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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-10

it into a summer garden, a plan he read
of which was once adopted some hun.
dred years ago by man named Thomas.
Horridnoise thinks this Thomas must
have been progressive sort of fellow.
We trust Horridnoise may succeed in the
good work he is doing, and predict for
him, if he lives, an honored name and a
lasting reputation.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-10

IT is worthy of notice that the growth
Of the mind is often accompanied by an
apparent loss of power in particular re-
spects; and this fact is exceedingly i'm
portant, especially to all who desire to
estimate the condition of their own mind.
The mental phenomenon called mot very
correctly absence Of mind is often re.
garded by the person experiencing il, and
still more by those who observe it in him
as proof Of failing powers. But il
often, if not generally, accompanies the
increase Of mental power. Newton dis
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-10

-Macaroni.-Breakit it into pieces about
two inches long and wash it well, put it
into boiling salted water and let it boil
for half an hour, drain the water off and
add milk, butter, pepper and grated
cheese and let it stew for another half
hour; or, after draining the water of, put
it into deep, earthenware baking dish.
buttered first, a layer Of macaroni, then
a layer Of grated cheese, little sprinkle
of cayenne pepper, little bits Of butter,
and SO on; put on the top slices of butter
and pour on enough of rich milk to fill
the dish; bake twenty minutes to half m
hour, but do not let it become dry by ex
posure to too intense heat;
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-10

1T seems that certain country girl
in Scotland thought it quite possible that
there might be an 1kcess in scrupulous
regard to appearances. On her marriage
day the youth to whom she was about to
he united said to her in a triumphant
tone: "Weel, Jenny, haven't been
unco ceevii,' abiding to the fact that
during their whole courtship he had
never even-given her kiss. Her quiet
reply was: "Ou, ay, man; senselessly
ceevil"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-09-10

lnds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in
ewfui money, principal out
tanding. .................. SOL
ferest paid by the United States. "a
erest repaid by the transportation
mails, etc. c.... -. s.
lance Of interest paid by United
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
Busby's Iron Wedding.

Busby, of Trenton, celebrated his iron
wedding" one day last week, and he in
vited about 1870 guests to the wedding. OF
course each person felt compelled to
bring a present of some kind, and each
one did. When Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
came, they handed Busby a pair of fiat
irons. When Mr.. and Mrs. Jones arrived,
they also had pair of fatirons. All
hands laughed at the coincidence. And
there was even greater merriment when
the Browns arrived with two pairs of fiat
irons. But when Mr.. and Mrs Robinson
came in with another pair of t1atirons
the laughter became perfectly convulsive.
There was, however, something less
amusing about it when the Thompsons
arrived with four flatirons wrapped in
brown paper And Busby's face actually
looked grave when the three Johnson
girls were ushered into the parlOr carry
ing a tiatiron apiece. Each one Of the
succeeding sixty guests brought tlatirons,
and there was no break in the continuity
until old Mr.. Curry arrived from Phila-
delphia with a cast-iron cOwbell. Now
Busby had no earthly use for cowbell,
and, at any other time, he would have
treated such present with scorn. But
now he was actually grateful to Mr.. Cur
ry, and he was about to embrace him
when the Walsinghams came in with the
new kind of double pointed flatirons with
wooden handles. And all the rest of the
guests brought the same articles, except
ing Mr.. Rugby, and he had with him
patent stand for holding flatrons. Busby
got madden and madden every minute,
and, by the time the company had all ar
rived, he was nearly insane with rage;
and he went up to bed, leaving his wife to
entertain the guests. In the morning
they counted up the spoils, and found
that they had 213 flatirons, one stand, and
a cowbell. And now the Busbys have
cut the Smiths, and Browns, and John
sons, and the rest entirely, for they are
convinced that there was a preconcerted
design to play trick upon them. The
fact, however, is, that the hardware store
in the place had an overstock of fatirons,
and sold them at an absurdly low figure,
and Busby's guests unanimously went for
the cheapest thing they could find, as peo-
pie always do on such occasions. Busby
thinks he will not celebrate his "silver
wedding. ALAG Adeler
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
A Complicated Matrimonial Affair.

