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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22
For The Weekly Telegraph.

ShHEoHbONJ OSl', iO0S.
Friend Telegraph Having enjoyed q
good rest after tying mp, we will now let
loose and float off into the stream again.
The curd, when put to press in warm
weather should be allowed to cool con-
sidcrably, yet not so much as to produce
any sensation Of GOODNESS to the hand, as it
will be liable to retain too much whey. In
very cool weather, there is but little danger
OF putting to press too warm, unless the
cheese are large. When first put to press
it is we'll to press quite lightly for a few
minutes, as it is less liable to bring out the
cream, after which it may be subjected to
a full pressure. After pressing about an
hour, the follower should be taken of and
the cloth smoothed where wrinkles have
pressed into the cheese, as the seams or
creases are not apt to close well after some
hours pressing. To do this, it is not neces-
sary to take it from the hoop, but merely
what can be done by removing the follow
er. If preferred, it can be turned into a
clean cloth or cap. In either case, it may
be allowed to press until evening, when it
should be turned, and clean cloth or cap
put over it, and again put to press to re-
main until the next day, when the press is
needed for the next cheese. Many dairies
are pressed but one day, with good success.
1t is undoubtedly more safe to press the
second day, after turning the cheese, espec-
tally those that are large There is more
certainty of getting a perfect surface, al
though there is no necessity with proper
management. OF course, two presses will
be needed in that case. The kind of press
is unimportant, if it be of sufficient power.
The considerations generally are economy
and convenience. Any press that is sulli-
cient to properly pack the curd, will expel
all the whey that is necessary, when it is
properly prepared.
1t is mistaken idea, that a cheese eau
not be pressed too hard, or rather, too dry.
A certain amount of moisture is important,
in order to facilitate the change which takes
place in curing from the green or curdy
state to the buttery appearance texture,
which characterizeS good cheese. The con-
trary defect is the most common one-too
much weight when taken from the hoop
the excess being only whey which must dry
out, and will more or less sour the cheese.
When curd is well prepat ed there is not
often complaint Of the want of pressure,
yet it may he defective, as will appear evil
dent, if the curd has not properly packed.
The cheese when taken from the press,
should have band of thin cloth put around
the edge, allowing the edges to lap over on
the face, according to the size of the cheese,
say from one to one and a half inches
This band cloth should be lightly colored
with anatto previous to using, and the face
of the cheese stained with preparation of
the same, and when the surface has moder-
atsly dried should be rubbed over with a
cloth, dipped in oil, made from fresh butter,
or from the cream Of whey. The baud
need not be oiled until the next, or even
second day. 1t is not well to sack, or cap
common cheese call over" They should
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

A ROADSIDE CoLLoQUY.-"And so Squire
you don't take County paper?"
NO, Major get the city papers on
much better terms, so | take a couple of
them.n
But, Squire, the County papers often
prove great convenience TO us. The more
we encourage the better the editors can
make them 2"
"Why, l don't know any convenience
they are to me-"
"The farm you sold last fall was adver-
tised in one of them, and thereby you ob-
taned a customer. Did you not ?"
"Very true, Major, bnt l paid three dol
lars for it,"
"And you made much more than three
dollars by it. Now If your neighbors had
not maintained that press and kept it ready
for use, yon would have been without the
means to advertise your property. But
think | saw your daughters marriage in
those papers did that cost you anything ?"
"No, hut"
"And your brothers death was, thus
published with a long obituary notice.
And the destruction Of your neighbor
Briggs house by fire, You know these
things are exaggerated till the authentic ac-
counts Of the newspapers set them right"
20, true, but-"
Aud when your cousin Splash, was up for
the Legislature, yon appeared much graft
fed at his nephew's defence which cost him
nothing"
"Yes, yes, but these things are news to
the readers. They cause people to take the
paper"
''No, no, Squire Grudge, not if ell were
like you Now tell you the day will come
when some one will write very long enlo-
gy on your life and character. and the prin-
ter win put it in type with heavy black
line over it ;and with all your riches, this
will be done for you as grave for pauper,
Your wealth, liberality, all such things will
be spoken of, but the printers boy. as he
spells The words in arranging the types to
these sayings. will remark Of you, "Poor,
mean devil, he is even sponging an obitua-
ry ! Good morning, Squire"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22
A Song For September.
BY THOMAS W. PARSONS.

