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n Nike Duffy arrived in this country III
'4Q, which advent he celebrated by getting
gloriously drunk, and in breaking all the
bar fixtures in Pat Dilk's corner grocery.
for which Pat presented Nike II bill for dam
ages amounting to thirty dollars. which Nike
thought an extOrti0n, and refused to pAr.-
Pat accordingly sued Nike and hired n good
lawye', 50 he went to Judge Rs Office, in
Wal! street, and stated his case, saying:
'Now, he me sowl, Judge, it isn't yer le-
gal advice want. at all, merely want
your legal opinion
Judge laughed heartily, and brought
about compromise on the premises.
Nike was asked, one day, how he Jared
in the 'oull country during the famine.
'Shure.' sad Nike, 'wees had nothing to
ate but potatees.'
'Then YOU know, Mike, what n rrivaton
1t is not to have Variety SAID Mir. Peck
'Shure and we had a good Variety said
Mike.
'Of WHAT said Mr.. ?.
Faith, IN atirg small oues and big ones.'
said Mike.
Mike hired out to Judson, who was very
short aud succnct in his orders and com
manls. One day an Italian halted in front
of Mr.. 'JudSou's mansion, and began 4yrat-
ing his crank 10 the tune of 'Susannah:' n
woman accompanied him with u tambourine,
VINO advanced to the top of the stoop, hold
ing out her tambouriue for the .smal!
change
'Pitcher..' said Judson, and Mike, instead
Of bringing pitcher, pitched her (the ltal-
ian womanl off the steps, for which, the
grinder pitched into Nike.
'Mr. Judson one day ordered Nike to put
the horse into the wagon, aud fetch him in
front of the door. Nike was gone some
time, and Juison's patience gave out. Jud-
son went to the barn, and found Mike strur-
Cling hard to pu. the horse into the body of
the wagon
'Icnven's sake, what are you doing, Mike:
sand hudson.
'Shure, and didn't you tell me to put the
horse into the wagon?'
Mrs. Judson one washing day asked Nike
TO put some wet garments on the horse
Mike takes the unmentionables and goes to
the stables, and puts the wet clothes on the
old bob tail nag. Mrs. Judson some time
afterwards went TO the garnet, where the
and not seeing the garments. called Mix up
ana asked MIN what ne hau done with the
articles.
'Faith and | put 'em on the horse in the
stable,' said Nike, to the aStonishment of
Madame Judson, who afterwards went into
Mysteries on finding that the horse had
trampled them into the manure.
Mike left PumpkinviIle and moved to
Wrentown, where he got Il dollar Il day.
Mr.. wilkins, his employer, one day was en-
gagged in writing a letter home for Mike,
who dictated.
Tell me brother that get a shilling a
day.
why, YOU set a dollar" iuterposed Mr..
wilkins.
'Be iabers, he won't believe that said
Mike, $50 pat aowna shilling. and he'll sure
come o7er to this blessed land"
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swA clergyman, who was cohsoling q
Young widow on the death Of her husband
spoke in very serious tone, remarking that
he was zone Of thefew. Suchu Jewel of a
Christain-you cannot find his equal you
know To which the sobbiug far one re-
piled, with an almost broken heart, 'Pll bet
/ WILL
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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29

