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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIyER.-The

A ROLAND FOR AN OLIvER.-The ia
nous Russian pianist Lefebvre- Wely, was
one evening in company with the wealthy
shoe-dealer Sakoski, and the latter called
upon him so perseveringly to play for his
satisfaction, that he consented, under the
mere pressure of importantly. Shortly
after, at party of his own, composed Of
of literary and artistic people, but to which
he had invited tho boot-maker, Lefebvre-
Wely, took his revenge. Before all the
company he approached Monsieur Sakos-
XII with boot in his hand which lacked
mending and, in the same tone of urgent
politeness which the other had employed
to ask for music, he begged the immedi-
ate mending Of that rip in the boot! It
is stated that the rich Sakoski can never
since bear the sight of either piano or pi-
anist.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

~ 1t is very rarely indeed, that a
confirmed fllrt gets married. Ninety-ninc
out of every hundred old maids may at
tribute their ancient loneliness to juvenile
levity. 1t is very certain that few men
make selection from bathrooms or any
other place of gayety; and as few are in
fuenced by what may be called showing
off in the streets, Or any other allurements
of dress. Our conviction is, ninety-nine
hundredths of all the fnery with which
women decorate and load their persons, go
for nothing so lar as husband catching is
concerned. Where and how, then, do
men find their wives9 In the quiet homes
of their parents Or guardians the fire.
side where the domestic graces and feel
ings are alone demonstrated. These are
the charms which most surely attract the
high as well as humble. Against these all
the fnery and airs in the world sink into
insignificance
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY.

THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY.
He is represented in the garb and regalia of
Free Mason, standing in the entrance of the
great and magnificent Temple of King Solomon
the picture being superbly decorated with
the mystic symbols of Free Masonry. and APP
propriately colored in the highest style of art.
presents one of the most gorgeous spectacles of
oriental magnifcence of which the mind can
conceive. The likeness is striking and grand,
and for the sublimity of attitude, and the ease
and dignity of manner, is unsurpassed by any
other painting ever executed either in this
country or Europe.
This surprising picture has been produced at
| an enormous cost, and in order to supply the
demand of all classes and tastes. has been exc
cuted in various styles of coloring. at proper
tionate cost, ranging at retail from 81 to So.
Pictures on other subjects far inferior to this
are sold daily at 81 and $40 per copy, but in
order to place them within the reach of all. that
no American citizen need be deprived of hay
ing their parlors or offices honored and adorned
with one of these magnificent specimens of
American art, in the form of the great and the
good, the Father of our Country, have made
the price thus low.
Sample copies win be sent by mail or ex-
press to any part of the United States on re-
ceipt of the retail price in current funds or post
age stamps.
sw- For terms to agents. full list of NV
new publications for 1857, or for sample copies
address Fl. M. RULIsoN, al Main street, Gin
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RULIsos, 20 South Third street, Philadelphia.
P.S. Publishers of newspapers or periods
Gals giving the above advertisement Including
this notice, four or more insertions in con.
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ed copies of the same, shall have one of the
highest priced Of these pictures mailed to their
address. III. NJ. RULISON,
anY Queen City Publishing House.
I4l Main street, Cincinnati.
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

WATER FOR CALvEs.-Accident, says
a correspondent of the Ohio Csltiyator, re-
Gently taught me what, till then, did not
know, viz. "That calves, while fed on
milk need free access to water: had sup
posed the milk Consisting of their food)
was enough without water. But in
changing my calves from one pasture to
another, they passed water trough and
drank heartily. l acted on the hint, and
have since supplied them, and find they
need water as often as older cattle. No
day passed without their using moro or
less.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
GREENWOOD HOUSE,
W. II. WINCHESTER, Proprietor.

T1HE GREENWOOD HOUSE is well fur
Il nished and kept in the best style. The
proprietor fatters himself that by strict atten.
ton to the wants of his guests, he can make
their abode with him pleasant and agreeable.
Pleasure Parties
viii find this House an agreeable resort The
Natural Scenery of the Kinnickinnic River
in the vicinity, is as fine as any in the Worth
West. The streams abound with SpeckIed
Trout, and afford the best amusement to the
lovers of the angling art. Fishing tacklng
always on hand,
The proprietor respectfully invites his friends
seeking either pleasure or profit to give him
call.
Commodsous Stables are connected with
the House.
BoARD-one Dollar Per Day. -Four
Dollars per Week.
River Pals, Pierce Co., Wis, June Is. 1851
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

ANEcDoTE OF WHITFIELp.-Wh itfield
when preaching at Princeton, NJ. detec-
ting one of his auditory fast asleep, came
to pause and deliberately spoke as fol-
lows
IF had come to speak to you in my
own name, you might ask my right to inter
rupt your incident repose; but l have
come in the name of the Lord of Hosts, >
and, with a heavy blow upon the pulpit
he roared out nImust and acM be heardr
You may be sure that the sleeper start
ed up as if he heard clap Of thunder
close TO his head. -s. $500.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

The MARRIAGE SERvIcE.-Sir John
Bowring, the British Ambassador to
China, who. by the way, wrote "Watch-
man tell us of the night" as well as
many other charming pieces of church
psalmody, is said to be not only a very
eccentric, but very opinionated man.
On one occasion he was animadverting
upon the ''wickedness," as he expressed it
OF the marriage service as prescribed by
the Church of England. "Look at il, "
said he; with this ring thee wed-that's
sorcery; with my body | thee Worship
that's idolatry; with all my worldly goods
| thee endow-that'sa lie.n ss a
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
Black Ants.

