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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-07-14
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Owen thought on his child's request,
and finally acceded to it. He did more
he sent two of the other children--one
eleven and one ten years of age-away
with his eldest girl. They were gone
for years, and all the time OF their absence
things were growing worse end worse a,
home.
Suddenly one spring, there were men
seen at work upon Ovens house. There
were women at work within. There was
cleansing and painting and reftting going
on. New clothes were prepared for all
the children, and in short time the home
of Owen presented really elegant ap.
pearance. freight and lamplight now
shone from the front windows at evening;
and when the doors opened, it was no
longer to emit nude children, but happy,
well-clad boys and girls came bounding
down the repaired steps, or handsome
young ladies walked out, attended by
their proud and grateful father, or some
more youthful gentlemen. The skeleton
of that family, so long visible to the sight
of the whole town, had altogether disap-
pearel. The mansion was now open 10
society, and an agreeable company was
gathered almost nightly in its pariors, for
.he young ladies liked to see their friends
as often as they chose to come. Owen
was an altered man. He was rejuve.
mated through the agency Of his charm,
ing daughters. Sarah, in particular, the
eldest child, was the star of his heart
He yielded entirely 10 her gentle influence,
and hers was the will that wisely ruled
the restored house. All was done as she
wished. And now Owen was happier
than he had been for many. many years;
What had become of the wife and mother
none knew-none dared to ask. She was
never more seen, and never did one men,
Der of the family mention her.
A few more years, and Sarah was mar
ried. She did not, however, forsake The
home that she had purified and made the
abode of peace and happiness. Her
father could not think, for moment, of
allowing that, and, as lie said, the house
was large enough for ten more. A suite
of rooms was fitted up for the bride, and
the river Of joy flowed on with unobstruc-
ted but higher waters than before, though
the white mansion. After a year or
two more had gone, the whole family
appeared one Sabbath clad in black
They said that Alice was dead, and none
asked for further information. OWENS
face was for some weeks downcast, and
tears ever and anon we're seen dropping
from his eyes; but in time his sadness
vanished, and now there are merry bells
pealing joy for the widower. He has
pleased his children, and himself still
more, by taking to his home new bride,
who is worthy to reign over "the trans.
formed house," and under whose firm yet
mild dominion, all the virtues and tastes
which secure happiness will be cherished
within its walls.
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A Lesson for Bows.

Edwin was one day looking at large
building which they were putting up just
opposite his fathers house. He watched
the workmen from day 10 day as they
carried up the brick and mortar and then
placed them in the proper order. His
father said 10 him:
Edwin, you seem to be very much
taken up With the bricklayers; pray what
might you be thinking about! Have
you any notion Of learning the trade.
"No," said Edward, smiling, but |
was just thinking what little thing a
brick is and yet that great house is being
built by laying one brick upon another"
"Very true, my boy, never forge, it.
Just SO it is with all great works. All
great works. All your learning is only
one little lesson added to another. If o
man could walk all around the world, it
would be by putting one foot before the
other. Your whole life will be made up
Of one little moment after another, Drop
added to drop makes The ocean"
Learn from this not to despise little
things, Learn also, not to be discour.
aged by great labor The greatest labor
becomes easy if divided into parts. You
could not jump over mountain, but sler
by step takes you to the other side. Dc
notfear, therefore, to atteInp! great things
Always remember that the whole Of the
great building is only one brick upon an
other.
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The Borrower.
BY A PATRON OF MY UNCLE"


