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Litchfield enquirer., 1859-03-31

day-or Holy Friday, as it is called in Eu- rope-is the most significant and important, i as the presumed anniversary of the Cruciix- ion. In England business is, even now, to great extent, suspended and in Dr. John sons day it was very common for the people to go to church in black clothes, or mourning It was very old and common superstition, that eggs laid on this day had the property of extingushing fire. In London, the first sound which salutes the ear, on the morning of Good Friday is, Hot Buns !" which are cried aloud by hucksters the whole day, ex- cept' during the hours of church service. In kind of singing tone, they go about, repeat ing
 '' Hot cross buns
 One penny buns 1.-two penny. buns!
 One penny, two a penny-hot cross buns !'
 In this country, Good Friday is more gene rally observed than any day of Lent, and though the Saturday succeeding is still fast day. 1t iS very often devoted to making prepa- rations for Easter Sunday, the greatest jubi- lee of the Christian Church except Christmas, and i'll the minds of many, holding equal place with that. In New York, we used to hear very little of Lent but the immense influx of foreigners, who have been accustomed to its observance in Europe. with the high church tendencies of the EpiscopaIians here, has greatly aided, of late years, to make this im- portant fast all object of general attention, and it's observance will no doubt become more common as our city grows more and more cos Inopolitan iu it's character
 " r Constellation
Litchfield enquirer., 1859-03-31

E HROsSndArTs Shaving, Hair.Cutting and Wig M Making Rooms under the Mansion House,
Litchfield enquirer., 1859-03-31

IT .ADIEs, largo size, broad. easy, good Shoes, A Caters and Rubbers. cheap for cash. ct
 .1sSsssssAlesas 5l-.41 s@ OLocK's.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
Psalms Of David.

The following eloquent extract is from
lecture by Henry Giles on the Psalms
Of David:
"Great has been their power in the
world. They resounded amid the court
of the tabernacle; they foated through
the lofty and solemn space of the temple;
they were sung with glory on the Hills of
Zion; they were sung with sorrow by the
streams of Babel. And when Israel had
passed away, the harp of David was still
awakened in the church of Christ. In all
the eras and ages of that church, from the
HYMN which was first whispered in an
upper chamber until its anthems filled the
earth, the inspiration of the royal prophet
has enraptured It's devotions and ennobled
its rituals. Chorused by the winds of
Heaven, they have rolled over the broad
desert of Asia, in the mathis and vespers
Of ten thousands of hermits. They have
rung through the deep valleys of the
Alps, in the sobbing voices Of the forlorn
Waldenses through the deeps and caves
of Scottish Highlands, in the rude chant
ing of the Scottish Covenanters; through
the woods and wilds of primitive Amer
lea, in the heroic hallelujahs Of princely
pilgrims.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
CITY OF BROWNYILLE, NEdAHA COUNTY, N. T., THUF

When l see a boy strutting with his first
cigar, spending his first earnings at the
livery stable, forsaking the society of his
sisters for nobody knows who" which is
generally pretty doubtful company, All. 1
say, he's bearing on thin place In society
which will certainly let him down if he
does not beat a retreat, and that speedily.
When | see young man sprinkling
his talk with slang phrases, fond of bet
ting, carrying pack of cards in his pocket,
and seeming to have plenty of leisure,
All, say, that young man is on thin
place in the ice.
When | see a young man careless Of
small debts, willing to be dunned, often
off duty, and calling bis father ''the old
man, = alb, | know that young man is on
a thin place in the ice.
When | see young man's seat at church
vacant, find him fond of picking flaws in
Christian character, complaining Of the
strictness Of his minister, quibbling with
Bible truth. and edging off from the whole
some restraints of pious education, / say
that young man is on thin place in the
ice, which will certainly give way under
him, and lears him foundering and sink
ing in the cold waters of ungodiness and
ruin.
There are a great many thin places on
the surface of society, boys. Give them
wide berth. Secure solid footing, and
then go ahead. Press on, right on, and
on for the right.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26

~ In the bright lexicon Of MOrrissey
and the Benicia Boy, there are such words
as-'he fiddled him to within due distance
popped his larboard daddle on the jOW'l,'
mailed him prettily on the left squinter,'
"got sharply on his teor trap" dropped
smartly on bis snorer, and''set his war
bier bleeding beautifully.
Question for debating societies: rs
patience always a virtue. ."-Walcott
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26

Take one drachn Of musk. four ounces
Of lavender blossoms, one and half
drachm of civet, and half a drachm Of
ambergris, pound the whole together, and
pass it through a sieve. Preserve dhis
mixture in well stopped bottles, and add
more or less thereof as agreeable IN your
hair powder.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
COErtShiD.

