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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-12-16
Insurance Co.
OfChica@o. Ill.

We have 50 often called the attention
of our readers to the American Iusur-
ance Company of Chicago, aud its pop
ularity, that to-day we propose only -
notice veriication of our prediction
by the results. We have often stated
as our opinion that its plan of business
was sound, aud knowing the popularity
of its leading features, Wis: Insuring
nothing but farm property, detached
dwellings, and barns. school-houses and
churches, on the "installment plan" we
have taken a great interest in the re.
suits. Experience has proved that
their plan of business is safe, and that,
no matter how great a stringency or
panic in monetary affairs may occur,
the American is not in the least affec-
ted by it. We notice the company has
issued for the nine months ending Sep
TENDER Both last. SCI policies; It's
premium receipts for the same period
being 1877 $40 OF, of which S179,4l0.
SO we're cash pre- NUNS. As to how
far the American has been affected by
the present "panic," we viii simply
state that one year ago Gas is their rule
for each month IN the year, the compa-
nv estimated its expectancy of cash re-
ceipts from installment notes for the
month of October, 1873, at S31 ,0SS.74.
The actual receipts from iustalment
notes alone for the month were $32,4l
20 cash An excess over its expectancy
of 81 1926 81. These results 90 to prove
that the "installment plan" of insurance
is the safest, surest, and best, for the
farmer. Safest, because in no case can
the company suffer heavy loss by any
one fire, its risks are SO widely sepa-
rated. Surest, because experience shows
that the company can figure almost to a
certainty the cash it will receive from
nstallment notes each month in the
year; and best; because it is strictly a
farmers company and farmer insuring
in it has the certainty that the assets of
the company will not vanish ia the fire
and smoke of a single conAsgration in
some large city
In view Of these facts (and in call
ing them "facts" we know whereof we
speak, we urge farmers who are not
insured to take out a policy in the
American at the earliest opportunity;
and to those who are already insured,
we say, Look we'll to your installments,
and keep them paid up promptly, for
there can be no safer company than the
American Of Chicago in which the farm.
err eau insure. Thos +. Tubbs is
agent for Pierce and St. Croix counties.
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HOMO ReaIin

One of the most pleasant and noblest
duties Of the head of the family is TO
furnish its members good reading ln
the times which are past it was consid
cred enough to clothe and shelter and
ieed family. That was the sum of
parental duty. But lately 1t has been
found out that wives and children have
minds, aud SO it has become a necessity
to educate the children and furnish
reading for the whole household 1t
has been found out that the mind wants
Its food as well as the body, and that it
wants to be sheltered from the pitlles'
storms of error and vice by the guarding
and friendly roof ofintelhgence and vir.
tue.
An ignorant family, in our day, is an
antiquated institution 1t smells of the
musty past. 1t is dark spot, which
the light of the modern sun Of intelli.
gence has not Jet reached.
Let good reading 20 into home, aud
the very atmosphere Of that home grad
ualiy changes. II becomes clearer pur
er, more cheerful, healthful and happy.
The boys begin to grow ambitious-to
talk about men, places, principles, books,
the past and the future. The girls be-
gin TO feel new opening to them IN
knowledge, duty and love. They see
new fields Of usefulness and pleasure.
And so the family changes, and out Of
its number will 90 intelligent men and
women. 10 GIL honorable places and be
useful members of the community.
Let the torch Of intelligence be ht 10
every household Let the old and
young vie with each other in introduc.
ing new and useful topics Of investIga
ton and in cherishing a love Of reading,
study, and improvement Cotmaa's
Rural World.
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DuarNa six years residence in Wash.


