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Year: 1869

Aside from Mr.. Donnelly's brilliant
personal qualities, and the distinguished
claims which long course of uscfu
public service gives him to honorable
recognition by the State Convention
there can be no doubt that in view OF
his position, as the leader of power.
full Republican party in this District
whose enthusiastic whistles we're dis
appointed in his defeat. his nomination
at the at the head of the State ticket
with the cordial concurrence of those
heretofoie opposed to him, would dc
more than anything else to extinguish
the factious animos tiles and disafFect.
ions occasioned by the events of last
fall. We believe that the heretofore
divided elements Of the party in this
district will gladly seize the occasion
offered by the presentation of his name
for the first Office in the State, to reu-
nitc in a spirit Of mutual good will.


The above is the language Of the St,
Paul Press, uttered since Mr.. Donnelly
became candidate for Governor. It
will be remembered that during. the
fierce partisan struggle which defeated
the Republican ticket in lac first Dis
trict last fall, the English vocabulary
did nos contain vile words enough to
express the bitter hatred of that jour
nal {or 5Ir. Donnc}ly. What corrupt
bargain is tho cause Of this sudden
transformation ofscntimeut may perhaps
sometime be known
Year: 1869

The Office Of Clerk of the Court is be-
coming more and more important every
year. AS the population Of the county
increases litigation becomes more fire.
quent and the necessity for tho records
being we'll kept becomes greater. We
had hoped that the present incumbent
Of the Office, in self consciousness Of
his own unfitncss for the place which it
! would seem that he must have: would
not ask reelection But our hopes
are vain. There is no yield to any one
| Of the old clan. The longer they have
Office the longer they want it, and the
GREATER their determination to keep it.
1t is with no desire to detract from the
present standing of this individual THAT
we now publish TO the people Of the
county what every attorney who prac-
tices in the Court of which he is clerk,
we'll knows, that he is in every partic-
ular entirely unfit for the place. The
most serious fault that can be urged
against him aside from his personal
habits and character is that he does not
attend, and never has attended to the
business of bis Office properly. Impor-
tant papers fled, have been week after
week scattered upon his table and fire.
quently lost. The Court Docket is
never correctly made up, and is the
laughing stock Of attorneys every term.


1t may not be generally known that
last term Of court the county was put
to the trouble and expense Of finding
new indictments against the prisoners
in tho Knapp case because the clerk
could not find the old ones. Nor is this
the first instance of indictments slip
ping out Of his Office. Full one half of
the time when people have had legal
business to do with the clerk, they have
had to search the town to find him
But We will not now enlarge upon this
topic. There are two grand reasons
aside from all others why l.. A sher-
wood should not be reelected. He has
held the Office 8 years, and is life
member Of tho Austin Ring. Either Of
these reasons is sufficient. If others
were needed, We might urge that no
yirtuous christian can support him on
account Of his corrupt morals. Away
with all such men, Mower county has
no further use for them. Let us have
a sober, honest, capable man for clerk of
the court. None other will fill the
bill:
Year: 1869

which it takes any other from three to seven,
and which saves lrO per cent. on the wear Of
the Pump. 1t is made cf the best hard maple
and Warranted; the top is also warranted not
to bust by frost in winter.


MATERIAL AND WORKMAN


SHIP CT TIT, BEST!
Year: 1869

The Norwich Comm Courier of Sat
urday says of the recent wonderful
spectacle in that town:


Ten thousand calcium fights could
not have made surrounding objects as
distinct. Looking into the street it
was as if thousands of tons of gun
powder had exploded in some build
ing. Following it closely came loud
rumbling sound from the south, as of
some mighty wave breaking ON the
beach, The people in the vicinity of
the plain say that a trembling of the
earth was at this time perceptible.
many were of the opinion that an
earthquake was about to visit US. No
pen can describe the magnifieence of
this brilliant phenomenon. Nothing
similar to it has been seen that we
have a record of for centuries. Mon
strous meteors have dashed across the
heavens frequently, and other aerial
phenomena have been visible at times,
but nothing has been so peculiar in
shape, so beautiful in its effects as this.
To the astronomer the cause viii be
easily manifest; to the superstitiOus
it Will be the premonitOr of some dis
aSter, war or peStilence, to the ma
ton; to all it will tell of the Omnipo-
tence, the wonderful ways of the Ruler
of the heavens the earth and the sea.
\ correspondent at Meridian writes:
The meteor seemed to strike some
where in this city, followed by low
sound. ," @ 90
Year: 1869

