The Sauk Centre Herald (Sauk Centre, Minnesota), 1867-10-17

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VOLUME I
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY,-OCTOBER 17, 1867.
NUMBER 20.
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Sauk Centre,        -        -        Minnesota.
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L. W. COLLINS.
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at   Law,
Minnesota
en to business
ROLL CALL,.
"Corporal Green!" the-Orderly cried,
"Here!" was the answer, loud and clear,
From the lips of a soldier who stood near;
And "Here," was the word the next replied.
"Gyrus Drew,"—then' a silence fell—
This time no answer followed the call,
Only his rear man see him fall.
Killed or wounded be could not tell.
There they stood in the falling light,
These men of battle, with grave dark looks
As plain to be read as open books,
White slowly gathered the shades of night.
The fern on the hill was splashed with blood,
And down in the corn where the popples
grew,
"Were redder stains than the poppies knew
And crimson-dyed was the river's flood.
For the roe had crossed from the other side,
That day, in the face of a murderous fire
That swept them down in its terrible ire;
And their life-blood went to color the tide.
"Herbert Cline,"—At the call there came
Two stalwart soldiers into the line,
Bearing between them this Herbert Cline,
Wounded and bleeding, to answer his name.
44Ezra Kerr,"—and a voice answered " here!''
"Hiram Kerr," but no man replied; •
They were brothers, those two; the sad
wind sighed,
And a shudder crept through the corn-field
near.
"Ephraim Deane,"—then a soldier spoke,
"Deane carried our  regiment's colors " he
said,
"When our ensign was shot; I left him for
dead,
Just after the enemy wavered and broke."
"Close to the road side his body lies;
I -paused a moment and gave him to drink
He murmured his .mother's name I think;
And death came with it and closed his eyes,
'Twas a victory—yes; but it cost us dear:
For that company's roll, when  called at
night,
Of a hundred men that went into the fight.
Numbered but twenty that answered "Here."
THE TWO VILLAGES.
ILLIAM J. PARSON.'
AFTORNI
IT LAW,
[ilnt Germain© street, over Burbank Bros
St. Cloud, Minnesota.
CHAS. WALKER,
Attorney at Law.
R. P. EDSON,
Attorney at Law ami	
Notary Public.
JEdsson ■<& Walker,
; REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
Office over Philadelphia Store on Third s Ireet,
.Sauk Centre, (Stearns County, Minnesota.
Business Property, Houses and Lots, Farms,
Farming Lands, otc, etc., bought and sold on
commission.
ATTENTION! '
Is cfiflled to the fact'that our facilities for making out Pre-emption papers and for locating
and entering Government Land with Cash,
Scrip or Land Warrants, are unsurpassed by
any office west of St. Cloud. A large assortment of Town Plots for the use of seekers of
Claims on hand and- kept constantly corrected by correspondence with the Land Office'.
We have in our hands for sale some of the
finest Farms and Fanning Lands in this
upper country.
BUSINESS   CARDS.
"O    P. EDSON
.IA.
Is Agent for sound and reliable '
FIRE,  LBPE,    ACCIDENTAL    LIFE   AND
LIVE STOCK INSURANE COMPANIES.
He Insures Live  Stock against  Death and
Theft, in the Hartford Live Stock Insurance
Company—the  soundest and  only  reliable
Live Stock Company on this continent-
Over the river on the hill,
Lleth a village white and still;
All around it the forest trees
Shiver and whisper in the breeze.
Over it sailing shadows go,
Of, soaring hawk and screaming crow;
And mountain grasses, low and sweet,
Grow In the middle of every street.
Over tho river under the hill,
Another, village lieth still;   .
There I see in*the cooling night,
T winkiing stars of household light.
Fires that gleam from the smithy's door,
Mists that curl on the river's shore;
And on the road no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasten to and fro.