DURING six years residence ia Wash.
ibgton, Oliver Gibbs. jr., he midssy
some "Remembrances of Men and
Things" which he has arranged in the
form OF lecture, which he has deliy.
cred at times heretofore before mixed
audiences of children and adults, to
their delight and instruction. Oliver
says he would like to 'revisit the Gimp
ses of the moon" at our village and
present this lecture TO the very
good people" here, at moderate COM
pensation, We think we hazard moth
ing in saying that his lecture would be
regular feast to the lovers Of fun, as
we'll as the admirers of fine sentiment.
His present place of residence is Lake
City, MINI. He expects to deliver
this lecture at Prescott, in the course Of
few weeks, and we invite our "lecture
committee, il such an one is in exis-
tence, to give their attention to this
subject. Mr. Gibbs generously propos.
es to give one halt the net proceeds Of
the lecture to buy books or apparatus,
or for any benevolent purpose that the
committee may agree upon,
Mr.. Gibbs by the way, was one Of
the pioneer editors of Pierce County,
and has many friends among the old
residents here. Lutte Taylor said Of
him, "that he was once the Bismarck of
Pierce County politics" But he is
out Of politics now, we understand.
BE that as it may, he is gentleman Of
high culture, ready writer and good
speaker.
In this connection we invite our
young people TO wake up to the impor-
lance OF having course Of lectures
here during the winter--of reviying
the Lyeeum, or organizing new one,
aud of making heads lively, as well as
bodies. TO this end, all notices for
literary societies, aud the like o that,
will be inserted free in the columns Of
the JOURNAL.
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What Of ii? Does Congress manu-.
facture money? Does it authorize its
free distribution among the "sover.
eigns?" Does it help people who are
too INDECENT to help themselves? II
not why so much chaff and chatter
about financial legislation? Legislative
bodies do not produce, but consume.
They attempt to regulate, but ottener
confuse. With private matters they
seldom NEEDLE, unless it be 10 make
them worse, The bankrupt law is an
illustration in point; it is disgrace to
our country--a moral cancer, and a
financial bunder.
During the fizzle, called "a panic, a
great ado was made about Coagress---it
must assemble, and something must be
done. Congress- had no more business
to attempt TO dabble with the "panic"
than 1t had TO doctor sick calf-prc.
scribe for the cpIzootic, or 10 regulate
tho tides. Il might better attempt to
regulate the elements than interfere
with the laws Of business. Business
will make its own laws aud take care Of
itself, Money is free to those who earn
it; it is labor, and not legislation, that
produces; by legitimate trade, shrewd
active, onterprising men sometimes
make money. But the money must
first be earned by steady hands-by the
use of machinery, aided by the elements
wind or water--or by productive
brute force.
Congress might sit till doom's DAY,
aud i would never produce posatoe,
or hatch a chicken. It's members
would only devour such as the farmer
might raise, and cause him in turn Ia
live on bean soup and cabbage. We
have too much legislation-fnan ciai
and otherwise; VIC have too many idlers,
too many legislators, too many clerks,
too many middle men, all OF whom
must be supported by the farmers and
the mechanics. Let us look to our own
hands for support-neyer wait for some
thing to turn up-ior dead mems shoes,
or for financial legislation to relieve or
to support us.
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radiant beauty in other climes. IL
seemed to us the flowers could not sleep,
but were only dreaming.
The beauty of Night is more spiritual
than that of Day. There is less noise,
less gairishness, the imagination acts
more freely, we put off che hard armor'
we wear in she days battle with the
world, let fancy run free, and thought
subside with reverie. While thus
drinking in the beauty of earth, We
shall unconsciously look up
To that Cathedral, boundless as our wonder,
Whose shining lamps the sun and moon
supply,
Its choir, the winds and waves Its organ,
thunder,
Its dome, the sky"
X y
There are more kinds of death than
one. There is the death of the
body, when sad iarewells are spoken,
when eyelids droop over sightless eyes.
aud pale lips close over voiceless mouths,
when IN silence and mid sorrow the
stern agony is endured, and the light
aud warmth of life is exchanged for the
shroud the pail, the breathless dark.
ness, aud the narrow house. This death
alone is inevitable.
But, as sunlight often gilds tho
mountains top, around whose lower
sides dark clouds are drifting, SO is
there land of light and blessedness
lying somewhere in the Great Tn.
known But there is death or tor
por of the mind, death of kindly az
lection, death Of generous trust and
ennobling faith, death of fixed purpose
and noble endeavor, which leads to no
brightness beyond"
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song.

lis net the murmuring voice of Spring
That stirs my heart and makes me sing,
lis not the blue skies, bubbling DER
With sunshine spilled along earth's floor
Nor yetthe flush of bursting rose,
Nor bloom of any flower that grows.
II is that long, long years ago,
When alt the world was blushing So
II is that then my cheek blushed too,
My heart beat fast for love aud you:
There was a music in the air
| fail to find now any where.
And so when spring comes wandering by
| lose the thread Of misery,
Trusting the promise of her days,
Itune my voice TO sing her praise,
And cheat myself with the sweet pain
That in the Spring Love blooms again.
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TUESDAYS edition Of the .Jorpun