A Correspondent asks the following
question: "Will you please ask your nu-
merous readers what remedy | can adopt
to distroy black ants!" AS one of the
numerous readers of your paper, allow me
to answer the lady friend: 81
Take about a teaspoonful of common
red lead, which can be obtained at the
painters, and mix in with a sufficient
quantity of molasses to made thin paste.
This will catch part, and dispense the
balance of the trespassers.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
POETR Y.
KISSES.

Sitting tonight in my chamber,
A bachelor frigid and lonely,
kiss the end of my pipe-stenn-
That. and that only.
Reveries rise with the smoke wreaths
Memories tender surround me;
Girls that are marTied-or buried
Gather around me.
Schoolgirls in pantafets romping
Girls that have grown to be misses;
Girls that have liked to be kissed, and
Liked TO give kisses.
Kisses-well ! remember them!
Those in the corner were feetest
Sweet were those "on the sly" in the
Dark were the sweetest.
Anna was tender and gentle:
To WOO was almost TO win her;
Her lips We're as good as ripe peaches
And milk for dinner.
Nell was fiirt, and coquettish;
'Twas-catch me and kiss if you can, Sir !!
Could l catch both-ah wasn't l
happy man, Sir
Anna has gone on a mission
Off to the Sonth Sea sinners
Nell is a widow, keeps boarders, and
Cooks her own dinners.
Charlotte, and Susan and Hattie,
Mary, Jane. Lucy and Maggie;
-Four are married. and plump, two
Maiden and craggy,
Carrie is dead Bloom swectlv
fe mignonettes, over her rest
Her I loved dearly and truly,
Last and the beat.
Thus sit, smoking and thinking,
A bachelor frigid and lonely,
kiss the end of my pipe-stem- -
That. and that only!
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

ABERNErHY was sent for by an innkeper
who had quarreled with his wife, who
had scored his face with her nails 80 that
the poor man was bleeding and much
disfigured. DR.. Abernethy, admonish-
ing the offender said:
'sMadam are you not ashamed of your
sell, to treat your husband thus-the hus-
band, who is the head Of all-your head
madam, in fact"
"Well, doctor, 'fercely retorted the vi
rago, ''and may not scratch my own
head.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

A WORD TO BoYs. = Begin in early
life to collect libraries of your own. Be-
gin with single book: and when you
find or hear of frst-rate book, obtain
it if you can. After while get another
as you are best able, and be sure to read
it. Take the best care of your books;
and in this way when you are men, You
will have good Libraries in yonr head as
well as on your shelves. Isle aela
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

THE DUTcHMAN AND The GoAT.-A
good one occurred in GAINESVILLE some
time ago, when Mr.. Porter was land
lord of the Eagle" and dutch Pete
did the "clean thing" or honors of the
stable. Pete and the horses had a large
as well as very strong soa. for compan-
ion. At the time of our story the stable
was occupied by drove OF mules. To
the great annoyance of Pete, "Billy" (the
goaD was sometimes in the habit of ia
king up his quarters in the hay NOW,
which he reached by pair of stairs.
Mine host of the Eagle, and the usual
crowd in the bar-room, were one day star
tied by Pete rushing in, almost breathless,
and exclaiming at the top of his voice !;
'Meestir Borter! Meestir Borter! Billy he
leaves or leaves. l go up in de stable,
and dere vas Billy, I say, Billy go down.
he say bah-bah-wa. I say again, Billy
you 90 down, and strikes at him NIT de
pitchfork, when de sheep shust gets up
on his hind legs, and pitches into me and
butts me down stairs 'mong de mule jacks,
who all kicked me more hard dan de
goat. So, Mr.. Borter, Billy he leaves or
| leaves"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
What Constitutes "a Politician

A long tongue and an empty head; a
fuency of speech amounting to a verbal
diarrhoea; a singular lack of ideas-but
an abundant store ofclap rap and fustian ;
perfect devotion to self and selfish ends
a lavish adulation of the ''Dear people,
for the sake of the loayes and fishes they
have the power to confer; patriotism as
hollow as drum-and rs noisy; an APP
petite SO rapacious that it regards the gift
of one fat capon of an office as but the
prelude to a succession Of similar dishes,
each superior to the one that precedes it,
ard ranking jealousy to every individ
ual whose claims to the public consid-
Grafton are based upon the moro sterling
qualities of intellect and good morals
Such are few of the elements that char
acterize the politician of our day and gen
Grafton, and such, unhappily, are the lead
ing traits that distinguish q large proper
ton of those who hold office in this repub-
lie, or occupy seats in our local, State and
the National Councils.-Boltimore Pat
riot.
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
OFFER FOR SALE THEIR ENTIRE
STORE & BUILDING


