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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
A Mfxtns Of the R0bies.

Some time ago there was a dancing
party given cup North," and most of
the ladies present had little babies,
whose noisy pcrversity required too
much attention to permit the moth
ers to enjoy the dance. A number
OF gallant young men volunteered to
watch the young ones while the pa
rents indulged in q break down"
No sooner had the women left the
babies in charge of the mischievous
devils, than they stripped the infants,
changed their clothes, giving the ap-
parcl of one TO another. The dance
over, it was time to go home, and
the mothers hurridly took each o
baby in The dress of their own, and
started to their homes some ten or
fifteen miles of, and were far on their
way before daylight But the day fol-
lowing there was tremendous row
in the settlement; mothers discovered
that q single night had changed the
sex of their babies--observation dis.
closed physical phenomena, and then
commenced some of the tallcst fe.
male pedestrlanism; living miles
apart, it required two days to unmlx
the babies, and as many months To
restore the woman to their natural
sweet dispositions To this day il
rs unsafe for any Of the baby mix
ers to venture into the territory.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
A. T.. Stewards New Mansion.

The magnificent and splendid new
building now being erected in Fifth
avenue and corner of Thirty fourth
street, which will be the future res
idence OF Alexander L. Stewart, is
progressing most satisfactorily to all
those leading men interested init in its e
is a patron of chasteness and ele-
gance, and the builders are dong
their part in very creditable and
praiseworthy manner. 1t is viewed
and looked at by thousands of the
elite of our city who traverse the
Fifth avenue night, noon and morn
ing. .......
1t is estimated that when complet-
ed it will cost about $1,000, 1000
The architectural, ornamental and
chaste designings are all purely Co.
rinthian. For elegance ami beauty,
so far as it has progressed, it stands
unrivalled. In TACT, there is no bull
ding to compete with it in the city OF
New York, il being constructed oi
the purest and finest marble. Some
estimate may be formed of the cost
when it is known that it is built no,
only of the best marble, but that the
irnn """k alone will exceed $780,.
I 900, and that it will be tire.proo
from top to bottom. The roof i:
beautifully finished, being in itself ,
mass of iron, and the castings have
no parallel in the United States.
The first floor contains parlor, q
by 46 feet long; reception room, l!
by 32 feet; dining room, 10 by 3.
feet, with breakfast room and buffers
apartments. The main hall, leading
from the principal entrance to thu
picture gallery, will he IL feet wide
and 56 feetin length. There will als'
be transverse hall leading from thu
main hall, which will give ingress t.
the various rooms, which will be l.
leet wide by 5S feet long. The Ital
ian marble stairs will be 26 feet b,
, 20. In the main hall there will als'
be q number of massive pillars witt
= full Corinthian caps. The pictur
gallery will be of magnificent finis
3 and beauty, the same as the othe
grand apartments of the building
1 and will be lighted up with splendi
chandeliers, which will be of super
style, as will also the drawing. .parlo
/ and reception rooms.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

ing brakeman, who seemed horror.
stricken.
She few past me like q shadow,
and jumped Off as we crossed Cairn
turnpike road he stammered.
Jumped off the express train !!
Well said the conductor, Struggling
his shoulders. 'she must have been
killed instantly. What mad follyp
Its five hundred dollars out of my
pocket said the detective ruefully.
Il didn't want a row before we got to
Bayswater; but l was q confounded
fool. A woman cornered will do
anything, believed
What! I CALCULATED; you surely
do not mean that that child
Il mean said the detective calmly,
that child, as you call her, is Attila
Burton, a married woman of twenty.
six years old, who last night murder.
ed four persons in cold blood and
was trying to escape to Canada
That's what mean!
The train was stopped, and party
of us, headed by the conductor and
detective, went back to search fol
any trace OF the beautiful young crea
ture, whose loveliness and apparent
innocence had appealed to my sym
pathies so earnestly. Nor was il
long before we found her, lying quite
dead by the side of the track, fright
fully mangled by the force OF the
fall, and mutilated almost beyond
recognition!
well, she's escaped justice in this
world, if not in the next SAID the
detective, gloomily, as he stood look
ing down upon her remains.
'Do you suppose she expected t'
be able to spring of the morning
train without injury2' asked.
Without much injury-yes ; wo
men are unreasoning creatures. Blu
I never dreamed of snch insane folly
or l should have taken prompt meas
ures to prevent it,
They lifted up the fair dead thing
and carried it to the nearest place o
refugee lonely farm house amoni
the frozen hills, and we returned t
the train, reaching Bayswater onl
on few minutes behind our regula
time.
And when in the next morning
papers / read the account of tn
murder, and the tragic end of tn
murderess, thought of the slende
creatures blue eyes, and rosebu
mouth, with strange, pitying thri
at my heart.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03


