davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
VOL. VII.
Selected Miscellany.
PAPA. WHAT rs Il NEWSPAPER,
AND WHAT DOES IT
CONTAIN?

Organs that gentlemen play, my boy,
To answer the taste OF the day, my boy,
Whatever it be, ~ .-..-.
They hit on the key,
And pipe in full concert away, my boy.
News from all countries and cimes, my boy,
Advertisements, essays, and rhymes, my boy,
Mixed up with all sorts
OF Q)lying reports, Art
And published at regular times, my boy.
Articles abe'and wise, my boy,
At least in the editors eyes, my boy, 'N Ae
And iooiclso grand sas. NJ s s....- { 5i..s q. ~.
That few understand S ,sstss. ~ ~ .
To what in the world it applies, my boy.
Statistics. reflections, reviews, my boy,
Little scraps toinstruct and amuse, my boy,
And lengthy debate
Upon matters of state,
For wise-headed folk to peruse, my boy. i
The funds as they were and as they are, my boy
The bubbles and quirks of the bar, my boy,
And every week, III
A clever critique - --
On some rising theatrical star, my boy.
The age Of Jupiter smoons, my boy
The state ofthe crops, q
The style of the fops
And the wit of the public buffoons, my boy.
Lists of alkphysical ills, my boy,
Banished bysonlebody's pills. my boy,
Till you ask with surprise
Why any one dies,
Or what's the disorder that kills, my boy.
Who has got, married, to whom, my boy,
Who were cnt off in the bloom, my boy,
Who has had birth
On this sorrow-stained earth, s
And who totters fast to the tomb, my boy.
~ ii45 - ''a
The price of cattle and grain, my boy,
Directions to dig and to drain, my boy,
But ,twould take me too long
To tell you in song
A quarter OF all they contain, my boy
- kn1JlSh, RIDgr.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
Decidedly Cool.

A COOL swindle took place some time
ago, in ~hich the guilty party escaped with
little trouble. A certain conductor upon
a certain railroad west of the Mississippi
river, who had been in the employment of
the company for eight or nine years, and
who had been considered by the company
and public, too, very faithful and gentle
manly officer, was at length so unfortunate
as to be suspected of collecting way-fare
for which he did not account. But what
was to be done? The company could not
well dispense with his services, and it was
not certain that he was guilty. Upon con-
sultation, however, the Directors conclud-
ed to put detectives upon his track and
ascertain whether their suspicious were
we'll founded or not. For months he was
closely watched in every movement con-
nected with his position But he was
shrewd, sober, faithful and untiring in his
exertions in behalf of the company, and
the detectives were utterly unable to dis
cover the slightest ground for suspicion,
The officers of the company, however,
Judging from outside circumstances, still
believed that all was not right. He was
receiving but moderate salary. He lived
high, dressed well, and frequently loaned
money, and they believed that he was ap-
propriating their money to his own pur-
poses, and informed him so. He received
the information and accusation very coolly,
and as coolly inquired of them what
amount they supposed he had appropri-
ated. They told him about $4,000. He
informed them that he was ready
to quit their service at any time
if they would give him an hon
orable discharge; and as they had not de-
tected him in any delinGuencies toward
the company, they could not do otherwise.
They refused to do so unless he would re-
fund them the $25,0O0 which, in their
opinion, he had appropriated. Finally, he
told them if they would give him an
honorable discharge and a receipt in full
for all claims the company might have
against him, he would pay them the
amount claimed, and leave their service.
They acceded to his proposition, and
when the papers were duly prepared and
placed at his disposal, upon the payment
of the money, he went to the safe, in the
Office of the company, and took out his
satchel from which he drew package of
bank bills and handed it to the officers,
saying, Gentlemen, there is twenty five
thousand dollars, the amount you claim
now claim my receipt and discharge u
which were delivered to him. He con-
tinued "But, gentlemen, in that same
satchel is sixty-fve thousand dollars more,
and / have four thousand dollars In gold
deposited in bank In an Eastern city, and
a valuable house and lot in the same city,
aI ont Of y0ur company. Gentlemen, for
your honorable discharge and receipt in
full, / am obliged to you, and now bid
you good-day. Cor. Chicago Boent,as
To1g1.11m
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27

