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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-30
FLOUR! FLOUR!

A SPLENDID assortment of childrensc fIaev
"A Hats and Caps Tor summer wear, IL 1o1k
summer style just received and for sale ehoobu3
SHrrDoN's HAT ExPoa.uM, 81. Mr. -
Ladies, cal! and lock at them.
nay2l
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1855-07-30

NJ M-mo-iesin Foreign Lands. by II. b.
Re; Ns4ssboy-squaI 10 sAe L.mrlight
hAine Anton; journey IN csdsrsi At
Bayard Taylor For sale BY
GRAHAM 4 CAVE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13
Didn't Fake a. Newspaper.

Tie man that don't take q newspaper
has been in lown lately, as we learn from
a contemporary. lie brought the whole
family in a two horse wagon. lie still
believed that General Taylor was presi-
dent, and wanted to know if the kan
schatkians" had taken Cuba, and if so,
wEere they had taken it. He had sold
his corn for twenty-five cents, the price
being ihirty-one-but upon going to de-
posit the money, they told him il was
mostly counterfeit.
The only hard money he had was some
three cent pieces, and those some sharper
had run on him" for half dimes. His
old lady smoked a "cob pipe and
wonlI not believe that anything else could
be used. One Of the boys went to black
smiths shop to be measured for pair Of
shoes, and another mistook market-house
for church. After hanging lis hat on
a meat hook, he piously took seat in a
butchers stall, and listened TO an auction
Ger, whom he took to be the preacher.
lie left before "'meetin was out" and
ard had no great opinion of the 'sarmlnt
One Of the girls took lot of seed
onions to the post-otlice TO trade them for
letter. She had baby, which she car
ricd in a sugar trough stopping at times
TO rock il on the sidewalk. When IT
cried, she stuffed It's mouth with m old
stocking, and sung "Bar5ara Allen" The
oldest boy had TWO "coon skins" and
was on "bust." When last seen he
had called for glass of soda and water,
and stood soaking gingerbread and making
wry faces. The shop-kceper, mislaking
his meaning, had given him mixture OF
sal-soIa and water, and it tasted strongly
OF soap. But "he'd hearu tell Of soda
and water, and was bound to give il far
trial, puke or no pukc." Some Town
fellow" came in and called for lemonade,
with .'iy in it," wher2upon our "soap,
ed" lrienoB turned his back and quietly
wiped several flies into his dunk.
We approached the old gcntlcmal, and
tried to get him to "suhscrbc", but he
would not listen TO 1t. lie was opposed
to "Inlerual improvements" and he
thought "Iarnin' was a wicked invention,
and cullcrwation nothn' but VANITY and
wcxation." None of his family ever
learned TO read, but one boy, and he
"teached school awhile, and then went a
studying divinity"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13
only Buy what You need.

Young persons, when they start in life
in The family relation, require some gull
dance lest they move too fast. Ordinarl-
" speaking, the young husband will be
sufficiently industrious, and the wive sul-
iceuIy active. There is apostive plea
sure which they each feel in the labor as
signed them, for they are working for
each others happiness and comfort
They are young and strong, and heaIthful.
Empoy ymenl furnishes zest to the en-
joyment of each others society, for Glove
makes labor pleasure.
The cares of the world and the per-
plexities Of business have not settled in
clouds around the head of the one, or the
duties of an increasing family, with all
their accompanying pains and response
biites, checked :ho current Of happiness
in the other. They are industrious and
cheerlul--what other lesson do they
need They require to be taught fru-
gaIity, to prepare them for tie calls Of
the future. They will then be the better
for a constant and prudent observance Of
our motto, ''Buy only what you need"
The circumstances of the early family
state, are such that young people feel as
if they could indulge themselves in many
things, forgelful of the habit which they
may thus form which cannot be indulged
with prcpriety in after years, yet which
will be difficult to resist. These early
induIgencies and careless expenses in the
beginning Of married life may lay the
foundation for poverty and sorrow in after
DAYS. But if the habit be early formed
of adhering closely to our motto, frugalily
will be added to industry, economy will
be the assistant of enterprise, and the
foundation Of fortune laid.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13
A Military Pig.

