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have learned by contact that, every
lady in this part of the country is more
or less a huckster, but for all that 1 can
never get used to it. There is certainly
no disgrace in any occupation that re-
suits in honest gain but I can never re-
conciIe the wives of noted lawyers, mon
eyed merchants. and indeed all profess
sionaI men, with common hueksters.-
The wife Of a Major General furnishes
me with buttermilk at ten cents a gal
Ion, and the wife Of a wholesale mer-
chant sells me ice at q cent and half a
pound. My husband (whO berates me
for not peddIing such things says this is
why they are Major Generals and whole
sale merchants, but I "can't see it, Il
! I can not serve nobler purpose than
getting in my buggy and huckstcring
the produce of my garden to ladies with
whom visit socially, I will do without
''smaH change" to the end Of the chap
ter.
! have discovered however the rea-
son why these ladies condescend to this
sort of Traffic. It's because their great
% husbands aeUer gire them money, and
/ if they were not hucksters, they would
have to do as I do-never have any
money, therefore I suppose there is some
excuse for them. Men are constitution
ally selfish, and that is the reason, i'm
magine that they permit their wives to
stoop to the level which this character
of traa7c puts them on. They don't care
straw what the world thinks of the
women they have chosen for compan-
/ ions CbahD so Hcydo not have to furnish
pin money. When a man is very poor
and obliged to struggle to maintain his
family by the sweat of his brow, then it
should be a womans province and de-
| light to assist him by the work of her
own hands, but where a man sets up to
be professionally q man in the true sense
of the word he ought to be ashamed to
allow his wife to be a target for squib
writers (lille myself to shoot at. Let
him take the jewel he has won and place
! it in a setting worthy the value of the
gem such will ever be the course an
honorable, Higd-toned gentleman should
I take; and any man who is able to fur
nish his wife with pocket money, and
does not do it is contemplate scamp
and I do not care if he hears me say it.
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R N104 SF0TS.
NUMBER III.
BY LADY CAV.

BY LADY GAY.
WHERE do married men get the idea
chat they must neUcr' give their wives
money? -They-surely know that no wo-
man of spirit wishes to beg for every
five cents she desires to spend, and there
are numerous little feminine necessities
almost indispensable to a woman's COM
fort that men have no conception of
Trifies, which add greatly to her happi-
ness, but which ninety-nine out of every
hundred are obliged to fOregO just because
they shrink from asking their husbands
for money. was simple enough when
I was first married to think that, some
time or other, my husband would offel
me, at least, a moderate sum for person
al wants, but he has never been the man
to UOylmtarjly give me a dollar. At
first was too sensitive to ask for mon
.ey; and for long time endured various
notifications for the want of pocket
change. When I commenced needing
articles Of clothing, ( I had a genteel
wardrobe when a bride, but clothes lyH
wear out, instead of applying to the
protector the law had given me, wrote
to my father to supply the deficiency
this kept up till was ashamed. Ihad
left behind me, at my childhoods home,
4 family to be provided for, and my faith
or had nothing to look to for support,
but his own labor, and when I recall the
circumstances I am sure he must have
thought stt.ange of his married daughter
writing to him for shoes, Sc. &c, al.
though, in after years he never even al
Iuded to il. In the community where !
was reared lone of the oldest, proudesi
states IN the Union) it was considered
/ had almost said a disgrace, (that is toe
strong a word) it was not exactly a dis
grace, but a lady, the wife of any man
who held q respectable footing among
men, would have been scandalized by
STOPPING to sell buttermiIk and vegeta-
bles to neighbOr There was but one
lady in the community who was guilty
Of such a derogation, and her name was
q by-word. Since l came further west
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PauPeTIsm in England.
