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The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07

/ VI Inc sunny ddgS gone Dy
The bonny lad called my love,
The bonny lad that loved no other,
No other lass but mel
Oh, we were in love when our years were few
And our hearts were fresh as the morning dew
Six years was l. and seven. was he.
And since those days long years have passed.
Long years of blossom and of blast;
Cut in them all there never grew
A loyemore sweet, a love more true, ~
Than that of Diekie Lee.
oft,n think of Dickie Lee,
And the summers long ago
Of the old school house and the little brook,
With its mossy banks in the shady nook,
Where we would fish till the bell would ring,
With our e home made line - of bonnet string
With crooked pin that served for hook,
And earned more joy than the spelling book;
But five were late and the teacher cross.
The-blow and rebuke " counted as dross,"
And during it all could only see
The sparkling dark eyes of my Dickie Lee
wonder now if Diekie Lee,
Looks back across the years,
Smiling, perhaps, at the thought of me,
And the funny times we used to see,
In that old school house of yoreE
On the little bench close by the door.
The little bench that would hold but four
jamie, Lois, Dickie and me-
And the lambs of the flock were we.
I wonder now if he ever thinks
OF the dreadful time he stole the pinks
And theroses rare TO give to me ?
And what befel poor Diekie Lee
They tell me that my nicl.ie Lac ---
Is a man of wealth and pride;
That he has ships upon the sea
Titles. too. of high degree,
And that lady became his bride.
Very well, so let it be,
Fickle have been as he.
'Tis many year since he was my love,
Loving me well and loving no other;
'Tis many year since the bare footed lad
RomPed close by my side making merry and
Tis many year. It's many a year,
That seals up the past and brings down tear
ut think of him yet as laughing boy,
Ino wing or dreaming Of naught but joy,
3. Unless he dreamt of me.
md would aot see the-man Of care
That calls, himself Richard Lee
hat has wasted cheeks and thin grey hair,
For. OIL he would steal from me,
omething love and cherish well,
IN image shrined in a secret cell -
And tits dear to me;
ho' the face is freckled. pale and lean,
ct 11iemory calls it bright and serene,
nd keepeth the spot of its memory green,
For the sake of Dickie Lee,
he little boy that long ago
Wasreslly in love with me! t
Rochester, N. Y. JENNY MARSH.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07
DR- HAHN

ETyoULJ taze this opportunity Of rendering his
w thanks TO his frien<, for thef kind and libeT-
81 patronage heretofore and be hopes 50 to cooduet
1lfnaolfin ks profession. TO stiil merit their
ratTonaee, togcther with all others whe desire to
consult aim in his profession. His ono Is in 1he
Stone Store Of Re1nor. Risscr d Co. where he viii
be found At all ttrnes. ezcepf when PFofessicnal1
Engaged. Nov, 90, 1eS4.-n21u
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07
a CAR d

MELSHEIMER would re-
~ spseffully inform the public that he mas
taken the large and commodious Hotel, IN
Ashland, known as the /" SanPsel House. and
viii be ever ready 10 Gender those that may
favor him with their patronage comfortable.
His rooms are large aud airy, and his table
will always be spread with the b. 81 .he market
affords. Patronage solicited.
lnrfI 1885, 4btf
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07

az hold it to be a faot," says Pas
chall, " thai if all persons knew what
they said Of each other. there would
not ts four friends il the ,world."
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07
FOUNTAIN HOTEL,

THE undersigned announces to the citizens Of
Ashland and adjoining Counties and all others
travelling that he has taken the otei formerly kept
ibT John Vail where he will be glad to see all " no
may favor him with CALI faithfal 0stier al
ways in attendance GEO A. TREACE.
Nlfdfni Jan. 10. 1855. Sm33
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NEW HOTEL.

THE undersigned ANNOUNCES to the public that he
Il hasagafn taken charge of the Hotel in the Wilt
age or Orsags. Ashland county. Thankful for past
1vors he hopes all Of his old customers viii give
him 4 call EVE. sss.:s- Will be done TO make all
Who may stop with him comfortable
~ good Hostler will always be on hand
SSef 4 s54--1Qtf JAMES ALBERSON
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07
4oarp.
From the Home Journal
DIcKIE LEE.

