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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-14
Fair, TruGhr.l and just.

While laboring TO secure the nomina
tion of Gen. Rusk, we used no means
and made no statements which were not
fair, truthfnl and just TO his opponents.
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We asserted dat the N orthwcst did
not demand bis Mr.. Price nomination,
and our assertion has been fully substan-
tiated BY the facts. Mr.. Price not only
failed to have the support of his own on
tire Senate district, but in the Northwest
ern Senate district, Tlhe 2Slb comprising
three Assembly districts, two of these
were squarely against him, and The other
to say the least, but partially for him.
La Crosse Leader.
Let Us see about there being two rs
sembly districts of this Northwestern
Senatorial district "squafely against" Mr..
Price. Read the following resolutions
passed By tho convention Of tho assembly
district composed of Polk and tho upper
counties: r. 81. -tg4-f.
Resolved, That Hon. Fl. D. BARRON,
the friend of the laboring classes, the
indefatigable worker for the interests Of
Northwestern Wisconsin, and the honest
man, is the first choice Of this Conven-
ton for Member of Congress from this
District. a.--.f II
ResolVed. That in the opinion Of this
Convention Hon. w. II. PRIcE is the
second choice Of the Republicans Of this
Assembly District. i.NV'h'<
The above resolutions show the senti-
ment of the Polk county district; the
St. Croix Convention did moi instruct its
delegates how TO vote at The Sparta con-
vontion; and the Pierce county delegates
were firm for Price as their. first choice.
We fail to discover the two assembly
districts spoken Of arrayed "squarely
against" Mr.. Price.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-14
WANTE ID,
In exchange for goods,

81, 500 DOZEN EGGS.
Butter, Lard and Potatoes, Flour, Beeswax and
Paperrags. old Gold and Silver. Homemade
Stockings, Straw Hats, and everything farmer
has to or sell OF swap, except
awi - sga8s sag Z. 1as3ss eea 5sa
Premises to Pay. Don't Know Him!
.sGsNa ga ssf Ha e
Don't Introduce him 20 me- Ready pay or no
trade ~ y s DUNBAR.
I Prescott, Maya 1870. sssssg.b p sas IA
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-09-14

The special despatch that appeared in
the New York Tribune Of the 9th inst,
cost that aper over IS 900. essg "a U 2
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19
Secret Political Societies.

The era of political disorder is ever marked
by the organization and spread of secret oath
bound eluhS. which are always the foes of
we'll regulated liberty. The Northern papers
announce the formation of the Society of the
&c. A. c." Grand Army of the Constitu-
ton, organized TO support the Constltn-
tion as handed down by our foreiathers. and
as foil to other secret organizations in tho
interests Of Radiealism, krown as the Grand
Army Of the Republic, Loyal Leagues, etc.,
etc.
This is on the principle Of fighting the de-
vii with fire. These secret oath-bound polti-
cal organizations of all sorts, are scum from
tine seethinc pot OF European politics, and il
defensible At all, are so only where open dis
cussion ct political questions Is impossible,
and men believe that the atrocities oil tyranny
! must be curbed by the cord. dagger and poi
son of the secret assassin. Where discussion
is free. and liberty of the press is maintained,
there is no excuse for them. # any necessi
| ty is pretended. it is the necessity of corrun
tion, bribery and dishonest artitice. to trust
rate the progress and effect Of truth by the
base arts of mere political intrigue.
| He who gets up secret political club in
QuaSi connection with the Democratic party,
shows that he is no Democrat, and does not
comprehend the first principle or idea OF
Democracy. This is the bold. open discus
sion of political truth. and an unquestionine
confidence IL its ultimate triumph and the
v;ndication Of public Justice. Truth, says
Legnett. ''is omnipotent, and public justice
certain"
The men who must sneak off into cob-wcb-
bed carrets or third-stpry lofts. to discuss the
great principles of liberty regulated by fun
damental law. founded upon immutable and
even handed justice, would 90 to a dungeon
or graveyard vault to study astronomy
Democracy wants air. light and free circula-
tion Its appropriate auditorium is the broad
canopy of heaven. and its apostles and hear
ers are whoever will speak out of full heart
and whoever will draw nigh to listen.
The man who hatches plots and intrigues
in secret places is Just such a Democrat as the
Carbonari and the Holy Vehme were the
were friends of religion. They mistake their
principles they pretend to advocate.
Away, then. with oil secret political or.
CARNATIONS among Democrats. Away with
such spawn of fanaticism, deadly intrigue
and sinking political protligacy, which seel
to substitute cunning and craft for reason
and bribery. fraud and underhand machina-
tions of all sorts, fer the voice of an incorrup
tible people, given in the broad light of day
upon fair and open hearing.
lie; the Mongrels monopolize all this ma
chinery of vice and popular Generalization
1t belongs to them. 1t becomes them. 1t j:
fit illustration of their party-its tenden
cies. objects. effects and influence upon th(
American people, and the free Republican
Government transmitted 20 us by an heroic
and noble ancestry But leave the garret>
and the worms and snails of the dungeon &c
an appropriate secrecy, and let Democrat:
stand up for their high principles in the open
light of day. luacon 7elegrGph.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

