Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1869 — Page 1

If ®|it |rawlatr 1 pit, ; HWMhefl Every Thttriday by iIORACE G.JAHKB) _ aud > Propriety. JOSHUA HBALE¥,\ fficii* smiKß’s buildixg opposite THE COUBT HOUSE. j HHuifllou iro venr.lu A*vimc«. | xJIATEaOB' ADVERTISING^— M Square, (8 Haas orlcas.) <nw Insertion SIOO ■ rsry subsequent l»*ertiun - * Afreitisemeat* not under contract must b* marked the length of time deal red, or they bo opoJUiupd and^Uaraq^fittk l ordejod YWw r nJvertUerj will be charged «tr» Tor Dissolution and other notices not conaected with their regular bnafheaa- *. All foreign adrertlsoments muit be paid quarterly, la advance. i Professions! Card*, of five llnaa or eta, one year ® 8 00 .*» >*».! .!*,'■ * I {‘ i\ - r * * <"■ r tm. >iu- s,ut. sjr= *) Square SI.OO $1.60 -»SAQ «Square* ».00 700 IMP 10-CO ACeluan 10.00 11-00 10.00 10.00 Colomp ' 11. 0 lfl-00 13.00 J0;00 1 Column 16.00 SO 00 IS.OO ' 60.00 .)iv«>a»iiVbiix,i •; . T leae - - • $3.00 ' Quarter do do ... 3.50 .Half do do . .. - 335 Tull do , do - • •, 6-40 Weare fully prepared to do all klnda of Job printing with neatness and diapatch, having the united job material of two offices. Orders respectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed.' ' •V : • —' ’ " '

‘PftOFESStONAt CARDS* tTili.ra. J. SFITI.KII ;; ; HAMMOND & SPITLER, ATTORNEYS AT I»AW, Bensselaer, Indiana. Up-Offics In Conrt Homo. < -l.lf. Lnmnaoiir*. S. r.Tuimrsoir. D WIGGINS & THOMPSON •’JItTORiiIEVS AT lAW, -VTO PUBLIC', Real Estate and -IX Insurance Agents,'-ELensselabk Inn. Office la McCoy's Bank Building, up stairs. 1-1,-ly-Wm, l. McConnell, ATTORNEY AT LAW —AND—XTOTA.XI'*r PUBIiIO, , RRITMEI.AKU, INDIANA tMfiee In Imnat-’a Stone Building, np stairs U,ly. UEORGB'W. lIASCALI., REAL EBTATE AGENT , • AttU ROTAHY P£l3lalO, Renting too Indiana. Xll business attended to promptly. Blank Deeds and Mortgages always nu baud. * 1-17-ts. V JOHN BALDUS, ‘/Real Estate Agent, Front St. Renßselaer, Indiana. Will buy and sell land, and rent lnftises and farms. Those wishing to pucaUase can secure good farms or (own property on reasonable terms by •ailing on him, or bv-letter. Address, John Baidas, Rensselaer, 1 ndnina. t muorcoi.' ■ at-racu thommon a. SlcC«¥ At.TUOMPMOW, y t.«u CflH .ani hoinseUf K*cbaa«« ,Ilona oe *ll available poiola. pay pectllad time depart**, *nd transact In t»lr lln* w»** Aiapaie*. hours, IrqprT*. t»-tp fp.ru ». !’ J Omck- Trobtrooih. np stairs, first fio/r, Shanghai Building, Benaaolaer, Ind^ v Rensselaer, '• • • Indiana. -—5 • jSTOaoe on Waßtynjtoo street, SAMUEL PEKDIGr For*Hides, Feather*, Rags, Poultry, Batter, Egga, andAU KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE. Give hlni a call before selling elsewhere. ~BgA »'* l-ls*s*ro* ...ahlal-» 1 USt'n Y4 L t BLAgRSpTH SHOP Is in next door above the. Express Office RENSeiELABR," Im All kinds of blackyn>|tting done to order *7-tf ' Oaf ix. r iij’js A.N U UYERY STABLE. Hacks run daily (Sunday* excepted) between Rensselaer and Bradford, on the C & L fi R. |sj| Tg"^ , ‘" el ‘ er a,ld Reml “gtoU - T Horses sad Carriage* to let at reasonable Ate*. »W. &3.0. Duvall. AtfSTI OT BL fn good style a* a Would r»apeotfUJly TRAVELLING RUJBLICj * K -t Jfm ia {trepared to aoeouamodate mil who may «*U an him. > hci-''-1 UOdD BtAHI ISI kept in connection with the house, where the stock of traveler* will be properly s4tend*d to by good and care-

