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Oliver Twist.

The last volume of the beautiful
edition of "The Diamond Dickens
is issued and contains one of Dickens
best stories, "Oliver Twist" epic
lures in Italy," which, seen by Dick
ems eyes and painted by Dickens
pen, cannot be anything but charm
ing, and the "American Notes fol
general circulation" which everybody
is reading, now that the author is il
America again to select new material
and sharpen his pen for future
"notes." The "Diamond Edition
has been wonderful success in spite
of the multitude of cheap editions
that have been issued to rival it. Its
neat, compact form, clear type and
pointed illustrations made it a
favorite at once. No handsomer
cheap edition for a library can be
found in the list of any publisher in
the world. Those who wish to secure
the complete Diamond Edition can
secure them by an order through any
of our book dealers at 81 so per vol
ume for the illustrated, or 81 % for
the plain, or by addressing the pub
fishers, Ticknor- q Fields, direct, at
Boston, Mass. SsAt
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Hon. VIM. Munpen.

We congratulate our Democratic
friends of the 5th District on having
q great Statesman to represent them
in Washington. We refer to no less
a person than Mungen, the Hon.
Mungen of Findlay, Ohio. His last
great act has been the endorsing OF
some strong minded women for for
eign consulates. We have not as vet
learned if Madame George Francis
Train is among the lucky ones OF
not. If not, We would suggest to the
powers that be the advisability of i'm
mediately appointing Madame's Cady
Stanton, Train, Mungen, (when her
time is up and all other restless old
women Of that order, either as con-
suls to Patagonia, or Internal Reve-
nue. officers in the Hon. VIM. Sew
ards late urchase.-Ohio Republic
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Good Stories.

Part two has just been issued by
Ticknor & Fields, with the following
attractive contents: The Meteppsy.
Ghosts, by Robert Macnish, ,-illustra
ted by S. Eytinge, Jr., (the artist
who illustrated the Diamond Dick.
ems J The Uninvited; The Bellows.
Mender of Lyons /; The Smallchange
Family; The Scotshman's Tale, by
Harriet Lee; The Blacksmiths OF
Holsby; A Penitent Confession.
These Stories are not original, buI
are generally unfamiliar to the pres
ent generation Of readers. They art
fresh, readable, genuinely GOOD sto
ries, and printed on clear, legibls
type. The price is only fifty cents :
number. ALI booksellers and news
dealers have them, or they can bt
procured postpaid directly from th,
Publishers, Ticknor & Fields, Boston
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Ditching.

EDS JEFFERsoNIAN: In q recent
number I noticed a communication
over the cognomen of B. R. As the
author of said article is unknown,
we are led to make the inquiry, who
can it be in old Hancock, who is thus
fioundering under the withering
bonds of Slavery, unable to remove
the shackles, and 60 forth free
man2 This alone prompts the writer,
as patriotic sympathizer, or physi-
clan, to come to the rescue and lift
the burden, and recommend an anti
dote for the sufferer, that he may be
enabled to take up his bed and walk.
But a close investigation Of the
case rather inclines the writer Of this
to the opinion that the patients suf-
fering is more imaginary than real !;
and although a bond" man he may
be in one sense, we doubt whether he
really opposes that bondage. Let
us hear the sufferers cries" the
ditch law!" Aye! there is where it
hurts. And now who wants ditch,
as they often cause serious calamity,
for even in ancient times cattle or
stock fell into them and had to be
helped out on the Sabbath day, and
if B. R. has got into one should he
not also be helped outp But aside
from this, does ditching the low lands
the black swamps of Hancock,
Wood or Putnam. benefit the lands
and country, increase the products,
beautify the county, insure good
crops and good health to the inhabit-
Iants, and raise the value of said,lands?
If SO, there can be but one solution
to 3. RS slavery effusion. to-wlt:
He has some swamp land, bought up
at very cheap rates, under the expec
Itation that the settlers will improve
the value at the risk of life from mi
asma and chills, incident to such
lands, or has some patent medicine
to cure these ills-and the ditching is
like to spoil his trade, hence he cries
out to be delivered from his imagina-
Try abomination.
But methinks 1 see B. R., on the
wing; lie has some "greenbacks,' and
that ghost of ghosts, the assessor,
like spectre, has haunted him du-
ring the ..wee sma' hours" of night.
And with Westonian speed he strides
abroad, and rushes into the banks, or
shaves shops, as they are politely call
led to invest in government bonds"
that he may avert this terrible servil-
Iity complained OF.
4 The circumstances warrant US in
supposing B. R. to be some old, with
erred up curmudgeon, without any Of
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Turnpiking,

