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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-12-22
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70 tht qualified electors el t,ton township,
lioNaid county Iowa.
S1tte " harr.F eiten tint Special Elcc~
lion W. r. he,l il The Ae4al li0ua, III sub
district aa. !, II Ailoa township Howard cunt,
loaa. .htAe
9th day of December 4. d. 1881,
81 which r.eeien tae fo'lowtn. proposition viii
~ f1Aaifted to tic Eli etOfs II raid township,
taWtt.
Il ,i.n I'm d tise u percent. III l.slel upon
tletaNtih,e lropetts ii aid Township III the
Searet ). y. ISL. on the assessment u that
tVgI, ii patStlali 4 81 tile f7f9fi ahs OF Chapter
aNe haaIfel tMeHtg-thlte III Iais u The
sixteenth ti6l a,arlul atsset4his. H. aasniod,
Tor tile purpose II aaing tie Minnesota, Iowa
%adtWt tern Railway Company. III CONSTITUTE
ton u its ltac Of Railroad. ti8 JAn & The Nflne-
hnta, fnNa southwestern kaitWaf tic tail lax
~ bsraiac due. passbtr ail eollect,hle within
two Year. nom til lite III voting tile s.ins as
follows. ro-alt: 'rNa md ntie h .lf rer cont ~
unp year and Two AMI aa{ rail FIR cent. III tMo
years irala said aate q, toitag tic same, rralla-
81. however, t'aat II 10 ehsa alall taid nN l.e-
cone la4l,hlc toad Minis ioW't south
slgils un,ii said R.tlr.aa siiall have heen eun
p.cted through sid Township ana operating
aud running tralfs. md te9a and |tittisse To-
pot he laea.ea Within three tutfths % Il lille 81
tho ,rInul linuse ii sub distfifi NOS ia rid
township. ssta depot ~ lie equally - soaa AZ
tic nra nj assctt
And prsyid,a. further. ,'at n no 50 'sllall
any l:.s' Of s.dl tax h,eaglF Ii! J, n4sth.e ft1
coitetih.t irdm I'll, Tx naAega Of SAID laWnsn'a
ntti til si Ai'nheeaia. .sasa southwestern
Ia.Na. InAltsssns. i.s st'f.5 fur In Hesis.ns.
snst i5sa li Gaeaitih tunlRl i Will tn above
eea It'll ~ AL Will Tie statutes IN ~ II cases
iaade I'D pruNisl.a.
The Iii wi! u oea rom nine O'Clock, 4. H.
nn'tl siAh'crek. Z. IT., at said aaN.
Those saihs itf tic proposition shall haze
written Or printed III their naiio' The rron"si-
tian 1fd ihe Nettts .tFas 'faNatian.R AM those
voting ats1snSt sai III. osittHn shall lase Wilt.
ten OF printed I'll thsir h,sliatS the proposition
ana the words against Taxation
ita 's n.siss Township Trustees
Attest, THOMAS II. ROCHE, Township .lerk.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
Cotton Wedding Garments.

II would be well IL al fathers and
mothers took example By an artist
friend of ours who is richer in charm
ing daughters than worldly wealth. HIS
eldest girl vas about to be married 10
q wealthy man. but the father refused
the bridegrooms delicate offer To pro-
vide the wedding attire. saying: MY
child shall not leave home with an
empty purse. so rhe bride and her
bridesmaids shall wear cotton dresses
and they did 50. and 3 preit er wedding
never was seen. The bride- who was
young and very fair. wore q dress Of
white sateen. with . raised pattern Of
lilies o.-the-ya,ley. made with . long
train, Al the edge Of which were three
narrow-plaited muslin friIls- Round
her throat and wrists were vreaths Of
real fiower-whi,e vio'eis. hyacInihs.
s,ephano,is, hlieso.the-valley and .
few SPRAYS of orange blossoms; her
plain tuIle veil was fastened with . cor
onet of flowers . correspond The sx
bridesmaids were dressed IN pairs
Two wore pink sateen petficoats with
several oarrow founces. and oyerdrssses
OF white organdie with a design Of
crimson roeebuds. n eorsage bouquet of
real roseb1ds and . bunch Of The same
in the dainty l~ittle-Freneh caps Of clear
muslin The next two wore white
cambria sounced skirts and overtresses
of delicate Nile colored green. with
lunches Of violets upon them scoGlarestes,
corsage bouquets and caps Of real pan
sizes, dark and light Thetxo young.s-
- -uru t,SSl~ a uo-a drpxsSx
of white organdie. trimmed around tbs
bottom with three rows OF forgetme-
noss apd daisies Each bridesmaid ear
RED . rustic basket filed with 5righs
ADMINISTRATION Qneeh-
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
Brute Anina,s Esrssxs.

