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BURRAIiIji M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Dodgeville, lowa
County, Wisconsin. [nl-yl.]
J. H- CLARY,
A TTORNEY AT LAW, Mineral Point, Wis. Of-
A lice in Thomas’ Stone Block. [nl-yl]
WHITNEY SMITH.
fTAANNEB AND CURRIER, Mineral Point, Win.
L Leather of all kinds, also Hair for Plastering, al
ways on hand, cheap for cash. Job Work done at short
notice and on moderate terms. [n2C-tfj
s. W- REESE.
VTTORNKY AT LAW. Land and Collecting Agent.
Dodgeville, lowa County, Wis. Particular at
tention given to collecting and agencies,and payment of
taxes in lowa County. Office in the Post Office Build
ing. __ [ nl -y'J
L. M. STRONG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Notary Public, Land and
Collecting Agent, Dodgeville, Wis. Particular
attention given to the settlement of estates in the
Cos ,nty Court. Office in Court House. [Up Stairs.]
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~~ SOLDIERS CLAIM AGENCY.
DODGEVILLE, WIS.
Clollects hack pay for discharged Soldiers, Bounty
j .Money and hack pay for heir* of deceased Soldiers.
Pension certificates procured, Bounty claims settled
at prices establised by Law.
n4-ly SAMUEL W. REESE, Att’y
SCIIALL’S HOUSE.
NO. 207 k 20! 1 Uaiidolpli Street, Chicago Illinois.
This bouse is centrally located, in tile business
part of the efty, near the Post Office, the Court House,
and all the principle Kail Road Depots. The accom
modations are good, and cheaper than most of the
Hotels in this vicinity. fn4l-tf]
(j()J ESTURN loTEI*.
DODGEVILLE, - - - Vi IS.
THE undersigned would respectfully ask a
share of the public patronage. His table
III? wilt always lie furnished in good taste and
hi* r,)iu,is ltr( ‘ 'urge and airy, and in every
iKSmet iMfll h n 11 1 in 1 tit the intention will he to consult
tl.. comfort ami wishes of his patrons. Good stables
and attentive ostler# always lit readiness.
B lardvrs by the day or week furnished with all nec
essary conveniences and at reasonable rates.
Stages leave thii house dally, north and south
■ll.ly JOHN R. ROBERTS.
WISCONSIN HOUSE.
JOSEPH HOCKING, Proprietor,
THIS Hotel is a large stone building, well
JppKL. furnished to accommodate the travelling
1 public. Tiie table will Im supplied with
lllHWall tiie dehcacies the market affords, served
j up in good style. Boarders by the day ou
week, furnished with all necessary conven
veniesccs at reasonable rates. The Proprietor returns
thanks to the public for the patronage heretofore extend
ed to him, and respecsfully requests a continuance of
the same. Good stabling attached, and an attentive
hostler always on hand. n2B-ly.*
MASONIC.
REGULAR MEETINGS of Dodgeville Lodge, No
110 of A. F. A A. M, on the first and third Fri
day evenings of each month, at their Hall on lowa
treet. Transient brethren visiting Dodgeville, are
ordialty invited to attend.
Henry Dpsstax, Scc’y.
To widow’s tears to orphans' cry.
All wants our ready hands supply.
So far as power is given ;
The naked clothe, the prisoner free,—
Such are the deeds sweet masonry
Revealed to us from heaven.
I To'OF GT.
A MIOITI A LODGE, No. 161, Independent Order of
r\ Good Templars, meets every Monday evening in
K. Thomas' Hall, at "V* o'clock. Me miters of tliis
order visiting this Village are cordially Invited to meet
VHU . I M 'STRONG, W, 0, T.
JOHN Ml. UtU., a. Jt,
L. M. STRONG.
Broker,
(LICENSED DV THE U. S. GOVERNMENT.)
Sells Real Estate.
Pays Taxes in all Parts of t he State.
Takes charge of Lease, and Collects Rents fop Im
proved and unimproved Proper)y. *
Buys & Sells Bonds, Mortgages,
Notes, &c., &c.
4LBQ
S yLDiEXis’ Claim Agek t.
