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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
BE SURE.

The continued unfovarable condition
of the weather impels us to again suggest
the importance of exercising great care in
the selection Of seed corn. Better plant
less of that which will surely grow than
waste time and labor with that which will
require the most favorable conditions of
grounds and weather. 1t is quite safe to
presume that the favorable conditions
needed to insure the growth of "risky or
uncertain" seed, will not this season be
had. The great amount Of rainfall, and
the cold weather of late leaves the ground
in very poor condition for the germina-
ton of any but the very best seel.-
Present appearances indicate the coming
season will be hard one on farmers, and
it would be still more trying should the
planting labor prove failure. In pre-
vious issue we said that Iowa never failed
to produce crop-and Mahaska county
being first in the line we need not look
blue and imagine this year will prove an
exception-but it won't pay to make any
mistakes; every advantage must be taken
of the weather, care in securing seed, inI-
proving time, and economizing labor.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
FARMERS GARDENS.

We wish we could impress upon those
having plenty of land for garden the
great importance Of SO laying out and
planting that the work can be easily done
with horse and cultivator. A plot OF
land IL to l6 rods long, and as wide as
needed will do, sow and plant in rows q
to 81 feet apart, all kinds of truck and
strawberries, planting raspberries and
blackberries next to fence-thenift the hus-
band or sons say "Oh, we haven't time to
garden it now, we must cultivate that corn
or those potatoes" if the garden truck,
berries, ETC., are in rows they can be
coaxed to run through them "just once"
with the horse and cultivator before start
ing for the corn field or potato patch,
and our word for it, if ten to twenty rows
of small fruit are put in and the surplus
pickings 90 to your groceryman or meat
man, and the sale of such pay all such
bills-as they certainly will if half cared
for-amounting to 5000 or $500 per
year, it will not be long before the "men
folks" will "open their eyes" to the fact
that ''that stuff docs pay after all, and
an increase of the plantation will be made,
and especially will this be the case when
the good housewife places before said
"men folks" rounded dish of the berries
ssmothered in cream" We know of
farmers, who but few years ago had no
fruit and but little truck, who now could
not be induced to part with such. Others
we know of who ignore the struck patch
buy all the vegetables and small fruit
used, and then wonder why it costs so
much to keep the table. Still others there
are who ignore both the buying and
the raising of the best and healthiest food
ever given to man, and whose tables reek
with pork, and grease, hot biscuit, or
corn dodger and other abominable things,
and as result they are sallow, dyspeptic
and forever ailing; their stomachs cry
for rest-but receive none, nor will they
until such fare is banished from the table
Whatcv,r else you leave undone don't
neglect the planting and care of garden
and growing plenty of fruit. Put in as
suggested above, the labor of caring for
it, will not exceed one day in twenty and
who cannot afford it? None, when such
results as good christian living and good
health are thereby obtained.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
Wabash
Fast Mail Route.

The WABASH LINEis seven hours quicker tina
any other route from KeOkuk to Indianapolis
Cincinnati, Fort WAYNE, Toledo, Detroit, CIev
land, Buffalo, New York and Boston.
Pullman's Sleepers and elegant Day Coaches
are run through to Toledo and Cleveland without
change, connecting with through cars to New
York and Boston.
The WABASH is equipped with the Improved
Automatic Air Brake and Miller Couplers. The
track is laid with steel rails and is acknowledged
to be the best in the West.
Ask for Tickets via KeokuB and the Wabash
Line.
W. L. MALCOLM, ]. LAZARUS,
GenI Pass'r Agt, Genl Westn Agt,
90 Toledo. st. Louis.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
ROADS.

