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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21

ELIzasETa BARRHFT sRewNISd. -
Sweet. tllou hast tTod on heart,
Passl there's a world full of men,
And women as fair rs thou art
Must do such thing now and then.
Thou only has stepped unaware,
Malice not one can impute;
And why should heart have been there
In the way of fair woman's tootf
It was not stone that could trip, I'd
Nor vas il a thcrn that could read;
Put up thy proud under lip:
II was merely the heart ofa friend.
And yet, peradventure, one day.
When setting alone at the 81 IS,
Remarking the bloom gone away,
Where the smile in its dimplement was.
And seeking around thee in vain
From hundreds who iatteredbefore,
Such a word as Oh not in the main
Do hold thee less precious, but norel'
Thou'lt sigh, very like on thy part;
"Of all l have known or can know,
/ wish had only that heart
i trod upon ages agoI'
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21
Probate Notice.

Pierce County Court. In tie matter of the
estate of Ellen LOckard, deceased.
ON READING and filing the petition Of
~ G. B. Cox, executor of the estate of Ell.
len Lockard. deceased. respectfully represents
among other things that he has fully admin.
istered said estate, and praying that a time
and place be fixed for examining and allowing
his account of his administration. 1t is ORE
dered that said account be heard before ths
Judge of this Court, at his office in the city of
Prescott, on Monday, the I'd day of March.A.
D.,ls6S, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ. And it is further
ordered that notice thereof be given to all
persons interested by publishing copy of
this order for three successive weeks, once in
each week, in the Prescott Journal. news.
paper printed In Prescott priOg to said day Of
hearing. VIM. HOW rs, Co. Judge.
Dated Feb. 1st, 1868.
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Probate Notice.

Pierce County Court, in Probate. In the
matter of the estate of Perry Walton, de-
ceased.
ON READING and filing the petition Of
~ Jane NJ. Galloway. of Trenton. in said
county. representing among other things, tnat
Perry Walton, late of Tlento7, Pierce Co.
State OF Wisconsin, on the 18th day of March
1865, died intestate. leaving goods chattels
and estate within this county. and that the
said petitioner is the widow of said deceas.
ed. and PRAYING that administration of said
estate be granted unto VIM. II Adams of said
county, it is ordered that said petition be
heard before the Judge Of this court. at bis
Office. i'm the city of Prescott on Monday. the
I'd day of March, A. d 1868, at ten O'clock
A. IL And it is further ordered. that notics
thereof be given TO all persons Interested. by
publishing a copy of this order for three sue
cessive weeks. once in each week. in the Press
colt Journal, newspaper printed in Pres.
colt, prior to said day OF hearing.
WM. HOWE Els, Co. Judge.
Dated Feb. Il, 1868. 42-w3
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21

Rev. LeDuc, pastor Of the Free
Methodist Society in Hudson, has been
arrested and fined $500 for insulting
lazy members of his congregation by a.
busiye language.
"A Wilcox, of the town of Hudson,
StCroix County, has sold bis farm of $50
acres to @. w. Martin for $4,000.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21
Referees sale.

Circuit Court Pierce County. Abel B. Car
penter against Henry ID. Mcbride and Es-
ther A. Mcbride.
DY VIRTUE of decree of foreclosure
ID and sale made in the above entitled ac-
ton. the undersigned referee named in said
decree win sell at public auction. TO the high
est bidder, on the 10th day of February, 1865,
at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at the front
door of McCray's Drug Store. in the city of
Prescott. in said county, the following des-
eribed mortgaged premises. to-wit: The "
hf of the ne or and the sc or of the ne Or of
section 6, town "a of range IL, being in Pierce
County, Wisconsin.
P.V. WISE, Referee.
Dated Dec. 81, 1867. 35-w6
The above sale is adjourned to Feb. 29th,
1858, at same hour of the day as above.
P.V. WISE, Referee.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21
Attachment Notice.