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t. a. sTACXBouse. '-e^'JrJiJfii^s*,, j „ ,i. .. .til llr 1<- KliaiMan. aat m , . n... a,. t.. • j*»h. •Wi duw ,*»• • RENSSELAER FWRJdfeftlNC it- :..n ..irlsia.l* , JLiOsuMB. A-3Sri^ t ~„w wKT ■ ■ —- ■ .-i. ,s ,1-itfM*^ 1 la HARDWARE BTORE. «• l»a*% >* • : *v.n e»di »a*i ,« - , rs i •. > Vi v •/» r "Writ beg leAve to irivlte the atfffatloq o ’ VV »bo of Jaaper and NAvdon counties, and ffiptest of naMilinJ, to aur -ful and complete H|k of jJBf md rfrtw aw* • IftrjlTfl'"™' •*' 3 ' *•' NAII.W,- ~ t“. .1 i -lt tji.woX.b6i jfv ; i-M ■aoifaaeO 'glass. j. . •. ~ f MASIt, Vjt&W&f: ’ • ’ ’ ‘1 »g.t■.•>!..... OX:;"v^frPYf . • 1 ; * ' '.A LOCKS, .»4 ”• t’ Vo " * k V): > o! Bum •V ■ ' BTBAf HIKUEB, ■ . *■ v*: .-a n 9 TAjfcEAAd . »♦ • »‘ A -.7 *jj . •-*. DOCKET CUTI.ERV,-WHIT,» LFAD/l^Vi . . ' , i. a . > SEED AND COAI, OIL -WVkl‘*in and l.erythlng elao ffihfaTly kapt la a well regplated hardsrqre M*r«. ■ OR • . . • ■ I 'ifSu’f ‘ ' 1 ’ ALSO. * T ,. *• *9i: r ' /'IOOKING AND id RATING STOVES Pi the latest style* amrtb enfilss Variety. . - - SOT T■ *» - * » Tinware or »u kina,; »nq vurything i-Ue-uaually kept In a well ordered Stove store. . . ■' ! : ' «■. - A I,SO. ’ r •, : 17 / ' .■ I •** . * CHAIRS, TABJJUt, SAFES CHIBS, ’ * t‘. : 1 ■ *i WASH-SI ANDP, • ■ k - Wb s f BUREAUS, * f - . ■ ' , . ' 53. 4 and everything else usually kepi (ffa pjfbpCH seuducied Knriiiture store. - i TVe '.rep constantly employed the very bead or tinners and cabinet makers, and are therefore prepared to do repairing or job work, in either department, at all timea. r--r ... : - !•* — . ». ■ .. • "?■ 1 :,T« -—fcj-OOI'T'rNR of all styles kept sear ’'L**** atautly on hand or iaade-»o ; order on short notice, at tbo lowebt possible rates. 1 - 1 ~ ; , ;* t Q«f

• ->» i WF, make it our liusinaat to f*rniah | everything needed to S BUILD OR FURNISH dLJ. ' * * ‘l< »'• a houHC. Call and s*<s us befort purchasing elsewhere. . . >' 1-1- n BTACKHOD6E AflKO BLACKSMITH A.TSFD V . “] • ■ WAGON SHOP! NORMAN WARNER WOULD respectfully atinAunce to the eltfsetis of jasper aiid Aui-. rbumling counties, that heis still carrying btuytess of Black-' smfthlng atul Wago«fiinkitig in' all their bumcltes, 'at .fils old stand an* Front street, BdSHffiMMpifmef . ; ; **‘ , .. 9 r ;m He 1* now prepared t© put tin the best of l ”*; 7: ■ »• in ‘.i. . i ' ,»• Wagons, • . .Buggies, ■' . ~iu JSw? ■ PltWSfi « . *■ -. .-A A i *4 * out of the best material. lie will also furnish you with a . * WHEEL HARHtDW at very low figures, ir you want to do your own haulingHe also keeps on hand, or will make to order, one of . the fisi»bf-a**rcHK Of DOUBLE ' || Shov«”M©Ws to be had anywhere, and at as rate, prices. Repairing' of done ni good style, agdonuhort notice. • . ’Mr,. . .-■c.u ■■■■■ £ yr .;»»«..-«<-«» >' - "• '' *»« <« •« WARNER fs 4 prepared 1 Ho do aft kinds of blacksmlthing, on short notice. If you want a horse shod, it will be done on scientific principles at his shop. -All■ktnds'df repairing Air trou dr steel done in a durable manner ' He keoyfi none but the hi st workmen and uses nothing but the best o material, and can warrant all he sells. Give Norm! a call at the old staud and examine his stock and learn hi*