| southern slope, apparently with the speed
OF meteor, and really very nearly the
| speed of hurricane $50 miles an hour)
for pursued and pursuer flew over the
course, or rather down it, and around the
curves, at the rate of more than 10 miles
| an hour, as the engineer declares, and as
! everybody can believe who witnessed the
| spectacle. The whole heavens were
Illuminated, and the landscape was lit up
as.by the nooh-day light. Onward and
downward flew the engine, and behind it
flew and thundered the huge fiery demon
Twice its prodigious weight was driven
against the fugitive, as if instinct with a
purpose to drive it from the track. 1t
seemed as if to the heroic engineer and
fireman there was perfect environment
of peril The speed of the engine was
such that it ceased IL pump then again,
the Cincinnati express was due at the juno
ton at this time. The engineer of the
oil train whistled "open SWITCH" and
shaking hands with the fireman they bade-
each other farewell, knowing that their
lives depended on the opening of the Lake
Shore switch by their friends below, and
this was to imperil the express train com
ing down from the west with it's living
human freight The engineer on
this train saw the fire when it first
broke out at the summit, and sup
posing he could clear the junction before
the flaming terror reached it, he too, put
his engine to its utmost speed on level
grade A mile short of the junction he
saw the effort was vain one, for the fly
ing conflagration had rushed up out on
the Lake Shore track, and was roaring on
ward in the direction of Dunkirk. He
checked the headlong rush of his train and
brought it to stand-still 1t did not pro-
ceed until o'clock in the morning.
81 The case took in another danger, and it
was imminent. A heavy freight train was
coming up the Lake Shore road. All
will say of the escape of this is that it did
escape to the side-track, and only escaped
by the last minute of possibility.
Running on to safe distance from the
depot, the engineer of the oil train de-
tached his engine and left the six cars to
consume. He says his situation was fully
realized by him. He expected to lose his
life. At every moment he expected the
engine to leave the track. He saw he was
going at perilous rate of speed, but there
was no help for it. The demon was be-
hind him, and he declares that it looked
like q demon. With that fondness or real
affection, for his engine which these men
display, he said, 81 thought everything of
my engine, and was determined to stay
by it to the last" The fireman made one
attempt to escape by jumping from the
tender, but the engineer restrained him.
Altogether, the occurrence was re-
markable one, and in part remarkable for
this, no lives were lost The brakeman
on the oil cars had gone back to the pas
senger cars, when the oil cars started. 1t
was well they did. Unless those rear cars
had been detached and stopped, their in
mates would have been burnt to death in
eYitablY
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
A Race For Life.

Correspondence of the Grand Rapids (Mich.) Eagle
To make it an intelligi-
BILE matter. to the reader, let me say that
the Buffalo, Cory and Pittsburgh road in
tersects the Lake Shore road at this place.
The station at the junction is named
Brocton, Now let it Misunderstood, that
from this point to Mayville at the head of
Chautauqua lake "a distance of only ten
miles), a train is carried over an elevation
of 700 feet. From the station to the sum-
NIT the grade is about so feet to the mile
with curves which increase the distance
by four miles. 1t is over this road that
immense quantities of petroleum are
broughty sStiutf~S 90 NH&
On Tuesday evening, about 8 o'clock. a
train,I consisting of six oil cars and two
passenger cars, reached the summit. on it's
way to the junction. Here, bv some
cause as yet unexplained, one of the oil
tanks took fire. The passenger cars were
at once detached, and the brakes stopped
them. Next the oil cars were cut off. and
the locomotive, tender, and box car, con-
tanning two valuable horses and two men.
passed down the road, the engineer sup
posing that the brakemen on the oil cars
would arrest the course of those, but what
was his horror, on looking back, to see the
six cars in pursuit of him down the grade
enveloped in flames. They not only pur-
sued, but overlook him, striking the box
car with inconceivable force, knocking
the horses and men fiat upon the floor,
and yet almost miraculously not throwing
the engine from the track
It was now, with the engineer, a race
for life, and he gave the engine every
ounce of steam. Looking south from the
place of my residence at that terrible juno
ture, one of the most magnificent specta-
cles was witnessed that a man sees in a
lifetime. A sheet ofintensely bright flame,
so feet high, was seen coming down that
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27

A GENTLEMAN from Cheshire infoT us
of singular case of somnambulism which
occurred in that town few nights ago A
young man living with Mr.. William Bald
win arose in his sleep, went to the barn
with nothing on but his shirt, harnessed a
horse and hitched it into a wagon. The
horse taken was very. small, while the har-
nesA that the sleeper used belonged to a
very large horse standing in the next stall.
This harness was so much out of proper
ton that it could not be used without read
iusting. This the young man did, taking
up the various straps and rebuckling them
until he got it to fit. When all was ready
he mounted his team and started in an
easterly direction, probably as he was ac-
customed to go to Meriden, in the morn
ings, with milk. About four miles from
home he crossed bridge, and he thinks it
was the rumbling of the water beneath
that gave him the impression that he was
drowning, which idea so startled him that
he awoke. As he has been subject to
these singular freaks of mind, he realized
the situation at once, and drove to rela-
tive's near by, where he arrived about 2
o'clock in the morning, quite chilled
through.-.Neso Havsp Register. : :
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
POLITICAL.

