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The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30
NO. 80

Tue ScHocLMasrEs' ~ THAT Brp.-A
correspondent of the New York Waverly
gives the following as one of the many in
ciaeuts that befell u boarding round
schoolmaster -
had been teaching in Mason count, in
this. the Sucker State, and this term was
boarding rounl. One evening. after school
one OF my little scholars stepped up to me
and said
- MIR. Jones. father said you would come
home with n>e.''
Very well, | replied. AMI forthwith
set out for my patrons house. which was
distant some two miles. Now. be it known
James McHarry, for such was his name.
had two daughters--thc pride and envy Of
the whole community. had heard So
much about them that was naturally anx-
lous to see them. 1t seemed. however thai,
was to be disappointed. When we arriv-
ell, learned that the +" gals - had gone 70
party the other side Of the creek so
went to bed, execratinS the luck which dc
pnved me of seeing them that night
The night had well advanced when
heard one of the girls come home, and pas
sing into the adjoining room. sh, warmed
herself before some Goals which were alive
on the hearth. 1t seems the old gentleman
and lady slept in the same room. but | was
not aware of it then. Having warmed her
self, she turned to leave the DOM when the
old man spoke Girls" said h., "s;h-
schoomaster' S in Your bed"
g. Very WELL" said Sarah. anl passing
through the room slept in. went up stairs
About an hour had elapsed when heart
Judy, the other one. come. She stood AT the
door long time, talking with her feller. '.
then entered softly. Disrobing herself shc
came to the bed where lay ensconscei.
and turning back the clothes, she gave ne
shake, and said in a suppressed whisper
90 Lay over, Sarah.
rolled over and whipped the corner Of
the pillow into my mouth ,u keep from
laughing. In she bounced, but the bed
would squeak. The old man heard it. and
called out
Judy -
Sir" was responded in faint voice
from the bed beside me-
" The schooiDaaster's IN that ted"
With one loud YELL and an "Oh Heav
ems - she landed on the floor, and fled with
the rapidity Of deer, up stairs She nev-
cr heard the last of it, l can tell YOU.
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THREE PLANS.
CITY PLAN!
$4,000 for 90!
Prizee nnatukLo an.kLa.lA Da.I..ckio.a I

EXTRA CLASS.
15 BALLoTs-l2 DRAWN NUMBERS.
To be drawn in the City of Macon, every Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, ThYs,.. Jay, Friday and
Saturday afternoons, at o'cioes YSsaring 1860.
~ BY this Glass. the hol1.:}of any 81 Ticket,
If the No selected should - es.lwli will be en-
titled to a prize. according to tie following
SCHEM
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HAVANA PLAN.
MORE P.:;Z = THAN BLANKS.
CAPITAL PRIZE
$40. OOO....TiCkPts ONLY So.

Halves S4-Quar.ers s2-Eights 81.
Prices payable in Fail ,citaon Rcluction
Purchasars huYing 10 tickets, when the Nos end il
/, ,. D /. ), G. :, s. 9, 0. are guaranteeIa
,nrize Of s2j ~
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

cT When preachers grow proud OF the
beauty and eloqucnce Of their prayers. SS-
tan himself might readily toll the bell to
summon the congregation to church.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

H- \ Methodist and a Quaker having
stopped at public house, agreed to sleep
in the same bed. The Methodist knelt down
and prayed fervently and confessed long
catalogue of sins After he arose. the Qua
kcr observed, =" Really. friend, if thou art
as bad as thou sayest thou art, think l
dare not sheep with thee"
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

ES- When is a loaf Of bread inhabited :?
When IL has Little Indian" in It. r
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

EN- So long as men are imprulent in
their dit and their business, doctors an
LAWYERS will ride in carriages.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

rw..I hope haven't hnrt your feel
invs." as the rasin seed said to tn" hollow
tooth
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HODGES, DAVIS d co.'s
CONSOLIDATED LOTTERIES!