TUESDAYS edition of the JOURNAL
contains more interesting reading ma.
ter than any newspaper in the st.
Crolx valley; and no effort will be spar.
ed to make it valuable Gnd interest
ING paper IN the future. The interests
of all classes will continue TO receive
special attention, and we hope TO make
such paper as will justly merit the
extensive patronage it is receiving.
We would disparage none, but encour.
age all, but if we see fit to expend more
money--to work for less pay, or in any
way to contribute more to the wants of
the reading public than our cotempora-
ries, they can have no just cause of
complaint if we both claim and gain
prominent position among them. In
fact we would stimulate our friends 10
greater effort In point Of circulation
the Journal now leads the van among
all the papers in n. w, Wis. north of
La Crosse, and we believe that it will
continue to lead It. But we shah not
stop here-we shall push ahead, renew.
ing our energies with every returning
year. mouth, week and day. This is
now our leading enterprise, and we
shall make it lively, if there is any life
in us.
We claim no particular credit for
ourselves; VIC are powerless without the
aid and sympathy of our patrons, and
to them is due the credit of raising the
JOURNAL to its present position. And
it is to this Characteristic Of our citizens
that we point with pride-a just pride,
as VIC believe. They do nothing aby
halves" but what they find to do, they
do with all their might. Their united
uutirlug efforts IN securing the location
Of the Normal School here, is an apt
illustration of this peculiar trait. 1t is
by deserving position that We gain it.
Ambition, pluck, perseverance and
hrmness Of purpose are not without
their reward when properly directed.
We invite no invidious comparison. but
We have set our mark high, aud We are
determined to reach it.
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In the beautiful drama OF Ion, the
instinct of immortality, so eloquently
uttered by the death devoted Greek,
finds deep response in every thought.
ful soul. 1t is natures prophecy of
life to come. When about TO yield his
young existence as a sacrifice to fate,
his betrothed CIcmauthe asks him it
they shall not meet again, to which no
replies: II have asked that dreadful
question Of the hills that look eternal;
II the flowing streams that flow forey.
or; Of the stars, among whose fields my
raised spirit hath walked in glory.
An we're dumb. But while | gaze up
On thy living face, feel there's some.
thing in thy love which mautles
through It's beauty that cannot wholly
perish. We shall meet again, Clemau.
ahp.
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Estray Notice.

Found and taken up by me, the under.
signed, on land owned by ne and on which
live, in section Ii, township ~ range ~,
being the town Of River Falls, Wis, on or
about The fifteenth day Of November, 1873,
one red heifer supposed 4 be one year old.
The owner is requested 10 prove property,
pay charges and taxe the same away.
ALBEIT CHArrs.
Dated Nov 2la. 1879. % 81
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SOMETHING like fifteen years ago, in
the columns Of the JOURNAL appeared
the following from tho pen Of Lurf
TAYLOR:
"For few evenings past our village
has been most splendidly illuminated
not by gaslight, nor by fireworks got.
ten up by any human pyrotechnist, but
by the Queen Of Night, aud all the
hosts OF stars that troop through heaven
like unrobed angels, gemmiug the
brow Of Evening, aud making her beau
tifui as a bride We never saw sucl
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John White.
MISSES LEvIsGs,
n. J. WILCOX.

Dealer in Books, Stationery, Toys, News
papers, Periodicals, Inks. Pens, Pencils,
Pen-holders, Envelopes. Writing Paper,
Fancy Goods. SC. Orders for books or
anything else in my line which is not on
hand will be Elled ut the shortest notice.
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NEITHER the secret depths Of wood
nor the tops Of mountains make man
blessed, If he has not within him sol.
itude Of mind the sabbath Of the heart,
and tranquility Of conscience.
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HORSES LEFT no BOARD.
Taken Up.

Found and taken up by me, the under.
signed, on land owned by me and on which
| live, in Section 3, Township 20, Range Is,
being the town Of Trimbelle, on or about
the sixteenth day Of November, 1873, one
red OK, about thirteen years old, with large
turned up horns and a small white spot in
his forehead. The owner is requested TO
prove property, pay charges and take the
same away.
CYRus X. HOWE
Dated Nov 2ist, 1873. 25.in.
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Tux City Government Of Providence,
r. has completed a contract with
Franklin Simmons, Of Rome, Italy, TO
make bronze statue of Roger Williams.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-12-16

lr is a glorious thing to resist temp
tations; but a safer thing to avoid them,
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DAYTON MILLS.
A. ROBERTS.

nEALER In groceries aud provisions, at
1.-The loves. market price. All kinds OF
farmers produce taken in exchange for
goods. rrescutt Wis. 1881
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CONFECTIONERY AND NOTIONS.
Mrs. II. II. scales.