Of course they are bad now, but after
while the road supervisor will gather his
force and proceed to "work the roads"
and after the average commissioner has
finished his murderous assaults upon
them, it is probable they will still be
worse. 1t seems to us that the practice
of heaping up a narrow ridge of dirt twelve
or fifteen feet wide in the middle of a
thoroughfare fifty or sixty feet wide is
the worst of folly. 1t would seem that
the policy is to continually patch up
the roads, as if they were only for tenn
porary USE Would it not be better to
thoroughly grade first, and by providing
good drainage obtain the result to be first
sought, and having provided for the es-
cape of the water, the road will of itself
be better than if filled up in the center,
with long ponds of water on either side
which soaking through makes the ridge
quagmire, which is a success in its line?
But under our present system of road
superviSorship the remedy can hardly be
hoped for, as it is fact that frequently
through envy, pique or supposed superior
knowledge, the new supervisor proceeds
to undo what his predecessor has done
the year before, thus nothing is perman
ent. We remember some years since just
across the Skunk river supervisor was
one day found pounding stone and max
ing kind of grade over the bottom.
When asked why he did such seemingly
Improbable work, he said, "well believe
all the work of the district ought to be
put here, and | am satisfied my successor
cannot undo what | do in this way"
That was the incipient beginning of the
present excellent stone grade at that
place to-day, and that supervisor had the
foresight to see the needs of the future as
well as of the present. So we say to you
Messrs Road Supervisors, work your roads
with view to beneftting the future and
make permanent repairs-dont be con-
tent with patching.
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use; and every family should have them on hand
lor their protection and relief, when required.
Long experience has proved them to be the SAT-
est, surest, and best of all the Pulls with which
the market abounds. BY their occasional use
the blood Is purified, the corruptions of the sys.
tenn expelled, distinctions removed, and the
Wnoie machinery of life restored to its healthy
activity. Internal organs which become clogged
and sluggish are cleansed by Ayer's Pills, and
Is changed into health, the value of which change
when reckoned on the vast multitudes who enioy
u, can hardly be computed. Their sugar coating
makes them pleasant to take and preserves their
virtues unimpaired for any length of time, so
that they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable
Aithough searching, they are mild, and operate
disturbance TO the constitution, or diet, or
Full directions are given on the wrapper to
each box, how to use them as a Family Physc,
and for the following complaints, which these
PilIs rapidly cure:-
For Dyspepsia or indigestion, Listless.
s SssS, SLLSng1or and Loss OF Appetite, they
scn, and restore its healthy tone and action.
For liver Complaint and its various symp.
ache, Jaundice or Green sickness. Hi.
sous Cello and Bilious Eevers, they should
pe yudlciously taken for each case to correct the
cause it. N-'
For Dysentery or Diarrhoea, but one
milo dose Is generally required.
pitation OF the Heart, Pain In the
Side, Back and L0ins, they should be contin.
noa;sy taken as required. to change the diseased
action or the system. With such change those
complaints disappear. ''0o
For Drepsy and Dropsical swellinss.
TO produce the effect of drastic purge.
For Suppression, q large dose should be
taken, as it produces the desired effect by sym.
AS Dsnner PIN, take one or two Pills tn
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
AN occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels, restores the appetite and inyigorates the
system. Hence 1t is often advantageous where
no serious arrangement exists. One who feels
toierably well, often finds that dose of thess
PttIs makes him feel decidedly better, from their
cleansing and renovating effect on the digestive
PREPARED BY
Dr.J. @. AVER e CO., Practical Chemists.
LOWELL, MASS, U. s.. 4,
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS EyERywurRa
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11

The Farmers Stock J0arnal published
at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, comes to us this
month enlarged and very much improved.
Printed upon tinted paper, from new type,
itspresentssa fine appearance. The stock
men Of Iowa should see to it, that this
journal receives the support it deserves.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11

WON en- folks who dread the task of
peeling onions because it "makes them
cry" will be glad to know that one who
knows how it is herself has ascertained
that if she sets the pan containing the
onions on the stove-hearth while peeling,
the odor will be drawn into the stove,
providing there is fire and the hearth
open, and she will not only escape all the
unpleasantness of crying spell, but will
accomplish her task more easily. Try it.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
The Fruit Prospects.
Muscatina Journal.

