do J,0D
"do 1,00
0,50
0,50
1,00
1
5 yards Woolen clotn
do
10 yards Carpet
do
2nd "
2nd
0,50
" 10 yards Plain Linen
" " Linen Diaper
" Pair FJnit-Stockings
" do Mittens
" Home-made Shirt
'Emanuel Lazarus, Oransre,
Mrs. M. S. Appoman.lUml1cr
(l-S. Monroe, CatUwissa,;
' Peter Ent, Scott,
J udges.
BEDDING 2nd DIVISION.
Best Silk Quilt
,1,00
1,00
,0,7-5
V2nd..
Counterpane
do
3d
0,50
0,50
0,50
Pair HVoolen, 'Blankets
.. " " Linen Sheets . . . i
Discretionary premiums will be allowed under
this division of 50 cts each to the amount of $5,00
on. articles belonging exclusively to Deuuing.
Dr. II. W.McKejnolds, Hemlock,
Miss Jane Frees, Centre,
Eva Creasy, Mifflin,
Kate Eyer, Cattawisa'a,
Phbe Lbtt, Oranre. k
Judges
44 Lena Armstrong, Bloom.
"Class thDb'JES tlC
JIAXUFAC-
TUltES.
"Best Leaf Bread
0,50
.0,50
,0,50
0.50
0.50
0,50
0,50
0,50
Pr50
.6,50
M
Poand Cake
Sponge Cake
Ginger Cake , ,
Sample Preserves
Fruit 'Jelly
.Tomato Preserve
W
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tl
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Cucumber Pickles ,
Pikleaaod.o ther kind
Appier bnttar
Preserved Peaches
Home-made Soap
Cured Ham
II
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0,50
" P.oll "Butter not less than 2B
"2nd
.i
do . , do
John Sbarplcss, Cattawissa,
Mrs. Philip Cool, Roaringc'k,
" Sarah Conner, Briarcrc'k
, , " Nathan See ley, Berwick,
Judges.
Class 10 TANCY ARTICLES.
Best Variety, letting crotchet trimming Ac. 0,50
Knit or crotchet tidy
.0,50
1,00
.1,00
0,50
1,00
1,00
. . do Shawl
" Sample worsted work
" Lamp Mat , ,
4 Fancy Cba,r Cover
" do .O'toman or stool cover
0,50
1,00
! Ornamental Shell Work
ii
ii
Burr or Leather, work
1.00
Collection of Dahlias .0,50
do itoees . 0,59
do Verbenas 1,00
and largest variety of flowers 1,00 -
Boquet .Flowers 0,50 j
Collection house plants n, bloom 0,50 j
HangiDg basket with plants 0,60
Collection Dried Grasses 0,50
ii
" Boquet Winter Flowers 0,50
" Collection Artificial Flowers, Wax
,. . Feathers, 4c, Ac, 0.50
' Drawing or Painting; . 1,00
" . Fancy Pin Cushion, Bead work, Ac, 0,50
Pair Embroidered Slippers 1,00
John Appleman, Hemlock,
Miss Isabels Robison, Bloom,
'.' Sarah Barman, do
x " E valine R. Barton do
Judges.
CLASS 11 FLOUR.
Best Sample YVh'eat Flour, 2 00
Buckwheat, do 2 00
Judges John Bet2 Herhloct; ; Wesley
Bowman Orange; James Barton Montour.
CLASS-12 STOVES & TIN-WARE.
Best Cooking Stove and fixtures, 2 00
Parjor Stove, 2 00
and Greatest variety of Tin; ware, 2 00
Judges Judah Boon Slooni; S. D. Rein
hard Cattawitta; Q YV. Lott, M. D., Orange.
CLASS 13-AGRICULTURAL IM
PLEMENTS.
