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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-07-28
Tribute Well Deserved.

We gladly call the attention of our citi
zens to the rare work spoken of below, and
cordially invite careful perusal of the fol
lowing criticisms from those well known
in this place
For more than year I have been ia
vored with Hitchcock's new and complete
Analysis of the Holy Bible" and hav
ing examined it with care, | am prepared
to say that in my opinion it stands un
cqualed as help in the study Of the
Holy Bible. Its arrangement of scriptu-
raj topics is complete, while the work
throughout is one of much labor and great
skill. Without it no Bible student can af
ford to be. Feeling it's worth, hope that
like the Bible it may find its way into ev-
cry family. WIN. HAw.
Presiding Elder Mineral Point Dist.
have examined Hitchcock's "AnalysiS
of the Bible" with some care, and do not
hesitate to recommend it as the most val
liable assistant to the successful study or
intelligent :eading Of the Scriptures yet
published OF completed. Without it no
Library is complete. Its eXcellencies are
100 manifold to be enumerated. 1t only
need be said ii is perfect and complete.
W. Il. BENNETT.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-07-28
c.. c.. JENKINS,
M. J. BRIGGS.

A rrORNEY AND COUNSELLOR, Dodgevlle,
n Wis. will practice in all the Courts of this
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
An lnfiCel Answered.

An infdel was cc,uring on his ia
vorite topic, against tho Bible and
Christianity, in one of the la,g. town
north Of England. uo was peculiarly
bitter against tho word of God. At
the conclusion Of tho lecture, feeling
much delighted with his effort he
said, "lf any one wishes to reply,
let him come forward aud speak"
After brief pause, middlc-agcd
woman came up to the stand and said
"Sir, | wish to ask you n question 7"
"Well, my good woman, what is tho
question 7"
"Tcn years ago." said she, 81 was
left a widow with eight small chill.
drcn my husband died poor he
left mo not much except than n Bible.
That, book has been read daily, and I've
found sweet comfort and great sup~
port in its gracious truths. God has
blessed mo and my children, and has
morcifully supplied my wants and
theirs. I have a, good hope in Jesus
Christ, and expect when die to dwell
with him forever. Now sir, what has
your belief done for you ~
Rather confused the inGdcl, re-
piled, "My good woman, I've no de-
sire to interfere with your enjoy
meDt.'
"That Is not the question. What
has your way of thinking done for
you 7"
Much confoundcd, tho man beat q
retreat amid the laughter of large
congregation, who felt the widow had
surely and effectively silcnccd the
inidel.-Ncw York Christian Adro-
c0te.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
What Grants Signature Costs.

Every imporf.nt paper requiring
the signature Of Presidcu, Grants is
sent on to L"ug Branch by special
messenger who is allowed ten cents
mileage, each way, hotel bills and
contingent expenses. 1t is estimated
that every time the signature of U. S.
Grant is now appended to any com
missary order, bigumy pardon, or
other paper, it costs the taxpayers
about sevcnty-five or hundred dol
lars, according to tho allowances to
to the messengers. And all this,
while Grant draws his full salary,
smokes his cigar, laughs in his
sleeve at n cajoled people, and plots
with his crowd of office holders to se-
cure denomination. What very
patient set Of asses the American
people would prove themselves to be
if they should re.eleot him.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
Meeting Bcath,
can.

Bonaparte died in his military
garb, his field marshal's uniform and
boots, which he had ordered to be
put on short time before his dis
solution. T.
Augusta Caesar chose to die in a
standing position, and was careful in
arranging his persons and dress for
the occasion.
Siward, Earl of Northumberland, ,
when at the point of death, quilted
his bed, put on his armor, saying that
1T became not man to die like a
boast"
A more remarkable instance is that Of
Maria Theresa, of Austria, who, q
short time before she brea athed her
last, having fallen in a slight slum-
ber, one Of the ladies in attendance
remarked that her majesty seemed to
be asleep.
"No," said she, "I could sleep if
would indulge in rcpose, but I am
sensible of the near approach of death
and [ will not allow myself to bo
surprised BY him in my sleep. l wish to
meet my dissolution awake"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
How 10 Bee Under Water.

