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The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-04-09

Erie 10 excited over a supposed wife uur-
der.
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F. W. HASTINGS, OF franklin, Ia a c,,as..
for the office Of Prothonatory of venapro Coru,.
subject to the decision Of the Rcpubli an n.,,,
primary election. pS''!,
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PROTHONOTARY.

~. HA1GHT. OF Pleasantv,lle, Pa, lat. c.,,
OF Company "B," 1llth Penna Vet VOL ins,,,lpe' ,p'
Will be candidate for the office Of Pro,bors'',,.
OF Nenango county. subject to the ma s,cas aS
Republican party, at the primary election. '" a
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GIRL WANTED.
Enquire as A'u"N0't
J. WOLY's Jewelry s,,,.
March 28-tf
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ANNOUNCEMENTx-
COUNTY CONNIssroNvp

VUUNTT COMMISSIONER
ED. REcoRD:-Please annoancc n n vr..
OF Cornplanter Township, a. q candjdate a., 1oS
ty Commissioner, subSt TO the usagcs az ~ ~. .oat.
publican party at the primary election. W "
MANY yOrvu.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

The Historical Society of the Old
Swiss Cantons, recently held its
thirtieth annual meeting At Zurich.
It has conducted its inquiries with .
cautious spirit under tho presidency
OF tho hls,oriosrapher OF Lucernc,
Joseph Schunsllcr, who hes rendered
pre- eminent services IN Investigating
tho early history OF Switzerland.
Respecting the story OF William Fell
the Society seems to have accepted
the conclusion Of the late Prot. Kohl
lie has brought forward evidence to-
show that the received version Of tho
events which led to the foundation
OF the Swiss Confederation were 1t
variation with historical fact. His
conclusions were those: There never
was . Gesslsr nor = William Tell.
Tell never refused to lit his hat.
never fired at an apple placed on his
sous head, although the very csoss.
brow with which the deed was done
is on exhibition =: Zarich; he never
crossed the Lake of Lucerns 10 .
tempest OF wind and rain; he nevs;
boldly jumped upon the Tell platter.
never spoke his speech in tho def
at Kushnach, and never shot Gessler.
What is more, the inhabitants of Uri,
Schwyx, and Untsrwalden never met
by night on the Ruch. johannes
Won Muller, the historian, adopts tho
mythical story and tells It IN his
History Of Switzerland, - If abso.
lutely true: hut the chronicles OF the
period know nothing OF William Tsll,
and he story appears Tor the hrst
time q century and halt later.
A writer in the London Nstss ans
Queries attempts te prove that the
real original William Tell, oi Swiss
tradition, was . Scotchman OF the
name OF M'Leol, frsm the Braemer
Hi.hlanlsrs.-N. Y. Obserrsr.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
faik Up Your Town.

Talk up your town, and your own
tOwnsmsn and business men. Give
encouragement to every useful and
crsd,lable enterprise in your midst.
Tor a. certain as effects follox causes,
90 certain will every enterprise OF
merit repay every citizen. W. can
not 1--we unto ourselves. nor discour-
age any movement in behalf OF q
place without inAicting upon our
selves personal injury. If yon see =
needed Improvement tor the town,
demanj it and talk it vigorously un.
til the whole community is irnpreg
mated with the idea, until storm Of
public sentiments compels the work,
Don't stop because some poor mum
my, out Of whom has withsrsd all
pubic spirit and love Of advance
msnt, moans ou: his sspulchral whine,
"it won't pay" Show to your live
fellows that it will pay. and leave
your mummy to his smbalmsd and
swaddlsd dust and stupidity, aud by
and by you will see the result OF
your courage aud talk in universal
Improvement, increased facilities and
business, and broad, liberal, geuer-
ous, public spirit that pervades aud
vsrifies and makes pleasant and beau.
tifal every place whore it snters.-
Nibly Gasstte
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
Manafactories Exempt from Taxation.

