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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
Che President and Secreta ries.

New HAVEN, June 27.-The President
left Hartford this morning and was receiv-
ed ut the depot here with cheers. A large
crowd escorted him to the city hall, includ-
ing military escort. Bells were rung and
flags displayed. Gov. English introduced
him to the mayor, who extended hearty
welcome. The President returned thanks
for this manifestation of respect not only
to him Us citizen but rs chief magistrate
of the nation. II have tried to be presi-
dent of the whole United States, not q
part of it. There were two kinds of cour-
age. One is physical, which man must
have to meet an enemy on the battlefield.
The other is moral, which gives man the
strength to stand in the councils of the ma
ton and face those who may endeavor to
overthrow all our liberties. In the midst
of oil this l had but one anchor from
which | never permitted myself to cut
loose. Conscientious conviction was my
courage, the public good my aim, and the
constitution my guide. The storm has
passed and the skies are becoming bright
er. Then, why cannot we all unite in one
common effort to restore concord and peace
to the country"
The President was frequently applauded
and three cheers were given for him at the
close.
Secretary Seward was also introduced
and made few remarks of compliment
tary nature. Postmaster General Randall
also made u few remarks in response to u
call.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

DoN'r BE ExrRAvAGANr.-If the poor
house has any terror for you, never buy
what you don't need. Before you pay
three cents for Jewsharp, my boy, as
certain whether you cannot make just as
pleasant a noise by whistling, for which
nature furnishes the machinery and be-
fore you pay seventy-fve dollars for a
great coat, young man, find out whether
your lady would not be just as glad to see
you in one that cost half the money. If
she would not, let her crack her own halle
puts and buy her own clothes. When you
see man spending two or three dollars
foolishly, the chances are FIVE to one that
he will live long enough h to know how ma
ny cents there are in dollar. If he don't
he's pretty sure to bequeath that privilege
to his widow. When man asks you to
buy that which you have no use, no mat
ter how cheap it is, don't say yes until
you are sure that some one else wants it
in advance. Money burns in soms folks
pockets and makes such a bg hole that
everything that is put in drops through
past finding.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
CHURCH CHORES.



The rum-fend, as our temperance friends
love to call him, is Catching it, very Sc
verely now in every direction and II he
were not accustomed to this sort of thing,
and frequently the recipient of the most
deadly blows in public from those who are
most devoted to his service in private, we
should think him in a fair way to get his
quietus. Philadelphia has liquor law,
at least as stringent as that of New York.
Boston luxuriates in law still more no
table, for it is wholly prohibitory. Still,
by some means or other, drunkenness still
thriyes in ''the Hub and is as prevalent
as ever, and the more difficult it is made
to obtain drink of intoxicating material,
the more inebriates are found reeling
through the public streets.
They have discovered in Boston, that
force will never insure sobriety. A GER
tain amount of liquor will be imbibed by
certain people, and that amount will ever
be forthcoming for their use, despite all
the interdicts in creation. We find it so
in New York, just rs they have found it in
Boston and elsewhere, and just as they
will find itin Philadelphia. In Massachu-
sets they proposed, in consequence, to
adopt judicious license law, and so reg
ulatc an evil they could not psevent but
it was promptly voted down by the extre-
mists. In the end every state will have
just and honest license law. They will re-
cognize the necessity of submitting to the
logic Of inexorable facts, and act accord
ingly. Good liquor is not poison. Bad
liquor must be. 1t is wise to prevent peo-
pie from poisoning themselves, if possible.
But how to do it? Clearly by licensing
proper places, SO that good liquor may be
surely not by placing liquor un-
der such legal ban that the most abomin-
able compounds will be greedily swallow
ed as forbidden luxury.-Erch.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

