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Year: 1870

Sioux CRY, March 2l, 1870.
Eds. Register:-I have read with in
tense interest all that has been written
about, and all that the members of the
Legislature have had to say upon, the
proposed herd law.


There IS no measure of equal i'm


portance to the State at large before
our law makers, nor none that will
have greater, il SO great. an influence
| upon the future prosperity of our COM


monwealth. The time in this State to


have abrogated all laws compelling


the fencing Of farms was when the FIRST
| Legislature convened, and every day
from that time to this has been just
so much lost time. II is an injustice
to the poor man, who, with his few
hundred dollars, endeavoring to make


his home and living for himself ani


family by tilling a few acres OF his


homestead to be obliged to devote


great portion of his meagre capital to


protect his crops from his wealthy


neighbors' stock. Pass stringent
herd law, and venture nothing in say
ing that the number OF acres broken


within year from its passage will be


treble that with the law as it exists.
Such spur to emigration would it
| be that the mere announcement of it


would lead thousands to settle upon


rich prairics, who are now deferred
by want of means to fence. And what


reason is there tor fencing SO far as the


poor settler is concerned? he has no


stock that he cannot soil or herd. 1t


is his aeiyhJors, however. And that
they may be saved the care that is right
fully theirs he must deprive his family


OF the ncccssaries of lite that thy may


rest in careless indifference! Farmers
OF Iowa! ,cateh the rote Of erery man an
oar Legislature. and remember those


who wculi compel you TO care for the
property Of your neighbor, and expend
money that is to-day worth more to
you than thrice what i: will be few
years hence.


Remember those men, and when
they again ask you for your votes,
point to your farms, and tell them, it
no law is passed to help you in your
need, that those fences have not only
barred their cattle from your crops,
but barred themselves from your conf
dcnce.


Look at all Northern Iowa: think
how many millions OF dollars good
herd law would save to that part of
the State alone; sec how easy it would
be for almost any man to 60 and make
a good farm with q single team aud q
few dollars worth of seed; see what
with his first few crops he might do
toward buildings and purchasing even
laxuries for his family; then look on
the other side Of the picture. It is too
palpable to oven need an illustration.
The amount thus saved, together with
the impetus it would give to the devel-
opment of the State, creating de-
mand ioc everything known to COM
merce, except tenclng, thus increasing
the wealth Of the State, is almost in
calculable.


1t has cost the farmers of Illinois
the gigantic sun. Of ssrty.fes millions Of
Year: 1870

HUMoRs OF THE OLD ARMY.-Upon a
certain occasion, the precise date OF
which it is not necessary to mention,
when a detachment of troops was
about setting out from the Missouri
River upon long march across the
Plains, aud when the limited amount
OF transportation rendered it necessary
to reduce the officers baggage to the
minimum regulation allowance, the
commanding officer, who was never
known to consume much time over
books, but seldom declined a pressing
invitation to participate in a social
glass, was applied to by a young sub
altern just from West Point for per-
mission to carry along small package
OF books which he had provided him
self with to while away the dull mon
otony of garrison life. The command
er replied, that he was always ready and
willing to do any thing III reason tor all
his officers; but, when transportation
was SO very limited, as IN that pal ticu-
lar instance, he did not feel authorized
to cucumber his wagons with such USE
less trumpery as books. He was very
sorry 10 refuse, but it was impossible
to comply with the request. The
young gentleman went away greatly
disappointed; and shortly afterward
another officer, a particular friend of
the commander, came up and made ap.
plication to have a barrel OF whiskey
transported in the wagons, which prob
ably weighed ten times as much as
the lientenant's rejected little parcel of
cf books. To this request he received
the following reply:


certainly. Lieutenant-ccrtainly,
Sir; Of course you can take along bar
rel or two OF whisky, or any thing
else IN reason; but the idea OF lumber
ing up my wagons with books is most
preposterous, and must say that am
astonished at such an unreasonable re-
quest coming from any officer OF my
command"


This same officer was once presented
with sword by friend, who assured
HIM that it was a genuine specimen OF
the rare Toledo blade. He himself, it
is true, had not = very clear conception
CT what was meant by this peculiar
designation of the weapon, as will ap-
pear in the sequel; but he was conf
dent that it was something better than
the regulation sabre, aud priced it high
". He often exhibited the present to
his friends, who generally concurred
with him in the discussion of its mer.
its; but upon ono occasion an officer,
who protessed to be connoisseur i'll
such matters, ventured to express a
doubt as to the quality Of the metal,
remarking, at the same time, that but
Year: 1870




