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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
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BIT SADIE COOPER.

"Drau your chair up closer, sister, for my
breath 10 faint and low, ..r
And Id leave a message with you, ere my
spirits called to 60
From the sorrow and the darkness, and the
pains OF earth, away
To the realm OF bloom and beauty, where Is
everlasting day.
am weary; oh, so weary and long 80 to be
free. 60
Know ou this, and weep, sweet Anna! There
should be no tears forme.
"You will find rosewood casket in my little
desk up stairs,
And within, a bunch Of letters-bound with
Grape and stained with tears,
They are ms-you'll give them to him, with
the hooks he gayeto me
You will know them, they were presented "TO
my darling Alice Leei"
Tennyson, and Moore, and Browning-and the
picture cf MS face,
That is bound among the letters in the hit le
r,s ,sewoOd case.
"There's wreath OF withered roses, and a
curl of shining hair,
And bright bet rothal circlet which used to
proudly wear; ....
Ard placedit on my finger for wish, with
every night; .i II
Always, that my solder.lover would be guard.
ed through the fight
You will find them altogether, in my little sum.
mer room,
And youll not forget 10 give them, when I'm
lying in the tomb.
Tell him that always loved him, though his
heart grew strange and cold;
That love him, too, in dying; hen not think
me over bold.
Tell him that ! never blamed him that he
love- a iairer face, .
Beauty always wins affection-and shes wor.
thy Of the place. .|
If there's aught to be forgiven, forgive him
full and free,
Ana III pray that God forgive him. as He
hath forgiven me.
kiss me once again, my sister, once again,
ard will pray r..
That you neer may find your idols made Of
only common clay. ....'
Kiss me on my lips, my sister, 'tis the last
eer will know;
Though The earthly msts and shadows Heav.
ems light begins to glow,
And the room is filed with angels, come to
bearmy soul away,
To the realms of bloom and beanty, where is
everlasting day"
WILLOW Book FAGN, Feb. 7, 1868.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

her groaning, and began to
rouse herself. Arising quickly
to a sitting posture in the bed
to note every word of the con.
versation, she stared at them
wltheyes as big as small onions
boiled"
"'Twill be a relief to her."
continued Tom, "for she has
always been an invalid. !, too,
have suffered as well as she,
but with you, the picture of
health, as my wife, happiness
will be complete"
The widow threw herself up
on TOMS shoulder, her arms
about his neck, and began to
chew his vest in mouthtuls to
smother her laughter.
"How soon shall we get mar
ried after she is dead!" asked
Tom, passing his arm around
the widows substantial waist.
Suppose you will be willing
TO wait a week or twow sim
pered Mrs. Hake, as she leaned
her head on his shoulder and
took another mouthful of vest.
The invalid uttered an excla.
nation and landed on the floor.
"You think l am going to
die, do you!" she exclaimed,
''l'll live to spite you both! and
for you"-she turned and grasp.
ed Mrs. Hake by the. hair
"out of my house, you design,
ing vixen! III act as my own
nurse hereafter" E ."
From that day to this, Mrs.
G. has enjoyed good health,
and Tom has enjoyed good
spirits, because he has not had
a doctors bill to pay. He
knew how to cure her; for she
only needed rousing, and Tom
"roused her." .. .'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
Wisdom in Small Lots.
by JOE BLAME.

BE keerful that you allus git
you're munna before you give
a receat, and alius git a receet
before you give you muna. lH
Eff you air onla a quarter of
a second too late you won't git
there in time. ... ri
We've got lots Of men with
toweren intelex and brillyent
genyus and all that, but then
you see we need just a few
men of good common sense,
like. m .l .. l
There ma be sum sweet sad
ness in chewing the bitter cud
of adversity, but the most of
them in this section would
rather have terbacker you
know. . .,..
Ef wise men never made
mistaiks this wood be a hard
wurld for fools-of whom a
CRATE menny are which. .,
Its no use to be mizzerable
to da because you're afrade you
can't be happy Tomorrow. u
1t required all kinds NV men
to maik up the wurld, and so
you see there had to be some
egotistikle durn fools for hotel
clerks. .'' '|... 1
1t don't talk as much sense
to pick lock or forge a check
as it dus not to do it. ....,
When it rains pudden you
hold up your dish, but don't
spend your time whatchen for
ashower. nv -'."' '.' ar,a
1t don't take a smart man to
be a fool. IN '...'.
You can't do bizness without
sense any more than you ken
start a cooper-shop on a bung-
hole, 0Hu. .'a... 1l.'.
A man that don't kno emmy
thing will tell it the first time
he gets a chance. Wr' y'H
Eff | enjoy emmy thing more
than the prosperity of a good
man, it IL the punishment of
an Internal scoundrel. j...'
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
A Kernel of Wheat i'm a Bush
el of Chate.

