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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
TAKING A MAN TO PIECES.

Captain Evans was an old naval vet
eran of sixty-seven; he had lost an arm
and an eye years and years before at Ma
varino, which last action settled his un-
derstanding, both legs being carried off
by chain shot. Cork legs were COM
ing into fashion Capt T. had pair
of the first quality made for him; he had
a false leg and hand; into the latter he
could screw fork or hook, as occasion
required, and being gloved, the def
cheney was not easily perceived. AS in
creasing years rendered him infrm, his
Wallets took advantage of him, so that he
wrote to his brother, Somersetshire
squire, to send him up some tenants son
as body servant. etNo matter how stu
pid, if but honest and faithful he wrote.
His brother was absent, and sent to
his steward to select lad. This the stew
ard did, but merely,mentioned that Capt.
Evans was in6rm, notapprising the lump
kin Of his new masters deficiencies, and
sent him to London at once, where the
Captain lived.
At ten at night he arrived, and was
Immediately shown to Captain Evans
sitting room.
"What is your name?"
"My name be John, zur.
"Well, John, my rascally valet is ab-
sent again, without leave help me to bed.
as it is late, and then you can 60 down
to your supper
Adjournlng to the bedroom, the old
gentleman said: -
".iohn unscreao my leg"
Cur" said John. ~ oss ,
"Unscrew my leg this way, see. )"
John did so, tremblingly.
"Joha wnscreso my Other leg.
'sZur," said John.
"Unscreao the other leg, SIR
John did so, now in a state of bewil-
derment. y aaa 9
"John, unscre,o this arm. f ~
Trembling still more, to the Captain 5
great amusement, he obeyed. #@"#
s'John, put this eye on the table. ''7
John took it as if it would have Bit
ten him. @
"Now, John-no, l won't take the
other eye outfit me into bed
This done, the Wagglsh captain con-
tinued. "John, beat up the pillow, it
is not comfortable. :"
1t was done.
"Beat itup again, sir; it is quite hard
Again he shook up the pillow.
"That won't do, John, | cant get my
head comfortable. D--n it, John, an
screao my head. )"
"No, by thunder, I'll unscrew no more;'
and John fled from the room to the
kitchen, swearing his master was the
ID, taking himself to pieces like a
clock.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
shoemakers, Strike.

The difficulty between the "Boss" and
"JourT Tshoemakers of Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, has not arrived at the
settling point yet. Below We give the
plan of correspondent writing to the
Boston Traueler, from New Nsyburyr
port, Feb. 25th, by which he thinks it
can bring an agreement about: 80
Let the "bosses' elect four of their
number and the 'jours" Ike number
from their body, to form part Of a Comts
mittee to investigate the cause of the sad /,
present strike, and then let these select
four other gentlemen of general business
habits, from districts unconneeted with
the strike, to meet and agree upon such
measures and adopt such a scale of prices
as in their combined judgment they may
deem most just and equitable. Such'a
procedure, entered upon in asinceredesire
to act out the divine command of doing
to others as We would others should do
to us, cannot but tend to bring speedy
and permanent adjustment Of existing
differences. @ +ass -
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
speak Well OF Others.

If the disposition to speak well of
others was universally prevalent, the
world would become perfect paradise.
The opposition is the Pandora box,
which, when opened, fills every house
and every neighborhood with pain and
sorrow How many enmities and heart
burnings flow from this source! How
much happiness is interrupted and de-
stroyed! Envy, Jealousy, and the malig
nant spirit of evil, whom they find vent
by the lips, go forth on their mission like
foul fends, to blast the reputation and
peace of others. Every one has his i'm
perfections; and in the conduct of the
best there will be occasional faults which
might seem to justify animadverslon.-
1t is good rule, however, when there
is occasion for fault-fnding, to do it pri-
vately, 1t is a proof of interest in the
individual, which will generally be taken
kindly, if the manner of doing it is not
offensive. The common and unchristian
rule, ON the contrary, is to proclaim the
failing of others to all but themselves
This is unchristian and shows despi-
cable heart.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
New Method of Raising Fruit Trees.

