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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-09
T HE
"wATERTowN"
THRESHING MACHINE

THRESHING MACHINE
FI2ST REPORTS FOR 1873, and Just
IL what we expect to hear from ALL W ho
purchase machines from Us:
DARIEN, Walworth Co., June I'd, 1873.
Messrs Smith g. Bennett
SIRs: I started up Mr.. Lawson's ma
chine last Thursday. and threshed out
small job of oats. The machine started off
like top. have started up good many
threshing machines, but never started up
one that run half as easy as this one. We
threshed out l05 bushels of oats in 40 min
utes, and the driver did not get on the pow
er at all, and every one that was there said
they never saw a machine run as easy as
this one, and farmers have commenced to
engage it to do their threshing The ma
chine does splendid work
Yours Truly, LEWIS F. DERRICK.
DELAvAN. June I'd, 1873.
Messrs. Smith & Bennett -
GENTLEMEN | told you I would let you
know how my machine performed. I have
done little threshiDg with it, and can say
l nave never seen any machine do better
acork ortaster a0ork than this. I am very
well pleased with it, for l think there is no
better in this country, and for the Horse
power think nothing can beat it for ease
OF draft and durability of construction.
am thankful to you for so good machine.
Old threshers pronounce it the best they
have ever seea. I think the machine is
perfect in every particular.
Respectfully Yours,
ROBERT LAWSON.
DAR1EN, Welworth Co., Wis, June 2, rs
Messrs Smith & Bennett =
SIRs +: have had the "Watertown" ma
chine thresh for me and it does its work sceu
and is the easiest running machine that [
ever hitched onto. l have threshed 20 sea-
sons, and it beats them ALL
EDWARD KERNS.
IL is proper to state that none of these
men had ever seen "WatertoWn" machine
at work until they started this one.
For c1reu lars and pniee lists apply to
SMITH s BENNETT,
Wstdrtovn, Wis.
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Custom Work.
HOUSE and LOT
For Sale CheUD

THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale his
i conmodious House and IL acres of
land, situated in the 9Th ward, near P. "
Browns residence, at bargain. The land
will be sold altogether or in lots to suit
purchasers. For terms apply to the sub
scriber on the premises.
JOSEPH OBERLE.
Watertown, Feb. 18th, 1873
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is visible among the people, both at the
hotels aud in the vicinity.
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Teachers Examination.

Notice is hereby given that the examina-
ton of the teachers for the Public Schools
Of this city, will commence on the cath
of July, inst. at o'clock a. m. in Union
School No. I. Applicants will provide them
selves with stationery.
TIL. BERNHARD.
Sup't Of Public Schools.
Watertown July 9Th 1873,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-09

REVENUE FRAUDs.- Dudep, Ere
res d Co., lace importers, of New
York, are alleged to have defrauded
the Government out of large sums on
ilnportations. Their case is exciting
much interest In business circles.
kfEdavits on which the books and pa
pers were seized by Custom House au-
shorities were made by former gen.
.sral manager of the firm, who makes
oath that his employers Systematically
entered false and fictitious invoices of
goods at the Custom House. The
Irregularities of the firm it IS stated
will reach the sum Of upward Of $780,
600. One method of fraud adopted by
the firm was to smuggle lace and
camei's hair shawls in casks purporting
TO contain London porter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-09

FIGHT FOR A TERMINUs.-A live
ly triangular fight is going on for the
western terminus of the Northern
Pacific Railroad. The contestants are
Portland, the principal commercial
sown of Oregon; Seattle, a town at
the mouth of Duwamish river, in
Washington Territory, and Taco town
In what used to be Russian America,
opposite Seattle and beyond Admiralty
island. Seattle offers million of dol.
lars in land and money. Taco offers
to give the railroad company entire
eentrol of its water front and donate a
large quantity of land.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-09

