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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24

CIEEERING NEWS!
CHEAP GooDsl
CHEAP GOODS!
Just received from New York my third supply Of
Fall and Winter
DRY GOODS,
which will continue to sell at the lowest New York
prices:
Dark Calicos at % cents and upwards
Dark Dclaincs at 81 cents and upwards
Black ana figured Alpaca AT ID cent, ANA upwards
splendid assortment OF Fancy silks
Plaid and solid color silks
The best qualities of Black SILK
French Mcrinos, 81 - and upwards
Figured French MernOs now styles
Empress Cloth at 81 40
English Merinos at 70 cents and upwards
Scotch Plaids at 70 gents
Striped ana Plaid Poplins at 40 cents
All-woOl Delancs at Gj cents
Handsome Printed all-woO Delaincs
Black and white Plaid Morinos
Double width black and white Plaids
Black BombaZne
White French MerinOs
call particular attention to nv additional stock Of
CLOTHS, SATINETS, CASSlMERE, &c., &c:
Cashmere ut 81 % and upwards
Double-width Cloth at 81 90, worth 81
DOuble-width Ovcrcoa,ing only 50
Double-width DOeskins
Fine Black BrOadcluth
CLOAK AND SHAWL DEPARTMENT.
The latest styles in Paris
Don't fail to sec tho late Paris style Of C0aIs
Fine Cloaks from $40 to s65
Shawls all styles and sizes, 81 30 and upwards
CloakS Tor the little ones
Cloaks for tho large onc-'
Cloaks Tor everybody!
Every size and style and price Cloaks
Shawls, very cheap
Hoop Skirta, Il fresh supply
BamOral Skirts
The latest style New York Skating shhi, only 5l5,
Don't forget to Sc, them
Hs1Y iipl from - M
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
CiREAT ATTRACTION
g1 At

4
AT
A. HIRSH * co.
Uav!ns lust returned from New York We are pre-
pared 10 offer friends and the public generaiiy
well selected stock OF
DRY AND FANCY GOODS,
Consisting in part
The newc>, styles and colors of plain silks
Plain and figured Alpacas
Checked aud striped Irish Poplins
plain and figured silk Lusires
Plain and fsured French Merinos
Black a0i white check Cashmere
Black Alyaeas from - cents
Black Iombazines QGcens Cloth
White Msrino
And large .ssorlnents Of other styles Dress Goods
S-n, Wear Cassimeres, Cloths, Beaver, ladies' CLOAK
ing Waerrruof Cloth. Opera Flannels, all coor> Ied
and white Iain and twird FlaRnels, Housekeeping
Goods Linen and Cotton Shect!ng, all widths and prices
Table Linens bIcached and unblcached WnoIen Table
Covers Towels and Toweliings, Napkins, &c
GENTS AND LADIES' FURNISHING GooDS.
ladies aud Gents N.Ilno Vests, Mrrin" and Cotton
Hosiery of all kinds. AleNaEdre'- aud T"wvins Hid
Gloves French Woven Embroidered tCraeI-, kuS S'He
Bodies ladies and Misses BAlmoral and Hoop >kiT7.
large assortment of the latest styles t!oak'' a!ep
herd Plaid Shaw!s full line Wonilen uoods snch Us
bl' S ''i>'"' oet2l+
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
RAILROADS. &c.

L. = 8 = .i.s:; :;s::a
THE GREAT sou 4 II L NAIL
i ROUTE. CARRYING TiE UNITED SiAiLs
NAIL AND ADAMS EXPRESS rHRut0H ENlLi'iLi
RY RAIL TO WASHINGTON CITY, BALllA1EL
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND IL 80
VI, THg ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA AND VA
IN \ MIIrS rINTfN NUngs RAIL. No STAGING
TRAINS RUN To BALTIMORE AND ONO DEPOT
At "a NA-fIfNGTUN CITY
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24

