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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28
Newspaper I,aser-

An exchange hos the following IL refer.
enco 10 newspaper labor :srooa :. ,s.s.
rs The general reader who sweeps bis eye
so thoughtlessly over the morsEug paper,
gathering it's contents as nimbly as the syl.
lnbled accents cspssueceed each other, may
have but q mesgre idea Of the ,omount Of
labor expended on its columns, The origi.
nal matter Is al quorried out, chseled inlo
smoothhess, nnd framed into structure oi
manuscripts by the slow, jogging process o.
long hand writing. Every selectlon must
be read Grst, then, miuutely read sgain u
the proof, aud all errors marked and ID
many selections it is often necessary that
dozen exchanges must be thoroughly In
spoeted to find as many scraps Of news os
are worthy Of being proddced si.'e'' .at,i
r.. But hisreonstitutes oalya small portion
Of the labor required. Wben.the copy has
been written or selected and, given into the
hands Of the composition, then begins the
drudgery then are Summoned one ct a
time, the reluctant atypeA click click
click--feeling their, way forward with such
snaiI-like tread, that t. 0 sparkling thought
or glowing sentiment has become stale ant
dead before it has been swung home, trans
| fixed in its metal bound moorings. From
the rising to the setting of the sun the
printer worked keeping time to the ticking
of the clock swung against the wall above
him, and has produced what the reader,
sitting in his aasy chair can peruse ia TWEEN
" minutes with scarcely an effort.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28
Editing a Paper.


Editing Q paper Is very pleasant busi,
ness. '-
If 1t contains TOO much political matter
people Won't have II.
Ii The type is too large, Il don't contain
enough reading matter JESS
II 4f.hetype rs too small people won't read
1t. 2 I'D ..1n 30 q. rciss =! 4 -L ed
live publish telegraphic reports, people
say they are lies. B, So slr, ~ NJ 71'
If we omit them, They say we have no
enterprise, or suppress them for political
effect 20 Sd 'i'lf .''" a'a- - 'lA s5c
live have few jokes, people sag we
area ra, tlehead. ysS ie7ai , 'a. * Ell.
If-ws omit them, they soy We are an old
FOSSIL - g. :-,as.asa -I t.if h..
II Ee.puhlish original matter, they damn
US for not giving selections. sq.. b. .s.a
II We publish selections, peu say we ere
lazy for not writing more, and give them
somothinG they have not read in sone other
paper. '1 s' - '-D 3.
five give man complimentary notice
then we ore censured for being partial. D.
Ii we do not, all hands say we are @
greedy bog O. -a'"g 10 a''s' O. 'ts' -,
5ilf we insert an article that pleases the
ladies, men become jealous, .ora' ~
II we do not cater to their wishes, the
paper is not fit to 60 into the house. ss
If We attend church, they say it is only
| for eHect.La- Agt -.ha'7@Aiih - Q.
If we don's they denounce ia. as deceitfu
aud desperately wicked. q s rsyCal :,
If we remain in the Office and attend tc
the business, folks sag We are too proud &c
uinge wi our fellows. .....-. t..,... -.
IL we 60 out, they say we never attent
10 business 'i'l2 y .ao'H' '''
If we publish poetry, we effect senlimen
talism. ,5.ai5 s i
If we do not, We have no polished taste
If the mail does not deliver our papers
promptly, they say we do not publish OF
| time.
If it does, they are afraid we are getting
| ahead OF time. ..-- ''"
II we do not pay all bills promptly, folks
say we are not to be trusted. III
If we dopay promptly, they say we stole
the money. --.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

HEAvY ON ARTENUs We have an ora.
Gle in Ysnkeetown, as the lower end ofithe
borough is called, who sometimes entertain
the boys with his views of men and things.
Said he the other day. to select party.
who had been discussing the merits OF some
of our prominent men at Washington.r-
You can take any man and give him the
saue opportunities that Webster, or Clay
or Calhoun had, and be will make as great
a man as either. Natural gifts are fudge.
It's The education makes the man. Well,
said one OF the listeners. could you take
boy. who had no gift for humor, and sdl-
eaie him to be like Artemus Wardf
Artemus Ward said Sir Oracle. Ar.
temus Ward amt educated at Iall--the
darned fool can't spell r q 5Vsl
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28
The Prisoners at the Dry Tortugas.


