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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-23
A Single Leaf in Mormon Life.

We lately met young and Interesting
girl at the house of an acquaintance, who
told US tale of wrong and suffering that
would furnish a material for a good sized
novel. One year ago this young lady
left her home in PepnsyIvania-a home
where all the lusuries of life we're at her
command. Her parents were indulgont,
and she an only child, was loycd by them
with all the 2fondness Of true parental
affection. No erish Of hers remained un
erat6ed, for she was the idol of those
parents, aud the light Of the home made
desolate BY an act which will forever cast
It's shadow On her heart: In February,
1861, she became acquaioted with a
Mormon preacher, who painted to her 10
glowing terms the glorics Of Utah and
The Mormon religion. He told her Of
the beautiful valleys Of. Utah, fortified on
all sides by giant mountains. whose
pesks, Furnished by eternal SHOWS. look
cd down upon the valleys OF perpetual
green, peopled by Gods own chosen kin
dred, wHo were FREQ as tho noun tain tor.
rents that leap the rocks Or lofty Tim.
pausgos range. He told 'her Of the con
tent ana peace rciening among tho saints,
and assured her that the MormoosT were
God q own peculiar people. and no worked
upon her imngina,ion.g that she fnaly
consented to leave frionds, fsmily and
all the endearmeots Of home, and 60 with
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-23

sleeps the residence and domain Of Duke
John Smith; while southwark, aud near,
er the spice breathing tropics, may be
seen the barronial Willy of the Earl Brown
aud the Duchess. Widder Betsey Ste
veus. Walls Of primitive rock, laid 10
Romen cemen, bound the estate, while
upward aud downward, the eye catches
far away, the majesty aud slow grandeur
Of the Hudson. As the young morn
hangs like a cutting of silver from tho
blue breast of tho sky, an angel may be
seen each night, dancing with gold tip.
toes on the green. IN. B. This angel
goes with the place.. ..'.s .....E.~
Diagrams may BE- seen at the Office Of
the broker. Terms Aatteriug. None
but principals dealt with. Title pure as.
the breath Of q white male infant, aud
possession given with the lark. For full
description, read Ovid's Art of Love, or
call Gin your carriage') on Josh Billings,
Reel Estate Agent. .u -.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-23
From the Louisville JournoI.

Gold has caused the fall of a great
many people, and now it is falling itself.
South Carolina Chivalry, like thu
tremendous roar so generally ascribed to
the lion, is all myth.
Tho rebels arc trying to belittls
Sherman by words lie is beli.tlinr
them by deeds.
Tho Richmond Enquirer thinks
that, after little while, "no,hinc viii
be left Of Sherman" Truc, nothing
left-he's all right.
The Richmond Hhig thinks "Shsr.
man ia very vaclIIatiog General" Il
is very true that he oau's make up his
mind to stay long 10 one place.
Tho South made war for tho sake Of
her negroes, and has lost them. Seldom
have We known so striking an exempli6.
cation of the saying about going for ,cool
and coming home siorn
-Humphrey Marshall is as round %
ball, but jeff: Davis is getting coroer-
ed.
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him to the Valley of the Saints. Arrlv.
ing at Chicago he forced her to marry
him, the ceremony being performed: by
a mock priest, without record or license
On last Apri she left Wyoming, Nebrss.
ku, with Mormon train for tho land Of
promise, and finally arrived in the city Of
the saints. Here she found that her hus
band had four other wives, who regarded
her with no teudcr emotions, but hcaped
abuse and coutumely upon her head. --
After few months her liege lord told
her he had concluded to seal her to an.
other, who had taken a great fancy to
her !; that his other wives were jealous,
aud declared his last wife should live
with him no longer. She declared she
would die before she would thus be put
away and forced to live os the wife of a
man with whom she had no acquautauce &c,
aud had seen but once in her life. Her
husband told her it was Brigham's order,
and she must do so or lose her life. De-
termiued not to be thus sacrificed, she
started to run away, with the Intention
Of making her way to Camp Breckcn-
ridge 10 Cedar Valley, then garrisoned
by United States troops, and claim pro,
lection there. She started on foot, and
after travelling ten miles was caught and
brought back, plac d in dungeon, or
rather cellar, and was thus kept for a
month, with just enough food to sustain
life. The man whom she refused to live
with frequently visited her, and bcsought
her to change her resolution in order to
save her life. Through force Of circum,
stances she at last yielded, and was duly
installed in his family, as the sixth wife.
Here she found, as before, the jealonses
and quarrels arising were intolerable, and
she again determined to escape or die in
the attempt. This time she succeeded
in reaching the headquarters of General
Conner, to whom she told her tale Of suf-
fering The General sent her through
to the States with u Government train
bound to Fort Kearney, which place she
reached early last week. She leaves this
city to. night, q repentant and sorrowful
child, for her home in Pennsylvania -
that home she was persuaded to desert
through the Misrepresentation and wiles
Of a crafty scoundrel St. Joseph Her
aid. .-;- ..-'~
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Josh Billings, Real Estate Agent.

