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Professional Cards.
BN. PAYNE,
REAL ESTATE AGENT &
CONVEYANCER.
OFFICE-r—Sraedley Row, opposite the Court
House, Towsontown. April 29.—1 y
John T. Ensor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLICITOR IN
CHANCERY,
Towsontown, Md.
Will attend promptly and perseveringly to all
business entrusted to his care.
Jan. 1, 1865.—tf.
b! w. dougherty7
AT LAW,
TOWSONTOWN, MD.
April I.—6m. __
DR. J. PIPER,
Office—Residence of John M. Wheeler, Esq.,
. * adjoining Mn Lewis Yogle’s Store.
Office hours from 7 A. M., to 9 o’clock A. M.
From 1 o’clock P. M., to 3 o’cl’k P. M.,
and 6 o’clock P. M.
Jan. 1, 1865.—1806.
ISAAC McCURLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
3 8 ST. PAUL STREET,
BALTIMORE.
May 6. —ly
R. M. PRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office—No. 1 Smedley Row, Towsontown.
WILL give prompt attention to all law and
chancery business entrusted to his care.
Sep. 17* 1864.—1jr '
c. nu.\ sMiva.iri',
attorney at law,
2fo. 3T W. LEXINGTON STREET,
(Easement,) Baltimore, Md .
April 15, 1865.—1 y.
Amos F. Musselman,
ATTORNEY.
Office No. 21 Lexington st., Baltimore city.
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore
county.
July 9,1864.—1 y
WILLIAM M. BUSEY,
attobmetat law,
Nos 7i Fayette Street, Near Charles,
Baltimore, Md.
April 1, 1865. —ly.
Theodore ©looker,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
No. 44 St. Paul street, Baltimore, Md.
PARTICULAR attention given to Chancery
and Orphans’ Court business, in the Courts
Baltimore city and oounty.
All communications or business left with Mr.
JOHN R. D.BEDFORD, Conveyancer, Towson
town, will be promptly attended to.
March 12, 1864.—tf. .
.O. C. Warfield, T
ATTORNEY at law,
Towsontown.
applications for
BOUNTY,
BACK FAY and
PENSIONS.
Feb. 2ff. —tf
Jos. P. Merryman.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
71 West Fayette street, Balt.
Jan. 9,1864.—1 y: :
~~~ DR. ISAAC McCURLEY,
OTWTIST,
s. W.COB. LIBERTY add LEXINGTON, Sts.
BALTIMORE.
ttayd-lf
G. HSRBTKAX. *• P- KBBCH, D. D. S
MERRYMAN & KEECH,
dentists,
No. 50 North Calvert street, Baltimore*.
March 26,1864.—ly
DR. J. H. JARRETT,
(Formbrlt Surgeon 7th Mn., Vons.,)
HAVING purchased the late residence nf
Dr. E. R. Tidings, respectfully offers his
Professional Services to the public. Having
had an experience of ten years in private prac
tice and two years and a-half in the army, he
hopes to be able to give satisfaction to all those
who may favor him with a call.
Jnbe 17, 1865.—1 y. -
Dr. B. P. BOHRER^
OF BROOKLANDVILLE,
HAS declined the practice of Medicine in
favor of Dr. R. F. CHAPMAN, but will
attend any cases specially requesting his at
tentions as consulting physician.
Dr. R. P. CHAPMAN,
Offers his Professional Services to the commu
nity of Brooklandville.
July 22,—4t* _
R. R. Boarman,
attorney at law
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
Smedley Row, opposite Court House,
TOWSONTOWN.
WILL promptly attend to all business en
trusted to his care.
Jan. 18.—tf
HOWARD MUNNIKHUYSEN,
A TTORNET AT LAW,
4rSt. Paul St., Baltimore,
PRACTICES in the Courts of Baltimore city
iMid Baltimore and Harfard Counties.
Prompt attention given to the collection of
fl %rhdrof CLAIMS.
SOLDIERS BOUNTIES,
PENSIONS,
AND BACK PAY,
tm* Attended to and Collected with despatch.
May 27.—3m.*
LB WIS H. WBKILKR. WILLIAM S. KEECH
WTmeler & Keech,
attorneys a$ law
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Office No. 1 and 2 Smedley Row, Towsontown-
HAVING formed a PARTNERSHIP for the
practice of Law, will give piompt atten
tion to the collection of claims and business in
cenerul in the Orphans’Courtand Circuit Court
for Baltimore county.
Aug. 2 T, 1859—tf
X, W. Tbmplkmaw. Cbas. J. Piiwwton
Wm.H. Shiplbt.
Agents for sale of Maryland rands, •
Office (p stairs) No. 48 Lexington at., Baltimore.
B. W. Templeman, & Co.,
OFFER their services to the public for the
Sale of FarmS, and Real Estate generally.
Th*y have, as Surveyors, a general knowledge
•f the lands of parts of the State, and unusual
facilities otherwise for the transaction of such
business. Plats and descriptions of all prop
erties they may have for sale, will be kept in
book form. Parties wishing to sell or purchase
will please communicate by letter as above.
Oct. M.—ly
All Persons Indebted
mO the late Baltimore County Advocate, either
1 Jo J 5. F. Church, or Church A Haverstick,
are respectfully requested to call at the Union
office and settle their hills.
Fob. 18.—tf
kAl&f ol i
farm, the wife to take charge of the dairy
Inquire at this Qfficc. Aug. s.— it*
Mu. Cdinttg Ink.
