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H McMAHON, SHERIFF OF BENTON COUNTY, Sauk Rapids, .... Minnes t R. D. LANCASTER, COUNTY SURVEYOR, Sauk Rapids, . . . • Minnesota W. H. WOOD, Xißte Receiver United States Land Office, Attorney at Law & General Land Agent, SAUK RAPIDS, MIN., GEO. W. SWEET, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Court Commissioner of Benton Co gCf-Office in Frontierinan Building, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. LANDS, Improved and unimproved, on the Mississippi river near St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids; also LOTS in Sauh Rapids and East St. Cloud, for sale on reasonable terms. Euquire at this of fice. SAINT CLOUD CARDS* WM. J. PARSONS, Counsellor at Law. OFFICE WASHINGTON AVENUE, Corner of Monroe Sleect — Monti's Building ST. CLOUD MINNESOTA. YV. B. SIMONTON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office opposite Proctor $ Clark's. Saint Cloud, . . : Minnesota. B. R PALMER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Saint Cloud, .... Minnesota. C. C. ANDREWS, COVNSBIiIiOR AT IiAW, SAINT CLOUD, . . • MINNESOTA J. L.WILSON, PROPRIETOR OF SAINT CLOUD Will dispose of Lots for dwellings or business purposes, on the most advantageous terms. St. Cloud, Feb. 2, 1860. JOSEPH DEIMEL, BOOT & SHOE MAKER, ST. CLOUD, Is prepared at all ti nes to furnish his customers with a good article in his line. All work war ranted, and at the low'est cash price. St Cloud,Jan. 26, 1860 J. W. METZROTH, MFjRCIIANT TAILOR, Delaer in Clothing, Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings and Gentle men’s Furnishing Goods, to the inspection of which be invites his friends and the public. Upper Town, Saint Cloud, Minnesota. janl.yl MINNEAPOLIS CARDS. F. R. E. CORNELL, A TTORNE Y AND CO UNSELL OR, Minneapolis, . t . . Minnesota GREELEY AND GRAY, Druggists and Apothecaries, Hennepin Avenue opposite the Hay Scales, Minneapolis, Min. n3yl M. R. GREELEY, M. D. J. D GRAY M. R. GREELEY, M D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, MINNEAPOLIS, M. T. Office at his Residence pear the Suspension Bridge J. E. BELL & CO., Dealers in Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Clothing] Hats, Caps, Boots and Shces, at Eastern Prices. Davies’ Brick Block, Biidge Street, Minneapolis] Minnesota. jan2fln3yl J. H. GREEN, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods, Groce ries, Hats and Caps, Boots, Shoes, and Clothing; Also, Provisions, Flour and Grain, Bridge Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. jan26n3yl LEWIS FORD, Manufacturer and Dealer in boots and ■ scobs NICOLLET AVNEUE, Two doors East Black’s Emporium, Mnneapolis. j Mimesotaa boots TEE WILLIAM H. WOOD, YOL. 1- —HO. 47 SMutefc. gtisctllang. The following little poem, from the fair bands of Mrs. Louisa Flagg, the wife of the artist— Flag of our Union —is very dainty; and her ne%* ly coined word “woodting,'' a’pretty con ceit : Minnesota Woodsing with Ina- Along the wooded shore our wanderings lay; A tiny basket, for our flower-spoil, Beggsd little pet to bear, in mimic toil, And filled with withered leaves, and mosses gray, From weird.old oaks that branch’d above our way. In shaded nooks the jesmine lingered yet, White star-light clusters, bluest violets, And tiny blossoms of the April day That chanced to catch the little gaze, Else all nnnoticed ’mid the glass had lain: Rich harvest ours until the western rays Warned homeward, tho’ for longer lingering fain, Aud Ina begged in pretty baby phrase, “To go a woodsing very soon again ” Departure of Summer Where are the blossoms of summer?—ln the West, Blushing their last to the last sunny hours, Where the mild Eve by sudden Night is prest Like tearful Proserpine .snatch’d from her flowers To a most gloomy breast. Where is the pride of Summer—the green prime, The many,many leaves of all twinkling?—Three On the mossed Elm: three on the naked lime Trembling—and one upon the old oak tree ! Where is the Dryad’s immortality?