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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19
Singular Case-A Woman UnwilIinety
Initiates q Snake.

The Humor (ta.) tllad publl,hss =
letter from person in Burlsson county,
Texas, whose veracity is endorsed BY the
Illiard. We extract the following.
l will give you short account Of 4
very singular case in this neighborhood,
which has for the last eight or ten weeks
attracted more attention than any cass
1 ever heard Of. Persons for fifty or
ixty miles, even from Austin. Bastrop
and others places, have come to see it.--
For about three weeks there vera every
sight from ten to one hundred persons
present, camping all round. Some time
last fall, a young lady. about 30
or 22years Of age. was gathering peas
near night, when something bit or stung
her on the foot. She says it was snake
but she did not see it. Some time after.
ward it began to affect her. She seemed
to have FITS commencing about suhdown
and lasting sometimes = part, and 1t oh.
ers all night.
I have not yet been to see hsr myssif
though several Of my family have. She
first becomes nervous, then jerking and
then her sye.bslls bsgin to pro.rud.. and
in few hours they look like bursting out
and she begs those around her to push
them back. During the ct she puts her.
-sslfin every possible attituds--oitsn Try.
ing to bite herself. licking out her tongue
and mimicking snake in many ways.
and most generally psrssvsrss antil abe
succeeds in biting herself and curious 10
state, she generally tries to bite her bie
toe. About ssvsn or eight weeks ago
she got 50 she would not driah, and
shortly afterwards she would not eat; and
she has positively remained t~sn.y.sight
days withou. eating one particle Of sny.
thing. Doctors could not get anything
down her even with pumps. She then
seemed to suffer less. For some tine
she has Lost the use Of ons hand and IsS.
and, in fact, Of one side.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19
Lola Montez, in late lecture on Fas


Lola Montez, in late lecture on Fash.
ion says:
The history Of fashion would show
that Satan has had that department
under his peculiar charge for all ages
Peter the Great was foolish enough to
believe that the tailor was the person
who had fashion in charge, and wonder
ed that the nobility Of England could
permit the tailor to change the cut Of
their coats So often. [Applause. She
next referred to the point lace worn to
shoes in Francsj the golden chains which
were worn to shoes In England, and the
gold rings worn in mems, noses. She saw
nothing so ridiculous in that, no more
than Of fwomsn 10 were gold ring in
her ear, and indeed she believed that old
husbands would be more manageable if
they had rings in their noses. Great
applause. Indeed, this habit, it in
fashion, would be more cleanly and prop
er than the mustaches and beard move
ment. Applauss and laughter.] The
quilted shoes ofthe Earl Of Anjou, which
were worn on account Of disease Of the
feet, were referred to as having become
fashionable. Isabella, in the time Of
the Dued Albert. vowed never to
change her linen during the siege Of her
native place; consequently she wore it
three years. when, it being thus changed
from white to yellow, The later color be-
came tho fashion and it is grestely feared
that that color is worn by many even to
this day. [Applauss. The various
inventions to conceal deformity. which
were used by many, and caused them
thus to come into fashion, where COM
msntsd upon. The stiff white sravat
now used 30 much, even BY clergy
men. was invented BY Beau Brummell.
when he got into disgrace, and on lea
wing Eugland he generously left the
fashion to his country, and wrote these
emphatic words:
"Starch makes the man."
Laughter and srplauss.] But men were
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19
EEf'he New York Independent ha

wThe New York Independent has
the following. t
We have private intellingencs from a
friend in Alabama of case Of tar and
featbering which is both serious and COM
ical Two italian organgrinders, who
could scarcely speak word Of English,
made their way from Mobile into the in
terror of the State, to earn livelihood by
itinerating with their poor tunes. After
playing in bar room In small town.and
gathering all the pennies which Southern
generosity was likely to bestow upon such
entertainment, they asked to be directed
to the next town. Whersupon wag took
a piece Of paper, and under pretense Of
writing down the necessary direction,
gave the poor man a fatal letter, sems-
what as fallows:
ITO the Knowing Ones:
"Pass my Italian friends. All right.
Nuns the word.
"(Signed) John Brown Of Ossawatto.
mis."
The music pedlers. on reaching the
next town, faint and weary with the
weight Of their organs on their backs,
went Immediately to a tavern, and un-
Willingly presented their letter Of recon-
nsendationl They were at once taken by
the whiskey drinkers, stripped, threaten
ed until they were terrified out Of their
wits, tarred and fsathered, and ridden
out Of town on rail- Such is Southern
chivalryI
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19

~There is good story told Of Meol
raj, the native East India General. His
followers took from the English lot o.
hermstically sealed provisions in Tin cases,
and not having seen any Of the kind bs.
fore, he mistook them for cani ster shot,
and fred nothing from bis guns for three
days but fresh Holsters. pickelsd salmon
and other dslicaclss. supplying the Brit
ish camp. which he was trying to starvs
into surrender, with shower Of the
freshest English provisions.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19

Laughter and spplause.] But men were
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19
There Is but One Pair of Stockings 10
Mend Tonight.

