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The weekly North-Carolina standard., 1869-08-11


any bad effects in any way.
To REJUvENATE OLD GRAPE VINES
The editor of the Practical Farmer says:
Having on our premises, planted by
former owners, probably twenty years, half
a dozen old grape vines with large weather
beaten trunks or stems, which made annual
ly but little new wood and yielded but very
lew poor grapes, two seasons ago we cut off
the branches, and laid the main stems down
IN the trenches, covering with about IA foot
OF earth. Vigorous and healthy shoots
sprung up in great abundance-the weak
ones OF which were broken off, and leading
ones at proper distances trained to the arbor
The new growths are now clean, healthy and
strong-sufficient entirely tn cover the large
arbor the present season; we look for BUSH
els OF lruit from the new hearing wood. We
see old grape vines, everywhere, doing no
good and which could be made young and
thrifty by this process"
ORCHARD GRAss-A correspondent of the
Country Gentleman says he seeded field
last year with equal portions OF orchard
grass, red-top and thimotby. The seed took
well, and as the field was designed for pas
turing, as soon as the orchard grass began to
head out, the cattle were turned it. The
red top and timothy were some two weeks
behind; The field afforded fine growth of
iced. He also seeded about an acre for now
Ing, with equal quantities of orchard grass
and timothy. July 10th this grass was cut:
the orchard grass dead ripe, the red-tnp in
iull blossom. From this experience it is ey-
ldent orchard grass is good for fields design
ed for permanent pastuiage, as it will afford
an early and continued growth; but it will
not do for meadows mixed with other orass-
e, as 1t does not mature with them, and is
roo ripe for profit when other grasses are
just right to cut. "''
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08
LOngstfeet's Confirmation.

The confirmation of General
Longstreet's appointment to the
office of Surveyor of the Port of
New Orleans will meet the approval
Of the mass Of the people of the
North. General Longstreet has
not been an applicant for office, nor
has he made himself conspicuous in
politics, in any way, since the close
of the rebellion; but whenever his
opinion was solicited, he gave it
frankly, with no dissimulation. and
without regard to the consequences
upon his own personal relations or
standing with the people of the
South and it was uniformly to the
effect that they should cheerfullv
accept the situation, comply with
tue conditions imposed by Con.
gress, recons truct their State Gov
ernments speedily and in harmony
with them, and 60 to work to re-
vive their PROSTATE industry. 1t
was the advice of a sensible man,
who had fought bravely for the
success of the cause, and when it
had hopelessly failed determined to
make the best of the situation in
which it left him, and advised 9TH
ers to do the same. The Senate,
after a protracted discussion, does
not appear to have found anything
in his conduct since the war to
which exception could be taken
Gin. Comm e,-c5al.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

In January: 1858, the Treasurer
of Coshocton county was robbed of
$4,000. A large sum, perhaps
$4,000, was spent by the county
authorities in an unavailing effort to
ferret out the robbers. Finally a
quarrel between the latter resulted
in one of them informing on the
other, and it was ascertained that
the guilty parties were. the County
Treasurer, Samuel Ketchum, and
James Brown, Banker. After the
villains had secured the money,
Brown, in order to disarm suspicion,
gagged and bound Ketchum, and in
this condition he was found in the
Treasurer's office. No suspicion
attached to any one, and no arrests
were made, until about eighteen
months ago, when Ketchum, getting
mad because Brown wanted more
than his share of the spoils, let out
the whole secret. Brown had his
trial in Newark, last week, and, on
Thursday, was convicted He is
said to be worth 100000.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08
A Cheap Wedding.