— Gone into mournful cypress and dark yew, Or wearing the long gloomy winter through In the smooth holly’s green eternity. Hood. The way they Behave BY Mils. GEORGE WASHINGTON WYLLYS. We went to hear Forrest the other night. Now don’t be misled by this simple statement, reader. Don’t lay down the paper with a mental “Pshaw! nobody can tell us anything new about Forrest’s acting.” We don’t intend to tell you anything new, or anything old, either— we only want to “soeak our mind” on the manner in which women conduct themselves at theaters, operas, and pub lic places generally. It is emphatical ly scandalous! This is no new conviction, we are. sorry to say. We have been aware ot the fact, ever since we were tall enough to look over the edge of the mantlepiece But the other night, when we went down to see Forrest enact “King Lear,” the kettle of our Indignation boiled over, and as we couldn’t box the ears of the fair aggressors eumasse, nor chastise them, u la the noble sex, with pistols aad small-swords, we resolved to take the only revenge in our power, and tell “Life Illustrated” all about it Perhaps they will be ashamed of them selves when they see their naughty deeds in print. But for mercy’s sake, dear “Life,” don’t let them know it was ice who told you. We are moder ately courageous —we don’t object to meeting any one woman of our size in single combat, but consider how many finger-nails and parasol points there arc in New York! It was very exhilarating to stand out side the doors for half an hour,the cen ter of a solid jam—to have your bonnet criticised by somebody’s saustic tongue, and crushed in by some other body’s remorseless elbow—to know that your dress was being “crumpled” ns if a pa tent crimping-knife had done the busin ess. Still more pleasant was it to say meekly to a twohundred-pound woman, “Please to take your gaiter-heel off my foot,” and be annihilated with. “Well, I should think any one calling herself a lady would be a little more accom modating!” And then the mad rush when at length the doors were opened! We mentally drew the dividing line between politeness-male and politeness female, when in answer to a faint re monstrance for room,the gentleman be hind us replied, gayly, “I really should be glad to oblige you; but I am entirely at the mercy of the crowd myself!”— What made his wife spoil the genial ef fect of his pleasant voice by chiming in, tartly,“What do people come here for,if they can’t stand being crowded?” Deer, amiable soul! if ever we meet you on Broadway, we will give you the “right of way” with the greatest pleas ure in life! But the incident of the evening is yet to be related. We never knew of a duel between two women, but we can very easily imagine, after being aneye and-car witness of this brisk little scene, how it would be fought. The parties were a gray-eyed female—might have been an old maid, and might not —and a black eyed young lady, in company with an invalid gentleman. Gray-eyes had received a push from somebody, which she (erroneously) charged to the account of the gentleman with Black eyes, whom she immediately assailed with a shower of obloquy, wanting to know “if he called himself a gentle man?” and “what he, was knocking people about, in that way, for?” and giving emphasis to her words by bring ing down her kid-gloved fists furiously upon his shoulders. Black-eyes imedi ately snatched up the gauntlet, before the astonished victim could remonstrate. Motto— « Freedom is the only safeguard of Government, and Order and Moderation arc nectary to Freedom.”— Milton. SAUK RAPIDS, IIS.. THURSDAY. HOY. 29. 1860. “What do you mean by such uulady like conduct?” she demanded; “let the gentleman alone—he has never touehed you! I'should think you would be as hamed of yourself!” Every word of Black-eyes was accompanied with a vigorous poke at her enemy’s ribs.— Grav-eyes, in despair, appealed to the policeman at the inner door. The pol iceman in common gallantry could not rebuke Miss Black-eyes, so he satisfied justice by looking fiercely at an unof fending int ividual who had been totally unconnected with the whole affair, and asking him “why he couldn’t behave himself?” Both these ladies were elegantly and expensively dressed—wore French bon nets, and probably belonged to “our first ’circles,” but no two Hibernian dames on the Bowery ever went at each other with more spirit than they display ed. With such soldiers before the walls, Sebastopol never would have held out as long as it did! The roguish glee with which the sur rounding gentlemen beheld the briet passage at arms was another element -in the cup of our dissatisfaction. YY ho wants to furnish a laughing stock to their excellencies, the men? Now this is just the way women be have themselves whenever it is particu larly desirable they should be accom modating- In the palmy days when they were little girls, these