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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

Doc AND Loe1c.-A fat old gentleman
was bitten in the calf of his leg by a dog.
He at once rushed to the office of the ius-
tice of the peace, and preferred complaint
against man in the neighborhood, whom
he supposed to be the owner of the Offend
ing cur. The following was the defencs
offered on the trial:-il. By testimony in
favor of the general good character of my
dog, I shall prove that nothing could make
him so forgetful of his canine dignity as
to bite calf. I'd. He is blind, and cannot
see to bite. Sd. Even if he could see to
bite, it would be utterly impossible for him
to 90 out of his way to do so, on account
of his severe lameness. 4th Granting
his eyes and legs to be good, he has no
teeth. 5th. Ny dog died six weeks before.
eth. l never had any dog."-Ameriean
paper. =
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

E The proposition made in Congress
to raise committee to investigate into
the truth of the charges of corruption,
made by the New York Times, has called
out frantic bursts of Indignation, from
Lew Campbell, and other members, upon
newspapers editors in general-and the ed
itors are retorting upon the members, in q
sharp and spicy manner. This little war
is principally confined to the Republican
papers, in Ohio; and they give Campbell,
who was once an Editor himself, some
very rough hits. The Ohio State Journal
considers these naughty members of Con-
gress as very small potatoes, the ablest not
possessing sufficient talent TO edit a res
pectable daily newspaper. The Journal
then describes the labors of both city and
country eitors. We here copy what it
says of the country Editor. as the picture is
often too rue:- Coshocton Democrat.
"But, take our weekly country papers,
examine them and consider the amount of
labor in setting them up, and the strength
and cultivation of intellect demanded, to
write the leading article, and to make Sc
lections of news paragraphs, rewriting
and condensation of paragraphs, &c.-
The story on the outside to be read by
the family freside The poetry for the
young women, and the Congressional and
legislative news for men, the extracts
from agricultural papers for the farmers,
the prices of cattle and grain, the jokes
and anecdotes for the youth, and all spiced
with scraps of local news, to make the pa
per welcome and looked for visitor to
the subscribers. This has to be done eve
ry week, and in many cases the man who
does these things, stands at the case du-
ring the day, setting the matter in type
his own editor, bis own folder and direc-
tor, and for all this he gets bare living.
He is expected to attend the conventions
of his party-to write the resolutions to
be offered, or the toasts to be drank. He
is expected to make good speech for his
candidate, if he fails to make one for him
self He receivs the subscription to his
paper in wood, coal, or truck, and makes
a discount for ready money. The men
for whom he has labored patronise him to
the amount of a yearly subscription, some
times paid in advance, sometimes not, and
often not at all: Thus he goes on, year af-
ter year, working for men, working for
party, and more often treated with cold
ness and neglect, than with kindness and
generosity"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

FREMoNTERs IN BooTs.-During the re-
cent election, raw -boned Yankee, travelling
on the New Haven Railroad, got into an
exciting dispute with a Southerner on pol
itics. Jonathan declared that every man
in the car but the Southerner was q Ere
monter, and offered to risk any amount on
it. The Southerner laughed at him. "T'n
prove it" says Jonathan. "Gentlemen,r y
screamed the Yankee, "all you in favor of
Buchanan will take off your boots" Not
a man showed his stockings. "Now says
he, "all you that's in favor of Fremont will
keep your boots on" Every boot remain
ed on. "Therer' screamed the Yankee,
'every man of us is Fremonters, and SO
they are in the other cars too"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26
A VERY FAIR H1r,-An EXCHANGE saw

A VERY FAIR HIr.-An exchange says
The United States are overrun at this time
with professors, not Professors of Colleges.
but self-appointed and selfconstituted pro-
fessors, who just help themselves to the
title, and parade it with great dignity be-
fore the public. There is scarcely little
academy in the country, whose teachers do
not call themselves professors-music teach
ers, dancing masters. Even aronauts are
professors. The title, once signifying some
thing, is now synonymous with assurance,
pretension and brass. 1t has become al
most as common rs colonel or major.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26
Moral SuasiOn.