A wedding came off at the Ries
House one day last week, that will
pass for wedding on a cheap scale.
About II o'clock, gentleman and
lady rode up in an open buggy and
were quickly waited upon into the
hotel by "mine host of the far
famed Ries House. They looked
so ''tixe6 up and acted so shy, that
the worthy landlord at once sus-
pected their mission, and it being
near dinner time, he inquired if they
would have dinner.
Whether ride of 19 miles was
insufficient to create an appetite or
his heart was so big that he was
afraid he could not eat the worth
of his money, we know not, but the
gent responded by asking "what
would be the cost of dinner for
two?" On being informed that the
charge would be one dollar, the
would-be Benedict very soon con-
cluded that they would not take any
dinner. His next inquiry was for a
minister, and mine host at once
proffered his services TO procure
one, but he did not propose to have
this done until he made sure as to
the cost of getting the reverend :;
of course our jolly land-l lord did not
charge for such service and Mr..
Peairs was called in and the cere-
mony was duly performed. On re-
tiring from the room a smile not
exactly of satisfaction overspread
the features of the worthy divine as
he showed as a reward for his labors
dilapidated looking half-dollar.
The buggy was brught around and
the newly married pair got in and
drove off leaving the landlord wish
ing them good luck just for fun of
the thing. We will bet a box of
figs that chap votes the Democratic
ticket and that his first baby will be
disqualification Republican.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

newly welded couple set out at
once on bridal tour. The cere-
mony took place at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, and at 5 o'clock they
were on board splendid steamer
bound for the Upper Mississippi.
AS soon as the vessel was under way,
the passengers crowded the saloon,
and mirth and revelry began to hold
festival. A dance was improvised,
and joy and merriment was pro-
tracted into the "wee sma' hours
Now it SO happened that the
berth next to our newly married
friends was occupied by a lively
little matron and her infant. Wish
ing to enjoy as much pleasure as
possible, she had entrusted her
babe to a servant, with instructions
to put it to bed as soon as it went
to sleep, while she herself Joined in
the may dance.
BY strange mistake the servant
mistook the state room and depos-
tied the rosy infant in the bridal
COuCA. NOWS Wucu Guc uOuF Ol
retiring came, the groom led his
blushing bride to the door. and
modestly waited outside for her to
disrobe and retire. One can read
lily imagine his astonishment, there
fore, when the next instant he heard
his name called frantically, and In
accent of surprise and distress.
Opening the door, he looked in
obviously, and said: .
"What is the matter, my love ?"
go, Henry, look here ?''
"Why, bless me, it's baby!''
Eyes; but oh, Henry, how did it
come here2 Do you think it's
ours ?"
"Well, mop replied Henry,
solemnly, II think it almost too
soon."
ooh! it certainly is, but, then,
what shall we do %
just then the anxious voice of the
mother was heard inquiring for the
baby, and it was restored to her,
very much to the relief of the young
people.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

GEN. GRANT has selected for Col
lector of the port of New York a
tried Republican, a man not un,
familiar with public affairs, and one
of our most eminent merchants.
The name of his business firm is
one that has been noted among the
great houses of the metropolis for
more than a third of a century; and
in all that time his reputation as a
man Of answering integrity and
large capacity has steadily grown:
till to-day New York has no citizen
more respected and trusted by the
business community than Moses II.
Grinnell. If he cannot administer
the duties of the Custom House
faithfully and efficiently, we should
be at loss to select in this city a
man who could. The appointment
will command general approval and
confdence.-Iri6une
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08
Grant and His Friends.

Apropos to the assertion that
Grant is doing more for personal
consideration than political, an east
ern paper tells the following story
of "Old Hickory" in that connec
ton "Old men will remember the
persistency with which General
Jackson nominated a certain Gwin
for good office. The Senate reg
ularly refused to confirm Gwin, and
Jackson always sent his name in
again. Finally Jackson had his
way and Gwin had his place. Some
one asked the General the meaning
of his persistency. and he said,
When my mother and her little
ones, of whom l was one, were strug-
Cling in the wilderness, she found a
good friend in an old Baptist minis
ter named Gwin. This man is that
old Gwin's son, and by the Eternal
the administration shall go down
rather than that man shall suffer-
He who has not this virtue Of stick
ing to his friends generally has no
other; and he who has it, and with
it has Grants discretion, will never
let it carry him into abuses"
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08
They Won't Trouble You Long

