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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
A Lady in the Wrong Bath.

AnewIy married couple recently ar
rived in New Orleans. Jaded and
tired, they would each have bath
before retiring. They found the baths
in their hotel so situated that a lady
and gentleman Especially when the
lady is the gentleman's wife) can take
their baths in adjoining apartments.
But unfortunately for the happiness
of our couple, baths at the same time
were ordered for other guests who had
Just arrived, and by the most natural
mistake in the world our bride got in
to the wrong bath.
1t was in that moment of supreme
endowment, when the warm, genial
water was eoqueting with the beauti-
full form; when, like the maiden on
the banks of the Ganges, the bride
was admiring the loveliness the water
reflected, that the door was pushed
gently open, and a tall, bearded mascu-
line entered.
OF course the lady ysereamed-indeed
did she. Such a succession of shrieks
have rarely echoed through that build
ing, nuniberless as may have been its
experiences in screams.
"Oh, hush; for Gods sake be quiet;
you'll alarm the city"
30, YOU dreadful manw and the
shrieks waxed more loud aud piercing,
and the angry little hands beat the
water around her into fOaming cas-
cade, like a miniature Niagara.
BY this time the whole house was
alarmed, and the patter Of running
feet was heard through all the eOrri-
dors. The man couldn't get out, be
cause he was not dressed He could
not remain, because it was immOdest.
The husband by this time was thun-
dering at the door, and inquiring in
accents far from calm, what the d
was the matter.
"HeIp me help mer screamed the
bride.
The Mortified husband heard in re-
ply:
I'll gOr
He could endure no more, but burst
ing open the door, rushed like a demon
into the room, crying frantically for
MARY, Mary! Ny God, what's the
matter!' But at the same time his
eve lighted on the stranger, turning
madly in Intellectual efforts to resume
his apparel. On him he seized, and
with his fist raised, demanded the
meaning of this intrusion.
1t was afforded in a trembling tone,
which disclosed his sense of the peril.
''The lady had got into the wrong
bath; he was not aware of her pres
ence until he undressed; he meant no
offense. For mercy sake let him Out!"
TheexplanatiOn proving satisfactory
the unfortunate stranger fled, and the
bride was left to the consultations Of
her lord.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
Mr.. CovoDE. Will the gentleman

Mr.. CovoDE. Will the gentleman
yield to me for moment?
Mr.. GARFIELD. l must decline to
yield.
Mr.. CovODE. The gentleman asked
a question of 'the gentleman from
JOhnstown district and / desire to
answer il.
Mr.. GARFIELD. One word more
This is not the first time we have heard
a clamor against the Commissioner of
the Revenue. | must advert for a
moment to something that occurred
about two years ago. At that time
the Commissioner recommended a re-
ductiOn of the tax on whisky, and
gave it rs his opinion that thereby the
amount of revenue from that source
would be increased. In certain quar-
ters 4 great clamOr was raised against
him, and | remember very we'll that
Il circular was laid before the menu
bers of this House charging the Com
missioner with being in the interest
of whisky men. Now, what was the
fact? After wasting the revenues of
this country in fruitless and vain at
tempt to collect the tax of two dollars
per gallon the tax was reduced. And
with what result? Everything prom
ises that the revenue from the tax on
whisky will thisyear reach SAG, 900, 900,
while it never before has reached the
sum of S3O,0OO,00 year, even with
the tax of two dollars.
! have in my hand a record of the
collections i'm the Chicago district in
few months of this year, showing
that duTingthe corresponding months
IN 1867 and in 1868, the amount of rev.
enue from the present rate of tax upon
whisky is greater than when the rate
of tax was higher. 1t shows the
amounts of tax paid on whisky under
the siXty-five cent tax and under the
two dollar tax for the same months OF
IS6I and 1858. ----
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
THE CHRONICLE.
TIE DOOR STEP.
By E. C. sTEDMAS.

