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Year: 1869

A distressing story OF a servants
revenge" comes from quiet part of
Berkshire, England. Lieutenant
Colonel Hickie had nurse in his
family named Elizabeth Barry. She
was discharged from his service and
threatened to have her revenge. Ono
day during the absence of Colonel
Hickie snd bis wife tho nurse disap-
peared, taking with her her employ
or's youngest child, q girl of seven
teen months old. The parents were
thrown into a dreadful state OF grief
as night came on and their child
was not brought back. From that
day no tidings have been heard OF
nurse or child. The detectives were
set to work, 5lt Colonel Hickie
writes to the papers to enlist "the
sympathy and help OF tho millions
of self-ma1e detectives who may be
found In the fathers and mothers OF
England. They alono can conceive
the awful agony we suffer. as one sad
day after another passes away, end
our hopes Of ever seeing our dear
child are still deferred" In case the
woman may have escaped to this
country, we append the Colonels de-
scription of his child.


"Tho distinctive mark on her faco
the mole on the right side of her up.
per lip, the peculiar blue y,in Ga birth
mark) under the left eye of our child
and the deep dimplc on her chin, al
lead us to hope for speedy recovery
Of our lost one, if we could only Sc
cure tho eyes and hearts that woulc
watch tor hereveEywhere. To thess
as our last, our highest hope under
God, q boreaved father and mothel
now appeal, and wait in doep sus
pcnse the result"
Year: 1869

A committee from the late Louis
vile Commercial Convention headed
by Gen. Hiram Walbridge, Of N. Y,
interviewed Gen. Grant the other
day, who said in reply to Walbridge's s
address:


"The good fellowship which ought
to unite q common brotherhood, and
which was happily inaugurated at
Louisville, he hoped would extend
and permeate throughout the Union,
until every vestige of bitterness or
unkindness should be eradicated.--
Ho believed that within a year or
two the South would be far richer
and far more prosperous than ever
before, and have it within their pow
er, by a judicious policy and wise acts,
to advance their own interests and
those of the entire country with mar
velous rapidity. AS to his second
term, he could assure Gen. Walbridge
that he felt now very much as he did
at West Point in hiscadet days, when
he counted every month with eager
ness to get out of his position. He
had not sought his present position,
as everybody knew.
Year: 1869

g3 We have heretofore spoken in our
columns ofthe enterprise of building
q railr Dad connec ting Ottumwa with
Cedar Falls in Blackhawk county,
tho intermediate counties being Ia.
ma, Powcsheik & Mahaska. This
project has been entirely feasible, and
an important route, y the diversion
to the westward of WHAT'S called the
Iowa Central Railroad, SC as to run
to Newton and Marshailtown. Now
We have already learned that promi-
nent citizens of Blackhawk and other
counties are anxious to cooperate
with us, and no doubt some action
will be taken upon the subject soon.
Our chief object in saying this much
at this time upon this important
topic, is to arouse the people Of
Kirkvilie and vicinity, to help work
up the project. The immense and
excellent coal fields adjoining to the
town of Kirkville are Of untold ad-
vanta lin this enterprise, and very
good and natural draw is furnished
to get down off the highland, to the
valley Of the riv sr, which runs right
through the heart of this immense
coal field. Let US suggest that the
citizens of that part OF our county,
call meeting and agitate the ques-


tion, appoint corresponding COM
mittee, to write to different individ-
uals along the line, and also appoint
q committee to solicit for subscrip-
ton, and see how much money could


be pledged as q subscription to any
company that would build the road.
It need only be in the form Of a pro-
misc to subscribe, Agitation is the
grand lever that moves the world
and there is no telling what might
como sooner or later Of a banter
thrown out by the peoplcof Richland


Township that they would give $780,
600 to any company building the
road. Il
Year: 1869