The Patent office is in receipt of in
formation. from England in regard to
raising fruit in what are termed orchard
houses, by planting small trees in pots.
The writer says that few old ashes,
some pots and weatherboarding, are all
that is necessary to constitute house for
trying the experiment. Some expert
ments were made last year under the
management of Mr.. Gordan, in the rose
house in the garden of the Fl horticultural
Society, London A variety of young
dwarf fruit treets were placed in pots
from twelve to fourteen inches in dame
ter, and as many as the house would
hold were collected in it. This house
is spanned roof, between fifty and sixty
feet long, has half its sashes sliding
down and the others fixed There is ad-
ditional ventilation through the doors,
which fall down in the wooden sides, but
there is no artificial heat. The success
attending this experiment was highly
satisfactory The fruit was abundant,
highly favored, and of a superior quality,
among which are classed strawberries,
currants, apricots, peaches, nectarines,
plums, pears, figs, grapes, Sc.-Agricultu-
rat Dioision Of the Pate'tt office,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
A Bolt the only Hope for Douglas. /

"A Dull GAC OAAAS kAOpO AVA DOuSA0bs
A Washington correspoluent of the
New York 1,iGune writes: -
i 1eel constrained, to reiterate the
statement that Dougias chan.e ior the
Charleston Nomination is not considered
mere to De worth much, II anything,
among the best Informed. Ills late
speech IN the Senate, which was calntiY
and JudlcialIy characterized IN a recent
telegraphIe dispatch to the Tribune, but
which characterization, like all truths,
has met with, resistance 1rom a contem-
porary journal, did notadyance his pros
poets III. the Ieast. Un the contrary, 1t
repelied, by It's coaIseness and loWness OF
tone, influences which the author would
desire to conclllate. But no slngle
speech, by any Presidential canuid..te on
any SIZE, at Ghis period, OF tine contest,
has more than ii feather Weignt III the
scale III Innuenclng the eIements that
will determine has late. MIR. Doug las
was doomed man The day he reDelled
ON Lecompton. That uoom Will be IN
eXurably Carried out. The enty poiit.cai
refuge of the Popular sovereignty men
that he heads, wlll probably pe found to
be III an independent electoral ticket III
the iree States. line signs OF The times
indicate this result. 1t the members ot
the; Popular sovereignty party do not
ieei equal to facing this contingency, we
would attectIonatery eounsei them 10 dc
nothing that viii ueny them shelter un-
der the root OF their antagonists within
their rownparty organization! The storm
approaches, and the roadway Of thai
sell denying band will he merry Lei
them early look out for a good tavern.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
THE KEY TO pRoF1TABLE FARMING

A first principle in profitable f,rmine
| is to cultivate only so many acres as you
can make better. 1t may be your mis-,
fortune to own large farm, and to be
without any other capital. It is youl
ruin, and the ruin of the land, to con
tinue running over large surface, and
secure crops that barely pay the ex-
penses of labor It were good policy, in
such case. to sell half of the land to
get capital to work the other half Ii
this cannot be done, seek to cultivate
only SO much as you can make remune-
rative. 1t is not improving land to plow
it and take off a crop. 1t should have
manure enough to raise seventy-fve
bushels of corn, sixty of oats. thirty of
wheat and three tuns of hay to the acre,
when it is laid down to grass. Crops
less than these ought not to be consid
cred good far1ning-that is, where the
natural soil is not decidedly bad. Al
most any of our exhausted soils that now
yield but twenty bushels of corn to the
acre, or tun of hay, require from fifty
to seventy-fve loads or half-cords of
farm yard manure to give them start,
and put them upon course of improve
ment If farmer has only manure
enough for one or two acres let him at
tempt to cultivate no more. AS to the
rest of the farm, let it take care of itself
until you have the means of improving it.
Another principle in profitable farm
ing is to keep only so much stock as you
can keep in thriving condition. The
profit of an animal reared for his flesh.
ceases when he stops growing. He
should be we'll fed until he reaches ma
turity, and then be slaughtered or sold.
The porkers will pay as long as you can
make them gain pound or two day.
Lean squealing hogs are as Improbable
as they are disgraceful Many farmers
starve their sheep so that they are una
BILE to bring forth healthy lambs; starve
their cows, so that they come out in the
spring looking more like skeletons than
mixers. It takes whole season OF
good pasturage te retrieve the ill-treat-
ment Of the winter. Every animal kept
upon the farm should have all the food
he can digest, and as rule, the more he
digests, the more profitable he will be.
whether you take your pay in labor OF
flesh And in this item let it be re,
membered that good quarters for your
animals, warm, dry stalls, stables, and
sites, will save twenty five per cent. and
upward in fodder
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
aa The Springfield Repubhcqn says

