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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-06

YHr DryrL's FRUIT.--Potatoes were
first introduced at Moscow BY MIR. Row
hand. about sixty years ago. At first
the people would neither plant them nor
toueh them saying they were the devils
fruit, given to him on his complaining
10 God that he had no fruit, when he
was told to search in the earth for some,
which he did and found potatoes. A
curious Berwickshire legend, however,
Is palpably anschroical, attributes the
introduction of potatoes into Scotland
to the famous wizard of the north. Sir
Michael Scott The wizard and devil
being in partnership, took lease OF 2
farm on the Mertoun estates, called
Whitehouse. The wizard was to man
age the farm; the Devil advanced the
capital. The produce was to be divided
as follows: The first year, Sir Michael
was to have all that grew about the
ground, and his partner all that grew
below; the second year their shares
were to be just the opposite way. His
Satanic majesty, as is usual in such
cases, was fairly overreaehed in his
bargain; for the wizard cunningly
sowed all the land the first year with
wheat, and planted It with potatoes the
second; so that the Devil got nothing
for his share but wheat stubble and po-
tato-tops; and this scourging rotation
Sir Micheal continued, until he not only
beggared his partner, but exhausted
the soil. In spite of this legend, how
ever, we must continue to give credit to
Sir Walter Raleigh for having been the
introducer of potatoes into this country.
The first that tried them, we are told,
fell into the very natural mistake of
eating the apples and disregarding the
roots.-Skielfs Gazette.
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PoRrsAIr e. A HARD CAsE.-Now
YOU, that was cut out for . man, but
was so villainously spoiled in making up.
I'll attend to your case. For what end
did YOU burst open the worlds door,
and rush in uncailed, like man chased
by a mad bull? What good do you ex-
pect to bestow on your fellow men?-
Some useful invention, some heroic act,
some great discovery, or even one soli-
tary remark? Mol Those that look for
any good from you, will be Just as badly
fooled as the man who caught skunk
and thought it was kitten, or the wo-
man who made greens out of gunpow-
der tea. You know where the neatest
and tightest pants can be got con tick, /"
but you don't know where the useful
lecture viii be delivered. You know
the color of vest, but never studied
the gorgeous hues of the rainbow, un-
less it was to wish for piece to make a
cravat of; you know how fool feels in
full dress, but you don't know how a
man feels when he eats the bread earned
by the sweat of his brow; you know
how monkey looks, for yon see one
every day in your landlady's looking
glass; but you don't know how a man
feels after doing good action; you go
where that sight is not to be seen. Oh!
you wasp-waisted, catfsh-mouthed, bab-
boon-shouldered, clipper-legged, goose
eyed, and sheep-faced be-whiskered
drone in the worlds bee-hivel What
are you good for? Nothing but to cheat
your tailor, to lisp by note line from
some milk and cider poetaster, sentimen-
tally talk love, eat oysters, and act the
fool most shamefully. / say, does your
mother know you're out? l am afraid
you have no mother, nor never had.
You are of no more use in this world
than a time-piece in beaver dam, or a
mattrass in hog pen. You fill no
larger space in the worlds eye than the
toe-nail of mosquito would in a mar
ket house, or a stump-tail dog would in
all out doors; you are as little thought
of as the fellow who knocked his grand
mothers last tooth down her throat;
and as for brains, ten thousand such can
be preserved in drop of brandy, and
have as much sea room as tadpole in
Lake Superior.
As for your ideas, you have but one,
and that is stamped on your skull an
inch deep, that tailors and females are
to be gulled by you, and you think decent
people envy your appearance. Poor,
useless tobacco worm. You are deci-
dedly hard case.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-06