Tom. Melvin, one of the most observing
and practical of our fruit growers, reports
in regard to the condition and prospects
as follows: Up to May lst fruit gener-
ally is all right; pears, peaches and cher
ries are pretty much in full bloom, and
apples and grapes are far enough ad-
vanced to say with good degree of GER
tainty that the prospects for fruit of all
kinds is excellent.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11

The young city clerk who accompanied
the country girl to the barnyard to see her
milk the cow, left in Q hurry when she
told him she was about to "stripl" The
fellow had evidently been raised by hand,
and the young lady's bold announcement
almost frightened him to death.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
The monthly report of the Denartl

The monthly report of the Department
of Agriculture says that Iowa reports los
ses by hog cholera in SO counties, in
some cases amounting to half the stock in
the county Mahaska is not mentioned.
Have we lost none or is this county too
small to be noticed by the superlative
dignity Of the Department?
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11

This standard article is COM
pounded with the greatest care.
Its effects are as wonderful and
as satisfactory as ever.
1t restores gray or faded hair to
its youthful color.
1t removes all eruptions, itching
and dandruff. It gives the head a
cooling, soothing sensation of great
comfort, and the scalp by its use
becomes white and clean.
BY its tonic properties it restores
the capillary glands to their normal
vigor, preventing badness, and max
ing the hair grow thick and strong.
As a dressing, nothing has been
found so effectual or desirable.
A. A. Hayes, M. D., State As
sayer of Massachusetts, says, "The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and
l consider it the BEST PREPARATION
for its intended purposes"
Price. One Dollar.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
Buokinghana's Dye
FOR THE WHISPERS.

FOR THE WHISPERS.
This elegant preparation may be
relied on to change the color of the
beard from gray or any otter un-
desirable shade, to brown or BACK,
at diccretion. 1t is easily appISed.
being in one preparation, and que !.
" and effectually produces per
manent color, which win neifhe1
rub nor wash off.
Manufactured by r. P. HALL & Gu.
NASHUA, n. II.
ssa b. I'll Druggists. saa Dealers h 90
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
RAILROADS,
RAILROADS.
Chicago, Rock Island
&.PaCifC R. R.

Trains connect at Grlnnell, both East and West
with trains of the Central Iowa line. Also at
Des Moines with Keokuk Il Des Moines X. r.,
for all Western points.
Trains connect ut Eldon with trains of the
Keokuk s. Des Moines X. r., for all points in
Kansas and Northern Missouri.
Tickets for sale via this road at all principal
ticket offices.
A. NJ. SMITH,
III. RIDDLE, Genl Pass. Agent.
Gen'I SIInt
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11

! So far as We can learn, not one Of the
West Liberty Herds found its way to
this county.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
OskalooSa Branch.
Chicago, Rock Island & PacifCR. R,

*This train arrives in Chicago at $40 a. m.
G. +. WALKER, ASST Sup't.
G.. ii. WILLIAMS, Train Dispatcher.
HUGH RIDDLE, Gen1 Sup't.
A. KIMBALI., Asst Gen' Supt.
HORACE FISHER, Agent, OskalOosa.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
EXPECTORATION

EXPLOITATION
Is the act of discharging from the throat and
chest matter that arises from colds, instead of
scattering and distributing it through the blood,
and poisoning it. BY thus assisting the Lunps,
Throat and Ches t. DIR. Green's Expectorant cures
Colds. Coughs, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group, Dyp-
liberia, Whooping Cough and all affections of the
Lungs, Throat and Chest and the first stages Of
Consumption and Typhoid Fever. Its qualities
are ENpectorant, Sedative PICTORIAL and Altera-
tive. 1t does not stop the cough as most prep
aratious do, by their anodyne and astringent ef-
fects, retaining the mucous and offending matter
in the blood and causing permanent disease Of
the Lungs, put it cures by loosening the cough
and assisting the lungs and throat to throw OFF
the offending matter which causes the cough,
thus scientifically making the perfect. 1t at
once alleviates the most distressing cold on the
lungs, soothes and allays irritation. and breaks
up whooping cough. No better remedy can be
found for Asthma, Bronchitis, Broup and all af-
ections ofthe throat, lungs and chest and if con-
tinued in use will subdue any tendency to con-
sumption. Lung and Typhoid Fever.
1.-THE Liver is torpid or the bowels constipated
a few doses of DIR. Green's Liver Pills will assist
nature. No better cathartic can be found.
For sale by your druggist, II. w. CLIFFORD.
21ne4thw fOry
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
JOHN DAVIS,
Carriage TRIM

All kinds OF buggy and carriage
done. All kinds Of repairing. &c., dQI
Eotieer nd On yeesqpsh ne teFma
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11

Which has stood the test of 40 years.
There is no sore it'd will not heal, no
lameness it will not cure, Gno ache, no
pain, that affIicts the human body. or the
body of horse or other domestic animal,
that does not yield to its magic touch. A
bottle costing Csc, SOC or SI.oo. Ihas of
ten saved the life ofia human. being, and
restored to life and usefulness Emany a
valuable horse. .... # ....... 34-fy
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-05-11
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

For the relief and
cure of all derange.
ments in the stOm-
ach, liver, and bow
els. They are a mild
aperient, and an
excellent purgative.
Being purely vege-
table, they contain
no mercury or mine
raj whatever. Much
serious sickness and
suffering is prevent.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-15
Coin West to Die.

