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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-18

completely covered with low, thick sage
brush, useless for anything except in
some places where the wood is so large
1t can be burned. In this region; where
the land happens TO be free from the
sage brush, it is often so imprecnated
with the alkali that for two, or three
inches down; the earth crombles and
sinks beneath the feet like ashes. Ey-
cry now and then there are found in
this region drifts of fossils of fish, ovs-
ters, clam, &C., thrown up om.the bot
tom of the sea quite time ago. SOME
of the fish are so well preserved that the
glitter of the gold and silver on their
Scales is'almost as bright as ever. The
oysters and; CLAIMS are tremendous in
size, and would well do for the giants of
the olden days. Some of the snakes are
quite large in size, but few of them are
perfect. Some of them are found i'm
bedded in red sandstone, while others lie
loose in the earth. Along with these
are to be found sea shells of various
kinds. In some cases the fish will be
found split open, and all the bones per
fectly preserved. Some of these drifts
are on the top of bluffs, while others are
low down. -. -'-s' a.. y 'i-sf
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$2 in Advance
WHOLE NUMBER 968.

LARGE FARMS seem to be attracting
the attention of agriculturiSts. Two
wealthy, enterprising gentlemen of Har-
rlson county, Ohio, have purchased q
township SIX miles square in Nebraska of
government lard, and propose, to con
vert the W hole into one grand farrl of
3,O4O acres. They intend to inclose it
with Usage hedge, "a miles in extent, and
to put up cross hedges IL miles in extent.
All their labor Is to be hired, and the
most improved machinery to be used.
The whole farm is to be put to wheat as
last as possible. 1t will require about
10000 bushels Tor the seed of such &
farm: A colany is also being formed un-
deF MIR. Amos Duffield, for the pur-
chase OF another township in Nebraska
for the same purposes.
Eastern Florida is also being laid cut
in large farms for the purpose of cultiya-
ting fruits and early vegetables for
the Northern markets. Jacksonville, the
chief shipping port of the State, is but
four days from New York by steamer,
and still less byR. r. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 young orange and lemon
trees have been set out since the war
and that 10000 are now in bearing, in
the northern part of the States the fruit
selling at SIS to $50 per thousand, as it
hangs on the tree. The settlers at tile
extreme Southern part of the State are
chiefly engaged in the manufacture OF
tapioca, which root, as well as other
tropical fruits, grows there freely.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-18
Josh Billings on Bed Bugs,

never see ennybody yit but what de-
spised bed bugs. Tha ar the meanest
ov awl crawlin', creepin', hoppin' or Bit
ing aRiiHaSs
Tha dassent tackel a man bi daylite
but sneak in after dark and ebay him
while he is asleep.
A musketo Will fte you in broad
dalite, at short range, and give you a
chance TO mock at his sides. The flea is
game bug, and will make dash at yon
even in Brawdwa; but the bed bug is
garrotter, who waits till you strip, and
then picks out mellow spot to eat you.
If | wasin the habit of swaringj l wood
not hesitate to dam q bed bag rite In the
face.
Bed bugs is uncommonly smart in l
wal pair of EN- win stock hair mat.
tress in weeks with bugs enuff 2 last
small family whole year.
1t don't. do emmy good tew pray when
bed bugs are in season; the only wa to
git rid dv EN- is to bile the whole bed in
aquafortis and then heave it away and bi
anew one.
Bed bugs, when tha hav grown awl
tha intend tu, ar about the size oy blu
laws eye, and have brown kornplexun;
when tha start out to garrotte, tina are
as fiat as greas spot, but when tina git
thru garrotting, tha are sweIled UP like
blister.
1t takes three days to git the swelling
out of EN-. u
If bed bugs hav emmy destiny to fill it
must be thar stummicks, hut it seems to
me that tha must hav bin made bi acksa-
dent, Just as slivers are, tu stick intu
sumbody.
If tina was got up for sum wize pur-
pose thu must have took the Tong track
for tha kant be emmy wisdum in chewing
a man awl mite and raisi1' q family be-
sides to follow the same trade.
If thar iz sum wisdum. in awl this, |
hope the bugs ueill'chew them folks wh6
can see it, and let me be, because l am
one of the heriticks. ..,..
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horticultural Mafims.