The Borrower, with admirable consis.
tehcy OF character, borrows his motto
from Shakespeare" Base is the slave who
pays!" He understands the meaning of
the verb /" to give," as in the case OF a
political subscription OLA charitable dona.
tion, of which lists are published in the
papers. Generous people give--peor
spirited people pay. He looks upon
himself as professor of the most ancient
and noble art extant-the art Of borrow
ing.
By the art of borrowing. he Of course
means borrowing money. All other loans
he despises except in cases of ofextremity--
as misapplications Of great powers. and
as tending to bring great principle into
familiarity which breeds contempt. To
be sure, the man who borrows ready
made articles is no fool, but he is a small
dealer, and generally disgraces the art
What can he promise himself! What
does he attain tol He can seldom get
beyond set Of books, an umbrella, or q
great coat: this is poor work, and rem
ders borrowing bore to both parties.--
Money alone, the sure means OF purchas.
ing pleasures Of any patern-the medium
for the exercise of our free will--the
power of defying the world
"The glorious privilege
OF being independent"
this alone is worthy the great soul, the
proud purpose, the noble ambition of the
enlightened borrower !; he should, as
Goblet used to say, "get gold and keep
it," He will take good care, at all events
ifhe have the least pre,ensions 10 honor
never to pay it back.
We have already intimated that to pay
back money is inconsistent with the
principle Of borrowing but differen,
doctrine, we are aware, has been crafty
bloached in some quarters, and differ.
ent practice in some cases prevails. Bor.
rowers of some credit and character are
now and then known to create much
disappointment by actually returning the
money--by observing their I" promise to
pay" to the letter, and thereby violating
the spirit Of it. This occurs in cases
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The Minds Journey Through Arithme'

The mind as well as the body is prone
to make journeys. When man wanders
over the earth, his person is often in dam
ger; but the mind, without harm, visits
places where man dare nor cannot Co.
1t can 60 to the ends of the earth; scale
the icebergs Of the polar seas; visit the
burning sands Of the torrid zone, and be
with the barbarous tribes Of distant lands.
1t can soar above the clouds and visit the
stars that stud the skies, and then. des.
cending, study the mysteries Of the depths
Of old ocean. would not now refer to
the journeyings Of the Imagination; for
that commonly visits places and people
that no one has seen or will see. II
paints it's own scenery; passes through
places all its own, ,peopled by the creatures
Of its own creation. Travellers have
written much Of their wanderings up and
down through the nations Of the earth
but it is for me 10 give an account Of the
journeyings Of a mind-to tell somewhat
ofits wanderings through the intricate
by.paths of Arithmetic. The Journey
began from this very Institute. 'Tht
mind sat medita,ing one day in its cham
Der, and thus it soliloquized :-"I shoul,
like to know what kind of counH!
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WORK IF YOU WOULD RISE. Richard
Burke, being found in tevery shortly
after an extraordinary display of powers
in Parliament by his brother, Edmund
Burke, and questioned by friend as to
the cause, replied: IL have been won.
dering how Ned has contrived to monop-
lize all the talents of the family; but
then, again, ! remember when we were
at play he was always at work" The
force Of this anecdote j. increased by the
fact that Richard Burke was considered
moi inferior in natural talents to his bro
ther. Yet the one rose to greatness, while
the other died comparatively OBSCURE
Don't trust to your genius, young man
if you would rise; but wordsworth!
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BEAuTY.-The philosophers will never
agree in the definition Of beauty, though
every one knows what it is Burke was
beautifully sublime on the sublime and
beautiful" but the world is little The wi
ser for his speculations. Whether beau
ty really exists in the object which is
called beautiful, or whether the beauty is
call in your eye," as the phrase is.--thal
is 10 say, exists only in the mind
of the observer,-has never been
definitely settled, and perhaps never will
be. It is not impossible that the whole
truth Of the matter is comprehsnded in
in both theories-that beauty is partly in
the object and partly in the mind that
gives it recognition. This much is true,
at least, yet while two persons shall both
agree that particular thing has beauty,
one of them shall see much more than the
other, accordingly as his taste or imagi-
nation shall be better. OF beauty in per.
son, some writer has said, " there is noue
to be found after fortnight's intimate &C.
quaintance, except beauty Of expression
merely, and even that depends upon asso.
station" The dogma is sometimes too
strong to be wholly true, and yet the
truth doubtless lies within it. Fortunate
is he who has a ready discernment Of
beauty in nature and art-in the world of
external objects and the world Of internal
reflections.
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STEUBENVILLE, oHIO WEDNESDAY, JULY IA, 1863.