Tn. ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAILROAD having been
put 10 complete repair are nov running Two it''n'
daily between Washington tuy and J.. h'H our CON
Meeting with the Eauu'r' aut uai" E@ro1i 81 "'''-
ngton the virginia and tennessee Railroad at lynch-
burg and NJ Gordousvillr with thc Nirb MA OvntrAl
Railroad Tor SlauntOn snI lichmonj.
Passengers taking this limo pass n full view oi The
various bAttlc-helds along tar line ci tho virginia
Central Railroad between Richmond and GuydOusvllc
and the famous baitledeld' Of Manassas braioe ana
Cedar Mountain on the Orange ami Alexandra l'ai'-
rod and may rely upon making close and regular con
nections with the lines Indicated. Elegant ears run
upon this line, and every accommodation furnished 10
make the passengers comfortable.
Through passengers arriving in Richmond by the
Virginia ContraI Richmond and panviil- AMI Rich
mond and Petersburg Railroads. will end CARRIER
Cos umnibusos to transport tb,m between DepotS.
Passengers have ample zine 60 Jinr and sup st Cor
dORsvllle, AMI breakfast ant sup 40 Virginia Central
Depot.
A. NJ and 7.IJ P. NJ; on sundays at 1:lj 4. NJ only,
making close and sure connections at Washington 'iy
with the Baltimore ami ohio railroad FOR the following
points
Baltimore, losaHspart, Ohio
PhiladylPhh, Louisville, ny,
New York, IL Crosse, Wis,
Burlington, Iowa, Lafayette, Ind,
Bloomington. Ill, Milwaukee,, WIS,
Columbus Ohio, Madison, Ind,
Cincinnati Ohio, Mu-catiur, Iowa
Cairo, H., Newark, OHIO,
Chicago, H., pUtrie du Chen,
Cleveland, Ohio PdrSer,burs, Va,
Detroit, Mich, Ouiuccy. lli,
Decatur, III, Richmond. Ind,
Dayton, Ohio Sludusky, Ohio,
Davenport, Iowa, Springfield. l'i.,
Dubuque, Iowa, s.. Joseph, Mo-,
Evansville, Ind, -. Louis. NJ,
FOn du Lac, Wis, =. Paul. Nnn.,
Galena, H. Toledo. ohio,
Iowa City, Iowa, T,rrc lltutc, Ind,
Indianapolis, Ind, NiuCeaue~. Ind,
GAINESVILLE Mimi, Wheeling, Va,
Lynclb blrS Va, Neuia, Ind.
Zancsyillc Ohio.
This line carries the through mail, consequently
makes first connections.
Tickets at Office, No 2SI Main street, snd Virginia
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
1888.
wEnTEyBAKER K WILLIAMS,

Successors to
KEEN, BALDWIN VI i =
l02 MAIN STREET,
Take pleasure in announcing that they now open
ing 4 large stock of superb FALL and WINTER CLpli-
ING GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, HAZE
TRUNKS AND VALlSES, all Of which nave been got
ten M by the manufacturers 10 order and with direct
reference to the Of trade. BY every ARRIVAL
we shall make additions to our stock, and keep con
stanty full -appy of the best and most l4'llonapIe
Goods To br had in the country. We will also have
made to order any article desired and guarantee salts
faction W. keep constantly on hand iul assortment
of BOYs'AND YOUTHS CLOTHING, to which we invite
special attention Having all the advantages enl"?eu
by the house for twenty five years previous To me Wa'
with determination to offer the best goods III the 20"
old customers of the house and that Oi the pubic ~
arge TERMS CASH. ~
sep2--tff WERTENBAhER ~ ll'LlA'iS'
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
MEMS UNDERWEAR HOUSE.

NJ "
" H. HAYWARD No. 81 Main street, below Four
teenth street dealer in all kinds of GOODS for MEN
IyDFRWFAR ar Toilet and Fancy Articles, Perfumery,
Notions &c. Se Also great variety Of Ladies anu
Children's Hosiery, Gloves, Zephyr Hoods NuplAS'
RTeakfast sharls, Scarfs, Socks, &c, &c
cropGr RUsKELL. long and avorably KNOW" W." oI3a ~
Tho ci,ens Of Richmond, respectfully ~ the above
the cltILe friends that he can be found AZ tns
customers an socits continuance of their ia'ors'
spe27f
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24

STEAMBOATS,, &c.
%rEW LINE OF STEAMERS. =aD1I =
NEW LINE OF STEAMERS
FOR
FORTRESS MONROE,
AND BALTIMORE.
STEAMBOATS,, &c.
uARSgEN's AND REID's EXPRESS ROUTE.

