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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27
MONTANA.
BLACK Foor CIrY,

BLACK FooT CRY,
january 5th, 1871.
Editor Chronicle, I am in receipt of
a number of letters from Iowa county,
Wisconsin, asking for information in re-
gard to the soil, climate, and general char
acter of this Territory, and to avoid sepa-
rate answers to each, l respectfully ask
the privilege of giving general answer
to all through the columns of your paper
The Territory of Montana is almost
three times in extent as Wisconsin, with
population little over twenty thousand
The greater portion of our people arc liv-
ing in mining camps OF towns up in the
mountains. The main agricultural dis
tricts are in the beautiful valleys of the
Gallatine, Jefferson, and Madison, on the
east side of the Rocky mountains, and the
Deer Lodge, He'll Gate, Bitter Root, and
Missonlia valleys, on the west side, are all
thickly settled, for new country, with
industrious farmers but there is plenty
of land left yet for the new conner There
are thousands of acres of as fine farming
and grazing lands as can be found in the
world, awaiting the coming of the farmer.
The farming is principally confined to the
| aHuviai soil of the valleys. The hills and
table,lands7 are unoccupied but where the
experiment has been tried they have pro-
| ven more productive than the valleys, but
require irrigation for successful farming.
The soil is. granite loan and very friable
which renders easy to cultivate. There
is a large irrigating canal being construc-
ted from the jefferson river, with capaci-
ty of twenty thousand inches of water.
The canal when completed will be one
hundred and twenty-five miles in length,
and cover an area of territory one hundred
miles in length, which will be brought un-
der high state of cultivation. All the
small streams coming out of the noun
tains, can be successfully and pro6taby
utilized for irrigating the land. The av-
erage yield of wheat, barley, and rye per
acre, is from IS to 40 bushels; oats 70
bushels per acre, potatoes 800 bushels per
acre; all kinds of vegetables grow well
and are of excellent quality. There is
very little corn raised, the nights are too
cold for it to mature. There is good
home market for everything farmer can
raise, at good price.
The following are the prices of farmers!
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assessment are given in the journal OF
Wednesday, as follows: ! =
" The past season has been one OF OF the
most remarkable ever known. A terrible
drouth prevailed until July 18th, when we
had a little rain and twas again dry until
August is. Wherever stray spark was
dropped Gre was kindled. Properly
to the Value of hundreds of thousands Of
dollars was consumed in this State. Rain
was looked. for anxiously, and when it
came at last, it was accompanied with an
unusual amount Of lightning.-During one
shower alone, no less than eighteen build
ings insured in the Madison Mutual were
struck by lightning. The Company stuff
cred 1872 losses by lightning during 1870.
Other Companies have lost largely during
the season. 1t was bad year for the in
surance business. The reports will show
these statements to be correct when they
come in. 1t has been as hard for stock
companies as for others. They all suffer
ed. The Madison Mutual, in view of the
heavy losses recently sustained, author
lied its Executive Committee to levy an
assessment. t
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27
County Government.

:. We need-a new, or a return to the old,
system of County government. We have
at all times opposed the present system as
100 nnwit .dy and expensive, and the
more we witress it's workings, the more
reason we have for opposing it. 1t has
become evident since the last meeting of
the legislature, that the system we are
working Under now was forced upon the
people of she State against their wishes
and as for the county of Iowa we are GER
tain it was in opposition to the wishes OF
avery large majority.
W. are willing to concede that the pres
ent system might work to advantage for a
very limited number of counties in the
State, but a very large. majority of them
is being oppressed with this manifestation
: ofthe wisdom of the last legislature. We
hope The present legislature may indulge
r their constituents little this winter by
repeating the obnoxious act, and permit
ting il to- ,main SO until the people ask t.
60 have it changed.
If the legislature desire to accommodate
the few counties that have preference
,. for the present system, they must begin
on the constitution Of the State, and
:, change its requirments for a uniform sys
tenn of town and county government"
We hope the present law will be repeal
ed for we regard this as next to the most
important matter which will come before
the legislature at its present session.
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Reapportionment Bill.


