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Litchfield enquirer., 1870-03-31

Earth Closets !! What Are They ? They are a Substitute for the
 Water Closet,
 OR THE COMMON PRIvY.
 AND TT rHErn Usz THE LIQUID AND SOLID WASTE OV THE HUMAN BODY IS AT ONCE COM
 PLEZELY DE0DoRZzED. the entire process of removal, handling and stor ing, the Excrements remain entirely without odor. THE CoMMoDEs MAY BE USED IN ANY ROOM IN THE HOUSE AS NO ODOR CAN ARISE FROM
 THEIR USE. 2Ae FIesxrss can bs placed in Closets or op-
 piled to Out-Door Privies. The use of the Commodes places within the reach of al rich and poor, in the town and in the County @ simple means for providing in ,he q nTiVAtA OiO90E lin Sickness 'as' .ss Indispensable. In Health they are a great
 CoAsuesatence. Read the following letter from New Haven State Hospital, where the worse form of human Excre. ments are to be found from diseased persons. DRY EARTH COMPANY:
 GENrs:-Your Dry Earth Closets and Commodes are in use at this hospital. they daily demonstrate their usefulness. The deposit is at once completely deodorizsd ed. and l. no more A' '' LEVI LEV "flIS; 5. W1LcoxEN, Attending Physician and Director Conn. State CA LINDSEY. Hospital
 Attending Physician Conn. State Hospital. Attending Physician Conn. State Hospital. Conn. State Hospital, New Haven, Feb. {, 1870. For descriptive circulars address DAVID W. COE. West Winsted, Conn.
 aT OaA E5dmine Comnlodes aud Fl14ures. 'Ge DAVID w. COB,
 AGENT FOR Lr7cHr1ErD COUNTY AT WEST WlMSTEIDs CONN.
 A If
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-03-31

D@ We clip the following model of hon. esty in the funeral oration line, from HaTper's Drawer :-
 |" I have been requested, not to say im- portuned, toe deliver funeral discourse on this occasion, and hev reluctantly con, sented toe do so. never heerd any good of the deceased ya; and if the friends hev made up their minds that am about to begin sech a course now they are very much mistaken. estimate, in fact, that this young man, now a-layin' before you, was about the aoust man ever permitted, in the inscrutable ways of the divine peppzs- es, toe locate in this vicinity. He was one who might say alters fell when he was tempted; and he cert ingly appeared to me toe seek, rather than to avoid, occasions for such temptation.
 "Why, my feller Christians, he kep' hosses and run 'em; he kep' cocks and fit lem; and as toe wimmen, let his widder who see a-settin' in a front pew) testify Here the widow arose, as was the custom when the family of the deceased was allu- ded to, and, deeming 1t complimentary remark, courtesied to the preacher.) ''Lu short, after diligent inquiry into the par tickerlers of his kerrickter and conduct 0n l come toe the conclusion that about the on- ly good thing that kin be said of him at all is, that he was an active member of the engine company. and occasionally good at fires.
 "The pall- bearers will now proceed to bear out the corpse, while the choir will sing. as an appropriate hymn, the 33d hymn, 2d book, short metre, four verses, emitting, if you please, the 3d and 9th stanzas:.
 Believing, we rejoice To see the cuss removed
 with the usual Doxology." ssMy dear Lucy, I am surprised at your taste in wearing another woman's hair on your head" said Smith to his wife. "My dear Tom" replied the wife, II am equal ly astonished that you persist in wearing another sheep's wool on your back"
 GRATIFYING FAcr.-At a recent annual meeting of cemetery company, the chair man had great pleasure in announcing to the meeting the gratifying fact, that the burials in the cemetery for the last year were double the number of those of the year preceding"
 A precocious but modest little lady of two summers was shown some pictures, in. cluding one of The Greek Slave.
 Mamma" inquired she, "is it {. boy?" "Well, you may call it boy" was the reply.
 After another look at the nude figure. the young critic gravely said: "Boy, you go and get on your drawers as quick as you can."
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-03-31
Pennington Savings Bank

hEPOSITS made in this bank on or before .D Apr. let, will draw interest from Chat date.
 Interest at the rate of six per cent. free of taxes has been paid on deposits for the last fifteen years. An extra dividend of one per cent has been declared for the last six months. This bank holds Q large surplus fund, as guarantee to it's depositors. Amount of funds Sept. l. 1869, $l 0l2 ,596. Business hours from to IF 6. m. and from to D. m.
 SAMUEL S. COWLES, Treasurer.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
Horace Greeley Interpreted.

