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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04


1t is conceded that the coming wheat
winter is large, and, on the whole, in q
good condition throughout the whole
country, and by no means excepting Cali
fornia and the interior Territories But,
regarding corn, which, in various ways,
Is the basis of q vast amount of food, and
fully equal in importance to wheat, the
present prospect is more discouraging than
1t has been for many years. From the At
lantic to the western line of Illinois, where
the greater part of the corn of the United
States is raised, there have been rain falls,
withfew intervals through all this plant
ing season, which is now rapidly drawing
to close. Except on sandy soil, it is safe
to say that, at this date, it would
be difficult to find a single
considerable-sized field of corn
planted and growing well, between the
ocean and the Mississippi. And yet there
has scarcely been planting season within
this generation of which such statement
could have been made. Still, the excep-
tions in this broad extent where inactivity
reigns are important Through almost all
of the Southern States corn was planted
in due season, and the same is to be said
of parts Of Missouri, and of a large por-
ton of Iowa, while in Minnesota and Wis
consin, almost always bringing up the rear,
the young corn is now out of the ground,
and rapidly, growing. But, regarding the
great corn belt, the farmer waits day after
day, and week after. week, for sunshine
and drying weather-and waits in vain.
Each day is like another-a day of mist
and showers.- OF course, garden-work is
In Ike hack va rduocu I snoc than N ~urooI~
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
How to Get Answers and Save Postage.

Persons who expect replies to their let
tiers in due course of mail ought to commit
to memory the following obvious rules:
1. Write legibly, if you can. Flourishes
are not essential.
2. Date your letter.
3. Give your town, county, and State
We may remark, by the way, that
Congress should appoint standing
committee to change every dupli-
Gated name of town throughout the
country, using the aboriginal terms
as far as they will 60
4. Use only as many words as will clear
ly express your meaning.
5. When you order from persons who do
not know you, give references.
8. In your order, make your figures and
letters distinct -.
z. Sign your name" Yours truly" not
being sufficient to identify the personality
of the writer
8. If the subject-matter relates solely to
your own profit or convenience, enclose a
stamp or stamped envelope. - i.,,,..,......l
8. If you intend to enclose money
order, or anything else, be sure to dose.
10. See that the envelope is effectually
closed.
II. Put on the full amount of stamps.
IL. Address the envelope. plainly and
correctly. 81. -. : -.
Is. Post the letter. ...
If these precautions being used, you do
not get a reply in due time, you may con-
scientiously rail at Uncle SamueL-EI-
cliau0e
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

400 DAG 9T1T--sTp J>OU glif i
There resides in certain city an old
gentleman, who had an only daughter,
possessed Of the highest attractions, moral,
personal and pecuniary. She was engaged
to sgYenig m1n ss'WeH olf in worldly
goods e herself They VEN all in all TO
each othcs, and the day was fxed fox. the
Union. Some two weeks previous to the
time appointed for the wedding, the
espoused attended a soiree, at which a
quarrel occurred between them in conse-
quence Of his paying more attention than
she thought justifiable to a young lady
with sparkling eyes and inimitable ring
let's The gentleman retorted, and spoke
lightly of certain cousin, whose waist:
coat was the admiration of the assembly,
and which, it was limited darkly, had been
embraideredI by the fair, hand pr the
heiress in question He added, in conclu-
sion, that it would be time enough for him
to be scok1ed- when -tlfey wefe- married,
and that he thought she had adopted a
certain portion a male attire a little
too soon.
After supper both the lovers had become
pefss COOL; iced Champagne and gold
chicken had done their work; and leave
was taken by the bridegroom in posse, in
kindly and afsetispate, il not IN such en-,
thusiastic terms, as had previously marked
their meetings.
with some remorse on the argry feeling
he had exhibited, and on the cutting sar-
casm with EIich he gave Il vent and, as
a part Of the aDsende honorable packed
up with great care a magnificent satin
dress, which he had previously bespoken
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

