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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-03-18
Child Perception.

In the town Of B., in Maine,
the pulpit Of Clergyman who was i'll,
was Supplied" by neigbboring minis
ter. 1t happened to be "Communion-
Day" and tho clergyman CHANGED to
have that pedal malformation commonly
known as q "club-foot." While he was
administering the Sacrament this fact
was noticed by a bright-eyod little boy;
and when arrived at home, he asked his
mother:
"Wasn't that the DEVIL, who preach.
ed to-day ?"
"Why no, my child what do you
mean? He was Mr.. --."
"NO, mother, it aoas the DEVIL, be,
cause l saw his cloUen foot, two or three
times, sticking out from under the ta-
bic !"
so much, blythe bye, for individuali-
zing physically the "EvL ONE" to the
minds Of children) This same BOYS
brother, a year and a half younger
than himself, when his mother was en-
deavoring to explain, on Sunday even.
ing, how all sinners "must be born
again" suddenly interrupted her with
81 don't 1oant to be born again, moth
er, said he.
"Why not, my boy2" asked the moth
er
"Cause, I'm afraid I should be q
girl, and 1 don't 10ans to be girl l'-
TKniokerbocker.
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A very large wholesale trade is done at
this point The town was originally
settled by the Mormous, and was for
several years known by the name Of
Kanesvillo. Property sells for high
prices, as this is destined to be the tor-
minus Of one or more Of the railroads
which are to-cross Iowa Itis directly
opposite Omaha, the capital Of Nebras-
ka. The business portion Of the city
is four miles from the river, In short,
Council Bluffs is bound to be one Of
the largest cities 10 the United States.
Every man who visits our city is per-
fectly astonished at the amount of bus
mess i does. The Land Office Is now
oponj 50, Of course, the printers, hotel
keepers ana merchants are fcathering
their nests
We have plenty Of gamo,-chickens,
ducks and geese We are considerably
troubled with wolves, along the creek
They kill young pigs and chickens.
The scenery around Council Bluffs
was a curiosity to me. Those who have
never seen the bluffs Of the Missouri
river, might entertain the mistaken
opinion that they are craggy masses Of
rocks and earth, Such however, is not
the case. No rocks are to be SEEN
only immense masses Of clay, rising
abruptly, in some places, to the height
of $50 feet, and varying in steepness
from a slope Of forty to fifty degrees to
almost perpendicular. They are some
times broken by small ravines, filed
with groves Of timber. Where they
are not too abrupt, the bluffs are usual
| ly covered with prairie grass. Alto
gether, they are in sublime contrast
with the rich, level prairie which stretch
es away for miles from their base to-
ward the Missouri river.
As yet we have no orchards, but
those too young to bear. Have plenty
of wild plums, (yery large) grapes,
eurrants, goosoborries, raspberries, and
some strawberries. have been told
that's few Of my applo-troes bore last
season. This has been a very warm
winter, until the last three weeks, in
which we had some very cold weather.
To-day the wind is blowing so hard
that it would not be safe for man to
be on the prairie with a team. Good
bye. Respectfully yours,
W. J. MILLER.
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Cbe Yourr Cjrtlr.
Daily Reading.


tits impossible to compute the great
benefit that may be reaped from a fixed
and systematic intellectual application
for but a few hours, or even a few min
utes, each day. The young mechanic
who labors but ten hours out of the
twenty-four, can certainly spend two
hours of his evenings leisure in ju-
dicious reading, which may ultimately
fit him for an honored and important
position in life. Hearken to the follow
ing facts -
One Of the best editors the Westmin-
ster ReUieW could ever boast, and
one Of the most brilliant writer's Of the
passing hour, was a cooper in Aberdeen
One Of the editors Of the Londen Dai-
ly Journal was baker in Elgin; perhaps
the best reporter of the London Times
was a Weaveri in Edinburgh; the editor
of the Witness was O stone mason. One
of the ablest ministers in London was a
blacksmith on Dundee; and another was
a Matchmaker in Banf The late DR..
Milne, of China, was a herd boy in
Rhyme. The Principal of the London
Missionary Society's College at Hong
Kong, was a saddler in Huntleys; and
one Of the best missionaries that ever
went to India was tailor in Keith
The leading maohinist Of the London
and Birmingham Railway, with G7O0 a
year, was a mechanic in Glasgow; and
perhaps the very richest iron founder in
England was a working man. in Moray
Sir James Clark, her Majesty's physi-
clan, was a druggist in Banff. Joseph
Hume was a sailor at first, and then a
laborer at the mortar and pestle in
Montrose; Mr.. MoGregor, the member
for Glasgow, was poor boy in Rosshire
James Wilson, the member for West.
bury, was a ploWman in Haddington,
and Arthur Henderson, the member fol
Orkney, earned his bread by the sweat
Of his brow.
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THE HAPPY FARMER.

