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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-04-08

CLOVER FOR PIos.-A correspondent
writes: with good clover pasture,
can easily make q full-bred pig weigh
40 pounds, with 22 bushels Of corn"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-04-08
FERDINAND TOWNSHIP.

ID eceirts and Expenditures Of Fcrdi.
"A nand township, Dubois county. Ind,
for the fiscal year ending March !, l,7o.
TOWNSHIP FUNDS.
Received from Co. Treasurer $3.50 n
Paid out 73S rs
Over paid ST. 50
ROAD FUNDS.
Received from Co. Treasurer 500 A
Paid out SO ~
Over paid 81 Is
COMMON School FUNDS.
Received from Co. Treasurer S4al7 81
Paid out 2ls7 30
Balance on hand s22so II
SPECIAL SCHOOL FUNDS.
Total amount received es46 eS
73l 65
Balance on hand $6Z 50
boo ErNDs.
from Co. Treasurer $3i4 40
Expended lao 0o
Balance on hand STA 40
All Of which is respectfully submitted.
HERMAN LUEKEN, Trustee.
March 18th, 1S70-3w.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-04-08
SURVEY NOTICE.

~ Office is hereby given, that the
~ undersigned will proceed with the
Surveyor Of Dubois county, on the nth
day OF April, 1870, TO run The lines and
determine the boundaries of section 8,
town 8 south range west.
The immediate lines will also be run
and the corners thereof established. -
Persons Interested will please be pres
lent. HENRY GRALLER.
March 18th, 1870 ~ sl .tt-t
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28

A clergyman rather addicted TO
practical joking was once dining st
country inn. 1t was his custom
to carry with him on his journey q
small phial ofpungent cayenne; and
at the dinner one of the party asked
him for "a pinch or two of his red
salt 1t was impaired without g
word Of caution. The potent pepper
was not long in making the poor fel-
lows acquaintance His face soon
became scarlet: the tonsils of his
throat began to swell; his eyes
brinmed with tears: and he arose
in an agony Of distress, and 'rorref
like the great brindle bull in his.
cattle yard at home He caught at
the parsons suggestion, water, and
almost drained stone jug which
stood on Il side table, just replenish-
ed with cold spring water. AS soon
as he could speak, he said to his ru
raj neighbor:
'Jedediah, for the lands sake does
my mouth blaze.'
NO, Hiram, it don't; but it does
smoke like fury, tell YOU
The fiery victim OF the clerical
practical joke strobe in front of the
parson, and with indignation in his
aspect he said:
DO YOU know. mister, that took
you for 4 parson2:
Il am. indeed an humble member
of the cloth was the reply.
oh, you be, be YOU? And do Won
think it anyhow consistent with
Your callin. to travel about the
country i'll this way, carrying hell
fire in your breeehes reeket?'
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28
Longevity Of Animals.

F1eaS may live as long rs nine
months. Scarcely any observations
have been made m the length Of
life in the moluscoidea and molusca.
Fish appear to have great tenacity
of life. Thus the carp is believed
to have attained the age Of $50
years, if Il ring with the following
inscription is gcnuine: 81 am the
fish which was first Of all put into
this lake by the hands of the Gov
ernor of the Universe, Frederick H..
the 5th of October, 1880" 1t
weighed $50 pounds, and was nine
teen feet long. Its skeleton was ex-
hibited ut Mannheim, and it WAS t;,-
ken to Ualibrum, i'll Suavia, in l497.
Uf the amphibia, the toad lives thir-
tv-siN years, the frog twelve TO four
teen, and various tortoises are in
ftrreu to be of great age from their
size. Among birds, the parrot,
goose, falcon, and raven are long
lived, the two former reaching from
100 to l2o wears, and the two latter
1876 years. Wrens only live two or
three years. Among animals, the
whale and elephant have the longest
term of life, both probably exceed
ing 100 years, and possibly, reach
inr 400: horses, twenty-five, but oc-
casionally reaching forty years; on.
fifteen to twenty years; sheep and
goat twelve years; lion twenty to
fifty years; cat, nine to eighteen
years. ...a.,.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28
American Quackery.

