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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24


The STORY OF A TREE.--A corrc3
pondent Of the army before Peters.
burg, tells n curious story of O large
pine tree, which has long stood mid
way between the Union and rebel
pickets, ut point where the lines are
only twenty-five yards apart. The
trees neutral position long protected
1t from destruction, but the scarcity
of fuel suggested compromise, and
it was agreed that it should be cut
down, aud that both claimants should
divide its wood. A delegate from
each picket line accordingly went
forth to the task, and, by the vigorous
axes Of both, tue trunk was soon lev.
eled to the earth. Then arose an an.
imated debate as to which of the sol.
diera should have the butt and which
the branches. Words were not cor.
elusive enough to decide the question.
and were soon changed to blows. Il
brisk and bloodlcss combat ensued.
in which the Union man proved the
most skillful pugilist, and the victor
triumphnntly carried to his camp.Gr
the largest end of the log. -'
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
PETROLEUM.

The pouring rain was iallng fast,
AS through tbs "HOrseneck"t region passed
An Oh Greek man mid mud and slosh,
Who threw up his hat and cried "By gosh,
Petroleum !"
His cheeks we're pale, his eyes were bright,
A. fash from patent Kerosene light
HIS boots, ~ they sank M the greasy around
splashed out the oily, meodiuus scund-
Petroleum
In strike prospective be did sell
An hundred Thousand barrel well,
Above 1.-The claims he didn't own,
lhat from his heart drew forth a groan,
PotTOeumi
"Slnk not that we'll" his conscience said;
TOO big st:ike may strIKe you dead"
UpgOes the derrick, down goes the bore,
W comes the sand-pump. "what's aowluG
O'gTg'
Petroleum.
Sell out" cried Prudence --"rake nap
In Madame Fortuue's unctious lap."
Two briny tears fell from each eye,
''si.e II now more yet" was his reply,
Petroleum.
"Beware, she'll gin out, like many we'll,
or meet win an accident no one can tell;
thlne OGSaTtin. In n new lluwibg well"
ooh care II bs,' cried he. 81 won't sell !"
Petroleum.
The very next day the tubing burst;
Tue gas was su strong. THAT, nntth worst
Ihe well cayed IN, and tue curIent OF OH.
Driven back 10 it5 cTsyIce. .burs thrO' the sol!
Petroleum
drowned corpse was next day found,
Hall buried Ia the greasy ground;
Stll grasping in It's hand the bore,
That augured luck to him no more,
Petroleum.
There N the dirt and mud he lay
Liielcss -and slowly melting away;
Al last IRON the depth OF five hundred feet.
Gurgled Il laint sound. oily and sweet,
Petroleum
TIhe Horse Neck" on Il tributary Of Bul
CreeS, Va, Is Il celebrated OIL territory in
Pleasanls County, Western Virginia, where
thlrtf or forty w5lis are going down about "a
cluso together as they can get.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
Clocks,

The precise period at which clocks
were invented has formed the subject
of much controversy. Various ma
chimes were doubtless employed at q
very remote date for the purpose Of
measuring time, but the most ancient
clock made upon principles similar to
the clocks of the present day was
CONSTRUCTED by Henry De Wyck, q
German artist, in 1864, and placed bv
him in the tower Of the palace Of
Charles V. Of France. 1t struck the
hours, but did not record so small
portion Of time as minutes. Clock.
makers were first introduced into
England in 1868, when Edward III
granted q license to three of these
artists to come over from Delft, In
Holland and practice their occupation
in this country. The earliest por-
table clock of which any account has
been given Is one dated 1925, made
by Jacob Lech, of Prague; some years
ago it was in possession OF clock
maker of London The oldest Eng
lish clock extant is said to be one in
turret OF Hampton Court Palace,
constructed in the year 1910, by
maker whose initials are n. o.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
Volume ll--Number Al
Cutlosities OF the 1.ao Lnnn.

