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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-25
Taken I'm.

Came into the enclosureof the subscrib-
er living on Section -, Township q,
Range 10, being in the town Of River Fails,
Wis en- or about the i5ht II November 1873,
one red hei'er supposed TO be one
year old. The owner is requested to prove
property, pay charges and take her away.
25-4n THOMAS FiNs.
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Taken Up.

Taken up by me, the undersigned, on land
owned by me and on which live, on sec.
tion 10, Township q, Range IS. being in
the town Of River Falls. on the 18th day of
October. 1873, one red COW with white
spots on sides, about 8 years old. The
owner is requested to prove property, pay
charges and take her away.
N. CRowSHART.
River Falls, Oct, 18Th, 1873. 20
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-25

TnE lady in Virginia who recently
married Mr.. Wheat, is evidently in a
"aour.y" path. 1t is hoped that she
may never be thrashed by her husband
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-25

Is hereby given hat have this day Civ
en- my adopted daughter, Sarah Nesbit, her
time during the remainder Of her minor
ity. shall claim none Of her earnings,
nor pay any debts Of her contracting after
this date.
D. w. CURRIER.
Clifton, Nov, Is. 1873. PAW
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A NAME is demanded for the new
party about 10 assume the reins of gov
eminent in this state. Very well, we
have one-the party need no longer be
without a name. Considering its circu-
lar movements, and the rotundity of its
corners, it may be considered as per
forming a sort Of cyronancy, or circu-
lar dance. At any rate il has produced
a.revolution, and its chef actors are
now walking round in a circle, and will
soon be casting lots for the new gar
ments about TO be dispensed. All
things considered, the proper name for
the new party must be the "Gyromon-
ocrats." There is much in name, and
this expresses more than any thing
that has yet been suggested.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-25
II. J. WILCOX.

Dealer in Books, Stationery, Toys. News
papers. Periodicals., Inks. Pens, Pencils,
Pen-holders, Envelopes. Writing Paper.
Fancy Goods. SC. Orders for books o.
anything else in my line which is not on
hand will be filed at the shortest notice.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-25

Found and taken up by me, the under
signed, on land occupied by me and on
which live in Section IL, Township ~,
Range 10, being the town Of Clifton on or
about the 4th day Of November, 1873, one
light red yearling heifer. The owner is
requested TO prove property pay charges
and take her away
os4 wv BvRsETT.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-25
stray Notice.

Found and taken up by me, 'on land
owned by me on Section 4, Township ~,
Range rs, being 10 theitown Of River Falls,
on or about the fifth day Of Nov. 1873, one
red yearling heifer.
Wa. FISHER
Dated Nov 18th, 1873. 20 ~
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livery STABLE,
StraY Notice.

Found aud taken up by me, the under
signed on land owned by me. and on which
live, in section twenty six, township
twenty eight, range nineteen, being the
town Of Troy, on or about the 25th day Of
October, 1873, one re yearling bull.
Dated at Troy this 9th day Of Oct, 1878.
2l-4n w. ID. PURvEs.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
N. Z. BURNS
f.. W. REED.

Dealer in Wal hes. Clio ks and Jcweiry.
uain street Repairing done on short no
tice, and warranted 10 give satisfaction. b-tf
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John w hitc,
MISSES LEvINGs,

Keep n Bookstore. embracing School and
Miscellaneous Books. Periodicals and Mag
mines. A full supply Of stationery
Store in che JoURNAL BLOCK, Main Street.
River Falls. 1916
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DAYTON MILLS.
A. L. ROBERTS.

DEALER in groceries and provisions, at
1.-the lowest market price. All kinds OF
farmers produce taken in exchange for
goods. Prescott Wis. 1881
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John SHEEAN.

Merchant Tailor, Prescott, Wis. Keep
Gents Furnishing Goods constantly on
hand. HayHAll work warranted. 1880
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
The Date Harvest.

