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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-07-03

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Trains connect at Detroit with Trains of the
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Toronto, Rockville, Montreal Quebec, and al
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Also at Clyde with Trains of the Sandusky,
Dayton and Cincinnati Railroad for Sandusky
Bellefontaine, Springfield, Dayton and Cincin-
natl.
Also ut Monroeville with the Sanduskv.
Mansfield and Newark Railroad, for Mansfield,
Mount Vernon, Newark, GAINESVILLE, Wheel
ing, &c.
Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-07-03
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Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-07-03
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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

a WOODEN MoTHER-We have heard of
wooden nutmegs, wooden hams, horn gun
fints, wooden oats and wooden clocks. but
what infusion of Yankee ever tinctured
a John Bull to invent wooden mother q?
the following, by a correspondent of the
Mark Lane Express, describes the new
invention
\ fine sow, having twelve sucking pigs
belonging to pork merchant in Monk
wearmouth, was taken Ill and died sud
denly. The proprietor, who is an ingenious
character, set to work a1d formed a rough
model of a SOW in wood being hollow in
the centre, the abdomen being furnished
with twelve tcats, cleverly formed of raw
hide. The interior of the model is kept
flied with milk, and the whole of the
young pigs suck from the teats Of this
singular looking wooden SOW, and all are
thriving.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

ESsy" Anecdotes of great men are neve-
received with disfavor We therefore
append the following Websterian incident
which is something of = big thing on
Father Scarf
Daniel Webster had an anecdote of
old Father Searl, the minister of his boy
hood, which has never been in print, and
which is too good to be lost. 1t was Gus
tomary then to wear buckskin breeches in
cool weather One Sunday morning in
the autumn, Father Scarf brought his
down from the garret, hut the wasps had
taken possession of them during the sum
mer, and were having a nice time in them.
By dint of effort he got out the intruders
and dressed for meeting. But while
reading the Scriptures to the congregation,
he felt dagger from one of the enraged,
small-waisted fellows, and jumped around
the pulpit, slapping his thighs. But the
more he slappe around and danced the
more they stung. The people thought him
crazy. and were in commotion what to do,
but he explained the matter by saying:
Brethren, don't be alarmed. The word
of the Lord is in my mouth, but the devil
IS in my breeches
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22
Effects Of the Loss of Sleep.

There is no fact more clearly established
in the physiology of man than this, that
the brain expends It's energies and itself
during the hours of wakefulness, and that
those are recuperated during sleep. If
the recuperation does not equal the ex-
penditure, the brain withers-this is he'd
insanity
Thus it is that, according to English
history, persons who were condemned TO
death. by being prevented from sleeping,
always died raving maniacs. Thus it is.
also, that those who are starved to death
become insane-the brain is not nour-
ished, and they cannot sleep The prac-
teal differences arc these;
|. Those who think most-whO do
most rain-work-require most sleep.
, Time saved from necessary sleep
is infallibly destructive to mind, body
and estate
3. Give yourself, your children, your
servants-give all that are under YOU
the fullest amount Of sleep they will take,
by compelling them to 90 to bed at some
regular hour, and to arise the moment
they awake, and within Il fortnight, Ma
ture, with almost the regularity of the sun,
will unloose the bands of sleep the mo-
ment enough repose has been secured for
the wants of the system.
This is the only safe and sufficient rule;
and as to the question how much sleep
any one requires, each must be rule for
himself; great Nature will never fail TO
write it out to the observer under the reg
ulatiOn just given.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

Riches hide vice; and poverty con-
ceals virtue.
Our most distinguished critics admit
that Gen. NcCielian il the greatest r.
rietcer this country ever produced
= Plutarch wisely says that prosperity
is not Just scale; adversely is the only.
balance to weigh friends in,
The vanity of life, says Dean Swift,
is like river, constantly passing away
and vet constantly coming on.
For organizing an army, feeding,
clothing and equipping it, and going into
war business IN general, the American
people stand loan.
The superficial must conversr with
others, but the wise can, in addition, con
verse also with themselves.
1t has been said, and truthfully. that
we can earn genuine manhood only bv
serving out faithfully the period Of boy
hood
- Dull time, are the very best for ad
vertisers. What little is going on, they
get; while others are grumblinc, thev nav
their way and with newspaper for q
iife-Preserver, swim on the top Of the
water while others around arc sinking.
= A physician in Wisconsin being dis
tusbed one night by a burglar. and having
no ball or shot for his pistol, noiselessly
loaded the weapon with dry, hard pills.
and gave the intruder a dose which he
thinks viii 90 very far toward curing the
rascal of decidedly bad ailrnent
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22
Isn't it worse for a Man 2'

