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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-25
dissolution Notice.

THE co-partnership heretofore existing
Il under the firm name of Eaton Il Wood
dard is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent The business of the late firm will be
conducted by S. NJ Eaton as sole owner
who will pay all debts owing by the late
hrm and is authorized to collect all acc cunts
que S. NJ. EATON
S. S. WOODARD.
Dated, Watertown, Feb 20, 1874.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-25

EROH the subscriber, in the First ward.
l. on Monday, Feb. l6th, Black Mare
Colt, long name and tail, few white hairs
on the nos 9, and about years old. Any
one returning said colt, or giving in 'orma-
ton where she may be found, will be suit
ably rewarded.
Fl. 8. COX.
Watertown, Feb. IT, 1874.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-25


a EaadREr hereafter $500 ~ WY Niel oo'A
benefited and
condition
Ladies especially
Goods
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-25

"a AZ MERCHANTS and MAN u
IHNl FACTURERS will best inssr
Iulu,\ their shipments to their destina
IHt1l ltion by using Denniso,,'
"A AV WPatent Shipping Tags
Over Two Hundred Millions have been use
within the past ten years, without com
plant of loss by Tag becoming detached
All Express Cos use them. Sold by Print.
ers snd.Stationers every where.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-02-25

CONVICT LABoR.-It having been
proposed to dispose Of the convict Ia
Dor In our State Prison by contract,
Hon 5. D. Hastings, Secretary of the
State Board of Charities, has made
long and exhaustive argument against
the proposition. Mr.. Hastings show
ed that where the system of letting
convict labor to outside contractors is
liz vogue the institutions are not self.
sustaining, and clearly proved that
where state follows the system of
working her convicts on her own ac-
count, the labor can be made much
more valuable and larger returns real
lied by the state therefor. Under the
contract plan Mr.. Hastings believed
there was not only less profit but less
discipline, and more cruelty to con-
victs.
The Prairie du Chen Courier, a
leading Democratic Reform journal,
speaks as follows Of the action of the
reformers on the temperance question
And yet there are some Of our
would be Reform CD leaders who are
SO blind liz their haste to curry favor
with the dementcd, besotted, drunken
crowd, that they take every means to
injuIe the party, and seek TO drive the
thinking class from US. Why, eyeu
our best men among the brewers and
liquor merchants are in favor Of law
to regulate the sale and use of liquor.
A beer brewer said in our hearing re-
Gently, that This law has done good
here. 1t has made the saloon bust
ness more respectable. The liquor
seller now must be man Of some
worth and responsibility. Every loaf
er cannot get a jug of whisky on
eredl! now, and open low doegery.
The men who order our beer now are
sure to pay, for they don't sell to
drnnkards. and SO don't lose many
bad debts. lam in favor of a liquor
law"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20
Public Sale

HOUSE AND LOT in Emmitsburg.
10y virtue of Decree of the Orphans
- Court of Frederick County, the sub.
scrbcr as Executor of the Estate of Abra
ham Welty, deceased, will sell at Public
Sale, in the town Of Emmitsburg, at the
Hotel of Daniel G. Adesbcrger,
On Saturday, Oct "a, 1874,
at o'clock ?. NJ, two story weather.
boarded
HOUSE, AND LOT,
situated on Main street, near the Square
adjoining the Reformed Church and the
residence of George w. Rowe. 1t is the
old lot sold to Abraham Welty in 1907 by
Malachi Flanagan, and then adjoined lots
of Samuel Noble and Henry Fahnestock.
1t is G3 feet in front, and is considered one
of the finest residences in town. There is
Wood Shed on the premises, and Kitchen
running back from the House, with good
garden.
TERMS OF SALE as prescribed by the
Court: One half of the purchase money
to be paid on the list of April, 1875; and
the balance in twelve months, with interest
from date, with good and sufficient security
to be approved by the Executor.
SAMUEL WELTY,
Executor
sert. 26.4w
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20

DD- A new Lodge Of the Knights
of Pythias has been established at
Berlin, in this County.
Bag The salary of the Postmaster
at Hansonville, in this county, for the
last quarter, amounts to NINE cents.
DEATH OF Mr.. GEORGE SHULTz.-
The numerous friends of this vener-
able gentleman will regret to learn OF
his death, at his residence in West
Third street, in this city, on Tuesday
evening of last week, in the 9Sth year
Of his age. The deceased bore a high
reputation for honesty and christian
virtues, and his death is regretted by
all who knew him. His remains were
buried on Thursday last in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.
SHOULDER D1s1ocATED.-Mr. Hen
ry Hartsock, a young man employed
on Mr.. Lewis G. Cookerly's farm,
near this place, essayed an equestrian
feat on Thursday evening of last week
which did not prove an entire sue
cess-probabiy because his steed was
not sufficiently trained. He under
took to ride one of Mr.. Cookery s
horses without saddle or bride, from
the barnyard to the meadow, but at
the end Of the lane which enters the
meadow, the animal threw him against
a gate post, dislocating his left Shout
der VALLEY Register.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20
Deaths.