NASHVILLE, May 2S.-Dinkelspiels
VS.. Western Union Telegraph Com
pany was argued before Judge Carey,
in the Circuit Court, to-day. Plain
tiff had received q proposition for the
purchase of goods from parties at
Franklin, KY. which was to be ac-
cepted by telegraph at or before a
specified time. The telegram accept
ing the trade was deposited in the tele-
graph Office here before the specified
hour, but was not received at Frank
lin until after the time. The parties
at Franklin defined the trade, where
upon the plaintiff sued the Telegraph
Company for his consequent loss on
account of the delay of the telegram


The Judge charged that the fact of
the telegram being deposited in the
Office here by or before the time speci-
fed was completion Of the contract,


whether it was forwarded promptly
or not, and that the, plaintiffs re-
course was upon the parties at Frank
lin, and not upon the Telegraph Com
pany. ~ I
Year: 1869

The closing promenade concert and hop OF the
seventh regiment National Guard, State Of New
York. took place last night at the Academy OF Music
The doors were opened at half past seven O'Clock,
and from that hour until nine O'Clock a steady
stream OF guests was set down and found its way
into the galleries aud on to the noor The Academy
has seldom presented more splendid appearance
than 1t did last night, and seldom has the huge
structure been SO thronged. some fears were
too late day TO be thorough success;
but all the fears OF the most gloomy were
dispelled at an early hour, ana as the evening pro-
gressed the most fearful were forced TO admit that
the gallant old regiment never had larger or more
brilliant reception. The first part OF the programme,
as usual was devoted to music by the band, under
the direction OF Q. =. Grafulla, and TO promenadng
by the company. The moor was quite filled, even at
this time, and II seemed almost an impossibility to
make room for more without making progression
uncomfortable After the performance oil some very
beautiful selections from Suppe Donizetti and grand
OF the programme was reached the part which was


In fact by far the most popular OF the two. As soon
as the dance music struck up the happy couples who
were waiting anxiousy for the opportunity OF join.
ing in the light fantastic crowded the noor, and the
fun became fast aud furious. The members OF the
'oldn seventh looked very fine in their bright new
uniform, but the ladies, Of course quite eclipsed
them. The regiment has for q long time boasted
that the pretty girls Of the city are fond OF its boys
force TO do honor to their favortes The costumes
OF the fair guests were very elegant, OF all shades
ana every material, out Dame tasnl0n nau'nO cause
to complain OF any slight OF her dicta, for the
dresses were universally Ia mode. The majority
OF the gentlemen were dressed In military uniforms
and civilians were certainly at q discount. Among
the noted guests present were Major General
Shaler aud staf Major General Woodward and
staff VIM Tweed, Jr., OF the Governors stan; Gen.
eral varian Colonel Remey and Lieutenant Colonel
Rockefeller.


Everything went or with the greatest success
ana the gallant seventh earned fresh colors and
more good wishes from the fash0nabes Of the city.
The committees, headed by Captains Smith and
kim and Lieutenant william q. Casey were very
efciept and were untiring In their endeavors to
make everything comfortable for their guests The
anair broke up " one O'Clock this morning. en- hour
Year: 1869

The Military Court of Inquiry which assem-
bled in Washington on the 9th of November
last year to investigate certain charges pre-
ferred against Brigadier and Brevet Major
General R. B. Dyer, Chief of Ordnance, for
acts alleged to have been accomplished by
him in that capacity, has reported the result
of its labors. The members set out by refer
ring to their commission, and then recapitulate
the accusations made against the General, as
embraced in the report Of Joint Select
Committee of Congress on Ordnance, sub
mitted to the Senate in July, 1868. The
scrutiny of the court was searching, and
the testimony evidently taken with careful
precision, not only on every main point of the
Indictment, but on every clause thereof, as will
be seen by our telegraph report this morning.
An adverse finding on any one of them would
have been fatal to the name and reputation
of General Dyer, both as an officer and a gen.
tleman. 1t is therefore gratifying to the
public, ever anxious for the soldierly honor of
the service, as it must be pleasing to the
General and his friends, that it has been pro-
mulgated in general orders from the War
Department that ''no further proceedings are
necessary in the matter of the complaints. p"
The Court of Inquiry was dissolved yesterday
by order of the President, complete justice
being done to O gallant officer
Year: 1869