nv mrs. Len. aooURNEY.
Saw ye the farmer at his plow,
As you were riding by7
or weariod meath his noon-day toll,
When Summer suns were hight
And thought ye that his lot was hard1
And did you thank your God
That you and yours were not condemned
Thus like a slave TO plodl
Come, sec him at his harvest-homo,
When garden, field and tree
Conspire, with flowing stores TO fll
His barn and granary;
His healthy children gaily sport
Amid the new-mown hay,
Or proudly help, with vigorous arm,
His task as best they may.
The dog parlakes his masters ioy,
And guards the loaded vain;
The feathery people clap their wings,
And lead their youngling train.
Porchance the hoary Crand5ire's eye
The glowing scene surveys,
And breathes a blessing ON his race,
Or guides his evening praise.
The Harvest-Giver is their friend
The maker Of the soil,
And Earth the Mother gives them bread
And cheers their patient toll.
Come join them round their wintry hearths
The HEARTFELT pleasures see,
And you can better udge how blest
The lurmer's life may be.
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A Cheap Barometer.

A correspondent of the Country Gen.
tlen1an writes as follows:
For some years I have been In the
habit Of watching the condition Of the
gum in my wifo's camphor bottle, which
stands in our bedroom. Andwhen not
disturbed it makes capital weather
glass 1t answers my purpose as we'll
as a barometer that would cost me from
S25 to $50. When there is to be change
of weather from fair to windy and wet
the thin fakes of the gum will rise up
and sometimes when there was to be q
great storm, have seen them at the top
When they settle down clearly at thC
bottom, then we are sure Of grand wealth.
er. Any farmer who will watch his
wife's camphor bottle for season, will
never have occasion to watch the birds
or locusts for indications Of a change
in the weather.
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to me, as usual, and laid her fair young
head on my shoulder, telling me how
dear, how beautiful, was 20 her and
pleading again for my salvation from
ruin.
$50 my husband, she said, grample
not upon the glorious gifts God has given
you'll His image rests upon your brow
mar not its beauty by the curse Of
drink
"It must have been the vilo poison
burning within me which melted me to
anger for I pushed that delicate form
from my bosom, and angrily told her
would listen 10 her pleadings no morel
(C0nclu1ed nept lgeck.)
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Too much Business.

This is a world Of inaeziblo com
moroei nothing is ever given away, but
everything is bought and paid for. If,
by exclusive and absolute surrender of
ourselves to material pursuits, we mate
rialize the mind we lose that class Of
satisfaction of which the mind is the re
gion and the resource. A young man
in business, for instance, begins to feel
tho ezhileratiug glow Of success, and
deliberately determines to abandon him
self to its delicious whirl He says to
himself, 81 will think Of nothing but
business until I have made so much
money, and then 1 will begin a new life.
1 will gather round me books and pic
lures aud friends. ] will have knowl-
edge, taste and cultivation, the perfumes
of scholarship, and winning speech
and graceful manners. 1 will see for
eign countries, and converse with ac-
complished men. will drink deep of
the fountain of classic lore. Philoso-
ply shall guide me, history shall in
struct me, and poetry shall charm me.
Science shall open to me her wonders
/ shall then remember my present life
Of drudgery as one recalls q pleasant
dream when the morning has dawned. I"
He keeps his self-registered VOW. He
bends his thoughts downwards and nails
them to the dust Every power, every
affection, every taste, except those which
his particular occupation calls into play,
is left TO starve Over the gates of his
mind he writes in letters which he who
runs may read, "No admittance except
on business" In time he reaches the
goal of his hopes; but now insulted ma
ture begins to claim her revenge. That
which was once unnatural is now natu-
raj to him. The enforced oonstraint
has become a rigid deformity. The
spring Of his mind is broken. He can
no longer lift his thoughts from the
ground. Books and knowledge, and
wise discourse, and the amenities of art,
and the cordial Of friendship, are like
words in a straage tongue. To the
hard, smooth surface Of his soul nothing
genial, graceful or winning will cling.
We cannot even purge his voice of its
ItaWnlng tone, or pluck from his face the
mean, money-gotting mask which the
child does not look at without causing to
smile. Anil the graccs and ornaments
ofwealth he is like a blind man in a
picture gallery. That which he has
done he must continue to do; he must
accumulate riches which he cannot on.
Joy, and contemplate the dreary prospect
of growing old without anything tC
make age venerable or attractive, for age
without wisdom and without knowledge
is the winters cold without the winters
fire. [Hillard.
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For the News.
THOUGHTS ON ASTRONOMY,


