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The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

\ constable in WilUemspost lnJim9.
while paying 4 visit 10 a young hly liz.
ing few miles away, prop esed gam
Of euchre As The evening entertainment
which was accepted by the Young la,
When The cards were dealt the youn-,
lady proposed FLYER" al 81 u
which the constable demurred The
young lady protested that she wouli nev
er play with gentleman unless there
was some stake up, but the gent suIl d.
INJURED, when. rs a compromise, the ii
dy proposed that they would play, auj
il She beat him he should marry her.
which the gallant constable could't do
Otherwise than accept. At il they went
and the lady proved 70 be the winner.
The constable was invited 10 stay alI
night, and ii the morning they would
proceed TO the 'Squire's and be ma4e
one flesh lie plead pressing business
and went away She followed him ~
his fathers and stayed there three dags
without seeing the young man, when =
compromise was effected by paying IL
disconsolate lady $3.50 To iill the breach
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04
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\ right smart litlle job Of work was
done IN Tippecanoe not long ago. \ Mr..
Luz, a farmer Of Wea Plains, cut a lot
of wheat at s O'Clock one morning.
thrcshed it, and had it ground, going Two
miles to mill, and then his wife baked il
into bread, and had it ready to eat before
II o'clock-only three hoars from the
standing grain TO the warm bread.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

a Snug WATERMELON PArCn. "A
market gardener in Southern Indiana.
has patch containing loo acres,
planted in watermelons. His markets are
Cincinnati, Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

LEFT THE Gas BuRNGNG AND wFSr T,
EUROPE The New York correspondent
of the Mobile Register relates the foli,s
ing-Recenly gentleman returned
from Europe he had been absent with
his family seven months He pail his
gas bill the day he left, and the house
had not been opened for seven months
yet when it was, the gas man took re
turn from the meter, and a bill was made
out for S52 Mr.. Grinnell went and com
planned TO the Secretary, related the cir
cumstances, and threatened exposure nf
such bare faced robbery. He refused
to pay the bill. Very we'll. sir said
the Secretary Mr. g went home and
told his wife. Pay IT," said she, "Why
So - said he. "Becau>e, said she, tie
day we left New York. had 10 pa back
to the house for some article had for
got. The window shutters we're fasten-
ed and lit The gas Tie other day
when We returned | found ii sill burn
ing"
The bill was paid, for steady gas
ilamer had been burning Tor seven month.
Gas stocks pay heavy dividend.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

RICHARDSON OK SHAKESPEARE. = Col
William A. Richardson's the right bower
and Chief Lieutenant Of Judge Douglas,
and now Democratic candidate for Con.
gress in the Quincy District, made q
speech in Quincy The other dag, in which
he quoted Shakespeare in the following
alarming style:
Don't shake your bloody head at me.
Iuu can't say done it,
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

Douglas never lodged any question IN
his lie DaJague Rerall.
AZ The last session OF Congress Ia
lodged the Kansas bill-he lodged he
revenue bin he lodged the postal bill -
he lodged the tariff bill he dolsed dc
homestead bill. lie etetnally lad Il"
govt in Nj, stomach, or the sore throat.
or the pleuriSy. or the d.arbma or WIS
paired oil. except when he could adyo
cate his own modest claims to the pr,sl.
ienry lie did not vote on single Que
81 the great measures before Congress,
not one. That is his record-a blank
one. Reporter
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04
Men Who DO and p Man who don't Care
/ Whether Slavery is Voted Up or Down.
From The Toledo Blade


