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positive specific for lung, bronchial and throat
affections of every description, and almost
reliable preventive OF that dreaded scourge,
consumption. Druggists sell it.
A FAVORABLE NoToRIErY.-Ihe good repu-
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the relief OF coughs, colds and throat diseases
has given them favorable notoriety. %
cents box.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-10-15
- MAY AGNES FLEMING.

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CARRIED STORM, by May Agnes Fleming the popular
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Woman" Terrible Secret etc Elegantly bound in
cloth uniform with her other novels. price 81 80.
This IS of the best novels published and
everybody should read it.
prbifsharS " city
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-10-15
Tl1 SINGING Glass Season

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better than the cheaper and smaller since it has
much music that Is, $50 pages of Songs and
Glees, and $50 pages OF the best Aetrical
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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1879-10-15

=, For Beauty of Polish. Saving Labor, Cleanline
Durability end Cheapness. Unedualed.
Mtr.sGE PfoOS- No,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06
Tseklag j ~ nlssdy xhlrt.

Tho Postvlllc RerisM In reply r.
our article 81 May AL. gives nearly
two.thlrda Of - article In a~cribine
70 " opinions ~ never entertained
touehlng ths grsenbAck dollar. and
~ Will chcsriully aivc that paper. Or
any one In sditOr may name. access
n tho complete hlcs ri tho rLAiN
DEALKa from i660 % tho present
tlnsc, and defy u. or them 10 and one
word OF line 10 sustain IL statements,
On tho contrary. ~ maintained
that Il wAS lh~ duty n thu govern.
m~nt 70 make its money worth IL
face 70 tho soldier. ~ we'll ~ source
u speculation n thc bondholtler, ~
declaring Il full legal tsndAr for MI
debts, public and privats. insisting
that Il was fraud on thu soldier and
thu producer, thAt tho money given
than Tor THAR services should ~
worth but - cents on the dollar,
when measured by the money paid
70 tho bondholdcr. We cntcrt~ln
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06


Cut down the mechanics wages and
the manufacturers goods and tho ~.
lations between these two will remain
unchanged. hut both Of these men
Arc producers and should bs chased
together. In ORDER 10 see the evil Of
contraction contrast thcsc two pro.
duccrs with the bondholdcr, who IL
NOT q producer. Tho bondholdcr's
dollars will buy twice ~ much of the
mechanics labor or the manufnc.
tur~r's goods ~ formerly. And yot
the bondholtier pays no saxcs, while
tho producers have TO support not
only him but the entire country. and
~ do this All NJ half pay.--National
View.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

Tho Republicans have lOO, 600 OF,


Tho Republicans have 100000 Of
foe .holdcrs--thousMntls OF mars halls
and supervisors Of elections. An
Immense army Of census takers are
10 bc created In 1880. On their side
arc tho 1000 national banks, with all
tho money lenders and bondholicrs
Of thu nation. Ii II possible that We
eau succeed ngnlnst such host? To
oppose all This the 0rcenbHck party
have only votes and principles. but
with Thorn II N IN II was with David
when hc gathered together all those
that were In debt, and nil those that
were dissatisfied. and put captains
over them. They went forth to bat
tlc. nnd were victorious because God
wMs with them. = Telegraph.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06


Hon. HAM1 Maflvek. ~ Judge N
the district courts, sevem.ly attended
\ church festival IN West linton
whs~ shc ladl<a we're preparing sar.
per. and solicited tcod. t~llinr 4 PIN.
sul tale u distress and hunger. A
he WAS Mnknown 10 them he was
driven u ~ = tramp. pronounced
drunk. etc. The judHc's friends
se~in 10 think N 4 rich joke. II may
bc true. that II Ii. but To ns u looks
like any thing rl1e when one 81 the
prominent attorneys Of thc State, 20
mlles from homo, In mistaken for :
tramp.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