CHICAGO, March 26.-Now that the dog
question is one Of the prevailing topics,
would like to say few words on the sub
ject, il you can spare me corner in your
paper. l say-and think majority of
the people agree with me-these dogs are
an unmitigated nuisance, without re-
deeming feature.
Ipresumc there was nothing created in
vain but what musquitos and ours were
called into existence for, unless to try the
patience and Christian forbearance Of man
kind, is to me an enigma.
To leave the little matter of hydropho-
bia out of the question, would it not be
we'll to remove these disgusting creatures,
for the room they take? I? There is not
room for them in this crowded city, and
their room would be, / think, decidedly
better than their company. They are al
ways getting into a persons way on the
sidewalk, or yelping ut his heels.
Another reason which might be urged
against them US forcible argument for
their determination is their utter worth
lessncss. Yet they can be made to serve
one good purpose, and only one. Each
and every one of them would make an ex-
cellent target for the marksmans 8 revolver,
which would be safer and surer method
Of dispatching them than by poisoning.
They are Of no use to anybody. They
might be the death of somebody, and they
are an eye-sore to everybody, or ought to
be. Therefore, let the vile excrescences be
exterminated. Let Chicago take the lead
in the good work. Other cities will soon
follow and, when every dog throughout
the land has had his day, let there be pro-
claimed national thanksgiving for the
curse removed. DOGMA.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

when he's at the house, l heard Miss
Spriggins tell Aunt Polly so, they wait till
he's gone out to spellin' school or to see
the minister's wife and talk about rheu-
matiz and red flannel and hot poultices
for sore chests, and after he's gone they
bring out the nice things, and ent 'em by
themselves, with lots of pickles, he don't
get anything but bread and cookin'- butter
and stale doughnuts that are left over from
Saturday bakin's, oh, / know how them
things are done, but there's Bob calm me
and we're goin' bird-nesting, for l know
where there's yaller-bird's nest chock
full of eggs, mother says it's cruel and the
birds don't like it, and that wouldn't like
to have my egg stole if l was bird, and
l don't think l should, but I amt u bird
you know, and that makes a difference,
and if you want to print this you can, for
next to bein stage-driver and pirate I'D
like to be an Editor, for you fellcrs don't
have to tell the truth, and you can 90 to
the circus without payin'. JOHN PAUL.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
WHOLE No. $50.
II Not, why Not :

As an argument in favor of confscating
Southern lands and giving them to the
freedmen, Wendell Phillips says that ne
gro labor has cultivated the land and made
it valuable. lie asks, should the race
whose toll has made fruitful fields Of the
Southern swamps. and indeed itself Great
ed the wealth Of the South, be left still to
toll on in poverty, dependent and land
less
As "conRscation'' is the favorite theory
on which Mr.. Phillips and some others are
to base agitation for some time to come,
it is certainly well to have clear under
standing Of their logic thus early. Black
labor has made the lands valuable-hence
the blacks should have the lands, is the
argument. While applying this reasoning
to the South, suppose we try it on ut the
North. With US, have not millions drudg-
ed and toiled who have had no direct in
tcrest in the soil they have cultivated and
in the property they have made valuable ?
Have not thousands labored, while only
tens and twenties have owned? Shall not
labor have its own? BY all means. Let
us have an equal division Of property in
the North. Let n commencement be made
in Boston, and the large property of Wen
dell Phillips be divided among those who
were the hired help vf his father, and fol.
low on in order to Wendelrs coachman.
gardener and servant girls. Let those who
have labored that he and his might live At
ease, surrounded by comforts and luxu.
ries, come in for share of the wealth
which Wendell Phillips enjoys. but not q
dollar of which Wendell Phillips earned
by labor. And then let the process of di-
vision 20 on throughout the North. In due
time, If the experiment is successful, we
shall in the end touch the just ground Of
perfect equality and strict justice which
Mr.. Phillips philosophy provides for the
South. If not, why not ?-Utica Obserrer.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

