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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01
Advertising.

There are comparatively few business men
who understand the art Of advertising.
Some men advertise for short time after
they commence business, and think that is
sufficient; others omit advertising after
they have established a fourishing bust
ness by it's aid. From the moment house
ceases to advertise, however large it's repu-
tation and standing, it begins to decline.
The changes are 80 rapid in this country,
the public mind is so constantly occupied
by new applicants for its attention, that to
be out of the paper, where everybody seeks
information on every subject, is to be for
gotten. The press is daily becoming ne
cessity, and its usefulness as an advertising
medium is constantly increasing. No man
is wise or just to himself, who undertakes
to do business without avsiling himself of
its advantages. 8
A blacksmith would be looked upon as
foolish, if he were to pile coal upon his
forge and neglect to blow. The merchant
who fills his store, or the tradesman who
opens his shop, and fails to keep the fact
before the people, is equally short-sighted
The trade may come, but it will be slow in
you are at work-striving to succeed, and
we Warrant you naru LILIES VIII never KNOCK
very long or very hard at your door. Prov
idenoe helps those who helps themselves,
and the largest crops come from the best
titled fields every time. This being the
fact, business men generally, will do well
and reap rich harvest, by advertising their
goods and wares, that the seed may be scat
tered broadcast throughout the land, and
thereby add much fruit to their granaries.
Do not pursue the miserly way of marking
your business down that of posting slips
of printed paper upon fences, or painting
boards and mailing them upon public or pri-
vate houses, with letters of some particular
article for sale at some particular place
keep yourself prominent before the people
by advertising.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

troops on the Upper Missouri, saying that
the soldiers sent out to protest travellers
aresnot distributed on the routes of travel,
where they would be of service in case Of
daIger.
In Keokuk, on Che 18th inst, some work.
men were engaged in removing the earth
from under o church, in order to lower it
even with the sidewalk, when, owing, it is
thought to the high wind, the building fell,
burying in its ruins six or eight persons.
The crash was heard all over the city, and
the people gathered around. the place in
intense excitement. The workmen were
speedily .axtricated- killed, and
several others eriously injured, ysfa
On Sunday evening the 2fst, and through
the night, storm swept through the west
ern state, assuming in various places the
dimensions of hurricane or tornado. The
most fearful accident was in Chicago, where
four persons were killed in their beds at
midnight by the fallingsof two bfYck walls
ffty-fve feet high upon the adjoining low
frame buildings. "A Five or six. others were
injured by the same accident. AT st. Louis
the storm was more severe, assuming the
form of q whirlwind which struck and dam
aged the city hospital sweeping from the
southeast to the northwest. The Polytechnic
Institute, on Seventh and Market streets,
had its roof torn off, and was damaged to
the extent $4,000. The Lindell Hotel
roof was raised up; damage, $4,000. A
new Catholic church building on st. Ange
avenue, was completely demolished. The
total damage is not less than 100000. No
lives were lost, nor was any one so far as
heard from, seriously injured. The hurri-
cane did not last more than five minutes in
any one place, and was not over ten minutes
in passing over the city The storm was
also severe upon the lakes, and ,tidings of
heavy losses to commerce are anticipated.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01
Our Increase of Population.

Mr.. Elkahah Watson, the friend of Ben
jamin Franklin, John Adams and Edmund
Burke, died in l858, in his eighty fifth year.
In the year 1915, he made some calculations
in regard to the future population of the
United States, which have SO far been veri-
fed in an astonishing manner. In 1910 the
population of the Unite States was 1929,
9u3 Mr.. Watson said:
The increase from 1890, the first census
under the Constitution has been about one
third at each census; admitting that it will
continue to increase in the same ratio, the
result will be as follows:
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01
.zTlaet south.

