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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16
EDUCATIONAL.
MARTIN n. CAOY. A. M,
County Superintendent 81 Sehoo's
Ventilation.

II. is singular what low estimate is
pat by some people upon pure air.
They would insist upon having pure
water, and wholesome food, but yet
are content to live IN the most fetid at
mospheres, and take many times every
minute the most virulent poisons direct.
ly into their vitals.
In many OF our school houses it is
interesting to observe how the ingenui-
ty of the architect has been apparently
exhausted in rendering the room COM
pletely inaccessible to the outer air.
Children are debilitated and weakened,
and their parents lay 1t to hard study,
when the true cause is foul air.
We have Deen in several school
houses the past week, some Of them
with small rooms containing nearly
40 pupils, where not . single window
could be lowered from the top, and no
ventilators were provided to carry of
the poisonous gases. The atmosphere
OF these rooms was perfectly sickening,
and no one could stay in them an hour
without feeling sense of languor and
depression, that would thoroughly in
capacitate him from study. While
visiting schools, we never expect to
listen to good recitations, or to Sc
bright, enthusiastic scholars, if the air
of the room is foul, however earnest
and Jealous the teacher may be in his
work.
In pure air pupils viii be healthy
and vigorous and learn something even
with the poorest teachers; but in the
close, siekening air Of some school
rooms pupils can not learn with the
most faithful teacher; and more than
this, they are contracting diseases that
Will render them totally untitled for
life. Health in Importance stands be-
fore education, and we had better have
no school houses than to have those
.ha. sapcTinauce disease.
Il IS quite generally admitted by
medical authorities that nearly all con-
tagious diseases are introduced into the
system through the air we breath.
We may eat unwholesome food or drink
impure water, and our stomachs will
immediately revolt against the abuse:
but these lnsidious polsons that lurk in
the atmosphere are quietly lodged in
our vitals, bye and bye to break forth
in deadly diseases.
Whenever we can detect unpleasant
doors, We may be sure there is need Of
ventilation. II uncleauness Of the at.
mosphere was as visible to our eyes az
uncleanness Of snow, we should often
DO disguised and nauseated at that
which surrounds US If a teacher is
placed in one of these i'll constructed
school rooms with number Of pupils
under his care, he should make it his
first duty, even If il occupies half Of his
time, to keep those pupils in constan.
communication with clean atmos.
phere.
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Nrom Trenfon.

JAN. 9.-Mrs. Cowel has been sick
but is now recovering.
Mr. Price held his frst singing
school Monday night.
Several OF our young folks have
lately been visiting friends in MINI.
Our winter school is better attend
ed than it has been for seyera. yeas.
&C. Bradshaw mas lately purchased
an OK team and is hauling wood to this
market.
Wood still comes to this place.
Now we eau talk of wood piles as well
as Diamond Bluff
&C II. Nero, Deputy, organized a
Grange Of Patrons Of Husdaudry on the
town line between Trenton and Hart.
land, with membership Of thirty.
Tuesday night party ofboys sora i.
naded Warren Sparks, whom they
thought had lately been married. but
found themselves sold as he was not
married.
Trenton Grange of Patrons OF
Husbandry, No. 1913, hold their regular
meetings the second aud fourth Satur
days Of each month at Z o'clock p. NJ.
All Patrons Ia good standing arc cor.
daily invited.
fifteen to twenty wood choppers
can fnd employment IN this village
Rates, 81, for oak, Scots. for Eastwood
Il. II Boustead will take two at III,
above ra tes-cash in hand as soon a
their work is done.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16
Farmers GIee song.
Air-oid Virginia. (Repoat chorus

We love the life the farmer leads.
'Tis filled with buoyant health;
We pillow the ground and sow the seeds
That I'LL our bins with wealth.
Hurrah, hurrah for the farmers life,
Hurrah for the spade and hoe:
Wen dig the ground and plant the corn
And pray for the seed to grow.
How bright is the sight Of the growing fields
That wave in the summer sun
How good the store Of bounteous Yields
When all our work IS done.
Hurrah, hurrah for the golden fields
Hurrah for he fra grant hay;
Wen haste to store, on sunny days,
Our winters stock away.
We like the click Of the reapers' song,
As through the fields they 90;
We like TO follow all day long,
When the grain Is bending low.
Iurrsh hurrsh for the golden gram,
Hurra h for the threshers too
Wen stack The grain secure from rain
And help the threshing through.
We want the good our labor brings;
Wen pays fair levy,
Well change the tune the buyer sings,
And stop monopoly
Hurrah, hurrah for the spale aud pillow;
Hurrah for .'Husbandry;"
Wen pray for the might to strike Alright
Aud break monopoly.
Bay City, Wis. j. A. FYLEa.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16

