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TEE UPRIGHT CLERK.

Fifty years ago there was a flourish.
ing store in Gtotol, Massachus stts,
kept by James Brazer. Groton is thir
ty miles from Boston. Mr.. Brazer die
a large business with all the country
round, for his stock was composed of al.
most everything one could want, cottor
and w%oollen goods. hardware. woode-
ware, silks, threads, crockery, kegs o.
tobacco, and great quantities of run and
brandy; giving plenty of employment tc
five clerks.
In Mr.. Brazer's store in those days
there was a custom, which is generally
done away with now, the custom o fdrink.
ing at III o'clock. Every forenoon a
drink was mixed up, made ofrum, raisins,
sugar, and nutmeg, with biscuit, and
handed round to the master, clerks, and
customers; all partook of it, and relished
it, and I dare say smacked their lips and
wanted more. At last one of the clerks
refused his glass. He had "made a
resolution not to take any for a week.
said he. 1t looked very odd. His com.
p%anions wanted to know why. "The
habit isgroa0ing OIL me, answered Amos,
for that was his name, "and I am afraid
of it; that's why" The other clerks
called him foolish, and coward. They
thought that no good reason at all, for
everybody drank. They laughed at him
but they did not laugh it out of him.
He made his first resolution for a week,
then for a month, then for a year, and
finally for the five years of his appren-
ticeship; and thus alone and for himself,
he took the ground of total abstinence
when spirit drinking was the universal
fashion; and during the whole time he
never drank a spoonful, though he mix
ed gallons and gallons for his master.-
Amos made the same resolution in re-
gard to the use of tobacco; he never
smoked a cigar, or chewed but one guild,
and that before he was fifteen. A great
many years afterward he thus wrote to
a young student at college.
SIN the first place, take this for your
motto at the beginning of your journey,
that the difference of going Just right
and a little a0rong will be the difference
of finding yourself in good quarters, or
in a miserable bog or slough at the end
of it. OF the whole number educated
in the Groton stores for some years be.
fore and after myself, no one else, to my
knowledge, escaped the bog or slough;
and my escape 1 trace to the single fact
of my having put a restraint upon my
appetite. After leaving school and 60
ing into a store, not a month passed be-
fore I was impressed with the opinion
that restraint upon appetite was neces-
sary to prevent the slavery 1 saw des-
troying numbers around me. Many and
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many Of the farmers, mechanics and aI.
prentices of that day have filed drunk.
ards graves. and left destitute families
and friends"
Lst every clerk and apprentice who
reads this, and I hore there will be
many, stop and note this point, the diff
ference of going Just right or a httIs
sOrong, in your setting out in life is the
difference between integrity and dishon-
esty, success or Disappointment, happi-
ness or ruin.
At twenty-one, in 1907, Amos went
to Boston with twenty dollars in pocket.
He soon received an offer of a clerkship
in a respectable firm. Here he stayed
but a few months. His employers failed
and be hired a small store in Cornhill,
and furnished it with good which he had
inspired merchants who had become &C.
quainted with him. Integrity, industry,
and system, where the foundations upon
which his business life was built. He
practiced rigid economy, never allowing
himself to spend a fourpence upon ur-
necessary objects until he had>earned it.
During his first seven years in the city,
he never let a bill stand against him IN
settled over the Sabbath. If the purch-
ase of goods had been made at auction
on Saturday, he always examined and
settled the bill by note or by credi ing
it, so that in case he was not on duty on
Monday, there would he no trouble for
the clerks thus keeping business before
him, instead of allowing it to drive him.
At the close of the seven years, he was
worth G7y thousand dollars.
On lis first coming to the city, he
took lodgings with a widow, who had
just opened a clearinghouse. Amos
askedfor one rule to be made for the
boarders, and that was, that the boarders
in the public sitting room might keep
quiet for one hour after supper, in order
to give those who wish it an opportuni-
ty for study or reading. 1.-The conse-
quence was" said he in after years,
'that we had the most quiet and i'm
proving set of young men in town. The
few who did not wish to comply the
regulation, went abroad after tea, some
times to the theatre, sometimes to other
places, but to a man. became bankrupt
in after life, not only in fortune but in
reputation; while the majority of the
other clerks sustained a good character,
and some are now living who are orna-
ments to society, and fill important sta
tions. The influence of this small num-
Der will perhaps be felt throughout gen.
e~rations. It was not less fay orablo on
myself than on others"
Such were the principles on which was
reared a young man who afterwards be-
came one of the princely merchants of
Boston, princely in wealth, virtues, and
benevolcuce, Amos Lawrence, who gave
in charity more than si1 hundred thou
sand dollars, and the legacy of whose
life is a part of the worlds true riches.
Such principles never fail a man. Young
men, study them we'll.
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Then she sings an old lullaby she sang n