On the It'll instadt, Mt the residence of her
son. law, Mr.. Ohio Poflinhcrgcr, near
Middlctown, Mrs. ELIZABETH HOUSE,
relict of the late Andrew House, aged x
years and months.
On the 4th instant, at the residence of
her son, Mr. }. I'm s. w. Jarboc, near Lime
Kiln Switch, in this county, Mrs. MAR
GARET JARBOE, in the 10th year of her
age.
On the Goth uitimo, in Frederick, EN-
MA JANE wife of Lewis llizcr, aged 20
years, II months and 80 days.
On the % ulLimo, near Boonsboro.
Washington county, REBECCA ANN,
wife of Mr.. Si'as Hufcr, aged "a years
s months and IL days.
On the 9Th instant, at Knoxville, CT
Pneumonia, and Bronchitis, CHARLES
EDWARD, youngest son of Francis A,
and Ruth w. Knott, aged /, years aud 9
months.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20
II Office TO TAXPAYERS
For 1874.

For the accommodation Of Tax payers
for 1874, I will visit the following places
for the purpose of collecting Taxes:
Burkittsvllc, on Thursday, November 5th
at Plcitcrs Store.
Jefferson, on Friday, November 9th, at
Walkers Store.
Emmitsburg, on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, November 9Th, 10th and
18th, at Western Maryland Hotel.
Rocky Ridge, on Thursday, November
18th, until noon at Biygs & E:chcl.
bcrgers Store.
Creagerstown, Thursday, November 18th.
afternoon at DR.. }. l.. Millers Store.
Iechanicstown. on Friday and Saturday,
November, 18th and 14th, at Gilbcrt's
Hotel.
Sabillasville, on Monday, November, 10Th
al STEMS Hotel
Wolfsvillc, on Tuesday, November, nth,
at Hoover's Store
Mycrsville, on Wednesday, November
18th, at Buhrman IL Bros. Store.
Middlatown on Thursday and Friday,
November 10Th and goth, at IL. X.
loung's Hotel.
Liberty, on Monday, November 23d, at
Munshour' S Hotel.
Unionvllc, on Tuesday, November 24tll at
at Lugcnbccl's Store.
Oak Orchard, on Wednesday, November
10Th, at STORE.
Johnsville, on Thursday November, Goth,
at Devibiss e. Hartsock, $ Store.
Woodshsro, on Friday, November eth
at Smith Hotel
~" Tax payers look to your interest
nd meet the Collector when you can do so
Conveniently. You may save much
rrouble and perhaps some costs, as colcc-
tlons will positively be enforced ifnot paid
up promptly. | must have funds and
his is my only remedy.
~" AS to Taxes in arrears, I am now
collecting by law as fast as can and those
who sullcr must blame themselves as |
have given due warning and do not meant
10 triilc; my duty requires me to col!cc
promptly, and you surely will not ask me-
o set aside duty to obiye.
GEO. W. MILLER, Collector.
Oct. G,3w.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20

During the Fair at Frederick solns'
thieves broke open the residence Of Georg-'
II. tizer near that place, and robbed hln
of $500 in money, stole some Of his silver
ware and other valuable articles.
Gov Groome of this State bagged
about Is reed birds near Elktons
Cecil county.
6cg~ Just about election times a
great many political stories are put
into circulation. Don't believe tbs
half you hear.
Col. Thomas B. Florence has &C.
cepted the Democratic nomination Ivr
Congress in the first District Of Penn
sylvania at Philadelph The Coz
mel is u sterling old Democrat from
principle, and we apprehend he will
be elected.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20
Public Sale.

