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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04
PREMIUM LIST
OF THE
IA M A COU N + Z
AGRICULTURAL AND
MECH AEICAL SOCI E I u
FORsTNE
FIFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
70 be hehl at Tbledo, on the 2nd Wcdnes-
day Of October, 1860.
For One Day Only.

Best Stallion for all uses
years old and upwards - 90 & dip
2nd best for all uses years
old and upwards 200
Best Stallion 3 years old 8 90 & dip
2nd Stallion 3 years old 80
Best Stallion 2 years old 200 j. dip
end Stallion years old ] 90
Best. stallion year old ! 90 4 dip
Best sucking stallion 100
Judges. w. Glenn, VIM. B. King,
]. X. Graham.
No. 2-Geldings.
Best gclding of any age 100
2nd best of any age 200
ad best ofany age 90
Best gel,ling colt 3 years old 200
Best gelding colt years old co.
BEST gelding colt year old 90
Judges. Grecnleaf, NJ. p. Scott,
A. Wilkinson.
No. 3.-Filleys.
Same as No. 2.
Judges.-N. X. Spencer, Sampson
Strong.
No. 4.-Brood M.res.
Best brood mare with colt
ut her side. 3 90 & lipi
2nd best mare with colt ut
her side 2 90
Best mare without a colt 90 & dip
End best mare without colt 90
.Iulges.-W. L. Hollcn, Z. l.. Sher-
man, W. Bowen.
No. 5.-Ma.ches.
Best pr gclaings or mares 8 90 & dip
2nd s z 90
Best gclling or mare in sin
gle harness. 100
End best gelding or mare in
single harness 90
Best gelling or mare for sad
die use. 90
Judges.-N III. Bates, +. \. W hip
pie, John Waltz.
Glass Il. Cattle.-No. 1.-Bulls.
Best bull years old and
upwards. 4 90 & dip
End best bun years old
and upwards 2 90
Best bull years old 800 & di
End best bull years old 200
Best bull 2 years old 2 90 & dip
2nd best bull 2 years old 90 i
Best bull ! year old 90 4 dip
2nd best bull year old dip
Best bull calf l 90 & dip
Judges.-Normand Lewis, Isaac But
Ter, John Ramsdell.
No. 2.-Cows.
Best COW years old and
upwards 3 90 & dip
2nd best COW four years
old and upwards 800
Best COW 3 years old 200
Best year old hcifcr l 90 & dip
End best year old heifer | 90
Best year old hciter 90
End best year old heiter dip
Best heifcr calf / 90 & dip
Judges. L. 4Amcs, II. c. Stoakcs,
Allen Hisey.
No. 3.-Oxen g. Steers.
Best yoke Of oxen 200 & dip
End best yoke Of oxen | 90
Best pair 3 year old steers 90
2 90
+" 6 90
Best bccf-male or female 2 90
Glass C.-Jennies i jacks &c.
Best Jack . 90
2nd best 100
Best jennie 90
2nd best 100
Best pairmules 200
2nd best 100
V,,1..o, T..~~nc TT.:,~rc ToL,x H.l
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04

cD Be a Republican, then you
will be honest.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-10-04
TOLEDO TAMA COUNTY, IOWA, THURSDAY, OCT l. lSf

Judges. Peterson, Josh
Burley, II. c. Green.
Glass E.-Swinc.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

TIE New LAMp,-Capt. Thomas A.
Gardner informs Us that lamp has been
invented that promises to throw Kerosene
oil iuto the shade. 1t has been satisfac-
torlly tested in New Bedford, and found
that 1t will burn eighty hours, consuming
IN that period one gallon of whale oil, which
figured at so eents-a gallon, wou be one
cent an hour for light that i. superior to
any save gas. This is high estimate, rs
the last quotation whale oil was A cents;
which makes the cost of light mentioned
ll,2Otk of cent per hour, cheap enough
in al! conscience. The lamp burns with
out smoking, and smells bur slightly of the
oil, the odor of which is far less disagrcea-
bic than that OF Kerosene lfgcuius keeps
dcvolying itself in Ii ghts, we shall soon have
one offered us that will trim itself and paw
dividends its owners.
Nantucket Mguirer.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

