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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-30
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correspondence of the Boston Courrier.l
Gentlemnniy Actor Receives Fifteen
Cents from Negro.

As Mr.. Stuart Robson, the popular
commedian. was approaching the corner
of Rollins and Washington streets yes
terday. he encountered a pompous-
looking darkey. who was in charge of a
comfortable family carriage and a span
OF sleek looking horses. AS Mr. Rob-
son neared him, the newly made Amer
can citizen patronizingly accosted him
with:
"Young man?"
"Sir to you," said Robson, pulling off
his hat with mock politeness.
"lf you're not in hurry would you
oblige me by dropping into that store
across the way and bringing me a plug
of tobaccoi / can't leave my horses,
and I'll do the same for you some
day."
For a moment the comedians dignity
seemed staggered, but he quickly recover
ed himself, and, with an ill.concealed
smile playing on his comic countenance,
replied:
''With pleasure, sir"
The coachman handed him a twenty
five cent note, which was received in the
most respectful manner by Robson, who
proceeded directly to the store indicated,
and in few moments returned with the
tobacco in one hand, and fifteen cents
change in the other, which he held out
to the party who had given him so
striking n proof of bis confidence.
Mr.. Darkey received the tobacco with q
slight "thank you," and waving his hand
with the most self satisfied importance.
said:
You can keep the change, young
mani"
Mr.. Robson's face has expressed many
comical emotions in his professional ca
pac,iy. but we doubt if he ever looked
so quizzically ludicrous as wien, fully
realizing the amusing absurdity of his
position, he pocketed his fees and walk
ed away.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-30

UT In Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Clothing,
etc., have the largest stock ever brought
here. Winter Goods are sold at greatly re-
duced prices.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-30

After much study an exchange has
succeeded in bringing forth the following
truthful little paragraph:
"What is the difference between the
entrance to barn End a loafer in print
ing office? One is barn door, ard the
other q darn BORE"
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Amounting tonearly s500,000
ONE DOLLAR for each ARTICLE,
Twice the Amount

With privilege of exchange from a large variety o
useful articles, not of which could lie bought FOL
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In fattening cattle, it gives them an appetite,
Ioosens their hide, and makes them thrive much
faster.
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DAVID E. F0UTZ, Proprietor,
Baltimore. Md.

For sale by Druggists and Storekeepers through
out the United States. Csnsdas and South America
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-30

nanana skin on the floor and it fioored
me. 1t split an awful hole in nv cassi-
meres' right under my dress coat tail.
IL was too late to back out; so clasping
my hand over it, we marched in and
were spliced, and taking a scat, l watch.
ed the kissing-the bride operation. Ny
groomsman was tight, and he kissed her
TIL l jumped up to take q slice, when,
oh, horror! little six-year imp had
crawled behind me and pulled my shirt
through the hole in my pants, and pin
ned it to the chair. so that when l Jump
ed up l displayed to the astonished null
titude a.trihe more white muslin than
was pleasant. The women gigled, the
men roared, and l got mad, but was fl
nally put to bed, and t ere my troubles
ended. Good night.
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"ANTED, AGENTS." WONDER OF WORLD >, 4
w warranted to cure Rheumatism and Neuraieia
SOFA on the package system. Not to be paid for until
tested pay SEQ per month and commission to dis.
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.H'esU Advertisement.

Q ALESMEN WANTED by Manufacturing com
- pany to travel and sell BY sample a new line o
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U My stock of Groceries is always full,
and my customers can depend on getting the
best Of each variety.
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Manhood: How Lost, How Restored


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the knife pointing out mode OF cure at once
simple, certain and effectua, by means of which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition may
be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radi-
cally
This lecture should be in the hands of every
youth and every man in the land.
Sent under SEAL in plain envelope, to any ad-
dress, postpaid, on receipt of six cents, or two
post stamps Also, DIR. Culverwell's Marriage
Guide,'' price 25 cents Address the publishers,
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To keepers of Cows this prepar-
alton is Invaluable. 1t is a SURE
! preventive against Rinderpest,
/ Hollow Horn, etc. 1t has been
proven by actual experiment to
Increase the quantity of milk,
j and cream twenty per cent. and
make the butter firm and sweet.
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FOUTZ'S

This preparation, long and favor
ably known, will thoroughly re-
inyigorate broken down and low
spirited horses, by strengthening
and cleansing the stomach and in
testines.
1t is a sure preventive Of ali
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IN any ntner way.
= The best of Boston and New York references
given to the reliability OF our house. a,i that aur
business is conducted in the farest and most le iii.
mate manner possible, and that give greater value
COR the money than can be obtained any other way
All Goods damaged or broken in transportation
placed without charge.
s hecks describing articles sold sent to agents in
Clubs at rates mentioned below We guarantee cry
article 10 cost less than if bought at any Boston
New York Wholesale House.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-01-28
A LITTLE ELBOW ROOM.

