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The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29

DtvoRcrs. The Sacramento, (Cal.
Journal, ina.much as divorces have be-
come almost as frequent there as mar
rlages, has commenced the publication Of
them In the same column with the mar
riages aud deaths.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29

A PIG AND his DIaSrry. friend
Of ours paid visit to a neighborng cot
tage after the hours OF work were over,
and there, as he expected, found the
master oi the house walking brislsiy up
and down IN the rays of the setting sun !;
he was followed by an unwieIdy pig,
which turned with him rs Inc paced 10
aud fro. An enquiry into his compan-
ionship elected the following reply, CIV
en- with the quiet earnes,ness of man
who feels he is simply performing one of
his daily duties without thought OF its
being in any way a singular one: "Sure
yer honor, and the crayter doesn't have
his health without the exercise, and it
ism, all alone by himself that he'll take
his walk, and he's grown too proud to
walk with the chlldren now"
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29
Nebraska.

The following extract from a letter OF
an old man passed his eighrlcth year, on
the subject OF the N" hraslSa question, we
cannot lorhear publishing. Tins prophr-
cy coming from the pen Of one VINO has
helped frame tins republic, who has lived
through the birth hour, and fought in the
struggle OF lol2 for freedom and the
right, may not fall UNDECIDED in this hour
OF excitement:
"Nebrasl,a seems gone from us hook
and hne,' II Douglas bill passed through
the Senate, by the entire south, aided by
set OF Arnolds from the north, finds a
majority in the House, foolish and wick :
ed enough to give it their selfish sanction.
Let that bill become law, by means 50
foul as have been resorted to, and the
wedge is fully entered which shall sun
der this boasted Unlon The south and
the north will thus ever after be piled
against each other in uncompromising
hostlty, until the north recedes - that she
will not do, or slavery is abolished that
she VIII hold OH to, and endcayoT to cx-
tend through all the tree states hence
the necessity and certainty of the disso-
luton Of the Union. IL will be no bug
aboo cry, coming as i, will from the IN
jured, the exasperated north. We are
talking and specula,ing abou, the war
on the eastern questl IN, IN Europe. Let
that once be entered into, aud the finale
OF it may bc a murdcrous war among
ourselves about the slavery question in
America--the west. May merclfuI,
though a long offended God, bring a
righteous and peaceful deIlverance from
the horrors Of sanguinary war to both
continents. May the oppressors repen,
OF their sins, and do justly; aud thus stay
the hand o, Divine vengeance III both
heni- i-spheres. .'---DarcnpoH Com.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29

CLovERrSG.-Never spare seed when
you SOW clover. -Four quarts are not
enough TO the acre, put on not less than
six, and be not frightened if you scatter Il
peck. The great superiority OF thckly
sown clover fields over others for feed
and manure, Is too manltes. to need de-
m0nstratlon.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29
NO.. 25.
4 1sW Era In NAVIGATION.

We have already noticed the projec, Of
building II monster steamer. in regard to
which occasional brief paragraphs have
appeared in the English journals from
time TO time during the past year, and
we now learn that the scheme is in pro-
cess OF actual execution. The construc-
tors are Messrs. Russell, Scott & Co.
Mr., Brunei, the eminent engineer who
hutt the the Thames tunnel, is the de-
sgner; and the Eastern Steam Naviga-
ton Company are to own the ship, which
is intended to run from England to Cal
cutta II is to be l,nlt on principle sim.
liar to that OF the Br,auia bridge, with
double sltes--in fact one ship enclosed i'll
another-with the space between them
partitioned into alr-tight cells. The frame
will he stiftened internally by two bulk
heads running the entire length of the
hull, and dividing the vessel lengthwise
into three compartments. Twelve simi-
lar water tight partitions will cut her
cross-wlse, adding to her strength and
safety, for leak would thus only affect
the compartment in which il occurred,
which might be filled with water without
seriously diminishing the buoyancy Of
'he snip
Inc Keel Is TO be To-" le@t IN length,
oeafn - !eet' aep'h OF hoIa % isss.--
From these figures we estimate the real
capacity OF the vessel TO be a, ieas, 90
ooo TONS AheFe Is 10 "e stowase LOT
i''ooo tons OF coai--enongh iof aeoa!
40 dats Stcamlur without stoDDare -an1
''ooo IONS oi cargo. Inc iAonVe power
IS 70 De COMPOSED oi saiIs' paddle wheeis
ana screw. ne engines are 10 oe q
SUI morse power III the aggregate, weigh
ing aooo' ''ooo 'ohs' leaving 2'ooo tons
'oi passengers stores anu o'he, hiat.eis.
10 lo'ih an approximate laca OF the
performance ol ms s,ip' let us compare
+" " Known S'ah'a'o' Inc aiii.ehSlons
o' she Ioiiihs steamers are: heng'h,
iee'' peaiIi Id ieet' deP'h OF noia
% 1ee'' power ca'coia'ea oy the En-
si'sh i'ethoa) Soo hofses' Inc afai'
"hah ioaoeu - ~ tee'' anu 'he area LOT
the immersed section IS f'o sqtfafe ieet.
ms give l. lo-loo horse power Tor eacR
square loot OF immersed section. FOR
the new ship we VIII suppose draft OF
80 leet. The immersed section Will then
be 2,4oO square ieet, anu each square loot
will be lmpelied by /. l6-OoO horse pow
er. The consequence IS, that II the mod
ei oil the new vessel be no better than
that OF the Collins steamers, she VIII III
smooth water have exactly the same ve-
'oclty' In rough sea the largest snip
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29