Sc ptemher strews the woodland DER,
With many brilliant color
The world is brighter than before
Why should our hearts be duller
Sorrow and the scarlet leaf,
Sad thoughts aud sunny weather,
Ah me this glory aud this grief
Agree not well together.
This is the parting season-this
The time when friends are flying;
And lovers now, with many a kiss,
Their long farewels are sighing.
Why is earth so gaily dressed
This pomp that autumn beareth ?
A funeral seems were every gust
A bridal garment weareth.
Each one of us perchance may here,
On some blue morn hereafter,
Return to view the gaudy year,
But not with boyish laughter
We shall then be wrinkled men,
Our brows with silver laden,
And thou this glen mayst seek again
But never more maiden.
Nature perhaps foresees that Spring
Will touch her teeming bosom,
And that few brief months will bring
The bird, the bee, the blossom
Ah these forests do not know
Or would less brightly wither--
The virgin that adorns them so
Will never more come hither
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VENUS.
DIT oso. woaoTEtL.

lean upon the window sill,
And gaze up to the evening star
Which glows serenely calm and still,
In purple distance there afar.
Which hangs a golden urn Of light,
Within the silent deepening west
And brighter CLEANS as shades Of night
Brood DER a worlds deep pulseIess rest
And earnest thoughts rise in my soul
As still mark its onward way,
Where waves of light retreating roll,
Along the dim confines of day,
Where Venus calm and sternly shines,
And leads the armies Of the night
Which sweep With long glistening lines
Like bannered hosts of peerless might,
Along the pathway Of the skies,
Adown the blue and cleaning arch,
Where day in faintng splendor flies,
Before their grand triumphant march.
But yet shall she assert her might,
When through the gateway Of the dawn,
She rolls her crimson tides of light,
Ger mountain waste aud smiling lawn,
And thus I thought as ages wapo,
How in the cycles vast of time,
Successive souls shall rise aud reign,
In consultations there sublime.
And as the stony fields above,
Melt in the golden haze Of day
Thus in the boundless realus of love,
The stars Of mind shall fade away.
Forever rising through the gloom,
Their endless columns onward pour,
The nations marching to the tomb;
They pass from earth forever more.
And thus when with the solemn night,
l see her armies grand and vast
When Venus flames in spendor bright,
My soul steals down the ages past.
And treads Chaldea's lonely plains,
And hears the wild exuting song
That Judea's son triumphant reigns
While ages shall its notes prolong
1 see the star there brightly shine,
Which led those earnest pilgrim men,
The star which first with light divine
Hung DER the wales of Bethlem.
oh child Of Eve, oh boon of life,
Oh hope unto my soul that's given
l gaze from put the dust of strife,
From earth to thee, from thee to heaven
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22
Fertility OF the Holy Land.

No country Of equal size probably con-
tains greater inequalities Of surface than
Palestine-varying from the peaks of Leb-
anon, 10000 feet above the sea level. to
the plain of Jericho, l 1900 feet below it,
Hence the Holy Land afforded almost eve
ry variety of vegetable productions and
when in its glory. populous and cultivated,
and enjoying the smiles of Jehovah, it was
not unworthy of the glowing rhapsody of
DR.. Hamilton the emphatic terms of which
are almost all from the Bible
A better country than this, earth did
not contain. 1t was "a deightsome" and
"a pleasant land )" "a goodly heritage Of
the hosts of nations" 1t was variegated
and intersected with all the elements of
sublimity and beauty, with whatever was
bold and gentle. 1t was wealthy place.
Aromatic herbs covered its hills, aud the
faireSt bowers decked its glens. The rose
was IN Sharon, and the lily in the valleys.
The voice Of the turtle was heard in the
land. There roamed the vine, and there
clustered the date, and there hung the
pomegranate. The cedar lowered on the
mountains, and che myrtle skirted their
sides. No human hand cond raise the
clusters of EShcol The south wind, pass.
ing over the gardens, caused the spices
thereof to flow out. The seasons revofved
in their variety, but with blended sweet
ness. There was the upland breeze in
which the fir could wave its arms. and the
softer air, in which the olive unfolded its
blossom The sun smote not by day, nor
the moon by night. The birds sang among
the branches, The dew lay thick in Her
mon. Fhere was balm in Gilead. The Iig-
naIG dropped from the river bank. Lakes
glisteaed in the landscape, and cooled the
drought. Beautiful for situation was mount
Zion. The cattle browsed on a thousand
hills. The excellency of Carmel and the
glory OF Lebanon set their pinnacles against
the deep azure of Canaans sky. The year,
was crowned with goodness. The Lord
God cared for the land, and his eye was al
ways upon it. Az the stated period fell
the early and the latter rain. The pastures
were clothed with aocks. The plowman
overlook the reaper aud the treader. Of
grapes him that sbwed the seed. The
barns were filed with plenty, and the press
es burst out with new wine The little
bills rejoiced on every side. The vineyards
distilled the pure blood of the grape The
fountain of Jacob was upon land Of corn
and wine, The inhabitants were filed with
the finest Of the wheat. 1t flowed With
milk aud honey. FITS heavens dropped fat
ness. The land might be called BeuIah.
The distant glimpse Of its prospect refresh
ed the dying eye of Moses and of ell
thine earthly territory, this is enphatically
thy land, o Emmanuel.
This fowery description by nomeans ap-
plies to Palestine as it now is Depopnla-
ted, neglected, misgoVerned, It has become
MS desolate as il once was beautiful and
fertile and testiies to the truth Of Coda
word, "Woe be unto them when depart
from them"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