DEATH OF AN AERoNAUT.-Profes-
sor La Mountain, the distinguished
aeronaut, was instantly killed at Ionia,
Michigan, on the afternoon of the 4th
inst, by falling from balloon. he
had assembled 500 or 600 feet, when
the balloon collapsed, the ropes passed
from under the basket, and the Profes-
CINE down 100 feet from where he
had assembled. to the horror of 10000
or II, 1000 spectators.
CARRIED OVER NIAGARA. Among
che terrible disasters which make up
the record for the nations anniversary
is the loss of five persons, two gentle.
men, two ladies and boy, by being
carried over Niagara Falls, while at
tempting to cross in a boat from the
American side.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-11-13
PRICE $3.50 PER ANNUM

mittens, etc. The care. of the store,
however, has been mostly committed TO
others, while his time has been devoted
to wholesale business in the same kind
of goods, manufactured to his order.
His sales are made by samples, and his
business extends over large territory,
including Vermont and part of New
Hampshire and New York. His goods
are of the best quality, and are usually
manufactured from materials of his own
selection. The average of his annual
sales is nearly fifty thousand dollars,
and managed as his business has been,
honestly and economically, he has at
tanned an honorable position among his
fellow merchants. Mr.. Peabody is a
true specimen of the Anglo-Saxon race.
He is wholly devoted to his business, and
in its prosecution he exhibits an energy
well calculated to insure success. He
does nothing for show and tells no long
stories, but treats his patrons courteous
ly, and is ever ready to trade in any
goods pertaining to his line of business.
He is also valuable citizen, and one of
the substantial men of the town. Such
a man is an honor to any community.
-.s .st ..-s r.re t.ss .'.t FL HYJa +.
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PIttsfora Merchants.
JOSEPH II. PEABODY.

Mr.. Peabody is the junior of Mr..
Shaw in trade here by a period of ten
years. He is the son of Daniel Peabody,
of Andover, Vt, and was born in that
town in 1915. He resided with his pa
rents and labored on the farm till he
was twenty-three years of age, when bis
health became so impaired that he felt
compelled to abandon farm work and to
seek a livelihood in some other occupa-
ton, He therefore procured the neees-
sary outfit and entered upon the business
of peddling tin ware. This occupation
contributing to the restoration of his
health, was confined in this State and
vicinity about five years. He then went
to Connecticut and let himself to firm
in that State to peddle silks, buttons and
other Yankee notions. His services there
were quite acceptable to his employers
and he was retained by them nearly six
years. He then returned to Vermont
with the intention of entering upon
business for himself. In 1858 he pur-
chased the Manley place at Hitchcock
vile, in this town, and opened a store
for the sale of woolen goods, gloves,
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Keep the money Moving.

Money is hard, and that constitutes the
real business trouble at present. The
crops are abundant, manufactured goods
were going off well a few weeks ago,
the balance of trade was getting into
more favorable condition than for years
back But the shadow of the panic
shrunk up the amount of money in cir.
culation II is of no use TO urge capital
lists to let out their money again as free
ly as ever, because confidence, which the
panic showed to have been justly inn
paired to a considerable degree, has not
vet been restored. Great and risky IN
dertakings, therefore, even important
enterprises which do not happen to be
prosperous now, must suffer for want of
funds and add to the general suffering.
But the great lines of ordinary business
must still be carried on. if not so yigor-
ously and prosperonsly as heretofore,
vet In the best way possible. Anything
is better than total stagnation. Even
machinery deteriorates worse standing
still than when driven briskly and most
business men find it profitable in dull
times to keep moving as well as they
can.
This is particularly true of the great
body of retail dealers with whom the
community comes in contact. Money
comes hard with the people, they can do
without a great deal they have been ac-
customed 10 purchase; on the other hand
they know that the panic has resulted in
a shrinkage af values, and they natural
ly expect 70 see it manifested to some
degree in the articles of their daily con-
sumption. The wise dealer will meet
this expectation and thus retain bis Gus
toners, and possibly draw in new ones,
while working off his old stock and pre-
pairing to replenish at lower prices. A
leading New York firm, who promptly
reduced their prices ten per cent, and
made the fact known, report that the
system works we'll ''Custemers pur-
chase as freely as ever, they say, land
there is no perceptible difference in the
trade of any department except in the
sale of the costlier Injuries.
The beauty of this method is, that il
tends 10 keep IN lively circulation the
available money of the commuEity. If
this ia much less than usual it ought TO
be made to do much more work. The
rilnble sixpence is infinitely more useful
than the boarded dollar. ItTuB. round
of activities and blesses every one il
touches. 1t becomes all to act upon this
truth. If we owe small debt 1t Is best
TO pay il up as soon as possible, and so
let the creditor pass on the money TO bis
creditor, and so on. If we must have
winter clothes for the children. LET us
buy at once, if we can get them at a
reasonable price. And SO of all the ne
cesssry articles and of the usual run Of
business. Tradeimparts activity through
all circles, aad with Il oheerfulness and
confidence, it doubles our resources and
hastens the retnrn Of full prosperity. To
sit still and fold our hands is miserable
policy, and the next thing to it is 10 do
only what we are obliged to do Boston
Journal
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a question Of 50 much importance avoid