Oh, Dickie LeeI Oh. Dickie Leel
Of the sunny days gone by;
The bonny lad I called my love,
The bonny lad that loved no other,
No other lass hut mel
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FI1HK subscrfber be gsleave to annoance that be
l. has oaened a Hotel. TO be called the - Miller
Houss. .. directly opposite the Sampsell House,
NJ ain street Ashland, and respectfully y solieIts
share Of the public patronage. N hldLhk.
AshIand, March s2nd. ts54--n44.-tf.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07

E Ills estimated that the amount
Of French capital invested in California
amounts to SO, ,o00, 900.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07
DIR. WIN. JONEs.

Of fhe Eclectic School Of Medicine,
HAVfNG located n Ruggles Tow nship, Ash and
Ii County, Ohio. Offers MS professional services
to the public generally. Particular attention paid
20 Chronic diseases. Rheumatism, Liver and Lung
6omplaintss old Sores, etc., Cancers. Schirrous
aDf 1CanceTous Tumors removed without the
Knifs CT Censtte- May 3, 1s54.-n5otf
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07

DIS. , p. q y. iCOVFAN,
PRACTITIONERS OF MEDICINE AND SUR
Gerry JcrUmevifle. Ashland county, Ohio.
lfaEeh aeth, Ie5l.s.l -. est
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o. w. BUSHNELL.
st,,r.sy and csn. sailor at Lam, .asAE4Ad fsAland
csEzty, OAis-z
WILL attend promptly TO al business sntEgs..
" ed to hiB care. t.iIice on Church street. next
dsor 70 Law once OF Osborn & Allison.
AuGust IS. 1855. 12tE
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-11-07
ANcHGR HousE.

MIR sabscriDef respectfnily Informs the public
Il that he has pure hascd the above name d ouse,
(formefly The Old Americ an.) in. New London,
huron County. Ohio, and fLrnsb ed il entirely ne
for the comfort and nmodaiion Of those who
may favor him with their patronage.
May -, tss5, totf II. AscHER-
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A KRox. ohio: g. RA N oLDS. Proprietor.
"A Januerv Ie, I654--n35-tf.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22
Vol xxIx.-No. As. Whole NO. 14ee.
PRAIRIE FIRES.

l The western heavens are nightly aglow ] with lurid reflection of the burning prairies. To any one who has never before seen them there is something sublime. almost awful in these sights. The sensations they awaken are strange, and. 10 a mind super stitiously inclined. might not be unmixed with terror We have seen nothing equal to the frs, we beheld of these scenes. Long after night had clothed the landscape in darkness the entire heavens at the south and west. from the horizon far up toward the zenith, seemed aAcanopy of ire, with shadows unduating like waves reflected from the surface of a lake of liquid flame. No light below the clouds could be seen, which circumstance greatly frightened the effect. The sight is one, however, which becomes common and loses much of it's i~.~-eo. to ,hoee who witness it almost nightly during two or three weeks every autumn. Yet there Is much more of the grand and the sublime in this flame reiec- ton than in the actual fires which cause it.
 A great deal of fine writing has been wasted, innumerable excellent adjectives have been misused, in describing these prairie fires. Writers who happened to see them onre in their lives have told of them in terms the mos, rXtravagant, anu lugged them into works of fiction to do wonders in the way of roasting herds of wild Indians, buffaloes, horses, Sc. One of the first hooks given to child at school, contains even at the present day, an execrable wooden, representing divers quadrupeds, using their legs for their lives to get away from the fire, which is furiously pursuing at their heels. Itis unexplained, however, to the child that every animal in wild state will fee from the sight of flame that it is an instinct of his nature, and not any knowledge he may have of danger. which ] makes him do so The character of prairie fire depends on the wind and the combustible nature of the grass. If the latter be dry, it of course burns rapidly, and in high wind the fires will move with great speed; but the flames never mount very high, and the space over which the l flame exists as it advances, is at most but two or three feet in width, as tho flame burns down very rapidly as it goes on. A horse, with rider, might always be able to | leap across with ease and safety. The most sanguine prairie fire we have ever seen which was with a full [" ten knot" wind, might have been crossed by man on foot with small damage to his. panta- looms and whiskers. Once over he is enc lrcly safe, waste ofonly blackened ashes, without smoke or cnders, reaching to the very border of the blaze.
 The Indians, understanding the instinct of animals to run away from the blaze, set the prairies on fire to frighten the gamc 1 from covert. They have no fear themselves of sustaining any damage, having no fen- ccs, or stacks, or houscs to be consumed, the only disastrous effects, we believe, which prairie fires can have.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22
NTEEE.