That animal. hare rrs~oa 20 lag p1Ess
81 revenge sas painfully ifapgsss~d -
Gently on t=o p~r~Das ~ likely -
forge; the lessons. AnD0ng The an ,rssis
exhibited IN the bes1,ifai park Il -
er4nsnto SOL large ape tssb~rrd 81 q
iron enain a e0ssryuEs o.
from bra hgh. Sasos. zhiD IN at
wen; ior the usosksys and The coward
~ fun Of teasing them lie ~L.1i&1is~d
The ape b@yood ~eaanrsace. la IsNz.r
ssrsgxse the res-oniax xni=sai 5coks
hs chain and gave battle % hs TOT
ment0r. Bessesa efs~inx aSS hsix
y fsw minutes male wreck Of >
clothes and d~tsaxursnsen, 81 hs bk~s-
ing face. tkfoai Asd kandA The an
nal evidently mesht bussaezx snf
knew hOw 20 do IL lie few ~ tAs
thrDai. kno~fng 10 VA the wsa&sss
posn. but ;he ersrat % lef ks paTp><s
AZ Modesto. not far Of. n y0Bsg .e2s
vexed . horse. Tia; taraei upon hinyb
gs. sTsn- The yoa.h -oaght sAet.sr
un9era harves: herdsr. The aalnI
examined the machine. .nd feii % Xxx
rag II the moss zesx;abse opsninxe<
kicking him. and was mating fhlszs
~ zhen hs prfsooer ~ax rescued BIS
the horse bezrs tAs mzt.srin mind. ar4
when he sess the Young fellow safes
the sorkrnen be tries Co get ~ fm
proving oonseetea e~ozifsfios. msmoJ
and rsfsonai methods Of sstais,fsoa-
Cgv. k~oksxnszyr SssA
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
Some SLOWS"

How many more things there happen
to be that we want than we need.
How much of the old-fashioned faith
which "can remove mountains is to
be found in a wealthy congregation?
How much of the scientific opinion of
to-day is to be known as nonsense 100
years hence?
How many revolutions per minute
will a lively kitten make in pursuit OF
its own tail?
How much real profit to humanity is
there in seeing a crowd of miserable
beasts and birds suffering by depriva-
ton from their natural conditions and
climates, and diving by inches while be-
ing hauled about the country for "A
great moral shOw?"
How can a born rich man ever enter
into sympathy with a poor one?
How many glasses of rum can a man
take inside of an hour and keep within
the bounds of sobrietv?
How many ten-year old wives are
now in love with their husbands?
How many husbands ditto with their
t~en-year wives?
How many people really live up to
tuc OOiutu Tuic, DO uulO OlIcIS dS y
would be done by"
How many try to live up to it?
How many never try to try?
How many lido" others at every OPP
p%Ortunitv?
How much better a mans appetite is
when he has no money to buy a break
fast.
How many ministers believe what
they preach?
How many ministers preach what
How many men were ever convinced
by argument.
How many men fail to be convinced
through bitter experience?
How r you?
How many matches are made in
Heaven?
How many in Hades?
How many rich men take any stock
in the camel-an1-needle s-eye story?
How many people lind themselves
good company for themselves?
How many pecks of dirt does Q ten
cent restaurant customer eat ere he
dies?
How many people think they've got
money enough?
How many .' hslf-s!ewed'' men think
no n knows they're drunk but them
selves?
How many men who borrow money
are certain they'll never pay it within
the specified time?
How many seventeen-year-o,d girls
believe they'll become old maids?
How many want to?
How much easier it is to spend most
dollars than to make them?
How many people are there who
think their luck has been the worst
luck of all the luck in the worlda
How many women viii own up to
their true age?
How many like to so own up?
How many grocers will say they have
poor butter when they do have it?
How could any of us endure 8 man
who never committed . sin of any sort
in all his life?
How old Ben Franklin lied when he
said. Early to bed and early to rise
makes . man healthy. wealthy and
wise."-N. y. Graphic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
Farm Wages IN Italy.

