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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-04

There are two million beehives in
the United States. Every hive
yields ON an average . little over
twenty-five pounds of honey. The
average price at which honey is sold
is twenty-five cents pound; so that,
after paying their own board, the
bees present us with q revenue of
48,8OO,O 900. To reckon it another
way, they make clear gift Of over
. pound Of pure honey to every man,
woman, and child in the United States.
Over twenty-three and one third mil.
lion pounds Of wax are made and Civ. |
IN 10 us bv these industrious workers. |
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-04

A bin declaring international the
national centennial celebration 1t
Philadelphia, July 4, 1876, but max
ing no appropriation from the Nation
81 Treasury for the same, passed the
House OF Representatives Monday.
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Laws, like sausages, would fail to
inspire respect if all people knew how
they were made.
Having strictly retired to private
life, ex-Vice President Colfax only
spoke in nine States last month.
Advices from the Oregon State
election, Monday. indicate that Rich,
ard Williams, the Republican candi-
date for Congress, was elected.
The X. & D. NJ. Railroad is prepar-
ing to comply with the new railroad
law, which goes into effect on the 4th
Of July next.
Lopp, Of Hardin county, is about
discouraged. His wife last week
presented him with four children at
one birth.
An undertaken, with vein of hui
NOR announces: "Coffins made to
order; nows the time to get up clubs. y
He ought to offer a chrome.
Speaking of the poisonous qualities
Of nicotine, a Western editor remark,
ed that 81 single drop on a dogs nose
would kill man in three minutes
The total loss by the conaagration
at Independence owa,is now definite
" ascertained to be 1886, 800, the to-
tai insurance amounting to s227 800
The first shipment Of new wheat
was received at Memphis, Friday,
from Pamela county, Miss. 1t was re-
shipped to St. Louis.
The sheriff at Omaha advertises
twenty acres Of Geo. Francis Train 5
land near that city to be sold for de-
linquent taxes and interest.
Women of intelligence are begin
ming to share the preference for a
coarse and perfect diet, to which the
upper classes of England owe their
fine development.
Two laborers in Washington claim
the belt as champion fence-builders.
In eight days they set 1920 posts and
nailed on the lumber, making nearly
two miles Of fence.
There are ffty-six railways in Ire
land with not less than four hundred
directors, and an army Of employees;
yet the total length of the roads does
not exceed two thousand miles.
At forty years Of age a man looks
back over his life and wonders what
he did it for, and then turns wistfully
toward the future, and keeps on do
ing it.
A little boy heard his mother tell
of eighteen head of cattle being burnt
the other night. "Weren't their tails
burnt, also?' inquired the verdant
youth
1t is estimated that in Paris there
has been an average Of three suicides
a day for the past year. During the
winter the suicides occurred at the
rate of four day.
Cameron,the Mormon apostles leg |
lslative career is about to be nipped
in the bud. The House Committee
on Elections have decided to report
in favor Of his expulsion.
The Iowa City Press, in the inter-
est of the non-partison judiciary, in
hat District, proposes that the Re-
Is they have q majority,
elect the judge and the opposition
he District Attorney. !
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-04

The real farmers of some of the
counties Of this State are very natur-
ally steering clear Of the "Indepen-
dent State Convention" which GER
tain scheming politicians, stealing the
livery Of agriculture, have called for
the 10th Of this month, to nominate
candidates for State officers. The
farmers organization of Jersey coun-
ty, at meeting on Saturday, repudi-
sted the 'movement" by resolving
not to send delegates to the bogus
farmers convention. As class, the
intelligent agriculturists of Illinois, or
any other State, evidently know the
difference between real cabbage and
skunk-cabbage.-nicogo Journal.
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REAL ESTATE.
List Of Transfers Filed for Rec
ord im Office of Recorder of
Cedar Co.. during week end
ing May 30. 1874.


