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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

The woman and the Crow
At = certain crossroads in the
state Of Alabama stood small gro
Gerry, or "whiskey- shop previous
TO the rebellion, where 'bust-head'
aad 'chaiu-lightning' were dealt out
20 the thirsty unwashed, at FIVE
cents a drink or twenty cents a
quart. The presiding genius Of this
dclectable institution was one Bill
Skies, who among various other pets
had domesticated crow, black as
the acc of spades. This crow had
learned, among other things, to re-
peat quite plainly the words, ''Dam
you'll which he Of course heard fire.
quently used in the gallery. During
the prevalence Of knock-down and
drag out fight one day, however the
crow was frightened from home and
flew off into the woods never to re-
turn. y ##m .~t,:
About three miles from the gro
Gerry was q settlement meeting house
AN old, tumble-down affair, only
used on certain occasions when a
'circuit-rider' happened that way.
Into this building went the crow,
takiag peaceable possession; and
two days thereafter the church was
thrown open for preaching. and a
large crowd assembled among whom
was very old lady who was COM
PEELED to use crntches in walking.
who took her seat in the front pew,
and was soon deeply absorbed in the
cloquence of the preacher. The rev.
erend gentleman had scarcely got
under full Roadway, and commenced
laundering his anathemas at all
grades of sinners, when a hoarse,
croaking voice from above uttered
the ominous words:
"Dam you!''
The preacher and congregation
looked aghast at such profanity, and
each peered into his neighbours face
in vain to detect some sign Of guilt.
Quiet was at length restored, how
ever, and the sermon proceeded; but
ere ten minutes elapsed the ominous
dam you'll" again electrified the
audiancc, and just as the preacher
cast his eyes upward to search for
the delinquent, the crow flew down
from his perch, and, lighting on
the Bible, calmly surveyed the ter
,ified crowd, and gave another dole
full croak:
dam you'll
The effect was electrical. Giving
one startled and terrified glance at
the intruder, the preacher sprang
from a window, carrying sash, glass
and all with him, and set off at O.,
break-neck pace through the woods,
closely followed by his horror-strick-
en- congregation, who had piled out
of the building pell-mell after him
In the general scramble the old lady
with the crutchcs had been knocked
down in tho church, where she lay,
unable to rise; and on observing her
the crow, who was after something
to eat, flew down beside her, and,
cooking up his eye at her very know
ingly. croaked out:
Dam you'll"
The old lady eyed him savagely
for 4 few moments, and then burst
for til in tone of reckless defiance:
Eyes: and dam you too! l had
nothing to do with getting up. this
Methodist meeting land yon know
it.
The poor old soul had mistaken
the crew for the devil, and conclu-
ded to propitiate, if possible, the
wrath Of his Satanic majesty by de-
nying all completely in that affair.
The world is full Of just such people.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

A Clergyman was sent for tae
other day. The man was rather
deaf to whom he was called. "What
induced you to send for me - POM
pousiy said the clergyman. s'Eh?"
What induced YOU" he repeated,
$50 send for met" What does he
say 2" said the man to bis wife.
lie says what the dnce did you
send for him for?
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

A waggish ioqxhalist, who is often
merry over iii personal plainness,
tells this stoey Of himself: I went
into drug1 bore, carly in the NOR
ming, for s2dose Of morphine for q
sick friend. The clerk objected to
giving it to me without . proscrip-
ton, evidently fearing I meant 20
destroy myself. 'Pshaw," said /,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

No character can be lastingly in
jurcd by fearless discharge of duty.
Calumny or prejudice may obscure
it for time, but in the end it will
shine the brighter for the clouds
which obscured it..
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
GentIemen,-I

Gentlemen have waited on
you for my dues patiently, until after har-
vest and now that harvest has come the
only admissible excuse for former delays
will be to call and pay up; as l have but
the same excuse where am indebted !
will wait but short time.
W. II. ALLEMAN.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

edo I look like q man who would
kill himself?' r.a.
Gazing ct me steadily half min
ute lie replied
II don't know. Seems to me, if
l looked like you I should be great
~ inclined to kill myself"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

Say what is right, and let others
say what they please. You are re-
sponsible for only one tongue-even
if you are married.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

During the present season the In
dams on the Kansas frontier have
killed forty-fve persons and stolen
half a million dollars worth of stock.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
Valuable Table.

