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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21
An IllinOisan Gives Away Thirty y-eight
Farms.

Mike kltterman is an old, industrious
and prosperous farmer, living near Tis-
kilwa. Ill.,, and is well known in that
part OF the State as heavy land owner
and an extensive sheep raiser Mr..
kitterman arrived in Illinois in 1880,
from Kentucky, with something less
than $40 in his pocket. He was then
twenty-slx years of age. He wanted to
cross the river at Peoria, but. as the
terryman asked "A for the privilege he
lourneyed along up the river on horse
back. Finally he discovered a log by
the side of the river, and getting astride
of it, he held the horses bride in one
hand and padded himself across with
the other. He camped on the prairie
and next day resumed his journey up
the river. He .journeyed on to the
place where he now lives, and deter
mined to make that his future home.
He bought over 5000 acres of land, and
still has 500 acres on the old homestead
He has given away thirty eight S0-acre
farms to his children and relatives, and
they are all located near him. As a
stock raiser he has had great success,
and it is said he never sold but two
loads of corn in market In the last
ten years he has raised 1000 bushels of
corn, and he has bought as much more
for feeding purposes. He has now on
the place over 200 head of cattle, ITO
head of hogs, and 70 sheep. He says
his experience of forty years farming
in Illinois teaches him that it is far
more profitable to feed grain than to
sell it; and by following up this rule he
has made a large fortune. Mr.. Kitter-
man is now about seventy eight years of
age, and is in the enjoyment of good
health as well as annie fortune
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21
VOLUME l.
Reflections.

The crystal lake is smooth outspread.
The sun is bright, the air is still
Unmoved the lilies in their bed.
And scarce ripple on the rill
The lilies from their reedy nest
Their own selves in the waters sec;
The slumbrOus TIDE II tells OF rest,
And tree looks down on mirrored tree.
And gracefully the swan glides on.
Whare shines the sun or darkens shade.
And here the beams fash down upon
The checkered velvet of the glade.
And there she sits upon the mere
Her eyes intently fixed before her:
What sees she in these waters clear.
What hears in breezes hov'ring o'cr her?
NV Iady-what? A calm delight.
like that of this unruff1ed day,
O'erspreads your features: to your sight
What pleasant shapes foat onward. say?
Or what your thoughts as oft you gaze
On Natures gladness and her Joy?
Or. family seen through golden haze
What fancies, say. your mind employ?
Or what reflections note you there
Tpon the waters outspread face.
Or. doubtful twixt the gloom and glare.
What shapes fantastic can you trace?
The heavens. the trees: the suns glad CLEAN
Won swans that sail adown the rill.
Or. as they are. or mlrrored. seem ~
Are these the thoughts your fancies fill?
And yet. methinks, might divine
What is 1t holds your pensive mind.
Il is not these, dare opine.
These images that should find.
She waits for him her fancy sees
One face upon the wavelet's tide;
She hears his voice in every breeze,
His presence even by her side.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21

Attention has been invited by several
industrial journals to the fact that little
substantial progress has been made
since lS45 in the art of building pas
senger cars that will guarantee safety to
life and limb against the ordinary risks
of travel by rail.
Take the following from the Iron A.qe:
"We build cars OF most beautiful
finish and ornamentation, commodious
in their interior dimensions, and luxur-
ious in every appointment. We have
sleeping coaches furnished with an ele-
gance that justfies the adjective 'pala-
tial, which is SO often applied to them;
drawing room cars in which every COM
fort is provided to tempt the traveller
to rest and enjoyment; and, on some of
oui roads, we even produce that latest
gaudy tribute to American snobbery,
the bridal car but with all this, our
cars are still the long, dangerous boxes
upon wheels which they were when
railroad building was in its infancy, and
they telescope as readily now as in
ls45, crushing together like egg-shells,
and ending in a brilliant bonfire over
the blackened remains of crushed and
mangled victims. The best cars now
in use are the most dangerous part of
the equipment of a railroad, and how
ever costly they may be in finish and
decoration, q collision or accident of any
kind serious enough to wreck a train,
smashes them into mass OF splinters,
and the passengers are more than ordi-
narily fortunate if they escape being
impaled in their seats, like bugs in an
chronological cabinet. But, should
this danger be passed, another equally
serious contronts them. The wood work,
saturated with oil and thickly coated
with paints and highly inhammable
varnish, bursts into instant flame at the
touch of a spark from lamp, stove or
engine, and the living and dead are too
often consumed on, or, more properly,
under the same funeral pyre."
Iron cars are strongly recommended
in place of wooden ones.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21
Autumn Woods.

