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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
Western Enterprise.
From Harper's Bazaar.


The growth of Chicago from 4o,0oe people
to 100000 in eighteen years, is one of the
marvels of history. Rut the increase of its
trade, commerce and wealth has greatly ex-
ceeded its increase of population. AS a mart
for lumber grain, beef and pork it surpasses
all Western cities. As the center of a great
network of gigantic railways spanning the
continent and uniting the Northern Lakes
with the Mexican Gulf, and as the entrepot
for the agricultural and mineral Products of
the Northwest, 1t has no rival. It has be-
come the great distributing point to the
Northwest and Southwest for the products of
the Atlantic and Pacific slopes, and the manu-
features, teas, silks, &C., of the Eastern
world, and is the great metropolitan city for
the vast portion of this country west of the
Alleghanies
INCREASE OF POPULATION
Of the 7,64l, TAG souls added he the Union,
the last ten years, according to the census,
4, 739, ST. have been added within the district
directly tributary to Chicago, without including
any States east or south of Illinois.
OBLIGATIONS OF CHICAGO TO YOUNG MEN
Chicago owes its unexampled growth
largely to the enterprise and energy Of yethg
men. They have laid the foundations and
built the superstruoture OF her fortunes Her
business men, with the fresh, warm blood of a
vigorous manhood in their veins, have made
her what che is-the wonder of modern
times They have raised the city from six to
ten feet out of the mud, given it perfect
drainage, paved it, tunneled Lake Mich
igan and supplied the city with the best
water in this country, improved its sanitary
condition, established q system of pseajf.
cent Parks and BouleYards siffoTnesne The
city, comprising z, 0T1e aGr9s. and making a
drive of twenty-five miles, built double
Yoadways tnder a navigable river-the first
tnstance in the world-attracted capital from
abroad for permanent investment. erected the
most substantial and imposing business
structures, and giving her character and fame
| throughout the Union.
CHANGE IN THE COURSE Of TRADE.
The course OF trade has changed mate,
naily since 1860, the wholesale business
having expanded into unwonted and unex.
pected proportions. Formerly, most of ou1
country merchants went to New York twice
a year, aad bought a six months supply
Now they buy limited amounts in Chicago
try the temper of the home market. replep:
lsh their stocks as they become reduced with
| only such goods as they tan sell, and receive
| them IN from twelve hours to two DAYS. Sc
that their goods are often sold long before the,
could be received if purchased in Eastern mar
| kets. They are thus enabled to supply thei,
customers with fresh goods of the latest STYLES
and avoid the loss of carrying over unsaleablt
| stock
AS an illustration or the growth of Wastert
trade and type of Chicago and her business
men, take the well. known firm of
L. b. FISK & CO.,
importers and wholesale dealers in millinery stray
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
Robert Chambers.

- Robert Chambers, the eminent
Scotch writer and publisher, who died
on the 18th inst, was born at PEBBLES.
Scotland, in 1902. He began business
as a bookseller in Edinburgh, and
while engaged in that pursuit, he wrote
numerous works relative to the history.
traditions and topography of Scotland.
In 1882 he joined his brother William
IN. founding Chambers Edingburgh
Journal, and also, i'll partnership with
HIM, issued at successive periods a
series of works designed for popular
instruction, and free of any sectarian
or political bias. By their Joint efforts
the Chambers effected incalculable ben
e1lt IN ditfusing sound practical knowl-
edge, and established one of the most
prosperous publishing concerns in
Great Britain.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
The 0lden Time

