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MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1868.
VOL. I.
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THE GOOD OLD TIMES.
The times! the times ! alas! the times
Are getting worse than ever ;
The good old ways our fathers trod .
Shall grace their child
The homely hearth of honest mirih,
The traces of their plough,
The places of their w orshipping
Arc all forgotten now.
Farewell the farmer's honest looks
And independent mien :
The tassel of his waving corn,
Tlie blossoms of the liean,
The turnip-top and pumpkin-vine,
The produce of his soil.,
Have given place to flower pots
And plants of foreign soil.
Farewell the pleasant husking night,
Its merry after sei nes,
When Indian pudding smok'd beside
The giant pot of beans,
When hisses juined the social hand,
Nor once directed fear,
But gave a pretty cheek to kiss
For every crimson ear.
Affected modesty was not
The test of virtue then,
And few took pains to swoon away
At sight of ugly
For well they knew the purity
Which worqfin's life should own,
Depends not on appearances
But on the heart alone.
Farewell to all the buoyancy,
The openness of youth,
The confidence of kindly hearts,
The conciousness of truth,
The natural tone of sympathy,
The language of the heart,
Now curbed by pussion's ty
Or turned aside by
Farewelll, the jovial (juilting-raatch,
The song and merry play,
The whirling of the pew ter plate,
The many pawns to pay,
The mimic murriane brought.about
By leaping o'er the broom.
The* good old play of blind mail's buff,
The laugh that shook the room.
never :
i.
Farewell, the days of industry,
The time lias glided by,
When pretty hands were prettiest
At making pumpkin-pie ;
Tlieu waitin
aids we
:ded not,
•nlng brought along
The music of Hu* spinning-wheel,
And milk-maid's careless song
Ami
J)opulir S'alfü.
Katie North's Elopement.
by iio::u:t
Katie North was an
like Icarus, too neiir the sun, her fragile
wings melted away from her shoulders und
she gravitated earthward. No other sup
VH.TK.
1, hut flying.
position to account for her appearance here
below would satisfy the beholder, unless it
were one involving the nebula theory.
She seemed impalpable, intangiMc ; there
was nothing gross, nothing "of the earth,
earthly." Her light feet scarce touched
the ground, and she seemed to float along
—an airy, unsubstantial mass of curls,
smiles and white muslin. Her
eyes re
tained the color caught in heaven—cloud
less sapphires. Her hair was printed with
the goldôn sunset; each instant changing
to some new shade still more beautiful than
the last. But, withal, Katie had some
human attributes. She had an imperious
little will of her own, because it had never
been thwarted. Carressed and petted by
her doting father from babyhood up, sh.
had never known restraint or endured the
pain of having the wish ungratified. A
grieved look on her sunny face had ever
been potent to banish parental frowns, and
sho lived on, through the summer of child
hood, the'happy careless songbird that
fears not or knows not the coming winter,
and burdens not its lays withj prophetic
sadnesH.
In one other respect Katie manifested
a very human tendency. Sho had a great
admiration for handsome young fellows
with glossy moustaches ; an admiration
which gave her father some uneasiness, for
he was anxious to have his daughter com
fortably married and occupying a re
spectable position in society ; and he knew
that, as a rule, hundsomc young men are
not so well-to-do, so " solid," as uglier
and older men. This rule can onty be ac
counted for by the great law of compensa
tion. Beauty, genius and wealth are sel
dom united in the same person. Every
blessing has its offset; every charm is
matched by some unpleasant quality or
condition. Youth and poverty, uge and
wealth, beauty and simplicity, genius and
(ugliness, are oftencst paired with each
other.
Mr. North had taken note of his daugh
ter's unworldly disposition, her uncalcula
4ing nature, her preference of youth, beaut3*,
and rags (metaphorically speaking), to age,
ugliness, and wealth, and it troubled him
not a little. He loved Katie and could
tiot command, while wise counsel as to
•matches, with illusions to certain middle
aged and "solid" men, was thrown away
on her. She could not understand, and
was obstinate. Knowing nothing of the
intricate machinery by which greenbacks
are manufactured, nor of the trouble and
application necessary to success in busi
ness, she imagined mooey was one of the
most plentiful things in the world, and
agreeable qualities the most scarce. She
continued to throw her smiles away upon
handsome young men, and to pout her
pretty lips at the heavy suitors introduced
by her father. In this dilcmna pater fa -
miliat determined to resort to strategy.
