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EtLEARFIELD INsTITUTE.-rhe first

G FLEAEFIELD INSTITUTE.-The first
- quarter Of the next School year OF this Fnsti-
tution Viii commence on Monday, September lst
- PeTSons WISHING 10 fit themselves Tor CoHcgc,
Teachers. Commercial or other avocations in life
VIII here receive every desired facility A thor
ough Scientific and Classical coursS Is here given
State. Parents at distance can obtain boarding
fer their sOns and daughters under the immediate
care of the Principal whore they VII receive rare
advantages with all the comforts and pleasures Of
home; and their morals Will be carfuIIy guarded.
1t Is particularly dcsirous that pupils forihe ap-
proaching term year. be present 1T its COM
mencoment. TO select their seats and be properly
arranged in their respective classes.
Further information and Catalogues Of The In
stitUte be had by addressing.
W !. CAMPBELL, PRINCIPAL
Aug %. 1856. CleaEfold. Pa
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EEO, FOR IOIyA!!-The undersigned. de-
( sirous Of going West offers TO seu at private
sale three lots in the village of MarysviIle one
half mile east Of Clearfed Bridge, in Boggs town
ship, having thereon erected a two-story weather
boarded dwelling house good stable, and 2 black
smith shop. The terms. which win he reasonable
can Ge asccrtained by inquiriug OF the undcTsigu-
ed, residing on the premises.
may2S-tf SAMUEL 2 DTLLER
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FOURTH AMENDMENT.

To bc section XVI, ATticEcI.
The legislature shall have the power to alter,
revoke, or aunul. any charter of incorporation
hereafter conferred by, under, any special, or
general law, whenever in their opinion il may be
Injurious to the citizens of the commonwealth in
such manner, however. that no injustice shall be
done to the corpoTators.
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Is SENATE, April 81. 1886

II SENATE, April 81 1856
ResOireG. That this resolution pass On the first
amendment, yeas q, nays 5. On the second a.
mendment. yeas 8, nays6. On the third amend
ment, yeas 2S, nays l. On the fourth amendment,
yeas 90, nays 4.
Extract from the Journal
THOMAS a. MAGUIRE, Clerk
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2 FROCTOR }. :. LOVE, having located at DR.
- IrIria !. HyBlaa Store, pine Swamp p. %
Centre CO., respectfully tenders his professional
services to the public.
RETERENCES.
The Faculty of jefferson Medical College. rLila
Or. ". j. Wilson, Potter's Mills, Centre Co
DR. J. z. Wilson, Centre Eall. Centre Co
Dr. JAS Irwin and DR. N. Stewart, Pine Swamp,
Centre Co. IJulvq-2,n
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SECRETARY's OFFICE, !
Harrisburg, June 27, 1886. {

SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
Harrisburg, June 27, 1886. /
Pennsylvania. IS.
do certify that the above and foregoing is n
true and correct copy of the original 'Resolution
relative to an amendment of the Constitutions" as
the same remains on file in this office.
- ! In testimony whereof have hcrcunto set
: LIS. 7 my hand and caused to be affixed the
- seal of the Secretarys Office, the day
and year above written
A. G.. CURTIN.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
IL SENATE, April 81, 1856.
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IL HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES,, !

April 81, 1856.
ResolUea. That this resolution pass. On the
first amendment yeas 72, nays ~ ON the second
amendment. yeas g. nays 25 On the third amend
1nent yeas 6l, nays % and on fourth amendment,
yeas 50, nays 10.
Extract from the Journal
WILLIAM JACK Clerk
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IL SENATE, April 81. 1856.
Resolution proposing amendments 70 the Con.
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FEIIEOMAS WILSON'S ESTArE.-Where
r as Letters Testamentary on the estate of Thos
Wilson late Of Chest township, Clearfcld county.
all persons indebted 10 the said estate, By bond,
note or book account are requested to make inlre
diate payment, and those having claims or de-
mands against the same viii present them, prop-
srly authenticated for settlement to
HENRY IIURD.
WILLIAM FEATH
July 1G-Gt2 Executors
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SEcRETARY's OFFICE A q. CURTIN.
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I'6',HS|tCd1tfU, IS.
do certify that the above and foregoing Is
true and correct copy of the Yeas and mays
taken on the Resolution proposing amendments to
the Constitution of the Commonwealth. rs the
same appears the Journals of the two Houses Of
the General Assembly of this Commonwealth for
the session of 1856.
- Witness my hand and the seal of said Of
( LIS. fee, this twenty seventh day of June
- one thousand eight hundred and fifty
SAX a. q. CURTIN
Secro'agg 'hle Commonwealth
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These famous Pills are expressly combined 70 on
crate on the stomach, the liver, the kidneys the
lungs the skin, and the bowels correcting any dc
in their functions. purifying thc blood
the very fountain Of life, aud thCs curing disease
in all IL forms.
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pIsPEPslA ANp LrVER co1PIAiNrs