Then she sings an old lullaby she sang
to mother-her mother sang to heri but
she does not sing it through, and falters
ere tits done. She rests her head upon
her hands, and it is silent in the old
kitchen. Something g~litters down be.
tween her fingers and the freight, and
it looks like rain in the soft sunshine.
The old grandmother is thinking when
she first heard the song, and of the voice
hat sang it; when q light-haired, light
hearted girl, she hung around that moth,
er's chair, nor saw the shadows of the
years to come. OIL the days that are
no morel What spell can we weave to
bring them back again? What words
can we unsay, what deeds undo, tie set
back, just this once, the ancient clock of
time?
So all our little hands were forever
clinging to her garments, and staying
here as if from dying, for long ago she
had done living for herself, and lived
alone in US. But the old kitchen wants
a presence to da- and the rush bottomed
chairs tenantless.
How she used to welcome us when VIC
were grown, and came back once more to
the homestead.
We thought we were men and women,
but were children there. The old fash
toned grandmother was blind in the eyes,
Blu she saw with her heart. as she al
ways did. We threw our long shadows
through the open door, and she felt them
as they fell over her form, and she look
ed dimly up and saw tall shapes in the
doorway, and she says, edward 1
know, and Lucy's voice I can hear, but
whose is that other. 1t must be James,.
for she had almost forgotten the fold
ed hands. ooh, no, not Jane, for She
let me scc-she is waiting for me isn't
she?" and the old grandmother wander
ed and wept.
at is another daughter, grandmother,
that Edward has brought" says some
one, for your blessing"
Has she blue eyes: my son? Put
her hand in mine, for she is my latest
born, the child of my old age. Shall 1
sing you a song, children ?" Her hand
is in her pocket as of old; she is idly
fumbling for a toy, a welcome gift TO
the children that have come again.
One of US, men as we thought we were,
is weeping; she hears the half-suppress-
ed sob; she says, as she extends her fee
BILE hand, "Here, my poor child, rest
upon grandmother's shoulder; she will
protect you from all harm. Come chill
dren, sit around the fire again. Shall
I sing you a song, or tell you a story?
Stir the fire, for it is cold; the nights
are growing colder"
The clock in the corner struck nine,
the bedtime of those old days. The
song of life was indeed sung, the story
told, it was bedtime at last. Good
night to thee, grandmother. The old
fashioned grandmother was no more, and
we miss her forever. But we will set
up a tablet in the midst of the memory.
in the midst of the heart, and write on
it only this:
ACRED TO The MEMORY
OF THE
OLD FASHIONED GRANDMOTHER.
COD BLESS HER
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TERnE HAurE, Ind, Oct. 10, 1867

1890
DR.. RoBACK-Sir,-The last three bottles Ct
your Blood Purifier and the accompanying
Pills, have relieved me of the last vestige of
my rheumatism. L consider the cure all but
miraculous. After having suffered the most
acute agony, almost without intermission, for
eight years, and being for three years a cripple,
1 can scarcely realize the fact that at this mo
ment, after having used your Scandinavian
Remedies for only three months and a few days.
] am a hale, hearty man, capable of manual
labor. and entirely free from pain. When 1
first applied to you, by letter, for a supply of
your medicines was little better than q an
natical skeleton. For more than two years 1
had never enjoyed one hour of unbroken night
rest, and my mind sinking with my body, had
become greatly enfeebled the very first bottle
of the Purifier wrought Il surprising change for
the better in my system, and after taking that
wonderful restorative, together with the Blood
Pills, for one month, l felt that a complete re.
generation of every animal function was in
progress. l was not deceived. l am now, at
81 years CT age, as free from every symptom OF
rheumatism as l was at 20. There can be no
doubt that this wonderful cure is due to your
remedies alone, and L am willing, if it will
serve you or induce others to seek relief from
the same source, that this letter should b. maed
public.
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ImpNrtant 10 EVeryhOlY

