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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Dodgevillc, lowa
County, Wisconsin. [nl-yl.]
J. H CHARY,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Mineral Point, Wis. Df
fice in Thomas’ Stone Block. [nl-yl]
MATTHEW BISHOP.
Has furnished his bar with anew assortment of liq -
uors. lie has also a good Billiard Table. Give him
a call.
J R. ROBERTS.
NOTARY PUBLIC. Doe. , Mortgages, 4 c., drawn
with accuracy, at his Hotel on Main Street,
Dodgevillc, Wis. [nßv4-tf]
R AIIUNDELL,
("lENERAL DEALER in stoves. Hardware, Tin,
X Sheet-Iron, and Copper ware, Ac.. lowa Street,
opposite the old Post Ollice, Dodgeville, Wis. [nl-yl]
wHITNEY SMITH.
rnAXSF.It \ND CURRIER, Mineral Point, Wis.
I Leather of all kinds, also Hair for Plastering, al
ways on hand, cheap for cash. Job Work done at short
notice and on moderate terms.
S w. REESE.
V TTORNEY AT LAW. L.i id and Collecting Agent,
Dodgeville, lowa County, Wis. Particular at
tention given to collecting and agencies, and payment of
faxes in lowa County. Otlh ein the Post Office Build
ing. " [nl-ylj
L. M. STRONG,
V TTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, Land and
Collecting Agent, Dodgeville, Wis. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates in the
County Court. Office in Court House. [Up .Stairs.]
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SOLDIERS CLAIM AGENCY.
DODGEVILLE, WIS.
C Collects hack pay for discharged Soldiers, B nnty
j Money and hack pay for heirs of deceased .Soldiers.
Pension certificates procured, Bounty claims settled
at prices establised hv Law.
n24-ly ‘ SAMUEL W. REESE, All y
SQUALL’S HOUSE,
NO. 207 Sc 200 Randolph Street, Chicago Illinois.
This house is centrally located, in the busings*
part of the city, near tin- Post Office, the Court House,
and all the principle Rail Road Depots The accom
modations are good, and cheap" r than most of the
Hotels in this vicinity. [nil-tf]
($1 SST£HW
DODGEVILLE, - - - WIS.
a a THE undersigned would respectfully ask a
share of the public patronage. His table
ISSlikfw will always be furnished in good taste and
t bis rooms are large and airy, and in evert
department the intention wilt be to consult
the comfort and wishes of his patrons. Good stables
ant attentive ostlers always in readiness.
II etrdurs by the day or week furnished with all nec
essary conveniences and at reasonable rates.
Stages leave this house daily, north and south
ni-ly .DiliN R. ROBERTS.
MASONIC
REGULAR MEETINGS of Dodgeville Lodge, No
• 119 of A. F. A A. M. on 1 hr* first and third Fri
day evenings of each month, at their Hall on lowa
treat. Transient brethren visiting Dodgeville, are
urdially invited to attend.
Henhy Dunstak, Sec'y.
To widow’s tears to orphans’ cry,
All wants our ready hands supply,
So far as power is given ;
Tb- naked clothe, the prisoner free,—
*uch arc the deeds sweet masonry
Revealed l us from heaven.
~ Q Qp G ‘ rp
1 01. Independent Order of
VMIGITIA LODGE, No. . '•■'pday evening in
Good Templars, no ets ev i v
JbJF. Thomas’ Hall, e* 7 l ; o’clock. Menus. i
order visiting this Village fe cordially Invlt-d to mu.
jf ith us. THOMAS LEM IN, W. 0, T.
James Dates, W. K. 8,
L. M. STRONG.
Commercial Broker,
(LICENSED BY THE V. S. GOVERNMENT.)
Sells Real Estate.
Pays Taxes in all Parts of the State.
Takes ch*r(ro of l.cftso. and Collects Routs for im
proved and unimproved Property.
Buys & Sells Bonds, Mortgages,
Notes, &c., &c.