In an article (ediloriaD on the nation
al capital convention Mt Cincinnati, the
Times of that city says:
We have peeu shown an autograph
letter from Horace Greeley to L. U.
Reavis. Esq, of ST. Louis, who is the
head and front of the movement.
Mr.. Greeley having written this letter
lin response to an invitation TO be present
at the convention) with bis own fair band
it is rather difficult to dscipher it. After
two or three hours intense study over the
letter. we made out that be wasn't CON-
ing, but we are not quito certain regard
ing bis sentiments on the question Of
removing the capital As near as we
can gather, however. from his hierogly-
phics, be "bases his butter of. the 18th.
resistir the Goldfish cubumbers of Gin
cinAsti at % cents a pound"
IS 1t is not possible" continues Horace.
s.that | should ever stole them again
As pudding is reproach to comic sections.
the very gayest conveyances of cemeteries
are untrue and our preserves are bank
rupt. Swell your incest cantelopes in
Washington, until it swims in au unfor
tuuate location. All the McCarty's are
to be veueered unless they accept moral
polecats. | bought four of the earliest,
and suffered fesrfuIy undetinable cross
cut saws.
"Who bought all the nuts and lozen
ges of the Ecumenical Council? The
babe of the Federal parentage is the bear
er of its own two horse lumber wagon.
1t squealed when surrounded by dose
of Widow CIiquot. Experiment on by
the population OF repeating voters IN my
ria1s to the defeat of nautical auchovles
and tomatoes. 1t sweled TO forest OF
artichokes, and amid the solitude of rosin
barrels thus inviting the Bots de Boulogne,
and accommodating the formation #
cheese factories Throughout; the civilized
world"
The above may appear little obscure
on the first reading, but little attention
will convince the most skeptical that Hor-
ace is right.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
pREsCOTT WIS, WEDNESDAY. NOV. g. 1870
A Beautiful Superstition.

In Poland every individual is sup-
posed to be born subject TO some partic
ular destiny or fate. which j: is impossl-
BILE for him to avoid. The month Of
bis nativity has mysterious connection
with one of the known precious stones.
and when q person desires to present
the object Of his affection with the &c
ceptabIe present. ring is invsriabls Civ
en-. gIiltering with jewel by which The
fate of that object is imagined TO be de
termined and described. For instance a
lady is born in January. her ring, must
therefore. be Jacinth or Garnet, for these
stones belong to that peculiar month Of
the year. and express constarcy aud H.
delity.'
The following is list of the different
stones, corresponding to each month"; in
the year:
January-Jacintb or Garnet. Con
stancy and fialeIty in every engagement.
February-Ameihyst This month
and stone preserve morals from strong
passions. and insure them peace of mind.
March Blood stone. Courage and
success in dangers and hazardous enter
prises.
April-Sapphire and diamond. Re-
pentance and innocence.
May-Emerald Success in love.
June Agate. Long life and heal;h.
July-Cornelian or Ruby. The for
getfulness of the cure of evils spr'nging
from friendship or love.
Sardouyx. Coujugal felici-
ty.
September-Chrysolite. Preserves
from or cures folly.
October-Aqua marine or OPAL
Misfortune and hope.
November-Topaz. Fidelity and
friendship.
Decenber-Turquoise or Malachite.
The most brilliant success and happiness
in every circumstance of life; the Tur
quoise has also the property of securing
friendly regard; as the old saying that
he who possesses Turquoise will be
sure Of friends
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
The German Military Postoniee.
Mr.. Frederick Knapp thus writes

