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Auction Of Ladies.

1t is well known that an auction Of un-
married ladies' used to take place annually
in Babylon. SIN every district" says the
historian, "they assemble on certain day
of every year all the virgins of marriage able
age" The most beautiful we're first put
up, and the man who bid the largest sum of
money gained possession of her. The sec
ond in personal appearance followed, and
the bidders gratifed themselves with hand
some wives according to the depth of their
purses But alas it seems that there were
in Babylon some ladies for which no money
was likely to be offered, yet these also were
disposed of-so provident were the Babyloni-
ans. when all the beautiful virgins, y
says the historian, were sold, the crier
ordered the most deformed to stand up; and
after he had openly demanded who would
marry her with small sum, she was at
length adjudged to the man who would be
satisfied with the least and in this manner
the money arising from the sale of the hand
some served as portion to those who were
either of disagreeable looks, or that had any
other imperfection. This custom prevail
ed about 500 years before Christ.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
How to be Miserable.

Selfish people are generally fretful and
unhappy, for true peace and joy are only
found in initiating the character of Christ,
who went about doing good, Charles Kings
ley, in one of his sermons, has some good
thoughts on this point: Think about your
self; about what you want, what you like,
what people pay you, what people think
of you, and then to you nothing will be
pure. You will spoil everything you touch;
you will make sin and misery for yourself
out of everything which God sends you;
you will be as wretched as you choose on
earth or in heaven either. In heaven eth
er | say; for that proud, greedy, selfish,
sef-seeking spirit would turn heaven into
hell 1t did turn heaven into hell for the
great devil himself. 1t was pride, by seek.
| ing his own glory-so at least wise men say
that he fell from heaven to hell. He was
not content to give up his own and do God
will like the other angels. He was not con
tent to serve God and rejoice in God S glory
He would be a master himself and set uI
for himself, and rejoice in his own glory
and so when he wanted to make privat,
heaven of his own, he found that he hac
made a hell. When he wanted to be little
for himself, he lost the life of the true God
to lose which is eternal death. And why
Because his heart was not pure, clean, hon
est simple, unselfsh, Therefore he saw
God no more, and learned to hate him who's
name is love.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
A Few Facts About Fail!
By THEopHTLUs THINKER.

The season Of Fall is upon us
1t don't hurt much.
The season Of waterfall is upon the la
dies
It's mighty heavy upon them.
Fall is seen in the forests, in the fall Of
leaves, and in the withering of flowers and
pumpkin-vines, and the Abolition majority
in Ohio.
1t cant be seen in dry goods and provis-
ions, however-not much.
There arc several kind. Of Fall,
The fall of Babylon, the fall of fJerusalem,
and the fall of Richmond.
There is no such season as the Fall in the
price of butter.
Adam and Eve we're expelled from Eden
in this season.
That wasthe worst Fall "within tn mem
ory of the oldest inhabitant''-
"In Adams fall
We sinned all"
| This season is very bad for children, es.
pecially when its downstairs or out of a
third-story window.
The Fall Of the \. 6. 's-"Fall in ~
! The Fall of the Rebellion-Downfall
! The Lovers Fall-Fall-out.
Even T. Thinker is not exempt, for when
it's meal time; he falls TO-
"Oh, what fall was there, my countrymeuw
-HdncOck Courier.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Good and Had Apples.

One day Roberts father saw him playing
with some boys who were rude and unman-
nerly. He had seen for some time change
the worse in his son, and now he knew the
cause. He was very sorry, but he said moth
ing TO Robert at the time.
In the evening he brought from the gar.
den six beautiful rosy.cheeked apples, put
them on a plate and presented them to
Robert. He was much pleased at his faith.
er's kindness, and thanked him. "You
must lay them aside for few days, that they
may become mellow" said the father, and
Robert checrfully placed the plate with the
apples in the mothers store-room
Just as he was putting them aside, his
father laid on the plate the seventh apple,
which was quite rotten, and desired him to
allow it to remain there.
"But, father" said Robert, "the rotten
apples will spoil all the others"
"Do you think so? Why should not tho
fresh apples rather make the rotten one
fresh again2 p said his father; and with
these words shut the door Of the room.
Eight days afterwards he asked him 10
open the door and take out the apples But
what sight presented ITSELF The six ap-
pies which had been SO sound and rosy
checked were now quite rotten, and spread
bad smell through the room.
"Oh, papa" cried he, did not tel
you that the rotten apple would spoil the
good ones ? yet you did not listen to me. ,
my boy" said the father, have | no
told you often that the company of bad chill
dren will make you bad? yet you did mol
! listen to me. See, in the condition of the
apples, that which will happen to you fyo'
keep company with wicked boys"
/ Robert did not forget the lesson. Wher
any of his former playfeNows asked him =
join in their sports, he thought Of the rottel
apples, and kept himself apart from thom
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Indian Justice.

