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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31

"The nineteenth century Is the age Of nov.
els" remarks literary historian-he might
have added, with equal truth, "and novel
impositions. Studied politencss has been
passed off on us for native refinement, the
forms Of devotion for its essence, and specu-
every new person or thing, and to an asser-
ton Of merit, invariably exclaim, Prove
it!p In brief, Satan has made himself SO
omnipresent, that we look for his cloven foot
everywhere-even in q bottle of medicine.
Imagine lady, having complexion so sal.
low that you would deny her claims to the
Caucasian type If her features did not con.
form to it, purchasing her first bottle OF the
Golden Medical Discovery. The one dollar
is paid in the very identical manner in which
Mr.. Taylor might be expected to purchase q
lottery ticket after his experience with mo.
10Y, 16S," with this difference, his doubt
would be the result Of personal experience,
VIII lie hers would be founded on what Ger.
tain practitioner (who has been a whole year
trying to correct her refractory liver) has said
concerning 1t. At home, she examines the
bottle half suspiciously, tastes of its con.
tents carefully, takes the prescribed dose
more carefully, and then proceeds to watch
the result with Is much anxiety as a practi.
toner would count the pulse-bcats of dy.
ing man. She takes another dose, aud anoth-
or, and shows the bottle to her friends, tell.
ing them she feels better" Her skin loses
its bilious tint, her eyes regain their luster,
her accustomed energy returns, and the FACT
that she purchases another bottle is o sure
witness that she has found the Golden Nell.
cal Discovery to be reliable remedy for the
disease indicated. The lady wisely resolves
that in future her estimate OF any medicine
VIII be based upon personal knowledge of ID
e0ects, and not upon what some practitioner
(who always makes long bills rhyme with
ptlle. may say Of 1t. DR.. Pierce is in recent
o. letters FROM hundreds Of the largest whole.
sale and retail druggists in the United States
stating that at the present time there is q
greater demand for the Golden Medical Dis
covery and Purgative Pellets than ever he.
fore. In affections Of the liver and blood
they are unsurpassed.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31

CRossIxe over the trail from Bear Val
ley to San BeEnardino, ~ encountered 1
grizzly bear standing directly in our path.
My guide strongly advised making Z de-
tour and leaving bruin II popees1ion Of
the psss, but I thought Of my California
stock bought q sixty, and determined to
be avenged upon this bruin for what I
had suffered 4 the hands q the Cslifofnis
street heaTs. / had : heavy 8harp's rifle.
and putting q handful Of cartfideea into
my vest pocket 70 expedite rapid loading.
/ approached withla sixH ya<tla, and.
dismounting, gave my lazist Is ~ enide.
telling him II Be attempted 10 run "a With
the horses / would ohoot him. / Then
took deliberate aim q he boarss hsai "a
fred. Withe roar which sounded tn1ne
Ike <het " fQE1Y Hos cdr6b1h6 hc
bounded toward NJ. Hastily 1sl1ai1ine.
i flred again, and was % fostunaie g %
break one q NJ f0releFS. This 70
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31
The Taurup, or Great Turtle

Rad vs. are his habits (thepickereD. how
ever. he ID not the only nor the WORST
enemy OF the poor, pestered trout. Inc
great turtle, the tGurup or topper OF the
sborigines, the swapping turtle OF more re-
fined dialects, is a deadlier foe, icr ne
/ ,kes the mature fish, not the mere niger
lings which satisfy the pickerel.
The taurup Is horrible creature, one OF
the antediluviars, cruelty In is eye,
strength in its muscles, imperviotisness IN
its shell, and neither mercy nor gentic.
ness in its heart or bowels. With equal
independence it lives on land or in water,
with equal cou. age it defends itself from
man or beast. One Of forty, fifty, or even
sixty pounds, to which weight they often
attain. is no mean antagonist; when capt
ured and drawn into the boat, or cornercd,
it turns, and rising on its black and wrin.
killed. legs, not crawling prone like an or
binary turtle, but with head extended,
little yellow eyes Offering, and sharp
beak really for the contest, 1t advances de-
| FAINT of all created things. Then it Is NO
pleasant object, nor agreeable companion
within the narrow limits of an ordinary
boat. and the captor at such q moment
wishes he had done something else, and
been good way off instead Of being just
in hat particular spot at that moment OF
time. l remember one | captured, OF
quite sixty pounds weight-dragging him
ashore by the tail, and then chOpping his
head half off with an axe-whicb
cleared the kitchen quicker than the
Is Ole folks, young folks" when we
undertook to put him into the wash boiler
of boiling water, with view to turtle
soup: and another which moved its legs
twenty -four hours after it was not only de.
capitated, but disemboweled. What an
appealing spectacle for the Society for the
| Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the
other weak sentimentalists in general
These fellows are dangerous to deal with
and must be approached with care; theil
bite is terrible, their jaws never relaxing
till the piece seized upon comes out, ano
they are possessed Of quickness OF mo
! ton which no one would expect from
their heavy, awkward shape. They lay
their eggs in the sand during the warm
days Of early June, depositing abou
thirty or forty, and scratching out hole
about half the depth of their bodies fol
the purpose. The eggs are round, nearly
an inch in diameter. and of delicat,
orange color, the shell being exceedingly
thin like transparent paper, and they arr
! left to hatch of themselves under the hea
of the summers sun. Snappipg.turtlei
destroy and devour some Of our fines
trout, approaching them for that purpose
from below, rising slowly from the bot
tom, and looking more like some black
rough barked log than a living creature
till they are near enough to dart out theil
long neck and big head. The trout some
times escapes, but carries with him there
after the clear imprint of the two horny
jaws on either side of his abdomen
Robert B. Roosevelt, in Appleton's Journd
| for June.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31
Religious Reading.
HYxH 0r1HE DUNKBRs.


