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Because, unicss you cOnsent to nsa
~ me yourself, l shall remain single
"ImposSible !" said she. a
"Have 1 presumed to much ?" he ak
ed. regarding her earnestly.
II meant impossible that you coul,
think Of me-" stammered simple Sslli.
bIashi"g r"sily.
But seeing that it is not impossible
what then -
why, tl,en--"
II shalt Ill up the blank to suit my
self" said he, be,niing lower. and TAX
ing her hands in his, but, to his surpri,.
she drew back.
There are some things that ma,
cau~" you tn alter ,"ur mind" said she
"Well " said lie, aud waited for whus
s!,e had to suy next.
II have been engaged BEFORE" she
said.
II know it,"
"To your foreman"
II know it,"
II have two old people dependent or
my care"
II know it,"
"And never can leave them"
"And I never wish you to. It was
hearing Of your devotion to them tina,
first led me to seek your acquaintance.
knew so dutiful II daughter must make
true ard faithful wife, so l set n,yseI.
to the task of winning your affection.
Have I succeeded?"
SaIIie was again wrapped in conte,n.
plation of the calla lily. But Mr.. Burcl'
Was man WHO was not to he put of
with any evasions, SO he repeated, Have
I sucreeded:"
"Yes," caid Sallie.
Then he kissed her, as it was high
time he should do, and said great many
lacka,laisical things to her, Of which
this IL one:
II wouldn't say that your personal
graces had no effect upon me but then
I must have loved you II you had been
~ gaunt aud grim as"
"Mrs. Burdock," suggested Sallie.
Both laughed, aud he finished his sen.
Instead of the sweetest little
lady in all the world, as you are."
So Mr.. Burch fulfilled the prediction
Of Mrs. Burdock, and brought wife to
Riverbaik !; but that good woman was
-oreIy disappointed that the expected
"Qu-.n Of Shelby -hcu'd turn out to be
nobody but little Sailie Dearing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dearing We're very hap
py in their new home; nor do think
their son-in law ever regarded them as
a burden, or wished them away, for he
was more than once heard to remark
"There is nothing wl.icl, gives such dig
nifty to a house as the presence of serene
old age"
No special misfortune befell David
Morrison. and the world called him a
prosperous man, yet sometimes, when
vexed to the soul by vain, frivolous
aud heartlexs wife. he thinks of one
whose ~teadfast spirit might have been
his stay and comfort.
And sometimes when returning home
at evening, he fahcies he sees standing
on his threshold, by the setting sun,
figure, with one hand raised to heaven,
aud these are the words il utters:
"And, David, wien you shut me out
pf your life and home because ! refuse
To break the Fifth COMMANDMENT TAX.
IA re that YOU do not shlt ont Cod bless.
ing at the same time!'
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Hl)OFLAND'S GERMAN TOyIC

Was compounded for those not inclined TO extreme
bitters, and Is Intended for in cases when some
alcoholic stimuant is required In connection with
Tonic properties of the Bttcrs. Each bottle of the
Tonic containing bottle of the Bittrrs combined
with pure SANTA CRUZ RUM. and favored In such
manner Il nj the extreme bitterness of the bit ers Is
overcome forming preparation highly agreeable and
pleasant to the palate. and containing the medicinal
virtues of the Bltters The price OF the Tonic Is q 50
per bottle. which many persons think too high They
must take into consideration that the stmulant used
is guaranteed to be ofa pure quality. poor article
could be furnished Mt cheaper price. but IN not bet
To pay II little more and have n good article:
iicnal preparation should contain but the best
ingredients: and they who expect to obtain n ch ap
compound and be benefited by It will most certainly
be cheated
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A. ID. YOUNG.

