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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-12-31

Gross LIBELs.-We copy the follow
ing { The writer Of which has evidently
tasted sour grapes) simply 10 show 10
what extremes The frowns of the fair sex
may drive the rejected;
The young ladies of Boston, before CO.
ing TO party, rub their eyes with estrdet
d ognon, 10 make them sparkle and give
brilliant expression.
The New York bells don Tndia-rubber
stockings 10 contract the feet and make
them look small.
The Providence beauties put a small
clam shell under the hollow of each foot
10 lit the insteP and coufer well made
air TO the pedals.
The Philadelphia demoiselles eat per-
simmons 10 draw their mouths mp to a
point, and give their lips do kiss me"
look.
The Cincinnati ladies edo up their
curls" with hogs tails, and when asked
10 marry, answer, "oEi. oui, oui."
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From the Evening POst-l
THE FORGED WILL.
A THRILLING SCENE N COURT. RELATED BIZ SAMUEL
WARREN, =. Z. S.

A few years since, man of high re-
spectability was tried in England on a
charge of forging will, in which it was
discovered he had an indirect interest 10
a large amount. Mr.. Warren was the
associate prosecuting attorney, and the
case was tried before Lord Denman.
The prisoner being srraigned and the
formallties gone through with, the prose-
cutor, placing his thumb over the seal.
held up the will and demanded of the
prisoner if he had seen the testa;or sign
that instrument, to which he promptly
answered he had.
.And did you sign it at his request as
subscribing witness.
81 did,"
"Was it sealed with red or black
wax?"
with red wax"
"Did you see him seal it with red
wax?"
81 did,"
"Where was the testator when he
signed and sealed this will?"
,In his bed.'' .
pray. how long piece Of wax did
he use!' es lar
About three or four inches long"
"Wbo gave the testator this piece o
wsx?"
/ al did"
Where did you get it 2"
From the drawer of his desk"
"How did he light that piece o
wax?"
I with CANDLE" --
Where did that piece Of candle com
from?" N -s.a
al got it out of n cupboard in hi
ROOM"
"How long was that piece Of capdle?'
perhaps four or FIVE inches long"
"Who lit that piece of candle?"
81 lit it."
"With WHAT"
with a match.
"Wbere did you get that match?"
ION The mantle shelf in the room.
| Here Warren paused, and fixing hi
large deep blue eyes upon the prisoner
he held the will up above his head. hi
thumb still resting on the seal. and SAT-
in a solemn, measured tone:
"Now sir upon your solemn oath, yo'
saw the testator sign that will-he signet
it in his bed-at his request you signet
as subscribing wilness-you saw hin
seal twas with red wax he sealed it
a piece of wax two or three OF four inche
long-he lit that wax with piece 0
candle which you procured for him from
a cupboard you liz that candle with
match which you found on the mantle
shelf ?"
81 did,"
"Once more. sir--upon your solemn
oath. you did? %
81 did,"
MY lord-it's wafer!
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Gboite Mlistfllang.
A SUDDEN CONVERSION.

In one -of-the northern towns of Yer
mcnt. lived young man. Daniel Bryan,
lawyer by profession No one pos
sessed the confidence of his friends more
than be did. and no one was better cal
culated to secure the good will and
friendship of all with whom he came in
contact. Business poured in upon him,
and he failed not to give the utmost SAT-
isfaclion.
At the age of twenty seven. Bryan
took to himself wife from among the
most favored ones of the country. Mary
FELTON, experienced strange pride when
she gave her hand To the young lawyer,
and if none envied her, many al leas,
prayed that they might be fortunate.
But ere long cloud came over the
scene. Convivality ran high among the
members Of the bar, and Bryan possess
ed one of those peculiar temperaments
which at length gave the whole body
and soul up to the demon appetite /! For
three years he followed the social custom
of the times without heglecIing much of
his business. but finally he sank into the
lowest pit OF degradation. When at the
aye of five and thirty, he had become a
confirmed drunkard. He now neglected
his clients altogether. for he could not
remain sober long enough at any one
time to carry any case through court
The only business he now had on his
hands was the collection of some debts.
On the evening OF his thirty fifth birth
day he joined the Wsshingtonisns. and
once more his bright genius shonc out to
the world. But it could not last long
amid The examples of those who were
his constant companions. he went back
to his cups. and down he sank as rapidly
as he had risen. In a short year from
that time he was a miserable degraded
thing. People who had left notes and
accounts with Linn TO collect, called at
his house, and upon inquiry of hi. wife
where he could be found. she would tell
them he was away. Poor woman, they
could not bear to dispute her, and they
would go their way. though they knew
fuIl we'll that the remains of Daniel Bry.
an were PROSTATE upon his bedroom
foor.
One day Mr.. Vinson went to see
him. Vinson had left notes and accounts
to the amount of several thousand dol.
lars with Bry an TO collect, and he was
anxious about them. His wife answered
him as usual-that her husband had gone
aray.
MY dear madam" returned Mr..
Vinson, II know your misfortune, and /
appreciate your feelings, but must see
your husband. IF can see him for one
minute / can learn all wish to know"
May. Bryan spoke not word. but
with fearful eye turned away, a1d Mr.
Vinson followed her. He found Bryan
in back room. stretched at full length
on.the foor with a jug of Med ord rum
BY his side With much effort Vinson
aroused the poor inebriate to state of
s=mic and asked him if he
had done anything about the notes and
accounts which he had left him. YES"
answered ;he lawyer. in weak bic
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p.odrp.
FOOTSTEPS OF THE ANGELS.


