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Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08
A Serious Fact for Farmers,

Just rs we arc congratulating ourselves
on an abundant harvest, and It's effect in
rcviving business in every branch, by
enabling the farmer TO buy not only what
he needs for home comfort, but to pay
off his Indebtedness to the merchant
| thus enabling the merchant and mechanic
to do the same BY their creditors-we are
met by the alarming factthat there is no
market for the surplus produce or IA
ther no means to get that surplus pro-
duce to market. Iowa has raised heavy
crop, large surplus Of grain. The sale
of that crop is indispensable to her pros
perity.s But, low as is the price of that
article, the miller says cannot buy half
the wheat that is offered. Itis not need
ed for home consumption. cannot store
it, because to do SO would involve a heavy
outlay. | cannot send it off for the same
reason. Our private bankers are obliged
to keep close to shore. The State has no
currency of its own, with which to buy
up and send to distant markets its surplus
produce. The Banks in other States are
Obliged to restrict their loans and issues.
and western bankers find it impossible to
get currency with which to aid produce
buyers. Yesterday, in this city, Wheat
was offered and could not find purchasers
at 40 cents. The same state Of facts is
reported Of the Muscatine and other river
markets; and. indeed we may say Of the
markets generally of the State.
We have time and room to-day, for a
bare allusion to this alarming condition
OF things. We trust to see signs Of re-
lief before many days, as the Chicago
market looked up little yesterday. But
we have adverted to it that the obvious
remedy may be brought to view.
Iowa mast have Currency of her own;
adequate to her wants !; sufficient to car
ry to market her agricultural surplus
Until she is lifted from her dependent
condition, in this particular, there can be
no substantial, permanent relief. The
business and enterprise of Iowa are
cramped at every step, by her destitution
Of Currency Let her voters see that
the first step towards supplying remedy,
IS taken at the coming election : and her
future will wear more cheerful aspect.
-Io,ca City Rep. n .a5.'#92
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08
The Deserter's Mother.
BY H. J, VERNON.

In the year 1909, Pierre Pitois was
sergeant in the twelfth regiment of the
line, then mustered in Strasburg. He
was native of that half-savage, half civ
ilized part of Burgundy, known under
the name Of Morvan, and his comrades
ever spoke of him as a tough customer,
Always the first and last to. fire, he had
the reputation of liking but two things
in the world-the smell of powder and
the whistling of bullets. uB a19olJ
Now one day our friend Pierre took it
into his head to address letter to his
colonel, in which he applied for leave of
absence to go and see his aged mother,
who was dangerously i'll. He added,
that his father, being seventy years of
age, and suffering under a paralytic af-
fiction, could not be of any use in nurse
tending the poor woman, and he pledged
himself to return as soon as the health of
his mother should be restoredg IT,
The. coloneps reply to Pierre's. appli-
cation was that as the regiment might
at any moment be ordered to take the
field, no leave of absence could be OBJ
tained
Pierre Pitios submitted. "A fortnight
elapsed and then a second letter was
received by the colonel, in which Pierre
informed him that his mother had died
without the consolation Of giving her
last blessing to her only child. and in
which he again solicited leave of alb
sence, saying that he could not state
his reason for this request-it was fam
lily secret--but earnestly imploring the
colonel not to deny him this favor.
Pierre's second letter was as little sue.
cessful as the first. The poor fellows
captain merely said, Pierre, the colone
has received your letter; he is sorry fol
the death of your old mother, but ht
cannot grant the leave of absence yol
require. as the regiment leaves Strasburg
Tomorrow
'Ah the regiment leaves Strasburg
and for what place may ask you ~ saie
Pierre. ''
For Austria, replied the officer. Nv
are to see Vienna, my brave Pitois w
are to fight the Austrians. Is not tina
good news for you? You will be in you
element, my fine fellow s',sI !. ~. .Ia4
Pierre Pitois made no reply 1; he seem
ed lost in deep thought. The captain
caught his hand. and shaking it heartily
sa'd' Why do you not speak. man ar
you deaf to-day? lam telling you tha
IN less than a week. you are to have tn
pleasure of set-to with the Austrian,
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

