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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05


protection ~ peRsous aud property. and
that few and simple laws faithfully Cd
ministere<i wilI best aecnTe fhis end.
2. That we are ID fhsoe OF political
retosm and 70 that end - deaaaad
honesty, ECONOMY and purity II chi
5. That we rsbudralk hui 1docfrine
that TO the viotOss~ belOOa the apoils, =
but instead thereof we are 10 favor OF
10 srunsyeoen ~ efkii, sesvioe rsfnfu.
mak3p9 .hena9y ana eapacsty. the Only
valid claims Tor public employ meut.
I. That "a 1 protective MIN Ne
FecUgnixe monopoly. and We are
msnd Tree Iron. steei, sals, iuunier snd
woolen fabrics, and thas ) sarid on Am
portations |. josiifiAbls Tor revenue
8 Tsass ;ii corporations are subject.
- to aleelslstive cD0erOi; that those
crsatrd ~ Congress shoNki be Beelsict-
ed aud controlled by COngreas.s and
that thase under State laws shosld be
subjected 10 the control Of The Stale
creating them. That while werecog-
nize the value Of railroads, and will II
oil proper ways ercOufago their cDn.
struction. ret, while enjoying yalua-
BILE franchises. they should bear their
full burden OF taxation. and receive on
the capital invested no more than i
Just and lawful interest. and should
charge only . Just and equitable rase
for transpUrt lioD and travel. e
6. That We favor such notifications
Of Our banking system ~ viii extend
lite benefits TO the whole people, and
thus desssoy monopoly how enjoyed
BY favored few. M
I. That we are oppDsed TO allgrants
of lands to railroads or other corpora
lions, aud believe that what IL left Of
the public domain should be held sa-
cred for the actual settier.
8. That the pretended repeal Of the
back ssiAry law, after The appropFia-
ton of the grab. both before aud after
services performed by many members
Of Congress. and the failure IN apply It
70 the President, VI . gross fraud upon
the pu,lic, and nothi1g short VI III Un-
qualified repeal will satisfy the just
demands OF the people
8. That We deny the alleged neeesi-
~ of q State Printer aud Bladder or :
party organ supported by public pat
rODage, and demand that Ill public
work. both State and County, be lei
by contract 10 the lowest Responsible
bidder,
10. That the election or over sixty
members Of the present General As
sembiy. with an incomplete orgsniza
ton. Isl complete demonstration Of
the justice Of our, cause, aud promise
of iIs early triumph ID the State aud
nation.
IL. That in the corrupt Tammany
steal. the Credit Mobilier fraud, the
Congressional salary swindie and OH
cisl embezzlemen.s, and the hundred
OF other eombinatlons, steals, frauds
and swindles, by which Democratic
and Republican Legislators. Congress
men aud oiist<-ha's&Ts haze enriched
themselves. defrsuded the country aud
Impoverished The people, we fiad the
necessity Of independent action, and
fhe importance ~ united effort. and |
cordially invite oil men Of whatever
calling, business. trade or vocation, re
xardless OF past political views, to Join
ne Ia removiBgths evils that 50 seri I
ously affect Us all.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05
IYsTATE OF MIcHAEI. sw ANoER. 10.

ESTATE. OF MICHAEL swANoER. 10.
Ia deased. sasM ys2sss a. &sAess# i y
The State Of Iowa, Cedar county, =: To
tined thst on the ID day OF March, ~. there
Was opened and publicly read by. the Clerk
OF the circuit Court. In and Tor said eoonty.
an instrumant Of writing purportinR to be
the last will and testament OF Miehaei
Swnm9ee, late of said cDunsy. dseeas-
ed. and that the Grst d ~ at She August terra
az said Cnurt commencing on the eth NON
day. afth day Of August. 1874. has been set
a. the day for nnAl hearing and proof Of
said WILL AZ which time all peTsonk iut4E-
Gated may appear and show cause Why the
same should not be admitted to probate
iO-Hw Nv H. VANNE5S, Clerk.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05

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BY q kysealina&xoa O. on.fon
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05