The following table will be found
valuable to many of our readers:
A hox twenty-four inches by six
inches square, and twenty-eight
inches deep will contain barrel.
A box twanty-six by fifteen and o
half inches square and eight inches
deep, will contain bushel.
A box twelve inches by eleven and
a half inches square, and nine inches
deep will contain half bushel.
A box eight by eight inches square
and four and one-eighth inches deep
vii! contain one gallon.
A hox seven by eight inches square
and four and one-eighth inches deep
will contain half gallon.
A box four by fou: inches square,
and four and one fourth inches deep
will contain quart.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
always be Planting a Tree ,

Considering the cost, andssmall
amount Of labor, there is no one
thing that so amply repays as the
planting Of a tree. Well grown, it
always becomes an object Of beauty,
a source Of JOY to the owner Of the
trcc-a pleasure to visitors and to
the residents of neighborhood-
adds an appearance Of increased
value to the prcmises-improves
the general effect Of the scenery
become protection from cold winds
reduces the severity Of the tenn
perature-enhances the rental value
of residence-oftcn more admired
than the most costly building and
finally, can never be viewed without
a thought Of the supreme creative
Power which .doeth all things
we'll. - Hocticulturalist.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
Ladies :! i!
LGOK OUT! LOOK OuT!I

ABeautlfler as Isl A Beautlfer
Ladies' Magazine for sept.]
"HENRY R. CosTAR, of No. 10 Cros-
by Streets said to be out with q
BEAUT1FlER that cclipses anything ev-
er known in this line The Ladies are wild
with delight. One Lady says, 'Iknow it's
right and pointed to skin as fresh, soft,
and delicate as a child. Another Lady
said, If it cost $40 90 bottle, I'd have it,
and another, Away with all hurtful cos
metics, and give me only
"COstaI's" Bitter Sweet
and Orange Blossoms.
1t gives Beauty to the Complexion, Rosy
glow to the Cheeks, Ruby tinge to the
Lips, and Happiness complete.
!! Beware Of worthless limitations.
All Druggists in CRESCO sell it.
One bottle, $l.00; three bottles, $500,
Or address "CosTAR," No. 10 Crosby St. NY.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

"That Cough will Kill you,'
Try :Costar's" Congh Remedy.
Colds and Hoarseness lead to DEATH"
Try "Costar's" Cough Remedy.
"For Croups-Whooping Coughs, &c."
Try "Costar's" Cough Remedy
''Costar says it is the best in the wide
il he says sets True-its
True-its True and We say, Try it-Try
it-Try it."
Morning Paper, Aug. 26.
All Druggists In CRESCO sell it.
Or address COSTAR," No 10 Crosby St. n. Y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

!OI! those COrns. ION! those COrns
Morning Paper, Aug. 90
= !OH MY! !OH MY 4! l can't stand it :;
but he did, for he sent right off and got a
box Of
''COstar's'' Corn Solvent,
and it cured him.
Thousands Of Boxes Sold
All Druggists In CRESCO sellit,
Or address "COsTAR." No. 10. crosby St. N. T.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
THE BISHOP PILL!
THE BISHOP Pull!
THE BISHOP PILL!

'Wright'S,' BUT
"Costar's" Bishop Pill,
(which is bound to take the place of all
others purely vegetable Pill (sugar
coated), and Of extraordinary efficacy for
Costiveness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Head
ache, Nervous Debility, Liver Complaint,
&c.v Medical Journal, Sept. 81
Positively the best Pillin the World.
Thousands Of Boxes now used.
AliDrugglsts In CREsCO sell them,
Or address "CCsTAR," No. 10 Crosby St. N. Y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
BOOKS FOR FARMERS.

Hoao to s,roao trees on the Prai-
ries /; send for Fuller's Forest
trees, $50, post paid.
TODD'S FARMERS MANUAL.
Vol. l, The Farm and Workshop, $3.50
Vol. ?, How to make Farming pay, $50
Each volume distinct and sold separate.
HUsMASS's Grapes and Wine $3.50
WooDwARD's Graperies $50
FULLER's Record Of Horticulture
No. !, $50
FULLER's Record Of Horticulture
No. ?, $50
MANUAL Of the Farm loo
. $ Garden 100
of domestic animals 100
WooDwARD's Country Homes $50
8 Architecture 4 Rural Art MOL, $50
: No.2, 1.5O
Send for Catalogue.
+. WOODWARD,
42-91 Publisher, 81, Park Row, N. Y
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
1CO8tU2''8'
Standard Preparations