AN ACCOMMODATING HUsBAND.-A
Northern gentleman who has for
some time been residing in Fernan-
dina, Florida, in speaking of the ig'
norant whites of that section, tells
the following amusing story: "One
day an elderly man, some seventy
years of age, and girl came into an
office he was occupying WIN JUS
tice of the Peace to be married -
There was such discrepancy in
their ages the gentleman was quite
shocked, and felt it his duty to in.
quire into the matter little. lie
found it, however, all right, it being
regular love match. After they
were married, certificate made out,
&C., he said hc tried to impress upon
them the sacredness of the marital
relation and VOWS, and laid particu.
lar stress upon the certificate (as
something tangible, and exhorted
them to preserve that inviolate It'll
death did them part" Some months
after, he says, walking to his office,
he espied this old gentleman in the
street driving the inevitable steer,
and seated in the cart alone. lie
could not resist the temptation OF
speaking to him. The old gentleman
was pleased to see him, and al once
told him that he was just going 10
his office to have his marriage certit.
cate changed. THAT gal, he said,
"thc Justice jined me to has gone
and jined herself to another man. /
remembering what you said about
the stihkit--how sacred twas. and
all that, and / never lost it, and | was
going over to see If You couldn''
scratch out my name and put his in
and save him the damage"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
Small Talk About Babies in
General, and the First one i'm
Particular.


/ doubt il there is any thing this
side Of Paradise that can come up 20
the first baby" in the happy pa.
rents estimation. Dear me, what
preparation Is made to welcome the
stranger, and when il does come,
what pride and hope is centered in
the little squirming magenta colored
piece Of humanity Nothing Is too
good for the little fiat-nosed thing
who 10 unconscious of the "sensa.
shing" it is creating. "Pa' struts
about with all the dignity of man
of family-a sort of idiotic, self-sat
isfied smile upon his beaming coun.
tenance, which leaves a stranger to
imagine that he has either been new.
ly elected to the dignity of Alderman,
or has suddenly come into possession
Of large fortune, and so he has, for
baby" is OF priceless valuo in his
new-found happiness In the first
weeks of "Pa's" newly fledged bliss,
he goes through the streets rs if he
| Expected every one to congratulate
him on the great event, and he is
very much disgusted If they don't.
When he goes to market lie buys
twice as much meat as he has been
in the habit of buying, forgetiul tina,
baby" cant chew. ana" in for
her share of honor, but she is sec
ondary to the little "hc" or " she
Mogul of the household, and one
might as well never have been born
as utter one word in disfavor of his
or bighness. Poor little expression
less lump! for though / have often
heard people exclaim at the likeness
"baby' showed to "Pa" or "Mo,'
or to some rich aunt or bachelor
cousin, / must confess that they al
look to me as if they belonged to on'
family. They all have the same lit
tie red flannel face, all screw and
twisted out of shape by ravenou
desire to swallow both fists at once
The same little head as innocent o
/, hair as q school.boy's upper lip, ant
: as smooth as q billiard ball, and
r pair of lungs as strong and clear q
steel. Notwithstanding all the stere
) otyped looks, they are surely said t
, have " PAS" nose or " Mas" mouth
, How happy "Pa" flies around t.
r wait On the little pearl without price
l have seen some fathers exercis
it to wonderful extent from tn
time "bub" first gave demonstra
ton as to the strength of his lungs
to the wonderful and eventtul da,
on which he took his first walk, witt
the aid of string tied round his eel
like waist. Dear me, what startlin;
events arc connected with the aba
10y !" His first shoes. The anxious
ly looked for arrival of his iron
teeth which are for all the world lik
9 shortening his clothes, and iaass,lS
teaching him to walk, while "Pa
/ plays dog or horse, on oil fours, ft
:, his amusement, and twist himself il
= = to all manners of outlandish and vi
= natural shapes, so his little highnc'
laughs and claps his baby hands
token of appreciation. No king
more absolute in power thar is bal
in his sovereignty Of home. This o
= der of things usually last until No.
- comes to knock No. Is nose out
joint" Some people don't like b
y bies. I do!
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

