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VOLUME XVII.
THE
SHASTA COURIER.
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JAMES E. PEiiHAM, M. D.,
Physician,
Surgeon and
Accouche
OFFICE—Main street, next doer to Lewin A Co.
SAMUEL RICHARDS,
BLACKSMITH
WAGON MAKER,
Sliasta.
I Am now prepared to execute all work in uiy
line. In the very best manner, and at
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of superior style and finish. Particular attention
paid to
Horse Shoeing and Repairing.
PROMPTNESS AND LOW PRICES IS MY
MOTTO.
fcif* Shop East side of Main street, opposite
Wells, Fargo A Co .*.« Express Office.
Shasta, July 1567. jII3
RANTZAU & SHAW,
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS.
RED BLUFF, CAL
MARK. VOLK (1001)3
Care of R. & S.,
RED BLUFF.
Send Shipping Receipts and Bills of Lading.
OIK FI UE-PROOF COBBLE STONE
Warehouse affords extra inducements to ship
pere who store their goods. Assuring our patrons
that no pains will be spared in looking to their
interests, we ask tor a continuance of their favors.
RANTZAU A SHAW.
Red Bluff, March 28, 1867. a 6
ISRAEL COMSTOCK.
JOHN MARTIN.
COMSTOCK & MARTIN,
(icccesmiis to riEnc*. chuhch a c 0.,)
FORWARDING
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Fin-proof Brick Warehoute, formerly occu
pied £y Pie res, ChurcA Co.,
Oak street, near Steamboat Lauding.
ISRAEL COMSTOCK will attend to the Foi
warding and Commission business in persoi
We hope to receive a continuation of the palronae
heretofore extended to the old firm.
Red Bluff, Nov. 14, 1863. n2l:tf.
A. F. COLLINS,
Late with
nODCE BEOS. A CO.
N. C. LUHR
Late with
DODGE BROS, k C
OEO. H. WHEATON.
COLLINS. WHEATON A LUHRS
Commission Merchants
and wholesale dealers in
BUTTER, CHEESE, LARD
Hams, Haeou, &:c
*l9 Front Street,
SAN FRANCISCO.
Liberal Advances made on ail Coentry p,
duoo. ' ,
(Llic Courier,
DANIEL LYNCH
&o
□
IDEALER,
Fire-Proof Brick Building, Callaghan’s
Block,
Shasta,
RESPECTFULLY informs the
citizens of Shasta, and the Traders,
Teamsters and Packers of the North
ern counties, that he has always on
hand and for sale an extensive stock ol
GENERAL MERCHANDISE*
GROCERIES
And PROVISIONS,
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
Which ho is determined to sell so low as to
Defy Competition.
DANIEL LYNCH.
Shasta, May 2S, ISG4. m2S
STOP THAT THIEF
OF A
<C ough !!
IT IS STEALING FROM YOU YOUR
Health, which is dearer to you than all your
Wealth. Nine-tcntus of the diseases prevalent in
this climate spring from Colds and Coughs.
Henley’s Royal Balsam
j j
Challenges the world to produce anythin" in the
shape of Medicines that will remove and eradicate
a Cough or soreness in the Chest, us prompt, no
matter what form the disease might assume. ‘Hen
ley’s Royal Balsam” is the best Medicine in tin
world for Bronchial or Pulmonory affections. For
Croup or Hooping Cough, there is nothing on
earth that can e<|iial it. All motherors and Nurses
ought to have a bottle close by them, it will give
n child relief in two minutes. It is entirely veg
etable. and will prove a blessing to the human
family.
For the Benefit cf Suffering Human
ity.
From Mr. Thomas.—We have used Henley’s
Royal Balsam in my family this winter. There is
no use :alking. It throws everything in the shape
of Cough medicine in the shade that I ever saw.
My wife was troubled with asthma or smothering
spells fur years, and could get nothing to have any
effect until 1 struck this “Royal Balsam” She is
now about, well. It cured me of the worst cold
I ever had in my life in one night. Whenever our
children have anything like a cough, a few drops
given on going to bed—that is the last of the
cough. 1 never intend to he without it in the
house.
