The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-08-08
Clarence Correspondence.


everywhere; favorable reports are com.
Ing in from all parts Of the globe--abun.
dantcrops. And shall we be 20 -nnmind.
ful Of our duty to our Creator o. not to
raise our hearts in thankfulness to God
for the blessings that he il continually
bestowing upon us? There Is no ma
ton on the globe that has greater rea-
son to be thankful than the American
people. When this government was as
sailed by wicked men, who with ruth
less hands pulled down our glorious old
flag and trampled it under foot, when
our country was being rocked from GEN.
ter to circumference by conflicting ele-
ments, when the dark clouds of war eb-
scured the brightness of our national
horizon, in consequence of the sins of
her people-and one OF the greatest of
these sins was trampling under foot the
rights Of our fellow men, ignoring those
inherent rights bestowed upon man by
his Creator, some Of which are life, lib
erty and the pursuit Of happiness,
met with defeat; but when we were will
ling to do Justice to those who had long
groaned beneath the heavy burdens laid
upon them by their task masters, when
our noble President issued his emanci-
patton proclamation, then victory perch
ed upon our banner; the finger Of God
was in it all, he made bare his arm. And
0l,h ot "a al Sc f. =,
blessing US in basket and in store, He
has made ample provision for all. Star
vation's gaunt form will not be seen in
our country" Yes, verify, His tender
mercies are over all his works. hope
that this nation will never forget God.
Nations that once ruled the world be-
came proud, despotic, they set the iron
heel of despotism upon the necks of their
fellows, they forgot God-and terrible
was their punishment; and much more
terrible will be our punishment if we
forget God. Then let the great heart OF
humanity beat and pulsate with thank
fulness to God, for we are blessed with |
good crops and good weather together,
and the farmers are getting on finely
with their harvesting.
The quiet of our little town has lately
been disturbed by burglars. Several
houses have been broken into. The last
,ne visited by these villains was that of
Mr. Eldridge, in the west part of town.
III. Eidrige and wife are visiting their
riends IL Illinois, and Mr.. Davis, Mrs.
Ildrige's BROTHER, was staying with the
amiIy. On Thursday some suspicious
ooking characters were in town, and
ir. Davis and some OF our citizens con-
luded to watch during tho night and
ee II they could make any discoveries.
IN Friday morning, rs Mr. Davis was
ltlIng partly asleep in his chair, with
Is gun at hand, he was awakened by
II. Eldridge's little boy calling out,
Who IL there?" The door was pushed ,
art-way open and a man was advancing
lto the room with u pistol in his hand.
lr. Davis fired, but missed his man, the
hot lodging in the door casing. The I
IAN LETT. My advice to all such mid ,
light providers Is, not to presume too
Iuch upon the good nature of our citi
ems, lest they get hurt.
Last Wednesday afternoon fire broke /
TT in Mr.. Grim'> stable, and commune r
ating with Mr.. Phelps barn, both were
oon IA heap of ruins. 1t was only by /
int of hard labor, on the part of the cit c
Gems, that MIR. Phelps house and Mr.
iecht's barn were saved from the de-
curing element. Mr.. Grim had "A very !,
ne, iaeorite horse burned up in his sta =
he benevolent citizens of our town have i
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mother horse.
Speaking of horses reminds me that =
red. Hecht lately sold Il young horse to t
II Illinois man for $500. | presume n
hey hope to make a second Bashaw of =
i'm, but do not think That he can go
ute as fast as Bashaw Junior. u
Our steam Touring mill is completed,
nd now ready to grind. Messrs. Cess |
,rd and Chappell have worked long !,
nd faithful to get their mill in running
RIDER, and we hope that they may more c
han realize their expectations; SO come a
n with your wheat and have it ground, ,
Or in this country no better mill can be
Ouud; and | presume they will carry
our grlst in and out of the mill for you. {
thiak they intend to le accommodate i
ny. n
A very sad and probably fatal acciden.
appeneu 10 MI. Robert Alexander WHO
esides about four miles west of town,
n last Friday morning. He had an old n
hot gun which had been loaded for =
ONE time, which he took down, and
landing in the door of his house, fired I
at some bee birds near by. The dis
barge blew out the breech-pin, which g
Inferred his forehead just above the left >
ye to the depth of about three inch
:. Drs. Goats and Chambers were call l
d and dressed his wound, but they i
ould give no hopes of his recovery.
Our Good Templars are still prosper
Is finely. hope the temperance cause y
lay go on until lntemperance and drum
enness shall be driven from our land =
Our literary society is in tlonrishins
ondition. The exercises consist in
eading the paper, singing amt dsclana-
ion. ,
was away harvesting yesterday, and
fter | came home, in the evening, / !.
topped into Mr.. Stones store, and pick
ng up the Chicago JournW read y
herein the glorious news from the cleo
on in Tennessee 1t was good news to
Ieep on, and | slept sweetly all night. !.
ne principles OF freedom are bound TO /
btain in the world. May the time soon +
ONE when all the nations Of the earth
nay enjoy the right OF self government
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