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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
Written Upon the Rocks.

You have all doubtless read
about the boys at the Natural
Bridge in Virginia, carving their
names upon the massive abutment
of that great monument of high
er power. Knife in hand, they
draw themselves up and cut their
names above those of many full
grown men, who have left their au-
tographs upon this solid tablet
But one, more ambitious than the
rest, spying above him a name that
has monument far more enduring
than brass or marble, deeply gray
en- upon the American heart, he de-
termined to write his name by the
side of our Washington.' On he
climbs until he is above all other
names upon the rock, and there he
carves his own in large capitals
But he is not satisfied, and goes on
cutting his name in larger letters
at every siep, until he finds he can
not descend and must keep on to
the centre of the arch. His blade
is almost worn out. No longer alb
le to grasp it, he lets it fall from
his nerveless hand, and it strikes
upon the rocks below. What is to
be done? He is at the height of a
thousand feet, hanging over an aw-
full abyss, almost into eternity
Help has been summoned; and a
man, leaning far over the bridge,
lowers a rope. The faIntlng lad
slips his arms through the moose,
and in another moment the cry He
is safep resounds from the top of
the bridge and through the rocky
gorge.
We are each carving our names
upon the rocks which form the
great bridge that spans the gulf be-
tween this world and the next. Let
them be craven in living characters,
emblazoned by noble deeds. Feel
ing, as did the youth at Natural
Bridge, that all help must come
from above, let us climb speedily,
ever looking forward, so that our
names maybe written upon loving
hearts in letters of gold, written
for eternity in the Book OF Life (;
and when wearied with life's la
borr, we can climb no farther, God
viii open a door from above, and a
voice will call: Come up hither!'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
Romantic,

A Scotch emigrant passed thro'
Milwaukee one day last week, en-
rodte for Minnesota. In his family
was his eldest daughter, who is
described as of extraordinary beau
ty, with a form Of faultless symme,
try. Her every movement was
graceful and lady-like; her eyes
were brilliant and sparkling, fairly
electrifying whoever caught. her
glances her nose was finely CHS
eled, and Of the pure Grecian style,
and her complexion of rare beau
ty. After dinner, the head of the
family sauntered out to obtain a
glimpse of Milwaukee. In bis
rdmbles. he found young fellow,
countryman who had preceded him
about six years. The two were
soon engaged in conversation about
auld Scotia, closing with an invita-.
tionfrom the old gentleman to the
young man to visit his family
This was accepted. The moment
the young man was introduced to
the daughter, he was blindly in
love, and before the interview
closed, proposed and was referred
to the father. The old gentleman
took the matter into consideration,
made due inquiry into the charac-
Ter and prospects of the young
man, was abundantly satisfied, and
within twenty-four hours from
their first meeting, the two were
made one. The parents proceeded
west, and the bride and groom
came eastward or wedding tour.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
A Tr,le Lady.

l was once walking behind very hand.
somely dressed young girl, and thinking as
| looked at her beautiful clothes, Il wonder
if she takes half as much pains with her
heart as she does with her bodyT
A poor old man was coming up the walk,
with a loaded wheelbarrow, and just before
he reached us, he made two attempts to get
into the yard of small house; but the
gate was heavy, and would swing back be-
fore he could get through.
"Wait," said the young girl, springing
lightly forward. "I'll hold the gate OPEN
And she held the gate until he passed in,
and received his thanks with q pleasant
smile as she went on.
She deserved to have beautiful clothes, |
thought for beautiful spirit dwells in her
breast.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

MASV years ago, when those who were
condemned to suffer by the law had more
choice than they have now of the particular
tree upon which they should be hanged,
Highlander was sentenced to death for some
crime or other, Of which he had been found
guilty. The judge, after passing the SEN
tence, said, addressing the prisoner, "Don.
aid, it only remains for you to choose the
tree upon which you are to be hanged."-
swell, we'll" said Donald "if her ainsel
maun be hanged, she be in no way particu-
lar; but for a that, her ainsel will just
choose a groser.bush, (gooseberry bush. y
The judge whereupon demonstrated with
him, saying, 1T would not be large enough
Och! said Donald, she be in no hurry; she
will just wait till it grows
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
Wiles of a Fair Deceiver.