Kossuth still resides in Turin. He
has grown permantly old, and bears
in his person the marks Of the cruel
disappointments and yicissitudes
which have marked his life. His hair
and beard, which many will remem-
ber as a glossy black, Lave been for
several years as white as silver; his
form, once so erect, is bowed with
grief and suffering, and a profound
melancholy, since the death of his
wife, with whom he buried all his
hopes. marks his whole demeanor.
But his voiceis still soft and sweet,
and his eye still beams with that sad
and tender light which gave SO much
of its wonderful beauty to his face.
lie is poor, powerless and lone.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
SurnIpAN.-"You want to know

SHERIDAN.-"You want to know
what Phil. Sheridan is hke?' said
President Lincoln once to Uncle Gid
con Wells, who was asking in his
dreamy way what manner of man was
the young Western officer whose
name was just then beginning to at
tract attention. "He is brown lit
tie fellow, with long body, short
legs, not enough neck to hang him,
and such long arms that he can scratch
his ankles if they itch without stoop-
ing" No better description could be
given in such brief language. 3di 10
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
Ths alantoek aeffsrsunian
MAY DAY,

MAY DAY,
Where shall we keep the holiday.
And duly greet tho entering Msyl
Too strait and low our cottage doors,
And all unmeet our carpet floors;
Nor spacious court, nor monarch's hall
sufilce TO hold the festival.
Up and away where naughty woods
Front the liberated foods;
We will climb the broad.backed hills,
Hear the uproar of their joy;
We will mark the leaps and CLEANS
OF the new delivered streams,
And the murmuring rivers Of sap
Mount in the pipes Of the trees,
Giddy with day, to the topmost spire,
Which Tor spike OF tender green
Bsrtsred its powdery cap;
And the colors of Joy In the bird,
And the love In its carol heard,
Frog and lizard n holiday coats,
And turtle brave in his golden spots;
We will hear tiny roar
or the insects evermore,
While cheerful cries OF orag and plain
Reply to the thunder Of river and main.
Aspoured the food Of the ancient sea
Spilling over mountain chains,
Bending forests AZ bends the sedge,
Faster flowing Ger the plains,
A worldwide wave with a ioaming edge
That rims the running silver sheet,--
So pours the deluge Of the heat
Broad northward DER the land.
Painting artlcss paradises,
Dragging herbs with Syrian spices,
Fanning secret fires which glow
In colum bine and clover. blow,
Climbing the northern zones,
Where Thousand pallid towns
Lie like cookies by the main
Or tented armies on plain.
The million. hand sculptor molds
Quaintest bud and blossom folds,
The million. handed painter pours
Opal hues and purple dye;
Azaleas flush the island doors,
And the tints Of heaven reply.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

@ T.-lSGJ.-X The amount oi Plantation
=. Bitters sid in ono year, Is something
startling. They would NIL Is oadway SIX feet
high, from Park ~ Ash street. brakes man.
utactory IL one OF the Institutions OF New
York. II Is said that Drake painted all the
rocks in the Eastern States, WIN his oabais'
tic " 8. T.--lsGO- X" and then the old
granny legislators to pass n law revent'
Iny dIsdxnrug ,hc face of nat which
gives him monopoly. We do not know
now this is, but We dc know the Plantation
Bit,ers SELL AS no other article ever did
rhey are used by all classes of community,
aud are death ON Dyspepsia-certain Ihey
are very invig"rating when anguid and
weak, and II great apPeiizer.
Saratoga spring Water, sold by all
druggists.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

The Word Of God is everything to
the soul OF man; it is his meat and
drink to nourish him, his ralment to
eiothe him, his medicine togheal him,
his armor to, defend him. his light
to guide him, his treasure to enrich
him, and the house in which he may
dwell. 1t ID also his counsellor to
advise him, his friend to accompany
and console him.a his teacher to In,
struct him, his benefactor, to bless
him, and bis dslivsrsr 70 sAYe hip.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

NXTH.T DID IT7--A young lady returnin
w TO her country home after a sojourn OF
a lew months IN New York, was hardly rec
ngni7ed by her friends. In the place Of u
rustic. flushed face, she had soit, ruby rom
nlexinn. of almost marble smoo hness aud
instead oi ~ she really appeared but L.
She told them PLAINLY she used Hagan's Mag
nou balm, and,would not be without 1t. Any
lady can improve her personal appearance
very much by using this article. IL can DC
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by ali drug
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

