Jefferson County, Iowa The Fairfield Weekly Ledger

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Fairfield, Iowa "WEEKLY LEDGER"
Jefferson County
Transcribed by Joey Stark

  Jefferson County at the State Fair.--Our County was pretty well represented at the Iowa State Fair and received a liberal share of the premiums.
  R. M. MOYER exhibited 137 plates of apples, there being 78 varieties.
  A. & J. W. FULTON exhibited 687 varieties of field and garden seeds, potatoes, &c., the potatoes alone including 155 varieties.
  Among those of our citizens who received premiums we find the following:
  J. W. FULTON, best display of grains and seeds.
  J. W. FULTON, best ½ bushel fall wheat.
        same           2nd best timothy seed.
        same           best clover seed.
        same           2nd best   do.
        same           2d best blue grass.
        same           2nd best bushel castor beans.
  Alex. FULTON, best and most useful display of field and garden seeds raised by exhibitor.
  Alex. FULTON, best ½ bushel buckwheat.
  J. W. FULTON, 2d best flax seed.
  J. W. PANCOAST, best 12 ears yellow seed corn.
  J. M. SHAFFER, best geological specimens.
          same           best collection of stuffed birds.
  A. T. WILLIAMS, best trio barn yard fowls.
        same         best pair black Cochins.
        same          do    do   grey Dorkings
        same          do    do   Dominique.
        same          do    white Leghorns.
        same          do    golden Hamburg.
        same          do    silver Hamburg.
        same          do    black Polands.
        same                 silver Pheasants.
        same          do    pigeons.
  Alex. FULTON, 2d best ½ bushel parsneps.
        same     2d best ½        do      carrots.
  Mrs. Ann SHAFFER, best Lima beans.
  J. W. FULTON, 2d best    do      do
  Alex. FULTON, best radishes.
  R. M. MOYER, 2d best assortment of apples.
         same        best fall cooking apples.
         same        best winter eating apples.
  Mrs. G. D. TEMPLE, best blackberry wine.
  Mrs. James THOMPSON, best cherry cider.
  Mrs. J. R. SHAFFER, best vase cut flowers.
         same      best California flannel.
  Mrs. Mary McCRACKEN, best California blankets.
  Mrs. J. M. SHAFFER, best pound cake.
  Mrs. James SLAGLE, best sponge cake.
  The Fair was the greatest success of any yet held. The attendance was larger and the classes fuller than ever before. The receipts of the Fair were about $20,000.

MARRIAGES.
GLASGOW--ARMSTRONG.--Sept. 14th, 1871, at the residence of the bride, in Des Moines township, Jefferson county, Iowa, by Rev. A. AXLINE, Mr. S. B. GLASGOW, of Washington county, and Mrs. A. M. ARMSTRONG, of this county.

SIPPLE--LEISURE.--Sept. 21, 1871, at the Court House, in Fairfield, by Thos, D. EVANS, J. P., Mr. Charles P. SIPPLE and Miss Sarah J. LEISURE.

  Penn Township.--The Republicans of Penn township have nominated the following ticket :
  Justice of the Peace.--Phillip MILLER.
  Clerk.--Elihu STANTON.
  Trustees.--Thomas CHARLES, John GOODWIN, U. R. HARVEY.
  Assessor.--Willis S. SPERRY.
  Constables.--

  Polk Township.--Our Republican friends have nominated the following township ticket :
  Justice of the Peace,--Zephenia HALFERTY.
  Trustees.--Parker B. GRAFTON, Swain HAND, John D. FLINT.
  Clerk.--H. W. JAQUES.
  Assessor.--Amos S. RANDALL.
  Constables.--D. L. COWGER, W. D. INGALLS.

SHERIFF'S SALE.
  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue of a Special Execution to me directed, issued out of the Circuit Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Jefferson County, upon a judgement rendered in said Court in favor of William CURRY against John A. McCOY. I have levied upon the following described real estate, as the property of the said John A. McCOY, to-wit : The south-east qr. of Section thirty (30), and the west half the south west qr. of Section twenty-four (24), all in Township No. seventy-one (71), north of Range nine, (9), west. And that on
  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21st, A. D. 1871,
at one o'clock P.M. of said day, at the front door of the Court House, in the city of Fairfield, Iowa, I will proceed to sell said property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said Execution, amounting to $2270 50 100ths dollars debt, and $6.60-100ths dollars costs, together with accruing costs, at Public Auction, to the highest and best bidder for cash.     J. S. GANTZ,
  n39t3      Sheriff of Jefferson County, Iowa.

