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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07
The Coon Hunters.

Mike was an industrious farmer in
Indiana. Getting little money ahead,
he sent to the "ould country for his
brother Patrick. Among other argu-
ments used to induce him to leave onld
ireland, was the pleasure they would
have hunting coons, of bright moonlight
nights.
In due course Of time. Pat made
his appearance at Mixes house, and a
jolly time they had at their meeting.
Pat, however, could hardly wait until
evening such was bis desire to GO cor,
hunting. But time rolled on, and after
supper, armed each with "a bit Of shil
lalah,'' they started into the corn.6eld,
near the house. When they had got
near the end of the fell, in the shade
of the adjoining timber, sure enough,
away went coon close them, and ran
up small tree.
"Och," says Nike, "an' We have him
now intire'y- See, brother Pat, do you
watch hero forninst the stump, while its
meself that ill be climLin' the tree; and
sure il the likes o him comes down the
tree niycr mind the schrecchin' Of him,
but ate the divil out o hlm, in,irely."
"Indade,' says Pat, aud niyer hair
Of him shall pass me alive"
With that, Mike commenced to climb
the tree, while Pat stood guard below
with his shilla'ah ready, fully determin
ed not to let the coon escape that way
Mike climbed up ah"u: ten feet, when
happening to take hold Of q dead
branch OF the tree, it broke, aud down
he came past, his brother, thinking it
w.ls the coon, commenced to belabor
him right and left with his shil!.lah.
Mike screamed, indeed.
"Ah, ye dirty rascal says Pat, lay.
ing on the blows thick and fast with
his cudgel, Eye baste, none OF your
schrecchings, sure me brother up in the
tsec there beyant, tould me TO take
none o. thin ; bad cess to the likes o
yc y
Poor Mike understood the case al
last, aud catching bis brother knees,
managed to throw him.
"Och, msr,ler.' yelled Pit, I'm
kilt intireiy-ach I. brother, come down
from the tree the ugly coon has ate
me up,' and it was sometime before he
could make him understand that the
coon was still in the tree and that j,
was his brother that he was beating
They then went home, and so ended
Pats FIRST cooa hunt.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07
p. Mcdowell Collins, Esq, Of tho

P. Mcdowell Collins, Esq, OF tho
Western Union Telegraph Company,
has inst returned from Europe, where
he has been to perfect arrangement
with the British ani the Russians gov.
ernments for the erection and opera.
ton Of telegraph lines through the'e.
possessions in North America, Asia
and Europe. He succeeded in obtain
ing from those governments exclusive
grants to operate telegraph lines
through their countries for thirty years.
The proposed line will be connected
with the California and Oregon line, al
ready in operation. Large portions Of
the line have already been surveyed,
aud its orac,iaabili,y determined, and
the enterprise viii be pushed forward
with yigor. This project will unite
two continents, ru-ninng distance Of
1000 miles aud spanning over one
tl.itl of the earth's circumference.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

The following extract is from a pri
vate letter of an officer Of the army:
Washington March Is, 1864.

Washington March Is, 1864.
"Your speakin. Of Mcclellan leads
me to mention some things that hereto.
fore | had omitted to speak Of. From
what I can hear and see in these parts,
I should conclude that the nomination
Of Mcclellan bv the smocratic party,
AZ its next Presidential candidate, had
been determined upon months ago. Ne
ere, is made of it here-yon may rely
unon it. The Who'll, Ting is 'cut and
,l,ied.'
.Ynu have read McCl,llan's Report
or history of the Army of the Potomac.
50 have I. That he had succeeded in
presenting good case is unqnestion-
allie. That he has, for the sake ofmak-
inc political capital, deliberately misre-
presented facts, is equally SO. The re
port Of The Congressional War Com
nittce, containing The sworn statements
Of NcC.,llan's particular friends, such
as General Franklin and Fi,z John Por-
ter, directly coniradicts many of Nc.
Clclan's allegations, and prove him to
be better argner than narrator.
up to the time of the appearance
If McClcllar'> Report l had supposed
that a military report embodied plain
concise statement Of facts, unsupported
hy rhetorical flourish and uncolored by
4 mistaken prejudice but Mcclellan
has enlightened the world upon this as
npon his other fact, that mastery re-
treats are better than actual victories.
He has shown us that report means
more than report that the term i'm.
plies a history, an argument, defence.
aud an arraigrmcnt Of his superior
officers. Ambitious Of the Presidency.
he has capped the climax Of his military
blunders by giving us 4 military stump
speech and calling it report. | have
no time or space Just now in detail 70
speak Of the weak points IN his speech,
but | will content myself with simply
saying that tho World, when it states
that '.the Report was mutilatei hy the
War Department., knows that il tbs.
All the dispatches are not there, il il
true. but all are there that Mcclellan
saw fit to introduce. From what can
learn, over hundred of the dispatches
that passed between the Administration
and Nc cClc!lan are omitted.
"The rcpor, as Mcclellan wrote II,
has never been altered in any respect ;
what dispatches we're left out were
omitted by Mcclellan Tor reason best
known to himself. Many, probably
were not n,rodvced because Of their
comparative unimportance, bnt many
because they might have interfered Will
McClclan's interpretations of passing
events. You speak of what yon sup
pose know, viz. 'The devotion Of the
soldiers for Mcclellan upon this poin,
let me speak ono honest word:
"When joined the army, a year anc
half ago, shortly after the retirement
Of Mcclellan, l found that while McClel
I'm had opposcrs among both officers
and men, the vast majority were fo
some reason or other-cer,ainly not 0,
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

