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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-23
Country Roads.

"This is great country for rail
roads, but you have execrable COM
mon roads, said an English traveller.
Americans who have travelled in
ireland come home amazed and de.
lighted with the common roads of
that island So great is the difference
between those and ours that the jaunt-
ing car, a very pleasant and commo>,
dious vehicle, could not be used here
at all, whereas one horse draws six
persons in it. We have the repu-
tation Of making the strongest car
riages in the world, and doubtless we
deserve it, for a road wagon must be
we'll made here, or It would not last
a season through.
Yet it has been demonstrated that
good roads cost less than poor ones;
the first cost is greater, but the repairs
are far more cheaply done, and fewer
horses are required for service.
In France, according to an artic lie
in Van Nostrand' 5 Engineering Maga-
zine, there were in 1885 forty-fye
thousand miles of highway, on which
merchandise was transported at a
yearly cost of ninety millions of dol.
lars. But competent French engi-
neers estimated at that time that at
least one-third of this amount, or
thirty millions of dollars, could be
saved by keeping the roads in the
best possible condition. Il practical
test is cited, in the case of the post.
road between Tours and Caen-"a
length of about one hundred and
fifty miles, which in 1886 was an
nounced in an official report as being
in so bad a state that without a spec,
ial credit of ten thousand dollars, aud
a great additional provision of mater
ials, there was danger that it would
become impossible. In January
1887, its reconstruction was com
menced. In August, 1888, it was re-
ported to be in very good and con-
stantly improving condition. In
1884, the mail had always required
five horses, and in one year eleven
were lost by Overwork. In 1887
from four to FIVE horses were requir-
ed. In 1888 the number of horses
was reduced to three. In 1871 only
two were required of middling quail
ty, and none were lost from over work.
In 1886 a lighter class of conveyance
than that formerly employed was in
troduced, carrying nine passengers,
drawn by one horse at between seven
and eight miles an hour. The ex-
pense of maintenance in 1S47 were for
materials, $4,000; labor, $4,000
total So 400. In 1871 they were for
materials, $50; for labor $1,000;
total, 5000. 1t will be thus seen
that while the expense for labor re-
mained nearly the same, the cost fol
materials diminished more than two
thirds.
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Daniel Websters's Fright.

No situation more perfectly paVes
the way for hearty laugh at the end
than that of two strangers obliged tO
be together and in mutual terror oi
each other, Nothing can be more
comically uncomfortable than q
couple of honest men cycling each
other askanoe an hour or two, wher
all the time "onc is afraid and the
other daresn't.'
Upon one occasion, Mr.. Webster
was on his way to attend to his du.
ties at Washington. He was COMPEL.
ed to proceed at night by stage from
Baltimore. He had no travelling com
panion, and the driver had a sort o.
felon look which produced no incOn-
siderable alarm with the Senator.
II endeaVored to tranquilize my
self, said Mr.. Webster, land haC
partially succeeded, when we reached
the woods between Bladenburg anC
Washington Ga proper scene for mur
der or outrage, and here | confess
my courage deserted me"
'Just then the driver. turning Il
me, with gruff voice, asked my name
| gave it to him.
"Where are you going ?" said he.
The reply was "tO Washington.
am Senator
Upon this, the driver seized M
fervently by the hand, and exclaimed
How glad l am L have been trem
bling in my seat for the last hour, 70
when 1 looked at you 1 took you t,
be highWayman." Ofcourse, bot
parties were relieved.
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FORM OF CALL
FOR AN OHIO WOMAN SUFFRAGE CON-
YENTION.

FOR AN OHIO WOMAN SUFFRAGE CON-
VENTION.
The undersigned unite iR calling a
Convention. to meet in Cincinnati
Ohio. on Wednesday and Thursday
September -th and til, for the
purpose of organizing State Wo-
MANS Suffrage association, to be bas-
ed on the following
PLATFORM:
Whereas, All jnst governments are
founded on the consent of the gov
erned; and,
Whereas, Taxation without repre-
sentation is tyranny; and,
Whereas, Every human being is
endowed by the Creator with the in
alienable right to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; therefore,
Resolped, 1st. That the Govern
ment OF the United States in denying
to women, who constitute fully one
half of its subjects, the right of suf>
frage, and with it most of tho privi-
leges and emoluments pertaining to
full citizenship, is only half republic
can in its character.
ResOlved, I'd. That it is the duty
of women, who are thus denied their
right of suffrage, to demand it, in or
der that the Government may be in
truth what it is represented to be,
and by this means be preserved for
the welfare of future generations.
RESOLVED, Sd. That it is the duty
of all progressive and truth-loving
men, who would know the right and
help do it, to unite with the women
in helping them to secure the ballot,
which Will prove sufficient guaran-
tee for all civil aud social rights.
NAME. RESIDENCE.
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The Barbara Freitchie Story.

