anaheim-gazette 1874-10-17

VOL. 4. Southern Californian. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. RICHARD MELROSE & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy, one year (in advance)... $4.00 One copy, six months... $2.50 Business Cards. L. GUNTHER, PIONEER BOOT AND SHOE MAKER Cor. Third and Los Angeles St., Anaheim. DR. J. S. GARDINER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Clark & Austin's Building, ANAHEIM. MRS. A. HIGGINS, Ladies' Physician and Midwife. Particular attention given to diseases peculiar to women and children. Office and residence, corner Lemon and Center Streets, Anaheim. PIONEER DRUG STORE, Center Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. Miscellaneous. R. LUEDKE, WATCH MAKER AND... JEWELER, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WATCHES, CLOCKS, AND JEWELRY Carefully repaired and WARRANTY. A fine assortment of JEWELRY on hand. CLARK & AUSTIN, DEALERS IN Books, Stationery, and Fancy Goods, Toys, Violins, Accordoms, ALBUMS, GOLD PENS, CANDIES, ETC. ANAHEIM. Agents for Averill's Chemical Paint. Also, for the San Francisco Dailies and Weeklies, Eastern Periodicals, and Hall's Patent Fire and Burglar Proof Safes. Give us a call. J. H. GOOCH, PRACTICAL HOUSE, SIGN, AND What is a Newspaper? To the question from a child, paper? The Dublin General the following reply: Organs that gentlemen want to answer the tastes of Whatever it be, They hit on the key, And pipe in full concert. News from all countries Advertisements, essays Mixed up with all of (flying reports And published at regular Articles able and wise At least in the editor's eye And lagle so grand That few understand To what in the world it Statistics, reflections, rea Little scraps to instruct And lengthy debate Upon matters of st For wise-headed folks And funds as they were And quibbles and quirk The state of the crop The style of the fop And the wit of the public List of all physical ill Banished by somebody Till you ask with s Why any one dies Or what's the disorder Who has got married, Who were cut off in their Who has had baggage On this sorrow-stain And who totters fast to PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in Clark & Austin's Building, ANAHEIM. MRS. A. HIGGINS, Ladies' Physician and Midwife. Particular attention given to diseases peculiar to women and children. Office and residence, corner Lemon and Center Streets, Anaheim. PIONEER DRUG STORE, Center Street, corner of Lemon, Anaheim, Cal. W. M. HIGGINS. Proprietor, and Dealer in Drugs, Perfumery, and Garden Seeds. A. G. BEEBE, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Plans and Specifications drawn up with neatness and accuracy. Orders left at CLARK'S BOOK STORE will receive prompt attention. P. C. McKINNIE, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. SHOP...ON CENTER STREET Adjoining Pioneer Livery Stable. GEO. C. KNOX, CIVIL ENGINEER and SURVEYOR. Office, at the CALIFORNIAN OFFICE, Los Angeles Street...Anaheim. A. BAILEY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OFFICE, ENTERPRISE HALL BUILDING. J. W. CLARK, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace. Land Agent and Conveyancer. Acknowledgments taken. Loans negotiated on Real Estate security. Office at Clark's Building; opposite Planter's Hotel, Center Street. SAMUEL HAMILTON, Attorney and Counselor at Law. OFFICE...WITH WM. R. OLDEN, Center Street, Anaheim. JOSEPH BENNERSCHEIDT, Tin and Copper Smith, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. STOVES, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND. SAMUEL MEYER, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, OILS Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Utenalls, Commercial Street, Los Angeles. M FLORA ELDREDGE, MILLINER. ALBUMS, GOLD PENS, CANDIES, ETC. ANAHEIM. Agents for Averill's Chemical Paint. Also, for the San Francisco Dailies and Weeklies, Eastern Periodicals, and Hall's Patent Fire and Burglar Proof Safes. Give us a call. J. H. GOOCH, PRACTICAL HOUSE, SIGN, AND CARRIAGE PAINTER, Opposite Poplar Row, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM. All kinds of Carriage Painting done in the VERY BEST STYLE Prices according to style and quality, from $15 upward. NOTICE TO SHIPPERS. GREAT REDUCTION IN FREIGHT. ANAHEIM LIGHTER COMPANY. This Company is now prepared to receive and deliver freight at the Lowest Rates. Shippers will please send Bills of Lading by Steamer, and mark freight care "Anaheim Lighter Company." No charge for Storage on Grain. JAMES D. OTT, Agent Anaheim Lighter Company. B. DREYFUS, Anaheim. E. L. GOLDSTEIN, San Franco o. J. FROWENFIELD J. J. WEGLIN, New York. B. DREYFUS & CO., GROWERS AND DEALERS IN CALIFORNIA WINES AND CRAPE BRANDIES. 