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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-17

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and sign the real name somewhere,
NOT for publication, but as authority
and ob!ige. ED.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-17
THE IOWA VOTER.


Five William G.. Briggs,
George Briggs, Mahion Briggs, Anna
Briggs and Ed. Geer-were killed by
sutfocation in the clamps" in coal
mine near Eddyville last Saturday.
VIM. q. Briggs was expected to be a
Representative from Mahaska Coun-
~ this year. The catastrophe has
made a gloom in the community.
-The election returns from Ken
lucky, North Carolina and Montana
are cheering to Republicans. The GAL
liant Gen. Harlan's canvass for Gov
ernor has cut down the Democratic
majority in Kentucky to some 10000
or 1900 less than last year. In
North Carolina the Republicans tri-
umph by over 1000 majority, though
the State went Democratic last gear.
And in Montana, VIM. III. Clagett,
Republican, son Of Judge Clagctt, Of
keokuk, is elected to Congress by a
majority stated at 600. Democracy
seems to be progressing backwards.
-The Cincinnati Board OF Alder
men has refused to repeal the Sunday
ord;nanccs.--l2 persons were
killed, and 40 others wounded, by IN
explosion Of gun-cotton at STOW Mar
kct, England, last Friday.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-17
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

MAHASKA.- The Hcrutd calls for
somebody to start the Dairy business.
We can echo the call for Marion County
also. VIM. Stafford, two miles
east Of Oslaloosa, raised this year four
acres OF fall wheat, which averaged
thirty bushels and thirty-tive pounds
per acre.
Lucas County has lady candidate
for Sup't of schools, says the Patriot.
MoNRoE.--The Spirit says the new
Bank building ut Abba will have
windows each composed of but one
pane Of glass, IS by III inches in size
and costing about S775.--Fourtcen
new Schoolhouscs in Monroe County
this year already.
WARRES.-Th Lcdt'cr says anum-
Der of farmers have threshed their
grain, and the yield is good.
JASPER. Newton has lady tele-
graph operator again, says the Free
Press Tile Republican publishes
the Premium List Of the Jasper Co.
Fair, which begins Sept. THE
Contracting Committee OF the |. NJ. x
n. Il. Il. II. Co. was to start for New
York City last week, to close the con-
tract for building the Road from Mon
roe to Webster City. THE Record
says large subscription has already
been raised to defeat the Railroad Tax
in the Courts. ---The Republicans
of Jasper County are in the midst of II
bitter war among themselves about
candidates, judging from the County
papers. Too bad.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-17
PLEASASTyILbE, Iowa,
n,,s,et IA-f


ED. Mountaineering is being
done in this neighborhood. General
average wheat about 10 bushels per
acre. Oats arc fine--from 30 to 10
bushels per acre. We think we have
the finest prospect for corn crop that
we ever saw anywhere, though suffer
ing very much for rain. We learn
that the prairie farmers in the Weston
vicinity are almost without water for
either stock or family use. THE late
Circus, and the high wind the other
evening, have almost cleaned out our
town. We learn that John Jeasey,
living 81 miles southeast Of town. lost
Il fine COW. He tied her up by the
head, in order to keep her out Of the
corn, and when he returned she had
broken her neck. -. P.Thornburgh
living 3 miles southeast Of town, drove
out into the meadow the other morn
ing to haul hay. His team took fright,
ran away, and completely demolished
the wagon, though the damage done
to the team was very slight. We
believe the Summer Schools are all
out In our Township. Our young
friend Thornburgh, who taught at
Weston, wound up OH the 9th inst.
though we learn lie Is going to com
mcnce on the 18th Of this month
Thorn is u fine Teacher. We wish
him success in all his undertakings.
He Is u student from the Iowa Central
University at Pella. AR. Frank
Dawson living > miles south Of town,
has boy very sick with rather an
uncommon disease. The arms, legs
and back have all been lanced, and
are now almost one running sore.
The suffering is great. Drs., Cornell
Wetherell and Williams. The gem
cral health is very good, though some
of our citizens are getting very tired
and the days are too short to rest in.
While the Great Excelsior Cir
cns' was showing i'm our town the
other night, general havoc was played
with the saddles, brides aud martin
gales of those who had come in from
! the country. X. y.
n
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-17
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great sasiny Of grain by Farmers ,oho hare ~
Three years introduced and froren--S"i'.
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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

