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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-04-22
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BOOKS FOR IOWA.

NTHE CITY OF BURLINGTON.
!; z L.. CcRsE d SON. would call the attention
of the citizens of Iowa to the unexampled facili-
ties they for furnishing every article in the
and Stationery line Their stock Is complete in every
department. and the connection of burlington with the
first manufacturing places in the world by railroad
places them in the heart of the market Their estab
lshmenti is dvidedinto distinct apartments, each in
charge of the most competent assistants.
LIST. MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS-The publications Of
the different eastern and western houses are plac.
ed on their shelves almost as soon as issued
I'd. SCHOOL BOOK DEPARTMENT-Are agents for
MGuffces Sanders and most of the school books
published in the Union. They furnish them at nub-
fishers prices making them come to the BUYERS at
least loper cent. cheaper than we procure them
at any place, .-..-..s
Sd. LAW BOOK DEPARTMENT. agents for the
principal Law publishing houses IN the Union they
can furnish any legal works whatever at publca-
ton prices. .......
4th MEDICAL DEPARTMENT at alltimes.
5th BLANK Bo0KS.-Bankers. Merchants and Rail-
road Companies can find every variety of blanks
at their house.
9Th STATI0NERY.-Al large stock of Can, Letter and
Commercial Note paper, and envelopes constantly
on their shelves at satisfactory prices.
Ith AGENTS DEPARTMENT. no way can a youpg
man without means establish himself in business
so easily as by securing subscribers to publications
found on their shelves. trial will indubitably
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Sth. PRINTERS DEPARTMENTAL agents for T.
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News ana Recommendations, Cases, Galleys, Chases,
Presses, brass and Lead rule--Also News and Col
ored Inks printing paper OF every size. Flatcap
Folio Post, cold Medium, cards card board cIer-
omatie boards, and everything, in fact, connected
with aprinting Office. ...,.
Anexamination of their stock is all renuested
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-04-22
THE DOUBLE LITTLE GIANT
OR TWO MILLS IN ONEi!
Patented May, 1s54.-Improyed in is

Patented May, 1s4.-Improved in 1855.
VENIkE Little Giant Corn and Cob Mill Is simple
II and portable machine formed on the COTE mill
principle entirely of cast iron for farm plantation
use ana designed for preparing food for seck which
IL does at the rate of ten to twenty bushels per hour
according to the size fthe Mill. An Improvement
has been effected In its model the present season.
which consists in adding another Cone and sett OF
crushers, together with an improved Bridge Tree and
IN substituting box platform in place Of the old legs,
by means OF all ofwhich the speed is nearly doubled
and twhen required the Mill adapted also to grinding
shelied corn into hommOny and fine meal for family
use by reversing the motion, in other words, by
running 1t backwards, ten fifteen quarts Of meal TO
the busel are obtained and the balance is superior
hommony good food for feeding
TIE AID VANTAGE or FEEDING CORN AND
COB MEAL PROVEN
Henry Aspaugh, of Greenfield co.. Ohio says:-"In
1891 myself and brother raised large crop Of corn.
and purchased 100 head of cattle to fatten My broth
er wishing to divide our interests offered me fifteen
cents per hundred pounds for his choice of the cattle
selected his seventy, leaving one hundred and
twenty. We then divided corn he fed his sin the
shock, and had mine ground together with the cob
and fed ii In troughs, nailed 10 around the yard
My brothers corn did not hold out near as long as
mine, though we had divided equally and he fed sew
enty head to my one hundred and twenty. When his
corn was out Ilet him have from mine; and when we
finished feeding the cattle weighed and sold It
was found that my cattle had gained five pounds
the hundred over double what his had gained, and my
profits were over thousand dollars more than HIS"
Each mill furnished complete, ready for attaching
team, and no extry power required than what accom-
panes each mill ,..ss
For sale by KEITH, ROBINSON CO., Burlington,
Iowa. @ 1851 b n82y
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-04-22

REDS.--A new patent, which Will
- put up trial of week and not liked will be
taken down, free Of chargeif kept, price 81 co. Any
one wishing TO try them do so by calling at my
store. n80-tf 2G s1I n. G. HARDY.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-04-22
ELACKsM

TINHE subscriber, having succeeded j. ii. Griffith
ii in the Blacksmthing business and removed TO
the Lower MILL where he has erected shop, begs
leave to his friends and customers that he
IS prepared do all kinds of work. in his line
ihort notice and reasonable terms. fsaa ye
AARON MYERS.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07
Pearls.

