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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-17
bradbury & Mark,

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MACARTHUR, o, will prgc.ice IN vin.on and
lA adjoining eoumies ofige on Logan street
ID. b. Shivel, " ftFtFfs
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tP0lsoating Alton Of Vlnion County,
AFcARTHuR, t'hlo.-. attend promptly 10 a..
WI legal business entfustedto his care IN Vim.
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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-17

N John Mayo,
"A TTCE2 N EY All LA w
Nc RTHUR, d, vii attend prcinpslye 70 al le.
INl gal business entrusted to his carein Vinton
anaA jackson counties. 0ihce-lh Doddridges
New Building, upstaira.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-17
OUR COMMISSIONS TO AGENTS

Exceed ihoas ~ any other establishment NJ the
tind,-prnof of his ran be fonrd IN comparing
onr nremiuns with those Of others, for clubs oi
rho same size, IN addition 10 which we claim Ia
give better goods ofthe same character.
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-17
nUsINHss CARDS.

JON ES HOUSE-
DORTsMOUTIf. OHIO, "a. w. JONES, Pro-
X prietor. This Hotel Is ia tho most con,
venlent part OF the city--on Front Street. be.
tween Market and Jefferson. sty,it u 4u
Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-17

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Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-12-17
HOALI CoALll

Fhelware manufactured at the is sold as lo'
as any in this market.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
ADyERTIsING TERMS

grone aul they intend to, are
about the size of a blue Jays
eye and have brown complex.
ion, and when they, start out to
garrote are az thin az a grease
spot, but when they git thru
garroting they are swelled up
like blisters.
1t takes them three days, to
get the swelling out ov them.
If bed buggs have any desti-
ny to fill, il must be their
lstummuks, but it seems ,tew me
that they must hav been made
by acksident, Just as siiV9Sers
are, to stick into somebody.
If they waz got. up for some
wise purpose, they must hav
took the wrong road, for there
kant be eny wisdom in chaw-
ing a man aul night long, and
raising a family, besides, to
follow the same trade. : '
If there IL sum wisdum, in
aul this, | hope the, bnggs Will
chaw them folks who kan see
it, and leave me, because l am
one ov the hereticks.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
Carry me on.

The only case we remembe,
which fully illustrates how lazy
a person can get, is that of a
man who, being too lazy to
work, and on the verge of star.
walton, was made the subject
of consultation, on the part
of his neighbors. They finally
decided to bury him alive. As
they were bearing him to the
grave, a good Quaker, leaning
over his gate, inquired:
Friends, where do you go
with that man?"
He is too LAZY to work, and
we are going to bury him.
they replied.
"Thee should not do so hard
a thing as that" replied the
Quaker. "Let him be idle il
he will not work"
"But he is starving"
"Then | will send him some
corn from my granary.n,
Upon this liberal offer there
seemed to be no resort but to
let the man live, when e,turn-
ing to the Quaker, inquired:
"Is it shelled %
NO." replied the Quaker.
Will you shell it for me9
CPL see thee starve first,''
responded the irate disciple OF
William Penn.
Garry me on, them" replied
the vagabond: 81 thought you
had no real charity in your
heart"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

A SUBSCRIPTION paper lately
circulated with the following
object in view:
owe subscribe and pay the
amount set against our names,
for the purpose of paying the
organist and a boy to blow the
same"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

- -: ikui: 90 .. =
To ascertain the number of
children in a street-beat a big
drum. IN,
To ascertain. The number Of
loaters-start a dog fight.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
JOHN COVODE.
Josh Billings on Bed Bugs.


