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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13
The N:,,1 Weston of last week with


It's usual display of.ignoranee and reck
'iessness OF statement, takes US to task For
failing to agree with it about the Lease
of the Poor Farm. Three weeks ago
we made the statement that the condi-
tons for leasing the Poor Farm took the
nature of a swindling operation. We
made the statement with a full knowledge
of the conditions contained in the Lease,
and are still OF the opinion that the Lease
is not drawn UP as it should be- We did
not notice the article in the Nord Westen
oftwo weeks ago. because the people do
not consider the statements il. - makes
worth much, but why DON our German
contemporary publish the conditions of The
Lease, and let his readers judge for them
selves about this transaction. 1t never
has and we don't suppose that it ever
will treat subject fairly 1t has also a
great deal to say about honesty" but
the people know very well how much
stock to take in the assertions of an organ
WHICH has all along defended the Poor
Commissioners. Again the -Nordpestea
has for years persisted in disappearing
and uitering falsehoods about the TRI-
BUNE and it never has had the manhood
to retract ono single statement. We. shall
see if it will for once act fair and publish
the conditions of the written Lease.
GREEN DAY.-The Gazette says that
the new hotel is doing good bust
ness. The flag of the Turn Society was
flying at half mast out of respect to the
memory of the late Bernhard Domschke
They are pushing Rail Road matters with
will. Nearly $4,000 have been sub
scribed to the stock of the Fort Howard,
Shawano, and Mississippi Rail Road.
Our friends of the Gazette talk of en-
larging. Glad to know that you are pros
pering. III Efs ISf
The Advocate says that proposals for
grading the first five miles of the Green
Bay & Lake Pepin Railway will be re-
ceived at the company's office nntil Mon
day the 10th inst. The body of the little
boy Lefebvre, who was lost March 30th,
was found last Saturday morning floating
in East river near its mouth. A meeting
wa. held at Ft Howard last Tuesday fol
the purpose of considering the subject Of
building the Fort Howard, Shawano and
Mississippi Rail Road. Much enthusiasm
was manifested. The present object is te
make an outlet for the pineries to the west
of the Bay. Stock to the amount Of
$40, ZOO was subscribed On the first day
The potato bug has already made its APP
pearance in some parts of Brown county
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13
MARRIED.

On the Sth inst. at the Parsonage. by
Rev. T. B. Dooley, FREDRlcK ABRA-
SON. to HANNAH HANSEN, all of Mani
toYoc. .
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John ". Barnes having bought out
bis partner. Mr. S.. Goodenow, will
hereafter conduct the business on his own
account. join has host OF friends in
this locality and we have no doubt will be
He says he will sell goods for cash at the
very lowest figure. -
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

APPLETON. The Crescent reports that
a son of W. Hubbard, boy of twelve
years, was caught by the foot in the ma
chinery of factory, and his leg torn to
pieces up to the knee, rendering amputa-
ton necessary and endangering his life.
A few days ago tree fell on small
boy in Greenville, cutting his head open.
He is not only recovering but it is said
exhibits greater smartneSs than before
the accident.
There is talk of getting up picnic
dinner and inviting the Editors to Apple
ton, when the Editorial State Association
meets at Oshkosh. 1t IS understood that
there wilLbea Steamboat excursion up
the Wolf, also the succeeding day down
the Fox. 3MR ESs
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An excursion was given on the
steamer .Sheboygan from Milwaukee on
last Sun1ay. aS
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Ills True, is pity, pity It's true,"
that mankind will pass by UNDECIDED the
warning symptoms disease and neglect
the remedies to restore health, until
disease hasso faradvanced thatit is often
impossible to obtain rileif We have been
shown the formula ofJudson's Mountain
Herb Pills and believe them to be the
best and simplest ofmedicnes for Bilious
disorders, Liver Complaits, Female Irreg-
ularities sc. They are prepared with
great caution and viii cave many a doc
family medicine, they are unsurpassed.
Give the Mountain Herb Pills fair trial
and we warrant you will never be without
them. Sold by all Dealers. LIN
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The American Year Buck and Ma

