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JANE O. SWISSHELM,
ST CLOUD DEMOCRAT
OFFICE ON THE WESTERN BANK OF THE
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EDITOR.
S E E N I E
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
ST. CLOUD,
Lower Town.
Will make collections, invest money, buy,
sell or loan land Warrants, and enter purchase
or dispose of Real Estate.
A E S E
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
S OLOTJ3D,
Lower Town.
Will make collections, invest money, buy,
soil or loan Land Warrants, and enter, purchase
or dispose of Real Estate.
WM. PARSONS,
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
OeriGE WAaUJMOTON AVJBNUB,
Curaer of Monroe Street—Monti's Building
ST. CLOUD Min
E O A N O S E
(Late oi St. Antbony,)
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
GFICE is MCCI.UNQ'S (PUOJSIX) BLOCK,
NJFA& THE BRIDGE.
ST. PAUL Min.
W S. O O E
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
S A RAPIDS Min.
8TKPUEN MILLER. HENRY SWISSHELM
E A E S A E A E N
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA.
TPHE undersigned offer their services to loan
J_ money upon best real estate security and
to purchase and sell property either real or
personal, for a reasonable commission.
They have now for sale, at low prices:
20 quarter sections of good land.
50 lots, (some improved,) in St. Clou.d
20 in Nininger addition to St. Paul.
20 in Nininger city,
10 in Mound city, Illinois.
MILLER & SWISSHELM
St. filoud, May 13, 1858.
ST. ANTHONY BOOK STORE
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
BOOKS, STATIONARY, WALL PAPER,
FISHING TACKLE, POCKET CUTLERY,
FANCY ARTICLE'S, TOYS, &c.
Three doors above the Tremont Hotel.
St. Anthony, J/in.
June, 10, 1858 vollnol3,l
BEEDE & MENDENHALL,
NORTH-WESTERN LAND & COLLECTING
A E N S
I N N E A O I S I N N
J. W METZROTH,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
DEALERthie
Clothing, Cloths, Cassimeres
Vestings, and Gentlemen's Furnishing
goods, eo inspection of which he invites
his friends and the public.
decl0,1857-ly
T. H. BARRETT
Civil Engineer and Surveyor.
g&* Office on First Street, Lower St. Cloud
Maps of all surveyed lands, and plats of al
the leading towns of Northern Minnesota, can
had at all times at my office.
I I N
riVHE undersigned takes this method ol
_L forming those who may have houses
build mills to frame, orcarpentry and joiner
in any or all of its branches, that he is proper
ed to take contracts, and do all kinds of work
in this line, on the most reasonable terms and
in a good, workmanlike manner.
A. E, KUSSEY.
H- Z. MITCHELL, Merchant, Lower St. Cloud,
Has received a large Stock of New Goods,
which he will sell CHEAP for CASH.
From Sharpe's London Magazine.
"THE MAN OVER THE WAY."
BY ALFRED W. COLE.
CONCLUDED.
It was a long time before I recovered
from my surprise at the mysterious inter
view with "The Man over the Way,"—
that he should know all about me and my
affairs was only less extraordinary than that
I should have always felt so strange a cu
riosity regarding him
"There are more things in heaven and earth,
Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your Philosophy,"
said I quoting Hamlet but I got no satis
factory explanation of the matter by such
quotation. The most reasonable supposi
tion seemed to bo that he must have been
incessantly watching me, and this (though
I scarcely knew it) made me watch him,
and feel attracted to him in return. But
the great point, now, was—should 1 follow
his advice and if so, what did the advice
mean?
Work! what did I know about work,
and how was my working to get me Julia
for a wife Certainly I had a dim suspi
cion that the old gentleman might mean,
that if I worked I should improve my in
come, and thus be entitled to ask for her
hand with a better chance of success than
as an idle man with £220 a year. Rather
a slow process 1 feared but what sort of
work was I to perform I had no profes
sion I was unacquainted with any art I
could neither practice law nor medicine
nor could I paint or teach music. I could
write poetry, certainly at least Julia and
I think so but I doubt whether "The
Man over the Way" would call that work.
