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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-01

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Cash CAPITAL .:.... sg5o,oo0. 90
rnsu mes4 aga i,~ ACCIDENTS Of ali kinds,
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ouirred.> - JAMESON 6 BRO, Agents.
? aug IDLY " Farmers Bank Building.
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Continues to insure against loss. or damage
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half 8 century, again solicits the patronage Of
the public. RislSs will be taken at the estab-
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Directors:
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all Of the profits arising from this immense
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-01

4 LEXANDRIA WATER COMPAN
N An adjourned meeting of the stockhold-
ers of this Company will be held at the Auditors
Office, in Alexandria, on TU ESDAY, the 9th
day Of January, 1866, at IL O. clock, a. NJ.
dec 23-eotd r. JOHNSTON, Secretary
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-01
INSURANCE.

ROBERT JAMESON. GEO. " = IN a 80. ~ =:
The undersigned have opaned an office n
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street, between Pitt and Hoyal sfr2stTE f2r MIS- ~
transaction Of q GEN EfAL7iN0U EsANo ~
They have been appointed agents f3E the he
following we'll known and long estisol lsneu
J5on1panies in placeof the former Agent, 2
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Assets nearly 49,. tx
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THE. NATIONAL FIRE INSU RANCE CC''
of Baltimore, Md, -
Chartered Capital 0oou ~
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Ali persons DESTROYS Of obtaining first class FL
insurance, are respectfully invited to call
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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
mill continued to grind
CHAPTER v.

/. And TIE men the North were mirhtier than the
men Of the South and took all their strongholds and
chief cities. and made many captves.
2. And the ofthe North pursued the King Of the
South and he heng unwilling TO be taken thus dsCuis-
Ell himself IN crinoline and calico. thus introducing
new style OF rainent among the sons Of men
5. And WM IRELAND & Co. fearing TO be Ike 0thel-
otheir occupation cnne-and left with large amount
OF Coats Pants and Vests hand decided 10 sell the
sons Of the North those garments as cheap as hoop
skirts and calico could be bought for.
I. And as the war drew near an end, there arose
great panic the sellers of merchandise Of food and
Of rancns ad the prices Of these things began to fall
and they said among themselves behold the war is now
near its end, and gold and silver will be more
among and shalt he left with large stocks goods
On hand which We have bought at high prices.
Aud among the sellers Of rament in Cedar Falls.
which Is the chief city Of the tribe that dwell the Ce
dar, were WM. IRELAND Co. who the keepers OF
the Model Clothing store Main Street In that city
.. And NM IRELAND Co. when goods very
low because Of the panic bou gt bales snd boXe
Of cloths of all kinds, which they made up into Goats
aud Pants and VSsts and all rainieut.
:. And in the Spring time Of the year 1865, they ad.
vcrscd IN all the pmpers and sent ont their hand bills
into every town. and IN. thcir posters on every wall
prncai'ug 10 all the people that they sold Clothes sR
and at cheaper prices than could be bought for any
other place.
8. And that WM IRELAND ( Co, AZ the Model Cloth.
ing Store dealt NOS IN shoddy in es nor in govern.
men contracts, but sold Clothes at retail very low
pr!ccs.
pair Of Pants. or Shirt Collar, Drawers or raj
men Of any kind, bought them st the Model Clothing
Store, until every Ran n,e land clothed from tha,
Store.
10 And they went on their way rejoicing and pro
claiming aloud, THAI W.. IRELAND L Co, al tho
MODEL CLOTHING STORE @eIi Clcthing OF all kind
better snd cheaper than be bought any where In
The land. ctr
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
IN the Dubuque Times.
The SCho0lmaster Abroad.