S Best PI6
2 00
Threshing Machine, 2 00
Horse Rake, 1 00
Lime Spreader, 1 00
Portable Cider Mill, - 1 00
Wine Press, 2 0Q
Washing Machine, 1 00
Farm Wagon, 2 00
Wheel Barrovr, 1 00
Sled, 50
Roller. 50
Judges J. H. Vanderslice Mountpleasant
Col. H. R Kline Dranfeej 3. P. Former Cat
tawissa. CLASS 14 WAGONS & CARRIAGES. .
Beat Top Buggy, . , " 2 OQ
ojien do 2 ou
Two Horse Carriage 2 bo
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Sleigh, 2 00
Sulkev. . 2 00
Judges John J. Nevis Hern lock; Joseph
Hay hurst Orange; Doctor YVilson Berwick.
. CLASS 15 DENTISTRY &C.
Beat Sett artificial teeth, 1 00
1 Sewing machine, " 1 00
. Sample building brict, 50
' Lot Eat l ben ware, 1 ,00
Judges Dr. F. C. Harrison, Bloom; Dr.
Courier Madisoo Dr H. C. Freas, Berwkk.
CLASS 16 BEES & HIVES. ;.
Best bee hive, 1 00
swarm bees.' ' 1 03
sample honey ' ". . 1 00
Judges Hiram Header Franklin; Levi A.
Hnichasoo Centre; M. S. Appleman Hem-
loc. , ' . : .
CLASS l7--MANUFACTUR'b' iRTlCLES.
Best display cabinet work, - 2 00
ao cmtia oo 2 uu
pair fine beofs ' I 00
do . coarse do T I 00
i doz. Windsor chairs, 1 00
i do. spring seat do -' 00
rocking chair." I 00
sett single harness '2 00
do doable do '2 00
2 sides sole leather ;i. .00
2 do upper do il 00
2 kip 1 00
2 calf skies 1 00
sausage machine, 1 00
'Judges Wm. Roat, Locust; Hugh Mc
Coilumn, Madison; John YVerkheieer Or
aiiir; Robert Rohn, Bioom; Jacob F. Diet
erick, Greenwood.
6LASS 18 WINES AND LIQUORS.
Best lqt currant wine . .1
00
00
00
00
00
00
1 1 blackberry do
' 1 ' grape do
1 1 caiaba
. ' 1 cherry .
' 1 4 rye whickey.
1 Ot cider vinesar
50
Jtidsen Isaac S. Monroe, Catta'wisoa ;
Seth Bowman Berwick ; Samuel L. Beltle,
Light Street. ....
. CLASS 19 FRUIT.
Best bushel winier apples
do 1 do fall do
00
00
00
50
50
0
50
do i do standard Dears
do 6 dwarf pears
do sample dried peaches
do do ,.do apples
do. do . ido cherries.
Judges Thos. J YVelliver. Mountnleasni!
Andrew Creveiing, Bloom; Levi Aikman,
Centre.
CLASS 20 MISCELLANEOUS.
Best sample leaf tobacco 50
do do . broom corn 50
Judges John-SntleyGreen..wood : Mich-
ael Mensch, Franklin ; Geo. A. Kelchner,
centre.
CLASS 21 TRIAL OF HORSES.
Sporting List.
Besf:tr"cttin; mare or horse time not
over three minutes
2d do do
do pair trotting horses or mares
time lour minutes
2d do do
., ... FARMERS LIST.
Best trotting hor.-e mare or co't single
double or, under the saddle two
lull rounds of the course and
not less than three to enter
2d best .do do
15 00
8 00
10 00
5 00
10 00
b no
Judges Neal McCoy, Jersey town ; Johy
P. Smith, Greenwood; John Hartmah, Hem
lock. CLASS 22 TRIAL OF MEN.
test and fastest runner once around . .
, the course
2d jdo do
Best do walker do
2d do do do
00
00
00
00
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Article 3d of the Constitution requires
every person to pay lo the association one
Dollar, to couiiiuie membership. The
practice heretofore has been to buy a fami
ly ticket on fair days and have their names
recorded at the ame time.
