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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

The June term Of the District
Court for Jackson county, Judge
Brannan presiding, has been in ses-
sion several days, and all the time
has been taken up with the trial of
dog case that is some what famous in
the county. 1t is entitled Dennis
Slattery vs.. N. Kilborn, and the facts
on which the suit is based, As near IS
the Sentinel can obtain them are
these: In the fall of 1873 stray
dog came to the premises Of Mr. Kill
born, and hung around the house for
months, being fed frequently during
that time by defendants servants.
One day during that time the dog Sc
verely bit child of the plaintiffs and
he instituted proceedings against Mr..
Si.born, as the owner of the dog,
claiming Of him the sum OF $4,000
damages. The case was tried at the
December term Of court, 1874, but
the jury failed to agree, and the case
was continued to the present term.
Should the jury find for the plaintiff
it would be we'll for people, when
stray dogs come around their premi-
ses, to cut their tails off close up be.
hind the Gazette.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08
To Preserve Fence Posts.

Some one who has tried it, says:
81 discovered many years ago that
wood could be made to last longer
than iron in the ground, but thought
the process so simple and inexpen-
sive that it was not worth while max
ing any stir about it. / would as
soon have poplar, Eastwood, or quak-
ing ash, IS any other kind of timber
for fence posts. After having been
set seven years they were as sound
when they were taken out As when
they were 6rst put in the ground.
Time and weather seem to have NO
effect on them. The posts can be
prepared for less than two. cents
apiece. This 10 the recipe: Take
boiled linseed oil and stir in it pull.
vsrized charcoal to the consistency of
paint. Put coat of this over the
timber, and there is not = man who
win live to see 1. rot"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08
Another Lesson In Poetry.

We have Just received to day from
= young man who wears side whis-
kers, thin ones, and eyeglasses, the
sweetest little gem of poem. There
is only one verse Of it, but he says it
is very seldom that he drops into
poetry, and can only write when the
divine afflatus is on him. We think
the divine afflstus was on him yester-
day, with both feet. We could have
wished he had written more, but We
are grateful for the one stanza he did
send, because it gives us some new
ideas on poetry making, and we are
always glad to get hold Of anything
that will help US to get new wrinkle
on the old machine. But this young
man doesn't use q machine; the affla-
tus, when it strikes him, just seems
to make it ooze out Of him like per-
spiration, and he flines this stanza of
as easily as though he had breathed
poetry all his life:
Fair, fair, it is beyond compare.
My Jennie with the brown, brown hair
My flower that blooms, that blooms among
The heathery prairies wide and long,
Methinks hear her song, her song.
Now that is something like. When
we had occasion to lecture on this
subject, through the columns Of this
valuable paper, for sale everywhere,
price FIVE cents, the reader will re-
member fhat we stated the only diff
6culty was in filing in, not in finding
the rhyme, for you could write the
rhymes 6rst, and then rush around
and look up the words to 20 in the
lines. But this young genius has
given us hint that does away with
oil that trouble. He 10 . "white
crow" he is. We could go right on
and finish his poem for him without
IN effort.
Where the soft, soft, soft moonlight glows,
I'll seek, seek, seek thy bowwow-wower
Oh, fairest rose, rose, rose, rose, rose,
Ny lily how, fow, flow, fow, flower.
Oft, oft, oft, oft in the starlight beams
I'll HE, HE, HE to our trysting place
And linger in DIRE, DIRE, DIRE, DIRE, dreams
For the sight tig ht tight Of thy lovely face
I may cav, cav, cav, cav call thee mine,
With thy yell, yell, yellow gold like hair;
And my eye, u, u, vi, eyes would shine
To see thee, my dam, dam, damsel fair.
Really, what with one and another
modern improvement, it will soon b
great deal easier to write poetry
than prose, and no man or woman o.
any pretentions to genius or scholarly
attainment will ever clothe thsil
thoughts ia any garb other thar
poetry.-Haaokeye.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

81 would advise the government, ?"
says Governor Allen, ''to deal with
those Indians the way my old friends
the Israelites use to deal with the
Philistines. | recollect once lent
my jaw bone to David, a young man
Of considerable promise out there,
and he went out and killed ten thou
sand Phillipstones with it in few
minutes. He hit most Of them on
the head and have never got the
hair out of my teeth yet. | was
looser in the joints then than | am
now, aud could not take that bone
out now; but l am willing to 60 and
shake it at them" The old gentle
man thinks the Black Hills ought t,
be opened.-Er,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

