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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-07

Prsp4rs'i and sold byiA.D.& D. SANDS DruEgluts, 1UO
Fulton Street, New York. d
Sold also by J. H. oRUMDACKER
Sold also by Druggists generally. ,plrs-1w-dGw
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GAS &c per dog
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For Rent.
TTIREE STORY Brick dwelling Hoase, with good yard,
IA nCenre Street adjoining my residences and foFnsTi
occupied by 4Tr. r. Leuis
Also tWo story brick house In Ffth ssreet be-.
tween Monroe nnt Union sts, With and StaLling.
t3ssesslon given on lat OF April, 1851: Enquire
ALEH. NEWMAN,
.1S Mat -EfFs
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Wheeling island PFopert.

FFNIIt aISEAIILs
TIME undersigned for sale all that part of Wheeling
IslandsnoEFih the occupancy Of William CLARK,
Market Garden He has had IL laid out into small fields
ranging from One and half to Five Acres
lane running through the eentrsi from
Town Lots to the head OF the Island.
Porbeanty Of location and fertility of SOIL this property
tsRot surnis8e by on the Ohio River,
sirOus obtaining location In the country
yeRentthe city, 70 those Wishing to In the bus
ness Of Market Gardening, It offers strong
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Those IAua and t3entlemen that cannot attend The Auc
TONS can buy from during the week at PRIVATE
Any and every article BELOW odST beir5 de-.
teft1ined TO wind up uainess quick - possible
An those N want Of the Ind tter can
@ Nt1 SELL IN order TO close speedily may be- at ne
5s3SIloIins ecsde,,tedi low prtess:
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MONROE HoU 1E.
[oPROsITR. THE SUPPRESSION eBRTDGEl
WHEELING, VA.

W6. BA RR HTT, Prop rieto'l1
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For Rent.
the lat Of April the dwelling houEe now occupied b
In Centre Wheeling. further particulars apply 10
-lelll6 ts.sfi go CHARLES MARSHALL,
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Handsrelll;f Extracts, Pommmades. &c., TO-
n. II. LOGAN & CO.,
fehes Bridge Corner Druggists.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-07

AEaU THO II. SALE
For Ladies' and Gentlemen every SATURDAY, N0RNfNcs
rom 9tll o'clock. WleI will sell SUPERIOR GOODS
My stock which amounts 70 SG5,OOtS, being eutfreIv
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as a FEN4LE MEDTEIyB.
IIampton's Tincture cannot be eScslig,l AZ b,r,t,
aRent Il Is far superior any the cosnrfiss Of
producing beautiful clear skim and giving 10 he
tie colos Of the rose, iapaTtng to every mu.cl ~, ~
and Gives 70 all Who enjoy health ssS M
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Chronic Periodical Nervous or Sick uea l,.N. .,,.
Standing has been cured by ias nElRoratoT ana y
Stot!Fe where gentle stinalant Wnure Ne blg.rs
to M the rorilas before the Public 70 M
YoHtA and M Age the Single aud 9Iarriei Nc Or n
P PsE and SI St RanR ~ traits, and
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01
Gymnastics i'm schools.


The educational facilities in this coun-
try are at the present day very great.
None can weQ fail of obtaining All cdu
cation for the want of them This is a
very cheering feature of our country.
At the same time, it is extensively felt
that there is something defective in our
general system Of education, on the score
of proper provision for the preservation
of health. Many, very many, whilst
they avail themselves of the educational
facilities Of the age, are found to suffer
much in their physical frame. So much
is this the ease, that it is becoming a
rare thing to find close student and apt
scholar, who is not at the same time an
invalid, Proper provision evidently is
not made for bodily exercise.
This subject is exciting inquiry, such
as, we hope, will lead to some happy re-
suits. 1t should be made part of the
system Of education itself, to provide for
regular exercise, aud that, if pos ,ible, in
the open air. In some of the older
countries, this matter is attended to, and
we should endeavour to profit by their
experience. The following account of
the gymnastics in the Swedish schools.
which we find in one of our exchanges,
is in point, and will be read with in
terest:
There are two respects in which the
Swedish school system is far superior to
ours. One is the universal teaching of
gymnastic exercises. Every school
building has its large, hi igh room, with
its carthen or matted floor, and all sorts
of instruments for developing the mus
cles--ladders, poles, wooden horses, cross
bars up to the roof, jumping places, ropes
for swinging, knotted ropes for climbing,
&c. The scholars are not allowed to ex-
ercise on what they wish, but there is a
regular scientifically arranged system.
They are trained in squads, and move
and march, sometimes to music, at the
word of command At a large public
school at Stockholm, | saw the lads in
their noon lessons at gymnastics. The
teacher gave the word, and a dozen
sprang out toward a tall pole with cross
bars, and clambering up it, each hung
WIN MS icss tnch again theF recovered
themselves, and let themselves down.
Another party, one after another, climbed
up naked mast others pulled them
selves up hand over hand on knotted
rope; others in succession played leap
frog over wooden horse; thy then
marched to the beat of the drum. The
smaller or weaker boys begin with the
lowest grade Of exercise, and follow up,
according to a scientific system arranged
for health They all seem to go into it
with the greatest relish, and showed well
trained muscular power. | could not
but conclude that the superior fhysique
Of the Swedish men is not entirely due
to climate When will America learn
that health and strength have their un-
escapablc laws -
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01
Life in the West.

