K.
'
I
mm
might be made to produce wheat, bar Imod in the county, with a college at
— A fern de prize fight is the la’ est
ley. oats, and the different varieties of Monmouth, another at Bethel, and a sensation in St Louis. They were per
Our aims are at 1 too bigh ; we try
small
grail), and is also adapted to the flourishing academy at Dallas. There mitred to bite, scratch and pout'd each
la laaaed Every Saturday Afternoon at
To gain the nmniit at a bound,
t
Wben «e should reach it step by step,
growth of different kinds of vegetables, are good opportunitiec for religious other until one o f them became insen
Dallas, Polk County, Oregon.
A: il H mb (be ladder round by round.
also apples, pears, plums, cherries, worship in almost every neighborhood sible.
Ho « in would e.'imb the bright sublime,
quinces,
grapes, and small traits ; while — nearly every denomination o f Chris
— Thero has been a terrible disaster
Or breathe liie pure a r o ‘. life,
F. R. SHIRT, EDITOR AM PROPRIETOR.
the peach, and Indian corn, can be cul tians as found in the liuion, being rep on the Erie Railroad, o f which the dis-
Must not expect ID rise in ease,
Cut I joe himself for toil or strife.
tivated soeeessfully in many localities, resented in the county.
pitches give very ambiguous accounts
O FFICE—Northeast corner of Main and
with
proper
care.
Dallas,
the
county
scat,
is
situated
on
Oak streets, fronting Academy Block.
Itvvould seetn that two trains co lid<*d
Wo > .oil’ d not in our blindness seek
The following information was fur the La Creole (llickreal) river, and is and that the cars subsequently took fire,
Toe'.i^p aloi e for crand and great,
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
l»i-dai lint; every smaller good.
nisbed the Committee through the col a flourishing little inland town, noted destroying many lives.
Form idea make the agg-eg.KO.
umss o f the Folk County Signal:
for its enterprise and cc/himereial pros
8IX4JLE C0JPI8B— One Year. $3 00; Six
And it a cloud shou’ d bover o’er
— Richmond dates to 21st inst. says
Month-.
| •; T kiw Montba, $1 tiu.
The public buildings of the county perity. There are other thriving little
Our weary pathway like a pall,
that official returns show that th** vote
Remember t»od pounds il there,
CLUB'S will be supplied at the following
consist of a new court house and jail, towns with post-offices and stores, among
for Walker is 20,000 short of the white
And His good purpose rei^us o’er all.
rate«: — Five t'opie*, one year, $13 7 i; Ten
which, with the outbuildiugs, cost about which wc liny mention Buena Vista,
Copies. one year. $2j 00, and for any greater
registration, and that o f Wells 8,000
where large quantities o f earthernware
$13,250.
Life si ould be luT of earnest work,
number at
SO per anuuui.
short
of the colored registration, 'lhe
Our beur:> undashed bv ¡or:jue * frown;
The average price of improved farm are manufactured.
There are also
.Vabeeriptun mu*t be paid ttrictl}y in advance.
ohjectional clauses o f the Constitution
Lot pe’-severance conquer fa o.
ing land is about ten dollars \cr acre; Grand Kotide, Lawn Arbor, Luckia-
And
tuei
it
so
e
toe
\
iotor's
crown.
were defeated by 30.000. There ap
ADVERTISING RATES.
unimproved, three. The base of the mute. Salt Creek, Bridgeport, Bethel,
Tbe ».I i ' c is not to the sirong.
pears to be an entirely new revolution
1 i o race not always to the lleet;
soil is clay, with a mixture o f sand, Lincoln, K’ na, Monmouth, Indepen
O n e square 10 line« or leas), first iusert’n, 53 00
in
politics, as only six members elected
An i 1 ■<• who neks to pluik the stars,
dSacb subsequent insertion......................... 1 00
oxide of iron, lime, and other valuable dence, and Kola. Some o f these towns
\\ i . lose the jewel» ai bis loot.
to the Legislature have ever been there
A liberal deduction will be made to quar
ingredients, in varying quantities, aud have good warehouses, and are comet)
before.
terly and yearly advertisers.
rendering the greater portion well adap ient shipping points along tbe Wiliam
— l h e new French Trans-Atlantic
Professional cards will be inserted at $12 00
P O L K C O U N T Y , OREC
ted to agricultural and horticultural ette river.
per annum.
cable
has been successfully laid.
purposes. The greatest part of the
Transient advertisements must be paid for From “ Statistics of the State of 0
— The gauge throughout the entire
land in this county that is not well lo
N E W S IN E R IE F .
