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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09
Men Of Genius.

Tasso's conversation was neither gay
nor brilliant. Dante was either taclturn
or satirical. Butler was either sullen or
biting. Gray seldom talked or smiled
Hogarth and Swift were absent-mlnded
in company. Milton was very unsoeia-
BILE and irritable when pressed into CON
versation. Kirwan, though copious and
eloquent in public addresses, was meager
and duh in colloquial discourses. Virgil
was heavy in conversation. La Fontaine
appeared heavy, coarse and stupid he he
could not speak and describe what he
had Just seen; but then he was a model
of poetry. Chaucer's silence was more
agreeable than his conversation. Dry
denis conversation was slow and dull, his
humor saturine and reserved. Cor,
nelius in conversation, was so inspired
that he never failed in wearying; ne did
not even speak correctly that language
of which he was such a master. ben
johnson used to sit silent in company
and suck his wine. Southey was stih
sedate, and wrapped up in ascetlclsms
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09
William the Conquer er as a Benefac-
. tor to England. -.

Rev. S. Predeaux Tregelles, an English
scholar, has been making an extended
tour of exploration in Brittany and N or
mandy, among the descchdents of the an
cient British emigrants who went to
France in the sixth and seventh centuries.
In his travels he came to Calaise, noted
as the birth place of William the Con-
querer. His descriptions and remarks
are curious: .-..--...
Between the castle and the town Will
liam's equestrian statue has been erect
ed, and on the other side of the castle l
was shown the tanpits of his mothers IA
ther; this was accompanied by the re-
mark that / might see that the business
was still carried on, though not in the
same familyp "Since the Sax
on invasion no individual has so influence
ed the whole course of English history as
William; probably, at the same time, he
was the greatest benefactor of England.
This will sound strange to some; but let
it remembered, that the whole frame
work Of Saxon society had become utter
ly corrupt and degenerate fora century
The mobiles and rich men were sunk in
debauchery and sloth; cruelty and op-
preston were rife; and, however much
Saxons may have suffered under Norman
rule, it was but part of what they had
been accustomed TO impose on their own
suborinates when they held in bondage.
'.The benefits conferred by William on
the social condition of the English were
immense He laid the foundations of per-
sonal freedom in his enactment: IF any
slave remain without being claimed for
a year and day in our cities, or burgs,
or castles, from that day he becomes free,
and let him be free forever from the yoke
of servitude.' What Saxon king, or what
cotemporary of William, dreamed of do
ing so much for the removal of slavery !?
So, too, did he absolutely prohibit the ex-
portation of slaves. Let him beware Che
SAYS to the slave-dealer) that he destroys
not a soul whom God has redeemed with
his blood' Thus the Norman conquest
led to the formation of a large free pop
ulation, strongly attached to the Norman
institutions by which they had SO much
profted; while the Saxons, who could
no longer hold their bondmen, but saw
them endowed with every privilege Of
liberty and made their equals, regarding
all such measures ofright and equity as in
Justice to themselves. Such were some
of the benefits resulting from the day of
Hastings. England need feel no shame
or regret at the Norman character i'm
pressed on SO many of her institutions" !"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09

PRINTING IN CHINA-It is difficult to
say when the art of printing was introdu-
ced into China 1t is known to have
been praeticed from plates of wood, at
the end of the sixth century of the Chris
tian era In A. ID. 563, there was a de-
cree for the collection of ..'old designs"
and 'text," and for their cutting in wood
for publication; but it is not then spoken
of as novel invention. In 932 the cano-
meal books were ordered to be engraved
on wood aud printed for general sale /;
and in 982 the work was completed, and
the books "were circulated over all the
empire" Movable types were first en-
ployed in the middle of the 1lth century.
The imperial arrangements for printing
have been carried out in China on a most
magnificent scale. The Emperor Khang-
hi, whose reign began in 1861, had 250,
600 movable types, engraved IN copper,
and printed no less than 5000 volumes.
KienIung, in 1893, ordered 10, ,412 works
to be published, covering the whole field
of Chinese literature.
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SELECT POETRY.
She's Such a Ffdgety Thing
BIZ 6. W. GARDNER.


