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DEVOTED TO ART, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, ' COMMERCE, NEWS, POLITICS, .GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE INTERESTS OF NEBRASKA.
VOL III.
CITY OF BROWNVILLE, NEMAHA COUNTY, N. T., THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1859.
NO. 31.
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Icbraskct &jtocrtiscr
rinusiiED every tolksdat bt
R. W. FURNAS,
:oa4 Story Toadley& Muir's Building,
(Corner cf Main and First Streets.)
ltOWNVlLLE, N. T.
....r'.fnvJin kdvance, - - 52,00
" " . ... lfmft.H,. 9 Ml
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abi ofl2 or more will be famished at 5 1,50 per
tn.proviiod lb csh accompanies the order,
ctherwi-'-
KATE.S OF ADVERTlMMi:
qoar( 10 I:s:or less)on insertion,
b additional insertion,
5 pUrc, one month,
three months,
u six month,
u one ytar,
Cards cf 6iz lines or less, oae year,
Culamn one year,
-half Cjlutan,joneyear,
fynrth
ei-kth " "
Column, six months,
half Column, fix months,
f.,grth -
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Column three months,
half Cvluma, three months,
fourth "
$1,00
0,50
2,50
4,00
fi.OO
12,00
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66,00
S5,00
20,00
16,00
J0,30
10,00
8,00
20,00
13,00
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ngcandiJatesfor office (in adrance,) &,00
BUSINESS CARDS.
TT. C. JOHNSON.
TTORNEY AT LAW,
a x D
Real Estate Agent,
E ROWS VILLE, N. T.
REFERESCES.
IUn.'W'm Jessup, Montrosc7ra;
II. S.Kcntlr, " 4 "
J.hn C. Miller, . Chicago, 111.
W in. K. McAllister, " "
Charles F. Fowler, " " "
U. W. Furnas, DrownTille,.T.
ii v T.iV "
May 7. IS57. 47-ly
E. MATHIEU,
ahinet & Wagon-Haker
.Main Street, bet. Sixth and Seventh,
IJIKMl . Mm
All kinds ot cabinet work neatly executed.
- 7-a?j.irins of wagons' plows, etc., promptly done.
JOHN McDONOUGII.
ousc, Sign, & Ornamental Painter,
GLAZIER, 4 c.
RROIVXVIEEE, X. T,
InWs can be left at the Ci'7 Drugstore. 2
."LUT& B.B.THOMPSON
il Estate & General Collecting Agents
BIIOWNYIIjLE, N. T.
rents for Iowa Ins. Co.,0.skaloosa,
iLl, bufines- cutrustcd to our care will meet with
v; t attention and warranted correct. Fapers prepar
er rfrxoiis Misbms to pre-empt, Declarators' state
j.t. tuaJe out, etc., etc.
"Uface on Firt fctreet, northof I.T. Whyte S Co.5
KEFEKKEXCES:
J.W. flrime?, Kxiioveruor Iowa
T. 1.. Ptu-e li Missouri
Au-a.o X dv do
S. Rtyre Co., Glenwoml, Iowa
ti. U.nii.ijiy Couucil Biuas, Iowa
Apn! 8, lsjS. v2u41-ly . .
IS. F. KINNEY. CHAS. F. HOLLY.
KINNEY & HOLLY,
lTTORNEYS at law,
XEIIU ASKA CITY, X T.
ft'lTl practu-ein tlie Court, of this Territory. Collec
ii and finunal business attended to throuphout N
jka, Wet-teru l wa nd Missouri. Will attend the
uru at Brownville. v2n33-ui
E. S. DUNDY,
' A T T O R N E-.Y AT LAW,
Artriinn, riciiaiidson co. x. t.
M'll.L pr ti. e in tbe several Courts of the 2d Judicial
' M-t, a'll attend tn all matters connected with the
r..r.iii. Wm. MrLr.KKAi,;F.sq., of Nebraska City,
ill KMt in" in tlie prosecution of important Suits.
Sept. 1C, '57-H-lt
C. W. WHEELER,
ircliitect and Builder-
33rownvillo, 3NT. T.
MISS MARY TURNER,
IILLUIER AND DRESS MAKER.
Iain Street, one doer above Carsons Bank.
HI!CIV'VU.1.K NT. T
'onnits end Trimmings always on hand.
A. D. KIRK,
Attorney at Law,
-anti Ajrcat and IVotary Public.
Archer, Richardson Co., JY. T.
Will practice in tha Court of NebrasVa,ssisted
j iiardingand Bennett, Nebraska Citj.
