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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03
Select Poetry.
frVIn the New Yurk Independent.
J. THE ANSWER.
nv JOHN a. WHITTIER.

Spare nc, dread angel Of reproof,
And let the sunshine weave to-day
Its gold.thrcuds In the warp and wOOf
or life 50 poor and gray.
Snnrc ME little while; the flesh Is wenk.
THESE lingering feet, That iain would slrn
AnOng the flowers shall some day seek
The straight and narrow way.
Tnkc Oft thy cycr-watchfll eye, .......
The awe OF thy rcbuking fr0wn;
The dullcsi slave at times must sigh
To fling his burdens down:
To drop his galley's straining oar.
And press, in summer warmth and calm,
The lap nf SOME enchanted shore
OF blossom and of balm.
Grudgc not my life its hour Of bloom,
NV heart It's tastes of long desire;
This day bc mine: he those TO come
AS duty shall require,
The deep voice answered TO my own,
Shifting my selfish prayers away:
"To-morrow is with God alone,
And man hath but to-day.
"Say not Thy fond, vain heart within.
The Fathers arms shall still be wide
When from these pleasing ways of sin
Thou turn'st at eycntide."
"Cast tlyself down." the tcmptcr saith,
".And angels shall thy feet upbcar."
lie bids thee make lie of faith,
A blasphcmy of prayer.
Though God bc good and free bc Heaven,
No force divine can love compel:
And, though the song of sins forgiven
May sound through loves, hell,
The sweet persuasion of His voice
Respects thy sanetity of will. ~
lie glyeih day: thou hast thy choice
To walk in darkness still
AS one who, turning from the light.
Watches his own gray shadow fall,
Doubling, upon his path of night,
II there be day at all.
No word Of doom may shut thee out
No wind of wrath may downward whrl
No sword of tirc keep watch about
The open gates of pearl. .
\ tcndcrer light than moon or sun,
Than song of earth Il sweeter hymn,
May shine and sound forever on,
And then bc deaf and dim.
Forever round the Mercy seat
The guiding lights of Love shall burn;:
But what il, habit-bound, thy feet
Shall lack the will 10 turn!
What if the eyes refuse to see,
Thine car Of Heavens free welcome fail,
And thou willing captive be, "
Thysclf thy own dark iuily
0, doom beyond the saddcst guess,
As the long years of God nnrol
To make thy drcary sellihncss
The prison of soul! .E
To doubt the love that fnn would brcak
The tettcrs from thy self-bound limb:
And dream that God can thee iors;,ke
AS thou forsakcst Him!
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

AT recent fire in Chicago, few DAYS
ago four iiremen persisted in the contia-
grafton. They were on the roof direct
ing hose when the roof fell in. The
Times says:
''Thc deep, halcuttered, half suppress
cd groan of horror that escaped the as
semblel crowd, qs those four brave fel.
lows dropped into that surging lake of
fire, as the thought was simultaneously
impressed upon oil that they were be-
yond all human aid, and were even then
literally being roasted alive. must have
been heard to be appreciated. This feel
ing, deep as il was before, was greatly
intensified as the shrieks of the unfort,i-
ate victims became audible. These last
ed for very few minutes. and could be
plainly heard distance of over a block.
IL was with sigh of relief, realizing that
their case was entirely hopeless, that the
last OF these heart rending shrieks was
feard, indicating that the torturcs of the
poor fellows were ended. Words arc i'm.
adequate to do Justice to :he sickenipg
scene and OF all the sounds that car be
conjured up by tho. most vivid ima0ina-
ton, none can equal the wall that was
heard from that cauldron of fire. LONG
may IL he before y shall be necessary to
chronicle the details of a similar catas-
trophe %
A fifth fireman saved himself -by lean
ing and catching hold of telegraph wires
in his descent, holding on until ielp was
extended by means of ladder.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

The Missouri Rep'tJlicaa thus "gcts in
ON" the State Legislature Big ss'.si
Deborah and Barak, in their famous
song, reported verbatim in the book Of
the judges, apOstrophizs the lawgivers Of
Israel, as :ollows .,- ~. --- II
Speak, ye who ride ON white asses r'
Ii a Deborah and Barak should arise
in this modern. Israel and have occasion
to invoke the lawgivers who reign at
Jefferson City, the formula would be
something like this 4; em s
"Speak, ye who ride on free pGssesEs
To which, with special reference to the
recent improvements IN, pablo virtus.
they might add : si 4
And charge mileage at double the distances
Or, submitting the modern rhyme far
the Hebrew rhythmical movement. the
song might be made to read IN this wise:
Confess, ye asses, lfaGf
Who ride on free passes
And charge the State
At the usual rate,
CNtth the devils assistance}
For double the distance. tlat
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