117 and 119 Broadway, and 62 and 64 Cedar St. NEW YORK. F. A. KORN & CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in WINES. FINE WINES AND LIQUORS Of the Best Selected Varieties. Call and see Sample Rooms, corner Los Angles and First North Streets, Anaheim, Cal. ANAHEIM DRUG STORE. Our Horse: I had been re-reading grass papers for the twenwife and myself had been the experience of Mr. Spenhis first horse purchase. "I rather think, my dethe air of a connoisseur," "that a jockey would finiwork to shove any such upon me." "Indeed!" said my g the faintest intonation of in her tone, "and why be as easily taken in by as any one?" "Because," said I, so by the implied donbt of "I should, if about to put take Mr. Avery, the stabme, give him ten dollars; select such an animal as "A ten dollar horse," with that fine irony for somewhat peculiar," "we be an economical purchaser clined to think would b lation in point of utility." "I did not mean—as know—that the ten dollars pended for a horse," I some dignity, with a viany undue levity," "but be a recompense to Mr trouble." "Humph!" said my g the good lady had thus self in an exclamation, a grunt nor a groan, br of the most exasperatikew it was hopeless to ject further and so I heil. "Ef a man wanted horse," said Mr. Avery terward, as I carefully price of the animal which ening hired of him, "it him to git some good j to go with him an' pick thin' as would do him g Mr. Avery had tried to sell me a horse from h had such a strong opi- shrewdness that I woulhis blandishments, that so tallied with tha made to my wife, immemed me that Avery was a judgment after all. A pocket book, I remarke- CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. STOVES, ETC., ALWAYS ON HAND. SAMUEL MEYER, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, LAMPS, OILS Gas Fixtures and Kitchen Utensils, Commercial Street, Los Angeles. FLORA ELDREDGE, MILLINER, CENTRE STREET...ANAHEIM. Ladies will find Putterick's celebrated Patterns for sale. HATS AND BONNETS MADE TO ORDER. BATH HOUSE and BARBER SHOP CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. PROF. DEAN, PROPRIETOR. CITY BAKERY, CENTER STREET, ANAHEIM. CHARLES MILLE, ... PROPRIETOR. Fresh Broad constantly on hand. GEORGE BAUER. BOOTS AND SHOES Made and repaired at the lowest cash price. All orders promptly attended to, and work guaranteed. GEORGE BAUER. Los Angeles St., opposite Enterprise Hall. S.C. FOY, PIONEER SADDLE & HARNESS MAKER Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Saddlery, Leather & Findings No. 17 Los Angeles St., Los Angeles. CARPET WAREHOUSE. AARON SMITH, Importer and Dealer in Carpets, Oilleatha/Paper Hangings, and Upholstery Goods. Carpets sewed and put down neatly. No. 75 Downey Block, Los Angeles. WHOLESALE and Retail Dealers in FINE WINES AND LIQUORS Of the Best Selected Varieties. Call and see Sample Rooms, corner Los Angeles and First North Streets, Anaheim, Cal. ANAHEIM DRUG STORE, Center Street, Anaheim, H. BLANKEN, Proprietor and Dealer in Drugs and Medicines, Patent Medicines, TRUSSES, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, etc. Wines and Liquors for Medical Use. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY DISPENSED. F. LANGENBERGER. L. HALBERSTADT. HALBERSTADT & CO. ANAHEIM LANDING, DEALERS IN LUMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Keep constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of REDWOOD and OREGON PINE LUMBER Rough, Surfaced, Tongued and Grooved. Also, Posts, Shingles, Shakes, Laths, Doors, Blinds, Plain and Fancy Pickets, Windows, Mouldings, Lime, Plaster, Hair, Nails, and Hardware. All of our Lumber is of the best quality and we are determined to sell at the LOWEST RATES. All kinds of GRAIN AND COUNTRY PRODUCE Taken in exchange for Lumber. terward, as I carefully price of the animal which ening hired of him," it him to git some good jer to go with him an' pick thin' as would do him g. Mr. Avery had tried to sell me a horse from his had such a strong opinion shrewdness that I would his blandishments that so tallied with them made to my wife, immured me that Avery was not judgment after all. A pocket book, I remarked. "Well, Avery, I'll get dollars to go with me such an animal as would "Couldn't say fifteen Squire?" said the worker with a furtive look at the end of a piece of stit it reflectively. "Truth (I had lately received Justice of the Peace," "Squire" had a dignified ears)—said Avery, with of unexpected frank man over to Tattlington houses to dispose of, and out one of the lot that I'm a Dutchman—that Avery spat out the picture yawned with the air o with the much discussable topic. "I don't find no fault continued Mr. A., as I diate answer," "cos none o' my hosses; son their backs up, jest as insinuatin' that they you, but that isn't my to allus accommodate 'commodades me, so off over to Tattlington to give me fifteen dollars such a hoss as you ought. In the fullness of m the honest stable-keeper, and told him I twenty dollars, and besides, an offer which that evening to my of my engagement pointedly th supposed me to be a time of which I speak it. My good lady is a her speech, and I have experience that to con personal observation, way, is calculated to What is a Newspaper? To the question from a child, "What is a newspaper?" the Dublin General Advertiser gives the following reply: Organs that gentlemen play To answer the tastes of the day. Whatever it be, They hit on the key, And pipe in full concert away. News from all countries and climes, Advertisements, essays, and rhymes, Mixed up with all sorts Of (1) lying reports, And published at regular times. Articles able and wise, At least in the editor's eyes, And legible so grand That few understand To what in the world it applies. Statistics, reflections, reviews, Little scraps to instruct and amuse, And lengthy debate Upon matters of state. For wise-headed folks to peruse. And funds as they were and are, And quibbles and quirks of the Bar, And every week A clever critique On some rising theatrical star. The ages of Jupiter's moons, The stealing of somebody's spoons, The state