Arithmetic is. From what have heard
oft, l suppose it 10 be very large place;
for it takes many long time to pass
through it, and become familiar with its
different scenes. However, am deter.
mined to see it for myself" And suiting
the action to the word, it made prepara-
tions for the journey. CATER setting out,
l came to place called Numbers. At
this point | secured conveyance for the
difficult uphill road ahead. This con-
veyance was in the shape of a parallelo.
gram, and is commonly known by the
name Of a slate The conductor of this
conveyance was named Rules. | felt
somewhat lonely when first found that
| was the only passenger; but this feeling
wore away when / became interested in
in the strange things which | saw about
me. l had not gone very far when |
heard noise and looking out, l saw peo.
pie standing about over marks in the sand;
and | distinctly heard some of them say.
ing units, tens, hundreds" etc. Rules
told that this place was next in impcr-
tance to Numbers, And the people here
were engaged in learning numeration
from each others notation. The next
thing | saw board hanging across the
road, upon which was painted in large
letters, THE fundamental principles ol
Arithmetic Rules said it was o large
town, consisting of four villages. In the
first village. called Addition, saw peo-
pie placing rocks aud other things in
heaps, and then calling them amounts. -
The next village was Satisfaction; people
were taking one thing from another to
see how mauy remained. The next was
Multiplication, and it has two societies,
namely, ,Multiplier and'Mul!iplicand;' and
if they wanted to perform anything, they
united these two societies to produce the
result. The next village was divided
into two parts, called Short and Long
Division. In the short part, people were
all busy i'll mental labor, and the Long
Division had people from all the afore
named places at work. 1t had three
streets, namely, Divisor, Dividend and
Quotient, all running in the same direc-
tion-the first two growing smaller and
meeting in point called the Remainder,
as the Quotient grew larger The road
was now becoming very rough, and had
difficulty in keeping my seat. Rules
said that this was the commencement Of
a large town of much Importance, called
Fractions. This town had two great
divisions, namely, Common had 6 streets,
which were called Proper, Improper, Mix
ed, Simple, Compound and Complex
Through all these street was obliged 10
pass, and being very much fa!igued,
rested awhile in the last street, before
proceeded Decimal Mise. NJ. l. Bartlett.
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Aun,,st. 1857.


II McPeely, tem'y relief to out door paupers,
r Mears, groceries Furnished Co.. Inarmary,
John Strain, ID part of salary as Superintendent
Q DALEY. for Boarding A Armstrong; q sick pau
per, -
Same, for removing A Armstrong to Inarmary
Whitaker, for digging grave for pauper child
Anmon, for hearse and 10 collins furnished
paupers,
Timothy Spencer, for removing ailcris, to In
firmary
DR.. VIM Hamilton, In part Of salary as County
Physicion,
James Lindsey, for wagon furnished County In.
hrmary, st.s
Same, for smithing done at County Inhrmary,
VIM Glenn, temporary relief TO MumfOrd and
family, Saline Township,
Hugh Cunningham. for four furnished Inflrm'y
II fleming, temporary relief to Coleand wife.
John M'Coy, fol young cattle furnished County
Meses Coe, for corn furnished Co., Innrmary,
John McMachan, for blankets furnished County
Geo Johnston, temporary relief to Jobe's family
John Hartford. services as Director of County
Inhrmary,
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GOVERNMENTAL should marvel that
the coye;ous man can still be poor, when
the rich man is still covetous, but that !
see poor man can be content, when the
Contented man is only rich; the one want
ing his store, whilst the other is stored
in his wants. / see, then, we are not
rich or poor by what we possess, butby
what wo desire. II Arthur Warwick.
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A CRowD.--Some people estimate a
minister precisely as they do horse-by
his market price; others as they do a
drummer who hunts up customers and
secures trade and others still, simply by
the crowds which flock to hear him
preach. We are reminded of an inciden,
in the life Of Bishop Horne, whenever we
think Of this class:
Bishop Horne had his dignity some
what taken down when he took possession
of the Episc opal palace at Norwich, in
1871. He turned round upon the steps,
and exclaimed, Bless us, bless US, what
multitude of people !" 60, my Lord"
said bystander, I" this is nothing to the
crowd on Friday last, to see a man hang
ed"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-07-14

