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The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26


About the meaness, smallest, worst,
most pusillanimous, and thoroughly
consemptible business q fellow can
ever engaged in, or 10 liable to be drawn
into, or is unfortunate enough to have
ANYTHING to do with-is editing .
country newrpaper! A business that
sends 90 everlasting and important,
yet contains more bitterness, petty eau
cusing driviling, miserable principles,
does not exist itself excepted) ON any
portion of Gods footstool; and none
Yields less in profit or sa,isfacii"n--in
pocket ar position. A business that
hazards credit, love of truth, seraci'y'
good opinion, good posltion-yet IL
claimant upon everything-that Il,
upon wire pulling in all it's phases,
made Mp Of office meanness and ofhce
rsscaIity, for miserable suPport-and
Qets cheated out of it at last!
Eiitors Of country papers are com
PEELED tn Tor d") become subject to
every rossible shade of Justification and
legal stealing. They buy subscriptions
by vote; sell any amount Of truth I"
get somebody an office, who rewards
him by the withdrawal of his patronage
in favor Of the opposition paper write
untruths by the Column for men who
never pay their hills; puff every little
c0ntemptihle concern that orders fifty
cent job, who leaves town forgetting I"
pay the amount. Oh. a country editor
Poor. dilapidated, miserable w" sided.
plant object Of marfyrdom; credit
gone, NJ money, M friends. no indepen-
denc-, no State printing (,hat was Civ
en- to the rival paper Ivy the governor
he lies 40 hugely 10 elect. no hope of
it an abundance of asset~-on the
bos.ks, n .rr.ly coat, boots dawn at The
heel and out at toes, lots of enemies,
plenty Of opp"siIion, and Jobs com
Esrtrrs by the score.
Everybody wants his paper some
paw for it-bless their honest souls
most do not political aspirants invoke
his all tn get in office. then vote down
the fees for county advertising.
A country editor P"or poverty
stricken pedagogue "f ink and ideas,
how l pity you! The tool of avari-
eious, hungry office seekers-the snf-
frrer Of public abuse-the shonlder;ny
omnibus ofrvery miserable report tina,
falls detrimental 10 y"ur party-the
victim Of mnch political underground
trafiic-the door keeper 10 country Sc
crrts which the owners thereof dare
not guard themsrlves-the delnded bog
,rotter for righ;...s.l nrin,ing-the vehi-
Gle for week. rati"ns which few hsvr
the common sense to appreciate. 4 2r
unfortunate! hard il your lot. Cen
sured ii reniss in any duiy-expected
IN be at the ease, the press, the editori
~ ~: :...i,..ll:s-exery session of county or
board. picnic, exhibition, CRU, a"e-
ton, S.ht. ride, or show--xpected to
work for nothing and keep out OF DEBT
have your business the secret Of
every man, woman and child in the
courty-your reputation just a. II suits
the whlm OF the darling, precious, low
In. public.
Oil! for the sake IF yonr self love,
for the good name of The honorable
craft oi wl,ich you are member, let it
not he said of you in days 20 come. and
NJ the final Judgment: "lle edited a
country newspaper ?"-Es.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
TO THE SICK /.
DIR. v. C.. PR CE.
Analytical Physician,

Late of Buffalo n Y, will will be for consultation
on diseases generally at
NILES. BOND HOUSE. DURING TUESDAY,
TIE 18th OF APRIL.
KALAMAZOO, BURDICK HOUSE, 1sT AND
FORENOON 2D Of MAY.
1t will be remembered that Dr. Price has visited
Niles, kalamazoo and the other places in our State
regularly every few weeks for the past two years,
and will continue to do 50. All persons unable to
visit him can receive his aid by addressing letter
To his
~ Residence, Waukegan ILL.,, where aIlletters
should be sent al
Dr. Price devotes his whole time to the cure of
SCROFULA, RHEUMATISM, FMS. NERVOUS
MALADlES, FEMALE DIFFICULTIES, CON
SUMPTION, THROAT, LIVER, HEART, KID
NEY AND ALI. CHRONIC COMPLAINTS, Our
practice founded ON truth, seventeen years stand
ing, differs from all others trIfiug with human
existence, sacrificing lite by experiments. We
know upon examination the cause OF disease and
remedy needed to remove it, not by guessing but
by knowledge. No pOsons or harsh medicines to
nlure the constitution, but mild and efficient. No
making sick to make well, tearing down to build
up. abandoning business or starving-no giving
| encouragem, mt without prospect. coming once
never to be seen again, but honest in dealings,
frank Ill our opinions, moderate in our charges
regular every few weeks in our visit. " e invite
Investigation, claim not to know everything, to
cure everybody. do claim "a reason and common
sense, and To- nine out of ten said to be incur
able We PARTICULAR, request thos. who have tried
this scientific doctor. that respectable physician,
boasted and advertised medicines, and doctors un
til worn aud discouraged; to call upon costs
nothing, as consultation is free.
| Dowagiac, Jan. 18th 1868. oet2S 2f-y1
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
Ayers Sarsaparilla