The Conference meeting through at last,
We boys around the vestry waited
To see the girls come tripping past,
Like snow birds waiting TO be mated.
Not braver he that leaps the wall
By level musket flashes litten,
Than stepped before them all,
Who longed TO see me get the mitten.
But no. she blushed and took my arml
We let the old folks take the highway,
And started toward the Maple Farm
Along kind of lovers by-way.
I can't remember what we said,
Twas nothing worth song or story,
Yet that rude path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed and in glory.
The snow was crisp beneath our feet,
The moon was full, the fields were gleam-
By hood and tippit sheltered, sweet
Her face with youth and health was BEAM
ing.
The little hand outside her muff-
o sculptor. If you could but mold II!
So lightly touched my jacket cuff,
To keep ii warm had to hold IL.
To have her with me there alone,
Twas love and fear and triumph blended d;
At last we reached the fOOi-worn stone
Where that delicious journey ended.
She shook her ringlets from her brow.
And with Thank you, Ned, -dissembled;
But vet / knew she understood
With what daring wish trembled-
A cloud passed kindly overhead,
The moon was slowly peeping through IL,
Yet hid its face, as If il said,
Come, now or never! do it! do IL -
Ny lips till then had only known
The Kiss Of mother and of sister,
But, somehow, full upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling MOUTH kissed her.
Perhaps twas boyish love, yet, still,
o. listleSs woman! weary lover!
To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill
I'd give-but who can live life over.
Atlantic for February.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
MISPSACED CONFIDENCE.
How a 'sWieked Frando was Put Up
on Mark Twain in Newark.
rFrom the Newark On. ~ Press.


It is seldom pleasant to tell on ones
self, but sometimes it is . sort of re-
lief to a man to make a sad con-
fessiOn. 1 wish to unburIlen my
mind now, and yet I almost believe
that I am moved to do it more because
l long to bring eensure upon another
man than because l desire to pour
balm upon my wounded heart do
not know what balm is, but | believe II
is the correct expression to use in this
cOnnectiOn-never having seen any
balm). You may remember that lee
tured in Newark lately, for the young
gentlemen Of the ClaytOnian Society?
| did at any rate. During the after
noon of tina: day 1 was talking with
one of the young gentleman just re-
ferred to, and he said he had an uncle
who, from some cause or other, SEEM
ed to have grown permanently bereft
of all emotion. And with tears in his
eyes this young man said:
"Oh, if l could only see him laugh
once more Oh, if could only see
him weepw
Twas touched. 1 could never with
stand distress. I said:
"Bring him to my lecture. III
start him for you"
sob, if 1 could but do it, If you
could but do It, all our family would
bless yOu fOrevermOre-fOr he is very
dear to US Oh, my benefaetOr can
YOU make him laugh can you bring
soothing tears to those parched ores.
/ was profoundly moved L said:
"My son, bring the old party around.
have got some jokes in my lecture
that will make him laugh If there Is
any laugh in him-and if they miss
fire, Ihave got some Others that will
make him cry or kill him, one or the
other"
Then the young man blessed me,
and wept on my neck, and blew his
nose on my coat tail, and went after
his uncle. He placed him in full
view, in the second row of benches
that night, and l began on him. L
tried him with mild jokes and then
with severe ones; / dOsed him with
bad Jokes, and riddled him with good
ones; 1 fired old stale jokes into him,
and peppered him fore and aft with
red-hOt new ones; / warmed up TO
nv work, and assaulted him on the
right and left, in front and behind; /
fumed and sweated, and charged and
routed. till was hOarse and sick, and
frantic and fuTiOus-but l never
moved him Once-I never started a
smile or a tear! Never a ghost Of a
smile, and q suspicion of moisture! i
was astOnished. / closed the lecture
at last with one desparing shrek
with one wild burst of humor-and
hurled joke of supernatural atroe1-
ty full at him. Then 1 sat down be-
wildered and exhausted
The President of the society came
up and bathed my head with cold
water and said
''What made you carry on so toward
the last?n
l said: "I was trying to make that
cOnfounded old fool laugh, in the sec
ond row."
And he said: "Well, you were
wasting your time-beeause he is deaf
and dumb and blind as badger"
Now, was that any way for that old
mans nephew to impose on a stran-
ger and an orphan like me ? | simply
ask YOU, as a man and a brother, If
that was any way for him TO do?
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

VALUE OF EUROPEAN PATENTS
The American origin of an invention
is now recommendation in Europe,
where many of these inventions are
in successful operation and large
fortunes have been realised by their
introduction. improvements relating
TO some manufactures are of great
value in this kingdom. Mr.. Bessemer
derives an annual income of about
5, 600, 600 from his British steel pat
ents, and the patentee of a device
for dressing mill-stOnes by a revOlv-
ing diamond, has realised over 81
600, 900 the first year of his patent.
The use of diamond for this pur-
pose is an American invention, and
the estimated value of the exclusive
right in England, tor ten years Is
S. 200, 900. British patents, as rule,
are the most valuable, but many in
ventions are equally profitable mother
parts of Europe, and some are peeu-
iiarly adapted to Continental wants
and customs.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