The pretty poem with the above
title which ranks with Whittier's
other poems of "Maud Muller" and
"The Slaves of Martinique" proved to
have been the contrivance of Mrs E.
D. E. N. Southworth, the novelette,"
writer. She saw the fact in the pa
per that old Mrs. Freitchie had bold
ly hung out her flag when Stonewall
Jackson passed through Frederick.
Taking this paragraph, Mrs. South
worth hung a story upon 1t, and sent
it, with her compliments, to Mr..
Whittier, saying that it seemed to her
good topic for his peculiar style of
treatment. Whittier replied in a
letter, thanking her for the sugges-
ton, and the poem almost Immediately
appeared. Soon afterward, Mrs South
worth asked a gentleman of Frede
rick, Mr.. Samuel Tyler, l.. l.. d., If he
knew anything about the incident.
He volunteered to find the exact facts,
and satisfied himself of them as fol-
lows:
1. Stonewail Jackson never pass
ed through Frederick at the head of
Lis troops, and never passed through
Frederick at any time, with single
exception, when at 4 o'clock in the
morning, before Mrs Freitobie or any,
body else was up, he rode up to the
court house square before the resi-
dence of a lady who had relatives
living in his town of Lexington, and
tearing off strip from the side of a
newspaper, he wrote upon it.
"Gen. j. Z. Jackson is unwilling
to pass near Frederick without leav-
ing his compliment for Mrs.,
but he finds her in repose and will
not awaken her"
This slip was hung upon the door
knocker.
2. Mrs. Freitohie had two young
girls, relatives, stopping with her,
and these appeared with the old lady
at the garret window of her house,
near the creek, and as the federal
Gen. Reno passed through on his way
to South Mountain battle, these young
ladies ran out a miniature flag and
waved it, while the troops raised a
cheer. This was the origin Of the flag
story, and enthusiastic unionism
transferred it to StoneWall Jackson.
When Mr.. Tyler reported this ex-
haustiVe statement of the case to
Mrs. SouthWorth, that imaginative
lady said: "Well, if it did not occur
it ought to have done so p
Mrs. Southworth lives on a steeI
hill street at Georgetown, and rattle:
off her peculiar fctions at the rate o.
twelve or fifteen columns q week
Some time ago she was taken with
smallpox, and while the ulcers were
hideously running all over her face
she hired an amanuensis and plunged
into the labyrinths of a serial romance
She makes six Thousand dollars year
has engagements offered or pending
in London and Paris, has spent TIVE
years in Europe, and has educated
her children handsomely. She i
herself without education, and is
native of this District, or of the ad
Joining part ofr Maryland Washing
ton Cor. of he Chicago Tribune.
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REST. WEARY SOUL.


The penalty is borne, the ransom paid
For all thy sins full satisfaction made
Strive not thyself TO do what Christ has done;
Claim the free gift, and make the joy thy own,
No more by pangs OF guiIt and fear distressed,
Rest, sweetly rest.
Rest, weary heart
From al thy silent griefs and secret pain,
Thy profitIess regrets and longing vain;
Wisdom and love have ordered all the past,
And shall be blessedness and bright at last,
Cast of the cares that have so longoppressed,
Rest. sweelly rest
Rest, weary head,
Lie down 20 sIumber IN the peaceful tomb
Light from above has broken through its gloo
Here, ia the place where once the Savior lay,
Where he shall meet thee on a future day,
Like tired child upon its mothers breast,
Rest, sTeetly rest!
Rest, sWeetly rest
In the green pastures Of the Heavenly shore,
Where sin and sorrow can approach no more.
With all the tiOek By the Good Shepherd fed,
Beside the streams of life eternalIed,
Forever with thy God and Savior bleSt,
Rest sweetly rest.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-23