HOME, March 1st 1858.
Mr.. EDITOR-SIR The last few
evenings have been Of that beautiful,
bright kind, that impress us with
high sense Of the beauty and grandeur
Of Nature, and the majesty Of the
"Great First Cause" when
"Vesper looked forth,
From out her western hermitage, and smiled,
And up the eHst, unclouded, rode the Moon,
With all her Stars, gazing on earth intense.
As if she saw some wonder walking there
It is for the sake Of directing my
own mind for a time to these wonders,
seen in the starry heavens, and for the
sake Of employing a few hours of leis-
ure, in such a way as to be profitable to
myself and perhaps iustructing, in
some measure, to others, that propose
to give you few chapters Of thought
If you think Mr.. Editor, they will be
Of any service in the way Of helping
those who have not the time TO devote
to such inquiries, to a better under
standing Of these things, and that they
will aid those who may read, to see the
beauty in, and adore the Being that
spread out the heavens as a great ban
ner Of blue, and studded it with scin-
tillating gems Of light, you can give
them place in your paper
When We look out upon a clear
night, the sky seems like an immense
coneave, resting upon the visible hori-
zon, and all over it, as appears to the
eye, equally distant, are the stars. The
earth's diurual or daily motion, from
west to east gives the stars theapparent
motion Of running a race from cast to
west and hiding themselves behind tho
earth. it appears to the uneduoated
mind, that the earth is in the center,
and that all these shining hosts revolve
around itat an equal distance; but tho
truth is that the Sun is tho center
round which we revolve, with all the
globes Of this system, and Of the almost
| infinite distance that interveues be-
tween us and the nearest Of the 6xed
stars, the upeducated have no idea, and
the most enlightened can form no just
conception.
The active mind pushes out into
space, in search of data by which to
become acquainted with the overwhelm-
ing magni6cence Of the Creators works,
/ When We investigate the solar system,
i. e., our sun and the stars revolving
round it, the mind becomes oppressed
with the strain of thought and tho
magnifcence Of globes offered for oon-
templation; but these are less than
points, when compared with the indni-
tudes found beyond ils utmost bounds,
Passing out itom tho earth, We find
Jupiter, d globe 400 timos and IT,
tie more, the bulk Of this earth, travel
ing ia an orbit 495 100000 OF miles
from the sun. Next, Saturn, TTl times
larger than our earth, th his aysiom
of rings and moons, placed DO The de-
tanoo Of 1,824O00000 of miles FROM
Ithe sun, and having ono revolution
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Quick Digestion-Healtby Food.

