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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-26

B A. crotchcty and contrary old chap
was Joel Shcllenbdrgcr, a rich old
farmer, as mulish as the donkey in
his barn. He had made his way in
the merldsby the tdogg faest. ytinacy
-seising hold ~ w hTte+ttr came n
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-26

RsrEs VI ADVERTISING.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-11-26

wonderfully so far; but what do you
suppose he'll say when be knows
you're not Biddy at all?''
"Not B.ddy at all? screamed Joel
struck with sudden suspicion Of he
knew not what, as he started out Of
his covert. ~ ss.5 sstz
There stood Bildy. the white frill
Of her close cap as immense as; ever;
she laughed though, when she saw
him, an! deliberately taking off her
cap, shook her bright curls all about
her face, and reaching toward him
her little hand, said
"Shure sir, All ye won't be afther
hating poor girl because her names
Barbic Halstead instead Of Biddy
O'Flynn?"
''You--you Professor Halstead's S
girl?" " r..
Professor Halstead is my father. -
said Barbie. in her natural tone.
"What' S that?'s& g
Barbie repeated it.
"And you're not Irish?''
"Niycr Bit" The old man stood
a moment, clouds gathering in his
1 facc.s4 ,t, ga. ss.r
"Well Anson," he said, rathe,
saucily, you've out -witted me again;
much good may it do you. YOU'D
better get out the horses now ant
take Halstead's girl home. He mus,
want to see her by this time"
/ Eyes. sir. And Anson coloret
with mingled anger and amazenent.
i Barbie did not change countenance
]. however. Extending that prett,
baud Of hers again. she said, sweetly
You'll shake hands with me. sir?,'., =,
v Joel Shellcnbarger turned back an
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28
"As 10 Iowa.


In summing up the result Of the
elections, the st. Louis Democrat in
conclusion says:
-. AS tn Iowa, nobody was worried
In the least. Ohio, with y Cabinet
Office, Pennsylvania, hungry for a
Cabinet office, were In doubt. But
grand Iowa was never In doubt; and
II IL the more pleasant to hear the
name Of one Of hercitizensannOunced
as the new Secretary. Iowa Repub-
licans have given to the country an
example well worthy OF imitation.
They have never flinched from the
advocacy of Republican principles;
have never dMlged nor twaddIed;
have never tried to steal . victory by
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28
TO Cons ,,mptivcs Every wher,

To COmsumptivos Every where.
A correspondent Of a Georgia paper
writes as follows: a g ad lsug
"Having seen much suffering from
consumption, and knowing well that
thousands Of, dollars are yearly spent
by invaiids IN travelling for their
health, and on medicines and ply
sicians, we propose a simple recipe
by which patients may become their
own physicians, and If not too far
gone, will guarantee a perfect cure If
made and regularly taken according
to directions: l3f}E4 g.9l3dpog flip Il
The ingredients are hoarhound,
| mullen and Neutrality-suspicious.
, within the reach Of all. the mullen
! growing wild in almost every com
munity, 1.-THE hoarhound in almost
every garden, aud the. molasses to be
had Mt any grocery. The directions
for making are: take large handful
of hoarhonnd and boil as strong a tea
as can possibly be made. Take up,
and then boil an equal amount OF
mullen in the same way. Take n tea
cupful each Of thetea of mullen and
h0arhound, mix together in a suita-
tble vessel; then add q cupfnl Of mo
1 lasses, and stew to q isyrup---the
quicker the better. Take a table
spoonful Or q large swallow, three
times a day. BE particular In fol-
lowing directions as to making, and
also ~ to taking 1t, and we will guar
antee relief IN all cases not too far
advanced. The writer does not claim
thisrecIpo as original with himself,
but has recommended 1t In many
cases with good result. Az the in.
gradients are 20 common and easily
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28

Scheatings people. But they have
accsnn pan1 fidelity to Repubt1eAo
principle M y integrity and ability
in the engagement Of State alIAirs.
In no ono Of the newer States are
taxes lighter, none has more homo
rable financial record; in none has
the dominant party done SO much to
deserve the confidence of the people.
Therefore, Il = not strange that when
J i election comes, Iowa never has to
send in mortal panic to neighboring
States for aid. No united dead-lift 10
ever necessary to pull her out OF
Democratic clutches. Our victory,
complete and overwhelming, gives
not the least surprise to anybody"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28
How TO Build q Corn Crib.