There is no science that furnishes
so wide field for humbuggcry and
rascality as that of medicine. The
country is infested with innumcra-
bic sclt-stylcd "doctors''-mcn who
cannot frame grammatical sentence,
much less advance a medical idea
or comprehend \ physiological truth,
yet possess the tact of imposing their
abominablc nostrums and deplora-
bic ignorance upon the community
to q degree that is appalling.
1t is said, and we believe with
much truthfulness, that the Ameri-
can people, more than any other,
court humbuggery, and arc most sus-
ceptible to imposition. 1t is GER
tainly evident that they give support
to class Of charlatans that would
not be tolerated in any other coun-
try, laying claim to intelligence and
refinement.
For instance, we have our travel
ing doctors-fellows who can be
consulted at the principal hotel in
every village at specified times in
the month, where they will be pre-
pared to perform miraculous cures
upon all manner of invalids, and set
at defiance every imaginable form
of disease. They fortity themselves
behind innumcrable certificates of
cure, purporting to come from min
listers, doctors and Judges, fee daily
journals well for putting them into
nOtoriety-wcar fine clothes-drive
fast horscS-and thrust their worth
less phySic into the faces of those
creduIous enough to buy. Now, it
should be plain to any but the most
obtuse intellect, that 4 physician
cannot prescribe, with any degree
of success, for chronic ailment by
| seein. it once month; and that one
possessed with the skill which these
prctenders accrcdit to themselves,
would find abundant employment at
home, without the Inconvenience
and expense of"drumming up" their
patients abroad.
Then we have those wonderful
laying-on-of.hands chaps, who prac-
tice their tricks oflegerdemain upon
the "faithful'' throughout the coun-
try. The only wonder is that they
find human beings sufficiently low
in the scale of animated nature who
are willing to pay them money for
their nonsensical manipulations.
But, by practicing on the ignorant
and superstitious, they induce them
to believe that they have relieved
them Of some imaginary disease,
and Immediately securing a "ccrtifi
cate of cure" succeed, through its
publication, in entrapping a class of
people from whom we would expect
better things.
Next we have the old "cancer-
DOCTOR" a prying, insinuating sort
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28
ANEcDoTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
A Boston correspondent assures

ANBcDoTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER.
a Boston correspondent assures
us that the following, one Of the
many funny anecdotes that Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, people tell
of Mr., Webster, has not appeared
in print:
During Mr.. WIS residence in that
city, in his younger days, there was
tilrniture-dcaler named Judkins
doing business in the town, who
was very well informed as we'll as
ambitious man. He was patronized
by Mr.. Webster, who often dropped
into the shop to order or supcrin-
tend the making oi some piece of
furniture. These opportunities of
conversing with a man so learned
as Mr.. w. were the delight Of Mr..
Judkin's life; and on the removal Of
the former to Boston, the payment
of a considerable debt due Mr.. J.
was willingly left for future settle
ment. Attempts were made at va
rious times to collect the debt-al-
ways in vain. Finally Mr.. Judkins
determined to 60 to Boston and see
Mr.. Webster himself. He reached
the city after long and fatiguing
stage ride, and, making a Sunday
toilet, proceeded to the large house
on the corner of High and Summer
streets. is Mr.. Webster IMP asked
he of the servant who answered the
bell. yes, but he cannot possibly
be seem 'But | must see him. NO;
he is entertaining some Washing
ton gentlemen-they are dining
Mr.. Judkins had heard of subtcrfu-
ges, and believed not the serving
man. well, I'll come in and wait
till dinner is over The puzzled Sc
want, needed below stairs, decided
to take the inportunate strangers
name to his master. Fancy the sur
prise of Mr.. Judkins at seeing Mr..
Webster rushing up stairs and in
sisting on the poor mans joining
his friends at the dinner table! He
would take no denial, and carried
him torcibly almost, Introducing
him as my old and dear friend, Mr..
Judkins, of Portsmouth, and seat
ing him between distinguished
Bostonian and the Secretary of the
Navy; and, to use the words of the
worthy cabinet-makcr, i was for
four mortal hours just as good as
any body; my opinion was asked on
a good many subjects, and they all
, seemed to think knew a good deal.
| Was invited to visit them, ana 10
90 to Washington, and everybody
asked me to drink wine with them;
and, by George. made up my mind
never to ask for my bill again. l
was a poor man, and needed my
money, but | had been treated as |
never expected to be treated in this
world, and | was willing to pay for
it.'-ED1ToR's DRAWER, in Heu-
per's .Noguzine.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28