Good friend, don't crowd so very tight;
There's room enough for two,
Keep 10 your mind that I've the right
To live as well as you.
You rich and strong. poor and weak,
But think you presume
When only this poor boon seek
A little elbow roomi
'Tis such as you, the rich aud strong,
Hyon but had the will,
Could give the weak o lift along,
And help him up the hill,
But no-you jostle, crowd and drive;
You storm, you fret and fume.
Are you the only man alive
In want Of elbow room7
But thus 1t is on liies rough path,
Self seems the god Of all
The strong will crush the weak 10 death,
The big devour the small.
Far better be a rich mans hound
valet. serf or groom
Than struggle midst the mass around,
When we've no elbow room.
Up heart my boy! don't mind the shocks;
Uy heart, and push along
Your hide will soon grow tough with knocks,
Your limbs with labor strong;
And there's hand unseen, to aid,
A star to light the gloom
Up heart, my boy. nor be afraid
Strike out for elbow room.
And when you see amid the throng,
A fellow toiler slip,
Just give him as you pass along,
A brave and kindly grip,
Let noble deeds, though poor you be,
Your path In life iihme;
And with true christiqn charity
Give others elbow room.
I'm struggling on with might and main
An altered, better man
Grown wise with many bvegone pain,
And many broken plan.
Though bruised by many luekless fall,
And blinded by the gloom,
I'll up and I'll redeem it all
But give me elbow room.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-01-28
jackson County Directory
For 1869.

Representative IN Congress-Hon. J.T WILSON.
Representative DUNCAN.
Common Pleas Jadge-JOHN P. PLYLEY.
Probate Judge-JAMES w. LONGBON.
AnlitOr-L. A. ATKINSON.
RecOrder-CTIARLES RHODES.
Prosecuting AHOrney--J. L. JONES.
Treasurtr-D. w. CHERINGTON.
Clerk of Court-CHARLES Q. JAMES.
Sheri6-JOHNSoN WADE,
Surveyor-BEVERLY KEENAN,.
COrOaer--ISAAC J. WHITE.
Commissioners--E. PLUAIMER, A. LACKEY,
VINTON POWERS.
Notaries Pubic-CHARLES RHODES. W.K.
HASTINGS, D. MACKLEY, ISAAC ROBERTS,
B. F. STEARNS, ]. ED. JONES, JAS. TRIPP.
\, Master COnlnlissiORer-J. w. L0NGBON.
gyckoOl Eran,iatrs.-A. w. LONG, MOSES
, <ORGAN, D. MACKLEY.
Y Town officers.
Mayor-IRVJNE DUNCAN
MarshdL-JOHN r. RATHBURN
RecOrder-J0 JOHN CONNOLLY.
7redsuYer-C. s. DICKASON.
Wei0hRaster-JOHN BRANSON.
Street ConlmtssiOner GORHAM
CosacitmeR-H. L. CHAPMAN. ]. D. JAMES,
JOHN YOCHEM, A. w. LONG, .A.WATS0N.
Church Directory.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - Rev.
l. B. BRADERIoK, Pastor. Services every
Sabbath at 1O19 A. NJ, and 6]5 PM. Prayer
Meeting every Thursday night,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH No regular SER
vice.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH NO
regular service
CATHOLIC CHURCH-No regular Service.
CHRISTIAN CHURCII-Services the I'd md
4th Sabbath in each month at the usual
hours Minisler-S. w. Mccormick.
BAPTIST CHURCH-Rev A. J. BUELL. Pastor.
Services every Sabbath at the usual hours.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-01-28
Women i'm English Coal Wines.