TIIE subscriber will offer at Public
i Sale, at Mcchanicstown,
On Saturday, October 81, 1874,
At O'CLOCK, p. NJ.
"a His dwelling House and Lot i'll
s.e South street. consisting of COM
49, Portable dwelling and shop; also,
a Blacksmith Shop and other necessary
out buildings and fine garden, all under
good fence, suitable for any mechanical
business. Also, at the same time, one
mountain lot, on the road to Fulton's Saw
Mill
Also, a lot of ) or ACRES on Hunt
ing creek, near town. Good bargains VIII
be given. Terms easy, and will be made
known on day of sale.
JACOB LIDIE.
Oct 13-3w
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20

A LARGE LOAD OF HAY.-Mr. VIM.
of this city, hauled 5! tons
of Hay from Taneytown to Baltimore
last week, and says if the road had
been in the same condition it was
from Pipe Creek Bridge to Frizzels-
burg, all the way through, he could
have hauled 6 tons.
Westminster Sentinel
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20

On the Tth instant, at the Calvary Bap-
list Church, in Washington, Mr.. r. s.
SLATER. Of Washington, to Miss ROSA
ROUZER, OF Prince Georges county, Md.
On the 9th instant, at Summcrville, Va,
by the Rev. Charles W hitc, Col. HENRY
CUTLER, of Frederick, to Mrs. II. l..
Sewers, of Clark county, Va.
On the 2sth of May, 1874, FRANCIS T.
BENDER, formerly of Frederick, to SA
RAII COLLIER, of Fetterman, w. Va.
On the 22d of August, 1874, at the Par
sonage, in Mt. Pleasant, Pa, by the Rev.
S. WAKEFIELD, FREDERICK BETKER to
Miss LAURA BENDER, both Of Con-
nelsville, Pa.
On the Goth ultimo, at the residence of
Mr.. Geo. Young, ucar Linganore P. O.,
by Rev. Mr.. Trostle, PETER LONG 10
Miss MARY ZIMMERMAN.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20
No. ----- Roads.

No. ----- Roads.
WHEREAS, certain Commission has
| w been issued by the County Commits
sioners for frederick County, bearing date
the 1st October. 1874, rcclting that John
Withcrow and others, residents of Freder-
! lex County, to locate and open a Public
County Road, beginning at the end OF the
first line on Roads No. $50, at a stone
planted at the beginning of tract of land
called " Buck Forrest" and running OH or
near the first line thereof, between the
lands of John Witherow and Abraham
Lohr, and through the lands OF Nicholas
Lohr, to nterscct No. $40 Roads, and at
the same time change the location Of No.
$40 Roads from near the division of said
Nicholas Lollr and Abraham Lohr's farms,
running it near said division, to intersect
the above contemplated Road, provided
said road is opened.
Now notice is hereby given to all per-
sons and parties concerned, and to- the
public, that we the undersigned Examiners
will meet at the place of beginning OF said
road
On Saturday, Norcm5er IA, 1874,
as 10 o'clock, A. NJ, and will proceed to
examine and determine whether or II 1T the
public convenience requires said road
should be located and opened, and If upon
examination we should be OF opinion
and so determine in our judgment that the
public convenience requires said road TO
be located and opened to lay out the same
in such manner as vii! promote the public
convenience, and also change parts OF the
- - Il 4 Al, lI 4
said commission and the acts of Assembly
in such case made and provided.
JOHN kDULL3,
DAVID DAMUTH,
JOHN HAHN,
Examiners.
Oct, l3'jw,
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20
Annual NErctizaE.

uNlE Annual Meeting Of The Stock,
holders of the Western Mary land
Railroad Company for tie elections OF rye
Directors for the ensuing wear, will be
licll at the office of the t"nlpn"y, South
W,s, corner Eu,aw and Fayci'e, streets,
Baltimore, on Wednesday, October 'la',
1874, at - o'clock NJ.
JNO. ). HARDEN, Secretary.
ort % tW
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-10-20
Executors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given, That the sub
y scrher has obtained from the Or
phans' Cout of Frederick County, Mary
land, Letters Tcstamentary upon the es-
tate Of
LEWIS KELLY,
late of Frederick county, deceased. All
persons having claims against the said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with the vouchers thereof, on or be-
fore the It'll day of April, 1874; they may
otherwise, by law, I've excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to
said deceased are desired to make imme-
diatc payment.
JAMES w. KELLY,
Oct 6.3W Executor.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04
California Wood Choppers.