Every exhibitor i required to become a
member of the association, before entering
0.50 his article for Competition. Minors can be
0.50 come Exhibitors by rih: of their parent or
1,00 guardians membership.
j . The field of comneiition is oren to all.
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Person Irora other counties, can come as-
sured that this county will extend to them
a hearty welcome, and give them, a place i
by the side of their on productions, an
open field end a fair start is guaranteed to all.
All articles offered for competition must
tables, flowers &c, must be the Krpwth of
the competitors, and all Manufactured arti
cles must have been made by the compeli
tors.
All articles for competition most be on the :
the ground by 6 o'clock, on Thursday the
iiiu - i'l.f aula jcilldlll uieio uuui u ll ,
on Saturday 19tli. when they are at the dis- j
i7ik U AT . : . I io At
posal ol the bxbibilor. . . ,
No shows. Flying Horses or other rmuse-
ments that tend to distract the attention of
the visitors will be allowed.
Persons, desirous of erecting stands for
the sale of Provisions ami fruit, must obtain
uriiiiisMuij oi me rresiuem, or cecreiary oi
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the association. No license will be granted
to stands tliHt sell spiritons or malt liquors,..
The Judges are earnestly requested to be
on the ground by 9 o clock otr tn.lay morn-
ni, 10 receive ineir instructions in oruer to
proceed to business by 10 o'clock A. M.
CALEB BARTON, JR. Prsvdent.
A Msbiso, SecieUny.
BUomsburg, Sept. II, 1861.
Educational Tendencies 6! the Times,
Fifty years ago, demonstrative science
was scarcely taught at all in the common 1
sr.fiiAla ant rfidn 4r II n I tittla nl9z.11 avAn In
academic instruction, ihe art ot numeri
cal calculation, for example, was taught en
tirely from a system of rules, without any
reference to the philosophical principles
i of arithmetic, upon which these rules were
based It was not expected lhat any one
would become acquainted with scientific
process of reasoning, until he began to pur
sue such studies as geometry and logic in
the latter part of a colegiate course. At the
present time, there is a strong tendency
to reverse entirely this order of things.
The tendency now is, among many instruc
tors to teach everything if possible, through
a course of demonstration. Science must
now be taught before art. The pupil must
now be conducted into every temple of
knowledge through the cellar window, in
order that he may be sure lo see nothing
else till after he inspected ibe corner stone.
Months and years in the lives of men ot
real talent, have be spent in . the attempt to
construct a course of education upon the
principle that the pupil should never hear
of a conclusion till he has mastered the
major and minor propositions of the syl
logisth. Pat's Account or a Fight. Jim Heely
and me was dere, wid nothing in our bands
bat oar fists, a looking on at de amusement.
YVe seen Phil Connell wid a small sample
of iron in ooe hand a wheeling, and in his
other fist be had this coat a-sthreeling, and
crying out, Who'll tread on the tail of me
coal?' 1 couldn't stand dat, so the first
blow I bit him I missed him. 'You're
down,' says I; but he wasn't for he gave
me a tap on de head wid de slick he had,
and he cured me of seeing anything else
EGO AND ECHO.
A PHANTASY.
BT JOHN O. SAXC.
I af.kfd of Echo, t'other day,
(Whose word are few and ofen funny,)
What, to a novice she hould say
Of courtj-hip, love and matrimony?
Quoiu Echo plainly lAlatler-o Money l'
Whom should I marry? should it be
A dashing damsel, gay and pen
A pattern of inconstancy ;
Or selfish, mercenary flirt? .
Quoth Echo, sharply lNary Flirt '
YVhat if aweary of the strife,
That long has lured the gay deceiver
She premised to amend her life,
And sing no more ; can I believe her?
Quoth Echo, with decision ''Leave her P
But if some maiden wi;h a heart,
On me should venture to bestow it,
Pray, should I act the wiper part
To lake the treasure; or forego it?
Quoth Echo, very promptly 'Got'
But what if, seemingly afraid
To bind her fate in Hymen's fetter,
She vows she means to die a maid
In answer to my loving letter ? .