Men0 lO-NlgHu
An old wife sat by her bright hresids,
S~ayihE thoughtfully to and fro,
In an ancient chair who creaky craw
Told tale Of long ago;
While down by her side on the kitchen floor,
Stood b ,sket Of worsted bals-a score
The good than du.ed Ger the latest nsws,
Till the light Of his pipe went out;
And unheeded, the kitten, with cunning patss
Rolled and-tangled the balls about,
Yet still sat the wife In the ancient ehair,
Swaying to and fro In the FIRE light GLARE.
But snrii, d missy tear drop came
In her eye of faded blue,
Then trickled down in furrow deep,
Like single drop Of dew:
So deep was the chahnel=-so silent the stream
The good man saw naught but 'hs dimm d ey,
beam.
Yet inarvelled he much that the cheerful light
Of her eye had weary grown,
And marvelled he more OF he tangled balls
So he said ina gentle tone,
I have shared thy joys since our marriage vow
Conceal not frUhl fie thy sorrows now"
Then she spoke of the time when the basket
there,
Was filled to the very brm,
And now there remained of the goodly pile
But single pair-for him;
Then wonder not Mt the dimnicd eyclight,
Thorss but one pair Of stockings to ncud to-
night. .o.....
/ cahnot but think Of the busy feet,
Whose wfappling were wont tv lay
In the basket awaiting the needles time.-
Now so far wandered away;
How the sprightly steps to mother dear
Unheeded fell on the careless car.
For each empty nook in the basket told
by the hearth there's an empty seat,
And miss the shadows from of the wall,
And the patter of many feet;
IT'S for this that tear gathered over my
sight;
At the one pair of stockings to mend tonight
'Twas said that far through the forest wild
And over the mountains bold,
Was land whose rivers and darkening caves
Were gemmed with The fairest gold
Then my first born turned from the oaken door
And kney the shadows were only four.
Another went forth on the fuaming wave
And diminished the baskets store
But bis feet grew cold--so weary and old
They'll never be warm any more,-
And this nook in its emptiness, seemcth to me,
To give forth no voice but the moan of the sea
Two others have gone towards the setting sun
And made them home in its light,
And fairy fingers have taken their share.
To mend by the fircside bright;
Some other basket their garments fill
But mine! Oh! mine is emptier still.
Another--the dearest-the fairest the best
Was ta'en by the angels away,
And clad in a garment that waxeth not old,
In land Of continual day.
Oh wondei no more at the dimmed eye-sigh
While mend the one pair Of stockings to-
night.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19

The tight pantaloons came into fashion
when the little bonnet did, ,and the former
were most ridiculous. Why it was
laughabls to see gentlemen going througb
the streets with tight coverings to their
crooked and deformed legs. Laughter,
and the ladies then laughed at the men
for THUS adorning their pipe-stems.-
[dreat laughter.] Some man Of 6ns
proportions got those pantaloons to set off
his shape, and then others followed him
whether they had legs or not, and so it
became the fashion. Applause and
laughter. The lecturer next referred
to the fashion Of politics, ard quoted the
celebrated vicer Of Bray, who when taxed
with being turn.coat, replied. "Not SO
Il always stick to my principles, which
are to live and die Vicar of Bray"
Laughter. While, however, ridiculin G
the sterner SEX for following fashion, she
was free to say that there was enough
to be laughed at among her own sex
She spoke Of many ladies Of Rome, one
Of whom, Fabula, was afraid to 60 out in
the rain, for fear Of the chalk, and Lo-
bella in the sun for fear of the rouge -
Even the celebrated wife Of Nero had her
face SO fixed up as to chang her features.
When Queen Elizabeth died she left be.
hind no less than three thousand dresses
and at that time, instead Of being given
away or put into boxes, they were hung
against the wall until they were moth
eaten. Ladies', too, who had beautiful
dark hair Of their own, wore false red
hair, in order to have locks like the red.
headed Queen.
The hoops, too,of that day, we're larg.
ger than at present, for in l740. ladies
wore hoops sixteen or seventeen feet
wide at the bottom, and nearly as wide
at the top. which in those days, would
have filed an omnibus to suffocationj
and, instead Of men grumbling as they
do at the present day, they ought to be
thankful for being left breathing room by
the ladies, when they have taken enough
room for their hoops. Great laughter. !
But the hoops saved women's lives
and was one Of the few fashions which
originated with common sense; for it was
far better to wear hoops than to have
seven or eight starched petticoats, as they
had formerly. Indeed, many Coroner's
inquest might have rendered verdict,
"Died Of Pe'ticoats." (Great laughter.
The Chinese custom of women having
small feet was next referred to. The
Empress of China was most beautiful,
but her feet were so small that she could
scarcely walk. Men got disguised at
women goirg about toe much, and, by
and by, they would only mary wo-
men who had feet like the Empress
Thus, small feet came into fashion, and,
indeed, men who do not live quite SO far
off as China, might wish such custom
prevailed here, and, as the rule might
work both ways, perhaps the ladies would
like to have the gentleman served the
same way, in order to keep them at home
sometimes. (Great laughter.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19