WORTHY FAME love and commend
true good fame, because it is the shad-
ow Of Virtue--not that it doth any good
to the body which it accompanies, but it
is an efficacions shadow; and, like that of
ST. Peter, cures the diseases Of others
TCowlav. N
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Beautiful Paragraph.

The man who stands on his own soil,
who feels that by the laws Of the land in
which he lives-by the laws of civilized
nations-he is the rightful and exclusive
owner of the soil he tills, is by the con-
stitution of our nature under wholesome
influence not easily imbibed by any other
source. He feels other things being
equal more strongly than another, the
character of man as lord Of the inani-
mate world, of this great and wonderful
sphere which, fashioned by the hand Of
God, and upheld by his power, is rolling
through the Heavens, part Of his--his
from the centre to the sky. 1t is the
space on which the generation before mo-
we'd in its round Of duties, and he feels
himself connected by link with those
who follow him, and TO whom he is TO
transmit home. Perhaps farm has
come down TO him from his fathers. They
have gone to their last home but he can
trace their footsteps over the scenes of
his daily labors. The roof which shelters
him was reared by those to whom he
owes his being. Some interesting do.
nestle tradition is connected with every
enclosure. The favorite tree was planted
by his fathers hand. He sported in boy.
hood beside the brook which still winds
through the meadow. Through the fields
lies the path to The village school Of ear
lier days. He still hears from the opera
window the voice Of the Sabbath bell
which called his father 10 the house of
God; and near at hand is the place where
his parents laid down to rest, and where,
when his time shall come. he shall be by
his children. Those are the feelings Of
the owner of the soil. Words cannot
print them; they flow out Of the deepest
fountains Of the heart; they are the life
spring Of fresh, healthy, and general
national character.- Ed. Everett.
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RELIGIOUS PRoGREss.- 1t is some hope
Of goodness not to become worse; 1t is a
part of madness not to grow better. l
will take heed Of quenching the spark,
and strive to kindle fire. If l have the
goodness l should, it is not TOO much;
why should make it less? III keep
The goodness | have, it is not enough;
why do l not make it more! He never
was so good as he should be, that does
not strive to be better than he is; he ne
yer will be better than he is that doth not
fear TO be worse than he was rSelden.
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A COOP Conscience. good con-
science within will be always better to a
christian than health to his navel, and
marrow 10 his bones; it will be an ever.
lasting cordial to his heart; it will be
softer to him than a bed of down. A
good conscience is the best looking glass
Of Heaven. - Cudworth.
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Sep,enber. 1887.

II McFeely, temporary reliefto out door pau
Samuel Ryan, for boarding VIM Ryan. out door
John Strain, in part Of salary as Superintendent
4 Sss ! BlsSs6SIn. for groceries furnished InarmAry
WB Kerlin, for dry goods 4 clothing y
Sterling Kells, for groceries
Alexander Conn, for dry goods
Dr. VIM Hamilton, In part Of salary as County
Physician,
OY Heckier, for -four furnished Infrmary
Thos George, temporary relief to Geo Starn and
wife, $3.50
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VOL. mo. %.

