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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1883-03-19

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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1883-03-19
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Friday n Lucky Day.

When anything distressing occurs on
Monday, or Thursday, or Sunday, no
account is made of it's happening on
that particular day. Let the mishsp
occur on Friday, an behold the head
waggersl There may be nothing in
it." the croak cit may be I'll 8 weak
superstitutin, but Friday is an unlucky
day: there is no denying it.h or the
great blessings aud happy events that
fall on Friday they take no note,
American old women, sailors and other
superstition-ridden folk DO not remem-
Der that on Friday Columbus sailed on
his voyage of discovery; that on Friday
ten weeks sfter he discovered America;
that on Friday the Msyt1ower, with the
pilgrims arrived at Plymouth; and on
Friday they signed the august compact
the forerunner of the present coustitu-
ton; that on Friday George Washing
ton was born: thai OIL Friday Bunker
Hill was seized and fortified: that on
Friday the surrender of Saratoga was
made, and on Friday CORVALLIS sar-
rendered at Ysrkstown.-Erchange.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Horse-Trading in Maine.
Augusta Journal.

A well-te do citizen on the east side
possessed horse which was 8 model
beast in every respect but one; the an
imal was marked with several white
spots IN such manner that his appear
ance was snything but attractive. The
owner resolved to dispose of the beast
So, meeting q well known jockey of
this city u bargain was struck between
the Two, and the animal fell into the
hands of the horse dealer. The citi-
zen wanted another stopper to take
the place OF the one he had sold. At
ter few days he went 10 the self same
jockey who bought his horse, for the
purpose of making a purchase. The
desler exhibited all the animals in his
stable. The citizen, after carefully in
specting the lot, finally settled upon 8
very handsome beast with shapely
limbs and colored just to suit him.
The money was paid over and the
horse driven home. But, alasl after
several weeks had passed, white spots
began to appear on the animals body,
and the citizen soon discovered to his
sorrow that he hSd been sold, and that
the horse was the Identical one which
hs had sold, the spots having been
dyed. The jockey made about S10G
by the operation and glorles in his
achievement.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Ouantity Of Food

There is little danger of eating too
mach if our food is only natural in
kind and quality. 1t is not very
easy, for example, to eat too many
grapes, apples, pears and bananas.
Sugar, salt, spices and luxurious cook
cry tempt to excess. With men. as
with animals, a natural diet is self-hm-
iting, and we are disposed to stop
when We have got enough. The more
artificial the food the more liability to
overload the stomach, oyertax the d.
gestlve power, and overweight the
forces of life. Simplicity of food is a
condition of health and promotes lon
gevity. The quantity of food which
enables q man to do his daily work
without loss of weight is precisely what
he requires. He supplies the daily
waste, no more, no less. This quantity
may vary little with each individual,
but every one can easily ascertain HIS
own measure of requirement by reduc-
ing the quantity of daily food until he
finds a balance of force and weight.
1t is my opinion that the average guam
tity of water-free aliment required, say
by business and lits-sry men, is twelve
ounces. Men of .-eat muscular abll-
ity may require sixteen TO twenty
ounces. l have found myself in very
good condition for sedentary work Cd
eight or ten ounces. When any one is
in good condition for his work, and
keeps his normal weight, he has food
enough,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Me Saw Iceboats for the First Time.

The icy reserve toward one another
that had marked the behavior of those
who filled the seats of the northward
bound Wagner car Vergennes the other
day was broken at Hudson by the re-
mark Of stout man with very white
and very red cheeks.
"Who said they saw an iceboat? l
can't sec any. I'd give twenty dollars
to see one"
There's one now" said a passenger,
pointing toward a sail on the frozen
river.
"Gee, whitaker So it is," said the
white haired man, getting upon the
chair on his knees and leaning over
the cushioned back, with his head
against the window pane. "Just- look
-at-that-leetle-devil-fy. Cracky!
There's another! Two more, three!
Look-will you look at these things
fly? They don't touch the ice at all,
do they? Golly, l would like to stay
here month"
"Tm from Alabama, gentlemen" he
said, as he resumed mis- seat, "and all l
know about iceboats is what read in
eighty Days Around the World.
Do they 60 sixty miles an hour?'
''They do so, frequently"
"And can you stop and take a drink
when you wish?'
"You can."
"Then I would like to stop here a
month. Now-just-look -at-that-
little-son-of-a-gun-go, will your"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
New York Suicides.