TOR the last three years, 1 have been engagedin
l. a business known only to myself. end compar.
atively, lew others, whom have Instructed for
the sum of S2U0 each, which has averaged me at
the rate of 81, 0G0 TO So, Goa per annum and hav-
ing made arran gements to go to Europe in the
Spring of 1858 to engage in the same business. 1 am
willing to give full instruction in the art to any
person in the United States or Canadas, who will
remit me the sum of 81. 1 am induced. from the
success | have been favored with. and the many
thankful acknowledgements l have received from
those whom l have instructed, and who are MAX
ing from SIS to SIS per day at it, to give any person
an opportunity to engage in this business. which
is easy, pleasant, and very profitable, at a small
cost. There is positively No HUMBUG in the mat
ter. References ofthe best class can be given as
regards its character, and l can refer to persons
whom 1 have instructed, who will testify that
they are maxim from SIS to SIS per day at the
same. 1t is a business in which either ladies or
gentlemen can engage, al with perfect ease make
a very handsome incom. Several ladies in vari-
ousparts of New York tate, Pennsylvania, and
Maryland, whom l hav instructed, are now MAX
ing from S3to Sc perd at it. 1t is a GENERAL
BUSINESS, and but a { " shillings is required to
start it. Upon recei sof 81, l will Immediately
send the applicant a Irinted circular containing
null instructions INT e art which can be perfectly
understood at once.
All letters mu st be addressed (post-paid)t to AL.
LEN T.PARSoNS, 1876 Broadway, New York.
1nnJ0
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Cincinnati, December - 1855.

Cincinnati, December p. 1855.
DR.. C, w. Roback-Dear Sir: This Will certify
that l called on Dr.. Roback last March end got
some of his Scandinavian Blood Purifier, which
has entirely cured m ola complaint ofnine months
duration and after trying other physicians with
out effect. /, as a last resource, called on the above
named DR. Roback. and he relievedm me of the Ntu-
ralgia, together with weakness in the back. In the
course of three weeks from the time l first applied
to him 1 was able to get up and attend to business.
and can safely say that from that time | have en-
joyed the hest ofhealth. Those who are suffering
from anyillncss would do wellto call on Dr. Ro
back, at his estabe lishment, No. 6 East Fourth
street. H. G. STEWART.
Iyes No. II Chestnut street.
For Sale by Dulin & Crane, Ashland Thos.
Durham, Jeromeville; J. P. Stamets, Rows
burg ID .Shriver, Savannah; ia. Beverstock.
Olivesburg; Geo. Witwer, Pleasant Ridge j.
Kininger, Hayesville, Lewis & Co., Mif1in.
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TRIAL BY Jury.

MO asst OR WEST can ~confine our DOW
In ers, the verdict of the world is ours
When the decision went forth, all the BARRIERS
of Ashland had to hang their heads, the prise
medal was granted tc GEORGE Dorsey, for his
superiority over all others. He has taken the
old Barber Shop under the Sampsel House,
which he has furnished with new and skilfui
hands, who cannot fail to give satisfaction to
all the community and the rest of mankind.
GPERFUMERY If the best and pures t
qualities constantly on hand, and for sale on
favorable terms. as
Ashland, Feb. 4. 1857.
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Disease Vanquished