The Indians of North America do
this by cutting hole in the ice and
then covering or hanging n blanket in
such away as to darkcn or exclude tho
direct rays Of the sun, when they are
ablc TO see and discover fish n: any
reasonable depth. Let any one who
is anxious to prove this place himself
under the blanket and he will be aston
ishcd when ho beholds with what bril-
llancy every Thing in the fluid world is
lighted up. l once had occasion to
examine the bottom Of mill pond, for
Which l constructed a'aoat out Of inch
plank sufficient to bouy me up through
the centre Of this I cut n hole and
placed blanket over it hen I was
enable clearly to discov objects at
the bottom, and several lost tools wcro
discovered and picked up. I am satis-
fled that where water is sufficiently
clear this latter plan coul. be snccess.
fully used for searching for dead bodies
and lost articles. would suggest that
this cxperim ent DO tried on tho sea
Tor am satisfied that with craft like
the Great Eastern, where an obscrva-
tory could DO placed at tho bottom
with sufficient darkness. by the aid of
glasses we could gaze down into the
depths OF the sea the same as we can
survey the starry heavens at midnight
Cor. Scientific american.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
Paying Politics.
ate llp.

The residence of Senator G. P.
Leslie in South Carolina must have
been both profitable and pleasant.
Ouly two or three weeks ago, he
bought II valuable piece of real estate
in New York, and now we have
the report in the New York San of
another interesting transaction of
the same sort. The Sun says:
We yesterday received information
from V. X. teveusun & Son that
thoy had sold at private sale for
F'ancis w. Worth four lots 100 feet
square, on the Northwest corner Of
the Grand Boulevard ana Eighteen
street, for $4,000. The operty
was taken by Mr.. Leslie, of South
Carolina. These lots were bonght ia
Jnnc ;"st h., Mr. W,rth Tor $50 900,
-Hhi"' 10 e River do Par. assc ~
.o. II s / 200 an" he ms Singular
'""'"r, ., -. trAGsac l,u Is .h.t in
o. ,H'. ~ a rc"nt FIR S7A 600,
".h" b. Jr'u, Nr,'lA.c. whic, was
:cJcc'rd, Mr. Nu',h Shrntd @i>pp.e "f
u" prur,Tty al 81 s:ra' il sac ilice.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
A Story 10 be Believed.

On the authority of two persons of
veracity, correspondent Of the Al
bany Journal tells this: "They saw
wasp riding on green worm one
and half inches long. How far he
had ridden they did not know but
after they saw him, they watched
him until he had ridden all of twenty.
five feet. Occasionally the worm
would stop, lie motionlcss, as though
he was dead, when the wasp, after a
little, would spur him up, and then
the worm would 60 on. The wasp
would keep the worm would keep the
worm in as direct course as he
could. After while the worm stop
ped and the wasp dismountcd and
quickly ran and removed a little stone
or piece Of ground about two inches
from whore tho worm lay, and then
seizing the worm by the head drew it
into the hole. Presently, tho wasp
came out, put on the gravel top over
the hole, covered the stone, and sccm-
ed to be getting ,eady to fly, when
they killed him, and then dug down
abouttw inches and dug out the
worm. which was dead"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
The Next Packet for Liberia,

The American Colonization Society
expect to despatch an expedition for
Liberia on tho first of November
1871. 10 Industrious and worthy
people Of color the suciety will give
passage and subsistence on the vo yagc
-made in about forty days-and
support for tho first six months after
landing. Single adult persons got ten
acres, and families. These arc all
gifts, never to bo repaid. Those
wishing to remove to Liberia should
make application, addressed to Rev.
William McImin, d. D., financial
socretary, or to William Coppipger,
corresponding secretary Of tho Ameri.
can Colonization Society, Washington,
-. G..
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
Affairs In York,

