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Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

A clear case of domestic infelicity'
was witnessed by friend few DAYS
ago IN passenger car in which be
was travelling The wife and two
children occupied one seat, while
the husband sat directly opposite,
across the passage way Little
'Johnny was very obseryant and
talkativc, and made many remarks
in a very loud tone Of voice. The
father finally grew impatient, and
requested Johnny to make less
noise whereupon the partner of
his jaws turned upon him the eon-
quoring glance of her flashing eye,
and exclaimed, Now, you Just shut
your mouth--you're played out
The meek husband subsided, and
the passengers Uttered.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
CHESTER Jan. d

- Halls District, Mrs II. Hall,
Teacher; 10 scholars. This school
Is taught ina private house. The
seats are uncomfortable; and the
sch GLARS are obliged to sit near to-
gether but Notwithstanding were
quite orderly. The singing was
quite interesting. The most Of the
recitations were good.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
OAKDALE,Jan %, 1861.

Browns District. Mr.. FL. w.
Partch Teacher % scholars. The
school house in this sub-district is
(about 1Ox15) small and very in
convenient, and when all the schol-
ars are present, it is very much
crowded. The scholars (except one)
were very quiet and studious, TIE
recitations good, and | was r.uch
pleased with the singing. e.dr. P.
is teaching good school, notwj' .b
standing the disadvantages of = lit
tie log house. n :
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

The GAINESVILLE Gazette says An
drew J ohnson has become remark
abla for the number Of bills he is
.vetoing. But congress has become
still more remarkable for passing
hills that oughtto be vetoed ~
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

One Of our exchanges thinks Mex
leo would be better off if Napoleon
and Seward were both in Paradise.
To this another replies: Yes, but
how would the citizens OF Paradise
like it Z
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
KNOW THY DESTINY!

MADAME f. +. THoRNToN. the great
English Astrologist, Clairvoyant and Psy-
chonetrician, who has astonished the scien-
tihc classes Of the Old World has now To-
Gated herself at Hudson, n. Y. Madame
Thornton possesses such wonderful powers
Of second sight as to enable her to impart
knowledge of the greatest Importance to
the single or married of either sex. While
in state Of trance, she dclineatcs the very
features of the person you are TO marry,
and by the aid of an Instrument Of intense
power, known as the Psychomotrope, guar
entecs to produce a lite-like picture of the
future husband or wife ofthe applicant, to-
gcther with date Of marriage, position in
life, leading traits of character, &c. This
is no humbug, as thousands Of testimonials
can assert. She will send, when desired
certified certificate, or written guarcrtce,
thnt the picture is what it purports to be.
BY enclosing n small lock of hair. and
stating place of birth, age, disposition and
complexion, and enclosing 80 cents and
stamped envelope addressed to yourself,
you viii receive the picture and desired in
formation by return mail All communi-
cations sacrcdly confidential. Adrcss in
MADAME +. F. THORNTON, p
o. Box 223. Hudson, II. Y.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
The Etna and Phoenix Insurance

companies are announced to have
lost each $75, 1000 by the great FIRE
at Vicksburg last month. 1866 has
been the most prolific of losses to
Insurance Companies. Few have
made fair percentage Of increase
to their assets, others have dimin-
ished them, and not a few have i'm
paired their capitals. Before long
the figures for the year will be made
public, and they will be startling.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
N 'anhood: How Lost, How
b" r. Restored <.&#t.