How to have a rat-prOOf corn crib,
is a great question among farmers
A correspondent Of the New York
Farmers Club gives the following
experience:
81 have a corn crib that has stood
for twenty years, and has never had
a rat, and but one mouse in it, to my
knowledge. Posts ten or eleven feet
long and eighth square; mortise
two feet from one end: for end-sills,
two-inch mortise with tusk. Taper
post from sill to the end, by hewing
off inside until the end is reduced to
four inches in diameter; make smooth
with draw-knife, and nail on tin
smooth half way to the end, below
the sill. Let stills be eight inches
square; also, end tie them and the
rafter plates with moderate inter-ties.
Brace well, and lath up and down
with three-quarter inch lath; lay the
floor, and hoard up the ends with
uBgroOved boards; let each bent be
twelve feet long, six feet wide at the
sill, and seven and a half feet at plate;
and If full to peak, it will hold $50
bushels. ] never had an ear to hurt
on account of the great width. II
preferred, lay the floor with lath or
narrow boards, with room for venti-
lation. Each post should stand on
stone, about three inches from the
ground, and each stone have a found
alton two feet square and below the
frOSt 3,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28

"a =
1.-THE opOor-house has any terrors
for you, never buy what you don't
need. agt. alf 9I.a gs-r 4Hr5
Before you pay three cents for a
jewsharp, my boy, ascertain whether
you don't make just as pleasant a
noise by whistling, for which nature
has given you the machinery. And
before you pay fifty dollars for coat,
young man, find out whether your
Iady-l0ve would not be just as glad to
see you in one that could be had for
half the money. If she would not,
let her crack her own hazel-nuts and
buy her own clothes. auig
When you see a man spending two
or three dollars a week foolishly, the
chances are five to one he'll live long
enough to know.hOw many cents are
i'm dollar, and if he don't, he's sure
to bequeath that knowledge to his
widow. {e4 liz 555,, ia a35gi-.
! When man asks you to buy that
for which you have no use, no mat
ter how cheap it is, don't say yes till
you are sure somebody else wants it
in advance. iGd ga l2h .lE. ~
Money burns in some folks pock-
cts, and makes such big hole that
everything that is put in drops so far
through that they never find it.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28

obtained, it is not best to make more
than quart = > time, psrtienlarIy
in warm weather, as the freshef it is
the better efect VIII be prOduced.
Papers of the countfy will confer q
blessing upon this class, alas! too nu-
merOus, by publishing this recipe"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28
Greenbacks Rcdivivus.

humDugSery ABOUT paying TIE ucot
| in Greenbacks has ceased to command
the respect even Of Democrats.
1t created short-Iived furore in
that party after its first announce
ment. That has died away. That
scheme-thc stupidest financial poll
cy or inpolicy ever enuneiated--
might be safely let alone TO fall into
the Oblivion Of history. But occa-
sionaliy, even now, some Democratic
editor spasmodically sounds the
Gre-nback wsr-whoop. This is
noticeably SO now, SO shortly follow
ing Secretary Boutwell's speech at
Philadelphia. In thathe enunciated
the policy of the Government to he
to pay the debt in gold or its equiv
alent. This has set the Democratic
editors a yelling in a weak way.
The country has refused to lend its
sanction to the Greenback swindle.
The country is right, and wisely
careful of its interests. y y.
"Pay the bond-holders in the mon
ey they paid for the bonds" say the
demagogues; "the bond-holders
bought them with Greenbacks; pay
them hack with the same money!
That's plausible. And we here de-
clare that if it can be lawfully done,
we don't object to paying the bond
holders in the same money with
which they bought the bonds. Mark
you, that isn't what the Democrats
propose. Not one Of them. The
bond holders bought the bonds with
the Greenbacks now in circulation.
The Democracy propose to pay them
with Greenbacks which are not now
and never have been in circulation.
They propose to put the Government
printing presses at work, and issue
an immense amount Of new Green
backs. Yet those new Greenbacks,
it is clear, would not be the money
with which the bonds were bought,
but something entirely different.
There is deception and fraud, then,
at the start, in this Democratic
phrase, "pay the bond-holders with
the same, money with which they
honght the bonds. zfT F.t,f
Z TllemOney with which these bonds
were bought is now in the hands Of
the people. It can only be collected
from them by such excessive taxa
ton as may be sanctioned by Demo
Gratis II they choose; Republicans will
oppose it.
No good government can lend it.
self to depreciating the currency
which circuIates among its people.
Its duty is to give the people a uni
form standard Of financial values.
This is what Secretary Boutwell, pro-
poses. He says implicitly that the
debt may be paid in greenbacks,
provided the greenbacks are as good
as gold. That is the right logic.
The Democratic doctrine Is, that be-
cause the currency has been bad dur
ing the war, therefore 1t should con-
tinue bad. That because 1t Is bad,
the way to cure tits to makeit worse.
The better way is Boutwell's way.
Admit the currency is bad, and 60 to
work to make it good; not by render
ing it valueless, but by making 1t
constantly better, until the paper
dollar is the exchangeable equivalent
Of the gold dollar, and the country
possesses again its uniform, legiti-
mate and par currency.--Gate C1ty.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28

