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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

Some twenty ladies' from this
place gave Mrs. Rodfish, OF lama
City, a surprise last Friday.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

PERsoSAL.-Senator Dysart was in
this place last Saturday at which
time he paid his respects to this of
fee. lie reports the town, bearing
his name, as on the high way to pros
perity.
DR.. Townsend, editor Of the Fred
ericktown (Ohio) Independent, looked
in upon us Monday of this week.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

The new code of Iowa makes eight
hours a legal days work. SO says
the Dcs Moines Republican.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

w. G.. Walters delivers all goods
sold by him to all persons living in
Toledo.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

MlNEV Made rapidly with stencil
NUN IL i and key-check outfits. Cat
alogues and full particulars FREE. s. NJ.
Spencer, III Hanover ST., Boston.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

The best selected stock of Farm
Implements ever brought TO Tama
County at Parker & Lewis lama
City. The " Pearl, John Deere's
Advance. and Peru City Walking
cultiyators. Also Buckeye Jr. com.
bined. IT.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

Hon. j. &. Safely, OF Stivers & SAT
ley, lawyers, accompanied by his lami.
ly, is now visiting relatives in Cedar
County. Mr.. Safely is certainly en-
TITLED to few weeks relief from all
Office work, and retirement of ono
or moro years from the profession, OF
which he is worthy member, would
be of great value TO him.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

A number OF Toleao's "young
Americans were out raising cam"
Friday evening The mischief con
sisted in rapping at the doors of our
citizens, and when the door was
on cned stones were fired. We have
been unable to ascertain the names
Of the lads thus engaged, further than
the one who has 40 nobly filled the
role, tor the past few months, OF a
printer's devil in this Office.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

A LONG LOST DRAFT FouND.-On
the night OF July 18th last year, as
mentioned in these columns at the
time, tho Toledo Post Office was
robbed of all the letters in the mail!
ing and alphabetical boxes. No
trace of the letters was obtained un
til late last fall, when they were
found in the brush near the residence
Of Jas. Ross, who, together with
Frank Graham, examined and pro-
nounced them torn aud so faded by
the heavy rams as to render them
illegible. Among the letters taken
WAS one from Frankfort, Germany,
addressed to Carl Rest, and which
contained New York Draft for the
sum OF $7l10 gold. 1t was not def
nite!y known at the time the letters
we,c taken, that such letter was in
the office, but it was considered
probable, as the letter hal left Frank
fort, and had never reached the per
son to whom it was addressed. a
few days ego, the Post Mistress,
Mrs. Dllman, went to examine the
pile Of old letters as they were left
in the brush, and among them, she
found the draft above referred to, IN
a state of almost perfect preserya-
ton. Mr.. Rest has written to
Frankfort, to the effect THAI the let
ter, containing the draft had been
r:fed, but he never received any d.
rect reply. As the gold premium is
some eight points higher now than it
was last July, it can be easily seen
that when he gets the draft cashed in
currency. he will have realized about
six per cent, interest, notwithstand
ing the fact that his draft has been
so long resting among the letters
that were taken from the Post Office
upwards ui nine months ago.
TOLEDO SAVINGS BANK The Board
of Direct ors of the Toledo Savings
Bank are making every effort posi-
BILE to have this new bank ready for
the transaction OF business at an ear
ly day. They have ordered a very
superior Bank Safe made, that will
cost 81 500 at the mandatory, and
the committee on building have been
instruclo d to rent the Office now oc-
cupied by Messrs. Nelson q Barker,
until new building can be erected,
and in few weeks The bank will be
ready to carry Oh regular banking
business. At meeting Of Directors
held on Monday, Leander Clark was
elected President, w. f. Johnston,
Vice President, and l.. Is. Nelson
Cashier. Mr.. Nelson is now away,
purchasing books and supplies.
The many interested in the success
OF the new bank will be pleased to
learn OF the steady progress OF the
work of preparation and those who
thought this plan OF organization I'M
practicable, now begin to see that
an organization can be perfected and
the articles Of incorporation subse.
quently adopted.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

& tn & 20 per day Agent. want
ing people, Of either sex, young or old,
make more money at work us in their spare
moments, or all the time, than ut anything
else. Particulars FREQ. Address G. STIN-
SON s CO., Portland Maine.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01
SEWING MACHINE
UsE,he Rcisinger Sash Lock and Support to
FASTEN YOUR WINDOW.