There is An almost unlimited dc.
,nani Tor the establishment OF manu-
factories in this State, aud were mil
lions of dollars invested properly as
to location and kind of enterprise,
within the next year or two, large
dividends would be realized out OF
the investment. Although facts and
figures iemonstrate that capita: sm'
ployed IN manufacturing will pay
better in this State than in almost
any Of the Eastern States, the vast
amoant ct capital needed is NOT here.
and may net b. expected to come
unless some special Inducements are
offered. The State has = general III.
,erest IN the development OF her
vast resources, and should take all
iudicieas measures possible to en-.
courage home industries, aud ensure
Tor Iowa foremost position among
the States Of the Union. While there
are many things which the State
ought 10 do, in order to make 1t
easy for its manufacturing resources
to bc fully developed, one step more
important than ali others is the most
reasonable. We refer TO the sxsmp'
ton from taxation, for term 81
years, buildings and machinery used
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
Sterliny Truths.

The St. Joseph Commercial thus
speaks in an article on the growth Of
cities:
The people composing city are
joint stock holders in great com.
pany. BY becoming residents Of 4
city and engaging ia business within
her limits, every man takes stock IN
the city, aud her interests become
his own interests, for apon the pros
psrity of one depends the prosperity
Of the other. The public interests
are his private interests, and in sd.
vancing the one he advances the
other. People ,nust haye prile in
the growth OF their city, aud every
ono as = good citizen should go 10
work to remedy an evil and Improve
the condition Of public affairs.
Then let every citizen encourage
his homo institutions. Why 60 10
distant cities to subscribe tor q paper
when your home paper, that Lahore
for your immediate inter ests IS Just
40 good and furnished At as cheap
rates? Home manufactures should
be encouraged to the utmost. No
man should buy an article abroad
when the same article OF manufacture
can be procured At homo. BY
patronixing yOar own establishments u
you encourage manufacturing and
invite labor aud capital ~ sli,nula
ting enterprise"
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
Iowa As . Home.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune contributes many reasons
why Iowa is one OF the most desira.
tie and attractive States iu the
Uaion, ~ . homo tor industrious and
intelligent people. Bounded on tho
East BY the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers, with four great lines OF rail.
way crossing It from river TO river,
and other lines passing through il
North and South-ln all, 3,1OO miles
completed railroads, and many more
projected or in p ocsss Of construc.
tion-thsso natural and artificial
channels, connecting it with the lum-
boa regions OF the North with both
the Pacific Rai!ways, and with Ill the
great markets OF the country, furnish
annual facilities for quick intercom.
munication aud exchange Of produce
to all portions OF the State.
Ninety five per cent. OF Iowa~34,- !
c2S, 900 acrcs-is arabic land. There
are no mountains or hill.ranges, the
eastern portion being level Or gently
undulating and the western rolling
prairie. Tho great divide, or water
table. from which the surface slopes
gradually east and west, il some IS
miles east OF the Missouri river, and
At its highest point, is 938 feet above
Lake Michigan. The soil is thor.
oughly drainsd by rivers whose
branches Of pure water reach to the
water shed, 50 that there are no large
malaria. breeding saarshca, aud fever
and ague il scarcely known.
The cold IL less severe than in the
same latitude At the East, the isoth-
crmal line running through Piltsburg
and Chicago, crossing Iowa near ila
northern boundary. The heat oi
mid summer % tempered by prairie
breexes and cooling dcws, with
abundant rain, and the climate Is The
hsallhiest in the world.
Tho borders Of large strsams and
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

for manufacturing. Such action on
tho part Of the State would give q
new life and impulse to our indus
tries never before witnessed, and
which hover will Lc realized without
such action. Every judlcious busi
ness consideration demands lt,-ev.
cry interest will be benefited there.
by. It would confer incalculable
benefits upon our agricultural and
Land interests Ivy bu,lling up home
markets, and greatly enhancing the
value OF all farm products. BY thus
encouraging and ensur,ng the speedy
establishment of manufactures in
central points all over the State, mu-
nicipal wealth will be vastly lncreas-
ed, and a rapil growth in population
will follow. Nothing can be lost by
such an exemption, but the effects
produced would all be on the side
ot gain. The whole tendency OF such
exemption would Be to induce capi.
talists to come hither who are ad.
verse to tho necessary taxation OF a
rapidly growing people. Did it fail
to bring capital no effects wOald be
produced, but should 1t be instru.
mental in securing the investment OF
vast sums for manufacturing purpos-
Is not otherwise obtainabls, the
amount OF taxable property il at
once proportionably increased, al
though the buildings and machlnery
used are exempt. Suppose 100000
be paid monthly in every town fer
labor, a. has been the case in Clln-
ton. this would aggregate in ten
months, sl,OO0,000, all OF which 60
into homes and enterprises OF the
place. An investment OF $50 900
made exempt, would necesitate On
expenditure OF twice that amount nm
nually for labor and material not ex-
empt. II there are any well ground.
cd objections 20 such exemption, We
have yet to learn what they are
Tho best informed business men OF
the State with whom VIC have met,
agree, without exception. as TO tho
importance and wisdom of suvh ae-
ton, and unless some valid reasons
are adduced why such encourage
ment should not be given to manu-
featuring, early action should be de-
manded.-[ Iswa Progress.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
occasional uplands are timbered, and