In thq,village on the hill,
Never Is sound of smithy or mill; _
The houses arc thatched with grass and flow-
, ers,
Nevei^a clock to tell the hours;
You may not enter at hall or hut.
Alii the village -lie asleep,
Never a grain to sow or reap v
Never in dreams to moan oi; sigh—
Silent—and idle—and low—they lie.
In that village under the hill,
When the night is starry and still,
Many a weary soul in prayer
Looks to ihe other village there,
And weeping and sighing, longs to go
Up to that home, from this below:—
Longs to sleep by the forest wild.
Whither have vanished wife and child.
And heareth, praying, ihe answer fall—
"Patience! -That village shall hold ye all!" '
—{Shadow of the Rock.
N.
H. MINER,
Insurance Agent,
Sauk Centre, - - Minnesota.
Represents the soundest and most reliable
Fire, Life and Accident Insurance Companies of the Eastern and Western
States.   Office over the Post Office.
DWARD DREBLOW,
Cabinet Maker-
Main street,- Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Keeps constantly on hand a complete stock
' of Furniture, Coffins, &c. nil.
■All orders will receive prompt attention.
p«Em»f.
A GOODJIAT'S WOEK.
B
ILLIARD SALOON,
A. DE GROAT, Proprietor.
Third street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
-Has first class Phelan A Collendet Billiard
Tables.!   .
Choice Wines,  Liquors,  Ale,  Porter and
Cigars,
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J. WHITEFIELD,
"I've done a good days work, if I
never do another," said Mr. Barlow,
rubbing his hands together, .and with
the air of a man who felt very much
pleased with himself.   ,
"And so have I." Mrs. Barlow's voice
was in a lower .tone and less exultant,
yet indicative of a spirit at peace with
itself.
" Let us compare note's," said Mr.
Barlow, in the confident manner of one
who knows that .victory will be upon
his side, "and see which -has done the
best days work,"
" We shall see. Let the history of
your day's work precede mine."
" No," said. Mrs. Barlow, " you shall
'give the'first experience."
" Very well." And full of his subject,
Mr. Barlow began: [;;
" You remember the debt of War-
field, about which I spoke a few months
ago?"
"Yes." >-t:*K>;
"I considered it desperate-—would
have sold out my interest at thirty
cents on a dollar when I left home this
morning: Now the whole claim is secure. I had to scheme it a little. It
p pnicjacej^ but  the thing is
House &; Sigm Paiater,
r'aintng, Glaring, Paper Hanging &C., done
with neatness and on reasonable terms.
Work.warranted equal in quality to that
* rreed upon or no charges made. as- Paint
fr hop next door to Thomas & Go's.
Sauk Centre,.Minn., June 5,1867. .
J
OHN CHRISTGAU,
Eoo't &  Shoe Maker,
Main Street, Sauk Centre, Minn.,
A complete stock of Boots and Shoes kept
constantly on hand, and made to order on
short notice.   Good fits warranted.
Repairing promptly  done,  at reasonable
prices.  All kinds of Shoemaker's -Tools for
sale. v '
AND OFFICE
t AGENCY.
IV.  H.
A'REAE ESTATE
^^^^^^^^^^     Miner,
Lands ' sold on commission. Farms composed of Prairie, Meadow and Timber Land
fox sale.'
Person's desiring to enter Land, with Cash,
Scrip or Land Warrants, or to file Pre-
. Ei option claims, oan do so at my office
and avoid the time, and expense of
a trip to St. Cloud.
Office over the Post Office, Sauk Centre,
Minnesota.
Khar
was a   	
done. I don't believe, that another
creditor of Warfield'.s will get-a third
of his-claim."
" The next operation," continued
Mr, Barlow, " I consider about as good.