Collects had- pay for Discharged Soldiers ,
gqgr*Back pay for Heirs of deceased Sol
diers, Pension Certificates procured, at
prices established by Lav,*.
Office in the Court House,. Dodgeville, low* County
Wtrvmaiu.
Readmg One’s Own Obituary.
In the days of Old My calf, the pub
lisher of the Newberryport Herald (a
journal still alive and active,) the sheriff
of old Essex, Philip Bagley, had been
asked several times to pay his arrears
of subscription. At last one day he
told Metcalf that he certainly would
hand over the next morning as sure as
he lived. “If you don’t get your mon
ey to-morrow you may be sure I am
dead,” said he. The morrow came and
passed, but no money. Judge of the
Sheriff’s feelings, when on the morning
of the day after, he opened his Herald.
and saw announced the lamented de
cease of Philip Bagley, Esq., High
Sheriff of the county of Essex, with an
obituary notice attached, giving the de
ceased credit for a good many excellent
traits of character, but adding that he
had one fault very much to be deplor
ed ; he was not punctual in paying the
printer. Bagley, without waiting for
breakfast, started for the Herald office.
On the way it struck him as singular
that none of the many friends and ac
quaintances he met seemed to be sur
prised to see him. They must have
read their morning paper. Was it pos
sible they cared so little about him as
to have forgotten already that he was
no more? Full of perturbation, he
entered the printing office, to deny that
he was dead in propria persona.
“Why, sheriff,” exclaimed the facet
ious editor, “I thought you were de
funct.”
“Defunct,” exclaimed the sheriff,
“what put that into your head?”
“Why, you, yourself,” said calf,
“Did you not tell me” —
“Oh !ah ! yes !” stammered out the
sheriff. “Well, there’s your money.—
And now contradict the report in the
next paper, if you please,”
“That’s not necessary, friend Bagley,”
said the old joker; “itwas only printed
in your copy !”
The good sheriff lived many years
after this “sell,” and to the day of his
real death, always took good care to pay
the printer.
The English Language.
The words of the English Language
are a compound of several foreign lan
guages. The English Language may
be looked upon as a complication, both
in words and expressions, of various
dialects. Their origin is from the Sax
on language. Our laws were derived
from the Norman, our military terms
from the French, our scientific names
from the Greek, and our stock of nouns
from the Latin, through the medium of
the French. Almost all the verbs in
the English language are taken from the
German, and nearly every noun or ad
jective is taken from other dialects. The
English language is composed of 15,-
731 words —of 3.732 are from the Latin,
4,321 from the French, 1,665 from the
Saxon, 1,669 from the Greek, 601 from
the Dutch, 211 from the Italian, 106
from the German, (not including verbs)
90 from the Welsh, 75 from the Danish,
55 from the Spanish, 50 from the Ice
landic, 31 from the Sweedish, 41 from
the Gothic, 16 from the Hebrew, 15
from the Teutonic, and the remainder
from the Irish, Scotch, Arabic, Syriac,
Tukish, Portugeese, and other lan
guages.
Down East Clam Bake.
A correspondent of the Chicago Jour
nal gives the following description of the
mammoth clam bake on one of the is
lands in Portland harbor, giving in hon
or of the Chicago Board of Trade ex
cursionists :
“Upon the ground, in a space of eight
feet in width by forty five in length,
were placed smooth, round stones, about
the size of a person's head, and not very
near together. Upon these, early in the
morning, had been kindled a fire of
three cords of wood. This had burned
down to a coal, and the stones were hiss
ing hot. Over these are placed a six
inch layer of rock weed, just from the
water, and dripping wet. Then on the
top of this was placed sixty bushels of
soft shelled clams, ten bushels of oysters,
pne hundred lobsters, sixty dozen of
Pggs, one hundred pounds of codfish,
three barrels of potatoes, and three bar
rels of green corn. A sail was then
laid over the whole, and about six
inches of rockweed was placed on top
of it. Then the steam began to come
through in a dense, continuous volume.
After three-quarters of an hour, the sail
was rolled back sidewise, and there was
the whole ‘bake’ cooked admirably, and
as clean as could be. And now the fun
commenced ; each one running with a
plate to dip into the winrow of clams,
piping hot, the steam coming up in a
great volume, and hiding those o.i the
opposite side of the pile from view.—
Some darted into the hot fog and came
out with a plate of clams, others with a
.single oyster, another with corn, another
with potatoes and a lobster."
