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East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

Charles Lamb once said to broth
er whist-player, Martin Burney, whose
hands were none of tho cleanest
Martin, if dirt were trumps, what a
hand you would have"
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

EE A London corrcspondentcom-
placently believes the cholera will take
some 2S5,000 lives in England. -
Cheerful prognosticator.
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06
HOWARD ASSOCIATION.
PHILADELPHIA, PA

PHILADELPHIA, PA.
nlSEASES Of the Urinary and Scxual Sys-
IL icms-new and reliable treatment. Also
the BRIDAL CHAMBER. an Essay Of Warning
and Instruction. sent in sealed envelopes. free Of
charge. Address DR.. J. sKiLLfN II0UGHTON
Howard Associaicn, No q scuth Ninth strce
Phils 1rlylir, Pa. Tsly
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

Many beautiful women, when they
are walking in the streets, seem very
angry if gazed at and sadly disap-
pointed if they are not.
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

EL In Rhode Island, the census,
which is now being taken, shows a
declining population in nearly all the
agricultural districts.
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06
SESSION LAWS 1865.

CouxrY CLERKS 0rricE,
Saginaw, Aug. 2l 1865.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the Sesson
~ Laws Of 1865 have been received, and are
ready for distribution.
GEORGE SCHMIDT.
County Clerk
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

E What did Lot do when his
wife was turned into pillar Of salt ?
Took ft'sI ono, Of course.
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

What wind should q hungry sailor
wish forp One that blows fowl and
chops about.
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

FAcTs WORM REMEMBERING.-A bit
Of glue dissolved in skim milk and
water, will restore old Grape, Half a
cranberry bound on a corn soon kills
it. An ink stand was turned over on
a white tablecloth, a servant threw
over it mixture of pepper and salt
lenti'ully, and all traces Of the stain
disappeared. Picture frames and
:, ,,arre----5served from flies by
painting them with brush dipped
into mixture made of boiling three
or four onions in a pint Of water
Bed-bugs are kept away by washing
the crevices with strong salt water,
put on with brush. Soft soap should
be kept in a dry place in the cellar,
and not used until three months old.
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT

OF everything usually TO he found in any Hard.
ware Establishment, Fast or West, with the nd.
diton Of articles incident TO the business Of Lum
bering, Salt Boring and Manufacture, Fishing.
Hunting and Trapping, will always be found at
my Store, where shall be happy as all times
to meet old customer, and new. Past patronage
gratefully acknowledged
B.B. BrCKHLCT
East s'gins-,An |, iscI
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS
IN SEWING MACHINES.
EMPIRE SHUTTLE MACHINEI !
Patented Feb. 18th, 1860.
sALEsROOMs, $40 broadway, NY.
$50 WASHINGTON street, Boston.
72O CHEsNUT Street, philadelphia.


72O CHEsNUT street, Philadelphia.
This Machine is constructed on entirely new
principle OF mechanism, possessing mary rare
and valuable improvements, having been exam
ined by the most profound experts, and pronounced
to be simplicity and perfection combined
Tho following are tho principle objections
urged against Sewing Machiness--
l.-Excessive fatigue TO the operator. Lila
bility 10 get out Of order. 3.-Expense, trouble
and loss Of time in repairing. 4.-Incapscitv 10
sew every description Of material, t--Disa-
greeabe noise while in operation.
The Empire Sewing Machine Is exempt from
all these objections.
II has a straight needle perpendicular action
makes the LOCK or SHUTTLE STITCH, which
will NEITHER RIP nor RAVEL, and is aliko
on both sides, performs perfect sewing on every
description Of material, from Leather TO tho
finest Nansook Muslin, with cotton, linen on silk
thread from the coarsest to the finest stnumbcr.
Having neither CAM nor COO WHEEL, and
the least possible friction, il runs as smooth as
glass, and is EMPIIATlcALLYA NoIsELESS
MACHINE. ..ri4icp
II requires CITY per cent less power 10 drive it
than any ether Machine in market. A girl Of
twelve years Of age can work II steadily, without
fatigue or injury TO health. ID lG lfiGig
lts strength and wonderful simplicity Of con-
struction render Il almost impossible to get out
of order and is guaranteed by the company TO
give entire satisfaction. aIul
We respectfully invite all those who may desire
TO supply themselves with superior article to
call and examine this UNRfYALED MACHINE.
But in moro especial manner do wc solicit
the patronage of 8l ll-tlL.,...A
MERCHANT TAILoRS. COACH MAKERS
HOOP SKIRT MANUFACTURERS,
SHIRT AND BOSOM MAKERS,
DRESS MAKERS, CORSET
MAKERS. CATER FIT. s-is
TIERS, VEST AND
PANTL00N lfet ua
MAKERS,
SHOE BISD. .Is.
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06