A. J. D i n n.
in advance to insure putdica'ion. All other
Missouri Fsioifie railroad, for a distance
cated fur agriculture is as good as can
Advertising bills must be paid quarterly.
—
On
the
next
monthly
showing
there
of
three hundred miles, was chanced
This
county,
situated
on
the
west
pt,
j()Um}
for
raising
horses,
hogs,
sheep
Legal tenders taken at their current value.
will
be
a
reduction
o
f
the
public
debt
between tho hours of 4 and 8 o’clock
bank o f the Willamette river, opposite aotj catt|c . Upon the mountains, and
Blanks and Job Work of every description i
of
about
85,000,000.
I*.
M. on the 18th.
It is said to be the
Marion
county,
and
bounded
ou
the
along
the
streams,
there
is
plenty
o
f
fir.
furnished at low rates on short notice.
greatest
day’s
work
of
a similar charac
north by 4 anthill, south by Fenton and oaj^ U1 qde, ash, and alder, and other
— The vote o f the Methodist church
west by Tillamook counties, has a popu- valuable timber well adapted for farm- es on lay delegation as far as received, ter ever done.
Polk County Official Directory.
lation of about 5,050 inhabitants, and
building, and general lumbering show a very large majority in favor of
— Poytt is the name of one o f the Par
fV
Polk county covers an area of about, 1,200 contains as tine grain, gras- and grazing purposes,
On
the
low
hills
is
much
un me
urns
it, and it is predicted that it will be isian daily papers. Don't Pay is the
square miles. Number of voters, 1,227. Acres lands, as are to be found in the State.
valuable oak timber; and far up in the fully five to one.
name o f a great many in this country.
<>f land under cultivation, i*3 270. Value of
Lying
immediately
east
o
f
tin*
Coast
mountains
there
is
fine
cedar,
yew,
and
assessable property, $}.234,j2'J.
The Land
— At) Omaha special says General
— A tornado swept over a portion of
There are not many lumber
Olfiee for tlii' Distri-t is lis ated ut Oregon !! mge. and io the heart of the \\ ¡Ham- imuilock.
Clay
and Lafayette counties Missouri,
Auger
has
received
dispatches
from
City— Owen Wade, Register ; Henry Warren, etto \ dley, l>cr fertile soil and beau’ i- j j|);, n,|||s and workshops for converting
Gen. (birr, with the expedition ou tin- last week, doing immense damage —
Receiver.
fill rolling prairies, her numerous vailoxs t|,js ti in ber into lumber and machinery,
Kepublicau river, to the 11th inst. A Dwellings and business houses were de
f'otn in ttmioH*
Cot * tv O ekiceks .
F., r
-urrounded by hills covered by a luxn
tj1(.re arc. ,„;,ny excellent and vaUi
Diee, K. T j U iu : Jn dae% J. L. Culling;
large village of Cheyennes was taken molished, and unroofed, etc. The corn
J. W. Smith : ( ’terl, J. I Thomp- >n : .I«
i nit and nutritious growth of bunch able sitesfor erecting mills and machine
by
surprise and fifty warriors, comwau and wheat fields, orchards and fences
II. Davis; T rfin rer, R. M. .May: School Su orass aud wild clover, known only to
shops
not
vet
improved,
and
some
en-
ded by Tall Bull, were taken. Seven throughout the eouniry were seriou-ly
perintendent J. If. M jcr: Surveyor,S. T. Burch:
particu ir localities in Oregon aud Cal- , I j tireiy unclaimed. The water is pure,
Coroner, C. D. Embreo.
teen women and children were captured, damaged. Houses were torn to pieces.
iiornia, with various kinds of U!iCfui j a„(j nearly everywhereahuudaut. Some l
T e r m s o k C o k r t . — C i r c u i t Court. R . R . Ib i>c
among them Tall Bull’s wife and d *ugh- In Clay county the storm was terrible.
Judge, convvuos in Dallas on tbeith Monday in i i in her more than suffieient to supply ptnuers ji:tVC
water stock from wells, 1
ter. The warriors held two white wo The wheat, corn and the fruit trees and
April and .Id Monday in November. Count a t c* de:i and for all agricultural, mechun- !
hut
most
o
f
them
have
springs
or
men. captured ou the Saline river, us I forest trees and fences went down be
Court convenes on tbe 1st Monday in cuoh
iual and m inufaeturiug purposes, with streams.
month.
prisoners. They murdered one, name fore it. The country on its liuc of
For milling and mechanical purposes, unknown, and attempted to murder an- march is io ruins.
