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The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
The Farmers Home.

THE Hon. Dudley w. Adams, Master
Of the National Grange of the Patrons of
Husbandry, in closing the Fourth of July
grafton at Ottumwa, Iowa, gave the fol-
lowing as his idea of what the farmers
home should be:
Select the handsomcst spot of all, and
erect house of neat and tasteful pro-
portions and convenient arrangements.
The sizcsdinish and expense will be gov
crncd by the means at command. Plant
trees, both forest and fruit. in such a
way as to break the sweep of the winter
winds. Donate reasonable patch of
ground to small fruits and vegetables,
sufficient to supply your table with
abundance of all desirable kinds the
year round Make an acre or more of
lawn in front and around the dwelling,
intersperscd here and there with some
ornamental shade trees, evcrgrcens and
Towering shrubs. Train an ivy over the
porch honcysuckle on the window.
Hide the sheds and out buildings with a
clump of trees or climbing vine.
Your wife and daughters will have
some artistic flower beds cut in the lawn
and a rose bush by the door, while sing
ing birds will build nests in the trees.
Make the inside of the house attractive
a pleasant place to sit, with inducements
sufficient to keep your sons from sa-
looms and your daughters from the
streets. Among the absolute ncccssaries
Of life Imost decidedly and cmphatical-
ly place amusements, sports, fun. A
good, ringing laugh is worth more to
stir the liver and promote digestion than
dose of calome and deal pleasanter
to take If you e3er come across per-
son, old or young, who cannot, on proper
provocation, give out a good, ringing,
hearty laugh, watch him! He is either
after your pocket-book or the under.
taker. Joy, fun, laughter, good, healthy,
wide awake happiness, are among the
most noble and desirable of human at.
tributes. Nothing but men can laugh
DO not smother, but cultivate this dis
tinctive feature of humanity.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
Prepare for Good Farming.

In the older settled portions of the
West we are in the transition state in re-
gard to farming. We are no longer pio-
neers, dwelling on the borders OF civil
zation, living on isolated farms surround
ed by unfenced prairies. The land about
our farms no more belongs to spectators
who hold it for rise, nor does it form a
part OF the great national domain, open
to entry. We no longer pasture our
stock or cut hay on land of which no one
knows the rightful owner. We are no
longer semi-pastoral people, herding
stock on uninclosed land, but raising
crops on soil Of which we are the owners
in fee simple. We have outlived the or
der of things common tola new country,
inhabited by squatter-sovereigns," and
are entering the era of settled life known
in the older portions of the country. This
new order of things calls for change in
calculations, in management, and in
farm economy.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
Seeing the Responsible Editor.

That very clever story, The Tyrant-
eler OF Calviras," just now going the
rounds, recalls an incident which took
place in the New Orleans Picovuee office
many years ago, when George Washing
ton Recder presided over the police col
umns; Reeder was very small, not over
tour feet six inches in height, singularly
youthful in appearance, and given to q
pompous, overwhelming, elaborate polite
ness, which, in connection with his d.
mlnutlve stature and magnificent COS
tune, generally reminded one of a
benevolent but highly diplomatic tomtit.
Apart from his journalistic pursuits
Reeder had quite name in the theatri-
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
"A new invention has made

"A new invention has made it's ap-
pearance in the Mountain cotton mills,
near Bolton, Ala, which is being tested
and promises to make reputation and
success even greater than the Whitney
cotton gin. 1t does away with the proc
ess OF ginning and converts the cotton
'ust as it comes from the field into thread
OF superior quality. The cost of it is
out $500, and it can be attached to the
ordinary card-stands. Specimens of the
thread spun by this machine have been
sent to Northern manufacturer and nro-
nounced specially strong and lustrous.
1t is claimed that thread thus spun will
sustain fully one-third more weight than
those Of equal size which have been spun
from the usual machinery of the other
cotton mills. If this invention meets
with success the process of spinning can
be performed in the field as well as in the
factory at some town in New England a
thousand miles away.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
Cooley" The Mothers Joy" is thu