of the crops, The style of the fops, And the wit of the public buffoons. List of all physical ills Banished by somebody's pills; Till you ask with surprise Why any one dies, Or what's the disorder that kills. Who has got married, to whom; Who were cut off in their bloom; Who has had bighth On this sorrow-stained earth, And who totters fast to the ton,b sion more marked by its power of expression, than by brevity; therefore I preserve a discreet silence on all such occasions. But at the same time, I generally pursue the even tenor of my way in relation to the desired point that may have called forth her remarks, and the sensible woman as she is, after a series of lectures delivered after we have retired, she submits to the inevitable. I am comforted in the reflection that I am having my own way. Therefore, on the morrow I accompanied Mr. Avery to Tattlington, and having been duly introduced by my companion to the possessor of the five horses, I accompanied the twain to Mr. Cropper's stable, where the said horses were kept. "You see, Cropper," said Mr. Avery, as we pursued our way, "my friend here is not very well posted on the hoos question (Mr. Cropper gave a short, dry cough) and I, bein' a personal friend of his, came with him to see fair play. Ain't that so, Square?" I remarked with some dignity, that I had thought proper to bring Mr. Avery with me as being a better judge of the equine race than myself—at which remark I could have sworn I saw an expressive wink pass between these two worthies, but as Cropper merely answered "jest so, Square," and Mr. Avery repeated that lucid remark, I thought no more of it. "There, Square," said Cropper, as having arrived at that gentleman's stable, he caused the hostler to lead a tall, raw-boned animal, with a vicious-looking eye, on the floor. "Thar is an animal that'll do his mile in 2:35 when he's freckled face and red hair would produce upon the sensitive mind of my new purchase. He gave a backward jump, that threw my wife into a cluster of bramble-bushes by the roadside, and pitched me head-long from the buggy into the dusty road, where, for a moment, a brilliant and panoramic display of fireworks was lit up for my special benefit, and then the gallant stood, with a leap forward, overset the buggy, and started along the road at a pace, that nothing short of a run-away locomotive could have equaled. His movements being somewhat accelerated by frantic shrieks of Whool whool from Perkins' boy, who, at the first indications of the horse's running away, had shied the painful of berries at his head, and then yelled after him like a red-headed fland. My first thought after finding my bones whole, was for the safety of my wife, who, to my joy, I saw disentangling herself from the brambles with a somewhat finished countenance. "Are you hurt, my dear?' I inquired anxiously. I forbear to repeat her answer, as she was naturally somewhat agitated, but noticing that Perkins' boy was listening with eager ears, and an appreciative grin, I gave him a quarter and dispatched him for news of the run-a-way. "Always s'posed you knew how to drive, Squire," said Avery, as a half afterward, I appeared in his stable, resolved to upbraid him for his treachery, for recommending a shying horse with a spavin on his nigh fore leg—which gratuitous information had been vouche-safed to me by Sparks the blacksmith, who had added that it was a "put up Our Horse. I had been re-reading the Sparrowgrass papers for the twentieth time; my wife and myself had been laughing over the experience of Mr. Sparrowgrass with his first horse purchase. "I rather think, my dear," said I, with the air of a connoisseur in horse flesh. "that a jockey would find it pretty hard work to shave any such worthless beast upon me." "Indeed!" said my good lady, with the faintest intonation of scorn apparent in her tone, "and why should you not be as easily taken in by a horse jockey as any one?" "Because," said I, somewhat nettled by the implied doubt of my shrewdness, "I should, if about to purchase a horse, take Mr. Avery, the stable keeper, with me, give him ten dollars, and ask him to select such an animal as I should like." "A ten dollar horse," said my wife, with that fine irony for which she is somewhat peculiar, "would doubtless be an economical purchase, but I am inclined to think would be a poor speculation in point of utility." "I did not mean—as you very well know—that the ten dollars should be expended for a horse," I answered with some dignity, with a view of checking any undue levity, "but that it should be a recompense to Mr. Avery for his trouble." "Humph!" said my wife—and after the good lady had thus expressed herself in an exclamation, which is neither a grunt nor a groan, but an exclamation of the most exasperating tendency—I knew it was hopeless to pursue the subject further and so I held my peace. "Ef a man wanted to buy a family horse," said Mr. Avery, a few days afterward, as I carefully inquired the price of the animal which I had that evening hired of him, "it 'nd be better for him to git some good judge of a horse to go with him an' pick him out somethin' as would do him good service." Mr. Avery had tried sovaral times to sell me a horse from his stable, but I had such a strong opinion of my own shrewdness that I would never listen to his blandishments. And this advice that so tallied with the remarks I had made to my wife, immediately