About a year ago I took fifty acres of
land in Erie County, for a debt, at a
valuation of five dollars an acre. ll
sold it to-day for ten. I don't think
the man knew very well what he was
buying. He called to see me about it,
and I asked him ten dollars an acre at
a venture, when he promptly laid down
one hundred dollars to bind the bargain. If I nevet-f.ee him again I'm all
right. That iV 'transaction number
two. Number three is pleasant to remember. I sold-a lot of goods,--almost
a year out of date, to a young country
merchant for cash". He thinks he-has"
a bargain ; and perhaps he has ; but
I'd have let them go at any time during the past six months at a loss of
thirty per cent, and thought the sale a
desirable one.
" Now there's my day's work, Jeriny,
and it is one to be proud of. I take
credit to myself, for being upon the
whole, a pretty bright sort of a marjj
and bound to go through. Let us hare
your story now."
The  face    of  Mrs.    Barlow  flushed
slightly.     Her husband waited  for  a
few moments and then said:
" Let us hear the yards of stitching
and the pile of good things made "
"No, nothing of that," said Mrs.
Barlow, with a slight veil of feeling
covering her pleasant voice. "I had
another meaning when I spoke of having accomplished a good day,s work.
And now, as my doings' will bear no
comparison with yours, I think of declining their rehearsal."
"A bargain is a bargain, Jenay,"^
said Mr. Barlow. " Word keeping is a
cardinal virtue. So let your story be
told. You have done a good day's
work in your estimation, for you say
so.    Go on, I am all attention."
Mrs. Barlow still hesitated. But, after a little more urging, she began her
story of a good days work. Her voice
was a little subdued, and there was an
evident shrinking from the subject
about which she felt constrained to
speak.
" I resolved last night," said she,
"after passing some hours of self-examination and self-upbraiding, that I
would, for one day, try to possess my
soul in patience. And this has been
the trial day.   Shall I go on 1"
Mrs. Barlow looked up with & timid,
half bashful air at her husband. She
did not meet his eyes, for he turned
them partly away,
" Yes, dear Jenny, go on."
The husband's buoyancy of tone was
gone, and in its place was something
tender and pensive.
"Little Eddy was unusually fretful
this morning, as you remember. He
seemed perverse, I thought; cross as
we .call it. I was tempted to speak
harshly two or three times; but, remembering my good resolution, I put
on the armor of patience and never let
him hear, a tone. Dear little fellow I
When I went to wash him, after breakfast, I found behind one his ears a
small inflamed boil. It has made him
slightly feverish and wearysome all
day. Oh,j\*asn'tI glad that patience
ruled my spirit.
" After you went away to the store,
Mary got into one of her perverse humors. She didn't want to go to school,
to begin with ; then she couldn't find
her slate ; and then her shoe pinched
her. I felt very much annoyed; but,
recalling.my good resolution, I met her
irritation with calmness, her willfulness with gentle rebuke ; and so I conquered. She kissed me, and started
for the school with a cheerful countenance, her slate in her satchel and her
pinching shoes unheeded. And so I
had my reward.
■' But my trials were not over. Some
extra work was needed. I called Ellen, and told her that Mary would require a frock and two pair of drawers
to be washed out, and the babe some
slips, and some pocket-handkerchiefs.
A saucy refusal leaped from the girl's
tongue and indignant words to me.
'Patience! patience!' whispered a
small, still voice. I stifled with an
effort my feelings, restrained my speech
and controlled my countenance. Very
calmly as to all exterior signs did I
look into Ellen's face until she dropped
heXieyea to the floor in confusion.
" 'You have forgotten yourself,' said
I, With some dignity of manner, yet
without a sign of irritation. She was
humbled at once, confessed the wrong,
and begged my pardon. I forgave her,
after reproof, and she went to the
kitchen somewhat wiser, I think, than
when I summoned her. The washing
I required has been done, and well
done, and the girl has seemed all day
as if she were endeavoring to atone, by
kindness and service, for that hasty
speech. If I mistake not, we are both
improved by the discipline through
which we passed.
