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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-04-28
Frlends in Prosperity.

One Of the hardest trials Of those
who fall from affluencc and honor to
poverty and obscurity, is the discovery
that the attachment of so many in whom
they confded, was a pretense, a mask,
to gain their own ends, or was a misera-
bic shallowness. Sometimes, doubtless,
it is with regret that these frivolous fol-
lowers of the world desert those upon
whom they have fawned; but they soon
forget them. Flies leave the kitchen
when the dishes are empty The para
sites that cluster about the favorite of
fortune, to gather his gifts and climb
by his aid, linger with the sunshine, but
scatter at the approach Of a storm, as
the leaves cling to tree in summer
weather, but drop of at the breath of
winter, .and leave it naked to the sting
ing blast. Like ravens settled down
for a banquet, and suddenly scared by
noise, how quickly at the first sound
Of calamity these superficial earthlings
are mere specks on the horizon
But a true friend sits in the centre,
and is for all times. Our need only re.
veals him more fully, and binds him more
closely to us. Prosperity and adversity
are both revealers, the difference being
that in the former our friends know us
in the latter we know them. But not.
withstanding the insincerity and greedi.
ness prevalent among men, there is q
vast deal more of esteem and fellow.
yearning than is ever outwardly shown
There arc more examples of unadulter
ated affection, more deeds of silent love
and magnanimity, than is usually sup
posed. Our misfortunes bring to oul
sides real friends, before unknown. Be
nevolent impulses, where we could no
expect them, in modest privacy, enac
many scenes of beautiful wonder amids
plaudits of angels.-[North American
! Review.
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good neat fences; they look, and are,
much better. Remove all sticks, stones
and stumps from the fields. Build
good barns and sheds, if not already
built; they will pay for themselves, and
look better than the unsighuy objects
on many q farm. Don't allow loose
boards on your buildings, they arc very
unsighty. Have good yards around
your farm buildings They add greatly
to the beauty Of the home. Have a small
selection of the best books Of the
day, where yourself and family can gain
instruction i'm their leisure hours, and
take at least one good agricultural pa
per Strive to make your home, farm
and family pattern ono and in no
way can it be done so eacctually and
early as by odorningit externally as
well as intornally.--[Prizc Essay in GEN
Cseo Farmer.
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rvpe- Setting

A printer accustomed to set type, nev-
er thinks what the letters aro which he
puts into his stick lie mover looks at
one Of them as they 60 in But, when
he FIRST began to set type it was diff
forout thing with him. He looked and
read, "And as 'thoy departed thenoe," "
etc., and 30 began "And," a, and then
he has to see which end is up. lie puts
in the A, and then comes to N. He
takos up the wrong lettcri Ho puts
that back, and gets tho right one, and
making sure about it, puts the right one
in Then he gets a D, and puts that in.
Then he thinks there is a space wanted,
and he divides the word from tho next
one. Then comes tho next word and
he looks at it, letter by letter, and makes
mistakes at thaU But 90 a year after
wards, and let that same man set up tho
same verse: "And as they departed
thence, Jesus began TO say unto tho
multitude" and to read all that, and
then click click click it is all done.-
What made that2 How those different
faculties of the hand-tho muscles-all
work. What an immense amount Of
trial aud discipline has been condensed
into that automatic power This is
wonderful element of human powerl-
[ Henry Ward Beecher.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-04-28
From Blackwood's Magazine.
LITTLE ROSE.

She comes with fairy footstepsi
Softly their echoes fall;
And her shadow plays like a summer shade
Across the garden wall.
The golden light is dancing BRIGHT
Mid the mozes Of her hair,
And her fair young locks arc waving FREQ
To the wooing of the air.
Like'a sportrul fawn she bouudeth
So gleefully along,
Asa wild young bird she caroleth
The burden of a song.
The summer flowers are clustering thick
Around her dancing feot
And on her cheek tho summer breeze
Is breathing soft aud sweet,
The very suubcams seemgto lnger
Above that holy head,
And the wild flowers, at her coming,
Their richest fragrance shed.
And oh! how ely light and fragrance
Mlngle i'm the life wilhini
Oh! how foudIy do they nestle
Round the soul that knows no sin!
She comes, the spirit Of our childhood
A thing Of mortal birth,
y ct bearing still the breath o Heaven,
To redeem her from the earth.
She comes in bright-robed innocence,
Unsoied by spot or blight,
A nd passes by our wayward path,
A CLEAN of angel light.
Oh. blessed things are children!
The gifts Of heavenly love:
They stand betwixt our world-hearts'
And better things above;
They link us with the spirit-world
By purity and truth,
And keep our hearts still fresh and young
With the presence Of their youth.
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GBG YoDrc Cjrtlr.
Adjoining and Beautifying Farmers
Homes.