"TnE EDIToR." The Richmond Mail
thro off the following capital illustra.
ton -
They have a steamboa, in the western
waters by the name Of The Editor. "
This is the best name ever yet given to a
steamboat, and more especially to Mis-
slssippi steamboat. We are surprised it
has never been thought of before. The
Editor is a working engine, whose fires
are going day and night. Now he sails
against the tide, and now with it, going
along at dashing rate until suddenly he
comes up, all standing against some hid
den snag, which nearly shivers his TIM
bers to pieces Whenever he moves he
puts the waters in agitation Iol tune, and
leaves wake Of troubled waves behind
hun which lasts about five minutes. He
serves everybody but himself, carries
freight and passengers in any quantity,
and goes puf-pufiag down the stream
of life. Often his powers are overtasked
and the boiler bursts, but fortunately il
kills no one but himself, and who cares
for an editor.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29

Some years ago, lady noticing a
neighbor who was not ia her sea. at
church one Sabbath, called on her return
home to inquire what should detam so
Npunctual an attendant. On entering the
house, she found the family busy at
work. She was surprised when her
friend addressed her
"Why la where have you been to-day,
dressed up in your Sunday clothes ?"
"lo meeting
"Why, what day is i,7"
"Sabbath day."
"Sal, stop washing in minute -
Sabbath day! Well, | did not know,
for my husband has got SO plaguy stingy
he wonI take the papers now, and we
know nothing. Wen who preached 2
"Mr. -"
"What did he preach about e.
at was on the death Of our Savior"
"Why, is he dead !--Well all Boston
might be dead, and we know nothing
about it, 1t wont do, we must have the
newspaper again, for everything goes
wrong without the papers Bill has al
most lost his reading, and Polly has go,
quite moplsh again. because she has no
poetry and stories 10 read. Well, If we
have to take cart load Of potatoes and
onions to market, | am resolved to have a
newspaper"
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29
ps4s@ The N. Y Eeeaing Post says a

ES TIE n. ItfHtHP fOSI SHys
large sum Of money has been subscribed
III State street, Boston, for a silver service
to be presented to Gen. Houston for his
defence Of the New England clergy in
the L. S. Senate
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29
DIR. n. GREEN,
SAMUEL DEWEll,
Deputy surveyors.

A. d. GRAHAM, residence miles n. W from
Tipton JoEkpH STEER. of spfngdaie Town
ship, residence at samael Kings, : mics We''
from Hickory Grove. Geo. WHISTLER, rest
1ence al Upton.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29

Jusr LIKE EN-. The Lafayette Dali
ly Courier tells the following good one
II is worthy Of beng passed Oh towards
the East
We don't believe il, and ye, i, was told
us as Il fact, that gentleman from the
interior Of Pennsylvania, cmigra,ed to
this city a year ago, and brought, with
him lot OF red calico, beads, wampin,
tracts and trinkets to trade with the Iu-
dams. He came in on the VIM Philips,
and on nearing the landing, spread out
his ware. on the hurricane deck, and, al
ter adjusting ms side arms for fear Of ac-
cdents, awaited the arrival OF the sayages
III hopes Of either striking a big trade,
forming some important treaty, or en-
tightening the hcathen. The story Only
illustrates the too common idea enter
tanned by the people down east, Of th!s
Hoosier country.
NopE o. INCREASING THE GRowTH
o. Potatoes. -Thc flowers being CIT of
as they appeared on the piuuts, the mum
Der 81 potatoes pro iueei was much great
er tA4n u4ere au blossoms had remain
60 untouched Early IN Ofobeg, til.
stems and leaves of the plants winch had
mol bore aovers, We're strong ard green
tue others low a4a ia state ol de-
cay Fae plants which had heen strip.
ped ot flowers, prof. (oa the satng
space Of g,onad) aa5 tour times tie
wetght Of latge potato lew small
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29
Holm us,Ays,ss

nEALER IN PROVISIONS. Sa's, Cigar.
IL Tobacco, Fruits, &c. Triton. Iowa,
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ELIAS SAIa.sWs,ss.