Mr.. Frederick Knapp thus writes to
the Nation:
"As another illustration of the stand
ard Of the school education of tie two
armies. | will mention the extent of the
correspondence of some of our troops 10
| the field According to a publication
made by the General Postotfice Depart
ment, the are in Berlin only forty fivo
clerks working exclusively for the field
service. They receive from and send TO
the army 100000 letters per day, and
daily forward, besides. 10000 thalers,
consisting in great part of money letters,
of one or two thaiers each. The mail
matter for our soldiers is daily sent from
Berlin in two lots, containing two hun
dreJ and thirty eight mail bags altogeth-
er. Since the mobilization of the army,
ten thousand corresponding cards.are used
about six inches by four, ut stiff, good
paper, and have the blank of the address
printed in front, " bile on thu back there
is room for a short letter, which may be
written in pencil or ink. They do not
require an envelope, and are especially
adapted for short communications. On
The whole, the field postservice is admir-
ably organized and conducted. Ii is r.
formed by the active field post offices -
Every one of the thirteen corps has a
general field post Office and four field post
expeditions, viz: one for the General and
staff command of the corps. two Tor the
infantry divisions, aud one for the reserve.
Besides. there are special offices for the
headquarters of the King, and for the
chief commands of The three great
armies. for the six cavalry divisions, and
for the four landwehr divisions.
All the field post offices amounting to
seventy one, and the whole personnel of
about 200 men, besides many hundred
wagons aud horses. march along with
their respective divisions, conducting their
post department. Thew receive the let
tiers from home for the soldiers, assert
and prepare the field post correspondence
for distribution, which must lake place IN
regular order: beginning With the battal.
ion and so on downward. They like
wise receive and regularly collect the let
tiers which the soldiers write home, and
assert them for the different routes they
have to take. To keep up the communl-
cations between the troops in the enemys
land and home, there are field post offices
along the military roads. Each of these
three armies has one field post Office for
the military roads, which has to secure
the connection of an operating army with
its base of operations aud the territory in
which The latter belonged. The chief
command of these military roads IS
charged with means and expense of the
transport of mails. While no letter has
been lost which was written home by
soldiers in the field, it bias happened here
and there that, on account OF the inaccur-
ateness of the address, letter written
to the soldier has been lost or miscarried.
As rule, it eau be said that every letter
which, besides the name of the soldier,
bad the number of his regiment, has been
delivered. Owing to the bad state of
the partly destroyed roads, a letter from
Berlin to Nancy requires four days."
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
.sUrUMN soNa.


Leaves are falling Though coal is mott,
And pumpkins are yellow, and maids are blue
Potatoes and apples begin to rot
There's many liver congested too.
The dews stay late on the cabbage leaf,
And the red, red beet forsakes the round;
And lovers wandcrings grow NOR hiief,
And fewer loafers are loahng around.
The celery rivals the turnip fair; -.
There's new delight in the tender steak,
And boys go munching the chestnuts rare;
without one thought OF the stomach ache,
The n Il OF the cattle-shows is seen;
The monster squash to the cows lie fed;
Everything is brown that once was green,
Except tomatoes, and they are red.
The drowsy citizen hates to rise;
IT'S heaven to slumber, tor now the htes
And who is the busiest man we see?
'Tis the Doctor, dashing by in his chase
And we'll may he hurry you will agree,
For il isn't every patient that pays.
IT'S rare. rare season.-so breezy and bright
The dahlia's and even the squashes, are gay
One wouldn't regret the cold az nignt,
II it wasn't SO deucedly cold by day.
And wandering SILVER inspires the doubt
Whether Indian Summer will come this year;
But it's warmth can be felt when you don't go out
And its haze may be seen through glass Of
beer. -PUNcHIsEoLLo.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
Mississippi Pilots.