l never seen anybody yet
but what despised bed bugs.
They are the meanest Nv aul
crawling, creeping, hopping,
or biteting things.
They dassent tackle a man
bi dalight, but sneak in, after
dark, and chaw him while he
il fast asleep.
A musketo will fight you in
broad dalite, at short range,
and give you a chance tew
knock in his sides-the flea !,
a game bug, and will make. ;
dash at you even in Broaf. f.wa,
but the bed bugg is a gar
roter, who waits till you strin
and then picks out a mellow
place to eat y6u.
If | was in tie habit o,
swearing | woaldn't hesitate
tew dam .. bad bugg right tew
his face,
Bed bugs are uncoinon
smart in a small way; one pail
OF them will stock a hair mat.
tress in . weeks with buggs
enuf tew last a small family a
whole year.
Itdon't do emmy good to,pras
when bed buggs are in seasson
the only way to get rid ov them
is to pile Up the acquafortls,
and then heave it away and
buy a new one.
Bed bugs, when they have
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

hood, brought him water t.
drink while he was dying. The
next day he was buried in hel
. garden.
Gov. Fenton, the figure o.
this murdered boy so comes
between my eyes and the text
of your recommendation ol
national honors to the rebel
dead, that l cannot see in it a
reason from which fathers and
mothers who love their chill
dren should not instinctively
shrink, and which should not
shock patriots who have loved
their country, and have made
sacrifices for it.
There is, sir, another figure
which makes filmy reading
through my old spectacles. My
youngest son, a private in the
Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry,
who entered the army before
he was fifteen years of age,
was captured at Sulphur
Springs, when Meade fell back
to Centerville, with one hun
dred and fifty-six of his regi-
ment, one hundred and forty
two Of whom afterward per.
ished in prison. Twenty-four
of those who died went out in
the Covode Cavalry from my
immediate neighborhood-- all
the sons Of my neighbors-all
objects of interest and care to
me. After passing from one
den of imprisonment and cruel
ty to another, they were finally
immured with thousands of
other unfortunates in the death
pen Of Andersonville. Eight
cen months of hunger and ma
kedness, exposure to the
scorching sun and the winters
freezing, did their work on
these stalwart and brave men.
Many of them died idiotic,
some of them feebly insane
all the victims of a system Of
starvation and cruelty planned
by demons and executed by
devils. My sons bodily vigor
and resoluteness of spirit car-f
ried him throughithe horrors o
Andersonville with life left in
him - with hardly anything
more. He is home again with
his mother, and have just re-
ceived q letter from her urging
me to "try another doctor, for
he grows worse" But the en-
ergetic, intelligent hopeful,
self-reliant brave boy who left
my house to fight the enemies
of his country, has not return
ed to me, and he never will re-
turn. |
1 think you will find that, in
common with me, hundreds of
thousands of loyal men, whose
hearts yet bleed with wounds
received in the wicked war the
shareholders waged against the
nations life, have been shocked |
and outraged by your recon-
mendation to do honor to the
authors of their sorrows and
the workers Of their country's
woes.
Had you served in the army |
either in person or through a
son, and presented your offer
ing of patriotism to your coun-
try on the picket line or the
line of pitched battle, you
would never had made the
heartless mistake you have
made, in what your biographer
writing your life; will call |
@the Antietam Letter" How
much l wish you had initiated |
the manly and sympathetic
behavior of Gov. Geary, of
Pennsylvania, a soldier and a
statesman, who thus repelled
the proposition to mingle the
rebel with the Union dead un-
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
National Honors to the Rebel
Dead.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II, 1868.
To Gov. Fsnton Albany, NJ Y.
SIR: l have read with sor
row and astonishment your let
ter recommending nationa
honors to the rebels whose in
vasion of the North was stop
ped by death IN battle on thu
field of Antietam. You say:
@Astrong local'and indiyid
ual feeling in the neighborhoot
of Antietam and other parts o.
Maryland, naturally engender.
eddy the invasion, may have
created some Indifference in re.
gard to the Confederate dead
and an ipdisposition to see
them buried side by side with
those who died in defence Of
our nationality. But it is con-
fidently believed that no such
feeling pervades the breasts Of
the American people, or the
surviving officers and soldiers
of the Union armies.
aWhen we recall the gene
rosity and moderation that
marked the conduct of the
people, the Government, and
the army during the war, and
the magnanimity that presided
at its close; when we remem-
Der that our countrymen are
now engaged in the work of
reconStructing the Union on
the basis of universal freedom,
and with an earnest desire to
restore to the Southern States
a prosperity infinitely greater
than that which slavery and
rebellion conspired to destroy,
it is impossible to believe that
they would desire to make
an invidious distinction against
the mouldering remains of the
Confederate dead, or that they
would disapprove Of their be-
ing carefully gathered from
the spots where they fell and
laid to rest ip.. the National
Cemetry, on the battlefield of
Antietant
WOnquerors as we were in
that great struggle, our stern
disapproval Of the cause in
which they fought, need not
forbid our admiration of the
bravery with which they died.
They were Americans, n,isguid-
ed, indeed, and misled, but still
our countrylnen; and we can
not remember them now either
with enmity or unkindness."
! have read these paragraphs
twice and thrice, but dimness
THAN the film of age, OBJ
scures them to my vision. 1t
is in vain that | have wiped the
spectacles Of an old man and
deliberately and
clearly to see in your words a
Justification for the recommen-
dation they make. Two forms
come between me and the
printed page. They stay there,
and will not move away. One
of them is the figure of my
eldest son, the Colonel of the
Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry
as brave, devoted and gen.
erous a boy as ever filled a fa-
theirs heart with pride, and
made a mother happy. He
covered with his regiment a
retrograde movement of a
column of our army under
Gen. Sheridan, in June 1864,
fighting every rod of his way.
He fell badly wounded. His
men endeavored to carry him
off; but hotly pursued, several
Of them were killed or disa-
bled. He told his major to
leave him and save himself and
the command, and try to make
a stand on the next height, and |
there gain time for the great
train ahead to escape to
the James FLYER. Ny SON was
aid upon the grass beside the
highway, his men obeying his
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
LUOILLA LEE AND EVA GRAY.
One is poor, and oneis rich
TuoilIa M and Euo Hrov