TENNER FERGUSON,
attorney and Counsellor
BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA.
JAMES W. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITH
Jseettd Street. between Main and Nebratk,
B ROW X VILLE, N. T.
ED. IV. HIOOUE,
General Steamboat Agent,
OS.H-ARD1XG COXXISS10X MERCHAXT,
HEBltASKA CITY, N.T.
"r,d fold on Comtu!Min and prompt returns made
"n.jT attention Riven to receiving. Storing and For
miw; ail kind of freight and produce.
Office on the Levee.
MoreVouse In the same block with Kearney Ilotel
K!er to the Merchant of Nebraska Citv:
k U ichael St Loui alo I Harper t Sender St. Louis;
no A.
'eif.j, FinueTkCo"
April 29, lbM
w arc.eu " I Jiwe;n alclntyre
Barcklay, Uiiiklei Co
v-44-ly
T. E. HAYCOOK.
Attorney at Law
1EAL ESTATE AGENT
(in r.iliiinivtfln T anil
Mount Vernon, Nemaha. Co.,
J'.rticnlar attention paid to the practice of law and col
!,n lt V''u in tlje c.uuties . Nemaha. Pawcoe
h . ! al,u ""-""-un, Nebraska Territory.
""""" 'caiM iorditant dealrrs. Pre-enip-
.tiuu papers carefully prepared.
V KEFEEI TO
fc'rt.rtattMuoiita.X. T.
.! le"u. Nebraska cit.X-T-'
" K't-bard-.n, Omaha tiir, N T
Kfeii.bVr T;4i c " k--1rt ixw,
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CITY DM ST01E.
JOHN H. MAUN & CO.,
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
DEALERS IN
Drugs, .Medicines,
CHEMICALS, TOILET SOAPS
I
Fine Hair and Tooth Brushes,
PERFIMEUT, FAUkCY & TOIL.ET
articl.es,
Tobacco & Cigars,
Pure Wines and Liquors for
Medicinal Use.
3- Physicians' Prescriptions and Family .Becipea
carefully compounded.
All orders correctly answered. Every article war
ranted genuine and ot the best quality.
!" AGEXTS for all leading Patent Medicinei
athe day, ... . .
NEW GROCERY
AND
PROVISION HOUSE,
j. n.noBBisoN.
AT THE
Old Stand of M. P. CLARK,
BROWNVILLE, N. T,
Where can be found a full supply of Family Groceries
Kam and Bacon, Mackrcl and Cod Fish, Teas, Sugar,
Coffee. Caudies, Nuts, Wine Crackersand Cheese, Liquors
and Wines. Sardines, Cigars and Tobacco, Oysters and
Lobsters, Peaches, Prunes, Blackberries and Wnortle
berries, and all articles usually kept in a Fancy Grocery
Store.w hies he will sell Tor cash or produce as cheap as the
cheapast. Will you give me a share of your continuod
patronage.
Brownuille, July 15th, 1858. v3n3
R. L. DODGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
SOLICITOR IN CBANCEBY,
BIIOWXTILLE, NEBRASKA.
Land Warrants bought and sold. Pre-emption papers
careful lv and correctly urenared.
OFFICE on Jlaiu street, in Brown and Benneit's Bank
ing IloUbC
Hon. Fenner Ferguson,
" R. W. Furnas
" B Brown
Kinney &. Holley
Hon. James Craipr,
Kave, AlcCord k. Co.
Clark & Conrad,
July 8, 1853-v3n2-Iy
Bellevue, Nebraska.
Brownville. "
n
Nebraska City
St. Joseph Mo.
J3. X3H:31sIDIi:2J",
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BROWNYIUE, N. T.
Will write deeds of every kind and contracts for every
purpose, w ith warranted lepal accuracy.
OnlfC, in the Bantinp House oi .uiuuaugu os. vi6ou.
11EFER TO
Hon. John A. Binpham, Cadiz, 4 Ohlo.l
" -W K Carter, Cleveland, "
RP Spalding,
" B F Leitcr, Canton,
" SLahni, "
" Win U Sapp, lit. Vernen,
" SP Chase. Columbus,
" Thos. Ford, Mansfleld,
. " Jas. Craie, St.' Joseph, Mo
Brownville, Oct. 22d, 'fi7.
v2n!7-ly
RANDALS. GOULEY & C 0.
PRODUCE BROKERS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
St. Louis, Missouri
Orders for merchandise solicited, and promptly filled,
at the lowest rates. All kinds of produce bought or sola
on comniiMon.
