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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-04

APrLE BUTTER.-A correspondent sends
the following plan for making apple butter:
Soon as the cider is brought from the press,
we proceed 70 boil il down as quickly as
possible 10 avoid fermentation, bUt instead
of beginning TO fill in with apples when half
boiled, and stirring with n paddle twelve
hours, we continue the boiling process until
it is boiled down TO good syrup, say about
five gallons into one, which can be poured
ineD wood or stone vessel, and will keep If
not ready TO make up immediately. The
evening previous TO making up, with the
assistance OF our men folks, we prepare and
sweet cider ii we have il, otherwise, water
or some of the boiled down. when the ~
pies are cooked soft, commence stirring, add
ing the bottled cider as fast as il will bear
four bushels Of apples being quite sufficien-
for thirty-two gallons fielder. Three hours
brisk boiling with constant stirring, will
make it strong enough TO keep year if de
sired.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-10-04

PASTE THAT WILL KEEP a YEAR
Dissolve a tablespoon of alum in a quart
of warm wafer, and when cold stir in aS
much flour as viii make il aS thick as cream
mixing the -four in a separate cup 50 that
1T Will not he in Jumps. Add as much pow
dered rosin as Will lie on dime and throw
IN a dozen cloves To give it a pleasant odor.
tut tea-cup OF boiling wafer into Il tin
dish, aud pour in the flour mixture.
Boil for fifteen minutes. if rool.ed in an
other pan 10 boiling, it will he less likely TO
burn. Let ii drE away, and when needed
dissolve piece in 4 little boiling water.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
Is Your Name Brown7

London has recently sustained a
bereavement in the person OF lady
OF the not unfamiliar name of Brown.
Some time back she offered the Met
ropolitan Board Of Works $25O,O00
it it would make a contemplated al
teration in street in a manner she
wished, but they were unable to ac
cede to her wishes. She generously
offered them $4,000 for the erection
OF drinking fountain to be placed at
the end OF the street in which she liv-
ed, and this was about to be erected.
The board was also in communica-
ton with her about public baths
which she intended to erect at cost
Of s251,200, when suddenly, pall,aa
mors, who had tasen some time COM
ing, tor Mrs. Brown was ninety,
stepped in and dlssipated her benev.
olent intention. She died intestate,
leaving an estate Of $4,000 a year,
and without a human relative. 1t is
therefore stated that the property
will go to the crown, but as there are
several Browns about. it will be hard
if one Of that enterprising and
ubiquitous family cant sllbstantiate a
claim. Perhaps some OF the Amerl
can branch of the clan will think 1t
worth while looking up their pedi
grees.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
A HINT for the Girls.

A Wood-engraver being asked
why he did not employ women repli-
ed Il have employed women very
often, and l wish | could feel more
encouraged. But the truth is, that
when a yonng man comes to me and
begins his work he teels that it is his
liles business. He is to cut his for
tune out OF the little blocks before
MN. Wife, family, home, happiness.
are all to be carved by his hand, and
he settles steadily and earnestly to
his labor, determined to master it,
and with every excitement spurring
him on. He cannot marry until he
knows his trade. 1t Is exactly the
other way with the girl. She may be
as poor as the boy, and as wholly de-
pendent upon herself tor living, but
She feels that she will probably mar
ry by and by, and then she must give
up wood-engraving. So she goes on
listlessly; she has no ambition to ex-
Gel; she does not feel that her happi-
ness depends on 1t. She will marry
aud then her husbands will support
her. She may not say SO, but she
thinks so aud it spoils her work."
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
The Adams Famlly-Thcir connection
with American Treaties.

