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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
A Bears Sagacity.

The upper waters of the rivers i'm
Maine run through lowlands covered in
the summer with tall, stout grass.
which, if cut early in the season, makes.
nutritious hay. My father owned sew.
eral acres of lowland in a lonely valley
far up the Dash River. When the time
came for cutting the grass, several of
the family would go to the ''lowland'
and camp there for three or four days.
until the hay was made.
One season, on arriving at our camp
ing place, father, who was chewer OF
tobacco, discovered that his tobacco.
box was at home, instead Of in his coat,
pocket. /, being the youngest of the,
party, was sent back to the house for
it.
had walked about mile on my
way back when l heard a twig snap.
Looking round Isaw a large bear about
ten rods behind me. My first impulse
was to run; then ] thought | would
shout. But | wisely decided that per-
haps it would be safer to walk .long as
coolly as / could and not apparently
take any notice OF the animal. was
much relieved to find that though fol-
lowing, he did not exert himself 20 APP
proach me.
After walking about half mile, in =
suspense that kept my head turned hall
around, fearing every moment lest
bruin might run upon me, | reached
the top of hill from which / saw, on
the bank of the river below, an old ca
noe and paddle. Seeing that this was
my chance, the moment lost sight OF
the bear over the crest of the hall, !
started and ran at full speed Gaining
the canoe, launched it. jumped in, and
by one hard stroke padded it into the
stream.
Twenty seconds more would have
been too late The bear came running
down the hill and jumped into the
stream. within five feet Of the canoe.
He followed it for short distance, but
my quick, short strokes caused him al
last to give up the chase. / watched
him swim back and disappear in the
woods. Then leisurely foated along
with the current, thinking over my mar
row escape. On nearing place in the u
river where point jutted far out from
both banks, / saw old bruiD standing on
one bank, waiting for me. / could not
turn and paddle against the current II
was too strong for me to make much
Roadway. So / headed the canoe as
far away from the point as could. and
then padded desperately 50 as TO pass
as quickly as possible. The bear leaped,
t.miscaIculating my speed. fell short
of the canoe, by few feet. / padded.
away from him and soon lost sight Of
an animal who had certainly shown
more than ordinary sagaeity. fioated
down to where father and my two
brothers were, told my story, and
father had to go without his toDacco.-
Yoath's Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22

The county clerk and the county
treasurer have had their hands full
of work for sometime past attending
to matters relating to the redemp-
ton and purchase of delinquent tax
certificates. Since the last annual
meeting of the county board the
sum of about $4,000 has been paid
in by owners of lands on redemp-
ton, leaving at the expiration of the
thirty days limit about $4,000 still
due on delinquent certificates. On
Monday last, the day fixed by the
resolution Of the board when these
certificates should be offered for
sale to outside parties, there were
petitions already filed for the
the purchase of certificates amount
ing to about two thousand dollars.
The county officers are now COM
PEELED, although they do it reluct-
antly, to sell certificates to whoever
may apply for them, and many
owners of real estate will no doubt
find themselves at the mercy of
spectators. From the start the col
lection of these certificates has been
conducted with utmost fairness and
leniency. The county board offered
yerv reasonable terms for their re-
dcmption, and all three Of the
officers in whose hands the matter
has been placed, the county treas
urer, county clerk and district
attorney, have been most earnest
and tireless in their efforts to induce
delinquents to settle, and rendered
them assistance in various ways, so
as to avoid the consequences which
would follow the sale of certificates
to outside parties, or proceedings Of
foreclosure by the county.
We are glad to know that a great
portion of the money received by
the county on redemptions was paid
by residents of the city Of Mineral
Point. -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22

