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| at Dover, and asked for a letter Of
introduction to the superintendent
of the mills, vouching for his re.
spectabiIity.
The merchant Immediately wrote
letter as follows:
The bearer of this is Mr.. A. b +,
a gentleman thoI oughly RESPONSE
bic, and worthy of entire confidence
in every respect"
Armed with this missive, he
went to Dover, presented his let
ter to the superintendent, and ask
ed permission to go th-ongh the
mills, and observe the different OPP
crations. The permission was
granted, and hecommenced going
the rounds. Alter time he came
into an immense hall, where seve-
raj hundred girls, of all ages from
eighteen to twenty five, were en-
gagged in weaving-or, rather, in
watching and supervising the weav-
ing done by the looms. They were
all active, healthy, and intelligent
Many of them were extremely
beautiful, and they were, without
exception, easy and graceful in
their movements. No awkward.
ness can live among the looms and
spinning machines of cotton.mill.
"Thc finest assortment said the
gentleman to himself, shat | ever
saw. If a man can not suit himself
here it is of no use for him to look
any farther"
So he proceeded at once to make
an examination of "the goods" !" He
first, from seat near the fore
mans desk, surveyed the room;
and observed the countenances,
bearing, and general domoanor of
the various operatives. Then he
walked about the room, and held n
little conversation with one and
another here and there. Finally
he took his selection. He made
some inquiries of the foreman in
regard to the character of the one
whom he had chosen. Receiving
very favorable answers, he asked,
incidentally as it were, what was
her name and where she came
from, and obtained the desired in
formation.
He took the next train which
went into that part of the country,
and stopped at the village in ques.
ton. At the tavern he tell into>con
versation with the land lady about
village affairs, and from her gained
much valuable information. The
girl was the daughter of farmer,
respectable, though in humble cir
cumstances, was educated, as
all New Hampshire girls are, and
bore an excellent character. He
went to the farmers house, and,
after long conversation, for which
negotiations for the purchase OF
apples formed the pretext, but OF
which the real object was to give
tho father and mother an opportu-
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mine from this circumstance what
her native land was, inasmuch as
not only the American steamers
but also those bound to other desti.
nations sail from Brest, and take
passengers thence to all parts of the
civilized world.
On tho morning of the day fol-
lowing, as the lady was entering
the carriage that was to take her
to the quay, she received pack
age by express from Paris, On
opening it she found that it con
tanned a casket of jewolry, consist
ing of diamonds of great value.
They werc from her "brother. !" He
had invested tho whole sum she had
given him in this way.
She was touched with the deli,
cacy which her companion had
manifested in returning the value
in this form instead of refusing to
receive it when it was offered to
him, and with tho feeling on his
part toward herself which his ac-
ton denoted, that she gave up her
voyage, returned to Paris, and
sought the gentleman again to
thank him for his present,
In about month they too were
married.
These two stories are both in
some measure Characteristic of the
manners and usages of the respcc'
tive countries in which they are
said to have occurred,
The two following are Yankee
stories, and they arc equally char
acteristic of their origin:
A young Boston merchant, who
had come into the city when he was
eighteen, and had devoted himself
strictly and faithfully to his duties.
found himselfat the age of thirty.
two in possession of q large and
fast increasing capital, at the head
of u very prosperous and lucrative
business, and in the receipt by
means of it of an ample income,
but with no wife. He first bought
and furnished a housein q handsome
part OF the town, and then began
to cast about for the means of find
ing lady to place at the head of it.
There were plenty of frivolous
and fashionable women about him,
whose idea of a husband was
gentleman to work all day in his
counting.room in order TO furnish
hem with money for their balls
and parties. But these were not the
kind. He wished for u wife who
had somo idea Of duty to be perform
cd. lie concluded that he must seek
one among those who had beer
trained to the performance OF duty.
"New Hampshire is a good State,
said be to himself, musing.
So he went from his store rount
the corner to the counting-room o
of commission. merchant, who act
cd as agent for the sale of goods
manufactured by o largo company
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like old friends.
