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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

: Lusus NArURE.-A man rom lowell
brought to town yesterday q curiosity In
the ahape Of 'what IL it." The head
and foreparts resembled cat. while the
tail end ana after parts were evidently
those of,a rabbit. He WAS negotiating
With the Menagerie for round price.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

- The Rev. F. w. Evans, chaplain Of
the 35th Iowa, has been compelled TO re-
sign on account Of failing health.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

- The President Of 4th Of July cell
s'sosatio0 up north, in announcing the
toasts, said the next toast in order was
Washington's funeral aiddress =.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

~ We call attention to the advertise
ment Of the 'Knabe Pianos in our paper
-sdn morning. Messrs. Knabe e CO. turn
out between thirty and forty Of these in
stfuments per week. Those DESTROYS OF
purchasing viii DO we'll to call on Messrs.
Hawley A.xSA Meter, Who are Agents for
southeFu iowa !.
~Our thanks are due Mr.. Jas. Frame,
conductor o. the Bunk toa and Missouri
road. for f5ypse = vnp - puf trip down
Saturday SgS9ed = passsdnt time, ana
took : sAsstJ ~ vsy Of vaf1ety, on the
bumper ofSAs enSinss1h aheve the cow
catches. We kept our Yes pseed, and We
thought opoe ~ ~ ClagstS COW, but We
guess ~ wsso mis&nlc6n. Tko Old engine
made ~ dine, Ar eng - Johnson un.
dsrstands hin hnsfness q perfection. The
travsl5le public I'D Aave.ne 1iArs Of acci-
dents on the D.S1l ~ road, while Con-
ductor Frame ana Engineer johnson are
on that road. They both understand their
sssvsrsk duties. and ase careful and prompt
in the discharge Of them. eaeg-9 Aaa
-TAe Keokuk Gnsfst,.tion says the
smallpox il raging in that city, and ap-
peals eoth4psopls In Tho following sirain:
To-day, being the Sabbath, let M humble
ourselveGtn prayer bo1bres our Heavenly
Father and supplicata Him to remove from
,ours midst this scourge. and those upon
Him 70 visit with this Induction, bear it
nsekly, always befin8 mat He who
marks the sparrow fall, - yet watcheth
If
: ClaSet 10 getting scared. It il all rightin
his eyes to appeal to the "higher law" Tor
protection against the ravages Of the small
pox, bat it u all wrong to pray Tor thssuc-
cess Of our Afmies! I
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

- The announcement BY : paper up
@aSose, that Claegets Il dead, was premature.
II last accounts he was slinging slush in
Il ~ usual happy style, I'll II
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

- Captain Kuhn, Lisutsnant Cochran
and Lieutenant smith, Of the 10th Iowa,
gave Us call yesterday. They leave this
afternoon for Davenport. Y !
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

0RcuAAu8 VA LAO cAOp plOSO0CtSs t0O NC.
Gregor Nescs says it is doubtful II for seve-
raj years the crops have promised % well
a. they do at the present writing. We
hear no complaints save Of the chinch bug
in a few fields Of wheat in or adjoining
timber land. The winter wheat has alrea-
dy been harvested and yielded unusually
we'll spring wheat is nearly ready for the
reapers; other grain ditto; corn grows
about three inches every day potatoes and
all kinds OF vegetables look finely. No
famine this way this year.
ORPHAN AsYLuM.-Au the churches az
the city united last evening in . union
meeting at the Presbyterian Church to
hear an address by Rev. p. p. Ingalls, on
this benevolent enterprise. Much interest
was nanifested, and incipient steps were
taken for . thorough canvass Tor subscrip-
tons, which, We doubt not will be liberaliy
responded to.
Mr.. Ingalls, 10 engaged in noble work.
He Is the right man in the right place. His
two weeks labor among the soldiers se-
cured for tho Asylum not less than 90. 600
from those brave and generous-hearted
tnen.-NuscGtt1e Journal,
EXECUTION or McCoMB. PosrroNSp.-
The execution of B. 4. McOomb. now con-
fined in the Jail of Wapello county under
conviction and sentence for the murder az
Laura J. Harvey, which was 10 have taken
place on July eth, has been postponed Il
consequence Of an appeal to the Supreme
Court, which cannot be heard until The
December term.-Awsoatiae ye~s~al, q
Two mon who gave their names a Brown
and Jones purchased . pair Of horses Of :
farmer near 0lenwo0d, Mills county Iowa.
and gave to him In payment Tor the hornn.
four counterasit lf0dE ereenbacks. W.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

