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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21

A MOST horrible and almost incredible
condition of affairs in the Vermont Insane
Asylum Is described in the report of the
Legislative committe appointed to investi-
gate the management of that institution.
The committees first discovery was that
the asylum, which is controlled by pri-
vate corporation, was greatly overcrOwded,
485 patients being packed into space in
tended to accommodate 300 at the most.
This, however, is a trifling matter in COM
parison with other revelations. Seventy
five of these unfOrtunates were thrust
awap in subterranean dungeons, dark,
damp, foul and pervaded by unendura-
bic stenChes Some were confined in
apartments nine feet by four in size, with
air and ventilation only through auger-
holes bored in the doors. The active as
well as the passive infections put upon
these poor people proved equally inhu-
man. Among them was the punishment
of the bath, in which the patient, securely
bound, Is placed In bathing tub, and a
continuous stream of cold water allowed
to fall upon his head. This torture, II may
be remarked in passing, was one of the
most excruciating known in the dark
ages, resulting usually in insanity or
death. To this asylum of horrors the
committee also state that sane men have
been consigned through fraud and bribery.
The picture is as complete as Charles
Rcadc could make 1t, but without the ro-
nance of fiction. The reality is some
thing for the Legislature of Vermont to
deal with promptly and severely; for 1t is
too disgraceful for belief, except as attest
ed by an official investigation such as has
produced this astonishing rcport.--Boston
p0sf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21
Harvesting, Shocking and Stacking

WHEAT and barley are the two varie
ties of small grains from which the farm
ers Of the West expect to realize cash
returns, and this for the simple reason
that their selling prices in our principal
markets are such as to warrant their trans.
portation to comparatively long distances
Rye and oats are next in importance, but
rye is not generally raised in the West, and
oats do not generally bear price sufficient
to warrant long shipment Much grain
is lost annually by bad shocking, and
since there Is every reason to believe that
there may be much rain during the pres.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21
Wanted.

THE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY of the United States of America,
wants an agent in every town in the
country, and will pay literally for bust.
ness secured. The principal features OF
the Company are its great financial
strength, its low premiums, and its lib
eral policies. Its plans are easily under
stood, and those devoting only a portion
of their time to insurance are enabled
often times to accomplish gratifying re.
suits. We do not know Of company
better deserving of patronage by those
wanting insurance, nor one with which
an agent could more advantageously con.
meet himself E. A. Rollins Is President.
and Jay Cooke is Chairman of the Finance
COMMITTEES. Address branch Office OF
Company, at Philadelphia.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21
Industrial.

| The hay crop in Oregon this year is
| the heaviest ever known.
Boston continues TO prosecute milk
| dealers who sell the adulterated article.
"A Massachusetts woman has recently
| received patent for selffastening but
ton, which needs no button-hole, holds
fast, and unbottons at touch.
Six hundred acres of ground are de-
| voted to watermelons near Muscatine,
Iowa. Muscatine Island has long been
fnoted for the excellence of its melons.
| The Baltimore, Pittsburgh & Chica-
go Railway Company is the name Of a
corporation just organized TO construct a
railroad from the former to the latter
city.
AT Virginia City, Montana, wheat IS
selling at fifty cents a bushel. Cattle are
being driven by the thousand to Nevada
and Utah, there being absolutely no home
market.
--Ship.building is fast recovering on
| the New England coast, reports from the
various seaport towns giving very encour-
aging accounts. The building is con-
| fined 10 wooden vessels.
An automatic press-feeder has at last
been invented, which, by the power OF
suction, raises the paper sheet by sheet,
and passes it unerringly to the grippers
1t will feed anything from railroad card
board to tissue paper.
| The practice prevails Of shipping
dressed beef from Chicago To New York
| in refrigerator cars. The beef is said TO
| arrive In New York in much better order
| than il would If the animals were crowded
| in hot cars and made fcverish by ride OF
| / 900 miles. The meat sent brings salts
factory prices.
| The Jacksonville (Fla.) Union says
| that the successful cultivation Of tea in
and about that city is an accomplished
| fact. 1t says that the genuine tea plant Is
| growing profusely all over the suburbs
and that IL any one would be at the pains
to gather and prepare it for market, iti
| value as an article of commerce would
soon be recognized.
| The butter shipments from the North
west to New York and Boston now ex
coed $4,OO0,000 year. The dealers in
those cities play sharp trick on theil
| customers. Pals or tubs are made nea
and uniform, and are sent forward with
| only single letter stamped upon them
| When they get to New York or BostoT
the name of some favorite dairy or deal
er in Orange County, New York, or fol
the Boston dealers, some well-known Yer
mont brand, is stamped upon them. The
reason for this can be readily imagined
The butter brings better price.
Mr. j. Winslow Jones has in Farm
ington, Maine, large establishment fo
canning sweet corn. Eight or ten mel
are now engaged in making cans at thu
rate of two hundred day for each man
There are now growing in that town Owe
four hundred acres Of sweet corn for Thu
establishment About one hundred mer
are employed some six weeks in canning
and husking this corn, at an expense fol-
labor of about $4,000. The farmers real
ize about 800 per acre for the corn, be
side the stalks, which are very VALUABLE
for fodder
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21