When the hours of day are numbered,
And the voices of the night
Wake the better soul that slumbered,
To holy calm delight:
Ere the evening LAMPS are lighted.
And like phantoms grim and tall,
Shadows from the fitful fre-light
Dance upon the parlor hall;
Then the forms of the departed
Enter at the open door;
The beloved. the true-hearted.
Come to visit Us once more;
He. the young and strong who cherished
Noble longings Tor the strife,
By the roadside fell and persisted,
Weary with the march OF hfel
They. tn holy ones and weakly,
Who the cross Of suffering bore, =
Folded their pale hands meekly,
S; AXE with US on earth no morel
And with them the Being beauteous,
Who unto my youth was given,
More than all things else to love me,
And is now a saint in heaven.
With a slow and noiseless footstep.
Comes that messenger divine,
Takes the vacant chair beside me-.
Lays her gentle hand in mine.
And she sits and gAzas at me
With those deep aud tender eyes,
Like the stars so still and saint-liks,
Looking downward from the skies:
Uttered not, yet eomprehended,
In the spirits yoiceless prayer;
Soft rebukes in blessings ended,
Breathing from her lips of air.
o, though oft depressed and lonely,
All my fears are laid aside,
Aud remember only,
Sach as these have lived and died
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Some wag took drunken fellow,
placed him in a coffin, with the lid left so
that he could raise it, placed him in a
sraveya ard, and waited 10 see the effect.
After short time the fumes Of the liquor
left him, and his position being rather
confined, he sat upright, and after look.
ing around, exclaimed: "Well, Pm the
first that's rizl or else I'm confoundedly
belatsd1"
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tFor the Chronicle.
MORE ABOUT GAo.

Messrs. Editors II respectfully ask
you lopublish the following, clipped from
The Coal City Item. a New Castle paper,
believing that it will be read with inter-
est by many of our citizens. 1t furnishes
many facts in regard TO the manufacture
aud management of Gas Works, and the
price Of Gas. which may do much to-
wards enligi tzning the public mind upon
the subject; and inasmuch as we are
to have Gas in Warren within few
months. the facts herein contained may
serve useful purpose.
| am respectfully.
Your obi servant.
J. F. ASPER.
A LITTLE GAs-The lighting of gas
in the Coal City is looked upon BY the
substantial portion of our citizens as an
era of great Importance one Of those
signs of progress which mark the change
from yillagehood TO cityness, in our
flourishing m manufacturing towns.
We do not write this article for our
town friends, and therefore will not allow
them TO turn up their noses with impuni-
ty. but for the benefit of those of our
readers who do not often visit cities, and
for the reason that candles and lamps
have wicks, suppose gas is peddled
around by the pint. and that burner or
light would not burn long without the
cotton usually made use of.
Gas is like ar, only lighter in weight
you may smell it when it escapes from
the pipes. buE cannot see it-when it
does escape it evaporates or mingles with
air. Webster describes it as an 0eriiforna
jFsid, or in palmer English, fluid with
tie nature or form of air.
This fluid is highly inhamsble or burn
able, when exposed 10 the action of fire
or in confined place. thus, 10 pro-
cure light from gas. an opening is made
in pipe tillel with it, to which blaze
Is applied, which produces clear and
steady light until the gas is either all
burned, or the supply stopped by means
of sort of faucet near the opening.
The manufacture of gas is very sim.
pie process. although much m schinery
is employed, and great deal of money
expended upon works that are calculst-
ed 10 supply thousand or more houses
with ali the light they need. 1t is SIM
ply this
A huge oven is built. through which
several pipes run, perhaps as large as
stove pipe. A fire is kindled in the oven,
and the whole kept at cherry red heat.
The pipes are filed with stone coal,
which cokes or burns to cinder inside
these pipes. the coal smoke and gas TO
gether passing up into receiver or large
pipe above, where it passes through wa
ter, which separates the gas from the
smoke, the latter being left in the water.
and there assuming the shape of tar
this tal is called coal tar. and is convey
ed through pipes to a separate vat at one
side, whence it is afterwards taken out
and sold. 1t is very valuable paint
for protecting iron from rust. 1t is fire.
quently sold under the name of black
varnish.
The gas, after being separated from
the smoke and tar, is in very impure
state, and has to be refined or purified.
therefore, after passing through mum
Der cf pipes and washers (pipes with wa
ter running through them) it is allowed
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FENCES.