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ssHst / n So tAsst II s~sms* ssa
~ 500 snAftaa Ana Miss ~ith aHs Mss
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"A ssss II WhM haa tssssfstsAA VA tIsat ts
t4sssA, and ~ha wea~ wtlssnu ~ Tsse
shsssa sNt sahwtstsNAss .axsHAl sites
isssN ~aslsh ~eA s~Ahs ~ nea wattna
A~a " .As IA ~ rsllaa~tamA eswt sss
sata u sht acknowledgements. Nsts
sAAt Nt tslas@ MMelsa M u-s~tnt%s n
w w. s~sWfsrSsA W Nv TAhlN.t,A ~
shv uahst VI thmt undiscovered patti
IA ~ hf@npht w ne sanisFht n fMnss
hn whtM M ANf ~sN esst4 th*t W.
sAihsA ihsii rlass*A III sh* isoss n
ssAssA th~ feeara il setn~ e~ rssss,
hAsAAs ~ tAr nshst sAsirs mna ~ssrs
him With rssnsasiah In shs hulss bal
sAsr ~MsfAsv nf congressional dsl,~i.
I'he ,snnlsst shMs shnnia hnse rnttvsi
In shs Aid II renewed IN ". senate,
md snrh iMas~is - never wfenthe.i
NJ. hets~s s~efa Aad ~ hlr.~em ~
ihe fulissusanss ls~.N
The raidirs~ sAw shr relns rrrah.
Iiennt NY se.lnx n wvald NH ssvm
quite ~ iiiiruluns - thry H..
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06
nsDsbllsaa neDsllsllss.

The Republican papers harp upon
Southern reputation: but thu most
shameless rspudlAtor among Tho
States n Minnesota. which boasted 4
Republican majority 81 $4,000 II tho
election Of 1874. and rolled up = ~.
publican majority u % On Joint l,Al.
lot IT thu lsst election. Nothing In
the history of American nnanocs II
% dlsgrAssful - the population 81
Minnesota.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

Mr.. George e. Gorham, ~ cxecu.
tive oiilccr nj the Republican Con.
grcsslonal Committee testified under
onth that he sent 5000 TO Chairman
Hntton. 70 heat Weaver and Gillette
with, last year. In addition 10 this
amount which he dl.bursed from
Wa-hingt III. Mr. 0orhHm tcytiiied.thnt
i.c authorized Hatton TO assess the
government employees In Iowa and lsc
the money raised In aid Of the repnb-
llcnn Congressional candidates. Mr..
Hatton publicly boastotl on our streets
that he "camc down on" Postmaster
Sunderland 81 Burlington FOR \ large
assessment. and after election return.
I'd 70 the Postmaster el6O unused
surplus. We are gradually getting
nj the Inwxrdncss Of IowA's Inst elcc-
ton Burlington Gazette.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