There is nothing like "moral suasion."
1t has grown to be a great and controlling
institution. The best example of the same
occurred in San Francisco recently. You
well know-if not, can inform you there
on-that the chief city of California is fire.
quently, if not oftener, invested by China
men. An acquaintance of ours was junior
partner and occasional salesman in a firm
whose business it was TO sell fish hooks,
and lines, ropes-ends, and other odds and
ends. One day, John Chinaman, follow
ed by a train of about ten of his country
men, ranged tandem fashion, entered the
establishment and after peering round for
few seconds, exclaimed:
"Cotton seine twine-go himl" NJ
ayes" was theanswer.
allow much takee?'
"One dollar pound"
"Um, give fifty cents"
"Get OUT" said the Junior partner, with
menacing gesture, and John Chinaman de-
parted, followed by his tail and his coun-
trymen.
The train passed and repassed the door
several times, and at length re-entered.-
John looking around as though he had
never been there before, again inquired:
"Cotton seine twine-got himT
"Yes"
"How much takee?"
"One dollar pound"
"Um! give seventee-ive cents"
"Get outT' cried the excited partner,
and the Chinese population departed as be-
fore.
The wild geese procession paraded past
few times and then re-entered. The
spokesman, after gazing around some time,
lifted up his voice third time, and thus
he spoke:
"Cotton seine twine-got hima"
ayes"
"How much takee?"
The salesman whispered to Patrick, the
porter, to hand him cleaver, with his
right, exclaimed:
aOne dollar pound!'
John gave one look at the cleaver, an
other at the face of the salesman, and yelled
out:
81 takee one hundred pound~
The bargain was thereon closed. So
much for moral suasion.-Letter to Por-
ters' Spirit ofthe Times.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26
Raise your own Coffee

81. -
EDITOR ONO FARMEa-I have noticed
in the Farmer, many articles on the Chi
nese sugar cane, about which, have moth
ing to say, except that 81 hope it may sue
ceed, beyond the anticipations ofalI.s
Ny theme, is coffee, without which, I
would have very little use for sugar.
There is foreign plant, that was intro
duced into this part Of Kentucky, four or
five years ago. 1t has, since that time,
been cultivated in most all gardens, and
is used as table vegetable, The berry of
the plant, q accidentally discovered, viii
make good cofee-as good as any Java I
ever drank. It grows luxuiantly, in q
rich soil, and will produce SIX or seven
hundred pounds per acre, with about the
same labor, and mode of cultivation, that
cabbage requires.
Twill send you few grains of this plant
which have been parched, that you may
know that it will make coffee. / am sorry
that cannot send you enough for cup of
coffee.
If my discovery is worth anything, /
wish the public to receive the benefit of it;
yet, at the same time, wish to profit by
it, if there is any profit.
If any one wishes to try the experiment
of raising his own coffee, I will be most
happy to accommodate him with the desi-
red information, on the following terms
He must write to me, promising to give
the information to no one else, and send
me one dollar; on the receipt of which, I
will let him know how the plant is cultiua-'
ted, and how it is prepared for coffee. If
be cannot procure the seed, 1 will send him
enough, for one dollar, to plant one hum
dred hills.
Any esevriting to me for information,
or seed, will be promptly attended to, by
complying with my terms, and directing
their letters 10 JOHN B. OyERToN,'
Lexington, Kentucky.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

How TO HELP CoUGH.-It is said that
a small peice of rosin dipped in the water
which is placed in vessel on the stove,
will add q peculiar property to the at
mosphere of the room, which will give
great relief to persons troubled with cough.
The heat of the water is sufficient to throw
off the aroma of the rosin. tits preferable
to combustion, because evaporation is more
desirable. The same rosin may be used
for weeks.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26
Cure FOR FELoss ON THE FrsaRs.

