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Civil Action.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Mon

In the Court Of Common Pleas of Mon.
roe County, Ohio,
WILLIAM EcKELBuRY, ps John Long, Dar-
ing Long. Thomas Neal, John Stiles. James
Dye, Samuel Thompson, Joshua P. Watson,
Abraham 'Eckelbury, Charles White, Joseph
Dye and Jonathan Harris.
Al OTIGE is hereby given. that on the 7tfSday
II of January. A. D. 1854. the said plaintiff
filed in said court his petition, the objact and
prayer of which is to enoin the collection OF three
notes for one hundred dollars each, given by Will
liam and Abraham Eckelbufy 10 John Long. and
to compelsaid John Long to convey to said VIM.
Eckelbury, by deed. the following tracts OF land
in said county, TO wit: The northwest quarter of
the southwest quarter Of sections. township 8,
range 8; also, the south. quarter of the north
west quarter OF the same section, township and
range. except fifteen acres sold to VIM, Ullom,
and also to compel defendants, John Stiles, Jos
Dye and James Dye, to release all the interest
they claim in said premises, aud to quiet the title
and possession of said premises to the plaintiff -
Unless the defendants appear and answer said pc.
ttion, judgment Wilt be taken at the next term OF
said court as by confession. d9
HoLLiSTER, 0KEY & HOLLISTER,
Jan. IL, 1854. q Ati'ys for Plaintiff.
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Administrators Sale.
HDY virtue of an order of ,he Probate cour, OF

EDY virtue of an order of ihe Probate Court OF
AD Monroe county. Ohio, will,
Saturday. The lSth day Of March, 1854,
between 10 O'Clock A. M. and 4 O'Clock P NJ.
offer for sale. on the premises. certain lands and
tenements, OF which Jeremiah Ga,chell, late of
said county. died seized, lying and being in said
county, and de scribed and appraised as follows.
to wit: Lots humber 43 and 81, in the town Of
Graysvile, appr aised at $50; lot number AZ. in
said town. appraised at $l5i lot number Al: in said
.own, appraised at s35; fractional lot number So.
in said town, appraised at So; lot humber 50. in
said town, appraised a, So; lot number 80, in said
town, appraised at IS; lot number 81. in said
town. appraised at So; lot number so. in said
town, appraised at $40; also three acres of land,
near said town, and adj cent to landslately owned
by Reuben Powell and by lands OF George Hook
ingberry. appraised at ssll5. Said lot number 43
is inrumbeIed by the dover estate of Deborah
GatchcTL TERMS OF SALE: One third cash in
hand, one third in three months. and the residue
in six months. with interest from the day of sale.
to be secured to the satisfaction of the undersign.
ed. No sale fur less than two-thirds of the ap
praisement. NATHAN GATCHELL,
Administrator OF Jeremiah Gatchell, decd. Z
Feb. Is, 1854. %hsa'a f
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Tobacco! Tobaccoi!

VKTE would most respectfully calls the atteo>
" ton of Merchants and Giocefs to onr servss
large and general stock If Tobacco. Cigsrs. Saul.
etc.. and such other articles as iegitimatsly be4
long to rs W aEo Fa.sis8z SD
Wholesale Tobacco House. So.
Our stock consists Of over
i ONE.THOUSAND BOXES ESaOFsTOBAEC0st I
embracing fifteen different brands Of bb aud g.;
pound Jumps from l6 to As cents. including r.
Graveiy. B. F. Gravely, Hollands. fhs r, Bee
hive, Thornton, Thomas. Johns, etc. etc.. AIse 1
supply of cattee boxes of Huntevs.I Jcsess and
Hudscn's, Spottsman's Thorrs, Ewpie and osAess
Also The Old Diadem or Virginia Twist. Mnry
Bell, Cherry Ripe. the California Gold Bar, &c.
/ We are exclusively engaged in the tobacco
trade, having three extensive houses in Yissinia.
and this being the only regular Tobacco eslsbiish-
ment west Of the Atantic cities. we feel 6deat
that we can offer such inddcenleutss = sn0s SGS9<
house Can better, and but few. il any. esn eoaal.
either east or west. We therefore Ask he fStfsv
chants of Ohio, Pennsyv vaaa AID yseisiA lDIkiNs
us call. gss
we also keep constantly on hand hsxsy ssi.ss6
general stock ofsuperior impcrtsd 'Cieuss ! Alsos
American. Spanish, Halt Spanish. and Commoo
Cigars. Scotch Snuff in bladders. slso In qusstsr
pound packs { Mafches,a Pipes of yariows khsds =
Pipe-stems, and Tobacco Knives. Don't fnN -.
CALI 49, 8 s LOGAN, CARR ~ M ?
F de28 .eiS 81 Main street, W heeiinf. 'Yesais
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Newspapers.