The apportionment bill win be the oc-
casion of very sharp fight in the House.
Western members are determined to press
the amendment authorizing an election of
additional representatives next fall in the
states which now have less than the num-
Der they viii be entitled to by the new
bill. They say that if they consent to in
crease the number of members of the
House so that the Eastern states shall be
deprived of any portion of their present
representation, the members from those
states ought to be willing to agree to the
demand of the Western states for the rep
resentation their population entities them
to. The question has a more important
bearing than upon the Forty-second Con
gress, for if the appointment does not
90 into effect until 1873, after the presi
Dental. election, the Electoral College will
be chosen under the present apportion-
ment, which, if the states are represented
in the college according to their present
population, the result of the election might
not be the same, so that the peoples will,
in the choice of President, might be de.
teated by the refusal of Congress to make
the new apportionmsnt operative at once.
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Insurance Companies.

There are some investigations premedl-
tated by the State authorities in relation
to Insurance Companies, and it might be
we'll not to invest to literally in some of
these institutions until their true standing
is ascertained The Madison Mutual, has
made an assessment of % per cent. on the
premium notes, which is not calculated
to inspire confidence in that institution.
The Insurance Companies have rings
and cliques as well as railroads, and it is
best 10 pay little attention to their
workings. If they were proverbially safe
institutions, it is not probable the State
would require such exorbitant license from
them, or exact such prompt and faithful
reports. =
The reasons assigned by the Madison
Mutual Insurance Company for their heavy
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27
The w ar.
assessment,

The German people, like the people of
this country in time of war; clamoring
for an onward move. ION to Paris" is
the cry, and they haye so besieged the
throne that King William has found it
necessary to open his batteries on the be-
leaguered city to,appease the clamor. The
rate of mortality in Paris, in consequence
of the bombardment is about fifteen per
day, and the destruction of property is
corresponding. 80
The weather there is intensely cold, and
the soldiers are getting tired of the expos
ure, and their families at home have great
need of their presence and assistance dur
ing the cold winter.
The French still entertain hopes of ex-
polling the invaders from their territory,
and are adopting every measure calculated
to give them an army united in sentiment
and interest, after which they will make
one grand and final sortie, and Alexander
like, risk all on the hazard of battle.
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produce !:

There areisix Touring mills in the ter
ritory running night and day. AS stock
country Montana surpasses anything !
have seen; cattle and horses and sheep
keep fat ALI tie year on the luxurious
wild burch grass that cures ON its stalk
in the fall, and retains it's nutriment but
very few farmers feed their stock in win
ter. The stock requires but very little.
care a farmer can raise stock and farm at
the same time with very little expense.
Beyond question, the valleys and grazing
districts of the Rocky mountain ranges,
are to become the great sheep and cattle
producing regions of this continent.
The climate of Montana is natural and
exceedingly varied in the valleys the ex-
tremes of heat and cold are seldom known,
while up in the high range of mountains
it is very cold. The traveller can often
see the mountains covered with snow,
while at his feet huge herds of cattle are
grazing on tha green, grassy plains. The
fall of snow. does not exceed eight OF ten
inches in the valleys, and very seldom lies
on the ground over two or three days !;
this is fact which many refuse to believe
until they have witnessed it; for now
while am writing, there is not particle
of snow ins,the valleys. while the noun
tains are covered with it. The climate is
salubrious and invigoratlng, and with none
of the chilly dampness, such as you have
in the northwestern states. We have no
fever and ague nor any of the pulmonary
diseases incident to the northwestern
states, caused by the damp, changeable
climate. | do not believe a healthier
country can be found on.the globe. ad-
wise all who are seeking a new home in
the west to come to Montana; here WIZ
be found the first of all earthly blessings
health There is ample compensation for
the toler, whether he be farmer, mechanic
or miner. Gold, silver, copper, iron, coal,
and lead aboHnd in fabulous quantities in
all parts of Montana. | believe it is the
richest territory on, the continent in the
precious metals; mining for gold is excl
ting and alluring enough, and many who
leave the states and locate on farms will
be carried away by it. My advice to all
who have not had experience in mining, is
to secure under the homestead or pre-emp-
ton law, 100 acres Of farming land, and
to stay on it and cultivate it.
In conclusion, | would say to all, that
Montana holds out the highest induce
ments to the farmer and stock raiser; for
the miner, there is untold wealth to be ia
ken out of the earth; for the seeker of the
beautiful, there are natural wonders for
the invalid, there are health and long life
promised; and for the ladies that are in
the hymeneal paths, there are plenty Of
good, industrious husbands for them.
john WILLIAMS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27
Compulsory Education.

