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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
Your First Sweetheart.

You can never forget her. She
was SO very young, and innocent,
and pretty. She had such way of
looking at you over her hymn-book
in church. She alone, of all the
world, did not think you a boy of
eighteen, but wondered at your size
and learning, and your faint fore
shadowing of sandy moustache,
and believed every inch of you a
man. When at those stupid evening
parties, where boys and girls who
should have been eating suppers of
bread and milk, and gone to sleep
hours before, waltzed and firted
and made themselves sick over oys-
tiers and champagne, you were ia
vored with a glance Of her eye or
whisper of her lip, you assembled to
the seventh heaven Immediately.
When once upon certain memoir
able eve she polked with the drug
gist's clerk, and never even looked
at you, how miserable you were! 1t
is funny to think of now, but it was
not funny then, for you were awfully
in earnest.
Once at a picnic she wore a white
dress, and had roses twined In her
black hair, and she looked so much
like bride that you fairly trembled.
Sometimes you thought, in just such
snowy costume, with Just sueh bios
SONS in her hair, she might stand
beside the altar, and you, most
blessed of all mortals, might place a
golden ring upon her finger; and
when you were left alone with her
for moment, some of your thoughts
would form themselves into words,
and though she blushed and ran
away, and would not let you kiss
her, she did not seem to be angry.
And then, when you were somehow
parted for a little while, and when
you met again, she was walking
with a gentleman of tWenty-eight or
thirty, anG had neither word nor
smile for you, and some well-mean-
ing gossip informed you, shortly
after, that she was engaged" to the
tall gentleman with black whiskers,
and that cit was q splendid match"
1t was terrible news toyou then, and
sent you off to some great city far
from your native place, where, after
a good deal Of youthful grief, and
many resolutions to die and haunt
her, you recovered your equanimity
and began to make money, and to
call love stuff and nonsense.
You have a rich wife of your own
now, and grown-up children-aye,
even to two or three toddling grand
children-about your hearth; your
hair is gray, and you lock your heart
up in fire-proof safe at your count
ing-house when You go home at
night. And you thought you had
forgotten that little episode of your
ninteenth year, until the other day,
when you read of her death in the
papers. You know she was stout
lady, who wore glasses, and had died
older than she was that olden time;
but your heart went back, and you
saw her smiling and blushing, with
her golden hair about her face, and
yourself a boy again, dreaming of
wedding robes and rings, and you
laid your gray old head upon your
office desk and wept for the memory
of your first sweetheart.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12

name of Napoleon, under whose inn
mediate command he was often
called to serve; and old as he is.
would fight the best man in Ameri-
ca if he said anything derogatory to
that great Chieftain. He carries the
scars Of eleven wounds, ten for
France and one for his adopted
country; and we Rave no doubt,
should the settlement of the Ala
bama claims terminate in war, "Dad
Ramy' would be among the first to
offer bis services against the red
coatt -OskalOOs0 Herald.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
The white Willow.

Levi Smith, of Story Co., Iowa,
writes to tho Ansericas Agrtculta1ist
as follows:
In the June number of the Agrical-
t,lrist you make some inquiries about
the white willow. Jas. Smith is the
man who first introduced the white
willow in Illinois, in 1913. He there
tested it successfully. There is a
fence on the old farm in Illinois,
twelve years old, for which the own
er refused s. rod for the trimmings
some years ago. 1t was to be cut
high enough to leave an everlasting
live fence. / have known it to form
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12
1Doetrp.


Afg fer your upper-ten girls
With their velyets and satins and laces,
Their diamonds and rubies and pearls,
Ard their niliner figures and faces;
They nay shine at party or ball,
Eablazoned with half they possess
Esut give me- in place Of them all.
Ny girl with the calico dress.
Che is plump as q partridge, and fair
As the rose in its earliest bloom;
Her teeth will with ivory compare,
And her breath with the clover perfume;
Her step Is as free and as light
Az the fawns whom the hunters hard press,
And her eye is as soft aud as bright
NV girl with the calico dress.
Che is cheerful warm hearted and true,
And is kind to her father and mother;
She studies how much she car do
For,her sweet little sisters and brother.
Ifyou want companion for life,
To comfort, enliyen and bless,
She is just the right sort for q wife
NY girl with the calico dress,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-08-12

