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Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20
Two Ways of Telling a Story
TO BE READ ONLY by UNcIvIL BOYS.

In one of the most populous cities Of
New England, few years since, party
of lads, all members of the same school,
got up grand sleigh-ride. The sleigh
was large and splendid one, drawn, by
six horses.
On the day following the ride, as the
teacher entered the shool-room, he found
his scholars in high merriment, as they
chatted about the fun and frolic of then
excursion. In answer to some enquiries
which he made about the matter, one of
the lads volunteered to give an account oi
their trip and its incidents.
As he drew near the end of his story he
exclaimed, "Oh Sir! there was one little
circumstance that had almost forgotten.
As we were coming home, we saw queer
looking affair in the road. 1t proved to
be an old rusty sleigh, fastened behind a
covered wagon, proceeding at very slow
rate, and taking up the whole road.
"Finding that the owner was not dis
posed to turn out, we determined upon a
volley of snowballs and a good hurrah.-
They produced right effect, for the era
zy machine turned out into the deep snow
and the skinny old pony started on a full
trot.
GAS we passed, some one gave the old
jilt Of horse good crrck, which made
him run faster than he ever did before, Iii
warrant. And, with another volley of
snow-balls pitched into the front part of the
wagon, and with three timas three cheers,
we rushed by,
"With that, an oldtcllow in the wagon
who was buried up in old hat, and who
had dropped the reins, bawled out "why
do YOU trighthen my horse?' "Why
don't YOU turn out, then?' says our dri
yer. So We gave him three rousing cheers
more. His horse was frightened again and
ran up against II loaded team and believe
almost capsized the old tellow-and so we
left him."
"WolI boys" replied the instructor,
stake your seats, and | will take nv
turn, and tell you all about SLEIGH. ride,
too.
Yesterday afternoon, very venerable
clergyman was on his way from Boston
to Salem, TO pass the residue of the winter
at the house of his son. That he might
be prepared for journeying in The spring, he
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20
poetrup.
For the Republican.
To WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
BIZ srBL N. ROBINSON.

Alas. what meddlesome world Is this,
How few to their own fairs attend,
They meddle themselves with what they should not
And slander those whom they call friend,
They watch every footstep, they hear every word;
lAnd hope that they some day may rue it,
But It's true that they tell every word that they hear
AndalEays add something more to it.
Alas. for the days that have long since passed by,
When friendship was known and existed;
Then should sorrow and trouble your footsteps pursue
-. Some sympathy sure you entitled:
But now, let the canker gnaw deep in your heart
And your bosom be wrung with true sorrow,
Then whom you hoped would stand by you in need
Will fly like swift speeding arrow.
But lis all well enough if they wish 10 do so,
For there still are true hearts left to us;
And we care not for those who meddlesome are,
For they no injury do us.
Their tongues have been speaking at random so long
That accustomed TO hear them,
And every one knows their falling well
: That certainly need not fear them.
'Tis amusing indeed to hear their "soff' talk,
= When they think that there is no one BY,
But Shakespeare has said that "ptchers have cars
And we hear them although they are sly.
However, not, just let them go on,
Tmsure they can't injure us by it;
And when rctribution their footsteps o'ertake
They'll be sorry to know that they tried it.
Yes harmless indeed fall the words which they drop
For the purpose of injuring others,
For sensible persons will not hearken to
The slander of sister brother
Then, Just go ahead follow onward your course,
In the path of the slanderer walk,
Your reward you II receive, and well We all know
'Tis envy alone makes you talk.
MILLERsBuG, o.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20
brought his wagon which was fastened be
hind his slioh.

