davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

Most people decline to learn only BY
their own experience. And I guess they
are more than half right, for do not
spose a msn can get perfect idee of mo-
lasses candy letting another Teller taste Of
it for him. Success is very apt to make
US forget the time when we wasn't much.
1t is Just so with the frog on the jump;
he can't remember when he was a tad
pole, but other folks can.
Tru luy is spelt the same in Choctaw
as in English.
Their Is but phsw men who he's eharas.
txr sGEf % lsSd : Kfs sf idispess.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21
Political Items.

w. JAY WHIPPLE of Sparta, repre-
scented the Democracy of Pierce County
in the late Democratic State Convention
Well, be didn't have much to do.
Capt. GILBERT L. PARK of Stevens
Point. the Democratic candidate foI 1t.
Governor, was last fall candidate for Con
gross in this district in opposition to Gen
WAsHBURN. 1t is rather rough, Capt,
for your party TO put you on the gibbei
again so soon. We dislike to vote ag'si
you, but you know the story of poor dog
Tray, in the spelling book. Bad com
panions will be the political death Of you
Capt
-"BRICK" PoMERoY, whose Demo
erdt has larger circulation than all the
other Democratic papers in the State
combined, and many other leaders of the
party, openly advocate Reputation Of the
National debt, bnt the Democratic State
Convention did not dare put it 10 its
platform.
The Democratic papers are jubilant
over the few Fall elections that have
been held-not on account of victories,
but gains The Republicans can give
them great deal of such amusement
and still control the country.
The Resolutions passed by the late
Democratic State Convention will be
found on the fourth page. They are
rather thin generally, but go strong
against DISTINGUISHING the deserters.
"A State Temperance Convention is
called to meet at Rochester, Min, on the
Gath inst. to nominate State ticket. II
is evidently engineered by the Demo
Gratis in the hope of dividing the Repub-
lican vote.
Some Of the democratic papers are
making great ado over the fact that
Montana has elected a democratic dele
gate to Congress, forgetting the fact, If
they ever knew it, that Montana has al
ways been democratic. They are in such
a hopeless minority that they rejoice that
they are still permitted a supremacy any
where, though it be new territory.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

A COOP NoTIoN.-A few days since,
one of our long time subscribers, who
generally paid in advance, but had fallen
into arrears for few months, came into
the Office, and bluffly said, Lutte, l want
to stop your paper; bow much do l owe
youl" We told him the amount due to
date, which he paid asd then paying a
year in advance, said; "rhere l won't
have your paper any longer, it will be my
own" We wish several hundred subscri
bors would stop taking our paper that
way.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

H A "Familiar Epistle" to JOE Ell
WELL will be found on the fourth page.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21
PRESCOTT MARKET.

CORRECTED By
GEO. A. DILL,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Groceries,
Provisions, &c.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

New HAT AND CAP SToRE.-CHAs i.
COOK, corner of Broad and Cherry sts.,
will open in few days, a choice lot of
Hats and Caps, direct from one of the
largest jobbipg houses in New York.
Also a few sample suits of Ready
Made Clothing.
Also will keep on hand Minneapolis
Cloth and Flannels.
Those wishing the New Singer I'm.
proved Sewing Machines must leave
their orders in advance, so that they can
be supplied.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

= MATT. t. DILL has returned from
New York. There are plenty of New
Goods at Dill Bros low.
-JoHN S. CoPLEY and D. D. Proc
TOR have gone below after horses.
The report that CHAs. Cook was
going to leave town was n vile SANDER on
worthy man. He has just bought a
large new stock and feels more like stay
ing than ever.
= GEO NEWTON is the man to buy
Boots and Shoes of. He will "swap'
them for wheat or currency.
Faux DAGeETr, the genial, the
good, and the great, dropped into this
Office yesterday. No more welcome
guest ever enters its ever open door.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21
A FAREW

Now to a tenderer heart, the heart of Christ,
/ leave thee, and / know ! need not fear.
His boundless sympathy, his love intense,
Shall well sustain thee, dear
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21
New Boot & Shoe Store
LOuiA JurRfnA

Louis Jurgins
MOULD respectfully announce to the cit
w izens of Prescott and vicinity, that he
has opened Boot and Shoe Store on Broad
Street, and has and will keep constantly on
hand a good assortment of Ladies Cents,
Misses. Boys aud Children's wares All or
ders LEFT with me will be promptly and salts
fsctorily attended to. Please call and exam
inc Cor yourselves. Terms. Cbeap for Cash
LOUIS JURGENS.
Prescott, August IS, 1866. lift
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

In all the sorrows of thy lonely life
Our blessed Lord will love and comfort thee,
Until, beyond lfes pain and deaths last strife,
He give thee back to me.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21
Clifton, Sept , IL, 1867.
NJ. L. II.