We were gratifled at the assertion OF
superintendent Norman, ut the com-
meucemont of the Institution, that the
grade OF schools and teachers through
out Duhuque county had pegcep,ably
improved during the past few years.
There certainly have been teachers and
schools in Iowa which have dono no
credit 20 the state. But our present
purpose is not SO much to compare Iowa
with other portions of the moral uni
verse, or Iowa las it il " with Iowa "as
IL was; 4" but simply TO narrate an incl
dent that occurred not many years ago,
not hudred, nor yet tifty miles from
Dubuque. The truth of the incident
can be tested by any person residing In
the northwestern district of dubuque
county. 1t did not happen exactly
there, but no farther from there than q
man, sound in wind and limb, could
walk in an hour.
Thither went the School Supcrintend-
ent on his round visiting schools, and
lecturing to the citiscns in the evening.
lie found that, not expecting him, n
spelling school had been given out for
that evening. a compromise was effect
ed, the superintendent To address the
citizens and school for about half the
time he usually occupied, and q spelling
posed of and the spelling began. Earl-
Gus methods Of spelling We're tried, and
it was finally concluded TO close by
"spelling down. One of tha pretticst
girls insisted upon the Supcrintendent's
entering the list with the rest, and how
could he refuse? He couldn't. Then,
of course there were plenty who thought
il would be fine fun to "spcii down /"
the Supcrin tendent, and tie excitement
ran high. At last all We're down save
the superintendent and four Others. -
AT this iuncture the teachcr--not tho
most intelligent teacher in the county
gave out word which sounded like
waiter.n The first of ,nosc standing
spelled ii Websteranly-' w.a-i-t-e-r. "
Wrong" said the teacher, to the sur
pise of all, and the nezt tried it hesita-
tingly. W-e-i-g-h-e-r.n Wrong"
again; and SO on till all were down I"
except the Superintendent, who "stood
had been spelled right in the first place,
the spelier, Went back TO first principles
and spelled w-a-i-t-e-r.n Down" )"
went the superintendent, and there was
great cheering.
AS soon as the confusion subsidoi, the
almost "dumb-ioundea " Superintend-
ent remarked, "Now that we are all
down, just for my own satisfaction
would like to know how that word
waiter is spelled"
Why" exclaimed the triumphant
| teacher, there isn't an easier word in
the book, quitting his finger to the
word, and holding the open spelling
book over for him to see for himself, J
IVA, tca ter, ter, acditer."
Then there was another laugh.
| We are glad if Iowa schools haye pro-
gressed some, since those days of not
very long ago.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
Dondence of the Chicago Journal.
From Cedar Falls, Iowa.

.@-..... CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, December -.
Not having seen communication in
your valuable paper from our place
for some time, / fear some of the world
will think we have gone to sleep, now
that the railroad has ceased to make
this the terminus; but | am happy TO
state such is not the case. All our mer-
chants report trade as being equal to
that of any preceding year, which is
positive evidence that the mere fact of
railroad passing through u town, don t
necessarily kill it.
Cedar Falls has advantage over any
other town in this section Of the State
in her watarpower There are-now in
running order three large ilouring mills,
which make demand for good wheat,
and always will. A great portion of
the wheat received now comes q dis
tance of forty to sixty miles, and is
hauled through railroad towns in COM
ing. Why il this? the reader will ask
One would naturally think, especially
in this cold weather, q farmer woult.
prefer to make the distance to market
as short as possible. The secret is this
/ Cedar Falls pays from ten to twenty
cents per bushel more for wheat than
any other town north or west of US
Taking advantage OF this wide margin
in price, and fseighting back merchan-
disc, etc, will make difference of ten
to fifteen dollars in his favor on each
load. This well pays him for the extra
distance travelled and the time spent.
! \ large WOODEN factory has been put
up here within the past year, and anoth-
CT il to be built next season also an cX-
tensive paper mill-all of which are
needed in this part of Iowa.
T Cedar Falls can boast OF having n srhool
house which woui,. be an ornament ia
any town. 1t will be completed within
the next two weeks, at IL cost of not less
than twenty thousand dollars.
/ The soldiers Orphans Home which
is located here, is in aourishing con.
dition, containing, ut the present time,
about eighty orphans.
The Cedar Valley Fair will be held
here on the 9th and 2Sth Of this month
and every effort is being made 20 make
it Il grand success.
! Work on the Iowa Central Railroad
Is progressing finely. The first ten
miles of the road, from here south, is
nearly completed and ready for the iron
\. ID. Barnum, the General Agent oi
the road, has lately returned from the
southern part of the State, and reports
railroad matters as being i'm very en-.
Coura%ing condition, aud the prospects
were never brighter for the early com
pletion of the road than now. This
section of the State demands another
outlet 10 Chicago, and will have it soor
via Toledo. {.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
70 THE THIRTY-NIyTu CONGRESS-.
by JOHN C. WHITTIER.