na-The Springfield Repubzican says
twenty years ago, at this time, the cam
paign of "Tippecanoe and Tyler too,
was in full blaze. Harrison had already
been nominated at the National Conven-
ton in Harrisburgh, Pa, and on the
22nd of February, the Ohio Wings as
sembled at Columbus, full thirty thous-
and strong, to ratify the nomination,
and start Tom Corwin for Governor
The great meeting has never since been
equalled in the West for its numbers, and
even now the recurrence Of the anniyer-
aary calls up with the surviving wit
nesses the most pleasant recollections.
Tom Corwin is now in the House, the
same "wagon boy that he was then;
and Milton S. Latham, at that time an
obscure lad of thirteen years, who fig
ured as a private in a juvenile military
company on the occasion, will shortly
take his seat in the Senate from Cali
fornia-then fageign State and almost
unhsara Of, .ye
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27

How to Test tho Quality of Wool
A Texas paper says, ''take lock Of
wool from the sleeps back, and place it
upon an inch rule If you can count
from thirty to thirty-three of the spirals
of folds in the space Of an inch, it equals
in quality the finest electoral of Saxonys
wool grown. OF course, when the mum,
Der of spirals to the inch diminishes, the
quality of the wool becomes relatively
inferior. Many tests have. been tried,
but this is considered the simplest and
best Cotswold wool and some other in,
ferior woods do not measure nine spiraIs
to the inch. With this test, every
farmer has in his possession knowledge
which will enable him to form correct
judgment of the quality of all kinds of
wool. There are some coarse woods
which experienced wool growers do not
rank as wool, but as hair, on account Of
the hardness and straightness of the fiber.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
nA At the prices fixed by the Charles

ton landlords, it will cost all delegates
and outsiders from the Northwest, who
attend the Democratic National Con-
vention, the snug little sum of about
$500 in all. This prospect is terrifying
to the friends of Douglas, who are sus-
picious, and perhaps not without rea-
son, that these extravagant prices are
part of the well-concerted scheme to kill
off their favorite. It will be nearly i'm
possible to secure full delegations even,
en- these terms, to say nothing of the
strong outside force which we were lately
told would be in attendance on that oc-
casion -CSn Gdz st@
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
DoN,TSTAYLONG.

1t is rarely, indeed. that we have read
anything more truthfully pathetic than
the subjoined waif which we find float
ing among our exchanges. Would that
every one in our city might read and
profit by it:
.'Don't stay long, husband" said a
young wife tenderly, in my presence one
evening, as her husband was preparing
TO. go out. The words in themselves
were insignificant but the look of melt
ing fondness with which they were ac-
companisd spoke volumes. 1t told ALI
the vast depths of a. woman's loVe-ot
her grief. when the light of his smile
the source of all her joy, beamed not
brightly upon her.
Don't stay long, husband and |
fancied | saw the loving, gentle wife
sitting alone anxiously counting the
moments, running to the door to see il
he was in sight, and finding that he was
not, thought could hear her exclaim
in disappointed tones, mot yet"
Don't stay long, husband and !
again thought | could see the young
wife, rocking nervously in the great
arm chair, and weeping as though her
heart would break, as her thoughtless
lord and master" prolonged his stay to
ii wearisome length Of time.
Oh. you t.lat have wives to say
Don't stay long, 81 when you go forth
think of them kindly when you are
mingling in the busy hive of life, and
try, just little, to make their homes
and hearts happy, for they are gems to
be seldom replaced. You cannot find
amid the pleasures Of the world, the
peace and joy that a quiet home blessed
with such a woman's presence vii llafford.
don stay long, husband!' and the
young. wife's looks. seemed to say-for
here in your own sweet home is a loving
heart whose music is hushed when you
are ahsent-here is a soft breast for you
10 lay your head upon, and here are
pure lips, unsoiled by sin, that will pay
you with kisses for coming back soon.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27

