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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
Trial Trip of the First Locomotive.

Major Horatio Allen, the engineer of
the New York and Erie railroad, gives
the following account of fac first trip
made by locomotive on tine continent !:
When was it ? Who WAS it +? And
who awakened its energies and directed
its movements 1t was in the wear
1928, on the banks of the Lackawaxen,
at the commencement of the railroads
connecting the canal of the Delaware
and Hudson canal company, with tEeir
coal mnes-and he who addresses YOU
was the only person on that locomotive.
The circumstances which led TO nv be-
ing alone on the road were these The
road had been built in the summer: the
structure was Of hemlock timber, and
the rails of large Dimensions, notched on
caps placed far apart. The timber had
cracked and wrapped from exposure to
the sun. After about thee hundred
feet of straight line, the road crossed the
Lackawaxen creek on the threstle work
about thirty feet high, with curve of
three hundred and fifty feet radius. The
impression was very general that the iron
monster would either break down the
road, or it would leave the track at the
curve and plunge into the creek.
My reply to such apprehensons was
that it was too late to consider the prob
ability of such occurrences; there was no
other course T. an to make trial of the
strange animal which had been brought
here at great expense, but that it was
not necessary that more than one should
be involved in its fate; that l would
take the first ride alone, and the time
would come when l should look lack to
the incident with great pleasure.
AS ! placed my hand on the throttle
valve handle | was undecided whether TO
move slowly, or with fair degree of
speed; but believing that the road would
prove safe, and preferring if she did go
down to go handsomely, and without
any evidence of timidity, ] started with
considerable velocity, passed the curve
over the creek safely, and was soon out
of hearing of the vast assemblsge. At
the end of two or three miles ] reversed
the valve and returned without accident,
having thus made the first railroad trip
by locomotive on the western hemis
phere.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15

interrupted the Senator, The levees are
absolutely necessary
Il know all about the leyees, he an
swered. Il served in that country when
young man, and had something to do
with the breaking of these levees.'
But said the Judge. millions of
acres of the best land in the world are
subject to overflow
Let them overflow, and let them stay
under WATER said Grant, until their
owners are willing that Northern men
and Northern capital should come inland
protect and improve them. Northern
men with ample capital are ready to
make garden of your State, and you
won't let them do it. Your large land
holders are as hostile to the United
States Government to-day as they have
ever been; and if that government
should re build their levees it would not
change them a particle. know no way
the government could have adopted for
re building the l"vees but to have confis-
Gated the lands of those engaged in re-
bellion, and use the proceeds to restore
the country. As that was not done,
nothing remains but to set your negroes
to work, and TO invite in and welcome
Northern men,
General said the Judge, 'the negroes
won't work.
won't work. Grant quietly replied,
They'll work if you'll pay them for it,
Am l not right?' he added. is there
not such hostility to Northern men
that it amounts in most sections of the
State TO a practical exclusion of them
from the agricultural interests of the
country? Is there not an unwillingness
to divide up the lands, and sell in small
parcels to those who might immigrate;
and is there not a general tendency to
secure the services of the negroes with
out prompt and adequate compensa-
ton 2"
L must say said the Judge, shat
there is more or less Of truth in all these
points,
Them said Grant, Il think you will
have to build your own Ievees, or wait
under water until you are willing men
should come in who will build them
The above, though not all that was
said, gives the substance and spirit Of the
conversation. 1t shows more plainly
than any Statement: / have seen, precisely
where the president elect now stands
with reference to the South.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
Too Many Beaux.