CURE FOR FELONs ON THE FINGERS
The Scientific american says-"The past
year we have known the spinal marrow of
an OK or cow applied by three different per-
sons, with the most satisfactory results, in
releaving pain and securing cures of their
felons. The spinal marrow should be ap-
piled four hours for two days"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

THE B1BLE.-Place yourself, in inagin-
alton, by the side of an Australian gold
digging, and observe the earth that is drawn
up from its bottom, It is likely that your
Impractical eye will see nothing Id that heap
but rubbish, and dirt, and stones And
yet that very heap of earth may prove on
Washing, to be full Of particles of the pur-
est gold. It is just the same with the BIZ
Bile. We can see but little Of il now; we
shall find hereafter that every verse of it
contained gold. Place yourself IN imag-,
ination, on the top Of some Highland
mountain. Look at the minute mass OF
litchen which clings to the side of that mass
of rock. Tell me, if you can, what use and
purpose that litchen serves. The birds of
the air, the beasts of the field, the very IN
sects leave it alone-grouse, and plarmigan,
and red deer draw no sustenance from it.
The rock does not require its covering land
vet that minute itchen is as truly pars
of Gods creation as the ceders of Lebanon
or the Victoria regia of the South Ameri-
can rivers. Place it under a microscope,
and you see that it is like all other works
of God: it is ''very good" and full Of beau-
tiful design. Settle it down in your mind,
as it is with the book of nature, so it is
with the book of revelation, the written
Wod of God. There is not chapter OK
verse, from first to last which is not ID
some way profitable. If you and l do not
see it use, it is because we have not eyes to
see it yet. But all, we may rest assured,
is precious. All is "very good" Well,
said Bishop JEWELL "There is no sentence,
no clause, no word, no syllable, no letter,
but is written by thy instruction. There
is not one jot, but is signed sealed with the
blood of the Lamb.-Rev. j. C. Byle.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

How TO Cook PuxpKN.,-Boil the
pumpkin in large quantity of water, with
out MASKING or crushing the pieces, while
cooking. When done, take out, and press
out the water, then mash, in colander, IS
usual. Those who try this, will find that
even pumpkin pie can be improved. -
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

we have received the following letter
from DR.. John Moreton, a gentleman Of
veracity and professional standing. We
think its perusal will convince every one
of our readers of the entire truth of all
that is said about modern Spiritualisms:
GRAND Traverse, Mich,
Dec. %, 1856.
Editor Enguirer:-I send the follow.
ing account of the most extraordinary
event. or rtransaction-or whatever you will
because, in my opinion, it ought not to
be suppressed; but, on the contrary, thor
oagAly investigated. In the midst of the
excitement here, such thing as a calm
and unbiased examination is altogether out
of the question, nor would it be safe to at
tempt it, in as much as the determination
of the people is very strongto .hush it up.
As I myself am one of the. chief charac
tiers concerned in the affair, dare not at
tempt, if 1 possessed the ability, to deter
mine the character Of what l am about tc
relate.
I left your city to establish myself here
as you will remember, some time in July
last-a young and inexperienced physician
Almost the first patient 1 was called 10 Wis.
it was Mrs. Hayden woman of thirty.
five years of age, strong constitution and
a well balanced mind, (apparently,) and
lapparently) with little or no imagination
She was, however "spiritualist," !" with the
reputation of being superior medium
Her usual physician, Dr.. ]. N. Williams
was absent-hence her application to me.
I found her laboring under sever attack
of typhus fever, which threatened to prove
fatal. Having prescribed for her 1 left
promising to send DR.. W., as soon as be
returned. This was on Saturday morning
AT night DR.. W. took the patient off m, AZ
hands, and I did not see her again unit
Friday evening of the ensuing week.
then found her dying and remained will
her until her decease, which took place pre-
cisely at midnight. She was, or appeare'
to be, rational during the whole of my visit
though I was informed that she had beel
delirous the greater part of the week.
There was nothing remarkable about he
SYMPTOMS. l should say the disease has
taken its natural course.
At the time Of her decease there wer
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26
Poetry.