sANASA . Na-+N- N1AA AAAt1 a ~ y %
Homes.
"Should farmers adorn and bcautify
their homes and farms before they be-
come wealthy, and if so, how may it be
done in the easiest manner?'
Every farmer who owns the land up
on which he resides-overy man who
owns a house and garden should strive
to make it as beautiful as possible 1t
cannot be expected that the man of
small means can procure the expensive
Odornments Of the rich; his house may
be small and plain, but he can beautify
and adorn it, nevertheless. 1 say he
can make his home beautiful and attrac-
tive, even if he is poor, and L will state
the reasons why I think he should en-
deavor to make his home beautiful, and
adorn it as much as possible.
When think of the many reasons
why farmers should adorn their homes,
] almost wonder that every farmer
should not see the necessity Of having a
pleasant, attractive home. The moral
influence Of an attractive and beautiful
home is great, both upon old and
young, 1t tends to make them love the
pure and beautiful, wherever it may be
found. Nothing will Danish vicious
thoughts and feelings from the mind,
sooner than to be surrounded by what
is attractive and lovely I have mover
known but few instances where victims
Of crime had been favored with pleasant
homes, either in childhood or manhood
everything rough and unattractive
makes the man the same But few per-
sons ever leave a pleasant home for the
tavern or dram-shop. Notice where
you will, the first signs Of reform in bad
men, are usually the adorning Of their
homes.
Nothing shows the refinement of the
farmer more than the adorniug Of his
home; it shows his good taste, and that
he is desirous of making all around
pleasant and comfortable. Beautiful
and attractive homes tend to increase all
the good qualities Of the occupants, and
remove the bad. Beauty and loYeliness
in nature tend to all that is noble in
thought and deed, and make mankind
better, both as concerns their own hap
piness and that of others.
Having shown why farmers should
adorn their homes, / will tell how to
do it the easiest:
If your house is poor and plain, II
makes no difference; if you cannot af-
ford to build a new one, adorn the sur
Foundings Of the old one. In odd spells
build a neat yard-it will cost almost
nothing; set out some pretty trees in
front, and surround tho house with
them if possible. Fill tho yard with
flowers, they will cost nothing but tho
trouble of getting, unless rare varieties
are procured, and your wife and chill
dren will see to the cultivatioa-uever
fear for that Build a wood house, il
you have not one already Don't defaoo
your dooryard with woodpiles, old
rails, slods, cartWheels and other rub
biah; remove tho hogpen from its CON
spiouous position near tho roadside 10
the year Of the house, and build a neat
structure, instead of sticks and slabs
twill pay for itselfin few years. Have
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-04-28

PoRTRAIT OF Gov. SEwARD.-What
man is thore who can pretend to de-
scribe him2 We sec a short dclicatoly
made man, with a singular looking,
wrinklod face and a Roman nose, a
head calculated to puzzle a Spurzhoim,
covered with coarse and rpther short
grey hair, not very tidily brushed,
bushy, grey eyebrows, oycrhanging eyos
most remarkable for their brillianoy Of
expression; clothed in attire neat TO pre-
cision, but nogligenuy worn. We
hear him speak and his voice is poor,
evidently injured by tho long use Of
snuff; his delivery careless, even to
sloucbiness, leaning against his desk
with his hands in his pockets, his only
gesture made with his head, which rolls
about almost independently Of his body.
Thus deliberately, and more in the tone
Of conversation than that of debate, he
pouTs out the most beautiful specimens
Of rhetoric, the clearest logic of Saxon
purity, the profoundest aXioms, proph-
ecics that never fail, legal aphorisuis true
as the statutes, illustrations drawn from
every source which literature has reach
ed--all clothed in language, not ono
word Of which need be blotted out
He never says q foolish thing Boston
Transcript
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-04-28
What Washington Society is Com
posed Of, and how Liaison5 Begin.