Daring the afternoon 4 rain storm
came on. The roads became wei
and heavy, and the progress made
was slow. The sky was overcast
and darkness supervened at very
early hour, while the stage was
yet several miles from the village
whereit was to stop. AS the wheel'
went on blowing through the muC
and ruts the passengers became
uneasy, tor the driver had no lights
The young lady, however, evlnced
50 mnch calmness and composure
AS greatly to Increase the interesI
which the student felt for her. The
danger was real, as the event prov.
ed, torjust as the coach reached the
top of the hill the wheels on the
side went off the edge OF the road
into Il ditch, and the coach oyer
turned.
The student called out 10 the
passengers to lie as still as possible,
SO as to got olt quickly, one by one,
from the openings in the side OF the
coach which was uppermost. He
was himself near tho door on that
side, ana was the first to escape
He then assisted the others by feel,
ing, Tor it was so utterly dark that
nothing could be seen. Theyoung
lady came next but one. The road
was SO wet and muddy, he said,
that she could not step in it, and
she must let him carry her to the
bank on the other side. She con.
sented
So he took her in his arms and
began to carry her across the mud.
dy road, feeling his way in the
utter darkness, made more intense
by the trees of forest that border.
ed the road. She yielded herself
SO readily to his grasp, and rccln-
cd her head so confdingIy upon his
shoulder, that he was encouraged
to whisper in her ear, MARY, are
you engaged to be married p She
answered, No" "Are you willing
to be my wite?' She answered,
YES" lie sealed the promise with
the usual liJtle ceremony, and then
placed his prize upon II fiat stone by
the road side, the white surface Of
which reflected the skies sufficient.
ly to make its form jnstYisible, af-
er which he went back to assist
the other passengers.
| believe that this couple were
not married within the month, but
they were duly united at the prop
er time. The lady afterward often
told her friends that she always
had the most agreeable association.
with the idea Of tho upsetting of q
stage, coach, though they could moi
imagine why.
We can not absolutely guarante,
the truth of all these stories, bu
must leave our readers to exercise
their own Judgment and discretion
in regard to their crodibility.
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nifty to become little acquainted
with him, he bade them good bye
after arranging to have the apples
three barrels of them-packcd
and sent to Boston.
TO make a long story short, the
gentleman went back to Dover,
called at theyoung woman's board
ing house, and asked to see her on
business; and he SO far succeeded
in his negotiations with her as to
induce her to close her engagement
at the mill, and go home to consult
her father and mother on the "bus.
mess" in question.
In about a month they too were
married. The gentlomen's friends
think that he has got charming
and most excellent wife, though
they can not imagine how he found
her in that out.ol.tho way village
in New Hampshire. They live very
happily together in Boston, and
she attends faithfully to all her du-
ties as wife and mother, having
been trained to the performance of
duty from childhood. 1t would be
a betrayal of confidence for us to
give the street and number where
they live.
In all the preceding cases the
matches were made in very bus.
mess like and mattcr.of- fact way,
There is one story remaining to be
told, which is of q much moro 70.
mantle and sentimental character,
so that those readers who do not
fancy romantic tales may perhaps
as well pass over the remainder Of
this article.
A student who had completed
his studies, and was commencing
his proiessionaLlile under very ia
vorable auspices, was on his way
home late IN autumn to make a lit
tie visit to the patcrnal roof. 1t was
in old times, when the only mode
| of conveyance for travellers was the
stage-coach, Among his fellow
passengers. in the coach was Il
young lady of very agreeable per-
son and manners, who first at
tracted his notice by her kind con.
sideration for an aged woman, who
was assisted into the coach at a
way.sido inn. In the course Of the
day the gentleman became pretty
well acquainted with the young
lady, whose name ho ascertained
was Mary W. He began to
feel strong interest in her, and it
would seem. from tho result that
the interest was in some degree re
ciprocal In the course of the con.
versations that they held together
in the stage, and also in walking
up certain long hills, where such OF
tho passengers as were so disposed
got out to relieve the horses, they
learned mutually many parlicu
lars of each others parentage and
history, so that as the day passed
on they began to feel somewha,
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Phenomena of Sound.