No spring to break, no cutting Of sash;
cheap, durable, very easily applied; holds
sash at any place desired, and q self-fast-
ener when the sash is down. Send stamp
for circular Circular and six copper .bronz-
ed locks cent to any address in the U 5.
postpaid, on receipt of 80 cts. Liberal in
ducements to the trade. Agents wanted
Address REISINGER SASH LOCK CO.
No. 4lS Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01
Dr.. Menryt i1oAt and Plant Pills-

- AemE1W1 -
Mid ~ thorssgA=u0 pansce orgriping-ea-
sirely vegesabie-srtakli ver semcdy. rrice -
esas. boaA ~ btiG51jo.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

Orr THE TRAck.-Last Thursday
evening, as the L. Il N. w. train
was coming up from Tama City, the
"tcnder lcaped the track about
sixty rods from the depot at this
place. There were on board the
tsain about tw cnty ladies', who found
it necessary to walk the remainder OF
the way.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

Wall Paper! Wall Paper!
Trimmed Free! Trimmed Free
City Book Store.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

Plasterlpg hair Tor sale by
tt. M. j. Powers.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01
.. d. Terry,
Dealer IN
LARGE Oh SMALL QUANTITIES.
Yards opposite Elevator. Toledo. Iowa.
sAd with C. Lamb 4 Sons, Tams City.

Ian ready to deliver in carload lots,
q Belle Plaias, Caelssa, Tama City, Toledo,
Oxford, Aarshall or Dysart. l4y1
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01
qhs 1'l.as {'roniels,
Toledo, Iowa,
Thursday, May 1, 1873.
LOCAL Intelligence.

A gentle rain fell Sunday night.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

White. Sugar, 8 lbs. per 81, at w.
G. Walters.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

Choice fine-cut Tobacco tor 60 cts.
per pound, at w. C. Walters.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

Best Kerosene Oil, IS cts. per gal
Ion, at w. C,;Walters'.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-05-01

4 lbs. best Rio Coffee at w. G.
Walters for 81.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
Some Facts About the Oyster.

The oyster when spawning does not
cast its eggs like other fish, but dis
solves, as it were, part OF its own
body, which passes off in long, slender
threads, as fine as a spiders web, upon
which are congregated millions OF little
eggs, not visible to the naked eye, but
which, when put under powerful
magnifying-g.ass, astonish the beholder
by their number. 1t is estimated that
about seventy per cent. of the spawn is
destroyed by fish, and about ten per cent
from other causes, leaving twenty per
cent. to find their way into market.
These little "seed" cling to whatever
they touch, generally old oysters and
the many little shells one often sees
clinging to large oysters are but the
growth of these seed. When oysters
have spawned in q clear place, and free
from their fish enemies, their growth is
very rapid until they attain the size OF
a quarter of dollar and it is at this
period OF their existence that the oyster
men take them for transplanting.
The shells are very thin, and the in
side meat scarcely larger than shirt
button, and having the rest OF the shell
filed with q milky fluid, which in time
forms the body of the fish. Oysters,
after they are transplanted, are, with
a few exceptions, not fit to eat under
three wears. It might be esupposed that
the oyster, with its hard shell, was free
from all danger, but snch is not the
case. He has two deadly enemies
the star fish and the borer. Theformel
will fasten on the mouth OF an oyster,
and in a short time suck the life out oi
him. The latter, with his little saw
and gimlet bill, bores through his shell,
and, once through, the oyster is soor
destroyed.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
Easy Puzzles.

