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Year: 1868

We desire TO call particular attention to the
article ON our third page from the pen OF MT
A. d. Richardson, on the cast-iron plow and its
inventor There are no romanCes in literature
that possess half the pathOs and interest that
we SEQ in those narratives of the lives of men
of whom the world is not worthy.
Year: 1868

The Governor ,bas appointed Francis
Vivian, William Wigham and Geo. H. Otis
county compiittee to assist the State
Board of Immigration. The design is to
furnish information to the people of other
countries in regard to the soil, products,
and facilities our state offers to the people
desiring to immigrate to this county. We
hope our county may present good show
ing in the forthcoming pamphlets, for we
are satisfied that if correctly reported, her
claims will rank second to no other county
in the state The committee is a good one
and will doubtless attend to the matter,
but the business does not rest with them
alone. The people of the various towns
must be ready and willing to furnish the
desired information, and that promptly, OF
it will not be published in the pamphlet;
and correctly, or it had better be left out


We shall refer to this matter again.
Year: 1868

sYT The village authorities Of Boscobel
have made an ordinance prohibiting the
erection of any more wooden buildings on
the principal business street. Such an
ordinance should by all means be passed
By the board of trustees of this village.
The miserable wooden magazines on our
business streets are disgrace to the place,
and after they have disappeared, which ac-
cording to calculation, cannot be great
many years, for insurance companies act
ually refuse to assume risks on them st any
price, they should not be allowed to be re-
placed by others no better. This matter
will be brought before the new board Of
trustees.
Year: 1868

Through the carelessness Of some one
this town was without any Republican Ju-
dcial tickets, but the friends of the good
cause set promptly to work and wrote out
tickets, and the result is republican ma
jority of A.
Year: 1868

pag"Next week we shall present eur
readers with the findings of the court
in the suit of the county of Iowa against
the Mineral Point Rail Road Co., to fore
close their mortgage on the read.
Year: 1868

On the fourth page Of this paper
will be found the act authorizing the vii
lage- and town of Dodgeville to issue bonds
to aid in the construction Of the Mineral
Point R r. to this village. Let every read
er of the Chronicle .whois interested in the
building Of tits road read the act We
only received it a short time before issu-
ing our paper, and have not had the neces-
sary time to reYiewit, and give the matter
sufficient thought for an extended notice
of it, but we Shall comment on it hereafter.
Year: 1868

The English Postmaster General
is urged to propose to the United
States an international postage of
one penny for single rates, with the
belief that it would not only reflect
high honor upon Great Britain. but
would acceptable TO this country.
Year: 1868

BEAUTY AND BRAINs.-Men do
not care for brains in excess in a
woman. They like a sympathetic
intellect which can follow them and
seize their thoughts as quickly as
they are uttered, but they do not
much care for any clear or special
knowledge Of facts and even the
most phiIosophic among them
would rather not be set right in u
classical quotation, an astronomical
calculation, or the exact bearing of
apolitical question by q lovely being
in taretan whom he was graciously
unbending to instruct. Neither do
they want any thing strong minded.
To most men, indeed, the feminine
strong. mindedness, that can discuss
immoral problems without blush
irg. and despise religious observan-
ces as useful only to weak souls, is
quality as unwomanly us q well
developed biccps or Il huge fist
would be. 1t is sympathy, not an
tagonism it is companionship, not
rivalry; still less supremacy,-that
they like in woman; and some
women with brains as well as learn
ing-for the two are not the same
thing-understand this, and keep
their blue stockings well covered
by their petticoats.


IT ondon Review
Year: 1868

A Minnesota editor says that a
man came into his Office to adver-
tise for II lost dog, and that such
was the wonderful power of adver-
tising, the dog walked into the Of
flee while he was writing out the
advertisement.
Year: 1868

GEORGE c. GoRHAM, gentleman who has done good service for his party in California, during the campaign, has sailed for the East. On his departure, crowd of office seeking Republicans were ready to render him due homage, but he expressed his contempt for them as follows, to Democratic friend

 Mae, you are politically opposed to me, and don't expect anything; but every one Of those'feilows want an office One year ago, when I started East, there were none so poor as to do me honor; now, none are so rich but they crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, that thrift may follow fawning.' am dis gusted with them
Year: 1868

"That child has got q petticoat at
last"