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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-04

The barbarism Of our national game
was painfully illustrated at Hartford
last Saturday. One of the players
had finger broken, another went off
the ground with broken jaw and
six teeth knocked out, while a third
received knock in the head which
may prove fatal. The ball used is about
as hard as stone, and the only won
der is that more injury is not done
Players, both amateurs and profession
ais, are in danger of being manned or
deformed in some way for life. 1t is
to be hoped that the time will come
when our national game will be some
more rational amusement.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-04

Lewis Potter. of Bay CITY. Mich,
made one hundred and fifty barrels
tof what grade is not stated in twelve
hours. and offers to bet he can make
two hundred in sixteen consecutive
hours.
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Rspublican County Convention.

A D<,>nse Coaveataon Of the Republican
u~sfy ~ teAar county viii BE held ~ The
isDoa H0aoe. 10 Upton, ON saturday, June
go ofsa5ecstng delegntsG 20 the state Con-
vaofton, % b keld q De- Aoines. July LIST.
Al 70 the Conversational and Judicial Con-
vsntions. 1.-THE time Of holding not jet pub
M ratio Of reprsssataiion viii b one del.
egase for each tovnship. and In addition
thereto enc delegate for every 50 votes. and
east Cor Jcsspn u. Breck. for Judge sopreme
COort, e the general election Of lss5.
The following 10 the number Of delegates
C0uveu ton.
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The cAuruses will Be- held In the different
tcWushin On saturday, June nth, ~ ?
o'cIock D. m q the last plac< Of holding the
General election, unless otherwise ordered
81 the mem Der Of the COMMITTEES In the town
ship wishing change. public notice having
been previn0xiy gfven-
J. W. KINETT. chm Co. Cen. Com.
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THB CHRISTIAN union
Henry Yard Beecher,
EDITOR.

IN rel gioas matters this paper is Evan
selical and unsectarian: in political affairs,
Independent and outspoken. II contains
the best articles, and both short and serial
stories, from the foremost writers: ii aims
10 maintain the highest standard in Reli-
gion, Literature, Poetry, Art, Music, Science,
News, Politics. Household and Family
Affairs, with Stories. Rhymes, Puzzles for
the Children, etc. Nothing is spared to
make 1t acoNPLErE Ne'csPaper for The Family,
pure, attractive, wide-awake, and up with
the times journal interesting to every
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-04

The meeting at Kewanec of the
Congregational Association of Illinois
was made the occasion Of noteworthy
hospitality. There are some ten or
a dozen denominations in the town.
and all seemed TO vie in extending
kindness to the pious sojourne
Even the Catholic priest Of the town
sent note Of regret that his house
was undergoing repairs, making it
impossible for him to invite any OF
the "brethren" to his home. The
spirit of bigotry and persecution is
diving out Of all our churches.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-06-04

The Pittsburgh Gazette thinks that
the currency question will be the
main issue in the elections this fall,
and it signifies its own position on
this issue by the observation that
1.-The early restoration Of specie pay
ment is entirely secondary TO the de-
velopement Of the immense resources
Of our magnificent empire. To rapid
ly develope these, an ample supply
of currency is necessary, and this, we
are persuaded, the people will have"
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Held ~ Mechanlcsyille. CO0-
oeaeing Wednes'y. May 3sih.
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A Marvel of Cheapness.

.s~F For less than one cent day, it gives
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Nsek.ln Fanily Ne,el,oper.
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

perplexty. Then rolled her up again and
started out. ''traveling like mad the wo-
man said, as she watched him.
When he reached Jones' he found Jones
and his wife sitting in utter wretchedness
by the fire. They were both sick from
grief. and unable to move out of the house.
Kitty they had given up for buried under
some snow mound. They would find her
when Spring shonld come and melt the
snow cover Off
When the exhausted Burton came in
with his bundle of buffalo skins, they
looked at him with amazement. But when
he opened 1t and let out little Kitty and
said
Here Jones is this your pet Kitteny ?,
Mrs. Jones couldn't think of anything bet
ter to do than to scream.
And Jones got up and took his old part
ner's hand and said, 'Burton, ole fellow +,
and then choked up and sat down, and
cried helplessly.
And, Burton said. "Jones, ole fellow,
you may have that forty acre patch. 1t
come mighty nigh maxim me the murder
er Of that little Kitty's father
NO. you shall take it yourself" cried
Jones, iii have to go to law to make
you.'
And Jones actually decided his interest
In the forty acres to Burton. But Bur-
ton transferred 1t all to Kitty.
This is why this part of Newton is call
ed "kitty's Forty
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

