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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

The Richland wis., Sentinel radi-
cal paper publishes approvingly conn.,
munication which closes very thankfully
as follows:
"What is modern Republicanism--isi it
mere name to use for taking laborers
money to support a clan of party spoil
hunters?'
In another column the editor of the
Sentinel says:
"That we are PECULIARLY situated in our
social and individual interests politically,
is fact which every man of intelligence,
and every tax payer, will have seen and
felt. Having just emerged from an inter>
nal war, many of those measures which
were perhaps necessarily adopted rs war
measurers, particularly in relation to tax
alton, were expected to be only temporary
and were permitted only through patriotic
impulses, for the time being-are now
fastened upon us and upon our children
for aught We know, for generations. The
occasions have gone, but the taxes and
burdens remain new officers are elected
salaries increased; large appropriations
made, and in many instances the fees of
officials are doubled to bring them up to
the standard Of war pieces. 1t is now
about FIVE years since the war closed, and
still no relief is brought t" US. We are
told that our taxes are high, because the
nation is in debt; but what portions of
these taxes go to pay the public debt, or
even the interest on it? Not one dollar
in hundred. We are told again that we
are taxed to pay the interest on our large
and increasing State debt. But how comes
the State Of Wisconsin so deeply in debt?
That it is so, is evident from the Secreta-
RVS last report, and the amount of direct
State Taxes which we are required to
pay.
"What use has been made of the more
than two millions of School Fund which
has been taken by the State since the war,
and near.y two hundred thousand dollars
Of the war bonds yet outstanding and
unpaid?''
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

The Clinton Herald itemizes that a little
son Of DR.. Hoerlein, German physician
Of that city, when between five and Elk
years of age, committed to memory IN
sixteen weeks, and could successfully re-
peat, two thousand verses OF scripture
most of which he can unhesitatingly re-
peat at the present time, though year
or two has elapsed since they were learn
cd. At Sabbath School, one Sunday, ne
repeated one hundred and thirty nine sue
cess;ys verses in Psalms. Not being able
to read, tho verses were all learned by
rote The editor concludes with wish
that some of his subscribers had memories
like unto him!
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
WHOLE No. 675.
A Medium EXPOSED.

Prof. S. W. Caldwell and Laura V.
Ellis, the child medium, little girl of ..
have been exhibiting in Western Mass. a
series of wonderful physical manifesto
tions," after the style of the Davenport
Brothers. Some Of the tricks were very
clever. The medium was securely fasten.
ed with strips of cotton cloth to a seat in
small cabinet. While thus tied uumer,
Gus feats were performed, such as tying
and untying strip of cloth around her
neck or waist; tuking ring and placing
it on any of her fingers, or in her mouth
or ear. A bell placed in the mediums
lap was rung; drum played upon with
drumstick, and then with fingers, and the
sides of the cabinet were vigorously
pounded with stick. A voice, quite like
the mediums, only trihe heavier, was
heard in the cabinet when the door was
closed, which protested to belong to the
spirit Of one "Blake," who, when on
earth, was soldier, and "got shotted" at
the first battle of Bull Run. In Great
harrington, however, according to the
Berkshire Courier, the committee, in ex.
aiming the child's fastening, rAbbed some
lamplack upon her fingers, and when the
strip was next manipulated by the sup
posed spirit, blackened finger marks were
distinctly visible. One of the committee
also heard the child say, in u low tone to her
father, when an experiment with ring
failed: Father, couldn't make it stay
in my ear; it dropped out" The ex-
PLANTATION of the tricks performed by Ellis
is said to be very simple, the whole secret
lyivg in slipping the arm little way into
the bandages, instead Of Withdrawing the
hands from them, as would at first he |
supposed necessary, and any slender boy
or girl can easily learn il,
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

A novel foot race has just transpired at
South Boston between two cripples, nam
ed Bevins and Ring. Bevins' right leg is
six inches shorter than his left, and Ring
is b-footed. Begins used crutch.
The match was for S75 side. There was
a pretty sprinkling Of cripples amongst
the betters, and much excitement prevailed
in the crowd. The contestants started
precisely at 10 o'clock, Ring taking the
lead in few minutes: Bevins worked
hard with his three legs, but ring hobbled
too fast for him, and won the race by COM
ing in five minutes ahead of bevins.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

AN INDIAN MIssIoNARY.--On high HILL
in York, Maine, called Agamenticus, lies
buried the Indian Apostle, st. Aspinquid.
He was ninety-four years old when he died,
May ], 1852. At the age of forty-two or
forty-three he was converted to CHRISTIANS
ty, and spent fifty years of his life in preach
ing to the sixty-six different nations or
tribes of Indians in the country. His fun
eral was conducted with great pomp and
ceremony. The Indians sacrificed the fol-
lowing wild animals to the departed spirit:
20 bucks, 81 does, ermines, 32 buffaloes,
ITO ferrets, $50 martins, o40 wolves, SO
wild cats, 4S2 foxes, 620 beavers, 500 fishes,
80 bears, So moose, so weasels, 400 offers.
500 raccoons, 10 ratt,esnakes, cata-
mounts, 900 lnusquashes, 60 woodchucks,
800 minks, 50 porcupines. On his. tomb-
stone was placed the following inscription.
Present, useful-abscnt, wanted;
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
4 Question Answered.


