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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-07-06
a GREAT rARssnR,s l1Axuss

The successful life of Jacob Strawn,
the prince of American farmers, ID
attributed to the close observance OF
the following maxims, originated by
himself:
When you wake up do not roll
over, but roll out. 1t will give you
time to ditch all your sloughs. break
them, harrow them and SOW with
timothy and red clover. One bushel
Of clover to two bushels of timothy
is enough.
Mako your fence high, light and
strong, so that it will keep cattle and
pigs out.
If you have q brush, make your
lots secure and keep your hogs from
the cattle, for ii tho corn is kept
clean, they will eat it better than II
it was not.
Be sure to get your hands to bed
by z O'Clock they will rise early by
force of circumstance. Pay hand,
if he is poor hand, all you promise
him; if he is good one, pay him q
little more; it will encourage him to
do still better. III Il.
Always feed your hands as we'll rs
you do yourself, for the laboring man
is the bone and sinew of the land,
and ought to be well treated.
am satisfied that getting up
early, industry and regular habits,
are the best medicine prescribed for
health.
When rainy, bad weather comes
SO that you can't work out doors
split and haul your wood.
Make your racks, fixing your
feDce or gate that is off its hinges,
or weather-b boarding your barn whore
the wind has blown the siding of, or
patching the roof Of your barn or
house.
Study your interest closely, and do
not spend any time in electing Pres
Iidents, Senators and other smaller
officers, or talking of hard times
when spending your time in whit
thing store-boxes, etc,
Take your time and make calcula.
tions; don't do things in hurry, but
dosthem at the right time, and keep
your mind as well as the body en-
plOved.
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Walker of the bloomfield Demo
crot is sound to the core. We like
him. There isn't a bit Of doubt Of his
fitness for good Democrat. Hie
brass would be sufficient for five
gallon brass kettle and . plenty to
spare. Hear him say how Republi-
cans have stole Democratic thunder.
Of course be means the 18th, 18th,
and 18th amendments to the Con.
stitution. I. o. you're . brick.
1t will be seen that the Republican
platform lie, in many of its Features,
indentical with the Democratic plat,
form. Why this is SO, can be rcadi-
II inferred when one comes to con-
slider that the Republicans had the
advantage of = weeks study of our
platform before they modelled their
own, and knowing that the Democ-
racy had placed themselves right
upon the main Issues, they stole
Democratic thunder with which to
delude the people, thus confessing
that the Democrats were right.
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Circumstances Alter Gases.

/ remember one OF those rare in
stances in the experience of country
printers, says Whitclaw Reid, in bis
Editorial "Reminiscences, when man
came into tho Office to thrash me. [
had then arrived ct the mature ago
of Is, but was not as vigorous as |
am now. In the course Of some
police items in country town, had
occasion to say that a Dutch butcher
--being six feet, age thirty-nine
weight two hundred had whipped
his wife . proceeding to which / OBJ
jected, and and on wit b
severity which hope the enlighten-
ed press OF the country will alway 8
exhibit on such occasions.
The next day the butcher came in
and proposed to interview" the
writer Of that paragraph. He look
cd at me and inquiredif l wrote j.
We think quick in great periIs, and
people in danger Of being thrashed
can do y very large amount ofratioa-
ination in a very short time. saw
there was no use Of arguing with
the fellow, and I said to him
"Hans, are you subscriber 10
this paper 7"
Hans, who understood thoroughly
that he had been maligned, was not
sure on the subject Of subscriptions,
and he shook his head and asked me
what l meant. "Hans, are you sub
scriber to the paper p Hans scratcl.-
his his head again and believed he
was not. l said loudly:
aPut your hand in your pockst
book, and give me two dol
lars to pay your subscription Un,a
youdo, / would like TO know what
business it is OF yours what we say"
l escaped the thrashing that Tins,
and commend it to the attention Of
all who put such things in their
papers.
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The ART OF LAUGH1Na.-The man
that laughs is q doctor without q
diploma; his face does more good in
a sick room than bushel of powders
or a. gallon of bitter draughts. Peo.
plo are always glad to SEQ him
their hands instinctively go half way
out to meet his grasp, while they
turn involuntarily from the clammy
touch of the dyspeptic who speaks
on the groaning key. Ho laughs
You out OF your faults, while you
never dream of being offended with
him; and YOU know not what q
pleasant world you ere living in
until no points out the sunny strcaL
on its pathway.
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Established in 1848.
The Burlington Gazette says cd