In the Arctic regions, persons
can converse at moro than mile
distant, when the thermometer is
below zero. In air, sound travels
from one thousand one hundred
and thirty, to ope thousand one
hundred and forty.two feet per
second. In water, sound passes at
the rate of four thousand seven
hundred and three feet per second.
Sound travels in air about nine
hundred feet for every pulsation of
healthy person at seventy-fve a
minute. A bell sounded under
water, may be heard under water
at one thousand two hundred feet
distance. Sounds are distinct at
twice the distance on water, that
they are on land.
In balloon, the barking Of dogs
may be heard at an elevation OF
three or four miles. On Table
Mountain, a mile aboye Cape
Town, every noise in it, and even
words, may be heard distinctly.
The firing of the English, on land
ing in Egypt, was distinctly heard
one hundred and thirty miles on
the sea. DR.. Jamison says in calm
weather be heard every word of o
sermon at the distance Of two
miles,.
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Wood. The Princess wept ardibly

Wood. The Princess wept ardibly
as the Russian flag went down.
The transfer was condu cted in O
purely diplomatic and business.
like manner. The entire tran
saction was concluded in a few
hours, the Ossipce, with the Com,
missioner on board, steaming into
the harbor at IL o'clock in the
forenoon, and at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon a dozen American flags
floated over the newly born Amer.
lean city of Sitka.
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The population of Cincinnati is
estimated by the Gazette, its figures
being based on the school census,
recently taken, at 275,OO0. Tho
estimate for Hamilton county
which should, for purposes Of emu
meration, bc called Cincinnati, 10
100000. All the city wantsin or
der to retain its prestige is to watch
after its railway outlets.
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James Cough, whom the Eighth
Ward police apprehended yester.
day, after he had voted the third
time, said that Michael Norton, for
whom his triple ballot was cast,
promised him sinecure position
worth 81 day.
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Hon. Durbin Ward promised tho
Butler county Democracy a barrel
of tar and barrel of whisky if
they would give 1000 majority.
They did it and he did it.-Leba-
non Star
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Class Y-Foot Racing.
lstpr wheelbarrow raee-wm Mock 60.
Glass Z-B1Se Rail

lst pr base ball club, Junior b b club ..-.... 4.
"a pr b b club dutch lightning b bclub ...
list pr pitcher-L Guseman, active b b club
lst pr catcher-Sam G Shaef'er, junior b club
LIST pr felder-Beery IS. 81 buckeye b club
LIST pr runner OF bases-J Guseman, junior
ls pr longest thrower-J Guseman, Junior
LIST pr batter-Jesse Hart, dutch lightning.
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List of Premiums Awarded at the
10th Annual,Fair OF the Fairfield
County, Ohio, Agricultural SOci-
ETY., October o, 10, lis ~, 1867.
ClasssA-T Thorough bred Horses.
Class B-H0rSes for All Work.

lst Prem, Best stallion, Connell Applcgae 600 20
mare, John Rebcr, OU
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OH Gazctte.
GRIswoLD, KooKEN & SUTpHEN.
EDITORS AND PRoPRIEToRs.

GRIswoLD, KooKEN & SUTpnEN
EDITORS AND PRoPRIEToRs.
-------s s0e-s----
OFFICE = TalIm adge Block, Third
story over Douglas q Coles.
Esz= - ------.--- - -s----r -
Retrospective.
In wagon made OF willow
Wheeled once little maiden,
Rnslets shining on the pillow,
Rolling homeward, treasure laden,
Like a boat upon the billow.
Ten years fed oh how missed her
When she left the village school;
b., But she sa she'd be my sister,
Aswi fingered by the pool,
And passlonately kissed hor.
Ten more hopeful years rcnew II,
Little wagon made ofwillow-
Loytngeyo, are bent to view il,
LOVING hands adjust the pillow,
And we've fitted roolerstoltl
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LANCASTER, OHIO, NOV. 21, 1867
Class O-SeddIern. Lealher. d.c.

LIST pr mans saddle, J Little ......, q
~ pr mans saddle. = Little ... Q
lst pr side saddle, j n Little 9
Ut pr buggy harness, j y Lille 2
lst pr E,rtn harness. n Tttie. ... . ?
lst pr horse collar, n Little ,...
~ pr horse collar J n Little
lst pr pair fine boots, KOe!lcr 4 MAYER
2pr do do snfne
Isl pr coarse boots same
81 pr do 10 same
~ pr pair cmbrd slippers, Miss NJ Dwelling
~ nr 90 DO Mrs 4 Il DeYelna [
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Class Poultry.