Park Benjamin says ia his Constol-
lation
In nine cases out of ten, the families
Of our members Of Congress had provi-
ously taken no rank in tho society Of
our greater cities, from one or two
causes They have either been resi-
dents in the country or their husband
has, in many cases worked his way up
from nothing. We rejoice in the posi-
bility Of this last; yet we cannot but
point it out as one Of the leading causes
of immornlity--should any become Wis
ible-on the part Of his wife. She, in
this case, as in tho former, is unused to
/ the society Of the class she now meets
with. If she is pretty, she is hattercd.
Should she have talents, she is not only
! fatterod, but pettcd. Her husband, if 70
shrewd man, becomes engrossed in the
attempt to make his fortuuc-how, We
need not here discuss. If a talented
man. he endeavors 10 procure for him
self political position Of sufficient
weight to make himself a fortune. In
either case he is so engrosscd that be
/ lacks the time to look after his wife, and
attend to her in those thousand ways
that a woman, possessed Of either tai
/ ent or beauty, naturally expects
| This throws her for an occupation of her
/ time, upon oXtraneous amusement
Amusement in Washington is lamcnta-
! bly, frivolous. Dress, and society as it
is called, contribute the whole Of it
She meets some one who is disposed to
pay her more attention than her hus-
band Gladly she accepts this. Tho
attention gradually merges into some
thing warmer. She has become by de-
grees attached to the society of her
new friend The steps are now easy
and short, in a brief time a liaison be-
gins. 1t may die out as such things
do; but, if SO, she is obliged, by the ne.
cessity of excitement, or urged by the
decay Of moral sense, to replace it with
another.
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Description of jesus.


The following opistle was taken by
Napoleon from the records Of Rome,
when he deprived that city Of so many
manuscripts. It was written at tho
time and on the spot where Jesus Christ
commenced his ministry by Publius
Lentullus, the Governor Of Judea, to
the Senate of Rome-CUsar, Emperor.
1t was the custom in those days for the
Governor to write home any events Of
Importance which transpired while he
held office.
"Conscript Fathers:-There appeared
in these days, a man named Jesus
Christ, who is yet living among us. and
Of the Gentilos is accepted as a prophet
Of great truth, but his own disciples
call him the Son of God. He hath rails
ed the dead cured all manner of diseas-
es. He is a man Of stature somewhat
tall and comely, with a very ruddy coun-
tenance, such as the beholder may both
love and fear. His hair is the color Of
the flbertwhen fully ripe, plain to his
ears, whence downward, it is more ori-
ent in color curling and waving about
his shoulders; in the middle Of his head
is seam or portion of long hair, after
the manner of the Nazarites. His fore
head is plain and delicate, his face with
out spot or wrinkle, beauti6ed with a
comely red; his nose and mouth are ex-
actly formed; his beard is the color Of
his hair and thick. In roproving he is
torrible in admonishing courteous; in
speaking, very modest and wise: in pro-
portion Of body, well shaped. None
have seen him laugh, but many have
seen him weep. A man for his surpass-
ing beauty, ezoelling the children Of
men
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DoGtrr
From the New York Independent.
THE BLUE-BIRD.

am 90 bltho and glad to-day
Atmorn I heard O blue-bird sing,
The blus-brd, warbling soul of Spring,
The prophet Of the leafy May
And I knew the violets under the tree
Would listen and look the bird TO see,
Popping timidly here and there
In purple and odor TO charm the air;
And the wind-nower lirt its rose-veiued cup
I'm the leaves Of the old year buried upi
And all the delicate buds that bloom
On the moss-beds, deep in tho forest gloom,
Would stir in their slumber, and catch tht
strain,
And dream Of the sun aud tho April rain
For Spring has come when the blue-hird sings
And folds iu the maple his glossy wings,
And the wind may blow, and tho storm ma!
fall
But the voice Of SUMNER is heard u all.
/ am so blthe and glad to-day!
My heart, beside the bluo-hrd, sings,
And folds, serene, its weary wings,
Aud knows the hours lead on 20 MAY!
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miscellaneous.
English Justice.