" Other trials I have had through
thp day, some of them quite as severe
as the few I have mentioned ; but the
sun went down. I was able to possess
my soul in peace, and the conquest of
self has. made me happier. This is my
good day's work. It may not seem
much in your eyes."
Mr. Barlow did not look or speak, as
the voice of h'is wife grew silent. She
waited almost a minute for his response.
Then he bent forward suddenly and
kissed her, saying as he did so ;
" Mine was work, yours a battle-—■
mine success, yours heroism ! Jennie,
since you have been talking I have
thought thus: My good work has
soiled my garments, while yours are
without a stain, and white as angels'
robes. Loving monitor! may your lesson of to-night make me a better man.
Your good day's work gives a two-fold
blessing."
THE   MORMONS.
lli-lglin.ni Young—His   "Wives  and  his
Family—Polygamy and its Effects.
From Richardson's "Beyond the Mississippi."
Brigham Youn g, wh o succeeded Joseph
Smith in the " First Presidency" of the
church, was also bor-ajn Vermont. He
is six feet high, portly, weighing about
two hundred, in his sixty-sixth year,
and wonderfully well preserved. His
facte resembles that of the late Thomas
H; Benton-, though with a suggestion
of grossness about the puffed cheeks
and huge neck which Old Bullion never gave. His cheek is fresh and un-
wrinkled ; his step agile and elastic :
his curling auburn hair and whiskers
untinged with gray. Is he a new
Ponce de Leon, who has found in polygamy the fountain of perpetual
youth ?
He has grayish blue, secretive eyes,
eagle nose, and his mouth shuts like a
vice, indicating tremendous firmness.
He uses neither tea nor coffee, spirits
nor tobacco. With an affable and dignified manner he manifests the unmistakable egotism of one having authority. In little ebuKtions of earnestness
he spsaks right at people, using his
dexter forefinger with emphasis to
point a moral. He' treats the brethren
With warmth, throwing his arms about
them, and asking carefully after the
wives and babies.
Provincialisms of. his Vermont hoy-
hood and his Western manhood still
cling to him. He says " leetle," " beyond," and " disremember." An irrepressible conflict between his nominatives and verbs orop out in expressions
like " they was."
He has observed much, thought
much, mingled much, with practical
men; but seems unfamiliar with the
usages of cultivated society. Yet those
who hold him a cheap charlatan are
wilder, if possible, than the Saints who
receive him as an angel of light, or
those Gentiles who denounce him as a
goblin damned. A striking embodiment 6f the one man power, he holds
a hundred thousand people in the hollow of his hand. Gathered from every
nation, always poor, usually ignorasfc,
sometimes vicious, ho has modeled
th'em into an industrious, productive,
honest and homogeneous community.
Asa class they have doubtless improved
their condition by settling in Utah.
Owning the most desirable property at
home, and well husbanded investments
in England, he is one of the millionaires of the United States. He is universally popular among the Saints, and
rules them with the utmost ease. He
is a man of brains, who would have
achieved groat success ' in any walk of
life. Many believe him an impostor
and an atheist. But I fancy that he is
that combination so frequently found
in history, half deceiver and half fanatic.
He has great knowledge of human
nature and rare business capacity, and
is reputed kind hearted and just in all
his comm eroial dealin gs. All Mormons
are required to pay one-tenth of their
incomes annually to the Church ; and
so far as the Gentiles can see, Brigham
is the Church and the Church is Brigham.
your
" Let me   see, sister—I forget
name,"
" My name! " was the indignant reply ; " why, I am your wife! "
" When did I marry yoii ? "
The   woman   informed  the  " President," who then referred to an account
book in his desk, and then said :
" Well, I believe you are right, I
knew your face was familiar! "
The Saints are fraternal. There are
no masters or esquires among them.
Everybody is Brother A, or Sister B.
The Gentile women recognize and
visit only the first' wives. I conversed
alone with three Mormon women on
their system. Two were young and
unmarried. The first was an active
member of the Church, and apparently
an earnest believer in its doctrines.
