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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10

bJA man named johnson, With
canoe overhsuied and killed 4 deer which
was attemptingto swim tho river sboat
midway between this city aud Oquawts
day or two ego, Al be ncared tho
frightened animal it turned and swam;;
with the current, and whom he came up
with it, il made feeble efforts 10 strike
his craft with its fore feet, but with bic
pocket knife be severed i.s iogular ssd
WOO tho day Burlington Harkxys
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10

One Of the best means organized with.
10 the past few years, for tho diffusion
OF practical and useful agricultural kuovl.
edge, is the establishing of farmers clubs
Ia farming towns or communities. Many
towns have done this, but many more
nave not and some that have it is said,
nave failed to support them after forming
them. Why is this, if it be true 2 Can. =
not farmers benefit enc another az we'll as
be benefited BY each other, in social IN.
tercourse and interchange Of views, Oh.
servations aud experience Il would
seem so from ones frst Impressions, vet
1t would also seem from the failures Of
these clubs that such a conclusion NAV
not be true. If all this failed, then would
this conclusion be confirmed; but as some
continue to prosper from wear - - :, 8
! ln~---~~.u u want interest among the
farmers in their business ia the towns
where clubs have been organized and
suffered to 60 down. Let this be duly
considered where clubs have become in
operative, as is said they have in certain
New England towns
As the season has arrived when the
evenings are Of sufficient length to or
gunize aud reorganize farmers clubs, let
those interested in self culture and the
diffusion Of useful knowledge, bestir
themselves at once that no time DO lost.
"Procrastinat on is the thief of time"
"Delays are dangerous" are words famil, |
lar to all, aud by none are they better un.
derstood than by farmers. These clubs
where found, furnish opportunities for
familiar discussions on prac.i al topic.
10 relation to crop growing and stock
breeding also for occasional and familiar
lectures on the various departments of
these subjects by professional gentlemen
within the towns where clubs are organ
ICED, who, as general thing, will cheer.
fully give them.
Where clubs have been best and long.
est kept up, farmers will be found most
thoroughly awake to progress and i'm.
provement. This being SO, let tho effort
DO now made not only to organize but to
sustain them in the b-s. possible manner.
Every farmer should feel bound to do
something, or contribute something to
their support. Where this is done, clubs
are sustained from year to year, as in
town, where they have been sustained
years. q,.at.s-
Essays may be read by members which
may form the bssis for discussion, as
lectures may also do. knowledge thus
d'ffused, shell not only serve to give
power, bu: shall also tighten toll and
fender it moro rcnuneRative to those who
Invest in it farming, an cud every farm.
er should seek to realize.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10

w,yside,, Its materials furnish an IN
mistakable clew to ito origin, and its
shape unfolds it's Subsequent history
God has impressed The marks Of che rev
olutious Of tho earth not merely upon
large tracts Of country sud enormous
strsta Of rock aud mountain range
difficult Of access aud iuconvenient for
study--bus even upon the smallest stone,
50 that the annals Of creation arc multi
piled by myriads Of copies, and can never
be lost" an. s..t.. n.,.. ......-,.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10

i took six days continuous labor to-
make the world, but to make it over
agafa would only bs . recreation. "
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10

An inveterate old bachelor says ships
arg called "she" because they always
beSp man on the look out. =
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10
The Largest 0nn In the World.
(Erom tbs New York Times, Oct. % ]