"A new style Of shell. invented by
Capt William s. Williams, Of Ohio, has
recently been successfully experiment
ed with at Ticksburg, in 2o-pounI
Parrot gun. Que shell, weighing tw,n
ty pounds, was by his means "f explo-
sion, broken into one hundred and
twenty seven pieces which surpasses
any Of a similar kind now in use.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07
Counterfeit 500 Treasury Notes

have made their appearance. They
arc ,olerably well executed and vel
calculated TO pass as genuine in the
country. The shadin. Of the words
United States" on the face OF the
counterfeit is heavier than that Of the
genuine, and close obsers,ion shows
that the ink has blurred appearance
Merchants should be on their gnara
Counterfeit threes on the Hartford
Bank, Conn.,, have also just made their
appearance They are limitation d
the genuine and pretty well donc.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

The Cincinnati and Indianapolis pa
papers have raised their price Of sub
scription from fifteen to twenty cents
week. Increasing prices Of paper
aud other materials have necessi.atea !
The advance.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

4 I,anken fellow, sitting on the
steps OF a church in Boston, the cold
wind blowing chill,ngly round the cor
ner ..lf heaven (hic) tempers the w'n'i
to the (fiic) shorn lamb, wish the
lamb (hic) was on this corner.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

Bishop Timon, Of Buffalo, annonn,
ces officially in his organ, the Western.
.Ne,c York Catholic, that tho ''Fenian
Brothers cannot march in procession
with Catholic societies, nor take part in
Catholic rites and holy sacrifices.
1t a pretty woman asks you what
YOU will bet, answer that you viii
lay your head against hers.
Who is the largest man? The lav-
err; he is fellow Of tremendous sigh,.
Why is will Indian like Wild
Iri>hman
Because one smokes a pipe Of peace.
and TIE other piece ot>pipe>
What aaadrrre1s are admitted r,
balls, operas and dinner parties ?
White kids; sometimes the goats them
selves 90 with them.
The amount OF i.,ternal revenue de-
rived last year % liquors was $4,000
900. On malt it was upwards 81 81 :
100000 These amounts fall consider
ably short Of what it was expcc el
wonla be realize on them hence the in
creased Oh liquors.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

Some Indiana soldiers, on scout in
the mountains uf Georgia, came upon
4 house occupied only by an old wom-
an. well, old lady" said the leader.
"what ar. you-secesh ? NO. said
she" "What then ?" Baptist" said she,
promptly, "and always was :
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

Miss Braidon. the auther of the sen.
sa,ion novels, has gratefully married
her publisher. They will hereafter IS.
sue some lively work in superior bin.
ding.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

Important discoveries have recent
" been made near Parkersburg, Wes,
Virginia, OF coal oil wells that yield i'm
mensely. Las. week, on Bull Greek, /
we'll was struck that yields from 600 t
900 barrels day.
Capt Henry Clayborn, Of the 3stf
Iowa Infantry, has been dismissed thu
U s. service for absence without prop
er authority.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07
attotll(lls