' Quoth Echo, rather coolly 'Let her f
What if, in spite of her disdain,
I find my heart intwined about
With Cupid's dear delicious chain
So closely that I can't get out ?
Quoth Echo, laughingly -'Get out '
But if some maid with beauty blest ;
As pure and fair as Heaven can make her,
YViil share ray labor and rny rest.
Till envious Death shall overtake her?
Quoth Echo, sotto voco) 'Twite her 1J
Printer's Devil.
We havd so frequently been asked by
friends and others, why the boy in a aprint
ing office is the "Xftt," that ve concluded
to give what little we know upon the sub
ject. The first 'persons who carried on printing
to anj extent, vif they were not ihe actual
inventors of the arty. as asserted) were John
Gottenberg, John Faust, (or Faoster,) and
Peter Sheefler. , Germany is the place where
the art was invented, and first cained on
The following story is told of the first intro
duction of printing into France. EJi )
, "In 1562, Faust carried a number of Bi
bles into Paris, which he and his parner
ShaeSer had printed, and disposed of as
manuscripts ; at this time the discovery of
the art was not kown in France. At first
he sold them at the high price of five hun
dred or six hundred crowns, the sum usu
ally obtained by the scribes. He afterwards
lowered the price to sixty, which created
universal astonishment; but whn he pro
duced them according to demand, and even
reduced them to thirty, all Paris became ag-
itated.
1 The uniformity of the copies increased
j . wotuSer, tha Parisian considered it a
lak be'0d human """l'0 5 mlor.mation
were given to the police against rum as a
magician ; his lodgings were searched, a
greal number of Bibles were found and seiz-
! ea 5 ltl rea ,rK w,m wa,c,n !M .we era'
pelinnea was eaiu to ue n:s oioou. u was
seriously adjudged that he "was in league
with the devil ; whereupon he was cast into
prison, and would most probably havoshar-
. . r' . i ...
ed Ihe taie oi sucn wnom ignorant ami bu
persiitious judges condemned in those days
for witchcraft. He nor lound it necessary,
. , . i k..., . knmr-n
t in order to gain his liberty, to make known
' , V.- y-
his discovery of iho art. This aUair gave
; rise to the tradition of 'The Devil and Dr.
j paus, j which is handed down to the pres- j
ent time. . , .
The ignorance and superstition lhat con
eidered priming and invention of ihe Evil j
One would also, very naturally, suppose
the men engaged in it as bein the servants
of Satan, if not actual fiends in human
... . .. ' . .1 .
shnnp. Ii is nniversallv considered that
, . . - ,
the above story gave rise to ihe practice of
raMimr th nfUcR boV bv the liame of Dev.
1 e
Frost Knslc
I was once belated in Canada on a fine
winter day, and was riding over the hard
suow on the margin of a wide lake when
the mosllaint and mournful wall lhat could
break a solemn silence seemed to pass
through me like a dream. 1 stopped my
horse and listened. For some ime I could not
satisfy myself whether the music was in the
air or in my brain. I thought of the pine
forest which was. not far off; but the tone
was not harp like, and "ihere was not a
breath of wind. Then it swelled and ap
proached ; and then it 6eemed to be miles
away in a moment ; and again it moaned,
as it under my very feet. It was in fact,
almost under my feet. Il was, the voice of
the wind imprisoned under the pall of ice
suddenly cast over them by the peremptory
power of the frost. Nobody there had made
air boles, for the place was a wilderness ,
arid there was no escape for the winds,
which must moan on till :he spring warmth
should release them. : Tbey were fastened
down in silence ; but they would come out
with an explosion when, in orne Btill night
afier a warm spring day, the ice would
blow up, and make a crash and a racket
irom 6hore to shore. So I was told at my
host's that evening, where I arrived wiih
something of the sensatiou of a haunted
man. It bad been some time before the
true idea struck me, and meanwhile the
rising and falling moan made my very heart
thrill again.