occasional uplands are timbered, and
the State wisely encourages the
growth Of timber by reducing taxa
ton 10 the growers Of forest, iruit,
sud shade trees, 30 that there ss more
timber there now than when the
State was first settled. And all along
the Dss Moines valley, are inexhaus-
table supplies Of coal.
The soil OF the eastern portion 10
deep black loan. usually mixed with
gravel, like that Of The best drained
prairie lands OF Central Illinois. The
soil ol the western portion 10 what
10 known a. the "Bluff dsposit,"
ysllowish comminuted clay, mixed
with sand and lecayed vegetable
matter, porous, capable Of sndar-
ing drouth, and fertile to any depth
and At tie same time sc adhesive
that the banks OF small streams arc
perpendicular and easily bridged. and
cellars and wells can he dug without
beng walled up. The M.ssouri
Valley Bottom, from Council Bluffs
to Sioux City, il, most Of the dis.
tonce, from Is to rs miles wide, md
is ~ level ~ . barn floor.
All the cereals yield abundantly.-
The agricultural products tor 1871
were, in bushels. ~ follows: Corn,
go, 600, 900; wheat, 22,0OO,0OO; oats.
21 500, 900; buckwheat, 100000; Po-
ta,ocs, 4,65O,0OO tons; sorghum syr-
up, 3, O5O, 900 gallons.
The wool clip was 5,S9l 900 lbs
Cattls.raising is an extensive and
profitable business. Thsre were sen,
by rail in 1S7O-bssidss large mum.
bers shipped by water from river
towns-129, $50 cattle and 53l, ,ll9
live hogs. 29,222,s49 pounds OF
dressed hogs, pork and lard, and ,n
1871, $3.50, 900 pounds OF butter. aud
100000 pounds OF cheese. Fruit
grows luxnrantly. The apple crop
Of last year was 666, l48 bushels.
Iowa has a school fund OF over
81, Oc,OO) yielding an annual income
Of about e250,0OO, and common
schools are universal. 1t has State
University with an endowment Of
$25, 900 . year, and the State Agri.
cultural College with yearly income
OF $4,000.
THE INHABITANTS
of Iowa are more homogeneous than
the citizens OF any Western State
1t was settled largely by Eastern
people, and they are distingoishe d
by lntsllie once, industry, enterprise,
and thrift.
What strikes the traveller in West
srn Iowa 40 most remarkable is the
vast areas OF uncultivated lands In
the middle region Of Western Iowa
are l, ,736,000 acres of unsoli lands.
granted by Congress in 1850 20 aid
ia the c0nsti uotion OF railroads. The
financial revulsion Of 1857 delayed
tor long time tho building OF these
roads, aud now, there roads having
been completed, these lanls are
brought into market. They are all
adjacent to finished railway lines, and
are sold at from s3 to 81 per acre, or
little higher tor few tracts near
railroad stations.
This statement gives but an i'm
perfect account OF the resources of
Iowa. To realize its great capabill
ties, one must pass over its illlmita.
BILE prairies, fertile enough to sup
port population Of twenty millions.
Il Iewa Uemestead.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
Santa Crax, W. l., Becoming . Deserts
TRsss AND RAIN.