some people do seem TO be married 70
| themselves, and real love match 1t Is TOO
Rev. Julian Young. son Of Charles
Navne Young. the distin guished London
| actor. is dead. Mr.. Young was the author
nf graceful and very entertaining life OF
his father. with "reminiscences OF his early
| life.
i. d. Blake. of Rochester, Mimi, has
| resigned as Trustee Of Hamline Univer'
si,y, because he considers the final loca'
ton, midway between st. Paul and MIN
neapolis, dishonorable 10 the Trustees
and reproach 70 the church.
The Troy Times reads lecture to
those who abuse Bret Hartc for not being
funny all the time: "A fellow must have
| time To recuperate, no matter how witty
| he NAV be; he can't keep on scintilating
all the time, without exhausting bis
| fuel"
Miss Mary c. Putnam, daughter Of
fhe late George +. Putnam, the well
known publisher, and called the best ed.
ucated woman physician In this country,
has made a partnership with a leading
| German doctor in New York--bOth pro-
fcssional and personal
1T seems that we are to have one visl-
tor this summer who will be very wei.
come, and whose coming we shall look
forward to with interest. Joe Arch, the
eloquent English Iaborer, has announced
his determination To come to this country
on tour of observation.
There is story Of Judge Grier
which everybody delights in, how he set
aside the unjust verdict Of a jury against
an unpopular man with this remark
ENTER the verdict, Mr.. Clerk; enter,
also, set aside by the court j want IT to
be understood that 1t takes thirteen men
to steal a mans farm in this court"'
General Myers, Chief Of the Signal
Corps Of the army, had decided not To
detail any employees OF the Signal Service
10 accompany Professor Wise in his Eu'
ropean balloon voyage. Over twenty vol.
uuteer applications had been received
This action on his part is taken on ac-
count Of the extreme peril incident To
such trip,
New men are always coming on
Robert Kerr, young man OF Irish ex
traction, after learning the mason's trade
educated himself and recently graduated
at Dartmouth His merits having come
to the knowledge Of Mr. Reid, editor OF
the New York Tribune twho delivered the
Grafton at the late Commencement Of that
collcge), Mr.. II. offered him "A place on
the editorial staff Of the Tribune, and ere
long he will be, as they phrase IL in news
paper circles, "slnging BREWER if, in
deed. he Is not already doing so.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21
Personal and Literary.

