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Year: 1866

The GREAT EYE AND EAR SURGEON is
CoxINa We desire to keep the afflicted
reminded of the visit of the celebrated
DR. LIsroN, for we know that there are
a great many waiting his arrival and
anxious to avail themselves of his great
and well known skill and experience.
Remember, he will be at the CENTRAL
HOUSE in this village on Monday and
Tuesday, the 29th and Both days of this
month, stopping for those t,cO days only.
In his treatment of diseases of the Eye,
Ear, Throat, Catarrh, &c, DR.. LIsToN
has established a name which stands as
the synonym of success, and his visits
to this village are always anxiously
waited for by the afflicted. Remember
the date. Consultation free.


d&wlt.
Year: 1866

THE ALTERNATIVE OFFERED THE
SourH.-N B. Judd of Chicago, in ac-
cepting the Republican nomination for
Congress, pledged himself to act with
those who in the next Congress will
press forward to impartial suffrage, in
case the constitutional amendment shall
continue to be rejected by the seeded
States, as it has thus far been. But
radical as he is, he would first offer the
constitutional amendment to the South,
and if accepted representation should be
Immediately granted as in Tennessee:
It is for the South to choose the alterna-
tive.
Year: 1866

MARRIAGES SINCE THE WAR.-It ap-
pears by official statistics that the num-
Der of marriages in Ohio for the year
ending July l, 1866, is full twenty per
cent. above that in any one year, either
before or during the war. The Boston
Journal says to this statement probably
there has been a similar increase in other
States, and if so the waste of life by the
war is likely to be made up"
Year: 1866

EXECUTED Ferris was hung
in New York on Friday last for the
murder of his wife on the 9th of Septem-
ber, 1854. Two reprieves were granted
Ferris by Gov. Fenton, and an effort was
made to procure a Communication of his
sentence to imprisonment for life, but
the evidence OF premeditated murder was
so clear that the Governor refused to
further interfere with the sentence of the
court.
Year: 1866

On the new docket for the present
term of the Supreme Judicial Court OF
Maine, there are twenty-one libels for
divorce. Fourteen of them are petit
toned for by wives and seven by hus-
bands.
Year: 1866

FACTS IN BRiEF.--Out Of every
thousand men, twenty Of them die
annually. The number Of inhabi-
tants Of a city or country Is renewed
every thirty year. Tho number Of
old men who die in cold weather is
TO the number Of those who die in
warm weather, as seven TO four. The
men able to bear arms form a fourth
Of the inhabitants Of a country. The
proportion between the deaths oI
women and that of men Is 100 Il
l0s. The probable duration Of ie'
male lives Is sixty; but after tha
period the calculation Is more favora
bic to them than men. One-half o
those who are born die before the.
attain tho age Of seven. ANON
3l25 who die, Il appears by the regis
tsg that there Is only one person Q
one hundred years Of age, More oil
men are found In elevated situation
than In valleys and plains,
Year: 1866




President Johnson S e m s like
Uncle Toby, determined to ride his
hobby. In season or our of season,
in public speeches, messages, CONVEX
sation, telegraphic dispatches, talks
with delegations, the one purpose of
his Presidential life is to keep his
hobby in view of the people. If
there is one thing the world knows, it
is that Andrew Johnson has certain
opinions on Reconstruction. He
deals with that subject very much as
hard-hearted doctors deal with medi-
cine, and wooden-headed theologians
with divinity. A. J.'s hobby thus far
has proved very harmless, and has
done about as much toward recon
structing the Union as the elaborate
ly constructed bastions and parallels
of Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim
did toward the siege of Namur. The
danger with every hobby is that we
have to much of it. There may be
saving grace in a Presbyterian cate
chism-but must we all be burned
who do not believed the divinity of
Westminster A square-toed doctor
who blisters and bleeds may save
patient now and then, but must we
blister and bleed all sick people be-
cause this one medicine-man finds his
hobby in the lancet and cantharides? I?


MIR. johnson rode his hobby into
Congress on the 22d Nobody want
ed him, nobody expected him, nobody
felt that he had any business there
His message was about as appropri-
ate as though it had contained the
bill of fare of his breakfast, his last
tailor S account, or his opinions upon
the cause of thunder. 1t is enough
to, have messages from His Excellency
when they are really unavoidable,
but if we are to have them upon
every occasion, alas for Congress.
Still this practically amounts to moth
ing. The Statesmen of Congress are
doing their work-as well probably
as can be expected-but scarcely as
rapidly as the country would have it.