After three days of reflection, I determ
ined to pay the Man another visit.
"What do you want?" he began, in just
the same tone as before.
"To work," replied I, briefly.
"Good," said he "go and do it."
"But I don't know what to work at—I
have no profession."
"Go and break stones," be replied "the
work houses are empty just now—the roads
want laborers."
I turned away in disgust.
"Can you write!" he asked. "Of course
you can, thocgli, love letters. Its not the
best hand in the world, but it way be im
proved. You had better get a situation as
junior clerk in a merchant's office—no sal
ary the first year, sixty pounds the second,
eighty the third, and so on."
"Thank you said I, very angry. "Even
if I were disposed to do so, I know no mer
cantile house in London.
"I'll get you the situation," was the re
ply. "If you reject it, c'on't come near me
again."
Who shall describe my feelings at this
moment To fancy myself ajcommon clerk
—-me the best dressed man of my means
in town, the most refined in taste, the
greatest hater of everything "business like"
or common—to be a clerk, a snob, a quill
driver! On the other hand, to lose the
strange friend (if I could so call him) be
fore me or be unable to apply for his ad
vice, to lose the chance also of gaining
Julia—for I did think that this would fol
low the rejection of this offer—what should
I do?
"If I accept," said I, after a pause, "will
you guarantee me—"
"Nothing!" was the reply that cut mc
short "I tell you to work, and I offer you
the means of doing so—that's all."
"I accept," cried 1 in desperation.
The Man took a pen and wrote a short
note, which he handed me to read. It
was simply a letter of recommendation for
me, the bearer for employment in the
house of the firm to whom it was addresss
ed.
I handed it back with thanks. wrote
the direction, and gave me the letter. It
was addressed, "Msssrs. Sniggles and Co."
"Why!" exclaimed I, "it's to the father
of—"
"Exactly—so much the better he will
ask you no questions, but give you the sit
uation."
He showed me out of the room and
when I reached the street, I stood still for
a few minutes in perfect bewilderment.—
Could this **Man over the Way"Tiave deal
ings with the devil, that he exercised so
strange an influence over me, and seemed
to guide me as he pleased And then
what could be his connexion with the Snig
gles family that made him so confident of
my procuring the situation through him
I determined to deliver the letter, at all
events.
I made my way to Thames street, where
I am sure I never set foot before. I found
the house of Sniggles and Co. Eugh!
how the place smelt of leather. I asked
for Mr. Sniggles, and I was shown into his
office.
"Good day, sir," said Sniggles, "glad to
see you here."
I handed him the letter, which he just
glanced over, and then said, "Follow me."
He led me to the next room, where three
fellows were driving their quills with all
their might.
"Mr. Jackson," cried old Sniggles to one
III
"Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward."—EXODUS/CHAP. XIV VERSE 15.
of them, "Mr. Plastic here, (that's myself,)
has come to join you be good enough to
set him to work," and, so saying he left
the room.
Mr. Jackson did as he was told.
gave me a quantity of things to copy, eve
ry line of which puzzled me by the extra
ordinary terms it contained words which
I never heard before, and which, I am
confident are not to be found in Johnson's
Dictionary. I did as I was told, though
if you had asked mc what I bad done at
the end of the day, I certainly could not
have told you, except that I was eternally
writing something or other.
My fellow clerks were good naturcd fel
lows, though their coats were evidently
built by third rate tailors, and their neck
ties were more striking than tasteful.—
They were not very ignorant either and
though they knew nothing about the mat
ters I was most "up" in—such as the pri
vate history of Madame Spinnini, the great
dauseuse, and the real story about the
Dnkc of Dumps and Signora Salonica, of
the Italian Opera, &c, &c, still they were
not badly informed about mutters of histo
ry* geography, statistics, and political af
fairs.
Six months passed. I had worked ev
ery day like a horse—or like a clerk I
had conquered all the difficulties of the of
fice I understood my business, and was
rising into importance.
