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re- 1t is said that one third Ut the whole
amount of sugar produced in the world is
made from beet roots. The sugar beet can
only be successfully cultivated where the
climate is favorable to grapes. 1t has been
introduced in California with success, and
already 1900 tons year Of raw sugar have
been made from it in that State.
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SUMMONS.
Nanitowoc County Circuit Court.
Margret Nolan, Plaintiff,


Nanitowoc County Circuit Court.
Margret Nolan, Plaintiff,
against
Simon Nolan, Defendant
Summons.-tor relief Com. not served
Tie State of Wisconsin, TO cimon Nolan
SIR You are hereby summoned and requir-
ed 40 answer the complaint in this action. of
which copy viii be fled in he Office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court in said County, and
serve copy of your answer ON me at my office
in the Village and County of M2nitowoc, Wis
consin, within twenty days of the service here
of exclusive of he day of such service ; and
if you fail answer the complaint afore-
said, the plaintiff will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in the complaint.
HENRY SIBREE.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Dated October 26th. i D. 1867.
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sss- There lives at Whiting Bay. Island

&c., There lives at Whiting Bay, Island
of Arran, Scotland, a centenarian who was
a companion of Robert Burns. His name
is Ebenezer Bailie, and he is native of
Dalrymple near Ayr. He was born May
It'll. 1867, thus making him 100 years and
7 months old. When he was boy he was
at school and slept in the same bed with
the poet; his brother. tailor. also made
clothes for him, and the two amused thenae
selves writing verses together
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TIRED. RUDOLPH, Wholesale and retail
J. dealer in Wines and Liquors and Rectifer
of Whskey, recommends to his customers and
friends his new stock Of Bourbon sionongaheia
Rye, Old Rye 1.-TWO years. Rectifed Whiskey:
Brandics, Rum, Gin, Arack, Cherry Wine and
Brandy; German, Spanish and Italian Bitters
Rum and Arack Punch; all kinds Of sweet
Liquors; khein, French, Madeira and Port
Wines; Cider and Vinegar. l will wait upon
my customers promptly and sell cheaper than
any one else in this town. Store near the
corner of Eighth and Quay streets, south side
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-12-20

GAR,BALDI COMING TO AMERICA.
Gazetta del Ppylo, of Turin, confirms
the report of GARIBALDI's intended voy-
age to America, and further adds that the
Italia n Government is most anxious to
send him away, in order that there should
exist no further prctext for the French oc-
cupation of Rome.
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Count Notice.

7'HE special term Of the Cifonit Court for
J. the Fourth Judicial Circuit heretofore
held OF the second Tuesday Of January at the
court house in the city Of Shehoygan, will be
held hereafter at the same place. on the first
Tuesday of January. CONNIE ncing at u o'clock
in the morning Of said last mentioned day.
DAVID TAYLOR,
Circuit Judge.
Dated at Sheboygan, Dec. 2, 1857. 20f
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THE RECENT EARTHQUAKES IN THE
WEST INDIES. "A despatch from Havana
has the following:
Forty seven shocks of earthquake, rap
Idly succeeding each other, were felt at st.
homas on the 10th of November. One
shock lasted two minutes. The sea rose
sixty feet on the city, and everything was
submerged The loss of life was enormous,
and immense quantities of merchandise
we're destroyed. The surrounding inhabl-
tants, houseless and destitute, fed to the
mountains. Those that'remained are striv
ing by every means to leave the island.
Every business firm on the island is insol-
vent, and all steamship and other compa-
lies have abandoned it. There was no
coal to be had, and the wharyes are de-
stroyed. The destruction is incalculable at
St Thomas, and also at Tortola and St.
Croix Little Saba is horrible volcano
and nearly burned to ashes
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WITHDRAwN.-Mrs LINcoLN's ward
robe has been Withdrawn from sale at
New York. A good many people visited
the exhibition, it is said, but only a few
sales were made.
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wouldn't Take Twenty Dollars.