AllORNEl y wv NSLLON Al Law,
ToLrDo, TAMA Co., Iowa.
All kinds Of Law and collecting business
promptly attended to.
Having procured all the laws, Of the United
States, on Bountes, Pensions and Soldiers
Pay, l am prepared and will give special
attention to obtaining and collecting,
Pensions due Invalid Soldiers, the widow
and minor heirs Of deceased soldiers.
Bounty money and pay due the heirs Of de-
ceased officers and soldiers.
Back pay due resigned officers and deceas-
ed soldiers.
Discharged soldiers sending their discharge
papers, will receive their pay by return Of
mail from the Department at Washington.
No fees charged on soldiers claims unless
the claim is collected.
G. r. STRUBLE.
v4-n33-ly.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

Toledo Iowa,
l,;u rrofnSe;nua1 aQrvicpa I

xOl0QO XOWd,
Offers his professional services to the citi-
zens of Tama County in the practice OF Med
icine, Operative Surgery 4 Obstetrics. Dr
Miller has had thirteen years experience In
the treatment Of Western Diseases in Iowa and
and expects, by strict attention to his protes
sion, to merit . share Of patronage. v5n22
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07
DIR. D. K. WEIR,

Late Of PENNSYLVANIA announces to the citl-
zens Of Toledo and vicinity, that heis perma-
ncn,ly located in this place, offers his services
as Prac.ionero Of the German, French Span
ish mode Of medical treatment, 50 successfully
practiced Of late in France, Spain and 1merica
lie not only ascertains the nature Of disease
as formerly practiced by physicians. but passes
on aud discovers the cause, however intricate
he disease may be. Those living at distance
aud unable to visit him, can be treated by
sending him a clear vial full Of their moning,
urine, from which the disease will &c asccr-
tancd Female complaints in all thir various
forms trcatedc carefully and conflentially.
will attend toau calls promptly. Residence
and office North Wesr OF the public square.
J.. x. WIER'
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07

INSURE YOUR LIVES AND YOUR
PROPERTY /!
The undersigned having the agency for this
county Of the 4Etna Life and the 1Etna Fire
Insurance companies, is prepared to issue Pol.
icies on reasonable terms.
LOSSES LITERALLY ADJUSTED AND
PROMPTLY PAID.
]. NJ. SHANkLlN, Agent.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07
Ghe yolra Trarsrr'pt,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
It $50 per Year In Advance.
$500 at the expiration Of three month
Rates Of Advertising.

Inc Square, first insertion, Sl,o0
each subsequent insertion, O,.o
)ne square Three months, o,Vo
do Six months, 100
do One year lz,oC
n,.,,er column one wear. $500
n.. half column one year. $500
n..a .oI,,,nu onc vcor. 5000
eaS- Ia addition to the above rates, advertise
mentscontaining rule and figure work, WIZ
obcharged one third more
Twelve lines of this type make . square
Business Cards, consisting Of six lines o.
css, $500 per year.
any- All Transient and Legal advertisement
nust be paid in advance.
m Unless the number OF insertions oe spec',
fed at the time advertisements are nanue"
- ,h.y vi,, he rublished st the discretion Of
he publisher, and charged for the length Of
IN tl.ey are inserted.
A liberal discount from the above rates
Al be made to large advertisers.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08

Mr.. SEWARD ON THE FATE OF
SLAyERY.-Secrctary Seward made &
speech at Union meeting in Auburn
n. T., on the evening before the election
in which he expressed great confidence
in the loyalty of the democratic masses
and the Successful restoration Of the
Union. AS to slavery he made these
significant declarations:
"The abettors of the rebellion are trou.
bled for fear we shall not leave to the
rebels, when they have submitted, enough
Of slavery and slaves. They want 10
know what we propose about that. Ny
answer is, that if they had submitted to
Abraham Lincoln, at the beginning, they
would have retained the whole. They
have lost by resistance, on an average,
10000 slaves a month. Each month of
prolonged resistance increases the loss.
and they are verging upon the time when
submission, coming too late, will leave
neither slavery nor slaves in the land
This question Of slavery is their bust
ness, not mine. So long as they propose
no surrender, they are entitled to ask no
terms. What has happened to slavery
thus far, has been the legitimate fruit OF
their own crimes but it was fruit or
dained not by man, but of God. With
out seeking to divine His ways, think
that the future will be Ike unto the past.
The insurrection will perish under mill
tary power necessarily and therefore law
fully exercised, and slavery will perish
with it. Nevertheless am willing that
the prodigaI son shall return The doors,
SO far as am concerned shall always b.
open TO him. The longer he is content
in his dallance with the barlot of REBEL
ion, the greater will be his ultimate dis
gust with her embrace. The greater his
hunger and his disgust, the deeper will
be his repentance aud'the more lasting
his reformation. | shall send no invita-
tons after him; and yet, speaking net
for myself but for you and the whole
American people, l express the convic-
ton that neither man nor angels can pre-
vent the fatted calf being slain for MS
welcome, when he does come back say
ing penitently, brothers, I have offend
ed, and desire reconciliation.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08