y BRIDES LITTLE JCKE.-Out in the
town OF Harrison Calumet county, Wis
consin, about eleven miles from Menas-
ha, wedding occurred but few weeks
ago, the particulars OF which we have
Just been told. Previous to the happy
event. arrangements were made for
wedding tour of several davs' duration
In due time the ceremony was perform
ed, and at proper period the bride was
conducted to her chamber. The happy
husband soon followed, and having
reached the door, raped gently, but lis
tened in vain for the anticipated well
come. He knocked again, more nervous
ly than before, but still no answer was
heard. lie gently raised the latch; the
door was locked. He called to the lit
tie mischief within but she answered
him not; and he was finally compelled
to seek other quarters. At an early hour
IN the morning, the carriage which had
been engaged tor the wedding tour, was
driven to the door, and our hero stole
gently down stairs, entered the car
riage, bade the driver apply the lash,
and was soon out of sight. He did not
return nntil after the lapse of ten days,
during which time he visited,everv place
contemplated previous to his marriage
On his return he found his wife's bed
room open. yes, he did.
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

OvERwoRK.-Fs,o People Really Wor
Hard-Puy Ihro,cn A,cay-A little Common
Sense Needed-The Saturday Review, af-
ter ridiculing the ordinary complaints of
too much work, says that these complaints
are among the most.fmsy of all the ex-
! cuses set up by men for the evils which
they bring upon themselves Very few
people really work hard; and when they
do, it generally agrees with them. Di-
rectly or indirectly, idleness does fifty
times as much mischief, for the best cure
for the love OF excitement is steady appli-
cation. A vast amount of good pity is
thrown away in the world; aud instead OF
solemnly warning our friends not to do too
much, we should find it easier TO refuse
the indirect compliment for which they
are manguvering and advise them to re-
lax their minds by little strenuous activi-
ty. When the danger really exists it may
generally be remedied rather by redistr
buting the burden than by diminishing it.
very slight physical exertion may in
jure man for life, if he only undertakes
it in the wrong way. Try to lift u Thousand
pounds weight by ssddcn jerk. and you
may probably break a blood vessel. Di-
vide the weight into ten portions, and lift
it calmly by itself, and the exercise may do
you good Run a mile after hearty meal
and you may be injured for life: walk ten
miles day and you may materially i'm
prove your health.
The same principle is applicable to intel
lectual labor. To lay down any general
rules is impossible, because constitutions
vary infinitely. One man requires twice as
much sleep as another; one man can do
work before breakfast, when another finds
it better to sit up at night, and so on. \
few practical rules will be learned by
practice. Excess in tobacco and alcohol
is constant cause of the incapacity for
sleep which is often attributed to over
work. The rule is, in short, that a man
should take care that he gets good sleep
and keeps his utsesttOu III Ulu,r. a littlc
unprejuaced observation of his own syHp-
toms will teach Il man of ordinary sense
how to keep himself in health; and, by
judlcous arrangement of his time and hah-
its, he will find that he can do as much
work with perfect impunity as will serve
him. if he so pleases, with un admirable
excuse for committing suicide and becom-
ing text for leading articles, 1t is not
overwork that should be denounced, but
the bad habits for which work is made to
serve a an excuse.
Eat much, drink too much. smoke too
much, and do everything in hurry and
at the wrong time, and five hours day
may send you to an early grave. Show
little common sense, and without injuring
your health, you may be as volumnous
an author as Votaire, or do as mnch legal
or official work as the most industrious
minister or barrister of the day, and see
your cilildren's children, and laugh at
the degeneracy of the rising generation in
the twentieth century.
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