(A Consolidation of the American and
Advocate,)
IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
HAVERSTICK S UDNGHECKERS.
(l. m. uaverstick, h. c. a j. b. longxbcker,)
AT
$2.00 PER ANNUM, In Advance.
No paper discontinued until all arrear
ages are paid, unless at the option of the Pub
lishers. A failure to notify its discontinuance
will bo considered a renewal of subscription.
RATES OF ADVERTISING •
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advertisement inserted for less than
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>S©_M<arriages and Deaths inserted free of
charge, except when accompanied by quotations
or remarks, for which the usual price of adver
tising will be charged.
By consolidating the two Baltimore county
papers, tho UNION ha 3 the largest circulation of
any county paper in tho State, and thus offers
superior advantages to advertisers.
JOB WORK:
Our office, besides one of Hoe’s best Power
Presses, is furnished with a good Job Press and
all the necessary materials for executing plain
and fancy Job Printing with neatness and dis
patch.
HANDBILLS
Of all sizes and styles printed at short notico
and on good terms.
Magistrate's and Collector’s Blanks, Deeds,
and all kinds of Publie Papers always on hand
at the office.
County Advertisements.
REMOVAL.
GEORGE STEIBER,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER,
TOWSONTOWN, MD.,
r Jfe.
HEREBY informs the citizens of Towson
towu and vicinity, that lie has removed
his Boot and Shoe establishment from his re
cent place of business, to the building adjoin
ing the post office and store of Mr. Nelson Coop
or, where he will in the future be pleased to see
all his friends and customers.
I keep constantly on hand a varied assort
ment of Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Ac., for either
Ladies, Gentlemen or Children,
ALL OF MY OWN MANUFACTURE,
which will be found as durable, and cheaper
than can bo procured in the city of Baltimore.
I return my thanks for the very liberal pa
tronage I have heretofore received, and I will
endeavor, by attention to business, and moder
ate charges, to merit a continuance of the same.
b GEORGE STEIBER.
April I.—6m. _~j
History of the Rebellion.
HEADLEY’S HISTORY OF THE WAR.
THE undersigned having procured an agen
cy for this valuable work for a portion of
Baltimore and Harford counties will in a very
short time visit the people of the county solic
iting subscriptions therefor. It will be a true
and faithful history of events as they have trans
pired since April 1861, until nearly to the pres
ent time.
It will be published in two vols. at $3.50 each
the first of which will soon be delivered, and
the second immediately after tho close of the
war. Each volume will contain many pages of
illustrations of Battle scenes, and over forty por
traits of officers prominent in the war, both
North and South.--
Volume I, containing 506 pages, is already
prepared, and will be delivered by the Agents
after finishing the canvass in their several lo
calities. Volume II will be issued as soon as
practicable after the close of the war, and will
contain about 700 pages, or more, if necessary
to complete the History.
EDWARD N. TYRRELL.
June 3,1865. —ly.
FRANK L. MORLING,
FLORIST, SEEDSMAN AND
NURSERYMAN,
Store No. 2 N. Eutavo Street, Baltimore,
Nurseries on the Hookstown Road Adjoin
ing Druid Hill Park,
WOULD invite the attention of the citizens
of the countv, to his Stock of \
fU GARDEN SEEDS,
p FLOWER SEEDS,MBhEk&F
FRUIT TREES,
APE VINES, and all SMALL FRUITS.
EVERGREEN
AND
ORNAMENTAL SHADE TREES,
Green House, Hot House and Hardy Plants,
Roses and Flowering Shrubs.
I will be prepared at all times to furnish ev
any thing in my line of trade.
June 3,1865. —ly.
Ladies’ & Childrens’
SHOES So GAITERS.
JAMES PHIPPS,
EESPECTFULLY informs the citizens of
Towsontown and vicinity, that he manu
factures to order at his residence at the new
Toll Gate, on the York road, in Towsontown,
LADIES’ and CHILDRENS’ SHOES AND GAI
TERS, of every description, oftlie best mate
rial, neat, and cheap as can be procured in the
city. REPAIRING promptly executed* \ \
respectfully solicit a share of public
patronage. JAMES PHIPPS.
Jul 29.—6 t. f r...q p|
DRUG STORE
IN
TOWSONTOWN.
fTIHE Subscriber respectfully informs
_L the residents of Baltimore county, yy
that he has opened aDRUG AND APOTH
ECARY STORE in Towsontown, where he in
tends keeping a carefully selected Stock of
Pure & Genuine Drugs, Medicines,
and all articles usually kept in a well-regulat
ed DRUG STORE, at city prices. Also,
Paints, Oils, Varnish, Brushes, Window
Glass, Stationery, Perfumery, and
Notions of every Description.
RICHARD WILLIS,
June 17.—3 m. Towsontown, Md.
WHEELWRIGHTING
IN
TOWSONTOWN.
T ll E undr - easssassvi
JL signed l> ° ,r 'Wiif! ifr
jgjpMing taken *
shop adjoining that of Mr. Alex. Parlctt, would
most respectfully inform the publie that he is
prepared to execute all work in his line as
cheap as it can be done elsewhere.
kauSpecial attention given to repairing of
all kinds. PHILIP EDLER.
May 20.—tf.
House, Sign, and Fancy Painting.
HENRY L. BOWEN
TOWSONTOWN,
IS prepared to execute all work in hUline
such as ;
GLAZING, GRAINING, GILDING,
IMITATION OF WOOD AND MARfiLfc, to.;
All of which will be done promptly, ! and on
the most reasonable terms.