is the way. walk We ditto, for with either
nv these men all these things Wei hey.
When they come to us they leeve thcr
former selves behind.
But methinks / hear one say, Hancock
is soljer, Seymour a .anti-repudiator, and
Chase Ablishnist Wat NV THAR They
may be wat they Ike when they 90 into
offis--assosiashen with US fetches EN- soon
er or later. Kin you tech pitch and not
be deiled? Doolittle, Cowan and Dixon
wuz Ablishnists. When they split from
Ablishnism-the mint they fell into our
embraces-they became ez satisfactory
Democrats eZ / cod wish. The road
down is easy one To travel. It's easier
to slide than 20 climb, witch IS the reason
why so mary more are damned than saved.
Democracy, IKE Bascom's new likker,
holds man when it gifts him. Johnson
wuz good enuf Ablishnist till he. called
unto us for help, and then he was lost.
Let Chase stay with us week and then
he'd forgit all his old ideas, 700 bet.
Shood 700 poke that silver pitchersat him
the niggers give him at Cincinnati, for de-
fendin fugitive, and he'd swear like Peter
he never saw it-only differin from Peter
in that he'd stick to 1t. And there Is no
goin back for the principal ones Their
remorse kind o drives EN- deeper and
deeper, till they finally are worse then ez
tho they originally wuz NV us. Let us,
my brethren, never reject any help We
kin git. Let it come in any shape and
from any source, it'll finally assimilate to
us and De tiv us. Remember JOHNSON,
Cowan, DooEttle, and Dixon swore, when
they started at Philadelphia, that they
never Good go into the ranks Nv tie Dim
ocrisy; in a year they wuz maxim speeches
for Us in Connecticut. "a IT..
Ez / conc.ooded my remarks, my circle
oil agreed that it wuz safe to take what
ever we Good git from the enemy, and we
retired, feein that whatever other locali-
ties mite do, the Corners wuZ safe. Wat
an outrage it is, though, that the Ablish-
nists nominated SIGH man for Vice Presi-
dent ez to make Grant perfectly safe from
bein removed ez Linken wuz. Eff he's
elected he'll serve out his time shure.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, =. NJ,
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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
nllted Il 10 tlIIe ) laah, <h nlote toihe

mitted II to the lady, With note to sthe
following effect: III
"DFAREsT-I have been unable to close
my eyes all night, In consequence Of think
ing of our foolish misunderstanding last
evening. Pray pardon me, and, In token
of yonr forgiveness, deign TO accept The
accompanying dress, and wear ii. for the
sake of your affectionate-"
Having written the note, he gave it to
a boy ia deliver. But, as pair OF unmen-
tionables wanted repairing, he sent theiIfto
the tailor by the same messenger. The in
eyitable contretemps the reader viii a
once anticipate Yet, the boy made the
fatal blunder; he left the satin dress with
the tailor, and the note, together with the
dilapitated habiliment at the residence of
the lady He indignation was neither 20
be described nor appeased. So exas-
perated was she at what she considered q
determined and deliberate affront, that
when her admirer called, she ordered the
door to be closed in his face, refused to
listen to an explanation, and resolutely
broke off the match. Before many weeks
elapsed means were found to make her
acquainted with the history of the OBJ
jectionable present; but she nevertheless
adhered firmly to her resolve--deeply
lamenting the misadventure, but deter
mined To let the burden of the ridicule rest
upon her unlucky lover.-ErchaBgs.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
Every Violation

Of the laws of health invariably entails its own
punishment, and the warnings administered by
the faithful monitor (pain) cannot be neglected
with impunity. If its admonitions were needed.
and the proper remedy Immediately resorted to, a
vast amount of suffering would be prevented, and
dangerous diseases averted. When the head
throbs, the lips become parched, and the cheek is
burninS-the warning is given; neglect is then
dangerous. In the vast storchouse OF natsre may
be found remedies for all the different maladies
that aflict mankind without resorting to per-
nicious minerals. The best of these medicinal
agents have been incorporated in the preparation
known a. HOSTETTERS STOMACH BITTERS.
and offered rs a safe remedy to those suffering
from the various forms Of fever. This medicine
has steadily and surely won its way into the con-
Gdence of the public, and has received the
est cncominms from the press and people through
out the Union. As valuable tonic for the cure OF
Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Constipation, and general
nervous debility, it cannot be approached. Every
day. new cases OF its great effect are chreniclcd
through public journals. There l. nothing
equal TO the enjoyment which the afflicted expert
ence when using this valuable specific. Its mild
tone, its sure and vigorous action upon a disor-
dered stomach, and the cleansing of the entire
human body, should recommend il TO all classes
of our community
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
A Runaway Railroad Car.
A correspondent writing to a Syracu