1t is remarkably easy to puzzle people
if you show by your words or manner
that you expect them to be puzzled.
We once propounded the following to a
company of gentlemen A owes B $500,
and admits the debt. AS father dies
intestate, and BIS father takes the bene-
fit of the bankrupt act. Does this dis
charge AS obligation to B After no
little consideration of the problem,
several of the company decided that it
did It seemed to the friend with
whom we were arguing perfectly easy
for any intelligent person to throw out
all the latter items of the statement as
having no possible connection with the
first but the test established the point
for which we were contending, that this
could only be done by a mental effort to
which some men were not equal ut the
moment the question was asked. III we
had not witnessed such exhibitions, We
should suppose that n question proposed
by our friend at Morris, New York, was
designed as q quiz. He supposes the
case of hunter pursuing squirrel,
which lodges around tree. and rs the
man with the gun follows around to get
a shot, the nimble game he is seeking
keeps always exactly on the opposite
side of the trunk. Now comes the all
important query: Has the gunner, hav-
ing thus gone around the tree, also gone
around the squirrel? The town from
which the question comes seems to have
been divided as to the true answer.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
A Little Game In the Trunk Line.

Smashing trunks is not the only pas
time of depot attendants, it seems, nor
is smashing the only ill-fate to which
the Saratoga" is liable. There IS an
other way OF making the traveller mlsera-
BILE. Probably it is not necessary to say
that n hack driver has been arrested tor
il, and it is therefore shrewd trick.
The person in the game takes n short
trip, and takes his trunk with him; IL
is well known that trunks have no legs,
and cannot run away; so, trusting IN
this fact, the baggage-masters IN tne
smaller places are very apt to leave 'ne
trunks all in heap until the cars ar
rive. This is the opportunity that tne
designing traveller has in view. ne
steps up to see if his trunk is all right.
In looking it over he takes its check on,
and puts it on the best looking trunk IN
the lot, aud puts that trunks check
upon his piece of baggage. Then ne
wanders away satisfied. On reaching
his destination he takes the trunk to
which his check entities him, and
drives off with it. There are, OF course,
all sorts of c1ances in the matter, put
experiment always pays, since the piece
disposed of is only ballasted, and utter
ly yalueless.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
st, Cecilia.

"Can you tell me who st. Cecilia
is ?" asks correspondent, and adds :
"I have an engraving of her, and would
like to know. She is represented as
playing on musical instrument. What
books tell of her ?" All books on my
thology give her history. She is sup
posed to have lived in the third century,
and the honor paid to her can be traced
to that time. She was the daughter OF
q noble Roman, who, with his wife, had
secretly become Christians. Cecilia
was in childhood remarkably serious
and pious. She early made q VOW to
chastity, and devoted herself to religi
GUS life. She always carried a copy OF
the gospel in her robe. She especially
excelled in music, and composed and
sung hymns so sweetly that angels came
to listen to her. But the instruments
employed in secular music were INSULT
cient to express the music of her soul,
and she invented the organ, and conse-
Grated it to the divine service. Her
body lies in the Church Of st. Cecilia
in-fravestere. She is the patroness OF
music and musicians. Her proper at
tribute is the organ and a roll OF music.
She is richly dressed, often has jewels,
a crown Of roses, and an attendant
angel.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
Send for Mother.

