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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
CARROTS.

When Mr.. Little several years ago
astonishcd the world, or at least that
portion of it who reside or "most do
congrcgatc" in the goodly city of
Newburyport, Mass, with his four
teen-hundrcd-bushcl crop of carrots
from an acre, there were not few who
were disposed to attribute the unprc-
ccdentcd achievement to necromancy,
or the black art. In the important
department of farming termed Root
Culture" the capabilities of our West
ern soil have scarcely been tested.
We feel confident that the day is near
when the patient hard working farm
or will learn that it less expensive to
cultivate smaller surface in such a
manner as to yield more than he now
derives from the whole.
As to the value of carrots for stock
feeding, and especially as feed for
mich cows, calves, horses and swine,
the introduction of facts having d.
rect and specific bearing upon the case
would, we feel assured, be by most
readers deemed supererogatory, if not
absurd. We advise every farmer to
sow good size patch of carrots. 1t is
not yet too late to attend to it. Your
cows and horses will make you an am
pie remuneration for them.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
MARRIED LIFE.

Deceive not one another in small
things nor in great. One little single
lie has, before now, disturbed whole
married life a small cause has often
produced great consequences. Fold
not the arms together and sit idle. Do
not run much from home. Ones own
hearth is of more worth than gold.
Many marriage begins like the ROSY
morning, and then falls away like the
snow wreath. And why Because
the married pair neglect to be as well
pleasing to each other after marriage
as before. Endeavor always to please
one another; but at the same time
keep God in your thoughts. Lavish
not all your love on to-day, for rcmcm.
Der that marriage has its tomorrow
also. Spare, as one may say, fuel for
the winter. Consider, daughters, what
the word wife expresses. The married
woman is the husbands domestic
faith IN her hand he must be able te
contide house and family be able te
trust to her the key of his heart. Hi,
honor and his home are under he1
kccping-his well-being in her hand
Think of this E! And you, sons lear
to be faithful husbands and good Go
theirs of fmailies. Act SO that Won,
wives shall esteem and love YOU
Frederika Bremen.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
LAZINESS,

Laziness is bad disease, and like
many other kinds, is often sclf-impos-
ed. In the case of many individuals,
it is an inherited malady, and consc.
quently hard to GUST from the system.
But it is oftener the case that this dis.
gushing malady is brought upon per.
sons by their own deliberate selfish
ness-by vastly discrcditablc dispo
sition to shirk the inevitable burdens
incident to living a decent life. Lazi.
ness of this kind is one of the candi
nal sins and should subject the OBJ
noxious offender to the discipline OF
the tread-mill. More particularly is
laziness offensive in the young and
healthy. To learn to work and work
cherfully, is the central lesson of life.
Begin to learn it early-eschcw lazi-
ness as the most disgusting of all
faults, and one that will surely end
in hopeless misery; for depend upon
it, none can be so insensible through
laziness as to be, in the end, incapa-
bic Of suffering. Nature is in the
event of non-paymcnt Of her de-
mands stern and merciless creditor.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
WELLS PICTORIAL SYRUP OF
WILD CHERRY.

For Coughs, Colds Influenza, PiprTsy, .AdhD'd,
Whoping- Cough, Bronch'tis, and all diseases
Of the Lungs, Throat, and Chest
YNHIS valuable remedy is prepared with great
l. care and on correct chemical principles,
and has gained for itself great reputation.
No injurious effects will be produced, should
the patient be ever SO much reduced. An
overdose will cause nausea and sometimes
vomiting, but will produce no other unplcas-
ant result.
Patients should avoid taking too large dos
es, as in most cases it has better effect by Ia
king a dose that will rest well on the stomach,
The precise dose for each individual patient,
or the number of times to he taken during the
day, will depend very much upon the temper
amcnt of the patient. As general thing, the
patient should commence with small dose,
increasing in amount until nausea or dcprcs-
sion is produced, then continue in slightly di-
minished doses until the desired effect is pro-
duccd.
Consumptive patients will find this an ano-
dync expectorant of rare medicinal virtues, al.
ways giving relief and efiecting Il cure, if with
in the reach of any medicine.
To all who have a cough cold ughtness of the chest
difficulty Of breathing &C., feel In duty bound to rec
ommCnd Wells Icrtural Syrup of Wild Cherry il be
ing the host preparation for those diseases have cvc
proved emincntly successful in curing severe coughs
and other pulmonary diseases and in my it Ia:
been entirely successful. l.. Ct RTIs.
Bloomington. Dec. 20 1852.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
LITTLE GIRLS.