Daring the last war with Great Britain
a very remarkable circumstance occurred
in connection with the invasion of Canada.
A company of Kentucky volunteers. de-
stined for Sheby's army, had their rem
devious at Harrodsburg, in Kentucky and
formed a sort OF nucleus or rallyng point
for the military recruits of that part of the
country. When they marched from Har
rodsburg towards the Ohio river, having
got mile or two on their way, they no.
liced two pigs fighting, and delayed their
march to see it out. After they had re-
sumed their march the pig which had
been the victor in the contest was obserV-
ed to follow them.
At night, when they encamped, the pig
found shelter near, and halted also. The
next day the pig accompanied the troops
as before; and thus it marched every
day, and halted every night, with the SOL
diers, or near them. When they came
opposite Cincinnati, at which place the
troops were to cross the Ohio in a ferry
boat, the pig, on getting to the waters
edge, promptly plunged in and swan a
cross, and then waited on the other side
until the whole cortege crossed over, and
then removed its post upon one side of
The moving column. Thus the animal
kept up with the troops until they crossd
the State of Ohio and reached Lake Erie.
On the Journey, as the men grew familiar
with their comrade, it became a pet, re-
cclving a share Of their rations issued to
the soldiers, and destitute of provisions as
the toops lound themselves at times, no
one thought of putting the knife TO The
throat of their fellow soldier. What they
had was still shared, and if the pig Jared
as scanty as the rest at times, ii still grnn-
ted on, and manifested as much patriotism
in his own line as the bipeds it accom-
panied did in theirs. At the margin OF
the Lake she embarked with lhc troops,
and went as far as Bass Island. Bul
when Offered q passage over into Canada,
she obstinateiy refused to embark second
time. Some Of the men attributed her
conduct 10 constitutional scruples, and
observed that she knew it was contrary
to the Constitution to force a militia pig
over the line. She therefore had leave to
remain.
After the campaign had closed the troops
re-2rossed the Lake, having left some of
their horses on the American side. As
soon as the line was formed, 20 the great
surprise of the troops, there was the pig
on the right of the line, ready to resume
her march with the rest. BY this time
the winter frosts had set in, and the ami
NAL suffered greatly on the homeward
march. She made out, howeyer,lo TO reach
Maysviic, where the troops rc-crossed
the Ohio river. There she gave out, and
was placed in trusly hands by Governor
Shelby,and finally taken to the Governors
own home, where she passed the rest Of
her days in ease and Incidence.
There are many in Kentucky who can
now attest the truth Of this remarkable
story.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13
2liscc!!nncous.
THE WORSTED STOCKIN G.
A TRUE STORY.

Father will have done tie great chin
ney tonight, won't he mother 2 said lit
tie Ton Howard, as he stood waiting for
his fathers breakfast, which he carried 10
him at his work every morning.
lie said be hoped all the scafolding
would be down tonight answered his
mother. 'and thafll be fine sight, for /
never like the ending of those great CHM
neys--it's so risky--thy fathers TO be
the last up
'Eh, then, but I'll 30 and see him, and
help 'cm TO give him shout alore he
comes down. said Tom.
And them continued his mother, II all
goes right, we are to have irollc to-
morrow, and spend all the day amongst
the woods"
IIurrah,' cried Tom, as he ran of to
his fathers place of work, with can OF
milk in one hand and some bread IN the
other. His mother stood at the door
watching him as he went merrlly whist
ling down the slreet,a then she thought
of the dear father he was going to,and the
dangerous work he was engaged IN, and
then her heart sought its true refuge, and
she prayed to God to protect and bless
her treasure.
Tom, with ligh: heart, pursued his
way to his father, and leaving him his
breakfast, went TO his own work, which
was at some distance. in the evening or
his way home, he went round to see low
his fatler as getting or. James How
ard, his father, and number of other
workmen had been building one of those
lofty chimreys, which in our manutactu-
ring towns almost supply the place of 9TH
er architectural beauty. This chimney
was one of the highest and most taperIng
that had ever been erected; and as Ion'
shading his eyes from the standing rays oI
the setting sun, looked up 10 the top IN
search of his father, his heart almost sank
within him at the appalling height. The
scadolding was almost down; the men at
the bottom were removing the last beams
and poles. Toms father stood alone at
the TOP. He looked all around TO see that
everything was right and then waving hls
hat III the air, the men below answered
him with loud cheer, little Tom shout
ing as heartily as any of them. As their
voices died away, however, they heard
different sound--a cry of alalm and bor-
ror from above ! 'The rope! The
rope ! The men looked round, and col
led upon the ground lay the rope, which,
before the scaffolding was removed. should
have been fastened 10 the chimney, for
Toms father 10 come down by The
scanclding had been taken down, with
cut remembering TO take the rope. There
was dead silence. They all knew that
ii was impossible to throw the rope hjgh
enough TO reach the top Of the chimney;
or if he could it would tlardly have been
safe. They stood in silence and dsmay,
unable 10 give any help or think OF any
means of safety.
And Toms father. lie walked round
and round the little circle, the dizzy
height seeming every moment to grow
more fearful. and the solid earth farther
and further from him. lie shut his eyes;
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13
ERSON COUNTY VA SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY 49, 1855
Al ronIs Not Dead Yet.