impressed me that Avery was not a man of bad judgment after all. As I put up my pocket book, I remarked: I remarked with some dignity, that I had thought proper to bring Mr. Avery with me as being a better judge of the equine race than myself—at which remark I could have sworn I saw an expressive wink pass between these two worthies, but as Cropper merely answered "jest so, Square," and Mr. Avery repeated that lucid remark, I thought no more of it. "There, Square," said Cropper, as having arrived at that gentleman's stable, he caused the hostler to lead a tall, raw-boned animal, with a vicious-looking eye, on the floor. "Thar is an animal that'll do his mile in 2:35 when he's in good condition—sound, kind, an' gentle—" here the beast made a grab at the hostler and took a square foot of material from the back and shoulder of his shirt. "Whoa!—old feller—whoa!—it is only his playfulness," remarked Mr. Cropper explanatorily, as he involuntarily dodged into a stall upon another indication of a like exhibition of playfulness. "It seems to me, Mr. Cropper," said I somewhat dubiously from the top of a corn-crib, whither I had retired somewhat hastily, "that the peculiar tendency to sportiveness whistle horse indulges in might have the effect of thinning out a family of small children, should they be allowed to frequent my barn. to say nothing of the inconvenience of repairing my wardrobe so often—so I think you may show me another animal." Mr. Avery had preserved a discreet silence, a silence as of a man pre-occupied by thoughts of weighty moment, but as I finished my remarks, he said—"Now, Cropper, don't show off any such old plings as that there, but bring on the bay hoss you got of Tarbox." John, the hostler, then led forth from a box stall a nice-looking, bright bay horse, with a handsome arching neck, that took my fancy at once. "No use, Avery," plaintively remarked Mr. Cropper—"no money won't buy that hoss, Mis' Cropper would—well, she'd nigh about go crazy, if I let him go." "There, Squire," said Mr. Avery, totally disregarding his friend's remark, "so long's I can't sell ye a hoss—I want ye to have one, an' if you git him," said Avery, indicating the animal by a backward jerk of his thumb—"You'll get a hoss as is a hoss." It would be useless for me to prolong the details of our trade. And what I gave for the bright bay horse. "David," is a secret locked carefully beneath my own shirt-bosom. Suffice to say that I gave my check for him, and borrowing a buggy, drove him joyfully homeward, first donating to Mr. Averp $21.50, as per agreement, including horse hire. "Cropper must be somewhat of a humorist," I remarked to myself, as I heard a trio of cachinnations proceeding from the stable yard, when I started from there, and with joy in my bosom, I drove home at a round pace. My good lady stood on the piazza of our cottage, as I reined up in excellent style, and I could see that she was at once preposessed in favor of my new purchase, though she pretended to ridicule the peculiar cut of his tail, which I am free to confess was somewhat abbreviated. I forbear to repeat her answer, as she was naturally somewhat agitated, but noticing that Perkins' boy was listening with eager ears, and an appreciative grin, I gave him a quarter and dispatched him for news of the run-a way. "Always' sposed you knew how to drive, Squire," said Avery, as a half afterward, I appeared in his stable, resolved to uphraid him for his treachery, for recommending a shying horse with a spavin on his nigh fore leg—which gratitious information had been veneashed to me by Sparks the blacksmith, who had added that it was a "put up job" between Cropper and Avery, as he had met me on my way to the stable, and that the horse really belonged to Mr. Avery. But in vain did I inform Mr. Avery of this knowledge. With an unblushing effrontery, he affirmed the horse to have been perfectly sound and kind, he descanted upon his many merits, and said that he was now lamed for life, by straining his off hind leg, in his run, that he was worth three hundred and fifty dollars that morning, and now would not bring fifty dollars, and finally the discussion was ended by Mr. Avery paying me forty dollars for my purchase, as I left the stable, remarking in a reproachful tone: "But I did think, Squire, that you knew how to drive." I settled with Mr. Cropper for the smashed up buggy, of which Mr. C. remarked that there was not pieces enough left to make a tooth-pick, and affected an easy unconcern in regard to the matter, though I saw John the hostler shove his tongue into his teeth, as I went off—and I mentally resolved that it would be a long day before I bought another family horse. My wife has triumphantly referred to the consequences of not abiding by her advice about seventy-five times since this event, and the thing is getting somewhat monotonous. Sparks, the blacksmith, says that he is no horse jockey," and don't know nothing about swooping nor trading no how"—but he has "a hoss that will jest suit." I have had thirteen offers from thirteen different horse owners since; to sell me a family horse, the distinguishing feature in each case being; that he is warranted sound and kind; and seven years old. I shall not buy a horse at present; and when I do, my wife shall select him.—Portland Transcript. COURTING AND DIVORCE.