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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

We clip the following from the New
York Tribune. of June 7th, 1871, (now
in our possession.) The article is head
ed Gigs and Thistles" and in It Mr..
Greeley discusses the New Departure
in Ohio, by G. L. vallandigham- We
commend it to our readers, both Re-
publican and Democratic, as it gives q
clear and concise statement Of Gree
ley's opinion on filling up the bloody
chasm, before he was the Democratic
candidate for President:
"While we rejoice that the late as
saflants Of the Constitution have stop
ped their warfare upon it, we do not
thereupon propose to entrust them with
its instant defense. Accepting their
repentance is one thing committing to
them, forthwith, the command Of the
citadel they have been fighting against
would be quite another. Confidence,
as Mr.. vallandlgnam and his follow
ers will find, is plant of slow growth,
and this generation will not, in their
cases, witness its maturity. The Coun-
try rejoices that 1t is no longer forced
to count them among its foes it will
wait long before it adopts them as its
trusted councillors. Past treason IS
not the best proof Of present FIDELITY;
that in 1852 they wished the surrender
of the Government to Slavery is not a
reason why in 1872 they should be
trusted to control the Government irr
the interest of freedom. 1nd besides,
the scorld Is also Suspicious ofsudde,.
conversions. It may give q warm hand
to converts, but it Is sure to keep an
open eye for the proof of their sinceri-
ty. The new coat of tho Copperhead
IS glossy and beautiful; but prudent
man will be very slow and cautious in
giving it his trust ON the theory that
1t must have shed its malignant nature
with its spotted skin.
"And so we conclude as we began.
The new movement of the Democracy
is not without danger to the Rcpubli-
can party. 1t is an abandonment of an
attitude fraught with greater danger to
the Country, and as such we give it q
cordial, ungrudging welcome. But
we believe that, while the People will
rejoice at the giving up of Democratic
opposition to the Constitution, they
will still prefer to confide the manage
ment Of its defense to hands that have
never opposed it. The Democracy.
from whatever motives, have done
patriotic act. They have surrendered
to hse hsRnblicans. The People will
- n 1t NAL Acknowledgements that
the Republican, party tcere right IN the
past, and a Jss,'tAsr seusos .t0r tfxsting
them IN the .tsstMre."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01
What arant T.ek.

The Rev. and Col. Granville Moody,
who commanded an Ohio Regiment,
in Mr.. Greeley's late convulsion, has
recently made speech, in which he
enumerates as follows, a list of pre-
sents Grant has taken.
When the slave holders rebellion
developed the blood-thirsty purpose of
its leaders, and the barbarism of slave
ry, Grant offered his services to Gov.
Fadncan, and stunned the rebels at
Belmont. "Took" Fort Donaldson
" Took the bloody field of Shiloh
from the rebels. Defended " Corinth,"
won the battle ofIuka. Beseiged and
/" took" Vicksburg. Relieved Chicka-
manga = ang ! and Ga.s Won its great stake +
sionary Ridge. Took the old grade
of Lieutant-General for his gallant ex.,
ploits. Took command Of the Ar.
my of the Potomac, while Eastern
Generals were growing at his promo
ton. General Meade the hero of Get
tysburg, says: Thank God, Grant is
coming. l like him much. He has
got pluck and luck!" Drove Lee
through the Wilderness; settled the
question, Who can pound the long
est!" Fights it out on that line
through Spottsylvania, North Anna,
and Cold Harbor. Transferred his vast
army to the south side of the James,
and took decisive position there ex-
ecuting the ablest maneuver taught by
military art. He "took" the Southern
States by bisecting them by Sherman's
immortal swoOp from Atlanta to the
sea. Grant then took three huge in
roads on Lees line and that dark Sum
day morn a messenger bore dispatch
from Gen. Lee to Davis who was in
his pew in church in Richmond say
ing, My lines are broken i'm three
places. Richmond must be evacuted
tonight" And thus Grant "tookn
Davis, and then "took Cen. Lee at
Appomattox Court House and Gen.
Weitzel put his columns in motion,
with Diapers colored brigade in the
lead, and at six o'clock in the morning,
entered Richmond amid welcoming
shouts from thousands of African
throats, now free to have their day of
liberty since Grant "took them from
the Confederacy. The Stars and
Stripes waved at the head of the victo-
rious columns which marched through
the blazing metropolis of the late
Confederacy; and here, again, Grant
took the capital of rebeldom.
Since then the man on horse back !.
has taken the hearts of millions of pa
triots, and they profiered to him the,
grandest "gift" in the world-the pre-
sidency of the ocean bound Republic,
and he "took the gift" and the voice
of millions was heard in thunder tones
in the late Philadelphia Convention of
6S2 delegates of the great Republican
party, saying, without a single dissent
ing voice: Well done good and
faithful servant, thou hast been faith
full in vast responsibilities we will
make you ruler over the country in
her augmented gloriesp The Grand
Army of the Republic will say:
The hand that for my country fought.
We honor ~ Its children ought.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

