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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
How 1t Was Done.

The Maysville Republican, In speak
1 ing Of the defeat Of Hon. Samuel Nc
Kee, for Congress, in the Mason c0un-
ty, Kentucky, District, says
s'Iu this congressional district a
man who was always for his country
against armed or unarmed foes, who
was a soldier in the loyal army, IS
beaten by an avOwed rebel; a man
who was active IN 1861 in raising men
for the confederate service; who gave
of his money, his means, and what
little talent he had; who talked trea-
son, voted treason and aided treason
so long as the war lasted, aud who in
the canvass just closed avoWed from
the stump that he always was in full
sympathy with the rebel cause.-And
this is Kentucky lOyalty!'
And here are q few Of the modes 0y.
which It is done: ---..
At several voting places IN the dis
tTfet armed gT1gTTillas braHdished their
| pistols, and swOTe they would Kin any
man who dared vote the Union ticket.
At More than one place Union men
were driven away from the polls and
not allowed to vote. In the county
| Of Bath, the home of John d. Young,
the rebel candidate, early on the day
Of the election, a Union man, once 81
federal soldier, was shot down and
killed by man who had been in the
rebel army, simply because he declar-
gJl himself a Union man and in favor
of negro suffrage. His murderer goes
at large. Thus is "free suffrage" set
at naught. The freedom Of the cleo
tiCn is violated, not by "the bayOnets
of the federal soldiers" but by armed
rebels, stepped in treason, their hands
stained with loyal blood, and who use
the nlagnaninity extended them by
the government to murder the soldiers
who saved the nation from their trail
tOrous stab. Officers of the law in one
county in the district, before the cleo
ton, declared their readiness to takeuP
theft gdns and lead ali who would fol-
How them, and shoot every man who
dared vote for MCKEE, the Union can
didate.
At several places where Mr.. MCKEE
had appointments to speak during the
canvass, he was notified i'll advance
that he would not be permitted to
speak at all, and that if he came to
those places he would be murdered.
! But he flied every appointment. LH
forty ttcO days he made fftg-seUeB
speeches. At one point, in the midst
of his speech, a rebel guerrilla drew a
pistol and advanced toward him, using
the rUughest of language, and with
murder in his heart.-DIen who had
been Union soldiers came in, and the
rebel would have thus found his grave
bdt for some women who protected
land dragged the guerrilla away. At
| the points where our candidate was
Threatened personal violence, he took
there squads Of armed Union men and
secured a hearing, for desperate as reb-
els are, they become dOcile as lambs
when the boys who have worn the
blue appear on the scene, armed on an
equality with them.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
sdtne of our housekeeping reader:

Sdtf1e of our housekeeping reader:
will appreciate the following:
WANTED TO HIRE.-A lady hav:
ing a pleasant home, and no incum.
bTances but a husband and one child
wishes to place herself at the disposal
Of some servant who cain come well
recommended from her last place
She would prefer one who would be
willing to remain in doors at least
five minutes after work is finishedi
She would also stipulate for the privi-
Iege of going to church once each Sdh-
day, having been compelled to fefuse
the last applicant; who was not viii
ling to allow her but half a day once
Il fortnight. Wages satisfactOry-it
under ten dollars per week.
She is deeply conscious of the utter
Inability Of ladies in general to COM
ply with the present demands Of ser
vahts, bit she hopes "by strict atten-
ton, to please in all respects" The
best of reference can be given also, a
good Hfet6mniend" from one who has
now left her TO the fate of many house
keepers. Please apply before six P.
NJ
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
La1fcashiFe to Help the SOuth
GFn Poor

CEh IOOEo
It is proposed in England to devote a
part or all of the thoiiey remaining in tbs
Lancashire Cotton Famine Fund to the
relief of the suffering poor in our Southern
States. The balance on hand amounts, it
is said, to nearly 5000, 900 in our currency
and this MONEY Was contributed, in fact,
by the people of our Northern States, in
1853, when, owing to the rebellion here,
the workingnen in the English cotton
mills were starving.
An address to Lord Derby, Who is chair
man of the committee which holds this
fund, sets forth that donations to the value
of two hundred thousand pounds sterling
were made by the people of the United
States, in 1917, for the relief Of the famine
in Ireland; that in 1868 the same people
were munidCeht in contributing for the re-
lief of the distress occasioned by the cot
ton famine in English manufacturing dis
tricts that the southern territory now af-
fiicted by famine is the great cotton-grow-
ing territory Of the world and that the
use of the balances now lying in trust in
Lancashire, for the relief of the people Of
the South, would strengthen the "uniOn
which should exist between Great Britain
and America. New York Post.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
Miscellaneous.
Rhetoric.


