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3. MAX.WLLL. SAM. M. CHAPMAN
Maxwell !t Cliaimmii,
attorneys a t law,
AND
Solicitors in Chancery.
rl A TTSMOL'TJf, - yEHHASKA
OiHco uvcr L'turk, But try & Cu's Drug Store.
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Physician and Surgeon,
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T7ILLITT POTTENGEH
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ir.ATT.-MOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
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'ieal Estate Agents,
Uomraissioners cf Deeds
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Tiro and Life Ins, Ag'ts,
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CoUectioii! prouiin'y atten(!"d to. and proce J re
E 'ted at current rates of Hxchau ie. Tazen paid in
..-: nkiinl.?br.i.( lor no:, reiidei.ts. Titles
.: jd inveti!:nd. .Money loaned ou Ileal Eotalu
r .t-'ir.t.tt.. l.iiiid Warrant?, l.-cate-1.
CLAIM AGENTS.
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'!e. i:.,n of claiuii against Governmen
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in: i i:ni:.ci:s:
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Waiioo, Saunders County,
April 14. 1567. $
Editor Herald : A great deal
has been said about timber raising;
Bti'.I the thought strikes me that tiot
enough has yet been said on tlii im
portant subject. Thmfar, I have not
heard of aiy earnest moveruent liaring
buenmade towards giving inducemeij'.s
to raise limber sn the fertile -soil of
Nebraka. I thought, therefor, that
it would not be an-.iis lo give u few
ideas on the suljoct; first, then we
want and must h ive timber if we wish
to prosper a a Siate, or as individuals;
we are all interested, we wish to see
thee thousands of acres of rith prai
iies settled arid cultivated; bu: our
wiabes will not be fulfilled if we do
not make an earnest effort to raise this
indispenible article. I woulJ there
fore mgguat that the Slate take
the first step towards ho'ding out in
ducements for securing timbr, in
something like the following, to me
plausible plan: The S;ate has a do
nation of some thousands of acres of
land from which it. of course, expects
to realize a pecuniary benefit. To do
this, let them hold out inducements to
settlers of the country to raise timber :
From every fcectio.i of State lands, set
apart one quarter section free uf cost
to persons who will plant eighty acres
of timber, such as will be ueful for
buildmg Lui mechanical purposes, and
a man who will plant forty acres shall
receive one half-quatter section, pro
vided, that every man rnur-t have at
the expiration of five years, four trees
to every square rod of ground, in grow
ing cenditiun. If a n.un should imike
known to the proper authorities his in
tentiona to plunt forty or eighty acres of
irees, he should, five years from that
date, prove that he had fulfilled the con
tract, and should he Lave failed to set
out as much as forty acres of timber,
ihe whole would aaiu fall to ilie State
ih the improvements. Thi3 would in
duce contractors to fill the bill, and if
thy failed to do so, the State would
be recompensed by the improvements
made on the same.
The following seems to me to ,e
some of the advantages to the settler :
The first seasou after entering, if
wished to plant eighty acres, ho would
break twenty or more acres of fod,
which he would plant with corn and if
it is any thing like a good season, the
crops woiild more than p;iy the expen
ses. The second year, he would fill
the broken ground 'ul treej, and
break feed for the coming season, and
so on unt.l the expiratimi of the five
years, when he would have a forest of
one, two, three and fjur years growth,
and have all or more th.tn his expense
paid by the crops raised while prepar
ing the ground, and at the end of from
five to ten years he would realize good
interest for the labor bestowed. Up
sides this, he would hava eighty acres
of land to use in any way he saw fit
These are seine of the advantages on
the one side; the State has a3 much on
the other. Uy giving only one quarter
section from every whole one, there
would be enough timber raised on this,
to supply the other three quarter; this
would certainly be a creat inducement
to buyers, as they will see a least,
some show of getting timber at some
price. Where is the man who would
not willingly pay the difference of the
present and the then necessarily in
creased cast of land, when he saw a
chance of buying five or ten acres of
woodland adjoining his own, besides
this it would induce settlers to coma by
thousands, and the revenue from that
source alone should be an inducement
to hold out some such offer, and this
prospect, seems to me, is not only ad
vantageous to the State, but would be
the same to the General Government
and the Railroad Company or compa
nies. C. II. w St. JOt. li. K.
