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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22


From the Milwaukee Wisconsin.
While our steamer Norman lay
wooding up at Port Oneida, on the
Michigan shore, there came aboard a
pleasant, barefooted German girl,
With a pail of berries. She wore
cheap calico dress, minus the hoops,
with little gingham shaker, nearly
hiding her face. She was rather un-
dersize, with n supple figure and an
air of modest assurance that denoted
girl of genuine stamp, but that
told the boys to keep out of her way.
All the men about the boat and dock
seemed to know her. The steward
bought her berries at her own price.
The clerk at the Office touched his
hat to her as Ii in the presence of
Duchess. That's the smartest girl
In Michigan" said the engineer, as
she passed out the gangway. The
girl gave no heed to admiring glances
and compliments that followed her,
but straight sought her little fish
cabin, where she was mending nets,
by the shore. ss a#m# .a#
On inquiry of the old dockman,
we learned that our little barefooted
maiden, though only seventeen, was
the oldest of family of an even
dozen, living in little double log
cabin, on the high bank above ,the
shore. Her father came here from
Buffalo some dozen years ago, went
to clearing timber, selling wood to
STEAMBOATS, and raising stuff on his
land. LAME, the oldest girl, was
the little captain" from the start,
and showed pluck beyond her years.
In winter she would get on her boots
and be out among the wood choppers,
before she could hardly waddle
through the snow. In summer sEe
would wander off berrrying or be
down among the nets or fishing boats.
1t was her greatest delight to get on
the water, to rock and toss upon the
waves. At ten, she was q trim little
sailor herself, and would coast Off
for miles alone. At twelve she
would allow no boy to pass her with
sail or oar. a....
For the last three years "J,anie"
has been the master OF handsome
fishing craft, aud set of "gill nets. ="
She puts them out early in April and
continues them till late In the fall
She is out every morning at daylight
and again In the evening. except i'm
the toughest weather. She takes a
younger sister along TO help set and
draw the nets. She often brings in
couple Of hundred fine lake trout and
whitefish at "A haul. She dresses
them, tries out the oil, packs aud
SENDS them away to market. Her
August and September catch amount.
ed to over $500. Besides her fishing
receipts she has taken In over $l70
this season for berries, picked at odd
hours 10y herself and sister. All her
money goes to her father. Month
after month. lie packs it away in old
sacks and stockings under his bed
night after night he guards 1t with
sabre and pistol. In all, she Is said
to have earned him over So 900.
OF course the old mau is proud of
his girl, and tells Of her exploits with
the liveliest twinkle of satisfaction.
Danger and hardship seem unknown
to her. She will go out in any blow,
aud come i'm with full sails. Her
white mast and blue pennon is known
by people far along the coast. Boats
salute her in passing; boys swing
their hats I'm proud recognition.
Without knowing it, LAME Borfeine
Is heroine. If. .".
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
How some of Our Mer-
chants have ksfscn.
He Is willing and Faithful.