DIR. Maggie, Register of Vital Statistics
in New York city, publishes the results
of eleven years record and observation
of suicide in New York. The main
causes are traced to abnormal physical
or mental conditions, disappointment,
intemperance, business reverses, and
family differences. There is no ap-
parent reason why Germans, who, as a
class, are weather. and more prosper
Gus than the Irish, should so largely
exceed the latter in suicides, unless it
be the natural tenn permanent. The irish
show less number of suicides in pro-
portion to their population than any
other foreign-born inhabitants. The
number of males who committed sui
eide during the past eleven years was
l, 1913, while the number of females was
but 32S. In 1864 the proportion of sui
cides here was TO every q. S27 inha-
bitants. In 1874 it was to every 5,5l5.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09

the snow, and when going down the
Chanarsmbeau Valley passed directly
over our abandoned train"
Glow long did it require to make the
run of 1O6 miles ?"
Gust six hours. We made stop at
Fulda, and put in about half hour In
getting across the Des Moines Valley.
Guess our time was about % miles an
hour. l know the ride made my eyes
ache for days. You should have seen
the reception We got at FairmCnt.
The whole town turned out to meet rs.
We found the shovelers and relief crews
were about fifteen miles east of that
place, and the town was in as bsd q
condition as Pipestone; so we took
another run across the country, met
train No. / at Winnebaeo, and the
same night were in La Crosse I irs-
mediately resigned my situation; don't
want any more Dakota winters In
mine"
"How do the people live SO long cut
off from the east p
"Oh, they lay in a supply of provis.
ons in the fall. That winter they burn
ed twisted hay, corn in the ear, and
cornstalks. For lights they made these
old-fashioned tallow-dips. Took a
kettle of tallow, attached a number of
pieces of wicking to rod, and by
repeated dipping made candles. Corn
was pounded up in mortar, sifted,
and made into bread. Wheat went
through much the same process. The
country publishers utilized wallpaper,
wrapping-paper, and finally, when the
supply of these kinds of paper was
exhausted, common white skeeting for
printing their weekly edition. What
do you think of that for enterprise ?"
"You don't anticipate any blockade
of this kind the present winter do
your"
"No; unless this last storm has laid
EN- out up west. Can't tell much
about it down here. But say, don't
mention this little talk, will you p
ooh, no; certainly not"
"Surer'
eyes; sure" ....
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
The Blind Man and the Color of Milk.

There was once man who had beer
blind from his birth. Naturally enough
he did not know what the color OF mill
was, so he asked another man: "What
is the color of milk?'
"The color of milk" said the Other
man, "is white like cowrie SHE'LL
"Well," said the blind man, s'has
this color of milk the sound of cowrie
shell?'
"Not at all" said the other man.
"Then what does a cowrie look Eke?r
Like rice"
as the color of milk soft and tender
like ricei And what is rice like any.
how?" .
Like snow"
as rice cold, like snow? And what
is snow like anyhow"
''Snow is white like a stork."
snow, although the man that had
been blind from his birth heard all
these comparisons he could never tell
what the real color of milk was.-Chin-
csc Tales
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
A Large Farm.