The following genuine woman's letter
is from the Portsmouth TrjtuHc. The
letter is from Strawberry Hin, Kansas,
and dated May 10th. In getting ont
there they all piled into one little WAGON,
stopped one night at a log house, inno-
cent of daub and chinking, and had TO
hold the bed clothes with their teeth to
keep them from blowing away Wcquotc
the rest Of the letter:
d" wish to goodness that could send
you drawing Of our house and furniture.
! cant do the thing justice. The house
is about as large rs your kitchen. The
logs are beautifully hcwcd inside they
still retain their natural appearance on
the outside. | have the greatest guam
tty of kindling by just going around the
walls and pulling them off We will have
enough to last several years, it We have
good luck We have no window. hut
something .ar more convenient, made by
simply moving the shingles to one side.
As they are not nailed it answers every
purpose The day we got here Mr.. $.
made me table and cupboard and two
benches; one has back As our bedstcad
has not yet come from the Pint, we make
our beds on the floor. We have two
shelves where we put our pretty things.
Three or four bags hanging around the
walls help the appearance of them
very much. Ny guitar occupies friend
ly position near the meat bag. | have a
nice little cooking stove, which ballcs
very well We have no chairs, Or any
thing that town people require.
Il wish you had seen Us eating our
dinner; we had no dishes. Charley eat
off shingie; Mr.. $. took the lid Of the
stove; NJ, ate off her bread | had n big
piece of brown paper. We drank our
coffee out of tin cups. ID. and MIR. :.
have made two Of the incest gardens yon
ever saw They fenced them, and all in
three days helped II. clear off the gar
den for three days, and wish you could
see my hands. But | have been very
happy; it is So nice to work alone with
ones husband Thursday did three
weeks washing. d. is very well and is
happy as can be. lie has a wagon and
yoke of oxen, cow and calf, two turkeys
and two dogs. which, | believe, is all the
live stock we have vet. W. have not
seen butter since We left the boat; it is
not fashionable here H. il going To build
house next week, frame one, too ---
How | wish you were here; ! lon1 to $ c
you. The country Is lively, and We have
a splendid place have two beautiful
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01