Ere in the northern gale
The summer tresses of the trees gene.
The woods of Autumn. all around our vale.
Have put their glory
The mountains that enfold
In their wide sweep the colored landscape round,
Seem groups of giant kings in purple and in
gold,
That guard enchanted ground.
Oh, Autumn. why so soon
Depart the hues that make the forest glad
Thy gentle wind and thy fair. sunny noon.
And leave thee wild and sad?
All 'twere IA lot too blest,
Forever in thy colored shades to stray;
Amid the kisses of tho soft southwest
To roam and dream for aye.
And leave the vain, low strife
That makes men mad; the tug for wealth and
power;
The passions and the cares that wther life
And waste the little hour.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21

The FUTURE VALUE OF TlMBER.-lt is
impossible to predict the extreme prices
to which timber may advance before
the present generation passes away. We
have before us statement from an
English paper of the prices realized for
thirty oak trees sold at auction in
Burghley Park, as follows: One tree
brought $3.50, another $3lO, a third
1924 the whole thirty brought "a, 800,
averaging $50 each These must have
been large trees, but smaller trees are
proportionate!y valuable. There is but
little doubt that within a century OF
less timber will be as scarce i'll America
as it is now in Europe, and it is not
probable that a sufficient substitute will
ever be found to occupy its place in the
industries of mankind. Therefore plant
trees, and plant the right sort, especially
! those most required in building.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21
NUMBER 4.
" A Shine"

Said Tom TO Dick. Pray tell me. friend
about your married lite"
Most gladly, Tom Well to begin.
The first year with my wife
Twas sunshine every day. dear Tom,
And bliss without alloy:
The next twas moonshine all the time
And since that day. my boy.
We've had no shine of any kind
Believe me. neighbor mime
Except when Molly takes freak
That she'll kick up shine
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21

MORE revenge for the Union-Saxon
tourist lat Irish railway station): "What
time does the halfpast eleven train start,
Paddy" Porter: r" At thurtty minutes
to twelve-sharrup, sir =
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21

CALIFORNIA expects to manufacture
large quantities of brandy in future.
The vast increase in the production of
grapes, and the difficulty of finding a
ready market for the crop, has led to
the organization OF a brandy.making
company in Sacramento. iheir distii'
lery will turn out six hundred gallons
day. and it is expected that others
will be speedily erected and put in
operation.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08
Free Trade.

James Buchanan earned the title
of "Ten Cent Jimmy" by making an
elaborate argument in favor of Tree
trade and its sequence, low wages. 1t
is little strange that men can lose
sight Of the two relations OF these
two things. There would be less ad-
vocates OF free trade it it could be
seen that free trade means competi-
ton, direct and sharp with the Ill
paid laborers Of Europe. High wages
make men. Low wages makes serfs
Protection means the one; tree trade
means the other. Then, too, prac-
tically, every man is in favor OF man.
ufactories and therefore, necessarily,
though perhaps unwillingly, a protec-
zionist. The remark is of universal
occurrence from Maine to California,
that 'what our place needs is manu-
factories" All see clearly that man
ufactones give employment, keep
money at home, build up villages and
cities, add permanence and prospect.
ty to a State, afford markets for the
farmers, and In every way benefit the
people in their vicinity. Is it not
strange that men see and know and
argue for all this and then vote and
lend their political influence I'D favor
Of free trade?
1t may be that this battle will have
to be fought over again. But can
the great West afford to champion
free trade? Has it forgotten the
days of free trade when the West
raised coarse grains on mortgaged
farms to feed the southern slaves, and
became well nigh ruined by SO doing?
To-day there are many villages in the
West that would raise a handsome
bonus and present it to any company
that would establish an important
mandatory in their midst, 1t was
remark of Napoleon that in feudal
times there was one kind of property
land; but in modern there is an
other-industry, and these both alike
need protection. We have never yet
seen the Free Trader that could an.
swer this short argument Of Ma
| poleon.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08
soldiers Monument Dedication. .