Two Coon BoYs.-Amos and An.
drew were little boys, and Fanny sent
Two presents to them: one was a little
soldiers cap, and the other book but
she did not tell who was to have the SOL
dier's cap and who the book. Their faith
er showed the presents to Andrew and
Amos. Both looked at the cap as if both
wanted it. Choose" said father, hold.
ing them up.
a choose the book" said Amos "An,
drew may have the cap"
" | choose the book" said Andrew :
Amos may have the cap"
do you both choose the book ?" asked
father.
mo, sir; we both choose the soldiers
cap" said the little boys, "but we both
rather give up to the other"
Was not that lovely spirit? What
a happy home must that be where two
such little boys live.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08
Grinding Corn in the Ear.

wish 10 inquire of the readers Of
your paper il, in fatlening cattle this
present winter, it will pay to have the
corn ground in the ear, when it costs as
much per hundred pounds TO get il
ground, cob and corn, as it does for the
same weight of corn alone? wish, il
any person has tried the experiment
they would give the result as it appeared
10 them or il the animals and meal had
been weighed when feeding, SO that facts
were ELECTED, would like to have the m
expressed so that | might have the ben
eft Of the experiment this winter, as
intend to feed dozen head of fat cattle
for the spring market.
an aware that many advocate grind
ing corn in the ear for stock also some
do for hogs; but cannot see any object
in doing so for hogs, as they do not eat
the cob, or at most but very little Of It,
in my pen, SO far as | can judge. l have
fed cattle also with it, and one time had
great faith in doing so, but of late think
that perhaps there is as much loss as gain
in that way Of feeding. The loss con-
sists in net having the grain ground as
fine as it should be TO get the full bene-
fit Of the grain in feeding to farenihg|
stock, or when fed to stock, whether
fattening or giving milk, as when fed to
dairy cows. am one Of those who think
corn meal one of the best varieties OF
feed that can be fed 10 cows, especially |
iE the dairy is one where batter is the
principal object; and if fed during the
summer season, while the COWS run in
the pasture, in moderate quantity, it
will pay largely for so doing. Such has
been my experience in feeding to dairy
cows the past season, but in that case the
grain should be ground very fne--such,
at least, are the views Of your cores
Cor. ~ Y. Observer.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08

SALT FOR CATTLE-In Great Brit.
ain, in the best larmed districts, we find
the allowance Of salt oscilatug around
the subjoined figures, taken as centre
or basis
In Belgium there exists legal allow
nnce of salt, that which is intended for
agricultural purposes being exempt from
the tax levied on the other; and the law
fixes for oxen dose of 2 Ito or. per
head per diem. This is too much for
young !calves and too little for bulIocks
according to English and German prac-
tice. Moreover, the Belgians mix their
untaxed agricultural salt with gypsum or
chalk, in order to render it too impure
for other purposes, before distributing il
to the farmer.
HoRsEs.-To mix salt with the food
Of the horse, colt, ass or mule, is fire.
quent practice in England and America.
In these countries the usual allowance
for full grown horse, Of middle height,
is about 2 OF. per diem. In Belgium
the quantity of salt appropriated to a
full grown horse by the Government is
little more .han one OF. per diem.
SHEEP.-The Romans gave to their
f1ocks Of sheep, every fifth day, an al
lowance of salt, amounting TO about half
an ounce per head. And this is precisely
the quantity which is still employed in
England and Saxony daily for sheep full
grown and Of ordinary size. Numerous,
experiments have proved that salt is
more beneficial to sheep than to any
other species Of cattle.
PIGs.-The best proportion to adopt
40 basis appears to be one ounce OIL
salt to every twelve pounds Of their wash,
or two thirds Of an ounce per head per
diem for full grown pigs. In case of en-
ticipaed disease the dose may be slightly
increased,-O. Farmer.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08
WoRMs IN HoRsEs.-A great many