•l.ii m -it nntsi - ■ nsw-o* 1 ■ ij i—- . INDIANA, FEBRUARY 25, 1869.

nc'.iAorxqtf ° ,Vr T .yby .• -tut. e-'i: • ■" ”T*ie Sfcvr vdioclpiftic. BY HANS ItREIT.MJN'N. .HerrSc-hiiitzerl muke a philosopede, VdiiWflKHir newest kind ;* 1 1 ,v«ut> lußcut tier vlicel ih rront, And hiideii't none ptfhwd. . , K , Vbn'vheM yaseen dor meelterdOugU. Awl it rent ash sure ash eeks, For he shtritcVUedon deyuxel drpo jbediveen his lecKs., iatlii S<»v«4 ■ # # • I ntl von lie vant tQ shtard id oll' 'He paddled mit hhf v6c*t, U nd soon lie coit to gu so vamU Dat a very dhjgs he mit., . He run her oift on Proader shtreet, He sliEeeted like der yinil! Heir Itdtv he hfissed dervaitey chaps, Uud, leir dcinali pebind! i,T)o veliers rtags Held oppto eee. hint hassj He Heutchers all erstiiunished said : “ PotitAtts+nd ! Wat ist das?’' Boot vaster pktill der tielmitzerl flowed, jaatotw ■ A QifcLiiilt a ghuTitlyslttlWplie tidn’t tooch dvr dirt, pv sliings, Not voiiec in half a mile. Oh, vot ish all dis eartlv pliss ? Oh,7VCt ish man’s nooksPfisV -Oh, vot-jsh vtuious kiuds of dings I'hd Vot ish liObbinvsH ? ,Y*i And a panktiote in der shtrfsfdt, Next dings der jmnk ish preak; Ve folks, and knoeksonroutsidea in N'eu ve a ten shtrike make. 'll •l ' V lO ;1 ‘ ’‘ ' ' So va«it.mil der Sehiutzerlein . On liin philosojivde; 'His feet hodt. slilipped outsideward shoos t Vhen at his exdtra slipede, He felled oonini dey vheol of eoorse, He vheel Hite Iditzest flew; UndSehnitzerl he vos selmifzin vaet For id sjtlished hlmgrod in two. L’ltd ash for his philosop 'de, fd eot soimcafaj men say, Tt, pounded onwart till it vent Oanz teufel wards a fay. Hoot vliere ish now der Sehnit/.erl’s soul; " l ' ' *T~ Vero dos his shhiyit uitle ? In Ilimmel (rootle endless pine, It takes a medeor ride.

A Cool Conductor.

