The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-02-25


South. Well, they have given The last
dollar, and they are now out Of both
money and credit. They will soon have
given the last nlgger and We are for
prosecuting the war until they have con.
tributed their last man .-Bro,cnlo'c's
KnorviWe Whig.
IA According to the census Of 1860,
they have in Massachusetts, 1 ,45O gentle
men, l e,ymologist, photographer,
hunter, p organ.griuders, l pentsgraph.
ist, only l philauthropist, but poet,
and, strangest of all, only 3 politicians;
they also have I rag. gatherers, 3 shep-
herds, tourist, I scul lptors, fact which
speaks we'll for the old Bay State; l
bung driver, Clancy" 2 gentlemen's
sons, 2 "excavating Dungeon Rock,"
. anything that pays" "Jsck.a.-all-
trades" l "little Of everything 3 loaf.
ers, 2 miscrs, only practical Christian,
l restorationer, only I scientific man,
but | sporting man, 2 wild men Of Bor-
neo, and l "working around" &
Oil Struck at Albion, Mickigans
Great excitement has been created as
Albion by the accidental discovery Of al
oil we'll. The discovery was made on
Saturday last, about 4 o'clock 10 the A.
ternoon, by some boys who were fishing
in the race near the Touring mill Of J.
Crowell. They saw the surface Of the
water covered with oil, and supposed It
came from drain that empties into the
race a short distance below the mill -
Notice of the fact was given to the men
employed in the MILL and they supposed
that it came from some leaky cask In one
Of the cellars in the vicinity. Upon in.
estigating the affair still further, it was
aseertained that an oil spring had com.
menced to flow in the cellar of the store
of Geo. N Cady. The store owned BY
Mr. Cady was built seven years before,
and at that time there was q spring Of
drinking water in the cellar, which was
afterwards planked over With the remain.
der of the cellar bottom. From this
spring the oil is now flowing with great
rapidity estimated at 40 barrels per
day. The news Of the discovery ran
over the place like Wild fire, aud hund.
reds of people Aocked to visit the oil
spring. Many of the citizens gathered
the oil and Used it in their kerosene oil
lamps, and found it a very good substi-
tute for that article. 1t burns we'll in
its crude state, and is quite as pure as
most of the petroleum in its native state.
Mr.. Csdy is filling all the casks he can
obtain in the vicinity, and it promises to
be rich mine of wealth if the fow con-
tinues. Detroit Advertiser, Feb. 16.
A KNOWING Uoa.-The wisest dog I
ever had (said Sir Walter Scott) was
what is called the bull llterrier. l taught
him to understand great many words,
insomuch that l ain positive the com.
munication betwixt the canine species
and ourselves might be greatly enlarged.
Camp once bit the baker who was bring
ing bread to the family. l beat him,
aud explained the enormity of his Of
fense; after which, to the last moment
of his life, he never heard the least allu.
sicn to the story, in whatever voice or
tone it was mentioned, without getting
up and retiring into the darkest corner
of She room with great appearance Of dis
tress Then if you said tho baker was
we'll paid, or the baker was not hurt after
all, Camp came forth from bis hiding.
place, capered, and barked, and rejoiced
When he was unable, toward tho end Of
his life, to attend me when on horseback,
he used to watch for my return, and tho
servant would tell him his master was
coming down the hill or through the
moor; and although he did not use any
gesture to explain his meaning, Camp
was never known to mistake him, but
either went out at the front to 60 to tho
hill, or at the back to get down to tho
moorside.
I6-"I cannot forbear pointing out to
you, my dearest child" said Lord Col.
lingwood to his daughter, "the great ad-
vantagcs that will result from a temper.
to all persons, on all aud every occasion.
Never forget then that you are gentle.
woman, and all your words and actions
should make you gentle. never heard
your mother-your dear, good mother
say hard or hasty thing to any body in
her life. Endeavor to initiate her I
am quick and hasty in my temper; but,
my darling, it is misfortune which, not
having been sufficiently reatrsined in my
youth, has caused mex expressible pain 1t
has given me more trouble to eubdue
this impetuosity than anything l ever
undertook"