Admiral Senmes, rebel commander
of the pirate ship Alabama, made a
speech at a political mass meeting in
Mobile the other evening, in which he
said: at is Horace Greeley who has
come to the Captain of the Alabama,
and not the Captain of the Alabama
who has gone to Greeley. He stood
where 10 had always stood. He pre-
ferred him to any war Democrat.
Baltimore could only have nominated
q war Democrat. We would not de-
stroy the integrity Of the Democratic
party by voting for Greeley. Let the
dead past bury its dead. Let us shake
hands over the chasm.a
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

The Boston Globes Washington
correspondent says, that large numbers
of letters received by tho Republican
committee here indicate that there
will be stampede of Democrats
against Greeley to the extent, in the
States of Virginia, North Carolina,
West Virginia, Georgia and Alabama,
of at least twenty per cent. This Is
an underestimate of statements made
by the partisan correspondents who
make these calculations.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

ToILING WIFE.-A farmers wife on
large farm, with six or eight children
of all ages, from nineteen to two years
Of age, has without help, q toilsOme life
of it-a life of hard labor. She is gen.
orally the first one up in the morning
and to bed the last at night, toiling in
cessantly from early dawnsstill late in
the evening. There is the baby to at
tend, to get to sleep. The mother and
wife, on large farm, with large FAM
lily, most of whom greater portion of
the year go to school, has laborious
life of it-much more than the husband
and father. No. wonder SO many OF
them are broken down in health at
forty years of age--literally worn out
with toll. What wondermeMt then
that so many Of the best Of wives are
peevish and cross. What they pass
through is enough to sour the DISPOSE
tion Of an angel.-E1chaage.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

Every colorcd man In Ottumwa, cx-
ccpt two worthless ones, are for Grant
and Wilson, as they should be. A
Democrat was heard to say the other
day that a niyger Gas he expressed it)
who would not vote for Greeley ought
to be tied down and get 500 lashcs.'
That's whats the matter with the
"niggers," they have had SO many
Democratic lashings that they never
will have any love for Democracy as
Greeley has done. The day for Demo
cracy and "niggcr" whipping hal
played out.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

There can be no doubt that Horace
Greeley has been the most invetcrate
trafficker in Offices in this country. His
applications for Office cucumber every
department in Washington, and he has
recommended more bad men to Office
than any politician Of his time, except
Fenton, whose supporters are all
drawn from people of his own class.
Greeley's ofiice-secking has been q
mania with him for years past. We
shall give some instances shortly of the
rascais he has contrived at one time or
another to saddle upon the country
! N. y. Times.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

SAVING SEEDs.--Many plants that
were set out early will now be ripening
seeds. II it is desired to save these,
care must be taken to gather them be-
fore they are lost. Pansies, phl0x and
many others which burst the pods and
scatter the seeds as soon as ripe, will
need watching. Pick the pods before
becoming dead ripe, put in a small
box covered with gauze, and expose to
the sun, when they will soon OPEN
Clean by winnowing. If seeds are not
wanted yet, but succession Of bloom,
then pun Of every flower as soon as 1t
begins to fade, aud the plants will
bloom right along till frost. A plant
cannot ripen seeds and bloom continu.
OnslY too.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

The Republicans of Wapello county
were never more alive than they are
to-day. The detection of so-called
Liberal Republicans is very small
while the honest Democrats who will
support Grant in preference to the
vacillatings Greeley are numbered
by hundreds. Wapello county will
give o larger Republican majority in
November than she has vevr done be.
fore. The Democrat says we have
raked the cradle and the grave fol
names to append to the call for a Gran,
and Wilson meeting. If we have
emptied the graves you will find then
very convenient places to crawl into
alter the election.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