THE FINEST DRESS OF TUE SEAsoN.-lt was
worn Mt late disreputable masked ball in
New York city by one of the most fascinating
blonde figures that have appeared in the ball
room this winter, and cost So 800. There is
scarcely sufficient descriptive quality in any
pen to portray such an Ella borate attire, vet a
verv fair idea of it laay be understood from
the following: 1t was made of 3S yards of
salm0n-colcred satin. which cost SD so per
ward, or a total of $40. This satin compris-
ed the under dress aud train, which was i'm
n,ense. and finished in scclops finger and
half deep, each bound with the same materi-
al We begin at the end OF the train. and
describe upward to the waist. Black thread
lace-a piece eight yards long and thirty
three inches wide-c0vered the wide hounce
From the top of this most gorgeous finale, the
elaborate work Of the modiste began.
This piece of lace is one of the finest in the
country. having been imported at q cost OF
$500 per yard or total of g, 400 From
Just above this lace the tunic cf the dress made
a most magnificent display of beautiful blend
ings of rich fabrics, coors snd designs.- The
body of the tunic is of white satin, of which
material 10 yards were used. 1t was made
in quadruple folds and plea:ings, and each of
these subdivided into lappels of white satin.
with relefs Of salmon-colored satin. Be-
tween each division was pyramidal panel of
white illusion, founced over sGlmon-colored
satin. Hooks along the edges of the parti-
toned tunic held the magnificent gold cord,
and from this point were several pendant tas-
sells of massive work in gold thread and cord
The corsage was made of white satin, pointed
low both in front and behind. 1t was filled
with delicate Medici frills of fne-huted lace
or pelisses, and fell very low off The shoulders
An ordinary train measures 54 inches-this
one 81. Its owner made the circuit of the
grand floor but once. and then so much ad-
mired was this truly magnificent robe. that it
was given very wide space. Twelve hun
dred yards of delicate white illusion. 40 wards
of the costliest gold cord. 3S yards of salmon
colored satin, Is yards of white satin and s
yards of thread lace. we're used in making this
beautiful pattern dress. 1t was made by an
American modiste. after designs by the wear
er, and is TRIUMPH ever all imported cos
tunes If we add to the dress a wealth of
brown hair. decorated with an Elizabethan
plume. side feather aigrette. with n butter
fy of diamonds and gold. made in Paris at
great cost: full parture of rich flowers of gar
lands: bretells and begonias. with diamond
earrings, necklace and nger-rings. our lovely
blonde carried $4,000 in her promenade
around tie floor. yet scarcely knew the weight
she bore or the sensation she created.-N. 7.
Home Journal,
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

A USEFUL SUGGEsTIoN.--If farmers were
more systematic in their operations. and il
they kept an accurate record of the time of
breaking up ground, sowing and harvesting,
the yield per acre, and other important facts,
which cannot always be safely committed to
memory, they would experience the benefits
resulting from the practice. But little time
is required, and the habit is easily formed.
An exchange, speaking on this very point,
truthfully remarks: Every farmer shonld
keep scrap-book Of some kind. in which a
certain portion should be devoted to each par
ticular object in which he is interested for
instance, so many pages to wheat. so many
to other grains. so many to horses. cattle,
sheep, swine, fruit-Growing. manures. dairy
management, &c. Then, when reading the
farmers column of any agricultural paper
something strikes the rlind as especially val
liable, cut it out. and insert it in its proper
department of the book. In few wears a
valuable encyclopedia of agriculture will have
been gathered. to which reference on any top
ic can readily be made
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19
An Unexpected Fortune.

