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GENTS to canvass Tor the
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Apply 10 N. NJ. PERKINS 4 Co.
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BOarssers Wanted,

A CLERK in a Bookstore. One with some Knowl
IL edge ofbusness preferred
CARTER & DRESSER, 20 Exchange st.
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Nv EIoctniciiu

The khsuluslie, che eoaty the iaIae aHd the I.tv
leap with joy, an move littLe ssiIfv au1 el,afe-
" % yenihi tie hearl brain J. COOKED he most
et,en nniss r1furtds tile iilronth ds tssnlgtcs 70
moved taiufness converted o. ti..nr veal me- ID.
strength the blind male o. , the dta ar au,l
lhe lrai-ed t,ssa "a naNs aPsght. The banishs- a
F"uth are ohiitetatti5 We AfrlnlNNa fuiaIurs loo
rfeyenieii tc eaisa.lins % oitaec atvislea an
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AsST3ON saErs.
a. PAfTEN - co., Aa..,o.,.r.
OFFICE EXCHANGE STREET.
tis' hing and Dry Goods at Auc-
finn

4 ~ FRIDAY, October 18Th III 10 o'clock A. NJ, a
" general asSOrl ment Of over and Unccr Goats,
Pants, Vests, ladies' Cl0als, Shirts and Drawers,
furnishing Goods, Blankets, QIills, Com tcrs and
Beds. No postpOnemcnt, as every article must Q
sold, t Cctl7dtd
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AN MONDAY, Ogiolar 2f>f. az 10 0'Gioek A. NJ, I
III, Nj Ian sell On Gfeeiheaf St.; new soy and
ht Mouse WITH three rooms finished air the balance
unfinished. Lot 50 nv 10 teet 'Flsa proertv must
&c s,'', anu chers tine oll OItunity Tor l1boring
easy. r.H ..s.. II a. nj Al 49, A,iihs
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Cook Wanted.

M ALE and Female. Extraordinary ind uceinent
Iel Inquire OF
September 80. diff A. M Nc KINNEY
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nj LET
Toilet.

TTiHE whole or hall of the tenement the corner
4 OF Spruce aud Emery Streets. Enquire on the
premises for further information. asg a
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Farm at Auction.

III M. CHARLES x %.
100 Federal Street, Portland, Me, aud 81 Hanover
SLiecf. HD,fatiI NlaSS.
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TRY GOODS, J lated Ware, Watches, Shirts and
u Drawers, Army Houses, Pants and Coats,
Blankets, Rubber Coat, Bed spreads, sheets, Cutie
ny, Naiieties. A and Wall Tents, &C., sc.
~ Auction sales every evening, and goods at PR
vate sale during the day. ft
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MI ARlNE, staiiohary, Portable, and Hosting En-
IVA CINE Patterns and Drawings
AT AuCTION.
on the premises Of the Mystic Iron Works, az Mys-
tic Bridge, Conn,
On TH UsSDAY, Sses. 2fih, 1867,

u u ~ 10 OTcIuCA 4. IT.
twenty sets OF Patterns for high ani low pressure,
prepeler, Si.e-whecl, Stationary, Portable, and
cSlinder with fu and complies working drawings
one new p.opellcr wheel. II feet diameter, rs iect
, 1867-11-05
IIAYTI

Intelligence has been received by the
Packet from Jacmel, that on the 18th
there was q terrible riot in Port-au-Prince
at eight O'clock in the evening, which
has no recent parallel but the scene of
the 23rd February which preceded the
abdication of Geffrard. 1t appears that
the disturbance arose through an expla-
nation being demanded in the Assembly
why General Leon Montas was still
chained in prison in the Cape. The Min
listers replied that State reasons would
not permit the Government TO give any
explanation. simultaneously the mem
bers rose and demanded that the General
should be released, as it was ~unconstitu-
tlonal to keep him confined in a dungeon.
Shortly after this some six or seven thou
sand men and women appeared in front
of the House of Assembly, and assaulted
the place with stones, fred their arms,
shouting "Vive Salnave." The Members
fed in all directions. The cry of the
mob was that-"the rich should divide
their goods with the peor!' and they
threatened to plumber the stores. The
foreigners as we'll as the respectable peo-
pie in Port-au-Prince had lost all hope Of
preserving the public peace. The Nation
al Palace was fred at two or three times
during the riot. The post left before the
close of the evening, and the result was
not ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cleaner, oath Oct.
-
, 1867-11-05