A child beginning tosread becomes de-
lighted with the newspaper. because he
reads Of names and things which are very
familiar, and he will make progress accord.
ingly. newspaper. in one year. (says
Rev. Mr.. Weeks,) is worth quarter S
schooling TO child, and every father must
consider that substantial information is
connected with this advancement. The
mother Of a family, being one of its heads
and having a more immediate charge Of
children, she should herself be instructed.
A mind occupied becomes fortified against
the ills of life, and is braced for any en-
ergency. Children amused by reading or
study, are Of course easily governed. How
many .though,less young men have spent
their earnings in atavern or grog-shop.
who ought to have been reading? How
many parents who never spent twenty dol
lars for books, for their families, would
gladly have given thousands TO reclaim a
son or daughter who had ignorantly OF
fallen into temptation?
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Immortality of Man.

Why is it that the rainbow and cloud
come over US with beauty that is not OF
earth. and pass away and leave US 10 muse
on their faded loveliness! Why is it that
the stars, which hold their festival around
their midnight throne, are set above the
grasp-of our limited faculties, forever mock.
ing as with inapproachable glory? And
why is it that bright human forms are pre-
sented to our view and taken from US, leay.
ing the thousand streams Of affection to
flow back in Alpine. torrents upon our
heartl We are born for a higher destiny
than that Of earth. There is realm
where the rainbow never fades. where the
stars will set out before US like the islands
that slumber on the ocean. and where the
being that now passes before US like the
meteor, will stay in our presence forever
PRENTICE
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rHE STATE on OHIO, MONROE COUNTY.

y n = ~ + Oc OulOs NOlNAOE COONl1,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ~
Peter Foble, plaintiff, against William b. Ham.
iton, Harrison Foreman, Abraham Stull, and
William Hamilton, defendants.
THE said defendant. Abraham Stull, will take
i notice that on the Goth day of February, 1854,
Peter Fobte. plaintiff filed his petition, in said
court, setting forth that at the April term of said
court, 1913, William Hamilton, then minor, by
Joseph M. Mason, his next friend aud Attorney
prosecuted and recovered Judgment against said
plaintiff, for l45 dollars, and costs of suit, in an
action then pending against him, that the plaintiff,
on the first of November, 1850, made and deiiv-
cred to said Mason, as next friend and Attorney
of said Hamilton, two notes of hand made paya-
BILE to him and secured by mortgage real estate,
one for 50 dollars due year from date, the other
for 100 dollars, payable years after date, both on
interest from date; that the first note was paid
January "a, 1850, being then fifty-four dollars;
that the said Mason endorsed said hundred dollar
note before it was due, and without notice for what
1t had been gwen, to one James Mason, for val.
liable consideration, that said James Mason has
brought suit thereon; that plaintiff after said note
was so endorsed, being ignorant thereof, and sup
posing said Joseph M. Mason held the same. or
the lst day Of December 1851, paid to William
Okey, Esq clerk of this court, TO pay of said
note llS dollars and fifty cent?, that being the
amount then due on said note, which lis dollars
was, by said Okey. credited OIL said judgment
that William B. Hamilton, defendant, as the guar
dian of William Hamilton, then a minor, received
said 11S dollars and so cents, on the lst day %
December 1851, and loaned the same to Harrison
Foreman and Abraham Stul, defendants, that thu
plaintiff asks Judgment against said defendants
for the sum of l1S dollars and fifty cents, witt
interest thereon from December l, 1851.
| SINCLAIR COWEN.
March 1. 1854. Au'ys. for Plaintiff.
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Notice in Partition.