Just published, new edition ofDR. CULvERwELL
CELEBRATED ESSAY on the radical cure (without
medicine SPERMATORRHEA, or Seminal eek
ness, Involuntary seminal Losses, Impotency, Men
tai and Physical Insapacty, Impediments t. Mar
riage etc, also, CONSUMPTION, EPILEPSY, and Fits,
iuduced by self-indulgence or sexuel extravaganza.
Price in sealed envelop, only 6 cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable essay,
demonstrates, from thirty years. successful prac:
tce, that the alarming consequences Of self abase
h~ radinaIy a,rod without the dangerous Of
internal medicine or the application Of the knife
pointing out mode at once simple. eortain, and
eectual, hy means of which every sufferer, no mat
ter what Ills condition may be, may cure himself
cleaply, privately, and radically.
This Lecture should be in the hands ofevery youth
and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, to any ad
dress, postpaid receipt of six cents, two post
stamps. Also Dr.. Cuverwell's Marriage Guide"
price 20 cents. Address the publisher.
CHAs. J. c. KLINE & co,
127 ROwery New York Post Of
fee box 4 ,586. q, n49r7yl
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
PHOTOGRAPHIC,
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,


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sTEREQsCOPIC VIEWS OF THE WAR.
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sTEREosCoPIC VIEWS ON GLASS,
Adapted for either the Magic Lantern or the Ste
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PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, .f
We manufacture more largely than any other
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Our ALBUMS have the reputation OF being superior
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Card Photographs Of Generals, States
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Our Catalogue ernbfaces overFIvE THOUSAND DIFF
ferent subjects including reproductions ofth most
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Photogf apiIers and othersorderipg goods Q. O. D.
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their order.
The prices and quality Of our goods cannot fail
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Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
HOWARD ASSOCIATIONS
PHrLADBLPHIH PA.

Diseases of the Nervous, Seminal,
Urinary and Sexual Systems--new and
reliable itreatmentA Reports Of the now
ARD AssocIATIoN-Sept by mail in sealed
letter envelopes, -ftse of -ebargt! : hddress
DR.. j. SKILLrN ,HouGATOS, a. Howard. A.
sociation, No. 2 South Nine Street Ph,a.
delphfAs Ps ,tn~ ~thSis I,ors
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

The individual who tried to clear
his conscience with an egg is now
cndeavoring to raise his spirits with
Yeast. If he fails in this it is his
deliberate intention to blow out hls
brains with bellows, and sink
calmly into, the arms of q young
lady ~ ,. art t4~r -.f..TaI
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

A bill has been produced in the
New York Senate to enable hus-
band and wife to be witnesses against
each other in certain cases.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

A Western editor, in speaking of
a concert singer, says her voice is
delicious-purc as moon light, ana
as tender as a three shilling shirt.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

Oh, never in the world beneath,
or in the world above, did printer
hear sweet sounds of bliss-dear
tones of heavenly love-more thrill
ling to his inmost soul, Us when, with
kindly glance a patron says: "Oh,
bless your heart, I'll pay you IN ad-
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

Snooks says the reason he does
not get married is, that his house is
pot large enough to contain the
consequences.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

What is the difference between q
battered dime and new pennyt
Nine cents
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08

III - E-l.T EEIl AItsF = !.
The Universal Clothes Wringer, the best
in use, elsewhere advertised In our col
umns; may bs found,at the store Of Moon
Il Hunt, Every family stsould have one:
jr@.,7 -as H~asss
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
Mrs. ID. O. PRESTON.

Would announce to the people Of YER
NON Springs and vicinity that she is pre-
pared to do BLEACHING, PnRssINs, TRIM
N1Ho and all other kinds of Millinery work
in the most approved style. t,yl "A.
Also, Dress Making, Cutting, Fitting
and Fancy Stitching done on short notice.
alv7] Vernon Springs. June IA, 1866.
Weekly New Oregon plain dealer. (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1866-1867, 1867-02-08
The eourtship of DR.. Sam johnson