When we lose the hope of equaling
those we admire, admirati7p gives place to
hatred. II
Indemnity for the past-pay up. Secu-
rity for the future-pay down. 7s
1t was the saying of Sir Robert Peel
I never knew man to escape failure, in
either body or mind, who worked seven
days in the week."
The most cross grained are by no means
the worst of mankind, nor the humblest IN
station the least polished of feeling.
To find out the number Of children in
the street. commence beating on a bass
drum. To find out the number of idle
men, start dog fight.
A celebrated Frenchwoman has well
said that the greatest blessing woman
can receive on earth is the continuance Of
the affection of her husband after marriage
Speak kindly to all, for one kind word
will drive out many evil thoughts, and sti.
fle many evil passions.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07

DocToR, He HAS DONE Ira ply
sician tells the following story, not without
some regret on his part for the advice Civ
en:-.A hard working woman had a
drunken husband, who, when partly sober,
would get the blues and endeavor to de-
stroy himself by taking laudanum. Twice
did the wife ascertain tina: he had swallow
ed the destructive drug, and twice did the
Doctor restore him. Upon the second re-
storation the Doctor addressed him as fol
lows, "you good for nothing scoundrel, you
don't want to kill yourself, you merely
want to annoy your wife and me. If you
want to kill yourself, why don't you cut
your throat and put an end to the matter" 2"
Well, away went the Doctor. and thought
no more of his patient until, some two
weeks after, he was awakened from sound
nap by the tinkling of his night-bell. He
put his head out of the window and en-
quired, "What is the matter?'' "Doctor,
he has done it" was the reply. "Done
what~ "John has taken your advice"
'.What advicel" "Why, you told him to
cut his throat, and he has done it, and he
is uncommon dead this time." Imagine
the doctors feelings. He has since ceased
giving such cutting advice.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07

A PLEA Nor TO BE FOUND IN CHIT
rY-A well known lawyer a few days
ago served summons upon debtor at
the instigation of his client. The debtor
took the summons and endorsed the fol-
lowing lines, returning it to the legal gen
tleman.
Against your claim upon this suit.
I've no defence to make, sirs;
To save your clients precious time.
Immediate judgment take. sirs.
81 have no cash, and cannot pay;
I'm really foor'd, Am, sirs;
Until my prospects brighten up.
am not worth q damn, sirs."
Comment is unnecessary-it speaks for
itself. Yours, 8.
~ Y. Euening Poet.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07


AUNT LIzzIE's CeuRrsH1P.-Why, you
see, when my man came courtin' me, I
hadn't the least thought of what he was
after-not /, Jobie came to our house one
night, after dark, and raped at the door.
| opened it, and sure enough there wac
Jobie.
"Come in, sez I take cheer
No, no, Lizzie sez be, 4 have come on
an arrant, and always do my arrants fast.
But you had better come in and take .
cheer, Mr.. W. --.,,
NO, can't. The fact is, Lizzie, I've
come on this ERE courtin' business. Ny
wife's been dead these three weeks, and
everything's been going to rack and ruin
right along. Now, Lizzie, eff you're a
mind tu have me, and take keer of my
house; and my children, and my things tell
me, and I'll cum in an take cheer, If not,
I'll get some one else tu.'
Why / was skeered and sed- ca5
If you come on this courtin' business,
come in, l must think on it leetle.' ah
No, can't till know. That's my ar
rant, and l can't sit down till my arrant is
DONE
q should like TO think on it day or
two
Now, you needn't Lizzie aa9
well, Jobie, if l must i must-so here's
tu We them 80,
So Mr.. W-came in. Then he went
after the Squire an be married us right OF
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07
MILIERsBURG OHIO. THURSDAY 1855