been affirmed = WinterSet FIdg.
!. Over one hundred old ladies, young la
dies and misses Of Osceola, are out in card
in the Sentinel, to use their influence
against the circua, which held forth there
on Wednesday last,
RAMA splendid shower accompanied
with some hail fell yesterday afternoon, re-
freshing the heated atmosphere, and touch
ried hues.-DGv. G0z.
The cara arc expected at Oskaloosa depot
in . very few days. said depot, or rather the
place for it being about mile and half
from town. Theproject started some weeks
since to have the road completed up 70 the
corporation line has not been consummat-
ed up to this time; whether it will b or
not remains to b seen. A depot : mile and
: half away will be somewhat inconveu.
lent, but we do not apprehend that It win
at III interfere with the permanent proo-
perity Of tho city. Oskaleeso Herald,
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15

the sails, are lighted by the reflection, as if
gas lights are burning below them, and
when particularly brilliant, one may even
see to read. A bucket of this frey water
is one mass of glowing light when stirred
by the hand, and preserves its luminosity
for several nights. By some this phenome-
non is ascribed to the presence of phos-
phorus, but by others to animaIculae
The ocean is common highway for the
intercourse of nations 1t is a theatre upon
which the fleets of the world engage in
commerce, it brings in contact the dwellers
in all climes, and being common highway
1t is the common property Of the world, as
is the air, and the earth, and its entire APP
preparation by one people, would constitute
breach of national law Upon its bosom
considerable portion Of our race find en-
ployment, and from its depths another de-
rives food. To the air it gives humidity
to the earth heat and springs, and to the
rivers home for their waters.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Dec. 8, 1864.

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Dec. 8, 1864.
Members Of Congress are arriving by
every train, and by Monday, 9Th inst, noon,
the time for the commencing of the second
session Of the 38th Congress, nearly every
member will be found in his place There
is an expressed determination among mem
bers to proceed at once, and with an ear
nest determination, to the work necessary
to be done at this session
1t is understood that several of the chair
men of the respective committees have
been in consultation with Heads of Depart
ments in respect to the more important
measures to be passed this session The
revenue and appropriation bills will be re-
ported early from the Committee of Ways
and Means, and the Military Committee
will be prepared to report early, bill
to provide for raising the requisite number
of troops for the closing up the war, by
crushing out all armed force in the REBEL
Gus states. The policy which seems most
in favor for replenishing the army with men,
is to give two or three months for volun-
teering, and offering a Government bounty
of two or three hundred dollars, after that
time bounties to cease, and quotas not being
filled drafting will be resorted to some time
in March
Every thing cOncurs, so far as the infor-
nation we get from the army, and of the
condition of affairs in the revolted States
goes, to lead us to the conclusion that the
force Of the rebellion is nearly spent
Thomas is taking care of Hood, and has
just defeated him at Franklin and Sher-
man is dashing through Georgia, and will
probably, within ten days. strike the Allan
tic sea coast at Savannah, three hundred
miles way.from Atlanta, destroying on his
march, all the railway communications,
with scarce ly any opposition, other than a
few squads of raw militia, showing almost
conclusively that the rebels are powerless
to dispute his passage. By this bold and
mastery enterprise of Gen. Sherman, I" the
confederacy" will be as effectively divided
by the line Of the Savannah river, for mill
tary purposes, as it is by the Mississippi
1t must also have the effect to ultimately
compel the rebel army soon to evacuate
Richmond and Petersburg, and in fact the
whole state of Virginia,
/ have not many items of news to give
you at this time, but after Congress gets
fairly at work, will endeavor to give you
such information of their doings, as will be
of most Importance to your readers.
Yours, truly. COMB.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15