NJ = --'-
EIosTU UDAR, EFmATA, PKNNsYLvNIA,
178o.
1870 YAntA dlniBfaHA slnSs.
Wan. aintsfs, vsie! IL daylstar shi6s;
Above Ep&iatas easbun pines
Tn dawn i hguaking, cool and calm,
WAKE. sigeuA wake 70 prayer and psalm!
Praised b. H. Lced fur shade and light
For toll By day, for rest by night
Praised - His name WIN deigns to bless
Our KedAr Of the wildernemI
ON refuge whsn The spoilers hand
Was heavy On our native land;
And freedom, to her children dus,
The wolf and vulture only know.
We praissd Him when 10 prison led,
We owned Him when the stake blased red;
We knew, whatsvex might befau.
His love and power were ovr all.
He heard our prayes; with outstxetched arm
He led = forth from muel hArmi
Still, Whenue'ef our steps were BENT
His cloud and fire befUfe % we1tl
The witch Of kaith aid prayer he sst;
We kept it then; We keep it yet:
At midnight, crow of cock, OF noon,
BE cometh sure. He cometh soon.
He comes to chasten, not destroy,
To purge the earth from sims alloy.
At last, at last shall all confess
His mercy a. His righteousnes.
The dead shall live, the nick be whole,
The scarlet sin be white a. wool;
No disoord mar below, above,
The music Of eternal Lowell
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31
Wizard Butte.

was recently at Fort Abraham Lin
ing mound, on the highest point of
The mound is about thirty feet In dame
ter, and five feet above the adjacent
ground at the present time. asked the
soldier if he knew Its history. He re-
piled: "The Indians say it was thrown
up hundreds OF years ago, when on this
hill and along the river at its base was a
large town. There was also large town
on the bluffs above Bismarck, on the east
bank of the river. There was renowned
wizard, or medicine man, located here,
who had beautiful daughter, who was
loved and sought IN marriage by young
warrior who lived in the town on the east
bank. The wizard objected to the match,
and forbade his daughter to receive the
visits of her lover Clandestine meetings
resulted. One evening, as the sun was
descending below the western h0rizsOn,
the girl took the water jug and started to
the spring on Beaver Dam Creek for wa
ter. Her father asked her where she was
going. To the spring, father was her
reply. Yes, you are going to the spring
to meet your lover, said the father. II
you CO. continued he, i will turn you
into stone.' The girl, undaunted, per-
sisted in going and meeting her lover near
the spring. She related to him the threat
of the hard-hearted father. He urged her
to fly with him to his fathers lodge,
where he promised her safety and The
protection Of his fathers people. But it
was too late was already turning into
stone. The threat was executed. The
broken hearted lover returned to his
fathers lodge, and told of the cruel blow
inflicted on him and his beloved The
father Of the young warrior appealed to
the people of his band to assist him in
demanding vengeance on the wicked med
icine-man. To avoid bloody war, the
people seized the wretch, and, after ap-
pealing in vain to his paternal heart, and
urging him to restore his daughter to life,
resolved to bury him alive. He was tiel
to stake, and the women carried earth
and heaped it up around him till he was
buried out Of sight. He died muttering
imprecations against his daughter, his
people and his race, and threatened with
his last breath to turn the entire popula-
ton into stone. - Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31
Care Of Horses Feet.