Prof. J. Van Cleve Phillips, geolo-
gist, in writing from New York
City to the Chicago Journal, upon
"The Upper Mississippi Mineral
Deposits" says:
From 1927 to 1855, the ore mined III this field
in round numbers, has made S5oGC0,GGO value il
lead. This ore was taken from the small basins
or along the edges of the larger ones, and from
the edge of the vein system of the different
basins, and facts developed from the study of
the field show that this will not include over
the fiftieth port Of per cent of the updeyeloped
lead wealth in these basins. The zine ere is
found i'll the lower lead measures, and its wealth
is almost equally great with two copper dis
tricts that give fair promise OF permanent mining
ground.
If, as Mr.. Phillips believes, $780,
000,000-the value of the lead
already taken outs not over the
fiftieth part of one per cent. of that
which is undevcloped, the lead re-
gions of Wisconsin, Illinois and
Iowa, many yet experience q
mining boom, in comparison with
the California gold excitement of 40
and after years will be as nothing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22

With the death of Wendell Phillips, the last of
the great pioneers and original apostles OF Abo-
litionlsm in the United States is gathered to his
reward lie was born in Boston on the s9th of
November, 1911. At the age of nineteen he grad
uated from Harvard College, began at once the
study of law, and was admitted to the bar in
1881
His sympathies were strongly aroused by the
persecution of the early abolitionists, more par
ticularly during the Boston mob in October 1885,
when Garrison, the leader of the Abolitionists
narrowly escaped with his life. The following
year Phillips gave mp the practice of law because
he was unwilling to act under an oath of allie
glance TO the Constitution of the United States
and publicly Joined the abolitionisS. In 1866 he
succeeded William Lloyd Garrison as President
of the Anti-Slavery Society, which position he
held until the dissolution of the organization in
1870.
In his time Wendell Phillips espoused many
causes, such as prohibition, abolition Of interest
on money, communism, agrariansm. greenback
fiat money the elecsion OF Gen. Butler TO the
presidency, woman's rights, the abolition Of
government and all penal laws, the restriction
of rutiians and criminals by the power OF love
only, the apOllJon OF slavery ana the American
constitution as covenant with death and a
league with hell" He opposed bitterly the for
nation of the anti-slavery political party. He
was candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, at
one time but he received small vote. During
the war he dropped all his views Of no govern
ment and non political action against slavery and
became an advocate of the most extreme meas
ures for its suppression. Thus twenty-five of the
best years of his life devoted 10 the agitation OF
an anti-slavery sentiment eliminated in success
with the issue of the Emancipation proclama-
| ton and amidst mighty shock of arms.
In personal appearance Mr.. Phillips was q man
OF fine and commanding presence. He was nc
doubt the most complete and polished orator or
the American platform. Although the associate
| of the cultured and aristocrauc he was q man O.
the simplest habits and least ostentation. II
the death of Mr.. Phillips the little band Of sur
wing abolitionists loses its most heoroic ant
striking figure. Doctor Furness and Rober
Purves. of Washington. and the veteran poe
Whittier. of Massachusetts,. and q few others o
less note sti survive to mourn the death of Il eli
silyer-tongued leader but the ranks Of the heroi,
men and women who faced obloquy and persecu
ton for the sake Of the friendless black man
are growing thinner each year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
Exception Denied.

'.Iwant to appeal this case said
Mary Mcclure, as she received thirty
days sentence in the Jefferson Market
Police Court. No attention was paid
to her
Il take an exception" she screamed.
rs the officers hand fell upon her Shout
der.
.4On what grounds?" she was asSed.
The officer swore just came Gown
from the Island on Monday, when !
did not arrive here until Tuesday morn
ing"
Exception denied"
.1ll serve We with writ Of certario-
rary," she yelled, defiantly, ~ she VS.
dragged into the corridor.
tt.Tell me-" shs ASKED the 0ficcr.
coaxingly, tell me why my appeal was
sighted and my exception scorned, and
III be good and 60 right along with
YOU
because we have business to trans
act in this ERE court. These things arc
only noticed in the higher courts, where
they have nothing else to do.
aOh r'-N T. journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
Tn another column of this issue