George N. Saunders, the rebel who
was the ringleador in the plot to burn
New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and
other northern cities, accompanied
Greeley to DIR. Chapins church on
Sabbath. the 10th inst, and occupied
the pew with him. Would Greeley
invite an incendary, as well known as
Saunders, and VINO had been convicted
and served out his sentence in Sing
Sing, to walk arm and arm with him
to church and sitlwith him in his pew ?
Not unless he II. tght bea a Democratic
fcl0n, who had influence among the
thieves, burglar and footpads Of New
ork.-Iater Ocean.
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A rural citizen visited a Boston res

A rural citizen visited Boston res
taurant, heartily enjoyed cup OF de-
licious coffee, and was on the point OF
leaving when asked If he hadn't for
gotten something. He made an exam
ination of the table, and said he be-
licved not. aTen ccnts,s wss the next
laconic remark. aOne Of tho neigh
bors said tea and coffee was ON tho
free list now," said the rural citizen,
ssbut l won't be small, I swow It's
worth ten cents" and rendering very
cmaciated piece Of currency, he left.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

The New York Advocate speaks of
the changes that have taken place in the
camp meetings of this country.
Originally they were focus ofrelig-
GUS fire, but now assume tho character
of q gigantic speculation in real estate,
with the accessories Of tho watering
places, exchanging chops and horse
races, for preaching, boating and games
Of croquet.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

A Californian, being asked if he
could ego" Greeley, replied that the
situation reminded him of an incident
that occurred in the mines. A party
of miners took up claim and elected
one of their party cook who was to
serve in that capacity until some one
found fault with his cooking. In that
event the sault-tinder was to take his
place and do the cooking HIMSELF
George b was the first to fill the
position, and everything went on
smoothly for week or two when
George became tired and resolved to
have some one find fault if possible
So one morning he MIXED up his dough
for breakfast, putting in equal parts OF
flour and salt. All atdown to break
fast and Bill -, was the first to
break a biscuit. He tasted it, smelled
IL and tasted it again, and said: 'sHell
I'll be id if this aiDt the salticst bis
cult ever got hold of-but," said he,
suddenly remembering the contract,
sit is goodw Now the Democrats
are in the same iix. Greeley is the
salticst pill they ever got hold OF, but
| then he is good.
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A stock raiser Of much experience,
in an article on over-grown and medi.
um-sized animals thus speaks of hogs,
indicating his preference for the small
breeds: 5
-0rS.>sO 10 oi..e 10 s-sa yrssass.s,- -
be claimed In favor Of large hogs
There never was monster hog who
did not make the man who raised him
pay for every pound he weighed
They don't furnish q pound Of meat
gratis, but charge full price for every
atom Of their carcass. When slaugh-
tered It takes one . long time to get
cooled to the marrow of the bone, and
when the hams are put in salt, II Is
troublesome to finish them to the center,
Four hundred pounds, live weight, is
as large as hogs should be, in order tos
make good bacon. Beyond this siz,,
there is loss somewhere. Either tho
feeder, butcher or consumer is beat;
and, as general thing, every one who
has anything to do with the fat hog,
will find, If he observes closely, that
they are not SO profitable as the smooth
nice hogs of only three hundred and
fifty pounds weight. A small head,
with little, upright ears and legs and
feet delicate to perfection, are marks
which indicate the greatest amount Of
flesh for any given amount of food CON-
sumed, aud will more readily draw the
attentiolhOf the butcher.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