When the foot is gone, there is no
horse left. There ID an old adage to this
effect, the truth OF which is itcontrovert.
ible. Yet no part of a horses anatomy is
worse used than the foot, and there are no
more frequent diseases to which the no.
tice of the veterinary surgeon is brought
than those of the feet. This comes of the
unwise yet Obstinately- maintained fashion
of rasping, cutting, burning, tarring and
greasing the hoofs. 1t would occupy too
much space here to describe the anatomy
of the Foot fully, but it is a very timely
matter Just now to consider the structure
Of the horny outer covering or crust of the
foot, by which the delicate inner parts
are protected.
Horn is fbrous substance, which con-
tains twenty I'VE per cent. of water. The
fact that 1t contains water in its normal
composition Is very important one, and
needs to be stated here, because, unless
specific reasons arc given, very little
weight is generally accorded to all that
may be written or said about the proper
treatment Of the horses foot, by either
horse owners, farmers, blacksmiths, or
professional hOrsesh0ers. When horn is
deprived of water it becomes dry, hard,
and without elasticity, precisely like
piece of dry glue, which breaks and
splinters into CLASSY fragments. 1t is
necessary, therefore, that this water should
be retained to keep the horn IN good con-
dition. The common practices Of burning
the sole to procure ct for the
shoe, or rasping the outer surface tn
get good shape. and of tarring and
greasing the hoof. all tend TO drive the
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31

+ IAN eminent physician Of Boston rob-
scaIlet fever q many " il terrorB BY pre-.
scsiblng tor Tie pefient warm Lemonade,
with lItfle mucilaee, = often = de.
slred, md he application of warmth ID
The Stomach. 10 directs that 3 siieet
sku9h BE- Nrutg out 81 hot Nater and laid
bn tbs sfQmachk reilexing Il - Often Il Il
c8ols. Nothihg bit lei6onade il to be
Grahath Gems.- One quarter pound
Of -four, the same Of Graham meal, one
spoonful Of sugar, good pinch Of salt,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, well
mixed in the -four; add two beaten eggs,
and milk to make stiff batter; stir well,
heat and butter the gem pans, and put al
once into quick oven. A few minutes
will bake them. Serve very hot. They
arc not " bad to taken ct breakfast, of q
cold morning
Lemon Drops.-Upon half pound
Of finely powdered sugar, pour just enough
lemon juice to dissolve it and boil to the
consistency Of thick strip. Drop this on
plates, and put in . warm place 70 harden.
Or, puif ibuf 6tihees Of LEMON Juice On
one pouiid of loaf-sHgar, with four ounces
of rose-water. Boil to strip, add grated
lemon peel, and proceed Is In the fist
recipe. By adding raspberry sirup, in
stead Of lemon juice, you have raspberry
drops.
The following bits of farm wisdom
are taken from the Iona State Register
Give cows plenty Of salt and waite
winter and summer. :. DO not let the
wheat and corn fields cause any one to
neglect the garden >. DO not waste soap
suds. 1t Is healthy for hogs, and highly
feftili1ihg 10 kfape vines: -. Potatoes
which are To be planted lad better be cut
q few days before aid placed SO the cut
part can be dried before planting. :. b
careful schat you sign,' should De printed
in large capitals and put up in promi.
nent place in every farmers house.
Pure milk contains about e:ghty-nine pei
cent. of water, and yet many of the milk
retailers insist this is not water enough
-. Seeds Of the squash family are said to
be improved by age, as the new seeds run
to vines, while old seeds produce more
fruit. !. Animals, especially cattle and
hogs, should be fat always, from q calf OF
pig up. Then they are a1whys ready fol
the shambles. Fat steers turned on. tc
Craze will shrink fof few days; Their
they will gain rapidly. An hours oper
air work daily in the garden is refreshing
invigorating, remunerative and productive
of cheerfulness and health to merchant
professional man, mechanic or loafinl
gentleman.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31

An old Physician, retired from active prn..
tice, having had placed In his hands by 4,
East India Missionary the formula OF sim
pie Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and
permanent Cure Of Consumption, Bronchitis
Calarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and Luns
Anections, also . positive and Radical Cur,
Tor Nervous Debility and Al Nervous Com
plants, after having thoroughly tested It,
Wonoettui curative powers IN Thousands q
cases, fer II It his duty to make n known =
his suffering fellows. Acfuatcd bv fhis M
tive, and : conscientious desire to relieve In
man suffering, he viii send (frec Of charge
70 Al who desire It, this recipe, with full al
rectlons for preparing and successfully uslne
sent ~ return mali by ADDRESSING. Va
sse naming this paper. D.. W. G. Hleyeus
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31
Housekeeping.