A person uamed William White, Of
Henrco, Virginia, recently released by
pardon from the Dry Tortngas, where he
had been sent under the conviction Of being
rebel spy, during the war, has arrived at
Memphis. The Memphis Appeal says :
Mr.. White was for a time O room mate
of DIR. Mudd, who was sentenced to bard
labor for life in the Dry Tortugas for al
legged aiding in Wilkes Booths escape.
after The murder OF Mr.. Lincoln. The doc
tors health is rapidly failing, and Mr.
W hite believes he will not live through the
summer. Spsnger and Arnold are quite
we'll, and even their confinement does not
seem very seriously 10 affect their general
physical or mental well being. The State
prisoners arc compelled to riso at five
O'Clock A. NJ. after breakfast, at seven,
go out to work, and are employed in cut
ting and carrying stone to build the fort
until twelve o'clock, when one hours inter
mission is allowed, tae work being resumed
at ono p. NJ, and continued until five
o'clock. On rainy days 40 work 10 re-
quired. The same ratons issued to the
Uuted States soldiers is distributed TO the
pTlsOnUTs, uuu tuOuBu Coa'oOi 10 oou"HohN
aud wholesome in quality. He represents
,he island as sterile and depressing in sp.
pearancs, but as cooled by refreshing sea
bre ecges, aud the condensed water used is
palstabe and healthy. He further says n
marked improvement in the treatment OF
the prisoners has been instituted by the
officers of the Tenth United States regular
infantry, who relieved the former garrison
of negro soldiers. When the news of the
fall Of Richmond arrived gu issue of whs-
kew to all hands was made in honor of the
event, and the prisoners were literally iu.
cludcd, but though many of them had been
for long time dep ived OF the luxury, i've
of the number, including Mr. w, refused
to touch it, or enjoy the holiday also grant
ed TO all on ethe island, in celebration Of
such a signal triumph Of the Union arms
The pri,oners arc occasionally 60 fortunate
as to obtain Havana cigars and tropical
fruits from the neighboring island OF CSba,
apd tho Federal others humsoeiy permit
she indalgetce
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28
Home, swees Home

The members of Congress, with hardly
an exception, wautfto go home.a They are
sick of Washington. disgusted with null
titude OF things, cad heartily tired of hear
ing one another talk, The. same old, round.
day after day. week after week, yith moth
ing to vary the nc.ony but Salisbury
coming oin sober or otbe. members going
out 10 drink. The dust and heat outside
ard the dryness and heat inside, all con
spire to give onr national Saloons fit o.
genniue home sickness, phe bills in the
Honse are bcres pnd The bills at the hotels
are swindles. The sun which iighteth
them 'waxeth hoitereach succeeding day
and 7,the national mosquitoes multiply.
Visions Of green fields and aowing brooks
float before country members through the
drowsy sessions. aud the babble Of Sepa
tors suggest the lbabbls OF streams. u.cf
OHe can say by reading the proceedings
that, such of our legislators as do rot spend
their timo in sleep are getting irritable and
pngnacieus, and how can one wonder (
No place on the continent ia less like home
than Washington at any time. but in the
heat and dust aud general crowdedOes Of
summer its disogreeabilites are ten times
doubled Nowhere else are the skies
brassier or the heas thicker nowhere else
are the hackmen so lmpertinent, the street
boys so dirty, or the charges so exhorbi.
tant. Nobody but a Senator could drink
the liquor and live, and nobody would re-
main there during the summer months but
those who don't dare to go outside and
mix with honest people, or those who
haven't money enough to get out.
Aud yet there is much to do before
Congress sdjourns which should not be
left uadope. There are bills to be disposed
of and questions to be settled which do not
admit II laying over until another sesion
There are wrongs to be SGT right, and
there are provisions to be made for the
proper execution of things which are al
rea DIV right. The Tariff bill Is yet to re
port, after which come the changes. the
notifications, tho striking out and the put
tings 10. And so With whatever else may
come up. To be sure the thing locks long
and tedious, and summer doesat last forev.
er. But duty is duty, and our Intellectual
representatives get pay and mileage Tor do.
ing II. Let them shut their eyes to every.
rhhg else but that, work as they e4h work
if they choose, and thon make that move
nient which shall crown al 4lhe moyemcn.
to adjourn. Erie Dispdtcb.F
Ah | said d conceited young parson, have
a. = Iaaa,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