English capitalists are investing
largely in cattle ranches in the west
Mr.. Pell, M. P, now in this country is
at the head of company that recently
purchased rancho of 10000 acres in
Southern Colorado, stocked with l 900
hesd of cattle. 1t is the intention of
the company to purchase several
large tracts in Colorado and place Upon
them 100000 head of cattle, or per-
haps double that number. The idea
is to raise cattle for the European mar
ket. Mr.. Pell says that the prejudice
that existed in England against Ameri-
can beef has entirely disappeared.
There are splendid profits in cattle
raising, and it is somewhat remarkable
that this inviting field for enterprise
has not been occupied to greater ex-
tent by American capitalists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
A Strange Case Of Mistaken Identity.

A strange case of mistaken identity
has just come to light at Gateshead,
England. Some time ago a sea-farin2
man, named Joseph Kilford whose
friends reside in Gateshead- on Tyne,
was missing. 1t was known that his
vessel had entered the river, and that
he had landed, but no further tidings
had been heard from him. At the
time that his friends were engaged in
instituting inquiries body was found
in the river and conveyed to the dead
house at st. Lawrence. Decomposition
had advanced too far to allow of COM
plete Identification, but, as the clothing
was that of seaman, Kilford's friends
concluded that it was their missing rel
alton. An inquest was held, the body
was identified, verdict that Joseph
Kilford was found crowded in the river
Tyne was returned, and the body was
duly buried. Naturally the friends of
the supposed deceased man were very
much glieved; but few days ago Kill
ford turned up alive and well. 1t tran
spired that just after his arrival in the
Tyne he again shipped at the Tyne
docks, and while his friends had been
mourning him he had been in Ameri-
ca.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Selected Miscellany.

Encouragement is Of all ages; in
youth it is presentiment; in old age
a remembrance.-BalIac.
There was good prescription given
by physician to patient "Do
something for somebody"
Zone soweth and another reapeth,"
is verify that applies to evil as we'll
as good."-George Eliot.
How many people would be mute if
they were forbidden to speak we'll of
themselves and evil of others!
Be deaf to the quarrelsome, blind to
the scorner, and dumb to those who are
mischievously inquisitive.
1t is impossible for that man to de-
spair who remembers that mis- helper
is omnipotent.-Jeremy Taylor.
The power of mans virtue should
not be measured by his special efforts,
but by his ordinary doing.-Psseal.
Distinction is not in being heard of
far and wide, but in being solid,
straightforward, and loving the right.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Three Women Caught by One Trap.
From tie Utica Observer.


VERNON, Jan 25.-At the residence OF
one of our highly respectable families,
a trap that had been set on a remote
shelf some time ago, for the purpose of
catching an intruding cat which was in
the habit of visiting that locality, had
been entirely forgotten. The mistress
of the house, wishing something which
was supposed to be on that shelf, reach
ell up, and imm ediately the trap closed
upon her fingers. She made an effort
to extricate them, but to no avail, and
the pain was so intense that she was ob-
liged to scream for help. A servant
Immediately appeared, and in her en-
deavors to extricate her MISTRESS hand
accidentally enclosed her own fingers,
causing the two to scream for help. A
younger member of the house, hearing
the screams, rushed to the place,
seized the trap, made desperate at
tempt to extricate the fingers of the
other two, when her own hand acct
dentally slid into the trap, and ali three
we're fast. Their united voices called
to their aid gentleman who opened
the trap.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
SHOWED IN.

Experience or n Railway Conductor i'm
the Winter OF ISSO-Sl the Train
Held Fast i'm the Drift for Three
Months. Flying 4 heroes the Frozen
Prairie in am lee BOat-Cheese
Crackers Ham and Tea as q Regular
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
A Yankee Boys QuickIy-Made Fortune
[Spring field Republican,

lopfmgneld Republican,
An instance of Westfeld boys
pluck, endurance and success is shown
by the recent sale of E. G. Cowles' half
interest in his cattle ranch at North
Platte, Nebraska, to his partner for
SIT 500. Cowles was born at West
Farms in 1916 and for some twenty five
years lived and worked about Westfield.
Ten or twelve years ago he found him
self with 500 in his pocket, and, con-
Guiding that if ever he was going to
make anything of himself he must
break from his old associates and habits,
he suddenly took the train westward
and landed in Omaha. From there he
drifted to Texas, and for two or three
years drove cattle from that State to
Colorado. On one of these trips the
drivers were all killed by hostile Indians
except himself, he escaping by the
swiftness of his horse. When he got q
little money together he purchased a
few head of cattle, aud from that time
his success has been gradual.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09