ScutoniLer 23. 1S5S. ' ir-
" ES & t"a"
alia, rarH
NEMAHA LAND AGENT,
SURVEYOR & IVOTARY PUBLIC,
Will select lands, investigate titles, pay taxes, &c,
either in Kansas or Nebraska; buy, sell, and enter
lands on couimistion; invest in town property, fcuyor
sell the same, and will always have on nandcorrect
Dlats of townships, counties, &c., showing all lands sub'
ing in the states with the same.
jectto entry, ana wnere uesireu wnwuimnu jarue liv
Heine the oldest settler in the county will in all
cases be able to give full and reliable information.
Address A. L. Coate, cither at Brownville or Nemaha
Citr. Nebraska Territory. 6m-42-v2
JEFFERSGX F. CASAPY, 1 MARTIN VT. RIDES.)
AS. D. TEST, V i AS. D. "WHITE, V
ConncilBlurs,Iowa. ) Nebraska CityXT)
CASSADY. TEST, RIDEN & CO.
(Successors to Kiden & White.)
LAND AGENTS.
NEBRASKA CITT, N.. T.
HAVING made arrangements by which ire will
receive accurate copies of all the Townships
embraced in the Eastera portion of Nebraska, we
are now prepared to offer our services to the
I. f I 1. T ' J . 5
xnnnitprs ot -V torasiia lemiujv.
Tn Viiiirnr Declaratory Statements of Inten
tion to ITe-empt, oecurrag rie-tunj-tions,Iocatinjr.
Land W ax ant 8-
AND ENTERING LAND.
Land Warrants Bought and Sold.
LAND ENTERED ON T131E.
Particular attention raid to BnTinff and Selling
Property on commission: Also, to making Collections
and forwarding remittancesto any panoi me union.
Blanks of all kinds always on hand.
REFERENCES.
Hon. A.A.Bradford, Nebraska City.-
S.F.Nucftolls, u "
Messrs. Dolman & West, . St. Joseph, Mo.,
I'eter A. Keller. Washington City
Thomas Lumpkin, " '
. June23,lS56. vl-n4
JOHN A. PARKER & CO.,
- ITASIIIXGTOIY, t. C.
JOnK A. PARKER, late Register of the Land Offlce,
Omaha, X. T., having resigned his offlce will hereafter,
;u connection with one of the best Land Lawgivers In the
country, attend to all business confided to him; and es
pecially PRE-EMPTION CASES,
Which he has made himself thoroughly acquainted with
by study and practice for years. i
lie refers to the Heads of Departments and Members
of Congress of both Houses.
AH applications for services must b accompanied with
a fee to insure attention.
January 28, 1S58. no31-ly
W. E. HARVEY. L. VAN TSCK.
Cir. Eng., Sur. & Draf t'n. General Land Agent-
HARVEY, VAX TV Y CIS. & CO.,
General Land Agents
ZTol3r.f3l3L, City.
AREconuected wiihageucies in Washington City by
which they are enabled to prosecute claims against the
United States Government, or attend to any busHcss be
fore the General Land offlce witli K?ptttc& ana to the
satisfaction of their customers. .
One of the firm being a practical Engineer and Surrey
or (having been for many yearsconnected with the United
States Coat Surveys engaged on worlcs ofInternal lm
provements) we are prepared to mate Surveys of Towns,
Farms, &.c, In any part of the Territory; and having
engaged the best Draftsman in the Territory, can execute
Maps, TownPiats, anddtaw inps of all kinds (mechanical,
architectural, &.c.,) to the reject Mtu,faction our cus
tomers. October Kd, 1657.
6n21r
M'GABT.
O. H. HEWETT.
McGARY & HEWETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY.
Brownville, Nebraska.
Will practice in the Courts of Nehraska,and North
west Missouri.
REFERENCES.
Messrs. Crow, McCreary &.Co., St. Louis, Mo.
lion. James M. Hughs, - - Po
Hon. John K. Sheply, - - Uo '
Hon. James Craig, - - St. Joseph, Mo.
. Hon. Silus Woodson, lo
Judge A. A. Bradford, Nebraska City, N. T.
S. F. Nuckolls, Ksq., - Do
Kinney & Holley, Nebraska City.
Cheever Sweet & Co., do
J. Sterling Morton do
Brown & Bennett, Brownville
R. W. Furnas do
Brownville, N. T. Nov. 18, 1858. rEn21
PIOXEER
Book Bindery,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
Empire Block, No. 3.
WILLIAM T. KITER,
Would inform the public that he has opened a first
class Book Bindery, and is now preparid to do all kinds
of Book Binding old or new, bound or re-bound upon
the shortest possible notice, and on the most rcasonoble
terms.
