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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-31
NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
~ signed viii, on the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1867, at the front door of the Post Office,
River Falls, Wis, proceed to sell the follow
ing described real estate of N. N. Powell, de-
cpacad fo-uif
, 1867-06-14

FOREIGN AGRIoULTURE.-The last pub
lished report of the Agricultural Commis-
sioner gives some interesting statements IN
regard to foreign agriculture. In Great
Britain, last year, with seventy>seven mil
lions of acres of land, and twenty-nine mil,
lions of people, eleven millions of acres
were devoted 10 cereals. France has one
hundred and seven millions of acres and
tbirty,seven millions ofpeople, and she had
tbirty-uine millions of acres devoted to rais>
ing cereals, and fifty>eight millions of acres
devoted to grass growing aud grazing. In
Austria, with one hundred aud fortys6ve
millions of acres and thirty-four millions Of
people, there were twenty>six millions ol
acres of cereals cultivated, last year, while
Italy, with twenty-fOur millions of people,
devoted twenty yseven millions of acres out oi
sixty-eight millions to cereals. The cultiva'
tion of the potato is carried on most exten>
sively in France, that country having pro
duced two millions Of bushels last year, while
England produced four hundred and ninety
eight thousand, and Ireland produced one
million bushels.
, 1867-06-14
Recoanitlon.
comes a wanderer, staff in hand,
ward returning from distant land.

There comes a wanderer, staff in hand,
Homeward returning from distant land.
His beard is tangled, his face is brown;
Will they know him again in his native town 7
Enraptured, be nears the city gate,
Where the tcller of yore is standing in wait.
Twas youthful eomrade, true and fast;
Once many wiue>cup between them passed
Yet strange-ths toll>gatherer knew him not
Do beard and sunshine bis features blot?
He shakes the dust from his trodden boot;
He turns in silence, with brief salute.
Behold-his true love stands at the door; B.,
Thou blooming fair one. We come once morel
But the maid, unconscious, remains unmovedI
She knows not the voice of her once beloved.
He bends his steps toward his ehildhood's home
To his cheeks so brown the tear-drops come.
Near the cot his mother is vending her way
"God bless thee, belovedP is all he can say.
The mother she turns and shouts with joy;
In her arms she is clasping her truant boy.
Though the sun may swart, and the beard may
grow,
The mother, the mother her son doth know.
, 1867-06-14

PoLITEsT OF BURGLARs.-A burglar recently
entered a house in Buffalo, n. Y. and appropri-
ated to himself gold watch and 500 in money,
bearing himself in the following unique manner,
as described by local journal; "He was in the
house about three-quarters Of an hour, and is
described as having voice soft, gentle and low,
excellent thing in n woman or a burglar. He
restored one watch on being told that it was a
keepsake, as also fifteen dollars in gold and sill
yer, which had been kept for a long time by
Mrs. White. On knocking some pictures from a
table, he apoOgzed and asked ii he should re,
place them. He expressed his regret at Mrs.
Whites sickness, and hoped for her speedy re-
covery, at the same time stating that he was not
used to burglary, but had not eaten anything for
four days"
, 1867-06-14

BISMARCK AND PoLAND.-Count de Bis.
marck, in repudiating in the Parliament of
Northern Germany the pretensions of the
Polish deputies, expressed himselfas follows /:
"The re-establishment OF the Polish Repub'
lie on the limits Of l772 is only fantastical
dream of the nobility of that country The
thing is impossible, for there are not Poles
enough in the world to accomplish it.
Amongst the twenty-four millions of inhabi.
tants of that territory, there are only seven
and one-half of Poles, and of that number
one million is dispersed in various countries.
They, therefore, demand that six millions
and half Of their countrymen should rule
over eighteen millions of inhabitants, mons
Pol sh. But the state of affairs in Gallicia
shows the state of feeling entertained BY
the latter towards the Polish domiuition
Nor is it even certain that the six and half
millions desire the supremacy in question
l have no desire to extol the rule of Russia,
but the people Of the country districts in
Poland have still more confidence in the Rus.
SLAMS than in their own nobility. Renounce,
therefore, gentlemen deputies of Poland, the
idea of keeping Europe in commotion, for
you are deceiving yourselves as to Jour own
strength. Unite with US and with the ma
jority of your fellow-countryWen, the peas
SAINTS, to enjoy the benefits of civilization, to
which the confederation of the North is
about to give fresh securities. But to the
Reichstag | hold up the example of the
Poles as a warming, showing the condition
to which powerful empire may be reduced,
when directed by warIike nobility, prefer
ring liberty to security. The whole energy
of that nobility is at this day insufficient to
re.establish that empire. As the poet says ::
What thou hast at one moment refused,
eteruity will not bring thee back"
, 1867-06-14

