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A special Card to the Ladies.

October 9, 1865 mo.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
A Wise Prccau:Ion

A man travelling entered a tavern and
seeing no one present but the landlord
and negro, seated himself and entered
into conversation with the negro. Short
ly, he asked Sanibo il he was dry? Sambo
said he was. Stranger told him to go to
the ar.and take something at his expense.
Negro did SO, and shortly left. Landlord
says to the stranger:
care you acquainted with that Mig
ger?"
"No. never saw him before; but why
do you ask?"
Il supposed SO from your conversation
with him, and asking him to drink.
"Oh," said the stranger, Il was only
experimenting. The fact is, was dry
too, and thonght if your liquor didn't kill
the negro in fifteen minutes, would ven
ture TO take drink myself
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
Election of Combs.

Father Combs has been elected Clerk
of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, by
an immense majority. He is ahead in
IS counties heard from 10000. The of
fee is not political one, though it is the
most lucrative in the ate. being worth
S25, ,OOO per annum Men of all parties
seemed to have voted for the old gentle
man, out of respect and sympathy for
him. He is near 10 years old. He was
a soldier in the war of 1912 and the Mex
can war; in both of which he distinguish
ed himself as brave and gallant officer
Gen Combs was bosom friend of Hen
ry Clay, and almost lives to worship the
memory of the great states man. This
very circumstance gave him thousands OF
votes. We are glad that the firm old
gentleman has got "a birth" that Will
place him in easy and comfortable circum
stances during the remainder of his days.
He was formerly well off, but adversely
has reduced him.
Some Of the Kentucky papers are
claiming the election of Gen. Combs as ;
test of party strength-in short. as ;
Beileverett victory-Which is pr,eposter
Gus. Large numbers of ardent Breckin
ridge and Douglass men voted for hin
because they liked him and wanted him
to have the Office which they did not re
gard as involving any political issue oil
test of Presidential preference. As ia
as heard from Nc CLARITY had received
$4,000 votes and Boiling 5000. Th
former is Breckinridue and the latter {
Douglas maa. This is about the pro
portionate strength of the two factions, i
Kentucky.--Chacago Tribune.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30

A Greeu Horn on Locomotive,

Greeu Horn on a Locomotive.
Mr.. Snodgrass, Jr., has been scouting
around at the West, and as some of his
experiences are rather amusing. we copy
an extract, as follows:
When we got to the depot went around
to see the iron hoss. Thunderation! it
wasn't no more like horse than a meetin'
house. Ii | was goin' to describe the
animule I'd said it looked like-well, it
looked like, darned if know what it look
like, unless it was a regular hedevl
snorting FIRE and bii nstone out Of his nos
trils and puf1f1ing out smoke all around
and pantin, and snortin and swellin and
chawin up red hot Goals like they was
good. A feler stood in little house like
feedin him all the time, but the more he
bloweG and snorled. After spell the fel-
Ter catched him by the tail, and Great
Jefico! he gave yell that split the ground
for more than mile and a half, aud the
next minnit l felt my legsa waggin, and
found my self at tother end of the string
Ut vehlckles. | wasn't skeered, but had
three chills and stroke of palsy in less
than FIVE minnils, and my face had cu-
rious brownish color in it, which was per-
fectly unaccountable. ''Well," says |,
comment is supethuous,' and took a
seat In the nearest waggin, or car as
they called it-a consarned long, steam-
boat lookin thing. with a string of pews
down each side, big enough to hold about
a man and a half. Just as sat down the
boss hollered twice, and started off like a
streak, pitching me head first at the stom-
ach of : big Irishwoman, and she gave a
rreme rdous grnnt and ketched me by the
head and crammed me under the seat; ;and
when l got out and staggered to another
seat, the cars was jumpin and tearin a
long at tie rate of nigh about forty thou
sand miles an hour, and every body was
a bobbin up and down like a mill saw, and
every wretch of 'em had his mouth wide
open and looked like they was latin, but
| couldn't hear nolhin, the cars kept such
a rakit. Bimeby they stopped all at once
and then such another Iatf as bust out O.
them passengers as | never hearn asore.-
Latin at me too. That's what made me
fist at 'em, says 1, Ladies and gentle
men, look. a-here! I'm peaceable stran-
GER and away the darned cars went
like smallpox was in town; jerkin me
down to my seat with a whack like I'd
been thrown from the moon, and theil
cussed mouths tlapped open and the fell
lows went to bobbin up and down again
put on an air of magnanimous contemp
like, and took no more notice of 'em and
very naturally went to bobbin up arc
down myself.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
First Babies