Orders received for all kinds of Blank work.
July 1, 1868-ly.
WHEELER & WILSON'S
INCOMPARABLE
SEWING MACHINES
j. w. McDonald & co.,
No. 79, Fourth street, St. Louis, Mo.
Are taking the place of all other machines to
Families, Dress-Makers.
AND
They are the Simplest, Speediest, Cheapcs and most
lurable Machines existant.
Agents Wanted in Every Town in
the West.
MILLER & BOISAUBIN,
Importers of French and German
LOOKING-GLASS PLATES,
Sheet, Sky-IJlit, and Floor Glass,
is, second St., sr. louis, mo.
Manufacturers of Ornamental Looking-Glass Frames.
Stained Glass in all its Various Branches,
for Churches, Public and Private
Buildings.
Ornamental iMorkfor Steamboats.
'Watcliiaker & Goldsmith.
A. G YS,
RGiCK PORT, MO.
BEGS leave to i nform the public that he has located
in the above uamc;d town and offers for sale a choice
stock of
CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
and other articles usually kept la such establishments at
prices which cannot be complained of. Being an exper
ienced watchmaker he flatters himself that in repairing
watches, clocks ami jewelry he can give perfect satisra:-
tion. 19 6m.
LOUIS WALDTER,
House, Sign, and Ornamental Painter,
UJL.AZXEK, GKAINEE,
AKD
PAPER IIAXGER,
BBOWNVILLE, N. T.
Takes this method of informing the public that he has
removed his paint shop from Nemaha City to this place
He thinks himself qualified to undertake any work per
taining to his line of business, aud respectfullyinvites
the public to give him a call.
Please leave orders at the "Advertiser" office. "
Nov. 19, 1S57. n21-tf
JAMES HOGAN.
and 7
BLANK BOOK 31ANUFACTIRER,
Southeast cr. 2nd and Locust St'.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
All kinds of Blank Books, made of the best paper, ruled
to any pattern, and sewed in tho new improved patent
mode.
LIBRARIES, PERIODICALS, MUSIC. &c,
bound in any style, and at the shortest notice.
Having been awarded the Premium at the last Me
chanic's fair, he feels condident in insuring satisfaction
to all who may give him a call.
July 22d, 1S5S. Iyv3n4
DR. D. GWIN,
Having permanently located in
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
For the practice of Medicine and Surcerr. ten
ders his professional services to the afflicted.
Utlice on Alain street. no23vj
A. W. ELLIOTT,
13" "O. jr V"
ami aJr
SUED DEPOT,
Cor. Broadway and Wash Street.
ST, LOUIS, MISSOURI.
naving purchased the entire Nursery stock of John
Siggersont Bro., I am prepared to ofler to the public
the largest and best selected stock of Fruit Shade, and
Ornamental taees, shrubs and plants ever ottered for
sale in the West. We are determined to offer 6uch in-
aucemems to tree planters and the trade as will ensure
the most entire satisfaction. Descriptive catalogues will
he furnished, and any information given, by addressing,
A. W. ELLIOTT,
Saint Louis, Ho.
November S5, '5S-Iy.
CITY TRU1IK STORE.
FASSETT & CROSSMA1T.
Manufacturer;! of
Traveling & Packing
VALISES, CARPET BAGS, & C. '
40, N. Second st., bet. Pine & Chestnut,
Saint Louis, Mo.
iSSV we are new prepared to fill all orders
" 1 v... iuC .lili UIUUIUIUVN BUI
in nnr -;,u .nnn-.uj -n.tr.ntv,-
iaV.VB most reasonable terms. Our stock is
large and complete and all of our own
manufacturing. Those in want of articles in .our line,
(wholesale or retail) win do well to give us a call be
fore purchasing elsewhere. Jk share cf public patron
age is so liciteo. nlMv3-Iy
Clocks, Watches & Jewelry.
J. SCHIITZ
f"SL Would announce to the citiicns of Brownville
and vicinity that he has located himself in
fiailBrowiiville, audintends keeping a full assort.
Uicut of everything in his line of business, which will
be sold low for cash. He will also do all kinds of re-
pairnig oi ciocas, waicues anu jewelry. Ail work 'war
ranted. v3n!8-ly
OLIVER EEXNET.
JAKES f. F1SKE.
WM.B.GAKB1T.
ACGCSTCS KNIGHT.
OLIVER BENNETT k CO.,
Uanafacturcnand "Wtalesaic Dealers in
BOOTS AND SHOES,
f qit Tyr? Rf4.
