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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
A Touching Incident.

Three children in NeT Brunswick
got astray. One of them was about
six years of age, the others four and
three. 1t was a wild region and in
wild weather, and at the edge of the
night. From signs it appears that the
six year old felt sure there was no
hope of their being found or finding
themselves that night, and soon il
took measures for the safe keeping of
the little ones. Putting them in the
most sheltered nook it could find, it
then stripped the most of its clothing
TO put on them; it then set about to
gather up the dry sea weed and brush
To cover them up and defend them in
Quite quantity of this had been
gathered and piled about the babies
in sort of nest, and there they lay
when the people found them, still
alive, but the six year old matron and
martyr lay out on the shore dead of
the cold-lay beside the last pile of
brush it had been able to gather, but
was not able-to bring it in.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
RanO's Secret.

Frank Rena alone knew of the place
where was deposited ninety thousand
dollars, the proceeds of one of his ma
ny robberies. His sister visited him
some days before he was murdered
and tried to induce him to tell wher,
this hoard was concealed, but he re
fused, telling her that if he could not
live to enjoy it no one else should
The secret died with HIM. Madame
Ross, a welLknown astrologist of Gin
cinnati, was consulted as to the hiding
place, and described piece of ground
so nearly like the bluff bank south east
of Lafayette Junction, that certain
parties visited the spot and made an
examination. A new tea-kettle an
swering the description of one bought
by Reno at a country store was found
near the spot indicated, but it was
empty, and had probably been stolen
from the Junction Hotel by some boys
who were roasting tender loins and
boiling pigs feet behind the bluff a
few days before. If there is $4,000
buried anywhere in the neighborhood
Of the Junction our friend Croft or
Lhe genial Wade would like to look
INTO it.-Lefdyette (Lnd.) Courier.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
True Merit will Always Have
its Reward.

II is certain that no truth has ever been
more satisfactorily demonstrated in our midst
than the above, as may be seen daily in the
immense demand for that invaluable and
pouIar tonic and stimulous, MISHLEIiS
HERB BI1-TERS. IL is the one thing needfui
for persons whose surroundings are unfavor-
able for good health, because it is a perfect
protection against all morbid influences pro-
ductiye OF disease. The present is the most
fitting season for reinforcing the organs of our
bodies, and insuring our health during the
'-cold term" We are all more or less negligent,
but there are many persons who are always
behind in this matter, consequently each
change in the season comes along before they
are prepared for IL, and sickness seizes upon
them, followed by all lis train of ills. Begin
now to ward off disease 10y using MlSHLERsS
HERB BITTEIiS every day regularly, and all
the characteristics OF good health will spring
upwithin and continue with you.
D,.clSno3le.alw
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

The farmers of Mississippi, are
turning their attention to wheat
raising. and sanguine persons pre-
dict that it will be the greatest grain
growing State in the South west
within five years. II is said that the
Mississippi farmer can have his
wheat in the market in June, and
have his money in his pocket in time
to purchase the cotton planters farm
and stock in the fall, at the sherifr's
sale.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

BEWARE OF THE FIRST STEP.-That
once taken, the second is sure to fol
low as darkness is the sunshine. Not
a daughter who has broken a moth
er's heart--not O son who has
brought down the gray hairs of his
father to the grave-not criminal in
all our loathsome prison cells--not a
of all those who have eX-
patiated their sinss upon the gal
lows, but has cried out in remorse-
ful anguish of spirit; BewOo,e of tie
tirst. .tdtse Step.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
EglE,G A LECTURE
sa-Mg To Young Men

Just Published. la = Sealed Envelope.
Price six ceits,
Lecture or the Nature, Treatment aud
Radical Cure of SpeI matorrhnes Seminal
Weakness. Invuluniafy Emissions, Sexual
Debility. and lmpedl nIants to Marriage gen
orally; NERVOUSNESS, Consumption. Epflepsy.
and Fits; Mental aud Physical incspAoity,
resulting from Seit-Abuse, 4c.-Bv Rcbsrt j.
Culverwell, NJ. D., Author OF The "Gres n
Book, &c
The world renowned aathar, In this ad-
nirabis lecture. CLEARLY proves from his
own experience that the awful ccgiss9uences
of sell Abuse may be saectUaliy renewed
without medicine, and without dangerous
surgical operations, bNugies, Instruments
rings, or eordiais. poinlIug OUT IA mode of
cure at once certain aRd eifeetual, by which
every sufferer, no matter what his condition
may be, may cure himself cheaply. private
ly and radically. This Lecture will prove Il
boon to thousands and thousands.
Sent. under seal. 10 any address, in a plain
sealed envelope, on receipt of six cents, or
two post stamps. also. DR.. CulvarwelI's
Marriage Guide" price rs cents. Address
the Publishers,
CHAS. J.C. CLlNR&CO.,
i2I Rogery, n. Y, Posrofto Box Isss
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
GOOD HEALTH