B. THOMAS, the paper man.
From Judge Marquam.
I have used “Henley’s Royal Balsam,” myself
and family, and find it a first-rate medicine for
Coughs aud Colds. 1 hereby recommend it to the
public.
P. A. MARQUAM.
From Mr. Pittock.
We have used some of “Henley’s Royal Balsam”
in my family and think it is a splendid medicine
for children, as well as f<»r grown persons. For
Coughs and Colds I freely recommend it to the
public. ‘ K. PITTOCK.
From F. Dewitt. Merchant.
To the Pm Lie. — I had a bad cough for a long
time. A friend urged me tog*t a bottle of “Hen
ley’s Royal Balsam.” He said it cured him. I
got a bottle, and sure enough it had a splendid ef
fect. It dried the cough up in a short time, I
hereby recommend it to the public. F. DeWITT.
L. GROSS, Sole Proprietor, Portland, Oregon.
For sale by L. Wellondorff, Shasta. [39.
FLEMING’S SAW MILL,
Beaiuly Creek.
HS
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‘A
JOHN FLEMING, . . Proprietor.
This mill is in successful opera
tioo on Brandy Creek, about two miles from
Wbiskytown, and J. H. Gilbert will keep constant
ly on hand and for sale a supply of Lumber, at his
Brick Warehouse, on Main street. Shasta, where he
will attend to all orders and the sale of Lumber for
the above Mill.
J. H. GILBERT, Agent, Shasta.
March 4. 1868 m 7
1 IVotiee.
\J. I.OOMIS. OF WEAVER VIT.L.E,
• Trinity County, has this day purebr-ed an
interest in the Forwarding Business of Pantzau A
Shaw. Red Bluff.
Thanking our patrons far the ; . past liberal
favors, we trust, by close attentiea and fidelity to
business entrusted to our care. ,o merit a contipu
ance of the same.
The firm name of R&ntzsa k Shaw will be con
tinued for the present.
Mark Goods as care of R. k S., Red
Bluff.
RAXTZAU k SHAW.
Red Bluff. Feb. Bth. 1868. f!5
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SHASTA COURIER.
Webster on the Power of Removal.
The following is an extract from a speech
delivered by Daniel Webster in the Senate
of the United States on the 10th of February,
1835—Webster’s Works, vol. IV., pp 189,
on the power of removal from office by the
President—which has a singular applicabil
ity to the great controversy now in progress
at Washington. Mr. Webster said :
The Constitution nowhere says one word
of the power of removal Irora office, except
in the case of conviction on impeachment.—
Wherever the power exists, therefore, except
in cases of impeachment, it must exist ns a
constructive or incidental power. If it
exist in the President alone, it must exist in
him because it is attached to something else,
or result from something else, which is grant
ed to the President. There is certainly no
specific grant ; it is a power therefore, the
existence of which, if proved at all, is to be
proved by inference and argument. In the
only instance in which the Constitution speaks
of removal from office, ns I have already
said, it speaks of it as the exercise of judicial
power ; that is to say. it speaks of it as one
part of the Judgment of the Senate, in cases
of conviction on impeachment. No other
mention is made, in the whole instrument, of
any power of removal. Whence, then, is the
power derived to the President?
It is usually said, by those who minntaiu
its existence in the single hands of the Pres
ident, that the power is derived from that
clause of the Constitution which says, “ The
executive power shall he vested in a Presi
dent. ' The power of removal, they argue,
is, in its nature, sn executive power: and,
as the executive power is thus vested in the
President, the power of removal is necessa
rily included.
It is true, that the Constitution declares
that the executive power shall be vested in
the President ; bat the first question which
then nrises is. What is ex<rui ire powerT —
What is the degree, and what are the limita
tions f Executive power is not a thing so
well known, and so accurately defined, as
that the written constitution of a limited
government can he supposed to have confer
red it in the lump. What is executive
power ? What are the boundaries? What
model or example had the framers of the Con
stitution in their minds, when they spoke of
•‘executive power?” Did they mean execu
live power as known in England, or as
known in France, or as known in Russia?
