VOLUME 2.
Seventh Annual Fair
OF THE
Butler County Agricultural Society.
To Do liol«l i" BUTLER, oil
October 4th, sth and 6th, 1865.
The Entry Books will be epened on the
18th day of September, and continue
open untli the evening ot the 4th day of
October, at which time they will positively
be closed.
Admission to the Grounds.
Admission to the Grounds to be as
follows, to wit:
Membership and Competitor.. for pre.
niluuit, ••••••••
SIi'KK- AdinlUlon
Children nailer lO ye«r« oil!
l>iwnil'» 111 NT.
CLASS A.—Grain Clover. Ac.
Best 2 acres or more of white wheat 84 00
Second best " " " 200
best 3 acres or more of red wheat, 200
second best " " 1 00
best 2 acres or more of medt. wheat, 2 00
second best " " " 100
best 2 acres or more of rye 2 00
second best
best 2 acres or more of corn,
second " •' " JOO
best 2 acres or more of oats, 2 00
second best " " 1 00
best 2 acres or more of barley 2 00
second best " " I 00
best 2 acres or more of buckwheat, 200
second best " " " 1 00
best 2 acres or more of hay 2 00
second best " " " 1 00
best 2 acres or more of clover 2 00
second best " " " 100
best J acres of potatoes,
second best " 1 On
best { acre of broom corn, 1 00
best } acte of flaxseed,
best j acre of beans, 1 00
best J acre of onions, 100'
Milton Maxwell, Centre Tp., Henry
Buhl, Forward, Tp., Abner Bartley Penn.
The following are the rules under which
competitors for premiums in the above
class must be governed :
Ist. To havo the grounds accurately
measured by not less than two disinteres
ted persons, whose statements must be
verified by affidavit. A statement of the
kind and condition of the soil, the variety
and quality of the seed plantod or sown,
and the mode and expense of cultivation
must be presented in writing before a pre
mium will be awarded.
2d. The whole amount of roots, grain
or grass produced on the amount of land
specified, must be measured or weighed;
root crops divested of their tops and esti
mated by their weight—sixty pounds to
be considered a bushel—and grain crops
to bo weighed or measured according to
the usual standard.
CLASS 11 —Seeds, Vegetables, Fruits
and Flowers.
Best bushel of white wheat, 81 00
second best " " 50
best bushel of red wheat, 1 00
second best " " 50
best bushel of mediterranean wheat, 1 00
second best " " 50
best bushel of corn in the car, 50
bost bushel of oats, 50
best bushel of buckwheat, 50
best bushel of barley, 50
best bushel of flaxseed, 50
best bushel of timothy seed, 50
best bushel of kohl rabbi, 50
best bushel of stowell evergreen, 50
best bushel of castor beans 50
best bushel of sow beans, 50
best bushel of millet seed, 50
best bushel of huugarian grass seed, 50
best bushel of potatoes, 50
best bushel of onions, 50
best bushel of turnips, 50
best bushel of rutabaga turnips, 50
best bushel of tomatoes, 50
best bushel of parsnips. 50
best bushel of carrots, 50
best bushel of beets, 50
best bushel of sweet potatoes, 50
best bushel of summer apples, 50
best bushel of blue stem wheat 1 00
best bushel of winter apples, 50
best bushel of pears, 50
best bushel of apples of any kind, 50
best bushel of peaches, 50
best bushel of quinces, 50
best half dozen of cabbage heads, 50
best haK dozen of common pumkins, 50
best half dozen sweet '• 50
best half d >zen of squashes, 50
best specimen of grapes, 50
dest display, variety and quality of
flowers, 1 00
best floral display of living plauts, 100
best floral ornaments, 50
best pair of boquits, 50
best arnnged basket of flowers, 50
best display of cucumbers, 50
best display of radishes, 50
best display and greatest variety of
apples, 1 00
best water mellons, 50
best musk " 50
best citrons 50
Hon. Thomas Stevenson, Slipperyrock,
Jas. Mitchell, Summit, Jas. Norris Clin
ton.
CLASS C—Stallioiu, TtroHers dbc.