No career of family in public and
political lite, SO far as we now re-
member. has been more remarkable
than that of the Adams for three
generations. Not TO refer TO the fact
that father and son held the highest
Office IN the gilt of the people at
home, father, son and g andson have
represented this country as ambassa-
doris to foreig courts, and all three
stand specially prominent as parties
to the most important negotiations
tor the wise settlement OF intcrna-
tional difficulties between the United
States and England. John Adams,
Of Revolutionary memory, was the
associate Of Franklin, Jay and Lau-
rcns, in finally adjusting the terms
of the separation of an independent
republic from the exactions of tyran.
meal monarchy. John Quincy
Adams was one OF the Commission
ers, with Henry Clay and others, at
Ghent; snd now Charles Francis
Adams stands one OF the foremost Of
our representative at Geneva.
Otherwise than as d!plomatists
have this trio of statesmen gained
high repute; but perhaps their crown
ing services to their native land and
the world are those which have dis
tinguishe4 them as negotiators; we
say have distinguished them, tor as
N.,;cf<v 70 %ba Harrf ~ St In,nau
during the war Of the rebellion, the
last named and the living representa-
tive OF the three earned the fame,
which instant y pointed to him as the
man OF all others for his present re-
sponsible appointment. Among the
reasons for rejoicing that he consent
ed to accept the place so fifty tender,
ed him, it is difficult not to feel, at
this critical moment, that the success
of his two immediate progenitors is
an augury that the honor and rights
OF the na.ioa are safe as entrusted in
his hands; ard that while neither Of
these will suffer the slightest detri-
ment, we may be sure that he will
do all IN his power to avert the ter
rible alternative OF war.
In speaking thus particularly OF
The career o. the a la,ns family, we
do not forget the eminent person
ages in this emergency who are
charged with the administration OF
our foreign relations; but this refer
ence to the past and to what may be
called an inherited prestige, may GER
tainly suggest a presumtion IN iavor
OF REPETITION Of those amicable re-
suits which have heretofore been OBJ
tanned to the great gain Of humanity
and Christian civilization.- From the
Boston Transcript, Feb. 8
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
Reformation In >paiu.

A reformed Catholic NOV emant
has been organized in Madrid, follow
ing in the path OF the Old-Catholics
in Germany. 1t has a central COM
mittee consisting OF five priests,
President aud Secretary. Embold.
sned by the present political state Of
affairs IN Spain, they have issued =
manifesto. This, which is represent
Ell to be an able and diynifed pro.
duc,ion, affirms the inherent inde-
pendence OF the church, and the su-
preme authority OF the Word of
God. While making this affirmation,
it disclaims Protestanisn, declaring
its aim to be union AMI not schlsm.
They claim: l. Purity of doc.
TRUE according to the New Testa-
ment, to the exclusion OF all DEGREES
OF councils, papal bulls, DEGREES with
encyclicas. =. The state. 3. Elec.
,ion to al ecclesiastical Offices by
universal suffrage. 4. Abolition OF
the use OF the Latin tongue in all
the services OF the church, abolition
of the forced cehbacy OF the clergy.
the abolition Of all payments tor the
sacraments aud services OF the church.
5. The self government OF the church
by periodical assemblies and councils.
The party has established periodi.
cal LA Iglesa Espanola," and has
opened an Office tor communications.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
Tile 4 rienGs 0; Grant.

There are certain class of papers
just now, who appear to us to exhib-
it an oyerabundanee OF Zeal in abns-
ing everybody whom they are pleas
ed to term the enemies of General
Grant" In this they confidently as
sumo that every man who does not
desire the renomination OF Gen.
Grant is his enemy. Il is after the
same style of argument which use.i
to assume years ago that every man
who did rot want an African female
tor slave must necessarily want her
tor wife. For ourselves, we honor
General Grant.-There a'e few men
living whom we hold in higher
esteem. He is one OF the great men
of American history One Of the
great defenders Of the Nation in its
hour OF peril. Ifhappi!y he excercis-
es the wisdom to round up and close
up his public career with his present
term OF office, he viii be sure to 60
down in history as one of the grest
presidents. We are so much a
friend of Gen. Grant, that we would
not, for the sake ct his fame, have
him venture, needless'y, upon anoth-
er term. We do not believe that
any man since Washington has ever
entered upon second term without
great personal loss to himself. Sup
posing Grant to be all that is claim
ed by his most enthusiastic friends
and adherants we fail TO discover any
earthly reason for his renominatlon,
either for his own sake or for that OF
the Republic. In our view the
truest friends of Gen. Grant are SO
thoroughly impressed with the gran.
deur and completeness OF hls work
as not to regard it needing the "en-
dorsement" implied in his reelection.
|-Waterloo Reporter.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
Rash'y Smaorinna'e, Cons 10 hi.
Death.