LIB&HAI. KEWAKI) EOK HISUJXIi If THA I' 1.1 ITI.K JIaTIER. It has been lrintcd quite generally, that-of the hundred and odd comfuc-' tors on the Erie railway not All of them were strictly holiest. It has been sitid that a few of them on moderate luiyc, like members of Congress, succeeded in saving from ten to thirty thousand dollars a yUaji - . Some of them have built fine houses ; purchased horse?, carriages, fine clothes, fashionable jewelry, expensive watches, sonic United States bonds, and a few shares in Kyie.— ii*her e are Sbmi men ’ who are. cruel j enough to say this property has been atfquired, not by honest laher, but with iaoueV abstructed bv. a sort of eonductorial strategy, fioui the earnings of the rpad, find invested by.the eOjiiduetovs rather than by the director?, Not long sinue, while regulating tliu Rrie, its btuiiohes find fill eonuooting-thilrbads'in the boubthy, if'Yvas - decided in solemn cotivlave, to regulate the conductors u Ijttle. Everybody said, and everybody must know,? that conduetoro like unruly chitdiahrfivhbn visiting,' helped them'selVebl' this M'srfi,"hihnager I'isk lately luidcrtpok tjhe job Qfi correcting. the evils existing among the xxiuduetors, or sujiposc to exist; and, 1 after having estimated that they had bilggdd enoitgh_ during-the last five or six years to build a double track over half the the Erie, , d(Kdd«h,-to/lmVtf tliem disgorge. t k en ’sent within the past ittijjlHb) to very road, who reside at various points ‘oq line, ordfcrin|f lhcim4D-frlfipoi^'t forthyvith to the Superintendent’s ioftiettAm ini(»drtanl^QMii|W^ •other day, one of the conductor;?,' give here, who resides jjh Oswego, was called down, ushered into the ’olkncv dub' “rtcfih there into .SLnager Fisk’s room, kvheti fl is reported tt>o following conversation took place “You aiu 'a cpncluctbr on the Erie, I believe?” “Yes, sir.’;' c , , . . “Jrerwlohg have you hocu oh the Voad?” .fr' M “FUt44^years.” jHmd a pusfienger train all that time, I believed 1 ” . ‘ “Yes, ejr.’* < • “Worth considerable property, I learn?” ‘ V :r r '. ' - -a. * “Sothe. M '\ “Have a very fine house in Oswego. Cost.bobhf thirty, forty, or fifty thousand dollars?” —». — ' ’“Yes, sir.”- j }{ , OT “tioiho little mohe)* invested tn **s£%?**■ "*“• r l “Had nethiqg when you commenced as conductor on our road ?” “N othing to speak of t oniv it homo

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“Yes, sir.” , ~ H ‘ for no Other par‘tfeii dojlil *Li- • - ( • '"“‘No, j Rut I‘lrit'vc been saving of irty thoney: invested it from time to •time tO'gobd'tfdVaiitftge.”^ “WelJ, sir, what will you give to settle?' Of course you caqpot protriul to srf£ that'you havp^'acquired this projyerty'froni what' : you have saved from your salary ? You will not fliUty 1 ttyat yon h:vve :> pocketed a great deal of money belonging to the road —at least fifty oy sixty tiiousand dhlkrs. Now, -sii',' what'will you Jibfc to and hot be disgraced, Hk-you certsitilf arill bc, if a trial is brotight, fibd You 'fttc to glvk-np the property yott profess to own; buMvlvibh in reality oolongs to the (J&ttiphny?” " u “Well, I ) lE'’-Wamigef, i I had not thought of this matter. several years I hhve berir running m'y train to the best Of my ribiHty? 1 Never fbro.' NkveUthougW;T''Wmj doing any thing wrong. I'hwve done nothing morethfin other cbiidUetors have; tried to earn my salary and get it—and think I’ve succeeded. I don’t know that I owe the conipidiy any tiling. If you think* I do, why there is a little difference of opinion, and I don’t want any trouble over iti I have a nice family, nice father, pice mother; relatives all people of good standing —they would fool very bad to have me arrested, with dishonesty. It would kill my wife. She has every confidence in me in the world, and the idea that 1, her husband, would take so little as a penny that did not belong to rue, would send her broken hearted to the grave. I don’t care any thing for the matter myself, but on account of my family and relatives, 1 want to make it right with tile road Sri3 the otlieers, and it'you won t sayhiny thing about it, I LI (five you a dollar.'" 1

The Great Eclipse of the Sun of 1869.