/ ken sell for eighteen hundred aud
thirty nine dollars, a pallas, a sweet and
pensive retirement, looking on the virgin
banks Of the Hudson, kentainiug IS acres
The land is luxuriously divided by the
hand of natur and art, into pastor and
tillsge, into plain and deklivity, into stern
abruptness aud the dalliance NV moss
tufted medder; streams ov sparkling glad
ness (thick with trout }, dause through
this wilderness Of buty, tew the low mu-
sic ov the kricket and tho grasshopper.
The evergreen sighs as the evening eph
ir fits through its bussum, and the as pen
trembler like the luvsmitten hart ov
damselI. Fruits of the tropicks, 10 their
golden buty, melt on the bows, and the
bees 60 heavy and sweet from the fields
to their garneripg hives. The mansion
IL Of parian marble, the porch IL single
diamond, set with rubiz and the mother
OF pearl; the floors are ov rosewood, and
the ceilnes are more beautiful than the
starry vault ov heaven. Hot and cold
water bubbles and squirts in every apart
ment, and nothing IL wanting that poet
could pray for, or art portray. ,.s..s -
The stables are worthy of the steeds Of
Nimrod, or the studs of Akilles; and its
heosry was bilt expressly for the birds Of
parodlse; while sombcr in the distance,
like the cave ov hermit, glimpses are
caught ov the dog-house. Here, poets
have cum and worbled their laze-here
skulp'ors have, cut, here painters have
robbed the scene Of dreamy landscapes;
and here, the philosopher discovered the
sun, which made him the alchen,ist of
natur. 5sr "sare ossof1
Next northward of this thing Of buty,
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From the United States Mail.
Suffering" Communities.