HARSPEN's AND REDS EXPRESS ROUTE
Leave Ludlam Watson, Wharf, at Rockets, daily
al 81 \. NJ
The steamer, of this line are all new, anl their re-
gklble speed is due to their construction; the most
approved modern models Of the fast Hudson fVrr
steamers having been adopted.
The superiority Of these models gives them great ad
vdnages the boats OF the old style oi naval con
s,ruc'ion, and tho newneSs of their boilers anu M
chncry guarantees to the public their perfect safety
Il j. hardly necessary inform our patrons that WIN
their powerful machinery and fine water lines they 40
NJ. uire the Si hcs; approachto racing tP enable
them to obtain much better rate of speed than any
boats i'm these waters.
side-w heal steamers suPerbly fitted up with saloons
ana sing 10 ami family statc-room':
steamer CITY POINT, Captain Talbot
Steamer MAGENTA, Captain Sou!Ser
CONNECTING WITH
Steamer GEORGE LEARY, Captain Blakenan
Steamer JAS. 7. BRADY, Captain lindiS'
The tables are supplied with every luxury tho mar
ke affords and equal to rstelass hotel are ana not
wthsianIing the superior advantages offered 10 the
D. blc in point of elegance, comfort safety and speed
The fares are Is low a. any other line.
Passengers transferred to and from all Depots and
Baggage handled Free OF Charge
They navigate the James River entirely in the day
time thus ahOrjins passengers opportunity Tor seeing
the fOrlCaticns, Dutch Gap and other objects Ot IN
tereSt.
Tho proprieors of this Line are negotiating for
ono Of the superb and fast steamers Of the Hudson
River, to the James River, and intend 10 make
the line the permanent institution Ot Richmond; and,
grateful for the very large share Of patronage they
have already received, request continuance Of the
public favor
THROUGH TICKETS for
BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA
AND
NEW YORK;
Also, to all points
NORTH, EAST AND WEST,
for sale at the oce OF the Company corner Of Eighth
and Main streets, opposite Spotswood Hotel.
\. W. SHAW,
Superintendent Baltimore.
=. II. BUTLER,
General Agent, No Fifteenth street.
L. w. FREEMAN,
c. 7. JONES'
W. T. WHITE,
sep22-,f Ticket Agents.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
b \ Y LIN L. Gae71y n
eKzz.yTy1S
BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET COMPANY.
THE ONLY STEAMBOAT LINE By WHICH THE
UNITED STATES MAIL Is CARRIED BE-
TWEEN RICHMOND, FORTRESS
MONROE, NORFOLK AND
BALTIMORE

The elegant airy and swift rstclass river steamers
NJ. MARTIN Captain Livingston, THOMAS COLLIER,
Captain Mitchell, and CITY OF RICHMOND, Captain
Powers, run daily line between RICHMOND and
NORFOLK starting from HaSkns x rdsfurd'S Wharf,
al Rockets, at $50 O'Clock, A. NJ making the usual
landings on James River, going and returning.
These boats connect regularly at Norfolk with the
Bay Line Steamers LOUISIANA. GEORGIANNA and
ADELAIDE, for BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, PHlLA-
pELPlllA and NEW YORK
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24

The trial OF bgeyet Brigsdier-Genera Briscoe, for
the larrepy of funds belonging to the United States
in The possession Of the quartenaster at Lynchburg.
Va. terminated on Saturday. The proceedings and
sndincs have been forwarded TO the Secretary Of
War for action, and will probably be promulgated
in few days q.
The receipts from internal revenue on Monday
amounted to sl,617,sl9 q,
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
THRNrGH TICKETS