Some waggish students of Yale College
q few years since were regallng themselves
one evening at the "Tontine,' when an Old
farmer from the country entered the room,
taking 1t Tor the bar-ro0m, and inquired II
he could obtain lodgings there. The young
chaps Immediately answered IN the ailirnl
alive, inviting him 70 take glass OF punch.
The OLD fellow, who was Il snrawd aAkee,
saw at once that ne was to be made the bntt
OF their jcsts, but quietly taking or his
hat, and telling a worthless little dog be
bad With him to lie under the chair, he
took glass of the pr0iiered beverage.
The students aaxl0usiy inquired after the
health OF the old MAJ wife and children,
and the farmer with affected simplicity,
gave them the whole pedigree, with num-
erous anecdotes about his farm stock etc.
DO you belong to the church p asked
one Of the wags.
Yes, the Lord be praised and so did
my father before me.
We'll, | suppose you Will not tell lie?'
replied the student.
Not for the world" added the farm
er.
Now, what will you take for that dog?'
pointing to the farmer S cur, who was not
worth bis weight in jersey mud
Il would not take twenty dollars for that
dog"
Twenty dollars why, he is not worth
twenty cents.
well, assure you, l would not take
twenty dollars for him.
Come, my friend,' said the student,
who with his companions was bent on hav-
ing some capital fun with the old man.
Now, you say wont tell lie for the world
let me see If you won t do it for twenty dol
lars. Ill give you twenty dollars for your
dog"
I'll not take it, replied the farmer.
Y on will not p Here, let me see if
this will not tempt you to tell lie, - add
ed the student, producing small bag of
half-doars, from which he counted small
piles on the table, where the farmer 5: t
with his hat in hand. apparently uncon-
cerned There" added the student,
there are twenty dollars. all in silver |
will give you that for your dog
The old man quietly raised his hat to
the edge of the liable, and then as quick as
thought scraped ali the money into it except
one halt dollar, at the same time exclaim-
ing, Il won't take your twenty dollars
Nineteen and half is as much as the dog
is worth he is your property"
A tremendous shout from his fellow stu
dents showed the would-be wag that he was
completely done up and that he need not
look FOR help in that quarter so he good
naturally acknowledged himself beat, in
sisted on the Old farmer taking another glass
and then parted in great glee, the student
retaining the dog, which be keeps to this
day, as lesson to him, never to attempt
to play tricks on men older than himself,
and especially to be careful how he attempts
to wheedle Yankee farmer,
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ne There is Il, 600 blind people in the
United States.
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nay The mudheles on the Overland
route are said to be filed up with tons Of
mail matter.
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reA- New York claims that buildings are
going up in that city worth $50, 600, 900.
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r@- The Prince Of Wales has signed the
pledge.
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BY IENKY OiBHEE, DtPuty
Dated November 6, 1867. n
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A letter from Blairgowrie, Scotland,
published in Dundee paper, tells this
story OF a dream:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
A Western Wonder.

The greatest wonder in the State of
Iowa, and perhaps any other State, is
what hey call the "Walled Lake." in
Wright county, twelve miles north of
the Dubuqe and Pacific railway, and a.
bout one hundred and fifty miles west of
Dubuqe city. The lake is from two to three
feet higher than the earth's surface. In
most places the wall is ten feet high,
width at bottom fifteen feet, and at the
top five. Another fact is the size of the
stones used in construction; the whole is
of stone varying in weight from three tuns
down to one hundred pounds There is
an abundance of stone in Wright county,
but surrounding the lake to the extent of
five or ten miles there are none.
No ope can form an idea as to the
means employed to bring them to the
spot, or who constructed it. Around
the entire lake is belt of woodland, half
a mile in width, composed of oak; with
this exception the country is rolling
prairie. The trees, therefore, must have
been placed there at the time of building
the wall In the spring of 1856 there
was great storm, and the ice on the
lake broke the wall in several places, and
the farmers in the vicinity were oblidged
to repair the damages to prevent inunda-
tion. The lake occupies ground SUR
face of $500, acres, depth of water as
great as 25 feet. The water is clear and
cold; soil sandy and loamy. 1t is sim
gular that No one has been able to ascer-
tain where the water comes from or
where it goes, yet it always remains
clear and fresh.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
ASHTABULA, OHIO SATURDAY, MARCH 1e, 1867.