RETURN OF THE JEWS TO PALESTINE
There arc few current subjects of more ab-
sorbing interest or of deeper significance
than the events now almost daily transpiriup
which point to the repossession by the Jews
OF their own land The tide of progress.
after tie lapse of centuries, may be said to
have fairly turned in that direction, and
the pr yer long offered by that chosen but
now scattered people, that " Judah may be
saved and Israel dwell securely, and that
the Redeemer may come to Zion," is ua.
doubtediy fastening to fulfllment The
Sultan of Turkey is encouraging jewish
emigration to Palestine, and is Offering to
sell them Us much land as they choose to
buy, and it is said has even expressed his
willingness to dispose of the Mosque Of
Omar to them, which, it win be recolIected.
stands upon the very site Of the Jewish
Temple on Mount Moriah. This MOSQUE
As one ofthc Mohammedau's most celebrated
shrines, b&ng scarcely Inferior in natiopal
Importance to those OF Niece and Medina.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26
TuE ToMAro as FooD.-Dr. Bennett

TuE TcMATo IS FeoD.--Dr Bennetts
professor Of some celebrity, considers,
the tomato an Invaluable article of diet:
and ascribcs to it various important n.edi
cal properties First, That the tomato is
one OF the most powerful apcricnts of the
liver and other organs; where calomel is
indicated, it is probably one of tie most eff
iectiye and least harmful remedial agents
known to the profession. Second, That n
chemIcai extract will be obtained from it
that wll Sspcrcede the use of calomel in
the cure OF disease. Third, That, he has
successfully treated diarrhma with this ar
ticIe alone. Fourth: That when used as
an article OF diet it is an almost sovereign
remedy for dysper;ia aud indigestion.
Fifth, That it should be constantly used
for daily food, either cooked or raw, or in
the form Of catsup, it is the most healthy
article now in use.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26
MORE ANON.

AN UNFoRTUNATE IMUsrRATioN.--
Professor e., Of Bowdoin College, was noted
for having accrtain set OF Illustrations from
which he could not we'll deviate without
running the risk of bunder. In illus
trating the powerful effects of Prussic aci d
he was wont to inform the class that drop
placed on dogs tongue was sufficient to
Kill him. On one occasion the class filed
into the recitation room, and the Professor
commenced the exercise. "Mr. Smith :"
he said, addressing young man whose
chance of gaining the yaledictory was very
slender, '"what can you say of prussic acid?
Is it powerful or otherwise at is rather
powerful" said the stddcnt obviously
"Rather powerful - said the Professor
Indignantly; "put drop on your tongue
and it would kill dog!' The shout OF
laughter which followed, and Smiths con,
fusion, revealed to the Professor that bis
Illustration had seryeda double purpose
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

y MOTHERS GRAVE.-Earth has some
sacred spets; where we feel like losing the
shoes irom our feet, and trcadng with re-.
veremce; where coInmon words OF social
converse seem rude, and fricudship's han Is
have fingered in each other where VOWS
have been piigtrtcd, prayers otlcrc |. and
tears OF parting shed Oh, how thoughts
hover arSrpd such places, ard travel back
through unmeasurcd space to visit them.
But OF all the spots On this Green earth,
none is 80 sacred as that where rests, wait
ing the resurrection, those we have once
loved and chcrishcd--our brothers. or cur
ehildren Hence, i'll all ages. the better
part of mankind have chosen aud loved
spots Of the dead, ~ on these spots they
have loved to wond,r at cyentide to mcdi-
tate. But of q, places, even among the
c',..Gcl houses ot the dead, none is so s..-
otcd as a mothers grave.
There sleeps the nurse of inrncy-the
guide Of our youth-thc counsellor of our
ripper years our friend when others desert
cd us; she whose heart was stranger to
every other feeling but love, and who could
find uour bpt ourselves There she sleeps
enc We love the very earth for her sake.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26
VOL XVII.
The Gsrnliua Spartan.
Z = -So0Sc-~o-9--~-O~~~>> :
BYACAVIS g. TRIMMER.