LAND REFoRM.-Man's right to por-
ton of the public lands of the country
is thus beautifully asserted in a West
ern paper:
God mado the earth for man-for all
men. They feed on its bounty while
living. and sleep on its bosom when
dead. Life has its ups and downs, its
cares and sorrows, its reverses and its
dire misfortunes-the wealth of yester-
day is the poverty of to-day-the palace
of today shall be ashes or hovel ere
tomorrow. Before the whole of this
broad land shall be decided over to
heartless landlords and curse, let US
adopt some generous system under the
kindly operation of which our children
and our children's children, when need.
or care, or woe is on them, NAV seek
and find out blessed AIabama-a
merciful resting place, blazing hearth
stone, and quie. grave.
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PROCESS OF MAKING SHoT.-The pig
lead is carried to the top of the tower
by windlass and chain, and worked by
steam; it is then put in a furnace, kept
constantly burning night and day, and
attended by two sets of men, one for
the fire and two to pour the melted lead
in tin strainers. After passing through
the strainers it falls a distance of $50
feet, the passage through the air giving
the shot their shape or form; they fall
into large tub or basin of water; here
a man is engaged in dipping them out
with ladle and throwing them on an
inclined plane, down which they run to
a drum heated by steam and worked
by machinery, so as to dry the shot;
when dry they are passed into revol-
wing drum, which stops by actions of
machinery every five minutes for pol
ishing them; from this drum they are
thrown into a hopper, and from this
pass over series of inclined planes,
where the defective shot are carried of,
and then through selves into drawers,
where they are assorted by the action
of machinery on the selves; then into
the large boxes from which they are
taken and put in sacks, weighed and are
ready for use.
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1.-THE ELEPHANT." THE elephant
that belonged to the Menagerie which
exhibited in this city on Tuesday still
continues in an uneasy estate of mind" "
He was confined with several chains in
order to keep him secure, but soon after
the exhibition was closed he succeeded
In severing two of the chains; a third,
however, which was fastened to one OF
his legs and around rock, he was una
Bile to break. Considerable excitement
was caused by those who Glanced to be
upon the ground, and many fed from
the place in hot haste. He is undoubt-
edly a dangerous animal. The COM
pany paid 500 for damages done by
him on Monday.-NesO Bedford Stand
ard.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-06

~Mr. Frog, tailor, who had lef
Charleston at the commencement of the
war, returned after the capitulation, and
got acquainted with a certain J. w.
Gibbs, who was requested by Frog to
stand as godfather to one of his chill
dren, which was agreed to by Gibbs,
provided he should have the naming oi
the child. As they were going TO the
church, the father asked Gibbs if he
thought of a name.
EYES," said Gibbs; "what do you
think of our Lieutenant Governor Bull?''
every good" said the father, 81 ap-
prove of it very much"
The child was accordingly named
Bull. Frog did not Immediately think
of the drollery of the name, but when
he did, he could have killed Gibbs for the
imposition on his reliance and friend
ship.
He thought to have recourse to the
board of police to get permission to re-
baptize the child; but when he saw
Lieutenant Governor Bull presiding
there, he thought it would be an affront
to relate the story; therefore he post
poned the matter, and the child retains
the appellation of Bull Conn.
Journal, Feb, 1884.
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~An Irishman bayino lately been

NAn Irishman having lately been
put on trial for some ofense, pleaded
not guilty; and the jury being in, the
prosecuting attorney proceeded to call
Mr.. Furkisson as a witness. With the
utmost innocence, Patrick turned his
face to the court, and said: Do under
stand, your honor, that Furkisson is to
be a witness forninst me agin?" The
judge said, dryly, it seems so. "Well
thin, yer honor, plade guilty, not be-
cause ! am guilty. for Pm as innocent
as yer honor's sucking babe at the brist,
but just on account of saving Mister
Furkisson's sowl."
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WASHINGTON IN LoNDoE.-Rev. DR..
Cahill, Romish clergyman, it is re-
ported, is soon to pay this country a
visit. To what extent he is likely to
enlighten us outside barbarians,' may
be anticipated from the following speci-
men of historical knowledge. extracted
from a speech he lately delivered in
Liverpool, on the Social Condition of
Ireland
"The year 1850 is most important
period. George the Third came to the
throne in perfect peace, and having moth
ing to do, they determined to tax the
American people, from the sole of their
foot to the pomatum of their wigs
The American people demonstrated, and
sent Washington to London to state their
grievancel He waited on the Prime
Minister several times in the outer court
to gain hearing. He was treated so
lightly, that, at last he said to the Minis
ter, 4 call here frequently and yet get
no conclusive answer; what shall l do?'
The Minister laughed at him, and when
Washington got into the street, with his
hat of, he vowed vengeance before God
against England. (Rapturous cheer
ing.) He returned home-fred the
zeal of his countrymen-in battle he
was victorious over the English, and in
1882, he lifted the flag of American In
dependence. 1 intend going to America
shortly and / will take a small bottle of
Irish poteen, and when within the near
est distance to Bunker's Hill, 1 will
drink on deck to the American flag"
We bespeak for the reverend Doctor
a place in the public schools. His So
iourn among US might be rendered
profitable as well as pleasant to him.
Miners Journal.
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FARMS FOR SALE.