Heimstreet's Inimitahle Hair Color ny has
been steadily growing in favor for over iwen.
ty years. II acts upon the absorbents al the
roots of the hair. and changes II to It's orig.
inal color By degrees. All instantane Ous dyes
deaden and injure the hair. Heimstteets rs
not a aye, but is certain IN It's results. pro
notes IT'S growth, and isa beautiful HAIR
DREssIYo. Price, 50 cents and 81 90. Sold by
al dealers.
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Drug
gists.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

A IL who value n beautiful head OF hair
n and its preservation from premature
badness and turning gray, will not iail To
the hair rich, soft and glossy. efAdlea'es
.dandrud, and causes the hair to grow WIN
.luxuriant beauty. 1t is sold every where:
Il. THOMAS LYON, Chemist, N. Y
Saratoga Spring Water, sold by all Drug
gists.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

A recruit, who was going through
sword exercises, after having learned
the cut, asked how he bad to parry
the cuts of the enemy. The sergeant
answered. "Never mind the parry
ing; only you cut and Jet the other
parry" -----.....-----
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
LOCKE & BLYMYER, Proprietors.

4 qua DE MAGNOLIA. Tho prettiest
n thing, the "sweetest thing" and the
most of II for the least money. tovercomes
the odor of Precipitation; softens and adds
allays headache and Inflammation, and Is n
ne ccssary companion in the sick room. In the
nursery, and upon the toilet sideboard. II
can be obtained everywhere at one dollar
per bottle.
Saratoga Spring water, sold BY all drug
giste.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
Suddenly the signal whistle sound
ed, the train began to slacken Its

Suddenly the signal whistle sound.
ed, the train began to slacken Its
speed.
Surely we're not at Exmouth yet.
l thought, unless have fallen un-
consciously asleep and allowed the
progress Of time to escape me-
glanced at my watch it was
barely half past eleven, and l knew
that we were not due at Exmouth
until few minutes after twelve. !
rubbed the frost from tho window
pane and looked out.
We had stopped at lonely little
way station In the midst of dense pine
woods.
is this Exmouth p
1t was the soft voice of the pretty
traveller opposite.
'No-I don't know what place it
is (; some way station
Does this train stop at way sta
tions p
Never, generally they must have
been especially signalled here. You
are cold, my child-your voice trem-
bles.'
1T is cold she said, in a scarcely
audible tone, drawing her shawl
around her. oh, l wish they would
hurry on!'
we are moving once more l said.
'Conductor,'-for the man Of tickets
was passing through the car-'why
did we stop at this backwoods
placer
"Out Of water was the reply, as
he hurriedly passed by.
Now | knew perfectly well that
this answer was not the real solution
OF the matter. Our delay had not
exceeded half q minute, altogether
too short time for replenishing the
boilers; and where on earth was the
water to come IRON IN that desolate
stretch CT barren pine woods
Five minutes afterwards the con-
ductor re entered the car l made
room for him at my side.
'Sit down, conductor-you've moth
ing to do just this minute
lie obeyed.
What did you mean by telling mt
such lie just now p
/ spoke under my breath; he re
piled in the same tone:
About what p
About the reason you stopped
just now
He smiled.
TO tell you the truth, / stopped
to take on single passenger-a gen
tleman who has come down from
Bayswater.'
For the pleasure Of travelling ngaiI
over the same route 2
Exactly so-for the pleasure o
travelling in certaiu society. Don
he alarmed for your own safety--it'
a detective policeman
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

I YON's fXTUACr OF PURE JAMAICA
dr. ib1AHaGHss, ib1AHaGHsss1txr healKesitoP. Nausea, ohoi;
where n warming. genial s,imulant Is requir'
cd, It's careful preparation and entire pur'
Is makes II N cheap and reliable article hi
culinary purposes. Sold everywhere al o.
cents per bottle.
Saratoga spring Water, sold By, all Drug
vis,. jes.ly'eow.
Saratoga spring Water, sold by all drug
gists.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03