N o t a r i e s P ru n e .— T. Pearce, Eola : W. W. a genial climate, pure water and pro-
Boone. Independence: J. 1.. Collins, Dallas; ductivt soil. Polk county hold- ou’ Ti- the water privileges o f this county are
iitlicr by the name o f Maria Weigel.
II. N. George, Buena Vi»tu.
— A newly married couple went to bed
due« tin tits to industry and enterprise valuable and extensive,
1 here is hut 8 he will probably recover. The lodi
P ost O kku k T ow ns .— Iletbel. Bridgeport, which tend to make a community pros
in a house o > Third street, in St.Joseph,
little liability to d image from overflow. ans were so completely surprised that
Bucua Vista, Dallas (county seat). Eo!a,(>raud
on tlie night of- the 9th iust.. aud awoke
perous.
wealthy
aud
permanent]
v
tdess
A few hums along the Willamette river they were unable to carry off a single
Rondo, Independence, Lcukiitmute, Lincoln.
in the morning to fiud every stitch of
The face o f the country in this are liable to inundation, and there i-
Lewisville, Monmouth, Rieiireal, Suit Creek ed.
package.
They
left
most
o
f
their
sad
and Zeua.
their clothing gone, together with four
county is diversified and hilly, inter- hut a small portion of the land in this
dles and provisions. Carr captured 150 dollars in money, the sum total of the
U. 8. M ail leaves Dallas forSaleiuon Mon -per.-ed with numerous small pr dries,
county that is inundated every year horses and mules, 8 lodges, 80 rifles
day, Wednesday and Friday at 7 a. in . return
bride groom’s cash. The happy couple
iug same davs at ti p. m.: for Independence, or what might be more properly called F resh ets never occur in the spring or mil pistols, aud a number of camp
are
in trouble now.
valleys
of
an
alluvial
deposit
uud
uuu
• each Tuesday luoruing at <>; f r Salt Creek,
summer in this county.
equipages.
• each Tuesday at I p m : for Lafayette, M >n- sual fertility.
— There is a great flood now in the
The Willamette river flows along the
dav and Thursday at 3 p. m . returning Wod-
—
The
cotton
crop,
from
all
accounts,
A
’
hough
there
is
not
that
vast
ex
Mi-sissippi river. Several houses have
entire eastern border o f the county,
nesay mid Saturday at 10 a. m.: for Corvallis,
wi 1 reach or closely approach three been carried off.
• Wednesday and Saturday at to a. rn , returning tent of broad prairie it. this county that from south to north.
The Yamhill,
Monday and Thursday at 3 p. m.
gives so striking a feature to many of the Kickreal, and Luckiutnute flow million bales.
— Owing to the prevalence o f cholera
the great grain growing districts o f the through the county from west to east.
— A new weekly paper, to be called and yeilow fever, hostilities are at an
P R O F E S S IO N A L CA lì US.
wist, stid the farmer from Indiana, Illi These streams, with their numerous the Anti Prohibitionist, is about to he end, for the present, in Cuba.
nois, Iowa and Wi-oonsin would look tributaries o f fresh water from the established iu Bostou by the liquor
— Baron Rothehild’s estate has been
» . I). J C F F H I E S , M . I».,
with astoni-liment and delight at the : p oaj,t R allge mountains, on the west. tr..dc.
settled, aud amounts to «349,990,900
&
Physician and Surgeon, beautMul fields of wheat, yielding from 8np(,jy every part of the county with
--Governor Reed, of Florida, has it) gold.
tw. nty to forty, and in m my instauces
Watoraod plenty of i t ; and where i-siied his proclamation ordering an
llo la , O regon .
— A young lady in New Orleans im
as high as sixty bushels to the acre, tree i
¡s ,,ot ou top uf the ground, it may election on the 2d day o f November,
Special attention given to Obi tetri eg »ml from all those imperfections and diseases jJC ,*ol ^ur a
feet below its surface, to take the senseof the people o f West agines herself a great statesman, and
D is ci* »«* * nl Women.
ltf
that, for the past few years, hard prov. | 'pj)e temperature of this county is Florida on the question o f annexing annoys her family greatly by dressing
in male garments and making harangues
J . E . D A V ID S O N , > 1 .1 ).,
ed so injurious to that department of n)||j
Fahrenheit’s thermometer, we that portion to the State to Alabama.
from the front balcony whenever she
in the older States, at d fur- , jM,|jeve never falls below zero, nor rises
— It is proposed by the Cabinet to can elude their watch over her.