HUXLEY S EXPERIENCE AS A SMO-
KEE.-At the recent meeting of the
British association for the advance
mcnt Of science, a paper on the use
and abuse of tobacco called up Prof.
Huxley, the president Of the associ-
alton, who gave an amusing account
of his experience Of smoking. He
said he was placed i'll Il rather awk-
ward position with regard to the
question of smoking, for for forty
years of his life tobacco had been to
him deadly poison. He was
brought up rs medical student,
and he had every temptation to ac-
quire the art of smoking, bat his
smoking, after Il few putls, always
resulted in him finding himself on
the floor. He failed to become 4
smoker when he was an officer in
the navy, and he had for a long time
Il great antipathy to smokers. But
some few years ago he was making
tour in Brittany when he stayed
at an old inn; it was awfully cold
and wet without, and a friend of his
took to smoking, and tempted him
to have cigar. His friend looked
SO happy, the fire was SO warm with
in the Inn, and it was SO cold and
wet without, that he thought he
would try to smoke, a'A = 'rnr1
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28
SEVEN up.
How it was Demonstrated in Ken
tucky that this was a Game Of Sci-
eaco and not Of Chance.

In the October Galaxy, Mark
Twain relates the following narra-
tive:
At that time in Kentucky (said
the Hon. Mr.. Knott, NJ. o. the law
WAS very strict against what is
termed games of chance About Il
dozen of the boys were detected
playing seven up or 'old sledge,'
for money, and the grand jury found
Il true bill against them. Sam Stur-
gis was retained to defend them
when the ease came up, Of course.
The more he studied over the mat
ter and looked into the evidence,
the palmer it was that he must lose
the ease at last-therc was no get
ting around that painful fact. Those
boys had certainly been betting
money on game of chance. Even
public sympathy WAS aroused in be-
half Of SturyiS. People said it WAS
pity to see him mar his success
tul career witlra a big prominent ease
like this, which must 90 against
him.
But after several restless nights
an inspired idea flashed upon Stur-
yiS, and he sprang out Of bed de
lighted. He thought he SAW his way
through. The next day he whisper
ell around 4 little among his clients
and Il few friends, and then, when
the ease came up in court, he ac-
knowledgcd the scven-up and the
betting, and, as his sole defense,
had the astonishing etfrontery to
put in the plea that old sledge was
not game Of chance! There was
the broadcst sort Of Il smile all over
the faces of the sophisticated atuli-
cncc. The judge smiled with the
rest. But Sturgis maintained =
countenance whose earnestnesS was
even severe. The opposite counsel
tried to ridicule him out of his po-
sition, and did not succeed. The
Judge ,jested i'll Il ponderous judicial
way about the thing, but did not
move him. The matter was bccom-
ing grave. The judge lost little
Of his patience, and said the joke
had gone far enough. Sam Sturgis
said he knew of no joke in the mat
ter; his clients could not be punish
ed for mdulging in what some peo-
pie chose to consider 4 game of
chance. until it was proven 4 game
of chance. Judge and counsel said
that would be an easy matter, and
forthwith called deacons Job, Pc
ters, Burke and johnson, and domi-
nies Writ and Miggles, to testify;
and they unanimously and with
strong feeling put down the legal
quibble of Sturgis by pronouncing
that old sledge acas a game of
chance.
'What do you call it .now?' said
the judge.
Il call ii a game of science" re-
torted Sturgis, 'and III prove ttoo"
They saw his little game.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28
Cardinal Riehelieu.

On the 18th Of December, 1866,
the remains Of Cardinal Richclicu
were to be rc-interrcd with solemn
ceremonies ut the church of the Sor-
bonnc in Paris. Some occasion oc-
Cured for opening the coffin, when
it was found that the head was mis-
sing. The fact was noised abroad;
when suddenly the head turned up
at Biarritz in the possession of one
NJ. Armez, an cx-deputy, who pre-
scnted it to the Emperor, inclosed
in an elegant box covered and lined
with velvet. This very head which
once so proudly wore 4 cardinals
scarlet hat, and which incloscd the
wonderful brain which had ruled
over both the King and Regent of
France, tyrannized over the Queen,
banishcd the Queen-mother, and
which instigated long series Of
bloody wars and so ruthlcsslv pros
ecutcd the Protcstants of France
this very head rolled aside unheed
ed when, in 1898, the Jacobins des-
ecratcd the aristocratic tombs of the
Church of the Sobonne. But the
quick eye of 4 tradcsman who was
upon the outskirts of the crowd at
last spicd it ont in the corner into
which it had been rolled. He took
it up, and by certain signs recogni-
zing it-which was not difficult, in
view of the embalming process to
which it had been subiectcd-hc
split it in two parts, the face being
all that he cared for, and kept it as
curiosity for many years, when he
either sold or presented it to Armcz.
And 224 years after Richclieu's
death, the face was found to be
something OF the color Of Acazon
wood. The point of the nose had
been slightly tlattenel by pressure,
and the halfopen mouth showed
two rows Of wcll-prescrved and
white teeth. The mouStachc and
imperial were Scantv; but the his
toric profile was in almost perfect
preservation. The Emperor had
this remarkable hcad-or rather,
this remarkable half of the head
sent to keep company with the trunk
to which it rightt'ully belonged, and
the remains were re-intered with
great splendor.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28