Is paramount TO wealth. II the systo ~ is In
had order purge GU: the vile huientS seys dis
tempers with kohaek's HS0d Pllis. aud get
The internal organs performing thaiy regular
functions. and once in ordsr, keep tlsm so
bv the use of Roback's SisHash Rit.ers.
Sid bv Frey n E.uneer. AriA Az q
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

A correspondent of the Ru,al
World has d very good opinion of
the Harrison potato. lie thinks it
more even in size than the peach
blow, and that it looks better and
tastes better, and is seldom hollow
inside. He also says the potatoes
lie In Q bunch In the hill,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
SpstiaI Netitts.
A CARD.

A Clergyman, while residing in South
America as a missionary, disccvered safe
and simple remedy for the Cure of Nervous
Weakness, Early Decay OF the onnarv
and Seminal Organs, and the whole Train oi
disorders brought on BY baneful and vicious
habits. Great n9mbers have been erred oy
this noble remedy. Prompted by a desire 10
benefit the afflicted and unfortunate, Win
send the recipe Tor preparing and using tnis
medicine. In sealed envelope, to any one
who needs it, Free OF Charge:
Address, JOSEPh L. lNM an
Station ID, Bible House, New York Caiy.
oet3Olo2lm3
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
Is It Right

That you should bid defiance TO all natural
laws and the science of medical men. and
suffer with Dyspepsia Indigestion when
Roback's Stomach Bitters can be procured
ut any drug store.
Sold By Frey 3 Rttinsef, Rtsdlay, o,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
POETICAI,.
ONLY A eABY'S CRAVE.

"Only a baby's gravel"
Some foot or two al the most
OF star daisied sod; yet think that God
Knows what that little cost.
@Only a baby's graveE
To children even 50 small.
That they sit there and sing-so small n thing
Seems scarcely grave at all
"only a baby's gravel
Strange how we moan and fret
For a little face that WAS here a space
OH more strange, could we forget
s1Only a baby's grayer'
And ufd we measure grief,
Few teRrs were shed ON our baby dead
know how they fell on this
"Only a baby's grave,''
Will the little life he much
Too small a gem for His diadem,
Whose kingdom is made of such.
-Only n baby's grave.'
Yet Often We come and sit
BY the little stone. and thank God to own
We are nearer TO Him for it,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

The Canada Farmer gives an ac
count of an old horse, thirty-two
years old next spring, which is still
in fine condition, being entirely
sound except a slight touch of the
hesyes. Last spring he Travelled
twenty five miles in three and half
hours. He has been worked very
hard.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

The farmer has more to learn prac
tically about his business than any
other man in the world In fact one
third of the industry and energies oi
the farmers ofthe country are literally
wasted in consequence of ignorance,
and defiance of all rules of thrift and
economy. The same recklessness
among men in other pursuits would
result in immediate bankruptcy and
starvation.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
Sheriff'S Sale.

In pursuance of an Order of Sale issued
from the Clerks Ofhce of ihe Court of Com
mon Pleas, of hancock County ohia, ON the
Isl day of AOvenbsr, A. jj- lscS, and % ne
directed in the hsrefnsfer named ssso,
Will expose To Public Sale, at the door of the
ICoETt House IN the town Of flEdiay, ONO,
'on Saturday the ? ID day of January A ID.
1853, at one o clock In the aflerlO''n OF ssiu
day, the following Real Estate, situated IN
the County oi Hancock. and state 0f ONO,
and bnundet-and described as follow s.ro WIZ
Lot No one ~ IA shoomakers adait,oh 70
,bs VIII.se Of sat. Blanchard, 10 DO sold 40.
ovrding la law sr.rssnFrRsa
TAKEN as the property of Samuel 2. HUFF,
81 a. Defendant, 10 satisfy execution IN
fayur OF Gerandine j. Bell, by her next
friend, ii. T.. Plckels, flaintif.
ABRAHAM YERGER,
Coroner, Acting Sheriff Of Hancock Go,
she.iTs ONCE, Findsy, D., Dec, 2, lSss,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
Gratifying
AS a Preventive

Against Malaria, Fever and Ague, and all
diseases, arising from a torpid state OF the
liver. there il no medicine so highly recon.
mended "a Robzck' 8 Stomach Biiters.
S,Id hy Frsv r. ~ rngsr. Pfndiav. a.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
Home, Farm and Garden.
The New Year.

