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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
A Democratic Campaign Orator in the
Wrong Box.

SOcIABLE persons always make acqualn-
tances while travelling, and it was upon
this journey that fell in with the inimit-
able Fitz Smith, whom now number in
my list of old friends. Fitz is something
of a politician, and spite of his intelligence
and jovial good nature, he is a Democrat.
1t is paradoxical, | know, but F'itz Smith
himself is a phenomenon.
1t was he who, a year or two since,
while actively canvassing in a local cleo
ton in Maine, made an engagement to
speak at mass meeting at Berwick, upon
a certain evening, at which time he OBJ
jected to carry conviction to the souls Of
the unterrifed. BY a blunder, perhaps a
malicious one, on the part of his carriage
driver, he was taken to Somersworth, just
over the border in New Hampshire, in
which State there was no election. Fitz
Smith got out of the carriage and walked
briskly to the only large building in the
town, repeating the thrilling portions of
his speech to himself as he went along.
When he arrived at the room, it was full,
and two or three men were upon the plat
form. Fitz walked up the aisle, and in
PRODUCING himself, said:
"My naree is Fitz Smith. | have come
to address the meeting"
He was very cordially welcomed, and ne
took his seat. The audience was an un-
commonly respectable one, and Fitz
thought they certainly were the cleanest
and most genteel Democrats he had ever
seen. He began to have misgivings.
These grew to doubts, when one of the
gentlemen expressed desire to know if
"Brother Fitz Smith would lead us in
prayer ?"
Of course he wouldn't. Henever heard
of such a proceeding at Democratic
meeting. But he held his peace, and gave
no expression to his establishment, while
another person proceeded with the devo-
tional exercise.
When he concluded, Fitz was called
upon for a few remarks, and rising he got
rid of about one third of one of the most
exciting Democractic speeches ever spoken
north of Texas, before he perceived that
the audience was strangely agitated. He
was engaged in an elaborate disquisition
upon the curve in the negro shin bone
when man stepped up and said,
excuse me, sir, but that Is little out
of place here"
fEx.e9ss me-" ssld Eta. u guess ]
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
Bathing.

THE whole body should be washed with
water at least once day. This is ne
cessity which is enjoined upon every
human being by the peculiar structure and
functions of the skin. Keep as free as we
may from all external sources of dirt, there
will be q daily accumulation of it on the
surface of the body requiring removal.
The skin itself, in the performance of its
natural functions, throws out quantity
Of impurities, which, if not washed away
almost as soon as deposited, will not only
obstruct the healthy action of the integu-
ment, but of all other parts of the body.
This natural dirt, which is, however, none
the less dirt of the dirtiest kind, is COM
posed of the cast-of scales, the oily secre-
lions and various matters of the perspira-
ton of the skin. These, if allowed to re-
main, become massed together and har-
dened into crust of filth, which clogs the
poresand hinders the performance of their
functions, SO important to health and life.
If the skin thus fails, from want of cleanli-
ness, to perform its duties, the internal or
gans are forced to assume them, and being
overtasked become weakened and diseased
from the excess of labor Consumption
and dyspepsia, with various other diseases
of the lungs, liver and stomach, are the
frequent results. The skin ITSELF too, be-
comes, from the irritation of its accumu-
lated dirt, the seat of ugly eruptions, and
ready recipient of every infectious and con-
tagious disorder.
The obvious skin purifier is water; and
this, we repeat, should be applied to all
parts of the body at least once in every
twenty-four hours. 1t is astonishing how
little of it is required to do the necessary
washing of the hsbitually clearly. Miss
Nightingale says that no one who can
command tea cup of cold water has any
excuse for neglecting to battle the whole
person daily.
The moistened sponge, the bathing tub
and the shower bath are the ordinary
modes of performing the daily ablution.
In beginning the practice the water should
be tepid. but when once well established
1t may be of the lowest temperature. The
great point in bathing is to make sure OF
what IS called the reaction that Is, glow
Of warmth inmedistaly following the
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
Your First Sweet. Heart.

