* COUNTY OF PERTH HERALD, STRATFORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1864. THE Select Poetry. : Schleswig-Holstein. A GERMAN DRUNKEN SONG. Schleswig!--grand word, sounds of swipes; . Scheswig-Holstein--beer and pipes, Dutchland's claims are just and clear ; Schleswig-Holstein--pipes and beer. In'toBacco cloudland dim, Fill the beer-pot to the brim, Downsides up, at one pull drain : Schleswig-Holstein we will gain ! Schleswig-Holstein shall be free, Just about as much as we. Any fool may understand, Freedom's home's in Fatherland. Therefore Schleswig-Holstein, mates, Must be added to our States, Bloodshed never mind how much, Danish ground we'll make High Dutch. England can't conceive what for We're about to plunge in war. With Teutonic mind to think Needs Teutonic smoke and drink. Visions, through these fumes that rise, Are cencealed from British eyes ; There a German fleet appears-- Schleswig-Holstein--drink your beers ! No such sailors, fleet to.man ; Truer tars ne'er emptied can, Floods of swipes with us agree, so we're safe to stand the sea. " Lubbers," though Britannia cries, " Hit a foe of your own size, Let that little boy alone "' Schleswig-Holstein we will bone. Schleswig-Holstein, gallant band, Go and win--when you can stand. Lie ard sing, to\stand unable, Schleswig-Holstein under table. ' --Puneh. Davis's Address to the Jeff. E Southern Armies. The following is Jeff. Davis's proclamation to the Confederate armies :-- "Soldiers of the army of the Con- federate States! In the long and bioody war in which your country is engaged, you have achieved many noble triumphs. You have won glorious victoriesfover vastly more nu- merous hosts. ou have cheerfully borne privations and toil to which you were unused. You have readily suo- mitted to restraint upon your individ- ual will that the citizen might better perform his duty to the State as a soldier, To all these you have lately added another triumph--the noblest of human conquest --a_ victory over yourselves. As the time drew near when you who first entered the service might well have been expected to claim relief from your arduous labors, and restoration to the endearments of home, you have heeded only. the call of your suffering country! Again you come to tender your service for the public defence--a free offering, which only such patriotism as your's could make--a triumph worthy of the cause to which you are devoted. " T would in vain attempt adequate- ly to express the emotion with which I received the testimonials of con- fidence and regard which you have recently addressed to.me.. .To some of those. first received separate ac- knowledgements were returned, but it is now apparent that a like generous enthusiam pervades the whole army, and,that.the only exception to such magnanimous tender: will be of those who, having originally entered for the war, cannot display anew. their zea] inthe public service. It is therefore deemed appropriate, and it is to be hoped will be equally <cceptable, to make a general acknowledgement in- stead of successive special responses. Would that it were possible to render my thanks to you in person, and_ in the name of. our common country, as well.as in my own, while pressing the hand of each war-worn veteran to recognise his title to our love, grati- tude and admiration, 'Soldiers! by your will (for you and the people 'are but one), I have been placed in a position--which- de- bars.me from sharing your dangers, your sufferings and your privations in the field. With pride and affection my -heart has accompanied you in every march with solicitude; it has sought to minister to you every want; with exultation it has marked your every heroic achievement. Yet never in the toilsome march, nor in the weary watch, nor in the desperate as- sault, have you realized a service so decisive in results, as in the last dis- play of the highest qualities of de- votion and self-sacrifice, which can adorn the character of . the warrior patriot. Already the' pulse of the whole people beats in unision with yours. Already the spontaneous and unanimous offer of your lives for the defence of your country is compared with the halting and reluctant service of the mercinaries, who are