THE objection is frequently made TO
the establishment of woman's rights that
the political equality of the sexes would
require women TO serve as soldiers in
war; and nsen generally fancy that this
settles the argument in favor of their
exclusive privilege. But at recent
meeting of the Sorosis of Chicago, Mrs.
Mills boldly attacked this great supersti-
tion OF maseulinity. She spoke OF the
necessity of educating boys and girls to-
gether, and "believed that in time Of war
women should be supplied with light
carbincs, and stand in the ranks of death
with men," .sr L l'fj .g1a&
This is cheering view of the subject,
and we congratulate Mrs. Mills on being
the first to propose it. Besides, the en-
listment of women rs soldiers will do
very much to keep the ranks of tho army
tull under the most desperate circum-
stances. What young fellow would wait
to be drafted, if the pretty girls of the
neighborhood had already volunteered,
and were busy with their hight carbines
learning the manual of arms? We
should add that, with tho modern bullet,
the light caxbine would be quite as deadly
in battle rs the old-fishioned heavy mus
ket, SO that in actual fighting the women
soldiers would be equally as effective for
the destruction of life as the men.
If war should break cut soon, we
shall hope TO see Mrs. Mills Brigadier
General at least. vt uD.s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03
Potatoes.

In discussing potatoes before the
New York Farmers Club. DIR. Ii
y. Amer gave his opinion as to the
six best varieties, which, we think,
answers very well for the West generally.
He said: -.....~.. ...'D
Had | to made a selection of six vari-
cites TO plant for early marketing, |
would choose, for early: ....
Early Rose, because it is the earliest
and best early variety, having yielded
2G4 bushels per acre.
Early Goodrich, which, although it
has succeeded we'll in the last wet sea-
son, is, when grown under favorable
considerations, of excellent quality, of
good size, shape and color, productive
and free from disease For medium or
main crops:
Harrison, because it is the most pro-
ductive and most profitable table pota-
to in existence; of white skin and flesh, /,
large size, fair quality, and entirely free
from disease. Yield, $50 bushels per
acre. Throughout the whole extent of
our country, no potato has given more
unanimous satisfaction than this variety.
Lapstonc Kidney, for its beautiful
shape aud appearance. 1t succeeds in
soils where the Prince Albert has failed
1t is IN excellent baking potato, and by
many preferred to any other. For late !:
Whie Peachblow, because it is,
when matured, the most sought-lor po-
tato in market, uncqualed by any other
variety for its mealiness. The growing
of the White Peachblow has made many
n farmer rich, and favorable seasons
will no doubt improve other varieties.
Gleason-For its hardness. 1t is q
surcr crop than any other potato. Be
the season wet OF dry, be the land ma
nurcd with fresh manure or old, or none
at all used, the Gleason is certa:n to
grow, if it is planted early enough and
well cultivated. True, It's quality is
not first-rate when dug, but improves
by keeping, and is quite acceptable if
kept till April, when other varieties
are no noru lii for the table
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

THE story gong the rounds about Tom
Corwin borrowing of the Judge the
amount of the fine which the latter had
imposed upon him has one slight inaeeu-
vacy. The hero OF the tale was not Toal
Corwin. at all, but Tom Marshall, Of
Kentucky.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

HE NICKEL COINAGE.-The bill has
just passed the House of Representative
in reference to new nickle coinage pro-
vides that OH or before June /, 1865. tbera
shall be issued from the United States
Mint the following prices, to be composed
of copper and nickle in the proportion of
not less than 20 per cent, nor more than
33 per cent. Ut niskle; piece of one cent.
to weigh one one-half grammes (23
grains); piece of three cents, to weigh
three grammcs 46 grains and piece Of
five cents; to weigh five gramEles (77
grains), with such device as NAV be fixcd
by the Director of the Mint, with the ap-
proyal of the Secretary OF the Treasury.
Such devices, when adopted, shall not
thereafter be changed by said officers.
and the present coinage of one, three and
five cents pieces, whether Of bronze
nickle, copper or silver; and the issue of
Trcaury notes of ten cents, shall there
after cease. Any of the new coins arc
to be legal tender in sums of one dol
lar in any one payment. The new coins
to be distributed in like manner as pro-
vided for the present coinage. which
is to be called in under such repu-
lations as may be made by the Secretary
of the Treasury. The bill also provides
for the redemption in national currency
sums not less than fifty dollars, of the
one, two, three and FIVE cent coins now
in circulation. s,.i,. ,,.,.s
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

