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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

The Paris police are waging war Of
determination on fortune-tellers, astrolo-
gers and similar imposters. The French
capital abounds in them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08
CHEW
The Celebrated
''MAToHLEss"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
TIE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York, Boston, and Chicago

Familiarity with the writings Of the great
poets is necessity to any one who wishes to
appear well in company. For 10c. we will send
book of 100 selections from the beautiful mel.
odies of Moore, the grand poems Of Byron and
the unequaled songs Of Burns, and so popular
songs. Desmond Co., 915 Race St, Phila
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

The most contemplate fraud that has been
practiced upon farmers and others in the last
few years is the selling of immense packs of
worthless horse and cattle powders. There is
My one kind now known in this country that
are unadulterated, and those are Sheridan's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

To cleanse and whiten the teeth, to sweeten
the breath, use Browns Oamphorated Sapona-
oeous Dentifrice. Twenty-Five cents bottle
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

A system of loading heavy guns by
means of compressed air has been in
vented by r. @. Smith, of Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

Hon. O. R Parsons, mayor of Rochester, was
radically cured of Bright's Disease by Craig's
Kidney Cure. Depot AZ UNIVERSITY Pl. N Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08
TIMELY TOPICS.

The debt of the city Of Paris is $751;
126, $40.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

Motto for a tailor Press on.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08

Brumidi, the italian artist, who has
been many years engag, d IN frescoing
the capitol at Washington, will take two
years to finish the fresco work in the
rotunda upon which he is now engaged.
He is more than seventy years old, and
he has painted more than an acre of
space in the capitol building.
A writer in the London Lancet con-
dennis the planting of trees in the streets
of towns as unsanitary, taking the
ground that the circulation of fresh air
is checked by the foliage of the trees;
and in the narrow lanes, where the poor.
est part of the population are packed
together, anything that interferes with
the freest possible circulation of air is
injurious to health.
Not few of the Turkish officers taken
prisoners during the late war have ac-
cepted service in the armies of their
conquerors. The terms offered them
were liberal and they felt no scruple
about accepting them. Most of them
are to be sent to the Caucas rs. Nothing,
however, could induce the Turkish pri.
Yates to follow the example of theil
chiefs. The inferiority of the Turkish
officer to the Turkish private soldier in
soldierly qualities has always been in
sisted upon.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08
IMPORTANT NOTICE.-FafSers, Fam

Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-11-08
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Thousands of infants are slowly starving, because of
the inability of mothers furnish proper nourshment
DO not fail to use Ridges Food.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Be Loyal to Your Local Payer.


We know of no Improperly less JUS
tifiable than the causeless finding fault
with on's local paper. We do not
propose difficulties under which a
news paper is prepared, nor do we
Intend to lay down rules by which
one may judge whether or not pa.
per ia worth the patronage of its con-
stituents. One thing is certain, the
world would be dreadful dreary
place were the local newspapers aud
denly 10 die. The American people.
we verify believe, would actually be-
come wild if all newspapers should
cease publication for twelve month.
There are many thousand newspapers
in the land, but by no means as many
as there will be fifty years hence. The
damp, fresh sheet laid daily or week
ly at your doors. give you the world
in miniature. You read its comely
columns, and feel the pulsations of
the mighty mass of humanity, and be.
come en-, roporte with all its move
ments. Some people are all to prone
to dcpreciate their own local papers,
and magnify the merits of out-of-
town newspapers. AS rule the To-
cal newspaper is as good newspa.
per as the community in which it is
published will support. Occasionally
we find cities and villages which are
not properly taken care of by their
papers, but in this day of fierce COM
pc ition. there are those always stand
ing ready with the requisite brains
and capital 10 ill wants 'long felt"
and if people will subscribe and pay
for paper, they can always be ac-
commodated with a prime article.
We do not respect person who eth
err himself speaks or permits others to
speak slightingly OF a local newspa-
per- Citizens have slight obliga-
ton in this matter as well rs publish
ers. 1t is their duty to be loyal to the
press, and to sustain it in all that it
does which is not preiudicial to the
best interest of the communicable,
Y0rk Times.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