SCALAwAGIsM alias Music, Tho
Pella Blade has the following notice
Of Prof. Hoffman, a nomadic music
teacher: 80 A modern disciple of Apol-
10, hailing from Keokuk, bearing the
above appellation came here a short
time ago and organized a singing
class at the NJ. E. Church, and after
collecting the tuition fec from mos !.
of those in attendance, sloped for
other parts. He said he was going
to have q grand concert in Ottumwa
at no distand day, and wanted a quar-
tette from Pella to take part in the
concert, assuring them that they
could easily carry off .somo of the
most magnificent prizes offered by
him to the best performers. q He had
classes in nearly all the towns along
the Valley Road, and we, suppose
played the same hand at those places
that he did here. While here hehad
as much forty rod'in his hide as inu-
sic in his SOUL and we suppose those
who patronizcd him will be careful
how they patronize Inherent Profes-
sorS hereafter" @''t


While our knowledge of the young
mans general conduct during his
temporary stay here fully warrants
us in giving publicity to the above,
and while we fully concur in the gen.
eral sentiment of the Blades notice,
we wish it expressly understood that
Keokuk disclaims him as citizen
He's migratory chap, and halls from
whatever place he last leaves. Be-
cause he stared out from this city on
grand tour of scalawagism and pro-
miscuous swindling up the Valley
Road, it's no sign that he halls from
here. He never by any legal right
or title belonged here in Keokuk, and
we hope for the good Of the place
that he will perpetually absent him
self, the stereotyped announcement
Of his coming in the Constitution to
the contrary notwithstanding.-Gats
City.


That same chappy, who looks like
a cross between a Polywog and q
Mulatto, has been diddling us out of
o small amount of stamps, besides
others here OF his musical patrons, to
an indefinite extent.


He wears boot brush moustache,
hang dog looking countcnance, and
wabbles about with a base drum in
front, with a good dealof democratic
tanglefoot in it, and very little brains
in his head.


He got into us because he claimed
to be endorsed by Sam. Clark of the
Gate.


Let the fraternity look out for him.
Year: 1869

ADVERTISE. If you have anything to
sell, advertise if there is any partic-
ular thing you wish to buy, adver-
tise. It is mark of business energy
and tact to let the community know what
you wish to buy or sell. Read over our
advertising columns
Year: 1869

DON'T EAT AT NIGHT.-A touch of
the dyspepsia growing out of pigs foot
swallowed at midnight, has changed
mans whole life, and irregularity of the
bile has made many an angel almost
fiend. If the gastric juice is all right
and the blood In swimming order, the
world is nice, bright, pleasant place,
and from which nobody is in hurry to
move; but if in that queer, mysterious
fluid there is an alloy, the sky of life is
all cloud, the winds howl and everything
is dark and dismal If you want to feel
happy, look after your digestive and cir
culating systems.
Year: 1869

Within less than two weeks our Fall
registration will begin. The township
registrars, those amiable gentlemen
who have been selected to weigh our
merits, pass upon our faults and decide
from what they knew and hear and
dream and fear of us, whether we are fit
to vote, will enter upon their delicate
duties on the first Monday in August.
Those who fail to make application to
them for registration may subsequently
ask the county Board to enroll them,
but a good reason, and doubles hard
reason to give, will be required of them
before the Board will consider their APP
plications. To avoid difficulty and make
assurance doubly sure, it will be best to
have the township registrar enrol your
name on the first day of his sitting.
This applies not only to those voters
who have never been registered, bat to
those who, having been registered in
one township, have since moved into
another. t


For some reason or other, a great
many people, well-meaniDg, honest and
patriotic in their way, have never paid
that attention to registration which
they should. They know that under
the most rigid tests, they are entitled to
vote. The oath don't reach them; no
legal question can affect them; no Off
cous neighbor threatens them with
"trouble;" ne thought, word or deed of
theirs places them within the category
of the prescribed. And yet they have
persistsntly refused to register. At the
bottom, there is doubtless dislike for
the registration law; sort of prejudice
against it's agents, and k. of impres.
sion that to register, and especially to
be "sworn," implies humiliation. 1t
seems never to have occurred to these
well-meaning people, that the officer
of the law is not at all disturbed by
their refusing to enroll their names. In
deed, some registrars have been known
to smile with Unsurpassed graf
ifcation at the splendid dudgeon
in which high-strung Conservatives
have refused to comply with the condi-
tions of registration. Let US not de-
ceive ourselves. Nobody is spited by
declining to vote, bat the voter. It's
all mistake to suppose that the regis
trar is specially delighted to swear you
and enroll you. In very many cases, he
would just as soon see you disfrsnchse
J yourself as not. Let us have no more
of this humbuggery. The time for the
making up the tests approaches, and as
it draws nigh, we want every qualified
Democrat or Conservative in the State
to determine, that if he is not registered,
the fault will not be his. Remember,
the work begins upon the first Monday
in August.
Year: 1869