A somewhat extended observation and
a solitary experience, have convinced US
that first babies have a hard time. Pa
rents must have two or three children be-
fore they know what a baby is, know
how to treat it properly. The poor lit
tie fellows that have the misfortune to
come along first have to educae prrents
to their task, and in the process they get
spanked, and shaken, AMI abused. AT
ter man has three or four children, he
learns that whipping, or striking a child
less than two years of age is barbarsm.
We know one ''paternal head" who struck
bis first child when only six weeks old, !,
the ass actually believing that the child
knew better Than to cry, and that he
stopped crying at that particular time
because he struck him. We carry Ger
tain 2o;ions Of children and of family
government into married life. and the
first child is always the victim of thess
notions. Ard not alone OF these, for par
ents have not learned self~con;rol, and
baby is whipped quite as often be cause
the parent is impatient or angry, as be
cs use it is vicious or intractahle. W.
inf1ict on our first children the fogging
we ought have for our own impaticn
(retfulness. This pounding children be
fore they become, moods eye, moral,
responsible beings, is very strange bust
ness. Patience, good people-unweary
ing patience. Don't wait to learn it unit
one Of your little ones shall be hidden un
der the isies!-Sprinafeld Republican
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
Popular Soyereignty.

The kind of sovereignty with which
the leaders of the -worshipers are
trying to besmear the honest free laborers
of the north, consists in three parts as
follows:
The people Of the territory may ad-
NIT or exclude slavery.
g The Supreme Court may decide that
they cannot exclude slavery.
s. The President and Congress must
enforce the decisions of the Supreme
Court
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
Curtain Lecture.

Been out all night again. Id like te
know where you keep yourself till this
time in the morning; it is not ten min
utes since heard the clock strike four.
You didn't hear i'll
No. Of course you 'idn't. You would
not hear the last trump--the noise would
have to travel through an ac,e or two oi
German beer before it would get to your
hearing.
Had to 60 among your German
friends
Had to go; III like to know how you
had to go. Yes, know it's Coming on
election time, that's good excuse to get
away from your family and home.
wish there was no election in the whole
country-it would be much better of il
hadn't any.
What did you do all night long? Who
to elect Who did you see? Theater and
dance. Now turn here. Oh, Lord! am
in hop yard or di tillery, or where
am l? What have you got outside OF
you? Didn't drink much; you must have
got into beer barrel then, for it's coming
out all over you-anG how it smells!
1ou danced, ell?
You must have cut pretty figure
guess it was lager reel. Do you think
III stand this going off to dance all
night? Who did you dance with? I'll
bet she was as lomely as pumpkin with
two holes in it.
Look here, you needn't pretend to sleep,
| [ want to have a little domestic conversa-
ton with you. I'm your better half. and
your better half proposes to discuss mat
ters little.
Late! How do you know it's late? It's
early enough to give you piece of a
woman's tongue.
Tonguey! Yes, am tonguey--that's
part of woman's prcrogative, and l am
going to use some of it on you.
Let me alone! Did you say that to the
girl you danced With? Oh, not--noth
ing Of the sort; it was "Miss, shall have
the pleasure of your very beautiful per-
son for the next cotillion?" l wish
could see her--I'd take the beautiful ou
of her with jerk.
Can get 10 peace! Yes, you can Sc
plenty of it-go to the theatre; go eec
tioneering; dance with the Dutch girl:
till morning, and come home, and Ii
give you piece of my mind. Come
back here,-where are you going?
Get in another bed! Not exactly: thi
has been large enough heretofore, ane
has not grown any smaller lately.
You danced, ell! | would like to Sc,
you dance with me. I'm too old sup
pose. | aint too old to give you fits.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
An English Opinion of Mr. Linco,,


