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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27
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Shaking out Surgeons.

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I From the ..Humors, of ,Falconbridge,' new
work in the press of T. B. Peterson.l
We have -roared until our, ribs fairly
ached, at the relation of the following
item on sturgeos.s. by a loquacious
friend of ours: j, hsf ne#Y 4f 4ss-
Itrappears our friend was located on
the, Kennebec river, few years ago, and
had number of hands employed about
a dam, and the surgeons were very nu-
merous, and extremely docile. They
would frequently come poking their noses
close up to the men standing in the wa
ter, and one of the men bethought him
how delicious morsel of picked stur-
geon was, and he forthwith made prep
aration to '.'snake OUT +. q clever,sized
fish, Getting an iron rod at the black
smiths shop. close at hand, he bends up
one end like a fish hook, and, slipping
out into the stream, he silly places the
hook under the surgeons nose and into
its round hole of a mouth, expecting to
fasten on to The victimized, harmless fish,
and g yank him clean and clear out OIL
his watery element. But, - lordy,'
| wasn't he mistaken and surprised The
moment the hook touched the inside o.
the stnrgeon's mouth, the creature back
ed water SO sudden and forcibly as to neal
ljerk the holder of the hooks head from
its socket. The poor fellow was forty
rods under water, and going down stream
before he mustered presence of mine
enough to induce him 10 let go the hook
u How ever, the lookers-on Of this curl
GUS mannuverltook boata and fished ou
their half-drowned comrade, who con
cluded that he had paid pretty dearly 70
! his whistle. > .@aa has 55aml,.4 Sd
4 The sturgeon catching did not en'
here. After the laugh Of the above men
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27
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THE IMAGE BOY. .s... 5,.s
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BY NJ. G. METCALF.
'GoncLf1ed \

Ia H. rra
bsa Italy, the very name, is suggestive Of
all that is beautifulin art and nature
nLouiee4 'Welton was charmed, with the
'balmy air, and delighted in all around
her,. She forgot the storied castle-ruins
of England the gay fashions of Paris. all,
sall, leyen, the dream of her heart in this
first rapturous experience of life in Italy.
Her father was delighted with her en-
thusiasm, her brilliancy, her cheerfulness,
and readily. foresaw that the society of
shis talented daughter would be courted
in Florence, as it had been in London
and Bremen. She Immediately became
the star of the American reunions. her
beauty and her grace was a proyerb
xamong the iuniatears. fla Belle .44mari-
co;ne" became the standard of all female
loveliness. ~ p e
"How strange!" suddenly calculated
yan3 ambitious artist, one evening to a
friend who stood near him in Floren
tine salon. '.See, Rinaldo. yonder is the
living embodiment Of your Fairy Queen
oInsser half believed there was such
beauty upon the earth; especially tina
peculiar contour Of the head" sl4tq p
Rihaldo the sculptor was wholly occu
pied for the moment in studying tha
same graceful head. He soon turnee
again to his friend and said, II confess
Albert, that my Fairy Queen is but hal
my own The real grace is drawn from
1atinny clay bust Ionce saw in the beg
agarly studio of a poor artist, who, for al
the world cares. may today be starving
must be presented to this real Elfn, an
AAo" 37-I-J I -fa-t taTss15t} n vi y.-t
Do not waste your admiration, friend
naine!" sneered a third gentleman. az
preaching them. 'Rinaldo's own statu
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

Mischief Makers.