Children grow up-nothing on
earth grows so fast as children. 1t
was but yesterday, and that lad was
playing with tops, a buoyant boy.
He is man, and gone now. There
is no more childhood for him or
for US. Life has claimed him.
When a beginning is made it is like
raveling stocking, stitch by stitch
gives way till all is gone. The
house has not child in it-there is
no more noise in the hall-boys
rushing pell- nell; it is very orderly
now. There are no more skates,
sleds, balls, or strings left scattered
about. Things are neat enough
now. There is no delay for sleepy
folks; there is no longer any talk,
before you lie down, of looking
after anybody or tucking up the bed
clothes. There are no disputes to
settle, nobody to get off to school,
no complaint. no opportunities for
impossible things, no rips to mend,
no fingers to tie up, no faces to be
washed, or collars to be arranged.
There was never such peace in the
house! 1t would sound like music
to have some feet to clatter down
the front stairs! Oh for some
children's noise! What used to all
US. that we we're husiling their loud
laugh, checking their noisy frolic,
and reproving their slamm.ng and
banging the doors?
We wish our neighbors would
only lend an urchin or two to make
little noise in these premises. A
home without children! 1t is like
a lantern and no candle; a garden
and no flowers; a brook and no
water gurgling and gushing through
it's channel.
We want to be tried, to be vexcd,
to be run over; to hear children at
work with all its varieties. During
the secular days this is enough
marked. But it is the Sabbath that
puts our homes to the proof. That
is the Christian family day. The
intervals of public worship are
spaces of peace. The family seems
made up that day. The children
are at home, and you can lay your
hand upon their heads. They seem
to recognize the greater and lesser
love-to God and to friends The
house is peaceful, but not still
There is a low and melodious thrill
of children in it. But the Sabbath
comes too still now. There is a
silence that arches in the ear. There
is too much room at the table, too
much at the hearth. The bedrooms
are world too orderly. There is
too much leisure and too little care.
Alas ! what mean these things? Is
somebody growing old? Are these
signs and tokens? Is life waning ?
H. ". Beecher. e
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

AN important amendment to the
Constitution Of the State of Ohio
to enable Counties, Townships. and
Corporations to lend their credit to
and in the construction of Railroads.,
has been passed in the Ohio Sen
ate by a vote of "a to 5.
We sincerely hope this PROPOSE
ton will meet with success in the
House and also when submitted to
the people.
The success Of this measure, we
feel sure, will insure the construc-
ton of the Toledo, Upper Sandusky
u Columbus r. Il.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08
The New York Election Frauds.

The report of the Committee of
Congress which investigated the
Tammany election frauds seems, to
present as the authenticated digest
of sworn evidence, facts familiar for
months to tie readers Of the Tribune,
and to base thereon a series of
recommendations for legislative ac-
ton altogether too elaborate to
receive any attention at this Con-
gress, but too just and too obvious
ly demanded to be long neglected
by the next. Look once more at
the facts. It is proved before this
Committee, on the testimony of
many and unilnpeachable witnesses,
that
l. Thousands of aliens fraudu
lently procured certificates of nat
uralization during few weeks i'm
mediately preceding our election.
2. Many hundreds of certificates
were granted in the names OF ficti-
tious persons, that those holding
them might have facilities for voting
many times.
8. Many hundreds holding these
certificates did thus vote many
times-ranging from twice up to
forty times or more:
4. The frauds committed in
counting the ballots were nearly
equal to those in casting them.
5. There was a combination OF
officers, judicial and otherwise, to
protect those committing these
frauds, and no one has been pun
ished for them.
6. The Democratic electors for
President, and the candidates on the
Democratic State ticket, were elected
only by the aid Of this fraudulent
voting.
Look again at some of the facts
developed in the examination OF
witnesses on these points: In the
Superior Court. in single day, and
mainly by the solitary exertions OF
the indefatigable Judge McCunn,
there were issued 2,1O9 naturaliza-
ton certificates. In the Supreme
Court, in single day, towards the
close of this heated Democratic
term, Judge Barnard, issued 955
naturalization certificates. From
the Sth to the 23d of October that
remarkable Judge issued a daily
ererage of 71S. The blanks printed
. for this Court (Which had never
issued naturalization papers before)
and for Judge McCunn's Court,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