A REPUBLICAN AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.
DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1863.
War and Education.
While war is abroad in the land, com
pelling us to the most gigantic endeavors
in defiance of our national existance, it
may seem idle, if not even unpatriotic,
to expect any large measures of serious
attention to the ordinary affairs of
the schools. A mandate of Divine Provi
dence has ordered us to the front rank
of contending nations, and engaged
us in a conflict which aborsorbs into its
own terrible channels almost the entire
currents of our industries and our ideas.
A generation thus called u.pon to strug
gle for its life and liberties, might well'
be excused if forgetful, for a time, of
the generation coming after it.
But the grand march of humanity
stops not in its course even for war. —
From the cradle to the coffin, the crowd
ing columns move on with lockstep
through the successive stages of life.
Children connot halt in its progress for
returning peace to afford leisure for edu
cation. On into the years—to man
hood, to citizenship, to destiny—it rush
es, whether learning lights its path and
guides its steps or ignorance involves it
in error and conducts it headlong into
vice. And if in peace the school is
needful to rear our children to an intel
ligent and virtuous manhood, how much
greater the need in war, which with its
inseparable barbarisms, is drifting the
nation from its onward course of peace
ful civilization back to the old realms of
darkness and of brute force.
The high and heroic aims of this con
flict will doubtless mitigate the evils
which necessarily attend an appeal to
arms. To say nothing of the physical
health and prowess that camp life and
military disipline will develope, the love
of country and love of liberty will rise
again from mere holiday sentiments to
the grandure and power of national i
passions, and the Union, made doubly
precious by the blood which its main
tenance will cost, will attain a strength
which no mortal force can shake or dis
troy. History will grow heroic again,
and humanity itself will be inspired and
glorified by this fresh vindication of its
God-given rights and duties in this in
carnation and triumph of the principles
of constitutional and republican liberty.
The too absorbing love of money which
has hitherto characterized us, has loos
ened, somewhat, its clutch, and been
won to acts of genuine benevolence, at
the sight of an imperiled country ; and
the fiery demon of party sinks away
abashed before the roused patriotism
which lays life itself on the altar of lib
erty.
But with all this the barbarisms of
war are too palpable and terrific to be
forgotten or disregarded, and the wise
and patriotic statesman will find in them
a more urgent reason for fostering those
civilizing agencies which nourish the
growing intelligence and virtue of the
civilized people. Against the ideas and
vices engendered in the camps, and
amidst the battle-fields, we must raise
still higher the bulwarks of virtuous
habits and beliefs, in the children yet
at home. Y e shall need the utmost
stretch of home and school influence to
save society and the State from the ter
rible domination of military ideas and
military forces, always so dangerous to
civil liberty and free government.—
Hon. J. M, Gregory, Michigan
School Report.
Gaining Strength
We believe we have “got hold” of an
original anecdote that was never printed
before. A student in one of our State
colleges was charged by the Faculty
with having had a barrel of ale deposited
in his room, contrary, of course, to rule
and usage. He received a summons to
appear before the President, who said ;
“Sir, I am informed that you have a
barrel of ale in your room.”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Well, what explanation can you
make ?”
hy, the fact is, Sir, my physician
advised me to try a little ale each day.
as a tonic, and not wishing to stop at
the various places where this beverage is
retailed, I concluded to have a barrel
taken to my room.”
“Indeed ! And have you derived
any benefit from it?”
"Ah! yes, Sir. When the barrel was
first taken to my room, two weeks since,
I could scarcely lift it. Mow I can
carry it with the greatest case”
A poser:— A travelling tinker was
one day expatiating rather largely, in
the bar-room of a country tavern, upon
his skill in supplying all kinds of dam
aged drinking vessels with cheap han
dles, warranting to make them far more
durable and ornamental than the origi
nal appendages, when he was suddenly
nonplussed by a war battered old pen
sioner, who, poking his scarred and
noseless physiognomy over the counter,
bluntly inquired, “What would it cost
to fix anew handle ou my mug ? ’
Things Surprising to a Foreigner.
