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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08

About the recent marriage Of the Prin.
GEES Frederica Of Hanover, there was
not little romance. ''Here," said a
London correspondent, "is a princess
marrying private secretary, a descend
ant of the Hanoverian kings marrying an
undistinguished baron, doing it against
the will of her brother, making her
friends, the Cambridges. furious, and
calling forth the sneers of the imperial
family in Germany. She is encouraged
by the Queen Of England who applies to
the Emperor William for her dowry, and
braves the wrath of her family to satisfy
the will of her relative. The Princess
Frederica has loved the Baron Ram
mingn for years. She sought, long ago,
permission to mako him her husband.
For hts sake she has refused more than
one advantageous match. 1t is said that
when Prince Leopold began to show
something more to her than mere
friendly attachment she determined to
appeal to him as the favorite son of the
queen. She told him her story and asked
his aid. Like true knight, he devoted
himself to her cause. He urged his
mother until she caught some of her sons
enthusiasm; he arranged matters which
without him would have been difficult
he turned her critics into her partisans
and so it comes about that sister Of q
crownless king is able with even some
thing like pomp to marry for love.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08
Francisco, the Patriot Giant.
Petersburg Appeal

The allusion in a recent letter Of your
Louisa correspondent to the old revolu-
tionary giant hero, Peter Francisco, re-
wives many traditions and "reminiscences
of the wonderful performances and dar-
ing deeds of that extraordinary man.
My father, recently deceased at the ad-
vanced age Of so, we'll remembered him,
having frequently seen him in his ma
tive county Of Buckingham, and related
many anecdotes of his stirring and peri
lous adventures and hairbreadth escapes
as he heard the recital fall from the lips
of the giant himself. He described him
as six feet one inch in height, his weight
260 pounds, his complexion dark and
swarthy, features bold and manly, and
his hands and feet uncommonly large,
his thumbs being as large as an ordinary
mars wrist.
Such was his personal strength that
he could easily shoulder a cannon weigh
ing 100 pounds, and he had seen him
take man in his right hand, pass over
the floor and dance his head againstt the
ceiling with as much ease as if he had
been doll-baby. The mans weight was
1876 pounds. Part'king of the patriotic
enthusiasm of the times, he entered the
American Revolutionary army at the age
of 16. He was present at the storming
of Stony Point, and was the first soldier,
after Major Gibbon, who entered the
fortress, on which occasion he received a
bayonet wound in the thigh. He was at
Brandywine, Monmouth and other bat
ties at the North, and was transferred to
the South under Gen. Greene, where he
was engaged in the actions of the Cow
pens, Camden, Guilford Courthouse, &c.
He was SO brave and possessed such con-
fidence In his proves that he was posi-
lively fearless. He used sword with a
blade five feet long, which he could WELD
like a feather, and every swordsman who
came within reach Of him paid the for
felt Of his life.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08

Hans Growyost, worthy German
farmer, who has been lifelong resident
of Berks County, has a shrewlsh wife,
who has long rendered his domestic life
anything but couch Of roses. One day
not long ago she, in fit of pique, hacked
up her duds and left him, vowing never
to come back. The news went around
among the neighbors-vou know how
the intelligence of all kinds does travel
in the country-and at night several of
them, of whom l was one, went to con-
dole with Hans. He sat on his front
stoop, putting away at his pipe. Hans"
| remarked, II pity YOU" "My boy"
replied the honest Dutchman, as he dis.
turbedly knocked out the ashes of his
pipe, ''you vas right. She has just come
back w-T Chester (Pa.) Democrat.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08
WOiAaA's Work.

