Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1862-08-14

women woro not Ssnt-hencc the uraIt'
| The year 1916 must have been prolific one
with matrous, Judging from the number oi 10
year old men.
The "last dollar" man is around. At last
accounts he was engaged in investing said
dollar in a substitute
A scditious Democrat is a man who is in
for of the Constitution, tho Union, and the
enforcement Of the laws. A patriotic Repub.
lcan is one who is in favor of breaking down
the Constitution and running tho country to
set the nifgcrs free. A nice set Of fellows
to talk about treason, ain't they
Wendell Phillips is preaching u crusade
against the cnstments called for by the Gov.
ornment. II the base traitor is not to 60 to
Fort Warren, that establishment, it seems TO
us, can hardly be worth Keeping up.
Hon. D. W. VOORHEES, has been rc-nomna.
ted for Congress by the Democrats OF the 7th
District Of Indiana.
VIM. l.. Yanccy, according to the New Or.
leans Dtha, las been making speech in
Richmond, in which he advocates the crown
ing of JEFF. Davis with supreme power, with
the title OF Dictator.
1t is believed the orders prohibiting skedad-
ding to Europe will materially decrease the
premium on gold, which had been actively
purchased for that purpose.
Thirty-fve companies have been formed in
Missouri, ard Others are in progress. Mis-.
souri, is quite disposed to take care of the
guerrillas that infest her domain.
Tho rebel prisoners recently escaped from
Alton, H., dug tunnel fifty feet in length
which furnished them an exit six feet bcyonc
the sentncl's beat. Col Magofh, who hat
been sentenced to death for breaking his pa
role, was lucky CROUCH 20 get away with tn
rest.
brigade OF department clerks for the de
the material for ''home guard. To pre-
serve their warm nests they would doubles
fight, as the tamcst fowls will do
On Friday night thirteen persons were al
= rested at Chicago who were endcayoring t
escape to Canada to prevent being drlncd.-
o 4 number of arrests have been made In ClcyC
N land and elsewhere along the lakes.
/. The draft, shou'd it come, will test the pa
rs riotism Of our people. Every true patric
: will stand the draft nor attempt to shun it,
is But the milk and water patriots will be foun
o skulkng.
u The last Of our sick and wounded soldier
c from Richmond have came down tho Jane
River to Fortress NJ onroo and been sent {
L our own hospitals.
1t is now believed that Ohio will this yea
produce fifteen million gallons Of Sorghum
syrup. This would give more than five gal
t. Ions to every man. woman and child in tn
State
b Ncvil Sonlc, son OF Pierre Soulc, it is sta
= ted by French paper published in New Or
Vt leans, is coming TO the North to take care O
i partially, from his confinement in Fort La
t. nycttc.
An English Sister Of Mercy states I'll
II curious fact that the last words of grri
e. number of soldiers dying under her obscrvi
H. tion, wore Of their mothers, though many
" them must have left wives aud children.
J. In the recent engagement with the rcb
monster irkanSas, u shot--a l2S. FOUNDER
N struck tho Benton in her port quarter, weI
III through the Commodore's cook room, an
10 penetrating to Capt. Phelps room, lodged Q
y the pillow Of his cot.
'" Rev. DR.. Kincaid, missionary in Burmal
|" writes thaG on the 10Th of April fire dcstro,
u ed the town OF Prone, Burmah, including
'" new chapel and other mission property
" that place. He estimates that > 800 house
" were burned, 5000 families left without
y" shelter, and great number of lives lost.
| On the 2lst ult. Mr.. Y. II Farral, the Ne
u Orleans Agent for tho Rothschilds, commi
) ted suicide by shooting himself He was ger
:" orally considered to be quite rich For SON
time past he had been heard to mute
u to himself OF confScation particularly tn
expected connscation Of his pro pcrty in VII
y ginia-and this, together with other matter
;, of financial character, appears to havo SCI
q tied on him with the force OF II monomani,
= aud to have occasioncd the act of self dc
y struction.
A soldiers letter to the Boston Post, from
| Hilton IIcad-thc field OF Hunters and th
New England old maids experiments in negro
philanthropy says that 'whic the men of thu
regiment are not gett ing hplf rations and al
they had for week was salt horse and har,
bread full of skippers, the niger regimen
> can draw fresh bread every day from the ba
- kerry" Capt. James d. Fesscndcn, son o
! Senator fcsscndcn, of Maine, is now acting
Colonel of this pet regiment.
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