B-- T. February 1865.
Mr.. Ehtr:-Your Correspondent 10
lie fac1 that there are f,csIliss where "a
change would be u great relief to the long
afflicted Ito communities that have
'ong 'suffcred' from the negligence, nnl
general incsf aci,y and failure of post
masters to meet the expectations OF the
public Now, | am an unworthy p.
Nj. in country Office. | have been
"amony the mail b'gs" more or less for
twenty yeats, and if you will permit, |
would like to refer one day to these
"great expectations" so that none of
your readers may be in doubt as to what
they really are. l live in community
where Suffering is a very mild name
for tho chronic distress which prevails
10 it.
I conclude that what is true Of cur
Office is more or less true Of all. If there
arc exceptions, they belong to Offices of
the first or second class. where, for many
reasons, a p NJ may take a more posi-
tive position without censure, and is not
himself brought in personal contact with
the afflicted public His clerks face all
the dlscordant music, and he hccds not
or hears not. He may close his off cc on
a holiday, thanksgiving day, or fast,
and nobody complains He can open
and close his Office with less regard to
regular business hours He may live up
to rigid construction, while others must
smooth over and concilia,e, or think they
must, by yielding little here, and lit,
tie there, till they are sunk in the. mire
Of official looseness beyond the hope Of
resurrection. The one is powerful aud
independent, while the other is weak an d
dependent. The one conmunes only
with the higher powers, and fears not to
follow the rigid line of official duty. The
other is in greater fear Of his patrons,
and must retain their approval by an ac,
commodatiug spirit. To be popular in
community he feels that he must be less
exact in his duties to the Department
He may escape the Argus eye of the
Special Agent, and run his &C ,ount cur
rent unsheathed through the official
gauntlet, Tut he cannot escape the iocv-
table petition Of a "suifering communi,.
ty' for his removal. The one may act
upon constructions" to his own couven-
ience and the diminishing of labor in his
Office. The other wants positive lac to
protect him from public censure.
The most difficult thing for postmas.
ter to do is to collect postage in advance.
| have endeavorcd to do it, aud know
they "cxpect" I will not do it, and
"suffer' if do | have had several
cases Of very aggravated Suffering be-
cause I charged postage on letters already
paid by Revenue Stamps.
They "suffer" because l will not take
all their mutllated postage currency.
They suffer because | wont allow moro
than twenty fa@i'ies to occupy one box
have seen great Suffering" in very
cold days because there was no fro in
front Of the boxes, so that it would be
more comfortable for loafers and boys
Now aud then the suffering" is divided,
As When q subscribsr fails to get his
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paper; for instance, he suffers tho lees
aud the consequences. l have Known
them to "suGvr' the pain of waiting .
few minutes longer than usual, when I
had three or four extra bags TO distrib.
ute, and sometimes their "suferipg" 10
SO acute that sm tempted to throw the
whole batch into the crowd to satisfy
them Of my desire to expediats matters
by making as prompt a delivery a. possi.
bic. l heard one "sufFsrer" say thst hs
would be justified in smashing 10 the
glass and ,nking out his paper 1t wss
his box aud has paper, aud pity ifa man
can't steal his own trunk
There is good deal of "suffering'
"because won't mail boots and plug
tobacco at paper rates, as "other post.
masters do;' aud there is great distress
when we uucarth brior wood pipes aud
Gnc Gu. in transient papers, but these last
are not so malignant type; yet tho
names of the "sufferers' will generally
occupy a good deal Of space on q petition
for the appointment ola more accommo-
dating postmaster. l might mention
other cases Of suffering" bot I forbea',
trusting l shall live TO see the day when
occasion for it is mostly removed, when
the system is entirely a preparing one,
and positive law entirely shields every
individual official from public ceusurs in
the line of his duty. CIcoT.
Day In the January number of "Ths
Annals Of Iowa. which has just como
to hand, we fnd in the Editorial Notes
the following account Of the manner 10
which Iowa received the coguomen Of
Hawk Eye" "Ono evening in the
winter of 1888, several gentlemen assem-.
b' 10 the room Of Gov. Lucas, at the
Burlington House in Burlington, and
were discussing the name Of Badger -
applied to the Territory of Wisconsin,
from which Iowa had been recently sep
aratcd, when tho question was sprung
what uamo should the Iowsns take.
We recollect in that company we're Gov.
Lucas, Sec. Conway, Gen Van Antwerp,
the receiver of public moneys, Jesse
Williams, subsequently Secretary Of the
Territory, Hon Joseph Williams, J, G.
Edwards, editor Of tho Burlington Pat.
riot, and afterwards famiiarly known a.
'OId Hawke and the editor of tho
Annals, then Private Secretary to the
Governor. Some one, We do not remen.
Der whom, proposed (after various names
had been mentioned that Of Hawk.
Eye when all at once agreed, aud Ed
wards soon after changed the name of his
paper to that Of Hauk Eye d Patriot"
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UNEXPECTED TES-IMONy-Ths \

UNEXPECTED TEs.rMoNY.-The N.
Y Nor|d, which for upwards of two
years has attempcd, by its articles and
leaders, to damage the Government and
deprcclate Treasury notes, now SAYS:
"Ihe excess Of our exports beyond
imports and the increasing European de-.
mand for our Government bonds. .ro
o'erIoadlng the foreign exchange market
with bills largely in excess of the do.
mand, and lower rates follow naturally.
Every inte|igen. capitalist and merchant
IS IS seller aud not buyer of anything
Greenbacks, for the present, are the s.f.
est snd most profitable security to hold"
Thus, one by one, the enemies of free
institutions are disappearing.
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A CURIOUS BILL The following 10 i,

A CURIOUS BILL The following 10 .
copy Of bill found among tho ruins Of
Wentworth Abbey Earl Fazwillism) .-
November l, 1906 -"Rev j. Mscguire,
to J Jones, joiner, for repairs to Romsn
Catholic chapel. For solidly rspsiriug
St. Joseph, Al; cleaning and name o T.
.og the g Holy Sy,a Chest ad' td t6d; 70. Ifn:it,ins
ner pew child, IS Cd; for m,king :
new nose to the devil, putting q horn on
his head, and gIuiug piece to his tail.
6' 3d.; total, l2s, l0d. Settled-J.
Jones.'
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Dexter II Follett stopped at tho Me-
ropoIitnn Hotel, New York, q while seo.
didn't bolt his door, and lost his watch
aud chain before morning. A New York
Court has just made the Lelands psy
Mr. Fol!ett for his loss, notwithsi an ding
they claimed in defense that Follett did
not fas'en his door according to printed
hotel orders.
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Some say the quickes. way to destroy
weeds is to marry q widow. It is, no
doubt, an agreeable species Of husban.
dry.
A widow of forty one years has Just
had her broken heart healed BY verdict
OF 81, 900 from an unfaithful lover Of
eighty, in Wayne county, Ohio.
New Hampshire, at the late election.
increases her Uuon ma ajority by over
l,ooo, and elects all three Of the Union
members to Congress, being a gain Of
one.
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A Neglected Source Of Reyenue.