The Madison Democrat is not very
popular paper among republican polti-
clans, but it gives few figures in oppesi-
ton to that portion of the Governors
Message, recommending compulsory edu-
cation, as follows:
Even were educational matters inf,
nitely worse in Wisconsin, we can see not
the shadow of an excuse for resorting to
D, compulsory measures to fill our school
houses. This interference of government
with the ordinary every day movements of
private citizens is repulsive to every idea
Of liberty, and should be frowned down
by every lover of our republican and dem
ocratic institutions. But we will not
dwell upon this phase Of the subject at
the present time but shall confne our
remarks to some statistics before US.
In the kingdom Of Prussia the system
of compulsory education rs IN full force,
and is carried out to the bitter end. 1t is
that kingdom which the advocates of com
pulsory education attract our attention to
most perslstently. Therefore it is that we
shall conhne our attention in the present
article principally to comparison of the
educational status of Prussia and Wiscon-
sin. AS we write We have before US a
volummous document printed in Prussia
in 1869 giving full statistics Of education
almatters in that country. From it we
ascertain that the population of Prussia
proper, at that time, was about 10, 255, 600 ;
that the entire number of children of both
sexes and all ages who attended any pub
Tic or private school was less than 5000,
900. In Wisconsin, with population Of
about ,055, 600, it will not be denied that
not less than 100000 children attend
school. That is to say, while in Wiscoh-
sin over % per cent. of the enlite popula-
ton attend school during the year,iE Prus-
STA less than 16 per cent. do the same
thing. Could figures be more suggestive
The attendance of children at school in
Wisconsin is as great as in the most ia
NOlCu OtdlC VI thS OhNii, VI III any SOuh
try in the world And we defy any per.
son to prove to the contrary.
The legal school ages in Prussia are
from 5sto "a, Cor years, In Wisconsin
from to 20, Cor 16 years.) Hence it is
that we report double the ratio of expec
tant school children that Prussia does
Of our 4l2, 900 population between a and
90 years, about 800, 900 go to some public
or private school during the course of the
year, leaving $4,000 unaccounted for
Now, of those 900 defaulters, at least
5000 were between and years of age
and nearly 100, 900 more between Is and
20 wears, or at least $50, 900 of both class
es. Thus we have at least 38, 900 chill
dren, between the ages of and 6, and le
and 90, who attend school, Now we dc
not suppose that any man in Wisconsin is
70 far gone in imbeclity as to propose
that every child between the ages of and
30 shall 60 to school all the time there
fore if the proposed absurd and unwarrant
able compulsory education law should be
placed upon the statute book, of course
the ages prescribed would probably be
from to ! {, as in Prussia.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27

az A bill will be introduced in the N.
j. Legislature at an early day providing
for compulsory education of all children
between the ages of 9 and 10 years. II
prsscrfbes punishment for such children
as are between those ages who fail to at
tend any school, either public, private or
UNCONVENTIONAL.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27

E We have received the January
number of the Trans Atlantic Magazine
1t contains 112 pages of reading of choice
selections from foreign current literature.
Price 81 per annum. Published by l.. r.
Hamersley, Philadelphia.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27
MODERATION