Among the curiosities OF the sub.
seription to the seven. thirty loan on
Monday, was request from the
Treasury Agent at.Sants Fe, in New
Mexico, that 100000 OF the bonds
be sent there immediately. as many
Mexicans and Americans desired to
invest, and had the money Ia hand
to do so. Also, about S15, 900 ia va.
ried lots, paid in By Colonel Wagner
for some 100 colored soldiers in Camp
William Penn. Also, 5000, 900 cub.
seribed by the Commercial Bank Of
Tennessee. Also, S137, ,l6j In a sin-
gle check from "Charley HYDE Of
the Hyde Oil Farm, Oil Creek, who
not only puts his own money into
S0s, but gathers up the loose "oil
money" around. and send, 1t for.
ward to be invested for account Of its
owners. Also an offer from some
miners in California to put S35 100 Of
compound interest notes into seven.
thirties, IL they would be received
Louisville, KY, sent forward $4,000,
and inums ted that Sherman and
Grant would soon make Government
bonds the rage with all Kentnckians
who had money to invest.--PltsIarE
Commercial. .st Il's
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24

fNhmlhallOnS 10 commence III haIi past nine
O'Clock, A. NJ.
Teachers viii take notice that tho Law. as
now amended, requires each male applicant
for II certificate to pay to the Examiners n
Zee of hity cents, and each female applicant
:. fee uf thIrty-fve ceuis. None who fail TO
comply will be admitted for examination.
All applicants are required tn furnish writ
ten te stimouials of good moral character,
those who have been engaged rs teachers to
obtain these testimonials from their last EN-.
pi"yers. who will also certify to their faithlnl.
ness and success aS teachers; which ,estimo.
mails will be kept on file.
No private examinations will be held; no
certificate will be antedated; no candidate
will be admitted for re ex animation withi
three nscnibs alter - second failure. Applt.
cahts are requested TO present specimens vi
penmanship.
Those who fail to comply with the above
acquisitions will not be admitted
l.. TUSSlNG, Secretary,
Dec. 70, GO. Beard Of Examiners.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24

risk of our wives and daughters pro
Tclaiming themselves the "down tiod
den victims of fanatical usurpation. ."
believe that is the term now.
I First off, should abolish The eva.
er.foll."
What chance is there for girl with
an abundance of splendid hair. when
she has 10 make il look exactly like
q wig2
You can buy n bag full at any per.
ruquier's shop, and when it is tied on
in a hideous bunch, like goitre, al
the back Of the neck, nobody can tell
the difference.
Did YOU ever see the things over
which the "water-falr' is bhilt2 |
saw one, once. 1t made me very ILL.,
had no desire for any dinner that
day.
1t had little tail to one corner OF
1t, and its far proprietress called it,
think, "rat."
There was always something mex
pressiblv charming to me about the
toilet table of fair young girl.
In the course of my varied expe.
rience, it has occurred to me to wit
ness such, and the neatness, the ele
gnnce, the taste of their arrangement
have always pleased me. The white
cover, smooth aud spotless, the brush.
es OF ebony or ivory, the combs of
brown and amber tortoise shell, the
delicate tlagons and TASKS OF Bone
mian or bisque ware, silver topped
and fragrant, the FURNISHED mirror
that has reflected so much and tells
naught--all these tribes possess q
beauty and interest beyond the fur.
nishing of the boudoir or the parlor
But not long ago there was an
alarm of fire in house where | was
visiting, and the family rushed at
once to the chamber, from whence q
thick smoke was issuing. 1t was the
apartment of young lady. She had
mt yet retired, and We entered with.
out ceremony.
| caught glimpse of the toilet.
stand; but that glimpse was enough
On one side OF the mirror hung q
thing like the attenuatcd eaudal APP
pendage Of horse. 1t was what
they call switch"
On the other side hung several
mysteries, resembling German sau.
sages made of hair. These were
"tJpsies."
On the toilet. cover lay a large and
disgusting rat"
And finally profusion OF "Gre.
clan curis' encumbered the pincush
ion.
extinguis'.ed the fret was only
q window -curtuin--and tainted.
am aware that it is useless foI
one poor weak man to breast the fury
OF u fashion. lam aware that thongI
the pen may oe mightier than the
sword, it cannot begin with the scis'
sors.
am aware that these words which
l now write will but provoke the
acorn of the other and more danger
ous sex. But if l fail, let me speak
first. and let it be said that / went in
boldly. if did come out hurt.
And all you little dears who now
provcke my ire with your detestably.
named and monstrously contrived ar.
tifces of hair, if you have any taste
or talent, please to observe, the next
time you meet Aimee Chou chou on
Broadway with me, the pure and art
less beauty Of that dear child's chev.
elnre, arranged in simple knot, Ell.
ther twisted or braided; and so fair
TO see that the very idea Of "topsies'
OF rats" seems sacrilegious in con.
nection.
! Then 90 home and take Off youl
hirsute deviltries forever.
/ have spoken. McARoEE.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24