Twas life insurance ascnt-oue c. the
modern style,
With brassy cheek and fluent tongue and
aggravating smile
That prosecuted Abner Grown, and ske in.
| famed his bile.
This agen. followed Abner like . sleuth-
hound on the scent.
AMI managed to encounter him wherever
Abner went;
Till Abner fell into ssate Of shr,uic III
He used to corner Abner, and hang right on
and bore,
Until. in desperation, the dissxs,ed Abncr
Then the caln'y-sm;ling agent would Abner
bore some more.
In vain he strove that agents visitation to
avoid,
Aud he realized that, if he would no longer
be annoyed,
That pestilent;al agent must be speedily
destroyed.
One day he followed Abner to his place Of
business,
Remarking: ano~, you'd better take poll.
oy, Iguess;n
Then Abner said one profane word, the op-
posite Of ''5less,"
And held loaded Pistd midst that agents
bristiag hair,
Aud grimly told the agent, if he ever any
where
Said policy to him again, he'd slay him
then and there,
If that is so," the agent sail, ierhap, Ia
better go,
But if you will permit, would jus. like to
Our new endowment policy. with rates ex-
tremeiy low
Eis ill-timei iteration sealed the jealous
agents fate.
For Abner pulled the trigger and forever
stopped his prate,
So that he annoyed melody subsequently to
that date.
The jurors by such agents had frequently
been tried.
Hence their verdict was that Abner was
completely justified,
By temporary insanity" in this ones homi
eide.
T-Bafidio Comisr
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
Political.

The following Convention are call.
ed for the following dates.
National Republican Convention
at Philadelphia June ), 1872.
Pennsylvania, Republican April 10
Florida Republican, April 10.
Texas, Republican June II.
Samuel Nc Mutt, of Mnscaiine
and Col. Hammond, OF Jasper, are
already announced as candidates for
Safe Treasurer.
The number of members of the
United States House of Representa-
,ives at different periods, has been as
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
An elderly gentleman was recent.

An elderly gentleman was recent
" "confdenced" on train running
into keokuk, by sharpers, who in
duced him to buy draft worthles>)
on Buffalo tor $l54.40. he paying
them two *l00,bills, and they pay
ing him sl26 as change. The con-
ducto- on the train took the first o9-
portunity quietly to suggest to the
innocent old gentleman that he was
afraid the draft was fraud. well,
was the bland response OF the imper
turbable greeny, ''if it is any bigger
fraud than my two one hundred dol
lar notes were, then | am not forty.
three dollars ahead-whlch | think |
am. lam not in the habit Of dealing
i'm counterfeit currency, but l always
keep a little OF that sort of stun
about me for the benefit ofthat sort
Of customers"
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
National Control Of Railroad Tariffs.
Speech ~ Hon. N. N. Walden, In the
House Of Repre- sent1stves,
+. u. IL, lSaI.

Mr.. Speaker, few weeks since the
House by resolution, instructed the
Committee on Commerce to inquire
"whether the commerce among the
several States OF this Union is iniu-
riously affected by any inadequacy in
the present means OF land transpor-
tatiou, or by any combination or mo.
nopoly in the control or ownership
thereof, or by means of any excessive
OF inequitab.e rates Of trelgh: or fare
charged by common carriers, or by
means OF other improper burdens or
restraints imposed upon such com.
mcrce by carriers"
This is subject OF Importance to
the whole country, and OF vital in.
terest to the people I have the honor
TO Represent 1refer to a district in
the interior of Iowa, separate from
the large rivers on either side, and in
which the chief interest is agrical.
ture. Iowa is eminenlly grain pro-
ducing State. AS shown by the last
monthly report from the Department
of Agriculture, that State ranks above
all others i'll her capacity to produce
corn, oats, and barley, aud stands
high IN respect to other products ot
the farm !; while, as shown bv the
same report, the extreme southern
States rank lowest in this respect. In
Iowa the average yield of corn last
year was 42.5 bushels per acre; oats,
AL barley, 29.6. For the same
year the average yield OF corn in
Louisiana is given at IA bushels per
acre, aud other States on the lower
Mississippi about the same. The same
report gives the average price Of
corn in Iowa last year at twenty
II rec cents per bushel, while in Lou.
isiana it was SLIP.
Iowa should therefore offer extra
inducements to farmers. The soil is
rich and productive. The surface is
gently undulating, thus enabling the
farmer to use labor saving machinery.
Only a small per cent. Of the land is
untillable; and two grand rivers flow
past her borders, to float the grain to
q southern market. where, as We
have seen, the same cannot be pro-
duced, and is therefore in great de-
mand. But you will be surprised to
hear that the papers OF central Iowa,
on lines OF railroad running east an.i
west, where there is no choice of
market other than Chicago and the
East, are quoting corn at fifteen to
twenty cents per bushel. Why is
this? Why, in that land SO favored
by nature, do farmers stand on the
streets with wagons laden with grain,
and beg for buyers Why are they
oppressed with debt, when the harv
est has been 80 bountiful, and while
FIVE lines OF railroad cross the State,
connecting all sections with the great
rivers that were designed by nature
as highways tor the commerce OF that
frui,fu! country? The answer, Mr..
Speaker, is found in the fact that the
railroads hre in the hands OF parties
interested in the growth Of Chicago
and eastern cities; and their sched-
ules OF rates are SO framed that it
costs only fraction less to ship q
bushel of grain from q point in
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
A Sacramento paper says:

A Sacramento paper says: A
number of sheep ON Patton's ranch,
north of the American. were not
sheared last fall, and hence their
fleece is very long. During the tall
it got very dirty, and probably grass
and other seeds tell into it. AT all
events, since rain commenced to tall,
grass. with blades, say two inches
long, is growing luxuriantly out OF
the wool, and the sheep travel ABOUT,
carrying their pastures upon their
backs. ANY grass which the sheep
cannot reach itself a friend is allow
ed to nibbie and he or she recipro
Gates. We haven't seen the sheep
ourselves
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
IzzW MANHOOD !:

1AHK0 HOW LOST, HOW RESTORED.
Just published, new edition of DIR. CUL>
VERWELL'S CELEBRATED ESSAY on the
radi al aure of certain Weaknesses, the ef-
fects Of Errors and abuses in early life.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
essay, clearly demonstrates from thirty
years successful practice, that the alarm
ing consequences Of such errors aud abuses
may be radically cured without the danger
GUS use Of internal medicine or the appli-
cation Of the knife; pointing out mode Of
cure at once simple, certain and etfcctual,
by means Of which every sufferer, no mat
ter what his condition may be. may cure
himself cheaply, privately, and radically
o6rThis Lecture should be in the hands of
every youth and every man in the land.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope, to
any address, postpaid on receipt Of . cents,
or two post stamps. Also, DR.. Culverwells g
Marriage Guide" price 25 cents. Ad-
dress the Publishers, CHAS. J. c KLINE
4 Co.. l27 Bowery, New York. Postotice
Box 4,5Se. [4-ly
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
The Milwaukee Ne,rs publishes al

TuE Milwaukee Nsrs publishes an
article that has already appeared In
the Sentinel, gong to show the
number of iron furnaces in Wiscon-
sin, and the amount Of iron produced
by each. The article in question
makes good exhibit for this profit
able industry in our new state, and
every city that is lucky enough to
have one OF these furnaces considers
it valuable accession to its local
business that it would be sorry to
part with. What surpis,s us little
is, that the Nsus did not accompany
the article with an editorial setting
forth how, under tree trade and
cheap foreign ilon, Wisconsin might
have double as many furnaces as stt
has to-day, and consequently twice
the number OF cities would be benefit
Cd by such iabor-employing ,nstitu
tions.-l Milwaukee Sentinel.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29
Aunt Tabitha.
IT O. v. HOLMES.