The CRops.-All reports agree that
throughout the whole State the crops
never looked finer than at present The
hay crop is being gathered, and yield
ing very largely. Wheat, oats, rye
and barley never were finer, and thus
far have escaped blight or insects. The
corn crop, late in starting, has been
brought rapidly forward by the hot
weather, and now looks splendid. Po-
tatoes have suffered but little from the
Colorado bug, and give promise Of d
better yield than for years. On the
whole, the promise OF . profitable year
for our farmers is now very cheering,
Dubuque Times, l2th inst.
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A subscriber writing from Pontiac
to the Chicago Times, under the date Of
July 10Th, has the following:

to the Chicago Times, under the date of
July 18th, has the following:
Where in Gods name are we, as
party, drifting to? Has the time come,
when we, as a party, can't make our
own nominations We as Democrats,
in this part of the country, can't sup-
port Greeley, and cont. But next
November we must vote, and that will
be for Grant before Greeley. As for
you not supporting Greeley with your
paper, the democrats in this part of
the..country say "Bully." Where there
is one Republican in these parts that
will vote for Greeley, there are ten
Democrats that will vote for Grant.
So, Mr.. Editor, you may expect Liy-
ingston county to go solid against
Greeley this fall. If there had been a
straight Democratic nomination Liv-
ingston would have redeemed herself
at this election, but the way things are
now all is lost. Hoping that Grant
may be elected, and that it may teach
us a good lesson in the future, / sub.
scribe myself.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

Col. Fred Hecker, Of ILL.,, q member
Of the Cincinnati Dolly Warden Con-
vention, repudiates the Greeley ticket
since the Democracy have taken II up.
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ley had read my heart better than 1
had imagined. After leaving the brig
in the boat, he arranged the whole af-
fair. The volley was fired, but no
bullet touched Antoine Hindsclear.
He was smuggled into his berth again,
and took good care to avoid my sight.
The whole of the boat crew were in
the plot, and, thank God, 1 was duped.
lam now an old man hut am hap
py. My children and my grandchil-
dren Il call them nothing else) seem to
think old Captain Fontainbleau is not
such wretch after all.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

1t is mentioned in The Grape Cai-
ta,ist that a large vineyardist in III.
keeps each season not less than 100
ducks constantly among his vines. He
says it is wonderful with what tili-
gence they dart after all kinds Of bugs.
thrips, flies and small snails, and he
considers them among the best Of in
sect exterminators.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-08-01