A nm CRABB. widow. Benz. Crabb, William
IA Crabb, Caroline Crabb, Charlotte Crabb.
Samuel Crabb,J Wesley Davis, and Ann Davis
his wife, William Stille. and Elizabeth Stil1e, his
wife, VIM. Yost, and Mary Yost his wife. will
take notice that on the Sd day of January. A. d.
mon Pleas of Monroe County in the State of
Ohio, his petition demanding partition of the fol-
lowing tract of land situate in the county afore-
said, to wit: Fractional section No. IL, in town.
ship 8. of range 8, containing POP acres more or
less. being the land formerly belonging to Christ
ian Crabb, senior, now deceased. That at the
next term of said Court the petitioner will ask an
order for the assignment of dewer and partition
according 10 the provisions Of the statute IN such
case made and provided.
HOLLISTER, OKEY & HOLLISTER,
Jan. 4, 1854. Attorneys Tor Petitioner.
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Capital for the Young.

II Il consolation for all right minded
young men iii this country, that though
they may mot be able to command much
isecuniary business themselves, yetthere
q : moral capital which they can have,
Mai will weigh as much as money with
4hoss people whose opinion - worth hav.
ing. Andit does. not take a great while
10 Acoumulates respectable amount. Of
tiiis Genital. II consists in truth, honesty
and Integrity; 10 which may be added
decision a6fmDess, courage and persever-
ance. With these qualities there are few
obstaoles @hich acannot be overcome.
Fried 6pffng up and surround such a
yeuuf 13an, almost as il by magic. Con.
1idence fows out to him, and business
accumulaies on his hands faster than he
can,,ask it. Aad in q few shorts years
such . young man issfar in advance .ol
niarsr, vto started via bin, having equal
talents md large pecuniary means; ere
long our young friend stands foremost
the honered, trusted and loved. Would
sD,a. we could induce every young reader
10 ,compenee life ON the principal thai
moral capital is the thing after all
Token.
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W. w. WALLACE,
French. Burr Mill Stone,
MILL FURNIsHIN e., 81

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54.,yt.lfaf e.if AND y dsi5- 94i g
STEAM ENGINE ESTABLISHMENT,
.se 3l9, 32l, 1923 Liberty Street,
i. ,as., OPPOSITE smiTHFIELD ST.,
arI isl .iaa8 a4 PITTSBURGH, PA. y
Steam Engines for Saw and FIGURING Mills gen.
orally on hand and made to order Boilers tor
Engines made to order on short notice. French
Burr Mill Stones, old and new stock, OF my own
warranted best quality. always on
hand at the lowest prices. Laurel Hill Mill
Stones always on hand. Mill Spindles. Mill
Irons, Mill and Regulating Screws. Picks, Screen
Wire. Corn and Cob Grinders, Cast Iron Provers,
Leather Betting, Wagner's Patent and Common
Bushes, Metal Eye pieces for the Runner, su-
perior article, McConnell's Patert Driver. sim
Pile article for turning the spindle, always on
hand. Also, I.ull's Patent French Burr Smut
Machines, superior article, provided with a
powerful suction fan, and unequalIed for securing
grain; they are used in the large Pearl Mills. Al
legheny City. (Which turn out daily over 700 bbls
-four and in 600 other mills ir the west. They
give general satisfaction, and are warranted TO
clean well. We annex certificate from one ol
the largest mills IN the west, and refer to ouI
handbills for particulars: ara
PITTsBuRGH. June 26, 1852.
w. w. WALLACE, Esq Dear Sir-We have
now in use in our mill two OF your Burr Smu
Machines; they work TO our entire salts action
aud they are durable, not liable to get out Of or
der, and we consider them'the best machines now
in WILMARTH NOZZLE.
All orders promptly attended to.
WV. WALLACE, 3I9 Liberty ST..
dec IA Pittsburgh. Pa
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Butter Making.