Who is lovely? 1t is the little girl
who drops sweet words, kind remarks
and gives pleasant smiles as she pas
ses along. Who has kind word of
sympathy for every girl or boy she
meets in trouble, and kind hand to
help her companions out Of difficulty,
who never scolds, never contends, ne
her leases her mother, nor seeks in
any way to diminish, but always to
increase her happiness. Would it not
please you to pick up a string of pearls
or drops OF gold, diamonds or pre-.
clons stones, as you pass along the
street! Yet these are the precious
stones which can never be lost. Take
the hand of the friendless. Smile on
the sad and detected. Sympathizc
with those in trouble. Strive every
where to diffuse around you sunshine
and joy. lfyou do this, you will sure
ly be beloved.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
s. WIGGIN, JR.,
A Chit ECT
Civil En&ineeI

st. Charles City, Floyd Co., Iowa,
Is prepared to execute in the best and short
notice
Plans, Perspective Views, Ornamental
Plating, Elevations,
Detail Drawings Of Original Designs
Public Buildings, Private Residences,
Stores. Offices, &C. SC,
And contract for their erection by the Job, or
give superintendent by the day. on reasona-
BILE terms. Particular attention will he given
to the construction of
Bridges, Dams, Mills, &c.,
in this and adjoining States.
REFERENCES:
Hon. Rucl Williams, President uf Kennebcck
x Portland and Somerset & Kenncbcck Rail
roads, Augusta, Me-; Otis Holmes, Esq, Agt
Hadlcy Falls Company, Holyoke, Mass; J. c.
81. Tuckerman, Esqrs. ,Proprictors Ulster Iron
Works, Saugcrties, Y. Vim. Melchcr, Esq i,
Agt. Agwam Canal company, Mittncaquc,
Mass. JAS Garland, Esq, Superintendent Car
Works, Chicago, III. Duncan Ferguson, Esq
Agt. st. Charles Town Company, st. Charles
City, Iowa.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
FOOD FOR HENS.

OF all the fcathered tribe, hens
are the most easily to be fed. Every
alimcntary substance agrees with
them, even when it is buried in ma.
nurc nothing is lost to them they
are seen, the whole day long, inces
sanity picking up a living. In well
fed fowls, the difference will be seen
not only in the size and flesh of tho
fowls, but in the weight and goodness
of the eggs, two of which go farther in
domestic uses than three from hens
poorly fed, or half starved. 1t is Gus
tomary to throw to the fowls in a
poultry-yard, once or twice a day, u
quantity of grain, generally corn, and
somewhat less than they would con-
sumo, If they had an abundance
Fowls, however, are more easily sat
isfied than might be supposed from
the greedy voracity which they cx-
hibit when fed from the hand. 1t is
well known, that, as a general rule,
large animals consume more than
small ones. There is much difference
in the quantity of food consumed by
individual fowls as there is in ami
mails. 1t has been found, by careful
experiments, that the sorts of food
most easily digcstcd by fowls, are
those of which they cat the great
est quantity; they evidently become
soonest tired of, and arc least partial
to rye. 1t has been found that there
is considerable economy in feeding
wheat, corn, and barley, we'll boiled,
as the grain is thus increased in bulk
seems to satisfy them but there is
no saving by boiling oats, buckwheat
or rye
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
SILAS CARD & SON,
Real Estate Agents,
Mason Civ.

Csvro Gordo Co, lo,ra.
nFFER for sale the following Real Estate
~ ut the lowest prices:
100 acres, improved, two and a half miles
from Mason City
so acres choice prairie, overlooking town
160 acres, $50 prairie, 10 Of timber, one and
q half miles from town.
20 acres choice timber, two and half miles
from town.
10 acres heavy saving timber, three miles
from town.
Two choice business lots and q building,
facing Public Square.
Also, building lots in Mason City.
80 acres lying on north bank of Clear Lake,
suitable for residenc.
Lots in village Of Clear Lake. Out lots ad-
joining village, in size to suit purchasers.
$50 acres, improved and well watered, one
mile east of Clear Lake village
80 acres timber, two miles from last men.
toned tract
40 acres lying on south bank Of Clear Lake,
adjoining Clear Lake City, will be sold in lots
to suit purchasers.
Also, wild lands in Worth, Hancock, Cerro
Gordo and Franklin counties, comprising tim
Der and water, eligibly situated, and for sale
low, on easy terms.
Also, 600 acres of choice land in Cerro Cor
| do county well watered, for sale on the follow
| ing terms: One quarter down, balance in
2, and years. at per cent. interest. Will
| be sold cheap. 32tf
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
WASHING HORSES LIMBS.