In order to keep house accettably, one
must be endowed with method, judgment.
taste and selfcontfol; but as these rarely
meet In the same person, many houses are
conducted solely by means of one or the
other, while many more are run at the ex-
pense of neither. and the result is band
to-mouth kind of housekeeping, credita-
BILE to nobody, atfording anxiety to all and
pleasure to none. To be good house.
keeper should be the aim of everyone who
has house to keep. be it palace or cot
tage, and this does not merely include
living III q state of constpnt warfare with
the ubiquitous ogre, Dust, which lies in
ambush in every crack and Granny, nor IN
preserving the paint unspotted, the glass
unclouded, the closets in perfect order,
and the floors In such condition that one
could eat off them, as the saying goes-ali
this may be accomplished, and yet the
well-kept inn; the good housekeeper must
still call herself an Improbable servant,
when she has dictated the terms upon
which the home may exist, unless she has
not only attended to the bodily require
ments, not only seen to it that the meals
shall be well and regularly served, that
.ne ap ~ men IL snail pc aireul ngn.ed ana
wa.Meu; tnat !he Servants snali DC neal
anu cisll, out 'na' ,ne eyes snan % ae-
lignIea as well as he palate, the mind De
nourisneu as wei as tne Dody, mat eacn
inulvioeai snaii oweli ~ ease, Wltnou,
dieau OF Posslo-e nilcn ID tne housenoid
maGninery, II ne Iaiis 70 pursue pre-
scIioeu anu weaIlsome Iouune. VINO mas
no. seen people moving IN tnelr own
nd MON ia a. u a.iaiu q OF gong some miscnie,
" WHY nau 'ne ail VI Del1s ABDUL as mucn
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31
INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS.

eafinr nink hI9unms. - -
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or,.~ ac.,,sts,,ss Il &c., s,..s .,, = a.
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,sith<,,,t go ,,y,i fssS asT. ~.
t;r,es ~ ,ysii .p.~rs a q. 80, - o'n0.
,,r,s ~ ksd 49,, = ~ 800; ~. sn onc
ssIs ~. 1870 W.. = '-'s ss4S''o'' V SAVING
as D.agsrLoDOeIs o. 1exas seem %
~ ~ - - a.. =. nsarad = PosSlols.
nwo VI .neM ssoS pe9 sthge rom Eagle
-, lss. ~eeAs - wnicn were tnlee pas
s1ngsrs, O G q .ne onlteo Ssa;es
A nLIy, nj; Tv.e, VI NeM lorn, and Mf.
= .u,rs,' q IN. ~. ~ ,Asn n "a Ws ~. qu,e.
money handed ont bv Nj. MEifout was
dropped, and he stU0ped to pick it mn.
probably a. an act of politcness to the
robber who was covering him with his
six-shooter. But the latter misunderstood
the action and blazed away. Fortunately
he missed. and being assured Mr.. MeIfont
was not endesvorine 10 pick M dagger
at his feet. |" excused himselfn for Ris
haste. No doubt if he had killed him he
would have expressed aunfeirned reprets''
Ut the unfortunate " accident. Man Or.
leans Republican.
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u,,..tar,d s,9 ue ne.ol anu Suuge
=. ! h;,a.;r~ . va an Ie; 'ne later
Whsr tha is,da anu n ss Acus'on;
- osNee Sy s4nyunSe9
; ;n"s =. 49, s,nn 70 asn esery IookSu
Ms.sr ouJa .i 'n IT,, I've = nsn anu tne
r ~~sS ,.."a ~ ny 80 :uusc, nowcs1l,
quJi1Iy p.eHac ms pal. pa. MS hooks
s S - .hn - ~;no u sh h. 'n Us. no ,nl
s 10, .. ~ " t.o w.. nuo .. wv ocioCA
a az .... ' 1Ypp0a. anoo VIII ~, cisus vi my
LIZ az LoI n.,..s Eyer 9:" Ill lS su[p,!seu
s os.n .no ls.ss' H e 1ovAs anu lines
S ~ oA n.s IN. enu "anu y - " sno Ut
uiny Anu, pus .ne uaI' hau PeCuiia.
to he nothino more nor lac than n nj If
beef soaked IN . mi rtnre If sugar wb;skv
and noys vine Tho nous snssad " srony
the P;ntda and thev are svpr,n;nr haro
from ali directions ana catchina manv ,,ne
front W;nn~,,,r.,, + Nsr ,s;1ae- CT. .-o
80! 80. .'
~AIter the tiain mai lett Mechanics.
S ,n sne ram came .s down IN = torrent. and
Ine Iooi q INC car sprang leaK. A
f-.-fo p ~ ~
iovey, moveo uneaslly m ner sea-, the
Watei Gripping from 'he TOOL was spoiling
ner handsome Dress. a young. gentle
man, also peaut,iul, looked up from his
newspaper. ana, overcome by the radi-
ance OF ner glance, o1erea 70 exchange
seats WIN ner ana 70 take the wet corner
nimseii. Wltn . sweet smile and mu,
s s laank you, Slr,. the change OF
oase was eHecteo. linen they edged their
way into conversation. and soon there was
aspiutter OF conndential whispers. Final
y tnsre was an awKWala pause, broken
py the genteman's saying, Here is a
Troy paper; perhaps you would like to
ialr ones reply; II should like to hear
the news very much, ont 4 can't read. -
Troy Nv. 7. } P'ess.
"A ten-year-older who boards with his
parents on Congress street, east, near
Hastings, has lately taken a strange no.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-05-31