painted to gather it-l abandoned my
post, and went on my way. After tel
days Of long and weary march reached
my mothers grave. The earth seemed
yet afresh--not flower. | waited. Six
weeks elapsed, and then one lovely morn
ing | saw light blue fower-e Forget.
me-not.' AS / pfnckcd it l shed glad
tears, for me thoughtit was my mothers
soul that she had felt that was near
and under the form Of that little flower
had given herself to my heart once more. !.
There was nothing now to detain me in
the country, for my father had soon fol-
lowed my mother to the grave, and had
plucked my precious flower what more
did liwant p I remembered my mother s
charge--do thy duty Tsought the gen
darnes, and I said, / am a deserter--
arrest me- And now lam to die, and if,
as you assured me, have in you friend,
| die without regret, for you will do me
the only service l require The flower
which, ,fat the risk of my life, l plucked
from the grave, is here in little case
next to my heart. Promise me that you
will see that they do not take it from me
1t is the link which unites me to nv
mother, and thought it would be brok-
en-Oh | should not have to die. Say,
DO you promise to do what I ask of You q
: | promise, said the officer.
Your hand, that | may press it to my
heart. You are very kind to me and if
the Almighty God in his Omnpotence,
were to give me my life second time, l
would devote it to you.
The friends parted.
The next day had dawned. They ar
rived at the place of execution, and al
ready had the fatal sentence been read,
when the low murmm that ran through
the Streets changed into almost deafenine
shouts.
The Emperor the Emperor Long
live the Emperor
He appeared, dismounted from his
horse and then with his short quick step
he walked up to the condemned.
Pierre, said he to him.
Pierre gazed at him, and made an eff
fort to speak, but asudden stupor seemed
to overwhelm him. The officer who had
visited his cell was the Emperor himself
Pierre continued the Emperor, ere
nlemoer your own. own second &c time; devote
it not to me, but to France! She, too,
is kind mother Love her as thou didst
thy frst-thine own
He then turned to depart, and greeting
shouts of admiring love followed him
till he was out of sight.
Some years after this, captain of the
Old Guard fell mortally wounded on the
field of Waterloo.
Amid the din of battle, he was heard
to shout in his death pangs, Long live
the Emperor France forever! Ny
mother! my mother! 1t was Pierre.
n
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

The Chicago Tribune of yesterday
morning, states that seyeralof the leading
banks of that city have entered into an
arrangement to advance currency for the
purchase of grain, taking the bills of la
ding in the name of the bank making the
advance, and selling the grainon account
of the home purchaser. Dean Richmond
is the consignes &C Buffalo, and A. III.
Hovey, of Syracuse, the consignee at
Oswego.oq )a, ta-ys1 r.Fa-a F@'7it.a. g
. The object Of this arrangement is, of
courses to move the crop Eastward or
the purpose of making exchange on New
York cheaper, and thus enable debtors
in Chicago to meet their liabilities at the
East without ruinous sacrifice.
Rep. 29th uh. ~ as-s * 3a1fah
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

At the Dress Reform Convention,
in Syracuse, DR.. Jackson told the audi
ence that =" he had seen fifteen hundred
women take of the long skirts and put
on the short ones" A modest man, that
DR.. jackson, to stand by and see women
put on =" short skirts" Wonder if the
women knew it?
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

iof DEsTRU crIoN OF A CARAvAN.--Letters
from Syria reportthe total destruction in
the Desert of caravan. The latter con-
sisting of 500 persons and 1000 camels
laden with merchandise, started from
Damascus on the Goth of June, and by
some mismanagement lost its way. The
entire caravan pelshed, with the excep-
ton of some 90 persons.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

VINO SENATOR JONES Is.-We learn by
the Dubuque Republican that there was
fight few days since between United
States Senator Jones of Iowa, and IL
Wilson, who it appears. woul'
be Senator in place of II'AR. COFFEE.
counts of the war d;eERloRARTIGI in
was agreed thai. sPICEy. But as he
aoo do,o J1T ANne was not in his
~. street, but that he was
not II" ~.,ger in the temple.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

II you wish never to accomplish any
thing IN this world, be always attempting
great things, and despise the Mles--as
At the little stones in a building, and the
PARTICLES even in the mortar that atoge-
ther, were not as necessary as the larger
materials.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

a mans wealth depends more on his
wife than his income. Some women viii!
cause their husbands to become rich on
i've hundred a year, others can scarcely
keep out of jail on five thousand. Ii
married men are poor, in nine cases out
OF ten, it is their wives fault.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