From the Republic.
A few years ago, a large drug firm
In this city advertised for a boy.
Next dey the store was thronged
with applicants, among them queer.
looking little fellow, accompanied by
q woman, who proved to be his aunt,
In lieu of faithless parents, by whom
he had been abandoned. Looking at
this small waif, the merchant in the
store promptly said: Cant take
him; places all full besides, he's too
small" II know he's small" I" said
the woman, -" but he Is willing and
faithful" There was twinkle In
the boys eyes which made the mer-
chant think again. A partner I'm the
firm volunteered to remark that he
"did not see what they wanted of
such boy-he wasn't bigger than a
pint of cider" But, after consulta-
ton, the boy was set to work. A few
days later call was made on the
boys I'm the store for some one to stay
all night. The quick response of the
lad contrasted well with the reluct-
ance Of others. In the middle of the
night the merchant looked i'm to see
IL all was right i'm the store, and
presently discovered his youthful
protege busy scissoring labels.
+" What are you doing?" said he; IT
did not tell you to work nights" ~
know you did not tell me SO, but /
thought might as well be doing
something" In the morning the
cashier got orders to double that
boys wages, for he Is Wilting." Only
u few weeks elapsed before show of
wild beasts passed through the streets,
and very naturally all hands In the
store rushed to witness the spectacle.
A thief saw his chance and entered
at u rear door to seize something, but
In a twinkling found himself firmly
clutched by the diminutive clerk
aforesaid, and after struggle was
captured. Not only was a robbery
prevented, but valuable articles taken
from other stores We're recovered.
When asked by the merchant why
he staid behind to watch when all
Others quit work, the reply was,
!" You told me never to leave the
store when Others were absent, ond /
thought I'd stay" Orders were inn
mediately given once more: double
that boys wages: he Is willing and
faithful" To-day that boy is receiv-
ing a salary of $500. and next Janu-
ary will become member of the
firm.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
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A cnnnubial sermon from the text,
&" BE happy as you are," is thus
preached from contemporary print.
Wife and mother, are you out of
patieLce with your husbands and
your children's demands upon your
time and attention? Are you tempt
ed to speak out angry feelings to that
faithful, but perhaps sometimes heed
less and exacting husband of yours
or to scold and fret ut those sweet
and beautiful, though sometimes
troublesome little ones? Do you
sometimes groan and say, what a
fool i was TO marry, and leave my
fathers house, where lived ut ease
and in quiet?n Are you, by reason
Of the care and weariness OF body
which wifehood and motherhood
must bring, forgetful of and unmind.
full for their comforts aud their Joys I?
Oh! wife and mother, what II a stroke
should smite your husband and
lay him low? Whatif your children
should be snatched from your arms,
and from your bosom? What If
there were no true, strong heart for
you to lean upon? What IL there
Were no soft, little inocents to nestle
In your arms, and to love you or re-
ceive your love? How would it be
with you then?
BE patient and kind, dear wife; be
unwearying and long. suffering, dear
mother for you know not how long
your best and dearest treasures--you
know not how long you may tarry
with them. Let there be nothing
for you to remember which will
wiring your heart with remose IL
they leave you alone, let there Le
nothing for you to remember but
sweetness and love unutterable, if
you are called to leave them by the
way. BE patient, be pitiful, be tend-
er to them all, for death will step
sooner or later between them and
you. What would you do, IL you
should be called to sit solitary and
forsaken through years and years :?
BE happy as you are, even with all
your trials; for, believe it, thou wife
of q loving and true husband, there
is no lot in life SO blessed as thine
own.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
Commodore Vanderbilt.

From three columns I'm the New
York Herald devoted to .Corneliu,
Vanderbilt we take the following ex
tract relative to the king of the sharp
ers personal life: .... i.
He married Miss Sophia johnson
the daughter of a neighbor on staten
Island. when he was nineteen. Thir,
teen children, nine sons and fouI
daughters, were the fruits Of this
marriage. At the celebration of his
golden wedding few years age
about $50 of the descendants and rel.
atives assembled ut his house. On
that pleasing occasion he gave his
wife, as will be remembered. q beau.
tiful little steamboat, with musical
works instead of an engine-emblem
atical at once of his business career
and the harmony of his house. She
died little over year ago. She
was a most worthy and estimable
lady, and materially assisted In build
ing up her husbands fortune. His
second wife-his present bride-csme
from Mobile, Ala. She belonged tn
an aristocratic family, which before
the war was quite wealthy. but
through its effects was reduced to
poverty. She was formerly married,
but on grounds OF incompatibility of
temper obtained divorce from her
husband. After that she lived with
her mother, and, being reduced, took
scholars to Instruct In music. She
also assumed her maiden name of
Miss Frank Crawford, by which she
was married to the Commodore. She
Is said to be talented and highly &C.
complished, though not very beauti-
full. Her age is said to be thirty four.
It was not altogether May and De-
cember wooing, although the circum-
stances of the wedding go to show
that the old Commodore acted as he
always has through life-on his own
judgment-and that his succ .ss here
was not telling what lie was going to
do until after he had done it. How
ever, the Commodore, though now
having completed his seventy fifth
year, has all the vigor of ordinary
men at fifty. He stands as erect as
ever. still has a rosy complexion, and
the wrinkles of time are scarcely
noticeable on his broad aud manly
brow. AS is well known, he keeps
some of the finest and fastest horses
In the city. Every pleasant after.
noon he may be seen driving in the
Park, and his tall figure Is almost al
ways prominent at exciting races
He has never dabbled in politics, and
some years ago came out i'm q very
wrathful letter because il was inti-
mated that one af his SONS was seek
ing an appointment In the Treasury
Department. He is a jovial com.
panion and lover Of good game of
whist, n good dinner, good cigar
and a bottle Of good old port. He
dresses plainly, generally i'm black
and has weakness for white cravats,
but there is nothing ministerial in
his conversation or bearing. lie
does not go much to churches, and
no one ever sees his name on sub
scaiption paper, or ever will. In his
charities, which are numerous and
liberal, he exhibits the reticence
which marks his conduct as a man
of business He despises cant and
humbug and pretentious show. His
career, Of which the above are only
the leading points, IL one which
young men may study with profit.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
All honor to that Sunday School In