WHEN you see o tramp boiling his
weekly meal you are comforted with the
reflection that beyond peradventure flour
is going down. Rochester Democrat.
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no. FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA

kich Smooth, TilIable Prairie at 81 to 50 per
ncre. Climate healthy, water good; accessible to
the Great Trans Continental Railroad; in latitude oil
Central and Southern Iowa. Running streams, hui
no swamps. RESIDENCE not required. Unsurpassed
free information and Hound Trip Tickets. at Excur-
sion rates, good for 60 days, apply t.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-01
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY.

Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.
NOVEMBER 81, 1877.
The ircshet in james river was greater
last Saturday than any that is within the
memory OF persons now living, exceeding
That OF 1912 by not less than five and half
'eet lj3). Beginning at Jackson, small
village several miles above Buchanan and
about two hundred and five or six miles
above Richmond, beyond which my infor-
inalion does not yet extend, and going down
a. iar Us the mouth Of North river, could
>ehd You 4 record Of losses which would
exceed al! the space you can srare for this
letter The distance within these limits is
about twenty-five miles. AT Jackson, be-
sides houses carried away, several colored
men lost their lives. At Buchanan the
bridge vas carried off, also stores and other
houses. At Skidmore's Ferry fourteen
colored people (Henry May and family,
who sought safety in the ferry-boat, were
drowned. At Dillon, Elicit d Co.'s lime
kilns the store Of Mcssrs. Heth & Mason
was under water up 10 the caves, and other
losses sustained, besides the great loss Of the
canal a. a means OF transportation TO the
kilns. At Gilmore's mill DR.. Bradley's
store was full OF water nearly to the
ceiling, and the mill seriously damaged.
III Dir. Frederick Johnston's, saw-miIl re-
moved short distance, a grlst mill removed
from It's foundation, and lumber and othet
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-12-01

property lost. AtPowers's locks, residence
carried away. At the mouth OF north
river, storehouse Of Messrs. Lockers &C.
'ment-miIls carried OF and cement-mills
damaged. Besides these public losses,
the losses OF private property, barns, to.
bacco, corn, forage, &C., will amount to
many thousands. se
On the chief tributaries OF the James in this
section--viz.. on Cedar creek. Buffalo and
North riyers-the tidings OF loss are In pro,
portion to those on the James; but 1t is evil
dent that while In 1870 the North river was
higher than the James, it was less swollen
than the James this time. At Hardy's, on
Cedar creek, the saw-mill was carried of,
and the -four mill and dam injured. At
Buffalo mills the saw-mill was ruined and
-four mill damaged. On the same stream
Zollmen's store was carried of; Bunker
Hill mills injured seriously; and the bridge
at Brady's carried off. In addition to nu-
merous losses at Lexington and at other
places on the North river, there was some
loss OF life on that stream also, as indicated
by several bodies found In the vicinity OF
its mouth.
The canal is, we suppose, utterly and
irrctrievably ruined. We have yet had no
mails from Richmond, and wait anxiously
for news from the railroads and all the
lower country, where, RS we have reason to
believe, the losses and diStresses must have
been far beyond our experience here.
The rain began Wednesday night, Dist,
about 10 O'Clock, and continued until Sat
urday morning. The heaviest rain was
Friday night, 23d, when we had severe
thunder and vivid flashes Of lightning. The
river rose till near midnight Saturday night,
24th, and then fell rapidly. TUCKAHoE.