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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21
STOCKHOLDERS' NOTICE.

TNHERE will be a meeting of the Stockhol-
Il ders of Coal Ridge Salt Company, on w ed
nesday, the 18th dayof May, at o'clock, A.
NJ, at the Office Of the Company in Pomeroy.
April 14-w3 w. G. STARR, Sec'y-
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

nj OTICE-My Wife Barbara, having left
my bed and board without anyjust cause
or provocation, now forewarn all to whom
she may apply, not TO harbor OF trust her on
nv account, as will pay no debts OF her con :
| tracing, CALEB SHRY.
| AnriI 14-w4z
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21
EARM EOR SALE,

MOTICE.-Chares Whipple is hereby no
IN tilted that Catharine Whipple did on the
7th day of February, 1857, file her petition in
the Office of the Clerk of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, within and for the county OF
Meigs, and State of Ohio, charging the said
Charles Whipple with habitual drunkenness,
and wilfuf absence for more than three years,
and asking that she may be divorced from the
said Charles Whipple, which petition will
stand for hearing at The next term OF SAID
court. CATPARINE dlPPLE'
by PLANTS q BUNAP, her attorneys.
March %. 1887 -nAW6
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To the Commissioners of Meigs Count.
at their June session. A. D. 1857.

TT1HE petition of the undersigned represents that in
l. their opinion the following of the coun
ty road Lending past Samuel Chafans in Scipio town
ship and the State road at Martin Dyes
near Harrisonvlle would be of both public and prl-
yate utility; said alteration commencing at the White
School House, near Abraham Jordan's. inthe town
ship aforesaid thence the nearest and best route so
TO the State road the line between the
premises Martin Dye and Robert Turner, near Har;
risonville in Scipio township and that part Of the old
road superseded bv the new be vacated. BY taking
the regular steps Of the law to effect the end desired,
Your petitioners will ever, &c.
ADril 2I-n7-4w-% MANY PETITIONERS
NOTICE IS hereby given that the subscriber has
IN been appointed and qualified administrative on
the estate Of Isaac Vance ir late OF Megs county,
deceased. CELINA B. VANCE, administrators.
April, 2l-w3-+
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To the Creditors of John Nelson Jr Decd

ON the l1th day of April, A.. D. 1857, the Probate
" Court Of Megs county declared the estate of John
Nelson Jr to be probably insolvent. Credi-
tors thefore required present ther claims against
the estate to the undersigned for allowance within
six months from the time above mentioned, or they
will not be entitled to payment
April II, 1S57-n6w3f G. w. COOPER.
Admir- of John Nelson Jr.'s Estate.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

SECRETARY STATE'E OFFICE
COLUMBUs, April 4, 1857.
hereby certify that the foregoing proposed ConstI-
tuition amendments correctly copied from the orig
~ JAMES H. BAKER,
Secretary of State.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

M OTICE-The partnership heretofore ex-
isting between d. Barber, and Geo. w.
Cooper, is this day dissolved by mutual con-
sent. Geo. w. Cooper is authorized to attend
to the settlement of the business of the late
firm. D. BARBER,
April 4-w4* GEO w. COOPER
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

DROBATE COURT, Meigs County, S. s.
l. Final settlement of Accounts--Notice is
hereby given that the accounts of the follow
ing persons have been filed in the Probate
Court within and for said county for settle
ment: Leonard Carleton, Administrator of
James Saul, deceased; Leonard Carleton, Ad-
ministratOr of Eleanor Saul, deceased; and
said accounts will be heard and settled on the
oath day of April next unless otherwise
disposed Of. ARTHUR MERRILL.
March 81, 1873 Probate Judge.
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FLOUR-By the barrel or sack, made at the
IL Coalridge Mill, al
mar.I7 w. STIVERS'.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

TIMoTHY SEED, Starch, and Table Salt, at
J. W. STlNERS.
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TINE CINCINNATI GAZETTE COMPA
l. NY VS.. ISAAC ROARBACK. In Court
of Common Pleas of Meigs county, Ohio
II he said Isaac Roarback will take notice that
the Cincinnati Gazette Company, of the city
of Cincinnati in the State o! OHIO, did on
the 9Th day of March, A. d. 1857, file their
petition in the Court Of Common Pleas with
in and for the county Of Meigs. in the State
of Ohio, against the said Isaac Roarback' set
ting forth that the said defendant on the 1st
day of May, 1851, was, and still is. indebted
to the plaintiffs in the sum of $50 for labor
and material furnished by the plaintiffs to the
defendant at his request. Judgment is there
in demanded for said sum of $50, together
with interesr thereon since the 18th day OF
April, A. d. 1851 And the said Isaac Roar
back is notified that he is require to appear
and answer said petition on or before the 3 d
Saturday after the 5th day of May next.
| The CINCINNATI GAZETTE COMPA-
NY, ByJ. G. CARTWRIGHT, their Atty.
March 81 1S57,-n4w6
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EY- AT HoME.-We arrived at home
just as the paper was going TO press, and
have no time to write. Next week our
readers may expect to hear from us at
length.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-04-21

TTEALTH DEPENDS UPON PURE BLOOD
IL Thin and acrid blood cannot Asecreie
healthy lille, and therefore the first thing Tor
those who are dyspeptic should be 10 COM
nence the purification Of their blood.
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She always made home happy.

A plain marble stone ina churchyard
bears this brief inscription; "She always
made home happy"
This epitaph was renned by bereav-
ehusbard after sixty wears ofwedded llte.
He might have said of his departed wife:
she was beautiful and accomplished, and
an ornament to society, and yet not have
said she made home Lappy. He might
might have added sho was Christian,
and not have been able to say '.She al
ways made home happy" VIVA rare
combination of virtues and graces this
wife and mother must have possessed !
How wisely she must have ordered her
house! In what patience she must have
her soul! How selt-denying she must
have been How tender and how loving
How thoughtful for the comfort of all
about her. Her husband did not seek
happiness in public places, because he
found sweeter and purer enjoyment at
homo. Her children when away did not
dread to return, for there was no place so
dear to them as home. There was thor
mother thinking Of them, and praying for
their coming. When tempted they
thought Of her. When in trouble they
remembered her kind voica aud ready
sympathy. When sick they l.-uss &c
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ALWAYS Firm.

There are some whom the lightning Of
fortune blasts only to render holy Amid
all that hulnbles and scathes-anidst all
that skaters from their life its verdure
smites 10 the dust the pomp and summit
of their pride and in the very heart Of ex-
istcnce writeth sudden and strange
defeature they stand erect-riven, not
uprooted--t monument less of pity than
of awe! There are some who pass throug
the lazar-house of Misery with step
moro august than a Caesars in bis hall.
The very things which seen alone arc DIES.
picable and vile associated with them be-
come almost venerable and divine; and
one ray, however dim and feeble, of that
intense holiness which i'll the Infant
God, shed majesty over the manager, ana
the straw not denied to those who, in the
depth of affection, Cherish his patient inn
age fl.ngs over the neanest localities VI
earth au enanation from tbs glory Of
Heaven.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-10-21

"May it please the court" said a Yankee
lawyer before Dutch justice the other
day "this is case of great Importance;
while the American eagle, whose slcepless
eye watches over the welfare OF this NIGH
ty Republic, and whose wings extend from
the Alleghan:es to the Rocky chain Of the
West, was rejoicing in his pride of pace"
''Shtop dare ! say vat bag dis suit to
no nit eagles! Dis has notn to do nit
de wild bird. It is Won sheep" eSclaim-
ed the justice.
"True your honor but my client has
rights"
Eyer CLIENT he's no right to dc eagle"
Of course not, but the laws Of Ian
guage'-
"W hat cares for de laws of language,
I understand the laws of de State, snd
dat ish enough for me. Confine your talk
to de case"
swell then my client, the defendant
in this case, is charged with stealing 8
sheep and"
dat will do! dat viii do! Your CLIENT
charged init stealing sheep, just nine
shilling. The court viii odjurn.
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WHAT NEWSPAPERS DO
FOR NOTHING.

We wish we had room to print this ar
tcle in capital letters. Every llne con
tans cutting truth for those who "pat-
ronize the press" in every way but the
one which contains it. Let such read
and pohder it.
The result of my observation enables
me to state as q fact, that the publishers
of newspapers are more poorly rewarded
than any other class of men in the Uni
ted States, who invest an equal amount
of labor capital and thought. They are
expected to do more service for less pay,
to stand more sponging, and ''dead head
ing" to puff and defend more people with
out foe or hope of reward, than any other
class.
They credit wider and longer, get
oftener the victims Of misplaced conf
dence than any other calling in the COM
munity. People pay a printers bill more
reluctantly than any other, goes harder
with thom to expend dollar on valua-
bic newspaper than ten on needless gew
cav; vet, everybody avais himself of the
use of the editors pen and the printers
ink.
How many professional and political
regulations and fortunes have been made
and sustained by the friendly, though IN
requited pen of the editor? How many
embryo towns and cities have been bro't
into notice, and pulled into prosperity by
the presss How many railroads, now in
successful operation would have founder
ed but for the assistance Of the ''lever
that moves the world in short what
branch of industry or activity has not
been promoted, stimulated and defended
| by the presss
| And who has rendered it more than a
miserable pittance for its mighty services
| The bazaars of fashion and tie haunts of
appetite and dissipation, are thronged
with an eager crowd, bearing in their
palms and the commodities there needed
are sold at enormous profits, though in
trinsieally, worthless, and paid for with
scrupulous punctuality; while the count
ing-room Of the newspaper Is the sest Of
iewing, cheapen;ng, trade orders aud
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pennies. 1t is made point Of honor to
hquidate a grog bill, but not of dishoner
to ropudiate printers bill.
ECOnOuay.

Economy is ono of three sisters; of
whom the other and less, reputable two
are Avar;ce and Prodigality. She alone
keeps the straight path, while Avar;cc
sneers at her as profusc, and Prodigality
scorns her as penurious. TO the poor she
IS indispensable; to those of mode rate
means she is found the representative Of
wisdom; and although some moralist has
said, that ct the hearth of the opulent
Economy takes the form of q wee, she is
rcr,la1s os great virtue there rs she is
elsewhere. Her very name signifies the
law or rule of q house, and her presence
is as much required in the palace as in
the cottage. The prince who dcspises
her and outruns his means is at once q
slave and knave. The honest man who
lives within his income, and owes no man
anything, is your only true king. Econ
ony is an excellent virtue, no doubt; but
ike other virtues, it must be applied with
prudence, Or it will turn into q folly or q
vice. III the olden time there were suInp-
tuary laws, which, while they attached a
penalty to extravaganza, set a fine on the
man who let a year go by without ask
ing q friend TO dinner.-Athenrum.
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A Sad Fact of City Lifc-SinEus
lar Instance of Reverse OF For
tExnQ.

Almost daily may be secn~on Fourth
street, a decrepid, wrinklod, half-insane old
woman, rendered old in appearance more
by care and disappointment an sorrow
than by years, whose history is mourn
ful one, and illustrative of tho fckleness
Of fortune.
Some years ago, loved, honered and
esteemed, she was moving in the most
refined society, tho proud mother of beau
tiful daughters, and the head of All ele-
CANT luxurious household. She herself
was beautiful in youth, and had been
reared amid affluence, and accustomed
from infancy, to whatever taste aud cul.
t;vation and wealth can furnish.
Who would recognize now in that pale
sad, desolatsd being, that goes mumbling
irrationally along, with vacant eye and
wasted form, the fondly cherished moth
CT and lonered wife of an old and dis
tinguished family, or the fair girl, whosa
eve flashed with ali the loneliness Of a
lovely nature, and whose smile was a
high favor to tho many baSking III its
light?
Who're ars her relatives, her f.iends,-
those who clustered about her in tho re-
cant years She passes every moment
the wealthy and proud who were init
mates, and not face turns wclcomely
to hers Isolated and deserted-only
saved fgom overwhelming woe by mind
topping on the utmost of rcason-sho
glides along like a ghost in fansiliar halls
whose inhabitants have turned to stone;
81 d yet she has committed no error Is
guilty Of no, s:n; her misfortune is to have
outlived all sympathy, and the affections
Of her nearest kindred.
Often when we observed her 20 by,
her plain and we'll worn garments cloud
ing the costly and brilliant robes Of the
daughters whose mothers were the com
panions of her youth, we would marvel
at her history, had not lo"raei sA-
soIntre story of the World.
Strange Las been the fate Of this lono-
" woman She is - breathing morb.l to
life's fable--a sad example Of fortunes
waywardest of moods Cincinnati Gas.
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globe is dumb as the arrows airy route.
B. r. Taylor.