All honor to that Sunday School In
Chicago, %. III. Horton, ,Superintend-
ent-or, rather TO that class of young
ladies who, when colored girl tim.
idly ventured into the school, stood
for long time unnoticed and i'll at
ease, sent note To the Superintend-
ent requesting that she be put in
their class. A beautiful deed most
beautifully done. Not only beautiful
I'm itself, but At rebuke to the abom-
Unable cliquism that practically not
only shuts out colored children, but
all the children of the poor, from
many of our eastern church schools.
-Erchange.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

Find fault only when YOU must,
and then In private IL possible, and
some time after the o!.ense. The
blamed are less inclined to resist
when they are chided without wit
nesses; and the accused may be Ina
pressed with the forhearance Of the
accuser, who, although noticing the
fault, waited for proper time to
mention 4.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
CVERMAN RROS,

IRON FOUNDERS AND GENERAL MA
l. chinists, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Steam Engines
and Mil Gearing made and repaired; Window and
Door Caps and Store Fronts made to order Iron
Planning done TO order in the neatest style Orders
respectfully Solicited Cash paid for old Cast
ron and Brass. 1ap
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

HAINER, HOUSE. CARRIAGE AND
- SIN Fainter. has taken X. Wild's place at
..edar rails and win give entire satisfaction 10 ali
Sno entrnst him with work In his line of business
snoP over fo-cick's wagon shop. Paper hanging
1eatly done on short notice.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

DHOTOGRAPH ARTIST. CORNER
H. let and Main Streers Up Stairs, Cedar Falls
owa. Photographic, Ambrotypes, Gems, Porce-
ain and Ivorytype Pictures Of every style, taken
III short notice.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
/. M. EARWEII.
n. C.. DAVIES.

DRACTICAL WELL DRILIER Ras,
Il dence. Corner Of Twelfth and Main-streets
Cedar Falls, Iowa. Prompt attention given to all
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

NELLENER AND FASHIONABLE DRESS
M Maker, keeps a full assortment of Millinery
and Fancy Goods of the Latest Styles and il pre-
pared to execute all orders promptly on short
Falls. Iowa Dams
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
z. q Az 3 n

WILL ATTEND TO HOUSE PAINTING
w Graining and Paper Hanging. Can produce
lood work. Residence on corner 5th and CLAY St.
CEDAR Falls. Iowa. a.a ~
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
Miss a. McNAIlY

DEALERS IN MILLINERY Il FANCY
~ Goods. Keeps constantly on hand n com
pete assortment OF choice Millinery New goods
received every week Opposite Townsend Il
Knapp's Bank, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
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CAAG MOI re

HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAIN.
Ter and Paper Hanger, shop on First ST.,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
L. W. WARREN, NJ. D.

nFFERS HIS PROFESSIONALS SERVICES
y to the people Of Cedar Falls and vicinity. OF
ice at Plummers Drug Store. Residence on end
Street, between Washington and CLAY.
". B.-1he best references given if desired.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
j. MYTH.