brought his wagon which was fastened be-
hind his Sigh.
His sight and hearing was somewhat
blunted by age, and. he was proceeding
very slowly and quietly, for his horse was
feeble, like his owner His thoughts re-
verted to the scenes of his youth, of his and
and his riper years. Almost forgetting
himself in the multitude of his thoughts
he was suddenly disturbed, and even terri
fled, by loud hurrals from behind, and by
furious pelting and Gathering of balls of
snow and ice upon the top of his wagon.
In his trepi,.ation he dropped his reins,
and as his aged and feeble hands were
quite benumed with cold, he could not gath
er them up add his horse began to run
away. In the midst of the old mans
troubles, there rushed by him, with loud
shouts, a large rarty of boys, in sleigh
drawn by six horses. "Turn Quit turn
out, old felowl Give us the road old boy
What will You take for your pony, old dad
dy! Go it frozen nose! What's the
price ofoats?" were the various cries that
met his ear.
pray do not frighten my horsoT ex-
claimed The infirm driver. Turn out,
then turn out y was their answer, which
was followed by repeated cracks and blows
from the long whip of the driver with
showers of snowballs, and three tremen-
dous cheers from the boys that were in it.
The terror of the old man and his horse
were increased, and the latter ran away
with him, to the imminent danger of his
life. He contrived, however to. secure his
reins, and to stop his horse Just in season
TO prevent his being dashed agains load
cd team.
A short distance brought him to his
journeys end, the house of his son. His
old horse was comfortably housed and fed
and himself abundantly provided for
That son, boys, is your instructor, and
that old tellov and old daddy (who did
not turn out for you, but would gladly have
given you the whole road, had he heard you
approach,) that old boy and old frozen
nose was your masters father!'
Some the boys buried their heads
behind their desks, some cried and many
hastened to their teacher witf apologies
and regrets without end All were freely
pardoncd, but were cautioned that they
should be more civil for the future to inof-
fensive travellers, and more respectful 10
the aged and infirm.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

ABOUT A CAT.-The tenaeity of the fe-
line tribe to life is so proverbial, that it is
common saying IA cat has nine lives" !"
We heard of a case yesterday, from per-
fectly reliable source, that would seem to
demonstrate this popular notion. On the
second day of April las. lady in Sharon
vacated house, which remained closed
and unoccupied until within few days.
At the time the house was closed a favor
ite cat disappeared. On Friday last the
house was opened, and the cat found in a
close room, from which she had no egress,
still alye! She had been confined there
nearly four months, without food or water.
when discovered she was about as poor a
specimen of animal existence as could well
be conceived of being an almost transpa-
rent frame work of skin and bone. Our in
formant says Pussy bids fair to recover, and
has wonderful hankering after vittuals.-
Uarren Dem.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

Is NEGRO CITIZEN AThe case of
Mitchell, (colored) es Lamer (White) in the
U. S. Circuit Court, at Chicago, was deci-
ded on the 14th inst. Mitchell, residing
at Galena Ills, sues Lamar, of Wisconsin,
for damages committed upon his person in
brutal assault. The plea of the defense
was, that Mitchell, being negro, is not a
citizen of the U. States, and could not
therefore bring a suit before United States
Court Much interest was manifested in
the result. Judge M'Lean held, Judge
Drummond concurring, that the plaintiff
had never been slave, nor defendant
from slave ancestry, and the presumption
was that he was citizen of Illinois, and
consequently entitled to sue in the Federal
Courts. So negroes are citizens, the Dred
Scott decision to the contrary notwithstand-
ing and can sue and be sued in the Feder-
al Courts,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

Ono WooL.-The wool clip turns out
very large, and bids fair to bring profit
able return to the owner From the most
reliable information which can be procured
from persons who have travelled through
the wool-growing districts of Ohio, the deal
ers are satisfied that the aggregate clip of
this year will excede that of 1856 by three
million of pounds. A large part, if not all
of the wool, has now passed from the farm
or to the merchant, and considerable por-
tion into the hands of the BUYERS for the
New York market and Eastern Manufacto-
ries. The prices paid for great portion
OF the wool crop, range from to fifty cents,
and in some of the best districts fifty-five
and sixty cents have been paid. Besides
the increase in the number of ileeces, the
shearlng occurred n month later this year
than last, and the increase of the growth of
wool during this time affords IN increase of
eight per cent. TO the ordinary clip.-M.
VeraoR Banner.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20
NO. 50.

IHE PRISONERS REMOVED FROM LEAEN-
woRrH.-It appears that after the men
Word and Knighton had passed from the
hands OF the citizens Of Leavenworth into
the custody of the Sheriff, on Sunday NIGHT
| last, a portion of the crowd were determin-
ed TO gain possession of them for the per-
pose of lynching. On Monday morning
application was made to have them secured
at the Fort, which was refused, and they
were accordingly locked up in Temporal
ry calaboose at Leavenworth, having the
Sheriff and his posse for a guard. The
building was a small one, and an upper
room wassconverted into a prison, which
was ascended by a flight of rickety wooden
stairs. A large ecompany-numbering four
or five hundred-eonsisting principally of
Germans, surrounded this building on Mon
day, and demanded the prisoners of the
Sheriff. The demand was refused, and
the stairs being narrow and dangerous, they
were kept at bay until dark on Monday
night, when most of them left the loeacity
The Sheriff fearing recurrence of the
scene on Tuesday. disguised the prisoners
and took them out. They were marched
to the river where the steamer Morning
Star had laid up for the night. The yawl
of the boat was cut loose and into it the
prisoners were placed, and in short time
landed them in Delaware City, where they
are now secured and in safe keeping. On
the following'd day the Morning Star round
ed to and took possession of her yawl.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