ALSO
Soldiers’ Claim Ag ext.
Collects hfd pay for Discharged Soldiers,
“-£r"Uack pay for 11 irs of deceased Sol
diers, Pension Certificates procured, at
prices established by-Law.
Office in the- Cotu i Dodgevllle, lowa County
Wisconsin.
Milton the Poet.
'•Three poets in three distant ages born,
Greece, Italy, and England did adorn :
The first in loftiness of thought surpass’d;
Tin next in majesty; in both the last.
The f .rce of nature could no further go,
To make a third she joined the former two.”
The above lines are inscribed on a large tablet erected to the
; memory of Milton, in one of the church edifices of London. The
church itself stands on the very .spot where Milton was baptized
1 in infancy.
j The youthful period of the poet’s life is full of interest. When
but a school-boy. his close application to books, and occasional
efforts with the pen, won for him the admiration of all; even at
j the age of eleven years his verses attracted the attention of his
instructors. An instance is recorded, while attending St. Paul’s
school in London, that will illustrate this.
At a public examination the scholars were each appointed to
, read a poetical composition. The theme chosen was the first mir-
I acle of ran Savior —the turning water into wine. Each one ex
! erted himself to the utmost to gain the prize. Long poems were
' written and handed in on the subject. But young Milton grasped
■ the sublime idea, and expressed it in a style that would have done
, honor to the greatest bard, lie only wrote on his slate one line:
“The conscious water saw his God, and blushed.”
; It is said the judges looked upon each other amazed, and, without
; hesitation, awarded him the prize.
I Milton was a devout Christian. His father, having renounced
j the false doctrines of Rome, became warmly attached to the prot
-1 estaiit religion. As might be expected, the poet's mind was
i deeply impressed with the same faith. He became its earnest
j advocate, and through his whole life defended the truth with his
pen. His greatest work, “Paradise Lost,” has excited the admi
ration of the Christian world, while his “Psalms” and religious
prose works give evidence of extreme piety.
But there was one grand and mighty feeling that was ever
burning in his breast, it was the ardent love of freedom. He
longed to see all men exalted and equal. Amid his meditations
in the retirement of his home, this passion burned within him.
Even when his fondest hopes were crushed, his thirst for human
freedom diminished not. Though afflicted with total blindness,
he wiote continually upon this favorite theme. Nothing could in
duce him to desi.-t —not even the threats of his triumphant en
emies.
The Duke of York, as the story goes, expressed a wish to his
brother, Charles 11., to see old Milton, of whom so much was said.
The king had no objection, and soon the duke was on his way to
the poet’s house,-where, on introducing himself, a free conversa
tion took place between these very “discordant characters.”
Tiie duke asked Milton whether he did not consider his blind
ness to be a judgment inflicted on him for writing against the late
king.
“If your highness thinks,” he replied, “that the calamities
which befall us here arc indications of the wrath of heaven, in
what manner are we to account for the fate of the king, your fatti
er '{ The displeasure of heaven must, upon this supposition, have
been much greater against him than against me; for I have only
lost my eyes, but he 10.-t his head.
The duke, disconcerted by the answer, went his way, and ex
claim Jon reaching the court: “Brother, you are greatly to
blame that you don’t have that old rogue Milton hanged.”
“Why, what is the matter, James ?” said the monarch; “you
seen in a heat. What 1 have you seen Milton ?”
“Yes,” answered James, “I have seen him.”
“Well,” asked the king, “in what condition did you find him ?”
“Condition ? —why, he is very old and very poor.”
“Old and poor, well; and he is blind, too, is he not?”
“Yes blind as a beetle.”
“Why, then,” observed the merry monarch, “you arc a fool,
James, to have him hanged as a punishment; to hang him will
bi doing him a service; it will be taking him out of his miseries,
if he be old. poor, and blind, he is miserable enough ; in all con
scious sa’ e let him live.”