= BEAUTIFUL Two boys were conversing
abcnt Eliish's ascent 10 the chariot Of Gre.
Said one, Would you not be afraid to ride
in such chariot No, was the reply. not
if God drove. Night not many old Chris.
tains learn lesson of faith from the above3
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28
SELECT POETRY.
From the Galaxy. IA
THE MOTHERS PRAYER.


A MOTHERS holy arms caressed i
A babe that laughed upon her breast.
Then thus to Heaven sho cried in prayer,
Now even as his face is fair, utI
90 Lord keep Thou his soul within
AS free from any spot Of sim"
From Heaven the Lord an answer made,
Behold! grant as thou hast prayed"
Within her door the darkness crept,
And babe and mother sweetly slept.
The belfry rang the midnlght-bell;
The watchman answered, All is we'll
Awakening at the cradlc-sde, fl-
The mother knew the babe had died -
With grief to set woman wild, -.-.'
She caught and clasped the marble child
Until her heart against his own .
Was broken, beating on stone!
80 God! she cried in her despair,
Why hast thou mocked o mother 8 prayer?
Then answered He, AS have willed,
Thy prayer, 0 womanl is fulfilled;
'Tf on the earth thy child remain,
His soul shall gather many stain"
"At thy behest, reach my hand l|-
To lift him to the Heavenly land!
The mother heard, and bowed her head,
And laid her cheek against the dead,
And cried, 30 Cod I dare not pray
Thou answerest In so strange wayl'
In shadow of tapers light,
She'sat and moaned the livelong night;
But when the morning brought tho sun,
She prayed, THY will, 0 God, be done!" e..
TnEoDoRE TILTos.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

Married couples resemble a pair Of shears.
says Sidney Smith, so joined that they
cannot be separated, often moving lp oppo7
site directions, yet always Furnishing any
one who may come between them.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

A woman in Lewiston. Me-, applying to
a citizen for employment, said she formerly
bad good situation as taioress, but added:
l was fool enough to swap my trade for
husband. The man Is gone to California,
and I'm rid Of him. A good trado is bet-
ter than poor husband. -e40
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

A worthy man, when told that he was
about to die, said, he was glad Of IL be
was tired Of putting his shoes aud stockings
on and off sl4s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

LoyE-Ws 6nd the following tolsrAbV
clever description Of love in an old MsgsziOs'
Love is like the Devil. because u tormeuts
ms, like heaven, because il wraps the soul IN
bliss; like salt, because 'tis relishingi Ike pep
per. because il often sets Us on ire; lk' sngar,
because il is sweet like rope, because II is OF
ten the death OF man; like . prison, bcarss
II makes US miserablei like man, because 10 rs
here to-day and gons tomorrow; Ike wo'
man, because there is no getting RID oI nks
beacon, because 1t guides one 70 the wished
for port /; like will-o'-the-yisp. because OF
ten leads one into bog; like hefee sonrSer'
because il often ruos away With one; like ~
lie pony, because il amblss nicely Ike onei iiko
the bite OF mad dog OF tbe KISS OF 2 pretty
woman, because they both run Us mao hhs
goose. because it is slly' ike rabbit, e' sAsss
iEeie ID hohiog Ike il. s 20 tsa hgrsas
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