The influence OF trees upon rain
and tho general moisture OF the at-
mosphers, which has been much dis
cusss I'd Of late, rscsives 3 strong IL
lustration from the island of Santa
Cruz, West Indies. A friend who
spent the months of February. March
and April last upon the island, in.
forms me that when he was there.
twenty years ago, the island was .
garden of freshness, beauty and for.
lility: woods covered the hills, trees
were everywhere abundant, and
rains were protuss and frequent. The
memory OF its lovsliness called hlm
there At the beginning OF the present
year; when, &c his sstonishmsnt, no
found about one. third OF tho island,
which is % mile long desert. Tho
forests and trees generally bad besn
cut away, rainialls had ceased, and =
prooees VI xessication beginning at
one end ct the land hal advanced
gradually and irrssistibly upon the
island, unit. tor seven inllss IL Is dr's'i
an.l i,aolate ~ the sea shore. llouses
AMI beautiful plantations have besn
abandoned, and the people watch the
advance ot d ISOLATION. uhaOls - ar-
rest. but knowing almost to . GER
,a,nty tho time when their own habi'
ta,ions, their gardens and fresh mel. .
win become . part OF the ~asts. i,ne
Who'll. island seems doomed to bs.
.,o,ns \ desert. The Inhabitants %.
leyr. aud my friend confirms their
nni,,iams, tha. this sad result is due
| 10 the destruction of the trees upon
| The island son . years ago. Bsfse.n
ef tks 1errsy BsSasiesl Cssb, lsstss -
| Popular SCI. .AmfA'y.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
The rurkey.

saw the tarksy in his ma>chisss prid,.
The barn-ysrl Greuni With crest sssc,,
he walked,
His subjects marched hchiad aaA BY his
side;
And hs, graad Turk Of oil, inperisas
stalked
No crowned king could With this fowl ssm-
pare,
In his majestic step and stately air.
Himself At his full height no proudly raised,
Zach other turkey meekly bent his hssd,
And then around him 10 sontemrt he sased,
And could he spe,k, I'm surs he'd thus
have eaid.
"Show me tn, turkey on this farm, I SAY,
That from myself can bear the palm away"
Thus Thought the turkey, and in grandeur
stood,
But son The rushiess farmer-aey drew
His right hand sternly sraspsd . club Of
His sleeves up rolled. asd murder in bic
eye;
With di eful force he struck one deadly
And % the ground he laid the turkey low.
The turkey fell; but struggled still With
dea,h;
Ills eye . look of stern defiance wore;
And. half upraised, he msdly strovs fer.
breath,
Then gave one desperate gasp, sad air
was Ger!
And here this moral is impressed on all,
That, sooner or later, pride must h.vsa
fall"
Alb, hapless turkey! H.rd Was thy sal fatsl
For DER thy mingled corpse, in joyous
slee,
Matrons, mails, urchins, each before plate.
Shall mingle laugh and mirth and jollisy,
Until at last, safety shall be,
And they are full Of happiness-,Ad thee.
And ye, the offspring Of that lucklcss bird,
Will - not sigh, and weep, and rave, be-
He whose sweet gebbles have 50 Oft been
heard,
Is gobbled up himself By human jawsi
And cackle vengencs g. nst that custo
grand.
Which spreads sach havoc through oil tur-
key land?
The happy parents, for their uhilarsl's jey,
Hsves:mads = parentless; he who was liv-
ing
Yesterday, your sire, now dead, they do en-
ploy,-
Grief infinite to you,--for their thanks,
giving.
So goes the world, what's happiness to me,
Another's direst curse perchancs may be.
Reader, these lines moral COOL contain,
Which you with care msy easily discover;
shall not deem my verses are in vain,
II you will deign to con that moral over.
Yes in these s:ansas Of an undedgsd pen,
A lesson Is to turkeys,-.nd to men.
+ Portsmsuth Journal
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
EpizOotic.
Excited horse -faxeier, loquitsr:

From the Boston Daily Advertiser.
EpizOotlc.
Excited horse; faseiev, loquitsr:
.0ayly the cavalier mounts in the morn
ing.
Dsshes the spurs in the sleek, glossy side,
Pedestrians plying, railroad trains scorn-
ing.
Swift on his thoroughbred charger he II
rido.
All, nettlesoms rider, brave charger,
beware!
Each breeze bears distempter. There .
Death in the air.
And here comes an elegant equipage, drawn
The very best pedistSed span in the town.
Trace back their blood, and you'll find you
have gone BY
All trace Of their owners, and his comes
far down.
What's this They are coughing
And what is that flows
From that fne-mnszlsd, red-postril-
off horses nose!
Oh, whence comes it. Why is il! Where
fore, and what 10 il?
Smiling the lowly, nor sparing the high;
Worse than the rinderpest, or thu Sheep
rot. Is it
Never to csase till the h,rses all die!
What shall " do f,r il? Whit is tbs
best
Cider. warm blankets, ::or plenty ~
rest
Low is the head that so proudly va. rearing
And dropping the neck tha twas curved
IN his pride,
Dimmed the fierce eye, and 6eadensd the
hearing,
Paint throbs the snce wildly pulsed
purple tide.
Shake down his bsiiing; spread the
clean straw;
Nix him draught; he NO longer can
draw.
Molly he toiled on the route to East Boston,
Or whirlsd .he swift car Ger the Rox-
bury line;
Strike now the car beh, its notes will 10
lost ON
The ears that are chilled and give back
NO sign.
Disease has now marked him; his
powers are fed,
Care for him kindly-hs yet 10 not
dead.
Mix the tran mash II You svsr would use
him,
Stir it % never you stirred it befeore
We learn to esteem him in fearing 10 lose
him
Bring the not water, aua stsam him
sone more
There, IN is better now-spongs Of
that lip
Harness him up again. Get down the
whip"
&c. C.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

Loriaa Co., Ohio. exported last
year 10000, 900 pounds Of cheese
Tho prics paid averaged about
twelve cents per pound.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
cash Rates Of Advertisins.
Y.,., .dverti.in,. At leeai rstee.

Legal advertising, At legal rates.
For the use OF large cuts and wood type
IN additional charge. varying from 10 to 70
per cent, will bs made.
Prompt settlements will be expected with
oil advertisers, At the eloss Of esch
calender quarter. Transient advertise.
ments must bs paid for in advance.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

THE OLD STAND, east Of the Court
II House, Bird door north Of the Foster
House, in Toledo.
LIGHTLY BROTHERS have fitted up tho
shop lately occupied by c. F. lIanemann,
and are now ready to supply the citizens Of
Toledo and Vicinity with the choicest arti-
cles usually found IT \ market, such -
fresh Beef, Mutton, Pork and Veal; also,
Salt Pork, and Bacon, Hams aad Shoulders
and Lard. Highest cash p,fCc paid for
Suttsr and Eggs. Cash paid for Hidss.
fi4l
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

There are SO, 900 less cattle now in
Maine than ten years ogo.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21
THE REPUBLICAN
10 published every Thursday morning BY
II. b. C. Tnus.

II paid strictlv IL adcdnce the subscription
price Of the NEfuhLIcAN will be $l.75 .
subscription will b. allowed to run over
two years unpaid.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

Office ON High Street, East Of Tame Coun-
ty Bank.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

~ ptyILfea'
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

BRUSHES Of all kinds and styles, and
every thing usually kept in = frst-olass
Drug Store.
~ Physicians Prescriptions carefully
compounded.
81 TOLEDO, IOWA.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-11-21

that it is owing to tho different
course OF lite pursued by each. The
successful one acted upon economic.
al principles, and saved the proceeds
Of his early toll, settled down carly
in lite, was industrious and temper
ate, and, following the course of his
ambition, he is now well provided
tor. The unsuccessful ones undcnbt-
edly pursued different COURSE
They could not bs induced to settle
down in their early life, the town
that they happened to live IN, not BE-
ing suitable tor such pu pose; SO
they moved to some other place with
the same result, and 90 on tor twenty
years, and they have not settled yet,
and probably never will. The more
man travels in this way the more
he is tempted by vices, and the less
liable he - to resist, and 90 it has al.
most become proverbial that an hab-
itual "tramp" issa "hard nut" 1t it
is desirable tor the working Glasses
70 live in larger houses and in more
luxury, they must save tho proceeds
Of their labor, forming the habit III
early manhood; tor # they spcn,i
their money on that which will make
them neither happier or better. the
money that thus slipa thrcayh their
tiugers will finally find lodging in
the vaults OF some already wealthy
person, to he used to make the dit
terence still greater between the cap
italist and the working men.
Let Young men ~ well as old
especially think Of this, and remem