a question of so much Importance avoid
ed without decision, on some import
tant technical ground. 1t strikes us as
quite clear upon principle and authority,
that the writer of libelous article in q
newspaper, cannot shirk responsibility
by dodging behind the soulless corpora
tion that publishes it. The author and
the publisher are both liable in suit for
damages, and to an indictment, and
Judge Gilbert's decision that Shanks
must tell the truth, so far as he knew it,
in reference to such authorship, was
sound and We regret that the person
who drew up the commitment order, had
not got one near enough correct, that
the merits of the controversy could have
been authoratiyely settled, and news
paper men been made to know that their
rights were the same as other good citi-
zens, and that no rules OF. the Office of a
public journal could overrule the law of
the land.
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4 Rai,roaa war in RuI,ana.

When the mail train over the Rensse-
1aer and Saratoga railroad division of the
Delaware and Hudson canal company
arrived here yesterday noon, the en-
ploYes of the company found the track
leading from the depot to their shop and
yard bloekaded by the accommodation
train. over the Harlem Extension rail
road, which had arrived little while
before. The conductor and engineer of
of the Harlem Extension train refused
to get out of the way, they having. re-
ceiyed orders from Supt. White of that
road to blockade the. track. 1t seems
that the. Delaware and Hudson canal
company have been using the track and
land of the. Harlem Extensions, few
rods, for some years, under some sort OF
an arrangement, to get to their shop and
yard. Supt. White, of the. H. E. Co.,
notified Supt Wilson, of the ID. 81 H.
Co., yesterday, that he had received or
ders that they must not run over their
track and land any longer. Here was a
. dilemma, as under present arrangements
the D. 81 81. Co. could not get to their
shop, coal and yard without doing so.
The r, s. s. train stood in the depot for
hours, while at the same time the Har.
lem Extension train stood outside block
aiding its exit. Finally the time came
for both trains to leave. The r. 81 s,
train was switched in the depot, the 81.
e. train in the lower end of the yard
and both trains left on their return trips
No trains of the d. 81 II. canal company
were allowed to pass down over the Har
lem Extension territory up to late houl
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| aDce. 1t is the invention of the same
| evil one who tempted Eve with an apple
| in the Garden of Eden He promised
to give woman the upper hand of her
| husband, and life insurance does the
same. A life insurance agent has more
l brass than dozen Yankee clock ped
| dlers. One had the impudence to ask
me to take out policy for the benefit
| of my wives and children, and before
| could recover my breath he commenced
| 10 draw up an application, and / verify
| believe he would have filed it out if he
could have crowded in the names. Now
ask you, brethren, what would most
likely become of your prophet if in
surance on his life were effected. to the
amount of $4,000 for each wife? /
have only thirty, and that would make
the chances thirty to one that ! should
enter the realms of glory before the end
of the year. AS a father in Israel, i
have the gospel privileges of sealing the
daughters thereof, but / have no wish
that they should seal my fate. am
ready to ascend TO my seat on high, but
do not want TO be sent up in an insur-
ance balloon. The wives of the faith
full are too much tempted already, and
how could they resist this ingenious de-
VICE VI bllC 0CDA1ICo- iOuIA bONs NoShS
not, handle not, nv brethren. Let the
Gentle insure his life in the biggest sum
for his wife, and when she is widow
LET one of our spotless make love to her,
and bring her on this side of Jordan.
want no life companies in Utah of
which / am not the presiding spirit.
Life insurance makes the wife independ-
ent of the husband She feels that if
she should by accident drop some strych-
nine into his Cruel, she has something to
fall back upon to keep her children from
want. Women should be kept under.
They should trust in the Lord, and not
in Life insurance. If they have bad
husband and an insurance policy on his
life they are always secretly praying
for bis death, and, if their prayers are
not answered readily, they hurry up his
predestination. Beware OF life insur-
ance. II is Satan in disguise. Turn
your back on il, shut your ears against
it, flee from it as from pestilence. for
verify il would bring rebellion and death
into the land of Mormon"
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PeIi.icaf Notes.