The Burlington Gazette says ed
itorially
It is said that q million Of money
is involved in q contest going on tt
remove the Judiciary Of Utah. The
capitalists are at work. Grant is q
good man for them to work upon
They will accomplish their purpose
as money is the strongest argument
with the present corrupt President.
We have noticed tho editorial col
nmns ofthis paper is full ofjust such
sensational articles. They are dash.
Cd on with q sang Jroid that seems
to have no idea that.a newsphpct ol
the land, an edacatdrpf the people,
ought TO have some regard fofltruth
Tho newspaper readers of thecoun.
try como to discriminate ID regard
TO tho reliability Of papers. IT least
tho intelligent portion Of such read
ers, and il is not long before it be.
comcs we'll known that cortain pa
pers have no reliability In political
matters, and, therefore, no heed is
given to them.
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THE 0TTUMWA COURIER
I. I. Il EEzzRFEG5h EEzHaRGF55h, }nDIron.

The renogsde Dana, Of the New
York Slx, i evidently ono Of those
chaps predestined to believe lie
that he may be damned. He has
discovered that Grant (who would
not make Dana Collector Of Now
York, and thus incurred his undying
hostility is not being endorsed by
the Republican Conventions held
this summer. Hear him talk about
Iowa:
"Of the like tenor were the pro.
oeedlngs of the Iowa Convention
The resolutions approved OF specific
acts of the administration, because
this was due TO the maintenance oi
party discipline; but they were
ominously silent on tho vital issue OF
Grants renomination. Indeed, &c
precisely identical was the course ot
the Ohio and Iowa Republicans on
this subject, that one can hardly
doubt that the leaders of the party
in tho two States acted according tl
a pre-arranged programme
Now, the truth is, that the admin
istration was specially and pointedly
endorsed in the resolutions, while /
dispatch sent to Ohio, during the ses
sion Of the Convention. pledginf
10000 majority in 1872, was adopted
amidst = whirlwind Of applause.
1t seems 70 be pity that lying i
a sin, since i appsnrs 70 be 30 abso
lutely necessary TO tho propulsion 0
renegade Republican newspaper
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orTUmwA wAPE1Io COUNTY IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY g. 1s7