A.. fencing-timber is becoming scarce,
every rejecting farmer should be casting
about for the material to supply the fu.
ture. A method which we have not seen
suggested in our exchanges, We noticed q
few days ago, in Charleston, Portage
county, on a farm formerly belonging 10
Rev. Caleb Pitkin, now of the Western
Reserve College. al Hudson.
Some twenty years ago, or theresbouts
he set out a fne row Of elms on the side
of his farm, next to the street; they are
set SO that the trees are at a distance Of
about four feet from each other; they are
now about ten inches in diameter, and
into every third tree, on each side, are
uiortices to admit the end of the boards;
the boards are long enough so that they
have to be bent TO get them into the NOR
tees; and when entered, and allowed to
straitsn, they are firmly imbedded, and
held by The mortices at the ends, and the
center OF the board is nailed to the center
tree bttgeen the two morticed treea
This make. .olid, substantial fsncs, and
all the repairs it ever requires, is an co-
casional new board. The trees are in .
thrifty condition, and for many years
centuries-wiIl form posts for fencing
without cost or trouble. Locusius are of
quicker growth, but win not last so loag.
1t is cheap, durable, and ornamental.
Life, we are told, is a journsy-and to
see the way in which some people eat,
you would imagine they were taking 10
provisions to last them the whole length
Of the journsyI
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~ sfs
81 80 - 49, --e7-
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advocate of the tradesman pleaded that
this consumption of %pantaloons was not
excessive ; that in the higher circles no
gentleman could have less than three
costumes a day-the morning dress, the
riding costume, and the evening toilette.
The theory of the three pantaloons did
not triumph. The President observed
that a gentleman could be both elegant
and refined with moderate number of
these garments, and he consequently re-
duced the bill 200 francs. From these
disclosures we see that it is not the fair
sex alone who can be accused with ex.
~travagance in dress
Monsieur Faguer (s3 Rue Richlieu),
whose establishment for ~perfumery en-
joys a high and ~ell-deserved reputation
has invented a new paste for the skin,
which is much extolled. The anaan.
dine is a mixture of almonds and pist-
ache, and has the property of softening
and identifying the complexion, and re-
moving the traces of late hours and over
heated rooms.
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@%0-eA

BLITz AMONG THE BoYs.-The pro-
gress of Siguor Blitz through the coun-
try might be traced by observing the
tricks of the little dodgers in various
towns where he may have sojourned.
the Hollidayburgh Standard says:"One
boy, the other day, borrowed a stick of
candy from a comrade. to show how he
could swallow it and pull it out of his
ear. He swallowed it, and then twisted
himself about in various ways to ex-
tract it, but at length Informed his COM
panion that be had forgotten that part of
the trick.
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WHO WANTS no Re MARRIEDI


THE ART OF L~ovE-MAKIHG.
The most extraordinary book OF tho Nineteenth
Century !
THE BLISS OF MARRIAGE.
THE WAY TO THE ALTAR.
yM~ATRLuoNY MADE EASY; or, HOW TO
WLN "A LOVER. ,
One volume of 100 pages, 32mo. Price one dollar
SEQ, OF o copies already issued. Thirteenth editio&
ready. Printed on .he fnegt paper, and iIlustre4
ted in the first style of art
Love rules the court, the camp. the grove
ForLove is Heaven, and Heaveni is Love =
For love-ofIife the light divine
Who, did they know some gentle charm.
Might live, might die, in bliss supreme,
Possessing all of which they dream.
The road to WedlqeR Would you knoWi
Time flies end from his gloomy wings
Then seize the mopents as they pass,
Ere ALT last sands through the glass
While all the future "a unknown.
A happy marriage man or maid
This il. deciseSIyyt6Sss most s.eihatinS. iut.,.,,
ing and really useful and p~raoticEI 16rK on Court!
LAP. IaD Iite. fbst sns e wee q been is sne dds 5I6m 20 Q
American press. The artificial social system
besFfs ana IN 10 e.c mGng to c5nvsptiionsIisn 2 gh 2 O
piness andeyen che lives of thousands ofthe young
ana and e e9Peaeda o. Every one who e eontempIs stes'y m.s
riage, and wishes for an infaliiabie guide in the
selection OF a partner for life, should purchase
this great text book of cennubial felieify. ErTH
No one will ever regret the rfiee paid for such
an invaluable secret. III Nf "a TIA
Bills Of any of the specie-paying banks in the
United States OF Canadas received at par. Sold
dust can be sent rom California.
AHthati Unnecessary for you to do is to write a
letter in as few words as possible, inelosing ONE
DOLLAR, and write the name, with the Post-I
fee, County and State, and direct to, ( =
% PROFESSOR R0FD0UT."t u
81. { .Pn9hSher, and saufAor.
No.e9 FoFty.Sixth, St n. Y.
Dewitt & DAvEx1oRT, 1862 Nassau ST.. are The
January 80, 1855. 0moaS
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LineB.
81 saunr. Hrn ADxrREH.

