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Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

VIM. B. Astor, the largest real estate own
er in New York, has adopted the commenda
BILE practice of putting in the advertisements
of houses to let the price demanded.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Miss Leslie once wrote to friend, Gould
| begin anew my literary career, would al
ways write novels, instead of short stories,
which exhausts plots and incidents"
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

They have "whiskey" out in Buffalo, one
drop of which, on the back of an adder, is
warranted to kill the reptile in FIVE minutes.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

What led Macbeth to say that he would
die with harness on his back2 Because he
knew very well that Macduff was about to
tackle him.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Woman's eye appears more beautiful when
it glances through tear, as the light Of a
star seems more brilliant when it sparkles on
wave.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

THE city of New York alone sells three
times as many "pure imported brandics, and
four times as many pure imported Wines"
annually, as all the wine and brandy-produc-
ing counties export. Somebody, it is clear,
drinks spurious article.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Every heart" says Longfellow, "has its
secret sorrows, which the world knows not,
and oftentmes we call man cold when he is
only sad"
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

MArHEMAuos.-Teacher; Suppose / were
to shoot at tree with five birds in it, and
kill three, how many would be left"
John; "Three sir"
Teacher "No; two would be left, you ig-
noramus"
John; NO, there wouldn't; the three shot
would be left, and the other two would be
flied away
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

A TELLER" going home from California,
had monster rattlesnake, in wicker cage,
which he deposited with his other plumber
under his bed at Chagres. The room con-
tanned fifty beds-half full of drunken and
sick 'fellers" During a temporary absence
of the owner, the snake got loose and the
owner coming in and finding tue critter gone,
yelled out
Everlasting miseryl who seen my watch
man Z"
Many heads popped up from the flea-in-
tested, dirty beds, but nobody had seen the
missing article.
"What was he, old felIer, you're inquirin'
for ~ says a baldheaded man.
"Why, my watchman all my dust is
under my bed, here, and | left guard with
it, but he's gone"
Guard was he niger or a white fell
ler?v
" No, he was California rattlesnake-
nine feet long, and ffty-two rattles on his
tail. Have any of you fellers seen the tar
nal critter crawlin round here I"
They hadn't, but all who were able to get
out of bed and mizzle did so, in bunch.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

1t may not be generally known that edit.
ors get one very important item of subss-
teuce at very low prce-they get bored
(board) for nothing.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

al have gone into the silk business said
a man to his neighbor. SO | supposed, l
saw you realing all day yesterday"
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

No man can 60 down into the dungeon of
his experience, and hold the torch of Gods
word to all its dark chambers, and hidden
cavities, and Shiny recesses, and not come up
with shudder and chill, and all earnest cry
to God for divine mercy and cleansing.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Father, what does printer live on ~
Why, child 7" Because you hayn't paid
him for three years, and still take the paper"
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Did you ever know red-hared man who
had very clear motion Of where scarlet be-
gan. and auburn terminated? ?
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Sir Peter Lely made it rule never to
look at btd picture, having found by expe
rience that whenever he did so, hIs pencil
took Il hint from it. Apply ihis to bad books
and bad company.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Everything has its use. Were it not for
flies, people in the summer would sleep two
hours longer than they do, aud thus lose the
best part of the day-the portion devoted
to sunrise and meadow larks
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

What is that from which, when the whole
is taken, some will still remain? Answer
The word wholesome.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Bill, you young scamp, if you had your
due, you'd get good whipping"
know it daddy, but bills are not al
ways paid when they become dne.n
" The agonized father trembled lest his
hopeful son should be suddenly snatched from
him.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Flowers are the alphabet Of angels, where
with they write on hills and plains the mystic
rious truth.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

A truth for lawyers to stare at The case
most easily got up is the staircase
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Quills are things that are sometimes taken
from the pinions of one goose to spread the
opinions of another.
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

We are indebted to Mrs Caude for the
following:
Men brandy drink, and never think,
That girls, at all, can tell it
They don't suppose that woman's nose
Was eYor made to smell IL
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

:" am now" said Turkish spy, writing
to his government, Sin an apartment SO small
that the least suspicion cannot enter it."
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

Justice is virtue of the mind, rewarding
all men according to their worthness
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