April 7, IB6o.—tf
TOWSONTOWN, MD., SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1865.
County Advertisements .
WARREN STORE, =
In the Thriving Little Village of
WARREN.
GREAT REDUCTION OF PRICES IN ALL
KINDS OF GOODS.
THE proprietors of the “Warren Store” are
offering great inducements to tho citizens
of this neighborhood, that is worthy of their
attention. We offer to the public the best se
lection of goods that can be found in any store
in the country, and will guarantee to sell them
at less than city retail prices. All goods sold
here warranted as represented or the money
refunded. Our stock consists in part of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HARDWARE,
CHINA WARE,
CROCKERYWARE,
EARTHENWARE,
.STONEWARE,
GLASSWARE,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS, CAPS,
DRUGS, DYE STUFFS, OIL AND TAINTS,
MEDICINES, GLASS, PUTTY, WHITE
LEAD, LINSEED A NEATS FOOT
OIL, PARAPHINE OIL, KER
OSENE OIL, MACHINE
OIL, MACKEREL,
HERRINGS, BA
CON, HAMS,
BREAST PIECES, SHOULDERS, G. A. SALT,
Fine Salt, Flour, Corn Meal, Mill Feed, Hom
ony Buck Wheat,
TIN AND WOODEN WARES,
Brooms, Ropes, Plow Lines, Shoe Findings,
Wrot Nails, Cut Nails, Spikes, Rivets, and eve
ry article that may to found in a well regulat
ed country store.
COUNTRY PRODUCE
of all kinds taken in exchange for goods at
eity prices.
H. P. THOMAS,
For Warren Manufacturing Company.
Feb. 18. —ly.
SUMMER BOARDING HOUSE!
SMEDLEY HOUSE HOTEL
AT
TOWSONTOWN, MD.
ASK
CHRIS. SHAW, ) Proprietors.
MARION I.ANGDON, j Proprietors.
fpHIS large and popular Hotel, having pass
i ed into new hands, has received various
repairs andimprovoments and is now open for
the entertainment of guests. It is the deter
mination of the Proprietors to maintain its
past reputation as a SUMMER BOARDING
IIOUSEj'ks well as a House for the accomrno*
dation of all transient patronage. The rooms
are large and well furnished, with bath rooms
convenient; the Table and Bar are well sup
plied ; good Stabling is provided, and tho sur
rounding grounds are beautiful.
Mr. Shaw is well known for years past as the
Sroprietor of the popular “Cottage Saloon” on
[igh Street, Baltimore.
May 20.—3 m.
Baltimore & towsontown
RAILWAY.
ON an after Monday, JUNE 16th, 1865, cars
will
LEAVE BALTIMORE EVERY HOUR,
In the Charles Street Cars, corner of Baltimore
and North streets,
FROM 7 A. M TO 7 P M., except 12 M.
And will Uave
CORNER EAST AND ENSOR STS., Old Town,
EVERY HOUR,
FROM 7.15 A. M. TO 7.15 P. M.,
Except at 12.15 noon.
The cars connect at North Boundary Avenue.
LEAVE TOWSONTOWN EVERY HOUR,
FROM 6 A. M. TO 7 P. M., except at 12 M.
A car will leave the corner of EAST AND
ENSOR STREETS at 11 P. M.
June. 10.—tf A. D. SANKS, Agent.
SWEET AIR STAGE.
Change of Time-
FOR the Bummer season the Stage will run
daily, (Sundays excepted,) as follows, com
meneing Monday, May 22d :
Leaves SWEET AIR every morning at
6 o'clock, arriving at Towsontown in time to
connect with the 9 o’clock Car. On Mail days,
(Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.) will
leave TOWSONTOWN at 9 o’clock, arriving at
Sweet Air about 12 o’clock. On Mondays, Wed
nesdays and Fridays will leave TOWSON
TOWN at 5 o'clock P.M., arriving at Sweet Air
about 7J o’clock P. M.
EDWARD G. PEARCE.
May 20.
Catonsville Railway.
Spring and Summer Arrangement.
/~YN and after Monday, May Ist, 1865, cars
U will run HOURLY
FROM 7 A. M. TO 7 PM., and at 9 P. M. daily
SUNDAY'S excepted. On Sunday’s
HOURLY FROM 7 A. M., to 9 P. M.
PASSENGERS TO AND FROM ELLICOTT’S
MILLS Will leave daily, Sundays included, at
7, 9 and 11 A. M., and 2, 4 and 6 P. M.
Office west end of Baltimore street.
WM. W. ORNDORFF, Secretary.
April 29.—tf
coachmaking
AND
UNDERTAKING,
THE subscriber respectfully informs his
friends, and the public generally, that he
■mm sm is prepared to execute at his shop
Towsontown, at the intersec
tion of the York Turnpike and Jop
pa Road, every description of
Wheelwrighting, Coaclimakiug, &c.
He will manufacture to ordor, Carriages, Bug
gies, Roekaways, Carryalls, Ac. Old Carriages
repaired and painted at short notice.
Also, keeps constantly on hand, (and made
to order at the shortest notice,) every style and
description of
COFFINS,
and having provided himself with a HEARSE,
he is prepared to attend funerals at all times.
All work warranted to give satisfaction.
GEO. H. HUGHS.
April 15, 1864.—tf.
ntEJSTCIi CLOTHS,
CASSIMERS OF ALL KINDS,
SILK MARSEILLES.