The strange ceremony of blowing
around village in order to drive away
the cattle plague recently took place in
one of the villages Of Russia. The Russ
ky Courier describes 1t thus: "In the
month of March the cattle-plague broke
out in the village'of 0zersk, in the pro-
vinceef Kaluga. In few days thirteen
cows died, and the peasants were panic
stricken. After warm discussions it was
decided to drive out the plague after the
manner Of our forefathers in similar
emergencies-that is by plowing around
the village. On March 10Th, at midnight,
all the women of the village assembled
at spot, to which were brought the
things needed for that half pagan, half
Christian ceremony, to-wit, a holy
image, plow, harness. bag of sand,
and pail Of tar. A strong young
woman was harnessed to the .plow, and
with the assistance of two other girls,
proceeded to pull it along. A young girl
carrying the holy image (ikona) headed
the procession; she was followed by an
old woman with sand bag, who threw
the sand right and left, the pIowing
party trying to cover the sand in plow-
ing, while the woman with the tar pail
besprinkled the soil with tar. A crowd
of girls and women followed, each carry
ing some article with which to make a
noise, scythes, tin cans, iron pans, boil
ers, basins, pokers, and other utensils.
Though the noise made was indescrlba-
BILE, and the women's yelling and shout
ling incessant, they were Intellectual to
frighten off the plague spirit, for its raw
ages in that village are undiminished."
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tue aud the fall of vice, and all illustrat-
ed with extraordinary facial contortion
and gesticulation. The young men like
this sort of thing; their blood runs fast,
and their hearts beat as they hear of the
prowess and glory of their ancestors,
and make invidious comparisons between
the age when the land of the Rising Sun
stood alone in her beauty, unlimited by
the evil influences of Western so-called
civilization, and the present degenerated
days. Enter a group of damsels and
children, spick and span with gay
dresses and bright faces, all giggling and
nudging one another. The lecturer
changes his theme, completely dropping
his melodramatic air for simple, artless
manner, and begins one of those mimi
ta5le little child stories or home legends
with which Japanese mothers have from
time immemorial lulled their babes to
sleep, and from which not few of our
modern nursery legends are derived.
The futter and restlessness of the au-
dience subside into silent attention, save
when laugh or cry is irresistible; and
when, at the expiration of ten minutes
or so, the fan is sent round for the cash
offerings, all rise with feeling of having
thoroughly enjoyed themselves, pay their
mites, and tumble. into the outer air with
burst of merriment and laughter.
Should there be an appearance of staid-
ness and stolidity about the listeners, the
reader can shift his tone and suit it ad-
mirably to the circumstances. He re-
tails, with an earnest, parental air, pithy
little pieces of advice, home-thrusts at
foibles and weaknesses, playful banter
ings with domestic faults, sometimes
rolled into sort of sermon, sometimes
given out disjointedly and with an acci-
dental sort OF manner. At any rate, he
manages to please all who come to lis
ten, and at the end Of long summers
day his receipts must very amply repay
him for bis exhaustion.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08
BOOKS, &c.

YOU will find at STEVENS BOOK
STORE all the New Books and Magazines,
Birthday Cards, Flower Paper and other
materials, Ornamental Shelf Paper. new
styles Note Papers and Envelopes, Visiting
Cards, Regret Cards Photograph Frames.
Albums, franklin Square and Seaside Ii
braries; besides many novelties in Station
cry articles for Household Ornament, and
for Presents, Rewards and Prizes for Schol-
ars, &c. For anything you want in Bookr
and Stationery visit or write to GEO. n
STEVENS, sow. Fourth street, Cincinnati
"Demorest's, Cut Paper Patterns Cata4
logues free"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08
EpIGR ANS.
A good epigram is this one by LORI
Holland on SOu.hey:

A good epigram is this one by Lord
Holland on Sou:hey:
Our Laureate Bob defends the King,
He takes his cash nnd will not sing.
Yet on he goes, know not Why
Singing for us who will not buy.
Here is another by Lord Erskine on
Sir Walter Scott's long-forgotten poem,
"The Field Of Waterlo0:"
On waterloo's ensanguined plain,
Lie tens OF thousands OF the slain:
But none by sabre or the shot,
Fell half so fiat us Walter Scott.
Here is well known one by Porsor
on some Fellow Of Trinity College, Cam
bridge, but which is so good that it never
grows old, the test of true wit:
Here lies Doctor of Divinity
Who was Fellow, too, of Trinity:
He Knows as much about Divinity,
As other Fellows do Of Trinity.
Here is an excellent one BY an un-
known author. If it had not been writ
ten in such see-saw, commonplace
rhythm, it would have been in its way
nearly perfect:
When Orpheus went down to the regions below,
Which men are forbidden to see,
He turned up his Tyre, as old histories show,
TO set his Eurydice free.
All Hell was astonished person SO wise
Should rushly endangeF his life,
And venture so far; but how vast their surprise
When they heard that he came for his wife!
To find out punishment due for his fault
Old Pluto long puzzle, his brain
But He'll had not tormented suffi3ientih thought,
So he gave him his wife back again.
But pity succeeding soon vanquiShed his heart,
And pleased with his plaything SO well,
He took her again in reward of his art
Such merit had music in He'll
On man who, to hide his loss of hair,
had wrapped his head in a woolen muf-
fer, under the pretense Of having the ear
ache:
You wrap your bald head, and pretend
You've got the ear-ache. But, my friend,
Your hair 1t is, II truth were known,
That aches to think how scant ills grown.
On poet who, when reciting wrapped
his throat up in woolen muffler:
Why, ere your verses you recite,
Thus muffie up your throat so tight?
'Twouid better suit this crowd that hears;
Give us that wool to stuff our ears.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08
Degeneration.