Best blooded Stilliou over 4 yr's 815 00
2d best " " " 10 00
best " " 8 years 5 00
2d best " » 2 00
best " " 2 years 300
best common " " 1 50
best " " 4 years 500
best " " 3 years 300
best " " 2 years 200
best draught " 4 years 500
2d best « " " 2 00
best trotting stallion of any age, 400
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
best racking or pacing stallion of any
nse 4 00
best and fastest trotting horso or
mare, 4 00
second " " " 2 00
best and fastest rackng or pacing
hcrse or mare, 10 00
second best " " " 5 00
1). It. Kennedy, Muddycrcek, Thomas
Moore Slippcryrock, Lewis Reed Zelieno
ple.
Class D.—Horses Mares Colts it- Mules.
Best pair heavy daangh horses or
uiares, 85 00
2d best " " " 2 00
best pair light draught horses or
mares, 4 00
2d best " " 2 00
best pair matched carriage horses or
mares 4 00
2d best " " 2 00
best pair matched carriage mules, 300
best single buggy horse or mare, 200
2d be-4 '• " " 1 00
best saddle horse or man 2 00
2d best " « ' 1 00
best brood mare -yyith CO;*, 5 00
2d best " " " 2 00
best gelding, 4 00
2d best " " 2 00
best three year old horse, 5 00
2d best " " 3 00 j
best three year old mare 5 00
best horse colt 2 years old 4 00
2d best " " 2 00
best horse colt 1 year old, 3 00
2d best " " 2 00
best horso colt, (sprinjr,) 2 00
best mare colt 2 years old, 4 00
2d bast " " • - 00
best mare colt 1 year old, 3 00
2d best " "
best mare colt, spriug, 2 00
best jack 2 00
2d best 2 09
best ?ennet, 2 00
2d best « 1 00
best pair of mules over 3 years old, 3 00
2d best " I 00
best mule colt, spring, 1 00
John K. Kennedy, Prospect, John
Douthett, Penn, Henry Kohlmayer.
Class E—Blooded and Grade Cattle.
Best durhatn bull 3 years old, 85 00
2d best " " 3 00
best durham bull 2 years old, 4 00
2d best " 2 00
best durhatn bull 1 year oil, 3 00
2d I) st " " 2 00
best durham bull calf, 2 00
2d best " " 1 00
best durham cow 3 years old, 5 00
2d best " " 3 00
best durham cow 2 years o'.', 4 00
2d best " " 2 00
best durham cow 1 year old, 3 00
2d best " " 2 00
best durham heifer calf, 2 00
2d « " 1 00
Coulter McCandless, Centre, William
Lindsey, Summit, Win. S. Boyd, Butler.
Class F.—Native rattle it- workixg c ten.
Best native bull 3 years old, 3 00
2d best « " 2 00
best native bull 2 years old, 2 50
2d bpst •' " 1 50
best native bull 1 year old, 2 00
2d best " " 1 00
best native bull calf, 1 00
best native now 3 years old, 3 00
2d best, " " 2 00
best uativo cow 2 years old, 2 00
2.1 best " " 100
best native cow 1 year old, 1 50
2d best •' " 1 00
best native heifer calf, 1 00
best yoke of oxen 4 years old, 4 00
2d best « « .2 00
best yoke of oxen 3 years old, 3 00
2d best " '• 1 50
bast yoke of oxen 2 years old, 2 00
2d best « " 1 00
lajgcst and best train of oxon, over 4
years old, from any one town
ship, not less than 12 pairs
hitched, 15 00
Samuel Marshal Adams, Thos. Mc-
Nees,Worth ; Robert Gilleland, Summit.
Class G Sheep and Wnol.
Best spauish merino buck, 85 00
2d best " " " 2 00
best saxon buck, 3 On
2d best" " " 1 50
best french merino buck, 3 00
2d best" " " 1 50
best leicester buck, 2 00
best southdown buck, 2 00
best common buck, 2 00
best 3 spauish merino ewes, 5 00
best 3 saxon ewes, 3 00
Id best" " " 1 50
2d best " " " 2 00
best 6 trench merino ewes, o 00
2d best" " 1 50
bcEt 3 leicester ewes, 2 00
best 3 southdown ewes, 2 00
best 3 common ewes, 2 00
best 3 Spanish buck lambs, 5 00
best 3 saxon buck lambs, 2 00
best 3 freuch buck lambs, 2 00
best 3 Spanish ewe lambs, 5 00
best 3 saxon ewe lambs, 2 00
best 3 french ewe lambs, 2 00
best 3 fleeces of wool, 1 00
S. G- Meals, Washington ; D Marshall
Prospeot; Daniel Converry, Oakland.