JAYNE'S,
AYERS, HALLS,
SCOVILL'S. BULLS,
GOES, DAVIS'S, COS
TAR'S, RHODES, CHRIS
TIES, BAKERS, McLEAN'S,
STRICKLAND'S, RANSOM'S.
NICHOLS, MERRILL'S, TIL.
DENIS, MERCHANTS, MOOR
HEADS, THAYER'S, WRIGHTS,
SLOAN'S, HOLLOWAY'S,
SCHENCK'S, WISTAR'S, WINS
LOWS, Notwithstanding
Of SARSAPARILLAS, COUGH
REMEDIES, PILLS, LIN
lMENTS, OINTMENTS,
BITTERS, &c. &c.,
With many other varieties not named.
The New and Popular Dye, Rose
Anilne--with all Of Reeds Domes-
tic Dyes, all colors; Indigo, Nader,
Extract Logwood, and all kinds Of
Dye Woods and Dye Stutf--in fact
everything needed in the Drug or
Medicine line for Man or Beast.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17

Company Carolina Railroad
ou u 70 be b Rd up o I oasn ssss S % @ @ d ss
Raload Company have what ced And when MI Justice Willard
Booser proceeding that he had IN bis mind For this
passed September 1883 dlares
Judge the Circuit the clerks
process nterory orders poceediss
the gne of according tho
the Court" .iasSt14H
Judge WIlarl-Tha has relation to
Mr. this whole proceeding involved that petition I'D
saty his ght2 made
Sc. aside Judgment 5 @ ss ssa1ss & Of Dies any
When compant
hand
We're any novel practice anything
Plat that be acting in purely ministerial capacity and had
T I as s spn % him his @ s s end
With such and
% on tbs matter that he ded nothing me than s
put Railroad condition that they
delay then intend by anything he said or did to PREJUDICE the question
against the South Carolina Railroad tg3
Company Plat whchI am bound
suppose they could oained had
Judge dissolve the nuncon and ths aeoompihed
they would then press on the % ss s tS al gIs 10
MAY please your Honors
larger the legal which are to DO nannsd M rejected
bound fully prn for
hdation the points upon which we rely
.: daao1n1A oo.Y1ay,
Prsads"s' 0Gas agaaia, s o. October 2s1 1sass7
isidsa South daroaaa Railroad Company eaa.aod; s.
DEAR IHrots than ts. certain terms for
your CHS he the
Will proposed The Columbia Augua
pay Railroad Company all the
n between atsSns and Agu and s ;a % fn aE1 d o9s %
pany furnishing necessary wood und
Very respectfully, 80 eWM- JOHNSTON, Fre"dcA
20 --s
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17

- -. ezAaIrszos, October ed, 1858
Nh W.. Carohna Railroad
nothing privileges
schedules the Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company
better
they furnish With wood sndwste
the earnings Between Granievle and
Et respectfully, a. + PEARE, eap~al SupsrirsRdsat
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17

