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We would call the attention 81 Seiectmen, rewn
Agents. and the Medical Faculty of the State of
Vermont, to our well selected stock of imported
Wines and Liquors, and choice Bourbon Whistles,
which we offer reasonable terms. We would
respectfully solicit a share of public patronage,
and will guarantee all liquors purchased of US to
be
-.t PURE AND UNADULTERATED
All orders received VIII be promptly attended to-
CARR & BLANCHARD,
No. l4l Front Street, n. Y.
MIDDLEBURY CoLIEoE, June %, 1869.
thereby certify that have analyred for Messrs.
Carr & Blanchard, No. l4l Front Street, New
York, the following named liquors Bourbon and
Rye WHISTLES, Meder, Swan and Holland Gins,
Martelle Brandy and st. Croix Rum, and found
them all to be pure and unadulterated and free
from inorganic COMMUNICATIONS and properly adj
ministerial can commend them for medical USE
PROF. HENRY d. SEELY.
Aug. l9. 3Swlv 1-. .-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-22
TESTIMONIALS

TESTIMONIALS.
"I regard MIR. Eddy one of the most capablg
and successful practitioners with whom have hst
official intercOurse.n
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-22
$685. Furnished at
BENNINGTON MACHINE WORKS,
Head of Pleasant Street,
BENNINGTON, VERMONT.

with crank wheels, balance wheels, pulleys, boxes
tiehtnr and everything pertaining to the Husk
Frame, for either single or double Husks, and
will indude line shaft and driving pulleys II re-
auired. The shafting finished throughout, the
boxes tabbitted, and unfinished surfaces well
painted
Price per pound finished weight. cents.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-06-22

We present the following voluntary testimonial
which is but one of many:
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

THE offerings to the Atlantic
Telegraph Companies being in
excess Of the capacity to
transmit, they have increased
the tariff. Therefore, OH and
after Monday messages be-
tween New York and Great
Britain and France are, for a
message not exceeding ten
words, fifteen dollars in gold;
for each additional word one
dollar and a half in gold. Mes.
sages for the press, in plain
language, conveying general
and political news for publica>
ton, will be forwarded at one
half the above rates. All mes
sages will be limited in length
to fifty words.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
State TaX-Quarterly Pay
meQtS.

Now, that the Legislature is
in session we presume The eff.
fort Of last winter 10 authorize
County Treasurers TO loan
county money will be renewed
the excuse being that a large
amount of money is withdrawn
from business aud locked up in
the Treasurer's vault during a
great part of the year. Why
not make the payments Of tax
quarterly instead of semi an.
nually9 This would be a great
accommodation to the people,
and would meet the objections
urged against the present law
by those who want The county
money loaned out 10 private
indi viduals. 'Ghe change from
annual to semi annual pay
ments has worked well, and
has been q benefit TO every
person, individually and col
lectively. What say the peo-
pie TO quarterly payments?
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
The Hamilton Murder.

Tom. Myers, a citizen OF
Hamilton was murdered in cold
blood in the American gam>
bling saloon in that place OH
Christmas eve. Notwilhstand-
ing there were fifteen or twenty
persons present at the time of
the murder, they ali profess to
know nothing about how it
was done or who did it. 1t
may be possible that one or
two OF them did not see the
deed committed with a reason
able certainty as to who did
it, but this Wholesale igno
rance of what is going OH be.
fore your eyes is little more
than a sensible public can
gulp down at one dose. The
five men who were held over
were not the only rogues in
that gambling den, and we
will never believe they were
the greatest rogues either,
however much the Cincinnati
Enquirer may insist that they
were gentlemen. They may
pass for gentlem en- in Hamil'
ton, but gentility appears to
be at a very low ebb in that
double distilled little sink of
iniquity.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