TTo burly, No. 101, Coskrof li Aix IkbLoctst.)
Si. LOU Jo, MO.
D. L
Miscellaneons.
TMelieSnya
I had told him. Christmas morning,
As he sat upon my knee,
Holding fast his little stccking,
Stuffed as full as it could be,
And attentiverlistening to me,
With a face demure and mild,
That old Santa Claus, who filled them, ,
Did not' love a naughty child. :
"But we'll be good, won't we, moder ?"
And from off ray lap he slid,
Digging deep among the goodies
In his crimson stocking hid ;
While I turned me to the table,
Where a tempting goblet stood, .
Brimming high with dainty egg-nog,
Sent me by a neighbor good.
But the kitten, there before me,
With' his' white paw nothing loth,
Sat by way of entertainment,
Lapping off the shining froth ; .
And, in not the gentlest humor,
At the loss of such a treat,
I confess, I rather rudely,
Thrust him out into the street.
Then how Benny's blue eyes kindled !
Gathering up the precious store
He had busily been pouring
In his tiny pinafore ;
With a generous look that shamed me,
Sprang he from the carpet bright,
Showing by his mien indignant,
All a baby's sense of right.
"Come back, Harney !" called he loudly,
As he held his apron white ;
"You shall have my candy "wabbit!"
But the door was fast and tight !
So he stood, abashed and silent,
In the center of the floor,
With defeated look alternate
Bent on me, and on the door.
Then, as by some sudden impulse,
Quickly ran he to the lire,
And eagerly, with his bright eyes
Watch'd the flames go high and higher
In a brave, clear key he shouted,
Like some lordly little elf,
"Santa Caus, come down the chimney,
Make my moder 'have herself!"
'I will be a good girl, Benny,"
Said I, feeling the reproof ; '
And I straight recall'd poor Harney,
Mewing on the gallery roof.
Soon the anger was forgotten,
Laughter chased away the frown,
And they gambol'd 'neath the live oaks,
Till the dusky night came down.
In my dim, fire-lighted chamber,
Harney purr'd beneath my chair,
And my play-worn boy beside me
Knelt to say his evening prayer ;
'God-bless fader, God bless moder,
God bless sister" then a pause:
And the sweet young lips devoutly
Murmur'd, "God bless Santa Caus.''
He is sleeping ; brown and silken
Lie the lashs, long and meek,
Like caressing, clinging shadows
On Lis plump and peachy cheek;
And I bend above them weeping
Thankful tears O undefiled !
For a woman's crown of glory,
For the blessing of a child.
What's to be done with our Char-
lej?
BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.
Yea that is the question ! The fact
is, mere seems to be no place m heaven
above or earth beneath, exactly safe and
suitable except the bed. While he is
asleep, then our souls have rest-weknow
where he is and what he is about, and
sleep is a gracious sate, but then he wakes
up bright and early and begins toonin.
pounding, hammering, singing, meddlin
and asking questions: in short, overturn-
ing the peace of society generally for
about thirteen hours out of the of the
twenty-four.
Everybody wants to know what to do
with him everybody is quite sure that he
can't stay where' they are. The cook
can't have him in the kitchen, where he
infests the pantry to get flour to make
paste for his kites,' or melt lard in the
new saucepan. If he goes into the wood
shed, he is sure to pull the wood pile
down upon his head. If he be sent up
into the garret, you think for awhile that
you have settled the problem till you find
what a boundless field for activity 13 at
once opened, amid all the packages, box
es, bags, barrels, and cast off rubbish
there. Old letters, newspapers, trunks,
of miscellaneous contents, are all rum
maged, and the very reign of chaos and
night is instituted. He sees endless ea-
pacmes m an, ana ne is axways Damcrrer-
mg something, knocingsomething apart
or planing, of drawing boses and barrels
C nil ln.-t1 ,rwo Ll,ll1 Ait. Ac. 1m.- AwCt '
1111 mi "ii l,.uuiiJ iu uuim nucgui lay liill-
I road tracks, till everybody's head aches
I quite down tcp the lower floor, and ev-
erybody declares that Charley must be
kept out of the garret. .
Then you send Charley to school and
hope you are fairly rid of him for a few
hours at least. But he comes home noisier
and more breezy than ever, having learn
ed of some twenty other Charleys every
separate resource for, keeping up a com
motion that the superabundant vitality of
each can originate. . He' can dan-;e like
Jim Smithhe has learned to smack his
lips like Joe Brown and Will Briggs
has shown him how ' to mew like a cat,
and he enters' the premises with a new
war whoop, learned from Tom Evans.