The Commissioner of Education at
Washington, D. c., makes the follow
ing suggestion upon Drawing, in his
forthcoming Special Report:


"Drawing should be taught in every
grade of our Public Schools. The
first instinct or inclination of the child
is to handle the pencil and draw
something The sparks of what may
be that sacred fire. should not be
smothcred, but famed into flame.
Drawing is the alphabet or rather the
language of art; and when that is .un-
dcrstood the child is the possible
sculptor, painter or architect kstruc-
ton in these clements OF art corrects
the taste and gives the hand skill, it
gives the trained, artistic eye which
detects the incongruous, the angrace-
ful and the lll-proportioned, and
which, on the other hand, the grace
tul, the harmo aous, the symmetrical,
never escape. The instructed eye de.
rives the same intense delight from
the pleasures OF sight as the instruct,
ed ear from the harmonies of sound
The introduction of this branch Of
study into our Public Schools will dc
more than anything else to popularize
art and give the whole people a taste
for art in its nobler, as well as simpler
forms
Year: 1870

dollars to fence their farms! The in
terest upon this vast sum is six and a
halt millions, added to which is the
annual expense of repairs, which is at
least ten millions more, and we have
an amount of money sufficient TO run
our State government an l support ev-
cry State institution and public school
we have. For the sake of the hun
dreds of thousands OF poor, struggling
farmers, give us herd law, and saw
us this fearful tax. r. j. u.
Year: 1870

The Health OHicer, To Protect the City,3


Iat0r.


Health Officer Carnochan is evidently determined
TO keep yellow lever and other diseases from foreign
ports out or this city. His action In tie tho
Wavelet was the forerunner OF his energetic policy.
Last Friday night he put another volator In limbo.
1t happened In this wise The bark Cairo arrived
here from Havana, which s now suffering from yell
low fever and cholera In an epidemic form, and
on being boarded at Quarantine was ordered
to remain until such time as she could be got IN .
Some person who did not see NJ 10 obey the insruc-
Jions OF DIR. Carnochan decided that the vessel
should escape quarantine and so the dead OF nighs
she hauled up anchor and went to Perth AmDoy,
sugar into lighters. The latter then came on to this
city through the Kin Won Kull, and arrived near
Robins Reef on their way 10 this port, when the
Health On1cers men seized them anu took them to
Quarantine.


1t Is understood that there ls certain clique in
this city who claim after the fashion Of the three
taiOrs OF TOOey street who claimed TO be the people
OF England that they are the whole mercantile COM
munity. This clique have determined to buck against
the quarantine laws and 1t Is said that one OF them
has boasted that he would put end to quarantine
altogether. One OF the sections OF the Quarantine
law prohibits any vessel from an infected port TO
come to this city until she has been properly quaran
tined, and the attempted evasion OF the law ~ the
Perth Amboy trick II allowed to go on unrestraineu,
would-lhe health authorities claim--endali9er tno
health OF the CITY, II vessel Injected with ye.loN
fever should unload IN the stream at Perth Amboy,
as the Cairo Is said to have DONE and pc permtted
to come this city. the yellow fever epidemic whlcn
fell upon Philadelphia few weeks ago might DO
repeated here II this should be the case there Is
but little doubt but that the Health Oncer OF thIa
port would he held responsible for the thing.
Year: 1870

Boston, having heard that in France the
son of an Emperor goes to rat killings oc-
casionalIy, straightway organized Respect
able rat-pis of her own, where, the other
evening, some two hundred merchants, law
yers and preachers ofthe Adirondack stamp
were greatly delighted with the sport set be
fore them. The proprietor Of the pit made
a polished speech to his happy patrons, IN
which he assured them that he would show
them something finer still as soon as he
could make the necessary arrangements
The something finer" is doubtless "chick
en- dispute, and the arrangements" may
refer to some scheme whereby the Big Organ
may be connected with the pit.
Year: 1870

