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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

A dairyman by the name of Jones,
who lives in Lorain Co., Ohio, made
discovery one day, that promised
10 put stop 10 the annoyance Of
cows switching their tails, q. milking
fifgs are tteuly: urke I'll gr~sthns.
ventions this had the merit Of sim.
plicity. It consisted of tying the
cows tail to the mixers foot strap.
It succeeded no we'll at FIRST that
Mr.. Jones thought he would get the
invention patented and thereby Sc
cure fortune. But "the COW with
crumpled horn,' finding the dies were
lntlictlng a personal injury on her
while she was without her usual
means OF defence, suddenly gave .
jump, which upset both the pail and
the milker. A local paper says that
at this state Of proceedings, the COW
stopped for q moment, but in that
time our hero had gained his feet; .
moment after he was seen with h's
hand on the hip Of the COW making
the tour Of the farm yard with pro-
digious hops on one foot, the other
being suspended by the boot strap
which was still attached to the oew's
TAIL. At every hop he would ejacu-
latc $50 boss, SO boss" but sboss"
didn't $50" worth acest, until, n
most used up, the boot attachment
suddenly broke, and Mr.. Jones was
free. lie returned to the house .
wiser If not sadder man, and SO TAR
as we know has never repeated his
novel experiment. Prairie Farsasr.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

such sternly honest official, such .
good citizen and kind neighbor, such
a clear thinker and fair debater, thsk
We used to reckon one OF the worst
men Of the worst set that ever sxied
to peryert our Union 70 party and
personal purposes?" There is no
doubt that Amos Kenball was gross.
ly abused by the opposition news
papers at the time he was in Office,
and that his reputation, once 20 bad.
now stands very high among tho
public men of the last generation.-
Let MS suggest that his Etc may teach
q lesson in this respect not unworthy
Of attention to-day. It will do No
harm certainly just to hint that 1t 10
possible that the men against whom
the political newspapers are now
fiercely clamorine, may not, after oil,
be such monsters as they are depict
ed; that General Grant may not be
altogether selfish or stupid, or indh-
ferent to everything but hocses ana
cigars, or bent on rfvaliDg Nero in
tyranny and Napoleon in nsurpation;
that Mr.. Greeley may be something
better than a monkey or an idiot, and
may, perhaps, reasonably aspire to be
president without being ready to sac
rifice all principle and all patriotism
TO crafty selfish ambition. Let %
even venture to whisper that it b
possible General Butler may not be
exactly beast" and may be safely
trusted in gentleman's house with
out danger to the spoons !-[Tabl0
Talk, Appleton's Joxrsd, Aug. 81 10,
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

ried on an incessant and tenacious
apos:olate. 1t had It's day of explo-
SION, of June, 1866. in which the re-
publicans fought with the troops OF
the queen in all the streets OF Mad
rid, sustaining battle OF twenty four
hours. After this battle came Pc
Rod of repression, in which the re
publicans, although vanquished, seal
ed with their blood on the field and
with the sufferings of exile their un-
shaken fidelity To the republic. 1t
had its day Of. victory. the 10Th OF
September, 1868. in which the dynas
ty fled, and those principles essential
ly republican came to be the formu-
las OF our policy-the sovereignty of
the nation, the rights of the individu-
al, and universal suffrage. T
The revolutionary movement has.
after these preparatory epochs, the
final epoch OF organic alton and form
alton. How did it happen that a
movement democratic in character,
and consequently of anti monarchical
tendencies, did not attain the repub-
lie? There were several reasons for
this. First. The revelation which
broke out SO often only triumphed
when conservative elements were CO.
operating with it, and these conserv
atiye elements demanded that the an
clent monarchical form should be re-
stored, knowing that with the an
cient monarchical form they would
acquire their historic predominance.
Second. In the constant republican
propaganda there had been diffused
among the people an idea Of national
unity, of individual rights, and of
universal suffrage; but the idea Of the
republican form had only been prop
agated in secret. The public propa
ganda came to the people, but not
the secret. They demanded what
they understood-the essence of our
ideas, but did not demand what they
were ignorant ,of-the form of our
governments. Third. Among the
Latin people. people Of inspiration,
it Is necessary for the implanting of
an idea to proclaim it IN the first
days, in those supreme moments Of
revolutions which are the moments
of creation. The word republic was
not pronounced by any iunta: and
the republic failed. Fourth. The
republicans were divided. some
thought that If the principles essen
tial to all democracy were admitted,
it was indispensable to accept the
monarchy; others thought that moth
ing was attained if the republic was
not also attained. Fifth. The reyo-
luton was in part military, and the
generals who conducted it feared two
thlngs-that the republic might be
opposed to the army at home, and
abroad it might give umbrage TO the
monarchs OF Europe. All these con-
current causes contributed to the re-
suit that the revolution of September
substituted one monarch for another,
aud did not attain the logical conse-
querce of its ideas-the true repub.
c.-rEmil,n Caefelar in UarDer'a
1Ndya-fne for August.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08
Fairs.