A correspondent writing to a Syracuse
On. ~ paper says:
The road to Cheyenne westward rises to
the grade of eighty feet to the mile for
more than thirty miles, or until it reaches
the summit of the BLACK Hills, which is
the highest point to be attained in the
construction Of the great "national high
way" Eighteen miles west of Cheyenne
is point called Charmichaels. The town
Is composed of a few huts, stables, &c,
accompanying gin mills, besides few cars
on side track. A few days since two
cars loaded with railroad iron were taken
from Cheyenne to this place, and, upon
their arrival, it becoming necessary to
detach the engine for a short time, the
wheels of the car were blocked When
the engine was about being attached the
second time, the bumpers struck, the
wedges were knocked ont, and, before the
coupling could be effected, the cars had
begun descent Down they went toward
Cheyenne, and word was Immediately
flashed over the wires to misplace the
switch at the city so they might run of
the track, as 1t was supposed they would
go the entire distance. Down they went
fully at the rate of two miles per minute,
for a distance of more than four miles,
gathering momentum at every turn of the
wheels. At last, in getting round a curve,
the great force threw the cars from the
track, and, in an instant they were total
wreck. The iron was broken and twisted
into a thousand fantastic shapes, while
some of the bars were driven into the
ground the entire length. Fortunately no
person v IS injured FA.t EIIp ~,
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
The Language of the Eyes.

1t has often been said that woman with
a hazel eye never elopes from her husband,
never chats scandal, never sacrifices her
husbands comfort for her own, never finds
fault, never talks too much or too little,
aud is always an entertaining, agreeable
and lovely companion.
1--WE never knew" says brother quill
driver, "but one uninteresting and I'M
amiab,e woman with hazel eye, and she
had nose which looked, as the Yankee
says, like the little end of nothing Whitfield
down to point"
The gray eye is the sign of shrewdness
and talent. Great thinkers and captains
have it. In woman it indicates better
head than heart The dark hazel is noble
in significance as in its beauty. The blue
eye is admirable, but may be feeble. The
black eye, take care! Look out for the
wife with a black eye! Such can be seen
almost daily at the police Office, generally
with complaint against the husband for
assault and battery.-Erchangs t
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
Wiseelsanv.
CAMPAIGN SONG.
Er PRIVATE NILES o'nEILIr.

Air-BgsDy HirsAs, on.
Come, al your glasses. fellows,
Ana stanl mp IN 4 row.
On Presideptisl drinking -
We are going Tor TO go;
Let u trample down all party ties
Beneath our love of right,
And proudly claim Ulysses Grant
A. Captain Of our fight!
So. for President Ulysses
LIE: every glass be bright
May he rule the country be has saved,
Aud God defend the right tf.sl go (
In ne world to-day no prouder name
Is borne on any breeze.
And with Grant TO steer The ship of State,
Our dag shall rule the seas.
No q" Dominion" shall be north OF US,
And south of US no foe
Our Stars and Stripes in the Canadas,
And likewise Mexico. .rr.-. ...
For with President ESses 3 ~ q ~
Will be few who care TO fight
Nav he rule the country he has saved,
And God defend the right.
His hand is soft to meet friend,
And mailed TO meet foe:
He's the Mississippi river host,
Resistless as lis How; sfqF 4I.F :
And our brethren of the beaten States
These :. ahens' OF to-day-(IrF ITAltl
VIII find generous hand held out
When Grant has come to sway
For generous is Ulysses
To the men who felt his might
May he rule the country he has saved
And God defend the right.
So, boys, a final bumper. .sss. tsr-rs ii,
While We all the chorus chant ~ b Z.
" For President we nominate
Our own Ulysses Grant"
And IL he asked what State he halls from.
our sole reply shall be,
" From AppOmattOx Court House,
With the famous apple tree y
For twas there TO our Ulysses
That Lee gave up the fight
Now. boys, = To Grant for President,
And God defend the right,''
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
TheJapanese.