—An old story contains a lesson which many married couples have not yet learned. When Jonathan Trumbull was Governor of Connecticut, a gentleman called at his house one day requesting a private interview. He said: "My wife and I do not live happily together; and I am thinking of getting a divorce. What do you advise me to do?" The Governor sat a few moments in thought; then, turning to his visitor, said: "How did you treat Mrs. W., when you were courting her? and how did you feel toward her at the time of your marriage?" Squire W. replied: "I treated her as kindly as I could; for I loved her dear- LAZINESS and liked it. It is an equally beautiful good mite bite. green, the N. loved The man Annotable sible w and thie We like of who as I carefully inquired the price of the animal which I had that evening hired of him, "it'd be better for him to git some good judge of a horse to go with him an' pick him out somethin' as would do him good service." Mr. Avery had tried several times to sell me a horse from his stable, but I had such a strong opinion of my own shrewdness that I would never listen to his blandishments. And this advice that so tallied with the remarks I had made to my wife, immediately impressed me that Avery was not a man of bad judgment after all. As I put up my pocket book, I remarked: "Well, Avery, I'll give any man ten dollars to go with me, and pick out such an animal as would suit me." "Couldn't say fifteen, could ye, Squire?" said the worthy Mr. Avery, with a furtive look at me, as he bit off the end of a piece of straw, and chewed it reflectively. "Truth of it is, Squire," (I had lately received a commission as Justice of the Peace, and the title of "Squire" had a dignified sound in my ears)—said Avery, with a sudden burst of unexpected frankness, "I know a man over to Tattlington that's got five hosses to dispose of, and if I can't pick out one of the lot that'll suit, why then I'm a Dutchman—that's all—and Mr. Avery spat out the piece of straw, and yawned with the air of a man wearied with the much discussion of an unprofitable topic. "I don't find no fault with ye, Squire," continued Mr. A., as I made no immediate answer, "cos you don't fancy none o' my hosses; some men would git their backs up, jest as though you was a insinuatin' that they wanted to cheat you, but that isn't my style. I call late to allus accommodate, s long' anybody 'commodates me, so of you want to ride over to Tattlington to-morrow, ef you'll give me fifteen dollars, I'll pick out jest such a hoss as you ought to have." In the fullness of my heart I slapped the honest stable-keeper on the shoulder, and told him I would give him twenty dollars, and pay for the team besides, an offer which when I repeated that evening to my wife, telling her of my engagement for the morrow, she remarked pointedly that she always had supposed me to be a fool, and at the time of which I speak, she was sure of it. My good lady is a trifle impulsive in her speech, and I have found from long experience that to contradict any little personal observation, or to retort in any way, is calculated to bring on a discus- My good lady stood on the piazza of our cottage, as reined up in excellent style, and I could see that she was at once prepossessed in favor of my new purchase, though she pretended to ridicule the peculiar cut of his tail, which I am free to confess, was somewhat abbreviated, but as no other blemish could be found, my wife somewhat reluctantly admitted, that for one of my purchases, the animal did not look so bad. "But I fear," said my estimable lady, as she prepared to put on her shawl at my offer of giving her a ride, "that you will wish that you had taken my advice, and not bought him of a horse dealer." Now I could not recall that my good wife had ever given any such advice, beyond a vague and general remark, concerning the unreliability of men who "swopped" horses, but as I have said, I have discovered one of the secrets of matrimonial felicity to consist in the golden gift of silence, therefore, I merely smiled, helped the lady into the buggy, and drove off. "Don't he go a little lame?" observed my wife somewhat dubiously, as the animal assumed a sort of up and down gait, that brought to mind a tilter or seawolf of my youthful days. "Oh no," was my cheerful and decided answer, as I remembered the positive assertion of Mr. Cropper, regarding the perfect soundness of the animal—"Cropper said that he had been used as a sadle horse at times, by his wife, and he sometimes broke into a canter." "I suppose the man gave you a written warranty that he was sound?" remarked my lady, with an exasperating air of doubt. As much as I admired the sagacity of my wife, as shadowed forth in the question. I was at the same time vexed, for I had forgotten, if I had ever known that this was customary, but I had no time to acknowledge my negligence in this respect, for Perkins' boy, who been strawberrying in my unmowed meadow suddenly sprang over the fence with a pail of the fruit in his hand. Perkins' boy is not by any means prepossessing in his personal appearance, but I had no idea of the effect which his couple have not yet learned. When Jonathan Trumbull was Governor of Connecticut, a gentleman called at his house one day requesting a private interview. He said: "My wife and I do not live happily together, and I am thinking of getting a divorce. What do you advise me to do?" The Governor sat a few moments in thought; then, turning to