In another column of this issue
of The Democrat will be found a
speech delivered by Daniel O'Con-
nell in Coyent Garden, London, on
February 81, 1874. The speech is
in advocacy of the repeal of the
English corn laws. The occasion of
its delivery was the holding OF
monster meeting by the anti corn
law league, which was then agitating
for the overthrow of protection IN
Great Britain. O'Connell gave the
movement hearty support from the
start, and was one of the principal
orators at the largest meetings. In
this great speech he fully exposed the
fallacy and clearly portrayed the evil
of SO called protection, and struck
telling blows at the vicious system.
The fulfllment of his prophetic
words at the close was realized with
in two short years after their utter
ance, when the corn laws were repeal
ed and the system Of protection COM
pletely destroyed. To all who read
the burning words Of "the great
emancipator the hollowness and
foolishness of the audacious claim
of protectionists that Ireland's man
ufacturing interests were injured by
British free trade must be apparent.
The truth is that decadence Of the
manufacturing interests of Ireland
took place under British protective
laws, and was complete nearly half
q century before the policy of free
trade was inaugurated. And in lay
ing their decline at the door of free
trade the protectionists have out
done themselves in the exhibition of
sublime cheek. 1t is bad enough
for them TO attribute to their nefari-
Gus system of robbery our great
national prosperity, and other bless
ings which we enjoy by reason of
possessing a great fruitful country
and of being an enterprising, thrifty
people; but to drag in the woes Of
Ireland, and by attrlbuting them to
free trade seek to gam Irish votes to
sustain them III their system OF
plumber is still worse. But their
efforts in this direction will be Of no
avail The history of Ireland is not
an unwritten history, and lrlshmen
are too conversant with it to be de-
luded into the belief that any of the
evils with which their beloved coun-
try ia afflicted arc due to free traie.
We hope that all our readers will
give the speech Il careful perusal, and
feel assured that they will be profit
ed thereby.
In our efforts to secure the copy
for publication we were kindly assis-
ted by our congressman Hon. Burr
w. Jones and Hon. Frank Hurd
and also by Tie editor of the
Toledo Bee, who had the entire
speech copied for us from his bound
files, and in whose paper it was
published while Frank Hurd was
making the gallant fight on the
issue of free trade in the Toledo dis
trict in 1882
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
THE DEMOCRAT.
Poetry and Miscellany.
THE LAMENT OF THE -ESTHETTC
YOUNG LADY,

He LAMENT OF The -ESTHETTC
YOUNG LADY.
Winter is the only season
In whose tintS pleasure find,
As must every human being
Who is not 70 beauty blind.
In the Winter may revel
In soft tones and sober ShsieSs
Somhsr's then the heavens color.
Somber, too, the forest glades.
Then the trees in naked beauty
Stretch their branches, stiff and brown,
And the meadows gaudy veriure
To faded gray's toned down.
Then all light and freshness vanish,
By oneneutral tint effaced-
winter is the only season
When poor Nature shows sossae taste.
But, alas, the Spring Is coming,
Soon my tortured eye will ache
To behold the tlashy colors,
Clothing meadow, mount and brake.
Then the cheStnutS' Blown buds bursting
Flush with blossoms, red aud white,
Forming, with the bright green foliayc
Contrasts hateful TO the sight.
Aud in Spring the very skies, too.
Lose their heavenly ashen hue,
And assume {. iauuty color,
Really too aoSundly blue.
And. when Spring glides into Summer,
Matters will grow sadder yet;
How its glacing color errors
Make my art-Soul fume and fret.
Then throughout he golden corn-fields
Crimson peoples up Will start,
MingliRg with the blueSt corn-howerS
Quite against all rules OF art.
In the orchard the same story:
Purple grow the prune and plum.
Red and gold, the ripened peaches,
But, alas. the worst'S TO come.
For in Autumn, honest Nature
Seems to go stark color-mad
Ev'ry tree, and bush, and hedyerow,
In one gaudy garb is clad
Glowing in one blaze Of color
SAW the woods, the hills, the plain.
Crimson, russell golden-tinted-
Chaos sure Is come again.
But from faulty Nature flying,
To my boudoir will go:
There, amid pure-Art Surroundings
Let the seasons past me flow.
There I'll shut out saudy brightness.
Drawing down the pale-green blind.
And IN willow-paftern landscapes
Consolation l will find.
There I'll tend my tall suntiowers,
Lovely plants. | ween, are they.
Yellow, prim. and stiff, aud sccntless.
And Htgh-Art in every way.
Or in crewel-worN IN model
Fruit and flower. and leaf and tree,
And endeavor TO show Nature
What she ought TO try to be-
-TerrEc Bdr.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
AYERS
Cherry PICTORIAL,