The Council UlufTs JYonyureil giv
the following statement of freight car
tied over the Council Bluffs and St.
Joseph toad during the monh of
March :
67U cords of wood 670 tona
6i 000 fet of luruler 143 "
20.j.000s!iineles "
11.1S1 bu3!;tls a corn 312 "
2-5.251 general merchandise 115 "
l l 622 expresseJ freights 7 "
Total 1.2G3
Since the road was opened en the
15ih of January last, there has been
transported over th road, exclusive of
ih Company's freight. 1 ,66S tons.
Taking into account the fart that the
Company are operating only twenty
x miles of road, and that, un'i! very
recently they have had but five freight
carf.we consider the foregoing as show
ing an extraordinary businefs.
A Yankee lawyer, wh was
pleading the causa of a link boy. took
him up in Lis arms, and held him up
10 the jury suffued in tears. Thi
tad a great effect, until th ornosit
lawyer asked the boy. -What makes
j you cry ?" He'g pinching me." said
; .he boy.
m;c; ho sL'ri'KAui:.
In a ppeedi in the Missouri House
of Representative?, on the lGth inst.,
lion C. li. Wilkiusou, of St. Joseph,
said :
But, Mr Speaker, we are told, by
some., that awii'rage is not a right but a
privilege. If it is a right, w should
deprive no man of it, except he has for
feited his claim to it, by the commis
sion of crimo. If it is a privilege we
will bestow it on none who havj no:
earned it. In all instances where we
have acted cn tnis question, wiwre in
while man was concerned, the suffrage
has been bestowed without requiring
evid-Mic; of services rendered. That
fact n-gativtB the proposition that it is
a privilege to be earntd. But I will,
for the sake of the argument, admit
that a man shall be admitted lo a voice
in ihi government only alter render
ing it signal aervioe. 'I hen, how
stands the colored man? In the war
of the Revolution he fought for Amer
ican Independence. In the war of
1S12 he fought for -Free Trade and
Saror's Rights." In our recent urug
gle he fought under the banner of the
stars and won his freedom. At Fort?
Wagner and lliw, and I'ort Hadion,
he nobly exemj 1 fitd his puriotiaiii and
bravery by shedding his blood tre-ly
in defence of the imptriltd nation. In
all the history of this bloody strife we
shall look in vain for the record that
Federal captive in the S.iflih ever fad- d .
to find a true friend in the lave, that j
the chattel ever betrayed a rederal
scout, or ever rtfueed to succor or as
fist a Federal soldier lleeing from that
charnel house, a Southern prison. To
weaken the power of the rebelli-m, it
was found necessary to free the slave
To overcome treason and preserve th-Rt-'public,
h was found r.ece sary toarm
him. To porpetuat- a R-p-.iblic found
ed injustice and humanity, U wiil bi
found necessary to endow him with the
suffrage, even though that boon be con
ferred on the score of services rendered.
When the negro feaile.s!y facrd the
storm of re b I bullet, the nation ?aid
he had earned freedom and manhood.
If that be true, place in his- hand the
only weapon by which freedom and
manhood can bs retained in a Republic.