ARE
"Costar's" Rat, Roach, &C., Erterminators
''Costar's" Bed Bug Erterminators.
"Costar's' ,only pure) Insect Ponder.
''Only Infallb!e Rene dies known"
SIS years established in New York"
1900 Boxes and fiasKs manufactured daily
GAN Druggists in cREsC sell them"
Beware Il! Of spurious limitations"
81 90 sizes sent By mail on receipt Of price.
$500 for any three 81. 90 sizes by Express.
Address
HENRY R. CosTAR, No. 10 Crosby st. N Y
R6S~For sale by
DR.. j. j. CLEMMER,
Cresco Iowa
D6~ Sold by all Wholesale druggists in
All the large towns and cities. n30v9
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13
RkAD-@RAD.

70 III PdIHIuI WUuHus, &C.
"Healing to all Sores, Ulcers, &C."
"HENRY R. COSTAR, Of No. 10 Cros-
by Streets out with q sALvE-which
He calls His
BuckthOrn SaIve
Perhaps the most extraordinary sALvE
ever known. Its power Of soothing and
healing for all Cuts, Burns. Bruises, Sores
Ulcers, Chapped Hands and Skin, for Sore
Nipples, for Piles, &C., &o.-is without q
parallel. One person says Of it, ] would
not be without Box in my house, if it cost
$500, or had to travel all the way to
New York for j"
IN. Y. Evening News, Sept. 81
All druggists In cREsCo sell II.
Or address ''CosTAR," No. 10 Crosby s.. N. Y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

FRANCIS w. WOODWARD.
81 Park Row, New York,
PUBLISHER OF
AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURE
AL BOOKS, and
Editor and Proprietor Of "the Hort.
eultur,st,"
Offers to supply his own publications as
we'll as all miscellaneous books, by mail
postpaid, on receipt ofprice. Catalogues
furnished gratis. Books put up in strong
wrappers, SO as to arrive uninjured at
destination. Persons living in any part
Of the United States can, by this means.
procure any publication ut the same rates
as if purchased in New York.
Orders to be addressed to the Office of
this paper. n42-9
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-13

'sC0star' in the Field +!
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-28
A Brute will not swallow Drugs.

A human oeing ought to exercise at least as
much wisdom as beast, guided only by instinct.
Take an apple in one hand, a spoonful OF medicine
in the other, approach child, and see which u
will choose. In most cases brute force is required
to force medicine down the throat of any child.
Men and women loathe and abhor the cursed dose
our natural instinct rises up in adherence to this
Tout, heathenish practice, handed down to
us as relic of the dark ages, conceived by the
most superstitious men, composed of soothsayers
and astrologers We find some so ignorant at the
present day. who believe that medicines act.
Under this delusion they swallow pills, physic,
cod liver oil, bitters, soothing syrups, etc. The
simpletons think this drug acts ON this symptom
or disease, and gulp down another, expecting it to
operate in different manner, to reach that organ
or that complaint. Folks possessed of common
sense know that all drugs or medicines OF any
kind are simply dead, inert matter-have no life,
but are chaos. If dose will purge the bowels, it
will physic the box or bottle from which it was
taken. Pour dose of it into dead person, now
you have two dead things together, see now If your
boosted relic of barbarism acts upon the corpse.
Now try dose of the detestable stuff, turn ii
down your own throat. The living system acts
upon it and rejects it as an enemy, throws it out
at natures general outlet or by the water through
the action of the kidneys or at the pores Some
doses most abominable are thrown with violence
and disgust back again out OF the mouth The lfv-
ing system acts upon the drug, not the drug on
the system.
Cali and test it free of cost.
T. N. IRWIN u CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Agents, No. 159 South Clark
Street, Chicago.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-28
2 2 -es-,il 80 = - = -. - - 49, : A--
Preparation of Land for Wheat.