G. II. Turner is a Fairfield young
man who wants wife, SO says a
personal" in the Chicago Times of
flows days ago. In fact, he "wanted
a wife prepared for plain housekeep-
ing" and did not object to working
girl. His address was "Bos "a. Fair
field, Iowa." and he wanted CORES
pondence. 1t came. The lad" was
inserted Sunday; Monday letters
commenced pouring in--five, ten, fiji
teen each day, and they still continue
Misses, Maidens, Widows fair. all
wanting husbands-have replied to
the lad" and the gentleman is load
ed down with letters, and his CORE
spondence seems larger than one man
can handle.
chooses to advertise for one, as man
would for horse or COW, we pre-
sumo it is all right, but it shows lack
of something, we don't know what to
call it, in the women who reply to his
advertisement. This man is a pleas
ant fellow and appears to be gentle
man, but what do his lady correspon.
dents know of him or his history ?
ls there such lack Of men that wo-
men are tempted to throw themselves
away in this kind of style, or is any
thing preferable to "single blessed
ness ?" If replies are written in earn
est, what has become of woman's mod
esty, and if in jest. how can they JUS
tify such conduct? To just such fool
ishness many women can attribute
their ruin, and certainly it does not
contribute very greatly to ones hap
piness. A few hours spent each day
in reading useful books and papers
would certainly give them more and
better knowledge than correspoa-
dence with unknown gentle en-, and
would also show them some whole
some examples of girls who have
been led astray by just such frivolity
as this. Girls, if you want to gain or
retain the esteem of your friends
shun such things-a good name is
preferable to an unenviable notorietv
and perhaps disgrace.-Fotrfeld
| Ipdner
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
The Philosophy of Strikes.

Ae''A .h~ VIZ SAlS bGkAiCh
"Where are you going with the
puppies, my little man ~ asked a
gentleman of a small boy yester-
day, whom he met with three pups in
a basket.
"Goin' to drown them," was the re-
II want a pup for my little boy to
play with what do you say to letting
me take one of them"
"l'll sell you one," spoke up the
little boy with true American enter
prise, I'll sell you this yaller one for
half la dollar, the black one for "a
cents and the spotted one is worth q
dollar"
~ think my boy would like the
spotted ,one best, but you ask toe
much for it. You had intended
drowning all of them, but I'll give
you 25 cents and save you the trouble
of drowning the spotted one.'
twenty-five cents for that spotted
pup!" exclaimed the boy. ~ can,
stand it, taxes is high, rent is high
groceries is high, oil is down and 60.
ing lower-oh, no; can't take Less
than q dollar
"But you intend to drown"
"Take to black one at Is cents"
"My little boy wouldn't like the
black one.'
"Take the yaller one at half a dol
lar, and he's dog cheap"
Il don't like his color"
"Well, then, you'd better tell your
little boy to play with his toes" and
he continued on his way to the river
remarking that, "No party car
dead-beat his way on me these hare
tinoc
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Orchard in Grass.

An old friend writes us "There is a
great deal of nonsense talked and
written about apple trees requiring
cultivated ground. The reason why
the trees do not do so well when the
ground is in grass, is because it is not
grazed and kept short as it is in Eng
land, where all the orchards, cor a,
least ninety-nine out of hundred
are kept in grass, and never, under
any circumstances plowed, But the
grass is grazed with sheep and calves
and never moved, as tits well known
to be wrong to grow what is not re.
turned to the soil in some shape.
Americans do not understand the diff.
ference between fine old permanent
sod which is never plowed and the
timothy and clover temporary grass
here. When the sward is grazed in
England there is nothing to prevent
the sun and air from benefiting the
roots, and the sheep lie great deal
under the trees and leave droppings
and urine.-Rural NeW Yorker.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Q. Hoppers.