AMMONIA AS CATTLE MEDICINE One
Of Prot. Johnston's books on chemistry,
has foot note explaining the use OF
hartshoru, a solution Of ammonia in wa
'pr, of mucL interest to cattle raisers.
When cattle eat too abundantly of clio.
yer or o. her So .ulent food, fermentation
axes place in tIe onsach. and 'bloat"
rnsues. Tne fermentation produces car
bonic acid gas, hich is the immediate
cause OF the undue disrcnsion Of the
stomach. BY administering hartshoru
diluted with water, the ammonia com,
bines with the acid 10 form carbonate
much reduced in bulk. 1t also stops
further fermentation. 1t is said to be
much better than lime water, sometimes
used for the same purpose.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27
What Eddy Said,
By sALLiE A. BROCK.

"Arc not men as pretty as wOmenP
A boy as nice as a girl ?"
Said II curious little fellow,
Who owned not single curl
But whose hair was brOHn aud silken
Whose eyes were iathoml, IS gems
OF thoughts, anu feelings, and fdncics,
MirroIed IUrh by the soul in ih, ir CLEANS.
~ think, mamma, that my brother
l. as handsome as handsome can be
Not any of the girls around here,
Are hall MS pretty to me;
My brother is brave and honest,
And kind, and gentle, and good;
do OF hink | could love him
Any more than do ii could.
"No, Eddy, my darling, but here me,
God made the woman, you know,
Muca smaller, more weak, and more helpless
YI preltier, darling. that so,
They may something have TO repay them,
Because they are not made SO strong
As men in the pride of their manhood,
He gave them Il far sweeler song.
"a voice more loving and thrilling;
A cheek of much tairer hue
An eye of soft, melting lustre,
With heart is tender and true;
And Eddy, ii you had sislr,
think you would love her us well
AS your brother, so trave and SO honest,
And better perhaps, who can tell ?''
'But the first one that went up to heaven
You know, mamma, was man,
Good Abel, that wicked Cain murdered
Now reIute that mamma, if you can.
But guess" said the urchin, then musing,
And he shook his wise head with nod
"PoOr Abel must been very lonely,
Up i'm heaven with no one but God ~
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27
SELECT POETRY.
The old Farmer.