BY DR.. RObackIS Scandinavian hemedles
A FTER years of study, analysis and ex-
~ pertinent, DIR. Roback, the eminent Swe-
dish Physician succeeded in producing amedi-
cine from the mountain herbs of his native
land, which acts directly upon the causes of
disease in the blood, and by restoring the cor
rupted fountain of life to q condition of health
and purity, expels disease from the system
wherever it may be located, or whatever may
be its character. Indigestion, nervous COM
plants, epileptic and other fits, coughs, con
sumption in its early stages, sore throat, bron-
chitis, fever and ague, asthma, low spirits, sex
ual incapacity, feminine weakness, pricking of
the skin, s~ymptomatic of paralysis, rheuma-
tlsm, neuralgia, tumor, cancer, diabetes, lassi-
tude and debility, diarrhn, and all other dis
orders of the organs IF respiration, the liver;
the kidneys, the stomach, the nerves, or the
muscular fibre, are unerringly cured by this
preparation. 1t is to the AfATERIEs MoRBI, or
seeds of disease, what an alkali is to an acid !;
it neutralizes them with ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY,
while at the same time it regulates the secre-
tons, removes distractions from the bowels,
creates appetite, renews bodily vigor, and re-
generates every animal function. Such is the
nature, such are the effects of DIR. Roback's
famous SCANDINAVIA BLOOD PURIFIER, which,
taken in conjunction with his BLOOD PILLS, will
not only obliterate the most painful diseases,
but prevent their recurrence, and lengthen life
beyond its ordinary span.
To prevent imposition, purchase only of re-
spectacle druggists, etc, of regular agents, or
of DR.. Roback, sole proprietor and manufac
turer, No. East 4th street, Cincinnati
of Purifier, 81 per bottle-six bot
ties S.. Pills 25 cents per box.
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GOOD INTENT HOUSE. HAYES
" VILE, OHIo.-JOHN HERPST would
inform his friends and the travelling public
that he has recently opened in Hayesville, on
Main street, a hotel of the above name; where,
from his ample room, both in his house and
stable. he will be prepared to accommodate
all who may favor him with q call with as good
accommodations as are offered at any house il
the county. 3wl4*
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ONE mile and a half west of Ashland, on
" the road leading from Ashland to Olives
burg, one acre of land, and a good dwelling
House and Stable, and a good well Of water
and a great variety of Fruit Trees and good
garden, Everything handy, and can be get
cheap. DAVID SLOWER.
Feb. 5. 1857. Iy.
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JOHN TENNIS & CO.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS I N
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
II RDW !
No. Is Water Street,
ID. O.

WE cannot pass over. in our notices, so
w important a House i'll this department
of trade, as that of john TENNIS & Go 1t is
unnecessary to speak of the individuals of
the firm. personally, the great object ofour no.
tees being to give our mercantile readers in a
few words, adirectory to the houses they may
wish to refer to in particular departments of
trade. We may say, however, of both Mr..
TENNIS and Mr.. DANGLER, that they are among
our foremost merchants and leading operators
in the wholesale trade. Their store is one of
the finest in the city, and their stock of goods
places them among our first Western Houses.
Merchants dealing in Foreign and Domestic
Hardware, Saddlery, Coach Makers Goods,
Upholsters' Hardware, or any thing connected
with most of the manufacturing processes and
arts, in the way of tools and stock, will be
found largely provided for in their stock.
We CO not need to be especially descriptive
of varieties in their assortment. Merchants
may order boldly from this house in any
branch of the trade. Scarce any thing needed
in the West, will be found wanting here,
and may be obtained at the best prices the
wholesale trade can give any where.-CLEy
LAND LITERARY ADVERTISER.
July 8, 1857. 5f
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NEW CABINET WARE-ROOM
IN AT JEROMEVILLE.-E. J. Van I'm
man would inform his friends and the public
that he has purchased of Capt. RICE his Rooms
and stock, and is now prepared with the work
man, the wood and "the tools" to furnish as
good an article of furniture as can be bought
at any other establishment on the line of the
Back Bone" Try me.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the best
CT material and finish promptly manu-
featured, and a hearse in readiness to attend
Jeromeville, Sept. 9, 1857. l4tf
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HARRIsoN's COLUMBIAN

G1e6~ Dyoe
SIZE ENLARGED, STYLE IMPROVED.
1t has double the quantity and strength of any
other.
It gives q perfectly natural color.
1t colors every shade from hight brown to jet
black.
Its use is easy and rapid.
It is perfectly harmless TO the skin.
It's effect is instantaneous and permanent.
It is the best, quickest, cheapest and safest
DYE ever made.
u Directions for use accompany each hox.n
PRICE, OF. $l;-2 OF. I,50;-4 oz. ST.
8 or. So.
Entered according to Act ofCongress.in the year
1855, by A. w. Harrison in the C'erk's Office of
the District Court OF the U. S. for the Eastern
District of PenE.l
For Sale by Dufin d Crane, Ashland T. W.
Coulter d Co., Perrysville White Il Co., Polk !;
l.. NJ. Funk, Sullivan Gault d Shaw, Savan-
nah, Ohio.
Manufacturer, APOLLOS W. HARRISON,
10 South 7th ST., Philadelphia.
March IL, 1857. Iy41.
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CLEVELAND AND ERIE RAILROAD

IS -
le57.-SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.-ls57
ON and after May 25th, 1857, Passeger
" trains will run as follows:
LEAVE CLEVELAND.
500 A. NJ. Mail Train stops ataI Way Stations
Wickliffe, Perry, Unionvillc ana
Saybrook, and arrive at Erie ii 55
A. M; Dunkirk go P. NJ; Buffalo
420 P. NJ.
800 P. NJ. Cincinnati Express Train stops at
gainesville, Ashtabula, and Girard
only, and arrives at Erie SIS P. NJ;
Dunkirk $40 T. NJ; Buffalo 9.45 P.
NJ.
400 P. NJ. Accommodation Train for Conneaut
and Way Station.
500 P. NJ. Telegraph Express Train stops at
gainesville and Kingsville only,
and arrives at Erie at s. 10 P. NJ;
Dunkirk 1905 P. NJ: Buffalo 11.40
p. NJ.
$50 P. n. Night Express Train stops at
gainesville, Ashtabula. Conneaut,
and Girard only, and arrives at Erie
05 A. M; Dunkirk 3.15 A. NJ
Buffalo sos A. NJ.
LEAVE LRIE.
1910 A. NJ. Chicago Express Train stops at Cir
AID, Springfield, Kjngsville, Ashta-
bula, Geneva and Painsville only,
and arrives at Cleveland 30 A. n.
200 A. NJ. Night Express Train stops at Cir
dtO5 SStlDSlut, AShlSOuAd, WI
and gainesville only, and arrives
at Cleveland GEO A. N.
6.45 A. II. Accommodation Train from Con-
neaut stops at all Way Stations, and
arrives at Cleveland at $50 A. NJ.
10.40 AN. Mail Train stops at all Way Sta
lions except Saybrook, Unionville,
Perry, Mentor and Wickliffe, and
arrives at Cleveland at $50 p. n.
l Sc P. NJ. Express Train stops at Girard, Con-
neaut, Ashtabula and gainesville
only, and arrives at Cleveland $50
P. II.
All of the through trains going Westward
connect at Cleveland with trains for Toledo,
Chicago, Columbus, Cincinnati, &c, DE.
And all the through trains going Eastward
connect at Duukirk with the trains of the
N. Y. d E. Railroad and at Buffalo with those
ofthe New-York Central and Buffalo and New
York City Railroads.
H. NOTTINGHAM, Superintendent.
Cleveland, June, 1857. n7tf
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IAVA COFFEE.-Pure Java Cof-
e fee put up in cans ready burned and
ground Tor family use, at the mandatory of
Frisby d Stephens, Cleyeland-for sale by
Sept. 81 1857. j.. r. FREER.
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.TNO THOSE CONCERNED.-An
Il those knowing themselves indebted 10
me are requested to pay up. Those having un-
settled book accounts, are requested to call and
settle up. (Call at my old shop.) Fake heed
and save costs. j. ZlMMERMA AN.
Sept. 9, 1851. lift
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MAHOGANY FRAMES !

ready made. In fact all kinds of goods usual
ly found in Book Stores you will find here
all of which shall be sold as low as in any
town in Ohio.
Call Ladies, and Gentlemen, and see how the
INSTITUTION looks, and see if what is said about
us is not true. w. 81. H. POTTER.
Ashland, May 20, 1857. Soft
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200 A. II
Gas II.