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~ 10 uSbOLAlSAlAIS3 wv WY CASAP u OAh
Irish friend, how much more a man will
haggle when purchasing for himself, than
for others, and how much more likely he
is to do the same also when selling for
himself than for another. But if the ex-
penses are less, and the produce greater,
the increase IN the revenues of the 90
estates would be much more likely to be
$50, 900 than $4,000. Besides, these
80 or $4,000 would remain in the island,
and be available as capital, either en-
ployed by the owners, themselves, 0. lent
out to others. Now, 100000 p. a. is not
a very large sum, but in a few years, with
interest, it would amount to a very con-
siderable sum, in fact to a capital equal
very likely to that employed by either of
the two Banks In the Island, leaving
their issue of bank notes out of account.
Irrespective of the material Influence of
neutrality-suspicious., as compared to alb
sentee-proprietors, their moral influence
must be very great. If we had 90 gen
tIemen-proprietors instead of 2 or 3 gen.
tlemen : administrators, we would have
more public and independent spirit; and
the value of this is incaIculable. 1t is not
good for any individual or individuals to
possess a preponderating influence in a
community. 1t @olls them, and Injuries
the community. We will cite an instance.
The Colonial Council is composed of IS
members. OF these the King dominates S.
Who dominates the others 2 We would be
glad If we were not saying too much,
when We say, that the remaining 10 were
nominated by 3 administrators. OF the 8
members for the country district we say
so without even expecting a contradiction.
With regard to the 5 members elected
by the 2 towns we will let those who
might think that we are overstating the
case have the benefit of the doubt; but we
all know, how much influence the sad
illustrators" also exercise in the towns.
This is not wholesomes as may be seen
from the Colonial Council. That body
does not come up to any standard of ex-
c%eilence and yet it has to pass the laws
that govern us for good or for bad. 1t is
that body that represents us, yet, owing
TO the manner in which it is elected, to
the want of a greater number of indepen-
dent resident proprietors, we are COM
PEELED to admit that it cuts a very Door
figure. Not that it is not willing to do
its duty we are afraid that what it wants
is the ability to do so.
We have tried to show the evil infu-
ences of absenteeism, by pointing out what
benefit we would be likely to derive from
resident proprietors. This may at first
sight seem idle, as we cannot do much
towards bringing on a change in this
respect. Nevertheless, it is. always use
ful to ascertain the cause of an evil. And
we fully believe hat absenteeism and it's
necessary consequence, the conducting
OF estates by administrators, particularly
when a great number are centered in a
few hands, is a cause of much evil, not
only to the proprietors, but to the COM
munity in general. If proprietors will
be absent, and yet know, that, having
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NEW

OET bekjendtgj0res herved at I'd
~ kast til Repartitionen i Detail
handler her af Stedet Ole Rasmus-
sens FalIitbo vii bIive fremlagt i en-
S~kiftesamling som vii bIive afholdt
Fredagen den lode jul t6rstkom-
mende, Efermiddag III. | slet.
Frederiksteds Skifteret, st. Croix
den 24de Mai 1868.
c. Sarauw.
, 1868-05-29
PROCLAMA!A..

LIE og Enhver som MATTE have
III Noget at fordre paa Skiftet efter
afgangne Redacteur John Benners
indkaldes herved med ire Maaneders
Varsel til at anmelde og beviislig-
.gJore deres Krav for undertegnede
Executores testament.
st. Thomas den 25de Ma 1868.
j. CATUNA. =. HUGHES.
, 1868-05-29
TABLE OF THE FALL OF RAIN

during the week from goth to goth May.
Christiansted. Frederiksted. Kings Hill.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07

= Since the surrender of Lee the
law OF Congress has the sword-thc
sword used by military satraps sent
from Washington-and the will of
military Governors. Elections have
hecn held literally at the point Of
tie hayonet, and oil done under Con-
gresSional "Reconstruction.' A
i full exposure of this Radical out
rage to men of just minds would re-
veal condition ofdepravity beyond
comprehension. And Congress has
determined the continuance Of all
this. through the Freedmcn's Bureau
and other inventions, and by keep
ing on army in the, South And yet
Gen. Grant says: LET us have
Peace Congress has at its dispo-
sal thousands of men to hold the
South in chains. A bill, now be-
q foro Congress for the distribution OF
,puskets, cannon, and ammunition
among the negroes and carpet-bag.
gers Of the South, provides for the
i; t-ibution IF arms as follows:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07
ssThe Runlp."