"Dear me it wasn't enough for me
to nurse and raise family of my own,
but now when I'm old, and expect to
have little comfort here, it is all the
time, Send for mother. And the
dear old soul growls and grumbles, but
dresses herself as fast as she can, not
withstanding. After you have trotted
her off and got her safely in your home,
and she flies around, administering
remedies and rebukes by turns, youfeel
easier. It's right now or soon Will be
mothers come
In sickness, no matter who is there or
how many doctors quarrel over your
case, everything goes wrong, somehow,
till you send for mother. In trouble,
the first thing you think OF is to send
for mother. :,
But this has its ludicrous as we'll as
its touching aspects. The verdant
Young couples. to whom baby's extraor-
dinary grimaces and alarming yawns,
which threaten the dislocation OF It's
chin, its wonderful sleep, which it &c;
complishes with its eyes half open and
no perceptibe futter of breath on its
lips, causing the young mother to I'M
agine it is dead this time, and to shrek
out. "Send for MOTHER" in tones OF
anguish-this young couple, inthe Light
of the experience which three or -four
babies bring, find that they have been
ridiculous, and gwen mother a good
many "tro,s" for nothing.
Did anybody ever send for mother
and did she fail to come, unless sick
ness or the infrmities OF age prevented
her? As when in your childhood those
willing feet responded to your call, 81
they still do, and will continue to do al
long as they are able. And when the
summons comes which none yet disre
garded, though it will be a very darl
and sad one for you, then God, too, vii
send for mother.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
Ridiculous Mess.

AKeokuk lady, while engaged in the
pursuit OF her domestic duties, en-
countered mouse in the -four barrel.
Now, most ladies under similar circum-
stances would have uttered few, femi-
nine shrieks and then sought safety in
the garret. But this one possesses
more than the ordinary degree of female
courage. She summoned the hired
man and told him to get the shotgun,
call the bulldog, and station himself
at a convenient distance. She then
climbed half way up the stairs and COM
menced to punch the -four barrel vigor-
ously with pole. Presently the mouse
made its appearance and started across
the floor. The bulldog at once went
in pursuit. The man fred and the dog
dropped dead. The lady tainted and
fell down stairs, and the hired man,
thinking that she was killed, and fear
ing that he would be arrested for mur-
der, lit out, and has not been seen
since. The mouse escaped.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
A Centennial Cheese.

Among the many suggestions that
have been made in regard to the Phila-
delphia celebration OF '76, that from
New Hampshire man who proposes to
make O centennial cheese is the most
remarkable. His letter to the commits
sioners, with the exception of some
details which are unliminated, reads as
follows
"Dear Sirs I speak Of cheese
cheese in the grandest and most
sublime sense of the term ; cheese
such as the world has never seen I;
cheese - hundreds of thousands OF
pounds of it. 1t shall be an immense
plain, the consolidated efforts of every
cheese manufacturer in the United
States, and will be capable, when laid
down upon it's side, of accommoda-
ting many hundreds of people. Such a
cheese as the one speak OF would
certainly create astonishment, and
would gain for our manufacturers the
admiration of the world. I desire space
for such o cheese. Can 1 have it :?
Answer"
1t has been suggested that the cheese
would answer q variety OF purposes;
that it would make an admirable race
course, for its circumference would GER
tainly exceed half mile. Its surface
would be even and free from dust, and
when it had worn through, the interior
might be scraped ont, leaving only its
shell, SO that windows and entrances
might be inserted and the whole thing
night serve the requirements OF res.
taurant more wonderful than any OF
those farmed out hy the commissioner
at Vienna Worcester (MaSs.) Spy.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
At the Custom House.

Kate Field writes to the american
Register, OF Paris, in the following
sprightly strain Arriving at tue Gus.
tom House we climbed to it by way OF
q poll, or some equally convenient
means, and then sat down in gloom and
emptiness to await the transportation
Of our luggage. Tradition asserts patti
ence on a monument smiling at grief to
be the acme OF cheerful resignation.
Tradition, as usual, is wrong. Patience
in a Custom House, leaning on an UNI
brella and smiling at two porters, sole
transporters of thirty passengers lug
gage and much freight, the latter COM
ing first, is as much more virtuous than
monumental grief, as grief is more
wretched than mel. ncholy. l smiled,
and smiled, and made no more observa-
tions about the slowness OF the old
country than was compatible with sere-
nifty. kept myself alive by studying
the number Of poses that could be taken
in connection with an umbrella. lnever
before realized how much there was In
an umbrella. The next time you are
left in a station to wait for your lug.
gage, fall hack on your umbrella, and
remark it's many companionable quail
ties. You pose with it, you walk with
it, sou poke with it, you express your
feelings with it, you write your name
with It on floors and walls, you knock
imaginary brigands down with it, and
finally you point out the trunks dear to
your pocket with it. Couldn't l bear OH
my property without examination? No,
1 must have one trunk opened for the
sake of appearances, and I must swear
that I had not therein concealed tobac.
co, wine, spirits, or silverware. l asked
an obliging young man, who was In
clined to do the handsome thing by me,
whether I looked capable Of tobacco,
wine, spirits, or silverware. He replied
by writing hieroglyphics on my several
trunks and my banio-case, over which
took the necessary oath, while assuring
the obliging young man that said banjo
contained the very best OF spirits.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
In THE WArER.-It is important for