The house In Murfrcesboro, Tenn, in
which President Polk was married, Is now
used as a stable.
The colorcd poet has arrived. His
name is Isaac Warden, and he Is u grndu-
ate of Howard university.
William Lloyd Garrison dcnounccs
regatias, and says he sees no physical or
moral benefit in them.
The wife of Senator Schurz has fallen
heir 10 large fortune through the death
Of relative in Hamburg.
John Lathrop Motley, the American
historian, has been stricken with apoplcxy,
depriving him Of the use Of one side.
John" the man who writes up his.
tory and geography In way strictly his
own for the New York Sun, IL drummer
for Philadelphia house.
Fanny Hyde, the Brooklyn, N. Y,
murdcrcss now confined in the Raymond
street JAIL In that city, says Kate Stoddard
Is not insane, only "a little eccentric, you
know"
--Nicbuhr lamcnted that "thc great
multiplication of books gives rise to
danger of a still-b0rn learning, as I'm.
prolific as the double flowers Of our
gardens
Rufus Porter, aged 80, the original
editor Of The Scientific american, is living
at West Birmingham, Conn, and Is
scliciting shares for flying machine OF
his invention.
"A Brattleboro' medium Is finishing
Dickens's Edwin brood" The only
novel thing about II Is that he declares he
has never read the part Of the story that
has been published
Kate Field Is pronounced by the
Woman's Journal to be compound OF
shark Twain" John Hay and Bret
Harte, with propensity for puns which
Is beyond all control. f
1t Is reported that Thomas d. Colt, a
prominent citizen and wealthy paper,
maker Of Pittsdcld, Mass, and brother
of Judge Colt, of the Supreme Bench, has
failed for half million dollars.
Howard Glyndon, the poetess and &c.
ton writer, Is deaf and dumb. Her real
name .is Miss Laura G. Reddon, and she il
now at Whipple's school at. Ledyard,
Conn, learning the process oflipreading.
AT aprize baby show held In Chica.
70 recently the prizes were awarded as
follows: First prize, Euphrasia Arbella
Bliffins; second prize, Wellington Nelson
Pimple; third prize, Eudosia Orphena
McGraw.
Rev. Fannie w. Roberts, of Kittcry,
has been authorized by the Governor Of
Maine to marry, other people, that Is. She
can't marry herself, Fannie can't though
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21

celebrated. As the venerable pastor
moved with feeble steps up the long aisle,
he was greeted with Autd Lang Syne on
the organ. Overcome by the touching re-
ception, the old man threw himself on the
sofa and wept like child. Of all who
were present at his settlement, July 3,
1911, no one remained TO see the present
anniversary"
The Right Rev. Edward Harold
Browne has been translated from the See
OF Ely TO succeed the late Samuel WILDER
force as Bishop Of Winchester. He grad
uated, as wrangler, at Cambridge, in 1892
became a Professor in 1854. and was made
Bishop in 1864. The revenues of Ely are
IS $500; Of Winchester, 81 900.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21

PRESENTATION has no effect on the Elm.
wood and Warwick collars. They retain
their shape under all ordinary circumstan.
ces, and are the best to wear in warm
weather.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21

II you don't want to disgust everybody
with your offensive breath, cure ycur Catarrh
upon which 1t depends. $500 reward is offered
by the proprietor Of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy for case Of Catairh which he cannot
cure. 1t Is sold by druggists. IS
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21
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Without pain or inconvenience Send for Circular
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-21

FoR DHoPsY. Cdse.-1 was attacked with a,
dominal Dropsy four years ago. / took med;eaaap,
from five different doctors; applied to the sing
but he declined attempting my case, SAVING i.
thought me past remedy. Another thought he
might help me if would be tapped, but wa. nc ae
weak thought could not bear it. I then go ~
your KING OF THE BLOOD advertised. NV son s saM
he would send to you for IL, and did so Wban11
began to take il i could not lie down or ii, "a
straight; by wearing bandage was able 10 val, NJ
little. ] had not put on my stockings for soms
months. Persons who visited me thought coniS
not live any length Of time l very soon fell tss,
your medicine was helping me, and by the m ,naf
had used the second bottle could put on M stoel
ings, and began TO feel comfortable In tuo
months the water was all gone, and l was a ljvino
skeleton; but my appetite was good, and beosss
to gain flesh. and now look as well as ever d;d
and feel quite well. SARAH PENTz
LrTHERsBURGH, Clearfeld Co. Penn
Write for circulars to d. Ransom, Son Co
Buffalo, N. Y.
FRANKLIN gave excellent advice to peo-
pie who desired success in life; and vet
his rules were by no means infallible A
man may, by industry and economy, &C.
cumulate a large amount of property, and
in the end he may lose it. 1t is one thing
to make money, and quite another to keep
it. There is no doubt that life insur.
ance policy in good company is good
investment in the majority of instances.
The money is paid when the family most
need it, and it is usually beyond the reach
of creditors. We do not hesitate to re-
commend the New York Life Insurance
Company as one of the strongest and best,
to all who seek insurance.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05
THE CHOLERA ADVANCING.