Pierce County. City Of Prescott. G.. Baynan
agst G. ]. Aldrach. In Justices Court, be-
fore Parker Adams. Police Justice.
To @. J. -Aldrach, Defendant
VOU are reby notified that writ of at
tachment has been issued against you
IN the above entitled cause and your property
att ached to satisfy the demand of the plain.
tiff. and that unless you appear before Parker
Adams. Police Justice Of the City of Pres
colt. in SAID county. on the 9th day Of April,
1863. at one o'clock p ~, at his Office. in
said city, Judgment viii be rendered against
yon and your property sold to pay the debt.
g. BAYNAN, Prf.
Dated March is. 1863. 47-wI
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Pierce County 0oart. In Probate In the Ynns-s
ter of The esf,ta a po.uunll 49,. - 4 =

Pierce County Court. In Probate In the mr.
ter nf the estate Of N. N. Powell. deeea. ed.
ON READING and fling the petite OF
NJ l.. n. and NJ A Powell. administrators
Of the estate Of said deceased. representing
among other things. that one ofthe purclIas-
ers Of real estate has faied To pay for said real
estate according 10 the terms Of said sale. and
PRAYING that six months further time be gram
led to paw off the Indebtedness and make
final settlement with the Probate Registry Of
this Court it is ordered that said petition be
heard before the Judge Of this Corrt. at his
office. in the city of Prescott on Monday, the
9TH day of April, D. 1863. at 10 o'clock
A. "a. And IT Il further ordered. that notice
thereof be given TO all persons interested in
said state by publishing copy Of this order
for hires successive weeks, once il, each week,
II The Prescott Journal, a newspaper printed
in Prescott, prior to said day of hearing.
WIN. HOWES, Go. Judge.
Dated March Is. 1868. 47-w3
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21
Notice.
Grape Vines.
HOLMAN AZ GAUMON,

in all kinds of Cabinet Ware,
IL Orange ST., Prescott, Wis. We keep
constantly on hand large stock of CABINET
Furniture, and the public are invited to call
and see us before making their purchases
Charges reasonable. for cash only.
HOLMAN d GAUMCE.
Prescott, Feb. 20, 1868.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21
wEARE MAKING A coEPLETE
Revolution in Trade

And are selling for one dollar, Silk, Merino
and Alapacca Dresses, Shawls, Balmorals,
Linen Goods. Watches, Jewelry, Silver-plat-
ed Ware, Sewing Machines, etc. Send clubs
of ten or more, with 10 cts. for each descript-
i've check, and the getter up of the club win
receive present worth SO TO $500, accord
ing to number sent. Agents wanted every
where. Circulars sent free. PAKER d CO.,
Ga d sc Federal St., Boston. Ent
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21
Fer Sale.

For sale.
For sale. miles from Prescott, 40 acres
of good farming land. well improved. good
buildings. water convenient 80 acres plowed.
ready for tie seed. Price. 81 400. Nine
hundred dollars down, the balance in nine
months, at per cent interest. Immediate
possession given. For Particulars address,
j. NJ. SMITH,
Box 325, Red Wing, Mimi.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21

% A ID Post A Meetings on
III. IN. III. the first and third Wed
nesdays of each month, over George Dills
Grocery Store.
Notice.
Persons Indebted TO the undersigned,
either by book account or note, aIe earnestly
requested to call and settle. Book accounts
previous to the first of January, 1868. must
be settled up. to avoid cost. We cannot
allow our accounts to run from yetr to year.
DILL BROS.
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From the stir alter Messenger.
Old Eeliars.

READER-haye Won a garnet, and ID
that garnet a closet, and m that closet
an old leather trunk, sacred to Your
self aloue--a receptacle of by cones 2
If not, you are not human. If not, ,eu
are not prepared to ''keep house"
If you don't retain old letters, love old
friends, cherish old memoiies-you
are worse than sn infideL
old wine. old friends, old memo
everything old, except old eggsl
Mother Eve is lovely, if only for the
gray ringlets OF the centuries gone.
Last night the winds howled-news-
papers became stale-impeachment of
the President has become disinterest-
ing-Democratic State Conventions
seemed stale that is told"-and to be.
guile the hour we resorted to the old
black trunk-a sarcophagus of memories
not dead. but seldom exhumed. God
bless that old trunks histories-interest-
ing to us alone, perhaps, but containing
a world Of soul thOrght and generous
emotions THE gushing breathings Of
the living and dead, allied to us by ties
that must be strengthened and cemented
in the hereafter. ......
We wish We were a Poet. If we
were, we could talk this morning. But
we were not born Poet.
Among thousand letters exhumed,
the first was from our earliest boyhood's
comrade-a noble, generous boy. We
omit the date, lest our lady readers may
infer that we are approaching the "sere
and yellow leaf" We copy verbatim:
"MoRRIs, PENN, March 6, IS-.
Dear Cousin:
Tomorrow is Easter Sunday, and am GO
ing to have dozen cOlored eggs and big
COB Of maple sugar. wish you could be
home. Come east next summer. and we will
90 down to the Great Pond and catch lois q
fish. The clubs are splendid, 1 assure you
No more al present, only that sister Mary ha:
got a live boy baby, and hoping that tbest
few lines may find you enjOyin ing the same
/ Gods's blessing, l remain,
Your aft, cousin,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21