purchased by the enemy at the price of higher bounties than have hitherto been known in war. Animated by this ccntrast, they exhibit cheerful confi- dence and more resolute bearings ; even the murmers of the weak and timid to shrink from the trials which make stronger and firmer your noble natures, are Shamed into silence by the spectacle. which they present. Your battle cry will ring loud and clear through the land of the enemy as well as our own; will silence the vainglorius boastings of their corrupt partizans and their pensioned press; and will do justice to the calumny by which they seek to persuade a deluded people that you are ready to purchase dishonorable safety by degrading submission." The victories of Shiloh, Perrysville, Murfreesboro', Chicahominy, Manas- sas, Fredericksburg, and Chancellors- ville, are referred to,and the down- fall of the Union armies is confidently predicted, Facing THE For.--Snakes_ are some of the most. dangerous foes that Europeans have to cope. with in the tropics. A traveller of the name of Baillie one morning startled his companions by the dreadful. ery. of "A snake! a snake! look " They all stared at him, as he was lying in his hammock, and, to their astonishment, beheld a monsterous serpent twisted round the rope which supported his hammock, with its head at some dis- tance, darting out its forked tongue, and examining him as he lay stretch- ed below. 'Lie still,' cried the fiscal ; " he won?t hurt you;' and, calling in two or three of the natives, he pointed it out to them. One of these .men advancing towards it, caught its eyes with his own: the ani- mal now appeared to move its whole body with fear or pleasure. The native stepped backwards, without turning the sight of his eye from the fierce orbit of his enemy ; and, as he kept backing, the snake, with its head steadily advancing, gradually uncoil- ed his body from the rope . round which it was twined. At length its whole body, trailing on the ground, moved slowly along after this colored man--eye fixed upon eye--until a youth making a dash from behind a bush, in an instant flattened the head of this dangerous monster with one blow of his club; and, although the body'still unduiated like the waves of the sea, it was now perfectly harm- ie A Queen Evizasetu's CuRIsTENING.-- The very christening of this little lady looks now: like a gorgeous dance of Death. Nearly all the noblemen who figured officially at it came to as violent an end as the baby's mother, or were otherwise .gloomily dis- tinguished.. Essex. who carried the basins, was the last of the Earls of the line of Bouchier. Exeter, who carried the wax, the first Marquess of the' house of Courtenay, was be- headed ; Dorset who. bore the salt --the Grey who, like the King, repu- diated his first wife, Catharine Fitz- Alan, and, by King Henry's 'niece, became the fatherof Lady Jane Grey --also passed.under., the, axe... Lord Rochford, a graceful rhymer and a clever sonneteer, and Lord Hussey, who swelled the train, tasted soon after of the scaffold and the sawdust. Cranmer, the young Princess's god- father, came to a more painful end by fire; while the Earl of Wiltshire, worse than submitting to the heads- man himself, saw' bis son undergo that bloody submission ; and the Karl of Derby, the luckiest man of this awfully splerded group, came off with no worse. fortune. than haying a daughter. married to Lord Stourton who was' hanged !--Court and Society from Elizabeth. to Anne, by the Duke of Manchester. Fort Brincer.--Col. Bridger, the pro- prietor of " Fort Bridger," so famous in connection with the history of the Mormon disturbances, settled: in the vicinity of Salt Lake in 1835, and has since greatly dis- tinguished himself as hunter, trapper, trader, and guide. In an interview 'with Gov. Cumming on the advance of the army to Utah, he stated to him, that 'some yeats since, while pursuing the buffalo, he had discovered an immense rock of pure erys- tal, through which the sun's rays were re- flected with all the gorgeousness of the most magnificent rainbow, but that he had lost the place, and had never-been able to re- discover it. Hoofland's German Bitters, which can be discoy druggist or deale . tively cure Dyspepsia, Liver Conileled. Loss of Appetite, be." and will almost -re- store to the old all the vigour of their youthful days, pee Sie: NOT A RUM DRINK. A Highly Coneentrated VEGETABLE EXTRACT. A pure Tonic that will relieve the afflicted and Not make Drunkards, Dr. HOOFLAND'S German Bitters, Prepared by Dr. €.