From a London Letter ]

In speaking on this question in the
House of Lords, the other day, Lord
Houghton used this remarkab bic language
stronger and more emphatic than any
at my command:
"The sad story Ofthe state of the pau
per population may be told in half a doz-
en- words. On the first of July last that
population was UeyY nearly one million,
or four and one-half per cent, of the
whole population, being an increase of
five per cent.as compared with the LIST of
July, 1866. What are called the able
bodied poor considerably exceeded $50,
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The True History OF the Kilkenny Cats

A correspondent from Ireland gives
whathe vouches for as the real origin Of
the story Ofthe cats of Kilkenny:
During the rebellion, which occurred
in ireland in 1879, Tor it may be in $685.
Kilkenny was garTisOned by a regiment
of Hessian soldiers, whose cUstOme it
was to tie together, in one Of their bar
rack rooms, two cats by their respective
tails, and then to throw them face to
face across a line generally used for dry
ing clothes. The cats naturally became
infuriated, and scratched each other in
the abdomen until death ensUed to one
or both Of them, and terminated their
sufferings.
The officers Of the corps were ultimate
" made acquainted with these barbarOus
acts of cruelty, and they resolved to put
an end to them and punish the often
| ders. In order to effect this purpose,
an officer was ordered to inspect each
1 barrack room daily, and report to the
commanding officer in what state he
/ found the room. The cruel soldiers, de
] termined not to lose their daily torture
| of the wretehed cats, generally employ
ed one Of their COmrade to watch the ap-
/ prOach of the officer in order that the
/ cats might be liberated and take refuge
! in flight before the visit of the officer to
I Tie SCGllE VI lIlGlI lOILuIes I'll one CcCl-
! sion the lookout man" neglected his
/ duty, and the officer of the day was
heard ascending the barrack stairs, while
| the cats were undergoing their custom
aTy torture. One Of the troopers imme-
lately seized a sword from the arm rack
and with a single blow divided the tails
Df the two eats. The eats, of course, es-
capped through the open windows Of the
room, which was entered almost imme-
diately after by the officer, who inquired
what was the cause of the two bleeding
cats tails being suspended on the clothes
line, and was told in reply that two cats
had been fighting in the room: tnat it
was impossible to seperate them, and
that they hadfought so desperately that
they had devOured each other up, with
the exception of their two tails! Which
may have satisfied Captain Schmmel-
kettell, but would not have deluded any
person but a beery Prussian.
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Bl LEp-HE.

b LEnLISE.
Husband home to dinner.
Mother gone 10 vote.
On the empty table
Lies q dainty note
Husband quickly cra-ys IL.
Opens wide his eyes:
Reads the tender missivc
With blank surpEize
Dearest love, I'm absent
In hoy cause
Tie a priceless favor
Granted by the laws;
Eiddy viii attend love.
As 70 d" serving meat,
have uobler cares love
Than where Of to eat
But did forget love
That your last good shirt.
bangles from the clothes line.
Trailing in the dirt;
While the one You wear love
Has been worn a week
But can that compare love
With the good We seek.
and your last new stockings.
Now are minus sOlCs.
But do not forget love
Your wife is ot the polls "
More than Miss McFiinCTy.
Husband faiu would swear
That his chest presented
Nothing fit 20 wear,
Twas your vote that scut me
Very lOath wasI
But I've caught the spirit
OF my nisziye high.
once I thought my duly
Kept me at your hearth
With the tiny treasures
To which I'd given birth.
Yes, and that reminds me
Baby has the Group,
But I've chartered Biddy
For TIC little troupe,
Aghast, ana near distracted
Husband drops the note,
Starts for Godfrey's cordial
To cure the baby's throat.
Steaming up the stairway
Opens nursery door
Sees his five months baby
Gasping on the floor.
Sees his chcrub Jamie
Sitting up in bed
Screaming for mamma
Til his nose has bled,
Husband more distracted
Asks with wrathful eye
Why has Biddy left you
Echo answers "a Why.
When, with dire misgiviugs
Quiet is restored
Husband family muttcrs
Plainly we must board
Jamie wants his breakfast
Jamie wants his toastr'
Husband wipes his forehead
Thinking he "must roast ,''
Babies want the comforts
They enjoyed Of yOrc-
Husband swears this Sc franchise
\" decided bore r'
Ia his wifC's apartment
tuCc 50 neatly kept
Lies a pile OF rubbish
In q corner swept.