Did they take it as defined by Montesquieu,
by llurlamaqui, or by De Loimft ? All
these differ from one another as to the extent
of the executive power of government. What
then was intended by “executive power?”
Now, Sir, I th-nk it perfectly plain and man
ifest. that, although the framers of the Con
stitution meant to confer executive power on
the President, yet they meant to define and
limit that power, and to confer no more than
they did tans define and limit. When they
said it shall be vested in a President, thev
meant that one magistrate, to be called a
President, shall hold the executive authority :
hut they mean, further, that he shall hold
this authority according to the grants and
limitations of the Constitution itself.
They did nut intend certainly, a sweeping
gift of prerogative. They did not intend to
grant to the President, whatever might he
construed, or supposed, or imagined to ho
executive power; and the proof that the}-
meant no such thing is, that, immediately
after using these general words, they pro
ceed specifically to enumerate his several
distinct and particular authorities; to fix
and define them; to give the Senate an es
sential control over the exercise of some of
them, and to leave others uncontrolled. By
the executive power conferred on the Brest
dent, the Constitution means no more than
that portion which itself creates, and which
it qualifies, limits, and circumscribes.
A general survey of the frame of the Con
stitution will satisfy us of this. That instru
ment goes all along upon the idea of dividing
the powers of government, sn far as praoti
cable, into three great departments. It de
scribes the powers and duties nf these de
partments in an article allotted to each. As
first in importance and dignity, it begins
with the legislative department. The first
article of the Constitution, therefore, com
mences with the declaration, that “all leg
islative power herein granted shall be vested
in a Congress of the United States, which
shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.” The article goes on to pre
scribe the manner in which Congress is to
be constituted and organized, and then pro
reeds to enumerate, specifically, the powers
intended to he granted ; and adds the gen
eral clause, centering such authority as may
he necessary to carry granted powers into
Now, Sir. no man doubts that this
is a limited legislature; that it possesses no
powers but such as arc granted by express
words or necessary implication ; and that it
would be quite preposterous to insist that
Congress possesses ary particular legislative
powers, merely because it is, in its nature a
legislative body; .f no grant can be found for
it in the Constitution itself.
*1 hen, cc.nes. Sir, the second article
creating -m executive power ; and it declares’
that “ .he executive power shall be vested in
a P esident of the United States.” After
prjviding for the mode of choosing him. it
immediately proceeds to enumerate, spijpi
fically, the powers which he shall possess and
exercise, and the duties which he shall p er
form. I consider the language of this article
therefore, precisely analogous to that in
which the legislature is created; that is to
say, I understand the Constitution as saying
that “ the executive power herein granted
shall be vested in a President of the United
State*.' 1 ,
In like manner, the third article, or that
which is intended to arrange the judicial
system, begins by dvelaring that “the
judicial power of the United State* shall bo
vested in one Supreme Cou-t, and in such
inferior Courts a* the Congress may, from
time to time, ordoin and establish.” But
these general words do not show what extent
of judicial power is vested in the Court* of
the United States. All that is left to be
dime, aud is done, in the following sections,
l>y express and well guarded provisions.
I think, therefore, Sir, that very great
caution is to be used, and the ground well
considered, before wo admit that the Presi
dent derives any distinct and specific power
from those general words which vest the exe
cutive authority in him. The Constitution
itself does not rest satisfied with these general
words. It immediately goes into particulars,
and carefully enumerates the several authori
ties which the President shall possess. The
very first of the enumerated powers is the
Army and Navy. This, most certainly, is
an executive power. And why is it particu
larly set down and expressed, if any power
was intended to be granted under the general
words? litis would pass, if anything would
pass, under these words. But enumeration,
specification, particularization, was evident
ly the design of the framers of the Constitu
tion, in this us in other parts of it. Ido not.
therefore, regard the declaration that the
executive power shall he vested in a President
as being any grant at all ; any mure than
the declaration that the legislative power
shall bo vested in Congress constitutes. In
the one case as in the other, I think the
object was to describe and denominate the
department which should hold, respectively,
the legislative and executive authority ; very
much as we see, in some of the State Consti
tutions, that the several articles are headed
with the titles “legislative power,” “ exe
cutive power,” “judicial power aud this
entitling of the articles with the name of the
power has never been suppoied, of itself, to
confer any authority whatever. It amounts
to no more than naming the departments.