The President has signed the following
bills of Western interest: An act TO create
additional land districts il the territory OF
Dakota, to be called the Springfield and
Pembina Districts an act to fix the point
of junction of the Union Pacific railroad
company and the Central Pacific railroad
company; al act to authorize the Burling
ton and Missouri River railroad company, or
its assignee, to change an established line
OF said road in Nebraska; Joint resolution
for the relief Of Helen Lincoln and Heioise
Lincoln and fer the Withholding Of moneys
from tribes of Indians holding American
captives joint resolution setting apart a
portion of Fort Smelling military reservation
for a permanent military post, and the set
tlement of all claims In relation thereto; ap
act smendatory to the organic law of Colo


RADIO Territory, and for other purposes; and
JOINT resolution extending the time for the
completion of the first section of twenty
miles OF the Cairo and Fulton railroad.
Year: 1870

The New York Tribune refers to the
Standard as "the advocate of what may be
called the General Butler phase of advanced
Repubiicsuism" New Workers had better
secrete their siverwsre at once.
Year: 1870

The story or steamers funnel having been seen
standing up out OF the water In Cardigan bay, on
the coast of Ireland, Is generally discredited here.
Hope OF the safety OF the steamer City Of Boston is
By NO means abandoned The underw riters are 80
confident that they have again reduced the premium,
which had been advanced ffty per cent.
Year: 1870

A late number of the New York Tribune
says in an editorial


"Why should there be such n state Of
things in California, as is indicated IN our
San Francisco dispatch, by which it appears
that the Mayor has been authorized to give
employment on public works to the numerous
idle and suffering laborers of the city and
that these idlers, being dissatisfied at the
Mayors delay in carrying out this scheme,
have made several public demonstrations of
riot? This is extraordinary news to 60 over
the country and over the world from Califor-
nia But why are there such numbers of
idle and suffering men in San Francisco? Is
it because there is no useful and profitable
work to be obtained by them throughout the
State? We trow not In fact, we believe
there is no part of the country where labor is
in greater demand than it is in California to-
day, and nowhere that it is surer Of receiv-
ing q fair remuneration. Bat it is in San
Francisco as in New York, where great mum
bers of men crowd into the city, who are not
needed for any of the city industries they
persist in staying in the city until they are
uvertaken by penury, instead Of going where
their labor is in request. Then, again. IL is
a fact that the business and industry of Cal
ifornia are greatly injured by the extravagant
demands that are made on behalf of labor
skilled and unskllled It is mistake Of the
workingmen Of California to suppose that
they can now demand from three to six dol
lars day. The facilities Of passage between
here and there have made the worklDgmau of
the Atlantic coast the competitor Of the work
ingman Of the Pacific coast; and the cheap
enlnS Of the carriage Of food across the con
tinent has considerably reduced the expenses
of life in California. The price there must
consequently regulate itself according to the
changed circumstances of the times. We
heard recently of u person in a California
town Offering men two dollars and half a
day To work for him. hut. though there were
II score of idle and nearly destitute men in
the place. they all refused his terms. The
consequence was that the town lost the advall-
tage of his capital and his enterprise. We
suspect that the present cond ion of things
in San Francisco is owing partly to cause of
this kind.
Year: 1870

How Is hattie fought? With tremcn-
dous volleys, the ranks standing firm and
steady rs on dress parade-with enthusi-
asm. with deafening cheers, with music.
finished by glorious bayonet charger
Nothing of Che kind. Hero arc simply
some thousands of men on either side,
who have been marched out this pleasant
day to butcher each other. Modern fire.
arms are terribly effective weapons; n
good Springfield musket viii kill Mt .
thousand yards; and by the time you have
drawn these opposing forces to within two
hundred yards Of each other, or about tho
distance across n good.sizcd wheat field,


tho battle is resolved into q simple prob
lcm-which army can stand the most
killing and woundins without breaking
up1 When that question is answered, you
can tell which side will be victorious.
The business Of tho officers Is to bold the
men to tho work-to compel them to load
and fire until so many Of tho enemy arc
put hors du combat that no Is forced TO
withdraw. Take your regiment into bat
tic rs orderly rs you may. before Il has
been under fire half an hour It will be re-
Year: 1870