THE philosophy of domestic history in
wolves many problem in real life that
would be secuted as extravagantly i'm
practicable in fiction, and the peculiarly
facile genius of social and legal institu-
tions in the United States seems notably
favorable to the development of such
curiosities. Thus, jury in Portland,
Me-, has recently disagreed, and thereby
necessitated new trial, in case of al
legged mistaken identity, the parties to
which are gentleman who claims an
other PERSONS wife as his own, and the
lady who firmly and indignantly denies
that she ever even saw the claimant be-
fore. Mrs. Waite, wife of a highly-re-
spectacle citizen of that name, is the lady
in question, and the claimant of her mar
ital allegiance, who is from another part
of the country, persists that he once mar
ried and was deserted by her, and brings
letters and witnesses in proof thereof
She, on the contrary, is sustained by hus-
band, children, old friends and acquaint-
ances in utterly denying all knowledge
of the man, and, as the disagreement of
the jury shows, the evidence on both
sides is so strong as to battle the average
of human sagacity to decide the astound-
ing problem.
But yet more surprising are the anoma-
lous legal complications of a case in San
Bernardino, Cal, of which the following
are the chief facts: In 1872, an English
maL named Oades came thither from
Australia, and purchased farm in Temes.
cal Township, representing that he had
experienced bitter domestic bereavement
and pecuniary loss in the land whence he
came, and exhibiting great dependency
OF spirit in consequence. In January of
the following year he wooed and won a
comely and highly respectable widow of
San Bernardino, named Foreland, but
not without having given her the tragic
history of his past life. About six
years before he had been thrifty farmer
in Wellington County, New Zealand, on
the frontiers of the seditious Maori
country. During his absence from home
one day on a short journey of business,
while his wife and several children were
alone in the house, band of savage
Maoris devastated the place, and left the
buildings in smoking ruins. Upon his
return he found only heaps of smolder-
ing embers and ashes in the place
where the homestead had stood; and
charred human fragments in the dread
full wreck left him no hope but that
his whole family had been butchered bv
the pitiless destroyers. 1t seemed, indeed. |
barely possible at first that some of the |
victims had been carried off captives; but |
weeks, months and even years of pitiful
waiting and inquiring never sustained
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
Where Does 1t Come From:

Pints and quarts of filthy catarrhal dis
charges. Where does 1t all come from? The
mucous membrane, lining the chambers of the
nose, and its little glands, are diseased, so that
they draw from the blood its liquid and ex-
posure to the air changes it into corruption.
This life-liquid was to build up the system but
it is extracted and the system is weakened by
the loss. To cure, gain flesh and strength by
using DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
which also acts directly upon these glands,
correcting them, applying DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy with DR.. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the
only method of reaching the upper cavities
where the discharge accumulates and comes
from.
CATARRH OF 20 YEARS STANDING CURED
MONROE, Onachita Parish, La, Sept. Is, 1871
R. Y. PIERCE, NJ D.:
Sometime about last June commenced the
use of your medicines, and they have entirely
cured me of Catarrh of twenty years standing
Respectfully, Mrs. G. E. PHILLIPS.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
A Situation of Extreme Horror.

