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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1868.

EN-, But think Nv that old man Deekin
Pogram! Look at his gray hair, his fur
rowed cheeks, and his totrin steps! Is he
to be forced in old age to stane his hands
with laber for the nessary sustenance
wich, sence Bascom quit trustin, kin only
be GOT with cash? Is niggers to wear bet
ter clothes than me? Shall Issaker Cav
EFT, who wuz never yoost to work be brot
to it in the flower NV his yooth?
We don't ask you to interfere in our be-
half-we only ask you to be at peece
yoorself and keep hands of. Sheathe the
sword, and let us hev peece Withdraw
everything in the shape of soljery-stick
to the Presidency and nothing else, and
we will take care Nv the rest.
Their are other things wich yoo must do
to restore peace and happiness to ther dis
tracted country. There can be no peace
so long as the Blairs are out of offs.
The Biairs must hev places. A govern
ment without a Blair into it is not legal.
Linkin failed to command the respect Nv
the Blairs, and where is Linkin? John
son let the Blairs go, and what an Awful
Example is he Don't be afraid that they
won't take offs under 700. They amt
pertikeler-they'd as soon run yoor ad-
ministration ez anybody's. Yoo can git
the support Nv the Blairs! That Boon is
within yoor reach. And likewise yoo kin
get others wich is just ez necsary. Steed-
man is waitiD. Rosso is waitin. Fuller
is waitin. Ross Nv Kansas, and Doolittle
in fact all that noble army Nv marters
wich follered the politikel forchoons NV A.
Johnson stand ready to support 700, on
condishun that 700 support them. Take
them q. S. Grant--take them. Don't de-
spise my advice. Think Nv havin the
Blair family knockin at yoor door for four
years End it now and forever. f.
For myself it isn't necessary to speek.
| am almost at the end Nv eventful life.
Disappointment hez done its work, and in
little time I shell go hence. I am vic
tim Nv irregular habits-wunst when in
Ablishen basteel wuz deprived Nv liker
for ten days, and wunst by mistake swal
lowed camphene for whisky. My consti-
tooshen wuZ thus undermined. hev but
q few more years at best and it don't mat
ter where I drag them out. But If my
pathway to tie toomb Good be smoothed
by continyooance in the Post Offiis at
the Corners, it wood be favor wich /
shecI appreciate. l shood then be at
peece. Likewise wood Bascom, at whose
bar I hev an unliquidated account, and the
citizens, all Nv whom hold my notes Nv
hand for small amounts, be at peece in the
soothin hope Nv gettin suthin at some
fucher day. I ekko yoor sentiment-let
us hev peece. hev indikated how it kin
be done-Will 700 follow that path or not
1t is for 700 to choose.
PETROLEUM v Massey, P. NJ.
(Which is Postmaster)
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04
threw my thoughts into hopeless confu-

threw my thoughts into hopeless confu-
sion.
saw the conductor looking at me. ]
said, "who is that man ,"
He was member of Congress once,
and a good one. But he got caught in a
snow-drift in the cars, and like to have
been starved to death. He got so frost
bitten and frozen up generally, and used
up for want of something to eat, that he
was sick and out of his head for two or
three months afterwards He is all right
now, only he is a monomaniac, and when
he gets on that old subject he never stops
till he has eaten up that whole carload OF
people he talks about. He would have
finished the crowd by this time, only he
had to stop here He has got their names
as pat as A, B, G. When he gets them all
eaten up but himself he always says:
Then the hour for the usual election for
breakfast having arrived, and there being
no opposition, was duly elected, after
which, there being no objections offered,
Isresigned Thus am here"
1 felt inexpressibly relieved to know
that had enly been listening to the
harmless vagaries Of mailman, instead
of the genuine experience Of blood
thirsty cannibal.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04
An Epitaph.

