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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-01-26
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.e5 dio.1 o,y.IJ oal0uST.
The Effects of Reading Griffith Gauni

d rEd hIup~ al Odiouoy a-yffaaS,fe, o4s ~
The Effects of Iseading Griffith Gaunt.
i ..r,MrS., Miller, q young married lady, ix-
ing not lar from Twenty fourth Street,
has been, reading g Griffith Gapnt, Pa
story Of jealousy as everybody Knows
Now Mrs Miller IS herself not q little
inclined to Jealousy, though her worthy
husband has. never given her cause for
such a feeling sasWhat an awful thing
it would be, ;'lthougRt the little woman.
6 if my husband should go off and marry
another woman, as that wicked Grit
fifth didl" The bare thought of such
contingency made her feel nervous, The
morning after she had finished the book,
Mr Miller started for HhiladelpLiar ron a
matter of business, as. be- alleged. 4 Tins
the wife believed tilb in beourse Of the
morning, she received visit IRON MISS
Green an elderly lady who was, still
maiden Is Evidently something was the,
matter, as Miss Green indicated. 10 After
considerable questioning she revealed
the secret. She had been to the depot
to see some friends off by the, train, and
had Witnessed Mr. Miller stepping boni
board the.cars thapretty young lady, ,lofi
whom he seemed to, have IN = Charge
Excited by the storyi, poor Mrs. Miller
needed no other eontirmation OF her
worst fears. Her husband was, bent on
bigamy, she was. sure. s":What .xoalledl
you do if you were in my place, Miss
Green p',she asked with a sob: =. I'd 60
after him, and bring him back, said Miss
Green, compressing her thin lips reso-
slutefy.' Mrs. Miller felt so miserable that
she could not have a moments peace TIL
she had satisfied her doubts. She deel-
dedto accept the advice. 1t was yet
earlv,E as 5MissgtGreen had come up
directly from etheod depot There vas
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: The MiHtan.l

g4 About5sevent cen Years ago. 4 here was
"a fair girl, so pure, souloyeiy, So refined, ?
that she still rises to my mind as almost
akinto angels. dsShe was q awooedI zand
ultimately wonlobyliias. handsome young
man Of considerable wealth. . di Hessported
fine team, delighted in hunting, and
kept pack of hounds, Heneither play
ed cards, drank wine, nor used tobacco.
He had no occupation no calling, no trade
He lived on his money, the interest of
which wonld have supported him hand
isomely.D never saw the fair bride iotill
a few days ago. Seventeen years have
passed away, and with them, herrbeauty
and youth, her husbands fortune and his
life, during the latter part ofswhieh they
lived in log cabin on tfei banks of the
Ohio near 1Bltnnerhassetas Island a
whole family in one singleroom, isubsist-
ing on water, fat bacon and corn bread.
The husband had no business capacity.
He was a gentleman of. education of re-
ifihement, of noble sim pulses; butl9 when
his money was gone he could get mo en-
ploymeiIt, sim yidbeeauHeihe,c did not
knc Whowtod6 aigthing.d Fora while he
foundefed aboute4filst trying one thing
and than another ;Cfhiiure w wasawritteb on
them abb g13m IL szoT2nog gfera 10
qg He however obtained a situation ;0the
labor was create the compensation was
small-it wasf. that oristary ations In his
heroic o eifortsiatoa discharge his duties
acceptably,. he over worked himself dand
died, leaving his1 IiaoMu and sixYgirls in
utter destitutien. 9yIn seventeen years,
the sweet and joyous and beautiful gHl
hadabeeome a; brokerhearted bGares worn,
ponerty-sttiekeh widow, with house-fqlll
of chlidren.op1fi Jud uaid5oa ERd hne bal
ay1oung women !iifIa rich, young man
asks you to- marry him, frapd he has no
occupation, or trades gor calling, By, which
.he could make ayfiving if he We're thgown
upon f1isiow resources. ,yon may may give
him yourirespeets but give him him the NIT
,ten.7r-Dr. Hafh pni1ad .f7idw .goija p. p,
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! o HrrfN
y1s Take your,wite's first advice, not her
second. - ~
w oman's heart is hive of sweets and
stipgs. 1'. <'A l"'
Regular diet cures more people than
physic. p. .'-5> .-.'.'9 20 saoi. 10
The soul goes highest when the body
kneels lowest. 7iaI .sia9T9 yGirii0o sa
l. has sometimes been said, that Ire
land is a beautiful country to live out of!
p Those who fnpose1to hive in future
never live to any purpose. 3as I51ods -sih
-5nNe man ever did an injury designedIy
to another, who did net,linjure himself
the most. roiGssi 3di 2niaoins.a 100 sfrY I'd
n Punch says women first resorted to-tight
dlacing to prove to men how well they can
bear squeezing yilg5ai1l5 d 5is- sa z-s.
"A lover has been pithily described as
a man who, in his anxiety to obtain pos
session of another has lost possession of
himself = -saia srorsr--. --1 y cod
DO Step mothers are so called, from the
,fact-th the next day after they are mar
rried, they, take steps toward kicking the
FIRST wife's children. into the street. -.l-
81 a wag has truly said that if some men
could come out, OF, their coffins and read
their tomb stones, they would think they
had got into the wrong grave. % 1'
bfsfDid | understand You to say. that /
was lousy, sir @ Oh, no! / merely told
my friend that when it rained lice in
Egypt, thought you must have been
walking about there without your hat
1on-that's all."' - .cJ, yI97
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NEWLIVERY STABLE rs
EHETIyERY STAND HITHERTO