Cooley" The Mothers Joy" is the
title Of Il beautiful and pleasing steel plate in the
September number of Godeys Lays Book. A
beautiful colorcd fashion plate and an extension
sheet on which are given ten full-length dresses
carriage, walking and evening drcsscs-arc con-
tanned in this number. THE Mission of Flowcrs'1
is the name Of the wood-cut illustration emblem
attic Of the new charity-thc presenting Of flowers
to the sick. An extra illustration-a design for a
braided scrmon-casc-is also given, while the
Work Department contains many useful designs
The literary matter is made up of excellent sorics
ETC., contributed by such talented writers
Marion Harland, II. Vickcry Dumont, Mary E.
Ncaly, S. Annie Frost. Caroline Ormc, Lucy Ran
dolph, Anna Clark Adams, and other popular
authors. TO subscribers renting in advance, a
choice of either of three beautiful chromos-s' Our
Darling The Offer and The Acceptance"
is given in place Of True to Nature if preferred
The terms for Godey are: One copy one year,
$500; two copies, $500; three $780, four, $1,000;
five, and one extra to gcttcr up of club, $14.00;
eight and one extra, $21 CO., eleven, and extra,
$275O; twcnty-threc, and one extra, $500. Pub
llshcd by L. A. Cooley, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
" Forty Passengers"

LAST week well-known real estate
man in this city had occasion to go to
Put-in-Bay at rather short notice, and
the best means that suggested itself to
him was to go by rail to Sandusky, and
there take the Jay Cooke to the Bay.
But, as the Cooke always leaves very
promptly after the arrival of the train,
and he was anxious not to be left, he
took the prccaution to send the following
message:
Steamer Jay Cooke, Sandusky-Wat after ar
rival OF train for passengers from Toledo.
II. j. r.
It was aftcrward asccrtaincd that the
message as delivered read thus:
Steamer Jay Cookc-Wait after arrival of train
Forty passengers from Toledo.
Of course this made stir both on the
boat and among the hackmcn, who were
informed of this chance Of making big
money. When the real estate man, &C
companied by a friend, arrived at San
dusky, he was astonishcd to see every
hack, omnibus and baggage wagon in the
city drawn up before the depot. Hc and
his friend sprang into the nearest car
riagc and asked the driver to hurry off to
the boat. Said Jchu:
ooh, no need of hurry, sir; the boats
going 10 walt; large load, forty or more
passengers from Toledo coming in TO-
day. The boys arc all up after them,
and the Captain won't go till they
come"
1t dawncd upon real-estate that he was
somehow responsible for an enormous
blunder, and he was so afraid that some
hackman or the Captain of the boat
would find 1t out that he called himself
Jones all the way to Put-in-Bay, and be.
sought his friend not to breathe his name
aloud for the world, but what remarks
those forty hackmen made when they saw
the train move oft without leaving them
the forty passengers the world never
Will know, as they were too wicked to
appear in print.-I'oledo Blade.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

Not Quite So Fast, Mr.. Jones!-A horse
doctor in Philadelphia caught changing the cec'
brated Mexican Mustang Liniment into other bottles
and using it his recipe Honesty is always the
best policy. These medicine men like to follow up
such fellows. 1t cured the lame horse all the same
put it damaged the Doctors reputation and benefited
the proprietor in proportion. We have heard Of SO
many Rheumatic persons and lame horses being cured
by the Mustang Lini1ncnt that we advise every house.
keeper, lvcryman and planter to invest in Scot.
S0O BOTTLE against accident Beware of countcrcits
1t is wrapped in steel engraving, signed "G. W.
Westbrook, Chemist"
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

W1LHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE ToN1c.-This
medicine is used by constr uction companies
for the benefit of their employees, when en-
gagged in malarial districts. The highest tes-
timonials have been given by contractors and
by the Presidents Of some Of the leading rail-
roads in the South and West When men are
congregated in large numbers in the neigh
borhood of swamps and rivers, Wilhoft's
Tonic will prove valuable addition to the
stock of medicines, and will amply reward the
company In the saving of time, labor and
money. We recommend 1t to all. WHEELocK,
FIN1AY & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

The Grand Revolution IN MEDICAL TREAT
MENT which commenced in 1860. is sti in prog
rcss. Nothing stop it. for it is founded on the
principle, universally acknowledged that physi.
cal ygor the most formidable antagonist Of all hui
man ailments, and experience has shown that PLAN
TAr'oS HirTEHs is peerless invigorant, as well as
he best possible safeguard against epidemic diseases
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