So said a young lady, as a middle
aged woman and her daughter
stepped out of the door behind them.
The oldest woman had q babe in
her arms about three months old,
They were neighbors of the young
lady who spoke. She was there
every day, and knew the truthful
ness of her remarks, when she pro-
ceeded to say ~ never saw that
child with apetticoat on until now" "
The family had been known to the
writer for years. The husband and
father was intemperate before the
war, but the family had always
been comfortably provided for.
But now the mother had just been
saying it took so much to pay for
Georges whisky, her children were
bare-footed, and could not go to
school, and they had no money with
which they could buy the necessary
supplies for winter. She had done
what she could herself; sold a little
butter to add to their scanty clo-
thing, but now wanted to sell her
COW because she did not have the
means to keep her, She id not
allude to the circumstance that she
had been unable to procure an under
garment for her child Tor montha
after its birth; it was too mortify.
ing. But her sad countenance told
too plainly a tale Of suffering. This
sad story shows the workings Of
the whisky tax. Innocent babes
are made suffer for the depraved
appetite of the fathers; and how
many such cases, and even worse
ones, there may be throughout the
length and breadth of the land
Heaven only knows. Bondholderi
and swindlers are depriving limo
cent children of their winter cloth
ing; and thousands of innocen
women would welcome death as ;
happy relief from their suferings
The Bondholder receives his colder
interest, and the swindler keeps "
his pile. +
Year: 1868

TILE MADISON TOWNSHIP
TICKET. The Democracy OF
Madison Township have nom
mated a ticket worthy the
earnest support Of every op-
ponent of the Bondholding
Mongrel Radicalism and the
friends ofgood government in
that township. We can re-
commend all the candidates
as men of good character and
standing, sound Democrats,
and we'll qualified for the re-
spective Offices. Let every
man go to work and see that
the whole ticket is elected.
1t can easily be done, if
every Democrat will stand
firm, The Democracy of the
township done nobly last fall;
and theyscan do just as well
this Spring, if all will march
forward to the good work.
The Radicals will struggle to
secure the Trustees with a
view to having a majority of
the election board at the Oc-
tober and Presidential cleo
tions; but our gallant Demo-
cratic friends there should not
let them secure this advantage
when they can very easily
prevent it. The candidates
for Trustees are the best of
the best men, and should re-
ceive the support of all. Re
member that the election will
be held on Monday, the 9th.
Let every Democrat be sure
and go and vote.
Year: 1868

~ AA|IA4AAA8e


We are glad to see that the out
rageous unconstitutional, despotic
and inquisitorial income tax isabout
to be publicly protested against,
Let every man and every woman
subject to its infection, move for its
repeal. A glance at the principle
will show its evident unlawfulness.
A man with a family cannot live on
$1,000 per year. His income is
$4,000; and with all his stragles to
economize he spends every dollar Of
it. and finds himself in debt, when
the tax gatherer notifies him to step
up to the Captains Office and set
tie. Now, he does not pay on what
he saves per year, but on what ex-
pends, He is taxed on everything
be buys and is then again taxed on
the footings of his expenditures.
If he laid up his surplus over $1,000
per year. there might appear TO be
a show Of Justice in making him
pay an iucome tax but henot only
expends all his income for ilecessi-
ties, but is left in debit yet he is
called upon to pay another tax, on
his expenditures not on the savings
or increase of his little store, for he
has none. This income tax is un-
constitutional. There are hundreds
of individuals in the United States
who have resisted its collection.
There are several wealthy men in


New York who have done so, and
there has as yet never been q single
suit carried into the courts on the
question. The masses haye meekly
borne this outrage, as they have
others, but it is time 10 protest
against it, Let a million Of names
go to Washington, and demand the
repeal Of the infamous Income tax.
Year: 1868




If the SciotO Gazette Co., who
own the little Negro organ Of this
County printed in this town, should
notify Homer Jones that he must
pay fifteen cents per line for the
reviews" of tho "Onderdonk Jones
contest case" We think Jones would
not write any more long "reviews'
of the matter. "It does seem to me
that the dear child is worried nearly
to death Willie, my boy, fetch me
Doctor Jayne'S Almanac want to
see if something can't be done for
our dear child"
Year: 1868

