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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26

The examinations 10 the High School
Department oI the Union School, came
off on Monday and Tuesday Of this
woek. The pupils acquitted them.
selves very we'll indeed, giving evidence
Of industry on their part, and labor and
faithful effort on tbe par. Of the teach
ers. The afterSoon, OF Tuesday. wa,
employed in literary exercises. The
essays were prepared in good style,
the subject matter, and mode Of eating
which gave their authors an indisputa
BILE claim to originality. Some given
in rhyme. were very inseniously con.
'structed, and excited in no inconsider Z.
able degree the risible faculties Of the
audience.
The examination Ia Mr.. Bow.
MANS department, took place on
Wednesday, and in Mrs. VANCE g
department, on Thursday. We were
much pleased, indeed, with the ex.
ercises Of these young tyroes. The
sparkling eyes and wide.awake spir.
it showed how deep an interest such
pupils take in their studies, when
prompted to life and action by faith
ful teachers. t .
The Union School has been con
Quoted by Mr.. w. X. LEONARD, as
Principal, assisted in tho Higl,
School Department by Miss HARRIET
ALBAN and Mrs. NJ. L. SPEAR, and
in the other Departments by Mr.. 3.
Bowman, Mrs. M. VANCE, Miss A.
CoorER, Miss J.PARKER and Miss
A. WILSON. The school has done a
good wolk, and should be well sus
.ained by the public.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
POST OFFICE CHANGE.

We intimsled some lime since, tina
q change was about to lake place il
the Post Office in Findlay. Mr.. Ros
iSsoN has at last received his commiss
ion and is fsirly installed. Mr.. ROB
ISsoS ia a s.aid. industrious citizen
who will, no doubt. ill the station ac
ceptably. The Post office has very
many attendant perpleYilies. and 10 fl
the place properly. the incumben
needs 10 be man OF patience, loIbear
ance, and industry.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
REPORT or THE STATE COMMISSION
- ! Icvt nv COMMON SCHOOLS.

RrPopT or THE STATE COMMISSION
4 mn OFF COMMON SCHOOLS.
We have been favored with Repor
OF the Commissioner Of Common
Schools, by the Hon. JouS WEscorT.-
The Commissioner complains that the
returns made Of the condition Of the
Public Schools 10 the different sections
Of the Stsss, are meager and imperfect.
Hancock Countyis represented as hav.
ing 5000 ~ outh between the ages ol
five and twenty -one years." for the y ear
ending August slst, 1857, Of whom
6,ss4 were enrolled in the schools, du.
ring the year, makiag an average at.
tendance Of 4,203. The average length
Of time the schools have been kept du.
ring the year. is FIVE months and seven
days. Number OF teachers employ ed
lso males and 90 females; average
wages Of male teachers s24; Of fe.
mslo teachers, $14.44; total amount
paid to teachers during the year, Sll,'
674,27. or pupils engaged in PEN
msnship. there are reported, 2,o5e; in
Mental Arithmetic, 1923; in Written
Arithmetic, 1880; in Geography, 1,O52
in English Grammar, s2a; in Physiol'
ogy, az; in Composition, none in
Defamation, none; in Vocal Music
none; in History. none; in Algebra
10; in Geomet Z; in Natural Phi
aosophy > /; in iorsl Philosophy none
i'm Chemistry, =; in Rhetoric, none
In Astronomy, none: in Geology and
Zoology, none; in Latin, 1; in Greek
German, French, Surveying and Trig
'onometry, none. The report, as it re
-ssrds the studies taught in our schools
is exceedingly erroneous. 1t would
come far short Of being a correct repre-
seniaiion OF the schools in Findlay
muck less those, OF the entire County
The fault as stated by the Commission
,er. s,taches 10 the local officers. and
mot to the County Auditors. He re
anarks that "nearly all the County Au
-di,ors accompany their returns with
complaints Of official delinquencies, OF
she part Of more or less Of the Boards
of Educ alton in the townships" This
is not as il should be. Such an exhi
bi,ion OF our schools, as is found il
this report, is calculated to do ou
County a serious injury, in placing us
in an educational point Of view, in Z
false light before the county.
Those OF our officers, whose business
il is to furnish statistics, relating to ou
educational interests, should be partic
ular to make full returns. An enter
prising individual. looking out for I
suitable loc cation, whe,e he might enjoy
good educational advantages, not hav
ing any other opportunity OF Lctemin
ing il, character in this respect, woult
so, be very favorably impressed b. re
dening to this report.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
FAMILY PotsoNEiS,