are the self same faults for which their mothers us ed to box their ears and shut them up in dark closets. We are not sure but that a piece of the same discipline would be good fir the complaint now! Noth ing else seems to produce a reforming influence. Can’t they go to see a grand old tragedy and a superb actor without prefacing the feast intellectual leave their watches and purses at homo, pre vious to mingling in a crowd, for fear of disastrous consequences. Couldn’t they take the same course with their warlike propensities? Does a woman consider everything that w-ears a bon net as her natural enemy? Isn’t a pol ite word as cheap as a spiteful one? We really would like a little informa tion on these topics. Who will supply us? A Romantic Young Lady and a Past Young Man Moenlight, since the world began, has been the food of love. Cupid danc es in her silvery rays, and his most an tic tricks are perpetrated under her mellowing influence - It will be so, phi losophers say, and it always should be so, poets and lovers respond.. A poetic young lady of our city, one of the wild, rattle-brained sort, but en tirely above suspicion, made the ac quaintance of a young gentleman on the State Fair ground, and he was smitten. He asked to visit her, bnt some strange freak got into the young lady’s head, and she declined his visits at her home, and so arranged as to meat him in the evenings, and ramble with him by moon light, often until the small hours ap proached. What he said or how he said it, we don’t know, but we presume he asked to accompany her to her apart ment, for one Sunday night she took him to her room, stepped out and turned the key in the door behind her. Having performed this exploit she awoke her father and mother, complain ed of insults offered and told them how she had the libertine under lock and key. Armed with canes and tongs the paternal and fraternal burst into the room, furious and in eager haste to chastise the intruder. The young stranger, although fast, is a youth of coolness and courage. He started back in an instant, under the glare of the light from the lamp and the fire from the two pair ofeyes, and drew a revolver, telling them that if they advanced a step he would fire every barrel at them - He let them rave on, and the old inan began to see the absurdity of his posi tion. Then the young lover told them to reflect. He was in the young lady’s bed shamber, brought there by herself. Was she not more in his power than he was in hers? His love, he said, was cooled—indeed it was below freezing point; and he was willing to let the af fair rest just where it was, and that each paity should return to their own quar ters, with their arms in their hands. It was agreed that nothing should be said about it, but, some hints having leaked out, we have the substance of the above from one of the nctors and believe it to be true. Young ladies should not get quite so romantic. Southern Hospitality.- -The broth er-in-law of Rev. C. M, Tyler of this place embarked for Georgia on the steamer from Philadelphia. Though very discreet in the expression of his op inion, he was not permitted to remain a day in the city of Savannah without im prisonment,being as terrible as an army with banners. He returned by the next steamer much impressed with Southern liberality and political liberty Fall and Winter Fashions. Now that the people have decided by suffrage the great national question as to who shall he the Executive of the confederacy for the ensuing four years, 1 and now that the excitement incident to the result has in a measure abated in the minds ot the inhabitants of our City j and State, we must not forget the nuine- | rous lady readers of the Times who are interested in all that relates to the ever- j changing “fashions.” For their bene-| fit tve transfer to our columns the fol lowing lively article from the fashion de- j partment of a New York paper, descrip-! tive of the new and recherche styles of bonnets, cloaks, mantillas, shawls and ■ skirts, and ether articles of feminine apparel, recently introduced, and now all the rage in upper ten circles in that “fast” city. No wonder the husbands aud dads of Gotham “go under” every now and then, when their wives and daughters, in order to be “fashionable,” sport two hundred dollar bonnets, fifteen hundred dollar shawls, thousand duller dresses, hundred and fifty dollar “Zou ave jackets, 1 ’ ten dollar slippers, and jewelry to