The temperance movement ID tn
umph. The ladies' Of the town, I'M
der The leadership Of Mrs. E w. PEN
dlsfon, haze TODAY succeeded in clos
ing every saloon and drinking estab-
lishments Of all kinds, saloon keepers
having signed contract to hereafter
abstain from the business so long as
they remain residents here. Drug
gists have also given bonds 10 sell
only in accordance with the law. 1t
is regarded a. great success in the
temperance cause, and all law-abid-
ing and order loving citizens are iu-
blianf.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05

y Gazette special from Piqua, Ohio,
says the PRAYING woman on entering
the saloon Of the City Hotel this
evening, found the bar-keeper, D.
Stilwell, disrobing. and left. Men
standing by told the fact on the street,
and a crowd gathered in front of the
hotel and gave Siilwcll an hour to
leave. The saloon keepers came to
his defense and the crowd on the
street grew larger. There is danger
Of riot.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05
Local Agents.

TiptoH-W, L. McCRosHKY.
Ciarence-SILAs SIAFsoN.
Aeehaufcxviiie-H ia my BAaLEy,
wilts,n-w. A. MOORE
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05
3a.rous Of 8usbaadry.
National Grange Ofacers.
MAsTHa-Dslley ". Adams, waukon Iowa.
sEcHErAHY-o II. Kelley, Georgetown, y. 9.
iowa Executives Commit,

Business OMcers OF lows state Grange
MAs7xn~-A. H. Snaed,ey Oresco Howard Co.
TREAsCKEk-M. J.. Deyin, Des Mofnes.
SncRErAny-S. w. 0ArTetson, Dies Moines.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-03-05

The Fulton street prayer meeting
has engaged IN the cause of temper
asce in q special manner, and ycster-
day prayer was offered for the deliv
ersnce of this land from the power OF
rum; that the ERE kindl~d by the
woman may sweep from of the earth
the crime cfmaking drunkarde.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
One Possible Cause Of Fire.

A correspondent of the Boston Tran,
script relates as follows the results of au
investigation following the accidental dis
eovery OF narrow escape from home
burning ,-"One day last winter poking
about the by ways Of my cellar, came
across a demoralized bottom part of
trunk, which was among the receptaees
used for houldiug kindIings. 1t was
comfortably full of burned paper, charred
kindlings, and a miscellaneous medley
suggestive Of a place where sluttish par
lor girl had tipped up the contents of
parlor cupsadore, which proved to be the
fact. Well, there was no fire, but the
discovery was interesting, and in the in
terest Of domestic economy, art, and
science, | investigated, and, as will
straightway appear, | myself would have
been the most culp lpable if fire had come
of this matter. Thus it was, carefully
riddng the place of the burned stuff, and
scrutinizing the residum, there appeared
at the bottom, with the rest of it, numer
Gus used up matches, suggestive Of the
scratch, the light, the birthstone, the puff
in the pipe, and, of course, the toss into
the cupsadore. So far, so good. No ad-
vance yet in domestic economy of safety
of the individual. But | persisted. Pre-
sently, plain to be seen, were numbers OF
little birthstone ends Of matches, fresh
and potent as they came from the prime.
val dip Indeed, here was food for refec
ton. took one, relighted my pipe, and
thought it out. Said | to myself, and
was sure OF it Why may not that care
less fellow up in the parior who runs this
and thinks neither master nor mistress
ever does stupid thing, doing always as
he pleases-why not may he, | say, have
taken a match some time, and voc oIgather
ing over problem not half as consequeu
tirl as this, just scratched wildly, snap
ped off the life and light giving end, and
tossed the whole into the cupsadore, and
tried another2 And why may not that
little end Of match, in due course emp
tied here, have met its fate Ca little attri-
tion), aud, responding to its destiny, pro.
duced a fame, aud that fame set fire to
this mass Z" Even before | had worked
out this problem to this wise result,
caught myself breaking match aud tos
sing the useless to me, but nethertheless
dangerous, fragment somewhere Yes,
that must have been the way, and had
not my cellar had brick floor, with
brick partition next to the kindliDgs aud
some other safety notions, peradventure
good luck, too, who knows but what nay
house might have burned up and the
mystery of the fire never have been
fathomeG
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
Chinese Pottery.