THE summer has been so dry that the
ground has become so hard as to make
blowing difficult The great drought was
not confined to the United States and Can
ada; the farmers of England can scarcely
keep their stock alive, and at the great
trial of agricultural machinery at Leices-
ter, the ground was so hard as to make it
almost impenetrable by ordinary plows;
one feature of the trial field was heaps of
broken pillow shares.
Theoretical farmers recommend deep
plowing-gofng down to the depth of ten
or twelve inches, but practical men know
that the depth of blowing must be regu-
lated by the nature of the soil for if the
active vegetable mold or surface soil is
there and the subsoil cold and clayey, deep
blowing may bury the former too deep,
and bring up too much of the latter. If
the soil is deep loan or rich vegetable
mold, deep blowing will be beneficial, but
even in the best soils, exposure to the
ameliorating influence of the sun, and the
atmosphere, rain, dew, frost and snow,
will be necessary to render the soil which
is brought up by deep blowing fit for sus-
tanning the growth of plants. In cold,
newly turned up soils lime has very ben
eficial effect.
The best wheat soils in the world are
those which are naturally drained, that is,
in which water is absorbed and carried
away by porous subsoil The best soils
for wheat contain a good proportion of
clay and lime Light, sandy soils do not
usually produce good wheat unless they
are enriched by abundance of subsoil ma
nure. Bossingault analysed three samples
of rich wheat soil and found them to con-
tain 90 follows.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-28

Besides these constituents, good wheat
soil generally contains considerable pro-
portion of potash, soda, phosphoric acid,
and nitrogen.
Wheat is called ascourging crop because
it rapidly impoverishes soil in conse-
quence of requiring for its composition
large quantities of materials. chiefly inor-
ganic, which are generally rare in Soils
A frequent repetition of the crop, without
the Intervention of green crops, deprives
the soil of all the necessary ingredients.
In consequence, it is found impossible,
even upon the best wheat soils, to grow
wheat for several years in succession,
without injur.ng the land. A compensa-
ton must be returned to the soil for the
ingredients which have been absorbed by
the crop and this must be done either
directly, by manures or by growing other
crops which do not require the chief con-
stituents of wheat and blowing them in
foI manure
The manures for wheat vary according
to the nature of the soil, and to ascertain
which are necessary an analysis of the
soil should be made The wheat soils of
the United States are generally deficient
in ammonia, and on this account nitrogen
Gus manures, such as guano, flesh blood,
u
manure, are beneficial
The composition of wheat varies ac-
cOrding to the nature of the soil and of the
manures which are applied to it. Those
manures which are rich in nitrogen, not
only increase the crop, but also produce a
| grain richer in gluten and consequently
more valuable
/ In many places wheat soils are MANFRED
by the combined action of clover, plaster
and sheep dung. The surface soil being
deficient in soluble lime and sulphuric
acid, two ingredients necessary for clover,
plaster is applied, which contains these
two compOnents, and the clover grows
luxuriantly. But while the surface soil
has been impoverished by frequent crop
ping without manure, the subsoi remains
! full of salts, and the clover sends down its
| long tap-roOts, collects such inorganic
matter as it finds in the subsoil and brings
it to the surface The sheep eat the leaves
and scatter the constituents of the clover
over the ground with the ammonia formed
| in the urine. The clover is then plowed
under, and all that it has received from the
subsoil and the atmosphere is rendered
| still more soluble by decay, and placed in
a position where it is taken up by the
roots of the wheat.
There are several ways of preparing
land for wheat, such as summer following
with three plowings; blowing once
! blowing once and making the surface mel
4 low with the harrow, cultivator, etc. Ali
these modes have their advocates and are
severally adapted to peculiar Soils The
cardinal points of preparation for wheat
are drainage, deep tillage, destruction OF
weeds and suitable manuring- Western
| RurM.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-28
The Body Renewed.

According to Psychologists, the human body is
renewed once in seven years. Every day, every
hour, every moment, the flesh, the cartilage bone
and muscle of the frame are wasting away, and
being imperceptibly replaced by new material.
Health depends upoL the nature of that material,
and whether it shall be pure or diseased, full OF
vitality and elasticity, or feeble and faccid, de-
ponds mainly upon the action of the stomach. In
warm weather the waste of the system is very
rapid, and if it is not as rapidly repaired by the
great sustaining organ, the consequence is debil-
ty, emacaton and decay. 1t is, therefore, ofpara-
mount importance that the stomach be Kept IN O
g;qorous c0ndition at this trying season, and the
safest surest and best tonic That can be employed
for that purpose is HOSTETTER'S B1TTERS
This Incompatible vegetable stomachic gives un-
wonted energy to the digestive powers promotes
the conversion of the food into healthful blood,
(Which is, so to speak, the raw material of all the
solid portions of the body,) and thereby puts the
system in the best possible state Of defence
against epidemic and other diseases. The strong
require it to keep up their strength; the weak, to
re-inyigorate them, 1t consists of the purest OF
all diffusive stimulants, charged with the juices
and extracts of the most genial roots and herbs,
and is permanent restorative-not mere Tenn
porary excitant 1t acts simultane ously upon Inc
stomach the bowels and the liver, and is the pest
known remedy for dyspepsia, bil1ousness, COS
tveness and general debility. f .
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-28
Cory O'Lanus ON Boys.