How TO TELL Coop FLoUR.-A correspondent
of the Farm and Fireside gives the following di-
rections for determining the quality of -four !:
"Place thimbleful of four in The palm Of the
hand and rub it gently with the finger of the
other hand. If the -four smooths down under
the finger, feeling silky and slippery, it is of in
ferlor quality, though of fancy brand, high
priced, and white as the driven snow drift. 1t
has either been too low ground, or made from
grown, damaged, or perhaps wheat having al
unusual percentum of gluten-murdered with
dull burrs, and will never make good, light
wholesome bread. But if the -four rubs rough
in the palm, feeling like fine sand and has an
orange tint, purchase confidently. 1t will not
disappoint you. Such flour, whatever may be
its branded eputation-though in price it may
be at the lowest market fgure-will make good,
light, nutritious bread"
, 1867-06-14

RAISING CoLTs.-Never expect to have
good horse if you cram your colt it can
not be DONE The old adage in Vermont,
ga ragged colt makes the best horse"
means everything. Your colt, then, should
run with its dam until it has reached that
condition of the stomach which will enable
it to digest solid food. Then take your colt
and let it have abundance of free cold air to
begin with, and in addition to that, avoid
the feeding of grain until it is three years
old, as you would avoid feeding brandy and
water to your children when they are little.
1t is astonishing how many nice colts are
ruined BY the excessive use of stimulating
grain food in their infancy, SO to speak. Let
your colt mature slowly, its bone grow prop
erly, its digestive functions be properly or,
ganized, its flesh in the proper condition
never fat, horse fat is the poorest fat in the
world-keep it upon the best hay 10 winter,
and good, sweet pasture 10 the summer, and
you will make the best possible horse of that
olt.-Dr- Loriag, in Massachusetts, Agri;
culturist
, 1867-06-14

CHEMICAL ToYs'-Dr' Edward DIVERS
lecturer on natural philosophy at Oharing
Cross Hospital, in London, writes TO the
London Times caution against the dangers
of chemical toys. Some OF the toys named
are sod here, and the warning will apply;
"Pharaoh's Serpeuts, composed OF sul>
pho-cyanide of mercury, are highly poisonous
and during combustion evolve most noxlous
, 1867-06-14

The STRIKE FAILURES labor strikes are
generally giving out The carpenters in New
York have nearly all abandoned the movement
The iron strikers in Morris county, New Jersey,
bave gone to work again at the old prices Aud
similar Intelligence comes from other parts of
the Middle States. The truth is, the dullness of
the times is exceedingly unfavorable for striking
10 many branches of business employers are glad
Of an opportunity to curtail operations, as they
are not carrying them on to any profit, Where
it is otherwise, enough laborers can be drawn
from those who are already out of employment.
As to coercing those who would like work by
means of organizations or menaces, that can
never prevail long In this country. 1t is the sub.
stitution of tyranny more outrageous than any
which has heretofore been laid to the charge of
capital. In short, the futilty of strikes is seen
in this that they fail in dull times, because en-
plopers are not in the mood to heed them while
they are useless in prosperous seasons, because
employers are generally willing to secede to
proper terms without them, rather than to stop
work and lose profits.
, 1867-06-14

A MISERABLE old bachelor grumbles about
the large buttons, adorned with animal de>
vices, which ladies wear on their dresses,
and says some carry as many as fifteen head
of oxen while others move around with a
large stud of horses. He suggests that by
making these buttons plain, concave and de-
tachable, they would answer for portable
crockery. During the coming picnic season
ladies may tighten their baskets BY using
their buttons in lieu of plates and Saucers
, 1867-06-14

A HAUNTED hoIse in Saginaw, Michigan.
from which the ghosts have driven several
families who attempted to occupy it during
the last three years, by -irrepressiOle NOISES
has been taken possession of by deaf man.
and the spirits will have to resort to some
other means than noise to rout him. The
result is au1iously watched by the believers
in the marvellous.
, 1867-06-14