! In order to contrast the position of Mr..
Douglas with that Of the fathers of this
country-those most active and inhuen-
tial in securing its liberties and founding
Its government-we propose to place
their and his declarations side by side.
that the reader may compare them, and
Judge which of the parties is right.
We hold these truths TO be self-eyi
dent, that all men are created equal !;
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain inalienable rights, among
which are life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness ,--DECLARATIoN or INDEPEN-
DEHCE.
DON'T CARE whether Slavery is
voted up or voted downs. A. DoUG-
LAS.
1t is among my first wishes to see
some plan adopted by which Slavery in
the country may be abolished by law
WASHINGTON.
DON'T CARE whether Slavery is
voIed up or voted downs. 4. DouG-
LAS.
Indeed, | tremble for my country,
when reflect that God is just that Ills
justice cannot sleep forever that con
sldering mbers, nature and natural
means only, revolution Of the wheel of
fortune, an exchange Of situation is
among possible events that it may be
come probable by supernatural influence;
the Almighty has no attribute that can
take side with Us in such u contest
Tu;MAs JEFFERSON.
DON'T CARE whether Slavery is
voted up or voted downs A. noUG-
LAS.
We have found Ibis cell Slavery has
preyed upon the very vitals of the In
ion, and has been prejudicial to the States
in which it has existed.-JAMEs MONROE
DON'T CARE whether Slavery is
voted up or voted downs. A. DouG-
LAS.
Sir, envy neither the head nor the
heart Of that man from the North who
rises here to defend Slavery on princi
/ ple.-JoHN RANDOLPH.
! DON'T CARE whether Slavery is
voted up or voted downs. \. DorG-
LAS.
So long rs God allows the vital cur
rent TO flow through my veins, | will
never. ReUer. NEVER, by word or thought.
by mind or will, aid in admitting one
rod of free territory TO the everlasting
curse of human bondage + + Never
can be Induced by any earthly power
( to vote to extend slavery over one foot OF
territory now free.-HENEY CLAY.
( / DON'T CARE whether Slavery is
voted up or voted down.--S. ~ DorG-
LAS.
never would consent, and never have
consented, that there should be one foot
of slave territory beyond what the old
! thirteen States had at the formation OF
/ the Union, never, never. Sir. whenever
I there is foot Of land TO be stayed back
from becoming slave territory am
ready to assert The principle of the ex-
cusion of slavery. DANIEL WEBSTER
| DON'T CARE whether Slavery IS
voted up or voted downs. A. DouG-
LAS.
/ 1t is wrong 10 admit into tie Consti-
tuition the idea that there can be proper
Is in man MADISON.
. DON'T CARE whether Slavery is
voted up or voted downs. \. DoUG-
LAS.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

Somebody writing from Northern Mis-
souri, to the Prairic Farmer, reports this
sign cut on cottonwood board" LICK
er fer sail by the BoRL"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

You can do anything, if you have pa.
tience," said an old uncle, who had made
a fortune. To nephew who had nearly
spent one "Water may be carried in i
sieve, if you only wait"
How long? ?" asked the pttnlant
spendlhrift, who was impatient FOR the
old mans obituary.
Till il freezes" was the coo! reply.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

A BEAUTIFUL ANSWER 4 mother on
being ASKED how sho kept her children
SO healthy, unused for moment over
the strargeness Of he question. and then
replied simply and beautifully
Why God has given me a healthy
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

A writer called at his printers, and ac-
cused the compositor of not having pune
tuated his poem, when the typo earnestly
replied, g m not a pUinter-I'm a set
ter -
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

The Louisville Journal says Chang and
Eng, the Siamese twins, differ in politics.
Both are veteran Democrats, but Chang
is now for Breckenridge, and Eng for
Douglas.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04
Rev. Henry Clay Dean.

The Fairfield Ledger quotes the fol-
lowing from Deans speech at that place
last week. 1t is a sample brick
a. defy any D. D. or Republican orator 10
show time, since the days of Jesus Christ.
that go many barbarians have been civilized
and Christianizcd rs have been by slavery ii
the Southern States. y
Dean is a preacher, and holds forth in
the Methodist Church Sundays, after
black guarding and disappearing from
the stump all the week The celebrated
founder of the church which Dean dis
graces, the Rev John Wesley, said,
d" American slavery is the vilest that ey-
er saw the sun F; il constitutes lie sum
of all vilainles " Wesley lived some
years in Georgia, and knew OF what h.
testified And The learned Adam CLARKE.
the great commentator Of dat church.
says:
Slave dealers, whether those that cary "n
the file in human flesh and blo"d, or rho-
" ho steal Il person i'm order to sell him into
bondage. or those who huv such STOLEN men ~
women. no matter Of what color or what com
try. or the nations who egalize OF conniye At
such trltic--al these are men stealrrs aud God
classes them with the most hacitious OF NOR
ais p"
But The Rev. Henry Clay Dean who
is wiser than the fathers in the church,
AS Douglas is wiser than lie fathers of
tbe EMBELLISHMENTS the slave trade
and slavery as the most efficient mission
AIRY system in operation since the adren;
of the Savior Under Deans apostle
ship, the Methodist chu ch would he
counselod to abandon all other missionary
fields and direct all their energies to the
revival Of The African slave trade and
the extension Of the area Of slavery
Gate CVY.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

HFR MAJESTY QuEEN VICTORIA TO
New YORK IN SIX DAYS There is a
scheme before some of the arstocracy of
means and great influence, to set on foot
q national subscription, ostensibly TO de-
velop Mr. Care's patented ideas in metal
shipbuilding-in the construction OF a
craft capable of steaming p knots in an
hour, proof TO fire, water, aud wind, 10
take the Queen TO New York in six days.
and Lord Palmerston round the world in
sixty days, which his lordship has prom
ised he will do with the inventor The
great object 10 be achieved is 10 prove
10 the world that ships can be built in &c.
cordance with Clare Life preserving
principles :" secure from the dangers OF
HE perilous deep, aud that marine transit
can be made a. safe as railways on land
thereby reducing losses 10 "a minimum
Ehglish Mining Jowaal, July IL.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