EFFECTS OF GAMBLNG.-V Vorhees, the wa
ter rent collector of Cincinnati, it has already
been stated, is deiaulter. He is young
man, who had always exercised prudence and
care in the management of his business, and
enjoyed the most unlimited coincidence of
his trends. Some eight or nine months ago
he found his way into gambling house, and
he was finally tempted to participate in vice
which he had always previously abhored.-
He played won, and lost, and kept on play
ing, and, thoagh almost constantly a loser,
was so facinated with the charms of the vice,
and animated by the hope of regaining what
he had lost, that he could withstand the temp
tation to run on to utter ruin. When he
commenced playing, he was worth between
eight and ten thousand dollars. He lost it all !
With the infatuation of despair, he contin-
ued to gamble however, using the public
funds which came into his possession as wa
ter rent collector That, too, disappeared
into the Golfers Of the gamblers. Mr.. Vor-
hees' addiction TO this vice was not known to
his most intimate friends. His previous alb
horrence OF gambling put the lie to all ru-
morS to that effect, and the truth was not
known until his last quarterly settlement
claims against him. To his securities he con-
fessed all, informed as to the locality Of the
gambling houses, the propretors of which
paid back portion of their iil-gotten gains,
in order tn nrpvant nrocprution
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19
T NUMBER IS.

MATHEMATos-Teacher; Suppose were
to shoot at tree with five birds in it. and
kill three, how many would be left"
John; "Three, sir"
Teacher; "No; two would be left, you ig-
noramus."
John; mo, there wouldn't; the three shot
would be left, and the other two would be
flied away"
A fast lrishman in time of revival, join
ed the church, but was found SHINING griev-
ously not long afterward
Didn't you join the Methodsts" inquired
a piously disposed person.
Faix, an did; jined for six months,
and behaved so well that they let me off with
three!"
IT is strange how "toady" promotes inde-
pendence A Philadelphia old "brick," who
was lying day or two since, in very spirit
ual manner, was advised in a friendly wav
to economize as flour was going up.D "Let
it go up" said old bottle nose, II kin git as
high as flour kin--any day"
THE city of New York alone sells three
times as many pure imported brandies, and
four times as many pure imported wines,"
annually, as all the wine and brandy -produc-
ing counties export. Somebody, it is clear,
drinks a spurious article.
Bill, you young scamp, if you had your
due, you'd get good whipping
know it daddy, but bills are not al
ways paid when they become dne.n
The agonized father trembled lest his
hopeful son should be suddenly snatched from
him.
No man can go down into the dungeon of
his experience and hold the torch Of Gods
word to all its dark chambers, and hidden
cavities, and Shiny recesses, and not come up
with shudder and a chill, and an earnest cry
to God for divine mercy and cleansing.
A girl, who had become tired of single
blessedness, wrote to her intended thus:
| 9" Dear Jim, cum rite off if you are cummin
at al, fur Ed Helderman is insstin' that
shall have him, and he hugs and kisses me so
continually that can't hold out much long
err"
A witty man, who lived in constant fear of
the baliff, having absconded, one of his ac-
quaintances was asked what was tie reason
vi Ills dDScHCct " WHICH Hc ItplSu-- w n.y.
sir, / 0pprchend he is apprehcasire Of being
aRpredended-"
Sir Peter Lely made it rule never to
look at bld picture, having found by expe-
riencc that whenever he did so, hls pencil
took Il hint from it. Apply this to bad books
and bad company.
Everything has its use Were it not for
flies, people in the summer would sleep two
hours longer than they do, aud thus lose the
best part of the day--the portion devoted
to sunrise and meadow larks.
We are indebted to Mrs. Caudle for the
following
Men brandy drink, and never think,
That girls, at all, can tell it
They don't suppose that womans nose
Was ever made to smell it.
1t is the great law Of nature, that, who
sover shuts his heart to the sympathies of ha-
manity, shuts it at the same time against the
ingress of oil happy influences
The effect Of character is always to COM
mand consideration. We sport and toy, and
laugh with men and women who have none
but we never confde in them
Miss Leslie once wrote to friend, Gould
begin anew my literary career, | would al
ways write novels, instead of short stories
which exhausts plots and incidents"
Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-19