SoLLrUDE.-More and greater sins are
committed when men are alone than when
they keep themselves in fellowship. When
Eve in Paradise walked alone, then came
the evil and deceived her Whoever is
amongst men and in honest company is
ashamed to sin, or, at least, he has no
place or opportunity to do 50. When to
wars, he fell into adultery and murder ;
and have myself found that l have never
sinncd more than when | was alone. Soil
tariness inviteth to melancholy, and per-
son alone has often some heavy and evil
thoughts, so hath he strange thoughts, and
construed everything in the worst sense
Melancholy is an instrument of the devil,
by which he accomplished his wicked pur-
poses. The deeper a person is plunged in
to that state, the more power the devil hath
over him. To live in an open, public state
is the safest Openly, and amongst other
persons, man must live civilly and hon
estly, must appear to fear God, and do his
duty towards men.-LMher.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15
HOW INDIA RUBBER SHOES ARE MADE

The New York Journal Of Commerce, in
an Interesting article On the manufactures
of Connecticut, gives the following account
Of the manner in which India Rubber shoes
are made:
Contrary to the general IMPRESSION
India Rubber i'll the process Of manuiact-
uring, is not melted, but is passed through
heated iron rollers, the heaviest of which
weigh 30 tons, and thus worked OF kncad-
ed, as dough is at a bakery. The rubber is
nearly all procured from the mouth Of the
Amazon in Brazil to which point it is sent
from the interior. Its form upon arrival,
is generally that of jug or pouch as the
natives use clay molds of that shape, which
they repeatedly dip into the liquid caout-
chouc, until coating of the desired thick
ness accumulatcs, when the clay is broken
and emptied out. ...
The rubber after being washed, chopped
fine and rolled to putty like consistency.
is mixed with compound of metallic sub
stances principally white lead and sulphur,
to give it body or tirmness Those sheets
designed for the soles Of shoes are passed
under rollers having a diamond figured
surface From these the soles are cut by
hand, and the several pieces required to
perfect the shoe are put together by tc-
males on a last The natural adhesion Of
the rubber joins the seams. The shoes are
next vanished and baked in an oven capa-
bic of holding about 1000 pairs, and heated
to about 500 degrees, where they remain
seven or eight hours. This is called the
vulcanizing process, by which the rubbcris
hardened
\ large quantity Of cotton cloth and cot
ton flannel is used to line shoes, and is APP
piled to the surface Of the rubber while it
is yet in sheets. Not particle of any Of
these materials is lost The scraps of rub
bcr are remelted, and the bits of cloth are
chopped up with small quantity Of rubber,
and rolled out into a substance resembling
pasteboard to form the inner sole. The
profits of this business have been some
what curtailed, Of late, by the prevailing
high price of rubber which has varied with
III year from twenty to sixty cents per
pound. The demand however is very large
a species of rubber shoe lined with flannel,
is extensively used in some parts Of the
country as a substitute for the rubber
shoe"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15
TIM sT0OPs.

| never undertook but once, said Tim, to
set at naught the authority of my wife
You know her way-cool, quiet but deter
mined as ever grew. just after we were
married, and all was nice and cosy, she got
me into the habit of doing all the churning
| She finished breakfast rather before me one
morning, and slipping away from the table,
| she filled the churn with cream, and set il
down where ! couldn't help seeing what
was wanted Sol took hold readily enough
and churned until the butter came She
/ didn't thank me, but looked so nice and
sweet about it that felt well paid.
Well when the next churning day came
along, she did the same thing, and follow
ed suit, and fetched the butter. Again and
again it was done just so, an9 ! was reg
ularly set for it every time Not a word
said, you know, of course. Well, by and
by this began to be rather irksome ! wan
| tod her just to ask me, but she never did,
and ! wouldn't say anything about it to
save my life SO on we went At last |
made resolve that ] would not chum
another time until she asked me. Jhurning
day came, and when my breakfast-she
always got nice ebreakdasts--when that was
swallowed, there stood the churn. ! got
up, and standing for few minutes just to
give her chance, | put on my hat and
walked out of doors | stopped in the yard
to give her time to call me, but never
word said she, and so with a palpitating
heart | moved on. ! went down town, and
my foot was as restless as Noah's dove
felt as if had done a wrong ! did not
feel exactly how-but there was an indcs-
cribable sensation of guilt resting on me
all the forenoon
1t seemed as if dinner time would lever
come, and as for going home one minute
before dinner, | would as soon have cut my
ears off. SO | went frctting and moping
around town till dinncr-hour came. Home
went feeling very much as criminal
must when the jury is out having i'll their
hands his destiny-life or death. ! couldn't
make up my mind exactly how she would
meet me, but some kind of storm ! expected.
VIII you believe it-shc even greeted me
with a smile never had better dinncrfOr
me than on that day but there stood the
churn Just where left it. Not word was
said | felt confoundedly cut, and every
mouthful of that dinner felt as if it would
choke me. She didn't pay any regard to it,
however, but went on Just exactly as if
nothing had happened. Before dinner was
over, / had again resolved, and showing
back my chair, | marched to the churn and
went at it just in the old way. Splash, dip,
rattle-I kept it up. As if in spite, the
butter was never so long in coming, / sup
posed the cream standing 50 long had got
warm, and SO | redoubled my efforts.
Obstinate matter, the afternoon wore
away while I was chuning. paused at
last from real exhaustion, when She spoke
for the first time 'Come, Tom, my dear,
you have ratified that buttermilk long
enough--it is for fun you are doing it :"
knew how it was n flash. She had
brought the butter in the forenoon and had
left the buttermik in for me to exercise
with never set mp for myself in house
hold matters after that.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15