i occuTiad BIZ m FlCulver has been taken posses-
sion of by the firm Of SHARPE & CO., and furnished
with new and eigant materal-a fine lot of horses and
new and tasteful carriages of modern patrons and build
the whole establishment constituting one of the best
appeptedr vita which Ashtabula has been acquainted
aud thing about it. ceanly orderly ana gentleman
ly.
Any one in want of genteel outfit for an excuron OK
pleasure or business will find this just the place to get
ii. "a.
An omnibus, new from this concern, in connection
with the Fisk House. for the accommodation to and
from the Depot. 2 ~ SHARPE g. co.
. Ashtabula Oct Is. 1856 81
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@ ESPECIALLY Y TO THE SICK. @s
nR.Es sJOLLIE- MATTOCKS. LATE

~ of New York. For thirty years Dr. Mattocks has
devoted his whole attention TO the cure of chronic dig
eases ofevery name and nature and NUS effected remar
able cures in lingering diseases True medical science
our foundation practice differs from all others
know the diseases and also the remedy No exper1en-
ting deception. no huabug,. Do not give poisns
use entirely Vegetable edcihts good to take act mild
with nature We give a candid opinion and effect per-
.Inanert cures We ask trial before abandoning hopes
Hundreds have been enred up to die No mat
ter what your disease is examine for yourselves; will
cost nothing for consultation is free. TSd
r DIR. E. JOIEIE MATTOC4Ao can sbe consulted at his
Offices follows for the year 1861, day every eight
weeks.
6fi' - sisFz ys H2'.. iJn.iFeb lM'r. Apr May
Girard Pa, A. Martins Ho-
tel Mondays :......-...... 2ll 1St Isl 22 20
Conneaut. o., fremont House, fHAtg T.
Tuesdays ...-...-.-....,.f..lm22t l9l 10l -23t II
n5S!sSssa s. Rs,; @ House, 81 sOs 81 Is
= Frdays, ~ i25. 2sE e2 sei 81
8H-y'
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Z A Coop NAME = good nameis above
all price Have you not found it so,
young man you whose well known vir-
tues have placed you in the position
which you occupy with feeling of hcem-
rnendabIe pride? And yeu whose fame
has been the target of envions tongues,
have you'not seen good name toi be the
only breastpla; !; e. that aisaimpervious to
the poisonous shafts of calumny D. Gold
and talent, what are these IRithont
charactera "A light to make darkness
visible; a gliding, (which, ) by contrast,
makes the substance more revolving ?
Cherish it then, all ye who posses It ?
guard it carefully ly-for depend upon this,
its purity aonce tarnished, tEer most un-
wearying effort will hardly restore teits
prestine lusteB Let it attend you
through the journey Of, life. crowning
your days with peace and happiness. The
rectitude which won it will engrave upon
your face letter Of recommendation to
people of every nation and tongue And
when the treasure is no longer needful to
you; it shan descend to your posterity
legacy with which millions On millions
would not bear to be compared. sTisioso
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.AsHTABU La OHIO, SATURDAY, JAN. s26, 1867.