The year has now closed. Look
back upon your toll. In what respect
will your years labor bear an approval
when cslmly examined? Can you
honestly acquit yourself of carelessness
and Incidence, and as honestly credit
yourself with enterprise, activity, and
a desiae for improvement ? Your barns
are full, your granary is heavy with
grain-the years bounty has followed
a years labor, and if you possess the
heart of a man yoa will not forget the
source whence your blessings have
come. You have, perhaps, done well
by your stock, and, so tar as the body
10 concerned, for your children; but
what have you done for their educa
tion What have you dOneto promote
popular education ?? Are you dong
anything to make your neighborhood
better? What good newspapers do
you provide for your family: DO you
lay out as much money for books as
you do for tobacco ? In entering upon
the new year, you ought 10 mark out
your personal course by good rcsolu-
lions, and yeur business course 10y a
definite plan of operations. 1t would
be well If a farmer should know be-
forehand everything he intends to do,
and afterwards, il he has kept such an
account, that he can tell anything he
has done.
SIeighing for the young and gay,
and warm iiresides for the aged, is
what is now most thought of. Those
who are best provided with the com
forts of life, should remember their less
favored brethren.-H w. BeeekeT.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

SLAVERY IN Acknowledgements
of \ orth Australia, by reason of their
power as land owner, obtained through
leases from the British Crown, succeed
ed in passing an abominable law for
the introduction of Asialic labor -
Now cargo after cargo of Lascars and
Coolies are landed in the semi tropical
part of the country, the North portion,
of which Queensland is the colony and
brisbane the capital. Against this
Polynesian labor system the good men
of the colony protest and talk of peti-
tioning the crown for its cessation
That form of labor is Onl y slavery in
another form. 1t works iniuriously in
two ways lowering the price of labor
and deteriorating the morals OF the
community.
The laborers are hired for a certain
number of years at small sam. Their
passage money is deducted Rations
consists of few pounds of rice, little
meat, hut TO sleep in-the weekly
cost of each servant to the employer
not being more than a dollar for food
and clothing. The actual wages are
small in comparison to the lowest paid
white labor. The Queensland Govern
ment squatters being in a majority,
have dragged the bill through the
Legislative chambers, and thus struck
a blow at free labor They may, if
they please, call it contract labor, but
we avow that it is slavery in a misera-
bic form. The man who owned a
slave. as in the South, would take
care of him to avoid loss; but this
Polynesian slavery is ''work the Great
ures; get their value out of them, and
ifthey fall sick, let them die; a Few
stock is cheap and easy" 1t is time
we protested against this Polynesian
slavery. John Bull lectured us pretty
strongly on what we had little power,
unless by war and bloodshed, to pre-
vent. Now we charge John Bull
with aiding and abetting, in distant
Australian Colony, miserable class of
servitude. Hear that, pious and NOR
al JOHN Canton Republican and Re
positry.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
Administrators Sale OF Real Estate.

IN pursuance ola decree made by the Court
4 OF Common Pleas of Hancock county,
ohio, at its October term, 1868. in the case
OF James A. tViekers, eXeeutor OF James
VicxeTs deceased, rs. ":srth Flekers 81 ~.
will offer for ssls. al pubic .ithstian. on Sal
uTday The 9th day of January, A. ID. 1863,
Al one o'clcoS, afternoon, at the door OF
Of the court house IN said county, the
following described real estate, situate IN the
county OF Hancock and State OF Ohio, to-wit:
The northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section eleven Ql.) in town.
ship two (2) north range eleven (ll) east,
Containing Az acres NJ land
Terms of sstle-ca>h IN hand on day of sale.
Appraised al 81 600. -. -.
Executor of James Vickers, deceased.
RKuwn, bURgEr Il FREDERICK, Atty's.
Dec. IIth. 1888. nose
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
New Postage StamnS