J. n. Smith, : market gardener of
Green Bay, furnishes the Hort;c1l-
t,sr'se some interesting statements OF
his experiusnts in high culture. He
has found the rule invariable, not .
single exception to it, that the more
he has spent in cultivating and ma
nuring, the grsa,er have besn the net
profits per acre. Last season he cul-
twisted fourteen acres, and began
with more thorough and expensive
cultivation than ever before. The
result was that, although there was .
"terri6c drouth"-oue Of the dryest
seasons ever known in that region
after spending 43,9S6, or 1884, per
acre, he had better balance than
any previous year. He appears to
regard constant cultivation, especially
through drouth, in connection with
copious manuring, Is oil important.
Stable manure 10 the standard; with
such use of superphosphates, plaster,
lime, ashes, and other manures, -
experience and good sense point out.
"After you have learned to spend
money to the best advantage" he
remarked, "a larger profit may be
made BY laying out 1900 per acre
than with less. After the second
year, if your land does not pay all its
expenses, taxes, and ten per cent. on
81 900 per acre, there is something
wrong somewhere. / have some
acres OF land that did not pay ex-
penses for two ye ars, but, for num-
Der of years past, have not failed to
pay ten per cent. on at least 81 900
per acre. l expect my whole garden
to do more than that in short time"
He adds that he is now aiming at
1000 bushels Of onions per acre, then
. crop of carrots or turnips or 900
bushels of early potatoes; or, if straw
berries, 1880 quarts, or 400 bushels
per acre. This amount of s,rawber-
ries is not wholly impossible, AS We
have known, under our own observa-
tion, this rate on two-thirds Of an
acre.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

The presence in the Democratic
State Convention of prominent rail
road attorneys like John F. Duncomb
ss delegate, the appointment Of
the Committee on Resolutions with.
out a farmer upon it, the making of
one of the shrewd and ablest law.
yers and railroad attorneys of the
State for permanent President of the
Convention, all meant something. The
platform Of the party shows what that
something was. 1t is as silent as the
grave on the questions of railroad con-
troll and cheap transportation. The
nomination for Supreme Judge Of an
attorney Of the most powerful rail-
road corporation in the West shows
still more plainly the purpose Of the
managers Of the Convention, and the
honesty or rather the dishonesty of
the party as a farmers party.
Last year the platform of that par
ty had several planks for the farmer
and his cause. This year it hasn't a
word Of recognition or sympathy for
his cause. The party proposes to go
ahead and elect candidates for the
Legislature on this platform, begging
the support of the farmers to that
end. And yet the platform contains
no promise, direct or indirect, that
the Legislators elected on its ticket
will support the principle of railway
control or at all oppose the railways in
securing the repeal of the tariff law
now among our statutes. 1t is silent
on the subject of State control, while
the doctrine Of governmental control,
so popular with Iowa farmers,i is struck
straight between the eyes by the
dogma of State Rights.-Register.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

The rather positive statement Of
the Ottumwa Courier that Hon.
Shepherd Letter came over to this
country with Columbus is entirely in
correct, and does Mr.. Letter grea,
injustice. He was here when Colum.
bus csne, but did not see him
"Fsct is" says Mr.. Letter, "I had
been workin with the Mound Builders
then. ever sinst they began to bury
things, because had worked = good
deal on the pyramids before / came
over here, and could give the native,
some gosd ideas, and BY the time
Columbus got here l was too nigl
tuckered ont to 20 down to tho land
ing, ! kin tell ye."-Hdsokeye.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

A writer in California newspaper
says: "About half mile over
mountain from Bartlett Spring there
is what are called the Gas Springs.
This is probably the greatest curios-
ity of the mountains. The water is
ice cold, but bubbling and foaming as
if it boiled, and the greatest wonder
is the inevitable destruction of life
produced by inhaling the gas. No
living thing is to be found within a
circle of one hundred yards of the
spring. The very birds, if they hap
pen to fly over it. drop dead.
We experimental with lizard on
its destructive properties by holding
it few feet above the water. 1t
stretched dead in two minutes. 1t
will kill q human being in twenty
minutes. We stood over it about FIVE
minutes, when dull, heavy, aching
sensation crept over US and our eyes
began to swim. This gas which es-
capes here is of the rankest kind of
carbonic, hence its sure destruction
of life; also Of quenching Of flames
instantaneously."
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

