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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10
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SEASON OF le7o.7l.
Il,UJ { EAIIII EAIlJIf ORGANS.
Important Improvements.
Patented Jupe eis, and August IS, $50.
REDUCTION or PRICES.

The Mason 4 Harfn Organ ca. have the pleasure or
announcing important improvements In their Cabinet Ut
enY fpr Whck patents wexe granted them In June and
Auant ast. These not merely mercutctons attach
cts but enhance the substAnt excellence OF e tDtu
mentS. 49, -. ~ ..sssf.
They are also enabled BY Increased facilities for
facturc make, nom this date further reduction Of
prices on several leading styles
Having completed and added their Sormer facilities
large manuactory. they hope hereafter to supply all
orders promptly.
universal reputation not only throughout America but also
in Europe. that few VIII heed assurance Of their SUPER
orty. - 49,, ,,s
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Eant case viii several OF the Mason Ha,nhn Improve
ments, &i2S. The same, EXTRA, with new Nox humans
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testimonial circular. presenting Of evidence
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ing his address 10 the MASON 4 HAMLlN ONsAN co
lN fremont Street. BOSTON. or SOC broadway, New YORK.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10
Selected Miscellany.
A MESSAGE.

: After the bastle OF Forbach . French ofhcer
irassiers was found dead, with letter, wh1e
copy. erumpled In his hands. ''--lsasss'a ftlfs
twas only crumpled letter,
In careless. giriish hand;
II vas only childish message
From the sun-kissed. southern land
1t was only a brief memorial
or the tears the abeent shed;
1t Was Q tribe from the living,
But . message &c the dead
Bat think lncsssautly.
Whas your suaerines mast be!-
So she wrote, and 80 held IT,
With Q bleesing on her bead
When the token Of the livtLg
Was Q message to the dead!
oFm 90 good, dear.--oh, 20 steady
You would wish me TO be so;
II I'm quiet half your dangers
Deer mamma need never know.
So, good-by, papal God bless you'
Guard and keep You evermore:
See. send you Afty hsses
Fron IN ever-ready store!"
It was only q crumpled letter
In dead mans hand that day,
just TO show how hearts were aching
In his own land far away. i8fg
It was only loving message
From loving child that sped,
But the words the living penciled
Were message to the desdi
Take II mot ffom his hngers.-
Lay 1t with him In the grave
II IL be . consolation.
IT'S the latest he will have.
Fer think the bullet reached him
AZ the tender words were read;
90 that when the angels told II
Twas nv message 70 the desdl
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10

As the cold weather approaches, the alb
solute cruelty Of putting frosted metal into
the mouths Of horses IL SO frequently
brought TO mind, that any suggestions as
TO better course are at this season timely
az well as mercifui.
No one who has lad TO do with horses
when the mercury i considerably below
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10

During the month Of September L.
c69,086 letters from Europe were received
in New York, and 405,667 forwarded to
Europe The postage on all Of these let
tiers amounted to $150,407. During the
same month 124,242 letters were received
from the West Indies and 1882 forward
ed, the aggregate postage amounting to
917, 1885, aak13F
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10

A train on the Portland and Kennebec
railroad, Maine, was thrown from the
track near East Brunswick, q few days
ago. George A. Crawford, conductor, was
instantly killed, and several other persons
were severely but not dangerously hurt.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10
IS A DAY, EASY !

Recent invention, necessary In every family haiupls
rs cent. sent by mall. Address l.. IL. COLGATE,
Box iu6, Cincinnati, OHIO.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10