AN INCIDENT or THE BATTLE oY
NAsuyILLg.-.B -.Bya hay stack We found
two bodies side by eide, rs ii laid
thcre by some friendly hani, 40 we
were taking them away, one of them
rose upright, and bursting into tears
pointing TO his comrade, said, ut il
my brother, sir, my brother. We
two were all, and / ain alone now"
He had missed him in the tigit. AMI
hunting over the field had found him
dead, and lying down TO watch him
till morning, had fallen asleep
When We took up the body TO lay is
with the Others, he brought along
straw TO make II bed for it aud him
self. We gave him room in that long
row Of the dead. Nesting close to
the corpse, he lay down for. his last
night's sleep with his brother.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
"Dr. sherlock.

A Western paper publishes the fol
lowing; We knew an old man who
believed 'that what was to be would
be- He lived in region infested by
very savage Indians. He always took
his gun with him when going into the
woods; but this time he found that
some of ais family had taken it AS
he would not go without it, his friends
tantalized him by saying that there
was no danger of the Indians; that
he would not die till bis time came,
anyhow. ayes, yes,' said the old
fellow; shut suppose I was to meet
an Indian, and his Tina had come, /,
wouldn't do not 10 lave my gun."
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24

That was good Joke Oil q young
and gallant Hoosier officer, who, GU
receiving ano.e from lady request.
ing "the pleasure of his company" at
a party 10 be given at her house. On
tue evening designated, he took his
volunteers and marched them to tho
younglady's residence. When il was
explained that it was himself alona
who had becu- invited, he said. NY
Igolly, the letter said company. aud !
Thought the lady wanted to- Ace al
Iny boys.'s '''s'+i sv.5 5e tao
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
General Grant believes the War Ncsr-
~ Endaa.

The following is an extract from
q private letter written by General
Grant to Hon. l. n. Morris, The let
ter is dated headquarters Armies
of the United States, City Point, vir.
ginia, February Is, 1861 and was
written, not dictated, by Gen. Grant
himself. 1t will be read with inter.
est:
Everything looks to meto he very
favorable for . speedy termination %
the war. The people of the Souti.
are ready for 1t if they can get clear
of their leaders. 1t is hard to pre-.
dict what will become Of them-tho
leaders-whether they will 6ee FROM
the country or whether the people
will forcibly depoao them and take tho
matter in their own hands. One or
the other will likely occur if our
spring campaign is as successful as !
have every hope it will be.
"Yours truly.
uIJ. & GRAHru
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24

SIS that your husband, ma am ?"
"He be-" sis that your wife, sir ?"
She be-" "Ah, that's pleasant; a
'he be- and 'she be- can hardly fail to
taste the sweets of life in perfection.
Have you any offspring ?" "Quite a
swarm, sir" "Ah, that makes a diff.
ference--but no doubt you love the
little hum bugs." ~" l"l..'
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
TO Teachers.

TNLESS otherwise arranged the Board oi
~ School Examiners. of Hancock County,
Will meet ON the following days during the
year lSG6, for the examination of Teachers:
the meetings to be held at the Union school
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24

The greatest amount insured IN any one risk /,
according to discretion.
The II eatest amount allowed By ire rules to
be insured In any one city, town, or vii.
lsge, according 20 discretion
The greatest amount allowed to he Insured
in any one block according to discretion.
The amount OF its capital or earnings deposit.
ed In ANY other stale, Ms security Tor losses
therein the Siata Of feunesse, Ten.
nsssee Bonds. f20, 100; for California, U. =.
10 l0's, $4,000 -ccst. .............. $1,000 %
Deposit in Ohio made herewith.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
STATE OF NEW YoaK,
r,nntv az Ney York sS'