Improved Cane Mill
[Pen and ink drawing of the cane mill.]
Patented Oc. 26, 1869.
[Ed. note - Drawing and two lines of text above are rotated 90° to the left.]
ALL persons are hereby warned against purchasing Cane Mills that are an
INFRINGEMENT
of my patent, of which the above is a true engraving, from any person or persons except myself or my authorized agents. I give
F A I R   W A R N I N G ,
that parties manufacturing without authority from me, or purchasing from others than myself or authorized agents, will be prosecuted as the law provides.       A. DEMARCE.
Fairfield, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1871.

  I take this opportunity of informing everybody that I am manufacturing
  THE BEST CANE MILLS
in the market, at prices ranging from $50 to $60. These machines are capable of crushing juice sufficient to make from 60 to 75 gallons of molasses each day. The size of rollers is 10 and 18 inches in diameter, and are warranted for twelve months. This season I have manufactured 200 mills, and they have given better satisfaction than any other ever presented to the public. They are
  Cheap and Durable,
and are just what is needed to make molasses rapidly and economically.
  These mills can be seen at any time at the Agricultural Warehouse of ELLIOTT & THOMPSON, near the B. & M. R. Depot, ELLIOTT & THOMPSON are the general agents for these Cane Mills.      A. DEMARCE.

The Presbyterian Church in Iowa.
  Rev. S. M. OSMOND furnishes the Iowa City Press the following interesting statistics of the Presbyterian Church :
  "The Presbyterian Church in Iowa. for the year ending May 1871, reports as follows : Two synods, eight presbyteries, 306 churches, 226 ministers, 9 licentiates, 35 candidates for the ministry, 1043 members added by profession, and 1386 by certificate. Total membership, 139,95. Children in sabbath School, 15,423. Contributions for benevolent objects of the church, $13,433; for congregational and other purposes, $I46,831. Total contributions, $160,264. Average per member, $10.72.
  "The average of all the moneys raised by the whole Presbyterian body in the country, is much larger than this, amounting to $19.97 for each communicant.
  "The latest statistics of the denominations enumerated below, show the following ratio in their benevolent contributions :
  "Baptists average 36 cents a communicant; the Methodists, 74 cents; the Episcopalians, $1.37; the Presbyterians, $3.17."

FAIRFIELD MEAT MARKET.
Washington Street, 5 doors North of
                the Square.
    STEADMAN & SMOCK
Have opened a Meat Market at the above
place, and intent to keep at all times the best
Beef, Veal, Mutton and Pork
that can be procured. They intend doing a
fair, square business, and sell their Meat at
the lowest possible prices.
Poultry and Game
in their season.
  Give them a call and be satisfied that they
sell only good Meat at low prices.
  Fairfield, Sept. 13, 1871.

Proposals for Coal.
1500 Bushels of Coal Wanted !
  By the Independent School District of Fairfield, for which sealed proposals will be received at the Secretary's office, until October 10th, 1871. Said Coal to be weighed on the City Scales.    Wm. SHAFFER,
  Fairfield, Sept. 27, 1871.        Secretary.

Grain & Potatoes
  FARMERS WILL RECEIVE THE
  HIGHEST PRICES
                    FOR
Grain, Potatos, Hides, Pelts, &c
  BY         NICHOLS & BRADFORD,
Near Southwestern R. R. Depot,
6m39       Fairfield, Iowa.

  Temperance Meeting.--We are requested to announce that there will be a meeting of the friends of temperance, at the Court House, on next Monday evening, for the purpose of taking steps to stop the sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst. All friends of the cause are invited to attend.

BIRT.--On Friday, Sept. 21, 1871, of Lung disease, two miles west of Fairfield, Leonard Mansfield BIRT, son of John and Jemima BIRT, aged 15 years and 6 months.
  Sleep, gentle boy, thy work is done.
  Until the resurrection morn.

