davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-17
ESTRAY.

Taken up by the subscriber, on or about the
~ LIST Of November, one spotted Steer, sbou,
V3e is months old muly, white and red The
-Newne is requested to prove property, pay
charges, and take the away
Paris, Dec. IL, 1857. 1921 RICHARD DAVIS
Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-17

FARMERS UNION INSURANCE CO..
80 a L-S<ou'VOO ALL PAID UP
PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY
Th 100000
Ihose having Property to Insure, will find
this one OF the best Stock Companies in
Also Several Other Eastern GouDnnies
BOND d. PORTER.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15
From the Albany Argus.
journalism and Office.

In the United States there is not a
more faithful guardian Of public inter
ests than the public journals; and much
as is the freedom Of the press abused in
our country by libelous and unprinci-
pied sheets, yet it were better that such
an evil should be tolerated than that
the freedom of tho press should be de-
stroyed; for tho there arc manyunprin-
Ciplod journals extant yet yettheirinauonce
is small In England the newspapers
WELD powerful influence, but it is n Sc
condary one. Parliament-nOt public
journals-governs public sentiment.
Fifteen OF twenty years ago Congress
ruled public opinion. With such mon
as Webster, Calhoun, Clay, Wright, aud
a host Of other brilliant minds oompos-
ing it-that body was the embodiment
Of public sentiment. Public journals
we're made subsorvient to Congressional
opinion; their course was influenced, If
not controlled, by Representatives in
Congress, and so far from being indie
pendent Of Congressional influence, the
press was looked upon as a mere secon-
Diary Organ--a sort Of helpmeet to Con
gress and Congressman.
But the press is no longer a mere
mouth piece for members of Congress;
it is fulfilling HIGHER, nobler destiny.
Congress no longer rules publ" opinion.
The brilliant talent which was in Con
gress in 1910 is not there now; the giant
intellects that for a time being gave our
NaGolql Oopgress o character for digni-
tY, brilliaRcy of talaut aud forensic elo.
quence, second TO no other assembly the
world oyer saw, have nearly all passed
away, and their places been Glled by
men, too many of whom are poorly cal
culated for the position they hold. And
even had not Congress degenarated in
point Of talent, it could not lead publ
opinion at the present day. The inau-
cnce Congress once welded has depart
ed from that body, and is now conferred
IN the public journals Of the day In
stead Of being made subseryiont 10 th,
wishes Of the few, they now control the
] opinions of the many The election Of
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

our Senators and Representatives is de-
pendent in no slight degree upon the
course pursued by the public press
Congress is no longer the infdliblo body
it once was; it's acts arc either condemn
ed or approved by the public journals;
and this condemnation or approval is tho
voice of the public.
But, while Congress has been degcn-
Grating, the public press has been con
stantly improving in tone and talent,
and in few years, journalism is dcs-
tined TO be The profession in the United
states. As IL is the organ Of the poo
pie, the people will have the ablest tall
ent to represent their interests; and such
journals only will be supported as are
edited with ability, and are faithful to
the interests Of the people. We repeat,
the American press is fulfilling a high
and noble destiny. it has a brilliant fu-
ture before IT, In q few years, those
who arc illiterate and unqualified. will
be compelled to resort to something else
as means Of maintenance, and Amcri-
can journalism, calling to its support the
ablest talent in the country will be the
embodiment Of the intellectual wealth of
the United States.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15
The Loss of a Wife.

Mona but one who has been called
upon to mourn the loss Of a dear and
beloved companion, can fully appreciate
the beauty and truthfulncss of the fol-
lowing article, which we copy from an
exchange:
"ln comparison with the loss of a
wife, all other bcrcavcmcnts are trifipr.
The wife! she who fills so large space
in the domestic heaven; she who busies
herself so unwcariodly for the precious
ones round her; bitter is the tear that
falls upon her cold cIayl You stand
beside her coffin and think of the past.
1t seems an amber-colorcd pathway
where the sun shone upon beautiful
Howcrs, and the stars hung glittering
overhead. Fain would the soul lingor
hore-no thorns are remembered, save
those your own hands may unwillingly
have planted. Her noble, tender heart
lies open to your inmost SIGHT
lou think of her now as all geutlencss.
all beauty, all purity. But she is dcadl
The dear head that has laid upon your
bosom, rests in the still darkness upon
a pillow Of clay The hands that have
mInstcred SO untiringly, are folded.
white and cold, beneath the gloomy nor
tails The heart whose every beat meas
urcd am eternity Of love, lies under your
feet. The flowers she bent over i'm
smiles, bend now over her in tears, shak-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15
Hold Fast to Your Business.

If you have a business-stick to it,
If you have none-get one as speedily
as possible. But in business, or in the
hunt after one, do but one thing at a
time, and do q weH Not one. but
many thousands of young men, have
failed to accomplish anything in life,
simply because they hadn't the faculty
OF persoverance-a part Of a mans
phrenology which can be cultivated, if
primarily deficient, and so the dearth
of which is iuezcusable. Nobody ever
yet did a deed to mako his name fa.
nous, or the world better that he did
not follow out his purpose Through
thick and thin" tt is the indomitable
energy, the pluck, the will of a man.
that causes him to make his way along
the stormy pathway of this little pilgrim
age below the stars, and what possible
reason is there for a body TO stop all
along the road, to prick his fingers with
the ncttles that spring up on the banks2
That performance don't "pay." Have
a purpose. Get a business. When
you have it, hold fast to IT, being frst
sure that you are in the track that ma
turo intended you to follow. "Be sure
you re right, then go ahead" said Davy
and so every good adviser will
tell you. But the young man just COM
mencing in his Independent career, who
turns discontontedly and disconnected
ly from this to that, and from that
to the other, and back again to this,
will never do anything to make himself
known to two people besides himself
for qualities that a man is no man if he
lack.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15
$tljstrllanrous.
Printing in tho Woods.


The following from the Wisconsin
Mirror, of last January, will give an
idea Of American newspaper enter
prise:
We are doing what perhaps has
never been done in the United States
beiore--we are printing the Wisconsin
Mirror in the woodsl-not a dwelling
except our own, within half mile of
us The forest oak hangs over our Of
fee and dwelling, the deer and rabbits
shy around us, and the partridgcs and
quails seek our acquaintance by ventur-
ing nearer and nearer our doors. The
noble Wisconsin is bearing onward its
immense burdens of ice, maiesticallv
and silently, within sight Of our win
dows, and the snow-cappod hills, cover
ed with scattering oaks and pines, peer
up in the distance. There is roman &c
and reality in all this, and we feel al
most willing to publish a paper in such
a location, just for the excitement of the
thing. But most Of this romance is
soon to be spoiled. Already several
dwellings are in progress near us, and
before many weeks they arc to be occu-
pied by enterprising neighbors; and
when Spring and Summer shall come
we expect such a clatter of axes, and
spades and trOwols, and saws, and ham.
mers, thatwo shall hardly be able to
write our editorials without introducing
moro or less Of the confusion. The fact
is, we expect large villago-yoa, a
oity--to grow up rapidly around us
and that is why We are-priatng IN hc
,Coodsi
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

and must restore what does not belong
to me-
"What have you found2" said James.
GA bill for five hundred francs" said
Potcr
"Good, said James, "somc gambler
has lost it as he came out of the gamb-
ling house, or some rich merchant has
dropped it out of his pocket-book:
you would be a great fool not TO keep
Peter went straight to the bank, but
it was shut for the day; and when he re-
turned TO bis lodgings, he found James
had told the landlord that he had met
with some good fortune; and the man
Immediately attacked him and insisted
ON being paid for the last months lodg-
ing Poor Potcrl He had nothing but
the five hundred francsl The suqecs-
ton of James came TO his mind: "Itis
doubtless the money of some rich man
who will never miss il" Alasl Poor
Pctorl
Meanwhile M. Bonard, who had lost
the order was prey to the deepest dis
trcss. When he was thrown down by
the omnibus, he had the billet i'm his
hand; but the pain he suffered from the
fall made him forget everything, and it
was not until he got out Of the cabrio-
let that he missed the money. He was
the owner Of q shop, the rent of which
was due ncXt day, and having lately ex-
perienced heavy losses, he had no more
money to pay, for he had drawn from
the bank his last FIVE hundred francs
With what sorrow did he look at his
wife and childrcnl lie burst not tell
them his loss; but they soon saw that
something untoward had occurred, and
at length he was obliged to confess the
truth. "SOme honest person may vet
find it, he said
"The will Of God be done!" repIied
his wife. "You have been saved from
an accident which might have cost your
life, and every evil seems light in com.
parison."
The next day, towards twelve o.
clock, knocking was heard at the
door. "Ah.' said VI. Bonard, sit is our
landlord l fear, and there is no money
to give him.
His wife with a trembling hand open-
ed the door; for moment her confidence
in God had failed her. 1t was not the
landlord; it was a friend who had been
sent as a forlorn hope, to the bank. and
who had there found Peter. who now
accompanied him, and presented the five
francs to the delighted and
grateful family.
81 cannot conceal from you, said
Peter "that | had some temptation
to retain the money, and l do not de-
serve the applauses you bestow on my
honesty
"Iou do deserve them, said Madame
Bonard; emo one need be ashamed Of a
overcome"
"Ihank God, 1 did overcome it," said
Peter; "I should have fallen had l not
remembered what will it profit man
to gain the whole world and lose his
own soul2' and all the lessons of our
good minister came back to my mind so
torcibly, that the temptation vanished"
Your honesty has been tried. said
the friend Of Bopard, "and L have no
hesitation in recommending YOU to be
porter in the bank where YOU but now
returned IT, billet. The situation is a
lucrative one, and if you continue to
behave as you have hitherto done. your
advancement is certain. DO what is
good, and thy reward will not liuger.'"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

THR TRRAsUREs Ga THE DEEP

\
The deploroblo loss Of the Central Amerio,
reminds us Of one Of the best of Mrs Hemans
short poems, which we give below with tho OK
ception Of two stanzas.
Yet more, the depths hsvo more! Whut wealth
untold,
Far down, and shining tbro' their stiffness
liesi
Thou hast the starry gems. tho burning cold
Won from ten thousand royal orgosiss.
Sweep DER thy spoils, thou wild and wrathn
main!
Earth claims not these again.
Yet more, the billows and the depths have
more!
High hearts and brave arc gathered to thy
breast!
They hear not now tho booming wuters roar
The battle thunders will not break their rest,
Keep thy red gold aud gems, thou stormy
grave!
Give back the true and bravo
Give back tho lost and lovelyl those for whom
The place was kept at board and hearth SO
The prayer went up through mdnights breath.
less gloom,
And the vain yearnlng woke midst restu
song.
Hold fast tby buried isles, thy tow o,s o'erlhrown
But all IS not thine own.
To thee the love Of woman hath gone down,
Dark flow thy tides DER manhood's noble
head,
Ger youths bright locks and beauty's iowery
crown:
Yot must thou hear voioe-Restors the
dead
Earth shall reclaim her precious things from
thee!
Restore the dead-thou sea!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15
JUVENILE DEPARTMENT.

For the News
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am composed Of I letters:
My 9, I, 3, n is a mans name.
Ny g, I, 2 isakind Of fruit.
My 3, is proposition
My J., 9, 9, 3 Is part OF bird.
Ny 2, ], ., q is a noted mountain.
My ], 9, n, 6 is what no one wisbes 10 b,-
come.
My 6, 4, 5, . ls what we do every day.
My ], 3. ;, 3 is what the cooks do.
Ny 6, 8, ~, 10 IL child's phvthinr.
My whole Is what we should al be.
Carmel, o. w. w W
ANSWER TO EMoMA IN LAST WEEE's PAPER.
"uncle Ben Of Penn Township"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

nishel sid, each perhaps has thought
that some day one of us would come
alone, and whichever it might be, your
name would be on the stone. But we
loved the spot; and 7 know you'll love
IL none the less when you see the same
quiet sunlight lingor and play among
the grass that grows over your Mary's
grave. I know you'll go often alone
there, and my spirit will be with you
then, and whisper among the waving
branches, i am not lost, but gone be-
fore!"
"Thcy loved in life, and now in death
they are not divided" They sleep TO-
gether in the beautiful cemetery at Troy.
where we have stood by her grave, at
sunset, with the weeping husband. who
has now rsjoined her Gin that world
where sorrow is never known, and friends
are never parted.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

RABELAIs AND THE LAM
pRFYS.

When The eccentric Buholais was physician
To Cardinal Lorraine, he sat at dinner
Beside that rortna ndizinp sinner.
Not like the medical magician
Who whiaksd from Sancho Panza's fuuces
The evauesccnt meats aud slucea,
But 10 protect his sacred masler
Against such diet us obstrucis
The action Of the opisuiprs.
O'rrIoads The hillary ducia,
The poristaltic motion crosses
AhdPuzzles ho digestive process.
The cardinal, ono hungry day.
First having with his ewes consumed
Some lampreys that before him fumod,
Had plunged hls fork into the prey.
When Rnbeais gruvely shook his head.
Tapped ou his plate three times and said
"Puh!-hurd digestion hard dipsstiouw'
And his be-dreadiug Emiuence,
Though s3rely tempted, had the sense
To send it of without question
clip! IIallol bring the amproys hereg"
Cried Babelais, as the dish be snutchod;
And gobhling up the dainty cheer,
The whole WAS instantly despatched
Roddeu'd with vain attempts at sddiug
AT once bis wrath and pet Re;
Ills patron cried, C. our conducts rude
This iSuo subject, sir, for triainEi
How dare you upsignstg this food
As indigeatihlo aud crude,
Then swallow il before my slghl7"
Quoth Rabelais, at may soon be showG
That don't merit this rebuff
tapped the Tiatc, and that you'll own,
Is ind ig8stibls enough;
But as TO tlis uulucky fish,
viii you so strangely out Of favor,
Not ouly lisa wholesome dlah,
But one OF most delicious daver!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

81 say, old boy" cried Paul Pry to
AN excayator, whom no espied at In,
bottom Of a yawning gulf, "what are you
digging therc?"
"A big hole, the old boy replied.
Paul was not to be put off in thit
fashion. 'What are you going 70 do
with the holc?' he asked.
"Going to cut it up into small holes.
reioincd the old boy, land retail thu,
to farmers for gate posts"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

ress-"My goodness alive! Bridg
ct, what are you doing2 Here's my
hnenew tea-kettle with the bottom mol
ed OUT
Didn't yccs tell me to put it on the
fire for ten, an did, and / thought ia
was strange yecs said nothing al Out pur
ting water in il"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

Affection, like spring flowers, breaks
the most frozen ground at last, and the
heart which asks but for another heart
to make it happy, will never seek in
vain.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

DEAN SWIFT AND THE BARBER
The Dean, while resident on his living
lin the county of Meath, before his pro.
motion to the deancry of st. Patrick.
was daily shaved by thg village barber.
who at length became quite a fayorit.
with him. Razor, while lathering him
one morning, said he had a great favor
to ask of his rcvcrcnce--that his neigl
bors had advised him to take the pub
lie house at the corner of the church
yard, which he had done, in the horo
that by uniting the profession Of publ
can with his own he might gain a BE-,
ter maintenance for his family.
Indeed, said the Dean. 'and Whit
can do to promote this happy union
"And please YOU said Razor, son 90
Of our customers have heard much
about your reyercncc's poetry; so THAI.
If You would but condescend to give me
Il smart little touch in that way, to clap
under my sign, it might be the making
of me and mine forever"
"l}ut what do you intend for your
Sigu?' asked the Dean.
THE jolly barber, if it please your
reverence, with a razor in one hand, and
a JWi pot in the other
"Well, replied the Dean, "in that
case there can be no great difficulty IN
supplying you with a suitable inscrl,
ton So taking up his pen, he IA,
'tantly scratched the following eouplct.
which was affixed to the sign, and 70
manned there for many years
Rove not from pole to pole but stop In here,
Where nought exeerds The stdUiHg but-lho
LrCT!"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

Mr. Justice Story, Of Massachusetts
and his friend, Hon. Daniel Webster
with ladies' etc, in company, were onta
toiliug up the same steep, when me m
mer BY way of beguilemept commencad
In q merry vein to introduce Mr W
to the trees that stood by The pathway
"This Mr. Webster, Is Monsieur OaA
hs is Miss Elm, and this . Madpt
Birch at your service
"Oh!' interrupted Mr. Woh1lcf
"iorboar All Introduction there ( was
made perfectly acquainted with the lady
jn my school boy days.. X
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15


A few sunny pictures in simple frames shrin'di
A few precious volumes, the wealth Of the
mind;
And here aud there treasured some gom Of
To hndle the fancy, or soften the heart.
Gems Of Thought.
What n not for the interest Of the
whole swarm, is not for the interest of a
single bee.
Nothing olovatos us so much as the
presence Of a spirit similar, yet superior
to our own.
How ignoblo most mems lives would
appear to themselves, if described as the
lives Of others
Instructive conversation; suggestive
silencei these are the characteristics of
good society.
Wemay forgive ignorance, butnot pre-
sumption, He who has nothing to say
should say nothing.
The incapaoity of men to understand
each other is one of the PRINCIPAL
causes Of their ilI-temper towards each
other. ...a-
To commiseratc, is sometimes more
than to give, for money is external to
a mans self but he who bcstows
compassion, communicates his own self
Winter which sh;ns tbo looros e.on,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

Don't touch the lutte when drums arc
resounding. A wise man remains silent
when fools are speaking.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

A lawyer in Wisconsin was accusing
his opponent Of acting fraudulenuy.--
Yes, gentlemen said he, "tho wholy
transaction appears TO me to be- fraud
uleut one. Upon every event in its
whole course j sec written the w0r,E
fraud Ay, gentleman, and upon tho
plaintiffs brason brow (pointing 6ereely
1t that meek looking gentleman )-clear
as the light Of MONDAY / see writtsul
in characters Of blackest dye,
ER-O-A-D."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

The spirits Of a man are the thcr.
mOmoter Of his happiness, and it is to
the rise and fall Of them that his trou-
blcs and cares, joys or pleasures, may
always be determined.
The good government of our anne.
titcs and corrupt inclinations, will make
our minds cheerful and easy; con-
tentment will swccten low fortune.
and patience will make our sufferings
light
SoCTETY.-Those can most easily dis.
pouse with society who are the most
calculated to adorn it; they only are de-
pendent ON it who possess no mental
resources; for though they bring moth
ing to the general mart, like bcrcars.
they are too poor to stay at home.
To improve the condition of man.
kind essentially, a way must be con
trtyod for putting old heads ON young
shoulders
That nobility is the truost which a
man derives, not from his pedigree. but
from himself; that oxcclicncy is the
the greatest which is personal; that clio
ry is the most estimablc which is fixed
i'm our intellectual and moral attributes.
not that which a man locks up with his
cash, or puts by with his ribbons.
Washington, visiting a ladv in his
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

Rowland HHl rode a GOOD doaI.
and by exercise preserved vigorous
health. On one occasion, when asked BY
medical friend what physician and
tpothecary he employed, TO Be always ao
we'll he replied; "My physician has
always been horse, and my apothocary
an asSI'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

tits a most extraordinary thing thet
a man never becomes intoxicated on
wine or spirits; it is always sure 10 D.,
oit'r "the close room, an "emptv
stomach" ''tho air, or ''the pickles"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

A down-east editor advises readers.
{ they wish to get teeth inserted gra-
lis, to SO and steal fruit where his watch
log is on guard. -....
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-10-15

Furniture.

Furniture.
few sunny pictures in simple frames shrin'd;
few precious volumes, the wealth Of the
mind;
And here aud there treasured some gem Of
art;
To kndIo the fancy, or soften the heart.