She spoke of it with great ardor, manifesting the desire, universal in the
community, for the respect and commendation of strangers. She laid
great stress upon the honesty, frugality
and hospitality of the people, the kindness and justice of the leaders in all
their dealings, and the special favor
and protection of the Almighty which
their history seemed to imply. But to
my remark that I liked everything I
saw except polygamy, she answered ingeniously :
" Well, I don't like that, and I don't
know of any body who does." '
The second, though reared in the
faith, and nominally one of the Saints,
had steadfastly refused all offers of
marriage. She regarded the leaders as
charlatans, declared she would die rather than wed in a community where plurality of wives was tolerated, and would
leave the territory but for family ties.
A few months later she did leave, to become the wife of a gentile.
The third was the wife of a prominent Saint. I had already formed her
acquaintance in public, and now I encountered her accidentally for ten minutes in a- Gentile parlor. Again and
again I had heard her husband aver that
the women acquiesced in polygamy,
and often urged their consorts to take
additional wives. After some general
conversation, she asked:
" What is the most noticeable thing
you find among us."
" The peacefulness of the rival wives',
The fact that they not only refrain
from breaking each other's heads, but
generally seem friendly, sometimes
even affectionate."
" That is our strong religious conviction. Nothing else * could produce it.
I believe our women are better, more
patient than others in the world. Nobody knows'the severity of the trials
they have to endure."
"Your people have treated us with
the greatest courtesy.-and. shown us
much which excites our sympathy and
admiration. They have exhibited little of your home-life ; but that little
only confirms my previous belief that
to give another woman the sacred name'
of wife is the greatest crime, the last
possible outrage a man can commit
against his own;wife and the mother of
his children." f
The lady replied with painful earnestness,, with teeth clenched, and every
muscle tense :
'■ Certainly it is ! I would rather see
my daughter in  her shroud than mar-
or currents would not extinguish \hex
fire so produced among the wad of cotton, but rather promote it! whereas a
light breath of air would extinguish a-
match almost as soon as lighted.
Woodmen and travelers in the.far
west might borrow this idea from the
military with advantage.
ROMANCE.
Strange   Vicisit-udes   in  tlie   Life   of a
British   Nobleman's  Son.
All the schools of philosophy that
have been, ever found have failed to
Inspire men at the close of life with
sentiments one-half so beautiful, so
thrilling to the ears of bystanders, so
precious to the memories of mourners,
as those which the Christian • religion
has put into the lips of her expiring
children. They are as flower's that
blossom from the bier, and diffuse an
immortal fragrance. They are golden
texts, which cheer us and fade notaway,
while the night of bereavement closes
round our path. They may be regarded in some sort as pledges of the reality of that which they express the anticipation ; for how could mere deceits
of the imagination engender hopes so
bright and feelings so deep, and dictate sentences so touching, pure and
sublime ?—London Review.
An old lady announced in oourt at
Atlanta that she."had no counsel—
that God was her lawyer." "My dear
madam," replied the judge, " he does
not practice in this court."
His enclosure of ten acres in
very heart of the city is surrounded by
a wall eleven feet high of bowlders laadj
in mortar. It contains his two chief
dwellings; the Lion House and the
Beehive House. In them reside most
of his wives, though a few favorite ones
occupy separate dwellings outside. The
inclfasure centains various other buildings for his domestic and business purposes, and ample, well kept gardens,
abounding in flowers and fruits.
Babies are indigenous to Salt Lake.
Their abundance through all the streets
causes wonder, till one remembers
that they are the only product that
does not require irrigation.
By Brigham's invitation I spent"an
hour in his school. Its register bore
the names of thirty-four" pupils ; three
Brigham's grand children ; all the rest
his own sons and daughters. There
were twenty-eight present, from four to
seventeen y&ars old—on the whole,
looking brighter and more intelligent
than the children of any other school
I ever visited.