Our army found the words "you uns''
and five uns" all the way from Pennsyl-
vania TO the Gulf. In Tennessee a Yam
kee soldier asked an ancient lady il she
had seen any Federals in that neighbor-
hood. SWELL" said the dame, "thar
was some of yoH ubs over thar, across
the road, but some OF we Hns come long,
and then you ans gct up and busted"
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Apostrophe to a Velocipede.

Oh, thou Nclocipcdc!
Marvel of strength and speed;
Thy frame pilzc,
] love thy motion free,
Thy lawless liberty,
f Yet, thou ART dear To me,
(At any price,
Thy skeleton asiridc,
l take my morning ride;
And afternoon,
With fascinating pace. .....
j join the hcalthfiil race,
Annihilating space,
.... TN Il big room.)
When first | tried thy speed,
Thou magic, matchlcss stced,
My spirits rose; I'll
j mounted In hot haste, .-..
And magic circles traced,
''h Till with the wind | raced,
(And tore my clothes.)
But for all pain endured
/ found In speed secured
My rcconpens.;
And all that joy may share,
Who wish to do and dare,
Free as bird of air,
(For fifty cents.)
So may pcrscvcrc,
ScOrning 10 doubt or fear,
And nothing rcck,
Until i can with case .-r .
My swift bicycle seize
And gallop To the breeze,
Tor break my ncck.) %
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

TIE manufacture of tobacco is extern
siyely carried on in California. 1t is re-
ported that there are at present one hun
drcd and seventy-eight different places in
San Francisco where segars are made,
and about ono thousand pcrsons are
engaged in the business. These establish
ments turned out fifty million segars
the past year, Abont fifty factories are
exclusively controlled by Americans, aid
about one hundred are managed by China
men, The tobacco plantations in abe
southern portion OF tho State promise
heavy aud fine crops this year.
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Earth's Tired Children.

How often, on the long summer dov
the little child grows weary of ts ,oys
ahd turBs 10 its mother for rest Son,o
times the shadows arc lcngthenino. on.
entimes the sun has not reached its MON.
day splcndOr. But il matters not; the
tired child wants rest. And what are
VIC all, but children Of larger growth ?
who is there that Mt some time does not
weary OF the way and long for rest ?
he aged one, who has travelled over
liie's stony and tbofn-strewcd pathway
until the shadows have grown so long
tncy extend almost beyond the reach OF
MS VISION how like n tired child lIe sinks
down, wishing for rest, weary Of earth
abd all its pleasures, which, 10 his old
age, seem only as childs TOYS TO the
mature man.
Often, too, those whose lives have
been saddened aud embittcred by the
trials Of earth, grow weary, even before
they reach the meridian of life, and long
for better, more abiding rest.
Earthly pleasures have Jailed upon their
senses, and like the fruit of the region of
the Dead Sea, have turned 10 ashes on
their lips; and as the child, grown weary
OF its sports, throws himself down TO
rest, wishing he was man, so they turn
their hearts from earth with q longing for
something which will not perish in the
using. Too often, alas. they know not
how to satisfy these immortal cravings
OF their natures. They tnrn again 10
feed on husks, regardless of the bread OF
Heaven, which alone will quell these
llungerings, and awaken hope of rest
abovc--a Icst whose blcssedncss is un-
broken by sorrow or pain.
The weary Christian is in truth Gods
own tried child, aud for rest and com
fort he may turn 10 One whose love ex-
cecds the mothers love. Even though
she may f"rget her offspring, God will
not forget His weary ones, but in Ills
own good time win give them rest.
What swecter word is there than that
rest! How iull of meaning. And yet
one must grow weary. before he can re-
alize all its fullness! If there are sweet
er words they must be Jesus and IIeav-
en-; but, are not these synonymous to
the child Of God, who looks forward
with deep and heartfelt longings TO the
rest that ''remaincth: - 1t is, indeed,
meet that we should look beyond these
earthly toys, and weary of thcm-that
we should seek and realize the comforts
in the words, 81 will give you rest"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-03