In Memory
The Democratic Party.
Died November 3, 1868.
In the Early Years of the Republic.
Itwas the Representative of Democratic Ideas,
The Advocate of Popular Progress,
The Friend Of Freedom,
The Exponent of Constitutional Law,
and
The Great Defender
of
Union,
Perpetual, Sacred and Inviolate
Between the American People.
Thomas Jefferson,
The Apostle of the Democratic Faith,
Wrote the Immortal Doctrines of it's Early Greed
The Declaration of Independence,
in the affirmation
that
All men are Created Equal, and are endowed by
their Creator
With certain Inalienable Rights,
Among which are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit
of Happiness,
Reafirmed in the Prophetic Warming:
/ tremble for my country when remember
that God is Just"
In its maturer years,
this Party,
Flushed with the long possession
of Power.
Becoming Corrupt with the Patronage of Office,
Forsook its Principles,
Breathed the infected atmosphere OF Treason,
Inscribed - Slavery" as the legend upon its
Banners and
Pledged itself to FasteT the Fetters on the
Limbs of the Slave,
And to Plant the System
On Soil forever Consecrated to Freedom.
1t appealed to the lowest Prejudices of the
Masses against the Negro.
1t denied law to q Man because he was Black,
And honOred crime
II perpetrated in the Name of Democracy by a
White.
1t Lost the Confidence of the People,
and then sought
By Secret Organizations and Widespread
Rebellion the
Destruction of the Republic.
The Overthrow of Democratic
Government,
The erection of an Aristocracy in the
South
In which African Slavery should be the
Cornerstone.
During four years of war
To vindicate the Majesty of Law and the Principles
of Constitutional Government, it
Sympathized with Treason,
Pronounced the War Crime and Failure,
Attempted by Disorders, BlOodshed and
Violence TO Provoke Civil War
in the Loyal States, and
Pleaded for Peace on the Basis
of Disunon
On the Restoration of Peace,
Won by the Heroism and Sacrifices of our
Defenders,
the Party
Appealed to the Judgment of the People, and was
Condemned to Die
BY the Voice of the Loyal Millions, through
the Ballot-Bo&.
-Mer6deaa (Con7a.) Recorder.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04
Boston Press Dinner.

A few days ago, the Boston Press took
its annual dinner at the Revere House.
Mr.. Edwin B. Haskill, of the Herald, pre-
sided; Mr.. VIM. B. Smart, of the Post,
acted as Secretary; and Mr.. B. F. Guild,
of the Commercial Bulletin, read short
and spicy poem. At the close of the din
ner the President read the following paper
giving answers which were said to have
been written By persons who had been
invited to preside al the next dinner:
Mr.. Seymour writes
my heart is with you, but your candi-
date I cannot be-
President Grant writes:
II don't want it. Got q good thing
now."
Chief Justice Chase writes:
al will stand if I can name the bill of
fare at the next supper"
Pendleton writes:
"Gladly, if can be allowed to issue in
dividual greenbacks to pay the scot"
Colfax writes:
"I have married wife, and cannot
come"
Frank Blair writes:
"csrtainly, anything If l can be dead.
headed"
Andy johnson writes:
/" Having occupied every Office from
Alderman of my native village to Presi-
dent of the United States, why should /
want It? Nevertheless, will take il"
Nasty says:
al viii come If you will send on flask
Of whisky and railroad pass. ] can't
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04

get trusted here since the Sd instantane-
ous"
Brick Pomeroy observes:
Keep Marble away and I will come. IF
you invite him he will not live to finish
his supper"
Marble writes:
g am ever vigorous and undaunted ::
but l should insist on changing the bill
OF OF fare at the last moment if did not
like it."
Governor Bullock says:
II shall try to come. Say to the total
abstinence men of your party that prefer
to have no liquors, and to the liberal that
wine"
General Hancock writes:
II would gladly be President, but
nothing would tempt me to be Secretary"
From j. @. Adams:
e Excuse me; feel Just now as though
had been thrust into life too early. Per
haps will by and BY"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04
WILLIES CHOICE.
BY ANNA NJ. WELLS.