In June last, Postmaster General
Randall advertised for proposals for
furnishing the Government with post
age stamps for term of years. The
committee of experts appointed for
that purpose decided in favor of the
National Bank Note Company of New
York City, and the Postmaster Cen
eral awarded the contract to that
company for term Of four years.
The following description of the
designs for the new stamps will prove
interesting to our readers:
The two-cent stamp represents a
post boy on q horse running at full
speed, illustrating the fact that this
stamp is mostly used for dispatch
letters.
On the three-cent stamp there is q
finely engraved locomotive. This is
surrounded by lines of lightning, in
dicating the speed with which letters
are carried on which this stamp is
used.
The five cent stamp has an excel
lent portrait of Washington.
T he ten-cent stamp has an excel
lent microscopic copy of the painting
of the signing of the Declaration OF
Independence, bringing in the rotun-
da at Washington.
The twelve-cent stamp, mostly
Hsed for foreign postage, has pic
ture of steamer at sea.
The thirty-cent stamp has copy
OF painting of the surrender OF
Burgoyne, hanging in the rotunda OF
the National Capitol.
One of the characteristics of the
stamps manufactured by this compa-
nv is that the ink used prevents per
sons washing and using the stamp
second time. The fibre in the centre
of the stamp is broken completely,
and they adhere better, while the ink
of cancellation sinks into the paper.
The cngravings on the stamps are
remarkable copies OF historical pic
lures, and bear the test OF micro
scopical examination.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

teaSb = EssAAaEaA
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-16
On Death.

Heavens what moment must be that
when the last futter expires on our lips!
What a change! Tell me, ye who are deep.
est read in nature and in God, to what new
worlds arc we borne !? What now being do
we receive? Whittier has that spark, that
unseen. that uncomprehcnded intelligence
fled & Lock upon the cold, livid CHASTITY
corpse that lies before you That was but
shell, gross and earthly covering, which held
for awhile the immortal essence that has now
left it-lcft it, to range, perhaps, through
illimitable space; to receive new capacities of
delight, new powers of perception; new
/ clories Of beautitudei! Ten thousand fancics
| rushupon the mind as it contemplates the
awful moment between life and death It is
| a moment big with inagination's greatest
hopes and fears; it is the contamination that
clears up allmystery- all doubts
which removes contradiction and destroys err
ror Great God what food ofrapture may at
once burst upon the departed soul. The I'M
! clouded brightness Of the celestial regions
| the pure existence of ethereal being-the
solemn secret Of nature may then be divulged,
the immediate unity Of the past the present
| and the future stains of unimaginablc har-
mony, forms Of impcrishablc beauty, may
then suddenly disclose themselves bursting
upon the delighted senses and bathing them
in measureless bliss! The mind is lost in
this excess of wondrous light, and dares not
turn from the heavenly visions to one SC
gloomy, SO tremendous as the department Of
the wicked !! Human fancy shrinks back ap
palled. ea p R1 sse
| Ringleadcr-t che parsou at the marriage
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-16
@Lesaneake .x Ol,io RaiIroasl

~ SUMMER SCHEDULE.-On and after
the 30th Of JUNE 1869, NAIL TRAIN will run
daily between Richmond and White. SULPHUR
Springs Leave Richmond at a. IA. and al i've
at White Sulphur Springs at 81 P. m. Leave
White Sulphur Springs at S q. and arrive at
Richmond at $50 p. m. Sa5 u 1E5s
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN between Richmond
and Charlottesville on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS,
and SATURDAYS. Leave Charlottesville at
A. NJ. and arrive at Richmond. at ,!9.25 A. M.
Leave Richmond at $50 P. NJ and arrive at Char
lottesville at 81 P. M. ...fI Taa3 n NG1si5l
The Mail Train connects at Gordonsville and
Charlottesville with trains on Orange Alexandria,
and Manassas railroads for ALEXANDRIA,
WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, N. YORK,
LYMCHBS RG, KNOXVILLE, CHATTANOOGA,
MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS. MONTGOMERY
0BfLE, &c. At Staunton, with stages for AU-
GUSTA sp ings, Harrisonburg and Meyers
Cave; at Goshen, with stages for Lexington,
Natural Bridge, Rock bridge Alumn Springs,
Geld Sulphur Springs, and Reekbridge Baths
at Millboro. with stages for Bath Alum and Warm
SPRING.; at Covington, with stages for Hot and
Healing Springs; at Allegheny wihf stages for
Old Sweet and Red Sweet Springs and at White
Sulphur Springs With stages for Salt Sulphur
Springs Lewisburg, Charleston, sc.
JAMES F: NETHERLAND,
July 1-tf General Ticket Agent
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Qpotsw30d Hotel.