One is poor, and one Is rich
Lucilla Lee and Eva Gray.
No need to tell you which is which,
For one is sad and one is gay.
And one is clad in wooden fine,
With costly pin and victorine,
A broidered cape Of rich design,
And shoes Of flashing sheen.
The others garb for pity sues,
All patch'd and tatter'd, thin and OLE
Her feet scarce cover'd with her shoees
And reddend with the Geld.
Ones father is a wealthy man
The proud OLD banker, John G.. Gray,
Who sports coach and bloOded span,
And lives a lord each day.
And Mrs, Gray does nothing more
Than told her dimpled hands in ease,
Or dainty career them o'er
Her rich piano keys.
They have palace fine and grand,
Upon the brow of yonder hill;
They have their servants at command,
To answer to their will.
And thus it is that Eva Gray
Has every boon that gold can bring ;
No wonder that her heart is gay
AS blithest birds of Spring.
Now let me turn to Jenny Lee,
Low bending with the weight Of
years,
Dark years of toll and poverty
Of sorrow and of tears.
And still he tolls for means to live,
Each weary day that passes DER;
He asks the world this toll to give,
And asks it for no more.
And she, the sharer of his woes,
Though weak and old, must bend
each day
The wash-tub DER, a druged for those
Who live like Mrs. Gray.
And thus it is, Lucilla Lee
Must wear a gown SO thin and old,
And that her shoes so torn must be-
Her feet SO red with cold.
If was rich ~ it seems to me
I'd like to take purse of gold,
And seek the hut of Jenny Lee,
So toil-worn and so old
And say to him, accept of this,
You are to old to labor more;
The paltry sum shall not miss
From my abundant store.
"Gs buy pleasant place to live,
And whatsoever else you choose;
It is my duty thus to give,
And yours--not to refuse.
"Acccpt and use it, nothing 10th,
'Tis due to her, your care-worn wife,
| shall be blest to see you both
Released from toll for life.
"And dress Lucilla warm and clean,
With broider'd cape of pattern gay,
And flashing shoes, and victorine,
Like happy Eva Gray"
But gold, It's said, dispels the dews,
Which pity sheds upon the heart,
And stiles each desire to choose
The nobler, better part.
If this be so, do not crave
A boon that costs the heart so dear;
The poor mans lot I'd rather have,
And have the poor mans tear.
For God is just, and thus I know
The balance will at length be even,
And those the least on earth below
May greatest Ie in Heaven.
REMEMBER, ye who dwell in ease,
That Christ meant such as Jenny
Lee, .
When saying, Gas ye do to these, |
Fen SO you do to me-"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13
Good Customer.