OF all the joys vOuchsafed to man in
Iife's tempestuOus whirl, there 5
naught approaches heaven so near as
sleighing with girl--a rosy, laugh
ing. buxOm girl; a frank, gOod-natured,
honest girl /; feeling, flirting, dash
ing. doating, smiling, smacking, jolly,
ioking, jaunty, jovial, pOser-goking,
dear little duck of a girl; Pile up
I vour wealth a mountain high, you
sneering, seOffing ehurl, III laugh as
/ 90. dashing by with my jingling
bells and girl-the brightest, dearest,
sweetest girl; the trimmest, gayestt,
neatest girl the Funniest, fushest'
! frankest, fairest, roundest, ripest,
roguishest, rarest, spunkiest, spieiest,
s91irmiest, squarest, best of girls, with
dropping iasRes, half comsealing ali { gohan Pm,
Orous flashes-just the girl .t,d for I,er,g enap
,,o,1 i1N saeEwith stae rosy cheeks and cluster
Inc eurls. the sweetest and the best OF
girls.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
Arizona.

The climate of Arizona in winter
is finer than that of Italy. 1t would
scarcely be possible to suggest an i'm
movement. never experienced
such exquisite Christmas weather as
we enioyed during our sojOurn. Per
hans fastidious people might object to
the temperature in summer, when
the rays of the sun attain their max
imum force, and the hot winds sweep
in from the desert. 1t is said that a
wicked slider died here, and was
consigned to the fiery regions below
for his manifold sins; but, unable
To stand the rigors of the climate,
sent back for his blankets. l have
even heard complaint that the ther-
mometer failed to show the true neat,
because the mercury dried up. Ev-
erything dries; wagons dry; men
dry; chickens dry; there Is no juice
left in anything, living or dead, by
the close of summer. Ohcers ana
soldiers are supposed to walk about
creaking; mules, it is said, can only
bray at midnight; and l have heard
it limited that the carcasses of cattle
rattle Inside their hides, and that
snakes find a difficulty in bending
their bodies, and horned frogs die of
apODlexy. Chickens hatched at this
season, as old Fort Yumers say, come
out of the shell ready cooked; bacon
is eaten with n spoon, and butter must
stand an hour in the sun before the
flies become dry enough for use. The
Indians sit in the river with fresh
mud on their heads. and by dint OF
constant dipping and sprinkling man
age to keep from roasting, though
they usually come out parboiled.
Strangers coming suddenly upon a
group squatted in water up to their
necxs. with their mud-cOvered heads
glistening in the sun, frequently mis-
take them for seals. Their usual
mode of travelling down the river is
astride of n log, their heads only
being visible. 1t is enough to make
a man stare with amazement to see .
group of mudballs floating on the
current of hot day, laughing and
talking to each other as if it were the
finest fun in the world. have never
tried this mode of lOeOmOtiOn have
an idea it must be delightful in such n
glowing summer climate. II. Ross
BrOJUlle.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

The tax in 1867 was three times as
large per gallon as in 1865, and yet
look at the respective receipts from
each rate. On a siXty-five cent tax
the receipts are nearly seven times as
great as on the two dollar taxi
An officer who has served the eoun-
try so ably and faithfullydeserves well
of Congress and the country. trust
the motion to print will prevail.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
For the Chronicle.
THE GOLDEN WEDDING.
BY MERcIA BoYNsroS LANE
Respectfully inscribed to Mr.. and Mrs
dedger on their golden wedding.

