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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
A Little German story.

A countrymaD one day returning from
the city, took home with him five of the
finest peaches one could possibly desire to
see, and as his children had never beheld
the fruit before, they rejoiced over them
exceedingly. calling them the fine apples
with rosy cheeks, and soft, plum like
skins The father divided them among
his four children, and retained one for
their mother. In the evening, ere the
children had retired to their cham ber, the
father questioned them by asking
GLOW did you like the soft, rosy
apples?"
Every much, indeed, dear father"
said the eldest boy; sit is beautiful fruit
so acid, and yet SO nice and soft to the
taste; | have carefully preserved the stone
that l may cultivate tree"
"Right, and bravely done," said the
father; "that speaks we'll for regarding The
future with care, and is becoming a young
husbandman. -
81 have eaten mine. and thrown the
stone away" said the youngest; "besides
which, mother gave me half others. Oh!
it tasted so sweet, and so melting to my
mouth"
"Indeed, answered the father, thou hast
not been prudent. However, it was very
natural and childlike, and displays wis
dom enough foryour years"
81 have picked uu the stone;" said the
second son, (which my little brother
threw away and cracked it, and eaten the
kernel, it was as sweet as a nut to the
taste; but my peach l have sold for so
much money, that when | so to the city
l can buy twelve of them"
The parent shook his head reprovingly,
saying
Beware, my boy, of avarice. Pru-
dence is all very well, but such conduct
as yours is unchildlke and unnatural.
Heaven guard thee, my Guild, from the
fate of a mser. And you, Edmund"
asked the farther turning TO his third son,
who openly and frankly replied
Il have given my peach to the sor of
our neighbor--the sick George, who has
had fever. He would not take it, SO |
left it on his bed, and l have just come
away" -....... ',....
Now" said the father, "who has done
the best with his peach?"
Brother Edmund!" the three exclaimed
aloud, "brother Edmund!"
Edmund was still and silent, and the
mother kissed him with tears of Joy in her
eyes.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
Hot and Cold Country.

II understand that you have travelled
some, jim"
''Yes, Sam; have been all over this
ere world"
You l,ave?" -
"Yes, Sir"
well. how do you like South Amer
ica?"
Very well--but some parts are alto
geder too hot"
Internationally so?"
"Why; it was to me, cause l didn't
wear any clothes hardly. 1t was SO hot
az to melt people right down into dere
boots, and you'd see muffin but whole
suits OBJ clothes walkin' bout de streets"
"Whew! What other places have you
been to?''
II was up to de Norf Pole"
"Well, did you find it cooler in that
region?" ...-
You'd better believe it was cooler
Why, Sam, it was so cold. dat one mornn'
l was talkin' to a man an just as soon as
we would speak. de words would drop
from our mouths and fall onto de ground
into a congealment of ecstacies. We
talked half an hour, and dere was TWO
piles of words dat reach as high as our
heads.'
''How did you know what you was
talking about?''
"Why, before we could understand
what we was talkin' about, we had to put
'em in fryin' pan and fry EN- out|'
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
WHOLE NUMBER S72
The Is,uer MAN.

Most men make the mistake of living
too much outside of themselves. They
throw themselves into the out-of-door ac-
tivities of life with an ardor OF devotion
that unhinges their true nature. They 40.
cumulate wealth, they acquire knowledge.
or they cultivate accomplishment until
they become warped, cramped, or de-
formed d-one portion of their powers ex-
panding at the expense Of others.
How many men who have spent their
lives in some worldly pursuit, find them
selves in old age, the slaves o iron habits,
and incapable of enjoying all the higher
and purer pleasurers of lIfel
Now lie was not given meiely for All
outward effort, but mainly for inward cul-
tivation. We are to make the most of
ourselves-give all our powers due expa1-
sion, and cherish an inner life that will
make us independent Of outward circum-
stances. The man who lives only in
his worldly pursuits is ever in danger of
moral bankruptcy. When the outer
world ia Is him he has no inner world
from which to draw strength for the
battle of life. Not long since man in
this State hanged himself because Ill.,.
health deprived him oflhe power to labor.
When he could no longer work. he said,
he no longer wished 10 live. He had
lived too much in his labor, and had neg
lected to provide an iuner retreat from tie
pains and misfortunes ofile.
What a miserable mockery it is to know
that we have accumulated fortune, or
achieved an object of ambition, if in the
pursuit we have wrecked our manhoodl
Inward growth, not outward accumula-
tion, is the true object of existence
Life, rightly lived, mounts ever upward,
and may reach at its latest hour its
happiest condition-the crowning beauty
and perfection Of earthly existence.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
A String OF curious Facts.