sohile, he scho spends sig-pence more than
he earns mast become poor. This is a
very hackneyed truth but we shall never
be done needing repetition. Hundreds
ofthousands are not only poor but wretch
ed to oday, simply because they fail to
comprehend or will not heed It. We
Americans are not only extravagant hut
an ostentatious people. We habitually
spend too much on our stomaches and
our neighbors eyes. We are continually
in hot-water, not because we cannot live
in comfort on our means, but because we
insist in spending more than we need or
afford. Our youth squander in extra
food and drinks, in frolic and dissipation,
which does them harm instead of good,
the means which should be the nest-egg
of their future competence. When cares
and children cluster about them, they
grumble at their hard fortune; forgetfnl
that they wasted the years and the means
which might and should have saved them
from present and future poverty.
All these are very trite, homely truths.
All our boys have heard them again and
again but how many have laid them to
heart? We assure G. G. S., and every
other youth, that each may become rich
if he will-that "to be or not to be'' rests
entirely with himself; and that his very
first lesson is to distrust and shun by-paths
and short cuts, and keep straight along
the broad, obvious, beaten highway.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
Natural History
Love Of Musical Sounds in Animals

Love OF Musical Sounds I'm Animals /.
Dogs have very frequently displayed
considerable appreciation for music. An
instance or two of the kind have very
recently come under my own observation.
Both of the facts which furnish the
materials of this anecdote occur repeated
ly, one of them nightly, in the winter
season. For as soon as the moderator
lamp is lighted, and placed on the sit
ting-room table, large dog ofthe water
spaniel breed usually jumps up and curles
himself around the lamp. He never up
sets it, but remains perfectly still. Now,
my friend is very musical, but during
the time the piano is being played upon,
the dog remaines perfectly unmoved,
until particular piece is played. He
will not take the slightest notice of loud
or soft pieces, neither sentimental or
comic, but instantly the old tune entitled
"Drops of Brandy" is played he invaria-
bly, raises his head, and begins to howl
most piteously, relapsing into his usual
state Of lethargy as soon as this tune is
stopped. My friend cannot account for
this action of the dog in any way, nor
can we learn from any source the reason
of its dislike.
Again, the wife of hoteLkeeper, lately
deceased, whoresided in Leicester Square,
possessed pet r-dog which delighted
in listening to its mistress playing on
the piano; if the usual hour for her daily
practice passed by, the dog would grow
impatient, snap and bark, and be perfect
ly uneasy until the lady consented to
crafty its wishes by sitting down to the
Instrument and playing a few tunes.
During this operation the dog would sit
motionless on a chair by her side, and
when the music was ended he would
jump down quite satisfied for that day.
/ know a cat which a farmer In Sussex
had for some years, which showed the
same appreciation for music. The far
lner's SON was extremely fond of this cat,
and generally allowed it to sit on his knee
during meal times, and in the evening;
this young man perpetually whistled one
tune only. 1t certainly must have made
lasting impression upon the cat, for
the young man emigrated to Australia
and died hnt five years afterwards land
/ have this story on the authority OF the
old farmer himself a lady came upon q
visit, and sitting down to the piano
played over various tunes, and at last,
accidentally, the very tune the farmers
son ussfto whistle to the cat. The ef-
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
A Wife and Something to Boot,