And all kinds of Vest Patterns,
Scarfs, Neckties and Collars,
Handkerchiefs, TravellingShirtß, Linen Bosom
Shirts, Linen Bosoms, (all qualities and
prices,) White Muslins and Linens
For Shirting, Ac., for sale
Wholesale and Retail.
ALL KINDS OF
TAILORS, TRIMMINGS,
Together with READY-MADE CLOTHING,
As cheap as can be procured in the city.
AUGUST LOOSE,
Merchant Tailor,
Opposite Ady's Hotel, Towsontown.
Feb. 25.—tf-
Auctioneer.
r FYIHE undersigned having taken out a Gov
-1 ernment License for sth as well as the 2d
Congressional District, is prepared to attend
salek in any part of Baltimore or Harford coun
ties, or any other portion of said Districts, ex
dept Baltimore city.
Having removed from Sweet Air tc
j Towsontown, persons having business with me
Will please address me at Towsontown, or ap
ply to Mr. Church, Advocate Office, Mr. Long
; neeker A Sons, American Office, or Mr. Nelson
i Cooper, a* his store.
SAMUEL G. WILSON,
1 Dt. s.—(Alt Towsontowi Md.
Jtkft ffwtqr.
f HOME BRIGHT AND PDEASNT.
More than building ihowy mansions—
More than dress and fine array—
, More than domes and lofty steeples—
. More than station, power and sway ;
Make your home both neat and tasteful,
! Bright and pleasant, always fair ;
I Where each heart shall rest contented,
. Grateful for each beauty there.
Mole than lofty, swelling titles—
More than Fashion’s ’luring glare—
-1 More than Mammon's gilded honors—
-1 More than thought can well compare ;
See that home is made attractive
By surroundings pure and bright;
Shrubs, arranged with taste and order,
Flowers, with all their sweet delight.
Seek to make your home most lovely,
I.et it be a smiling spot,
Where, in sweet contentment resting,
Care and sorrow are forgot;
When flowers and trees are waving,
Birds will sing their sweetest song ;
Where the purest thoughts will linger,
Confidence and love belong.
Make your home a little Eden,
Imitate her smiling bowers ;
Let a neat and smiling cottage
Stand among bright trees and flowcr9.
There, what fragrance and what brightness
Will each blooming rose display 1
Here, a simple vine-clad arbor
Brightens through each summer day.
There each heart will rest contented,
Seldom wishing e’er to roam ;
Or, if roaming, still will cherish
Mem’ries of that pleasant home.
Such a home makes man the better;
Sweet and lasting its control—
Home, with bright and pure surroundings,
Leaves its impress on the soul.
IgtolkttMttjS.
The Farmers “Door Yard.”
“ What a nice front yard you have,” said
a young fanner to a friend of ours a few
days since. “You have the most beautiful
flowers I have ever seen.”
Part of this may have been mere com
pliment, as the “door yard” in question will
not compare with an ordinary suburban lawn
and garden. But as it happened to be a
farmer's door yard, and is not utterly ne
glected, it called forth the remark we have
quoted.
The young man is the eldest son of one
of the most successful farmers in the neigh
borhood. Coming to tho “Genesee Coun
try” when it was to the resident of the
Eastern States as far “ West ” as Kansas
is now, he cleared a farm, raised a large
family and gave them an excellent educa
tion. He has plenty of apples, cherries and
peaches, and we are not sure that he has
not what is quite rare in a farmer’s garden,
a good patch of the best varieties of straw
berries and raspberries. The house is de
lightfully situated, with some noble decid
uous trees and fine evergreens surrounding
it. The young ladies are fond of flowers,
and succeed pretty well with their annuals.
There is a bell on the front door, a piano in
the parlor, with half a dozen or so oil paint
ings on the walls, the work of one of the
daughters. Ten different periodicals are
taken and a pleasanter country home is sel
dom found.
Now why should not such a farm have a
well kept lawn, with a few choice shrubs,
evergreens, ornamental trees, <fec. Has he
not land enough ? Can he not afford it ?
What would it cost ? Would not a hun
dred dollars a year be a liberal estimate,
even charging full price for every half hour
uccupied in keeping it in order. We think
fifty dollars a year would convert some of
the unsightly door yards, so frequently seen
in the country, into a delightful lawn. And
there is positively no reason why this is not
done, except that the farmer has never been
in the habit of attending to such things and
has no taste for them. If a man is really
poor, there is some excuse for neglecting
those things which do not afford an imme
diate profit. But we have in all parts of
the country hundreds of thousands of far
mers who can afford to have a nice lawn and
garden if they only desired it. Here is a
farmer who has spent over SIO,OOO in erect
ing a house. His “ door yard " is—well,
no better than his neighbors. Perhaps he
would be talked about if it was. A big house
is allowable in the country, but the agricul
tural Mrs. Grundy would be horrified should
a farmer pay much attention to ornamental
grounds. But what is the good of the big
house with its neglected “ door yard ?”
Does the good wife feel any happier in it ?
Are the children more comfortable ? Does
it afford any pleasure to the passer-by ?
Would it not have been better to have spent
less on the house and more on the grounds
and garden ? Suppose, instead of spending
SIO,OOO on the house and nothing on the
grounds, he had spent $7,000 on the house
and reserved the $3,000 for making and
keeping up a nice lawn, planting out a few
hedges, making good walks and setting out
ornamental trees. Had he spent SI,OOO ou
his grounds the interest on the remaining
two thousand would have kept them in good
order. Would not such a course have been
better ? Admitting; that it does not pay,
we would ask how much the extra $2,000
invested in the house pays. It not only
brings in nothing, but requires more money
to furnish the rooms, &c. And in case you
want to sell it, who would not prefer to have
had the money invested in setting out trees,
&c., than in the house ?