Authorised BY special act Of Che legslature fo
the benefit of Academies and other purposes
MACON, GEORGIA.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30
e6,ee0 PRIZE, AMOUNTING To
S271,20O.
viii be distributed according 70 The following
GRAND SCHEME

3TG dggrorimatiny Prizes amountiny to siSaoO.
% 20 prizes. anounting.z S,.i2)0
Cestie.tes Of lacsag OF Fs-S,oic tickets, $50 80
10 half tickets, 81
10 quarter " 1875
10 eighth 90 6.o7
This is the risk. and which entities the holder to
al he draws over s25
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

PADDr's PEAs.-Somc twenty-five or
thirty years ago, an Irishman named Will,
lam Patterson, left Erin's green isle to find
a home in America. Having friends in
the region of Fair Haven. Ohio, hc made
his way thi,hcr. Taking dinner one day at
the Aouse of Dr. P, he was treated
to the American dish, wholly new to him.
of green coen in the ear. Unwilling. how
ever to be thought green himself, or being
anxious to display unusual sagacity, after
having eagerly dcvourcd the savory corn.
his appetite still unap- -deas-ed, he passed
mp the dcspoiled cob with the very natural
request: . Phase put some more pase on
my stik !'
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

Eg- HarHto bcat-a boiled egg.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30


THE MrRDERER OF DR. KEiTr ITCNd.---
We take the following from the Ocola
Ella Companion, Of the 2oth ult:
The slave Lewis, mentioned in our last
issue as having been proved guilty OF Al ling
in the murder OF his master, DIR. w. j
kcitt, on the 18th ult.. was further exam
incd on Wednesday last. and the most
positive testimony of his guilt being addu
ccd, he was Immediately sentenced and
hung lie confessed his guilt, but refused
10 make any statement duplicating others,
though it was evident that he had not per
formed the diabolical act alone. He ex
pressed no sorrow for having committed
the awful crime. and viewed the prepare
tions for his execution with stolid indiifer
encc. He was tried By a committee, con
sisting Of twelve frecholdcrs appointed for
that purpose by large meeting Of the cit
liens of this country held on that day
The trial was conducted with great care, at
the place where the murder was committed.
There were two others committed to Jail.
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30

Captain JINO. u. bhUOE.
INHE reliable freight and pas senger packet
. steamer hAIL 10y NAY. WI, IMnx run ga1srly, dur
BCREN + FORT SMITH, mxki,, all landings
on t,e River. - Strict attention given to the
filing Of orlcrs for goo1s. f; II tf35
The Van Buren press., 1860-03-30


How To ENJOY Tooru- AcHr-.A south =.
crn paper gives the following capital drec
tions:
To enjoy this delectable pain to its full
est extent, you should have it in all its
glory for about week. Let the pain per
mcatc and insinuatc into every portion Of
the deceased member, racing, jumping and
springing around generally like rats in
a col oincrib let it ache until you can't tell
whether the pain is in your mouth, on the
top OF your head, or in your cravat, but
rather think it is all around there let i,
ache until you fccl'that it would be a great
relief to hold yoar head up by the ears and
shake out every molar, incisor, grinder anil
acher in it let it ache until you are doubt
iul whether you stand in the position as
signed you, or with your heels in the air !.
let it ache until you seriously believe every
bone, nerve, and muscle about Your body
is full of teeth, and that every tooth is ach
ing on its own hook, and then. when
you feel like you have enough pain in
your individual mouth to fit out hospi-
tal--whcn You feel like kicking yourself
down stars-when you are exceedingly
anxious to break your neck---then. we re-
peat. you will begin to realizn the tooth
ache "
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
Notice.

ISAAC Wood, of che State of Iowa will take
L notice that William Lyons, admir- eff the os--
tate of John Lyons, decd, of the county of Van
Buren, in the State of Iowa, did, ON the 18th
day of April, AID. 1860, file his petition in the
Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Meigs, in the State of Ohio, against
the said Isaac Wood and Abel Chase, Defend
ants; setting forth, thet the said Abel Chase
gave a mortgage to the said Isaac Wood, on the
25+h day of August, 1856, on the northwest
quarter of the northwest quarter Of section
No. 8, in town no. 8 and range No. Is of the
Ohio Company's Purchase,-in the said county
of Meigs, to- secure the payment of S325.00, ac-s
cordiBg to-, certain notes referred to in said
mortgage, and t}Tat* the sum of S200.00 the
amount of the two first notes in said mortgage
referred to, have been paid off and settled and
that since the giving Of said mortgage the said.
Isaac Wood transferred, for u valuable consid-
Grafton, and assigned the third and only re-
naming note to the said John Lyons, prior to
his decease, and that the said John LYONS has
since died, and that the said William Lyons
has been duly appointed and qualified as his
administrator, and praying that the said Abel
Chase may pay the sum of S125.00, now claimed
to be due with the interest thereon from the
25th day of August 1856, or that the said
premises may be sold to pay the same; and the
said Isaac Wood is notified that he is required
to appear and answer said petition en- or before
the third Saturday after the 5th day of june
A. D. 1860. SIMPSON & LASLEY,
Attorneys for WILLIAM LYONS.
Dated April %, 1S60.-17-6t.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
THE GREAT WONDER
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,
Prof. Woods Hair Restorative