An incorrigible wag, who lent his min,
lister a horse. which ran away and threw
his clerical rider, thought he should have
some credit for his aid in spreading the
gospel"
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

There is now growing in the green
gardens of Moorsend, near Cheltenham.
England. an extraordinary white rose
tree. thirty feet in height. 1t is now a
perfect picture, and is estimated to have
SONS upon it, being literally smothered
in the bloom, besides having thrown off
a whole heap of petals, which lie in a
cluster round it, and present the appear
ance Of bed Of snow.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

The quickest way to make a tall man
short is TO borrow all the money be has
got.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

SrAMpEDE IL IowA.-Three editors
and one publisher of Democratic papers
in Iowa have, within the last 1 months,
gone over to The Republicans. Here is
the list: II p. Scholte OF the Pella Ga
=ette, s L. Hammond. Of the Knoxville
Standard, Geo Il. liubbell of the Da.
venport Democrat and FL. Harrison. OF
the Iowa City Reporter.
Beside these, there are Eastman. OF
Eldora, Geo, May, of Knoxville, Street,
Fletcher and others, of Oskaloosa, Brant.
of Bremen. and host OF others scattered
over the State. who are now Jealous iol
Lincoln and lIamlin rs they were for Blu.
chanan in l856.-Des NoiaeS Democrat
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

Douglas, in his pilgrim harangues, en-.
dcayors TO find favor with the free men
of the North by abusing Buchanan for
trying to force the Lccompton Constiru
ION upon Kansas, when the people didn't
iran. Il. But he doesn't say word
about his own delinquency inlc(uslng to
get through Congress = Constitution
which the people o. Kansas did want.
i not the one as bad as the other ?
No man has been SO ,jndiotive and ahu.
siye Of the people Of Kansas as Douglas.
and Buchanan himself would be less q
hypoerite il he should now pretend fnenG
shin for them - Albany lolr.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

Which will make the best butter. an
AYRSHIRE COW, or a Southdown buck
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

The New York Tribune says that may
or riemann. at his paint factory in Man
hattanv;lle has accidentally made discoy-
cry which threatens To- revolutionize hor-
liculture One oil the factory hands
having thrown some liquid green paint
Of particular kind on flower bed oc.
cupied by whte anemones, the flowers
have since made their appearance with
petals AS green as grass The paint bad
in it a peculiar and very penetrating
chemical mixture, which Mr.. Temann
has since applied with other colors, 10
other plants-anHual, biennial, and OF
the shrub kiud-lhe result being invari.
ably that the flowers SO watered look the
hue of the liquid deposited at their roots.
By commencing experiments early next
year, during seed time and applying diff
ferent colors, we shall no doubt, soon be
enabled to =" paint the lily" which was
Solomon's ambition,
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

WHAT \ Man A correspondent Of
the Linn Boy State, writing from East
Saugus. states that lady Of tina, village
assures him that, during a couriship OF a
year. and welded lie Of forty years.
(incladins the honcymooa,) she was
never kissed by her husband This
couple have dozen children, not oue of
whom was ever kissed BY the husband
and father! He is a kind, pleasant man,
and never was known 10 strike one Of his
children What 4 story.
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04
The Auburn On. Y. J .larertiser chron.

The Auburn (N. " Aarertiser chron.
icles the following presidential vote
:" y gentleman interested in the APP
preaching election, wishing TO test the
political preferences of the unfortunate
inmates Of the Auburn Prison, did So
Yesterday, and obtain the following vote :
Abraham Lincoln ..-..-.-...
Stephen A. Douglas ....... 6>2
John {. Breckiuridgr ....--. no
The State Prison is all right for Douglas :
The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-09-04

ELECTORAL CoLLEGE.-The New York
World. rreuual paper, in presenting a
detailed estimate Of the Presidential cleo
ton. gives Lincoln 100 electoral votes, or
Is more than is necessary to choice. Ii
thinks that Breckenridge viii have rs and
Bell Il votes. Among the doubtful
States il reckons Texas rs between llous
ton and Breckenridge Georgia and Lou
isjana between Bell and Breckenridge ;
Oregon between Breckenridge and Lin
coin Illinois between Lincoln and D1u-
gas
The Southern ChurcLmon. according
TO the Religious Heraia, contesses that
there is an irrepressible conflict" in
the Episcopal Church between those
who say there is no church Without a
bishop. and those who say there is be.
tween those who say that every child is
regenersted by and in baptism. and those
who say no between those tho say grace
Is conferred BY sacramenls, and those
who say ii is alone by aith even at the
sacraments between those who say sal
walton is by grace through faith alone,
and those who say il is first begun in
baptism aud increased BY confirmation
aud uuflured by the Lord supper
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-06-07
IN o R G A G E s A L f -DEFAULT
Vl having been made in q certain mortoapa

