Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-11-06

The rain and mud kept great
many people at home last Saturday
who would have gone TO Farmland
if the weather had been favorable
There were good many people there
rs il was, and the Militia maneuv-
cred industriously most Of the day.
In the lis. of subscribers for
the Repository sent by Mr. C.. J..
Norton two names were 10y acct
dent omitted; J. w. Field. care of
#. A. Newhall & Sons. Phlladel-
phia, and George LiveriEore, E-q..
Cimbridse, Mass.
Our readers will find the Pre-
MUM List of our late County Fair
on the fourth page Of this number.
Most OF them ieel interested in it.
Arrangements have been made
for public meeting here to-day at
which some action will be taken in
regard to raising Company of vol
unteers ia this County. Gen Man
son, Col. VIM. a. BickIe and y. II.
johnson, Esq. are announced as
speakers. Our paper goes to press
too early 90 permit us to give any
account OF the meeting.
Lieut.. Salatlicl Colvin. of the
Seth Ind, whose death we noticed
recently. was brought home for lur-
ial. His remains were inter- q on
last Sunday with military ceremo-
mics. several companies Of militia
AMI very large concoursc of PEG
pie attending.
The weather is very mild for
tho season, and the roads are still
pretty good.
-Nommon Pleas Court was i'm
session last week, Judge Haynes Oh
the Bench.
We SAW letter the other day
directed rs follows, leaving out the
name of the person:
"Scissaroc, Cicero mackdouil
Co. cansis.'
\ friend suggests that if 1.-The
schoolmastcr is abroad, the man
who wrote this letter has not met
him.
We have received from Farm
Ind communication respecting
Shaw's Murine Automaton, but as
il is almost identical with an ed
itorial notice in our last weeks pa
per. we do not print it. The Au-
tomaton has Just been successfully
exhibited mt Farmland, tie Brass
Band of that vill,ge furnishing ex-
celeni music for the occasion.
We shall he Obliged to our
friends there for items OF news
every week.
Active efforts are being made
all over this state to fill up our quo
a under the late call for volunteers.
War meetings are held every day,
and the work progresses encoura-
gingly.
Shelby Co. has agreed to give
500 bounty, in addition to what
is paid by the Government, to each
of her volunteers.
A letter from Frank Flood Of
the 18th Ind RECT. Is dated at
Thoroughfare Gap, Oct. 23rd. 1t
hasthe true soldierly spirit. The old
Nineteenth has re-enlisted for an
other term OF ''three years or during
the war" on condition OF being
sent home to recruit.
John b. Cough, the celebrated
Temperance lecturer, has been
speaking at Cincinnati and Indian
apolis lately. He delivered his
lecture entitled "Peculiar People"
at the latter place on last Tuesday
evening. See the account IN Edi-
torial Correspondence.
One of the classes in Mental
Arithmetic at the Seminary COM
plimeD,ed US last week by an ap-
pointment on the Committee oil Ex-
animation.
We regret very much that we
could not attend. but it was impos-
sible for us to leave the office.
We are informed that the class
exhibited great proficiency: Several
persons who have visited Mr.. Coop.
er's school recently speak in high
terms of his methods of ins'ruc-
ton, and of the general appear
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