Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-08-02

ago. who was elected a member ol the
Legislature said, in his broken English
style:
"ven | vent to de Lechislatur, fought
| would find dem all Solomons dere; but
| soon found dere was some as pick fools
dere as vas"
SouLououE, the cx- Emperor Of Hayti,
lives IN the City of Kingston, Jamaica in
a style OF mean and wretched poverty,
and spends most of his. time in gambling
with few low Haytian renegNles.
A young lady in Cincinnati, who had
gone blind, was restored to sight upon
being married. This is practical illus
tration of what has been wttily said,
i" that love is blind, but Hymen is the
ocuist, who alone can open his eyes!'
A SMALL brass cannon has been found
at the bottom of well at Castle de Clu
cey, France, with the date 1858 upon it.
The date of the invention of cannon has
historically been assiged to the year 1924
sixty years later.
THERE ia a story reported that Hon.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN met with serious ac-
cdent at home last week. He was try
ing to ride across the Republican Plat
form on one of his own rails, when lean
ing little on one si,le, the rail canted;
and he was thrown fifty feet from the
platform.
THE Northampton Correspondent, a
German organ of the Democracy, pub
li>hed at Easton, Pennsylvania, after
having had the name Of .]onN G.. BREcK.
ENRIDGE at the head of its columns for
Two weeks, has declared for DOUGLAS and
JOHNSON.
MUcn concern is felt in several Southern
States on account Of the prevalence of a
drouth of unusual severity. In some
places, very little rain has fallen since
early in April. This is especially true
OF the larger part of Texas, II portion oI
Louisiana and Alabama and middle
Georgia.
A VOLCANIC eruption has recently taken
place in Iceland, in the mountain of Myr-
dis Gokel, which latsed month and
could be seen at the distance of one
hundred and twenty-five miles, by night
One hundred and five years ago >imial
eruption occurred at the same place.
A brother of Mrs. STEPHEN A. DouG
LAS recently graduated at Harvard Uni
versity. The Rochester Union says tha
Mrs. DoUGLAs prior to her marriage sup
ported her brother by means acquired b.
her pen.
The Democracy OF Marion, Hardin
Laruc, Spencer, Taylor, Madison, Barer
and Bath counties, Kv., saws the BarlS
town GogcHe, have hell meeting, AMI en-
loisel the nominees OF the regular Dem
ocratir Convention, DruglaS AMI John
son. Keep the bail in motion till it shaI
fiji the whole land.
THE Greenfield Demo orr0t and Lawronc,
Sentinel two Massachusetts papers tha
started ont for Breckenridge and di>uniol
have hauled down that flag and run NJ
the banner of the Democratic nominees
Douglas and johnson. The eitnr o
the Sentinel says that he cannot and vii
not repudiatc regular nominations or def
> the popular sentiment in his county.
R Mn. BREcKENRlDGE has written a lette
to New York urging the necessity G
Democratic harmony. Ii he wants han
mony of action between his supporter
and the supporters of Douglas, his prop
: er course is to withdraw from the can
u vass. Can't he see that? Isn't it absur
Z for man, whilst heading a rebellion, t
talk about his anxiety for unity ofpurpos
c and action between his rebel forces an
= those he is leading them against?
The sheep now coming to the Phladt
- phia market are mostly from Ohio, an
~ ~ great majority of them, being poor, al
~ ~ sold to graziers for feeling The deman
y for them is good, and prices are conside
ed high, most of them selling from 50
tt S3 each. The supply of cattle is goo
II but they are in poor condition.
MAINE does not gain more than aho,
e 20, 600 in its population since 1850.
l. i, now about 6O0, 900. A few places Ill
II Portland, B,ddletogd, Lewiston, Rocl
Iuh'', allNt SdldlN nbNt Illl'le COI
c siderable gains, hut nearly all the villag,
= and vast majority of the agricultur
Q, towns are either at a stanl.still or exhiI
; it decrease.
( SENATOR SEWARD has written lett,
= declining to speak at Republican meetin;
'r in New York lie and his friends a
very cold toward Lincoln, and il he
1t elected, it will be without their hel p.-
Il They have not forgotten the Chica;
II >laughter.house. The intimate friends
q Weed and Seward, in Washington, Il
clare that Lincoln will be beaten fir
:, thousand votes in New York.
- White LaDOrcrs, Look Here!
10 Henry Clay, in letter to Mr.. Colto
e dated September ,, 1913, thus warns t
white laborng man Of the dangers of a
IF olitioniSm. Mr.. Clay said: