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Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Our connection with this paper
seases from this date. We hsve dis
posed Of the GAZETTE OFFICE to
Messrs: T.. ID. Tracy of Grundy coun-
ty ard G X Shaw of Minneapolis Min
nesota. We drop our editorial pen.
and bid adieu to our kind readers
with mingled feelings. of regret, and
of pleasure-regret, because of the
many pleasant associations connected
with the life of a journalist--of pleas
ure, because of the carking cares, and
oft-times tlankless tolls, laid aside.
When we made the landing in Cedar
Falls, nearly three years ago, We had
no promises to make, other than a
determination to do our duty, faith
fully and fearlessly. What we have
endeavored to do, we know; what
we have done, Is known to you, kind
readers! That we have not pleased
all, we are well aware, nor have we
tried. That our labors have been re.
ceived with general favor, we are as
sured. In the administration of the
paper. we have none but feelings of
satisfaction. We have no misgiv-
ings as to our course-no apologies
to offer. If. in our efforts to publish
an Independent journal, we have
brought upon our heads the dis
pleasure of few, I'VE are willing to
be forgiven" Our aim has been to
make the GAZETTE o reliable local
paper-cringing to no influence, or
tempered by no sinister motive. We
have placed the office on a paying
basis, and have from time to time adj
ded Improvements, until it is now
one of the most complete offices in
the State. Our advertisers have
been liberal in their support, as our
well filled columns, attest.
We can but be thankful for having
sought Iowa as ouI home, and of
having linked our interests with
the people of Cedar Falls. The many
warm friends who have gathered
around us, and the pleasant social
relations with our patrons, are green
spots in our pathway. Sympathies.
i'm our toll and care, to advance
the interests of our city and county,
will be remembered with pleasure.
We shall miss the daily and weekly
visits of our exchanges, as they have
come to us, freighted with news of
the enterprise and progress of our
prosperous State. TO our editorial
brethren, with whom we have ex-
changed so many friendly para
graphs, we extend hearty shake of
the Ga. Wishing our patrons and
friends abundant prosperity, we. for
n season at least, bow us out of the
editorial harness.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

II. r. BALLS EMPIRE SASH Lock.
First Premium ItCardcd at the Ohio
State Fair, Sept, ls6S.-This lock
does away with all objections hereto.
fore raised against Window Locks,
and its superiority over all Others
consists in the following reasons:
1t holds the sash up square at the
meeting rail, so that the opposite
corner will not sag, thereby prevent
ing an opening at the top of the
window or at the meeting rail.
1t supports the window at any de-
sired height, and locks the sash ut
the same time so that it cannot he
forced open from the outside, and
proves to be an effective security
against the burglar and nightprowler.
There is no cutting so as TO disfig-
ure the sash frame or castings, nor
friction that will cause it to get out of
order, and nothing to prevent its
lasting as your dwelling.
IL is simple as the old fashioned
door button, and is used with as much
ease; you have the use of both hands
in raising your sash, which is orer-
ated with the same freedom rs those
hung with cords and weights, the
sashes working entirely independent
of each other.
1t is endorsed by architects, car
penters and builders, as being the
best Sash Lock ever brought to their
notice.
For full particulars call on f. NJ.
STEAD, at his Sash. Door and Blind
Factory, Cedar Fails, Iowa, Sole
Agent for Black Hawk County
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

1t be dull, heavy, or sluggish, reject
him as unfit to breed from. / also
want breeding animals to possess a
kind, quiet disposition. L prefer
that the male should be shorter and
more compact than the female.
A hog of the above description will
not only live, but grow and keep fat
on grass alone, while the common
long-legged, slabsided, land-pikes OF
the country, would almost starve.
After several years experience in
feeding all classes Of hogs common
in this vicinity, my opinion is that
1t takes no more feed or time to make
n well-bred hog weigh three hundred
pounds than it takes to bring the
common scrubs up to half that
weight, and the meat of the former
is much superior to the lattar, and
always commands a much better
price and that the time of making
the breeding and feeding of scrubs
profitable is past, and that man had
better sell his corn for what he can
get than to feed it to this class of au-
finals.
Some farmers cannot bear the idea
of paying fair price for al improved
animal +; but suppose by so doing
they only increase the amount oil
pork produced from given quantity
of feed twenty-five per cent, how
long will it take them to make the
price of their improved breeders
clear?
In 1861 I had some hogs on my
place that all run together and Jared
alike in all respects. At ten months
old the improved hogs weighed from
$50 to 275 pounds, while the scrubs
weighed from $50 to It's pounds, and
the improved ones would command
from ten to twenty-five per cent
more per pound than the others.
have no doubt that the scrubs had
consumed more food than the others
- Western Ruai.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03
The Pork Business.