Physician and Surgeon, industry
wished an article of flour which c m he 1U()re tjnn „ ¡ nc,y degrees in the inh ib
solve the Cuban question, by the Cu
In d e p e n d e n ce , O gu .
j produced only from the wheat of Ore
— The St. Louis Democrat o f June
ited parts of the county, and it is very bans purchasing Cuba, and the United
gon.
30th
says that 810,999 have been offer
S R. JE SSU P , M. I)„
rare that either o f these extremes are States endorsing tho bonds for tho pur
The industrious, thrifty husbandman,
ed as a reward for the head o f Sam
chase money.
P h y s i c i a n a n d S u r g e o n , from the frosty c imate, bleak hills and reached.
Hildebrand, the boldest desperado of
The general health o f the county is
Dalla», Oregon.
—
Rumors
are
rife
of
the
annexation
sterile soil of happy New England, <r(,
modern times, who is said to have mur
There is some little billions fever
of Sau Domingo to the United States. dered some eighty persons.
although
at
first
almost
shuddering
with
OFFICE— At reiidcnce, on Jefferson street
and ague at times aloug the Widauiette
• opposite Academy Block.
1
horror at the supposed improvidence of river.
— It is reported that President Grunt
— llou. Alexander II. Stephens is
the farmers o f Oregon,it* allowiug finer
is
about
to issue a proclamation of neu reported to have entirely recovered.
As to professional men, we have too
n O A H VTI &
heads of grain than ever before greeted many of them now. To tradesmen, trality as to Spain and Cuba.
— Thomas D. Carr, who was last
the
New Englander’s view to he hur mechanics and men of all kinds oi in
--T h e Terre Haute (Ind.) Journal week found gniltv o f murdering a girl
A t t o r n e y s & Counsellors- a t-L a w ,
vested by the hogs, would rub his hands ([lWria| pursuits, we say, come and see. sa^s there is talk o f new wheat engage
who refused to marry him, at Harveys
SALEM , OREGON.
with delight at the thought o f the im- ,ilere are g()0d openings for all. The ments at 75 cents per bushel.
burg,
in Clermont county, Ohio, has
OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
1
mense fortune that could he realized tueilitica for immigrants and new set-
— Over one thousand Chinamen are been sentenced to be hung on the 20th
from the wool, beef, pork, butter and ,|eri, t0 0btaiu grain and seeds of all
now employed as laborers, building a o f August.
€ . G . I T R I j ,
cheese, at so many cents and a-sixtuenth ki|l(1„ f<irillin,r implements, mechanics’
railroad from Memphis, Teuuessee, to
— National Bank stock, according to
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law. per pound, that could be so easily pro- t(,0|s> ppovVsi6n«, clothing and groceries,
Selma, Alabama.
a
recent
unanatnous opinion o f the Su
duced from these green hills and fertile are
asin most o f the old States,
SALEM , OREGON,
—
It
is
reported
in
New
York
that
preme Court of Iowa, can he taxed,
Will practice in all tbe Court« of Record and valleys of Oregon, capable o f eulnva- MercilaIltg iim] traders, at convenient
Col.
Ryan
and
u
large
body
of
men
under a law of the State to that effect.
Inferior Courts of this State.
tion for many a montl^ while his own
jut8 al, over the State, keep all these,
eluded
the
authorities,
aud
are
now
ou
OFFICE—In Watkinds A Co’s Brick, up native land is covered with frost and arlic|es lur sa|e> at reasonable prices
— It is said that the bodies of the
stairs.
1
their way to Cuba to assist the Cubans soldiers killed in the memorable Fort
8now-
„
, The principal market for the produce of
The
immigrant
from
the
sunny
South,
| tl,H CoUMt ig p orl|and.
— The Cholera has made its appear- Kearny massacre have been found to
■ l.itritu A
liv e r ,
an
e in Hoboken, Jersey City anil New be petrified
although not at first particularly struck
Wc traDsiport hy t|ie Willamette riv-
The victims o f that affair
A T T O R N E Y S - A T - L A W , with the fertility of the soil, as he he 1 cr an(j b wa,roUd a distance of from York.
numbered eighty-one, aud were buried
holds
. , , - the
l .
i luxuriant
- - - - - i ttnt field* o f grain, j fifty to wi hty" niiles
\ye have lour
*
D a lla s, O reg on .