PRoLrFIc Cow.-The Batavia i'd
g notices a remarkable COW owned in
ttown. She is red Devon, eight
old this spring, and has had l3
& In 1854 she had two calves at
n; last year she had four. this
'ree, all full grown and we'll
Who can beat that {?
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

GAMBIA person being asked why
ne had given his daughter in marriage
to man with whom he was at enmity.
answered 81 did it out Of pure revenge"
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

II lie Hoosiers on the Wabash turn
'a9y shakes" to some account; they
climb into the top of "shell bark
ust as the chill comes on, and by the
lme the personal earthquake" leaves
hem, there's not hickory nut left on
he tree.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

Sound teeth have been entirely dissolv-
ed in fourteen days in solution of saler-
atus.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08
REASON FOR RIsIBILITIEs.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Sweet coz, Pm happy when can,
I'm merry while may
For lifes at best o narrow span, a.
Atheist winters day.
If care could make the sunbeams wear
A brighter, warmer hue, r....s~
The evening star shine out more fair,
The blue sky look more blue,
Then should be graver man;
But since tits not the way.
Sweet coz, I'm happy when can,
s. sAnd merry while I may. I = ~ =
iii1If sighs could make lis sin the less, ai
nil Perchance were not glad ~ "
Ifmourning were the sage's dress,
Ny glrb should then be sad 49,
But since the angels wings are white,
+ And cen the young saints smile
And virtue wearsta brow of light
.a} And vice a robe of guile goaj
Since laughter is not under ban,
"2 Nor gladness clad in grey
Sweet coz, I'm happy when Ican,
And merry while may.
I've seen bishop dance reel.
And sinner fast and pray
A Aknave at top Of fortunes wheel,
"a And good man cast away.
Wine have seen your grave ones quaff.
B Might set our fleet afoat; % ,ss-- q
but never heard hearty laugh - Y
~ From out a villains throat; 4 r. H.,
And never knew a mhthful man
Make sad young maids day.
Sweet coz, I'm happy when / can, 'F
And merry while / may.
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08

wa GRE DID THAT MAN GO TO I'm a
apa hotel in this village, there is en-
ell bartender, who is in the habit
Rng his tod" pretty freely, and al
h makes 1t point never to drink in
cnce Of his employer. a few days
+, while he was in the act of drawing
" tod, preparatory to taking drink,
employer came into the bar-room rath
unexpectedly. Finding himself caught
the act, he set the tumbler aud its con-
Is on the counter, aud casting his eyes
und with look of surprise, exclaim-
/. Where iR thunder did the man Mat
cred that drink 80 to-[ Newburg
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-10-08
Elegant Extract.

every encroachment, great or small,
is important enough to awaken the atten-
ton Of those who are entrusted with the
preservation of a constitutional Govern
ment. We are not to wait till great pub
lie mischiefs come, till the Government
is overthrown, or liberty itself put in ex
'treme jeopardy. We should not be wor
thy sons of our fathers were we SO to re-
gard great questions affecting the general
freedom. Those fathers accomplished
the revolution on strict question of prin-
ciple. The Parliament of Great Britain
asserted a right to tax the colonies in all
cases whatsoever, and it was precisely on
this question that they made the Revolu-
ton turn. The amount of taxation was
trifling but the claim itself was inconsist-
ent with liberty and that was in their
eyes enough. 1t was against the recita!
of an act of Parliament rather than against
any suffering under, its enactment, that
they took up arms. They went to wal
against preamble. They fought seven
years against declaration. They pour
ed out their treasure and their blood like
water in a contest in opposition to an as,
sertion, which those less sagacious and nol
so well schooled in the principles of civil
liberty would have regarded as phrasefl'
gy or mere parade of words. .;,Tii ..;;,,icklv :
in the claim of the British who had !;
seminal principal oe' She. of course Il
ofupust p9Nat relief, and after pleas Il
it forth frng the gentleman for his at.
guises, samed her walk" The story
their sy well but if the lizard was .,
blow her exterior skirt and crinoline. f
ed 'Aunder coafa ste feel crauE' k
/ M
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03

to be taxed before him and to be made. in whole
or IN part, charge upon and be paid for out
OF the trust fund, so that each person intended
to be benefited BY such proceedings shall boar
and pay his fair and just share Of such costs
and expenses.
Approved, November 10, 1857.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03
No. 22.--An act in relation to Fences.