Miss Emily says in the Ohio Cultiuator:
| have for several years had the entire
care Of the milk department. in my fathers
family. therefore read with great in.
terest whatever relates to making butter
and cheese, and found much that was
different from what had been in the
habit OF practising. One case OF this
was directions for making butter in winter.
according to the Russian method, by whch,
it was said, butter could be made with as
little churning in winter as in summer.
So set about trying the experiment, and
the result exceeded my expectations.
Before go TO milk put kettle say one
third fulfof water, and large enough to
set the milk pail in it, on the stove where
it will get boiling hot by the time come
in with the milk.
Then strainthe milk into another vessel,
and wash the pail (Which should be tin. J
then pour the milk back into the pail,
and set il into the kettle Of boiling water,
until the milk becomes scalding hot, ia.
king care not to let il boil, then pour il
into crooks or pans, and set it in the eel
lar for the cream to rise in the usual way
Cream procured in this way will seldom
require twenty minutes to churn, while by
The common practice. the poor dairy maid
may often churn for hours, and then per.
haps have to throw all away. as | did on
several occasions before .happenedtto
gain this valuable information. So much
Mr.. Editor, for one instance of the ad
vantage that a young lady may derive
from agricultural reading.
The process given above will answer in
summer as we'll as in winter. M
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Feb. IS, 1854.
Notice in Partition.

SAMUEL THOMAS and Margaret Thomas,
y children of Maria Thomas, daughter of Adam
Mehl, deceased, Ann Hanrahs and James Han
nahs her husband. Adam Mehl. Jr. /, Barbara Han
nahs and John Hannahs her husband, George
Mehl, Valentine Mehl, and Maria Mehl, widow of
Adam Mehl, deceased, will take notice that Pc
tition was filed against them on the 10th day Of
February, 1854. in the court Of Common Pleas of
Monroe county, Ohio, by Andrew Mehi, and is
now pending, wherein the said Andrew Mehl de-
mands partition of the following real estate, to wit:
The south west quarter of the north west quarter
.ot Section Is, Township 6, and Range 6, contan-
ing 4D acres; and also the north part of the north
west quarter of the south west quarter of Section
.l5, Township 6, and Range 6, containing Is acres;
and that at the next term Of the said court appli-
cation will be made by the said Andrew Mehl, for
an order that psrtition may be made OF said prem.
ises, or such other order as the court, according
to the Statute, may make.
WIRE & RICHARDSON,
Feb. Is, 1854 Atty.s for Petitioner.
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Plums,

A heavy soil with considerable mix
ture of clay is most congeniaIto The plum,
although its universal culture shows that
il readily grows in any. sai4s
The bane Of the plum tree is the black
soart; and Of its fruit, the curculio. When
ever the former appears, the limb should
be cut off and burnt; or if it is too large
to be removed, the excresence should be
cut out as thoroughly as possible, and
the wound washed with weak solution
of copperas, which it is said, will effectu.
ally check its progress. This disease is
happily Of rare occurrence in the finer
varieties. s
The curculio is small hump backed
beetle and is the grand pest Of all the
smooth skinned fruits. It commences its
operations, when the fruit has attained
the size Of large pea. by puncturing il
with its proboscis and depositing in it an
egg. This soon produces a small white
grub which eats to the center, and causes
the fruit to fall. Although many labor
saving devices have been resorted TO de-
feet its operations, yet none of them ap
pear to be of universal efficacy. Trouble
some and expensive scare-crows, ik,
heaps Of fresh manure, and brick pave
ments, placed around the trees; or ridicu
lous ones, like white rags and white wash
have proved to be, in his sight, only "weal
inventions of the enemy" We believ
Mr.. Glass's preliminary to cooking tn
rabbit to be eminsntly essential to tn
successful termin alton of his attacks
first catch hi,a." This is most effec,u
ally done by spreading sheets under III
tree and suddenly jarring ii with the han
or mallet, when the creature will sud
denly drop from it. Some practice
necessary at first to distinguish him fror
a dried bug, or fragment Of bark, as h
lies motionless and innocent upon tn
sheet, but having attained the skill, wrea
lyour vengeance upon him. This process
repeated at sunrise and at sundown, an
if ofiener the beiter,) for week or 81
will effectually preserve your plums; an
! they are worth the labor.
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Agency