The word wife does not, in our opinion, simply mean, as Walker has it, ca woman that has husband," for some women have husbands, and good ones too, who are not wives according 10 our understanding of the term. Wife does not mean husband or a lady only, nor slave, nor mistress, a mo- ,her, nor nurse, a teacher, nor a compan- ion, tool nor play,hing, but she is all ioui. in ona beautiful and harmonious whole. In society she is a woman, in the parior lady, in the nursery slave. in the dining room mistress, in her chamber mother, l in the sick room muse, to her children teacher, to her husband companion and an equal but in no situation whatever can she be a policeman, preacher. lawyer. phy- siclan or philosopher, without becoming literary blue stocking, the sntipodes of wife, and the most contemptible being on earth. The office of a wife, therefore, is the hap. piest. yet most laborious--th the highest, yet most humble position tha, frail mortality can occupy. Nor is there any station on earth to which the {" lord of creation'' can aspire, the duties of which are more respon- sih!e. and the faithful or imperfect discharge of which will be rewarded with more inten- sity, than those of the wife, which We be- lieve 10 be one of the consequences of violation of the high trusts committed to the frs; wife in the garden of Eden, that she should be- an help meet to Adam.'
 To society she is an indispensable mem- Der. To the parlor the most important per- sonage, in the nursery the most abiect slave,
 in the dining room the most absolute sover- eign, in her chamber a guardian angel, in the sick room the best physician to her children the wisest priest, and to her hus- band the most valuable agent, the dearest and cheapest counsellor, the most loved and loving companion; in word, thewife to hoiue" is every blessing the mortal mind can conceive or heart desire. Home with out wife is "strange land," head without brains, heart without aconscience a ship without sails, an ocean without any waves, a world without religion, Heaven without God 7!
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22
The World would be the Better for it.

II men cared less f"r wealth and fame, And less iur haitie-felds and glory; 1T writ in human hearts. naaie Seemed better tan in song and story; 1T men, instead of nursing pr de, Would iearn to hate II aud abhor il;
 Ii more relied
 On Love io guide, The world would be the better for 1t. If men deair less in stocks and lands. And more in bonds ansi deeds iraterna!; + lnve $ work had more wiling hands To link this world 10 the suprrna; Il men stored up i.ove's o'l and wine, And on bruised human hearts would pour 1t
 1T "ynurs" and "mine"
 Would once c"lnb.ne, The world would be the better fer it. Ifmore would act the play of Life, s And fewer spoil 1t in rehearsal; If hig lry would sheath i,s knite 'iill cnnh hacan,a r,-..e .'...s~...i, -----srr- II custom, gray with ages srowns Had fewer hind men to adore it;
 If talent shons
 In Truth alone, The world would be the better for it. If men were wise in little things Affecting less Tn nll their deal ngs; -s 1T hearts had fewer rus,el strings To isolate their kindly feelings; If men. when Wrong beats down the Right, Would strike together an restore it;
 If Right m,de Might
 In every fight, The world would be the better for 1t.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22
KEEP COOL,