A SHORT time since a modest and
captivating young lady, calling
herself Nelly Sweet, visited De-
troit, as she said, in search of her
brother, who was represented to
have been killed on one of the
railroads of that State. Her quiet
ways and great beauty captivated
the hearts of all around her, and
she became a great favorite. At a
party recently given, she appeared
as an invited guest, and succeeded,
almost unconsciOusly, in winning
the heart of wealthy young man,
answering to the not very roman
tic name of Henry. Henry danced
-wit4fthe fair Nelly@vefy~often, and
after the festivities, walked with
hE home. A short courtship fol-
lowed, and the parties were engag-
eG 10 be married on st. Valentines
day, A few days before the cere.
mohy was to be performed, which
would make two loving hearts one,
theyoung man visited his affianced
and to his surprise found her in
tears. He tenderly inquired the
cause, and after much coaXing, was
informed that she had been disap-
pointed in receiving remittances
from home, that she was in debt to
her landlady, and had no money to
buy her wedding finery, conse,
quently the wedding must be post
poned few days. Henry would
listen to no such proposition, but
would 60 straight and bring the
money. lie departed, andin Il few
moments returned with a five nun.
dred dollar bill, at the same time
telling her if she needed more let
him know.
The evening before the day ap.
pointed for the marriage, he deter
mined to spend few hours with
his beloved, and repaired to the
reading room, but alas! Nelly was
not there. The bird had flown
Thelandlady said she had packed
up her things early that morning,
and had taken the early train, but
where she went was a mystery. A
note had been left on the wash
stand in Nelly'S room, addressed to
him, and which the landlady deliv-
cred. Its contents were brief, but
to the point; "Henry, you are
green. / have been paid very
well for the smiles | have given
you, and with your generous pres
ent of last evening, can now join
my husband in California. Give
my respects to that brother that
was killed on the Central road,
when you see him, and oblige Mel
ly.' 1t was a rude awakening for
Henry, but the lesson will probably
DO him good.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

A LITTLE man in the West Of Maryland,
rushed to the Potomac river, last summer,
swearing that ho would drown himself
When he had waded in to the depth Of his
waist, his wife, who had followed him, ssiz-
ed him by the hair, and then, as a specta-
tor describes it, she led him back until she
had reached place where the water was
about two feet deep, where she pulled him
over backwards, sousing his head under,
and then pulling his head up again
"Drown yourself, (down he VENT leaving
me to keep the children! (another plunge.)
Get drunk tanother souse) and start for the
river! (Another dip) Better use water
instead of RUM (Another dip and shake Of
the head. III learn you to leave me q Wild
owl" After sousing him to her heart con-
tent, she led him out, q wetter if not wiser
man, and eseOrting him to the house, shut
the door.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
ADYERTIsING TERMM
Industry.

The following choice bits of wis
dom, from the pen of Miss Russell,
are taken from the Deac Drop:
Industry is the key to fortune
and the gate to wealth. Without
it little or no good can be done in
the world. Scholars sometimes say;
as an excuse for idleness, q haze
nothing to do but if one is really
industrious they rarely find time
when they have nothing to do, and
If any one expects ever to make a
good scholar, he is obliged to apply
himself steadily to his books, or if
wealth is to be the object of pur-
suit he must attend industrlously to
his business. 1t is aa old saying
that practice makes perfect, and a.
is only by patient practice that the
greatest ends are obtained. The
best writer's are made so by a con-
tinual use Of the pen. The most
fluent authors once perhaps wrote
nothing better than an essay but
by acquiring a habit of composing,
they are at length enabled 70 write
for the paper. Again, a man may
be quite wealthy at the start, but
If he happens to be rather lasN he
has his servants and expects them
to take care of his property for
him; and he will before long find
himself at the bottom of the hillof
fortune, his money gone, his time
wasted, and himself unfit for any
useful employment, and he will find
the reag Of the journey of life to be
rather lard road. Thus we see in
every case hat "there is no excel
lence without great labor"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
Is 1t So?