WILLIE came up to my window
Look, mother, the skies are blues
The brook at the foot of the garden
Sings just as 1t used to do.
Come out where the sun viii warm you :
The lilac 3 in blossom,-and see,
The bird that built there last summer
Has found his old nest in the tree.
''Do look how the grass is growing;
- " Do hear how the blue birds sing;
-. I'm glad that the Winter is OYER
irish IL WeTe Gtaoays Spring."
= Willie came up to my window,
His lips were all stained with blue;
Lis hat in his hand,-stDear mother,
Here's something so nice for you
-..a.risy 1--we been with the men the meadow,
Tossing and turning the hay;
.'9s sia 1t scented the air SO sweetiy,
rs e I'D like to have stayed all day.
''But saw these berries and fowers,-
They grew by the old stone wall.
No season so good as the Summer
.- L It&e1 Tie best Of all.
Willie came up to my window
His merry eyes danced with glee:
Come out to the gathering, mother;
y fT fg'Fhey are shaking the walnut-tree.
= 4 1.-THE farmer has piled up his pumpkins,
All shining like heaps OF gold;
lie says that the grapes will be ripened
As soon as the nights grow cold.
l.te a4 :. The naples have all turned crimson,
a+ And yellow the ash-leaVes lall .t.....tf
I'd. Oh. the beautiful days of Autumn
Yes,-ttey are Hte best Of ML.'
Willie came up to my window,
rrffC- scarcely could see through the pane,
For the sparkle of frost-work on it,
''Oh, mother Here's Winter again
1.-THE icicles shine like silver;
They hang from the house top still.
Come out, mother dear, for want You
To see me coast down the hill.
~ 8 I've shoveled path from the doorway,
I'm all in glow, as you see;
I've made a snow man in the garden:
c. fiH WeH Winter'S MetiD1e for me-
Willie come close to the window;
III not ask you long to stay;
I. Be patient moment, my wild bird,
t4Jts - I've just a few words TO say.
''See, dear, how each changing season
Succession of gladness brings;
We know not from which, as they pass u.s.
The greater enjoyment springs.
$50 fitted is each to its purpose,
Our hearts with content they fill
BE- --l And ev'ry fair season that leaves MS,
The next one seems fairer still.'
--PiDerside Ktgtzig1e
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04

TIE NURSERY. " Monthly Maya
zine for Youngest Readers'' is meeting with the
fate It so well merIts-a general popularity. The
Boston Journal says 1t has been introduced for use
in many Of the best primary schools Of the conn
try, and with excellent results. We say of the
December number, as Of the preceding oEes-just
the thing for young beginners The terms are
Single subscriptions, 81 50 per year; three copies,
s4.0O; five, So; twenty, S28 and one copy extra.
Single numbers Is cents. Address JOHN + sHo-
REY, 13 Washington street, Boston, Mass.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-04

& (From the Toledo Blade.)
Mr.. NAsBY FROM HIS QUIET RETREAT AT
THE CORNERS, ADDRESSES AN EPISTLE
TO GEN. GRANT, IN WHICH HE SUGGESTS
MANY THINGS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
NUMBER V.
Jacobs Ladder.

The following stanzas are from q prize poem
delivered at the University of Oxford, England,
by the Rev. William Alexander
All many time we look on starlight nights
Up to the sky as Jacob did of old,
Long looking up to the eternal lights,
To spell their lines in gold.
But nevermore as to the Hebrew boy,
Each on his way the angels walked abroad
And nevermOre we hear, with awful joy,
The audible voice of God.
Yet, to pure eyes, the ladder is set,
And angel visitants still come and go;
Many bright messengers moving yet
From the dark world below.
Thoughts that are read cross Faiths outspread-
ing wings
Prayers of the church are keeping time and
tryst;
Heart-wishes, making bee-lke mumurings,
Their flowers the Eucharist
Spirits elect through suffering rendered meet
For those high mansions-from the nursery
door;
Bright babes that climb up with their clay-cold
feet
Unto the golden floor.
These are the messen gers, forever vending
From Earth to Heaven, that faith alone may
scan,
These are the angels of our God ascending
Upon the Son of Man?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
Grave of my Father.

No prouder pedigree can mortal claim
Than to link kindred with this sanity name,
Let royal scion boast regal sire
And lordlings to lords estate aspire:
These proud pretensions dwindle in my eyes,
AS higher, holier, grander glories rise.
A 'king to Coda Priest before his throne
Are higher titles than earths rulers own,
A crown of rig ghteousness' outshines the gold
And heav' My splendors we shall ne'er be told.
So pure, celestial AID sublimely great
Are all the good who reach the saints estate.
If kindred blood to saints flow in my veins,
What grand preferment, and. bow rich the gains
If lineal leans upon anotherss worth,
And rank descend from those who give US birth
Why may l not above these honors rise,
The son of saints long pass d into the skies /.
If in this PRIDE Humility should blend
And holy Zeal its inspiration lend,
If kindling Love from this ancestral glow
Should wean the heart from idols here below
II Faith divine should brighter CLEANS impart
To quicken all the graces of the heart
How rich the legacy the good bequeath
To those whom death so heavily bereaves!
The gloomy grave borrow d radiance lends
To those whose quickend race now heav' inward
tends
Those blessed voices speak with louder tone
And fondly bid us make their home our own.
Q, that those voices may my soul inspire
Til l, with them shall join tn angelic choir
This goal attain'd-loud poans shall be givn
From Sire and Son for all the bliss of heaven.
p w
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
The "Grecian Bend"