Sioux CotITSIIIP-CURfoCs CTSToMs
OF THE -ABORTGISEs.-The Sioux are per
haps mentally, morally and physically the
best body of Indians on the Plaius. As
wives, their women are faithful, and if
young woman becomes lewd they pass
her OH the prairie. That is to say, they
take her ont of the village, stake her
down on the ground, where she is left
for three nights, subject to outrage by
the roughs of the tribe, who can kill her
it they wish. She is, after this, made TO
carry wood, water, and do hard labor in
! the tribe, and is forever disgraced. Po-
lygamy is 1racticed in the tribe, but not
extensively. y main may have as many
wives rs he can keep, but must buy them.
The universal price of wife is a'pony,
or for white man an American horse.
y squaw once bought becomes the i'm
mediate property OF the purchaser, but
/ he must catch her. Men have bought
wives and never been able to catch them
Most OF them, however, arc quite will
ing to he caught.
An Indian several years ago took
fancy TO an officers horse and tried in
| every way to purchase him, but the Off
Ger would not part with the animal
Finally the Indian offered his sister, n
beautiful girl, in exchange for the horse.
Fearing he would steal or main the ami
NAL, and not wishing to offend him, the
officer gave the Indian the horse, but de-
clined to receive the girl in return. The
young lady, however, was informed she
was sold, and so the matter stood.
After waiting long time for her hus-
band to come and claim her, she one day,
ms he rode by the camp, put herself in
the way, when seeing he took no notice
of her, she naively asked "Why don't
you catch me 2" The officer, who had
never seen her before, inquired what she
meant, when she rouadly told him that
she was his wife, and not at all pleased
that he had not come for her. lie never
claimed her, but she was regarded by
her tribe rs the white mans squaw, and
ut last accounts single and waiting tor
her husband. m .t ...s. -f .. ...r
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trains do not stop stations where the time Is omitted
/ in the above table.
NJ second Glass Cars all Through Trains a.,
All THROUGH trains going Westward. connect at Ccvc
land WIN Trains for Toledo Chicago, Columbus Cincin.
natl. mdanapo &c. ~
Stram't FIX. leaves Buffalo at aO0P NJ Sunday Ni.,It
Instead of Saturday Night Trains arriving in Dunkirk
at oT r ~: \ Ms NJ. making drcct curnectun with
Trains of Eric Railway. Trains between Toledo and
Erie run by uolumhtis time between Erie and Dufin
ny iinfalo time and do not stop where time is omitted
The Saturday Night Express Train from Cleveland ai
lOO j. NJ runs to Buffalo, aud Leaves Builal fnr tj.
East On Sunday az !. a5 PM. ~ -
EASTWARD-N. Y. Express Eastern mail and Might
EXnress runs through to Buffalo without change
WEsTWARD-Night Express. TOlcdo Express and
Day Express run through to Toledo without change
N y. Express East, and Day ESpress West will run
on Sundays. "
/ cMrh CHARLES COLLINS, sapt
I Supt's 0hcc. Lake shore Railroad ~
/ Cleveland. o.. Nov. q? 1865
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STATUE OF ABRAHAM LixcoLx.-Dr.
Holland, writing from Rome to tho
Springfield Republican, says:
"What do yon suppose went first to
see in Rome! Not ST. Peters nor the
Coliseum, but Randolph Rogers ceIebra-
ted statue of Abraham Lincoln. II was
unveiled to the public the morning after
my arrival, and was among the first to
pay it attention and homage. 1t is. with
cut any qualification, a grand success.
and the city of Philadelphia, for which
1t has been modelled, will, after the Mn.
nich founders have translated it into
bronze, possess in it the finest represen.
tation extant of the honorcd and lament
cd subject. The figure of Mr.. Lincoln
was not en- elegant ono, and the marvel
OF the statue is that, without the addi-
tion OF single fictitious grace, it pre-
sents Mr.. Lincoln to the eye as a grand
man. The figure is seated in chair, over
which Is thrown a cloak, and this cloak
is the only accessory" In one hand he
holds an open scroll, representing the
emancipation proclamation, and in tho
other pen. There Is nothing else but
plain Abraham Lincoln, in his frock coat
and trowsers. The face, deeply lined,
earnest, solemn, sad, tells its own story
OF the struggle through which he had
been brought to the crOwninc act of his
life, and his sense of the Importance of
the act itself. Such vas the effect of the
statue upon one lady whom noticed in
the little gathering of Americans pre-
sent, that she wcpt during all the time
that she remained in the apartment, vet
| was assured She had never seen Mr..
Lincoln in her life, and of course was
touched by no personal associations
There is but one voice among all the
Americans here in regard to this statue.
and that is that it fills their noblest ideal
OF the man it represents, and does the
highest honor to the cunning hand and
true genius that fashioned it. The only
regret that feel about il is that it is not
to be put in bronze in America, by our
good friends ut Chicopee."
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Influence Of Roads on Horses. !.