Nearly half the human race haze taken The
Pills IL has been proved in all parts OF the ygoll
that nothing has been found equal TO them in cas-
OF "lsofdeTs o. the liver, dyspepsia, and st0ma
complaints generally. They soon give heaIfI
tone TO these organs, however much derangca. N
MAen all other means hnNc railcH
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

CouRrEs1Es OF BUSINESS LIFE. Bust
ness men who lay in a fair stock of
civility, will find it as good an invest
ment to draw, please and retain custom
as they can make. The small civilities
and courtesies of life are too often neg
lected by them. We have been taun-
ted as nation of shopkeepers, who,
in our haste to be rich, forget not only
prophecies, but moralities; we have
been charged with idolatry, worship
ing the almighty dollar, and the con-
duct of some among us has given
color to the charge. Let not the
reproach longer remain. A nation
immersed in trade need not, necessari-
ly, be forgetful of the requirements Of
honor, uprighness and truth. A man
in trade need not be a boor, nor is he,
in anywise, exonerated from extending
towards his customers the same suavi-
ties he would extend to guest in his
house, to stranger he is introduced
to in company. He need not indulge in
formal etiquette and pompous cvilities
for there is no heart in such a manner
but in the easy genial habits which
speak kindly feeling and claim q
reciprocating respect.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

timony of the Rev. Richard Hall is
quoted at length :-"I have q vivid
recollection of the effect of maternal
influence My honored mother was
religious woman, and she watched
over and instructed me as pious moth
ers are accustomed to do. Alas /
often forget her admonitions but in
my most thoughtless days l never lost
the impression which her holy exam
pie has made on my mind. After
spending large portion Of my life in
foreign lands, ! returned again to my
native village. Both my parents died
while l was in Russia, and their house
is now occupied by my brother. The
furniture remains just the same as
when / was a boy, and at night was
accommodated with the same bed on
which had often slept before but
my busy thoughts would not let me
sleep. l was thinking how God led
me through the journey of life. At
last the light of the morning darted
through the little window, and
then my eye caught sight of the spot
where my sainted mother, forty years
before, took me by the hand and said,
"come, my dear, kneel down with me,
and will 60 to prayer" This com
pletely overcame me. I seemed to
hear the very tones of her voice !
recollected some of her expressions,
and burst into tears, and arose from
my bed and fell upon my knees just
where my mother kneeled, and thank.
ed God that I had once praying
mother. And OIL if every parent
could feel what felt then, l am sure
they would pray with their children
as well as pray for them"
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
Gbe Maralist.
INFLUENCE OF MOTHERS.

We are accustomed to speak of the
achievements of such men as Bacon,
Hall, Newton, Dwight, Edwards, and
a host of like renown, without duly
approaching the worlds indebtedness
to their gifted and faithful mothers.
That maternal influence had much to
do in preparing them for spheres of
extensive usefulness, is evident from
such facts as the following:
Bishop Hall acknowledged maternal
agency in the formation of his charac-
ter, and on one occasion wrote of his
mother, "How often have blessed
the memory of those divine passages
Of experimental divinity which have
heard from her mouth What day
did she pass without large task of
private devotion, whence she would
still come forth with a countenance Of
undissembled modification. Never
any lips have read to me such feeling
lectures ofpiety, neither have ! known
any soul that more accurately prac-
ticed them than her own"
John Quincy Adams once paid the
following tribute to his mother: at
is due to gratitude and nature that !
should acknowledge and avow that,
such as / have been, whatever it is,
aud suchas hope to be in all futurity,
must be ascribed, under Providence,
to the precepts and example of my
mother"
The following very interesting tes
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
SHERIFF's SALE.