Ii is not natural for a COW, any more
than for any other female animals, to give
milk when she has no young to nourish
The permanent production of milk is 6
modified animal function. produced by an
artificial habit for several generations. In
Columbia, the habit of milking COWS hay
ing been laid aside, the natural state o
the function has been restored. The Sc
cretion of milk continues only during the
sucking of the calf, and is only an oeca-
sional phenomenon. If the calf dies the
milk ceases to flow. and it is only by keep
ing him with his dam by day, that an op-
portunity for obtaining milk by night can
be found.
The barking of dogs is an acquired
hereditary instinct, supposed to have orig
mated in an attempt to to initiate the hu-
man voice. Wild dogs and domestic
breeds which become wild, never bark,
but howl. Cats, which so disturb civil
lzed communities by their midnight Cat
erwaul," in their wild state in South
America are quite silent.
The difference between the skulls of the
domestic hog and wild boar is as great as
that between the European and negro
skull Domesticated animals that have
subsequently run wild in the forest, after
Il few generations lose all traces of their
domestlcation, and are physically different
from their tame ori ginals.
Animalcules have been discovered so
small that one million would not exceed
grain of sand, and five hundred millions
would sport in a drop of water. Yet each
of these must have blood-vessels, nerves,
circulating fluids, etc., like large
animals.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
Animal and Vegetable Life.

There is nothing short of revelation that
more beautifully or satisfactorily proves
the existence of an Almighty mind than
the fewness and simplicity of the ultimate
elements of animal and vegetable life,
Thus, there are but four elementary prin-
ciples essentially necessary, and but six
generally employed, to form every variety
of organic life; nitrogen, carbon, oxygen,
and hydrogen are the basis, to which sui
phur and phosphorus may be considered
supplementary. With these, infinitely
varied in their atomic proportions, are
built up not only the whole animal king
dom, but also every variety of theYegeta-
BILE world-from wheat, the ''staff of life, /"
to the poison of the deadly Upas tree. 1t
is also worthy Of remark that these four
elemental principles are those also of
which both air aud water may be consid-
cred in truth and fact as being the original
elements Of organic life.-Dr. TOuLmi".
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
A FREE PuLp1r.-Rev. s. CARRIER,

A FREE PULPIT.-Rev. S. CARRIER, a
minister of the bunker denomination, re-
Gently preached a sermon in Washington
county, Tenn, in which, after alluding'in
general terms to the sin OF oppression, he
stated that slavery might be included un-
der that head, but that was a subject on
which he did not feel at liberty to speak.
A great excitement ensued, and few days
after The reverend gentleman was arrested
for preaching an abolition sermon, and
fined 1884, notwithstanding that the
church before which he delivered the OBJ
noxious discourse, unanimously testified
that there was nothing said by him which
coulG justify the charge Of preaching spe-
cially agaius: slavery ca. 'Ga=.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
For the Megs County Telegraph.
The Inner ;lnd the Outward Life
BY ALMENA C. SAUNDERS.

The inner and the outward life; how
unlike, and yet how strange the thought,
that they are component parts of the same
existence; and how often it is, that the
outward, defaced and SCARED by contact
with the clashing elements which propel
the Car of human progress, is but an I'M
perfect mirror of the angel of the soul; that
yelled nun who has retired to the heart s
sanctuary as its convent, and whose beau
tiful face we sometimes behold, looking
out from the mortal bars which contine II
a prisoner. -
1t is pleasing thought which is enter
tanned by some, that angels impress the
tender and susceptible minds OF children;
yet even more pleasant to indulge the
fancy that every spirit brings with it to
It's mortal abode miniature of Heaven;
and why may we not trust this is even so?
that those holier yearnlngs of our nature,
for something higher and more sublimated
than we can here enjoy, are the pulsations
of the diviner part of our being?
And yet how little we strive to adorn
the temple of the inner life-nor only this,
but darken it's windows by the dust aud
cobwebs of the outward, until the inner is
paralyzed, and sinks into lethargy, to awa-
Ken no more until its unnatural partner,
the outward, shall have been consigned TO
its final prison house, the grave.
How many are there, with whom we
are daily associated, whose inner life is as
invisible to us as the angels are, and
whose nobler thoughts are like the flowers,
fragrant and beautiful, yet ever voiceless,
finding no dialect to render themselves in
telligble to the ear rendered heavy by the
outward life.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
Ey-A thief went into the hall of