is compounded from the most effectua anti
doteS that medical science has discovered for
this affirming dIstemper, and for the cure of the
disorders il entails. That it is far superior TO
any other remedy vet devised is known by all
who have given it Il trial. That il does com.
bine virtues truly extraordinary in their effect
upon this class of complaints. is indisputab.y
proven by the great multitude of publicly
known and remarkable cures il has made of
the following diseases Kings Evil or
Glandular Swellings, Tumors. Erup.
lions. Pimples, Blotches and Sores, cry.
sipelas. Rose or st. Anthony's Fire. Salt
.3.hi:ssam, SScald Head. Coughs from tn.
berculous deposits in the lungs. White
Swsllings. debility. Dropsy, Neuralgia,
Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Syphilis and
Syphilitic Infections. Mercnrial Diseases,
Female Weaknesses, and, indeed, the whole
series Of complaints that arise from impurity
Of the blood. Minute reports of Individual
csSes NAV be found in AYERS AMERICAN
ALMANAC. which is furnished to the druggists
for grauitous distribution. wherein may he
learned the directions To- ifs use, and some OF
the remarkable cures whi' h II has Ii'aue when
all other remedies had failed to Afford reiiei.
Those cases are purpOsely taken from all sec
tlOnS OIL the country, III OTucf tiidt cheis tduSi
NAV have access 10 SOme one who can speak TO
him of its benefits from personal experience.
Scrofua depresses the vital energies. aud thus
leaves its victims far more subject to disease
and its fatal results than are healthy cOnstiiu-
tions Hence it tends To shorten, and does
greatly shorten. the average duration of human
life The vast importance of these cOnsidera-
tons has led to spend wears in periecting
remedy which l. adequate TO its cure. This
we now offer to the public under the name of
AYERS SARsAPARILLA, although ii Is COM
posed of ingredients, some of which exceed the
hest of Srs I,sIrilid in Alternative power. BY
its aid Won may protect Yourself from the suffer-
ing and danger of these disorders. iurge ont
the foul corruptiOns that rot ard tester in the
blood purge out the causes of disease, and
vigorous health will follow. BY its peculiar
virtues this remedy stimulates the vital func.
lions, and thus expels the distempers which
Turk within the system or burst out on any
part of il.
We know the public have been deceived by
many compounds of SprMpa7id. that promised
much and did nothing; but they will neither be
deceived nor disappointed in this. Its virtues
have been proven by abundant trial. and there
remains no question of its surprising excellence
for The cure of the affecting diseases it is in
tended to reach. Although under the same
name, il j. a verv different medicine from any
other which has been before the people, and is
far more effertual than any other which has
ever been available to them.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