Milton’s biographers enable us to trace his daily life. He rose
early, had a chapter in the Hebrew Bible read to him, then medi
tated till seven, (ill twelve he listened to reading, in which he em
ployed his daughters, then took exercise, and sometimes swung
in his little garden. After a frugal dinner, he enjoyed some mu
sical recreation ; at six he welcomed friends, look supper at eight,
and then, having smoked a pipe and drank a glass of water, he
retired to repose.
The death of this illustrious man took place on the 10th of No
v über, 107-1, at his residence at Bunhill-row. His funeral was
attended by a great number of noblemen, as well as by a large con
course of the populace. In 1707 a monument was erected to his
memory in Westminster Abby ; and a few years since another
small one was placed in the church where he lies interred.
A Good Illustration.
The Chicago Tribune reports in full the discourse delivered by
by Bi'hop Simpson in Chicago on National Thanksgiving day.
One of his illustrations was as follows : “I see around me to
day a number of scientific men, and I hope 1 may be excused if
! make a scientific illustration, one 1 have made before, but now
most applicable. It is a principle in galvanism that the power of
the battery is increased in the number of plates without regard to
their size. A battery of small power will send a galvanic spark
when the poles are brought near together, which will consume
any light substance like a straw. Increase the numb rof plates
and a small wire is consumed ; increase them still further and an
iron post could be molted. So 1 have sometimes thought it was
with the power of public opinion. Individual mind acts on mind.
A multitude of minds, however small and weak in themselves,
concentrated uyon one subject, will make the power felt Every
error must melt between the poles of thought and combined ac
tion, and I have applied this to the National as w 11 ns the indi
vidual mind, and I have thought that as State was added to State,
and country to country, evils pass away. The progress of human
improvement is going on ; the handcuff that bound the living
country has been unbound, and there has been enough human
electric!*!’ CMiiitted to melt the handcuffs oft'of three millions of
i ,'hasten day when science and truth shall every
peopi- -n ”
where preva*..
n i ' *he Term
Origin oi
’ from tim * io t’™ 6 !
Among the many issues of base com whicn, ■ -h.
were made in Ireland, there was none to be compared .V' woru
lessness to that made by James 11. at the Dublin mint. It wa
composed of anything on which he could lay his lands, such as
lead* pewter, copper and brass, so low was its intrinsic value that
t wen tv shillings of it was only worth two-pence sterling, Wil
liam 111 , a few days after the battle of the Boyne, ordered that
the crown-piece and half-crown should be taken as one penny, and
on half-penny respactively. The soft mixed metal of which that
worthless coin was composed, was known among the Irish as L im
hog, pronounced Oemhug, that is. soft copper, or worthless mon
ey ; and in course of their dealings the modern use of the word
h'nnhiy took its rise, as in the phrases, "That's a piece of uimhog."
"Don't think to pass of your uimhog on me.’’ lienee the word
humbug came to be applied to anything that had a specious ap
pearance. but which was in reality spurious. It i< curious to
note that the very opp osite of hvmhug is the word sterling, w hich
is also taken from a term applied to the true coinage of Great
Britain, as sU rling coin, sterling worth, etc.
Men who neglect Christ, and try to to win heaven through mo
j mini s are like saib-rs at sea in a storm, who pull, some at the
\ bowsprit and some at the mainmast, but never touch the helm.
| Of all earthlv music, that which reaches the farthest into
j heaven is the boating of a loving heart.
A REPUBLICAN AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1863.
Religion In the Hear?.
The writings of the prophets, the t< achings of Christ, the
epistles of the apostles, and the exp ri no- all Christians liv
ing and dying, go to prove that if God's religion has any thing
to do with human beings, the scat of its operations is the heart.