Courtship is the last brilliant scene in
the maiden life of woman. It is, to her,
garden where no weeds mingle with the
flowers, but all is lovely and beautiful to
her senses. 1t is a dish of nightingales
served up by moonlight to the mingled
music of manly tenderness and gentle
whispers-an eagerness that does not out
sep the bounds of delicacy, and a series
of gatherings, throbbings, high pulses,
burning cheeks, and dropping lashes. But,
however delightful it may be, courtship is,
nevertheless, a serious business; it is the
first turning point in the life of woman,
crowded with perils and temptations
There is as much danger In the strength
of love as in its weakness. The kindled
hope requires watching. The rose tints
of affection dazzle and bewilder the i'm
agination, and while always bearing in
mind that life without love is wilderness,
it should not be overlooked that true af-
fection requires solid supports. Discretion
tempers fashion, and it is precisely that
quality which, oftener than any other,
is found to be absent in courtship. Young
ladies in love, therefore, require wise
counselors. They should not trust too
much to the impulses of the heart, nor be
too easily captivated by winning exte-
rior. In the selection of husband,
character should be considered more than
appearances. Young men inclined to in
temperate habits-even but slightly 50
rarely make good husbands in the end
they have not sufficient moral stamina to
enable them to resist temptation even in
its incipient stages, and, being thus de-
ficient in sef-respect, they can not possess
that pure, uncontaminated feeling which
alone capacitates a man for rightly ap-
preciating the tender and loving nature
of true woman. The irreligious man
is like ship without a rudder, and he
never can make a good husband for
house darkened by cold skepticlsm or an
indifference to religion and It's duties is
never a home-it is merely a shelter;
there is but little warmth in the atmos-
phere of the rooms, and every object in
them looks chill and chilling. The indo-
lent man, likewise, cannot be expected to
make good husband, for he neglects his
time and wastes his estate, allowing it to
overrun with thistles and brambles, and
subsists on the industry of others. Every
precaution, then, is necessary in the selec-
ton of husband.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
Miscellaneous.
The Rural Editor.

Extract from Poem read Before tkS Sixth annual
Session Of the Ohio Editors and Publishers As
soctGtiOa, at Dayton,
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
For Little Folks.
THIN. PLACE in THE ICE.

Hurra for the skaters! How they
wheel, how. they skim over the clear
smooth ice. The air is still, the sun
bright; the trees. fields, and fences are
gemmed with brilIiants; and the earth
looks like a superb snow-palace, with
broader halls and richer roofing than ever
Queen Catharine of Russia had in her
famous ice- palace on the Neva.
| believe the boys like winter best
They like the river better for skating than
sailing, the hills or coasting and then,
what music so merry as the jingling of the
sleigh-beIls- -"bells, bells. bells!"
A winter scene like this reminds me
of skating scene long ago. There was
always a thin place in the ice on our
river, near the dam, where the boys were
warned not to go. "Give wide berth to
the thin ice yonder." was said to the little
boys and new recruits among the big
boys. But ii was singular how almost
every boy liked to try his skates in that
dangerous vicinity, One would shuttle
along and reconnoitre. Another he
didn't believe there ICGs any danger
would take bolder sweep, and Just es-
cape It's edge. Another-he didn't care
for danger, not he-would shoot across
it, bending and cracking under him, and
only save himself by the swiftness of his
fight; until the leader ofa gang of boys,
in the high excitement of chase, dashed
boldIVr On the thin Mace In the ice, every
one at his heels. Crack, crash plunging
leaping, splashing, and half dozen were
struggling and gasping for life in the icy
waters. Two Of the boys were drowned;
two were rescued by almost superhuman
efforts; two saved themselves.
I often am reminded of the thin place
IN the ice, for see many just such thin
places on the surface of society, where
in spite of all warning, many and many
boy slnmps through, or makes a bold
plunge TO ruin.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
Singular ClaHse INA VIII.