PRICES OF MACHINES COMPLETE.
No. l. Family Machine with Hemmer. Feller
and Braider, '.'','.I,.,,'''' = f;'.'..'.' 500
No. 2, Small Manufacturing with Exten-
sion Table, ,......... ..'s.,,... ..,i-... 75
No. B. Large Manufacturing, with Extcn-
No. 4. Large Manufacturing, for Leather,
with Rolling Foot and Oil Cup. '..'' 100
one-half hours instruction is sufficient 10 en-
able any person to work this Machine to their
entire satisfaction.
AGENTS WANTED for all towns In the United
States where Agents are not alreDdy established.
Also. tor Cubu, Mexico, Central and South Amer
ica to whom liberal discount will be given.
7. ]. McARTHUR h CO,
Manufacturers and Proprieiors,
536 BROADWAY, NY
East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-06
PRICES OF MACHINES COMPLETE.

Religious and Charitable Institutions will b
literally dealt with
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

TnE MARRIAGE LAW IN ScorLAND.--A
curious illustration Of the sbsurdity Of the
state of the law in Scotland with respect
to marriage has recently been made mani
fest at Maidstone Assizes, where certain
Miss EIiz .beth Acford sued Lord Hunting
tower, a we'll known rakish nobleman, for
the non-payment Of q pension of EGO a
year. She had been his mistress for some
years, had had five children by him. and
travelled with him in Scotland as his wife
When they parted, nominally, his lordsiip
fell into arrears in the payment Of the SIS
quarterly, hence the action. His pleas
were remarkable-frst, that as they had
passed for man and wife in Scotland she
,oas therefore his wife, and as such could
not bring an action fer debt against her
husband; second, that she had infringed on
tho terms Of the contract by which she re.
ceived the pension in molesting and annoy
ing him. The judge decided in accOrda nee
with the first ples-that she was Lady
lIuntingtower-the decision to be subject to
reversal by the superior courts. Now, as
the interesting defendant in this case hap
pens to have another vie. il the decision
b. not reversed of course it invalidates her
claims, while her quondam husband. by
his own plea, stands self confessed biga.
mist.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

A NOVEL CALcULArIoN.-One who must
have been confirmed subject Of ennui has
made the following calculation, which is
said to have occupied three years Of his
life: Old Testament-Number of books,
80 chapters, 929; verses, 23,2l4; words,
532 2.439; letters, 2.72e,lOO. The middle
book is Proverbs. The middle chapter in
job xxxix. The middle verse would be 2
Chronicles k. II, If there were . verse
more, and verse l6 it there were . verse
less. The word "and" occurs S5.543 times
The word Jehovah" occurs 6,855 times
The shortest verse is ! Chronicles, j. as
The 2lst verse Of the 7th chapter OF Ezra
contains all the letters Of The alphabet The
10Th chapter Of 3 Kings and the 37th chap.
ter of Isaiah are alike. New Testament
Number Of books, 81; chapters, $50 !;
verses, 7,94s; words, l8l .S5s; letters,
838,560. The middle book is Q Thessalo.
mans. The middle chapter would bs
Romans XIII. if there were chapter less,
and xiv. if there were chapter more
The middle verse is Acts xvii. ~. The short
est verse is St. John xi. 35. Old and New
Testament-Number of books, 60; chap.
ters. .8l9; verses, 3l.l73; words. TIA. .697 /;
letters, $500. .680., The middle chapter and
the least in the Bible is Psalm cxvii.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