l ~ VOpHOsc'
1t is fortunate for this section Of
country that the crops have been gar
nered early in the main, or rather
perhaps, more properly speaking,
lucky for the agriculturists that the
festive grasshopper has beeu some.
what late in putting in an appear
ance.
Billy Robinson, of Highland town
ship, and others in his section, have
informed our reporter that they have
utterly snnihilated the turnips in that
section, and . gentleman has brought
US . peach tree twig from Green
township, which contains peach
stones sticking to it with the fruit, as
we'll as the foliage. entirely eaten
away. In that section they prevail
in great numbers In the meadows and
stubble fields, eating every green
thing before them, and in some in
stances destroying young orchards
by devouring not only the foliage
but the bark.
They seem to be the old fashioned,
bow-legged mesdow grasshoppers
which have always existed here more
or less, after harvest, and not as &C.
tive and itinerating pest as the Kan
sas specie. Owing to the hot wealth
err, or some other cause, they have
been developed to an amazing extent
in many places in this section of late,
and had they come earlier they
might have caused the farmers much
more serious loss.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Oh! What a Fail!

LuuS NlDc AuNcTtl6cI,
The democracy of the Sixth dis
trict did not have the stamina either
to endorse Weaver or nominate a
straight out democrat. When a
great national party has become 90
weak as to not have backbone enough
to either nominate or endorse, and
thus holds itself in readiness to re.
ceive bids from two high contracting
parties, it is about time for it to dis.
band. In fact, the democracy Of this
district is practically disbanded and
hanging upon the skirts of the green
back party, begging to be permitted
to train with them. Sam. d. Evani
and Tim Walker are on the anxious
seat, and daddy Ives,' as soon as be
feels satisfied they are truly repent.
ant, will open the doors and vel.
come them to the greenback fold
"What fall is there, my country
men!"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
An Undeniable Truth.

You deserve to suffer, and If you
lead miserable, unsatisfactory life
In this beautiful world, it is entirely
your own fault, and there is only one
excuse for you-your unreasonable
prejudice and skepticism, which has
killed thousands. Personal knowl-
edge and common sense reasoning
will soon show you that Green's Au-
gust Flower will cure you of Liver
Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its
miserable effects, such az sick head
ache, palpitation of the heart, sour
stomach, hAbitual costiveness, dizzi-
nsss Of the head, nervous prostration,
low spirits, etc. Its sales now reach
every town on the western continent,
and not druggist but will tell you Of
its wonderful cures. You can buy q
sample bottle for ten cents. Three
doses will relieve you. Sold by J. u.
Taylor 4 Co., Ottumwa lows.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
The City Editor of the Ottumwa

The City Editor of the Ottumwa
Courier, with view to remove from
himself an irresistible temptation,
calls upon the ladies to abandon out
side pockets to their dresses and re-
turn to the style of their grandmoth-
ers.-Des Moines Register.
The City Editor of the COURIER
may be tempted, as tho Register says,
but he don't steal local items as the
Register City Editor does, and then
not have decency enough to say he il
sorry. when detected in II.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Bee Notes For August.

The american Bee Journal SAWS
that all impotent queens should be
superseded, SO that the colonies NAV
be kept strong to gather the fall crop
OF honey. Qneenless colonies should
be given queens or frames Of brood,
If they have none, in order to raise q
queen. If the brood cells are full of
honey, it should be removed from a
few of the central frames with the ex-
tractor, in order to give the queen
room for brood. The opening of
hives and the removal of surplus hon
ey should always be done at night, in
the early morn, or on cool day.
Surplus honey should be kent in a
cool, dry place. Examine the boxes
and sections occasionally /; and If any
moth worms are found, remove and
destroy them. Extracted honey NAV
be kept in barrels wooden watts or
tins, the barrels or watts should be
coated with wax to prevent leakage.
Care should be taken not to expose
the honey to start robbing. The en-.
trance to weak colonies should be
contracted to enable them to defend
themselves from robbers.
BY the last of August buckwheat
will have come in; boxes partly filled
should be removed and extra cted be-
fore that, go as not to have the honey
mixed.
During August and September the
bees will be more irritable than usual,
and all who are nervous and timid
should provide themselves with a
good smoker and vail, if they find
such necessary. These will steady
the nerves and enable even the most
timid to control their bees at all
times and make the necessary exam
nations with confidence.
In handling them, let the novice be
careful to avoid jars, working quietly
and steadily, always keeping perfect.
ly cool. Should sting be given. re.
move it, squeeze out the poison, and
apply honey, soap, hartshorn, essence
of peppermint or even little mud.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