The American Year Book and Ma
tional Register for 1869, published by
O. d. Case & Co., of Hattord, is I'M
doubtedly the nest complete and valua-
bic book of Astronomical, historical poll
teal, financial, comm ereial, agricultural,
educational, and religious reference ever
published. 1t is universal almanac,
filled with information never before pre-
sented in so compact form. The Hon.
Horace Greeley says that it contains
much that every man would like to kno8,
and more than man ever did know. The
labor bestowed must have been immense,
and it gives better collective view of
the progress and material resources of our
people than any other compilation.
Among other valuable statistics, it in
cludes tables of the principal officers of
the Government. from the first CONT
mental Congress to the present time,
list OF Governors in every State from its
admission into the Union down to 1869,
accurate Congress and Committee lists,
acomplete lstof Ministers resident and of
Consuls, a full compilation of Assessors
and Collectors, Army and Navy lists, the
names of all the colleges in the United
States, with their character, location, and
date of organization, abstract of public
laws, statistical sketches of all the States
and Territories, nearly one hundred pages
of Presidential election figures, giving the
vote of every county in the United States
from 1886 to 1868, and obituary notices
Of the distinguished dead of 1868. The
compilation of the volume reflects great
credit on its editor. Mr. David n. Camp.
The work will be sold by subscription,
and its proprietors offer the most liberal
terms. : Agents wanted in every county
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Whereas my son Frank w. Croissant left m 5
house and board on the twenty ard OF March, with
out any provication forbid every from
trusting boarding harboring him on account for
1 shall pay nothing for him. JOHN CR0lSSANT
Cat Clarks Nils Wis.
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SI.2qs..OOO

Total 1925, 900
The great Tannery and Factory estab
lishmelt at Two Rivers both draw on
their Companies at Milwaukee. Their
orders are taken to Manitowoc and cash
ed at T. c. Shove's banking house.
Shove has been steady at the wheel for
many years. Two clerks are now requir-
ed to meet his press of banking bust
ness.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-11-13
BUsHwHAcKERs AND JAYHAw

BUSHWHACKERS AND JAYHAW.
KERs.-At the installation of a
Presbyterian minister, at Wyan-
dotte, Kansas, a few days since;
Rev. J. G. Roberts, of Kansas
City, in giving the right hand Of
fellowship to the party installed,
is reported to have made the fol
lowing unique address:
II am from the of bushwhack.
ers; you live in the State of the
jayhawkers. We bushwhacked
you and you jayhawked us. Now
| give You the right hand of
Christian fellowship. Redeemed
Missouri greets victorious Kan.
sas.n
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1t is said there is to be grand
hunt through Africa for the miss
ing DR.. Livingstone by IA corps of
English explorers. Ii, when they
shall have found him. he should
go and lose himself again, as he
has been doing annually for the
last Ten years, they ought to LET
him stay lost.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-11-13

James Hargrave, Of Knoxville,
Tenn, is 81 years old. He left off
the use of animal food fifty years
ago, uses tobacco moderately,
never drinks liquor, and never
was married" So much for the
vice of temperance and living
single. Ii he had married young
and had always taken a whisky
tOddy two or three times a day,
he would have been a good deal
older than he is.
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A reporter Of the n. Y. Tele
gram recently had an interview
with the Chinese giant, and asked
him what his fellow citizens O
the Celestial Empire thought O
female suffrage. The reply was
"Wuttiquitinuskichi Yawata "
chowschichi yohonottifoUoi." This
is the opinion of all intelligent
people.
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tanned its dignity and tone since
the war, with perhaps a few ex
eeptions, and we hope it may
never degenerate. But we woul(
be glad to witness one improve
ment in their columns, viz: in
stead of devoting so much space tt
the useless discussion of politica
matters, it would be more to the
interest of their readers and ad
vantage of the country. if they
would strive to create harmony
among the people and do their
utmost to promote emigration.
internal Improvements and social
reformation.-[New Iberia Times.
SCANDAL.-It was the saying of
an old acquaintance, when his at
tention was called to anything
that had a smacking of scandal
in it, II have so much to do, that
| cannot hear it. One half of nv
time is taken up with my own
business, the other half with let
ting alone that Of my neighbors."
How many excellent opportuni-
ties of letting alone other peoples
business are sighted! And the
world is trouble with the inter.
ference OF people with what does
not concern them. NeighbOr-
hoods are driven crazy by reports
of idle or mischievous people,
who watch for occasions of sean
dial and lose no opportunity Of
making it public, regardless of
its truth, or the injury it inficts
upon the feelings of others. Cos
sip passes for truth, and surmise
for history, and the nimble lie
runs many a league while the
truth is putting on its boots.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-11-13