the Navajo tribe the males outnumber the
females. The Pyides are the most degra-
ded tribe of Indians in the Territory
They live chiefly on roots, and are often re-
duced to extremities by famine. If 1 may
Judge by the little girl with our Utah band,
they are not fastidious in their Applies,
even in times of plenty. Isaw her to-day
devour the entrqils of an OK, raw, with their
contents. 1t was by the Pyides that Lieut..
Gunnison was murdered.
A letter from camp on Black Fork, Nov
5th says:
Three days ago Mrs. Mogo, wife of the
Deduty Surveyor who fled from Stat. Lake
City in July, and Jesse Jones, brother of
the Mr.. Jones who is one of the new con-
tractors for the transportion ofthe mail, ar
rived at Col. Alexander's camp from the
city, from which they had been sent by
Mormons a few days previously. Jones
had been taken prisoner month before,
and Mrs. Mogo had been detained in the
city against her will ever since her hus-
band fled. They report that nothing is
said or done among the Mormons except
with reference to the hostilities against the
United States. Infamatory sermons are
preached as usual, and on the Sunday pre-
eeding their departure Brigham Young ex-
horted the women to till the fields, tend
the stores, &c, ''while The men went out
to war;" Preparations for embarrassing
the march of the troops had been made
along the main road, the chief of which
was the construction of bitches on each
side of the highway in the narrow passes.
1t was reported that the cliffs bad been
mined in some places, so as to be readily
blown down upon the road, and that
large mine had been prepared under the
road through Emigration Canon. All
the Gentiles had left or were leaving Salt
Lake City; but the word "all," in this con-
nection does not include more than half q
dozen.
l have been permitted to-day to read
some of the papers found on the person of
J. Taylor, the Mormon prisoner. One
was letter of instructions to him from the
Mormon Commander-in-C Chief, October
4. 1t directed him to harass the troops in
every possible manner on their march, by
staplpending, stealing and manning cattle,
burning grass wherever found, and especial
ly, if possible, on the windward of trains,
so as to envelop them in the flames; by
hanging on the rear of the army and cut
ting off any wagons which lang behind, by
folling trees so as to block the road, DC.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07
Wit and Humor.

Mr.. Tillman, six feet high, married at
Savannah a lady also six feet high. The
Georgian recommends "honey-moon trip
to the summit of the Rocky Mountain"
An English Judge, in sentencing man
to death, added: aYou will now have the
satisfaction of having your case transferred
to the tribunal of higher, and, let me add,
ADLER judge"
REPAIRs.-9I am so lame from the rail-
road crash of last week, I can hardly stand,
said a limping, hobbling chap. swell,
then, l hope you intend to sue for DANA
ges,n said his friend. Damages mo, no;
| have had damages enough by them;y
I sue for anything, it sciH be for repairs.
Punch. fa
WANrEp.-The editor of the aNew
Idea," at Samida. Shelby county, Iowa ad
vertises for somebody to purchase half
interest in the concern Who wants to be-
come the proprietor of shalf an Ideag"
'I don't see for my part, how they send
letters on them'ere wires without tearin'
'em all to bits" "oh, my (! they don'tsend
the paper, they just send the wfitin' in
fluid state"
A Western editor expressed bis deligh.
at having nearly been called Honey BY
the gal he loves; because she saluted him
ae '.Old Beeswax" at their last meeting.
An Irishman at Springfield, Ohio, swore
in the Common Pleas Court, day or two
since that he decided away six acres of
land 10 man with the understanding that
he should build (tbe donor) brick house
upon it.
7 CooL.-"Have you any thing else oldw
said an English lady at Rome to boy, of
whom she had bought some modern anti
ques. ayes" said the young urchin,
thrusting forward his hat, which had seen
dozen summers, ''my hat is DID," The
lady rewarded his wit.
JoNEs.-The philosopher Jones-has
discovered the respective natures Of Dis
tinction and Difference. He says that'a
little Difference frequently makes enemies,
while little Distiction attracts hosts Of
friends. .
A GREAT QUESTION SoLyED.-sWhere
do all the pins go to3' This question,
which has so long agitated the world, has
at length been solved. 1t has been dis
covered that they fall to the earth and be-
come terra-pins!
A young lady scolding her beau for not
sending her new pair Of shoes which he
had promised to her, writes in postscript
as follows:
"P. 8. Them shuz ort TO been on hand
and the recollection sticks out about feet.
KEEN.-we find the following tibit in
an old newspaper: al wish you had been
Eve" said an urchin TO woman who was
proverbial for her meanness. "Why sop
because you would have eaten all the ap-
pie, instead of dividing it with Adam"
The Albany Kniekerbocker says, in go
ing up to Buffalo the other day, the coup
hing between two of the cars broke. This,
of course, broke the bell cord which passes
through the cars. The train Immediately
stopped. An old lady asked ssWhats the
matter?" ....iEr-s
''The coupling has broken, nlarm."
The old lady, looking at the broken bell
cord, said.
'sDon't wonder, if they tie the ears to-
gether with such a pesky string as that"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07
THE WORLD OF LIGHT.
By REV. DR.. MUuLESBERe.