Ia China the potters is very ancient
pottery is lost in the distant msts Of early
Chinese history the native chronologists
themselves are not too skeptical to assign
it to about the year 269S before the Chris
tian era the discovery of true porcelain
as fixed by them, having taken place un
der the Han dynasty, between l85 B G
and 8S A. d. Without drawing so large
ly as this upon his credulity, the reader
must yet believe that wares correspond,
ing in texture and appearance to our
glazed stone wares faienceS were made by
them many centuries before they were
dreamed of in Europe. The Chinese had
early made one important discovery which
they long kept to themselves, and which
relieved them Of great many of the diff
fculties which in our ignorance of it
were incidental to our making of glazes
They found material which combined
in itself silex, an alkali, aud alumina in
fact substance which contains in itself
all that goes to make a glaze. This was
the variety of felspar which mineralogists
call -orthog laze-a hard grey stone, Known
to the Chinese as petuntze. This rock is
occasionally found as geologists term, it
degraded, or decomposed in other words,
reduced by the action of the atmosphere
to powder. The rain falls on it in this
state and makes it into clay, and in do
ing so washes from it all that water will
melt; that is, deprives it of its alkali, In
this state it is the famous kaolin Of the
Chinese, the possession, Of which has en-
ablcd them to make the semi transparent
pottery which we call china or porcelain
The kaolin is pure white clay, absolute
ly infusble by heat being mixed with
the before named petunt@ ground to pow
der, the potash makes it slightly fusible
slightly disposed, that is, to run into
glass when fired. 1t stops short of this
point, and yet it is far more vitreous than
the common clay pottery we have hither-
to been dealing with. 1t is precisely in
that Intermediate condition between z lass
and earlhcnware which we know as por
celain. The appearance of this beautiful
ware, vying in tender coloring with the
transluceDcy OF pearls aud opals, was the
deathblow to the eoarser wares OF Europe.
The first specimens of true porcelain were
imported at the beginning of the sixteenth
century, and fetched enormous prices
aud the decadence of the various Renas
markets Of Europe began to be flooded
with Oriental China ware - The 4Nep
Qnarterly Bngnstas.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
Popular Weather Signs.

Won "a it not serve useful purpose il
some meteorolosist were to gather into a
mass the various weather signs-whether
valuable or not-treasured by the far
mers and other common sense people o!
the country, and then sift them, so that
those of real value may have their pro
per influence, and those which are merely
fancful may cease to mislead
That there are weather signs in abund
ance, every body knows. That the greater
part of these signs are utterly valueless,
every person of intelligence can testify
Yet that they do practically influence the
time and mode of planting the crops, and
OF their after culture, will be acknew lodged
by many who would not be suspected of
the folly, and who can give no other rea
sou for it than the force of habit.
eve are going to have dry month"
said farmer, the other day
"How do you know p he was asked.
"By the Indians sign of the new
moon," he replied ats horns hung so
slopiug that they could hold no water"
His companion laughed. "Why, that's
my lnjn sign for a wet moon. The horns
slope SO that they let loose all the water"
The sign iu the one case was no doubt
as prophetic as in the other
always plant your potatoes in the
dark of the moon, if you wish to have a
full crop" | heard my neighbor say
"But never kill your pork, nor boil your
soap at such a time, unless you are vii
ling to have them shrink to nothing"
What is your authority for this 7"
81 have always so heard" he answered
with some hesitation, "and always so prac
tised. Potatoes you know, being roots,
naturally love darknes And soap aud
eacon-I suppose they take their cue
from the state of the moon. The fact is
onl = know that this is the old, timeru'e
we are to have frost on the 10Th Of
May. said farmer to IL on the 9Th Of A pril
| was shocked, for he looked 50 wise
and lugebrious, and frost at that time
in our latitude would have cost millions
Of dollars. asked,
How do you know Z"
Because we had fog on the 10Th of
March"
He saw me smiling, and added, 81 have
heard this rule, aud never have known it
to fail yet"
"The surest rule know for fo~etelling
the weather throughout the year" said a
planter, possessed of at least semi col
legiate education, "is to note the twelve
days between the new Christmas and old
Christmas (from December 25 to January
g.. The months of the ensuing year are
apt to be wet or dry, cool or warm, ac
cording to the days corresponding" He
seriously declared that for many years he
had pitched his crop" aud ordered his
plantation work under the guidance of
this rule, and found that it served well
No doubt for that amount of time in ad-
vance, it was quite as good as any other
rule 10 ordinary use.- Hearth and Home
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
A Sad Story.

