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The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30
correspondence.


MEssRs. EDIroRs.-In your paper last
week motto. d an article from some CORE.
spondent who, not to be personal, came
very near being poor Unionist. He al
leges that the abolitionists are responsible
for this war, and that if they had behaved
in Massachusetts, South Carolina would
be all right to-day and in the Union. I
suppose, Messrs. Editors, those arc your
sentiments for you published the commune
cation signed "B. D." without comment,
but must say was astonish.d to see the
article in the Times.
Now every man who is posted in history
knows that tho South and the shareholders
started this war. And now that they have
sown the seed they must reap the whirl-
wind it can never end but with the down
lall Of slavery. This is the idea which
actuates the administration, and it will not
stop short Of emancipation. 1t should not
stop short of that high mark, and those
who calculate that our brave volunteers
have perilled their lives with any inten.
ton Of stopping short of the freeing Of this
prosecuted race have got no true conception
Of the facts.
Slavery has been the cause of all our
difficulties for the last fifty years, and now
it has got to be put down or this govern
ment will go to ruin. The God of battles
will not honor this war if it is fought on
the part Of this government with the idea
Of leaving any slavery to pollute American
| soil. RIGHT.
McGregor, Oct. 2Sth, 1861.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30

~: Where doublssrows Of figures appear we
give tho full Official vote where: only. one
asow appesrs; We give the majority. The
Official count may slightly vary some of the
!. 1Dires; % It now stands it shows nearly
$4,000 majority for .Kiykwool.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30

On Dirt is said that one of the rooms
in he White House at Washington is soon
to be fitted up as nursery. Such a ne
cessity has not occu, red since the days Of
Adams.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30

SVCutHcFs V40TAcSS &C.
The weather up to yesterday was very
favorable for concluding fall farming work
and the prosecution of every kind Of bust.
ness. The receipts Of wheat for the last
week have been quite heavy. We took a
tour among the grain houses on Bluff ST.,
and made note Of the following receipts
for Wednesday: Ravens & Shadbolt, 400
bus; Cheney & Williams, 600; w. B.
Finch, 800; Gilchrist & Co., 1900; Nc
Neill & Turner, 1900; Hunting & Basset,
5000; Harmon & Munger, $50; W. Lacy,
700; A. w. Hibbard, 500; Jos. McHose,
1000; G. r. & J. McLaurey, $50; G. w.
Raitt & Co, 600; A. Lowentrill, 1900; r.
Y. Cory, $50; Strouse & Rowe, 1900; T..
w. Burns, 700; A. A. Strouse, 1900 !,
making the handsome total of sercnteen
thousand sac hundred and .1ifty bushels
Prices since our last issue, have suffered
gradual declension, while wheat has been
as steadily advancing in New York. This
is due to an advance in freights The Mil
waukec and Prairie du Chen Railway has
made two advances, within the past week
first from 10 to II cents per bushel !;
second, 12 to 1880.
We quote No. l, 5906l, and No. 2, Sc
@5S. Farmers will consult their own in.
tcrests by keeping their wheat at home,
until transportation to New York reaches
an endurable figure. The river has been
slowly falling for the past four days. Bu-
siness seems to be improving. Capt. Sher-
win Of the Alamakee, has landed immense
piles of merchandise for McGregor, and
points in the interior. River navigation
will probably close in about three weeks.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30
Question or Respo u.ibility.

In another column will be found a com.
munication from Fright" which berstcs
us for publishing the article of "B. D." OF
the previous week, and holds us response.
bic for the sentiments therein promulged,
because wc.publishcd them without com.
ment. This leads us to brief discourse
upon the question Of responsibility"
- But first, as to. our sentiments. Our
friend, who challenges criticism by sub.
scribing himself. "Right''-has proven
himself to be q poor reader as well as a
- had-politiczt economist. Tho editorial COL
umns Of the :7i,nxs Cor tue past. few months
have nowhere savored of the idea that
Massachusetts,. not South Carolina, was
responsible for the secession Of the latter
state; and it is very shabby business for
wright" to hold us responsible for what
..t,others write and not for what VIC write our.
selves. ....
As to responsibility. So far as results
arc concerned, the conductors of public
press arc responsible for that which appears
in their columns; but every correspondent
who appears in print gives, or should give,
his own ideas upon the subject he treats,
over his own signature, and those ideas are
necessarily no more our ideas than they are
those of X. Y. and T. of the same town who
arc engaged in selling merchandise The
converse of this proposition, put in force,
would result in placing all free and liberal
discussion under ban, or compel the edi.
torial staff to write disclaimer Of every
idea in every communication which they
did not approve.
We trust we arc understood We pub
lish the communication Of Right to-day,
but We, by no manner of means, endorse
the fanatical abolition spirit of his article
any more than we did the extreme notions
: Of our friend ''B. d." that South Carolina
was irresponsible for her secession. Our
columns are always open to a liberal dis
cussion Of all questions agisating tho PEG
pie, so long as the controvcrsalists arc
courteous and gentlcmanly. But don't
hold US responsible for every idea or opin-
ion which any Of our correspondents may
maintain. ...
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30