Commodore John Rogers of the
U. s. Navy was rocontly sent to
Corea, = peninsula on the east coast
Of Asia, in close proximity to Jspan,
! with q small feet to call the Govern
ment Of Corea to account for indig-
mites and wrongs committed upon
American vessels along the ooAst by
the Corean cruisers. What his par
ticular instructions wero, or tho ex-
tent Of authority given himais not
known, but one thing is certain 10
has been so treated by the Corean
authorities, that he has opened the
gums Of his feet upon one Of their
seaport towns, landed his marines,
and captured several forts and q
large amount of munitions Of war
It seems the Corean nation 30 little
known to fame, at least on the wes-
tern continent, numbers frem ten to
fifteen millions Of people, and is q
power Of no mean proportions. The
people resemble the Japanese, and are
very exclu sive, unrelenting and bar
barous towards foreigners; taking
captive unfortunate seamen ship
wrecked upon their shores, and
holding them as prisoners for years.
This little shindy may require the
the number of our war vessels and
guns to be quadrupled in that quar-
ter before reasonable terms are con-
quered from these unreasonable peo-
pie. Ii they don't want to be social
with the rest of mankind, they must
be taught to respect the free use by
all nations Of the open sea and to
treat humanely tho unfortunate, una
avoidably thrown among them. If
there be no other way, after they
have been, rs was tho case with
Commodore Rogers, civiIy and cour-
teously asked to confer upon our
differences, without deigning . reply,
then let them feel for little season
the weight Of our Columbiads.
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About IL o'clock Hon. jeff. Davi.
called at the Overton Hotel, and wa.
was ushered into the presence of Mr.
Greeley, at whose hands he mot /
very cordial reception. The philoso
pher and his visitor sat facing eact
other in the center Of tho room, the
broad, opon countenance of the one
in strange contrast with the wiry
nervous, and somewhat delicate facs
Of the other.
Mr.. Davis was digni6ed and some
what formal In manner, while Mr
Greeley was frank, easy and quite
talkative. There was SCARCE refer
ence to tho political situation. Mr.
Greeley inquired concerning the
health Of Mrs. Davis with much
warmth and earnestness, and again
referred to the high regard he enter.
tanned for that lady and the family o1
which she came. Mr.. Davis respon,
ded appropriately, and expressed the
gratitude Of himself and Mrs. Davis
to tho philosopher for his kindly ser.
vice soon after tho war. This bro't
sup Mrs. Davis interview referred to
above, on which Mr.. Greeley seemed
to dwell with much pleasure. In the
course of conversation Mr.. Greeley
again spoke of the Blairs, and espec-
tally of the seniors of that distin-
guished family, remarking en- passdnt
that Frank P. Blair, and others OF
the present generation did not do
justice to the old stock, to whom he
referred with apparent deep feeling.
Mr.. Greeley then passed on to SUBJ
jects nearer home, and finally dwelt
several minutes on the memory of
Gen. Quitman, of whom he spoke as q
warm personal friend in times gone
by. Not word was said on either
side, that our reporter could over
hear, concerning Mr.. Davis present
condition and prospects. All thro'
the interview, which lasted ten min
utcs, Mr.. Davis maintained . very
reserved demeanor, while on the
other hand the face cf the philoso-
pher was wreathed in kindness and
smiles, with occasionally hearty
laugh breaking the stiffness. 1t was
o scene worthy the pencil of an ar
tist, one that would make . picture
valuable now and in future genera.
tions. Rising at the conclusion of
the interview, Mr.. Davis withdrew
with stately bow, and in few
minutes after Mr.. Greeley was en-
route for the depot, where he took
the l2:45 train for Louisville, accom-
panied by General Merritt, his friend
and travelling companions q Memphis
avalanche, Jnne 4th.
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Tho Eldora Ledger says: "Mrs.
Sylvia Carleton, who is reported to
have elopod with Row. Copeland, has
returned to Liscomb. She has been
to Canada, and declares she would
rather lose all she has in the world
as to reveal his hiding place. She
claims to have few thousand dol.
lars worth more inery and jewelry
than when she started"
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An outrageous black mailing trick
is still resorted to, and should be I'M
derstood by all inventors, especially
those why apply for extensions or
renewal of patents. The lawyer, in
common with the public generally,
having access to the records of the
Patent Office, prepares list Of all
applications made for renewal or
extension of patents, and files with
tho Commissioner Q notice of protest
on his own account. He then ao-
quaints himself with the particulars
OF each case, and writes to the APP
plicant that notice Of . romonstrance
has been filed here, and that he has
been employed by the persons whose
interests are affected by the propos.
cd extension to argue the case before
the Commissioner but that, as his
clients are disposed to deal fairly
with the applicant he (the lawyer)
thinks that the case might be CON-
promised and the applicant saved
much trouble and expense he adds,
perhaps, that failure to settle the
matter beforehand will probably re-
suit in a refusal Of his petition for
extension. The lawyer is mot Mt
liberty to name his clients, but will
be glad to communicate to them any
proposition the applicant may mako.
If the inventor is timid, rs is often
the case, he will agree 10 buy off the
imaginary remonstrant and the
matchmaking lawyer pockets the
money. III, on the other hand, he
feels sure Of bis case and goes to a
great expense to collect evidence and
present it in the strongest possible
light, he finds, when he comes before
the Commissioner, no opponent
One of these swindlers has made o
large fortune in this way.
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Hon. Jack Morrison and John +
Wilson woro nominated at Sigourncy
last Saturday, for the Legislature Of
that county.
Tho balance Of the ticket, which is
all a good ono, is as follows:
{ Auditor-Hollingsworth.
Treasuror-HOward.
Sheriff-Stranahan.
experimentation
Coroner-Robinson.
Supervisor-Mertz.
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A drug store man near Wyoming,

A drug store man near Wyoming,
Jones county, according to the Jour
nal, sold . deal Of whiskey to labor
ers on y now railroad, taking their
orders on the paymastor for the
stuff. Whom tho moncycd official
came around these bills wero duly
presented, and the paymaster refused
to cash thom. The graders had
been drunk and riotous, and the
progress Of the road had becn dam
aged q hundred times tho amount OF
tho liquor bills. The seller Of the
bcnxine does not SEQ his way clear to
realize any profit out OF the transac.
ton.
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Luck and Labor.