and education to so dreadful crime: and
that if he would confde in me, and let me
know what his difficulties were, would en-
deavor to assist him, provided he met at a
time and place named, and return his ILL
gotten gains, which would safely transmit
to their proper owners; but if he faied in
doing this | would write at once to the CO.
lionel of his regiment and disgrace him, by
telling the whole history. received re-
ply in few days, acknowledging with many
expressions of penitence, that he was the
guilty party, and promising faithfully to meet
me and return the money He kept his
word. He met me at the time and place
named, and restored the sums he had robbed
us of; confessing at the same time that he
had incurred heavy debt at play, which he
had no means of paying, aud that he had ta-
ken this way Of obtaining money in order to
avoid being disgraced as man of honor
81 dared not said he with tears, "apply
to my father for assistance for such sum
would ruin him, even if he would pay, it, and
l had no alternative between raising it by
any mode, or being dishonored"
If" said !, :" | pay this debt for you,
will you pledg me your word as an officer
and gentleman, never to Ga mble again ?"
| never will, on my honor Nerer," re-
piled he.
Well. On that pledge will help you
but remember if you break your word-if
ever hear of your gambling again--and
shall keep a strict watch over you-I shall at
once inform your colonel of what has passed,
and disgrace you for ever"
20 Sir" he answered, "if you will but
help me out of my difficulties. you shall never
have cause to repent it. | will never touch a
card again as long as l live" He spoke in
an accent of sincerety, and the tears stood
in his eyes. l gave him my hand
trust you,' said |, and | will help you.
In brief, paid his debts, and sent him back
to his regiment happy man. And some
time afterwards, by circuitous routes so that
it could not be traced, | transmitted to each
Of my fellow-travellers the exact sum of
which they had been robbed | had never
any reason to repent of my conduct. The
young man proved sincerely penitent and
grateful for my forbearance and kindness -
He devoted himself to his profession, and
rose in it. | constantly corrcSponded with
him, and | took measures to ascertain how
he conducted himself for many years. Hs
kept his promise and never gambled again
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15
g 39rrttg Storr.
GOING TO THE SEASIDE.

For the last two summers I have gone
to the seaport of -. 1t is not wa
tering-place, nor is it fashionable. It is
too pretty a place for that-fashiou new
er havinga an eye for the picturesque. 1t
is a quiet, old style town, with consider
able wealth among its residents; and
boasts of a Gothic church, and two or
three decidedly stylish residences.
1 like to 60 there, because there is
such a calm, peaceful air about the
place; because the streets are so shaded
and oleanj because the people arc so in
telligent and agreeable; because the boat
ing is so good and the roads SO ine; be-
cause -
The fact is, / am not telling the truth.
1t is not any of these things at all. The
real reason is, as the sagacious reader
knew at the beginning, a woman
bright and beautiful creature--a modest
violet-a harebell--a blue forget me not
IA charming delicate woodland bios
som, fourishing in the shade Of this OBJ
scure town, and sweetening all the air
with her fresh young presence.
It's two years ago since / first saw
tho town Of --- A passion for new
places and quiet places, for by-ways aud
side roads, had seized upon me- / there
fore set out on a huntyand one Saturday
evening, just at the set of the sun, an
old-fashioued stage-coaeh set me down
at a shaded, sleepy-looking inn in the
town of -. 1t certainly had a charm.
ing look in the yellow rays Of the set.
ting sun, and resolved, forthwith, tC
remain there over Sunday.
Fortunate resolved ] shall never
cease to bless the day which brought me
to this town
/ The next day was Sunday. 1t proved
cold, clustering, raw and unsummery
This at FIRST put me out Of temper, bu
lie proved as the reader will sec, the mos
fortunate thing in the world.
i went to church and created a sensa
ton. Nobody knew me, and stranger
were, Of all things, strange to the town
Besides, as i fattered myself at the time
my metropolitan aireXoited attention, an,
i secretly believed, a little admiration.
have experienced a great many sensa
tious 10 my life, and am enabled 20 aa,
with confidence, that the consciousness
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15

WOMEN

ny PHEBE CAREY.
IT'S O sad truth, yet Ills truth
That does not necd the proving
We give our hearts away uuasked,
And are not loved for loving.
Striving 70 win a little back,
For all we feel, we hide 60,
And lips, that trembling with their love,
In trembling have denied It.
We, foolish, deem The kiss and smile
Bot life and loves beginning;
While hB who wins our hearts away,
is satisfied with winning.
On thinking that We have not found
The right one for our mating,
We 60 on till our hair is white,
And eyes are blind with waiting.
The best Of US, until we die,
ls less saint than womani
And while we pray for love divine,
Our hearts yearn for the human"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15

MODEL COMPOSITIONS. A distin-
guished lawyer, of Georgia, says that
in his younger days he taught boys
school, and requiring the pupils to write
compositions, he sometimes received
some Of a very peculiar sort, Of which
the following is a specimen:
On iRduty.-It is bad for a man to
be idoL Industry is the best thing a
man can have; and q wife is next
Prophets and Kings desired it long,
and died without the site. The end.
Here is anothor
On the seasons There is four sea-
sons Spring, Summer, Autumn and
Winter. They are all pleasant Some
people like Spring best but as for me,
give me liberty, or give me death. The
end
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15