Those calm and rational exhortations to
 ''Take it cooly," and :. Never cry for spilled
 milk" are all very good till they arc needed.
 kindles or milk is spilled; but in the pres 1 ence of pain, or on the advent of a disaster
 to all but those who are gifted with forti-
 tnde by nature, or have been disciplined in
 the school of afflic,ion, they are about as
 eifectual as whis,ling in the teeth of q
 nor'wester.
 Their utter impotence in the storm of pas sion reminds me of the directions given hy
 good New England Deacon to his chol- eric son. Whenever you feel your dander rising,''
 said he, "be sure and say the Lords Prayer,
 my son, or else the alphahet clean through :;
 and long before you get to the eend ont you'll be as cool as cucumber, or an ice
 berg. Promise me faithfully, my son."
 Yes, daddy, promise"
 Of trudged Jonathan to school, carrying his bread and meat, with small bottle of
 molasses in his jacket pocket, and his late firm promise uppermost in his mind. A boy, who bore him an old grujge. met
 him, and after calling him the "young dea-
 con-" and many other scurrilous nicknlmes,
 caught him off his guard, and threw hin to
 the ground, tearing his jacket, and breaking his molasses bottle.
 Now, it is said by censorious Sorthrons
 tha, Yankee will take great many hard
 names with the patience of q martyr; his
 spirit is word-proof; hut,ear his clothes, or
 cheat his belly, and he will fight to the knife. Up jumped Jonathan, his eyes wolish,
 and his lips white with rage. But " there was an oath in Heaven," and ke did not for
 get it. So he proceeded to swallow the Alphabetical piils-an antido,e to wrath, not mentioned in the "Regimen Salernita- num-" nor recognized by the British Col ,, lege.
 "A, 3, C,-you've tnred my jacket-D, E, F,-you've split my lasses.-G. H, l, j., k,-you'rc 'tarnal rascal,-L, NJ, N, o, P, Q.-Fil learn you better manners. you scamp you !-R, SIT, U, V.-l'll spile your
 picier, you old wall-eye w, X, Y. z, am pers0nd.-now I'll pound your insides out o'you, you darned encroachin' willian!'' And with that, Jonathan, whose passion
 had been mounting alphabetically through
 out all his fathers prescription Of vowels and consonants, caught the young scape-
 grace, and throwing him down. was proceed ing 10 work ofteach of the Deacon's twenty
 six anti-iroseiblc pills in the shape of a doz- en hearty fst-cufls, w..ich might, perhaps have brought the poor fellow to the Omega of his days, had not the timely approach of a passenger interrupted the manipulaiions; So much for rules 10 control the passions. Knicker6oeker.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22
THE RICH AND THE POOR.

l When l compare together dffernnt class es, as existing at this moment in the civili-
 zed world, cannot think the difference be- tween the rich and the poor, in regard to mere physical suffering, so grea, as Is some- times imagined. That some of the indig- nan. among us die of scanty food, is un- doubtedly true; but vastly more, in this community die from eating too much than
 from eating too little; vastly more from ex- cess than starvation. So. as in clothing, many shiver from want of defence against the cold but there is vastly more suffering among the rich from absurd and criminal
 modes of dress, which fashion has sane.
 toned, than among the poor from deficiency of raiment. Our daughters are oftenrr bro't to the grave by their rich attire, than our beggars by their nakedness. So the poor are often overworked but they suffer less ! than many among the rich, who have no work 10 do, no interesting object to fill up life, to satisfy the infinite cravings of man for action. According to our present modes of education, how many of our daughters are victims of enui "a misery unknown to the poor, and more intolerable than the wea- riness of excessive toil. The idle young man, spending the day in exhibiting his person in the street, ought no, to excite the envy of the overtasked poor; and this cum berer of the ground is found exclusively among the rich.-Channing.
 PROSPERITY AND ADvZRsiTY.-The virtue of prosperity is temperance the virtue of diversity is for,itude. Prosperity is ihe hlessing of the Old Testament, diversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieih the greater benediction and the clearer rec vela,ion of Gods favor. Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath lahored more in describing the affiic- lions of lob than the ft.icities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and l distaies; and diversity is not without com forts and hopes We see in necdleworks and embroileries it is more pleasing to have d lively work upon sad and solemn ground than to have dark and melancholy work Iapon lightsome ground; judge therefore | of the pleasure of tie heart hy the pleasure of the eye. Certainly, virtue is like pre- cious odor. most fragrant where they are in- censed or crushed !; for prosperity doth best discover vice, but diversity doth best disco yer virtue Lord Bacon.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22
MY PHILOSOPHY.

Bright things can never die,
 Ecu though thev fade; Beau,y and minstrelsy
 Death'ess were made; What though the summer day
 Passes al eve awnv2 Do h noi the mnnn's soft ray
 Silence the night /? Bright things can never die, Saith my philosophy; Phghus, th ,ugh he pnss by,
 Leaves us line light. Kiad words can never die,
 Cher shes! and h'est; Cod knows how deep they lie
 Slored in the breast. ike childh"nd's mplcst rhymes Said OCT thousand times, Av-, in all years and climes,
 D;slan. and near. Kind " ,r,!s can never die, Saith my nhiIos 'rhy; Deep in the soul they lie,
 God ksows how dear! Childhood can never die;
 Wrecks of the r'st Float on thc memory
 Fen to the last; Many n happy lining. Many daisieh sping, Flow. on tune ceaseiess wing, Far, far away Childhood can never die, Saith my ph'nsnnhr; Wrscks of our infancy,
 Live on for aye Sweet fancies never die;
 They have behind Some fairy legacy
 Stored in the mind; Same happy though, ar drenm, Pure as day's 8 eari,es; beam, Kissing ihe gentle stream
 In the lone glade; Yet, thaugl these things pass hy SaiIh my philos ,phy. Brphr things can never die. Fen though tn ugh they fade.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22