Gen Banks is the third ex-governor of
Massachusetts TO enter the Legislature
after leaving the gubernatorial chair,
ex-GoYernors Levi Lincoln and Clifford
having both been elected to the Senate
over which they both presided. 3
The attempt to staye off the election
in Mississippi until next. year was aban-
doned by the Democrats and. Alcornites
in the lower Hense of the State Legisla-
ture on Friday night, and both Houses
voted to adjourn at 8 o'clock ON Satur-
day afternoon. The attempt would
have. been successful had not the Repub-
Iican< majority in the Senate steadily. re
fused to concur in the vote to repeal the
law. :..... ....'.'.'.
Mayer Pierce of Boston, has the larg-
es msjorities that ever sent man to
Congress 5S19 out of i77sT. His own
ward gave him every vote but two, and
two other wards in the district did even
better, not casting a single ballot against
him. -lE.6.. ......
~ fl "r4 4 f.. T..
The 10th IN Y.) District, which
seems to stand nearly even on the. State
ticket exhibits the extreme popularity of
Hon. F. w, Tobey. by rolling up bis ma
jority to nearly 1000, over. Jesse Gay, the
Independent and Democratic feandidate,
which is probably the largest majority
ever received in the district In the
Election district of Port Henry, where
Mr., Tobey resides, in vote Of nearly
six hundred, not one was east against
him, and but fifteen in the entire tewh-
ship of Meriah.
What New York State wants IS more
candidates like Mr.. Tobey. We learn
that telegram from Port Henry to
Plattsburgh inquired it there was a gen.
tleman living there, by the name of
Jesse Gay, .s.-.s..;,,. IS.
The lament of "a defeated Butler can
didate: 80. t'i-1
Is L want to be an Injun, ss.s ~
--.- To beg, and lie, and steal, ,',s .-.'I sfr
I. ~. With that placid sense of safety
.s. That q white man cannot feel
What the heart OF sam Carey said IN
a moment of eonhdenee) to the dog
gerelist r.
/ want to be a granger .'.' %. j.
t-. And with the grangerS stand
a horny -handed farmer, .... -,
With hay-stack in nay hand,
Beneath the tall tomato tree -.--
a- III swing the gIittering hoe, ...-...
And sEnite the wild potato-bug -..
.s When skipping DER the snow. g.. 5
r I've bought myself q Durham ram D.
e+ And gray alpaca COW, .-.-... 81. .-..-
s4.. a lOck-stitch. Osaga orange hedge, E
-.-.-- And a patent leather pillow, g.. s.,t
Etc, etc. III t..ts ~. r.. --.--
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...,. CFrsm our Special Reporter1 :..
The Rutland County sabbath
-#..i. School AssocsatEou. ~, -
AFTERNOON SESSION.