Pries, Two DoLLARs per annum, in advance, or
$3.50 At tho end Of the year. If not paid un-
), til after the year expires $50
Ne subscription taken for less than six months
Money may be RENTED through postmasters
st eur risk, <.
Advertisements inserted at the usual rates,
aud contracts made on reasonable terms.
NTHR SPARTAN circulates largely over this and
adjoining districts, and offers an admirable me-
dunn to our friends to. reach customers.
Job work Of all kinds promptly executed.
Z Blanks, Law and Equity, continually ON hand,
er printed to order.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

For BETTER, FOR WoRsE.-When q
man loves woman, before he tries to win
her, he will have, if he loves her unselfshly
and generously, many doubt concerning
both her and himself in fact, as once
read somewhere: When man truly loves
woman, he would rot marry her upon
any account unless he was quite certain he
was the best person she could possibly mar
ry. But as soon she loves him. and he
knows it, and is certain, that however ux.
worthy he may be, or however many faults
she may possess mover told you you were
an angel, did !, little hdyy They have east
their lot together, chosen ore another "for
better, for worse" then the face of things
is entirely changed. He has his right.
close and strong, as no other human being
can have with regard to her--she has herself
givcu them to him; and IL he has any nan
illness in him he. never will let them 10, b&.
hold her fast forever aud ever.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26
G. T.. X. JAMES LAST EVENING IN
AMERIcA.-A correspondent of The Ford

G.. p. II. JAMES LAST EVENING I'M
AMERIcA.-A correspondent of The RorH
writes:
The evening before he sailed from these
shores, never to return, spent with HIM.
at the Union Place Hotel. He was in a
great flow of spirits. His plans for the
remainder of his life were settled. He was
going to Venice as Consul G eneral for the
Adriatic, position worth some $4,000 per
annum. In four years he would return to
America and take up his residence perna.
nentiy In philadelphia. Irving was With
Us, and when the two friends shook hands.
1t was with the expectat on of meeting
again at the expiration of this time. They
have met at the end of the long journey
sooner than either expe ted James was
relating to us among other tsiRgs, certain
leave taking occurrences ut Richmond, on
his departure from that city. The mere
mention Of the cerdiality shown him by the
Virgin ans overpowered him, and in q
choked voice he exclaimed, "They're a
warm-hearted people-they're warm
hearted people
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

\ MoTuEs'S LovE-Children, look in
those eyes, listen TO that dear voice. notice
the feeling of cves i single touch that is
bestowed h. that gentle hand Make
much OF 1t while yet you have that most
precious of all good gifts, loviug mother.
Read the uuiathGu,able love Of chose ewes;
the kind anxiety OF that tone and look,
however shght your pain. Ia after life
you may have friends, fond, dear, kind
friends, bat never again will you have the
incXpressiblc love and gcntencss lavished
upon you, which none bat a mother be-
slows. Often do sigh in my struggles
with the hard, uneriing world, for the sweet,
deep security | felt when of an evening,
nesting to her bosom, listened to some
quiet tale, suitable to my age, read in her
tender and untiring voice. Never can
forget her sweet glunecs upon ine when
appear to sleep; never her kiss Of peace at
night. Years have passed away since we
iaid Ler beside my father in the old church
yard; yet, still ker vvice whispers from the
grave, and her eye watches over me as |
visit spots long since hallowed to the mem.
ory OF my mother Mtcuuig.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26


SPIRITUAL CONNECTION OF Drsspv-
Erred ARM WITH THE LIVING BopY.-
At Towers Hill, in Lanesborough: Mass
on Tuesday, young man nanicd Jerry
Swan, was caught by the arm in some ma.
ehInery, and the limb was so badly broken
and manglcd that immediate amputatiou
was necessary. This was successfully per.
formed, but according to the Pittsield Ea.
yte, Mr.. Swans connection with the d;s.
severed limb did not cease with the opera.
tion
On recovering from the stupor produced
by the use of chloroform, MI. Swan still
complained sorciy of an aching hand.
Late In the evening his distress became
very great, and he insisted that his hand
was cramped by being doubled up. The
limb had been placed iE q small box and
buried. His attendants dug it up and il
was found to be even so. They. sta;vhten.
ed the hand, aud he was soon easiec. Thi.
morning the limb was again buried. But
he soon complained of sec sation of cold
and great pain in it. 1t was accordingly
taken up again, wrapped up, and Deposited
In tomb, since which he is again relieved.
What does this mean? Is it all imapina.
ton! If this Instance were solitary one.
we might think so. But there arc SO many
similar veil attested cases on record. that
we can only shake our heads and say,
There are more things in heaven aud earfI,.
Ihan are dreamed ofin our philosophy"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