Many people complain Of thoir bad
luck, when they ought to blame their
own want OF wisdom and action
Mr.. Golden, distinguished writer
in England, thus wrote about luck
and labor:
Luck is everything waiting for
something to turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong
will, will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed, and wishes the
postman would bring him news Of a
legacy.
Labor turns out at 6 o'clock; and
with pom and ringing hammer, lays
tho foundation ola competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck rises ON chances.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down on Indigenee.
Labor strides upward to Independ-
enee.
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Tho democratic party resolve all
over tho country ito bury out Of sight
the past and its issues" That is Just
what Benedict Arnold would have
said, and it having beer acquiescod in
no could have lived III peace on
American soil, instead Of spoedins
his days ia@a foreign land.
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WASHINGTON, june %.
The following was received at the
Navy Department this afternoon
CoREA, June 20.
TO the Secretary Of the Nary -

TO the Secretary Of the Nary: =
The Coreans not apologizing for
their treacherous attack on the 10th
we landed on Kong Noe, took and
destroyed the lower fort and muni-
tions. On tho 1lth We took another
fort and then stormed and captured
the stronghold. Five ports have
been taken. The troops which de-
Tended them are reported rs num-
bering 1900. There was desper-
ate hand to hand fight in the citadel
the ordinance was destroyed, four
hundred and cighty-one pieces, prin-
cipally small brass pieces, and very
many small arms and fifty flags, were
taken. We counted 243 dead Cor
cans around tho citadel. We had
thrco killed. They were gallant,
Lieut.. Mckee, who was the first in
side tho citadel was killed with a
bullet and spear; marino Dennis Ha.
man and landsman Smith Allen kill
led. Our nlno wounded arc all out
of danger and doing well.
(Signcd) J. RoDGERs,
United States Navy.
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AGENCY Cry, Iowa. !
juno Both, 1871.
MEssRs. j. M. HEDRIcK 4 Co,
Editors Ottumwa COURIER
Goufc.

/ haYc just had the
pleasureof perusingyour valuable pa
per Of June 18th, inst, spd I see a
notice headed "Old Settlers Meet
ing ITO be held in Lee County
and Judge Miller is to deliver an ad-
dress. And, whereas, o suggestion
that it would be a good thing to
have on old settlers meeting in this
(Wapello) county. In this sugges-
tion | am with you heart and hand.
| have often thought of the propre-
ty of such old settlers meetings,
where old associates could tako each
others hands as in other years, as
early pioneers of the beautiful coun-
ty Of Wapollo, Iowa. Where they
could talk over old circumstances
and past events in tho early SETTLE
mont Of tho county.
l, being one Of the early settlers of
this county, would most respectfully
recommend meeting Of this kind at
some convenient time this fall. 1
have lived here since the spring of
1S43. and formed many friendly as
sociations with kind friends. While
many are gone, |, with many others,
still linger on the shores of time, and
are residing in the county. l, for
one, would put in my mite to put
the ball in motion. And as you
have said you would continue to
press this matter until you meet
with success, and a meeting of the
old settlers was had, | hope the sug-
gestions will meet with the hearty
APPROPRIATIONS of all the old settlers
in the county, and that there will be
united effort by all to have meet
ing OF this kind.
JOSEPH MYERS.
P. ST. hope you will pardon me
for these few broken remarks. WISH
ing to hear more on this subject, I
am, Yours truly,
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coUlgx1 OosGvnIGz1olg.