don't half live pennOd up in doors; stoves not
when can't how things 90 tear they're badly
might have fArmed till now, thlnk-one's family is
As u msn can't oversee who's in his eightleth year
Father mind, was eghty.nve before he gave up his,
But he wasnt dim OF sight, and crippled with the rheu
mhtlz,
II lowed in his old. steady way, go he was sstisaed
But Reuben likes newfanged things and ways can't
abide.
I'm glad | built this southern poreh-my chair seems
haven't seen as fine spring this Ave and twenty
And now the time goes round go qulck-s week,
Since they were Lusklng on the nat and now they're
hoeing corn.
When was young, time had for me lazy oxs pace
But now It's like blOoded horse, that means to win
And yet Ss9'i ill out my days, tire myself with
I'd rather my legs and hands than plague my head
with thought
If father lived I'D like to know what he would cay to
New notions of the young men, who farm with chem
istries;
There's dfcrent stock and other grass there's patent
Five hundred dollars for a bull; 1t would have broke
his heart.
They think have easy time, need to worry now
Sit In the porch all day and watch them NOW, SOW and
Sleep in the Summer in the shade. in Winter in the
sun
I'd rather do the thing myself and know just how It's
done.
WE'LL suppose I'm old and yet tits not long ago
When Reuben spread the swa.h to dry, and Jessie
learned to NOW.
And William raked and Israel hoed and Joseph pitch.
I'd with me but such as was then, my
boys Will never be
don't mind williams hankerne for lectures and for
books
lie never had farming knack--youd see it in his
looks;
But handsome IL that handsome does and he lie well
'Twould my mind IL could say the of Jes.
sic, tool
There's black sheep in every flock, there must
be In mine,
But wrong the second time, his bond to under
It's less than what his share will be-but there's the in.
In two years more might have had two thousand to
invest.
There's thinking OF 1t and yet 1t makes
Tie way -aved and saved ought to count little
never lost foot of land and that- comfort sure
And If they do not call me rich, they cannot call me
poor.
Well, H. ten thousand times I've thought the things
I've thought them in the harvestHeld and in the clover
NOV,
And sometimes get tired of them, and wish I'd some
thing new
But tins is all I've seen and known so what's man tc
| doS
Tis like my time lie nearly ont Of that I'm not afraid
we cheated any and all my debts paid
They cal it rest that we shall have, but work wOLl dC
| nj b rm;
TAere cau he rivers there and fields, without som
| kind of farm
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

IIopefulness is the mother of happi.
ness. The truly hopeful are never the
truly miserable. They see light ahead,
even at midnight. Whence comes hope.
fulness' Some. one has declared True
hope is based on energy Of character.
y strong mind always hopes, and has
always cause to hope, because it knows
he mutabili;y OF humane affairs, and
how slight circumstance may change
he whole course OF events i. Such q
,pirit, too, rests upon itself; is not con.
tinel TO partial views, or TO one particlar
object. And il - last ali should he lost,
it has saved itself-i,s own integrity and
worth. Hope awakens courage, while
dependency is the last Of all evils ; it
is the abandonment Of good-th giving
up of the title Of life with mere moth
ingness. He who can impart courage in
the human soul is its best physician,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27
IndeDendent in all things
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, MAY q, 1871.
Enc courage the Boys.

Make the boy master Of his work the
sooner you can do this the better. What he
wants the most Of all things is encourage.
ment II you can secure this you are safe,
for then you can get up interest--the grand
basis Of all success.
If the boy is permitted to plan and carry
ont for himself-with perhaps sly hints as aids
from his iather-he becomes occupied, and
thoughts Of play and mischief are out of his
head He is now doing the work of man,
what boys are wanting to do they want to be
men, and when made men, when boys, 1t is
particularly interesting. And get boy up
once and you will never get him down again
Let him take hold in the management and
labor of the farm with his father, and he will
never go back 10 the boy again that is played
out
You have his mind on a course Of intell-
gence now. His work tells. lie misses il
sometimes, and this might have been avoided
by the directions of the father but the father
saw benefit in this error, in letting the boy
work it out himself-ia letting him c0rreot him
se!f He will then, To- avoid shame, n IT permit
like thing If possible. In short time he
will become developed, getting an aptitude
and love.
Where would all this have been had the fa-
ther proved tyrant and held the boy to a
work he had no interest in for it is deplora-
BILE, but nevertheless true, that fathers too
often have frown for their children but a
good word for their servants. This a child
will not stand. 1t will become discouraged,
put out with such treatment.
Our future men should be taken care Of.
W. cannot begin too early 10 interest them in
what is for their good, making men Of them in
this way and preparing them for the business
OF life In training an animal, whether for
the pork barrel or the traces, we begin earl I.
How much more with an intelligent being
should we begin when there is a susceptibility
for this susceptibility will be made use of by
the child himself if the parent does not en-
ploy it it is only matter of choice which O
the two shall have the direction. But begin
early that is the first thing. The second is
get up interest The thirJ-but there is no
third. Interest child, almost an infant, and
you leave no chance for other interest or wi
Z take root Then develOpc the good quail
ties of the child. Thus boy will be man
before the usual time, but he must be encoul
aged. The father must deny himself often o
fits of temper IN thus treating his child. vii
he do it? Generally not
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27
Empress Eugene at Chiselhurst.

