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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

A Gentleman travelling to Pitts.
burgh, from one of the neighboring
towns, stopped TO see friend, and
left his horse tied on the road. On
his return he found the animal had
slipped his bride, and while in search
of him he met an Irish pedestrian,
of whom he inquired, shave you seen
a strange creature any where here.
abouts, with saddle on2' "Och,
by the powers, YOU may say that.
where. "Just yonder.' "Will
you show me the place ? "That l
will, in less than no time said the
man, approaching small wood Of
young timber. SAY, there he is,
sure enough, honey The gentle,
man looked up, and said, II 10 not
see him. "Thcn, by Saint Patrick,
you must be blind! Not see him ?
Just cast your eyes in that direction.
Och, by the powers OF mud, what's
he about now? Only see how he swal.
lows his head 7 "Why, sir, that's a
a turtle, and not a horse "A
horse ! and who the duse said II was
a horse Z Sure horse is not strange
creature bnt that's strange crea
ture, he added, pointing to it with
fear and trembling:'and he has sad.
die on but, hang me If I'll tridle
him Tor the whole country"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
Marks of the Siege of Charles
ION.

A correspondent writes to west
ern exchange from Charleston, South
Carolina:
"My first impression of Charles.
ton, as / rode through the streets
from the depot to the hotel, were un-
favorable and they hecome more so
with every hour that | remain. The
great fire of 1861, sweeping from one
river to the other, through the very
heart of the city, laid the best bust
ness portions in ruins. The chin
neys and higher walls, standing like
specters until after the close of the
war. have been pulled down, but there
are acres of broken wall and unsight
ly piles of crumbling brick and stone
still to be seen. Not more than half
a dozen houses seem to have been
rebuilt in the lower burnt district,
and only one could / see in the upper
i burnt district which is in the north
western part of the city, and the
work of the rebels in burning their
army stores to prevent their falling
into the hands of the Yankees at the
surrender. These burnt districts are
n gloomy spectacle indeed and then
to see no effort being made to re-
build, and to be conscious that the
citizens are too poor to take step
toward repairing these waste places,
makes them appear doubly sad
The most of the money and labor ex-
panded on buildings since the war,
has been applied to repairing the
holes made by Federal shot and shell.
1t will be found interesting to con-
suit in an old file in the Mercury, the
official statement of General Beaure-
gard, that it would be physically i'm
possible for the Yankees to lombard
the city from any position they held,
and then pass along the streets, in
the souther half, and mark the traces
of the missiles thrown from the
swamp think person might
count hundreds OF places where ir-
regular holes, from two to five feet in
diameter, have been repaired in the
walls of these houses. 1t may be a
gala day in Charleston when her cit.
izens shall have become able to paint
their houses and thus obliterate the
evidences OF her peril"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
''Thc Gray Marc IN the Better
Horse"

The application of this proverb is
well known, but few know the story
upon which it is founded. A gen.
tleman, who has seen the world, one
day gave his son span of horses, n
carriage and basket of eggs. ado
you said he to the boy, "travel up
on the high road until you come to a
house Ia which there is married
couple. Ii you find that the hus.
band is master there, give him one
of the horses. If. on the contrary,
the wife is the ruler, give her an egg.
Return at once, if you part with a
horse, hut do not come back so long
as YOU keep both horses and there
is an egg remaining. ....
Away went the boy, full Of his
mission, and, just beyond the Dor.
ders of his fathers estate, 10 ! mod.
est cottage appeared. He alighted
from his carriage and knocked at the
door. The good wife opened it for
him, and courtesied.
ais your husband OF homer"
ANO, hub NOulu Cutl
from the hay field.
In he came, wiping his brow
The young man told them his errant
"Why," says his wife, bridling and
rolling the corner of her apron. al
always do us John wants me to DO.
He is my nlaster-aint you, John ~
"Then," sald the boy, II am to
give you horse. Which will you
take p
al think" said John, Gas how that
bay gelding seems to be the one as
would SUIT me the best
"If we had q choice, husband" 4"
said the wife, 81 think the gray mare
would suit us best"
NO" replied John, "the bay for
me. He is the more square in front,
and his legs are better"
"Now," said the wife. ~ don't
think so. The gray mare is the bet.
ter horse, and l shall never be con.
tented unless get that one"
"Well," said John, "'if your mind
is set on it, I'll give up. Wen take
the gray mare"
"Thank you," said the boy, "al.
low me to give you an egg from this
basket. 1t is n nice fresh one, aud
you can boil it hard or soft, as youl
wife will allow"
The rest of the story you can i'm
aginc. The young man came home
with both horses, but not an egg re
mained in the basket.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
The 4amtuek 9sffsrsunian
OLD TIMES.