He feels large and -valorous; he has
learned that he is a boy, and has a gen
eral impression that he is growing im
mensely strong and knowing; and dis
pises more than ever the ' conventionali-
ties oi parior me; m wu, uc o .ui
than ever an interruption in the way of
decent folks who want to be quiet.
It is true, that if entertaining persons
will devote themselves exclusively to him,
reading and telling stories, he may be
kept quiet; but then this is discouraging
work for he swallows a story ' as Rover
does a piece of meat; and looks at you
for another and and another, without the
slightest consideration, so that this re
source is of short duration, and then the
old question comes back ; What is to be
done with him ? .
But after all, Charley cannot be whol
ly shirked, for he is an institution a sol
emn and awful fact; and on the answer
to the question, what is to be done, with
him depends a future.
Many a hard, morose, bitter man has
come from a Charley turned off and ne
glected ; many a parental heartache has
come from a Charley let run the streets,
that mammas and sisters might play on
the piano and write letters in peace. It
is easy to get rid of
him : there are fif tv
ways 0f doing that. He is a spirit that can
be promptly laid, but if not laid aright he
will corne back bv and bv, a stronir man
well armed, when you cannot stave him
off at pleasure.
Mammas and sisters had better pay a
little tax to Charley now, than a terrible
one by and by. There is something sig
it - -j
nificant iu the old English phrase, with
which our scriptures render us familiar, a
1-11 1 ' rml
man cnna a man cnna. lnere you
have the word that should make you
think more than twice before you answer
the question: What shall we do with
Charley
For to-day he is at your feet; to-day
you can make hun laugh, you can make
cry, persuade, coax, and turn him at your
pleasure ; you can make his eyes fill and
bosom swell with recitals of good and no
ble deeds, in short, you can mould him if
you take the trouble.
But look ahead some years, when that
little voice shall ring in deep, bass tones;
1 il A. lfi. 1 11
wuuu mat smaii ioot snail nave a man s
weight and tramp, when a rough beard
shall cover that little round chin, and the
wilful strength of manhood fill out that
little form. Then you would give worlds
for the key to his heart; to be able to
turn him and guide him to your will ; but
if you loose that key now while he is
little, you may search for it carefully,
with tears some other day and never find
Old housekeepers have a proverb, that
uue liutu lust m me morning is never
found all day. It has a significance in
this case. One thing is to be noticed
about Charley, that rude, and busy, and
noisy as ne is, ana. irksome as carpet
.1 j i-. . i r
mica anu punur ways are to mm, ne is
still a social little creature, and wants to
be where the rest of the household are.
A room ever so well adapted for play
cannot charm him at the hour when the
family is in re-union ; he hears the voice
in the parlor, and his play-room seems
desolate. It may be wanned by a furnace
and lighted with gas, but it is human
warmth and light he shivers for; he
yearns for the talk of the family, which
ne so impenectly comprehends, and he
1 4 . 1- 1 1 , - ,
lunys iu mne ms piayunngs uown and
play by you, and he is incessantly rrom
ising that of the fifty improper things
t :.t. i:.n . i , . ,
which ue lsiiaoie 10 uo in tne parlor, he
will not commit one if you will let him
stay there.
This instinct of the little one is na
ture's warning plea God's admonition.
O, how many a mother who has neglec
ted it because it was irksome to have the
cnild about, has longed at twenty-one to
Keep ner son at ner siae, and he would
no1 : snui 0Ul a! a lllue Arab ; constant
tQld that he is awkward and meedle
some, and a plague in general, the boy
nas Iouna ai iasi "1S own company in tne
streets, 111 the highways end hedges,
where he runs till the day comes when
the parents want their son, ond the sis
ters their brother, and then they are scar
ed at the face he brings back to them, as
he comes all foul and smutty from the
companionship to which they have doom
ed him. Depend upon it if it is too much
trouble to keep ' your boy. in your society,
there will be places found for him
warmed and lighted with no friendly fires
where he who finds some mischief still,
for idle hands to do, will care for him, if
you do not. You may put cat a tree and
it will grow while you sleep, but a son
you cannot you must take trouble for
him, either a little now or a great deal by
and by. . T K
Let him stay with ycu'at least seme
portion of every day ; bear his noise and
ig'rrorant ways. Put aside your book or
work tcr tell him a story, show liinv a pic
ture ; 'devise still parlor plays for him; for
he gains nothing by being allowed to
spoil the comfort of a whoFc circle. A
pencil, a sheet of paper, and a few pat
terns will sometimes keep him quiet by
you for an hour, while you are talking, or
in a corner he may build a block house,
annoving nobody. - If he does now and
then disturb you, and it costs you more
thought and care to regulate him there,
balance which is the" greatest evil to be
disturbed by him now, or when he is a
man. ' . . ;
. Of all your can give you Charley, if
you are a good man or woman, your pres
ence is the best and safest thing. God
never meant him to do without you any
more than chickens were meant to - grow
without being brooded.