Say what you will of England, we be-
licye that justice is more impartially ad-
ministered there than in the United
States. The great London Bankers
Sir John Paul, and Messrs. Strahan and
Bates-really have been convicted Of
embezzling deposits made with them to
the amount Of halfa. million Of dollars,
and sentenced to fourteen years trans
portatiOn. Notwithstanding they were
defended by eminent counsel, and that
they had high connections in church
and state, they were brought in guilty
by jury, and sentenced by the Judge
to the highest penalty of the law for
such an offence. The governor of New
| gate, who had ventured to suspend
some Of the regulations of the prison
in favor Ofsuoh important prisoners, was
himself in turn suspended from Office
| by the visiting magistrates for the in
| fringement Of disciplno-and these ire
| spectacle" convicts will be detained in
London until such information shall
have been procured from them as is ne
ceSsary for winding up their bankrupt
estate, and will then bo shipped to Glib
raltar to work with the ordinary con-
vict gangs at that station.
But what is the general sentiment
relative to such conviction and SEN
tence? Is there any maudlin sympathy
for men who have probably ruined the
fortunes Of hundreds-wearing the cloak
of religion the more effectually to plum
der their confding victims? We sup
pose that the language Of the "Times
may be taken as an index Of the gener-
al sentiment Of the wealthy and com
meroial classes. That paper says
owe trust that the fate of these three
great delinquents will be q salutary les
son 10 the commercial community From
extravaganza to fraud, from fraud to
theft, from theft to transportation, is q
law Of progression which many a man
trembling on the narrow verge between
right and wrong will do well seriously
to consider"
Would justice in such a case, have
been administered with equal impartial.
.ity in the United States? Judging from
certain occurrences during the last five
years, We think not. We fear that the
failure and rascality Of this great firm
had it been a New York instead Of q
London house, would have been a sub.
| ject of momentary excitement, "ninC
days wonder" and that a mock trial
would ultimately have set them at lib.
erty TO despoil anew the community
I[Phil. Post
STUDYING LATIN.-Wo have heard
of a farmer whose son had for a
long time been ostensibly studying Lat.
in in a popular academy. The farmer
not being perfectly satisfied with the
course and conduct Of the young hope
ful, recalled him from school, and plac-
ing him by the side Of a cart one day
thus addressed him;
"Now, Joseph, hora is a fork, and
there is a heap Of manure and cart
what do you call them in Lain2"
"Forkibus, cartibus ct manuribus,
said oseph
"Wen, now" said the old man, eff
you don't take that forkabus pretty
quiokabus, and pitch that mauuribus
into that cartibul, III break your lazy
backabusw
Joseph went to workabus forthwith.
abusI
] -s ot=-
/ All paFgIOna mako ma Dammit C,,yItr
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Place glass of liquor on the table,
put a hat over it, and say "I viii en-
gage to drink every drop Of that liquor,
and yet TN not touch the hat" You
then get under the table, and after Civ
ing three knocks, you make a noise
with YOU. mouth, az if you were swal-
lowing the liquor Then getting from
under the table you say, "Now gentle
men, be pleased 20 look" Some one,
eager 10 seo 0u have drank the hq-
nor, !will hat when you To-
stantly tak lass and swallow the
contents, sayng, "Geutomen, 4 have
.fuldllod my promise. You arc all wit-
nessas that j did not touch the htk"
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ToBAcco.-A southern exchange pa
per says "Tt is stated that the Rev.
George Trask, Of Fitchburg, lecturod 30
powerfully in Webster, a fow days ago,
against tho use of tobacco, that several
Of his audience went homo and burned
their cigars-holding one end Of them
in their mouths"
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The following toast was drank at
social gathering in Baltimore a few days
since. Ii is hard to beat:
"In ascending the hill Of prosperity,
may we never meet friend.
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Absence destroys small passions and
increases great onesi as the wind extiu-
guishes tapers, and kindles fires.
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There is an odious spirit in many
persons, who are bottor pleased 10 detect
q fault than to commend virtue.
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D-Answer to Enigma by "Ohio g. co.".-
Louisa X 'Hallowell.
answer to Enigma by "sis'i EliH Green.
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For the News.
Geographical Enigma.
] am composed Of 2j letters:
My 3 10 6 IA 2j is a lake ln North America
My 1917 10 Is Ia is a rivrr in 9. America
My 5 Is 70 % "a 92l n isu country iu
Africa.
My2 IA l6 is a cape,
My 20 1916 10 IA % 10 "a strait.
My 81 Is l6 81 rs is a mountain.
My 4 s II rs "a 10 a county 90 Ohio.
My whole Is one Of the German Principali
ties BEN PURTLE.
Penn Ip.
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All passions make as commit faults,
but love makes us guilty Of the most
ones
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Qoutg's Department.