J. II. Creighton sends the following to
the Dayton Journal:
l. When fruit trees occupy the ground
nothing else should, except very short
grass. '-' 5,..-
.. Fruitfulness and growth of the tree
cannot be expected the same year.,
3. There is no plum which the curculio
will not take, though any kind may
sometimes escape for one year in one
place.
2. Peach borers will not do much DAM
age whea stiff clay is heaped up around
the tree foot high. al
5. Pear blight still puzzles the great
est men. The best remedy known is to
plant two for every one that dies
6. If you don't know how to prune,
don't hire man from the other side of
the Atlantic that knows less than you
do .':.'~
I. Don't cut off big lover limb un-
less You are a renter, and don't care what
becomes of a tree when your time is
out.
8. A tree with the limbs coming out
near the ground is worth two trees trim
med up FIVE feet, and worth four trees
trimmed up ten feet, and so on till they
are not worth anything.
0. Trim down not up.
10. Shorten in Hot lengtten up.
IL. If you had your arms cut off you
would feel it to your heart A tree viii
not feel, but will rot to the heart
12. When any one tells you Of q gard
ner that Understands all about horticul-
ture and that he can be hired don't be-
lieve word OF it, for there are no such
to be hired Such man can make
moro than you can afford to give him,
and if he has sense enough to under
stand the business, he will also have
enough to know this. ..-,s.-.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-18

DRINKING FOR UEALTH.-We find in
an exchange some very sensible remarks
in regard to the too frequent ssSc of spir-
ituous liquors as a health rcstora-
tive. It says: "There is an absurdity
and cowardice in the ingenuity spent
in devising excuses for the use of strong
drink, at once laughable and pitifnl. #
people are determined to drink liquor, let
them drink it and take the consequences
but let them have the courage to acknowl-
edge that they drink it simply because
they Ike it, Tke poor sot who avows
that he is simply gratifying his appetite
is worthy OF more respect than four-fifths
of the high-toned men and women who
arc so particular to tell yoa that the fam
lily physician has prescribed this or that
liquor for that; that they would not tou, h
it were 1t not the doctors positive orders;
that they very much dislike the taste Of
it, but their health requires it. The truth
in such cases too frequently is that the
physician is shrewd enough to see what
prescription will be the most welcome,
and maintains his popularity by not cross
ing the secret wishes of the patient. So
pretended malady is trumpel up, and
the t;svorite beverage orderett. Diseases
of the opposite nature are made the ex-
cuse for indulgence in the same drink !;
and the patient soon comes to regulate
the size and frequency of the dose for
himself. On the other hard, this sort Of
prescription is sometimes given ill good
faith; but it is to be feared its results
are often disastrous, as OH the whole, to
make the remedy worse than the disease.
We can call to mind at this moment
several instances il which to our certain
knowledge, men have become drunkards
who never dreamed of touching liquor
until it was ordered by their physicians.
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SELECT POETRY.
Grant for President.
BY C. W. BUNGAY.

BY the radient stars above us,
Where the spirits live that love us,
BY the green graves at orr icet
By The shout and song and ch6fits,
BY The battle banner DER lis, .-....
We pledge the traitors sure defeat.
By the red stained soil we tread on,
By the sacred soil we bled on,
Bv the blood we freely she'd
By the yalor OF our brothers,
BY the love we bear our mothers,
We follow where our fathers led
BY the dear ones at our altars,
BY the faith that never falters,
By the hopes beyond the sky,
BY the heaven that's bending o'cr us,
by the martyrs gone before lis,
Well conquer OF we'll die.
By the battles, long and CORY,
by the victory and gloFY e
Which our hero brothers won,
BY the souls that we inherit, ....
We will win and wear with merit
AIantlcs dropped at Lexington.
By the truth of song and sermon,
BY the march WE made with Sherman,
BY the bullets Siegle sent,
By the fight and rout and rally
Of Sheridan along the Valley,
GRANT shall be our President
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-18
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, JULY. Is, 1868.
~S=>sS--
more Fresh Air and Less Medicine