The Finance Committee have failed,
so far as we have discovered, to insert
any provision in the tax bill taxing that
Improbable. animal known to mankind as
a bachelor. The imposition of such a
tax is constitutional, aud properly regu.
lated would become source Of cousidera.
Bile revenue. Nor is it without precc.
dent. After tie civil wars which trans
formed Rome from republic into an EN-
pire, the Roman youths so opposed
to matrimony that Augustus not only
levied,a tax upon the state of singleness,
but added penalties to the failure to com.
nit matrimony within spec fed time.
And since the Caesars the tax has, from
time to time, been laid and enforced -
Statistics show an alarming prepouder.
ance of females in the country. This
odds has reached such proportions in Mas
sachusctts, as to call for legislative relief
and remedy. In other States the social
condition is becoming equally protentous
The war has taken off so many young aud
unmarried men that the evil has grown
rapidly and enormously. A tax, a stiff,
relentless and comprehensive tax, would
serve the double purpose of increasing
the revenue aud msguiIying the Office of
magistrate and minister.
And why not tax bachelors? Let them
pass u der the yoke, or pay tribute to Ce-
sar. When a stiff necked and peryerse
fellow creature passes that dangerous cri-
sis, when sitting up O nights with pair
Of black eyes and blue spencer ordinarily
turns the stomach against roast beef aud
other solids for fortnight; when he es.
capes that period when hand or a alt
er are considered the only alternatives;
when his moustache begins to look out
fiercely from under his nasal rmontory,
threatening es the sea. dogs Of man of.
war; when his beard grows brusque and
shocky, and suspicion of grey appears
in his har-when the. crafty crows feet
begins to track about his eyes, and the
lines Of iirmuess and decision are drawn
about his mouth; if then he will obsti
nately aud obdurately iutrcDch himself in
the snug and tight castle of Self-close
the portcullis against the young cupds
that sound their fairy bugles without
draw down the blinds over the windows
at which a whole sunrise of smiles glanc
es and dances for admission-stuff the
'p"rchcs of his ears with poppy leaves
while the syreus Of beauty sing bewitch.
ingly but in vain. and refuse to capitulate
or surrender to charms more irresistihie
than Paris decided upon; if he will, in
short, remain a brown, dry, fusty, rusty
and crusty old bachelor, sitting with the
money changers, talking polite, in the
club room, theology 10 the study and phi
losophy in the cabinet, while delightful
bevies Of the fair are dying for an hours
gossip, or walk by moonlight alone if
he will not avail himself Of the oppor,u-
nifty
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with nobody very near,
And mamma too blind to discover
The small white hand in his:"

if he will loll back on the sofa and sleep,
while fidales and feet unite ia waltz and
schottisch, and in all things behave with
the cooness Of a clam, equally impervious
to the Ineligible beautie Of form and feat.
ure, then may he be taxed in caske, and
in store, in person and ir property { real
aud personaD, and compelled to sustain
and support that con dition out of which
he stingiIy sponges his social comfort and
honey, with less gratitude ia his soul
than the devout laymsn who thanked
God that he had heard the Gospel preach
ed for twenty years and it hadn't cost
him a cent. The tax would be immense
ly popular with the ladies, and should be
mercilessly and vigorously laid on. Tax
'em. ga ara"s,o .~. .. u, -..
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JOHN q. TUyyIILL,

TU@J1GE OF THE PEACE, NOTARY PrBLIc
-. Md INSURANCE AGENT. Participating Poll
cies issued on reasonable terms. Office with
the County Treasurer, in the conrt house.
Upton. Iowa, Sept. 10th, 1863. (n3Gvloy*]
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EXCHANGE OFFICE.