| II virtu did not so often manage tew
| make herself repulsive, vice would not be
half so attractive.
If men are honest they will tell yu that
their suckcess in life liz more Ov a wonder
tew them, than it liz tcw yu.
When we are more anxus tew please
than tew be pleazed, then we are Ia love
in good arrest.
Love IL like the meazles; we kant have
it but onst, and the later in life we hzv it
the tuffer il goes with ms.
/ think the left ov people take as mulch
cumfert in Dragging ov their misfortunes
az they do ov their good lux.
He who duz good thing sekretly, steals
march on heaven.
Hunting after health liz like hunting after
fleas, the more yu hunt them, the more
they fea.
Ii don't show good judgment to be sur
priced at ennything in this world, for
thare is nothing more certain than uncer
tainty.
The man who kant find emmy virtcw in
the human heart, haz probably given US
faithful sinopsiss ov his own.
don't think that Fortune haz got emmy
fayourites, she was born blind, and motifs
them who win the Offences, 60 1t blind,
too.
1t liza safer thing emmy time, to follow a
mans advice, than his example.
An amusing scene, says the Journal de
Paris, took place lately at the Theatre OF
Toulouse. An honest countryman was
present TO see play for the first time In
his life A melodrama full Of terrible in
sidents was being performed. One scene
represented storm. The theatre was
som bre, and the stage was fitted up as the hall
of an old chateau. All at once flashes IL
Illuminated the scene. Our conntryman de-
voutly makes the sign Of the cross, accord
ing TO the custom of his compatriots.
Then thunder growls Another sign of
the cross. Finally, one of the personages
Of the drama precipitates himself on to the
stage, shaking his cloak and crying, Mon
Dicu, what terrible hail' At these words
the peasant springs over the benches, and
makes his escape from the theatre, groan-
ing aloud, Mon Dieu, what will become
of our vines 7" Arrived In the street, the
countryman was surprised to find that the
moon was shining brightly.
An editor in New Jersey recently pub
lishcd long obituary notice Of an uncle Of
his who died out in Australia and left
&4O0, 900, 600 to his only nephew. The in.
innate acquaintances of the editor regard
this story ~ the preliminary measure Of Q
carefully devised scheme TO get trusted for |
a couplp Of winter undershirts
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
Some Consolation.

' Two years ago, during great rivalry be-
tween iva Jllotels in MasSachuse IT'S Aboth
houses -IlAhfng free coaches. ono of the
proprietors had put every available vehicle
on the rosd, ssePpg. yhHltTyyas onslin
was driven 10 tbe depot, and hsNSg ses
cured two passengers the driver drove in
triumph 70 the hotel, which he approached
with d grand flourish of the whip and air
of the greatest triumph, Calling upon
waiter to open the cOach-door to help out
the passengers, the coach was found to be
empty
J, "WheIe the dickens are they |" said tho
,propribtor, as he looked In with a glance
of CONSERVATION.
HThey dropped through the bottom, up
here about mile, said little fellow who
had Just then drove up, "and old Wattles
of the Horseshoe picked 'em up and car
ried 'em hoine.'' t"' e t" ,.'4-
Did he 7" said the rival landlord, "well,
l knew had 'em first-there's some con-
ISOLATION in that the other house has to be
! content with my leaylngs"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
Wonderful Presence of Mind In. a
q Child.


YESTERDAY forenoon, at about TO-
O'Clock, an accident happened to- "a littlesl
girl which would undoubtedly have
proved fatal but for the remarkable pres,
sence of mind exhibited by a four years
old boy. The circumstances of the case
are these: A little daughter of James
Mellen, aged two years, went from her
home on Wood streetto the next house. 10
play with little boy. The two children 7
were playing alone in the, yard, drawing
about small cart The girl was pulling
the cart and walking backward when she
came to the cistern, which hHwas uncovered I
at the timey as it was wash4day and fell in, Z
The cistern is eight feet deep and had
about five feet of water init. The little Z
boy saw his playmate fall and quickly run
ming to the edge of the cistern he threw
himself on his face, his -cfin resting on the
curb, and stretched his Hands toward the
water. As the girl rose to the surface she
threw'up her arms, and Uthe little hero :
caughthe two wrists and held them
tightly, screaming loudly for his mamma "sr
The mother, accustomed to hearing him.
call thus while playing, at first paid, no at
tention to him., but as he continued to
shout, she went 20 him and saved the girl
from drowning. So tightly had the boy
held on that the imprint of his fingers and
finger nails were very distinct upon the lit a
tie girls wrist, and she had so struggled in
the water that his chin was much bruised
against the cistern curb, but still he held
on, and his efforts saved the child's life
CLereIdDd E2nipHe0Ier -i' -"ft 40 fNt- YAi'
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
A Boy Weds His Guardian.