In this age of hrmbugge-
ry, when the wits of one halt
of the world are at work to
cheat the other half it is re-
freshing to find an article
of general utility among us
that possesses the merit that is
claimed for it. 1t requires a
knowledge of the higher math-
ematicS to enumerate tbe num-
Der of worthless hair prepara-
tions that flood our market,
vaunting their superior EXCEL
lencies from the showcases of
every druggist. Among this
mass of rubbish, however, there
is one article that, if the pop
ular verdict is worth anything,
is as far removed from its COM
petitors in the valuable prop
critics it possesses, as it is i'll its
enormous demand. OF course,
we allude to the popular
" Barrett's Vegetable Hair Re-
.storative," which is so highly
indorsed and recommended by
druggists. Those who have
used it-and there name is le-
gion-are unanimous in their
praise of its absolute superior
ity over all its would -be-com-
Cincinnati Times,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
All2'the approved Patent
Medicines, at Strong's.

The New York Herald, under
the head, Gan Impostor," gets
off the following:
aMr. George H, Pendleton
has been making a distinguish
ed appearance out West as a
politician in other mems cloth
ing. He stole his financial suit
from the Herald; and his Mig
ger political suit he stole from
Andy Johnson Andy was a
first rate tailor in his day, and
made good fits;'but as this par
tieular suit was not made for
Pendletonit fits7badly.Dr 2 uar
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
RooKERY, o., Feb. 10, 1868.

A communication containing
local news, or a short, spicy
letter on any topic of general
interest is always welcome. 4
We are well aware of the
fact that there is "not a live,
working interest" in our behalf
in old Swan, where, ifany place
in the county, we expected to
find it. Thus far we have re-
eeived nothing but promises
fiOm that section. There are
a less number of Records 60 to
swan than to any township in
the county. Richland (South
Carolina takes two papers to
Swans one, and Vinton Station
takes eight more papers than
both townships. We expect
Swan to come out some day
"when they see if the paper
will live.' m.tl ipl .saf
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

quent Taxpayer. ' ''l .r5'I1H
The Cincinnati Gazette Of
Tuesday last makes some ex-
traordinary developments that
will shock the nerves of our
Democratic friends ofthe West
1t publishes a list of the Ma
tional Banks of that city who
refuse to pay taxes on their
capital and surplus earnings
according to a law passed by
the Ohio Legislature, among
whom are many staunch Dem
ocrats and the great champion
of the Democratic party fol.
the Presidency, George II. Pehl
dleton. He is a bloated ~
bond-holder to the amount of
$4,000. ......... -....
We imagine we see a tremor
shake the nerves OF the, Demo-
cratic party as the intelligence
spreads along the line our
George is a bloated Bond
holderp What hypocritical
tears will be shed over this
weakness of " our George " for
the filthy lucres What pun.
gent sadness Of heart will at
tach to thousands of Demo
cratic voters as the news'
spreads that George II. iPenm
dleton, the fayorite candidate :
of the Democratic party for.
the Presidency, is one of those
swelling" bond-holders who
grind the poor, poor people
down with heavy taxation not
to be endured" - Frankfort
COmmO mOnacealM. a. ..dtry o,r,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
How Tom Reused Her.