UTISHING to give our attention to other
w business, we offer to sell our entire
stock Of Goods and Store Building on
reasonable terms.
The locality for selling goods is preferable to
any in this part of the West; it being in the
Village of River Falls, about half way between
Prescott and Hudson, seven miles from Lake
ST. Croix, and in the center of as rich farm
ing district as there is in the Mississippi or St.
Croix valleys.
While the merchants of Prescott and Hud-
son have closed up their business campaigns
with large portions of their goods remaining
unsold upon their hands, we have invariably
been enabled at the close of each season to re-
duce our stock down very low.
Merchants wishing to 60 into business in the
West, cannot do better than to give us a call
and examine the advantages which our locality
affords for selling goods.
The Store Building, with a large and
commodious Barn, and two lots on which they
stand, will also be sold at a bargain. The
premises are situated ON Main street, near the
center of the village, and but few rods from
the Kinnickinnic.
POWELL & Co.
River Falls, June Is, 1867. Il If.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
Cheap for CASH, or Ready Pay.

We will not give you long gassy advertise
ment, that we will sell 20 or 80 per cent. cheap
er than any other store in the country; We shall
do no such thing. We expect a reasonable
profit for our Goods. Our motto is, /" live and
let livs." All we ask is for the people to give
us call, and ascertain for themselves. We
shall endeavor to keep an assortment OF the
above goods at all times, when they can be pro-
cured in the market. We also have small
stock of
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
Chicago Tribune for 1867.

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE is bold, earn
i est and straightforward Republican paper.
devoted to the cause of Freedom, Progress. and
Reform Believing that Liberty. and not
Bondage, is the saving principle the Repub-
lie, it is enlisted into the Republican ranks,
not for campaign, but during the struggle
between Freedom and Slavery. 1t contends
for the principles declared by the unanimous
vote of the Fathers of the Republic in the Con-
gress of 1887, that Slavery or involuntary SER
vitude shall never exist in territory now free"
and it therefore insists that Kansas shall be Free
that Slavery shall be excluded ftom all Ma
tional Territory. and that the influence of the
General Government shall be exercised the
side of Freedom
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
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The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05

Sitting tonight in my chamber,
A bachelor. frigid and lonely,
1 kiss the end of my pipe-stem--
That, and that only.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-05
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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-09
LATEST NEWS
Th.nnraell mararr eC.nie.,u

The Rurdcii Murder TriaI-sir,uue a al ,ec,u.,
Few addition Al features were brought out in the
tial of Mrs. Cunningham Tuesday, though the
interest III thu matter continues undated:
The opening statement of the prosecuting at
iorney, his manner while making II, and his gen
elal style OF proceeding have convinced cveryho-
dy that he at least l. fully convinced of The guilt
OF the accused. WHAT will be the result II j.
impossible tu conjecture, but if the singular inu
endo of a city paper should be proved true. that
the body OF the young woman found AT Ncwbareh
was placed there for the purpose of bringing CIR.
cumsiantial evidence into di>eredt, it would pre-.
sent an astounding please in ihi. case. The idea
evidently is darkly insinuated that Mrs Gun
ninghnmhrr counsel, or her friend, worked that
whole ingenious thing among them-had Miss
Bloom's presence secured, her disappearance
the body resembling hers selected, &c, Ac
aud all t. affect that one point ol creating pop.
ular dsttu,t ON the subject of concident ciream.
stances. The eonjectare is 81 rrwd, plausible
and possiblr-hat certainly almost incredible
The excitement in regard to this supposed nur-
der at Ne"hurgh grows more intense every dav.
not only nj Ncwhurg and It's vicinity. but all
along the Hudson River The wonderful like
ness that exists between Sarah Bloam and the
deceased, well IA, the mystery that enyenpcs
the whole eilnir, form tn" principal topic of con
versatinn. \ hdys silk hat, seen floating down
the river Oh Monday, supposed to have hosmgrd
to the murdered woman, may throw some light
upon the ailait \ report has hecn circulated at
Newhureh thai young lady waS missing Il short
distance ABOVE that village. aud rurtv had gone
there to learn further particulars.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-09
TIN yellow itcycriu iio sauriro.

The Tribune gives the following extract from
private letter received from Spanish gentle
man residing in Rio de Jauero. dated Feb. 20.
"You will, perhaps not exactly understand my
illusions to the mortality of the place; bat when
! tell you that we nre in the midst of the sickly
season. ard that the yellow fever is carryinga.
way twenty to thirty foreigners daily. beside
leaving several, hundred sick in the hospitals You
will agree with me in thinking that it would be-
pretty ponr speculation for any company to in
sure my l.fe; and. as my occupations keep out of
doors, exposed II the sun. you may expect be-
fore long to see my obituary in the papers"