THE New Orleans Picdy,iRe has the fol-
A few days since well-dressed and
handsome youth of some eighteen years of
age appeared before one of our city
magistrates and asked if he could engage
his services to perform n marital ceremony
The reply was in the affirmative and the
young man left, but shortly afterward re-
turned, accompanied by a somber-looking
female, middle-aged, and dressed in black.
rs. this lady your mothery" inquired
the magistrate.
"Oh, no, sir; this is the lady desire to
marry?' replied the youth, as the lady
drewhsids her yell Disclosing acountenanee
wrinkfedand sere, but on (which for the
moment cleaned sort 6ffcy smile. ~
, "Indeed.".
J But BUT sssa sss aySEtof y ssesn9tifiW
/ Not yet but this lady is my guardian" "
%Aha .4a ses ,g ggiYe ffI5 her 6 g eHnttfiHn,tI
| The magistrate was in a quandary. He
didHt know exactly what to do. He,hated
ito sacrifice the youth, and join the bright
faced Matablfheo gIoomy, icy,DeeunOer
/" Isn't this a rather strange union" he
asked. 0A ,SftEE tc1 tNtHN
Not at all" replied the expectantt bride.
Z" L have'a firge amount of property Which
desire ,tp,SAvf this ypqng man ASH
have relatives Who might dispute the will
wer. to giyeitto hiIhRs aleg'cE l pre-
, And y6aa IRE hebhtentl 10 marry This
woman for her, money!" asked the justice.
"Well, shouldn't marry her for any
thing e!sel9 fran replied the boy lover N
She nih't pretty w. ,S,s,a 80 - c''9''''
And without moro ado the ceremony
was conclgfsqaadaHl II n .<aW
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
Cause of the Aurora.

=. u
PROFESSOR Olmsted some time since
announced the theory that, the, aurora pol
aris is due to the presence of nebulous
matter, which is encountered by the earth
in her annual journey around the sun, the
light being caused by the friction of the 3.
earths atmosphere in passing through this
matter. If this be so, then the only diff
ference between the aurora and the mete,
oric showers is that the one arises from
diiused matter and the other from matter
concentrated into dense masses. The con-
clusion receives partial continuation in'i
an experiment recently made by Mr.. d. X.
Wilder, of Toronto. He exposed glass
slide in a very elevated position during an
auroral display and, on examination with
a powerful microscope, it was found to be
partially covered with the well-known me-
teoric dust The particles we've spherical
and about one five-thousandth part of an
inch in diameter-one-ha halt. the size of the
human blood globule. = CAfcdgo Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
Involuntary Seif.DestructiOn.

N
A New YORK evening paper, comment
ing on the fact that a gentleman was re-
Gently found dead in his bed at a Broadway
hotel, with hole through his body made
by pistol ball, advances the theory that
the man shot himself while asleep, and
therefore was unconscious of what he was
doing. The body, it appears, was care
fully covered up to the Chin, proving that
the pistol must have been fired under the
sheets, and also from the left hand. No
possible cause for the suicide--if7 such it
was--eould he assigned. So it is, suggest
ed by the paper above mentioned that he
might have been asleep at. the time and
under the influence of a vivid dream. In
support of this view mention is made of
an instance, known to the writer, when a
gentleman came very near killing his wife
one night through dream in which he
saw himself in the act of shooting bur-
glar. He awoke Just as he was about to
pull the trigger, and, to his horror, found
himself standing by the side of the bed,
with the weapon cooked in his hand, level
ed at the head of his wife Had he killed
her, but few persons would have believed
the truth of his protestatiOns of innocence
of murder Instances similar to these are
not, we believe, without occasional men
ton in the annals of crime nor yet entirely
unknown to jurisprudence but if there
are any authenticated cases they must be
yerY rare indeed s--- 81
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
The Double Child.

The Delaware lOhio). Gazette gives the
following descriptions fof The ~ double
child"
: Ten days ago, the wife.of Samuel Fin
aley, a farmer residing in Morrow county,
about tigemiles southeast'of Ashley, gave
birth to one of the most Singular malfof-
nations of the human species ever heard
OF in any age OF, country.
One of our prominent physicians, who
has seen and examined this strange freak
of natnre2 favors us with 0the following
clear and accliIate description iN HT
This wonderful thing can be truly
called double child. There is but one
spine, at each extremity of which there is
a perfectly formed head and face. Each
has wellformed shoulders, arms and hands,
and a good chest, containing lungs and
heart, as any other human being. Each
mas also stomach and liver. There is but
one navel which is in the centre of the
abdomen, equidistant from the two heads.
1T iSat tic middle of the ecbOdy that the
appears TO be but one, and the organs con-
tained IN il, below the stomach and small
intestines, are probably common to the two
Upon one side at right angles to the
body, there Isl alwell-f formed ipair; OF hips,
legs and feet Upon the opposite side
there is one large leg (possibly the consoli-
datidn of two legs,) upon fhe.extremity of
which, there. are eight toes. Most mon
strosities are. repugnant to look upon
This one Is not SO in any respect excepting
sthis leg. H.. 2 -s--F.
This child, or these children, are now
ten days old, and are doing as wen as chill
dren mostlyd do at that period of existence.
1t nurses at both heads One will be
asleep while the other is crying, and some
times both will sleep or cry at the same
time. In sex it is female. The length
from the top of one head TO the top of the
other is twenty inches, and the weight at
birth was ten pounds" .s.. H.rH
As might be expected, the house of Mr..
Finley has during tbe. past ten days been
overrun with visitors come TO witness this
Twonderful curiosity. A So great is the press
that it has been necessary to charge ain adj
mission 1ee,T which is now. fixed at one
dollar We understand the parents have
been offered ten thousand dollars for'the
dual infant, the offer being unconditional
as to whether it should live or not. The
offer has not been, and probably will not
be, accented.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11