Mt. Philip Grouse family, residing few
miles east Of Findlay, were accidentally
poisoned last week, by eating apple butter,
kept in glazed erockery. One boy died on
Tuesday morning last, and the rest Of the
family ans in rather precarious s,tuat.on
And we learn this is notthe only occurrence
ofthe kind. Mr.. Isaac Burners family, liv.
ing some Eve miles west Of Findlay, have
suffered from the same cause. Great care
should be exercised, in putting up sauce o,
fruit in such vessels, as@wil! endanger tn,
formation ofpoisonous compounds. -
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CINCINNATI MARKETS.

Flour rates at from $3.50 to $4:25
Wheat has declined slightly, bringing
from go TO 80, the price being quite
unsettled; Rye. 80 to SO; Corn, from
81 10 .s5; Oats, "a; Dressed Hogs are
worth from $5.75 to gas; Beef Cattle
from PTS to a.75; Hay, from 500 tc
1900; Dried Apples. I,l5 to l.sO;--
Dried Peaches, 800 to s.2S; Clover
$40 to 5.25; Timothy Q. 90 to 2.25.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
why Win You DeIayi

Why win you neglect that disc ase
which is taking such deep .oot, and
which gives you warning by that mack.
ing caugh, that you are fast ripening for
eternity ! @Why encourage that pain in
the side, the rising OF blood, those night
sweats, or that difficult breathing, which
silently whisper in your ear that some
thing must be done to save you from
the grave OF the ronsumptve? Why
act so carelessly by permitting tina,
disease to destroy your health, and
hasten you to the tomb f'om whence no
traveller ever yet returned?
Silence that Dreadful Coughi
Or death must carry you TO your silent
grave. Why delay while there is yet
hope? Consumption is caused by i'm.
lpuro humots Of the blood being deposi.
ted in the cells OF the Iungs. Hence
the lnngs are like a spring Of water,
when rolled up by the dirt or mud, il
clear water constantly flows through the
springs, impurities or mud will bo con.
veyed away by the pure water. Just
so with the blood when kept in a clean
or pure state; as it constantly flow.
through the lungs, it carries away all
corrupt matter. aud perfect health will
be the result. From two TO four Pills
taken avery night or every other uight,
or enough TO ksep the bowels regular
will in reasonable time cute con nsump.
ton. The reason that these pills are
used more than all others, is because
they are made OF purifying vegetable:
and clease The body from all corrupt
matter, and drive out disease Of every
description quicker and ia a mildel
way than any other Pills.
DR.. Morse's Indian Root Pills are
sold by all dealers in Medicines,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
n<0y- Prof. Wood Hair Restora,iv,

NO. Prof, Wood Hair Restorative
isceftainly, the most wonderful and sue.
cessful preparation ever brought before
an American public. We have heard
AZ numerous INSTANCES VIII it changed
grAy hairs in.b raven ringle,s, and bald
pstes into flowing locks. 1t is not one
Of the pstent nostrams Of the day bu
has gained a reputation. We have nc
hesitation in recomeding il TO ell who
stand in need OF a RESTORATIVE
WarsaV Express.
Sold by all respectable Druggists.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26

slse,"'.. or any yhers. else. .unlsss il
be in the "nsther regions" where the
gentleman would, ao doubt, be rather
loatii to start s6psines Just q, this time.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
FINDLAY MARKETS.