An account Of the condition of the
coliers of South Lancashire, England,
published in the London Daih Ne,cs,
describes the women who are employed
in the pit-mouths The number Of
women thus employed in the neighbOr-
hood Of Wigam is five hundred; most
of them are unmarried. Their ages
vary from twelve to to fifty; a few are
the widows of golfers. They gen.
orally wear a peculiar attire, consisting
OF coarse trowsers, resembling those
worn by men, fastened by belt round
the waist, a soft bonnet and a shawl.
The petticoats are generally tucked into
the trowsers.
Sometimes they may be seen wearing
jackets, like the men, smoking drinking
and behaving as if completely unsexed.
1t is acknowledged that the babitual
wearing Of this costume tends to destroy
all sense of decency amongst them; bat
it has not been ascertained that their
morals are more lax than those of the
generality of females employed in ag-
rlcuitural operations. They naturally
belong to very low class; but in some
cases they make good wives and mothers,
and many of the younger ones regularly
attend, in appropriate family costume,
the neighboring Sunday Schools; still,
the system cannot be easily defended.
The golfers, as body, are ashamed
of it.
The labor required of the women is
hard and very dirty, rendering their
persons and clothing as black as coal
They have to assist in removing the
tubs of coal from the cages at the mouth
of the pit, sometimes assisting to tip
the tubs into the coal wagons. The
work is severe even for men, yet the
women appear accustomed to it, and,as
a class, seem healthy and robust. The
hours of labor are from A. n. to 5
or P. NJ, including the necessary in
tervals for breakfast and dinner; but
the labor is not always of heavy char
acter. the females being frequently
employed in picking and cleaning coal,
the men using the shovel; in fact, the
women have the cheaper kind oflabor,
their wages seldom exceeding Is sd
per day, while the men whom they as
sist receive from 2s cd to IS per day,
The average price of female labor is is
I'd per day. Where the women are
married, the wages are often spent in
drink by the husbandi indeed there are
some men-fortunately a few only
who live absolutely on the earnings Of
their wives and offspring.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-01-28
In n Tight Place.

At l., on Sunday evening, IA
tigued by his long journey, WAGNER
and his son John drove the team into
a good range, and determined TO pass
the Sabbath enjoying season of wor-
ship with the good folks of the village.
When the time for worship arrived,
John was set to watch the team, while
the WAGNER went in with the crowd.
The preacher had hardly announced his
subject before the old man fell fast
asleep. He sat against the partition in
the centre of the body-slip, while just
against him, separated only by the very
low partition, sat a feshy lady, who
seemed all absorbed in the sermon She
struggled hard with her feelings, until, I
unable to control them any longer, she
burst out with loud scream, and
shouted at the top of her voice, rousing
the old man half awake, who thrust his
arm around her waist, and cried, very
soothingly,-
"Wo, Nance wo, Nance! wot
Here John, cut the belly-bahd and
loose the breeching, quick, or she'll
tear every thing to pieces!" "
1t was all the work OF moment, but
the sister forgot to shout, the preacher,
lost the thread Of his discourse, and the
meeting came prematurely to an end,
while, deeply mortified, the old man
skulked away, determined not to go to
meeting again until he could manage
to keep his senses by remaining awake:i
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-01-28
DIR Dr.. j. S. REAsONER

D EsPECTFULLY TENDERS HIS PROBES
IGJ sIONAL. SERVICES to the citizens OF the
town Of jackson, and vicinity. Office at bis Resi-
deaice, near the Fair Ground, W gaa
M B.I His General health Is very good about
the same during the night season as in day time.H
Dec II, 1S68-M
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-01-28
NOhOdY's Fool.

A gentleman travelling in Ireland
hired a pure native as a servant, who
he thought could give him information
of the country. Observing a beautiful
residence at some distance,the following
colloquy ensued;- F" sa'
Patrick, who lives therel" aU es' la
'1t's Mr.Fitzgerald that's dead, siri''
"What did he die Off
"He died of a Thursday, sir"
"How long has he been dead, Patti"
"If he had lived till next Thursday,
sir, he'd been dead a year"
The gentleman thinking Pats wits
were wool gathering, asked,-
"Have you taken anything to drink
to-day, Patrick 7"
81 will, sir"
"Wcll, what shall it BET win you
take raw liquor, or will you have grog,
or shall l make you toddyi"
"If yer honor please, will take the
raw liquor first, then l can be drinking
the grog while you are making the
toddy."
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WHOLE NO. 1882.

wont get much out o that, unless I is
pills and draughts."
"Did you tell him." asked Elsie,
"that Mr.. Denbigh will be at home to-
morrow, orthe day alters latest 2"
Eyes, did; and he says you II do
every bit as well as master He's sorry
to Inconvenience you, so he says, but
he 'ont keep you not one minute"
"Just stay in the vestibule while go
in, Isott," said her mistress. "Is there
a lightl Yes Then I'll come directly"
And having explained her absence to
Mrs Carter, and asked her to take her
place at the piano for few moments,
Mrs. Denbigh crossed the vestibule and
went into the surgery parlor 's
To be Continued. OFF,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-27
,tendent Of the assay Office.