Of all the articles of food, boiled ric,
Us digested in. the shortest time-au
hour AS it contains eight-tenths nu
tritious matter, it is a valuable sub.
stance for diet Tripe and pigs feet arc
digested almost as rapidly. Apples, if
sweet and ripe, are next in order. Ven.
ison is digested almost as soon as apples
Roasted potatoes are digested in half
the time required by the same vegeta.
BILE boiled, which occupies more than
three hours and a baltimore than beef
or mutton. Bread occupies three hours
and a quarter. Stewed oysters and
boiled eggs are digested in three hours
and a half-an hour more than is re,
quired by the same articles raw. Tur.
key and goose are converted in two
hours and a half-an hour and a half
sooner than chickens. Roasted veal
pork, and salted beef, occupy five hours
and "a balf-the longest Of all articles
OF food Scientific American.
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Thine eyes 30 sad and sweet,
While thy trembling lips prayed Pleadngly,
To stay my wandering feet.
I'm weary now, dear Mary,
Mine eyes have lost their light,
And my hair is very snowy,
That once waa dark as night.
And Pm thinking Of the future,
The bright future, soon TO be-
When Cod shall call me, darling,
Call mo home, to Him and Thee.
Again the sweet young Spring-time
dawned upon the world The time for
evening ramblos and moonlight walks,
had come once more; but the Girl
Friends oheerfully gave up these pleas
ures, for the sake Of the sweet little
one, which had become q pet and a
household treasure.
How tendorly those girls watched
over the tiny babe, given to Nollie's
keeping; and how proud they were Of
their treasure, the beautiful, dark eyed
Eda, as they called the little orphan
When Philip came, Nellie watched
bv the cradle. When the minister was
there, Elsie amused the little one; and
50 the young girls passed their time
away, attending to their household af-
fairs. and LOOKING iovfuIIv forward 70
the time when fo1oibor tbov sborII
take upon them tbo sweet and soorod
duties Of a wife.
The Young preocbor came oDo dewv
owe in Nav Iootino ioyf,I vot rosi
less, and seemingly inpatient He lift.
ed little Eda in 6iBarms. pressed a kiss
upon her rosv Inns. and puttipo her on
Elsie's Ian fook NolIio,s hand ondIod
her awav AS soon as thew wore oIono
he said
uT cannot wait much lamar NoIIio
VIII Won not name the dsv when 7
shall call Won oII NV own 2u
A slight flush came to NoIIie's
check. bnt looking nm foDdIv. she an.
swored 81 don't know when -
The dark ewes. bent toward her look.
ed little reproacbfuIly.
ooh, don't put us off So darling H.
PbiIip and I are oottirc imnotiart
Have YOU not both been free Iono
enough2 Surely Won do NOT fear tC
submit to tho sweet bondage wo shall
! impose upon voun
"Tis not that renIiod Nellie, "Tr
verv Young, staov. hut it is not that
either but papa is so feebIe.-won,
YOU wait till he GETS better 2p
The minister did not answer bpt h,
thought that her father would never b.
better, in this world.
She seemed to road his bougbts
ooh how can 7 Give him mp, She ov
claimed. aYou DOM know how T low.
|himl He is old but how can 7 civ
him nm votlp o,d N,II;, -. L;4.s,1.
TenderIv her chosen bnsb,n5 sootbo
her. He wiped the tears from her owe.
and kissed her trambIing Inns. and o.l,
ed if in HI, love sbo vonId not bo oom
forted
ooh. Il would bs 50 dark vitbor
voul,' she answered
His last words tbot niobt voro an
NOT oriove M bsIovod Ro,,or,hou -,
Father 5ootb ali tbinosw w.IIp5
When left alone sbs di5 not 30
Elsie. bpt stoIo softIv 10 ber f,tbor,
room When sbo saw him bor Loo.
was f,ll Nosbo5ou ~ e.. 5.-,.s-
ed fbe sublime sorenifv If HE ro5I
face. No sorrow 5owped in fbe o.o
ewes bent upop the Dortroit Of n
IIovsd vis with whom he v,.soor a., ;,
ioined in immortal voptb Ho w..
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A HINT TO TIE MARRrEp-cI bav,

