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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-12-30
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An Aimless Life.


l committed one fatal err r
in my youth, and dearly have |
abided it, Il started in life
without an object-even with
out an ambition. My tempera
ment disposed me to ease, and
to the full l indulged The dis.
position. | said TO myself /
have all that l see others con.
tending for-why should |
struggled l know now the
curse that lights on those who
have never to struggle for any
thing. Had | created for my
self a definite purSuit-.literary,
artistic, social, political, no mat
ter what so there is something
10 laborbr and to overcome
l might have been happy.
feel this now-too late. The
power is gone. Habits have
become chains. Through all
the proftlesS years gone by
seek vainly for something to
remember with pride, or even
dwell -on with satisfaction.
eel, sometimes, as if there
were nothing remaining To me
worth looking for. lam an un,
happy man ..-R0bert Dale
N~S'" ---
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JAMES FISK Jun. is reported

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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-12-30

THE State Entomologist in
Illinois has collected more
than thirty thousand bugs, and
it is surmised that he intends
to open a hotel in Chicago
Neao Y0Yk Post. Cyl lt
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Barnum's new book, just pub
lished by j. B. Burr & Co.,
Hartford, Conn, and which We
have heretofore noticed in our
columns:
1 thoroughly understand the
art of advertising. not merely
by means of printers ink, which
| have always used freely, and
to which l confess myself so
much indebted for my success,
but by turning every possible
circumstance to my account.
1t was my monomania 10 make
the Museum the town wonder
and town talk. l often seized
upon an opportunity by
instinct, even before l
had a very definite concep.
lion as to how it should be
used, and it seemed, somehow,
to mature itself and serve my
purpose. AS an illustration,
one morning a stout, hearty
looking man, came into my
ticket.office and begged some
money. l asked him why he
did not work and earn his liv.
ing9 He replied that he could
get nothing to do 1and that
he would b g glad o f
any job at a dollar a day. |
handed him a quarter of a dol,
lar, told him to go and get his
breakfast and return, and l
would employ him at light la"
Dor at a dollar and a halt a day.
When he returned | gave him
five common bricks,
"Now," said !, "go and lay
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Street; another close by the
Museum; a third diagonally
across the way at the cor
ner of broadway and Vesey
Street, by the Astor House 4
put down the fourth on the
sidewalk in front of st. Pauls
Church, opposite; then, with
the fifth brick in hand, take up
a rapid march from one point
to the other, making the cir
cult, exchanging your brick at
every point, and say nothing
to any one."
"What is the object of this =?
inquired the man.
"No natter" | replied. "all
you need to know that it brings
you fifteen cents wages per
hour. 1t is a bit of my fun,
and to assist me properly you
must seem to be as deaf as a
post; wear a serious counter.
ance; answer no questions {;
pay no attention to any one;
but attend faithfully to the
work and at the end of every
hour by St. Paul's clock show
this ticket at the Museum
door; enter, walking solemnly
through every hall in the build
ing; pass out, and resume your
work"
With the remark that it was
@all one to him, so long as he
could earn his living" the man
placed his bricks and began
his round. Half an hour after
wards, at least five hundred
people were watching his mys-
terious movements. He had
assumed a military step and
bearing, and looking as sober
as a judge, he made no res.
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inquiries as to the object of
his singular conduct. At the
end Of the first hour, the side
walks in the vicinity were
packed with people all anxious
to solve the mystery. The
man, as directed, then went in.
to the Museum, devoting fif.
teen'minutes to a solemn sur
vey of the halls, and afterwards
returning to his round. This
was repeated every hour till
sundown and whenever the
man went into the Museum a
dozen or more persons would
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-12-30
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Outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen.

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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-12-30
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VERY REASON ABLE HRMs
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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-12
SPARKs FROM THE WIRES.

The Liquor Dealers Association, of Boston,
have subscribed s10O. 600 to advance the inter-
ests OF their associates. s& tAt
The Mayor and other members Of the Boston
City Council have gone to Washington to invite
Grant to attend the Peace Jubilee.
The Typographical Union, of Washington, is
agitated over the question OF admitting to
membership negro compositor appointed by
CIapp in the government printing Office.
The Auditors Office in New Orleans is with
out an incumbent. The indictments against
Wicklihe have been dismissed, and mutual
injunction to leave obtained by both contes-
tants.
While Miss d. E. Bradley was personating
Juliet, at Buffalo, her dagger caught in her
dress and penetrated her body, breaking the
point in a rib. T. has been found impossible
to remove the point. and the wound is serious.
An order has been promulgated assigning
forty-six army officers, who were consolidated
out Of service, to Indian duty. Should vacan-
cies occur, emitting them to promotion in the
regular army, they will be in the line OF pro-
motion the same as though detached on orii-
nary military duty.
A duel was fought near New Orleans, on
Monday, between Spaniard and Cuban.
The difficulty grew out Of cries of death to
the Spaniards," uttered during the recent pro.
ce5sion Of CubAns and their sympathisers.
lard unhurt. The latter has promulgated a
general challenge to all who indulged In the
offensive cries. mother duel is reported to be
already arranged.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-12
NORTHERN MEN IN THE SOUTH.
Views OF q Sensible N0rtherner.
CHARLESTON, 8. c.. May 10, 1869

CHARLESTON, 8. c.. May 10, 1869.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS. .es
have read with great satisfaction your arti-
Gle in this mornings NEWS headed Northern
| men in the South. That the ssold residents
| have no social intercourse with the Yankees. {"
may be (doubtless is) true in many cases; that
| undue prejudice exists is not to be wondered
| at, and for the reason mainly described by your
self. The writer of this article spent year in
Richmond, whose citizens are suppose6Ato have
due appreciation Of their own social position.
| and although in no instance seeking to enter
| the charmed and charming circle, he never
made 80 many acquaintances in strange place
In 80 short o time, nor met more genial and
intelligent people,. You say, 'sIf Northern
man, or any other man, comes to South Caro-
lima, it is because he sees a chance of making
money, not tor society,"" That is certainly a
legitimate conclusion. have travelled from
New York to Saint Paul, from st. Louis to
Washington, but in the whole route there
seomed me- less chances for Investments for
rapid, at least certain. returns thDn along tho
route from the last named city to Charleston.
have spent the last week at Longwood, on
the Peedee River, plantation Of nearly six
thousand acres, which has recently been pur-
chased by New York men for less than two
dollars per acre. Some Of the low lands OF
that magnificent estate are equal in fertility to
the land in New York at two hundred dollars
per acre. The buildings are substantial and
numerous, and, with the fencing, must have
cost the sum paid-certainly would have cost
more at the North. This plantation was sold
through an advertisement. more than year
ago, in the New York Tribune. would say to
Southern men, if you want to sell your estates
advertise in the New York and Charleston pa
pers. How many Northern men do You sur-
pose are in. Charleston to-day, perhaps, that
want just such property as yours IL they knew
where to find it And if you have two planta-
tions, let me advise you to sell one and hold
the other.
think Southern men are too much discour-
aged. Look around you-travel-go North
West-keep your eyes open. Can you not make
money out of your own lands as well as
''Yankeea" AS for the prejudice of the South
and the North. / am sick and tired Of reading
about or discussing It. The Northern mon are
not ali ''adventurers, carpet baggers, vermin
nor blacklegs," NOE have seen o scalping-
knife or tonahawk in ali my Southern travel.
Il have seen q few good riHes.) leave for
New York in an hour.
Respectfully, GHo. NoRTH.