| The follvTing interesting incidents we
find in the New York Eeraiag Post:
! 1t was in social and domestic life that
Mr.. Marcy appeared in his most invit-
. inc aspect He loved his family, his
children, his friends, and was never so
happy as, when away from the burden of
official cares, he could freely enter into
the pleasures which their presence af-
fordcd
Hence, during the last few weeks of
his life, when he had a worldwide and
honorable reputation, when his circum-
stances were such MS to allow him to rest
upon the honors which he had acquired,
he was i'm his happicst condition. His
old books aud his old friends were his
constant solacc, and when he stopped at
the antique and shaded hotel at BaIl~ton,
where he died, it was noticed how he
would take his chair out under the wide
spreading clnls and entertain his land
lord and the plain, old d-fashionCd people
who gathered about him, delighted with
the pleasant stories which he told, and
the philosophic humor, and shrcwdncss,
and social feeling which twiuklcd in his
keen, bright eye.
At other times he would return to his
room, as his custom was, and taking up
some favorite old author Che rarely read
modern literaturc), Milton, Shakespeare,
IIcrvey, among the poet; South, Par
row, or Robert Hall, among divincs; his
French cdition of Machiav2l Ga favoritc
work, by the way, with Senator Seward),
or Bacon, among philosophc writings,
would read until he fell asleep. And
this, indeed, was the way in which he
fell asleep on the noon of Independence
Day. He had retired to his chamber,
put his boots in the usual corner, put on
his dressing gown, and laid down with
Knights edition of Bacon's Essays, a
small red quarto volume, with illustra-
tions. When he was found, he was still
on his bed, his eyes were quietly closed,
on one side were the spcctacles, on the
other the well-rcmcmbcrcd spufi-box,
and upon his breast lay the book he 50
much lovcd-that immortal cp;:ome of
human wisdom-the Essays OF Bacon,
and over it were clasped his hands, hug
ging it to his heart. Such was his final
sleep--peaccful, serene, and worthy of so
great life---in tho midst of the thun-
ders WHICH Commemorate the birthday
OF the nation whose fame and power he
had done SO much to uphold and extend.
What page it was on which the vo-
lumc was opened know not. Perhaps
it was on that most appropriate passage
where the great philosopher thus dis
courses of " Death"
" a mind fixed aud bent on somewhat
that is good, doth avert the dolors of
death but, above all, believe it, the
sweetest canticle is 'nnnc I,mmitiis,'
when a man hath obtained worthy ends
and expectations
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The first person | met was " Sut'
(after crossing the Hiwassee), weaving
and moving along" in his usual rambling
uncertain gait ; his appearance at once
satisfied me that something was wrong.
He had been sick; whipped in free
ngnt, or was Just outsroving one Of his
big drunks. But upon this point l was
soon enlightened.
why, Sut, what's wrong now ?"
Heaps wrong durn me skin if |
aint most ded Lite off of that hoss,
George, an take horn, while | take
two Shaking that everlasting flask of his
at me-, An plant yerself on that ar log,
an I'll tell ye eff | ken, but its most be-
yond tellin. ] recken I'm the darndest
fool out en utaw, scept my dad, for he
acted hoss, an | haint dun that yet
alters in some trap that cudent koch a
sheep. I'll drown myself sum day, sec
ef | don'., just to stop a family disposi-
tion to make id fools on them
selves
How is it, Sut; have you been beat
playing cards, or drinking, which is it -
Nara one that can't be did in these
parts but seein' it's you, George, I'll
tell you but | swar I'm 'shamed, sick,
sorry, and-and--mad, l am
"Ye know l boards with Bill Carr, at
his cabin on the mountain, and pays fur
sich as I gifts when | hev money, an
when | heven't any, why he takes one
third outen me in cnssin' and she,
that's his wife Bets, takes cut the tother
two-thirds with the battlin' stick, and
the intrust with her tongue. and the in
trusts more'n n the princi'l--hcap more.
She's the cussedcs oman | ever seed cny
how for jaw, breedin', and pride She
can scold blister onto bulls face rite
on the curl in two minlts. She out.
breeds ev'rything on the river, and pat.
terms arter cv'ry fashion she hears tel
on, from bussels to britchcs. Oh shes
one on em, and sometimes she's two 0,
three, Well, ye see, | got some hun
made GOTTEN truck to make new shirt
outen, and coaxcd Bets to make it, ant
about the time it were dun here come.
lawyer johnson along and axcd for break
fus. wish it had pizened him, DUR
his hide, and wonder it didn't, for sh,
cooks awful mixn's when she tries. In
pizen proof myself lholding up his hasl
aud peaping through it, or Id been deas
long ago.
We'll, while he were catin', sh,
/ spied out that his shirt was stiff an nit,
I slick; ST. she never rested till she worm /
it outen him that preparation of fou
did it and she got few partielar
about the proceedings outen him b,
'oman's arts; don't know how she din
it, perhaps he does, Artes he left sh
set in an billed a big pot Of paste, nigl
onto peek Of it, an soused in my sher
an let il soak awhile, then she tuck i
aa' ironed ii out fa. and lry and s1t
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01