. lcIpW tuo NV AVtA sSahvss wv. %
The grand test Of tho twenty. inch
Rodman gun at Fort Hamilton yoster.
day, proved TO be an entire success. -
At tho hour suuoun ccd, IL o'clock, for
tho loading Of tht heaviest piece rof OF.
fY's"ir-'sa.uss.a nth d,st,nguhtse
officers, and ladies' aud gentlemen, oil
anxious to whusss tho trial Of the great
gun. Considerable delay was experisu.
ced in the proper adjustment Of the piece,
as it was not until half past two clock
the first discharge, a blank cartridge, of
one hundred pounds Of powder, was fred
The conclusion following the discharge
was slight, aud the recoil of the gun was
much less than was anticipated, The
piece was next loaded with charge Of
fifty pounds Of powder aud = thuosand
pound shell. The .imo taken in load
ing was, about half an hour. The second
trial was as successful as tho first, the ball,
in consequence Of siderable depress.
ion Of. the gun, striking tho water at a
quarter of mile distance richocheting
several times. The gun, on examination,
being found to have received no strain,
preparations wcro made for the Gnal test.
At s o'clock the psice was again loaded
with charge Of one hundred. pounds Of
powder and ball weighing one thous.
and and eighty pouuds-oue Of the lar.
ecst ordnance prejectics ever cast
Owing to the rather impromp.u arrange
ments Cor raising tho ball, it was found
to be anything but an easy task to adjust
it. However, st the hour mentioned,
the peicc was loaded, and everybody
stood clear to the last grand trial. The
gun was raised to an elevation Of twenty.
five degrees, and the discharge was deaf.
euing. The ball was twenty four sec.
onds in the air, and fell at tho distance
of about three miles and halt. Con.
siderable applause followed tho final shot,
aud all concerned in the management Of
the piece were warmly congratulated -
The following arc the dimensions of this
last great achievement of Captain Rod.
man: Weight Of gun, rll6,497 pounds;
length, 81 feet; bora, 20 inches; usual
charge Of powder, 100 pounds; average
weight of ball, 1000 pounds. Previous
% tha trial RI The otin n 3 resen,e nntte,
dock, having on board .
large pumbor of ladies and geutlcmeu.-.
Prominent amopg the latter were Gonor.
pl Dix, General Hays, General Dyer,
General Smith, Commodore Paulding,
Commodore Wise, Commodore Rodgers,
Major Van Fleet, Captain Rodmar aud
Peter Cooper. During tho afternoon an
elegant collation. was served on board the
cutter, and to the music Of the Fort
= ! Hsmilton Band Che guests joined in .
1anco on the deck. ...
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Wool Carding.

T1H guosetiber il now prepared 10 do Wool
i Cardiug this season. - usual. u his old
stsld,
Three miles south Of Upton.
Csstssfsn from ! distance may rely on getting
theff work hpme With them. He 10 also prepar-
e6to 10
81 tAs Rest manner and on reasonable terms, \,
WanaeA..3o, 400 PoanAs of Wool.
sos sAieh wiil pay the highsss price % sssh.
JOHN X WEe
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- TAOS. HANNA,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, "a

a AVSCATLfE: =: g: fOWA. 3a.}
aDdace, No. I'll Second street. Particular atten.
.tsn given to collections in Muscatinc. Louisa.
CeApfsJ ohnson and Scott 6oubties--titles exam.
'n.3 nsesr'd,a d. Ss ss@ ,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-10
A Rich Scene.

The Editors Drawer Of Ha,pers Nag.
asins is full Of good .hings. We can.
not resist giving to our readers the fol.
loving from the Drawer, which is spro.
pos to the present time: &.'@ 1'''.
One Of tho funniest things thst svsr
occurred, or perhaps sverwill occur, tsoh
On the conclusion Of the benediction,
by Bishop Whitehodse, which conssitu-.
ted part of tho opening exercise, he
commenced the recitation Ct tho, Lords
Prayer, iu which tho delegates attempted
by the request, to join in concert, and II
is described by an eye witness a. tho
richest Of rich affairs. The announee--
meut was hardly made BY the reverend
gentleman, and he had but asticulated,
the opening words Of the prayer, whs6
confusion confounded ran through tho
whole assembly. Had they been called
on to join in the chorus of l"Pass The
Flowing Bowl" OF" Bonnie Blue Flag"
or "Just another Drink Before We Co..
they would have been equal to. the emer.
geacy, but the Lords Prayer was "too
many" fot them. However, for the her.
mopy(7) they stsrted in, ono aslegafo,7
whose early education evidently ,had not
been neglected, vocifcratel at the top Of
his voice, "Now Ilay me down to sisep;"
n Western delegate thought himself sil
right With, "On Jordan's stormy banks
stand" aiclericsl brother, Sour life hangs
on single thread" . delegate; from the
Wabash was troubled with, "Whcn shall
SEQ Jesus?' a "pcace" fellow from lli-
nois gave, With good nasal twang, "How
tedious and tasteless the hour!' New
Yorker Captain Rynders, probably
seemed anxious to know when he "Could
read his title clear to mansions in the
Skies" and short haired Bowery boy
was anxious to "Let her RIP" because
he exclaimed, "She's oil osk;" = tavern
keepe. c!evorly piped, "My psvls will
never wane;" country squire, the 6rst
time from home, proclaimed, "Know all
men BY these presents;" and Keystone
boy capped the climax with "Down With
the traitors, up With the aag." II .a@
INSECTS AS FooD.-In Africa thcy
eat ants, stewed in butter. In Sweden
they disti them with ryo, 10 give pc
calisr favor to brandy. Pressed anti eggs
yield mix.are resembling chocolate with
milk, Of which the chemical; composition
really resembles that of ordinary milk
The large termite., or whito ants, which
are 50 destructive to houses and fusni-
turc, are roasted by tho Afrieass is iron
pots, and eaten by handfulls, > q sugar
| plums. They are said to be very nour.
ishing, and to taste like sugarcd cream
or sweet almond PASTE. As for locust.,
''the Africans" says DR., Phipsan, ."fsr,
from dreading their invasiops, look upes
dense cloud Of locusts as we should up
on so much bread and butter in the air.
They smoke them, OF salt them, or boif
them, or stew them, or grind them down
| as corn and get fat. upon them."at lailaf
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lEA Chaplain of :he Christian Co