Oh, mother, get my bonnet, do,
Iwant to go and play;
And hurry mother, tie my shoe.
Or sis viii run away.
Oh mother, do unite this string.
It's in hateful knot;
And tell me where put my sling,
I really have forgot.
Mother, see here, my dress is loose;
Iwish you'd hook it up,
Oh, dear, want drink so bad,
Ma; take me down the cup.
Mother, want a long, strong, string,
To make my kite fly high
Give me more paper for my tail,
I'll make 1t reach the sky.
I've cut my finger, mother, oh,
Dotie a rag upon it;
And mother, here, do sew this string
Again upon my bonnet.
And mother, sew this button on
My pants, see how they look:
And mother, won't you stitch those leaves
Into my spelling book?
OIL mother, mother, comb my hair,
And wash my face right clean;
The girls are all a-going to walk
Tonight upon the green.
Tonight just after school, you know,
The mistress said we might;
And mother, must have some cake
And cheese, to fix things right.
oh, mother, pick these stitches up,
I've dropped n half score;
And seel there s one all ravelled down
A dozen rounds or more.
Mother, where 'smyjumping roper
Mother, where g my hat?
Mother, come help me build my house.
Msther, John plaques my cat.
Thus hour by hour. and day by day,
These little things intrude-
Til many mothers anxious heart
Is weary and subdued-
And to her ever troubled ear,
s. The sacred name of mother,
By being ever dwelt upon,
: Sounds ,corse than any other.
But let each mother pause and think
How much she has at stake;
How many thousand. tiny drops
: 1t takes to fill lake.
Remembering that her noisy boy
A statesman bold may be,
And strong in truth and right, may teach
A nation to be free.
With glowing words of eloquenee
Maintain Jehovah's plan,
Till vice shall hide its head for shame,
And nations bless the man.
Or, when her head is growing grey,
That daughter kind and true,
With feeling heart and ready hand,
The "little things" will do.
Let these reflections nerve and cheer
Every weary, faint one,
With patient hope to do her work,
Till all her work is DONE
For not on earth can there be found
Through all lifes varied plan.
A nobler, greater work, than hers,
Who rears an honest man.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

g We read an account the other day;
of "DeviT being ''cast out" Of one Of the
Egyptian printing Offices ont west. How
strange.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26
GEORGE GREEN,
ALBERT ]. BAILEY,
HENRY K. SMEAD.

Sworn and subscribed before me, a Notary
Public, in and for the county of Grand
Traverse, and State of Michigan, on this
goth day of December, A. ID. 1856.
JAMES Taylor, Notary Public.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26
Spiritual Revelations.
From the Grand Rapids Enquirer.
FICTION STRANGER THAN TRUTH!
John Faust and the Devil come to Life
Again!
Il Tale of Horror and Faets-A neu
s.,s. Phase of Spiritualism.

We have received the following letter
from DR.. John Moreton, gentleman of
yeracity and professional standing. We
think its perusal will convince every one
of our readers of the entire truth of all
that IS said about modern Spiritualisms:
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

We aver and solemnly swear that the
above is strictly and entirely true, Of our
own knowledge.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-02-26

County of Grand Traverse, Michigan, IS
Mrs. Joseph H. Green, being duly sworn
deposes and says that the letter of DR.. John
Moreton, hereto appended, which she has
read, is strictly true, SO far as it goes,
though much of the history of what occur
red at her brothers, (the late Mr.. Hayden,)
house is omitted and this she deposes of
her own knowledge.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-07-30
The Origin of Great Men,

