Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-12-07
ALUCKY VOTE.

A AONhH tOEHs
An irrepressible German of the Tenth
Ward is just now receiving the congrat-
ulations of his neighbors upon an event
which is rather intimately connected
with the triumph of "Honest Old Abe. y
On the morning of the election, our
friend was somewhat puzzled to decide
whether his "whole duty" as citizen
could be made consistent with his do
mestic obligations. His amiable spouse
was (for reasons that will appear) unable
to perform her customary duties, and
she begged her husband to stay at home
and await the crisis of her indisposition
which presentiment informed her was
rapidly approaching. Husband seated
himself at the bedside, with his Repub-
lican ballots in one hand, and his ..Ams-
terdam timepiece" in the other. As the
hours slipped by, be grew uneasy. He
heard the rallying cry Of the Lincoln
ties, and felt although n faithful to his
frau he was yet untrue to his country.
"Katrine, my DEAR" said he, discon-
solately putting the ballots in his hat,
and the clock in his trowsers, "I am yer
much scared dat shall lose my vote for
no goot. am afraid you shall fool
your time NIT keeping me here for moth
ing, ven I must be helping der polls to
vote. Katrine, my dear, if you will
shust vait till I come back, will run to
der polls and be here so quicker nor you
can say Scheidam schnapps!' .,
Katrine smiled in German and told
him in broken English to be very quick
about it. At the expiration of five ticks
thereafter, her husband was elbowing
his way through the crowd at the polls,
giving his name, delivering his tickets,
and backing out again into the suburbs.
He had just reached the outer circle,
when some one jerked his jacket and
pointed in the direction of his chamber
window. 49,.
He glanced at the point indicated,
and saw pillow case waving violently
from the window without visible aid
He knew what it betokened and in less
time than it requires to tell it, he was
within speaking distance of the invalid.
"Ah! my dear," said Katrine, "you are
shoost in time. Haoe you voted2 Yes?
Den you shall call him Abraham Lin
coin R! Doctor, show him the BoYl
The little fellow was "wide awake"
and the Doctor turned him over with
professional deliberation, and certified
that he was as "hearty as buck
The happy father indulged in but
single exclamation: HMine Cott in Him.
mel! wish I coot voat some morel'
Rochester Erening Erpress.
A Poison Ring.
The following story is going the round
of the papers: A gentleman who had
two days ago purchased some objects of
art at shop in the Rue ST. Honore, was.
examining an ancient ring, when he
gave himself slight scratch in the hand
with sharp part of it. He continued
talking with the dealer for short time,
when he suddenly felt an indescribable
over his whole body which ap-
peared to paralyze all his faculties, and
be soon became so seriously i'll that it
was considered necessary to send for a
medical man. The doctor Immediately
discovered every symptom of poison by
some mineral substance. He applied
;;t.rcne y; antidotes, anIa in short time the
gentleman was n measure recovered.
The ring in question hasissg been ex-
lmined by the medical man, who iisd
ong resided in Venice, was found to be
what was formerly called '.death ring"
n use in Italy when acts of poisoning
we're frequent about the middle of the
seventeenth century. Attached to its
inside were two claws of lion, made of
he sharpest steel, and having clefts in
hem filled with violent poison. In a
crowded assembly, or in a hall, the wearer
If this fatal ring wishing to exercise re-
7enge on any person, would take their
,and and when pressing it the sharp
;law would be sure to inhict a slight
scratch on the skin. This, was enough,
or on tie following morning the victim
would be sure to be found dead. Not
outstanding the many years since which
he poison on this ring had been placed
here, it retained its strength sufficiently |
o cause great inconvenience to the gen.
leman, as .-Gahgaaai. /