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VICTORY! VICTORY I!
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INDIAN CnCtablC PNlnOnlC syrup.
nOCTOR LAKOKAIt, celebrated Indian, dis
~ covered in tlo combination Of four kinds Of
Roots and Herbs, q remedy that is WARRANTED
% the worst cases of
Coughs. CoHs, lIh,oping Cough, Group,
lSihua, ByoHrhinS. anu Consumption
in all cases where the Lungs arcnot mostly con-
suncl, o- where there is vitality to sustain life in
the Lungs.
asyet has failed to cure Tho gent ha In hi, pos
SEES. ion many certificates OF its wonderful virtues,
ono to urgc bottles arc warranted t. cure the
hardest COUGH.
One to two bottles ure warranted to cure the worst
COLD. .
one to two bottles will cure the WHoorING
COUGH.
Two to four hotties will cure the ASTHMA.
-Four to eight bottles are warranted to re
BRONCHITIS.
One bottle will cure tho GROUP.
six to eight bottle. arc WARRANTED to urc
CONSUMPTION
in all cases whore 'hc Lungs not consumed (and
IN every casc IT GIVES BELIEI) benefit is oxpo-
ricuced from the first h"stlr, aud q cure is warrant
ed when the above quantity Is taken.
Nothing c7u A- u re Astounding to the invalid,
after trying all the popular ne !icucs Of the day
to no effect, than that these c.Atlou Roots and
ilcrbs combined win cure all pulrr nary diseases,
still this is FINED FACT. Thousands of cases
can be referred To- ia 1ur own NV England states.
For further particular and certificates Of cure, see
circulars lelJ with every agent
This article Is now manufactured by
SE=V=2Y Il HOWARD.
and put up in large bottles at y go each or six
bottles for op
COLLINS 1 PIERCE,
DEuGGlsTs, Moru.t,r, Geucral Wh,ttsi0 Agents
for Y, rnout. 10y a. G. SPEAR. rurloct, n,
Nov. ., $50 dAwCm
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John Doon,s Estate.


STATE OF VERMONT The Honorable the
District Of Chittendcn, So Probate Court for tho
District Of Chttenden, To all pesr0us interested in
the estate Of John Crown late Of Milton in said
District decea Sod GREEIISG.
WHEREAS, said Court hath s.igned the 18th day
Of March next for the settlement Of the admins
traton account Of the Executor Of the last will and
testament of John Crown late of Milton in said
District, deceased, and ordered that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested in said
estate by publishing this order three weeks
sively previous to the day assigned in the BurlinC
ton Free Press printed in Burlington, in said
District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear at
the Probate Court rooms in Burlington, the day
assigned then and there contest the allow ance.
of said account, if you
Given under my hand this 23d day Of February,
A. D. 1856. D. FRENCH RegiSter.
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WrSNER'S
T ATFNT WASH-TUB.

Cri,trtI "A. LamoilIc and clranl<Iin thnt he bo,
,r.,,r,d the n.oncv for the manufacture, and sal,
e. ne above article in those countics and earnestly
soIi,it.e candid Investigation of lis merits II i.
us,Y N general u>n IN many of the Eastern and
Middle ti,rs. and is now nnly to lie tricJ Nv Tho
igaula # Vermont. for them 10 acknowlcd,,e its
great IA ,crior;tv over anvthiur ever vet invented
for washing, The fact that il is lat 4 sint,le mod
ifc,tionof the old-lashioned wa.h-board, and net
machine, together with its wcI-known quality Of
gi,lno universal satisfaction wherever it has bend
tc.ta T.. a me sufficient evidence mat il will find
favor with cvcry hov.ckccucr, provided they will
.iyo it fair trial: for win mis- TIM NOT oniy viii
the dirt be easily aud randy washed away. BIT all
prejudice. arc connlotclv washed away at the anne
tire would esreciully call your attention - tho
following facts:
The t;crc.ae Farmer. rubl,.hcd at Rocbester "
mis- INK %n. S Iu' iTs oI'mf r t IN a T
has b-o1 Introduced ,ivo M .,,T . 5eci,cd rr,f
on,e over evorv ,.hcr tLina vet corstructed 70,
Wa him, Children the u,.o Of fourteen can wash
rs .as.l,nsp crown norson II il not Liable liz .
Wtshin, Machines, 10 yet out Of order. Init viii
last TWEEN v Years with careful usage
With this Tub the labor of Nashinp On, no 40
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Sxylight DapuerreOtyDe