If by the term prospects," as ap.
piled to young lady, you mean the
probabilities Of her getting husband,
then she whose admirers may be called
Legion has infinitely poorer prospects
than one whose friends of tho opposite
sex may be counted on the fingers of
single hand.
Now, it is true that everybody patron
ICES the church and store that everybody
else supports, for it is the easiest and
most natural thing in the world Hto fol
low the crowd" But this is not to saw
that a young man wants for a wife the
girl who counts her beaux by the score
and her conquests by the dozen.
1t is true that every chicken in brood
will leave good dinner, and all 90 in
pursuit of the same object if they see
one Of their number running away with
large sized crumb, or after an imagina-
ry ange-worm. But it is not true that
young man will forsake the modest, gen
lie girl, whose society he can enjoy with
out rivalry, to compete with score of
others for the company of young lady
whose smiles are free to all.
There is, indeed, class of men who
paw assiduous court to the latter. She
generally possesses many attractions
this pet Of society. She has a fine in
strument and plays toleraby. Possibly
she sings. Invariably she dances. She
is always surrounded by The gavest of the
gay, and in consequence of all these ad-
vantagos, whether she be pretty or plain,
her parlor is a very agreeable place in
which to spend an evening; or, as our
young men are wont to say, Z" it is ex-
tremely pleasant to submit ones self oc-
casionally to. be handsomely entertained;
but, unless strongly inclined to firt,
would not upon any account have it sup
posed that he was looking in that direc-
ton for wife-by no means"
Thus these gallants are wont to speak.
And, as n rule, they are not marrying
men. But when one of them would
take to himself wife, he goes east, or
| west. or north, or south-anywhere to
find girl unspoiled by society-one
who has not in his presence played the
agreeable to a score Of others, and whom
he strongly suspects any one OF them he
could have had for the asking.
The worst thing for a girl--unless she
wants to live and die an old maid
though she might do worse--is to have
too many beaux. She may be pretty,
stylish, accomplished, graceful--anytking
you please, it matters little. The very
fact that she has been the recipient of
attentions from more men than she would
need to know in the course of q lifetime,
places her on the level with worn out
boot--desirable only to those who can
not get better.
If girls would but take the advice of
their own sex as graciously as they take
the caresses of the other, some, at least,
would cut loose a few OF their worthless
acquaintance, and in future, guard
themselves against the attentions of too
many beaux.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
''SOmething Tiferent"--A Lager Beer
story.
From the Cincinnati Times.1

From the Cincinnati Times1
Il pese clad to see you, like ash never
vas, Mister Girls; when did Znzinnat
goome away from you!'
Such was the warm salutation of q
Toutonic friend whom we met the other
day in distant city, where he had re-
Gently gone to reside. The reader might
not guess in a long time what business
our friend from Cincinnati was engaged
in, SO we will tell you; he kept a lager
beer saloon.
'How do you like your new location q
we inquired, after his raptures at meet
ing a Cincinnatian had somewhat aba
ted.
Nice poys in this town; nice poys..-
The first night vot l opens my saloon,
they goomes in and gals for lager peer,
doc, eight, seek, half tozzen of 'em,
and ven says, who pays for this too
zoon already 2 by tam, dey say Put
it on de schlate.' | told dem Il dent
geep no schate.' Den des say, You
had better send out and puy a schlate.'-
Veil, wants to Accommodates is
no principal in dose tings-so l poug1t
a schIate. The peer Kept calling for
more poys, unit | kept putting de schlate
onto dem. Poorly soon already | tells
dem de schlate pese full on poth sides,
unit den dey tells me if the schate peso
full | peter ash fill my tam Tuch head
NIT EN-! Veil, dat ish all right-dere
ish no principal in dose, tings-dey are
nice poys.
'Poaty bime by after a leddle, dey
makes smash NIT mine par, preaks mine
pottles. and knocks hail temnation out of
mine looking glass NIT mine head -
Mine Colt! | wash mad. l RAIDER you
give me ten tollar so much ash wash
mad. But dat pese all right--there's no
principal in dose-that makes nix differ
ence. Nice poysr
Then they gals me tam Tuch son
# kun, unit dells 'em they as go to the
tifel, their own tam American sconagun.
Wash l righta Veil that makes nottings
tifferent.'
They knocks the staircase town mine
frow, unit throws tie wintow out of the
papy. That's all right-makes noting
tifference--there's no principal in that
nice poys-but (growing very much ex-
cited, and emphasizing every word on
the bar with his fist, they puts water in
mine class Of peer-unt Colt in himmel,
that ish not right--there's some brinci-
pal in dose tiDgs--that makes something's
tifferent.'
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
OBSTINATE GRANT.
Some Good Advice to the south.