On Thursday last, company Of
infantry of the Eighteenth Regiment
passed here on their way to York.
vile, and on Saturday morning two
companies Of cavalry left here for
the same destination. When the artil-
lery and tho siego trains arc to move
to the front, we are not advised.
| The forco at Yorkville now consists
of three companies Of cavalry and
two of infantry-aggregating we sup-
pose, not less than two hundred men.
Ono Deputy United States Marshal,
or the Sheriff Of tho county, could
make all the arrests that are drawn
on tho bills for that county as safely
and as effcctually as the whole mill.
tary force of tho government oan do.
This would not suit tho purposes of
party, though. An insurreotion Mt
tho South is needed to keep tho
Northern heart fired; and all tho
forms of suppressing ono must be
gone through with, no matter how
disastrous the consequences may bo
to the section Of country selected for
the enactment Of the farce. Woe to
tho conquered has been tho rule since
the creation of the world. 1t would
be idle for US to expect our fate to bo
botter than that of other conquered
peoples.
No arrests have been made in York
80 far rs we are informed, since tho
arrest of tho party charged with
having, Ku Kluxed ph~bo Smith in
May last. It is supposed that Aker-
man has in his pocket the war proc.
lamation of Grant. and that tho
troops will move to the front imme-
diately upon tho expiration Of tho
five days of grace allowed by his inn
pcrial highnoss the so'called Presi-
dent of tho Unitod States. - Chester
RsDoyicr,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
A Reign OF Terror.

From what we can learn, there is d
perfect reign Of terror, in Spartan.
burg County, and nearly oil business
except that pertaining to the United
States marshal's Office, is at staudstill
We arc told numbers arrive daily at
the courthouse, acknowledge ug them
81 Ives members Of the Ku-Klux or,
ganixation. If those we saw taken to
Coiumbie nre specimens Of the organi
zation, We don't think it is 80 fornida
bic clan, after all. We do not be-
lievs tho oldest was over TWEEN.
ty years old, and two of them Ger.
t,inly had not reached seventeen.
| We learn, however, that it is d niger.
GUS for u person to leave the village,
for fear of bciug suspected Of trying
to escape from the othcers Of the law.
One gentleman was arrested while on
ais way to transact some business With
II person outside the corporate limits
of the village, and lodged in Jail.
Numbers Of respectable men have
'eft the county, hut from the fact
that many Of the arrests are Of such
persons upon whom suspicion had
never rested, and no one knows how
soon some malicious fellow may point
him out ss u suspected member IF the
mystic baud, aud have him incarcera-
ted in a loathsome dungeon.
X 4 Il
We are, always have been, and ex-
pect always to be, unmistakably op-
posed to secret political organizations.
They are directly opposed to our ideas
of true Republication, and will always
prove, as the Union Leagues and Ku-
Klux Klans have, detrimental to the
peace and prosperity Of the country.
We are no more upologists for those
who commit murder or whip and
otherwise maltreat individuals, than
we are for those who burn dwelling
houses, barns, stables, commit rape or
theft :; but we do demand that the
perpetrators Of either or all Of those
crimes shall have fair trial before
on impartial and uuprejudiccd court
and jury, and when found guilty they
should suffer the penalty attached to
such crimes by the laws of the States
in which the crime was committed.
Information reaches us that squad
of United States soldiers, under COM
mand of deputy United States mar
shall, went to the residence of j.
Banks Lylcs, one morning last week,
to arrest him. Captain Lyles was not
at home, ard the soldiers broke down
doors, and behaved iu very unman-
ly manner. They rode their
horses into the front yard,
took corn from Captain Lyles's
crib, andfed their animals there.
there. Captain L. is principal of
large malo academy, and when the
squad arrived the breakfast for the
students was either on the table, or
ready to be put there. This the SOL
diers took forcibly possession of and
ate up.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
Hints Concerning Kerosene,

Scarcely week passes during the
winter months but VIC read accounts
Of frightful accidents from kerosene
lamps exploding and killing, or scar
ring for life, men women and children.
A simple knowledge of the infiamma-
bic nature of the fluid would proba-
ply put stop to nearly all tho aoci.
dents. AS the oil burns down in tho
lamps, highly inaammablc gas gath
ers over its surface, and as the oil de-
creases the gas increases. When tho
oil is noarly consumed light jar will
often inf the gas, aud an explo.
sion is sure to follow, dealing death
and destruction, A mbsheli is not
more to he dreaded. Now, if the
lamp is not allowed to burn more
than half way down, such accidents
are impossible. Always fill your
lamps every morning, then you never
need fear On explosion.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
A Good Irish Anccdole,

Some years ago, since when tho
beautiful painting Of Adam and Eve
was exhibited in ireland, it became
the chief topic Of conversation. ri.
nally arranged an illitcrate peasant
went to sec it. The light was arrang-
cd as to reflect on the picture and
leave the spectator in comparative
darkness. The peasant as he entered
the room to see his first parents, was
struck with so much astonishment
that he remained specchless for somo
moments. lie stood liko statue :
as though III, fee, were Incorporate cd
with the oake" Il or II the ,n..m. At
last with an effort ho turned to an
acquaintance and said
"Barney, LII niver say another
word agin Adam in all me life, for
had been in the garden, I'd have
eat ivcry apple in it, for the sake of
such lovely creature as Eve"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
Singular Practice.