ES 1t will be seen by his card, that
JoHN L. DALE is an Independent candid
ate for State Senator. IfJohn has speed
equal to his bottom, he ought to run like
a steer on a country race course. john
is now Coroner of Pierce Co., and it
must be great sacrifice for him to re
sign ihs lucrative office for the State
Senatorship. still it is not the fir-t time
he has shown n patriotic spirit. You
have our sympathy, JOHN, but it is too
early to promise ones vote.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

And so farewell. since when my soul met thine
Our Lord said Nay r and so silence fell
To be bridged over by no word or sign
This side of Heaven Fdrc1OeH
MARY E. ATKINSON.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21
Republican Union Nominations


For Governor
GEN. LUCIUs FAIRCHILD.
For Lieutenant Governor
WYMAN SPOONER.
For Secretary Of State
GEN. THOMAS S. ALLEN.
For State Treasurer
WILLIAM z. SMITH.
For Attorney General
COL. CHARLES R. GILL.
For Bank Comptroller
COL JEREMIAH NJ. RUSK-
For State Superintendent
1T. ALEXANDER J. CRAIG.
For State Prison Commissioner
HENRY CORDIER.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-09-21

PRESCOTT
LAND & LAW OFFICE!
- WILL PRACTICE LAW IN ALL
COURTS.
~ Lands for Sale in every township in
Pierce County.
aB- Interest paid on School and Universi-
ty Lands. Also, Patents obtained on State
Lands.
IF Several hundred acres of the best tim
bered lands in Pierce County.
sE win secure back pay. communication OF
rations, Bennties and Pensions.
2T Agents for the Putnam, and Hartford,
of Hartford, and the Security. of New York.
The Ne, York Life Mutual. the Connecticut
Mutual, and the Northwestern Accident ms.
Companies against Accidents. The best Com
panies in America.
sE win Pay Taxes, and Buy and Sell
Lands.
WISE & CORP.
Prescott, August LIST. 1867. I4-yI
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

No PARTICULAR REASON FOR BEING Poor.
The London correspondent of the New
York Times in a recent letter to that Jour
nal says: A Newmarket betting agency has
discovered an infallible method of winning,
in proportion to the amount invested, for
which they demand only f500, or they will
invest any amount of money confded to
them, for the usual commission. This is
very well, but it is nothing to the plan of the
great French company, now being extended
to London, and which will doubtless have
branches in all the cities of America. The
principle of this great commercial and fnan-
cial company is very simple, but the result
is, at first view, almost very astonishing
They sell everything. Whatever you wish
to buy of clothing, furniture, jewelry, etc.,
can be found at their establishments. They
sell at the regular market prices. and arti-
cles of the best quality, and with every
article or bill of goods purchased they give
the purchaser an obligation to return the
full price, perhaps in year. perhaps in ten
years; but in any case in about fifty, so
that the more you spend, the more articles
of use or luxury you buy, the more you lay
up for the future, for Old age or for your
children. The principle of course, is the in
vestment of certain portion of the profits as
a sinking fund, which is annually distribu-
ted to the holders of the obligation warrants.
If the company is solid, and the investments
secure, the scheme is perfectly practicable,
and may become very popular.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