During the whole of this time, I had seen
nothing of "The Man over the Way."
had mysteriously vanished the very day af
ter I last parted with him, when he sent
mc to the office. The people at the house
where he lodged declared they did not know
whither he had gone, but he had paid his
rent, and they spoke of him with great re
spect
"Mr. Plastic," said old Sniggles, when I
entered his room one day with some office
work I had just done, "will you dine with
me to day My daughter will be glad to
see you."
Could I believe my own ears How the
words thrilled through me! I accepted the
invitation, of course, but in what terms I
do not know. I was so flustered, that, for
the first time during ray clerkship, I made
several hlunders in my work that day. A
five o'clock, Sniggles entered our office,
and, asking if I was ready, we walked off
together. W did not talk much, fortu
nately for me, confused as I was, for we
rode in an omnibus.
When we reached Sniggles's house—
that house that I had been forbidden to
enter—how my heartbeat! How would
Julia receive me Could I act the part of
a mere friend with propriety What
should 1 do I was already in the draw
ing room.
"Julia," I exclaimed in spite of old Snig
gles himself. She iushed forward and I
caught her in my arms.
"Very pretty, indeed!" said old Snig
gles, smiling quite benignantly on us.
"What does it all mean I exclaimed*
"She's yours, my boy—she's yours,"
said old Sniggles, almost whimpering as he
spoke: "you're a man now, and you de*
serve her she shall be your partner for
life if you'll have her and, by Jove, sir,
you shall be my partner too, if you like."
I was overjoyed, but still bewildered.
"The truth is, Charles," said Julia, "we
owe all this happiness to my father's kind
ness, and the interest of my own maternal
uncle. Since our separation he has been
my confidant and he promised that he
would make it his business to forward my
happiness. wished to see you what he
calls 'worthy of me'—that is, a man of bu
siness. He determined to watch you, and
even to call on you but I believe you sav
ed him the trouble of doing that. My fa
ther agreed to all his plans and both con
fess that you have goue through your pro
bation nObly. My father has told you so.
Let me now present you to my uncle—an
old acquaintahce of yours."
She smiled as she said this, and led me
into the next room, where my hand was
immediately afterwards warmly seized by
E A N OVER TH E W A
E A S I have seen it stated some
where that there is an intimate connection
between the nerves and muscles of the face
and eyes, and allowing the beard to grow
strengthens the eye. It is said that sur
geons in the French army have proved, by
experience in Africa, that soldiers wearing
a beard are much less liable to diseases of
the eye, and it is generally conceded that
it is a protection from the disease of the
throat and lungs. It is ascertained that
in countries where it is the custom to wear
the beard, the eye retains its luster and
brilliancy much longer. It may be argued
that females do not suffer moro than males
from diseases of the eye. But it must be
admitted that they are less exposed to the
elements. What did the creator give the
lords of creation a beard for Certainly
not to support the barbers. There is just
as much sense in shaving the head as the
ohin.
The newspaper is a sermon for the
thoughtful, a library for tho poor and a
blessing to everybody. Try ours and see.
VOL 2. ST. CLOUD, STEARNS CO., MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 1860 NO. 30
^PT-
k4M
I An Appeal to all Christians,
Everywhere.
It is known that the State of Arkansas
last year passed an act that all the free
blacks within its bounds should, on the
first day of January, 1860, either give
themselves up to the whites to be sold into
slavery or leave the State. Many doubt
less have been sold into bondage, but
many also fled, leaving behind them their
all. We find in the Cincinnati papers
from one of these poor exiles, an appeal
directed to Christians, written by a young
colored girl named Frances Ellen Wat
kins, which we submit without comment:
"In consequence of a law passed by the
Legislature of Arkansas, compelling
the free colored people to leave
the State or to be enslaved, we,
a number of exiles driven out by this
inhuman statute, who reached Ohio on the
3d of January, 1860, feeling a deep sense
of the wrong done us, make this appeal to
the Christian world.