Many Yeas ago, when a gentlemen from
the central part of New Hampshire was in
the Pequaket country, attending to his prop
erty near the village of Fryeburg, compa-
ny of Indians from the Penobscot tribe came
there for temporary abode, and pitched
their tents on an elevation near the Saco
river. In passing to his lands he noticed a
squaw kneeling to pick strawberries, and
creeping to different parts of the patch
that furnished the fruit. Her attitude
struck him as singular; but he concluded
she took that posture as being most conve-
nient for the purpose. On his return she
had disappeared, and he supposed she had
gone to sell the berries. But as he ap-
preached the settlement, he observed the
unusual sight ot'an Indian carrying squaw
on his back. A nearer view showed him
the person whom he saw in the strawberry
field. After having witnessed the occur
renee several times, on inquiry of the In
dians as to the cause of this action, one of
them replied: "He bad Indian. He drink
much Sorcapee He drunk, and Checipie
devil get in him. Then he put squaw
feet in fire. They burn off, - As he look
ed he saw they were crippled and useless,
The tribe resented cruelty, and its cOunci
was about to decide on his immediate execu
ton, but one of the elder and wiser of the
number interposed his opinion, and gave
this advice: "No shoot; make him liv,
long as squaw live; make him carry squav
when she want to walk; when squaw di,
then shoot" The decision was in accord
ance with this council, and thus secured t.
the injured woman perpetual kind treat
ment from her husband The certainty O
his own death as soon as she died made hin
careful to preserve her health and life; an
the punishment of bearing her as his bur
den as his constant burden, as well as tn
compelled attention to her welfare, torme
a striking example of the retributive shrewd
ness of 'Indian justice.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

Not long since, says journal, our friend
B, of Mobile, was on visit to Look
out Mountain, Georgia, and was much
struck with the fact that fine jet of wa.
ter was thrown up above the top of the
emnence on which the hotel stands. Walk.
ing round the jet admiringly, he accosted a
plain countryman with
My friend, is this water forced up by
a ram?" meaning, OF course, the hydraul-
ic contrivance so named
"A ram?" exclaimed the countryman.
eyes, ram, Isay."
"What on airth-no. sir; it's a darn'd
big mule! and it's tremendous hard work
for him. Come here and l will show him
IN vou ~
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Horrible.

The Columbus Miss. Inder says: 1--WE
are reliably informed that one Of the wells
on the barracks ground, that is used by
the freedmen and women, having become
unfit to drink from by reason Of strange
scent and nauseating taste, it was ordered
to be cleaned out, when the bodies of fifteen
negro infants were found in well This
comes too direct to admit of any doubt !;
there is no grapevine about it. Those in
fants are all the victims of infanticde. "
| Similar Indifference to the care Of infants
was exhibited by the blacks gathered at
Camp Nel.on. kentuckY.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Reforming a ScOId.

In the early period of Methodistism, some
Of their zeal against enthusiasm ~ took
wagon load of Methodists, and carried them
before justice When they were asked
what these people had done, there was an
awkward silence at last one of the accusers
said: why, they pretend to be better
than other people; and besides they prayed
from morning till night" The magistrate
asked if they had done anything else Yes,
sir" said an old man, ant please your
worship, they converted my wife Til she
went among them, she had such a tongue
and now she is quiet as lamb" Garry
them back, carry them back, said the mag
istrate, land let them convert all the scolds
! in the town."
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
The SenatOrship.

The Black Republican State Executive
the Senatorial Imbroglio. 1t is decided, we
understand, that neither Sherman nor
Schenck can be elected The managers are
nightly engaged in the effort to decide who
shall be Sherman s successor. Last nights
session revealed the fact, that it is nip
and tuck between VIM. T. Coggeshall and
R. 2. L. Barber, with the chances in favor
of the latter. Both these aspirants are IA
boring with the members of the General As.
sembly, and both are understood to be max
ing some nrOgress - Ntntesnl1n
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Taking Refuge behind the Ne
grOeS.