No other complaints are so insidious in their
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none so trfied with by the majority of suffer-
erS, The ordinary cough or cold, resulting
perhaps frsm u triains or unconscious eX-
posure, is often but the beginning of a fatal
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL las
well proven its efficacy in forty years fight
with throat and lung diseases. and Should lie
taken in all cases without delay.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
WENDELL PHILLIPS,

We give this week a portrait and
a brief review of the life and char
acteristics of the great agitator and
reformer,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
Illustrated Definitions.


1, flying jib; 2,jib;
5, foretop-maststay sail; 4, fore-course;
8, foretop sail; &, foretop-gallant sail;
Z, fore-royal; 8, fore sky sail;
8, fore-royal studding sail;
10, foretop-gallant studding sail;
IL. foretop-mast studding-sai;
12, main-course; Is, maintop sail,
IA, matntop-gallant sail; Is, maiu-royal;
l6, main sky sail; II, main royal studding sail;
Is, main top-gallant studding sail;
10, maintop-mast studding sail;
20, mizzen-course; FL, mizzen-top sail;
S2, mizzen-top-gallantsa sail 23, miZzen-royal -
S4, mizzen sky sail; rs, mizzen-spanker.
Among the many that could be cited are the
following: Beef, Boiler, Castle, Column, Eye,
Horse, holdings Chronology, Ravelin, Ships
These 12 pictures define 343 swords and terms.
THE STANDARD.
Webster is the Standard of the u. s. Supreme
Court and in the U. s. Govt Printing Office.
Recommended by State Sup'ts of Schools in
SO States. Sale go times that of any other series.
G. sc. MERRIAM & CO., Pubrs Springfield, Mass.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22

-Hygenic writer's predict that the
drink Of the future viii be hot water
NJ Y Tribune.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22
A Terrible Cough Cured.

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my lungs. l had n terrible cough, and passed
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ToRAL, which believed my lungs, induced
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for the recovery of my strength. by the
nent cure was effected. / am now g. years
Old hale and hearty and am satisfied your
CHERRY PICTORIAL saved me.
HORACE FAIREROTEER.'
ROcAiunham Vt July IL 1852
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22

Group. "A Mothers Tribute.
"While in the country last winter my little
boy, three yeaEs old. was taken il! with Group;
il seemed as if he would Gie from Strflngu-
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of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL. a bottle of
which was always kept i'll the house. This
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Mrs. EMMA GEDSEY.''
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-02-22

" III fares the land. to Fastening ills prey,
Where wealth accumulstes and men decay.
Prinees and lords may flourish, or may fade,
A breath can make them, as a breath has made
But bold peasantry, our country's pride,
When once destroyed can never be supplied.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-28