The poor devil whom Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton married, and
now leaves at home TO take care
of the children, while she makes
a cheap monkey-show of herself
IN the .'lectnre feid," is described
as "a quiet, thoughtful! little man,
with p.elty of bushy, dark hair,
and an inoffensive manner.n
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-11-13
The Baby Market.

Babies are a commodity. From
twenty to fifty of them are every
week advertised for adoption il
the New York city papers. Adop
tion in this case means sale. A
negro is no longer a chattel; but 6
white infant can be yended like 8
pound of tea or quart of molas
ses. Mothers who came by these
little responsibilities in clandes
tine way or, as they say in Scot
land, "on the wrong side of the
blanket" dispose of them "with
out reserve,n or to use the technic-
al term of the baby mart, make a
full surrender" of them. The
mothers, however, rarely realise
anything by the transaction. The
''female physicians" who act as
factors in the transfer, reap the
profits. "Pledges of love-" like
most other things in this world,
are unequally distributed. Many
who have them don't want them,
and many who have them not are
crazy to obtain them. Those to
whom they are vouchsafed by
Nature must take them as they
come; but those who wish to ac-
qulre them by purchase can exer-
else the fright to private Judge
ment" III making these bargains.
Some buyers affect brunettes, 9TH
ers prefer blondes; consequently
the factors advertise their living
merchandise in assorted parcels.
You can have black eyes or blue,
fair compilations or brown. s'You
pays your money and you takes
your choice" The pure Saxon
type, however, commands a pre-
MUM, we understand. The little
dears thus brought, as it were, to
the auction block, are of various
ages-like the young cattle in the
calf market. Some of them are
mere ''buds," others five or six
months old, with now and then a
yearling. We have no data from
which to judge of the general
range of the market, but have
been informed that a blue-eyed,
wellinformed ''little angel,n will
sometimes sell. when there is q
scarcity Of that style of baby at
the repositories for one hundred
dollars. Upon the whole, taking
into consideration the present
state Of public morals, baby sell
ing may be a merciful institution.
1t is better certainly that an in
fant should be sold than suppress
ed. Child vendors are at least an
Improvement on child murdresses,
though it is to be feared that
most of the former dabble in in
fanticide as well.-[ Fayetteville
Observer.
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The grape crop in New Mexico
this year will far exceed that of any
former season, not only in quanti-
ty but in quality. During the
last season more than a half a
million of new vines were set out,
and many of them bearing fine
crops this year.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-11-13

A Boston paper says that when
John Bright is at home in Roch-
dale, during the intervals OF rest
from public duty, he goes about
among the poor and sick and
reads the Bible to them. If he
would scatter a few shillings
among them they would probably
like it better.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-11-13

To reveal inprudeutly the spot
where we are most sensitive and
vulnerable, is to invite "a blow
The demigod Achilles admitted
no one to his confidence.
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1t is said that a man in Lowell,
Mass, invented a scare-crow that
is so hideous that crows all around
there are carrying back the corn
which they stole last summer.
New Orleans has found it out,
and is anxiously waiting to see il
it won't frighten Ben Butler into
carrying back those spoons.
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"Ephraim, this baby's legs are
monstrous fat, amt theye-what
temperament do you think the
child hast" "Rather heavy, ST.
mon-deeidedly OF the linab, ,fat.ic.7 .
FWell, l guess so too"
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HEAVY ROBBERY AT MONROE.
The Ouachita Telegraph Of q
late date has a long account OF
the mysterious robbery of Dr. J..
G. Stansil, q citizen of Morehouse
parish, Of $4,000 in gold and Sc
cnrities, a few nights since at the
Ouachita House in Monroe. 4 DR..
Stansil had been in town all day-
and imOibed a little too freely of
the ardent, and, from all accounts,
went to bed little chow come
you so?0 He says that the mon.
ey was buckled around bis person
when he went to bed, but that
when he woke up it was non est.
Ii seems that he did sleep long be-
fore he was woke up by some one,
in such manner as to excite his
most serious fears. He jumped
out Of bed and run out of his
room in a bewidered state, not
knowing what he was about until
arrested by the sheriff and drag.
ged down stairs. He thinks that
the arrest and robbery a little too
near together for the former to be
accidental at that time of night.
Dr. stansil is out of his money,
but the mystery is, who has got
Lit? -- Io
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Let our lives be pure as snow
fields, where our footsteps leave .
mark, but not a stain.
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Increase of Vice.