The great epidemics always move from Fas,
to West, and the steady progress Of Asiatic Chol-
era, across Europe, last year, caused wide
spread expectation that we might reasonably
look for it In this country.
The fear, it seems, was we'll founded. Already
the cholera has entered the country, through
that gateway of Tropical disease. New
Orleans, and after the appearance Of a
number OF oases in that city, has at once ad-
Vanced up the Mississippi. telegram from
Memphis, dated yesterday, says that for the last
zen days disease has prevailed there which At
nrst physicians pronounced cholera morbus or
mAlarial fever but no alarm was felt until Tines
das when the physicians generally agreed that
i was eholera-Eome CHASING it as sporadic
and others as "Asatic"
Its raysges, thus far, the telegram states have
been mostly confined to the poorer class of peo-
pie, whose dwellings, in city like Memphis, are
too apt to be neglected aud unclean. There ia
no Board Of Health, thereof course-and con-
sequently, neither sufficient sanitary superyi-
sion, nor even reliable report OF deaths.
The reports, however, show that it is not con-
fined to the class mentioned Among the deaths.
Yesterday, was that Of Judge Henry E. Hudson
the u s. Attorney for Western Tennessee, who
was taken i'll at midnight of Friday.
The lesson Of this is careful sanitary regula.
lions in all our cities. Cleanliness and Temper
Anee may almost defy Epidemic Disease.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05

They say" often tells thxt which is not true.
he Is about the worst authority you can pro-
duee to support the crsdibility Of YOUR state
ment. Scarcely ever is q suspicious report put
in circulation, but this Mr.. They Say" is the
ty and detection because, living nowhere he
cannot be found. Who said that Mr., the
merchant was in = failing condition. why,
They Say" go On what authority do you affirm
that Heighbor J. has been in bad company whv.
They Say" 80. Is il fact that Miss V. is not
so clrcumspect as she should be? Why, They
Say 20. Have nothing to do with that Mr..
They Say !" he is half brother to Mr.. Nobody,
who always does all the mischief, and lives no
where but in the inventive brain of those who.
u deserving respect themselves. are DESTROYS to
pull down 10 their own level. We always sns-
pect the truth OF a report which comes from the
authority Of They Say"
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05
WILMINGTON. DKL.
Thursday Afternoon, June ..
THE wALWoRTH MuRnER.

There have been many shocking murders, but,
on the whole, the circumstances Of the shooting,
on Tuesday morning, in New York, have seldom,
u ever, been equalled- The affair is not horri-
BILE, nor atrocious, Is some murders are, but it
Is painfully, fnghtfully shocking. Our sense of
the good and the beautiful, the natural and the
proper, is cut to the quick
Young Walworth, the parricide, lie a boy of
nineteen-described as "tall well-built, and
handsome" His father, Mansfield Tracy wal
worth was the son of one Of New York's most
distinguished and respected public men. Reuben
Hyde Wslworth, Chancellor Of the State He,
(Tracy, was educated ct Union College, studied
law, and married Miss Hardin. of Illinois, the
daughter Of Col. John ]. Hardin, one of the
most prominent men in that State. walworth,
however, left the law, and turned to literature.
He also became dissolute in his habits He left
his wife and children, and they, for time, lived
in Kentucky Ultimately Mrs. walworth re-
turned 70 saratoga, aud there opened a school,
which became fairly prosperous, and Afforded
herself and children maintenance. Her hus-
band. however, annoyed her with letters. of the
most insulting character, and made continual
threats against her life and this persistent an
noyance is the cause assigned for the terrible
crime now committed.
The father. 1t seems, was invited by the son to
come TO his room At the Sturtevant House, the
latter entertaining the deliberate purpose Of
shooting him. The interview took place and the
murder was committed. Four times, the boy
fred and three Of the wounds were fatal.
1t is not merely the killing which is so shock |
ing there have been family quArrels and trag-
edies enough and enough; but the steady |
deliberate, undenied purpose of murder which |
the son formed and pursued. 1t seems he was |
not insane, nor excited. He is an educated, in :
telligent young man, Of good habits. But the |
act he has committed indicates habit of mind
that sets aside all the ordinary restraints Of soci-
ETY., and laws of organized communities, az COM
pieteiy as it breaks the bonds OF family regard,
and tilisl affection
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05
JOURNALISTIC NOTES.