MERCHANr-po poaier - nty Goods. Gre
M ceries, Croeksry. g. Cedar hto''' -
dar county, Iowa. u
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SANfrEI. r. DANIELS,

CrOyEs, TIN WARE, PLGWS. an4 lard
~ ware Dea'st. rr'ea. 'os4. -
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-04-29
ISAAC NJ AGEE,

TAILOR-M and Boys Garments cut an
i made to order, III the latest and most I'M
proved STYLES. Upton, Iowa nj
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THE " ADV ERTISER. "
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SATURDAY MORNING.
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NArssAsirs. RAAER.

DRUGGIST, and Dealer N Pants, Olls, Dye
IL StuT,. Varnisaes, etc. Rochester, Iowa.
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ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON,
u Office opposite tho Eag le Hotel, Upton,
Iowa. nj
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OFFICE TO PROCURE
Soldiers Land Warrants.

By recent Act Of Congress IL is enacted,
That each of the surviving, or the widow or
minor children of deceased commissioned and
noncommissioned officers, musicians, or pri-
Yates, whether of regulars, volunteers, rang
ers or militia, who performed military ser
vices in any regiment, company or detach-
ment in the service Of the United States, in,
the war with Great Britain, declared by the
United States on the eighteenth day of June
1912, or in any Of the Indian wars since 1880;
and each Of the commissioned officers who
was engaged in the military service Of the
United States in the late war with Mexico,
and shall be entitled 10 lands as follows:
Those who engaged to serve twelve
months or during the war, and actually
served nine months, shall receive Ole hun
dred and sixty acres: and those who engaged
10 serve six months and actually served four
months, shall receive eighty acres; and
those who engaged to serve for any or an
indefinite period, and actually served one
month, shall receive forty acres. Provided,
that wherever any officer or soldier was
honoraby discharged in consequence Of dis
ability in the service, he shall receive the a
mount to which he would have been entitled
if he had served the fell period for which he
had engaged TO serve.
Under the above act, and :he acts Of Con-
gress generally, the subscriber offers his ser
vices as agent TO procure Land Warrants for
those entitled to receive them, as above spe-
cited. He may be found at his office iE
Stroudsburg. S. G.. BURNETT.
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AJ1d Consumption, p0jn tn the Slc1e and
mght tSaceatS, ASTHMA, WhO0plng C0ugh,
paLp5tatjOa Of tie heart, Lirer compla5nt
Br0uchltjS, and all diseases of the
! throat, lungs and liver cured by Sher-
mans All-Healing Balsam.
RAISING BLOOD & CONSUMPTION
Mr.. Mime, Builder, in Brooklyn, was
ATTACHED with raising blood, followed by
cough, pain in the side, and all the u
suaL symptoms of consumption. He en-
ployed two Of the best physicians; they
did him no good, and tod him he could
not Ire
Hearing of the wonderful cures per-
formed by Sherman's Balsam, he sent at
10 o'clock at night to Mrs. Hayes, 1876
Fulton street, and got bottle; it operated
like a charm, stopped the bleeding and
cough! Before he had taken one bottle
he was able to be about his work, 1t had
saved his life. His daughter, residing at
I27 Myrtle Avenue, can attest it.
Miss Ann Maston, of Williamsburg
living in Tenth, near South Fourth ST.,
says-That she had been troubled with a
hacking cough, and pain in the chest, for
long time, which at last become SO bad
that she was obliged to give up her school
for more than a year. She then commen-
ced taxing the All-Healing Balsam-
which soon alleviated her symptoms. She
is now fast recovering, and has resumed
her laborious occupationas teacher.
II years Mr.. John O'Neil, 10th ave-
nue. and 2lst street, suffered with a cough,
raising of phlegm, and pain in his side.
He could get no relief til he tried the
All Healing BaIsam, which drove the pain
from his side, allayed the cough, and
brought the disease upon the surface; and
before he had taken three bottles, was
entirely cured.
PLEURIsY AND CONSUMPTION.
Mrs. Baggas, lady upwards of 70, re-
siding So Sheriff street, has for years been
subject to attacks of Pleurisy, Raising
of Blood, severe Cough, Shortness of
Breath, Pain in her Head and variosu
parts Of her body, Her friends believed
past recovery. The All-Healing Balsam
relieved her at once Of all her alarming
symptoms, and now she is able to attend
to her work.
ASTHMA AND wHooPING COUGH.
Mrs. Lucretia Wells, 95 Christie St.
l., S. Beals, 10 Delaney street W. IL.
Youngs, 70 Walnut st.; know the value of
this great remedy.
Ask for sherman's All-Healing Bal
sam, and see that his written signature is
on each bottle.
Price % cents and 81 per bottle.
DR.. Sherman's Worm and Cough Lozen-
ges for sale at this office.
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Kow 20 Determine the Height Colt vii
attain when full Crown