It's Just as you say, neighbor Green,
A treasure, indeed, is my wife.
Such another for hustle and work
never have found in my life.
But then she keeps every one else
As busy as birds on the wing;
There is never moment for rest,
She is such fidgety thing.
She makes the best bread in the town,
= Her pies are a perfect delight,
Her coffee rich golden brown,
Il Her crullers and puddings just right.
But then, while eat them she tells
the cares and worry they bring,
Of the martyr-like toll she endures,
-b1Oh, she's such fidgety thingl
My home is as neat'as pin
You should see how the door handles shine,
And all of the soft cushioned chairs
And nicely swept carpets are mine;
But then she so frets at the dust,
At 9y, at straw or string,
That stay out of doors all l can,
She is such fidgety thing.
She doctors the neighbors o yes,
If a child has the measles or Group;
She is there with her saffron and squils,
!. Her dainty made griels and soup.
But then she insists on her right -
To physic my blood in the spring,
And she takes The whole charge ofmy bile,
o, she's such tidgety thing!
She knits all my stockings herself;
Ny shirts are bleached white as the snow;
My old clothes look better than new,
When to the chapel go;
But then if a morsel of lint,
Or dust to my trowsers should cling,
I'm sure of one sermon at least,
She is such fdgety thing.
You have read of a spirit so meek,
So meek that it never opposes,
It's own it dares never to seek
Alass! am meeker than Moses
But then / am not reconciled
= The subordinate music to sing,
I submit to get rid of row,
She's such a fidgety thing.
It's just as you say, neighbor Green,
A treasure to mehas been given
But sometimes fain would be glad
To lay up my treasure in heaven.
But then every life has IFS cross,
Most pleasures on earth have their sting,
Sizes treasure, know, peighbor Green,
But she's such fidgety thing.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09

ECCENTRIC DIyINE.-The Rev. Zeb.
Twitchel was the most noted Methodist
preacher in Vermont, for shrewd and
laughable sayings. In the pulpit he
maintained suitable gravity of manner
and expression, but out of the pulpit he
overfowed with fun. Occasionally he
would, if emergency seemed to retire, in
troduce. something queer in sermon for
the sake of arousing the tagging atten-
ton of his hearers. Seeing that his au-
dience was getting sleepy, he paused In
his discourse, and discussed as follows:
Brethren, you haven't any idea of the
sufferings of our missionaries in the new
settlements on account of the mosquitoes.
The mosquitoes in some of these regions
are enormous. A great many of them
will weigh pound, and they will get on
logs and bark when the missionaries are
going along"
By this time all ears and eyes were
open and he proceeded to finished his dis
course.
The next day one of his hearers called
him to account for telling lies in the pulpit.
'"There never was a mosquito that
weighed pound" he said
"But | didn't say one of them would
weigh a pound; / said a great many, and
| thing million Of them would"
''But you said they barked at the mis-
sionaries"
"No, no, brother, I said they would
get on logs and bark. .
= A PosTMAsTER's Wr-The following
story turns up every now and then:
In the days when Gen. Jackson was
President, the Postmaster-Generalh having
occasion to make some inquiry in regard
to the source of the Tombigbee, wrote to
a postmaster living on the river asking
how far the Tombigbee ran up above the
place where he was living. The postmas-
ter wishing to indulge in little wit, re-
piled; Sir,-The Tombigbee doesn't run
up at all it runs down. Very respectful
ly, &c.
The Postmaster-General continued the
correspondence in the following style:
''Sir,-Your appointment as postmas-
ter at --- is revoked. You will turn
over the funds, papers, &C., pertaining to
the office to yonr successor. Resp'ct'ly,&
The postmaster conscious OF his position
closed the correspondence with this part
ing shot: .- .-....-
"Sir-Thc revenues of this office for
the quarter ending September 80, have
been 95 cents; its expenditure, same
period, for tallow candles and twine, was
81 O5. [ trust my successor is instruct
ed to adjust the balance due me. Most
Respectfully, &c"
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WHOLE NUMBER S97.
Saturday Afternoon.
BIZ N. P. WILLIS.

I love to look on scene like this,
Ofwild and careless play,
And persuade my self that | am not old.
And my locks are not yet gray;
For it stirs the blood of an old mans heart.
And makes his pulses fiy,
10 catch the thrill of happy voice,
And the light ofa pleasant eye.
Ihave walked the world for four score years,
And they say that / am old
That my heart is ripe for the reaper Death,
And my years are we'll nigh told.
1t is very true-it is very true
l am old, and II bide my time :"
And my heart viii leap at a scene like this.
And halfrenew my prime.
Play on! play on am with you there,
In the midst of your merry ring;
l Can feel the thrill of your daring Jump,
And the rush ofthe breathless swing.
hide with you in the fragrant hay,
And whoop the smothered call,
And my feet slip up on the seedy floor,
And | care not for the fall.
lam willing to die when my time shall come,
And l shall be glad to GO
For the world at best is a weary place,
And my pulse is getting low;
But the grave is dark and the heart win fail,
In treading its gloomy way;
And 1t wiles my breast from it's dreariness,
10 see the young so gay.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09