Mr. Harris, of the G-enesse Farmer ,
says that when he first came from Eng
land to this country many th ngs sur
prised him: “I was surprised at the
excellence of American beef and the
inferiority of American mutton, and I
was not surprised that the beef sold for
half as much more as the mutton, while
in London, mutton was worth a cent a
pound more than beef. I was surprised
that farmers paid so little attention to
their gardens. I was surprised to find
so many farmers, with large, handsome
houses and elegantly furnished parlors
which they seldom used. In England
at that time, we had a window tax, and
the houses had but few windows. One
of the first things that struck me was
the number of windows in American
houses, and the great effort that was
made to shut them up and exclude the
glorious American sunshine and the in
vigorating American atmosphere. I
was surprised that everywhere I went,
the people thought that particular spot
the most fertile, the healthiest, and the
best place on the whole Continent. I
was surprised, nevertheless, that every
body was willing to sell. I was sur
prised at the excellence of wheat and
the inferiority of hurley. I was sur
prised to see the farmers so rough look
ing, and yet so intelligent. I was sur
prised to see the country ladies so much
better looking than the men, and with
al so interesting and fascinating. I
was surprised that farmers sowed but
one kind of grass-seed, and that they
paid so little attention to their perma
nent meadows, I was surprised to see
them plow so wide, and still more sur
prised that under the influence of our
cold winters, and dry, hot summers,
these wide furrows tumbled all to pieces
and formed, after all, a very fair seed
bed. I was surprised that fanners rais
ed so few peas and beans, and thought
so lightly of clover-hay, I was sur
prised that farmers could make a living
from crops of wheat of from ten to
twelve bushels per acre. I was sur
prised to hear rotten straw called man
ure. I was surprised at many other
things—at the great net-work of rail
roads—at the magnificiont rivers and
lakes—at the marvelous rapidity with
which the country was settled, 'and the
enterprise and practical intelligence
which has accomplished such astonish
ing results in so short a time.
Cause of Inferior Stock.
Some formers sell or slaughter their
best stock of mares, cows, ewes or sows,
and thus cut off all hopes of any im
provement at one blow. Does a heifer
show a disposition to fatten easily?—
She is encouraged to feed until fat, and
is thus sold and oaten, while her fellows,
who belong to the same breed with
Pharoah’s lean kine, are kept for milk
or rearing calves, because they arc not
and cannot be made fat for the butcher.
Has a farmer a sow pig which becomes
fat upon the feed on which the rest of
the pigs are starving! He gives her
over to the butcher’s knife, and propa
gates from “land shads” and corn cribs.
Has ho a fine, round, bright-eyed
ewe ? She will be fat about the time
his half-fillod pork barrels arc empty,
and she is stripped of her fair skin and
fair proportions simply because she is
worth the trouble of killing ; and thus
many or our farmers perpetuate a breed
of cattle that are a disgrace to the coun
try. They seem uneasy while they pos
sess an animal that will draw the atten
tion of their neighbor or the butchers,
and woo be to it if it puts on a better
appearance than its fellows, for from that
time its doom is sealed.
To improve the breed of animals, it
is by no means necessary to incur great
expense in bringing animals from a dis
tance. If a farmer will mount bis
horse and ride across the country some
fine day, and view the live stock of his
neighbors, be will soon perceive that
there are abundant means of better
ing his circumstances by cross or ex
change, at a slight cost, and he by this
plan is improving his judgment by com
parison, and hording up experience for
a future day that will be of more val
ue to him than the expense of so many
excursions; improvements once begun
and persisted in for a short time will
produce such a corresponding improve
ment in mind and circumstances of the
farmer as will insure its continuation,
and richly reward all his labor and out
lay.
Many of our farmers destroy the hope
of improving their stock by a system of
false economy in the selection of the
males from which they breed theirstoek:
many do not keep a male from which
to breed their horses or horned stock,
nor is it necessary, as one will do for
a neighborhood ; but this one should be
the best and in order to keep a good one.
a good price must and should be charg
ed for his services.— Exchange.
Hope.
Hope is youth’s guiding star and
the solace of the aged. In all ages,
under all circumstances, the rainbow of
hope, variegated with a thousand hues,
is lent to cheer the disconsolate, and
encourage the care-worn and weary.