Wheat brings go, and is dull; Rye,
.s7i; Corn, 80; Oats. 30; Glover, o.
Timothy. $l.5o; Dressed Hogs, IS and
$5.25; Stock Hogs, $3.50; Butter. 10
Eggs. .os. There is slight falling of
in grain. By typical error, Whea,
was quoted, last week, at .72a instead
oG .62k
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
MEDICAL NOTICE.

Our readers will give attention to the
advertisement OF DR.. HuLBuRr and
Lady. lie comes here we'll recon.
mended as skillful and successful
PLY sician. He has taken rooms al
the Dixon Hotel.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
SHOE EsTABLIsIIMENT.

Messrs. EWING & REpIcK, the sue
.cessors Of Mr.. LEVI TAYLOR, in the
Shoe business, advertise in another col
umn. Both these gentlemen are too
we'll known in this community. as pop.
ular business men, to need commsnda.
lion on our part. L4k..L lL.,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26

Advice. says Coleridge, is like
snow-the softer it falls, the longer
it dwells.. and the deeper it
sinks into the mind.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
OUR sUBsCRIPTION.

We are under obligations to our
indeiatigable friend Mr.. j. 7. Nc
CoNNEL, of Orange Township, fol
sixteen subscribers this week. Who
else will do as we'll these hard times:
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26

" Our readers will observe that we bring
our news from Washington, up to. three
o. clock yesterday. This is something 'unu-
susl for a county paper, and has been &C
complished by considerable effort. We are
enabled thus to give onr readers the news,
several days in advance Of any other weekl,
received from q distance, 4. ..j,....
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
NEW York MARKETS.

Flour ranges from s4.30 for com.
mon np.to SG5Ql lforiextra; Wheat
is quoted dull at $l.90; Rye is in
demand at 70; Corn, 80; Oats, A
40; Dressed Hogs, $7.25 to $3.50,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26

COMMENCEMENT OF UNION SCHOOL.
The opening Of the next term Of thi,
institution, is announced in another
column. Those interested will please
give IL attention, .
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26
THERE IS NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT

WE are selling Goods cheaper than they
w can DO had anywhere In this section oi
country. lh SONS:
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-02-26

From the Rev. McMuLLES, Pastor OF Roberts
Chapel; INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. ), 1851.
DH, q. W. RoBAcR-Dear Sir; lhave used your
Blood Purifier for Il nervous affection, from
which have suffered much at times. While
il is pleasant to the taste, II certainly has a
happy effect upon the nerves. Please accept
my thanGs for your kind regards and acts, and
believe me, Yours.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03

A QUEEn WAY TO KILL A BEAR.--A
thick aud strong piece of whalebone, about
four inches broad and two feet long, is
rolled up into small compass and care
fully enveloped in blubber, forming a
round ball. 1t is then placed in the open
air at a low temperature, where it soon
becomes hard and frozen. The natives,
armed with their knives, bows and arrows,
together with this frozen bait, proceeded
in quest of Bruin. As soon as the ami
: NAL is seen. one of the hunters, deliber
ately charges az arrow at it, the monster,
smarting from the uDprovoked assault,
pursues the party, then in full retreat,
until meeting with the frozen bluhber,
dropped IN his path, he swallows it, and
continues the pursuit, doubtless fancying
that there must be moro where it came
from. The effects of the chase and the
natural heat of the body cause the blub-
Der to thaw, when the whalebone, thus
freed, springs back, producing great mis-
chief, and obliging the beast to discon.
tinue the pursuit-he falls down, helpless.
writhing in agony, and his existence is
soon terminated. Lieutenant Arnsstrong's S
Expedition ia the Arctic.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03
What a Newspaper Does for
Nothing.