With three of the prophet's daughters I had some conversation.' Their
language is good and their manner
graceful. One has a classic face; and
another is so pretty that half the
young men of the Church are ia love
with her. Afterward I visited the
ward schools of the city. There the
foreheads are narrow, and the average
intelligence low. Tuition costs thein
from four to ten dollars a quarter.
There are no free schools in Utah.
Though Brigham has buried eight
sons and two daughters, he has fifty
surviving children and several grand
children. His wives number about
thirty: he increases the list by one or
two additions yearly. The first and
eldest is matronly and well-looking; all
the latter ones I saw are exceedingly
plain and unattractive. Among the
present generation of Mormons the
men are far more intelligent and cultivated than the women.
The Gentiles relate many stories at
the expense of the leading patriarch of
the Saints. He is the Grand Supreme
Court of all his people; to him they
carry their troubles for relief and disagreements for adjustment. It is said
that one day a woman went to Brigham for counsel touching some alleged
oppression by an officer of the church.
Brigham, like a true politician, assumed
to know her; but when it became
necessary to record her case, hesitated
and said:
,.    Cfcied to a pluralist.'
tne r^ rn,,_ £„„+ ,,,;<•„ j„
The first wife deems herself superior
to the rest, sometimes refusing to associate or speak with | them; or to recognize the legitimacy of their marriage.
" Are  you  Mr. 's  only  wife ?"
asked a Gentile of a Mormon lady.
" I am," was the reply, ''though several other women call themselves his
wives."
We were told of one poor fellow with
a pair of wives in a single house containing j but two rooms. When he
brought home his second spouse, the
first indignantly repudiated him, .and
would no longer even speak to him.
Soon after the second wife also refused
to serve him further ; and the luckless
map was sleeping upon the floor of his
cabin, and dping his own cooking, washing and mending, while his consorts
were at last agreed in hating him cordially. . Like old Weller, he had " done
it oiice too often."
We dined at the house of a leading
Saint, whose two wives were present at
the board, but only as waiters, .were
dressed precisely alike, and really seemed to regard each other as sisters.
One portly brother has a wife in nearly every village; so that when he makes
an I annual tour of the territory-with
Brigham he can always stay in his own
house with his own family 1 Polygamy
is at least self-sustaining : the women
are expected to support themselves.
From the Decatur (111.) Magnet, Sept. 21.
Most, if not near all, of our citizens
have noticed a dissipated vehicle, some-,
wliat like a circus wagdn, located on a
vacant lot on North Main street, f4w
which resides an old and poverty-stricken man, Some time in the spring the.
wagon, propelled by a couple of a'ttenu;
afed horses, arrived in this city, and
the old man pitched his tent in the
place mentioned, where, through tho
charity of the owners, he has since
been permitted to dwell.. Here he has
lived ever since, eking out aii existe'jie^f
by the donations of our benevolent ort&*
zens, he having disposed of the horses
for a small sum.
Yesterday, F. S, Murphy,  Esq.,  one
of our prominent lawyers,  received a
call from a Scotch gentleman named
McGregor, who, after a long and. weary
search, had found the individual named
we have thus  described  and whom he
identifies  as  the  youngest son of the
late  Earl  of Clanricarde,  one of the
wealthiest and  most influential noblemen in Scotland.    The story related by
Mr. McGregor is  almost  marvelous in
its details,  an,d  would furnish theinit?
terials for a firstclass three-volume novel.   Some forty yea*s since the poor
old  man  who  has attracted the compassion of our  citizens  was  a dashing
and stylish officer ih the Life Guards:
becoming enamored of a beautiful girl-
of humble origin, he married her in op?
position to the commands of his proud
father and remonstrances of his equally
proud elder brother.    Being disinherited and thrown upon the worlds !»""
sold his commission and  with lys wife
came to this country.    After five years
vicissitudes upon a rugged 'farm in the
western wilds,  his wife died,  and brO'
ken in spirit and sore in heart, be relinquished his claim and roamed without aim or purpose  over  the country.