The writer of the following statement
of conversation between General Grant
and some Southern lobbyists is vouched
for 10y the St. Louis Democrat as q dds
tinguished and reliable citizen of Saint
Louis :"
When we entered, the General was
out. In a moment he entered by side
door. No one could fail to recognize
him instantly. The Licensees one sees
everywhere are very like indeed. They
do not tlatter, as is usually the case. nei-
ther do they make him younger.than he
really appears. The pictures we sec of
Johnson are not like him; he is much
older, more wrinkleI and care worn than
they represent him. Not so, however,
with him. TIE pictures of the shops,
parlors and cabins are strikingIy true
representations of the man.
Grants countenance is pale, and has
an expression of sadness. He has a no.
ticeable stoop of the shoulders and walks
with a shutting gait. He looks like q
man burdened with care and anxiety,
and as if it was by strong effort of
will that he was bearing up against it.,
determined that he would not yield to it,
or be affected by it.
He was dressed in plain suit of black,
with nothing whatever about his person
or office to indicate his rank.
After cordial greeting, he offered us
seats, and in very easy, familiar way,
entered into conversation. In few mo-
ments Senator = 4 4 was announced,
with Judge :, of louisiana.
General said the Senator, Judge
= wishes to see you few minutes.
and consult with you in regard to the
improvement of the levees of the lower
Mississippi. We wish the United States
government TO endorse, and thus guaran-
tee the bonds of the State of Louisiana,
for the restoration and improvement of
the levees.'
Il hope the government will not do it, ;
the General replied with quick, positive
utterance, that was not only decisive and
final on that subject, bnt almost stun
ming.
But General urged the Senator, Eve
only wish the United States to endorse
the bonds, so that we can sell them with
out ruinous discount, giving the United
States ample security for the entire
amount, so that it would be impossible
for the government to lose cent in any
emergency
Again Grant quickly interrupted Il
never knew a government to become re-
sponsible for any amount it did not ulti-
mately have to pay. You now want
the endorsement of the bonds. If that
is given, you will soon want to legislate
for the payment of the bonds
General said the Senator, syou are
too hard on u.s.
While we are discussing on all sides,
said Grant, show the national debt is to
be paid. shall oppose any increase Of
the national obligations.
1T is impossible to cultivate our lands,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
What Railways do for Farmers.

The American Agriculturist, journal
Of high standing and warm friend Of
farming interest, and not supposed to be
biased upon any subject outside of agri-
cultural, speaks of the advantages of
railroads as follows
To haul 40 bushels Of corn fifty miles
on wagon, would cost SIP for a team,
driver and expenses. A railroad would
transport it for $4 at most. Allowing
an average Of forty bushels an acre, the
crop would be worth IS per acre, or s
per cent. on 800. As the relative
average is about the same for other crops,
it is clear that railroad passing through
town would add SllO per acre to the
value of farms. A town ten miles
square contains $4,000 acres. An in
crease of $lO0 per acre is equal to So
100000, or enough TO build 200 miles
of railroad, even if it cost $4,000 per
mile.
But 200 miles of road would extend
through twenty towns ten miles square
and cost but $40 per acre, if taxed upon
the land. These figures are given mere
ly as an Illustration. If the farmers had
taxed themselves to build all the rail-
roads in the country, and given them
away to companies that would stock and
run them, the present increased value of
their lands would we'll have repaid the
outlay,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
--.-Seb~ s------
Burke's Idea of a Perfect Wife.

She is handsome, but it is not beau
ty arising from features, from complex
ion or shape. She has all three in a
high degree, but it is not by these she
touches The heart--it is all that sweetness
of temper, benevolence, innocence, and
sensibility which face can express, that
forms her beauty. She has face that
just arouses your attention at first sight !;
it grows upon you at every moment, and
you wonder that it did not more than
raise attention at first. Her eyes have
mild light, but they awe when she pleas
es; they command like good man out
of office, not by authority, but by virtue.
Her stature is not tall; she is not made
to be the admiration Of every one, but
the happiness of one. She has the firm
ness that does not exclude deicacy-all
of the softness that does not imply weak
ness. Her voice is as soft, low music,
not formed to rule in public assemblies,
but those who can distinguish company
from crowd; it has its advantage, you
must come close to hear it. To describe
her body, describes her mind-one is
the transcript of the other. Her under
standing is not shown in the variety of
matter it exerts upon, but the goodness
of the choice she makes. Her politeness
flows rather from natural disposition to
oblige, than any rules on that subject
and, therefore, never fails to strike those
who understand good breeding and those
who do not.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
Odd Yankees.
BY JAMES PARTON.