Oliver Wendell Holmes, has some
thing to say about the filthy and dis,
gusting fashion of long skirts for out
door wear which may be read with
profit by other than Boston women
If one could lift the skirts of one of
our fashionable promenaders after
she has gone one of her rounds Of
shopping and calling, dragging her
yard long trail through the dust and
mud, and all the unspeskable filth of
public street, she would probably
be found in a condition to turn the
stomach of n pig. But this is what
DIR. Holmes says:
"But confound the make believe
women we have turned loose in our
streets. Where do they come from?
Not out of our Boston parlors,T trust.
Why there isn'ta beast or bird that
would drag it's tail through the dirt
in the way these creatures do their
dresses. Because queen or a dutch
ess wear long robes on great occa-
sions maid Of all work, or factory
girl, thinks she must make herself q
nuisance by trailing about with her
pah! that's what call getting vul
garity into yosr bones and marrow
Making believe what you are not, is
the essence Of vulgarity. Show over
dirt is the one attribute of vulgar
people. If any man can walk behind
one of those women and see where she
goes, and not feel squeamish he has
got tough stomach. l wouldn't let
one of them into my room without
serving them as David did Saul at
the cave in the wilderness-cut off
his skirts, sir, cut off his skirts. DO
not tell me that true lady ever sac
riices the duty of keeping all about
her sweet and clean to the wish Of
making vulgar show. l won't be-
lieve it of lady. There are some
things that no fashion has q right to
touch, and cleanliness is one of those
things. If woman wishes to show
that her husband or father has got
money, which wants and means to
spend, but doesn't know how, let her
buy q yard or two of silk and pin it
to her dress when she goes out to
walk, but let her unpin it before she
into the house."
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08
The Wreck Of one Image Or God

He carried traces of the last hay.
stack he slept in about his hair and
beard, and his calico shirt was rag
ged and dirty. His breath was corn
beer on . subst.stum Of "hoodlum's
delight" For FIVE years he answered
roll-call, slept in dog tents, marched,
fought and performed oil the other
duties of soldier. He has bullet
in his hip and his name on the pen
sion rolls. But be is '.broken down."
played out, q perfect wreck, without
. home, hope or ambition. How did
he get that black eye? A tighten of
course. Anybody could whip him
now. A good puff of wind from a
strong man would blow him out like
a candle. But he had fit for Eve
years into the war, and he wasn't .
goin to let any blasted fool shoot off
his month 'thout reachin' for him,
even if he knowed he'd get licked. 1t
didn't matter how soon he was wiped
out, anyhow. Brace up? 'Twan't
no use. He was too far gone. No,
he wasn't hungry, and be didn't care
for clothes, nor bed to sleep in. All
he wanted was whisky. He wouldn't
lie about it, either. He wasn't . 60
ing to pretend that he wanted money
to get something to eat, and then 60
off and spend it for whisky. No use
to preach to him. When he was
drunk he didn't feel his misery. With
tremulous fingers the poor old soldier
clutched the few nickles given to
him, and hobbled in eager haste to
the nearest beer-shop.-IndianapoHs
Herald.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

An Iowan, writing from Adair
county, in the Country Gentleman,
we'll and truly says: "Ths American
farmer, in the years yet to come, has
. brilliant career open to him il ho
will only be wise and improve his
opportunity. The capabilities of his
soil, climate and governmental posi-
tion are simply immense, and if he
can only be induced to maintain .
Spartan simplicity, sobriety and hon.
esty, and will carefully avoid tho
follies and fashions Of the old world,
and compel his government to do -
also, no pen can describs The pros-
perity that will follow
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

Near the city Of St. Joseph, Mo-, a
few years since, the rite of baptism
was performed on several women BY
immersion in the river. AS it was
winter, it was necessary to cut hole
in the ice, and the novelty of the
scene attracted q large crowd, among
whom were several Indians, who
looked on in wondering silence. They
retired without understanding the
nature of the ceremony they had
seen; but observing that al the SUBJ
jects of immersion were females, and
. vague idea that it was to make
them good, the Indians came back
few days afterward, bringing their
squaws with them. Cutting another
hole in the ice, near the same place,
they immersed each and al of them
in spite Of their rremonstrances.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