Speaking of anecdotes, must give you
one which one of the most talented, sue
cessful preachers in the State tells OF him.
self He says that in his young days,
when Indiana was little more than will
derness, when "Gospel fire" was poured out
in great abundance, and rhetorical figures
commanded a ahigh premium among youth
| full preachers, he was selected to preach a
Sunday sermon at a camp meeting. The
audience was large, and the occasion de-
manded an extraordinary effort. He was
just entering upon his theological career,
and the first steps were of the greatest i'm
portauce. At the appointed hour he took
the stand, and after the usual prelimina-
ries opened as follows:
s'Brethren and sisters, ladies and gentle
men, if I had the world for pulpit, the
stars for an audience, my head towering
far above the lOftiest clouds, my arms
swinging throughout immensity, and my
tongue sending forth the clarion notes Of a
Gabriel, I'd set one foot on Greenland's
lev mountains, and the other on India's
coral strand, nd-and-Pd-pd ho'rL like
a sCOlfg
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
TWhoIe No. 1921.
Postal Tefegraphiug.

The Observation-Disclosures in England
are said to be preparing a bill which
is shortly to be submitted to Parlia-
ment, making ali the existing tele-
graph lines a department in the gov
eminent Ostalsystsm. Early in the
first session Of tie Thirty-ninth Con
gress a similar plan for this country
was discussed. The English scheme,
which promises to result in Parliamen-
tary action, at first proposed the COM
pulsory purchase Of the established
lines, for a sale of the existing inter
ests would be necessary, since the tele-
graph business in Great Britain, as
well as in tine United States. and in
deed, everywhere at the present rates
for sending dispatches, is immensely
profitable to the stockholders. The
plan now is to give the companies the
option Of selling upon agreed terms,
and as fast as the government acquires
lines they will become a regular depart
ment Of the pOstOffice.
The assumed object of the new sys-
/ tenn is to enable the public to use the
telegraph at the cheapest possible rates.
| It is proposed to- send messages any
distance at the rate Of one shilling for
twenty words, exclusive of the address
of the receiver or sender. This is to
be the rate at the commencement OF
the new plan, and the prizes will be
afterwards reduced. In addition to
| the existing lines, new wires will be
laid on all the existing routes, and new
routes will be opened. The neW pos
tai districts of London will each have
its own central office; dispatches will
be delivered by special messengers
anywhere within one mile of the re-
ceiving stations free of cost, and mes
Isages can be prepaid with pOstoffice
stamps, and deposited in the postal
| boxes.
The rates for this service, reckoning
an English shilling at tbirty-tTO cents
of our postal currency, are net much
cheaper than the prices at which. dis
patches car now he sent from point tC
point in New York and other Ameri
can cities; but if the English plan i:
adopted, and is found to be decided
benefit to the public, it may suggest g
similar scheme for our own govern
ment and people.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

A Gentle HINT.-At concert which
took place lately, gentleman in the au-
dience rose up just as the third piece in the
programme had been performed, and said:
"Mr. Conductor, viii you 0blige me, sir, by
requesting yUur vOcalists either to sing
louder or to sing in whispers, as there is
conversation going on close by where sit,
that is conducted in such loud tone as to
hinder my enjoyment of the music. pre-
fer certainly to hear the concert but if I
cannot be so privileged, desire to hear
the conversation" There was an extreme
ly quiet and attentive audience in the hall
durina the fest Of the evening.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

MARRIAGE IN THE SADDLE.-A Texas
paper tells of a young couple who elOped
on horseback, accompanied by clergy
man who was to marry them. The lady's
father gave chase and was overtaking them
when the maiden called out to her clerical
friend, "Can't you marry us as we run?''
The idea took, and commenced the ritual,
and just as the brides father clutched the
bride rein the clergyman pronounced the
lovers man and wife. The father was so
pleased with the dashing action that, as
the story goes, he gave them his blessing
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Ex-GovernUr Wells protest against
his removal from office by Gen. Sheri-
dan, which he forwarded to the PTesi-
dent, is published this morning. The
depOsed Governor says Gen. SheTidah'S
alleged reasons are false, and his only
motive was personal malice, excited
by opposition to the Generals appoint
ment of Levee Commissioners.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

During the recent session of the
Teachers Institute, in Rutland County,
while Professor Adams was endeavor,
ing to illustrate the manner of teach
ing arithmetic, he took up a small
globe standing on the desk, and asked,
sGHOw many units in that globe ?'i
Answer, Gone" Taking up his hat,
'sHow many units in my hat ?" An
swer (by naughty boy in the audi
ence)-"Shake it and sce!" The Pro
fCssOr was taken down.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Bro CHERRY TRBE.-John ITibbs,
of jackson township, Noble county,
has on his farm, p miles back OF
Coal Run, cherry tree, Of the black
heart specie, which is ; feet inches in
circumference s feet from the ground.
The tree il g9 years old, and has borne
fruit successfully for 24 years, and
never failed to yield large crop. 1t
lis 20 feet high, and is said to be the
largest one Of the kind in Ohio. The
tree is sound, and full Of blossoms.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