his visitor, said: "How did you treat Mrs. W., when you were courting her? and how did you feel toward her at the time of your marriage?" Squire W. replied, "I treated her as kindly as I could, for I loved her dearly at that time." "Well, sir," said "the Governor," "go home and court her now just as you did then, and love her as when you married her. Do this in the fear of God for one year, and then tell me the result." The Governor then said, "Let us pray." They bowed in prayer and separated. When a year passed away. Squire W. called again to see the Governor. and sain: "I have called to thank you for the good advice you gave me, and to tell you that my wife and I are happy as when we were first married. I cannot be grateful enough for your good counsel." "I am glad to hear it, Mr. W." replied the Governor, "and I hope you will continue to court your wife as long as you live." An old man and his wife says a Detroit paper, who came by the Central Road, saw about thirty hacks at the door of the depot, and about thirty hackmen shouted 'hack' at them. The man took it as a high compliment, and turned to the old lady, said: "I tell you, mother, they think we are something great, or they'd never had all these carriages down here to meet us. I wonder how they knew we was coming." If General Butler would quietly retire from the temptations and corruption of political and official life, we think there would be a quite unanimous vote at the North for the re-establishment of the Department of the Gulf, with its headquarters at New Orleans and the Essex Representative in undisputed command, monarch of all he might survey in that disasteful and unsavory region.—Boston Transcript. Nothing short of cremation will stop those Brooklyn scandal makers and mongers. They will get it too, by and by.—The Interior. HOUSEHOLD. LITTLE CHILDREN. — I think them the poetry of the world—the fresh flowers our hearts and homes; little conjurers with their "natural magic," evoking by their spells what delights and enriches all ranks, and equalizes the different classes of society. Often as they bring with them anxieties and cares, and live to occasion sorrow and grief, we should get on very hardly without them. Only think—if there was never anything to be seen anywhere but great grown-up men and women! How we should long for the sight of a little child! Every infant comes into the world like a delegated prophet, the harbinger and herald of good tidings, whose office it is to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and to draw "the disobedient to the wisdom of the just." A child softens and purifies the heart, warming and melting it by its gentle presence; it enriches the soul by new feelings, and awakens within it what is favorable to virtue. It is a gleam of light, a fountain of love, a teacher of lessons few can resist. Infants recall us from much that engenders and encourages selfishness, that freezes the affections, roughhands the manners, indurates the heart; they brighten the home, deepen love, invigorate exertion, infuse courage, and vivify and sustain the charities of life. — Rev. T. Binney. FRIENDShip. — Never forsake a friend. When enemies gather around, when the world is dark and cheerless, when sickness falls on the heart, then is the time to try true friendship. The heart that has been touched will redouble its efforts when the friend in mind of my new bump, that threw bramble-bush litched me head into the dusty element, a brilliant fireworks was benefit, and then a leap forward, started along the shing short of a child have equaled. Somewhat accelerator Who whol at the first in-running away, berries at his after him like a never finding my safety of my saw disentangling drambles with a vanance. Marar?' I inquired answer, as she agitated, but boy was listening an appreciative order and dispatch-run-a-way. I knew how to every, as a half in his stable, reorder his treachery, living horse with store leg—which had been vouchered the blacksmith, was a "put up A Pony's Pluck. Two men, mounted on Mexican ponies, were crossing from the Kansas side to Missouri. Their names are Mason and Albertson, and they live near Washoe, Black Hawk County, Iowa. They had been out in South-western Kansas treading in cattle, and were on their way home. When about half way across the channel span of the bridge, one of the ponies became frightened at a place of white paper, a few steps in front of him, and in attempting to turn round to run from it, he backed against the guard rail, and got one of his hind feet through between the railing and the bridge; this threw the animal down, and in his struggles to regain his footing he got his other hind leg through. The men did all in their power to save him, and the pony struggled as for life, but every motion he made only hurried him to his fate, and in less time than it takes to tell it, he was gone, plunging from the floor of the great bridge, down more than eighty feet into the turbulent river beneath. The operation was performed so suddenly that the men were bewildered—it was not more than a minute from the time the animal took fright till they saw him plunge into the river. They stood motionless, watching the place where he went down, and expecting every moment to see his dead body float away. But the pony had no idea of giving it up so. He came to the surface, in a few moments, some thirty feet from where he went down, and turning around once or twice, he seemed to take in the whole situation, and struck out bravely for the Missouri shore, effecting a landing about a hundred and fifty FRIENDSHIP.