The following article should be read
and pondered well by every man whe
takes our paper without paying for it
THE result of my observation enables
me to state fact, that the publishers of
newspapers are more poorly rewarded
than any men in the United States, who
invest an equal amount of labor, capital
and thought. They are expected to do
moro service for less pay, to stand more
sponging and dead heading, to pun and
defend more people without fee or hops
of reward, than all other classes.
They credit wider and longer, get Of.
tener cheated, suffer more pecuniary los
ses, are oftener the victims of misplaced
confidence than any other. It goes har.
der with them to expend dollar on q
valuable newspaper than ten on needless
gewgaws; yet everybody aVails himself
of the editors pen and printers ink
How many professional men, and poll
teal regulations and fortunes have been
made and sustained by the friendly,
though unrequited pen of the editor -
How many railroads, now in successful
operation, would have foundered but for
the lever that moves the world ?, In short,
what branch of industry and activity has
not been promoted, stimulated and defen-
ded substantially by the PREEs
And who has rendered it more than
miserable pittauee for its mighty service
The bazzars of fashion and the haunts of
appetite and dissipation, are thronged by
an eager crowd bearing gold in their
palms, and the commodities there needed
are sold at enormous profits, though in
trinsically worthless, and paid for with
scrupulous- punctuality; while the coun-s
ting room of the newspaper is the seat of
jewing, cheapening trade, orders and pen
MES.
"The publisher Of political newspaper
fares worse than all others Office hum
ters must receive their support the prin-
ter must work, acork, WORK, Work. for
the men of his party; his charges must
not overreach the cost he is put to; he
must pay his workmen, and his paper and
ink bills; and Rhen the election is over
he can whistle for his pay.
It is made point of homer to liqui-
date grog bill, but point of dishnner to
repudiate printers bill.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03


The FrRsr kiss "Am really dear
to you Sophia pa I whispered and press
ed my bungling lips to her rosy mouth
she did not say yes. shedid not say no, but
she returned my kiss, and the earth went
from upder my feet-my soul was no lon
ger in the body--I touched the stars
[ knew the happiness of the seraphim =
The above is all of this deeply exciting
story that we can publish. The remain
der will be found in the New York Blow
er, of Dec. 25, which has four million
more subscribers than there are inhabit-
ants in the world !--Korn Kob writes fer
it-Pea nut writes for it-Tadpolo writes
for it-Skeel- garlic writes for it-Skalli-
wag writes for it--W eff off writes for it
and it is sold everywhere in the world
and out of it.
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AN ASS IN LIONS SKIN.-The Dayton
Gazette says that a student at Oxford,
Miami county, visiting Troy a few days
since, was told that Dutchman had been
made to believe that lion had escaped
from menagerie and was prowling around.
The student thought it would be funny to
play him trick, and so got into a buffalo
skin and secreted himself in the cellar
The Dutchman was sent down on some
pretended errand, aud the lion sprang
upon him, growing. The putchman
caught up cudgel and laid Mr. lion,
sprawling with his head cut open, where
his friends found him senseless. Rome
dies revived him and he will probably re.
cover We would advise him to follow
the advice of Constance to Austria
'.Thou wear lions hidel doff it for shame.
And hang a calfs skin on those recreapt limbs,
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03
e. They have some queer doiDgs in

IT. They have some queer doipgs in
spiritual as well as other circles occasion
ally. The other day pair of mediums
advertised that the spirit of one John
King, supposed to have been (not to put
too fine point upon it) pirate while on
earth, and who yet keeps up the reputa-
tion of the profession, so far as profanity
is concerned, would invest their clay hab-
isations for the entertainment of the citi-
zens of Newburyport. A few Ncwbury-
porters, always on the alert for novelties,
went to see. The mediums were tied up
and put in box, per programme, and
then John King callcd for speaking
trumpet, which was forthwith supplied
With that instrument, to aid his not par
ticularly feeble lungs, the departed fill
buster, "let outn his prefane anathemas
upon Newburyport, warning his subjects
to leave place which promised SO little
pay .sWhere shall we go?" asked the
mediums. $50 to h-ll.' was the reply
They took the train for Portland.-Bos
ton Post,
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03
NO. 80.

you will have to avail yourselves of the
recommendation of the message to in
crease the Army, and to use the military
power of this country if the majority is
to be subjected to the oppression of
minority. l trust there viii be no out
break, no violence. Twill use every in
fuence, By counsel and exertion, to in
sure submission but fear the result if
you shall use power to coerce a majority
of four ffths into subjection to minori-
ty of one fifth Concluded aert neck.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03
Outdoor Safety.