A Richmond telegram of the 18th says
"It is stated on good authority that Gen
eral Candy will, within ten days, issue
proclamation conyening the Legislature
applying the iron-clad oath to the mem
bers, and when one cannot take the oath
his seat will be given to the candidate who
received the next highest vote" |@ Hoa
A Washington telegram of the 17t1
says: "a gentleman recently elected tc
the Virginia State Senate visited the
Secretary of War to-day, and states that
he received satisfactory assurances that the
test oath would not be required of mem
bers.elect to the Legislature"
Delegates to the National Temperance
Convention to be held in Chicago were
appointed by the Massachusetts, State Con-
vention, on the nth. y % .it-.t14 aGl1
I: The Governor of the Territory of Wy
oming has issued proclamation announc-
ing that an election will be held in said
territory on the Sd day of September next,
for the choice of aDelegate to the United
States House of Representatives and of
nine Members of the Council, and thir-
teen members of the House of Representa-
tives of the first Territorial Legislature.
A dispatch from Richmond, Va, on the
18th says General Candy has decided that
twelve months residence in the State is
necessary as a qualification to Senators
and Members of the House of Delegates.
The Congressional election in Georgia
will not take place until November, 1870,
in accordance with an act passed by the
late Legislature. In the meantime the
State is unrepresented in the national
House of Representatives
A committee of the New York Stock
Exchange recently called on Commissioner
Delano and requested him to reconsider
his recent decision classing them as bank
ers, and requiring them to pay that tax
The Commissioner refused to reopen the
question, having given it full considera-
tion already.
The first conviction under the new Mas
sachusetts Prohibitory Liquor law was
had in the Superior Court at Boston on
the Goth. The jury were out five hours,
and defendant was fined SIS and costs.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
Counterfeit Ten-DOllar Legal-Tender
rtTt Notes.

The statements which have been gen.
orally published of late in reference to the
dangerous counterfeit ten-dollar legal-ten-
der notes, it was thought, was greatly
exaggerated. Unfortunately the truth had
not been half told. When experienced
men are unable to tell, how eaisly trades
men and the public generally are liable to
be deceived. One of the counterfeit notes
was sent by the Cashier of the National
Bank of Cohoes, N. Y, to General Spin
ner, United States Treasurer, the letter
stating that after minute examination
and comparison it was impossible to tell
whether it was genuine or counterfeit.
One of that series that had never been in
circulation was compared with the one
submitted for examination, and after the
most rigid scrutiny but one flaw was dis
covered by which the counterfeit could be
distinguished from the genuine The only
remedy is to call in all the notes of that
denomination. Persons suspecting the
genuineness of those in their possession
will invariably find the scroll work direct
" over the words american Bank Note
Company, New York." in the left hand
corner of the note, is distinct and sharply
defined in the genuine notes, while in the
counterfeit it is blurred and unfinished
This seems the only reliable flaw that has
been detected Washington Republican,
A coLoRED deck hand, employed on
the propeller Evergreen City, gave an ex-
hlbltion of his strength the other day at
Detroit. Several men were putting forth
their united efforts to lift on end a hogs
head OF sugar, in the Michigan Central
Ireight depot, when he bade them get out
of the way, and, with no great apparent
effort, grasped the chimes and turned mn
the huge weight Something being said
in regard to his strength, he then took a
keg of nails and held it out at arms lenrth
grasping the chimes at either end With
one hand he seized and moved draw sew.
eral feet, and with both hands carried it
completely around. A box of tin, about
as much as an ordinary man can carry, he
held at full length above his head, and
shouldered barrel of -four as easily as q
boy could small stick Of wood
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-08-27
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, FRIDAY AUGUST ~ 1869.

elected President of the National Teach
er's Association. eq sst 10 ago ~ z..a.ts
Mr. Colfax and party left San Francisco
for Yosemite Falls on the Goth.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
Notes for December, addressed
TO the Feeble and Dcbii-
itatpH