Whenever it is necessary to wash
a horses legs, do it in the morning.
Most grooms act on different princi-
pie, washing them as soon as the ami
NAL comes in. This is bad practice.
When the roads arc dirty and the
weather wet, and the legs being al
ready soaked, washing can do no
harm but to deluge the legs with
water the moment horse enters the
yard, heated with exercise, is as un
natural and absurd as to jump into a
shower bath, after playing an hour a,
cricket. Rub him down with straw
and dry brush, aud the next morning
wash his legs as clean as soap and wa
ter can make them.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
A. B. VAN COLTS
Jewo1rv store.
Northeast Corner East Water and Wisconsin S,

!,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
'I'HIS old and well tried establishment il
l. now, rs ever, in full tide of prosperity
spL$GH s1pODIS OFF GOODS
is new and choice, and the prices SO favorable
as to make the place favorite and desirable
resort for persons of all ages, sexes and condi-
tons. The stock
Is the Largest and most Desirable
ever brought to the Western Market New
Goods of our own importation and manufac-
ture, which will he sold to the trade at the
Lo,rea Ne,c York Jobbiag Prices. Jewellers mer-
chants and pcdlers will do well to call before
going east, or purchasing elsewhere. Among
this stock may be found a full assortment OF
WATCHES,
from the most celebrated manufacturers. AL
SO the latest patterns of
JEWELRY or EVERY KIND
Watch Glasses and Materials also, Watch
maker Tools of every variety. Jcwelry and
silver ware manufactured to order, and war
ranted.
The subscriber is thankful for past 'favors
and requests continuance of the same.
Milwaukee, April Is, 1867. 33tf
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
ELLEN'S ROSE BUSH.
BY LYDIA Z. WHITE.
A story for Children.

Children, | will now tell you a little
story about Ellen and her rose bush
One sunny spring morning her aun,
gave her beautiful flower pot in
which little slip from a monthly rose
bush was nicely growing. She told
Ellen that she must take very good
care of it, and that in a few weeks il
would bear beautiful blossoms. So
every day she watercd it, and placed
it in the warm sun light where there
was plenty of fresh air. She watch.
ed it anxiously-and oh how her little
heart leaped for joy when she saw the
fresh leaves and the first tiny bud.
She went to look at it the first thing
in the morning and the last at night.
Day by day the bud swellcd and at
length the red petals began to show
themselves, and one morning she saw
that the bud had changed into beau
tiful blossom. AS she stood and gaz
cd upon it, she felt that she was amply
repaid for all her care and patient
watching.
Now, my little friends, your bodies
and minds are similar in some res
poets to Ellcn's rose bush. If your
parents did not provide you with suit
able shelter and nourishmcnt, you
would pine away and die. II you,
minds are denied proper food and care
they will become weak and sickly
They require far more tender nurtur,
and vigilant watching than did tn,
rose bush. They must be placed il
the soft sun light of affection, be wa
tered by the gentle dews of whole
some knowledge and instruction, and
breathe the pure air of sweet associa-
ton and healthful restraint.
But your parents and teacher can
not rear them properly without your
cooperation all their care will be OF
no avail, unless you improve the bles-
sings bestowed upon you unless you
strive with all your power to root from
them every evil thing, and cultivate
the beautiful germs that have been
planted there by an unseen hand. II
your immortal minds are thus careful
ly and nobly trained, they will bear
far more beautiful blossoms than eve
bloomed upon an earthly plant Chill
dren, labor to improve the many ad
vantages heaped upon you, asking tho
aid Of Him who said, "Suffcr little
children to come unto me-" and you
shall receive rich reward.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10