—Never forsake a friend. When enemies gather around, when the world is dark and cheerless, when sickness falls on the heart, then is the time to try true friendship. The heart that has been touched will redouble its efforts, when the friend is sad or in trouble. Adversity tries true friendship. They who turn from a scene of distress prove their hypocrisy—prove that interest only moves them. If you have a friend who loves you, who has earnestly studied your happiness, be sure you sustain him in trouble. Let him feel that his former kindness was appreciated—his love was not thrown away. Real fidelity may be rare but still exists in most hearts. Who has not seen and felt its power? They only deny its worth who have neither loved a friend nor labored to make him happy. The good and kind, the affectionate and virtuous, see and feel these heavenly principles. They would sacrifice everything to promote the happiness of others. And in return they receive the reward of their love by sympathizing hearts and countless favors, when they are brought low themselves by distress and sorrow. And in the end how much good springs from true friendship.—Young Folks' Rural. LAZINESS.—Laziness is a bad disease, and like many others, is often self-imposed. In the case of many individuals, it is an inherited malady, and consequently hard to oust from the system. But it is oftener the case that this disgusting distemper is brought on persons by their own deliberate selfishness—by a vastly discreditable disposition to shirk the inevitable burdens incident to living a decent life. Laziness of this kind is one of the cardinal sins, and should subject the obnoxious offender to the discipline of the treadmill. More particularly is laziness offensive in the young and healthy. To learn to work, and work cheerfully, is the central lesson of life. Begin to learn early—eschew laziness as the most disgusting of all faults, and one that will be sure to end in hopeless misery, for, depend upon it, none can be so insensible through laziness as to be, in the end, incapable of suffering. Nature is, in the event of a non-payment of her debts, a stern and merciless creditor. Therefore, boys and girls, off jackets and superabundant crinolines, and keep square your account with her. CURE FOR SNAKE BITE.—It may not be generally known that saltpetre is a good neutralizer of poison, as by snake bite. Mr. West, residing near Evergreen, La., told a correspondent of the N. O. Advocate how quickly it relieved his son, bitten by a moccasin. The method of treatment is as follows: Anoint the part bitten as soon as possible with a strong solution of saltpetre, and then bind a saltpetre poultice to it. We like it because it supercedes the use of whisky, so frequently given, and teacher of lessons few can resist. Infants recall us from much that engenders and encourages selfishness, that freezes the affections, roughhons the manners, indurates the heart; they brighten the home, deepen love, invigorate exertion, infuse courage, and vivify and sustain the charities of life.—Rev. T. Binney. The operation was performed so suddenly that the men were bewildered—it was not more than a minute from the time the animal took fright till they saw him plunge into the river. They stood motionless, watching the place where he went down, and expecting every moment to see his dead body float away. But the pony had no idea of giving it up so. He came to the surface, in a few moments, some thirty feet from where he went down, and turning around once or twice, he seemed to take in the whole situation, and struck out bravely for the Missouri shore, effecting a landing about a hundred and fifty yards below the bridge. The ponies were not saddled, but instead had blankets fastened on with girths, to which stirrups were attached, and the animal that went overboard came out, with all his rigging intact. The men went on across to the Missouri side, and as soon as they got down the grade, the one who was mounted rode down through the woods, caught the other pony and brought him up to the road. Except a few bruises, which he received in his struggles to get up, the animal did not seem to be in any wise the worse for his big dive; the owner, after a few congratulatory exclamations, resumed his seat, and the four moved on toward Beverly.—Leavenworth Times. HOW TO GET A DINNER WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT.—An enterprising genius set out one day to get a first-class dinner without paying for it, and he succeeded in this wise: Having procured a number of cockroaches, he killed them by immersing them in boiling water, and with the lifeless remains of his victims tied up in a handkerchief, and concealed in his pocket, he saliied forth in quest of a dinner. Entering the Cafe Brebant, he took a seat at a table in the public room, and ordered some soup. The soup was brought in its little plated tureen, and the hungry customer proceeded to ladle out a plateful of it, which he consumed with much appetite. Having nearly finished his soup, he watched his opportunity, popped one of his cockroaches into the tureen, and then screamed for the waiter. The waiter came, and with speechless indignation the rascal pointed to the defunct insect. "Bring