A curious thing about New England
is the variety Of eccentric characters to
be found there. In most every town there
is a farmer or mechanic who has addicted
himself to some kind Of knowledge very
remote from his occupation. Here you
will find a shoemaker, in a little shop,
(Which he locks when he goes 20 dinner
or TO the post-office, much to the incon-
venience of customers), who has obtain
ed celebrity as n botanist. In another
village there may be q wheelrght who
would sell bis best coat for rare shell :;
and, not far off, farmer who is pretty
good geologist, and is forever pecking
away at his innocent rocks. Again you
will find machinist who is enamored of
"large paper" copies of standard works,
and re;oices in the possession of rarities
in literature which he cannot read. /
know an excellent teel-plate engraver,
who, besides being universal critic, is
particularly convinced that the entire rail-
road system of the world is wrong,-ties,
rails, driving wheels. axles, oil-boxes, ev-
erything, -and employs his leisure in in
venting better devices.
Then there are people who have odd
schemes of benevolence such as that of
the Massachusetts farmer who went to
Palestine to teach the Orientals the true
system of agriculture, and was two years
in finding out that they wouldn't learn it.
There are morose men and families who
neither visit or are visited and there is &C.
casionally a miser, a downright mi
ser, of the ancient type, such as we read of
in old magazines and anecdote books.
There are men, too, of an extreme eccen-
tricity of opinion. | think there are in
Boston about dozen as complete, immov-
able, if not malignant Tories, as can be
found this side Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
who plume themselves upon hating every
thing that makes the glory of their age
and country. And speaking of Boston
solid sensible Boston--what other city
ever accomplished feat so eccentric as
the production of those twin incongruities,
George Francis Train and the Count
Johannes?
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15

g" Halo, Ma Cousin Bill he's in
the parlor with sister Jane, and he keeps
biting her."
"What! William biting my Janep
Yes'm. seed him do it ever so
many times. Bite her right in the
mouth, and the tarnel gal didn't holler a
bit motherI''
Oh! never mind, Ned; / guess he
didn't hurt her much"
Hurt her! Cracky Why she loves it,
she does; cause she kept letting him, and
didn't say nothing, but just smacked her
lips as if it was good, she did. | seed it
all through the keyhole. I'll fire taters
at him the next time, see if | don't.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15

WATCHING ONES SELF.-When l
was boy, we had schoolmaster who
had an odd way of catching idle boys.
One day he called out to us, Boys, l
must have closer attention to your books.
The first one that sees another boy idle, l
want you to inform me, and l will attend
to the case" All! thought l to myself,
there is Joe Simmons that l don't like.
l will watch him, and if see him look
off his book I'll tell. 1t was not long
before l saw Joe look off his book, and
Immediately l informed the master.
"Indeed!" said he; how do you know
he was idle?" CT saw him." said L.
You DID; and were your eyes on your
book when you saw him?" 1 was
caught, and l never watched for idle boys
again. If we are sufficiently watchful
over our own conduct, we will have no
time to find fault with the conduct of
others.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15
~The following beautiful episode is
from a Cape Cod exchange:

Two lovers stood upon the shore
OF Massachusetts Bay,
Bidding sad farewell before $3.50
Seth tore himself away.
''I'll marry you when l come back, All
My Sally Ann" says he,
And then he took little SMACK,
And went away TO seq
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15

~ A suite of rooms was advertised
at fashionable watering place as having
among its attractions "a splendid view
over fine garden, adorned with nuner-
Gus sculptures" 1t was found on ap-
plying at the address that the garden
adorned with sculptures was the ceme-
terry.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-15

E%" What ails your eye, joe 2"
/" Nothing only l told Sam he lied"
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WHITE d BUTTON,

A TTORNEYS and COunselOrs at law Broad st.
~ All business intrusted TO US will be promptly
attended to.
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CARROLL & wIGGINs,

DLACKSMITHS. All kinds Of work in our line
ID promptly executed, and on reasonable terms.
Shop on BrOad-st. -
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BRILL & WEIGH,

GENERAL dealers in Drugs. Medicines. Wines,
VI Liquors. Paints. Leads Oils. NarniShes. Glass,
Putty. Toilet Articles Fancy Goods, Stationery,
Picture Frames. Mouldings Wall Paper, Tobacco,
Cigars. &C. BrOad-St.
~ Physicians Prescriptions carefully pre-
pared 81
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MILLER & WEsTFALL.
FARMERS HOME

DANkEHS- Do a general banking business
ID Second story Dudley's block, Main-st.
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nEALER in Confectionery Canned Fruits
IL Fresh Oysters, by the dish OF can. cor. Broad
and kinniCkinnick-sts. 81
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Books. Stationery, &C.
n. II. PORTER.
Drugs, Medicines, &c.