DKowNED.-We regret to chron
icle the death of a young man
named Henry Fulk, of Marion town.
ship, by drowning, last Saturday
morning. Young Fulk, who was
the son of Jacob Fulk, Esq, with a
companion, bad built raft for the
purpose of getting across cutoff
formed by the rise in the Blanchard
river Finding the raft too weak to
convey both, young Fulk started out
alone. Getting in deep water, he
became alarmed and jumped off.
Coming 10 the surface, he swan to
a bridge, to which he endeavcred to
cling, but chilled and exhausted, he
sank before help could reach him.
His body was recovered after some
hours search. He was q young
man of about % years of age.
Hancock JEFF.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

EXPERIMENTS with wooden car
wheels are about to be tried on sew
eral of our railroads, on the SUPPOSE
ton that elm and teak possess many
advantages for the purpose over
iron. We have only to suggest that
if the excellence of the wooden
wheels has not already been fully
made manifest, it might be well, as
matter of precaution for the
travelling public, to try them for a
year or two on heavy freight trains
before using them on passenger
cars.-N 7. Times.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08
DIR. Mudd's Account of Booth the
Assassin at His House.

A correspondent of the New
York Herald hunted up DR.. Mudd
at his home, in Maryland. The
Doctor was scared when told his
visitor was reporter, and did not
want to say anything, but talked a
little. We quote the correspond
ence:
"Above the middle height, with a
reddish mustache and chin wisker,
a high forehead and attenuated
nose, his appearance indicates a
man of calm and slow reflection,
gentle in manner, and of a very
domestic turn He says he was
born within a few miles of this
house, and has lived all his life in
the country. His whole desire now
is to be allowed to spend the balance
of his days quietly in the bosom of
his family. In his sunken. luster-
less eye, pallid lips and cold, ashy
complexion, one can read the words
DRY Tortugas' with terrible sig
nificance. In the prime of his
years, looking prematurely old and
carewDrr, there are few, indeed,
who could gaze on the wreck and
ravage in the face of this man be-
fore them without feeling senti-
ment of sympathy and commisera-
ton. i have come home said the
Doctor, sorrowfully, 'to find moth
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

where on a scale that looked to
their issue only by tens of thou
sands. The fees were paid by
tickets on Tammany, printed with
equally splendid profusion. Both
courts are proved to have know
ingly and deliberately issued papers
to men who never appeared in
Courtat all. They were sent broad
cast over the city, and distributed
throughout the State. Not less
than 68,343 of them were issued
from the two courts held by Judge
Barnard and Judge McCunn. Not
one fraudulentpaper has been traced
to any Republican Court.
We submit these facts to the
sober judgment of honest men
of whatever party-without one
word of comment.-N. 7. Tribune.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

SHOCKING DEArH.-A young man
named Charles Downs, q resident of
this city. met his death on Thurs
day last, by an accident in the ma
chine shop of the c. & z. R. r. Co.,
where he was at work. While en-
gagged in adjusting a belt attached
to the machinery, the wristband of
his shirt was caught between the
belt and swiftly revolving wheel
BY which he was drawn into its
grasp, and whirled violently round
till his clothing gave way, when his
body was hurled a distance of near
ly twenty feet. His skull was frac-
tured and one thigh broken. the in
juries resulting in death in a few
minutes.-Ldncas Gazette.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

