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Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-30
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LAND FOR SALE.

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This day Received.
80 GASES .: new and fresh Good, in pal.
i ZkO IS fl W.. viz
uhaif Chs.,s II lenrc Tyson and Imp Fisl Teas
csdiftrt ~ graz.
Aninvvit, vf6 cases NJ Nu.nie:s.
- 900 superior 1lgas.
An invoice ~ tue eal smnsIas snt ehew.ug T.
tacT
Ia dozen aue ST. FIR nth, mmon AMI nedit IN
Ea
Sc Of In n shifting, Iabl- Cloths, snd Hsnt-
k, rchc
AIsl,JciSe, iaou and cotton Thread
Also lag as 3rin..nl Of ( css.
ncsier> sutCfiHify questtd 10 call and lock
a. tie I'VE gods - hty must bc sold l,hout d.
lag 10 COW advances.
An KINDS 81 ia, haf dis. will be r,c'Iy.ri On Gu.
,igutncut, a d cash ads auces msGe hrn rrGultd.
II ". NORRIS,
AGetion ami Commission MeTch ,ui,
te 2Ii6t Sec nj s,rret, near Perry.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-11-07

Oh, then, if your did, masther, said the
poor fellow, is's myself that's sorry for
you Well, Mary, agral ! thought my
heart would burst open when ] remem-
bered what came over me last night
and much moro-arithmetical ealcula-
tions-when had full plenty, of what
the little you gave and / taught came to
and every niggard thought was like a
striking up dagger in my heart--and ]
looked at a glory l could never reach,
because of my eramped heart and just
then / woke. Tn sure / must have had
the prayers of some holy creature about
me, to cause such warning"
Mary made no reply, but sunk on heI
knees BY the bedside, weeping-tears o.
joy they were--she felt that her prayers
had been heard and answered.
Sand now, Mary, let US up and be
stirring, for life is but short for the doing
of our duties. Wen have the poor schol,
ars 10 breakfast-and, darling, you'll
look out for more of them. And, oh
but my hearts as light as the down of q
thistle, and all through my blessed Dream
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guses and Samojedes rush from their am
bush, and With wild cries terrify them so.
that they swim helplessly to and fro, in
terIace their broad antlers, and soon sue
cumb in bloody carnage. a skilful, ex-
perienced fungus has been known TO kin
more than a hundred in one short half
hour, dashing with his light birch canoe
into the midst of the madened and fright
ened herd. Others again are caught by
a moose thrown over their antlers, and
thus dragged ashore. A short time suffi-
ces to train them, aud then they are
taught to draw the light sledge, hollow
trunk, covered with reindeer fur, and
obey the voice of their master. Thus
the children Of the north make their al
most incredible journeys, bringing costly
furs from America to distant Siberia, tho
it costs them voyage of nearly six
months One or two reindeer are tied
with thongs TO the sledge, and they are
off. At night he tetlers his faithful SER
wants, and lets them find their scanty re-
past under the snow, while he creeps in
to his narrow tent, made of reindeer skins.
and lights his little lamp to keep him
warm. If he has no tent, he wraps him
self up in double reindeer skins, which
by their peculiar mixture of wool and
hair are proof against rain, snow and
cold, and sleeps very comfortably on the
hard frozen snow, TO continue his Jour-
ney on the morrow.
The numerous powerful nations, on
this continent as well as in Europe, ex-
lists only by means of this invaluable ami
NAL, without which neither northern ST.
IBERIA nor the upper regions of America
would be a fit abode for man. Like the
camel of the south, the render also re-
quires the hunters nomadic life. Even
the Laps and the Firms, who own i'm
mense domestic herds. must travel with
them for pasturage. Together they move
down from their beloved mountains. to
fish at the sea shore during the short
summer months, and together they return
to their homes among the rocks. They
ride them and drive them; they milk
them; they know them by sight and call
them by their names; and their poor in
: sufficient language has no less than sew
enty-six different words for the beloved,
Indispensable rein deer.
But what strange, terrible fate could
ever lead men to still higher regions,
where even the reindeer cannot exist /?
where the summer sun shines but upon
eternal ice and snow, and where winter
has an unbroken night of more than three
months? (? Still there are nomadic races
living far beyond the northern coasts of
America; the only races on earth that
; have no history, not even tradition
Their religion consists of few childish
charms; their society knows not the form
Of law, nor, alas the spirit of love ;
their existence is barely above vegeta-
ton. Capt. Ross discovered in the nor
: thernmost parts of BafIin's Bay, tribe
oftwo hundred men, who had never heard
of other men, cut off as they were, by the
: oceans, and by impossible mountains,
from all fellow beings. Their narrow
! country was to them the whole earth, and
all the rest they believed TO be desolate
mass Of iee.-PttHam's Magasine.
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How TO MAKE FAsmoNABLE Box.
NET.-Take a handful of artificial roses,
each Of a different color; half dozen
yards of ribbon, ditto; and half a dozen
yards Of lace. Secure the whole to your
bump of amativeness with the long pins,
and the article is complete.
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ca To learn nothing but languages, is
to spend ones money in buying purses
TO hold IL; or to study the Lords prayer
in ali languages, without praying it in
any.
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e. Men are ike bugles-the more
brass they contain, the farther you can
hear them. Women are ike tulips
the more modest and retired they appear,
the better you love them.
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e. Keep your temper in disputes
The cool hammer fashions the red-bot
iron into any shape needed.
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G8- We must walk through life as
through the Swiss mountains, where a
hasty word may bring down an avalanche.
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c. Difficulties dissolve before a cheer
fal spirit Ike snow-driiis before the sun.
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Er A strrnger is received according
to bis dress and taken leave of according
to bis merit
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e. Virtue is a rock from which re-
bound all arrows shot against il.
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e. lie who masters his passion. sub
dues 4 fearful enemy
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-03-12
Geaal Notiles.
Partition notice.

JOSEPH GBINER and Esther Jane Griner
q his wife, Joseph Wells and Catharine
Wells his wife, John Griner, David Griner,
Nancy Griner, Fanny Griner and Elizabeth
Griner, viii take notice that a petition was
fled against them On the 18th day of February
A. D.. 1856, IN the Court of Common Pleas of
Ashland county, Ohio, by Samuel Griner and
Sophia Griner his wife, and is now pending,
wherein the said Samuel Griner and Sophia
Griner his wife, demand partition of the fol-
lowingr real estate situate in the county of Ash
land, and State of Ohio, and described as fol-
lows, to wit in thetownship ofMilton in said
county, being one tract the east part of the
southeast quarter, of section twenty-three, in
township t~wenty-four, of range seventeen, be-
ing all of said quarter section, except fifty acres
sold to Adam Baum, and ten acres sold to Not
tingham Houston off of the west side of said
quarter, containing (dedueting the exceptions
aforeSaid) one hundred acres more or less. Al
so, one other tract in said county in said Mil
ton township, bounded by beginning at the
southwest corner of section twety-four, oftown
ship twenty-four, of range seventeen, and run
and nineteen links thence north two degrees,
west thirty FOUR rods; thence south sixty-fve de-
grees west, twenty-five rods thence south two
degrees east, thirty-two rods and twelve links,
to the place of beginning; containing five
acres and ~thirty-four rods and that at the
first term, after the March term A. d. 1856, of
said Court, application will be made by the
said Samel rim and Sophia Griner his wife,
for an order that partition may be made ofsaid
premises. SAMUEL GRINER,
SOPHIA GRINER.
FuLroN & McCoNBs Att Us for Petitioners.
February 10, 1856. 37-6w
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For the Ashland Union.]
THE RELATIVE VALUEoF D0MES-
TIC ANIMALS OF THE SAME SPE-
CIES WITH A FEW HINTS AT
IMPROVEMENT.

Mr.. EDITOR Allow me to call tho at
tention of the agricultural portion of
your readers to q few suggestions,
which may not be unworthy of their
consideration. The intrinsic value, exist
ing between two herds of cows-two
flocks ofsheep--or two farms, lying equal
ly contiguous to market, is far greater
than most are willing to admit, on a
cursory view of the merits involved in
the case. Of two farms in the same
township, Z may yield 13 bushels of
wheat to the acre, and the other 20,
with the same culture. Now the ques-
ton arises-what is the comparative
value of these two farms for wheat pur-
poses? Is the one yielding 10 bushels
worth something over half of the valuo
Of the one producing 20 bushels to the
acrea Without reflection, nine zen out
Of ten would answer in the affirmative.
By as much as i3 exceeds the half of
20, Dy 30 much is the land worth more
than half the value of the other. Now
this is a grand blunder. The land yield
ing only 10 bushels, is not worth ore
bird the value of the otheri In order
% arrive at the true relative value of
two pieces of land, We must first
ieduct the cost or expense of producing
he crop, which will be some SO per
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

John Wierman
vs.. In Ash. Com. Pleas.
William Rigby, ct ally
DUkSUANT to the command of an execu
Il ton, duly issued in the above case from
the Court of Common Pleas of Ashland Coun-
ty, to me directed, I will expose to public sale
at house on lot number two in Ports addition
to the town of Orange, in Ashland County, on
Monday, The 10Th dag Of March,
a. D., 1856, between the hours of TN o'clock
A. NJ, and four O'Clock T. n of said day, the
following described Goods and Chattles, to wit:
One Sink, one mantle Clock, one Bureau, eight
Chairs, one Cupboard, one Dining Table. two
Sedste2ds, one Box Stove and Pipe, one Rock
ing Cradle, and two Stands. Also on the
same date, at the door of the Court House, in
Ashland County, between the hours as afore-
said, the said lot number two, in Ports addi-
ton to the town of Orange, in Ashland County,
and State of Ohio, as the property of William
Rigby. Terms of sale, cash.
JOHN D. JONES, Sheriff.
Feb. 6, 1856. 36ts-pfS3,50
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ASHLAND, Ohio, March, 1856.

Dun JEWISH PoPULATIoN.-Thc force
and truthfulness of the following para
graphs, with reference to our Jewish
population, will be readily admitted by
all. We make the extract from q late
number of the San Francisco SIN:
The American Jew is only less
proud of his country than his religion.
To say that he is a mere dweller upon
the soil because it affords him tho meaDs
of support is to libel the most noble
traits of his character. The graves of
his ancestors are around him. His hea-
ven is as near to him or the shores of
the Pacific, as upon the sacred Mount
of Olives or within the classic walls of
Jerusalem. His God is o~mnipotent,
omnipresent, and omniscient. He has
knelt before that awful presence alike
on the deserts of Arabia and the frozen
zones of Siberia and why should he
here-where the law recognizes his reli,
gion and his political privilegea-with.
hold IN affection to which he is impel.
led by every consideration of prosperity
to himself, and future happiness to his
children.
His respect for our laws is shown
in the fact that he seldom violates them.
His wealth has como towards building
up aud enrichipg our cities. He cult
- ~
With our active citizens in every useful
enterprise, He quarrels but little
heads a mob-never. You will find
him in our courts of justice, on tho
bench, at the bar, in b ejury-bOx, but
ever arraigned for a heinous
criminal ofense. This is the American
Jew. Let his good qualities be initiated
bad ines should be forgotten"
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G9s HIase.
Comsth q Blessing Down.
III 4. y. rrrn

Motto the man Of dollars,
Motto the man 0 dsedss
Not to the man Of cuaning.
Nottot the man Of creeds;
Not 10 the one whose passion
L. for q worlds renown.
Not in the form Of fashion,
cometAA blessing down.
not unto lands expansion.
Not to the miser's chest,
Not to princely mansion,
Not to the blszoned crest
Not to the sordid wording.
Not to the knavish clown.
Not to the naughty tyrant.
Cometh a blessing down
Not 10 the folly blinded.
Not to the stepped in shame.
Eottot the carnal minded.
Motto unholy fame;
Not in neglect of duty.
Not In the monarch's crowd,
Not at the smile of beauty.
cometh a blessing down.
Butte the one whose spirit
Yearns for the great and good,
Unto the one whose storehouse
Yieldeth the hungry food;
Unto the one whose labors.
Fearless Of foe or frown;
Unto the kindly-hsarted.
Cometh a blessing dowz.
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sale of Real Estate by order of Pro.
bate Court. -


bate Court.
ON the 9th day of March, A. D. 1856, on
" the premises hereinafter described, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock A NJ and four
O'Clock M. will be sold to the highest bidder,
the following real estate, as the property of
Franklin Mercer deceased, to wit: situate in
the county of Ashland and State of Ohio, and
more particularly described rs follows being
SIXTY acres off of the east side of the northeast
quarter dissection twenty-eight (2S,) township
number twenty-five (25D range number (17,)
at a parallel line along the cast of said quarter
except ten acres, out of the same, heretofore,
decided to Catharine Shreffler, out of the south
east corner of said quarter by franklin and
Washington Mercer on the 18th of August,
1853. Also will be sold as aforesaid a part of
the northwest quarter of section t~wenty-seven
l97I township twenty-five in range seventeen,
bounded as follows, to wit commencing at
tie northwest corner of said quarter thence
running east twenty rods on the section line
thence south parallel with the west se~ctionline
eighty rods thence west to the section line
twenty rods thence north on the west section
liRe to the place of beginning, containing ten
acres. Said premises appraised at 81 500 90.
Terms of sale-One-third cash in hand, one
third in one year and the residue in two years,
with interest from the day of sale, back pay
ments to be secured by mortgage on the prem
ises. PHILLIP SHRIVER,
ADMIR- of Franklin Mercer, deceased.
February -. 1856. 37-4w.
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SHERIFF,S SALE.

VS.. In Ashland Com. Pleas
Geo. Hardaker ct al.
DURSUANT 10 the command of an alias
i order of sa G duly issued in the above
case from the Court of Common Pleas of Ash
land County, to me directed. l will expose to
public sale at the door of the Court House, in
said County, on
Monday, the 10Th day Of March,
a. d., 1856, between the hours of ten o'clock a.
M, and four o'clock p. M, of said day, the fol-
lowing described Real Estate, to wit Being
lot number ffty-fve, [55tand fifty-six, [56Jin
the town plat at the Centre of Sullivans Town
ship of Sullivan County of Ashland and State
of Ohio, with the appurtenances. Terms of
slle, cash. JOHN D. JONES, Sheriff.
Feb. 6, 1856. 36ts-pf.S2.75
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PROBATE NOTICE.

