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OF coassnsion, II secured 70 then By the
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stanses q tAis siolsnes will - rssesssd 70
hereafter.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-25

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-25

By the Executive Committee. The returns
Of the election were made By the Executive
Committee, and "a abstract Of them 10 con-
tanned in the following table:
I'VE emit the table prepared by tho Con-
mittee. The most important thing shown
by it is there were cast ct the election ITS
votes. 1871 were cast for the Constitution,
and 46 sgainst it,
The Executive Committee then issuod Z
proclamation reciting the results Of the elec-
ton Of tho 18th Of Deesnbsr, and q the
Same time provided for m election % be
held on the 18th day Of january, 1856, for
State O6csrs and msnbsrs Of the General
Assembly Of tho State Of Kansas. An else
ton was accordingly bald in the several
election precincts, tho returns Of which we're
sent to the Executive Committee. An alb
straot OF them il contained 10 the following
table:
THE tables here presented By the Com.
mistec give the names Of the FREQ State
o6cers elected, with their votes.l
The result Of this election va announced
BY proclamation BY the Executive Commit
tee.
In accordancs With the Consultation thu,
adopted, the msmhers Of tho State L1gislA-
sure and most Of the Stats oGesss ~ oa
the day and at the place designated, b tho
State Constitution, and took the oash there
il prescribed.
Aftsr sleetlag United States Ssaatess,
passing sone preliminary laws, ssd ~
pointisg Csdify ing Connittss aad prspas-
ing Memorial = Cesgress, - 0e6eal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
STABLING CATTLE.

The time has come when old Borcas begins
to whistle through the lcafess trees, and stern
winter is hard upon us; and it becomes farm
ers to make preparation for stabling their ami
mails. Notwithstanding we live in day of
great Improvement in farming, yet many far
mers arc opposed 70 stabling their stock, and
still continue to throw their fodder into the
mud, and at the mercy of the winds; and in
stead of sheltering their swine, they let them
run over the whole farm, roofing up their best
meadows, and perhaps their neighbors' also
Every observing farmer knows that it is as
natural for cattle to seek dry and warm shell
ter as it is for the human family and vet it
appears as if some farmers thought that their
salvation depended on keeping large stock,
halffed, half.stabled, half-cared for. No far
mer, whose heart is not harder than mill
stone, can enter his dwelling OF a cold win
tcr's night by a good fire, and feast on the
luxurics Of the earth, while his stock are low
ing and blcating about the lots and streets for
the want of proper food and shelter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
THE LANDLORDS WIFE.

A friend in Stockbridge, Mass, sends the
following anecdote of the Rev. Zeb Twitchell,
Methodist clergyman in full and regular
standing, and a member of the Vermont Con-
ference. At one time he represented Stock
bridge in the State Legislature. Zeb, says our
informant, is man of fair talents, both as
preacher and musician. In the pulpit, he is
grave, solemn, diguifed; a thorough SYSTEM
attic sermonizcr; but out of the pulpit, there
is no man living who is more full of fun and
drollery. On one occasion, he was vending
his way toward the seat of the Annual Con-
ference of ministers, in company with another
clergyman. Passing 4 country inn, he remark
ed to his companion: ''Thc last time stop
ped at that tavern, slept with the landlords
wife p In utter anazcment, his clerical
friend wanted to know what he meant 81
mean just what say replied Zcb ; and on
went the two travellers in unbrokcn silence,
until they reached the Conference. In the
carly part Of the session, the Conference sat
with the doors closed, for the purpose Of trans
acting private business, and especially to at
tend to the annual examination of each men,
ber's private character. or rather conduct du-
ring the past year For this purpose, the clerk
called the roll, as was the custom, and in due
course Zcb's name was called. "Does any one
know aught against the conduct Of brother
Twitchell during the past year, asked the
Bishop who Was presiding officer. Aitcra
moments silence Ieb's travelling companion
aroSc from his seat. aud with 4 heavy heart and
gray. ,,..,u: ..4'.,. 49,. h. .clt hr had u duty
TO per'o.r'. "n. tl:,l p,. owed 10 cod. to the
church, and 10 himself. He must, therefore,
di.r;"~qc it fearIc>sly. though with trembling.
... r. ..'.,. ":..' ~. had told him, while
py.>... p, .....a. g.. .r... ~, WIZ, the land
..... 1t ':. ...E D.l '. ministers
gas e,rn,> .. a,r.. .:,undy:poit although
~n. ... :':.t I"b. then
upon the D.snop, knowingly, 1or they knew
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
CHEAP AND EXCELLENT CANDLES.