CONTRACTOR AND Is IlLDt,R. CLARENrE.
~ Iowa. viii decentralization to n II
kintls"f building tat may he entrusted tn
his care especially rlirch,s and schooi houses,
AMI will guarantee all work to he done IN the
hest tnanter. Also makes out plans and spec l.
ncations, 3jyl
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Where il your LanternP

Young Harry was sent on an errand
one evening in early winter. After
giving him his message, his mother
said
BE sure you take the lantern with
you, Harry"
"Bother the lantern" answered the
boy gruffly and disre-pectfully and h,
started inutteriny to himself.-
"What do I want with a lantern? !
know the way fast enough!'
Very soon Master Henry in crossing
the street stumbled into q hole which
had been made by recent rain. By
This fall he knocked the flesh from his
shin bone aud covered his clothing with
mud.
On his way back he forgot the fenc.
had caved in near the edge Of the ravine
A. he groped his way along the bank he
fell over and went sprawIing to the bot
tom Of the ravine.
With much ado, and after many
bruisings, he got int" the road once
more but when he reached his mother.
door, he looked more like q scarecrow
than u living boy.
The lantern would have saved him
from all this. Wasn't lie q foolish fel
low not to take il:
Certainly he was. But what shall b,
said ct those boys and girls who know
the Bible to be the only lamp whicl
can guide their feet safely through
the paths Of life to their home in Heavel
and yet refuse to carry it? Are the,
not still more foolish? Are they no
likely to suffer even more than the boy
You know they are. Take the Bible
therefore. fot your life lantern, and ie
it be u lamp unto your feet, aud q ligh
uI to your path J.
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HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS

btteFs WIln0ul hf0no N opIEiIS OF W! Klhd.
Is different from all others 1t In composed Of the
pure Juices, or vitnl principlc 0t Herbes k0OtS
worthless or inert portions or the ingredients not
being used. Therefore in Bottle OF this Btters
there IS contained much medicinal virtue ~
Will be found in several gallons fordnary mixtures
lhe root, &C., used In this Bitters grown In Ger
many their vital rnnpies extracted In that country
by scientific Chemist and forwarded to the manu-
factory In this city, where they are compounded and
bottled Containing sprituous ingredients. this
bitters II free from the objections urged against all
others: no desire for stimuants be induced from
their use, they cannot make druukaris. and cannot
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E'as.fs.:sl lIOESE.
EHOsT IIs)y'S.;
A. II. GILLETTE,

D1\rTIt'A AZ. WATtHM hKER AND EIA
JEWEIEit, Upton. Iowa. NJ
All work prom ptlv ;ttnn led to ana warranted
ShT. In Morrow & Lan.lt's BOOK Store.
i-nEJy
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WIN. NJ. KNOTT.

4 UCTIOSEER viii attend promptly t.
n selling ALL k nds Df property at Aiicl ion
In any part orc siar county. \ list OF his sale
will always be found ut the TIpToS ADvEKTI-
SER lice, where thos; desiring his seryic
can fix the dav for their sale without seeing
hin. ~
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A SLIGHT MIsTAKE.-Thef following
anecdote has been associated with the
name Of . well known clergyman's
helpmate in the north. The minister
had been entertaining at dinner 4 cleri
Cal friend from some distance. The
evening was unpropitious. and the
riend was Invited by the minister to
remain during the night. and he accept
ell the Invitation. They walked togeth
or for some time in the manse garden.
At dusk the minister asked his visitor
to step in the manse. while he would
give his man servant orders to get his
friends conveyance ready in the morn.
ing. As the stranger entered the manse,
the minister's wife mistook him for her
husband in the twilight; she raised the
pulpit Bible, which chanced to be on
the lobby table, and bringing the full
weight Oft acroes the strangers shoul.
dsr's. exclaimed, emphatfcally, "Take
that for asking that ugly old wretch ID
! stsy all night:'
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ABE ADLER,
GEO. 8. FOCHT. NJ. D..

rpU\sEI.INt; and Practicing Physician and
" S.lr""rn. lip'on, iowa.
NJ R"Siden'c an the second block east NJ
IN" PEA nsylvaniR House Office over City
Drug store,
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Pal w. BULL,
4 TTORSF.Y AT LAW, TIprON IOWA.
0tfice in the Post ONCE Building, up
stairs.
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P:I w. RUL

