The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-02-14

ist encountered q large sized African and
asked lim--"My good man, have ycu
found the Lord 7" To which Sambo re-
piled ma surprised masnes, cooley,
massa, is de Lord lost?" hi NJ
Crewe Hall, the residence Of Lord
Crewe, and one Of the finest Elizabothan
buildings in England, has been destroyed
by fre. The los, is estimated at $780,
900. N
If cur Maker thought il wrong for Ad
am to live single when there was not q
woman upon earth, how criminally guilty
are old bachelors, with the world full Of
pretty girls. 47
I: has been ascertained thai. upward Of
forty counterfeits Of the Eve cent curren-
cy are in circulation. The Secretary Of
the Treasury has ordered them to be call
ed in aud another plate prepared, which
will cost the Government over two thous-
and dollars. A resolution of inquiry has
been prepared, calling upon the Secreta
ry Of the Treasury to know by whose au-
thority this thing has been done. '.,'
We see by Chicago paper that a spe-
cial prayer has been requested at meet
ing in that city, "for son who is in Bos-
ton afar off from God" We always believ-
ed that man in B ston was long ways
from God, but never supposed that Chi.
cago was much Of Christian entrepot
There is boy down East who is ac-
customed to 60 out on railroad track
aud initiate the steam whistle go perfect.
ly as to deceive the officer at the station.
His last attempt proved eminently sue
ccssful the depot master came out and
"switched him off," '. --',8
The Wayne County Democrat states
that the renowned Snowman, Herr Dries
bach. resides in that county near Woos.
ter, and is spending the winter there
with his family 1t r'joices that tht
Lion Tapicr is Democrat Of the Jack
soniau school @ 'a
There are ia our National Capitol ter
and half acres of halls, galleries, rotun
das, libraries, ante-r oms and corridors
The man who walks through each ONT
from end to end, will have travelled some
miles aud wherever he goes he will fnC
little else tbai selfshucss, demag suery
want Of principle, aud decided corup
ton. 4.
The Toledo Blade (Republican) say,
that "a more bigoted and intolerant mat
never lived" than Thaddeus Stevens.
Five thousand dollars of what is called
"cOuScsnce money" was received ut tn,
Treasury Department in one day. Th,
'argo rogucs are still holding on.
The Republicans told us, when tn,
war closed, the National Debt woulC
gradually decrease. But the telegra pl
states that it was Increased Sl7, 900, ,00(
during the month of January The Ne
gro Boarding Houses are absorbing tn,
substance of the people, .
A story is told of an inveterate drink
er, who signed the temperance pledge
but was found soon after imbibing as oft
en- as ever. To bis friends who remon
strated with him, be replied that tn,
document which he had signed was inval
i'd, because it had no internal revenu,
stamp. ...
An active search is going on in Ire
land for Stephens, the Fcnian Heat
Center.
Three venerable ladies' still survivt
who were the choir Of y1ung ladies that
dressed in white, greeted Washington as
he entered Trenton in 1889, on his way
to assume the Presidency, and who stfcw
cd his pathway with flowers. One vel
lives in Trenton, another is the mother
of Hon. Mr.. Chestnut, formerly Senator
from South Carolina, and the third, Mrs
Sarah Hand, resides in Cape Nay coun
ty, New Jersey.
II is said that Mr.. Sumner is about L
introduce bill in Congress to colonis,
the whites of the United States. W.
are prepared for almost any measure, from
this Congress 1t would bo as sensible
as any of the bills already presented.
Mrs. Partington says that Ike, having
become very much enamelled of o sirer
Of a Boston has led her to the mcnial al
tar. On the back OF his wedding card
were little cubebs with wings. lU us
The papers tell Of an Indian woman
out west, who, according to her own ac
count, is three hundred years old. Tha
10 strange confession Of remarkable olt
age for q woman TO make.
The Urbana Union learns that th,
authorities have forbidden skating on tn,
ponds by the Young ladies of that tow
for fear their waterfalls will freorc up.
Queen Victoria is far richer than wa
Leopold, or than is probably any sover
eign in Europe. She receives . larg
sum, spends little, gives less, has oil he
expenses paid, and her property Is accu
mu'ating to an enormous an cunt Al
her children are provided for BY the Stat
aud il she lives forty years longer, as sh
we'll may, coming Of q long. lived famil,