A gay fellow. who had taken lodgings
at public house, aud got considerably ID
debt, absented himself, and took new Quar-
ters This so enraged the landlord, that
he commissioned bis wife to 20 and dnu
him, which the debtor having heard or de-
elared publicly that. If she can't, be would
kiss her .5ha ~
"Will be-" said the lady. "wilIhe r Gira
me my bonnet, Molly !; I viii ses wtssher
any fellow has such iuiphdante I"
My dear" said the cooling husband,
pray do not be to rash you do not know
what man might DO when he's n passion I"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

Judy. have ye seen the ehildef Rid two
heads y
"Divil bit Is it alive be is, Mr. AIui-
lowny ~
"TrOth, no they kapc him in wLiskey,
Judy"
"Faix, it's well it's not The likes o you,
Mr. Mullowny. It's the ruinaiion O me
TO kape ye in whiskey wild one head, and il
ye had tiso-oeb bnt we'd bust up the
Snowman clean, shnre ~
"Be asy, Mrs. Mnlowny Two heads is
better nor one, any dAy-that's in the bi.
bic. And, sure. il I'D been born with two
heads when l was young, I know what ia
be after doing. honey r
whats that, you fool iv the world p
"rroth, I'd let my sins, whether Of omis.'
sion or commission, Mrs MuIlowny, all rest
snng enough on one iv my heads, aud 20 To-
heaven wild the other p
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22
Manufacturers.

GEORGE WILLARD, Manufacturer OF Sash,
Blinds and Doom, uand and made Oder Also, Plan
Ing Matching, etc. done 10 in the best possible
ner, AAbtahuia, a.. 5U3
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

GEORGE HALL, Dealer in Piano Fortes, and
Melodeons Piano Soos Covers instruction Books etc.
Depot corner Main and Centre Streets OF II. Fassetts
Office, Ashtabua. See advertisements. 418
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22
watches, JeVvelry, &c.
Agents.

ALEXANDER GARRETT, Land Agent No.
50 Water street, Cleveland o. Lands for sale IN Iowa i-
nos Wisconsin, and Minnesota at 81 50 per acre p-
wards ace
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

j. E. CHAPMAN, Dealer in Musical Merchan-
disc, Books Fine Stationery Toys and Fancy Articles
his Bsaar and Curiosity store Sd door south Of the Bank
Main street, Ashtabula. 40
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

PHGNlA FOUNDRY u. w. WAGNER,
having purchased tie Foundry Of JoHN b. GALrIN will
keep on hard AT favorable oes, stoes, Iows, POw and
Mil Castings aud SINKS, attend to aIng aud setting
up stoves and Flows Orders Castings aud kinds
o. oandy work executed With pronplness. Near the sash
e. EaetOTy, ARhtabuA. Ohio.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

q. q. CULLEf, Manufacturer Of Lath Siding
Cheese Boxes, sc Planning aud Matching and serose
Saving dous tho shortest notice. Shop south ls o H.
Methodist Church, Ashtabula, Ohio. 4Io
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-10-22