THE BRooKLYN.-The United States
steamer Brooklyn, now at the Philadelphia
navy yard for repairs, is found to b. as rot
ten AS if she had been twenty years at sea,
though built at New York in 1858. Scarcely
a timber about her is sound, while her en-
CINE and boiler are in frightful condition.
1t may cost $50, 900 to get her again atloat.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30

TIE WISNEsHIEK CITIZENS CoRrs.-Un.
der the above name on Thursday evening
a very fine company Of 80 men filed into
the head Of Main St., preceded by the De.
corah Brass Band, and marched down to
the McGrcgor House. They were organized
within term Of two weeks, and fine,
looking lot of men have not passed through
this city during the war. An ordinary
| observer would be struck first by the com.
Portable condition of the men who all ap.
peared as If leaving comfortable homes to
fight for principle. 1t would next be OBJ.
served that the men were all muscular,
hearty, and steady. There was an utter
absence Of that reckless abandon which
characterizcs too many Of our volunteer
soldiery after leaving home.
The Corps were commanded by Capt. c.
G. Tupper, supported by l., d Townslee,
LIST Lieut., j. F. Nickerson, I'd Lieut., and
j. G. Simpson, Orderly Sergeant. The
officers were, all Of them, the pride of the
company, and especially was this the case
with reference to the Captain, whose praise
was upon everybody's mouth. He is a
man of good military education, lawyer
by profession, and an expert in tact and
shrcwdness. If his life is spared, he will
undoubtedly do his country excellent service
in position higher than that Of company
officer.
Some idea Of the personnel Of the COM
pany may be obtained from the fact that
the average weight Of the company is 1853
lbs., average height, 5 feet, 10 inches, av-
erage age, ~ to %. The citizens Of Deco
rah before the departure of the boys, raised
a purse of $4,000 in gold and put it in the
hands Of the Captain, as fund to be loaned
to the Corps, should they need funds before
the first advent of the paymaster. The
ladies Of Decorah-forelnost in all deeds of
mercy and charity-also assembled in the
Court House and made substantial ticks
for the entire company and a neat needle
cushion, with pockets which were filed
with needles, pins, threads, buttons, etc,
for esch soldier. With such provision for
their comfort it is not unreasonable to ex-
pect good record from them. The Times
is promised correspondence from their
camp. ............ ..
The Corps took the steamer Denmark on
the evening of their arrival, for Camp
Union, Dubuque, where they will form a
portion Of the 10Th regiment.
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DlE ED.

DIED
In OLGA City. October 18th, 1861, JOHN DorTA
aAu, rged 80 -
Near valra City. October goth, 1851, Mrs. D. Ma
L. wife Of john Nagal. aged 40.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
STRAYED q Il STOLEN.

One mare colt tw" years old past light bay, bread
in the forehead with crooked hin legs white on the
in. de OF the hoof reaching betw the fetlork of
good size ANY person having said colt returning
the same o. giving informa ion of the SAME will he
literally rewarded by returning aid colt TO the resi-
dence Of W. B. Huntz, in town OF Wagner, CLAW ton
County. August UOPPA.
Oct 10th, 1861. e W. No. 263)
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30

- Episcopal Service every Sunday evening at
Kcnncdy's Hall. Rev. q. W. Clinton, Rector. seats
free. If
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1861-10-30
Heavy Fre,gh,ins Bu.,ncss.