The Ladies' Sorosis Club, Of New York, re.
Gently changed their discussions from Womacs suf-
frage to Hair Preparations and Pimplc Banishcrs.
They declared that where nature had not endowed
them with beauty, it was their rght-yea their duty
to seek it where they could. So they all voted that
Magnolia Balm overcame Saowness, Rough Skin and
Ringnlarks and gave to the complexion most dis
ungae (Sorosian) and marblckc appearance danger
GUS to men, no doubt); and that Lyons Kathalron
made the hair grow thick, soft and awful pretty and
moreover prevented it from turning gray If the pro-
prctors Of these articles did send the sisters an In
voice, they not smart
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

AN elderly maiden in Lockport, N Y,
purchased one Of the Egyptian mummics
at the Niagara Falls Museum the other
day for parlor ornament. She said it
would seem better to have a man around,
even if he was advanced in life and
Witlered
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

GOOD articles are always cheapest in the
end. This is especially the case with paper
collars, as the Ehnwood will wear longer
than any others, and look we'll all the time.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson declare s
that she is not to marry Chicago gen
tlemap, as the papers are saying.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
VINEGAR 3I1l38

DR.. J. Walkers California Vim
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges at
the Sierra Nevada mountains OF Callfor~
MIA, the medicinal properties OF which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. Tho question is a]mos~
daily asked, %Nhat is the cause OF the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BIT-
TERs?" Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are tho great
blood purifier and life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and lnvlgorator
of tho system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing tho remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healng tho
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are a gentle Purgative as we'll as Tonic.
relieving Congestion or Inflammation OF
the Liver and Visceral Organs, IN Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DR.. WALKERS
VINEGAR B1rrERs are Apcricnt, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dluretlo,
Scdative, Counter itant, Sudorlhc, Alicia
tive. and Anti-Bilioss'
II. II. MCDONALD g. CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts. San Francisco, California
and cor, of Washington and Charlton SITS, N. 7.
Sold by nn Druggists and Dealers
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

THE NORTHw EsTEKN HORsE-NAn Co q
" Finished - Nail is the best in the world.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

ONE who has thoroughly tested
it gives the following as sure
cure for the Catarrh: Take one
part extract of hamamclis and two Of
water; pour this into the palm of the
hand and snuff up the nose. Go through
this performance three or four times
each day but gradually reduce the guam
tity of water until the extract remains
unadulteratcd. Continue the use of this
and in week you will find yourself
using until a complete cure is effected.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22
Lots Of Stuff in the Cellar.

/ HEARD a young wife boasting to her
mother one time, and among other things
she said: ooh, we have lots of stuff in
our ccllar!-turnips, potatoes, apples,
squashcs, cabbagcs, onions, parsnips,
soap, pork, sausagcs, tallow, milk, butter,
lard, candles, soap.grcase, and | don't
know what we haven't got thcrc!" The
mother smiled approvingly, us though she
thought, "Oh, what an excellent providcr
my son-in-law isl"
1t is no trouble to heap things into a
cellar in the fall of the year, but it is a
great trouble to carry out the filth and
decay in the spring, and it is very often
neglected, and the result is serious if not
fatal. An illy-venti]ated cellar, stored
with promiscuous ediblcs, is almost as
dangerous as a powder magazine. Think
OF the steamy dungeon whose foul airs
pcrmcate the living rooms above, whose
poison is inhaled by every breath that
goes into the lungs, and from thence into
the red lifc-current. We only wonder
that people live as long and as comfort
ably and happily as they do.
We hope that cellars with 'lots of stuff
in them" are not common; that men bury
IN the ground their surplus vegetables,
bringing into the cellar only q limited
supply at a time. Soap, tallow, pork,
lard and soap grease should none of them
be kept where milk and butter are, for
they are wonderful absorbcnts of foul
Odors.
Ii barrels must stand in the cellar,
sweep them often and let no cobwcbs or
mold accumulate let them be placed on
trcstlcs up off the ground-swccp the
walls thoroughly, move every dccaying
vegetable, and pour water about it in
which has been dissolved coppcras Have
chloride of lime standing about in plates,
secure thorough neutrality-suspicious.
if you want to, and there will be no ty-
phoid fever or chills rising up out of your
cellars to seize you for it's victim.-Wio
Farmer.
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