The London Critic, one of the most a.
bly, conducted of Englis journals, in the
course of long article on Abraham Lin.
coin and review of his speeches. thus
speaks of him:
cit is from the speeches which Mr.. Lin
coin has from time to time delivered in
opposition to Mr.. Douglas that we gath
er some idea of his mental qualifications.
we collect from the speeches. of Mr.. Lin
coin that he has mind rather strait.for-
ward than OF the subtle order, that he
rather seizes upon great and prominent
facts and argues them to plain conclusions
than builds up elegant but fragile theories
upon the treacherous basis of fanciful
speculation; that he is earnest more than
passionate, and commanding more than
persuasive. Indeed, every one of his
speeches which we have read bears upon
the face of it evidence that he is Honest
Old Abe
i This is praise from a source that re-
ally deserves notice, and if Mr.. Lincoln
speeches had not amounted to anything,
| no paber would have been more free to
) say so than TIE Critic.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
A Slight Incumbrance.

AT the Breckinridge meeting in New
York the other evening, Daniel S. Dick
son said that when the New England and
Northwestern delegates at Baltimore
promised their States to Douglas. that
pledge was made "sugect 10 a slight tncuns-
6rance, held by one abraham Lincozni
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
Use OF the Barometer by Farmers.

Use OF the Barometer by Farmers.
There is no doubt that the farmers
would find great advantage in consulting
the barometer when harvesting their
crops Several instances of its usefulness
have been made known to u.s. A gentle
man who had fixed a day for commencing
haying found that his barometer on tha,
morning indicated rain, and he postpon ed
his haying. 1t rained during the day
and for two succeeding days, but lie saved
his hay, while his neighbors who had nc
means Of foretelling the weather cut tteil
grass and lost by the operation A farm
er at Chatham. N. Y, had large quan.
ty of hay and grain cut enc day, and or
going to dinner noticed that the barome-
ter indicated rain. His men immediate
" went to work and saved most of the
hay and grain, while his neighbors who
were not forewarned in time experienced
loss. A physician at Reading had fixed
dav for haying; the morning was fine
but the barometer said rain, and he defer
red moving and advised bis neighbor t.
do the same. But they laughed at hin
and went to work, and the rain came a
noon. Many such facts might be giver
to shcw the value of the barometer to 8
farmer. 1t will soon be considered as in
| .. l. i
or a wife Springfield Republican.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
sss,;' s,::''7 Poetry. e=oz5t-.-ss;s = {; 50 =