This is trying season FOR invalids indeed
for all who arc net blessed with robust coa,ti
tutions and iron frames.
Cold has como upon us suddenly sealing up
the open pores and seating in as it were. any
seeds of disease that may have been lurking in
the system, but which remained undeveloDed
so long as the waste matter of the body and ali
acid and unwholesome humors were freely dis.
charged by evaporation from the Surface and
through the bowels.
A tonic, sperient and Alternative medicine is
now neSded to invigorate the vital powers lie
pressed by q low temperature. 10 stimulate and
puffy the sscretioRs, audit to 1t the body 10 en-.
dure, without Inconvenience, pain or danger,
the sudden climatic change which ushers in tile
Winter.
The only preparation which will fully meet
this almost universal need, and will thoroughly
and safely perform the important work is the
leading tonic and Alternative of the age, HOS.
LETTERS STOMACH BITTERS.
This popular specific improves the appetite,
inviCorates the digestive organs, regulates the
flow of bile, enriches the blood, Gains the nerves
relieves constipation promotes superficial cir.
culati0n and evaporation, and being composed
solely OF wholesome vegetable elements, with a
pure stmulant as their ditfusive vehicle, Ir ay
be taken by the weakest without fear The
favor is agreeable, for although the Buffers
are potent medicine, they contain no nausea.
ting element.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29

uBder the advice Of his PArentS or Of the Fas
ulty. The several schools are 20 arranged n
20 admit Of q complete course OF stodyin IN
following directions. -.yF -
]. Department OF Arts, 70 which IA AttAsbs.
the DEGREES Of BAcHEJoR or ARTs. 600
2. Department Of Science
with the Degree Of BACHELOR OF ScTHxcx.
2. Department Of Philosophy. 40 g. r.
Degree Of BACHELOR or PBTDosoHIR
The Degree Of MlsTEE o. AkTs IL cOHferreI
on students who have com plated ths oOarss d
stady in nine Of the Schools. and haze tAks1
distinctions In seven Of these.
2. PROFESSIONAL COURSES.
/. Department Of Civil Engineering
with the Diploma Of CIVIL EsoIsExh
2 Department Of Mining I'm cheering
with the Diplsma OF AIsISG ESGSEkH
Department o. Law and Equity
|. witt the Degree Of BACHELOR o. La ~.
II IL proposed 70 stu further eItspd he
Practical and Scientific Dspartmeats In ths
direction Of ~
I Mechanical Engineering. q Applied
Chsnistry. 4 Agriculture 4. e Jmmeress
J. PREPARATORY DETACHMENT.
This course embraces the snbieets of Lair
Greek, Mathematics and Engiisd, prsparat0r0
70 the regular College elassss- ..l
4. STUDENTS BUSINESS SCHOOL
In this School PenmAnship, Rookkes1in.
Accounts, &e., are taught under the nufbc9itJ
Of the PseRlty.
SPECIAL. PRIVILEGES AND HOyoRs.
As special Inducements % diligence three
Gold Meals zre I'VE Honorary scholsrshipe.
annually awarded
Three MATTERS Of Arts are annually sYpoint
ed a. 'kesidsut Masters vita vAlnAbls priVL
leges and enolgmentA
The College edasates, free Of charge. al can
didAsss for The Ainistry. properly recoranese.
young men intending 70 make Jsurnaak1 thsir
profession II Eiyes long credit 70 nsEt1nS1z
young men without means. --,..-f
The Be1t session opens the third 1hnrsfay
September and closes on the fourth ThuTs4ay
Of J1he. @
SecsssarJ expenses aesd not sIeee6 t5z5 per
zunum.
FOR further information address
rsrJ. II LEECH, elk OF RAcCryr,
Eagsi dsviy LsxisEtoA We.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
BALTIMORE. February !, lsG!

DR.. JOHN WILKINS
DEAR SIR-From my knowledge of the com.
position of IRISIN, believe il to be well
adapted as an Alternative medicine, and Il 10 GER.
tainly the most deservediy popular remedy l
have ever met with.
Respectfully, J. T. MOORE, NJ. ID.
nOvlSlmdkw
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
North West Virginia Agricul-
turai Society.
OCKHOLDRRS MEETING

4 REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING oF
"A the stockholders Of the North West Viz.
ginia Agricultural Society viii he held a. ~
City Building on Saturday evening Decembar
tih, 1859, at o'clock, for the election of Thir.
teen Directors and for such other busioess as
may be brought before the meeting. -
~ THOMAS H0RNBROOK
hoVsfm ..4r|. President
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
TOWN TRIPLES.