ASTHMA can be cured. See Hurst's advertise
ncnf
The Western advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1872-1874, 1874-08-22

A PHYSICIAN VINO HEALED HIMSELF
If railroad director were dashed to
every locomotive there would be fewer
railroad accidents, and if doctors had to
take their own physic before administer
ing it to their patients fewer people
would be poisoned. DR.. Joseph Walker,
OF California, took this course when he
first compounded the famous VINEGAR
Bittcrs which nowrank as an inestimable
household remedy in all parts of the
United States. He healed himself with
this specific before he offered it to the
world He introduced it with simple
statement of the manner in which he had
discovered its vegetable ingredients and
been cured, while wandering, sick and
poor, among the California tribes. He
stated what the preparation had done for
himself, and a few sufferers from dysDep-
STA, biliousness, rheumatism, lung dis
eases, and many other prevalent disor-
ders believed him, tried the new restora-
tive, and were more than satisfied with
the results. In this way the sale of the
Vinegar Bitters began, and we mention
the fact as an evidence that, in this age
OF intelligence and inquiry, nothing that
is really valuable to mankind can prove
a pecuniary failure-even though it may
lack the help of capital, and have to fight
Its way against powerful opposing inter
ests. Within two or three months after
its introduction the article became self
supporting, and it now yields a magnifi-
cent annual revenue.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-05
LOVE-.

Come here, fond youth. whOe'er
thou be,
That boasts to love as we'll as me.
And IL thy breast have felt so wide
wound,
Come hither, and thy flame approve;
I'll teach thee what 1t Is to love,
And by what marks true passion may
be found. ....'
1t Is to be all bathed In tears;
To live upon smile for years;
To lie whole ages at q beauty's feet /;
To kneel. to languish, and implore;
And still, though she dlRdain. adore.
1t Is to do all this. and think thy suf-
ferings sweet.
1t is to gaze upon her eyes
Z With eager JOY and fond surprise !;
Yet tempered with such chaste and
awful fear
As wretches feel who wait their
doom;
' Nor must one ruder thought pre-
sumo, r .A u #I
Though but In whispers breathed, to
meet her ear. s.
It's to hope, though hope were lost /;
Though heaven aud earth thy pas
sion crossed;
Though she were bright as sainted
queens above,
And though the least and meanest
swain
That folds his flock upon the plain
Yet. If thou dars't not hope, thou dost
not love.
1t is to quench thy Joy in tears,
To nurse strange doubts and
gr0undless fears; a vi
If pangs Of jealousy thou hast not
proved .'. ~ As -
Though she were fonder and more
true
Than any nymph old poets drew
o, never dream again that thou hast
loved
If. when the darling maid Is gone,
Thou dOst not seek to be alone,
Wrapt in pleasing trance Of tender
Ard muse, and fold thv languid
arms,
Feeding thy fancy on her charms,
Thou dost not love-for love is nonr-
ished so.
Ifany hopes thy bosom share
But those which Love has planted
there,
Or any cares but this thy breast ell
thrall-
Thou never yet his power hast
known;
Love sits on a despotic throne,
And reigns tyrant il he reigns at
Now II thou art so lost.a thing.
Here all thy tender sorrows bring,
And prove whose patience longest
can endure:
Wen strive whose fancy shall be
lost,
In dreamI6f fondest passion most
For If thou hast loved, o, never hope
q curel
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-05
Wife Catching.

The marriage ceremony is
performed cnrlo1sly by the
Esquimaux. When a boy kills
a polar bear, it is considered
sufficient proof of hie ability to
maintain family; he is, there
fore, told to 60 and catch a wife
Watching his opportunity at
night, he pounces on a victim
and attempts to carry her off,
She struggles and ishrieks until
she has collected around her a
group of sympathizers. She
then turns upon her captor,
and bites and scratches until
he Is compelled to release her:
then she darts into the crowd
and attemptsto to escape. The ex-
pectant bridegroom follows
her, but not unmolested. All
the old women. take scourges
of dried seal-skin and fageliate
him numerically as he passes,
making at the same time every
effort to arrest him in his
course. II, despite these little
impediments to matrimonial
bliss, he should catch bis
victim, the biting and scratch.
ing scene Is renewed, and in
all prbability, he is compelled
to release her, and the chase,
with its attendant dlscomfOrts,
is resumed. Should he over
come all obstacles, the third
capture proves effectual, and
the victim, ceases her strug-
giles, is led away amid the &C.
clamations and rejoicings Of
the assembled multitude.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-05