"I once" SAYS a celebrated writer,
"read a most horrible story of some
French travellers who attempted to ex
plore the vaults of the Egyptian pyra
mids, which revives some of those terri
fying distractions we sometimes meet
with in disturbed dreams. These per-
sons had already traversed an extensive
labyrinth of chambers and passages; they
were on their return, and had arrived at
the most difficult part of it-a very long
and winding passage, forming a commu.
nication between two chambers; its open
ing narrow and low. The ruggedness of
the floor, sides and roof rendered their
progress slow and laborious, and these
difficulties increased rapidly as they adj
vanced. The torch with which they had
entered became useless, from the impos-
sibility of holding it upright, as the pas
sage diminished its height. Both its
height and width, at length, however, be-
came so much contracted that the party
were compelled to crawl on their bellies.
Their wanderings in these interminable
passages for such, in their fatigue of
body and mind, they deemed them)
seemed to be endless. Their alarm was
already great, and their patience ex-
.hausted, when the headmost of the party
cried out that he could discern the
light at the exit of the passage, at a
considerable distance ahead, but that
he could not advance any far
ther and in his efforts to press
on, in hopes to surmount the obstacle
without complaining, he had squeezed
himself so far into the reduced opening
that he had now no longer sufficient
strength even to recede! The situation of
the whole party may be imagined; their
terror was beyond the power of direction
or advice; while the wretched leader,
whether from terror or the natural effect
of his situation, swelled so that if it was
before difficult it was now impossible for
him to stir from the spot he thus misera-
bly, occupied. One of the party at this
dreadful and critical moment proposed,
in the intense self1shness to which the
feeling of vital danger reduces all, as the
only means of escape from this horrible
confnement-this living grave-to cut in
pieces the wretched being who formed the
obstruction, and clear it by dragging the
dismembered carcass piecemeal past them!
He heard this dreadful proposal, and con-
tracing himself with agony at the idea
of this death was reduced by strong
muscular spasm to his usual dimensions,
and was dragged out, affording room for
the party to squeeze themselves past over
his PROSTATE body. The unhappy creature
was suffocated in the effort and was left
behind corpse.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

COME, AND LET Us REASON TOGETHER.
To the afflicted in body we offer few
words of plain, practical reasoning. No
matter under what form of sickness you
labor there is one great truth you should
ever keep in mind, viz. All disease origi-
mates in an impure condition of the blood.
Purify that, and the disease must depart,
for it has nothing to feed on but you can
not purify the blood by the use of poison
Gus drugs and exhaustive stimulants the
relief which these afford is temporary and
deceptive, leaving you worse off at every
interval. The best Blood Purifier ever dis
covered is DIR. WALKERS FAMOUS Vim
EGAR BITTERs, compounded of simple
herbs. No matter how hopeless your case
may seem, try the VINEGAR B1TTERs, and
a few draughts will convince you of their
virtue. DR.. Walker, the discoverer of
this priceless remedy, had been given
up to die by the physicians and is now
sound and healthy man from their
use. Sc
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

"A genuine corn-pone is made thusly:
Corn meal and water mixed to rather
stiff batter, sailed to taste, and baked well
in a hot oven.
Corn meal cakes for morning dish:
One quart sour milk; two or three eggs; ;
a teaspoonful of saleratus, not heaped :;
two level full of salt Mix thick with
corn meal, and fry after steak, or in lard
Bone Felon.-The London Lancet
says: As soon as the disease is felt, put
directly over the spot fly blister about
the size of your thumb nail and let it re-
main for six hours, at the expiration of
which time directly under the surface of
the blister may be seen the felon, which
can instantly be taken out with the point
of a needle or lancet.
Light Corn Bread-Scald one quart
white corn meal with one quart hot water
then add half cup molasses, one teaspoon
full salt and one quart cold water. Stir
well, and add one quart meal, half pint
yeast. Let rise in warm place for ten
hours, then stir well, put in the skillet
and bake by the fireplace four hours. If
you haven't hop yeast add half pint salt
rising yeast before putting to bake.
"A Nice Omelet.-Beat two eggs,
yolks and whites together, in bowl,
until very light. In cup put one table
spoonful of corn starch; add slowly a
half teaspoonful of milk NEW milk is
BEST; when well stirred and smooth, pour
this over the eggs, and beat them all well
together for a few minutes; a little
chopped parsley can be added if wished.
Cook as other omelets. In making any
kind of omelet, salt and pepper should
not be added until sent to table; and to
have them perfectly light and tender the
ingredients must be well and quickly
beaten with the fork.
Remedy for Sore Throat.-Take one
large red pepper, such as are grown for
family use; steep in half pint of water,
after which strain in quart of molasses,
adding little vinegar; boil all together
to thin syrup; use this whenever the
throat feels dry or disagreeable; if it be
in dead of night it will soothe the throat
land not irritate) and warm it up well. If
sharper than can be borne in the mouth,
put it back near the palate with a spoon
and swallow; apply outwardly a thin
slice OF salt pork, warming it up we'll in
vinegar and pepper; apply as hot as can
be borne on the throat--MedScd2 Journal.
Give Them Cold Water.-It is very
doubtful if there is a single possible dis
ease in which the patient should not have
cold water GdlSbatuna. Oh, how the babes
often suffer for cold water A nursing
babe is given, no mater how thirsty, moth
ing but milk. The little lips are dry and
cracked, and the little tongue so parched
it can scarcely nurse, and yet it has moth
ing but milk to assuage its craving thirst.
Try it yourself, mother, when you have
fever, and we are sure that ever after,
when your darling is dying with thirst,
the teaspoon and tumbler Of cold water
yxJill no in
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