\ queer case was lately tried in Albany,
New York. wherein charge was brought
against A certain DR.. Duval, for playing
some extraordinary feaIs Of legerdemain
on some green geese:
One man, James Diamond, being sworn,
stated that he called on DR.. Duya, alias
Andrews, and told him that he understood
that he had a thing to End hidden treasures;
he said he had; that he could lie, deponeut
have one for $40; he said he hadn't the
money, and could give but $3.50. An
drews said he would let him have one for
that now. and trust deponent for the re-
mainder; he then gave dep0nent the bot
tie produced in the case shown, and de-
ponent paid him S4 90; clerk in the Of
iice told hlm what to 40 with the bottle
take il TO field where he thought
treasures were hid; he must kneel down
on his left knee, and rest his right arm on
his right knee, and suspend the indicator
hv winding the string three times around
the end Of his foreGnger; put all his al
tenlion on the indicator, and watch which
wav i, moved; if it moved, he must mark
the place; then move across and mark
four places in the shape Of cross, get the
centre as near as he could, and then he
would find tie treasure 10 certainty. lie
tried the indicator great many times IN
Waterford, but never found any treasures.
We scarcely suspect that there was one
such a simpIeton as this in our country,
but il came out according TO the statements
Of this magic doctor, that he had succeed
ed in drIudrng quite number of persons
By oamboozng them with far more RI
dicuIous notions than the above. Scien'
HEc american.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13
A GENT G
f1ctitol.
DnATu-BED IN i STRANGE LAND

IN + STRANGE LAND.
Far away in an unknown land
lay me down to die;
No pressure of q gentle hand,
no kindly glancing Of an eye,
BcsFeaks loved one lng'rins nigh.
Oh mother must never gaze
Upon Thy loved form more,
Bat here alone must end my days
Upon this unknown shore,
With none 10 mourn my fate, or to &aplore
listen long, my mother dear,
To hear thy gentle tone,
and think if thou vert only here
Deaths terrors would be gone,
Ills sharpest pang's to die alone.
To die alone-and feel that there
Is not one loved one by,
10 shed above my grave a tear,
Or breathe one heartfelt sigh
O'er him, who lcc. his home to die.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

KEEP OUT or CoLLEGE.-The Home
d"urna! says: AS preparation for tho
dute5 oil mcaerB hle, our college course
Is scarcely oi any use and we care not
who hears Us when we say n,ifs young
man Is resolved to run great career IA
30 active, manly profession, let him keep
oul VI college. That young man has no
h'Cr years TO waste Ills knowledge mus.
be real, positive, raodern. lie needs a
trained eye, a trained hand. broad chest,
iong aInds nol stimulated brain merely.
r.. iaust learn to do this and that for him
SELF. lie must be man Of the world,
educated in the world, by The world, for
iIe world
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