Only the female trees bear fruit, and
this only when they are impregnated with
dust from the males, which is consequently
done artificially. The male palms are of
ten tied up and blanched to be cut for the
Palm Sunday festivals, and they are also
sold to be stuck up in balconies as a pro-
lection against lightning, being considered
quite as efficacious and being certainly
much cheaper than an iron conductor.
$4,000 worth are sold annually in Eloho
for this purpose, and e14,0OO worth of
dates. The latter were being gathered
during our visit (January) by the clever
hOreldnOs, who climb the branchless trunks
like cats, a rope being passed round it and
their waists, upon which they rest their
whole weight in horizontal position, low
ering their'baskets when filed ard raising
them again by pulley. The defective
palm leaves are sent to manufactures and
used as cigarettes. By the roadside, before
every cottage door, are quantities of dates
in baskets, no one watching them any
passer-by may eat as many as he likes, fill
his pockets, and leave his halfpenny in
payment. 1t is generally left, for where
Spaniards are trusted they scarcely ever
abuse trust. When we walked in the
groves the hospitable peasants were only
too anxious to load us with the best branch
es Of the fruit, and would accept no pay
ment at all. Wanderings in Spain.''
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27

perhaps because he could think of no cler-
gyman to perform the ceremony, he mar
ried himself We may imagine the old
Governor standing up before himself and
Miss Pelham, and going through the SER
vice in the Puritan style.
Do you, Richard, take Penelope" says
Governor Bellingham, &C. to be your wife ?"
l do" replied Richard to himself as Gov
ernor. "Do you, Penelope, take Richard
to be your husband p'' 81 do" feebly re-
plies the little flirt. "Then," says Cover
Bellingham, 81 pronounce myself and you
husband and wife, according to the rules of
the Christian Church and the laws of the
Province of Massachusetts Bay" The
ceremony is over, and the Governor salutes
the bride and hopes she will be happy with
her husband. it may be said here that she
was happy with him, and they lived to-
gether more than thirty years. Mrs. Bel
linghaSn survived her husband thirty years,
and died in 1909, at the advanced age of
eighty-three years.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
CHE Ginres, Mem Bloonlhelo, ]pa.

blacksmith, I am John Miller; as cooper,
I'm Peter Martin /; the tailors know me as
Tobias Peters, &C., &c. sometimes get
my aliases mixed, and not seldom confound
the members Of my lodges by addressing a
horseshoer in the tailors' slang, or inquir-
ing about the coopering business of gas
men. This will, hope, wear off in time.
When any brother wants to know in what
shop Pm at work, why, Pm always just re-
turned from Maryland, or have just got a
splendid offer in Maine.
l rely upon you to keep this matter a
profound secret. Hopefully,
@. X. PHILANDER DoEsTIcKs, P. b.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
Fashionable Women.

Speaking of fashionable women, the Lon
don Lancet has lately had some very sound
remarks in the same strain. Fashion"
it says, "kills more than toll or sorrow
Obedience to fashion is greater transgres-
sion of the laws of woman's nature,
greater injury to her physical and mental
constitution, than the hardships of poverty
and neglect. The slave-woman at her task
still lives and grows old, and sees two or
three generations of her mistresses pass
away. The washer-woman, with scarcely
a ray of hope to cheer her in her tolls, will
The kitchen-maid is hearty and strong,
when her lady has to be nursed like a sick
baby. 1t is sad truth that fashion-pam-
pered women are worthless for all good ends
of life they have but little force of char
acter; they have still less power Of moral
will, and quite as little physical energy
They live for no great ends. They are dolls,
formed in the hands of milliners and SER
wants, to be fed to order. If they have
children, servants and nurses do all save to
conceive and give them birth and when
reared what are they? What do they
amount to but weak scions of old stock
Who ever heard Of fashionable woman's
child exhibiting any virtue and powor of
mind for which it became eminent? Read
the biographies of our good men and
women. None of them had fashionable
mother"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
PERRY COUNTY
ReOJ Estate. Insurance,
AND
CLAIM AGENCY.
LEWIS POTTER & CO.,
Real Estate Brokers, Insurance, & claim Agent
New Bloomfield, Pa.
CLAIM AGENCY.
LEWIS POTTER & CO.,
New Bloomfield, Pa.