The pilot house of the Mississippi
steamer is about Thirty feet from the wa
ter. It commands a view on all sides,
and affords the best outlook. Here one
gets n better idea of the way a boat 10
managed than anywhere else. The
wheel is ten feet in diameter, for the pilot
must have great power over the ruddsr;
in threading the shifting .tortuouschannel.
this wheel is scarcely at rest for mo-
mepts. When 10 hurry the pilot uses
both hands and feet in setting it over. and
often the rudder requires the aid of re-
yersed engine 10 order TO turn the boat
with sufficient rapidly. The boat has
two engines, and at each is an engineer.
ever on the lookout for the order to back,
to stop, to go ahead slow, aud to go
ahead strong. The pilot has two sets OF
bells for each engine. One set IS used
for stopping and starting only, the other
set is used for conveying signals as 10
backing aud going ahead. When the
boat is in a difficult channel, and has to
make numerous changes of her course,
stranger to Mississippi steamer might
suppose the pilot mad as March hare.
He puts his wheel to port and then to
star-boarj, and is always in headlong
haste; he rings one bell after another,
with a quick, nervous touch Of the rope;
one wheel backs and the other goes
ahead. and then rice versa, sometimes
they turn slow and sometimes fast; you
wonder whelbor the constant tinkling of
bells down in the engine room won't dis
tract the engineers and whether they can
keep up with their orders. The pilot
seems to have his hands rather more than
full. but be never makes mistake Al
his feet is spring, aud when be sets his
foot upon it a whistle. which is more like
the cry of lost soul, or the war hoop
of hundred Comanches than like
steam whi-tle-anno1nces that the North
Western is coming. have always
wondered how these pilots could guide
their boats through the Intricate channels
of the upper Mississippi in the night
Their pay is $3.50 per month. Ii re-
quires an apprenticeship of several years
before certificate can be obtained.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09

Ii is said that once man OF small
consequence died, aud the Rev. L. K.
Beechsr was asked to preach the funeral
sermon-a man who abhors the laudlng
of people, either dead or alive, except IN
dignified and simple language. and then
ONLY for merits which they actually pos
sassed or possess, not merits which they
merely ought to have possessed. The
friends of tie deceased got up stately
funeral. They must have had misgIv
ings that the corpse might not be praised
strong enough. for they prepared some
manuscript headingSand notes in which
nothing was left unsaid on that subject
tina, fervid imagination and an una
bridged dictionary could compile, and
those they banded to the minister as be
entered the pulpit. They were merely
intended ne suggestions, and so the
friends were filed with CONSERVATION
when the minister stood up in the pull
pit and proceeded 10 read off the curious
odds aud nds in chastity detail and
in a loud voice! And their consterna-
ton solidfied to peiriication when be
paused at the end. contemplated the
multitude refectively, and then said i'm
pressively: The man would be fool
who would Try to add anything to that
Let us Mark TtUain IN the No
BENDER GALAXY.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
Charles VierIing,

TTAS repaired and fitted up the old pill grocer !;
III store on Broad street and now Keeps con
stanty on hand the best quality OF Wines. Liquors
CicarS. &C. have also fine billiard table: Come
and see me. SH
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09

A curious and troublesome style Of
CARLYLE is said to be quite in contrast
with his simple. straightforward way of
talking. Hatred of shame is one of his
notable characteristics One evening. at
a small literary gathering lady, ia
mous for her muslin theology, was be
wailing the wickedness of the Jews IN
not receiving our Saviour, and ended
her diatrbe BY expressing regret that
He had not appeared in our own time.
How delighied,' said she. we would
all be to throw our doors open to Him,
and listen to his divine precepts! Don't
you think so, Mr.. CailyIeF
The sturdy philosopher, thus appealed
to, said. in his broad Scotch. No, mad
am. don't. l think that had He
come very fssbioDably dressed. with
plenty of money and preaching doctrines
paIatablc to the higher orders, | might
have had the honor of receiving from
YOU card of invitation. on the back OF
which would be written: To meet our
Savior; : but if he had come ut,aring
his sublime ptecepts, and dencuncing the
Pharisees. and associating with the Pub
leans and lower orders, as He did, you
would have treated Him much as the
Jews did. and have cried out Take
Him to Newgate and hang himP
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09