A few days since a dignified
person with the bearing and
general appearancecof a coun-
try merchant, stepped into q
wholesale store in the city Of
Norwich, and in a bland tone
and insinuating manner inquiE-
ed of the proprietor if he sold
gin by the barrel, at what
price, and if it was a good ar.
ticle. He would like to see q
sample.' -- pc. :. e.,
, Proprietor drew a large.sized
tumblerful. Country merchant
tasted.
"Ah!' said he, .as ahe smack
ed his lips with just a suspicion.
of delight, "that's good gin;
what can you let me have q
barrel of. that for9" $50
Proprietor named the price,
Remarkably good gin,S said
he, taking another slp;Hthat
reminds me, Of some gin l
bought in 1855" And he went
on with a long story flbout that
particular gin, stopping occa-
sionally to try the sample lin
til it was all gone but a swal.
low. The story finished, he
tossed off the balance oft.
and remarking that he. liked
the gin, and would come in an 4
leave his order after nnakir, o n
few purchases elsewhera. ieft
the store. .c. -"
An hour Afterwards, while
the proprietor was eating on
some customers, tie, gin.buyer
returned, and this time tackled
one of the clerks, with
Il have got to buy some gin
today, aud il, you have got a
ilrst-rate article l should like
to see a sample of it." A,
Another .l2.rge tumbleripl
was ioIrIttnIco,ming, IItI and the old
gentleman tasted. Then he
,iur1teG it round, held'it Zip to
tne hgrAt and tasted again. Then
ne s'macked his lips, inquired
u, Ine, price, and took anathcr sip.
Then he remarked that it was
very cold weather, and took a
good swallow. Then be COM
mented on the gin, and in
dulged iu a few reflections up
on how much more gin cost
now than it did in 1888. He
kept on talking, and he kept
on drinking, and the clerk Kept
on, waiting to consup mate the
trade sa4 -
He was such a dig,nifed man,
and was SO. evidently a good
judge Of as well as a large
dealer. in gin, that the clerk
was not disposed to hurry him.
But as he was taking down the
last swallow the proprietor
came round. TIE suspicion
on him That the coun.
try merchant was a better
drinker, than '0uyer. Stepping
up TO him, ]Ie hundred out
tLook f.ere, sir, do you want
to ?, buy NY gin9' ....'..-.
The Cld fellows dignity mel.
ted In an instant. Putting his,
hanTI in bis overcoat, he drew
ou'O a pint bottle, and in the
rLeekest and mildeSt voice i'm.
aginable, replied:
"Yes, a halfpint IN this bot.
tle."
I.. a
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

A GENTLEMAN who had by 1
faH broken one Of his legs was
mentioning the circumstance,
and describing the pain he felt!
A surgeon who was present,
asked him If the injury he sus-,
tanned was near the vertebrate
4" No, sir" replied he, "it was
within a few yards Of the Court
House."
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-13