BY MERcIA BoYNsroS LANE
Respectfully inscribed to Mr.. and Mrs
Hedger on their golden wedding.
II is fifty years to-day, Mother
Since we sat side by side.
And you in maiden bashfulneSs
Became my cherished bride.
The merry bells pealed forth their notes,
And all was glad and gay;
Life seemed so full of sunshine,
Sweet scented as in May.
The future looked so fraught with flowers
SO merry and so bright
How could it ever change, we thought
Into a darkening night.
The earth fairy palace seemed,
And we would grasp our share,
Ne'er dreaming OF the thorns that lay
Waiting in ambush there.
And as the years now by apace,
Godlit the lamps with care,
For little children blessed our home
And grew in gladuess there;
To make the sunshine brighter
To soften earthly trials
And cheer our declining days.
Our little boys are men, Mother;
o, can it be so long.
Since we Graded them at evening tide
- And sang their baby song.
p Our little girls are women too;
i-l Howvery strange IL seems,
They're all gone from us now, Mother:
2 Yet life with giadness teens.
1 believe we are getting old, Mother,
o. For fifty years they say,
Have rolled into eternity
Since twas our wedding day.
Well, as we take q retrospect
OF past and future years, ---
We have great cause for thankfulness
As well as cause for tears;
That on the evening Of our days
The cherished blessings come,
And cluster round our fireside
In this our earthly home.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
cHERIFF'S SALE.

. rhe state OF Ohio, Trumbuu Co., IS.
sIaTy A Grove, ! In Trumbull Common
vs.. SPlcaS-
William Grove. Grill AcfiOn.
ByVirtue of an execution issued out of the
Court Of Common Pleas, of Trumbull Co,
Ohio, in the above named case, to me direct
ed and delivered. l shall expose 70 public
saleat the south door OF the Court House, in
the city OF Warren, Ohio, on Saturday. the 18th
DAY of Feb. 4. D.. 1869, between the hours OF
one and three o'clock, p m.- of said day, the
following described real estate, tO-wit: Two
houses and one lot, situate in BrOOkneld
Township, Trumbul County, Ohio, and
bounded as follows, tO-wit: Bounded on
the north by the highway, on the east by
lands owned by r. h Groves, on the south
the west by lands owned by George Seburn.
Appraised at $4,000. Terms Cash.
s. NJ. LAIRD, Sheriff.
Taylor & Jones, Pitts Atty.
Sheriff7s Office, Warren, o., Jan. Is, IS69-jt.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
AIESSENGER,S NOTICE

llI This is to give notice that on the 18th
cay OF January, A. D., 1853, warrant in
Bankruptcy was issued against the estate OF
William II. Beardsley, of Southington, in
the county of Trumbull, and State of Ohio,
who has been adjudged a bankrupt on his
own petition; that the payment of any debts
and delivery of any property belonging 10
such bankrupt, to him or for his use, and the
transfer of any property by him is forbidden
by law; that n meeting OF the creditors OF
said bankrupt 10 prove their debts, and
choose one or more asSigneeS Of his estate,
will be held at "A Court Of Bankruptcy 10 be
holden at Warren, TTumbull County, Ohio,
before L. c. Jones, Esq, Register, on the 36th
day of February, A. D., 1869. at 10 O'Clock, 4.
NJ SETH NJ. LAIRD,
Deputy U. s. Marshall as Messenger.
Geo. p. Hunter, Atty for Petitioner.
Jan. -, Io69-2t
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
nIESSENGER,S NOTICE.

NI TI0lNL-N IIIIl -NO IOLs
lNl This is to give notice that on the 10Th
Jay of January. a. D., 1863, a warrant in
Bankruptcy was issued against the estate OF
George l.. Kile, OF bloomfield, in the County
of Trumbull, and state of Ohio, who has
been adjudged bankrupt on his own petit
ton; thatthe payment ofany debts and de-
livery of any property belonging TO such
bankrupt, to him or for his use and the trans
fer OF any property by him is forbidden by
law: that a meeting Of the creditors of said
bankrupt TO prove their debts and choose
one or more assignees Of his estate, will be
held at a Court of Bankruptcy to be holden
at Warren, TTumbull County, Ohio. before
l.. c. Jones, ESQ, Register, ON the 5th dav OF
March, A D., 1868, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
SETH NJ. LAIRD
Deputy U. s. Marshal. as Messenger.
JnO. NJ, Stull, Atty for Petitioner.
Jan. q, lSG9-2t.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
WEsrERN RESERVE BANK,

WARREN, OiIO, aug. H. Aooo-
NOTICE is hereby given, to the
holders of the outstanding notes of the
late Western Reserve Bank, and TO all other
parties interested, that after the expiration
of six months from this date, application
will be made to the Auditor, Secretary and
Treasurer of State to surrender TO said Bank,
the stocks deposited to secure the out-stand-
ing circulation of said Bank, in pursuance OF
the fOrty-fifth (i5th) section of an act entitled
IAN Act TO incorporat the State Bank of
Ohio. and other Banking Companies passed
Feb. q, IS45. II. B. PERKINS, Pres't
- NJ. B. TAYLER, Cashier.
Aug 10 lStS-6Ia
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