AMERICAN FEET.-The New York Hide
and Leather Journal notices few Of the
differences in the shape OF the pedal ex-
trcmities of people in various sections of
the country. Shoes made for enc locality
are not adapted for all. For instance, y
broad shoe, wide in the shank, is best ad-
apted to the Eastern trade, narrow sole
meeting with but little favor. Rhode ISL
and, though the smallest state in the Un-
ion, can boast of some of the biggest feet
that ever trod sole leather. The Middle
States require simmer shoes and higher in
the instep than the East. The instep grows
higher as we progress southwark, COM
mencing with Virginia, and the foot short
er and more plump. Rarely, at the North
does full grown man wear less than a
No. 6, running up in the scale Of sizes to
No. IL, but in the South many full sized
man wears fours and fves, and seldom
over mines.
The ladies of the South, adds the Charles
ton Courier, have confessedly always had
the smallest and prettiest feet of any race
in the world.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

We were highly amused last evening,
says an exchange, at hearing the following
story told by person in illustration of the
peculiar logic Of an opponent. The speak
er said, few years ago he was livingsin
Missouri, and his neighbor had negro
named Ephe, who was regular attendant
at church, and was proud of his Bible
learning. lie was saving wood one day
while his masters son, lad Of twelve
years, was looking on, and now and then
asking questions. (which oh de Apos-
ties does you like best ?" asked Ephe.-
swell, don't know" drawled the boy.
II likes Sampson" said Ephe .he was
SO strong and piled up dem wicked folks
So" why, Ephe.' replied the boy,
Samson wasn't one of the apostles Ephe
put down his saw, looking at the young
ster moment in amazement, and then
asked him with air of triumph, "look
here, white boy, how old is you p 81 am
twelve" replied the boy. "Well, Use for
ty now, who ought to know de best 2 I
axes you dat"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

What CONSTITUTES TRUE FRxESasoN ?
We have seen hundreds Of members Of
the craft who had q good knowledge Of
our rituals and were tolerably versed in
our history, literature and laws; who yet
were very far from being genuine masons-
1t requires something more than these
In the language of another, he is not
Frecmason who stands with folded arms,
saying, "Temples can be built without
me-" and he is not Freem.son whose
heart is too narrow to be, so to speak, the
seat of those pilgrims Of heaven
love, forgiveness, charity. But he is
Mason who, without pharisaic ostentation,
bows down his soul to the Great Archi-
tect who with mallet Or pen, in the field
or ON the seas, in the counting-house or
the workshop, in the.castle or cottage, full
fills the mission confided to him the chosen
man, of laboring for the unceasing welfare
and progress of humanity. He. in fine,
is Mason whose device is intelligence,
kindness.-1Masonic Tidisgs.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

A New TWIN BRoTuER.-U. s. Senator
Wilson, in recent speech before the Bos-
ton Anti-Slavery Society, said:
IL regard Slavery and Whiskey as twin
brothers, the enemies of the human fam
ily," &C."
Mormonism was formerly the twin
brother, now j. is Whiskey soon it will be
Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, as it now is, Cider
Lager Beer, and Claret Wine.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
TO A COQUETTE.

How often have you told me, dear.
That patience IL virtue!
I'm nearly out of it, fear,
You naughty little dirt you.
l mean to throw your chains away,
And fit some other set on;
Forgetting that unlucky day,
The day that first We met on.
mean to play . boldcr part.
And (slowly, dear, but surelyD
Win lack the iascerated heart
You thought your own securely.
The toy take away from You
Shall elsewhere be presented,
And still may look ~ good as new
II properly cemented.
I'll send you back that lock Of hair;
The photograph (untinted)-
1t made you younger than you were,
Al I've already limited.
I'll send the letters, every note
Why, folks would hardly credit
The sprawly, peaky hand you wrote;
And yet always read 1t.
About the brooches and the rings,
You may ~ well return them;
My letters, too, the silly things-
/ wish at once to burn them.
Farewell: but stay we must contrive
One meeting ere we sever:
ri call tomorrow, dear. at five,
And say Farewell forever"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