A little boy having heard beautiful
story about little boy aud a Ratchet, aud
how, because the little boy wouldn't tel
lie, he, in time, got to be President oi
the Un:ted States. was very much i'm
pressed by it, Now, it SO happened that
on the last day Of March, he was just ten
years Old, and his father asked him what
he would like to have for birth day pre-
sent. Very naturally the boys answer
was, "a little hatchet, if you please,
papa"
The father bought him little hatchet
that very day, aud the boy was SO delight.
ed that he actually took it to bed with
him.
Early the next morning he got up,
dressed himself, took his little Ratchet
and went out into the garden. There, as
luck would have it, the first thing that
caught his eye was his fathers favorite
cherry, tree. MY eyes" !" exclaimed the
little boy to himself, what a time my
father would make if fellow were to cut
that tree ~ 1t was a wicked thought.
for it led him into temptation. There
was tree-tall, straight aud fair-stand
ing iuvitipgly before him, just the thing
for sharp little hatchet. And there vas
the hatchet-strong. sharp and shining
just the thing for favorte cherry tree
In another instant the swift strokes of an
axe were heard in the still morning air,
and, before long, a small boy was seen
running toward the house. His father
met him at the donr
"My boy, what noise was that I heard
just now? Surely, you have not been at
nay favorite cherry-tree -
The boy stood proudly before him, bat
with downcast eyes and flushing cheeks.
Father" he said, II cannot tell lie.
That cherry tree is"
Say no more, said the father, extend
Jog his arms. You have done wrong,
my son aud that was my favorite tree !;
but you have spoken the truth l for
give you. Better To-"
This was too much. The boy rushed
into his fathers arms.
Father" he whispered, "AprI fool!
| haven't touched the cherry tree but l
most chopped the old apple stump to
pieces"
"Yoa young rascal, you ~ cried the
father, "do you mean to say you haven't
chopped my cherry-tres q? April fool
your old faher! will you? Take off your
coat, sir :"
With a suppressed sob, that little boy
obeyed. Then, shuttiug his eyes, he felt
his fathers hand descend upon his shrink
iug form.
My SON. said the father, solemnly as
he stroked the little shoulder, lit is the
first of April. Go thy way."-From
Jack im-the Pulpit, 81. Nicholas for
april.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
A Deaf Editor Stirs Up Book Peddler.

We thought everybody in the State
while we fnd one who is not aware of the
fact A female book peddler came to the
office the other day She wished to dis
pose of book. She was alone iu the
world, and had no one to whom she could
turn for sympathy or assistance hence
We could only buy her book. She was
unmarried, and had ns manly heart into
which she could pour her suferings,
therefore we ought to invest in her book.
She had received liberal education, and
could talk French like native : we could
not, in consequence, pay her less than 81
for book.
We had listened attenlively, and here
broke in with, "What did you say? We
are deaf" She started in loud voice
and went through her rigmarole. When
she had finished We went and got roll
of paper and made it into a speaking
trumpet, placed one end to our ear, and
told her to proceed. She commenced =
Il am alone in the world" at
doesn't make the slightest difference to
US We are husband and father. Big
amy is not allowed in this State. We are
not eligible to proposals " "Oh, what
fool the man s," she said, in low tone
then at the top of of her voice, 81 don't
want to marry you. | want to sell ab
o k" This last sentence was howled.
owe don't want cook, +" we remarked,
blandly "our wife does the cooking, aud
she wouldn't allow as good looking a wo-
man as you to stay in the house five min
utes She isvery jealous She looked at US
in despair. Gathering her robes about
her, giving US a & lace of contempt, she
exclaimed Il dc believe that if 300
FOUNDER were let off along side of that
deaf lool's head he'd think somebody was
knocking at the door" You should have
heard her slam the door when she went
out. We heard that.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23

The Lock Haven Republican says !:
Mrs Mary Ferer, widowed lady resid-
ing in this city, has Bible in her pos
session with which a curious incident is
connected During a terrible hurricane
which passed over some portions of West
morelaDd county in the summer of 1860,
this Bible was carried distance of four
aud Que half miles by the force of the
wind, and lodged in pine sapling. The
book was lying across limb Of the sapl
lag opened at the l22d Psalm, which is
nearly the exact middle of the book.
Not leaf was torn, not scratch to be
seen, save where it fell on the branch,
and there ouly slight impression made
on the leaf Mrs Ferer was thrown down
and had her arm broken in three places
by the same storm The story coGes 10
US duly authenticated, and though it is
seens scarcely probable, it is undoubtedly
true.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
A True Story.