The son of an old friend had lately
turned from Europe. He was wealthy,
intelligent, distiuguished-looking, and of
polished manners, and Mr. North set his
heart on having him for a son-in-law. He
knew that Katie could have but two objeo
re
tions to this lover; 1 e .vas over thirty and
wealthy. To remove one of these objec
tions, Mr. North resolved that Arthur
Langdon should play the part of a " poor
young man," while he himself would enact
the purse-proud, indignant parent. It was
almost certain, in such case, that Ka'ie
would fall desperately in love with her fa
ther's choice, if she could overlook his ad
vanced age. Mr Langdon, therefore, was
invited to the house and prevailed upon,
as a joke, to appear before Katie us one of
her father's clerks.
At dinner time that day Mr. North in
formed Katie that one of his clerks would
call on him in the evening in relation to
business, and that he preferred she would
absent herself from the parlor on that
occasion. "Hois what you school girls
call a fascinating u a *, and I have no de
sire that niv daughter should he fascinated
by a poor, beggarly clerk !"
And Mr. North rose grandly
away iu order that Katie might not see the
, which her renellious
Miss Katie had
if
a
, and turned
twinkle in his eye
pout had brought there,
intended to visit a dear friend that evening,
hut now she determined to postpone the
visit in order to catch a glimpse of this
dangerous clerk.
That evening Mr. Langdon came,
tic saw him
was pleased with his appearance, and de
termined to see more of hint. He was ush
ered into the parlor, and was soon engaged
with his host in a pleasant conversation,
when the door suddenly opened and the
dutiful daughter entered as if unconscious
of the presence of a stranger. When she
saw Mr. Langdon she started as though
she would retreat, hut her father called
her in and introduced her in
Ka
he ascended the steps, and
stiff, un
gracious manner to his guest :
" My daughter, Mr. Langdon," and
tlieu sat down, as if aupoyed at the in
terruption.
Katie bowed and took a seat.
Langdon start i d by such a vision of love
liness, was dumb for a moment, then rising
gracefully he made his most elaborate sg
lam, and, in spite of the old gentleman's
frowns, was soon engaged in a sparkling
interchange of thought with the fair daugh
ter. Arthur was as agreeable as he knew
how to he, and Katie was charmed with
him.
AH
she predetermined to be.
went merry as a marriage bell, until Mr.
North, thinking matters had gone quite
far enough for a favorable first impression,
hemmed, hawed, consulted his watch, and
finally remarked :—
•* Mr. Langdon and T have much to
to each other. Katie have you ordered
breakfast ?"
3
ls atie pouted ;
The
Langdon looked sad.
hut sin; took the hint and withdrew,
fascinating clerk held the door for her,
and, ns he bade her good-evening, lie gave
her a look which hauuted her dreams.
Katie was smitten, and Langdon was
no less so. The old geiitlcmiin's talk about
business seemed-insipid, and Arthur soon
took his leave. His calls were frequent
after that, and while Katie wondered why
her father should tolerate his presence, she
became more and more entangled in the
silken meshes of love. Langdon finally
declared the state of his feelings, to Mr.
North, and requested* him to become his
father-in-law.. IIis suit was gladly accep
ted, but he was told that his success de
pended upon hts maintaining the charac
ter of a remarkable genius in romantic
poverty. lie accepted the situation, and
went many times to see Katie when her
father was out. They soon plighted un
dying faith to each other. Langdon pain
ted the picture of a pretty cottage, where
love should be the" household deity, in
colors as bright as Claude Melnotte em
ployed to decorate his castle b3* the lake
of Como, and Katie vowed to wed with
him and
other, with or without parental
consent or blessing.
But how was the matter to he broached
to the stern father? Arthur shrank from
the insulting answer to be anticipated, and
Katie, wdiilo she feared, clung still closer
to her adored one. Their anxiety on
this point was destined to be relieved in a
very disagreeable manner. One evening,
us they were sitting in rather close prox
imity in the parlor, the door suddenl}*
opened, and in stalked the cruel parent
with most furious mien.
44 What means this?" ho cried, frown
ing savagely.
" It means that I love"—
41 Fiddlesticks?"
44 No, sir; your daughter."
44 Ilcally, Mr. Langdon, you are mod
est ; I had not expected this honor. The
high alliauce you puffer is duly apprecia
ted ; but allow me to bid you good-night."
"My poverty is a crime iu 3 r our e3*es,
but your daughter has a nobler vision,"
said Arthur, striking a dramatic attitude.