Well, here we are, my dear old wife, on board
the train at last
Our little all packed in trunk, with lock and
strap made fast.
I hear the bell ringn and the Whistles plsrcin'
cry;
There, wife, we're movin' out of town we're GO
In West to die
We've been from James to Johns bouae, from
Johns house back to Jane,
Till now, they've laid their burden down on
board this Western train
lis rather hard to send us of, all crippled up
and gray,
miles away
Since we broke up a keepin house, they've
carted us around,
TIL, now, II seems, a home fer US on earth can
not be found
As sure as this old face Of mine can ne'er look
young again,
So sure we'll never more return to trouble John
and Jane.
They send us to n strsnger-iand DER an uutrav.
eled road,
That Mary, in hcr Western home, may bear the
heavy load
1t Isn't to be wondered at that my eyes are filled
with tears,
Or that my form is bendin down with more than
weight Of years.
didn't think fwould come to this--T didu't
mean it should
n o home Is like you- own home, though made Of
logs of wood
No bread is sweet when eatln' it mid bitterness.
and strife
Few care to ill with peace and love an old mans
closing life.
Now, DER long, untrayelcd road. ws seek
stranger-land-
The old home circle broken up at cruel times
command
Bat time cannot destroy cur love, It's stronger
now than whom
Our heads wore not the silver looks of three score
years and ten.
Since we broke up kecpin house we've led q
wretched life
Jane put the blame upon her man. and John
upon bis wife,
They think not of their infancy-of all those
tender years,
When night and day we toied f9r them. and
wiped their flowing tears.
dear wife,
And all tho friends with whou4 we've won tbs
victories Of life
We leave behind the little church, where Oft
we've knelt In prayer,
But, coed wife, we will never leave the God thai
ne; Us there
Although these sses ara grJwu' iim. 1 still cal
see 10 read
The precious truth. in Cod OWL Word. thai
children all should heed -
"Honor thy father" saith tie Lord--"thy
mother honor toe,
Then shalt thou live long ia tie Land that GOD
has given you"
Our latest day will dawn Ger iong--ouI Journey
end la nigh
Were goin West to Marys home, we're goin
West to die (;
Then He who sees the sparrow fall who count,
the ocean sands,
win take Us to our better home-the touss no
made with hanis.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-15

democrats have an opportunity Of show.
ing, BY their action in the House of Rep.
resentatives, how the expenses of the
government may be reduced twenty or
twenty-five per cent. of committing the
house to tariff measures more acceptable
To the great mass of the people than any
heretofore in force; and Of exposing,
through committees of the house, .he
great frauds which have existed under
republican rule, and it will make little
difference in the effect whether or not
these frauds could have been prevented
by more vigilant executive and con.
gress.
Economy has taken SO firm bold on
both houses of congress that little legisla.
tion for the benefit of soldiers or
their heirs is anticipated. There has
been strong hope Of the passage of a
bill giving pensions y soldiers Of the
Mexican war, and united Southern sup.
port was looked for, but it is not likely
that the necessary votes can be secured.
For the last week the Senate has had
under discussion the debt Of the District,
and incidentally. the varinns fo-me nj
government Congress has afflicted the
people OF this capital with. The govern.
ment DOW is by three commissioners, ap-
pointed by the president, and the people
of the District have no voice in their owu
affairs. In a little over a year these
commissioners have added between four
and five million Of dollars to the debt Of
the District, and the question Of its pay.
ment becomes Of interest to the 10000
traders and boarding house keepers who
make up the taxpayers of the capital. The
debt j. now nearly s25,00o,000.
NENo
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-15
Never Tempt a Man.