Twenty years ago Mr.. Joseph Beisch left
his fatherland for California. where after
years of toll and labor in the mines, he accu-
mulated large fortune. under provident
management, increased until the round sum
of 100000 was his. firing of the Pacific
slope he came East, and having no friends or
relatives in this country, he wrote for his
niece, Francisco Ping, now Mrs. John NJ
Nieber, residing in Germany, to come and
make her home with him and SHARE his for
tune.
Again and again he wrote to her. and e.
nally about year ago he visited his native
country TO urge the neice and her mother.
his sister, to return with him. When he
arrived at Bremen he learned that his niece
had married and gone to America but a short
tine before lie at once placed in a bank at
Stuttgart SOC. 900 for her as n dowry. Sew
eral of tie family becoming jealous of his
fondness for Francisco. quarrelled with him,
and he and his sister. Francsca's mother,
were fatally stabbed, the assassins escaping
to this country.
Meantime Francesca and her husband not
being able to find her uncle who had return
ed to Germany, came to Newark, and are
row residing on Springfield avenue. in that
CITY. where they earn their daily bread by
their daily toll.
About fortnight ago a German woman,
dying at the hospital on Wards Island. con-
fesspd that she and her brother had murder
ed Mr.. Reisch and his sister. and made such
q disclosure that her brother was arrested at
Castle Garden, and has since been taken back
to Germany, where he is to he tried. At
first the dying woman was 10th to tell who
she was, hut finally confessed that she was
Frarcisca's sister. and with the aid of her
brother had murdered her mother and uncle.
Several Notaries Public vouch for the truth
fulness of the story of her large fortune and
one of them will accompany her and her hus-
band to Germany. and they will sail on Sat
urday. Before the assassination. the uncle
had bequeathed his property 20 his sister and
favorite niece. making her the teiress to over
500, ,000.-N. 7. Sun, FEB. l0h.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19
NUMBER Al.
The Lords Prayer.

When the elder Booth was residing in
Baltimore. pions, urbane old gentleman OF
thst city, hearing of his wonderful power OF
eloeuton. one day invited him to dinner, al
though always depreciating the stage and all
theatrical performances. large company
sat down at the table, and, on returning t1
the drawing room. one Of them asked Booth,
as q special favor 10 them all, 10 repeat the
Lords PRAYER. lie signi6ed his willingness
to crafty them. and all eyes were fixed upon
him. He slowly end reverently arose from
his chair. trembling with the burden OF two
great conceptions. He had to realize the
| character. attributes and presence Of the Al
mighty Being he was to address. He was to
transform himself into a poor, SHINING, STUN
bling, benighted, needy supphant, offering
homage. asking bread, pardon, light and
guidance. Says one of the company present,
| at was wonderful to watch the play Of emo
tons that convulsed his couutenance. lie
became deathly pale, and his ewes, turned
trembling upwards, were wet with tears. As
vet he had not spoken. The silence could be
| felt it had become absolutely painful, until
at last the spell was broken as if BY an alecs
trio shock. as his rich toned voice syllabled
| forth Our Father, which art in heaven
ETC.. with pathos and fervid solemnity that
thrilled oil hearts. lie finished: the silence
continued not voice was heard nor mus.
Gle moved in his rapt audience. until, from a
remote corner of the room, suhdued sob was
heard, and the old gentleman the host) step
ped forward. with streaming eyes and totter-
ing frame. and seized Booth by the hand.
Sir, said he. in broken accents. you have
afforded me a pleasure for which my whole
| future life will feel grateful. / am an old
man, and every day. from boyhood to the
present time. thought | had repeated the
Lords PRAYER but never heard it before,
never = you are right, replied Booth to
read that PRAYER as it shond be read caused
me the severest study and labor for thirty
years, and am far from being satisfied with
my rendering of that wonderful production.
Hardly one person in ten thousand compre-
hends how much beauty, tenderness, and
grandeur can be condensed in a space so sim
ple That Prayer itselfsuiiccntly illustrates
the truth of the Bible, and stamps upon it
the seal of divinity"
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