No. 22.-An act in relation to Fences.
1t is hereby enacted DC.
SEC. |. The third section of an act entitled
- an act RELAXING to the building and repairing Of
fences, approved December e. 1853, shall not
apply to any uncul,vated, unimproved, or nnoc.
cupied lands, which shall adjoin other lands OF
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03
Approved, November 9, 1857.
No. l5.-An Act relating to Railroads
II is herein pnocjed d-r

No. l5,-An Act relating to Railroads.
IL is hereby enacted DC:
Sec. l. In all cases where u mortgage Of any
railroad or any part thereof, made by any rail
road con- pany in this State, to secure the pay
ment of bonds, shall have been foreclosed, and
the legal title to the mortgages, any number
OF persons hslding majority in amount of the
principal Of the bonds so secured, may form
themselves into corporation for the purpose of
owning or maintaining and operating such rail-
road, or part thereof for public use, in the con
yeyance Of persons and property, in the manner
following they may make subscribe and file
articles of association, in which shall be set
forth brief statement of the making and fore
closure Of the mortgage under which they have
become interested in such railroad the amount
vi bonds which were owing upon and secured
by the mortgage; the name of the corpora ton
TO be formed the amount of its capital stock
which shall not exceed the amount Of principal
and interest Of said bond aud twenty-five per
cent. on the same in addition thereto, and the
number of shares, each of which shall be- fifty
dollars, into which the capital stock shall be
divided the number of directors by whom the
corporation shall be managed tho names Of
persons who shall be directors for the first year
and until others are chosen in their places, and
u majority Of the directors OF such corpora tior
shall be residents of this State Each subscrib
or to such articles shall state in his subscrip
ton the number of shares which he takes Of
agrees 10 take, and the amount Of bonds held
by him and secured by such mortgage which h,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03

No. l6-An Act in relation to Trustees of
Railroads.
II is hereby enacted, DC:
Sec l. 1t shall bc the daty Of trustees in pos
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03

No. l8.-An act in addition to chapter thirty
of the Compiled Statutes, relating to appli.
cations to the General Assembly.
II is hereby enacted. 3c.
Sec. l.. No tax shall hereafter be laid upon
any county in this state. unless notice thereof
shall have been given, in the form and manner
specified in sections one and two nfreherse-
three of the compiled statntes ~
See. g. This act shall take effect from ils pas
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03

Ne. 9.--An act in addition to an act entitled
"an act in relation to the Disclosure of
Trustees approved December 6, 1853
His hereby enacted DC.
Sec /. A commissioner may be appointed
upon the application of trustees, in ths same
manner, and to the same int ents and purposes,
as upon the application of the plaintiff, us is
now provided by the act to which this is an ad-
dition.
Sec 9 This act shall take effect from its
passage
Approved, November 6, 1857.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03
No lO.-An act relating to Trustees.


No. ll.-An act in amendment Of an act en-
| titled an act in relation to assignments, ap
| proved November 10, 1852, and to amend an
act in relation to Assignments, Approved No
vember IA 1855.
His hereby enacted &c.
, Sec, |. Section three of an act entitled ian
act in relation to assignments, approved Novem-
Der 10, 1852" is so amended as to read os fol-
lows - shall he the duty of the assignor and
assignee to 6.e in the county clerks Office in tho
county where the assignment is made and the
property assigned is situated, at the time OF
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1857-12-03