has been aggravated, or rather encouraged, by
statement made some two weeks ago in the
House of Commons by John Bright to the effect
that he had a scheme of his own for the reform
of the land tenure in Ireland which he intended
soon to PROFOUND. John Bright's antecedents
are so thoroughly and notoriously anti
aristocratic that the Irish people have
taken heart and have come to the conclusion
that the bill of Lord Clanricarde is swindle.
This it is which explains the scene in the
Lords on Thursday evening. Earl Russell and
Earl Derby equally blamed Mr.. Bright and
called upon the government to disavow his
opinions. This the government refused to do.
We are thus left to infer what the government
means to do, to guess at Mr.. Bright's opinions
and to regard it as doubtful whether it will be
possible for the Quaker statesman to continue
a member Of the Gladstone adminstr alton.
John Bright evidently means to have his own
way in some things. His own way is little
too go-ahead even for Mr.. Gladstone. Unless
the Quaker can be toned down little it may
be necessary for him to retire from the Glad
stone Ministry. His retirement will neither
pacify Ireland nor make an end of the cry for
reform. John Bright is little bit of quack
but, like quacks generally, he has large fol-
lowing.
Year: 1869

Strawberries AT the time Mr.. Hovey
brought opt his wonderful Seeding Straw
berry, We had but very few good native
varieties most of them were too small to
attract attention. We had European
varieties by the dozens, but they were the
same as they are at the present time
comparatively worthless when brought
side by side with our best native sorts.
The growing of Hovcy's Seeding gave
the public such surprise that it set every
body to raising Seedlings, and now that
once famous berry is far in the background.
New and superior seedlings have come
forward in such abundance, that the man
who would attempt to decide which was
the best strawberry in cultivation, would
be thought a fit subject for the Lunatic
Asylum.
Year: 1869

SnEEp-SKIN MATs.-Make strong soap
suds, using hot water, and let it stand till
cold then wash them in cold water till
all the soap is out. Next dissolve half ii
pound each of salt and alum in a little hot
water, and put into tub of cold water
sufficient to cover the skins, and let them
soak twelve hours; then hang over a pole
to drain. When well drained, stretch
carefully on board to dry. Stretch seve-
raj times while drying. Rcfore they get
entirely dry, sprinkle on the flesh side one
ounce each of pulverized alum and salt
petre, rubbing it in well; then lay the
flesh sides together and hang in the shade
for twa or three days, turning them over
every day till perfectly dry. Finish by
scraping the flesh with a blunt knife tt
remove any remaining scraps of flesh, and
then rub the flesh side with pumice OIL
rotten stone and the hands.


Very beautiful lEitteAs can be made o.
lamb skins tanned as above Western
Rural
Year: 1869

MANURING WITH MuD.--As it is difficult
for many farmers to obtain all the barn
yard manure they need, it is well for them
to be on the look-ou for every other
means of fertilization within their reach.
Many live in the neighbourhood ofcanals,
ponds, and sluicc ways, where the large
annual deposit of mud and various refuse,
is cleared out every Spring, and left on
the banks unused. This mud may serve
an excellent purpose. If farmers should
cart it home, at their leisure, and let it
lie in broad heaps, exposed to the air and
frost, and give it also few coatings of
lime to sweeten, and few turnings over
to mix it we'll, it would make in few
months, an excellent fertilizer. And why
not use it, also, in making the compost
heap? Cart pile of it into the barn
yard near the portfolios of the stables,
and then stack it up in alternate layers
with the dung as fast as that accumulates
As a top-dressing for grass, it is valuable
fertilizer. Sandy soils treated with it
shows an immediate and decided improve
ment.
Year: 1869