I understand you, sir, and will take iuy
departure." So saying, lie seized Katie'*
hand for a moment, and darted from the
house. Katie was sent crying to bed, and
more deeply in love than ever with her
beloved Arthur. The next day she re
ceived a note through a confidential chan
nel, appointing an interview. Loving,
but disobedient Miss Katie, met him as
desired, and they had many similar stolen
interviews afterwards, until at last it was
agreed that they'would elope, and trust to
receive papa's forgiveness when all was
over. Arthur said he could take her to
his aunt's house, where the ceremony
could be performed, and so the time was
appointed and everything arranged.
That day Katie was more thau ever ten
der to her old father, who seemed in ex
tremely good humor. »She penned a little
penitential note and left it on her father's
table, and, as evening approached, she ar
rayed herself, and, fearful and trembling.
hastened to the rendezvous. Arthur was
there with a carriage, in which he placed
her, and she wus whirled rupidly away.
They stopped in front of a splendid man
sion, which was brilliantly illuminated as
if for some great occasion. Into this Ar
thur led her half bewildered, and presented
her to an elegant lady, his aunt, who took
her up stairs to a private room, and calin-<
ing her fears, decked her for her bridal.
When all was ready, Arthur led her in
to the parlor, where was the clergyman and
a small company, at which the bride hard
ly glanced. The marriage service was
soon ended, and Katie felt herself receiving
innumerable kisses and good wishes, and
then she felt, her father's hand, and heard
her father's voice, and saw her father's
smiling face. 0
"Well, Katie, you have married your
choice in spite of your father ; but I for
give you, and give you my blessings."
" My dear little wife, can you not wel
come your father to your new home?"
laughed Arthur.
" My home !" said Katie completely be
wildered, " I thought"—
" You thought," interrupted her father,
laughing heartily " that it was to be a
small cottage with a leaky roof, hut it ends
happily, after all, like a thrilling novel.
The poor young lover has not been left a
large fortune by a rieh East India uncle,
but he has a fortune of his own, which is
just as well."
"Forgive me, Katie, for this deception,
and it shall he the last," pleaded Arthur.
" This is my house, and you are its mis
tress. I am not poor, but l hope you will
love me as well as if 1 were."
Katie wisely concluded to forgive her
father and husband the deception they had
practised, and finally became ns happy n
woman as the unfortunate wife of a wealthy
man can reasonably hope to he.
Am-rrtotc of AVebtttcr.
Daniel Webster was a firm believer iu
Divine revelation, and a close student of
its sacred pages. On one occasion, a
small company of select friends spent an
evening at his house. Tea over, the Bi
ble, and the relative beauties of its several
parts, became the topic of conversation.
Each one of the guests had preference.
When the turn came to Webster, he said :
"The master-piece of the New Testa
ment, of course, is the Sermon on the
Mount. That has no rival, no equal. As
to the Old Testament writings, 1113' favor
ite hook is that of Habakkuk, and my fu
vori'e verse-, chapter iii: 17
though the ligtree shall not blossom, nei
ther shall fruit be in the vine—the labor
of the olive shall fail, and the 'fields shall
yield no meat—the flock shall he cut off,
and there shall he no herd in the stall—3'et.
will I rejoice in the Lord, and joy in the
God of my salvation." This, continued
Webster, "I regard as one of the most
sublime passages of inspired literature.
And often have I wondered, that some
artist, equal to the task, has not selected
the prophet and his scene of di solation as
the subject of a painting.
" When in Paris, some years ago," con*
tinued Mr. Webster, "I received an ac
count of a French infidel, who happened to
find in a drawer of his libnu^ sonic stray
leaves of an unknown volume. Although
in the constant habit of denouncing tli
Bible, like most infidel writers, he had
never read any part of it. These fugitive
leaves contained the above prayer of Jla
hakkuk. Being a man of fine literary taste,
he was captivated with its poetic beauty,
and hastened to the club-house, to an
nouuce the discovery to his associates,
course, they were anxious to know the
name of the gifted author, to which inqui
ries the elated infidel replied: "A writer
b3 T the name of IIadiia-kook. of course a
Frenchman /" Judge of the infidel's sur
prise, when informed that the passage he
was so enthusiastically admiring was not
produced by one of his own class of so
called Free-Thinkers, hut was penned h\*
one of God's ancient prophets, and was
contained in that much despised hook the
Bible ."—Lutheran OU serve r.