When the wages and the various al
lOwances are reduced to a money value
the average annual income of q fixed
labOrer amounts to about 500 francs, or
one franc per day. This estimate is
based on the results of Il prosperous
year; but in bad years ESTIMATED at
n in three) the franc is reduced to
eighty centimes. A further deduction
must be made TO allow for the deprecia-
ton of the paper money in which the
wage are paid. and in 1880 this depre.
citation amounted to ten per centum.
The wife of the laborer earns by work
ing OF the farm about eighty francs a
year. and on the AS francs the laborer
must support himself and his family.
as his only other source of income is in
selling n part of his allowance in grain.
which is rarely actually practiced, there
being too small n surplus. The wages
of such a laborer are but fifty centimes
a day, and is paid only for actual work
ing days, which number, when the
Sundays and various holidays are taken
out, but 260. His wagc-income is then
but $50 francs per year. The same
rate of wages was customary before the
present condition of management vas
introduced. but the condition Of the
laborer is much worse. He then re-
ceived his food free, consisting of q
stated quantity of soup and fourteen
ounces Of bread daily from September
to April; and from April to September
a second meal of maize, bread and
salad wa added. This custom has
been discontinued, and no compensa-
ton has been made to the laborer, who
is now compelled to pay from his scanty
income for his food and for his house.
both of which were formerly given to
him for nothing. From what remains
of his earnings he must clothe himself
and family. and. if possible. lay aside a
little for his daughters dowry. or at
least to give himself a decent burial.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
personal AND LITERARY.