You can never forget her. She was so
very young, and innocent, and pretty. She
had such a way of looking at you over her
hymn book in church. She alone of all
the world did not think you boy of
eighteen, but wondered at your size and
learning, and your faint foreshadowing of
sandysmustache, and believed you every
inch man. When at those stupid eve
ming parties, where boys and girls who
should have been eating suppers of bread
and milk, and gone to sleep hours before,
waltzed and flirted, and made themselves
sick over oysters and champagne, you were
fevored with glance Of her eye or whis-
per of her lip, you assembled to the
seventh heaven Immediately. When once
upon certain memorable eve she polked
with the druggists clerk, and never even
looked at. you, how miserable you were.
1t is funny to think of now, but it was
not funny then, for you were awfully in
earnest. s.f
Once at a picnic she wore white dress,
and had roses twined in her black hair,
and she looked so much like bride that
you fairly trembled; sometimes you
thought in just such snowy costume, with
just such blossoms in her hair, she might
stand beside the altar, and you, most
blessed of all mortals, might place a
golden ring upon her finger and
when you were left alone with her
for moment, some of your thoughts
would form themselves into words,
and though she blushed and ran away,
and would not let you kiss her, she
did not seem to be angry. And then when
you were somehow parted for a little
while. and when you met again, she was
walking with a gentleman, a large, full
grown, whiskereo man, of twenty eight
or thirty, and had neither word nor smile
for you, and some well-meaning gossip in
f,rmed you shortly after that she was
" engaged to the tall gentleman with
black whiskers, and that it was splen-
did match" 1t was terrible news to you
then, and sent you off to somo great city
far from your native place, where, after a
good deal of youthful grief, and many
resolutions to die and haunt her, you re-
covered your equanimity and began to
make money and to call love stuff and
nonsense.
You have rich wife of your own now,
and grown-up children--aye, even two or
three toddling grand children, about your
hearth; your hair is gray, and you lock
your heart up in the fire. proof safe at your
contingencies when you go home at
night. And you thought you had forgot
ten that little episode of your nineteenth
year, until the other day, when you read of
her death in the papers. You know she
was stout lady, who wore glasses, and
had died older than she was in that olden
time, but your heart went.back and you
saw her smiling and blushing, with her
golden hair about her face, and yourself a
boy again, dreaming of wedding robes and
rings, and you laid your gray old head
upon your office desk and wept for the
memory of your first sweetheart.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14

erally selects such sheep as are suffering
from scour or diarrhea, as in such cases a
considerable portion of the wool is solled,
and in a fit condition to afford shelter to
the maggots.
Great watchfulness is required i'll MY
time" The sheep should be kept per-
fectly clean, stragglers should be sought
out and carefully examined. Those locks
of wool around the tail which have been
soiled should be removed, for If the mag
COTS are allowed to remain undetected aLd
undisturbed, they will destroy the sheep
in short time. The Oestrus ooss, or Sheep
Bot-hy deposits its eggs in the nostrlls OF
sheep, and when the grubs are hatcheo
they crawl up the nostrils and enter the
sinuses, giving great annoyance to the an
imals. Tar rubbed on the nose is SAID TO
be an effectual remedy for this insect.
Dairy farming, when judiciously carried
on, is very profitable, for it not only is
source of wealth by means OF Its direct
products, but causes much benefit lndl-
rectly. Butter and cheese are ready money
articles, which are always in demand !;
young stock of the improved breeds are
very valuable, and are much sought for.
Sour milk is not only good for raising
calves, but also for swine. Abundance OF
the most valuable manure is made by dairy
COWS, so that the soil, instead of being ex-
hausted, is kept in good heart. Hay and
straw, instead Of being marketed, are con-
sumed on the farm, and the soil thus re-
ceives compensation for the ingredients
which have been absorbed by the cereals
and grasses. Farmers who have large
tracts of land suited for pasture, should de-
vote at least portion of it to mich COWS
and young stock.
There is nothing so indispensable on a
farm as good supply of pure, fresh water
for stock and domestic use. The abun-
dance of water which the protracted wet
weather of May and June deposited has
made farmers careless about sinking wells
and providing full supply of water just
when it is required. We have lately seen
dairy COWS drinking from mud holes. 1t
would be well for farmers to understand
that butter of good quality cannot be pro-
duced, if the COWS have not an abundance
of fresh water in some place SO easy OF
access that they wont suffer fatigue in
going to and from it in the warmest
weather. Mich cows are sometimes in
jured very much, by being driven rapidly
to and from water or pasture.
Arrangements should be made for getting
rid of old, improbable stock of every
kind and supplying their places with
young animals that will yield a profit for
the food they consume. Some farmers
lose money by keeping horses until they
become old, useless for labor and unfit for
sale. Working oxen begin to fail after a
few years hard labor; they should be fat
tened and sold as soon as they exhibit the
first symptoms of debility. Old ewes are
bad stock, for they produce weak, unthrifty
lambs; their fleeces too are becoming
lighter every year, and the older a sheep
is, the more readily does the wool come
off on the bushes and briars. Every farm
er should select old, Improbable ewes
every summer and make them up for the
butcher. RI Western Raral.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
A Japanese Hero.