Capitally done Is the following negro melody
from the knckerbocker. II any object to 1t ot,
account Of the "celor" Of the Ian guage, he Ger.
tainly cannot fail to laugh at the imagery:
Dark, dark de night and wus dc moon,
No star but one am peeping;
De hoot-owl sings de same ole toon,
As troO de woods I'm creeping.
boo boo. boo boo!''--who car for dat,
You good for-nottin feddered cat. ..*
Dis niggsr keep on singing;
He sing and on de banjo play, ...
TO charm de goblum ghosts away.
While skunk he sweets am ninging
Troo de woods--push along
"Nebber fear de boog.a- boo"
Troo de woods--dat's de song,
Gallus son Of Ginger Blue!
Dewhip-um- will, squat on de stone
Trows music from de fiddle
De dancing frog all sspash down
Outside and up de middle,
What dat? what dat dis aigger's eyes
Displore, wild mighty big surprise,
Upon the gum tree swinging?
T am massa possum at he ease,
Rocked in de cradle Of lie breeze,
And listening to de singing.
Troo de yoods-push along,
Nebber mind de possum too;
Troo de woods, dat's de song
Feardless son of Ginger Blue!
De moons gwoin down--ritch dark de night,
Cold, cold de dew am falling;
fear dis darkey see a sight,
Dat set he wool crawling;
Who dar'! who dar "a goblum cuss'd.
Peak or dis minstrums banjo bust.
PEAK! and d,se'f uarabbr!
Peak, goblum, peak! but whe'r or no,
Dis minstrum drap his ole banjo,
And try a LITTLE trabbi!
Troo de woods--eut along
Furder back, you boog-aboo'
Troo dc woods--drap de song
Nmbe child of Ginger Blue!
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01
Getting at the Truth.

Small Joe r was playing one
sunny morning in the yard It the rear
of his residence, when cssaying to east a
stone high in the air, he found he had
miscalculated his strength, or the weight
Of the stone, as that missile slipped from
his fingers, and taking an entirely diffe-
rent direction from that intended, went
whack through a pane of glass in a
neighbor's window. Mrs. Connolly, who
was engaged in washing in the kitchen,
hearing the smash of glass in her spare
room, rushed hastily to the scene of ac-
tion, and through the broken pane be-
held Joe in active retreat lratc and in
dignant, the injured mat Oh sought the
presence Of Mrs u, and straight
poured forth the story of her wrongs.
Mrs. Il assumed a dignificd air
the culprit was called to "the presence,
and the inquest on the departed pane
was commenced Joseph" said Mrs
u, with awful sole,nnity, i" did
you break the glass in Mrs Connolly :
window 7" " Yes M" replied Joe, with
pronptRess Joseph said Mrs
=, !" if you broke that pane ot
glass | shall certainly correct you did
you break it, Sir ?" Joe hcsitated but
conscience was powerful, and he replied
that he did. Mrs. + took stick
from the mantlc-piccc. "Joseph,' said
she, " If you broke that glass, | shall
correct you most severely; | ask again
did you break It ?" Joe looked at his
mother; he looked at the stick; and
hanging his head, he murmnred, No
ma am ~ i" There - said Mrs. Il
triumphantly, " that boy never told m'
lie in his life | h"o~d he neve,
broke no window 'spect your littl,
Custer broke it she hove stone clea
over our fence yesterday. That's goot
style of encouraging truthfulness in
child, we dpn't think. -hnicierJprkc,.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01

Ben Brown opened store in Swap
town, and In order to hook everybody
INTO trade he offered to treat every one
that bought anything 1T his store. Mon
ey beng very scarce, there wa. a good
deal of barter going on in those days. So
Sam Jones called into the grocery and
dry goods store Of Mr. Brown. and asked
for darning-necdlc, Offering in exchange
an egg. After receiving the needle,
Jones said:
Come, sir, amt yon going to treat
hat. on that trade. 80
"'crta'nly-a trade is a trade, let i.
be biz or little"
Wen, what will you taLc?'
- \ glass of wine, said Jones "
The wine was poured out, when the
sponge said, would it be asking toe
much t. request you to put an cgg into
this wine! ! am very fond of wine and
egg
Appalled, by the mans mcanncss, the
storeke"per took the Identical cgg which
he had received for the darning-ntcdlc.
aud handed it to his customer, who
breaking it into his wine glass, discover
ed that 1t contained double yolk.
Look here said the sponge, '.don't
you think vou ought t. give me another
darnng-necdlv? This, YOU SEQ, il a
double yolk.'
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01