Through ont his home disorder
And ruin holding sway
Plainly tell the master,
The migtrCss Is away.
Husband quite distracted
Hunger guawing sore,
Starts fOT Biddy' quarter
On the basement floor
Dreaming Of the pantry
With It's ample store.
All! what meets his vision
Pin'd on pantry door:
Huge in its proportions
lis Miss Biddy's nolc
Plainly telling Master
Bidd, 3 gone to vote!
''Marthcr, Sir, T5e absent
Yotin at the polls.
But Use left you dinner
Mutton chops and rolls
And I tak's this casion,
BY this note to say
That hereafter Biddy
Must have bigger pay.
Husband starts in anguish
For his promised " lunch,
Thinking his disasters
Would be fun for Punch"
Turns away disgusted,
Cursing all the polls,
For the cat had pilfered
His mutton chops and rolls,
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NE. EDIT0E:-Arter carefully reading in the CgVs-
H,sTria' al the proceedings OF the WOmau's Rights
Convention now being held II Indianapolis was in
dulgiug in the most brilliant day dreams Of that
'- Good - time coming when poor down troden
women shall throw OF the calling yoke Of sU5serv
icucy 70 man and stand on her own platform
Thoroughly Gisgustcd with tic weakness which en-
shled rs TO submit Willingly yet 20 gladly to wear
our chains when euanohisemenI is within OnF gasp,
fen asleep and dreamed this remarkable dream con
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600, that being an increase of seven per
cent. on the numbers in 1867; while those
numbers again were an increase Of six
per cent. on the numbers i'll 1866. 1t is
apparent, therefore, that, nOtWithstand-
ing the increase Of wealth, pauperism is
steadily increasing upon U.s."
And Mr.. Bruce, the Secretary of State
for the Home Department, puts the case
still more strongly, and makes the start
ling that pdaipeTjsn1 has IN
creased forty ttUs per cent. III the last three
yedrS. And yet Lord OverstOne stated,
in the debate in the House Of Lord HOugh-
ton, that the "ablest statisticians of the
country had put its accumulation Of cap
ital at something like ESQ, 200 1879, ,OOO,-
000) a year" Herewe have pauperism in
creasing atthe rate eOffOTty-fve cent.
in three years, and capital increasing in
the same period at the amount Of the
whole national debt Of the United States.
The statement seem incredible, and if
they did not proceed from the highest
official authority, might well be doubt
ed, but they are, alas, too true, and in
dicate but too correctly the condition of
Il land "where wealth aCcumulates and
men decay"
No wonder, then, that the subject Of
emigration should attract general atten-
ton. Certain charitable ladies have
just sent off, by means of voluntary con-
tributiOns collected by them, between
300 and 400 of the unemployed poor of
the East End.
The Government has recently dischar-
ged a large numb WOFkmen from the
dock-yards, and have given them free
passages to Canada to the extent Of near
ly 500, including their wives. An infiu-
ential meeting was held, a week or two
ago, at Exeter Hall, under the Presiden-
cy of a distinguished peer, for the pur-
pose of advocating the wisdom and ne
cessity of the Government adopting a
settled national system Of promoting
emigration.
And in the speech of Lord HOUghton,
from which have quoted, his lOrdship
proposes a plan for the free transpOrta-
| ton of the ''surplus paUper population" ."
1t is true, he only proposes sending to
the colonies of Australia and Canada,
but we know what the latter meant.
Experience shows that eight out of ten
of the emigrants landing in Canada at
once find their way to the United States.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-12-02
LOOMS.
Hendersons' Loom.
Persons wishing to Purchase
a Good Practical
Hand Loom,
SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE MERITs OF
Eiendersons' loom.