CLASS H— Swine.
Beit boar over 2 y«ar old, $4 00
2d do " «' 200
best boar pig from 6 to 12 months
old, 2 00
2d best" « 1 00
best and fattest barrow, 2 00
2d best" " 1 00
best brood sow, 4 00
2p best " " 2 00
best litter of pigs not less than 5, 200
2d best" " 1 00
Miltoi} Maxwell, Butler; George Jiei
ber, Butler, Andrew Alber, Can tre.
" Let us have Faith that Right ma.-es Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it"-- A LWOOLN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1865.
CLASS J.— Poultry and Dairy Prodncts
Best pair of turkeys, 50
do pair of ducks, do
do pair of geese, do
do pair of black Spanish chickeDS, do
do pair of brama pootra chickens, do
do pair of cross breed chickens, do
do pair cochin china chickens, do
do pair dorking chickens, " do
do pair shanghia chickens, do
do do bantam chickens, do
do pair poland chickens, do
do pair game chickens, do
do pair sprucy chickens, do
do 5 pounds of butter, 81 00
second best 5 pounds of butter 50
best 5 pounds of honey, do
do 5 pounds ot maple suger, do
do 10 lbs of bread, do
do 3 loaves of bread, do
do cheese, not less than 10 pounds, do
do- galiou of apple butter, do
do gallon of peach butter, do
do quart of sugar can molasses, do
do quart nf maple molasses, do
do six bottles of tomatoes, do
do scapor palace of bees, 1 00
do exhibit 3 kinks of pickels, 5 00
do exhibit of preserved friut, do
do cured ham and manner of curing do
do lot of light cakes, 25
do pound cake. 25
ls.iao Kiiey, Oakland, John Q. A. Ken
[ nedy, I'enn, Dr. J. McMichael, Millers
town.
CLASS K.— Agricultural Implements.
Best harrow, 82 00
best fanning mill, do
beat corn sheller, do
best horse rake, do
best corn cultivator, 100
best grain cradle, 2 00
best J dozen hay or manure forks, do
best reaping and mowing machine, 3 00
best threshing & cleaning machine, 500
best threshing machine, 5 00
best straw cutter, 1 00
best half dozen hoes; do
best half dozen hay rakes, do
best field roller, do
best stump extraotor, do
best two horse plow, do
best one horse plow, do
best seed drill, 2 00
best corn planter, do
Thos. Green, Jefferson ; John Martin,
Conuoquenessing ; Jas. Anderson, Penn.
Class I J. — Mechanical Arts.
Best two horse wagon, 83 00
best two horse carriage 8 00
best one horse top buggy ' 2 00
best one horse open buggy 2 00
best sulky 2 00
best wheelbarrow 1 00
best double set of wagon harness 2 00
host double set carriage harness 3 00
best single set carriage harness 2 00
best lady's saddle 1 00
best man's saddle do
best bridle and martingale, 1 00
best calf skiu, J 00
best side of harness leather, ] 00
bestsid<J of upper leather 1 00
best side of kip leather 1 00
best assortment of castings 2 00
best cook stove 2 00
best parlorstovo 1 00
best common stovo 1 00
best photograph 1 00
best ambrotype 1 00
best pair of men's boots 1 00
Lost pair of lady's boots 1 00
bistpairof uion'a shoes, do
best pair of lady's shoes, dc
lest gent's coats, pants and vest 300
best rocking chair 1 00
bestfst of chairs 1 00
best dressing bureau 3 00
best stone ware 1 00
best earthen ware 1 00
best tin ware 1 00
best rifle gun 1 00
best blacksmith work 1 00
best marble work 1 00
best penmanship 1 00
best thousand oak shingles 1 00
best leather trunk 1 00
best steam engine 2 00
best book printing 1 00
best card printing 1 00
best portrait painting 1 00
best Grcciauoil painting 1 00
best specimen of graining 1 00
best clothes horse 1 00
best 'nive or palace for bees do
best mattock do
best washing machine do
best dog power for churn do
best display of cigars and tobacco do
John Humphrey, Worth ;A. I). Wier,
Buffalo; A. B. Tinker, Butler.
Class M.— Domestic and other Manufac
tures.