~, rs e, sE:sa sssd &C.. n, ~
tho ansvis and Auga. saying nothing the privileges
sid isias sps ss'sPss sss ~
hsn they keep
them " s' asu sass.ass between
CHARLESTON 24th October. 1855
Dsaa sn: foai confederation of this
certain proposals for the use Of their a. property and v
bas laid the Executive Committee .is9.tf.7.
Secretary, you
da. thi Board
And here this reply might
her
ats s ns s ssss 1 81
spproaohsd any proposals
,. ,s Vss. .
hng more or less to obtain South Carolina Railroad the ss
ssa @ a
oHs @ Iq sssa a5ssy ae ana Hhes
. sP ,s % gss T ii: sa E %
aaa lssa 2aS what are s
= any would b. 1 I'd y a & 1 ~ the G distance
sss1sss o as sas @ sa ss. ssa s Of @ sae
as tbs I % s Sssa as ss hs Can 81 E aa it, i.
pfRs',ss 1R s.., another view which this matter. should be Under such
uha. the des immediate ed gain 70 tn. Columbia and Augusta
sssss sss
% % v. md justly .
I heavy aase s
,r II ss'
away sha. th,
O transferred without suoh efforts
Nd 1: s s % ss s 1 ss L! s: Ii " @ r.
hAlrosd with ei,ni this
a intending aa oppoon railroad between
@ % @ as dai If a % ss i9s
Ou. Of Smns @ sons @ Of ss S ssonos Of @ 3 Of as two
Of u .s
H. saess. ss s7 I'D I
as tss .as % ss e. evident must be conducted wit"
(ssned) ~ 'p'A4.'' W J. MAaRATH President
CHARLOTTE AND Souri, cAno11sA RAILROAD ooxpAar,(
hsaasfs oess csl4nSia, @ s,, s O. NossnSs 'a5 1865 )
Dsa s Ysas H sd ss 1885, was
your communication first file portion
'ns my isss @ % the and the
ss ] % % ssse' for E sss s' a
and that tho
sss % Columbia Iii % ssd r Aa sss ss
% submit the entire question of the % as at n use 5 a
Of three Directors oompan pa
5 @ @ both ssP 3 of s III s ss s s
f1 TVS @
three will appointed from the Directors Of the Columbia ana
this weekly Fdend Will be ready any us
your committee $3.50, ,o-,,,uo,,
.presdeat 4. E. E o.
CHARLOTTE AND South RAILROAD oOapASY
Faendnfs 0Fes Charlotte ~ c, Noeem6sr l60. 1885, }
South Carolina Railroad Company:
ors Of the Columbia committee of confer
% b, s sa Y2a Ss sa s a sss @
ssSy s.s S % : The south
comnanv whenever tmays suit their convenience.
Combia--s practicable.
Very respectfully VIM JOHNSTON, Prs"d~t
[coPYl
Souri, CAROLINA RAILROAD CoxpAvY I
P,ssdsnfs 0~es Charleston, s. c. 2bas Mssrl~, 1903 .
WM JoHHsros, Esq., Pesdeat Columbia: a5
9th and 10th received At this
only notice that portion Of tho letter which you say
construction letter. But do not
statsw whatyo proper
and Louis DSaus been appointed the committee meet ha
Augu will ad enter upon
COMMITTEES arc pre-
pared o them in Charleston.
respectfully notice given them
them oseaon
Very respectfully, ,..,n.na M,
UP TO DATE NO ANSWER RECEIVED NOR ANY no
GIVEN BY THE PREsADENio T
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17

CHARLOTTE CAnoLsA RAILROAD CoapAsY
preidnss Office, Charlotte ~ c., Noesmbr lets. 1885,
W. tSouMC Carolina Railroad
DEAn conference with che
1a.o Of the Columbia Augusta committee of confer
cnce has been appointed by confer with similar from
Direction of the adjust differences
tween the two companies according proposition This committee three
In behalf of the South Carolina Railroad
Company whenever may suit their convenience
they the City
CoIumbs roadsand practicable
Very respectfully, VIM JOHNSTON Prsrds%
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17

exercise Of he jurisdiction The Court interfering
necessarily given oompanies the variety
which Interfere II not strictly exercised
according provisions OF the Act the necessity immediate interpo
son: The there jurisdiction constantly
open by which he respective rights be aeansd and then
that this M all others situation OF things in which this
adopted where question legal right
power shoald party
proper themselves those which
fort for the a % ss @ U INTO s ha
usqueny hupqens they
the case they either bargain y persons
ss do % no % @ @Ss ory s s1 @ Do~s u hv @ ssD
Doth the Limits which the Legislature has prescribed
The Lord chancsor 1t extremely watch
@ whose properly Affected BY these @ 20 so care that s
beyond those which the Parliament
sou us the duty s7s Court
e them strictly within those powe and if there be auy reasonable doubt
but they will from by OF construction Of the Act
Chancellor recognized condition things which
Columbia Railroad while waiting the
while the injunction pending before Mr. Justice Willard
porston continue pee protection given rights
before 0 sa5 positive and well defined by when
jurisdiction they will not % worth the breath wasted
this argument
enterprise
asked to BE- allowed the merits Of
Judge preliminary Injunction Overued the plea nepOsed
aroa Comunyj but the pa bn still stands
qpesun no, upon Judge
ras @ @ @ G qS S every G & S h ~s s & sa 5 nao @
merits the
impeding and while
which ingenuity suggest tsas has not been
discussion decision Of to have what it claims
Company? y predecessors he authority
In these and certainly feel my duty not Eepuass
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17