NOR g A GE .-DEFAULT
Wl having been made in a certain mortgage
executed by Matthias Mickey, of the county
of Stearns and State Of Minnesota to Thomas
G. Mcclure Of the county and state aforesaid,
dated the second day Of August A. D: 1858,
and duly recorded in the Office of the Regis
ter of Deeds in said Stearns county, on the
said second day Of August 1858, at Five
o'clock P. NJ. Of said day, in Book .'A'' Of
mortgages, pages 81 & s., on which there is
now claimed to be due to the said Thomas c.
Mcclure the sum of Two hundred and fifty
five dollars and twenty 1--WE cents. Aud no
action or proceeding at law having been COM
menced to recover the amount so due thereon.
Now therefore notice is hereby given that
by virtue of . power Of sale in said mortgage
contained, and pursuant to the statute in such
case made and provided, the premises descri.
bed in said mortgage, to Wit: The North half
of the North West quarter Of section Eighteea
in Township One hundred aud twenty four
North Of Range Twenty eight West, In said
Stearns county Minnesota, containing Eighty
acres, win be sold at public vendue to the
highest bidder a the front door Of the Law
Office Of Wait & Mcclure at 81. Cloud in said
county Of stsarns, by tie sAcrias of said
county, On Monday the 9Th day of July A. D.
1850, 1t 10 o'clock A. n; Of said day to nav
The amount then due on said mortgage, tegeth-
er with the costs and expenses Of sale allowed
BY law. THOMAS c. MCCLURE,
- feb28-6w-apl5-6 bra
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-06-07
MORT AGE SALE .-NOTICE Is

MORT GAGE SALE. NOTICE Is
Nl- hereby given that default has been made
in the conditions of certain mortgage made
by Simpson Chumard and Sarah J. Chumard
to Daniel Baldwin, to secure the payment Of
the sum Of Eight hundred dollars, dated June
thirteenth A. D. 1857, and recorded in the office
Of Register of Deeds Of Sherburne county,
State of Minnesota, on the 18th day Of June
A. D. 1857, at o'clock P. NJ, in Book A Of
Of mortgages, pages ITO, Ill; that there is
claimed TO be due on said mortgage at the date
Of this notice, the sum Of Thirteen hundred
and sixteen dollars and sixty seven cents; that
no proceedings at law have been instituted to
recover the debt secured by said mortgage or
any part thereof; and that pursuant to pow
er Of sale contained in said mortgage, and in
accordance with the statute in such case made
and provided, the premises described in said
mortgage, to wit The East half of the South
East quarter Of section Eleven, and the North
half Of the North East quarter of Section
Fourteen, and Lot No. Two Of section Three,
all in Township No. Thirty four North Of
Range No. Thirty West, will be sold at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash on the
28th day of May next at IL o'clock NJ. of said
day at the Office of Register Of Deeds in the
town Of Big Lake in said county, to satisfy
the amount due on said mortgage and costs
allowed by law. DANIEL BALDWIN,
March goth, 1860. Mortgage.
F E. BALDWIN, Atty. for Mortgage. n35w6
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-06-07
VALLA'S SARSAPARILLA,

Greatest Medical Discovery IN Existence.
A SURE CURE AND PREVENTIVE OF
n. Scrofula, Rheumatism, Fevers, Asthma,
dyspepsia, General Debility, Fever and Ague,
Headache, Dizziness, Pimples or Blotches,
Dropsy, Syphilitic aul ell Mercurial Diseases,
Nausea, Indigestion Flatulency, Summer Coza-
plants, Billiousness, Phlegm, and all other
diseases arising from an impure state of the
Blood.
The above diseases arise from the great
primitive cause Of all diseases, namely: Inn
pure Blood. The Sarsaparilla is intended to
purify and give tone to it, so that life will be
pleasure instead of pain. Secure Circular
and read for yourselves. The medicine is
recommended to oil for fair trial, and as an
inducement it may be proper to state that there
is nothing in its composition in the least det-
rimental to the health of the patient.
For sale wholesale and retail at
M.AR1ATT 81 SIMS
Sole agents in st. Cloud for the same.
St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-06-07

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