THIS LOOM treads the Treadles, throws
L the Shuttle, lets off the Web and takes
up the Cloth by simply moving the baton
back and forth. 1t weaves Jeans, Blankets,
Tweeds. Satinet, Kersey, Plain Cloth, Towel
ing, Birdeye-Diaper, Carpets, DC, DC The
weaver has only to change the Pins in the
Treadle Wheel to make the different kinds Of
cloth. By an arrangement of the machinery
of this Loom, that no other has, the weaver
can make as much or as little of the Shed
when the Baton is coming forward AS is re
quIred, completing the Shed as the Baton
goes back; or, it can all be made as the Baton
comes forward, for the purpose of weaving
woolen warp that clings.
By this arrangement, the filling is always
beat up after the cross is made, making bet
ter cloth and better selvsge than can he made
by the open shed, because, it prevents the fel
ling from being drawn outat the edge towards
the shuttle after it ia beat up.
These looms are made Of the best black
walnut lumber, got up in the best of style
and oil finished They are furnished with
1850 of the best wire heddles. one steel reed,
any hundred desired, one wheel shuttle OF
the best manufacture, twelve bobhins, tenn
pies, rattle, de-, all complete, ready for weAv-
ing. They are made to weave wide.
Persons wishing these looms, IN the coun,
ties of GaIlia, jackson, Vinton, koss' ana
Lawrence, can be accommodated by sending
their orders to me. Warranted 10 perform us
recommended. Can be seen at Fenner's
building. Address
A. F. LASLEf,
GallipOlis, Ohio.
Dec. 2, 1869.
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y -
Result.

Some of the results of President
GRANTS economy, brought about by
the appointment of honest men to the
Offices at his disposal, are embodied in
the annexed statement in regard to the
one article alone, Tobacco-and in
one State. We congratulate the people
upon the coming of the dawn" The
President in his efforts at economy
and rigid accountability, shows him
self to be in sympathy with people,
We can assure him that he will be
heartily sustained in his efforts at re-
form SO eonspicuously begun:
INCREASE IN COLLECTIONS ON TOBACCO.
According to the records in the In
ternal Revenue Bureau. the collection
of tax on tobacco in Virginia for the
seven months ending September 80,
was $s,l94,353 SO. against $685.
6I4 81 for the same period of last
year, the increase this year being ST.
9s8, ,73s SO. The Supervisor estimates
the revenne from tobacco in Virginia
for the year commanding March, 1869,
and ending March. 1870, viii be at
least three million dollars greater than
for the present year.
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A mans PoseftIys yo'fr 1fieba OF
mine, has been hard drinker: He
comes to the conclusiop-teHQff and
docs. Ten, twenty, thirty days, be
resists the temptation 70 take one
drink-oniy one On the thirty first
day he falls Then, told you SO, =
rings from the lips of nine- tenths OF
the world. Do you ever think of the
terrible battle with self he has had
of the parched throatiu the morning,
the cravings at his stomach, and
pr ostration of his nervous system?
Is it not wonder he held out even
thirty days. He falls, but even then
his heart is saying, ''help me-haye
pity, friends Is it right to give
him kick downwards2 Is it not
better to put your arms around him.
help him up, and put him upon his
feet againi He may go sixty days
aye ninety, the next time. Perhaps
the kindness shown will nerve him
up to that point where he can endure
forever Is it not worth the trial?
In any event, is it not more chris
tianly-more like Him who was all
love for mankind, than to stand off
and cast stones at him?
We want more love for the sinner,
and the more we show, the greater
will our adherence and hatred of
the sin be made manifest. TRY II.
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yaarnd.
eALLrpoLIs. DECEMBER ., 1869
NEWS ITEMS.

An old gentleman. resident OF oanter-
bury. Connecticut, seventy-five years Of age
and wealthy, Giee recently aud was buried in
a suit OF clothes which be procured when a
Young man, and had worn constantly as a
Sunday suit for more than half century.
Bishop Morris, of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, called at the White House Friday,
in company with the Rev. DR.. Newman, Of
Washington, and paid his respects to the
President.
Lyman Allen, an old man, was found dead
in his bed at Taylor's Hotel in Jersey City,
Thursday morning. he was merchant
worth S6O0.0o0, who has lived there hve
wears in q miserly manner. He took but one
meal daily, and his wardrobe at his death was
valued at twenty-five cents. fr'enos !"