HIRCUIT COURT, PrgRos CouSrY.-Ma-
" tilda NJ. Cooper, Plaintiff, against Al
bert II Cooper, Defendant.
To Albert H. Cooper, Defendant above
named:--
You are hereby summoned and required
TO answer the complaint in this action, Of
which a copy was fled at the Office Of the
clerk Of the Circuit Court, for the county
Of Pierce and State Of Wisconsin at the
village Of Ellsworth in the county and State
aforesaid on the fifth day Of Jan. A. d. 1874,
and to serve n copy Of your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber, at his
Office in the village Of River Falls, Pierce
County, Wisconsin, within twenty days af-
ter the service hereof exclusive Of the day
Of such service; and Il you fail to answer
the said complaint within the time afore.
said, the Plaintiff in this action will apply
10 the Court for the relief demanded 10 The
complaint.
Dated Jan 8, 1874
s2.7v A Mosss, Prs-, Atp
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The Methodist sociable was held at
A. l.. Roberts residence Monday even.
ing,
The paths from the hill leading to
the river, are in terrible condition.
Cattle, in some instances. lose their foot
ing, and slide some rods before they can
regain their footing.
The mercury is on a bender, in.
dicating, Wednesday morning, % deg.
below zero. We have had remarkably
pleasant winter, 50 far, and if the mer-
curry is allowed to have It's own way and
occasionally ruus down to 25 or 80 be-
low, we will have no reason to complain
In addition to Mr.. John Dudley 3
business here and at Point Douglass in
lumber, flour, etc, he has a lumber yard
and store at Hastings, in charge of Geo
Houghtailing-who, b. the way, is one
the best boys in the business and
something of an idea of trade at that
place, for the past year, can be gained
from the following figures: Shingles
disposed Of, 2 223, $50; Pickets, 81 260;
Lath, 45S $50; humber, 1907 ,054;
Flour, $3.50 pounds. Amounting. in
TIE aggre gate, to the sum Of SO, 309. SO
Marshall Leavitt's most valuable
horse was quite badly injured Saturday
night An unusual noise was heard
outside, sufficient to attract the atteu.
ton Of a neighbor, who informed Mr..
Leayitt that all was not right in the barn
A light was Immediately lit, the stable
visited, and it was found that the ant
NAL was badly cut in the neck about
one inch above the brisket, the cash
being four inches lont and about the
same in depth, aud had the appearance
Of being cut with sharp instrument
Had the inclsion been two inches high
er the jugular vein would have been
severed and the next morning some
party could have disposed of horse at
good figures. 1t is hard to believe that
We have person in our midst meat
enough to commit such 30 inhuman act
to say nothing of the loss of the proper
t. Mr.. Leayitt has tho reputation c!
attending strictly to his own business,
dealing squarely with his fellow man,
and why this attempt TO destroy his
property, IS a mystery which cannot be
easily solved
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To CONTRaCT0Rs@

Sealed Proposals will be re-
ceived by the Board Of Regents of
Normal Schools Of Wisconsin until
II o'clock, NJ, Saturday, February
18th, 1874, for the construction of a
NORMAL SCHOOL BUILDING
and appendages, to be erected at
the village of River Falls, Pierce
County, Wis, in accordance with
plans and specifications prepared by
d. r, Jones, architect, and which
may be seen at his Office in the City
of Madison, Wis, on and after Feb.
I'd, 1874.
Work TO be commenced as early
as possible in the spring of 1874,
and carried on regularly through the
season. Building to be enclosed in
the fall of 1874, and completed
ready for occupation, by the LIST day
of August, 1875.
Payments for work done and set
in building, will be made on the first
Thursday of each month, to the ex-
tent of eighty per cent. of the value
thereof, upon certified estimates OF
the superintendent.
Bids will be received for the
whole job, or for separate parts
thereof. Builders must state
PLAINLY what their bids include.
II bidding for part only, state what
part, or parts; # bids are for the
whole job, state that.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
Satisfactory security will be re-
CURED of contractors, and 20 award
will be made to any bidder whose
bids may be rejected.
Proposals will be sealed, endorsed
on envelope "SEALED PROPOSALS
FOR ERECTING NORMAL SCHOOL
BUILDING AT RIVER FALLS" and
sent to ID. r. JONES, ARCHITECT,
MADISON, WIS.," or delivered to
one of the Board OF Regents on or
before monday, Feb. 18th, 1874.
w. STARR, Board Of Re
W. II. CHANDLER, ssI'I s 81 SJ.-
January 14th, 1874.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16