The CoontY Republican Convention fol
the nelalnatlon of . Senator, two Repre-
sentatives aherif, Treasurer, Auditor.
ana Co1nty school superintendent, viii
beheld g The Court House, in Ottumwa n.
Iowa, e. O'Clock, p. NJ. on the
5tA day Of August, 1871.
Each ToNnahip will bs entitled to five
delegates
The Townahip meetings for the appoint.
= ment OF delegntes will be held at the va.
rlous places of holding elections in the
respective townahips, at 8 O'Clock, p. m.
ON the 2oth day or July, 1871.
J. II. MERRILL,
Chm'n Co. Cent. Com.
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In an Ohio celebration; tho SUPER
intendent announced the title of a
song .Riding the Elephant Home"
when the audience found that il was
Write mo letter from Home" he
thought IT prudent to disappear.
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The Journal gets exuberant with
joy over the fact that tho City Coun-
ell of Mt. Pleasant has voted to have
gas, and that it is to be had so early
before the snow flies.
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The Burlington Gazette Of the 29th
inst. gives the following account OF .
fatal accident on tho b. G. X. M.
r. r.:
Last night as train was nearing
Cone Station, on the above road, a
young boy attempted to pass from
the baggage car to the engine. In
doing 50 hc had to pass over several
freight cars. In jumping from one
car to tho other hc lost his footing
and fell between tho cars ON to the
track, the train passing over him.
Both legs wero broken and one arm
badly mangled and his head injured
He lived about throe hours. His name
was Edw'd Baylos. He had boon sell.
ing candy, etc, in tho train for some
time and had all the recklcssnoss o
a boy sixteen years of ago. Hc hal
made this place his home for severa
months, his mother having died d
the poor farm about two weeks ago.
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4 SCENE On THE FALL. RIVER
[From the Capltal.] r1

4 gst $&G & lFrOm tn0 capital. 'frT rs
I" 'Fisk's is tho Fall River Line, is
| is not 2 M8es8 .as
esYes. And tho way he tries to
beat everybody else, and make his
line the only limo to Boston is aston
ishing. Why, I'll tell you something
about Fisk. One day, just as we
were starting from New York, .
trim little girl stepped aboard and
teok astate-room, saying she was
going rough to Boston. Sko wasn't
dressed l6ud but mighty neat and
rich wearinga . Turkish hat, velvet
sack trimmed with lace, = dress with
lot OF scollops and trimmings around
it and about the most bewildering
foot ever saw on a human. She
was pretty sassy md oailod mo old
father at supper, and carried on in q
way that soon showed what shc was
though she deceived me at first with
her baby face and girlish manners.
She was standingo on deck about
seven O'Clock, after having Mortified
the ladies and amused the gentlemen
by her rollicking humor, and becom-
ing quiet for . few minutes. while
she looked far ont at sea, she turned
to the captain and putting up her
small white hands and taking him
BY the whiskers on each side Of his
face she looked up at him, and says
she, very solemnly. did you ever
want to die, captain2' Well, no.
said he, I don't think l over did,
..Ahd if you did, says she, what
would you do?'
We'll in that case said the captain
loosing her hands and turning away,
4 think, as | have plenty OF oppor-
tunity should jump into the sound
and drown myself
The words were hardly out of his
mouth before she turned round like q
fash and putting ono hand on the
railing leaped overheard. She was
gore before a person could stir to
catch her, and terrible scream arose
from the passengers who saw 1t. 1
was standing aft when heard the
shouts and looked out and saw her
come to the surface. She had taken
off her hat and her splendid brown
hair which she wore loose down her
back, fioated in q mass on the water.
l fancied she looked straight at me
with her childish face rs she came
up, and there was nothing wild or
struggling about her but she seemed
to smile in the same jaunty way,
that she did when she was plaguing
me halt an hour before. Ia another
moment she was swept rapidly astern
and disappeared. We put about and
lowered the boats, but We never
found her. 1t is strange how the
women, who had been SO shocked at
her conduct before, now pitied and
even wept for the little girl whom
they found what load there must
have been in the foolish baby's heart
while she was laughing the loudest.
She had left q small reticuIe in the
cabin, and when we opened it we
found some verses written in little
cramped hand on folded sheet of
note paper. They ran about this way
and were headed:
"A MAGDALEN's DEATH.
lean no Longer %s;s ts.a endure tPas ps9h!utins
Gladly fly to the refuge that's left me
Aerciful death.
Not sadly, tearfulIy,
But gladly, cheerfuily.
Go TO my death.
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The convention at Council Bluffs
yesterday nominated Capt. John Y.
Stone for Senator for Mile, Potta.
watamie, and Montgomery.
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Our republican exchsngcs place
tho various candidates on the State
republican ticket, religiously, Us fol-
lows: Col. Carpenter is Methodist,
Doctor Bulls Congregationalist
Judge Day . Presbyterian, and Col.
Abernothy u Baptist.
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Crawford, Shelby, and Audubon
counties propose to send G. q. Per-
kins Of Crawford to represent them
IN tho lower house next winter.