1t is in the logging camps that a
stranger will be most interested on this
coast, for there he will see and feel the
bigness of the red-woods. A man in
Humboldt county got out OF one tree
lumber enough to build his house and
barn, and to fence in two acres OF
ground. A schooner was filled with
shingles made from a single tree. One
tree in Mendccino whose remains Were
shown to me made mile OF railroad
ties. Trees fourteen feet in diameter
have been frequently found and cut
down: the saw-logs arc often split apart
with wedges, because the entire mass IS
too large to float in the small and mar
row streams, and / have often seen them
blow log apart with gunpowder. A
tree four feet in diameter is called M
dersized in these woods, and so skillful
are the wood choppers that they can
make the largest giant Of the forest fall
Just where they want it, or, as they say,
"drive a stake with the tree.
The choppers do not stand on the
ground, but on stage raised to such n
height as TO eUuDle illc hA w otllhS III
where the tree attains its fair and regu-
lar thickness, for the redwood, like the
sequoia, swells at the base near the
ground. These trees prefer steep hill
sides, and grow in an extremely rough
and broken country, a d their great
height makes it necessary to fell them
carefully, lest they should, falling with
such enormous weight, break to piece :.
This constantly happens, in spite OF
every precaution, and there is little
doubt that in these forests and at the
mills two feet of wood are wasted for
every foot of lumber sent to market
To mark the direction line on which the
tree is to fall, the chopper usually
drives a stake into the ground 100 or
$50 feet from the base of the tree, and
it is actually common to make the tree
fall on this stake, so straight do these
red-woods stand and so accurate is the
skill of the cutters. To fell tree ei9ht
feet in diameter is counted days work
for a man. -Harper's Magasine.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04
Hayseed.

There are nearly 10000 Patrons in
Georgia.
A. NJ. Hardin, purchasing agent for
Mississippi, at st. Louis, has $500
in his hands, contributed by Missouri
oranges, for Patrons in Louisiana.
A grange in Muscatine county, Ia,
holds what is called opeu grange, and
invites everybody to attend. Questions
of interest to agriculturists and Others
are to be discussed.
The oranges of Franklin county,
Ohio, of which Columbus is the county
seat, are trying to reduce wages of farm
laborers from $50 TO Sl5.
The Patrons of Husbandry in the
southern states number at present 3
200 oranges, and are rapidly increasing.
This is about one-third of all the sub
ordinate oranges in the United States.
Union grange, Hickory county, Mo-,
has resolved to buy no more coffee so
long as such high prices prevail and
that its best interests demand that it
shall purchase coffee at lower rates or
cease to use it.
A Minnesota grange has adopted a
novel and praiseworthy method of edu-
eating its members and keeping them
posted on current events, and adds fifty
cents from the grange treasury to every
dollar subscribed for newspapers desig,
mated by the grange.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04
Curious Calculation.

There is something wonderful in fig
ures: and numbers, when calculated,
startle us by their immensity. We talk
of millions and billions with little
thought of the vastness of the sums we
name. The lips may utter the words
glibly, but their understanding fails to
grasp their real significance. Take our
own national debt MS an illustration.
Everybody knows it is large, but few
have ever stopped to consider its appall-
ing magnitude. A few calculations will
not, we trust, be uninteresting to our
readers
Let us suppose that the national debt
is, in round numbers, 81, 500, 900, 900. If
an experienced cashier was to com
mence counting this, at the rate of three
silver dollars per second, and work dill
ligently eight hours per day, 300 days
in the year, it would take him abont
one hundred years to complete the
count.
If the silver dollars were placed side
by side, touching each other, they
would reach nearly thl ee times round the
world they would pave highway the
width of Chicago's streets more than
200 miles in length.
whose national debt is nearly twice as
large as ours, the result would be still
more startling.
If each silver piece be estimated at one
ounce in weight, and the money loaded
into carts containing one ton each, and
driven one before the other, each horse
and cart occupying two rods, the pro
cession would extend five hundred
miles.
Or consider that only about 1,000,.
OOO, 900 minutes have elapsed since the
birth of Christ, and that if one dollal
had been put away each minute, day
and night, since that event, the accu
mutation would amount to but little
more than one.third of the debt this
nation now owes. If this calculation
was applied to England or France
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04
Shakspeare's Ghost.

Not long since an English gentleman
residing at Hong Kong dreamed two or
three nights in succession that he met
tho ghost of Shakespeare near Stratford-
en-Avon, OF whom he asked whether
any of the manuscripts IF the great
dramatists plays were still in exls-
tence; whereupon the ghost led the
way into forest, and then pointing to
spot near the roots OF large tree,
said, "Dig," and vanished. The Hong
Kongressman hastened at once to Eng.
land and to Stratford, where ho found
and identified the ghosts tree, and at
once began to dig, which he continued
to do day and night, until, at the depth
of seven feet nine inches and half, he
found, wonderful as it may seem, that
he had made fool OF himself.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04