The DELUsIoN OF EARLY RrsING.-There is
no greater delusion than that which imagineS
early rising important for health; no greater
error than that which places it among the vir-
tues. While early rising has been sung in
poetry, and advocated in proverbs from time
immemorial, it has been secretly and truth
fully cursed by it's unhappy victims ever since
civilization conceived the i6ea of comfort.
But we are all so bound by law of custom, SO
endeared to proverb or musty sentiment.
that our lips continually give faint assent to
the value of early rising, even while we long
at heart to resist the tyranny that 1t imposes
upon us. What frightful aggregate of dis
comforts accumulate upon a man who prac
ces it through life-who every dav ushered
from sleep into the raw, black, chill, dull at
mosphere of early morning, and begins his
DAYS existence before the sun has dispelled
the fogs. dried up the vapors, warmed the
air, and made ready, like Natures great SER
vant-of- a'-work, as it is. the earth for our nse
Early rising means a hurried dressing in a
dim. halflghted room-a sleepy. yawning,
stumbling descent down dark, cold stairways
"A rapid breakfast in gray, cheerless, sun
less room. while cold shivers run down the
back, and a sensation of dizziness creeps over
the entire body and then precipitate plunge
into the mist and vanors, ard general raw
ness of the streets. There is no sweetness in
the day begun in this way. and no health
either. The sun should he before US to give
us light, and warmth. and comfort; our break
fast-rooms should be cheerful with his beams,
and our breakfast should be partaken with
the ease. the comfort, the deliberatiop, the
social enliyenment, that can come only when
we rise at a rational hour. A breakfast eat
en- by candle,light, or snatched in the gray,
chilling dawn, is an abomination Early ris-
ing. hence, opens the day with keen discom-
forts. 1t % productive of numerous social
ills; it sours the stomach, promotes irritabili-
ty, disorganizes the liver, creates bad temper.
and makes of domestic bliss mockery. A
voyager, long suffering from sea-sckness, de-
clared that, if once On land again, be would
devote the rest of his life to hunting up and
tloggng the man who wrote
" 4 life on the ocean wave"
Simils: sentiments animate our heart when
we recall that ancient distich "Early to bed
and early to rise, but it is not necessary to
quote what we all know and have suffered
from.--Appleton's Journal.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

A MAGICAL WAY OF COUNTING MONET
When Daniel Webster was Secretary of State,
Signo- Blitz called on him in Washington,
when the following dialogue took place
What has brought you to Washington p
T" have cone for an Office, sir" s. An of
fiee What office is there under the govern
ment of the United States for Magician p
:" To count tie money in the Treasury.
should like yon to take one hundred thousand
dollars of Treasury notes and count them
carefully. | will then count them also. when
it will appear that there are only seventy-fve
thousand dollars" "Ah. signor." said
Mr.. Webster. ":hat won't do. We have
magicians in Washington who, ifa hundred
thousand dollars were to pass through their
hands, would leave nothing of it.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

l like to tend weddings, said Mrs Parting
ton, as she came back FROM one at church.
and hung her shawl up and replaced the
bonnet in its long preserved bandbox. like
to see young people come together with the
promise to love, cherish and ncurish each
other But 1t is a solemn thing. is matrimo-
ny, very solemn thing, where the minister
comes lnto chancery with his scruples on, and
goes through the ceremony of making them
man and wife. 1t isn't every husband that
turns out to be man. l declare | never
shall forget when Paul put the nupturl ring
on my finger and said With my goods thee
endow. He used to keep dry-goods store
then. and | thought he was going to give me
all there was in it. was young and simple
didn't know till afterwards that it meant on
ly one calico dress year.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19
Shaws Flat. March 18th.
GOOD ADVICE.

''Don't slop over" the old man said.
As he placed his hand on the young mans head !;
Go il by all means 90 ii fast
Go it while leather and horseshoe last;
60 il while hide and hair on horse
viii hold together. Oh, go it, of course
Go il as rapid as ever you can,
But don't slop over, my dear young man.
"Dont slop over." You'll find some dav
That keeping eve TO the wndward will pay,
A horse NAV run little too long.
A preacher preach Just fraction too strong,
And the poet who pieases the world with rhymes
May write and regret it in after times,
Keep the end cfthe effort in view.
And don't slop over, whatever you do.
"Dont slop over" The wisest men
Are bound to slop over now and then;
And vet the wisest at work or feast
Are the very who blunder the least
Those who split milk never wall
Are the ones who carry the steadiest pail.
Wherever you go. go IN for the fat;
But don't slop overland freeze TO that
"Don't slop over - distruSt yourself.
Nor always reach TO the highest shelf
The next to the highest will centrally do,
Answer the needs of such rs you.
Climb of course. bnt always stop.
And take breath a little this side of the top;
AMI so you will reach it in wind and strong.
Without stopping over Thus ends my song"
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

