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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
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Ed. REcoRD.-1n looking over the
last issue OF the Enquirer, i saw al
most a whole column devoted to the
discussion of the action of The late
Temperance Convention, held at COL
umbus. Now i do not know whether
the editor of the Enquirer or Ohio
Statesman Is responsible for the artl-
Gle. Be that as 1t may, as far as
itregards the organization In McAr-
thur and the surrounding country
known as Good Templars, being po-
ilitical organization, or approximating
to IT. in any particular, the editor Is
laboring under an error, and believ-
ing him to be sound temperance
mVn, believe tito be eneof the head
and not of the heart. AS far as the
action of the the convention at Col
umbus Is concerned, weas Good Tenn
plars, dlsclaim all connection with 1t.
The fundamental principles OF our of-
der is Temperance. to reclaim the
fallen, and save the young and virtu-
GUS from falling; to practice to all
Christ-like charity, believing, thatif
we are faithful, weshall have accom-
object. that political organ
izatiens can never accomplish. and be-
lieviug that the day is not far distant,
when temperance men ofeyery polit-
ical creed will arise and By united Of
fort, put down this crying evil. But
until that time comes we are content
to work in our humble shpere, ever
guided by the three great principles
of,our order, Faith. Hope and'Charity.
GOOD TEMPLAR.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

THE Gallipolis journal says
We think it may be stated as
a settled fact that iron ore, in
large quantities, exists in this
immediate neighborhood, and
thatit can be as cheaply mined
as in any locality we are ac-
quainted with. The quantity is
almost inexhaustible -. the
quality and the per cent. OF
iron TO the ton Of ore are mat
ters yet to be determined
Mr.. Thomas Hill, of the Eagle
Foundry, last Friday, mefted
about one thousand pounds OF
tho ore, AMI therefrom pro.
duced some three or four hun
dred pounds of metal. 1t was
pronounced a good article by
our iron workers. The expert
ments were very satisfactory
under the circumstances. OF
course they were not as full
and complete as they would
have been if made by q Tegu-
lar Furnace, but they were
sufficient to prove the ore
profitable. This ore, we un.
derstand, is to be further tested,
and tested in a manner fully
to prove its value as a work
ing ore
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

SOME of our country friends
want inform alton of US as TO
the cost OF different kinds of
roads. All We can do is to
tell them what such things
have costelse where. At Man
chester, Ohio, they have been
constructing macadamized
ROADS, with limestone beds, and
top.dressing of broken lime
stone, for something less than
$1,000 per mile. Gravel roads
in the interior of the State, be.
fore the war, cost in the neigh
borhood of $1,000 per mile.
This was the case in Picawag
county, where gravel had, on
an average, TO be drawn from
four to five miles. In Madi.
son county, since the imitation
of prices, such roads have
been made for about $4,000
per mile. In this region we
have ample material in the
sandstone right along all our
thoroughfares, for the road
beds.-IMeigs Co. Telegraph.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

The Enquirer is great on
dead issues. Now, since the
law legalizing contracts for
ten per cent, interest has been
defeated by the lower House
of tho Ohio Legislature, our
neighbor comes down on the
measure with the might Of his
influence and eloquence. 1tis
useless to enter upon an argu
ment Of the question at pres
ent. We are content to wait
until our Representative,
.Jackey, Can educate the peo.
pie up to point of intelli.
gence sufficient to understand
what he can see so plainly now.
In the meantime, We would
like to SEQ our neighb the
member from Yinton, or any
of their frierds borrow money
at what the laws of the great
State of Ohio says shall be the
highest rate of interest paid =
8 per cent. 1t is not In the
market at that price, and the
law is a nullity.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

TIE Hillsboro News says:
"Rev. j. McD. MATTHEW VS.,
who has kept a regular daily
record of the thermometer in
this place for thirty years past,
has furnished US a table for
publication, which shows that
the average OF January, 1858
I (only eleven years ago) was
nealy four degrees warmer
than January this year. Jan,
'uary, 1S42, 1S43, 1S45 and
1S4S, were from one to two de-
grees warmer, while January
1886, 1916, 1850 and 1851 were
all nearly about the came tenn
perature as last month. This
shows the value OF accurate
records, as opposed 10 uncer-
tain memory"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
The Cincinnati Commercial

The Cincinnati Commercial
charges for a column one year,
one thousand one hundred dol.
lars Ohio State Journal.
The journal is mistaken,
The Commercial charges ST..
l60 for one column twice per
week for one year-that is,
one column one hundred and
four insertions. AS we pub
lish the Commercial every day
of the year, one column for a
year, three hundred and sixty
five insertions, at the same
rate would be S14,600.-Co
mercial.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
GEN. HANcocK's reply to the