oh could there in this world be found
Some little spot of happy ground.
Where village pleasures might go round;
,,.,. Without the village tattlingl
How doubly blest that spot would be.
Where all might dwell in liberty.
Free from the bitter misery
hss OF gossips' endless prattling.
EiLf a1a - tNtt-.ss. t4tF eIlt't- ~ -... q
-Ifsuch spot were really known, s,a .r
Dame Peace might call ii as her own.
And IN It she might fix her throne,
ode For ever and for ever; s
There like queen might reign and live,
While every one would soon forgive
The little sights they might receive,
And lie offended never.
The mischief-makers that remove
Far from our hearts the warmth of love,
And lead us all to disarproye
'na What gives another pleasure
They seem to take ones part-but when
They've heard your cares, unkindly then
They soon retail them all again,
baa Mixed up with poisonous measure.
And then they've such cunning way
of telling i'll meant tales; they say,
'"Don't never mention it, pray
I would not tell another :"
Straight to your neighbors. then, they go,
Narrating everything they know,
And break the peace thigh and low,
= Wife, husband, friend and brother.
o. sa 7s~sffttfr(s f-tit.f , .t.fs1i =. = tif
Oh! that the misunderstanding crew y ~
Were a | reduced to one or two,
And they were painted red or blue
-. That every one might know them
TLen would our villagers forget
To rage and quarrel, ,fume and fret,
:. And fall into an angry pet, :.
- With things SO, much below them.
For its sad, degrading part,
To make anothcr's bosom smart,
And plant dagger in the heart, ~
We ought.to love and cherish
Then LET us eyermore be found
In quietness with all around.
while friendship, JOY AID peace abound,
And argry feelings perish, "
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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

once. Louiee glanced from his face to
the little clay image Of herself he had
placed in a niche on the wall, and gasp
ed, "oh, Joe, how happy we all shall
bel" sH sri'a ss "4s
His story was soon told when they had
retraced the well remembered path to the
top of the hill, and were again seated in
widow Irwin's cottage. The mother
could not gaze enough upon the returned
wanderer-her. Joe. notwithstanding the
magnificent moustache and the Astor
House banquet. 8 'a
"It seemed I was doomed to obscuri-
ty," said the soi distant Rinaldo. any
American name was mighty incubus. =
Noone admired-who could adsnire the
works of such named artist as Joseph
Irwin? Then I had no European fame.
Poor as church mouse, must 60 to
Italy, A kind friend who had aided me
somewhat, died suddenly. The next
day. i shipped as a cabin boy for a
French port, and thence worked my way
to Rome succeeded in finding sculp-
tor who was willing to give me something G
to do. There was no rest for me now
Ihad boarded all, left home and country
l must sacrifice my name too, ere fortune
would smile upon me. Thus was Joe
Irwin transformed into the Italian Rinal-
do, and whatever fame or wealth he has
acquired is at the service Of his patient,
trusting mother, and the faithful girl who
has inspired all his efforts for virtuous
renown.' 4ss. s.-a.,8 a-i8
Arm in arm went the happy youth to
Mr.. Welton's aristocratic mansion, fol-
lowed by the prayers Of the mother at
the cottage door.
The old man was 10th to recognize Joe
Irwin in the worshipped italian sculptor;
and when the truth was forced upon him
by the evidence of his own senses, he was
very averse to his daughters marrying
the son of the village laundress. 1t was
dec Iedly a shocking idea to his aristo-
cratic mind.
He summoned Louiee in the library.
"Indeed, Louiee, I cannot permit it.
The very idea is repulsiye. Anything
but a-how unfortunate ii all is!-oh, i
she had been anything but a washer- 400
mani"
$ Louiee's laugh struck fright to her ia
theirs heart, it was SO exultant.
"Now. papa, listen to our several pedi
grees. My fatheri is retired merchant
your father was a physician; and hi
mother, your granmother, and my great
granmother was--a--well, we must con
fess tia washer-woman.a q Joe's mother
has been for some time engaged in tha
same honest vocation: her father was
lawyer, and his father lived in style OIL
the interest of his money Joe now i
wealthy, all that our hearts could desire
as; for genealegy, there is scarcely
Iehoice So father. aae
Eyes, on the WHOLE" interrupted Mr
Welton. Il guess we will say no NOR
Faboutit." 'abe
f. So the wedding was solemnized. Ney
Y ork was in convulsions for nine days
and Joe Irwin celebrated the event by ex
ecuting an admirable statuette of a
American boy, bearing a banner upo
whichis engraved this device--t.NEvE
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27
An Extraordinary Man