Not many months since arich gentleman
in one of the Eastern Cities, wanted to buy
a farm for his son. He preferred Western
New York. He was willing to pay any sum
from $20,000 to $60,000, if he could get
such a farm and buildings as he wanted.—
But he wanted everything ready to his
hands—a pleasant house, good buildings,
and well laid out grounds, roads, &c. We
were asked where there was such a farm in
this section that could be purchased; and
we were obliged to confess that we did not
know of any in this neighborhood that would
fill the conditions. We have many farms
in a good state of cultivation, many good
houses, but where do you find well laid out
grounds ? We are confident that there are
farms where a thousand dollars spent ten
years ago in judicious planting, with a hun
dred dollars a year in keeping up the grounds
would have added, in this case at least,
from five to ten thousand dollars to the val
ue of the farm. But this is not the main
reason for attending to these matters. We
want farmers to make pleasant homes for
their children. This young mau who ad
i mired a “ door yard ” kept a little better
than is generally found on farms, is already
anxious to leave his father and go to the
city. He thinks farming nothing but hard
work, and sighs for some pleasanter occu
pation. We think he had better stay on
the farm. A man who gets an honest liv
' ing in the city has to work just as hard a,s
farmers, but he does not realize thiß, and it
must be confessed that we find, even amoDg
thoss in moderate circumstances, pleasant
er homes in the suburbs of our cities, than
in the country. This need not be. A far
mer can make his home pleasant to himself
and attractive to his children. Agriculture
- needs intelligent young men, and especial
-1 ly intelligent farmers’ sons. We must make
d farming more agreeable. But this is a sub
ject we cannot discuss at this time. What
we now wish to urge upon our readers is the
o importance of paying more attention to
e their grounds around the‘house.— Genesee
'* Farmer.
L ■ ■ -
n •iT'D) speak the truth is tho privilege of
a freeman ; but to do it roundly and plain
ly is hjs glory.
Letter from A. Ward, Jr.
Canady, Joon 24th, 1865.
Onct more I stau on the Nootral Shores
ova forrin land.
Ef I waz on me Oth I should hev to cuss
that I hev stood in vastly better places.—
Bather.
I kin very prop’ly say that Canady air
the larst ditch for sum of theßebil leaders.
It air the Assilum ov subjoogated shiv
ilry & other murderers. That’s wot Ales
Canady.
Sanders and Tucker ar here. So’s Doc
tor Blackburn.
The Doctor has opend a Ole Cloze Shop
in Montryall. He offers steep prices fer
the carstorf Clothin ov those pussons who’s
gone dejunck an died with the small pocks
& Yaller fever. An I’m tole he dus a live
ly biziness in this line The Doctor’s not
the luvliest cuss I ever sot eyes onto.—
Skurcely. There’s a site better men sarvin
out a terra ov 13£ years in the States Priz
on for hiway hoss stealin in.the fust degree.
Ef I had bin cortin a lUvly Lass for the
short period ovIO years—a lass with much
8100 eyes and a bushil ov sumbody else’s
back hair, inkloodin a three-cornered bon
nit—an ef I had arskt her to jine her for
choon 2 mine till Mr. Deth did us part, &
this sweet maid, with Hevingbeemin in her
countenants and a piece ov donut in her
mouth, wood unto me reply,—“No, derned
ef Ido! so there, you old fool!” wharupon
I wood becum water melankolly, & lose me
appetite for wittles, and wish to shovel orf
this morkal koil, as me frend Wm. has it—
I repeet, ef all tins wood happin to the un
dorsined, wot do you spose he’d do—plunge
a gleemin hoss pistil to the hilt in his iu
nersent Buzzim ?
Nary a plunge.
I woodn’t go back on meself. I’m aposed
to Soozysidism as a scients. But these air
what I wood do, vizly: I wood crave per
mission to room with Doctor Blackburn one
nite !
An ef I got up in the mornin without dis
kiverin myself in Eternity—wharever those
is—it wood be a Merrikle !
Sanders, he’s lofin around tho St. Law
rents tavern drinking 14 sent whisky and
ritin proclamashuns. I understan he occa
sionally visits New York, disguised as.a
barril ov soft sope.
This is reliable ef troo.
Sander’s morrils is low. Him and Black
burn is about Ditto in those respeck. Cum
to think on it tho, I guess Sandy is a few
dittoester. In short, he’s fit fer treeson,
strattyjims an Penny Polk. The Kernucks
& other Knucks here don’t think consider
able ov him. They is not hily flattered by
his presents.
Beverly Tucker is a sun ov ole Dan Tuck
er, the anshent chap who was always late
about cumin to his afternoon grub. (Vide
the song books.) When Beverly was only
sweet 18, ole Dan kickt him out for’tempt
iu to elope with 1 ov his femail negro slaves.
Arfter this Bev. went from bad to worse,
an the ciimbacks waz effectooally Capt. by
ole Mrs. Buckannon pinting him a forrin
ministry.
Air it enny wonder that he’s now sech a
degraded cuss ? Wethinks I hearyou say—
“ Not a wonder !”
I’ve convareed with these 3 worthies.—
Although Sanders is putty windy he’s ruth
er chopfallen. I found him setten on the
curbstun in front of the St. Lawrents. The
landlord had just histed him out ov the dore
ou the toe of his boot fer not settlin for his
back bord.