Heavy Freightin9 Business.
We are informed that for the thirt,
hours preceding 7 o'clock Monday morn
ing, too hundred cars loaded qcith ,ched
,oere sent ont Of Prairie du CHEN static,
for Nilpaukee! Had these cars and tn,
engines which hauled them been all con
nected in one continuous line, they would
have extended over distance of one and
one third miles The business of the
western terminal station for the present
mopth will be 100000 bushels Of wheat
10000 bbls. Of nour, 1900 head of cattle
etc. =:
This unprecedented business is duo in
part to the natural development Of the
country, and in part to the business saga.
city and the prudential, active, untiring
work Of the western agent, JouN LAwLER.
At the time this gentleman came upon the
ground, at the opening Of the road, the
crops Of Iowa and Minnesota were so light
that shipments Of wheat from the Prairie
du Chen station were scarcely deemed
worth reporting, and the directory saw but
little encouragement for future business on
the western division Of the road. Not SO,
our friend Lawlcr; with the sagacity for
which he has since been so distinguished,
he then said the time would come when
one hundred car loads Of wheat would be
shipped eastward from Prairie du CHEN in
one day. The prediction was regarded as
visionary, buthc has made it good, and
aos:blcdit We can give no higher COM
pliment to Mr.. Lawler than is conveyed in
the above simple narration of facts
He is the right man in the right place.
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1evva Election.
THE vorB FoR NORWOOD AND NsnRITr.
Counties. Rep. Union. Counties. Rep. Union
klrkwooa. Merritt. Kirkvood Nerritt
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RUBBER. TEETH.

! WESTERN ii USE,
Main Street, Mc0regor, Iowa. Rowland 4 Hill Pro-
| prietors /oS
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17
sTRoUDsBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA OCTOBER 49, 1861.

pair of bis old boots to comma and sum o.
our brigades |"
This pleased Jerome and be took me
wsrmly by the hand.
"Alixander the Crate was punkins."
continuered, "but Napoleoan was puukiu
ser ] Alic wept becaws there was no % ore
worlds to scoop. and then took to driukin
He drowudid his sorrers in the aowin
bole, and the Howin bole was too much
for him. 1t ginnerally is. He undertook
to give a snake exhibition in bis boots,
but it killed him. That was q bad joke
for Aiol |"
"Since you air so solicitous about
France, and the emperor, may ask Jou
how your own country is getting alsng -
sed Jerome, in pleasant voice.
Its mixed" l sed. but think we
shall cum out all right"
"Coumbus. when he diskivered this
magnificent continent, could have had no
idee of the grandeur it would one day as.
soom." sed the Prints.
ut cost Columbus twenty thousand dol.
lars to fit out bis exploring expedition"
sed l. IF be bad bin sensible man
he'd bav put the money in boss railroad
or gas company, and left this magni6.
cent continent to the intelligent ssvages.
who when they had got hold of good
thing knew enough to keep it. and Who
wouldn't bav seceeded, nor knoekt Liber.
ty in the he'd with slung shot. Colum-
bus wasn't much of fellsr. after all. It
would hsv bin money in my pocket. it
he'd staid to home. Chris neut we'll,
but be put his foot 10 it when be sailed for
America"
We talked sum more about matters
ana things, and at larst riE to 60. Il
will now say good bye to you. noble cir,
and good luck to you. Likewise the
sane to Clotildy. Also to the gorgeous
persons which compose yonr SCOT. If the
emperor's boy DON t like livip at the Tool
cries. wheu be gifts older. and would like
to embark in the show bizDiss, let him
come with me and Ill make a man Of
him You 6nd US sumwhat mixed, as
before obsarved, but come agin next year
and you'll fnd US clearer nor ever"
Then advisin him to keep away
from the Peter Funk auctions Of the East,
and the proprietors OF corner lots 10 the
West, bid bin farewell, and went a.
xay
Yours muchly.
WARD.
(AItemus.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17
A New Prophet in Utah.

A new prophetic Utah has just arisen
to dispute With Brigham bis absolute su-
thority over the faithful His name is
Joseph Morris. and be belongs to Weber
county. nesr Ogden city. He predicts
the breaking up of the present church
authority, aud new organization uoder
bis leadership. The new prophet ba.
created great deal of excitement. and
drawn 80 many of Brigbams followers
off, that the latter La. been compelled to
depounce bin as false prop het. Brig
ham It'll claims to hold the kegs Of death
and heH." and be comuspds the Morris
ties to obey the fuIluess of his gospel end
gather around the Salt Lake City Ten.
pie. On the other hand Joseph prophe'
sizes that war will soon commence 10 Utah
and that Brigham will be cut off this
year, and all bis posterity. and sll the
leaders of his church-and than young
Joseph Suith will lead the Saints back
to the Zion in Jsck.on county. Missouri
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How to Have Good Cider.