Says the St. Louis, (N1o.) ssDemocrat:', Below. we
publish letter to Dr.. Wood, of this city, from
superior merits of his hair tonic Such evidence must
have its effect, when coming from reliable source
If certificates are guarantees of truth, the Dr.
no encomiums, nor uselcs pufery from the press:
BATH, MAINE, Jan. 90, 1850.
Professor o. J. Wood & Co.:
GENTLEMEN: Having my attention called few
months since to the highly beneficial effects of your
hair restorative was induced to make application
probably one third white; my whiskers were Of t6e
same character. Some three months since procured
bottle of your hair restorative nd used it, soon
found it was proving what had wished. used dit IT
about twice week. have since procured another
bottle, of which have used some. / can now cer
tfy to the world that the gray white hair has to-
tally disappeared, both my head and face and mt
hair has resumed its natural color and believe more
soft and glossy than it has been before for twenty-five
years. l am now sixty years old; my good wife at
the age of ffty-two has used it with same effect.
The above notice deem due to you foryour val
liable discovery. l am assured that whoever will
rightly per directions will not have occasion
to contradict my statements; | am citizen of this
city and resident here for the last fifteen years, and
am known to nearly every one here and adjoining
towns Any use you may make of the above, with
my name attached, is at your sc rvice, as sh to
preserve the beauties of nature in others as well as
myself. l am, truly, yours,
A. c. RAYMOND.
WOODS HAIR RESTORATIVE
Professor Wood-Dear Sir: Having had the misfor-
tune to lose the best portion of my hair, from the
effects of yellow fever, in New Orleans in 1854 was
induced to make trial of your preparation, and
is now thick and glossy, and words can express
my obligations to you in giving to the afflicted such
treasure.
FINLEY JOHNSON.
The undersigned, Rev. J. X. Bragg, is minister
in regular standing, and pastor of the Orthodox
Church at Brookfeld, Mass. He is gentleman of
WM. DYER.
Brookfed January 70, 1858.
Professor Wood ear Sir: Having made trial O.
your Hair Restorative, it gives me pleasure to say
that its effect has been excellent in removing inam-
nation, dandruf and constant tendency to itching
with which have been troubled from my childhood:
and has also restored my hair, which was becoming
gray, to its original color. have used other ar
tcle with anything like the pleasure or profit.
Yours, truly, J. X. BRAGG.
The Restorative is put in Bottles of Sizes viz:
large, medium and small; the small holds j pint,
and retails for one dollar per bottle; the medium
holds at least twenty per cent more in prop ortion
than the small, retail for two dollars bottle; the
large holds quart 40 per cent. more in proportion
and retails for three dollars bottle.
so. J. WOOD S CO., Proprietors, 444 Broadway,
New York, and III Market St., st. Louis, MOI
And sold by all good Druggists and Fancy Goods
Dealers.
July 70, 2s-3m.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
MOUNT AUBURN
YOUNG LADIES' INSTITUTE.

THIS Select Seminary, situated in the beautiful
i and healthy suburb of Cincinnati, called Mount
Auburn, claims equal standing with the most ap-
proved Schools in the Eastern States
The pupils form part of the family of the Prnci-
pal, and the charges placed at the lowest rates
consistent with the superiority of the domestic ar
rangemeDts and style of the Institution
The course of education reaches the highest
branches usual in the best Female Seminaries.
There two sessions of about twenty-one weeks
each.
The charge for board. lodging, light, washing,
English, scientific and classical branches, $50 per
session.
Music, singing, painting and Modern Languages at
customary rates.
Being within few minutes ride from Fourth
Street, by omnibus leaving every half hour, this
school affords peculiar facilities to families residing
on the river.
For the success of the Institute, in accomplishing
its AIMS reference is made with great confidence to
its patrons.
The next session will open on Tuesday, the 18th
of September 1859.
Applications may be made to Rev. E. A. CRAW-
LEY, ID. D., Mount Auburn; or to J. H. WHITE, Esq,
at Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co.'s, Cincinnati.
Reference is also made with permission( to Hon.
V. B. Horton, and Charles POmeroy, Esq, Pomeroy,
Ohio. August 81, lS59.-36-3t*
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
Sherif's Sale.