He brought in a cloud Of Witness
es, and produced an overwhelming
mass OF testimony to show that old
sledge was not game OF chance,
but game Of science.
Instead of being the simplest case
i'll the world it had somehow turned
out to be an excessively knotty one.
The Judge scratched his head over
it awhile, and said there was no
way Of coming to i determination,
because ust as many men could be
brought into court who could testify
on one side as could be found to
testify on the other. But he said
he was willing to do the fair thing
by all parties, and would act upon
any suggestion Mr.. Sturgis would
make for the solution of the difficult
ty.
Mr.. s;urgis was on his feet in a
second.
Impanel a jury of six each, Luck
VS. Science-give them candles and
a couple of decks Of cards, send
them into the jury room and just
abide by the result
There was, no disputing the fair
ness of the proposition. Four doa-
cons and two dominics were sworn
in as the 'chancc' jurymcn, and six
invcterate old seven-up professors
were chosen to represent the
science side of the issue. They
retired to the jury room.
In about two hours Deacon Peters
sent into court to borrow three dol
lars from friend. Sensationl In
about. two hours more, Dominic
Miygles sent into court to borrow Il
stake from friend. Sensation.
During the next three or four hours
the other dominic and the other
deacons sent into the court for small
loans. And still the packed audi
cnce waited, for it was prodigious
occasion in Bulls Corners, and one
in which every father OF family
was necessarily interested.
The rest of the story can be told
briefly. About daylight the jury
came in, and Deacon job, the fore
man, read the following
VERDICT:
We, the jury in the case Of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky VS. John
Wheeler, ct al, have carefully con-
sidcred the points of the case and
tested the merits of tie several the
ories advanced, and do hereby
unanimously decide that the game
commonly known as old slcdge or
seven-up is eminently game Of
science, and not of chance, in dem
onstration whereof, it is hereby and
herein stated, iterated, reiterated,
set forth and made manifest, that
during the entire night the chance
men never won game or turned =
jack, although both feats were COM
mon and frequent to the opposition;
and furthermore we call attention to
the significant fact that the chance
men are all busted, and the science
men have got the money. 1t is the
deliberate opinion of this jury that
the 'chance' theory concerning sew.
en-up is a pcrnicious doctrine, and
calculated to intiict untold suffering
and pecuniary loss upon any COM
munity that takes stock in it,
This is the way that sevcn-up
came to be set apart and particular
lied in the statute books Of Ken
tucky as being a game not of chance
but of science, aud therefore not
punishable under the law,' said Mr..
Knott. That verdict is Of record,
and holds good to this day.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28
CUTTING OFF AN EXTRA.