EY-A thief went into the hall of a
boal ding house, while the boarders were
at supper, and gathered up all the hats on
the table He was making his way out.
when a boarder came in, and asked him
what he WAS about. "O," says the thief.
"I'm taking the gentlemen's hats round TO
Leary's to get smoothed." "Well," re-
piled the boarder, "take my hat, too"
Certainly, SIR" said the accommodating
loafer, and vanished with the booty.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
Ezy-If auy people in the world ever

Ey-If any people in the world ever
needed an apostle To cast their devils out,
it is ours who live in this water logged
country. The miasmatlc poison of our
Swamps and Marshes becomes veritable
devil in the blood, to revel in the "Ague
Cure" is said to be the apostle we need,
and some of our neighbors who have tried
it, confirm the report.-J0yanak, Piano,
XL.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
The Purity Of Cliaracter.

Over the beauty of the plum and april
cot, there grows bloom and beauty more
exquisite than the fruit itself-a soft, deli
cate blush that overspreads lis blushing
cheek. Now if YOU strike your hand over
that, and 1t Is once gone, it is gone for
ever, for it never grows but once. The
flower that hangs in the morning i'm
pearled with dew-arrayed as no queenly
woman was ever arrayed with jewels
once shake it, 80 that the beads roll off,
and you may sprinkle water over it as you
please; yet il can never be made what it
was when the dew fell silently upon it from
heaven. On a frosty morning, you may
see the panes Of glass covered with land
scapes. mountains, lakes, trees--blended
in beautiful fantastic picture. Now lay
your hand upon the glass, and by the
scratch of your finger, or by the warmth
of your palm, all the delicate tracery will
be obliterated.
So there is in youth purity and beauty
of character, which, when touched and
de6led. can never be restored, fringe
more delicate than frost-work, and which,
when torn and broken, will never be re-
A man who has spotted
and soled his garments in youth, though
he may seek to make them white again,
can never wholly do it, even were he to
wash them in his tears. When young
man leaves his fathers house, with tbs
blessing of his mothers tears still wet
upon his forehead, if he once lose that
early purity of character, it is loss that
he can never make whole again. Such is
the consequence Of crime.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

BS-"Iou've no wife l believe" said
Mr.. Blank to his neighbor. mo. sir, ;"
was the reply, II never was married.
"Ah," said Mr.. Blank, 'you are happy
dog!" A short time after, Mr.. Blank, in
addressing married man said, You
have wife, sir?" 'Yes, sir--a wife and
three children" Indeed" said Mr..
Blank, You are happy man!" why.
Mr.. Blank" said one of the company,
''your remarks to the unmarried and mar
ried seem to conflict somewhat" "Not at
all-Dot at all, sir. There is difference
in my statements. Please be more OBJ
serving, sir. said the man who had no
wife was "happy dog" and the man who
had a wife was "a happy man % Nothing
conflicting, sir-nothing at all. l know
what l say, STRIP
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
Esy-The Wheeling "InieIIigencer'

GY- The Wheeling "InlelIigencer"
gives the following glowing accounts Of
the signs of the season in that region:
The fruit trees are banketed in bios
SONS, the turf is greening beneath the sun,
and the birds are talking about nest-mak-
ing on every fence-ral. Spring may now
be looked upon as fairly set in. A few
days like yesterday. AMI the picnic sea-
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

Health is the highest reve-
lation of God in nature. 1t is the foun-
tain of strength, beauty, Intellect and hap
piness. How many understand Gods laws
of health? Iu other words, how many un-
derstand human physiology! Not Que in
ten thousand! We have too much gospel
and too little common sense. We should
much like TO see a revival" "upou the above
subject common sense revival.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
For the Meigs County Telegraph.
THE LABOR OF LIVING.