EDS. JgFFERsoNIAN:-ln your issue
of the 18th inst, "Farmer" has an ar
ticle on the subject of what he de.
lights to call "Free Turnpike" p
Now however free such a road may
be, after it is completed, the plan
upon which it was proposed to raise
the mony to build it, was not very
free.
"Farmer" says, ga petition was cir
culated for that purpose and many
signed it." But he does not tell us
what means were used by those who
circulated that petition to induce
smany" to sign it, and how some,
when they saw how they were deceiv-
ed, wanted their names off from it.
He says 'ssuch an improvement would
pay any one who lives within two
miles of the road, three-fold more
than it would cost" and that it would
increase the value of the country be.
tween Findlay and Arlington $685.
600. Now let as figure a little and
see where "Farmer's'' calculation will
land him. He says it will cos
$4,000 per mile 10 build such road.
1t seems to me that "Farmer" is 6
most selfish man, and not very &C
curate calculator. The last part oi
his figuring 1 will not attempt to dis
prove, but when he says it would pay
any one within said limits, three folt
more than it would cost it seem:
there is room for some more figuring
Now there are about $500 acres o
land within two miles of the Belle
fontaine road, mostly in Findlay
township, the occupants of which
don't travel that road once where they
do on others five hundred times--som,
not once in ten years but who trave
the Lima road and roads leading into
it, and the road running by the Fail
grounds, because these roads are th'
direct routes for them to get to Find
lay. According to Farmers" cal
culation these men would be obliged
to pay $500 "just for the fun of tn,
i thing" for making Farmers" lan(
worth $50 an acre more than il nov
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The Atlantic Almanac.

Think OF an almanac edited BY
such fair weather fellows as Oliver
Wendell Holmes and Donald G
Mitchell, filled will original and Sc
lected prose and poetry from first
class authors, decked with fine en-
cravings and colored illustrations, ,ant
garnished with a glorified cover
Such is the Atlantic Almanac, beins
a sort of Christmas number OF the
Atlantic Monthly. Besides, it il
crammed with all the needful figures
about days and years, suns, moons
and eclipses, and is sold for fift.
cents.
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Toledo & Columbus r. r.

Toledo & Columbus r. r.
The Toledo Commercial, in speak.
ing Of the surveys on the different
routes of this road, and the interest
manifested by the citizens along
them, says: "Mr. Waite, acconpan.
led by Gen. D. II. Day; one of the
Columbus Directors, recently made
a reconnaissance of the Findlay line,
passing over the entire distance be-
tween Columbus and Toledo, touch
ing Marysville, Kenton, Findlay and
IrcrrysDuIg. Tic gruui al : reaIu, &C
of the route are not materially differ.
ent from those of the Fostoria line,
the chief difference cons isting in the
heavier timber. No serious obsta.
cles were found. The spirit of the
people is excellent, and if anything
more earnest than on the other route
They mean to do their best, first tc
secure the location of the Road on
their line, and then take hold and
help build it. The regular survey Of
this route will commence soon aftel
the holidays"
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9aneoek gtffrrsonian.
A HIAWATHAIN DUN,

Should you ask us why this dunning,
Why these sad complaints and nurmurs
Nurmurs loud about delinq uents
Who have read the papers weekly,
Read what they have never paid for,
Pead with pleasure and with profit,
Read of church affairs and prospects,
Read of news both home and foreign.
Read the essays and the poems
Full of wisdom and instruction;
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly
Should you ask us why this dunning,
We should answer. we should tell you
From the printer, from the mailer,
From tie kind o.d paper-maker,
From the landlord, from the carrier,
From the man who taxes letters.
With STAMP from Uncle Samuel =
Uncle Sam the rowdies call him;
From them all there comes m essage,
Message kind hut firmly spoken,
"Please TO ray us what you owe u.s."
Sad it is to hear such message,
When our funds are all exhausted,
When the last bank note has left Us,
When the gold coin all has vani she'd,
Gene TO pay the paper-maker,
Gone to pay the toiiing printer,
Gone to pay the landlords tri butte,
Gone to pay the sable carrier,
Gore to pay old Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sam the Iowdies call him
Gone to pay the Western paper
Three and twenty hundI ed dollars
Sad it is 10 turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
Turn and see what sums are due US,
Due for volumes long since ended,
DUe for years of pleasant reading,
Due tor, years of toilsome labor,
Due despite our patient waiting,
Due despite our constant dunning,
Due in sums from two and twenty.
Would you lit burden from US?
Would ysu drive spectre from YOU?
Would you taka a pleasant slumberg
Would you have quiet conscience!
WOULD you read u paper paid for?
Send us money-send Us money,
Send Us money-send US money,
Send the money that you o,ce US,
EcHo-Oh. dear friends send us money!
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CITIZENS BANK
CARLINS & CO., Bankers.

