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The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
A Magnificent Race Course.

I had delightful day yesterday in a
drive through the the suburbs Of New York
for distance of 10 or II miles. the object
being to visit an enterprise destined to be-
come not only New York but a national
institution. 1t is new race course beyon
Harlem river, built on private property and
at private expense. Mr.. Leonard jerome,
one Of the millionaires of the city, has pro-
jected national race course, which, when
finished, will cost 100000. Some idea Of
the grandeur of the plan may be had from
the statement that the principal stand costs
$4,000. The form Of the track is novel
one. 1t is in shape something like an hour
glass, or figure s, the grand stand and the
judges lookout being front OF the neck Of
the figure, SO that when the horses are half
way round they are almost as near as when
starting. A valley swelling at both ends
and surrounded by beautiful hills covered
with trees and greensward seems to have
been made expressly for this shape. The
stables are everything in the way of COM
fort and luxury that horseaesh could de-
sire The club proper consists Of SO mem
bers, Mr.. Belmont being the principal or
presiding steward. 1t is in the hands of
the first men Of fashion aud wealth, and
will be the rage of the ton of New York.
The course will be inaugurated with four
mile race and purse Of $4,000 on the
23d Of September, for which there are ~
entries, among them Asteroid, Kentucky,
Fleetwing and their aristocratic cempeer s
Of the turf.-Ntw York Letter.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
A Brief Dialogue Between Common
Sense and a DySnpnfic.

COMMON SENSE is it possible fer any human being
to enjoy life while suffering from indgestons
DYspEpTlc.-No than it is possible to be happy
the rack spe,k from experience.
COMMON SENss-Suppose, then, remedy for this
terrible complaint is offered under the guarantee
hundreds of individuals of high social standing who
have tested the effect of the article their own cases
is it not unwse in any afflicted with the disease
to neglect to give it q trial |
DYspgPrIc-Unqnestonabl admit the premises
What is the deduction?
COMMON SESsE-lve heed. uOSTETTER's STOM-
ACH BITTERs is such remedy. The evidence of its
efficacy for dyspepsia il positive, complete
undenied and undeniab'e. Have you ascertainei
by experiment whether it is is the infallible
cure that it is claimed to be!
Dysp1Pr1c-I confess that I have not.
CoxNeN SsNsE.-Then you stand convicted of folly
by your showing. II the strong proofs that
have been advances in favor of this great tonic had
been submitted to you with regard to any business
speculation you would have gone into It at once Is
HEALTH of less Importance than the dollars and cents
which no man n enjoy without i'll
DlspEPrIc.-No, no, no-a thousand times no. Com
mon Sense, you are right. will give the Bitters a
trial
COMMON sEN.s.-Do So and shall never more havs
rsason to address you NJ dyspsptis.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14

H1NTs.-The following hints to farmers
are applicable to some other people, conse-
quently valuable:
To make your stables warm in winter
Set FIRE to them.
How to hold the plow-Don't try to hold
it at arms length. You cant do it.
If you hain't pillow Of your own, get out
an attachment on your neighbor's, who owes
YOU Any Justice will tell you whether you
can hold it or not.
The best time to put in Rye--I asked an
old farmer once what was the best time to
put in rye. lie looked at his watch, and
replied:
"This is about my hour"
The rye was Immediately put in.
How to keep corn--The best place to keep
corn is in good corn house, though some
prefer to keep it IN their system--in the
juice.
Fences and Fencing--Good fencing is es-
sential on farm. A rail fence is better
than an imaginary one. You can't repair
worm fence by taking vermifuge. Meth
er can you cut good brushes out Of brush
fences
To make stone fence--Equal parts Of
whisky and cider. This is the reciprocal
fence; the more you lay Of it the more it
will clay" you.
Easy way to draw saw logs-Draw them
on piece Of paper with crayon pencil.
After little practice you will be able to
.draw" the largest kind Of saw logs with
ease.
Pork-Packing thread is Of no use in
packing pork. In curing hams the time
varies, Hams that have got trichina cam,
| be cured at all.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
All Sorts Of SuuflDy.