The confirmed dyspeptic NAV almost say
with Saint Peter i die daily The object OF
this article is not 20 I i remind him of his
pangs but to show him III how to Danish them
forever. The means of immediate and perma
nent relief are nj offered him in
Year: 1869

without any special complaint except a grad.
ual declination OF bodily strength and nervous
energy, will find in the TONIC A FOUNTAIN
OF VITALITY ANDEVIGOR AS RE
FRESHING AND EXT HILERATING A


A POOL IN HE DESER TO THE SAND
SCORCHED AND PAINTING VELFR
Year: 1869




4 STRANGE SrnRY.-The London Herald
tells the following singular and touching
story:


Not many years since certain miners.
working far underground. came upon the
body of poor fellow who had perished in
the suff,cating pit forty years before Some
chemical agent to which the body had been
subiected-an agent prepared in the labora-
tory of nature-had effectually arrested the
progress of decay. They rought it up to
the surface, and for awhile. till it crumbed
through exposure to the atmosphere it lay
there, the image of fine, sturdy young man.
No convulsion passed over the face of death
the features were tranquil. the hair was
black as jet. No one recognized the face-a
generation had grown since the day on which
the miner went down his shaft for the last
time. But a lettering old woman. who had
hurried from her cottage at hearing the
news. came up. and she knew again the face
which through all these long years she had
not quite forgotten. The poor miner WAS to
have been her husband on the day after that
on which he died. They were young people,
of course, who were looking on; liberal
education and refined feelings are not deemed
essential to the man whose work is to get uu
Goals, or even tin; but there were no dry
eyes when the gray headed old pilgrim cast
herself upon the youthful corpse and poured
into its deaf ear many words of endearment
unused for forty years. 1t was touching
contrasts the one so old, the other so young
They had both been young these long years,
but time had gone on with the living and
stood still with the dead.
Year: 1869

Hon. GEo. C. GoRHAM.-A distinguished
writer, now in Washington, bestows the fol-
lowing deserved praise on Hon. George c.
Gorham


This gentleman stands in the highest esti.
nation with all the members Of the United
States Senate. The position he holds is one
of the most exalted in the Government, and
in point of influence NAV be said to equal
that of a Cabinet officer. He is already
looked upon as the young giant OF the Pacihc,
and when it is taken into consideration that
he has been the recipient of Gubernatorlal
nomination-is at present in possession OF a
life-lasting position (Secretary OF the Senate)
possessed of the confidence of the magnates
of the government-a decidedly practical
man, and only thirty four years of age-who
will not say it is within his reach to grasp
the very highest honors in the gift OF the
people.


While we are glad to know that the high
est intellects of the nation recognize ard ap-
preciate the patriotism and genius of the
noble young giant of the Pacific, we cannot
refrain from entertaining feelings of indig
nation when we remember the course of
certain persons hereabouts, who, calling
themselves Union men, heaped SANDER and
abuse upon the name and reputation of the
fairly chosen standard bearer of our party
These canting hypocrtes were too honest and
pure to vote for the man whom distinguished
Senators and men of exalted reputation de-
light to honor. Let the vampires bag their
heads. The true Union men of Shasta re-
member them.
Year: 1869

BONE FELoN. of all the painful things,
can there be any so excruciatingly painful as
a bone felon? We know of none that flesh is
heir to, ard as this malady is quite frequent
and the subject of much earnest considera-
ton, we give the latest receipt for its cure,
which is given by that high authority, the
London Lancet: As soon as the pulsaton
which indicates the disease is felt put di-
rectly over the spot fly blister, about the
size of your thumb NAIL and let it remain for
six hours, at the expiration of which time
directly under the surface of the blister may
be seen the felon, which can be instantly
taken out with the point of needle or
lancet
Year: 1869

WARLIKE.-The Union is making vigorous
war against the Bulletin and Alta, and they
are returning the fire of their irate contem.
psrary' The independent press" family is
not as happy and complimentary now as
when warning upon the nominees of the
Union party in 1867.
Year: 1869