Shoulder armsi Miss Mary Dutton-
Your knapsaek buckle tight
Your soger breeehes put on,
And show 'em how to fight
Quick, march upon the foei
"a Bible in your poeket,)
Hold up your head! turn put your toe
Present your rifc-cock it,
Take aim, and sight it well
And now the trigger-pull it
And send q Shareholder to hell,
With every whistling bulletI
Miss Nightingale may bother
With wounded men and sick
Pretty Molly, you're another,
Quite another, sort of brick.
Judy butehered HoIofernes,
All for glory-not for pelf,
Courage, Miss, if now your turn is
Make O Judy Of yourselfl
Then shout for blood and thunder,
For wounds and death hurra
For rapine, fire and plumber,
And all the joys of war!
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Wariietp.

RrAta Kansas meeting lately held in New
Haven. where one parson presided, another par
son spoke, and adeaeon volunteered, 1t was
announced that Miss Mary Dutton gave TWEEN
ty4fve dollars for the purchase of a rife to be
used in the contemplated civil war.
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The Old Fashioned Tub Must Yield the Palm.
WlSNER'S
w ASH TUB!
PATENTED NOVEMBER sth, 1858.

T can be established by reliable persons who
i have used WIsNERis TUB, that it is the best
and most convenient machinery for
WASHING 3
that was ever invented. This valuable inven-
ton has been i'll use nearly two years, and is
now extensively employed in nearly every
State in the Union. 1t is equally welladapted
to the washing of the largest as well as the
smallest fabrics. Among the leading estab-
lishments of the county where it is used, may
be mentioned the HOWARD AND BROAD
WAY HOTELS, New York. Reference can
also be had at Canton, Norwalk and Ashland
where it is generally employed.
j. r. SQUIRE, of Ashland, ha~yingpurchas-
ed the right of Ashland County, is now pre-
pared to furnish TUBSon short notice.
Directions for Using the Tub.
Place half a dozen of shirts, or equal, in the
tub with the heated water and soap-wrist-
bands and collars, should be well soaped The
water should cover the follower bear no
weight on the follower, but turn it easily with
o semfeircular movement: rub the clothes
through two suds and the washingis done.
Among the many valuable testimonials that
have come to hand we subjoin a few
Opinions oftho Press.
From the perfect simplicity, ease, and excel
lent manner with which by the aid of Wisner's
Washer. this most laborious though very nee
essary work is accomplished, we should pro-
nounce it far in advance of the old, if not of any
attempt ever invented for washing or cleansing
clothes.-RoCHEsTER GENEsEE FARMER.
GTA new and useful Wash Tub, lntelv in
vented by the Rev. Joel Wisner, is now being
used to a great extent in our community and
gives good satisfaction. 1t needs no recon-
M ndations, therefore, from US to commend it
to general use. 1t speaks for itself-NoRwALk
ONO REFLECTOR.
Q-In the wholerange ofInventions for wash
ing, we know of nothing SO handy, so neat or
SO generally useful as this little 6ontriySance of
Mr.. Wisner's. Diyested as it is of all compli-
cations in the shape of wheels, oranks, DC, it
cannot get out Of order, and for the samereason
we do not see how it can well be improved or
simplifod.-OHIo FARMER, Cleveland.
Ashland, November %, 1855. 1yr.26.
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Repairing done On the Shortest No