ARREST FOR AN ATTEMPT TO COMMIT ST.
cIDE.-For the first, it is stated. in the judi-
cial annals of Massachusetts a man John Z.
Dennis of Worcesteri has been arrested and
held TO bail for attempting to commit suicide.
We believe that there is no statute applying
to the case, but the offense is well-rccogniz-
ed one at common law-the fact being that
one has no more legal right to kill himself
tnau to kill any other person. The liberty
of fe1o-de-se has been so long permitted that
the whole popular notion about tie matter
has become mistaken one. There has been
no punishment of this crime, partly because
when it fails of consummation the perpetra-
tor is pitied. while if he succeeds. he is be-
yond the reach of human judgment.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

SPEAKING of the opposition of the New
York brokers TO the female stock operators.
the Chicago Post says: ''lf the RECORDS OF
the criminal courts. and the hundred forked
tongue of Fame are Of any worth. Miss Ten
nessee Clahin is worthy Of Jim Fisk in his
creamiest davs. and can show as vii'ainous
title for clear brotherhood among the brokers
as the veriest cut-throat OF them all. III any
of them have doubt of this, let them send
for the records of one or two OF the limos
courts.n
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19
DE EATEK.
FOR THE DEMOCRAT.

FOR THE DEMOCRAT.
Lines suggested by the death of Mrs. L
!. Vanausdall.
NV thoughts of wander where repose
The countless millions OF the dead;
Fain would my willing tongue disclose
The secrets learned, when life hath fled.
But no By wisdom unTevealed
Unweighed by subtle reasons scale,
Unknown. unanalysed, unsealed.
Stands all beyond the mystic vail.
We see our loved ores droop and die;
And bear the emblems of our woe,
In vain ask the reason why,
This frail short lease of life below.
Love, Honor Fame and cherished worth
Fade with the heeting diving day,
The flowers oil beauty at their bir.h,
Bear the stern impress of decay.
Tins life and death successive pass
Unchanged, by feeble mans DEGREES;
Matter and mind dissolve at last
The bond of their afinities
And thus by an eternal law
Dust mingles with its kindred dust
Form. essence. life, ell soon withdraw
Each to its elemental trust
As stars of glory through the night
Shine Ger the dark and stormy sea:
Thus whispers faith. shall shine in light,
The stars of immortality.
Then why the tears affection shed,
Why wish our loved ones, back to life,
Death but prepares the narrow bed
And ends the brief ignoble strife.
Shaws Flat March 18th
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

A notable case of death from tight lacing
occurred in Chester. Vt. recently. So resc-
lu.ely had the foolish girl plunged into nav
trydom that after death it was found that her
ribs were Tapped over each other, and that
one lung had been rendered useless nv the
breastbone rpon it. For several months pre-
vious to her death. this poor victim had been
obliged to sleep with corsets on. and tighten
ed to the last notch, for the loosening gave
such pain in the internal expansion that she
could not bear it.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

Blessed is he who does not make a cent
Tor he will not have any income tax to paw.
Blessed is the bald-headed mar for bis wife
cannot pull his hair Blessed is the homelv
man for the girls shall not modest him; yea,
thrice blessed is be, for when he asketh lady
to dance, she will answer him, saying, II am
engaged for the next set.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

A man in Missouri, not long age, rurchas-
ed an old trunk at an express auction sale.
The trunk proved to contain only old clothes.
He took it home and used it for q wood box.
a few days ago he broke it up for kindling
wood, and found between the zinc and wood.
en- bottom &. .OS5.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

Few men would attempt to dry dampened
gunpovder in kitchen stove. A man in
Canada did. His afflicted family would be
glad OF any information as to his where
abouts.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

A Chicago clergyman recently married a
couple who called on him for that purpose
and the pair had scarcely gone when rich rich
banker rushed into the house. and having
baord the facts. EXPRESSED lis disgust at his
doncbter having married ''thatfellow.' The
banker had but inst left when in rushed a
wealthy broker. who, on hearing the facts,
ex,ressed ms disgust at his sons marrying
..that cirl." An even thing ell roun1.
The union Democrat., 1870-03-19

The entire weight of iron used in the con-
structionfcf the dome of the capitol, at Sacra.
merto, is s, S,009, 200 pounds.