"We appeal to you as children of a com
mon Father and believers in a crucified
Redeemer. To-day we are exiles, driven
from the homes of our childhood, the
scenes of our youth, and the burial places
of our friends. W are exiles not that
our hands have been stained with guilt, or
our lives accused of crime. Our fault, in
a land of Bibles and Churches, of baptisms
and prayers, is that in our veins flows the
blood of an outcast race a race oppressed
by power, and proscribed by prejudide
a race cradled in wrong and nurtured in
oppression.
"In the very depth of winter, we have
left a genial climate of sunny skies, to be
homeless strangers in the regions of the
icy North. Some of the exiles have left
children who are very dear but to stay
with them, was to involve ourselves in a
life-time of slave»y. Some left dear com
panions they were enslaved and we had
no other alternative than slavery or exile.
Were were weak' our oppressors were
strong. Wo were a feeble and scattered
people they being powerful, placed be
fore us slavery or banishment. We chose
the latter. Poverty, trials and all the
cares incident to a life of freedom, are
better, far better than slavery.
"From this terrible injustice, we ap
peal to the moral sentiment of the world.
We turn to the free North but even
here oppression tracks our steps. Indiana
shuts he door upon us. Illinois denies
us admission to her prairie homes. Ore
gon refuses us an abiding place for the
soles of our weary feet. And even
Minnesota has our exclusion under con
sideration. In Ohio we found kind hearts
hospitality opened her doors generous
hands reached out a warm and hearty
welcome. For this, may the God of the
fatherless ever bless and defend them.
"And now, Christians, we appeal to you
as heirs of the same heritage, and children
of the same Father, to protest against
this inhuman outrage, which' has been
committed beneath the wing of the Amer
ican Eagle, and in the shadow of the
American Churcn. W ask you by the
love, the pity and the mercy, in the re
ligion of Jesus Christ, that you will
raise your voices and protest against this
sin.
"Editors of newspapers, formers of public
opinion, conductors of inteligence and
thought, we entreat you to insert this ap
peal in your papers and unite your voices
aga nst this outrage which disgraces our
land, and holds it up to shame before the
nations of the earth. Wo entreat you
to move a wave of influence, which will
widen and spread through all the earth,
and roll back and wash away this stain.—
"Christian mothers, by our plundered
cradles and child bereft hearts, we appeal
to you, and ask you to protest.
We appeal to the church of Christ
aaiong all nations, kindreds, tongues, and
people, to protest against the inhumanity
which has driven us from our homes and
our kindred.
Members of all political parties, we ask
your protest, in the name of conmmon hu
manity, against this cruel act of despot
ism.
Chistian Ministers, we appeal to you,
in the name of Him, who came "to preach
good tidings to the meek to bind up the
broken-hearted to proclaim liberty to the
captive, and the opening of the prison to
them that arc bound," to lay before your
congregations the injustice done us, and
the wickedness of a system that tramples
on the feeble, and crushes out the rights
of the helpless.
And we appeal to the God of the fath
erless, and the Judge of the widiw,
that will remember His word, "Inas
much as ye have done it unto the least of
these, ye have done it unto me that He
will move the hearts of His children every
where to unite their testimony against
this unequaled iniquity, that wrtes "prop
erty" on man that chattelizes the immor
tal mind, and makes merchandize of the
deathless soul. W appeal to 11im who
does not permit a sparrow to fall to the
ground unnoticed, to plead tho cause of
the poor and needy, and see him at rest
fiom him that puffeth at him."
mi
A Remarkrable Adventure
Once tfpolr a time- gf traveller stepped
into a stagecoach. was a young
man starting in life. He found six pas*
sengers about him, all gray-headed and
extremely aged men. The 'youngest ap
peared to have seen at least eighty win
ters. Our young passenger, struck with
the singularly mild and happy aspect
which distinguished all his fellow-passen
gers, determined to ascertain the secret of
long life and art of making old age com
fortable. addressed the one appar
ently the oldest, who told him that he
had always led a regukr and abstemious
life, eating vegetables and drinking water.