The United States is highly fa-, tiered in 1S151) by a visitation ftf n total eclipse of the Bun, wUosyoiine of totajity passes completely across the country from the territory of Montana to the shores of North Carolina. The path -of the total phase is thus very accessible, as it .traverses a part of our country furnished with the greatest facilities for travel. Resides, it- will furnish to the inhabitants of » long belt across,the continent, the oportiuiity of observing this most \inpvessive phcbomeiipii of nature, at their places of abode. Tliose districts of the country .not in the path of total eclipse are favored with a partial eclipse of greater or less magnitude, according as they :ne near or'distant# front the central line. However muchscience may have abated from,tiro superstitious dread attending tiro phenomena of a total ufiUpse of the SUij, still it cannot but deeply impress one and phbducc a subdued- feelHlg. of itorrov. For ii gloom to conie gradually over the sky, deepening apparently into a midnight of darkness, surely must bo Startling, find we ean little woyder at*its ('fleet hpon tliose wko lived l>ofore the times at al.inariaes and astronomers. TheteslUupny of ho 1 inv e w-it«esaod thyse pheuoiqeHa is. iutt-resting.— As tiro jdaeeol observation passes within the limits vU the partial, shadow, the Moon begins to encroach on the Stm, and tb gradually out off his light. Mbanwhile, as the light lessenlnjl, a sibkly hue Creeps over the face of nature, a gloom overspreads the landHoaiwb a, 'tl finally Uro sky ifi -shrouded in darkness. The mumt’urul gloom. . k w.hich pe-rv ados the darkness has little lobemblanco to Jlbat-of uiglit T beiug. .tinged withgreen, sometimes red, , and sometimes a yellowish crimson. Tiro eolotvof the sky is changed froinjts usual ariiro,blue to a_Jfvul jjprjdo or violet tint. Tiro color of gurroumling objx'ct* begonies yejlbw,. i-.li, or ol a light olive or greejijsfi tinge, and,the figure|C|i£. tK>r«MiS; asstuub sn greoniah q\ eadaverous 'aspect. Tlie darkness is' a little less than that which prevails at night in the presence of full'itioonp but is sufficient to bring to view the planets and the brighter fixed stars.—Pruirie farmer Annual. [This eclipse of tiro Sun occurs on the Tth of next bul,,;w* only partial n ith ys. Its is 0.051 at Chicago ainl as wc aro ‘a'ftfitc VoiUh-bf that point 4 it will be a little greater biarc, mu appvd.xiinMiijßjjtp Lwcwiy-ilVntr twgn-, ty fijHw- Hi,coit¥»«ntM»!» »t abouAc lyn minutes aftar tpmni’dlock hi eh* after-boon and continfiei With hi A fe\V minutes of two hOiifs. -TO eclipse attains its gpcatesk^iMiUlfa

Grant Dined!

“General Grant dined yesterday,” says the telegram. Well, what of it ? Most other men get Something to eat. Bujt, “lie dined with” somebody or other. What ©f it? Men of sense prefer not to dine ah>ne. But “there js some vast significance in the circumstance,” implies the confirmed toady who sends the dispatah by telegraph. The toady does not kiiow that oven- Presidents may bo permitted to be human and that there are some human wants which they will satisfy when not th? slightest .politioal significance attaches to their acts. One of these wauts is the desire for dinner when one is hungry. Another is the desire for agreeable cotnpafty. Toadyism is becoming a disgustthts (Jbunt¥y7n» it long has been iu Europe. To be sure, Etlfope bends its knee to somebody born of some particular family; we only bow to men who have done something, or 'who, without doing anything, hate made money. The European aristocracy is one of blood and birth, ofteq of stupidity. The American aristocracy is one of deeds or dollars, or both. But the tufthunter i 3 the same contemptible creature, on either side of the water.

General Grant, we maintain,. has an indefeasible right, as an American eilizefl, to dine with whom, he pleases, and not to be dogged by any prying, wide-mouthed spy. But the notion cf getting up an American Court Journal, after the English fashion, Seems to have taken full possession of some men. Let us relate, for example, the “movements of the royal family.” “Ilis Majesty, Ulysses, took an airing in the park this morning, behind the horses o's, Bonner. And then he diued at Del-! raonico’s. And then lie visited the residence of FiUboodlc, Esq.”— j Whereupon Fitzboodle is driven out of his wits by office hunters. In like manner we have seen chronicled the doing of all the Grants, and of • all the Dents, aud of all other per- j sons and families even remotely re- j lated, or supposed to be related to | the Man of Silence. Why can not American reporters and American editors see that this is most disgusting toadyism ? The meanest creature that ever licked the boots of a lord is not rneauer than the man who fawns upon power, Jbrtnne aiul wealth- on this—side- ofi the water. It is just as contemptible to worship Grant, as to worship Napoleon or Victor. Both are men. Both have faults. Also, both have human desires and instincts, which 1 th’v do not "Care to see dragged out for ptibHc gaze and comment. Both want to dine, aud like company. And the miserable tuft-hunter who troubles himself to tell where Grant dines, and witli whom, is impertinent to Grant, and insulting to the free people of whom Grant is one. Let him alono ! in the name of common sense and decency. His public ’acts will make him conspicuous enough. “That fierce light which beats upon a throne,” and upon the Presidential chair not less, is annoying enough, without the prying and intrusive gaze of the whole tribe of Jenkins’. Let the man dine in peace! Let biiu dine when, aud where, and wifli whom ho will. And let him drive a horse and go to the opera, it he likes, without a mousing toady to chronicle the performance.— Mitsouri Dcinowat . . The Indianapulisjonmal says;— “Those ltcpnblioans Who are strenuously urging an amendment to the Constitution to deprive the States of control over the suffrage question, would do well to refresh their memory by reading the following plank from the platform on which tiro late Presidential election was carried: V “ ‘The guarantee t>v Congress of equal suffrage to i)!l loyal men at. the South was demanded by every consideration of public safely, of gratitude, and of tustice, and must oe mantained; wliile IfU question; of sujfraije in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people of those States! ” * l don’t want mother to marry again,” gaid a little boy one day gt breakfast “NVdty not ?” was asked v*wh some surprise. “Because,” said'he, “I’ve lost one father, and 1 "don’t trank the trouble of getting ac(fftainted with auother.” r*u —— A volatftd vMhpg .gentleman Who*? cOnipmsU' iii ’Abe female world were numb