DtVGIWWCV w tWVuG ~ SUst bOtNNsV
Total difference In favor
of tho smaller crops VI
1877 ......,..,....... elOe,AIS,WA'
Thus II will b. sccn that tho farm
ers have been taxed that sum Ii one
year for resumption on only two
Items n farm products. On pork
the tax they have paid for resamp.
ton n even greater than on grain,
for the nhrInkagc In price has bccl,
from - per hundred 30 t2hO per
hundred, or moro than one .half. The
value oi this shrlnkaRc hHs been
added to tho bonds and mortgages
held by the monIcd power, because
II buys twice ~ much for dollar NJ
II did before resumption began.
Nor will II do for tho RerieW t.
change its tactics aud charge the
lcss price received for tho larger
crop In 1877 to over.production IN
1875, Tor while thcrc nre thousands
of unfed persons willing " labor,
but unemployed Tor want Of money
to pay for their labor. thc conclusion
u I'll sensible persons IN TINT the
trouble |. q lack Of distribution ol
money and not over. production that
II the matter.
Political economy teNches that
whom more II produced than IN con.
sumed, tho cxoeas n wealth, not l'or.
erlv.
Il n tho present and tho future. thu
RSui~W says. Il has " doAl with
and not the past. This II why W
take our position against ~nslnvine
labor. which produces everything, n
capital. which merely consumes aud
evsdes tAxatlon.
What tho Ksrtsr fears, "thc nm
settling ~ Values" h thu very thlne
needed 70 insure the prosperity 81
NIL Industrial pursuits. i slmpl,
means that property of oil kinda, Ant
labor of cvYry character shall bcsr !
bcttcr price; that II will take from
capital moro u In boarded dollar
n buy 4 farm; more of IT, hoardes
wealth 70 pay Tor tho products Of tn
farmer. the mechanic. tho workshop
and tho artisan, that less ~ thetl
labor and of their commodities sinai
liqnltlAte that mortgage put on thcl
home In prosperous times, than u r.
qulrSs with the present "fixct
values" below cost. for the commodl
tiss Of tho lxLorrr and tho producer
The tiO0.OO0 of mortgage debit
hanging over the homes of the pro
duccrA u this county and In lik'
proportion over the homes of toiler
I'll over our broad land cnn only b
mot and removed ~ such unssssllnl
IT values ~ shall give them som'
profit On II. products u their lnbo,
instead IT AwOOpimg Il down ~ aari
TIL - - absolute loss.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

The Burlington lia~k~ye, that
seems IN f~julre psrr the downiAll
u wrc~nback papers. has lawn homr
to ruost And whilr II has b~~n rlalm.
Ing Rupd ,imes. anil saying there wAs
plenty " money 10 ~ hal, II has heen
forced IN reduce IL sia~. Labor u
much cheaper than II wss year Aeo.
and th~ HANK paper On which u l.
printed u cheaper. yet what fall Tor
thc Hawksye. The facts In tho case
arr. that thc people ar- dropping
these oiiioe holders organs and civ.
Ing tho National Rr~cnbNck papers
the support they Justly dsssrvc.--Mt,
aver Journal.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

~ 1, WI I, N We k~tt~ss. lsrilp
f,s~mvai, rsAlsshea III Fem~ms Il
fenss, " Mf&w VI. " VI i sr~.,
r~aaaii~ rw,@t. W wlsA " I'll M.
aa~rrss N may ~~sr. ~aa thai n ma,
iarlWd~. IN ". eat ~ Mo~oer,ls@
sh~ saise assa~rtler sAss there arr
~ esv~hh~rt~ts .na nc aMshnsitv,l
rlahs rsevrs shess ~An. and ~hkh.
s~nresir the monopoly N issuing
charters 10 = single lhiis,daAi and
that rssnrsri~a arr more tmrni,an,
than the mounting ~ 4 TEN wnrtr,l
rAfty name.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

Inow undertake 10 affirm, and with.
out the least fear that ! can be an.
swcrcd, that paper issusd by Gov
crnmcnt, With tho simple promise 70
receive Il for all IL dues, leaving ltx
creditors 70 take u Or gold md silver
Ut their option, would. 70 the cxtent II
would circulate, form perfect paper
clrculAtlsn. which could not b.
abused by tho Government; that Il
would be- ~ uniform In value ~ the
metAls themselves; and shall b.
Ablc 10 prove thAt II II within the
constitutional powers Of Congress
70 use such paper In tho management
% ~ finances. according 70 the mos,
rigid rule Of constituting tho constltu'
Ion.
Il appears TO ma. Aftor bcstowine
the best reflections | can give III
subject, that no convertible paper.
that II, no paper whose credit rest
on : promise to pAy---is suitable fol
currency. -Joss 9. CALHous.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

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aaAAis seas#~sa hsrssts. ka~s ss@
a ths sasastea~r 4 sss~ssee skst~ n
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n IesAe1. iNse amAtv n tA% flvhsA
tsasesal t'Hvah n sAs tnit~a Asssrs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06
During thu slscnl year, ending June