Mr ames L. Martin, of Kingston, Ky,
gives oat the following upon this point,
which Is certainly novel, and perhaps it
may be true
~ can tell you how any nan may
know within half an inch, the height d
colt viii attain to when full grown. The
rule may not hold good iD every instance,
but nine times out Of ten it will When
the colt gets to be three weeks old, or a.
soon as 1t Is perfectly straightened in it..
limbs, measure from the edge of the hair
on the hoof to the middle of the first joint,
aul for every inch it viii grow to the
height of a hand of four inches when ite
growth is matured. Thus if this distance
be found sixteen inches, it will make a
horse sixteen hands high: BY this means
5 man may know something what sort Of
a horse, with proper care, he is to expect
from bis colt. Three years ago l bought
two very shabby looking colts for twenty
dollars each, and sold them recently for
three hundred dollars. So much for
knowledge how to guess properly at a
colt"
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g-si III .M Il GElf III ID 81
i 4 III y 40
PLEASE RE AID.

The following SCHOOL Books, many of then
recently published, are perhaps the mos
popular Books, as a Series, ever issued -
Teachers and friends OF education are res
pectfully requested to examine the same, un
der the assurance that they are already pre-
fsred BY large body Of intelligent educators
DIR. BULLIONS
ANALYTICAL and Practical English Gram
mar.
Introduction to English Grammar,
Progressive exercises in Analysis anC
Parsiag,
Latin and Greek Grammars.
They are used in over seventy Academies
in New York, and in many OF the most -four
ishng institutions in every State Of the unOr
Dodd's Elementary and Practical Arith-
metic.
Dodd's High School Arithmetic.
DodG'S Elements or Algebra.
Schell's Introductory Lessons in Arilh-
metic,
This series Of arithmetics, with D0dd'
Algebra, has recei, ed the best claim to pub
lic favor posslble-that Of being highly APP
proved by thorough Arithmeticians,- ,-alter
using them in the school room.
Olney's School Geography and Atlas.
Olney's QuartO Geography.
Whiil0ck's Geometry and Surveying.
All that these booGs need is a careful ex-
animation
]. s. DENMAN S SERIES.
The Students Primer,
The Students Speaker.
The Students Spelling book,
Students First Reader,
Students Second Reader,
Students Third Reader,
Students Fourth Reader,
No books recently published have created
so great a sensation among Teachers as the
Students SerlcS.
Siroudsburg, November 28th, 1853
We are now using the Students Series in
our schools and think they are the rery best.
Small children can learn tlUtCe as much with
the same labor as they can from any other sys-
TEN. We would recommend that they be
used in all the schools Of the county
Oils B. GORDON.
VIM. II. WOLFE,
RALPH B. GRISWOLD.
LEWIS VAIL,
The school directors of Stroud township
have resolved that they be used in all the
schools of the township.
Mr.. Cottingham, the superintendent Of the
Public Schools of Easton, is Introducing the
whole series, Biographies, Readers, A
rithmetics, &c. there.
We have appointed Mr.. Lewis Vail our a
gent and authorize him to intropuce the
boye hooks at very low rates. Applications
can be made to him or US.
All kinds Of Books and Stationary for sale
at low Iates.
PRATT, WOODFORD q Co.
No. Courtlandt St, New York
December lst 1853.
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4 grifultural. |.
Preparing Seed Corn.