Birds, Animals and Reptiles.--The Cedar Rapids Times, has this to say of Dr. SHAFFER's specimens as the State Fair:
  Prominent, also, is Dr. SHAFFER's collection of birds, mamalia, reptiles and insects of Iowa.
  Here we find ten large cases of insects, embracing a large representation of the insects of our own State, all finely prepared, beautifully arranged and in excellent condition. This, we believe, is the finest and largest collection of insects in the State, and one which does great credit to this enthusiastic etymologist.
  The Doctor has also on exhibition thirty-seven bottles of reptiles, the names and classification of which we did not note, as they looked so viciously natural that we did not care to make our examination very minute. The Doctor's collection of birds and animals is also very fine, the former embracing specimens of a majority of the feathered tribes of Iowa, and the latter a large number of the mamalia, from the beautiful coach dog, so natural that you instinctly listen to hear him growl, to the tiny mouse, so life-like that you wonder your presence does not startle him.-- Here we find, also, various fertilizers, phospates, guanos,&c.--also rare seeds, and various specimens of Southern products, chief among which are samples of cotton in various stages of development. We also note here, a collection of relics of the rebellion, comprised of the noted and awkward Confederate bowie-knife, numerous samples of Confederate currency, pistols, guns, &c. ; and the last, but not least, we shall note in this connection a genuine Indian scalp, the long beautiful hair on which is so much envied and admired by the ladies. Taken as a whole, Dr. SHAFFER's cabinet is a very interesting feature of the exhibition, and one which elicits much praise and admiration.

      CHURCH DIRECTORY.
  Protestant Episcopal.--Rev. W. Y. JOHNSON, Rector. Services at 11 A.M. and 4 P.M. Sunday School 3 P.M.
  Lutheran.--Rev. A. AXLINE, Pastor.--Services at 11 A.M. and 7½ P.M. Sabbath School at 9½ A.M. A. AXLINE, Supt. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 7½ P.M.
  Baptist.--Rev. C. B. EGAN, Pastor. Servies at 11 A.M. and 7½ P.M. Sabbath School at 2½ P.M. J. EDMISTON, Supt. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7½ P.M.
  Presbyterian.--Rev. Carson REED, Pastor. Services at 11 A.M., and 7 P.M.--Sabbath School at 9½ A.M. B. GILTNER, Supt. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7.
  Congregational.--Rev. Thomas MERRILL. Pastor. Services at 11 A.M. and 7½ P.M. Sabbath School at 9½ A.M. N. S. AVERILL, Supt. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, 7½
  Methodist Episcopal, (Church Street,) Rev. E. H. CODDINGTON, Pastor. Services at 11 A.M., and 7½ P.M. Sabbath School at 9 A.M. B. F. IVES, Supt. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7½ P.M.
  Free Methodist.--Rev. B. DOUGHTY, Pastor. Services every Sunday at 3 P.M., at the Court-House. Prayer Meeting, Wednesday, at 7½ P.M.
  Harmony M. E.--Rev. C. G. MILNES, Pastor and Supt Sabath School. Services a- 11 A.M. and 7½ P.M. Sabbath School at 9 A.M. Prayer Meeting, Thursday, at 7½ P.M.

  Thrown from a horse.--We regret to learn that Mr. Anson WEST was thrown from a horse on Monday afternoon and considerably injured about the loins. The colt got frightened at the cars.

  Absorbent Powers of Mellow Soil.
  Experiments have shown that a mellow, loamy soil is capable of absorbing in twelve hours, when exposed to a moist atmosphere, an equal amount or water equal to two per cent. of its weight. If any argument were needed to keep the soil mellow, here is a most powerful one to convince us. For this property possessed by a mellow soil is one that in a dry season is able to give it the power of maturing a crop, when a hardened surface would be unable to do so. A surface that is impenetrable to the atmosphere, of course, could not absorb any of the moisture with which the atmosphere is charged. But when rendered free from lumps by repeated plowings and harrowings, each change of temperature causes a circulation of air throughout the mass of soil, which is free then to absorb all the moisture coming in contact with it until it is saturated. So, then, the more the soil is mellowed by cultivation, the less it is injuriously affected by drouth (sic), and the better it is enabled to mature a fair crop in spite of the absence of rain.--Hearth and Home