OFFICE at the old stand, West end of Tay
" ior's Block. opposite the Court House.
= Once open for business from so'ciock tc
II q. M, and from O'Clock TO p. N.
Exchange, Coin and Government Securi
ties bought and sold, and a General Banking
Business done.
N.B--Interest paid on special deposits OF
agreement at the rate of from eight 10 ter
per cent. per annum, as per length of time.
Also, Special Agents for Jay Cook d Co.
for the conversion OF 1905 into Government
consols, or 5.20's az they are generally call.
aprl6no49.lyf
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Ballou,s Monthly. for January il

Ballou's Monthly, for January is
before US. 1t contains number OF
excellent stories, entertaining sketch
es, and choice poetry, besides vari
ETY. Of other reading matter. The ad-
dition-lately made-of Youths
Department, will, we think, prove 8
success. 1t is certainly the cheapest
Magazine published. 1t is to be en-,
larged to 100 pages. Price-one
copy one year, S1,50; seven copies
80; thirteen copies, S15. Address
Elliot, Thomes & Talbot, 63 Congress
street, Boston, Mass.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-12-27

lls-DecauSe he wants TO sell at $50
an acre, whereas he can get but about
sau now, or to make the country be-
tween FIndlay and Arlington worth
s250,00 more than at present. But
if he can guarantee three dollars for
one to these farmers, which would
be in accordance with his figures, I
don't doubt that they will sign his
petition at once and 60 in for the i'm
lprovement. But Farmer will
lsay "getup petition for your road"
Well, say we..here on the Lima road
Igo in for piking it in order to get
some of our money back from those
fellows on the Bellefontaine road. So
wen haYe two roads to make instead
of O But the Lima road is not
two miies from the road running west
from Findlay intersecting the Kalida
road two miles out, so we will make
the people on tina. road, help make
lours Yaa. and 4h-->- =. tho K Aida
road within the two miles well make
them help too. So for the sake Of
getting our road piked, We pay at the
trihing rate of $4,000 per mile, by
"Farmer's" own figuring, probably
more, for he says his can be built
cheaper than any other road in the
county.
But hold! here comes one with a
petition to pike the road running
west from Findlay two miles; this
spoils my calculation little-adding
only $4,000 to the $4,000 per mile
we are already in for; but that
amounts to nothing, when we consid-
er that it adds three fold to the value
our already much improved property.
Stop here comes another man that
don't believe in helping to build
other peoples roads and add ten
dollars an acre to their land, while
he has to wade the mud. He believes
in being done to as he is compelled to
do to others. He lives ON the Kalida
road and wants signers to petition
to pike that road. Well, we don't
want to appear mean in the eyes Of
the world, so we sign the petition
Now we have four roads in progress
of being piked, and some Of US over
here in the south west part of Findlay
township are within two miles of all
of them, and according to HFarmer's"
plan We would be obliged 10 help
build all of them. Now then accord.
ing to the proposed plan and esti-
mated costs to build pike e, it would
cost US $4,000 a mile to get our
road piked from Findlay to where it
crosses the township line, distance
of three miles, making the whole cost
Ito us) of the three miles $4,000.
This scheme of taxing people on
one road to build another, from which
they derive no benefit, will certainly
lead to such q result as is above in
dicated. I believe in good roads, and
l believe too that we will never have
good roads unless we make them
But also believe in justice and to
let those interested build their own
roads. 0.E. LIBERTY.
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Notice..

Tn THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNTET
l. Sta es for the Northern Distric. Of OHIO.
In the matter OF Albert r, R.Dtru,,.,.
Langwortby, Bankrupt i" ui'0E
To whom 1t may concern. TIE undersigned
hereby gives notice of his appointment a:
assignee Of Albert Langwe rthy, of Findlay
in the comfy OF Hancock and State of ohio
within said District. who mas been adjudged
a Bankrupt upon his own Petition o. the
District Court oi sad District.
Dated Findlay, Ohio, the Is day of NOvem
ber, a. D. 1S67.
E DUs;.;,
Assignee d Albert Lansworthy, II Bank
r0ptcy.
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e. Il. ID U N N
ATTORNEY at Law,

1EylbL practice in Hancock and adjoining
wv counties, will make collections at very
reasonable rates. regular authorized
Claim Agent, will prosecute claims for Boun
ty, Back Pay, Communication of Rations, Lost
Hor es, or any other claims against the Gov
ernment. A Justice of the Peace, will make
Deeds and Mortgages, and always promptly
attend to al business entrusted to his care
and solicits share of patrona 0fice il
Wilson's Block, Main street, Fln5, Ohso-
decasnoS3.ly
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EXQUISITE.