LIST prem, pair game chickens, W McManamy on
| I'd d" do do Henry Senne . so
| LIST pair Brama Chickens Guseman . On
| I'd do do Thos shannon m 80
! lst prem. pair tame ducks John Latta ...... 90
| 2d " do do sarIe ......... so
| lst pair geese, John Gcts .......... %
I'd pair geese VIM Eas,. .............. 30
| lst prem. pair Poland chickens, Thos shannon 90
list bantum chickens, Dill Connell ... %
I'd do do Ida Rppey ...... SOL
LIST do do Henry Senne . 90
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- ~ "''' Wv Jonh 'lu lus..-...-..- D.
LIST pr COW do John gill ......... II
lsi pr Spanish bnck, Hite Huber Joe Barber
LIST pr Spanish eve, Sherman meeker .....
lst pr c0tswold buck, J StOckdale 4 Son ....
lSt pr cotswOld eve do do
LIST pr boar, Thos Barr
lst pr sow. Thos Barr rr...............
lst pr spring get Of horse, J II Pugh L
lstp fastest trotting horse, mare or gelding,
asainst time. WIoy h White. -. o
lst pr fastest pacing or racking horse, mare
or gelding, ag time, WiieyAWhite 2
list pr Jack, oil ages, 5 m Sain ........ Il
LIST Dr mules John Gill Il
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-27
Peaches and apples are Inow safe ant

Peaches and apples are NOW safe ana
good crop lis certain. Grass looks
weH, and there will be an unusually
good crop and plenty'of hay. III
The Independent is immensely dis
,ensted with the manner in which the
Radical officials of Putnam county have
squandered the school fund. 1t says !:
The whole tax of this township last
year amounted to ever SO on the slOO
per valuation, this money has been paid
and squandered, our township is in debt
several hundred dollars, and the people
will not stand an increased levy. Our
Board Of Education cannst tell how
much money they have ordered ont OF
the treasury during the last year, neith-
can they tell (hew much we owe, how
much has been paid in or how much
there is, or should be remaining. No
one of them knows anything about the
financial affairs of the township Neitii-
er do they know what proportion OF
their money is due the negroes. The
money matters of this and other town.
ships are all in q jumble and no one to
extricate the difficulties. - .
The burden of high taxes is on tho
increase without any advantages being
deri sed from it, Last year there was
levy Of $4,000 made in this township
for building fund. This money has
been nearly all collected. but what has
become of iti We have not aAschool-
house in the township proceeding from
this money. We begin to think the
voters and tax payers Of this town
ship are severely punished for their'wili-
fpI prejudice manifested in last springs
election. J 3. 49, "a
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-27
Letters from the People.
NEW MARTINsvnLE, W. Va,
MAY 25, 1867.

NfW h.t 7
.... May 25, 1867. :"
Editor of the Register .''if...''s..
Yesterday was election day, and the
event passed off in an unusually quiet
and peaceable manner, and resulted in
most complete victory for the Domoc-
racy. This township (Magnolia) has
heretofore been carried by the Radicals
by about ten to twenty majority, but
the returns yesterday show majority
for Mr.. Joseph Clark, Demoeratic can
didate for Supervisor, over Mr.. Will
liams (RadicaD of twenty-nine, making
a clear gain of over forty votes. This
result speaks in an unmistakable man
ner of the estimate of the people! for
the character and policy of Boreman
and his infamous prescription laws and
boards of registration. This result was
obtained in defiance of their Ostracising
some voters, and thereby safely calcu-
lating to carry the election. 1t seems
to be generally conceded that one more
session of the beard will completely eX-
tinguish the last vestige Of Radicalism
from our county. The vote was large
one and can be taken as fair party is
sue, and so indicating the growing
aversion of the people for the unprinci-
pied measures and proceedings of the
dominant party. I will not encroach
on your space by entering into the de-
tails and names of the officers elected,
but suffice it to say that We are gener-
ally satisfied with the result, our tri-
umph being complete. Truly, yours,
.f' MAGNOLIA.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-27