inc N bSSt eS1 YRAs
The steamboats, on the Mississippi
between Cairo and Vicksburg have
been 30 often fired upon from the VII
| lagos ON the banks of the river. that In
retaliation many OF the villages have
been get ON fire BY the gunb"ats aud
burned. The inhabitants have often
| been un able to prevent these guerrilla
attacks, the parties coming in from n
distance, or from the army, and leaving
after their work was done. In the re-
prisals, Union men have suffered equal
~ with the sesesh, as must almost al
necessity happen in such cases, and in
this way there is not likely To be much
increase OF friendship, for the invaders,
with the resident population. H"pv
field, OH the Arkansas shore, a fine
village of 500 inhabitants, WAS the last
place destroyed. A majority ot the
people are said To have always been
Unionists, but party of rebels oldirrs
came in and seized and burned the
steamer Hercules when she stepped
there. A gpnboat was sent thithrr To
destroy the place, anil letter from OH
board gives u vivid account of the con
fagraiion
"Men were landed. and proceeded,
with their work of desiructi"n. a
house Immediately opposite the foot 1T
Court street in this city, and in the rear
Of Hoprtield, just at the edge of the
wood, was first fired. A strong, steady
south wind-thr precursor "f the com
ing spring-was blowing. I'm Ter it's
Influence the flames spread rapidly.
Leaping from doors and window :
-springiny from front, rear, and Cab
lcs-cnvcloping the roofs with their
red and terrible tongues, surm"unird
by the black smoke that hid from the
blue heavens the sacrifice Ia the dread
genius of war, the fire went on its de-
vouring way. Soon either fires added
ihir terrible flames, other crnsurS. their
gloomy smoke of destruction. House
after house was fired, flame after flame
added it's lnrid horrors I" the scene, aud
the black. dark, heavy column. of smokr
rolled bef"re the southern bi-czc M
the Mississippi, carving toward the
North the tldings of destruction.
AS we are writing these lines the
work of annihila,i"n is preceding. The
white houses, with their green shutters.
and little FENCED yards around. that
leaked so peaceful AS We gazed upon
them from our bluffs Yesterday, are al
this moment smoking ciDders, or red
pillars of veneoptnl fire.
'fWe last night c"nverspd with some
ot the parties who participated in this
edition. There were hu, few men
seen at iIop,sssld on the occasion;
Those who were there We. snlit': '''''.
indignant. The women, on learning
that their homes were to be burned,
~. ~. >. h-arihs made des"late, and the.
place clustering with all the tn"ns;.:::.di
recollecIinus of h"lne, To he destroyed,
generally burst into tears and in grief,
sometimes too deep for expression, aid
eel III removing their furniture and pro-
visions.
The village, at sunset, was heap of
smoking runs here and there column
of flame still fingered i'm it's work of de-
struciinn, but generally, only hlackenrd
chimneys and smoking ruins told where
the work of devastation was per
formedr' "a ~
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
PROBATE ORDER.

STATE OF Neutrality-suspicious., Of Cass:--ss.
- At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis. on Wednesday the eleventh dav of
March, in the year thousand eight hundred
and sixty three. Present, Clifford Shanahan,
Judge OF Probate. In the matter of the estate Of
George w. Lewis, deceased. On reading and filing
the petition duly verified, of Jesse Taerjay,
pra, ing for letters of Administration the estate
of said deceased.
Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
eleventh day of April next. at ten O'clock
in the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition and that the heirs at law of said deceased
and all other persons interested in said estate,
required TO appear at session of said court then
to be holden at the Probate Office in Cassapolis,
and show cause, if any there be, why the prayer Of
the petitioner should not be granted.
And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the tendency If said petition and the hearing
thereof, by causing copy of this order to be pub
lished in the Cass County Republican, a newspaper
printed and Regulating in said County Of Cass for
three success We weeks previous to said day of
hearing. Z. SHANAHAN,
"a true copy.1 Judge of Probate.
March IL, 1868. marl9- 4Sw3
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

contamination is variously caused by mercurial
disease. low living. iisor,lered digestion from
unhealthy food. impure air, filth and filthy
habits, the depressing vices, and above ALL by
the venereal infection. Whatever be its origin,
il is hereditary in the constitution. descending
"from parents TO children unto the third and
fourth generation indeed. il seems to he the
rod of Him who SAYS. will visit the inqui-
ties of the fathers upon their children" The
diseases which il originates take varus names,
according 10 the organs it attarks. In the
lungs. Scrofnla produces tubercles. and finally
Consumption; in the glands. swelings which
suppurate and become uccrous sores i'm the
stomach and bowels. arrangements which pro-
duce indigestion. dyspepsia. and liver com.
plants, on the skin, ernptive AMI cuianeous
affections. These all having the same origin,
require the same remedy. viz. puriication and
IMMIGRATION of the blood. Purify the blood,
and thes'. dangerous distempers leave YOU.
With feeble, foul, or corrupted blood Won can.
not have health with that . life OF The flesh /"
healthy, you cannot have scroiulous disease.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

E-The invasion panic has been re
viv~d in Kentucky, and it il not mn
likely that there Is some ground for II,
As soon M the weather permits, the
rebels will strain their ingenuity and
energies to gel back into Kentucky for
subsistence, ii for no other purpose.
But we presume Gen. R"srcrans and
the military authorities in krntnck.
are OH the alerf.-Chicogo Journal
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
EYES and EARS.

Extreme cases of all kinds of diseases will be.
sent to Chicago, where more perfect aiment can
be instituted.
DIR lodges Lectures the following subjects
will be forwarded to those desiring, ON receipt Of
of the price set opposite each lecture: 7r
Lee. on Tuberculosis of the Lungs cents
+" :" Catarrhal Bronchitis
:" g l'rolapsus or Female weakness 9 "a
=" Dyspepsia, 80"
90 80 Scrofula.
" :. Our Theory and Practice,
'' % Female Cautery fel1 .s y
Either of the above will be forwarded on receipt
of the price. in new stamps, all of Them post
paid, tor fifty cents i'm stamps, the print
ing is completed, by the first of March.
Address, - ~ =. DODGE, NJ. d.,
Boa 1915, Chicago Illinois
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

~Th~ idea of sustaining the Gov
eminent in time of prril"us war. and
fighting to the death the Administra
ton by which the war must be- carried
ON. is (says the Nashville Union,) The
Offspring of weak brain or false
heart. Ii 10 like landing virtue in thu
abstract. aud picking your nel.ho"rs
pockets IN practice.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
.. 3.
/" Union for The Sake of the Union. .

Chon AVA INV AonO Va INV OnA"u'
rI>HIS PATRIOTIC FRATERNITY. being now
i prepared To establish its branches in Cass
Comfy invites Ia mtnbersh hip all loyal citizens of
Whatever party or Sect lis aims ale the follow
ing:
/. To preserve, through all coming time. the
unity of the United States from disintegration and
decay.
3 10 secure to posteriy our birthright of free
dom of conscience, speech and action
8. To afford 70 people of other lands an asylum.
a refuge from tyranny, oppression and political
wrong.
4. To perpetuate the memory of the founders OF
this great Republic and Of their worthy and i'm
mortal successors.
S. To teach, by covenants, emblems. md sol
emn ceremonies, the harmony, strength and beauty
of National unity.
For full infer nation. Constitutions. Bylaws,
&C., apply Tor the present to John Trimbe, Jr.,
d. D., Box 6295, Chicago Illinois.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

E-Hon. John w. NOEL, OF Mis-
sour. died in Washington last week
from abscess in the head.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL,
The Worlds Great Remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Incipient Con-
sumption, and for the relief

of Consumptive patients
in advanced stages
of the disease.
This has been so long used and so nniver-
sally known, that we need do no more than
assure the public that its quality is kept up TO
the hest it ever has been. and that it may be
relied on TO do all it has ever done.
Prepared by DIR. J C. AVER & CO.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
Lowell, Mass.
Sold by all druggists everywhere.
RSoid in Dowagiac by j. e. Howard and Asa
Huntington, and druggists generally. marl9-yl
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

NOW Is THE BEST TINE TO SUBSCRIBE
For the Best Paper Of the Times.
sa,a~ MOORE'S
Rural N ew- Y orker.
THE leading and most popular Farm and Fire.
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In all the essentials of frst-class Agricultural,
Horticultural, Literary and Family Newspaper
combined, The Rural has long been pronounced,
by both Press and People,
THE BEST OF IT'S CLASS!
And the immense circulation II continues to main
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in the future. as it ever has been in the past, to
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The Most Useful Home Journal
Published in America. Always Loyal, Practical,
and Progressire The RURAL has long been the ia
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TIE WAR NEWS, MARKETS.
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Remember that TIE RURAL is published Weekly
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interest and home welfare OF its tens of thousands
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say Its Western Corresponding Editor, Chas
ID. Bragdou, Esq, whose =" " estern Editorial
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devote still more time and thought for the benefit
OF the Rural Mar Yorker and It's readers ~
STYLE, FORM, TERMS, &c.
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pleie for binding.
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dec25 ID. ID. 7. MOORE, Rochester n Y.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

THE peculiar faint or
Infection which we call
ScRoFULA turks in
the constitutions OF
multitudes of men. 1t
either produces or is
produced by an en-
feebled. Initiated stare
of the blood, wherein
tiiat fluid becomes in
competent to sustain
the vital forces in their
vigorous action, and
leaves the system TO
fall into disorder and
decay. The scrofulOus
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
DIR. RAILWAYS PILLS.