Since DER Thy footstool here below,
Such radiant gems are strewn,
o! what magniflcence must glow,
Ny Godl about thy thownl
So brilliant here those drops of light
There the full ocean rolls, how bright
If nights blue curtain of the sky fa
With thousand stars inwrought,
Hung like a royal canopy,
With glittering diamonds fraught-
Be, Lord. Thy temples outer veil,
What splender at the shrine must dwelll
The dazzling sun at noontide hour,
Forth from his flaming vase,
FGnging o'er earth the golden shower.
Till vale and mountain blaze
But shows, o Lord! one beam of Thine:
What, then, the day uhcre thou doa shinsi
Ahl how shall these dim eyes endure
That noon of living rays,
Or how my spirit. 50 impure.
Upon Thy glory gaze2
Anoint, o Lordl anoint my sight,
And robe me for that world of light.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07

HIS BooTs.-The Charleston Advertis-
er says whale of the humped-back spe-
cies was driven ashore at Nahant, few
days since, and upon being cut open pair
of boots marked 81" in good state Of
preservation, were found in his entrials.'-
1t is supposed that the boots, as they were
marked - belonged to Jonah, and were
taken off and left behind by accident when
he made his exit from the big fish.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07

The following toast was given recently :
1.-THE Ladies-May we kiss the girls we
please, and please the girls We kiss"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07

"lndustry must prosper" as the man
said when holding tho baby, for his wife
to chop wood.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-07

Twas made when others sleep,
And dream ofhappy play,
While did write and weep;
Then pass its errors gently by,
Its gems of truth retain,
And while stop to say good bye.
And cease for aye the strain,
The dime sought, please make it TWO.
Twill make me happier,
And sure will ne'er be felt by you,
Though by
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Carriers Addrrss

THE PATRO 3
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'Yolmrs County BunbIitan.
JANU AIRY /, 1858.

WELL! here come with humble song,
To note the speed time fleets along,
And greet my friends with hearty cheer.
And wish them all a Happy Year:
'Tis true my Muse is feulty quite,
And will not charming lays indite,
But then you know she's not to blame,
For Poets eye, and Poets flame
Would surely'shun the Printers Dell,
Nor grant for him, her glorious seal.
By case and roller through the day,
And cen till evening wears away,
Brimmed with ink. and spattered DER,
On fancy's wings he cannot soar;
Alas! aiasl at midnight hour,
When others own sleeps witehing power.
And Joy in dreams of purest bliss
He must essay his strains like this,
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-06