The will Of Geo. I. williamson whose
death took place not long since, IN Europe J
was admitted to probate yesterday. The
testator wills half of his real estate in
Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois, to his moth
er, brother and sisters and their heirs,
and the other half to his three children
and their heirs. HIS perssnal property
he gives to his wife (to divide, if she
thinks proper among any Of her children
in lieu Of dover. The viii then proceeds,
"To James Taylor, Of Newport, l be-
queath my scorn and content for MS
treachery, duphcity and cOwardice.' ?
Gin. Gazette.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
MrtH'S MaIanee.

A satirical Poetess tells the editor of
the New York Leader the manner in
which she wants to be "done for" after
her spirit has departed for that world
where poetess, are of no more account than
the prosiest washerwoman:
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
1ERRESs

TEzNESs eooo
FOr one yearatl E at the end Of s months, $50
{" 20 g {" +" "l2 500
a - ,-.o-e viii be furnished at 81 so per
Clubs Of y ~ y tbs cash accompanies the order,
4 otherWise'
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26

Il Declare" said Brown to Robinson,
81 never knew a fatter companion than
yourself''.
'.Ah, my friends said Robinson, "All
the world knows you are a fGtteT-er.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
Fricaseed Chicken.

SINCE and cut them in pieces /; pepper,
salt, and -four them; fry them in fresh
butter, till they are very brown take the
chickens out, and make a good gravy, into
which put sweet herbs according 10 your
taste.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
Knas rentnres a counle

La y KUss ventures a couple of
definations:- Watching two
hours at bakers door TO smell if your
neighbor's pie is veal or mutton PIcK-
POCKEr-One who gives purse-an'-all re-
lief, or one who never leaves us till he
relieves US.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-05-26
I'm ErceIIe1t fa8lily Wlae
PouHry.

An hour is enough for common sized
chickens to roast. A smart fire is better
than slow one; but they must be tended
closely.
Chickens should boil about an hour
if old, longer--in as little water as will
cook them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

content himself with telegraphing to
Crestline 20 the proper oGcers 90 arrest
them at that place. But unfortunately
for his prospects, the intended arrest got
wind and when the train reached Gallon,
two citizons'of that place stepped into the
car, and o conversation Of a few moments
ensued, in the lowest kind of whispers, az
the close ofwhicb the four left the car A
carriage was in waiting, and in two hours
the fair fugitive and her husband we're
domiciled in the house Of one our whole
souled farmers, near Bucyrus, who has
long taken pleasure IN helping fugitves
on their way to the Canadian Canaan.
When the train on which they en-
barked, reached Crestliue, the officials
we're uButterably ohagrinod, at not find
ing the fugitive, and more 80 when they
learned that she had been within four
miles of them.
After lapse Of two weeks they ven
turcd a move, and went to Detroit by
the way Of fSandusky City, and without
accident reached the Canadian shore =,
where they can snap their fingers at
that Freedom that sells women for
price. They are now residing in To
rontO.
The father is iTTetrievabIy broken up,
Notwithstanding his sale Of his own
daughter, and as for the lawyer who pUr-
chased her, we have lively hopes Of
reading, ere long, an account Of his
hanging Bucyrus Journal
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20
Gbr 25omr Cjrtlc.

MONEY AND TmE.-"Many people
take no care of their money till they
have come nearly to the end of it; and
others do Just the same with their time.
Their best days they throw away-let
them run like sand through their f-n
gers-as long as they still havean al
most countless number of them to
spend, but when they find their days
flowing rapidly away, so that at last
they have but very few left--then they
will at once make a very wise use Of
them; but, Unluokily, they have by
that time no notion how to do it,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

putting on a look Of severity, and an
ominous shake Of tho head exclaimed:
"Mr. Witness, has not an effort been
made to induce you to tell a different
story2"
"a different story from what I have
told, sir2"
"That is what I mean"
eyes, sir; several persons have tried
to get me to tell a different story from
what I have told, but they couldn't"
"Now, sir, upon your oath, I wish to
know who those persons are"
"Wall, I guess you've tried bout as
hard as any of EN-"
The witness was dismissed, while
judge, jury and spectators INDUCED in
a hearty laugh.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20
PLEASURE AND DUTY.