1t is two years since | left off the use Of
tobacco | chewed only occasionally, but
did enjoy my clrar prided myself on
my fine Havannas, and might have been
seen almost any morning with a cigar in
my mouth, walking down Broadway in a
most comfortable manner.
The way it happened that left off the
use of the weed is this: | had little
boy about six years of age He almost
always hurried to he ready 10 walk walk dow n
with me as far as his school Ills bright
face and extended hand were always vel
come, ana he bounded along heside me
chatting, as such dear little fellows only
can The city has in it MANY dirty, un-
cared-for boys whose chief delight seems
to be TO pick up discarded cigar stumrs
and broken pipes, and with their hands
in their pockets, puff away in very incl
egant manner.
One morning it seemed to me rs if little
Edgar and | met a great many of these
juvenile smokers. | became very much
disgusted, and pointed them out to little
Edgar as an awful warning Of youthful
delinquency. talked quite largely, and
said city authorities ought to interfere
and break it up.
\ little voice. soft and musical, came
up 10 me as gave an extra puff from my
superb HAVANA A bright little face
was upturned, and the words" Isn't il
worse for a man, papa ?'-came TO my
ears. l looked down on the htcle fellow
at my side, when his timid eye fell, and
the color mounted to his cheek, as if ht
feard he had said something bold and un
I fitting
Do YOU think it IS worse for man
/ Edgar p | asked
Please, papa boys wouldn't want t
smoke and chew tobacco if men didn't d.
it.
/ Here was the answer / threw ava,
my cigar, and have never touched tobacco
since
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

sss~ The question of the boundary line
between Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
which was settled by a decree of the
nlted States supreme court on Monday,
has been IN dispute for upward. Of a
century, and there are even traces of IL
as far back as 1854 Commission. have
oeen appointed to run the lines over and
over again since the year t74i, but with
out bringing the matter to q settlement
ana Tor thirty years past il has been liti-
gated IN the Supreme Court of the United
states The definite adjustment will 90
into effect March Ist, 1862 1t has pro
ceeded upon the principle of establishing
a line winch shall accomodate the altered
necessities of the people of the two States
hhode Island is TO take Pawtucket and
Seekonk from Massachuset those towns
being adjacent to and dependant uren
frevidence and massachusetts takes
from Rh"de Island in exchange. that of
the city of Fall River, which is now sepa-
rated from rs by an exceedingly incon-
yenent and artificial boundary. All
proper precau ions have been adopted to
protect the rights Of property on each
side In these distracted times. it is
pleasant to hear that one thing is settled
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

\ HARD SHELL SERMON" Ny breth-
rem, said hard shell Baptist. who was
holding forth on one Sunday, " if a man :
full of religion you can hurt him There
was the three Arabian children, they put
EN- in a fiery furnace hetted seven times
hetter than it could be het, and it didn t
SINCE a har on their heads And there
was John the Evangeler-they put him
and where do you think. brethren and
sisters, they put him Why, they put
him into Il caldonic of bilin' lie, and billed
him all night, and it didn't iaze his she'll
And there was Dan el-thev put him in.o
a lions den. And what nv fellow tr;.v-
elers and respected auditors, do you think
he was put into a lions den for? Why,
for praying three times day Don't be
alarmed, brethren and sisters: | don t
think any OF you will ever get into lion
den y
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

A YANKEE TRICK IN MGssoURI-The fol
lowing is told of Maj Hovev, of the oath
Indiana, in connection with Gen Pope
recent exploits in Missouri.
While at some point near Clinton, MAJ.
Hovey took 100 men, put them in wagons
so as to hide them from view, and then
putting a few stragglers to walk, as if
guarding the train, he started out Sc
cesh shotgun in hand, hiding in the
brush, saw the cortege, and supposed it to
be federal wngon trtin poorly guarded
and hence an easy as well as legitemate
prize. heas0ning thus, secesn walked
from the brush, presented his shotgun,
and demanded surrender, which demand
was instantly met by fifty men rising
from the wagons, presenting row of
elittering muskets, and requesting SINH
lar favor of astonished and now mortified
secession. Secession generally complied,
and worked off its i'll humor by cursing
such mean Yankee tricks unknown to
all honorable warfare, and, as un worthy
of chivalrous hearts In this way many
a petuiant rebel was cOnfounded, and IN
two cases, where fight was preferred rath-
er than surrender. two rebel sons OF chIv-
alrv bit the dust from the effects of Mimic
bullets, which left cannister like auger
holes clear through their heads Major
Hovev captured a large number of pris-
oners and burned one mill which was
grinding for Price.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