THE following Administrator and Guardi-
l. ans having filed theiraccounts in the Pro
bate Court of Ashland County, for settlement
The same are continued for examination and
inspection of any person interested, to wit:
The final acct, of Margaret Stewart, late adm'x
of Joseph Gray, dec.
" I" Gilbert Miller admir- of Alex
ander Hutchinson dee
~" Jacob S~hanebarger admir- OF
Henry Shanebarger dec.
g" John Burns admir- of Mary
= Madden dec.
" Chas. R. Deming admir- of
John s.. Lang dec.
4" in. Slonecker and NJ. Pol
lock ex'rs of John Pollock.
deceased.
partial acct of Samuel Meng admir- of Mary
NJ. Meng dec.
e final +" " Isaac Gates guar'n of Mary
and Rachel Rodocker ct al.
I'D " " Joseph Strickland guar'n of
John l.. Miller.
!" " Jared N. Slonecker guar'n OF
Elizabet Gilcrist,
and the same will be for hearing at the March
term of said Court.
A. l.. CURTIS, Probate Judge.
Feb. 90, 1856. SWISS
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The concurrent events Of history, du.
ring the last two thousand years, unite
in confirmation of the great truth" the
way of the transgressor is hard A"
Would that possessed the lungs of a
thousand men, Iwould speak in an earth.
quake voice to the Woool growers of Ohio.
would fearlessly expose their inhuman-
itytothe public ear. would announce
to the world in trumpet tones. that of
all places on the American Continent,
there exists not SO large a class of wool
growers who are SO utterly lost to all
proper feeling for their focks, as in this
very State Of Ohio.
In 1850 nearly one fifth of all the
sheep kept in the United States, were
owned in Ohio. It is one of the very
best States in the Union for the produo-
ton Of wool, and no good reason under
the canopy exists why the number of
sheep in this great State should be on
the decline. Nevertheless, such is the
facti
Werespect the WOOL growers of Ohio,
as men; but We hate their sins. We
charge upon them the crime of treason
20 their own best interests. We place
to their charge the guilt of sheep mar
Ger, for scores and hundreds-yea, thou
eands-are sacrificed every winter to the
brutal inhumanity of their owners We
repeat It, no State in the Union, having
equal facilities, shows such a reckless
disregard IN the part of fock-masters to
the well being of their focks, as Ohio.
If the eternal salvation of these men
Was suspended upon the merciless treat
ment exhibited to their focks, eYerlast-
ing despair would be written in glowing
characters on every c~ountenancei Fore
bodings gloomy here, and a hopeless fu-
ture in the world to come, would be the
bitter portion of their cup.
In point of natural resources, Ohio is
FIRST IN the catalogue of States. Possess
ing &c, ooo, 900 of acres, over n half of
which is covered with superb primeval
forests, Astounding in springs and river
courses-an abundance of coel, iron and
other minerals, for all time to come-an
excellent climate and q superiority of
soil, that places the rock bound coast of
New England forever in the shade, sure.
y her 1000, 600 of Inhabitants may we'll
cherish q degree of consistent pride, in
view Of their rich Professionalism
proud Inheritance. Her wealth is in
ereasing at the rapid stride of sac, ooo-
600 annually, and with the present ia
cilities for getting to tide water the sur
plus products of the State, this sum, rast
as it is, viii soon be doubled
OF all farm products wool is trans
ported to the eastern msrkets the cheap
est. The transportation of $1,000 worth
Of wool e, 200 lbs. to New York or
Boston, does not exceed $50. The trans-
portation of $1,000 worth of wheat
1000 bushelsl would cost some $3.50,
or over eight times as much, At q dis
lance from market, then, wool can be
grown with more profit than grain or
beef, or any other farm product.
But with the present careless and
sloyenish mode Of treatment of focks in
Ohio, q serious drawback is realized in
ths successful prosecution of this impor.
80 -I -
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1 will also, by virtue of the same writ, ex-
pose to public sale, at the door of the Court
House, in said County, on
Monday, the 10Th day Of March, 1856,
between the hours aforesaid, the following de-
scribed Real Estate, to wit: Lot number nine
ty-one, (91) in the village of Sullivan, in said
County and State of Ohio, with the appurtenan-
ces, as the property of A. H. Palmer. Terms
of sale, cash. JOHN D. JONES, Sheriff.
Feb. 6, 1856, 36~ts-pfS4,50
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e PuncA says that the heirs of
Robinson Crusoe have instituted a suit
for the recovery of Juan Fernandez, or
the ground that their great ancestor Has
monarch of all he surveyed.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Porter, Hall & Fox In Ashland

VS..
J.J. Wright, All. Palmer, ct. ally Com. Pleas.
DURSUANT to the command of an execu-
i ton. duly issued in the above case from
the Court of Common Pleas of Ashland Coun-
ty, tome directed, 1 will expose to public sale
at the premises of A. H. Palmer in Sullivan
Township, in Ashland County, on
Monday, the 16h day Of February,
A. D., 1856, between the hours of ten o'clock
A. NJ, and four o'clock P. NJ, of said day, the
following described Goods and Chattles as the
property of A. H. Palmer, to wit: Corn on the
ground, supposed TO bet ten acres; twenty-six
tons of Hay, more or less, in barns one hun-
bred and fifty bushels of Oats, more or less, in
the sheaf; 200 feet of1L inch white wood $50
feet 2 inch do. 1900 feet inch do; 200 #.
IL inch do. Also fifty head of Sheep; one
Durham Cow, with broken horn one pide
heifer Calf from said Cow one Durham Cow,
with Calf one 2 year old Heifer and Calf; one
roam 9 year old Bull, and the undivided half
ofa Durham Bull, usually called Marshal Ney.
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NEW BARBER SHOP.

TOHN MEEKES, formerly of Cleveland,
81 respectfully informs the citizens OF Ash
land and vicinity that he can at all times be
found ready and willing to do all kinds Of bar
berinr in The neatest and most fashionable
style. Shop-one door West of the Post Office.
Ashland, October IL Ie56. 2lH.