! or 1T he stays in doors, several days, he re-
quires more and more heat, and if under
such chclrcumstanees he would eat,positiye-
lily nothing for a day oritwo and keep on
piling up the wood so as to- keep up "a
continual slight lperspiration the cold
would be cut short off, or the billiousness
would disappear in "a hours: in fact
many of our aches and pains and ailments
would disappear with amazing prompt
ness, If we would persuade ourselves,
when they are first noticed, to only cease
eating, keep warm, keep quiet, and drink
.abundantly of any hot liquid; but, the
great misfortune is that nine persons out
of ten prefer to take some kind of 1nedi-
arhewever nauceous. is They feel as
athey, could not spare the time to
K, and would rather swallow a
the most disgusting compound
" promises to cure them s'right
with the result always, that they
! Fcured right away; but after dos
4 eselves zor days and weeks with
g = Tom. Dick or Harry, chooses to
hey find themselves compelled at
consult b physician when the
passed for warmth and quiet
81 my curative effect. odi o. Iuo
eersons. precipitate themselves
Srave by attempting to ,brayado
a. 1T, to be up and about in defiance
OF knything at al is the matter of
an sl iesaislfeaIIy sdisquietin 9, he sho'd d
at. leash have a. much sense as a pigs and
golie down.. Pigs are not such foolsFas
to move about in PAIN, It is great deal
better to lie. down and 9rais5t.. I'.0 % /
The reader has, no doubt, observed
many times that If iii very severe winter.
weather he FeInains IN the house several
days the body gets very chilly ;awhile
YOU, are warming the feet and, hands be-
fore the fire, and the cold chills. run down.
the back; or if you go even from the fire
to the window to look upon the snow,
Idisa greeable sensations creepnow all oyer
the body, and whether in these. or under
any other circumstances, persons have an
unpleasant chilliness, it is the result Of a
sluggish circulation and an imperfect di-,
gestion. So little life giving air is breath
ed, and so little exercise is taken that the
nutriment is not drawn from the food eat
Ell, the blood grows p or and lifeless and
cold-loses its healing power, and the
body begins to freeze and diee17 But leta
few hours be spent in the cool outdoor
ain, nj some exhilirating employment or
past-tirne, andoth is an entire change
in the whole physical and mental condi-s
tion the fire of life kindles in thes eye,
smileslight up tie face, and the lpan is
himself agaip91b Lgsys isdi baa ,9ii1E 5na
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WHOLE NUMBER S9f'
Extracts from the Ei.t or Bans Pubu.h.5
In the Metropolitan Churehes, 80

Ia SAc uAttrOPOltta0 L40Fcne8s 80
n. = Thomas Black and Mary Wbite,,r--.
Peter Day and Ellen Knight,
Soloman Banks aud Catharine Yak. oas
James Hill and Susan Dale, .Eoif
- ~ Isaac Slater and Jane Thatcher, S-sz
( a John Baker and Mary ButcEer,a .,,o.9
Daniel Hurley and Peggy Ball,
Roger Long and Sophy Small, 20 $50
Stephen Head and Nancy Hear, 3z5
'a9 William Stately and Julia Smart, ss,s;5
Joseph Reed and HELEN Hay, 80
.nzri Thomas Spring and Mary May, 4
Joseph Brown and Kitty Green,
John Robbins and Jenny Wren. oi-eilf
William Castle and Nancy Hall. .uiln10l
"a Peter Chatter and Mary Cab, 90 s-iT
h. - Joseph Mann and Eliza Child, -. a..
Joseph Merrimsn and Lucy " Id,
Thomas Bruin and Mary Bear, ieisissI
aiT James Fox and Catherine Hares si 7
ne p Alexander Butler and Mary Cook
81 ~ William Crow and Nancy Rook, -, -
Andrew Smith and Susan Armor,
Charles Field and Jane Farmer ,9soAd1g
.s "a Daniel Currier and Susan Boot, iTsE
idqn Joseph, Hands and Ellen Foot.ola --fssss
.fr-r William Large and Sally Small, -,
John Stand and Judy Fall, IA -i@A
Andrew Clly and Lucy Stone, aisf1 siiS
1rl Micheal Blood and Mary Bowne,s ~ Il
~ John Cloke and Julia Hood, ~ -s4,ir;ar
@ Edward Cole and Nancy Wood -.
James Broom and Ellen Birch
Charles Chapel and Susan Church, iGss
.Gos Samuel Rivers and Mary Brooks,
.ilssa1 Thomas Hatchet and DorothY Crooks,
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When the veto of the District Suffrage
bill was before the Senate, Senator Sher-
man remarked that, he was not only IN
favor, ofimpartlal sufiage in. the District,
but in his own State 1t Is gratifying
to be able to recognize the influence of
Mr.. Sherman. in favor of striking the
word "whiten from eur State constitution
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Eightingthe Devil,