A FARM in Jackson county, Madison
Il township, containing about eighty
three acres, is offered for sale. About
fifteen acres of it cleared, a log house and a
corn crib on it; it is well watered and lays
well for cultivation; it is heavy timbered. 1t
is within 211s miles of the Gallia Furnace and
21a miles of Oak Hill, also 90 miles of the
jackson and Portsmouth railroad, and 2 y from
Centreville. We are told there are three or
four more furnaces going up within 3 or miles
of the place. The land adjoins the farms Of
George Smith, George Johnston and others.
Also Farm in Huntington township, Gallia
county, containing about one hundred acres,
well timbered and watered, about IL acres
cleared, all laying well for cultivation. The
land is about miles from Centreville and 5
from VintOn, adjoining the lands of Isaac
Evans and others, and about miles from the
Keystone Furnace. Several furnices more go
ing up about miles from this farm. There
are two or three sulpher springs on the land.
Enquire of either of the undersigned on their
farm in jackson county.
ROBERT HULL.
JOHN HULL
March %, ls54.-3m
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COVERLET & CARPET WEAVING.
JAY A. VAN VLECK

WISHES toinform the pubIiethat be has SET
W up his Machinery at his old stand agaln,
where be viii be found ready to Weave Cover.
lets and Carpets, Powered, at any time called
upon. rs he has procured some splendid pat
terms, be wishes all, getting work done in his
line, to give him call before getting their
work done at any other shop. Persons living
near the river can send their wort directed to
me. Jay A. Van Week, Gallipolis. Ohio.
ColorlHg done II required. Sixty cuts Of
cotton yarn and sixty Of woolen yarn for
pair Of Coverlets. or one hundred and twenty
all wool.
.April 81, Is53.-Iy
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WOOLLEN GOODS,
HEAPER THAN EVER,
AT THE
U MON Factory
ParronI.s aome a1anunsetur,.

THIS establishment, which has been
i in full operation more than two
years. has. within the last year, received
an additional set OF new machinery,
and the proprietors feel confident that
they are fully prepared to give perfect
satisfaction to their patrons. TAeis
machinery being the
Best and Most Approred,
and their workmen EXPERIENCED and
FAITHFUL, the Goods manufactured will
equal in quality any in the East or
West, and will be sold at prices rs low.
Who will not Patronize the home man.
ufacturer
When quality and price
are as iavorable7 The proprietors trust
that merchants and others, wishing to
purchase Goods Of the description man
at their mill, will extend to
hem their patronage. They are also
prepared to
Card Rolls, Spin, FnA, Dress and
Finish Cloths, Shaaols, Blankets,
OR ANY KIND OF GOODS.
ior customers, at very low rates, but in
al cases
fhe Wool must be broaght Clean.
p. s. Price for Carding Rolls-White,
&C.; Mixed, 8 TO 7c.; Carding and Spin.
ling, l5c, and other work in proportion,
@The most liberal prices paid for
Wool at the Factory.
Ga!lipolis, April "a, 1851.
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"'ScUsE DE WRIrIN'. ."-"Massa, "
said the black Steward of Marblehead
captain, as they fell in with a home
wardbound vessel, al wish you'd write
few lines for me, to send to the old
woman, because can't write"
Certainly" said the good-natured
skipper, taking his writing materials;
''now, what shall / say?"
Pompey told the story which he
wished his wife to know, which his
amanuensis faithfully recorded.
"Is that all, Pomp?" asked the cap
tain, preparing 10 seal the letter.
Eyes, massa," replied he, showing
his ivoryes'tank you, but fore you close
him, jist say, please 'scuse bad spellin'
and writin', will ye?"
The captain appended the postscript
as desired.
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FARMS FOR SALE.

as A FARM in Jackson county, Vir-
x ginia, one mile above Moore's Mill
on Mill Creek, containing 100 acres, 60 acres
Of which are improved.
Also. 800 acres two miles up Raccoon, in
Clay township, Gallia county, Ohio, with l40
acres cleared, 80 in grass, with barn, two log
houses, an orchard of so good bearing apple
trees. good spring of water, and is the best
stock farm for the same money in the county.
Also, will sell my home farm, two miles be-
low Raccoon creek, in Gallia county, contain
ing 4S0 acres, 800 acres cleared land. There
is good house, barns and two orchards on
the Farm, and well set with grass, and upon
the whole is as good stock farm as any in the
county.
Also, six acre lot below Chambers Mill,
in Clay township, Gallia county, on the river
bank, with frame house and blacksmith
shop, and very suitable for mechanic.
For terms, enquire Of the undersigned.
JAMES RIGGS.
Nav 4 lS54-3m
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GEO. W. CASTLE. BENZ. COOK.
RALSTON'S PATENT IMPROVED
Threshing Machines.