3. l.. SMITH,
4 TrORNEY At LAW, linton Iowa. Once
IA over ID. r. Schmuckers irug store, a5Gs
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. w. ROLLINS,

w. ROLLINS,
TTORNEY AT LAW.
n Once in basement OF Court House. %
GILLIAN p. WOLF, SANFORD v. LANDT.
VOL & la ASDT,
ATTORNEYS At LAW, Triton, IOWA.
ONCE over the Post once. 4?
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e. e.. CSziTTENDES, NJ. II
kS. kss S0H Il Z q. y NaINs VI e..
Dill-i' IAN 4 SURGEON.
STaNwr,n Iowa
ON '"a'a :csi!cncc opposite the Depot. 35y
a. 4. z R'ssss.,
F.f''- sD1CNTE$T:

L TiPrDN. Iowa. bfir. over III iicrfsnn's store.
s>i,ieIn... south of court fin,tse square.
r~5rr"p""~ -. l.. t'hau,'rrS, ". ~, II. II
Maynard. u. -. T:itor.: T. {. Smith, u. l.. =.
n, tiar"n'". nlfiw
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ExCHANGE OFFICE,

EAU II 4 y u Il VI Il 1VEs
OiaTr oVArrS ON NEW YORK And CHI
- CAf3.H- nv required amount cnn he
procured Of the suhscriher. Also, Rtlls Of FIX
chang" ~ "-'''"h sterling, on England or
Iraiani.
Certificates Of Deposit and Bank Drafts on
New York. Philadelphia. Boston or Chicago
caShel, and q ,vern ment Sccu rt les pu refused
Passago Tickets from T.iverpooi. London
derry nr Glasgow to New York. or Clarence.
furnished on moderate terms.
WN. II. TUTHILL.
Upton, Iowa, Sept. LIST, 1870.
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tearing mad, and organized riot, just
because fellow who. had sat behind
him at the theatre put his feet up on his
shoulder, aud spit In his high hat.
Some men have such cold aud unsym.
pathetic natures, they can't beara little
genial humor in their fellow beings.
The newest thing for combining relig.
ton and fashion is announced by man.
ufac'urer of hoop skirts to be worn whom
kneeliny in devotional exercises. They
are made go there IS no fitting up. A
woman can keep her mind on her bus
mess, and not be wondering il tho men
on the back seat are looking at her dirty
stockings. This is an improvement
that has long been needed.
Gor MAD.-The D,troit Free Pre-
relates an incident which, occurred on the
turn an exclusion party from that city.
Soon after tae boat left Toledo, the
steward was approached by an excited
Individual. who asked him If he was
the captain. The steward replied in the
negative, at the same time giving his
rank. "Have you the power to put
that man out of the cabin? ?" inquired
the stranger. "WeII, yes, IL he's disor.
derly. I have" replied the steward.
"Well, sir, look in here and see them,
will YOU" said the stranger, leading the
official around to the door. The stew
ard looked in upon the motley group,
| replied that he saw nothing out of the
way. "You don't eh? Don't you SEQ
man sitting there embracing woman?'
Well, yes." replied the steward ''but
what of that? Hasn't . fellow = right
to embrace his wife:' That's just
what want you to run him out for
replied the stranger, dancing around ;
that's my wife, and I've stood 1t 20 leng
that havs got madl
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
A Massacre of Butchers in India.