THE Sandusky Register says
the iee now being cut. at that
point is about eighteen inches
thick. 3 5
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monuments as have arisen t.
the memory of Washington
Who would dare to insult the
loyal heart of this nation by Pre-
posing to lay,Side by sidefn the
same sepulchre the body of the
assassin Booth, and that O.
Abraham Lincoln 4? No loyal
man would take the heartless
Wirz and the other demons
that presided over the prison
dens of cruelty, starvation and
death, and the executed con.
spirators against the nations
Chief and deposit them in the
same tomb with the patriotic
men who sacrificed their lives
in battling for "the right against
the wrong" Yet it is proposed
that the loyal States construct
cemeteries for their heroic
dead, and then desecrate them
by the burial. therein of those
who prosecuted against the
country a warfare which for its
diabolical terocity is without a
parallel in the history of civil
lization, and even to erectmon-
uments to their memory. Car
ry out this purpose, and what
inducement can be hereafter
offered to the loyal citizen to
fight against treason, when he
feels assured that should he fall
in battle the traitors grave
will be honored equally with
his own ?
The cause of theUnion was
aholy one,while that which op-
posed itmust have been its con-
verse This one side alone be-
longs the glory. This was not a
war Of nations, but Of treason
against loyalty. 1t was a contest
Of rebels Who would have
drained the life's blood of the
government which had sustain
ed and protected them against
the patriotic sons who fought to
save itfrom destruction. 1t was
a war carried on by the defend
ers and promoters of oppres-
sion, against the friends and
lovers of liberty and their
country's integrity.
While there is no reasonable
objection to giving decent Sc
pulchre even to the rebel dead,
those who consider them de-
serving of honorable testimo-
mails may give them. 1t is our
duty to render honor only to
whom we believe honor is
due"
1t is with grief Gov. Fenton
that | write this letter to you.
The subject is painful to me.
But there sits on my hearth |
stone, and there lies in my vii |
lage graveyard, and there
broods in my heart a control.
ling reason why, since tie ap-
pearance of your Antie,tam let.
ter, l should regard. your en-
trance into a National Repub-
lican Convention, a candidate
for office, as an intrusion to
which the survivors of the
Union Army, and the relatives
Of the dead and wounded,
should sternly object.
Yours, &C,
JOHN COVODE
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Deaths of English Il ings and
GUeene.

William the Conquerer died from e.
nornous fat, from drink, from the vio-
lence of his passions, and injuries leceiv-
ed from the falling of his horse.
William Rufus died the death Of the
poor stays that he hunted
Henry the First died Of gluttony.
Stephen died natural death.
Henry the Second died # a broken
heart, occasioned by the disobedi"nce,
ingratitu1e, and rebellion of his children.
Richard the First, Ceur de Lion, died
like the animal from which his heart
was named, by the arrow from the bow
of an archer.
John is said to have died from the ef.
fects of poison and Increasing troubles.
Henry the Third is said to have died
a natural death
Edward the First died Of natural
Sickness at an advanced age
i iward the Second was most barbar-
ously and indecently murdered by ruff
ans employed by lis own mother and
her paramount
Edward the Third died of old age,
and his grandson, Richard the Second
of starvation.
Henry the Fourth died from excessive
care and anxiety.
Henry the Fifth is said to have died
Of fistula.
Henry the Sixth died in prison by
means then known only to his jailor, and
known now only to Heaven
Edward the Fourth died from the ef-
fects OF his many excesses.
Edward the Fifth was strangled in
the tower by order of his uncle, Richard
the Third.
Richard the Third was killed in bat
tie.
Henry the Seventh wasted away as
miser ought to do.
Henry the Eighth died of carbuncles,
fat, and fury, while his son and success
sor, Edward the Sixth died of decline.
Queen Mary is said to have died of a
broken heart, whereas she died of sur
felt from eating too many black pud
dings.
Queen Elizabeth is sad to have died
OF old age I'd melancholy from having
sacrificed Essex to his enemies-her pri-
vate character not being above suspicion.
James the First died of drinking, and
OF the effects Of vice.
Charles the First died on the scaffold,
and Charles the Second died suddenly
it is said Of apoplexy.
James the Second died in exile. ..
William the Third died from consump-
tive habits of the body, and from the
stumbling of his horse.
Queen Anne died from her attachment
to strong water ''or-i.. athor wo:ds 9sseasl
drunkenness, which the physicians po-
litely called dropsy.
George the First died of drunkenness,
switch his physicians also called an apo
plcctic fit.
George the Second died of rupture
of the heart, which the periodicals of
that day called visitation of God.
George the Third died as he lived-a
madman. Throughout his life hs was
at least consistent monarch.
George the Fourth died of gluttopv
and drunkenness.
William the Fourth died amid tn.
sympathies of his friends'.