The VILE OF Tom Gordon is a
victim TO imaginary ailments,
and is never so contented as
when living according to the
direction of her medical advi.
ser. DR.. Valentine now under
stands her whims and oddities
so well that he humors her in
every caprice; if she imagines
rheumatism is her complaint,
he agrees with her, and pre-.
scribes some harmless potion;
if she thinks her appetite de-
creasing, some'Lread pills keep
her in good spirits until the
fancied symptoms of some
other disease induce her to
send again Tor him. ...
During the last four years,
Tom has often wished that his
wife would roll down stairs and
break her foolish head, for the
reason that the physicians and
apothecary's bills make a seri-
Gus inroad upon his income.
About three months ago, she
complained OF a pain in her
side, and, as usual, the doctor
was summoned. After prescrib-
ing two or three bottles of diff
ferent compounds all harm
less, but rather expensive -, he
said: ..,..u.,u ~. ..n,.....
"All you want 10 assist med
icihe in effecting a cure is a
little rousing. Although your
ailmenti is serious, it is not dan
gerous. Assume a little ener.
gy, and You will recover. Re.
member, rouse yourself"
After the docter had retired.
the patient fancied that at last.
some serious disease was be-
ginning to manifest itself, and
like a fool she went to bed in
despair.
Tom understood the nature
of the case thoroughly from
long experience, and said men,
tally:
"She wants a rousing, does
she? Well, Pll give her a sur
prise that will startle her.''
Mrs. Hake, an attractive wild.
ow, was engaged to act in Ca
pacity of nurse to Mrs. G. The
widow is young, buxom, amia-
BILE, and Tom thought her at
tractive qualities might be
made available in giving the
patient the necessary rousing.
A short consultation with
Mrs. Hake resulted in the ar
rangement of a plan, the exc
cution of which was to induce
Mrs. G. to forever afterwards |
enough throw physic to the
dogs.
Late the next evening, while |
the patient was fretting and
groaning, and announcing her
Intention of giving up the
ghost, Tom called Mrs. Hake
aside and said to her in a pre-,
whisper, but fully loud
% be heard by the invalid: |
"Poor FsLny! she is about to
lie at last, and 80 you and |
nay as well arrange for our
marriage 9dl uss4,0 ,iiocqI
Tom threw a glance over his,
shoulder as he spoke, and ob.
served the dying patient ceased
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
OvernOr Cox

We give below, the remarks
of Gen. Cox, which were made
a short time since, at the meet
ing of the Army of the CUM
berland at Cincinnati. ft'ap
FELLOW SOLDIERS: If you viii
allow me a few words, i will take /
for my text what was said by [
my friend on the right that
Gen. Sherman wears a better
coat to-day, than he did in the
Army of the Cumberland. In
strict confidence between us =
of the Odd Army Corps, which /,
v1DTated bctwoon the sea coast
and the Northern line, and who
had the honor of meeting the
bummers when they came up
thro' Carolina, | expose them a
little, that you who didn't have
the opportunity of seeing them
and our friends here, may un-
derstand how they did and
| looked. bed w.
They he'd come up from the
Carolinas, laying their thirteen
or twenty miles of corduroy
road per day, doing what the.
rebel General Johnson said in,
my presence he didn't believe:
any army on earth could do
They therefore did not look al
together well. Uncle Billy was,
perhaps somewhat a little rus,
ty. [Cheers.l The 23d Army
Corpse, after it had left you
and after that campaign of
Franklin and Nashville, of which1
we have some right to be,
proud, went around, as, YOU
know, by the way Of WASH
ington where the boys had d
chance to get new clothes!
Consequently, when we met
the Army of the Tennessee
coming up we were locking
rather spruce, as our friends
here are today, and the boys
of that line began to doubt
whether we were their old
comrades or not. They5were
afraid We were new recruits,
Laughter. So they were CON-.
ing up from Goldsboro with
that interesting caravan which
excited so much attention in
Washington, an army of mules
and bummers; the bummers
dressed as all true bummers
are. They thought they would
chafe little the new recruits.
So trudging along, some of
them with coats, which we pre-
sumed had belonged to the T..
F. VS., whether honestly come
by or not we didn't know;
some with stOve-pipe hats tall
Ter than last years fashion,
they began to sing out to the
boys of the 23d Corps, Swell,
boys, do they issue butter, to-
you, regularly up here p Gu;
fellows thought that 4 they
would test their metal, and re-
piled, "Oh, yes regularly, but
but we trade it off for soap,n
(Cheers and Laughter.l uo.ga.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

GAN OLD RED," as he styles
himself, writes as follows to the
Richmond Examiner:
The principles for which the
South fought, and for which
she was denounced and over
run, have in less than three
short years become the rallying
cry of the white mans party
States Rights-thatS the cry.
| like to hear tit makes the
blood course through my veins
as it did on the evening of the
second Manassas, and | feel as
if | had a yell in me as big as
a chicken coop. But | expect
to let her out in a short time.
Things are getting right.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

Two duichmen lived very
close together, and they had
been fast friends, but they fell
out and hated each other like
Indians. One of them got sick
and sent for his neighbor, and
said: "Hans, | am going for
to die-will you forgive me?"
off you die WILL" said Hans;
sit you get we'll again the old
debt will stand goot." ,.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
For the Yinton Record.