correspond ! Ladies of St. Paul, how do you like the picture? But to the report. — [Timet] Bonnets. —A lmppy medium has been found for bonnets W bile there is less of them than ever before, the front is more projecting, and is not thrown up in the preposterous way which has incurr ed such just censure. One “duck” may be minutely described. Fancy a crown of black and white lace, the front trimmed with white on eather side of light green velvet, a white marabout feather, tipped with green drooping de liciously, and the inside trimmed with white and green and gold ! Magenta is a color very much in repute—a bril liant red—and here is a bonnet of Ma genta velvet, trimmed at the front with lilac, the cape and crown of white tulle trimmed with Magenta, and the inside with white flowers and silk. The unan imous verdict is that tho front shall he close to the face. There is a charming bridal bonnet of plain white corded silk, with a double cape. Round the crown is a pointed lea r , an 1 the trimming is white illusion and lace. The decora tions on - the out idc arc white roses, green leaves and beads, and inside or ange blossoms. Of ornaments there is no end of delicate and divine ideas.— Gilt figures largely all, hut Madame Donporset clearly asserts that is “in bad tasle and will be too common to be elegant or distingue.” The dainty feath ers of the Paris bird —can this be a cor ruption of the bird o( Paradise?—of the Russian duck, and of the homely but beautiful pheasant —are to fall in soft showers over many a lovely head There is also an entirely new and very clever idea—a chain of medallions to encircle the bonnet. Cloaks and Mantillas. —lt is gen erally concluded that the loose sack will be most commonly worn. There are numerous designs, adapted to all ages, and apparently, to both sexes. A new idea that Zouave jacket, which fits nat tily to the waiste, and is accompanied by a cloak, so that there is accommodation for all conditions of the atmosphere.— The fringes and embroideries are very elegant, and the cost of a silk sack va ries from SSO to $l5O. Velvet main tains its proud supremacy. A cloak of this rich material, lined with purple silk, and embroidered at the edge with a ma chine stitch in vivid colo s, may, we think, be called a “stunner.” For the opera, silks of the most gorgeous strip edness have been imported in bewilder ing profusion A novel and pleasing invention is a Turkish cloak, over which from the left shoulder, depends a grace ful scarf, while the right shoulder is perfectly plain. For misses there is a cunning cloak, denominated Zara, quite Arabesgue in design. It is fitted to the shoulders in sack form, with Bishop sleeves and Japanese cuffs, and has two collars. Shawls. —One house in New York has a stack of camel’s hair shawls val ued at $150,000. Their separate val ues range from S2O to $2,500, and their paterns are sumptuous beyond descrip tion. The extreme agony is a heavy gold embroidery, and the expense of such luxury we dare not disclose. Skirts. —Let the tirade against crin oline cease. Let no man take that name in vain. Crinoline is a myth: they don’t wear it. The spring skirt is alone immortal. As many as 6ixty springs are sometimes worn, and by au ingenious contrivance, “the great an noyance of tapes slipping on the strings has been eflectually remodied, by pass ing the fastening through the covering of the springs, making it impossible for them to slip or break way.” The bell shape is the most popular, but there is no political preference to this fashion, however much corrupt factions may en deavor to fasten it upon the ladies. It is said that a brother of Carl Fo 7 mes has been missing for eight years, and that he has at last turned up in Garibaldi’s army. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Family Infercourse at Table. To meet at the breakfast table,father, mother, children, all well, ought to be a happiness to any heart; it should he a source of humble gratitude, and should wake up the warmest feelings of our nature. Shame upon the conttmptible and low-brtd cur, whether parent or child, that can ever corac to the break fast-table, where all the family have met in health, only to frown, and whine, and growl, and fret ! It is prima facie evideuce of a mean, and grovelling, and selfish, and degraded nature, whenceso ever the churl may have sprung. Nor is it less reprehensible to make such ex hibitions at the tea-table; for before tho