X. TOWER a. SON, Machinists--builders of
siSHonAy and Portable steam Engines. saw and other
Mil Work. and JObbing and Repairing done "a I o'heI
short notice, and in workmRR'like napner south s ~ oh
Ashtabula en AAln 81.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-04-20
Correspondence of the Chicago Times.
More about Pixies Peak.
WAYNE, Wis, April IA, 1859

WAYNE, Wis, April IA, 1859.
To THE EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO TINES
Dear Sir Il am a poor unfortunate man,
though not so poor nor SO unfortunate as |
might be--thank God!
When the papers first commenced to talk
about pixies Peak"-the Cherry Greek
Valley--and the "gold mines in that quar-
ter, took fire, though it was at the time
wet and cool weather-and, among the first,
posted off to seek my Gas the fellow said)
Odd eternal fortune" But didn't find
it at Pixies Peak; and havn't found it
yet, though am at home, and much nearer
prosperity and heaven than l was few
weeks ago. am back and feel satisfied
| am satisfied, first, that there is no gold of
any account at Pixies Peak, for have been
there and examined the whole thing for my
self | have dug in the snow, and hunted
in the water, as scores of others did, and
never found "a reu' worth MENTIONING
There is no gold there that will pay a man
for going for it. That is my opinion, and l
ought to know have seen the elephant,
and it is nothing but wide and barren
country occupied with Indians and wild
animals 1t is just as tell you.
On my way home, met at st. Joseph a
lot of deluded men, to whom told my story,
but they were too excited to pay much at
tention to me- twas thes in st. Louis.
l ask you to publish this, for it may do
good. And am cured Pixies Peaker.
FRANCIS J. WARREN.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-04-20
From the Chicago Times.
A New Plank.

From the Chicago Times.
A New Plank.
The most of our readers may have seen
the announcement that B. Gratz Brown has
severed his connection with the st. Louis
Democrat, and subsidized into another voca-
ton. We doubt if any friend Of order and
law, and of decency regrets that this cham
pion of free negroism has thus sunk out of
sight-and, let us hope, out of hearing
During his connection with the press, he
did no worthy cause any good, and was Of
no credit to the editorial profession. But
at parting, we observe, he laid down a new
plank in the Republican platform. We
copy from his valedictory:
The Missouri Democrat has been the
pioneer Of the cause of dirine freedom in
the State of Missouri, and to that cause my
heart is welded with devotion that death
alone can annul"
Just think of it! The mighty paper of
which b. Gratz Brown was editor, has
been the pioneer of dirine freedom" in Mis-
souri, We call the attention of our Repub-
can contemporaries of Chicago to this dcclar-
alton. 1t may lead them to little selfex-
animation, as orthodox religionists would
say. They are not, we fear, true "Republi-
calis. Ihey are nol up 10 Tic nialh vi Tie
unadultcratad ur Chicago Republicans
only pretend to go in for human freedom
and they have not advanced that cause
much, as yet; but when they come to adopt
the new plank, and shrek for dictne free
dom, we confess we don't know what will
become of them. But, seriously, we have
not supposed that Divinity needs the aid of
Republican newspapers, or any other hui
man agency, to help to maintain that free
dom which is its own nature And is there
not something impious in the way this Re-
publican paper talks of sacred things!
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-04-20
Almost Another Sickies Tragedy In
Washington.