Those farmers who happen To have
some pork to spare this year, make
up in good part for the low
paid some farmers this year over five
hundred dollars for pork. Indeed
there is no way so profitable tn mar.
ket corn and other coarse feed as to
put them into pork forpork pays. Fol-
corn turned into, it viii this year net
a clean dollar for every bushei. Act.
ing OH this thought, the Day Bros
are this year feeding their own, some
5000 bushels of which they raised
this year, to some 700 hogs. They
calculate to clear some,Sl2. 900 on pork
alone, and make every bushel bring
more then one dollar. They have
warm yards for them, with clear
spring water forthem to run to, and
their herd of swine is doing exceed
ingly we'll.
Now, while wheat IL low, every
other farm product is doing we'll
bringing fair price. Corn and po-
tatoes and oats are paying well for
suggest to farmers the proprietv OF
paying more attention to a mixed
husbandry ?-guing more into hogs
and cattle, corn, and other grains
than wheat, instead of making
wheat speciality. Those farmers
who have gone into pork aud corn
this year, while wheat il down, viii!
clear quite the ordinary profit from
their farms. What they lose Oh
wheat, they make up on pork and
c0rn.-Dec0roh Republican.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

January they will have built twenty
more, making total of one hundred
nineteen and half miles in 1907
This is the longest stretch made on
any one line in the year. The other
large builders are, Burlington & Mis-
souri, River, ninety eight and three
fourths miles. McGregor & Missouri
River, ninety.four and one-third
miles; Des Moines Valley, eighty.
one miles Burlington, Cedar Falls
& Minnesota, sixty seven miles--a
total of four hundred and sixty miles
by five companies.
mo miles i'm length have been laid
this year on these roads according to
to our reports:
McGregor Western, Dubuque 4
Sioux, Dubuque Southwestern, Chi.
cago & Northwestern, st. Joseph &
Council Bluffs.
1.-THE roads that have been length.
ened out or commenced this year
are;
"McGregor & Missouri River -
Cedar Falls & Minnesota lows
Falls & Sioux City; Central: c., r
I. & p; Burlington & Missouri Riv.
err; Sioux City & Pacific; Burling,
ton, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota; Des
Moines Valley; Keokuk and St
Paul.
1.-THE following carefully prepared
table shows, in the first column the
number of miles that were built or
the thirty. first day of December
1868; the second column, the mum
Der of miles that will he built i'm 1869
the third column, the total amount
constructed in the state up TO the Is
day of Jaruar 1870: -"t-@
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03
The IIog.-No. D.
BY BERKSHIRE, RIDGE FARM, Ill