“ Wal, Sandy,” sez I, faseshusly punchin
him in the back with me cane, “howair
you Fixt?
“ O, tol-lol,” sez he.
“ How’s your yoor Confederacy ?” I que
ried agin.
“O, so so. Things look a little bloo at
present, but it’s all for the best. Rich
mon was ov no importance to us. The sur
render of Lee and Johnson was antycipa
ted from the fust. The back ov the Rebel
yun ar not bruk much in Canady. We can
show our rele strength. The capter ov our
Christiu President was ablessin in disgise.
“ 2 troo,” sez I, “ but the Blessin wasn’t
disguised enuffly. It, he, or she was cloth
ed in too much boots and spurs and not
enuff crinnerline an waterfalls. Isn’t that
so, Sandy?” givin him another punch.
He aricst me ef I wouldn’t loan him a
clean shirt. *
Ov corse I generishly refoosed.
“Im expectin another remitance ova few
thousand dollars from me frend B. Wood.
I owe me washerwoman 30 dolls., but I in
tend to go back on her. I havn’t had me
bitters since three hours ago. Carn’t you
lend a feller a V ?”
“ Nary aY. I never guv ade and com
fort to the Rebelyun, an don’t thing I shall
at these late day. Not ef I know it.”
Those was my answer.
I left Sanders and called on Dr. Black
burn.
“ Hello Blacky!” was my corjul greetin
as I entered his little shop—“how’s the
2nd handed clothin bisness ?”
“ Tip top,” sez he. “Trade is very thri
vin. With an occashunal thouson from
' Mr. Wood, I alius hav a lot of spondoolicks
on hand. Five families died with the small
Pobks this mornin, and already thare Close
is packt in a trunk an on the road 2 New
York. & I have engaged the bed clothin
of seven families who air expected to di
with the yaller fever to-morro. Yes, biz
ness is glorious J”
An the speckled cuss gleefully rubbed his
hands, as tho he waz engagd in as honora
ble a vocashun as sheep stealin. I felt mad
enuff to go behind him an kick him.
Ever thine,
A Ward, Jr.
A Dark Gloomy Bridal.
We have heard pf some scenes, but rare
ly encountered anything so utterly deficient
in sunshine and whitewash as the following.
It reads like a yard of crape :
Gloom was on her countenance and upon
his. The man whose holy office it was to
unite them in bonds, never to bp torn asun
der stood like an executor before the bride
and bridegroom, and they—the pair waiting
to be blessed—bent down their heads like
criminals before him. In vain might the
eye wander about the assembly in search
of sunshine upon a single countenance ; all
was dreary black—and assistance as well
as attendants -at the ceremony, were
alike shrouded in one dark, overshadowing
pall of rayloss gloom.r- Ah 1 joyful should
ever be the linking of young hearts togeth
er ; and terrible must be the feelings of
those around whom the shadows of fate are
gathering, even at the threshold, which
should blaze in all their gorgeous coloring
of hope and promise. Yet the same sombre
shade, the same gloom of hue, the depth
of darkness, was seated upon every feature.
No sudden blushing of the rose no swift
succeeding lily, no fitful changes telling of
youthful passion, and warm bright hope,
were seen on that bride’s cheek, but one
unwavering shade of funeral possessed the
r preacher—in fact they were all possessed,
i Reader they were intelligent contrabands.
i fiTA travelling tinker was one day ex
• patiating rather largely in the bar-room of
; a country tavern, upon bis skill in supply
i ing all kind of damaged drinking vessels
> with handles, warranted to make them far
j more durable than the original appendages ;
when he was suddenly nonplussed by a
word from an old soldier, who poking his
f scarred and noseless physiognemy over the
- counter, bluntly inquired :—“What would
it coßt to put a new handle on my mug ?
Occupation of Women in England.
“ But it must be granted, that, if the em
-3 ployments to which American women are
compelled to resort are often severe, and
3 less remunerative than they ought to be,
■ they are by no means so unsuited to the sex
as some which women are forced into in
r other countries. Only a few years ago many
. thousands of females were working under
■ ground in the English coal-mines. When
) laws were enacted to abolish this unsuita
ble employment, they still continued to work
■ at the mouth of the mine, and are thus em
ployed at this moment. They labor in the
coke-works and coal-pits ; they receive the
* ores at the pit’s mouth, aud dress and sort
i them.
i “So far exceeding masculine strength
■ and endurance are the tasks imposed on
; thousands of English dairy-women, that
■ they constitute a special class of patients
with the medical faculty,—pining and per
ishing under maladies arising entirely from
. over-fatigue and insufficient rest.
“There are multitudes of women in Liv
erpool who work daily on the farms around
i that city. They walk four or five miles to
the scene of their toil, where they are re
quired to be by six in the summer mouths
and seven in the winter. They work all
day at the severest agricultural labor, wield
ing a heavy, clumsy hoe, digging potatoes,
grubbing up stones from the soil, stooping
on the ground in weeding, and compelled
even to the unfeminine and offensive em
' ployment of spreading manure. For a day’s
work at what men alone should be required
to do, they receive but a shilling ! Then,
worn out with fatigue, having eaten little
more than tho crust they brought with them
—for what more can be afforded by one who
earns only a shilling a day ?—they drag
themselves back at nightfall over the in
creasingly weary miles which they traversed
in the morning. What comforts can fall
to the lot of such ? What a domestic life
must such unhappy creatures lead !
“ There are yet others, in that land which
boasts of its high civilization, who live by
carrying to the city immense loads of sand
for sixpence a day,—harder work than car
rying a hod. Other women may be daily
seen collecting fresh manure along the
streets and docks of Liverpool.