For great many years the Rus
slams have made use of the expansive
properties of freezing water in quar-
rying operations. In summer they
drill crevices in the marble, and fill
them with water. The cold of winter
causes the water to act as a wedge,
and enormous masses of marble are
thus detached with the smallest ex-
penditure of manual labor.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28

the interest hearing debt will he ex-
tinguished In 80 years. Applause.
~ Ifyou will furnish by your
votes evidence to the world that this
debt Is to be paid; If by your system
Of taxation you will furnish the
means Of paying 1t, then nothing re-
mains but to get honest public serv-
ants to collect the public revenues
and apply the proceeds to the pay
ment ofthe debt. There is nothing
In schemes, nothing in plansof shaw
| ing down, Of cutting of. 1t is q
simple and straightforward work.
The disposition and ability you have
and honesty in your public servants
10 command the markets Of the
world. IAppiause.] Your debt will
be placed at the lowest rate Of inter-
est, and you wifi pay all before the
men who hold your securities desire
to have it paid.
WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
I.5d,.I ALREADY DONE. a,;4
desire further to show you what
haa been recently done within the
last ak or seven months. You have
paid $56,00O,O 900 Of the. public debt.
The President desires nm economical
and honest administration Of the
Government. [Applause]. He de-
sired that honest men should he ap-
pointed to places Of public trust,
. especially In the collection Of the
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-28

EXTRACTS from the n. Y. 1ribune's
report Of Sec'y BoutwelPs Speech In
Philadelphia on the 9th inst.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

The Lchigh Coal aud Navigation Compa-
ny met the President Of the liners Associ.
alton, at Summit Hill, Pennsylvania. and
agreed upon basis of terms, which are not
very satisfactory to the company, but it was
the best that could be done, as the mincri
would not make any concessions. About
one half tho companies in all the Pennsyl
vania coal districts recommence work about
the 9th instant. The Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company's men com menced or
that day.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

An e1 parte application was made Friday
to Judge Clark, in the Supreme Court OF
New York, by counsel on the part OF John
S. Prouty aud other bolders and owners Of
guaranteed construction stock in the Mich.
igan Southern and Northern Indiana Rail-
road Company, to the amount Of some mil.
lions Of dollars, for u temporary injunction
restraining the directors aud Legrand Lock
wood, the Treasurer, from selling or in any
way disposing of the property, franchises OF
security of this Company, until the plain
tiffs shall be paid all arrearages of iuteres
on their aharea
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

Young Ke.ehum's refusal to avail himself
Of any Irregularities in the legal proceedings
which resulted in hs conviction and SEN
tence, is timely rebuke to all pettifoggers
AMI quibblers. He frankly says: ~ am
guilty and deserve punishment. The meas
ure by which yon propose to release the takes
advantage OF a technical objection to defeat
the spirit Of the law ITSELF Iprefer remain.
ing ip Jail to being shystered' out in tbii
sort Of style. Either pardon me absolutely
for crime confess having comm tied, OF
send mo back TO prison."
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

WIN. II. Sanford, Cashier of the Central
National Bank Of New York city, has de-
camped, and is defaulter to the tune OF
one hundred thousand dollars. Speculation
in gold led 10 dcfalcation. He leaves wife
and children in destitute circumstances in
Westport, Ct. His character for years has
been irreproachabIe. The bank announces
the defalcation will not damage its stand
ina.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10
People and Things.