We have never much favored corpor.
cal punishment in schools, but whether
the substitute adopted by Wisconsin
teacher IS desirable, is little doubtful.
When pupil is disobedient, idle, or re.
fractory, be administers to the delin-
queut dose ofcaster oil, The only re-
suit of this treatment Of which we have
report, is pun, strangely and iearfully
execrable, made by the editor Of the To-
cal newspaper. lie says such treatment
ought to render the scholars docs lilo"
He evidently needs a quart or so him.
self Rather an unfortunate teacher
was that one who, in Haverhill, Mass,
undertook to chastise a boy pupil.
She found herself unequal TO the task,
as the boy came very near chastisiur
her. She called ia the lads father to
assist, and this tremendous youngster
proved too much for both Of them.
Milder measures we're adopted, aud G.
nally the youth consented to take his
logging, If he could have his choice
from litter ofpuPpies in the neighpor.
hood.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16

The Allentown Chronicle says: "a
man residing in Saucon township, 10 this
county whose name our inquiry failed
to ascertain, had boarded in different
places about his house 500, 900 in green.
backs, When the resent panic came
upon the country he grew fearful, lest
N the prevailing scarcity of currency his
savings might be discovered and stolen.
lie went out aud offered some Of il to
his nelghbors on mortgage aud the OF.
er being accepted, he went 70 take II
out Of its hiding places. Six Thousand
dollars were found to be 20 moulded g
not 10 admit Of identification.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16
TIE river falls JOURNAL.

a WEEKLY AND SEMl-WEEKLY
NEWSPAPER.
TIRsr EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY.
TERMS, st.25.
SECOND EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
TERMS, So.
TWO EDITIONS ONE YEAR TO ONE
ADDRESS, Sc. CASH IN ADVANCE.
beekly Edition, published every Friday, 81
A. MORSE s. SON, ProprIetOrs.
ser PRINTING
or every description executed on short
notice, neat and at reasonable prices. -
OFFICE On Main Street.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16

A NOVEL IDgA.-Tho inevitable Mr
TALMADGE, Of New York, in a recent
sermon, said:
II do not believe chat the power Of
Christian song has yet been fully tried
! believe that if you would roll the Old
Hundred aud the Doxology through
wall street, it woald put an end to the
panic"
That might do for flyer" but we
havn't much faith in il. Il would be
too much like chasing Indians with q
snare drum or cornucopia Besides
three quarters Of the operators on Wal
Street have no idea what the Old
Hundred is-Ey.
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from H'ssroA

The Methodist sociablo was held at
A. L. Roberts residence Monday even
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-16

An UNEQUAL MATCH. know a
man, noble fellow, who carries on a
successful manufacturing business Al
though possessed of an abundant com
petence, he devotes himself with untr-
ing assiduity to the interests Of his fac
tory ten hours every day His eyes and
bands are everywhere Half year ago
he married beautiful accomplished girl,
who is said to speak four Of the CONT
mental languages with the huency Of ma
tives, while she touches the keys with
infinite skill -Four months ago they be.
gan housekeeping A week since they
gave il up in utter disgust. Three SER
wants figured eonspicuously in their
grief The coffee was execrable, the
steak abominable, the cruetstand not
fit to be seen, and the whole house in
confusion. The husband bore it Is
long as pride and patience could endure,
and then, sacrificing everything at auc
ton, returned to boarding, resolved
never to suffer the mseries Of house
keeping again. | was never more iu-
dignant than when | heard of il. If
that beautiful bride had learned one
less language, and devoted the year 10
the mysteries Of housekeeping, she
might have made that friends home a
paradise. Suppose her husbands man.
agement Of his business had been like
her management of the house what
would have become of them? | don't
think the match a fair one. Ga one
side il was a cheat. A young lady Of
the same ornamental class, in discussing
the case exclaimed, "She did not agree
in the marriage contract 10 play the
part Of household drudge" Did the
husband agree TO play the part Of fac.
tory drudge? Din Lepis.
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AnYER1 IT'S EMT.