It is stated that there are seventy-two cot
ton and wooden mills in the course of con-
struction in Georgia. EDS ~ aa
They are discussing the question, at
Memphis, whether their late. election for
representatives was voted.
| A fire at Nashville on the Oath, the most
destructive ever known there, consumed
nearly million dollars worth Of property.
A Mrs. Mildred Airport, residing in Car
cline county, Maryland, was recently gored
to death by a vicious COW, while milking
the animal
There was horrible fratricide in Mason
county, Kentucky, recently, in which enc
twin brother killed The other while enraged
by quarrel between them. ta
An excursion train on the Memphis and
Charleston railroad returning from tourn-
ament at Lagrange, Tenn, en- the 18th inst,
ran through trestle demolfshing two cars.
About forty persons were injured, brit only
two seriously. ,na3a-4 3a qos;io fse4
The North Carolina election,wentisweep
ingly in favor Of the conservative ticket.
Worth is chosen Governor. The returns
from the western counties show a heavy
poll for Dockery, who was voted for by the
Unionists, though he had declined to run.
| On the Oath, train on the Memphis g.
Louisville Railroad, when about eight miles
from Memphis, ran over two cows The
baggage and smoking cars were upset and
wrecked, and three persons seriously in.
jured, two of whom have since died.
r.; James 7. Jones Of Farquier county, Va,
nephew of the late Chief Justice Marshall
was recently killed by aneighbor in a quar-
rel that originated during the war, Jones
having charged his murderer with plotting
| Federal troops to his house. .,. r>ya
~@sAG eneral William F. (Baldy') Smith is
President of q company which proposes to
lay cable from the main land of Florida
by way of the Island Of Sandy Key and Key
West to Cuba, thence to San Domingo,
thence to Porto Rico; also from Cuba to
Jamacai and thence to the Isthmus of Pan
| anna. -s~cs.-, a. 81 ttf
A Nashville paper notices an exodus OF
people of East Tennessee, principally on
the way to Texas. It says that East Ten
nesseeans are leaving by hundreds, and
that, if Texas is receiving as many emf
grants from other portions of the country
as she is from East Tennessee, her vast
prairies will soon be filled up.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

The actual figures of the three censuses
following his estimate were written in by
Mr.. Watson himself, the other two are sup
piled from the census reports. The close
ness of the estimates to the actual results is
SO striking as to justify belief in the cor
ectness OF the succeeding figures
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01
Am Elementary Catechisn.
For Young Men about to Marry.

It is fearful to reflect how many persons
rush into matrimony totally unprepared for
the awful change that awaits them. A man
may take wife at twenty-one, before he
knows the difference between chip and q
leghorn. We would no more grant Ii
cense to anybody simply because he is of
age, than a license on that ground only to
practice as an apothecary. Husbands
ought to be educated. We would like to
have the following questions put to young,
inexperienced persons about to marry:
Are you aware, sir, of the price OF coal
and candles? t
Do YOU know which is the most economi-
cal, aitch bone, or the round Of beef?
How far will leg of mutton 60 in small
family? w
How much dearer, now, is silver than
Britannia?
Declare, if you can, rash youth. the sum
per annum that chemisetts, perlerines, car
dinals, bonnets, wells, grapes /, ribbons, flow
ers, gloves, cuffs and collars would come to
in a lump?
If unable to answer these enquiries, we
would say to him, SEQ back to school"
He that would be husband should also un-
dergo training, physical and moral. He
should be further examined thus:
Can you read or write amid the noise of
nursery
Can you wait any given time for break
fast?
Can you maintain your serenity during a
wsshing-day?
Can you cut your old friends?
Can you stand being contradicted in the
face of all reason?
Can you keep your temper when you are
not listened to?
Can you do what you are told without be-
ing told why?
In one word, young man, have you the
patience of Job?
If you can lay your hand upon your
heart and answer eyes," take your license
and marry-not else.-Pumch.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01
SUMMARY OF TEEE Nv EEs&.
General intelligence.

1t is now stated that our Government has
demanded indemnity for the losses to our
commerce on account Of the depredations
of the Anglo -rebel pirates.
Electricity is now used with great success
instead of fire, in exploding the charges OF
nitro-g lycerine used in blasting at the Hoo
sac tunnel Fifteen feet of progress in the
heading at the west end were made in three
days last week.
Four millions of dollars were transmitted
through the mails, by postal money orders,
during the last fiscal year, as against one
million three hundred thousand dollars the
year before, and the business of the money
order Office steadily increases. Y 7a@R
Letters from persons in Washington,
likely to know, say that Stanton will GER
tainly resign as soon as he has finished the
report upon which he is now engaged, and
that Shern an will as certainly succeed him
as acting secretary in order to satisfy
Grant, while recognizing the army.
The Heralds Fortress Monroe correspon.
dent says: sThe trial of jeff Davis has
been postponed till next spring. The fur
ther delay is attributed by Chief Justice
Chase to the stupid laundering Of the last
Congress in meddling with the geographical
boundaries of the judicial districts, with
out making the proper allotment of Judges y
Trouble is anticipated at the coming Bal
timore election. Governor Swami, who
supports the Administration, has decided
that he is competent to investigate the
charges against the Police Commissioners,
in consequence of which they will hold no
further communication with him. The OPP
position claim that he desires to remove
them for the purpose of influencing the
election.
| Quite panic exists in Washington. Rich
mond, and vicinity, among the oyster deal
ers and oyster eaters, in regard to the re-
ported cases Of serious illness of number
of persons at Annapolis and Baltimore,
after partaking Of the bivalves. The re-
cent heavy rains have greatly damaged the
oyster crop, and at times whole feet Of
schooners together have been detained by
the storm. The oysters they bring are Of
course damaged and stale, but they are new
ertheless pushed upon the market and ped
died through the town. & ihaa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