Mrs. Scott Siddons will make America
her home.
Henri Rochefoft is writing religious po-
etry.
The Round Table and Citizen arc to lie
united.
George Alfred Townsend is in New
York.
Isabellas son is talked Of as the husband
of Engand's Beatrice.
Olive Logan, without her olive branches,
will summer at Long Branch.
Stokes defends the grammar Of his letter
which, he says, ~ think was very well
wrote"
The North American Reviewers are going
to write up the Erie Railroad.
Lord & Taylor are going to build another
dry goods place on Broadway.
2O7 Connecticut women want the suffrage
"We the people of England, &C."
Geo. Wakenan tries the lecture field
next fall. We predict a success for bin.
Fields Osgood & Co.'S edition Of Tbaek.
cry will contain several volumes Of miscel-
lanies.
Five distinct iranslations of Mrs Stoves
sold Town Folks are 10 be printed in Ger
many.
Mrs. II. ]. Raymond will return to Eu-
rope Immediately. Mr.. Raymond loft no
will.
Kentucky grasshoppsrs chew tobacco =
The planters think that lie cutting it pretty
fine.
Oakley Hall, W. M. Tweed and several
oths Tammany magnats are treating fol
the purchase OF the N. Y. Times with pros
pect of success. Some time ago an offer Of
million dollars was made for the paper
Raymond wished to sell, but Jones did not.
Now Jones is willing.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Both in England
and America there is now complete lull in
the dispute over the Alabama claims. The
London Times now thinks that the question
is not Of threatening character. We have
not yet bad very authentic information Of
the reopening of negotiations by Mr.. Motley.
IT, however, he can get fair and reasona.
bic protocol ready for presentation at the
next session of the Senate, 1t will have a
good chance of favorable consideration.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

RE.uNION OF THE OFFICERS OF THE AR
MY OF THE Potomac. the first runion
of the officers Of the Potomac, held in New
York, on the 5th inst, Lieutenant General
Phillip II. Sheridan on the second ballot re-
ceived tae majority OF votes east, and was
declared president OF the society. With his
characteristic modcsty, the hero Of the She
naRdOah and Five Forks at first declined to
be q candidate, but his objections were over.
ruled by his friends. The large vote polled
for the gallant soldier, Meade, upou the first
ballot, is sufficient evidence Of the affection
of bis old officers whom be so often led on to
victory.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

A Kentucky youth, having planued an
elopement, was met by the father of bis be-
loved and big pistol, just as he stepped
into the chamber window. He held the an.
angry parent while the girl flew to the win
dow and stepped out on the rope ladder. -
The ladder broke. and she fell into the
arms OF two groomsmrn, and while the ag-
onizsd father was hurryiug down stairs to
ascertain her hurt, the lover jumped out
the same way. hurried the girl into car
riagc, drove off and was married. = Elk.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

Nyr TEMPERANCE HALL PRoJECT.--We
were called ON to-day by ladies connected
with the temperance organization in this
place. 1t ia the desire of the order to erect
new hall, and propose to raise the sum of
$l.eoo by subscription for that purpose --
This is indeed a commendable object, and
we hone our citizens will subscribe literally
to the f,.n,l. The labors Of Good Templars
in this place have resulted in good in
great many instances, and the proper ea
courasemen. Should be exteated il cesa!i Of
the sc:'ely.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

An exchange says it is an extraordinary
fact in this world that every man or woman
that wants something done for nothing goes
straightway to the publisher of newspaper
He is the free bridge over which merit and
demerit rl oppose to pass the stream Of troll
BILE. He is the free horse that every man
proposes to ride into he green pasture Of
prosperitY.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10
A Wifc Living Peacefully with Two
Husbands.