Often when oppressed with the cares
and turmoils of the present, have we
looked forward to the future in hope of
finding some bright spot where we may
sit down, and fold our arms in peaceful
repose.
I have seen a youth buoyant with
hope and filled with brilliant imagina
tions, start on life’s journey. With bold
ness he steps forth into the vast arena,
looks around him and beholds many be
wildering objects. lie is perplexed, and
knows not which of these to choose as
the goal of his ambition. He at length
determines to pursue the first object that
meets his gaze. He starts with his
whole mind intent on gaining the imag
ined prize. On ho goes, regardless of
the consequences, or the path before
him, until he plunges into the whirlpool
of pleasure, and is lost in the giddy
mazes.
We again behold him, as he emerges
from the misty vapor, still in pursuit of
the object of his choice. He has gained
it, but finds a bubble, an empty bubble,
lie cries in the vexation of Lis spirit.
“Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.”
But Hope, with her cheerful voice,
bids him look around, and away, fur
away, in the thin distance ho beholds
the shining tinsels. Again he starts
in pursuit, gains it, she stretches forth
his hand to grasp the phantom, but it
crumbles beneath his touch, he sits down
in despair, his star of hope is set. But
hark ! he hears a voice low, and plaint
ive, “Come unto me all ye that are wea
ry and heavy-laden, and I will give you
rest.” “Me !” he exclaimed, “may I
come; poor, deluded sinner, may I
conic ?”
Yes, “the spirit and the bride say
come. Let him that is athirst come, and
whosoever will, let him come, and take
of the water of life freely.”
He starts, runs, and leaps for joy, and
there at the feet of the Saviour lie finds
the “pearl of great price.” He now
starts anew on his journey, treads the
down-hill of life with a firm but cautious
tread, and is happy in the belief “that
when this earthly tabernacle of clay be
dissolved, he hath a home not built with
hands eternal in the heavens.” —Daily
life.
Even-Handed Justice.
A pleasant country village in Ohio
some years since possessed that which
is often denied to places of more conse
quence—a court which really dispensed
justice. Its chief was a justice of the
peace, whose common sense and honesty
of purpose counterbalanced his want of
legal lore; and in consequence of its
straightforward decisions the “Dutch
Court,” as it was commonly called, be
came a great terror to evil-doers.
Once upon a time a ease was brought
before his honor arising out of an infrac
tion of the “liquor law” of the state
which then provided for the punishment
by fine of any individual who sold in
toxicating beverages to persons under
sixteen years of age, or by a less quan
tity than a quart. Upon one of those
grand occasions when a “general muster”
of the militia gave delight to numerous
officers in gay uniforms, and to large
masses of the good people of the coun
try, an unlucky wight sought to avail
himself of the “glorious” opportunity
to turn an honest penny. Providing
himself with a small lot of ginger cakes
and a disproportionately large quantity
of “lightning whiskey,” he located upon
an eligible site near the field. Know
ing the penalty of the law against his
little enterprise, the vender of the “ar
dent” hit upon the happy expedient to
evade its provisions, of selling to his
customers a ginger cake and then throw
ing a drink into the bargain.
Justice was not so blind as to fail to
notice “this artful dodge,” and the next
morning found the delinquent citizen in
the very jaws of the “Dutch Court,” —
I he testimony was short and conclusive,
to the effect that he had sold a boy a
cake and then had given him a “horn
and the defendant’s lawyer put in the
defense that his client sold, on the oc
casion under consideration, not liquor
but ginger cakes, well knowing at the
same time that salt wo’dn’t save him.—
As he anticipated, the court pronounced
a verdict of guilty, but. to the surprise
of the defence, put at fifteen dollars in
stead of the legal penalty of five.
®?i^ln the illness of Coleman, the
doctor being late in his appointment,
apologized to bis patient, saying that
he had been called to see a man who
had fallen down a well. “Did he kick
the bucket, doctor?”
Scandal is a visitor who never calls
without bringing her work with her.
Term* • J one dollar P er year
XCiiiid 10 • ■* • 1
( ii paid in advance.
About Cloves.