columns tending in that direc-
tioD; on the contrary, you have
favored it all along. l fear
our friend Bowen is too ready
to catch at straws, for l have
noticed several accusations of
a similar nature in his paper
lately, which were not substan-
tiated by facts. He seems de
termined to obtain all the IRE.
ligious," as we'll as "county pat
ronage." We admire his cour.
age but condemn his judgment,
for he is certslnly aware OF the
TACT that he can not serve God
and Mammon at the same time.
II he ia going to publish a re
Iigious paper and make Chris
tiahity a profession, all right
but if he still intends to serve
the devil he can not do go in a
more acceptable manner to his
"Royai Devilship," than by cd
iting the Macarthur Enquil er.
DAN.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-05
A Letter from "Dan."
o The Editor Of The Vinion Record.

rEDhUAhI, .Iftn LOTT.
Ever since tn, "women's war"
commenced | have been read.
ing both the RECORD and En-
quirer and have watched with
deep interest the progress of
events in our town. The re
formation has been wonderful =,
and all good citizens hope, a
lasting one. If 1 am not mis-
taken, a movement of similar
character occurred IN our town
some years ago, and the re-
suits, 80 far as the present
movement has gone, we're very
much the same. The benefte
arising from the first "war" were
of short duration and the "Old
topers" soon went at it again
worse, if possible than before.
Saloons increased in nun bers,
and to vending the juice that
inebriates was added ample &C.
commodations for "private par.
ties" who wished to indulge IN
other affairs very closely con
nected with whisky drinking,
such as draw poker, keno, rou
lette, &c. During the late
misunderstanding" with the
south there was not a town of
its population in Ohio which
could boast of q better display
or greater variety of card play
ers and the "fancy" than our
own Macarthur. But times
have changed, and let us hope
from the past we have learned
just how 10 circumvent the
boys in their nefarious business.
The town council has almost
complete control Of this matter
and can do more than all the
ladies combined to stop the
traffic, and. the question how to
settle is, will council do itP
If the council aforesaid show Q
disposition to shirk this respon.
sibility let the ladies organize
a campaign against it and
storm their works as they did
those Of the saloon Keepers.
The surrender OF the whole
gang will soon follow. 1t won't
DO any harm TO try it, and the
advantage now gained should
not be lost by q neglect OF this
duty. By the way, l should
like to know why the Enquirer
wishes to impress its readers
with the idea that the RECORD
is opposed to this movement
have read nothing In your
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-05
How to Turn Out;

The duke of Wellington al.
ways slept on an iron camp
bedstead eighteen inches wide.
"When a man waits to turn
over" he SAID, Mt is time for
him TO turn outs" The Emper-
or Nicholas did the same, Mr.
Owen says: The principle is
we'll enough; but think the
detail is wrong. Sleep itself is
far too important to be made
uncomfortable.
My old friend Rossiter fixed
his alarm so thar, at the fore
ordained moment, the bed
clothes were dragged from the
bed, and Rosslter lay shlvering.
/ have myself somewhere the
drawings and specifications for
n patent which arranges a set
of catns and wheelwmk under
the bed stead, which, at the
moment appointed, lift the pill.
low end six feet, and deliver
the sleeper on the now horri-
zontal foot board. He is not
apt to sleep long after that.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1874-03-05
ADYERTIsING TERnIs
ARkANaEMErrs have been

ARRAhaEMEFTs have been
made by which some of the win.
dow glass factories in Pitts;
burgh, which have been Idle
for months past on account OF
a strike of the glass blowefs,
will resume work to-day. The
employees are to run the works,
guaranteeing the proprietors
SIX per cent.on capital invested, +,
the, owners to manage the
affairs of the ablishment as
heretofore, the workmen ALLOW;
ing them 80 retain twenty five
per cent. Of their wages as Sc:
cnrity for six per cent. guaran'
teed. "'H