How TO HAVE MEALY PoTAToEs.-lt is difficult
to get good potatoes, and harder still to get them
cooked so that they may come upon the table
mealy and fit to eat. At this season of the year
particularly, and until the new crop comes, al
most all potatoes when boiled, are apt to be
water-soaked and soggy, and we are sure the
lovers OF this esCulent will thank us for giving
them receipt for having mealy potatoes every
day in the year-nOt fancy one made to order
for a cookbook, but one that will stand and has
stood the test of constant practice. 1t is very
simple, and involves only slight increase of
trouble and labor over the ordinary method of
cooking "Pare the raw potatoes, and let them
stand an hour or so in basin of water to which
pinch of salt has been added. Boil quickly;
when done drain off the water carefully, and re-
place the potatoes upon the stove, in the same
vessel in which they were cooked, to dry for
FIVE or ten minutes. When ready TO serve, take
each potato and squeeze it gently-but not
enough to destroy the form-in dry napkin,
and place Immediately on the ia 5le The squeez-
ing in the napkin takes out all the water, and
leaves the potatoes that were before wet and
heavy, dry, mealy and delicious"
, 1867-06-14

ODD FELLowsHIP.-Nextt to the Masonic
institution there has probably never existed
a secret society which has been productive
of so much good or done SO many charitable
deeds as Odd Fellowship. Its members may
be found in almost every community and are
almost universally men of character and
standing, thus giving respectability to the
Order without which it would fall to the
ground. The Order in this country received
its first charter from the Manchester Union
of England, in the year 1919. Efforts bad
been made at an earlier date, but, from some
cause or other, proved abortive until the
time above mentioned, when Thomas Will
dey, of Baltimore, inserted cali in the
papers for a meeting of all the Odd Fellows
resident in the city He was an enthusiast
in the Order, and after many trials and
great labor, he succeeded in organizing
Washington Lodge, No. |, which afterwards
obtained charter from the Duke of York s
Lodge, Preston, Manchester Union, by which
it was constituted the Grand Lodge of Mary
land and of the United States. From that
time Odd Fellowship advanced, spread itself
over every State in the Union, and, at the
last report made to the Grand Lodge of the
United States it appears that the jurisdic-
tion of that body extends over Grand LODI
ges in every State and Territory of the
Union, in Canada, in the Lower Provinces
of British North America, and even over
Lodges in the Sandwich islands and Au-
stralia, containing near 5000 Subordinate
Lodges, numbering of active and efficient
members near 100000, aud also 5S7 En-
canpments, with 27 ,593 members, and show
ing an amount of relief expended to brothers
widows and orphans of over 5000, 900, and
an annual revenue of over Sl,800,000.
, 1867-06-14

TIE portraits of Thomas H. Seymour and Isaac
Toucey have been restored to their places in the
Connecticut Senate chamber, whence they were
ordered to be removed, some years ago. on &C
count OF the originals being secession symps-
thizers.
, 1867-06-14
NUMBER 90.
PAPER wArrR PIprs AND CIsrERNs.

PAPER WATER PIPES AND CIsrERNs.-
Some experiments conducted BY an English
manufacturer near London, the past winter,
demonstrate the superiority of paper over
other materials used for water pipes and
tanks, in resisting the action of frost While
in a large brick tank ice formed several
inches in thickness, the watR.i .in~ tank
made of paper boards, right alongside, was
not the least frozen. Some iron pipes which
supplied water to the boiler Of the engine
house from the large cisern burst in several
places OF the thawing of the frozen water
which they contained. Some paper pipes,
on the other hand, filed with water, and
which were exposed in the snow on the
grouud, perfectly kept the water som freez-
ing. In a model house, or hut, made Of
paper, and which was erected on the open
space, some water in open bowls and pals
did not freeze, though outside the building
there we're large masses of ice. These prac>
tical tests would seem to establish the user
fulness Of paper for these new purposes.
, 1867-06-14

PRoyEssoR AeAsslz, in recent lecture, re-
MARKED: "The monkeys of South America were
far Inferior to those of the east. Eastern monk
evs were found so nearly approaching the human
s1ecies. that some naturalists had discovered an
Advantage on the part of the monkey"
, 1867-06-14