reached cabin, which, as afterwards
learned, was not twenty rods from
we camped. The inmates, numb =
some fourteen by the addition of some
emigrants who had stopped in the storm
came out with dogs and guns, ant
reached the spot but moment too late
Luke Blair had lodged his axe so deeply
in the head of wolf that the corners re-
mained fast, and the others tore him
down. They were literally shot down
with their fangs holding to the torn
flesh, and his warm blood jetting over
their shaggy skins the mangled body
was snatched from them, and | was
down from the tree and carried to
cabin.
was all winter recovering from my
injuries, be sAeni iael sfrsEssyAser
dream of death was terrible awaken
ing, and I suffered more than pen can
describe sa ~ %
Luke Blair was buried on the edge of
the prairie, and when 1 left in the spring
the early flowers were already springing
upon his grave. The old man rests
Sweetly under the wide SHADOW OF tht
old oak =ia4
Il carried the locket to it's destina ion
The sister clutched it. eagerly, an
thanked me, though her heart almost
broke under the stroke. [ rema nel IL
New York through the summer, nd isE
the autumn the sister returned with me
to 49, prairie, and we built our cabin
within sight of the brothers grave
The oak is now dead and splintered, and
the spot where he died densely covered
with an underground, whose vines shut
out the light of day,ra guard it even
from the football of man or beast. Last
week our dog brought outa skull, with the
wide cash of an axe hit through the top
Quietly, and without the knowledge of
my wife, I went and tossed the memento
into the thickest growth of the place.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27

Gerr.tt Smith having recovered from
his attack OF insanity, has had read to
him the manifesto OF the New York Dem-
ocratic Vigilant Observation-Disclosures
known as the Fifth Avenue Hotel Com
mlttee-in which he was charged with
being connected with the Harpers Ferry
affair, and also with the secret associa-
ton for various bloody purposes in rela-
tion to slavery. The result is that Mr.
Smith has instructed his counselto bring
suits against the Fifth Avenue gentle
men for libel, laying his damages at
$50, 600 in each case 1t is limited that
the publishers ofthe manifesto may be
sued also Mr. Smith s son-in-law, in a
lettersto Mr.. Watts Sherman, leading
member of the committee, inquiries of
that gentleman whether he and his asso-
ciates persist in their libel, or will make
the unqualified and : ample retraction
which the case calls for. The Syracuse
Journal publishes the correspondence.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
asa Speaking ofwomen's work in Ca,

ifornla San Francisco journal says work
is paid for in that State, by the job or
by the day, without reference to the sex
of the party who performs it. A wash
erwopan gets So a day in the country; a
carpenter gets no more. A lady teacher
gets the same wages as gentleman would
tea hing the same class. If males have
ever predominated among the teachers,
it was because teaching material was
mostly of the masculine gender. But it
does not predominant now, whatever it
might have been once Of the IS teach
ers appointed by the Board of Educa-
ton to take charge of the city schools,
13 were males and 81 females
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27

RgThe following from the Pittsburg
Post is worthy attention. We suspect
there is considerable truth in it:
There are always, at all seasons of the
year, in all llsections of the country, plenty
of people who, at the unfavorable turns
in the we9 her, lose no opportunity to
croak upon. the prospects Of the wheat
crop, and place miserably low estimates
upon the yield. The practice, however,
amounts to nothing but nonsense
Every farmer, if he understands his
business, knows that a field of wheat at
this time in the season may have the APP
pearance of being almost entirely winter
killed, and afterwards, with favorable
weather, may come on promisingly, and
finally yield an average crop. Many
farmers commit great error in blowing
up their wheat when it has the appear
ance of being winter killed. ..51s g.
Already croakers have commenced,
and We find in many Of our exchanges
paragraphs giving unfayorable accounts
FROM the growing wheat crop, but the
best authenticated accounts from the
wheat growing States say that there is a
better show for good crop this, than
any former season for years. In this
part of the county, at all events, our
growing wheat Looks we'll, and there is
no doubt that it has been much bene-
fted by the SHOWS. Very little Of it
has been winter killed, and we look fol
cheerful countenances among the far.
Lmers next fall --.--- --.--
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27