DY VIRTUE of an Execution issued out
ID of and under the seal of the District
Court III and for the County of Floyd and
State of Iowa, to me directed and delivered !;
against the Goods and Chattels, Lands and
Tenements of John M. Bennett & Co., and for
want thereof the Goods and Chattels, Lands
and Tenements of the individual members Of
said firm of John NJ Bennett & Co., have
levied upon as the property of the said John
M. Bennett, and shall offer for sale, at public
vendue, to the highest bidder therefor as the
law directs, at the SCHOOL HOUSE where the
District Court was held last in the town of ST.
CHARLES, in Floyd County, State Of Iowa,
between the hours of (0 nine o'clock A. NJ,
and az four o'clock P. M, on FRIDAY, the
Q5) FIFTEENTH DAY OF AUGUST, A. d.
1856, the following property, to wit: % Cows,
4 Oxen, Is Heifers, 10 Steers, four year old
Bull, and Calves, to satisfy judgement OBJ
tanned for the sum of fifteen hundred and one
($15O1) dollars, and twenty three dollars and
twenty five cents (S23, 25), COSTS which John
r. Mills & Co., recovere against the said
John M. Bennett & Co., at the June Term,
A. d. 1856, of the District Court OF said
Floyd County,
WIN. MONTGOMERY,
Sheriff of Floyd County, Iowa.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
A Human Life Saved.
Dowagiac, Mich, March IL, 1856

DOWaSIac, Mich, March III, 1906.
j. A. RHODES EsQ.-Dear Sir: AS l took
your medicine to sell on consignment, no cure
no pay, take pleasure in stating its effects as
reported to me by three brothers who live in
this place, and their testimony is fair spcci-
men of all have received:
w. S. Conklin told me had taken nine
bottles of Christie Ague Balsam, and continu-
ally run down while using it until my lungs
and liver were congested to that degree that
blood discharged from my mouth and bowels,
so that all thought it impossible for me to live
through another chill The doctors too did all
they could for me, but thought l must die
Nothing did me any good until l got Rhodes
Fever and Ague Cure, which at once relieved
me of the distress and nausea at my stomach
and pain in my head and bowels, and produced
a permanent cure in a short time
III. NJ. Conklin says L had been taking
medicine of as good doctor as we have in our
county, and taken any quantity of quinine and
specifics without any good result, from 25th
August to 18th December. But seeing how
nicely it operated on my brother, got a bottle
of Rhodes Fever and Ague Cure which effcc-
ted a permanent cure by using two-thirds of a
bottle"
S. NJ Conklin was not here, but both the
other brothers say his case was the same us III.
Ms. Isold the medicine to both the same
day, and the cure was as speedy from the same
small quantity, and might SO specify.
Yours with respect,
A. HUNTINGTON.
The above speaks for itself. Good proof as
it is, it is of no better tenor than the vast num-
Der of like certificates have already published
and the still greater amount that is still pour
ing in to me. One thing more. Last year /
had occasion to caution the public in these
words 80 notice one firm who have taken
one of my general circulars, substituted the
name of their nostrum for my medicine and
then with brazen impudence send their pamph-
let with the exclamation, Let the proprietor
of any medicine say as much if he dares, &C."
Now take pleasure in saying that the eau
ton referred to the same Dr. Christie's Ague
Balsam that is mentioned in the above certifi-
cate. There are several other industrious peo-
pie who are applying to their poisonous trash
all that publish about my Fever AMI Ague
Cure, or Antidotc to Malaria, except the certifi-
Gates of cures, and the certificate of the cele-
brated chemist, DIR. James r. Chiffon of New
York, in favor of its perfectly harmless charac-
ter, which is attached to every bottle. These
will always serve to distinguish my medicines
from limitations JAMES A. RHODES,
Proprietor, Providence, r. l.
Wholesale Agents, st. Louis, H. Blakeley !;
Chicago, Barclay Bros And for sale by Drug
gists generally. lm3
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
BUTTER.

