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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-12

years, and his wife, aged eighty years,
died at. Brattleborough, Mass, last Sunday,
within twelve hours ofeach other.... .Ho-
ratio Seymour has been buying large tracts
of land in Iowa, and has become President
Of q Lake and River Transportation Com.
pany operating in Wisconsin. French
man brought two mugs to the milkman in
place Of one, as usual, and on being asked
che meaning of il, replied "Dis yor de
milch, and dis vor te water an will mix
them 20 as to soote myself" ......A few
days ago Dubuque lead miner in sinking
a shaft found piece of bread which must
have been part Of somebody's lunch near
ly thirty years ago......A. T.. Stewart is
adding an immense stable to his already
large onein Amity street, and the picture
gallery in his new mansion is to be stable
for Rosa Bonheur's sHorse Fair. by
The laws Of Iowa any person starting a
prairie fire, and allowing it to get beyond
his control, is.spbject 70 imprisonment. for
thirty days, or finc MOTTO exceed $40
The Massachusetts Senate has VOTED
by one majority, to exempt lager beer from
the provisions Of the new liquor bill which
IL to be put upon the people ofthat State
They want the German vote. ...... .,fhe
English Parliament has repealed the law
prohibiting : man from ssnsSssyi Ills
deceased wife's, sister... Grant wants to
recognize the Cuban bslligerants, but Eve
members Of his cabinet oppose, and Ne
- therefore restrained. .....The Lincoln
monument Association bad over $3.50, OO0.
Richardson is to build the monument for
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-05-12

McGreg"r, May 18th, 1860.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10. 1869.

thy hardness of heart leaving the bur-
den of thy wrong acts to me. Mothers
have borne burdens, mothers can bear
them again. Dying they have loved
their children though their sins were
manifested. am My mother, and rath-
er would have seen thy form laid be-
meath the sod than thus disgraced. Thou
didst live to make this old heart mourn; ;
thou didst survive to make this head
lower. Though thy fathers name was
beyond reproach and thy family held in
high esteem will not censure thee.-
Thy sins have overtalsen thee and the
last member of our happy family must
bear the shame. Thou canst never see
me more, but go, go with all thy sins,
knowing thou art Fastening to reiri-
button. He has gone leaving the bur-
den to me-"
How many have borne burdens that
did not belong to them? how many have
suffered in part for the sins of their fell
low mortals and died with scarce word
of reproach towards the instigator OF
their suffering2 "Come unto me, all
ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
will give you rest" Leave the burden
to Ne.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19
seIsetsn Story.
The Snow Fort Battle.
BY 7. II. ALDRIcH.

The memory of man, even that of the
oldest inhabitant, runeth not back to the
time when there did not exist feud be-
tween the North End and South End
boys of Rivermouth.
The origin of the feud is involved in
mystery; it is impossible to say which
party was the first aggressOr in the far
Off ante revolutionary ages but the fact
remains that the youngsters of those an
tipodal sections entertained a mortal
hatred for each other, and that this ha-
tired had been handed down from gene
ration TO generation, like Miles Stan
dish's punch bowl.
know not what laws, natural or un-
natural, regulated the warmth of the
quarrel, but at some seasons it ragged
more violently than ct others. This
winter, both parties were unusually live
ly and antagonistc. Great was the
wrath OF the South Enders, when they
discovered that the North-Enders had
thrown up fort on the crown of Slat-
ter's Hill.
Slatter's Hill, or No-man's land, as it
was generally called, was a rise oi
ground covering, perhaps, ain acre and
Il quarter, situated on an imaginary line,
marking the boundary between the two
districts. An immense stratum ofgran-
lite, which here and there thrust out q
wrinkled boulder, prevented the site
from being used for building purposes.
CIV aff eiI 10 ~ Io III
from one part of which a quantity Of
rock had been removed to form the un-
derpinning of the new Jail. This exca-
walton made the approach from thatpoint
all but impossible, especially when the
ragged lodges were a-glitter with ice.-
You see what q spot it was for a snow
fort.
One evening, twenty or thirty of the
North -Enders quietly took possession Of
Skaters Hill, and threw up a long line
of breastworks. The rear of the in
trenchment, being protected by the quar-
ry, was left open. The walls were foul
feet high, and twenty-five inches thick.
strengthened at the angles by stakes
driven firmly into the ground.
Fancy the rage of the South Enders
the next day, when they spied our snowy
citadel, with Jack Harris red silk pock.
ct handkerchief floating deiiantly from
the Flagstaff.
In less than one hour it was knownal
over town, in military circles at least
that the "Puddle- doctors" and the "Riv.
cr-rats" (these were the derisive sub-ti-
ties bestowed on our South End foes) in
tended 10 attack the fort tat Saturday
afternoon.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19
VOL. III.
ssIeetsn lostrn.
THE LAST GOOD BYE.