Professor Horsford, of Harvard Uni
versity. has recently published a recipe
for improving and preserving cider, b,
means of which the progress of the vine
Gus and acetrio Fermentation. may be ar
rested at pleasure. and the cider preserved
in just such a .tate as may be desired
A correspondent of the Boston Journal
says:
! Put the new cider into clean casks or
barrels, and allow it to ferment from one
to three weeks, according as the weather
is cool or warm. When it ha. attained
to lively fermentation. add to each gal
Ion ihree-iourths Of pouni of white su-
gar. and let the whole ferment again uB-
til it possesses nearly the brisk pleasant
taste which it is desirable should be per.
manent. Pour out 3 quart of the cider
and mix With it one quarter of an ounce
of sulphite of lime for every gallon the
cask contains. Stir until it is intim mately
mixed, and pour the emul-ion into the Ii.
quid. Agitate the contents Of the cssk
thoroughly for few minutes. then let it
rest that the cider may settle. Fermeu.
tation will be arrested at once, and will
not be resumed. 1t may be bottled in
the course of few weeks, or it may be
allowed to remain in the cask and used
on drsugbt. If bottled it will become
sparkling cider, better than what is called
champagne wine.
Professor Horsford, of Cambridge, was
the first to use the sulpbite of line for
this purpose and to him is due the cred.
it of FIRST calling attention to it's useful
ness. Il is iu no respect deleterious. as
the sulphate is changed by the liberation
of sulphurous acid. is entirely insoluble.
and remains at the bottom of tha vessel.
The writer has older prepared in this
way two years since. which has NAMED
unchanged and i. now beverage of un.
surpassed excellence. The sulpltate of
lime not the sulphate must be used.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17
Artemus Wards Courting Experience

Twas a earn still mite in Joon. when
all natur was busbt & nary Zeffer dis
tributed the serene silence. | sot with
the object of mi hsrt's affsek,buns on the
fence of her dady's pastur. l bad expe'
riunsed a hankerin arter her for sum
time, but darsunt proclame mi pashun.-
Well We sot thare on the fence q swing.
ing our feet 9 and frow, and blusbins rs
red as the Baldingville skule howse when
it was first painted, & lookin very cimpul,
I % axe 90 dowt. Mi left arm was oko.
pide in ballusin misclf on the fence while
mi rite arm was wound affecksbunitly
round SuzaDner 8 waste.
See I. "Suzanuer, l thinks very much
of you"
See she, show you do run on"
See l, Il wi-h there was winder to
mi sole SOC you Good see some Of mi feel
ins." & l side deeply.
pswsed here. but as she made no re-
ply to it, continued on in the following
strane:
"Ap, Good yer know the sleeple.s nights
pats on yer account, how vittles has
oeast to be attracrive to ne, q how mi
limbs is shtunk up, ye woode.t d1ot me
not By no means. Gaze on this wasted
torn aud sunken ize," cride, jumping
up.
should have continnered sum time
longer. probly. but unfortunately l LOST
ui balance and fell over into the pastu'
ker Sun ash. tariOg mi close. and severely
dsuagiog myself einnerally. Suzanne'
sprang to my as.istsnce q dragged me
4.h 10 dable quick time. Then drasil
herself up to her full bite sed:
IL won't liston to your noncents AM
longer. just yu sa rite out what you arr
1t. If you mean to get hitched, I'm in.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17
The Crops.

That two such years Of good crops at
home and high prices abroad as this sea-
son and the last should have come to US
just at this great National crisis must be
res arded as peculiarly fortunate. Last
year. up to this time, our total exports
we're SG9, ,751 1913, against SAY, ,96s, ,74O
in $50 OF the exports of 1860 the
great bulk OF value was in cotton, until
later in the season. when the great crop
Of cereals began to end its way to the
sestoard. after which the proportion of
grain in the National export manifest
rapidly increased Altogether We were
paid not less than $50 900. 900 in gold
for the Sresdstuffs sold by Us to our Eu
ropean customers. This year We have
been exporting since the lSt OF January
at the rate of more than two millions of
dollars per week or. in exact figures. the
enormou. sun of 500 .097 .24l, fully one.
half of which has eeen in cereals Bet
ter than this for eur finances. there is
small probability of an abatement in the
foreign demand. the last accounts from
France aud E0gland representing the
crops at least third below an average.
Iu EDglaud the deficiency has been esti-
m ated in some districts at two thirds, and
. like unfortunate etate of things is re-
ported in parts of FraUce Wheat is no
where plentiful ou the Continent; rye is
short in Germany; Indian corn seriously
30 in Italy; and potatoes are generally
doubtful The harvest not being satis-
factory 10 Portugal, all grain, except Ia
diau corn, is admitted free OF duty until
April 30 of bext year.
1t seems generally acknowledge that our
corn crop is large beyond precedent, not
SO much from an increased Weld as from
the large area planted. Prices in the
north western districts, removed from va
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17
Churning in Winter.
WARD.
(Aute % us.)