Best 10 yards of cassimcre, 82 00
" " " cloth, 200
" " " satinet, 100
" " barred flannel, 100
" " " rag carpet, 100
" " " woolen earpet, 100
" " " flax linen, 100
" pair of blankets, 1 00
" pair of coverlets, 50
" pair of gent's woolen hose, 50
" pair of ladies woolen hose, do
" pair of gent's woolen mittens, 50
" 5 pounds of woolen y»rn, 1 00
" soft bat, 1 00
" barrel of wheat flour, 2 00
" half-dozen linnen bags. 1 00
" linnen thread, 50
" pair of linnen table cloths, 1 00
Robert Story, Parker, Maj. W. C. Ad
ams, Fairview, Patrick Mcßride, Murrius
ville.
Clatt N.— Ornamental and Needle IVori.
Best gent's shirt, $1 00
" ladys' bonnet, 2 00
" lady'n head dress, 1 00
" lady's collar. 1 00
" ornamental work, 1 00
" talk cover, 100
" stand cover, 1 00
" ottoman cover, 1 00
" patch work, 1 00
" patch work quilt, quiltlqg tq be
considered 2 00
2d best " " " " 1 00
Best crotchet work, 1 00
" cruel work, 1 00
" artificial flowers, iu wax, 1 00
" artificial fruits, in wax, 1 00
" embroidery ou silk, 1 00
" embroidery on lace, 1 00
" embroidery ou muslin, 1 00
" embroidered lamp mat, 1 00
" embroidered slippers, 1 00
" fancy chair work, 1 00
" ornamental shell work, 1 00
" ornamental leather work, 1 00
" ornamental pillow-slip, 1 00
" fancy basket, 1 00
" pair worked under sleeves, 1 00
" tidy, "I 00
" bed spread, 1 00
" cradle quilt, 1 00
J. C. Rediek, Ilarvey Colbert, Maggie
Campbell, Ella Cunuingham, A. W. Mc
cullough, Elvira BreJin.
CLASS O —TROTTING M ATCH.
Fastest trotting horse, mare, or gelding,
of any age and from anywhere ("ntry
fee, $10), 100 00
Best stallion, of any age from anywhere
(entry fee 85), 50 00
The trot will take place on the last day
of the Fair, and the judges on this class
will theu be selected from those present.
(IRANI) MARSHAL.
MILTON HENRY, Boro. Butler.
CATTLE MARSHAL.
HENRY BUHL, Esq., Forward tp.
MARSHAL FOR KHEF.I' AND SWINE.
G. C. ROESSING, Butler bor.
RULES AM> REGULATIONS.
We invito the attention of the public
to our premium list. It has been revised
with great care, and with direct reference
to the liberal encouragement of all class
es of industry and commendable enter
prise. Look over the list at your leisure;
note the premium you wish to draw aud
sec to it that some of your neighbors don't
go ahead of you.
BAND OF MUSIC.
A good band of musio will occupy a
prominent stand on the grounds during
the fair.
THE ADDRESS.
An address from some distinguished
speaker and friend of Agriculture may
be expcc'.cd.
MEMBERS."
Each member of the society will be fur
nished ou the payment of the annual fee
of one ith a certificate of member
ship. This certificate will give the per
son whose name is written thereon, to
gether with his family accompanying him,
free access to the grounds during the fair.
These certificates can bo procured from
the l'resideut, Vice President, Secretary
and Treasurer.
■m' n <n» a-«•«» ecr*
will be fyrnished with single tickets of
admission at any of the ticket offices for
twenty-five ceuts. Childreu under ten
years old, ten cents. These tickets must
be delivered to the keeper as you pass
in.
DIRECTIONS TO COM^ITITOES
Competitors are requested to enter all
articles for exhibition in the Secretary's
books on or before the evening of the
first dnv of the fair. Cards will be giv
en to each competitor, which must be
attached to the animal or article you may
wish to exhibit.
A committee will direct you as to the
location and arrangement of any thing you
may have to exhibit.
There is an abundance of water conve
nient to the grounds—hay will be furnish
ed free of charge—other feed to be pro
vided by the owners of stock.
awsrss ah rasfifl
ra2>ssrs TO.A u 0.0 mj 3.
Ist. You are respectfully requested to
report yourselves to the managers' tent on
the first day of the fair if possible, and
in no event later than 10 o'oloek of the
second day.