We have seen no announcement OF
a man in a drab hat, with a Tribune
under one arm and ratiOns Of Graham
bread in his pocket, being on the way
to Mexico to bail poor Maximilian.-
Where is II. g.? Men and brethren,
we do not say this is cOwardIy neglect
Of the interests of humanity, but we
would like to know why the insectiv-
erOus Horace is not vending? On to
Merico - Columbus Jour.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Gen. Sheridan on Saturday sent an
order to Gov. Wells to vacate the Office,
and said he should remove him by
force, unless he complied Immediately,
Gov. Wells then gave up the office,
saying that he surrendered only to the
sword, and Governor Flanders then
took possession.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

4 WEDDING SCENE.-A Nashville
paper says that at a recent wedding in
that city ''the bride and groom kneIs
and joined hands from opposite sides.
of a table, in the middle of the altar
on which vas an open Bible covered
with wreath of flowers. A heayti-
full pyramid Of flowers was suspended
over their heads from the ceiling"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

mCREAM FOR TwO."-We have
.bCen requested to publish the follow
ing receipt, as the ice-cream season will
soon be on hand, and dose, without a
word of comment or relation Of expe-
.rience: To make ice CTeam-Pick out
the prettiest girl you can see, stir her
gently in the corner, and ask her to
give you kiss. You will then have
Il nice scream.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Gen. D. H. Hill, ex-rebel, in an ar
ticle published in his magazine, says
incidentally that it is the duty of vO-
tiers in the South to elect m6n to office
"whOse consistent Unionism will be
satisfactory to the dominant party"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

GOoD FoRTUNE-A dispatch from
st. Louis says: "JOhn Antrim, Of An
trim & Sweet, merchants in this city,
has fallen heir to very large estate in
Ireland, the property Of the late Earl
Of Antrim. The whole estate is val
ued at e7,O00,0O0 sterling, Of which
Mr.. Antrim gets about 0ne-half."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
temperance Stories for Chill
dFen.

A series of Temperance stories, by
T. S. Arthur, will be published June
1st. There will lie eight books, hand
sotdeiy printed and illustrated, put VI
in packets containing one each. Sent
by mail to any address for the moder
ate price of 30 cts. packet.
Discount to Schools, Lecturers, and
the trade. Address, r. s. Arthur &
Son, 8O7 and 811, Chestnut Street
Philadelphia.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Girls, beware of trihing young men
never suffer the address Of stranger; re-
collect that steady farmers boy or me-
chanic is worth all the floating trash in the
world. The allurements Of a dandy jack
with gold chain abott his neck, walk
ing stick in his paw, some honest. tailOr's
coat on his back, and a brainIess skull,
can never make up the loss Of d fathers
house and a good mothers counsel, and
the society of brothers and sisters; their
affections last while those of such young
man are lost in the wane of the honey
tf1oOn. 'Tis true.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

THE EXTERIOR Napoleon has pre-
sented to the University of South
Bend, Indiana, a superb and powerful
telescope, valued at %, 900 francs 1t
has inscribed upon it, in French:
"Presented by his Imperial Majesty,
Napoleon III, to the Catholic Uni
versity of Notre Dame du Lac, Indi-
ana, United States"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
Poetry.
TWENTY YEARS AGO.

TWENTY YEARS AGO.
How wOndrOus are the changes, JIM
Since twenty years ago,
When gals wore wooIen dresses, Jim;
And boys wore pants Of towi
When shoes were made Of calEskini
And socks Of homespun wool,
And children did half-day's work
Before the hour Of school.
The girls took music lessons, Jim,
Upon the spinning wheel;
And practised late and early, Vim,
On the spindle swift end reel.
The boys would fide bareback to mill,
A dozen miles Or so,
And hurry of before twas day,
Some twenty years ago.
The people rode tS Injecting, Jimi
In sIBds instead Of fIeighs;
And wagons rode as easy, jim,
As buBgies nowadays;
Ard oxen answered for a team,
Though now they'd be too slow;
for psople lived not half 50 fast
Some twenty years ago.
b, Yell do remember, Jim,
That Wilson's patent stove,
That father bought end paid for,
In cloth our gals had wOve;
Aud how the neighbors wondered
When we got the thing to go -
They said 'tWould burst and kill us all,
Some twenty years RgOl
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

The new liquor law of Pa. makes
it the duty of policemen to arrest every
person who is found in a state Of intoxica-
ton i'm the streets or public houses, and or
ders that the individual shall lie taken be-
fore magistrate and submit to examiua-
tion there as to where he got the liquor,
which is to he followed by prosecution Of
the person who sold or gave 1T 10 he inc
Hriatp.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
GOOD MIGHT.