The Tribune says this twas not white
mans Government during the last three
years, when it found refuge against white
traitors behind two hundred thousand black
bayonets" This is a great compliment to
the millions of white soldiers we had in the
field We trust they will esteem it as such
The truth is, the negroes bore about the
same relation to the war that fifth wheel
does to q coach,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

Ny nephew Joe is buster, aged ten.
The other Sunday his mother was making
him go over his Sunday School lessons be-
fore school-the subject being Moses and
the burning brush. In reply to the aues-
ton, What did Moses say when he saw
it?" Joe answered, II don't know, -
why, it's very simple, said his mother;
seen it?" "Me" exclaimed theyoungster,
his ewes growing big with excitement
'me!' why I'd have said Jerusalem crick-
etsl What's that
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Fenian.

The term Fenian is derived from the
Gaelic word FIANN. In the antiquated Gaelic
it is written Fiand. 1t was a name given
to an order or class of professional soldiers
among the Pagan Irish, long before the
Christian era. In ordinary times the Fiann
consisted of three legions, in each legion
were 3, S,000meu, but in war there were usual
ly seven legions
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

1t is a remarkable fact that electricity
travels so rapidly that itmay be sent through
gunpowder without igniting it, and it is on
ly when the current is retarded that an ex-
plosion takes place. The progress Of cleo
tricty is swifter than that of light, being
about two hundred miles a second
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

A little girl after returning from church
where she saw collection taken up for thu
first time related what had taken place, anc
among other things she said, with her chill
dish innocence, that man passed arount
a plate that had some money on it, but
didn't ttake any"
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

The Mobile Ne,cs says an artist in that
city painted dog so natural that it had the
hydrophobia during the hot weather. He's
the same man, says the Portland Press, who
painted copy of beer bottle with such
skill that the cork few out just as he wa,
finishing it.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

"Come till America, Pat" writes son
of the Emerald Isle to his friend in Ireland;
"'tis a fine country to get living in. All
We have to do is to get three-cornered box
and fill it wild brick, and carry it till the top
of four-story building, and the man at the
top does all the work
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

An Irishman who had lain sick for long
time was met one day by the parish Priest.
"Well, Patrick, l am glad you have re-
covered. Wereyou not afraid to meet your
God2" "Och, no, yer reverence, it was
the other chap was afraid Of" replied
Pat
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

A new married couple went to Niagara on
a visit, and the gentleman, in order to con-
vince his dear that he was as brave as he
was gallant, resolved to go down into the
"cave of the winds" She, Of course, OBJ
jected; but finding that he was determined
affectionately requested him to leave his
pocket hook and watch behind,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

An old dutchman, who, some years ago
was elected member of the legislature
said, in his broken English style Ven
vent to de legislature / thought Iwould fine
them all Solomons dere but / soon fount
dere was some as pig fools dere as vas.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

A Jerseyman was very sick, and was not
expected to recover His friends got around
his bed and one of them said:
John, do you feel willing to die
John made an effort to give his views on
the subject, and answered with his feeble
voice, 'I-think-Id rather stay-where
I'm better acquainted. "
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

Never look at girls. They cant stand it;
they regard it as an insult. They wear
their feathers, furbelows and, frills merely
to crafty their mammas, that's all.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09

The best bite we ever had when we went
fishing was the bite we took along,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
DR., WIN. lStchcsOn,
ATTOuN EYS.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Millershurg, O
Office-On Main street, in the room formerly
occupied by DIR. Boiling. 21-1
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Business directory.
OFFICIALS,
PITXSICIANS.
j. G. BrGslAM, M. D.

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, Mllcrsburg Ohio,
respectfully announces his readiness to give
prompt attention to professional calls.
OFF1CE-On Jackson street, doors west OF
Muvane's. nO29ylh
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-11-09
Dr.. A. a. Crssnp.

GERMAN AND ENGLISH BOTANIC PHYS1.
CIAN Millersburg, Ohio. Office on the East
end of Main street, four doors above the Pub
Iic Sounre 2l-20.
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Or. j. IL. Woods,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Millcrsburg,
House o.
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HEAD OPS IEPlRTMENI OF FIKNINIA,)
ARMY OF THE JAMES
RICHMOND Va. April u, 1856. }
cENfEtL OEQRS}
W. 70.
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CyNEHAL OEpER

CyNuSAL OEpER,l
No. T.
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Richmond, Virginia. April g 1865
GE,LLAL OEDEEs,)
No 81.
Provost Marshas will grant no passes 10 citizens from
The North or officers TO 10 this city except on
der. RON tie President the Secretary OF War Lieut..
-Ger. Grant or the Department Commander
on ,er and soldiers now in the city will return 20
their respective commands once or be subject TO ar.
rest and confinement
The Provost Marshal General is charged with he eve.
,atio1 Of this order.
r. sommsrd Of Major General 0RD.
J.. ". SNIIH.
.pl4 Assistant Adjutant General.