A BEIpAL CHAxBER.-A newly married couple
came to enc of the hrst-class Eastern notelsI
the bridegroom, in a manner showing bis newly
acquired importance 10 life, called for room,
the best the house afforded. 'Tnen, you W. wSu'
the bridal chamber said the lanolora. "rs'
Reading the matter, 81 guess Scat any rate
send i. up, if don't want it my wife Will
, 1867-06-14

A young man in Ashland, Ohio, recently Tilted
by q coqnette, who married another, recovered
$3.50 for presents made her during courtship,
and six cents for injured affections.
, 1867-06-14
DIR a. i. HOGG,

OFFICE OPPOSITE cotMAN DRUG STORE; ro
EPIcE HOURS FROM O'CLOCK, A. NJ. TO
I O'Clock, pm
, 1867-06-14

"Would were mani exclaimed a strong
minded woman in her husbands hearing.
"Would you werel" was his only comment.
, 1867-06-14
DIR. y. w. HUNTER,

iL,TE or DAIIEs CITY, RECON- -, z,,,
n rFEKS mis- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES To
| J rEr citizens Of NallH Walla nd vicinity.
= 'r,, ',r, he may be found
iall hours. both Jay and Hsht, wheu not ProieS-
ouylly ENGAGED.
, 1867-06-14

PENNSYLVANIA has enacted a stringent law
against prize fighting. Participants or specta-
tors are liable to ine Of $1,000 and iwprison>
ment for two years.
, 1867-06-14
ayalla avalla STATESMAN.

nr.trsHEp EVERY FRIDAY EVENING, BY
WILLIAM III. NEWELL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
, 1867-06-14

LEWIS Il. GOODWIN, NJ. D.,
JTNENDEES HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
The citizens If Wall1 Wala, in all the depart
mrn,s ol Medicine and SCrgery. Office and resi-
dcncc on Fist street, three doors from the Court
IL. 42-tt
, 1867-06-14
pn :. SIIOUE.

10HYSICtAV. SURGEON AND ACCoUCHER,
IIat.nf Portland. Oregon, has located himself
IN Wmln WIIA. C,Ezrrtption~ in Frereh, GYnIan
and English C>rf.c> Moderate.
~ Office on Main -, {et. opposite ColmlnS Drug
Store residence TaEd ktree. second door from the
-, II,,,, 2ltf
, 1867-06-14
DIR. ]. z. MooRES,
Physician, Surgeon and AccOucheur'

At THE "CITY HOTEL" WAITS,
[ burg. ". T., where he may he found at si
llr. u-. n.. ah.ent ON pr-fe5.ional hnsln ess 4el
, 1867-06-14
n g Official Paper for the Territory.

ou,o Statesman Building, Third Street.
, 1867-06-14

urDvS INVARIABLY IN ADvANCE.-ea
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-08
THE CHESAPEAKE PIRACY.

Lieutenant John G. Braiue. OF the Robe1l
Navy, and His COndnemeut In Kings C0usty
Jail.
The Of this officer has been again brought before
the public by the publication OF lengthy letter ed
dressed BY him to exAdmiral Semmes the present
editor Of the Memphis Bulletin in which he seeks
steamers Chesapeake and Roanoke In tho year 1853.
The Lieutenant lie at present confined 10 the KiugD
County Penitentary awaiting trial. for which the sov-
eminent 10 ready and the prisoner totally unprepsree
being in want Of funds to defend bis case ~ he would
require are at present soournng In Canada and Eng
land and In the States of Virginia and Florida and thae
from the lack Of means he 10 unable 70 ensure
their attendance his trial Ho says that he 10
lisving the good faith Of Abraham Inoolns proclms
ton and resolved 70 return to private life and obey the
laws. He also defends his right to capture tho vessel
In question; which right, according 70 hs statement
partly in the court Of Nova Scotia when the Unted
States government LAID claim to the steamer The
Lieutenant complains Of being confined In such place
as he regards IL Furnishing man before his trial o.
the other officials he speaks very highly for their knd
treatment of him; but complains OF III health
and absence from his family, children aadk
widowed mother. He cannot understand why
as himself should b set free, and punishment thus
inflicted ON who did no moro than others, and who
Ii without the means 70 obtain for himself properral
Al regards the capture Of the Roanoke he asserts that
months pay and indemninsd captain and barkecpsr
for tho loss Of any property which belonged TO he
sonally Under the present state OF affairs Il IL
hard to tell when the trial OF this exrobe ocer may
come Of He looks pale and wasted, and would, no
doubt bs much improved were no allowed 70 regaa hss
Ibertv
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-08
NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY, AUGUST s. 1857.