The times change, and Horace Gree
ley beats the times out of their boots
at their own game. A few months
ago he called the Washington Chroni-
Gle to account for having facedo on
the one-term principle, which it had
formerly advocated. The Chronicle re-
minded Mr.. Greeley that it had chang
ed proprietorship in the meantime
Whereupon Mr.. Greeley called this a
low dodge, and assured the country
that the Tribune would never excuse
itself for any article 6f policy on the
ground that its editorial management
had changed, or that it was written by
a particular individual in the absence
of the chief editor. And now Mr..
Greeley's friends are doing the very
thing which he rebuked in the WASH
ington Chronicle. They are disclaim-
ing Mr.. Greeley's authorship of nearly
every article that is likely to hurt him
in the campaign, Mr.. Greeley didn't
write "On to Richmond :" Mr.. Gree
ley didn't write the wonderful and
laundering financial articles, telling us
that the, way to resume, was to resume !;
Mr.. Greeley didn't write the article in
praise of Grant; it was the office boy
who surreptitiously inserted the re-
mark that General Grant "never had
been beaten and never would be-" it
was one of the police court reporters
who said the Democrats were set Of
murderers and thieves and as for the
tariff lunacy, to which the Tribune was
once addicted, it is noticeable fact that
it always broke out when Mr.. Greeley
was away from home. fits all the
same to the Tribune, we would like to
know if a man by the name of Greeley
was ever connected with that journal
in any capacity whatever ?-Nissouyi
Democlul.
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Gov. SaNlshury, of Delaware, says
two thousands Democrats Of that little
State wyl refuse TO vote fos Greeley.
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The Brooklyn IN. " Democrat, al
waysa true party papcrrefuses to sup
port Greeley and Brown, and declares
that 3between the two Republicans"
i will have NO ''hesitanc! in supporting
Grant
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MOUND YoUR FRuIr TREES. -
M0unding fruit trees is recommended
by many scientific 0rchardists as u
xnd1f0wBa-tefv gtou irme- 10 10 Tue
work. Capt. Donavan's plan is TO
pile the earth up to the height Of from
twelve to fifteen inches, bringing it to
a sharp cone around the tree. In this
he looks to the attainment of two
objects: First free shedding of the
water, which, leaving the top Of the
mound dry, does not soften the bark
and second, protection in the thin
part Of the cone, which, keeping dry,
becomes tile collar, as it were,
around the tree. Eggs from which the
borers hatch, are usually deposited i'm
mediately at the earth line, because
the bark OF the tree is tender there,
enabling the little worms to cut their
way in without trouble. Those who
practice mounding, claim that it baf-
6es the insect in bringing the earth
line up to bark so hard that the young
borcrs cannot work through its outer
coat
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WHEN TO SELL GRAIN.-Many far
mers are prone to hold their grain for
high prices--olten when they are pay
ing interest on borrowed money or
notes due for implements. This Is not
. wise policy in the long run, as can be
demonstrated.
A series of experiments, instituted to
test the average loss in weight by dry
ing, shows that corn lose ne-fiflh
and wheat one-fourteenth by the pro-
cess. From this the statement is made
that farmers will make more by selling
unshelied corn in the fall at 46 cents
than the following summer at 20 cents
per bnshel and that wheat at 81 cents
in December is equal to $l.05 for the
same wheat i'm the June following
This estimate is made on the basis of
interest at per cent, and takes no
account Ofver1nin. This is a practical
question which farmers can easily COM
prchend, and only requires the exercise
of modicum of common sense, TO be
convinced of the .wisdom of selling
grain or farm products when ready for
market. tese
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sono.or Hor,on 3. =, No. WI. .
: !.
lew oays ago, anu was intefVieWeo
by the irrepressible cporter with the
following result:
a,uI -, -
w nen arriveu Ere, q lew Gays
ago, my IMPRESSION Ias formed lrom
conversalon Win gstlemeh met AZ
tne hotei, tnat GreeIg was showing
very consiueraole s.regtn, ,out that I'M
p!esslon mas HOW glve pace 10 . con-
Vlction tnat tnaI strenIh Is very much
more apparent tnan rei. All the solld
business men tnat nave seen are
strohgiy III iav0f q un. Grant, ana
seem determined TO doheir utmost to
secure ms elecuon, wne the men VINO
suppcr! Greeleyare i,i motiy democrats
Orasplring young poiautans, VINO thlnk
tney VIII ma 9 bette held for ad-
vancement IN neWpaly at Washing
.on. vi course. an hpuDlicans are
very connaent OF the uumph OF the
!, : Ln,iaaei9n,a Ill nomlnee indeed tney
SsI 30 ~ no o,os.;. uuuu.s WhateVr OF the result
- .ro cisc.iol.
ureeiey mas simpnhea matters
very greatly py declaring that he will
h; ogn1e no parry eisIincslon among
~ ns supporIers am IN the dlstribution
~ pa'rTnase % ~ tle event OF ms eiec-
.a1n. l.u1 iheahsN course, that the
H.es t; VII. az, oe giveI away IN proper
uon 70 the suppoF received IN the
.:nnpa!g n' ana as ae democrats VIII
isc I'M votes gu OF every ten cast
iur nm, ~ sley Wi. OBTAIN the mons
snare; Inc a0Minlsratlon would nee
essatliIy De oemocrMc, ana we should
navl W.; ~ oepena upo, the senate alone
,,,h,;na %Hiom mouia M Ie.nan Oh course re
puu,cA1-1o @ &c: as = check 70 react
lo.aly Lesisiatlon ,ad improper up,
poln.inen.s ana tM senate wonid
IropaD.y s,aho hri,A as IL dld IN the
.,lne u Jonhsoh. WY posslpiy we
snouid nave announcer four years or
hgntlhs between tne nrlous branches
~ ~ uc government, VIZ same as WAS
uiG case, aiter tne 0ath OF Lln-
CON. am.
II Greeley Is elected hink South
Ell uelnocrats VIII CAIN alarge share
81 81 .ne omces 0otn az nome md abroad,
'haI ~, lnignt give rise 10 trouble.
Inc coiored vote VIII be verwhelm
lhgly Iof Urant. l nave taxed with
many coioreu men VINO have quite re-
cehtiy peen through the South, and
tncy aii agree IN reporting tn colored
people everywhere loyal to tle party
thaG ireed them.
nave the strongest OF faith, my
sell, that Grant Is certain of re-slection.
All the business men of the country
are satisfied with the administration,
ana have wholesome fear of the
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OFElCE.-Oa the Corner Msrkst and Geo.
Ond 6troetes over The Post Omce.