DON'T TAMPER WITH CoLD.-Perhaps in
the whole category of diseases to which HUI
manity is susceptible, the cough is most neg
lected in its early stage. A simple cough is
generally regarded as temporary affection
unpleasant, and nothing more; but to those
who have paid dearly for experience, it is the
signal for attack for the most fearful of all
diseases-Consumption. A cough will lead to
consumption-if not checked-so sure as the
rivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy
enemy to thwart, if met by the proper remedy.
dllen's Lang Balsana is the great cough remedy
of the age, and it has earned its reputation by
merit alone. Sold by all good druggists.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS,

THE ORGAN as household instrument
has been rapidly growing in favor, and
the yearly sales are now enormous. A
good Organ remains in tune, is easily
kept in order, and blends naturally with
the quality of the voice. The advertise
ment of the Smith American Organ Co.,
in another column, is referred to the con-
sideration of our readers. This house has
an enviable reputation for good work and
fair dealing.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

DR.. WnHOFT's TI-PERIoDIC OR FEVER
AND AGUE TONIc!-Wihoft's Tonic has estab-
lished itself as the real infallible Chill cure
1t Is universally admitted to be the only reli-
able and harmless Chill medicine now ia use.
Its efficacy is confirmed by thousands of GER
titicates of the very best people from all parts
of the country 1t cures malarious diseases
of every type, from the shaking agues of the
lakes and valleys to the raging fevers of the
torrid zone. Try it! It has never been known
to fail WHEELOCK, FINLAY & Co., Propri-
etors New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALI, DRUGGISTS
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

HANNAFoRD s. THOMPSON, Publishers,
Chicago, sold the first large edition of
Periam's History of the Farmers Move
ment" in two weeks. A second edition,
embracing proc edings of the St. Louis
Convention held in Feb, 1874, is just be-
ing issued. Agents are reaping rich har-
vest with it. We advertise it this week.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

THE MAGIC INKsTAND.-Millions of these
valuable articles have been sold in Europe,
and since their introduction into this country
the demand has been equal to che supply. 1t
bids fair to sweep all other inks out of the
market. 1t is called " magic" simply because
you pour water into one end of the "little fac
tory" and ink of the best quality comes out
of the other For sale by r. G. Roof, AN
THoNY & Co., New York City; j. NJ. w.
JONES, Chicago, and all stationers.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

The LITTLE CoRPoRAL.-The April
number is full of excellent original matter-good
reading for both young and old-and contains
several pretty and appropriate illustrations. We
the publisher has made arrangements with prac-
teal florist of Chicago to furnish each new SUBJ
scriber who may desire it beautiful floral premium
consisting of several varieties of flower plants. This
is valuable present, and is alone worth the price
of subscription to the magazine, which is $1.50 a
year. Specimen number of the Little Corporal,
with prem ium list, ten cents. JOHN E. MILLER,
Publisher Chicago, ILL.,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

DIR. A. JOHNSON, one of the most successful
practitioners of the time, invented what is now
called JohnSon'S Anodyne Lisainaent. The
great success of this article in the cure of
Bronchitis and all diseases of throat and lungs
will make the name of Johnson not less favor
ably, if less widely known, than that of
Louis Napoleon
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10
Abuse of Old Horses.