A HINT TO THE MARRIED.-"I have
heard, says Mr.. Henry, "of a married
couple who, though they were both Of a
hasty temper, yet lived comfortably to-
gether by simply observing a rule, on
which they had mutually agreed, "nev-
to be both angry together" and he adds
that an ingenious and pious father was
in the habit of giving this advice to his
children when they were married
"Doth one speak fret tother with water come,
Is one provoked bo tother soft and dumb"
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BE CoMPREHENsIvE.-Talk TO the
point and stop when you have reached
1t. The faculty some possess of MAKING
one idea cover a quire Of paper. ID nof
good for much. Be comprehensive in
all you say or write. To an volume
upon nothing is no credit to any bodv
though Lord Chesterfield wrote a veyv
clever poem on Nothing,
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How many mothers are there, in the
world, who have one manner of sneak
ing at home, and another when ont in
society! Can there be more touehinq
rebuke than that uttered by the TttIe
girl below? She, like all children. was
a close observer Of her parents conduct
A lady who was in the habit Of visit
ing the poor, for benevolent purposes.
took her little daughter with her. The
child saw, heard, and was interested -
But there was something which the
child could not exactly make out. So.
on the road home, she said
Mamma, when you are out visiting
the poor, you always talk about Jesus
Garl0t TO them, and you don't talk Of
Him when you are at home"
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tits a base temper in mankind that
they will not take the smallest slight at
the hand of those who have done them
the greatest kindness.
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AMUsEMENT.--"Do you suppose that
the grown-up child does not want amuse.
ment, when you see how greedy children
are ofit2 Do not imagine we grow out
OF that; We disguise ourselves by various
solemnities, but we have none of us lost
the child-nature yet.
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We learn from the Findlay Jefers0ni,
an, that Mr.. Philip Crouse's family.
residing a few miles east Of that village,
we're accidentally poisoned last week by
eating apple butter kept in glazed
orookery. One boy died on Thursday
last, and the rest Of the family are in
rather a preoarious situation And we
learn this is not the only occurrence of
the kind. Mr. Isaac Burners family
living some five miles west of Findlay
have suffered from the same cause.-
Great care should be exercised In put.
ting up sauce or fruit in such vessels a.
will engender the formation of poison,
Gus oompounds.-[Sandusk Register.
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Few things tend more to ALLEVIATE
friendship than a want Of punotuality
in our engagements. ] have known
the breach Of a promise to dine or sup
break up more than ono intimacy.
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Opinions may be considered as the
shadows of knowledge. If our knowl-
edge be accurate, our opinions will be
just. 1t is very important then, that
we do not adopt an opinion too hastily,
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@rtamnL 8targ
Written for tho News.
The Girl-Friends.
ny MARY B-
CHAPTER XII.

] remember we'll the night, Mary ...
When robed IN Thy bridal dress,
The faded flowers twlned iu thy hair,
And the tears on thy young facet
Thou dldst kneel down, dearest Mary,
Thine eyes 80 sad and sweet,
While thy trembling lips prayed pleading
To stay my wandering feet.
l'm weary now, dear Mary,
Mine eyes have lost their light,
And my hair is very snowy,
That once waa dark as night.
And Pm thinking Of the future,
The bright future soon to be,
When God shall call me, darling,
Call mo home, to Him and Thee.
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A d0vn Eastor advaELI.e. for a VIZ

A down Easter advortises for a wife
in the following manner;
"Any gal what's got a COW, good
feather-bed and 6xins, FIVE hundred
dollars in hard puter, one that has had
the measles, and understands tendin'
children, can have customer for life by
writin' a billy dux, addressed u. R.,
and putin il on uncle Ebenezer's barn,
hine side, jinin' the hog-psn,"
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A theological professor, speaking Of
Balaam's Ass, says it is wrong to doubt
that the Ass spoke like a man, when we
daily hear so many men speak like
Asses.
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Longfollow says "Sunday is the
golden clasp that binds together the
volume Of the week"
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He who wants good sense, is unhappy
in having learning; for he has thereby
only more ways Of exposing himself
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AoutBs department
For the News.
Miscellaneous Enia

For the News.
Miscellaneous Enigma.
am oomposed Of ~ letters:
MY lI,4,8,5, lisa well known plspt
My ", 10, II, is word which expresses
consent
My 9, J., IA, Is a genuemau's nickname.
MY 2,S, s, is, means 20 bo excessively IN
love.
Ny la, iI,T2, 10. I6, Is metallic CO.
ment
Ny whole Is what want "sphlnx'' to
know GElNX.
New Vienna, o.