If he has not with the sword, cut his
way up to tLe ball,l box, ilieii ruly
publics are ungrateful. If h'j .has
ihe ballot by the effectiveness of
bullet, then no Union stldu r has.
i
not
his
II
follo.vtd a 'An which he n-.-ver kti
W
to be the flag cf freedom for all, exo-p'
as it was told him in the Fedtralpiom
uei ol the future. We told b.i.n that
the issue wa-j, for him slavery and
ett rnal night, 01 fr.edoin a;.d the sun
light of liberty. WIjmi he hamed
that he was made a man and a citizen
if he followed the bann- r uf t:i cross,
he offered his life a sacrifice On th.-i ol
tar of his country. Goud faith now re
quire that we pluce him in a posi'ion
t defend himself in the moie exalted
fphere we havo ralUd hint to. In this
nation the weapon of defense, "mor"
firmly set than sabre, gun or bayonet."
is the ballot If it is a priviiege, he
ha? nel ly earned it. If it is a right.
we muil n -t !o;;ger wr.hh 1 it. As a
privilege hi is entitled to it bec-iuse of
his services in aid of the government
when assailed on all tides by arm-d
eio mies. In common with white p;tt
rio;.he was animated with that spirit
which elicited more of female- devotion
and heroism than have been evoked
fince the days when .woman wept at
the cross and waited at the sepulchre
a epirit which has caused more deeds
of manly courage and heroic daring
than have been recorded since tin
memorable days ef the crusades.
kecro momif.
The most foolish objection urged
against impartial suffrage is, that it
places the negro on an equality with
the white man. In this country all
men are equal at the ba. lot-box. Ia
other words, all men are believed to be
"endowed with certain inalienable
rights;" and, tnr carry out that theory,
each man is placed on an equality with
his neighbor in the matter of political
st If defence, or self-protection in the
enjoyment of thoo rights. Each man's
builot contains as much as the vote cf
his neighbor rightfully, to?, for eacli
man's life, liberty and property is
equally dear, ai.d each can only protect
himself in their enjoyment, by tht? use
of the ballot. Ev.;ry citizen who con
fides his all to the protection of our
laws ought to be my equal at the polls.
It has never followed, it do--s not nec
essarily follow, it never will follow,
that he is thereby rendered my equal,
socially, morally, mentally or physically.
It is an insult to the white race to say
that, with all their centuries of civiliza
tion, their splendid back-ground of his
tory, their progress in science and their
advancement in arts, literature and re
ligion, the negroes who have been their
slaves fcr nearly three cen'.uriet, will
be their equals it we but allow them to
ay who they prefer shall rule over
them. If that i. all they lack of being
our equals cow, but for slavery, thv-y
would have been our lord and masters
a hundred years ago. And the men
who fear that this step will make the
negro the equal of the white man. are
very generally the man who talk loud
est of the vast superiority of the Cau-
C.is-ian rac, wfu quote Mitp u're lo
prove that slavery is a divine iiwit'ition.
aad who are thoroughly posted iti oil
works of natural history, especially
iho-e portion which treat of "tonnect
ing links'' between man and antmaU
of. Africans and baboons. But it is
said, the ballot is the step by whmh the
negro will rise to a seat at our mbles,
and a mirital union with our sister
and our da uiiht' i s. The ballot nev-r
did elevate a white man into our dining-rooms
with 't a special invitation;
why this fear of a different effect upon
the negro? B.-caose a white : man
COUltl ote, he l:f !l ver thxi 'hl -li-M'e
eligible to marry a white w inai:; why
should we dread such a con-equnce
in the ci?e if n black man? To allay
the fears of all such geniiemen. 1 am
willing to asstr-t in enacting a law pro
hibiting these seduct.vt- A: i ican-f rom
winning or accepting ihe hands of their
daughter!", fisters, or female relative.
I have never believed a prohibitory law
necessary, for 1 have confidence in the
intelligence of the white race. v. hich
has ihos far. without ihe aid of lepishi
lion, enabled then to perceive that
"elerniil n:nss ot ihtngs whien pre
ven'.' such Ciiisuuiinaiions. ;
But. we are told, h-' will hold fhee
if he votes, and therefore, it is unsafe
to endow the ngro with tuffrage.