......The price of wife in Egypt varies
from five shillings to 81, 500.
......What are the features Of cannon
Cannon's mouth, cannon.ize, and cannon
GERS.
1.-THE uttermost parts Of the earth are
supposed to be the parts where there are the
most women.
......An old bachelor says that every woman
is in the wrong until she cries-and then
she is in the right instantly.
......lf young lady wishes to encourage
her lover when he gives her q squeeze, the
best thing she can do is to re-press him.
......Miss Efie Parkhurst, Of Boston, has
made up her mind to "marry no man who
drinks" She don't wish her husband to
Ticker.
ocean old sailor at the theater said he
supposed that the dancing girls wore their
dresses at half mast as mark of respect
to departed modesty.
......It is recorded Of o wicked Partisan
siren that she once exclaimed: "How de-
lightful glass of cold water would be, if
it were only sin!''
......There IL chap in Philadelphia who
says he never minds the hot weather, so
long as he is with his wife. She is such IN
intense scold.
......1t was a very misery old woman who
with her last breath, blew out an inch Of
candle, Because, said she, ~ can see to
die in the dark"
......" Isaac, my son, let the Good Book be
lamp upon thy path" "Mother," re-
piled the urchin, az should think that was
making light of sacred things"
......A gentleman presented lace collar
to the object Of his alteration, and, in
jocular way, said: "Do not let any one
else rumple it." "No, dear" said the lady,
"Pll take it off,
......An exchange gives some fifty ways in
which Saratoga has been misspelled on let
ters received At the post Office in that town.
The following has not yet appeared, but is
expected -Saighreighteauryay.
......" Married couples resemble pair Of
shears" says Sidney Smith, 80 Joined
that they cannot be separated, often moving
in opposite directions, yet always Furnishing
any one who comes between them"
......Some one having lavishly Landed
Lopgfellow's aphorism, "Suffer, and be
strong" matter-o fact man observed that
it was merely variation of the old English
adage, ''grin and bear it.
......" Nike" said bricklayer to his hod
man, eff you meet Patrick tell him to make
haste as we are waiting for him." Sure
and will" replied Mike; "but what will
tell him if don't mate him I"
......A man about town was lately invited
70 q sewing party. The next day friend
asked him how tho entertainment came of.
ssOh, it was very amusing" he replied |;
the ladies hemme d and haWked !"
.....At recent examination Of girls in
Cheshire, England, for the rite Of con6r-
nation, In answer TO the question, !" What
is the outward and visible sign and form in
baptisms" the reply was !" Tho baby, SIR"
.....A man in Orange county was found
one night climbing an overshot wheel in q
fulling mill. He was asked what he was
doing. He said he was trying to get up to
bed, and somehow or other the stairs would
not hold still.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
Foreign Gossip.

I'm Paris q drunken man bled into q
basket containing 5000 eggs. The ef1ec,
was naturally disastrous in the eggstream.
A French firm has offered Chilli and
Bolivia an advance Of $4,000, 900 for the
privilege of working the guano deposits.
Fisk, the well-known linguist, has
translated a play from the Russian language
which will be produced next spring id New
York. Fifty thousand dollars is required
to properly mount it upon the stage.
"A synopsis Of President Johnson's
speech at Delmonico's, New York, Of ATS
words, was telcgraphcd to Reuter- Euro
pean Press Association by the Atlantic
cable, at an expense of 5000 in gold.
The Ingersoll cheese factory, In Cana.
da, has manufactured cheese which meas
ures six feet eight inches in breadth and
three feet in thickness, and weighs three
and half tons. It required thirty five
tons Of milk, the product Of eight hundred
cows
AT the hanging Of murderer in Eng
land, the rope broke. lie alighted on his
feet, the rope about his neck and the white
cap over his face. While remounting the
steps Of the gallows, he severely upbraided
the executioner, and babe him be more
careful another time.
The wives of English ecclesiastical dig
nitaries do not partake the sacred titles OF
their lords. 1t is rather funny to read in
the London papers that 1.-THE archbishop Of
York and Mrs. Thompson arrived at Fulham
Palace yesterday, on visit to the bishop Of
London and Mrs. TAFT"
The national portrait exhibition, open In
fOr fsuno ~ 10 he
finest collection Of portraits by the most
famous masters, ancient and modern, ever
brought together. The pictures were con-
tributcd from all the public and private
galleries of Great Britain.
"A Frenchman for years loved married
lady, and never missed passing an evening
wish you joy" cried his friend, "you can
"Alas," said the poor Frenchman, profound
~ detected, +" and if SO, where shall spend
my evenings :"
"A Scottish paper reports that at . fish
ing village near Aberdeen, fsherman's
daughter, about Is years of age, recently
had small sore on the back Of her hand,
and from this spot in succession were dis
charged 100 broken sh-hooks, pins, fish
bones, etc; and to one hook was attached
eight inches Of gut. vi
1t is told Of the late Miss Milford, that
she once bought turban on her way to an
evening party and put it on in the carriage
before her arrival; but the delight Of the
guests knew no bounds when she appeared
in the drawing-room still carrying on her
head dress the shop ticket, which described
her as Every chaste-only lbs. 3d."
1t is known to many of our readers that
the discovery Of the Columbia River, on
whose shores the State of Oregon is situated,
was made by Boston ship named Columbia
fitted out in 1888 from this port. A com
mon sailor on board the ship was John
Young, who afterwards left the ship and
remained at the Sandwich Islands. John
being an active and Intelligent fellow, made
himself useful to the islanders and rose K
great favor, marrying daughter Of thu
King. From him sprung Queen Emma, who
now on visit to this country.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14