A Divorce SUIT.-One of the most curious
double divorce suits of modern times is be-
fore our Supreme Court. In 1857, in Prov.
idence, Mr.. Lincoln married a Young
woman, who, at the time, was The wife of
one Reed. After living with Reed a year
and giving birth to child she discovered
that he had another wife, her senior in mar
ried life. She was barely nineteen and was
glad to get away from the faithless husband,
without troubling herself about the law
Lincoln, who was an old lover of Mrs.
Reeds, condoled with and finally married
her himself. The pair came to New York,
opened boarding house, and prospered, the
profits finally enabling Lincoln to keep a
restaurant in Broadway. Here he grew
rich, coolness grew up between himself and
wife, and eventually his affections were cap.
tvated by certain Madame Leary. Then
he commenced suit for divorce, claiming
that his marriage was a nullity, as, at the
time, his wife had another husband (Reedl
still living. The case went to a Referee.
who reported in favor of annulling Lincoln's
marriage. Judgment was then entered.
without notice to the wife, or her counsel.
granting divorce, and the next day Lincoln
married Madame Leary. Soon afterwards,
Mrs. Lincoln discovered the fraud, and in
turn commenced a suit against her husband,
for the recovery of her furniture or its value
(she had been turned into the street penni-
less). The case was decided in her favor,
and now she has instituted suit for divorce,
claiming that her husband is guilty of
adultery with his so called new wife. and
also asking for alimony. The action will be
tried this month, and the discarded wife will
undoubtedly win. Verify, truth is stranger
than fction.-Ne,o York Correspondent of
S. T. CaU
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

J15- l.. p. FISHER--is the only Agenl
OF tie SHASTA COURIER in San Francisco, with pow
ers to receive subscriptions and advertisements and
receipt for the same
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

In A CoFFIN-A LUDIcRoUs ScENE.-A
few mornings since, saws the Washington
Herald, as some of the Seventh Ward police
were retiring from their beats, they were
surprised at finding near the station coffin
IN which was the body of man prepared
for burial, but from the snoring of the occu.
pant they were satisfied that he was not
ready for interment. With the exception of
the snoring, the body presented every ap-
pearance Of being a genuine corpse-the
jaws being bandaged, fingers clasped, and
the usual copper cent enclosed in paper on
the eyes The officers did not take long TO
make up their minds what to do with the
occupant and they forthwith aroused him,
when the - corpse" after one or two turn
ings, arose and sat upright, and after staring
around, he asked, very coolly, "Where in
the ID am | ?' One of the officers having
laughed until it was impossible to laugh
more, volunteered to explain, and finally the
corpse was helped out, when he took stand
at the foot Of the coffin, and very solemnly
remarked: This is what we all have to
come to, but | never thought that would
ever come to it while | lived. One thing this
joke has done for me-I'l never drink any
more, for know that will always think of
this scene. Mot Varuum is sober man,"
After these remarks, which were made in
manner that showed he was in earnest, the
officers allowed him to depart The joke was
explained the next morning. 1t appears
that some citizens attempted to carry him to
the station, and seeing the coffin in a ward
near by, (where it had been left by an Off
Ger of tive Freedmen's Bureau some days
before) formed this plan, thinking that when
he awoke he would make resolution to stop
drinking, and it is said that thus far the vic
tim of this practical joke gives all barrooms
wide BERTH
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19
NUMBER 46.

sweet words of forgiveness upon her Inns
.nat redoqbled the anguish of his breaking
neart. No-she got over it, He ran off and
went to sea at last and didn't come hack and
lind himself sad and alone in the world his
loved ones sleeping in the quiet church. ward
and the vine. embowered home of his how,
hood tumbled down and gone to decay. Ak
no-he came home drunk as piper, and cot
into the station house the first thing.
And he grew up, and married, and raised
large family, and Drained them all with
an axe one night, and got wealthy by all
manner of cheating and rascality, and now
be is the internal wickedest scoundrel in his
native village, and is universally respected
and belongs to the Legislature
So you see there never was bad James in
the Sunday school books that had such &
streak Of luck as this sinful Jim with tn,
charmed life.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

FAMILY CURIosITIEs.-Rome, Oneida conn
ty. New York, claims that there is now iv-
ing within its limits lady aged "a, who
has son aged IS, a grandson aged SIS, a
great grandson aged 80, and great great
grand daughter aged 3 years. Buffalo con.
tests these honors by presenting citizen
aged lOS. who Is native of Ireland, retains
all his faculties, converses fuently, moves
about actively. has good eyesight, and hair
but :. little tinged with gray"
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

WHAT we want in natural abilities may
generally be made up in industry, as a
dwarf may keep pace with giant if he will
but move his legs little faster. =" Mother 4"
said the Spartan boy, going to battle, " my
sword is too Short Add step to it,
was the reply.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19
Mammoth Quartz Mill and Mining
COMPANY.