And now l would this column oil,
And bid you heed it if you will,
Since ID. ID. Day, with nothing los.
Will sell his dry goods out at cost
His dry goods? Yes, and groceries,
too.
And all things else he sells to you;
So strange and curious are his ways,
That he'll do this for thirty days.
Just thirty days, aud then no mora
Will you buy goods at this same store,
For less than cost as he doth see
That profits must be made on tea,
And coffee W. dry goods and spice,
Nor need / ulne these facts but twice
FINALE
Again bid my friends good cheer,
And wish them all bright New Year.
POSTSCRIPT.
All goods at cost for thirty days;
You'll hnd the same at D. D. Days.
River Fails. Jan 8, 1874
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some masIcaI publl.her onoo sald:

Some musical publisher once said:
"The art Of playing on a violin re.
quires the incest perception, and the
most delicate sensibility Of aay art in
the known world"
A country editor commenting on the
same, says:
"The art Of publishing country
newspaper aud making i; pay, beats the
art OF 6ddling higher than kite
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ACCORDING to ancient mythology old
"Sir Berus" was the gentleman who
was set to guard tha gltes Of the low
er regions. He was described as b,ing a
dog having three heads, aud he devoted
himself to crossing the unfortunate
souls sent to his kingdom, while he de-
voured all who would get out agaia.
But that strong man Hercules, finally
looked his jaws aud tied him up The
three heads are supposed to be sym
bolical, denoting the pas. the present.
aud the future which, combined,
devour all things. The fact that Hercu
les fually tied this fellow up, imparts
the lesson that perseverance always
wins that heroic dee Is are not without
their reward, ani that there is no sin or
temptation which elnn1t be resisted,
aud no imnDderlte desire that cannot
be conquered. Oar present Coagre's
would seem u BE- ths Cerborus Of this
nation, with three heads and iron jaws
Thy not only gard the Eltes, aai ca
ress thor victims, bat th5J w1all
devour them whether they complain OF
not. But the people are bshiad the
throne, and they arr the Hercules who
will yet lock the jaws Of this tr,-head-
Ell monster. ali tie him fast with strong
chains Ben Bltllr AMI his imps will
not much longer terrify the people of
this American nation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-25
How Timber Nav BE Multiplied.

One of our exchanges has the follow
ing to say in reference to this important
subject:
Much has been written about raising
timber, but all the light that can be
shed upon the subject by all the arbori-
culturists in the land will not be amiss.
future which has so forbidding look
as the increasing scarcity of timber.
Our forests are not producing one
twentieth of the supplywe are annually
consuming or are destroying. More
attention should be given at once to it's
propagation and preservation. 1t was
said by some philosopher that he who
makes two blades of grass grow where
but one grew before is a benefactor to
his race. If this be true, and none
will dispute it, how much more credit
is due him who makes landmark by
the cultivation of trees? Reference to
this subject brings back to our recol-
lection suggestion we saw some time
ago in regard to simple
mode by which timber may
be increased on, those tracts of
land upon which it is being cut away.
1t is as follows Plant the ground in
the fall with acorns, black and white
walnuts, butternuts, the seeds of the
ash, etc. The nuts should be covered
lightly with the soil and decaying leaves,
so that boys and squirrels cannot find
them. They come up in the spring,
and if cattle are kept out of the woods
AS they should be by all who would
preserve the young trees-they will
make rapid growth, under the imme-
date superintendent of Dame Nature
herself, who has been pretty success
fully engaged in this business of tree
culture, more or less, ever since the
silurian age. In the same way cuttings
may be put out in the timber in the
spring. The mulching of the ground
by the falling of the autumn leaves is
the best dressing thatcan be put around
such young trees, which in year or so
will surprise you with their rapid
growth. We would discourage no one
who can do so from planning out groves
on the prairies, which is one of the
best works farmer can do /; but these
hints carried out will enable many to
utilize places now going to waste, and
get good return for their efforts.
REMARKS. Care must be taken that
the acorns do not become dry or they
will never vegetate. They stick out
pointy root into the ground in the fall.
The same with chestnuts and the like.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-25
Interesting to Invalid Ladies',