THERE is story current among the
japanese which excites their warmest ad-
miration. 1t is told OF Aidzu, the hero
of the Tycoon's party, and who-is deemed
by all natives to be the bravest prince in
the Empire:
GA short time ago he was attacked in
his own stronghold by a large force of
Satsuma's men. After some days fight
ing with uncertain result, the latter de-
manded truce that they might go and
replenish their commissariat, as they had
come to the end of their provisions, but
promising to return and continue the fight.
Aidzu replied that there.was no need for
them to retire, as he would supply their
wants; and accordingly sent them a
plentiful supply of rice, sufficient for
several days. Already a hero in their
eyes, this act almost deifed him. The
effect on his assailants seems to have been
prodigious and to have given to the lead
ers an idea of the invineibility of such a
man. They left without striking another
blow"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14

know what I'm about. Wait till I get
through"
"But you can't go on, sir, we cannot be
disturbed in this outrageous manner"
"Disturbed l'' said Fitz Smith, dis
turbed! Why, this is legitimate Demo
cratic doctrine Let me alone, haven't
come to the exciting part yet" and Fitz
began again. ri Isi
"Really, sir, you cannot proceed; q
prayer-meeting is no place for such discus
sions." 36
Prayer-meeting! Good gracious and
YOU don't mean to say this is a prayer
meeting, do you? Amt this Berwick,
and isn't this Democratic mass-meeting.
"No, sir, this is Somersworth, and am
the pastor of this flock"
Mr.. Fitz Smith went back to the hotel
sadly, with two-thirds of one of the best
speeches you ever heard, lying like lead
upon his brain. The Maine election went
Republican next day, and Fitz gave up
politics in disgust. a
The last time Fitz Smith was at Ports
mouth he spent the afternoon carouslng
with some sturdy Democrats. About dark
they walked out to get the air in the dIrec-
ton of the Castle" an old circular struc-
ture which stands upon hill, near the
town, and was once used as fortress.
Fitz Smith was fuddied, and he wandered
off from his companions, ard was lost.
He was found next morning lying snugly
UP against the castle wall asleep. When
reused he looked up at the wall and said +:
Gentlemen, that's the longest wall ever
saw in all my born days. Travelled along
it for several hours, trying to get to the
end, but hang me if could"
The fact was he had struck the castle in
the dark, and hoping by the support and
direction of the walls to find his way
home, he had walked round and round it
all night.-J0An Quill IN Philadelphia
] Bulletin. .Tp
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14

Seventy-five per cent of the population OF the
United States are or less bilious at this sea-
son. The midsummer Sun stirs up the bile as
certainly as it evolves miasma from the stagnant
pools. 1t is of the utmost Importance, therefore,
to check the tendency of the liver to diseased
action with that Incompatible anti-bilious spe-
ifc-HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS.
Neglect the early symptoms, and the chances are
that they will result in remittent fever, fever and
ague, or jaundice. 1t is presumed that nobody
deliberately desires to risk an attack from any
one of these. But carelessness may be as disas-
trous as temerity. Dc not procrastinate. AS
health is the greatest of earthly blessings, 1t
should be every rational beings first care. Who
ever chooses to use HOSTETTER'S BITTERS as
a preventive NOW may escape the bilious epidem-
les and endemics which so generally prevail
toward the close of the heated term and in the
Fall months Is it not worth while to be fore
armed when the means of defence within the
reach of all? The B1TTERS are NATIONAL
REMEDY, everywhere procurable, and endorsed
by the intelligent of every class. Read what
leading members of the community, clergymen,
physicians, authors, statesmen, men of science,
artists, travellers and distinguished soldiers, say
about them On the strength of these credentials
give them trial They will be found the very
best anti-bilious medicine that modern pharmacy
has intrOduced -.s.fe5 =
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14