Eg Among the acts of Southern Com
mercial Convention, held in Savannah last
year was the appointment of a committee of
learned men to meet together to prepare
text bookes for the useof students in South
ern schools and colleges The President
of che Convention, Hon James Lyons, OF
Richmond, promptly and seasonably pub
lished card, which was copied in all the
southern papers, convening the members
in Columbus, S. c., on the 18th Of MAY
last; but the Norfolk Argss says, 1--WE feel
mortified TO have to record that not sin
Gle member of the committe attended,
Ofcourse they did not. A good textbook
is a good textbook wherever it isprin,ed;
and the idea that the 'peculiar institution
needs peculiar arithmetic or algebra, Is
too stupid to be acted on by men OF learn
Inc
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

CLERICAL Wit UNwITTINGLY.-At the
recent county convention holden at Lewis
ton, the clergy and members of the barty
were invited to the repast given at the De
Witt House by the followers of Galena, and
after the cloth was removed, during the in.
terchange of sentiments, the Rev. Mr.. B.,
while alluding to the intimate relation be-
tween the professions of the clergy and the
physician, in allseriouness remarked that it
was a somewhat singular fact that "when
the doctor was called, the minister was
sure to follow" The doctors gave him
three cheers.-(Portland Transcript.)
The, above reminds us of hard bit at the
doctors which may be found in the Bible.
In the sixteenth chapter of the second book
of Chronicles is the following:
"And Asa, in the thirty-ninth year of
his reign, was diseased in his feet, until his
disease was exceeding great; yet in his
disease he sought not the Lord, but to the
physicians And Asa slept with his faith
ers, and died in the one and fortieth year
of his reign."-Uynn News.)
A harder hit at the medical fraternity
is given in Marks gospel, "; 26,) relating
to 'certain woman" who ''had suffered
many things of many physicians, and had
spent all she had, and was nothing better
ed, but rather grew worsel'
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

MURDER AND LYNcHING AT LEAvEN-
WORTH CITY.-The evening of July 31st,
Mr.. Stevens, from Kansas City, was in
duced by William Bays to take walk
on the bank of the river at Leavenwotth.-
While there he was robbed and murdered
by Bays, John Quarrels, and Armand
Knighter, and his body thrown into the
Missouri. The booty obtained by the
gang was only s1os. Bayes kepta groge-
ry which was the head quarters of the
murderers. The three were arrested and
the people demanded their summary exc
cution. They remembered the escape Of
the bloody Fugit and others from deserved
punishment through decisions Of juries and
courts. Judge Lecompte, Judge Latta, U.
S. Marshal Dennis, and Others. tried to ap-
pease the mob and let the law take its
course. The sufficient reply was, mo one
has been hung in Kansas aftera jury trial" :"
Knighter confessed and saved his neck
The door of the Jail was battered down,
and Bayes a Quarrels taken by the mob
and hung on the same tree. Two or three
others were connected with the same gang
of counterfeiters and murderers were arrest
ed and taken to the Fort for protection.
Should not Goyornor Walker move his
grand army from Lawrence TO Leavenworth
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

REVIVAL AMONG THE SLAvEs-IMPoR-
TANT THEOLOGICAL PoINT SETTLED.-Rev.
j. NJ. c. Breaker, ofBeaufort, S. c., writes
to the Southern Baptist that within the
last three months he has baptized by i'm
mersion three hundred and fifty persons,
all of them, with a few exceptions, negroes.
These conversions were the result of a
revival which has been in progress during
the last six months. On the 18th inst he
baptised two hundred and twenty-three
converts-all blacks but three-the cere-
mony, although performed with due delib-
Grafton, occupied only one hour and five
minutes. This is nearly four minute,
and Mr. Breaker considers it demonstra
tion that three thousand converted on the
day of Penticost could easily have been
baptized by the twelve Apostles-each Ia
king two hundred and ffty-in an hour
and thirteen minutes,
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20
Columbus, Aug. 8, 1857.