BY this line offer to tho public, through the en-
tiv route from Richmond to Baltimore, such
datons a> cannot fail to give satisfaction The boats
the Jane, River unsurpassed in speed, elegance Of
HUsh and general adaptation to the business Ola DAY
ROUTE being constructed with large and open saloons
above, and Splendidy furnished private saloons, for
ladies, on the main decks.
The steamers LOUISIANA, Captain C. w Russell,
GEuRGlANNA Captain $. Pearson, and ADELAIDE,
Captain Cannon, Chesapeake Bay have been recently
redtted painted and furnished They have ample state
room accommodations, and the tables always sup
piled with the best the markets of Norfolk and Bati-
furnish.
Passengers having through tickets will be conveyed,
with their baggage from the boats the depot in Bal
timOr', free OF charge.
Call and get your tickets at the Office OF the Company
az the auction house Of ELLISON Co. corner OF Ninth
and Main streets
Be and ask for tho NJ. MARTIN, THOMAS col
LlER, or the CITY OF RICHMOND, of the BAY LINE
Rockets.
These steamers touch at Portsmouth going and com
ing HASKlNS y BRIDGFORD,
General Agents.
WM. G. SMITH, Genera! Ticket Agent.
JOHN n. FREEMAN formerly Captain Of the Curtis
Peck. and JOHN POE Jr., Passenger Agents.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24

The North Carolina Convention on Monday,
,.-lsd reeo'u, on respectfully, but earnestly"
lrestin Corrrgs. to repeal the test Oath. Another
was adopted, submitting 70 vote OF the people Of
10 state he ordinances abont secession and abo-
if;n, slsyery edopted by the Convention. The Con-
Yent;on resolved that when il adjourn il shall ad-
iotrn 10 meet on the second Thursday in May, or
sooner. al tie call OF the Governor.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
I'LL
&LCEEsZ
PHILADELPHIA AND RICHMOND STEAM PACKET
COMPANY.
SEMI WEEKLY LINE

PHILADELPHIA AND RICHMOND STEAM PACKET
COMPANY
SEMI-W WEEKLY LINE.
Permanent arrangements having been perfected, tho
above line will regularly between Philadelphia
and Richmond twice a week.
Due notice will be given of the arrival and depar
ture of the following hne steamers:
VIRGINIA, Captain snyder.
MAYFLuwER, Captain J. Robinson.
CLAYMONT, Captain E. Robinson.
Tho freight and passenger rates have been reduced to
"a low figure, ant il i the intention Of the company.
by the inducements offered, to make il to the interest
Of the public to patrOnise this line.
For freight or passage apply to
Il. II. DlBRELL Agent,
OGce Of Virginia Towing Company
sepl2-.f Twenty-frSt and Dock streets.
DEDUCED FARE ON TlIEAsS.-617ns,
II JAMES RIVER CANAL PACK ssss-ss- -
ETS.
Richmond 10 lynchburs %
Cedar Point. Observation-Disclosures. l -
PtmbertOn NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. - o.
columbia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. : -
New canton. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Z -
Lexington. ................. 4 %
SCOttsyille Observation-Disclosures. 3 2S
HowardsNiile OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ! 80
Warminster.. .................. / o.
I've River. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES / -
Meals, - cents each.
un and after the hr, Of September We reduce fare
10 the above The Packets leaving Richmond rs
usual at T. NJ, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRI
DAYS. L. EDMOND.
[oct2j--,fl
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-10-24
CtO-PARTNERSuIP.

=
The undersigned hav. formed a Co-VtrturT>hip Tor
IA, purpose oil c,ndurtiua COMMISSION BUSINESS in
the city Of Richmond under ths style of FAULKNER,
CA6RlNGTON & Co, and will give their personal at
tvutiOn to the sale OF PRODUCE
]. r. FAULKNER,
ROBERT CAGRtNGTuN,
Charlotte, Va.
RICHARD RUSSELL
sepl-6m Mecklcuburs, Va.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

FILL FoUR THOUSAND FEIT.-A terrible
accident occurred July 18th, to party Of
English tourists at Monte Croni on the Alps.
They had mounted . peak never before
climbed BY man, and we're descending by .
rope fastened at the top, when one Of them
fell with such force rs to break the rope in
the centre, and four-Lord Francis Douglas
Charles Hudson, Edward Whymper and
Michael Cruz-members Of the London Al
pine Club, were hurled over . precipice,
bounding four thousand feet from rock to
rock. They were, Of course, crushed into
undistinguishable masses.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20
3AisfelIauy.
SEPTEMBER.