County uf New York,
VIM L. Palmer, resident, and Andrew j..
Smith, Secretary oi the Manhattan Fire lnsu.
rance Company, being severally sworn
.depose and say that the foregoing Is full,
true and oerrect statement OF the affairs OF
said Company; that The said Insurance Com
many is the bona hde owner OF ~ least ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS Of actual
Cash Capitiu invested in Stocks and Bonds.
or in Mortgages on real estate, worth double
the amount for which the same is morigaged
and that they are the above described OH.
GERS Of said Insurance Company.
W.P. PALMER, Pges't.
AspREw SAITH. Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before ale, this
5Jth day oi January, 1865. -
tsEALl (srANPI Tnos. l.. THORNElL,
Comm ssioner for OHIO, in New York.
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR CT STATE
Columbus, Ohio, February J. 1865. !
II hereby certified that the foregoing Is
heorrect copy OF the statement Of tond!ti"l !
of the Manhattan Fire Insurance COMPANY OF
Now York. made to and nled In this oMje, Tor
the year is6J
Witness my hand seal cllcially.
IsEALl JAS. II. GOODMAN.
tsrASPl AudiI"roi STATE.
CERTIFiCA ATE OF AUTHORITY.
lTo expire on the 3i,t day of january, 1869
OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR Of STATE,
lSsraASCE DEPARTMENT,
Columbus. ONO, February 8. 1865. J
HwpERsAs, The Manhattan Fire Insurance
Company, iecaIed At New York. III the s,te
of New York, has fled III tnis oli1e sworn
statement of its condition, as required by
the first section uf the act"f" regulate lnsu'
rance Companies not incurpnraicd by tue
State OF Ohio passed April 5, $500 AMI
amended February ., 1864; AID, whereas,
said Company has furnished tue undersigned
satisfactory CyIIeu,e that IT is possessed
OF at least al une hundred Thousand dollars
oi actual capital, Invested IN stocks or bonds
or in mortgages OF real estate, worth dunble
tho amount for which the same Is mort ga,s1;
and. whereas, said Company has nlei IN ih's
office a written instrument under It's cUTpo'
rate seal, signed by the President and Hec.
retaiy thereof authorizing any agent or
agents of said Company ~ ihiS STATE Ia &c
knowledge service Oi process, Tor aud IN ue-
halt of haid Company, according To ihe IL! ms
OF SAID law.
Now, therefore, in pursuance Ut The siure'
EaId aLt. !. James II. Goodman. Auditor o1
State inr ONO. d. hereby certify that SAID
Manhattan Insurance Company Ot New luiH
10 authorized To transact the business Ui Fire
Insurance Ia this Stale until Tue Iiirty 'hIst
day oi January. IN tho year one Thousand
eight hundred and slxty.six.
In witness whereof, | have hereuntO sub
scriOed my name, and caused The sea! ol my
ONCE TO DO affixed the da! and year above
Written. JAS. h. GOODMAN,
tsEALl (sTAMPl Auditor vi State.
j. r. MCLEOD,
s Agent, tindiay, Ohio.
March II, ylln43'3
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-24
.TATEM MT
OF the Condition al the
MANHATTAN FIRE
INSURANCE COMP ANY
On the first day of January, 1865,
male to the Auditor of OHIO, pur-
suant to the Statute ef that State.
NAME AND LOCATION

"H'"H nv = 10
The namo Of the Company isthe MANnAT.
TAN FiRs lksuRAsCK CoSF&sY, and Is located
ia tho City OF New York.
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-03
OFFIcE-Soufh side Public Square, Couias-
ton, Indiana.