......Miss Smith asked the pleasure OF
Captain Jones company to ten" At the
time appointed the Captain, being in COM
mand Of the 49, Rifle Corps, made his
appearance with the whole of his company
in parade dress.
1--WE once heard Of a very rich man,
who was badly injured by his being run
over. cit isn't the accident" said he
"that mind that isn't the thing; but the
idea of being run over by an internal swill
cart makes me mad"
......Some letter puzzles are made quite
curious by diagramatic arrangement.
Such o one is
81
The answer is "The season is backward"
1.-THE C's on sis" backward
.....Thomas Rsikes, West Indian dandy,
about fifty years ago, is said to have con-
suited Brummell as to the best means of in
ducing people Of fashion to frequent his
house. Nothing can be easier, my dear
fellow" said Brummell, clay in good wine,
hire good cook, let me invite the guests,
and don't dine at the table yourself"
......lt is little curious that the first
news over the Atlantic cable should have
been pacific news; but not SO much 80 when
one reflects that the first question it must
have put to itself was amicable. When the
rope got into its only kink, in mid-ocean,
the question probably was "Am l cable. or
am knot?"
......" My dear boy" said young lady
to precious youth Of eighteen, "does
your father design that you should tread the
thorny and intricate path Of profession,
the straight and narrow way of the min
istry, or revel in the fowery fields of litera-
ture ?" "No, marin; dad says he's gwine
to set me to work in the later patch"
......A carpenter who was always prog
nosticating evil to himself, was one day
upon the top of five story building, upon
which rain had fallen. The roof being
slippery, he lost his footing, and as he was
descending toward the caves, he exclaimed;
"Just as told you!" Catching however,
in the tin spout he kicked off his shoes and
regained place Of safety, from which he
thus delivered himself II knew it-there
is pair of shoes gone to thunder"
......The following is given rs Qunker
womans sermon: My dear friends, there
are three things that very much wonder
at. The first is that children should be SO
foolish as to throw up stones, clubs and
brick bats into fruit trees to knock down
fruit. If they would let it alone it would
fall itself. The second is that men should
be so foolish as to 60 to war and Kill each
other. If let alone they would die them
selves. The third and last thing wonder at
is that young men should be SO unwise as to
60 after young women. If they would stop
at home the young women would come after
them'
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
BRANDRETH'S PILLS.
WHOSE TIMELY USE, UNDER PROVIDENCE,
HAS nETEN SAVED LIFE. - - w m

These celebrated Vegetable Pills new, untried
remedy; they have been used and tested in the United
States for thirty years, and relied upon by hun
dreds Of thousands CT families almost their sole
medicine VIII en- sck. No csre or expense is spared in
their preparation, and il is certainly true when a.
sert that no King have medicine safer or surel
than Brandreth's Pills.
They produce good effect upon disease almost i'm
meda.ely they are taken. By some wonderful power
perhaps electric or nervous influence, the progress
diseased action il arrested; where watchfuness and
pain have bee present. the system becomes quieter
and the patient soon obtains refreshing sleep.
The genuine BRANDRETH PILL BOX has upon II
a UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT STAMP with
Il. BRANDRETH in White Letters in the same.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
AGENTS WANTED

For the best selling and most useful work Of the day
Our Agents are making from 800 to $500 per month
in selling Mackenze's Universal Encyclopedia
10000 receipts in all the useful arts such Medicine
Co kerry, Farriery, Agriculture, &C., &c. New AID
special articles upon Cholera and the Rinderpest and
Trichina have just BEEN added. All new, reliable
and useful discoveries added to each edition. making
the most complete book of the kind issued The
whole complied and arranged by corps Of the best
scientific men Of the country. Apply for circular
giving full description and terms to agents Copies Of
letters, showing what other agents doing, &C.
free by the publishers.
t. ELLwooD ZELL & COMPANY,
Nos. Il and ~ s. Sixth street, PHI philadelphia.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
Music Book Trade.