James McDonald, ), was brought before |
the Mayor on the charge of intruding |
himself in the house Of Dr. Porcher, and |
refusing to go out when requested. He
stated that he was sick and went there to
see the doctor to get some medicine; and
III was supposed that lie was under the
influence of liquor at the time. When
asked what he had to say in explanation
Of his conduct, he replied that he had
much to say, and proceeded to give a brief
account of his life and travels, from which
we gathered the following particulars
He had been musician, but not pen
sioner Was born in the city of Glas-
gov, in September, l749, and served in
the wars of Napoleon. He joined the
army in 1904, and served under Joseph
Bonaparte, in Spain. He was at the bat
tie of Corunna, Salamanca and Taliafero.
Was at the battle of Brandywine, where
he was wounded in the hip, and had his
leg broke. He was also at the battle OF
GuiIford Court House, and lost his left
eye at the battle of Cowpens, and killed
the man that wounded him. i'is757
He was at the battles of Long Island,
White Plains, Stony Point, Kings
Bridge, Trenton. Princeton, and Cam
dem was also at Lexington, where he
was wounded Concord and Bunker
Hill, where he saw General Warren die
in the arms of old Putnam. Ha knew
General Jackson, and was intimate with
him, and has a son now living near Nash
vile who is eighty years of age He gets
$50 month as pension, being pension
er for both the Revolutionary War and
the war of 1919. He has been residing
in Boston since 1926, and is now on his
way to Mobile, for the purpose of bring
ing, away great grand daughter, who
is thirty four years old, to live with him
and take care of him in his old age
Her name is Elizabeth Murray, and is a
widow with two children. He is stout
and robust for his age, and can walk 25
miles day. He still limps from the eff
fects of wound received at Lundy's
Lane.
He is now lo7 years old, and still re-
+tains his ,signt in bis right eye., the only
one he has, and never wore spectacles.
He was married in Pennsy sylvaniain 1863,
and had two sons and FIVE daughters
two Of whom are still living-a son and
a daughter. The surviving daughter is
residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and
has been married three times, and has a
large family. He says he has taken an
. occasional soldiers drink all his life, but
never to excess. He enjoys good health
and looks as if he might live to be many
years older. His body and limbs have
been mutilated with FIVE or more severe
wounds, the one in the left leg causing
him to limp yet, it being some three inch
t es shorter than the right one. Such is
the story of an old soldier, and most e2-
traordinary man, as we had it from his
own mouth. Neacs. aai!
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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

A correspondent of the New York
Herald says that Miss Cults, of whom
Senator Douglas is soon to become the
husband, is d Roman Catholic. She be-
longs to one of the oldest families in Vir-
ginia. and the marriage ceremony is to
take place in the Catholic Church IN
Washington. @
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

A little work before US entitled, " Five
Hundred Mistakes Corrected" is respon-
sible for the following bon mot
The foil owing equiyocal notice is said
to swing out on sign board somewhere
in the Western country: Smith &
Huggs-Select School. Smith teaches Tie
boys and Hugs the gals" Huggs needs
correction.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27


A NOBLE TOWNSHIP OF FARMERS
The township of Burritt, Winnebago
county, Illinois, bears the palm for the
gallant stand its voters took in the late
election. Before the formatiod of the Re-
publican party, rhere were but six Wing
voters in the township. On the 4th of
November, Fremont received 154 votes,
Buchanan 7, Fillmore none. re
That township raised this year 10000
bushels wheat, 100000 bushels corn.
$4,000 bushels oats,. and other things in
proportion. "And yet" says the cor
respondent who informs. the Chicago
Press of the fact, ."we have had time to
read the Paess, Isi5ane, Democrat, and
three county papers. Intelligence. thrift,
and q love ofFreedom always gohandin
hani. .s g.s. ff- sxs4zs. gfs7l,+.s - ssat
You have Looked on that picture
now look on this: The Ninth District,
the extreme southern part of the same
State, and which gives Buchanan an over
whelming majority. contains ezesen ksou-
sand one hundred and eighty-six persons
who can neither read nor write.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27
NUMBER 10.