yENhE Company holds by lease. and ia fee, about
Z twenty thousand acres Of The most select coal
lands In Western Indiana bordering both sides OF the
wabash river Maps Of these lands may be the
Office Of the Company in Coyngion Ind at the Office OF
VIM Dale No. . PARK Place. " City, toe Office OF
Hon. J. X. Conroth, Huntington, Indiana. and the
office of Roach Mcdonald, Indianapolis
A reference TO the report Of the Hen. David Dale
Owen, late State GeologiS will show that these lands
situate in the midst OF the finest coal fields OF the
State, Astounding also "a salt, iron aud other valuable
mineral substances.
the mouth OF Coal Creek where the Company has
large quantities Of lands salt has bsen discovered
equal in quality a. tho kanawha This water
cured 30 years ago by boring, after. the On
ondaga salt finding its way down the wabash and Erie
Canal Ar. Thomas, the proprietor, finding himself IN
able TO compete with H. abandoned the manufacture. In
his boring he encountered that which recently die
closed facts prove 10 have been coal oil
Those lands all lie in close nifty TO the wabash
and Erie Canal, some Of them upon its banks.
Mr. John McManomy, the business agent OF the COM
pany las retu ned from al observation Of the oil
regions of Pennsylvania, convinced that the lands leasec
by the company In Fountain and Parke counties has
Tar the formation OF the country and the
surface indications present themselves, stong analogy
in the oil and mineral substances found French
Creek Pennsylvania where the greatest quantity and
the valuable OIL Is found Mr.. McManomy has pur-
chased for the company the most approved machinery
with all the fixtures necessary FOR operation and
pairing with experienced workmen the speedy develop
ment OF the hidden of the lands the company
III the indees of coal OIL found ia localities where
has been procured strongly marked in various To-
calties cf the lands Of the Company afording every
necessary to make other reference 10 the character
OF the lands other than the report and map referred to-
500 900 of the stock. being 900 shares is proposed
by the Company be offered in the market on-hslf
aiding the Company i'm speedy development OF tho
lands apr25-d&wtf
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-03

should fail 10 lnfuse respect into The soul OF each
adversary, or that such respect should DOT mani
fest itself ~ soon - the struggle snonld close
and "a. hot passions pass away.
90 the point OF mainiainng this mutual re
spsci the Tirsss foreibly adds;
The present moderation and decofum ob
served betreen the North and South will grad
ually change into warmer manifestations OF
friendship. II that class OF politicians. who car
live only on mischievOus agitation, are kep; undei
proper constraint We trus, that public seni
ment in both sections will be firmly set agAins'
any revival Of the old sectional temper, when
dealing with the questions on which the tvc
parts Of the COUNTRY may not - trst fully agree
The public speaker or writer Who INDUCES IN sec
tional denunciAiion should be marked at once a.
mischief maker and = public enemy. In Tbs
next Congress there may be iome. both from th'
North and south who all fall into utempcranc'
OF speech from mere force OF old habit, D. no
from positive evil design IL there be any snch
thew should be made promptly TO feel that the,
are not in an atmosphere suited 70 such displays
IL public opinion will assert its Just moral su
thority in regulation Of all the discussions touch
ing reconstruction, wherever maintained, il vii
be effected There will be no danger OF
relapse into the old pernicious ways; ana 'n'
field will be kept clear for the hnal realization O.
universal harmony and good will.
weeommend this teaching of the metropolitan
organ OF the Secretary OF State to that class o
politicians Who can live only on misehievou'
agitation"
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-03
Mutual Respect Between the North
and South-A s'Cfass OF Poitticians.
lhnI un.f be FToWned Down.

Since THvRLow WE'D has come 10 inspire the
columns Of Mr. SEwARp's organ in New York
the Times that Journal has lost no occasion to
frown down upon the radical destruc;ises. In q
late issue j, has very fair article on Mutual
Respect Between North and South, going 20
show that aside from the malignant element OF
negro suffrage and negro equality agitators. the
bearing OF the masses OF the people North and
South hss never been 50 respectful and conside
rate toward each other 90 the present time
The Times truthsully says:
This cessation of all the old bitter language
between the two sections comes primarily from
the mutual respect generated by the var. The
old Northern notion that the South had degen-
Grated into a race % d0mineering. pusillsni.
nous biusterers and braggarts; and the old
Southern notion that the North had lost every
element Of manhood IN the passion for gain.
fight, have both been thoroughly anpihilaied
The tug OF sAf for four years hss shown the
real stud OF men o. both sides OF Mason aud
Dron's-has proved that there = no essential
dif,rence IN courage. o. fortitude. or any o. the
high qualities which make up the real stamina OF
q people liz has been brought home 10 tbe
sense Of every person IN the land that the
dwellefs 10 the North and the ssellers in the
Sonth have the same blood, and that no fner
exists. IL would be morally impossible that a
struggle maintained with such terrible tenscity