FALLEN SoN.-Follow him home
from the scenes of his debauch. He
is an only son. Every nerve ha:
been strained to give him the ehoic.
est education. Parents aud sister:
gloried in his talents and looked for
ward to his future fame. Alas al
ready these visions are less bright.
Enter now the family circle-par
ents surrounded by lovely daughters
Within that circle reigns peace, vir.
tue and refinement. The evening
has been spent in animated converse.
ton and the sweet interchange OF
affeetionate endearmeDt. But there
is one who used to share all this, who
was the center Of the circle. Why
is he not here? The hour of devo-
ton has come; they kneel before
their Father and God. A voice thai
used to mingle in their praises i:
wanting. An hour rolls away-an-
other has gone. Why has all cheer.
fulness gomez Why do those parent,
start at every step?
The step of that son and brother il
heard. The door is opened-he stag
gers in before them, and is stretched
cut at their feet in all the loathsome
ness of intoxieation.
"0h, who shall tell the sorrows o
home dark with sin ?"-T Rev. DR.
Wayland.
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desville, and soon stand on the bloody
field of Antietam. I crossed the
creek on a grand stone bridge. pass
ing where Mcclellan had his Head
quarters Ga the left, is Pierce's s
Mills, and on the right is an old
house, built in 174S, where Braddock
and Washington had halted and
slept This bridge was the center Of
the lines. A half mile west, on the
second and highest range of hills, ,
Lee deployed his lines, and here is
the National Cemetery. From it one
gets view of the whole field.
To the north is the Dunkard
Church, and the ground made glo-
rious by Joe. Hooker, and memora-
bic as the field where Mansfield fell,
herOically charging up the open slopes
at the head of his Corps. drove up
road, leading to the Church, and
stood on the ground where Sumner
and Hooker received the terrible
shock of LangStrect's impetuous
Corps. A mile or less southlis an
other stone bridge, where Burnside
fought. No army ever faced a more
terrible position. The slaughter was
awful. East of the creek, in rear of
McClellan's center, lay Fitz John
Porter. He had $1,000 men who
never fired a shot during the battle.
He was generally in reseroe. Had
one-third ofthis force been forward
ed to- support either Burnside lonr
the left or Sumner on the right, Lees
tanks must have been dri1 en- in and
his army destroyed. Had the little
Napoleon exhibited the same energy
here that he did at South Mountain,
he would have annihilated Lee and
made himself the great man of the
war: The fighting was Desperate
and the troops of both armies we're
handled with great skill. Lee left
and crossed the Potomac, and Nc
Clellan went into camp. Our forces
exceeded the rebels by 10000, and
Antietam, though victory to our
army, was without results in the con-
test, and ruined Mcclellan. 1 had
supposed he had been wronged, but
study of these battles and the ground,
with maps and reports before me-
convinces me that he could not COM
mand in the field before such a mar.
tial mind as Lee. h f{[E
But l must close, as. l leave at
once for Winchester and the Valley,
L must remark that the Cemetery is
finely improved, and our noble dead
gathered from all this region receive
all the attention that duty and pat
riotism can require. went through
the Ohio section, and noticed the
names of DOWney, Crosson, Craig,
Walters, Harley Rainey, Lambright
and Rich. Miss Beckett, of Lexing-
ton, Ohio, was here, and found the
grave of her brother.
w. 1T. c..
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Woman Suffrage.

1t is with pleasure that We comply
with the request of the Woman:
Advocate" a paper publishedin Day.
ton, to copy the two appended arti-
cles. On the subject of wOman's
suffrage, we have only to say this
we are perfectly willing, when the
question is, if ever, submitted to the
vote, that none but women shall de-
eide it. 1t is our candid opinion that
if the question was left to them alone,
five thousand votes favorable to the
question could not be secured in Ohio:
OHIO WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
ASSOCIATION.
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Fanny Fern thus goes for the ducks
ofpretty men whom school girls die
for:
"But your conventional handsome
men of the barber's window, wax
figure head pattern; with a pet lock
in the middle Of his forehead, an ap-
ple-sized head, and a raspberry mus
tache with six hair. in it, paint pot on
his cheek, and little dot of a"goatee'
on his chin, with pretty, blinking
little studs in his shirt-boson; and u
little necktie that looks as if he
would faint were it tumbled, I'd as
lief look at a poodle. always feel a
desire to nip it up with a pair of su.
gar-tougs, drop it gently into bowl
of cream, and strew pink rose leaves
over the little remains.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-07-23