During the last six months, plainly
dressed, graceful lady, accompanied by
three or four attendants, might have
been met any day, walking in the lanes
in and about Chiselhursl. Few of those
meeting her and failing to recognize n
familiar face, would have suspected thai
one short twelve months since, she was
an empress and the wife o. a ruler over
IA great and powerful nation. With the
resignation of royalty, she has abandon
e every appearance of state. Every
Sunday she walks to the little Catholic
chapel, whatever the weather may be,
aud il is the rarest thing in the world
to see her riding IN carriage. Her at
tire is of the simplest, and she may be
sometimes seen wa king in plain cotton
dress. 81 neither visits nor receives
visit, 8 any number, and, indeed, car.
ries her scclusiOn so far that, when so
ii'ed to he present at concert in the
nj, ghbnlhord, given for the ben, fit OF
her distressed subjects of tormrr years,
she decl ned. For years, the Empress
has be, u the leader of fashion, and the
asst popularity Of manner of dress,
whether Intentional or moi, has been faith
fully copied by every lady who pretends
To belong in the slightest degree to the
wo, Id of fashion. Even now her man
ner Of walking, with the body slightly
bent forward, and the small stick which
she usually carries, is initiated by tho la
dies of Chiselburst, and reflex of il
may be traced far beyond that secluded
dis rici. The feelings of the inhabitants
toward the Empress and young Prince
have, after the first curiosity, subsideo
into respect for her wish to keep hersel
quite private, and she now attracts nc
more attention than any ordinary lady
The only effect has been to bring dowr
few people from London on Sunday
mornings. who visit the chapel for th'
- - Court Journal.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

THOuGHTs-Aud, after all, what j.
wealth and, in the end what matters
poverty? The rude box that contains
the poor mans remains is as soft rest.
ing place for the dead as the splendid
receptacles prepared for the iich.
The briny tear Of the poor mans child,
shed in grief over her fathers grave, is
a, heart. born and pure as that OF piin-
s., shed at the tomb Of the proudest
king.
The wild rose, planted by hi' discon-
solate weft, 70 max tie spot where her
h ppeS lie buried, is as noble tribute to
b 5 honest frame as the stately monument
OF marble or brass erected TO the memo
ry of the rich. Aud at the last day,
when the trumpet shall sound 10 wakem
the dead, it will "a soon arouse the poor
man from his humble sleep beneath the
sod, as the rich man who reciincs in a
princely vault, aad The green sward that
covers the one will yield up its charge
as readily as the marble tomb that con-
tains the other.
What, then, is the distinction between
thA rich and the poor, the high and the
low, the noble and the ignorant hy
b uh? Miserable worms that we are.
the span of life is but do, on the cycle
of eternity; and yet we live in AFRO
gance and folly, as though our days
were not numbered.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27
ASH AND HEy MANuRE.-A CORE,

ASH AND He's MANURE.-A CORES.
pondent asks if lie shall NIX ashes with
hen manure for lnanurirg corn in the
hill. No. Ifcoverei with moist earth,
the escaping ammonia might perhaps be
canght and utilized but it would be
better to mix the hen droppings with
plaster for use in the hill, AMI TO apply
he ashes on the snriace when the corn
S eight or ten inches high. The nitro
gtnized m .nure will be sufficient to start
the plants, and the potash and silica will
help it most when the stalk is growing.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

a city miss, newly installed as the
wife Of farmer, was one day called up
on by a neighbor Of the profession, who,
ia the absence OF her husband, asked
1er fer the loan OF plow a short time.
81 am sure you would be accommoda-
ted" was the reply, if Mr.. Stone was
1t homo. don't know, though, where
ne keeps his plow: bur;'' she added, evil
lem,ly anxious to serve, "ihre is the
cart in Il e yard, couldn't you plow with
th Till Mr. Stoue gets back;"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