The map in common use among
the learned i'm India was prepared by
an educated Mussulman. India is
represented as covering one third of
the globe, China another third, Ara
bia and other MOhammedan countries
nearly the whole of the remaining
third. England, Scotland, Ireland,
Norway. Sweden and Denmark are
crowded i'm the northwest corner, and
represented by a territory smaller
than Iceland. South of these, Africa
is exhibited as a small island, OF
which America is one of the prinei-
pal towns.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

The annual Encampment of the
Grand Army Of the Republic OF the
Pacific Coast Post was in session at
San Francisco last week Reports
from various commanding Ofneers IN
dictate the order in a prosperous con-
ditiOn. Col. James Cory was elected
Grand Commander for the ensuing
wear
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

NOTICE.-The undersigned will
Y sell at Public Auction. at the Steam
Saw Mill of Alexander Campbell, in Fowler,
on the 2Ofh day OF February, A. D. IS6g a
claim for 500, against Laurence LeffingwelI
in favor Of the estate of Benjamin sheldon
decd. Sale 10 commence at 10 O'clock n m
of rhat day. WM. CRATSLEY,
Admir- of Benjamin Sheldon.
Ian. q. IS693ts
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03
BANKRUPTCY.

NOAR hhOf ~ i. -
DIN the District Court of the United States
ior the Northern District of Ohio. In the
matter Of John V. COttam, bankrupt In
Bankruptcy.
To tUllOm Il HlQy concern. The undersigned,
residing al Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio,
hereby gives notice Of his appointment as
Assignee of John V. Gotham, of MesOpOta-
mia, County of Trumbull, and State of Ohio,
who has been adJudged a bankrupt upon
1fsoYn Petition by the District Court OF said
District WIN. T. SPEAR,
Warren O., Jan. %, Is0s-st Assignee.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

A certain Mile. Marie, in Paris,
who is without either arms or legs,
sews, embroiders and Writes 10y means
of her mouth. The Figaro, which
confirms this phenomenon from oc-
ular demonstration, says that nothing
can be more wonderful than to see
this young girl, whose face is very
pretty, threading needle and using
her scissors by means of her lips.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

In the Illinois Legislature on Tues
day, 18th ult., a bill was introduced to
compel railroads in that State to
charge uniform rates for transporta-
ton of freight, in proportion to the
distance carried, and providing that
any railroad charging more than a
J1r0 rata proportion shall pay the
owner of the freight five times the
amount wrongfully collected, besides
attorneys fees.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

a little boy and girl had been eau
toned never TO take the nest egg
when they gathered the eggs; but one
evening tine girl reached the nest first,
seized an egg, and started for the
house. Her disappointed brother fol-
lowed CRYING, "Motherl Mother
Susy, she's been and got the egg the
old hen measures by!'
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

ESTATE of Harriet Patterson, decd.
IL Notice is hereby given, that the under
sleSned has been appointed and qualIned as
Administrator on the estate OF Harriet Pat
terson, decd, late Of Newton Township,
Trumbul County, Ohio.
SIMON MILLER,
Newton, Jan. 20, lS69-3t$ Admir-
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

A wild turkey was killed in Wash
inrton county, Pa, the other day,
ana. after having been sold, was
found to contain pound and six
ounces of railroad spikes. He had
been dosing himself with iron for gem
eral debility.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

NOTICE is hereby given that the
undersigned has been duly appointed
- Administrator of the estate of Milo A.
Phllips, late ofTrumbull County, Ohio, decd.
WM. W. COWDERY.
Jan. %, lSs9-st.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

The Central Pacific Railroad Is COM
pleted five hundred miles east OF Sac
ramentO, within twenty-s,x miles OF
the Humboldt wells, The road vii
probably be finished before the ISt<
Of April.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

A LMON d. WEBB Notary Public,
~. Fire and Life Insurance Agent; ana
Fc.-sion and Bounty Agent Passage TICK
cts sold 10 and from, and money remit
ted TO the old country, at the lowest current
rates. Office in Webb's Block, Main street,
Warren. Ohio. JAM y. lo0o.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1869-02-03

DIARIES FOR 1869.
1--we have few Diaries left which we
viii sell at low prices. Call and get one
W., & w. +. PORTER