Take the Japan csc as q whole, high and
low, rich and poor, they are the best fed,
best clad, best lodged, least overworked
and mos. genial and happy people on the
face of the earth.
Food is abundant and cheap-imaginary
wants rare; and thus temptations to crime
are less than with US, though the land is
no Utopia. -
There is no such thing as squalor to
be seen in Japan. In the house of the very
poorest, q Fifth avenue belle might sit upon
the matted floor without soiling her dress
The streets are admirably severed; all
offal and garbage are removed for manure.
There is no bigotry. The people are
wonderfully open minded. There is no
hatred of Christianity, as such; only:it is
feared as an engine to cause political
changes.-Putnams Magazine.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
Josh Billings ON Grasshoppers.

The following from the pen of Josh Bill
ings will fit in any grasshopper locality:
The Bible seq: The grasshopper is
burden, and / never knu the Bible tew
say anything that wasn't So When the
grasshopper begins to live they are very
small, but in little while there gets to be
plenty of them They only live one year
at once, and then go. back and begin
again. Their best gait is hop, and with
the wind on their quarters they can make
some good time. They are sure Hop
to raise, but some years they raise more
than others ! have seen some fields SO
fall of them that they couldn't stick
another grasshopper in, unless you sharp
ened hirl tew a pint. When they get so
very plenty they are apt to start, and then
they becum 6avelin famine, and leave
the road they take as barren as the inside
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
Pointed Ito ms.

From the Chic sgo Evening Post.
Whisky acquitted Johnson, but John
son will by no means make amends by
quitting whisky.
We advise Mr.. Chase not to run for
the Presidency, for the reason that the
people do not wish to see another Bull
Run.
An exchange says Mr.. Chase has a
decided " Etching" for the Presidency. We
stated yesterday that he would catch it"
If he run. fft rf8
"A Washington dispatch says that the
Democrats are doing all they can to relieve
Woolley. This is right lie has done all
he could to relieve them.
-Prentice's paper is full of whisky in
connection with the name of Grant.
Prentice's body is full of whisky uncon-
nected with the name Of Grant
The telegraph informs US that Wool
ley is to be held in custody until he purges
himself of contempt" If Wooiley is
expected to purge himself of the con-
tempt of all honorable men, we take it he
has a life lease.
1t is really said that little Mac intends
clapping his dainty foot upon his native
soil during the latter part of summer, and
stulnping the country I0r tne democracy.
Mac stumped the Democracy itself pretty
badly, four years ago.
The Louisville Journal says "a party
that has but one man i'm it that can by
any possibility be elected to the Presi-
dency, cannot be fit to have the control of
our national affairs" How about a party
that has no man in it that can by any pos.
sibility be elected to the Presidencyy
Prentice says the Radical party, in its
attempt at Impeachment, shot at the Pres
ident's heart. Prentice is mistaken. The
Radical party has not learned how to get
possession of the Presidency by killing
off the incumbent That is plan of bat
tie which belongs to Prentice's party
alone, and the honor and glory of it
will be left to its exclusive benefit and be-
hoof
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

BY MRS A. NJ. WELLS.

Ont in the fields to walk,
Hearing the grasses talk.
In the sweet month of June
These are the words they say,
As in low whispers they
Speak through the silence of noon:-
Sunbeams, come lie on me;
Rain, here Is room for thee;
Clouds, here your shadows may rest;
Wind, you may rustic through;
Cow, here is food for You:
Horse, come and roll on my breast.
Ground-bird, come here and see
How you can nest with me.
Child, run about me and play.
Strong man, with cheek so brown,
Here come and cut me down,
Toss me, and turn me TO hay.
- Fill high the farmers loft;
Then go and gather oft
Fodder for cattle nj night;
Take all you need Of me;
i III not live selfishly,
Nor for my own delight.
Grasshopper, butterfly,
Bees, that with honeyed thigh
Ever on busy wing rove,
Born Of one parent, We,
All of one family,
linked To each other IN love.
Golden-hued buttercup,
Over me glancing up,
BY the light summer-breeze wooed,
You, too. shall share with me
This happy destiny,
Born to be useful and good.
$50 shall the early spring
Life to our bosoms bring.
Verdure and beauty restore;
Then, taking heed of us,
All who have need of us
Welcome shall be as before"
Our Young Folks
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