No matter how long you have been mar.
ried, never neglect to court yonr wife,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

Neither false carls, false teeth, false
calves, nor even false eyes, arc as bad as
false tongues.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

My frst is what lies At the door my
second is Kind of corn; nay third Is what
aobody con do without, and my whole is
one Of the United States. Mat-ri-mony.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

Heaven drops little fragments Of itself
here aud there along our way, BY way Of
assurance that heaven and love are one.
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Why is a man who squints like needle
that can't be threaded Because his eye
is defective. -aF sIo sa4t ao.ia49e
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Why is the letter G like wisdom2 Be-
ginning of greatness and goodness. '
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If topper and gallon of whisky were
left together, which would be drunk first I
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We should like to know how the world
can wag without q tail. H. -
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Slander is a towards revenge disiimu-
lation his defense. 9isff
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Ah said conceited young parson, have
this afternoon been preaching to congrega-
tion Of asses
1hehnt8at was the reason yo1 called thcm
belovahirsthrens replied strong-miudsd lady.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

Gentleman.-A manual of good manners,
bound in cloth. ag,es
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Woman,-An essay on grace. in one
volume, elegantly bound.
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A dogma is defined as an opinion laid
down with snarl. at 70
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Duties fulfilled are always pleasures to
the memory.
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WHOLE NUMBER $685..


Song OF the Deeansss.
~ . ~ ------s .f,rS
m Thsre was an old decan-
,ssi ter, and it's mouth was
'' 81 a gaping wide the
f's' 50 r.io' ioi rosy wine had
ii. s'a o flsd away,
's' @ g. aud lefs
its erys-
7 aso;'} tai side
I. and the wind
'l went bumming--
. humming, as
mp and
down the
5ng,t sides II few;
and through the
sssts reed like
hollow neck
rf the widest uotes Il
blew. j placed II In the
window, where the blast was
blowing free, and faucied thatits
pale mouth sang the queerest strains to
me. They tell me, puuy conquerofsi the
. Plague has slain its ten, and war It's hundred
thousand Of the very best men; but I.-'twas
thus the bottle spoke-.but l have conquered
more than all your former conquerers so
feared and famed Of yore Then, come,
ye yonths and maidens all, come drink
from out my cup, the beverage that
dulls be brain, and buras the spirit
up that puts to shame the con.
qaerors that slay their scores
below; while this has de-
luged millions with ths
lava tide of Yn Tho
In the :ide OF battle,
darkest waves of
blood may roll,
my victims In
their homes are
crushed - I've
damned the very
g-3F.-. soul The Cholera
Plague, and Sword,
such ruin never wrought
. tf!oa as 1, in mirth or malice, on
innocence have brought And still
!c Ibreathe upon them, and they shrink
before my breath; and year by year my
thousands tread the Dismal Road to Deathl
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28

Trains do stop at stations where the time is omitted in
the above table.
a~zy@ Second Glass Cars all Through Trains. H9
Although Trains going Westward cel1ect at Cleveland,
with Transfor Toledo CbiecgO C0iUrdA' O cRRati IN
diGnOpoIis, &c.
And throueh Trains going Eastward Dupkirk
with the Trains efN Y & r. r. and at Buffalo, withthose
of n Y Central and Buffalo N Y. City Rail Dads, for
Mem York. AlbGay Boston, Niagara Falls, &c. &c andat
Erie with Trains on Philadelphia & Erie II. RorHarrisburg
PHILADELPHIA Baltimore, Washington, New York, &c.
New York Express East connects Mt Girari with Trans
on the Erie Pittsburgh Road for Linesve, headville,
Jamestown &c Pa. II. NOTTINGHAM, Sup't.
supts ofice, c. E. r. r., Cleveland, May II, 1885,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-07-28
Clothing.