The young man was rather daunted at this,
inasmuch as he loved the good things of
life. He addressed the second, who as
tonished him by saying that he always eat
roast bsef, and went to bed regularly fud
dled i?r the last seventy years, adding,
that all depends on regularity. The third
had prolonged his life by never seeking or
accepting office the fourth by resolutely
abstaining from all political and religious
controversies and the fifth by going to
bed at sunset and rising at dawn. The
six was apparently much younger than the
other five—his hair was lews gray, and
there was more of it—a placid smile, de
noting a perftetly easy conscience, mantled
his face, and his voice was jocund and
strong. They were all surprised to learn
that he was by ten years the eldest man in
the coach.
"How," exclaimed the young traveller,
"how is it you have thus preserved the
freshness of your life
The old gentleman immediately answer
ed the young traveller by saying—
"I have have drank water and drank
wine I have eaten meat and vegetables
I have dabbled in politics, and writcn re
ligious pamphlets I have sometimes gone
to bed at midnight, and got up at suurisa
or noon he then, fixing his eye intense
ly on the young man, concluded with this
singular remark—"but I always iiaid the
Printers promptly."
Douglas on his Knees to the
South.
Douglas made another high bid for
Southern favor on Monday, in a speech
upon his resolutions to prevent conspira
cies in one State to invade the rights of
another. The correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Gazette, in noticeiug this degra
ding cxibition of the meanest and basest
of all Northern doughfaces says, "the dog
goeth back to his vomit, and the sow to
her wallowing." Douglas has done both
He stood up before a vast concourse of
people who had assembled to listen to
liiin. Every available inch of room was
occupied, expecting him to fcpcl the ts
saults made upon him by the Democrats.
But no! He stood there for two mortal
hours and ate dirt for the amusement of
his Southern masters. Perhaps in this
way he may win the Charleston nomina
tion, but those who listened to him were
sorely disappointed, and he uttered not
a single new idea. It was a stump speech,
aud was promptly, ably and quickly ans
wered by Mr. Fessenden, of Maine.—
Douglas has now done What has all along
been expected of him—thrown himself
headlong into the embraces of the disun
ion, negro breeding traitors. There let
him slumber!
Inquisitiveness.
A Well known civic Wag, at a late period
of political excitement, maintained a de-
hc*wag VpTiijcfl
tej]&"j>Ja£
a" village''*fa* "fej-
plaice: 4 hoWs-shoc, When tho i'aulrPfy'of
the place bustled up to the carriage win
dow, and, without waiting for the ceremo
ny of introduction, exclaimed—
"Good-morning, sir!—horse cast a shoe,
I see—I suppose, sir, you be going to
Here he paused, cxpectiug tho name
of the place to bs supplied, but the cit
izen answered
"You are quite right, sir I generally
go there at this season.,'
"Ay—hum—do ye?—and no doubt
you bo eome now from—»—="
"Right again, sir I live there."
"Oh, ah, do yc But I sec it be a
London shay. Pray, sir, is there any
thing stiring in London V*
"Yes, plenty of Ghaise, an carriages
of all sorts,"
{'Ay, ay, of course but what do the
folks say
"Their prayprs every Sunday."
"That is not what I mean I. wish to
know if there is anything new and fresh?"
"Yes, bread and heirings."
"Anon you be a queer chap. Pray,
Muster, may I ask your name
Fools and clowns call inc 'Muster,' but
I am, in reality one of the frogs of Aristo
phaucs, my genuine name is Brckckckcx
Koax. Drive on, postillion."
Gov. Stewart, of Missouri, vetoed the
b.w recently passed, for the exclusion of
I free nejrrocs from that State.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
A Incident Revived.
A cruel threat of the Chicago Journal:
that if Mr. Congressman Logan does not
behave himself better, Henry W. Blodgett,
of Waukegan will be sent to Washington
to regulate the members from the IXth
recalls an incident which occurred in our
Legislature some years ago.