SPRINaFIELD, Mass, May 81.
The Soldiers Monument at West.
field, designed by L. II. Mosman, Of
Chicopee, and cast in bronze at the
Ames Works in that town, was dedi-
Gated to-day with imposing ceremo
MES. Gen. Fitzpatrick delivered an
grafton, in which he strongly de-
nounced jeff. Davis for his recent
speeches in Georgia. These remarks
Of the General, being voclierously ap
plauded, he said the papers of yester-
day were full of shouts of approba-
ton from the disloyal people Of Au-
gusta at the words pronounced by
the traitor Davis. He continued: Il
am willing, tor one, to forget the past
when the rebels cease to remind me
OF it, and not before. Comrades, the
time may come when the ungrateful
people may forget all these bloody
facts Of war. when the TRAITOR will be
pardoned and his crimes forgotten;
when Libby, Belle Isle and Andcr-
sonvillc will be mentioned without a
single passing thought; when no dis.
tinction will be made between the
traitor and the patriot who fought to
preserve his country; when towering
monuments will rear aloft from the
capitol square at Washington, erect
ed by southern pride to perpetuate
the memories OF her false. hearted
sons; when Breckenridge: OF Ken
lucky, the bitterest rebel, will be al
lowed to return to the United States
capitol from whence he was driven
by the terrible denunciations Of Ba-
kerr when Davis, the arch traitor,
who long since should have passed
from the scaffold to an unhonored
grave, (applause), may possibly pol
lutte once again with his foul presence
the halls OF Congress-, there to make
laws for you and me, while the i'm
mortal Llncolu sleeps in his tomb
Comrades OF Massachusetts, this may
come with time. but by the eternal
God, not if we can prevent it,
(Great cheering).
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08
One little incident Of the destruo.

One little incident of the destruc.
ton OF the Column in Place Ven.
dome may be mentioned as char ming.
ly illustrative of the reasonable pa.
thence of the Partisan mob. The col
umn at first stood firm; the windlas
broke; M. Abad,e, who superintend-
ed the work, demanded two hours in
which to repair the tackle, whereupon
there was great general disapproba-
ton; M. Abadie was charged with
treacherous completely with the Ver-
sailles Government, and there was a
loud demand that he should be quill.
otined. Fortunately, for the poor
mans head, at the next stretch Of the
cable, the column came down. But
could there be anything more FrencLy
than the sagacious suspicion that,
because NJ. Abadie's windlass was too
weak for the work, he must Of neces-
sity have been plotting with M.
Theirs. There's French revolutionary
logic tor you!
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08
CARRIAGE MAKER!
j. M. COBB,

Manufacturer Of Family Carriages, Top
and Open Buggies, Light and Heavy Wagons.
All kinds Of work in that line made to order
on short notice. of the best material and
N the latest style.
pG- Having had many years experi-
ence, and fully understanding his business
In all its parts, he feels confident of giving
satisfaction to all in workmanship, style,
nnish and material, for as little money as
any other shop.
Wagons and Buggies on hand. Work
warranted.
r@. Shop at the old Hardware Stand
north of Court Square. Toledo lama coun>
ty, Iowa.
Please call and see for yourselves be-
Gore purchasing elsewhere. v3n14tf
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08
A Wood Famine Threatened.

The last report OF the United
States Agricultural Bureau makes
very strong appeal to the people to
do what they can to make up for the
loss OF timber by planting young
trees. A little attention on the part
of land holders to tins matter would
not only add greatly to the beauty
Of the country, but would increase
the value OF estates and prevent what
is really in danger of overtaking us
wood famine. Over $4,000 acres Of
land were denuded of timber be-
tween 1850, and 1860, and are now
fruitful farms. Aside from the uses
of wood for fuel, fencing, ect., it
ranks as necessity IN many OF the
arts and in various industrious call
ings. American oak, pine and wal
nut enter largely into our exports;
and it is said that a certain gun fac
tory in Europe during the first two
years Of our war used no less than
$4,000 walnut trees, imported from
this country, in making gun stocks,
which were returned here in the
shape OF weapons. When we think
of the immense amount of timber
required tor the construction of
wharves, piers, railways, ETC.. it be.
comes apparent that measures should
be taken, not only by the individual
owners OF land, but by Legislature,
to provide against wanton destruc-
ton OF forests, and for the repairing
of necessary loss and waste Of tim
Der. It appears to us also, that in
view of the rapid decay Of wood used
for piles, sleepers and similar pur-
poses, that it would be well to sub.
ject material so used to the Bethel
or some such process, for the pur.
pose of resisting decay. It is said
that wood which after being submit.
ed to the process, was used for rail-
road ties and bridge timber, was
found after quarter of century's
use and exposure, to be as sound al
new timber.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08