If, then, the power of reraoval ; be admitted
to be an executive power, still it must be
sought for and found among the enumerated
executive powers, or fairly implied from some
one or more of them. It cannot be implied
from the general words. The power of ap
pointment was not left to he so implied;
"by, then, should the power of removal
have been so left ? They are both closely
connected ; one is indispensable to the other;
why, then, was one carefully expressed, de
fined, and limited, and not one word said
about the other ?
Sir, I think the whole matter is sufficiently
plain. Nothing is said in the Constitution
about the power of removal, because it is not
a separate and distinct power. It is part of
the power of appointment, naturally going
with it or necessarily resulting from it. The
Constitution or the laws may separate these
(towers, it is true, in a particular case, as is
done in respect to the Judges, who, though
appointed by the President and Senate, c.att
not be removed at the pleasure of either or
both. Soastatute, in prescribing the tenure
of any other office, may place the officer be
yond the reach of the appointing power.—
But where no other tenure is prescribed, and
officers hold their places at will, that will is
necessarily the will of the appointing power ;
because the exercise of the power of appoint
ment at once displaces such officers. The
[tower :.f placing ore man in office necessari
ly imp! it t the power of turning another out.
If one in in be Secretary of State, and another
he appointed, the first goes out by the mere
force of the appointment of the other, with
out any previous act of removal whatever.—
And this is the practice of the Government,
and has been from the first. In all the
removals which have been made, they have
generally been effected simply by making
other appointments. I cannot find a case to
the contrary. There is no distinct official
act of removal. I have looked into the prac
tice, and caused inquiries to be made in the
departments, and 1 do not learn that any
such proceeding is known as an entry or
record of the removal of an officer from
office; and the President could only act, in
such cases, by causing some proper record or
entry to he made as proof of the fact of re
moval. I am aware that there have been
some cases in which notice has been sent to
persons in office that their services are, or
will be, after a given day, dispensed with.—
These are usually cases in which the object
is, not to inform the incumbent that he is
removed, but to tell him that a successor
either is, or by a day named will be appoint
ed. If there be any instances in which such
notice is given without express reference to
the appointment of a successor, they are few;
and even in these, such reference must be
implied; because in no case is there any dis
tinct official act of removal, that I can find,
unconnected with the act of appointment.—
At any rale, it is the usual practice, and has
been from the first, to consider the appoint
ment as producing the removal of the pre
vious incumbent. When the President de
sires to remove a person from office, ho sends
a message to the Senate nominating some
other person. The message usually runs in
this form : “ I Dominate A. B. to he Collec
tor of the Customs, etc., in the place of C.
D., removed.” If the Senate advise and
consent to this nomination, C. D. is effec
tually out of office, and A. B. is in, in his
place. The same effect would be produced
if the message should say nothing of any
removal. Suppose A. B. to be Secretary of
State, and the President to send us a message,
saying merely, “ I nominate C. D. to be
Secretary of State.” If we confirm this
nomination, C. D. becomes Secretary of
State, and A. B. is necessarily removed.
I have gone into these details and particu
lars, Sir, for the purpose of showing, that,
not only in the nature of things, hut also
according to the practice of the Government,
the power of removal is incident to the power
of appointment. It belongs to it, is attach
ed to it, forms a part of it. or results from it.
If this he true, the inference is manifest.
If the power of removal, when not otherwise
regulated by Constitution or law, bo part and
parcel of the power of appointment, or a
necessary incident to it, then whoever holds
the power of appointment bolds also the
power of removal. But it is the President
and the Senate, and not the President alone,
who holds the power of appointment; and
therefore, according to the true construction
of the Constitution, it should be the Presi
dent and Senate, and not the President
alone, who hold the power of removal.