the proprietor!" at last he gasped. "I will complain—I—" "For heaven's sake, be silent, sir," whispered the distressed waiter; "you will ruin the reputation of the house. Of course we will charge you nothing for the dish, and if you will only say nothing—" "Ah—well—in that case—but I can eat nothing more here. I am too sick. Good morning." So off went the gentleman, followed by a storm of apologies and regrets from the repentant waiter. He proceeded to the Maison Dorée and ordered a dish of fish, which he obtained on the like cheap terms, and in the same ingenious manner. The Cafe Anglaise supplied him with a roast, the Cafe Riche with fowl and salad, and he wound up his day's campaign with some icees and cakes at the Cafe Neapolitaine, having obtained a first class dinner without spending a single cent. When the waiters of the different cafes began to compare notes, of course the trick was discovered, but it was then too late to punish the admit her dear. Cropper for the which Mr. C. re-ot pieces enough thick and kind, he only merits and named for life, by legg., in his run, rose hundred and niggars,and finally referred to it abiding by her five times since getting it with him said that he landed nor trading no loss that will jest offers from thirers since, to sell she distinguishing being that he is kind,and seven so at present,and all select him.- CE.-An old story with many married learned. When was Governor of man called at his inga private in my wife and I do neither,and I am divorce. What do few moments in going to his visitor,treat Mrs.W.,ug her?and show her at the time of I treated her as I loved her dear CURE FOR SNAKE BITE.—It may not be generally known that saltpetre is a good neutralizer of poison, as by snake bite. Mr. West, residing near Evergreen, La., told a correspondent of the N. O. Advocate how quickly it relieved his son, bitten by a moccasin. The method of treatment is as follows: Anoint the part bitten as soon as possible with a strong solution of saltpetre, and then bind a saltpetre poultice to it. We like it because it supercedes the use of whisky, so frequently given, and which so few now have. PICKLED PEARS.—Twenty pounds of peeled fruit, seven pounds sugar, one quart vinegar. Boil the sugar and vinegar together, put a couple of cloves in each pear, and put them into the sugar and vinegar with water enough to nearly cover them. When cooked enough remove pears to stone jar, and after boiling the pickle for 15 minutes longer, pour it over them. Examine in a week, and if the pickle is not sufficiently concentrated, remove and boil down again. HINTS FOR THE KITCHEN.—Nothing is so good to polish smoothing irons as sandpaper. It removes every bit of starch or goughness. Corsets make the best stove cloths, and cannot perhaps be put to a better purpose. To keep dried beef and hams away from flies, pack them in dry salt. This is better than ashes, oats, sawdust, or anything of the kind. Graham bread is made like ordinary raised bread, except that it is kneaded very soft, or not at all, and has a little molasses or syrup put in the sponge when it is set. It dries more readily than common flour bread, and should be kept in a stone jar or tin box with a tight cover. A country carpenter having neglected to make a gibbet which was ordered by the executioner, on the ground that he had not been paid for the last he had erected, gave so much offense that the next time the judge came to the circuit he was sent for. "Fellow," said the judge in a stern tone, "how came you to neglect making the gibbet that was ordered on my account?" "I humbly beg your pardon," said the carpenter; "had I known it had been for your lordship, it would have been done immediately." A DEAD DOG'S POWER.—A boy in Worcester, Mass., was engaged in nocturnal fruit stealing a short time ago, and was observed by the owner of the fruit, who unnoticed by the young robber, placed a large stuffed dog at the foot of the tree, and retired to watch the result of his strategy. The boy, about descending, observed the dog, and then the fun commenced. He whistled, coaxed, threatened unavailingly, the animal never moved, and finally the youth, accepting the inevitable, settled down to passing the night in the tree. After some hours had passed, wearily enough to the lad, morning dawned, and the proprietor of the tree, coming from the house, asked him how he came to be in the tree, to which the boy answered that he took to it to save himself from the dog, who had chased him quite a distance. It is not healthy for a smaller boy to say stuffed dog to that youth now. Said that Detroit Justice: It is my solemn duty to warn you, Jane Welch, that you are on the high road to degradation. This court is going to send you to the House of Correction for sixty days; but with only a feeling of kindness. You will have time to reflect; your nose will lose its rosy hue; you'll have a chance to comb your hair and make yourself a bustle, and I haven't a doubt that, before you come out, you will have such high aims that a policeman can't get within ten rods of you. A train from Clinton, Iowa, to Chicago, can the other day at the average rate of a mile a minute, making the entire distance, 188 miles, including fifteen minutes lost in stoppages, in just 130 minutes. This is three times the speed of an ordinary passenger train, and is the fastest run across the State of Illinois ever made.