by c. r.
When you were child
And your thoughts ran wild
Through the limitless region OF wonder,
On many day ~ -
You've stopped youAphS, ". f..
And your thoughts trave ell away, away,
Through this wonderful region of wonder;
Through this broad blank space Of ehd's wonder
And you wondered,
And You pondered,
About this Labor of Living;
II must live forever,''
And O! l can sever, .r...
My weary soul sever, discover
From this wearsome Labor of Living,
From tkis hcart-brcaking Labor Of Living.
This living, this living,
'Tis u terrible thing to perform;
And the hearts of men ache, ......
Aud the hearts of men break,
To think of this living they cannot forsate; .-
That from endless life there is escu ping,
Where every one's asking and nobody's giving,
Where all are SHINING and none forgiving,
That there's no, from this Labor of Living.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24
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For the Meigs Co. Telegraph.

For the Meigs Co. Telegraph.
ON CE.
Once there was the busy patter ...L r..tr
OF little feet upon our floor;
Now the music OF those footsteps
Gluddens our sad hearts no more.
Once with every coming bedtime,
a little form knelt at my knee;
And rosy lips lispcd--oh, how sweetIy,
''God bless Papa, Mamma and ME!"
Once with each returning morning
was gre eted by voice
Whose childish tones, so free and gladsomc,
Made my very heart rejoice. ~.
Once, and oht what bitter anguish
The recollection brings me now!
My scoldnG brought cloud OF sadness
10 dim the clearness of her brow.
Once there came a time of sickness,
When she could not leave her bed
And herparched lips only murmured
''Mamna! mammal my poor head!'
Brief those days OF fearful suffering;
Con, the merciful and wise,
Took from earth our che rishod darling
To dwell with Him in Paradise.
uocKlNopoRT, o., Feb, 1859. MATILDA.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

ES- The love of the beauT4Al and true.
like the dewdrop in the heart OF the crys-
tai, remains forever clear AM pure ~ he
Utmost shrine Vi the soul.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

Legal adv eTtsements charged ut rates aIloMcn ny
I w. from which Is per cent. will DO dedueted lor
Casual or transient Advertisements must be paid
" Advs rtise nents not having the nnmber Of inser-
tions ,narkeI on copy will be continued until for
bid, y nd charged accordingly.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

JOHN S. DAVIS, has his Planning Ma
chine, on Sugar Run, PomerOy, in good order, and
constant operation. FlolIong, w.athcr-boardng,
&C., ke ut constantly hand. to fill orders. l-l6
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

". A. AICHER, Matchmaker and jew
eler, and wholesale and retail dealer in Watches,
Clocks. Jewelry and Fancy Goods, Front-st., above
the ReIninsto House, Pomeroy. Particular atten-
tion paid to repairing all articles in my line. IL
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-05-24

D, c. WHALEY. Surgeon Dentist.
Hummer's Building 2nd story, Rutland street,
Middleport, o. All operations pertaining 20 the
profession promptly performed, Ladies' wait sd
E.,~- ----- --------- =: G-LEed. IL
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-01-26
HOWARD -AssocIAr1oM

~ E-EH Ft.- t PHllA DEl.PHlA.< 1891 +- $50
4 Bsa,rolegt dnstitat'en s'taohshea 1yspeeiss raoTmes
HirHfent and Epidemic diseases. Et-r--..-
To all persons afflicted W It'll Sexual Diseases, such
as SPERNAT0RRGAs SEMINAL ESS,
IMPOTENCE, GONORRHGA. GLEET. P
LIS. the Vice of ONANISM, or SELF ABUSE, dc
The HOWARD ASSOCIATION in view of the
awful destruction Of human life, caused by Sexual
diseases, and the receptions pr:ciised upon the un-
fortunate victims Sf such diseases by Qu2cks, several
years ago directed their Consulting Surgeon, as o
CHARITABLE G worthy of their name, to open
u Dispensary for the treatment of this class of dis
eases, in all their forms, and TO give MEDICAL AID
VICE GRATIS, to al who apply by letter, with a
description of their condition, Gage, occupation. hab
its of life. DC } and in cases of extreme poverty. to
FURNISH MEDICINES FREE OF CAARGE II
is needless to add that the Association commands
the highest Medical skill of the age and will furn-
ish the most approved modern treatment
The Directors, GA Il review of the past, feels assured
that their labors in this sphere of benevolent effort
have been of great benefit 10 the afflicted. especially
to the young, and they have resolved to devote them.
selves, with renewed zeal, to this very important but
much dtspised cause.
Just Published by the Association, q Report on
Spermaio rrl pa, or Seminal Weakness. the Vicu OF
Ouuui-rn. Ma,turbativn ear Solf- At,re. and other Dis
eases of the Sexual Organs, by the Consulting Sur.
geon. which will be sent by mail Tin q sealed letter
envelope, y FREE OF CHARGE on receipt Of TWO
STAMPS for postage,
Addrs IS, for Rel orr or trs atment. Dr. GEORGE r.
CALHOUN. consulting Surgeon. Howard Assoeia.
ton, No. 2 s. nth Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
By order Of tn, Directors,
EZRA d. HEARTWELL, Pres't.
GEoRGE FAIhcuILp, Secretary. ly2l
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-01-26
Cant Account for It.