Addison was good company with his in
innate friends, but in mixed company he
preserved his dignity by stiff and reser-
we'd silence. Fox in conversation never
tagged his animation and vivacity were
inexhaustible. DR.. Bentley was loqua-
cious, as was also Grotius. Goldsmith
s:wrote like an angel and talked like poor
poll" Burke was entertaining, enthusi-
astic in conversation. Curran was a con-
vivial deity. Leigh Hunt was pleasant
stl lelm in conversation. Carlyle doubts,
OF, e;ts, and constantly demurs.
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CuTiio,1s Calculation.

A late British publication, after stating
the vast and rapid succession OF new
works, with the utter impossibility OF a
readers keeping pace with them, presents
the following odd calculation; If f'qesee -
men were employed for twenty -l0@r o, ,near modrS
a day, (allowing neitherfor sleep or means }
in reading at the rate Of eighty words
per minute, they would barely keep. up
with volumes published in London atone.
In this estimate, Tracts and sermons are
not included. But if Magazines, Re
views and Newspaper were added to the
task, it would require upwards of forty
men, - 80 - n.--I- l-.--.-a-
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Correspondents who take no pains to
write legibly for the papers, and not the
printers, are responsible for most of the
mistakes that occur in rendering hero
glyphics into print. The following was
printed according to copy:
Alone toss d rolls a tear by Moses,
A many things we mourn by day;
Tom aud the shouting Indian chorus,
4 And seethe their limbs by play
The author subsequently gave the cor
rect rendering in more legible hand as
follows:
love to stroll at early morn
Among the new-mown hay;
To mark the sDronting Indian corn,
-. And see the lambs at play.
A convict in the prison at chatham,
Enofand. was recently sentenced to death
for killing the warden of the prison. In
his statement before the magistrate the
convict said: -
seThere is men constantly dying in the
prison now, sir, with hunger and starva-
tion men reglarly eat candles and soap and
tallow, tato-peelings, or anything they
can get a hold of, and drink the oil out
of the oil cans lido not wish to say any
more now.o
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09
That life is long which answers ife's

That life is long which answers LIES
great end.
Premature consolation is but the re-
membrance ofsorrews.
Experience is the father, and memory
the mother of wisdom. ,Ss.
A kiss is receipt given on paving ad-
dresses.
DR.. Hall says it isn't healthy to 'cuddle
up in bed. ~ ~
p Hypocrisy is nothing, in fact, but a
horrible hopelessness.
Surrender to the CROSS, and win an
eternal CROWN
We admire thunder, bat as for light
ming we were never struck by it.
Woe to him who smiles not over era
die, and weeps not over tombe.
An Irishman says that a coffin is the
house a man lives in when he is dead
Punch has discovered that perputual
motion of winding up of corporations.
A 6ogmais defined as an opinion laid
down with a snarl.
When is butter like Irish children?-
When it is made into little Pats.
What ladies are best to go fishing
with? Ann cite and Care line.
He who cheerfully commits the uni
verse to GoD has nothing in the universe
to fear!
With the exception, perhaps, of anger
fear is the most injuries of the humane
passions.
Kindness and cheefulness can remove
more than half the wrinkles out of the
forehead of age.
Why is it easy to break into an old
mans house Because his gate is broken
and his locks are few.
1t is the opinion of the doctor that the
lawyer gets his living by plunder, while
the lawyer thinks the doctor gets bis by
"pillage."
"Wake up here, and pay for your
lodging" said a deacon, as he nudged
sleepy worshipcr with the contribution
box.
'sThou rainest in this bosoma as the
chap said when basin of water was
thrown over him by the lady he was
sernading.
Though wavelet be little wave
and little foweret q little flower, yet a
bullet is not little bull, nor hamlet a
little ham.
RIGHT AND WRoNG,-A girl who was
making a dress put the sleeves in wrong.
She was unable to change them, as she
could not determine whether she had got
the right sleeve in the wrong place, or
the wrong sleeve in the right place.
Murphy was asked how it was so very
difficult to waken him in the morning.
'sIndeed. master, it's because of taking
your own advice, always to attlnd to
what Pm about; so whenever sleeps
pays attintion to it.
A lady passing along the street, one
morning last winter, noticed little boy
scattering salt upon the sidewalk, for the
purpose of clearing the ice. swell, I'm
sure" said the lady that's real beneyo-
lence." .No, it amt ma'am, replied
the boy, ''it's SALT
An enraged parent jerked his provo
king son across his knee, aud was opera
ting on the exposed portion of the ur-
chin's person with great vehemence, when
the young one dug into the parental legs
with his Yenomous little teeth. "Blazes!
what are yo1 biting me for?" ''Weii
dad, YOU beginned this war.
A philosophical cabman thus speaks
of the section of which his wheels
make their tracks; s'if you run over
voungster down here" said he, ''the folks
don't say nothin'-kase they have got
more children than whites for e'm-Edt
you list run over goat or kid, or Pig
and I'm blest if a mob amt arter you In
| two minits.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09
History Of January,