HE ARMY ALLOTMENT SYsrEM-A gen
eral order from the War Department De
fines the regulations of the new allotment
system IN the army, as follows:
First, the assignment of pay viii be
made on a separate roll, to be executed
under the supervision of the captain or
immediate commander of the recruit, at
the time of the enlistment of the soldier
in camp. Second, when completed, the
allotment roll is to be transmitted TO the
Paymaster4ieneral, by whom the deduc-
tions viii be made on each subsequent
pay roll, and the aggregate amount of
each eompany's assignment will be trans
ferred by him to the distributor named in
the roll, together with a copy of said roll.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

CURE FOR FROSTED FEET-It is said
that frozen feet can be speedily and Ger
tainly cured by being bathed and well
rubbed with kerosene or coal oil for a
few times at night before retiring to bed,
Several persons have already tried it, all
Of whom unite in pronouncing it an effec-
tual cure, which, ii they are correct. is an
easy and cheap way Of getting rid Of a
very sore and troublesome affection
Those who have tried it say that the feet
should be well warmed by hot stove
during and after the application of the
sons sufferinr from " frosted feet eel ' will do
well in giving it a trial, for it is a cheap
ointment, and easily applied
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

PRIZE FOR Conn BREAD-An organi-
zation in New York recently offered pre-
miums for the best receipt for making
corn bread, and the one that took the first
premium is as follows:
" To two quarts of meal, add one pint
Of bread sponge water sufficiently to
wet the whole; add one-half pint Of flour,
and a tablespoonful of salt; let it rise /,
then knead well for the second time. and
piece the dough in the oven, and allow it
to bake an hour and half
This receipt was successful among two
hundred and twenty competitors for the
first prize, and the awarding committee
state that they ate corn bread necessarily
for two days and nights
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

4 LAWYERS TRIcK-A shrewd trick TO
identify the handwriting Of party in a
suit was resOrted 10 In case tried in the
Supreme Court to-day. \ man, his wife
and SON. made a joint note, all three sign
ing their names. When the note came
due it was signature Of husband and son,
but nc one could be obtained to identify
the handwriting Of his wife In this di
lemma the counsel for the holder Of the
note got an Express monied envelope, in
which he put a subpoena \ boy was
sent with this envelope and receipt book
10 the house of the lady. The lady fell
int the trap. received the envelope and
signed the receipt in the boy book
Wben the trial came on the lady did not
appear. the boy. however, produced the
book. and the signatures being compared
they were found the same, and a yer iict
rendered against all three--N I Er-
p~ss.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

EFFICIENCY OF RIFLED Cannon Col
Brown, Commander at Fort Pickens, in
is report of the attack upon the rebel
batteries, states that he has come to the
conclusion that the brick or stone walls of
batteries at distance of 200 yards, can
not be seriously injured by the most eff
shells are not TO be depended upon for
firing wooden buildings unless they are
filed with some inhammable composition
He also says that small gunboats, drawing
six feet water, and armed with rifed guns,
are of more service than a forty gun ship,
and that PARROTS rifed gun is much bet
ter than James The moment the rebels
a Fort McRea got their ri1ed guns 10 bear
upon the Ricbmon3 she had TO aband n
the contest or he cut 70 pieces. If she
had been supplied with the same kind of
ordnance she would have done much more
mischief
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22
R-sF@ The Touisvitla (EyN ,~.--

Rse~ The Louisville (Kv.) correspon
dent of the New York Tribune narrates
a horrible tragedy, which, it is alleged.
lately occurred in Nashville, Tenn, as
follows:
Mrs Ex-President Polk, (who is con-
sidered quite rigid in the treatment of
slaves,) had a smart servant woman, the
''.:"ther at three sprightly children, in the
management of whom she had expert
enced some difficulty, and had. therefore,
determined to sell her South" This
coming to the negress' ears she procured
butchers knife one morning, and cut the
throats of her three children. and then
closed the drama by cutting her own
However contented the negroes may be,
they don't desire to 90 deeper into Dixie
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22
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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

B<Ig~ The Chicago Times saws the work
men in the machine shops of McCormick's
Reape Manufactory are at work on a
reaper for the great exhibition Mt London
this year. 1t will be a magnificent ma
chine, costing probably a thousand or two.
dollars. There are wheels in the ma
chine which viii cost from twenty-five to
fifty dollars, merely for the purpose of
producing a bright surface The wood
work viii be of a corresponding quality,
and the machine will probably be the
finest ever manufactured The iron work
viii all he polished
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