At our County, District and State
Fairs, there are always present q
goodly portion Of croakers. They
will crowd through our vegetable,
grain and fruit halls, as well as cattle
stalls and hog pens, and complain OF
meagerness OF the exhibi.ation, usu-
ally closing with the remark, that
they have better at home. They do
not seem to imagine that they are
tie very ones who are. responsible
for the leanness of the display Of the
fruits OF the farm. They appear de.
termined to hold the officers OF the
Society responsible if there is lack
in any department in which they are
not interested. This is unfnir. And
as the time is approaching for the
various Fairs, with all kindness
we would urge our agricultural
friends to commence at once prepa.
ration to prevent our Fairs from be.
ing mere horse trots. Take the best
you have on your farm, OF stock,
gram, fruits or vegetables, and there
by make the exhibition as credi.able
as possible. Recollect that a large
number Of strangers are always pres
ent, and they judge of the fruitful.
ness Of the region round about by
the display OF such articles at the
Far. It you have .5bey6hr w want Of
home, ON. S,;.ss ;nsssy6r willingness to contrib.
ute your part towards exhibiting the
rich products OF tie country, by tell
ing of your delinquencies. II you
do nothing when you have the means
keep still about it. Let not your
own reputation suffer, even Il the
reputation OF the country is injured
by your Withholding what you ought
to do.
It is too late in the day to stand
back and dispute the question of the
propriety Of holding Fairs. EnlIght-
ened wisdom, by the most rigid
scrutiny, has established this beyond
cavil. If some are still behind the
enterprise of the age by want OF
thought or observation, the sooner
they can arouse and act the better
Thought, energy and enterprise will
carry forward the great work of the
world, while science and the mind
are developing; and the ldler in mind
or body will soon be laid by as USE
less rubbish. Fall in then, with the
crowd, and give yonr influence in
swelling the wave OF public improve
ment and private wealth. There
are thousands of things LETT at home
by visitors at Fairs that might add
greatly to the credit OF the Fair, and
stimulate q laudable pride in the
owners. In this way, too, many per.
sons may be cured Of bad disease,
that OF croaking, as well as remove
from the show any cause for such
complaint. Then we earnestly
plead for every farmer to do some
thing for the interest and respecta.
bility Of the approaching Fairs.-(
State Register.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

said young man with sad smile.
"What for?" was asked.
because we are about to pass in
our checks"
Everybody wept. From the rear
platform, we could see the miserable
engineer straining every nerve to
catch up, but he had tight boots on
and did MT gam anything to speak
of.
At this moment a ray Of hope
dawned upon us. I had just finished
writing my will on the back Of a Wis.
iting card, when observed'a young
lady in the act of detaching her bus
tie. Placing the article-which was
composed OF eight hundred papers
and . hair mattress her arm
the heroine marched through the
car.
We followed her anxiously.
She climbed upon the tender and
then over the engine. 1t was very
interesting to see her climbing over
the wheels and brass things on her
way to the COW catcher. Holding on
by the cross bars with one hand, the
noble maiden tied the hustle on the
sharp PROV with the other.
You can guess the result. In the
course of the afternoon the collision
came of. Protected SO, the engine
received gentle bump, and we
were saved. took up a collection
for the woman on the spot. / al
ways take up collection on ouch oc-
casions-always. And what's more,
never forget to give the object in
terested something nicc out OF it
never. There IL nothing mean about
me. Isuppose you have noticed my
clothes?
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

A Glance at his Record.