We are even pointed to the fact, that
in Massachusetts two ii'-gi oe- wt re re
centiy elected to the Legislature.? I
answer that, in Missouri, no negrt; can
h'.dd oj'ic-? except by the rot'-s of the
white men, and if we ar, really, the
superior race, it is but right to risk u,
even m that conlmg ncy. It the whit.:
voters c f any t o i:i;y u; M ia::hui.-:t
d
sire to avail themselves, in niritt'-r.
of legislation, cf ih-: in'elb ct of t i -i r
neighb-.irs. they hav a right to do so,
and it i t'lt-ir bti-iuess and not ouis
whether 'hey select the intel'ect which
is enveloped in a black tr a white case.
In availing our.-eltes of ihe labor of a
man. we take that which is most er
vicable, without regard to the e.dor of
the hand that plough.-. ..r 'he font that
follows in ill" furrow Wli-r. t!..- Mas
sni.hiie;s soldier was in the: sw-tmp of
the Canlina. au escaped prisoner,
hnnu d by rebel blood hounds, he availed
himself of the fidelity, r-igu-iiy and pat
riotism uf the negro, and was taved.
If. m hi rto-f. 1- -0.. isoj t b
piloted throuih the ii.tric.-.cies
m l i
ill.
wit'iii of d .u'.tful legislation, h ih.
ft me -ki'lrul gu: 1
V 1: d-' .'".I 'ss )or..i
1 shall n-'t cotnj !;' in.
Ituve tiie record; i:f
r.. r e.. -. .1
r ro.'i ei.ines or l -ioiti J iioiivii s
wiiite L-gi-!:;fiie belort; them, they
nerd have no fe tr f making matters
wot.- thnn ily have boon, by select
ing new find then, a b y;t! bin. k mm,
to it in the plaoij so tinwoithiiy occu
pied by a white traitor. -But no mem
ber of ihis II.-;ie Lis the remotest f-ar
tif Mich a c 'n'.Migi-iicy. The alarm is
a fal-e one, orij h atmg in the preju
dices which so long clustered around 'he
old defunct institution of slavery. It is
born of the same foolish prejudice
which feared for 'he safety of the white
race when the God-daring, Heaven-de-
fying institution of slavery tumbled
with a cran which aroused the
ing, en-laved people of the old
sw-'p-world.
OHIO KECAXTS.
The Legislature of Ohio, after tnk
ing the eci!id sob-r thought, hi? fit-al
ly decided to extend the rigist of suf
frage t 1 nil m.ve citizens,
exempt rebel j
nesrtt-rn and skedadiers. l onuecti
cut last year refused to deal jti.tly by
her negro population, and is 10-d ay. i..
consequence thereof, smarting urder
the disgrace of a copperhead victory.
Ohio is not anxious to learn lessons- of
wisdom at so dear a school, and hence
we find her, at last flinging out the
bar ner of eual and exuct justice to
all. Impartial suffrage throughout the
litni s of the great Republic of Ameri
ca, is only a rpietioa of nine. JVon
parcil. ?
High Wate. We karn from our
obliging Post Master that the Big Ne
maha is so swollen by back-water from
the Missouri that it covers the bottoms,
and the stage can no longer cross- it
The last one that made the attempt got
stuck in ihe mud. and the passengers
had to get out and r.de the .-taoe- horses
to the bills. The mail contractor is
now proposing to contract with tlhe
Packets for th conveying of the mails
from St. Joseph ta this upper cour t. y.
Press.
Xis&issippi vs. United States.
Messrs. Sharkey and Robert J.
Walker, assuming to represent the State
of MisMstirpi, undertook on the 5 h
inst.. to file in the Supreme CoU't of
the United Mates their petition foil an
injunction against the ex- cuiion of the j
act to provide for the more efliceni i
government ot me Kebel Mates. I be
substance of this petition is on the
ground that the act is unconstitutional,
and thai the, sovereignty of the tate
Mississippi is invaded an allegation
not now heard for ihi first time. The
Attorney-General appeared to oppose
the motion for leave to ri!- the bi.l.