In THE WArER.-It is important for
eyery one who ever ventures into or up
on the water, to remember that when a
person falls into deep water he will rise
to the surface, and continue there, If he
does not elevate his hands. II he moves
his hands under water, in any way he
pleases, his head will rise 60 high as to
give him free liberty to breathe; and If
he will use his legs as in the actof walk
ing upstairs, his shoulders will rise
above the water, so that he may use the
less exertion with his hands, or apply
them to other purposes. Those who
have never learned to swim should bear
in mind these simple directions.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
The Canary at Church.

They were singing good old London,
As the evening, cool and sweet,
Drifted with purple shadows
Adown the city street.
Round every churchly window
The lusty ivy clung;
The red, faint sunshine fickered
Its matchless leaves among.
The dim nave, with its arches
And clustered pillars rare,
Had echoed to the cadence
or the pale Rector's prayer.
And now through tender silence
The thrilling fute-notes rang,
And sweet as angels voices
The rare old tune they sang.
When sudden, 10 /! appearing
On carving quaint and old,
Like fair estray from heaven,
Fluttered q speck Of gold.
On to the lecturn flying
Up to the Bishops chair,
With clear notes soaring, chanting
His wondrous vespers there.
Full rolled the singing voices;
Yet sweeter, richer. higher,
Gods silyer-throated chorister
Outsang the trained choir.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18
Do not be Fooled.

Uusophisticated persons who banker
after chances to get rich on S400 capital,
may learn a lesson from the experience
of Brooklynite who saved up that sum
by dint of hard work and economy dur
ing an indefinite period, and then paid
it over to q New York advertiser of
business opportunities" who guaran-
teed half interest in profitable busi-
ness. The trouble was, the business
was profitable only for the advertiser,
who took the entire S400and didn't give
his victim even half interest.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18

Being shown some very fat cattle at
the Home Farms at Windsor, and un.
derstanding that they had been fed up
on oil-cake, the Shah grew quite ami
mated, and said to the interpreter,
"Ask if oil-cake is good for wives"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-09-18

New and beautiful Rugs.
Door Mats, from SOC. up to the best English Cocos,
that wear THREE years.
100 sets Table Mats, assorted.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-21

The New York Tribune has just vim
dicated Its claim to pTe-eminence as n
newspaper by an achievement with.
out a parallel In the history Of jour.
nallsm. During the last ten days I,
has printed full verbatim reports OIL
all the various meetings Of the great
religious Congress, or Evangelical Al
lance, which closed its session In New
York on the l1th Inst. 10 accomplish
this, its reporters were sometimes dis.
persed through a half dozen meetings.
taking notes In az many different Ian
guages. The French, German and
WEIGH meetings received as full at
tention as the English. Every morn
Ing a volume Of religious literature
was presented to tic readers Of the
Tribune fresh from the lips or pens OF
the most eminent divines In the world.
In this work the Tribune has had lit
orally no competition. The other
newspapers gave up the unequal con-
test from the very beginning. The
reports Of the Tribune were on a scale
larger than has ver been attempted
by any journal. The collected re-
ports Of the Evangelical Conferences
will fill some thirty.two pages Of the
Tribune, or nearly 200 Of its wide col
umns.