Is maxim which multitudes would
be wise to adopt. Unless the lungs are
constantly supplied with an abundance
OF f,tresh air perfect health cannot be Pre-
served. This is very rue remark !;
but people need to have the matter
brought before them often, for they
will sit and sleep in close ill-ventilated
rooms, if there is the slightest pretext
for SO doing. Mr.. Lews ". Leeds, who
during the war had the charge of ven
tilating Government hospstals and is
now consulting engineer Of ventilation
and heating for the United States Treas
ury Department, says chat thousands
are poisoned to death by their own
breath every year." that at is in our
own houses that the blighting, wither-
ing curse7of teul air is to be found."-
The external atmosphere contains great
impurities there is no doubt but The
vitiated exhalatiQn of tbs lungs are adj
ded to these the evil is ttnfold more Sc.
rious. Now that the summer has come
everybody will naturally seek fresh air,
yet even during this season, except when
it is oppressiyely hot; many exclude the
t-i nv 'tii ItOLl lHSIl SieCpiiI dIIll lILIculS,
fearfel of its dampness. Many persons
say there is no danger in sleeping in
draught of aiT; but those unaccustomcl
to such exposure would doubtless expo
rience immediate i'll effects from so de-
ing. But there should always be cir
cuIation of pure air in the sleeping room.
A window open at the top and bottom
a few INCHES will Keep the air in motor
As to fire boards, which are usually
nearly alright, Mr.. Leeds thinks the
best use that can be made of them is to
to cut them up for kindling wood. In
the coolest season an open fire assists
ventilation, but do not board up the fire
place when summer comes. There is nj |
surer preventive against epidemic dis
ease tl;an pure air. Open the doors and |
widows then, and let in the ar No
matter if June continues in the fashion
of sister May, and showers fail every
day five must have damp air, let it be i!
as fresh'aS can be oht2;qaed."
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-18

ENTHUSIASM. Enthusiasm Haay not
always be success, but there is never
success without. "a good degree of
enthusiasm. Nothing of account is ever
attained without push and enthusiasm.
This even applies to getting good wives.
Young men shonld think of this. ANY
fool can get wife, and many women
fools for husbands; but shreu'd, penetra-
ting, enthusiastic people rarely get de-
ceiyed in these or other matters. 10
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Trains do not stop at stations where the time is emitted
in the above table. - II 2.
~ Second Glass Cars all Through Trains a.:
All through trains going Westward. connect at CIcvc-
land with Trains for Toledo Chicago Columbus Cincin-
natl, Indianapplis &c.
Steamboat Express leaves Buffalo at $50 p NJ Sur-
day Night instead of Saturday Night. Trains arriving
in Dunkir at $50 p NJ making direct connection with
Trains of Erie Railway. Trains between Toledo and
Erie rim by Columbus time: between Eric and Buffalo
by Buffalo time. and do not stop where time is omitted
The Saturday Night Express Strain tFom Cleveland at
$50 P N. 10 Buffalo. and leaves Buffalo Tor the
East Sunday at ., ,35 p. NJ
EASTWARD-N. y. Express. Eastern mail and Night
Express runs through to Buffalo without change.
WESTW ARD-NiGht Express. TO4e%O Express and
Day Express run through TO Toledo without Charge.
N. Y. Express East, and Day Express West will run
Sundays.
II. NOTTINGHAM, Supt.
SGpts Office, Cleveland Sc Eric Railroad, 1.
Cleveland O.. May H. 1865
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-18

An exchange says that Speaker Col
fs1's proverbial good humor is attri-
butable to his having edited news
paper-a position which is admirably
calculated TO sweeten the temper and try
the patienc5 ofany man to the fullest ex-
tent .,,,''' 90. 80 %. -
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DRUGGIST2-

CHARLES E. SWIFF-Ashtabula ohiD, Dealer
in Drugs and. Medicines Groceries, Periinery and
Fancy Articles superior Teas, Coffee, Spices, Flavor
ing Extracts Patent Medicines Of eyery description M
Restoratives Hair Oils &c all of which will be sold
the lowest prices Prescriptions prepared with sn
able ogo
Ohio Dealers in Drugs Medicines, Chemicals
Paints, Oils, varnishes Brushes, Dye Suits &c. Choice
Family Groceries including Teas Cotfccs, &c. Patent
s6cdicines Pure Wines and Liquors fer Medicinal pur
" attended to- :. 75S
GEORGE WILLARD, Dealer in Bry-Goods Gro
ceries Hats Caps Boots Shoes Crockery, GLASSWARE
Also, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hardware sad
Dyestufs &C., Main street, Ashtabua.
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HARNESS MAKER.

