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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
A gentleman had Eve daughtars,

A gentleman had Eve daughtars..
all Of whom be brought up to beeomo
useful characters in life. These
daughters married one after another.
with the consent If their father.
The first married Q gentleman BY the
name Of Poor. the ssconds Mr.. Little.
the third Mr.. Short, aud the fourth
q Mr.. Brown, the hfth . Mr.. Hoog.
At the wedding Of the latter her sis
ters with their husbands were there.
and the old genslcman said to the
guests, ,-"I have taken great psins
to educate my daughters. that they
may act we'll their part in life. and
from their advantages and improve
ments | foudly hoped that they would
do honor to my family. fnd that
all my pains. care aud expectations
have turned out nothing but Poor
Little Short Brown Hoog."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
The Way A Student Got HIS
Eye Teeth Cut.

Ihad no fondn6ss for mathcmatics .
yet became proficient in its Gle
mentary branches, in my school days
under the teachings Of w. p. N
Fitzgerald. which in full, is William
Pitt Nelson Fitzgerald. When Pro
fessor Davis Of West Point, was ono.
travelling in Canada, he was served
BY an bostler's boy, and putting some
questions to him, he proved 90 sharT
at figures that the Professor took
him along as 4 servant. Ho va.
waiter and boy Of all work. But be
developed such gifts and graces shat
he was put to his books, and became
a cadet, and stood second to mono.
until an unfortunate Christmas spree
delivered him from the thrall Of West
Point and sent him to finish his ca.
|rcer in the great academy Of the
world. l-found him in 1927, teach.
ing mathematics ~ Mount Pheasant,
Classical Institute Amherst Mas.
He taught me to conquer in studying
There is . very hour in which younr
nature, tugging, discouraged and
weary with books, rises with . con,
sciousness of victorious power into
masterhood. Forever after he knows
that he can learn anything if be
pleases. It is distinct intellectual
''ccnvers;on." "#
irst went to the blackboard, un-
certain, soft; full Of whimpering.
THAT lesson must be learned, -
he said, in very quiet tone, but
with terrible intensity, and with
the certainty Of fate. And explain
ations aud excuses he trod under foot
with utter scornfulness. II want
that problem. / don't want any rea-
sons why don't get it."
Il did study it two hours.
"That's nothing to mel want
the lesson. You need not study it
at all or you may study it ten hours
just to suit yourself. I want the
lesson. Underwood, 60 to the black
board"
"Oh, yes, but Underwood got
somebody to show him bis lesson. ~
"What do I care how You get it?
That's your business. But you must
have it," d.
1t was tough for . green boy. but
it seasoned him. In less thai .
month i had the most intense sense
Of intellectual independence and
courage to defend my recitations.
In the midst of = lesson, his cold
and calm voice would fall upon me
in the midst Of . demonstration-
"No!" uttered With the tone of per-
feet conviction. barred my progress.
1.-The next!" and I sat down in
red confusion. He, too, was stopped
with "No!" but he went right on,
finished, and, as he sat down. was
rewarded with "Very vell."
"Wby," whispered /, II recited
j. just - he did, and you SAID "No!"
"Why didn't you say yes and stick
to il? It. il not enough to know your
lesson. You must know that you
know it! You have learned nothing
till you are sure. If ell tho world
says no, your business 10 to say yes,
and nrOve iti''
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

The following is the valuation ei
eight cities, as shown by the audi
tors Office in Des Moines Council
Bluffs, $4,21l,4S7: Des Moines,
$3.60s, ass; Dubuque $3, 563. $40;
Davenport, So. 500, 500; Keokuk.
81, 531. .l24; Burlington. 1902. 805;
Muscatine. 372.9l6; Iowa City.
1850. 400.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
severe Talk.