To hear two cats exercising their
musical voices in "caterwaul!ngn at
each other, somewhere between the
hours of two and three a. m. 1t beats
operatic singing all hollow-and
much other singing.
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ID. B. BEARDSLEY,
Attorney at Law and
aJbs Claim Agent,

VTyTLL practice in State and U. S. Courts,
w and attend promptly TO business en-
trusted to his care.
As Justice OF the Peace will attend to
conveyancing and taking Dispositions.
Ofice-Room No. /, Melodeon Building,
Fipdlay,O junellly
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:. r. BCEKET.

HENRY BROWN J.F. BUEKET.
DROWN 6 BURKET,
ID Attorneys at Law,
Will attend to all business entrusted to their
hare in Hancock and adjoining counties.
80 re OFFICE-
Orer GreeR's Drug Store, opposite Court House
-7ra FINDLAY, OHIO,
1EParticular attention given to Coliec'
tons; Foreclosures OF MoTtgages, Partitionins
Of lards, Guardian and Administration mat
ers Jan. "a. 81
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New Law Firm.
vzpx RRovy JAS. A. BOP
LAW OFFICE

nROWN q bOfE,
Is Having formed a co-partnership. vii
promptly attend 10 all business, in and out Of
Courts. requiring the services of an attor-
aey, and To- the collection of all claims
arainst the Government, or otherwise.
Once over headquarters" Findlay, o.
Aug. 81. lS65-l2 IA II.
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the milk of human kindness, who
thinks government ought to be estab-
fiiislrca 10 li%oh l.is lands without c1.
pense, run the entire machine with.
out taxation, and permit him to live
and lord it over Gods inhabitants.
May the present Congress smoke out
that class of driveling misers is the
wish of TIMOTHY.
FINDLAY, O., Dec. Is, '67.
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For y our Job Work go to the jeff
Office.
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Special Notices.
An Autumn Suggestion.

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Fever and is rampant In oil part1 Il the country
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From this i. will be seeu how insepsrsbts
from any just and loyal recons,ruction, ia
impartial suffrage.
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THE NEXT COA0RKse.
The follo~sns is the political cast OF the
next Congress, As compared With the last:
3yth Cougress doth Conr,s..
Senate. House. Senate. unn.

Senate House. Senate. uoa,,
Republicsns.....Ss l4s - lac
opposiaon-..-..sb ~ IL 50
Ten States in process of Reconstruction do
not appear ia the list There 10 also one "
csncy in New York and Missouri. W,hou,
including the Sebraska sensscrs, the Repub.
licsns have gained tso in the Senate. In
the House las, year the Republican lust in
eluded such wavering aud conservative men
"a Raymond, Hale. uubbell, Stli-eil. New
ell, etc. So. Will. Ne lave two less than
The number We had in the last Congress, We
have really greater reliaA.e strength.
OF the 81 Senators, the terms Of Il expire
on the 4th of March, 1859, viz Fourteen
Repubhcans, and seven Opposition lin ito,.
tcs). as follows;
Maine-Lot N. Morrill,
ver;nent-Georet f Edmunds.
Observation-Disclosures Sumner.
Rhode island -Willism Sprague.
Conneeticat-James Dtron.
New lork-Ed~in b. Morgan,
New Jersey-Frederick T. Frelinshuysen
Charles r. Bmekaisr.
Delsware-James Il. Bayard
MarylAnd-RereydyJ eA.son.
West Virginia Peter G. Van Wrinkle.
Tennessee Darid T. Patterson.
Ohio-benjamin f. Wade
Indiana Thomas 4. Hendricks.
Michisan-Zachariah Chandler.
Wisconsin-Jdmes r. Doolittls.
Observation-Disclosures Ramsey,
Missouri-John B. Henderson.
Nebrasks--ThomHs W. Upton.
Nevada William NJ Stewart.
Caafornia-John CONFESS.
The seats for Tennessee. California and
ONO have been decided by late election, in
those States, and one Republican and two
Democratic will succeed one Democrat and
two Republicans change throughout, and
. net loss Of one to the Republicans. tn.
Maryland Legislature to be elected mar,
month will name the successor to Revety
johnson. All he other seats above named
Viii dspdAd upoa the spring and autumn
eleceieae q negt yses, no lsss has nine
Asing rsesevsd = he Presidential slss,iaa
pssik