Let every Democrat in the
several townships of Vinton
county abide by the nom ma
tions made by the larty, and
let no man, if he prides him.
self upon his Democracy, be
guilty Of that objectionable
sin Of Scratching the ticket" "
BE sure that no family feuds
or petty broils deter you from
doing your duty. We would
rather our right arm should
fall from our body than that
it should erase q single name
upon a regularly and fairly
nominated ticket. Let every
Democrat be ready when the
day comesl Give your whole
time to the cause! Use all
fair and honorable means tc
secure decided advantages Of
the rich and aristocratic bond
holders who receive the gold
while the poor man receives
few ragged scabs!
Year: 1868

THE radicals Of the country are
taking a general tilt at Chief Justice
Chase, just now. He don't 60 into
impeachment business with as much
enthusiasm. as they would like to
see. Unconditional impeachment,
or impeachment right or wrong, is
the sentiment they wish to see man
Tested by all hands. Having fairly
put their hands to the plow, there
Is nothing so annoying to thcm as
TO be compelled to haltor look back.
Logan County Gazette,
Year: 1868

THE Democrats in the sew
eral townships should be sure
to have their tickets printed
for the coming election. 1t
will save much trouble and
annoyance. We are prepar-
ed to print them neatly and
promptly at low figures.
Year: 1868




TIE &avery STANDARD says
of Judge Chase He neuer had an
opportunity to serue has party that he
did not betray it," And that is said
of Judge Chase because he will not
consent to play the partisan'in the
discharge Of his duties as Chief
Justice Of the United States. This
denunciation. of the only truly great
man Of the Republican party shows
that neither integrity, elevated con-
ceptions Of duty, eminent abilities,
attachment to principles, nor fear
of God are regarded by the fanatics
that move the car Of revolution.
We had supposed if any man would
escape the party guillotine it would
be Judge Chase; but he hesitates,
and is brought under the knife
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1868

OR1a1N.-" 1T is only shallow-m preten-
ders who make distinguished origin matter
of personal merit, or obscure origin matter
Of personal reproach. A man who is not asham-
ed of himself need not be as hamed of his early
condition 1t did happen to me to be born in
log cabin, raised among the snow-drifts Of
New Hampshire, at a period so early that
when the smoke first rose from its rude CHM


ney and curled over the frozen hills, there was
no similar evidence of white mans habita-
ton between it and the settlements on the
rivers of Canada. Its remains still exist. [
make it an annual visit. [ carry my children
to it to teach them the hardships endured by
the generation before them. | love to dwell
on the tender recollections, the kindred ties,
the early affections, and the narration and Incl
dent which mingle with all [ know of this
family abode [ weep to think that none OF
those who inhabited it are now among the liV-
ing and if ever fail in affectionate veneratiou
for him who raised it, and defended it against
savage violence and destruction, cherished all


domestic comforts beneath its roof, and,
through the fire and blood of seven years of
revolutionary war, shrunk from no toll, no
sacrifice to serve his country and to raise his
children to condition better than his own,
may my name and the name OF my posterity
be blotted from the memory of mankind -
Daniel Webster. - II.
Year: 1868

Dead dogs have their uses as well as live
ones, and we doubt not If the facts were known
that as large portion OF mankind, IS bene-
fitted by the one as the other. The enactments
of our official bodies, which yearly doom so
many of these animals to death, may therefore
be deemed, to some extent, excusable, espe-
cially when it becomes generally known to
what varied, profitable and excellent uses the
carc4sses may be applied. w ith the desire to
extend this information rs much as possible, at
period, too, when so many Of our dogs are 10
die, we publish the following, with the recon-
mendation that SHINE energetic man obtain a
monopoly Of all the dead dogs Of the city:


What use can be made OF dead dog 1t
can be made for multitude of useful or luxu-
lious purposes.


Name one. A part Of it may be put into a
lady s smelling bottle.


~ Under what form Either as delicious
perfume or as smelling salts.


How can it be converted into a perfume =
Glycerine is largely used by perlumers for their
choicest perfumes. ,a


How is gycerine obtained from a dead dog |?
By mixing soda with the boilings of the fat
and bones. EJCa
80 What does this produce A sweet substance
called glycerine, or the sugar of fat.


How can the putrefying flesh ola dog be con-
verted into smelling salts Merely Dy auulng
to it q little hydrochlorio acid. ~ io-I :.