l. PlCIL RES aid by those who have seen
them to lie the best they have ever seen.
Piol-e call and soc them.
nHce over Lymaa'. Corner Of Church and College
Streets.
Darlington, Feb 10, 1856 dlw6wtf
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BUChShIN Oil YES AND MITTENS,
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NOTICE.
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Free of G h argc,

10 tnc VUTCHHstr
and carved case Pianos, which will be sold much
lowSr than the regular price of instruments of their
quality Of finish and tone. Tho public a re invited
to examine them.
well to look over stock before purchasing else
where.
WIN. II. ROOT 4 co.
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Henry BlXby'S Estate.
STATE OF VERMONT, } The Hon. the Probate
District If Chittendcn SIS Court for the District of
Chittcnden To all Persons interested in the estate
of Henry Bixby, a minor son of Leonard Bxby, late
Of Essex, Greeting.
WHEREAS the Guardian of Henry BiXbv, of
Essex minor of the age of fourteen years and up
wards has made application to this Court for license
and authority to soil the whole Of the real estate
of his said ward for tho purpose Of placing the pro-
ceeds thereof Mt interest or investing the in
stocks and setting forth therein, that such invest
mcnt would be beneficial to his said ward And
Np rs at the Probate Court Rooms, in aid
district, to hear and decide upon .aid aprIication
l"t nj 1 T tbn ir9s an ,,c alfresoid
ana max o,'i'c,'ons " Sull ~ - ~,
ana II Is ordered tnnt ho.'o IT, V ~ ,a,'
c'hcernco ny Puoisi'us ."l - - ,; :.
ccssively, in the Bur ngon rec fress' previous to
| the day assigned tor nearing ,.-,,, -
TWEEN undcr my maui. at burlington 'ni' i''H D"S
| OF February, A. ~ l7'o' ,.pr,.c1, u.
nl""-"- - ~''' ~ . 'S'
Probate Notice,
STATE OF VERMONT, ; The Hon.. the Pro- r,
! DIsrRIcr OF CniTrESDEN, SIS bate Court Tor tn
| District of ChlttenHeh' o.,.
10 all persons interested III 'ne r'ihte Va u't'""
Barber, ANeflhtha patoeI ani VA. va '% ~
late OF Bolton IN sald Dlstrict' ueceaSeu
! WHEREAS, said Court hath ASSIGNED inc -2'h
day of March next Tor the settlement OIL 'ne alHI-
istration account OF the Alumni traitors ne o'iis
non, of the estate OF GIDEON barher' ana me A.
ministrators accounts OF the estates 'i ma
/ Barber and Marietta barber rae OF D9,toh IN
said District deceased, anu ordered mat puoc no
tcc thereof be given to all per-ohs interested IN
said estate, by publishing tins order three weeks
successfully previous TO the day assigned, IN the
Burlington Free Press, printed in burlington, IN
said District.
TuERrroRE, you are hereby notified to appeara Mt
| ,bo prnI,to Court Rooms in Huntingdon. on the
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Furniture and Upholstery
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with ncatncssan dispatch. We manufacture also
Spring Beds of all knus fitted to any Bcdstead, and
Mattresses of Hair, Moss, Ilusk and Palm Leaf
(Which VIC man ant 10 bs such represented by
US in regard to quality cf material and utacnrO
at city prices.
~ All Goods bought at this establishment will
be carefully put up aud delivered at the Cars or
Steamboats,,
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LEAVITT THAXTER"