An exchange asks. where is the far
ner's wife who bas not been troubled
more or less with churpiDg in wipter!--
Cows fed Oh straw cannot be expected to
have much butter in their milk; the poor
things need the whole of it to supply ami
nal heat. 1t is yell known that butter
is held in emul-ion the form of oily
(curd) and that agitation bursts these
6l lms, when the oil or butter, being. spe-
officially tighter than the milk, rises to the
surface aud concretes. This effect is al.
ways accompanied by the forl alton Of
lastic acid from the sugar Of milk. But
below a Temperature of so degrees. this
form alton of lastio acid does not take
place. and consequently the butter will
not come. To make butter come, then,
We would advise better food for the COWS.
In addition to the straw or hay. give
some shorts, a few mangled wurtsel or
beets, and, what is bet of ALL little oil
cake. Then your milk will churD butter
aod to get it out will not be difficult
Place the milk where it will not freeze,
and the cream in temperature Of about
go degrees, aud keep it till it gets sour,
which will not be long if the temperature
is uniform. Avoid heating it iD the day
and freesing it all night; such course
will turn the cream bitter inste ad of sour.
10 churoing, the temperature should be
Gn winter as high as 60 deg. when the
cream is placed in the cburD, and about
20 deg. when the butter comes. A good
thermometer churn" is of great sdvau-
tage in winter as we'll as sun mer. not be-
cause it has thermometer, but because
OF the admirable means it affords Of plao-
ing warm water outside the ohurn.-. Pfas.
ne Farmer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17
"PEACE!"

One night a worthless, stealing scamp,
Broke through my bolted doors,
And laid his thievish, wicked hands
Upon my precious stores.
He searched the house in all its parts,
He rummaged all the closets;
He stole my silver and my gold,
And all my choice deposits.
And when | walked from risky sleep,
lie stood before my bed,
And held pistol in his hand,
Directed toward my. head.
] spraug and seized him by the throat
"lou murd'rous thie,," | cry,
'.lonr life-not mine--is forfeited
You are the one to die!''
I held him in my rghiful grasp,
lie struggled for release;
"Don't shoot" he cried, "give me the spols
And let us make PEACE"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17
An Arab Feast.

Here is dish offered Hospitality to The
traveller by tribe of Arabs. A sheep
has been bougb: for the feast. AS soon
as it was paid for, Said, the efendi'.
slave, in trice turned it over, and
kneeling on it. severed its throat to the
spine. With the last struggle the knife
was run into the abdomen; ripping open
which, be withdrew the stomach, liver,
and lights; and, cutting open the former,
and cleaning it BY simply turning it in
side out and shaking it, be then proceed
ed to cut it sDd its accoupaniments into
small pieces in wooden bowl provided
for the purpose from the nearest hut
Then taking the gall bladder. as sub
stitute for lemon, and squeezing it over
the whole, and adding copious supply
Of the hot red pepper of the country. be
served it up. still warm, by placing it on
the ground before US. looking like a man
we'll pleased with the feat he bad per.
formed. The effendi had already tucked
up the sleeses of bis right arm over the
elbow, prepared TO lose not an instant 10
the enjoyment Of what to me at that time
seemed an execrable di.b; and calling
out at the top of bis voice bismillah Gn
the name of God). plunged bis hand into
the reeking mess. which be conveyed to
his mouth as child would ripe peach.
Aboo Gadouu, in obedience to the invi-
tatiou Of tho jolly effendi and myself,
took my place at the feast, for such in re-
ality it appeared to both of them. m.--Pstb
erick'S Egypt.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17

s@An old darkey Methodist, who
was famous for his shouting at camp
meeting. was oUee reproved By bis mas
ter for it. "Gollyl" said be. 81 oney do
it according to de Lords command. y
allows that" said the master. "Wby,
in de Lords Prayer it says, 'bOller'd be
thy pamel"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-10-17

s@A little girl being told Of some
poor children who came near starving 70
death because they could get no bread to
eat, naisely said. "Ma! if they couldn't
get bread. ehy didntthey eat cake!"