A German forest keeper eighty-twc
years old, not wishing to carry to the
grave with him an important secret, had
it published in the Lcipsic .Jounal re-
cipe he had used for fifty years, and
which he says. has saved several men
and great number of animals from a
horrible death by hydrophobia The bite
must be bathed as soon as possible with
warm vinegar and water, and whom this
has dried, few drops Of muriatic acid
poured upon the wound Will destroy the
poison of the saliva, and relieve the pa
ticnt from all present or future danger.
Year: 1869

How TO FISp THE PrLsE OF Cow OR
A HonsE-The best place to feel the pulse
in the ox-tribe is the left side Of the chest,
a little within and behind the elbow. -
The average pulsatjon of a healthy full
grown animal is about 10 per minute
The pulse Of the horse is found by placing
the finger on the vein that lies across the
under side Of the jaw bone, about midway
between it aud the gullet The average
pulsation is 10 to A per minute.
Year: 1869

A merchant was one day returning
from market. lie was ouhorse back,
and behind his saddle was a bag filed
with money. The rain fell in violence,
and the Old man was wet TO the skin.
At this he was quite vcXed, and mur-
INJURED because God had given him
such bad weather tor his journey.


lie soon reached the border Of 3
thick forest. What was his terror,
on behOlding on one side OF the road
n robber, who with gun, aimed at
him, attempted Co shoot him :
Bat the powder being wet with the
rain, the gun did not GO 0il and the
merchant, giving spurs To his horse,
fortunately, had time tn escape.


As soon as he found hin self safe,
"How wrong was not To endure the
shower patiently, as it was sent by
Providence ? IL the weather had
been dry and fair, | should not prob
ably have been alive at this hour
the rain, at which mnrmured, caused
me TO save my lite, and preserved t.
me my property"
Year: 1869

Mr.. IIarney, on retiring from the
Louisville Democrat, publishes card
in which he says: 'I'he worst sin 1
have on my conscience is helping to
make great men out OF very small
material" But Mr.. Harney's COM
plaint is universal, and the worst of it
is that If an editor don't take to it
kindly, every small man who thinks
he ought to be made great by the
papers, becomes an enemy. The
amount of ingenuity and waste of
conscience involved in the business is
lrightful.


Thus truly writes Bro. Bickham, of
the Dayton Journal, and he speaks
from experience. Some years ago he
went to Dayton at the earnest solicit
alton of the leading men of the city
and county, and bought the Journal
when it was ofvery little account as a
paper. From the start he has made it
one of the best papers in the country.
I ct about twice year regularly 4 set
of fools in and about Dayton, take it
into their heads that the Journal isn't
such paper rs they ought To have
there, aud that it ought to be crushed
out, or its proprietor compelled to sell
to them at their price. OF course
they think they could make model
paper of it-ons that would command
| the admiration OF the world, and in a
shoI time make Montgomery county
pretty nearly unanimously Republican.
/ IL would be valuable lesson to them
to try the experiment.-Iol6do BLade.
Year: 1869

Having made large additions TO our establish
ment in the shape If material OF the latest
STYLE and having employed experienced and
careful worl1men, we are prepared To execute
orders for every variety of PLAIN AND FANCY
JOB PRINTING with neatneSS and Dispatch
The addition of Steam Power to our establish
ment affords us great advantages over most
country offices in the way of low prices and
fast work. Call with us, and be convinced.
Year: 1869

The best way to keep young chickens
is to allow the mother to ramble with
them where she pleases. They will thus
secure, according to their wants, the heat
Of the SON, the cooling Of the shade. exer.
else, air, and variety Of suitable food.
The next best thing is to follow the
long established custom Of con6ning the
hen in o coop near the house and allow
the chickens to run out and in at their
pleasure. In many places yoa cannot
con6ne the hen in coop, and let the
chickens run at large, without lisking the
loss Of most Of them. A friend near US
constructed large coops six or eight feet
long, and four feet high by four feet
wide, oil made with slatwork, and kept
the hen and chickens together therein,
and got o pretty good thing and saved
his chickens. This year VIC thought we
would improve on our friends plans.
We made q framc work of similar size,
and instead Of covering it with slatwork,
We covered it with netting, putting boards
in the ground all round the bottom, com
ing up eight or ten inches, and this was
in q light airy place, partly under the
shade trees. A box was placed in one
corner for q shelter. We put 10 hen
and her brood Of twelve chickens, and
never saw anything do better. We had
just what we wanted-a safe, cheap coop,
with plenty Of light and air. We took o
great deal Of pride in our now arrange
ments. and the cats and rats found poor
picking in our young fock. For several
days everything vent ON we'll; but in
this, as in al things else in this world
wo soon found that We could not be sure
Of avoiding anuoyances and disappoint'
ments. One morning We found that six
of our chickens had been killed during
the night, and nothing was left behind ia
indicate how. We presume our wicked
friend was 4 weasel. Il must have gone
through the meshes Of the netting, less
than one inch square. We propose now
TO use u netting Of strong twiue with very
small meshes, and VIC believe we shall
then have the best and safest arrange.
ment for raising chickens that can be
found, the great object being to obtain
for the brood tho greatest quantity Of
light and air, without which We ore CON
vinced they do not prosper woll.-Albany
Cultivator,
Year: 1869