Newton, Connecticut, got the money.
The bridge across the Ohio River at LOUIS
vile. will be ready for the passage et trains
in about twenty days.
The sum of s., 200, 900 has been subscribed
toward carrying out the project for worlds
fair in Washington in 1871.
At Fluvenna Court House, Va, on Thurs
day, Captain Richard Harlan was shot and
killed by Washington Shores. The parties
were highly respectable. The affair grew out
of law suit.
On SUNDAY isst, frishsm Young detailed
one hundred and ten preachers and elders to
-ss-7erth - missionaries TO preach ths doc
srsrss Of the Lsstsr-Dsy Saints. They came
as far as Omaha in body, and then separa-
.ed 70 90 East and West. Fifty of them
came East.
The house of Washington Stotts, in WASH
ineson Township, Muskingum County, took
fire and was destroyed, during the night Of
Tuesday week, giving the family, who were
awakened by the flames, only time to escape.
large force of mechanics is at work at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the Colorado
Tennessee, Susquehanna, Ysntic, Canandai
ora and other vessels, getting them ready for
sea.
conrsd Meier, under sentence for the crime
Of murder, escaped from Jail at Toledo. Tues
dsy. Five hundred dollars reward is offered
for his arrest.
The vigilance committee in Fremont county,
Iowa, few days ago lynched noted rutfian
named Sam. Murdock, charged with mur-
dering Henry johnson. Since Aurdock's
death, johnson has made his appearance alive
and we'll, and efforts will be made to bring
the lynchers to trial.
James W. Bayard has been appointed Post
master at Athens, Ohio.
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dit ~ >iii<t1 tsf-t4 NJ 80 7at-t ~ Mtt0
small Ssatah43slaid shawl spread over
Eseizd cdacealing ITS contents-it was
placed upder seat, and lett there
1'he coadn noticing the basket with
out claimant; took ii in charge, raised
the shawl. and a bright eyed, blooming
child returned is-gaze. Deserted,
beartlessly left to the tender mercies of
fiinty hearted strangers-for Corpora
tions have no souls is trueism.-
Such is life upon one of the main ar
teries of our own much loved Ohio; her
God given harvests converted. rot into
the bread but the bane of life: and her
children left unto her as foundlings =
Are these two evils closely connected?
Who knows? Ohio! Queen of Statesl
Come up to the rescue of thy little
ones, SO that thy name may be honored
as the brightest star in our political
armament.
We live in the valley of the Ohio!-
We have lived in the valley of the Con-
necticut! We love them both. New
England thy white villages and taper
ing spires, pointing heavenward, are
now placidly resting in thy peace
full wales, or glistening on thy noun
tain SUBMITS.
Thanksgiving has come and gone
The busy hum of the loom and the
spindle is heard-the heavy thud of the
trip-hammer, and the ring of the an
vii re-echoes among her hills-for all
are again at work. New England does
not believe in a lazy Christianity;
whatever may be the number of her
'isms," theological, social, or politi
cal.
The districts devastated by the late
floods are rapidly recovering from
their losses; the debris is being removed
and new, substantial dams, bridges,
mills and roads, are rising above the
ruins, attesting to the industry and
enterprise of the people.
The last election was unusually ex-
citing. The elements entering into the
contest, might be summed up in two
heads: Free Liquor. and Prohibition.
The State is so intensely Republican
that the immense falling away of their
majorities can only be accounted for,
by the distaste for the despotic and
yet partial Legislation which has char
acterized the ultra-prohibitionists. But
Massachusetts is ever the representa-
tive of extremes-be it in theology,
philosophy or politics. 1 should like
to give few of the views advanced
here in relation to our debt. and its
honorable payment, but having now
trespassed too heavily upon your space,
l hope that all the readers of the
JOURNAL have enjoyed hearty Thanks
giving; as a toretaste of the Merry
Christmas, and the Happy New Year,
yet in store, we trust, for you and for
Fl. A. n. S.