WEINyITE the attention of buyers and sell
wv ers to the advantages we offer them In pur-
tice.
We have very large list of desrab property,
consisting of farms, town property, mills, store
and tavern stands, and real estate OF any descrip-
tion which we are prepared to offer at great bar
gains. We advertise our property very extensive
ly and use all our efforts skill, and diligence to
enecta a sale. We make no charges unless the
property is sold while registered with us. We also
draw up deeds, bonds, mortgages, andall legal pa
pers at moderate rates.
:, Some of the best, cheapest, and most reliable
IRE life, and cattle insurance companies in the
United States are represented at this agency
Property insured either on the cash or mutual
plan, and perpetually at 81 and SIS per thousand.
Pensions, bounties, and all kinds of war claims
collected. There are thousands of soldiers and
heirs OF soldiers who entitled to pensions and
bounty, who have never made application. Sol.
diers, II you were wounded, ruptured. orcOntract-
ed disease in the service from which you are dis
abled, you are entitled to pension.
When widows OF soldiers die or marry, the minor
children are entitled to the pension.
Parties having any business to transact In our
line are respectfully invited to give us call, as
we are confident can render satisfaction in any
branch of our business
AS- No charge for information.
42O1y LEWIS POTTER Il co.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
EpIstolary BrevIty.
discourse.

II ORD BERKELEY, wishing to ap-
ALprise the Duke of Dorest of his chang
ed condition, wrote: "Dear Dorest
have just been married, and am the hap
piest dog alive.-Berkeley." His interest
ing news being acknowledged with: Dear
Berkeley; Every dog has his day. Dorest." I"
Mr.. Kendall, some time Uncle Sans Post
master-General, wanting some information
as to the source of river, sent the follow
ing note to a village postmaster "Sir :
This department desires to know how far
the Tombigbee River runs upP Respectfully
yours, &C." By return mail came Sir ;
The Tombigbee does not run up at all it
runs down. Very respectfully, yours, &C."
Kendall, not appreciating his subordinate's 8
humor, wrote again "Sir Your appoint
ment as postmaster is revoked you will
turn over the funds, &C., pertaining 10
your SUCCESSOR" Not at all disturbed by
his summary dismissal, the postmaster re-
piled, "Sir: The revenues of this Office fol
the quarter ending September 30 have beer
05c.; its expenditures, same period, for tai
low candles and twine, $i.05. / trust my
Successor is instructed to adjust the bal
lance" His superior officer was probabl,
asmuch disgusted with his precise CORES
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
Married Himself.

One Of the queerest old fellows among
the first settlers in Boston was Governor
Bellingham. There are many curious sto-
ries told about him, but the most singular
is that respecting his marriage. 1t is rela-
ted by Governor Winthrop in his diary, and
was written at the time the affair took
place. Bellingham was Governor of the
Colony of Massachusetts, Bay in 164t. He
was fifty years old. There was then a
young lady in Boston named Penelope Pei
ham, who was twenty-five years Of age and
was engaged to be married to young man
who was friend of the Governor, and liv-
ed in the Governors house. By what arts
we know not, but it is certain that the Gov
ernor persuaded Miss Penelope that he low
cd her best and SO one day, while the
young man supposed that his sweetheart
was true to him, the Governor and the
young lady were married. But the singu
lar part Of 1t was, that as the Governol
wanted to keep his little affair secret, ant
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27