Vinegar Bitters are not vile Fancy Drink
Made Of Poor Ram. Whiskey, Prosf Spirits
and Refuse Liquors, doctored. spced and sweet
ened to please the taste called Tonics" Appstzers
Rsstorers &C., that lead the tippler to drunken
and ruin, but true Medicine, made from the
Native Roots and Herbs Of California, free from.all
Alcoholic Stlmulants. They are the GREAT
BLOOD PURIFIER and LIFE GIVING
PRINCIPLE, perfect Rsnovator and Invigorator
Of the System. carrying Oh al poisonous matter and
rsstoring the bloed to healthy condition. No person
take these Bitters according to directions and
main long unweu. provided their bones not des-
troysd By mineral poison other means. and the vital
organs wasted beysnd the point Of repair.
They nr0 a Gentle Purgat1ve M we'll AZ n
Tonic, POSSESSING also the peculiar merit ofactns
spowerful agent In relieving Congestion or Inaamma-
tion Of the Liver. and all the visceral Organs.
FOE FINALE COMPLAINTS, whether in
young old, married single, At the dawn Of
hood or at the turn Of M these Tonic Bitters have
equal.
For Inllammatsry or Chronic Rhenmatlsm
md Geut, Dyspepsia Or Indigestion, Bill.
loss, Renittent and Intermittent Fevcrs,
Diseases 81 the Blood, Liver, Kidneys aud
BLADDER, these Blttcrs have been most successful.
Bach Dtseases caused by Initiated Blood,
which Is generally produced by arrangement OF the
DiGestlvs Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
acne, rain m the Shoulders Coughs Tightness Of tho
Chest Dizziness Sour fluctuations Of the Stomach Bad
Taste In the Mouth. Bilious Attacks Palpaton of tho
Heart. Inflammation Of the Lungs, Pain in the regions
of the Kidneys and hundred other painful symptoms
are the odsprinss of Dyspepsia.
They nvieorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels which render them OF unequallcd
efficacy in cleansing the blood Of al impurities and i'm
parting new lhs and visor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, letter,
ealt Rheum, piotcheA Spots, Pmples Pustues, Bols
Casbuncless Ring Worms. 6cald Head, Sore Eyes
Erisp elss, Nch scarfs Discoontions Of the Skin,
Aunors and Diseases Of the Skin, Of whatever name
Or nature literally dug up end carried ont Of the
system In short time By the Of these Bitter One
eotle In such eases will convince the most inereduosa
Of their curative effect.
Cieanee the vitstsd Blood whenever you Hnd IT, i'm.
PARTIES baFstinG through the skin in Ppss Rruptoas
Auggsh In the vcins: cleanse It when Il u foul and
feelings will tell you when Keep the blood pure
and the health Of the system will follow.
PIN, TAPE, ord other WORMS, lurking IN
the aystem q 20 u,1nY thousands aFs esetualy DIS
Fcyrd and removed For full directienA Rod earsnllJ
tbs circular ar.und eash bottle, print.d ~ ioui
iAnguasss-EnSilsh. German. French and Spanish.
=. WALKER, Proprietor. LII. MCDONALD 4 90.
Druggists and Gen. Agents, San HrancacO. CAL. and
- end y commsrcs Street. New York.
~ eoLD DY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08

An old lady who happened to haYe
the only clock in the neighbo:hood
where she resided, had frequent ap.
plications to impart the time Of day
to her less fortunate neighbors. At
last getting out of patience, she re-
solved to wind it up, mot the clock
exactly, but the troublesome custom
ers.) One day little boy poked his
head in at the door, with the usual
"what thine is it w "Taint no time
for you: and look here, tell your
mother hot to send here again; Lee
no notion gearing my clock out telling the
time o'day for all creation"
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08

Persons often say they should be
delighted to sing, If they could only
remember the words. Amateur vo-
calists pay but little attention to the
words. People with short memories
may sing like the following:
ooh if had lumty tum, lumty tum too,
In the land Of the olive and fig.
I wsuld sing Of the lumti' tum tumti' to you,
And play on the thing-a-jig.
sAnd if in the tumti'tum battle I fall,
A tumti' tum's all that crave,
Oh bury me deep in the what>you- mav>call,
And plant thingumbobs over my grave.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08
Iowa Politics.