A movement is being made in Paris to re
turn to the ancient system of incremation, or
burning, for the disposal of the dead. The
large cemeteries of Paris taint the air of the
iity. and it is feared that even the new bnry
ing ground near Pontoise, which will meas
ure 2,125 acres, will not be sufficiently re.
moved from Paris.
Curious History of the “ Veiled Prophet
of Khorassau.”
Arrninius Vambery’s “ Central Asia,”
which has just appeared in London, is a
supplement to his work called “ Travels in
Central Asia.” This volume gives inter
esting accounts of some new adventures of
M. I ambery while exploring the East in
the disguise of a Dervish, and also con
tains a series of chapters on the manners,
characteristics and literature of the Cen
tral Asiatic races. The pages devoted to
the ancient history of Bokhara contains an
account of Mokanna, the original of the
“ 5 ailed Prophet of Khornssan,” in Moore’s
“ Lalla Ilookh.” Mokanna occupied him
self, in early youth, with acquiring all
kinds of knowledge, including enchant
ments and secret arts. At length he gave
himself out as a prophet, and proclaimed to
his adherents that he had existed earlier in
the world as Adam, Ibrahim, Moses, Jesus,
and Mohammed, and called upon them to
follow him to Paradise. He continually
wore a veil to conceal his deformity, as his
features were distorted, and he was ono eyed
and bald. He obtained many followers, and
tho greater part of the villages around Sa
marcand and Bokhara went over to his
party. After a contest nf many years between
Mokanna and the Mohammedans the prophet
w'as driven across the Oxus and retreated
into a strong fortress on the mountain of
Siam, where he finally perished. Mr. Yam
bery says :
“ Mokanna, the mysterious prophet, _kcpt
himself during this period always in the for
tress, attended by ono hundred of the love
liest women of Transoxania. The interior
of the castle was kept only for these with
himself and one male page; besides these
there was no earthly one permitted to pene
trate into his sanctuary. They say that fifty
thousand of his followers lay at the gate of
tho fortress, and earnestly implored him to
show but Once his god like splendor. He
refused; sent his page with the message :
1 Say to the servants that Musa (Moses) also
wished to see my god head, but tho beams of
my splendor be could not support. My
glance kills instantly the earth-born.’ The
enthusiastic adherents assured him that they
would gladly offer their lives as a sacrifice if
this high enjoyment was allowed to them.—
When he could not further deny them, Mok
anna consented to their entreaty, and ap
pointed them to come at a certain time before
the gate of the fortress, where he would
show himself. On the evening of the ap
pointed day he ordered that his women
should be placed in a line, with look
ing-glasses in their hands, as tho beams
of the setting sun were reflected in the look
ing glasses, and when everything was illu
minated by that reflection, he ordered them
to open the doors. The splendor blinded the
eyes nf his devoted adherents, who fell pros
trate and called out: “ God ! enough for us
of thy glory ; for if we see it more all will
be destroyed 1” They lay long in the dust
supplicating him, until at length he sent his
page with the message: “God is pleased
with you, ami he has given you for your
use, the good of all the world.” “Fourteen
long years Mokanna who is reported to have
lived in this fortre s. consuming his time
with women in drinking and carousing.—
The Arab Field Marshal, Said Hersi, had
at last, after a hard siege, driven him iuto
straits. The outer part was taken, and there
was only the inaccessible citadel on n higher
eminence. With the extinction of his as
cendant star, Mokanna was abandoned by
his followers, and when ho saw the inevita
ble ruin nigh, he decided not to fall into the
hands of his enemies, rather to destroy him
self with his women and treasure. He gave
to the women at a last carouse a strong dose
of poison in wine, and challenged them to
empty a’gohlct with him. All drank, hut
ono, who poured the wine into her bosom,
and. as an eye witness, told later the whole
catastrophe. According to her, Mokanna,
after all the woman had fallen dead, cut oft'
the head of his faithful page, and quite na
ked, burnt bimself and Ins ticasures in a
furnace which had been heated for three
days. He announced before that he wished
to go to heaven to call the angels to his help.