OF the Tea-Meeting, which was held
in the Danish School-lIousc in this town
last evening, in aid Of the funds, for the
Sunday School, we learn, that there was
a large attendance. Many charitable la
dies contributed handsomely on The oc-
casion; and on the whole everything
went off satisfactorily. Too much praise
cannot be given 10 the Reverend Willie
NOES, for his energy and zeal, to pro-
mote the interest of this meeting J; and,
while We attribute merit to the reverend
gentleman, we shall not forget to men
ton the thanks that are due TO Mr.. Andrew
Jackson, for his exertions in this matter.
The military Band kindly lent their as
slstancc; and performed many lively
pieces; closing the evenings amusement
with the Danish National Air.
, 1867-11-05

clemenc of the weather, to erect tents,
and loo Q themselves there. What
Christian Brethren is all this7 No
help! No aid! No assistance The
very bread is denied them ; for the ba-
kers, either cannot afford TO bake the
bread or refuse doing so. Judge! Chris
tian Souls Of their sufferings. and en-
deavor to come TO their relief! Where
is the subscription-list we spoke off,
His Excellency the Governor, who has
tened to st. Thomas and st. Johns-the
scenes of disaster-arrived in this Island
last evening, via Frederiksted.
, 1867-11-05
TUESDAY, 9TH NOVEMBER 1867,


THE all-absorbing topic, and really
distressing news, at this present moment,
and which concern every one of US, with
out distinction, as to sex, or class, are
the accounts from st. Thomas and ST.
Johns; and the other Islands, which have
suffered so much, from the late catastro-
phe-the great Hurricane.
The Government Schooner "sVigilant"
arrived here last evening by which ac-
counts were received /; that thare was
scarcely a house LEFT standing in the ISL
land of st. Johns that the people there
were suffering much and that the in
habitants of st. Thomas were in great
distress. So much, that many families
were without a shelter; and they had,
from dire necessity, and to avoid the in
, 1867-11-05

lion In 81. CrOlX OF snakes OF the narnl-
less specie (for which purpose it would
not be requisite to proceed farther than
to this island, although they may be
more plentiful in South America) would
merelytserye as a help in keeping down
the rats more in some places of the island
than in Others, through the nature of
their habits and Of the surroundings of
places where they may be situated, their
presence will not secure TO planters the
entire extinction of rats; for whereas the
Author of the article above alluded 10,
mentions that spiders rid us of flies,
every one knows most positively that
they do not rid us of flies, they merely
contribute towards the no greater in
crease of the latter as it must he. evident
to every one that Notwithstanding their
help, flies are generally plentiful, and at
times extraordinarily annoying. Now if
spiders which no one willingly kills as
they do not cause US the repugnance in
which snakes are held, but either -admi-
ration Of their delicately worked webs,
cannot keep flies from being at times a
nuisance, how can we expect that snakes,
(which every one generally, and especi-
ally where they are not aboriginal, hold
in loathing, and will kill, notwithstand-
ing all prohibitory measures taken) will
in any greater degree rid US of rats?
They might serve in a way TO help keep
ing down the rats, but what is to qua
rantee the planters, who were with the
aid Of terriers able 10 kill, from four to
five thousand annually, that solely with
snakes, they will obtain equal or better
~results2
All that is required to enable planters
in st. Croix to gather daily q similar pro-
portion of rats, if they are as abundant
there as in. Porto Rico, which / think i'm
probable, would be for them to have
constructed as here, traps made of the
leaf %cocoanut tree, covered over with
clay and placed in such aposition that as
soon as the bait which here consists of a
small piece of hard %cocoanut kernel is
touched by the rat, it falls crushing its
victim to death. Here the traps are
placed around the cane pieces at the dis
lance Of from 90 to 25 feet apart, and
upon the estate above referred to there
are at least, five hundred traps in use, for
the continued renovation of which, their
setting and s%tringing the rats, which are
buried in the manure deposit to add
thereto, two men are employed, who
each day after gathering in the morning
their harvest, construct q dozen new traps.
will endeavour TO make some draw
ings representing the appearance of the
traps before and after being covered with
clay and are sat.
For the construction of the traps a
piece of cocoanut stem with leaves is cut
towards its extremity of about one and a
half feet long, the small part by an Incl
sion made thereon, being firmly tied to
the middle of a flexible branch, which is
then doubled, and ends tied, with cords
to the other extremity of the cocoanut
stem, in the form Of a bow, the ~cocoanut
leaves are then twisted and tied round
the aforesaid flexible branch, commence
ing with said texture at the broader ends
and terminating on both sides in the mid
die or bend Of same. The clay is then
, 1867-11-05
$ G. o q o Q < a V Q 5.