A Lahore paper reports n shocking
outbreak of fanaticism at Umritsur, in
the Puniaub. "For some time the
Hindoos have been agitating against the
butchers of Umritsur to obtain q de-
cree forbidding the slaughter of cattle
and the sale of beef in the city. Their
efforts failed chiefly through the firm.
ness of the Commissioner and the
strength of the English and Mussulman
party in the Committee. Early one
morning, about one or two o'clock, a
party of armed Hindoos assembled and
made descent upon Umritsur slaugh-
ter-house and attacked the butchers
sleeping outside. The murdercrs were
armed with swords and broad-aXes, and
the butchers being unarmcd aud asleep,
were unable to save themselves. -Four
butchers were literally hacked to pieces,
and two others were so fcarfully cut up
that one has since died and the others
life is despaired of. The night was a
very dark one, and it will be difficult to
recognize the murderers. Accounts
vary as to the sect they belonged to.
From some indications found on the
scene of the massacre, it is suspected
that the murderers belong to the Nibung
sect. But another account states that
the Akalies were suspected. The Aka
lies are a sort of fanatic Sikhs, a semi
sacerdotal class attached to the temples.
They are the mountaineering fellows
who wear conical caps about n yard high
covered with small weapons, and those
steel chuckers or sharp rings which they
can hurl with such terrible precision and
effect. They are respected and consid-
erably feared. The Nihungs, again, are
associated with all that is reckless and
Bohemian. Their name, indeed, is a
common expression in the Punjaub to
represent these qualities. The affair, as
may be anticipated, has caused some ex-
element, as it is expected that the mat
ter will not end here. Bad passions on
both sides have been aroused, and the
natives are already whispering that other
members of the butcher fraternity have
been marked out for destruction.
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caught nondescript who looked eatablc.
Then, giving him humape time to die in,
I lit a square of firewood under the kettle,
which was filled with salt water IA dodge
| had learned. While it was boiling ]
performed the happy despatch upon poor
nondescnpt, and then crammed him into
the kettle. All this diverted and treasured
my companion, who condescended to taste
nondescrpt with biscuit and really he
was very good. ] know we made skele-
ton of him between us.
But all this little excitement and forced
spirits died away as the night advanced,
and the situation became ineXpressible,
Clara did awful things she burst out
laughing in the middle of crying, so that
thought she was having game with me;
but then she shed actual tears, and said
bits of her prayers so that could hardly be-
| did all | could think of to console her,
but it was long time before succeeded !;
what I thought was, "Well Master George,
you have gone and nailed yourself now,
and no mistaken
We were engaged.
At two o'clock in the morning q light
breeze sprang up, and knew VIC were all
right. The lights of Upper Carfax were
still visible, and formed sure beacon to
steer by.
beached the boat at eleven o'clock,
while the band was playing as usual on
the pier, and all the people listening to it,
and we excited much interest. was rather
anxious to keep our engagement secret
for the present, but Clara explained that
under the circumstances that could not
be, and all Carleton Mansion knew it by
luncheon time.
Aunt Bonwick laughed at first, and then
got very angry. She called me an idiotic
cub, and was very rude to Clara. The
next day had to go home tony guardian,
who was very satirical; and all this scold-
ing and sneering made me stick up for
Clara the more heartily. But was glad
when the time came for me to go back to
my private tutor, and escape from the per-
petual unpleasantness. | have only seen
Clara once since, at the Royal Academy
but she writes to me every week, and ]
answer her letters, though not quite regu.
larly, ! am afraid. | thought she looked
rather older when saw her at the Acade
my not that that has anything to dc
with it, butt am only nineteen now, anc
it seems so absurd, you know.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
The Fate OF a Murderer.

Messner, who suffered the death
penalty at Rochester, N. Y, has been
thrice sentenced and reprieved during
the last three years. The crime for
which he died was committed more than
three years ago. His case afforded
curious illustration of the laws delays.
On April 10, 1868, his wife was murder
ed. Before the close of the spring he
was tried, found guilty, and sentenced
to be hung on June 4, 1869. On June 3
he was respited. Before the respite ex-
pired writ of error and stay of proceed
ings were granted by Judge Darwin
Smith. 1t was set aside by the Supreme
Court, but second writ having been
granted the execution was again deferred
to December 10, 1869. On this day he
was actually dressed for execution, and
tickets were sold for the exhibition of
his throcs. In this connection the hor-
rible rumor must be noticed that gang
of gamblers made his life and the delay
of his execution the subject of bets In
fact it is said that one gang was trying
to hasten and the other to defer the exc
cution-bulling and bearing the mans
life. This time he confessed that he was
prepared to die. A stay of proceedings
was granted, and his case came before
the Court of Appeals in the following
month, January, 1870. The Court of
Appeals granted new trial, at which,
by new act Messner was allowed to
testify in his own favor. This trial took
place last June, another verdict of guilty
was recorded, and under it Judge
Dwight sentenced Mcssner to be hung.
His crime was that of staying his wife.
The evidence on which he was convicted
was circumstantial. He and his wife
lived a cat-and-dog life. A few days be-
fore her death she called on the neigh
bors to interfere in her favor. The day
she was killed there WAS no one at the
time of her murder near their miserable
shanty on the Penfeld Flats After the
deed was done, and while she lay dead
i'll their cabin he met one of the neigh
bors, Giles Van Aiken, who passed
while he was fastening up his horse to &C
for the doctor. To Van Aiken he sac
that his wife had bad luck that she
fell from the wheel Of the cart against {
stick, and was badly hurt. The diane
ter of the wheel was but three feet 81,
inches. From the evidences of a strug
gle and the character of the wound ant
the appearance of the stick, Mcssner'
story was disbelieved, and the knowl
edge of their quarelsome relations
provoked the universal opinion that h,
killed her. This he afterwards admitted
but claimed that it was done in a quarre
and in self-defense.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24