The followingis the memorandum
siguod b. all the rumpers in Wash
inoto,l on Sunday last:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07
SHERIFFS SALE.


by vIRruEoF AN EXECUTION, directed
70 ms, FROM the Clerk Of the District Court
Of Howard county, Iowa, ON Q Judgment
obtained by transcript in said court on the
10th day Of March 1866, in favor Of A. NJ.
Epwap -, s,laintitf, and against II.
Moore. assdefendaht, for the sum AiAety
three [93 dAllars, and costs Ia red at four
al dollars and ,nccruing costs, 4haye lev
led upon the following real estate taken as
tbs property of said defendant, to satisfy
said execution to-wit the east 60 acres Of
Of the west 10 Of the north east IA Of sec-
ton Is Tpa[9SI range rli] westt and
will offer the same for sale, 70 the highest
bidder for cash in hand on the 18th day of
August, A. D. 1868, in front Of the court
house door in grcsco, Howard county. at
the hour of one O clock P. NJ. of said day,
when and where due attention will be
given by the undersigned. 4.4..ss
Dated Mt Cresco, July 80, 1868. [30w2
I.iF. POWELL, Sheriff Of said county.
Printers fee, Sc. z - s.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07
The laborino man II Of the countr

The laboring man Of the country,
who cwns a little house. and lot,
s.,yi,ichahc has. earned by toiling from
early morning to night, pays State
tax. city tax, road tax, upon it,
while his next door !neighbor, who
issa' bondholder, owning $4,000 in
bonds, pays no tax whatever, draws
lis interest in gold, and laughs at his
more unfortunate poor ncighbor, who
= has, money ina little lhome! If the
! masses Of the laboring men desire
the equal taxation Of every species
Of property according to its real
value, Government bonds and other
securities included; If they want
one currency for the Government
and the people, the laborer and the
Office holder, tho pensioncr and the
soldier, the producer and the bond
holder, they will not vote tho radi
cal ticket, but will vote for that of
the Democracy.--Pionec
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07
SALE OF PERsoNALPRoPER TY'.

NoTIsE is hereby given that by yiruc Of
a .clattle mortgage executed by H Shut
tleworth, of Vernon Springs township,
Howard. county Iowa, to John Reynolds Of
She county Of Howard and State Of Iowa,
dated October 26th 1867, to secure the
sum Of three hundred dollars; one note
due may 80, 1868; one note due Aue, 80,
1868, and with interest at the rate Of ten
per cent per ansIn, and whereas the said
mortgage conveyed : to, the said John
Reynolds, the following property to-xit:
one, span Of sorrel geldmgs, aged about
six years old. .f
Whereas default has been made in the
payment of the sum Of one hundred and
sixty dollars and twenty-five cents thereof.
Now therefore notice is hereby given that
by virtue of the said mortgage and the
conditions therein contained and by virtue
Of the Statute in such case made and pro-
yided shall sell the above described prop
erty at public auction or SO much thereof
as shall be necessary to satisfy said claim
with interest and costs on the 22d, day of
August A. i. 1868, at one o'clock P. N. at
the stable of II. Shnttleworth in Cresco,
Howard county Iswa.
Jt'l Dated July 81, 1863.
s4tt 5ses49 IJ.F POWELL Sheriff
). Printer'e fee 1915 WI fi ls-saA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07
distribution of arms as follows:


Totni3t ay6o = A1oo.e@ a = 90
"Lct US have Peace!'' One hun
dred thousand rifles and fifty bat
tcrics TO make peace with the most
quiet and submissive people on
Garth! The new way Of the Radical
peace isvto tax The people of tbe
North one hundred millions a year
for military despotism, and for tho
overthrow of the popular within ten
States of the Union.-N. Y. Express.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07
SHOE FINDINGS,

t&*& I*s9tR2 tFtsfz# t85I IS .H=ft'
"A complete stock Of every
thing pertaining to the trade,
constantly on hand and for
sal sale at the lowest ''t possible
.hgufeS. sta s,a ~ Il frtidpt.,
f,d1k.a es5asas Inr -a5 l4s.e fe! aas2 tot
segqgu raH .aiidHq saa Il t4Ta{la 49,
"a BY making the BOOT and SHOE
trade speciality, he is enabled to
furnish IN goods cheaper than
they can be furnished by those who
mako it. but one branch of their
business. wahs aI9t1m.e na4H 7.4ar
100 s1ls ~ - rHs .tsa s~9l
= Work done to order prompt
ly and a.: abstraction gnara1s.
feed. a 7"as,F
y - tif9H E as s.tf
n30vs.] W. Fl. ALLEMAN.
-. 80 81 EH 4 y
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07

The Boston Courier, (Which was
the organ Of Daniel Webster during
his lifetime, use the following Ian
guage in speaking Of the minor traits
of Horatio, Seymour''s character:
He is courteous, Christian gentlemen,
If good administrative abilities, high
personal character, and . lcopistent adj
vocate and bright example Of
temperance He does not discourse about
pups and horses 4, neither is a whisky
bottle his chief domestic utensil, He will
bear the most thorough discussion and
scrutiny, and the more Of it he undergoes
the brighter win he emerge from the or
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07

WASHINGTON, b. c., July 26-sfo4gress
having taken reeesssrntilthS - day
= MSeptenbSf, it ssthercfcrce phdefstood
that it shall not be incumbent on the Re-
publican members to attend unless they
shall be satisfied that their attendance is
necsssary' BY stlH Hoa. Edwin, D j Morgan,
Chairman ofthe Onion Republican Con-
Rressienal Committee on the part Of the
Senate, and the Hon. Robert c. sSchencki
Chairman Of said committee on the part OF
the House; said notice to be given on or
before the 10th Of September next.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-08-07

J That il true -liteysllg, ppa The
truth TIE paragraph expresses gains
redoubled lustte by conNasts 9th
the candidate against whom 6ey-
mour has be On nomi mated. 0ai'<
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

the white counterpane and all, anc
| locked him in and put the key in
my pocket, and | told him that be
should have one nights rest, and
that no one should turn him out
unless they walked over my dead
body
| And Drusilla said it like an &C.
tress in a tragedy, and went off in.
to Mysteries the moment the words
left her mouth. She'd been ex-
pecting to be half murdered, you
know, and the girl was but sixteen,
and always before minded me as
if was her mother,
Never was there an old sinner so
happy as was that night so thank
full to the good Lord /; and it would
have done your heart good if you
had gone to see the two meet in
the morning-Charlie and his
friend Bob. And Charlie, who
got SO we'll, and had a mother
who was not poor either, helped
Bob into business. And he got O.
yer his wounds at last, and grew as
handsome as picture, and to day
week he is going to marry Drusilla.
"I'd give you any thing l have, I"
said |, "and won't refuse you even
Drusilla," when he asked me, tell
ing me that he had loved her ever
since she was SO kind to him ON
the night I've told you of.
And Charlie is to stand up with
him, and | am to give Drusilla a.
way, and Rob's sister from Green
bank is to be bridesmaid, and l
have guess that some day Char
lie will bring her home to me jim
Drusilla's place.
| don't drive beggars from the
door as [ used, and no doubt I am
imposed upon; but this is what [
say : "Better be imposed upon al
ways than to be cruel to one who
really needs help And I've
read my Bible better of late, and |
know who says: "Even as you
have done it unto the least of these
ye have done it unto me-"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14
TERMS.
Two Dollars for one

W. WO DOAAa2ES lOf Oafe year, NtOQ-
sfab,y an advance.
sUSingle copies, Ten Cents each.
Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less fo- the first
insertion; Fifty Cents for each continuance.
CT Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
CT A liberal deduction will be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
o. Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Gents per square.
" The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that of Its individual m embers. 0TNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
OF Ad vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratutously
sIs Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
tTe Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid in advance in every case.
0T Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14
Southern Understand
sr>Oc
ingS.

A correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Commercial writes thus touch
ing the feet of the Southern peo-
Pile: From Louisiana to Virginia,
I have had two ways of telling
Southern-bred man. In the first
place, I looked at his foot. If it
was short and thick, with a very
high instep, knew that he was
born some where below Mason and
Dixon's meridian. Any whole
sale dealers in shoes will tell you
that the sizes and shapes he sends
the South are very different from
those called for at the West. l
realized this fully at Montgomery.
I searched every shop in the city
for pair Of boots, and was COM
PEELED finally to select a pair too
short for comfort, yet world to
loose over the arch Of the foot
The Southern ladies have the small
est natural feet in the world
Few who have been gently bred
wear CATERS larger than number
two, three, or four"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14
[ Proprietor.
VOL. XV--NO. lS.
An Impressive Warming.

| Drinking brandy and water is
quite popular with certain resi-
dents of San Francisco. Among
those given to the habit was a
gentleman known to his acquaint-
ances by the soubriquet of ''The
Major" He liked his brandy and
water as well as any one in the
world, and INDUCED in it as often.
Some time ago he was stricken
down with dropsy, and drew nigh
to deaths door. Hearing of his
condition, several of his old cro-
nies called upon him. They
found him in a feeble condi-
ton, and finally broached the sub
ject which induced them to visit
him. He listened patiently till
they had ceased, and then asked:
"Boys, do you ever drink brandy
and water?" Expecting to be ask
ed to take some, the boys all re-
piled that they did. "'Twon't do,
boys, 'twont do" said the Major;
'just look here" he continued, as
he exhibited his distended abdo-
men and anasarcoused limbs, ''I
tell you it won't do. ] have been
drinking it for the past twenty
years, and you see what / have
come to; the brandy has eyapora-
ted and LETT the water on my chest
and it's going to kill me. 'Twon't
do to drink any thing but pure
brandy"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14
GENERAL BUTLER A SAMARITAN

GENERAL BUTLER A SAMARITAN.
We heard good story Of this
tangle-eyed philosopher a few days
ago. During the war General
Butler visited Camp Hamilton
Hospital to see a number Of wound
ed, who had been brought from
the front. He stopped at the cot
of a New York soldier, who had
been fearfully wounded, and was
at the time dying. Gen. Butler
asked the dying man how he felt,
who, with feeble voice, remark
ed, 81 feel just as you would feel'
General, were you ordered to the {,
front-in other words rather bad.
The hero of thousand forks
and spoons passed on, as the sol
dier's answer was a trite commen-
tary on the valor of Massachusetts
representative General during the
war and her idol now.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

Recently Mr.. Upton, OF Whlrt-
ingham, Vt, was aroused from his
bed at night by disturbance a.
mong the fowls in his woodshed.-
Getting a lamp, he went out and
found a mammoth owl in the act
Of killing one of his hens. He
nitched into the owl, and the owl
nnitched into him, and for little
while there was a hand-to-hand
fight. After several rounds be-
tween clubs and claws Upton fail
ed TO come to time, having been
h badly punished. He then called
ND reinforcements in the persons
of half dozen Of his boys, and by
the use of clubs and brickbats they
conquered the brave owl, which was
found to measure five feet from tip
to tip of his wings.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14
\ Warming to Widows.

Judge Stover, of Kentucky, has
decided point in a recent will
case, which is of interest to wives
in general, and widows in particu-
lar. He holds it to be the law
that a man may leave his proper
ty to his wife with proviso that
she forfeit her right to it in case
she marries a second time, and
the court has no right to interfere
with this provision. A restraint
of this kind made to a single wo-
man would be null and void,
but if man makes a devise to
his wife, conditional that she shall
remain his widow, it shall be void
if she marries. She takes the
estate CON dnore, and the law
presumes, in that class of cases,
that one husband is enough for the
lady, and if she chooses to enjoy
a second matrimonial union she
does it at her own risk, and is re-
mitted to her dover and such
portions of the personal property
as the law gives her. This de-
cision gives husbands a sort of con-
troll of their own widows that will
add force to the reasons that usu-
ally operate to prevent second
marriages. 1t is a principle, we
apprehend, that will, some day,
receive due attention and sharp
handling from female reformers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