THE subscribers have under construc-
ton a number of the above Ma
chimes, and are prepared to I'll all or
ders. The advantages this Machine
has over all others yet introduced are:
1st. 1t will thrash more grain in a
given length of time with less power.
Cd. The simple construction and du-
rabilitY make very important item to
inexperienced hands.
3d. In the Chatting Riddle, it being
made of perforated sheet iron, so there
is no possibility of choking in damp
grain.
4th. In elevating the grain, after be-
ing separated and screened, it is car
ried by elevators to top shoe, and the
second operation of tanning, and dis
charging the white caps, &C., back to
the cylindar.
9Th. In the open straw carrier SO
there is no waste.
9th. The advantage of attaching the
tumbling shaft in three different places,
on either side or end.
Also common Machines made to or
der. Particular pains taken to select
the best materials.
Castings constantly on hand. Re-
pairing done at short notice.
CASTLE d COOK,
Gallipolis, Ohio.
Mar. 80, '54.-5m#
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@A pedlar, calling on an elderly
lady, recently, to dispose of some goods,
in his conversation inquired if she could
tell him of any road that no pedlar had
ever travelled.
yes, l know of one, and only one
which no pedlar has ever travelled, 1.-THE
pedlar's countenance frightened, and
that is the road to Heaven
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MARIETTA MARBLE WORKS.
T. A. WHEuEa. WILSON GARDxEz.
wuuDn nann<-11

r. A. WHEEIEa. WILSON GARDxKz.
WHEELER & GARDNER,
(sUccEssoRs TO J. D. LEONARD.
Shop on Putnam street, 6etVess the upper
Fsrg and Court House,
HAVING recently enlarged and increased
ii their facilities for doing all kinds of work
in ITALIAN OR AMEzIoxS MARsLE, would in
vite the attention of the public to their estab-
lishment.
MONUMENTS, CENoTAPHs, SLABS, &C.,
OF every description on hand. or made to or
der and set up in every graveyard or cemete-
" in the country.
Those who hold sacred the memory of de-
parted friends, and desire to embelish and
beantify the spot where their mortal remains
are deposited, are requested to examine speci-
mems Of our work. We have made arrange
ments to procure regular supplies of the cele-
brated RUTLAND MARBIE, direct from the quar-
ries; and having in our employ some Of the
best workmen in the country, we hope to give
entire satisfaction, both in price and the style
and finish of our work. Orders from the coun-
try will receive prompt attention.
WHEELER & GARDNER.
April 81, ls54.-ly
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Word PAINTING.-The New York
Times gives the following portraiture of
fashionable life and society in New
York:
Our fashionable society in this city is
a sham from beginning to end. 1t is
utterly unsound, depraved and unnatural
a deceptive piece Of rotten wood, made
to look shiny with French polish, and
glittering with the phosphorescent light
of corruption--a copper cent, trying its
very best to look like a FIVE franc piece,
and, what is worse, in nine cases out of
ten succeeding.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-07-06
LEOPOLD MOCH,
MERCHANT TAILOR,

At The old stand Of Harry Frank,
MOULD respectfully inform the citi-
w zens of Gallipolis and surrounding
country, that he has just returned from
market, with a very large assortment
of new goods. He has in his employ
one of the best Cutters in the United
States, which enables him to say that he
can warrant a good fit and general salts
faction. He also keeps constantly on
hand a large quantity of Ready Made
Clothing, which will be sold cheap, and
no mistake, for cash, or approved Coun-
try Produce.
Give him call.
April 81, 1854.-3m.
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GROCERIES. &c


TUST received
j 20 hhds N. o. Sugar.;
so bbls n. o. Molasses;
30 do sugar-house Aolasses;
30 bags Rio Coffee;
10 bis White Fish;
Is boxes Tobacco;
25 do Bar Soap;
25 do Candles;
5 bis crushed and powdered Sugar;
100 bundles Wrapping Paper;
50, 900 Havana Cigars;
25 boxes Cheese;
so gross Matches;
90 doz. Wash Boards;
Plow Lines, Trot Lines, Twine, Bed Cords,
hemp and grass Rope, 4c. 4c.; all Of which
we will sell low wholesale or retail, with a
general assortment Of Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes,
Hats, Bonnets, &C., &c.
Mar. %, "a. E. DELETOMBE & co.
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COAL MINERS WANTED.

