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Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
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TOUCHING LINES TO A WIFE.


In these lines, addressed to wife "On
Wedding Day." by Gen. MASSEY, there is tn
true touch of nature:
Nine years ago you came to me,
And nestled on my breast,
A soft and winged mystery
That settled here to rest;
And my heart rocked it's babe of bliss,
And soothed its child of air,
With something 'twixt song and kiss,
To keep it nesting there.
At first thought the fairy form
Too spirit-soft and good
To fill my poor, low Lest with warm
And wifely womanhood.
But such cozy peep of home
Did your dear eyes unfold;
And in their deep and dewy gloom
What tales of love were told
In dreamy curves your beauty droopt,
As tendrils love to twine,
And very graciously they stoopt
To bear their fruit, my Vine
To bear such blessed fruit of love,
As tenderly increased
Among the ripe vine-bunches of
Your balmy-breathing breast.
We cannot boast to have bicllered not
Since you and 1 were wed;
We have not lived the smoothest lot,
Nor found the downiest bedI
Time hath not passed DER head in stars,
And under foot in flowers, rrae.-
With wings that slept on fra grant airs
Thro' all the happy hours.
1t is our way, more fate than fault,
Loves cloudy fire to clear
To find some virtue in the salt
That sparkles in tear!
Pray, God, it all come right at last,
Pray, God, it so befall,
That when our day Of lie is past
The end may crown it all.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
GunDtiOn.

l was working few days since. The
the same wages was worth inserting, be-
cause it illustrates some truth-the diff
ference between the common American
and the common European We were
preparing to throw our bridge across
the Idlewild brook. A quiet, little,
narrow shouldered American, with my
horses hitched to a drag, was drawing
stone for the roadway beyond, and a
broad shouldered fellow from the old
country, was digging earth to fill in. I
stood looking on a moment. [ saw a
thrifty little cedar, which was partly
uprooted, and requesting the digger to
shovel some dirt around it, [ walked on
Returning few moments after, saw
my cedar erect enough, but its roots
were still exposed "Why didn't you
cover it with dirt?" l asked. 'Sure,
SIR said sturdy Great Britain, with a
look of most honest regret that he had
not been able to oblige me, "you told
ME to shovel it, and l had no shovel" ;"
He Was working with spade.
1t was not ten minutes after this that
l saw my little Yankee dollar al day un-
hitching the horse from the drag
"What are you going to do?" asked.
"Why, there's no more stone to be got
on this side, and as the carpenter don't
seem to be coming along to fix this
bridge, l thought Id step over and get
what's his names oxen, and snake them
timbers up, and haul 'em across with a
block and tackle, and tinker over, and
put on the planks. l could draw stone
from the other side then" Here was a
quiet proposal to do what l had looked
forward to as quite problem, even for
a professed mechanic. l had bespoken
a carpenter for the job three weeks be-
fore.
There stood the abutments six feet
high and twenty-five apart; the stream
swollen by the treshet, and hardly ford
able on horseback, running between;
and how those two immovable timbers,
thirty feet long, were to be got across
without machinery and scatfold to span
this chasm of twenty five feet, was
not engineer enough to see. 1t was
among the "chores that man with
common gumption could do easy
enough" however as my little friend
said; and it was done the next morning
with block and tackle, rollers and levers,
he going about it as naturally and han
dily as if he had been bridge builder
by profession. There being no higher
price for day labor with his amount of
'gumption," " and day labor such as the
other mans who could not conceive how
spade might be used for a shovel,
shows how common ingenuity is in our
country, and how characteristic Of a
Yankee it is to know no obstacle.-N
p. Wills.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
The Army Mechanics.