bo One night at late hour, DIR. Bentley
was disturbed lat his studies by rattling
sound among some wood, which sawed
and split, had been left by the teamster
the afternoon tipreyions, too late to be
housed. He arose, went cautiously to
Iethe, window, and saw a woman filling
her apron with wood which she hastily
carried away. He resumed his seat and
commenced his study. Shortly after the
same noise occurred, and on looking out
asecond time be saw a similar operation,
the woman filling her great apron to the
utmost limits of its capacity. ..r-.--
When she had gone, he returned to
his book with a tender pity in his heart
for, the destitution which sought relief in
this fGyy lonlyy, dreary, not to say sinful man
=, CBy'aard By and BY he was startled by heavy
crash Of falling wood, and hurrying to
the window, beheld the poor woman
casting the'very dust of the wood from
her apron. He remained motionless, his
gentle heart filled with comniseration.
She swiftly departed, and soon returned
heavily laden with the wood which she
threw ON theipile as If it were the accuse
ed thing. flH noE ieIsm sl aoqJ mid5a4 81
.sdtfhe Doctors compassion and curiosity
were not fully excited He followed, her
retfeating figure till he diseoEred her
residence landthns aseertained who she
Was.si Whatsshe was, was no mystery to
him. The last hour had shown her yir-s
tues lofty height. He called early the
next morning on : Mr., aB-the ! wood
dealer, and directed him to send half q cord
of his best wood, sawed and split. to Mrs.
7-77-D -7-77- o but by no means to let her know
from whom it came, which was readily
promised. Mr. BIS teamster, =, who.
happened TO. be within ear shot, though
out of sight, was not SO bound, and when
he tipped the wood into the poorwidow's
yard, replied to her. eager inquiry, who
had sent it by relating the conv ersation
he had overheard. ttla'i iol4
The consciehce stricken mother, feel
ING that her sin and repentance in the
lonely darkness Of that midnight hour,
were Known and understood by another
he art beside her aowng hastened ito the
housesofthe benevolent man -toaexpress
her gratitude and her.so rrow, ; and, with
deep humility, told 1hIm the.temptationl
towhieiiher extriine poverty had reduced
her, of braking the eighth commandment:
11st,d' hOugh my house was dark and cold,
thoI.gh q my heartarwere owrungr with,
anguish lat the sight of my suffering
Ieould not keep it; my con-
science olld not let me-" 81. rrt,-s, ,75
o 1i:''Say mo more my dear madam said
the good man. giitsI saw you conquer the
devil intwo fair fights .-s,r,1..-- I
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sSTUPIDIIIEs. .-T1Walking along the
streets with, the point.oofl an umbrella
sticking out behind,D under. the arm or
over sthe, shoulder q By. suddenly stop
ping to speak TO "a friend, or other cause,
person walking in the rear had his
brain penetrated through IL e eye, in one
of our. streets, and died in q, few days:
n Stepping into O. church aisle, after
dismissionsi and standing to converse y sseaw With
To carry long lon { pencil PEI eli in YES vest ii Goat
pocket. Not long since a clerk in New
York fell, and the long ceder pencil so
pierced an important artery, that it had
to be cut down upon from the top of the
shoulder to prevent his bleeding 70 death
with a three months Illness -diszsss sai
To take exercisese or walk foirthe health
when every step is a. drag, and instinct
iuroes to repose. bsfl1f3 f'ra .SoIufo non
'ot To guzzle' down glass after glass of
cold water, ON getting up inOthe anprning
without any feeling ofsthirstsz under the
impression of the health.giying nature of
its washing-out. qualitiesssisyo akTa
2 To sit. down ltdb the table and force"
yourself to eat when there isInot. only no
appetite, but positive aversion to food-
n Eoi eeonemizes time by grohhlpg your
self of necessary sleep, on the ground that
an hour. saved from sleep Is an hour
gained for Lite, when in reality 1t is two
hours actually lost, and half dozen 9th.
ers actually spoiled. 49,
p To persti.ide yourself that you are de-
stro4ing one unpleasant odor by ihtrodu-
cling a Stronger ione; that is, attempting
to sweetet your own sInw ashed garments
and person by enveloping yourseifin the
fumes of musk, eau de eologne, Eordrose--
water; the best perfume being cleansskin
and wellwashed clothinglo 'Isq sdf 90
,s,sUceEssruI Ep1roRs,@An - English
writer saysi "A good editor, q competent
newspaper conductor is 1ke a general
or poet poet, born, not made, de- Exercise and
qualfcationis innate, or It rs IS never panl,
tested. On the London daily papers all
the, great historians, noyeiists poets,
essayists, and the writers Of travels, have
been tried, and nearly every one has
failed. 4 can,' said the late editor of
the London Times, find any number Of
men of genius to write for me, but very
seldom one man Of common sense
Nearly all successful editors are Of this
discription.3 HAgood editor seldom writes
yery much for his paper,r heiireads,
iudgcs, selects dictates, alters and COM
bines, and to do all this well, he has but
little times for composition. To write
for paper is one'thing-to edit paper
another. Tsai geqJ s3ssp ~ - tas
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MEN OF Few WoRDs. Some men use
words as rifemen use bullets They say
but lit sle.-The few words used 90 right
toithe mark They let you talk, and
guide with their eye and face, ! ,aon and on,
till what you say can be answered in q
word or two, and thenltbey ladnchEout
sentence, pierce the matter tothequick,
and are done. .sdi Y our conversations falls
into theifsmindsA as rivers into deep
chasm, and is lost from sight bybits
Idepthiand darkness. They will O-some-
times surprise youGwithla fewiswords,
that go tothe, mark like q gunshots and
then they are, silent again, as, if they
were reloading Suehmep are safe conn
sellors.; and true friends IN every case
where they profess to be suchsa To them
truth is more valuable, then gold, while
pretension is too gauzy to deceive them.
Words without point, to them, are Ike
titles without merit, only betraying the
we'kness ofthe blind'd dupes who are ever
used as promoters of other mems schemes.
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-7Te1a,zsyo = y5iuoiaib sd-- sssasrsai bae
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TFT I'D Ho 2. D5e ,zGica 5Io - .oC1
.Tsoc5 bGa Tsvog Tsd dliv d,ros
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~. DICK, sDesIer in Booke Stationery. Fancy
sa&as Co. 9snkes & Setoss % Na Paper Window
Mason Hsniir csbirtt orgsns -s1h -. SEQ
tassts sssrsaeS. - ,-ssssss,. 4 ~ss-s ~ =
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DRAWING.
wand 7Tf2AVELER1SmGUIDE.1s