Coal OIL FOR BALD HEADs.-We
find The following in an exchange: " A
paper in Mississippi. apparently as serious
as deacon. says that we have heard it
stated several times that Mr.. Samuel Bry-
ant. who heretofore had been barefaced
on the top of his head, had, by the use
OF coal oil, grown thick coating of hair
on the aforesaid bald head. We saw
Mr. Bryant on Monday last, and. on ex.
animation, found the statement to be cor
rect. MIR. Bryant told us that the way
he found this new property Of coal oil
was simply this:-He had large boil on
the bald place on his head which gave
him much paiu. and. in the absence OF
anything else. he rubbed coal oil on it.
He says it relieved the pain almost in
stantly, so he continued to rub on the oil
until the boil was entirely vol, when. TO
his surprise. he found thin coating oil
hair coming out over the bald place. He
continued the use of The oil for month
or two, and now has heavy coat Of hair
on bis head. This i. no humbug, but
the simple truth, and We advise our bald
headed friends to try the experiment"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09

Two remarkable incidents occurred the
day general Lee died. A large portrait
of the general. which was hanging in
the parlor of bis house, fell 10 the floor,
breaking the heavy frame surrounding it.
ii large photograph of him. hanging 10
the photograph gallery 10 the town. fell
about the same time and broke into pie
ces. There was apparently no disturb
ing cause or force to produce these acct
dents. No one was in the parl"r when
the portrait fell hu, Mrs. Lee. who was
Quietly sitting 10 tie ROOM.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
ADvERTIsIHo RATES.

square will bs counted the space Of neineh.
Business cards S iines or less, $500 rear
LepaIs charged at the rates prescribed By statute
Special tirss Is cents per line for hrst lnsefueD
an d 10 cent? for each subsequent insertion.
Transient adyertiseme Dts must be paid for IN sd-
vance; all others quarterly,
Advertisements not otherwise ordered, viii De CON
tinued until ordered out, and charged accordingly.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09

A rich old SPECTATOR in Chicago.
is said, has sent a request to our Italian
Minister to engage "Mr. Chrome to
paint him picture worth not less than
$40, 600.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09
DRUGS, MEDICINES, &C.

CARLOS McCRAY,
DEALER in Drugs, Medicines, Pure Wines and
IL Liquors, Notions, &C., Brick DOCK 100, Oh
Orange-st. %.
w. HI. WEIGH,
GENERAL dealer in Drugs. Medicines. Wines,
NT Liquors. Paints, Leads, Oils. Varnlshes, Glass
Putty. Toilet Articles. Fancy Goods. stationery,
Picture Frames, MOuIdings, Tobacco, Cigars, &C,
2 az Physicians Prescriptions carefully pre-
pared. s~rr,.ssL
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09

A monument lie to be erected to
Ivan Fedovilch. the first Russian printer
in the town Of Osltog, whore he died
and for that purpose subscription will
take place in all Russia, by the Cars
Yeco mmeudatiou .FHs
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-11-09

Slrasbourg was taken by France on
September %. 1881. and retskeu by Ger
many ou.Sep,ember %, 1870.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-23

F.I1D DR. HEATH's macy years expert.
disclosed the startling fact that three.fourths Of
those suffering with Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility,
ErhauAed Ttality. Gnsumption. Ghnceroas A1ec-
tto,.s Diseass Of the Lirer, Epilepsy, Pardlys;s,
aad Dis,cses Of the Kidneys Giid bladder, We're
caused by and could only be cured after curs them
OF s. sinat Weakness His immense practice has
nude als treatment EeLr perfection as possible
for medicine nd treatment before seeing him. No
be.ler proof that patients cannot be cured without
sea ,hii examination of all symptoms and coniDli
cs.,iols, and scientific treatment by experienced
Lhy sician Those at distance chi bs cured their
homes without an interview. Adv.se icee at 7lO
Broadway, New York Thefe arc so many unsuc-
ceseful physici.n,, pr. HEATH wi! merely say he
u the artho. Of .wo elaborate works on Medicine
and Surgery ,.ad one ON Che meals.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1870-09-23
THE PETR oLEUMCENTRE
DAILY RECO RID
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING,
Sundays excepted,
W. Il. LONGWELL, Proprietor.
TERMS.

TERMS.
Fer year payable In advance, % %
] ef month, &C
PRlCE.LIsT OF ADvERTlSING.
tTen lines of nonparcil make one squars.)
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