Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-16

Fred Douglas paper reports that
slave was recently secreted in box and
dispatched to the north in the care Of
Adams d Cos express. Upon arrival at
its destination the box was opened, when
the poor wretch was found dead, his coun-
tenance horribly contorted, and his body
drawn into a knot. 1t appeared on exam
ination that the box had no air holes.
Samuel, my darling, my darling little
sonny says the aged mother, ave nc.
seen your book for several days or more
where is It'll" II know where til r. aWell,
where's" @Why it's only lost q ittle-kin-
der-in the barn, or round out of doofs,
summers, / guess; pre'aps up garet or
ahind the wood-pile." go f6f
Fans are said to have been used by the
most ancient nations, of whom we have
records. Stowe says of their introduction
into modern communities: "The mod ern
custom among ladies was borrowed from the
east. Fans, together with muffs, masks
and false hair, were first devised by the har-
OTIS in Italy, and were brought to ENGLAND
rom France" ~ ,-,sfF rr.st $1,000
An Illinois lawyer, defining a thief,
wound up his speech to the jury in behalf
of his injured client, with the following
rousing appeal: "Tue, he was rude-so
air our bears. True, he was rough-so air
our buffalers. But he was child of free
dom, and his answer to the despot and ty-
rant was, that his home was on the bright
setting suni' salslezs - ',sleas.
A story is related of Turk who marri-
ed. His wife, when unveiled, proved to be
very ugly. A few days after the nuptals,
she said to him, '.My love, as you have
many relations, I wish you to inform me
before which of them I may unveilr
'My soul,n said the husband, sif thou wilt
but conceal thy face from me, care not
to whom thou showest il. -q- +, ....r..
A noted politician was recently caught by
a friend in the act ofperusing the scriptures.
Upon asking him what particular portion of
the good book he had selectedfor examin-
alton, he replied 81 am reading the story
about the 'loaves and fishes
Two ladies wheinhabit the region of the
Five Points, were having some words to-
gether on the roadside, when the daughter
of one of them popped her head out Of the
door and cried out, @"Hurry, mother, and
call her thief before she calls you one"
undertaken in Brooklyn returns "sin
cere thanks" through the newspapers, to
the inhabitants, for the liberal patronage
which has been bestowed upon him during
the season, and hopes for continuance of
the samei
-e A Bremen journal contains the following
advertisement: "A young gentleman on
the point of getting married, is desirous Of
meeting man of experience who will dis
suade him from such astep. Address" &c.
The only justifable that we know
offs killing calf for its VEAL! 1
The most potent labor-saving machine is
a large fortune leftby your aunt"
81 DIP AS THE REST DID."-This tame,
yielding spirit-this doing 'as the rest
did"-has ruined thousands.
A young man is invited by vicious COM
panions to visit the tavern or the gambling
room, or other haunts of icentiousness.S
He becomes dissipated, spends his time,
loses his credit, squanders his property,
and at last sinks into an untimely grave.
What ruined him? Simply sdoing what
the rest did" -.g
The father has family of sons. He
is wealthy, other children in the same sit
uation of life do so and so, are INDUCED in
this thing and that. He indulges his own
in the same way. They grow up idles,
trifies and fops.
The father wonders why his children do
not succeed better. He has spent so much
money on their education, has given them
great advantages; but alasi they are
only source of vexation and trouble.
Poor man, he is paying the penalty of 'do-
ing as the rest did"
This poor mother strives hard to bring
up her daughters genteelly. They learn,
what Others do, to paint to sing, to play,
to dance, and several other useless matters.
In time, they marry. Their husbands are
unable TO support their extrayagance, and
they are soon reduced to poverty and
wretchedness. The good woman is aston.
ished. "Truly," says she, II did as the
rest did,"