FASHIONABLE TAILOR FOJrE
Il Doors south of Coles Drug Store, Cedar Fall,
owa. Repairs neatly and promptly executed ar
he most reasonable terms -
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

MOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE
w people Of Black Hawk that ho has perma-
Lently located in Cedar Falls for the practice of
h!s profession. Special attention given to the
treatment OF the Eye and Far. Office over Grossly
s. Grcgg's Drug Store, Bishops Block. 1O5yl
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
MRS. O. L. PoOLER,

NI N
Iva keeps constantly on hand a good assortment
OF the latest styles of Millinery Goods and il pre-
pared to do all kinds Of work in her line on short
notice. Rooms in Bi.hops Block, Rear of Cole 4.
Tait's Drug Store. 10.Ttf "
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
8. WATERBURY,. IA. o..
Mrs. a. GIBSON.

nFFERS his Professional services to the
~ citizens of Parkersburgh and vicinity
Prompt attention given to calls.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
MRS. Z. BoNNEII.

nRESs AND SHIRT MAKER. CEDAR
II Falls, Iowa FreucS Yoke Shirts made to
order. Residence, Corner of Fifth and Franklin
Streets. . %
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
The Barefooted Fisher.
"s. Girl. ...

How Little Michigan Girl Is
Captain Of a Sail Boat, and How
She has Made Fortune With
Her Fishing Nets and 8orry Pick
ing. .aH#-.HE ...
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

WPORTER OF HAVANA AND MANI.
4 factnrer OF Domestic cigars. Dealer In chew.
rubber and Wooden Pipes. Opposita Naelv'.
irocery Store. Cedar Falls Iowa.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
= a apYANr Es n
wM- RoaINsoN. m- D.

DHYSECIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE
d in Wise 6 Bryant'a Drug store. Residence
corner of Sixth and Franklin Streets, Cedar Falls
iowa.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

Late Surgeon OF The Ith Iowa Cavalry.l
HAS LOCATED IN CEDAR FALLS, FOR
Il the practice of Medicine aud Surgery. OF
ice at J. /. Coles Drug store. Residence first
ouse south of New School House.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
CRAWFORD HOUSE,
j, J. TClERTON,
PACKARD & BROWN.

4 TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT
n LAW, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Office No. 1, Mul
iarky's Block
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
B. C. JENNINGS.

A It THE UNION MEAT MARKET. KEEPS
a consta tiy on hand good assortment of the
nest meats AID other articles in the market line
Shich he IL selling at the lowest living prices
Main Street. first door North of Campbell e Mills
Crockery Store Cedar Falls Iowa
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22

ElsssEONABLE BARRIER AND HAIR
SIss stNrc, Cedar FAILS, fssvs.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
MORRIS LiPpoLD,
SAM. BLoNr,N-

RANBER AND HAIR DRESSER. OVER
- A. L. Nichols Grocery Store, Cedar Falls.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-10-22
A = RPOWN
J. BEEN Err,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC
n and Lard Agent, will give Special Attention
to Buving and Selling Real Estate in Butler and
Grundy counties on Commission, Furnish ADstrcts
of Title. and Pay Taxes FOR Nonresidents. Par
kersburg, Butler County, Iowa. 9-3S
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-26
Lots prairie-chickens in Illinois.
CRoCKERY, Ottawa Co., Mich,
Dec. IL. 1851.

DIR. G. W. RoBAcK--Sir: am farmer,
about thirty years Of age. Was taken i'll in
August, 1860, with fever, general debility,
loss of APPETITE, swollen limbs and stiff joints,
and was doctored by a physician several
months with no result but large fee BILL
tried after that various remedies, with no
benefit. I almost gave up in despair, when
neighbor showed me one OF your almanacs,
from Grifin's drug store, and recommended
your medicines. / procured two bottles of
Blood Purifier and three boxes Of Blood Pills
from Mr.. Griffin's, which took as directed,
and was perfectly restored to health. The
whole of last winter I was enabled to cut my
fire wood; now can do as good days chop
ping as ever could III my life.
P. S.-A further inducement to try your
medicines was the fact that I was intimately
acquainted with 0. Thomas, of Grand Ledge,
in this State, who was cured OF severe
rheumatic difficulty by your medicines.
[1m3l JOHN CHADWICK.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-26
a Tale told Out of School.