WHERE TIE MONEY GOES To.-The
New York Express thus accounts for the
hard Gmes:-The bonnets, the robes, the
shawls. the cloaks, the laces, the embToi-
deries, the jewelry of the ladies, are in
dependent Of all the pressure of the times.
Never before did New York show in il
saloons such richly embeiiished ladies. A
New York dealer in laceS tell US, never
before had he sold so many or such ex-
pensive laces as he has sold this year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

1t IS said that one of the questions ask
ed OF a candidate FOX initiation into ihe So
ciety ofKnow- Noihings is as follows:
'WilI you do your utmost on all occa-
sions to renew and perpeiuals tie potato
rot, in order 10 keep the Irish out Of the
country
The candidate, if admitted, must re-
spond, Il will"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

FAsmoNABLE PANrs.--An exchange
says Our junior partner returned 4 pair
of trOwsers TO his tailor last week because
they were too small in the LEGS. "But
YOU told me TO make them tight as your
skin," said the tailor. True" Guothed
colleague, "for can sit down in my skin,
but III be split if can in those breeches!'
The tailor cayed in.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

A WAHDuRiNG Typo.-We received
last evening the MarysvIIle (California)
Express, large, elegantly printed and
well filled newspaper. One Of The pro-
priclors is Geo. w. Boor, a prinler,whose
fortunes have been even more varied than
those Of his class Of artisans. lie has
worked at The 'art preservatlve of arts in
every State OF the Union; walked through
each of these States, swan rivers for lack
OF ferry money, traded cravas and vests
for food, been a temperance lecturer, been
IN Of laa yellow fever in New Orleans,
and had the shakcs on The Wabash, was a
?o!untccr in Mexico, messing during his
campaign with a tailor, shoemaker, gen
lIeman, lawyer and doctor, has served IN
every capacity III printing Office, been
stroke oars-man on a flat boat, and cook
on lumber raft, was editor OF Clay pa
per in 1914, of a Democratic Buckeye or
gan in 1851, and who, when we last saw
him, was working his way to ST. Louis
on a stern wheel boat.
Mr.. BIoor is man Of very decided
natural talent, fine good humor, eminent
ly social qualities, and we wish him all
manner Of golden fortune on the Pacific
coast.--LOuiSUWe Courier.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

For The LADlEs.-A gentleman, al 4
late fashionable assembly, being asked
which OF the isdies OF The company he
tbouohl the most beautiful, replied, why
madam, they are all beautiful; but that Ia
div. | tbink-pointing to bliss Bunce, who
was dressed in the extreme OF fashion,
o,ijsiripS them all y
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Officer: .Did'n; you guarantee, SIR,
,bat the horse wouldn't shy before the
fire of an enemy!' Horse dealer: No
more he won't. Ilsns I'LL ai'eF the
fire that he SHES!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Court;ng in The county is altogether
d.iereni institution lIom the cily article.
Ia tie loemer place yOu &c, rosy lips,
swee: cider. jobany eake, and gifls made
BY nature; aud 10 the latter, ] collection
ui slsrcled phases, formal Manners, fine
siiS, great Jewelry, and girls gos up se-
cumdem arlem.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Narrow soulcd people are like mar
ow~necked bottles, the less they have
u them the more noise they make IN
lOurng il out.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Dobbs says he would have died OF
cholera, IN August, if it had MOI been
for one ,hing-'.hc Doctors gave him up
Two days afterwards lie says he was
well man, indulging in succo'ash'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13
Terms 0} 7FG RBGISqIR.

Tie SHspHERDsrowU REGISTER IS published
weekly at - year, positively TO be paid before
nc year expires. No paper discontinued (cx-
cept at the option Of tho caitor) until all ar
rcarages are paid up. Single copies q cents 20
ADyEPTIsEMENTs of one square or less 90
cents for the first Insertion and % cents for each
insertion thereaitcr-iarger ones in the same
proportion. Advertisements not marked Lorany
specified time are continued ill forbid ana chaI-
god accordingly. A deduction made TO those
Who advertise by the year
Letters or Communications to the EdtoT' up
on which there is postage, unless they contain
money, should be postpaid TO insure attention.
AGENTS..
WM. H. PEAEE, Sun Iron Buildings Baiu-
moro; c. PiEEcE, Philadelphia '. 3. PALMER,
New York
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Pay the printer. and thy lays shall
be long in the land
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