READ BEFORE THE COOP rEMfLAns AT nAnrroRl
There was n mana gray old sinner,
Whose name for short was called Ben SKINNEr
! Who never dared to cat his dinner
Without a drop of brandy
! Or something else to kill the gripe
That always reveleu in his tripe-
And some excuse had this old snpe,
For keeping liquor handy.
And SO old Ben was tell ng,
Where'er you spoke of liquor selling,
As in his eyes the tears We're swelling
lHls eyes We're always weeping
How whisk red eye or gut-rot,
Was good 10 take if one was hot,
Or, when 50 freezing cold you got,
You'd better take a ''nip' than :lot,
The equilibrium keeping
He said he held in high esteem
The water in the limpd stream:
For washing feet, or making steam,
Nothing he higher priced;
But ora common kind of drink
He could not bring himselfto think,
(Just here he gave a knowing wink,
That Gin should be despised
One day old Ben had been to town.
And treated every man he found.
Until there lay upon his crown
A Brick of large dimensions;
a M getting most sablimely tight,
This old, barefooted. psy wight,
Stagger. 1 homewald ere the night
Should block his good intentions.
OLD Ben felt tired ere he got
Half way across the pasture lot:
He thought W thin himself twas best
O stop Il " hllp and take a rest.
So sitting down upon Il stone,
With moss and ivy overgrown,
tie Said the Jug would be m,'re light
While drinking would improve his sight
If lie should put " ithin his skin,
little more Of strychnine GIN.
"A brilliant colorcd rattlesnake,
Lay haSking by that stone, awake;
More beautiful his golden eyes,
Than when netted dolphin dies;
More gorgeous far his spots of green,
Than fascinated bird had seen;
With tapering neck and iattening head,
He lay there coiled upon his bed:
The malice of his eye was hid
Beneath the overhanging lid;
No warning With his tail he rung
Nor threatened with his forked tongue -
Until upon his snug retreat,
Old SKINNER dropped his naked feet;
Then fercely that dread rattle rang,
And in Bens heel he struck his fang!
Old Ben had just wiped ut his mouth,
II, which he felt the usual drouth;
Aud el,vating Jug az.
lie banlshed trouble, pain and care;
As turning upwards towards the skies.
His tear bedimmed and scarlet eyes,
He took a"swig" that made him feel
Too good to think of snake o. heel;
Then putt ng back the cork of wood,
He hurried home as b, st he could.
The rattlesnake with CLASSY eye,
Slow uncoilcd himself to die
To late he felt he die was cast,
/ And he had met his fate at last,
Another way than Scripture said
Had womans seed bru sed serpents head.
The little snakelets gathered round,
Where writhed the old one on the ground;
Then turning to its young, the snake,
With feeble voice a warning spake;
| This dying admonition hug:
| Don't BITE A MAN WHO HAS JUG !"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
The Touch of the Murderer.

Who, after reading the following, will
say that superstition will work no good ::
At Georgetown, Delaware, few days
since, young white girl, of fourteen years
of age was waylaid by negro, struck
over the head with club, a string tied
around her neck until she was strangled,
and an outrage perpetrated upon her per
son, and left dead in ditch. Suspicion
fastened upon the negro, but there was
no witness to the hcllish crime.
The hegro,at the Coroner's inquest, was
told to touch the body, but be refused
On the inquest fe-nssemblng the negro
was told that he must touch the body;
this so frightened him that he confessed
the whole transaction.
Of course his belief in the we'll known
superstition that wounds will bleed afresb
if the body is touched by the murderer
was the cause of his fear and of his con-
| fession.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
DOUGLAS IN NEW ENGLAND.
A Domestic Romance.

The papers relate the following story:
One morning last week a scene occur
red on the train from New York South,
which created quite an excitement among
the passengers. Among those on the train
was lady about Thirty years of age
She was good looking and attracted much
attention from her air of melanch oily
At Princeton, sun burnt, but very hand
some gentleman entered the car in which
the lady in question was seated. No
sooner had the parties glanced at each
other than the lady swooned. On re.
covering herself, it itappeared that the gems
tleman in question was her husband,
whom she had not seen for ten years
He had started for California when the
| gold fever first broke out. The husband
was taken sick and did not recover for
some time. Prior to his convalescence
the lady had gone South in the capacity,
of goyernness, and wrote that fact to her
husband, who, unfortunately, did not re-
ceive her letter. No answer to his letter
reaching him, he thought his wife had
grown careless of his welfare. A feeling
of home came over him and be returned
to the States a few days ago Meanwhile
the lady had fallen heir to large South
ern estate left her by member of the
family il which she had been teaching
These explanations being made, the once
more united couple started on Southern
trip together. There was certainty Of
at least two happy persons on that train.
/ Another Census Story.
Mr.. Chas. Cist of Cincinnati, who took
the census of the city In 1910, and is ta-
king the census of the Fifth Ward this
year. tells good arecdote of conver-
sation between himself and a lady. which
will bear repeating.
"Madam what age shall I put you
down? No direct answer) "How old
is your husband?"
"Sixty -one.''
''And your oldest son?"
"Twenty-seven.'
"And the next?''
Twenty one.''
''And how old do you call yourselfs''
81 don't know my age exactly, but it is
about tbirty.p'
''Djd 1 understand you, madam, that
your oldest son was twenty seven?"
i "Yes.''
You must surely, then, be more than
thirty?'
/ "W.lI, sir, (quite snappishly,) } 1 told
you about thirty. l can't tell exactly; it
may be :hirtyone or two, but am posi-
tive. not over thatI'
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
Pennsylvania. a.