THE SPELL OF YEARs.-How painful
to notc the change which years have
made, whether it be in the outward or
inward man. So intently occupied rs
we ever are with individual interest, we
rarely pause to reflect, or note how many
changes are in progress around us, until
accident awakens US for q moment to con-
sciousness- then the work of time seems
like the doings of an cnchanter, and We
stop and wonder for a moment, until VIC
glance inward, and find that there, alas .
thought, feeling and emotion are not as
once they were, when life was in the fresh
ness of carly years. and the world had
not chilled the first gusles of nature, nor
taught US the lessons ofexperience.
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Fashionable Friends.

The hardest trial of those who fall
from afluence and honor to poverty and
obscurity is the discovery that the attach
ment Of SO many in whom they confided
was a pretenca, mask to gain their own
ends, or was a miserable shallowness.-
Sometimes, doubtless, it is with regret that
these frivolous followers of the world de-
sert those upon whom they have fawned;
but they soon forget them. Flies leave the
kitchen when the dishe' are empty. The
parasites that cluster about tho favorite Of
fortune to gather his gifts and climb BY his
aid linger with the sunshine but scatter at
the approach of q storm rs the leaves cling
to the tree in summer weather but drop Of
at the breath of winter and it naked to the
singing blast. Like ravens settled down
for banquet, and suddenly scared by q
noise, how quick at the first sound of ca
lamity these superficial carthlings are
specks on the horizon
But a true frien sits in the centre and is
for all times. Our nesd only reveals him.
more fully, md binds him more close to us.
Prosp r;ty and adversely are both revealeri
the difference being that in the former our
friends know us in the latter we knowthem
But notwithstanding the insincenty and
greediness prevail ing among men there is
vast deal more Of esteem and fellow
yearnng than is ever outwardly shown.
There are more examples Of unadulterated
affection, more deeds of silent love and
magnaninitv than is usually supposed.
Our msfoltunes bring to our side real
friends before unknown.
Benevolent impulses, where we should
not expect them, in modest privacy enact
many scene of beautiful wonder amidst
plaudits Of angels. And upon the whole
fairly estimating the glory and the uses
and the actual and possible prevalence Of
the friendly sentiment, we must cheerily
strike the lyrh and lift our voice to the
favorite song, confossing after overt COM
plant it ended, that
There is a power to make each hoor
AS sweet as heaven designed IT.
Nor netd we roam to bring it home,
Though there be to find i'll
We seek to high for things close by,
And lose what natGle found us;
| For life hath here no charm so dear,
AS home and friends around u.s.
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From Household Words.
ID e w

30 dearest mother, tell me, pray,
Why are the dew-drops gone 50 soon7
Could they not stay till close Of day,
To twinkle on the fowery spray,
Or on the fields till noon?
INV child. It's said such beautoous things,
Too often loved with vain excess,
Are swept away by angel wings.
Before contamination clings
To their pure loyeiinces-
Behold yon rainbow Frightening yet.
To (Which all mingled hues are given;
There are the dew-drors grandly SGT
In respondent coronet
Upon the brow Of Heaven.
mo earthly stain can reach them there.
Woven with sunbeams there they shine,
4 transient vision ofthe air,
But yet a symbol pure and fair.
oflove and peace divine"
The boy look'd upward into space
With eager and enquiring eyes.
And DER his sweet and thoughtful face,
Came faint glory, and grace
Transmitted from the skies.
With the odorous sigh of May,
That child beneath the flowers was laid,
Like dew his spirit passed away,
To mingle in eternal day
With angels perfect made.
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POETR Y.
SOR ROWS
BY CHARLES MACKAY,

In Spring or Summer sleeps the Stone
All night, all morrow
When falls the snow. or storms are blown,
1t feels no sorrow
Calm on the teeming soil it lies.
Untroubled by the earth o. skies
Oh. happy Stone, devoid of sorrow!
In rain or sunshine lies the Clod.
The child of sorrow
Bearing to-day the gifts Of God,
Cut down tomorrow V;
Feeling the JOY of Summer fowers.
The pain of Winter-frOst and showers;-
oh, lucklcss Clod, alive to so.row
B4t Oh the delicate golden Harp,
A quirerer tEoro'
Through all its wool one fnger-warp
Nav weave shrill sorrow
It feels the raw of sun or moon,
The breeze can jar it out OF tune =
Oh, moarnful Harp. that throbs to SORROW
Bat rather than the Stone, unTo:n
Bv night or morrow,
I'd be the Clod that bears tho corn.
And suffers sorrow;
Or, better still the Harp, Whose strains
Have conztlcss joys as well as dams
oh, passionate Harp ofJoy and Sorrow,
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his lady appeared, much to the relief Of
the peopl:, who had feared that the cast
wind would terrify the lady and keep h /
within the limits of the parsonage parlol
for the evening
Mr. Haskell went around shaking hands
with his brethren, and the lady sat down
perfectly at her ease, III the rocking chair
by the fire.
you've got an addition to your family,
amt you, brother Haskell inquired GU
rious sister, as her pastor was shaking
hands with her.
Eyes, sister Reed, Jennie came up with
me last night. / nope you will like her.
assure you she hats the dispositions o.
an angel almost" and Mr.. Haskell looked
towards Jennie with world Of satisfac-
ton shining in his eyes.
The feminine portion Of the assombiage
now that the subject was fairly preached,
began crowding around their minister,
thick and fast, and question after question
was fast poured into his transfxed tympa-
nam.
"How long have you been acquainted
with this here ,'enn;o!" asked one Mrs.
White.
"Eyer since she came into the world,
he replied, with quaint smile.
40! lived in her neighborhood--nigll
her folks, l s'pose," broke in Mrs. Bar
Der; ''but amt she terrible extrayagant ~
The minister's eyes flashed, but he re.
tanned himself, and replied calmly
''Jennie is not extravag mt, can assure
you"
"NTell, I'd like to ask you one question,
MIR. Haskell. Do you--a man SO old
and experienced as yoll--love this young,
Eighty critter II his-this --mero school
girl, not half old enough for you, to say
the leasta" 1t was aunt Sally who pro
p9unded this inquiry.
Mr. Haskell's reply WIS brief and to
the point, and everybody started back as
he uttered it.
GAS my life!"
For moment there was a silence
then Mrs. Perkins broke in with -
"WelI, if you love her, which is singu-
lar to me, I'll confess, and she amt extrav-
agant, and you've known her so long, |
s'pose all we can do is to make tho best Of
it, and say nothing" Butwhy don't you
introduce her to ,ls:"
"With pleasure" returned the minister,
walking up to Jennie; and taking her by
the hand, he led her into the center of the
room.
brethren ana sisters, allow me to
present to you my sister, Miss Jennie Ar
lington, Of Lancaster"
Judge Of the CONSERVATION which fol-
lowed, if you can, dear reader! Judge Of
the different shades of color which flash
ed over different faces gathered there in
Deacon BARRIERS '.fore-rooln." Boa
His sister! Yes, only Mr. Haskell'8
sister. His widowed mother had married
James Arlington, shortly after the death
Of her first husband, and Jennie was their
child.
1t is needless SAY that Tattletown re-
gained its equilibrium Immediately. Miss
Arlington was invited to tea, Toasted and
breakfastdd 50 much that she was obliged
to return to Lancaster for fear of govt and
dyspepsia.
Mr.. Haskell is q widower this day, not
withstanding the fitness of aunt Sally for
a misister's wife and Bridget, the" cute
Irisher." who set all Tattletown by the
ears, still presidcs over his household.
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nH- Never effect 70 be other than Tha

RyN Never effect TO DO other than what
YOU are. Learn to say, 81 do not know"
and 81 cannot afford it" with most sono-
rous distinctness and emphasis. Men will
then believe you when you say, 81 DO
know" and 81 CAN afford it." Never be-
ashamed to pass for just what you truly
are, and who you are and you are on SOL
id ground. A man is already Of conse-
quence in the world, when it is known
that we can implicitly rely on him--that
when be says thing he will do it. Such
a reputation will give a man more real
enjoyment aud is Of far greater value 70
him than ali tue results which display and
pretensions can compass.
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ADVICE ABOUT BooKs.--Avoid espe-
ialy that class of literature which has
knowing tone; it is the most poisonous Of
ALL Livery good book, CT piece Of book
is full ofadmiration and awe; it may con-
tain firm assertion or stern satire, but it
never sneers coldly nor asserts haugatily.
and it always leads you to reverence or
love something with your whole heart
1t is not always easy to distinguish tho
satire, Of the venomous race OF books
from the satire of the noble and pure ones.
but in general you may notice that tho
cold blooded Crustacean and Batrsehian
books will snecr at sentiment, aud tbs
warm blooded human books at sin.--
John Ruskin.