Senate Chamber, Ole, .fpril 5tf, 1854
O. ~. J. e. Avn Honorel sir: have made ;hor-
nuch ai If tho CATHARrIC PitL., left me by agent
ard lave cured ny them Of the dreadful rheumatism
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If your CArH.RTiC PIL, Yours with great respect,
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louisville, Vt, Dec. u, 1855
+. 5, The public are hereby warned that tho law
IN relation to infringement Of patents will be speed
ny utin force incycrv instance whore il is violated,
a. far q the above Tub is concerned.
leuuuy /, le56. wg7mos6
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and price.
OUR STOCK OF
PHOL STE RY GOODS

is very large, and contains for CURTAIN MATE
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THE CASH SYSTEM ADOPTED.
vNNlIE Publishers of the TRAVELLER have decide
4 to furnish their paper hereafter to Clubs at the
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29

How DOES IT HArPlH Ne gain
from The Auditors report the fuliowin
statistics which seem hardly rriabl.,
Table"B" shows that ~ 1888 he lumber
OF acres Of land assessed IN Scott county
TO be 33o,s12 acres; IN 1850, 2e9. 5i1. IA
decrease of 81 ,525 acres; and that the aver.
are value Of land IN 1889, we hmd from
table Il" to be - = and il 1896, Ss,77.
Table &C" shows that the vane Of caIriae.
rs III 1919 was $50 $685. N 1856 only SAC.
322; decrease Of Si3,12s Tabl" ~:
shows the capital invested N manufacture
IN 1898 to be Ships; in 1855, only x79,.
@e5: decrease OF S3362s. Table "F''
| sqows the value of boats and vessels in 1855
To be $40, 26s; IN 1886, $40 ,207; decrease
Of 6,o6l. Table &C" shows IT, 1875, 1880
horses, valued al s230.?35; in 1850, 4,242
horses, oil Increase of 2S2. while the value
OF the increased number declines 10 Slg7,.
-; decrease Ia value If S32 400. Table
* shows the number Of swine IN 1855 to
be 10 ,i22; Va 1880, 9919; q decrease OF g..
sS3. Similar Settlements appear throughout
the table Vt ths county. The saving Il at
figures ''never lie" is a true one hut We can
not exactly understand how II IS that tie
creased IA quantity and value III twelve
months, Appearances certainly indicate
! differently
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29

\ Book VIM MANY RAIDERS The
Publishers of Websters Spelling Book
state that they issued during the last
year over eleven hundred thousand
copies of that work. Think OF over a
million of children, in one or two hun
dred thousand school houses, all over
the land, from Main to Texas, from New
York to California, all at the same mo-
ment coming over their \ b C's and
alb abs, ont of the same little man
ual, and looking back to the venerable
Noah as the builder of the ark of words
from whose store their literary treas
ures at first are drawn. Or of thirty
five millions OF children THAT bein.
the number OF Websters Spelling Book
already issued) who have. in the [ nj
ted States, commenced their education
with the study OF this same unpreten-
ding volume. Almost every household
in the land have come to regard Web
ster's Unabridged Dictionary, as one OF
the requisites OF good literary hous-
keeping, likewise, and so the basement
and top-stone come from the same
quarry. What other author can claim
SO many disciples
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29
Trustees Sale.