@ p Templeton Grand Juror days May Term
Travelled q miles -
John W Mccullough Grand Juror days May
Term trav l8 miles
WIN MeElrSya a Grand Juror days May Term
trav 8 miles
Lewis Anderson Grand Juror days May Term
Robert Finley Grand Juror days May Term
trav % miles
J X Day Grand Ju' or days May Term tray II
miles
John White Grand Juror days May Term tray
20 miles
VIM 8 Sloan o Grand Juror days May Term
Lewis Anderson water rent for Co Buildings
D 4 WOythingtOn Road Viewer day Wells
Joseph romlinson q tai Juror day May Term
Collins vs. Cunningham
N Shane Pros Attorney in part Of allowance
by Court for 1858
Benjamin Barkhurst o witness days before
Grand Jury trav ii miles
Anna A Pennell o witness days before Grand
Jury trav IL miles
Mary A Barkhursta Witness days before Giand
Jury trav IL miles ls
7 Frye witness days before Grand Jury
Patterson Esq costs In case Of Ohio vs. q A
Bowers
McGleayy witness day before Grand Jury
VIM Frazier a talJuror day May Term Collins
vsCunningham
s swickard Sregular Petit Juror 6days February
Term trav IL miles
Geo Hamilton . witness l day before Ma.
term trav 10 miles
r Owens for work done about Court House and
Jail
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October. 1857.

n McFeely temporary ielief to out door pau'rs H
John Smith, for temporary relief, 30
VIM ID Nash, for groceries furnished Infrmary. D1 3
Mrs Roberts, for temporary rpief, 80
Mra Shiyely and son d o
Elizabeth Mckinley r. sa44.N b
john DoAbs, for one buck furnished IInHrmary. 3
VIM Conkrlght. for boarding seeey's child.
Martha loncrief, for temporary relief <
Mather, temporary relief TO John Malernee, rs B
Sarah Allison, for temporary relief, b 0
GsisSpsn. m iSr or ssEsS y FURNISHED lnarmary, e
John Culp, temporary relief to Mumford, 10 o
WIN Hamilton, in part Of services as % Ply I
sician, M Q O
H McResiy, temporary relief 70 Qua door pau 7.
rere, 81
John Coyle, for digging coal at fnrmary, a B
Geo Paisley for removing insanofann from Saline
James M . hndsrsOn' % ior SOsraidg shiplsy.s pau.
IqTi VII AaSsrsoa. for -four and psovscns nrn-
iehed lnhrmary, Is
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,J,,ae I. 1888.

June l, 1858.
John Burns, & Road Viewer days in smIthaeld
TOWnBn 0V
D Kaminsky, Road viewer days in Smith.
DelQ t0WnBnlp bU
HuKill. for repairing pavement In front Of
Court House'.... bU
W Simeral for survey and plat Of road In
Smithfeld township 0C
Isaac Harris, Esq. costs In case Of Ohio vs N O
F Frye, o tai jur May t, BeetOut VS. Bsebout
Waltar Stark OK
James Melvin 4 "
John Douglass OF
Benz Maud OF
Alex Conn, special Commissioner days.-...... q
VIM Kerr OK
Derimple OK
Jos L Ran, Esq. costs Of inquest on the body ofs
man unknown 10 u
Hammond, tai jur I'd May t, Fisher vs. Co
Geo Culp 0C
Waltar Stark 2 0i
Same tall jur. d. May I. Mears vs. MlEslewitE.. 3
Jehn Bray &
Benjamin Maud 6(
W X Lloyd fees In the matter Of the insanity Of
Elizabeth Snyder...... 3(
W X Allison for printing blanks for the Probate
Same for printing 1000 blank orders for Auditor Of
James II Hinn,fye and expenses In taking Eliz-
abeth Snyder to the Lunatic A4yum 80 II
Mrs Eilson tor assisting In taxing Elizabeth
Snyder to the Lunatic Asylum..............-1 16 u
S642SA 6
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Mopanlber. I0h7.

VIM Abrahams, temporary relief TO out door A
NS$ birmingham. sssyiess as pisssor sirSnrs y q
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