In this new work all the existing statutes re.
lating to the Internal Revenue Law, together
wi Ih the decisions of the Courts and the ruI.
ingS of the department, are collected and are
ranged IN the most methodical manner. The
aim Of the author has been to give all the liv.
ing law, and nothing but what's valid law Mt
this time. The book Is intended for use
among officials, attorneys, aud lu iges. Hence
III Is q compilation of all rulings, nrculars,and
insu nctIons issued by the departments, and
decisions of the Courts, so fr as applicable,
and all valid, unrepcaled statutes, arranged
and combined soSs to be readily distinguishes
ed and easily accessible. Particular n,tentio II
has been given TO the stamp law. Notes have
been madu,to all reported decisions and rul-
mgs, and Ml the points decided h,ye been
fully brought out. This il the only work III It
contains II complete digest otull the decisions
of the various State Courts upon the stamp
law. This work is nm attemp.tO separate what
" obsolete, and to arrange he former in some
convenient and accessible form, and no small
amount of labor, examination, and discriminl-
ton has been expended upon It. Every ruling
decision, and statute has been carefully exam
med, and the reputation of the author Is q
guarantee that he work has been fithfully
done.
One handsome $40 volume. Price in cloth,
81 80; in law sheep. $3.50. Sent by mail, pre-
paid, upon receipt ofS5.OO forcoEies in sheep
$40 Tor clOtn.
BAKER, NOuRHIS, &CO.,
Law Publishers and Law Booksellers,
GO Nassau street, New York
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

The county officers Of Ohio
were paid during the past year
about 81, 100000. Of this
amount $z3O,OOO went for clerk
and deputy hire, leaving the
net compensation of the coun.
ty officials SS7O,OOO. 1t is thus
seen that the cost of running
the county Offices is about one
fourth of the entire amount
levied for State purposes, in.
GLIDING the Asylum fund, the
Common School fund, and the
General Revenue fund.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

SENATOR REvELs, of M~ississip.
pi, is thrifty. What with ly,
ceum lectures and Senatorial
pay he has saved enough to
buy an eleven hundred acre
plantation near Natchez.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

were marched with a loci
step to our rooms. They
we're seven feet long, six feet
eight inches high, and three
feet four inches wide, with q
wooden frame or bed two feet
wide, the bed tick dirty, with
about five pounds of straw in
it; the blankets very thin and
very dirty. My little room was
literally covered with bed bugs.
Our light was one candle a
week. While my light lasted
| made continual warfare with
the vermin that inhabited my
cell, but l made but little prog
ress in thinning their ranks.
They were equal to or greater
than the plague of lice that
was sent on the Egyptians,
but l was not as fortunate as
Pharoah as | had no Moses to
intercede Tor me. The bugs
kept up company drill through.
out the entire year. They
would march up one leg and
down the other, but their head.
quarters were on my body,
from which they kept out
heavy skirmish lines all night,
so that at the sound OF the bu.
gle in the morning | was glad
to retreat. Our dining room
furniture was rusty tin plates
and cups, an iron fork made in
the blacksmith shops, prongs
about <wo inches long, with
the tang driven close up in a
wooden handle.
The different classes Of pris-
oners are all in together-the
murdererS, burglars, thieves
with many ether high crimes,
and the unforlunate-and | be-
lieve there are manyof this class
guilty of little or no crime
ct all. On the 18th of DeceM
Der, 1852 l was discharged =
| received a certificate of good
behavior, and was restored to
citizenship.
While in the prison l got my
second lesson with thieves. One
of the prisoners showed me the
burglars principal key, called
the outside and inside key,
which he had made IN the pris
on. 1t is made with a screw
and a spring. 1t is so con-
structed that by means OF a
screw running through the
centre it may be made large
or small, and will unlock niue
locks out of ten.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

ADvICEs from Fort Smith,
Arkansas, say that the brick
block IN that city known as the
officers quarters was burned on
the Goth inst. 1t was occupied
by Major Thiebaldt, command
ant of the. post, with his fami>
ly, and the families of several
other officers. The loss is $780,,
900,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

The Italian Chamber of Del
egates, by a vote of 1872 to is
resolved to remove the capt.
tai TO Rome within six months.
The Chamber then adjourned
till January 18th.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

JACK DowNEs, formerly a
Deputy Sheriff, committed sui
eide Dec. 9th, by taking strycb.
nine, at Memphis. Poverty
was the cause.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

JAMES PHILLIPS got drunk in
Lima, Ohio, spent the night il
the lookup and started home
the next day with three jugs
of whisky. He drove the wag.
on off a small bridge over a
little stream, and falling under
it, was drowned IN a few inch
es Of water.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