IL. ). Crouch, OF Dewitt, Is 4 can
d,date for State Superintendent.
The Storm Lake Pilot wants to
see Senator Bennett, OF Washington,
the next Governor.
James l.. Enos, Of Cedar Rapids,
Is the latest candidate for State SUI
perintendant OF Public Instruction.
The Davenport Gazette says:
I'VE have little tear but what Mr..
kissell will be nominated, and much
less that his usefulness from year to
year will be 50 recognized that the
disposition will be cumulative to re-
tain him in a place he has the ability
to so completely fill and adorn."
The delegates from Marhall coun-
ty elected to the State Convention
are understood to have preference as
follows: Carpenter, 4; Scott, 4; scat.
terng, 3; total, II; whereupon the
State Register suggests that this
does not look as though the Big
Sixth would be a unit tor any one
but "total."
The Independence Bulletin has
this to say of Prof. Aliens candidacy:
1.-THE presumption that he is a cam
didate and that he is not candidate
are equally well proven by his own
sivings out. In short, the Professor
seems to be playing nice little game
Of political thimble-rig, the object of
which 1t is difficult to DISCERN, and
and the effect OF which will not as
suredly rebound to his reputation as
q man or his success as a candidate"
The Waukon Standard has poll
cy of its own, "but none to enforce
against the will of the people" as
follows:
"For Governor, Col. G. G. Car
penter, Of Fl. Dodge. For Lieuten-
ant Governor, Hon. II. G. Bulls, of
Wlnneshiek. For Superintendent Of
Public Instruction, Prof. Jerome Al
len, of Monticello. But if the State
Convention, in its wisdom, smashes
our slate, we shall cypher as it di.
rects.''
On State Superintendent the Wat
erloo Reporter says: $50 tar as per-
sonal considerations 90, the writer
would be exceedingly glad for the
nomination OF Col. Abernethy. We
are not convinced that the good OF
the schools of the State can be best
subserved by a change Of their su.
pervising officer at this juncture.
We know of no good reason why
Mr.. Kissell should be denied the
very usual honor Of second term il
he chooses to accept it. If a change
is decided upon, we know of no man
whom we could speak with such alb.
solute confidence regarding his fit
ness for the position as Col. Aber'
nethy."
|
The La Porte Progress, edited by
Representative Wasson, strongly sup.
ports Col. Scott for Governor. It
says: 1--WE know that he consented
to the use of his name after much
hesitation, and only upon assurances
from men in different parts Of the
State. who are entitled to great re-
spect. We know also that he has
done nothing to forfeit tina. respect
but that his aversion to all clartraps
slate. making, and other politica
small figuring, is making him hosts
of friends. We hope and we believe
that he will be the nominee of the
Convention, and know that he wonld
bear the banner Of Republicanism te
one of its proudest victories"
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08

The Dubuque Times says: There
is difference between a frog and a
toad. There is a difference between
a preacher and pickerel. A Hum
boldt county preacher, on the look
out for frog, for bait, found a toad,
loaded hook with it, and went pick
crel- fishing. He caught no pickerel.
because, although he did mt know the
difference between frog and a toad,
the pickerel did, and that's the differ.
ence between preacher and pick.
erel."
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08

nRocket" contributes The following
sparks to the Boston Commercial
Bulletin:
Notwithstanding darkness reigns,
it may be very dry night.
"The color Of the wind was discov-
cred by the man who went out and
found 1t blue.
you cannot see any better with a
light breeze, nor tell the weight Of
the wind on balance sheet.
"When the mercury stands at nine
ty degrees in the shade, you had bet
ter SIT down yourself; you may sit
up, however, all night.
IF you are out III driving storm,
don't attempt to hold the rains"
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-06-08

The New York World foretells
the probable coming Of another Iowa
Republican candidate for the Presi.
dency: "Still another candidate for
the Presidency is suggested on the
Republican side-Jrstice Samuel +,
Miller, of the Supreme Court Of the
United States.