18: "Al
10
Of
Moose limiting In Cniiadn.
The chase of the moose deer, or 41 cari
boo," in the forests and plains of British
America, especially in New Brunswick
and Lower Canada, is one of those manly
sports which beguile the long winter of
that region, and call into exercise the
spirit of adventure, the courage, skill, and
fortitude of its ardent votaries among the
colonial population. The noble animal iu
question, sometimes called the American
elk, is rather larger, than a horse; it has
a short, thick neck, which, as well as the
wither«, is clothed with* heavy mane ; the
head, which is vary long and narrow,
boars a huge pair of horns, often six feet
wide, and weighing fifty or sixty pounds ;
and to its throat is attached a pendulous
gland, which gives it rather a peculiar as
pect. Its tail is but four inches in length.
Though it never gallops, but strides or
stalks along, holding its nose up, and its
bonis laid backward, it runs with great
speed. Its habits are solitary while feed
ing, and its acute sense of hearing makes
it very difficult for the hunter to approach.
It is usual to look for the foot-tracks of the
moose iu the snow, and to follow its course,
but with extreme caution, making as little
noise us possible till neur enough to get a
shot. When the snow is deep, the. hun
ters are accustomed to wear the long und
broad snow shoes of the country, in which
they can walk upon the surface without
sinking.
Ydu may joke wben you pleiffce, if you
nre careful to please when you joke,
Fur the Middletown Transcript.
BOHEMIA MANOR.
Earth hath her beauties, and Eden's
prototypes, oasis-like, stud surrounding
landscapes, hut few places exist more wor
thy of note than Bohemia Manor. At
this season of the year when young Spring
laughs most bewitchingly at the retreating
footsteps of hoary Winter, and voluptuous
Summer with joyous train prematurely
heats by radiant beams the robe of her
lovelier sister, the place is surpassingly
beautiful. Grand old trees, waymarks of
extensive forests, lift their budding boughs
to heaven at almost every step, dotting the
lands of different owners, while neat farm
houses, embowered by blossoming shrub
bery and dark evergreens, diversify the
scene.
Bohemia Manor is a vast extended
plain of fertile territory, tenanted by
thrifty farmers, where honest praisewor
thy nvalship exists to outcrop by thorough
workmanship and strict attention to agri
cultural pursuits, successful neighbors.
No land is more susceptible of improve
ment or better repays the husbandman for
his toil. Although line farms and situa
tions abound on each side of the road lead
ing from the King's Highway towards the
bay, Town Point, the terminus of the
Manor true, must in regard to scenery
and surroundings wear the laurel.
That which lieth before me is an exhil
erating picture, lovely and picturesque.
Terminating in a promontory the Manor
is laved on the northern side by the Elk,
while the glistening waters (if the rippling
Bohemia skirt the southern. Stretching
out inimitably, dotted hither and yon by
the white wings of commerce, Town Point
can behold the blue waves of Okesapcakc
Bay jagged by numerous headlands, in
dented with inlets, breaking the monotony
of the wide waste of waters. The music
of trolling birds and the gleeful laugh of
children float on the air, accompanied by
strains of a boat-horn, mellowed and soft
ened by intervening space to -.Eolian
sweetness. Afar oft' where the heavens
bow to kiss the earth, strained vision dis
cerns the curling smoke of a solitary
steamer, while on the steeps of the foreign
shore apparent residences of charming as
pect reward the gazer from Graham's
Taste and neatmss denote that ele
gance and refinement preside in the domi
cils of those who outside are so elaborate
with their domains, while health and good
feeling float on the verv z.phyrs of Town
Point.
That hospitality which Maryland ns a
Southern State grasps as an heir-loom,
rules dominant here; though the custom
of Dutch Pennsylvania is not adopted of
keeping a chair in the doorway, one al
ways sees the host on the alert to welcome
those who call.
Those from a distance appreciate the
romance, even now, that first seduced the
Lord of the Manor from his English es
tates ; for stately castellated edifices stud
the different elevated points—rural re
treats of monied princes from distant ci
ties.
is
it
Hill.
Random.