A correspondent of an exchange saws
[ feel deep sympathy for old horses 1t
is common practice in this country to
make old horses break the colts and too
often work with them for years. 1t is
hard for an old horse to work with a colt
or a young, active horse. Old horses,
like old men, are often capable of perform
ing more hard work than some young
ones, who can beat them for an hour or
more. The old man wants to take mod
crate jog, and can hold out all day; but a
little immOderate eXertion for few min
utes unstrings him perhaps all day. An
old horse driven at the top of his speed
for few miles spoils the days journey.
When once made sore or strained, the re-
suit is stiffness the next day. The old
horse should not haul his load to town
and then be forced to trot back. 1t does
not injure him as much to do heavy work
with slow motion as to do light Jobs ut the
last gait. Again, the Old horse requires
more time to eat his meals and rest his
nerves. Of all animals the horse is the
worst abused. Although he has been our
faithful and profitable servant, yet in his
old age the lash is applied to force out his
youthful vigor. The older he grows the
more he feels the lash. He is often turned
out doors to give place to the colts. Too
often the neglect and abuse he is subject
to, because he is a little old, result in
greater loss than is made up in he care of
young horses. The last part of horses
life may be more profitable if rightly used
than the first part.
There is more comfort and less danger
inssworking old horses. We understand
them and they understand us; and we
should be willing to conform in some
measure to their wishes 1t would be
more humane as we'll as pro fitable to use
them as they should be and as long as it
would pay, and then take them out and
shoot them down. But the practice is to
knock them about as much as they will
bear to pay WE'LL and then trade them off
to some more inhuman wretch than our
selves. The old servant has gone among
strangers, and he receives no sympathy in
his last extremity. We do not blush to
say that a man who hes enjoyed the
profits and pleasures of good horse as
long as he was profitable, and then shoves
him off among inhuman jockeys, is an
inhuman, treacherous and suspicious
friend. The man who does so without
regard to how the horse may be cared
for is, in my estimation, of suspicious
character; and | never see horses abused
so as 90 excite pity. but my sympathies
are directed to the mans wife and chill
dren also, if he has them
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

The public are hereby assured that Parsons
PurgatiUe Pills contain no injurious principle,
but that they may be administered to children
and the most weak and shattered constitu-
tons in small doses with great certainty of
Success
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

MONEY AND ExPERIENCE-Fiye Hundred
Thousand dollars, and Fifteen years expert
epce-l ave made the National Surgical Insti-
'u'e, Indianapolis, Indiana, the largest and
most b, neicent of its Kind in America It
cures al nually thousands of cases of deformi-
lies of he Spine, Limb and Face, Catarrh,
Chronic Diseases, Piles and Fistula. By writ
ing to the Institute large journal giving
full articulars will be sent you free.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

KUHN'S EUROPEAN HOTEL, Chicago, is
close by McVicker's Theater in the heart of
the city, is S1.00 per day, and frst-class in
every respect.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-10

Cream Pies-Make the crust as usual
and spread on the tins. For each pie
take one-half cup pulverized sugar and
nearly as much of sifted flour; rub to-
gether dry and spread over the crust. Ut
is quite essential that the -four and sugar
should be well mixed before uniting with
the cream, as it prevents all possibility of
lumps.) Pour over it one cup of sour
cream and few spoonfuls of sour or
loppered milk; stir gently into the flour
and sugar. Crate over little nutmeg
and bake in quick oven. It is better to
place an iron CRATE in the oven under the
pies as they are liable to "run over' if
too hot on the bottom. These pies are al
ways in good demand. If sweet cream is
used, no milk should be added They
should always be eaten fresh, but are
good cold or warm.