The following recipe l have tried twice, and
find it all that it is cracked up to be. | have
no doubt that it would have been worth more
than $40 to me if had known it twenty years
ago. Most farmers have surplus of stale fat
and dirty grease, which can be made into good
candles at triAing expense.
kept both tallow and lard candles through
the last summer, the lard candles standing the
heat the best and burning quite as well, and
giving as good light as the tallow ones.
Directions for making good candles from
lard: "
For 12 pounds of lard, take l pound of salt
petre, and l pound of alum mix them and
pulvcrize them; dissolve the saltpetre and
alum in gill of boiling water pour the COM
pound into the lard before it is quite all melt
ed ; stir the whole until it boils, skim off what
rises ;let it simmer until the water is boiled
out, or till it ceases to throw off steam; pour
off the lard as soon as it is done, and clean the
boiler while it is hot. If the candles are to be
run, you may commence Immediately; if to be
dipped, let the lard cool first to cake, and
then treat it as you would tallow.-Cor. ~.
e. Farmer.
EGes.-Eggs are light and nutritious, and
often useful to invalids, either raw or lightly
cooked. They are chiefly mentioned here for
the sake of observing that they arc much more
wholesome cooked out of shell than in A
poached egg boiled, Or even fried, will often
suit the stomach when one boiled in the shell
would be unsuitable. This is worth notice.
A raw egg or two beaten up with little fine
sugar and grating of nutmeg, makes a pleas
ant and nourishing meal of itself, or withthe
addition of a little boiled milk stirred to it
briskly. Raw eggs, with a glass of spring wa
ter, are sometimes useful in cough, and par
ticularly SO in jaundce. Two should be taken
in the morning fasting, and one three times a
day besides.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
HORACE GREELEY.

The Washington correspondent OF the Gin
cinnati Times gives the following description
and anecdote of Greeley:
No man in Washington attracts more atten-
ton. He cuts quaint figure everywhere,
with his shambling, lop-sided gait, loosely-cut
clothing, cravat awry, and hat pcrched back
on the top of his head, leaving his great white
face standing out like fgure-head Of Dutch
lugger I believe his address and his negli-
gence of dress to be mostly assumed. 1t was
the bitter remark of certain Greek philoso-
pher, concerning the Spartans, that "he saw
their vanity through the holes in their gar
ments." Horace's vanity is amply visible in
his pretended ccccntricities. Bet me telly1u
little Joke heard last evening while at the
National Hotel A trio of Irish servants were
busily talking politics in the corner of the
reading room, (Jrish servants are great politi-
clans here when one of them suddenly ex-
claimed
"Bc jabcrs, boys, an there's ould Greelcyp'
"Where ?" exclaimed his companions, with
as much interest in their looks as they would
naturally exhibit on being told that St. Patrick
Or Bishop Hughes was before them.
"Staudin' yon by the table, talking wild the
tall gentleman
The Hiberniau gazcd curiously and intense
ly at Horace for IA instant, when the youngest
of them, apparently late importation, with
wonder in his voice, observed:
"Sure an he's uhitc man!''
CAV coorse he's a white man" said the first
speaker, in patronizing tone, as though llo-
race and he were the greatest ofcronies.
"Well, be my sowl, I've been decavcd in
the ould fellow intircly," continued the other,
~ thought he was nayur."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
THE GEORGIA WIDOW.