A new arrangement, which amounts to q
virtual consolidation Of the Michigan Central
and Great Western (Canads) Railroads,
goes into effect on Janusry |. The controi
OF the Great Western and also Of the Detroit
and Milwaukee then goes into the hands Of
new executive committee, selected by Mr..
James +. JOY, aud presided over by him.
Mr. W. K Muir nov Assistant Superinteu
dent Of the Central becomes the Superinten-
dent of the Great Western, and other
changes will take place designed to improve
the Great Western and perfect It's running
arrangements.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-27

The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Times says it is understood in that
city, that the president will sustain Gen.
Reynolds order for an election 10 the two
counties in Texas that did not vote in the
recent state election, but leave the military
Commander to make up the Official result
aud forward it to Waihsngtou for submission
to Congress. The state is so much in doubt
hat there is lively ;elegraphic inquiry from
10Th parties tn know what the offici action
>f the president will be. If the votes of
.hese two counties is counted the result will
elect Hamilton, conservative for governor
~ a bout 400 ma ority; and if it is thrown
out, Davis will be elected BY about the same
vote,
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-27

Henry A. Alien, keeper of the sub.,reasu-
ry building at New York, has been arrested
and held in $4,000 for examination
charged with having presented false and
fraudulent receipts to the government: on
which he obtained money which he appro
priated TO his own USE and also with having
destroyed book in the sub-treasury contain
ing o record of disbursements. The charge
against Allen, in relation TO the receipts, is
similar to that made against Dunning, su.
perintendent Of the assay Office.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-12-27

The last rail on the line of railroad con.
Meeting Dubuque with St. Paul, was laid, on
Friday at the State line, on the Cedar Falls
and Minnesota K. 4. The distance is 800
miles. In few days travellers can make
the trip by rail- time, l3 hours.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-11-03
The Presbytery of South Carolina

Met at Pendleton, September 23d, 1869.
There were present twenty-one ministers and
thirty-two ruling elders.
The Rev. A. A. Porter, D. D., was dismissed to
the Presbytery of Central Texas, and the Rev.
Thos. III. Law was received from the Charleston
Presbytery.
Four young brethren were duly taken under the
care of Presbytery, viz, James Y. Fair, L. G.
Lyon, James A. McLees, and Archibald Simpson.
A call from the church at Spartanburg G. H. for
the pastoral services of the Rev. T. H. Law was
placed in his hands and accepted and arrange
ments were made for his installation A call from
Clinton church for the whole time of their PASTOR
the Rev. w. p. Jacobs was also presented, placed
in his hands, and accepted Calls from Providence
aud Rocky River churches for the pastoral services
of the Rev. A. P. Nicholson were presented, and
being found in order, were placed in his hands and
accepted by him. Whereupon arrangements we're
made for his ordination, it the way be clear, and
installation over said churches.
As a standing rule hereafter for statistical re-
ports, it was resolved that church sessions shall
send up to each spring meeting of Presbytery
report covering the preceding twelve months,
ending April LIST. This order, specifying what the
report shall contain, is to be printed upon the
cover of the Minutes of Presbytery every time the
Minutes are published. And the Stated Clerk here
expresses the hope that sessions Of churches will
have the same printed and stereotyped upon their
memories
Our venerable Father Humphreys sent-from
what has since proved to be his death-bed-his
excuse for absence. His reasons we're not only
sustained, but the hearty sympathy of Presbytery
was expressed, and letter at once written and
sent to convey to him this sympathy; and the mod
orator led the Presbytery in earnest prayer on be-
half of this aged servant of Christ whom we all
owed, that the Angel of the Covenant might be
with him TO comfort him.
The report of the Committee on the Report of
the Executive Committee of Domestic Missions
elected some discussion, but was finally adopted,
recommending this Committee to continue its
efforts and retain the evangelist The churches
were assessed to meet the claims of the evangelist
for past labors, amounting to $500 or upwards.
The Canons of the Revised Book of Discipline
were carefully read, aud adopted with comparative
ly few exceptions
There were forty three narratives sent up by the
churches and read before the Presbytery.
1t was ordered that one thousand copies of the
Minutes Of this meeting be printed.
Aveleigh church, Newberry G. H., was chosen
as the place for our next regular spring sessions.
STATED CLERK.