SoMEBoDY-we don't know who,
and it makes no diflerence-thus
warns young men to beware of the
women:
Young men, keep your eyes
peeled when you are after women
Is the pretty dress or form attrac.
tive? Or pretty face, even9 Floun-
ces, boy, are of no consequence
A pretty face will grow old. Paint
will wash off. The sweet smile of
the flirt will give way to the scowl
OF the .termagart. The neat form
will be pitched into calico. An
other and a far different being will
take the place of the lovely god
dess who smiles sweetly and eats
your candy. Keep your eye peel
ed, boy, when you are after the
women. Ii the little dear is cross,
and scolds at her mother in the
back room, you may be sure that
you will get particular fits all
around the house. If she apollo
gizes for washing the dishes, you
will need a girl to fan her. If she
bushes when found at the wash
tub, be sure she is Of the Goldfish
aristocracy-little breeding and lit
tie sense. If you marry girl that
knows nothing but to commit wo
man-slaughter on the piano, you
have the poorest piece of music
ever got up. Find one whose mind
is right, and then pitch in. Don't
be hanging around like a sheep, as
though you were ashamed to be
seen IN dough, but ask for the arti;
cal like a man. a.e.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
REPARATOR CAPILLI,

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forcing a growth of hair upon the face it has
no equal. 1t will force the beard to grow upon
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ness from their own experience can bear wit
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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
alisrellaaep,ls.
AFRAID OF THE ITCH.

PETE MILESTONE, of Arkansas,
was once travelling on horseback
through the interior of the State,
and called one evening to stay all
night at a little log house near the
road, where entertainment and post
office were kept. Two other stran-
gers were there, and the mail rider
rode up just about dark. Supper
being over, the mail-carrier and
the three gentlemen were. invited
TO a small room, furnished with a
good fire and two beds, which were
to accommodate the four persons
for. the night. The mail-carrler was
a little shabby, dirty looking
wretch, with whom none of the
gentlemen liked the idea of Sleep
ing. Pete Milestone eyed him
closely, as he asked:
"Where do you sleep tonight,
my lad~
"I'll thleep with you, I reckon"
lisped the youth, "or one O. them
other fellers, l don'tcare which"
The other two gentlemen took
the hint, and occupied one of the
beds together Immediately, leaving
the other bed and the confab to be
enjoyed by Pete and the mail boy
together, as best they could. Pete
and the boy commenced hauling
off their duds, and Pete getting in
the bed first, and wishing to get
rid of sleeping with the boy, re-
marked very earnestly:
"DIy friend, I'll tell you before
hand, Pve got the itch, and you'd
better not get in here with me, for
the disease is catching"
The boy, who was just getting
in bed, too, drawled out very cool
ly:
"Wol, l reckon that don't make
bit O. difIerence-I've had it near
ly these theven years." and Into
the bed he pitched, along with
Pete, who pitched out in as great a
hurry as if he had walked up a hor-
nets nest in the bed.
The other gentlemen roared, and
the mail boy, who had got peace
able possession of the bed to him
self, drawled out:
"Why, you must be set O. darned
fules; nam and dads got the catch
a heap wurth than | Is, and they
thlep in that bed latht night when
they wath here to the quiltin'."
The other two strangers were
now in a worse predicament than
Pete had been, and bouncing from
their nest like the old house had
been on fire, stripped, shook their
clothes, put them on again, ordered
their horses, and, though it was
nearly ten O'clock, they all three
left and rode several miles to the
next town, before they slept, leav-
ing the imperturbable mail carrier
to the bliss of scratching and sleep
ing alone.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
gpGtru
THE LITTLE GRAVE.

ats only little grave" the! said,
"0nly just child that's dead;'
And SO they carelcssly turned away
From the mound the spade had made that
day
All, they did not know how deep shade
That little grave in our home had made.
know the coffin was narrow and small:
One yard would have served for an ample
pail; ..
And one man in his arms could have borne
away
The roseyOod and its freight of clay;
But | know that darling hopes were hid
Beneath that little eofiin.lil.
| know that u mother stood that day
With folded hands by that form of clay;
! know that burning tears were hid
Meath the dropping lash and aching lid;
And | know her lip and cheek and brow
Were almost as white as her baby's now,
| know that some things were hid away,
The crimson frock and wrappings gay;
The little sock and the hall.worn shoe,
The cap with its plume and tass6ls bluei
And an empty crib, with its covers spread,
AS white as the face of the guileless dead.
'Tis little grave; but Oh, have care,
For worldwide hopes are buried there;
And ye, perhaps, in coming years,
May see like her, through binding tears,
How much of light, how much Of joy,
Is buried up with my only boy.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

"Now, girls said Mrs. Parting
ton the other day to her nieces,
"you must get husbands as soon as
possible, or they will all bs muir
dered.'
"Whg so, aunt?'
"Why, l see by the papers that
we've got. almost fifteen thousand
post.ofices, and nearly all on 'em
dispatches a mail every day. The
Lord have mercy on us poor wild
ows.' And the old lady stepped
quietly to the looking glass to put
on her new cap.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

A CERTAIN preacher was holding
forth to a somewhat wearied con-
gregation, when he lifted up his
eyes to the gallery and beheld a
youngster pelting the people be-
low with chestnuts. Dominic was
about to administer sharp and
stringent reprimand for this fla
grant act of implety and disrespect,
but the youth, anticipating him,
bawled outat the top of his voice:
you mind your preaching, dad
dy, and I'll keep 'em awake r
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
ReparalOr Capilli.