To give our readers an idea of the in
crease of Root & Cady's music book trade,
and the measures they are taking to meet
the demand, we copy below the orders they
recently gave. in one day. to New York
houses. For the information Of buyers in
the northwest, we also quote the prices rul-
ing in Chicago.
Of Mason Bros, r. s. C. ordered as fol-
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
l Household Necessity Exists for the use Of
nnrna,S Celehratea CAtArrh SMu0s

The best known remedy tor - Cbtd ~ - Head"
Headache Snues, Sore Eyes Deafness, and TIE worst
forms Of that loathsose disease, CATARRH.
It cleanses the entire head Its effects are pleasant
and wonderful contains tobacco nor injurious ingre
dent 1t has the highest professional testimonials.
Sold by all Druggists for Is cents per Box. Can be
sent by mail on receipt Of so cents for Box 81
for four Boxes. Address JAS. DURNO, Postofice Box
1885, New York City. Wholesale By D. BARNES
CO.. Il Park 3cw New York.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
Go TO THE BEST.

BRYANT STATIONS CHICAGO BUSINESS
UNIVERSITY IL the largest aud oro,41h Insti-
tuition of the kind in the country, and young men
going to Chicago should consult their hes inter-
ests by attending this College, where every depart
ment of Business Education is thoroughly Taught
Bryant, Straten Co.'S. Scholarships are good during
life in fortyeisht different ColegesAddress for Col
lege Paper Circular, College Currency and Specimens
Of Penmanship. BRYANT & SrRArrON
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14

A youngster while perusing chapter
in Genesis, turning to his mother, inquired
if the people in those days used to do their
sums on the ground. 1t was discovered
he had been reading the passage, "And the
sons of man multiplied on the face of the
earth
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14

An Honest Mathine.-The Rev. W. G. Hubbard,
Of Wilson, n Y. writes to the Wilcox Gibbs Sewing
Machine Co., Il have regarded your machine as the
most perfect in construction and working Of any I
have seen but after taking it to pieces, admire
1t and more. II is an honest mach and hope
every ana woman who owns one will take pattern
from il in principle and DUTY"
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
OF +. J. Huntington s Co., R. c. ordered
200 Books. Grand total in both orders. 1920.

T.
These books weigh about fourteen tons!
Measure, when stacked up solid, nine cords
and amount, at retail prices, to S25, 40,
being the largest orders ever given for mu-
aic books in this country. Besides these,
Root Cady order largely, of course, from
other houses. Last fall and winter Root &
Cady's steam power presses could not print
their own music books fast enough TO keep
up with their orders. To guard against
repetition of this difficulty they commence
the fall trade this year with the following
stock Of their principal selling books on
hand:
Retail Dosen
irfcs. Price.
$500 Musica, Curriculum G. F. Root.....s45o
1900 Colonet u. y. Root. Is $3.50
Is 600 Silver Lutte, + Root............ 50 800
200 Cabinet Organ Companion, g. 4.
Root. Observation-Disclosures. 20
200 Roots Piano-Forte Guide, q. 4.
Root...... 10
900 Musical Fountain, u. 4. Root...... is zoo
500 Snow Bird, "onr
5000 Robin. Song Birds
1000 Red Bird, for
10000 Dove, 1866, is 200
Il 400 Books amounting at retail prices to $5S.725
Add to the two above aggregates all other
music books in Root & Cady's stock not in
cludedsin the foregoing, and a grand aggre.
gate is reached, both in numbers and value,
that is really stupendous, when it is remem-
bered that this is only one branch of their
rapidly growing business. :
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14

"SoNHY, does your father take paper ~
eyes, sir, two Of them. One of them
belongs to Mr.. Smith, and the other to Mr..
Thompson. hooks EN- both of the steps
% regular Is can be"
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14