Old Vivian, a well-to-do farmer, had
some four manageable daughters; and
being one Of those men who think their
girls should get married as soon as they
are out of their short clothes, felt some
what chagrinned that his girls should re-
main on his hands SO long. Now there
was young fellow in the neighborhood
who had been waiting cn the Vivian girls
for some time, and had gone the rounds
from the oldest to the youngest; and the
old man had been anxiously waiting for,
and expecting young Bounce to ask con-
sent for some one of the girls, but as yet
he waited in vain. Bounce, however, had
proposed and been accepted; and the
old folks had not been made acquainted
with the fact. In the mean time young
Bounce had purchased fine horse of the
old farmer, and had given his bill at six
months, for thirty pounds. Well, pay
day was fast approaching, and Bounce
had not the money to meet it; so the day
before the note became due, he made his
way over to the old Farmers, determin-
ed to ask him for his daughter, hoping
thereby to get an extension of the bill at
least. AS good luck would have it, he
met the old man in the yard, and was a.
bout to go through the interesting cere-
mony of asking consent, when imagine
his surprise and JOY on hearing the old
gentlemen break out with the following:
Look here, Bounce, you young rascal,
you have been courtin' my gals for MORN
a year you have been gaddin' and cuttin'
round with the whole on em. Now, your
bill comes due tomorrow, and I'll tell you
what I'll do. You shall marry one of my
gals don't care snap which and I'll
give you good settin' out and your,
thirty pound bill to boot; and if you don't
I'll sue you, by Jupiter!'' 'sIt's a bar
gain," said Bounce; "I'll do it." The
next week there was wedding; and to
this day, Bounce chuckles over the way
the old man gave his consent without
asking, and thirty pounds to boot.
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feet was wonderful and instantaneous.
Puss rose up from the rug TO the hearth,
stretched herself, and, in a state of the
widest excitement, jumped about the
room, until she alighted on the piano it
self, and ending her strange conduct by
rolling upon the keys, and purrihg loudly
with delight meanwhile. The action Of
the cat brought to the old mans remem-
brance his lost, Australian son, and
quite overpowered him with grief for
the time.
DR.. Wesley, of the Chapel Royal, had
spider, which showed like love of mu-
sical sounds. Directly the piano was
opened and any one commenced to play,
a spider would invariably descend from
the ceiling and hover over the instru-
ment as long as it was used; when the
performance was ended, it would re-as-
eend to its crack in the ceiling. If the
piano was opened several times in the
evening, the same effect would be pro-
duced on the spider. This continued for
some months, until new housemaid one
morning swept away the insect. Iknew
the same pleasure experinced by a dom
key, whenever concertina was played.
1t was discovered by accident, but was
utilized by the animals master. For the
donkey was accustomed to browse in the
meadow which opened into "a coppice !;
and during the hot weather, probably to
avoid the flies, the animal used to wan
der into the copplce, where on account of
the thickness Of the brushwood, it was
rathera difficult task to discover him
when wanted. Having found that the
animal was fond of music-though how
the secret was first made known, | cannot
tell-instead of beginning long search
for him, concertina was brought out of
the house and played upon, when, in
few minutes, out of the coppice would
come the donkey, racing along with tail
erect, and braying melodiously mean
while; he would than allow himself to be
saddled.-Rev. E. H c., IN. Land and
WIIfer
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
Medicinal Qualities of Pumpkins.

At a recent discussion of the New York
Farmers Club, q correspondent writes
Of the virtues of the pumpkin:
Twill give you a simple, yet very valua-
BILE cure for infamatory rheumatism. A
woman's arm was swelled to an enorm-
Gus size, and painfully inHamed. A poul-
tice was made of stewed pumpkin, which
was renewed every fifteen minutes, and
in short time produced perfect cure.
The fever drawn out by the poultices,
made them extremely offensive, as thew
were taken off. know a man cured Of
severe inflammation OF the bowels by the
same kind of application. / think such
subjects as this proper discussion in q
farmers club.
DR.. Snodgrass-I have no doubt pump
kins make a good poultice. Whatever
holds water and warmth best is the most
suitable.
DR.. Smith-In my travels in Syria, 1
found pumpkin seeds almost universally
eaten by the people for their supposed
medical qualities. Not because they are
diuretic, but as an antidote against an
imalcul@ which infest the bowels. They
are sold in the streets as apples and nuts
are here. 1t is a medical fact that per-
sons have been cured of tape worm by
the use of pumpkin seeds. The outer
skin being removed, the meats are bruised
in mortar, into an oily pasty mass.
it is swallowed by the patient after fast
ing some hours, and it takes the place of
chyle in the stomach, and the tape-worm
lets 60 his hold on the membrane and be-
comes gorged with the substance and is
in some measure probably torpid. Then
large dose of castor oil is administered,
and the worms are elected before they
are able to renew their hold.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
A Paper in a Family.