". H. WILLIAMSON, Saddler and Harness Ma
ker opposite Fisk Block Main street Ashabua, Ohio
has hand and makes to order, in the best manner
everything in his line 500
p G. FORD, Manufacturer aud Dealer in Saddles,
Harness, Bridles Collars, Trunks, Whips, Sc, oppo
site Fisk House, Ashtabula, Ohio. so
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~ ONY is the time to buy your Tin
ware. Great reduction in prices ut
-a; 3. A. Is BIXBY & cos
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LUMBER-YARD.

SEYMOUR & GIDDTN(:S, Manufacturers of
Doors Ashand Blinds, Bevel Siding, Flooring Fenc-
ing, Molldings Scroll Work, Turning, &c. Also deal
ers in Rough and Planed Lumber, Lath Shingles, and
Building Materials generally. Call and yarie
ties of Fence their Planning Mill Main Street
,ard Union Alley, Ashtabula, Ohio.
WI SEYM0IJR g;3 II A. c. GIDDINGS
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BREWERS.
dc

RADFORD & KAN, Brewers. Office and Brew
s-ery in old NJ E. Church, Main street. Ashtabpa Clio
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CLOTHIERS.

PIERCE & HALL, Dealers in Clothing, Hats,
Caps, and Gents Furnishing GcodE Ashtabna, o. S34
NKUCE,AMIDON & WAITE. y holesac and
Retail Dealers in Ready Made CiGklnng, Fpr1h shing
Goods. Hats. Caps. .&n., AshtabnA. $50
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MISCELLANEOUS.

PROF. Z. n. HOPKINS, Music Teacher. Terms
20 Lessons S10-IIaf in advance. Those wishing 10
practice can do so at his residence
Ashtabula Ohio 931
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BOOK STORE.

a. G.. DICK, Dealer in Books, Stationery Fancy
Goods Yankee Notions, Toys Wall Paper, Window
Shades Sheet Music and Music Books. Agent for the
Mason q Hamlin Cabinet Organs SS7
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GEORGE G. HUBBARD, Dealer in Hardware,
. Iron, stee. and Nails, Stoves, Tin Plate Sheet Iron
Copper and Zinc, and Manufacture of Tin Sheet Iron
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SUPPOltTEItS and Trusses.-H. A.
- He7dry sole agent for Fitc's Clapn' sand London
Sold at wholesale and Retail bv -
Ashtabula, aug. 5, 1867. - g0s
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MANUFAGTUdERs.

a. ID. STRONG, Manufacturer asa Jebber in Her1ne-
cally Sealed Goods. Jelly. Cider, and Cider Nineger
Ashtabula Ohio, Nov 10, 1866. $50
G. ZEFLE & RRO.. Manufacturers and Dealers in
all kinds OF Leather in general demand in this market
slightest cash price paid for Hides and Skins.
@. @. OULLEY, Manufacturer Of Lat, Siding Mould-
ings Cheese Boxes &C Planning. Matching and Scrowl-
Saving done on the shortest notice. Shop Main
street opposite the Upper Park Ashtabula Ohio. 44O
WV. SMITH, Manufacturer and Dealer in all the
different kinds of Leather in demand in this market
AId Shoenakers Findings. He is also engaged in the
manhfacture of Harnesses OF the light and tasteful
well as the more substantial kinds, opposite Phoenix
Foundry, Ashtabula. SO
II. Sc Lay. Manufacturer and Dealer in Boots, Shoes,
sc. Eisk Block. hain street. Ashtabula O.. SO
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-07-18

Any business IS more Respectable tnan
what's termed loafng. A young man
had better sell CLANS by the pailtQl than
hang around public resorts murderln g
time and his own reputation. Very few
need be idle anywhere at any time wing :
have faculty for work. -Four sevenths OF
mankind, however, take to lazlness and
sunny side ofthings, as naturally as dun
ners to impudence Or teamsters to pro-
family j. '..5 -. .-....'. ..-..
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-16
In the Matter of the Extension Of
the Corporation Limits of the
City of Ottumwa, Iowa.