DR. BEECHER, Dentist. firm of Pierce
IL & Beecher, vii visit professionally the
ST. Croix Valley from Prescott TO Taylor
Falls, as soon as navigation opens. 39-tf
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-21
BLACKS MsTHINC.
G. I'll. NICHOLS,

Ws HI NIOAAOAIS3
TEACHER OF Vocal and Instrumental
L. Music, Agt for the sale of Piano Fortes,
Organs. Melodeons, ara Musical Instruments
generally.
Prescott, March Is, 1868 46-tf
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22
Independent in all things.
ASHTABULA. OHIO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 1863

b lity to pay, I can only suppose her
too poor to pay her rightful dues.
He was silent moment. Mrs. Napier
strove to speak, but something rose up in
her throat and seemed to choke her. Mr..
Napier sat at his end of the table aghast.
"Under these melancholy circumstan-
ces," resumed the ruthless doctor, 81 beg
leave to suggest taking up collection at
the table for the benefit of Mrs. Napier's
distressed washerwoman, whose bills
have not been paid. put in a quarter
myself, will some one be kind enough to
pass round the china plate p
The china plate went round the table
in perfect silence, and returned to its or
iginal source well filled. The elite, ma
l:ciously alive to all the weak spots in
Mrs. Napier's armor, appeared to enjoy
the thing. Mrs. Napier, smiling family,
cndeavored to enjoy it as joke; but
his wife knew tFat this one evening had
undone the work of years, AMI sat pale
and silent She would cheerfullv have
murdered DR.. Maynard at that moment,
and Mrs. Tooly, TOO.
''Tcn dollars - said the doctor, DELHI
erately counting the change. Just fifty
more than we need; but it will not come
amiss to Mrs. Tooicy. Ladies and gen
tlemen, / have the honor to bid you a
very good evening.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22
Health.

"The truth IS, many uf our ailments,
and those Of a most fatal form, are taken
In the house, and not out of doors Ia
ken by removing parts of clothing too
soon after coming into the house, or ~
ing down on Il bed or sofa when in an
exhausted condition from having engaged
too vigorously in domestic employment.
Many a pie has cost an Industrious man
Il hundred dollars. A humanlife has many
time paid for an apple dumping.
When our wives get to work they be
come so interested in it that they find
themselves in an utterly exhausted condi-
ton; their ambition to complete thing,
to do some work well, sustain them un-
til it is completed The mental and
physical condition is one of exhaustion,
when breath of air will give cold, to
settle in the joints, to wake up next day
with the inflammatory rheumatism, or
with feelings Of stiffness or soreness,
as if they had teen pounded in bag; or
Il sore throat to worry and trouble them
for months; or lung fever to put them
In the grave in less then week. Our
wives should work by the day, if they
must work at all, and not by the job ; it
is more economical in the end to see bow
little they can do in au hour insaead
of how much. 1t is a slow, steady, con-
tinuous labor which brings health and
strength and good digestion. Fitful
labor is ruinouS TO all.
XdWs Journal of hedHh
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22
The Struggle and Victory.

John" said Il farmer to his boy, " it
IS time for you to 90 to the pasture and
drive home the cattle"
Johnney was playing at ball, and the
pasture was a longl way off, but he was
accustomed to obey; so off he started
without a word, as fast as his legs could
carry him. Being in great hurry to
get back to play, he only half let down
the bars, and than hurried the cattle out;
and one fine COW, in trying to crowd
over, stumbled, and fell down, with he
leg broken.
Johney stood by the suffering creature,
and thought to himself, Now, what
shall do /? That was the finest COW,
father had, and it will be a great loss t.
him 90 "Tell him." whispered the
tempter, you found the bars half down,
and the cow lying there"
NO l can't say that, said Johnney,"
"for it would be lie."
"I'ell him." whispered the temptcr a.
gain, that, while You were driving the
cows, that big boy of farmer Browns
threw stone, and hurried her SO that
she fell and broke her leg"
'No, no. said Johnney, 1 never told
a lie and won't begin now. I'll tell
father the truth was in hurry, and
frightened the poor creature, and SO she
fell and broke her leg"
So, having taken this right and brave
resolve, Johnney ran home as though he
was afraid the tempter would catch him,
and he went straight to lis father, told
Him the whole truth. And what did his
father do
He laid his hand on Johnney's head
and said, "NIy dear son; l would rather
lose every COW | own, than that my boy
should tell an untruth."
And Johnrey, though very sorry fol
the mischief he had done, was much
happier than if he had told a lie to screen
himself, even if he had never been found
ont
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22
WHOLE NUMBER 947.