~o One Of the lsss'tcriss told sbsss
q drunken man, wants confirmation. u
is said thst in staggering around b MT
with large globe lamp with letters upon
it, Mistaking II for the moon. he said
well. I'm stumped If somsbody haiat
stuck an advertisement on the moes.'
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-01-19

~A sailor upon being asked to de-
scribe Zebra, said it looked like d-m
big jackass in q psnitsntiary suit.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20

islotc upon the subject of slavery. Tho
last resolution denies TO the people of
the Territory any power over the sub.
iect save when they shall have suf.
tcicnt number to form Constitution
and become a State, and also denies
that Congress has any power over tho
subjects and so the resolutions hold that
this power is at least in abcvance while
the Territory is in a territorial condi.
tion. Ihatis the only conclusion which
you can draw from thesoresolutions.
Alas! for short-lived territorial SOW
crcignty. II came to its death in tho
house Of its friends; it was buried by
the same hands which had given il bap.
tisml
But sir, I did not rise for the pur-
pose Of discussing these resolutions.
but only to read them, and state the 40
ton which propose to take in view of
them. l may probably sholl-tako
some subsequent occasion, when I shall
endcavor 90 present to tho Senate and
the country fair account Of what is
the true issue presented to the people
for their consideration and decision.
My obiocti is to show only that the
Cincinnati Convention has endorsed and
approved the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise, from which so many evils
have already aowed-from which, I fear,
more and worse evils must vet be an
ticipated. 1t would, of course. be ex-
pccted that the Presidential nominee of
that Convention would accept, cordially
and cheerfully, the platform prepared
for him by his party friends. No per-
son can object to that. There is no
oquivocation on his part about the mat
ter. 1 beg leave to read a short extract
from a speech of that gentleman, mado
at his own home, within the last few
days. In reply to the Keystone Club,
which paid him a visit there, Mr.. Bu.
chanan said
Gentlemen, two weeks since I should
have made you q longer speech, but now
l have been placed on a platform of
which 1 most heartily approve, and that
can speak for me. Being the repre-
sentative Of the great Democratic party,
and not simply James Buchanan, I must
square my conduct according to tho
platform of-the party, and insertno new
plank, nor take one from it,
These events leave to me only one
unpleasant duty, which is to declare
here that 1 can maintain political asso-
Citations with no party that insists upon
such doctrines; that I can support no
man for President who avows and re.
cognizes them; and that the little of that
power with which God has endowed me
shall be employed to battle manfully
firmly, and consistently, for his defeat
demanded as it is by the highest Interest,"
Of the country which owns all my allo.
glance.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20

THE Bonnet BUSINESS. --Foxborough,
and not Franklin, is undoubtedly the
largest place Of straw manufacture in
Massachusetts, if not in the world At
the Union Straw Works of the Messrs.
Carpenter, in FoEborough, $50 girls and
about go men are employed, the girls
averaging 81, aud the men 50 per day.
They employ 40 men and girls at
branch factory at Nantucket, and 400
at another in Med6cld. They also give
employment to $500 women outside Of
the factories. The capital Of the Com
pany is S5,OOO,OO0; their sales last year
we're 81 100000. $4,000 per month is
required for the payment Of wages,
while some $4,000 hats and bonnets are
manufactured per day. They also give
employment to an extensive box factory
in the town. But a small portion Of the
straw goods used are plated in this
country, the wages Of labor being too
high here to afford it at the same rate
at which it can be imported
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20
SfljsrtJlaurous.
Dr. Hnvea, Aretic EKpedition.