l5rA Chaplain of :he Christian Com.
mission, while moving Though a long
line Of sufferers, administering the con-
ISOLATION of the Gospel, approached the
bedside Of a gallant fellow who was Sc.
vsrely wounded. His earthly march vas
nearly ended; but when tho chaplain
asked him if he was prepared to die,
motioned for pencil and paper, and with
a tremulous hand wrote: Il am prepared
to 80 to heaven my trust in Jesus Christ
is perfect" and Immediately under these
words of assured victory over the grave,
"Come rally round the flag, boys" The
chaplain took the paper, and standing
up read it with loud voice. Just as he
concluded, soldier, who had recently
los: hand, spraug from his bed, and
waving The matiiated stump in the air,
burst forth with the glorious song his
dying comrade had suggested. The effect
was electric. A thousand voices took
up the chorus, and the place of suffering
was made to fairly rock with the thun
dcrs of melody. AS that vast soldier
choir ceased singing the chaplain turned
to look upon the dying brave. He was
just 10 time to catch the last faint smile
that fickcred across tito sun burnt face,
as the soul was waited on the strains of
tha. Union mueic to tho throne Of Iih-
erty. ....
ID- According to en- English traveller
there are agencies working gradually but
substantially to undermine the coustitu-
tion of Florida, the rich sorthernmost
peninsula Of the Coufederacy, more ef
fcc.ually than secession" Alarmists
might even hold that, if the civil war
should last many years longer, the ulti-
mate fate Of the devoted State will cease
to be mere political question. The
most dangerous enemies of tho soil OF
Florida are what its Inhabitants call
"Sinks." Those abso,ptions Of the earth,
though on small scale, are in fact SO
numerous, that one may almost ask, Is
! Florida slipping between the fugers o:
both Federals and Confedcrate.? and will
she ultim ately-like those high noun
tains Of the Andes during the earthquake
Of Chill in 15i6-vanish entirely from
! the surface OF the earth! .s~. .r
All over the country there are sinks
Of all sizes, forms, and ages. Some are
slight saucer-like deprcssiors others,
still deeper, like basins, of from twenty
to eighty yards across: or only uneven
slopes aud hollows, which would pass un.
noticed were ono not informed that thl
land just there had bsen Sinking" since
such . time OF that an old inhabitan,
! remembered dead level where now ther,
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A correspondent Of the Mobile Regis.
ter describes new mode Of manufactu-
ring glass goblets. Ho says! ..411asa
Crockery and ss,asHMaisT M Of .SSs odSaf,
kind being we'll nigh obsolete 10 the Con.
fedsracy, aud especially At Tangipahoa,
the doctor was simply manufacturing his
own glassware. AS his process is cheap,
easy, simple and worthy of imitation,
will describe it. Take a clarct bottle, or
any kind Of glass bottle-bottlss Of
thin white glass with fat bottoms are
tho best-hold tie bottle firmly by both
ends; let another person, having cup of
water ready, pass stout cotton cord Twice
around tho bottle, aud create . friction
by pulling the ends Of the cord to and fro
rapidly for minute or 90; then let him
jerk tho cord off, dash tho water on
quickly and, presto! you hold in one
hand as servicable tumblsr or goblet as
you need wish, and in the other a nca.
but not saudy condlestick. The bottle
should be held with . strap, piece of
leather or other substance With hard,
straight edge, firmly around it at the in,
tended point of severance, in order to
keep the cord in QUO place during the
friction, and to secure straight and
smooth edges to the glassware. Old bot.
ties can bo put to good use in this way.
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FAIR B AN 4 s.
STANDARD
S4It t8W 5t
], SCALES,