Bg The New York Tribune in behalf
of the widow Of John Brown, states that
she ::'is much embarrassed and annoyed
by the multitude of letters addressed to
her, for one purpose and another, by en-
tire strangers, who have no claims upon
her attention, and who seek to promote
their own interest, or crafty their curl
osity, regardless of the restraints of del
ieacy and propriety." The Tribune re-
marks: "Want Of manners, in such a
case, certainly indicates want of sense,
but we hope this notice may be gener-
ally copied by the press, and lead, at least,
to some abatement of the evil alluded
to-"
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
Privileges OF the season.

On Saturday afternoon twelve married
ladies of this city, without the consent
of their husbands, chartered an omnibus
and four horses at Witt & Pratt's stable,
took ride to Milbury, dined at Tourte-
lofts, and passed the evening in a social
and agreeable manner, no gentlemen be-
ing present 'to mar the harmony of the
occasion" Leap year having arrived,
with its peculiar privileges, the ladies
decided to take the reins into their own
hands, which they did with great eelas
and SUCCESS, = Worcesser Sse .s,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
PROTECTION TO GRAPE VINES.

Our notice of the fact that the cold
had destroyed the grape buds induced
many to examine their vines to their
sorrow. That the injury is general
throughout this region we find confirmed
on every side The questions may now
be pressed: Will it pay to protect our
hardy vines2 and what protection de,they
need? A hasty glance at the vines Of
our friend and correspondent, Colonel
Dewey, enables US to answer: IF one
year in ten only is to be so severe q the
vines, it is worth while to give them the
protection of laying them down, coiled
little together, and some brush and
rubbish thrown over them Aside; from
the nratectian tn the s,;..e~5 les....i Y ---t-
xiii back. The practice VIII lead to
fall pruning, and vines viii get less
bulky; they will be more judiciously
pruned, and much more conyeniently,as
one may have his choice between
pruning ON the trellist or the ground
The Colonel very simply laid them to-.
gether upon the ground, and a very lit-
tie light rubbish thrown over them
They are leafng out beautifully. We
noticed hardly blasted bud, even to
the tips of some which had made quite
long growth, which had been left to
layer. A single vine or two Of one
hardy native was near and unprotected,
had suffered thoroughly, the buds being
all blasted The list of grapes hardy
without protection, is reduced to zero in
our opinion The number of varieties
which are thus hardy with the slightest
protection, upon the ground, are quite.
numerous, judging from those of Colo
mel Dewey, which embrace many of the
most highly recommended Of the new
grapes, besides the older ones.-H Honsg-
stead. s15 gflaa
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27

nA-An inventive genius intends ap-
plying to patent machine which, he
says, will perform the following wonder
osities:
"When wound up and put in motion,
it will chase a hog over ten-acre lot,
catch, yoke, and ring him; or, by a slight
change of gearing, it will chop him into
sausages, work his bristles into shoe
brushes, and manufacture his tail into a
tcorkscreH." -. -. -. ) 3. =
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-03-27
Webster and Crockett.

Notwo characters could be made more
dissimilar than those of Gro ket and
Webster. One had penetrated to the
profoundest depth of law, craftsmanship
and diplomacy. The other had penetra-
ted the profoundest depth of the forest,
and wasa passionate lover of its delights
Crockett paid Webster a compliment that
both pleased and amused him. 1t is re-
lated, that when his celebrated speech
on Moote's resolutions was published,
he sent a copy of it to Davy Crockett
Shortly afterwards Davy called upon him
to make his acknowledgment for the IA
vor-remarking that it was the only
speech he had ever been able to read
without aid of dictionary Mr.. Web
ster it is asserted, frequently said, that
although perhaps compliment was not
intended, none was ever bestowed upon
him that he valued SO highly.