BT 7. B. ALDRIcH.
Good night! Thave to say good night
To such host Of peerless things
Good night unto that fragile hand
All queenly with its weight Of ringsi
Good night to fond uPIifted eyes,
Good night to chestnut braids Of hair
Good night unto the perfect mouth,
And all the sweetness nestled there
The snowy hand detalns me, then
III have to say good night again
But there will come a time, my love,
When, II 1 read our stars arightJ
shall not Iinger by the porch
With my sdieus. Till then, good nightl
You wish the time we're nowl And I.
You do not blush to wish it sol
You would have blushed yourself to death
To own as much year ago
What both these snowy hands ah, tn
I'll have to say coed night again.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

!. NJ. Langston, the Ohio negro
orator, IL not going ON 4 campaign in
the South under the auspices Of the
Congressional Committee. lie IS
about to make tour in the perfUn-
ance of his duties as an officer of the
Freedmen's Bureau.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

In the State of Mississippi there are
thirty-nine political papers. Of these
fifteen are opposed to reconstruction
under the law of Conrgess, and TWEEN
ty-fOur are in favor of it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Robert Hendershot, welI-known as
the ''Drummer Boy Of the Rappahan-
mock" eloped from Pogghkeepsie,
with rich merchants daughter, on
Friday last. They We're married at
Newburgh' The interesting pair are
"scarce 10 years old"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

"1ta, said a little girl to her mother,
ado the men want tUggt married as
much rs the WOlnen dU?" "Pshawp
What are you talking abOnt?" 'sWhy,
ma, the women who come here are al
ways talking about getting married.
the men dOn't.h
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

An Ogdensburg letter says: Gene
raj 0Neilj the Fenian leader, has been
travelling, ifieUghitO, through Canada
during the past six weeks, and on
Monday arrived at Prescott, and exam
ined the works at Fort Wellington by
permission Of tile cOmmandaut at that
place. lie then returned safely to the
American side.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

KENTUCKY.-It is bad policy to be
talking of converting Kentucky into a
military district by act of Congress.
and rec6nstrdcting her from the ground
Up: Her utility as an Awful Exam
pie of what a State becomes that is
given up to the Democratic party; will
be of immense service. Let her alone.
-TCincinhati Commercial.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

The Erie Dispatch says d "n1ihd-
-business-society" was to
have been formed in that city, but the
project fell through because no One
could be found who was eligible for
membership.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

The Boston Traveller lately con,
tained the following advertisements d
hiht to young men who obstruct the
passage in front of church doors oil
Sundays:
"A CARD,-The Donkey club Of
this city wodld respectfully inform
the public that they have made ar
rangements for an extensive demon
stration on the side wsill opposite State
church, at the close of divine service,
on Sunday the 4th inst.
MOUSTACHB.
Corresponding Secretary and CHAIR
man of the Street Lounging Commit
tee.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

THE Athens Messenger says a gen
tleman of ninety-fve, with wagon of
forty, a harness of thirty, and horse
twenty-five years old, has been seen in
the streets of that place recently.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

A minister once prayed in the pull
pit that ''the Lord would bless the
congregation assembled, and that pOr-
ton Of it which was on the way to
Chnrch, and those who are at home
getting ready to come, and that, in
His infinite patience, he would grant
the benedictiOn to those who reach the
house Of God just in time for that ~
The clergyman succeeded in breaking
up bad habit which had resisted all
legitimate appeals.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

The japanese Commissioners lave
bought the ex-rebeI irOn-elad ram
StonewaII for 100000. She is to be
delivered in first class order, with her
Armstrong guns on board. She now
lies at the Washington Navy Yard.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Judge s. had a very wild son named
Bob, who was constantly on a spree. Up
on being brought up once for drunken
ness, the Judge cried out:
ais that our Bob"
ayes, sir" replied the clerk.
"Fine the rascal two dollars and costs.
I'd make it ten dollars if I didn't know
it would come out of my own pocket"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

A lady being asked to waltz, gave
the following sensible and appropriate
answer: "No, I thank you, sir, have
hugging enough at home"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

The daughters of Marryatt, Dickens
and Thackeray have been very sue.
cessful novel writers.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

sFScme editor proposes 4 corpo-
ration of publishers for the manufac-
ture of paper, to prevent being swim
died; another suggests Il better plan to
seduee prices; by eagh country printer
putting his gold upon the market at
Onee. thus Creating Il DanicI
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

Congressman Kelly's last speech at
Greensboro, n. c., made most favor
able impression upon the eX-rebels
who we've present, some Of the most
uncomprJniising of whom thanked
him when he concluded.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1867-06-20

A man proves himself fit to go higher,
who shows that he is faithful where he is.