during the war, indulging in all sorts Of nego-
uaaons with the enemies of the country in
Violation of Law, Stanton urged that he should
be proceeded against just as If he were not
Greeley-just as if he were any other dan
gerous man caught in acts that Congress had
designated as crimes Stanton even made out
the order for Greeley's arrest; but the too
amiable President would not sign it, and so
saved the philosopher. But the philosopher
remembers, and Stanton must expect no favor,
as he felt no fear.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-08

Greeley parades limping apology for tho
State Convention, which, like all apologies Tor
failure in duty, makes the matter worse. He
argues that, although it is nine weeks since the
body assembled, it must not be accredited
with ali that as working time, since it has only
had as many sessions as 1t might have had in
four or five weeks. Whose fault is that That
the minority rules the Convention is given as .
reason why nothing is done, and is doubtless
O consequence of the fact that some few leaders
have undertaken to bully members az to the
way in which they should vote. The truth
seems to be that the Convention is about
equally divided between practical men and
political quidnuncs. The quidnuncs know
everything, say everything and want to do
everything, and they have kept the Convention
discussing for nine weeks pitiful topics Of no
possible Importance; and the practical men
seeing this, and seeing little chance Of being
able to get at the real work-having, mean.
time, their own affairs to attend to-have vir.
tually abdicated their positions and gone away
in disgust, leaving the field to the quidnuncs.
They will make constitution to their taste,
no doubt, and when it is presented to the
people it will be rejected.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-08

bourne when she announced to him her int C..
ton to ma,ry Prince Albert: 81 am very glad
Of 1t you WIN be much more comfortable !;
for a woman caunot stand alone for any time
in whatever post ION she may be-" And there
is still higher authovity for adding that " it is
not good for man to be alone" II well be-
comes such an exemplary wife and mother as
Queen Victoria has been to devote the leisure
Of her declining years to writing about the en-
joyments and duties of family life. So long as
family ties are held sacred bOth her example
and her book .will be duly ho0ored every
where.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-08

DR.. Harris, Registrar of Vital Statistics,
reports that nine hundred and twenty-three
persons died in the cities of New York and
Brooklyn during the past week, Of whom four
hundred and afty-six were infants, or children
under five years of age. The gross mortality
of the two cities in the seven days was less
by three hundred and sixty-ive cases than the
aggregate for the corresponding week Of last
year; but this consoling reduction is accounted
for by the absence Of cholera from our public
institutions at the present moment these
establishments having been visited by the
scourge in 1866.
The Doctor informs us not only Of the rate
at which we die, but calls our attention to the
more prominent Of the influencing causes
which, in New York particularly, forbid us to
live. In this city three hundred and twenty
nine persons, or about fifty-one per cent of the
whole, were cut of by zymotic diseases,
chiefly Of the diarrhral class. Three hun
dred and ten infants, or 47.91 per cent Of
the total mortality, died from diarrhea and
cholera infantum before they had completed
their first year. Typhus and typhoid levers,
cholera morbus and iniammatory diseases OF
the respiratory system, claimed their share OF
the victims, and one hundred and sixty-three Of
the remainder succumbed to q variety Of attacks
clsssed, very indefinitely, as local diseases"
Cholera morbus, fevers and diarrhesa, with
many Of the diseases which affect the respira-
tory system, have their origin in or are aggra-
J waited TO q fatal issue by the want Of proper
ventilation in dwellings, the existence OF
fetd nuisances in ncighborhood, a
soil which is insuficiently drained, stagnant
water, the crowding of tenements and the neg.
lee. Of personal cleanliness l. is patent that
il is frequently impossible for tho poorer
classes Of the people Of New York TO observe
this latter requirement Of health owing to a
want Of water in their overcrowded apart.
ments. Hence we find from an examination Of
DR.. Harris report that the Sixth, Tenth, Elev-
enth and southwestern half OF the Twenty
second wards furnished the most excessive
harvest" to that inexorable reaper, Death.
There is really no good, reason why this state
Of things should exist scarcely any reason,
with the great natural advantages for hygienit
safety which the situation Of the city gives us
| why our children should be cut of by nun
dreds and our strong men sicken and die
| weekly from "loy.lr or other diseases In