“In certain rooms of the great English
cotton-mills, the high temperature main
tained there often compels the women to
work in a half-naked condition. This con
stant exposure of one half the body speed
ily destroys all feminine modesty. Added
to this is an extreme, but unavoidable, filth
iness of person. These poor creatures part
with their health almost as quickly as with
their modesty. They become hollow-cheek
ed and pale, while their coarse laugh and
gestures indicate a deep demoralization.”—
Needle and Garden in Atlantic Monthly.
Vegetable Instincts.
A tree which is fond ofwater, when plant
ed near some brook will set off all its prin
cipal roots in that direction. How does it
know the water to be there ? And how
does it know that it will be able to reach
the border of it ? To say, in popular phrase,
that the water attracts the roots in that di
rection, is to invent a new and very remark
able sort of attraction that pulls at roots
in fhe ground, and turns them out at the
point of starting—is a something created
to account for the fact in question, which
is even more difficult than the fact itself.
Mr. Madison, for example, had an aqueduct
of logs, which, in reaching, his house, pass
ed by a tree especially fond of water, at a
considerable distance from it. Abreast of
the tree there was an auger hole in the log
that had been filled with a plug of soft
wood. Exactly thitherward the tree sent
off a long stretch of roots, which forced
their way through the plug, choking up the
passage, and were found there drinking
like so many thirsty animals. Was it then
the soft wood plug that attracted these
roots ? It certainly should be, on the at
traction principal; the water was just as
near at other points as here.
It is said that a strawberry planted in
sand, with good earth a little way off, will
turn its runners all in the latter direction,
and if the good earth is too far off to be
reached, the plant will make no effort on
that side more than on the other—which is
equivnlent to the saying that the plant has,
in its life-principle, an instinct of measure
ment. It does not measure the ground and
then itself, and then compare the two ; but
it has an adaptive power by which, without
comparison, it graduates its action by its
possibilities.
Notes on Overwork.
Unwise above many is the man who con
siders every hour lost which is not spent in
reading, writing, or in study, and not more
rational is she who thinks every moment
of her time lost which does not find her
sewing. We once heard a man advise that
a book of some kind be carried in the pock
et, to be used in case of an unoccupied mo
ment—such was his practice. He died ear
ly and fatuous. There are women who, af
ter a hard day’s work, will sit and sew by
candle or gaslight until their eyes are al
most blinded, or until certain pains about
the shoulders come on, which are almost
insupportable, and are only driven to bed
by physical incapacity to work any longer.
The sleep of the overworked, like that of
those who do not work at all, is unsatisfy
ing and unrefreshing, and both alike wake
up in weariness, sadness, and laguor, with
an inevitable result, both dying premature
ly. Let no one work in pain or weariness.
When a man is tired, he ought to lie down
until he is fully rested, when, with renova
ted strength, the work will be better done
done the sooner, and done with a self-sus
tained alacrity. The time taken from sev
en or eight hours’ sleep out of each twen
ty-four is time not gained, but time much
more than lost; we can cheat ourselveß,
but we can not cheat nature. A certain
amount of food is necessary to a healthy
body, but if less than that amount be fur
nished, decay commences the very hour.—
It is the same' with sleep ; any one who
persists in allowing himself less than Na
ture requires will only hasten his arrival
at the mad-house or the grave.
Government Farms in Maryland,
The lands taken possession of by the
Government as farms for the freedmen in
St. Mary’s county, in this State, constitute
some thirty thousand acres, on the Patux
ent, which belonged to Col. Sothoron and
Joseph Forrest. They are tilled by some
seven or eight hundred freedmen, in Gov
ernment employ—the whole under charge
of Lieut E. F. O’Brieu, as superintendent
for the bureau of refugees, freedmen and
1 abandoned lands. Twenty-two hundred
acres of rich land are now under cultiva
■ tion, mostly in corn and tobacco, and the
1 crops promise well. The field-hand receives
f $lO per month, while the “gangsman,” a
i colored man at the head of 25 or 30 others,
* gets sls. The dependents, or those who
* 1 are unable to perform any labor, receive
* their rations and clothing, the children be
* ing sent to Bcbool to a teacher engaged for
the purpose. Delinquencies in labor are
- punished by deductions from wages, and
f strict discipline is enforced.
3 Honors to Lincoln. —The Argentine
r Republic of Sonth America, through its
; National Congress, has ordered the em
a ployees of the Government to wear mourn
s ing for three days in honor of Mr. Lin
o coin, and the Legislature of Buenos Ayres
i had concluded to call the next town to be
” founded, Lincoln.
NO. 33.
Rules for Home Education.
I. From your children’s earliest infancy
i inculcate the necessity of instant obedience.
1 2. Unite firmness with gentleness. Let
your children always understand that you
: mean exactly what you say.
3. Never promise anything unless you
are sare you can give them what you prom
ise.
4. Ifyou tell a child to do anything,
show him bow to do it, and see that it is
done.
5. Always punish your children for wil
fully disobeying yon, but never punish in
anger.
6. Never let them perceive that they
can vex you or make you lose your self
command.
7. If they give way to petulance and tem
per, wait till they are calm, and then gent
ly reason with them on the impropriety of
their conduct.
8. Remember that a little present pun
ishment, when the occasion arises, is much
more effectual than the threatening of a
greater punishment should the fault be re
newed.
9. Never give your children anything
because they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them to do at
one time what you have forbidden, under
any circumstances, at another.