full in promoting the extension OF postal
facilities among the new mining countries,
and procured the passage of bills for the
daily. overland mail. and overland tele-
graph to San Francisco, ciG Pixies Peak
and Utah - - a
In December, 1868, was chosen Speaker
of the House of Representatives, which
high Office he has ever since retained. tr
On the 21st day of May, 1868, was I'M
animOuslv nominated, a. candidate for the
Vice Presidency of the United States, by
the National Union Republican conven-
ton, assembled at Chicago. -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

Another telegrapmc cable win soon
be laid between Havana and Key West
This has been rendered necessary by the
increased number of messages which may
be expected when the cable is laid between
Havana and Aspinwall. The United
States steamer Gettysburg is now engaged
in taking soundings ON the route through
the Gulf of Mexico, and the communica-
ton with Panama and the west coast
of South America will speedily he opened
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

Grasshoppers don't seem to be actually
necessary for our happiness, but they NAV
be-we don't even know what we want
most don't want grasshoppers to give
entirely out not if they are blessing, but
have thought Ito MYSELF if they would
let grass and cornstalks be and pitch into
the burdOcks and Canaday thistles, Just to
encourage the fight, and wouldn't care a
cuss if they both got finally licked But
my best judgment would be to bet on the
crasshoppers."
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

"A young machinist in Detroit has
made a locomotive engine end tender,
complete, about four feet III length, and
weighing only 300 pounds, Attached are
q asi 81 g ssd pi sh iss ana
ssa9 SGpsn 4 nse as TIE Se
has thirteen flres. The maker has refused
sow 10r IL. ss, GIL ~ 80 ,i -s.a .f,.,f ~.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

STEAMERS are rapidly monopolizing
the the. carriage Of zen smigrants In the first
ing emigranis arrived at New York; in the
same time OF 1868, 175-an increase Of
1917 per cent. the decrease of sailing
vessels employed in the same business, in
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
Interesting Statistics OF the BoOL Trade
OF Chicago.

The sales of the four principal book
houses of Chicago from May 1, 1867, to
May 1, 1863, as taken from the books at
the Assessors office, were as follows:
W. b. Keen & Observation-Disclosures 6l4. SIS 90
Western News Company. .............. 594. $50 90
:. &. Griggs Il OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 52S. 762 90
Cobb, Pritchard & commandments. 155, rs 90
As will be noticed by the foregoing, the
House of w. b. Keen & Co. does the
largest Book and Stationery jobbing bust
ness west of New York. Having been es-
tablished twenty years, its reputation for
prompt attention, low prices. and good
articles, is known to all wholesale buyers.
Wholesale Price Lists furnished on APP
plication. l
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

1.-THE Fat Contributor" is in Central
New York looking after farm he has
there. He IS much interested in agricul-
ture-iptenls TO follow; it when he retires
from public lie. He writes to the Cincin-
natl Times as iollows: .t .f....,.f
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04

For every Gang Mn, Muay and Circular Saw from 6
to IS inches, is Oil Tempered Pstent Ground and BY
our Patent Temperng Process Qor which we have u b
patents exclusively our oEn) made Of uniform temper
all over the circular saw. Hard and sOff spots In
the same are thus always avoided
We are also sole owners and manufacturers OF
COlburn,s Patent Red Jacket Axe.
With this Axe any lumber man wil1 with the same
labor cut = per cent moro timber per day.
We are also egents fx BofNrok's TANG 70
CROSS-CUT SAWS
~ Our Goods are for sale by all Dealers in the
T.ADs MArx-LHPINcoTT q CO.