The old farmhouse wore quiet,
pleasant look, as the setting sun
gildcd its small windows, over
which the luxuriant grape-vines
were carefully trained. In the open
door sat the farmer, with a little
morocco-covercd book in his hand,
on which his attention had been fix
ed for the last hour. lie was man
Of method and order-old Richard
Hcath-and, a side from his regular
account books, which he always
kept with scrupulous care, he always
sat down in the simplest manner
possible, all his expenses (no very
complicated amount, by the way,)
and all he had received during the
year.
The last account he had just rcck-
oncd up, and the result was highly
satisfactory, if one might judge by
the pleasant expression Of his face
rs he turned to his wife and ad-
dressed her by pretty old-fashioned
name.
'Millicent,' he said, this has
been a pretty lucky year. How
little we thought when we moved to
this place, twenty-five years ago,
that we should ever get five hundred
dollars a year out Of the rocky,
barren farm?'
1T does pay for 4 good deal of
hard work." said she, "to see how
different things look now from what
they did them
Now Pm going to figure up how
much we have SPENT" said MIR.
Heath; "don't make noise with
your knitting-nccdlcs cause it puts
me out
The wife laid by her knitting in
perfect good humor, and gazed over
the broad rich fields of waving grain,
which grew so tall around the laden
apple-trecs that they looked like
massive piles Of foliage. Hearing
her own name kindly spoken, her
thoughts were far back to the past;
for, after the lapse of twenty-five
years, the simple sound of the name
she bore in her youth, means more
to a wife than all the pleasing cpl
thcts Of dearest, darling, so layishly
offered in long past courtship.
Very pleasant was the retrospect
to Milliccnt Heath. The picture of
the past had some rough places and
some hard trials, but no domestic
strife or discomfort marred its sunny
aspect. There were faces on it
happy childrcn's faces; without
which no life-picture is beautiful.
Soft blue eyes in unwOntcd glad
ness, and wavy hair floated care
lessly over unwritten foreheads.
She forgot, for a moment how they
were changed, and almost fancicd
herself again the young mother, and
tiny hands stole lovingly over her
bosom, and young heads nestled
there rs of old.
The illusion vanished quickly, and
she sighed; she thought of her
Youngest born - the reckless boy
who had left her three years before
for a home on the sea. Once only
had tidings reached her of the wan
derer. The letter spoke of hard
ships and homesickness, in that
light and careless way that reached
the mothers heart more surely than
repining and complaint. To know
that he suffered with a strong heart,
with noble and unyielding reso-
luton, gave her feeling of pleas
ure, not unmingled with pride.
"He will surely come back" F"
murmured the affectionate mother
to herself; sand read the paper SO
carefully every week, that if it says
anything about the ship 4yred
sailed In shall be sure to see :: "
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-28

of chap, who invades your house
hold, determined ut all hazards to
sell you his corn and cancer salvc.'
He can cure rose or spider
cancer in a jiffy, and we defy you to
exhibit to him any sort of an excres-
ence, or even a harmless mole or 9TH
er discoleration of the skin, that he
will not pronounce a cancer of the
most virulent form; and if he can
succeed in frightening you into the
belief that you will die in twenty
four hours unless you allow him 70
apply his all-healing plaster, the
better it will be for his pocket, leav-
ing you much worse for your unfor-
tunatc blunder.
1t is queer to observe the differ
ent forms that quackery will take
upon itself. Recently we had band
of musicians make their debut
among us, with gaily caparisoned
horses and lavishly painted chariot,
upon the sides 6f which were emf
blazoned mystic characters, an
nouncing Wizard OIL for the cure
of more diseases than we have space
to enumerate. Between the pieces
by the band, an ingenious Yankee
made his appearance, who related
to the waiting crowd the marvellous
cures he had performed by means
of the wizard OIL His use of medi-
cal terms was exceedingly amusing,
while his language would have done
credit to Hottentot; yet this man
styled himself doctor and absolute
ly sold hundreds of dollars worth Of
his nostrum to the waiting, gaping
crowd; and among the purchasers
we noted several of our citizens to
whom we were in the habit Of ac-
crediting some degree of intelli-
gencc.
Then we have class Of advertis-
ing villains, who thrive and grow
rich by imposing upon the unsus-
pecting. They advertise to send
free Of charge prescriptions for GU
ring consumption, seminal-weak-
ness, and the like-'thcir only OBJ
ject being to benefit the afflicted.
Benevolent souls! Did it ever occur
to you, gentle reader, as being lit
tie singular that these self-sacriticing
recerend gentlemen are able to ex-
pend thousands of dollars yearly,
for the privilege fadvertising their
exceedingly benevolent desire OF
supplying you gratultously with
their marvellous receipts? And has
the fact ever entered your brain
that men are not apt to incur an ex-
pense without seeing very clearly
the means by which it is to be re-
turned to them, increased many fold?
If such practical thoughts have pre-
sentcd themselves to you, be assured
that they arc facts, and that you are
expected to pay literally for the
advice (?) sent YOU. How? you ask.
Wen tell you: Send to any of these
reverend scoundrcls who are loca-
ted in New York, you will receive,
.tree-mind you-a recipe for the
cure Of your malady. Now, present
it to the druggist, and you will find
he is unable to supply you with halt
the ingredients. What will youdo?
Precisely what these rascals sup
posed YOU would do-cnclose them
S. for the remedy all ready prcpar-
ed! Do YOU ee?-E.rcH0uge.