a most unpleasant emphasis. The ground
was soft aud muddy, and the yellow dog
seemed to take an especial pleasure In
leaping down at Muggins aud leapinp
back upon the luckless white suit, until
the spotlcss white became sadly changed
under the very eye of the horrifed pro.
duce and commission dealer. ..s
Poor dog, good fellow" but all in
vain the monster wasn't to be vince.
died nor coaxed. Muggins attempted
the gentle persuasion of a fence-rail
The beast was thrown into SO frantic a
paroxysm Of rage, that he danced upon
and tore with his teeth the harmless gar
ments, in an ecstacy of barkings and
yelpings that would have done honor to
Cerberus, his three heads all in operation
at once.
Muggins sat down on a stump to pom
der on the mutability of affairs, and the
yellow dog, with his tail at full cock, sat
ready for the resumption of matters ag-
gressive or defensive. Both parties were
out of breath.
Muggins suddenly heard sound--hc
| started. Could it bet was certainly
somebody coming, and girls, too, proba-
bly, his cousins. One desperate dash at
the wagon was met by Towser with a
grand rally, and Muggins, thoroughly
vanquished, plunged into the stream,
wadcd out on the other side of the chan
mel, and darted across the little island,
just as his uncle and his two cousins
emerged from among the trees, the for
mer leading the van with huge back
load of green boughs, which thrown into
the wagon completely hid from view the
lucklcss linen suit. Muggns eyed the
scene with anything but composure If
there be such thing as clothing one's $
self with curses, Musgins, who is at
times a little vehement in his expires
sions, thinks he was fully clothed, but
not in a respectable style for his uncle
family, or for the family pew on the
morrow
The old horse was brought out from
his covert and harncssed, the girls
mounted the wagon, the old man took
the lines, when suddenly ovor the waters
came
"Uncle Joshua, will you throw me
down my clothes.'
The dog seemed to recognize the voice
and barked, the girls uttered little screams
which were turned to filters as Muggins
breathcd out from his thicket the state
of the case.
The old man left the clothes on the
bank and drove off, the yellow dog re-
quirlng some urging to make him relin-
quish his guardianship.
Muggins came ashore, sadly dressed
himself in the linen suit, which loeked
| like geological chart of Soils, and took
his way to the farmhouse, thoroughly
broken down in spirit The fend of q
| dog met him at the gate with what might
have been sneezc, but sounded like a
snickcr. The girls were sylnpathizing,
uncle Josh apologetic, Aunt Susan
made a thousand unheard-of protfers OF
impossible laundry achievements bu,
Muggins took the evening train for Chi.
/ cago.
Therefore," said Muggins, 1" pro-
nounce your rural pictures Of bathing in
/ rural streams bash
We did not press the matter of his
conversion, and he soon after left tho
| Office
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-01
VOL. lV--NO. 80
Noui,g America bent on nMatrmOny-.Over
Fourteen"


The following appears AZ a vrritable lesal
item in the Detroit Free Press:
" A couple Of young sprouts Of Amer
lean blood made their appearance ycstcr.
day before Justice Purdy, and reIscst-
ed to be united in the holy bonds of mat
rimony. The appearance of the appli-
cants excited some suspicion. rs their
arcs, judging from their looks, were
about twelve for the lady and fourteen for
the gentleman. They set their years up
t" the full mark, however, and claimcd a
right to the performance Of the ccremo-
ny, the Young man twiring a tcn-spot
around his finger with much non -chal-
ance, as sort Of tacit induccmcnt to the
court to proceed without further useless
questions. Upon being asked whether
they were willing to take their oaths thrt
they were of the necessary ageS, they sig
nilird assent with much alacrity, and the
young lady holding up her hand Sworc-
roundly that she was lover fourteen. -
The same performance was about being
demanded of the young gentleman, whca
IN walked the patcrnal ancestors Of rhc
two young hop9tuls, and general discon.
ccrtion Of their plans followed They
We're about being led off by the cars to
their mamma~, when Justice Purav re-
qucsted the young lady to explain low
she dared TO take the oath that rhe.had
just taken, and which he knew must be
false. Nothing Disconnected, she stopped
down and unhcine a little caitcr, d cw
out piece Of paper on which was writ
ten thr word fourteen" Om the
strength of this she had sworn that she
was over fourtccn,' That-youn@ lady
ought to be made 4 wife as soon as pos
siblc.