LuS aeAI tuc Oos my mouse anu Iatu-
lily. No money, no provisions, no
crops in the ground, and no clear
way before me where to derive the
means of support in my present
enfeebled condition. There was
no deception here. In the scanty
furniture..of the house, and in the
pale, sad countenance Of the speak
er, there was evidence enough OF
poor and altered fortune. It was
now evening, and growing rapidly
dark. A big fire blazed on the
ample hearth, and Mrs. Mudd, an
intelligent and handsome lady, with
one of her children, Joined the
Doctor and ourselves in the con
versation over the events of that
memorable April morning after the
assassination.
"'Did you see Booth, Mrs
Mudd ? we inquired, with a feeling
of intense interest to hear her re.
ply.
eyes, she replied, 4 saw himself
and Harold after they entered this
parlor. Booth stretched himself
ON that sofa there, and Harold
stopped down to whisper something
to him.
"'How did Booth look?'
every bad. He seemed as
though he had been drinking very
hard; his eyes were red and smol-
len, and his hair in disorder
"'Did he appear to suffer much ?
"'Not after he laid down on the
sofa. In fact, it seemed as ifhardly
anything was wrong with him then.
"What kind of a fracture did
Booth sustain p we inquired, adj
dressing the Doctor.
"'Well,' said he, 'after he was
laid down on that sofa and having
told me that his leg was fractured
by his horse falling on him during
his journey up from Richmond, /
took knife and split the leg Of his
boot down to the instep, slipped it
off and the sock with it; I then felt
carefully with both hands down
along his leg, but at first could
discover nothing like crepitation
until. after a second investigation,
1 found on the outside, near the
ankle, something that felt like
indurated flesh, and then for the first
time / concluded it was a direct and
clean fracture of the bone. / then
improvised out of pasteboard sort
of boot that adhered close enough
to the leg to keep it rigidly straight
below the knee. without at all inter
fering with the fexion of the leg.
A low-eut shoe was substituted for
the leather boot, and between 5 and
6 o'clock in the morning Booth and
his companions started off for a
point on the river below
"'How did Booths horse look
after his long ride?' we inquired.
1.-The boy, after putting him up
in the stable, the Doctor replied,
reported that his back underneath
the forward part of the saddle was
raw and bloody. This circumstance
tailed with Booths account that he
had been riding all day previous
from Richmond, and no suspicion
arose in my mind for one instant
that the man whose leg was at
tending to was anything more than
what he represented himself
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

d red man was John Nc Way, who was
an employee of the firm, and demanded
payment of wages. A quarrel ensued.
when Devine entered his shop, and
returning with revolver. deliberately
shot Nc Way In the back, the bali pass
ing through his heart. and emerging
from his breast. Nc Way staggered q
few feet, and fell dead. Devine was
arrested and lodged in Jail. The de-
ceased was twenty-three years of age,
and unmarried,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08
UNFoRrUNATE OccURRENcE.-M

UNFORTUNATE OccURRENcE.-Mr.
John r. Price, well known and
respected citizen Of Radnor town
ship, in a fit of insanity, recently
secreted himself in corn shock on
his premises, and remained in it
undiscovered for nearly a week, ex
posed to the exceedingly inclement
weather we have been experiencing
for some time past. His feet and
limbs were badly frozen, but il is
hoped he will eventually recover the
use OF thcm.-Del., Gazette.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

Connecticut, we are pretty sure, has
laid English and Dixon fiat on their
backs. Jewel Republican, is Gov
ernor. The Legislature is also Re-
publican, which insurcs the ratifica-
ton Of the Constitutional Amend
ment. Good! Hurrah!
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

Hon. Reader w. Clarke has been
nominated by president Grant to the
position Of third auditor of the
treasury. Mr.. Clarke was mem
Der of the Thirty. ninth and Fortieth
Congresses fiom the Sixth district
of this state. and has formerly been
prominent in our politics. He is
now fifty-six years of age, and is
well qualified for the position which
he will hold. He is another Of the
editors who hold office under this
administration.-U. Leader.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1869-04-08

The startling revelation of irreg-
ularities which. perhaps, cover ex-
tensive frauds in the Treasury De
partment, made in the report of the
Congressional Committee on Re
trenchment and Reform, will aston
ish the country. 1t is a record of
mismanagement, incompetence and
faithlessnes in the conduct of high
public trusts, which is shame to
the nation and an ineradicable dis
grace to every person responsible,
from the late Secretary of the Treas
ury down.-Cin, Gazette.