— The Internal Revenue Comm is- iti hexes, each box containing eight
grass,
fruit
and
veg'
getahles,
blending
so
;
d
fluUri
,
lllills
an(j
nine
saw
mills
si ner has decided that second hand bodies.
OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
1
manifestly the productiveness o f the iu this cnuiity, with a woolen factory articles purchased, repaired aud sold by
— A young lady o f Jefferson, Ohio,
South with the healthy, invigorating at Eilcnd ilc.
S U L L I V A N & WHITSON,
tit** manufacturers must pay the same mistook a bottle of violet ink for per
climate of the North; would, in our fer
The miueral resources o f this county ta: us the new.
fumery, in the darkness the other cve-
A t f t f f M f l fc Counsellors-at-Law, tile valleys, smiling in almost perpetual
are still undeveloped. Gold, silver,
— A letter just received from Chief n*Dro an(^ Put some upon her handk* r
D a lla s , O re g o n ,
green beneath the shadow of mountains copper, iron, and lead have been dis
Jt stice Chase gives flattering accounts chief, which she used to wipe her face,
W dl practice in all tbe Court.« of the State. 1 covered with snow, find a land where covered in small quantities in thiscoun-
of the improved condition of South and, hastening to church immediately
the northern lily blooms in its purity in ty, but nothing of the kind that would
Carolina. He s»ys the people are fust after, she created an immense sensation.
J , L. C O L L I*»,
the generous shadow of the southern pay. We have some fine saline springs
reioperating from the effects o f the
— Fresh butter sells at Soguin, Texas,
A t t o r n e y atfd C o u n s e llo r-a t-L a w , rose.
which would be very valuable if prop war, and, if permitted, would soon be
for ten cents a pound, and eggs at five
Folk county, with an area of 800,000 erly improved and managed, but as yet
D allas O reg on .
thiivingand prosperous.
cents a dozen.
acres, has about. 95.000 under cultiva nothing of consequence has been done
— A grand daughter o f Daniel Web-
Special attention fivon to Collections and to tion, and an assessable property o f 81,-
— A storm in Iowa carried lour thou
in the manufacture of salt.
matters pertaining to Real Estate.________ *
ettr
was
married
at
Westfield
last
w
?eek.
sand feet.of lumber a distance o f about,
234 529, being an increase o f 8201,350
There is some vacant Government
J
A
S
.
U.
T
l
'
UNi.it.
— Georgia is harvesting its wheat—- three miles, tearing the boards to bits
within the last two years. Although ).m(j in tl)H coun,yt t,ut very little of
LTCIIMM via 8 TAHl>
as they flew through the air.
this county has numerous good ware- vajue f or agricultural purposes. Some oDi o f the finest crops for years.
tinHjar<ATur»fr,
houses and landings for river steamers o f ¡t js valuable lor stock raising, hut
— The general government has just
— A soi o f the late General Albert
A TT O R A EliS - A T - L A W , j along the Willamette river the entire thft most 0p ¡t ¡s C0Vered with heavy Silney
Johuson is a pupil at Gen. Lee’s allowed a war claim of tho State of
D a lla * . O r e g o n .
| length of its eastern boundary, still jjmber, and only fit for lumbering ; gen Ci liege.
Iowa, amounting to 8229,827.
OFFICE— On Main »trect, one door north of Folk is decidedly agricultural, and may crajiy ilal)(iy t0
water privileges
— 1 he ceremony of opening the Suez
— Hon. John C. Brcckenridge is to
the Dalla« HotÜ.
_____ _
be set down as one o f the substantial por p()Wer |lU1p0ses.
canal
wifi occur November 17th.
be the orator iu the forthcoming Boone
J A S . MCCAIN.
J . A. A KM-Eli ATE.
farming counties of the State.
qq,e advantages for schooling and
I
Centennial.
— So many ¿senators have gone to
While this county has not one eighth meetings of religious worship in this
A p p l e g a t e A .U c C a in .
— Judge Parrott, o f Georgia,who was Europe that it is proposed to hold a
of its area under cultivation, it is com** C0Ullty are ,,ooc[.r Districts for common
A T T O R N E Y S - A T - L A W , puted that nine-tenths are susceptible . Bokuois aro QrgaQized in every ueighbor- veieutly killed i»y the newspapers and session there this Summer, and discuss
“ t . K. K . / ' is out in a card denying it. the Alabama question.
o f settlement, and at least four-fifths
TilE POLK
TIMES
D a lla s , P o lk C ou n ty , O g u ,
I
ASPIRATIONS.