chill produced by the contact of cold
water with the surface of the body. This
reaction is felt, generally, by every vigor-
Gus person, and may be secured by the
weakly if proper precautions are taken.
No person should take his bath imme-
diately after full meal, and it especially
behooves the feeble to obey this rule,
whose diminished nervous power will be
so taken up with the labor of digestion
that there will be no force to spare for
any fresh effort. Those who are not
strong had better confine themselves to
the wet sponge, as by this the ablution Of
the body can be performed by degrees,
and the intensity of the cold shock pro-
portionately diminished r..
There should be always two towels used,
one for the drying, and the other, of a
coarser texture, for the rubbing of the
body. To this may be added, in cases of
excessive torpidity, the hair glove or flesh
brush. Rapidly of action is Of great
moment. The water, whatever may be
the mode of using it, should be briskly
applied, and the drying, rubbing, and all
other subsequent processes, be performed
with equal dispatch. The apartment
where the bath is taken should be of a
warm temperature, and the Undertaking
to be put on ought to be previously heated
at the fire. The feeblest, with such pre-
cautions, car take cold baths in the cold
est weather.
The shower baths ought always to be
adapted to the sensations of the bather !,
the fall and temperature of the water
should be no greater and lower than is
agreeable. Any one who finds it uncom-
| Portable must not persist in it with the
idea that, however painful its application,
it may be useful The shower-bath tenn
pered to suit the sensations, may always
be taken with advantage, except by per-
sons in advanced life with an evident ten
dency to fullness Of the head.
Sea-bathing has the especial advantage
over any other kind, by producing, by
means Of the salt water, an irritation OF
the surface of the body, and thus securing
with greater certainty the desirable reac-
tion.-1he Bagar.
| . 3 & Z
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
Strength VS.. Weakness.

Debilitated men and.women--made so by pro-
cess based upon the impurities of your blood; why
risk the danger of greater prostrat on while abso-
lutte and permanent relief is within reach. 1t is a
fatal mistake with thousands, that only the pre-
scribed medicines of physicians can cure them,
and they do not consider the nature, purpose OF
operation of these drugs in their compounded
condition, but swallow them simply on faith. and
rarely if ever, derive any positive benefit Now,
we say that it is sound judgment to use remedy
which it can be shown has effected actual and en-
during cures, and such is Mishler's Herb Bitters.
1t will cure the feeble of their ailments, fortify
them against the danger of malaria, changes in
the climate, lamentations of the temperature. &c,
while at the same time it braces the entire system
and energizes the whole man. We do honestly
urge sufferers to throw physic to the dogs, and
hereafter use Mishlers Herb Bitters. Sold by all
druggists and dealers. DIR. s. B. Hartman Co.,
Proprietors Lancaster. Pa.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
THERE are 100000 beggars in France.


A touch of the wonderful, in this very city,
Everybody knows it, or it's great pity;
1t reaches to Boston, the hub of creation,
Now grasping Chicago, the pride of the nation.
PAIN PAINT spans the ocean, at one single bounce,
Spurns the edict of France like the weight of an
ounce; s
Gives the French nation a Million of Paint
In spite of the Doctors, be they sinner or saint.
PAIN PAINT can be tested, without any charge,
From morning till night, soon will enlarge
And accommodate all that wait at the door,
Who ought to come early and get in before.
Nothing so painful but quick it must 60,
In Body or Limbs, from the Head to the Toe
Drives out Inflammation, gives strength to the
faint
The first QppticQti0n of WoLCoTTs PAIN PAINT.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
O. O. ID
American WaIthanl Watches.