TRINITY chapel, New YORK, attended by
thirty bridesmaids. ,=s=.->,.s-zs-s.
Elizabethtown, New Jersey, on the Oath
inst, celebrated. with great enthusiasm, its
BIZ centennial anniversary. q fef
A company has been formed for the
establishment of line Of FIRST class steam
ships between Washington and New Yo TX
The Republican majority in the late Penn
sylvania State election is stated oficiallysat
17,706.1 That of Ohio is also. stated official
ly at 43,311.3JaG Il -a4ifas Il. .s,-s
The Portland Press says, with regard to
the report that Quebec had been generous
in making contributions; that not dollar
in money or in any other form was received
in Portland from that city.
The work Of laying out the great Pros
pect Park, in Brooklyn, New York, is re-
ported to be favorably progressing, and,
when completed; it wall be formidable rival
to the far famed Central Park, in New, York.
All is quiet at Baltimore. Both sides are
reported as being ready for any emergency
It is intimated that the Cabinet at Washing
ton have decided to support Governor
Swami in any action he may see fit to take
in the matter.
The Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief As
ISOLATION completed school house at Ste
phenson, Alabama, Saturday, the 10th, and
would have commenced a colored school on
the following Monday, on which morning
some incendiary burned it to the ground.
A report was current in Brooklyn on the
25th that Henry Ward Beecher had just
been assassinated. The consequence was
that his residence has been besieged by an
army of sympathizing friends and newspa-
per reporters up to midnight, the annoyance
to the family being So greas that they at
length refused to answer the bell. 8as
Three bills have been introduced intothe
Vermont Senate relating one way and an
other to marriage. The tendency of most
of them is to redu ee marriage TO 8 limited
partnership. each par ty putting in as much
capital as seems best, and the partnership
to be dissolved upon very small proyoca-
ton.
At the afternoon performance of Howe's
Circus, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, recent
ly, Lazelle and King, posturers and acrobats,
fell, head foremost, a distance of thirty
three feet, while perfo rming on trapeze.
King had one of his shoulders and one of
his wrists fractured, and was injured inter
nally Lazelle received conclusion of the
brain. The accident was caused by a bolt
giving way.
Fenian excitement runs high in Buffalo
over the news of the trial and conviction
of Col. Lynch. Threats Of retaliation are
boldly made, d Fenian General declaring
that'i Lynch is executed he will capture
and execute twelve Canadians as a retalia-
tory measure. Rumors Of an intentionsto
rescue Col Lynch are also rife, but the at
tempt is of too foolhardy, a nature to entitle
the reports to any degree of credibility. -
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

PowEA OF HORSE SCENT" There is
one perception that horse possesses, that
but little attention has been paid to, and
that is the power of scent. With some
horses it is as acute as with the dog; and
for the benefit of those that have to drive
nights, such as physicians and others, this
knowledge is invaluable. never knew it
to fail, and I have ridden hundreds of
miles dark nights; and In consideration of
this power of scent this is my simple ad-
vice; never check your horse nights, but
give him free head, and you may rest as
sured that he will never get off the road,
and will carry you expeditiously and safely.
In regard &c the power of scent in horse.
once knew one of pair that was stolen,
and recovered mainly by the track being
made out by his mate, and that after he had
been absent six or eight hours"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

What Mr. Styles has DOne.--"I have Sold" writes
Mr. f. Styles, Of Rhinebeck NJ Y, several of these
machines to persons who had never used sewing
chine of any kind and who, qutout Snstu cton more
ttoas could be givee IN ue naiaates have taken them
right along out in the country and every they
report me their entire satisfacton.o "a RES ~
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

."Mr: Brown, why do you wear that
bad hat?'' because, my dear sir, Mrs.
Brown says she will not go out Of the house
with me until get q new one."
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

Ear Habit in child is first like aspider's
web; if neglected it becomes thread or a
twine, next scord or rope, fnallysa cable
and then who can break it, as = w.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-11-01

The East.

A young lady'w recently married at
Trinity Chapel, New York, attended by
thirty bridesmaids. -
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-23

WASHINGTON, March 2l-In the House. a
vote on the amendment to the diplomatic
appropriation BILL authorizing the appoint
ment of a Solicitor to the State Department,
passed The other amendments were disa-
greed to.
The President has recognized F. A San
tiers as Consul of Wurtemburg at Calves
ton.
Senate.-Mr Brown introduced bill to
aid the construction of the Kansas and
NeoshO Valley Railroad, connecting the
great lakes, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas with
Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, which was
referred to the Committee on Public Lands.
The bill to provide for the punishment of
certain crimes against the United States was
taken up and discussed. The crime of
forgery of United States securities is made
punishable by ten years imprisonment.
The House passed the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill also the bill to IA
cilitate commercial, postal and military COM
munication between the several States.
LOUISVILLE, March 21.-A Soldiers Con-
veution meets here on the 9th of April
All the officers and soldiers who have
served in Kentucky regiments are invited
at half fare over the principal railroads.
Sterling King, who recently confessed tn e
attempt to aSSassinate Secretary Seward
attempted to commit suicide this morning.
His recovery is doubtful
GALVESTON, March 20.-Little of interest
is being done in the Texas Convention. A
committee of nine was appointed to form an
address to the President.
Mr. Barnett (UniOn) offered proposition
to pay lhe widow of General Houston the
full salary he would have received as Gov
ernOr for the full term from the time he was
deposed by the Secession Convention.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-23