Inc sharp paper on ''The Rich
ardson Case in tho OLD GuAap 70,
February, the writer says:
Here is = clergyman who professe.
to be orthodox-Beccher; and anoth.
er avswedly misunderstanding
ham. We east aside Mr.. Field-he
was evidently lQokor-on in Vienna.
We are willing to admit Mr.. Beech
er's plea, that be was misled by Mrs.
Calhoun, that he believed there had
been no actual physical crime com
mitted by the parties, that it was
necessary to give the wretohed wo-
man some kind Of legal status in lieG
Of that she had abandoned, and that
he took it for granted that the Indi-
ana divorce was valid. All this pre-
supposss delightful state of inno-
cence and simplicity on the part Of
both Beocher and Frothingham, but
wc accept their crcdulity and inno-
cence as established. But they wero
not ignorant Of the fact that the in
tercourse Of the dying with the liv-
ing wretch had not only occasioned
great scandal, but the mortal wound
Of the male criminal; that his CON-
duct had been such as to break up .
household; that be had openly avow-
ed that he coveted his neighbours
wife, and intended to marry her 80
soon IS he could do so without risk
Of punishment for bigamy. The man
was dying-they were ministers Of
the Gospel Of Christ, in whose Di-
vinity one Of them assumed to be-
lieve They unite him to the part
ner Of his folly. if not crime. They
make no effort to arouse him to re-
pcntance or to prepare him for judg-
ment. On the contrary, they pre-
suppose that he is = saint by virtue
Of bis sin, ard has mortgage on fu
ture bliss, which he is to forecloso
by his death. rockingham prayed,
MAY he take her image with him to
the spiritual lifc;" and Beecber, in
his theatrical marriage ceremony.
asked the dying man il he, "stand-
ing near the heavenly land" would
''renew to her the pledges Of your
(his) love- It was taken for grant.
ed that the surcst road to heaven was
over the ruins of . mans honor and
4 woman's reputation. Generally,
in season aud out Of season, tho reg
ular clergyman snstchss At ali oppor-
tunities to 1T . soul for the other
world, especially when it is about to
leave this sphere. But Bcecher and
rockingham had other work in hand.
There was little sensational busi-
ness to be done-Plynouth Play
house was running an opposition to
the Church Of the Holy Hsbgobliu,
aud each We'd with tho other in ex-
travagance. At the solemn death
bed, where ap offender against God
was about to meet God whose COM
mandmsnts he had broken, there
came not tic humble priests Of the
msek ami lowly Redecmer, with sa-
'ssod rites to awaken penitencs and
reconcile tho parting soul; but in
stead there stood the arch-priest Of
Lust with the empty ceremonies Of
fash melodrama, to wed the dying
adulterer to the live wanton, and to
dismiss the guilty soul with oil its
sins on its head to assured bliss
What sorrow in heaven, and what
JOY in hell, at such scene as that!
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
A smart tbing-Mustsrd-plsssss
To persons in dificulties-Gst st outl

| A smart OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
To persons in difhoultis'-Gst ossi
A pretty kettle Of Ash!-Doilsd
Salmon. 'a- -, $3.50. a.
| A color difficult to see Blind msa's
buff.
Arc not chignons hair 'em scare
EN- thugs?
Wouldn't you hang . railway d.
rector With . 'branch line"
The only clique worth mixing ons's
self up witL-Ciiquot.
Old maids are describedas "embsIs
from which the sparks have ded. -
! When is blow from = lady vel.
come? When she strikes you agree
ably. 80.
What's the differencs between 9
suit Of clothes and penny busf
The price! '..a.s. 49, u '=.;i
The most wonderful Circulation y
the World-The circulation discovered
by Harvey. ~. .-#r -,
The Grand Duke Of yMscklsnbuss
has presented his bust to Z blind asy-y
lum. We don't quite zee it." and
we suppose they don't either. :,
It is complained Of Shakspssrs,
that be unnecessarily murdered Han.
let. But he has been paid fOr Il.
A gresss many Hamlsss have ass-
dered Shakespeare. -.a @..s*a5
Said an smhitious youth one day 20
. lady: "Don't you think I'd bstsse
dye my moustsohc?" caressing The ia--.
fant prodigy, /" I think II you let il
alone it'll die itself, +" said The lady. Z
An Irishman went to live IN Scot.
land for short time. but didn't like
the country. II Was sick I'll tAs
time I was there, "yaid Ls; ''and u ! ,
had lived there till this tine. I'd
been dead year sgol'' es.a
Little three-old Mary was playise /,
very rough with her kitten-csrryine :,
it by the tail. Her mother told her /,
she would burt pussy. '.Why, no. I
won't" said she; Pm carrying il By
the handle" " - III
TAXING IT L1rERALLY!-EmPloyes
to Ne,c Clerk --"Well' Snif1es. have
you posted the ledger?" -
Nep Clerk.-''Yetb. thir! I've {,
posted the ledger; but, lor. thir. it
wath too big for the letter-boxth. and
I had to take it inthide the Poths :
Ofith!" ... .". ..@@ 'es,
During q revival meeting, = good
Methodist lady made fsrveut sxhor.s
tation, prefacing it with the .resark
that she once enjoyed herself BY GO
ing to theatres. An insttentivs but
enthusiastic brother shouted: $50 did .
I-bless the Lord!" S's
my dear Polly, I am surprised at
your taste in wearing another woman's
hair on your head, said Smith to his 4
wife. "My dear Joe. I am equally :
astonished that you persist in wear.
ing another sleeps wool on your back
There now"
General Smith, ip Congress, while
delivering one Of the long. prosy
speeches for which be was noted, said
to Henry Clay; '.You speak, sir, for
the present generatiou. but | I.speak
for posterity.'' "Yss," replied the
great Kentuckian, land 1t seews You
are resolved to spoak till your asd.-
ence arrives
A young man living in Lafayette
Ind is humility personi6ed. The
other day be asked q young lady If be
might "be allowed the privilege Of
going home with her." and was in
dignantly refused; whcreupon hs in
qulred very humbly if he might be
"allowed to sit on the fence aud soc
her 60 BY" -
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