CHoosING A HUsBAND.-The Hera7 7
Of Health for the current month contai.
an interesting article from Hrs. Z. OF
Smith entitled, " Choosing a Husband.
The authOress, in arguring that womo-
has right to choose husband Just
much 50 as man has to choose W
saws:
Il am by no means willing to have it =
derstood that | counsel women to O.
bout popping the question, to men her
and there like an army of granadiers
far from i. \ man rarely pops tn
question till he is pretty well assure
In his own mind as to the kind of res
ponse he will receive and,in all cases
refined women prevents her lover frOu'
explaining himself were she is bent upc',
a denial Of his suit. In anv true relation.
there is very..little of this question and
answer form, so much talked about, and
as to all that wearing of a perpetua'
mask upon the face, in the shape of ccr
cealed emotion and lhat resolved to dil
rather than expose the story of th..
heart, is all nonsense, very little of it o.,
ours i'll real life. True hearted men and
women are easier read than our romano
writers seen to comprehend.
''Let our women be free not only To
reject, but to choose, also. Men and
women are likely to DO this without any
great expenditure of language, for the
vocabulary of love is more expressive
than words, | have known several wo-
men Of refinement and intellect who
owned that their husbands were rather
sought after by them than otherwise.
and these matches were certainly among
the happiest | have ever known. Per
haps, if women deludes a man into
marriage, she feels sbound to make his
condition happy one"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22

TIE Two NEW YORK MONEY KINGS.
Commodore Vanderbilt and Alexander
l. Stewart reign over two different en-
pires, in which neither of them has ri
val. The Commodore represents railroad
wealth, while Stewart represents the
wealth ofmerchardse. The Commodore
never sold yari of dry goods, while
Stewart is tie prince Of tape measurr,.
Both arc great builders, but the Sommo-
dore builds nothing but mammoth pas
senger and freight depots, while Stewart
erects marble stores and marble houses.
Both have a great passion for real estGts
and also for horses, though in the latter
speciality the Commodore outstrips his
rival Stewart has some fine animals,
but none equal to the winged courscrs Of
the Commodore Both are old men who
have spent many weary years in building
up fortunes which they must soon leave
to hungry heirs Among the points of
difference which distinguishes these two
kings is that of personal appearance.
Stewart is slender and careworn; while
the Commodore is of large size and finely
developed, weighing nearly as much as
three of the former, and with an easy
anil, in fact, rather jolly countenanee.
Stewart, though married, is childless;
while the Commodore mas large family
of sons, several OF whom are connected
with his railways as Vice Presidents,
though none of them inh rit his genius.
We believe that these two Kings seldom
meet and have but little in common.
They occasionally dash past one another
in their drives, and then one may notice
the slight bow by which they confess rec
ognition. Each feels that his Empire is
distinct, and they have no desire to in-
wade each others realms. Stewart would
be lost if he were thrown among crowd
of railroad contractors, and the COmmo-
dore would make q poor dabster at dry
goods. Hence, they dwell apart and d.
vide the empire Of wealth.
Rochester Democrat.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22
A FELINE FABLE ExPLAINED.-A rC

A FELINE FABLE EXPLAINED.-A re
view of an entertaining volume entitled
''The Book of Cats" gives the following
account of the origin of the popular tra-
dition regarding the Kilkenny cats: In
the time of William the Third, the Eng
lish soldiers stationed at Kilkenny used,
TO divert themselves with cat fights. In
the course of time the idea was e1vOlyed
of tying the tails of couple together,
and 'fiinging them over clothes lin,
leaving them to fight it out. This diver
sion gained such popularity that a great
scarcity of cats ensued in the towr, and
measures were taken to put a stop to the
slaughter. So, when information reach d
headquarters that two cats were fighting
it ont on certain line in an out Of Il e
way room in the barracks, an officer and
SQUAD of men were sent to arrest the
men engaged in witnessing the diversion.
The culprits heard the tramp Oh the stairs
OF the approaching party. Quick as
thought the window of the room was
thrown up, and the cats freed from each
other bv cutting of their tails. These,
SUSPENDED from the line, were all that
was to be seen by the intrnders. BE
CORA . cried one of them, as he examined
the caudaI remnants, show the divils
must have fought. They're just after al
ten each other entirely, and left naught
but their tails behind them"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22