We return our sincere thanks to all our old Gus
toners for the very liberal patronage heretofore so
literally bestowed upon US, and we hope by our
good work and prompt attention to our business,
not only to warrant a continuance of the same,
but we expectthose who have never been our C us
tome RS to call in and see us az least, examine our
work and prices, and then We know they viii
buy. Don't forget the place, opposite Wallack's
Grocery, and west of the McNulty House.
HUGH & j, DAYS..
P. S.-We manufacture our own stock.
MAY IL. 1855, 49-tf
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A California paper says the price of
oamphepe is "etornal VIGILANCE and So,
so per Onllnn.
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Mlroieines.
CARRIERS SPANISH MIXTURE,
THE GREAT PURIFIER OF THE BLOOD
The Best Alternative Known

THE GREAT PURIFIER OF THE BLOOD
The Best Alternative Known
.NoT a PARTICLE OF MERcURY Ir IT
AN InfaIlibls Remedy forscrofula. Kings Ey Il
rheumatism, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruption
PimpIes or Pustules on the Face; Bloteh-
Sore Eyes RlSgvorm o. TettsI..
seald-Hesd, Enlargement and
Pain ofthe Bones andJoints,
Salt Rheum. Stubborn Ul-4
GERS, Syphilitie Disor- n=
ders. and all Diseases
rising from aninjudi-
oious use of Mercu; a
ry, ImpTuaence.
in Life, or ImpuFitv ofthe Blood.
This great Alternative medicine and PgTifS
of Bloodis now used by thousands of greatfuI pa,
tients from all parts oltLe United States, whotesc
e est Of s sas m 1s%eIasele % sSles RfTlSERfs x Ni fsf f NIX.
IURE" Nsurslgia, Rheum atism. serofule, EruP:
Old Sores, Affections ofthe Kidneys. Diseases Of
the Throat, Female Complaints, Pains and Aehing
using t~hisgreat andinestimabIe remedy
For all diseases of the Blood. nothing has yet
system of ali impurities, acts gently sndefhciept!!
ly on the Llverand Kidneys, strengthensth& Dfgea-
cieafand healthy, sadrestorest6 % o1stitu tho ZEN en-.
fes6led BY disease or broken down by the ~e1eesse4
For the disc ases of Females It u PeeuIisrly spE
regularly prescribed with the happiest effects. 1t
invigorstes the weak and debifitated,a and imparta
s sna caves IS the The V patis s%t FER . 1ifai Ss rs st'a,
single bottle of this i~nestimahler remedy is worth
The large number ofcertihcates which we have
received from persons from all parts ofthe United
States. is the best evidebce tn itfkefeis no Humbug
about it. The press, hotel keepers, magistrates.
physicians, and public men, well known to the
community all add their tie stimony to the wonder
full effects of this z LOO PURIFIER.
Call ON the AGERT aud get az At1ans &C, and
read the details oEastonishing cures periormedby
GATHERS SPANISH MIXTURE. CH MOST cAsEs
WHERE EVERY THING ELSE HAD sIGNALLY TAILEDl
The limits of an advertisement will not admit
their full Z
VIM. s, BEERS &c 60, PFoRrietor4a {
No. 394, BE1adnGy, Meg York, =
To whom all orders must be addressed. 4
For sale by Druggists and Country Merchants
in all parts of the United States and the canadas, :
And forsale oy r. H. CHUBR& Co Ashland, ID.
Sbriver. Savannah, JOSEPH KRNNINGER, Hayes
Vile, j. HOFFMAN,, Jeromeville, M-TyleT, Mohecan-
willie, A. Stoner, Bakeviile station, d. (. Stockmap
and ANDERSON e. Rowan, Londonviile, and Dealers
in Medicines
Feb. 90, 1856. 1y36-
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Business Garos.
A0Y8Ag.
McNulty House,

A SHLAND, Ohio, by Mrs. M. McNULTY.
Rooms airy and commodious, and table
constantly supplied with all the ~luxuries of
the season. Patronage solicited.
November 9th, 1855. 26tf
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William Wilson,
Willard NlncHm.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Office ON corner of
N Church and Sandusky Sts,, Ashland, o.
Particular attention paid to collections.
November 9th, 1855. 26tf
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ROAD SCRAPERs.

TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES ATTENTION.
best article in the above line can be had
4ANSFIELQ WHITING.
March t9.ISM 42.
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GARRINGE TRIMMINGS

and in short everything kept in an establishment
ofthis kind, and we assure them that our prices
are as Iop if not lOaoer than any other establish
mentin this place. AllOu work we will Sarrant,
as no stock but the very best is ever permitted to
go into any job.
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Thomas ]. Bull.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, L~oudonville, Ash
IA land County, Ohio, will attend promptly
to all business entrusted to his care.
November Oath, 1855. 26tf