bh JchS v.
O., pEoPLr-cuosES! are yet not .e
iikewlsc tht chosen OF the Lord,
To do His will and speak His word:
From the loud thunderstorm of war
Not man alone has called ye forth,
But He. the God Cf ali the earth
The torch of vengeance in your hands
He quenches; unto him belongs
The solemn recompensc OF wrongs,
Enough of blood the land has seen,
Ana, not by cell, or gallows-stair,
Shall we the way of God prepare.
Say TO the pardon-seekersi Keep
Your manhood: bend no suppltant knees,
Nor palter with unworthy pleas.
Above your voices sounds the wall
OF starving men: We shut i'm vain
Our eyes To Pillows gaStly stain,
What words can drown that bitter cry?
what tears wash out that stain OF tdCaths
What oaths confirm your broken faith:
From YOU alone the guaranty
OF union, freedom, peace we claim:
we urge no conqueror.S terms of shame.
Alas no vIctor's pride is ours,
Who bends above our triumphs won
Like David DER his rebel son.
BE men, not beggars. cancel all
By one brave, generons action; trust
Your better instincts, and be Just!
Make all men peers above the law,
Take hands from OFF the uGggOs throat,
Give black an white an equal vote.
Keopan your forfeit lives and lands.
But give the com mon laws redress
To LaborS utter nalSedness.
Revive the old, heroic will,
Be in the right as hNice and strong
A. you have proved yourselves in " ronE.
Defeat shall then be victory.
Your loss the wealth of fun amends,
And hate be love and foes be friends
Taan hnriol by the dreadful past,
It's common SLAIN be mDuTned, and let
lis memories soften to regret
Then shall the Unions mother heart
Her lost and wandering ones recall.
Forgiving ami restoring ali:
And Freedom break her marble trance
Above the tapitolian dome,
stretch LANDS and bid you welcome home !
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

THE Iowa CENTRAL IN TAsA CoUN-
TY.-A correspondent of the Chicago
Journal, writing from Toledo, under
date of Dee. 25th, says of the Iowa Cen
trail Railroad:
The work on the Iowa Central Rail-
read is progressing most favorably at
this point under the direction of the en-
ergetic contractor, ID. ID. APPRECIATE,
Esq. A. ID. Barnum, Esq, the Super
intendent of the road, was in town q
few days since, and says the contract
for the entire route between here and
Cedar Falls has been already let, and
that active operations will soon be insti-
tuted. The people are deadly in earnest
in prosecuting the work on this road to
successful result, and soon hope To
see st. Paul and st. Louis united by q
continuous road through this fertile
country. If such should eventually be
the case, and no doubt it will be, will il
not seriously effect the Chicago market
by placing the market OF St Louis in
direct competition with it? To the
people here this result seems inevitable
unless the railroads leading to your city
materially reduce their freight tariff
and your grain and produce buyers al
once cease their perDicious practices ol
deceiving the people Of Iowa, in various
4 respects, in the matter OF the purchas.
of the surplus products OF the State.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
From the independence Eullctin.
Teachers WAGES.