"Plsyins Dsster"
We. ask the pardon Of the "medicals'
for relating the following suggestive anec-
dote, at the same time we invite fathers
and mothers to "make note OF it,:
Harry was the son of physician, and
often amused himself by playing doctor
compounding his powders and pills out OF
the sand and gravel out Of the garden;
One day, while thus engaged, Q large toad
hoped near him, and, seating itself leis-
urely upon its launches, proceeded TO open
and shut its mouth. as if inviting the doc
tors attention. It was catching flies.
"Good morning, Mr.. Toad, !" said Harry,
delighted ut the idea of having live pa
tient. "Come to be doctored? Got the drop.
Mr. Toad winked and gulped, as much
rs to say, "Yes, sir very bad
''Yes, yes, understand your case 'zac-
tly. Yon jes' please to wait a minute, land
Ill cure you, double quick"
Now, it happened that Harry had seen
his father prepare compound rhubarb
pills that morning, and it occurred TO him
that here was favorable opportunity to
test their efficacy. In less time than it
takes to write it, the aspiring young doc
tor secured one Of the confding patient.
"Guess I've fixed you now," soliloquizcd
the doctor, "When cures, cures, and
when don't cures, kills"
Mr.. Toad gulped and swallowed, and
began to bloat, and bloat, until Harry
thought he must be the very frog alluded
to in his reader, that tried to outdo the OK.
A moment more, and the poor patient
and expired. Ills tiy.catching days were
ended. His doctor had killed him!
Harry buried his dead patient with
grave face, and sat down to mediate upon
the virtue of compound rhubarb pills.
Whatever was his condition afterward, he
could with difficulty be persuaded to take
his fathers medicines, always objecting
upon the plea, "rhey killed the toad !"--
| UUtcLD,an and Reflector,
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

Mr.. c., a clergyman of neighbor-
ing town, being recently absent from home
on business, his little son, a lad of four
years, calmly folded his hands, and asked
the blessing as usually pronounced by his
father at their morning meal. At noon,
being asked to pronounce tho blessing. he
replied, with grave face, g No, l don't
like the looks of them taters T.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
An Irish brick-laycr was ono day bro

An Irish brick-laycr was one day bro't
to hospital, severely injured by fall
from house top. The medical man in
attendance asked tho sufferer at what time
the accident occurred. Twelve o'clock,
yer honor" was the reply. On being ask
cd how he came to fix the hour so accu-
rately, he answered, Because l saw the
people at dinner through a window as
was coming down.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
Tho Dictionary sf Gentleman.

We believe it is we'll known that Presi-
dent johnson has been remarkably alb
stemious man ever since the .taur pas he
INDUCED in when he was indicted into Of
fee as Vice-President. 1t is admitted by
all who have access to the facts that, since
that day, he has been model of strict
temperance. And yet Wendell Phillips
continually asserts, in his public speeches,
that the President is drunkard Were
we to assert that Mr.. Phillips himself does
drink quite as much rs the man he 30 re:
viles, we should only state what is unques-
tiOnably veritable. How indignant he
would be, though, at such suspicion of
inebriation! Why cannot politicians as
sail each other in q manly, straightfor-
ward, rational manner Why should men
of talent, at any rate, resort to the epithet-
ic weapons of billingsgate, and stoop to
the mendacity Of low demagogues and
coarse party hacks
There are men, of course, who have not
the mental grace and culture necessary to
avoid the use of falsehood and yulgarity.
They are blackguards by nature and only
gentlemen by assumption. They employ
the vocabulary Of the pot-house whenever
they get excited, and fancy themselves elo-
quent when they are only disgusting. We
could point out u journalist who is an en-
inent instance of this character, and vet
he is one of the first to denounce such
characteristics in other people. But from
Wendell Phillips we expect better things.
He has learning, wit, taste, choice diction
and refinement. Why should he volunta-
rily place himself on a level with the foul
tongued phalanx of brainless common abu-
sers ? Let him assail the President or any
other man he deems in error: but for the
sake of example, for the sake Of intellec-
tual refinement and the true nobility Of
genius, let him confine himself to the die
tionary of gentlemen ?-Erch.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