Rather Spicy. —A lady being invited
to send in a toast to he read at the anni
versary celebration of the Pilgrim Fathers,
furnishes the following. It is spicy enough
to flavor half a dozen anniversary dinners :
" The Pilgrim Fathers, foorsooth ! What
had they to endure in comparison to the
Pilgrim Mothers ? It is true they had
hunger* Und cold, and sickness, and dan
ger—foes without and within—but the
unfortunate Pilgrim Mothers! thay had
not only these to endure, hut they had the
Pilgrim Fathers, also ! and yet their names
arc never mentioned. Whoever hoard of
the Pilgrim Mothers? Whoever gave a
dinner in honor of them ? Whoever writes
songs, drinks toasts and makes speeches in
recollection of them ? This self-sufficcncy
of the men is beyond endurance. One
would actually suppose that New England
had been colonized by men, and posterity
provided for 1)3* special providence."
* Quarreling. —If any thing in the world
will make a respectable sensible man feel
badly, it is a quarrel. No man worthy
of the name ever fails to think less of him
self than before. It degrades him in the
eyes of others, and, what is worse, blunts
bis sensibilities on one hand, and increas
es the power of passionate irritability on
the other. The truth is, the more peace
ably and quietly we get on, the better.
In nine cases out of ten, the better course
is, if a man cheats you, cease to deal with
him ; if he is abusive, quit his company;
and if he slanders 3'ou, take care that no
body will believe him. No matter who
he is, or how he misuses you, the wisest
way is to let him alone ; fur there is no
thing better than this cool, calm, and qui
et way of dealing with the wrongs we
meet with.
Remember, that too much familiarity
among friends is apt to end in estrange
ment and enmity. A becoming respect
and modest deferential reserve, should
mark our intercourse with all. 'When
people become too intimate, look out for a
rupture. It seldom fails. Therefore, if
you value a friend, remember ever to ac
cord to him a certain degree of deferential
reserve, in your closest intercourse.
The hoys in Salisbury, Md. are forming
themselves into an Anti-Tobacco Society,
and are Signing the following
^Believing the use of Tobacco to
to the hod3*, mind and morals, I hereby
solemnly pledge myself never to smoke,
chow or snuff it, nor partake of it in any
form ; and I will ,use my best endeavors
to indue? others to abstain from it also.
E l edge :—
e hurtful
•t;
The Credit Sy«t«m.
From the U. S. Economist and Dry Goals Reporter.
Personal Credits. —There is an ob
vious distinction between credits for arti
cles for personal and family* consumption,
and credits for ajticles upon which the
debtor trades. In the former case, the
article purchased, as so n as it is
is put to use, is either consumed, or
so altered in value, that for all purposes
of trade it may he considered as property
annihilated. The credit in such cases has.
no basis, because the property upon which
it should rest is no longer in existence.
But articles purchased on time, to be re
sold, are citlnr in existence, or their equi
valent is. Credits for such articles are
based on existing property. But credits
for articles for personal consumption are
based on nothing.
No man or woman, therefore, has a
moral right, either to eat, drink or wt a"
any article for which they hsvc not paid
the money, or which they have not earned,
by rendering an equivalent of labor. For
what right has any person to enjoy that
which he has neither earned
A purpose to pay for feed or clothing, or
an expectation, which may be disappoin
ted by a hundred accidents, does not con
stitute such a right. Nothing can give a
•al right to enjoy the property of another
but the actual completion of the exchange,
by rendering for the commodity either
labor or money.
Sound business principles, as well as the
interests of the consumer, require, that
when goods pass out of the hand of the
retailer, they should only be sold for cash.
For the chief cause of the failure of
business men is the failure of individ
uals who have purchased for personal
consumption to pay their debts. The re
tailer buys on time, and sells on credit.
When 1ns paper matures, he finds in his
possession a number of accounts against
various parties, all of which may he re
garded as good, but of which he is only
able to realize a part, lie is compelled to
ask for an extension ; his credit suffers, so
that lie is not able to buy on as favorable
terms as heretofore.
The failure of retail dealers occasions
trouble and perplexity to the wholesale
dealer and importer. He does not only
fail to realize the gain of exchange, which
was based on the supposition of a settle
ment at the time agreed, but he finds him
self in possession neither of his goods nor
their value ; and besieged by petitions for
extensions, or offers to go into liquidation :
—petitions and offers which, however he
may meet them, he is obliged to re-echo
with chagrin and humilitation, to those
who trusted him. The failure of the pur
chaser for personal consumption, is felt
like an electric shock by every party,
through whose hands the property has
passed ; the paralyzing effect of which in
creases as the sources of distribution are
reached in the wholesale dealer and im
porter.