Farewell! Farewell is often heard
From the lips ofthose who part;
'Tis whispered tone, tits a gentle word
But it springs not from the heart.
It may serve for n lovers lay,
To be sung meath the summers sky:
But give me the lips that say
The honest words, "Good-byeW
Adieu Adieu! may greet the ear
In the guise of courtly speech;
But when we leave the kind and dear,
'Tis not what the soul would teach,
Wheneer we grasp the hand of those
We would have forever nigh,
The flame of friendship burns and glows
In the warm, frank words, Good bye"
The mother sending forth her child
To meet with the cares and strife,
Breathes thro' her tears her doubts and fears
For the loved ones future life.
No cold "adieu," no farewell" lives
Within her choking sigh;
But the deepest sob of a'aguisiigives,
God bless thee boy"
Go watch the pale and dying one;
When the glance has lost its beams
When the brow is cold as the marble stone,
And the world passing dream;
And the latest pressure of the hand,
The look Of the closing eye,
Yield what the heart must understand
y long, a last Goodbye"
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19
WHY?
MARY W. ArTcKLEs.

Why, ah! why, must priceless jewels
Gleam on lives that heed them not?
Or, if for one moment treasured,
Flung aside, and soon forgot.
Fairest flowers spring up and blossom
All uncared for, on their way
Who with idle, listless footsteps
Bruise and crush them carelessly.
While the lives where gems might glitter
Proud to deck n thing so fair;
All unthroned, undecked, and crownless
Lie forever cold and bare.
Hungry human hearts go starving
O'era dark and lonely way.
While around life's choicest blessing,
Love is idly flung away.
-Yh-, alas! arc roy,al retures
Dwarfed into narrow cell
IT'LL how they had bloomed and broadened
Only God alone can teltq-
Why must souls which He made kindred
And by closest bends allied
Hearts which ever beat accordant,
Fate with cruel hand divide?
Leaving each on darl1some pathways,
Der which lowers sullen sky;
Life, which might have bloomed, all barren,
And we can but murmur, why7
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19

And what is it, that which constitutes
true lady? Is it that which we so of
ten hear termed "ladylike," when in
social circles an Acknowledged tby few
who know not the first precepts Of eti-
quette that govern true ladies and gem
tlemen) lady curls up her powder-cover-
ed nose, twists her painted lips, and eX-
claims TO her nearst neighbor, he or
she are so odd?" No! 1t is something
far different. No feeble mind hath e'er
attained that something -pur" '-'~'lom.
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19

The tongue of scandal is like the vomit
of the AspiD; it spares none, but hlights
alike the innocent and guilty. Yea! it
is a child nursed on the tongue of heart
less " Lack -bitcgs - the h. igs of hell
Clayton herald. (Clayton, Del.) 1867-1870, 1869-06-19
Rates Punishment.
by HENRY Z. HULL, JR.

A proud, imperious girl was Kate
Southerland, but alasl that we have 10
record it, most inveterate coquotte.
Reared i'm luxury, the only child of fond
and loving parents, who granted her
every wish, it is not to be wondered at
that she grew up to womanhood proud
and naughty being.
Nevertheless, Kate was a remarkably
handsome girl-tall and symmetrically
formed, with long flowing tresses Of the
richest auburn, and eyes Of the deepest
blue, thas sparklod like diamonds and
shot forth bowitching glances when
their owner willed.
All things must come TO an end, and
it was so with Kate's coquetrics-th
came to an end Mt last.
One bright afternoon there came to that
city tall handsome youlg man of per-
haps five and twenty years of age, bear
ing letters of recommendation from
some of the most influential residents of
II neighhoring city. The new conner
took lodgings at II common but respect
H'io "N''AN NiHS hp"SSi AS"eVH al" hVeSN
up neat and substantial Office on one of
the principal streets and hung out the
following sign:-
MORTON NANE,
ATTORNEY AND CoUNsELl.oR Al LAW.
Being Of good department and pleas
ing manners, tho young lawyer was at
once introduced into the most fashions
able circles of society. At fashionable
I arty he met for the first time the reign
ing belle of the season, Kate Soulher-
LAID. From the very first they were
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27
THE sENAToRsHIP.