TIE late celebrated John Trumbul,
when boy, resided with bis father, Gov
'ernor Tru!nbu.l, st his residence 10
Lchanon, Ccon,, 70 tho neighborhood Of
the Siohsssos. The government OF
this tribe was hereditary IN the family uf
the celebrated Uncas Among the heirs
to the cbiettaiDship vas al Indian named
Zachary who. though brave maD aoj
an excellent hunter was as drunken and
worthless an ludian ss could well be
found. BY the death Of intervening heirs.
Zachary found himself entitled 10 tbs
royal power. In this moment the better
genius Of Zachary assumed sway, ana
be reflected seriously. How can such
drunken wretch as | aln aspire to te
chief of this noble tribe? What will nv
people say2 How shall the shades of
my glorious ancestors look down indig-
nantly upon their successor? Can l sue
ceed to the great Uncas? Aye, l will
drink 20 more!' And be solemnly re.
solved that ho would drink nothing
stronger than water and be solemnly
kept bis resolution.
Zachary succeeded to the rule Of his
tribe. 1t was usual for the governor to
attend at the annual election in Hartford.
aud 1t was customary for the Mohegan
chict also TO attend, and on his way to
stop and dine with the governor John,
the governors son, was but boy, aud
on one occasion occurred a scene which
will give in Trumbull's own words:
"Oua day the mischievous thought
struck me to try the sincerity Of the old
mans temperance. The family were
seated at dinner and there was excel
lent home-brewed ale on the table. l
thus addressed the old chief: Zachary,
this beer is very fine will you not taste
it 2 Tho old man dropped his knife,
and leaned forward with stern intensity
Of expression, and his fervid eyes, spark.
ling with angry indignation, wore fixed
upon me. john, said he, you don't
know what you are doing. You are scrv-
ing the devil, boy! Do you know that
am an Indian? If should taste your
beer should never stop till got to rum.
and should become again the same
drunken, contemplate wretch your father
remembers ine to have beeo John, aeD.
or again tDhle you lirs tempt a man 10
break q good rssolution'
" Socrates never uttered better pre-
cept. Demostbenes could not have given
it with more solemn eloqueuce. | was
thunderstruck. Ny parents were deeply
affected, They looked at me, and then
turned their gaze upon the venerable
chieftain with awe and respect They
afterwards frequently reminded me Of the
scene, snd charged me never to forget it,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-15
WOMA MS TEMPERANCE COL.
UMN.
Communion Wine,

Upon different occasions, editorially
and otherwise, we have directed attention
to the subject Of unfermented wine at
the ordinance Of the Lords supper.
A large number Of the churches have
adopted the plan of using only unfer.
mented wine. There are others, however.
that have not yet fallen Into liue. Pub.
lilo sentiment upon this subject is contin-
ually advancing, and we believe that very
soon churches using fermented wine will
be only rare exceptions.
The United Presbyterian Of Pittsburg,
has the following editorial paragraph up.
on this question
A temperance convention in Michi-
gan, has passed a resolution against the
use Of Intoxicating liquor'-that is stat
ing it strongly, the meaning being that
they did not approve of the use of fer.
mented wines. Perhaps the convention
was travelling outside its appropriate do.
main but the question is one OF some
interest in the church. There is so much
discussion Of the kinds of wines spoken of
in the Biole, and there is 30 much neces.
sary temperance ferment, that it is right
for the church to consider what is beat
and safest for it to do Aud since there
is unfermented wine provided for com.
munion purposes, which is clean, sweet,
wholesome, and beautiful, why should it
not be used 10 preference to any other 2"
This question is receiving increased at.
tention. 1t deserves this attention, both
from the principle involved, and from the
painfully cad results which have often
followed the use of fermentcd win in
this sacred ordinance. We are glsd to
see that the number Of churches that use
unfernented wine ia continual Y receiving
valuable additions. 4 recent number Of
the Pacific tells US that Rev. D. Tracy,
OF Vineland, reports, as the result Of
three years labor, that about one thou
sand churches have exchanged the iotox.
ioating wine for uniermented at commuu.
ion. 10 the city os Philadelphia more
than ,wo hundred churches use this wine.
May this important reform still 20 On,
until every church shall use unfermeoted
wine at the hallowed commuuion seeaou
of the Lords supper Rescue.