During the Mexican, war he enlisted as
a private soldier,  and served-emtil the
close of hostilities.   Since then he has
been the companion of roving Indians;
a deck-hand on steamboats;. a peddler j
<S*c, until his  arrival  in  this city.    By
the death of his elder  brother wbieh
occurred about  four  months since, he
has become the possessor of estate3 to
the value of,three thousand pound per
annum.    His good "fortune—alas!—has
come too late ;   prostrate  in mind and
and enfeebled in body, he cannot real,
ize, nor can he long enjoy, the princely
fortune to which he has fallen heir,
Yesterday evening, in eare of Mr.  McGregor,  he  embarked on the eastern
train, enroute foi; his lordly mansion.ia
Iverness, Scotland.   Fortune smiled too
late!    his early love sleeps by La Belle
Riviere",  and  he lives a poor wreck-of
his former self-=-too imbecile  to  heed
the frowns or smiles of fortune.    Reader,  is  not  truth far stranger than fie-
"tion ? Events occur every day that out?
rival the wildest dreams of the poet
or romaneist,'
THE OLD MAN.
How   Soldiers   Lighted    Their   Pipes,
Bow low the head, boy; do reverence to the old-man. Once like yewa,
the vicissitudes of life have silvered the
hair, and changed the round merry
face to the worn visage before you.
Once that heart beat with aspiration's
co-equal.to any that' you have felt;: aspirations crushed by disappointment,
as yours are perhaps destined to be.
Once that form stalked proudly through
the gay scenes of pleasure, the beau-
ideal of grace ; now the hand of time,
that withers the flowers of yesterday,
has wrapped that figure and destroyed
the'noble carriage. Once, at your age,
he .possessed the thousand - thoughts
that" pass through your brain, now
wishing to accomplish deeds equal to a
nook in fame ; anon imagining life a
dream, the.sooner he awoke from the
better. But he has lived the dream
very near through. The time to awaken is very near' at hand ; yet his eye
ever kindles at old deeds of daring,
and the hand takes ,_a firmer ..grasp- of
the staff. Bow low the head, boy, as
you would, in your old age, be rever-
enced,—Masonic Trowel,
SlIHDAY "WORK.
A correspondent of the American Artisan tells of an ingenious method of
procuring fire. It was first invented in
Weitzel's brigade at'the siege of Port
Hudson, at the time matches were a
luxury.
" A ramrod was stuck in the ground
but with the tip end upward; a little
wad.of cotton, of which there was
plenty, as thousands of bales were used
for breastworks, was stuck upon this
end of the rod, a'percussion cap placed
upon the rod over the cotton, in the
same manner as a cap is put upon the
cone of a rifle, and it was then struck
with some hard object. The shank of
a bayonet was generally used for this
purpose as the blade served as a convenient handle to bold it to strike with,
and it was not a$.. all times possible to
a better substitute for percusive force.
This plan of producing fire had many
advantages over matches, as'caps were
always at command, and a light breeze
The experiment was once tried in a
large corn-mill. -For a number of years !
the owners worked the Mills seven. days
in a week. The superintendent was
then changed. The new comer ordered all the works to be stopped at eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and to
start none of them till one o'clock on
Monday morning, thus allowing a full
Sabbath every week. And the same
men, during the year, - actually ground
■several thousand bush els -tyoYe'.thwiJikd
ever been ground; in that mill in any
single year ! The men, being permitted
to cleanse themselves, put on their
best apparel, rest from worldly business,
go with their families to the house, of
God, and devote the Sabbath- to-its. appropriate duties, were more healthy,
moral, punctual and diligent. They
lost less time ia; "drinking, dissipation
and quarrels. They were more clearheaded and cheerful, knew better how
to do it in the right way. It is an old
motto arid a true one: " There is
nothinggainedhy Sunday work."