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
Notice is hereby given that there is now
on file, in the office Of the County Judge
the Mayor and Common Council Of
ottumwa, Iowa, praying that the follow
ing described territory may be annexed
to and made part oi said City of Ottum-
wa, for all municipal purposes whatsoev-
er wit:
Commencing at the northwest corner of
the presentcity limits in section "a, town
ship Y, range IA west, Wapello County,
Iowa; thence northwest to the west cor
ner OF Major and Dibble's addition to said
city, in said section, township and range;
thence northeast to the north corner of
said addition thence due east to the west
line Oh kellogg and Wendell's subdivision
oflots 9and 10, of Gillmore's sub division; ;
thence north to the northwest corner of
said subdivision thence east along the
line of said subdivision to the north. east
corner thereof; all in said section, town.
ship and range; thence east to the north
east corner OF God:rey's subdivision, be-
ing part of southw or. n " or of section
10, township ~, range 10 west thence
south along the east line of said last nam
ed subdivision, to the present city limits.
Also SO as to include what is known as
Norris subdivision, being the south one
eighth of the east half of the south west
quarter Of sec. 10, tip. Y, r 10 west. Also so
as to include what is known al Blakes
addition, to the city of Ottumwa, being a
part of the east half of the north west
quarter dissection 80, township u, range ID
west, all in Wapello county Iowa.
That plat ofsaid territory proposed to
be annexed, is attached to and ON file with
said petition: and hearing upon said
petition has been set for the LIST day OF
June, A. d. 1868 ut 10 O'Clock a. m. before
the County Judge of said county at his
office in Ottumwa. c. C. BLAKE,
apr.2-w4i. City Solicitor.
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INCOME & SPECIAL TAXES.
UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE.
Deputy Collectors Office, 4th Dist Ioa,
Ottumwa, Iowa. April '6S.

UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE. J
Deputy Collectors Office, 4th Dist Ioa,
Ottumwa, Iowa, April '6s.
NOTICE is hereby given to whom it
may concern, that l, as Deputy Collector
Internal Revenue, have seized for viola
ton Of Internal Revenue laws, as per Act
Of July 18th 1860, section 81. page IS, the
following different lots of Tobacco and
Cigars.
Cary total 1911 lbs; twenty-five caddies
marked Honey Dew 512a, seized April Sd
1858, at the store of JOS Fl Merrill Il Co.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
End. Five caddies of Netiarine Tobacco
total 90 ibs, seized April Sd from the store
of Joseph Leighton, of Ottum wa, Iowa.
Sd. Three thousand Regiment Cigars
in 80 boxes, seized April Sd 1868 at the
store of Richards Hale OF Ottumwa.
4th. Two caddies Navy Tobacco, total
44lbs, seized April Sd 1868 ut the store Of
j. g. Meek Of Ottumwa, Iowa.
9Th. Two caddies Diamond 10 Tobacco
total, 40its; nine caddies Grape Juice to-
tai 204 lbs two caddies Nectarine, total
4ifbs one caddy Royal Gem total 81 lbs !;
six hundred Cigars in six boxes, seized at
the store Of w. Z. Moss 4 c., of Ottumwa
Iowa.
Any person or persons claiming any of
The above Tobacco or Cigars. must
make such claim before me and befi re the
9Th day of May 1865 and give Bond, as the
law directs, or the said Tobacco and CT
CARS Will be sold as the law direcrs after
due notice of said sale.
WI P. NORRIS,
Deputy Col. 10th Div. 4th Dist Iowa.
april. 7-w4t.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-04-16
An insurance Coax"

The pcrtjnacity Of Life insurance
canvasscrs. has become proverbial.-
Not long ago one ofthe longest wind
ed Of this species Of the genus homo,
called into the law Office of concern
in this city and brought to bear his
ingeniously arranged theories about
"Carlyie Tables" etc. etc, Tor over
an hour on the junior member of the
firm; about the time his patience bad
become totally exhausted bis part
ner came in and received similar at
tention for another msrtal honr,
greatly to his annoyance. After the
departure Of the agent, the outraged
attorney wrote on large card and
placed it prominently over his desk
Hereafter Life Insurance agents
viii be limited TO five minute speech
es in this offie."
Promptly the next morning Mr..
Canvasser called again, but the afOre-
said card was the first thing to stare
him in the face, and with some inau-
dible remarks about personalities &c.
took his exit inside Of the time al
lowed, and has not repeated his elo-
quent speech to that concern since.