There was large turnout at the meeting
at City Hall, Wednesday night, for the pur-
pose of completing the organization of the
Fenian Brotherhood for the State of Mis-
sissippi. The Circle which has adopted the
honored name of Emmett and will be recog-
nized as the head of the order for the State,
elected W +. Fitzgerald, Centre, and J. W.
X. Lucy, Captain. Capt. Lucy being loudly
called upon, thus addressed the meeting:
GENTLEMEN AND BROTHERS 1t is with
no ordinary feelings that l return you my
heartfelt thanks for the honor conferred
upon me in selecting me as your leader to
aid in unfurling the Green Banner upon the
sea-girt Isle. The spirits of the noble
martyrs of Ireland are upon American soil,
and their enthusiasm is being infused into
the hearts of all true and noble sons of
Erin. The Shamrock, with its sun-burst of
glory, is grasped by firm and true hands,
who will find sympathy among the noble
and true of every land in their endeavors to
relieve the oppressed of the Emerald Isle
THANK you, and pledge myself to be faith
ful to the end. Though English gibbets
should stare me in the face, still for the land
of our fathers and for those love, my hand
viii be ready to strike, and my heart to en-
counter every danger with You, when en-
listed under the green flag of Erin.
Capt. Lucy's speech was received with
much enthusiasm, and the business of the
| meeting was resumed by the election of the
| remaining officers, viz: John Quilter, Isl
Lieutenant; z. Giles, 2nd Lieutenant; e. A
Lusk, Secretary; George Lemon, Treasurer
and DR.. Jo. Lemly, Surgeon.
Appropriate addresses were made
| by several of the officers elected, and the
! meeting adjourned.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-23
The Origin of the Term Feninn.

There have been numerous deryatlons
given to the name Fenian. The most prob
able. however, is that which deduces the
name of Finn, the most celebrated chlettan
of Erin, in the earliest period of tradition
AIRY history.
The ancient Fenians or "Finnis men
make no inconsiderable figure in the earliest
annals of Ireland, and seem to have been
the warriors of their day. Their great
leader Finn, says PinkertOn in his Inquiry
into the History of Scotland, "was man OF
great talents for the age, and of celebrity Ill
arms His formation of a regular standing
army seems to have been rnde imitation OF
the Roman legiOns in Britain"
The legends concerning their chief,
aboundinr III Ireland are almost number
less He is fabled to have made the famous
Giants Causeway as a highway over which
to lead his bands to Scotland, and there Is
scarce a hillside in 1.-The auld country" but,
whilst it preserves his profile on its out
lines, perpetuates the history of some one OF
his wonderful exploits.
Whether the prerequisites for member
ship into his band were at all times Ilgldly
enforced. or whether they are still adhered
to by the Fenians of modern times, we can
not Say-but an old and veritable historian
tell us that before a man could be enrolled
! into the ancient brotherhood he had to
promise First, when he disposed to mar
TV. he should not follow the nercenaTN GUS
tom of insisting upon portion with wife ;
but without regard to her fortune, he should
choose a wife for her virtue, courtesy and
good manners the second, that he should
never offer violation to a woman, or attempt
to ravish her; the third, that he would be
charitable and relieve the poor who desired
meat and drink, as far as his abilities would
permit and fourth, that he would not turn
his back or refuse to fight with nine men of
! any other nation that set upon him and
offered to fight with him
The same veracious writer informs us that
| in the admission of recruits to the ranks of
the Fenians in the days of yOre, there We're
! a number of rules to be observed:
"The parents must give up all rights to
| revenge or compensation for the candidates. S
! death-a very necessary regulation in a state
/ of society when the punishment for death
was either revenge or eric. He must be able
! to compose verses He must be expert with
| his weapons, and he was exposed to very
! good test-hs had to defend himself against
! the javelins of nine soldiers thrown at him at
! once He was to run through wood pur-
sued by some of the Fenians. in order to test
his tleetness and agility He must be able
to hold his weapon without shaking, if his
hand shook he was rejected. He must be
so swift and so light of foot as not to break
a rotten stick by treading upon it; and
hardest of all to do, he must be able without
stopping or lessening his speed, to draw q
thorn out of his foot