Me-, into the country around. Hundreds
of cattle are affected
WILLIAM Holt, laborer. while work
ing on The roof of the Metropolitan
Opera house, took a misstep backward
and fell to the pavement and was kill
ed
A BURLINGTON, VT, runaway horse
tried to leap over a stage coach, and
landed on the top Of it. Crushing
through, it fatally injured Mrs. Whee-
lock, passenger.
THE heaviest gale and rain storm of
the season occurred at San Francisco,
Saturday night. Three hundred yards
of the Southern Pacific railway were
washed away, north Of Newhall, and the
telegraph north and south is Frustrated
No marine casualties are reported.
A QUANTITY Of gunpowder in the top
Of Hobbs, OSBORNE Hobbs wholesale
hardware store, London, Ont, exploded,
throwing off the upper portion of the
building, killing Donald Smith, mortal
~ woundipg Frank Shaw aud Percy
lnce. The adjoining buildings were
badly shattered. The three upper fats
are mass of wreckage, and nearly the
whole store IS hopelessly ruined. The
stock is valued at $4,000; insurance
$4,000 The damages to adjoining
buildings is covered by insurance.
J. l.. BETHUNE, manager Of blind Tom,
was killed at Wilmington, Del, in at
tempting to board moving train. His
widow and lawyer have arrived, and
desire to take charge of the body. A
lawyer at Wilmington wishes to hold
the body until the arrival of the father
of the deceased.
A WIRE bridge spanning the Kiskam-
met river, at Apollo, Pa, parted imme-
diately over the pier in the middle of the
river, and went down with crash
VIM. Henderson and Harry Jenkins
were crossing the river with load Of
sheet iron, and were thrown into the
river. Henderson escaped with cold
BATH but Yenkins and the two horses
We're drowned
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-28

THIEVES have stolen and carried away
800 bushels of wheat stored on the farm
of DR.. Davis, five miles north of Moor
head, on the Red river.
Mrs. CARRIE HUNTER a young bride,
was shot through the open window
of her be room at Rogersville, Tenn.
She died instantly. Two suspected
men were arrested.
MRS. HMGHT, of Dorrytel, n. v. who
shot her husband at night as they lay in
bed, is on trial at Morrisville. Ilaights
deathbed statement is the chief evidence
against her. She had persuaded him to
take out a large life insurance
z. MCGOWAN fatally shot Thomas
Sullivan, in a Canal street, New York
bar-room The men are republican
ward politicians. The shooting grew
out Of differences at a recent primary
election.
BOB FORD writes to st. Louis paper
TO say that he removed Jesse James and
is proud of it.. Further, 1.-The man that
calls me an assassin is a contemplate
sneak, and if he wishes to resent it he
will find me at the St James hotel in
this city
News has heen received Of the hang
ing by a mob near Denver, Col, of Eli
MadlOng, a former re ldent of Freeport,
III. Madlong pretended to be a physician,
although he had no medical education.
He prescribed medicine to one of his
patients which resulted in the latter's
death The victims friends organized q
vigilance committee and hanged the
doctor
AN attempt was made to wreck an
east-bound night express on the Cleye-
land, Columbus, Cincinnati q Indian
apolis road at Moorctield, Ohio, by turn
ing a switch. The engine left the track
and turned over dragging the postal
and baggage cars after it, but no one
was hurt
ATtEe house of Henry Paawl near
Seneca kans a quarrel occurred be-
tween Henry and his brother William,
which grew out of the alleged mis-con-
duct ON the part of the wife of the for
mer. William was shot through the
sead Who fired the shot is not known,
but the woman declares it a case of sui
eide.
a PROMISING young member Of q we'll
known church choir in Chicago, is at
present in the Raymond street Jail,
Brooklyn, awaiting trial, with a COM
panion, upon five charges of burglary.
His name is Charles Ward, and that of
his companion, Frederick Bowers. Bow
ers is well known to the police. Ward
informed the police where the stolen
goods were lodged and nearly all were
recovered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-02-28
In the Same Room.

Henry Il, Millward shot himself
after participating in a mock tragedy
at Springfield, Ohio. Some weeks ago
Millward, assisted by a bundle of
friends, constructed a dummy out of a
number of towels and pillows, and
laid it on bed in the Arcade hotel in
that city. The room was carefully
darkeued and the dummy covered with
a sheet. A pasteboard head with
grotosquely painted features was at
tached to the body, so as to be in plain
sight when the sheet should be remov-
ed. When all was ready, the report
was circulated through the city by the
jo6ers that drummer had committed
suicide at the hotel The report at
racted hundreds of citizens, including
the coroner, who were piloted up to
the room one by one. Millward kill
ed himself in the same room