Old Deertield, Mass, celebrated for
her wars with the Indians, and as the
place whence Eunice Williams, at the
age Of seven years, was taken into a
captivity that ended only at death. has
been having a celebration, in which the
stories of the olden time we're rehearsed
A cabinet OF indian relics was exhibit
ed by Jonathan johnson, embracing a
stone pillow, about the size and shape of
a number nine boot-last, instruments
tor sklnnlng animals and grinding corn,
calumets, soap-stone tureens, elaborate
pestles, club-heads, spear-heads, scalp
1ng-knlves, even now almost sharp
enough for their bloody work, arrow
heads of red, white and gray stone.
doubleedged axes, tomahawks. sc.
There were relics, too, of Puritan life;
among them a book presented hy
Deacon Field, of Charlemont, and in.
her1ted from his grandfather, contain
ing memoranda of all sorts, records of
the old wars, and the prices of various
commodities, of which loaf. of bread
cost one shilling-rather high. said
Deacon Field, but in those DAYS bread
was bread. Mr.. Sheldon showed a tup
ing FORK, marked "Dea. Justin Hitch
cock, 1857, which would be rather an
unwleldy affair for choristers of the
present day, being wooden whistle, in
closed IN case about eight or ten
inches long by five broad. The desired
pitch was obtained by running the
whistle up and down the case. Mr.,
Severance told how his grandfather
moved to Sherburne Falls, taking all
his household utensils and other world
ly effects, on the back of single horse.
and how his grandmother, needing an
IRON dlnner-pot, took the wool from the
Sleeps back, carded and spun the
rolls, backed them to Deerfeld, and
brought home the desired utensil in the
same way. A record of the town clerks
tor ia years from 1886, showed only Is
incumbenfs
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
COOK, CORuRN & CO.,
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AGENTS;
No. 81 Dearborn. Street. Chicago.
Counting i'm Church.

A young gentleman happened to sit
at church in pew adjoining one in
which was a young lady, fer whom lie
conceived Sudden and violent passion,
ahd felt desifous of entering into 3
courtship Oh the spot, but tie t5ieee
not suiting q formal eseo1aratlon, the
ex,sency suggested the following plan
He politely handed his neighbor a
Bible, open, with pin stuck in the
following verse: Second Epistle of John,
verse 7th-- 'tAnd now I beseeeh thee,
lady, not as though + wrote new com
n1sEament, unto you, but that which we
had from the beginning that we, love
one another , she returned it with It's
following secdhd chapter of Ruth,
1O verse ''Then she fell on her face,
and bowed herself to the ground, and
said unto him, why have I grace in
thine eyes, that thou shouldst take no.
tice of me, seeingthatI am. stranger g.
He returned the bdoi pointing to the
twelfth verse Of the Third Epistle of
John" Having many things to write
with paper and ink, but trust to come
unto you, and speak face to face. -
From the above interview the marriage
took place the following week.
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Special Notices.
Special notites.
Most Wonderful Cure
of Scrofula.
BoNNE1svtLLE, CLARKE Co, OH1o,l
January 10TH 1871. I
Mass,s. ] N Harris d 70

January 10TH 1871. I
Moss,s j. NJ Harris d 70
DEAR SINS I have sold some of Dr. S. a. Weayer's
Canker and Salt Rheum Syrup, from my store, and
think 1t the best medicine ever sold, but my object
in now writing is to make known to you the result
afflicted with scrofula for three years lady Doc.
tress, who has great reputation in treating such
diseases in this section of the state doctored her for
some fifteen months, but seemed to do the gill no
who has great reputation in curing such diseases
He had her under treatment for about sixteen months
ct Springfield last fall accompanied by MY family.
there met gentleman, who, seeing my daughter 80
sore1y afflicted, advised me to procure DR.. Weavers
Syrup and Cerate, that they would cure her.
ing blinded by the humors her mouth and jaws
badly affected she had two liberated sores, one
her hip and one on her arm. From the ulcer on her
several pieces of bone had been taken out Up to
this time had not spent less than 800 In medicines
for her and with 1t all she got no BETTER but when she
had taken the third bottle of Weaver Syrup she
eight bottles Of Syrup Her eyes entirely restored
to sight, and the sores are healed up / think little
more OF the Syrup will restore her sound and we'll
write you of this cure, and want you to make it
known that others similarly afflicted will learn of the
medicine to them think any one afflicted with
can save large doctor and get cured By
will cure scrofula and old running Sores if anything
known will. =
Any person who knew the condition of my daughter,
will testify that Weavers Syrup and Cerate cured her
the write to me, and will satisfy them that
DIR. Weaver's Syrup and Cerate cured that disease
much in favor of DR.. Viewers medicine, to make
them known to such afflicted with any scrofu-
lous diseases. With much gratitude remain,
Yours Truly;,.1
Merchant. Donnelsyille, Clarke Co, Ohio.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