| The Washington correspondent of the ST..
Louis Republican gets off the following story
of Washington life:
The old proverb is that lit never rains but
it pours,' and akin to this is the true maxim
that crime begets crime" The killing of
Key by Sickles seems to have crazed the
silly pates of several romantic married wo-
men in this metropolis. A few days after
the Sickles tragedy, married lady living in
the southern part of the city, or what is
known as the island, informed her licge lord
that she had been grossly insulted on the
previous evening, by Mr.. b, an acquain.
lance of the family. The incenscd and out
ragged husband, with revolver in hand, rush
cd to the office Of the supposed offender, and
demanded satisfaction. Satisfaction for
For having insulted my wife, sir, last even
ing" responded the excited individual
pray, sir, who dares charge me with ever
having insulted your wife, by look, word or
acion?' again inquired Mr.. B. THE
lady herself, sir, makes the charge" prompt
ly responded the husband.
with your permission, sir, 1 would be
pleased to face my accuser, and hear her
make the charge in my presence" mildly
remarked the imperturablc Mr.. B.
"You shall be gratified, sir; come, walk with
J me-" added the still exasperatcd husband,
at the same time returning his six shooter
to his pocket. Before giving the closing
scene it may be well to inform the reader of
the facts: On the previous evening Mr..
B was casually at the house of friend,
and there found the lady in question with.
out an escort At late hour she prepared
to return home, and Mr.. B kindly ten
d,red his services to see her safe to her door,
The streets on the island are not highly i'm
proved, and on the night in question were
very muddy. At one point the walk was
quite intercepted by a mud hole, over which
the lady and gentleman were compelled to
pass. A knight of old would probably
have thrown down his mantle, over which
the fair lady might have walked; but our
hero having no such appendage, proposed .
spring, by which his companion, with the
assistance of his hand, cleared the mud at a
single bound. Without any further annoy
ance they reached the lady's residence in
safety. . .....
| The excited husband now ushered Mr..
B into his parlor, and rang for his in
suited wife, who promptly reported herself.
Mr. B, looking the lady full in the face,
asked: Madame, have / ever, by word,
look, or deed, offered you the slightest in
dignity or insult in my life?" A breathless
pause followed. The lady, after some hest
tation, -falteringly answered: 81 thought
you 50 ueezed my hand slightly in helping
me over the mud hole last night" The re.
volver dropped, and after due apology to
Mr.. b, the mortified husband turned to
his romantic spouse and administered a re-
buke, to avoid the witnessing of which
Mr.. B hastily left the house and re-
turned to his Office, Eliminating on the
character of female women, with the sage
conclusion that, at this age of the world il
was not entirely safe to beau other mems
wives.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-04-20

INDoRsING.-The last Knoxville Wig
contains an editorial article upon the COM
mon practice of endorsing business notes,
from which we clip the following para
graph:
For our part, we have but little of this
worlds goods, and our Endorsement is worth
nothing to any one. The business Of in
dorsing We have entirely quit, and come
what may, we will indorse no more for any
one, as a matter of accommodation. We
have quit it, too, for two and sufficient rca-
sons. First, we have either been sued for,
or had to pay nearly all the notes we had to
endorse for others; and next, we have the
vouchers to show we have paid more secu-
rity debts than all we now have is worth in
the market. Under these circumstances, if
any one wishes to hear us say MOI with
an emphasis, let him ask us to indorse his
note
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-04-20
Iatest Dews.

AN outbreak is feared IN Jamaica among the ne
grocs.
The mail carrier from PARIS to Drantford, &C. W
was murdered the night of the 18th.
The Normons and Indians OF Utah, are reported to
be behaving badly.
A Railroad collision occurred between Lafayette and
Indianapo lis-nobody hurt-loss S to $4,000.
The Canadian Parliament Is having hot session.
Trenton, N. j., has elected Democratic Mayor BY
large majority.
Lord Napier has sailed for England. He was dinsd
and wined at the Astor House, the English residents
of New York.
1t Is reported that IL Texan Rangers had been Gu,
OF by 500 Indians in thc North OF the State.
An accident at Kenton, on the Mad River Railroad,
resulted in the death Of the fireman.
Marshall Potter Is arrested for killing his mother
two brothers and nephew at Lee, Maine. lie says he
made clean sweep Of the family stole all the money
and then fired the house to hide his guilt.
tits believed that the jury will disagree in the Scklcs
ease. His wiie's confession is umed to have been
dictated by him preliminary to the homicide, and
thus proves a deliberate intention to kill, which
amounts to murder. Sickles regrets the public alton
OF the confession, on account Of his daughter. His
counsel confident of clearing him. few days
will tell.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-04-20

Poor ExCnANGEs.-We have been cut
ting off lot of lazily conducted exchanges.
When an editor of any paper with which
we exchange is SO regardless of his own re-
putation and that Of his journal as to make
no efo.t whatever to render it readable
when one-half of it is patent medicines at
low rates and the other half is continued
story from the New York Ledger, inter-
sperscd with the stalest reading matter
which it is possible to collect-when it
bears no more appearance of being publish
ed in any certain locality than if it were
dropped from the clouds, we respectfully
request that it may be kept at home. We
work to get up Hre newspaper and we will
not give it for an article thrown into the
world "halfmade up Disciples Of Dull
ness please take notice.