i lie eourtshlp or Dr. Sam Johnson
was q model one, as an evidence Of
disregard of position in society
When paying his addresses to his
partner he stated that he was Of
mean extraction, poor and had an
uncle who was hanged. His s~eet-
heart responded that she feDit no
disgrace to be poor, as she, ,"as poor
herself, and all though she never
had any relative who Sas hanged
she had fifty who derived to be
The Mt. Pley ant Jowc;;ty' on
Mr.. George Pil' OF sR;nr e; in his
tional state 'ae Baass went to the Ma.
dcpositing it, whioSst the s,npu5 pu55pGsss pesossd ID
there being a death ihhao n.y. fam;lv ~
the president. That nj NJ F.n
closed, his house securH, 90 r.
supposed, all the doors, anA laced
his pocket book containing noSs and
money to the amount of $5NOO
under his pillow. In the moraho
the pocket book with all it contain
ed was gone, the doors were unlock
ed and upon examination the closet
showed signs Of being occupied the
night previous, in which it was sap
posed the theft was secreted. The
pocket book, with the notes was
found last Tuesday in the yard Of
DR.. Pearson by a member Of the
family. The thief is not yet de-
tectcd.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09
MEMPHIS TENNESSEE FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 8. 1867

ance wheel, the regulator, the guardian
angel of husbands trust, confidence
and prosperity. Politically, socially,
morally and spiritually, man requires a
wife. Man needs home. The Romans
gave bachelors no legacies. Corinth de-
MED them sepulchre. Athenians scourged
them In Plato's commonwealth at the
age of thirty five, they were fined. Man
is but half a man without wife. In all
your gettings, get wife, and never rest
from getting until you get married.
Better live in an attic nnder the hal
lowed influences Of a wife than revel in
palace of dissipation. Marriage is
the legitimate basis Of a genuine home.
Look at the deplorable condition Of the
young men Of this. country without
homes. Boarding houses have TO eleva-
ting society of women, no place of men
tai or moral improvement, no altar OF
prayer, no angel of love"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09
From Alabama--The Crop PrOspeCis-ROg'
istration.


istration.
Correspondence Public LEDGER
HuSrsyILLI. Ala, August 7. 1867.
Our prospects for crop are very good
both corn and cotton-in this vicinity.
The South is making, generally an
abundant supply of corn for the next
year. so I hope there will be no more
cries Of starvation among the "rebels,
though we seem to be cursed at both
ends and damned in the middle with lit
tie military kings and disgusting sstraps
Of one sort or another, emanating from
the headquarters of the best govern
ment the world ever saw l was in
Gainesville yesterday, when registration
was going on, preparing Cuffy to vote
de Radical ticket; which, doubtless, they
nearly all will do, and thoroughly
Radicalize our State and the South.
Comparatively but few of the whites are
permitted to register, throwing the voting
power of the State into the hands of the
ignorant negroes by an overwhelming
majority. Then won't we have glorious
country. l suppose Tennessee has re
elected that old curse of the earth (com
pared with whom the devil is pink, old
Brownlow, Governor Of your State again
Is there no hope that the Lord will re
move HIM hence to the care of the devil
where he properly belongsP J, c.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09
The Moon.

1t appears that our great terrestrial
time piece, hitherto supposed to be keep
ing most perfect time, requires correcting
and rating In the course of the last two
thousand years, it has lost nearly an
hour and quarter, says the Quarterly
Journal of Science, and, compared with
its motion at the beginning Of that inter
val, it is losing one second In twelve
weeks. The day is also lengthening,
and will continue TO do so untilit is equal
in length to the lunar day-that is, to
our lunar month. The inhabitants Of
the earth may console themselves, how
ever, for the rate of change will diminish
continually, and, even if it did not, thirty
six billions of years would have 10 elapse
before the change would be fully effected.
But although the races at present inhab-
iting the earth are not likely to be af-
fected either for good or for evil by the
process of change we have been consid'
ering, it is impossible not to look with
interest into the vista of the far future,
and trace our earth in its gradual pro-
gress to the condition now presented by
the moon--to its degradation, may we
not surmise, from the position 1t now
holds as a life. sustainer. Looking back
ward into the far past, We see a progress
of like nature through which our moon
has passed, while the earth's strong in
fiuence has been exerted on her rotation,
coercing it down to correspondence with
her revolution. We see her subjected,
meanwhile, to other changes not less de-
structive. The bloom Of life has long
since passed from her face. Who shall
say that our own beautiful earth win not
nne day reEemhle her 2
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

B9~ An English paper says that when
a counterfeit is presented at the Bank of
England the gold is instantly paid for it
If it comes from some known person he
is only asked where he got it, If from a
stranger, the cashier signals to his de-
tective, always in waiting, and the Off
Ger follows secretly. Before many
hours the bank is in possession of the
strangers biography. The offender, once
arrested, is likely to be tried, convicted
and sentenced within two days; where
fore Great Britain is not an inviting field
for that branch of industry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09
The Oldest Relic Of Humanity.