HENRY WARD REEcHER once hearing
one of his own published sermons de-
llvered in an obscure village, accosted
the preacher on his way out, and said,
That was very good discourse; how
long,did it take you to write it2" ooh,
! tossed it off one evening, when I had
leisure" was the reply. "Indeed !"
said Mr.. Beecher; cit took me longer
than that to think out the very frame
work of that very sermon. care you
Henry Ward Beecher 2" exclaimed the
clergyman. 81 am,' was the reply
" Well, then" said the unabashed min
lister, "all that l have to say is, that [
amt ashamed to preach one of yOur
sermons anywhere ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Lima Rpans

Lima Beans.
Somebody says in the Horticultural
Press that
A year ago Lima beans were worth
SO and SIS per bushel, and in 1869
hundreds of gardeners rushed into
their culture. Before the close of the
year they were as low as IS per
bushel, and often glad to get the offer
This year number have relinquished
this branch of gardening, and prices
have slightly advanced, being now
worth Sc to 81. But even at these
prices they are hardly a profitable
crop. We have grown them now for
three seasons, and have not succeeded
IN getting over ten shelled bushels
per acre, while friend of ours, seeds
man, tells us it won't pay him to grow
them for less than SO.
Budding Roses.
The Villa Gardener, London, Eng
land, gives the following rules for bud
ding roses
But two things are necessary to bud
roses successfully The stocks must
be in the right state, and so must the
bed. Unless the bark will separately
freely from it's woody foundation, bud
ding cannot be successfully performed.
The answer, then, to the question is, in
general terms, when the bark of the
stock and of the cion or bud will rise !;
that Dis, separate freely from their re-
spective wood. For it is essential
that the bark of the stem should open
freely to receive the bud, and that the
bud, with it's accompanying bark,
should be deposited in its new home
without the least possible brJlise or in
jury. Some may take exception to this
general principle, as far as the bud is
concerned. As long as the stock is
right in regard to the free circulation
of its bark from its wood, it is in a
condition for budding
Il the bud and it's bark will not leave
the wood freely, some simply cut it of
with thin slice of wood, and insert il
without the conditions recommended
Now there is no doubt that such buds
will often grow; but the plan is not t.
be recommended, especially as the buc
and bark budding is SO much more
simple, expeditions and successful
Again, the question when to bud may
be answered pretty correctly by speci
flying the time from the middle of Jun,
to the middle of August, inclusive, a
the best budding season, though tn
operation may be performed at an
time when stocks and buds are alread
in the state described.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

They are not a vile. FANCY DRINK. MAIDS
OF Poor Rum, Whisky, Proof Spirits and Re
Iuse Liquors, doctored, spced and sweetensd to
please the taste, called Tonnes, Appetizers," Re
storers &C. that lead the tippler to drunkenness
and ruin but are true Medicine from the Native
Roots and Herbs of California free from all Alec.
hOlfc StiTulants. They are the GREAT ri DON
PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING pRINCTE
PIE, perfe5t Kenovator and Invigorator of the
SYSTEM carrying off all poisonous matter and restoring
the blood to healthy condition No person can take
these Bitters according to directions and remain long
unwe provided their bones not destroyed by min
al poison other means, and the vital organs
wasted beyond tho point ofrepair
They ars a Gentle PIrgarfve as well as q
Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit of acting
powerful agent in relieving Congestion Inflamma.
ton of the Liver and all the viseeral Organs
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In
young old married single, at the dawn of woman.
hood at the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters have
roeoust
For Infiammatory and Chronic rheumatism
and GOut, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious,
Remittent and Intermittent Feyers, Diseases
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DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache.
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DlAAilees, sour OF ldSbe
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Heart Inflammation of the Lungs Pain In the regions
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They inyigorate the Stomach ard sti uate tie tor,
lid liver and bowels which render them of unequasd
efcacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities, and
imparting new life and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions letter Salt
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bunces, Ring Worm, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysip-
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Cleanse the Initiated Blood whenever you find It's I'M
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and sluggish in the veins cease 1t whel it is foul,
md your feelings will tell you when Keep the hloed
pure, and the health of the system will follow.
PIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurking in the
system of many thousands, eectualy destroyed
and removed. For full directions read carefully the
circular around each bottle printed in four languages
English, German, French and Spanish -
j. WALKER, Proprietor. R. 81. MCDONALD CO.,
Druggists and Gen Agents, San Francisco, Cal, and
80 and "a Commerce Street, New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