One of the coast planters in Louisiana
having cautioned his Chinese laborers, in
case OF annoyance from negroes, not to
take the law into their own hands, was
surprised recently at observing process
ion of the Cinnamon coming from the
quarters, bearing at the head dark pack.
age. They marched with great delbera-
tion and dignity up to the mansion and
laid their burden at the feet Of the plan
ter. 1t proved to ne ''chunk of a negro"
securely bound as only Cinnamon know
how to tie parcel OF goods. The negro
was scared out of his wits, though entire
ly unhult. Laying him quietly down
on the gallery, the leader of the Chinese,
pointing to the dark mass, said 10 the
planter: "Niggah /, too much too much
niggah ~ and then the whole party trot,
ed back to their work. 1t was an hours
hard work to unite the frigh ened negrp
who on his release, very ch efully acted
upon the suggestion of the planter 10
SNAKE himself scarce"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27
1t Never Pays.


II never pays 10 frtt and growl
When fortune seems our foe;
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the braycr blow.
For luck is work,
And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom,
But yield the play,
And clear The way,
That better men have room.
1t never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
And lie is sold who thinks that gold
Is CHEAPEST bought With pain.
An humble lot,
A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings,
For station high,
That wealth will buy,
Not Oft cOntentment brings.
1t never pays! blunt refrain
Well worthy of II song,
For age and youth must learn this truth,
That nothing pays that's wrong.
Tue good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success,
While what Is right
In Heavens sight,
Is always sure t. bless.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

Mr.. BRoNTE's CRAvAT.-Even al this
time, Mr.. Bronte struck me AS looking
very venerable, with his snow white
hair and powdered coat-collar His man
ner and mode of speech always had tn,
tone OF high-bred courtesy. lie was al
ways considered somewhat of an inva-
lit, and always lived in the most alb
s,eminous aud simple manner. His
white cravat was not then so remarkable
as it grew to be- afterwards. He was in
the habit of covering this cravat him
self We never saw the operation, bu;
we always had to wind tor him the
white sewing-silk which he used. Char
ot,e said il was her fathers one extrav-
agance-he cnt up yards and yards OF
white lutestring (si,k) in covering his
cravat and, like DR.. Joseph WoOlfft
(the renowned aud learned traveler),
who, when on visit aud in long fit oi
absence, "went into a clean shirt every
day for a wsek. without taking one off, y
SO Mr., Bronte's cravat went into new
silk and new size without taking any of,
until nearly half his head was enveloped
in cravat. His liability TO bronchial at
tacks, no doubt attached him to this lii
creasiig growth OF cravat.-FrOm "Rena'
inissaces Of Charlotte BrOnte," !" Serb
0er's
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

A MONSTER LocoMoTIvE.-At the Bal
timore and OHIO railroad depot, in Ball
,imore, is said to be one of the largest
engines in the United States. 1t has IL
wheels IA inches in diameter, 2G inch
stroke, IL feet fire box, and weighs 33
tons. This has been built as an expert.
mental one TO test the practicabiliiy of
drawing a train Of 6 passenger ears up
tile heavy grades on the road--of which
some are III ieet TO the miie-at the
rate of 22 miles per hour. This engine
presents a singular appearance from
those now in use; one striking feature
is, that the engineer stands in front. ''
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-05-27

A rapturous poet thus describes the
manner Of obtaining kiss: As the
Hotentot gentlemen says at the Aqua
rial Garler, sit is got" First, gr s.
with haste around the waist, and hug
h 7 tight to thee; and then she'll say,
ado go away--do, won't You let me
be ?" Then, ol what bliss but never
mics SO good chance as that then
make, as quick as fash, and--Harriet,
hold my hat a a'.