We never saw newspaper that was
not worth greatly more than its cost in a
family. 1t is to great extent true of ev-
cry collection of written matter, book or
newspaper, but more especially of the
latter, for it covers much greater vari-
ETY. of subjects, and is necessarily more
condensed. 1t is well known fact that
there is no royal road to learning The
brain, full of knowledge, whose activity
sends light over our daily pathway, has
been acquired by hard and constant study.
Every book and newspaper which the
careful or careless reader picks up is fill
ed with the results of laborious investiga-
tion. Take the, single issue of a daily or
weekly, and see in its editorials, its fnan-
cial articles, its mere drudgery of daily
facts, its quibs and qualities, its philoso-
ply and fun, how much care and labor
must have been bestowed to furnish it all
with the regularity OF ones meal. 1t is
furnished to every man for fraction of
what his ice or any one of the simple lux
uries of his household costs him, and yet
it is teeming with thoughts which are
constantly influencing his actions, and
forming the opinions of his children to
govern their after lives. Into the col
umns of the newspaper come the matur-
ed opinions of the greatest thinkers and
statesmen of the old world and the new,
and at cost, compared with the value
of the information acquired, utterly insig-
nifcant in amount. No man, no head of
a family especially, who would properly
qualify his children to pass respectfully,
and with satisfaction to them
selves through the world, should ever de
ny to them the advantages of good
weekly newspaper.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-16
Paris Exhibition.

Mr.. Cook, the European tourist and ex-
cursionest conductor is now in this couu-
try by the express authority of the French
Government for the purpose of negotia-
ting with the American railroad author
ities for the best terms to enable Ameri-
can citizens to visit the Forthcoming
Worlds Fair Before visiting this coun-
try, Mr.. Cook had the honor of receiving
from the Secretary of the French Execu-
tive, the appointment to act as sole rep
resentative on their behalf in reference to
all matters of conveyance of passengers
from all countries to Paris, and was also
empowered to adopt the best possible
means of organizing a system of hotel ar
rangements in Paris, SO that intending
visitors might rely upon being accommo-
dated upon reasonable terms; and to fur
ther inspire confidence and allay any fear
of imposition, Mr.. G. is authorized to
adopt system of guidance by means of
"Interperter," and "Guides," to conduct
foreigners who require guidance and Ian
guage to all the the principal points of
interest and Importance in Paris and its
vicinity, and to assist Mr.. c. in this, the
Emperor has granted the use of an inn
mense block of buildings being erected
adjoining the exhibition as the private
property of the Emperor Showing his
Majesty's plan for accommodating the
largest number of workmen's families on
the smallest area of ground) which are to
be placed at Mr.. C.'s disposal during the
Exhibition to be used as hotel to accom-
modate thousand persons; the charges
being under the control of the Emperor,
so as to insure moderate charge for q
comfortable home.
Mr.. Cook has performed similar duties
in connection with all the previous large
exhibitions, and to the 1851 Hyde Park
Exhibition he conveyed under his arrange
ments over 10000 visitors; and it is
owing to his great experience, and at the
instigation of the English Government,
that the French Executive has intrusted
him with the sole control of this great
work He has already completed plans
on the other side of the Atlantic for con-
veying passengers at reduced fares from
this country to Paris and all parts of the
Continent, and since arriving here has
completed arrangements with the Grand
Trunk & Great Western of Canada, Mich
igan Central, Erie, and some other rail
roads, by which the agents of these COM
panies will issue ticket to any part of
their districts, which will entitle pas
senger to frst-class travelling to New
York, Quebeck or Portland, from thence
give choice Of six or seven lines Of
steamers to Eondon, Liverpool or Glas-
gov, and then choice of routs through
Scotland or England to Paris and various
parts of the Continent. and back to the
place from whence the passengers origin
ally started, allowing passengers, if they
wish, to return by a different rout from
the one they travelled in going out, the
whole charge for which, from any part Of