Uas the best assortment of Confectionery,
Stationery. Canned Fruits, Green Apples
Pictures, Notions etc, ever brought TO Riv-
or Falls. She solicits a share Of public
patronage. Main Street, River Falls.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
T. W. REED.

Dealer in Watches, Clio ks and Jewelry,
Msin street Repairing done on short no
tice. and warranted to give satisfaction. b-tf
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Business Cards, four lines or less, So.
square will be countedthe space of one
inch.
Local notices is cents per line for first
iuSertion and 10 cents for each subsequent
insertion
All Job work must be paid for on de-
livery.
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JOHN SHEEAN,

Tailor, Prescott, Wis. Keep
Gents Furnishing Goods constantly on
hand. RSy@All work warranted. 1890
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
A BLOODY TRAGEDY.
A Man Murdered While Asleep.
Another Man and Woman Badly
Wounded.

From U. s. Marshal Stewart, who ar
rived in this city last night, We have the
ensuing particulars Of . fiendish homi-
eide which took place Eve miles west Of
the town Of Dunnvills, Tarraat county
on the night Of the 18th instant:
About 10 O'Clock on Friday night soms
unknown parties crspt into the house Of
Mr.. A. c. Brown while hs was asleep,
sh ooting and killing him almost instant
ly. His wife, attempting to render assist.
ancs, Was shot through the right hand,
fraaturing several bones. Mr., Robert
Furgerson, who was spending the night ct
Mr.. BIS house, and was occupying the
same room with Mr.. D., was fred on by
the parties, shivsring his left arm--from
wrist to slbow--also inflieting . severe
hesh-wound in the right thigh, just above
the knee. The murdsrers escaped with
out being discovered. Considerable excite
msnt prevails. The murdered, a. well ~
the wounded man, belonged to the State
police. May the perpetrators or such mid
night assausinations be brought to justice
ct once, 10 the prayer Of the bsresyed
widow and friends Of the deceased. s's.i
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
Jus, So.

At the depot yesterday afternoon,
Just before the south bound train
came in, a gentleman owninga very val
liable gsld-headed cane, 'placed it in one
corner Of the ladies' sitting-room and
stepped out for few moments on the
platform. On his return the cane wasn't
where he left it. As long as he had
known that cane he didn't remember Of
it ever having gone off in that style be-
fore 80, very naturally, no began to re-
fleet. An individual sitting rear him
observed his meditative attitude, and
ventured to ask what was the matter with
Hannah, to which the proprietor of the
absenting cane replied that he had lost q
very costly feature of his baggage, viz
gold headed cane. "Ah, indeed Well
ah-well," exclaimed the pleasant little
gentleman, casting his eyes about the
room, as though he were looking for the
lost member, sit is annoying, quite an
noying." The meditative gentleman
tnouGnJ 30 100 stlll Nc penC his head
and tsttooed bastinado with his heel,
oil at once he threw up his head, burst
cut into loud laugh and said, "Wsll it's
just like me-ha, ha, ha why l sent
its too funny!-I sent boy in after that
cane myself and told him to take it
home" Ha, ha, hal Then bringing his
hand down with a sledge hammer ring on
the littls gentleman shoulder, he pro-
posed that he select his wetness, to
which the little gentleman reptile in the
language of the Geiger Grade stage
driver,
"Well since you are pressing,
Perhaps don't care II do you may give ne
tho same Jin-no sugar"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
T AND FOR SALE.
DALLAS COuNTY