A subscriber to a moral reform paper call
ed at the post office the other day and in
quired if the 'Friend of Virtue' had come!
The Government Bakery.
Few are aware of the extent of the ar
rangements made by Uncle Sam for sup
plying his army here with good frebh bread.
Hundreds pass daily over the firey ovens at
the Capitol as they promenade on the broad
terrace, who, if :here attention is attracted
by the chimneys along its outer edge, con
tent themselves with a peep over . into, the
yard at the reefs of the sheds without peer
ing into the establishment, or considering
for a moment the immense amount of labor
performed daily, or the enormous stores
consumed in the manufacture of the huge
wagon loads of bread which are seen con
stantly winding out of the Capitol grounds
and stretching away to the 'Various camps
about the city. Just inside the arches, by
the fountain, are the departments for the
manufacture of yeast, where several men
are busily engaged slitting in casks a mix
ture of boiled potatoes, malt, fee, which
when thoroughly mixed, is allowed to stand
about two hours, when it is ready for use.
At the left, in the vaults formerly used for
storing wood coal and cinders, six huge
brick ovens have been constructed, into
whose firey mouths the loaves are thrust by
hundreds as they roll out. in proper form
under the switt manipulations of. the flour
whitened bakers. . Attached lo each oven
is a kneading room, where, in the long
troughs, the yeast is poured into a lar?e
quantity of flour, where, with sleeves rolled
to the shoulders, stalwart men plunge ar.d
tumble it about until jt becomes so stiff as
to require cutting and spreading out in large
layers, one upon another, in order thai it
may become thoroughly leavened. - It is
then taken out upon the tables, rolled out
into loaves, ard in large pans, holding fif
teen loaves each, slid away into the dark,
cavernous depths of the ovens, where it
rests it peace until made to supply the
wants of ihe inner man. When done, the
loaves are taken out and placed upon the
edges on long shelves, where they Decorae
cooled before removal to the wagons.
These are not the only bakeries, however,
as inside the Capitol are found, in the rooms
once occupied by the Superintendent of
Public Printing and his clerks where soft
carpeti muffled the thread piUs of bricks
and mortar, into which hundreds of barrels j up at 'he Auditor General's Office of
of flour pass weekly, emerging beautifully i moneys actually nettled for military expen
browned. soft, sweet bread The metamor- ; ces, al that office up to and including the
phose extends through all the lower rooms j 3 1st day of August, ult.. amounts lo ihe
of the the old budding, and the visitor is
struck as he passes through at the contrast
presented to their appearance one yearsince Auditor General or Governors warrant,
Each door has upon it a number of other j since the commencement of the rebellion,
designations as 'Mess Room,' 'Bread Room,' for enrolling, subsisting, clothing.supplying,
ccc.,lhe former of which is used by the ba- j arming, equipping, paying and transporting
kers who mess at the Capitol and whose ! troops, and all incidental expeuces con
provisions are cooked in a room at the right rected there wiih. The amount of out
ol the entrance, opposite the apartment for- ; standing unsettled accounts is not actually
merly occupied by Dr. Wooster and hU known. It is not believed that it can ex
electric bath, now ornamented with long ! ceed-rnor.thought lhat it can reach S100,
rows of tin-cups, &c, and filled up three ! 000. Some of the moneys included in ihe
limes a day with hungry men engaged at , first stated aggregate are probably in ihe
the bakeries. Still further along the pas- h ands of the heads of ihe several military
sage, w here artists flourished and stone ( departments, not yet disturbed, and may be
and plaster grew into the likeness of man, ' in part refunded to the treasury. More
are loun-3 the steaming ovens and fragrant than 40,000 troops have- been, transported,
bread, while at every turn ihe visitor stum- ! mbsisted, nearly all clothed, and many of
! bles upon carpeted rooms filled to the ceil-
1 t l. nrfi:r-
ing with the stafToflife
Besides the numerous wagons connected
with the establishment, a great number
frnm thn several camns crowd the an
r
proaches to the bakery, and enliven the
surroundings with ihe vehement persuasions
-t .i i ".:... !. . f
Olieamsurrs wuuuu-.m. .