US ADVERTISERS would do well to
Dear IN mind that the Advertising Agency of
COOK, Cobun q Co., Chicago, H., is the larg-
est west of New York city, and their facilities
for doing business are unsurpassed by anv
other Agency. We are satisfied that their
special lists of daily and weekly newspapers
contain the choicest papers in the West. and
at the rates they offer it makes advertising
exceedingly cheap. They send lists of same
Tree 10 any one sending them their address
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

TIE message Of President juarez
presented at the opening of TIE Mex
iean Gohgtess 81 the 10th inst, says
tbs public is tranquil except in the
small state of Guerrero. The relations
of the republic with foreign govern
ments are amicable; although with
some they continued interrupted.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
Who Murdered Prim Z

The Eeue Pfeuasiahe Kfe1itz zeit,1hg
of February 25th contains telegram
announcing that the new King of Spain
had caused the arrest of Duke Serrano,
the former regent of Spain, and makes
the following comments:
What reason the King had for taking
this step is not known. Some people
supposed that the arrest Of this mighty
man was on we'll grounded sttspicions
of his being implicated in the murder
of Prim: It is well known that Prim
was assassinated but a very short time
before the King set foot on Spanish
soil. Many then said that the king
maker had left the busy scenes of life
In the nick of time for the new King,
and as the mystery which surrounded
the murder of Prim has not yet been
solved, the same people will now
give out that the king had
found out in convenient
time how to get rid of the other king
maker by discovering in him one of the
in that murder. This is all
very fine reasoning, but does not agree
with the favorable reports of the young
Kings loyalty, and with the assertions
OF the English papers, that he was then
still in incognito in Madrid The whole
business has, however, a very serious
look. Was, perhaps, the last attempt
to assassinate Minister Gorilla only
made to get rid of him as one of the
witnesses or accomplices2 The attempt
failed, and now Serrano has, it is alleg-
ed, been found out as the murderer of
Prim. Has the ungrateful fayorite of
Queen Isabella met with his well-mer-
tied dooms For when all the Spaniards
rose against the Queen he, of all men,
should never have joined the rebels.
The whole affair may be characterized
as Spanish black cloak and dagger
business.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

MAYNE REID novels are exceedingly
popular IN France. Three years ago
the Imperial Minister of Public In
structlon ordered copies of them to be
published for the public libraries of
the comnaunes. They are cheap in
France, costing only one franc.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
A Steam Canal BOat---Successful Trial
TriD.

|
Among those whose attention has
been directed to the problem of steam
navigation on canals is DIR, Hunter, of
this city. In the brief leisure moments
OF his professional practice he has de
voted himself to the solution of this
problem, and at last thinks he has
reached the contamination of his
hopes, and the reward Of his labors, A
trial of his invention took place upon
the Miami canal yesterday afternoon.
1t is very simple one. In the aft end
OF boat is an upright boiler, and in
the extreme aft end an engine of ten
horse power, with cylinder nine
inches in diameter, with an 11-incb
stroke. The piston runs clear through
! the cylinder, which lies horizontally and
is attached to vertical shaft on either
side. Each of these shafts is connected
with paddle or oar, which is made to
osclllate from side to side, like the tail
OF fish IN swimming. These two tails
are each three feet long, two feet wide.
and three inches thick at the base. ia
pering to half inch at the end. Being
made of rubber, they are flexible, and
yield somewhat to the water, thus di
minlshing the commotion caused bv the
stroke. The theory of the invention is
evidently drawn from nature. The fish
possesses great speed, and perhaps a
canal boat may vet be constructed with
side tins, and thus its speed be increased
to what would now be deemed fabu-
lous rate.
The boat started from the basin at
Sycamore street, and ran several miles
up the canal A reporter accompanied
her as far as the Brighton house. Ow-
ing to the shallowness of the water the
oars We're placed but four inches be-
low the surface, and the water was
therefore somewhat agitated, but the
waves did not seem to be of sufficient
force to materially injure the banks.
Of course it is evident that where the
water is deep enough to allow the oars
to be submerged II or 10 inches, the |
disturbance of the water would be re-
duced to almost nothing, and the diff |
Guilty of which we have spoken would |
be wholly overcome. The speed of the |
boat was about five miles an hour, or |
more than twice the ordinary speed of |
a canal boat, and could have been large |
ly increased
The cost of the engine is less than
that of the horses or mules necessary
to run canal-boat, and it occupies
much less space on the boat than the
stables. In addition to this, it requires
but four men, half the number required
under the present system. The esti-
mated cost of running boat is but six
cents a mile.
Upon the whole, the experiment was
very. successful and satisfactory, and
5he invention may confidently be ex-
oected to supercede the use of horses.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