An Opposition member the other day was
speaking about the popularity of the Demo
cratic party. Said he; H'You can cut up-de-
feat it at every point; and it will speedily
unite and then present more than it's original
strength. I cannot account for this; it is not
characteristic of any other party and that's the
last of it.
In all this there is nothing 50 very remarka-
BILE to a democrat. He knows the reasonyof it;
he knows that there is something substantial
about the Democratic party; he knows there
is that about the principles of the party that
commands the appreciation of the masses Of
the people. These principles make it the duty
of the party SO to legislate as that the rights
of the high and the low; the rich and the
poor the strong and the weak the North and
the south shall be maintained. The princi-
Piles of no other have been like unto these
They have been special discriminating in ia
vor of corporations and wealth and sectional +;
i~nvieghing against the South. This is the
reason they have been short lived. Any par
ty organized on such principles must be short
lived in this country.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-01-26
AUDITORS R~eport-1s5e.

Auditor WRIGHT on the Sd page of his late
Report, states that the balance in the Treasury
on the 18th November, 1857, should have
been S726,939 &c, as shown by the books Of
his office and on page 4th the Auditor says
that this "the true balance which should be in
the Treasury, has been carried forward, as
though no defalcation had ever occurred" In
the General Summary" on pages 4 and S, this
is confirmed in the detail. On page 3, he
states the defalcation in the Treasury to be
S744,OS3 81, which sum he uses tocmake his
actual balance, or';assets in the Treasury, Nov
Is, 1858" S226,11S IS. Therefore, according
to his statement, there has been distracted, moi
only all the money in the Treasury, S726,939
&C., but ST, 143 IS, that never was in it !
How can this be? How can the amount o.
the defalcation be more than the amount thai
would have been in the Treasury, if there had
been no defalcation? CIPHER more, Mr.
WRIGHT. Will the Journal enlighten III
again Ohio Statesman.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-01-26
Influenza and Common Cold.

r IKE thieves in the silence of the night, have
IL carried many to the silent grove. They are
e sed by o sudden check of perspiration, by which
the stomachis rendered inactive, and the lungs be-
come loaded with corrupted matter, which enters the
blood, and disease is the result. For all colds,
coughs, and chills, succeeded by heat, and all fevers
of every form, hOarseness and rawness of the throat,
lungs and stomach, and for all weakness and sick
ness of every kind, from three to five of these Pills
on going 10 bed, for a few days, will be all that you
require to restore you to perfect health. 1T has been
admitted and claimed all over Europe, that there
never "was a medicine, that will extirpate all man.
ner of disease from the system, equal to DIR. Morse
stronger You grow. They are founded upon the
principle that the human body is subject to but one
diseaee, namely: corrupt humurs. These Pills not
only cleansed the bowels, but also follow the blood
through every vein and artery, and so purify it from
all morbid and corrupt humors, that disease of every
name is driven from the body. Hot'5e
GREAT FEMALE MEpIcINE.-Female who value
health should never be without these Pills. 1t has
been admitted by o number of physicians, that fe-
males cannot too highly value them. They have
given health and spirits to hundreds Of females who
without them would have been in their graves
They purify the blood remove distinctions, and give
skin q beautiful, the clear, healthy, and interesting
appearance. A box Of these Pills is q great medical
companion at certain periods. From one in three
should be taken every day until relief 10 ATTAINED o
deses oecasionly, when well, keep the system in
--healthy condition. DrrMorseis Indian Root Pills
are sold by oil dealers in Medicines.- yd -
q. Pef sa's By ia zaHR Azx4 POTTER KEe&
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