Western Mounds.

Many theories have been set up as to the origin, object, ami pnrposs of the WeSterti mounds. They soem to rise and fall in accordance with the ingenuity of the numerous writers on the subject. A curious and nover idea has been made public by a St. Louis Judge, relative to the mounds on the American tom. He argues that the locality of ,Bt. Louis and its environs was once tho bed of n great lake, supplied by the Missouri and Mississippi^ 1 with an outlet,at Niagara brails. In the course of centuries the barriers of the lake at the falls were worn away, as the present falls (the outlet al Jirie) will in time be. The great lake was thus drained, and the region because cultivable, lbit itjyas wdangcrous region. When the ioc ran and the drill-wood came down, the narrow passage below would gorge, :ihd the river would stand back in the former bed of the lake. < •'-.r ■■

To remedy this, a race of people far superior to the present Indians —probably the ancestors of the Aztecs—built,the mouuds.as placps of,refuge tin- themselves and their Hocks and herds, when I '-the water rose. They were evidently built for practical purpose*, and are clearly artificial formations. They were not iivteaded for tumuli (burial places) as no skeleton or weapon has’bePn fouhd in any of them ex* cept one skeleton and that was wrapped in a Mackinaw blanket. Tfwe take into account the “wear down’’of all these mounds for a thousand years, and count their numbers on both sides of the river, it is easy to see that they werfeonce capacious enough to furnish places of refugo for all the inhabitants of the valley and their flocks arid herds and provisions. Whoever looked from the dome of the court-house (continues the Judge) and saw the ferry-b.oat take the inhabitants of ; the American Bottorii from the [ mound bn that side of the river, at ; the last great overflow, will at onee see the plain, practical purpose of these mounds.

The Maimed Brigade.

Go where you will in all this land you will fiud the members ot the Maimed Brigade. Tiie blue has faded from their dress, and the brass letters have dropped from their caps, but there is no mistaking that they have beeu soldiers. They have no need to refer to muster rolls. or to exhibit parchment discharges, to prove that they were in the army. Fifty thousand strong is the Maimed Brigade. They march in our streets, not with the precision of yore, but as undaunted still. Brave men ! Their limbs are scattered over a dozen States. They moulder and W'hiteu on the same fields with the bodies of the patriotic slaiu—and the hands of tho dead may grasp the dead bauds of the living, though the latter be a thousand miles from the throbbing hearts that oupe warmed them with their blood. Fifty thousand men who have laid some of their limbs upbn their country’s altar as sacrifices of liberty, move daily among us. Were they to pass through the city in regiments, for a whole day, from any given point could our eyes rest upon the columns of the Maimed Brigade. A thousand tattered battle-flags would wave above them, held by one-armed heroes, and

many thousand footless legs would be keeping step to the music of the Union. Let us uot forget the onearmed and one-legged soldiers, who form an army four Umes.&s large as the old army of tho United States, and fully as large as the present. — They need not be gathered together and passed in rcyiew before the people in. whose behalf they have suffered and suffer stiff, to assert the fed of their being. i Tho. Government has recognised them, and given them, as far as they have made application, pensions and ajtiflctnl limbs. But let the people be careful that they do not, forget; them. Tim battle these poor follows are now-fighting is harder to wifi and fraught with more danger thanlnany. battles of thfe rebellion, ThapsatKls of stalwart men, . lion-hearted end steel-nerved, who stormed Mission liidge or bore down upon the 001-. nmn» of Jf.eo without fear, to-day stand appalled befojr^thg^CM|L