Can anybody tell why, when Eve was
manufactured from one of Adams ribs,
hired girl wasn't made at the same time
to wait on her Erchange.
We can, easily. Because Adam never
came whining to Eve with a ragged stock
ing to be darned, a collar string to be
sewed on, or glove to be mended ''right
away, quick now" Because he never
read the newspapers until the sun got
down behind the palm tree, and then
stretched himself, yawning out, faint sup.
per most ready, my dearr' Not he. He
made the fire, and hung over the tea let'
tie himself, and pulled the radishes ana
pesled the banyans, and did everything
else that he ought to. He mllkea Inc
COWS and fed the chickens, and looA'u
after the pigs himself ne n' ~
| brought home half dozen iiteDN'
dinner, wheh Eve hadn't any iresii poln'
| cronotes md the mango season was
over, Ue never stayed out till IL CLOCK
to s.ward meeting hurranihs 49,:
ont and ont candidate, and then scoiu'nS
because poor dear Eve was sitting up 1a
;nr inside the cate. lie never playeo
s;uards nor drove fast horses, DOE
choked Eve with cigar smoke. lie nevef
loafsd around corner groceries, while
solitary, Eve was rocking littls Jam
,r,als at home. In short, he did NOS
think she was specially created for the
purpose of waiting on him, and WASN'T
under the impression that it disgraces =
man to tighten his wife's cares little
That's the reason that Eve did not need Q
hired GIRL and we wish it was the reason
that none of her descendants did.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
IRELAND.

Must that green Isle beyond the sea,
Forever wear the CALLING chain
Shalt Ireland never more be free.
To pour her eloqnence again
In : r own parliamentary hall,
Her senate chamber of debate.
Her noble sires must mourn her fall:
Her patriot sons lament her fatei
Must native genius fade and die,
Beneath the oppressor's wrathful irer
No patriot voices cleave the sky,
To I'LL the soul With sacred Ere?
On her own bosom ne'er repose
Her generous, gifted, mighty ones:
Hut weep her wrongs. and tell her woes
In othci lands, meath other suns.
Forbid 1t, Ieaveni It must not be:
Let peace her downy pinions spread,
And far across the heaving sea,
On Erin's shores her blessings shed.
l weep with those who weep her thrall,
MY ruined countryr Harkl tho cry
Oppr assion hastens to its fall,
And her redemption draweth nigh!
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

A lady Of this city hands US copy OF
the Kenosha Telegraph, of Sept. 9Th. In
Il we find handsome notice of one who
was once with US and who, more than all
other brief visitants to McGregor, was a
favorite. We think the ladies of our little
city viii be pleased with the description
as written by the Cape May Ware, a pa
per rejecting fashionable life at the
seaside. The Ware, as is usual with FASH
ionable papers, a little overdoes the mat
ter, but of that no "matter" Mrs LY-
NAN is mono other than the amiable and
intelligent woman who, some year or so
ago, was among US as Mrs. SWAN, the
lecturess. Prof. Lyman and lady are
giving readings in elocution. The Ware
praises him very highly and comes to the
lady as follows:
Mrs. Lyman is lady of the size called
noble, possesses handsome features and a
mellow voice. Her dresses were princi-
pal theme of admiration, with the ladies.
The white satin, trimmed with white cord
and ornamented with pearl cross, is one
of the most beautiful dresses that ever
adorned stage. We would tell the ladies
what its cost is said to be but we fear to
awaken jealous controversies amonga few
who are anxious competitors for all that
is lovely in bewitching appearance.
Had Mrs. Lyman spoken louder it
would have enriched her emphatic points.
and accorded more with her magniicent
appearance. But every body was pleased:
orchestra to his entire ability. The con-
GLIDING chop" was enjoyed by one of the
most brilliant assemblages of the season.
The Lymans have been induced to re-
main and give another entertainment with
a new programme. We shall announce
the date when fixed upon.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
A steamboat on the Mississippi passt

A steamboat on the Mississippi passed
drowning man. The unfortunate man
struggled, splashcd, foundered and
screamed for dear life in the water. The
pilot Of the steamboat yelled to him to
"stand upr' He did SO, and found the
water scarcely knee deep. A more foolish,
sheepish appearing fellow than he, as the
ladies and gentlemen On the boat screamed
with laughter at the ludicrous scene, 4
weuld BE hard to meet.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