HARLEMvILLE, Columbia Co., N Y, July o. 1873.
II V. PIERCE, NJ D., Buffalo, N. Y:
DEAR SIR; Your favor is just received. i
intended to have written to you several weeks
since, concerning the Improvement in my
health, which is now very apparent. l have
used one bottle OF Favorite Prescription with
the best results, although will admit l was
somewhat discouraged after it's use Qor a
short time only. took it under very disad-
vantageous circumstances-having the super
vision Of the house, and during the season of
"house-ceaning was obliged, through the
incompetency of help, to do more than
ought and, Of course, suffered dreadfully,
lifted when l ought not to have raised my
hand, and did all l could to bring "order out
OF chaos, but upon laying aside all cares
and continuing the remedy find after using
loss than one bottle to be so much benefited
that have discontinued the use, with no re-
turn OF the symptoms of which l wrote you.
L have suffered terribly, and what added to
my distress was the consciousness OF not pro-
curing relief from ordinary sources at times 1t
seemed about impossible to stand, so great was
the distress. All OF those severe neuralgia pains
have disappeared; they were so bad at times
L could hardly wall without some external
pressure. They seem to have left me like
magic, suddenly, and have had no return all
other symptoms have been removed. The
severe weakness and faintness have disap-
peared, and / can go up stairs with compare
tive ease now. would have informed you
ere this OF my Improvement, for appreciated
1T, but | was fearful it was only transient ben
eft was receiving but l think sufficient time
has elapsed to consider the beneficial results
permanent. Accept my best wishes for your
future success and your kindness in advising
me. Very truly, MRS M. NETTIE SNYDER.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-09-25
Strange Antipathies.

A writer on Antipathies" in Cham
6ers' Journal says "The secretary of
Francis L. used to stop up his nostrils
with bread if he saw dish of apples,
to prevent an otherwise inevitable bleed
ing at the nose. A Polish king had an
antipathy to both the smell and sight
OF this wholesome fruit, and family
of Aquitaine had an hereditary hatred
of it. A Flemish damsel was sadly
troubled by an unconquerable aversion
to the smell of bread. Cheese, mutton,
musk, and ambergris have been so re-
pugnant to some nasal organs as to send
their owners into commissions. Gretry,
the composer, could not endure the scent
of the rose, neither could Anne of
Austria. The mere sight of the
queen of flowers was too much for
Lady Heneag, bedchamber woman to
Queen Bess ; indeed, Kenelem Digby
records that her cheek became blistered
when some one laid white rose upon
1t as she slept. Her ladyship's antip-
athy was almost as strong as that of
the dame who tainted when her lover
approached her wearing an artificial rose
in his buttonhole. A violet was thing
VI HolIoI w tuc eyes VI VIC l. TluceSS ue
Lamballe tansy was abominable to an
Earl of Barrymore Scaliger grew pale
before the water-cress; and a soldier
who would have scorned to turn his back
on foe, fled without shame from q
sprig of rue. A poor Neapolitan was
always seized with fit upon attempt
ing to swallow a morsel of flesh meat
of any kind, andnature thus condemned
him to egetarianism-a sorer infiction
than that suffered by Guinerius, whose
heart palpitated violently if he INDUCED
in pork dinner or by the lady who
could not taste udder of beef without
her lips swelling to uncomfortable di-
mansions. DR.. Prout had patient who
declared honest mutton was as bad as
poison to him. Thinking this MI fancy,
the doctor administered the obnoxious
meat under various DISCUSSES, but every
experiment ended in severe vomiting
fit. Another unlucky individual always
had a fit of the govt few hours after
eating fish /; and a Count d'Armstat
never failed to go off in faint if he
knowingly or unknowingly partook of
any dish containing the slightest modi-
cuno of olive oil f"