The great sheep-runs of California,
like those Of Australia (says a correspon-
dent, seem to be kind of mild form of
Botany Bay for their respective mother
countries. Old shepherds of long ex-
perience in either country will tell you
of scores of men with college and even
university education, whom themselves
or their friends have banished " for their
country's good" and who are now
gathering their melancholy crops of wild
oats at the same time they watch the
hocks on the hills nibble theirs Rufus A.
Lockwood, one of the greatest and most
erratic geniuses ever seen in California,
and whose biography has been written
by Hon. Newton Booth, Republican can
didate for Governor, once herded sheep
in Australia, and that, too, after he had
become known as one of the most bril-
liant lawyers of San Francisco. Mr.
Cars oyerseer told me that, during a
single year, he had employed bishops
son. an editor, banker, civil engineer,
a priest and bookkeeper as shepherds
Every Summer day there are several hot
hours when the restless sheep are COM
PEELED, for once, to be still, when the
shepherd Tolls at his ease beneath tree;
and you shall not unfrequently see him
reading some magazine, or, like Alexan-
der the Great, who always carried around
piece of good literature with him,
perusing poems of his own composition
clipped from the village paper.
The shepherds of California, as a class,
are probably the most worthless, morally
and socially, the most unprincipled,
reckless and collapsed company of vaga.
bonds to be found in any civilized
country, unless it be Australia. They
are the riffratf of the world ; vagrant
miners, who gamble away their month
wages as soon as they draw the same
runaway sailors from ships in San Fran
cisco, who sell their blankets fora pillow.
case full of biscuits, and then get never
a pinch of grub for two days measly
old, groggy soldiers, who fall ASLEEP
under liveoak, and let the coyotes pull
away lamp. The good old word "shcp.
herd is not heard in California it is
either "wool-grower," ranchero,' OF
that most cumbrous and absurd "sheep.
raiser )" and for the man who does the
work, he is "sheep-hcrder." And
when man gets so low down as to be q
" sheep-herder' in California, he would
better go and dig a hole in the ground
insert his head therein, and ask some
plying friend to cover it up. He is
lower than a Greaser, for this is the
Greaser's natural business that he was
born to, and he is therefore respectable
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-08-24
A Valley Memory.

Waking dream, and dreaming see
A valley in the sunset glow,
With ranging Alps that through the haze
Thrust peaks of snow.
A blinderng glare is in my eyes;
Yet, far below, sec again,
Where, golden under burning skies,
Outsweops the plain.
The blcating and the tinkling bells,
Show where, about tho waters brink,
The peasant wCmcn watch the sheep
That wade and drink.
All freshly fair and bright the scene;
But looming vast before me still
The Alps gigantic grow, and all
The picture fill.
Their spell once more is on my heart,
Their grandcurs satisfy their soul;
Naught else in life or space has part
They make the whole.
They wrap the heavens round their forms
Arrest the clouds upon their march,
And into cleaning ruins break
The rainbows arch.
From the deep valleys purplng gloom
Ever their SUBMITS rise sublime,
Bright with the sunsets of the world
since Time was Time.