morning comes, some of the little circle may be striken with some deadly dis ease, to gather around that table not again lorever. Children in good health, if left to themselves at the table, become, after a few mouthfulls, garrulous and noisy; but if within at all reasonable or beara ble bounds, it is better to let them alone; they eat less, because they do not eat so rapidly as if compelled to keep silent, while the very exhileratior. of spirits quickens the circulation of the vivid fluids, and energize digestion and assimilation. The extremes of society curiously meet in this regard. The tables of the rich and the nobles of Eng land are models of mirth, wit, and bon hommie; it t:;kes hours to get through a rcpa6t, and they live long. A Heartless Wretch A few days ago, a man who gave his name as Johnson, but whose real name is Ellslev Pugh, and who resides near Rochester, where he has a wife and a large family of sons and daughters, some of whom arc nearly grown up, came to this city with a horse said to have been stolen. Pugh sold the horse for almost nothing, and then went over to ‘ Vinne gar Hill,” where he married a young lady, with whom he immediately left fur unknown regions. Yesterday his wife caine here after him, as did also the?man from whom the horse w'as stolen. The poor woman’s grief was painful to witness—Of course she did not suceed in finding her truant husband. The police, however, are making a diligent search and entertain hope of capturing the rascal before many days. Journal. An Old Tree.—The oldest known tree, the age of which is historically de termed, is the sacred fig tree of Anara japoura, in Ceylon. It was planted by King Devinipiatsissa in the year 288 B. C., and its history from that date is pre served by a mass of documentary and tradition evidence. It was described by the Chinese traveler, Fa Hiam, in the year 414, and by the earliest Euro peans who visited it, in about the same terms. It is still flourishing, and is[a i ob ject of worship to the Buddhists of the island More Arrests of “Abolitionists” at the South —A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing from Conwayboro’, S. C., October 10. says that the Vigilant Society of that place have arrested two men under suspicious circumstances. One of the men profes es to be a tailor, the other schoolmas ter. Much excitement prevailed in the place. The correspondent thinks that “the gentemen will be dealt with as the law directs.” Some women are often excessively fond of teasing those whom they love. It is generally the very impassioned in temperament, or the very cold, who do so. The latter, whose love is compar atively languid, may do it almost con stantly; the former, just in the intervals where the pulse ot love rather intermits: and in this case it seems only to be a part or form of the general craving for excitement of some kind or other. The Utica (N. Y.) Telegraph has fbnnd the meanest man in the world. It says that a man who was requested to act as pall bearer at the funeral of a friend’s wife, presented the bereaved husband with a bill of 56 cents for his services in that capacity, and received his pay ! There has been a cowhiding affair at Springfield, III.; a young lady applied, the rawhide to a gentleman suitor who, as she heard, had made boasts of his power over her. There were half a dozen heads at a window opposite to see it well done. What a glorious world this be, if all its inhabitants could say, with Shak speare’s Shepherd: “Sir lam a true laborer; I earn that I wear; owe no man hate; envy no man’s happiness: glad of other men’s good; content with ray farm.” “Oh, that my father was seized with a remittent fever!” sighed a youug spend thrift at college. Editor and Propiie.or THE NEW ERA Printing Establishment Second Story, VEW ERA B( IL.DIXG. SACK RAPIDS We E«ve a tag* aMoruaeai new and Type- Border, Cute, Etc., » hich enable* u* (9 turn out *o«ne of the best job work ia the State, and at low pi ice* Btai. Hrns, Pojtibs, Bum, Cards, Billi, Cikciusi IsTiTATioR*, Labels, Etc. And every other description of 1 riming exerp Book word, done neatly and promptly at this office Bla sxs of every description prints to order. Early Trouble of a Newly Maried Couple. On last Friday morning an alhtoic young fanner in the town of Waynes burg, took a fair girl “all bathed in blushes” from her parents, and started fur the fiist town across the Pennsylva nia line to be married, where