story. Splnning-spiders and stineing
wasps are not half so terrible to the child
ren, who will make Railways paradise of
the garret, as the darkness that is covered
by an unlighted roof.
1fyou have been living IN cottage cham
bers,-rooms in which a full-sized man
can hardly stand erect in the centre. and
a well-grown baby scarcely creep at the
sides; unventiated, heated beyond endur-
ance during the hot, Summer days, and
retaining their heat through the long,
wakeful nights.--rooms in which the furni-
tnre must stand at various distances from
the walls as II marshalled for the honse-
cleaning battle, but Ia which even the
making Of beds is work of supreme diff
culty,-if you've been living in such rooms
as these, Fdon't wonder, whatever arch-
tects or other men may say, that Mrs
John objects, aud insists on good, square
chambers. But good, square chambers
no more require fiat roofs than good,
square common-sense requires a fiat head.
don't believe you will contrive a house,
of whatever form or size, that may not be
covered more cheaply, more securely and
more tastefully BY a steep roof than by
fiat one. OF course, I'm supposing your
house to be Isolated. Buildings in crowd
ed streets or in blocks require, on all ac-
counts, entirely different treatment. BY
all means, then, have wide doors, gener-
Gus windows, and high roofs; and if you
must build with strict economy you may
be morally certain that your house, though
not perhaps as altogether lovely as YOU
might wish, will still be cheerful and
homelike.
Allow me to add, that, while faithfully
striving to build house that shall be hon
est and cheerful, you will surely find your
Self growing in the same direction.
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01
StItfttD Storp.
'Ktty's Forty
BY EDWARD EGGLEsToN

1t doesn't do men any good to live apart
from women and children. l never knew
boys school in which there was not
tendency to rowdyism, and lumbermen,
sailors, fishermen and other men, that live
only with men are proverbially half bear
sort of people. Frontiersmen soften down
when women and children come-but i
forgot myself, it is the story you want.
Burton and Jones lived in a shanty by
themselves. Jones was married man.
and finding it hard to support his wife IN
'down east village, he had emgrated
to Northern Minnesota, leaving his wife
under her fathers roof until he should be
able to "nake a start" He and Burton
had gone into partnership and had pre-
empted" town site of three hundred and
twenty acres.
There were perhaps twenty families
scattered sparsely over this town site vt
the time my story begins and ends, for it
ends in the same week in which it begins.
The parties had disagreed, quarre,led,
and divided their interests. The land
was also shared between them except one
valuable forty acre piece. Each of them
claimed that piece of land, and the quar-
rel had grown so high between them that
the neighoOrs expected them ''to shoot at
sight" In fact, it was understood that
Burton was on the foIty acre place deter
mined to shoot Jones if he came, and
Jones had sworn to go out there and
shoot Burton, when the fight was post
poned by the unexpecte arrival Of Jones'
wife ami child.
Jones shanty was not finished, and he
was forced to forego the luxury of fight
ing his old partner, in his exertions to
make wife and baby comfortable for the
night. For the winter sun was surround
ed by ''sun bugs" Instead of one sun,
here were four, an occurrence not uncom-
mon in this latitude, but one which always
bodies a terrible storm.
In his endeavor to care for his wife and
child Jones was mollined q little, and half
regretted that he had been so violent
about the piece OF land. But he was de-
termined not to be backed down, and
would certainly have to shoot Burton, or
be shot himself.
When he thought Of the chance of be-
ing killed by his old partner, the prospect
was not pleasant. He looked wistfllly at
Kitty his two year old child, and dreaded
that she should be left fatherless. Never-
theless, he wouldn't be backed down. He
would shoot or be shot.
While the father was busy cutting wood
and the mother was busy otherwise, little
Kitty managed to get the shanty door
open. There was no latch as yet, and
her pEying little fingers easily swung it
back. A gust Of cold air almost took her
breath away, but she caught sight Of the
brown grass without asd the new world
seemed - big that the little feet were fain
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01
Vol. Xxx. Whole No. 1927. No. 40