y = -, ~ y --tfTtV ~
posing of his effects, requested that the suit g.
ofclothes used TO lay him out in pightlbe
given to some poor person, after the funer
scientific PURPOSES y Foflu6ateIy, more
favorable symptoms were developed, the
young nun Iisnuw nearlyg greuovereds and
the surgeons will not get his body for the
presentsJg nsa4oHiK nj blsU aroftoaf1
A NEW JERSEY paper, with charming
candor And Dd5Uete tells how champagneis-
made from cider. A barrel of cider, cost
ing, say, SO, will yield 100 bottles of cham
payne, which, at say SO per bottle, will sell
for $500 by the addition of little Rhine
wine, alcohol, sugar, and carbonic acid gas.
And now, it says, cider has its innitatorg
in turn The bogus cidersmakers buy dried
apples and soak them. The water is mixed
with alcohol, simple syrup, and carbonic
acid, bottled and sold for cider t....S ..
SOLDIERS who served during the late
war, and were entitled to bounty under the
act of July 2S, 1866 should remember that
the time for filing such claims Is limited to
the 1st Of December next If they have
not already filed their claims, they should
do so at once 1t will be remembered that {,
the act referred to granted 800 bounty to
soldiers who served three years, and $50 to
those who served two years. Most of the,
claims under this act have been paid, or at
least presented, but there may be a few not
yet filed. -i'''"'f'A
Two instances of son1nambuhsrn being
perfectly cured by means Of bromide OF
potassium are recorded in the Paris
Les Kondes. A woman, "a years old
who had attacks two or three times
week for ten years, after taking two
grammes of bromide of potassium in,
seventy-five of water daily, the dose Being
gradually increased to six grammes, was
entirely cured at the end of two months!
In the other case, a girl of eight years, q
| after taking one gramme morning and
a.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
miscellaneous Reading,
TIE LOVERS

81
eTatErsts 9qcs. ,sp yss:A.i9n
SALLY slater, she was young teacher who
And her hER lfiend charley chuijb va. preacher, sab
Though N enemies caudd him scrsed6sf. who
Hia heattywben he saw her, kept sinking and
And his eye, meeting hers, began winking and
wSila .sSs, 4 ASt tdin, Al to thinking, and q
sIi Mupkf b tna ss uad4 'JH ~ a1.
he hastensd TO WOO her, and sweetIy he wooed
For his love grew until to mountain Il erewed'
And what he was longing to do thenhe doed . =
In secret ke wanted 10 A,ka,. md be snoi, i n
Terseek with his lips what his heart long had
80 he Managed 10 let the truth leak, and it
He asked s her to ride 20 the csurcb, and they
They 80 sNestly did glide that they both thought
And they came to the place to be tied, and were
NWHQ1UA0 - 39AFGUA
Then Aeneward he said, let us drive, and they
And soon as they wished to arrive, they ar
For whatever he sOudpt oOntrive, she con-
At the feet e SS' fss sfoIS ssnhe
knole, -I. I'D -. fI..f
And he said, II feel better than ever foie."
,aia2 sfiih rafil o.ulNr;l -s
30 they 70 each ether kept elnglpg, and clung
while Time his swift circuit was winghg, and
And thisYe~as the thing he was bringing, and
brung .NUl'i iUifJNHHV 7'tl r
lF.n ~of..U t.4f.fG i.st~ 4,y
The man Sally wanted to catch, and, had
caught y feiLrf il"tl et r'..H f' q
That she S91ted nom others to snatch and had
Was the one she now liked toscratch, and she
nn9 .rnJd@ uIj >FId
And Charley's warm love began freezing and
While IetSog8o tsazing, and crasliytoze II q
The gi1 he had wished to be equeezing,- and
f1gCiG9hD oils =f =
"Wretehl" he cried, whom she threatepedto leave
him, and left, 80 sW N4
f'How could you deoeiye mo, as ron have de-
And she he &a9sgsrsd, 'tpnortised to cleave, and
AN -Pnchineilo.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
Answers to correspondents.