Iowa is larger than New York or,
Pcnnsylyania--larger than Ns-
England, except Msinc<and more
productive thai .ii Of them put 10.
gethes. She has thirty -fys nillieas
u acres Of rich black mould, and to-
day clean furrow can be turned over
thirty millions Of these acres. AL
though less than Eve millions are
under cultivation; they produesd iass
year over eighty. Eve million Lsshel@
Of grain. 80,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
Highly isFlnlsh ed" Young La
dies.

When young lady has been "6u-
ished" at a fashionable boarding
school what does she know? OF
course she has been ''taught every
thing,' but what does sho really
knor? She can dance, enter and
leave room gracefully, play At sight,
(without expression, aud lisp lit
tie doubtful Fronch; but in the SUBJ
stautial and essential branches of
knowledge, she is scarcely up to the
level Of ten-year-old pupil in one
Of our public schools. OF geography
she is eblivious; of history sue re-
members just enough to be uniformly
wrong; and, though she will tell you
that verbs agree with their nomina tive
cases, she is likely enough to SOW
discord between the twain in the lit
tie rosc-colored notes, written in q
next to undccipherable hand, with
which she favors her fashionable &C.
quaintance. Remarkably bright girls
do sometimes contrive to retain q
fair share Of tho miscellaneous cru
dition with which they arc crammcd
at tho institutions referred to, but
such cases are exceptional and very
r,re. Most Of them 60 home little
better than know-nothings, and their
real education, if they ever get one.
is obtained after the boarding school
finishing has been accomplished,
Nevertheless, good schools for young
ladies are not inpossibilities. Girls
should be wcll-groundcd in the solid
English branches before they begin
to learn foreign languages. With the
exceptions perhaps, Of music and
dancing. we would keep them fasting
from all "extras' until they have
mastered the .humanitics. First.
the plinth and shaft. then the orna-
mental capital. But one language
should be taught at . time; yet We
have known young lady to receive
instruction in three foreign tongues
simultaneously
/ In our boarding. school, young la
dies should be taught household du-
ties. We would have attached to it.
for example. . school kitchen. in
which they should be indoctrinated in
the mysteries Of cookery. The art
Of housekeeping, in al its depart
ments, should DO made familiar to
them by practical lessons. 1t is not
one of the 6ne arts. (indesd, it might
more properly be called lost art in
these days Of superfino young-lady-
ism. } but it 10 . very essential one
nevertheless. and is SO regarded by
every sensible man, whatever the
Girls Of the Period may think Of it.
| Our school, then, should make its
pupila thorough houseksepers-not
mere 6ne ladies for the reception
room-and at least 40 useful 40 orna-
mental. Having fitted them for the
duties Of life, We would then -but
not till then-add the poetry of edu-
cation to its more indispensable
prose. \. Sunday Tines.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

An insurance society paid widow
$2U, 900 at Dcs NoiDes on Saturday.
The largest policy ever paid in that
city.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

Every denomination is REPRESENTED
in the list Of Chaplains to the Legis.
latnre except the Catholic.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

J. E. Schmidt. Of Vienna, ! bss.
completed his atlas Of the moon. Hs
has been at it thirty years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

.s. BANKING.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
DEcORAH, - Iowa.
$50. 200, CapltaN
7-3O U. =. Notes and all other Govern
ment Bonds bought and sold, also County
Warrants, Notes, Mortgages and other Sc
and sold.-MONEY deposited for six
terest.
-pIkRCTORS.-
ALoNxo BRApIs1, G. X. DrcKRRMAR,
Jas II. EAsrsx, 8. ". MArrsses,
G. N. GODDARD.
JAS. II. EAsroX, T. w. BURDICK,
President Cashier
v7n3l June 7 1860.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
VA Nj. BALLARD !,

s w - - 1rI-I--"- 49, s5@-t~.s "
Will repair Clocks, and guarantee
satisfaction. Every clock warranted to run
ION time,' or no pay. Bring along your
defective clocks to his residence, on High
street, west Of the Webster House, and he
will set them right. Charges reasonable.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