pondent as the American editor who,
writing to Connecticut brother "Send
full particulars of the food'-meaning an
innundation at that place-received for re-
ply you will find them in Genesis" A good
specimen of brevity is the order received
by commissariat officer named Brown
from Col. Boyd, which could scarcely
have been couched in fewer words than !:
"Brown +: Beef.-Boyd," the Colonel re-
ceiving his supplies with line running:
Boyd Beef-Brown."
Talleyrand acknowledged patheti C
letter from lady friend announcing her
widowhood, with note of two words !:
Helas Madame r' And when the easily
consoled dame wrote not very long after
wards soliciting his influence on behalf of
an officer she was about to marry, he
merely replied, "Ho ! no Madame p
More satisf actory to the recipient was Lord
Eldon's note to his friend, DR.. Fisher, of
the Charterhouse: "Dear Fisher: l can
not to-day give you the preferment for
which you ask. Your sincere friend
Eldon. Turn 0Oor)-I gave it to you
yesterday" Pleasant to all parties con-
cerned was the correspondence between
the Archbishop of York and the bishop of
Cork "Dear Cork Please ordain Stan
hope.-York." "Dear York Stanhope
is ordained. Cork.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
Hints to Owners Of Watches.

A watch is a most delicate machine and
a very little thing is enough to damage it's
system, and make it go too fast or too slow
or to arrest the motion of it's wheels, and
it is just that very little thing that you
don't take any notice of. Show us watch
and we'll tell you what are the habits of its
owner.
"A person of irregular habits will spoil the
best watch in the world. Careless and
inexact people will have watches that go
fast or slow-or go both too fast and too
slow by turns. II you can't be steady and
regular in your habits, you need not expect
to have watch that you can rely on.
All the best watch-makers in the world
will be unable to give your watch that reg
ularity which is lacking in yourself, and
which you cannot, therefore, preserve in
your watch, and which you destroy as fast
as the watch is regulated. For watch
should be wound up every day at the same
hour, and as soon as possible in the morn
ing. And the best occasion for doing this
is when the minute-hand marks seven, or
ten minutes after the hour-hand has marked
the hour.
The operation of winding up watch
should never be performed carelessly or
roughly but on the contrary, with great
precaution, especially at the moment when
you give the final turn to the key. Then
you should gently moderate the movement
so as not to wind the watch up too tight.
You should always take good care to fit
the key perfectly into the keyhole before
commencing.
1t is not a good plan to carry the key
about with you, unless it is kept in case !;
and never carry it loose in your pocket, as
it is liable to get dust into it, which you
will introduce into the watch, from time to
time, in winding it up, to its great detri-
ment.
Never, under any circumstances but
those of extreme necessity, open the inte-
rior compartment-that which contains the
machinery of the watch.
In winding up the watch the hand which
holds it should remain perfectly steady and
without motion.
The hands may be advanced or set back
when necessary, without any harm being
done to the watch, although contrary to
the popular notion on the subject.
The difference of temperature or the hab-
it which some have Of carrying the watch
about the person for period, and again
leaving it motionless for great length of
time on some piece of furniture, may cause
a slight irregularity in the best watch.
Whether the hands are advanced or set
back we should never touch the regulator
as long as the defect is triAing.
The crystal case of the watch should
never be opened, except by the watch-ma-
ker.
BY keeping these rules in mind, and
putting them in practice, people would
have less trouble with their watches, and
far less need of the services of watch
maker.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27

eB- Before telegraph operators became
so expert as at present, ludicrous blunders
were of frequent occurrence, from the ne
cessary ambiguity in transmitting one let
ter at a time. A manager of a telegraph
company gives an instance of recent occur
renee upon the line between Boston and
New York. A gentleman sent dispatch
requesting parties in New York to forward
sample forks by express. When the mes
sage was delivered, it read thus =
Forward sample K. 81
The parties who received it replied by
asking what sample X. s. wanted. OF
course the gentleman came to the Office and
complained that the dispatch had been
transmitted incorrectly, and the operator
promised to repeat it. Accordingly he tel
egraphed the New York operator that the
dispatch should have read,
Forward sample forks"
The New York operator having read it
wrong in the first instance, could not deci-
pher it differently now. He replied that he
did read it sample X. s., and so delivered
it. "But," returned the Boston operator,
81 did not say for X. s., but forks p'--
"What stupid fellow that is in Boston r.
exclaimed the New York operator. "He
says he didn't say for X. s., but for X. s."
The Boston operator tried for an hour to
make the New York operator read It forks,
but not succeeding, he wrote the dispatch
upon yiece Of paper, and forwarded 1t by
mail, and it remained standing joke upon
the line for many months afterwards.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
Pulpit Gravity.