Henry James. Jr.. Ia ,hir'y-elghs
years ut age.
Mark Twain Is spending the IN
mer At Indas Neck. Coma
=Tsc pocs Tupper u sevcn;y-one
H. 10 sunial. and he saYs OF
b saemies hat ,Asy are no; worth an
sserny.
A-nc poe, Loag.eilow i suffering
from the effects oi = cancer. which ws-
recently removed from bis nose by nr
Greene.
Prof Code. o. Princeton College.
i an expert bicycIis,. AMI nisy be seen
almost ans afternoon going n \ raitinc
rate along the streets
Mr. EmcrSoa - described as look
IN full OF n swce, serenity, a BEAUTIFUL
calm; he does no, look broken. though
his tall agure is slightly beat
Miss Anna dickinson has decided
u make an0thsr attempt 10 enter the
dramatic profession. and London VIII
probably witness her neNt appearance
on the 8 ase.
DIR. Vim. NJ Baker. the novelist.
whose last uook il Blessed Saint Ger
tanty." has removed from Boston &c
Philadelphia. and taken charge %. ;
Presbyterian Church N thu, city.
MIR. Henr, 6. Iennor. the Canadian
weather prophet. is forty-onc years oil
age He Is 4 profe sSo- In the University
oi Montreal AMI the author Of a boob
entitled Our Birds cf Prey"
i; is proposed in London 20 start a
Browning Shsety for fhe study AMI
discussion OF tue works al the poet
browning. anl the publication OF essay,
on them and extracts o! works ilius,fat-
Ing them
Theodore Bentley. who was the
greatest >an>krt scholar Of the time.
Lately ded Al Gottinscn. where he was
a professor in the university. In ORDER
~ give an idea Of the minutcncss OF his
stud e.. i, NAV be mentioned that his
trcatises on the s'ngi- question OF the
pr1luny CATION OF yowels IN the Rig Ncds
occupy more than 49, pages qIarto.
M. Munkacsv. the Hungarian
painter. has just declined 10 take less
than $4,000 Tor his new picture OF
Christ BEFORE Plate IL is no; So
long ago that this brilliant and now
wealthy artist wa n cabinctmskcrs
apprentice. aud WAS thankful 20 earn
small surns in his le sure hours bv
painting i'owers upon the furniture oil
the peasant farmers If his native town.
Miss Blanche Howard. author OF
"One summer is on her way home
from Europe. where she has been for
two wears. The romantic little story ~
told of her book that il is the true his
tory Of herself AMI lover. they not
being able Ia % to Europe on a wei
ding trip. she secretly wrote the book
and earned the money. bat her lover
was so angry that she had embodied
their little romance IN prose tina; he
broke the engagement, and she went u
Europe alone.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
An Elephants Gratitude.

We all know the ~nursery-story of the
tailor who pinched the elephants $ trunk
when that intelligent animal was So
Letting sweets through Ships Ofen case
ment. and how the wise beast. on re-
turning the same route soon afterward.
RECALLED the tailor with n shower of mud
dy water she had carefully sucked up
from the roadside. just TO show that she
bore him no special i'll, but that two
could play at joking; but according to
a note in the Hereford Times, elephants
can be grateful as well as vindictive.
Some weeks ago Bostock & Wombwelfs
Mena,erie again visited Tenbury. Our
readers will remember the elephant
Lizzie's wonderful recognition of Mr..
Tinley, chemist, of Teme street, when
on 4 visit to that town about two wears
since The animal then went out of the
procession to greet him at his shop
door, remembering him as her deliver
er from intense pain, caused BY an at
tack OF colo, brought on through drink
ing cold water when journey ing TO Ten
bury on a previous visit. Mr.. FINLEY.
on visiting the menagerie the other
evening, was again at once seen and
recognized by Lizzie, who embraced
him with her trunk in such n manner IS
to cause some alarm to her keepers. but
an affectionate hug for her preserver
was all the poor creature intended.
Doubtless her remembrance of her
friend will never be efaeed, since this
is the second time she has greeted Mr..
FINLEY in such a startling manner
Land and Wa.er.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
HUMOROUS.