There Is q very remarkable case of matri-
monial felicity ~ ip this oi.y which is net
generally known to the public. In the west
division lives o woman with two husbands,
to each of whom she has been married In le'
gal FORM At the time the war broke out
this woman was living with her first hus-
band, by whom sho had three children. At
the breaking ont of the rebellion he enlisted,
and went off In the role of "a brave soldier
boy" A year or two after, his wife heard
that be was killed in battle. She did not
bear from him personally, the war closed,
and he failed 10 write or to report at his for.
mrr headquarters in Chicago. His wife
now considered herself q widow, beyond all
doubt, and ia course of time she got married
again. But, q few months ago, to her great
amazcment, husband No. |, whom she had
mourned as d. d, returned to his long de-
serted domicile, but like Enoch Arden, only
to find his wife the spouse of another man.
Bnt. unlike Enoch Arden. hcfailrd to die of
q broken heart. A council of war was held
by the three heads Of the family, and tn G
difficulty amicahy adjusted. What to some
men and women, similarly situated, would
have resulted In pistols, blood, and iitiga-
tion, was settled readily and satisfactorily
by this amiable trio. 1t was mutually de-.
termined that both husbands should continue
to be ''liege lords" of the woman, on equal
terms. and she should be the wife of both
husbands. Soon after the soldier husbands g
return home, the wife presented to him and
to the world another child. the offspring of
husband No2. But this little circumstances
did not seem to disturb the equilibrium Of
No. l, nor the peace OF the household And
there dwells that happy family-one wife,
two husbands, and four children-in small
cottage, as quietly and eontentedly, 10 all
appearances, as it nothing unusual had ev.
er happened. Verify, this is an age Of won.
ders, and Chicago is the place TO find them.
Chicago Journal.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

PEIRIFIEp BoDI.-The Titusville Het.
aid saye.-The excavation of the Indian
mounds in Cornplantcr township has result
Cd in some startling developments. The
mummifed body Of an indian princess, sup.
rosrd to he a daughter Of 'Lo, the poor In
dian" has been brought 20 Titusville, and
was yesterday ou exhibition in front OF
Auerbachs. The remains are in an excel
lent state of petrIfsction, aud worthy OF
scientific inspection.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

The work of preparing the road through
Washington street, up as far as Schonblom's
corner has been commenced. Deep cutters
nre beihg prepared upon both sides of the
street, to convey the water off, and plank
road twenty -four feet in width is to take the
place OF the ocean Of mud that now stands 10
the street. Wehope the contractors, Mess.r.
sternbcrg & Walker will hurry up the work
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

ESTErRIsIKG We are always ready to
note energy and enterprise on the part of
our contemporaries of the press and in any
other business. For the past two days there
have been no mails down the creek. aud the
proprie'ors of the Titusville Herald this NOR.
ming sent the papers down the creek by a
carrier on horseback. Such enterprise and
attention TO the wants Of its patrous is COM
lnendable. .I
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10
TELEGRAPH
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY RECORD,
Afternoon Dispatches.
ce,,v.bur~ Rattle Field.

The Board of Directors of the Gettysburg
Memorial Association have passed resol'l.
tions to designate with plain but permanent
granite, by numerals, the positions OF dii-
f.reot divisions, brigades, &e.. OF each army
dnrinp the battle. The Secretary OF the
Association was directed to invite Generals
who commanded armies, divisions and brig
ades. 10 furnish information required in or
der truly tc designate positions and events
TO be perpetuatsd, and to make arrrnge.
ments ior their reunion on the field In the
first week of August. to copfer together ana
determine points to be commemorated.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

II is minated that Vallandingbam is
not very enthusiastically in favor of Genera
Eoseoraus as the Democratic candidate for
governor Of Ohio. Vallandinsh ham made
the scquautance of Rosecraps under un'
favorable, not tc say unhappy, c'rcnm'
Stances.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

A London letter referring 10 Mr.. Ray
moud's death, says: There may be Ameri-
can statesmen and pablicits more widely
known in England than Mr.. Raymond, but
[ am sure there is no one more respected,
valued and honored by those whose good
opinion gives the stamp of real fame.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-07-10

Sir Henry Rawilson. who affects arcbsol
ogy, has satisfied himself, and is try ing to
satisfy other people, that Babylon is ne
site of the Garden of Eden. Moreover,
he claims TO have discovered pub docs.
stored in Babylon which prove the fact, and
which give an exact geological description
Of the scene of man. s first disobedience."