-M. JACKSON, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will effectually and most certainly CURE ALL DISEASES Arising from a DISORDERED LIVER, STOMACH, Or KIDNEYS. HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS WILL CURE EVERY CASE OF Chronic or Nervous Debility, Disease of the Kidneys, and Diseases arising from a Disordered Stomach. Observe the following Symptoms arising from Disorders of the Digestive Organs : Consti- pation, In- ward piles, Full- ness or Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for food, Fulness or weight in the Stomach, Sour Eructations,Sinking or Flutter- ing at the Pit of the Stomach, Swimming of the Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when in a lying posture, Dimness of Vision, Dots or Webs before the sight, Fever and dull pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Back, Chest, Limbs, &c, Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Constant Imaginings of Evil, and great De- pression of Spirits. Particular Notice. There are many preparations sold under the name of Bitters put up in quart Bottles, com- pounded of the cheapest whiskey or common rum, costing from 20 to 40 cents per gallon, the taste disguised by Anise or Coriander Seed ; This class of Bitters has caused and will con- tinue to cause, as long as they can be sold, hun- dreds to die the death of the drunkard. By their use the system is kept continually under the influ- ence of Alcoholic Stimulants of the worst kind, the desire for liquor is created and kept up, and the result is all the horrors atténdant upon a drunk- ard's life and death. ; For those who desire and will have a Liquor Bitters, we publish the following receipt. Get One Bottle Hoofland's German Bitters, and mix with three quarts of good Brandy or Whiskey, and the result will be a preparation that will far exeel in medicinal virtues and true excellence any of the numerous Liquor Bitters in the Market, and will cost much less, You will have-all the virtues of Hoofland's Bitter's in connection with a good article of Liquor, at amuch less price than' these inferior preparations will cost you. She HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS Will give you a good appetite, will give you strong healthy nerves, will give you brisk and energetic feelings, will enable you to sleep well, and will positively prevent Yellow Fever, Bil- lious Fever, &c. ' Those suffering from broken down and delicate constitutions, from whatever cause, either Male or Female, will find in Hoofland's German Bit- ters a remedy that will restore them to their usual health: Such has been the case in thous- ands of instances, and a fair trial is but required to prove the assertion. Remember that these Bitters are NOT ALCOHOLIC, And not intended as a Beverage. DISEASES OF THE KIDNEYS or BLADDER In young ar aged, Male or Female, are speedily removed and the patient restored to health. DELICATE CHILDREN--Those suffering from Marasmus, wasting away, withscarcely any flesh on their bones, are cured in a very short time ; one bottle in such cases will have a most surprising effect. Parents having children as above, and wishing to raise them, will never regret the day they commenced with these Bitters. LITTERARY MEN, STUDENTS, and those working hard with their brains, should always keep a bottle of Hoofland's Bitters near them, as they will find much benefit from its use, to both mind and body, invigorating and not depressing. It is not.a Liquor Stimulant, and leaves no prostration. BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS. See that the' signature of "C. M. JACKSON" is on the Wrapper of each Bottle. Price per Bottle, T5c., or half-dozen for $4. Should your nearest Druggist not have the ar- ticle, do not be put.off by any of the intoxicat- ing preparations that may be offered in its place, but send to us, and we will forward, securely packed, by express. Principal Office and Manufactory, No 631, Arch St. 