Evils OF GossIP-I haze known &
country society which withered away
all to nothing under the dry rot of Cos
sip only. Friendships, once as firm as
granite, dissolved to jelly, and then rur,
away to water, only because of this;
love that promised future as enduringas
heaven and as stable as truth, evaporat-
ed into the morning mist that turned TO
4 days long tears, only because Of this
father and son were set foot to foo
with the frey breath of an anger thai
would never cool again between them.
only because Of this and husband AMI
his young wife, each straining at the he
ted leash which in the beginning had
been the golden bondage of Gods
blessed love, sat mournfulIy by the side
of the grave where all their love and all
their joy lay buried, and only because Of
this.-I have seen faith transformed to
mean doubt, hope give place to grim
despair, and charity takes on itself the
features of black malevolenoe, all because
of the spell of words of scandal and the
magic mutterings of gossip.
Great crimes work great wrong, and
le uetpeT tIdSeuieS Vi nntnan lie spring
from its larger passions; but woeful and
most melancholy are the uncatalogued
tragedies that issue from gossip and de-
traction most mournful the shipwreck
often made of noble natures and lovely
lives by the bitter winds and dead salt
water of SANDER. So easy to say, yet so
hard to disprove-throwing on the inno-
cent all the burden and the strain of de-
monstrating their innocence, and push
ing them as guilty if unable to pluck out
the stings they never see, and to silence
words they never bear-gossip and SLAM
der are the deadliest and the cruelest
weapons man has forged for his brothers
hurt.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22
SELECT POETRY.
Gone Away.
BY VI. W. F. GIBSON.

l see the farmhouse red and old,
Above the roof its NAPLES sway;
The hills behind are bleak and cold,
The wind comes up and dies away.
gaze into each empty room,
$50 wide likeness grief will craVe,)
Each dead leaf seems withcred hope,
Each messy hillock looks grave.
They will not hear me if / call;
They will not see these tears that start;
'Tis Autumn-Autumn with it al
And worse than Autumn in my heart,
O!leaves, so dry, and dead, and scrc,
L can recall some happier hours,
When Summers glory fingered here,
And Summers beauty touched the flowers.
Adown the slope slender shape
Danced lightly with her flying curls,
And manhood's de, per tones were blent
With the gay laugh of happy girls.
o stolen meetings at the gate
o lingerings at The open door.
o moonlight ramhes long ard late!
My heart can scarce believe them DER.
And We; the silence, strange and still,
The air of sadness ard decay,
The moss that grows upan the sill
Yes, love and hope have gone away!
So Ike, so ike a worn ont heart !
Which the last tenant finds too cold,
Al leaves foreyermorp, as they
Have left this homestead, rcd and old.
Poor empty house! poor lonely heart!
'rwere well if bra,! ly. side by side,
You wait, d till the hand of Time
Zach ruins missy wreath supplied.
lean upon the gate and sigh;
Some bitter tears Will lorcc heir way,
And then bid the place goodbye
For many long and weary day.
Icross the little ice bound brook.
On SIMMER It's noisy stfcalh,)
Turn round to take Il last fond look,
And all has faded, ike a dream
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-02-22

Not one person in a hundred takes
the commonest percaution in going
ont. 1t not by staying indoors that
health is guaranteed. The body and feet
should be warmly clothed, but not so
wanmly as to create a perSpiration in
slow walking. If heavy overcOat is
warm on a cold day, lighter one
should be pat on when the weather is
twenty degrees warmer. BY bundling
up every day alike, the clothing sson
become, insufficient for a cold spell, and
constant chiIlne;s is felt, which re-
salts in a cold, than cough, prehaps
fever, and sometimes ends with death.
With so many physicians in community,
and with the example of so many i'm
prudent friends and acquaintatances
constatly before us, it would,n turally be
supposed that the lesson OF preserving
health might be learned by every person
capable of reason. 1t is a shameful fact,
however, that such is not the case, or,
# it is learned, it is never made use OF.
We are all guilty of what we may justly
term criminal neglect. We see the right,
approve it, yet neglect to follow its pre-
cepts. Every year we mourn the loss
of those who, with the commonest pre-
cautions as to their health might have
been among us now. We ascribe the
results of this negligence to the "will of
God.e and the 'diSpensation of Provl-
dence" when in reality it is little better
thau sUicide.-E-ie DiSpdtch.