THE following despatch was sent
from Washington 10 the Democratic
members Of the Indiana Legislature
who haveTesigned in order to defeat
the passage Of the Unconstitutional
amendment. 1t was signed by AK
Senator Hendricks, ,COngressmen Nib
lack, Holman and Kerr:


1t is the highest right Of the people
to vote upon every proposition to
change their constitution, or to revO-
lutiOnize their domestic policy. The
question Of outrage hes never hereto
fore been submitted to the people of
Indiana. The resignation Of the Dem
OcratIc members of the Legislature,
in order to give the people chance
to determine this great question at
the ballot box for themselves, is an
act OF self sacrificing patriotism, de-
serving the admiration and support
of the whole party.
Year: 1869

Beginning At the north east corner of the
south east quarter of section Ne. Fifteen
Q5); thence southwardly to the south east
corner of section No. Thiriy-four GA;
thence westwsrClly along the township line
to the south west corner of section thirty
three (33); thence nOrthwardly to the north
west corner of the south west quarter of
section No. Sixteen Q6) thence eastwardly
to west boundary of Corporation line of the
City of Canton; thence south eastwardly
and norta eastwardly boundary to the north
No Sixteen (16); thence eastWardly to the
harinnincr IL
Year: 1869

Beginning At the north east corner of sec
ton No. Four (4); thence southwardly along
the east line of the corporation of the City
of Canton; thence westWardly along the
north boundary of said corporation line to q
stone on the west bank OF the west Branch
of Nimishillen Greek; thence sOuthwardly
along the western boundary of said corpo
ration line 70 point where said corporation
line crosses the north line of the south west
quarter of section No. Sixteen l6); thence
westwardly along the quarter line Of sections
No. l6, IL and Is, to the north west corn
er of the south west quarter Of Section
Eighteen as, il being on the township line;
thonce nOrthwardlY with said township line
to the north west corner thereof, thence
eastwardly with the north boundary of said
township line to the beginning. '7


Trustees than adjourned to meet on the
Sd Monday of March the 18th, 1869, when
settlement will be made with the Supervi-
sOrs of the Board districts of Canton Town
ship.


p GEVnRR o..
Year: 1869

The following from a recent number
of the Prairie Farmer is almost equal
TO Franklin's story Of the whistle:


A few days ago friend sent me word
that every day he gave nearly twenty
pals of buttermilk to lot of shoats, and
they scarcely improved at ALL Thinks l,
this is breed Of hogs worth seeing
They must be Of the sheet iron kind
So called on him, heard him repeat the
mournful story, and then visited the sty,
in order to get better view of the mi
raculous swine. went into the pen.
and, on close examination, found crack
in the trough through which most of the
contents ran away under the foor-
Thinks |, here is the type Of the failures
Of our agricultural brethren,


When / see farmer omitting all i'm
provement because of little cost, selling
all his farm stock, to buy bank or rail.
road stock or mortgage stock, robbing his
land, while, in reality he is also robbing
himself, and his heir, thinks |, my friend,
you have crack in your hog trough.
When | see farmer subscribing for a
half dozen political and miscellaneous pa.
pers, and spending all his time in read
ing them, while he doesn't read a single
agricultural or horticultural journal,
thinks /, to myself. poor man, you have
got large and wide crack in your hog
trough.


When see farmer attending all the
political conventions, and knowing every
man in town who votes his ticket, and
yet, TO save his neck, couldn't tell who ID
President Of his County Agricultural So.
clety, or where the Fair was held last
year, | unanimously" come to the con-
clusion that the poor soul has got crack
in his hog trough.