The oldest remnant of mortality extant
is the skeleton of one of the earlier Pha-
raohs incased in its original burial robes,
and wonderfully perfect, considering its
age, which was deposited about eighteen
or twenty months ago in the British mu-
scum, and is justly considered the most
valuable of its archaeological treasures.
The lid of the coffin which contained the
royal mummy was inscribed with the
name of its occupant, Pharaoh Mykeri-
mus, who succeeded the heir Of the builder
Of the great pyramid, about two centuries
before Christ Only think of it; the
monarch whose crumbling bones and
leathery integuments are now exciting
the wonder of numerous gazers in Lon.
don, reigned in Egypt before Abraham
was born, and only about two centuries
or so after Mizraim, the grandson of old
Noah and the first of the Pharaohs, had
been gathered to his fathers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

peA. The Bolivar Sentinel and Spring
field Patriot, two Radical papers OF
Missouri, have gone out of existence
within the past week. The Republican
of st. Louis, alluding TO the fact, says
that "while it does not rejoice over the
pecuniary misfortunes of its cotempo-
raries, nevertheless, it is some gratifica'
ton to know that Radicalism goes out
of Missouri as business increases and
population comes in. 1t does not pay
near so we'll as it did when bayonets
ruled, and the voice of our people was
tramped in the dust by brute force.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09
p% The Commissioners appointed by

BS~ The Commissioners appointed by
the Government TO select reservations
and treat with the hostile Indian tribes
are in session at St. Louis. The plans
they may have agreed upon have not
yet transpired. A preliminary meeting
was held on the 9th, at which a few in
terebange Of opinions took place re-
garding future movements. Some Of
the members Of the Commission favor
the plan Of assembling the hostile bands
for the purpose of treating with them,
at two different points In order to no
tify the Indians when and where to
assemble in council, it will be necessary
to send out scouts composed Of Indians
Who are on friendly terms with the hos
tile tribes. With regard to the time
when the Commissioners will leave for
the Indian country, ef course, nothing
has been determined upon. The In
dians can only be got together during
the fall Of the moon, a period when
they start on long journeys
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

TARA Washington dispatch to the
Cincinnati Enquirer intimates that Ash
ley, the impeacher, is about to be further
exposed. His tampering with the per
jurer, Conover, will be ventilated next
week. His own handwriting will con-
vict him. A memorandum Of points he
desired to have Conover swear to, the
reward to be given for the service, and
Conover's pardon on the late conviction
of a jury, form the base of the expose.
Conover has written full account of the
overtures made by Ashley. The plan OF
the impeachers, as related by Ashley,
the promise of protection given to Como
yer as a reward for perjury, etc, all will
appear next week.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

Ray The reduction of rates by the At
lantic Cable Company seems to have
been construed by correspondents over
the waters as an excuse for transmitting
very insignificant incidents over the great
wire. A late dispatch informs us that
they have had shower in London. We
had one in Memphis about the same time.
Singular coincidence, truly.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

E@~ Workmen engaged in digging a
canal near Goshen, Indiana, last week,
found the tusk of mastodon, some ten
feet under ground. 1t measured near
three feet and the lines made by that
portion which had decayed show it to
have originally been about ten feet long.
1t is confidently expected that the skele-
ton of the monster animal will be found
in q few days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

BO-0f the immigrants to this country
eighty-one per cent during the past year
have crossed the water by steamship
The sailing vessel as a conveyance of
passengers of any class is fast going out
of date
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