The convention assembled ct Dsa
Moines on the 30th ult., pursuant te
notice. It was the largest political
convention ever held in the State, sir
hundred and twelve delegates being
on the floor, representing slnost ev-
cry county. After appointment Of
committees, the Convention adjoura-
ed until 1:30 p. m.
The convention reassembled at 80
and was called promptly to order BY
the temporary Chairman, Mr.. Lough-
ridge, who announced that the 6rst
thing in order would be the report
from the Committes on Credentials.
That committee. through the Hon.
Laf. Young, of Cass, made ito report.
The report showed that all of the
counties in the State were represent
ed, except Ringgold, Clay, Ida, Cher
okee, and Allsmakes.
The Hon. H. O. Pratt was selected
- permanent President, and one Vice
President from each district.
The Committee on Resolutions not
being ready to report, nominations
were in order.
For Governor, Gen. J. B. Weaver,
of Davis; the Hon. John Russell, Of
Jones /; the Hon. John H. Gear, Of
Des Moines; the Hon. Robert Smythe !;
w. B. Fairfield, Floyd, and Samuel
J. Kirkwood, Of Johnson, were placed
in D5mination.
The Hon. John Russell, Of Jones.
rose amid the tumult of cheers, say
ing that while his name had been pre-
sented to the convention a. . candi-
date, he would not be candidate in
opposition to the great war Governor,
whom he was proud to esteem so
highly that he preferred him for Gov
ernor above any and al other men,
any personal interests and ambitions
are nothing IS compared with the in
terests of my party. So l withdraw
my name"
Mr.. Gear rose in the midst Of the
cheering multitude to say that neith-
er would he be q candidate against
the great popular favorite, Governor
Kirkwood.
The convention then proceeded to
informal ballot, resulting:
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The convention proceeded to for.
NAL ballot, which was fully taken. Be-
fore the tellers had counted up the
vote, counties began to change their
vote to Governor Kirkwood, where
upon Captain Hull. Of Davis, General
Weaver's county, very gracefully
moved to make the nomination OF
Governor kirkwood unanimous.
This motion on the part of General
Weaver's friends was received with
laundering applause, and the nomin-
alton Of Governor Kirkwood WAS made
unanimous, only two or three persons
voting in the negative.
For Lieutenant Governor nomina.
tions were made as follows: J. D.
Miles, of Washington; r. Howe Tay.
lor, of Marshall; S. ID. Nichols, of
Guthrie; r. A. Smith, Of Dickinson;
J. G. Newbold, of Henry; d. A. W.
Perkins, Of Obrien. The following 10
the result Of the informal bollot:
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-07-08

The Creator might have made 4
more magnificent country than lies
between this city and the Cedar
river, along the line Of the Chicago.
Clinton & Western railroad, but He
didn't do it.
This week we went over the line
as far as Cedar county. Four years
ago we had familiarized ourselves
with the territory through which
this road runs, and at that time we
thought it was unsurpassed and
could not be bettered. But we were
mistaken. Four years have trans
formed . splendid belt of country
into one grand magnificent garden.
Hardly rod for sixty miles but is
under cultivation and producing
something to give business to this
road.
1t looks to us as though there
would be surplus produce enough in
q strip Eve miles wide on either side
this line, to keep the road busy for
st least six months in the year.
This belt of ten miles is naturally
tributary to this road, and no part Of
it can hardly be expected to go else
where.
Wo found the people, too, enthu-
siastic in their praise Of Clinton and
Clinton enterprises. Though few Of
them had ever visited this city, they
had oil heard Of it and they all knew
something about our method Of do
ing things. Invariably in converse
ton with them they expressed .
preference to trade at Clinton to
any other town within their reach.
They are anxious to have . chance
At our saw mills, and many Of them
have postponed lasge improvements
until this line was completed into
their neighborhood.
That the road will be crowded
right along we have not the shadow
Of doubt. That there is room for it
and that it is needed even for local
business, q person has only to travel
along the line and put himself in
communication with the people, to
admit. Then add the connections
proposed, and the road when com
plete can hardly be otherwise than
equally as good and as profitable as
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
which will be good enoush.-C2nton
Age.
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Wh0Ie number OF votes cast. $500.
Necessary to Q choice