MANSFIELD & BRUCE, Wholesale retail
oeaiesin Ready Made Clothing Furnishing Goods, Hats
= Cans 30 Ashtabula ~ '' - 'i'' 636
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r. S. ABBOTT, Dealer in Clocks, Watches
Jewey etc. Engraving, marking and repairing done to
order Shop on Main Street, Conneaut, o.. S3S
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Attorneys.

F. II. SHERMAN, at the Office of Sherman
& Fitch, Notary Public, and Agent of the Hartford are
Insurance Company, ioz
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Watches, JevveIry, &c.

G.. W. DICKINSON, Jeweler. Repairing OF
all kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewey Shop, oppse
the Fisk House, ,Ashtabula, o. O.
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TYLER & COLLINS, Dealers in Dry Good
Groceries Crockery, Boots and Shoes, Hats &C.
two door North ofFisk House, Ashtabula, v. 4l6
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s. b. WELLS - Wholesale and Retail
Dealer in Western Reserve Butter .and Cheese,
Dried Fruit and Flour Ashtabsua Ohio Orders respect
fully solicited and filed at the Lowest cashcost $50
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Merchants.

WILLIAMS & EDWARS, Wholesale and
Retail arocers general dealers in Produce Provisions
Flour Corn, Fish, Salt, Main street Ashtabns o. SAP
Y. r. WILLIAMS, T. ). EDWARDS.
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GEORGE WILLARD, RD,--Dealerin Dry Goods
Groceries, Hats Caps Boots and Shoes orockery, Glass
ware. Also whole ale and retail dealerin Hardware
Saddlory, Nails Iron Steel Druga and Medicines, Paints
Oils, Dyestuls, &c, Main street, Ashtabula
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MORRISON 6 TICKNOR-Dealers in Dry
Goods Groceries Boots Shoes, Hats and Caps Hard
Ware, Crockery, Books, Paiuts Ills &C Ashtabula, o.
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q t'!oa asiI in mirth or malice, on
innocence have brought. And still
.!o I.breathe upon them, and they shrink
before my breath; and year by year my
thousands tread the Dismal Road to Death
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1866-02-08
One Hundred and Sixteen NfgScrS
in Congress.

1t seems that there are one hundred and
sixteen niggers in Congress, who have voted
for impartial freedom" in the Federal
District True, they are white nj ggers,
but then they can't help that, for that is
the fault of the Creator and not their own
and they have done their utmost to correct
it, The negro is natural docile, submis
sive and useful human creature, whose
labor is an essential element IN American
civilization But this negro, thrust FRI m
his normal condition Of domestic subordi-
nation into the coalition of the white
man. becomes IN i5lc, vicious and danger
Gus social monstrosity, and those who arc
in juxtaposition with him call him a Mig
ger, which term, to their minds, embodieS
all that is disgusting To healthy minds
There is nothing naturally repulslve IN
the negro; indeed, very much that is at
tractive, and that appeals TO our healthy
scnslblities; but thr1st from his orbit,
distorted into freedman" it is impossi>
bic to conceive of any thing mere disgust
ing y woman is the most lovely of crea>
ted beings, but debauched and deformed
into n prostitute, she becomes social
monstrosity distressing 10 behold. So with
boy; he is naturally attractive. but dis
torted into "a man, or a creature that chews
tobacco. swearS and affects the bearinr of
manhood, he is perfectly repulsive An:
so, too, the nigger-the creature that is
forced from his natural orbit into the status
of the superior being--is disgusting be-
yond expression. But if the nigger is so
offensive and degraded, what to
think of white nggers-the degraded and
miserable beings who voluntarily descend
to the level of the black nigger? The
nigger is the product Of social crime. for
he never, Of his own voiition, become thus !;
but the white nigsers make themselves so,
and voluntarily abdicate the high nature
God gave them, and with the devil aud
all baser imps of the internal regions, get
down to this inconceivable abject condition
But they are "too mean to live" in truth
and as black niggers, as shown by the cen
sus returns, die out, of course these abject
wretches must also perish, and We predict
that ten years hence there won't be white
nigger, or black either, in all this broad
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