WHATEVER do and whatever say,
Aunt Tabitha tells me that isn't the way;
When she was girl FORTY summers sgo)
Aunt Tabitha tells me they neve did %.
Dear aunt! If only would take her advice!
But like my own way, and fad it so nice
And besides, 1 forget half the thingsI an
told,
But they all will come back to ms-when
an old.
Ifa youth passes by, it may happen, no
doubt,
He may chance to look in % chance to
look out;
She would never endure an impertinent
STARE
II is horrid, she says, and mustn't sit there.
A walk in the moonlight has pleasures, own
But it isn't quite safe to be walking alone;
So take lads arm,-just for safety, you
know
But Aunt Tabitha tells me they didn't do 30.
How wicked We are, and how good they
were theni
They kept at arms length those detestable
men;
What an era Of virtue she lived in!-But
stay
We're the men oil such rogues in Aunt Ta-
bitha's day!
If the men were so wicked, Ill ask my papa
How he dared to propose to my darling
mamma;
Was he like the rest Of them? Gsodness!
Who knows?
And what should Isay, if . wretch should
propose?
am thinking if Aunt knew so little Of sin,
What wonder Aunt Tabitha's aunt must
have been!
And her grand-aunt--it scares mellow
shockingly sad
That we girls of to-day are so frishtfully
bad. !;
A martyr will save us, and nothing else can
Let me perish-to rescue some wretched
young mani
Though when to the alter . victim 20
Aunt Tabitha II tell me she never did so
From the Atlantic Monthly for March.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29

pLANKs.-BLANK DEEDS, MORTGA>
- GES, Quit Claims and Justices Blanks
at the RErUDLicAM Office,
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29

assault with intent to became in.
sane" is the way they pnt deadly at
tacks now.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29

Legal advertising, At legal rates.
For the use Of large cuts aud wood type
an additional charge. varying from 10 to 20
per cent, will be made.
Prompt settlements will be expected with
all time-advertisers, At the close Of ech
calender quarter. Transient advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29

The cold is so great in Italy this
winter that there has been skating In
Florence an! Naples, for the fiis'
time in many years.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-02-29

The only negro in an insane asy-
lam in the country Is in Virginia.
The Portland daily press., 1872-09-10

Colonel Stewart of Indiana, now in Wash
ington, has just received letter from Gen.
J. d. Webster, chief-ofstaff to General Sher-
man during the war, in answer to one asking
him, in view of the charges that General
Grant was intoxicated at Shiloh, to state
what he knew of Gen. Grants condition
during the two days of battle, which effectu-
ally disposes of this long-standing SANDER.
CHICAGO, Sept. 4, 1872.
Colonel Isaac S. Steooart: Dear Sir,-Your
note of the I'd instant is just received, and in
reply have to state that you are authorized
on my behalf to deny, in the most emphatic
manner, all statements of General Grants
having been drunk, or in any degree under
the influence of liquor, at the battle of Shi-
loh. 1 was at this time his chief of staff and
chief of artillery. L breakfasted with the
general at Savannah on Sunday, the first day
of the battle, went on board the boat with
him and rode into the field with him at about
half-past eight O'Clock, in person, and was
necessarily with him, except at intervals of
absence on duty, during the whole day. lay
down with him long after dark at night on
small parcel of hay which the quartermaster
put down to keep us out of the mud in the
rear of artillery line on the left and | never
heard till long afterwards of any idea enter
tanned by anybody that he was drunk. Nor
did see him drink during the day, and am
sure he was perfectly sober as he was self
possessed and collected during the varying
fortunes of that celebrated battle. If there
are any words in which l can deny the mis-
cradle charge more fully and distinctly, am
ready to adopt them.
Very truly yours, j. ID. WEBSTER,
Late Brevet Major General Volunteers.
Chief of Staff to Gen. W. T. Sherman.
The Portland daily press., 1872-09-10
Letter from New York.

NEW YORK, Sept. s, 1872.
Before this reaches you the battle will have
ended in your State, and the ballots which
are fraught with such momentous consequent
ces to the country viii have been cast and
counted. 1t is useless to speculate as to the
result, but it would be absurd to deny that
your election will prove type of the grand
finale. The contest has been waged with you
so spiritedly on both sides, the issues have
been so clearly presented, the case so fully
made up that the verdict of Maine will be
generally accepted as the voice of the nation.
Our friends are hopeful of favorable returns
but their confidence is not unminglcd with
anxieties. How far local questions NAV have
affected your voters ii is difficult for those at
distance to conjecture. If in spite of the
desperate efforts of the coalition, YOU shall
have maintained your last years majority, and
secured an unbroken Republican delegation
in Congress, you will have made an end of
Greeleyism and rendered the remainder of
the campaign an easy march to victory
YARMOUTH