ten strtvo lo imitate the lobster's mode..oH
. . . ,
locomotion. Lach wagon in its turn is back-
e.d up to a window, through wh
.
nch Ihe
loaves fly swiftly, propelled by the muscle
! of some stalwart chap inside, and when fill-
I ed, makes way for another customer, who
i : n : An 1 1 . . ..'.f . K 1 j turn ml ii.li. I h4
,...F..m., -u"
wood used is pine split very fine, ot which
r ,
about 10 cords are cousuined per month.
1
J tie estaoi isnment is uu:er i:ie upeiip-
ion of Lieut. Thomas J. Cate, of ihe 16th
infantry, U. S. A., who ariived here with
ine Massachusetts sixth, and atonce began
preparations for supplying the troops with
bread. Upon his superintendence all ihe !
oveosat the Capitol fourteen in number
have been built, of which two were con
structed immediately upon the arrival of the
Massachusetts boys. In the manufacture
ot bread at this bakery there are used every
twenty-lour hours 24 bushels of po aloes,
2 40 barrels of flour, and 1,400 gallons of
yeast turning out about 0,000 loaves of
bread. One hundred and fifty men are em
ployed, who represent all parts of the coun
try North, South, East and -West. One,
from Souih Carolina, was in Charleston at
the lime ot the bombardment of Fori Sum
ter The amount paid to the employees falls
but little short of 5,000 per month, and the
whole expense of maintaining the establish
ment is enormous. All the oiher provis
ions for the troops are obtained elsewhere
the Quartermaster of a regiment receiv
ing from Capt. Beckwith a requisition upon
the officer al the Post O.fice building who
furnishes the coffee, rice, crackers, &.c,
and then gives a requisition upon the offi
cer jit the Capitol for bread. Occasionally
the teams blonginjj io the bakery are im
pressed into the services of a regiment when
sent out with bread and fail to return until
after several days ; as in the case of a Mas
sachusetts regiment which was encamped
near the city, and receiving, orders to go up
the river, impressed a mulateer and his
team, and compelled him to accompany
them to Poolsville. . ,
, Besides this establishment there are im
mense army bakeries over Ihe. JiTez-yr-hlr-b.
. Suicide of a Minister.
On .Saturday morning, the community
was startled by the announcement that the
Rev. E. Yeates Reese, a Methodist Protes
tant preacher, had committed suicide by
cutting his throat with a razor, while labor
i.ig under a temporary derangement of
mind. The following are the particulars of i may be desiried. A correspondent of the
the melancholy affair : , J Boston journal says : , !
About fifteen years since, the deceased j Put the new cider in clean casks or bar
assumed control of the .Methodist Protieiant i rels, and allow it to ferment from-one to
newspaper, which be .conducted with great j three weeks, .accordiug as the weather .is
success. The circulation of the paper was ',coola!id warm. When it. has attained-, to
principally through the Southern States, ' lively fermentation, add to each gallon three
and when the rebellion broke out, as a con- ! fourths of.a pound of .while, sugar, and let
sequence the pape.r ceased eirculating in j the whole fermem again until, it possesses
those Stales, though it was still published nearly the brisk, pleasant, taste which it is
decreased in size. This appeared .to great- desirable thould be permanent Poarout a
ly trouble the deceased, and in a short time quart of the cider and mix it with one qa
il became apparent that his reason was ter of an ojnee of sulphite ef.lime for every
leaving hitn. About three weeks since, he ) gallon the .cask contains. Stir it until it is
was taken from the Light street dock. It
w.as then supposed that ha .meditated sui
cide, and a strict watch was kept upon him.