Will salt preserve butter? No (; that
question is easily answered. Salt is
added to butter for two reasons-one
is to assist in it's preservation, the
dairy-woman vainly thinking that plen-
ty Of salt will keep the butter sweet.
Another set add salt with dishonest
motives, with the idea that all the
salt put in the butter is sold at the
full price the butter brings. 1t is q
great mistake. Every pound of salt
put in butter over what is needed to
give it flavor, instead Of bringing
cash return to the butter maker,
proves positive loss of twenty five
cents pound, because it reduces the
value Of every pound Of butter SO
oversalted, frequently as much as
three cents pound. Butter is not
preserved by salt. That is positive.
Il will keep just as long and just as
sweet as olive oil, without salt, if no
other subtance is incorporated with
it, 1t is the caseine of milk that
spoils the butter, and unless free from
that, no art can keep it sweet. But
ter should be churned at $50, and i'm
mediately afterward, reduced to 40o,
and the less it is touched by human
hands the better. 1t must be worked
cool, either with or without washing,
as that is a mooted question, until alb
solutely free of buttermilk or particles
of sour curd, and then just enough,
and no more, salt added to suit the
taste of the consumer. The salt must
be pure, and one ounce to ten pounds
of butter will be sufficient Then
pack the butter solidly in any cask Of
sweet wood or stone pot, so as to ex-
clude the air, and just SO long as the
air is excluded the butter will remain
sweet. If it could be kept perfectly
excluded, the period that it would
keep sweet is forever. Your question
is answered. Salt soll not preserve
butter.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
BlaCksmithing,

TINE subscriber has the pleasure to inform
Il the citizens OF Floyd County and the pub
cute all orders for Blacksmith work at his new
shop, corner of Water and Milwaukee streets
Particular attention will be given to the
Shooting Of Horses and Ozen:
Carriages handsomely Ironed,
and all work entrusted to him will be faithful
ly and promptly executed. The undersigned
fiatters himself that his experience and skill
and wishes of his customers and give general
satisfaction. A liberal share of the pulic pat
ronage is respectfully solicited.
FRANKLIN r. WOOLLEY.
St. Charles, Floyd Co., July %, 1856. 1:tf
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
New Patent Fence.

THE SUBSCRIBER respectfully announces
i to the citizens of Floyd and the adjoining
Counties that he is prepared to sell rights for
the construction of Fence upon new and
cheap plan. This Fence is made of boards
nailed to battens and supported by stakes drove
in the ground cross-wise, with wire around
the top board and attached to the tops of the
stakes on either side. Fence made upon this
plan will be saving of from ten to twenty
cents per rod over fence made Of boards nailed
to posts set in the ground. The invention was
patented by J. B. Reyman, March 18th, 1855.
Having purchased the right for Floyd, Mitch
ell and Chickasaw Counties, will sell the
right and give instruction for making the
Fence, to individuals for their own use, for
$500; to clubs of ten In one Township for
less A specimen of the Fence may be seen ct
this place formerly called Cutters Mill.
2m3 e. w. JONES.
Fremont, Floyd Co., Iowa, August 4, 1856.
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
THAYER'S
Cathartic and Bilious
PILLS

FOR THE CURE OF
Buliousness, .aundice, Dyspepsia, Cos
tireness, Lirer Complaints,
And wherever gentle Cathartica and Purgative
Medicine is required.
PRICE 25 CENTS PER BOX.
YTNHFSE PILLS are exceedingly mild in their
Il operation, causing no gripping pains or 9TH
or suffering to the patient, while at the same
time they operate speedily and thoroughly All
persons suffering from yellow-eyed Jaundice,
gloomy Dyspepsia, CHASTITY Liver Complaint,
Sickly Bile, uncomfortable headaches, foul HUI
mors, nervous weakness, a consumptive Cough,
a disagreeable Cold, painful Costiveness, bad
Humors in the blood, and other kindred disea-
scs, are recommended to give them trial.
For sale at the st. Charles Bookstore, by
HITDRF.TH g. CARVER
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