The New York (Pcnn.) Democrat t
to'..' > tough story to explain several
accidents which it says have occurred
recently OIL tho Northern Central
railway. 1t appears that the Aagmen
are required to 60 along the road
some distance from train which may
be dal yed in order to warnapproaching
trains. 1t is often necessary to wait
some time, "and in order to get some
rest in this time it is said they lay heads
on the track and 90 to sleep, waiting
for the noiso and jar of tho approach
ing train to wake them up"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
Radical United States Senator on
Trial.

| The United States circuit Court for
Arkansas met at little Rock on Mon
day last, and the case of Uuited
States Senator Clay ton, for the viola.
tion of the Congressional Euforoement
Act, was called. Clayton's counsel
demurred to the indictment, OH the
ground first, that the nineteenth aud
twenty. first section of tho Act are un-
constitutional second, that the Uui-
ted States Court has no jurisdiction
over the Governor Of State third :,
that the Governor is not an election
officer within the meaning Of the
Act.
1t will be noted that Clayton does
not boldly plead not guilty of the
frauds charged on him, and demand
proof; and endeavors to get rid of
the case before it reaohes trial of
the facts. This is a rather pitiable
spectacle for Senator Of tho United
States and q trusted member of the
administration purity to be in.
He does not deny that he committed
the election frauds charged against
him, aud BY means of which he is be-
lieved to hive reached the Senate;
but he denies the cunstitutionality of
tic law which his own party passed
and he seeks shelter behind the
dogma of State rights by pleading
that the Governor of State is not
amenublc to law of Congress The
public will watch the progress of this
case with some interest. Twenty
other cases of election frauds, all com
mi,ted by Clayton's friends are tocome
before the Court.-Aissouri Republ-
can
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
The New Political Movement in Tennes

The Reunion Reform Association
of this city, composed of citizens irres-
pective of party for the prom otion of
great common interest and the oblit-
Grafton Of scctionalism from national
politics, had public meeting here
this evening. Speeches were made
by ex-Confederate and ex.Federal
soldiers, fratcrnal in spirit and ma
tional in character. One speaker, an
ex Confederate soldier, who served
with Forrest through *he war, said he
had faith which no words could ex-
press in the sumblime Significance,
mission and destiny of the American
Union, eulogizing the national flag as
the emblem of liberty and equality of
men Of all nationalities. He further
said the South must show the
honest masses of the North, by elo-
qucnt action rather than fair promises,
that their attachment to the govern
mcnt was sincere. Hon. A. s. Col
Ter, an ex Confederate Congressman.
hin thcrto an active Democrat, took
strong ground against the nomination
Of Dcm' cratic candidate for Presi-
deht next year.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25

Whit is High Farming?

1t is q system Of tillago and farm
management that is seif.sustaining, q
system that tukcs nothing but tho bare
land, the domesti, animals, tho faru
! implements and machinery, and oul-
tivatcs the soil, sustaius the family
aud the animals, pays the annual taxes
defrays tho expenses incident to the
! improvements that must be made on
j the farm, cancels the annual inter.
est on the money invested in the land
eventually pays for the land, all from
; the products of the soil cultivated ;
and after one, two and three decades
of years, leaves every acre in far
better state Of fertility than the soil
was at the beginning. This is high
farming. There are untold numbers
of quiet, unobtructive til(ers of
the soil in many Of our States, who
have commenced precisely as wo hav.
Indicted, without ono dollar Of cash
capital who have no revenue what
ever besides the natural resources Of
their cultivated fields, aud who by
hard work and judicious management
sustained their families, paid for their
land, erected all their buildings, paid
for all their valuable improvements,
aud at the same time, have brought
their land up to that state of produc-
tiyenc>s by their judicious manage
mcnt, that every acre now yields
from two to three tons of hay where
only one was originally gathered,
and they harvest nearly two bushels,
in many instances more than two,
of cereal grain, where the product
was but one bushel. That is high
farming. Yet such a system of hus.
bandry is usually snecred at simply
because the proprietor knew how to
save his money to defray the expenses
Of improvements, rather than spend
three times more than he madc.-
~. Y. Obserrer.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
Mrs. Fair Prefers Hanging 10 lmprison.
ment