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IL !; ted Instruments and medicines. viz; Patent
Silver Plated Abdominal Supporters. Patent steel.
spring Shoulder Braces, silver Enhaling Tube,
Pulmonary Balsam, Pectoral Expectorant, Pure
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ment, Heart Conector, Humor Corrector, Depu-
rative Syrup, AntfDyspeptic Mixture, Cathartic
Pills, Cholera aud Cholic Specific. Vermfnge. SC.
The above form DR.. Fitch's treatment Of Pul-
nsoFary Consumption, Asthma, Heart Disease,
&c., which has been eminently successful in
relieving and curing those diseases. Allthe above
remedies are prepared by DR.. F. for his practice,
and warranted good. HIS reputation, founded on
success, will recommend them to the afflicted,
who win find DR.. Fitch's "Guide to the InvaI.
ids" a valuable book. II is given away at the
store of the agents Those suffering from falli0.
of the bowels or womb will find DR.. F.'s suppart-
er light and pleasant. and fitting perfectly. aud at
the same time most efficient. The shoulder brace.
also. is light and efficient. The articles alone, OF
taken together, are unsurpassed by any article
veer made All to be had of the agent
,gde WILLIAM STEEL, Stafford, Ohio. i1f
Jan. a. 1853.
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STATE OF OHIO, MONROE COUNTY.

STATE OF OHIO, MONROE COUNTY.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. -
John Mcadoo against Mary Porter, widow. and
Melissa Porter, Ellen Porter, Rebecca Porter,
James Porter, Mary Porter, Jr., Katherine Por.
ter. and George korler, heirs at law Of William
Porter, deceased:
ESHE said defendants " i'll lake notice that the
j said John Mcadoo. has this day flied in the
Office of the clerk of said court his petition, in
civil action. setting forth in substance that on the
Sd day OF April, lSl3 said petitioner by article in
writing, duly executed by both parties. purchased
of said William Porter. then in full life. now de-
ceased, tract of land in said Monroe county, to
wit; The north east quarter Of the south east
quarter of Section two, Township three, oflRange
FIVE, therein formerly conveyed TO said William
Porter by David r. Porter. That said petitioner
has paid the whole purchase money in said article
stipulated for to wit 800 90, has gone into pos.
session and paid taxes and is fully entitled to
conveyance in fee simple; but that said William
Porter unfortunately died without making said
conveyance. Said petitioner prays that said heirs
may be decreed to make conveyance cf said land
to the petitioner or in default thereof that the de-
cree stand as conveyance, II the said defendants
fail to make defence to said petition on or before
Saturday, the first day of April. next, said petition
will be taken as confessed and the matter thereof
decreed accordingly.
EDWARD ARCHBOLD,
.affest: Atty for Plaintiff
JAMES MITCHELL, Clerk C'tC. PM C. q.
January 30, 1854. feblw6
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STATE OF OHIO, MONROE COUNTY.


COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. "a
William McM0llin. plaintiff, against Michael
Flick and Thomas Bolhweli, defendants
HNHE said defendant. Micbaell Flick, will take
IL notice that On the 4ih day of February, AID
1854, William McAIuin, plaintiff. filed his petit
ton in the court OF common pleas of said county.
setting forth that in consideration of certain work
and labor done and performed for said Flick, in
the years 1884 and 1885, and an interest in dis
atiilery. in Guernsey county, said Flick promised
and agreed to purchase for him twenty acres Of
land, adjoining the said Flick's farm in Monroe
county. to wit: the north ha of the south west
quarter of the north east quarter of section nine
teen. of township four, of range 6ve; that he NOV
ed on said land and has made valuable improve.
ments thereon: that said Flick promised to make
him deed; that said Flick sold and decided said
land to Thomas Boutwell,, who purchased with
full knowledge OF the rights OF this plaintiff; and
that said Boutwell, he ordered TO convey said land
to this plaintiff; and that he will ask judgment
and decree of said court, at it. next :erm that his
title to said land be quieied The said defendant
is required TO answer said petition on or before
the first day OF the next term Of said court, or
judgment wilt be taken against him
at. JOHN SINCL AIR,
.dnest: Atty f.r Plaintiff.
JAMES MITCHELL, Clerk. g.8as sa
Feb g. 1854. s4sf@.