Two or three weeks ago an accident
did not occur Dear Scranton, Pa. ; the
newspapers missed sensational horror
and a dozen men, instead of being hurried
iuto eternity without time to breathe g
prayer, walked quietly home to their din
ners, quite unconscious that death had
them by the throats. 1t might, after all
be worth our while to look into the cause
of the loss of this tragedy to the world !;
we should have been enough to unearth
the guilty party if it had occurred. The
facts are briefly these:
In the largest anthracite coal mines in
the State, the care of the engine by which
the cars for passengers are lowered and
hoisted is placed in the hands Of Scotch
Irishman, an ordinary fellow enough.
The cable, necessarily OF great weight and
thickness, passes through the roof of a
slightly built shed under which he stands
One morning, as the man stood smoking
his pipe, his hand upon the lever, his
mind very probably busy with his dinner,
and assuredly not wrought up to any he
rolc resolve, the ascending car (loaded
aud fell crashing into the dark shaft, to
be shattered into thousand fragments
He knew that 10 the next minute, the
cable, released from the strain, would fy
back and fall with crushing weight on the
rickety beams and boards of the roof.
Death was absolutely certain if he did not
escape from the shed But if he took his
hnp IL
full of men, must fall one or two hundred
feet. He had but one Instant to face his
death and theirs, and to choose between
them. There was boy in the back of
the shed the man motioned to him with
his head to 60 ont. Then he tighteued
his hold on the lever. The loosened ca
bic struck and caught somewhere below
against the side of the shaft. Surely God
meant it should SO strike! 1t was the
delay of but breath of time but it was
enough. The car grated with jar against
the ground far beiow its occupants step
ped leisureiy out, while the man who had
saved them above, threw himself from the
shed, just as its roof, beams, and all,
crashed down on the spot where be had
been standing.
We 60 not know the mans name, and
should scarcely need to publish it if we
did Fame or reward jar somehow against
the deed itself There is a wholesome
tonic for all of US in the certainty, which
is forced upon US now aud then, OF the
unk nown, unmeasured resources OF cour-
age and heroism and unfinchiug iDtegri
to duty which we possess among what we
choose to call the mass of the people. 1t
is, after all, only when a man reaches the
certainties of middle age that he is not
surprised every new day by the kuowl-
edge Of how admirable crew has been
put iBto the world for its long voyage
how many of the women are gracious and
finely natured how many men respond
promptly to the call of honesty or duty
or even self sacrifice because it is the sim
pie and natural thing for them to do so.
We will congratulate ourselves, then,
not that his class can boast Of one such
brave fellow as this Scotch Irish engineer,
but that, like King Harry over Percy's
grave, we believe that it "has a thous
aud such as he."-New York Tribune.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23

1t is strongly iutimated in New York
that the recent strikes and other serious
labor disturbances along the lire of the
Erie Railroad were primarily iustigated
and fomented by Gould and other specu-
lators in his interest who have been con-
spring to depress the price of the stock
with view to either making handsome
turn in the market or to buy 10 a control
ling interest in the roads at lower rates.
If this charge can be sustained by evi-
dcnee, they should be brought Instantly
to book and punished TO the utmost extent
Of the law.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1874-04-23
AR. r. Z. PECK,
II Surgeon Dentist.

Announces that having just returned from
D'aa CoIIegs, he is fully prepared to make
SI''hciaj a., teeth in the most beautiful and lie
lse manner, and TO fiji decayed teeth ac-
c'Ia'ng to the most improved method.
IeelH extracted without pain, when de-
'[ed, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas.
nch Ta'ch Is entirely harmless. Repairing Of
=! y. Kinds neatly done. All work warranted.
1aarges reasonable.
Once in J. G. KeIer's new Brick build
"s' hain Street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
aug 3I-tf