Cloves are produced by a tree which
is a native of ‘he Molucca Island, and
were, like nutmegs, a long time under
the exclusive control of the Dutch Gov
ernment, which for many years would
not allow the tree to grow upon any
except the island of Amboyus, whence
the highest priced cloves come from. —
The tree is from fifteen to thirty feet
high, with largq aromatic leaves and
hunches of very fragrant flowers. The
spice is the unopened flewer-buds, which
are beaten off by means of rods, and
then dried. The little ball at the top
of the clove is the unexpanded petals ;
by softening the clove in hot water
these can be carefully laid open by
means of a pin. The main portion of
the clove is what would be the fruit if
it was allowed to go on and riped. Our
word clove comes from the French cloio,
a nail that being the name by which
the French call them on account of their
resemblance to a little nail. They con
tain a good deal of volatile oil, upon
which their value depends. The oil is
sometimes extracted in part, and the
clovos afterwards sold. These can be
told by their lighter color, and by hav
ing the buttons or rounded portions
broken off. Cloves readily absorb
considerable amount of moisture, audit
is the custom of large dealers to keep,
them in rather a damp place, in order
to make them weigh heavily and look
fresh and plump. It is bad economy
to buy cloves or any other spice in the
ground state, as, aside from adulteration,
the oil is absorbed by the paper in which
they are put.
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A Man with too Much Wife.
Chapman, a witty lawyer of Hartford,
was busy with a case at which a lady
was present, with whom he had already
had something to do as a witness.
Her husdand was present —a diminu
tive, meek, forbearing sort of a man—
who, in the language of Mr. Chapmen,
“looked like a rooster just fished out of
a swill barrelwhile the lady was a
large portly woman, evidently the “bet
tor horse.” As on the former occasion,
she “balked” on the cross examination.
The lawyer was pressing the question
with urgency, when she said, with vin
dictive fire flashing in her eyes :
“Mr. Chapman, you needn’t think you
can catch me ; you’ve tried that once
before !”
Putting on bis most quizzical expres
sion, Mr. Chapman replied :
“Madam, I hav’nttheslightest desiro
to catch you ; and your husband looks
to me as if he was sorry he had !”
The husband faintly smiled assent*
Asking for a Pass.
The Buffalo Courier tells the follow--
ing anecdote of a prominent railroad
gentleman, who is equally renowned for
his ability to take and make a joke. A
railroad employee, whose house is in
Avon, came on Saturday night to ask
for a pass to visit his family.
“You are in employ of the railroad? 1 *
inquired the gentleman alluded to.
“Yes.”
‘A ou receive your pay regularly ?'*
“Yes.”
ell. Now suppose you were work
ing for a farmer instead of a railroad,
would you expect your employer to bitch
up bis team every Saturday night and
carry you home ?’*
r i his seemed a poser, but it wasn't
“No,” said the man promptly. *‘l
wouldn’t expect that; but if the farmer
had his team hitched up, and was going
my way, I should call him a darned
moan cuss if he would not let me ride."
Mr. Employee came out three minutes
alter with a pass, good for twelve months.
(Served him right!)
How Bn aye Men Suffer and Die,
—ln his report of the Chickamauga bat
tles, B. F. Taylor records the following
solemn yet creditable fact: “If anybody
thinks that when our men are stricken
upon the field they fill the air with criei
and groans, till it shivers wbh such evi
dences of agony, he greatly errs. An
arm is shattered, a leg carried away, a
bullet pierces the breast, and the soldier
sinks down sihntly upon the ground, or
creeps away, if he can, without a murmur
or complaint; falls as the sparrow falls,
speechlessly, and like that sparrow, I ear
nestly believe, falls not without a Father.
The dying horse gives out his fearful ut
terance of almost human suffering, but
the mangled rider is dumb. The crash
of musketry, the crack of rifles, the roar
of guns, the shrieks of shells, the rebel
whoop, the Federal cheer, and that inde
scribable under tone of grinding, rumb
ling, splintering sound, make up the*
voices of the battle field.”
A Western paper says that “the differ
ence between a Copperhead and a rebel
rarn is, that one goes for the Union with
an if the other goes against the Union
with a hyr*”
NO. 11.