Into her nsE building, adjoining the Post
OA6ce, whsfe may be found 9 full Rnd
conpests assortment Of al articles usual.
y kept by the trade. She il also Agent
Leavitt Sewing 1Iachipo. I
one Of tAp chsApest and best frst class Ma.
chimes in market. 43rf
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

II. A1nn'
BLACKSMITH,
West side Of Elm street, adjoining Ed
wards' wagon shop,
CRESCO IOWA.
Would respectfully say that he is prepared
80 give his entire 1ttention to blacksmith.
ing in all its branches.
One or more experienced horse-shoers
censtaatly employed to give particular at
tention to that department.
Plews repaired promptly and satisfac.
tion guiranGsed- (nclm0
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11
WILLIAM EDWARDS,

Would respectfully announce that he il
prepared to give his attention to
MAKING & REPAIRING WAGONS,
at Cresco, Iowa, and all work of his trade
Plows constantly on hand Of the best
patterns, cheap for cash.
"a Shop south of the Empire House
Crssco, Oct. 30, 1869. (23tf.]
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

ID HUBBARD s. Co.
DEALERS IN
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silycr-ware,
Pianoes, Melodeons, Sheet Music,
Music Books, &C., &c.
MAIN STREET, NEXT DOOR TO BANK.
McGregOr, Iowa.
nl3.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-11

CRESCO IOWA.
Japonica played out and genuine leather
used instead at his shop two doors east of
the Bakery, ON Market street. Genuine
Boots and Shoes, made to order ut living
prices. Repairing done promptly. [nlSy9
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-05
GARFIELD ON ImEDEEMABLE CURRENCY

COUld awning DuU u
nose To defend maintain, and increase our
ppnner money lead 80 able and distinguished states
man as the gentleman from Pennsyvana 'nL, huey D
10 say AZ he did the other day, concerning the green
back currency; =, ,...,- 4. No, ,nonev. hut
S L .v We nd such unbroken career Of prosperity
bu,ines a. since adopted this rportAbe enrrene
at ia repOrted Of EngishInan VINO was VI
70 eaows with victim hanging upon IT, and ina, w zen
dawn upOn his knees and thanked iod ne nh =. ~ -
held sign OF civilization. But TINS Is lne nIst
ever heard financial philosopher express LIS ~ a.
nations will not receive It; m Is thankful that ~ - no,
exportable We have great many coinmoult.o M ~
sneh condition that they are not e1por,Ss ae.
Moody -four rusty wheat rancid pu''el, UNI, NH,
are not exportabe Bat IL never occurred 10 me 10 ~
hanLfn for this Durescence IL II related IN QUAINT
German hook OF humor that the Inhabitants OF
inrg finding that other towns, with more pnnhG spun
I"rts resolved that the Of Sehdcbnrg should also
have "A gallows and patriotic 1nehlpcr vi tho sri
n"uusu offered resolution that the dement's OF tn,S
eallows should be reserved exclusively ior 'ho "''
ltaDts ofschlldeburg ,o,,o ,,on,d reserve for
our exclusive benefit all the blessings OF t @
uncertain and dishODOTed paper currency ~ i' ,,ii -,
sIs rrcdeemable, noneNpsrtable currency ~ IT, in
virtue that for the want OF III talhor. ~ di,, ,ha
dac.v That lnis guided state has seen NJ 70 cne "
,ousy that all nations receive, and rum lhpeu ~
h.r goldcn shores. doubt IL the business ihs Va -
srui, viii ask my friend 10 prescribe Tor thcH o.
innladies. Quite In keeping Win lhe I .The
oIin,e ~ currency does not, has OFTEN been
rcgnlae the price OF commodities hccmuns ~, one
,,s have not only Kportable currency v nv nj
regulated by trick or magic, 20 % y. md that
rersaI laws Of value, Of supply and dsnai n san
noi,%er the Increase nor decrease OF lts Nolu,ne a
ad,ct the price VI comm0dies- Argument vi '
triue lr urtIess."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-05
NO. XVI.
HAY AND HAY-MAKING.