falo, we know but little it is probable;
however, that fewer fugitives pass through
this town than through either of those
mentioned = af3 afts
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

How beautiful the following, from the
pen Of Prentice, and how,happy the heart
that causes these beauties as he portrays
them:- ~ f ~ r.
"Why is it that the rainbow and the
cloud come over us with a beauty that is
not OF earth, and thus pass away, and
leave us to muse on their faded loveliness9
Why is it that the stars, which hold their
festival around their midnight thrones.
are set above the grasp Of our limited
faculties, forever mocking US with their
unapproachable glory? And why is it
that bright forms of huzaan beauty ara
presented to our view, and then taken
from us, leaving the thousand dreams of
affilctlon to flow back in Alpine torrents
upon our heart? We are born for Eigh-
tr destiny than that of earth. There is a
realm where the rainbow never fades.
where the stars will be set out before us
like Islands that slumber on the ocean.
and where the beautiful being that now
passes before US like meteor, will STAY
In GU. presence forever 4A .a
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

toned adventure had ceased, some one
offered to bet. hat that he could hold
sturgeon and snake him, clean out of the
water and as the man who had tried the
experiment felt altogether dubious about
it, he at once bet that the sturgeon would
be more than match for any man in the
crowd.
The wager was duly staked,a rod
crooked, the operator turned up his
sleeves and trowsers, and wades out to
where. a sturgeon or two were lying off
in the shallow water. Of course the op-
eration now became matter of.conside-
rable interest and as the man was a
stout. hearty fellow, able to hold a bull
bv the horns, few entertained doubts of
his bringing out his sturgeon. 3a
After long time the operator gets
his hook under the sturgeon, and leans
forward to stick it close into the jaws of
the victim and no sooner was that part
of the feat accomplished, than Mr. Stur-
geon backs out with the velocity, of
chain lightning, carrying his assailant un-
der water and down stream !! The man
held on !; and there they went, foaming
and pitching, until the fellow, finding his
breath nearly out of his body; his neck,
arms and legs just about dislocoted, con-
eluded to lose the hat and let the hook
and sturgeon got .srnsI slt'af as3
Pretty we'll used up, the poor follow
succeeded in getting out Of the river a
convert to the first experimental idea OF
the strength and velocity Of fish, espe-
cially a big sturgeon. 911z* Q ~ '''zs
Beginning TO imagine that fish could
swim, or had some muscular power, sew
eral of the bystanders were rife for e3-
perimenting on the surgeons.
Another. 1on rod was converted into
hook, aud two burly built Paddys volun-
teered to hook the fish. An opportunity
was not long waited for, ere jolly good
elastic nosed genus sturgeon came smell
ing up close to where the Paddys had
posted themselves upon some moss COW
cred, slippery stones, and with sudden
spasmodic effort, the man with the hook
planted it firmly into the suction hole o.
the fish, while his companion held on te
rope fast to the hook. Before Pa
could say Jack Robinson, Of course he
was ierked off bis feet, and, letting go the
iron, the other Paddy and the sturgeon
set sail, having all the fun to themselves
This proved, or very nearly SO, a serious
denouenaem to the sturgeon catching By
hand. for Paddy was carried clean ane
clear off soundings, and SO, repeated.
Immersed in deep water, that his life was
within an ace Of being wet out of his body
The rope parted at last (poor Pat never
thought of letting go his g hould % ane
being dipped out Of the liquid elemen
and rolled over barrel until his insides
were emptied of the water, and heat re
stored through the influence of whiskey
he recovered, and further experimenting
on surgeons, that season, in the Kenne
bee, ceased.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

A BtcHANEER ON THE BIBLE.-I. N.
Morris, a candidate for Congress, in
speech at Quincy, H., on Saturday pre-
vious to the election, said" If we beat
the black Republicans on Tuesday, they
will cease to exist. aye be swallowed up
in the political whirlpool as the children
of hrael acere in the Red SEA- r. Yes:
that's lust the way they viii be swallow
ed Pits. Gaz.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27
Fast Qnakers.