'DuL 60 iLfeTe uuTlHB tire iHiRHC, u piece
of flexible but streng branch is placed
with both extferhities firmly driven in the
ground which gives it the appearance of
a bow, the height being about one foot,
the trap is then by being attached at its
head to two strings about a couple in
ches a part ending in one string of six
inches long in all, to keep an even bal
ance thereto to which string a piece Of
strong stick of about a foot long is tied
and a small nail driven at its other end
the bait is then pierced by another small
pointed but strong stick Of the same
length; the tied stick, then by a single
turn over the standing bow, lifts. up the
trap to a desirable height and is main
tanned firm by slightly connecting the
nailed head of sticks to the baited one
which thus by being placed vertically
under holds the trap ready as soon as
the %cocoa-nut kernel is touched, the
trap falls and secures lis prey.
Although the contrivance is simple in
the extreme, as in the case of even the
simplest machine it is requisite to learn
its working by practicing in the presence
of a proficient, | think it advisable for the
planter who may be DESTROYS Of adopt
ing the aforesaid system of trapping to
send here an intelligent laborer who could
soon learn the way Of constructing and
setting the traps, and be ~ulterior teacher
to others of his class.
With the hope that the foregoing de-
scription willmerit the attention of par
ties interested and that the plan recon-
mended for catching rats may prove Of
Interior benefit to the planters of your
island.
/ remain Sir,
Your obdt, srvt.
G. MONEFELDT.
TO the Editor of the "St. CrOix Avis !!
Dear Sir,
| beg leave to inform you that several
of the traps for catching Rats, mention
ed and drawn up, in my sons letter,
which l copied for your information yes
terday, have now arrived and in posses
sion of Mr.. VIM. Henry Heyliger, who
no doubt will be glad to let the planters
interested have a look at them.
Your obdt. servt.
E. MONEEELDT.
1st Nov. 1867.
=.
, 1867-11-05

Strisiiaasird, 81, gruix.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14
Acaident Insurance.

Accident insurance is undoubtedly the
cheapest, simplest, and most economical
branch of this important business. The
weekly or monthly instalment is so small,
that the every day laborer can afford to pay
it, and always feel that it is remunerative.
There are no technicalities about it it
needs no law to define it. The wayfarer
can understand all its provisions. 1t is
the most economical, because there is not
a minute in the day that persons are not
liable to accidents. No class is exempt, t,and
there is no protection available against
them. The farmer, especially in these days
of mechanical inventions, when machinery
is doing the labor of hands, is all the time
liable to accident. The country papers
TEEN with accidents of this description,
caused by mowers, threshers, reapers, and
other machines. The engineer is always
on the verge of accident. Railroad en-
ployees, carry their lives in their hands
Sailors face an accident every time they
ascend the mast. Teamsters are liable to
injury every time they drive their. team.
Nor is the case much better with those who
do not pursue manual labor. The profes-
sional man is powerless to prevent acci-
dents. The merchant, whom business
compels to travel, is always exposed to
innumerable casualties by sea and by land
Accidents are as diverse as pebbles. They
come when least expected No estimates
can be based upon them. No law governs
them. Every man every minute Of the
day is exposed to them, and usually when
he thinks he is absolutely free. This being
the case, it would seem to he the part OF
ordinary prudence and common sense to
protect ones self against the results as
much as possible. They involve the loss
O: valuable time and heavy expenditures
An equivalent can be rendered for these
results by the outlay of a mere pittance in
some Of the many excellent companies or
ganized for this purpose.
Every principle of economy, cheapness,
and simplicity would indicate the value OF
| this kind of insurance It hardly needs
any labored argument, it seems to us, to
enforce its Importance. 1t should only be
necessary to point out some Of the general
principles, to persuade every man to take
these wise precautions against dangers
which hang about his every step.
GEO. II. OTIS, Agent, Dodgeville, Wis.
for the Northwestern Accident Insurance
| Company of Madison, Wisconsin.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