that he must have an eye to business when
he gives himself away. The fast young
man and the woman OF fashion meet often,
in their gay city life-but the boy and
pirl who walked hand in hand to school,
have gone straying away togeLher over the
strawberry fields and daisied pastures
long ago, and no one thinks of saying
to Lhem--"Iou are coming back soon?'
Coming back! Who ever yet came
back, and found all things uDchan9cd?--
Drive UP the long Remembered roads, and
you will miss here tree, here patch OF
daisies aud buttercups, and here an old
grey farm. house, which you had fondly
hoped would oullast your day and genera
ton. Entor the town which was once n
"happv valley to you, and what do You
see? Only puny little village. with the
pleasant walks you used to love- turned
into ambitions sidewalks, and paved with
the toughest of stones, with the old la
miliar houses and fences re-modeled and
new painted, till you lose all the old land.
marks-with everything changed, and
you, it may be, most OF all! Sit down,
then, if you will, in your lonely room; call
up the forms of those you loved, who are
now scattered FAR away, and try TO people
tho dusty streets with more beloved faces.
Can you succeed? Is it not poor. pale
phantom that you strive to press to your
aching heart? Was it wise IN you, after
all this "con,ing back?" Oh, the past Is
beautiful to look ut, atar off, but when
we stretch out our hands to bring it nearer
it vanishes, and leaves nothing in our
grasp but thin and unsubstantial air!
/ Strange! | sit in my lonely room to-
day, and miss something familiar-some,
thing gswcet-somcthng very dear! 1t wll
never linger here again; the sunlight fall
ing through the easement will never play
upon that soft, fair hair; the white hand
will never gather those blush roses; tht
large blue eyes will shine upon me here nt
more. One page of lite's romance has
been read; shut the book and put it away
Much that night have blessed me-mucl
I mi~ht have loved-much that nigh
have loved me-and much L can neve
, hope TO meet again--has co1scerated TIM
little room--ln.s passed away like dream
of beauty, and will beam and brighten her
Y no more; Is not, cannot be "comlnG oacI
+ SOON"
But there is a land-thank God!-Lher
is land where all the lost light and love
lness Of life shall cluster around Ms, Wit
y ten fold the glory 1t has worn for us here
: There is a land where we shall sin and Sol
!. row no more; where there shall be no NOR
) partinys, and 10 more tears; where th
8 young and the old, the happy and tn
Y wretchcd, the bond and the free, shall aiik
!, know the loving kindness and tendc
It mercyof God whose divincst attribute
h Love!
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29
Coming Back Soon"

"You are coming back soon?'' every
one says to the eager boy who iS going out
from the quiet of his native village, TO make
his way in the great bustling world be-
yond.
"Oh, ves--as soon as | have made my
fortune,'' is the laughing reply, and the
good -byes are exchanged, and the yellow
stage coach rolls off, bearing more hope
and happiness upon its back seat, than,
aOith tie same occupant, it will ever BRING
back again. ,..,
Coming back soonp' The boy little
knows that he never can come back! =
Something may come that will be taller
and more graceful, and more attractive
and call his parents father and mother
something that will look, half-sadly anc
half -contemptuously, on the old familiar
places where his youth was spent-bu
the boy-happy, eager, hopeful and limo
cent-has gone forever!
Coming back soon" Is this young
lady, ringleted and founced and gloved
who plays the piano to a charm, and look
askanse at a kitchen towel and a broom, tn
sun Drowned, good-natured little Maggie
with whom he rompedin early days. Mag
gie wore her brown hair in curls, flying 1
the summer wind-but this young lady
locks are pomatumed, scented, and careful
ly "done up" according to the latest fash
ion. Maggie wore a blue gingh!am trocl
which has danced before his vision as til
most charming thing in existence; bI
.Miss Marguerite" arrays her dainty lhnt
in the most expensive silks, and veal
hoops of such vast circumference that
can only look on and admire at a respec
full distance. Sometimes, as they sit SIC
by side, he remembers the old times. All
half wishes they could come back again
but his first glance at the composed face
the lady beside him annihilates the ide
, and he heaves kind OF rueful sigh, al
+ let's it pass away. By-and,bye, mi
f Marguerite" is married to a bald-heade
rich old mau-old enough to be her gram
/ father. lie goes to her wedding, al
. drinks her health in the best of wine
: begins to dream himself of wealthy vii
! and to think it won't No to be foolish, Al
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29
Money.