A bill to repeal the Black Laws was pen
ding. Blodgett' had made a speech in fa
vor of the bill, to which Logan made reply.
Logan Was then an unmarried man, and
much of a gallant at the capital. has
a very dark skin for a white man. The
galleries were crowded with ladies. Lo
gan rose, advanced from his scat to a po
sition commanding a view of the galleries,
and pompously began his speech about
thus:
"Before proceeding to consider this bill
upon the merits, I wish to ask the honora
ble member from Lake a few questions—
and in the first place I ask if he is in favor
of the mixture of the two races by mar
riage."
Mr. Blodgett, (appearing half asleep)
"Does the honorable gentleman desire me
to answer
Mr. Logan, (vociferously,) "I do not
only desire, but I demand an explicit an
swer."
Mr. Blodgett, (awake but quietly.) "A
to the matter of intermarriage of the two
races, I am rather favorable to leaving that
pretty much to the parties themselves, as
it is in my view mostly a matter of taste.
If the honorable member should be able
to secure the affections of any respectable
white girl, I should be sorry if we had any
statute to prevent him from marrying her."
The House, lobbies and galleries roared
and roared again with burst after burst of
laughter. Poor Logan put no more ques
tions to Blodgett, and his speech soon end
ed, a miserable failure.— Waukegan Gi
zette.
They Don't Like Free Speech.
At a public meeting held at Polo, on
the 22 ult, composed of both Republicans
and Democrats—there being, however, a
majority of Democrats—a resolution was
offered by Judge Bojge, (Republican^ in
the following words
"RESOLVEP, Thai we are in favor of free
speech, a free press, and free men."
This resolution was voted down by the
Democrats, every Democrat voting ayainst
it and every Republican in favor of it!
The Democrats of Ogle county have put
themselves on record, against free speech,
against a free press, an against free men.
Frecport Journal, Illinois.
HORRIBL E A E OF A CHILD,—'One of
the most horrible incidents we ever heard
of, comes to us in the New Orleans Delta:
A lady, Mme. Frankc, a (daughter of
that well known citizen, Dr. Landrcaux,
who lost his life some ycarsago by an acci
dent on the railroad) having occasiou to
leave her house for a short time intrusted
her two young children—one an infant and
the other two and a half years old—to two
nurses the nurses, doubtless thinking the
children were safe from barm, on aeconut
of the fire-place being protected by a fend
er, which was fastened to the mantlc-piccc
locked the room in which they were, and
went out on the street. The child two and
a half years old, left to itself, attempted to
climb up on the fender for the purpose of
taking something off the mantle, and in do
iug so, fell inside, between the fender and
the fire, and was thus roas'cd alive. The
cook heard the cries of the child, but hay
ing just seen the nurses in the room con
cluded that it was nothing serious and
thus the poor little creature was left cxpos
dctwatSeYcfe fire, which soon reduced its
bWy to a crisp.
A S A gentleman whose house was
literally overrun with vermin adopted a
novel but strictly philosophical method to
dislodge them. Opening the floor at
several places in the upper stories of his
house, he placed there Vessels containing
a mixture of sulphuric acid, black oxyd of
migancseand common salt, and closed
down the boards. The result was a slow
chemical decomposition and rceombining
of elements, in the progress of which the
heavy stifling gas, chlorine, was disen
gaged. This made its way along the open
spaces and down to the cellar. A few
breaths of the poisonous atmosphere ser
ved to convince the rats that danger was
at.hand. Seizing what of their accumu
lated plunder they could, they hastened to
abondon the premises sriccziftg and weep
ing as they went, from having inhaled the.
noxiotts chlorine. Many mouths passed
before one of the number ventured to re
turn. An army of ante, moths, bugs,
roaches, and other pestilent insects, per
ished from the fumes.
Jones who had been out to a cham
pagne party aud returned howic at a late
hour. had hardly got into the house,
when the clock struck four. "One—one
—one—one!" hiccoughed Jon-**- "1
say Mrs. Jones, this clock is out of order,
it struck one i'our times.''

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