Then let him have some place in your
house where it shall be no sin to ham
mer and pound , and make all the litter
his heart desires and his various schemes
raqira. Even if you can ill afford the
room, weigh well that safe asylum and
one which, if denied, he may make for
himself in the street.
Of all devices for Charley which we
have, a few shelves which he may dignify
with the name of a cabinet, is one of the
best. He picks up shells and pebbles and
stones, all odds and ends, nothing comes
amiss ; but if you give him a pair of scis
sors and a little gum there is no end of
the labels he will paste on, and the hours
he may innocently spend sorting and ar
ranging. A bottle of liquid gum is an in valua
ble resource for various purposes, nor
must you mind though he varnish his nose
and fingers and clothes, (which he will
do of course) if he does nothing worse.
A cheap paint box, and some engravings
to color is another; and if you will give
him some real paint to, paint and putty his
beats and cars, he is a made man.
All these things make trouble to
be sure they do but Charley is to make
trouble, that is the nature. of the institu
tion; you are only to chose between safe
and wholesome trouble, and the ' trouble
that comes at last like a whirlwind.
God bless the little fellow and send us all
grace to know what to do with him.
Romantic Story.
The London Court Journal has the fol
lowing interesting story:
"A prima denna of the Royal Italian
Opera, who has lately risen to great fame
and acquired first rate position on those
boards, has just been claimed as his daugh
ter by one of the highest functionaries of
the country. The claimant 13 possessed
of rank, wealth and influence, and though
it was well known in the young lady's
family that the great man in question was
in reality her father, yet no notice of the
connection was taken by him to feel t
pride in his offspring. His antimusica
tastes had prevented him following her
through her musical education, and he
therefore was as much surprised as de
lighted at her success. He has just made
her an official oner of recognition and for
mal adoption, with the bestowal of hu
name and wealth, in addition . to the ad
vantage of the magnificent position to
which he would raise her. But she sur
priseu mm sun more by tne manner or
her refusal. "My father refused to rec
ognize me while I was in poverty and ob
scanty, now that 1 am celebrated and
rich, I refuse to recognize him. Let us
be strangers to each other."
Origin of F. F. V s.
Many of our readers have heard of"
the First Families of Virginia," but
few, we take it know how the term orig
igated. An exchange explains it.
"In the early settlement of that State
it was found impossible to colonize it un
less women .went there. Accordingly a
ship load was sent out, but no planter
was allowed to marry one of them until
he had first paid one hundred pounds of
tobacco for her passage. When the sec
ond ship load came no cne would pay
more than seventy-five pounds for the
matrimonial privilege, except it were a
very superior article. Consequently the
descendants of all those who were sold
for one hundred pounds of tobacco, were
ranked as the first families, while those
who brought but seventy pounds are now
ranked as the second families, and the
reason why no one can ever find any of
the second families, ii because you can't
get a Virginian to admit that his great-
great-grandmother only brought seventy
five pounds of tobacco.
Marriage is extremely costly here in
Dubuque. A gentleman led a blushin"
damstl to the altar on last Monday or
l uesday, ana paid the benignant Divine
tvho officiated, the probable sum of S10
About 43 hours afterwards, an interesting
circumstance occurred in the bosom ot
the happy family which filled his breast
with the most intense delight, but cost an
other X for the fee of Physician,
Early the next morning the fond and hap
py husband was mulcted in another X for
sundries m a bill of Dry Goods, promi
nent among the articles of which were a
wicker cradle, a pap-spoon, and a lace cap
about tne size oi a lour cent orange.
Bubvqve Herald.
"Miss, can I have the exquisite pleas
ure of rolling the wheel cf conversation
around the axietree of your understand
ing a tew moments this evening i ' Jhe
lady fainted.
It has been said by somebody, that
"Change'' is written upon .every mun
dane thing. Such may be the case, but
there are many things pockets, for in
stance in which there is no "change."
M-oroscncss is the evening of turbulence.
What is Chess?
We are not a Chess player know lit
tle of the interesting and deep intrica
cies cf the game ; yet we do know that
it is a passtime of stady and thought, that
renders leisure a fertile source 01 men
tal strength a"nd cultivation it is certain-
y a contest in which intellects of no .
mean power struggle for the ascendancy.