Some OF the greatest men the world has
ever produced, either in ancient or mod.
ern times, we're very humble and OBJ
scure origin. Columbus, the discoverer
Of America, was the son Of a weaver, and
weaver himself. Homer, the great
Greek poet, and the prince Of ancient
poets, was beggar. Demosthenes, the
great Grecian orator, was the son Of a
cutler. Oliver Cromwell was the son Of
brewer. Benjamin Franklin was
journeyInan printer. Ferguson. the
Scotch astronomer. was shepherd --s
Edmond Haly, an eminent English as
ironomer, the son of soap boiler, at
Shoredilch. Hogarlh, the celebrated
English painter, was put an apprentice to
an engraver ofpewter pots. Virgil, the
great Latin poet, was the son Of potter;
and lIorace, Of q shop keeper. Shak.,
spere, the greatest Of English dramatic
poets, was the son Of woodstaLler; and
Milton, the greatest Of English epic poets,
was the son OF money ScriveDer. Pope
was the son ofa merchant; and DR.. Sam
uel Johnson, Of bookseller at Litchfeld.
Akenside, the author ofthat elegant poem.
the Pleasures Of the Imagination" was
the son of butcher at Newcastle
Robert Burns was a plowman Of Ayr
shire, Scotland; Gray the English poet,
the son Of money scrivener; and Henry
Krke White, ofa butcher at Nottingham
England. Broomfed and Clifford were
shoemskers; and Addison, GoldsmiiH,
Olway and Canning were the sons Of
cIergymen. We could make this iisl'
much longer by citing similar instabses;
but enough are given 10 show the origin,
Of Great Men.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-07-30
Etay Long y

us rarely fndeed that we have read
anything more truthfully pathetic than
the subjoned waif, which we find float
ing among our exchanges:
DON'T stay long, husband said a
young wife tenderly in my presence one
evening, as her husband was preparing to
60 out. The words themselves were in.
significant, but the look of melting fond
ness With which they were accompanied,
spoke volumes. 1t told all the vast depths
OF woman's love-of her grief when the
light of her smile, the source Of all her
joy beamed not brightly upon her.
Don't stay long, husband, and | fan
cied saw the loving gentle wife sitting
alone anxiously counting the moments of
her husbands absence, every few moments
running to the door to see if he we're in
sight, ana Ghtiag that be was not, tho't
| could hear her exclaiming in disappoin.
ted tones, mot yet
Don't stay long, husband and again
thought | could see the young wife, rock
nervouSly in the great arm chair, and
weeping as though her heart would break,
as her thoughtless lord and master pro-
longcd his stay to wearisome length Of
time.
0, you who have wives to say-Don't
stay long, when you go forth, think of
them kindly when you are mingling in the
busy hive Of life, and try, just a little, to
make their homes and hearts happy. for
they are gems too seldom replaced. You
cannot find amid the pleasures Of the
world. the peace and joy that quiet
home blessed with such a woman's pres
ence will afford.
Don't stay long, husbandr and the
young wife's look seemed to say for here
in your own sweet home is a loving heart,
whose music is hushed when you are alb.
sent-here is a soft breast for you to lay
your head upon, and here are pure lips
unsullied by sin, that will pay you with
kisses for coming back soon.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-07-30

TRUE WoMAxHooD. writer, who, n
speaking of the women in the middle
ranks Of society, pays them the following
tribute especially to the wives and daugh.
terC Of mechanics and intelligent working
men, is undoubtedly correct:
"There we behold women in her glo.
ry; not doll to carry silks and JEWELS
not a puppet to be fstered by profane
alteration, reYerenced to-day and discar-
ded tomorrow; always jostled out ofthe
place which nature and society would as
sign her, by sonsuality or contempt; ad.
mired, but not respected; desired, but
not esteemed; ruled by passion, not affec-
ton; imparting her weakness, not her
constancy, to the sex she could exalt; the
source and mirror of vanity; we see her
as the wife partaking of the care and
cheering the anxiety Of husband, diyid.
ing bis tolls BY her domestic intelligence,
spreading cheerfulness around her, for
Lis sake sharing the decent re6nements OF
the world, without being vain of them,
placing all her joys and happiness in the
man she loves. As a mother, we find her
the affectionate instructress of the chill
dren whom she has tended from their in
fancy, training them in thought and be-
neyolence; addressing them as rational
beings; preparing them to become men
and woman in their turn"