~ AFTERNOON SESSION. q.
At 2 p. m. the Convention met. the
President being ia the chair. Rev.
Mr.. Clements led in prayer .,...:,,
Nearer, my God, to thee" was sung,
J. B. Meeker leading the singing. T.,
Rev. Mr.. Walker offered prayer and,
Crock of Ages was snng. This topic
on the programme was then taken up :
"What is the best plan of instruction
for our infant classes. ~,
Deacon Barber of Fairhaven, opened
the. discussion. Let .us have clear heads
and warm, tender, loving hearts for
teachers in our infant elasses-the very
best teachers we have. Let the dull,
dry, cold teachers have the adults, if
they have any. Let us have teachers
who love children and easily adapt
themselves to their tastes and capacities !,
Let them teach the Scriptures plainly,
and in simplicity. 49,
Mr.. Ellis of Fairhaven thought the
committing of Scripture to memory in
childhood very important. 4. l...t
: B. w. Marshall thought this question
one of the. most difficult Of all. We
want teachers who are cheerful and
sunny, who attract the children.
When child some of the sober, SOM
Der, serious, long faced, solemn, good
people used TO come to its home, and
he used to ask IL that wasn't COG,
and thought he never wanted to. go to
heaven if it was full of such solemn
and seemingly sad people. Ladies
make the most successful teachers of
the small children IN his mission school.
Object teaching or by illustration is
among the best means of teaching chill.
.dren. I.s. A-4 ,.. ~. ii s ,.tv.1.. tv-.. +
\ Rev. Mr.. Mills was interested in this
question because it strikes deep at the
germ of things. There. is some
thing in sad faces that is re-
spelling and distasteful to children.
. Do not attempt to teach too many
things in the saule lesson. 3, One
truth a day impressed upon
child will grow to be a power in char
acter and a life of great benefit in aftei
life. Don't cram. the child's mind witt
too much. at a. time. He advocated
degree. of blaokboa rd instruction.
Mrs. Whitaker, sof Pittsford, though
none but those who ,se hearts were warm
ed with the love of God should at
tempt to teach tn e young. The i'm
pressions of child hood lasted fthroug
life and into eterni ty.
This lady is co nsidered as one of tn
choice Sunday sci lool teachers.
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CHLoRoFoRMING THE CHICKEN.
Vandiver, of this county, who, by the
way, is quite stirring farmer, recently
hired three young men to work on his
farm. He told each man that he must
be up in the mornings by the first crow
ing of the cock. He had a faithful old
rooster who never failed to crow at the
earliest dawn, and it was agreed all
around that his first notes should be the
signal for the boys to be up and about
the duties of the day. Monday morning
came, and the captain awoke, as usual.
before day, and listened long and
patiently for ehanticleer to ''sing his
earliest greeting" but he sang not. Day
began to dawn, and the old hens were
singing in the barnyard, but no Growing
was heard on the farm. By and by the
sun arose and sent its first and brightest
rays through the captains window
The captain again awoke from his
second snooze, and seeing the sunshine
on the floor, sprang from his bed with
the exclamation, ssWhat in the ID is
the matter with that chicken z" From
the bedroom of the boys came three
snores, loud and long drawn out. "The
d-l, says the captain, .'them lazy ras-
Gals are asleep yet, What in the mis-
chief can be the matter with my old
rooster?" Putting on his clothes, he
hastened to the hen-house-all the chick
ems had flown to the roost, save the
the chanticleer, who sat with dropped
wings and head between his feet-fast
asleep. The boys had chloroformed
him. Columbia MO- HerGA.
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A singular circumstance, one, doubt
less, without parallel in the history of
the country, is reported in schuyler
county, Iii. A man named III. NJ.
Wheeler, of Birmingham, in that coun-
ty. enlisted in the United States army in
Missouri, under General Lyon, IN 1861
was wounded, captured, and paroled,
and by some strange oversight was not
discharged from service until few days
ago, when the proper papers were made
out, and his back pay and pension,
amounting to near $4,000, We're paid
him.
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SOME PROGRESs.

The results of the last few days are
not wholly gloomy either financially or
politically. The business men of this
country are standing by their unfortun-
ATE brethren when they are embarrassed,
10 an unexpected extent, where the house
In need of sympathy has shown capa-
city to understand and conduct their
business, as well as desire to be per
iecsly honest and upright in their deal
and settlements. This crisis has raised
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BRIGHAM You've OK LIFE INSURANCE.
This great prophet of the latter-day
saints is opposed to life insurance on
polygamical principles. In one of his
late discourses in the Tabernacle he gave
vent to his sanity feelings in the follow
ing strain. ol8s u.1g d
uBrethren, I am down on life insur-