One of the great mysteries to the unregenerate mind is the new
birth, or the change that religion effects in the soul. The inquiry
of Nichodemus : “How can these things be ?” has been the in
quiry of the unconverted world from the days of Christ to the
present time. And whilst the worldly man is wondering haw it
can be obtained, and how it can make its possessor happy, the
religious man wonders why every man dot:, net receive it, and be
happy in its possession. The scribes and pharisees were very
particular, even tenacious about the externa! ceremonies of their
fathers’ religion. They thought that if they fasted, and prayed
long prayers, and paid tithes of what they possessed, and at
tended to the outward washing? and other ceremonies of (ho tem
ple, they discharged all the obligations, and realized all the ben
fits of tlicir religion. They had but a vague notion of a religion
that had to do with the powers, propensities, passions, and feel
ings of the heart. And as it was with the Jews of eld, so it is
with thousands who arc connected with the church of Christ at
the present day. We arc prone to look at things temporal, but
slow to seek and aspire after thing that are spiritual and eternal.
Many arc the nominal, but few are the real children of God.
Many come to the temple on Sabbath days and take a part in the
outward exercises, hut few allow God to enter the tempi ■ of their
hearts, and sot up bis throne in tlicir souls. Many listen to the
voice of the minister sounding from the pulpit, hut few hear the
voice of God speaking through the preacher to their consciences.
Many are charmed by the music of the choir sounding upon
the outward car, —few are captivated, charmed, and spell-bound
by the soul stirring music of heaven brought to bear upon t’pe
soul by the spirit of God. Many go from the house of God talk
ing about what they saw through the eye of son*se, such as bon
nets, hats, garibaldies, feathers, and flowers, etc., but few there are,
who by an eye of faith , behold God their Savior walking among
his golden candlesticks, dispensing blessings of all kinds to dec
orate and beautify the souls of his children. There is much talk,
and not unfrequently some unpleasant feeling about the externals
of religion; but little concern, little anxb-ty of mind about the
things calculated to promote godliness in the soul. In a word,
the grand desideratum of the Christian church is, more reli.vion
in the heart. There are many who seem to be satisfied with re
ligion in the head ; they think that to have a well arranged sys
tem of theology, and a clear understanding of the doctrines of
Jesus Christ is all that is needed. We believe it is a matter of
importance that we have a right theology, a right creed, and such
a knowledge of the doctrines of Christ, as to be able to defend
thorn before those who would try to break them down. Cut we
must not stop here; we must have a knowledge of God’s favor
in our souls. It is our privilege to know that the approving smile
of Jesus is upon ns every day. Paul could say : “1 know whom
T have believed.” Not merely from what he heard of him, or
from what he saw of him, but from what ho felt of him. Paul’s
knowedge of Christ was of the heart, his belief was a belief of
the heart, and his experience was always the expression of his
inner being. The religion we need, and the only religion that can
make ns happy, is the religion written upon the tablet of our heart
by the holy spirit. And tie testimony of religion in every age of
tho church has been more convincing, more conclusive, and more
effectual from the heart than from the head. A man may never
have read or understood the evidences of religion from Clarke, or
Watson, or Wesley, or from any other great writ* r, but he may
know it by the love of God shed abroad in the heart. There is
such a thing as a man knowing ho is a Christian by the teachings
of the holy ghost, without the teachings of man. What says the
good book? “This is the covenant that I will make with them
after those, days saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their
hearts, and into their minds will I write them.” David's prayer
was, “create in me a clean heart.” God’s promise is, “anew heart
will I give you, and anew spirit will T put within you.” No one
can read these portions of God’s word without being satisfied that
the religion of Jesus Christ has much to do with the heart, and
at the same time he impressed with the importance of living in
its possession and enjoying its benefits. And where this is the
case there is happiness, irrespective of circumstances. This is
the peculiarity, the distinguishing feature by which Christians are
known in this world, loving God with all the heart and onr neigh
bors as ourselves. Love to God in tm h. art is the moving prin
ciple, the actuating cause of all our : .s. our sacrifices, ourben
ificence, our whole life consecrated • cause of Jesus. With
out this principle in the heart no sacrifice < an be accepted, no ob
lation can procure God’s blessing upon our souls. With this
feeling no man, nor even the devil, can baffle us out of our confi
dence in God. Like John we can say : “We know that we are
of God;” or with Paul: “1 know whom 1 have believed.” I
think the following anecdote will illustrate my subject, as far as
the feeling part of it is concerned : It seems a doctor wanted to
baffle a good man out of his confidence in God, by trying to argue
away the existence of the soul, from the fact that it could not be
recognized by the greater part of the senses. Ho reasoned thus :
“Did you ever see the soul?” “No,” said the good man. “Did
you ever hear the soul?” “No.” Did you ever smell a soul?”