The Boston Commercial Bulletin has
the following in its "Sharp-shooters'
column ..
"The regiments Of the Northern army,
it is we'll known, contain practical me-
chanics of every branch of trade, as we'll
as artists, merchants, clerks, and men
from every walk of business; SO that
when a commander wishes bridge
built, locomotive repaired or pair of
boots mended, he finds ready response
to his order of "Carpenters, step to
'front.' "Machinists, two PAGES forward,
march !'' ''Shoemakers, to the front
and center, march -
In an army composed of such mate
rials the branch of trade from which
such companies have been drawn will be
indicated to the shrewd observer by
their style of expression toward the
enemy. For instance =
Printers-Knock him into "pi -
Smash his 'form!' Lead him we'll !!
At him with ''dash -
Carpenters-At him full chtscz!-
Shave him down.
Tailors-Sew him up! Give him a
good "basting!' ~" ara
Sailors-Smash his stop lights -
"Run foul" of him! Sink him!
Shoemakers-Giv him welting !
Peg away at him! Close him up
Fisherman-Split and ''salt him -
"Hook him in the gills p
Blacksmiths-Let him have it red
hot! Hammer it into him
Painters-A little more lead /! Lay
it on him! We're just the size for him !
Barbers-Our "dander" is up! Now
for a good brush! Give him good
"lathering!' r~
Cutlers-Polish him down! Give
him keen edge
Bakers-He (k)needs working over |!
Let's do our "puttiest!
Lawyers-Be Jri~f with hin!s Get
his head sin Chancery!" Stick him
with the :costs -
Machinists-Set his running gear in
notion! We'll start the driving wheel,
and he shant break theconnection again !!
Bill Posters-Stick him to the wall !!
Musical Instrument Makcr--His notes
are all spoiled String him up!
Jewelers-Chase him well Show
him your mettle, boys!
Stage Drivers-Whip him into the
frances Touch up his leaders with
the string!
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
A. KOHL,

Dealer in and Manufacturer of Umbrel- ~
.as. He holds himself in readiness toST
make Umbrellas to order, or repair old *
ones in the most substantial manner He will
also buy worn-out Umbrellas at liberal prices.
Shop on Linn street, north Of Smiths Shoe
Store.
He would also inform the public that he pre-
pares a SALFE, which he will warrant equal
to any in use, for the cure of Felons, Catarrhs,
Burns Bruises, Sprains, Cuts, Salt Rheuni,
Ring Worm, Rheumatism, White Swellings,
and many other diseases of the kind Price.
25 cents per Box. Jan. 8, 1660.-3-ltf-
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

Brains.
American children have large brains,
These large brains require an abundance
of blood vessels-a vast net work Of ar
teries and veins. When these brains
are excited, the blood flows to them in
great quantities, and it is very easy to
get up brain fever.
Now, take such child, and excite its
ambition to study ten or twelve hours "a
day, let it live on the artificial and lux
uries Of our tables, increasing the ner-
vous acticn by tea, coffee, aud spices.
and you have the train laid, and all the
preparations for fatal disease.
The larger and more active the brain
of child, the less it should be encour-
aged to use it. Small brains and dull
ones may be stimulated by emulation
and encouragement; but when a child
shows remarkable talent, he is tie one
who should be encouraged in play, ex-
ercise, anything but study. A little at
tention to these hints may prevent much
sorrow. g..
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

From the Third Annual Report of
the Commiss ioner Of Statistics of Ohio,
by Hon. Edward D. Mansfield, we take
the following interesting comparison:
In 1929 a bushel of wheat in Ohio
bought 3! lbs. of Sugar and 81 lbs. of
coffee.
In 1858 bushel of wheat bought %
lbs of sugar and 81 lbs. of coffee.
In 1929 bushel of corn bought q
lbs. of sugar and Il lbs. of coffee.
In 1858 a bushel of corn bought 65
lbs. Of sugar and Il lbs. Of coffee.
If, however, compared with 1861,
the difference would not be nearly so
great.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
DR.. JOHN ELBEN,

Homeopathic & Hydropathic Physician,
POMEROY, O.,
d ESIDENCE in C.. Grants House, near the
LII Catholic Church. where he keeps office
hours as follows: Mornings till o'clock; after
noon from to o'clock; evenings, from 6 to I
o'clock. Office prescriptions must POSITIVELY
be paid for at the time of prescribing.
Word being left at P. Lambrecht's Jewelry
store, upon slate will receive prompt attention.
June Z, '5!-tf JOHN ELBEN.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
NUMBER 43
PLEASURES OF THE PICKET.