The right spirit is among them, and
right will be done. As for our Uncle
Toby, let him go on riding his hobby
and if he insists upon riding it into
Congress, why no harm will come,
and let him be gratifed for the sake
Of all that he has done, and the hope
that he will soon see that the nation
cannot be saved by concession and
surrender-N. 7. Tribune.
Year: 1866

At Hoboken, few nights ago, a
lady got up from bed and opened the
window to look out, when the noise
awakened her husband, and seeing
some person at the open window he
supposed it to be a burgular, and
snatching pistol from under his pll-
low he fred twice before discovering
the fearful mistake he had made
Both shots took effect, inficting NOR
tai wounds.
Year: 1866

SINGULAR RECOVERY OF EYEsIGHT.
About the time of the battle of
Port Hudson, three years ago about


this time, Lowell soldier in the en-
gagement was deprived of the sight
of the right eye by the concussion of
a shell which passed close to his head
a film had formed over the sight, and


he supposed that he had been forever
deprived of the use of that organ


Yesterday forenoon, while in little


"scrimmage, he received a severe


blow Immediately under the sightless
eye, and called at the apothecary store
of j. r. Hayes to have some leeches
applied to the swollen part. Mr..
Woods. clerk in the store, attended


to him, and applied a couple ofleeches.


They were on some time, and before
they were taken off the man exclaim-
ed with astonishment, Il can see with
my blind eye" and before he left the
store he said he was able to see as
well as ever with the organ, which
has been sightless for about three


years.-LoueU Courier, July 5.a.a
Year: 1866

SINGULAR WEDDNG.-An exhibl-
ton of marital GOODNESS took place in
Pittsburg few days since, which is
not often seen or equaled. A gentle
man we'll known to the business com
munity of that city, and lady very
prominent in society there, had been
acquainted for some time, and their
acquaintance had resulted in a mutual
promise Of marriage. But the wed
ding had been postponed for various
reasons, and at last the friends OF the
bride decided that it should come of
on certain Wednesday. That even
ing the brother of the lady waited on
the expected bridegroom, and de
manded if he would marry her that
evening. After some parleying al
affirmative answer was obtained, and
the brother left to obtain clergyman


As soon as the performance was ovel
the husband took his hat, stated tha


ne had an engagement elsewhere, badt


the bride and the company good even
ing. and has not been heard Of since
Year: 1866

THE Subscriber has tax IN the Agency and
l. spent some time in visiting some of the best
and most popular Sewing Machine Establish
ments in New England, and is now prepared to
furnish Single and Double Thread. the
Year: 1866

SPECIAL NOTICE. We would call the at len.
tion Of Of our readers to the Grover & Baker Ma
chimes. Their reputation is too well established
for US 10 attempt word in their favor, but
would advise any person wanting reliable Fam
Ey Sewing Machine, TO investigate these before
buying. "A word 10 the wise is sufficient
Year: 1866

Our only hope as a Commonwealth,
and our only reliance as government
and people, is in the wisdom and in
telligence of the masses. Treason may
go unpunished, and discords and politi-
cal dissensions may stalk forth in high
places, if the great body of our Ameri-
can citizens are true to their instincts;
if the common people are pure in heart
and principle, as we have strong reasons
to believe they are and will be, our anx-
ieties may vanish, and our fears for the
safety of the Republic may be allayed.
| have great confidence in the social and
industrial elements of the country for
good. Parties may come and go, as
they always have come and gone; polit-
ical factions and sectional organizations
may have their day and generation; at
the bottom and underneath this heteroge-
neous mass of conflicting sentiment and
interest, lie the sober, steady, and indus
trious habits of the ka5orng classes, that
force and that power in our government,
equally reliable in peace as in war.


Under our Republican institutions,
and through the equality and magma
nimity of our laws, the vote of the poor
man is just as potent and consequential
as that of the rich man. The honest,
well-meant ballot of the most humble of
our citizens, weighs equally, and exerts as
powerful and effective an influence in
the nation, as that of the most distin-
suished parsonage in the land.