The citizens Of Baraboo, Wis, are be-
coming highly excited on the subject of
temperance, and are holding series Of dis
cussion, on the following question-''Is Is it
morally right to raise hops for the general
market?" Why don't they ask ''Hans Van
Steenix, of tho Brewery?'
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

We should hate to have to bail the Rad
ical editors who abuse Horace Greeley for
bailing JEFF. Davis. It would take a good
deal of hard bailing to bail all the dishwa-
ter and puddle water out OF them.-LO,t
rifle Journal.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10

Brasidas, the famous Lacedamon gem
eral, eau sht mouse it bit him, and by
the snme means made its escape. "Oh,
Jupiter p cried he, "what creature 90 con-
temptible but may have his liberty if it
will contend for it."
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
r. s. RATHBUN,
AND HOUSE OF MERCY.

Howard Association Reports, for Young Men, on the
Crime of Solitude and the Errors, Abuses and Dseas
es which destroy the manly powers and create imped
ments to Marriage, with means OF relief. Sent
i'm sealed letter envelopes, fee et charge. Address
DIR. J. SKILLIN H0UGllTON Howard Assiociatioa,
Philadelphia Pa.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
noR0RIus COmMAMDERY,
CHARLES A. oPITZ,

aaDs Has moved his Shoe Shop down -
xMU Main Street, one door west of the Wcs-s
tern Hotel, where he may be found ut all times
ready to accommodate customers with welnade Doors
and SHOES any size, style quality He respectfully
soicits share Of public patronage. Repairing neatly
done. McGREGOR, IOWA.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
Valuable Property

FOR SALEl
vuNIE sll Of nwA, Sec. IA, T. 99 r. 11-sO acres
l. First quality unimproved Prairie Land in Howard
County, miles from the new and growing town Of
CrescO.
The nw1@ Of Sec. %, 7. 9s, r. l7-l6O acres. Coed
Prairie land well wstered In Mitchell Co., and within
miles Of West Mitchell.
The sea Of sea Sec. %, T. no. R. q. in Rice Co.,
Minnesota.
Nine acres of Timber Land of of the neL Sec. 7,
T. 103, II. IL, in Fillmore Co., MINI.
Also Lots Is and l6, in Block 35, Prairie du Chen;
Land Co.'s Addition.
Lots and 2, in Bock17, Town of Mazomapie, Wis.,
Lot 6, In Block 70, Village of Clayton, Clayton Co..
Iowa.
Lot 8. in Block 2l, and Lot g. in Block !, Town Of
North McGregOr, Iowa.
Also one-third interest In the following described
property, to-wit:
One hundred and twenty acres of Timber Land, with
the Water Power. Saw and Stave Mills, with Machine
ry complete and in running order thereon.
Also 40 acres of Land, known the Fillmore Mill
Property, consisting of Large Stone FIGURING Mill,
Burrs Machinery and appliances therein complete for
making best merchantable flour, together with the
Water Power Barns ards, Town Lots &c, &C..
situated and being in the Town of Fillmore, Fillmore
Co., Minnesota, all Of which will be sold cheap for
cash.
For terms and particulars, apply to
Thomas Arnold.
Assignee of Lee Il kinnaird
! McGregor, Feb 9, 'G7. 53Stf
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-07-10
UNION HOUSE,
McGREGOR.

p. FURY, Proprietor.
Having recently purchased this House, the Proprie
tor begs to say that he has it, added to its
capacity Hotel and he respectfully asks share OF
public patronage The best attention given, good
fare and reasonable bills, Good Stabliuy. ass