Sweet Ia the voice that calls
From babbling waterfalls
In meadows whore the downy seeds are flying;
And soft the brcexcs blow,
Aud eddying come and go,
In faded gardens where the rose IL dying.
Among tho stubbed corn
The blltho quail pipes at morn,
The merry partridge drums In hidden places,
And glittering insects CLEAN
Above tho ready stream,
Where busy spiders spin their fmy laces.
At even, cool shadows fall
Across the garden wall.
And on the clustered grapes to purple turning,
And pearly vapors lilo
Along tho eastern sky.
Whore the broad harvest moon is redly burning.
An soon vale and hill,
The wind shalt whistle chill,
And patriarch swallows call their focks together
TO fly from frost and snow,
And seek for lands where blow
The falrer blossoms Of balmier weather.
The pollen busted bees
Search for the honey lees
That llnger In tho the last flowers Of September,
While plaintivs mourning doves,
Coo sadly OF their loves,
OF the dead summer they we'll remember.
The cricket chlrps all day,
30, fAirest summer stayw
The squirrel eyes asksnce the chcstnuts browning
The wild fowls fly afAr
Above the foamy bar,
And hasten southwark ere the skies are frowning
Now comes n fragrant breeze,
Through the dark cedar trees,
Aud round about my temples fondIy fingers,
gentle play IN lness,
Like to tho soft caress
In happier days bestowed by loving fingers.
Yet though a sense.of grief
Comes it'll the falling leaf,
And memory makes the summer donbly pleasant,
In all my autumn dreams,
future summer CLEANS,
Passing the falrcst glories Of the present.
-Harpsrs Magazine
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

THs hop crop in Wisconsin is unprece-
dented. A very low estimate places its val
ue at two million dollars. In the vicinity Of
kilbourn City, $4,000 worth have already
been contracted for.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

STAINS ON SILK.--Stains produced by
lemon juice, vinegar, oil of vitriol or other
sharp corrosives, moy be removed by mix
ing little pearlash with soap lsther, and
passing the silk through it,
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

GsoRaE Russell, of Girard, Mich, raises
onions and "sets" 1t the rate Of 500 bushels
to the acre.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20
AGRICULTURAL.

STRAWBERRY grower in Michigan net
ted five hundred dollars from one acre.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

To MAKE CALICO WASH WELL.-Infuse
three gills Of salt in four quarts of boiling
water; put the calicoes in while hot, and
leave them standing till cold In this way
colors are rendered permanent.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

FRUITING VINES. At the New York
Farmers Club, Scion Robinson read letter
from q man saying that he finds it impossi-
BILE to get his Hubbard squash vines to pro-
duce more than one squash to the hill,
though he has tried pinching off the late
rails, and other plans. Mr.. Pardee replied
that his course was very simple and plain.
He had merely to pinch off the leader few
inches from the hill and let the laterals
grow. This is the proper treatment also
for melon vines.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

NOTHING teaches patience like garden.
You may 60 round and watch the opening
bud from day to day; but it takes its own
time, and you cannot urge it on faster than
It will. All the best results Of garden,
like those of life, are slowly but regularly
progressive.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

TIN peach was originally poisonous
almond. Its feshy parts we're used to poison
arrows, and for this introduced into Persia.
The transplantation and cultivation, howev-
or. not only removed its poisonous qualities,
but produced the delicious fruit that we now
enjoy
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

NEW Use FOR CATRRpILLARs-W Workers
iriron, when they wish to weld joint use
borax as fux. An intelligent gentleman
CT this city, who is curious in facts of natu-
raj history, says that on one occasion, a
blacksmith near his residence having no
borax. man hanging round the shop told
him he could get substitute, and brought
him number of caterpillars, which being
applied to the heated iron, produced as firm
an adhesion Of the metals as the borax-
Pnsbueg Chronicle.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