By BERKSHIRE, RIDGE FARM, ILL.
In the selection Of breeding ami
mails, much more attention and con-
sideration are necessary than farmers
generally bestow or imagine. The
first point that deserves attention
is the health and condition OF the
animal. And none, however perfect
i'm other particulars. should be used
for breeding purposes that are not
perfectly sound and healthy, and
have a strong and vigorous pconstitu-
ton. A neglect of these vital poiDts
will soon prove ruinous to any herd,
however fine, or however well-man-
aged I'm other respects. The chief
points that characterize a good hog,
in my eyes, are the following I'm
the first place, a fine, smooth hair,
not too thick and where exposed to
the prairie mud, at least partly black,
as it Is generally conceded by western
breeders that the skin of the black
or partly black hog withstands such
exposures decidedly better than
white ones. They have thick skin
and thicker scarf-skin, which seems
to protect them from eutaneous dis.
eases. The skin should be smooth
and soft, and loose on the body;
deep carcass and medium length of
body; the loin and breast should be
broad-the breadth of the latter de-
notes well arched ribs, and therefore
good room for the play of the lungs,
and, consequently, a free aud healthy
essential to the thriving
and fattening Of any animal; the
breadth of the latter indicates a
strong muscular system, and togeth-
er with large. deep abdomen, we'll
digestive organs: the
bones should be of a moderate size,
and the joints smooth and fine
nothing is more indicative of care |
full breeding; the legs should be NO
longer than, when fully fat, would
just prevent the animals belly from |
trai.ing on the ground. The legs is |
one of the least profitable l'aits of
the hog, and we therefore desire no
more of it than Is absolutely essential |
to support the balance. / want the
feet firm and sound, the toes to stand |
close to gether and be even. upright |
and healthy; the neck should be
short and large in diameter, and in
the male, we'll arched.
While many suppose that the
form of the head Of the hog is of lit
tie or no consequence, or that good
hog may have u bad head, consider
the form Of the head one of the most
points. or oae in which
good or bad breeding will be most
clearly indicated. and shoald, there.
fore not be overlooked In the selee-
ton Of breeding animals The form
Of lead that / prefer Is one of small
bone, not too fat on the forehead, the.
snout short and firm, and eoaeaved or
curving upwards; thin, ear. heavy
Jaw, and clear lively eye. The car
risga should also ba noticed. mud If
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

T. LANDGRAF, Merchant Tailor
and dealer in gentlemen's Furnish.
ing goods and Hats, has opened out
at his new quarters one door south oil
F. n. Chase Fruit Bazaar, Cedar Falls,
having engaged the services of the
well known cutter, p. Pickton, who
would be glad to see all of his old
friends and rs many new ones as will
favor him with call. My stock oil
Cloths and Cassimers is complete,
conc istirg OF. French Coatings, CASH
meres in numerous shades and col
ors, Broad CiU:h. Doeskins and Tri-
cots, alb of which will be made up i'm
the very latest styles anu best work
manship. Thankful for the very lib
eral patronage heretofore bestow I'd.
hope by strict attention to business
to merit a continuance of the same.
II. LANDGRAF,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Winter is now fairly upon US, and
the teams are fastening to the lum~
Der woods In various parts of the
country. Our advice to every man
who goes to the woods, be he captain,
cook, teamster, or any other man, is
to take along good stock of John
sons Anodyne Liniment, and Par
sons Purgative Pills. Many months
of labor Tin the aggregated may be
saved by this precaution.
Bad enough to look and feel bad
yourself; but no excuse for having
your horse look and feel badly, when
for small sum you can buy Sheri-
dams Cavalry Condition Powders,
which given i'm grain two or three
times week, will make him look
and feel well.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03
Box 1865.

s. Berry, Merchant Tailor, has just
returned from the east with the
largest, best, and cheapest stock OF
goods, in his line, in town, such as
cloths, clothing, hats and caps, fur.
nishing goods, &c, &c.
Berry ahead-Established business
i'm Cedar Falls Sept. ], 1855.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Wise & Bryant test their Kerosene
Oil, and will not sell an article that
will not stand the fire test required
by law. They have found several
brands that ale largely sold i'm viola
ton Of law, and at the imminent
peril of the consumer. Customers
can rely on getting the best quality
always at Wise & Bryant's Drug
Store
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Nearly all the baking powders
which find such ready sales at big
prices are nothing but mixtures OF
pure Cream Tartar and Carbonate OF
Soda. These articles can I've pur-
chased in state of perfect purity at
Wise & Bryant's Drug Store, and
any one once finding the article in q
pure state will not again pay exhorb-
liant prices for private nostrums IT,
the form of magic baking powders.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

AYERS AMERICAN ALMANAC, for
1870, has been received by all drug
gists, for delivery gratis, to all who
call for it. This number contains
proofs to show that some of the stars
have existed for Sirty millions OF
gears. We bad not supposed such
proof possible, but the Doctor gives
it in shape which seems indisputa-
BILE. His witticisms have long made
his book acceptable; his medical adj
vice makes it indispensable to FAM
lilies, and now he adds the most start
ling problems of abstract science to
its atsractions.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