The train roared on. "Boss Tweed"
came out and stood on the platform
of his car, watching the strange,
desolate lands we were passing; gen
tlemen consoIed themselves with cigars;
ladies tried all conceivable changes Of
position and read persistently; while
all the happiness and delight in the
whole train seemed to concentrate In the
knot of young people about me. Madge
sent for the hamper, the young ladies
opened their baskets, and when we
reached Cheyenne left Tom seated on
reversed water pail, with all the gay
girls around him pampering him by Of
fers of the daintiest morsels, and my
qucenly Madge rs merry as the rest, di-
recting at him a perpetual volley Of
saucy speeches.
They were all going through to Sacra
mento. My prophetic soul told me what
would happen, for the imprisonment in
a Pullman car for week of two mutu-
ally susceptible young people has an
almost certain result. Nothing in
Euclid is surer than Irritation, while
something more serious is very apt to
take place. Tom gave me his own YER
sion of the story, declaring fate had
been too much for him, for during those
days of travel he had grown 80 used to
caring for Miss Ellis, so accustomed to
playing a devoted lover "juSt to tease
Madqe :" that when their destination
was attained the force Of habit made
him still seek the young lady, and "she
seemed so fond of him, that, well, real
ly now, you know fellow finds himself
in a queer position, and had to marry
her Just to save her feelings"
The pretty bride had heard all this
before, so she only reioined with the
meckcst air:
"Tm trying to show how sensible I
am of his pure benevOlence. "
"Altog ther an accident !" but what
delicious consequence | am telling
you true story, dear friends, and if
you will find out the history Of many a
marriage it will be found to have had
an equally small beginning.
"And Madge?" / think / hear you
say. Well, Madge was going to Sacra-
mento to complete her engagement to
that same brother of Miss Ellis, who
had known tom at Toronto, and
Tom asserts that she rules him splen-
ddly. I'd give something to see her
eyes flash again, but tomorrow | am to
say good.b to my hero and heroine,
who sail for home, at Cape Breton and
Madge is keeping house in Sacramento.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04
CHANGING the Tune.

Snooks had occasion to call on the
Rev. Dominic Thomas Campbell while
at Glasgow. els the dominic in?" he
inquired of portly dame who opened
the door. "Ho's at hame, but he's no
in" replied the lady. He's in the
yard, sooporintendln' Saunels, the car
penler. Ye can see him the moo if your
business is vera precise Snooks as
sented and walk Il through the door
pointed out to him in the yard, where
he baheId a carpenter briskly planning
away to the air of Maggie Lauder, "
and the worthy dominic standing by.
Unwilling to intrude on their conversa-
ton, Snooks stepped, unseen, behind II
water cask, and heard, "Sauners !" No
answer from the carpenter. "Sauners,
say can ye no hear me? Yes, min,
lister, hear ye What's your wull :?
Can We no whistle some mair solemn
and godly tune while ye're at work !?
"a weel, minister, if it be your wulI
I'll cen do it," Upon which he changel
the air to tho Dead March III Saul,
greatly to the hindrance of what wa
now painful planning. The dominic
looked on for some minutes in silence
and then said, "Sauners, | hae anithel
word to say till ye. Did the guide wife
hire ye by the days darg or by the
Job ?" "I'he days darg, was onr agree
ing, master" "Then, on the whole,
Sauners, I think ye may just as weel
gae back to whistli g bonnie Maggie
lander
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04
Tobacco Exemption.

Representatives in congress from to-
bacco raising sections of the country
have by persistent effort induced the
committee OF ways and means to report
bill exempting from tax 800 worth OF
tobacco sold by a producer to n con.
sumer. But there seems to be a strong
opposition to this exemption from the
commissioner of internal revenue and
manufacturers the one on the groI,nd
that it weakens tho revenue law on Ine
sales of tobacco, and the other because,
az thew declare, it will encourage Irauu'
in selling the leaf, and the use OF un-
nosnnfacfured tobacco for chewing
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-06-04
Planting Prospects in the Missis.
sippi Valley.

Everybodyis busy in their fields in the
valley, and planting, even in the over.
flowed districts, will be all complete
this week. This encouraging news
comes in freely from all sources. The
John S. Miller place, below Friar's
Point, reported totally ruined few
days ago, is nearly replanted, and the
whole place will be again in cultivation
before the close of the present week.
The recent crevasse carried huge rivers
of water directly over the middle of
the Miller place, but the alluyial de-
posits the water has left will render it
more valuable than before, and good
crop is promised this year. On the
Deason place, near Carson's Landing,
$50 miles below here, 1000 acres have
been planted in cotton since the over
flow.