storm they were completely buried.
There's one popularity about these
prairie billiards.: the snow will fail and
DRIFT in huge piles or ridges extending
! fo- miles across the prairies, and in an
hour after the snow ceases to fall it
will be crusted over by the cold and
wind with a surface sufficiently hard to
sustain the weight of a man.
Glow long do these prairie storms
generally lsstf'
Sometimes a week, and again per-
haps only an hour. The one l spoke
of held on four days, and il was the
worst of that winter; didn't LAST as long
as some, but while it was storming
IT WAS A soCKDoLAdER.
The whole country was covered with
snow for months"
"Where did the fuel come from all
this timer"
Brought overland by team, hauled
forty or fifty miles across the country.
And even then, fences, sidewalks and
out-buildings were torn down and used
for fgel. Board went up until .
plain meal Of brown bread, ham and
tea, WITHOUT extras, COct uOllAr or
more. We train men couldn't stand
this, so about the LIST of February the
boys made preparations to start across
the country for home. The road was
open to Fairmont, log miles east of
where we were laid out. The question
was, how to save 8 walk of over 100
miles and reach the open line. 1t was
finally decided to build two sets of
"bobs," constructed much on the prin-
ciple of an ice boat, step q mast, bend
sail, and with q favorable wind sail
across the country. The boys secured
several slaves from q large cask, builta
platform on them, rugged up sail and
filler, and we were ready for q start
We had rugged up two OF these boats,
and about q dozen passengers and train
employees took passage. There was q
thick crust upon the snow, and the
wind had worn it as smooth rs ice. The
wind blew gale from the west, and we
made
nprTTJANT CTApT
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09

zAEe by al Druggists. THE DR. & A. RICHMOND
MEDICAL Co. Soie Prupriefors- 81 Joseph. No
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
A G0Od-SiZed B0otjaek.

"Inat fellow had q monstrous foot,
the biggest l ever saw"
Glow larger" asked the General
''Giye US some idea of its size"
81 don't know that can, but tell
you what's fact. His foot was so big
that-well, you have heard the old
story of the fellow who used the forks
ofthe road for a boo1ack? Yes; well,
Nick tried it. and split the road SO far
that the geography ofthe neighberhood
was changed -Arkansaw humor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
N
"YOur Blonde Darlingo

A man at Albert Lea, Mimi, had
the worst time explaining telegram
to his wife. He is n sporting man who
does great deal of fishing and hunting
and he had pair of rubber wading
stockings which he wore when hunting
in marshes. A friend of his wanted a
pair of them and he promised to send
to New York and get them. The two
men were great friends and the man
who had been promised the stockings
and who lived at North Branch, got
ready to go hunting last fall and want
ed them so he telegraphed to his
Albert Lea friend as follows:
''Send my stockings at once as |
need them bad.
"YouR BLONDE DARLING"
The dispatch came to the mau's res
idence, and his wife opened it, and
her hair stood up straight. When the
innocent husband came home she put
on refrigerator expression, and hand
ed him pair of her own old stockings
done up in paper and told him he
better send them to his blonde darling
at North Branch. He was taken sill Of
heap and asked her what she meant,
and said he had no blonde darling at
North Branch or any other branch,
and after he had said he did not know
a woman anywhere and never thought
of supplying stockings to anybody but
his wife, she handed him the telegram.
he scratched his head, blushed, and
then thought she had him, but finally
he laughed right out loud, and went to
his room where he keeps his guns aud
things and brought out the new pair of
rubber wading stockings that he had
bought for his friend, each of which
would hold bushel of wheat, and
handed them to his wife and asked her
how she thought they would look on a
blonde darling. Then he told her they
we're for his sporting friend of the male
persuasion, and she asked his pardon,
but insisted that the telegram had a
bad look on the face of it, and was
enough to scare any wife
out of her wits and stockings. The
wading stockings were expressed to
the friend with letter telling him to
be mighty careful how he telegraphed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Writers Opinion Of a Broiled Dinner.