IT is announced that the first
meeting of the conference on
the Russian question will be
shortly.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

Gov. HOLDEN, of N. G., has
been given thirty days to put
in an answer to the articles of
impeachment preferred against
him.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

AT Princeton, Greek, Latin
and Mathematics are hereafter
to be optional after the Sopho
more year.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

GEN. PRIM, the leader of the
Spanish revolution, was assas'
sinated last week. Eight bull.
lets entered his. person. He
died on Friday. The assasslns
escaped.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

A FARMER named Adams, liv'
ing near Berlin, got out OF bed
OIL Monday night, the 18th ult.,
and went out to a tree, which
he climbed up about sixteen
feet, and fastened a new rope
to a limb, and deliberately
swung himself off by the neck.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

The Shawnee Indian lands
in Kansas, heretofore untaxable,
will be placed on the tax rolls
next spring.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

GREAT efforts will be made
this winter in Ironton to con-
vert sinners to the Christian
faith.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

INFORMATION has been receiv.
ed from Cherbourg that there
are now sixty thousand French
troops at Havre.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

The average amount outgo.
ing and incoming of mails in
New York City has increased
in less than ten years, from ten
to one hundred tons per day.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

The foreign Industries gus.
tanned by Us in peace sustained
our eiiemies in war.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
LIFE OF
RUDOLPH COUGHENOUR,
BEING AN
AUTHORIZATION SKETCH
or The mlmerOUs Incidents Of his Life
From his Birth TO his present Career.
TCoNTINUED |
BEING AN

my fathers farm from that time
1913, till 1851, nothing of men
ton occurring.
l now come to the relation
of my criminal life, and in do
ing so | shall relate nothing bu
tie ruth, for | have resolved
to hold no spirit of revenge il
my heart against any person
who may have wronged or in.
jured me at any time. My frs.
meeting with thieves was il
1851. | was first approached
in my own cornfeld by James
Upton. We passed the com,
pliments of the day when Tip.
ton remarked that there seem,
ed to be a good deal OF excite.
ment over in the Shoemaker
settlement about spiritual rap
pings. | told him there was,
He then said the ShoemakerS
were hog thieves. | said | did
not know, but there was such
talk. He then said that VIM.
Shoemaker had about 5000,
and it would be no harm to
steal il from him, as he had
stolen it from others. l replied
that | did not know as it would,
If the persons from whom he
had stolen could get the mon
ey. lie then asked me if l
would 60 with him to Adam
McCarty's to meeting of spic.
itual rappers if he would come
by for me, which invitation l
declined.
He left me, and Isaw him no
more untIl the second day .af-
ter, when he, in company with
VIM. Lee, approached me. They
bade me good morning; Lee
pulled a pint bottle out of his
pocket; all three took a dram.
Lee then brought up the sub
ject. as had been donedwo days
before. He then said that he
and Upton had come to the
conclusion to beat Shoemaker
out of his money for, he said,
lie wasia thief himself, and it
would be no harm. He asked
me If | thought there would
be any harm. l told him
thought there was harm to steal
from any person, but not as
much harm to steal from Shoe,
maker as from some others. He
then asked me If l would 60 in
with him and Upton and steal
Shoemaker's money. l told
them | did not want to do it:
that 1 had never stolen any.
thing. They said they knew
that, but did not think there
would be any harm in going il
with them. | told them there
would, when they went away
The next day they came again
and said there was to be spirit
ual rappings at McCarty's; thai
they would 60 by Shoemaker's
take him down to the rappings
and while he was away they
proposed i should steal the
money. l asked them why one
of them could not steal it, ant
they replied that they bat
been accused of stealing be
fore, and they would be sus,
pected. 10 my reply that !
might be suspected, they sale
that my parents had the name
of being as fine, honest people
as there was in the country
and my character was equally
good. | told them it might BIZ
true that my character wa.
coed, but l wanted to keep il
good. They said | could stea
the money and never be sus
pected. | finally consented
They then laid the plan. They
We're to entice Shoemaker t.
the spiritual meeting, ant
while he was away | was to en-
ter the house and steal tn;
money. If they were success
full in getting him to 90 will
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

IT is said that Blind Toms
guardian realizes nearly $50.
600 year from his musical per-
formances.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