Ulysses Simpson Grant, born at
Mount Pleasant, Clermont county O..
April 81, 1922.
Family removed to Georgetown,
Brown county. O., 1928.
Appointed Cadet to West Point
by Hon T. J.. Harner, 1889.
Graduated Juno 80, 1913, standing
No. 81 in a class of 3S members.
Entered on the army rolls as Bre-
vet Second Lieutenant, and assigned
to the Fourth Infantry, on tho MIS-
souii frontier, as supernumerary.
Commissioned Sept. 80, lS45, Sec
ond Lieutepant Of Infantry.
Went in Taylor's army to Mexico,
and took part in all the actions from
Palo Alto. May s, 1886, TO Monterey,
Sept "a, 1886.
: Transferred 70 Scott's army. and
took part IN tho siege Of Vera Cruz,
Assigned rs Quartermaster OF his
regiment, April, 1647. 1s4.
In the battle of Molino del Rey
Sept. 8, 1S47, promoted on, the field
by Gen. Scott to be First Lieuten
ant, for distinguished gallantry.
Battle of Chepultepec, Sept. 13
ls47, officially noted for gallantry b,
Gen. w orth.
Entered tho City of Mexico with
the army.
Sent to the Pacific coast At Oh,
close Of the war, and assigned t
duty in Oregon, with headquarter'
at Fort Dallas.
Appointed Brevet Captain in 1851
for services at Chepultepec.
Commissioned .Captains August
1853.
Resigned July so, 1855; spent
few years in business in St. Loui
and IN farming.
Removed to Galena, Ill; and witt
his father established there the loatll
or house Of Grant q Son. 1859.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08
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Apples Growing.
WILL n. cAALros.

Usdernesth an apple tree, ,e.s-
Sat dame Of eomely seeming, +
With her work upon her knee, "a
And her great eyes idly dreaming.
Der the harvest acres bright w.
Came her husbaad's din Of rsariae;
Near TO her an infant wight q
Thro' the tangled grass was creeping.
On the branches long and high. s
And the great green apples growing,
Rested she her wandering eye,
With Retrospective knowing.
ssThis." she said, "the shelter 10
Whore, when gay and rsven>hsa1pG,
consented 10 bs his, 4
And our willing hearts we're welded.
Laughing words and peals Of mirth ~
Long are changed. to grave sndeavor;
Sorrows winds have swept to earth
Many . blossomed hope forever.
Thundsf-clauds have hovered o'ss- -
Storms my path have chilled and shsd-
ed;
OF the bloom mygay youth bore,
Some has fruited-more has faded"
Quickly and amid her sighr, III
Through the grass her baby wrsstled 4
Smiled on her ito fathers eyes,
And unto her bosom nestled,
And with sudden, joyous giles,
Half the wife's, and half the mothers,
"Still the best is left" said she;
II have learned to live for othsrs.r
Detroit zSibarse.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

Forty years ago, or thereabouts,
"the best abused mat" in the United
States was Amos Kendall, the post
master-general IN Andrew Jackson 3
cabinet. According to the general
belief among the Wings, he was the
"head devil" of Democracy, who con-
trived all the mischief imputed to
the administration by the opposition,
and was, in point of shrewdncss,
falseness, subtlety, and malignity,
little better than the Father Of Lies
himself. His reputation among the
Wings was, in short, incredibly bad,
and he was personally odious to q
degree that can hardly be conceiY ed
Of now. This evil rcpute was
almost entirely the creation Of
Wing newspapers, for nv. Ken
dali himself took little part
in public political demostratisns, be-
ing of such delicate health that he
was obliged to 1--we in unusual Sc.
clusion. In spite Of sickness, how
ever, he lived TO q great age, anu
died at Washington only two or three
years ago. His biography has recent
ly been published, and an old Whig
newspaper Of high standing, the Bos.
ton DAILY 1hrsrtiser, naturally ex
presses its surprise at finding that
Amos Kendall was really very dit
ferent man from what he was suppos
ed to be by the Wings. It remark'
that his portrait indicates an elevat
ed, genial, and kindly intelligence
and that his life affords abundant ev
| idence Of q corresponding character
And it asks, in the name of many al
old Whig: s'Is this one Of the mel
whom we used to rcyile so?. Was Il
Amos Kendall, such a God-fearins
and just man from his youth up
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08
Poking Fun At q Railroad.