The old-fashioned New England bev-
ersge, cider, was mentioned, and Mr.
Whittier stated that he had once be-
lived much benefit, when unwell,
"when nothing tasted good" from the
use Of cider. Huntington suggested
that without cider we could not have
vinegar. "Well, said Whittier" win
egar is not of much use, after all"
Except" replied Huntington, ''to eat
on cabbage and cucumbers." Neither
of which are fit TO be eaten," remarked
the poet. 81 think 1t would be a good
idea to s:alta prohibition party on
those two articles. As for cabbage, it
is not fit to be eaten; if you cook it in
the house you have got to burn your
houses down afterwards to get rid of
the smell; it is certainly the most dia-
bolical smell that was ever invented"
and Whittier, who was sitting near the
open stovegrate, upon the top of which
he had deposited his tall hat, folded
his arms and laughed hearty silent
laugh. "What do you think of onions,
Mr.. Whittier asked l. "Well, :"
he replied. 'onions are not quiet SO
bad, for you can get rid of the smell OF
those in two or three days" ''Ihen,"
said Huntington, "you would not APP
prove of the old-fashioned boiled din
nel?' mo. think that is detestable
dish. remember that my father used
to have it, in which cabbage, onions,
beets, potatoes, turnips and carrots
were all boiled up together and turned
out into great dish all in heap, with
a great greasy piece of meat in the
middle. think that is the reason why
the present generation is not so strong
as the former. 1t is owing to the way
the parents lived, eating SO much PORK
and potatoes. Our last war showed
that. The farmers were not nearly sc
strong as the men recruited in the
cities-Portlaud, Portsmouth, and Bos-
ton. "But the people in the cities dc
not have the free air We get in the
country" said Huntington. 81 know
that" replied Whittier, "But they live
better and that makes a great differ
eace."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage expressage and carriage hire and stop
at the GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite Grand
Central Depot; $50 eleganl rooms. fitted up at a
cost OF one million dollars, reduced to ST and
upward per day. European plan. Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with the best. Hors. cars
stages and elevated railroad to all depots.
Families can live better for less money at the
Grand Union Hotel than at any other nrst-clas
hotel in the city.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
Tragic Death of 4 Father.
Toronto Globe.

"Jaques lie Canadian, a character
well known to sportsmen, was a black
smith and voyager of La Torente.
He attended fishing excursions, and
had two sons, to one of them he left
his property. The other, hearing that
he had been disinherited, repaired to
his fathers house and upbraided him
with the act. Words ran high, and the
father proceeded to thrash the son.
why have you robbed me and left all
to canaille?' demanded the son.
Why replied Mr.. Jacques, in par
exysm of rage; why be cause have
two canailles of sons; it does not mat
ter which leave it to. You are just
as The words died on his lips, and
Jacques fell dead in his wife's arms,
while his son fed horror-stricken from
the house. 1t was rumored at first
that there had been murder done by
the son, but syncope of the heart was
the verdict of the coroner's jury"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-02-09
TWENTY YEARS 4 SUFFERER

R. V. PIERCE: M. D.. Buffalo, N. Y: Deo,
Sir-Tweuty years ago was shipwrecked on the
Atlantic Ocean, and the cold and exposure caus-
ed large abscess to form on each leg which
kept continually discharging. After spending
hundreds of dollars, with no benefit. tried YOU
Golden Medical Discovery" and now, in les:
than three months alter taking the frs. bottle,
am thankful to say l completely cured, and
fer the first time in ten years can put my left
heel to the ground. l am you're,
WILLIAM RYDER, 81 Jefferson St., Buffalo
Ny.