When | see a farmer buying guano
but wasting ashes and hen manure, try.
ing all sorts Of experiments except intel.
ligent hard work and economy, getting
the choicest Of seeds regardless of cost
then planting them regardless of cultivs.
ton, growing the variety of fruit called
Sour Tart Seeding, and sweeteuing il
with sugar, pound for pound, keeping
the front fields rich while tho back lot
are growing up with thistIes, briers and
elders, contributing to the Chocktaw In.
dian fund and never giving cent to any
agricultural society; such man, / vii
give written guarantee, has got a crack
in his hog trough, and in his head also


When | see a farmer allowing loose
boards all over his yard, fences down
hinges of the gate, manure in the barn
yard, | come to the conclusion that he
has got large crack in his hog trough


When ] see farmer spending his time
travelling in a carriage, when he has t.
sell all his corn TO pay the hired help
and his hogs are SO lean that they have
to lean against the fence to squeal, I rath
CT lean to the conclusion that somebody
that stays at home will have lien on the
farm, and that some day the bottom vii
come entirely out of his hog trough.
Year: 1869

1t is commonly said that every one has
a right to half the road. This is practi-
Ically true, and comes about in this wise.
You and meet upon the road-our legal
rights are exactly equal and both have
right to go several ways without obstruc.
ton 30, popularly we say own half and
you half. The law steps in to facilitate
matters, aud directs each to turn towards
his right hand. This Is true whatever
the load or the team; for if one can drive
such team that another can pass him but
with difficulty, If at all, their rights are
no longer equal, This point becomes very
important in winter, for it is no joke to
turn your horse and all into the deep
snow, while your Deihgbor goes smoothly
along in the beaten path. No one has
right so to load his team as not to be able
to give up half the track to whoever de-
mands it.


A footman may choose the part which
pleases him or any portion of his right
hand half Of the way, and the team must
yield it to him. This is clearly 80 in
winter, and no man is obliged to go in the
snow for one or two horses. This is Law,
and the court awards i.


The first requirement of the road mau-
ners is good nature, and an accommoda-
ting spirit. Do to others as you would
have them do to you. Always be will
ing to yield more than half the space,
then you will be pretty sure to be equally
well treated. They who exact inches
will have inches exacted Of them. If
your neighbor has heavy load, consult
his convenience as far as possible; you may
sometimes be loaded. 1t has become
practical rule Of courtesy to turn for
heavy teams, especially in winter, and
when the roads are heavy. But remem-
Der it was favor, not your right, and
you have reciprocal duty to perform,
and one which, / am sorry to observe, is
not always borne in mind.


| When team comes up behind you,
that team has q right to a reasonable
space and opportunity to pass on-in fact,
to half the road for that purpose-and
your obstructipg him 10 his lawful desire
is both bad manners and bad law. IF
your load ia heavy, do the Dest you can.
In most cases the very least that can be
asked is that you should stop. This is
particular y SO in the winter, when it is
heavy tax on team to force it into trot
in deep snow, or deep mud, or frozen or
ruts-made necessary By your continuing
to move on.-Northcestern PresbytcTidn.
Year: 1869

TUE DoG.-We take the following
from Mr.. Blaze's History of the Dog
/" The dog possesses, incontestably, all the
qualities of sensible man; and | grieve
to say, man has not in geQeral the noble
qualities OF the dog. We make virtue
Of gratitude, which is nothing but a duty
this virtue, this duty, are inherent in the
dog. We brand ingratitude, and yet all
men are ungrateful. 1t is vice which
commences in the cradle, and grows with
our growth; together with selfshness, be-
comes almost always the grand mover OF
human actions. The dog knows the
word virtue; that which We dignity by
this title, aud admire as q rare thing
and very rare it is, in truth-constitute
his normal state. Where will you find a
man always grateful, never selfish, push.
ing abnegation of self to the utmost lim-
Its of possibility; without gain devoted
even to death; without ambition render.
ing ser<ice--in short, forgctful of inju.
ries and mindful only of benefits receiv-
ed? Seek him not, it would be useless
task; but take the first dog you meet,
and from the first moment he adopts you
as his master, you will find in him all
these qualities. He will love you with.
out calculation entering into his affec.
ton. His greatest happiness will be to
be near you; and should you be reduced
to beg your bread, not only will he aid
you in this difficult trade, but he would
not abandon you to follow even king In
to his palace. Your friends will quit you
in misfortune your wife perhaps will
forget her plighted troth; but your dog
will remain always near you. or if you
depart before him on the great voyage,
ne will accompany you to your last
abode"
Year: 1869

The THEATRE.-Do not forget that to-
night the Theatre opens with Rose and
Harry Watkins and a tine stock company
in the thrilling and beautiful play of Trod-
den Down. They come to us with the
highest recommendations, and deserve to
be LiDerally encouraged