M HERTAS on The eigth day 81 December A d.
w 1875, Benjamin Marshall, together with julia
A. MsrShsli, his wife, executed unto Austin Corbip
Trustee certain deed Of Trust c1uye,iug 10 sand
Truse" the iani IN Scott county, Iowa, described
follows Il witrhe Sonih one half Of thu
quarter IT section number I'VE 90 in town hin num-
humber sevaLtyniue (al NOT, o; i've ,5l east
5th ?. NJ, whith said conveyance was msd. rs the
SAID Bniauin and Julia 4 t,f the pos. OF ,.rur-
Ing the PAM OF certain pronissor, note and Ii .
interest thereon signed by said BENJAMIN aud Julia
A. Marshall, dated the sth day Of December, A D.
1855, and PAYABLE in year from the date thereof
:or the sun II Nv Hundred and four dollars with
inter-st At ten per cent after maturity.
And row said note having become dne AMI psyah e
and the said Beaj iun Marshall and Julia A. Mar
shall having fsod 10 pay the same Aus tin Curbiu
rruse sfores hereby give th. public notice,
that by virtue of the power which in me vested b,
said deed Of trust will on Tuesday the l3t h day OF
January A. D. 1851, at the hour Of O'Clock in tie
afternoon OF i'd day at the Court House door In the
city OF Davenport expose aud OFF, for sal. a, public
auction the parcel OF sni above described or so mach
thereof shall b. sufhcin TO satisfy and pay the
OF said note with the Interest thereon TO the
day Of sale, together with all the anil expens
attending said ssh, costs of this notice ami Tr,is
fees. Upon thu oompetsn Of such sale iced win b.
gwen in accordance with the stipusic of said Deed
OF Trust
nt'ed the 10Th day of December, A. d. 1855
lasD ~ Nh my
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29
A RUEAwAY AND SAAsH-uP.-A

RuEAwAY AND SNAsH-uP.-A
gentleman and lady from Rock Island were
taking ride about town yesterday morning,
when tuning corner w.h too 10 .ch speed
the sleigh upset, ant lis occupants were
luhea INTO the street. lie hoIse TAXI z
right, ran at a fur. Gus rate against Pile OF
lumber, demol,shihg The sleigh ard witt but
the lh,ll, attached an ruIiously down Il a
dy street, AMI IN minute or two wa / LIS
stable ia Rock Island Tie parties >usia.ned
10 serious INJURY. II would be good policy
slippery times.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29

tHRIfMAs l)oINGs.-t hri>tmas day
Is decided institution IN tins country. rs
ommemora'ion and observance, IN one
form or another, is significant OF the i'm
measurable influences of good TO the human
race. confessed b. every Christian people
aud the Christian religion is made the corn.
er stone OF all true social regeneration. The
| birth OF Christ was an epoch that intro.
| duced an entirely new system OF ethics
| having principle OF universal love as a
foundation upon which TO erect perfect
| system VI rules for social intercourse and
governmental policy. Retaliation and Re
vense have been pushed ASIDE by Forgive
ness and Love, and every enlightened nation
takes the new moral code as standard s. ate
legislation. We canno, deny the fac, that
tins country was settled by people anx
Gus 10 develope the Christian system more
completely, aud this IS the reas,n why our
people became so thoroughly imbued with
the spsflt OF liberty. Chri.imas day is
therefore a day of Christian observance by
the churches, and a holiday for tae people.
In Davenport there was general cessa.
ton from business. The Episcopal Church.
IS were decorated within IN The usual style,
and services held Christmas evening and
Christmas day. A collection was taken UP
at st. Luke's for diocesan missions, amo ant.
| ing TO the sum Of $l2l,70.
The boys brought out their skates, and
men their sleighs, and merry times general.
ly prevailed.
Christmas services were also held al Tie
several Catholic Churches, with a full al.
tendance at all.of them. High Mass was eel.
ebra,ed al and 10 O'clock A. NJ 81. Mar.
geurite's Church took the lead, and in the
brilliancy Of illum,sations and excellence
OF music far surpassed her sister churches
The new aud splendid organ lately placed
IN this church was played ia skilltOl man,
ner BY MIR. &. Schlegel, who is the Organ.
ist OF this church, and discussed beautiful
and sou'stirring music. Subscriptions were
taken up at each church for the benefit of
the Catholic Seminary for educating young
MEL for the Priesthood.
St. An,hony's Church gave slls.OO
Sic. Margeuri'e's . q 1000
81. kan'gunde's = 1870
The weather was propi,ious for Church
going aud merry making, and was pretty
generally improved
There is one remark able feature Of Dav'
export society deserving of notice Every
edaca tionat. religious, and charitable objee,
presenting just claims for the contributions
Of citisens, il noblv responded TO, and in
such measure ~ to satisfy everybody that
while ~ are . basiness, moasy aakisg
ssanualty. ~ ses alssa liberal md chr.
i,abss pssbls.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29
THE DAILY IOWA STATE DEMOCRAT --DAvENPORT Iowa !
The number Of sheep in Scott county