The Republican Senatorial Conference
will have met and nominated candidate
for the Senate ere this number of our paper
reaches most Of our readers, but not before
some at least win have seen it. We have
already expressed our views On this subject
and without desiring to say aught against
either Of the es6mable gentlemen nomina-
ted by our sister counties, We cannot refrain
from again expressing our decided conYic-
ton that Of the three gentlemen named
Capt 9. S. Mullin viii add most strength
to our ticket a fierce fight is to be made
all over the State and with Packer millions
TO back them no means fair or foul viii be
left untried to defeat us In fact it is well
known that desperate effort is to be made
to carry this district. For this purpose any
amount Of money will be used and the facil
tiles offered BY the construction Of the Pitts
burgh and Connellsyille railroad through
Somerset county and the western part Of
this county will not be left unused. Capt
Mullm is a lifelong Republican, an intelli-
gent and onterprising citizen a worthy rep
resentative of our farming community, a man
of the most sterling integrity and withal
served as a soldier IN putting down the re
bellion. Having nobly done his share in
putting down the rebels, it is highly ap
propriate that he should now be delegated
TO give them allies a drubbiDg. Give us
Captain Mullin as candidate and we think
we will be warranted in promising that be
will leave Bedford county at least two hun
drod ahead of his ticket We claim to be the
soldiers friends, leta soldiers claims be
recognized and great strength viii be added
to our ticket, and we viii at the same time
send man to the Senate of whom the dis
trict will have cause to be proud. We new
er did believe in mere local claims to i'm
portant offices, but at all times have favored
the best and strongest man. 1t Is the true
policy and there is no better time than the
present for putting it in practice.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27
POLITICAL ITEMS.

KENTUCKY is rapidly approaching the verge
of civilization. About twenty Union men
have been elected to the Legislature.
Do object to Packer because he is RICH
Not by any means. We object to him be
cause he would never have been nominated
had he not been rich.
''PAcKER made money buying coal land,
cheap and then waiting for advancement
He can lose it by buying nominations dear
and waiting for election.
WITH ALL his immense wealth, can Asa
Packer point to a single liberal gift made, by
him in behalf of his imperiled country during
the late war? No wonder he is a favorite
with rebel Democracy.
The Republican majority in Alabama at the
election for Congressman and Legislature
f0ots up more than 10000. Last fall the
State only gave 1000 for Grant
The DIFFERENcE.-General Rosecrans de-
clined nomination for Governor Of Ohio on
the excuse that be wished to pay his debts,
and the Democrats, taking the hint, have Sc
lected Pendleton, who is in favor of "repu-
diaiion" under all circumstances.
The New York World of August 4th has
an article of six and half columns to show
that the Democratic party is the ''only parry
pleged 20 restore specie payments
Now to prove its remarkable consistency,
the Democratic party Of Ohio, have nominated d
George II. PendIeton, the advocate of an uii.
limited paper currency, as their candidate for
Governor.
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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27
WHY DON'T THEY POINT TO
THEIR OWN DEEDS?

1t IS quite amusing to see with what care
copperheads avoid reference to their own
record When they charge Republicans
with extravaganza, they never refer to cop
porhead economy If they charge Geary's
or any other Republican State administra-
tion with lack of economy, they always for
get to refer to the fact, that Democrats
hcaped a debt Of $4,000, 900 upon the
State and taxed every f.. Of land. and left
both debt and taxes legacy to the Rcpub-
lican party in 1850 They also forget to say
that while they charge US with eztrava-
gance, we have removed taxes from every
foot Of land in the State and paid oil $50,
00O,O 900 Of the State debt in less rlan ten
years beside paying heavy war expenses to
put down a copr rIhead rebellion. When
they charge Li1coln or Grant $ administra-
tion with want Of economy, they forget
to say that under Buchanan's Demo
cratic administration aftor years Of peace
and plenty they handed over to Lincoln
administration bankrnpt Treasury, with
uIvdit SO low that It could not borrow dol
lar cfmonoy in the money markets Of the
world, and that now after a terrible war and
with heavy debt, under Republican ad-
ministration the credit Of our country is sec
ond to none in the civilized world. When
they talk of Republican corruption or ex-
trayagarce they forget TO tell that the last
Democratic Secretary Of the Interior stole
all the funds of bis Department aud the last
Democratic Secretary Of the Navy carried
nearly all our navy over to the rebels; they
forget also to tell that under Andy
johnson for three years after the close Of
the war the public debt increased even with
the most enormous taxes and~that with
greatly lessened taxes a Republican admin
istralion has been reducing and paying off
the debt at the rate Of TEN MILLIONS per
month. Why don't they give both sides
Such statistics would be highly editing 70
Democratic readers. Let US have the whole
truth. There richness in the Democratic
side that ought not TO be suppressed.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27
PACKER v PENNSYLVANIA.