It is intimated that the Supreme
Cour, wiil dismiss ihe application ok ihe
grourd of want of original jurisdiction.
The principle precedent for this tleci- j
. ; . . U . I" ..rL -l Tl. l'
I ft-Jii is me u.jo ease iu uuuut Asianu
during the rebellioE.
l'ULIT I. ALUJItASKA.
Nebraska City.
April, 1.1,-1867.
Dear News : I have lived in Otoe
county and farmed twelve years. In
that lime I have put out a good peach
orchard of between two and three thou
and tiees, thai are now hving.
I have had three crvps of peaches
m follows: In I860, fifty bushels; in
1S51, two hundred and fifty bushels; in
I S62, between five and six hundred
I ushls; and I have had a few every
year since, and am happy to state that
ihe pro-pect for a crop in 1 SG7 is most
xcelien', the buds being up to ihis
date, uninjured.
A fples.
My apple orchard contains between
two and three hundred trees, from
three to twelve years of age. In 1S6G.
1 raised fifty bushels. of apples, - and
havo had apple erery year since 1SG1-
The pro pect for this year is very fine.
and if nothing unforseen occurs, I will
have between one and two hundred
tush.--.-
The best varieties of apples for Ne
braska are the New York Pippin, the
Northern Spy, the Wine Sap.theGen-
atin, the While Winter Pear main; that
is tor winter use. . For summer and
fall the Fall Red, Cooper's early while
and red June, are probably the best.
Orchards in Nebraska soil should
not be cultivated more then two year,
and then they should be seeded down
with Blue grass.
Yours truly,
Wm. II. Lowe.
The .Montana Posf, of the 1 1th inst.,
has important information of the plans
o. the Indians for the coming season.
About thirty-five miles- from Fort
Smith, on Big Horn river, there is a
camp of eighteen hundred lodges of
Siaux, averaging three warriors to ihe
lodge. They nre under the command
of Red Cloud, and the subordinate
; chiefs are Iron Plate and White Young
Boll. Near Fort Smith the Crows are
j i liinn-d. They th; Sioux, Bloods,
, Per
; the
uinsand Gr'sventres have smoked
peace ripe." among themselves
I alter a long reua and notility, and
I i.- inAfl in n lnrru rtaniiisl iKa tvhirAa
The three tribos last named
j resrtH cf the Missouri. Lut
are vet
ti cress
over and camp near the Muscle Shell
ri,.r i.i rifM. n vr.rir.rr nni.na
river, as soon as spring opens
- "s 3
Af-
are eii:Ut nuncreu lod
ges strong
ttr thus co.'.centra'ing ih
eir torces, the
Ciinfederatioti "will wage a war of ex-t-rinin;,tioti
against the whites, and will
not make peace until they conquer."
The Pout says:
"They say the whites have now oc
cupied iheir only hut ting grounds.
Death is inevitable, and they prefer it
in battle rather than by starvation. The
principal Rlackfoot chief says that he
h is lived in ihe mining camps for years,
that he has ki'ded numbers of whites;
that they are -old squaws," and w.ll not
fight. The Arrapahues talk for peace.
Naive,' whom many of the emigrants
will renumber as talking English aud
Spanish very well has returned from
the direction of Laramie, where ihe
troops fired on him and his band, and
still manifesto friendship.
Lone Horn, who, with fifteen hun
dred Sioux warriors, made peace at Ft.
Solly, last summer, is in trouble. It is
b-heved they have not warred against
the whites, but have held aloof from
I the league. Lone Horn said to the
j whites recently: "When we made
j p-ace last summer, the Great Father
j said we would be brothers, and my
i pcple have not broken their pledge.
I when we meet the red man they hate
us because we do not fight, and when
the whites see my psople, they fire on
them and kill them. This is noi right.