..tt ~
One of the most alarming evidences
that we have lately seen, that we live in
a fast age. is tract published by a reli-
gious sect in Pennsylvania calling them
selves Progressive Friends. A progress
i've Friend is one Of those anomalies which
may. be placed In the catalogue Of white
black birds, dingy swans, and warm ices.
The essential characteristic ofa Friend is
TO remain exactly where George Fox and
William Penn placed him, moving neither
backward nor forward, turning neither to
the right nor the, left. The very name,
Therefore, .of. a progressive Friend, is, in
itself, sufficient to create an alarming sus-
picion that something unusual is about to
happen and the tract of the Progressive
Friends which first makes us acquainted
with the existence ofthe sect, verifes our
apprehensions. This tract is a carefully
prepared essay written by one of the
members, and duly presented to the So
I
ciety at its last annual, or quarterly meet
ing. on the subject of amusements, not
condemnatory Of such worldly wick
edness, but actually recommending dane
ing and encouraging dramatic performan-
ces. The effect of document like this
on the society of Friends may easily be
imagined, if its principles should be
adopted. Amusements are recommen-
ded on purely philosophical grounds, as
being necessary to the bodily and menta
health of even the disciples of George
Fox. There will be some truth hereafter
in the well known eulprit which seems te
have been keptin remembrance by the
absurdity involved in it: 35e Diff ilaa
5s }rMerrily danced the Quaker's wife,
And merrily danced the Quaker"
i Half.a dozen Friends in drab- coloree
1suits whirlng about in polka shottsehe
/ or languishins around ballroom in the
Sicilie9ne. or rushing it in the 1enlpete
will be sight worth seeing Weacar
imag CINE we hear Jeremiah Broadbrim ad
dressing some prin, damselin.a a deye-col
r ered satin, in language like this: ''Iftho'
art not. engaged. friend Ruth. wilt tho
| dance the Polka Rsdowa with me at th
: next turn?' The places of public amuse
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

DANGER OF WEARING HooPs IN A H1GH
WIND During the wind on Saturday
afternoon, and while the dust was circu-
lating SO thick that no one could see more
than the length Of an eyelash in front, a
lady, dressed in the most elegant style,
in coming round one of the corners, was
lifted off of her feet by the force of the
wind acting on the great expanse of sur
face which she presented to it. The wind
unfortunately did not set her down in the
same position in which she was before be-
ing taken up. but turning her gently on
one side, it laid her endwise on the side
walk, where she commenced series of
astonishing gyrations, rolling over and
over On the hoops of the skirts, and ex-
hitting species of locomotion which is
not yet generally appreciated, and which
may come into fashion with high winds
and large circlets Of light material. As
the lady thus rolled over and over, seve-
raj persons were knocked down and pass
ed over by the lady and the hoops, with
out ever knowing that anything had bent
them. Fortunately for the lady, the dust
and the astonishment of the people out Of
doors permitted but few to witness this
new method Of getting along in stiff
breeze and keeping up full sail at the
same time. AS we came round corner
we found the lady wedged between a
lamp post and hydrant, and Immediate
y assisted her to an upright instead of
recumbent position. Detroit 14dp. sas
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-27

Why is the Fillmore party like the
Globe '5 9s4; i... sa 5a4oalsi'4
{ Because it flattens out at the polls.
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