Thus as credit produces credit, so insol
vency produces insolvency. And the
source of the mercantile embarrassment and
finicial ruin, which appear to come so sud
denly and uncaused, is always the failure
of consumers to pay their debts promptly.
The interests of the consumer, likewise
require that lie should never take credit
for articles which are purchased for his
own personal or family consumption. The
consumer, who buys on eredit, pays not
only for the goods he purchasos, but lie
pays for the credit also; something which
can be put to no use, but which has to be
paid for ns though it had. Its cost to him
over and above the price charged to the
man who pays cash, is from ten to twenty
five, or even fifty per cent, varying with
the necessities of the debtor. And after
he has opened an account, even if the
article is not exactly what is required, yet
there are influences at work, which com
pel him to take it. lie fears that credit,
when he again desires it, may he refused ;
or that the creditor may bceome inconve
niently urgent for a settlement of his ac
count. As the time passes when his ac
counts should have been settled, he finds
himself almost unconsciously, at first,
avoiding passing by the stores where he is
in debt. He is gradually losing his man
liness. Of two ways to business, or an
appointment, he chooses that, in wieh he
is least likely to meet his creditors. All
this he feels the more, the more conscien
tious he is. If he never intends or
peets to pay, he may feel no thraldom from
debt. But an honest man iu debt, with
his income absorbed by current expenses,
and his home or farm, if he owns one;
mortgaged to his creditor, is under a shad
ow, which the brightest day cannot dis
sipate.
Sometimes a man has reached this
sition by yielding to the temptations to ex
travagance offered by the facility of ob
taining credit. Articles are purchased by
himself or family, both of a kind, and iii
amounts, which would not he purchased if
they were paid for at the time. It is so
easy for people to believe wlint they wish.
They are confident that they shall he able
to meet the obligations they incur, and
therefore they gratify their present de
sires. Especially is this temptation to ex
travagance irresistible, where the debtor
lias nothing to lose ; or where there is no
stain, ar is the ease in this country, at
taching to insolvency.
Sometimes, this state is reached by an
honest man. For instance:- A member of
the family of a working man dies,
income during the week will pay his
rent bills. But now an exception hi the
current expenses of the family
paid for?
ex
po
His
cur
eurs.
Besidcs a bill for medical attendance, his
family, and probably himself, feel that af
fection for the dead, and a due respect for
propriety, require that they should
mourning. The articles deemed ncc
can only he acquired in one way ;—by run
ning iu debt for them. The debt is con
tracted. Each succeeding week brings
with it its own outlay, which absorbs all
the earnings. The debt remains unpaid; and
is a constant source of discouragement.
Both he and his family feel that they have
entered a state of oppressive thraldom,
which there is apparently no escape.
The curse and burden of debt crimsons
the check and bows th<k head as often as
they appear outside of their own home.
This situation is that in which some
persons spend their lives,
is spent before it is earned,
credit. Their food and clothing are never
paid for. They are always behind hand.
They have acquire 1 a habit of being in
debt. Through the temptation of the un
scrupulous trader, offering them goods on
credit at enormous profits, they have en
tered a state of perpetual slavery, when
they might be freemen by simply adhering
to the rule to earn their money before they
spend it.
A mail should let no temptation induce
him to mortgage ||is future industry to
creditors, when it is already mortgaged for
the support of his family. The farmer
who runs in debt, in expectation of pay
ing from the proceeds of the next crop,
has enlisted against him all the contin
vrhich can defeat success. His
wear
fr
Their income
They live on
genctes
calculation is based oil uninterrupted
strength to labor, or a favorable season, or
good prices for his produce. Lot any or
all of these suppositions fail, and he is un
able to pay, without a sacrifice. There
have been occasions for expense, which
were not anticipated, when he ran in debt.
The debt grows by the accretions of in
terest. After a while the retailer has a
mortgage on his farm, the interest on
which is as much as he can meet. Ami
from a mortgage to a foreclosure is hut a
short stage with some.
In brief, credits for personal wants is an
unmitigated curse to the consumer. Be
sides robbing Jiiin of a large part of his
income, without any equivalent, it culti
vates in him servility, untruthfulness and
dishonesty. It unnerves his energies, and
crushes him with the apprehension of his
property, if he possess any, being swept
away through mortgage and foreclosure,
and of himself and his family beggared.
This is the situation of thousands through
out the length and breadth of this land,
who have contracted debts for personal
expenses. They are the victims of their
own ignorance, or the dupes of the man
who, 1)3* wheedling, has induced them to
contract debts, and thus made them slaves.