1t Is not only an illiberal, but an ex-
ceedingly unwise policy, 10 limit the
wages OF teachers TO such rates as will
render their services nearly equivalent
TO a charity. In these days Of high pri-
Ccs, labor of all kinds justly demands
higher wages than formerly; but in
the case of teachers it seems to be as
eumed that they will devote their time
and energies To one Cf the most rcspon-
sible and important occupations in our
whole civil economy for remuneration
which would be demanded by boys or
mere tyros in other cmpi0yments. Let
us look, for one moment, ut the state Of
affairs in cur own country. In the first
class districts, thirty dollars per month
: is the sum paid for experienced male
teachers. Out of this amount, at least
ten dollars must be paid for board and
washing, leaving twenty dollars as his
net wages. This same teacher, had he
devoted the time spent in preparation
for his duties, H. acquiring CONNER
cial education, could readily have OBJ
| tanned situations at from fifty to eighty
dollars per month. The teachers occu-
patton is far more important To the
welfare of the race then the merchants,
or i'm fact almost any other, yet many
districts practically regard it as compar-
utivcly Insignificant, by refusing to
give wages sufficient for the maintc-
nance even the smallest family. We
cannot expect young men of talent 10
engage in an occupation which gives no
promise of an adequate support. What
Is the result Of this short sighted policy
of low wages? We find very few pro-
iessional teachers. All young men eX-
pect sooner or later to have b family de-
pending on them for support, and of
cours. decline TO engage permanently
! in an occupation which viii not afford
them decent livelihood. A IL cOnse-
quence very young and inexperienced
/ teachers are the rule and old teachers
/ the exception. Every person can see at
once howdifficult il must be te elevate
/ the standard Of education under such
circumstances. The occupation is a no.
! bic one, and would attract worthy and
efficient followers were the remunera-
ton connected with it at all proportion
ate to its importance. II ii is worth
while to provide education at all, il is
worth while to do ii well. In fact, lily
provided, il is only detriment TO the
recipients. who had better have been
left to "blessed ignorance" Raise
wages to a fair living rate, pay for teach
ing rs you pay for other labor, and your
schools viii become 10 you a perpetual
blessing and honor.
Let il not be inferred that we are dis
paragiug the schools of the county. We
may justly boast of the unusual interest
Ia common schools manifested by the
citizens Of Buchanan county; but, just
as in other counties, and other States
throughout the Union there are many
defects in our practical system which
ought to be remedied, and among the
most serious is the short sigted policy
OF keeping down teachers wages.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

a bachelor uncle, to whom his niece
applied for advice on the question OF
choosing between two suitors, one Of
whom was rich and the other poor--the
latter, of course, being the most ardent,
as well rs the favorite lover-senter-
tiOusly replied: My dear, the ques-
ton being stripped of all illusory ele-
ments, your choice simply lies between
love and beef. Now, love is an idea,
while beef is reality. Love you can
get siong without; but beet You must
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
New Meat Market,

~sSsuenvM NgRS. ALTwEIN sGHNIrT RE.
eo9E ~ I'VE spectfuliy inform the citizens Of Ce-
SS@ dar Falls and vicinity that they have
-----sA- ---A opened Meat Market on Main-st.,
door south Of Frank HefmAn's store, where they will
keep constant on hand good supply of
ALL KINDS or NEAT AND TEGETIELES
at LOWER PRICES than the same can be bought
for at arp oshsr place dis Cedar E,iS.
sSs~ Boogna-Sansage Constantly on hand.
We shall ain keep nothing but young fat and ten.
der meats All we ask Is for you to give us a trial.
Cedar Falls, Sept. 26th. 1865 2;Gm
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

THE Boston J.arao, says: "a gen
tleman in travelling along the coat Of
Florida and Georgia found a woman
who did not know what ncwspaper
was. She had several children and O
pipe in her mouth" Rather carac
teus mouth for oman.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