feet at right angle to his body, rolling
from side to side, with his fists poked into
his ribs, and 4 most agonized expression
of countenance, but not uttering sound
Immediately and involuntarily assumed a
similar attitude; and think that, from the
relative position of our boots and heads,
and our attempts to restrain our laughter,
apoplexy must have inevitably ensued, if a
horrible groan, which John gave vent to,
in his endeavor to repress his risibility, had
not betrayed our hiding place.
In rushed my wife and my aunt, who, by
this time, comprehended the joke; and
such scoding as then got :never got
before, and hope never to get again.
know not what the end could have
been, If John, in Eis endeavors to appear
respectful and sympathetic, had not given
vent to such diabolical noise, something
between groan and horse-laugh, that
all gravity was upset, and we screamed in
concert.
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

There was an old couple at the central
depot yesterday waiting to go through
to the West, and they seemed loving
enough until the old man wentout, and
returned smoking five-cent cigar, and
with his hat slanting over his left ear.
The wife looked at him twice before she
could recognize him, and then opening
her mouth and said; 'What'd l tell We,
Philetus Remington, before we left New
Jersey? Didn't say you'd go and make
fool of yourself the first chance you
got!' He tried to pacify her by saying
that the cigar only cost five cents, but
she shouted. You teased and teased
till let you git your boots blacked;
then you wanted some soda water; then
you bought apples on the train, and
here's another five cents thrown awavl
1t all counts up, and if you don't die in
the poor-house, then my name amt Sa-
ry!'-[Detroit Free Press.
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

and Township No. 2; thence running east
erly by the south lines of Township No. 9
and No. Z, to Gouldsborough Harbor
thence easterly southerly and westerly by
the Bay to the bounds begun at, including
Stove Island, Jordans Island. Iron bound
Islan1, the Porcupine Islands, so called,
Herme Island, Prebble Island, and Schoo
die Island, together with the inhabitants
thereof, be, and hereby are, Incorporated
into Town by the name OF Goudsbor-
ough, and the said Town is hereby vested
with all the powers, privileges and lmmu-
mites which the Towns in this Common
wealth do or may enjoy.
In the House Of Representatives,
February 10th, 1879.
This bill having had several readings,
passed to be enacted.
WILLIAM HEATH, Speaker, p. II.
In Senate. Feb. 10Th, 1889.
This Bill, having had two several :read-
ings, passed to be enacted, SAMUEL PHIL
LIPS, President, Approved, JNO. HAN
COCK.
A true copy Attest:
JOHN AVERY JR., Secy.
The first meeting was held at the house
Of Capt. Samuel Libby, Thursday April
3d,..and the following officers were chosen
Nathan Jones. Esq, Moderator; William
Shaw, Clerk; DR. Benjamin Alline, Treas
urer; Thomas Hill, Samuel Libby, Eli
Forbes, Selectmen and Assessors.
as Hill, Constable and Collector.
Voted That there be fifty pounds rais-
ed to be worked out Oh high ways. That
the selectmen are directed Immediately to
assess the County Tax for six pounds two
shilings, that twenty pounds be granted
to defray ;the necessary expenses OF the
town for the ensuing year. William Shaw,
L. Clerk, 1889.
The first valuation was e., 400, A. D.
1888.
ii. NJ. Sowle and W. L. Guptil Esqs.,
will please accept thanks for favors
shown.
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

A new and curious remedy for hy-
drophia has been discovered. by Rms
sian sarant, DR.. Jitzki. The person bit
ten by a mad dog has only, he tells us,
to have himself bitten by a viper in Or
der to be perfectly safe. The poison of
the viper neulralizes that of the dog,
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

Having recently purchased the interest Of d.
y. Moore, in the Picture Gallery OF Moore 4 joy.
on Main Street. am now prepared TO offer to the
public unusual inducements in the line of
Ellsworth American., 1874-10-01

"A shoemaker out West, with literary
turn Of mind, has the following poetic al
gem attached to his shingle:-
Here lives q man who never refuses,
To mend ali sorts of boots aud shoeses.,