The National Bereavement.
PosrvlLLE, April IS. 1865.
Editors Times To. day large con-
course Of people assembled at the school
house in Postville, to express their indig
nation at the murder and of sorrow for thu
death Of ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Speeches were made by Rev. Mr.. Barne;
Of Postville, George D. Edwards of Cler
mont, and G. L. Henderson. During tn.
addresses strong evidence was given tha
all hal lost in Abraham Lincoln great, ,
good, and wise man.
The following resolutions were adopted
We the inhabitants of Postville ant
vicinity assembled this 18th day Of April
1865, do earnestly resolve,
1st, That We hereby declare our sym
patty with the bereaved families Of Abraham
Lincoln and Wm. II. Seward.
I'd, That the time has now arrived wh.r
the friends Of united country ought t.
make themselves known.
3D., That the war, and the annihilatior
Of slavery ought to be prosecuted with in
creased determination and vigor.
4th. That in so doing We will maintair
the right of southern a. we'll IS northern
men. To the slave liberty. to the traito
and assassin halter; to all Justice. II
the ignorant mercy, when mercy woule
not be injustice.
eth, On motion G.. L. Henderson va,
requested to report the proceedings OF thi
meeting to the NORTH Iowa TINES and tn,
McGregsr News. ,...
Alter an earnest prayer by Rev. Mr.
Barnes the meeting adjourned.
G. L. HENDERSON, Sec'y.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26
IMPROVEMENT IN PuoroeRAp1rc App

IMPROVEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPHIC APPAR.
ATus.-Among the many improvements in
photograph apparatus, one Of the most i'm.
portant is that made recently by Mr.. Du
broni. He has contrived most complete
set Of apparatus, which photographer on
his travels can almost put in his pocket,
and by means Of which ladies can practice
the art without risk of soiling their fingers.
His camera is small box Of yellow glass,
and within this all the operations which it
Is necessary to perform beyund the reach
Of aetinic light are effected by the use of
very simple contrivances. After the colo.
dion has b. en- applied to the plate it i fixed
in its place in the camera, and the densitiz-
ing solution is conveyed to it by means Of
glass pipette. furnished with an india.
rubber bulb. When good coating is OBJ.
tanned, the excess Of nitrate Of silver is
sucked up by the same pipette and return.
ed to the bottle. After exposure, the de
veloping solution is conveyed to the plate
in the way with another pipctte. To avoid
mistakes NJ. Dubroni makes the pipette for
applying the nitrate Of silver Of blue glass,
and all that for the developer Of red glass.
The fixing and washing arc, Of course, car.
red on outside the camera. The only diff
ticulty we see is in preventing the access
Of light by the opening in the top Of the
camera, through which the pipettes are
passed down to the plates. The inventor,
however, seems to have avoided this.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

MUSICAL ACCENT AT trial in the
Court Of Kings Be ,ch, England, between
certain publishing Tweedledums and Twee-
dled.es, as to an alleged piracy Of an arrange,
ment Of "The Old English Gentleman
Tom Cooke was subpenaed as Witness
On cross.examinstion by Sir James Scarlet,
that learned counsel rather Appan,ly said :
Nov. sir, you say the two melodies are the
same, but different. What do you mean.
sir?" Tom promptly ans~ered-"I said
that the notes in the two copies were alike,
but with different accent" Sir James
What is musical accent?' Cooke
my terms are guinea lesson, SIR" CA
loud laugh } Sir James, (rather rufflsd)-
"Don't mind your terms here. I ask you
what is musical accent2 Can you see
it ?" Cooke--"A musician can." (Great
laughter.) Sir James, (very angrily)-
snow pray, sir, don't beat about the bush,
but tell his lordship and the jury, who are
supposed to know nothing about it, the
meaning Of what you call accent,' Cooke
accent in music is stress laid upon 4
particular note--as you would BY stress
on any given word, for the purpose of be.
ing better understood. If were to say
you are an ass, it rests on ass; but were !
to say you are an ass, it rests on you, Sir
James" Reiterated shouts of laughter by
the whole court, in which the bench Joined,
followed this repartee. lence being OBJ
tained, Lord Denman, the judge, with
much seeming gravity, accosted the chop.
fallen counsel-"Are you satisfied, Sir
James p Sir James, deep red as he na.
turally was, had become Scarlet in more
than name, and, in great huff, said-''The
witness may go down."
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