WHY doesn't inter- linyer some in
the lap of summer LouSrtHe Courier
JCurDI'.
Adam is the patron saint Of the
Western pork ~raisers. because he had
the first spare rib -Lo,ceH Citi-cn
"A bar NJ it, mouth looks bad for
the Mississippi River. All rivers
should run strictly on the cold water
plan. -kcU OrLcIns PtcIyuae.
Emerson says I'VE are wiser than
We know Don't know about that.
but we have money 10 bet that some
men aren { half - wise a. they think
burlington Hdrkeyc.
Jones. getting up from his dinner.
in 4 gu ct way remarked tohis landlaiy
hat he had found everything on the
table cold except the ice Boston
Advertiser.
DIR. Schliemann thinks he has dis
covered the site of the altar Of the
Twelve Gods. but il may turn out To be-
only tire basement Of a defunct lager
beer saloon. One can't be sure on this
old relic question .-DetrOrt Free Pres.
-'Notis. De ~copartnerships here
tOfore resisting betwiXt me and Moe
skinner is hereby resolved. Dem what
owe de firm will settle wild me and dem
what de hrm owe will settle wild Nose"
-Ieras Sytings.
William Penn was n very honest
man. He would not rob the Indians Of
their lands. Not a bit Of it. lie non
orably gave them several pounds OF
Tread aud some jack-kniyes for the ter
ritory of Pennsylvania Such honesty
cannot but be admired. -Boston FosL.
What are you goingto do when you
grow up. if you don't know how to cy-
pherg" asked an Austin teacher of n
rather slow boy. II am going To he n
school teacher. and make the boys do
all the cyphering." WAS the impGdent
reply. The neXt thing that boy had to
-Ieras SiitHgS.
How did YOU like the lecturer
"Oh. il was beautiful Whist did he
say?' "Oh. he said 50 many beautiful
thingsn' Tell us some" oh. he
said he said-but I can't tel. il to You
as he said them" Tell them rs you
can understand them" "WelI. he said
he said oh. I can't "Tell US n
thing he said" We'll. he said that
the aesthetics of existence enabled us To
to oh. I can't" Tell us what you
think he meant "Dh. 90 along,
Why didn't you 90 and hear him YOUR
self?'-BoStoa Transcript.
A good many people wonder how !,
is that they see sticky fly paper in drug
store windows. covered so completely
with dead flies thatthere does not seem
to be room for another fy. and IL they
buy the paper and take il home where
flies are as thick as three in a bed. they
can't get a dozen flies on the sheet Of
! paper IN a week. The fact Is that the
druggists land we have this from oneof
them in person) employ boys TO catch
flies and stick them on the paper. some
boys make "a high a a dollar and a
half 4 dsy catching flies for druggists.
and in some localities these boys have
almost taken the last fy in the houses.
-Mliscaukes sum
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
What Constitutes Gambling.

The Committee on Agricultural Re-
sources of the Detroit Lime-kiln Club
announced that it had investigated the
query: lis buying futures in wheat
gambling" and were ready to report:
"De committee sot down in de shade
of a big wheat elevator an gin de sub.
jock a car'ful curycombin' from all
stan pints. II Giveadam Jones bets
Waydown Bebee a dollar that a sartin
animal up q tree am a coon. an it turns
blin'? II Samuel Shin bets dat de
Common Council will act like gentle
men at = sartin session TO weeks ahead,
an he loses. an dat gamblin'? II
Trustee Pullbsck bets two shillin' wild
Pickles Smith dat when he gifts home de
ole woman Will be singin', who's
Niger Baby am You Toteing.' an he
diskivers dat she am dead gone on
Daddy Stevens Rode q Mule am dat
gamblin'? IL l hold to de opinyun dat
wheat will be a dollar a bushel in De-
cember, an de Rev. Penstock cutely
emagines dat it will be Wort ten shil-
Inns, OATS simply 3 difference of opin-
yum II l agree to deliber him 1000
bushels an wheat goes down to %
cents, I'm ahead If she goes up to
Sl.SO, I'm stuck We each had our
Judgment an de man wild de poorest
Judgment am gwine to be left. When
you marry q woman you runs Yer
chances When YOU buys q boss he
may make a trotter. OF he may fall
dead lame. When you take de kivered
kyars for Toledo you may git dar or
you may be left in de ditch. De COM
mittee am darfo' assured dat dealin' IN
wheat am simply takin' de chances. but
q. de same time we feel 3 leettle bit
sorry fur de 'woodchucks' who buy on q
fall an see &c market climb to lie top
Of de pole"
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
The Ciitsrr 20 Vat r.Cre =.