~ OTlCE.-There is delinquent upon the follow
Y ing described stock on account of assessment
levied on the 22d of November. 1866, the several
amounts set opposite the names of the respective
stn bo1J
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

MRs. SURRATT's GHOST Mrs. Surratt's
house at Washington has been occupied bv
several families since that lady's death by
hanging. but none Of them stay long, and
there IS blood. .curdling story that Mrs. S.
Is ghost-y yisitant there almost every
night.
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

And in accordance with law, and an order of
the Board of Trustees, many shares of each par
eel of said stock may be necessary will be soi.
on Friday January 18th. 1857 in front of the Court
House, at o'clock P to pay said delinquent
assessment thereon, together with the costs of ad-
vertistng and expenses of sale.
A. GR0TEFEND, Secretary pro TEN
Shasta. Shasta County, jn5
The Shasta courier., 1867-01-19

On IA young lady in New Orleans in.
qujred for limbhorn bonnets. She was too
modest to say leghorn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-29

themselves the Constitution. The
election Of a Republican President
will insure the nomination Of judges
who agree with the people, and such
judges are as likely to be honest as
Stansbury, who was nominated by
President Johnson because he con
tended, in 1860, hat congress could
not make war upon the rebel States.
But the people ought to tolerate such
a body no longer. 1t is an element
utterly alien to our republican no
tons. We want no enervated, effete
judicial eunuchs. We want living
men there, imbued with the spirit of
the new era-not that Of Buchanan
and Pierce. Let congress propose to
the people constitutional amend
ment as follows:
l. On the ratification ofthis amend
ment by three fourths of the States
represented in congress, the offices of
all, and each of the judges Of the Sn-
preme, circuit and district courts of
thc United States who shall have held
their offices respectively for eight
years, or who shall hold their Office
for such term either before or after
such ratification, shall become va
cant.
II. The Senate and House of Rep
resentatives Of the United States in
Joint convention assembled, shall
elect all judges Of the Supreme Court
of the United States, after the pas
sage Of this amendment and Con
gress shall prescribe by law by what
mode Judges Of the inferior courts Of
the United States and Territories
shall be appointed or elected.
Now, Mr.. Rublee, if have not pre-
pared a remedy to slough off the ex-
crescence, tell US what you propose,
and let us set Congress to work.
NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-29
An Eloquent Passage.

The finest thing George d. Prom
tice ever wrote was the inimitable
passage:
at cannot be that earth is mans
only abiding place. 1t cannot be
that our life is a bubble, cast up by
the ocean Of eternity to float mo-
mcnt upon its waves and sink into
nothingness. Else why is it the high
and glorious aspirations, which leap
like angels from the temple of our
hearts, arc forever wandering unsat-
isfod? Why isit that the rainbow
and cloud over us with a beauty
that is not of Earth, and then pass off
and leave us to muse on their lowell
ness? Why is itthat the stars which
"hold their festival round the mid
night throne" are set above the grasp
OF our limited faculties. forever mock
ING us with their unapproachablo
glory? And finally, why is it that
bright forms of human beauty are
presented to our view and taken from
us, leaving the thousand streams OF
our affection to flow back in an Al
pine torrent upon our hearts? We
are born fer a higher destiny thar
that of Earth. There is realm
where the rainbow never fades
where the stars will be spread on
before us like the islands that slum
iher on the ocean, and whore TIT
beautiful beings which pass befor'
Is, ike shadows. will stay toreye
,lH our presence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-29