w. p. Clifford, Of Elmwood, Ills,
manufacturer and inventor of the
"New Era," Combined Grain Separa-
ter, Grader, Scourer and wheat Pol
Usher, is now looking around the city,
with a view, if sufficient encourage
ment is offered, of starting a manu-
factory of these machines, which are
indispensable to millers, at this place.
Mr.. c. is very much pleased with the
situation of affairs in this city, and
we hope that means may be devised
to induce him to locate here. Manu-
factories is what we want, and what
we must have, if we keep our town
growing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

TAKING TINE BY THE FoRELoCK.-
A few weeks since, says the Def
Moines Register, lady call at one OF
railroad offices in this city and en-.
quired for the boss of the freight de-
partment. That official was pointed
out and she enquired:
"Do you ship corpses on passenger
trains?"
eyes, ma'am."
"At what price,:
zone full fare"
"Well, l have no corpse just
now, but I'll be along W it'll one before
long"
Then the lady depa rted and the in.
cident had we'll nigh faded out of re-
collection until day or two since,
the same woman brought the body
of her husband to be shipped East,
1t is to be hoped that he was O. nice,
comfortable corpse, for SO calcula-
ting a widow ought to have the path
of life made pleasant for her.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

The Kansas City Industrial Expo
sition and Agricultural Association
holds it's session from the 10th to the
2lst of September next inclusive.
The association has made q positive
contract, as they state, with John
Splan, of Cleveland, Ohio, to have
"Rarus," king of the turf, trot race
Of three heats against time, the 10Th
Of September, the fourth day Of the
Fair, on the Exposition track, for .
purse Of $1,000.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

An exchange says that people will
split themselves laughing at the stale
jokes of clown, that are hundred
years old, while newspapers are ex-
pccted to be filled with first-class
new jokes every day. They will pay
SO cents to hear the clown, while they
will begrudge nickel for a good
newspaper. Sich is life.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

The Rider Bros, Of this city, since
the 18th of January, have shipped
23S horses to Great Bend, Kansas, for
which they have paid an average OF
about $40 per head. This would
make $4,000 they have paid out in
less than seven months to our farmers
for horses. A number of other firms
have bought horses and probably the
sum of $4,000 will be paid for hor-
SEES and mules at this place this year.
The class Of horses demanded are
good, heavy farm mares or horses, Is
to l6 hands high, and our farmers are
fast learning that this class of ami
mails are profitable to raise. Mules
also are always ready sale at price
that is somewhat in advance of hor-
ses, especially if they are good size.
Mules always sell for higher price
than horses.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

eff there is anything in this world
that is pleasant to the ear of . lover
of music, it is to. hear brass instru-
ments played with clear, mellow
tones."-Mt. Pleasant Reporter.
There's good deal more music in
the sound "here's dollar and a half
for your paper another year"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
History Likely to BE Rope ated.

If Gen. Weaver talks much more
in the Sixth district, his opponent,
Judge Sampson, will be elected by
the same weapon by which Samp son
of old triumphed,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
SPECIAL NOTICE.
a card.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in
discr stions Of youth, nervous. weakness, early
decay, loss Of manhood. &c.. I VIII send receipt
that viii cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This
greas remedy was discovered by . missionary In
south America. Send aself-addrsssed envelope
70 The Rsy. Joaeph:T. Inmss, station D, Bibis
nouss. New York Otsy. sept ls-Asodswly
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
q Per Cent Money.

l can loan in sums of $500 and up
wards, to suit borrowers, at per Ct,
and smaller commission than any
person in the city.
sl7wtf w. II. G. JAQuEs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