Toi tHe Nlnlon hecOTu'
EDS. VIyToN RECORD Hay.
ing been one of your earnest
readers from the start of your
editorial labors in this county,
and earnestly desiring your
success, | have thought that a
few words from this corner of
the world would not come
amiss.
/ am fearful of one thing, and
that is, there is not a live, work
ing interest in your behalf
among the Union t?) people of
this vicinity. ] honestly think,
aside from all party principle,
your earnest endeavors as jour
nalists should meet with sue
aess. Your paper is emphatical-
ly a good one; one thatit would
do Butternuts good to read and
digest. Such being the case,
| ain greatly al a loss to know
why you do not receive the
support Of "our party" in this
neighborhood. IT6tht twelve
of my neighbors who vote the
Union ticket, yet refuse to take
their county paper. Shame on
them One Of these persons
actually told me he could "git
the Gazzit for less money" l
think he could get a spelling
book for less yet.
l have tried again and again
to increase your circulation,
but have not yet succeeded. My
not being recognized as a voter
may account for my i'll success.
| do not intend to give it up
yet. Good may yet come of
some fifty spoken words.
| felt "muchly' rejoiced over
the Sth district news. / think
our glorious Republican prin-
ciples must prevail eventually,
in every State, especially re-
constructed ones.
Should these swords by the
way" meet with a favorable re-
ception, | may again address
you, as we sometimes have To-
cal items Of bio in
terest transpire in this local.
ity.
With kind wishes for your
entire success, | remain
YoURs, FOR GRANT,
JUSTITIA.
RooKERY, o., Feb. 10, 1868.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

AN old topper, after indulging
quite freely in his accustomed
beverage, amused himself BY
teasing mettlesome horse
The animal, not fancying his
familiarity, suddenly elevated
his heels, and the disciple of
Bacchus found himself sprawl
ing in an adjacent mud-puddle.
Gathering himself up as quick
ly as possible, he shouted to
his son, who was standing by:
"John, did you see me kick
that hoss?" a = "
"Why, no, dad; the hoSs
kicked your a..l f ".a'...
"Reckon not, John, One or
t'other of US got badly h'isted.
'Taint me, John, for am here" +"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

AN inquisitive chap asked 4
soldier with an empty sleeve
"how he lost his armmebnoqaer
"In a. thrashing lmashipe,P
replied the soldierr., od, 10
Were you running the ma.
chine!n 100 hne h9se9Iq ~
@WelL 'no3!Gen GrantIhad
charge OF rit9u roifrifri -id'
fod'a. ot'e III
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

o. A MAN was lately invited to
a dinner and a dish of ice
cream was placed before him.
He tasted it, then beckoning
to the waiter, sad audibly,
"that's a very good pudding,
but do you know its frozew iIr
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

A CORRESPONDENT writes to
know where axle trees grow.
We have seen them groan un.
der a, wagon n! qii .TIIal
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

A SHARP youth borrowed a
stick of candy from a little
comrade to show him that he
could pullit out Of his ear. He
swallowed it, and then turned
himself into various ways to
extract it, but atrlength inform
ed his companion that he had
forgotten that part of the trick.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

WE have just received KEL-
LEY's Weekly, a new Illustrated
Paper, published in New York.
1t has long been doubted if an
other paper of this class could
be sustained there, but KEL-
LEY's Weekly, judging from ap-
pearances, will certainly prove
successful in establishing its
claims upon the people as an
excellent Illustrated Paper
Single copy, one year, S4,O0.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20

MERRY's MUSEUM for March,
ono of tho most popular Maga-
zines published for the "Little
Folks" comes to us filled with
choice engravings and contain
ing reading matter and selec-
tions fully up to the standard
of any Magazine of the kind
published. The Little Folks"
should have it by all means.
Terms, $3.50 per year. Single
copies Is cents. Address HOR-
ACE B. FULLER, Publisher, 245
Washington Street, Boston.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
WHOLE NO. 91l.