— A young lady o f Logan county*
Ky., advertises for ‘ scaled proposals fur
her hand and heart."
— The
there are
that city,
grains of
St. Louis Time» says that
about 3,000 opium eaters in
and that they consume 13,320
morphine daily.
— The whole world on the first o f
last January had 109,177 miles o f rail
way in operation— and a few yenrsr
hounded hy.existing lives, comprise tho
history o f this extraordinary develop
ment o f the means of inter-communi
cation.
The apportionment of com
pleted railroads is greatly in favor of
the United States, and illustrates the
readiness of our people to seize ami
use, in their utmost extent, all the
means of national progress.
— Nearly 1.000 men are employed’
on the St. Paul and Pacific Railway,
some of whom have been at work on
Union Pacific road. Cars are already
running sixty miles west of St. Paul,,
and the ties are out for ninety miles-
lurther. The track is going down at
the rate o f half a mile a day. It is
expected that 169 mile» o f the road
will be completed before tho snow flies.
— A diamond ring which has beeiw
lost since the fall o f 1823, was fouud
in a well at Oswego a few days ago.
The well was being cleaned, a process
which it had undergone several times
since the loss o f the ring. Forty-six
years this jewel lay at the bottom o f
the well, and it came out as brigfjt and
pure as the day it sunk
The grand
daughter o f the lady who lost the ring
is now its owner aud wearer.
— The statistical Record o f the Gov
ernment Bureau, says the New York
Times, .-hows that in thirteen years*
ending with 1868, over 2 , 500,000 E u
ropeans emigrated to this country, the
greater number coming from the Brit
ish Isles— as is still the case. Great-
us is tho German influx, it is surpassed
by that o f the English speaking popu
lation. which in this year, up to the
present month, amounts to over 54,000
heads, while the German only reaches
47,009
With respect to those set
down as coming from England— over
90,090 this year— it is beyond a doubt
that great numbers o f them arcvlrish.
who came away from the port o f Liv
erpool. The persistence o f the Irish
exodus is a very remarkable thing, eon-
sidering that it proceeds from a popu
lation not much larger than that o£
New York State.
— A painful catastrophe has occurred
in New York.
A beautiful damsel,
with all the charms o f maidenhood, un
fortunately had black hair.
Female
vanity and Niblo’s Th<*atn; taught her
that blonde would
more attractive*
so she rushed to the dve pot. The ar~
tist was engaged for 8100. half in ad
vance. One sidt o f the turbulent dark
hair smoothed into golden ripples, when
the hair dresser, to increase his profit,
resorted to inferior drugs
The effrefc
was disastrous. Purple, and streaked,
and gray and burned, and. indeed, ut
terly ruinous was the last hulf o f the
professor’s work. There remained for
the broken-hearted semi blonde oidy
the poor consolation o f suing for dam
ages.
B ay A newspaper is not the wisdom
o f i»ne man or o f two men : it is tbe
wisdom o f the age, and past ages too.
A family without a newspaper is always
behind the times in general information;
besides they can never think nor find
much to talk about. And then there
are the little ones growinir up without
any taste for reading. Who then.would
be without a newspaper— and who
would read one particularly without
paying for it ?
I tch P reventive — Lewis Muller,
Three Rivers, Mich., says a teaspoonlul
o f sulphur inclosed io a cotton bag and
suspended by a strioc from the neck of
a person so that it may hang at tbe pit
o f the stomach, will prevent taking the
itch, if the person wearing it i* with
scores afflicted with it daily. He hap
tried it lor thirty years.
A P a t r i a r c h — There is a m«n in
Ohio who is one hundred and aix years
old. whose eldest child is eighty years
old, who-e youngest is six months old
and still mewling io its nurse*« arms !
The man who becomes a father st t h e
age of one hundred and six years, is a
Patriarch of the Pptriarchs.
BrsnrKRS M en . worn by core and sedentary
habit«, often sttflVr ^fom eon«tipatt(*n o f tho
bowel«, until the evil cnn?equencc* of aueh a
condition nre realiz-d in extreme debility, tier-
vouKou^s nod prostration of the vital eneraiea
of the «jstem ; and it may be «afely »««cried
that a authority o f tbe female «ex i m l i ’ tlt bet
tor than invalid«, from tho ««me CM«e ; hqt by
cimplv usinz Dr. Walker’s 1 m s t a h i V ise -
o a r B i tters , this natural apeiient and tonic
brings back the vigor aud buoyancy of health.
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