They
railroad passing between the points from nd 70 ThSn sao sS Ss
over the track
ekof and Columbia Railroad Company
obligation contract made
privileges the charter these defendants are any
derosatn Of the gnt powers an
yead end oy virtue VI Ge e ne
the Comlanaa ana
ruroad the
which prohibition msntond the Charter Of
applied
aiu and nothing which
be reference
thereto Of The chartered rights
apuous privileges belonging in c taH
the complainant" Of Their cay or Of any Other anee~s Or 'S0u-
privilege granted o lposisd BY menl"
said that they did intend invade right
franchise or privilege Railroad Company
believed Chancellor Carroll his Decree they did intend to
upon that they declared and that
Chancellor
alleged what denied what the Chancellor
said they did net intend
In that case reported Richardson the Chancellor express
be projected Of the deendants Yet
have boed prove TINT they dd Intend SO
had and that the Court red
d0nors nus aedy gwen
buke unheded now with great popey DE
repeated. =, IF. 1,,.r, =. ..,;,,.
examination of MI Justice Willard IN eonJunc
the pdngs that the exact questions drawn
ralroad seeond the right TO connect
Hamburg omnunlcatlon ana ha n
fright Columbia lhe heess VI sn
"o laying defendants right of that OF the
controlled involved the OF crossing
accomplishments track Coumb not presented IN Ae
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-17


ind 5 % Judge S ". W.rss zs %
that prohibition mode by which the question be heard Accord
ing the Blake prohibition @ wi Tn Sa TINS @ u @ n | PSy @
properly prohibition remedy and Bkes law
whenever aas s s s H
according to the rule followed We'd IL HaaSI % anS % wn T @ % 1s s
example Engan and direct issue be made
judge may do vhat aeeordns Blake Judge
application Now could have induced Judge
ton that the whole issue would delay
the other side doued
right could whether he had the
matersi different Court from the legal matters
c Iat the mo jurisdiction both wore in the Circuit Courts the
State fled and properly filed Rchland
BUSINESS what diau could ocoaoned because Columbia Augusta
% H S n nsa @ s a s sa'REs @ fSsa @ r. Ies
rather to be bound in the opinion OF tho Judge
aw wait then the result Of that
the had both motions before himself Do not
cn the they not bound to so2 And if Judge
M ta y G m S boud @ not his proceedings wait for that trial and Sesn
how Judge Plat condemns protesting wait for ae
Jnas @ d I % R % decide S and mSss Roo.er bsss psSs
decided Judge P opinion order:
oO1s holds that the opinion part of the ORDER although " ss
Willard made his order injunction this
its dissolution time before the hearing
construction premises: Judge booar
6ore tho colum and Augusta Railroad Company duly acquired
right to although Judge declared petitioners shall haO
nust ne.ar g back to Equity get uoa
se ] spss a1 a m shss they ssys acquired
pending the equity side OF the Court Pleas Of
cSn upsn WHOM they a
ss ss be 5 % s G ans I s Rn Da Ea s % With s e s
consideration of the petition for jury assess compensation in Edge
b du submit which under
mpsra7s tho petition tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
When TO Cut Timber.

Opinions vary in regard to time
OF cutting timber to make it most
durable. 1t Is generally conceded,
however, that summer months are
best, some advocating June, while
the tree is in full vigor, and others
later in the season. A writer in the
Rural World gives his views, based
upon experiment, thus:
81 have worked in timber, and
experimental as to the best time to
cut it to make it last well and by
actual observation have come to the
conclusion that from the 18th of
August to the 18th of September is
the best time in the year. Timber
cut then, worms will not enter. The
bark will remain on for about twelve
months, and then, when moved. fall
off of itself, without any trouble.
But my brother farmers will say the
season then is too hot to labor in the
timber. Admitted but one tree cut
then is worth three cut in the winter ;
and if person can only cut his
timber down at this time, he is not
necessitated to then work it up, but
can let It lie till the winter following,
and it will do as well as being work.
ed at the time when cut-and at his
leisure, if it is two years after, he
can work it up.
Hickory timber cut at that time
makes good rails, that will last near.
ly as well as oak. But unfortunate
ly for our farmers, they are under
the necessity (or do i1 of cutting all
or most of their timber in the winter
months; and timber will decay cut
in those months, in this climate,
sooner than in any other in the year. %
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
Toads &C., in the Garden.