THE RIGHT TO COLLECT THE INCOME TAX
PROM THE PRESIDENT AND THE JUDGES OF THE
SUPREME CoUET.-Thc question as to the right
of the Government to tax the salaries of United
States judges will soon be submitted to the
proper authorities, and it is thought that it will
be decided In their favor under section one, ar
ticle two of the Constitution of the United States
which provides that


The judges both OF the Supreme and Infe-
riOr Courts shall hold their offices during good
behavior, and shall at stated times receive for
their services a compensation, which shall not
he diminished during their continuance in Of
iicc.'


The question was submitted to the Treasury
Department some years ago, when Chief Justice
Taney, on behalf of the Judges of the Supreme
Court, addressed a letter to Secretary Chase
upon the subject, but Mr.. Chase ruled that it
was proper to tax their salaries. A number of
prominent officials express the opinion that it
is unconstitutional to tax the salaries of either
the Judges or the President of the United States,
and that all tax which has been collected upon
their salaries must be refunded.


III. Section Of the Constitution provides that
s'The President SHALL at stated times, receive
for his services a compensation, which shall
neither be increased nor diminished tor the pc
riOd for which he shall have been elected, and
he shall not receive within that period any other
emolument from the United States or any of
them"


1t is probable that the Treasury Department
will shortly he called upon to decide whether or
not it is constitutional to tax the salaries of the
President and United States judges.
Year: 1869

DEATH IN THE PACK.-A short time
ago, just after dark, a peddler ap-
peared at the door of a wealthy far
mer in the town Of Green Garden, in
this county, and requested the privi-
lege of remaining over night. The
farmer being away from home, he was
informed by the hired man that he
could not stay. He then requested
the privilege of leaving his pack until
morning, as he was very tired, and
could not carry it further that night.
This was granted, and the pack de-
posted in one corner Of the sitting
room. During the evening some of
the females of the house had occasion
to move it, and taking hold of it dis
covered that there was something Sus-
picious about the contents. The hired
man was called, and upon taking hold
of it discovered that it contained
man. He quickly stepped into an ad-
joining room and returning with re-
volver, motioned the family to stand
aside, and at once proceeded to fire
three shots into it. A piercing shrek
issued from it, and on ripping off the
outside covering, man with large
bowie knife and a revolver clinched
in his hands, was found weltering in
his blood. The neighbors were alarm
ed, but no traces Of the peddler who
left the precious pack could be found.
Joliet, Ill.,, Signal.
Year: 1869

MANS SHoRTCoMINGs.-Man is a
wonderful creature, but if he equalled
the beasts, birds and insects, in their
own peculiar powers, how much more
wonderful would he bel If, for in
stance he could swim like fish, run
like an antelope, glide like a serpent,
gallop like horse, climb like monk
ey, spring like tiger and fly like an
eagle; or if he could roar like a lion,
sing like nightingale, scent like q
hound, hear like rabbit, hold on like
leech, persevere like an ant, see as
far as a bird, sleep like toad, and
diet like an anaconda, what a marvel
of creation would he appear! But
taking his shortcomings into consider
alton, he is not so very much, after all.
Think of it If mans voice bore the
same proportion to his own weight
that canary birds does, his ligthest
word could be heard at distance of
eight hundred miles; and if, at the
same time, he had, relative to his bulk,
the same jumping power as the tint
est flea, he could spring from New
York city to China at a single bound.
All that would be something like