Ihe Grtat Father said whoever should
fire first should die. If he does not
keep the treaty, we will have to go
with the other tribes and fight the
whites."
The commandant of Fort Smith
does not expect to be able to hold his
position, and it is thought if reinforce
ments do not soon arrive, the command
w ill come to Clark's Fort on the Yel
lowstone. Wiien the troops destined
for the route arrive, post will be es
tablished at all these points.
t'i-SThe famous tune, known in the
United States by the name of Yankee
Doodle, and a great "favori'e, has been
discovered recently in a fossil state, in
a remote part of Spain. The announce
ment thai our countryman, William
Cullen Bryant, editor, poet and gentle
man, has heard the tune in those exte
rior regions, has taken many Ameri
ctns by surprise. They feel as though
tiie Republic itself had suffered detri-
ment by beiug cut out cf ihe paternity
or invention of ihe national tune. Tht y
nave teen accu-tomeu lj regard it as
a purely Yankee invention, or perhaps
as a spontaneous production of N-w
England soil, thai grew up in the
neighborhood of Boston, some time in
the spring of 1775. And it strikes
ihdm not only with surprise, but with
repugnance to learn that, after wuiii
hug it, singing it, and hearing it ever
since they whistled, sung or heard any
thing, u turns out to De, instead ot a
pure Yankee production, only the echo
- r I , r. .
or progeny or an old o nanisn air ot
unUnowa antiquity.
EASTLU HOLIDAYS.
From an intereresing article in
llirper's Jtfagazine we extract the fol
lowing :
In England, from which country we
derive so many of our social habits and
customs, Easter is considered a very
important occasion, and the holiday
season which is attached to it is held
second only in interest to that of Christ
mas At Easier all the Universities
and schools in the realm close, and ev
ery boy who has a home turns his look
thitherward with a bright face and a
glad heart At Easter all work (hit
can stop pnases ; the Courts adjourn.
the Circumlocution Oflice reposes, and
Parliament rises. Indeed Parliament
never goes to work until after Easter.
At Easter there 13 a universal deter
mination on the part of all England to
have a second edition cf the Christmas
holidays.
As long as Anglo-Saxon .has been
spoken; or rather, since that language
began to be spoken, for the two streams
of Norman and Anglo Saxon after the
Conquest combined to form the Unglcis
or English, ihe anniversary of the res
urrection of our Saviour has been
known as Easter. The appellation
probably came from the Saxon aster
'!r n.u "
In early days Easter was counted
ihe "Queen of Festivals' and was cel
ebrated with grest pomp and solemnity.
Piimiiive Christians upon this day al
ways, wnen tney met nrst mine uiora-
lug, instead ot trie u-uai torm of tabu
lation, exclaimed, "Christ is risen!"
The person saluted invariably respond
ed, "Christ is risen indeed!" or, "And
has appeared unto Peter." It was po
etioal and Oriental The Russian and
Greek Churches have both preserved
this old custom; at every recurring Eas
ter the salutation can be heard- Bishop
Coxe mention, in his "Travels,' hav
ing met witn au instance of this greet
ing in a rural parish in England.
Easter being a distinguished festival
was preceded in primitive times by a
vigil, which was peculiarly solemn, as
it was associated w;th lha h
J "'A
Iti IT
of
Christ in ihe tomb. The usage coin-
eided with the manners of those days.
but finds no place among Protectant
Churches.
In Paris it w3 an old custom toston
'ws upon Easter-day through the
streets, and finally to catch some un
fortunate son of Abraham and take him
to the church, and tl.ero punish him
for the deeds of his anc.-s'crs. There
is an instance on record of one miser
able wretch having been actually beat
en to death by the pious Parisians in
their zeal.
In some places where the Moham
medan religion prevails they slay rams
and sheep upon Easter, and let the
blood run through the streets. Men
and women imbrue themselves in it,
and there is a general orgie. A writer
mentions having witnessed such ascent
in Tangier.