Rev. A. Robinson, who has resid-
cd many years in this city, recently
removed going to Ottumwa, where he
will hereafter reside. His many
friends here regret his leaving them.
MT. Pleasant.
And Mr.. Robinson's many friends
will welcome his return to Ottumwa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

The Moflet register still runs its re-
morseless career in Virginia. II
shows that the good people of the Old
Dominion's know full well how to
crook the pregnant hinges Of the ell
bow, for in the eleven months ending
July last, the register show the con-
sumption of ], 443,945 alcoholic drinks
and 1867, 12O malt drinks, netting q
total tax of $43,937.O6.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

The fair swimmers who come out
OF the surf at Long Branch are get.
ting up a reputation for running to
the shanties so fast that they fill the
back of their heads with sand and
gravel
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

Mr.. Richard Mount, of the vicinity
of South Amana showed US to-day,
two bundles of wheat, one grown
from ground upon which salt had
been sown and the other not 80 treat
ed. The seed from which the two
bundles were grown was sown on the
came day, upon the same soil and
harvested upon the same day. The
bundle grown upon the sailed ground
is splendid in quality, and in qusnti-
ty about three times that of the other.
The amount of salt used was at the
rate of two barrels to five acres, or
sixty cents per acre.-Marengo Dem.
0crdt
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
MANY THINK THERE'S NO cure for

MANY THINK THERE is NO cure for
Bright's Disease of the Kidneys,
They are in error. HUNTS RENE
DY cures this disease. Mental and
Physical Debility, Diabetes, Dropsy
Gravel, Dissipation, and Female
Weakncssis cured by HUNTS REM.
EDY. All Diseases of the Kidneys
Bladder and Urinary Organs, are
cured by HUNTS REMEDY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

The Springfield, ILL.,, journal office
is for sale. 1t is an old paper, having
been published for nearly fifty years,
but has lately become embarrassed.
Some man with q fair capital OF
brains and money might make good
thing by buying it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

Tom Boyd, confined in the Ripley
county Qnd.) jail on charge Of at
tempting to outrage the person of .
young lady of Hoors Hill, same coun-
ty, was killed by band of vigilantes
some eighty in number. who broke
into the jail Monday night, and fred
seventeen balls into his body. Boyd
had previously served term in the
Peniteatiary for similar offense.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28

Nor So Coop AS ExPFCTED.-H.H III.
Mcguire, Of Pleasant township, tells
us that be has run q threshing ma
chine for two weeks past and that the
wheat he has threshed run 'FRONT.' to
II bushels per acre, which 10 . much
smaller turn out than farmers gener-
ally supposed they would have. The
quality Of the wheat, he says, is gen.
erAlY good.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
His Mother-in-laW.

The Haaeheye speaks of Judge
Trimble as "Gen. Weaver's brother
in-law." The Ha,1keye is mistaken.
Judge Trimble is not Gen. Viewers
brother-in-law, but kind of politi-
cal mother in-law, as it were.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Since that $4,000 Chicago defal-
cation, impccunious rogues all sing
want to be an Angel,
With 9l20 600 in my hand.
..Gone where the woodbiDe twineth,"
In Canada's frozen land.
Bully for Joe,
Special to Courier.

GREAT BEND, Kan, Aug. 22.-J. B.
Fugate was nominated for Congress
on the first ballot. Democrats of
Barton county enthusing.
JOHN GRAY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-28
Genroe Geddes of New York

George Geddes, of New York, a
high authority ON agricultural mat
tiers, and who has raised sheep for
many years in connection with wheat
says that, with one sheep TO the acre OF
cultivated land, pastures and mead
ows, he raises more bushels of grain,
on the average, than he did when he
had no sheep to manufacture his
coarse forage into manure, and to en-
rich his pastures to prepare them for
the grain crop: that the land is con-
stantly improving, and the crop in
creasing in quantity; and that while
producing crops on less acres and AT
less cost than he did before he kept
sheep, he has, in additiod, the wool
and the mutton produced by the
sheep. These statements are worthy
the careful consideration of farmers