NICE EATING.-In South Africa there is a
snake called the Python, which is sometimes
found twenty feet long and as large as
mans leg. They feed on young animals,
crushing their bones and then swallowing
them. They do not bite, and the Bushmen
shoot them when found, cut them up. and
carry the pieces home on their shoulders,
roast and eat them with "a much relish as
they would leg 81 mutton.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

SHADE TREEs.-Plant them by the road
side, plant them in the yard around the
house. If you anticipate building in the
future, select your site and plant trees
around it, groups of evergreens and a vari-
ETY. OF deciiuous trees You thus make a
homestead attractive, and add very much to
the value of your farm if you ever want to
sell. You cannot do too much Of the work
draw on the nurseries and forests, collect
and plant seeds, and grow some to give
away to your neighbors who will not buy.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

A Coop BEsrsrEAK. There is an appro-
pirate thickness for . steak, and we do not
remember to have seen that reached with
any one served from q public table. Let
half inches thick, and the superfcies reduced
three fourths, so that it will not fill large
dish. but will just be accommodated in q
email one. The juices and nutriment of the
steak are thus preserved and it is fit to eat
which it never is under the present barbar-
GUS mode practised in our hotels and eating
houses. Never put butter on . steak; avoid
- pestilence the nasty greases which form
the basis Of vulgar cookery.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

HONEY FLAvoRED By ONIoNs.-"A man
Of Kent" may safely conclude that the
smell emanating from bis hives is produced
by the bees resorting to the wild garlic.
The reason why conclude this to be 80 is
this: In accompanying my honey for dis
posal to Messrs. Fortnum and MAsons in
1859, was struck by the appearance Of
good looking lot Of honey comb, but its
beauty was al it had to boast Of for it
smelt most villainously of garlic. The
foreman Of the honey department told me
that it was sent to them from Essex and
that it was produced in the neighborhood Of
field Of onions that were grown for seed.
1t Was contemplated to run it off,. throw it
away, and melt down the combs, % in any
to her shape, it Was perfectly unsalsable.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

A CALCULATING HEN.-The Canton, Mo
Press is responsible for the following A few
days ago. hen was found in . neighboring
barn incubating on q nest of five eggs.
Considering that too small an undertaking
for full grown hen. the owner removed
these, and placed thirteen fresh eggs in the
nest On examination soon after. it was
discovered that old biddy had deliberately
rolled out eight, thus refusing to cover more
than the original number. Four times the.
experiment was repeated with a similar re-
suit, and the obstinate hen was finally left
to her select number, thus furnishing evil
dencc not only Of reasoning powers, but Of
true feminine spunk.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-09-20

"A certain Irish attorney threatened to
prosecute Dublin printer for inserting the
death Of living person. The menace con-
cluded with the remark that mo printer
should publish death unless informed Of
the fact by the party deceased"
A REAsoN.-Some one asking Mr. Curran
why . countryman Of his walked about Lon
don with his tongue out Of his mouth, he
said that he supposed he did so in hopes to
catch the English accent"
Two centuries ago, not one in a hun
dred wore stockings. Fifty years ago, not
ono boy in thousand was allowed to run
1t large At night. Fifty years ago, not one
girl in thousand made Q waiting maid OF
her mother. Wonderful improvement in
this age.
Patrick O'Flaherty said that his wife
was very ungrateful, "for when I married
her, she hadn't rag on her back, and now
she 10 covered with EN-.
a little girl, showing her little cousin
about foar years old, . star, said:
THAT star You see up there is bigger
than this world"
mo it amt" said she.
Eyes it Isl
"Then why don't it keep the rain of"
DRAM swITT's RECEIPT FOR couRTsHrP.
Two or three dears and two three sweets,
Two or three bals and two or threa treats,
Two or three serenades given = lure,
Two or three oAths how much to endure,
Two or TIL ee messages sent IN one day.
Two or three times led out from the play,
Two Or three tickots for two or three times,
Two or three loyslstters writ all In rhymes,
Two or three months keeping strict to these rules
Can never Ail making . couple Of Gos.