ANECDoTE OF Mr.. CHoATg.-At tho
trial Of the salvage case at Boston, last
week, in which part of the cargo was
embezzled by the masters of the Two
vessels on the coast Of Sumalra, one OF
the masters was examined as a witness,
and disclosed the plan of embezzlement,
and stated the inducements that were Of
iered to him by the other. Mr.. Choate
cross-examined him strictly and paiiIc-
ul4rly as to what the Inducements we're.
The witness had the appearance OF hold
ing back little, but at last said We'll,
sir, he told me that If we were found out,
he could get Mr.. Choaic 10 defend US,
and he would get us off II We ,cere caught
wiih the money ia our bOOfs.' II was
not hVe minutes nor ten minutes that u
required TO bring the audience back to
sober cOHnienaHce. The counsel on tb-
other SIDE paid a tribute; IN his closing
argument, Ia The genius OF Mr.. Chosle,
.he fame Of which, extending to the suli-
Podes, was relied upon as stronger than
the law aud the evidence.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

! WOMAN MURDERED By HER FATHER.
"A man named Best, residing IN Bell
vile, Ill.,, few weeks ago, so unmercI-
fully beat and bruised his wife, that she
was compelled to flee Cor protection to
the house Of her daughter, Mrs. Lepp,
who lived al Waterloo.
Best thcreupOn threatened that il sho
did not return to him, he would kill her,
and likewise swore vengence against
Lepp's family for harborng her. On ac-
count Of these menances, he was arrested
and bound over to keep the peace, and
for some time seemed very quiet. On
last Saturday week, however, about ten
O'Clock at night, The neighbors were AVA
kened from their sleep by cries from Lepp's
house, and Fastening TO the spot, found
Mrs. Lepp drenched in blood upon tho
floor, and in the agonles Of death. The
only words she uttered were "My father,
my father" There were found three
deadly wounds upon her person, inflicted
with knife. This testimony, corrobora-
ted by the fact that Mrs. Best, through
the door of her room. saw her husband in
the house just before the deed was per
pctraed, leaves no possible doubt but that
Mrs. Lcpp was murdered by her own
father. He was accordingly arrested and
lodged in Jail, as an accomplce TO the act.
The affair has created great excitement
throughout Monroe county, and strong
fears are entertained that the prisoner will
be rescued from the hands of the Sheriff,
and summaTily executed by Lynch law.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Plough deep while s.uggards sleep.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

A STRoNG HINT.--An Episcopal Church
has been recently built in Davenport,
Iowa. A correspondent of the New York
says that the following notice
was appended TO the advertisement OF the
opening of the ediiice
"The cheweys of tobacco are earnestly
requested TO avoid the use Of the article IN
the Church, or else spit IN their hats.
1t would be well If this same notice
were adopted TO some Of the Churches III
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Honesty is the golden policy
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

\ fellow in me jail wjshe- he has the
small pox 20 &c could break oul." lie
had lred every ;hing ri,e.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Application 10 business Is worth more
in TINS country than 10 he bo:n an heir 10
a fortune, for he who struggles 10 achieve
a competence, learns how 20 retain IL.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

1t seems paradoxlcaI. bot nevertheless
true, that tie latest Intelligence aI~ays
consists Of tie oarlies: news.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

High Iiyers-sAe occupants Ol anicks.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

The man who kept his word gave
serious offence to a lexIcogrspHor, vino
ganled IL for q new Dictionary,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

SHARP SHooTINo.-"Il How are you,
Smith" says Jones.
Smith pre,end5 not to know him, and
replies hesl,aiugly.
"Sir, you have the advantage OF ne"
"Yes, hope so everybody Las Ihats
gni common sense"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-13

Ny dinner don't agree viz, ne, said
man TO his vile, after al extraordinary
meal. Il don't blame It, ny dear; | So
YOU jauiag II so hard