A CAUTIOUS MAN-As Il pedestrian tourist
was lately proceeding toward Trenton he
asked a man who was breaking stones by
tue roadside how long it would take him to
reach that place? The man looked at him
without speaking, and then resumed his
work. The question was repeated with
the same result, and at last the traveller
walked on He had not proceeded moro
than hundred yards when the man called
after him, and made a sign for him to re-
turn. When the pedestrian. reached the
stonc-brcaker the latter said to him: 1t
will take you an hour to reach Trenton
"Then why did you not tell me so at first =
said the traveller Why" replied the
man, it was necessary for me first TO see
at what ratc.you walked, and, from the way
you step out, am now able to say that
you can do the distance in an hour
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15
TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, Pa, DECEMBER Is, 1864.

for President, and Andrew johnson for Vice
President of the United States, for the next
four years The electoral college for 1864
was prorogued, or ceased to exist, and the
members met at the house of Hon. Simon
Cameron to regale themselves upon the
good things which had been there prepared
for them, after which they separated to
meet no more on this side the river of
death. X.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15
5elefted Seoetrg.
THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY.

1.-THE following is translation from an ancit
panish Poem, which, says the Edinburg Reri
surpassed by nothing with which we are acquai
/ IN the Spanish language, except the lode
ouis de Leon"
Oh! let the soul its slumbers break
Arouse its senses and awake,
To see how soon
Life, in its glories glides away,
and the stern footsteps of decay
Come stealing on.
And while We view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Awayso fast
Let us the present hour employ,
And deem each future dream Joy
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind
No happier let us hope to find
Tomorrow than to-day.
Our golden dreams of yore were bright,
Like the present shall delight
Like them decay.
Our lives like hastiAg streams must be,
Iual utO one enStllpnlnB sea
Are doomed to fall
The sea of death whose waves roll on
Der king or kingdom crown and throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the rivers lordly tide.
Alike the humble rivulets glide
To that wave;
Death levels poverty and pride
And rich and poor sleep side by side
Within the grave.
Our birth is but starting place
Life is the running OF the race
And death the goal
There all our glittering toys are brought
The path alone of all msought,
Is found of all.
See then how poor and little worth
Are all these glittering toys of earth
That lure us AoIa
Dreams of a sleep that death must break,
Alas before it bids us wake,
We disappear.
Long ere the damp of earth can blight,
The cheeks pure glow of red and white
Has passed away,
Youth smiled and all was heavenly fair
Age come and laid his finger there,
And where are they.
Where is the strength that spurned decay
The step that roved so light and gay
The hearts blithe tone?
The strength is gone, the step is SLOW,
And JOY grows wearisome and woe!
When age comes on.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15
EPITAPH on a celebrated Strategist who
fell with Antietam
At his head, u wom-out spade;
AT his feet, broken pitcher;
Here, IN his . last ditch is laid,
Mac, the everlasting ditcher,

A WIFE in San Francisco lately put a Pc
tition for divorce in the court on the ground
that her husband was confounded fool"
The court wouldn't admit the plea, because
almost every married man would be liable
to the same imputation. Did you ever?
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15