New ADVERTISEMENTS Cincin.
nati-Major Anderson.
For Sale.
Opera House-Nick of the Woods.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
FOR SALE.

TNHEUNDERsIGNED OFFERS FOR SAIL LIE
n Lot No. Al. In Grah.ms addition 70 tne, CIV
Of Wheeling. situate on the corner 2. Sui ~
and Sixth street. There is eooa yrioA a; ~
rooms, with water and gas througbOut, and sDe
ofthe best cellars in the eity There Is in con.
pectiop a GOOD stable and carriage house. On
the south end Of tho lot there is good frame
house with FIVE rooms fronting On srth Wi.b
inc tn nurchsse will please call at S. j. Boyd
xholssaie shoe store, No. 50 Main street.,zz
nov29u N. L. W d MAN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29

A FULL LINE Of Tooth, Hair and Nail
Brushes, Combs, Soaps, Pomades, Toilet
setts, Perfumery, etc, just received by
Edmund Booking and Booking & Car
oil
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.
DIR, JOHN WILKINS.

DEAR SIR-we unhesitatingly pronounce
your IRISIN complete success. We are re.
ceiving daily testimonials endorsing its efficacy,
and the constantly increasing demand for 1t far
exceeds any preparation Of a similar character
ever sold by us.
COLEMAN & ROGERS,
Druggists, ls4 Baltimore Street, Baltimore
February 81, le60. Established 1880.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-04-02

from his mission, apostatized, and went
to California, where he now RESIDES.
Amelia Partridge has added four chill.
dren to the prophets household. She is
said to be of sweet disposition, and is
not jealous when the prophet turns his
attentions to the other concubines.
Mrs. Augusta Cobb was formerly a
Bostonian, became converted to Nor
monism eighteen years ago, left her home,
and accepted position in the harem.
Mrs. Smith, devout Mormon, wished
to be sealed to Brigham for eternity. but
the prophet did not care to make her
heavenly queen. He sealed her to Jo-
seph Smith for eternity, and to himself
for time.
One "poor unfortunate" Clara Chase,
became maniac, and has gone where
the wicked cease from troubling.
Amelia Folsom, native of Ports
mouth, N. H., is the mistress of the ha-
rem. She entered it on the Doth Of JAN,
1868. She is about 10, and the prophet
63. She has things pretty much her own
way-private box at the theater, car
riage of her own, silks, satins, piano,
parlor elegantly furnished. If the proph-
ct sights her, she pays him in his own
coin.
Such is an outline of this sanity
household-thirty women or more, and
seventy or eighty hildren.-Letter from
SAT- Lake City to Boston Journal
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-04-02

Why" answered the Brahmin, "you
ought all to be put to death together"
" "Ay,' replied Mr.. Thomas, "if you
and the devil sin together, you and the
devil will be punished together.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-04-02
AGENTS WANTED FOR
NIGHT SCENES IN THE BIBLE,
by Rev. Daniel March, ID. ID.

For full, flowing, clear. sparkling pure and grace
iui style; for poetic genius for beauty of thought
character graphic delneations and ripe scholarship;
Tor liehke pictures glowing words and happy illus
trations, this work has no equal. Such eommenda-
ions as the above, have been received from Bishop
simpson, Rev. Albert Barnes. Noah Porter, d. D..
LID, w. A. Stearns ID. d. Geo. Dana Boardman
d; J.. l. W, Wiley y. D., Samuel w. Fisher, ID. d.,
Lib. and leading Clergyman and the Press of ali
denominations. Send for Circulars containsng the
alleled success. 1t is most beautifully illustrated
and elegantly bound book. and pleases everybody.
COMMISSIONS 500 to 200 PER MONTH, nc
cording to qaiity and energy. Address Ziegler
MeCurdy 4 Co., philadelphia, Pa, Cincinnati o.
Chicago, Ill or st. Louis. Mo. 5l-2i6mo
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-04-02
A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY

rare chance is now offered to good business
man with few thousand dollars capital to engage in
business that will yield large profits. For want OF
capital 70 do with the subscribers offer for sale their
Berry Bowl business. located at Bellows Falls VI
Their machinery is all in good running order and
everything right for man TO step in and do good
business. One man can turn out 1000 bowls in ten
hours that will sell for forty dollars Furthe, infor
nation may be had by addressing
MELLlSH, WHITNEY & CO.
4od Bellows Falls. VT.