Here is an exquisite little poem,
which appeared in the Chicago Jour.
nal, and is probably from, tue pen oil
b. F. Taylor. 1t is perfect gem
There's beautiful song on the ,lu mbruu,
arr d.
That drifts through Tho valley OF dreams;
II oomessfrom cline where the roses we're
And tuneful heart and bright brown hair
That waved in tho morning beams.
Soft eyes OF azure and eyes of brown,
And snow white forehcads arc there;
glimmering Cross and Il glitiering Crown,
A thorny bed and coCch Of down,
Lp 1T hopes and leaflets of prayer.
breath of Spring in the breezy woods,
Sweet watts from the quivering pines--
Blue violet eyes beneath green moods,
A bubble of brooklels, scent Of buds,
Bird MARBLES and oambering vines.
A rosv wreath and dimpled hand,
A ring and a sighied VOW
Three golden links Of broken band,
A tiny track on the snow. white sand,
A tear aud sinle's brow.
There's a tinctare of grie in tho beautiful
song
That soDs on the slum brous air,
And loneliness felt in the festive throng,
Sinks down on the soul asit trembles alons
From a cline where the roses were.
We heard 1t nrst at the dawn OF day,
Aud 1t mingled with matin chimes, .s
But yeSrs have distanced the beautiful lay,
And its melody 1oweth from far away,
And we CAL it., now, Old Times.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

ain lifting tile kettle from the fire soaIdcd
myself very severely--une hand almost 10 a
orsp. The torture was unbeardble.
rhe Mexican Mustang liniment relieved the
md left very little scar CnAs. FosrKR.
420 Broad ST., Phila.
! This iS.merey q sample oi what the Mus
tang Liniment will do. II is Invaluable IN All
cases of wounds, swellinis, sprains, cuts,
bruises, spavins, etc., either upon man or
beast. ... .'....
Beware Of countorfeits. None genuine un
leps weapped In fue steel engravings, bearing
the signature ofG. W. Westbrook. Chemist
aud the p, iUaie stamp of Demas Barnes Il Co..,
New YorH. .-. .L ID. e.-..
Saratoga spring water, sold by al drug
mstS. ~ f..a
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

- T-lSGJ.-X The amount nj Plantati ON
-. Bitiers $ Id In one year, is something
startling. They would MI oadway six feet
high. from PARK to ith street. brakes man
u iactory IN one uf the Institutions of New
YORK. II is said that Drake painted all the
rocks In the Eastern States, win his cabais.
tic -. I T.--lSGO- X" and then the ola
granny legislators tn pass law revent-
ing dIshEurirg Tho face OF nat which
gives hm Il monopoly. We do not know
now THIS is. but 20 do know the Plantation
Bitiers sELL as no other article ever did
rhcy are used by all classes OF community
,nd are death On Dyspepsia They
.,e very invig rating when AnguId and
weak. aud great appetizer.
Saratoga spring Water, suld by all
lruggists. .-- OBJ.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

shame for you. AT your time of life,
with all your children growing up
about you to--What am | talking
aboutp l know very well, and so
would you If you had any conscience,
winch you haven't. When | say
sh Ill discharge Kitty, you say she's
very good servant, and cant get
u better But know why you think
her good you think her pretty, and
that's enough for you as if girls who
work for their bread have any bust.
ness TO be pretty-which she isn't.
Pretty servants, indeed gong about
with the fallal faces, as if even the
flies would spoil 'em. But l know
what bad man you are--now, it's
no use your denying IL; for didn't |
overhear you talking to Mr.. Pretty
man, and didn't you say that you
couldn't bear to have ugly servants
about you? / ask you--didn't you
say that2 Perhaps you did. You
don't blush to confess itY If your
principles, Mr.. Caudle, ar'n't enough
to make womau's blood run cold
"Oh yes you've talked that stuff
again and again; and once l might
have believed it; but | know little
more of you now. You like to see
pretty servants, just as you like TO
see pretty statues, and pretty pic.
lures, and pretty flowers, and any
thing in nature that's pretty, just, as
you say, for the eye to feed upon
Yes l know your eyes very well. l
know what they were ten years ago /;
for / never shall forget that glass of
wine when little Jack was in arms
[ don't care if it was thousand
years ago, it's as fresh as yesterday,
and never will cease to talk of it !!
When you know me, how can you ask
it2
"And now you insist upon keep
ing Kitty, when there's no having u
bit of crockery for her ? That
girl would break the Bank OF
England know she would--if she
was to put her hand upon it. But
what's q whole set of blue china to
her beautiful blue cycs2 know
that's what you mean; though you
don't say it.
"Oh, you needn't lie groaning
there, for you don't think l shall ev-
er forget Rebecca. Yes-it's very
we'll for you to swear at Rebecca
now--but you didn't swear at her
then, Mr.. Caudle, l know. Mar.
garet, my dear? Well, how you can
have the face TO look at me--You
don't look at me? The more shame
Tor you.
81 can only say that either Kitty
leaves the house or l do. Which is
it to be, Mr. Caudle2 You don't
care? BothY But you're not going
te tee ret So rid Of BIT 10y @ that That
YOU may swear and rave as you like.
You don't intend to say word more?
Very we'll, it's no matter what you
say--her quarters up on Tuesday,
and 90 she shall. A soup plate and
a basin went yesterday
"a soup plate and a basin, and
when I've the headache, rs | have,
Mr.. Caudle, tearing me to pieces !!
But shall never be well in this
world-.never. A soup plate and a
basin
"She slept writes Caudle, and
poor Kitty left on Tuesday"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

A good anecdote is told of house.
painters son, who used the brush
dexteio iously, but had acquired the
habit of putting it on too thick. One
day his father, after having frequent
scolded him for lavish daubing, and
all to no purpose, gave him severe
fiagellation. "There, you young
rascal" after performing the painful
duty, chow do you like that ?"
I" Well, l don't know" whined the
boy, in reply, " but 1t seems to me
that you put it on a thrndcrin' eight
thicker than ! did
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
The Conjugating Dutchrnan.

wv bhSiiou StutlciltH SJcppctl
into q coffee house in Paris, when
they observed a tall, odd looking man
who appeared not to be native. sit
ting at one OF the tables and looking
around with the most stone like grav-
lty OF countenance upon every oh.
ject. Soon after the two Englishmen
entered, one of them told the other
a celebrated dwarf had arrived in
Paris. At this the grave.looking
parsonage above mentioned opened
his mouth and spoke, --"I arrive
said he, "thou arrivcst, he arrives /;
we arrive, you arrive, they arrive"
The Englishman whose remal k
seemed to have suggested this mys-
terious speech, stepped up to the
stranger and asked
Did you speak to me, sir p
Il speak," replied the stranger,
" thou speakest, he speaks; we speak,
you speak, they speak" "
How is this ?" said the. English
man; "do you mean to insult me p
The other repied,-
81 insult, thou insultest, he in
suits; we insult, you insult, they in
suit"
This is too much for me-" said
the Englishman. 81 will have sat.
islaction. If you have any spirit
with your rudeness, come along with
me-"
To this defiance the imperturbable
stranger replied
81 come, thou comest, he comes ;
we come, you come, they come"
And thereupon he rose with great
GOODNESS and followed his challenger.
In those days, when every gentle.
man wore q sword, duels were speed
lily dispatched. They went into a
ncighboring alley, and the English
man unsheathing his weapon said to
his antagonist
Now, sir, you must fight me-"
al fight" replied the other, thou
fghtest, he fights we fight, (here
he make a thrust you fight, they
fight" and he disarmed his antago.
mist.
We'll, )" SAID the Englishman, "you
have the best of it, and l hope you
are satisfied"
- am satisfied" said the original
at thou art satisfied, he is satisfied
We are satisfied, yCu are satisfied,
they are satisfied"
81 am glad everybody is satisfi
ed" said the Englishman. Bu'
pray, leave off quizzing me in thi:
strange manner, and tell me what i:
your object, if you have any, and il
doing it?"
The grave gentleman now for the
first time became intelligible.
am it,fs am dqtGamanp HShF SaI@ he "and ans
it very difficult to remember the pc
culiaritics of the verbs, and my tutor
has advised me, in order to fix them
in my mind, to conjugate every Eng.
lish verb that | hear spoken. This
l have made it rule to do. l don'i
like 10 have my plans broken in upon
while they are in operation, or
would have told you this before"
The Englishman laughed heartily
at this explanation, aud invited the
conjugating Dutchman to dine with
them.
81 will dine" replied he, "thou
wilt dide, lie will dine; we will dine
you will dine, they will dine,-wC
will dine together" This they ac
cordingly did, and it was difficult tc
say whether the Dutchman ate oi
corrugated with most perseverance,.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