During the fiscal year. ending June
'0th 1873. n. Il. Lyon, government
collector Vt duties on imports At Du.
buqnc. collected and paid over TO the
United States the round sum Ut one
dollar and ntMrty -.Hpc cents. For
this nrduous and laborlous duty, the
government only paid him the mcA.
ger sum ot f,ro thousand dollars.
The collection of customs revenue ut
such ports of entry ~ Dubuque,
Davenport, It, Paul, etc. should be
discontinued or tho office duty en-
joined upon the Post. masters whose
olllces arc In tho Custom Houses.
rho present method u systematic
robbery u tho people for fHvorItr
ol the party IN power.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

Last November tho Fayotte County
UniOn, the editor Of which II one Of
tho trustees of Agricultural College,
sxy.. tho body u which he Il 4 mcm-
bcr called on the State Treasurer
for statement of tho funds on hand
belonging TO tho College. Ths
Treasurer has declined to impArs
this needed information. Tho board
has now appealed 70 the Governor
iot tho Information. This conduct
rsviv~s unsavory memories Of Ran
kin and Brandt. two republican one.
lals that succeeded In stealing 40
600 u the funds Of that College
which the State generously permit
ted tho tnx payers 70 nuke up, afts'
using up the small means. the do
linquents could furnish. Aud nex'
week the pnrty ~ Dos Moiu~s, Il
Convention II 10 Point with Pride,
cite.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

The "colored man" and "th~ broth.
or" IL In hot water North and South,
II seems. South he liz afraid Of be-.
Ing 0pprcsscd, In tho North he finds
that thu mon who will cnslave white
labor cares but little for "thc man
and thc brother" A poor old negro
lecturlng nj Clear Lake. last week.
on "The old South and the New"
aid; "thc negro race were In much
better condition ~ slaves. than they
aro now under Republican rule. ~
freedmen" This lcd the republicans
OF the place 70 pass tho "colorcd ora,
tor" out ut thu muslc Of eater wauls,
and upon his rstrsAting form. they
boat tlfno with rotten cggs. The
deputy sheriff oi the county took
part In the proceedings.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

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sssms 49, vi @&M&* tasMA "a tasMss
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ii s~~smrt.nr AMI III Nv ltseu,.ii~Mr
PARTY. lestwssIns shv tailass II esves
lsss ss~s1 fes ~ AsAsl Mas ~
rHNuctlsN isemNt.d ih~ k.ssn xxNl
farmers ~has~ rtups last yens NM
nrs par shv s~sst in tsswiMrahsn Nj
nAt MI this patti IL shr nlEaMsnt. n
II may w sNllrsl argument, sisas nut
Arris II ~ N~AWse ~ Mrse nni Iva
fasut III Fveamrtluh. n I. nst W.
past hut the psvscnl and future With
which ~ have " deal
Perhaps The rdisos u sh~ Rsrts~
|. not cokAlaans n the sNvt TINT M
f~l~wnr~ IN cas avticl~ " !Nvv utlite,,
gas~sera, Included ,h~ entire country,
and nct merely ! lo~Hlity isclatrsl
hrvc and there where \ temporal,
failure cHla,ctl. The nurcAu " Az.
ricaltMrc NJ Washington furnished
statistics 10 show thnt the crop n
le1H, which the Rvrt~w mentions ~
= Failure II crops" wns the lnrRrss
ever grown IN thu country; but thai
tho aggregate price paid therefor
Wa el0H. 1sS,Ot,O less than tho farm
or received Tor the smaller crop u
the previous yeAr. Below Il ths
statement u tho wheat and corn
crops Of tho country for 1877 md -
with shc aggregate price of each
crop tor each year:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