DIR. Holland, editor Of the Springfield
RepuJtican, travelling in Europe, writes
to his journal letter about horses snd
roads, in which he says;
The point which wish To Imprcss
upon my American readers Is simniy
That English horses, employed in tho
stfeets OF n city, or on tho roads IN the
country, do twice as much work as tho
Aherlcdn horse similarly employed In
cmerica This is the patent, undehiable
,'!ct' NO man can fail 10 sec il who has
MS DIS, eyes about him. How docs he do IL ?
why does he do it? These are most
Important questions to an American. IL
the English horse better than The Amer
lcanI Not nc all. Is he oyerworked =
| have seen no evidence that he Il
have seen but one lame horse in London.
The simple explanation is that the Eng.
lishman has invcsted in perfect and peS.
inancnt roads what the American ex-
Pends in pcrishable horses that require
10 ,. he ted. We are using to-day, in the
little town of Springfield, lust twice "a
many horses as would be necessary TO
do ITS business if the roads all over town
were as good as Main street from Ferry
70 SehtraL We are supporting hun
dreds OF horses to drag loads through
holes that ought to be filled, OYER sand that
should be hardened, through mud that
onght not to be permitted to exist We
have the misery of bad roads, and are
actually OF practically called upon TO
pay premium for them. 1t would bo
dcmonstrably cheaper to have good roads
than poor ones. 1t is 50 here. A road
well built is easily kept in repair. A
mile Of good Macadam road is more
easily supported than poor horse. -
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BOOKBINDERS.

ANDREW MILLER, B0ok-hintlcr wi h J. A.
Huwcs X Co., Music, lMagaZincs, and Pciod Gals.
&c, bound in plain and elegant styles, def srrn.
Ohio. gS0
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OLD But GeoD.-1he following is old
but good. IL comes to us now from the
Roston journal:
The first oddity that comes in my way
is remark by some one that "kisses are
like creation, because they are made Of
nothing and are very goods very
sensible remark by the way--and the
next isa definition of "a "buss." Thus:
bass, 10 kiss; rebus, to kiss again
pluribus, TO kiss without regard to sex
sillybus, 10 kiss the hand instead of the
lip; blunderbuss, to kiss the wrong per
son; Omnibus, to kiss all the persons in the
room; erubus, 10 kiss in the dark. Evi-
IDENTIFY the country girl who came to town
had these definitions in her head. A Young
gentleman was TO escort her a mile or
two and not wishing TO walk remarked
Mary, let's take IL buss." But Mary,
blushing to the eyebrow, drew back,
aud, with wounded modesty, replied /:
Noh, George not right here in the
streett''
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DRUGGISTS.

CHARLES E. SEIFT-Ashtabula. Ohio, Dealer
in Drugs aud Metllcincs Grpccries. PcrGJmcry aud
ing Extracts, Patent Medicines of every description
Paints. Dyes. Varnishcs Brushes Fancy Soaps, Hair
Iestoratives Hair Oils SC. all of which will he sold
at the lowest prices. Prescriptions prepared with suit
able care. SlJ
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HARNESS MAKER.

w. Ff. wIi.I.YAMsON,l sad ~ ADJ. Harness Ma J
kcr opposite Fisk Block Main street AshtahIla- Ohio
has on hand, and makes To order, in the best manner,
everything In his line. Sll
y. G. FORD, Manufacturer aud Dealer In Saddles,
Harness, Brides. Collars. Trunks, Whips, &C., oppo-
site Fisk House, Ashahla, Ohio. SO
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GEORGE q. HUBBARD, Dealer In Hardware,
Iron, stee and Nails Stoves Tin Plate Sheet Iron,
Copper and Zinc, and Manufacturer Of Tin, Sheet Iron