AS WE can't be born twenty years old
there must, of course, be boys in the world,
consequently we must tolerate boys as a
necessary evil.
That we may exercise due patience with
boys, it may be as well to remember that
we were boys once ourselves.
That is, such of us as were not girls.
address myself comprehensively to the
whole human race who are afflicted by
boys.
Boys are an affliction. m
They are always up to something exas
perating; they never will be still.
Of course there are good many boys
in the world who are comfort to their
parents and examples for other boys.
| admit this because | have read of such
boys in Sunday school library books, those
nice little stories which, of course, must be
true, or they wouldn't have them in Sun
day schools.
A great deal is made of George Wash.
ington, because, when he was little boy
he couldn't tell lie.
That shows how scarce good boys have
always been, when he is cited as a remark
able instance of juvenile virtue.
But didn't he chop up the cherry tree.
That was pretty piece of mischief
wasn't it?
Mr.. Beecher Classics the boy into three
| distinct phases-the metaphysical boy, the
moral boy, and the physical boy.
| The physical boy is whatI object to- He
is the chap who yells like a Chippewa In
dian through the streets, runs against old
| gentlemen, frightens nervous women
throws stones at the windows, runs behind
wagons, makes the life of street dogs and
fence promenading cats misery, in def
ance to the society for the prevention Of
| cruelty to animals.
He wrings his mothers heart and de-
pletes his fathers pocket, the way he goes
/ through clothes.
"A suit of clothes lasts him no time, and
| pair of shoes less
| He is a bully over all other boys smaller
| than he is, and lives in constant apprehen-
sion of bigger boys, who give him kick
or throw his cap up in tree when they
catch him, by way of illustrating the adj
vantage of size
In speaking of his father behind his
back, he irreverently calls him his daddy.
He takes to gambling at an early age,
and stakes marbles with all the reckless
ness of an old turtle.
He acquires all the tricks of trade in
swapping tops, pocket knives and kite
strings
When he is out of parental hearing he
will sometimes indulge in profanity that
would shock his god-mother.
A friend of mine had boy. He was
considered nice boy, who never did any
thing wrong, and was quite different from
the other wicked boys in the neighbor-
hood
One time this nice boy got sick, and had
{ fever, very much ike the good boys in
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-08-28
How Much Fruit is Enough.

II THINK my family canned enough
fruit last season to enable me to have it
on my table every day in the year."
Such was the remark made to me few
days ago by my neighbor L.. It.cer-
tainly was what very few, even of our most
enthusiastic fruit growers, are able to say !;
and the facts led to some reflections which
will bear stating here.
Neighbor l., we admit has as much
fruit as he and his family will be likely to
consume the year round. | supposed that
my own family was pretty literally sup
piled also; but his far exceeds mine, and
| am quite as certain that mine as far
exceeds that of one-half-yea, of
Observation-Disclosures my neighbors. |
might put it in still stronger light, and
say that while one family in community
has as much fruit as it will need or con-
sumo, with a moderate daily use, there are
not less than one hundred families who do
not consume over one quart weekly.
What utter nonsense, then, for men to
be croaking about the superabundance of
fruit, the prospects OF overstocking the
market, and all such forebodings of evil
to fruit growers. And yet every commu-
nifty has one or more of this class of old
fogies. | remember just such in my boy
hood; and yet people have continued to
plant, till the quantity is ten-fold greater
everywhere. and the price has continued
to advance; and even now, large portion
of the people have yet to learn that the
small fruits-to say nothing of apples
can be made part of their legitimate
daily food
How long before all the people will be
as well educated up to the use of fruit as is
my neighbor L., and how much will be
enough to supply the country when this
time shall arrive ?-HorticugturiSt.