!. JoHNNT--Yes, you may offer your arm
sto your pretty cousin whenever you think
she would like it, except when Mr..
Punchinello is present If that gallant
gentleman is at band, escort duty may,
with perfect propriety be left to him,
CHARLES inquiries whether his hand
writing is good enough to qualify him for
membership ina base. ball club, We think
he is all right on that score.
CHAPEAU-Hats will be worn on the
head this season, 1t is not considered
stylish to hang them on the ear, eyebrow,
or coat collar.
CIT-The correct dimensions of Sara
toga pocket-book have not beer definitely
decided As to sending it, it is doubtful
whether the railroad companies would re-
ceive it as baggage. Perhaps you could
charter canal boat. .,..,-,.....
husband to mention the muddy. coffee.
However, we advise you to attempt asset
tlcment of such troubles without creating
a public scandal
\, BUTCHER BoY--You cannot succeed as
writer of lite comedy" if you continue to
weave such tragic spells "The Lean
Larder" would not be an attractive title
for your play
CuLTURIsT-The potato has been graft
ed with great success on the cucumber tree
IN the Western States. The stock should
he heated by slow fire until the sap starts.
The gratis should be boiled in prepara-
ton known to science as vanilla cream.
FANNY inquiries whether ballot girls ;"
are wanted in New York; Wyoming is
better field for them than this city.
MAIN CHANCE has been paying his
deUOirs with great impartiality to two
young ladies' One of them has red hair
and Roman nose, but the paternal income
as very handsome. The other is witty and
pretty, but can bring no rocks, except pos
sibly "Rock the cnde,' Recently he
called on the golden girl, and menial
rudely repulsed him from the door. This
hurt his feelings. He then went to the
dwelling of the fair, when a big dog at
tackled him on purpose and lacerted
his trowsers. He wants to know whether
he has any remedy in the courts. His best
way is, the way home. -PuRchinelO.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
Giving Out 4 hymn.

p "EvEkIkdswith the Sacred Poets,9 by
Frederick Saunders, Contains one good
story, 1t is of the minister of Methodist
chapel in, Georgia, who, having left his
speetaeles at home On one occasion, in
tended to announce to his congregation
that the singing would be dispensed with.
He arose and said:
~ My eyes are dim, cannot see;"
and Immediately the choristers COM
meneed singing the words TO the zone
Hundfedth," Surprise and modification
made him almost breathless, but he made
an etiort to rstammer out: -1t-l.ra tT
r,fn meant but an apology" hs s
This line was taken up. by the congrsga.
ton In the same manner, when The
dominic, becoming much excited. exi
NJ. +" Forbear, pray my eyes are dim
But remonstrance, was vain, and the
singers went on till Fin accents Of despair,
he again cried out
~ do not mean to read hymn;"
a declaration so palpablo that II sileneed
the VSciterous singers,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-11-11
POLITICAL.

Thomas Hoyne has declined the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress in the First
Illinois District. John Wentworth is
candidate ON an Independent ticket.
A Wheeling, W. Va, dispatch of the
30th says incomplete returns from the re-
cent election indicate that the Democracy
have carried the State. aF ut ID
A Charleston, S. c., dispatch Of the Isl
says official returns show that the Repub!
heRhs have elected their candidate5 for
Congress in all the districts of the State
Bowen, white Republican, is beaten by De
Large, colored Republican, as Representa-
tive Of Charleston. i t8d uad'H
In the United States Circuit Court at
New YorkeitH on the pa, Tic new cleo
tion law of c Congress- was declared Ealid
and constitutional, and motion to quash
an Indictment against Terence Quinn, in
whose defence, the Argument, was pised,
wssdenfedl Sentence was deferred IsAN
, The Young Democracy of the Sixth
New York Congressional District have
nominated Samuel S, Cox for Congress,
! The Prohibidph ticket in Ohio IeqeFed
about three thfPgsapq, votes .AfJU