“No.” “Did you ever taste a soul?” “No.” “Did you ever f,el
a soul? - ’ “Yes,” said the man, “1 feel I have one within me.”
“W eh,” said the doctor, “there arc four senses against one ; you
have only one on your side.” “Very well,” said the Christian,
“did you ever see a pain ?” “No.” “Did you ever hear a pain ?”
“No.” “Did you oyer smell a pain?” “No.” “Did you ever
taste a pain?' 1 “No.” “Did you ever feel a pain?” “Yes.”
“And that is enough, T suppose, to prove that there is a pain.”
“Yes.” So with the religion of Christ in the heart, if it is there
we know it; and though the scoffer or the shrewd infidel may
break down all other arguments of the good man, lie cannot des
troy the argument written by God’s spirit unon the heart
‘ C. 11.
The Lion and his Keeper.
There was, in the menagerie at Brussels, some years ago, a
large lion, called Danco. whose den happened to require some re
pairs. The keeper brought a carpenter to mend it, but when the
workman saw the lion he started back with terror. The k eper
entered the animal's cage, and 1 and him to the upper part of it,
while the lower part was refitting The keeper then amused bun
self for some time playdng with the lion, and being w> aried, he
soon fell into a sound sleep. The carpenter having full r fiance
on the vigilance of the keeper, pursued bis work with rapidity,
’ "'hen he had finished it, he called him, to see if the repairs
done. The keeper made no answer. Having re
were p. ‘N , be began to fool alarm for bis situation,
peatedly calfeu . '“ -mer part of the case, whore looking
and resolved to go to .. ’ *• f ~ .. nii t ’ t!e keep, r sit oping side
through the railing, be saw tn - 1 “ . h t * astonished carpen
bv side. From the impui.-e m the m 0... 1 “ -„ r D t i,,.
tor uttered a loud cry. The lion, awakened a.. qq
sudden veil, started on hi- feet and stared at the mecn„. - .
an eye of fury, and then placing his paw on the brea- tot t.G
keeper, lav down to repose again. At length the keeper was
awakened by some of his attendants, but did not app ir the least
apprehensive for his own safety, but shook the Hon by th paw,
and then quietly led him to his former re.sidence. —JaxmiU In
structor.
A man's strength, in this life, is often great r from some single
word, remembered and cb risk and, than in arms u- armor. Lock
ing over the dead on a lb Id of battle, it was easy to -ee why tout
young man, and he a recruit, fought so valiantly'. Hidden undei
his vest was a sweet face, don ■ up in gold ; and -o, through
love’s heroism, he fought with double strokes, and danger mount
ing higher, till be found honor in death. So, i. you (e.iry tr.c
tailisman of Christ In your heart, it will give you strength in
every conflict, and, at death, open to you the gates of glory.
THE PRINTER’S CONSOLATION
Till; LATEST PARODY.
Tell me, ye winged winds,
That round my pathway play,
Is there no place on earth,
W here printers get their pay ?
The whispering breeze went by —
With accents filled with woe,
A voice borne on the sorrowing air,
In sadness answered “No.”
Tell me, ye flowing streams,
That smoothly glide along,
Is there no cherished place,
Vv here printers moot not wrong?