It is we'll to remember that we are sub
iect to the general laws Of evolution, and
are as likely to degenerate as to pro-
gress. AS compared with the immediate
forefathers Of our civilization-the an
eient Greeks-we do not appear to have
improved, SO far as our bodily structure
Is concerned, nor, assuredly, as far as
many Of our mental capacities are con-
cerned. Our powers of perceiving and
expressing beauty of form have certainly
hot increased since the days of the Par
thenon and Aphrodite Of Melos. In mat
ters Of the reason, in the development of
intellect, we may seriously inquire how
thecase stands. Does the reason Of the
average men Of civilized Europe stand
out clearly as an evidence of, progress,
when compared with that of men Of by
gone ages? em.J tas.4l ys, :
Are all the inventions and fgments of
human superstition and folly, the self
inflicted torturing Of mind, the reiter-
ated substitution Of wrong for right and
of falsehood for truth, which disfgure
our modern civilization---are these evil
dences Of progress9 In such respects we
have, at least, reason to fear that we may
be degenerate. Possibly we are all
drifting, tending to the condition Of in
telIectual barnacles or ascidians. After
swimming about for q time, the barna-
cle-nautilus fixes its head against piece
of wood, and takes to perfectly fixed,
immobile state Of life. Y It's or
gans Of touch and Of sight atrophy, its
legs lose their locomotive function, and
are simply used for bringing foating
particles to the orifce OF the stomach;
so that an eminent naturalist has com.
pared one Of these animals TO q man
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08
Might Have Been Presidents
Wife.
From the De phi Qnd.) Journal.

From the Delphi INDY Journal.l
Eli zabeth Smith, formerly cf this
place, died lately in the Oath year Of her
age. She was of proud aristocratic
family, and was schoolmate Of James
Buchanan, and, had fortune favored,
would have been the lady Of the White
House. The wedding clothes were pre-
pared, the day was set and preparations
made, when, by some cause not revealed,
the match was broken up by a solemn
pledge that neither would ever marry-a
pledge that was sacredly kept.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08

will be arrested; and instead of being
comfortably seated at your mothers fire
side tonight, you will beenjoying all the
comforts of a jail"
ooh dear, oh dear!" said poor Jack,
"What an unfortunate creature / ain
What shall l dor"
Quick" said the other, "do you give
me the pig, and take my goose. know
all the by-paths in the neighborhood,
and can soon manage to get out of sight"
No sooner said than done, and ere
Jack had gone two steps, the bad boy
and pig were no longer to be seen.
Jack laughed heartily at having SO
well contrived to rid himself of the un-
lucky pig, and carried the goose in his
arms for some distance, calculating how
much he might make by the feathers,
and what nice dinner he would give his
mother.
lie had now arrived Mt the next viii
lage to Ills own native place; and as he
passed through the street he saw a trav-
cling cutler sitting at his machine, and
singing loudly to the music of his wheel:
"rhere came young cutler one day,
he sharpened Your scissors and knives
He has since then been far, far away,
And again asks your custom, good wives"
Scissors to grind"
Whirr-w -whirr-whlrr.
Jack stood some time staring at the
cutler; lie was quite astonished to See
him so merry at his work. At last he
said:
"You seem to like your trade. I sup
pose it is profitable; do you earn much
by it%
80, yes, FRIEND" replied the cutler,
am always happy, | have always money
in my pocket. Have you got nothing
but that goose? Where did you get itg''
81 exchanged it Tor pig!" said Jack.
"And the pig"
81 gave 4 COW for it."
"And the cow?"
II got it in exchange for a furious
horse"
"And the horseY''
81 paid a large lump of solid gold for
| it,"
"And where did you find the gold?"
81 received it as wages for seven years
srvice."
Wbirr, whirr, whirr!
Scissors to grind, scissors to grind
you want nothing but a stone like mine
to make your fortune. | have one living
by me which | could spare. viii YOU
Igive me your goose for itw
"Willingly," said Jack, eff you really
think l can make my fortune with it."
"Just try" replied the man; and Civ
ing Jack an cd whetstone and a pebble,
which he picked up on the road, he re-
celved The goose and Jack departed quite
happy. The sun shone brightly, and
feeling very tired and warm, the boy sat
down to rest beside we'll.
"Oh," thought he, as he stopped down
to drink, "what foolish lad I was to
take those stones: they are nearly as
heavy as the gold was.'
Just at that moment, as he was lean
ing over the well, the stones rolled into
the water; splash, splashl and they were
gone.
Delighted at being free from all care,
Jack sprang up, esteeming himself the
happiest boy alive, and arrived in good
spirits at his mothers cottage.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-06-08