At Rome the Easter season is cele
brated with great magnificence. On
this day the Pope is placed in a lofty
seat and borne to St. Peter's amidst a
great concourse of the fithful, who re
ceive his liberal benedictions, which
are dispensed with a flourish of three
fingers, as the representative of Hi.
Peter is carried along. At Easter tho
Pope wears ihe tiara er triple-crown
the emblem of pontifical, imperial and
royal authority united. The julji!uie,
loo, is chanted at this season, and there
is a universal exultation, which is the
more striking as it is contrasted witu
the gloomy period of Lent jut drawn
to a close, especially with the end sol
erimites of Holy week.
In early days the Roman Church in
troduced theatrical representations to
amuse the votaries. The scene of the
Passion and Resurrection of Christ was
exhibited in the Cathedral at Durham
with great detail, including the arising
from the sepulchre, and the conversa
tions related in the Nw Testament.
Curious records have been preserved
nt the expenses of these shows, where
churches were theatres and priests and
monks were actors.
In England many eld and curious
customs were long connected with the
annual return of the Easter festival.
Lifting" or "heaving" was so much in
vogue that Mr. Lysons says that Ed
ward I. was lifted upon Easter. Hone
gives us an account of the ceremony
as described by Mr. Loggan thus : !
was sitting at breakfast in the Talbot,
at Shrewsbury, when I was surprised
by the entrance of all the female ser
vants of the houe handing in an arm
chair, lined with white and decorattd
with ribbons and favors of different
colors. 1 asked them what they want
ed. Their anwer was they came to
heave me; it was the cjstom on that
morning and they hoped I would take
a seat in their chair. Ii was impossi
ble not to comply with a request very
modestly made, and to a set of nymphs
in their best apparel, and several of
them under twenty. I wished to see
at! the ceremony, and seated mysflf
accordingly. The group then lifted
me up from the ground, and turned the
chair ehout, and I bad the felicity of a
salute from each. I told thern 1 sap
posed there wa a fee due upon the oc
cassion, and was answered in the af
firmative; aud Laving satisfied the
damsels in this rpect they wi.bdrew
to heave others. At thi, tir.io I had
uevr heard of the custom; but on in in
quiry I found that on Easter Monday,
between 9 and 12, the men heavo 'the
women, and on Tuesday, at the iDinw
bourn, the wonin heave; ihe met:.
Pasch egxs are a fcaturj upon Ear
ter mite v. much as hot croas-buns ero
upon Good-Friday. It is usual to boil
the eggs quite. hard and dye the exter
ior in various styles. Many cf uvr
readers are famillinr w ith the Paus, or
Pasch eggs, for the children of New
York have dyed aid broken thousands
of them, and they can bd otn now at
master, m all parts of trie
Though not nuke as "nertil
T a .
Sla te
as
New
Year's ctlis, th cus.cm
(tying
and
craeking eggs unoii Easter ha l eer.
carried by New Yorkers wherever
they have gone. N-t a few can recall
wheu Gotham was beljw Canal ttreet,
how the chimney-sweeps used to rol-
Hole and charter away upt
tho stoop
anu s.uewa.Us upon l.aster cracking
eggs. It was a pretty custom for chil
dren, and gave rio to muth innccent
amusement.
Theobservdi.ee cf Eitrtir. which
has
over uttn o universal
fr.
om a small beginning i.a grown to
be a preuiy general cast m in this coun
try. Many of the Col;-g.s hav Eas
ter vacation, and l.'gisl (t,vo b . lias of
ua adjourn ternprari:y to enable those
who ure !0 dijpeaed to keep E .-t.-r.
Th- ioIil-ious services are always of a
marke 1 character upon East.r. Es
pecially worthy of notice j9 if.,, music
upon that day; the Easter ran.U wdl
compare with ihe Christmas carols in
beauty. The-e holiday observance:.
and amusements should be cultivated.