Contrast with the debtor, the man who
never permits himself or his family to eat,
drink or wear, what they have not paid
for. He need not skulk around corners,
vert his eyes to avoid the gaze of a
creditor. lie can walk with his head
erect, and feel that no man has the power
to deprive him of his home or assume to
him the language and tone of a master.
In short, he onl3* can enjoy, whatever may
be his circumstances, the happiness which
springs from conscious independence.
or
Philadelphia Couf ;imc Appointments*
The Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal
Conference adjourned 20th March, after a
session of ten days. A report was adopt
ed in favor of a division of the Conference,
to make the State of Delaware and
so i
the counties of the Eastern Shore of Ma
ryland and Virginia, a new Conference.
The report is subject to the action of the
General Conference, which meets this year.
The next Conference will meet in Wil
miugton. Among the appointments are
the following;—
Wilmington District. —Jns. Cunning
ham, P. E.—Asbury, J. D. Curtis; St.
Paul's, Aaron Ritteuhouse; Union, Wm.
E England ; Scott, Andrew Cather ;
Grace, Alfred Cookman, T. F. Plummer,
Sup. ; Grace mission, to be supplied ;
Brand3 r wine and Lebanon. Joshua Hum
phries ; Mount Salem, J. D. lligg; Si
ioain, W. W. McMichael ; Newport, H.
H. Bodinc ; New Castle, Leon. Dobson;
Delaware City, John Allen ; Port Penn,
W. T Tull; St. George's and Summit,
W. B. Walton ; Sutton, J. A. Watson ;
Newark, John France and II. M. Gilbert;
Christiana, O. W. Landreth, one to be
supplied ; Elkton, L. C. Mutlack ; Bethel,
J. W. Pierson.
Easton District — T. J. Thompson, P.
E.—Smyrna, S. L. Gracy ; Smyrna Cir
cuit, W. B. Gregg, J. W. Wright; Mid
dletown, H. Colclazer; Odessa, G. A.
Phoebus; Leipsio and Raymonds; E. B.
Newnam ; Dover, J. H. Light bourne ;
Camden, J. O. Sypherd ; Willow Grove,
A. D. Davis; Frederica and Barrett's
Chapel, A. W. Milby ; Felton, T. J.
Quigley. W. M. Warner, sup. ; Milford,
B. F. Price ; Harrington, J. S. Willis,
,T. M. William» ; Sudlersville, Edward
Page Alfred, I. G. Fosnotch; Church
Hill, S. T. Gardner; Kent, J. B. Quigg,
Enoch Stubbs; Still Pond, H. S. Thomp
son ; Millington, J. Hough, C. W. Pret
tynian ; Cecilton and St. Paul's, J. E.
Brvan; Warwick, to be supplied.
The Maryland Annual Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church, closed its
labors after a session of eight days, last
week. The following are among the ap
pointments:—Cecil, James M. Elderdice,
John Watts; Chesapeake, J. E. Maloy ;
Kent, J. T. Murray, A.W. Mather; Ken
nedyville, II. E, Miskimon. Missions—
Delaware, A. S. Kversole, one to he
plied; Newark. Frederick Swentzel,
sup
Delaware and Maryland Mail Con
tracts. —The rotre registers of the spring
lotting* were on .Saturday thrown open ut
the Postoffice Department for the informa
tion of bidders or others interested ill pro
posals for .mail service to commence on the
tirst of July next and continue until June
30th, 1872.
Routes in Maryland and Delaware arc
awarded as follows :
Maryland Doutes . —Elk ton to Cheater
town, Dishop A Ferguson, $1,647; Ri
sing Sun to Kirk's Mills, Henry Rilvy,
$100 ; Port Deposit to Roland ville, offer,
$110; Head Sassafras to Millington, of
fer, $100 ; Millington to Long Marsh,
offer, $3"ô; Kennedyville to Rock Hall,
Edward Wilkins, $600 ; Chestertown to
Easton, Divan & Ramsay, $1,795.