THE DEAR BABIES Conventionally, in.
fancy is only another name for innocence.
Practically, they are often as wide as the
poles asunder. Mothers, as . matter ol
course, will dispute this proposition: yet
they know, in the depths Of their affection
ate hearts, that it is too true. Produce
your philanthropic baby. Show us sam
pie Of the race that will not fight. Do
they not all seize us by the hair, and tug
thereat, with exul,ing war whoops, as il
they long.d to scalp US !? Is it not necessa
ry to keep their nails short in order to
avoid scarification ? Has any baby ever
been known to exhibit the slightest emo,
ton Of gratitude Do they nat murder our
sleep, comp, ling parents to rise at the
dead hour Of night, and walk marches
against time until daylight? Is it not a
common thing to see them become partially
apoplectic with unbribed passion +? And
then, look at their hypocrisy! Do they
not indulge in blood curdling shrieks Of
seeming agony, and, whom undressed in
consequence Of suspicion Of pins, do they
not kick up their heels and crow At the
thought of having hoaxed their mothers
|, is all very well to say that "Heaven is
near US in our infancy" but it is the opin.
ion Of observant persons. who have studied
babies from 4 philosophical standpoint.
that If their capacity for mischief were
equal to their fcrocity, they would soon
exterminate the adults Of the human fam.
ilV.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

An lNoExlous CLOCK There is now in
possession Of, and manufactured BY Nj. Collins
eiversmith, of Glouce ster. England. . moet
ingenious piece Of mechanism-sn eight.day
clock, with dead beat escapement maintaining
power. chimes the quarters, plays sixteen tunes
plays three tunes in twelve hours, or will play
at any time required. The hands 60 round Al
follows: One. once minute; ono. once IN
hour. one. once week; one. once year. il
shows the moons age. the time Of rising and
setting Of the sun, the times Of high and low
water, half food; sndby beautiful c0ntrivance
there is . part which represents tho water,
which rises and falls, lifting the ships at high
water tide rs IL it was in motion, and as it re-
cedes le.ving these little automaton ships dry
on the sands. 1t shows the twelve signs Of the
zodiac; it strikes or not, as you may wish it.
it has the equation table, showing the difference
Of clock and sun every day in the year. Every
portion Of tbs clock is OF beautiful workman
ship .
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

RoDBlNG THE VIRGINIA thief las just
been tried for stealing candles from the
Virgins altar in Santa Croce. He was
caught in the act by monk belonging to
the adjoining convent, who consigned him
to the tender mercies Of the police. Brought
before the magistrates the delinquent own.
ed to the fact, and narrated that As he vas
pacing up and down Lung Ammo, meditat.
ing on the possible method of appeasing
his craving hunger, the Madonna appeared
to him and gave him leave to take certain
number Of candles from her altar in Santa
Croce and sell them for bread. He object.
ed, reminding her that he should be taken
up for theiving, but she replied that the
candles were hers, and that she had right
to dispoee Of them ss she pleased. The
judges. however, did not seem of her opin-
ion, and as she did not appear to confirm
her gift, condemned the thief to two
months imprisonment.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

THERE ara about 700 female clerks EN-.
ployed in the Treasury Department, and
selected from most al the States in the
Union. Many Of them have been rich,
but are now poor. Many Of them arc
young ladies, many Of them widows, and
some few are married. Their chief bust.
ness is in cutting and counting new legal
tender and National Bank notes, and in
counting and destroying old one. Their
pay is $720 per annum each, for about six
hours close work, per diem. The situations
are very pleasant, and the Government is
quite right in giving out this sort of work to
women instead Of men. The Superintend.
ents complain We believe, only Of too
much talk, which, it it is not ungallant to
say so, must b put down to an infiImity
Of the sex.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

RED HA1a-It is the fashion in Paris e
have hair the color Of the Emprcss's. How,
the brunettes accomplish this is thu2<ze
planned. At the appointed hour the cahdk
date for golden honors enters the dressing
room in long, white dressing gown. Her
hair floats loosely over her shoulders. Then
he pours over the head vial Of "water''
(probably deadly poison.) He saturates
each hair. This occupies two hours.-
After fifteen minutes be soaks the whole
hair in ice-water. He then kneads the hair
with his hands. Again ice.water is applied.
He moves the "goose" within . few inches
Of the hair, and it turns red. The whole
operation lasts five hours, and leaves the,
lady with red hair, an intolerable headache,
'nangEed nerves, and eighty dollars less in
nockef "'+'.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