CIGHT DRAFTS ON NEW YORK CAN DE
- had Of the Subscriber in sums to suit pur.
eha(els. Eertiicstes Of Deposit. and Drafts on
Eastern Cities, ;ashei. American gold furnish
ed at n small premium.
~ Office over uoltslander's store
- < j. - ~. WM. II. TJTElLL
Tiptoh Iowa: July lst 1860
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]. T.. KENNEDY,

J. +. KENNEDY.
MUSICIAN AND susuroN. T,rroS, row.
i Office, first door west of Regart McNa-
marah drug store; Residence, two doors north
Of the steam min. Il0n1S1
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VIM. ELLIOTT.

wM- ELLIoTT,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and General Col
q lecting Agent. Applications made for
BACK PAY, BOUNTY AND PENSIONS
of discharged soldiers, OIL for the heirs of de.
ceased soldiers. No charge made unless the
applic alton ia successful. Also legally licensed
ooptyExAACEn ron CEDAR COUNTY.
Deeds, &c, made and ackn owledged on reason.
able terms ES-Office with the Clerk Of the Dis
tric. Court, Upton, Iowa. VII mis-
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10, sdr - CALL & O. % sa.aAm..
.". -. II.
-ss''a a. - He has Just opened new ..r... p.
OYSTER 4 BILLIARD SALOON.

tup stairs. over Casad 4 C;ilmore's Clothing
ssoss, Upton. where you will always find him
- H43N9t II Wait on 81! who, may favor him with
oesa HyesSGa foI sale by the can or dish. ~
=, ftA AND GENTS who like a nice
c1eah d'sn OF oysters. are particuarly req s,od
10 sASs sin sis,a & sal His OYSTER ROOM is
!" pi3.in: pdiT? cs, 6vs WnsIs sn can eat in peace.
led KAARe,, Pigs Feet DC for sale. - : ~, -
Oye1anJ 6aR8iaes iaud I.Ohsse -. n, s.,.A-
the Can and BOX. aas'1-@ -
Those Wishing 0ys.crs by the Can. for nart;es.
can get theni 81 w. S, r. rs cheap as else wher :.
-" " IS, POWER.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-05-26
DELAWARE, OHIO, MAY ee, 1865

ciais of the Confederate Government, IN
Guiding the most prominent and inhuen-
tial leaders of the insurgent armies
would disfranchise all members of rebel
State Governments who have given active
aid and influence to the cause of seces-
sion. l would further disfranchise and
forever prohibit from holding property or
enjoying any right or privilege under the
Government of the United States all men
who have in any way given aid and sup
port to the rebellion, and who do not with
in a specified time subscribe to an oath Of
allegiance so strong and terrible as to rem
der its yiolatOr and his posterity subject
to the severest penalties known to the hu-
man law. Let these things be done, and
slavery utterly abolished, and the rebel
lion of the South will never be repeated.
[ hope it may not be supposed that
these sentiments are dictated by mere bit
terness of feeling. Though | have not
escaped suffering some of the bitter depths
of the sorrow and misery oceasioned by
this war, ] am not incapable of exercising
charity toward the worst rebels provided
that such kindness were not cruelty to my
country. Strong maladies require severe
remedies, and our body polite, possessed
with the fell disease of treason, can be
restored to perfect health and safety only
by the purifying treatment of stern, infex-
ible justice. Such is the only process by
which the peace and unity Of the Repub-
lie, purchased by such great sacrifices, can
be rendered permanent and enduring.
A. T. SECHAND.
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THE SUGAR DISH BUREAU. .

The Richmond Whig thus exposes an
outrageous trick of the rebel leaders to
raise funds for their own user
just before the adjournment of the last
rebel Congress, they passed a bill author
izing the Secretary of the Treasury to re.
ceive from citizens donations Of money,
bonds, jewelry and plate, to be used ia
sustaining Confederate credit This was
one of the most cruel and heartless acts
of the so-called Confederate Govern
ment It was designed to wiring from the
poor deluded women of the country their
Jewels and plate, their very teaspoons, at
a time when every official was fully aware
that the war was virtually over, and that
any sacrifice was worse than useless. Il
is surmised that the sole object of this
law, as we'll as that of taxing specie twen-
ty-five per cent, was to furnish the frga-
eious Government with funds TO run
away upon. However, they passed il,
and credulous women gave their silver
coffee-pots and sugar-dishes, aud their
cherished spoons-their earrings aud
bracelets.
We have been led to allude to this sub
ject by the report just brought to the
city, that all of the silver, contributed
under the law, had been captured in the
country somewhere beyond Farmville.-
1t is said that there were three four horse
ambulances loaded with silver cream pots,
gar-dishes, cotfee-pots, urns, spoons,
etc.