DIpN't LIKE THE Look OF THINGS.
A gentleman, Resident of city not u
thousand miles from New York, had
the eXuberant fortune of five successive
wives. He had buried the,a, Gne after
another, as death made its demands
upon them. and three or four of them
happened to be ia different places, at
quite distance from each other. Two
or three of them were In different towns.
To reconcile his sense OF sacreducss
with his sense of order and numerical
ug:ty, he started one day on tour Of
collection to bury them all in one place.
lie mounted the wagon himself, and
drove around till he had got them all
together In one load, and then, as fats
would have it, was Obliged to drive By
the house where the lady Of his present
addresses, to whom he had offered him
self was sitting ut the open window
Seeing her sitting there, he bowed to
her, as any gentleman would, as he
drove by with his precious load Of five
collins with their contents. 1t WAS too
much for the lady; she declared she
never would have him, and has to this
day kept her word.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

TRANSIENT YoUSG MEN.--Girls, be-
ware of transient young men; never
suffer the addresses ola stranger; recol-
icct that one steady farmer boy or mo-
chanic is worth all the floating .ras}a In
the world. The allurements OF q Dandy
Jack, with gold chain about his neck.
walking stick in his paw, some honest
tailor's coat upon his back, and brain
less skull, can never make up the loss
Of fathers house and good mothers
counsel, and the society OF brothers and
sisters their affections last, while those
OF such young man are lost in tho
wane of the honeymoon. 'Tis true,
beware!
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

WINTER IN MiSSEs9TA. "A dispatch
from Hastings, Minnesota, Dec. 23d,
Gays:
There are fifteen inches Of snow on
th. graund here. The fonrins mile
have stopped operations until theweath.
Ell maderates. Day before Yesterday
tfia thnrnlometar wss ~ degrees t-,c'y
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

THE GRAY Boards. MIR. Wilson OF
this state, has introduced bill in Con-
grcss in laehlf OF the 37th. or Graybeard
regiment, to secure GSrtheln the bounty
allowed To other troops but refused to
this regiment. tits hardly probable that
Congress will decline to accord this
simple justice to the old men who gave
their services to the country from mo-
tives of the highest patriotism. .--Darea-
port Gazette,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
DUBUQUE AND si0UsClTfRsilRGAD.
TIVE Table No. q.

D. w. & w. Il. Trains 20 and from the South
vast connect st Farley.
E1S~ CnsSEcricNs.-Stag leave Eariville on the
rival o. tie from the East, Tuesdays Thursdays,
and Saturdays, for Strawberry Point Brush Greek Pay
stto West EEVu, DeeOrah, and 81. Paul and from Man
chester Mondavs Wednesdays and Fridays for Straw
berry Point and the north.
Stages leave Cedar Falls daily for New Hartford. hp
lingtan, island crow AcSle, Harden City, Iowa Falls,
Alden Waller, Webster Cay, Fort Dodge and Sioux
City; also JauesYIIe WaYeriy, Syracuse Nashua Brad.
fura. 81. Charles and minnesat2
GEORGE YOUNG. Superintendent.
J. !, FiSTo. General HreigEt and Ticket Agent
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05

The firm of Grant S Perkins, at Ca
lena, Ills, in the hide and leather busi-
ness, was dissolved on the lst OF Dee.
by the Withdrawal ef the senior partner
MIR. j. II. Grant, father of Ulysses
Mr.. 0. l.. Grant, brother ofthc General,
also leaves the firm, and will establish
himself AZ Chicago
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-01-05
GARTER HOUSE.

TOHN L.. WSLCOX, formerly of.he American
- Hotel having leased che above house, would return
His thanks the public for the liberal patronage formerly
ces,oved and would be happy t. welcome all his old
friends the Garter ilous Main St, Cedar Fails Iowa
STAGES leave this house daily for the Nerth south aud
Vest.
Cedar Falls, July 26, 1851.