Kidney Wort has proved aniost effective
cure for. piles and constipation-be sure
and try IT. 2t
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On Top ef C0topaxi.
ELetter to London Times ]

You will be glad to hear that have
succeeded in polishing off Chimborazo,
Corazon, Sincholagna and Antisana. We
have also passed 26 consecutive hours on
the top Of Cotopaxi. This last l reckon
a feat, and am not aware that any otie
has ever before encamped at 50 great an
altitude as 19,500 feet. Antisana is the
most difficult of those we have been up,
and few more difficult ascents have ever
been made. We are now going off to
Cavambe, the mountain on the Equator,
and shall try on the same journey to
polish off Sarenen and Cotocachi. Cay
ambe is thought to be an active volcano,
but it is not certain that this is the case,
neither is its height we'll determined.
The height of Saranen is not known
but it is high. Cotocachi is the volcano
which destroyed Ibarra some years ago
and is reputed to be 16,300 feet hig gh
We have grown out of being affected by
rarefaction of the air, and can be quite
gay and lively at l9, 900 feet. At first
was fairly knocked over by it, and was
rendered quite incapable. The Carrell
also were nearly as bad. The climate ol
Ecuador is the most utterly abominablt
that can be imagined. Z We have not had
one single day fine from beginning tt
end and not one view from a mountain
top. An hour of clear weather, from
to Z a. H., is the most you can reckon or
and after that everything is bottled W
in mist. We carry about mercuria
barometers everywhere and boil water tt
an extent that would delight your heart
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-30
IN PROBATE-IOWA COUNTY


In the matter Of the estate Of william Harris,
deceased.
The application of William Trenry Harris ex-
ceutog Of the estate of william Harris, deceased,
for the adjustment and allowance of his admin.
islTatNe account, and the assignment of the res
idue ot said estate to such persons as are by laR
entitled % the same ana SAID executor hali-g
FLED his account according - law and the rules
and practice Of this court
i is ordered, That said account ho examined
adjusted and allowed a special term OF said
court, to be held at the Court house. in the vii.
LACE of Dodgeyi'e in said county, on Tuesday tie
18Th day Of September, 1850
I. is further ordered, That upon the adjustment
and allowance ut such account by this court. rs
aforesaid, Tie residue Of said estate be by the
further order and judgment Of the court assign
ed To such persons as are by lGw entitled to the
same.
us further ordered, That notice Of tho time
and place Of examination and allowance of such
account and OF the assignment OF the residue Of
said estate. De given % all persons interested by
publishing 81 copy OF this order tor three success
siye weeks i'm the Mineral Point Tribune q week.
~ newspaper, circulating ia said county.
By the Court
JOHN 7. JONES. County Judge.
Dodgerilie, via. Aug @tlh, 1850. S6w3
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Legal Notices.
STATE OF WIsCnNSlN-CnrN.