“ I have long watched the furnace,’ said the
fortunate woman who escaped, 4 hut he never
came hack in that fashion.’ After the death
of Mokanna there were many sects and
creeds, but they concealed themselves from
the ever-increasing power of Islam. Under
the Samanidcs the doctrine of Mohammed
spread more and more, and Transuxanitin
countries became soon famous for their re
ligious zeal.”
A Genuine Gorilla.—A live gorilla is
now on its way from Africa to London Zoolog.
icnl Society. It was captured by a native,
who suddenly came upon a family group of
the animals. The mother, contrary to what
might have been expected, abandoned her
“ baby,” and ran off; the lather showed fight,
rushing at the native open-mouthed, and
receiving a stab in the side from the spear,
which caused him to retreat a little, when the
man, not waiting to receive a second attack,
snatched up the young one, and made his
retreat home as soon as possible. The gorilla
is fed up..n goat’s milk, raw eggs, and berries.
A Mr. Walker, the possessor, writes : “ The
grief of the little fellow when first caught was
quite touching to witness ; he could scarcely
bear to be looked at. and, if at all annoyed by
the presence of many people round him,
would lie on the ground, with his face buried
in his hands, and sway his head from side to
side, as if in an agony of sorrow at losing bis
parents ; and even now, when left alone for
any length of time, be has relapses of the
same kind, and appears to bo in great tribu
lation.”
Got the Wrong Pants. —A married man
was engaged on night work in Fonddu Lac,
and was accustomed to being absent from
home every night in the week. A night or
two ago he was suddenly taken ill, went
home at an unusual hour, and retired with
out lighting a lamp. He had not been in
bed long when his wife, in the most plaintive -
and agonizing tones also complained of hav
ing been taken suddenly sick, and pleading
ly asked him if he did not feel well enough ;
to go down to a drug store and| get her some
medicine. Although quite sick himself, the
husband readily consented ; got up, donned
his garments, and proceeded to the store as
requested. White there be discovered that
he Pad on another man’s pants, and returned
to find his own missing.
NUMBER 3.
DON’T MARRY A MAN IF HE DRINKS.
Young ladies, pray listen to mo,
And keep just as quiet as mice,
While I sing you a song—it is not very long—
Which contains apiece of advice.
No matter what people may say.
No matter what somebody thinks ;
If you want to be happy the rest of your days,
Don’t marry a man if he drinks ;
Don’t marry a man if he drinks.
He may be so handsome and gay,
And have such a beautiful voice ;
And may dance so divinely, you’ll feel in your
heart
That he must be the man of your choice ;
If his accents are tender and low.
And sweeter than roses and pinks.
And his breath quite a different thing, you may
know
Your exquisite gentleman drinks.
Your exquisite gentleman drinks.
Just think of the sorrows and cares,
The heart-rending sighs and fears ;
Of the words, and the blows, and cruelest woes.
And then think of the ocean of tears ;
Think of Toodles, the drunkenest of men,
His attitudes, his coughs and winks,
And then think what a dignified pair you will
make,
If you marry a man that drinks,
If you marry a man that drinks.
Young ladies, look well to your hearts,
Don’t throw them away on a sot;
Or a man who is given to treating his friends,
Whate'er be his station or lot;
Though his pride may uphold him awhile,
Yet sooner or later ho sinks;
Then if you would be happy the rest of your days.
Don’t marry a man if he drinks,
Don’t marry a man if he drinks.
JLassons from au Old Merchant.
That veteran and honorable merchant,
Johnathan St urges of New York, at the din
ner given in his honor on the occasion of his
retirement from active business, gave the
following golden counsel to young men:
“ Now, gentlemen, since there is nothing
that I can talk about that you do not under
stand a great deal better than I do, I pro
pose to say a few words for the benefit of
I young men outside, and if you approve of
! what is said, lot it be considered ns said by
j the Grand Jury of Merchants assembled.