H. H. Grow vs. John German & Eliza German.
DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed,
ID from the Court Of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, will offer for sale, at the door of the
Court House in Pomeroy, at y o'clock A. M,
On the 18th day of June, 1860,
the following described lands and tenements,
to-wit: commencing at the northeast corner of
the northwest quarter of section No. 33, town.
ship No. 8, range II of the Ohio Company S
Purchase, and running west 80 rods to stake;
thence south 122 rods to a corner; thence east
80 rods to corner; thence north l22 rods to a
corner at the place of beginning, containing %
acres more or less, to be sold as the property
of John German and Eliza German at the suit
of Hiram H. Grow. Appraised at $550.OO.-
Terms of sale, cash. !. J. WHITE, 5. M. C..
May 2, I860.-lS-3t 800
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
Sherif's Sale.
Jacob Dains VS.. Maria Haskins ct

Jacob Dains VS.. Maria Haskins ct al.
PY virtue of an order of sale to me directed,
II from the Court of Common Pleas of Meigs
County, will offer for sale, at the door of the.
Court House in Pomeroy, at II o'clock A. M,
On the 11th- day Of June, 1860,
the following described lands and tenements,
to-wit situate in Meigs County, Ohio, in sec
ton thirty-four town four, range twelve in the
Ohio Company's Purchase, beginning at the
southeast corner of said section "a; thence
west sixteen chains and forty-seven links to an
ash ten inches in diameter thence north one,
degree east ten chains and ninety-one links
to stake; thence north eighty-fve degrees east
four chains; thence north sixty-one degrees east
fourteen chains and eleven links to the east
side of said section; thence south eighteen
chains and forty-three links to the place of be-
ginning, containing twenty-five acres three
roods and eight rods; also a certain other tract
in section thirty-three, town four, range twelve.
Ohio Company's Purchase, beginning sixteen
rods west of the northeast corner of section
thence south seven rods; thence.
west eight rods; thence north seven rods; thence
east to the place of beginning, sold as the prop
erty of Maria Haskins Ella Haskins and Joel
Haskins, at the suit of Jacob Dains, appraised
at $4,000. Terms of sale, cash.
J.J WHITE, S. NJ. C.
May 2, 1960.-1S-5t, 4.50
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
PEACH ckoVE NuRsERpt
M. w. RUTHERFORD & co.

OFFER for sale several thousand ,1-iaaHsa.
" Budded Peach Trees, consisting of ,s7=l4fSa35k
about one hundred varieties, succeeding S
from the middle of July to the last of SfEY'SSsE
October. Persons wishing to transplant
in the bud, will do well to get as sson -11eA-
as spring opens, and those knowing that they will
want in the Fall, with one summers grlwth. mus
have the trees cted before the middle of July
next to be moved as soon as they will do to trans
plant in the Fall The trees thrifty and fine, by
far the best assortment offered in the Western
States. Terms, reasonable and easy, to suit the
imes according to quality and quantity.
Address NJ. w. RUTHERFORD & co.
Jan. "a, IS6U.-4-6m Rutland, Ohio.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
M A N HOOD,
HOW LOST. HOW RESTORED

Just Published, IN q Sealed Enrelope,
On the Nature, Treatment and Radical Cure of
Spermatorrnoea, or Seminal Weakness, Sexual De-
bilty, Nervousness and Involuntary Emissions
inducing Impotency and Mental md Physical In
capacity.
By ROB. J. CULVERWELL, NJ. d.,
Author Of "The Green Book" &C.,
The world-renowned author, in this admirable
Lecture, clearly proves from his experience
that the awful consequences of self-abuse may be
efectually removed without Medicine and without
Surgical operations, bougies instruments, rings or
cordials pointing out mode of at once certain
and efectual, by which every sufferer, matter
what his condition may be, may cure himself cheapy
privately and radically. This Lecture will prove
boon to thousands and thousands.
Sent under seal to any address, post paid, on the
receipt of two postnge sta ups by addressing DIR. H.
J. G. KLINE, M. D., 4eO First Avenue, New York,
Post Box
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
PHlLADELPH

Benevolent Institution established by special Ens
dewment, for the Relief of the Sick ant Distressed
afflicted with Virulent and Epidemic Diseases
and especially for the Cure of Diseases of the Sex
ual Organs.
MEDICAL ADVICE given gratis, by the Acting
Nl Surgeon, to all who apply by letter, with de-
scrpton of their condition. Gage, occupation habits
of life, &C., and in of extreme poverty, Med
icnes furnished free of charge.
Valuable Reports on Spermatorrhea, and other
Diseases of the Sexual Organs, and on the New Rem
edes employed in the Dispensary, sent to the af
ficed in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge
Two three Stamps for postage will be acceptable.
Address, DR.. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Acting
Surgeon, Howard Association, No. South Ninth
street Philadelphia, Pa. EZRA d. HEARTWELL,
GEO. FAIRCHILD, Secretary. President.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
Divorce Notice.