MEN of quick fancy more easily reconcile
themselves to the loved one when she is
absent than when she is present.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1864-12-15

WHY is beauty like the engine of rail
way? Because she draws a train afterher
scatters the sparks, transports the mails,
(males) and makes us forget time and
space.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-11-03

the strong arm, the 'despotic Lincoln
Government"
That every traitor in the North trains
under his banner, and every rebel In
the South prays for his success.
That Fernando Wood declared that
if elected he would be the mere creature
of the policy of the 'peace any
terms Democracy.
That he stands upon platform which
has been ratified by the Charleston
1Nercury and the London Times.
That every enemy of our Government
every derider of free institutions in
the Old World-recognize in him Sc
cret champion of Southern independ-
ence, and prays for his election.
That the rebels look to his success as
the last hope Of their lettering cause,
and are electioneering for him with the
bayonet in Missouri and Kentucky.
That, in short, his triumph would
cause a jubilee throughout rebeldom
and sound the death knell of the Union.
Albany Evening Journal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-11-03
War Democrats, Read This

We trust that if any of our readers,
who are really for the prosecution of the
war till the Union is restored, are yet
for voting for General Mcclellan they
will read the following from Fernando
Woods speech in New York last Sat
urday evening:
Its (the Chicago nominee and its
platform were apparently inconsistent
with each other; and yet, for the para
mount reasons connected with success,
it deemed such contradictory position
reconcilable with good policy. There
fore, having none other to vote for but
the man thus selected, and having been
party to the effort to select some other
person, | am precluded from opposition
to him. Besides, if elected, | am salts
fed he will entertain the views and exc
cute the princi pies of the great party he
will represent without regard to those
he may himself possess. He will then
be our agent, the creature Of our voice,
and as such cannot, if he would, and
would not ifhe could, do otherwise than
execute the public voice of the country,
which, with the Constitution and laws,
will be the commanding general over him
clothed with supreme power. My friends
[ have said thus much on the assumption
that Mcclellan is opposed to peace
There are those who deny that ne is
opposed to peace Many intelligent and
honest peace men concur in the opinion
that Nc lellan will continue the war if
elected"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-11-03
To our Readers.

As this is the last chance we have to con-
verse with our readers before election, we
will just remind them of their duty. We
hold it to be the duty of every voter to vote
for such men as arc true to the country
and to the interests of the people. We hold
that men who have stood by their govern
ment during the last four years, and espe-
cially men who have fought for the main
tainance Of the Constitution and laws, at
the emminent peril of their lives, are filter
and better men to administer the affairs OF
our county, than men who have from the
incoming Of the present administration
done everything which lay in their power
to thwart the acts Of the government.
The nominees on the Union County
Ticket, are as true to the interests of the
country, as it is possible for men to be.
They are true to the interests of the sol
diers-your sons, brothers and fathers.
They are every one of them honest, capa-
BILE and popular. For which reasons we
hold they should be elected, and we believe
the voters of Iowa County will decide that
they shall. All we ask you to do is to
come out on next Tuesday, and give one
day to assist the loyal men of your county,
in carrying the election, by voting yourself,
and seeing that every Union man that you
know of votes and votes the right ticket
too. Watch for bogus tickets, for we have
good evidence that the Copperheads have
heavy stock of them, which they will is
sue on election day.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-11-03
Guardians Sale.

IN PROBATE-Iowa County Court.
In The matter Of the guardianship Of The minor heirs Of
abigail Culrer deceased.
NJ Office IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT BY VIRTUE
~ and in pursuance of an order of license made in
said matter the Goth day of October, A. d. 1864
by the Court of said County, the undersigned guar
1864, at one o'clock p NJ, at the house of Alansnn
Culver in the Village of Dover offer for sale at public
vendue the interest Of said minors in and to the follow
ing described lands 10 wit The southeast quarter Of
the southeast quarter of section No. twenty three 2)
snd the quarter Of the northwest quarter Of
section No. twentysix (26 in township No. eight 81
north Of range No. five, 81 east. The terms Of sale will
be made known at the time and place o: sale.
ALANSON CULVER,
Dated October oath, 1864 n6-4w Guardian.