One of the first lesson I received was in
1813, when I was eleven years of age. My
grandfather had collected a fine flock of
merino sheep, which were carefully cherished
during the war of 1812 15. 1 was shepherd
boy, and my buisincss was to take care of the
sheep in the fields. A boy, more fond of his
hooka than of sheep, was sent with me, hut
left the work to me, while he lay io the shade
and read his hooks. I finally complained of
this to the old gentleman. I shall shall never
forget the benignant smile as he replied :
“Never you mind; If you watch the sheep
you will have the sheep." I thought to
myself; what does the old gentleman mean?
I don't expect to have any sheep. My aspi
rations were quite moderate io those days,
and a firstrate merino buck was worth SI,OOO.
I could not make out exactly what he meant,
and went out contentedly with the sheep.—
After I got to the field, I could not get the
idea out of my head. Finally I thought of
my Sunday lesson ; “ Thou hast been faith
ful over a few things, I will make
over many things.” Then I understood it:
Never you mind who neglects his duty, be
you faithful, and you will have your reward 1
1 do not think it will take many lads as long
as it did mo to understand this proverb.
I teeeived my second lesson soon after I
came to this city, as a clerk in the late Ly
man Reed. A merchant from Ohio, who
knew me, came to purchase goods from Mr.
Reed, lie expressed his gratification at find
ing roe there, and said to me: “ You have
got a good place. Make yourself so useful
that they cannot do without you.” I took
his meaning quicker than I did the proverb
about the sheep. Well, I worked upon these
two ideas until Mr. Reed offered me an in
tcrest in his business.
The first morning after the co-partnership
was announced, Mr. James Oecry, the old
tea merchant, called to see me : “ You are
all right now ; 1 have one word of advice to
give you ; he careful who you walk the
streets with.” That lesson was three.
In this connection I must repeat on anec
dote told of the late Robert Lennox. A
country merchant came into the store of Mr.
Morton, a highly respectable Scotch mer
chant, *,j purchase goods, lie spoke about
credit, references, 4c. Mr. Morton said : I
will give you what credit you wish. ‘ But.’
said the merchant, ‘ I am an entire stranger
to you.’ Mr. Morton replied : ‘ Did I not
see you at church with Robert Lennox?'—
“ Y’es, I was at church with him.”—
1 Well, 1 will trust any man whom Robert
Lennox will take to church with him.’
I hope these three lessons of watchfulness
over the interests of their employers, watch
fulness over their partners’ interests and
their own, after they are joined, followed by
an intense watchfulness that no black sheep
creep into their folds, may be impressed by
these anecdotes upon the minds of those for
whom they are intended.
One other lesson I feci it very necessary to
inculcate —that of patience.
With a little patience most young men will
find a position as high as they have fitted
themselves to fill.
In all the changes which have taken place
in my firm since 1822, no partner has been
brought into it who bos not served as a clerk
in the establishment. And I now leave ray
house well organized, prosperous, and free
from complications, still in the hands of those
who have served in it as clerks for a longer
or shorter period. 1 mention this as an en
couragement to young men to persevere in
the faithful performance of their duties.”
A Good Remedv.— The editor of the lowa
Fal’s Sentinel has invented a method whereby
he keeps his neighbors’ cows from stealing
his hay. We would recommend those in this
city who are so frequently afflicted with
thieving cows to try the remedy. It ia
described in this way :
A certain quadruped had a sweet tooth for
our hay stack, and did much damage, throw,
ing down a seven rail fence and roosting in
our hay. We bought a box of Cayenne pep
per. took a nice lock of hay, placed it outside
the fence, “baptized” it with pepper, anl
watched. The animal came along and
pitched into the hay, when suddenly she took
the hint, and with nose at 45 degrees and
tail at 90 degrees, her “ sonl went marching
on” at the rate of 2:40. That cow has not
come back. Try this, ye afflicted, and you
will save your hay and have a good buavtu
laugh all to yourself.