TEETH! TEETH! TEETH! For
the incest kind of a Set of Teeth
call on DR.. II. M. Adams, who has
had an experience of over twenty
years in the prs"tiee of Dentistry
He guarantees fit in all cases, and
charges only from S. to S25 per set.
Rooms 1st door west of the Inman
House. 937y1
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Horatio Seymour, declines an In
vitation to attend the reunion of
the soldiers OF the Western armies
He declined being their friend dug
ing the war, and does great credis to
himself, by declining to meet them
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

All those having accounts with me
will please call and settle immediate
ly, so that I can pay my debts and
save costa. Summer is gone and
harvest is ended, and / must have
my pay. WILLIS SHEPPARD,
Successor to n. Hurst,
First ST., Cedar Falls, Iowa
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03


The Worth county Pioneer says
Mason City rs juhilsnt over the mr..
rival OF the iron horse at Their
burg" 1t entered In state on Fri.
day last, and Mason City was jolly,
Some Of the people were more than
jolly. More lager beer and forty.rod
whisky was punished OH that occa.
sion than ever before within the
memory Of the eldest inhabitant.
we do not wish to SAY that any were
drunk, but a great many were very
dizzy from looking so long at the
passing cars. They were all quiet at
the last accounts.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

j. NJ. Dixon's Temperance Stand
ard, of Marshalltown, the organ of
the Prohibition party in Iowa, has
ceased to exist, the sheriff having
seized the concern on a chaite mort
gage held by Rounds & James, OF
Chicago.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Albert ID. Richardson. who was
shot by Daniel Mcfarland is lying
III a precarious condition, He was
married on the 30th of last month to
1frs. Mcfarland. The ceremony was
performed 10y the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, in the presence of few in
Innate friends and relatives of the
parties, including the mother of Mrs.
Mcfarland. The scene was very i'm
press've, there being little or no hope
OF Ar. Richardson's recovery.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

All accounts due the firms of J. l..
Cole & Co., and Cole & TAFT, have
been put in my hands for collection
unless paid by January LIST, 1870,
they will be put in the hands of a
Justice for collection. The acsSlnts
can be found and paid at any time,
at Crosby & Gregg's Drug Store. 1t
will be well to pay attention to this
notice, for it will surely be enforced.
JACOB COLE.
Nov. 90, 1869. 36w3
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03
l,45l,127 6-ss.41s a,O94,5li

miles in operation in Iowa on the
frst day of January, 1870. (Massa-
chusets only had 1425 miles on the
first of January, 1869, and not two
hundred have been built since that
date.)
1.-THE miles constructed in 1863
643-lacked only fifteen of equalinp
that built in the three preceding
years-659milcs.
These figures show one of the
many causes operating to rapidly fill
up this state. Its sill, climate, water
power, educational facilities are the
great attractions--the two thousand
miles Of railroad in operation are
the means by which the emigrants
reach these attractions. BY them
he ships his surplus to the CONNER
fcisl emporuims of The world. In ex-
change he receives through them the
manufactures and products of other
chimes.
"Their rapid multiplication and
expansion speak not less forcibly
than census returns of the rapidity
with which the state is being popu-
lated. More: It. betokens tremend-
Gus increase of immigration i'm the
next and succeeding years. The
country through which several of
these lines run is very new. But
railroad men appreciate the advant-
ages of the same, and know their
routes will be needed before they are
finished.
All right! Go ahead"
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

TIE Duke OF Argyle received on
Monday telegram from the Cover
nor of Bomba, stating that the latter
had just received letter from DIR.
Livingstone. dated Ujji, May 10,
1869. The doctor was then in good
health and everywhere we'll treated.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

FoUND.-A Shawl. Owner can
have it by proving property and pay
ing for this notice. Enquire of
J.. II. BARNES.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

The apple crop in Michigan, New
York, and elsewhere, is ruined by
the frost and continued cold weather,
and the apples are worthless except
for cider; but Chase & Burr have
secui ed five hundred barrels of best
packings, that were in store before
the frost and are reliable. Call and
see them, at the Fruit Bazaar,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