What further use can be made Of dead dog?
You can wash your face and hand hands with
part of it.


How so? Part OF the glycerine may be used
for scenting soap, or made into gycerioe soap.


What other use can dead dog be put to |?
A lady going to court may put little on her
cheeks OF lips, to improve their hue.


How can this be managed? Part of the gly-
cerine may be mixed with carmine, and sold for
lip.salve or delicate tint for the cheeks.


Name another use which can be made Of a
dead dog. 1t may be brought to the table as
a delicacy, and eaten with much relish.


How can this be done? From the skin, ten.
dons and bones, gelatine can be obtained and
this gelatine may be made into jelly.
What other delicacy can be made OF it? A
part can be put into our tea or coffee, tarts or
puddings.


How can this be done? Sugar may be re-
fined by being strained through its burnt bones.


What else can be done with dead dog? A
gentleman can appear in part of it at a ball or
on promenade.


How so Part of the skin may be made in
to boots, and part into riding gloves
Year: 1868

The CANAL Observation-Disclosures
on the canal will De resumed to-day, ar
rangements having been effected which will
prevent any further delay in the tranship-
ment of either passengers or freight. The
aqueduct over Tackahoe creek will soon be
completed, the damage not being So greet as
at first supposed. In the mean while the
boats will be towed up the river several
miles, and then an exchange Of passengers
and freight can be made with but slight
delay to those having business on this line
of travel
Year: 1868

Coop ExAMPLE.-Mr. Franklin Stearns
is about to set an example. to other exten-
siys planters, which it is hoped will be
generally followed. 9 He is devoting por--
tion OF the Tree Hill farm to fruit culture,
and begins this fall with six acres of straw
berries. The soil of that neighborhood is
so well adapted also to the culture of the
grape vine, and indeed any horticultural
product, that all the rolling ground OF that
vicinity is likely soon to be covered t with with
VINEYARDS,
Year: 1868

The CITY MUD MACHINE is not kept idle,
as some suppose, for the purpose of throw
ing freight on the railroads. 1t is intended
TO be used next winter in keeping open
navigation on some of the suburban streets
of the CITY. a-
Year: 1868

Let shadow darken above the fair fame
of woman-it may be light, even trifling,
yet some there are who will believe it; lying
lips will repeat, and the enVious talk about
what they thought before all of this came
out! Woman is spoken of as a ministering
angel to man so she is, but alas, for erring
woman. Who, among her former companions,
will cheer her wounded spirit with a smile
of pity, and the sweet, soft whisper of $50
and sin no more 2" Are we pure, are we
holy? All, no remember him who bled on
Calvary, around whom tho glory-light was
shining.


A guileless girl lured by fair promises
and her own young hearts passionate and
syren pleading in behalf of her lover, listens,
believes and falls. If angels weep when a
be shed above fate like this she is hurried
the swine of society; others accelerate her
fall, and her own weeping eyes are turned to
the memory of her innocent days. Tears of
repentance are pure from any eyes; but let
her meet one with whom she associated in
those early days. Lo! she "passes by on the
other side," and only looks to see if the shame
brand that touched her character is not blazon-
ed on her brow. Her gaudy robes are the
winding. sheet of dishonor, and their price is
her souls sacrifice. Alas, poor, wounded doe
in the great forest of the world so many
cruel hunters drive thee out from the green
pastures of repentance and even shouldst
thou there lie down, who will bind up the
bruised heart that unkindness hath well nigh
broken?


do not say that fallen woman should be
restored to her former place in society; but
can we not pity even while we condemn
When shadow darkens above the fair fame
of another: listen long and weigh we'll the
matter, ere condemnation leave thy tongue.
With many, honor is their all ; that gone, life
is worthless, for what is more CALLING to
proud woman than suspicion, for it is associ>
ated with life alone? When we pass through
the dark valley, and the great day of reckon
ing comes, He who sits in judgment there
is an impartial Judge, and seeth not as man
and many who wear the mantle of chastity
and the cloak of religion, will be weighed
in the balance and found wanting
Year: 1868