GEN. HANcocKs reply to the
Democrats who have been
urging him to become their
candidate for Governor Of
Pennsylvania, does him tardv
credit. 1t wou d have been
better for his fame if he had
made the discovery some time
earlier, say at New Orleans,
for instance, that he could not
creditably interfere with poll,
tics SO long as he rem aimed in
the army. But he has shown
himself SO good soldier and
SO poor a politician that we
are glad IT, note, even at this
late day, lie symptoms OF his
intention TO confne himself
hereafter to usiness he un'
derstands.- -Ti5uue.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

G.. w. Dierltch showed us
the bones of a mastoden dis
covered on his place, in Camp
Creek township, last spring.
Hundreds have called to see
them at his house, since he has
ceased to exhibit them pub
licly. The showmen are nego-
tiating for them, and they will
probably be sold, to go to New
York or New Orleans before
many weeks.-PShe Go. Re.
publican.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

GEN. GEO. d. WAGNER. who
served throughout the war in
the Army Of the Cumberland
with great credit, died very
suddenly at Indianapolis last
Saturday, from an overdose OF
medicine left by his physician
to alleviate nervous suffering.
He participated in all the cam
paigns and battles Of the Army
Of the Cumberland, carried the
first American flag into the
rebel stronghold Of Chattanoo-
ga, covered the movement OF
Thomas army from Pulaski to
Nashville in the winter of 1854,
and with his division at Spring
Hill, held nearly the whole OF
Hoods army in check until
nightfall, holding the road open
for Schofield whs was on Duck
River opposite Columbia, 20 re-
tire. This was one of the most
important engagements of that
memorable campaign. But for
the good management of Wag,
ner and the steadiness of his
division, Hood would have
forced himself on to the Nash.
vile pike between that city
and the main body of our army.
He was a great favorite with
his men, and was good soldier.
He was we'll known to many
persons in this part Of our State,
having several Southern Ohio
regiments in his command;
and was at one time, a.resldent
of Ross Co., Ohio, and an ex
tensive stock buyer.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

A MONTREAL dispatch says
that the Government refused
20 give up Whalep's body to
his friends for a wake. The
FenianS threaten a large dom.
onstration in Montreal unless
his body is given up. The
Irishmen of Quebec held a
largo meeting on the 10th inst,
and called on the Lieutenant
Governor, asking that WhSlen
should be respited. They pass
ed resolutions sympathizing
with Whalen's widow.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

The Democratic Enquirer
sees a dangerous element in
every society in the country
that is not attached body and
soul to the Democratic party,
and every society that is not
welded to that party must per
force be a apartisan concern,
managed in the interests of
the Republicans The Grand
Army of the Republic and the
Methodist church have both
received their full measure of
abuse from that source on this
score, and last week the State
Board of Agriculture and the
Good Templars came in for
their share. This wise editor
objects because q majority of
the Board are Republicans and
calls aloud for equal repre-
sentation." We are of the
opinion that our discontented
cotemporary will have to take
the Board just as the society
selects it, without regard to
parties, unless he is able to
show the analogy between pol.
itics and agriculture.
With regard to the Good
Templars, VIC are informed
that their laws arc so strict
upon this point that nothing
whatever OF O political nature
is allowed within the lodge
room, even the wearing of a
political pin or ornament of
whatever nature, being q viola
tion of their rules, for which a
member may be expelled.
But our neighbor had best
go slow on this question. A
movement is on foot among
certain so called temperance
men, who make temperance
and politics a business, to fuse
with the Democracy, and run
Sam. Cary for Governor. 1t is
believed by many that the
combination is strong enough
to give Sam. the nomination,
and the Statesman's article
which waS copied with so
much of a show Of Wis.
dom was not aimed OF the
Good Templars, as our neigh.
Dor seems to suppose, but at
the Caryites. The less the
says on this subject
the better. Sam. may be nom.
mated, and it would be up-
pleasant for them to stake
things back"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

TIE Board of Local Inspect
ors of steamboats,, at Cincinna-
ii have revoked the license of
the pilots of the steamers
Am erica and United States
that ollided and burned, near
Warsaw last December, the
pilots having failed to observe
the rules laid down for their
government.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
Democratic Courtesy to Sol
uiers.

ulefS.
On Wednesday of last week,
the Ohio Senate adopted, by
auote ef19 to Ii, joint reso-
luton lnviting Major General
Oliver o. Howard, soon ex.
pected in the city, to visit the
General Assembly. On Thurs.
day, the day of General How
ards arrival, the resolution
reached the House, and was
there discussed atlength on its
merits, the motion of Hill of
Defiance to refer 10 the stand.
ing committee on Military AT.
fairs, being simply a less cour.
ageous and less manly way
than a straightforward mega.
tive vote, to kill The resolution
outright Pending the motion
10 refer, by a strict party vote
Mr.. 'Buell, loyal Democrat
representing Washington coun-
ty, being the only honorable
exception-the House adjourn
ed at the hour ef'half. past FIVE.
Thus, by a majority Of four,
the most disreputable Branch of
the most direputable Legisla-
ture hitherto assembled in
Ohio, succeeded in insulting an
armless hero-one of the
bravest and noblest of Ameri-
cas- great soldiers. who, at the
moment of the slanderous at.
taolcs of Democratic Legisla.
tors upon him, was almost with !
in sound of their voices, shar-
ing the hospitalities of the
Governor Of Ohio Ohio State
Journal.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
New Kind of Arm,