The Plough, Loom and Anvil' gives the following solution of a phenomenon which many have observed: "A wheel made to revolve with such velocity as to render it's spokes invisible, is seen, when i- luminased by flash of lightning, for a mo- ment, with every spoke distinct. as if at rest. The reason of this is, the flash is come and gone before the wheel had time to make perceptible advance"
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22

I: is affirmed by scientific gentlemen that the pressure of the times, fit could be used as prore ling power, would force vessel across the Atlantic in twenty-four hours.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22

Ladies generally have great horror of snakes and serpents but tha despoiic pow CT of fashion reconciles them to the coil Of a.boa round their nscks.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22

An editor observea tha, ssi is solemn thing 10 be married" to which another re- spends that "i,is great deal more solemn
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22

An Exchange says, our Junior partnerre. turned pair of trowsers to his tailor last week, because they were too small in tho legs. [" But you told me to make them tight as your skin," said the tailor. "True," quoted colleague, i" for can sit down in my skin, hut I'll be split if l can in those breeches!" The tailor caved in.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22

A clear conscience is sometimes sold for money, but never bought with'it.
Litchfield enquirer., 1855-02-22

Lions and despo,s sss sharper in the than in the day.. 5.ez
The Empire County argus., 1855-04-21

TOBACCO. Among the staple productions of the
southern States which are adapted to the soil of
California, may be enumerated that of tobacco.
The culture of this weed has already been attempt
ed with marked success, and from the San joaquin
Republican, we learn that the tobacco plant is ind
genious in our State, and that it is found growing
wild and luxuriantly in the vicinity of the larger
water courses of the San Joaquin and Tulare val
Creeks and the Tulare river there is considerable
slope of land suitable for profitable tobacco grow
ing. The Republican assured by those accustom-
ed to the culture, that the species of plant found
wild in California, is of superior quality some
what like that grown in Cuba, and consequently
suitable for cigars.
The Empire County argus., 1855-04-21

PUBLIC MEETING. At meeting of the citizens
of Georgetown, called on Wednesday evening, 18th
April to devise ways and means for the survey of
road leading from Sacramento to Carson Valley
by the way of Georgetown, E C. Soutnworth was
called to the chair, and J. w. Oliver appointed
Secretary. The Presdenc briefly stated the object
of the meeting.
Mr.. Graham was in favor of taking immediate
measures to secure early survey of the proposed
road MIR. CONFESS stated that the probability was
that the road bill before the Legislature would
become law previous to the close of the present
legislative session he in favor of survey
inc the route and representing the truths as they
are found to exist, before the appointed commits
sioners in order if possible, to secure the appro-
praton.
Other anpropriate addresses were made by differ
ent gentlemen present when it was moved that
committee be appointed to estimate the probable
cost attending the survey of the road, and report
the same to the meeting. Messrs Wren Graham
and Lynn were named, when the motion was car
ried. Said committee reported 81, as the prob
able cost of the survey. On suggestion, it was
moved and seconded, that Messrs. Atkinson, Cum
ningham Henry, Reed and Marchant be appoint
ed on committee to raise the required sum Carried.
On motion, Messrs. Nichols of Coloma, Hatch,
of Bottle Hl and La Due, Of Mamaluke Hill,
were added to the committee,
A motion was made and carried that the differ
ent localities the divide, embracing Bottle Hill
Johntown Coloma, Greenwood Valley, Centerville'
and Salmon Falls, together with Others be request
ed to cooperate with Georgetown in defraying the
necessary expenses of said survey.
1t was resolved that the Coloma Argus and the
Georgetown Necs be requested to give publication
to the proceedings of this meeting.
The meeting then adjourned, to convene again
on Saturday evening" 2Sth inst, to hear the report
of Committee on Finance, and take such other ac-
ton as may be deemed necessary.
E. C. SOUTHWORTH, Pres't.
j. w. OLIVER, Sec'y.