Money is q queer institution. 1t buys
provender, satisfies justice, and heals
wounded honor. Everything resolves IT.
self into cash, from stock -jobhing to build
ipp churches. Childhood Graves pennies.
Youth aspires to dimes, manhood is swayed
bv the mighty dollar. The blacksmith
swings his slcdge. the lawyer pleads Tor
his client, and the judge decides the queS-
ton of life and death for his salary.
Money makes the man, therefore man must
make money if he would be respected by
fools, for the eyes of the world look through
Golden spectaclcs. 1t buys Brussels car,
. net. lace curtains, gilded cornlces and rich
furniture, and builds marble manelons
1t drives us to church in splendid equip
ages, and pays the rent Of the best pew
1t buys silk and jewelry for my lady, /
commands the respecto of the gaping crowds
and secures obsequious attention. 1t ena
bles us to be charitable, to send Bibles T.
the heather, and relieve domestic lndi
rence. 1t gilds the rugged scenes of life
and spreads over the rough path OF eXlS
tence a velvet carpet, soft to the tread; tn
rude scenes Of turmoil are encased IN
oilt frame. 1t bids care vanish; smooth
the anguish of the bed of sickness; stop
short Of nothing save the grim destroyer
whose relentless hand spares none' bu
levels all mortal distinction, and teache
poor weak humanity that 1t is but dust
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29

before the year 1859, when the Sabbath
WAS universally observed rs II day oi rest.
wages were higher than they have ever
been since. But if the kborng man en-
ploys the Sabbath hours COR amusement,
and compels others 10 work on steamboat
or railroad excursions, or IN taverns and
tea gardens for his pleasure, no yields l'e
own right, and the pleasure profit, orcon-
venience ofemployers may determine when
he shall give it up. You cannot have
public amusemenls on Sunday without
making somebody work to provide 'hem'
and somebody m;iy take advantage 't your
necessities to rob you Of your day of rest
Nor. can the beuetits of4sthe Sabbath be
enjoyed and perpetuated without re-
cognizing its duties. The conviction that
God claims one day in seven for Himself,
and that it is mans duty to appropriate It to
Him, and with that view to rest from his
ordinary labors, is in truth, tho only bar
rier which can resist the entertainments OF
human selfshness, over anxious TO seize
upon this valuable property for its own
purIose.
1t is the poor mans friend, becaNso ii
| affords him tImo Tor mental ana moral I'M
provement, and for domestic duties and
enioyments. Men would fall into barbar-
ism and Ignorance. il tLcy were left tc
delve at their worldly employments with
out intermission. "All work and no play
makes jack a dull boy" has passed into !
proverh; but what sort Of man woul(
Jack" become if it were call work" 10
365 days Of the year, and no rest, no read
ing. no thinking, no praying, no preach
ing, mono Of the home, and the church
and the Sabbath? The mind, the soul, o
the poor man is worth more than worlds
God made the Sabbath for man, body AM
: soul, to fit the one for toll and the other TO
Heaven. He instituted the family, toe
: and gavo the Sabbath to regulate 1t. IL
) has furnished the Bible to instruct 1t. Bu
how can the laboling man perform his du
. ties to his family. or study and understand
l that lie may teach, the principles OF MOI
t ality and religion contained III the ScrlI
+ lures, or make the most of home blessings
8 if he regard not the Sabbath7
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29
a SclC-TOrDsc Dscuiev---AarOn B"rf
G.c Destroyer OF his OWN DauRh-


We published, not long since. the re-
puted confession OF one oi the crew ot nut
tineers who murdered Mrs. Theodos'a
Burr Aston, the only daughter OF Aaron
Burr, on her voyage from Charleston to
New York, about forty years since: Inc
following statement from the "Carollna
Spartan" wraps the fate OF this lady IN
still deeper gloom, and true or untrue IS IS
an impressive lesson to those who would
torsake the paths of rectitudc:
But there is another story, on which
Parlon's Life Of Burr throws no light.
We had it from an old and distinguished
citizen of Charleston, now nomore. burr'
in his many intrigues, compasSed the rum
of the wife of the Captain OF n coaster pc
tween New York and Charleston. 10 re-
move the Captain, Burr corrupted his sail
ors to muliny and destroyed him. On the
outward voyage no opportunity offered
and the execution Of the plan was deterrrt
until the return trip. Unfortunately OF
this very vessel Mrs. Aston took passage
Her fate was an awful retribution upon he
abandoned father. He never looked u
after, and doubtless from the convlct'o'
that the sins of the father were vls'e'
uDon the child. Our informant Went t.
New York to look up the wife OF this Cap
tain. Hearing that Burr knew her, h
sought an interview. The mention OF tn
name was the signal for silence; nor wouI'
Burr keep further appointment or I'M
mart any information OIL the topic. In
mystery is clearing up.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29
The l,onr NG;asA's Er1cnlaS.