- ty Court for Iowa County i'm probate
Notice Is hereby given that DO special term Of
the loV2 County Court, 20 Ice held in and for said
county, AZ tne Court House. In the village of
Do3geyilie, in said county. on he Goth aay Of
October A. ID 1850 being HE fourth Tuesday Of
said mouth, at o'clock in ,he afternoon of Said
DAY. tne following matters will be heard and
cousiGerei
The application Of Nancy A. Ives to admit TO
probate the last win and testament Of samuel c.
Ives late OF the town of Mineral Peint in said
county, deceased
And it is further ordered, that public notice
thereon be given 20 all persons Interested hy pub
fishing copy of this order for three weeks suc
ee,siyely prior % said day Of hearing IN the
Ml2eral Point Tribune, a weekly newspaper cir.
cQlstng IN said county
ty order Of the Court:
low5 JOHN T. JONES Judge.
Dated Dodgeville, Wis, Sept, 2Sa 1850
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STATE OF WIsCONsIN-IowA

~ County COurt-ln Probate.
In the matter of the estate Of Colon Colds
worthy, deceased.
Letters testamentary having this day been is
sued 10 James Prince and James Ioay of said
county, and twelve months from the date thereof
being allowed and LIMITED creditors 70 present
their claims against said deceased for eXamiuc-
don and allowance.
II IS ordered that all claims and demands
against tie estate OF said deceased be received
and adjusted before the Judge of this court and
for that purpose he will be at his Office in the
village of Doageville on the first Tuesday OF each
month during the term above limited.
And II is further ordered and directed tina, a
notice of the times and places for examining and
allowing claims and the time limited to credit
ors to present their claims, be given by puhllca-
ton of this order for four successive weeks in
Mineral Point Tribune, u weekly newspaper
published in this county
Dated Dodgevile, Wis, August 18th, 1850.
By the Court.
31w4 JOHN I. JONES, Judge.
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STATE OF WIsCONSIN-COUN.

- ty Court for Iowa County in Probate
Notice is hereby given that at q regular term
Of the Iowa County court % be held IN and for
said Cunty, at me Court House, i'm tie village of
pod2eyillet in said county, ON the 9th day of
October, 4. ID, 1850 being the lst, Tuesday If
said month at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon Or said
day, he following matters viii be heard ard
Coasi1t red
The application 'of Jane Powell 10 admit 10
probate the last win aud testament OF Walter
Powell late Of the town of Mitliu, IN said county
deceased.
and it is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given 70 all persons interested by pub
fishing COPY Of this order for three weeks sue.
ccs7iycy pryor to said day of hearing, IN the
Mineral Point Tribune, a weekly Newspaper cir
Cu.8tiug iu said county.
BY order Of The court
JOHN T. JONES, Judge.
ua'eI nodccy,le Wis, sept dth, 1850 37w8
%. C. SMITH, Atty. for Petitioner
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CTATE OF WISCONSIN-IOWA

~ County Court.-ln Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Thos. Mitchell,
deceased.
Letters teStamentary having this DAY been IS.
sued TO James Toay, of said county, aud twelve
months from the date thereof being allowed and
limited creditors TO present their claims against
said deceased for examination and allowance.
II is ordered that oil claims and demands a
ganst the estate of said deceased be received
and adjusted before the Judge of this court and
for that purpose he will be at his Office In the
village of Dodgeville on the first Tuesday Of each
month during the term above limited.
And it is further ordered and directed that
notice Of the times and places for cygminiug and
GLOWING claims, and the time limited creditors
TO present their claims, be given by publication
of this order fdf four successive weeks in the
Mineral Point Tribune, 9 weekly newspaper cir.
culating In said county.
Dated Dodgevillc Wis, August Glst, 1850,
BY the Court
37wi JOHN T. JONES, Judge,
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administrators. sale.
IN PROBATE GRANT COUNT

| y PROBATE -GRANT COUNTY
/ COURT.
deceased.
Notice is hereby given thot by virtue and in
pursuance OF an order OF license made IN said
matter, on the 9th day Of 3 lgust, a D. 1850. by
the County Court Of said County, fhe undersigned
administrators ut the estate of said deceased,
will on Saturday the 25tl day Of September, A,
d. 1850. st 10 O'Clock tn the forenoon Of sai1 day
al the dwelling house upon the premises offer for
sale at Public Ncnduc, the following described
lands, situated IN Iowa county, Wisconsin, VIZ !;
The west half Of the southwest quarter Of section
twan'y-fuur t14l and the southeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter Of section tgouty-three lZ3}
town five 81. north Of range two e., east,
The terms of sale. cash.
O. p. David and Johnson z. RundeM, admins
traitors d the estate OF Peter Bid3ic6, deceased.
Dated az Lancaster THIS ed day Of August, A.
.. 1850. 56v-2