Peter Poulston was killed last week, at
Perkins Station, Mo-, by the falling ola
two hundred pound weight used at the
water tank, directly upon his head, dis
lance of eighteen feet. He had barely
time to say: "My God! I'm dead Do you
think I'll have time to write letter /"
when he expired.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
MlNNEAroLIs, Sept. J.;

3utNSLa1OAiSs JCPts Io'
A remarkable rise in the Mississippi
river has occurred, caused by long con.
tinued and unusually heavy rains. A
boom above the dams broke yesterday
forenoon, and one and half million feet
of logs ran over the Falls, sweeping of
the light flush boards of the temporary
horse dam which holds the volume of the
Mississippi back from the improvement
works. The dam is uninjured. The
Minnesota river, emptying below here
into the Mississippi, is reported as up s
feet, and $4,000 tons of hay swamped.
The rain storm has continued four days,
and has done great damage to grain. The
damage in St. Croix county alone is esti-
mated at Sl50,0OO.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
An Indian Name.

All 1NUlUu Numes
A lady taught for while in the miss
sion school of tho Delaware Indians in
Kansas.
"What is your name ?" she inquired,
the first morning of little black. eyed,
dusky skinned urchin. "Superfine Best
Quality Ketchum," he shouted, thinking
her little deaf. 'You must be mistaken:
that cart be your name?.' at is ma'am
true" And he looked as proud Of it
as warrior might Of his feathers and
paint. After school she pointed out the
little fellow, and asked the missionary his
name. "Super6ne Best Quality Ketch.
um" was the grave reply, and you may
be sure it was several days before her lips
became so accustomed to it that she could
speak the name without a very precepti>
bic smile. And the funny part was that
he would never answer to anything less
than the whole. She afterwards found
out how it came to be given him. lie
was wonderful baby-so his parents
thought-and their whole Indian voca-
bulary, added to what they had learned of
the English one by three years in school,
could not furnish name that would at all
compare with him. In this perplcxity the
father one day brought home a sack of
flour, on which was printed the word
"Superfne." They spelled it out, and
were so delighted with its sound that they
Immediately bestowed it upon the boy.
He grew up, and one day a thirsty travel
er was riding by and asked for drink of
water. AS he handed the cup back after
drinking, he said, "You are fine little fell
low. What is your name?' "Superfine
ketchum," he said, laughing. "Do you
know what it means ?'"No, SIR" "Super-
ine means best quality, and that's the
kind of boy you must be-" Super6ne
IAN into the house and told his parents,
md Best Quality was added to his name. !
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

! The average time required for finger
nail to attain it's full length from the root
to tho commencement of the free edge) is
about four and half calendar months.
The toe nails grow much more slowly.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

A stump-speaker exclaimed, II know
no North, no South, NO East, no West,
fellow citizens - "Then," exclaimed an
old farmer in the crowd, "It's time you
went to school and larnt Biography"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

Asa schoolmaster was employed the
other day in Scotland in his delightful
task" of teaching sharp urchin to ciph-
or on slate, the precocious pupil put the
following question to his instructor
"Wcre dis a the figures gang till when
they're ruppit out? 2"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22


NAccISATIoN.-The New York papers
are discussing the question, is vaccination
dangerous? A great many people, it is
said, think it is, and are afraid to have
their children yaccinated. Dreadful sto-
lies are told Of healthy constitutions
injured or ruined through tainted vaccine,
and everybody knows of cases where vac.
cinated persons have been attacked with
small pox. Even the medical faculty do
not all believe in it, and in England,
where vaccination is compulsory, a sur
geon of great responsibility was recently
fined for refusing to send his children to
be operated upon, and such instances are
becoming more and more common. A
woman in london was recently summoned
before magistrate for refusing to have
her child vaccinated. Her answer was,
81 know the danger of vaccination.
have had five children; one of them was
yacciDated and died three days afterward
I'm q shocking state. TIT usss.-~ & sxs~<vura.
-. 4.ea4l.Gs 1'ney- ar <sea,.
pox and lived. l have been vaccinated
myself, and have had the small pox not
withstanding." In this womans single
experience is summoned up the indict-
ment against Jenner's discovery.
On the other hand, many physicians Of
the highest character testify that the OBJ
jections to vaccination are imaginary, and
that it is an effective safeguard against
small pox, which, since its general intro.
duction has so diminished in virulence as
to be no longer formidable. Who shall
decide when doctors disagree Each.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

Shortly before his recent severe illness,
the Emperor Napoleon was urged by
Nelaton, Conneau and his other physicians
to quit smoking cigarettes. The Emperor
is said to have replied that smoking cigar
cites was % usssssary tor him as food and
drink.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

Matthias w. Baldwin, Of Philadelphia
member Of the Presbyterian church'
during the last five years of his llte has
built a church every year at his own ex-
pense. 1t is estimated that he has spent
$4,000 in this way.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22

TIE majority for Selby, independent
Republican candidate for Mayor of San
Francisco, 10 10.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
ORIGINAL LINES.