Pennsylvania has to day no worse enemies
than the Anthracite coal operators Of which
Asa Packer is one of the chief The coal
strikes are instigated by the operators and
railroad men for the purpose Of putting ex-
orbitant profts.in their own pockets, to the
oppression Of the poor and the prejudice Of
every Pennsylvania interest outside Of an
thraeite coal The effect Of this course or
the part of the coal operators aud railroad
managers is to arouse a furioas cry all over
the country against the protective tariff that
in few years has so wonderfully stimulated
manufacturing enterprise all over the coun-
try. Asa Packer in this case is doubly
guilty, being almost exclusive owner Of one
Of the most important coal carrying roads,
aud an extensive operator in anthracite coal.
Forgetful of common decency and regardless
of the wants Of the poor in the cities or the
prosperity of his adopted state he has but
one object in view, to heap still higher his
millions Of boarded gold at the expense of
the poor and needy and to the great injury
of the industrial interests Of the state of
Pennsylvania. The anthracite coal men are
exciting the most bitter feeling all over the
country against Pennsylvania BY their inor-
dinatc greed They have exclusive control
Of the anthracite trade They are a set of
unscHpulous monopolist and they are levy
ing tribute upon the whole country to fill
their already overhowiag Golfers. OF these
greedy eormorauts Asa Packer is the head
and chief. Unsatisfed with his $4,000,
GOO he is eager to increase it at the expense
of every laboring man in the country. His
greed Of gold would sacrifice every interest
OF his iellowmen and especially of the labor
| ing poor. The remembrance of his uneero-
monious dipping in the canal by his op-
pressed aud infuriated employees seems to
have no effect upon his supreme selfsbness.
He only compromised with them to extend
his robbery Of the poor and needy over a
wider circle Railroad and coal monopolists
have but little sympathy with the men out
Of whose hard labor they coin their gold.
Packer combines the worst features of both.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27
coPrEKHEADs for REPUTATION.

Reputation is becoming the watchword
Of coppeTheads the whole country over
Brick Pomeroy who engineered Packer S
nomination openly declares for reputation.
Pcndleton the Copperhead candidate for
Governor of Ohio is an outspoken advocate
Of rapudiation Emerson Etheridge, a cop
perhead leader in Tennessee, and Andrew
johnson, rival copperhead candidates for
the Z. S. Senate are beth repudiationists.
In fact the whole copperhead party inclu-
ding all the Southern rebels are in favor Of
Reputation Are our people prepared to
repudiate the war debt? Are they prepar-
ed to turn the widows and orphans of the
men, who gave their lives for the Union,
penniless upon the cold charities of the
world? Are they prepared to deny the pit
tance ofa pension to the MANNED and Grip
Iled heroes still among Us? If not, then
they are not prepared for reputation. Re
pudiation means not only the Withholding
Of pensions from the manned and crippled
soldiers Of the Union and the widows and
orphans of our immortal heroes who died
for their country, but it means the robbing
Of thousands of charitable trusts whose
funds are invested in government bonds,
the robbing Of churches, colleges, schools,
savings banks and every class of institutions
that have invested their funds in the public
securities for safe keeping. 1t means gen
era bankruptcy over the whole country.
This is the Copperhead programme. It
mcaus distress aud disaster almost equal to
the rebellion itself, also democratic legacy.
Every vote cast for Packer or any other cop
perbead candidate is a vote for reputation.
liquidation is national dishonesty and ma
tional disgrace. Let no honest man COM
nit himself to any such scheme of robbery.
Vote for Geary, economy and honest pay
ment Of debts both state and national
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27
MoNoPoLIEs.


The people q Pennsylvania have been for
years contending against railroad u.onopol-
les. Now the copperheads have the brazsp
impudence to ask the people to place over
them one of the wealthicst and most mn.
s'urpulous of these mooorolists in the per-
son of Asa Packer Monorolias and mono.
polists are dangerous. They strive to ecn-
troll legislation for their own selfish purposes
without regard to the welfare Of the peonle
Packer is chief among both coal and rail
road mouoPolists. Win the people trust
their vital interests TO such man? Arc
thE prepared 10 surrender themselves
slaves to Hch monopolists? The chief nride
OF our Republican goYernment-is that it
distributes wealth more equally among all
the people, so that few are very ricll and few
are very poor. Great wealth Of single indi-
yiduals creates aristoeracies. which ara the
bane Of all governments. Do the people
wish to encourage such a state Of things by
placing a man in the gubernatorial chair
only because he is rich, proud, ariseoera;ie
monopolist? If SO then they should sgrnort
Packer But if they wish to preserve on,
republican simplicity and equality let them
beware Of placing any such purse prond
ariStOcrat IN power.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-27

SECRETARY BoUTwELL's financial policy
needs no better recommendation than the
fact that U. S. bonds and gold are nearer the
same value to day than they have been since
the beginning of the rebellion. Gold closed
at !, 5O3 on Saturday and U. S. skies 1881
were quoted at 1881 on the same day, a
difference of only s cents Why don't our
copperhead friends call the special attention
Of their readers to this fact? 1t would be a
very appropriate comment on the financial
resolution Of their platform, especially if the
additional fact were stated that under the
last Democratic administration Government
bonds were worth nothing, and could not be
sold at all 10 foreign markets