This is a world of toll. 1t is by tho
sweat of the brow that we eat our daily
bread. Whatever the state Of the world
miuht have been without sin, and whatever
may be true of the few who live In ease
and luxury, the necessity OF lncessant
labor is imposed on the race. Whether
with the hands or the brain, We must work,
or starye.
But the frame is so constituted that 1t
can only endure given amount OF labor.
It must have the daily refreshment OF
sleep. And even that is not enough, as all
experience of man and beast proves. EX-
perience, too, has demonstrated that one
seventh part is the Just proportion of time
for rest.
France tried the experiment, in 1893, of
resting one day in ten, but it did not sue
ceed A French writer says of 1t, "We
know now by experience that the fifth day
is too near, and the tenth day day too
remote for rest. Terror, which affected
everything in France, was never able to
force the peasant to fulfill the decade, be-
cause there was want of power in human
strength to do it; and also, as ha been
observed, in the strength of animals
The OK was unable to labor nine davs sue
cessively. At the end OF the sixth day
his lowings seemed to demand the hours
appointed by the Creator for the general rest
of the creature"
.sBut chiefly man the day of rest cnJoys.
Hail, Sam >ru! thco hail, the poor mans day
ON other days the man OF toll Is doomed
TO cat his joyless brehA, lonely; the ground ,l
And summers head, by nghboring hedge or tree;
But this day, enbosomed III ms home
| He shares tho frugal mval with those he l"Nesi
| With those he loves hu shares the nSiTt-lclb JOY
OF giving thanks TO God"
Yes, and we wish to show that among
his causes for giving thanks to God, Tho
laboring man--every man-and especially
the moor man, should thank Him for the
Christian Sabbath.
1t gives him a period Of rest. Physi
clans are agreed in the belief that mel
who labor seven days in week are les
, healthy, and die sooner than those VIII
work but six, and rest one. 81 have
: firm belief" says DR.. Warren, Of Boston
, "that men are able to do more work, anC
9 to do it in better manner, in SIX days
than if they worked the whole seven. y
= But what security would there be for thi
boon to the laborer, if the Sabbath wer
e not fenced around by human and divin
I, laws? How long before seltishness wouI
q rob the poor man Of his right, if it wer
$ not protected by the most solemn sane
g tions? Thus, every enemy of the Sal
/ bath, and of Sabbath laws, is the enem
g of the poor man, and if he could have h
d owa way he would remove the barrie
= which secures day of rest every week
IF white and black, bond alSd free. Let L
A, such man be trusted
d The Sabbath is the laboring mans frient
81 because il brings him a dGy Of rest at II
|, esDenss of tie empIoyer. The price
/. labor is graduated in Christian lands
ID tho earnings of six days in a week, and Il
,e wants of seven. Ii all were to work sevC
e, days in week the price oi labor won
I'd be diminished one seventh. In Franc
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29

New EpIrIoN.--Mrs. GoldSchmit, (form-
erly Jenry Lind J recently gave birth to
twins-one of each sex. Here we nave
another edition in two volumes OF "Gold-
schmit's Animated Nature"
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29

RS-We are told that, in the time OF
Livy, there was rhetorician who mad"
his scholars correct every sentence oil their
writings that was ineligible. The great
est praise was, when one should say at
the close of an oration, al do not under
stand 81 word of it."
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-29

Ey Honesty without Sharpness in this
world, is like a sword without point-verY
well for show, but Of no real use 10 the
owner.