'John," said a clergyman to one of his
flock, "you should become a tetotaer-you
have been drinking again 10 day."
'Do you never take wee drap yourself'
inquired John.
"Ah, but John, you must look at youl
circumstances and mine."
"Verra true,"' quoth John, "but sir, can
you tell me how the streets of Jerusalem
were kept sac clean!"
"No, John, / cannot tell you that"
"Weel, sir, it was just because every one
kept his own door clean," replied John
with an air of triumph.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20
THE RAIN UPON THE ROOF.
~ GEORGE CLIFFORD.

~ UAOANOA
When the humid shadows gather
Over all the starry sphere,
And melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,
'Tis a joy to press the pillow
OF a cottage chamber bed,
And listen to the patter
Of the soft rain over head.
Every tinkle on the shingles
Has an echo on the heart,
And thousand lively fancies
Into husy being start;
And a thousand recollections
Weave their bright hucs into woof,
As listen to the pstter
OF the soft rain ON the roof.
Their, in fancy, comes my mother,
As she used to, years agone,
To survey the infant sleepers,
Ere she left them till till the dawn.
can see her bending o'er me,
As 1 listen to the strain
Which is played upon the shipgies
BY the patter Of the rain.
Then my little seraph sister,
With her wings and waving hair,
And her bright-eyed cherub brother,
4 serene, angelic pair,
Glide round my wakeful pillow,
With their praise and mild reproof,
As l listen to the murmur
Of the soft rain on the roof
There is naught in arts bravuras
That can work with such spell,
In the spirits pure, deep fountains,
Whence the holy passions swell,
As that mcloyy Of nature,
That subdued, subduing strain,
Which is played upon the shingles
BY the pattcr Of the rain.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

RE- There isa sad truth in the asser.
ton of the Genoa correspondent of the
Newark <l@serfiSer, that "Italy is morally
volcanic; the sesthing elements are never
quiet, but the eruptions usually expend
themselves In gas, that occasions no very
great alarm"
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

By MRS. FRANCES u. GAGR.
Long ago, poet, dreaming,
Weaving fancy's warp and wooG
Pen's tender, soothing, poem,
On the Grain upon the roof"
Once l read it, and its beauty
Filled my heart with memrics sweet;
Days ofchildhood fitted round me,
Yiolets sprapg beneath my feet;
And my gentle, loving mother
Spoke again in accents mild,
Curling every wayward passion
Other happy, thoughtless child.
Then l heared the swallows twitfring
Underneath the cabin caves,
And the laughing shout of Willie
Up among the maple leaves,
Then 1 blessed the poets dreaming
Blessed his fancy's warp and woof;
And wept DER memory's Treasures,
As the rain fell on the roof
Years agoI lost the poem,
But its sweetness fingers still,
AS the freshness in the valley
Marks were fow'd the spring time ril
Lost TO read, but not to feeling;
For the rain-drop never falls
Ger my head with pattering music,
But it peoples mem'rys halls
With the old f,mirlar fltes,
Loved aud treasured long-apo;
nau- in Iif.-S
For my heart no change can know.
And live again my childhood,
In the home, far, far away;
Roam the woodland, orchard, wildwood,
With my playInates, still at play,
Thenm grey hairs pross the pillows,
Holding all the world alool,
Dreaming swectly, as listen
TO the rain npon the roof.
Every pattering drop that fllleth
Seemcth like an angrs tread,
Bringing messages of mercy
To the weary heart and head,
Pleasant thoughts of years departed,
Pleasant soOthings tor to-day;
Earnest longing for to- morrow,
Hoping for tine far apay;
For knew each drop that f1lleth
Comes to blest tire thirsty earth,
Making seed to bud and blossom,
Springingfall things into birth,
As the radiant bow, that scattereth
All our faithlessness with prof
Ofas seed time and harvest,
So the rain upon the roof.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

Ets~ The Richmond ERquirer makes an
open breast and declares: ''For our own
part, we have no hesitation in expressing
the opinion that every governor who has
been sent to Kansas has been instructed
TO act always with especial partially othe
South
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1857-08-20

Gy"A professional brother of Boston
forwarded TO the Jersey City ''retired phys
ician, whose sands of life have nearly run,
a cask of fine beach sand to supply the
Vnnmun
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THE RAIN UPON THE ROOF.

The following beautiful lines are given as tribute to
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