11. Teach them that the only sure and
easy way to appear good is to be good.
12. Accustom them to make their little
recitals the perfect truth.
13. Never allow of tale-bearing.
14. Teach them that self-denial, not self
indulgence, is the appointed and sure meth
od of securing happiness.
Large Incomes. —Among our wealthiest
citizens are Mayor Swann, with an income
rising half a million ; John W. Garrett,
$82,000; H. S. Garrett, $79,000; Thomas
C. Jenkins, $70,000; Enoch Pratt, $54,000;
Mrs. Paterson, $25,000; estate of Wm. Mc-
Donald, rising $100,000; Samuel Appold,
$50,000; H. Woods, Jr., $50,000; 0. K.
Cameron, $44,000; A; S. Abell, $27,000;
E. A. Clabaugh, $32,000; Wm. E. Wood
year, $23,000; Wm. Schley, $20,000; Johns
Hopkins, $20t),000; W. H. Baldwin, $50,-
000; G. W. Gail, $54,000; Christian Ax,
$29,000; W. J. Albert, $500,000; R. H.
Hawley, $40,000 and many others with in
comes ranging from SIO,OOO to $25,000,
and $40,000.
A statement of internal, revenue returns
r eceived on account of annual assessment
for the year 1864, by S. D. McGonkey, As
sistant Assessor for tho Fourth division,
Third district, included iu the Eleventh
ward Baltimore city, shows:
Whole number of returns received 1,100
No. incomes returned from $5,000 to $20,000 15S
“ “ $20,000 to $40,000 39
“ “ $40,000 to $60,000 9
“ “ $60,000 to SBO,OOO 8
“ “ SBO,OOO to SIOO,OOO 2
One return received of $108,267 being
the largest in the Division. Silver ware
returned to the amount of 76,174 ounces
Troy; largest return of silver ware by one
person, 1,994 ounces Troy; number of gold
watches returned, 1,196. Whole amount of
taxes due the United States, as per. above
assessments, $374,430,52, a very large in
crease over previous year’s returns.
The above doe 3 not include licenses.—
Balto. Gazette.
How to Succeed in Businf^s. —Ricarrd’s
rules were : 1. Cut short your losses. 2.
Let your pofits run on. In order to do this,
one must have experience—and to avoid a
too costly experience, begin small. Feel
your way. Bonaparte when in Egypt he
and many of his officers were riding out in
a dark evening on the sea beach, where it
was very wide. Suddenly the tide came in
rapidly, and the water grew every moment
deeper where their horses stood ; they could
not see which way was dry land, they be
came alarmed and bewildered, and destruc
tion threatened them. Boneparte seemed
never to fail for an expedition. He order
ed all to form a circle with horses’ heads
outward. They did so. He now ordered
all to ride ahead; if any found the water
growing deeper, they were] to turn about;
if any one found it growing shallower, they
were to ride on and all the rest to follow.
This brought them to dry land. It is so
with business. Proceed cautiously in differ
ent directions; if failure results wheel about;
if success attends go ahead. This is the
way to carry out Ricard’s rules, “Cut short
your losses —let your profits run on.”
The Future of Georgia. —A private let
ter received in this city from a gentleman
in Savannah says he is strongly of opinion
that a few years will disclose a wonderful
rnd profitable change in the condition,
both temporal and spiritual, of that part
ot the country. Georgia resources are but
beginning to be developed; not the three
hundredth part of her soil has been tilled.
She has the finest yellow pine timber in
the country. Her mineral wealth is hardly
touched. Iron and bituninous coal abound;
copper, lead and silver and gold are found.
War has done much towards breaking np
the supineness of a large portion of her
people. Good farming can take from two
to three crops off the same land the same
season, with less labor than it costa to pro
duce one in the North. Land is bought at
from $5 to $25 per acre, and large tracts
at lower prices. White marble of fine qual
ity is abundant; slate equal to that of
Wales. Many of Sherman’s army while in
Georgia, expressed a determination to re
turn and settle in it.
Franklin Asking for Work. —When a
youth, Franklin went to London, entered a
printing office, and inquired if he could get
employment.
“Where are you from ?” asked tho fore
man.
“America,” was the reply.
“Ah,” said the foreman, “from Amorica!
A lad from America seeking employment
as a printer! Well do you really under
stand the art of printing ? Can you set
type ?”
Franklin stepped up to one of the cases,
and in a very brief space of time set up the
following passage from the first chapter of
John :
“Nathaniel saith unto him, can any good
thing come out of Nazareth ? Philip saith
uuto him, come aud see.”
It was done so quickly, so accurately,
and contained a delicate reproof so appro
priate and powerful, that it at once gave
him character and standing with all in the
office.
A Good One.— The following is reported
os having happened in Bristol county:
A witty clergyman, accosted by an old
acquaintance of the name of Cobb, replied ;
“I don’t know you sir.”
“My name is Cobb,” rejoined the man,
who was about half seas over.
“Ah, sir,’’ replied the clergyman, “you
have so much of tho corn on you that I did
not see tho cob.”
i mtw
An Affectionate Husband. —There is
an undertaker in Newborn who is also an
I embalmer, and when his wife died he exer
cised his art upsn her remaius in his best
style, and now keeps her in his room to ex
i hibit as a specimen of his art, tapping her
3 upon the fore-head to show its firmness,
. aud saying, “This is all there is of my poor
. Betsy.”
s <g“lle who admits that he has a secret to
5 keep has by so doing revealed one half of
it, and the other will soon follow.