As the planting season is now near at
hand, it may be useful to present such
modes Of preparing corn for planting, as
appears to have answered the purpose de-
sired. We therefore append two modes
the FIRST Is from q. F. Marshal, of Wheel
er, \. Y, and the other is from cores
pondent of the Albany Cuitlvator, who
dates at Xenia, Ohio Ea IsI.
J. l have made frequent experiments
in preparing seed corn, without success,
except one made last spring. | took soft
SOAP, pat some in kettle, warmed it O.
yer the fire put in the seed corn, aud gave
it a good stirring, adding as much plas-
ter aS would adhere to the corn. The
corn came up good and quick, and looked
vigorous and healthy. The alKali in the
soap is a strong fertiliser. The wire
worms did not disturb that planted with
the seed soaped-that part not soaped
was injured more OF less by the worms
Least some should attribute the manifest
difference between the soaped and unsoap-
cd seed to the plaster, I took some thick
molassas, put, few quarts Of seed in
kettle, as above stated; there was as much
plaster attached to the seed as that soap
ed. The greater part Of the field was
planted with seed in its natural state
The soaped seed came up the quickest and
best, VIII others try the experiment.
=. Take tight vessel of convenient
size, into which put the seed corn, adding
Sufficient warm water to cover the corn;
the water so warm that the hand canuot
he kept in it; stirring the corn few times
that it may be thoroughly wet, letting it
stand in the water from ten to twelve
hours, then take the corn out CT the va
ter, and put it in a nice pile on the barn
floor cover it with a blanket for the space
Of two nights and one day, then plant as
soon as possible.
Ny informant says (having confidence
IN him in this matter,) that on the last
year, his seed corn treated as above, came
up 80 well, that they had not to rcplant
any, While the same variety, planted OIL
the same day, in the same field, and not
treated As the above, but dry, came up
very iudiferently, having to be rsplaoted.
-Gumantoac1t IG2egral'h.
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ZINC PAINTS.

One third cheaper Than While Lead, and
Free tTom all poisonous qualities.
'rHc Few Jersey Aiac Ccmpamy
harinq greatly enlarged their works, and i'm.
proved the quality %! ihcl! products, are pre-
pared 20 execute orders for their SUPERB
OR PAINTS. DIV. and Ground in Oil, in
assorted packages of Iiom D 10 500 pounds;
also Dry. In ;arrels ct 800 lbs.
Their v huc Zinc. which is sold dry or
Ground in oil. is warranted flre and unsUr-
passed for Body and Unitorm Nhileuess.
\ method olpreParalion has recently Zee
discoveyed, which enables the Company to
warran, their paictslo keep fresh and soft
n the kess for 2uy reasonable lime In this
respect their raia;s viii be superior 70 ally
cher in the market.
Their Brown Zine Paint, which Is sod 81
= low plice, and can oajy be made from. Tx
Zinc ores from New Jersey. is now wei
known fer lis protective qpahlles when ap
pliei to iron or oli.er mela.lc sGHares.
Their SinEe Color Paint possesses all the
roTer;ics o; the Brown, and IS OF an agree
aale color ior painting Cottages, DePois
Oul buildings, Btjdses, &c. Dealers sup
.ieG Oh liberal terms bv their A2eutS,
FRENCH d RICHARDS
Wholps3ie Pain; Dealers and In.
nor'ers. \. W. cor. iO;h ana Market sts
Philadelphia.
hDrIl Is 1851 -6n
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From the D1llQr NelrSpapcr
How TO Pcopagate Cucunbe2s.

J-OH " L u i1S5 ttC SSAS L14. D~2 .
After the plants are we'll above ground
and have been properly hoe6, | cover the
grouad between them entirely over with
saw-du-t; this answers a four-fold purpose:
Fir-t-it suppresses the weeds. Second
1t keeps the fruit clean from any grit
that would wash upon it in viIoent show
crs. Third-It keeps the plant moist in
ease Of drought. Fourth-It is a rich
manure for the coming season.
Perhaps | ought to have added that it
makes no difference from what wood tie
dust j, obtained.
The treatment here suggested for Gu
cumbers will, no doubt, be found equally
or more valuable as applied to strawber-
ries ana tomatoes, both of which are liable
TO injury from coming in contact with the
earth during hard showers. Salt hay, or
other cheap refuse matter would, DO
doubt, answer the purpose as well as saw
dust I-ED Dol. NEWSPAPER,
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LAW CIRCULAR.

W. oRTHINGToN G. SNETHEN, Wash
w ington, d. c., continues to practice
law exclusively in the supgme court, and
to attend to cases before Congress; to
prosecute claims an settled accounts a.
gainst the departments, bureaus, and
boards of commissioners; to procure pat
ents for invention, at home and abroad,
and to obtain pensions and bounty lands;
tocollect debts, dividends, legacies, and in
heritances in any part of the United states
and foreign countries; to make invest
ments of funds in loans and stocks and
on bond and mortgage, and to negotiate
the purchase and sale of loans, lands and
patent rights in any state Of the Union.