The gentle brook replied—
In murmurs soft and low—
And winding on its verdant way,
It meekly answered “No.”
Tell me, ye murky clouds,
Now rising in the west,
Is there upon the globe.
One spot by printers blest?
The flashing clouds out-spoke,
V\ ith an indignant glow—
A voice that filled the world with awe,
In thunders answered “No.”
Tell mo, hard-hearted man,
Withholding day by day,
Is there no honor in thy breast
The printer’s bills to pay?
Unanswered turns he round —-
How plain his actions show—
An uttered oath-capped sound is heard,
Ilis actions answer, “No.”
Tell me, ye gentle nymphs,
L ho blest life’s hour through,
Is there one sacred shrine
SS aero printers get their due ?
A mantling blush h r cheek diffused,
Did ten fold grace impart,
As soft responsive sigh replied—
“’Tis found in woman’s heart.”
Tell me, angelic hosts,
Ye messengers of love,
Shall suffering printers here below
Have no redress above ?
The angel band replied —
“To us is knowledge given,
Delinquent; on the printers books
Can never enter heaven !”
American Heroine, Anita Garibaldi.
Anita Garibaldi was a native of La
Cana, a place among the lulls which
-skirt the southern coast of Brazil. Her
freshness ami vigorous beauty caused
the Italian hereto call her his Brazilian
Sower; but the heroic deeds which she
performed whilst sharing all the indes
cribable hardships and dangers in fol
lowing her husbands career make her
worthy of being reckoned among the
must astonishing women that are record
ed in the annals either of ancient or
modern history.
Whilst on beard the Bio Pardo she
fired the first cannon, pointing it her
self against the enemy, and encouraging
by her voice those who were panic
stricken. In this combat, out of six
officers, only Garibaldi escaped with his
life. When all the pieces of Garibaldi
(/'. e. the liberal party) bad been dis
mounted flic men continued firing with
their carbines, and Anita kept close to
her husband, in the most dangerous
place, disdaining to land or to shelter
herself in any way or to flinch, as oven
the most courageous man will, when he
secs the enemy applying the match.
In the unhappy combat of Coritibani,
Anita, mounted upon an admirable steed
encountered the enemy’s cavalry. In
stead of surrendering or turning to flee,
she animated her soldiers to defend them
selves, and when overwhelmed by the
number of the imperialists and surround
ed by them site put spur- to her horse, i
and. with fierce impetuosity, broke thro"
the enemy's lines, receiving a bail in
her cap, which tore away some of her
hair, but without injuring her skull.
She might probably have mam good bar
escape had not her hor-e fallen, wound
ed by a ball. She was thu- taude pri,-
oner.
What she dared, and how she con
trived to escape from her e ptivity ; what
she suffered in looking for her beloved
husband ; what hard hip -lie endured
in her journey through the impenetra
ble forests of South America, full of
tigers and wild beasts of prey, in wading
torrents, clinging to the head of her
horse, and how she at length succeeded
in again reaching her husband, are things
which would be enough to cause her to
he ranked among such wonderful being.-,
a CVr.ez and Pizarro. It would require
too much space to relate ail the partic
ulars of her heroic deeds. Let it suffice
to g'.y that she cheerfully shared, with
* ! e ;;poue.’;ehahic joy of love, ail the
toils "ami dWrk- ’fhi'-h were entailed
by poverty, marches, am'.! through
the wilderness and by persecution of
every description, and that she declarer
she would follow her heroic Joseph a
loner as she lived.
Her brave Writ was admirably tend
ed with the sweetest feeling of a wife
and the tcmicro it affection of a mother.
In 1840 she gwe birth to her first son.
the brave Menotu, and suoseauenily
another son and daughter. In 1848.