It is very appropriate that this should
be the first month of the year, as far as
the Northern Hemisphere is concerned, F,
since its beginning, being near the winter
solstaice the year is thus made to present q
comblete series of the sealonal changes
and operations, including equally the
first movements of spring and the death
of anual vegetation in the frozen arms OF
winter. Yet the earliest calenders, IS
the Jewish, the Egyptian and Greek, did
place the commencement Of the new year
at this point. 1t was not done till the for
nation of the Roman calendar, usually
attributed to the second king, Numa
Pompilius whose reign is set down as
terminating in 672 B. Q. Numa, it is said
havingdecreed that the year should COM
mence now, added two new months to
the ten into which the year had previous
ly been divided, calling the first Janari-
ious in honor of Janus, the deity supposed
to preside over doors Oatiu-a door,
who might very naturally be presumed
also to have something to do with tie
opening Of the year f.-
Although, however, there was gener-
al popular re gard to the first of January.
as the beginning of the year, the ancient
Jewish year, which opened with the 25th
Of March, continued long to have legal
position III Christian countries. In En-
gland it was not until 1852 that the first
Of January became the legal as 1t had
long been of the popular year. Before
that time it was customary to set down
dates between that 1st of January and
the oath of March inclusive, thus: JAN
uarv 80, 1849-'49, meaning that popular
ly the year was 1849, but legally 1913.
In Scotland this desirable change was
made by a decree of James vi, In privy
council in the year 1900 IL was effected
in France in 564, in Holland, Protestant
Germany and Russia in 100, and III
Sweden in 1853.
According to Vestigar, in his curious
book Tie restitution Cf 6ecdyed a'ate01-
qence, ,(Ato. 1921 our Saxon ancestors
originally called this month ecQ.f7m0nH
that is Wolf month-''because the
people were wont always in that month
to be more in danger Of being devOwer
ed bv wolves h IN in any season else oI
the year, for that though the extremity
CT cold and SHOWS those rayenous Great
ures could not find beasts sufficient tc
feed upon" Since, thu month was nam
ed by the same people 44fter f1F9,tha'
is after Christmas. 1t is rather odd that
we should have abandoned the oaxor
name Of the month while retaining those
Of the DAYS of the week. az
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GERANIUM LEAvEs.-It is geneally
known that the leaves of the geranlum
are an excellent application for cuts,
where the skin is rubbed of, and other
wounds of that kind. One or two leaves
must be bruised and applied to the part
and the wound will be cicatrlzed In d
very short time. ff i'aa s s-t =
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09

EcuoEs-What must be done to con-
duct newspaper right ?--Write
What is necessary to a farmer to assist
him ?-System.
What would give the blind man the
greatest delight Light. -
What is the best piece OF council CIV
en- by a Justice of the peace Peace.
Who commit the greatest abomina-
tions ?-Nations.
What is the greatest terrifer er?-Fire.
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Trains do not stop at stations where the time is omitted
i'm the above table. Z ''+l--7's
sSS Second Glass Cars run on all Through Trains.ks5s
All through trains going Westward connect at Cleve-
land with Trains for Toledo Chicago Columbus, Cincin
And all through trains going Eastward connect at Dun
Kirk with the trains of Erie Eailway and at Buffalo
with those of n. Y Central. and Erie Railways Tor
New York, Albany Boston, Niagara Falls, &c. &c I;
and at Erie with trains Philadelphia and Erie r. K
for Harrisburg, Philadelphia Baltimore, Washington,
New York, &c. -it ~ a-i -sla- =i7-
New York Express East Girard with trains
on the Erie & Pittsburgh r. II. for Linesvle Meadvile,
''-'e'''"''' n NoTTTNGHAM, supt
supts Office, Cleveland & Erie, Roilrosd,
~ = Cleveland. o.. November 10 1888. {
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You've AMERICA SURPRlsED.-One OF
our friends was recently blessed with an
addition to his household, which came
.slike a theft in the night" The next
morning the happy father took his four
year old boy to the upper room, to see
the little brother, who having never
nerused Catlin's work-"Keep Your
Mouth Shut''--was quietly enjoying his
first morning nap with his little mouth
open. Ali were quietly watching the
elder brother, and desirous to catch hls
first observation. With eyes firmly liked
on the new conner and with his counten-
ance showing trouble within, after few
moments of silence, defantly exclaimed
81 should like to know VINO puled OUT
that baby's teeth.-Tfa'asript.
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80. - ERIERAI WAY.