The DUELLo.-ThcN N. Y. Herald, in comment
ing onthe duel fghtingand fsticutf spirit shown
Of late in different parts eff the country, says:
In referring to hcsuhcct of prizo Sighting,
the other day VIC compelled to say that
many of the fine things which We hear about
the refinement of the age and the progress of
the arts of peace in this century were all trash
and humbug, the efFuSion of "hifalutinn journal
lists or Burgundy. after-d dinner orators. The
bloody and foolish duels which have taken place
since the time when those words were written
make them doubly true. One expects that the
roughs and bullies of the city, the Dead Rab-
bits" and expelled Caifornians, and escaped
foreign convictS, who swarm in great metrOpo.
lis, will-6ght with ench other. One is not sur
prised to hear that one Of these fellows has bit
ten off moiety Of his opponeutS nose, or
gouged his eye, or beaten or strangled or bull
lied an unfortunate woman. The conduct of
Morrissy and Heenan, who, having had slight
difference of opinion, proceed to Canada to
punmcl each other until all traces of the human
face divine have been obliterated, is natural
enough. They belong to class But we are
surprised to see men of intelligence and cduca-
ton descending 20 the argument Of the pistol
after duelling has been discountepancedt through
out all Christendom. ItIgrew out of the brawls
OF barbarous' age, and is almost the last relic
OF 1t. We are aware that in some parts of the
South dueiling is supposed to be countenanced
by public opinion; but even in such districts
the man who tightS-is a greater coward than the
man who refuses to accept challenge Many
duels originate in the same way as pre- fights
from a spirit of bravsdo, or an angry word
dropped in the heat Of passion or the flush of
VINE. Morally or legally, no man has right
to put his life in jeopardy. We do not belong
to ourselves, but society, to our Kindred, con.
nections, and the thousand ties which have their
duties and responsibilities, as well as their
amenities and their privileges Stripped ofal
exploded nonsense, the code of honor is not n
bit better entitled to respect than the rules Of
the prize ring. The duellist is not aswhit SUI
perior to the pugilist Both are exceedingly
polite, after their fashions, to the persons whom
they have shot.or stabbed, or gouged or bitten
II the conqueror kills his adversary, he takes off
his hat in the blandest manner 10 the dead body
aud deeply Sympathises with the widow and
orphans ofthe deceased. Duellipg audipugilism
are signs of a semi-barbarous state ofsociety,
and should be sternly suppressed, both by the
law and force ofpublic opinion, which latter is
more powerful than any legal enactment.
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-06

WANT OF BREAD MAKES MRS DEsPRRArE.-
Buffalo must be nice place for an evening ride.
Recently Mr.. a. F. Holt was nearing his resi-.
dence in that city, with horse and buggy, fol-
lowed by big bulldog, when two men hailed
him with the Information that ono of the traces
was loose. lie thanked them, got out to look
at it, when he was knocked down with thun
dering blow on the head, Immediately followed
by "a stab in the side from a dirk. At this mo.
msnt' the dog rushed upon thesyillsin Who held
Mr.. Holt, and caused him to fly at a rapid pace
Mr.. Holt then got up, partially insensible, when
the dug put the other rufian to flight, retaining
the seat of his pants in his teeth as a trophy
AR. Holt will recover The Buffalo papers at.
tribute this attempt at robbery to the despera-
tton,of the working classes
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-06
-[syoamor6 (Z72.) Republican.


COLONEL FoRSEY's DISCLOSURES said
nothing of Colonel Forney's remarkable state
ments inrelation to Mr.. Buchanan at the time
We published them, for the reason that perhaps
the whole case was not before the public. It
will be recolected that in regard to certain con.
versations alleged to have been held with Colonel
Forney by Mr.. Buchanan, the name of one'of
the editors of the Washington Union was given
as witness, with the promise that If this wit
ness should deny that Mr.. Buchanan used the
language attributed to HIM, Colonel Forney
would prove the truth of his statement by att
davits.
1t was, ofcoursc, expected that if the editor
of the Union should find Colonel Forney' S reci-
tai materially untrue, he would Instantly CON
tradict it, aud put the canmniator upon his
proof The narrative of Mr.. Buchanan's be-
havior, given by Colonel Forney, is extremely
dishonoring to him, Both1in his public and pri-
yate character, and if believed will bIacken his
fame beyond even the worst opinion which the
Lass ofshis political enemies have conceived of
him. Tit be false, it is a veIy.easy thing to
say so, and the contradiction should have follow
cd us closely as possible upon the calumny.-
The Washington Union of the day after It's
appearance, however, is altogether silent on the
subject. The inference drawn by most people
VIII be that it was not safe to deny Colonel
Forncys statements.
It's true that Just before these statements
appeared, paragraph was published in the
Washington onion, in which it sai6 that Colonel
Forney was that day going to publish letter
filled with accusations against Mr.. Buchanan, all
OF which were to be mere inventions of his
This is not n denial whIchwi satisfy the pub.
lie A contradiction published before It is known
what is to be contradicted amounts to nothing,
andin this light it will be regarded by the
greater part Of Mr.. Buchanan's countrymen.-
Unless something is done to relieve him of the
dlshonor which those accusations cast upon him,
air frIlff Cn1lio
ter in which their truth or falsehood is hest
known, he will sink lower in the general estiIna-
ton than even the majority of the friends of
Mr. Douglas, whose cause5is now so rapidly
gaining strength at the South, would think It
necessary toplace him. IN. Y. Post.