Dr.. SWANS VEGETABLE HAIR BALM
Invariably restores grey hair to its original
color, without staining the skin or clothing.
It lAaves the most dry, dead and crisphair,
soft, >Woist and glossy, causes it to eva, and
keeps Y in its place, while it PRO- otes its
growth Md prevents its falling oY
II contaxs neither oil or alcoho/
Numerok preparations of /oil, alcohol
and sulphur have been pal1fed upon the
public, and avins totally failed to give
satisfaction, TN manufactgf ers have deserv-
edly come to grN
Dr. Swain wary nts US Vegetable Balm
to accomplish all ~ f. claims for it, and
authorizes his agenito refund the money
wherever it fails to satisfaction.
It is an entiyiy Kew and scientific
preparation, rrogaced 81 the distilation of
rare and fragraf f flowers, which renders it
not only the i 1t remover ia the world, but
makes it pa/icularly agreeNSle as hair
dressing o/ooth old and YOU'D g, while its
liquid purify and floral odor areVn striking
contrast fifth the nasty mixture\ usually
The proprietor has letters from "A any Of
the nybst distinguished as well as fashiJRable
peoFe judges, clergymen, lawyers, plN.i-
ciYhs, opera singers, actresses, &c, certify
Don't let any dealer urge upon Won differ
if.fN1 eva ftn Y,rst
keep this, send one dollar for a trial bottle to
the nearest agent, or the proprietor.
If for grey hair. send for No. |.
III FOR hair dressing. send for NO.2,
G II. Swarm, proprietor, No. 81 South " alter
street. Chicago.
For sale by all the wholesale druggists in
Chicago.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-09-14
DO Animals Require Salt.
We find the following paragraph going

We find the following paragraph going
the rounds Of the press:-
els salt necessary for horses and cattle :?
writer in the Massachusetts Piormaa and
the California Rural Home Journal says no.
The fine Arab horse won't touch it,
majority Of -quadrupeds, at
least-seem to have natural taste for SALT
and in wild state they search eagerly for
it. It is not, properly speaking, an ac-
quired taste, for the craving for saline
substance does not grow with the animal,
but appears to be as strong when approach
ing the form of maturity as in after years.
In wild state the animal seeks the marshy
places, and what are called salt ticks be-
come their favorite haunts. If the taste is
. natural one, it seems that it would be prn-
dent to crafty it, to certain extent, at
least. We are we'll aware that many expe-
rienced breeders hesitate about feeding salt
in the winter months, presenting argument
thus: Salt creates thirst, and cattle should
not drink much water in cold weather, as
it chills the blood, and requires a greater
amount of food to triumph over it and pre-
serve the necessary warmth Of body. This,
doubtless, is correct view Of the case, but
We do not see why the same rule should be
enforced in the summer months Of our
northern latitude. In the tropics salt should
be sparingly fed the year round. Milk
COWS, especially are benefited by plenty of
salt, as water and succulent grasses add to
the quantity of milk flowing into the pail
m 0rning and night. One Of eur most expe-
RE need breeders recommends rock salt, as
the animals lick it and satisfy the natural
cray ing without INDUCING to excess In
regar to the Arab horse not touching salt,
knvN ~~,s - an,stN nS
The wri. .er has blundered seriously, and this
error pro YES that he is ignorant Of the sub
ject Of which he pretcnds to have an init
mate know ledge. The Arab horse shows no
more aversi, IN to salt than do many other
animals. Our race horses, Of which he is
an ancient p, ogenitor, require salt when
underg Ding the ordeal Of training, and they
are benefited by it.-Turf, Field and Farm.
--Ho~ ..
The MosQuITo QUEsTIoN.-Josh Billings
makes the following remarks appropriate to
the season:
We are told that there want emmy thing
made in vain. This is sum so, but l have
thought the time spent in manufacturing
musketoze, must have been wasted If the
musketoze want. How they were put to-
gethcr, never could tell, and thare is one
commershall popularity about the muskeet-
or trade, and that is the supply always ex-
ceeds the demand, and yet the producsion is
not diminished l kant understand this no
how. They are born Of poor but industri
Gus parents, and are brought up with great
care unier the auspices Of some of our best
families; they have also consumate cour-
age. have known a single musketcer to
6te man and his wife awl mite long, and
draw the fust blood. 1t is very easy to kill
mnskitoze-when you can. But, in striking
them. you are very apt to hit the exact
place where they recently wax. They are
cheerful little cusses. singing as they TOLL