We notice travellers are
carrying a new arm (for self
defense). 1t consists of neat
package, is always ready for
use, and is labelled, j. W. Po-
lands Humor Doctor. A sure
cure for scrofula and all dis
eases of the blood. Put up in
large bottles, and for sale by
G. w. Sisson,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

A COOPERATIVE grocery store
has been started at Walnut
Hills, Cincinnati. The invest
ed capital is divided into shares
of $40 each. The goods are to
be sold for cash only. The af-
fairs OF the corner are managed
by a President, Secretary and
Treasurer.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
GEN. .GEANr,s ability To .keen

GEN. GRANTS ability to keep
a secret hereafter will not
be unquestioned. 1tis report
ed that t.at a recent party at
his residence, a venturesome
woman selected a favorable
moment to ask him who he in
tended to place in his Cabinet.
The General was surrounded
by acircle of The curious sex.
His answer, although not un-
gallant had a tinee of stub
bornness in it. SAID he, any
wife has asked me that same
question, but / haven't told her
yet" There can be no doubt
that hereafter the women of
America, ana especially the
will sympathize deeply
with Mrs. Grant.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

A DISPATCH to the Cincinnati
Gazette from Chillicothe, da-
ted Feb. 8, says:
Judge Robert NJ. Briggs, of
Fayette county, died suddenly
at the Valley House, at 4
o'clock this afternoon. lie
was found dead in his bed,
having been sick but a few
hours.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
A Word to Tobacco Dealers


Dealers in manufactured to.
bacco should bear IN mind
that tho time for them to dis.
pose of old stocks of tax.paid
tobacconot packed and stamp.
ed, as now required by law, has
EXPIRED. After the 18th inst.
il will. be a States prison of.
fense for an! person to sell or
offer to sell any smoking, fine
cut chewing tobacco or snuff,
if it be not packed and stamp
ed as the law requires.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

SOME discontented young
men in -Graniteville, South
Carolina, wished to break up a
social party. They according
ly shot the musician, as the
surest way of doing it.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

In Congress last week the
House refused to accede to the
Senate amendment to the
proposed constitutional amend.
msnt, and appointed q com.
lnittee of conference. The
electoral votes for President
and Vice President were coun.
ted amid great excitement,
and Grant and Colfax declared
elected.
Senator Morton, Of Indiana, from
the Joint Select Committee, reported
the fulfllmentof their mission to no.
tify the President and Vice President
elect of their election, aud submitted
the following reply from General
Grant:
"GESTLEMEN: Please notify the
two Houses of Congress Of my ac-
.ceptanee of the important trust which
you have just notified me of--my
election "a President of the United
st&tes-and say to them shall en-
deavor that they and those who elect
ed them shall have no cause to regret
their action"
Also, the following from MIR. Col
fax:
,"GENrLEMEN: Please convey to
the two Houses of Congress my ac-
ceptance of the office TO which have
been elected by the people of the
United States, and assure them that
shall tndeavor to prove worthy OF
this mark of confidence by fidelity to
principle and duty"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

IT is rumored on our streets
that the Raccoon Navigation
Company is abont to purchase
tho road to The Station, the
same to be cut up into sec.
tions and used to deepen Rae.
coon Greek.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

THERE is an old guide board
in North BarDstead, N. H.,
which has the following curl.
Gus inscription: "Pittsdeld s
miles Alton 2 rods 10 feet
II 1-2 inches"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

A WAC says it is folly to ex-
pect q girl to love a man whom
everybody speaks well of.
Get up a persecution, and her
affections will cling so fast that
a dozen guardians can't begin
to remove them.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

The Mayor OF Dublin, will
take advantage of the first
public levee to present Queen
Victoria a monster petition for
the amnesty of the Fenian
prisoners, which has been ex-
tensively signed by the corpor.
ate authorities Of the cities
and towns throughout Ireland.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

WIeFALL, Mason and Slidell
and other exiled Democrats
are preparing to return home.
They think the Democratic
party requires their services.
Forrest and Wade Hampton
don't get along we'll running
it
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

A MACHINE is in use at Mel.
bourne for shesrlng sheep by
steam. The machine is used
in tho same fashion as the
shears, but cuts much quicker
and cleaner, without the least
danger of lnjuring the fleece
or the sheep.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

A PHYSICIAN of Louisville
Gays American liquor has de-
teriorated. When he was young
men could get drunk without
doing damage; now they get
crazy and smash things.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18
THE VINTON RECORD.
THURSDAY, FEB. IS, 1869.