DEcoRAn-Eii George hss his flag up
for Oregon he offers for sale the Tremon,
House Of that city snd splendid farm
near Decorah. Capt. o. N. Bliss was
buried recently in Decorah with Masonic
honors and in very SNOWY demonstration
the military fired 40 muskets over his grave
The Decorah House is being fitted up
in fine style by A. II. WHITE. Sleepier is
said to keep good house up in that village,
hut he will find White about 40 white q
nan as he ever attempted to rival. u. Capt
Clrehorn is devillihg the trout Of Canoe
and Bear creeks. Wish We were there "a
help him.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

VALUE or A SlLvER HALF DoLLAR-At q
meeting in Hartford, Conn, few evenings
since, in behalf Of the Christian Commission,
n collection was taken up, and in the hat was
found, among the scrip, = silver half dollar
The half dollar was put up at auctiOn-it sold
resold bringing $50, four times SIS, twice $l2
and $lM Then the man who played asctioneer
paid Sc for license and the vendue was re.
newed, the silver half being knocked down at
$2O-then $60-then $lO0-then $50-then
$40-then $l5-then $3O-then $2O-then Is
when it was voted the next sale be final. The
bid Was started at 800 and run up to $525.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

a correspondent with SheIman's army
says that coffee and sugar were the chief
rations issued during the march most Of
the rest was foraged off the country. He
adds: 1.-The army is in excellent health
all feathered out below the knee from having
lived so constantly on turkeys, chickens
and game.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26

Bear Fight,
The days Of adventures have not yeO
passed for our hunters. Witness The IL.
lowing:
Saturday, Mr.. George ". Bowers, q
Red Wing, went out from his camp on the
Wisconsin side, to shoot partridgss, takine
with him his two dogs. vhil1on the d.
vide between the Trimble and the Little
Trimble rivers, about ten miles from this
city, his dogs started into the brush in
chase Of rabbit, ss he supposed, but stir.
red up . full grown black bear, hungry
and saucy. Mr.. Bowers caught sight of
the bear about Is soon as the dogs did, and
fired q charge Of hns shot st him, knock.
ing him down. The dogs st once attacked
the bear, but he was getting away when
Mr.. Bowers fired again, charge Of buck.
shot, aud again knocked the beast over.-
The dogs rushed in again, and little Cash."
venturing too near, got caught "in chan.
Gerry" and was, not affectionately, being
hugeed to death, when vigorous aank at.
tack from the large dog, Link" aided BY
Mr.. Bowers, who seized club and COM
menced pounding the bear over the back
and head, caused Cash" to be released
The bear, confronted by three foes, chooss
to attack the man, and made rush foe
him, the dogs this time trying to keep
ahead. In passing through the prickly
ash brush, Mr.. Bowers lost good part of
his clothing and narrowly escaped the
grasp Of the bear. Once out o: the brush,
the dogs attacked the bear again, and Mr.,
Bowers loaded up his gun, putting in this
time big charge Of powder and heavy shot
in proportion, but for long time had
no chance to shoot without endangerine
the dogs as much IS the bear. At last the
bear took to tree and would have climb
ed it, but that the large dog, as often as he
attempted to climb would seize him by the
tail and pull him down again. Each time
the bear would turn upon the dogs, stand
ing up with bis back against the tree, and
strike at his assailants, once il while hit.
ting them. Watching his chance Mr..
Bowers approached near enough to catch
and hold the larger dog while the bear got
up the tree, and then leisurely and coolly
took aim, shot, and down dropped the
bear, dead. As neatly as ever dropped .
81 uirrel.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-04-26
THE Lansing Journol, in speaking Of
the First Of April uses the following:

TuE Lansing Journol, in speaking Of
the First Of April uses the following: -
Dusenbury is merchant Of prominence.
He wa!keth with down.cast look, his
mind running on business. While thua
perambulating the sidewalk he found q
large bundle neatly tied up, at his feet.
His heart palpitated-might il be fev
dollars worth Of sugar. coffee, or roll Of
greenbacks His heart got rid Of big
leap just as his nervous hands "undid"
the outside covering, and there bis aston
ished gaze met another cover, on which
was the following plainly written card
"You will please forward this to the next
April Fool - s.r - sa -
He let it drop, at the same time looking
up, small and cheap at crowd Of scale
wags across the street, who were just then
laughing at him heartily s