Gpetswoed Hotel. n7c1,,,oNnvA
This FIRsT-CLAss, POPULAR and FASH
IONABLE HOTEL, the only one located on tn e
Main street Of the city, has been leased by the
undersigned and will be furnished and put in
complete order right away. i'
IFS LOCATION.
It is within one square Of the Capitol, Custom
House, Post-cffice Theatre, &C., Sc, and within
two squares of the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Railroad Depot, and the great Southern routes
via. Petersburg and Danvillc. The travelling
public are cordially invited to $40
Make Their HOME at the SPOTsWeOD,
and the proprietors pledge themselves to make it
For the future what it has been for the past five
years, 5 sEe4 &
The LEADING Hotel of Richmond.
n@g- Telegraph Office in vestibule. Office Of
the Southern and Adams Express Companies in
The building. JAMES NJ. SUBLETT,
of the OH Columbian,
c. B. LUCK,
of the same Hotel, and
VIM. b. BISHOP.
NAV 2o-69 If late of the Exchane.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-16

THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIoN-The Dem
ocratic local tickets throughout the State are
generally re elected by decided Democratic
majorities.5 The next Legislature will render
verdict against, the Fifteenth Amendment
San Francisco returns a full Democratic Leg
stature delegation The vote Of the city was
light About $4,000 names were on the
register, and less than 22,00tlsvotesi were
polled The count of the straight tickets for
Mayor last night gave McCappin, Democrat,
nearly /. 400 majority, but a count OF scratch
cd tickets this evening shows that Selby, In
dependent, is about 125 ahead, with pros,
pect Of an increased majority.
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The Ialleg Nirginial1.
STANTON, VIRGINIA.
Thursday, September le, 1869

TERMS.
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scribers at $500 per annum, In ADVANCE.
If payment is deferred THREE MONTHS
$3.50 will be required, and at the ED of the
year "a,
/. Transient advertisements will be inserted
at the rates of 70 cents per square, of 10
lines, for the first Insertion and SO cents for
each subsequent Insertion.
Special Notices 20 cents per line for each
Insertion.
Is t& CLUB RATES.
Six Copies to one Office, 5000 per annum.
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and one copy, gratuitous, to the getter up Of
the Club.
Job Work done at Baltimore rates. for Cash
Correspondents will address
= yasssl5< ssVALLEY vIRGINIAN.''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-16

Great activitynis now manifested in, the
navy yards throughout. the. country, and at
the yard in Washington repairs and new work
are. being pushed forward quite rapidly
Within the past two weeks a large addition
has been made to the force of workmen.--..
Similar activity is reported at the Charles
town yard, and in the issue Of the New
York Sun of "Wednesday appeared the folsi'
lowing paragraph: SHORE, than three thous-
and men are now at work there, and an ad-
dtional reinforcement was put on yesterday.
Frigatcs, sloops-of- war, and clads are be-
ing got ready for sea with extraordinary en-
or,y ~
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The Young Widow.

She is modest but not bashful.
Free and easy yet not bold, NJ
Like an apple ripe and mellow, - bGs
Not too young and not too old 7a
Half inviting half repulsive, 9t..'s IS
Now advancing and now shy,
There is mischief in her dimple, .s.''
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature, y -
She is schooled in all her arts;
She has taken her diploma s'',y2
As the Mistress of all Hearts.
She can tell the very moment
When to sigh and when to smile
O, maiden is sometimes charming,
But widow all the while.
Are you sad? How very serious
Will her handsome face become?
Are you angry? She is wretehed
Lonely friendless, fearful, dumb
Are you mirthful? How her laughter,
Silver sounding will ring out
She can lure and catch and play you,
As the angler does the trout.
Ye old bachelors Of forty,
Who have grown SO bold and wise,'
Young Americans of twenty,
With the love looks in your eyes
You may practice all the lessons,
Taught by cupid since the Fall
But know little widow,
Who could win and fool you all.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-16

A terrible accident occurred on Wednes-
day on the Bangor and piscataquis railroad.
railroad construction train was backing
over Black island bridge, when the whole
train, consisting of two ears, the engine and
tender, broke through, plugging all on board
into the river below. The conductor Wood,
ward was instantly killed. The engineer is
badly scalded, it is supposed fatally. The
accident was caused by the flooring of the
bridge giving way owing probably to. defec-l
tive timber. The bridge was new and had
not been accepted from the contractors. a In
addition to the conductor being killed, the
engineer and one other will probably die
Seven or eight others are more OF less injured.