July next, taken in connection with
tlS stockholders meeting at Richmond
on next Tuesday promise we'll for the
speedy prosecution of work upon the
Covington Ohio r. r. The Coving-
ton and Ohio r. r. is beyond doubt
the great work of the day, one which
demands ofthe people of Va. and West
Va, Immediate completion. =,
In the first place, no other road or
route connecting the Great West with
the east and the ocean, can complete
with it in natural advantages. This,
we believe, is conceded on all Sides II
is IS miles shorter than any ether route,
and its grade is surprisingly light, in no
place more than 80 feet to the mile, and
the average being - feet to- the mile,
while the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
now the boasted link between the sec
tions, has in many places a grade of ll6
and 120 feet to the mile! The advan-
tages Of this road therefore for cheap
ness and quickness Of transportation are
immense, and such as win make it dts
tance all competitors, h..zt..
9. It runs through one of the most
favored sections Of the continent. Few
other portions of the country can boast
as much mineral and agricultural
wealth as tho Kanawha Valley and the
region between that and COvingtOn.
This road would command the wexlth
of this immense section without sin
gle rival, If the Ohio river were to
dry up and there were to be no connec-
tions whatever between the western
terminus of the road aud thegreat west,
the resources of the region through
which it passes should of themselves
form q sufficient motive for the instant
building of the road. ,,,,,,,
8. The; work will run through the
heart Of the State, and hence of all the
which now engage the
of the people this should be
primus in prints. 1t is the main hope
of Virginia. She should, if necessary,
let politics and everything else drop
instantly, and devote her whole ener-
gies to this alone. The Covington and
Ohio X. r. is her true path to honor
and strength. IHs{F -
\ The amount to complete the work
to the Kanawha river is small, Much
of tho work has already been done, and
it is estimated that $4,000, 900 will be
more than sufficient to connect Coving-
ton with the steam transportation Of
the Kanawha river. The 500, 900 ne
cessary to carry the road to the White
Springs would, without doubt,
be paid back to the company in a very
short time, from visitors to the Virginia
Springs alone.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-27

THE 4ge is disposed to be severe
upon Judge KELLEY. the would-be hero
of the recent riot at Mobile. 1t speaks
in the following touching style of
KELLEY in retreat
After the battle of Canne, when yarro
retreated to Rome, the Senate went out
to meet him, and thanked him for not
despairing of the republic. We trust
that the precedent win be followed, and
that the Union League will march ont
in solemn procession to Gray's Ferry to
meet Judge Kelley on his return from
Mobile. To rejoice in victory is easy.
To sympathize with defeat and flight is
heroic. What theme for the Laureate
il Kelley, hurting defiance and the
Fifteenth regiment in the teeth Of the
unreconstructed rebels in Mobile, and
then lying down, according TO the New
York Tribune, flat on his face" when
the first pistol was fired, rushing chat
less" to his hotel, refusing to be COM
forted, and, like the French princes at
Malvern Hill, getting on board the gup-
boat. When, during the war, Mr.. Bo-
ker wrote his ode of "Hooker's Across
illustrating his advance from the sRap.
pahannock, every heart-every loyal
heart, we mean-thrilled with enthu-
siasm; but when Hooker routed by
Lee and Jackson-came back again, not
a rhythmical word was uttered. Tho
War Department, as we have heard, in
timitated to the League that in case of
defeat and retreat the Muse must be
dumb. No such exigency exists now,
and Kelley Sin retreat is q fit subject
at least for elegiac poetry. 1t is
curious, too, that each Of the Radical
missionaries is distinguished for retro
grade facility. Senator Wilson went
out to witness the defeat of the rebels
at Bull Run in 1861, and came back
with a rapiaity unequalled except by
Kelley. Kelley, the war being over,
goes off to New Orleans and Mobile to
harangue the negroes-and the moment
q slight disturbance ON the outside of
miscellaneous crowd occurs, and pistol
is fred, down goes the orator-his cam
paign is over, his pilgrimage flushed.
At the last accounts he was at Atlanta,
moving rapidly northward. He may
be expected home in q few days-and
hence it is that we earnestly srge upon
the city authorities and the Union
League the he-denonstration we have sug-
gested. - sR'