LIVERY READER Is REQUESTED TO
IL notice the advertisement descriptive of
Mr.. SEARS PICTORIAL FAMILY BIBLE,
and send for the printed Catalogue of all our
illustrated Works.
tY To the uninitiated in the great art of sell
ling books, we would say that we present a
scheme for money making which is far better
than all the mines of California and Australia
~ Any person wishing to embark in the
enterprise, will risk little by sending to the
Publisher $25, for which he will receive sample
copies Of the various works, lat wholesale
prices, y carefully boxed, insured, and directed,
affording very liberal per centage to the agent
for his trouble With these he will soon be
able to ascertain the most saleable and order
accordingly. Address postpaid,
ROBERT SEARS, Publisher,
No. l8l William StIeet, New York
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21
NICHOLS & CO.,
General
Real Estate and Exchange
RROKFRS.

CzATFYELD, MINNESOTA TERRITORY.
WE are prepared to enter land for cash or
w on time, for residents or non-residents,
at the Chatield, Winona, Red Wing and Min
neapolis Land Offices, in Minnesota, and at
Usage and Sioux City, Iowa. Lands well
selected by competent surveyors. Eastern Ex-
change bought and sold. Land Warrants
Bought, sold, and located, at the usual rates.
We invite particular attention to
Maps, Plats, Abstracts,
any parties who may CALL
Any information in regard to Lands
cheerfully given.
Persons desiring information relative to the
selection or location of, or investment in Lands
can be accommodated by calling on or writing
to us. e. Office in the u s. Land Office
Block. J. NJ. CAVANAUGH,
Acting Partner for Minnesota
St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-08-21

THE FLESH OF CATTLE.

1t is known that the quality of flesh
in cattle, varies greatly, even those
witch may have been reared and fed
under the same circumstances. I'm
portant as is this matter, it is but
very imperfectly attended to in this
country. In Judging cattle bred chief
ly for beef, at agricultural shows, it
has been too little regarded. We
take the following remarks, which are
worthy of particular attention, from a
manuscript article placed in our hands
by VIM. 81. Sotham, a well-known
cattle-breeder, of Owego, N. Y.
Every breeder ought to know that
there are in cattle three distinct quail
ties of flesh, which cannot be discover
ed while the animal is alive, by any
other means than the hand. This is
the most important lesson in breed
er's education. No man can be a
good breeder without this knowledge
to guide him. It cannot be learned
from books or lectures. There must
in the outset be inherent natural abil-
ity, and a faculty of close observation
and comparison. Without these it
cannot be obtained.
The first quality Of flesh is known
in the butchers stall as marbled-the
fat and the lean are beautifully mixed
from the first of the animals feed
ing. This kind of flesh is natural, and
never varies in first-class beast
The animal which produces it has al
ways moderately thick, but mellow
hide, handling elastic until fully ripe
when the texture becomes firm as 6
mackerel. This kind of meat, as soor
as it is cold, is always firm, comes Of
the spit, or out Of the oven or pot, al
large as it goes in; does not lose its
nutriment in either course of cooking
When it comes to the table, and the
first cut has been taken off, it shows
it's quality, whether it is hot or cold
This description of beefis worth thirty
per cent more in my opinion to thu
consumer, than the second class, which
is always fab6y and greasy, and never
sets, except when it is frozen; all its
oily fat is extracted in the process o.
cooking, leaving but very little nutri
ton in the porous lean, which is tough
and stringy. An epicure soon discovers
this, but not one in thousand knows
the animal that produced such flesh
This quality is readily discovered il
the animal, by the hand. The beas
has generally thin skin, which, al
well as the flesh, is always soft ant
flabby-the tissue never hardening t.
ripeness.
The third quality of flesh is Away
too hard, looks blue, and livery. AM
mails that carry this kind of flesh hav
a thick, heavy thigh, the coarse mus
cles running from the round bone t.
the hook, forming thick, protuberan
bullock; the sides and fore quarter
are, as Culley decribes them-'one lay
er of black flesh across another tn
shoulder bones large, the points pro
jecting.' Such beasts always handl'
hard their skin is leather, and a
tight over them as if stretched wit
pinchers. They never get very thin
and never get fat; they will ge
fleshy, but the flesh is no better tina,
poor bull beef.