On Saturday morning his sister entered
his chamber and requested him to get from
oft" the bed upon which he had throw hjra
self, so that she could make it up. He did
so and sat in a chair until his sister had fin-
ished making the bed. When sie retired, j
he went to a wardrobe and took therefrom
a razor and cut his throat, completely sever
ing ihe windpipe. As he commiiled.ihe
deed, he exclaimed, "have mercy on me,
oh Lord !" This exclamation was heard by
bis sister who surmised what he had done,
and hastened into ihe room. .
Uion entering the chamber a sight most
honble in the extreme presented itself.
There lay the unfortunate man upon ihe
floor with the blood flowing from the wound
in his throat, and from wounds on either
arms shoving that the deceased was deter
mined in his purpose at self-destruction.
Or. Womble was instantly summoqed,
but before his arrival, the wretched man
had expired. ,Tbe accused was about forty-
eight years of age, and was looked open as i
one of ihe most talented writers and lectur
ers of the day. Baltimore Clipper.
The Cost Thds Far. We learn from the
Hanisburg Telegraph that an account made
sum of 1,515.716 40. This includes all
j expenditures actually made, whether, on
them have received two month s pay, or
more, from the State.
A Maiden Spckch. At the "Lyceum," a
I risitig young lawyer spread himself in this
i wise :
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Per rese e-dent, methinks I have
iiniistinct er im-inicer.ces lhat I
honQr ,Q ditcourse before this 60-
. .. .. na,r-.t
ciety, upon this subject, at a futuie period
. . .. . . ,
I oi lime. 1 iit'M, (iiMim iiiiu iiic uieiiia ui
i . . . . . , . , . ,, , ,
Ins surjeci, ne spreau nimseu lor a iew
1 minutes, and his peroration was as follows:
( , . ; ,
j be consiequemiy er er-I remark,
1
I sir.if what I have stated be true.then conse-
. .
queuily please observe, sir, my position
. . .
is. if the reasoning be correct, lhau, conse-
quently, (long pause) consequently, I had a
vprv onnd shitpIi. sir. but it is pone from
j mg e
And ihe young orator shared ihe late of
many another whoe great speech wenl Irom
him before it went out of him, and 60 the
world lost it.
Mrs. Partington's Last Ike goes for a
soldier; Mrs. Partington makes a farewell
address. (''Ike, my son, stand up while I'
dress you: hold ray bonnet and specks ")
"Fellow soldier: Il is the abandoned duty
of all to be patriarchal in these times, and to
hand down, unrepaired, the glorious flag to
all seceding generations.' (Here Ike com
menced counting off ihe new-fashioned
cheer, and swinging ihe old bonnet up and
down as he went in, one, two, three; tiger)
"March hesitatingly into the contented field
and if a rebel demands your quarters, tell
him you had but l!ir;e, and ihe last one is
spent; then if he won't leave, 'quit your
self like a man," and may you have a glori
ous champaign of it."
A Hint. Major Jack Downing once 'said
to Gen. JacksDii : "Gin'ral, I have always
observed that those . persons who have a
great deal to say about being ready to shed
their last drop of blood, are amazing par
tic'lar about the first drop." There are some
of the same class of people lefl in this conn
try. They are wondrous valiant in telling
what should be done with the rebels, favor
Iho raiaina of nrmipA hv millions. T)!ead
earnestly for others to enter the Bervice of
the country, but never offer their own prec -
xous bodies! You can; generally tell them
by their noisy habits, and blustering roelh-
i rd of attacking better , JJb33LJLX.f l
How to Cave Good Cider- . ,
Prof. Hprsford, of Havard Utiirersity bee
recently published a receipe for improving
and preserving cider, by means of which
the progress of the vinous and acetic fer
mentations may be attested at pleasure end
the cider preserved in just such a state as
iniimately mixed, and pour the emulsion
into the liquid. Agitate the cod tents of the
cask ihorougly for a few minutes, then let it
rest thai the cider may settle. Ferments,
ation will be arrested at once, and will not
be resumed.- It may he .bottled ..in the
course of a few weeks or it may be ellow-
j ed to remain in the cask and used on draught.
If bottled it will become a sparkling cider,
better than what is called campagne wtoe.