'First person / love, second person thou
lowest third person he loves" draWled
the head boy in the class. "Plural-frst
person we love, second person you love,
third person they love-"
"And we all love-" %
This interruption came in q whisper,
loud enough to be heard all over the room,
causing the older boys and girls to smile
and giggle, and the teacher, Miss Olive
Burnett, looked up quickly, glancing along
the row of scholars on the back seat
young men and women-for this was a
country school and in winter She had
come to look for trouble in that quarter.
Every day some fresh aggravation, some
new infringement of the rules and offence
against the discipline made it hard work
for her, a girl of eighteen, to maintain her
authority over those forty turbulent spir-
its constantly melted to insubordination
by the example of their acknowledged
leader, Scott Goldrick.
He sat there at the further end of the
bench, quiet, in the corner, a good looking
young man of twenty, with curly chestnut
hair and mutinous curve of the lip, with
head bent low over the slate, and fingers
busy IN figuring out some difficult problem
IN arithmetic. But Miss Burnett was not
deceived by the apparently studious air.
And there was an undertone of resolute
determination in her voice as she said.
looking quietly over the forty faces be,
fore her: Gag
"These Interruptions must come to an
end at once. There is point where for
bearance ceases to be a virtue, and I think
it has passed. From this time out I shall
enforce every rule of the school. Tbs
penalty for the next interruption of this
kind will be twelve strokes of the ruler
carelessly balancing the slip of cherry
wood in her hand.
The clear, bright face in the corner was
lifted for moment, the dark, hazel eve
looked steadily into Miss Burnett's blue
eyes; only for moment, the space of a
breath; then the hand went On again
steadily with that endless maze of figures
Miss Burnett went on with her work.
Hard work it was, especially hard work
to-day ALI day long the vivid scarlet
had burned in her cheeks, making bel
passing lovely, while her temples throb
pea with pain, and one of the children
Ieeilng her feverish touch, wondered
"What made Miss Burnett's hand so hot
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-08-26
chronological characteristics
OF General Grant.
From Wells Annual journal of Phrenoloey
and PhYsognomy.

"hu nv oOSuOmy.
General U. S. Grant was born at Point
Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio on the
9th day of April, 1922, and is, conseauent-
ly, in his forty-ninth year. He was edu.
Gated at West Point, served with cred
it in the Mexican war, under Taylor and
Scott, resigned his commission in 1853,
and was engaged in commercial pursuits
when the warof the Great Rebellion broke
out. His magnificent career since that
period, stretching over the hundred bat
tle-fields which lie between Fort Donel-
son and Richmond, is familiar to every
reader.
He is a well-built man of average stat
ure, and may be pronounced very good
specimen Of the average American man.
His brain is Of good size, in proportion to
the rest of the body, and it is large in the
perceptives, full in the refectives, large
In Constructiveness, Human Nature, Cau-
tlousness, Continuity, Secretiveness, Hope,
Spirituality, Conscientiousness, Destruct-
tlVeness, COmbativeness, and Benovolence.
The social affections are also fully devel-
oped. Language, Acquisitiveness, Imita-
ton, and Suavity are but moderately indi-
Gated pprobativeness and Self Es-
TEEN are subordinate; but Firmness is de-
cidely prominent
We would pronounce him man of
strong common sense, with an intuitive
perception of character, knowing almost
at glance whom to trust. He possesses
good mechanical ingenuity, with planning
talent, watchfulness, application, policy,
prudence, honesty, enterprise, kindness,
friendship, and generosity, without much
French palaver or make believe. He is
a man of few words, and great courage,
fortitude, resolution, perseverance and
.executiyeness. These are some of the lead
ing points in this character. We may add
that he is no egotist, no vain boaster, nor
will he turn to the right or left for the
love OF praise or the fear Of blame.