We have had sufncient evidence to be-
ieve that loosely strung minds cannot
grasn it, and he who excels in its highest
lights excels in the higher intellectual .
0 .. 1
pursuits. We are, ot course-, interested
in its origin, and not having published
anything on the subject we will endeavor
0 gratify those of our readers who ar.
not posted.
According to some authors Chess was
invented about 650 B. C; another dates
its origin at the siege cf. Troy, while .
others contend that it was unknown till .
the 5th century of the Christian era.
The learned Hyde and Sir William Jones
were of opinion that it originated in ln-
dia, and that it is of immense antiquity.
One tradition states that it was devised by
the minister of a great King, for the "
purpose of teaching him, iathe most del-. .
icate and agreeable manner possible, that . :
a monarch was powerless unless protect-' t
ed by his subjects.
This is conscise, is reasonable, and is
the best authority we have.
Throughout all time, says the rew
York Churchman, Chess has been a fa
vorite pastime with men of mind.. And-
why? Because it so far absorbs the fac
ulties and directs them into one channel,
that with proficients, the outer wotld and
its cares are for the time forgotten, and.
each champion thinks, reasons and. evert
dreams of little else than defeating hu
antagonist at the checkered board. Then',
it is seldom, if ever, played for money, .
so that gambling at Chess is almost out
of the question Generals and ' great .
commanders have patronised. this amusC- '
ment, as the movements and combina
tions required for success bear a'strong
affinity to the strategic of war, and, in
deed, may in some measure be said to
suggest plans of military enterprise, both"
for attack and defence. Philosopher's
have resorted to Chess, becasue it has a
tendency to strengthen the reasoning
powers; while divines, statesmen, and
eminent lawyers have adopted it as an
amusement for the same reason. -Thus
we have Chess anecdotes of Napoleon I;",'
of Dr. Franklin, cf Wellington, with
many other notabilities of the present and ;
past generations, while of the times pre
ceding their day, the personal illustrations
are innumerable.
When a friend is carried to his grave,
we at once find exenses for every weak1
ness, and palliation for every fault.;, we
recollect a thousand endearments which
before glided off our, 'minds without im
pression, a thousand favors unrepaid, a
thousand duties ' unperformed ; and wish'
for his return, not so much that we may
receive, as that we may bestow happi
ness, and recompense that kindness which
before we never understood. .
We like to see a beautiful girl of that
captivating cat, sometimes inviiuiously
called a squint. Like a bow!, its very bias
makes it sure of hitting the mark, while
it seems to be running cut of the course ;
and it has moreover the invaluable prop
erty of doing execution without exciting.
suspicion, like the Irish guns with crooked
barrels, made for
thcoting round' a cor-
ner.
Middling men, favored in their life-
time by circumstances, often appear of
higher stature than belongs to them great
men always of lower. Time, the sover-
ereign, invests with befitting raiment;
and distinguishes with proper designs.
the familiars he has received into his.
eternal habitations ; in these alone are
they deposited; you must wait for them.
: A Yankee laid a wager with a Dutch
man that he could swallow him.' Bidding
him stretch himself upon the table, be
fastened with his teeth upvn the poor fel
low's big toe, and gave it a hard nrp.
"Auf! you is ish biting me!" roared the .
Dutchman. "Why, you old fool, do you"
think I am going to swallow you whole?"
Indifference to the welfare of our coun- . '
try is a crime ; but if our country is rer
duced to a condition in which the bad are ;
preferred to the good, the foolish to the
wise, hardly any catastrophe is to be
deprecated or opposed that may shake '
them from their places. '. .
t The brightest s'ars appear the most un- . .
steady and tremulous in their light ; not
from any'quality inherent in themselves,
but from the vapors which float below, ..
and from the imperfection of vision -irr'
the surveyor."
"See here, ay friend, are you drunk ?"
"Drunk! to be sure I am, and have been :
for the last three years. You see my.
brother an:l tare on the temperance mis
sion. He lectures, while I set a frightful
example ! "
There are many men who have never
gamed, and many women who have ne.-'
er flirted. There are many dogs that.have
never killed their own mutton, yet rery
few that having once begun, have stoppea.
We so converse eAery night wkh .the .
image of death, that' every iiorning we
find ' an argument of the resir'rection.
Sleep and death have but oae Mother, and
they have but one name iiydommco.
Trof. Ar.drcssen, the "great mathema
tician, is playing chess with . Morphy.