An election bet was made in
Danbury, Conn, during the late
campaign in that State, the terms
of which are as follows IF English
should be elected, the republican
was to walk to New Haven to see
the Inauguration and vote the
democratic ticket next spring; and
if Jewell should be elected, the
democrat should perform the pill
grlmage and vote the republican
ticket.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

A story is told of four adventu-
rous young men who, something
more than year ago, met for the
first time in Omaha city, and pur-
chased a team to cross the Plains.
After having travelled a hundred
and fifty miles west of Missouri riv-
er, one of the party thus addressed
his companions "Boys, s,wea are now
safe from officers and the laws let
each of US come out, tell what our
real names are and what we ran a.
way forP Particulars of colloquy
not given.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

II the Impeachers are right we
live in a land where its Chief Ex-
ecutive can be legally impeached
and removed for the violation or
non-execution of an act of Congress,
not only the constitutionality Of
achich IS questioned, but which the
triers refuse to put to the test of
legal Interpretation, before the
highest judicial tribunal of the
country.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

More than a month ago the wife
Of A. H. Brown, of Summervllle,
Pa, while at work, all at once
found it impossible to speak above
the lowest whisper, though she had
no difficulty in moving her lips as a,
~ IN articulation. Medical aid fall
cd ., to restore her speech, but one n,
dav last week she was seized with
. sudden fit Of coughing, resulting
IN raising a Aeshy substance, alter
which she found her speech periecl-
~ restored.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

Fifteen hundred tons of timber
were landed at a factory at Box
ford, Mass, last winter, to be con-
verted into friction matches. Even
this large amount is not thought
to be sufficient to last a year.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

The meanest fellow discovered
of late resides at present in Phil
adelphia, without doubt, as the
papers of that city report the ar
rest of a wretch on the charge of
stealing Grape from the bell-pull
of a house after the departure Of
the funeral.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

A clothes line attached to high
chimney on house-top in Lee,
Massachusetts,, recently shrank SO
much from being wet that it pull
ed the chimney down, smashing
in the ceiling below.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

A Bridgeport man AYERS that
he has been cured of dyspepsia by
riding over the Connecticntt
railroads this winter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14
"Oh, hush |" she murmured, ~ hear them sin
"Oh, hushl" she whispered, 81 hear them cal

"Oh, hush" she whispered, 81 hear them call
ing
Sweet voices of the long ago."
And while she listened, the long light glistened,
And lay on her sweet face, white as snow.
"Oh, no l'' they murmured, ,''she wanders wildly;
We hear no voices on the breeze,
She's listening only, to the night winds lonely,
That sigh and whisper among the trees"
"Hush, hush l'' they answer, while dews were
falling,
While dead leaves rustled through the air,
And, while they shimmered, 1.-The palelight glim-
mered
On face and form, like the angels fair.
s'Oh. pray p they whispered, ''our love is dying,
Her voice is faintlng across the sea-
And, while they listened, the fair dawn glistened
.fOh, God! her morning breaks with Thee!"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14
Tsmpls uf The Wasss.
VOICES, CALLING.

"Oh, hush !" she whispered, 81 hear them speak
ing,
Voices calling upon the air.
And, while she listened, the pale light glistened,
And lay, and aoated upon her hair.
'Oh no! they answered, ''we hear no speaking,
We hear no voices upon the breeze.
1t must be only, the night wind lonely,
That sighs and whispers emeng the trees"
"Oh, hush |" she murmured, 81 hear them sing
ing
Singing the songs used to know;"
And while she listened, the tear drop glistened.
And through long lashes began to flow.
s'Oh, mol" they answered, 'swe hear no singing,
We hear no voices singing so;
IT'S but the waking of sea waves breaking
Upon the shlnge far below:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-05-14

Masked robbers infest Cincinnati.