Be moderate in all things,
Excessive in none,
In great things and small things,
The king on his throne,
The soldier, the peasant,
May learn, in a word,
To moderate the scepter,
The spade, and the sword.
Be moderate in eating,
Nor sit at the board
Like miser bent over
His long gathered hoard.
Be moderate in drinking,
Nor drain deep the bowl,
For Deaths at the bottom
In wait for your soul.
Be moderate in thinking;
The bow too long bent
Has never the shaft
To the mark with force sent.
Be moderate in friendship,
TO all but few,
And those to your bosom
Clasp, trusting and true;
If Poverty stands at
The door, you may test
BY the touch of his cold hand
Your bravest and best.
Be moderate in love !
While you are ardent and young
But if your hearts fame
Finds a vent through the tongue
Let it be, like an unsheathed
Patriots sword,
Ever ready to act
In accord with your word.
Be moderate in censure,
Nor deem it unwise
To shut on the faults
Of another your eyes;
For if through glass
His shortcomings you view,
He may look upon yours
With microscope too.
Be moderate in getting,
For over-much wealth
Insures not contentment,
Nor pleasure, nor health;
But, blest with sufficient.
Give some to the poor
Enough ifyou just
Keep the wolf from the door.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27

(From the largest manufacturing Chemists in the
Worldly
November 4th, 1854.
at am acquainted with Mr. ii. 7. HeImbold; he
occupied the drug store opposite my residences, aud
was successful in conducting the business where 9TH
ers had not been equally before him. i have
been favcrably impressed with his character and
enterprise" WILLIAM WEIGuTMAN.
Firm of Powers and Weghtmnn, Mannfactnti
Chemists, Ninth and Brown streets Philadelphia.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-01-27
TO PHYSICIANS,
New York, gus, 18th. 1ss,

New York, August 18th. 1868
Allow me TO call yonr attention to my new PRE-
PARATIoN OF COMPOUND EXTRACT BUCHu.
The component parts are BUCIiU. LONG LEAF, Gu
BEDS, JUNIPER BERRIES.
Mode Ell preparation.-Buchu, in vacua, Juniper
Berries by distillation 10 form fine gin. cubebs
extracted by displacement with spirits obtained
fiom Juniper Berries; very little sugar s used and
small proportion Of spirit. 1t is more palasabls
than any now in USE
Buchu as prepared by druggists, is OF dark color
1t is plant that emts its frag 1.-The action Of
flame destroys this tits active prnciple) leaving
dark and gutinous decoction. Mine is the color Of
ingredients. The Buchu in my preparation predom-
inates the smallest quantity Of the other ingredi
ents added, to prevent fermentation upon In
spection IL will be found not to be q Tincture as
made in Pharmacopeias, is Il Syrup, and there
fore can be used in where fever or inflammation
exists In this you have the knowledge Of the in
gradients and the mode Of preparation.
Hoping that you will tsvcr it with trial, ana
that upon inspection il will meet with your appro-
baton. With feeling Of profound confidence,
1 am very respectfully,
ii. I. HELMBoID,
Chemist and Druggist of 10 years experience
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-09-27

CosT OF DEMOCRATIC AND REPUB-
LICAN ADMINIsTRATIoN.-A Washing
ton dispatch of the 18th says:
The National Democratic Commit
tee to-day issued brief tabular state
ment of Government expenditures I'M
der Grant compared with Democratic
administrations. The Lincoln admin
istration is omitted in the comparison,
because it had the expenses of the
war. Tile cost per capita, exclusive
of interest on the public debt, accord
ing to the Pierce administration, was
81 90; according to Bucbanan's 2 10;
according to Grants 81 Is. Including
the principal and interest on the pub
lie debt the amount per head, in a
population of forty millions, is under
Grant so %. The figures further
show that Grant spends per year one
hundred and ninety millions seven
hundred and ninetysix thousand three
hundred and fifty five dollars, exclu-
sive of principal and interest on the
public debt, being more than Polk,
Van Buren,, Pierce and Buchanan spent
in four years. The total amount of
taxes collected for the last fiscal year
is placed at four hundred and eleven
millions two hundred and fifty-five
thousand dollars. These tables are
all complied from official reports, sub
mitted to and printed by Congress.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-09-27