To FARMERs.-Don't forget To Sc.
cure some of that Choice White
Michigan Spying Wheat, at Hunt &
Howlands, for Seed, before it is all
gone. You only need to call and see
it to appreciate. 32m8
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

pEING private instructor for married p.r
kt sons. or persona about to be married both
male and female, in everything concerning the
physiology and relations of our sexual system
and the production and prevention of Offspring
| including all the new discoveries never before
| given in the English language. by VIM YOUNG,
| NJ. ID. This is really valuable and interesting
work. Il Is written In phid language for the
general reader. and IL Illustrated with numerous
| engravings All young married people or those
contemplating marriage. and having the least i'm
pe,liment to married life, should read this hook
Ii discloses secrets that every ohe should be ac.
quainted with; still, II IL Look that nlnst be
| locked up and not lie about the house II win be
sent to any add ess on receipt of 50 cents. Ad-
dress DR.. WIN. YOUNG No. 4l6 Spruce street
above Fourth. Philadelphia
AFFLICTED AND UNFORTUNATE--No
matter what may be your disease, before Won
place yourself under the care of any one of the
notorious QuACKS-natiye and forcign-who ad
vertise in this or any other paper. get copy OF
DIR. Young's Book and read ii carefully 1t will
be the means Of saving You many dollar, your
health, and possibly your life
DIR. Young can be consulted on any of the dis.
eases described In his publications at his Office
No. tis Spruce street soeys Fourth Phiis'el,
phia s'y!sf:i
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Boots and Shoes Cheap at Hazlett's
Flannels at Reduced Prices, at Haz'
let's. Before you buy your goods,
examine the Large, Cheap, and Pref,
ty Goods at Hazlett's Cheap Store.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

ANY one purchasing twenty dol
lars worth of Dry Goods, Boots and
Shoes, or Hats and Caps, from Theo-
dore Hazlett, and bringing this adj
vertisement with them, it will be re-
ceived for one dollar. H..
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

A couple in haste called up the
squire, in Marion at midnight
Popping his head out of the window,
he asked what they wanted. ITO
marry" they replied. Marry and
be--done with it," he answered,
and they considered it binding.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Observation-Disclosures
offered to all that wish to purchase
Merinos, Empress Cloths, Serges
Reps, Alpacas, or any and every
kind of Dress Goods. at Miller, viii.
son & Co.'S.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

The only ABSOLUTE Remedy for
Whooping Cough, is Benedicts Great
Western Compound-also coed for
ALL Throat and Lung Diseases.
27m3 DALE & KELLOGG, Agents.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa, Dec. l. $50.
Every person having bill with Us
which is now more than thirty days
old, is requested to call and pay up
and save costs.
Yours, Respectfully,
l.. b. CROSBY & Co.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

DUFOE's Warranted to
force the Beard to grow on the
Smoothest Face in Forty-two Days.
Mailed free on receipt of scots.
Address &. w. PRATT,
Springfield, Ill.
Box 1855. 33m6
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

SOMETHING SwEAT.--The new
candies just received by Chase &
Burr, are warranted pure and free
from mineral coloring. Call and see
them, ut tile Fruit Bazaar.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

PRAIRIE HERB ToNIc-a most
splendid Bitters. Bronchial Lozen-
gers, Capital Remedy, and other
preparations OF the Great Western
Compound Company, are sold by
2Tm3 DALE e. KELLOGG.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

NEVER, NO NEvER.-There never
was time, since the war, when
goods could be bought for so little
money as there can be now. For fur
Their particulars, call on Miller, Will
sOn A. 20
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Ladies, have just received, direct
from Boston, beautiful lot of Black
Beaver Cloth Cloaks, of the latest
styles. Please call and look at them.
THEODORE HAzLETT,
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

BE PosTED.-The Alleghanians are
Coming, and the Holidays are Com
ing. Everybody is going to the Free
Exhibition Of Holiday Goods, at
Chase & Burr's.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Farmers, Farmers Wives and
Farmers Daughters, are invited to
call at Hazlett's and buy some of the
great bargains in Merinoes, Empress
Cloths, Alpacas, Prints, Flannels,
Shaw wis, &c.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Toget the best suit of clothes made
up to order, or readymade, and for
fair dealing, go to Berry's.
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-12-03

Look OUT-For your interests and
before buying anything in the line
of Dry Good, Notions, Hats, Caps,
Boots, Shoes, Carpets, &c, call at
Miller, Wilson & Co.'S.