The Grass crop of this, as of many II not most
other countries is undoubtedly the most important
of its annual products, requiring by lar the Ig
area of its soil and furnishing the principal food OF
its Cattle and thus contributing essentially 10 the
Subsistence of its working animals and 10 thepro-
duction of those Meats which form large and con-
stanty increasing proportion OF the foOd OF every
civilized people. But propose to speak III tDis es
say of that proportion of the Grass-crop-say - W %
per cent. of the whOle-whieh Is cut, cured anu
boused or stacked for Hay, and which is mainly fed
ont 10 animals in Winter and Spring when irost anu
SNOW have Invested the earth of heritage OF rem
dered il inaccessible.
The Seventh Census 1850 returned the Eiay-crop
of the preceding year at 13,S3S642 tuns which the
Eighth Census increased to 19129lS tuns as the
nroduet of 1859 Confident that most farmers un-
der-estimate their Hay-crops and that hundredS VI
thousands who do not consider themselves farines'
Int who own or rent little homesteads OF two 10 zen
acres each keeping thereon COW OF two ana oi'en
horse fail TO make returns OF the TWO 10 i'e Vi''
of Hay they annually produce, considering theih 'oo
trivial | estimate the actual Haycrop OF all our
States and Territories for the current year a'
4OOOOOO tuns OF about tun TO each lnhaDitih'' AZ
Though do not expect the new Census 10 place !.
much. if any, above 250OO,OOO tuns. Inc estiina"u
average value of this crop is SO (goldJ per 'u,''
making its aggregate value, NJ NY es'hn"'' " -
quantity, $lOO,COO0O-and the quantity is ooi-
stantly and rapidly increasing.
Tnot opantitv should he larger from the area de-
votcd 70 meadows, and the quality great deal
better estimate that 100000 acres are annualiy
moved IN obtain these 100000 tuns Of Hay giving
am average Weld of II tuns per while the average
sbonld certainly not fall below two tuls per acre
NV upland has a grayelly, rocky soil not natural 10
grass and had been pastured to death for at ie'S
century before bought it yet it has yielded me an
average of not less than ~ tuns to tie acre iol Tue
last sixteen years, and will not yield less wlie an,
allowed to farm it, Ny lowland (bog when bought
m is bound henceforth to yield more but WINE IN,
,.erfoctlv or not at all drained it wac Of course
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-05

He viii know your voice. II It should he fifteen years be-
fore you see him again There is shy refinement an
from the trading, measuring faces OF the keen house
holders OF wenbam Through the spicy lanes we
drove following great SnS o. nay tas h t5s
orchard knobs, and trim. chocolatetnted modern
home OF Gail Hamilton, which stands on terrace ABOVE
the road and it, quite disenchanted by the old gray
farmhouse which stands lower down with its broad roof
and corniee Of climbing trees above the door Her, Here
and dignity since the settlement OF the town, ana
TINS Is her own property. am to IN the hear OF A
peth0rpe as she chrstens Hamilton. The pnetree IL
standing which her grandmother set out lO years ago.
in front of the house where herself her father and
grandfather were born. BY the by divers nave peen
the guesses respecting Halcarnassus Was he lover,
brother husband or myth Local tradition says the
character was her father, and she ia alone.
Among the suburban homes OF Wenham, there Is not
unsightly house, yard that Is uxuriant and
orderly. There are em,hung ways, high terraces GRO
quet grounds. Wenham Lake, crystalline I'm the golden
air OF sunset ia tnged with steep banks not very high
but picturesque The water If the soul OF purity We
stopped at the old Wenham buryng ground on a natu
raj terrace that runs from the Lake along the road and
scanned all the dark stones black like the cedar for the
those first these ridges aud dwet
those shining waters Not epaph In the least degree
rose made the air sweet with its blossom where the
stone was blank on both sides and Time had gnawed
to tell you OF Sycamore DUfds Ill., from which one
view the the great swamp OF 1900 acres
where fearful fires break out i'm Autumn among the tim
whose cabin still stands and who must have been one OF
the last relies OF servitude in or the
OF the saonstas who held large tracts OF lands
hereabout as Dodge Of Hamilton tells me. "Oh said
somebody, signing the words In funess Of content
lived here should forget that wanted any other para
disc" THAT'S what man said long ago OF Wenham'
said my driver smiling from the front seat and in the
letters OF John Dunstan, ESQ., English gentleman who
came here in 1856, we find these words "Wenham is
delicious paradise Il abounds with all rural pleasures
and would choose 1t above all other towns i'm America
to dwell in" There's nothing like having authority for
your feelings. We pass the Wenham Station, to whose
master wish to give credit for keeping the neatest
depot on the Eastern Road, and / am snatched away
from all but the vision Of days that were all holidays