The fear of the weather has sont null
titudes to the grave who otherwise might
have lived in health many years longer
The fierce north wind and the furious
snow storm kill comparatively few, while
hot winter rooms and crisping summer
suns have countless hecatombs of human
victims to attest their power. Except in
localities where malignant miasm prevail,
and that only in warm weather, outdoor
life is the healthiest and happiest, from
the tropics to the poles.
The general fact speaks for itself, that
persons who are out of doors most, take
cold least In some parts of our coun-
try, near one half of the adult deaths are
from diseases of their air passages
These ailments arise from. taking cold in
some way or another; and surely the rea-
which, by at least one chance out of four,
his own life may be lost.
AL colds arise from one of two causes
lst By getting cool to quick after
exercise, either as to the whole body, or
any part of it.
I'd. BY being chilled, and remaining
SO for long time, from want of exercise.
Tesavoid colds from the former, we have
only to go to fire the moment the exer-
cises cease in the winter. If in summer,
repair at once to closed room, and there
remain with the same clothing on, until
cooled off,
To avoid colds from the latter cause,
and these engender the most speedily fa-
tai diseases, such as pleurisy, Group, and
inhamation of the lungs, called pneumen-
las, we have only to compel ourselves to
walk With sufficient vigor to keep off q
feeling of chillness. Attention to pre-
cept contained in less than dozen words,
would add twenty years TO the average Of
civilized life
Keep aa0ay c1sizziness by exercise; cool
off sloaoly. Then you will never take
cold, in door or out Halls Journal of
+ Health.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-03

PANTALooNs WITHOUT SUsPENDERs.-
Professor La Borde, of South Carolina
College, in his recentswork on Physiology,
says:
GAS the women have concluded to dis
pense with shoulder straps, some men, es-
pecially in The city, have thought they
would prove pantaloons can be worn with
out suspenders. The men now strut the
streets with their pantaloons tightly but
toned, beside the women whose skirts
or peticoats are tightly bound around
their person. Upon fair view, the evil
is. the same in 10th cases, pressure upon
the vital organs, impairment of their
proper action, want of development, de-
formity, disease and premature Death
The New York chronological Journal
ys:-"As we walk the streets of our
city, We see scores of boys from twelve to
sixteen years old, with their pantaloons
buckled very tightly around their dis
connected bodies, preventing growth at
this rapidly growing age, and the result
is generation of dyspeptic, pale.faced
spuny apologies for men.
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WISE REPLIEs.-Thales was one of the
"wiss men of Greece" A sophist wish
ing to puzzle him With difficult questions,
he answered them all, as follows:
What is the oldest of all things? God,
because he has always existed.
What is the most beautiful The
world because it is the work of God.
What is the greatest of all things p
Space, because it contains all that God
has created.
What is the most constant of all thingsP
Hope, because it still remains with man
after he has lost everything else.
What is the best of all things? Vir-
tue, because without it there is nothing
good.
What is the quickest of all things p
Thought, because in less than moment
it can fly to the end of the Universe.
What is the strongest of all things p
Necessity, which makes man face all the
dangers of lie.
What is the easiest of all thingsP Tc
give advice.
What is the most diHicnlt of all things!
To know yourself
What is the wisest of all things p
Time, for it discovers all things.
/
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srhe AdoratIon Of the wise MEN,,

They were led from afar
BY the beams of a star,
That dawned upon Judea's plain;
Awaking the night
With its glorious light,
And flooding each hill side ard lane.
They rejoiced as II beamed
And dazzlingly CLEANED =
Then a rustling arose on the air,
Tires the angels swift wing
As it hastened to bring;
The tidings that Jesus was there.
Then arose glad shout,
And the valleys about
Echoed back the glad song they would sing.
But the star ledthem on,
Till it silently shone
Der the birthplace of Isreai's Hing.
And the wise men there bowed, !.
With the lowly and proud,
And adoringly worship their Lord,
While heavens bright throng
The praises prolong.
In honor of Christ, the adored.