A MINISTER was preaching to large
IN congregation in one of the Southern
States, on the certainty of future judg-
ment. In the gallery sat colored girl
with white child in her arms, which she
was dancing up and down with commen-
dable effort, to make baby sobserve the
proprieties of the place. The preacher was
too much interested in his subject to notice
the occasional noise of the infant and at
the right point in his discourse, threw him
self into an interesting attitude, as though
he had suddenly heard the first pote of
the trump Of doom, and looking towards
that part of the church where the girl with
the baby in her arms was sitting, he asked,
in low, deep voice -
What is that hear?
Before he recovered from the oratorical
pause, SO as to answer his own question,
the colored girl responded, in mortified
tone of voice, but loud enough to catch the
ears of the entire congregation
81 domino, sa, spec it is dis here chile;
but indeed, sa, has been doin' all
could to keep him from 'sturbin' you.'
1t is easy to imagine that this unexpect-
ed rejoinder took the tragic out of the
preacher in the shortest time imaginable ;
and that the solemnity Of that judgment
day sermon was not a little diminished by
the event.
Another instance equally confounding
to the minister, happened, we believe, in
Richmond, Va. A large congregation had
assembled to hear stranger Of some no.
toriety. Soon after he had introduced his
subject, the cry of "fre fire r' in the
street very much disturbed the copgrega-
tion, and many were about to retire, when
an elderly brother rose and said:
If the congregation will be composed,
l will step out and see if there is any fire
near, and report"
The congregation became composed, and
the minister proceeded. Taking advan-
tage of the occurrence, he called atten-
tion to fire that would consume the
world Ia fire that would burn forever in
the lake that is bottomless and had just
concluded a sentence of terrible import,
and not without manifest impression on his
audience, when voice from the other end
of the church, as if in fiat denial of all
he had said, bawled out
81 It's false alarm -
The effect was ludicrous in the extreme.
The old man had returned but his inop-
perfume response spoiled the effect of the
eloquent appeal from the pulpit and even
the preacher could scarce refrain from join
ing in the universal smile that passed over
the congregation.
Rev. Mr. s. was preaching in one of the
Methodist Episcopal churches in New
York, and there was in attendance good
old Methodist brother, very much given
to responses. Sometimes these responses
were not always appropriate, but they were
always we'll meant. The preacher usually
lucid, was rather perpexed, and felt it
himself. He labored through his first part,
and then said:
Brethren, have now reached the con-
clusion of my first point"
"Thank Godp' piously calculated the
old man, who sat before him, profoundly
interested but the unexpected response,
and the suggestive power of it, so confused
the preacher, that it was with difficulty he
could rally himself to continuance of his
discourse.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-05-27
Ne9C MIJIi2aeTy Goods
AT Newport, Pa.

T BEG to inform the public that have Just re-
Il turned from Philadelphia, with full assort-
inent of the latest styles Of
MILLINERY GOODS,
HATS AND BONNETS,
RIBBONS FRENCH FLOWERS
FEATHERS,
CHIGNONS,
LACE CAPES,
NOTIONS,
And all articles usually found in frst-class Mil
lnery Establishment All orders promptly at
tended to. SB-We will sell all goods as Cheap as
can be got elsewhere.
DRESS-MAKING done to order and in the Ia
test style, as get the latest Fashions from New
York every month Goflering done to order, in
all widths will warrant all my work TO give sat
isfaction. All work done as low as possible.
ANNIE ICKES,
Cherry Street. near the Station,
BIG l3 Newport, Pa.