F people understood the importance OF purga-
i tion with RAILWAYS PILLS, in contradis-
junction Of purging with other pills powders,
salts, oils, Seiditz waters, they would need less
physiciug themselves from much suffering,
and greatly improve their health.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

I" Ovsrwarm friendships, like hot
potsto~s, are quickly dropped.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
100000 boxes Gratis
BOX FOR EVERY INVALID IN The UNION,
FREE OF CHARGRi

FREE OF CHARGRi
FIVE THOUSAND BOXES FOR THIS
COUNEY.-Every family individual afflicted
with any complaint or sickness whatever is welcome
to u box of these Pills. GRATIS, BY calling for
them on any Of my agents in the County, at any
time before the gift boxes are all gone. But after
the quota for the County has been given out. no
more can be given AWAY but the agents will pro-
cure supply Of the Pills TO keep on sale, at the
usual price of % cents per box m =. 1850. -t,lf
READERi if you take the Forest Pills in the
early stage of your disorder, no other remedy will
be necessary. Nevertheless. ii should be under
stood that il your disorder has assumed chronic
form, much that il does not yield readily to
the efficacy OF the Pills, depend upon il that the
recuperative principle is very low and tn. Forest
Vine, in conjunction with the Pills, must be taken
Or. if you have ULCERS and OLD SORES. the
Plaster must be used on the part affected, while
the Pills exert their inward efficacy. Or, if your
complaint be RHEUMATISM. the - Pain Cure"
must be applied externally to scatter the pain,
while the Pills taken to Danish the disorder
from the system (See Circular.) M 1y.fa6rt
My object IN giving out gratutously this inn
mense quantity or these Pills is that erery inralid,
whether rich or poor, male or female may get a
remedy which, in nine cases out Of ten, is CERTAIN
TO CURE. Thousands of the sick and afflicted
may thus be restored good and permanent health,
FREE OF EXPENSE. by this uncommon remedy,
who otherwise might never recover from any other
means. -its-fcls -4,. -. 3.
~ Agent in Dowagiac, JOHN G. HOWARD.
Also agents IN every town in the Union.
-a june26-1oyI l.
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
FEMALE weakness

Prolapsus of the Womb, Soreness and Pain, burn
ing heat and distress in tie back and lower part
of the Bowels, together with :ainsness. distress
and all-gone feeling at the stomach, emo,hsrng
shoulder blades, dizziness and blindness stoop-
ing cold feet and hands, aud all female derange-
menis and complaints governed by his most
perfect remedies and treatment; the cause being
removed, permanent cure soon follows. The
Doctor also treats all Catarrhal Affections, and
diseases nj he -
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26

LIVERY THING REQUIRED in the Schoo
Il Room ca n be had at
sK AWARDS BOOKSTo
The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-03-26
RARE CHANGE TO SECURE Il
PHOTOGRAPH
Mrs. ROOd'S Rooms,

Opposite the American Hotel, at the Big Picture
Sign.
A OLD PHOTOGRAPHER at work with q
~ large instrument. Come and get the cheap
est. because the best Likeness you had, exc
cuted in superb style. You can have it in a
large size Photograph, or on Card. An Ambro-
tvpe or Ferre0type. on paie, in case, locket,
pin or ring, as you choose to have it. 1t may be
used as Christmas Holiday Git. Lovers Me-
mento OF a parlor or Table Ornament.
Having secured the assistance If Mr.. NJ. TERRY,
who is an Artist of long experience, the under
signed feels confident of being able to give her pa
irons entire satisfaction in the style and quality OF
work. and also in her reasonable charges for the
same Come and see specimens.