FOUR THROUGH EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY. -
0hand after Monday November 49, 1866 and until fur
ther Notice Passenger Trains win run as follows:
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MANN e. MOVES, Dealers in Dry-Goods Groceries,
Hats, Caps, Boots Shoes, Hardware Stoves and Tin
JOB Work Corner Center and Psrk streets, Aslta,
bula Ohio. SOB
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RADFORD- -& KAN, Brewers. Office and Brew
cry, in old NJ E: Church. Main street. Ashtabula Ohio.
Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1865-186?, 1867-03-21
Mr.. Smiths Advice.

As was stepping into my buggy TO
drive homo from town one day last
summer, / heard familiar voices call
ing "Mr. Smithm and on turning, was
agreeably surprised To see my next
neighbor, Silas Berwick, who had just
come from Oil City.
"Right glad to welcome you back
again, Berwick. Your wife came out,
as passed your house, and asked mo
to call mt the post-ofiice, as a letter from
YOU was due. Instead of a letter
shall have the pleasure of bringing
YOU bodily to her SO jump in, and
I'll drive onward
"Why, Smith, I'm not quite ready
yet. I've been running around among
the stores, hunting a nice dress for my
wife. Always make practice of Civ
ing her Il present on returning from a
journey. Just step in here with me a
a minute" and he pointed to we'll
stocked establishment near us.
$50 you didn't invest all you funds
in the "diggingsm
"No, indeed; il takes money to make
a successful strike down there; and
having but moderate supply, and no
prospect Of adding 10 il by remaining,
| concluded To return and try farming
again. I'd like farming we'll, if /
could sec that | was getting ahead