OLD "SANDs OF LIFE."-Wc pre-
sumo some of our readers have heard
of that benevolent retired physician,
"whose sands of life have nearly run
out" and who advertiscs himself as
very anxious to impart to the world
of diseased mortals the secret of a
certain cure for their ailments. The
Hartford Press states that the real
hero of "Old Sands" is one Oliver p.
Brown, formerly a printer in that city.
He afterwards published a paper at
New Britain, Ct, and removed thence
to New York, few years ago, where
he conceived the lucky idea of the
retired physician" from which he
has already realized fortune of $780,
900 to $4,000. The Press says:
For few postage stamps the recipe
is forwarded, and as the main ingre-
dent is Cannabis lndica, or East IN
dia Hemp, a powerful drug, somewhat
difficult to procure, he kindly offers to
furnish the medicine for 50 a bottle.
We know a gentleman who submitted
the recipe to two physicians in this
city, both of whom pronounced it ex-
cellent. But the medicine furnished
does not correspond with the recipe.
There is no Cannabis Indica in it, and
it is merely compound of cough sim
pies, liquorice, slippery elm decoction,
with honey prominent, costing, the
bottle included, sixteen cents. During
the last three years, in connection
with this matter, he has been pushing
other things. At one time figuring
as MADAME Julia Melville" with a
magnificent cosmetic-the milk of
Roses and Extract of Elder Blossoms"
made of magnesia and alchohol, cost
ing eight cents, for which he charged
So. At another time selling "Dr. II.
James Regulating and Purifying
Pills )" at another the Excelsior
Ointment of India" &c, &c.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-06-10
WELLS GERMAN
CONDITION POWDERS.

For all kinds Of stock. They purify the
blood, increase the appetite, cleanse the stom-
ach and intesiincs Of all impurities and cure
all diseases caused by impnrity OF the blood or
arrangement of the system.
To THE PCmIc,-I have used Wells German Condition
Powders for all kinds Of stock. and truly they
have more than realized my expectations. Among the
cases have cured distcmpcr hide bound Stitl
plant, II raj debility. yellow wafer. and eruy,ails Of
the skin They are always useful when change of
feed Is mad" from dry to green green To dry.
have Yet To- the first To disappruyc Of them
after using them. Many give all kinds Of stock dose
at least month. and have noticed marked dit
ference between those having and those having
WM. a ALlEsToN.
Elk Grove, May %, 1854.
ME. WELLS II have fitted for market fifteen horses
this spring aud have used your German Condition Pow
derS wiki entire have used about ten papers
and consider il The best Investment made. The
German Iiniments the mos, speedy and ciecual rem
cdy In Use. Yours &C., L. Il. WnsoN.
For sale by lIildrcth & Carver and +. \. Has
kell, St Charles; A. 7. White, West Union ;
Merrill Barron, McGregor II. Fairbanks
Prairie du Chen; A. w. Billings. Bradford ;
Shepard & Beckner Mitchell. Address orders
with Chicago references to L. NJ Wells Chi
caso, HIS.
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GEO. DYER & co,

| UEo. - En- ~ w.,
1876 East Water Street, Niiuoukee, HIS.
Manufacturers, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Saddlery, Saddlery Hardware
CARRIAGE AND TRUNK TRIMMINGS,
TRUNKS, VALISES,
Carpet Bags, CELLARS, WHips, Ny-Nds, Bells
Blankets, Horse Brushes, Carry-Combs,
Cards, Sc, &C., &c.
CADDLES- than 100 varieties of Side.
- Spanish, Pad, Columbian, American and
English Saddles. Also Brides, Martingales,
Girths, Stirrup feathers, Surcingles, Crup-
pers, Halters &c.
HARNESS-1eam, Wagon, Buggy, Gig, Car
rage, and Coach Harness
COLLARS all kinds and every quality.
SADDLERY HARDWARE-Em Embracing a
great variety of Bits, Stirrups, Buckles,
Hames, Trees, Terrets, Hooks, Fad Screws,
Cockcyes, Chains, Roscttcs, Ornaments,
Tacks, Webbs, SC. Russct and Patent
Leather.
CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS Embracing a va
riety of Bands, Clips Props, Shaft Tips, NAL
leabe Irons, Enameed Cloth, Trimming
Cloths, Damasks, Laces, Fringes, Silks,
Tufts, Buttons, Carpets, Oil Cloths, &C.
TRUNK TRIMMINGS Locks, Rivets. Hin
ges, Nails. Innings, &c.
Misunderstanding and Travelling Trunks,
Valises, Carpet, Leather and Enamelcd
Cloth Travelling Bags, Ladies' Trunks and
Hat Boxes.
WHIPS--Twig, Sulkey, Trotting, Gig, Wag
on, and Coach Whips, covered Wood and
Raw Hide Team Whips, Raw Hides, Hick
DRY Stalks, Buck and Horse Hide Thongs, Ok
and Stage Lashes.
LEATHER AND SKINS-Russet Bride, and
Skirting Leather Patent Skirtinp Pa ten,
Split skirting, Flap Blind, and Dash Leath
or, Oil Top Leather, Enameled Top Leather
Colored Enameled Leather, Hog and Cha
mois Skins
f15~ The attention of purchasers is called t.
the above, as the goods are made and selected
with great care, and for sale at prices which
will compete with any in the West, at 49,
East Water Street.
1y33 GEO DYER & co.
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M Rockford Nursery. u