How men would mock at Pleasures shows
Her golden promise, II they knew
What weary work she is to those
Who have no better work to do,
Curved is the line Of beauty,
Straight is the line of dutyi
Walk by the last, and thou shalt see
The other ever follow thee
o, righteous doom, that they yho mako
Pleasure their only end, ~
Ordering their whole life for its sake,
Miss that wheretO they tend
While they who bid stern duty lead,
Content to follow, they,
or duty only taking heed,
Find pleasure by the way.
II Heart Music.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

There was a man once residing at
Newburyport, who styled himself Lord
Tirothy Dexter" This man is said to
have blundered into a fortune. Build
ing a ship once, the ship joiner told
Timothy he wanted some stuff for
"stays." Our "Lord" remembering
that his mothers stays we're made Of
whalebone, and thinking it would take.
a large quantity TO make stays for a
ship, bought all the Whalebone there
was at Newburyport and Boston both.
The article took a rise, and Timothy made
a round sum on his speculation. Atau-
other time he was told in jest, that there.
was a great demand for warming pans
at one of the West India Islands Tim
othy shipped a large invoice there; but
while the people were making merry
over the strange shipment, a planter re-
marked that with the lids of, the warm
ing pans would make good sugar scoops.
For sugar scoops they we're sold, and
again Timothy's blunder brought him
money.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

TERRIBLE RAILROAD Accidental
an early hour yesterday morning, as a
night freight train on the Central Ohio
Railroad was running along at good
speed between Clay Lick and Black
Hand stations, about thirty miles from
this city the engine struck a horse
standing on the road, which upset the
locomotive down a steep Cmbankment.
The fireman and two or three brakemen
on the train saved themselves by jump
ing of, the engineer, named Philip
Allpaugh, went down with the locomo-
tive, and was instantly killed, the entire
wreck being piled upon his body. The
locomotive, tender and one or two freight
cars were all heaped together in a mass
Of ruins The body of the unfortunate
engineer was literally and completely
torn into fragments, and after three or
four hours of labor spent in clearing
away the rubbish, the only sign of him
that could be found we're a few pieces Of
disjointed blackened limbs and his boots.
The tremendous weight of the locomo-
tive and cars had actually ground him
to atoms The mangled limbs that were
found were returned to GAINESVILLE,
where we understand, the deceased has
a wife but no children.
The regular trains on the Central
Road were detained several hours on
account of the road at the point of the
accident being impossible, 1t is sup
posed the accident occurred between
twelve and one o'clock yesterday morn
ing Ohio Statesman, 9th.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

EDUcATIoN-Th Thewal thought it very
unfair to influence child's mind by
inculcating opinions before it should
have come to years of discretion and be
able to choose for itself. I showed him
my garden, and told him it was my bo-
tanio garden. Chew so?" said he; "it
is covered with weeds" "Oh," 1 re-
Piled, "that is because it has not yet
come TO its age Of discretion and choice
The weeds, you see, have taken the
liberty to grow, and 1 thought it unfair
in me TO prejudice the soil towards roses
and strawberries - rColeridge.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

"THEY SAY."-There is a decision In
the last volume Of Gray's Report, which
is at once sound morals and good law
A woman, sued for slander, defended on
the ground thot she only repeated, and
without malice, what was currently re-
ported The Court held chat 10 repeat
a story, which Is false and slanderous,
no matter how widely u may have been
circulated, Is al the peril Of the tale-
bearer Slaudor cannot always Be traced
20 its origin. Lh poWgf of mischief is
derived from repetition, au SEA diabo-
lief Of the story aoc0mrtn go re.a-
ton. Indeed this doublu way of im-
parting slandor, "a often tho sufeat meth
od rasorted 20 BY tho aianlsysf TO G,Vo
currency 10 bic tala
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