CARLOS McCRAY,
nEALER in Drugs. Medicines Pure Wines and
IL Liquors, Notions, &c, Brick block, foot of
Orange-st 81
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WHOLESALE and Retail Dealer in FOREIGN
w and Domestic Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
Third-st.. second door above JacksOn-st. St Paul.
Mimi Also agent for Jnlius Balke's Excelsior
Cushions lift
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WALTER w. WEBB & CO..

EHAS. YIERLING. Proprietor. Good stablinl
- &c, always to be had. 31-6m
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Miscellaneous.
WISE & VANNATTA,
y. ANDERS,

HARNESS MAKER. Custom work promptly
attended TO. BrOad-st. 81
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nEALER in Millinery and Fancy Dress Goods
- All kinds Of Millinery and Dress Making done
10 order Store in Cooks building BrOad-st. 81
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MRS. VI. n. NIARKLE.

NJ MANUFACTURES of sash. Doors. Blinds.
vi MOuldings. Sc., BrOad-st.
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PHYSICIAN X SURGEON Office over Jas. 4
Smith, store. BTOad-St. 81
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CHAS. q. ROUGHTON.

&. l.. BARNES & CO.,
EORwARDERS, Steamboat and Express Agents,
II Levee. 81
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OMGOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Red Wing Min
IL nesOta- Office and Residence of Fourth
and DakOtasts. II-5l
, 1869-02-24

cars Corn. OF which II arc New. aud u No Grade;
2t cars Oats Total. as cars. Or $500 bu.
TEcEr was !sir attctdaree on 'thxnec today.
bu. Qrict set OF markets 1t little better prices
on Gr4!t, suA 1oHtr On Provisions. The decline
en- Gold NAs al incentive 10 lower quotations. all
round. but this wa cuuutefec'ed In Gain By tho
.lorm which VII! II duane. lighter supply. The
t.rret maskou wcre all very quiet today. for
the latter rra.on; no one want cat to bay, e"
crpt ~ a uisttcs Of necessity.
Tho following were announced today a. the
lat Of dclteatet ana dalsefna'cs!ippo!nsed 10 rep
rttctt this city Il. the dedication Of tho New
Iorn E1changc In Philadelphia, on March lat:
DrlrKntes-E. V. Robbins, Lyman Blair. U. J.
0urert, Hirau Wheeler, Charles ". Dean.
Altunatss-l. D. Cole, Jr., Chaslos Randolph,
Z. ". Wheeler. II. spruance. j. ". sykes.
tl,Rbanes wrrr dull and lower. aoo1s Ac no.
low Saturday p7ieos. SAief vt made Of 20 bslt
trc noe. ard shusc feec sellers It aot a. the
| a">onFtnuLt, without buyers.
=. Itfs'.'ons wrfc dull zna lower. Hodrrt Of Mcsa
i'k were Father weak IN thcis r1owG carly in the
| NIT fnc, a-d "hrn Gold and Fork were reported
Oh do Enc VA manifest, al which or bu -. toak
MOI" 4n'r'Y Of iii that Wa offered II hI& rr}ce
aeAs "ese Ms7r Of 7,lsi hrls, Including 5o1 t.s,
evening. Al 10 'sai. .sa tor ,po. &3l 20 for bar.
- the mouths ~ II Tor seller asc., and 3sl .5a
,ot nat+f hs'eh tnuntrJ C'ea, Fork sod n
$33 20 ard Rump. At {st %. The market On epa,
Park e1otca at ,rttde prices. though roue ouo;st
ltte eloslpg Al tal.oa. a particular braid bc.n,
nd toF II sal.aa. Lard vas very weak. In uympa,h,
with New icrk. and qutes. It Vas rated c.rly 4
1s4e. srd wts weaker At ths elsse. tea,e
weEe made Of l.lG4 tee 1t laA a1sHe toE sel!e
M,,ch. l6Ac for aslies April and NAY, An
so164e for spot, principally at Tho 1t
! icc, which Wzs tho closing ps1c
ssN aaes nssuys kaA lsW1. Ns Qaats D.