No. An act in amendment dissection thirty
three of chapter twenty-nine Of the com
piled statutes, relating 10 Justice tits.
N berpbU on acted hc
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-01-03

so soon," he said; "and it must have
been as expected--she yas alone!"
But even this conviction did not hurry
him away. He carefully examined the
ground in the neighborhood, and then,
returning to the scene of the struggle,
followed the trail, by those slight indica-
tons which none but backwoodsman
could have discovered, for several hun
dred yards to the westward. He thus
ascertained these facts: That the actual
captors were but two in number that
they had concealed their horses in a
small thicket, some distance above the
grove where the capture was made; that
they had retreated in great haste, keeping
within ravine which drained the prairie;
and that at or near the thicket they had
rejoined the main body of marauders,
consisting of half-a-score of horsemen.
"They have been frightened away by
the gathering at Fieldings," thought the
ranger.
He FASTENED back to the grove, and
springing upon his horse, galloped away
toward the house. He had still linger-
ing hope, though faint, that he might
find his bride at home; but this vanished
at once when he rode furiously to the
gate and was met by her father.
"Indians - he shouted, in the loud,
full notes of voice like trumpet. "Ho!
rangers Mount and follow y
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-01-03
4oftru.
THE M0URNER IN HEART.
By JOHN BOOKER.

oh! thou who in silence dost mourn
Thou who art no stranger to care,
Hope on though much thou hast borne
That is hard for rnortals to bear
Thou child of affection thou art
Too weary on earth to find rest
Strive thou to bear nobly thy part,
For what were thy faith without test?
Thy heart may have oftentimes bled
Meath the stroke of the chastening rod,
Yet thy sighs and thy many tears shed,
All-yes, all are known unto God.
On, then, poor mourner, look up!
Nor be thou for ever cast down
Thine may be griefs bitterest cup
The cross must be borne ere the crown.
Though sorrow encircle thee round,
And shrouds thy soul in its night:
Yet for thee morn will be found,
Radiant with heavenly light.
Life's trials are wisely designed,
And this in the end thou wilt see /:
If true to thy faith thou wilt find
There's rest in Heaven for thee!
Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-01-03
THE RANGERS CHASE
WESTERN STORY OF THE WAR OF 1919.
BY J. l.. mcconnell.
CHAPTER /.
"Come, haste to the weddingl"

"Come, haste to the wedding!"
On the third of February, 1909, an
act of Congress was passed, defining the
boundaries of Illinois. .----A nstahl.-l:~
the "First Grade" of Territorial Govern
ment: The population of the whole ter
ritory did not then exceed twelve thous-
and; and, with the exception of Chicago,
and few settlements on the Wabash,
was confined to narrow strip of country
along the Mississippi. But, upon the
organization of the new government un-
der Governor Edwards), the current Of
migration received an impulse in this
direction; and the fertile prairies, lying
nearer to the centre of the State, began
to attract more attention. Kaskaskia was
the seat of territorial authority, as well
as the nucleus of population; and it was
northward, along the banks of the river
of that name, that the stream of emf
grants naturally took its way.
Among those who pushed adventu-
rously forward in that direction, was a
certain Thomas Fielding, who migrated
from Virginia, in 1911; his family con-
sisting of a wife, two sons and one daugh-
ter. Passing by the settlements in st.
Clair County, he pressed on across the
prairies, with world of fertile acres
spread out before him, until he reached
the banks of Shoal Creek, in the county
of Bond. A few miles southwest of the
point, where the town of Greenville has
since been built, he found tract of land
which combined all the advantages of
which he was in search. A prairie, sew
eral miles in width, was bounded by high
and valuable timber along the creek, and
stretched away toward the north and west,
in all the rich, unbroken beauty of prim-
eval nature. Elevated, but well watered,
undulating, though not rugged; that por-
ton OF which, with the freedom of the
wilderness, he took immediate possession,
was easily converted into beautiful and
productive farm. Just within the skirt
of the timber, protected by grove of
stately oaks. he erected spacious though
primitive mansion; and here, in the grand
solitude Of wood and plain, he prepared,
with his family, to spend the remainder
of his life.
1t was chiefly with view to the welfare
of that family he had left the older and
more thickly -peoplcd State of Virginia,
to seek home in the Far West. He was
growing old; his sons were approaching
manhood: and, after assisting their father
IN providing for bis age, it was natural
that they should be solicitous about their
own future. Each, accordingly, with the
concurrence of the father, selected for
himself sufficient domain; and such
was the energy with which they prosecu-
'ed Their improvements" that by the
spring OF 1913, there were three separate
farms, Immediately contiguous, under
active cultivation. Both of the sons were
married in the course of the followine
snmmer--for other emigrants had fol- |