"John Phenix" has written book which
will soon be out. After the fashion, or perhaps
we should say policy, of the day, his publish
ers are giving samples in advance of the forth
coming, "Pheniziana." There is an account
of a Georgia widow which we reprint with
mirth and indignation -mirth at its absurd
truthfulness to human nature, indignation at
the slur it embodies upon female women gen.
orally.
A certain Squire is made to tell the anec-
dote, who thus proceeds:
ooh" says the Squire, 81 wish l was mar
ried, and we'll over it. I dread it powerful
I'd like to marry a widow. I alters liked wild
ows since I know one down in Georgia, that
suited my ideas adzactly.
"About week after her husband died, she
started down to the graveyard, whar they
planted of him, as she read the prescription
onto his monument. When she got there, she
stood minute a-looking at the stones which
was put at the end of the grave, with an cpl
thet on 'em that the minister had writ for her.
Then she burst out, "Oh boo!" says She
Jones, he was one of the best of men. L re-
member how the last time he come home, a.
bout week ago, he brought down from town
some sugar and little tea, and some store
goods for me, and lots of little necessaries, and
little painted hoss for Jeems, with which
that child got his mouth all yaller with suck
ing of it; and then he kissed the children all
round, and took down that good old fiddle Of
his'n, and played up that good old tune:
''Rake her down, Sal, oh, rang-dang-diddle,
Oh rang-dang- -diddle, dang, dang, do"
"Here," says the Squire, "she begin to
dance, and I just thought she was the greatest
woman ever I see." -.
The Squire always give short laugh after
telling this anecdote, and then filling and
lighting his pipe subsidies into an armchair in
front of the "Exchange," and INDUCES in
calm and dreamy reflection.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
WHTsKEY AND NEWSPAPERS.

\ glass of whskey is manufactured from
perhaps dozen grains Of corn, the value of
which is too small to be estimated. A pint of
this mixture sells for one shilling, and if Of
a good brand is considered by consumers well
worth the money. tits drank off in a minute
or two-it fires the brain-rouscs the passions
-sharpcns the petite-dcrangcs and weak
ems physical systems it is gone-and swollen
eyes, parched lips, and an aching head are its
followers.
On the same sideboard upon which this is
served, lies newspaper. 1t is covered with
a half a million of types; it brings intelligence
from the four quarters of the globc-thc news
paper cost less than the glass of grog-thc
Juice of few grains Of corn. 1t is no less
strange than true, that there is large commu-
nifty who think corn juice cheap and the news
paper dear.
How is this Is the body better paymas-
ter than the soul destined for eternity? Is
the transient tickling of the stomach of more
consequence than the improvement of the soul
and thcinformatiol. that is essential to a ration
al being? If this had its real value, would
not the newspaper be worth many pints of
whiskey Poorest city.
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better than the others, the character of the
accused. The Bishop called upon brother 7.
and asked him what he had to say in relation
to so serious a charge. Zeb arose and said
ri did the deed never lie." Then pausing
with an awful seriousness, he proceeded with
slow and solemn deliberation: "There was
one little circumstance, however, connected
with the affair, I did not name to the brother.
1t may not have much weight with the Con-
ference, but although itmaybe deemed Of tri-
fling importance, will state it. When l
slept with the landlords wife, as told the
brother, I kept the tavern myself p The
long and troubled countenance relaxed; tit,
ter followed, and the next name on the roll
was called.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17

The REVOLUTION AND THANKSGIVING
The poetry of our Revolution has always SEEM
ed to me to be, that it was conceived and de-
termined upon without political trick or acci-
dent of crisis, persevered in without romance
or enthusiasm, fought without plume or gay
equipment, sustained without war-song ballad
or traditional story, and its final victory, the
greatest the world ever saw, won without
pomp or enthusiasm, and by stern and strong
devotion to a rock bound principle. And OF
this bare Alp among the towering but leaf
clad patriotisms of the earth, the plain mere
piety of Thanksgiving seems the crown Of un'
colored snowy p Willis, in Home Jour-
sal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17