On the fourth ballot the name Of
Mr.. Joy was withdrawn. Before the
ballot was announced, the convention
began to change to Adams rapidly,
when, on motion Of the delegation
from johnson county, seconded BY
Senator Campbell, Mr.. Adams was
nominated BY acclsmstion. In this
ballot the contest was between Mr..
Adams and Mr.. Miller. At the con-
clusion of this ballot the convention
adjourned till 1880 o'clock.
The convention reassembled and
was called to order ut at 8 o'clock.
The FIRST business taken up wa
the election Of . State Central Com.
mittee was chosen - follows:
First Congressional District-G. A. Henry
of Van Buren,.
0scsnd-John Mahin, Of Muscatine.
Third-J. w. Shannon, Of Clayton,
Fourth-H. T. Reed, Of Howard.
Fifth-ool. Samuel D. Pryce, Of johnson.
sixth-H. c. Leighton, Of Mahasks,
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Necessary to . choice. ice................... 90
The nomination of Colonel Aber
nsthy was made unanimous.
The evening session lasted till mid
night. Four or Eve hours were
spent on the temperance question. A
large number of resolutions on the
subject we're offered, and finally q
midnight, al laid on the table, q
that the platform makes no mention
Of the question at all.
The convention at night amended
several of the resolutions Of the plat.
form, which, ~ finally adopted, are
are % follows:
All the representatives Of the Re.
publican party Of the State Of Iowa,
in convention assembled, do adopt
the following platform of principles
l. That We declare it cardinal
principle Of the Republican faith that
the Republic is . nation one and in
dissoluble, within which the Consti
tutional rights of the States and Of
the people to local self -governnent
must be faithfully maintained.
2. We favor the early attainment
Of currency convertible with coin, and
therefore advocate the gradual re.
sumption Of specie payments BY con-
tinuous and steady steps in that di-
rection.
3. That We are in favor of tariff
for revenue so adjusted IS to encour-
age home industry.
4. That the earnest efforts Of the
government to collect the revenue
and prevent and punish frauds have
our unqualified approval.
5. That we are opposed to further
grants Of land to railways or other
corporations; but We demand res
ervation Of the public domain for set
tlement under the homestead laws,
and for other bona fide settlers.
6. That we demand such revis-
ion Of the patent laws ~ will relieve
industry from the oppression Of mo-
nopolies in their administration.
7. That We cordially approve the
policy Of the present administration
in the settlement Of the difficulty be-
tween ourselves and other nations by
arbitration instead Of appealing to
arms.
s. That the Republican party Of
Iowa is opposed to . third term.
9. That We demand tha: oil rail :.
way and other corporations shall be
held in fair and just subjection to
the law-making power.
10. That we stand by the free
education and public school system,
the taxation Of all for its support,
and no division Of the school fund.
IL. That our national and State
administrations of public affairs hsve
our hearty approval.
II. That we cordially invite sll
who are opposed to the restoration Of
the Democratic party to power to
forget all past political differences
and unite with the Republican party
in maintaining the cause of true re-
form.
At the evening meeting the new
State Committee elected as their
Chairman H. c. Leighton, of the Os-
kaloosa Herald.
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When the first formal ballot pro-
gressed as far IS Page county, the
Chairman of that delegation said that,
as it had just occurred to that delega.
tion that Governor kirkwood might
60 to the United States Senate, the
party ought to have some one who
would make governor, and therefore
they cast their vote for General Ed.
Wright, which vote was cheered
loudly. The vote resulted:
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Mr.. Newbold's nomination was
made unanimous.
For Supreme Judge-Austin Ad-
ans, of Dubuque; VIM. E. Miller, of
Johnson; the Hon. J. r. Reed; Judge
Bage, Of Black Hawk Rogers, Of
Scott; Ruddick of Bremen; Rothrock,
Of Cedar, and Joy, of Woodbury,were
placed in nomination. The informal
ballot resulted:
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Justices.
HOLM :. TUTnII,I.

JUSTICE of THE PEACE, NOTARY PUB.
y Lie lns, rance Agent. and Conveyancer
Office with the County Recorder in the court
honse. TiBton, Iowa. Jan. lst. lsSS. nlvl5