2d, At 10 o'clock of the second day
your names will be called at the mana
ger's tent, and all vaoanciea will then be
filled.
iJd. You will reoeive your class books
and enter upon the discharge of your du
ties immediately. The class books will
refer you to the number affixed to the dif
ferent animals or articles submitted for
your examination. In these books you
will also write out your report.
4th. You will not be permitted to serve
on a Committee in any clasn in which you
may be competing for a premium.
sth. You will in no case where there
is no competition, award premiums to ar
ticles or animals that are not meritori
ous.
6th. Pay no attention to animals or
articles that have not'* numbered card
and class attached.
7th. You will take into consideration
the symmetry, early maturing, size, age,
feeding, and other circumstances connec.
ted with the animal you may judge, hut
giT< no encouragement to over feeding.
Bth. A majority of the. members on
each committee will ooustitute a quorum.
9th. Permit no pcrsous to interfcro
with your examinations or to bo present
at your deliberations.
10th. Eeach member of the Board of
Managers will have the supervision of a
particular Jpoartment on the grounds—
and to this member you will apply for
any instruction or information you may
want.
GKNKHAL RULKS.
Ist. Members of the society must pay
the sum of 'jue dollar annuully ou or be
fore the first day of the fair.
2d. Competitors for premiums must
be members of the society.
3d. All animals or articles placed iu
competition for premiums must bo twned
in the county by persons offering the same,
or by members of their family under
twenty years of age—except in class O.
4th. Products of the soil or manufac
tured articles must be produced or manu
factured in the county.
sth. Members of the society will be
entitled to exhibit any number of ani
mals or articles in any class but in case
the same article is entered to compete iu
more than one class, twenty'five cents ad
ditional wiil be charged fur eaoli entry
after the first.
oth. Animals or articles notwithstand
ing they may be exhibited in more than
one class, can draw but one premium.
7th. Exhibitors are rsquired to havo
their animals or articles entered on the
books at the Secretary's office, and arran
ged in their proper places on the first day
of the fair.
Bth. On the entry of animals or articles
cards will be furnished by the Secretary
with the number and class as entered at
the office, which must bo attached to the
animals, or articles, otherwise the judges
will pay no attention to them.
9th. Competitors must exhibit to the
Secretary certificates of membership be
fore he will make any eutry for competi
tion.
10th. Stock of all kiuds entorcd for
competitions must remain in the stalls un
til called for by the marshal.
11th. Premiums must be called for
within three months after the fair or they
will be forfeited to the society.
12th. The Board of Managers will
take every prccaut on iu their power for
the safety of the stock and articles on ex
hibition, but will not be responsible for
any loss or damage that may occur.
13th. Intoxicating drinks of all kiuds
arc strictly prohibited on the fair grounds.
14th. disorderly conduct of every
kind is forbidden ; those indulging there
in will forfeit their right to remain longer
on the fair grouuds and will be promptly
ejected.
15th. No person will be permitted to
engage in an;/ kind of business on the
fair grouuds without a written permit from
the Secretary and Treasurer.
10th. No carriages, buggies, sulkeys,
wagons or other vehicles will be admitted
on the fair grounds during the exhibi
tion except those entered for premiums.
Order of
FIRSTDAY —General preparations, en
tries and arrangements of animals and
articles.
SECOND DAY. —ficneral exhibition
examination of blooded stock and fast
trotting and pacing horses; address, and
report of judges.
THIRD DAY. —The grand trot, and dis
play of stock in Class 0.
\V. 0. MIAOKENRIDGE,
President.
—A correspondent of the N. Y. Even
flu, Post gives the following account of
what was known as the " Dead Line" at
the Andersonville slaughter pen :
'•I have heard much of what is termed
the "dead linefew, however, know
what is meant by it. After the comple
tion of the prison and its use, those eon
fined thero were accustomed to approach
the stockade and look through the open
ings between the posts, or talk to outsi
ders. After the assumption of command
by Major Wirz, he caused the prisoners
to be notified that if they approached
within thirty feet of the stockade, they
would be shot by the guards on the out
side, This limit of thirty feet was un
marked by any line whatever; it was
ideal, and left to the arbitrary determin
ation of men on guard, a-majority of whom
were us incapable of judging of distan
ces, or of this distance of thirty feet, as
were the poor prisoners, who were doomed
if they transgressed it. The consequence
was that weekly, yes, almost daily, the
prisoners were, shot down by the guards
when these thought that they bad trao
soended the imaginary line which separa
ted thirty-seven thousand hunan beings
from eternity."