TIME Subscriber announces that he is cstab-
l. lshed in the Nursery Business at Rockford,
Floyd County, Iowa, where he is prepared to
supply farmers and others with every variety
of fruit trees in common demand, such as APP
pie of various kinds, Pears, Peaches, Plums,
Cherries and Ounces also dubious roots, flow
ering plants, garden vegetables &c. &c.
Early in the spring he will be prepared to
furnish e. 900 gratis, all worked and ready for
planting. Orders respectfully solicited and
promptly attended to. L. WHITNEY.
Rockford, Oct. 20, 1857. 6tf
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Boots, Shoes
l. e A II III Il R .
at WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, by
DAVID X. HOBART

DAVID X. HOBART.
Two doors east of the WaverIy House,
Empire Block, McGregor, Iowa.
HAVING been connected for the last seven
i l. years with one of the largest manufac-
turing concerns in New England, and under
standing exactly the kind of goods wanted 70,
the Iowa trade, am able, and will sell my
goods as low as they can he bought i'm the
Boston market, adding expense of freight
Gentlemen, this is so!
To Merchants
would say that l can furnish you with goods
which will guarantee quick sale and profit
To the Retail Trade
I promise Il good fit and good article at
low price.
Harness, Lace, Sole and Upper Leather Oh
hand in quantities to suit purchasers.
McGresor, Iowa, Sept 90, 1857. 2:m3:5
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GROCERIES
AT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

McGregOr, Iowa.
TIME Subscribers would respectfully an.
l. nounce to the citizens of McGregor, and
the country generally that they are now re-
ceiving and opening "a fine assortment Of Gro
ceries purchased East, consisting of
TEAS, SUGAR, MOLASSES, STARCH,
Syrups, Spices, ground
and unground, Rice, Rio and
OG. Coffee, Box and Keg Raisins,
Dried Apples and Peaches, Cod Fish,
Mackerel in Kits and half bbls Hallibut,
Box Herring, Sardines, Soap, Chocolate, Yer
micelli, Maccaroni, Pepper Sauce, Ham,
burg Cheese, Star and Tallow Can
dies, Wooden Ware of all kinds,
Imported Wines, Cham
payne, Port, Sherry,
SICILY MADEIRA, CLARET, &C, sc,
Scotch Ale and London Stout, Imported CT
CARS &c, SC. &c, at Wholesale and Retail
all of which will be sold low for cash.
l15" Cash paid for hides.
ALLEN & SOUTHMAYD.
McGrcgor, April 2, 1857. 6m3Oo
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Valuable Lands For Sale.
TIME following lands situate in Floyd Cour

l. ty, Iowa, are offered for sale, namely
Section Sc, township 81, range Is west
81 and NWt Of NEf of section IS, town.
ship 81 north, Of range Is west.
81 OF swi of section 20, township 81 north,
of range Is west.
WI of SET Of section 81, township 81 north,
of range Is west
W! of nwi of section ID, township o. north,
Of rangn Is west
W. Of nwl, and WI of swi of section IL,
township 81 north, of range Is west.
Any person wishing to purchase, can address
the undersigned, at Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Virginia, stating terms
MARK BIRD.
February s5',s. Inns