The latest "agony" in the fashionable world
is the ''pannier which seems to have created
no little hustle among the fashionable young
ladies of our usually quiet city. The pannier
is new thing. 1t is, we believe, new inven-
ton, gotten up expressly and for no other pur-
pose than to assist ladlesin getting their backs
up" We had curiosity enough to examine one
of the internal machines. 1t is made Of linen,
and stuffed with moss or cotton, and padded
SO as to rest easy, like saddle blanket on
sore backed horse. 1t is about 16 inches long
one way and about s or 10 inches the other,
| and some are thicker than others, with two
| tapes attached to tie them about the body, as
you put saddle on horse. One of the panniers
attached to young lady, together with the
new style Of dress, is what gives them the ap-
pearance of having the 'Grecian bend. If
there is comfort in these new tangled concerns
we ''can t see it; but we suppose as they are
fashionable, that young ladies will grin and
bear it - and subject themselves to all kinds of
ludicrOus remarks on account of the 'Grecian
bend their bodies will be subjected to. 8
These "panniers" will make some young la
dies look rather forward in fact, lean that
way. They will appear as if they had eaten an
overdose Of green apples and butter milk, and
were suffering from fearful attack of collie,
with slight touch Of toothache and an inkling
of dyspepsia The ''Grecian bend" we sup
pose, will be all the go, for awhile, at least,
and we hope will not be carried to such ex-
tremes as will make our handsome young ladies
look as if they had been to boarding school
for six months, and fed on nothing but dried
apples and hot water. All! young ladies what
next? G
| "They said you wore your dresses short
| rs To show your pretty feet;
You wore no wells, no bonnets large,
i To hide your faces sweet;
And now, because Dame Fashion chose
| A Pannier to you send, .,e,., fft.
They say you stoop like your grandmas,
And call it 'Grecian BEND u
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
Letter from the Hon. B. H. Hill.

To the Editor Of the Ne,0 York Tribune:
SRI have read all you have said in the
Tribune on the subject of the collision at Ca
milla, in the State of Georgia. | beg permis-
sion to make a statement which will present
this whole affair in its true light to you and
the Northern people.
Early in the canvass the whites of that State
mine tenths OF whom are Democrats) received
positiue Information that the negroes were be-
ing encouraged to arm themselves and hold
nightly drills in military style. They were told
that the object of the Democratic party was to
reenslave them and that they must resist its
success by force, and especially kill negroes who
should vote the Democratic ticket. Very soon
this canard, which originated in the Leagues,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
POetrW.
The March of the White Brigade.
BY A. j. EEQUIER.

BY A. j. EEQUIER
Their weapons laid in festal shade,
They gather fast and far,
The men whose ringing charges made
The mountains reel with war;
For Seymour, shout the swift array,
And Blair, the bold and true,
AS, side.hy side, the boys in gray
Step With the boys in blue!
A fearless band, they take their stand
On river. lake. and plain,
To clasp around their native land
A reunited chain;
''For home and wife and life," they say,
"Well lock our shields anewI'
As, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in Blue
The saints who cant, with eyes asant,
That we may blinded be;
The sordid demagogues who rant
That we must bend the knee,
Have had their dungeons and their day,
And shall the ruin rue,
AS, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in bluel
No martial horde, with drum and sword,
Shall quarter on the free;
Down with the Stamp Act l-overboard
The Tory's tax ON Tea!
Old George the Thirds exploded play
CauIOC De prayed anew
AS, SIDE by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in blue
The et-Knights shall wing their flights,
With all their Hoollen wares
Whose would have freedman's rights
Must take freedman's cares;
And such as claim to shape their way
Shall earn their living too
AS, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the. boys in blue
The hour is past-the die is cast
The flood rolls on amain;
The Phantom Ship, in wave and blast
Has settled, rent in twain
In vain her pilots curse or pray,
And shrek the hopeless crew,
AS, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in blue!
The morning breaks, in golden flakes,
The sun our fathers saw
Arise-and nation wakes
To order, peace, and law;
Ho! Butler, Stanton, Wade away
And Schenck a long adieu!
AS, side by side, the boys in gray
Step with the boys in blue
Their weapons laid in festal shade,
They gather fast and far,
The men whose ringing charges made
The mountains reel with war;
For Seymour, shout the swift array,
And Blair, the bold and true
AS, side by side, the boys in gray,
Il, Step with the boys In blue!
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
Portable Fence.
NEW FENCE.-The attention