—They that laugh at everything,
and they that fret at everything,
are fools alike.
The Devil and the Women.
From the commencement of the rebel
lion until now, the devil and the women
of the South have been the ablest allies
tho cause of treason had in the field.—
Tho influence of tho women, backed up
by his Satanic Majesty, filled the rat-ks
of the rebel armies, and gave aruor and
endurance to the hen pecked men that
entered the service. Southern women
even petitioned the rebel Congress to en
act the law of couscription, so as to force
all in the service. Through the influ
ence which women had, thousands were
forced into the field, and thence to their
graves, who never would have left home.
Playing into thfe hands of the devil, by
thus fulfilling his ranks, they had his ap
proval all the time. AVives gave up their
husbands, sisters their brothers, and
mothers their sons—willing, nay, anxious
to immolate their lives to the Molock of
war. The women were willing to wear
homespun—ready to dispense with the
of tablo or toilet—ready to fling nil their
jowelay into the Confederate crucible—
ready to unsex themselves for the cause
of the devil and tho Confederacy.
Iu all parts of tho South tho demoral
ization of women of tho " female persua
sion" is notorious. They have abandon
ed their lawful husbands in many instan
ces, and formed new associations. And
it is a matter of surprise to see with what
brazen impudence iliey will return and
face those who are perfectly aware of their
confederate movements. Nor has this
wicked rebellion been without its effects
upon women North. North and South
the papers teem with accounts of" elope
ments," applications for "divorce," and
murders growing out of bad faith. The
devil is unchained, and the women are
taking advantage of his " loose reign.—
Women are passing for married women
who never were married in their lives.—
With the impudence of the devil, they
thrust themselves into society, less than
one hundred miles from where they start
ed out upon their career of crime. Re
spectable ladies would do woll, iu all sec
tions, to know certainly who they are ma
king the acquaintance of, both among
males and females. Let time develop
the merits of strangers, as it will do, and
ever has done, unless parties are so asso
ciated as to rendtr their cases clear.
We havo no special cases to certify, in
view, in these remarks, but make them
in view of what tho newspapers teem
with, both North and South. Our re
marks and allusions ire general, and are
only intended to hurl where they apjdy.
Stern-Wheel Preachers.
The reader is ready to inquire what
sort of n preachor is a stern-wheelpreach
er 112 Ho is one who went into the rebel
lion with *i 'ile wheels and double, engines,
chafing and fretting, and boasting and
blowing that the South would achieve
her independence, dressed in fine cloth,
and sporting their huge whiskers Ile
comes out with a shattered stern-wheel,
and a one-horse engine, dressed in gray
home-spun, asking to be allowcl to take
the amnesty oath, as a means of saving
his property, and eooly saying that he
never took any part in trying to break up
the government. Their treason-festered
hearts constitute the safety valves of
their shattered crafts, and their record is
as their whittle, to ferment and keep
alive the troubles of the State.
Since peace ban been declared, these
stern-wheel preachers, with uplifted eyes,
elongated faces, deep sepulchural tones,
and raised hands, pollute God's altars
with their presenoe, where the recollec
tion of treason and murder they have
contributed to bring about, sway their
guilty souls and set the tune to their
hymns of praise ! These canting hypo
crites now propose to preach to Union
men the religion of Jesus Christ—the
religion of the Prince of Peace.
When one of these stern-wheel prea
chers rises to address you, he cannot con
ceal the wolf by his prayers, for you will
not be able to learn fYom what he says
that there isa United States Government.
And the poison of the Upat Tree are
the drippings of the sanctuary where he
holds iorth. These villains are responsi
ble for more of the misery and bloodshed
we have all passed through than any oth
er set of traitors out of h «[1! — Ex.
—A little daughter of Geo. W. Mull,
of Newviile, Cumberland county, died
suddenly, a few days ago, from the effuotg
of eating grapes. Dr. Zitzer, of Carlisle,
says he had several cases in hi* practice,
this season, where persons died from the
same cause. He believes that there is a
poison of uome kind in a large portion of
the grapes grown this year.
—During the dog days in Philadelphia
the dog catchers picked up two thousand
canines, at a cost tq the city oi we thou
sand dollars;
NUMBER 40
A Second Andersonville in Texas.