~ ~ rat1.. 7a OF ALL KINDS, '4s@ "
LII, Warohoxse Tlscks, Letter Pres
!a2 sstaa ~ ses, &C., &c. at ss 1a..f
FAIRBANKS, GREENLEAr 4 co..,
~, II A53 Lake 8escet Chicago, u Il j.
dt~Bscstefaito buy only the genuine. sS'
NNn9R1 d Hat9h .lhEf'e - ,G9 s@3e& 81 ~
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E1A very singular incident is relat-
ed in regard to sergeant Of the Tenth
Massachusetts, regiment. He had been
employed in placing upon some head.
boards the names Of those of his regi-
ment who were killed in ono Of the 70,
cent battles, and these head.boards we're
intended to mark their graves. There
being ono board in excess, the sergeant,
in sportive humor, placed with pom
Gil his own hame upon it, with the date
of his death-the Goth Of June, as his
term Of service would then expire On
the morning Of the goth, while near the
front, and bidding his companions in
other regiments farewell, he was struck
in the breast by twenty pound Parrott,
and instantly killed The very head
board he had unthinkingly inscribed with
ahu, with date, correctly marks FOR time
his resting place.
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mens," and "Could you oblisc as With =
loan Of" etc. The LonaoS lsdet 10
very wrathful, aud ssys:-"Ths number
ofoficers Of the origiDs1 'stSoevsll Brig
ade' who have TUNED up in distress da.
ring tho last three years, in, Great Brit
ain end her -Eoloaics, would, if actually
,sscsrtsiusd,. very far exceed tho whole
rank aud file Of tbas glorious command
wher jackson FIRST lod il into the field"
Query;-Whst kind Of chsuoo for aims
would Federal soldier, crippled 10 the
service, have among thoss very philsn.
thropio BuslishNeo! e1n"a">2 --.: ~
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-08-13

"PRlNrERs Can READ AAYfHiNc The >
above remark is often made by correspon.
dents and advertisers as an excuse for balf
spelling words abteslatipg 5techniealisies
and slovenly, uureadable writing generally.
There ID no doubt printers are better deci.
pherers OF bad manuscript than any other
class OF persons, but whom, for Instance o
merchant writes that he has recsissd Eve
barrels Brs.. ten pounds Cts, il Is some-
what difficult to tell whether the merchant
really means boots, biscpits. OF buttsrDutss
chalk. cheese or churns, cloves. clocks oS
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DR.. TOBIAS
VENITIAN HORSE LINIMENT.

IN pint bottles at fifty cents, cures lame
Il ness, cuts, gals, coic &c. Read the following
BosToN, July eth, 1868;
Dr. TdBIAsWe have used for the past your Horse
Lniment for lameness kicks bruises collie and cuts and in
every instance found It the best article ediu this cir
Please send six dozeh Is the nimen
We have los horses very valuable and
do not want 10 leave town Without HYATT FRosr.
Manager, VauAn,bnrgh& Ce,s Menagerie.
Sold BY all druggists Office. Sc Cortandt st, New York
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CrockerY,

A FULL assortment ofboth Common and
which va n saato. ~ cssl At aoskisoSS
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MOWERS.

which he would invite attention and trial. believing they
are the best Mowers evef Invented
Ashtabua, June SdI S65 f02.
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will entite him share Of business he hopes to terit IT,
All orders for hauling to and from the Depot about the
village viii be thankfully received satisfactorily executed
He will be found upon the Road at all times not necessarily
devoted to rest and feed. 6l0 VIII TERRY.
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ea 4a ~ aai 10 sat sdl llioe
sa's'sa s'sti asissss Ases' a. b.
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THE CtTDE Gu
PEOPLES w NE Fever