Here, then, is the great leveling prin-
ciple in our system of Republican gov
ernment. And so long as the common
people, the farmer, the manufacturer
and the mechanic, come up faithfully,
honestly and intelligently to the ballot
box, and there deposit their ballots, a
power more potent and effective than
any device or engine of war, so long our
rights, liberties and transmitted inher-
itances are safe so long our national
dominions are one and undivided, and
our glorious flag, proud emblem Of our
unity and strength, will float high and
untarnished forever. R.M,P.
Year: 1866




From the Dayton Journal, Sept. ISL


The rats are swarming the country
west and northwest Of this. They seem
to be migrating southwark, and the
weather seers predict that there will be
very severe winter In many places the
rats have destroyed the corn, sweet po-
tatoes aud tomatoes; and they have got
into the orchards, and climbing the trees
they have destroyed much fruit. The
great rat army reached New Castine,
Drake county, the other day, and forth
with their scouts took possession of ey-
eryihing eatable. A man in the place,
whose stable floor had given out, deter
mined to have it replaced with a new
one. On examining into the matter, it
was ascertained that the space under the
floor was literally packed full of rats
The owner Immediately circulated the
word, and all the idle men and dogs in
the village were collected together, and
the place was surrounded The work
men then proceeded to remove the floor,
when the men and dogs pitched in and
began the work of slaughter. And they
did not cease until they had slain fifteen
hundred and FIVE rats And the space
in which these vermin were gathered was
only 2Ox24 feet, and one foot and half
deep. The statement is made to us by
truthful men who witnessed the slaugh-
ter, and it may be taken for the truth,
extravagant as it may sound.
Year: 1866

An old man about fifty-fve years OF
age, whose name we were unable TO
learn, was brought to the First District
station Yesterday, while on his way to
the Charity Hospital. He is quite Gu.
riosity in bis way Old as he is, he had
lust made trip down the river of eigh-
teen hundred miles in small skItf alone
and unattended He resided somewhere
in Kansas He had small covering
erected over his small craft, just suifi-
cient to afford him protection from the
weather Friday night, while lying at the
landing, the old fogy being warm IN his
calaboose, got out and laid on top OF the
structure erected top of his little craft.
Here the old fellow felt much more com
Portable, and inhaling the fresh air be
became invigorated, and with his in
creasing strength restlessness followed,
and turning and twisting he tumbled with
a splash into the water An officer came
to his aid---he was rescued, and feeling
that he was about having chill, the
Charity Hospital was suggested. He con-
sented to the proposition, but before the
old fellow would turn his water craft
over to the police authorities, or 60 to
the Charity Hospital, he demanded
full receipt for all of his worldly stores.


This was granted. The skif' contained
ordinary cooking utensils, rifle, shot
gun and pistol, and also little dorg,
a special favorite, who was found lnno-
Gently curled up at the bottom OF the
boat, quietly and patiently awaiting the
return of his master What disposition
was made of the animule we did not
learn. The boat was landedin the Fourth
District. Lieut. Sheehan gave the old
man receipt and took charge of his
worldly stores, A friend of ours, and a
well known citizen, in his admiration of
this old traveller, proposed to buy his
stock in trade and send the skiff to the
Worlds Fair to be held in Paris.-N q.
Paper
Year: 1866

The disastrous results of the late war having
forced me to dispose Of most of my. property. |
have concluded to undertake this business.
here in the midst of my old friends, for the
purpose of making an honest living for myself
and family by my own labor. and to retrieve, as
far as il may be possible. the losses entailed Py
the late war. 10 my old friends. and to all who
may feel disposed to give me their business,


Transaction. AZ
Year: 1866

For the Times
WEATHER PREDICTIONS FOR OcrroBER.-
Stormy near the beginning, say about the
4th and again near the llth. High winds
with rain at times about the 10th and
Goth then high winds for some days.
Again changeable and unsettled near the
end of the month; say about the 2sth.


A Fen Monthly Remarks. is the
great brewing month. Who has not heard
of the Barley Mow?", In the farm
houses in England at this season of the
year there is fragrance of swectwort
mingling with the odors of the rickyard.
Of course the advocates of total abstinence
regret what they conceive to be an abuse
of the golden grain. But it must be borne
in mind that the requirements of the hui
man stomach are as various as the general
outlines and particular details of the coun-
tenance /; so that what is possibly good for
one man may not at all be proper for his
neighbor.