ONE REASON FOR MARRYING.-A bachelor
friend of ours is about getting married for
no other reason than to have some one to
take care of him when he is ill., The treat
ment he received at fashionable boarding
house, the last time he had the ague, has
cured him not only of single life, but
single bedsteads and single mattresses
He ordered, he says, the servant to bring
him some cruel on Monday morning,
but which he never got till Wednesd ay
afternoon. During his confinement, not a
single soul visited him save the young
gentleman who cleaned the knives he
came not for the purpose Of consolation
but to inform him that ''Missus would be
much obliged if Mr. Skeesiek would do his
shaking on chair, so as not to get the
bedstead apart" This was the feathe.
that broke Skeesick's bachelorship. From
that moment he resolved to connect bis
fortunes with piece of dimity.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

DREADFUL AccICENT-On the LIST OF
February, while W William H. Penberthy was
descending a shaft by a rope, in the lead
mines near st. Claire, Franklin county
Mo-, where he had been at work some
months, the rope broke, and he fell dis
tance of twenty feet, so injuring himself
internally, that he died in about three
hours.
Mr.. Penberthy's home was in this vii
lage, where large circle of relatives and
friends mourn his untimely end, He
served in the army as sergeant in Co. G.
3lst Wis. Reg, for three years. Accom-
panied Sherman through Georgia and the
Carolinas, often being in exposed and dan
gerous positions, but escaping without
scratch. He was twenty four years old
and unmarried
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

WANTED TMMEDIArELY.-Two active, en-
ergetic young men to take the undersigned
sleigh riding. We claim to be good look-
ing, and as full Of fun as seventeen year
old girls usually are, yet during all this
time of fine sleighing, no one has invited
US take ride. If insisted on, we are will
ing to pay toll at every bridge crossing,
culverts included Residence on st.
Call any evening. MARY Il MARTHA.
Here is fine chance for couple of
young men. Think of two such girls be-
ing obliged to advertise for sleigh ride,
while there are so many gay young fellows
about town. Then remember they are
willing to pay toll, 10 to work, young
men and find these girls, and while you
are doing so, decide upon which road there
are the greatest number Of bridges and
culverts.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

W@The Democrat says the citizens of
Mineral Point were victims to the tune of
$500 in the Crosby Opera House Lottery.
More fools they, we say. If they did not
want to loose their money, they need not
have invested. They knew the terms, or
if they did not, they ought to have done.
We are unable to see that any change was
made in the advertised programme, with
the single exception that Mr.. Lee sold the
Opera House to Mr.. Crosby for less sum
than persons generally think it was worth.
If the business was done fairly,-and we
have no reason to think otherwise-the
Opera House only cost Mr.. Lee five dol
lars, under which circumstances he could
abundantly afford to be magnanimous, and
reward the man who had dealt so fair with
him.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14
Wisconsin Legislature.

The Legislature does not appear to be
doing much business of consequence yet.
A number of matters Of a general nature,
such as the assessment law, railroad freight
and passenger tariff, &C., are under con-
sideration, and will doubtless be disposed
of in due time. As usual, quite number
of local and private bills are before the
Legislature Among other bills which
have been passed in the Senate, we note
the following
To amend law of 1866, relative to the
Wisconsin central railroad company to
provide for the payment of clerks of CON-
mttees to provide for the distribution of
! school moneys in certain cases; appropriate
ing $l5 of stationery and $40 of postage
stamps to the officers of the Senate, and $5
each of stationery and stamps to the mes
sengers; to provide more stringent laws
in regard to strays taken up; making
copies of the records in the Adjutant Gen
erals Office, and certificates of the transfer
of land from the United States and State,
| evidence in certain cases authorizing the
State Treasurer to settle with the stock
holders and bondsmen of insolvent banks
| for balances due the State on their circu-
lating notes giving the distribution of
5000 copies of the report of the State Su-
perintendent to that officer; to repeal the
law, appropriating to The Governor money
to take care of sick and wounded Wiscon-
sin soldiers, and transferring the fund on
| hand to the general fund, and to amend
| chapter 264 of the laws of 1860, relative
to apeals, writs of error, &c.
The following bills have passed the As
sembly since our last issue.
Amending chapter n, laws of 1865 sreg-
| ulating trade in certain cases; relating to
insurance in incorporated cities and villages
by individuals and by corporations bot
formed under the laws of this State;
amending section 4, chapter II, revised
statutes, concerning. fences and pounds;
increasing the salaries of Supreme Court
Judges from $4,000 to $500; incorpor-
ating Milton college.
The Senate bill making certified copies
from the records in the Adjutant Generals
Office prima facie evidence in courts was
concurred in.
The bill revising the assessment law was
made the special order for each evening
until disposed of.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14
WISHING.