A friend, u few days since, related "a
us the following good story. which. n
friend on whose plantation it occurred.
told him. One afternoon just after the
close Of the war, rs the field hands were
Mt work, they deserted n balloon descend
Ing towards them. They watched it till
il came quite near, and ignorant Of the
character Of the strange visitant. fled in
every direction. One of the negroes was
lame, and made slow progress, but upon
a man in the car shouting for him 10 lay
hold of rope thrown out of thc'balloon,
only limpcd the faster, and upon the bal
looms reaching the ground, the gentle
man pursued the negro, that he might
aid in holding it. When Sambo saw no
chance OF escape, with eycballs hall
sunkcn into his head with fear, he drop
ped on the ground quaking and exclaim-
ing, "Good day, Massa Jesus! rsc n
been looking fur yer, fur long time"
The poor fellow undoubtedly thought
his time had come, and tho last day was
nj hand.
Year: 1870

i see, I feel, know what power
there is in singng-and that is one rcd.
son why, when | came into this church as
your pastor ! determined there should be
singing in the congregation, and why I
never changed that determination. You
know how for eight or ten years fought
you night and day. You differed from
me in opinion; you thought you knew
more than did, and | could not have
my own way; but after eight or ten wears,
when you were better instructed, and when
you began to have confidence enough III
me to let me have my own way land |
would have it; / knew | was RIGHT and
would notg give up) congregational singing
was lnaugurated among us. And now all
-lnen, women and embarrassing. And
one reason why the Lord dwells among
us SO much, why there is so much spirit
uality IN the church, why the people in
the church are 50 cheerful and happy ana
social, and why you love each other 70
much as you do, is that you sing with
grace in YOU hearts to the Lord. And I
always feel that Church that do hot siibf
have hard shedding. sleigh-riding in win
ter and 10 bels-think Of it. A church
that do not sing are like spring without
any birds, or like garden without any
flowers. OF all the world, church that
has four singers--four whole singers. A
thousand people sitting down, and a thou4
sand pairs of ears listening to four mouths.
Singing to the Lord was meant to open up
the hearts of men who participate in it, and
carry them near God. There is no time
when we come so near the face of God.
and speak to Him so nearly as when we
sing, A thousand folks, with four persons
to do their singing for them, do not get
very near TO Him either. l know it is
possible for them to sing devoutly--all
things are possible with God, but they
are not apt to do it. Give me a singing
church. And in a church where the spi-
rlt of God is, singing must break out it
seems to me.--Reo. H. w. Beecher's Leo
ture Room Talk.
Year: 1870

REf1NEnENr.-It is pleasant to see re.
fincmcat penetrating into retired homes. ;
The more piano, the less wolf, the les
dirt The beautiful should never be out
Of thought. 1t is as right that the
bread should be put upon the table in q
comely shape as that it should be eaten.
Year: 1870

From the Knoxville Whig and Register. 22d.]


A gentleman from Messy Creek, JEFF
ferson county, yesterday presented us
with photograph of snake hanging at
full length, of which he gives substan-
tally the following history:


A few days since the snake was found
suspended in a spider web under shelf
in the store of Messrs johnson 4 Bran
ner, at Messy Creek. On inspection, it
was clearly ascertained that the snake,
ebout foot in length, and still alive, had
been literally captured by spiderabout
the size Of q common house fly. The
spider had spun his web tightly around
the neck and entire head of the snake,
and drawn him clear from the floor,
making him close prisoner. The snake
was taken, whilst yet in the coils of the
spider to Mr.. RulfneF, a photographer,
and the picture is before US as we write
The facts are curious, and suggestive of
various theories. After the photograph
was taken the web was removed from the
snake, whereupon he exhibited his wicked
instincts by striking at those present,
evidently showing a desire to avenge
himself for the terrible indignity put
upon him by so insignificant creature
as a spider not much larger than grain
of wheat. We regret that the snaka vas
finally killed. instead Of being saved that
his peculiar species might be identified.
1t was evidently a yenomons reptile,
which had crawled into the store qgob-
served, to be thus ANONYMOUSLY captured
and brought to grief
Year: 1870

makes is more durable and beautiful than
any other, presenting the same appear,
ance on both sides of the fabric and will
not ravel 1t is also more economical,


requiring oYE-TIuRD LESS cotton than
any OF, er kind of stitch. Being the same
on both sides. it is not necessary to use
the extremely fine sewing cotton required
by those machines which make stitch
with ridge on the under side, which can
only be concealed by using thread too
delicate and fine to bear ordinary wear.
Year: 1870

1t possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
, from left to right-which enables the
operator tohandle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequire
an inclination of the body forward (detri-
mental to health) and are hard and tire
some to use.