-
, discovered his loss immediate,
on his return. Lee and TiptoI
having been with him whei
the money was stolen, of course
they were not suspected, and
as they predicted, no suspicion
rested upon me.
hid the money under a los
a few days, when Lee and Tip
ton came for their share, and
it was divided. AL went vel
for sometime, until they spent
some money answering the de
scriplion Of shoemaker mon,
ey, and suspicion began TO rest
upon them. They then got to-
gether to devise a plan to
throw the whole. blame upon
me. 1t was sometime before
they could get any one to be-
lieve | had anything to do with
it, but they finally succeeded
in getting me arrested. l was
taken before a Justice OF the
Peace, and bound over in the
sum OF 500 for my appear.
ance at the fall term OF the
Gallia County Common Pleas
Court, There | was tried, found
guilty, and sentenced to one
year in the Penitentiary. Lee
and Upton were tried at the
same term Of Court, but both
escaped punishment.
On The 10th of December I
was bound in another bond
Not a written bond, but a bond
of iron. The Sheriff brought
in the shaekies, and riveted
oae cad on enc of my legs and
the other on Zoel Burnett's.-
Thence we wera taken TO Co.
lumbus, snd on Che night Of
the nth of Decemberwe heard
the last click OF the lock. l
was cut off from my wife and
children, from my friends and
neighbors, from all that was
bright and beautiful in the out.
side world. | was locked up
in che of the prison cells; it
was dark; | could see nothing;
| could not sleep; it appeared
as if | was cast in he'll and the
gates we're closed against me.
Reader, you have seen how |
fell. Never suffer yourself 10
be tempted, least you fall. Do
not fatter yourself that you
may escape punishment. Soon.
Ell or later it will come; you
are torn from your family, you
are depised by men, stunned
by friends, and all the time
conscience is gnawing every
spark of manhood from your
soul. Do not listen, but crush
the tempter whe he first hints
to you with the honjed tongue
Of the hatterer. If once you
are down, the mountain of
shame is heaped higher and
higher on your back until you
are buried under it forever.
The morning after my arri-
val in PRISON | was taken to
the wash house, washed, dress
ed in the prison clothes, and
put in the blacksmith shops as
a waiter or runner. Asa G.
Dimmock was Warden. The
mode of punishment was by
the cat and shower bath. For
what the guards termed high
crimes from one to ten cuts on
the bare back were given with
the cat, and for less offences
the bath was used. The tub
was set ON a platform about
nine feet from the ground
The tub had an inch augur hole
III the bottom; a post extend
uplto 1t. Candidates for this
kind of baptism were sent from
the different shops to the place
to receive the solmen lites.-
They were taken one by one
with their hands tied before
them, stood with their backs
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
A CARD.

clergyman while residing in South Amer
lea as missionary, discovered q safe and SIN.
pie remedy for the care ofneivuus weakness,
early decay, diseases ofthe urinary and SEM
mai organs, and the whole train of disorders
brought on by baneml and vicious habits.
Great numbers have been cured by this n Gle
remedy. Prompted by a desire TO benefit rhc
afflicted and unfortunate,I will send the recipe
Tor preparing and using this medicine IN q
sealed envelope to any one who needs 1t, free
OF charge, Address JOSEPH T.lNMhH, Sta.
tan b, Bible House, New York City.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
AGENTS WANTEDFoR

THE Cniainining Flceiwood's ellie OF
LIGHT Cbihi," Lives Of the apostles,
OF evangeliSis aud martyrs;' .'Dod-
THs drihse'sE Evidences OF ChnstIanity;'t
WORLD III iStory OF the Jews" by jose
phus; \ "History Of all Religious Denomlna-
tons" with treatISes aud tables relating 70
events connected with hi lie history, with
many hnc ergravirgs, foImiug q compete
Treasury ofChri stian know edge. W. FLINT
& ca, No 90 :. 7th st., Philadelphia, 8 Custom
H"nse Place, Change, and lTG West ith ST.,
Cincinnati. decl5fwd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
Agents!Re adThis

ME Will Pay Agents n s slary of $50 per
W Week AMI expenses, or allow q large
commission, to sell our new and wonderful
inventions Address NJ. WAGNER L CO.,
Marshall, Mich.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

