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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
A cour, Room Scene in New Hampshire

A Court Room Scene in New Hampshire.
An old man was placed at the bar, ac-
-cused of passing counterfeit money
There were but few persons in the Court
House; the lawyers who had finished their
business had gone home, and the old fell
low seemed in a fair way to be rapidly
consigned to the State Prison. Mr. Bart
lett, the younger gun, sat with his arms
folded, and his feet upon the edge of the
table, apparently asleep, while the Attor
ney General examined two or three wit
nesses. Never was justice hurried
through in more summary manner
The evidence was direct and conclusive,
and as witness after witness left the stand,
the old prisoners face grew paler and
paler, and he trembled at the certainty of
his fate.
By and by Mr.. Bartlett opened his eyes,
cast glance at the grey hairs of the cul-
prit. yawned gently, and turning to the
Attorney General. said 'audibly-I'll de-
fend this man. He asked no questions
of the witnesses, and took no notes--but
when the evidence was through, he rose
and delivered one Of the most beautiful
arguments ever heard. The testimony,
which appeared as clear as MONDAY, he
pulled all to pieces--he made discord of
harmony-nonsense of sense--discrepan-
cy of the most exact agreement-and
when he touched upon the old mans un-
just sufferings. be even drew tears. With
out leaving their seats the jury declared
the prisoner "Not Guilty" and the weep
ing man with clasped hands leaned for
ward. seeming to invoke blessing upon
the head of his defender.
Let him out, constable said Mr.. Bart
lett. "and now you old rascal, 90 about
your business, and never let me catch
you passing counterfeit money again -
The jury stared in wonder. and we left
the Court House laughing, yet sorrow
full.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
The Mayors Complaint Book.

| The Mayors Complaint Book.
1t is the custom of some of the Mayor:
at the North to keep complaint books. il
which people may enter complaints o
nuisances they want abated. Apropros
of one Of these, the Spirit of the Times
gives the following amusing sto: y:
(Scene. Mayors Office, 10 A, NJ. En-
ter bilious looking man, dressed in a
seedy coat and black whiskers. --
Saffron gent-Is the Mayor in? .,
Mayor W--Yes sir.
Gent-are you the Mayor?
Mayor Cooking dignifed). Sir, have
that honor
Bilious Citizen-Have you book in
which people can leave complaints?
Attentive dignitary-Yes. sir; and at
once proceeded to open a volume large e.
nough for country umbrella The May
or having seized pen, dipped it in the
ink, proceeded as follows: a sTa@
Will you put your complaint in the
book. or do you wish me to do so?
Gamboge ubscriber-Well. as am a
little IN hurry, you cdn put it in the
book. 1
Interesting Funetionary-What is the
complaint?
Sallow Individual7-It is the {uer COM
plant. fs
1t is sufficient to say the ponderous
book was shut in a jiffy. The pen drop
ped, and when we caught glimpse of
his honor at Hanks few moments after,
he confessed the corn" and put on his
customary smile. -
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29

@A sailor having purchased some
medicine Of celebrated doctor, demand
ed the price.
why" says the doctor, Il canno.
think of charging you less than seven
shillings and sixpence.''
"Well, III tell you what said the
sailor, take off the odd and / will pay you
the even
"Well. said the doctor, 1--WE won't
quarrel about trifes.'
The sailor then put down the sixpence
and was walking off, when the doctor re-
minded him Of his mistake
No mistake at all sir-six is even and
seven is odd all the world over, so l bid
you good morning." @ la
BE off, " said the doctor, ''it is a sell
= but I've made fourpence out of you
stlll !"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
~A beautiful tribnte ;s tbis mhi,

1A beautiful tribute is this, which
that writer of SO many good things, Mr..
Anonymous, pays to the softer sex:
f"As the vine which has long twisted
It's graceful foliage about the oak. and
been lifted by it in to sunshine, will, when
the hardy plant is raised by the thunder
ools' cling round 1T with caressiug tendrils
and bind up its shattered boughs; SO is it
beautifully ordered By Providence, that
woman. who is the dependent and orna-
ment of man in his happier hours, should
be his stay and solace, when smitteu with
sudden calamity, winding herself into
the rugged recesses of his nature, tender
y supporting the 1drouping head, and
binding up tie broken heart
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
TEMPERANCE LYRIC.
FROM THE GERMANfoF scHuILLEH.

FROM THE GERMANfoF SCHUYLER.
Dree Dootchnens vent ridin Won day out er
town, @ 8AH' lSa
At de window a young frow COON up ant look
- toWn.1 seg5 a'' fa
Pool up de pride, Ply shorge, veil shtop here
Elm glass Rinevine, ant swy glass beer's' s
De yuong frow she followed rite out er de
house -
" Yoost drive on your hooses-it's nix cum
rouse :a .s.s: L..
Nix cum arouse mid de wine unit de beer.
We've all of oos signed de temperance ihereR'
De first of de Dootchmans cot trowed from his
horse,
INT dat knocked his outsides all inside OF
course. -
Dssnaxt Of de Dootchmans cot trowed in poat
Kreu blitzI donner wetter unit shockschwere
De last of de Dootchmans cot schlag on de kop
Dis song goes no furder, unit so it moost shtop
SO it must shtop nit gruss unit kuss
INT kann di net b'glaita well hier blaiba
muss. tt@
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
RA crazy man at Rochester. e,

@A crazy man at Rochester, enter
ed one Of the passenger cars on the Cen
tral Railroad, with nothing on but hat,
cloak, and a pair of boots. He took his
seat in front of two ladies, who were trav-
cling with three band boxes and a pet
canary. Shortly after leaving Roches-
ter, the atmosphere became SO oppressive
that 'the strange looking gentleman
said lie would hang up his cloak and
"cool of a few" lie rose up to do this,
which gave rise to screech on the part Of
the ladies in the rear, that made the con
ductor suppose that he had run over
four hogs and a German organ grinder.
He rushed to the ladies. The ladies
pointed at the lunatic and fell back in a
faint. Conductor says shocking" and
pulls the bcll-rope. Train stops. Lu-
natic is encased in his cloak, and sent
back to Rochester in company with
brakesman and hickory club,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
ryDr! Hall, in his Journal of health


says:
Never let anything harder than your
finger nails touch corn; pairing it as GER
tainly makes it take deeper root, as cut
ting weed off at the surface. The worst
kind of corns are comfortable as follows:
Soak the fee. in quite warm water for
half an hour before going to bed. then rub
on the corn with your finger for several
minutes some common sweet oil Do this
every night. and every morning repeat
this rubbing in of oil with the finger; bind
on the toe during the day two or three
thicknesses of buckskin. with hole in
the center to receive the corn; in less than
a week, in ordinary cases, ifthe corn does
not fall out, you can punch it out with
the finger nail; and weeks, and sometimes
months will pass away, before you will
be reminded that you had corn, when
you can repeat the process. Corns, like
consumption, are never cured, b t may
be indefinitely postponed. The oil and
soaking softens and loosens the cord while
the buckskin protects it from pressure.
which makes it, perhaps. to be pushed
out by the underground of the parts
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
Have an Aim in Life.

Every man. rich or poor, ought to have
some absorbing purpose, some active en-
gagement, to which his energies are devo-
ted. Not enjoyment, but DUTY, daily
must be the aim of each life. No man
has a right to live on this fair earth, to
breathe its air, to consume its food, and
to enjoy its many beauties, and producing
nothing in return. He has no right to
enjoy the blessings of civilization, or So
ciety, and of civil liberty, without con-
tributing earnest and self-denying labor
of head, heart, or hand, to the welfare of
mankind. Certainly no man can be tru-
ly religious who makes qualification, as
distinct from self denying exerting, the
great object Of life, and he puts pleasure
exactly in the place Of duty.
The principle of life admitted, however
manifested, will produce daily deterioration
of character, until thoroughly abandon
ed. Every bodily appetite, every men
tai appetite, every mental fancy, every
momentary fashion, will clamor till in
dulged. The body will be pampered. ap
petite led on to gluttony, wine to drunk
enness, luxury to every evil indulgence.
while the mind excited only by novelties,
and enfeebled by the lack of continual
exertion, sinks into utter vapidity and
uselessness. There is no hope of the i'd
Ter. Poverty will sometimes scourge the
vice ofidleness out of man, but the love
of higher and better mode Of life, if once
tasted is the chief bone.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29

GE a sleepy worshiper, in church,
who sometimes engaged in unpopular
games. heard the minister use these
words, shuttle off this mortal coil, start
ed up. rubbed his eyes and exclaimed; =
Hold on its my deal = a
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29

2 EE Children tell in the street what
hey hear in the house. .
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29
scene in a western Theatre.

Some time since, Miss L--was play
ing in the character of Mrs, Haller, in
the town ofP -, within the vast bosom
of the Mississippi somewhere. A very
athletic lumberman, as straight as one of
the pines on his own hills, sat close by
the orchestra. The play hsd progressed
to The closing scene, and SO intense was
the interest this son of nature had felt,
that he rose involuntarily from his seat,
and leaned With breathless interest over
the bass viol, with his face peering in be-
tween the foot lights. The tears were
streaming in torrents down over his rough
strong, weather-beaten but manly coun
tenance. The dial gun bad ~eached the
point where the long deserted ,slse 50 pa
thetically asks to be restored to the neart
of her husband, and he sternly and en-
ergetically refuses.
The refusal was too much for the high
ly excited sympathies of our Allegheny
river friend. Rolling his huge doubled
up fists over his eyes, tbs hard, horny
knuckles wet with great blistering tears,
he blubbered out:
Il say, sissy, don't have anything more
to do with that hard hearted brute
Come and go-go-go WITH sse-me up the
Alleghenier, and I'll keep you with Mar
for the balance of your life. D--n me il
1 don't!' ....... f....la.., f....
1t is useless to say that the house came
down more effeetvally than ever. The
skill of the great actress had brought it.
She had her own gravity completely over
thrown Pit, boxes, and stage, alike
roared with mirth; the curtain fell, and
the.play progressed no further that night
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-05-29

De Dootchmans vot tontvent to nix cum arous,
Moosn't talk to de girls of temperance house.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-05-28


the cities s'sieS0mpiirriiso,in between Tie kifi-
can and Aiiatic is always favorable to the
former. The CooIie though 'of 'fddch great.
er intelligence, tact snd industry. is hi6re
frequently whipped, more constantly over.
worked. more dhspatingfy ab6sea. They
are bought and sold precisely as Gle African.
When. by excessive cruelty, they are driven
to despair, their refuge is suicide, opium
supplying the mesns, ard the expectation
of immediate translation after death to the
Celestial Empire, whence they came, the in
ducement. The numbr tfsuicides is repre-
aented as frightful. This scheme of slave
ry, every feature of which is worse in all
particulars than negro servitude, sickens the
traveller in Cuba at every turn. Every do.
mestic duty. including those ordinarily as
signed to women, be fnds executed in the
house where lie lodges by those oriental
slaves. Slaves, nOminblly, for seven years;
bit, Substantially, for life, since no proyis.
ion is made for restoring them to tlieir
homes. and while in Cuba, their portion is
the inevitable yoke.
And this barbarous commerce, began in
the practice Of deception and falsehood upon
the ignorant and nendy-continued in a
spirit Of inhtthanity at Whi;h human ma.
ture recbils With kJrror-and ended in doom
ing its victims to trrettievabie Slavery
employs whole fleets Of ships. and sweeps
every ocean. Thousands ere carried to per-
ish on the guano Islands of the Pacific. and
and the mines of Peru and Bolivia. Thou.
sahds IRE carried to The British Colonies ad.
jacent 10 Demerara. and to the British Isl.
ands, In the West India Archipelago
Th6hsah6s Ere carried to Cuia and Porto
Rico. They S%sth IN California--tbere,
happiiy, not in condiion Of Involuntary ser.
vitude. And the most 'painfaI fact Of all is
that Atnericsn merchants, doubtless thotgh
\ ignorant Of the traffic. send their shipping
to assist in business not bit more hu.
name or Respectable than negro slave-tra
ding. and which has ndt sfready, like that,
been condemned as piracy by the common
voice and law Of nations. merely because
the evidence Of its enormous character has
not been fairly spread before The world -
That such current publicity may be soon at
tanned should be the desire of every philan
thropist. Once instructed as to the nature
of the CooEe commerce, the conmonsehse
of mankind must be so loud in its reproba-
ton that no law would be needed tu deter
humane merchant from ssharing in it; its at
tendant infamy would be prohibition e.
noagh.
Proud are We as an Ohioan, that, white
almost The entire Ohio Fusion delegation, is
engaged in schemes of detaagcs stelsm --agi.
,ating the public nhfHd Upon an abstract and
impraetacable question-our noble young
Senltor has grasped with this giant wrong.
His is practical philanthropy. while that
Of his COLLEAGUES Is false and mischievous-
only tending to ALLEVIATE the brotherhood of
the Union, and make bitter enemies of those
who should be fast friends.
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-05-28

site Guyandotte reside Colonel James Buf
hngton, a farmer, ,snd Mr.. a. G. Pr ctor,
q merchant. Early last winter "yOung
man succeeded in escaping to the State Of
Ohio with several slaves, from Kentucky.
and the Colonel prevailed upon him to take
the slaves back to their masters Proctor
being an enemy to the Colonel tried to have
him indicted by the Grand JITy Of Law
renee county, AS kidnspper. but failed,
yet succeeded in raising considerable ex
element against the Colonel, and caused
meetings to be hell, with the purpose Of
getting up mob, These meetings created
sensation on both sides of The river, and
to one of them ''soine ten or a dozen per.
sons. nearly ali young boys. having curl
osity to hear what rabid abolitionist wo'd
say went over" They were unarlned.
heard speech and departed for home
Most of them had reached their skif. when
the cry of fight was heard in the house
where the meeting had been Lsld, which
proved to have been caused Ivy sn engage
ment between Burlington and Proctor, both
citizens of Ohio. The Republican tells The
story of that which followed thus:
Burlington was getting The advantage oi
Proctor in the fght, when one Rev. Mr.
Adams and others rushed in 10 his rescue;
this caused the brother of William Buaing.
ton, DR.. T. G. Burlington, and some Vir.
ginia friends, to interfere, and the light be-
come general. No weapons were used at
all. at least by the Virginians. Proctor's
friends were the 'irst to resort to clubs and
rails, which Of course compelled the other
party to do the same in self defence. Mr..
William Burlington is son of Col. Bufing
ton, and had just returned home from Mis-.
souri,, where he had heen for SOME honths
previous, ann happening to be piesent al
The meeting. and hearing the abuse Of his
father, became considerably excited, as il
would be natural enough for son under
the circumstances, and after the meeting
called Proctor 10 an account for his base
SANDER, and gave lin a thrashing, as he
ficb!y deserved. Thus it will be seen that
it was personal matter altogether which
led to the affray, and CITIZENS Of Virginia
were unwittingIy and unintentioually drawn
into the melee. ~ tf-
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-05-28
Democratic Pestmasters and the
New YorE Tribune.

Horace Greeley knows better than any
other man, P. T. B .rnum, not excepted,
how to use the creduliiy Of the wotAl FOR
tile featAtthg oF hfs hest. We have had
occasion to NOTICE the fact that thousands Of
Democratic Postmasters throughout the
coantry unwit.ingly made 4emseives instru.
mental in dong Horsce's dirty work, by
Voluntarily getting up subscribers for the
Tribune, forwarding the money, and writing
the names of the Subscribers upon the pa,
p,rs, all free of charge to Sir Horace. This
gratuitous labor vi these Democratic Pest
| masters. not only operates to spread Gree
leyism over the land at the expense of dem.
ocratic sentiments, and putting Democracy
out. and Fusionissh h power, thus 5aying
powder 70 efoS themselves up, bat it saves
to the Tribune Establishment III the single
item Of Clerk hire. handsome fort une per
year. nos @
The tsfms Of The Weekly Tribune to clubs
(and nearly all its edition Is thus ob.ained)
are ons dollar per copy to. one address, or
one dollar and twenty cents ii The subscri-
bers names are written upon their papers
by the publishers. In most instances this
twenty cents yeat was saved to the sub
acribers by THESE very accommodating Post.
masters, who got up the Club voluntarily.
writing the names Of the Subscribers upon
said papers "fres gratis.for- nothing
The Weekly calculation Of the Tribune. IS
10000 Iii safe to estimate that 1t least
100000 were sent from the Office Of publi-
cation without the individual direction, and
that ten thousand Postmasters were weekly
employed in putting on the superscription
which as fwssrs ckNrs per namber, the
price asked by nresly. would anoant to the
nice little sum Of s2O. GOO per year
So much the democratic Posllnasters have
been donating to Greeley and bis barn bread
and Black Republican principles. III this
way. no Western WssEly can cotdpete with
Greeley. He Sah, nut only count. upon the
active etersiona d postmastets throughout
the West. who fOt paltry cohnisai0h Of
q fbw cents upuha .psr. get up these clubs.
but hs ccunsa cn this SosAftos Of twenty
thousand dollars a year in the way Of gra-
tuitoas scribing. No wonder Western
Wseklies are statvihg out. Or living at dy-
Ing rats; With such tteheRdous odds against
thcinl
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-05-28
To Postmas!ers and the Public
Generally. ~. /. y.

We wish to remind Postfhasters Of this
county Of fact or two concerning the post.
aye on county papers. Itmay be possible
that some of oGr friends are not cognlzant
Of the facts that on every county paper sent
to their Offices. they are al owed by govern
fnent two mills, aud that their labor III dis.
tributing to subscribers their county papers,
il not gratuitcus. For instance they are al.
lowed on newspapers, published as below
stateds '" p"
on county PAPERS. they afe allowed by
government, 9 mills on each number, or 10
cents and 4 mills per anuam. .gs
On papers pubIiahsd in the State. but
out Of the county. their percentage is
less than on comfy papers, being but 7 cents
and Q mills. On papers published out Of
the State they are allowed 80 per cent. Of
Is cents per anHdtn. e a. i9 +a'a
We call the attention of postffiaslers to
this statement, hoping that they will realize
that il is their interest us well as duty. TO
give theit Caddty papers the preference,
when using their influence to build up news,
paper subscription lists, The time is coming
--in some instances has come---when pub
lishers of county parers must enter the
field in self-defence, Or soon expect to yield
toe whole ground to the encroachments of
cheap city prints. In those COMMUNITIES
where neighbors and business men stand
shoulder to shutldes; ahi all feel Wiling 10
contribute to tie Common prosperity. the
home pape. is cherished and literally sis
taihed despite the outside pressure of for.
eign journals. But Il too ofteh hsppehs, we
fear, that bscanse city cotcmpofaty NAV
offer a greater number of square inches Of
printed ihattef+- at but two nliils profit on
the papst--the coanty1 paper Of less ampli
tude and humber pretenlions Is rejected
as "not worth taking" Yet, how oiien do
this very Slass Of people find ii very conve.
nient TO Use the columns Of the home paper.
when any gratiiito6s printing Is to be doneY !
When a public meeting Is to called, an obi.
uary or marriage notice to be published; d.
complimentary mention made OF their wares
their fine fatmA or splendid stock. viii the
pablic think of tItse things ahd BIZ iliore
grateful tS The pfihtrrs @
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-05-28
The Mtrderous Assault Of vir-
ginia Shareholders upon the
Unofendihg Abolltienists of

",
During the sitting of The Legislature Of
Our State. we had very great alarm abou
the capital here, from reports sent up thai
Ohio had been invaded by border ruifi,ans'
from Virginia, and murderous assault
made upon unoffending and christian citi.
zens Ct our State. The indignation was itui
versal, and the denunciations long and bit.
ter, and we do not know how mitch time
ofthe Legislative WAS spent thereon, seek
ing vshgsiRce FOR our wrongs. 15au
The story was well got up. and looked
as much like truth as lie we'll could, and
hence the large amount OF indignation spent
oyeF the daring outrage. Now it ia pity
that the whole storyis spoiled. 1t is a
pity, because when nice and decent. men
are fooled by the cry Of 'slaad bull'' "mad
BULL" and no mad bull appears. they are
too apt to become disbelieyers altogether,
and wheu the bull does come. they are
found right in tie path Of dangerlsa taoe
We copy the following for the benefit Of
those members of the Legislature who cut
sAcha glotioas figure on the tsoutrage'
last winter. They feel "fat as o paucake''
or ''aa cheap ms dirt. ii ID their own faul,
not vuFs.--States. oos 7Ya. a4t ii gea u
aisl From the Cincinnati, Commercial ~.
The '.Invasion" OF Ohio by svir-
b ginians--The ether side of the
y Story. @ .7Yaa8 gaii,gos
The Independent Repab lican. published
at Point Pleasant. Virginia, has 40 article;
in its issue of the 18th inst, under the
head Of "Rordst RufIianism 10 Virginia"
in which the editor states that he has been
at Guyandot.e. and taken paths tB ascer.
tanning Ihe fact4 relative TO The affair hap
penihg In that vicinity, about which 30
mulch has been said ih the papers. The
stEtetAsht givsh IN cohttadictlon Of the let
lei Ct Judge Picard, Is as follow s:-- Uppo.
s@e -. az -S- .s.~ss-t.4 - .-.a GNY AA