OF all amussments for the mind.
From logic down to fishing,
There isn't one that you can lind
So very cheap as 'twishlng."
A very choice diversion TOO,
If we but rightly use it,,
And not, as we are apt to do,
Pervert it, and abuse IT.
I wish-a common wish indeed
NV purse were somewhat latter,
That / might cheer the child of need,
And not my pride to flatter;
That might make oppression reel,
As only gold can make it,,
And break the tyrant's rod of steel,
As only gold eau break IL.
I wish-that Sympathy and Love,
And every human passion,
That has its origin above,
Would come ard keep in fashion;
That Scorn, and Jealousy, and Hat,
And every base emotion,
We're buried fifty fathom deep
Beneath the waves of Ocean.
/ wsh-that friends We're always true,
And motives always pure;
wish the good were not SO few,
wish the bad were fewer;
/ wish that parsons ne'er forgot
To heed their pious teaching;
wish that practicing was not
So different from preaching.
1 wish-that modest worth might be
Appraised with truth and candor;
I wish that innocence were fee
From treachery and slander;
wish that men their vows would mind; !;
That women ne'er were rovers;
/ wish that wives were always kind,
And husbands always lovers.
/ wish-in fine-that Joy and Mirth,
And every good Ideal,
May come erewhile, throughoutthe earth,
To be the glorious Real;
Till God shall every creature bless,
With his supremest blessing,
And Hope be lost in Happiness
And Wishing in Possession.
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Clerk of the Circuit Court.

In this part of the State, where
scarcely day passes but we hear of some
one getting either badly hurt or killed out
right, by accident in the mines, no person
who is in any way connected with them
should neglect for day to get insured. If
he is single man, it is duty he owes to
himself and friends. IF he is a married
man it is duty he owes to his family
In the first rank ofaccident insurance com.
panies stands the Northwestern, of Madi-
son. The officers are we'll known and
honorable business men, and the stock
holders are men whose reputation for fail
dealing and integrity is thoroughly estab
lished in this State. The Northwestern is
the company for Wisconsin men to insure
in. Geo. H. Otis is the local agent at this
place. See advertisement.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

CHANGE.-The Madison Journal says
Mr.. George Hyer, proprietor of the Union
Office, has sold that establishment to Mr..
Montayne. of Rockton, Illinois. Mr.. Hyer
whose health has for sometime been poor,
intends going upon farm near Rockton,
which constituted part of the considera-
ton for the property he has sold. Colone
Calkins will continue connected with the
editorial department of the Unioa
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

Throw IT TO THE DoGs.--If every house
wife will throw her cheap, worthless kinds
of saleratus and soda to the dogs, and use
only the Best Chemical Saleratus, there
will not be so much yellow, heavy bread,
and biscuit to be seen, and consequently
not so many ..dyspeptic, ailing persons.
Get paper, and if it does not suit, your
money will be refunded.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

CoN. AMD.--Gen H. c. Hobart in his
speech in the Assembly on 9Th inst. on
the Constitutional amendment, takes the
ground that the Moposed amendment was
just, sound and good in every particular,
and declared his intention of voting for it.
This speech will naturally attract consid-
erables attention when it is remembered
that Gen. Hobart was the Democratic can
didate for Governor in 1865. His views
are in direct opposition to those of Paul,
Eldredge, Brown, Hadley, and Doolittle,
nevertheless they will be sustained by the
people, because they are in accordance with
genuine Democracy, and reputation Of
the bogus material issued by that party
during the last few years.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-14

w-In Ripon, where wood can be bought
in almost any quantity for from $l.50 to
S1.75 per cord, the Commonwealth is COM
planning of the growing scarcity Of acood,
and recommends the hunting up of beds
of peat. What would our Ripon friends
think of paying from $500 to $500 cord
for wood the whole year around as we
oave to do; or what would be far worse,
paying the Mineral Point price of from $40
to $15 per cord.