Terms: { On® dollar per year
( il paid in advance.
from Montevideo, having followed her
husband to light against the Austrians
for the independence of Italy, after the
the campaign of Home, she fled with
him, hunted by thousands of Austrians
by land and by sea, and finally landed
near the mouth of the Po. There, find
ing herself very much advanced in preg
nancy, and through fatigue, deprivation,
and hardship, feeling entirely exhaust
ed, and being unremittingly persecuted
by the Austrian hordes who were in
sight, her hero husband took heron his
back to seek shelter in that almost un
inhabited country. On arriving at a
hut he asked of a peasant shelter for his
wife, when on laying her upon the mis
erable pallet, lie found to bis dismay
that, her spirit had departed.
Horror stricken, he became uncon
scious of his own danger, and, crossing
his arms on his chest, remained heed
lessly looking at the corps. The peasant,
perceiving the Austrians approaching,
was obliged to arouse him from his stu
por by dragging him out of the hut cry
ing, “The Austrians.” Garibaldi would
not leave, notwithstanding, without re
ceiving from the good peasant a sacred
promise to give sepulture to the remains
of his beloved wife, who had been the
heart of his heart.
Mankind will always consider tin*
woman as one of the most deplorable
victims of Austrian tyrrany, and one of
the most shinining martyrs for the cause
of Italian independence.
America, land of freedom ! if our wo
men perform such deeds, what will :n rt n
do if called upon to fight for freedom
and independence against foreign tyr
rany and invaders ?
An item Which Every Man Should
Read.
Vv o have probably all of us met with
instances, in which a word heedlessly
spoken against the reputation of a fe- •'
male lias been magnified by malicious
minds until the cloud has become dark
enough to overshadow her whole exist
ence. To those who are accustomed
—not necessarily from had motives, but
from thoughtlessness— to speak lightly
of females, we recommend these “hints
as worthy of consideration. “Never use
a lady’s name in an improper place at
an improper time, or in mixed company.
Never make assertions about her that
you think are untrue, or allusions that
you feel she herself would blush to hear.
When you meet with men who do not
scruple to make use of a woman’s name
in a reckless and unprincipled manner,,
shun them, for they are the very worst
members of the community—men lost
to every sense of honor, every feeling
of humanity. Many a good and worthy
woman’s character has been forever
ruined, and her heart broken by u lie,
manufactured by some villain, and re
peated when it should not have been,
and in the presence of those whose lit
tle judgment could not deter them from
circulating the foul and bragging report.
A slander is soon propagated, and the
smallest thing derogatory to a woman’s
character will fly on the wings of tho
wind, and magnify as it circulates, until
its monstrous weight crushes (be poor
unconscious victim. Ilespect the name
of woman, for your mothers and sisters
arc women ; and as you would have
their name untarnished, and their lives
unbuffered by the slanderer’s biting
tongue, heed the ill that your own words
may bring upon the mother, the sister,
or the wife of ,-ome fellow-being.
A Temperance Fable.
The rats once as.-emhlec in a largo
cellar, to 'i-.vi.-c some method of safety
in getimg too oait from a small trap
which lay near, having seen numbers of
their fremds and relations snatched
from them by it.; mcrcile • jaws. Alter
many long speeches, and tho proposal
of many elaborate but fruitless plans,
a happy wit, standing erect, said, “It is
my opinion that, if with one paw we can
keep down the string, we can safely take
the io.-0(l from the trap with other.” All
the rats present loudly squealed assent,
end slapped their tails in applause.
The meeting adjourned and the rats re
tired to their homes ; but the devasta
tions of the trap being by no means
diminished, the rat - were forced to call
another “convention. The ciders, just
assembled, hud commenced their deiib
erationw when all were startled by a
faint voice, and a poor rat with only
tin--e legs, limping into the ring, stood
up to speak. All were instantly silent;
teething out the bleeding rema ns of
his leg. he said, “My friends. I have
tried the method, and you see the re
- !t. Nov. let me suggest a plan to
escape the trap — do not touch, it !"
- sh mid boar in mind that
what they quaff from the goblet after
wards appears in the mug.
NO. 4.