Oar people are a v.oiking poop!-, at. 1
give too iittid iii.-:e to relaxation. Alt
recreation and air.uicmer.t of a h.aithv
kind sf rve. to i.-.aint.tiu tke tone u'p.'i
vigor of is.n.d nnj b-'.'. Purdj
every degree nre bo-.t-.-r f..r k",
aside their cm r a a;.d !ri.- If ! li , u
I I . L J - i
of
iog
Jos
anu moor-., una giving t i
their fefling-j, enjoy thrmj
. aO
r i i
1 1
; i . e
tw the
fun as iheir 01
nities aJ.iiit.
Cu
t. .."
.ti.l epp-
period
riu-
beiur period can
ih-' Te bo fr this thun
Et:"-T, when every hh
i'ot'jll of
'.Awii tho
o ij-birt!i-
Jm'P. ! : of
new birth of vcgcu-iuu t
o'av cf Christ, the great
t;ry c-.ii-f"- bot llo v f - h I y
continuance, the day r. huh t.i Psalm
ist sttys "the Lord hath made?"
Thought It vos tlu CUi 2!an.
A Dutchman, who, u
fit of pas.sien.
I-.-:- v wvi.-i r: ti ir lurril...
was reproved
y a c oi cn denccs, who
j ' I
chunced to
ovt-rrsear mm.
Vt by do you swear so, Ilau;? 'said
tho deacon: "don t vou know it ia
very
wicked!"
"Yaw, I knows it pese wicked."
"Do you know." said the Deacon,
anxious lo sound to- depth of his reli
gious teachings, "who died to save sin
ners?" Yaw," eaid H-.us; Co: died to
savts 'em."
"Not God. exactly, Ifiis, but h
Son of God."
So!" exclaimed Hans, a new light
breaking in upon him; "was it
one
V03
of
the pay?? I tirAs all d
ce wile u
old icsn
'The
ir.cro-asa
of celibacy in
Franc, and especially in Paris, says
the Nisw York rod's Parii corres
pondent, is still a subject of discussion.
The government which wants soldiers,
th manufacturers who want hands,
the farmer who wants laborers, and
last, but not liiast, the women who want
husbands, ask everybody ask each oth
er, ak in perplexity and consternation.
Why don't the men marrj?' IVre
Hyacinth preaches against ct-libacy at
Notre Dame, the newspjpsrs i .vacu
against it at th Street corners, yi;:, a3
one of thern dtsparing!y remarks n. an
hour's walic from the Madeleine to tho
Bastiie, one may now meet si. least a
hundred thousand-.. bachelors.
Kissinc
-Jojh Eill'i.gs says
ine-rw
is one Cv id, blue, itjan k.5
makes him shivr lo te.
t..a. nl-.vays
Two t'er-
sons (ov the femail persuasion) who
have witnessed a grata ir.-rr.uy more
younger and mcrj po'py daj, n:iet in
some public place, end not having saw
each other for twenty-four hoo.r?, lha
kiss imategiatcly ihen tha tork about
tho wearhr arid tha young min tha;
preachi-d yeMCi'd iy, and then iLa kiss
imrnegiataly, and then t'ta biorh and
larf ot what tha say to each oihr, and
kissagtin immegiately, This kind ov
kiisiug alwais
puts ma in mi-id ov tw
old flints trying to strike fire.
EOT A worthy man, when told that
he was uboat toiii, eaid ha was "glad
of it; he was tired of puiting his shaes
and stockings on and off." And this is
about what life gets reduced to at sev
enty. ft5" A netv way of. bidding for
election and bribing magnanimously
has been patented in California, A
County Treasurer pl-dge himeelf ia
case of election, to par 81,000 ia coin
for the benefit of the S.ho d .d.
IvSThe pried askt d for the Grand
Cross one of the horses be!. nginrr to
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