There are given. we notis" In an
practical agricultural journals. r'ahsf.
ate dircctions for tho cultivation 81
water crns-. They are enough tn flight
rn any one from attempting a. no
there must be = strcifn II water Il ,sf-
tain depth and width. the sRcaysisH
for the beds must bc male a,coriing e.
rule anil comps.s. and the plant ssi ar
cordng IL the time and money
which must nec"ssariis attend the ar
rangrment for raising the plant ~ tbs
mode are considered. " w~ittakea s-Hi
deal OF LIBERAL figuring up Ia ds~efS
where the proat j. io Cums Ia -
truth ". there IL nothing more saklf
raised than ~water-cfsss An open
spring 81 water on ms premise Shifb
- allowed - spread and some "a ~"
land to be oine SONS what sNsupS,
will. without any more PREPARATION
~ahundsutiy proiucs w~s'sr-Crc =. fsnr"
introduced In almost any ~nrixha0f
hood whsr. there j. an open spruS. tkT
torleT % which has nDi been dis,urbei.
the plan; can b" groAh- Gather them
cut them mp iato pieces - that TaFh
piece shall have \ little ru-o; n matter.
how small and IL Wi grow. snl ~hll"
giving q cool supply ~ill spread from
year To year 10 the ground j. saiiabis
an ! there will be NJ farther iryshis
about IL.
We formerly raised il ia our oWn gF-
den A Sery small spring ran ihfoagh
q. which bal been undistari~si Zoe
many ears. ard il gre~ Their. sppn-
tAnoogsly. giving us AL that the family
needed When improvements ~ers 10
iroduced II hal IN give way ba' even
then IL msts IL. appearance ever
syring for several years A fss years
ago xe act piants around the bprsiar -
the tsh-ypnd AMI ;hsy grgz really.
We dsslT.j IL ~ shade The sasr for
the b~neht 20 the fsh. bat b. lie bah
ate al the tender sprouts. and ~
ihey leh \ pair % maskrais dsvvsfst
root and branch
81. tbciefyre. that zny one. Who las
n spring spon hs premises. has Ca ia.
10 % intfoiBe~ the plant. along b
edges ADD Wherever there - a h-
place into which the water from -
sprng can spTsaL and be vii ras1
water errss ~snoorriinz - The re q
the arrangements Nhirh ssurr pro-
Vbisd IL - ysry sppeiizinz ioT bsu,k-
fas; or Tea. eaten ~4sh = lis1Is "a, Dulys
and ws are yerg sure that n 4 - Ssrx
infr Siac@d Il will never b. sbantonrf.
either for pnys:s consumption %, Dc
marketing -GsyssEaa9es Isl<JrspA
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
Two OverSights.

One of the all-keepers at the Cen
trail Market had a basket of vegetables
to 60 to a house on Fort street, yester-
day. and calling to a whitewasher, who
was hanging around for a job, he said
to him:
Here, old man, take this basket to
No. - Fort street and l will give you a
watermelon"
The colored brother closed his bar
gain at once. and upon his return. after
a s~uspiciously brief absence. the man
handed him the two halves of a green
melon. Il promised you q melon, and
here it is" he said, as he clapped the
halves together. =
"But dat mellyon haint ripe, boss"
"Can'thelp that l didn't specify
that l would give you a ripe one"
"Dat's so. boss; but l didn't specify
what time dis summer / should tote dat
basket up dar. either, an l kinder reck-
oned dat it was best to leave it in q lum-
Der yard till / saw de size and color of
de mellyon! Pears like l haint much
behind in dis trade"
He had 3 ripe melon under his arm as
he started off to finish his Grand
Detroit Free Press.
The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-08
Killei By q Catanount.

In the Era of Saturday morning we
published . brief account of the killing
Of L. Painter, of Hamilton Township.
this county. by q catamount or panther.
as the animal is variously known.
Since then we have been enabled to
learn additional particulars Of the SIM
gular tragedy from 3 resident of the
township. who visited the sceEe. Mr..
Painter was . farmer, and the section
in which he lived is one of the widest
in Mexican. In the deep forest some
miles from Mr.. Painters homo is q
derrick, which is still frequented By
those animals. despite the inrOads made
up,n their numbers by local sportsmen
and the entertainments upon old haunts