WORMS IN HoRsEs,-A great many
Of the popular remedies used for the ex
pulsion of worms are neither sure nol
safe /; for, in the first place, the medicine
! (artar emetic, &c.,) is just as likely t.
kill the horse as it is the worms, there
fore there is no surety about It and
secondly, when an animal is infested with
intestinal worms, il is unsafe to use the
ordinary drastic catharics which the
books inform US are of great value. |
remember q case where q veterinary
surgeon prescribed a ball, for the expul-
sion OF worms, composed of seven
drachms of aloes and one of tartar emet-
ici and shortly afrer the administration
of the same, the horse became very un.
easy, and finally got down apparently in
terrible torment. After being once
down he never arose, but fingered for
many hours, then went into convulsions
and died. My services were secured for
the purpose of holding an autopsy. j.
made a very careful examination Of the
various regions of the body. All parts
in their normal condition ex
cept the inner coat of the intestines,
which presented the appearance Of hay
ing been aea.btteD. found three hun.
dred worms, averaging from six toI
twelve inches in length, occupying the
intestinal cavity. 1t appeared that, inI
order to escape the olor and action Of
he aloes, they had plunged their pro.
boscis into the inner coat Of the mites.
ines; hence the pain, torment and con.
'ulsions, and hence the danger of put
ing drugs into a 'hornel's nest"
Worms are never present in the intes.
inal cavity only when the animal is the
ubject of arrangement of the digestive
organs, and thus prevent the generation
If the parasites; and this is the proper
,ourse of procedure even when it is evi
lent that the parasites are present.--Dr.
Dadd.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08

THE CRoP REPORT FOR SEPTEM
DER.--The September report of the ma
lionel bureau Of agriculture shows tina
Of the summer crops, we have raised
this year Wheat, l9l,0G8,289 bush
els; rye, 20798,287; barley, 1890,
500; oats, 174,8j8,1G7 OF fail crops
corn, 149 ,163,894; buckwheat, l7,193,
I232 potatoes, l5,6G3,O83. This is a
decrease from last year in every crop
except wheat and oats. OF wheat it is
estimated, according to the demand of
other years, we shall haye 4,7GLO47
bushels to export, besides fully supplying
the home demand. But in corn we are
l25,860,238 bushels short of the esti-
mated amount needed for nome consump.
ton, and this deficiency will have to be
provided for by greater economy in
feeding, and greater proportionate
consumption of wheat. The buckwheal
crop is not as much injured as was gen
orally supposed, because most of it is
produced in the states Of New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where
the lrosts of August 30h and Septem-
Der 18Th did not injure the crops mate.
rally. The tobacco crop of 1868 is
larger than that o! last yem by nearly
50,000,000 pounds, although the frosts
in the western states were very Injurious
10 it. But about one half the crop there
had been gathered before the frost OF
September 18th, and Is per cent more
ground had been planted than in 1862
The hay crop of 1862 is estimated at
q ,603.345 tons that Of 1868 at 80
980,482 tons--a decrease oil 1923, IS
tons. It's quality is good.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08

TO Cure SHEEP FROM JUMPING
a correspondent Of the Ohio Farmer
gives the following curious account Of
the method adopted by him to prevent
his sheep from jumping the fences of his
pasture: Il want to tell you about jump
ing sheep, and how broke them. got
them 10 pen built sufficiently to hold
them; then caught the riogleaders one
at "A time, and made small hole in each
ear. / then took n cord or string and
run through the holes in the ears tied
them together close enough to keep them
from working the ears: then let them
out and they are as quiet as any sheep"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08

Besides in one place "large stores" in
another, "44o0 pounds powder and $780,
coo rounds Of cartridges" and in anoth
er, in the language Of Gen. Grant, "arms
and munitions of war for an army of
10000 men,
From this it appears that our loss dl-
ring he year in killed, wounded and mis-
sing was 91,770 men.
If the rebels "ki,led and wounded" Of
which we have no account in this report,
bear the same proportion to prisoners
that ours does, their loss during the year
must have been enormous, reaching to
over 100000 men,"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-01-08

Corn FoDDER.-Well cured corn
fodder is worth just as much as good
hay. IL needs greater expenditure Of
labor to prepare it SO that cattle will eat
1t clean, but cut up or torn or crushed as
is done by some feed cutting machines,
wetted and allowed to stand a few hours
with sprinkling OF salt, or oil meal
mixed in, it will be eaten with great
relish. When hay is high and corr
scarce, i; is pity to haye it wasted.