The Athens Messenger has
been sold by JOHN r. s. BOND
to CHARLES Ii. JENNINGS, of
Columbus, Ohio. We regret
to part with Mr.. BOND. He is
an able writer, and we hope
that he will be missed from the
Editorial fraternity, for only a
short time Mr.. JENNINGS is a
stranger to US, but we hope to
soon become better aquainted
with him through the columns
Of the Messenger.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-02-20
AnYERTIsING TERNIS
HO! Ye BlOated +" BohdG
~. m Holders. po;i. i.lrafrY

Daniel come to Judgment-The screen.
back " Candidate a Bond-holder and Dell.-
quent Tax. Payer. .. '.'l .rjjI!ni
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We have received a copy of
a new Masonic paper called
The Mystic Temple, published
in New York city, by "The
Fraternal Publishing Co.," No.
8 Spruce street, which we rec
ommend to all brethren wish
ing a neat and lively Masonic
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ed: 1t is always readable, be-
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The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-13
LLEGHANY STRINGS.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. VIRGINIA

This Watering Place avorably known TO the people OF
the South ready for the reception OF visitors since
the last the property has received additional improve
ment and In thor ugh repair The reputation Of the
extensive and firmly established that Il Is
enumerate the particular diseases for which is
aspechc pamphlet containing elaborate analysis Of
the water and the testimonials TO its remarkable curative
properties be bad application to W. A ktroher
lynchburg. and 10 Purcell, Ladd Co, Rihmond. who will
aso keep supply Of the water for sale The ALLEGHENY
SPRINGS delightfully."- situated in bend Roanoke
River among the highest peaks Of the Allegheny Mountains
possessing the attractions Of Mountain and Water
Scenery eombned within three and half miles Of shaws
VILE the Va and Tenn Railroad he thoroughfare
North ana souh) and accessible from ell psrts Of the
Union. fine read is being made. and comfortable
four horse Coaches will meet each train at Shaws for the
conveyance ofpassengers the Springs The resident part
will spare pains make the place attractive and
Portable.
Telegraph Office " hch Is being constructedJ
meets this place with all parts Of the United States An Kx
Office has so been established here and pack
be any part of he country The Virginia and Ten
Railroad Co. will have Office for the sale Of tickets
all points North and South.
BOARD pei
wees. '.''''..ss.'.''...''''.s'.... ~
Children under 10 years Of and Servants HALF Price
Address c. A COLHOUN, Resident Partner,
Allegheny Springs. Va.
The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-13
ATION......PKoCLAMATIoN
~ OF QUARANTINE.


STATE OF LOUISIANA, EXECUTIVE DEP kRrMEyf,l
New Orleans, May q, 1868
WHEREAS An Act Of the Legislature, approved March Is
1883 entitled An act to establish QUARANTINE the
lection Of the State provides that the Governor Of the State
shall issue his proclamation the advice OF the Board OF
Health, declaring place where there shall be to be-
heve pesenta contagious infectious disease exists to
be cted place and stating the number of days Of quar-
anne to be performed by the vessels their OH
and crews coming from such place places.
Now therefore, in the provisions Of the act
Aforesaid do issue this my proclamation, aCd hereby de-
clare the places hereinafter named to be infected and
that all together with officers passengers and
cargoes arriving from said places, having touched
stopped Of them, shall be subject quarantine
less than ten days for longer period be
deed necessary By the Board of Health TO take effect from
and after the PRONUNCIATION Of this proclamation.
Any violation OF the Quarantine laws here procsimed
will be severely pun he'd. II the penalties prescribed by
law deemed inadequate the parties offending will
lvered up 10 the military authorities to be dealt with
The places which hereby declared infected atore
said are the following. 10 wit:
All the ports Of Nicaragua Central America and the port
Of Vera Cruz, in Mexico.
Given under my hand and Seal the above and
the independence Of the United states the ninety
JOSHUA BAKER
By the Governor;
J. II. HARDY, Secretary Of State.