Besides, Jour forefathers were beer
drinking race, and the diet of an entire
people cannot be radically changed with
out injurious results. Substitute tempe
rance for total abstinence and all parties
ought to be conciliated.


"The cleaner now has gather'd up


The scattered ears from off the field;


And hound and hunter meet to prove


What keen delight the chase can yield"
Year: 1866

Andy Felt.


This caption will be understood through
out the State of Iowa and most particular
ly in the northern part of it. In answer
to letter inviting him to be present at the
late National Union Convention at West
Union he writes an interesting letter APP
proving of the object but business prevent
cd his attendance. We extract:


BRADFORD, Sept. 1st
No event since the close of the war has
afforded me so much genuine pleasure as
the action of the National Union Conven-
ton at Philadelphia. That convention de-
cidcd the fate of the country.
x X
To me, particularly, its able, fearless,
and. patriotic enunciation of principles,
seems the embodiment of orthodox politi-
cal christianity for every loyal American
citizen.


1t takes an essentially republican posi-
ton, and is so purely democratic in it's
views that no reasonable lover Of the Union
can assail it.


Having shouldered my musket at the
first call to arms to preserve the Union,
passing through the campaigns of 81 and
'62, in forcible advocacy of that doc
trine, l came home in '63, and to the cx-
tent of my feeble ability on the stump and
through the press, endeavored to sustain
the gallant boys in blue in their noble eff
forts to conquer 0n armed rebellion and
PRESERVE THE UNION


\ X X


The President of the United States has
endeavored to obey the letter and spirit of
the Constitution; has acted in strict ac-
cordance with the principles of the plat
form upon which he was elected; has car
ried out the policy of his lamented prede-
cessor, and the admirable, united actions
of earnest men from all the States in the
Philadelphia Convention proves beyond
cavil that the actions of the army and ma
Wy, and of the Executive and his Cabinet
commands the approval of the genuine
UNION sentiment of the country.


In viewing my political life since 1860,
l am driven irresistibly to the conclusion
that should be false to every feeling of
manhood if base enough to join the clam
orous politicians who now seek perma-
nent dismemberment Of this Union; and
by the advocacy of extreme and impracti-
cable measures, seek to plunge the country
into another fratricidal strife, more gigan-
tic in its proportions, far more terrible in
its details and thousand fold more disas-
trous in its results than the bloody inter
fnecine struggle SO lately closed.
4 X
Partizan feeling may be in tho ascendant
in Iowa to-day, but the hour hasteneth,
when the people will put their seal of con-
demnation on those politicians who have
so suddenly found themselves bankrupt in
political capital, now that the war is closed
and that there are no more rebels to dread,
no more Generals to blame, no more polit-
ical battles ON paper. no more fat Offices
to secure by shouting "copperheads," no
more speculations in shoddy clothing and
rebel cottons, no more Governor Stones to
be whitewashcd, no more stealings from
the swamp-land and contingent funds, in
short no more 'sBread and Butter" for the
Withrow's and Palmer's to "run the ma
! chine WITH" so, see no reason why the
Union men of Iowa may not go on to vic
tory.


Accept my thanks for an invitation to
Year: 1866

Ward Beecher. srs..r r.Fi


This gentleman wrote letter to the sol


dier's Cleveland convention committee nc


cepting an invitation to act as chaplain ant


in general indorsing the Presidents poll


cy of reconstruction. This letter got III


heavy radical furor, though many O


their papers arc sharp enough to say bu


little about it, and with the exception Of


city dailies few of them publish il
entire. A pressure was put on Mr..
Beecher and an explanatory letter has
| been the result. In his second edition the
Rev. orator and politician---for he is moth
ing else-re-iteratcs his confidence in John.
sons policy" but declines to indorse
johnson in all his views or in his indiyi-
dual conduct. AS this ''policy'' is the
question at issue and as it is this alone on
which democrats and republicans unite
against an incompetent, revolutionary and
treasury-robbing Congress, the second let
of the actor at Plymouth Church is not
tasteful to the RAIDS. Some of them scold
severely and some swear immensely; some
threaten to expcl him from the Republican
party, while others deny that he ever uas
a Republican-only charlatan on the
wave of applause, ready to make any port
that promised notoriety and money. We
shall not dispute the latter points, but as
an Indicator of the variety of opinion
which is now permeating the radical ranks,
we publish an editorial from the Spring
field Republican. 1t will be noticed in
this region, at all events, ''therc arc thous-
ands of earnest Republicans who agree
with the Republican and Mr.. Beccher:


The letter of Rev. Henry Ward Beechcr
to the committee of the Cleveland Soldiers
Convention, which we print this morning,
states the argument for the immediate res
toration of the lately rebel States with re-
markable clearness and force. There are
thousands of earnest Republicans all over
the country who take the same view of the
matter, and this opinion is daily extending
and gaining strength; and yet some who
assume to be leaders of the Republican
party are endeavoring to make tho opposite
opinion test of party orthodoxy, and to
read out of the party those who will not
pronounce their new and unauthorized
shibboleth. The letter of Mr.. Beccher
should be to them another warning against
policy SO unreasonable and so certain to
prove disastrous. The Republican party
cannot afford to expel the class represented
by such men as MIR. Bcccher. He does
not so over to the party of President John
son. lie simply argues for the poli,y far
ored by the President because he considers
1t right IN itself and conducire to the best
interests Of the schote country, and the force
of his argument is not to be broken by
the weak device of dcnouncing him as a
copperhead or traitor Everybody knows
that it is impossible for him to he either;
there is no truer friend to liberty and JUS
tice toan he. :
Year: 1866

No abandonment of principle is contem-g
plated, asked by anybody in order to
secure cordial unity among those who be-
lieve in the principles adopted by the
great national gathering at Philadelphia.
No abandonment of principle is necessary
where men believe in common faith, to
secure union of action. The question to
be determined concerns the :. basis for CO.
operation between men protesting the same
aim and purpose, and this question should
be settled by that spirit of concession which
should not fail to govern men whose views
of public questions are identical.
Year: 1866

Radical agitators, conspirators and disun-
ionists present two issues at this time:
The one they advance in one part of the
country, and the other in another. In
New England, it is negro suffrage and
equality before the law, to all men. In the
more conservative portions Of the county,
it is the constitutional amendment, which
is the real issue; negro suffrage, in disguise.
Year: 1866

A Scotch old maid who was asked to sub.


scribe to raise men for the King, during the
last war, answered, Indeed I'll do ma sich


thing; l never could raise man for myself


and I'm not going to raise men for King
GeOrrao "
Year: 1866

A young man paying his attentions to a
young lady, of whom his opinion was quite
flattering, met with an incident at one of
his visits which somewhat dampened the ar
dor of his affections. Being invited into
the parlor to await the appearance of the
young lady, he entertained himself as best
be could for some time, and was becoming
weary, when little girl about five, slipped
in and opened conversation with him.


~ can always tell,' she said, "when
you arc coming to our house." ~


"You cam" he replied, "and how do
you tell?"


"When you are coming sister begins to
sing and get good, gives me anything l
want, and sings so sweetly when you are
here, and when l speak to her she smiles
so pleasantly. wish you would stay all
the while, then would have good time.
But when you go off sister is not so good.
She gets mad when ask her for anything
and slaps me and bangs me about"


This was somewhat of a poser to the
young gentleman, who took his hat and de-
parted, to return no more, soliloquizing /:
/" Children and fools tell the truth


Moral-Parents wishing to marry off "
their ill-natured daughters should put the
little ones in bed early to keep them out
of the parlor when beaux come.
Year: 1866

N1IAT class of people will be most susceptible to


wv attacks from Cholera! .-s


Evidently those afflicted with any disease of the
stomach liver, or any Of the organs appertainng to
dresfion This class Of persons undoubtedly will be
more liable to contract this disease than those
ed OF strong and healthy digestive organs.


The question then naturally arises, how shall we re.
store and keep these organs in healthy and normal
condition.! We answer, by attention to Diet avoiding
all undue excitement using moderate exercise avoid
ing all intoxicating drinks, matter in what form
presented and by the use, according directions of
the great strengthening tonic,
Year: 1866

The great essential to our happiness is
the resolution to perform our duty to God
as well as We arc atlc aud when this res
olution is deeply mixed, every action and
every pursuit brings satisfaction to tho
mind