The Shelby lind Courier has the
following:
very fashionable of late. In almost
every church you go into you find
one Of these instruments. A friend
of ours, who lives in n neighboring
village, related to us yesterday an
amusing incident which occurred in
theil church.
He said to be in the fashion they
must have an organ. The congrega
ton could not afford to pay an or.
ganist, 80 they got self acting or.
gan. n compact instrument, well suit.
ed to the purpose, and constructed to
play forty tunes.
The sexton had instructions how
to set it going and how to stop il,
but unfortunately he forgot the latter
part OF his business, and after singing
the first four verses OF hymn before
the sermon the organ could not be
stopped, and continued playing two
verses more, then, just as the clergy
man completed the words, "lct us
pray" the organ again clicked and
started another tune.
The sexton and others continued
their eXertions to find .he spring,
but no one could put stop to it +;
so they got four of the stoutest men
IN the church to shoulder the per.
verse instrument, and they carried H.
down the aisle of the church. playing
away, into the church yard, where il
continued clicking aud playing away
until the whole of the forty tunes
were run through.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

UTHAT DID lTl-A young lady returnin
w To her country home attsr sojnurn oi
lew months IN New YORK. was hardly rec.
ngniynd by tor friends. In the place of Il
rustic. flushed face she had Il soft. ruby ON
plexinn ct almost marble smoo hness aud
instead NJ 22 she really appeared hut IL -
She told them plainly she used Hagans Mag
nulia balm, andiwuud not be without 1t. ANY
lady can improve hor personal appearance
very much by using this article. II can be
ordered of any druggis, for only so cnnis.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all drug
gists,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

4 YON's FXTKACr or PURE JAMAICA
liGlNGER-Fu For ,ndi gestiOn, Nausea, Choi-
era Muruus, Sick Haadache liearthurn' @f''
where a warming. genial stimulant is requir.
d. It's careful preparation and entire pufl
IS makes IL cheap and reliable article fur
culinary purposes. Sold everywhere, at 1O
cents per bottle. .g-
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by al! Drug
,ists je~.ly'eo
Saratoga spring water, sold by all drug
sists.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

Coon FOR MARY.-A gentleman
dining at a hotel in New York, a few
days since, asked one of the walters,
am Irish girl, just from the Emerald
Isle, and as green as grass, for nap.
KIM. She, not knowing what was
replied, "Not one left, sir
all gone. The red.headed gentle.
man ate the last p "The deuce he
did," then ask him If he won't have
q fried towel, In addition"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

4 qua DE MAGNOLIA. = The prettiesi
N thing tho "sweetest thing" and the
most Of It fnrtho least munty. II overc"mss
delicacv to the skin is u eelishtful perfume;
allavs headache and tnndmn, ton, and u .
necessary companion IN the sick room. Ia the
nursery. and upon the toilet sidoboard 1t
can he obtained everywhere ht one dollar
uer bottle. -.
saratoga spring water. sold by all drug
gists.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

A SMART SAYING old Roger was
visiting friend, who had remarka-
bly, fine little girl about three years
old, famous for smart sayings. AS
usual, she was shown Off before our
esteemed friend.
What is papap p said the 'parient,
in order to draw out the precocious
child.
'Papa's blockheadr = said the ju-
venile.
Il declare said old Roger, Il new
er in my life saw so young child
with so mature Judgment
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

A LII who value beautiful head of hair
N and its preservation from premature
baldness and turning gray, WIN not iail Ia
use Lvon's celebrated Kathairun. N makes
the hair rich. soo and glossy. efuica'es
dandrua. ana causes the hair 1" grow with
tuxuriaut beauty. II Is sold every where.
4. THOM vs. LYON. Chemist, n. l.
Saratoga spring Water, sold by all Drug
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
How They Get Warming Of
1IarthUU;llxc cs in ,I;lDQn.