ONE HUNDRED Coal Miners can
" find constant employment at the
UNION COAL MINES, six miles be-
low Elizabethtown, on the Ohio river.
This is one of the healthiest loca-
tions on the Ohio river, and affords the
best accommodations. The highest
wages will be given.
D. T. MONSARRAT,
April 81, 1854. Superintendent.
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A TURKISH VILLA testator left to
his eldest son one-half of his horses.
second son one-third of his horses, to
his third son one-ninth of his horses
the testator had seventeen horses. The
executor did not know what to do, as
seventeen will not divide by two. by
three, nor by nine. A Dervish came
up on horseback and the executor con-
suited him. The Dervish said, .take
my horse and add it to the others. -
There were then eighteen horses. The
executor then gave to the eldest son
one-haif, 3: to the second son one-third.
6; to the third son one-ninth, 2; total.
IL. The Dervish then said: "Yon
don't want my horse now I will take
him back again."
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| CONSTRUCTED TO be worn next to
~ the skin, producing a constant cur.
rent of UNINTERRUPTED ELECTRO MAG
NETIsM-ehecting IMMEDIATE RE-
LIEF, FROM ALL ACUTE PAINS
and a
Permanent Cure OF all NeuraIzIc Diseases.
PULvERMAcHER's ELECTRIC CHAINS
were first used in France, three years
since, for the cure OF Nervous Diseases
and after being submitted to the mos
thorough trial, in every Hospital il
Paris, bY the most learned Professors
IN that city, they were recommended to
the Government of France, VINO granted
Patent Tor the discovery. During the
year l95l-2, they were introduced in
Germany, Austria, Prussia and England, =,
and one year since, introduced and
Patented by the United States Govern
ment.
Most AsionI.hiBg Cures OF
Rheumatism, Painful & Swelled Joints,
Neural gia Of the face, Deafness. Blind
ness, Mysteries, Dyspepsia, st. Vitus-
Dance. Palpitation Of the heart, Periodi-
cal Headache, Pains from Indigestion,
Uterine Pains.
Every Disease, Called Nervous,
is quickly and rapidly cured, by simply
wearing the Chains for a few hours
each day.
The Chains were first introduced in
the City of New York. where they
were exhibited to Profs. Valentine Mott,
Van Buren, Post, and Carnochan, who
readily discovered that they possessed
Strange md singular Power of INSTANTLY
Relieving PnIns,
whenever applied, and by their recon-
mendation, and influence, they were ins
troduced into the different Hospitals of
New York, and are now in daily use in
those institutions, in the treatment and
cure of the above named diseases.
No other Medical Agent,
in the world, can produce so many well
authenticated Certificates of cure, from
Scientific Physicians and Intelligent
Patients as may be found in each
Pamphlet, which may be obtained
(gratisl at the Drug Store Of THEo. A.
PECK, who is the sole Agent for BurliDg-
ton, and who will explain the manner
Of use, to any one who may apply.
In the City of New York, at the |
General Office. 568 Broadway, there
are daily being sold, from forty to sixty
Chains, ard the sale and demand in |
Boston are as great in proportion to the
population, although they have been in.
Iroduced three months.
The CHAINS are easily worn, and are
equally applicable TO all classes of per-
'ons. the child as well as the adult, and
Ire always ready for use-never get out
'f repair, and are as much an article
'f ornament, as a valuable means Of
,ure.
CAUTION TO LADIEs.-La1ies who are
'nsiente are requested not to continue
heir use but for a few moments, at
zach time, for by the long use, miscar~
iage is frequently produced.
The price of the Chains are, 80, and
s5, I8 and 80 links, and can be sent
y mail. to any part Of the State, by ,
ddressing THEo. A. PECK, only Agent
Or Burlington. U
|. sTEINERT. 56s Broadway. N.
Z. General Agent.
For sale by ]. & P. A. SANNs, Drug. :, =
lists. Gallipolis, Ohio. =
Dec. aa, I853.-1y p
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New Spring Goods,

JUST received at my old stand on
y Court street, in Gallipolis, which
offer to sell low for CASH or APPROVED
COUNTRY PRODUCE. Ny stock consists
of Dry Goods, Groceries. Queensware,
Hardware, Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Shoes
and Boots, Cotton Yarns and Batting,
which l fatter myself that 1 can sell as
low as those that blow so loud about
selling goods from 25 to so per cent. less
than Goods have ever been sold in Gal
lipolis. Dress Lawns from 81 to 90
cents per yard, and other Goods in pro-
portion. Call and see for yourselves.
NJ. VANDEN.
April IS, 1854.