A correspondent of the New York
7fpaes writes:
For genuine excitement, in which ev-
cry quality of soldiery character is kept
on the qui vive, there is no position like
that of the picket. Placed on the out
posts of eur lines, and often within close
rife shot of the enemy's pickets, each
watching for the other, and trying to
conceal himself from view, the greatest
vigilance, canton and care is called for
lest the picket uneonsciously becemes
mark for a hidden enemys aim. IF a
shot is fired by an unseen hand, he must
by a rapid deduction from the loudness
OF the report, its direction and perhaps
a little smoke, almost intuitively con
clude where his enemy is concealed, and
i'm sending his compliments back, in the
form of a Mimic bullet, hope that his en-
emy, if not sileneed, will at least con-
clude that it is better not to invite arly
further hostility. Then he is compelled
to keep eyes and ears open for the sud-
den approach of a superior force, per-
haps mounted, who, with spirit of
dare devil adventure, surround him and
his halfdozen companions, to carry
them off as prisoners of war. How to
extricate themselves from such posi-
tion, when once in it, sharpens human
ingenuity, and developes courage 10
their utmost point, and bravery skill
and strategy have to make up for the
wantsof numbers. The excitement of
months in times Of peace is compressed
into day when on picket in time of
war, and an experience which with most
men only sharpens the desire for more.
The Rebels have resorted to an inge-
NOUS way of luring our men into their
snares. 1t is known as the "cow-bell
dodge" and it was very successful for
time, especially with newly arrived reg
iments, companies of which were, placed
on picket for the first time. They .ap-
preached within thirty or forty rods of
our soutposts and concealing themselves
in the woods, they commence the irreg-
ular tingle Of cow-bell. The unini-
tiated picket, not suspecting the rase,
and not yet reconciled to drinking his
coffee without. milk, goes out to obtain
a supply from the supposed cow ofsome
Virginia Rebel, fattering that he has
got "big thing on Secesh." Not un-
til he finds himself surrounded by
half dozen or so armed Rebels does he
learn his mistake. In Richmond there
are nearly dozen of our soldiers who
are probably now regretting their ready
credulity and appetite for milk.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
WOOL CARDlNG,

AT THE
RACINE WOOLEN FACTORY.
HAVING put in new machinery, we are
l. prepared to do Wool Carding at cents
per pound
All work warranted, where the wool is clean.
Wool or Lard taken in pay for work.
July 3, 1860 -26-tf THrS. EGAN.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
RICHD. STEWARD.

RICHD. STEWARD. JOHN P. GILLIAN.
STEWARD & GILLIAN.
This firm have located in the old stand of B. F
Stivers, on Front Street, a few doors below
Nyes Saw-Mill. Horse-shoeing, Ironing
Wagons and Buggies, and all kinds of jobbiug
work done in a satisfactory manner, at moder-
ate rates. [3-31-ly.]
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APPRENTICES,

TNHOSE wishing to take boys or girls al any
J. age from infancy to If years, to live with
them till of legal age, would be doing public
benefit by making known their wishes to MIR.
Scott, Superintendent of the Infrmary, neal
Chester, or to either Of the Intirmary Directors.
Feb. 7, 'en.~-tf II. B0sW0RTH.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
ISAAC FALLER,

Clothier, Grocer and Dry Goods Dealer, first
store above c. E. Donnallys, near the Rolling
Mill, Pomeroy, 0. Country Merchants are re-
spectfully requested to call and examine my
stock of Groceries, as l am confident that L
cannot be undersold. l-23
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
The Best Wine Grapes.