MARRIAGE.--Let people prate as they
will, the woman was never born yet who
would not cheerfully and proudly give
herself and her whole destiny into a
worthy hand, at the right time, and un-
der fitting circumstances; that is, when
the whole heart and conscience accom-
panied and sanctifed the gift. But
marriage ought always to be a question,
not Of necessity but choice. Every
girl ought to be taught that hasty,
loveless union stamps upon her almost
as foul dishonor as one of those connect
ions which omit the legal ceremony al
together; and that, however pale, drea-
ry and toilsome a single life may be,
unhappy married life must be ten-fold
worse-an ever-haunting temptation, an
inourable regret, torment from which
there is no escape but death.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15
DoutB's department.

BAuswor to Enigma by "Giuger," in last
weeks 1ilin's Warehouse, Lees
burg, o."
Answer to Enigma by Sammy" I'm same
paper, "Daniel Davis mineral digger"
Answer to Arilhmetical Problem, by "E.
Pize McGistus":-6 days
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15

For tbo Now6.

For the News.
Ma il. BoARDuAN.--I send you the fol-
iug Poem, as reolted by me In Hillsboro, II
brenthes tho true spirit Of Freedom and Love
n DI,ee I'm any collection Of our National Poe
nv. have transcribed Il from memory, and
there mag be some slight inaccuracies In H.,
but nothing TO mar or deluce iis beauties
would like 70 500 a copy Of Il IN tho hands o {
every achooi-boy IN the land. Yours,
' d. l. EDWARDS.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15

A newly married couple took up their
residence in Poplar street At break
fast next morning, the gentleman said
to the lady: "My dear, this is Poplar
street, and by putting you (u) in it, it
becomes popular" "And BY putting
us (ous) in it, replied his better half,
"it will become populous."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15
why Cousins should not Marry.


In the Annual Report Of the Super
inteudent of the Kentucky Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb, we find the
following conclusive argument against
the marriage Of cousins;
From ten to twenty per cent, Of deaf
mutes are children of cousins 1t is
greatly to be regretted that the law for
bidding the marriage of first cousins
did not pass the recent Legislature
These marriages are a violation of law
Of nature, as is evidenced by the afflict-
ions visited in almost every case upon
their offspring in deafness, blindness,
and idiocy; and ought to be q violation
of human laws also The Common
wealth has the right to protect itself
against these ill-starrod matches, whose
offspring it has to sustain, too frequent
ly for life. It may be hoped that this
important subject will not escape the
action Of our legislators many years
longer. 1t is confidently believed that
by forbidding marriages Of this kind
and by proper attention and care Of
infants laboriug under the diseases sta
ted, the number Of deaf mutes in the
community, might be diminished one
half in a generation.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15

A Bachelor friend Of ours has left
a boarding house, In which we're d NUM-
Der of old maids, on account Of tho
miserable fair set before him at the ta-
be
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-04-15

HONORABLE CONDITIONS. --Manyyears
ago in what is now a aourishing city in
this State, lived stalwart blacksmith,
fond of his pipe and his joke. He was
also fond of his blooming daughter,
whose many graces and charms had en-
shared the affections of a susceptible
young printer The couple after a sea-
SON of billing and cooling, "engaged"
themselves, and nothing but the consent
of the young ladys "parent" prevented
their union. To obtain this, an inter-
view was arranged, and typo prepared a
little speech, to astonish and convince
the old gentleman, who sat enjoying his
favorite pipe, in perfect content. Typo
dilated upon the fact Of their long friend
ship, their mutual attachment, their
hopes of the future, and like topics, and
taking the daughter by the hand, said:
~ now, sir, ask your permission to
transplant this lovely flower fromits par
ent bed"--but his "phelinks" evercame
him, he forgot the remainder of hisrhe-
torical fourishes, blushed, stammered,
and finally wound up with--'afrom its
parent bed INTO MY OWN" The father
keenly relished the discontinue Of the
suitor, and after removing his pipe and
blowing a cloud replied: "Well, young
man, 1 don't know as I have any objec-
tions, provided you marry the girl first. "
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For the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am composed Of Is letters:
Ny 9, IL, 4, Z, Is troublesome animal
Ny 3, ], s, is a tree.
My 10, 4, 10. l3, is TO exercise the right Of
suffrage.
My 6, Q, is a neuteT verb.
My 8, IL, 3 g, l3, is a fowl.
My whole is something that every family
should have. DINGY.
Marshall o.