Throw away your false frizzes, your switches,
your wig
Destructive of comfolt, and not worth hg;
Come aged come youthful, come ngly ana iair,
And rejoice in your own uxuriant hair.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

"HERE's to internal improve
ment," as the boy said, when he
took dose of salts. ~-t arila t.s
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

AmEpicAb savan has made The Important
discovery that job Was afflicted With css
hancles instead Of hoils. r...,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

WHAT ship should be ireighted
with knowledgeg Scholarship.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01

OF Jackson county, who will remain, dur
ing vacation, at the Office in Jackson, o..
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
Homer T.. Jones,

ATTORNEY AT Law McARTHUR, OHIO,
II will attend promptly to all business sntrus-
ted to his care.
Office over T. B.iDavis' Store, Main street,
Macarthur, Ohio. ian24
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-08-01
Back Pay, Bounty and PEN
siOns
j. D. Mcdowell,

ATTORNEY AT LAW S CLAIM AGENT,
n will practice in Vinton al d adjoining coLn.
ties. Also, Deprty Collector of Internal Rev
enps. Office in the Vinten Co. Bank. jan2i
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-01
FOURTH EDITION
FROM WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO EvENlNG TELEsBAPH.l
WASHINGTON, February 1.
New Finance BIN.


WASHINGTON, February 1.
New Finance BfM.
Jay Cooke, of Pennsylvania; Governor Smyth,
of New Hampshire; Thomas j. Page and Jobn
w. Ellis of OHIO; Il. G. Noyes, OF In iiana, and
other prominent bankers and business men OF
the country, held consultation with the Comp
t1olier OF the Currency and Secretary OF the
Treasury yesterday and agreed upon the fol-
lowing bill, which meets the approval OF the
Secretary of the Treasury and OF the Comp
troller of the Currency:-
The gentlemen abOve-named have had an
interview with the Senate Finance Committee.
and it is understood the bill will be reported by
the Committee to the Senate to-day. The bill
reads as tolloWs:-
Beit enacted, etc. That for the purpose redesming
and re!rng any compound interest notes outstanding
sury hereby authorized 70 temporary cir
Of s "A Act n' g. 1872 81 SeaPr four
terest at the rae Of not exceeding per cent per
on e@d snd d Of @ sTa
loan may constitute and be hed dby any National Bank
sseSRs he rsssEye PTov Jed for Sc sections S 81 and
CurrenSy," etc approved JuueIs 1854 provided that
the amount issued shall exceed one hundrod thou.
The proposition embraced in this bill meets
the warm approval OF the Treasury Department.
as il relieves the department of all anxiety on
account of the compound interest notes, and
will provide for them in such way as not to
derange the business and finances of the
country.
An effort will be made to-day 20 open the
navigation of the Potomac, by using the ram
Stonewail as an iCebreaker.
COlOred Peoples Nominations.
The colored people of Washington propose to
nominate Sayles j. Bowen, City Postmaster and
President Of the FTeedmen's Relief Association
as their candidate for Mayor.
Still Another Veto Expected.
1t is intimated that the President will veto the
Tariff bill, should it pass the House in the shape
it passed the Senate.
The Tariff bill will be referred to-day to the
Committee on Ways and Means, and there con
sideTed in connection with the Tax bill.
Obsequies of Hon. p. johnson.
The funeral of Hon. Philip Johnson will take
place on Sunday.
Compound Interest Notes.
The Senate Finance Committee have decided
to report the bill for funding the compound
interest notes on Tuesday next.
The Judiciary Committee.
The Judiciary Committee are still examining
witnesses in tue Maryland investigation.
The impeachment investigation has not COM
menced.
The Indemnity bill will be reported back on
Monday, and promptly passed.
Death of Henry $. Magraw.
Henry s Magraw, OF Maryland, formerly State
| Treasurer of Pennsylvania, died here about 84r
| O'Clock this morning.