'JONES & EVANS, (Successors to C. M. Jackson # Co.,) Proprietors. x= For Sale by Druggists and Dealers in every town in the Uuited States and British Provinces. . é JOHN F. HENRY & Oo., 303 St. Paul Street, Sole Wholesale Agents forCanadg. Sold in Stratford by all Medicine Dealers. 3l-y PO AS ROM te | Til De ORS Oe ae ee fugh Dempsey EGS TO INFORM his ofd customers and the public generally, that he has still on hand the BERKSHIRE BOARS, One Pure Improved Berkshire,2 years oid, which took the First Prize at the Provincial Exhibition held at London in 1861, First Prizes at Stratford in 1861-62and Second Prize in 1863. One small Berkshire 1 year old, took the First Prize at. the Tozonto Exhibition in 1862, and First Prizes at Stratford and St. Marys in 1863. One Improved Berkshire 5 months old, which took the First Prize at St. Mary's in 1863. HUGH DEMPSEY, Lot 8, Con. 8, Gore of Downie. Gore of Downie; 20th Oct., 1863 17-6m Money to Loan. ft Nas SUBSCRIBER IS PREPARED TO Negotiate Loans on Improved Farms pay- able by instalments in from one to ten years, at a reasonable rate of interest. P.R, JARVIS. 5-tf Stratford, July 30, 1863. GREAT BARGAINS AT T. J. BIRCH', IN STOVES. Don't 'neglect to call before purchas- ing elsewhere. ~ (4 43 T. J. BIROH, At the old stand, opposite Kyle's Mill. Also a very good Second Hand HORSE-POWER, For Sale or Trade. ONLY $18. February 15th, 1864 34-27-3m FOR COUNTY OF PERTH Will be held as follows, in 1864: Division No, 1--Court House, Stratford, 30th January, 5th March, 2nd April, 2nd May, and 4th Juno, at 10 a. m_ Division No 2--Court Room, Mitchell, 29th February, 28th April, and 29th June, at 10 a.m. Division No. 3--Court Room, St. Marys, 27th Feby., 27th April and 28th June, at 10 a.m. Division No,» 4--Court Room, Shakespeare, 26th Feby., 26th April, and 27 June, at 10a. m. Division No. 5--Court, Room, Poole,20th Jany, 3rd Mareh and and July at 10.a.m, 4. No. 6---Court Room, Newry, 20th Jany.at 10 a.m. Court Room, "Westmonckton, Ist March, at 10 am. Court Room,Newry, 30th June at 10 a, m, fae a Dec. 26th, 1863 [Signed R, BURRITT, Judge. Copied from the original fyled in my office: J. J. Ey LINTON Clerk Peace. 27-td JUST RECEIVED, A LARGE STOCK OF THE CELEBRATED Dandelion Coffee AT PETER WATSON'S. Stratford, August 7, 1863. T-tf TO VOLUNTEERS AND SPORTSMEN. -- P est RECEIVED A LARGE CONSIGNMENT of 7 Curtis and Harvey's Celebrated Powder, In} and 1 Ib Cannisters. Also C. & H. En field Rifle Powder. E FULLER BROS, TO HOUSE-KEEPERS. UST RECEIVED THE CELEBRATED Turn Table Apple Parer. Also alarge lot of COAL OIL LAMPS for sale cheap. FULLER BROS. Stratford, September 2, 1863. 10-tf Valuable Property FOR SALE . ott IN THE TOWN OF STRATFORD, Being Lot No H, situate in the Business Part of the town, On Erie Street, and running to Market Street, known as the JOHN A: SCOTT PROPERTY, Frontage on Erie Street, 78 feet, and 58 feet on Market Street, consisting of Lot H and a part of Lot I. This property will be sold in one lot, or divided into lots of 18, 20 or 26 feet to suit pur- chasers. K The property will be sold by private-contract. For Particulars apply to cy J. G. HARPER, Esoq., Manager Commercial Bank, London, Or to GEO. E. SMALL, Esa., Commercial Bank, here Stratrfod, Sept. 22nd, 1863. 3-4f NOTICE. HE SUBSCRIBER HEBEBY GIVES notice to those indebted to him, either by note of hand or book account (past due) that they are required to call at his store and settle the same, on or before the 1st of January, other- wise' all without exception will be placed in Court for collection. THOMAS H. GOWAN. Gowanstown, Dec. : 12th, 1863. 25-tf. NOTICE. HE. PUBLIC..ARE HEREBY FORBID giving credit to Almira Jones, wife of Humphry Jones, [deceased,] or to any of the family. Grorcr Ramsay, JamEs Piaorr, Ex ecuors. Clerk of Peace Office, Stratford Dec. 26th, 1863, Wallace, 30th Nov., 1863. 24. mm total of each ed a accu than strict hon ical accuracy, to the book of its size and To Advertiser. ADVERTISERS WOULD DO WELL TO REMEMBER THAT THE "HERALD" HAS NOW And is rapidly increasing ; it is therefore the best medium to make their wants known to the community. 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