Delà ira re Doute *. —Wilmington to Av
ondale, Calvin Scripture, $308; Wilming
ton to Ceiitrcville, Edward Strong, six
times a week, $300 ; Newcastle to Red
Lion, Calvin Scripture, $231 ; Stanton
Station to Christiana, six times a week,
Samuel Butler, $*200 ; Newark to Glass
t Upw, offer, $75 ; Kirkwood to Delaware
City, George W. Craig, $600 ; Middle
town to McDonough, William T. Chance,
$345; Middletown to Cecilton, Isaac
Slaughter, $248; Townsend to Deukync
ville, Dinnn & Ramsay, $447 ; Mount
Pleasant Station to Summit Bridge, John
M. Brown, $200; Clayton to Chcstet
town, Jones & Rodrock, $1,048; Clay
to Temple ville, Calvin Scripture,
$693; Camden to Hazlettvillc, Calvin
Scripture, $297 ; Felton Station fo Frod
, Vincent E. Moore, $249 ; Felton
Station to Greensboro, W. 11. Jones, $786 ;
Harrington to Denton, Jones & ltodrock,
$740; Farmington to Federalsburg. An
drew (Tullalian $225; Milford, now Ëlfcn
dalc, to Lewes, Dagworthy & Joseph,
$800; Wyoming to Magnolia, Ed. Stout,
$156; Moorton to Leipsic, offer $200 for
six times a week; Milford to Georgetown,
not let; Georgetown to Snow Hill, F. J.
II nr mon son, $799; Millsborongh to Lewes
Thomas Z. Barker $118; Dagsboro' t*>
Tun null's Store, Thomas Z. Barker, $118;
Seaford to Concord, Win. C. Tull, $175,;
Laurel to Berlin, Jacob Payn, $C>!3.
ton
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Great Snow Storms, —The
'ftlcSt
snow storm recorded in Russia occurred 011
the steppes of Kirghcez, in Siberia, in
1627 destroying 285,000 horses, 30,000
cattle, 1,000,000 sheep, and 10,000 cam
els. The greatest recorded in England
is that of 1814, in which, for forty-oigbt
hours, the snow fell so furiously that drifts
of sixteen, twenty, and twenty -fou» feet
were recorded in various places. In the
south of Scotland, in 1820, there were thir
teen drifty days, which killed nine-tenths
of all the sheep. On Eskdale Moor, out
of twcnt3* thousands only forty-five wer;
left alive, aud the shepherds everywhere
built up huge semi-circular walls of the
dead creatures, to afford shelter to the liv
ing till the gale should end. An inch an
hour is thought to be the average rate of
deposit, though four inches are said to
have fallen during the severe storm in
New York, Jan 3. 1859, and Profiieosqr
Thatcher asserts positively that seren and
a-liulf iuelies fell during the storm ou the
19th of January last.
To Measure an Acre. —The following .
may be useful to some of our readers m "R
"Laud 3UJ square yards mako one
square rod : 40 square rods make one
square rood : 4 square roods one acre: 946
acres 1 square mile ; 4,840 square yards,
or 190 rods, make 1 acre. In measuring
an acre hv yards the usual practice is to
trace off 76 yards in length and 70 Junis
in width. This,
considered near enough for practical pur
poses; but as 70 yards cither way make
4,900 square yards, it exceeds an acre by
60 yards. To determine an accurate acre
it may be measured 70 yards in length by
69 1-7 yards in width. The same result
may he arrived at by measuring 220 feet
in length and 180 feet in width, or by 78J
yards in length by 66 yards in breadth.
Ex-Kino Ludwig, of Bavaria, Lola
Montes's Friend. —The news reporters
of the Atlantic cable announced by tele
gram a few weeks ago the death of the
King of Bavaria in such form that it was
assumed that the reigning monarch, young
Otho, was deceased. By mail from Ki -
rope we learn that it was the ex-King
Ludwig, a much more remarkable mnn.Àe
"friend" of the late Lola Montes, wRo
departed this life. The English paprt-s
contain lengthy obituary notices of the late
ox-ruler.
in a rough way. may be
The family of the late John C. Calhotin
of South Carolina, it is reported, nre re
duced to penury. His library was lately
sold, with some other personal property,
to satisfy debts, at about ft'J50. Whole
shelves of books were knocked down for
four to six dollars per shelf. The sale of
the house and land was then advertised V>
take place within a short time, but Gen.
Canhy's order, reserving to every family a
house and twenty acres of land, will fi r
the present, enable the widow and tie
children to retain their home.
A Fervent church member recently
astonished a pn^er meeting by supplica
ting for the preservation of the lives of the
young ladies of the congregation, and that
one of them might be eventually reserved
for him. On being remous (rated with by
one of his brethren, he said such was tho
honest wish of his heart, and that he did
not see the impropriety of praying for it.
If a small hoy is u lad, a big boy nnM
ho a ladder.