North, one has but to glance owe
the columns of any daily paper
from that section. Much space il
devoted to long and highly color
ed accounts of elopements, suit:
for divorce and breach of promise
OF marriage, murders of husbands
and wives, and a great deal more
that would be far better left un
published; but the morbid taste o
readers are pandered to, and suct
filthy sheets as the Police Gazette
are much better supported thar
any good family newspaper il
the land. To read such produc
tions makes one lose faith in man
kind, but to fully realize what d
mighty influence for good or evil
the press exercises over the peo.
pie.
We have often thought it the
duty of legislators to inttrpost
laws prohibiting the publication
OF such papers or articles as tend
only to do evil, and not allow pub
fishers freedom to SOW broadcast
seeds of vice that too readily take
root in the minds of the young.
1t matters not if those articles do
condemn the crimes they publish
with such gusto; there are things
too disgusting to be told, and pa
rents who properly appreciate
the well being of their children.
will take as much pains to keep
them from reading accounts of
horrible and unnatural crimes, as
they do to prevent the vulgar
language of the low and vicious
to come to their ears. Those who
wish to familiarize their children
with crime, thinking they will be
more likely to avoid it, make a
terrible mistake. Keep the heart
and mind of the young pure, max
ing only good impressions on the
youthful spirit, and when they in
after years are compelled to know
and witness the wickedness and
depravity of mankind, they will
regard it only with loathing.
In the early history of printing,
good and wise men regarded the
art with distrust, for, although it
was an acknowledged instrument
OF good, yet bad and designing
men were equally free to use il
for evil purposes, and as man was
prone to evil, they feared the
world would not be benefited by
its general introduction. 1t must
be admitted that their logic was
sound, as the numerous vile pub
lications Of this age but too plain
ly prove; and to counteract these
perniciOus influences and abuses
of a noble art, should be the earn
est task OF every citizen who has
any regard Tor the future welfare
OF the rising generation and tht
happiness of mankind. The peo
pie should not read or assist il
circulating any paper that con
tains articles unfit tor reading b,
all classes, even though they fee
that there is no danger to then
as individuals, when all thus real
ize the responsibility that rest
upon them, and frown upon in
stead of seeking sensational pub
LEGATIONS, We may expect a grea
improvement in public morals.
| The recent villainous ByroI
slander, written by Mrs. Stove
but illustrates the disposition t,
pander to deprayed public taste
aud it is indeed gratifying to Sc
that the press of the whole worl,
unite in condemning it. We hop
that the criticism it has callp
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They say Brigham Young Is the
richest man in the United States.
He is particularly rich in wives /
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| MILITARY ATROCITIES IN TEX
As.--We copy as follows from the
Houston Telegraph of the oath
ult.:
eve learn that while party
was assembled at the residence of
Mr.. Hargreave in Reeds prairie g,
Grimes county, on Thursday night,
to attend the marriage of Mr.. HIS
daughter, and a few minutes after
the ceremony had been performed,
a company of soldiers, in pursuit
of some one supposed to be there,
surrounded the house and de-
manded its surrender. Mr.. Har-
greave offered to surrender the
house and every one in it, and
went out to the captain of the
squad. The report to us is that
while Mr.. FL. was out, a pistol in
the hands of a young man in the
house went off accidentally. gll
The soldiers in front of the
house Immediately opened fire. A
Miss Russell had just stepped
upon the gallery to get a drink,
when she was hit in the head
with a mimic ball and In the leg with
a buckshot and instantly killed.
A Mr.. Fowler was also killed
Rolla Pearce and Mrs. Autery
were wounded. With the first
shot, the gentlemen in the house
started every one to lie down fiat
upon the floor. But for this, our
informant thought many more
lives would have been lost. The
groom and several others were ari
rested and carried of. We for
bear making any comments upon
this unfortunate affair until we
receive further particulars.
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Rich'd W. Turner,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, La
"A viii practice in the Parishes of Bos
sler, Caddo and DeSoto. All business en-
trusted to him will receive prompt and ener-
getic attention y7n40
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A TTORNEYS AT LAW, Milan Street,
n Shreveport, La. viii practice in the
Courts of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
Bienville. v7u40
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Fashionable Drinking Saloon