LIE purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
vi ~ the world Is HAZARD & CAswELL's,
made on the sea shore, from fresh, Sc
lected hyers, by CAswELL, HAZARD &
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and street. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any of
the other oils in market.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05
A long and Successful Struggle for
Freedom.

ST. Crispin never had q more inoeni-
Gus follower than James A Hamilton,
whose recent escape rom q PenhsN-
vania. prison Is Che most marvellous
rogue's work on record. Hamilton was
an old prison bird, and one of the most
dangerous convicts in the Lancaster
prison. Assigned to solitary "iron-
clad" cell, he was set to work ct shoe
making. Some time ago he complained
that his banch vas too low, and asked
fol d couple Of pine planks to put I'M
der the legs to raise it a few inches.
For weeks he worked under these
boards at night, cutting hole through
the floor, and in the daytime covering
his tracks with the boards Having
cut through the aeesihg, he reached
solid masonry, and worked nbon that
with such success that, eventually,
enough #as removed to admit the
passage of his body Having cleared
the mason-work of space foot thick
and about three feet broad, he attacked
the solid prison wall from his narrow
creviee under the floor, and although it
was three feet thick, he maae d breach
and PASSED safely Though, and let him
sell down two stories bya very thin but
exceedingly strong shoe-thread Break
ing into the wash-house and carpenter
shop, he procured change of clothes
and lumber tc construct a ladder with
which to pass over the tail-yard wall
This ladder is q model Of ingenuity.
Nome Of the lumber was stout enough
to make the sides, so he lashed several
slender pieces together with BEDFORD,
and tied broken barrel-staves across
for rounds. With this the prisoner
found his way to freedom. Early Sun
day morning his fight was discovered.
In his cell fully d CARLOAD Of debris
was found carefully stored under his
bed, the Stats Of which were cut in half
and bored at regular distances to make
a ladder, which, however, he had beeu
unable to get through the peculiarly
shaped hole by which he had escaped.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

psT FARMERa ! Look to your inter
ests, and buy FURsr & BRADLEY's Garden City
Clipper. Flows and C1ltivators, made at Chi
cago-the best in use. We speak from per-
sonal knowledge after thorough trial.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

The last number of Hearth and
Home has an amusing picture, entitled
" A Professional View of the San Do
mlngo Question. " Two sable gentle
men, each with a whitewash brush and
pail of whitewash, meet In the street
One inquiries 81 say, Julius, can you
throw any light on this San Domingo
question y The other responds: II
amt much on throwing light but if
there's any whitewashin' to be done.
I'm on hand for that sort of business. y
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

IT is stated that boy, on one of the
machines OF the Columbus CO. Hos
lery Mandatory, can knit thirty-fve
dozen pairs Of stockings per day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-04-05

Ase NORTHWESTERN HORSE NAIL Co.
manufacturers of Patent Hammered Horse
Nails; Office, 68 West Van Buren, street Fac
10Y 90 to 70 West Van Buren, street, corner
Cllnton street, Chicago