| A Farm miles North Of Dallas 100 acres in Gu
1 tiyation, plenty ofwater and tnlsr- r.,f
Farm miles North Of D.iies. 50 acres IN cul
| vation Q story concrete house. 49,
@ Acres IL miles North Of Dallas.
| 25 Acres mile North OF Dallas.
so Acres mile North Of Dallas.
32O Acres on Mountain creek, the J. 8. Jenss
A Farm in Pslk county, No., to exchange fol
A Farm in LAwrencs county, Ark, to sxchsr g
for Texas lands.
1914 Acres mile west ofDallss.
Residences in the city Of Dallas. srsuTFrr
store-houes on the East side ofthe Square
Business lots on Main and Jefferson streets
/ Residence lots In all parts Of tho city.
$40 acres miles Z. OF Ian caster, Ann Stok
3o3 scressouth side Of Duck creek, near the mouth
$40 acres is miles s. Il. Of Dallas, Ans timber; part
Of q. : Shaw survey.
32O Is miles W. Of Dallasi part Of Jas. Far.
geson survey. stA slf
% acres miles Northwest OF Dallas good timber;
i part Of Il. Derbin survey. Is,f~.rT
81 tr1-t t,s Collin County. isl
100 acres In Southeast corner ofthe county.
Tarrnt County.
100 acres on West Fork, 10 miles 4. Of VI. worth.
ice acres on Mustang creek, part Of John Gillilon
Henderson County.
$40 acres miles north Of Porter's Bluff, J. n.
Shape SURVEY, improved.
Harris County.
gao acre, on Green's Bayou, W, A. Lswsins's
Headlight.
Hamilton County.
SO acres miles IRON the town Of Hamilton, pat
snied 10 b. b. b. G. Z. R.Co.
City Lots and Residences.
House and lot in Sherman to exchange for Dallas
county landsI
Texas lands to exchange for s. Missouri land.
Saw aud arist MIL, 25 horse power, to exchange
Land certificates for sale. 10 4.It
AULT. JENKINS a AULT.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26

Flush tlmss-stsusss,,
--Iionsyssesl. tdsrsis Inc air.
-Mootlng bird. In all The gardens.
-.llalf . dozen prssohsrs Al " q out"
--EVsrybody says ~ out vi. not "a
Bad ut.p
-Burisrds carry on young chickens In
our county.
There are eight different kinds Of har-
vsstsrs 10 our city,
-Four new frame houses started Heav-
onward on Elm street yesterday.
SO II 10 an actual fact that We are to
have public cisterns
just the very wrinkles city clock
In the cupola Of the court house.
The MsthOdisls Of our city are hold.
Ing = prOtractod meeting.
Tho wind Of Wednesday, morning had
the ambition Of q hurricane.
Cotton bales are beginning 10 show
themselves In our city again.
Pretty parasols on our streets and
pretty ladies under them.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26

On the north bound train on the Cen
trail road, yesterday, was o stalwart, close
cropped, hawk-eysd veteran, with chiI
Of the old block seated.by his side. This
pair had been on zig.zsg tour dowr
the country, the boy for sometime pre-
ceding the old man by being at least 4
day ahead, but the old man catching W
at last 1t appears that the boy This son,
had concluded to fly the paternal roof, ant
the generalissimo Of that establishment
had concluded that he shouldn't do any
such thing, 50 he pursued and caugh
him.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26

A singular accident occurred in the
Trinity yesterday. A couple Of boys had
detached q skiK from Its mooring and
one Of them gokin and rode while the 9TH
or pulled the boat. From some defect in
tho tow-lins, II suddenly broke and drift
ed towards shore. When within few
feet Of the bank, tho occupant attempt
Ing to leap ashore, slipped and fell in the
river, burying himself in the mud to such
. depth as to be unable TO extricate him
self. His companion, seeing his perilous
situation, swan across, and after no little
difficulty, brought him up high and dry
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-04-26
WESTERN PRODUCE,
rb'
PLANTATION SUPPLIES
sl,s AND BAR STORES.

We take this occasion to thank our
friends for their liberal patronage extend
ed to us while at Corsicans, and beg to re-
mind them and the people generally, that we
are now opening at Dallas one ofthe largest
and most complete Stocks of Groceries ever
brought to the interior Of Texas.
Purchasing as we do, direct from Impor-
ters and Manufacturers exclusively, for cash
on the spot, and by our own labor almost
freeing ourselves from store expenses, and
being no way involved in the unavoidable
losses incidental to Big Credit Stores, IL
must be perfectly clear to the comprehen.
sion of every one that we can affordto sell
our goods at small profits. ,a at.l
We would respectfully solicit the public
when visiting our market to call and ex-
anime our Stock and prices for themselves.
All articles guaranteed as represented,
or money refunded.
Our House is situated on South side Of
Elm Street, N. L. of Public Square.
Respectfully,
DARLINGTON, MARSALIS & co
Jan. 4, le73-tf r9