A correspondent Of q Chicago pa
Fer, who visited Mrs. Laura D. Fair
now in Jail in San Francisco under
sentence Of death for the murder OF
a. p. Crittcnden, Esq, reports the
following dialogue
wLct me ask you a somewhat singu.
lar question, will you ?"
"Certainly."
"Suppose that tho Supreme Court
refuses to allow you new trial,
would sou accept mutation of
your sentence :"
''flow do you mean -
"Well, it is hard to say to woman
in your position just what I mean.
1t is to this effect Suppose q petit
tlon were gotten up to commute your
present sentence to imprisonment,
would you accept it ~
"Ncver ~ she answered., with o.
flush creeping across her check.
"What |" You prefer tho capital
sentence 2"
"Most certainly %
"Why, may I ask ? Is not life
sweet to you?'
eyes, it is but I have daughter
who is now growing up, and, should
remain in prison, she would hayo
to stay hero and visit me. She is
young, she would grow up without
protection, and then would always
rest on her the stain of my prison
life. But if die, she would go away
somewhere else, and iu time tho stain
would be forgotten"
CAS- she spoke of her daughter, a
mist struggled for momont with the
currents in her eyes, but al
most instantly disappeared as if dried
up by tho heat of the surface upon
which it appeared.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25

Tho later investigations seem to
show that those frightful instruments
of fortune discovered in the convent
of Piepus, in Paris, including
"straps and buokles," "stecl collars"
"iron corsots and skull.oaps," and
worst of all ga real rack turned by
cog.whcels," arc just what tho nuns
said they were, orhthopwdiot instru-
mcnts. The Pail Mall Gazette SAYS
TINT "the corset, tho skul!.oap and
tho rack are, beyond doubt, instru-
ments for the treatment Of torticollis
and spinal curvature, and would be
recognized rs euch by the persons
familiar with the antique methods Of
orthopndy."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25

An impious hlasphemcr, while the
fire fiend was raging in Chicago, har.
angucd multitude from the steps of
the Court House, melting to disorder.
lie cried out, "Whcre is your God
Where is your God now? Where
are your Gods angels now 7" n
policemen grabbed him by the collar
and confined him in the basement of
tho Court House. What became of
the blasphemer is not known-the
Court House was soon after con.
sumed.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
C0ndnet0r In Church.

Eastern papers contain tho follow
ing little story, which We hore bring
to notice:
A good story is told of q popular
railroad conductor, recently chosen
deacon of church in Middlesex
county, Massachusetts. A few Sun
days after his appointment it became
his duty to assist in taking up a COL
lection. In his embarrassme he
surprised the congregation by starting
out with the customary "Tickets, gen.
tlemen %
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
The Iowa Election.

A dispatch dated Dubuque, llth
inst. ,, from the chairman of the Re-
publican State committee to Secre.
tary of War Belkuap, says:
"Carpenter's majority in the
eighteen counties heard from ia nine
Thousand. 1t will undoubtedly
reach forty.6ve thousand in the State.
We loose one reprcsen tativc in Polk
county, ono in Henry, one in Webster
one in Jefferson, all in johnson, and
gain in Dubuque"
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25
The Titusyillo Herald not

The Titusvillo Herald notices
"quinine biscuit" as the latest novel.
ty in the medicinal pastry line. Each
biscuit, it says, contains one-forth of q
grain of quinine and the taste is so
concealed that hearty individual
can put them down until the hair on
the back of his head begins to curl
without knowing what he is taking
Next we shall have castor oil sponge
cake, buchurious bread and suuil
pancakes for table dclicacies, and all
first class drug stores have a bake
shop and lunch.room attnched to the
! prescription department..
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-10-25

There are two ways of going
through the world one is to make
tho best of 1t, the other to make tho
worst Of it sand those who take tho
latter course work hard for very poor
pay.
Ho who marrios beauty only, !
like buyer Of cheap furniture--the
varnish that caught tho eye will not
endure tho freside blazo.
Tho Greenyile Mountainier re.
ports frost, beautiful weather, apd
the thermometer toucbiog The fortaeR.