TnE Fourth of March, Inau.
-guration Day, comes on Thurs
day. Dam. Eng.
Andy Johnson and his ring
of plundering Democrats go
ton the same day.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

IF you would have a desira-
BILE head of hair and retain it,
use HALLS Vegetable Sicilian
Hair renewer, the most wond-
erful discovery Of modern
timea.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

Why suffer from weak Lungs,
Coughs, Pains in the Chest,
and similar diseases, when
White Pine Compound will
easily remove them2 For sale
by all Druggists.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

NEARLY all the Japan tea ex-
ported comes to this country.
English people will not
buy it. The export does not
increase.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

DANIEL D. PRATT, the newly
elected Senator from Indiana
is six feet four inches in height
and weighs two hundred and
seventy pounds.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

TIM Pooton Poet thinks that.
the Inauguration dance is evil
IDENTIFY o breakdown.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

LAST weeks Pomeroy Tele.
graph has a picture Illustrating
their small facilities" Beaton,
of Athens, one of the cOntrac.
tors, is mounted or a mule
withthe mail, bound for Pom.
eroy, while Gen. Grosvenor is
hitched to the rear of the sad
die pulling backward. Under
meath is the following inscrip.
tion: "Fro.n Athens in %
hoMrsl Distance 20 miles"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

WHY 10 hens always lay eggs
in the day timer "Becaus Q at
night they are roosters."
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

Be not deceived by imita.
tions of Halls Vegetable ST.
Gillian Hair Renewer;..call for
Halls AMI except no other.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

THERE is a baby in Hartford
three months old which weighs
only two pounds.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1869-02-18

ADVERTISE in tho Record,
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-23
Capture of Strange Beast In Illinois.

In the latter part of November last
hideous monster was captured and
killed by party of hunters, in the Hi
nois, bottom, fourteen miles west of Jer-
seyville. One of the parties engaged in
the capture thus describes the "ane-
mile" in correspondence to ttse -ifo.
Republican
We do not know whether to class him
with animal or reptile. TO call him an
animal would be degrading to a chicken
stealing skunk He had a body not un-
like that of a skunk if you look at his
back. His belly is brown and rough,
and looks like Illinois soil parched and
His head is like that Of a crocodile, ex-
enough to take in small boy whole.
His jaws are decked with rows of yellow
saw-like teeth, and his tongue is covered
with very rough coating, hard as steel.
His ears, almost circular, have bristles
inside and are as large as the head of
flour barrel. lie measures eight feet four
inches in circumference in the largest
place, in height about four feet six in-
ches, and in length eight feet one inch.
Monster indeed Incrodible but never
theless true. We brought his body to
town for public exhibition and weighed
him-1, ,63S pounds avoirdupois. lie
is in the park west of the Court house
where he may be seen at any time.
Great crowds have been around him
since his arrival this morning. Many
persons arc coming from distance to
witness the uncomely specimen. Weare,
Of course, in the dark as to the Origin or
breeding place of such nondescript.
The most informati' we can get is from
Captain W. III. Reed, of Calhoun county,
who says he has heard to.ies of some
such thing having been seen some years
ago in Cass county, up the river about
sixty miles from Mr.. Keacll, who says he
saw his track about two years ago near
Columbiana Landing, Ill Green county,
on the Illinois river, eleven miles above
the place where he was killed. Mr.
Gledhill will take his likeness tomorrow,
and if we can obtain one of the photos
will send it to Leslie for the gratifiea-
tion of those who cannot come to see for
themselves
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-23


THE EXAMINER ON GRANT.-Figaro
gives the following as sample Of the ed
itorials of the San Francisco Examiner.
since the election of Grant:
There is no more a Republic in the
United States. A military despot will
rule the country with rod of iron.
Grant will scarcely dare to ignore the
wishes and opinions of nearly half a
million of white voters. The Radicals
will find that they cannot control him as
easily as they expect. Emperor Grant
and his Court of Radical thieves will re-
duce the Nation to bankruptcy. We
hope and have foundation for the hope
that Gen. Grant will appreciate the re-
sponsibilites of the Office he is about to
fill, and will cut loose from the influence
of those who fondly imagine he will aid
them in enslavins the people. Hiram
Ulysses Grant, the tonguetied blockhead,
has been elected against the expressed
wish of the white people, and they must
submit to the negro rule. Gen. Grant
will not forget his early Democratic
training, and the Rump Oligarchy at
Washington will find that they have
made mistake in their man. The
Washington despot, the generous soldier,
the tool of the infamous Radical party,
the strong minded, firm and well-mean-
ing Grant, ETC., etc.