A wi day! A winter day,
What shall find to chase away
The dense damp Dir Of wintry day.
Give me a wife whose sunny eye
Shall drive the cloud from yonder SKY,
Who se honied words and looks will say
Love may bloom in wintry dsyl
rrisndship may como with plausive air,
70 cheer the moment free from care
hut worldly friends soon shrink away
From the frost and storm Of wintry day.
Wine hath quick but passing, power
To lay the fiend Of q gloomy hour;
But 1t lacks the viyor to drive away
The heightened gloom of q wintry day,
A wife = wife! whose sunny eye
Shall drive the gloom from a cloudcd sky!
Her will seek to chase away
The dense, damp air of q wintry day!
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-09-22
from the Nlnhtsrs wooinx.
WOman's veneratiOn,

Il
II women have one weakness mora
marked than man, it is toward vcncration.
They are born worshippcrs- makers Of
silver shrines for some divinity OF other,
whom, of course they always think fell
strait down from heaven. The first step
towards their falling in love with an ordi-
nary mortal is generally to dress him out
with all manner of real fancicd superiori-
ty--and, having made him up, they wor.
ship him. Now, a truly great gentleman,
a man really grand and noble in art and
intellect, has this advantage with women,
that ne is an idol ready made to hand;
and so that very pains-taLing and inger-
ious sex have less labor in getting him up,
and can be ready to worship him on short
notice. In particular is this the case
where sacred profession and mortal SUI
premacy are added to intellect. just
think of the career of celebrated preach
ers and divines in al ages. Have they
not stood like the image that "Nebuchad-
nezzar the King set up" and all women
kind, coquettes and firts not excepted,
have been ready to fall down and worship,
even before the sound of coronet, flute,
harp, sackbut, and so forth. Is not the
faithful Paula, with beautiful face, pros
trate in reverence before poor, old, lean,
haggard, dying st. Jerome, the most
splendid painting in the emblem and a
sign OF woman's eternal power, of self
sacrifice to what she deems noblest in
man? Does not old Richard Baxter tell
us, with delightful single-heartedness,
how his wife fell in love will. him first,
spite of his long pale face; and how she
confessed, dear soul, after many years of
married life, that she found him less sour
and bitter than she had expected The
the fact is, women are burdened with feal-
lty, faith, reverence, more than they know
what to do with; they stand like hedge
OF sweet peas, throwing out fluttering ten
drills everywhere for something high and
strong to climb up by, and when they find
it, be it ever so rough in the bark, they
catch upon it. And instances are nos
wanting of these who have turned away
from the tlattery Of admirers to PROSTATE
themselves at the feet of genuine hero :
who never wooed them except by heroic
deeds and the rhetoric of noble life,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-04
II a |. |. IS
Vegetable Sici|ian Hair Remover

EveTy yeGr increases the 1yODaS-
IGTity of this UGLatdbEe Hair. Prem
n70tiO3I, aUItich Is dxe to merit
alone. We can assure O1L2. OLD
patrons that 1t IS kept fstEIsy an, to
Its high standard, and to those
9OltO HGVe 71eUe7' aESed 1t aUe can
confidently sag, that 1T IS the o1,Iy
reliable and perfected 71rep07.G-
ton to restore GRAY Or FADED
HAIR to its youthful color, 7,,aIc-
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the. scalp, by its atse, becomes
tCJlite and clean; 1T 7'eMOVes 0IZ
e1"aEDti01lc and dH1eCl1at1f, and 6v
its tonic properties D1events the
hair from failing O9Gt, as it Sti7,s-
NtOteS and 9aOlETiSEeS the hair
GIG1a1s. By its use the hair grOws
thicker and stronger. In badness
it restores the capillary glands
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create o. 7leaC gTOGOth accept I'M
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economical HAIR DRESSING
eUe1' atsed, as dt requires fesCer
0ppIic0tiOsas,- and giVes the ]tGi7.
that splendid glossy appearance
SO much admired Iy all. a. II.
Hayes, III. D., State ASS0yer of
Mass, says, "tte constituents are
pare and carefatILy selected for
escceLZe7at quality, and L consider
it the BEST PREPARATION for
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tOe send free by mail upon appli-
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We haze made the StltCIu of the
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-04
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-02-04
A Positive Remedy for all
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Scrofua, ScurVy, SaIt-Rheum, Carbun-
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medical friend who was quite celebrated as physi
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This preparation is composed entirely of vegeta-
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