The Best Wine Grapes.
DR.. Mosier, of Cincinnati, the vine
grower and wine maker, thus writes to
the Horticulturist: ..
"Within the last twenty years I have
had under cultivation and trial not less
than thirty varities of American grapes,
for vineyard culture, and to furnish
wine for the million. | think it will be
long time before we find grape in all
respects better adapted to the purpose
than the Catawba. When properly cul-
tivated and, we'll ripened, it makes a
good dry wine, superior to the general
ity of Rhine wines, and sparkling wine
comparing favorably with the cham
pagne Of France. For making a cheap
red wine, to take the place Of the clarets
Of Bordeaux, no grape that has been
tried hereabouts is equal to the hardy
and prolific Norton's Virginia Seeding
For choice fancy wines of a superior
grade, l would first place the Delaware,
the Herbemont, the Venange, or Minors $
Seeding, and the Diana, in the order
named. Either of these grapes yield a
wine for aroma aud delicaey of flavor
superior to Catawba, and in my humble
judgment equal to any of the best wines
Europe can produce; but, as they have
not as yet been tested for extensive vine
yard culture, will remain some time in
the hands Of amateurs only"
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
Ma A French contemporary saws, tha,

se, A French cotemporary says, that
near St. Sewer there lives an old SOL
dier with false leg, false arm, a glass
eye, a complete set of false teeth, a nose
of silver Covered with substance imi-
tatiug fesh,) and a silver plate replac-
ing part of his skull He was a soldier
under Napoleon, and these were his tro-
phies. He must be a splendid speci
men of composite architecture
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

naA Love is the shadow of the morn
ing, which declines as day advances;
friendship is the shadow Of the evening,
which deepens as the sun descends.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

ngThe New Orleans Picayune says
the heavy growth of grass in some Of
the streets in that city would pay the
mower for his trouble.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

aga-We are often more cruelty
robbed by those who steal into our hearts
than by those who break into our
hcusex.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

Carriage & Wagon Manufacturer, CO.
Front street. first corner below the 9&&--
Rolling Mill, Pomeroy, o. All articles in his
line of business manufactured at reasonable
rates, and they are especially recommended fol-
durability. 2-5-ly
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

Bornx In Washing.
The washer women in Holland and
Belgium, so proverbially clean, and who
get up their linen so beautifully white,
use refined borax as q washing powder
instead of soda, in the proportion of a
large handful Of borax powder to about
ten gallons of boiling water; they save
In soap nearly one half
All the large washing establishments
adopt the same mode. For laces, cam
brics, &c, an extra quantity of the
powder is used, and for crinolines (re-
quired to be made very stiff strong
solution is. necessary. Borax being
neutral salt does not in the slightest de-
gree injure the texture of the linen; its
effect is to soften the hardest water and
therefore it should be kept on the toilet
table. TO the taste it is rather sweet,
is good for cleaning the hair, is an ex-
cellent dentifrice, and in hot countries
is used in combination with tartaric acid
and bicarbonate of soda as a cooling
beverage. Good tea cannot be made
with hard water; all water may be made
soft by adding teaspoonful of borax
powder. to an ordinary sized kettle of
water, in which it should boil. The
saving in the quantity Of tea used will
be at least one fifth.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
TELEGRAPH JOB OFFICE

In connection with our Newspaper Estab-
lishment, we have complete Job Office. We
are therefore prepared to execute
PLAIN AND 0{}M}{hi4IEEEIMYh{, 0{R}M}{h4EEEMYh{ lob WORK WORK.
Such as Posters, Programmes, Bills of Lading,
Bill Heads, Business and Visiting
Cards, Blanks, &c. at
Citv Fric g 3.
We call the special attention of this commu-
nifty to the above proposition, and desire an in
vestigation of our work and prices.
T. A. PLANTS g. Co.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

JOHN EISELSTIN,
Saddle Harness and Trunk Manufac- ga
turer, Front street, three doors below %
Court, Pomeroy, will execute all work en-
trusted to his care with neatness and dispatch
Saddles gotten up in the neatest style. LIZ
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
CRANK COOPER.

Stone Mason s. Bricklayer. Residence in
John Lances Building, near the Catholic Church.
Dressed and Bubble stone work executed in
the best manner: also, Bricklaying Cementing,
&C.. done at reasonable prices. Work war
ranted. [3-24-1y]
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
EIIsvvor:h,s De1tertty.