JApANEsE CLocK.-The Japanese max c
clocks, and herein, by the way, they have
shown remarkable ingenuity and skill
Mey Ian gives the following account OF
clock which they made, and exhibited to
the Dutch, while he was al inmate of
Dezima:
'Thc clock is ccntai ed in frame three
feet high by five feet long, and presents
far landscape at noontide. Plum and
cherry trees in full blossom, with other
plants adorn the foreground. The back.
ground consists cfa lifrom which falls
cascade, sklllfully initiated in glass, that
forms softly glowing river, first winding
arount rocks placed here and there, then
running across the middle of the Landscape
I'll! lost III wood Of fir trees. A golden
sun hangs alott in the sky, and, tnrning
upon pivot indicates the striking OF the
hours On the frame below, the twelve
hours of day and night are marked. where
a slowly creeping tortoise serves as a hand
y bird, perched upon the branch ola plum
tree, 10y ITS songs and the clapping of its
wings, announces the moment w en- the
hour expires; and Us the song ceases bell
Is heard to strike the hour-during which
operation, mouse comes out OF grotto
and rgns over the hill. Every
separate part was nicely executed; but the
bird was too large for the tree, and the sun
Tor tke sky, while the mouse scaled the
mountain IL . mopeRt of time"
Whatever may have been the defects of
taste the ingenuity and skill in this piece
OF mechanism are very apparent.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

TnE SIMPLE SEcRET-Twcnty clerks in
Il store. Twenty hands in printing y flee.
twenty young men in village. All want
to get along III the world and all expect to
do so. One of tie clerks will rise 10 be
a partner and make II fortune One ofthc
compostors will OWE newspaper and be
come an influential and prosperous citizen
One of the apprentices will come to be a
master builder. One Of the villagers will
get handsome farm aud live Ike patri,
arch But which is destined to DC the lucky
individual? Lucky There is no luck
about 1t. The thing is plmost as certain
as the Rule of Three. The young fellow
who will distance hi, competitors is hc who
masters his business, who preserves lis iu-
tegrity, who lives clearly aud purely; who
never gets in debt, who gains ircuds by
deserving them, an1 puts his money in &
savings bank. There are some ways to
fortune that look sE,utcr than thi, cid dus
ty highway. But the staunch men Of the
community, the men who achieve some.
thing really worth having, good fortune,
good name, and serene old age, ul 70
this road.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

NEAT REToRT An Israelite lady. sit
ting in the same box at an opera with IA
French physician, and was much troubled
with ennui, happened to cape
Excuse me, madam" said the doctor,
81 am glad you did not swallow me"
"Give yourself no uneasiness,' replied
the lady, II am Jewcss, aud never eat
polk"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

MoURNPUL CLOSE OF THE CAREER OF
-FOUR WoRLD-hERoEs.--Iti is a rcmarka.
DIG TACT firat the career of four of the most
renowned characters that ever lived closed
with some mournful and violent death:
Alexander, after. having climbed the
dizzy heights Of ambition, and, with his
temples bound with chaplets dipped in the
blood OF countless nations, looked down
upon conquered world, and wept that
there was not another city for him to con-
quer, set city Oh fire, and died in scene
oi dcbauch.
Hannibal, after having, to the .stouish.
ncht and CONSERVATION of Rom passed
the Alps, after having put to flight the ar
mes OF tile mistress Of the world, aud strip
ped three bushels of gold rings from the
hngers of her slaughtered knights, and
made her foundation quake-fied from his
country, being chased by one of those who
exuitnely united his name to that of God,
and called him Hanni- Baal, died at last by
poison administered by his own hand-un-
iamented and unwept in foreign land.
Cesar, alter having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dyed his clothes in the
blood OF Que million of his foes, after hav
ing pursued to death the only rival he had
on earth, was miserably assassinated by
those lie considered his nearest friends. and
IN that very place the attainment of which
mad been his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and
emperors cbeyed, after having filed the
earth with the terror of his name, dcluged
II "Iih blood, and clothed the world with
slckcloth, closed his days in lonely Danish.
ment-almost literally exiled from the
world, vet where he could sometimes See
his country's banner waving over the deep
hat which could not or would not bring
him aid
Thus, four great men, who, from the PC
culiar situation of their portraits, seemed
to stand the representation of all whom the
wosld calls great-thosc four, who each in
turn made the earth trcmble to its centre
by their simple tread, severally died-one
by intoxIcatlon, or, as some suppose, by poi
son mingled in wine--one a suicide--onc
murdered by his friends, and one in lonely
exile
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26


The ORIGIN OF HAIL CoLUMBIA.'
lin the Recollcctions of Washington,
just published, occurs the following ancc-
dotc:
The song of Hail Columbia adopted in
measure TO the Presidents March was writ
ten by Joseph. .llepkipson. Of Philadelphia,
IDS. At that time var with France was
expected, and patriotic ieeling pervaded
the community Mr. Fox, young sin-
ger and actor, called upon Mr. lIopknson
one morning, and said, 'To-morrow eve
aing is appointed for my benefit at the
theatre. Not single box has beeu taken
and fear their will be a thin house If
you will write me some patriotic verses on
the tune of the Presidents March, | feel
sure Of Il fall house. Several people abo t
thc theatre kave attempted it, but they have
Spme to the conclusion that it cannot be
6nc. Yet lthink you may succeed Mr.
lRpkinsUn retired to his study, wrote the
first verse and chorus, and Submitted them
to Mrs. llopkinson, who sung them to a
harpsichord accompaniment. The time
and the words harmonizcd The song was
soon finished, and that evening the young
actor received it The next morning the
plscards announced that Mr. Fox would
give new patriotic song The house
was crowdcd-ihe song was sung-thc au-
dlcnce was delighted--cigh hit times was it
called for aud repeated, and when sung the
ninth time the whole audience stood up ana
joincd in the cherus. Night after night
Hail Columbia was applaudcd in the thea
tire and in u few daysit was the universal
song of the boys in our streets Such was
the origin ei our national song Hail Co
lumbia'
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

"llere, you bogtrot.er," said dandy to
and irish laborer, "comc, tell me the big
gest lie you ever told in your life, and I'll
treat you TO whiskcy punch" "And by
my sowl, quickly rctorted Pat, eyer honor
isa gentleman"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26
Chinese Traits.

In every large city there is vast organi.
zltlon OF mendicants, to which every one
who begs for livelihood must belong. At
the head of it is one styled the "Beggar.
Iking, His authority is absolute, and to
him all the Others are amenablc. 1t has a
code OF laws and regulations Every beg.
gar has n right, according to universal
custom, to stand at the door of a DWELLING
|or, shop, and bawl, sing, In ock, or make any
other noise he may please, till the occupant
gives him one coin. Then he is obliged
TO desist, and cannot apply at the same
place on that day. No two are allowed to
importune together at one place Yet they
ar so numerous that few doors arc free
from their clammoring long ut time The
proprietors of large establishments, who
preiere to commute" and save themselves
from the annoyance of these continual
risitations can do so by paying certain
sum at once, to the "king of the beggars;"
who thereupou causes written statement
IN large characters, to that effect, TO be
pasted by the side of the door, and this
proeurcs for that house certain exemption.
No bcggar darcs approach it; for, though
very few OF them can read, all recognize
N"- va 'h'ii Siiici upou inc paper, ana
If any one transgrcss he may either be
beaten by the inmates of the shop or dwell.
ing, or will be more severely chastsed if
reported to the King, Every begsar has
llis own particular district, or beat" as
signed HIM, i'll which he may exercise his
vocation, beyond which he must not 90, IN
pain of punishment. They have tn,
regularly appointed overscers, Who ha,
supervision over all in certain ward or
district, They must 20 to him every night
and hand over definite amount from the
proceeds OF each day. These ovcrccrs. in
turn, pay a fixed SUN daily or monthly. to
the king, whose income is said TO be very
large; and, indeed it must be, for he lives
like nabob, in u style OF comparative luxu.
ry and elegance. lra beggar commit an
offence against the laws he is not arrested
by the constablcs like any other offender,
but is rcpo ted or taken to the "king," who
Is he'd by the city magistrates responsible
Tor has punishment and good behavior.
DR.. &. IaYIor'S "F1ce Years IN Cht,.a."
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

A youthful member of rife corps in a
Scottish town, on his arrival home one eve
ning, joyfdlly told his governor that he had
just got his arms. "Airms," quoth the an
eient dryly, "l'm thinki1' gin the Freneh
come yell hae mair need o your legs"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

WONDERFUL II TRUE-M. Fruoehi, of
Nice, announces that he has discovered
new method of reading and interpreting
the hieroglyphics Of Egypt and China, and
thereby discovered the common principle
OF all the languages in the world
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-07-26

"What is the difference between can
d G in the Mammoth cave aud a dance In
apnblic housey' "6uv't up @vcl, you
see, as how, the.one is taper in a cavern;
and the other is caper ip teverp"