The Tribune's Tyler, Tessa, correspon
dent describes camp Ford neai that place,
a prison pen, second only to Anderson
ville in barbarism and atrocities inflicted
upon Union prisoners for two years.—
The correspondent says they were shot,
scourged, beaten and tortured. Theso
prisoners were too far off and too closely
guarded for their groans to be heard in
the outsido world. Their sad story only
became known from their shrunken lipa
after they had been exchanged. It is a
stockaded enclosure of 8 or 10 acres;
this estimate includes all adjuncts of the
prison. It is situated on the side of a
sandy sk>pe at the lower edge of whioh,
and just within the stockale, is a spring
that supplies water to the prisoners; the
enclosure seems to have been eularged at
different times to meet tho requirements
of rebel captures. It is filled with huts
and shanties of almost every imaginable
shape, and is constructed of every availa
ble material; two barrols on top of each
other form the chimney of a hut made
of bushes, the limbs of whioh have been
pressed together and plastered with mud
near the point of which wo enter. Therr
is a number of grave-like mounds, scat
tered over a space of about one acre. I
at first thought they were graves, but on
examination I found they were excava
tions in tho ground, which had been cov
ered first with bushes and then with dirt.
They had been made by those of our men
who had been captured last, and for whom
there wast no room in tho hate above
ground. Everywhere are blackened
spots, which BIIOW where their fires
had formerly been made, by mean*
of which those who had no shel
ter ato and cooked their daily mite of
meat. Fragments of kettles and stove',
old cast off pans and flat rocks—thecook
ing utenfi's they had used— are strewn
about, and 1 noticed in one of the huts
that they were piled up with care to
await further use. Toward the upper side
of the inclosure, where there seem to
have been a prison confiueiuent of officers
are several stumps, on the top of which
those who violated any of the prison rules
were made to stand and mark time for,
perhaps, a whole day, while the guard
had imperative orders to shoot any one
that was so unfortunate as to step or fait
off from exhaustion. Tho whole scone,
with its assooiations, is a horrid illustra
tion th« iij humanity that originated and
carriod on tho rebellion until its over
throw. l'erhaps lam raking a hurtful
coal from dead ashes. I will stop.
THE CIIKCRFL'L VOICE.—The comfort
and happiness of homo and home inter
course, let me here say, depend very much
on the kindly and afiectionato training of
the voice. Trouble, care and vexation,
will and must of course, come; but let
them not creep into our voices. Let only
your kindlier and happier feelings be vo
cal in your homes. Let them be so if
for no other reason than for the little chil
dren's sake. Those sensitive little beings
are exceeding ly susceptible t the tones.
Let us have consideration for them.—
They hear so much that we have forgot
ten to hear. For as we advance in years
our life becomes more enterior. We ab
stract from outward scences and sounds.
We think we reflect, we begin gradually
to deal with the past, as we have formerly
vividly lived in the present. Our ear
grows daaf to external sound; it is turn
ed inward, and listens chiefly to the ech
oes of past voices. We catch no more of
the merry laugh of children. We hear no
more the note of the morning bird. The
brook that used to prattle so gayly to a»,
rushes unheeded, we have forgotten to
hear such things. But little children,
remember, sensitively to hear them all.—
Mark how, at every sound, the young
child starts and turns, and listens! And
thus, with equal sensitiveness, does it
catch the tones of human voices. How
were it possible that the sharp and hasty
word, the fretful and complaining tone
should not startle and pain, even depress
the f«csitive little being, whose harp ot
life is so newly and delicately strung, vi
brating even to the g ntle breeze and
thrilling sensitively ever to the tones of
such voices as sweep across it ? Let us
be kind and cheerful spoken, then, in oar'
homes.— Once a Month,
—A Houston, Texas, letter says the
opening of the port of Galveston has giv
en vigor and life to every braneb of trade.
Cotton has been rolling thro' the streets
to the cars, and the crowded cotton sheds
have been emptied. Large quantities of
fancy groceries had arrived and found
ready sale. All the troops except a pro
vost guard of three hundred have left tin
city. Gov. Hamilton'* appointment* givo
general satisfaction. A year of unexam
pled prosperity for the Sla'o is looked for.
Emigration ftom the North is solicited)
i—-Laugh and grow fat; sigh awd grow
lean.