A LADY who, has lccn curcdj of great ner-
Avous. d~elnlty after many wears of misery,
desirer to make kn To nllsfrllow s~t'crars
the surc means of relief address enclosing
stamp, MRS NJ MERRITT, p. q. Box, DIS,
Boston, Mass, ana the prescription ,wili he
sent frGe by return mail. noyl0 lwdd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

A WAFCtI EREk for cvcI, hohy and $40 por
Alay sure. business liaht and hon0nbls.
No gift entrrprtse. No nnmhug. Ad's Il.
Monroe Kennedy, Pittsburgh. pt. decl6 iSd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

CHRISTI AN STANpARIiopposes sccts and
IadSorateS primitive christianity. Best
and cheapest family wPckly; s pages; IS col.
umns. Edited by Elders lsiIac Errelt nEd j..
$. Lamar. Only So q year! Specimens free,
r. W .JCARkOLL h co, Pubs, Cinclncuti, U.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
New Advertisements

MAKE MONEYI%SAASST5dnaDe county ;a% S q rsy
liable man or woman TO act MS local agent for
Henry Ward Beccl. er's great religious weekly
Eight numbers with Harriet'B, echer Stoves
new story, and n superb s. -taol engraving
gwen away. Many now making $40 to $50 per
day m cash. Sample copies free.
Address j. Is. FORD 4 CO., 80 Park Row,
New York
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

es WEEK paid agents. male and 70.
8OVmHle, in n new manufacturing busi.
ness mt.hnme. No capital requl. ed Address
Novelty CO, 5acO, Me. nov l7iwdp
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

TILToN has resigned the edi,
torship of the Independent.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

/ was cured II Deafness and Chtarrh BY a
simple remcdr nnd VIII send the recOipl free.
Mr.. NC. LEG"ETT, jersey City, N. j.
dec Is 1870 Us
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
SiO MADEFROM 5OCTSI

Something urgently needed 10y everybody:
Call and "xannine, or samples cent (~postsge
paiD for 10 dts. that retail easily foi SlO. H..
H. Wolcutl, ISL Chatham So, NJ noyl7Iwd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
SALESMEN WANTED.

Bnslness honsraL le. No competition, liberal
Icy given s.W. KENNEDY, 5 5. AZ IS. Phils
dec 20 lS7n Owdd
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05

GT0A WEEK easily made, by either sex,
St Yin a new aad ligh. employment at home
NO travelling or peddling. Little or no ex-
pense incurred, Apparatus and specimen OF
work sent, pUst PAID. for GO cents. Address
G. N. WINSLoW, Box f5J, Chicago, I'LL.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1871-01-05
WELLS
CAHBjl;G TABLETS,
FOR c0UcHs AND COLDS
Wells CarooItc Tablets

ARE SURE CURE. TRY THEM,
10 KILL TT, Is PLATTST., n. Y. SOLE
AGENTS SOLD BY DRUGGISTS.
dee % Is7u 7r1d
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-12
From the Field and Factory
WHAT ONE WAN BID

Mr.. j. j. Durham, of Hamilton county,
Texas, informs us that he raised on 60
acres 2,400 bushels of corn, preparing
the ground, planting and cultivating it
himself. He hired one hand five days to
thin out-had to swap labor in gathering
as he could not hire. He accomplished
this result by the use of improved imple-
ments; breaking the ground with the
gang pillow, then used Tunnard's planter,
and cultivated with Sulky Cultivator. He
put in 20 acres, but an overflow destroyed
10 acres. So much for intelligence and
labor-saving machines.
DR.. VIM. EWING, aged p years, dug
1,720 holes, by 6 feet apart, on one
acre, filled with muck and stable manure;
planted in cotton, cultivated it himself,
and gathered over a bale of choice cotton.
He took the premium for fine cotton.
We have no doubt that many others in
this State have done as well as the above
named gentleman, who was awarded the
highest premiums at the Winona Fair
last November. We should be glad to
hear from all such; we want facts and
figures. What is the use of sending North
for corn, when so bushels per acre can be
raised without manure? Why plant so
acres to get 10 bales of cotton, when 10
acres can be made to produce as much or
more, and the land greatly improved at
the same timer Oh, that our people
would consideri r.