-. bett6UA6, la.
Nhe pr Sprietor respectfully announces to
= his friends and patrons, his Saloon, as
heretofore, will be kept constantly supplied
with the very OF st brands OF choice Liquors,
&C. IN tact, everything usually found in a
hrst class drinking Saloon.
Ny terms are positively cash.
Rcnfo JOHN c. HEAD
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A. C. HeEa.per..

F5GONER AND TEAASTER,
Respectfully tenders his services i'll tbs
Ii above capacity to the citizens OF BOs
sier Terms moderate. ap-
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Id. r. Fort.

A TT0RNEY AT LAW, Bellevue, Bessie
"A parish, La. y6nI6
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AaRIcULTURAL.

po.ltyy--War Leland succeeds in
,,oeniug great numbers of hens, turkeys,
md ducks without getting diseases among
p;s noultry. He never checks their natural
liberty in summer, and i'll winter makes
tbem entirely comfortable. He has a park
or range of IL acres, which is given up to
tbe noultry. Then in summer the brood
shave ano other large field for themselves,
and the turkeys go where they please.
His poultry keeper is an Englishman,
and deyotes his whole time to the different
ards. The birds are fed literally. They
law and set in boxes arranged for their
nnnveniepce. When hen comes off, her
hoy ia taken to the yard, the straw thrown
ont, the box left in the sun and rain for
seyeral days, then carefully whitewashed.
The roosts and perches are also white
,rashed. and the floors of the houses are
covered with plaster, to absorb ill odors
Tn the coolest weather fires are kindled in
stoves and fire-places. When the cold
,,oderates these fires 90 down, and the
in. At all times of the year they get all
the food they want, both grain and meat.
He saws he can make 1000 pounds of
noultry meat cheaper than 1000 pounds of
beef. No one should think of keeping 100
hens on less than an acre 1000 should
have at least ten acres. The same ROSTERS
never eonsort with his hens two successive
summers:
HOY to Restore Worn-out Land.-J. H.
Woodburn, Kingsville, Ohio, says: On q
farm bought some years ago there was q
fiye-acre lot that had been cropped until it
was entirely exhausted. 1t being difficult
to obtain manure, 1 adopted the following
plan tit was hard clay soiD: l plowed
the ground eight inches deep, rolled with a
heavy roller to crush tho clods, planted to
corn, and MANFRED in the hill. 1 obtained
a fair growth of stalks and about 40bushels
of ears to the acre. picked the corn
about the first of September, when fairly
glazed, cut up the stalks close to the
ground, and plowed them under, green.
The next spring they were thoroughly
rotted / plowed and planted to corn as
before, manuring in the hill, picked the
corn early in September, 80 bushels to the
acre, and heavy growth of stalks, which
were again plowed under. Followed the
same plan the third year, which gave me y
little over 100 bushels of ears TO the acre.
The following spring 1 sowed the ground to
oats, and seeded with half bushel of
timothy seed and four quarts clover to the
acre. / had heavy crop of oats, and II
finer meadow / never saw than had on
that ground. l have pursued this plan
frequently, and always with. success. If
there is any cheaper or better plan for en-
riching land l would like to know it. The
corn pays well for the labor bestowed, and
the land is rapidly increasing in fertility.