LS37~ The nine Indian chiefs. represent
ing the Greeks, Chicksaw and Seminole
tribes of the southwest, have been all
through our camps and forts along the
Potomac, and have seen whole brigades
on review, They have also examined the
heavy artillery and small firearms, and
seem greatly astonshed, having been
made to believe by the sccesh who have
tried TO operate upon their loyalty. that
we had no army and no weapons The
chief remarked to McCIelan-''Bi army,
big guns. Why no 90 fight p
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

- Forgiveness. the noblest of all self
denial, is virtue, which he alone who
can practice in himself, can willingly
believe in another
- Learn in childhood, that happiness
is not outside, but inside A good heart
and clear conscience brings happiness
which no riches and no circumstances
alone ever do,
The chairman Of political meeting
seeing rowdv who was raising his arm
to throw a stale egg at him, bawled out
+" Sir, your motion Is out of order !"
- The perfumes Of a thousand roses
soon die, but the pain caused by one of
their thorns remains long after; sad
dcne remembrance in the midst of mirth
is ike that thorn among the roses
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

RR- \ lady who, though in the autumn
of life, had lost all dreams of its spring
said TO Douglas Jerrold " cannot imag-
Inc what makes my hair turn so gray; /
sometimes fancy it is the essence of rose
mary with which nv maid brushes it
What do YOU think p - | should rather
be afraid, madam" replied the distin-
guished dramatist, dryly, " that it is the
essence of time
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

E@35- The cost thus far for the transpor-
tation equipment and encampment expen-
ses of the nineteen regiments of infantry,
two regiments of cavalry. and one regi-
ment Of artillery raised in this State, is in
round numbers, one million one hundred
and eighty thousand doh trs-which is
about S54 90 to a man. This does not in
clude pay and subsistence
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

APT ALITERATIoS' ARTFUL ArD"--
The following dialogue was spoken in Vir-
ginia few DAYS since
CoLoNEL-Maior, what do you discover
w:::l that glass near that clump of trees
MAJoR-A regiment of ragged rascals
revelling around the rebel rag, sir
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

sGr Who IS Prince Salm Salm > OAio
Gazette
A son of old Hymn Hymn, VIC suppose =
La Crosse Democrat
Would it not be proper. therefore, to .
put the you man to = II Sing p EIine-
ma Republican
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

eI~ He who is open, without levity !;
generous, without waste: secret, without
craft; humble, without meanness bold,
without insolence; cautions, without anx-
iety; regular, yet not formal; mild yet
not timid firm, vet not tyrrannIeal : IS
made to pass the ordeal Of Honor, Friend
ship and Virtue.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22
F,~uIo>ABLE BARBER.

. E0RGE APPEL having fitted up his shop in the
most approved style, Is prepared Shave, Dress
Hair. shampoo, etc all Who may favor him with
calI He VII also attend bleeding. CuppinC
Lecching short notice and in the best o. the
science The perfect satisfaction warranted in all
eases
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-01-22

QUIT THAT Quit what? Quit telling
your innocent, confiding, trembling chill
dren about ghosts ard hobgoblins y ou
are throwing a sorrow upon young hearts
that VIII cling to them through life How
many mothers there are vino quiet their
children by saying the 'bug-a-boos' will
come and take YOU off; come. old niger,
come, and-weIl, viii you hush this min
ute 2
The poor child believes all its own mo-
ther says, and why should II. it, 1t ought
TO believe. That is its flial duty. The
sobbing futtering is quieted, but not com
posed. Those fearful ey"s close in sleep
of terror a weary broken rest follows /;
the child dreams-but oh who can tell the
sadness of child while it dreams in a
sleep frightened upon it by alarms of all
that is terrible and repulsive?
Such inhuman treatment endangers the
mind-the intellect Mothers. be ware =
And see that the nurse or servant, or old
er brother or sister, cast not sorrows on
to the very soul of your child A sorrow
early planted and watered by tears viii
bring forth 4 harvest Of bitterness and de
spair.
How common a habit is this to teach
child. en- to fear unseen dangers at mid
night The peaceful night; so full OF
sweetness, and the nights that bring the
honeyed drops of dew, o bless the flow
ers and refresh the leaves, the night that
brings to the weary rest; this dearest
time of all is to he made terrible TO chill
dren What wicke lness Why, it is
blasphemy to make the little ones believe
that God forgets them, and sends tormen-
tors to trouble them in the silent watches
of the nght-Rrat Amer lean.