The number Of sheep in Scot, county
according TO he Auditors Report, s
1894. e
Speaking oil sheep puts US IN mud Of a
story, which has been related to U, by a
gentleman who was familiar with the early
history OF Scott County, ard 10 regard 10
the 'ru'hfnInss- We have 10 doubt, and 10
give our readers knowledge Of the circum;
STAGES Attending The introduction Of The
hrst OF the ov,ne species ,no ID. STAT, We
place II before ia, IA.
! Al an early p@fiod ia the history OF DIV,
export while yet our fellow citizen Antoine
LeCiaire, E-q was ,helhfsl whit. settler on
TINS side Of i'he Father Of ,Waiers, ~ the
| State OF Iowa, d certain Ene.i,h lord, who
held claims ~ HE West, imported 10 his
country Hook Of very high bred, fine
| wooded sleep, which we,e landed m NiT-
gina, and by his agents were TO be taken
through III wilderness t. Fort Su-il.ng. la
process Of time after long aud weatisome
quincy, sad sheep LIriy al Rock Island,
VI the present Jay, not even lhr semblince
OF a ferry boat, The drovef> were somewhat
al loss 10 know how they should effect the
pas age o. their hock, SINE eighteen hun
dfed N number. Mr.. LeCiane, however,
furnished them with Hat boat which lie
owned-by the way the largest craft then
on tbs Upper Mississ'ppi,-on which tLey
were taken luto this State. These were un
doubtedly the first sheep, OF drove of sheep
III ihis county. II was early in summer
and the agents deemed IL proper 10 rest their
fock here a few days, and di,est them Of
theIr heavy feeces, which were becoming
serious impedI,nt 10 their travelling. Ac-
cordingly they welt 10 work, aud IA a lew
DAYS $40 fine leeces, which wopli nave
made The eye, Of New England lnanutac.
turrr iany gis'en Were laying about OH the
green turf near Mr.. LeClaire's residences
As ( ken OF respec, and 10 repay III. kind
hospitality which they had enjoyed from the
hands Of our worthy citizen, they made INN
al Otter OF the sl!eesing a. gift ,presumlng.
40 doubt, i, would be of considerable Value
to Inn The otter which al this day won'd
be worth at least ~ 900, was accepted, and
the droves drpa ted, leaving b, hind also as
4 gin . few sheep, that had become TOO
week to complete The journey. Under the
circumstance. which then predominatei In
thi- county, a, that early stage, the gift was
of very little importance,-so very little
that M. LeClaire caused it 10 be raked in.
10 heaps and burned not because he could
not appreciate the generosity of the gentle.
men who presented him with the wool, but
because It was a nuisance.
10 this day il is highly improbable tina,
there has been another SO extensive shear
ing in this State, as the one we have men
toned, and We are quite sure that wool has
tncie"sed n value since that time
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29

NolrcE TO Pol1@.-f'iNc Dollars " III
be given hy the Carrier of the State
Democrat ior the best New Years Adj
dress. 1t must be OF local and spicy
nature.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-12-29

RThe charter OF the State Bank
OF Indiana expires ON the LIST of Jan
nary, when the Bank of tho State Of
Indiana, with an authorised capital OF
s6,Ooo,000, and twenty well located
branches, takes its place. The old
Bank was an emincntly successful In.
stltution, as We trust its successor NAV
be.