A few days ago wedding took place in
this city which has created something of a
sensation, lady of eighty.four years of age
being united to n gushing youth of about
twenty. tits certainly singular affair The
lady is widow and wealthy, owning con-
siderable property and having besides the sum
of about nine thousand dollars in gold, and
number of government bonds laid away The
property of the husband was divided between
the widow and the children. The widow of
late years has not been on good terms with
the children, and has threatened more than
once that she would marry again rather than
leave them the property. Three years ago
she came very near carrying the threats into
execution, but on that occasion the would be
bridegroom considered it was little too much,
even with the money-that difference of over
fifty years between their ages. Some weeks
ago, young man boarding at the house of
relative of the old lady was taken sick
During his illness the lady attended him, and
when he had nearly recovered, intimated to
him that she had large amount of property,
and that she wasted to get married. If he
would marry her and take care of her for
the few years she lived, the property should
be his.


We know not how much persuasion it took
to accomplish the object-if indeed any was
needed. This we do know-a few days ago,
Justice Tucker, of the Eighth ward, united
the two in the holy bonds of wedlock-the
anxious bride of eighty four summers, and
gushing youth of twenty The wedding took
place at residence in this city,in the presence
of only a few friends.


AS soon as they learned of the affair, the
relatives of the lady were naturally very indig-
naut, and we'll they might be. They consider
the affair most scandalous one and have
threatened to arrest the justice who married
the parties, and the gentleman at whose house
they were married. Meanwhile the happy
pair live as costly as brace of turtle doves,
their whole souls apparently wrapped up in
each h0ther.-Wilraukee Wisconsin,
Year: 1868

A NOBLE SENTIMENT.-Hardly anything,
is more contemplate than the conceit which
rests merely upon social positioD--the conceit
of those who imagine they are thas divorced
from the clay of common men, of those who
with horror spurn the idea Of work, as some
thing which degrades by its very contact, and
yet who very likely owe their position to some.
not very remote ancestor who recognizing his
call to work, lived more honestly in the world
than they do, and was not ashamed OF soiled
thumbs 1t is one of meanest things for people
to be ashamed of work, from which they draw
theiE Income, and which glOrifed their ances>
tors more with soiled aprons and black gowns,
than themselves with their fine ribbons and
flashing jeweIry. It might be fine thing to
be like the lilies. Advantageous position is
only more emphatic call for work and those
who hold the advantage, may not be compelled
to manual drudgery, but they should recognize
the fact that manual drudgery may be perform
ed in the same spirit as that which charac-
terizes their own work, and, therefore, that
it is equally honest.
Year: 1868

To promote her husbands interests, Mrs.
Benjamin Franklin attended shop. where shc
bought rags, sewed pamphlets, folded news
papers, and sold the few articles in which he
dealt such as inks, papers, lampblack, blanks
and other stationary. AT the same time she
was an excellent se-keeper and besides
being economical herself, taught her careless,
disorderly husband to be economical ALSO
Sometimes Franklin was clothed from head
to foot in garments which his wife had both
woven and made, and for long time she
performed all the work of a servant. Never
theless she knew how to be liberal at proper
times. Franklin tells US that for some years
after his marriage his breakfast was bread and
milk, they ate out of two-penny esrtheh
vessel, with pewter spoon but one morning,
on going down to breakfast, he foand upon
the table beautiful china bowl, from which
his bread and milk was steaDing, with silver
spoon by his side, which had cost sum equal
in our currency to ten dollars When he
expressed his astonishmeDt at this unwonted
splendor, Mrs. franklin only observed that
she thought her husband deserved silver
spoon and a china bowl as much as any of
his neighhors. Franklin prospered in his
business until he became the most famous
editor and most hourishing printer in America,
which gave him the pleasure of relieving his
wife FROM the cares of business, and enabled
him to provide for her a spacious and we'll
furnished abode. She adorned high station
as we'll as she bore a lowly one, and she pre-
sided at her husbands liberal table as grace
fully as when he ate his breakfast of bread
and milk from two-pehny bowl,
Year: 1868

A country girl coming from the field,
being told by her poetic cousin that she looked
as fresh as daisy kissed with dew, said:
" Well, it wasn't any fellow by that name, but
it was Stew. Jones that kissed me. told
him every one in town would find it out.
Year: 1868

DO but the half of what you can, and
you will be surprised at the result of your
diligence.


Wisdom and virtue are two infallible spe-
cifcs against all the crosses and accidents of
human life.