MATRIMONIAL SQUALL.-"Nancy my dear,
did John black them boots?'
sHow should I know ?'-l hain't got moth
ing to do with your boots. This is washing
day
But, my love, you needn't speak so cross.
Speak cross! l didn't speak cross
'Oh, yes you did,
Il didn't
i say you did
Il say l didn't
by gracious won't stand this; it's too
bad to be treated this way. I'll leave you,
madam will have separation
oh Mr.. Slob. Was ever woman so abus-
ed ? Here I've been washing and scrubbing all
day long, as hard as ever | could, and then
you come home and act so to me ust cos |
don't know nothing about your boots. On,
it's too bad, it is--boo hoo. boo hoo =
diem. Well, Nancy, didn't mean to
make you cry. Never mind. reckon John
has hlackencd my boots. Is them ere sassen-
gers to be fried for supper?
Y-c-s-my dear, got 'em for you particu-
larly" Ahem.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
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of this would add immense fertility to our
acres. And I can conceived nothing more
easily done than so to construct our buildings
that this wasteful neglect would be obviated
1t is regarded of so much value in Flanders
and Switzerland, that they build large tanks
and cisterns to receive it, and their buildings
are carefully adapted to its preservation. Why
should we not do so too can any one say!
COMPOST HEAp-There is another way of
preparing very highly fertilizing manure,
which no farmer should be without for a day.
1t is the compost heap. The cost of the struc-
ture in which to build the heap would be a.
bout one-half the cost of a respectable hog
pen, and every pound of waste vegetable and
animal matter about the farm should be gath
cred together and deposited in the heap. The
scrapings of bitches and gardens, the ofals of
the kitchen, the stalks of vegetables, decayed
leaves and wood, all waste straw, even su-
peranuated pair of boots-in short everything
that now goes to loss on farm, should be
thrown into the pile, and left to rot and tester
until it becomes fertilizer of the most extra
ordinary power. 1t will soon engender all the
acids and alkalies that form the essential ele.
ments of vegetation
A distinguished man has said, in reference
to the compost heap, that "the careful farmer
should allow nothing to run away in the form
of fluid, or fly away in the disguise of smell.
In the old agricultural countries of continen,
tai Europe, heap of this character is in eve
ry mans barn yard, and I confess that to me
it is wonderful that it is not so here. In form
ing the heap, all that is necessary is to mix
due proportion of soil with the other hetero'
genous substances, and then add quick limein
proportion of about one-tenth or about one ff
teenth; but as some chemists deem lime to be
injurious when animal manure is present, ii
might be as we'll to use the sulphuric acid OF
strong solution of potash. The heap is once
or twice mixed with the spade to make it iii
for the field, and as manure it cannot be sur
passed.
Among the most beneficial substances thai
can be incorporated in such heaps are the
bones of animals, hundreds of pounds of which
yearly go to loss on farm. They contain
substance called phosphate Of lime, the ten
dency of which to stimulate vegetable growth
cannot be exceeded. But animals bones ART
also frequently collected by farmers, and burn
like lime, in which it is computed that ont
hundred pounds of it contains as much o
the phosphate as is found upon analysis to b.
contained in two hundred bushels of wheat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
cAuT1oN ,-FoRMAN's IRON pLoW.

EEAVING purchased of the Patentee of FOR
4 Il MANS IRON PLOW, the right to manufacture
and sell said Plows in the Districts Of York and
Chester, the undersigned arc determined to prose-
cute all violations Of their rights. They are now
entering suit in the United States Court against one
person in this place, who has assumed to manufac-
ture and sell said Plows without authority; and they
give warning to all persons who may purchase Of
him that they too are liable, and that suits Will be
entered against every person who uses any Plow Of
his manufacture. This notice they give that per-
sons who choose to buy his plow may do so with
their eyes open, and with the understanding that
they will have to stand suit in the U. States Court
LETSON s. ROTHR0CK.
YorkYille, Oct II, 1855. 40 IT,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17

DOING A ToLLMAN.-Two young ladies OF
indianapolis, Indiana, who, by the by, belong
to the bon ton, were ridding in buggy BY
themselves, and after driving through the
most fashionable avenues, they concluded to
try the plank road. Well, to the plank road
they went, and while trotting briskly along,
they were suddenly arrested by the toll-gate
keeper, who demanded his toll.
'How much is it ?" asked the girls.
For man and horse" he replied, lit is
fifty cents"
well, then, get out Of the way, for we are
girls and mare. Get up jenny and away
they went, leaving the man in mute astonish,
ment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-17
THE LAW OF NEWsPApERs.

!. Subscribers who do not give express notice to
the contrary, considered wishing to continue
their subscription.
g. If subscribers order the diseontinuance of their
papers, the publisher continue to send them until
all arrearages are paid.
g. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office to which they are directed
they ore held responsible till they settle their BILL
and order the paper discontinued.
A. If any, subscriber removes to another place
without informing the publisher, and their paper is
sent to the former direction, they are held response
BILE.
= s. The Court has decided that refusing to tako o
Newspaper from the Office, or removing and leaving
it uncalled for is prima aee evidence of On inten-
tional fraud.
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