mands was on a moderate scale, and
its component parts were not such as
to justify in any way the idea of I'M
due coercion. The ships were of mod
crate size, ment more for survey than
for hard fighting; Their armament was,
perhaps, mduly small in case of active
resistance, while the disposition alike
of the COMMANDMENTS Chief and of the
Minister was known to be, for many
reasons, most anxious to avoid all yio-
lent measures.
But recent events have changed the
whole aspect of affairs, and we now
find the American -Asiatic fleet lying
off Boisee semf-powerlcss for want of
orders and reinforcements. The honor
of the American flag has been fully
vindicated by the action at Kanghoa,
and by it's very substantial results !;
but much more remains behind. At
present tue position is that of a simple
deadlock. AS far as We can learn,
Admiral Rodgers instructions leave
him no recourse but to wait orders
from home. and reinforcements-ii
sent. His present force is utterly I'M
sufficient to back him up in making
his way to the capital. The hot sea-
son is against him in any case, and his
instructions leave him no hoophole for
acting ut once and with ylgor.
IL II y
We have only one word to say re-
garding our idea Of the duty devolving
on the American Government under
the present circumstances. 1t has
never yet been backward in the ac-
acknowledgement of its own self-respect,
nor in that regard which it owes to the
civilized world, and an opportunity
has now arrived for indicating both
these principles at small cost and trou-
BILE. 1t may be doubted if semi
barbarous people has right to stand
aloof from the comfy of nations rs re
CARDS commercial and general; inter-
course, but in any case the interests of
humanity demand that it and it's sub.
jects must be induced or compelled to
give ample protection at all times to
shipwrecked seamen of all nationali-
ties, and that it shall receive an expe.
dition having for its object the further
ing of this laudable design in man
ner according with the dignity of the
sender. Too much stress cannot he
laid on the fact that the present deAd-
luck is not simply Corean, but univer-
sal for the whole of the far East. 1t
touches not only men of white blood,
but Inhabitants of distant climes, and
is not a question of to-day, but one for
all time. We trust, therefore, that the
Government of the United States will
set aside all party Influences, and not
give mp this Corean business till this
great end of humanity has been effec-
tual!y secured. Shanghai Budget.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-09-27
THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.

livery drop of the SARsAPARIL4IAN
~ RESOLVENTcomm through
the Blood, Sweat, Urine. and other finds
aud juices of the system the eigor Of life.
for it repairs the wastes of the body with
new and sound material Scr0fula, ST.
pkilis, CONSUMPTION, GlaHdular Disease, u
GERS in the Throat, Mouth, IMmors, Nodes in
the Glands and other paris of the system, Sore
Eyes, StrumOrous Discharges from the Ears,
and the corst JorDis,of Skin diseases, Erup-
tons, Ftrer Sores, Scald Head, Ring Form.
Salt Rkeum. Erysipelas, 4cne. Black Spots,
forms in the Flesh, 1umors, Cancers Ia the
Tomb, and all Weakening and painful dis
charges, Night Smeats, Loss Of Sperm and all
rastes Of the life principle, are cithin the Gu
rdtire range Of this vonder of Modern Chem
ist'y, and feao days use ,ciH prore to any
person using it for either of these forms of dis
ease its potent porer to cure them.
If the patient, daily becoming reduced
by the wastes and decomposition that is
continually progressing, succeeds in ar
resting these wastes, and repairs the same
with new material made from healthy
blood-ana this the SARSAPARILLIAN
will and does secure-a cure is certain {;
for when once this remedy commences its
work of publication, and succeeds in ti-
minshing the loss of wastes, it's repairs
will be rapid. and every day the patient
will feel himself growing better and
stronger, the food digesting better, appe-
tite improving, aud flesh and weight in.
creasing.
Not only does the Sarsapariilian Resell
vent excel all known remedial agents in
the cure of Chronic, Scrofulous, Constitu-
tional, and Skin diseases; but it is the
only positive cure for
Kidney and Bladder Complaints
Urinary and Womb Diseases. Gravel, Dia-
bctes, DrDpsy, Stoppage of Water, IncOnti-
nence of Urine, Bright's Disease, Alumni
mira, and in all cases where there are
brlck-dust deposits. or the water is thick,
cloudy, mixed with substances like the
white of an egg, or threads like white
silk, or there is a morbid, dark, bilious APP
pearance, and white bone-dust deposits,
and when there is a pricking, burning
sensation when passing water, and pain in
the Small of the Back and along the Loins.