The Washington Chronicle appeared Wed
nesday in quarto form, nlarged and looking yery
well indeed. The Chronicle is ably edited. and
contains much ju1icious selected matter, in ad
dition to its original contents.
James Milton Brooks who inhsrits bis
fathers share Of the New York Evening Express,
Is now at Yale, being educated to take his father
position. There are some young men who make
good journalists, even after having had col.
lege education and Mr.. Brooks friends are hop
ing for the best
The. Williamsport, (Pa.) Register has been
enlarged. 1t is two-cent paper, and deserves
success.
Tho Louisville (Ky) Commercial one Of the
best papers in the Interior, has adopted the
quarto form, following the fashion now so popu.
lar.
We receive the first issue for the present
season, Of the Atlantic City DAILY Reriele. Il ia
printed at the Mayor Office the MAYOR being
the proprietor. This gives him a monopoly Of
the police reports, and enables him 10 suppress
all the names Of the druDks-which, alter a
while, when the Philadelphisns get down to the
NE" Atlantis, as Earl Shinn calls it, will be M
small matter.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05
HELP FOB THE IMMIGRANTS.

Congress, at its last session, passed very iu-
oicious act, authorizing the appointment OF sew
erAl commissioners to inquire into the treatment
OF immigrants arriving in this country. In view
Of the experience Of the German colonists who
recently came to Lebanon, in this State, nothing
can be more lit than that more rigid supery;-
sion should be exercised by all the nations OF
Europe, az well as by this county, over the
transportation OF emigrating people That their
present treatment, in many of the ocean yes-
sols is shocking and scandalous, there can be
no doubt and it is demanded OF our ciyiliza-
ton that this modern slayeship method Of hand
Ling human freight should be promptly re.
formed.
In this connection, 1t should be noted that. AZ
one OF the Commissioners, the President; with
his customary practical good sense. has appoint
ed woman, Mrs. Helen u. Barnard of Ohio; a
lady connected with the newspaper press, and
possessing fine abilities. She will give her at
tention especially to the treatment Of the women
and children among the immigrants, and will na
turally be able to better discharge that duty
than man.
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05

We call attention TO our Seldlitz Powders 90 uni-
yerssly popular everywhere They are made up
fresh and pure every few days and claim them TO be
equal 70 any in the Market fully up 10 the standard
TO be good they must be fresh and pure. This IL
our special claim, TO prove which they need only 70
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FOSTRhS DRUG STORE,
nd
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05
Persian Insect Powder.

Ifyrethrnn Rnseum,) an innocent vegetable powder
whlch eHectrally banishes Ants, Moths Bugs, Red
or water hOaches, and all small insecta when pro
perry applied and is pronounced by many fuiriers 70
be one OF the best and cheapest articles in use,
Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-05
70 the BraRdywine Poisonous ia stsrtitus
alRIemenI

To he Editor Of he Commercial
VII the same poisonous matter which kills fish
by the thousand in the water of the Brandwine
kill the thousand of men women and children
who have no other resource than this stream for
domestic use Thousands Of fish are floating
down the stream at this writing ~ P. NJ. Where
does the poison come from Which of the es-
iablishments on the Brandywine have to-day
emptied the deleterious stuff into the stream
SPECTATOR