Concering the prospect in Pennsylvania,
the Chicago Journal has the following:
A prominent citizen of Pennsylvania,
who is Democrat. though not an active
partisan, and who is now in this citY,as-
sures us that Lincoln will carry that State
by at least 10000 plurality. The State
is sure to go for Lincoln. he says nothing
can prevent it.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
NUMBER 45.
Another Discrepancy.

That distinguished equestrian, Mons
Stephen A. Douglas, is the best two horse
rider we have ever seen. He never pre-
tends to do anything but the two morse
act. Occasionally he starts with SIN
gle horse, but he always comes In with
pair. # he ever did give one principle
without soon after stating another In al
rect opposition we would like to see 1t
Witness how he rides.the two horse act
below:
DOUGLAS AT WASHINGTON.
| hold that Territory possesses what
ever power 1t derives from the Constltu-
ton under the organic act and no more
I say then, the in
tent was TO give TO the Territorial Legis-
lature all the power we possessed; all
that could be given under the Constitu-
tion.-Douqlas in tie. Senate, February,
leo.
DOUGLAS IN NEW ENGLAND.
"The dogma that citizen of Terrl-
tory derives his powers from Congress, is
the Old Tory idea that the citizens. of the
old original colonies derived their power
from the crown. We exploded this idea
in the war of the revolution, and the prin-
cipIe of popular sovereignty was born
WE HOLD THEREFORE, THAT THE
CITIZEN DOES NOT DERIVE
POWER FROM CONGRESS, FOR HE
HAS ALREADY DERIV ED 1T FROM
GOD ."---Doasglos Stsrec-
type Speech in Aea0 England IN August
1860
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
German Republicans in Portsmouth

German Republicans in Portsmouth.
The Tribune announces that German
Republican Club has been organized in
that city, and over fifty became members
1t says:
The Germans are thoroughly aroused
in this matter. They feel that there has
been a long term Of misrule, fraud and
extravaganza in our governmental and they
have determined TO try a change. They
are going for Lincoln Several stirring
little speeches were made last evening. ano
good start was made for the campaign
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
n~Amono the items of daily events

ng~Among the items of daily events
in the New York papers we see a COM
plant backed up bv statement sworn to
by Mrs. Sin ger that her husband, Mr..
l. M. Singer-the, Sewing Machine man
violently assaulted her. choked her
and beat her. Mrs. S. has left her hus-
bands residence, and warrant has been
issued for him.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30
PIERSON HOUSE,
C. BERRY, sr. * SON, Proprietors.
U PPER SANDU SKY, OHIO


UPPER sANDUs SKY, OHIO.
FEW DOORS SOUTH OF THE COURT HOUSE,
This long established, well known, and
popular Hotel, has been rcftted anl repaired
by the present proprietors in style that will
enable them to afford strangers and travellers
better accommodations than can be had a any
other public house in this country. 1t is loca-
ted in the most central part of town and is
therefore the most convenient and pleasant
stopping place in Upper sandusky. Upon
Is Ii e ] e L a 3 Z e
Will always be found the very best of every
thing that can be procured in this and adjoin
ing courties we'll as an occasional luxury
from the Southern and Eastern Cities, and nc
pains will be spared to make the guests OF the
"Pierson House, comfortable.
Their Stabiing
Is acknowledged by all to be the very best il
the neighborhood, and persons HAVING horsestc
be cared for vii! find every convenience and
facility Iecessaly totbeir comfort.
O Prompt and careful porters always or
hand to convey baggage TO and from the cars
Don forget to call at the ,'Pierson," When
you come to town.
Upper Sandusky, Aug l6, 1860.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-08-30

~"MJ boy" exclaimed deacon,
"you do very wrong to fish on Sunday
..It can't be no harm, deacon, l amt
catching nothin'."