the cera tnony could be performed without a li cense. The happy pair were accompa nied by n sister of the girl, a tall, gaunt, sharp-featured female of some thirty seven summers The pair crossed the line, were married, and returned Wella ville to pass the night. People at the hotel where the wedding party stopped observed that they conducted themselves in a rather singular mariner. The hus band would take his sister-in-law, the tall female aforesaid, into one corner of the prrlor, nr.d talk earnestly to her; gesticul ding wildly the while. Then the tall female would “put her foot down” and talk to him in an angry and excited manner. Then the husband would tako his fair young bride into a c> r.ier, but he could uo sooner corn-* mencc talking to her, than the gaunt sister would rush between and join an grily in the conversation. The people at the hotel ascertained what this meant by about nine o’clock that evening.—• There was an uproar in the room which had been assigned to the newly married couple. Female shrieks and masculine “swears” startled the people at the ho« t si, and they hurried to the spot. The gaunt female was pressing and kicking against the door of the room, and the newly married man, mostly undressed was barring her out with all his might. Occasionally she would kick the door far enough open to disclose the stalwart husband in his gentleman Greek Slave apparel. It appeared that the tall feinal* in sisted upon occupying the same room with t‘ e newly-wedded pair; and her sister was favorably disposed to the ar rangement; the husband had agreed to it before the wedding took place, and was indignantly repudiating the con- tract. “Won’t you go uway, now, Susan, peaceful ?” “No,” said she, “I won’t—sotherc.” “Don’t you budge an inch!” cried the married si.ter within the room. Now, now, Maria,” said the young man to his wile, in a piteous tone, “don’t gn to cuttin’ up in this way, now don’t!” “I’ll cut up’s much ’s I wantei!” she sharpie replied. “Well !” roared the desperate man, throwing the door .vide open, and stalk ing among the crowd, “well, jest you two women put on your duds and go straight homo, and bring back the old man and woman, aud your grandfather, who is nigh on to a hundred; bring ’em all here, and I'll marry Ike whole d—d co’ioodle of ’em and tee’ll all tleep togeth er.” The difficulty was finally adjusted by the tali female taking a room alone.— Wcllsville is enjoping itself over the sensation —[Cleveland Plaindenler.} The Printer. A printer is the most curiour being living. He may have a bank and coins and not be worth n cent—have small 1 caps, and have neither wife nor children. Others may run fast, but he gets along swiftest by s Ming fast. He may be making impressions without eloquence— may use the lye without offending, and be telling the truth; while others can not stand while they set, he can set standing, and do both at the same time —have to use furniture, and yet have no dwelling—may make and put away pi, and never see a pie, much I<jss eat it during his whole life; be a human being and a rat at the same time; may prett ! a great deal, and not ask a favor; may ' handle a shooting-iron, and know 1 noth' ing about a cannon, gun or pistol; he may move the lever that moves tho world and yet be as fur from moving the glob* as a hog under a mole hill; spread sheets without being a housewife; he may lay his form on a bed, and yet be obliged to sleep on the floor; Ire may use the f I without shedding blood, and from the I earth he may haudie ***; he may be of \ a rolling dispogsilion, and yet never de j sire to travel; he may have a sheep's foot , and not be deformed; never be without a ease, and know nothing of law or physic; be always correcting his er rors, and be growing worse evory day ; have smew’s without ever having the arms of a lass thrown around bim; have his form locked up, and at the same time be free from jail, watch house, or any other confinement:,his office may have a hell in,it, and not be a bad place; after all he might be plagued by the devil, and be a Christian ofthe best kind and what is stranger still, be he honest or dishonest, rich or poor, drunk or so ber, or Jaey/'he always stands up to his business.— Oliver. The richest endowments of* the mind are temperance, produce and fortitude, Prudence is a universal virtue, which enters into the composition of sll the rest; and where she is not, fortitude loses its name and natunre,