B0-The Broadway Theater, New York,
opened on Monday night last, with q
brilliant list of names, among which are
Mr.. and Mrs. W. j. Florence, Mrs. +. S.
Chanfrau, Miss Kate Newton, Messrs
Lamb, Marlowe and Davidge
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

R@~The Chattanooga american Union
follows one article entitled, Theodore
Tilton in He'll" with another Jefier-
son Davis in Vermont" The two head
lines in juxtaposition are rather striking.
We do not know which of the two to
envy most in their situations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

n@. A very singular disease has made
its appearance in portions of Wisconsin.
Men are taken suddenly sick in the har-
vest field and die in few hours A slight
chill is the only premonitory symptom
of an attack.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

Bd- The New York Herald, alluding
to the prevalence of cholera in the Mis-
sissippi valley, attributes it to the neg
lect of our agricultural interests during
the war-the decomposition of rank and
uncultivated vegetation.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

B0- The Representative in Congress
of the Thirteenth District Of New York,
Thomas Cornell, is said to be the largest
individual steamboat owner in the United
States. he owns altogether nineteen
steamboats, and propsllers,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

Ba- The Virginia farmers on the
southern border of the State, in connec-
ton with the farmers Of the northern
counties Of North Carolina, have formed
an agricultural association.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

TIE Rev. Henry Morgan has been lee
turing in Boston upon Young Men and
Early Marriage He came TO the fol
lowing interesting conclusions: Ma
ture, history and revelation declare that
it is not good for man to be alone. be
needs a helpmste. A wife is the bal
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

HT Chiguons should be ven secured.
A Young lady went through a fashiOna-
bic street in Boston the other day with
one dangling down her back. The arts
tic eject was lost-And the ehignon
nearlT %.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

s6- -Carlin, the Freedmen's Bureau
agent at Nashville, has telegraphed to all
the railroad Offices throughout the State
offering to hire to them on moderate
terms" any number of laborers they may
need
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

DG- An Eastern paper says that while
the Surratt trial has occupied forty eight
days, Berezowski, who attempted to as
sassinale the Gar, was tried and con-
victed in two hours.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

p6- The pressure brought to bear upon
the street railway companies Of St Louis
has forced them to reduce the fare from
six TO Eve eents--it having been raised
% the former price a few days since.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

R@The lodging houses for working
men, designed by the Emperor Napoleon,
forty eight of which have recently been
erected, are highly spoken Of
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

BR-Active measures are to be taken
at once to remove the distractions from
ths Tennessee river under the appropri-
alton made by the last Congress.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-09

Loss By Portland Fire. July lth.
-rHE Total amount covered By tho Altna PoIl-

II vi u JOLhl dTn0unI CONoT0u Dy Lub (fhL0B
1 cies on property destroyed or damaged is
$206,S54. on which salvage will be about five
per cent. Our total loss will not vary much
from 5000 900, and was promptly adjusted and
paid. This sum is five per cent. upon the Com
pany's assets. q figure but slightly exceeding
our Government and State taxes paid last year.
or proportion equal TO 5000 loss for COM
pany Of $4,000 assets.
The necessity for insurance and the value of
wealthy, strong corporations is torcibly il
lustrated by this fire. Several weak insurance
companies are destroyed. Portland has
population of 35,000-was handsomely built,
mostly fine brick or stone struetures-protected
and screened with UPWARD Of 5000 shade trees
bounded on three sides by water-indeed,
literally, almost rising from the ocean--and
with steam fire department-yet it has &c.,
000,O0O of property consumed in few hours
upon a holiday when its people are least oeeu-
pied-from the very insignideant cause of a
contemplate frecracker.
Remember tho triiing origin of fires that
sweep away in few hours the earnings o.
years. Consider your best interest and give the
Etna Agent call il you need proper insur-
anoe security. Pay a fair rate of premium for
a good and genuine article, and with these
lights and experiences before you, procure
your Insurance with shrewd judgment.
Applications for insurance promptly attended
to by Ii. A. LITTLETON II CO., ACTS.
Y5-lS No. % Madison street.