BIs IANYGb AIGblD LA ApgAllAOus
The little ship "springdcld," fitted
out for DR.. Hayes Arctic Expedition,
sailed from Boston on Saturday, the 7th
Of July. The schooner is only 14O tons
burthon, and her officers and crew con-
sist of some sixteen advenurers, but one
Of them married. DR.. Isaac j Hayes,
Of Philadelphia, is commander, and
August Sontag, who has also seen hard
service in the Polar regions, is Astrono-
mer, and second in command. The YES
sci is abundantIy supplied with stores
for a three years cruise, aud is strong
and safe as she can be made for the
perilous trip. The object of this pri-
vate enterprise is to solve, If possible,
tho problem of an open Polar Sea, which
was discovered, but not explored, by the
Kano expedition in 1855. Dr. Hayes
was the companion of Kane, AID he ex-
pected to push forward this summer, so
as to reach Smiths Strait early in De-
cember, and to pass the winter in a har-
Dor as far north as 20 or 80 detrees.-
Next spring, he intends to carry Forward
provisions by the aid of dogs, following
in person with the metallic life-boat.-
If the Polar Sea is not met with, auoth.
er winter will be passed in the ice. Dr.
Hayes, however, has the fullest conf.
denco that they will fnd a nlvigablC
seattle sea seen from a distant poiu
by some of DR.. Kane's party. Privat,
enterprise alone has fostered the ezpe
dition, planned and succcssfullyprose
cuted by the untiring and advenluroul
DR.. Hayes. Boston furnished the YES
sci and outfit, and Philadelphia New
York and Albany aided in gettilg vi
the exploration party, which will hav
the best wishes of the American people
notwithstanding the Government con
tributod just nothing in means or en-
cOuragement
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20
C5c Ytg5Iano 3clps.
HILLsBORoUGH, OHIO.
Thursday, September 20, 1850.
"Pippins! Pippinsl Pfppinsr,

T. ELhlAs 4 Ak'ktlA9t II PAuos
We bad supposed that Hon. J. NJ.
Root had given the coup de grace to
Popular Sovereignty" in this county
by the story of the old Irish applo-wo-
man, whose organs of speech had be-
come so accustomed to emit the sound
of "pippinsl pippins" that they con-
tinued still to give forth the same
sounds from the truncatcd head, long
after its severance from the body.
Dickoy, Sheafo & Co. are porambuIa-
ting the county, repeating and dilating
upon the beauties Of popular Sover-
eighty and n-intervention, as the Ton
ly sound and safe solution of the Slave
ry question" Now, can these men be
sincere2 Are they honest? Are they
so ignorant as not to know that "popu-
lar sovereignty" as ezpounded by Mr..
Douglas, in "Harper's Magazine, ~
which is Dickey's store-house Of argu-
monts-is repudiated, truncated and
consigned to the tomb of the Capulets
by every Democratic authority The
Supreme Court, whose opinion every
Democrat processes his willingness to
"abido" by, has cut off the head of
Popular Sovereignty" Mr.. Bucban-
an has repudiated the Cass Douglas
bantling. The seventeen Democratic
States in the Charleston Convention re-
| pudiatod it. The entire Democratic vote
in the United States Senate with one ex-
ception repudiated it by the passage Of
the Davis resolutions Mr.. Douglas in
effect repudiates it in the acceptance Of
the WickliGe resolution, which pledges
him to respect decisions Of the Supreme
| Court which have been made or may here
after be made, as obligatory and to be en-
forced by every department of the gov
ernment When are we to have the dawn
of the era Of honesty in politics
when men will squarely meet the issues
Of the day2 Popular Sovereignty is not
one Of the issues and no honest politi-
clan who is well informed will say that
it is. Mr.. Douglas knows that It is
played out. His Southern friends
Stevens, Clingmau and soule--wbo pro-
fess to be in favor Of uon-intorventon,
disclaim the idea chat popular sovereign
ty can legisiate either for on againa,
slavery.
The Constitution and the Dred Scott
decision place slavery above Che reach
= IOf the people Of q territory, in posi-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20
Dir so. Richardson's
SHERRY WINE BITTERS.
The Celebrated New England Remedy
FOR

The Celebrated New England Remedy
FOR
HABITUAL CONSTIPATION.
JAUNDICE, FEVER AND AGUE, GENERAL DE-
BILITY, AND ALL DISEASES ARISING FROM
A DIsORDERED STOMACH, LIVER OR BOWELS,
Is used and recommended by the leading Physicians
the couutryt and all who try 10 pronounce it valuable
Dr. James T. Leeperc, writes from Navarro, Stark co.
Ohio: "Tho Btters highly praised by those suffer-
ing from Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Com
plant"
+. S. Davis, Postmaster ut Wilamsport Ohio, says
wIhey give great satisfaction, I use them myself
Having taken cold, became prostratc and lost my ap-
petite II relieved me, and I can recommend It with
great assurance Of its merits"
Dr. VIM. NJ Kerr, Of Rogcrsville, Indiana, writes us
that they are the most valuable medicine offered. lie
has recommended them with great success, and with
them made several Of bad cases of PapitatOn
the Heart and General Debility.
Thog sanford, Esq, writes ms a long letter, under
date Of May 9Th, 1850 He much reduced, having
been affected for three years with great debility
papaon Of the heart Of the most and prostra
ting character "aiter using few bottles / was COM
pletoly restored, and am now in robust health"
George W. Holman says he was afflicted with Rhcu-
motsm for twenty years. In all It's various shapes and at
the date Of his letter he had bcon two years WE'LL the
btterseuecng cure when several physicians attend
ing him could do him no good. He says. "F0r Rheum-
at5m Dyspepsia Liver Complaint, and Kidney Affection
OF Drolfyi us certain specific remedy"
And such is the news from all quarters Of the
country
ItiSsod by most dealers In modicincsprce 70 cents
per bottle. J. N. HARRIS CO.,
Proprletors for the Western States,
Cincinnati, o.
- For sale by J. s. Brown, yiokors Son, and James
J. S. Weaver and Eli Watson & Co., Locsburg;
Norton Robinson, Grecnfcld;
Samuel Shockleton, Danvillc;
And by medicine dealers generally in the county.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20
Nickuames

It frequently happens that certain
States and cities, instead of being re-
farred to by their proper names, are in
dicatod in some other way. Thus We
have:
Virginia, the "Ancicnt Dominion"
Massachusetts, the ebay State"
New York, the Empire State"
New Hampshire, the "Granite State. %
Pennsylvania, the "Key Stone State. "
South Carolina, the palmetto State. "
Ohio, the Buckeye State"
Indiana, the "Hoosier State"
So, also, we have:
New York City, the "Mctropolis Of
America" the "Commercial IMPORT
um, and "Gotham."
Boston, the "Modern Athens" " and
the Literary Emporium. "
Philadelphia, the "City of Brotherly
Love-" the Getty Of Penn" and the
Quaker City"
Baltimore, the "Monumental City"
Cincinnati, the "Queen City," and
"Queen Of the West"
New Orleans, the Crescent City"
Washington, the "City of Magnificent
Distances"
Chicago, the "Gardon City"
Detroit, the Getty of Straits"
Cleveland, the "Forest City"
New Haven, the CITY of Elms."
indianapolis, the "Railroad City"
St. Louis, the "Mound City"
Keokuk, the "Gate City"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20

A GREEN HAND.-A sailor, the other
day, in describing his efforts to become
nautical said that just at the close Of a
dark night he was sent aloft to see if he
could see a light. AS he was no great
favorite with the lieutenant, he was not
hailed for some hours.
"Aloft there" was at length heard
from the lieutenant. ....
cay, ay, sir"
"Do you see a Light"
ayes, sin"
"What light?"
Daylight, by jingo'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-09-20

Few fully realize what the human
frame can endure until it is fairly tax
ed. Seldom has a better test been made
than in the Arctic expeditions. During
the voyage in search of Sir John Frank
lin, it was ascertained that the maximum
weight proper for a man was 22O lbs;
and of that weight lbs per diem was
consumed by each man, for food and fu-
el, namely ! h. of bread and ID. of
meat, while the other pound comprises
his spirits, tea, cocoa, sugar, tobacco
and fuel for cooking. Upon this esti-
mate it was found that, for a hundred
days journey, they could march ten
miles per diem, and endure with impu-
nifty q temperature of 90 degrees or go
degrees below the freezing point.-[Soi-
enti6c Artisan.