pie may have a r. r. tax of half a
million of dollars put upon them by
the action Of five fallible men, with
out voice in the decision, or chance
Of appeal. This may seem strange
legislation, but we can read the
Law in no other way. Scion is out
done! Now indulge us a moment
upon the more pointed personal mat
tiers which you set up. Allusion is
made to the generous conduct, and
great liberality OF some IN this quar-
ter dozen years ago, in mortgaging
their farms to aid in the construction
of the NJ. & NJ. r. r. Well, we
know all about that folly, and got
our foot into it too but discovering
a disposition on the part of the man
ayers OF the Road, to misnanage its
affairs, and warp their trust to their
own personal advantage, we proved
SO troublesome a customer to them,
that they were glad to cancel our
mortgage and let rs 90. While Mr..
Field being less feared or less fortu-
nate, was finally ground through the
mill and lost his farm. Let me assure
you that all those who took this mort
gage stock, did so under the very
plausible representations Of Deacon
Ed. Clinton who convinced them that
they would never have dollar to pay,
and that before the maturity of their
mortgages the profits Of the road
would not only pay principal and in
terest Of the debt, and leave them
their stock free, but they were
sure to have large accumulation set
down to their credit on the books oil
the company besides. We, then I'M
sophisticated, swallowed it WHOLE
Mr.. Field took it It gulp, and like
another Oliver Twist ",cdnted more. .
This speculation, though promising
such magnificent results, finally turn.
ed out q little worse on the victim.
than taking 1ceatherS to keep for the H.
crease Of the f0ch, a la Coreri | submit
that your plea of 'Uberdlty" for this
unfortunate class Of people IS not on
ly far fetched but entirely without
foundation.
came into Grant County in the
employ Of the railroad company to be
sure, but shortly afterwards located
upon a tract Of wild land where now
reside,-then as now-poor in purse
but proud in spirit. My financial at
fairs after dozen years Of toll are
perhaps, in more embarrassed state
now than at the beginning. Having
an interest in the original plot of Bos
cobel was the result OF chance, fol
we are no SPECTATOR. If Mr.. Field
desires to secure the construction Of
a railroad according to his recent sur
vey, | shall have no objection proUi:
ded it is done in the usual way, and
not sought to be done by public tax
In either case he can afford to tax
himself or TO be taxed to {. large
amount, for by laying out depot
village upon his farm in Fennimort
he would be able to put $50, 900 in
his purse. Not so with the mass OF
our people. | have never seen the
time, even in my poorest estate, when
| would be a party 10 taxing another
for the sake Of enriching myself; mel
Their can | conceive Of state Of case
which would induce me to favor pub
lie taxation to enrich greedy, soul
less corporation.
Respectfully Yours,
G. X. DEAN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-29
NEThe Gn-ette de Frnnce. allnd

EEThe Gazette de France. allud-
inc to a Jewish Council which is to
assemble in Paris next year, remarks
that the meeting will be especially
called on to decide the following
questions: The abolition Of the pro-
hibition of certain articles Of food
the suppression of polvgamy, which
exists among the Jews in Algeria,
and the recognition Of female children
as equally qualified to inherit in that
country with the males, The french
government is said to be very anxi-
Gus for the reforms relating to the
African colony, as there are in Alger-
ia forty thousand Jewish families,
composed of industrious people who
are not subject to the general laws oil
the civil code.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-29

va- The proprietors of the Parker
House, fremont, Revere and Young's
Hotel, at Boston, were brought before
the Municipal Court the other day
for selling liquor in violation of the
law. They were fined $50 each, and
sentenced to the House of Correction
for three months. An appeal was
taken. The prosecution was instiga-
ted by liquor dealers who claim that
the constabulary interfere with them
and allow first class hotels to escape
the penalties incurrd.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-01-29

THE PRoPosED RAILRoAD-We
publish inside the result of Il meet
ing of those interested in the extern
sion of the milwaukee, and Prairie
du Chen Railway from Monroe to
some point an the Mississippi. The
Importance of this extension to the
citizens OF Iowa and La Fayette
counties should not be overlooked
Chicago monopolises the trade of
this vicinity. 1t is a we'll known
fact that milwaukee in many par
ticulars, is q much better market
than Chicago; but as we have no
communication, we are shut out
from it.
"Compctition is the life of bust
ness IF this road is opened the G
will inevitably be competition be-
tween the railroads, which will re-
ducc the tariff the two cities will
compete with each other and we
believe will make profitable induce
ments TO those who have q choice of
markets. Many predict that the
proposed road will tap the Miner
al Point road at Riverside and run
up to CaIaminc. thence to Plattevllle,
and on to the Mississippi; this would
open the resources of Grant County
which is one of the richest agricul-
tural counties in the state. We
hope our citizens will interest them
selves in this matter and help set the
in motion that will ac-
complish the desired object.-Mil-
Point Democrat.