2 Marriage ia designated "bridal"
a. Il puts aScurb upon most people.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
49,. a. -.~>cnt tho words Ii
astonishment, when he motiohed m

astonishmeAt, at, whsSn" S"GGft &c iRat iSRsd' ME
to silence.
And who is the offender ?
Il don't know myself yet. He
doesn't want scene until the mo-
ment of arrest; we are safe enough
until we reach Bayswater.'
Where is he?
The detective? He sits by the
door yonder, with o ragged fur cap
pulled over his eyes, Did you ever
see more perfect specimen OF the
dilapidated countryman ?
smiled l could hardly help it.
what is the case ?
"A murder-a man and his wife
and two little children-their throats
cut last night, and the house set fire
to afterwards
Great Heavens what monster!
: We had continued the conversation
throughout in a whisper, scarcely
above our breath, and now Me ~"
ductor rose and left me TO study the
faces of my fellow passengers, with
curious dread aud horror.
Somehow, often as l revolved the
matter in my mind, my fancy would
settle on coarse, gross looking man
opposite, with q bushy beard and
coat of shaggy wool, with the cola
turned up round his ears. l fell
convinced that this man with the
brutal eyes, and the heavy, hanging
laws, was the Cain! and as looked
furtively acress l caught the WIDE
open blue orbs Of the fair little girl.
Obeying the instantaneous impulse
of my heart, rose and went over u
her.
you heard what we were saying
my child 2 b.. -. + ~
'Yes-a murder-oh, how horri
blen
DO not be frightened--no on
shall hurt you.'
She smiled up in my face witt
sweet, confding innocence. 1E
i. Our stay at Exmouth was but briel
, but during the delay / could see tina
the watchltil detective had change,
, his seat to one nearer the bruitish ma
, in the shaggy overcoat.
'See,' faltered the young GIRL
q 'they-they locked the car doors o
Exmouth; they are unlocking then
now -s.r l..... .,.. ,.-,.
She was right.
Probably they were fearful leas
: the criminal should escape r.
t marked in an undertone.
will you-may trouble you t
! bring me o glass of waterr ~. rI
It / rose and made my way towar
q the ice. cooler by the door, with diff
It Guilty, for the train was again unde
y motion. To my disappointment tn
tin goblet was chained to the shelf.
u NO matter, she said, with wir
c ming smile. Il will come myself
3 / drew the water. and held up I'll
ol cup; but instead of taking itlas sh
approached, she brushed suddenl
'r past me, opened the door, and rusl
,e ed out upon the platform. oi.rs l.ga.
HStop herl stop herp shouted u
I, detective springing to his feet. Isl
II will, be. -killed--conductor--brak
man-hold up There was rush
., tumult--a bustle. ! was first upC
tsI the platform; but It was empty a.
deserted, save by q half frozen lool
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-05-03
EZRA BRows JAS a, "''
LAW OFFICE.

drown ~ SspoPE, ,,u,
promptly atteEd 10 ALI business, In ana out o'
Courts, requiring the services OF an attor'
sev. and l., the collection OF All CHAINS
sesinst the Government, or otherwise. n
Once over "Head Quarters, r'hu'"y'o'
Aug 2l, ls65-l2 Ia ".
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-03-23

ALMOST SERIoUs.--During the pro-
gress of the exercises at Washington
Hall last evening, the fastenings by
which the curtain, after being elevated,
is retained in its place, became disar-
ranged, and the curtain fell with flu
rious CHATTER, the immense roller attach
ed thereto battering and bruising in a
very promiscuous manner everything In
the shape of furniture that obstructed
it's downward progress. One of the
yoQSy ladies connected with the insti-
tuition narrowly escaped a serious in
jury, being grazed and. Slightly bruised
by the falling roller. FortunatelyAshe
was not in the immediate line of its de-
scent, otherwise the rusult might have
been of different character.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-03-23

CLOSE FIGURING.-Some time ago ex-
Sheriff Seybold, who is administrator
of the estate of the late ". S. Wickham,
"a former Sheriff of this county, wrote
to Richmond and asked for statement
of Mr.. WIS. account, From the state
ment it appeared that in settling up
the taxes for 1852 Mr.. w. sent on TWEEN
ty-fve cents short, and in 1853 forward
ed two cents too much. There was
therefore. due the State a balance of
twenty-three cents. Mr.. Seybold, a
few days ago, enclosed a twenty-five
cent postal note to settle the account,
and on yesterday morning he received a
letter from the Auditor of Virginia re-
turning the extra two cents and re-
c eipt in full for all claims the State of
Virginia has against the estate of WIS.
Wickham, late Sheriff of Ohio county.