: 'BuHaO, NOV. 49, I6bZ
"Two Of our subserberone Of them afflicted with bad
Fever Sore the other with seen te ad
the medicine and Low ssr havrg Thoroughly tried it.
port us Recommending II mon hears as thorough rem
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MANSFIELD & BRUCE. Wholesale retail
Dealers in Ready Made Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Hsts
A.
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aMy face has than ten years been greatly dsfgur-
cd by erupons and bunches which at times extended
my whole body and for three days made entirely
bnd hut having taken two bottles Of the Peoples Cure
my acquaintance hardly recognize me-ndeed hardly
myseif-as now ven man Let all who are afflicted
try the Peoples Cur-he etne prepared by the SANTA
y Soeetyand think they will not begrudge their dollar
JOSEPH SOUR, Turner, Mechanic street.
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l.. WOLFF & co. Dealer 10 Ready-made
Clothing Gents Furnishing Goods Ashtabula o. 544
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THE Subscriber
l. has start ed in the
Draying Busines

and will devote his unre-
mitting attention to its
prosecution. lf prompt {
ness, energy. and fidelity
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rhs rsopls,s CIIRE GaIss %sat1sa.sl Is@sIs

have been feeble health srer since he birth Of my boy
sheis u years old. have had many troubles and diff
cnes all this time upstug me for every kind Of labor and
Destroying all my comfort Last began taking the
fe9ples Cure, and have used four bottles ana On, almost
we'll Ny dincutAs have nearly all dfspptafec and feel
cheerful ana happy. Mrs CATH, DEwALD,
a,r.,. ~, D,sssmsker coode Aisy above fuppst st.
The psoDls. TfSTtIUE Cures when other
The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-09-30

prisoners of war the very garrison sent
to protect your people against negroes
and Indians, long before any overt ACT
was committed by the, to you, hateful
Lincoln government tried to force
Kentucky and Mississippi into rebel.
lion in spite of themselves falsi6ed
the vote of Louisiana turned loose
your privateers to plumber marined
ships; expelled Union families by thou
sands, burned their houses and de.
clared by act of your congress, confs-
cation of all debts due northern men
for goods had and received. Talk thus
to the marines, but not to me, who
have seen these things, and who will
this day make as much sacrifice for the
peace and honor of the South as the
best born Southerner among you.
If we must be enemies let us be
men, and fight it out, as we propose
to-day, and not deal in hypocritical
appeals to God and humanity. God
will Judge us in due time, and he will
pronounce whether it be more humane
to fight with town full of women ''oi
brave people" at our back, or to re-
move them in time to places of safety
among their own friends and people.
| am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
w T. SHERMAN.
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Gen. COchrane's Withdrawal.

Gen. Cochrane follows the example of
Gen. John C. Fremont, and withdraws
his name from the Presidential can
vass as candidate for Vice President.
He says he would have preferred to
have the sense Of the people taken on
several points in the Cleveland plat
form which are not touched upon in
the Baltimore platform. But the ques-
ton is practically narrowed down to
this:
ut (our country is menaced by re-
bellion. Loyal armies alone protect it.
Should those armies retreat and our
protection be withdrawn, or should
they advance and our safety be estab-
lished? Shall there be peace through
the concessions of politicians, or peace
through the action of war That is
the question.
Peace and division, or war and the
Union. Other alternative there is
none. And, as l still am of the mind
that once led me to the field with the
soldiers of the republic, cannot now
hold a position which by dividing,
hazards the success of all those who,
whatever their differences at other
points, agree, as upon the question OF
first consequence, that the restoration
of the Union cannot be effected with
out the uninterrupted continuation OF
the war.
Gen. Cochrane considers that Gen
Mcclellan, notwithstanding the am.
biguities of his assumed POSITIONS yir.
tually in agreement with the conven-
ton which nominated him:
THAT the candidate does not stand
erect upon his platform, though ad
uniting QUESTION whether, if elected
he could not effectively prosecute the
war.
The success Of the Chicago nomi
nees would, therefore, at the best. but
place IN power IA party of divided
counsels, of uncertain policy and o.
indecisiye action. Clearly, such an
event would be at the farthest from 4
suppression Of the rebellion by force
of arms and without compromise"
The Baltimore platform, however
Objectionable at other points, is unim
peachable at this; and, while it fails &c
vindiCa'e personal rights, and rights
of free speech and free press, it doe,
not fail TO refer the establishment
of constitutional liberty and the res
toration of the Union to the arbitra
ment of arms, in which alone, the ma
tional safety is to be found. w,
stand within view of a rebellion sup
pressed-within half country re-unit
ed and saved. War lifts the curtain
and discloses the prospect. War la
given 70 us Atlanta, and war offers I,
MS Richmond"