Earthquakes have been SO preva.
lent of late IN India, that they are
now Il topic of popular conversation.
Many Of our readers are, doubtless,
unaware OF the tact that the japanese
have, for centuries past, been cogni.
zant of very simple mode Of warn.
ing against these sudden, and often
dangerous, phenomena. They long
rgo discovered that the magnet loses
its attractive power short time pre-
vious to shock, and they have in
every house a simple apparatus, con.
sisting of the magnet suspended by
its own force to an iron bar, over a
disc, or hemisphere of bell N etal, on
which it falls accordingly, and
alarms tine inmates, who have time to
leave the walls before they are sha-
ken, This plan could he easily adap.
ted TO public alarm, we think, the
weight Of the fallen magnet being ad-
equate to ignite a percussion fuse on
n loaded cannon. We wonder it has
never been tried in civilized coun-
tries where earthquakes have OF late
years been so prevalent. Magnetic
storms" have recently been observed
by medical practitioners in Europe
to be forerunners of edidemics, chol
era especially; aud We too have fre.
quently noticed that continued earth,
quakes are the harbingers and at
tendants of epixootic pests. 1t is
reasonable to suppose that concen-
trated gases of poisonous yirulencc
are discharged on the surface of the
earth during these violent convul
sions of nature.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

A lady who had read of the exten-
sive manufacture of odometers, to tell
how far a carriage had run, said she
wished some Connecticut genius
would invent an instrument to tell
how far husbands had been in the
evening when they just stop down to
the postoflics.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19

lleimstreers lnimiiaile Hair Coiur NJ has
ieen steadily growing ~ iavur Tor over iwen-
" years. IL acts upon the Itsorbents at the
roots oi the hair, and changes II 1" i's orig
nal color by degrees. All instantaneo Gus dyes
leaden and nJure The hair. Heimsifeet's IS
not aye, but ~ certain IN It's results. pro
notes IT'S gruwtn, and iSa beautiful RAIN
DRsssI>G. Price, 80 cents and al 90. Sold By
All dealers.
sista.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
Divorce Notice.

John Hughs In the Court OF Common Pleas
ps. OF Hancock County, Ohio,
Clarry Hughsl IN divorce.
VNHE said Clarry Hughs Ia hereby notified,
that John Hughs, her husband, did OIL
the SIh day OF April, A. d., 1857, file his pc
tition in the once of the Clerk of the Court
OF Common Pleas within and for tho county
OF Hancock and State OF ohoi charging the
said de endant, Clarry Hughs, with having
been wilfully absent from the SAID JOhn
Hughs for more than three years last past
without anv Just cause or prov eoation, and
asking that the said John Hughs may be d'
vorced from the said Clarry hughs; and tor
tho custody and control OF Caroline Hughs.
aged about7 years old, which petition VIII
stand ior hearing at the next term OF said
Court, r--L.~ JOHN HUGhS, 81
April 8. A. D., 1867. n..I...
no47-6w BY WV. GRIuBEs. his atty,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
New Law Firm.
EzRA BROWN JAS A. "or'
LAW OFFICE.

THROWN q BOPE, -.
Is Having formed co.parmership. WI
promptly attei,d to all business, In ANA out OF
Courts, requiring the services OF An a,tof'
sey. and t., the collection OF all claims
against the Government,or oiherwise.
Aug. Il, lS65-l2 Ia ly. LIS
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
LandfO Sale.

0NHE Undersigned offers for sale his. large
Il and valuable farm, one aud \ half miles
southeast OF Pindlay. containing $50 acres
8 houses, orchards, barn, 1856 acres cleared.
we'll watered and tiinbered, and soil Eax
oelient quality. Also. l60 asres In Portage
township, we'll umbered and Of exaellen
soil, and about two miles from Van Bursn
Terms OF sale Easy end TO sub teyyohasers
uasulus<I.1A l9giaa3t HI PAxe0N, ht
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
Entrikin n Ballard,
Physicians & Surgeons,
FIND LAY, OUIC.

81 OFFICE the room formerly "oou'
pied by DR.. Entrikin. -.,.
All accounts standing six mont must De
closed by cash or note. In future' settle
ments will be promptly made every sA
months.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
Good for Forty Tunes.

The Shelby Ind Courier has the