Ono Ut tho ~ulogIcs tho republican
party made on the resumption net
when pending, MAS that " effect
would IN 10 add 125O, 0OO, 900 to e;sOO,.
100000 u coin 10 tho currency In
circulation. This statement had src.
qusnt repetition from 1875 down to
January 1870 whom resumption Game.
John Shcrman's recent reply to con.
grcss knocks ths buncombe oil out
of that prophecy. During tho tlrst
40 days Of the bllssful period of r..
sumption he got e4,l63.6l3 Of coin
out Ut tho treasury for Treasury
notHa, and NJ tho same tlmc took Into
tho Treasury Tor customs. principal.
y In Krvcnbscks. tlOO. O0O, 0O0, which
constitute part of tho 14dO, OOO. 900 In
the Treasury statement Of June I'd.
Thus. lnAte.d " initiating thu cir
culatlng medium with coin. r~snmp.
tion has boarded that and put eiOO,.
600 900 0s Rreenbacks In John Bhsr.
mana look up"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

Gen. James shields died, after IN
Illness Of : few hours duration. IT
Ottumwa, last Sunday evening ~
half past TIM. The Wednesday pre-.
cccdlng hc delivered . lccturc ~
that place. He WAS horn In Tyrone
county. Ireland, and emigrAtcd %
this country 10 l606, ~ tim ago ol
sixteen; served In tho Mexican war
with great bravery. and was danger.
ously wounded. After tho wAr he
returned 70 Illinois. hts adopted
home. was sent to tho u. \. Senate
In lBlO: serving out his term hc r.
moved 10 Minnesota and was elected
ono 81 ~ u. >. Senators In 1857. HI
served thu federal cause III tho wal
Of tho rebellion, being In command
Of tho detachment that defeated
HtonewAll Jackson near Winchester
Va, In 1894. J.ast winter hc M,
elected 70 llll out m uncxpIrcd tern
In tho u. B. Senate Tor thu State d
Missouri. having represented thrs.
states IN TIN u. b. senate, which NJ
other individual haA over done. Hi
residence was q Carrollton. Missouri
Ocn. Shields was politically demo
crnt, not ~ tho mouth. piece u soul
loss corporations. but ~ the able 1ns
eloquent advocate Or popular rights
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-06-06

The mortal agony Of the rcpubll-
con party over tho fact TINT IL party
has honored % few ri the soldiers
with elections u either house n Con-
gresa, tho erecnback party 81 Iowa
must remedy IN sending Gen. WeA-
vcr 70 b. tho successor Of WIN. h.
Aillson, who during the war Joined
hands with John !. Blair. 10 rob hIr
government In rail- road contracts
Connecticut western news., 1879-01-15
CRSuS OMaiASslS.

The General Ass, mbly commenced the session with queer blunder or omission
 The Constitution provides that list of the persons vO,td for for Governor ard other State officers with the number ut votes giv- en for each, shall he laid betor, the G.:ueral A >s mhlv ''on the first day of the session thereof" A committee was appointed to canvass tue votes aLd then each house ad : burned to the following morning, SO that the list and votes could not be laid before 1t on the first day of the session thereof. l, might raise nlce constitutional question if any one were disposed to make it, but it is not at all likely that any one will do SO in the present case. IL only furnishes another slight illustration of the small amount of wisdom with which the world is governed.
Connecticut western news., 1879-01-15

7. LkvERRTT WARD VESSELS was born at Litcbh.ld, July 28, lSlg, and received g thorough common school and acs demic eoucation In lS42 he was appointed dep sheriff at Litchield, holding the l,osi tlon tlii 1851. He wss also postmaster al Litchfeld from l849 till ls68 during tlae administration of President Fillmore. lIu 1854 he was elected sheriff of Lltchfield county, and continued in that position till lo66. In the meantime he achieved an honorable record in the war, entering the service July 2S. 1862. as Colonel of the Nineteenth Connecticut regiment. From April; 1863, he was in command of the Sec ond Brigade. Defenses South of the Poto- mac. until his resignation. which was ac- cepted on account of confirmed i'll health. ae was also provost marsbal ot the Fourth Conneeticui District from February g. 1864, till the close of the war. Colonel WesselIe ,s an sctive and influential Republican in LitcLield county.