AN INCIDENT OF 18l2.--In speech
delivered at Newark, Judge Conrad, of
Philadelphia, in answer to a charge Of
cowardice made against General Scott,
produced document, which was sworn
to several years since, as part evidence
on a pension claim. This was the evil
dence of a soldier at Lundy's Lane, who
stated in his Affirmation that Gen Scott,
after he was wounded, rode to the line
where soldiers were stationed, "his neck,
and breast was in a gore of blood, which
ran down his leg and trickled from his
foot upon the ground, and said to the
commander of the line, 81 am wounded
and very week-want one of your young
men to get up behind me and hold me
on my horse" A young man threw
down his musket, and at one spring
leaped upon the horse, enclosing the
General in his arms, and they slowly
gallopcd away to the main army. -
The excitement produced by the reading
Of this document was thrilling in the
extreme. The hundreds present rose to
their feet and gave most vehement
cheers, so that it was some minutes be-
fore the speaker could proceed.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20
SHE rs THINE.

She Is thine!--the word is spoken;
Hand TO hand, and heart to heart!
Though all other ties are broken,
Time these bonds shall never part.
Thou hast taken her in gladHess,
From the altar's holy shriuei
Oh, remember, I'm her sadness,
She is thine, and only thine!
In 90 fair a temple never,
Aught Of 90 can hope to come;
Good will strive, and striving ever,
Make so pure a shrine lis home!
Each the others love possessing,
Say, what care should cloud that brOwl
She will be TO thee blessing,
And a shield to her be thou!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20
Gdtjt aU0 25umor.
Died of "Groons in his Lioker."


A traveller from Virginia, as his
blooded horse, plethoric saddle bags and
naughty iasociance indicated, stopped at
q comfortable wayside inn in Kentucky,
one night many years ago. The land
lord was a jolly, whole-souled fellow, as
landlords were in those days, and gave
the stranger the best entertainment his
table and bar could afford, as well as his
own merry company to make him glad
Early in the morning the stranger was
up and looking around, when he espied
q rich bed Of mint in the garden. He
straightway sought Boniface, and indig-
nant at what he supposed his inhospital-
ity in setting plain whisky before him,
when the means Of brewing nectar was
so near at hand, he dragged him forth
to the spot, and pointing with his finger
to the mint, he exclaimed:
81 say, landlord, will you be good
enough to say what this ISL"
"a bed of mint, said the astonished
landlord.
"And will you please tell me what is
the use Of it?"
"Well, don't exactly know, 'cept the
old woman dries it itsometimes with other
YARDS"
The Virginian almost turned pale al
the onormity of this assertion.
"And do you mean to tell me that
you do not know what mint-julep is?'
"Not 'cept it's something like sage
tea, stranger"
Usage teal Go right along to the
house, get a bucket of ice, loaf sugar
and your best liquorl"
The jolly landlord obeyed, and the
stranger soon made his appearance with
handful Of mint, and then they brow
ed and drank, and brewed and drank
again. Breakfast was over, and the
strangers horse brought out only to be
ordered back. Through the live-long
day they brewed and drank; one or two
Of the neighbors dropped in, who were
partakers, and late in the night their
orgies kept up.
Ere they made it bedtime, the land.
lord and his Virginian guest, who
had initiated him into the pleasant mys.
teries Of mint julep, we're sworn broth
ers, and when the latter departed next
morning, Boniface exaoted a pledge
that he would stop on his return, anG
stay as long as he pleased free of cost
The strangers business, however, de,
tanned him longer than he expected, and
it was The next summer before he came
back.
Riding up late in the evening, he
gave his horse to an old negro who
was at the gate, and inquired:
"Well, Sam, how is your masterY'
"Yonder him come, said the negro
| pointing to a youth who was approach
ing,
"I mean your old master, fooll"
"Old massal Him gone dead thiI
three monthsl"
"Deadl What was the matter Of him
He was in fine health when / left him,
eyes You see, massa stranger, one
Of dem Virginny gemmans come lone
here last year, aud showed him how
to put green's IN his ticker, and he liked
itso we'll he done stuck to it till it kill
him' said the darkey, shaking hi
head
=tf t--=-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1859-01-20

CoNUNDRUMs Why is IL easier TO be clsr-
gyman than physician7 Because it is eas Ter
to preach than to practice.
What did the feather, whenit first sprouted
say to the duck7 Pm doiDn on you this time.
Why cannot a deaf man bo legally con.
demned for murder7 Because the law saws no
man can be condemned without hearing.