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The prices are within reach of every
one. Machines are made to suit all
tastes and circumstances, and the PLAIN
est IN finish will work as well as the most
costly.


Full and thorough instructions. given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction
Year: 1870




ma stove by her Husband.
A man named Donohoe keeper OIL low groggery
on River street, Newark, has again outraged the
feelings OF humanity by so brutally and felonousy
beating his wife that her life is imperlled. Only
short time since he was sentenced to the State
Prison for year for his ruianism, but through the
peadiDgs Of the present victim OF his fendishness
I his sentence waseOmmuted to a fine.


The first intimaton OF yesterdays deadly assault
was the running OF Mrs. Donohoe into a peighbor's
house reeking with blood and pursued by her hus-
band, who, as she sunk exhausted a chair, feled
her to the ground with blow from him. owing to
Donohoe's reputation for ferocity, the nelgh6ors
were afraid TO interfere and remained silent
but horri1ed spectators OF his atrocities.
While she remained motionless on the floor
he partially disrobed her. and taking her in his arms
threw her upon the stove, whereby her forehead
severely cut by striking against kettle the hot
water in the latter also scalding her person. Find
ing her still alive, he nung her down a hight of
stairs, and as she lay in lifeess condition. he told
the shudderiDg bystanders If they would carry her
home he would withhold any further brutality; but
no had she been deposited the floor OF their
hovel than Donohoe impressed the heel OF his rough
shoe on her face with such stamping force that the
blood oozed from her ears, nose, and month. Dono-
hoe then smut the door and remained inside with his
victim, and as all the witnesses of the deed OF blood
were afraid to prefer charge against him, the
police refraned from making any attempt to arrest
him. 1t is the opinion of those who beheld the
shocking outrages that the unfortunate woman
cannot survive.
Year: 1870

NIr. Akerman, by his presence among the Southern
people during their rebellion, his attachment to the
Constitution Of the Union his familiarity with every
phase OF the contest from the Southern view, and
his d. ep knowledge OF the condition and wants OF
the south to-day, all point to him as very lifting
been called upon to M. Mr.. AkerTnau is gentle
I6an small in stature, with ceau-shaven, coorless
face the expression of his face is that OF learning
and dspositiOn to deem meditation.
Year: 1870




.r,s neck and at her feet there is the baby
Of old time, and can bear the parting g
from her, God be praised"'


And the star was shining.


Thus the child came to be an old man,
and his once smooth face was wrinkied,
and his steps slow and feeble, and his
back bent.


And one night, as he lay upon his bed,
his children standing around him, he cried
as he had cried so long ago


Il see the start


They whispered to one another, "He
is dying"


And he said.


Il am. My age is falling nom me like
a garment. and | move toward the star as
a child. And, o. my Father, now thank
Thee that it has so often opened to receive
those who await me ~


And the star was shining.


And it shines upon his grave!
Year: 1870

One of the Directors of the Augusta
Savings Bank called upon us on Saturday
to have us say that 1.-The management of
that institution is not influenced by politi-
cal considerations, and is in no way re-
sponsible for or connected with any article
Mr. Smith may write" We do not under
stand that our correspondent "1nquirer'
charged the responsibility upon the man.
agement of the institution. But the
fact still remains undenied, and we pre-
sumo undeniable, that the Cashier OF
Augusta Savings Bank is the author of the
offensive and disreputable articles which
for the past few weeks have disgraced the
columns of the Main SeWer. SO far as
these articles have commented on the public
record of Mr.. Blaine, it may be well to say
that the author referred to is a well known
personal, malignant enemy of Mr.. Blaine !;
not even an interchange or greeting hav-
ing taken place between the two for the
past fourteen years. 1t is perfectly appro-
pirate that the Main Sea0er should open
itself to receive all the streams of abuse
which personal malice and private hatred
may inspire, but the knowledge of the
authorship of these filthy attacks will ena-
Bile the public to correctly measure their
force and value