In a recent lecture on Insect Enc.
mics, before the Vineland Agricultu.
raj and Horticultural Society, n. j.,
by Mr.. Treat, he thus alludes to the
usefulness of toads :-"Carry all the
toads you may find to your gardens
They will devour immense numbers
of bugs. A toad will swallow the
largest specimen OF the tomato worm,
though sometimes he will have a
hard time of it. Snakes, hens, wasps
and spiders, are all devourers of
your enemies. A common duck
will go up and down rows of tomato
and potato vines, and pick off the
large worms usually found on such
vines, as fast as it can find them !;
and they will see half dozen when
a man would not see one. Yong
turkeys will do the same serYice.
though they are not SO essily' con-
trolled and guided. All fallen fruit
is to be picked up twice a day-at
any rate one time--boiied, and then
given to your cattle to be devoured.
BY doing this it will pay ten times
over, and the result of it will be that
next year you will not have insects"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
Growing Tea in Tennessee.

The tea plant is in successful cul
tivation some ten miles from Knox
vile, on the farm of Captain Jane.
Campbell, where it has been grown
t9r about ten years. 1t is said thai
Esst-Tenne ssee tea-drinkers car
easily raise their own tea with very
little cost or trouble. The plant is .
deep evergreen shrub, and grows
about five feet high. 1t is hardy, and
needs no protection from frosts. Ii
bears an abundant crop, with beau
tiful fragrant flowers, in October.
The following season it natures a
seed, somewhat resembling the seed
of our native hazel, and grows IN
readily. The vigor and hardness Of
this piant, and its adaptation to the
climate, have been tested. The tea
produced from the leaves of the
plant very much resembles in flavor
the tea from Young Hyson plant
Commenti We give the above for
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-07-23
Home, Farm and Garden.
NV Neighbor's Farm Management.


My neighbor is q curiosity liz his
way. He is not an ignorant man,
generally speaking. He has read
much and remembers what he has
read. Politics and mechanics are
his particular forte. Then, again
he has very good stock of genera
information. Talk with him, on any
subject. and he will entertain you
Farming comes within his province
and he discourses well thereon. Now
let us look at his practices.
His garden, his corn and potatoes
are neglected until the weeds choke
the growth OF the plants. We have
often seen him hoeing, for the frs
time, with weeds from six to twenty
inches high. Then, if he could gel
time and help, he would give them
good dressing out. He believes in
"doing a good job,'' so when he once
got at it, he would do well what he
did do. After this attention, the
plants would be suffered to grow in
neglect, until harvest, when the
weeds would often outtop the crop.
The crop, sometimes, gets partially
harvested in season. We have known
him to cut his hay and secure it fine
ly in the cock, and then let it stand
until nearly, or quite worthless
His corn-fodder would be uncut, and
he would have to buy hay. Turnips
and beets would thaw and freeze in
the ground over winter. His wheat
would lie upon the ground, unstack-
ed, until late in the fall, and then
stand In the stack unsecured by fen
ces, prey to bis neighbor's cattle.
With an abundance of store room.
his lumber and his shingles, and ar
ticles too numerous to mention, lay
rotting in the open all. 1t took sew.
eral years to get his barn and stable
doors hung upon hinges. His new
house has been built seven or eight
years and the blinds stand in his
chamber yet. The dirt thrown from
his cellar is not all leveled off until
this day. Six years ago he bought
lumber for yard fence-which be
refused 20 lend or sell, as he wanted
to use it-and it laid in apile, with.
out being stuck up, and is nearly or
quite rotten and worthless. In the
meantime, he has supported dog to
keep out the cattle.
He goes thirty rods to shop to
do his tinkering, while he has 8
building at his hand, equally appro-
pirate, that would save him miles oI
travel.
He cannot be called a lazy man
for he is generally busy about some
thing.
He is close in his deal, and means
to be economical; but only look al
leaks in his management. Every
thing is out of season. The proper
time passes, and a great deal more
work is required than when things
are done in season. He does moi
seem to realize that one man will do
more at the proper time, than sever
al will when out of season. He waits
to hire help cheaper, and loses money
by the extra amount of work requir-
ed, in consequence of not taking il
in the nick of time.
He is going to do many things, but
be seldom brings them about. He is
bound to die, with his work hall
done. He is one of those unfortu-
nate mortals who are always behind
the times.-L. L. f. in Gernaansoacn
Tele0rdDh.