EllsVTor:his DeItertty; - Pc ''''4i
He pfacticed the mahual Of ariits in
his own room, until his dexterous. pre-
cision was something akin to the slight
Of juggler. He Investigated the the
ory of every movement in an aritUniical
view, and made several most valuable
improvements Oh Hardae. lie rear
ranged the manual SO that every move
ment formed the logical ground work of
the succeeding one He studied the
science. so that lie could bold rapier
with De Villiers, the most dashing of
the Algerm swordsmen. He always
had hand as true as stee and an eye
like ger-falcon. He used TO amuse
himself by shooting ventilation holes
through his window panes. Standing
ten PAGES from the window, he could
ire the seven shots from his revolver,
and not shiyer the glass beyond the cir
cumference of half dollar. | have
seen a photograph Of his arm taken at
this time. The knotted coil of thew,
and sinews looks like the magnificent
exaggorations of antique sculpture
4Ifo,sS',, y - =,
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
Recipes for Economizing.
EnD TAnTTc

Keep off Broadway when "great bar
gains and ''extraordinary reductions"
ARE advertised.
Leave your purse in the bureau drawer
|at home, if necessity compels you to pass
a ''cheap store"
If you catch yourself thinking how
mice it would be if you could have a
new carpet, transfer the adjective to
another subject, and reflect how ''nice"
the old one still looks.
IF you see anything going at "ruin-
Gus sacrafce e"-let it go.
Don't subscribe to that doctrine of
economy which buys shilling calico
''to save" and then Fay dress maker
three times the value of the fabric to
make it up.
Settle in your mind just what you
can afford to buy before you go to mar
ket, and don't allow yourself to be
tempted by any "surprisingly cheap"
luxury.
Have your purse big enough to hold
the pennies, and keep them there.
Don't feel mortified because your
neighbor sneers at the darn in your
pocket handkerchief, or the mended
place in your gloves: the time may prob
ably come when all the needles and
thread in Christendom will be Insult
clent to mend her broken fortunes
Remember that your expenditures
must be regulated by your own circum-
stances, not the SAY So of Mrs. Grundy.
"Let every woman judge for herself" is
capital motto.
And, above all, never allow yourself
to forget that money goes faster after
cheap things than expensive ones. And
that, as the wife cannot earn money, it
is her duty to save it.
FOR GENTLEMEN.
Get portmonnaie with good rheu-
matte clasp to it-those purses that are
easily opened are easily emptied.
Don't carry bank bills about with
you, unless you want to use them i'm
mediately; leave your money at home
with your wife, and it will be great
deal easier to say NO to those borrow
ing friends who come within the Scrip
ture clause of "never re-paying.'
If you feel inclined to smoke six
cent Havana, just put a good rye straw
between your teeth instead, and "chaw
it at your leisure. 1t is astonishing
how superior you will find the flavor.
Don't get into car or omnibus to
ride half dozen blocks, but walk, and
set your sluggish blood into brisk cir
culation. Thereby YOU will save two
things-your fare and your doctors bill.
Remember how superior water is to
sherry cobblers and brandy smashes on
all occasions. Let no day pass without
laying by something for cloudy weather.
Half dime is better than nothing. If
you can't save something out Of the
smallest salary, you may safely consider
yourself en- route for the poor house.
Don't think how long you have had
that old coat of yours; think rather how
much longer you can make it last.
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25
f. e. HUMPHREY,

F.E. HUMPHREY,
Blacksmith, back of the Bank Building, 4@zN
Pomeroy, o. Farming Tools, Shovel TX
Plows, Mattocks, Hoes, SC, on hand and ~
made to order. Horse Shoeing and all kinds
of Job Work done to order Jan. 3.-3-1
Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-25

Painter and Glazier, back room OF T. Lam
brecht's Jewelry Store, west side Court street
Pomeroy, o. IL
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Rumeron @eehln telegraph.
BLIsHED BY
T. A. PL A NTS & co.
Office in first story of "EpwARns' BUILr1NG,' neal
the Sugar Run Stone Bridge g" Pomeroy, Ohio.

AH Business Of the Firm Transacted by
A. e. McLAUGHLIN, Business Manager.
To whom all applications for Subscription, Adver-
tising and Job Work should be made at the Office.