MARGARET Edwards, of the county of
IYI Armstrong, in the State of Pennsylvania,
is hereby notified that Even Edwards did, on
the 24th day of April A. D. 1860, file his pc
tition in the office of the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas, within and for the county
of Meigs, and State of Ohio, charging the said
Margaret Edwards with adultery with one
William Morgan, and wilful absence from the
said Even Edwards for more than three years
last past, and asking that he may be divorced
from the said Margaret Edwards, which petit
ton will stand for hearing at the next term of
said Court.
Dated this 26th day of April, 1860.
EVEN EDWARDS
By SIMPSON & LAsLEY, his Att'ys.
Nav l. l96O-l7-6t
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
OHIO STATE
UNION LAW COLLEGE
LOCATED AT CLEVELAND, o.

LUCAlED III OLE ' ELAND, u
q ESSIONS commence on the 25th day of Au-
y gust, 18th day of December and 7th day of
April Students may enter at any term with
equal profit. The College is authorized to
confer all degrees. Upon graduating students
receive the degree of Bachelor of Laws, and
may be admitted to practice without fruther
examination. For Circular, address
Dec. 6, 1s59-49-1y NJ. A. KING.
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NO w r E A DY
FOR B USIN ESS MEN.
Send out Your Circular.
Noao IN Course of Publication.

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the above States, doing business on their own ac-
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More useful aud Indispensable books of reference
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contain from 600 to 800 pages, well bound in mus
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UPPersons wishing to advertise in either of the
above Directories being published, will please
send for advertising rates.
may IL, 1900.-19.ttf
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
r.. p, MOORE.

Saddle, Hrrness and Trunk Manufactures,
Middleport, O.,
II EEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND, AND
IN will manufacture to order, all of the vari-
ous articles usually manufactured in such es-
adjustments. He calls particular attention to
his Harness making and ''defes the world on
fancy mounted double Or single Harness. Do
not fail to give me call, in my shop on Rut-
land street. at the head of First street, in Holt
Building, up stairs. Cash paid for all kinds of
Hides, Skins &C., at the highest market price
June 81 '59-25-1y
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
May 2, 1s6O.-1s-5t.
Sherif's Sale.

Martin Rodenheber VS.. Peter Crosby, ct al.
DY virtue of an order of sale to me directed
ID from the Court of Common Pleas of
Meigs county, l shall offer for sale at the
door of the Court House in Pomeroy, at u
o'clock, noon,
On the 18th dag Of June, 1860.
the following described lands and tenements, to
wit: situate on Mulberry street, in the town of
Pomeroy, being the lands, houses and shops
owned and occupied by Peter and Homer
Crosby, and conveyed to them by John S. Davis.
and Samuel Morton by deed, dated May 6, 1854
and by George Stivers, by deed dated February
9, 1859. Sold as the property of Peter Crosby
and Homer Crosby. at the suit of Martin Roden-
heber Appraised at 81, 10000 Terms of sale,
cash. JJ WHITE, S.M.C.
May 7, 1s6O.-1s-5t 800
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
Road Notice.

A PETITION will be presented to the Com
N missioners of Meigs county at their next
session, praying for a new road, commencing at
the south side of Dunhams Run, where the new
road lately located strikes said run, thence the
nearest and best way through the lands OF John
Woods, Sen, Thomas Pickens and Joha Weldon,
to the town of Racine. A PETITIONER.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-06-05
Independent County Fair.

NOTICE is hereby given that all that are in ia
IN vor of having Independent County Fair in
the county of Meigs, to be held at the old Fair
Ground, are requested to meet at the Court House
in the town of Pomeroy, Saturday. June Cd, 1860,
at O'Clock. The object of said meeting is for the
purpose of organizing said Society.
BY request of many citizens of Meigs County.
NAV IS, lSHO,-2Q- 2W*