Mr.. Deraick Dodds writes as iol-
lows to the Capitol about the branch
railroad between Baltimore and
Washington:
But about this railroad. Of course
I want it ABOLISHED, every one does.
The reckless velocity with which tho
trains are run between here and Bal
timore is absolutely frighttul.
was delighted years ago when
this road was established, because l
thought We had rid Of tho old rick
ETY. and dangerously fast stage coach
es, but the speed they are beginning
to run the trains on this road is
worse yet.
Now every one knows that Baltl
more is forty miles from Washing
ton, if 1t is an an inch, aud three days
and half Is plenty quick enough tor
the trip, but the managers have al
ready reduced the schedule time to
three days and four hours, and with
making the engine fires too hot, and
racing with cows along the road, and
all that, the conductors are even
cutting that time down.
Why, it was only the other day,
on the down trip, we happened to
spy old Simmis mule about two miles
out Of town. What should the reck-
less wretch of an engineer do but
clap on full steam and race every foot
Of the way into the district. We
did MT exactly pass the mule, but we
caught up with him twice, and came
into the depot neck and neck, and
which was putting the most, the mule
or the engine, you could MT have told
to save your lite.
Now it was all very exciting and
all that, l know, but I had mt pur-
chased an accident ticket, and l don't
believe the other four passengers had
either. This was all wrong, Mr.. Ed
itor, all wrong.
And then on another occasion, I
remember, we came within hairs
breadth of having a very serious ac-
cident The engineer had gotten off
to snow ball a chlpmunk. and the
conductor was miniing young wild
ow's baby for hcr-the result WIS
that the train happened to get on .
down grade and was started of at .
terrific rate, every bit OF tour miles
an hour, l should think.
We were just half mile above the
Annapolis junction, and the first
thing we knew-there being no one
to whistle and wake up the switch
tender-we were turned off into the
Annapolis road and went down the
wrong track at full speed. Imagine
our CONSERVATION. when just at this
moment we heard whistle, not q
| halt mile ahead OF US, OF tho An.
napolis up tram.
We were paralyzed with terror
Here were two trans on the same
track approaching each other at the
dizzy speed just mentioned. Evident
| ly our time had come! In few
short hours the engines would meet
and then-destruct,on.
With great presence of mind q
minister ON board organized = prayer
meeting. Pale but calm the doomed
band Of passengers sat, and though
with tho very shadow Of death upon
them, raised their voices In parting
hymn.
"Send for tho basgage-master,
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

The revolution of 1854 had the re-
suit Of organizing throughout the
Peninsula the republican party. 1t
called itself democratic through .
scrupulous regard for the laws, but
it was essentially hostile to any mon
archy. This was admitted by its
chiefs when, in the Cortes Of the time,
they voted not only against the dy-
nasty of the Burbons, but also against
any hereditary and permanent pow
er. The spread of the new ideas at
this time was enormous. Journals
inspired with the purest faith, writ
ten with convincing eloquence, fight
ing against tho reactionary parties
with a tenacious and skillful propa-
ganda excited extraordinary interest.
Learned, polished, popular, and liter
ary, they were at once the focus Of
light and the nucleus Of organization.
The chairs in the universities, gained
by rigorous academic competitor by
disciples OF the new ideas, contribut-
ed powerfully to the diffusion of the
light. Thanks to them, history as.
sumed progressive and humanitari.
an tendency. They redeemed the
traditions OF tho country from their
monarehical character, aud reinvest.
ed them in the light Of now science
with tho democratic character
Philosophy proclaimed human reason
as the supreme criterion for investi-
eating and learning the truth. The
tribune, although open only to one
person, seconded the movement Of
the press and the university. Aps--
ty arose, strongly organized, reveal
ing itself in all the manifestations OF
public life, acquiring inside and out.
side oi the law extraordinary energy.
Tho dynasty Of the Bourbons un.
derstood that this infusion of ideas
was Transforming the public con.
science, and thus leading inevitably
to revolutionary explosions. They
prosecuted tho press, and the press
sustained its banner with great hero.
ism under the weight of enormous
fines and the privations Of continual
Imprisonment. They prosecuted the
tribune, and the electors agreed upon
retirement from their legal privil
eges, and notified to the authorities
their intention to appeal to the ex'
trcme resort Of revolution. They
prosecuted the university, and the
university continued its propagation
OF i.leas and the education OF youth
for liberty. From this action and
reaction, the attack Of the one and
the resistance Of the other, from thu
tenacious propaganda aud continua
persecution, resulted what alway'
happens among Latin peoples whel
an idea is condensed and oppressed
by powor--a revolution. And thi'
ROY olution, begun In 1856, did no.
lsuccecd until 1865. 1t had its periot
Of long preparation, in which it car
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-08-08

Appointed Mastering Officer ant
Aid to Governor Yates, Of Illinois
April, 1861.
Commissioned Colonel OF The
Twenty.frst Illinois three years vol
untcers) June Is, 1861.
Appointed Brigadier General b,
President Lincoln, August 1861
Commission dated back to May J.,
aud placed in command OF the dis
trict of Cairo.
Occupied Paducah, Ky, by. sur
prise movement, Sept. 6, 1861.
Defeated JEFF Thompson at Green
vile, October 16, 1861.
Moved up the Tennessee, and
with Foote'S iron-clads, captured
Fort Henry, Feb. 6, 1862.
Invested Fort Donclson Feb. IL
and captured it February 16, by thu
unconditional surrender OF the camy
Promoted to be Major General o
Volunteers, commission dated from
the fall Of fDonelson.
Advanced against Corinth, March
1862.
Battle Of Pittsburg Landing, Apri
I and 8, 1862.
Placed in command of the Army
Of the Tennessee. April 13; occupied
Memphis and Holly Springs in June
made Commander of the Depart
ment of Tennessee in July.
Began the campaign against Vicks
burg October 26, 1862; captured the
city after long and bloody winter
and spring campaign, July 4, 1862
Appointed Major General in the
regular army.
Severely injured by being thrown
from his horse at New Orleans, Sep
tember, 1863, three ribs broken.
Appointed to command of tbs
Military Division Of the Mississippi
October, 1865, and announced head
quarters in the field. arriving al
Chattanooga, October %.
Battle Of Missionary Ridge and
Lookout Mountain, November "a
and 25. 1868, driving Bragg from be
fore Chattanooga.
Appointed and confirmed Lieuten
ant General Of the army March 2
1864, the grade being created foi
him. f
Arrived at Washington, March s
1864.
Assumed command of all the
Union armies, headquarters with the
Army Of the Potomac, March IL
1864. % @ a
May Sc and Z, battles of the
Wilderness.
May IL. Il shall fight it out or
this line il takes all summer"
May 20, crossed the Pamunky.
Crossed the James, and placed
Richmond and Petersburg under
siege June IA. Constant battle!
during the summer, fall and winter
Began the final campaign OF the
war, March 25, 1865.
Battle of Five Forks, March 81
and April /.
Occupation of Richmond, Apri
2d.
Surrender of Lees army, Ap.n .
1oes I'D substautiaL ena cf tne va
Appolntcd General OF the Armies
of the United States, July 25, 1866
the grade being created tor HIM.
Secretary of War ad interim, Angus
II. 1867.
Nominated for President OF th'
United Ststes, May q, 1868.
Elected President of the United
States, November 5, 1868.
Will be reelected President No
VEN Der 5, 1872. ef