A NEW FENCE.-The attention of the
IN farmers of this county is requested to a
new style of BOARD FLNCE, a specimen OF
which is to be seen in the Courthouse yard
than the ordinary board fence, can be put up and
taken down with great rapidity, is firm and dura-
BILE, can be prepared during the winter and pre-
sents many points of advantage for the consider
alton of the farmer.
Farm rights will be disposed of upon reasona-
BILE terms, either by GEO. E. PRICE or the under
signed. DAVID BUCHER.
mar 24-tf Wind copy sE-<EsE E&FE 4.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
DLOWS! PLOWS!!-IN

III Wish TO call the aCJonClOn OF 7N
farmers and the public to my kesslzEzEE,
LIVINt STON PLOWS-Nos l, 3, 4, s. and
6; all of these numbers will fit the old Bradley
Castings in every way, made at or near Midway,
Rockbridge county. l also make very superb
or hillside for two horses, and will have very
good one-horse in time for fall plowing-single
| and double shovel plows of superior style
Having carried on the Plow business in South
Western Virginia, for 16 successive years, and a
part of the time very extensively, (my sales be-
ing three thousand plows per Year,, but having
met with misfortune, my operations at present
will be somewhat limited. But if cannot re-
gain my fortune am determined to secure a
reputation for making the best plows and of deal
ing honestly with my customers. / have made
the plow my study, and can make and fit up any
kind of patterns, and would refer to Mr.. W. A..
Burkes as specimens having fitted up all his pat
terms and stocked all his plows which have given
general satisfaction; and by close attentionto my
business, hope to merit portion of your patron
age. Shop-adioining Staunton nursery, imme-
the very best manner and with dispatch. Cast
ings, Lumber and Produce taken in exchange
Orders addressed to W. J KELLER, Staun-
ton, will receive prompt attention.
You will find all of these Plows for sale at
BAKER BROS, near Rail Road Depot.
may 26-1yr
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
A TTENTEON FARMERS,

IA am prepared at short notice to fill orders
for Zells Raw Bone Phosphate, Super Phosphate
of Lime The above Fertilizers manufactured by
P. iZell & Sons Of Baltimore, pronounced by Ex-
perienced Farmers to be the best Fertilizers in
use, will also furnish Pure No. l Peruvian Guano
and ground Plaster. Parties in want will! please
send in their names and quantity. wanted in or
der to secure what they want in due time for fall
seeding; also keep on hand well selected stock
of goods for retail, such as usually kept in re-
tail store and as cheap as to be had in this mar
ket for cash or produce; always on hand good
supply of salt and nails, at low price. Ferti-
lizers at Baltimore prices with freight added
20 -. AE JOHN B. SMITH, Z.
;hoO 1Ot Vim cOnv Waynesb bOrO' Va
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LGtGTary.
~uE LATEST NEWS

sYEFE LATEST NEWS. 9sit -zssfss
Daily and Weekly Richmond, Washing
ton New York and Philadephia papers fur
nishedAby month or year, ahead Of the mails, at
PubIfsA ers rates, in advance, by 54
JOHN A NOON,
April 26t Post Office Staunton Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
TAR. A. M. HENKEL, Staunton, Va

~ -.(Formerly of lew Market, va,
Respectfully offers his services to the public In
ali the branches of the Medical Profession-spe-
cal attention paid to Surgery. -,
May be found at his office at all hours unless
professionally engaged.
All calls promptly attended to, both day and
night in the country as well as in the town
0fice-on Bruce's corner, up stairs. Entrance
on Augusta street. doors from corner
,of-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06
Real Estate agency.
JOHN ECHOLS, H. NJ BELL, R. II. CATLETT.
JED HoTCHKIss. ..l T. -
NCHOLS. BELL. CATLETT d. Co..
IA Real Estate Agents,
S. L. Corner of Court House Square,

.STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
We are now selling and have constant de-
mand for Farming, Grazing, Timber and Miner
al Lands of all descriptions, lfitls &C., and we
invite parties having such property for sale, es-
ley of Virginia, to put the same in our hands, be-
lieving that.we possess superior advantages from
our central location, and thorough knowledge of
the county, and our extensive business relations
for securing purchasers. r" -
We make no charge for advertising or showing
property, but when we find purchaser for it we
charge commission of five per cent, to be paid
out Of the first payment made by the purchaser
November 18TH 1867. . .S . : = ]t7rf . Z
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-10-06

The following lines are from the pen of a for
mer resident of Staunton; both of whose parents
were widely known and distinguished for their
pety and usefulness. Is not pride of parentage
in this form, at least, legitimate and commendi-
BILE 2-ED