In view of the many frauds perpetrated the public
by dealers in base metal Swiss Watches, which are
mainly refuse of the lottery and gift enterprise swim
dlers the undersigned desire to all attention to the
very low price at which he will send genuine Waltham
Watches, now universally conceded to be the best
made and at the same time the cheapest watch In the
world.
Hunting Watch in 2oz Coin Silver Case... $500
The same, Extra ,Jeweled. 20W
The same Extra Jeweed, Chr0nometer Balance 22.00
For either of the above in 3oz case.. (extral 200
For either of the above, in 4oz. case. extra) 400
The Watches to be sent by Express, ACCOMPANIED
WITH AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY'S CERTlF-
ICATE OF GENUINENESS.
THE BUYER TO HAVE PRIVILEGE OF EXAM
NATION IN POSSESSION OF EXPRESS COMPANY
Address must be plainly written, and purchaser must
pay express charges, M. E. CHAPMAN CO., .
: = No. ~ Liberty Street, New York.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14

~ In the Democratic procession which
welcomed Senator Hendricks to his home,
a few days ago, was transparency on
which was the picture of donkey jeering
q negro with the observation, You feel
mighty big because you can write" to
which Sambo replies, "don't fool wild dis
child-me fought noDly." The donkey, OF
course stood for the Democratic party.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
An Antidote for Tobacco,

Xhs great remedy invariably reD,0Ues all de%Ss
for Ebdcco and is entirely 0e9etable and hdr2Fess.
1t is also an excellent appetizer. 1t purihes tbebood,
invigora the SYSTEM possesses great DouL6hing and
Strengthening power, enables the STOMACH to dgest
the heartest Nod makes sleep refreshing, and estab-
fishes robust heat. Smokers and CEeaCers for Fyfy
Treatise the Injurious EGects of Tobacco, with
lists Of testimonials, rersreDcA, etc, SENT FREE. 3
Agents wanted. AddreEDr. Il. Il. ABBOTT, Jersey
City, N. j. ~
Rev. !. W/SnoEMAKEE, KelNV's Station, Pa
HEALTH AES STRENGTH GAINED-xgnissed eleren
t6S gTesh and am restored to sound heLtA by using
the ANTI6oTE. S. d. BowLEs, Prospect Nil, Mo. =
FEeM THE q. s. Treasury. Secretlrgs NHfce.--
Ple6se send supply of ANTpoTE The one received
Zas done as eoo'6 SURELY o. T. EDGAiA>>
sh tCo0yrighted1
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14

will send post paid four ounds of any of the above
varieties dollar One head post paid ten cents,
twenty heads of different varieties post paid for one
dollar
Send money by Money Orders, Registered Letters, or
by Express, to GEO. A. DEITZ, Chambersburg,
Pa. and your orders will be promptly filed No.,
g- This is the ollly Seed Wheat Experimental Farm
in the United States where Seed Wheat is acclmated
and grown for sale.
SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. Ai
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
SEND FOR A CIRCULAR.

NoTEs-From letters and reports received:
/. Your Axe is bound to be The AXE.
II. 1t will cut IS per cent. better. 10,
Ill My brother lost one arm in the IVA var nut WIN
". If could not get another twenty-five S2o) DOL
lars would not buy it.
" 1t will cut hooppoles better than any other Axe
vi. would not be without it for anything.
For sale by all responsible dealers and me makers,
IIPPINCOTT & BLACKWELL,
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sole owners OF the Patents
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-14
A Talk of a Farmer.

called at your Office and bought one pint bottle
of your PAIN PAINT and used it according to di-
rect;ons. The first two or three applications
ward it would return seemingly as bad or worse
than before. But found that by using it two or
three times day the pain soon ceased entirely,
and have not been troubled since. Ihad chronic
rheumatism, and it was very difficult for. me to
move with cane. am now able to work hard,
and am confident that your PAIN PAINT has done
what no other medicine can do, for have tried
many kinds What l want to know is, what will
you charge me for four of your quart bottles of
PAIN PAINT and six bottles of your ANNIHILAToR
for Catarrh? There is a demand for your reme-
dies here. Give me your best terms, and oblige,
TRUMAN G. BAILEY, Wassaic, N Y.
To DR.. Wolcovt No. 107 Chatham square, N. Y.
April 10, 1868.