I limb • poor—a very poor.sobuilvte. Lei an able-bodied roan, with a family to take care of, pjff"* for what annuity ho would swapiyi * r,n 'of a’leg. This is the way validity of the claim the Maimed Brigade has upon our corisidcfaUpm ‘ ‘Tfibre are many places these he' roio men can fill as well ns Those who have but one arm cart inakegood book-keepers) those who have but ,0110 leg. can ipake good salesmen: while neither can plow, ’ T I' T. ■>> II , sow', nor reap to advantage. Away to the fields and the workshops, yoit~ lily-fingered, pale-faced, dawdlipg dandy behind the dry goods counter, and give your place to a disabled defender of your country in exchange for a more robust frame and a inoro certain futpre competency. . All ye non-pyodncers wbo have perfect limbs, an (I who took good care all through the war to keep them so, who are now occupying paying positions which the lame soldier can fill as well, prepare to vacate in his fjivor. Make way, say tor the Maimed’.Brigade. Chicago /W. * , t> ’ / The Prairiedu Chicn (Wisconsin) Courier vouches for the occurrence, in that Cl tty of the following amusing iiioideiit: —z —r - : “A little boy of iorne six year3,nm from kitchen to parlor, cryirtgai t!?o top of bis voice: ‘Mamma 1 mamma! papa and the hired girl are fighting, rapahns-got his arm arpuud her neck and is choking her real hard, And the girl bit papa twice, right in • the mouth!’ It is nirntwesSary t<’> state that tho lady of the hoiUe brought-t,Ue.row to a close inahurry, and that the girl is looking for » •new place.”

no. 22.

•Very little ioe has been put up at Winamac this winter. . A Benton county fnrmcr has lost twenty hogs by the cholera. - A starch factory, just started nt Edinburgh, employ? fifty persons. F. B. Thomas has closed Ills connection with the Winamac Dtmocrat. F. S. Bcimngtoiiiof the Winamao Republican has been appointed Postmaster at that' place vice Pearson resigned. ° r «Vs t *• ' The editor of the Wii«u»ac Democrat says that swallowing die juice of a little gentian root coarsely ground, or iomb ether bitter Substance, and a. firm will, will core any man of the dirty, health-destroying' habit of tobacco chewing “that im debilitating, softening the brain, shortening Ihe lives of thousands of men annually.” ‘ > ’ ’ In the case of Mrs. Lucinda Evans against Dr. Benjamin Hewland, charging him with depriving her of* her lawful support by feloniously killing her husband at Bedford March, 1806, which was recently tried in the Circuit Court of Scott con My on a change of venue from* Lawrence county, and in which dun- • ages were laid‘in the iny nf Aicpthousand dollar?, tiro jury returned a Verdict for the defendant. -

Miscellaneous itewsjr; Philadelphia claims the largest umbrella factory in the world., Job printing done neatly and' at) cheap prices at the ‘‘Union” office. • The Christians of tho world last year contributed 83,000,000 to foreign mission*. ,<r Four thousand and forty-four horses were killed in Berlin, aiid used as food, last year. The cotton crop of Texas will he this year 240,000 bales, worth $] 8,000,000 in gold. Rehearse not unto another that which Is told to thee, and thotr shall fare never the worse. ‘ A clock manufactory at'New Haven made last" year 200,000 movements and 140,000 ease's. ' » Copper mining in Michigan 'employs a capital of fitly million dollar* and forty thousand workmen. An Australian horse recently ran ten miles in 23 minutes and 34 i onds, said to be the fastest lime uu . record for that distance. The pleasantest things in tbd world,are pleasant, and . , tlie greatest art in.life is to have as many bf them as possible, Hie value of the iron product of. Marquette county, Michigan, on the shore of Lake Superior, during the year 186 b, amounted to nearly four millions of dollars. An: American gentleman writes from London that common A nie#i can corn cobs are sold in the streets of that city’as, “Pateht' fire lighters—eight fbr a penny.” A firm in Alton, X. H., liave re-, cently'concluded a contract to tnal* fifteen million h fa estimated tl)l»t ohe thondfM curds ot birchwood will be required to filltbe contract.. «-*-■*. l«s a good iguco does not require too*low »-timid make one aware ofi|; but a made girUanooA supposewm l dressing herself wiUjgOVo whit tho .ba«> v. A Berkshire girl, says

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