Prof, Uorsford.of Cambridge, was the fust
to use the sulphite of lime tor this purpose,
and to him is due Ihe credit of first calling
attention to its usefulness. It is no respect
deleterious, as the sulphate is changed by
the liberation of sulphurous acid, is entire
ly insoluble, and remains at the bottom cf
the vessel. . ;., . , , ., .
The writer has cider prepared in this
way two years since, which has remained
unchanged, and is now a beverage of un
surpassed excilenco. The Sub? hl'e of lime,
not ihe su'pAaej must be used. Washington
Star.
Loss of a Fur Tooth Comb. An Eng
lish revival preacher, who spoke iu a meet
ing out west, told the following story:. 'It
is but a little while since I was travelling
along one of our great rivers surrounded by
the deep forest I stopped at a rude shanty
by the low river side and .there . I found a
poor family in gre-a-at affliction ah.- Tbey
were all 6ick ; their children were .shiver
ing and starving; their heads frowzy and
dirty; and I was informed by. the mother,
lhat ihi-y had lost their fine tooth comb-ak !-
They were ignorant of the go-spel, and
did'nt seem to care about it ither; for when
1 reasoned with 'em, the woman was all lbs)
time lamenting the .loss of her fine tooth
comb-ah! 'Have you a Bible in your cab
in ?' said I lo ber ; says she 'Yes, tfceer it. is
up theer on the catch-all,' p'inting to a nar
row shelf over the smoky fireplace, 'but
we don't ..read into it; hadn't read any on't
but onc't, when our little Bill died wi'.h the
ager, for so much as two months!' I got
on the dye tub, my friends, that stood in
the corner, and reached up and took down
'fie blessed Book, all covered with dust
and what do you think it was that I opened
to-ah ! What do you think il was I louod
there to satisfy the longins of that poor
woman -ah ? , It was the long lost, the long;
wanted fine-tooth comb ! Oh 2 my bearers,
search the scripters! If she had only search
ed scripters, how her mind would a been
eased, for she would have found her finer
tooth comb, comb'd the frowzy heads of
her children, and made peace with ber
Maker ah.
Vanity is often spoken of as a marked,
characteristic, of this or that person, and yet
it is a vice which is distributed among men
and women about as equally as any other.
YY'hat Burne calls 'the Celtic art of hiding
makes the principle difference. .'Few peo
ple,' said Lord Chesteifield, 'have the cour
age to display their vanity in its lully pro
portions.' A vanity of . being, thought free
Irom vanity is a common . weakoess like
'the . pride which apes humility.'
The Albany Argus says if. there .be any?
thing that will make a woman swear.it is
hunting for her night cap. alter the light is
blown out. How does the Argus know ?
How to Find oct tub Girls. A man
came to Philadelphia some years ago ex?
hibiiing six boys and six girls, but all of
them were dressed in girls' clothes. They
were all so much like girls in appearance
that he made money betting that no one
could tell tV.her from which. An Irishman
went out and relumed with a, dozen apples
Throwing one to each ot the children, he
observed that some caught them in their
hands ; these, he said, were boys. Others
held their aprons ; these, he said, were girls.
Pat hit right.
Some year3 ago, Mr. Kimwel was preach
ing to a large audience in a wild part of Illi
nois, and announced as his. text, "In my
father's house are many .mansions." He
had scarcely read the words when an eld
LCOon stood up and said, "I tell you,, loiks,
that's a lie. ,1 know his father weil. He
lives fifteen niiies from Lexington., in old
Kentucky, in an old log. cabin, and there
isn't but one room in the house."
A patriotic landlady, patronized by ore
of our exchanges, in her desire to . emula o
the generosity of city governments and other
corporations in continuing the wages of ab-
j sent soldiers, has given notice that if any .of
l her boarders wih to enlist, she will allow
their board to mu right on, all the time they
j re gone, the same as if they remained.
3 f dat day. ' So I can gira ce-raora inform-
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