hi L IA IL n
opE1T TppoADC.TcF noI-pI F.TRAcK-poIrTF
uiSn]AA Di'o1AD "A' "E,D 0ii IN nv IL
TO
New York, Boston, and NEW England.
TN s1tG- = 49, .s.f --.a
Hits .RoiI Wav EytpridS from a--.-
- hsll -.s s.is
Dunklrk to New ork, 46O miles; -1f--
Buffalo to New York, 423 miles;
Salamanca to New York Al miles
and is from % TO 81 miles the shortest route
All T Its;,s- r,n d;roctx tbTo,,b RI NeYy Work AGO
miEssc without Change of COACHES
From and after November 49, 1Se6 trains will leave in
conneciion with ali W estern lines as follows:
rrro,o y,upIxtr,x and salamanca.
- -. -. -. - -. I,-.. -.
py New lorh 'rl, tlilie, rom 0iioh On pepots'
6 90 MI. A. N. York Day EXpreSs-from Sala-
manca Sundays exceptedl-stops at Hornells-
VILE, 04' - & win tne
2.9 A. ~. 1ap hHPress troni ounaio, ana arrives
III ~ tofhNae io'o =. NJ. -. - . "a
7.10 a. W, Express Mail-from Dunkrk (Sun-
days eXceptcdl-s at Salamanca . 40 A. n. and
connects at Hornelsve and Corning with the
$50 A Express Mail from Buffalo, and arrives
ff+' in New York at 100 A. NJ - ? i.-45 IT, d -
,IspM NJ yorI NiyhtT1xurass from DunI
" kirk (Snndays NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at sa alamanca q IS
T. NJ: Olean 7.35 p M.-supper-Turner's $50 A.
: M-breakfast-and arrives in n York at II 30 p.
r. connecting with afternoon trans and steamers
r. iol S.9 posso. anu w" i1'snU vr,io
cor. Exchange and Michigan streets: a'v .la
$50 A. WI. N. York Day Express-(Sunday's
susqnchanna 910 p. N. (dinel Turner's s.05 P. N.
.r5 (sup., and arrives in New York 1880 NJ. Con-
meets at Great bend win DeiaNare Lackawanna
nrht FTnress Train of New Jersey Railroad iif for
q. Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. "
g 9O A M Fcxnress NdaiI-yia Avon a HornelIs-
yilleESundaIs vs. excepted dl-Arrives in n York at :
hallway 0asffa for aarri.5ars psadsiphs t'B baltimore H
Washington and points south. -. .,
2.2o p. M. lightning Express-Csundays ex-
P rras m AZ New Yor
jersey siJ City with Morning Express Train Of New
e. Jersey Railroad for baltimore and washington,
Boston ana New Si,.,.t 49, NIL.
q sectihg with the 4l5P NJ train for Dunlzirk. and
at Elllra lor fArr anu soueii'
! ]
Only One Train East on sunday leaving Buffalo at 10
anu ~a=, ,n,a sasseners ,,;,, .,o. R.,,.
gesa9e ape ana Sgw charge IL New YORK
M, 49, ,tilo+oj and roost luxurious sleenino COACH
railway 80 sI..ls :. sfe,,l ..ela.!al 's1sa. ..li .
by any otherroute; -
ASH Tor l9ke.S Ne t;nrSs, 1S lris Tsta taaMay' n =,
~ O' 0''"'"'U 81 or southwest SaS
ii. RIDDLE, Gen. Shlpt. NM IL BARR, Gen. Pas Agt
CIYyEJ,aND AND ERIEs RAbI-RGAD.
---,---.7-, 4 rI1RoT1f;H EXPRESS up AIMS DAJTY
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M. G. DICK. Dealer. in Books. Stationery Fancy
Goods Yankee Noffons. Toys, Wan Paper, Window
Shades Sheet Music and Music Books. Agent for the
Mason & Hanlin Cabinet o-csHe. SEQ