For lhe-N6W8
Astrono mical Enigma.
| am composed Of % letters:
My 3 10 42I "a II isl a planet.
My 10 ~ IA lS 10 Z Is planet.
My 10 10 IS Ga 3isa comet.
My % % 22 10 ISL sign of the Zodiac.
My 10 1873 10 81 g. 3 is beautiful con,
stelation.
My lS IA l3 90 Is a sign Of the Zodiac.
My 9 l6 22 l3 is a beautiful constellation.
My 3 2l II is a heavenly body.
Myl32I 23I3is8 iarge cluster Of stars
Ny 10 l0l % 10 is called tho wafer serpent
My whole is uruinatiou to our county,
Bell, o. LIZZIE.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-06-14
Enfield Rifles.

We hgNo TAUGHT IuOiluI au inDu,tdut
art in proyjdino munitions Of war, namely.
the mauu,acta,e Of small aims by macLi
merry. Prior 70 the late war in the Crim,a
all the small arms for tho British army
were made by private parti,.. with whom
contracts were mad. i.r his purrose, ShcE
field and EirmjugIarD bcjao the hoa louu
tc,, Of British mu.l.et ,gakina. Most Of
the parts Of these small arms Waro forced
and fitted lv hand labor. conscoucntly the
ono was never an exact duplicate Of the
other. When q screw. srriur or pin broke
in lbo hand, n tba soldier. as no cyaet
courtcrrarl wa, r,.y,lrl, nm or,a.rer wa,
rcouircj TO make the ranajr This often
times caused much troubI,. md was fatal
70 pronpl and efficient acton in many c,s
g.. THIS defective system W.. made Nd.
poIont duriuc the war referred ,o. and in.
formation oi I,e ss,co,s of Che American
Government, a,mori.s hayirr been carried
across the ocean. = commission wa, az so;n,.
cI TO visit the Uui.el States and obtain
no,itjye Epowle.Ioe ,agarlipa. tb, flcl, Of
the cssc. The r5Sn,t + ,'is Commission,
lalors was the estalli.bugnt If = }a,,,
factory It Enfield. not llr from London.
for the m,nufacfure of ormv ,itles. and
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Election ola bishop in New Jersey.

1t was generally supposed that either
Prof. Mahan or R'v. Mr.. Littlyjohn would
receive the above election, but the contest
between them was SO close that twas found
necessary to adopt third candidate, which
resulted in tho election OF Rev. William
II. Odenhcimcr, d. d., Of Philadelphia
DR.. Odinhcimor was elected on the 18th
ballot, receiving all but Of tho ll2 votes
cast. On motion of Mr.. Mahan, lis prin.
ciPle competitor, his clction was mado
unanimous. The convention subsequently
raised the salary Of the Bishop from from
$4,000 to $4,000. OF the new Bishop
the New York Times says:
"lho newIy.clectel Bishop is between
forty and and fo'ty.tiyc years Of age, if
am rightly informed, was born in PhiIa-
dclphia. Ills father, well to DO mer-
chant Of that city, is still living. lie was
educated a. the Protestant Episcopal The
illogical Seminary in the city of New York,
aud from there returned to philadelphia,
where nearly twenty years ago, he became
connected with St Peters Church, as as.
sistant to the Rev. DR.. Delaney, who wa,
then its rector. Six months afterwards
DR.. Delaney WIS elected Bishop Of Wos-
tern New York, anl Dr. Olcuhcimer sue.
cceded him. as rector OF It. Peters Churcl
which has been his PASTORAL chargo even
since; five years ago he went abroad, and
spent nineteen months in travelling in Eu.
rope and the Holy Lanl. On his return
he published book describing what he
had seen in his travels. lie has publish
cd several sma works on Theology AMI
Education. lIa is a fac looking man
stout, erect and intellectual looking. lie
is Of medium stature aud iigniticd carriage
lie is eloquent in the pulpit, cmniently 50.
ciaI in private lite, and !, exceedingly pop.
ular with the clergy Of Pennsylvania and
with his own congregation. He is High
Churchman. His conservation cannot take
place until after his confirmation by Gen
oral Convention in October. 1t is proba
ble that the ceremony will bo performed
at the general convention, Immediately at
ter the confirmation.