Some years ago, ESQ the story goes)
farmer not living a thousand miles
from New York, gave one of his sons
some money, and told him to go out
west and remain two years, at the en- d
of which time, if he would return to
q specified place, one of his brothers
would meet him. The young man
went, and returned and met his broth
er according to the appointment, al
though No communication had taken
place between them during the time.
While going home together the
wanderer, after relating some of his
adventures, inquired whether anything
had happened since he left home.
"No, not single thing" said the
other, everything is just the same
as when you left, except that the old
crow died"
"Indeed,' said the wandcrer, "aud
is the old crow dead? what killed
him?"
"Why he ate too much meat when
the matched horses died.''
"Good gracious are the matched
horses dead What killed them %
"Weli, you see when the house aud
barn burned, they overdid them
selves in hauling water"
"Good gracious! are the house and
barn burned down? How did it hap
en?"
"Well, you see, when daddy died,
they wEe carrying lights about, and
were careless.''
"Good gracious! and is daddy dead?
What was the matter with him?"
"Well, you see, when Sal ran away
and got married against dads will
he just pined away and died"
Good gracious! so nothing happen
ed since 1 have been away?"
"No; every thing sjust the same -
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A Story Of Terrible Suffering,

The following extraordinary tale
Of shipwrecked crew, aud the ter.
rible fate of all except a single survi-
vor, whose adventures equal those OI
Robinson Crusoe, appears In Pari:
letter to the New York PicayuRe
In tie month of August, 1853, the
French Ship Adeliua Eliza quilted
Bordeaux for Hong Kong. A month
after she was spoken off Cape of Good
Hope. She was never heard of age in
until a few days since her history and
the history of all her crew became
public. A typhoOn in the indian
ocean threw her out of her course,
dismasted her, broke her ru oder, and
tossed her towards 0ceanica. Bad
weather lasted thirty days, and when
fair weather returned, she struck up
on coral reef, aud the exhausted
crew were scarcely able to take ref
uge in boats. 1t was 4 moonless,
starless night when this accident oe-
surred. They rowed wildly and
thanked God when the breaking day
showed them a harbor, surrounded
by a charming landscape. They
reached land aud laid down to
sleep. When they awoke they found
themselves bound hand and foot, and
surrounded by slvages. Their cap
tors proved to be cannibals. Eleven
of them, their captain included, were
slain and eaten. Three others con
trived chow does not yet appear to
make their escape, but they were
mutilated. The one who has sue
ceeded in reaching Europe has one
arm cut off aud one eye torn out.
The three reached a remote point
of the island, where they found ca
noe and embarked in it, preferring
the risk Of being deyoured by sharks
to the certainty of being killed and
eaten by the eannibals. Fortunately
they found themselves in an arch
lpelago, and were enabled to go from
one island to another. After wan
dering for some time, moving as rap
idly as possible away from the can
nibals' home, George Somazon's two
companions died of exhaustion. He
remained alone, mutilated, hopeless,
upon frail canoe. He nevertheless
continued to push on, touching land
only when absolutely necessary to
sleep AID get water and food.
He ate shell-fsh and roots. One
day he reached the last island of the
group, and nothing lay before him
but the wide ocean. He set to work
TO build raft 1t took him a year.
He launched it. The waves threw it
back upon the island. He tried
several times to put it to sea, but
failed. He resolved to turn his foet-
steps landward, but in a different di-
rection from the cannibals' home.
He climbed mountain, crossed a
desert, fell again into savages' hands
and once more escaped from them; fed
through forests; his feet were bitten
by Venomous insects, his face seabbed
with the bites of mosquitoes; at last
more dead than alive, he came upon
white men. He had been walking for
three years, and had crossed South
America on foot. The white men re-
,eived him kindly and did what they
could for him. He embarked on al
small Portuguese ship, and at last
reached Europe. His family had
ong since given him up for dead.
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Judge, when first admitted to
the bar, was very clustering speak
er. On one occasion, when he was
trying case of replevin, involving
the right of lot of hogs, he said :
"Gentlemen of the jury, there were
just twenty four hogs in that drove
just twenty-four, gentlemen, exactly
twice as many as there are in thai
Jury box"
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GRn- GAsEMAN.

A TTOREEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
IA I'D fnfe rnsarSfer IA the German, French and
Isiknf hsngaares before the Civil and CfimloA-
Courts OF the State. A close study aud appliea'
tion tothese and other languages in soJoum o.
nearly five years in France, Germany, switzer'
lind ITALY, Greece Syria, Palestine, Turkey
Proper and England Will, it is believed, the bet
recommend him in this department Of his profess
ion. oFFIcE-Olposite the Court House
no17yI
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"How CAN 1 CooM?"-The fol-
lowing story is good because it is
true. We had it from the lips of a
good woman, who was told it by the
principal actor herself. "Ven l first
come to Filadelfy to serve, was
very uncivil," said Katrina, now a
tidy servant in a respectable family.
81 laugh mooch, and 1 feel ashamed
to remember how I behave ven I
knew so little. Shon tat vas my
beau-Shon, he took me to der tea
ire one night, ven I been in Filadelfy
but tree weeks. We sits in te gal
lery, and we no see g0ot, und soon
said he wood get seat as vas besser.
So he puts his legs round der post
and shlides down NIT der pit, und
looks up and calls out: Katrina
Katrina COON down, tish a good
place here, und l lean over, und say
L "HoW can l COON down, Shon :!
Und he said, 'Shust shlide down.
So put my legs around der pillar,
und 1 shlides down. Donder, how
the people laugh. Dey laugh so dey
play no more dat night upon the
stage. Everybody laugh, und yell,
und vistle all over the house. l vas
much ashamed den. But now
plushes red every time l think NIT
- -
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Tommy, my son, fetch in a stick
of wood, "Ahl my dear mother" "
responded the youth; "the grammati-
cal portion of your education has
been sadly neglected. You should
have said, Thomas, my son, trans
port from that recumbent collection
of combustible material upon the
threshold of this edifee one of the
curtailed exerescences Of a defunet
lon, -
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ALL IS WANTING doubt many of our readers
have often seen the time when they could fnlly
agree with Hans Breitman in saying;
'sOh VOt ish all dis esItly plissl
Oh. yot ish maa's soOckSessl
Oh, yoJ ish various kinds Of dings
Und yot is habbinessl
We find pAnk note in de shtreedt,
Next dings der pAnk is preak;
We fools, and knocks our Outsides in,
Ven We ten shtrike make"
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M Il N. O,CONNOR.

TTAyING now permanently located in Tifhn
has opened an office in Tomb's Block, i'm
Immediately over the Postofaee. He hopes, by
strict attention TO business, with twenty-fouI
years experience in the professionsto merit lib
eral share of the public patronage. ONCE hours
from 8 A. N. TO p. n. Residence-one mile
south OF Tifin, on the Plank Road.
nnY22nem6.
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DR.. A. A. FREEMAN,

HAVING NOW PERMANENTLY LOCATED
III in rifin-Southwestc corner of Market and
Jefferson streets, opposite the Episcopal church
Once first door on Jefferson nstreet-solieits and
hopes TO merit liberal patronage, having the
advantage offfteen years experience in Eastern
PennsylTania, and being familiar with the Eng
iiah and German languages. Special attention
paid to diseases Of women and children. 5O-3m
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INSuRA ANCE,
ROBERT LYsLE 4 CO.

GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS. LIFE
VI Accident, Fire, and Marine Insurance done
one the most favorable terms. Office in Rya1 g
Block secondnoor, opposite the Shswhan House
Tina, o., erss sCNoy 2. 'sl---1 VI.
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ROBERT LYsLE,

NOTARY PUBLIC. Deeds, Mortgages, Powers
N of Attorney, &C., promptly and neatly ex-
ecuted; sllother business pertaining to the once
ATTENDED to On reasonable terms. once IN hy-
ans BIpek opr0site EltsWhan H6uses on Second
Floor, T1nin, Ohio. nololy :
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MERCHANT TAILoRs.
VOLAIRR & KIRCHNER,

IN Made Clothing, Gents Furnishing Goods
Hats Cans, &c. Constantly on, hand, Broad
Cloths. Cass. aeres and Eestings, Washington
street, sTih7n, o. Parlicula az attention given 70
attention. N. B.-We have the Agency for
the best Sewing Machine now in use.
loy8n4tf.
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Ode TO Printers.

When luckless printers stoop TO credit,
And find too late the men won't pay
What charms eau sOothe the seribes VIII
edit
What art can wash the doubt aWSyf
The only art their case can better.
To wiring the money when tits due,
TO give repentance 70 the debtor,
And wiring his poeksts-is to sue.
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DENTISTS.

DR.. c. G.. BEILHARZ,
OURGEON DENTIST. Office at his residence
- corner Monroe and Madison streets. Opposite
German Reformed Church. lRol6-lY-
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HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and Surgeon
III Tifia. Ohio. OFFIeE HOURs-From 10 10
A. NJ. and TO p. n. Saturdays, from 10 A. N
TO 3 p. N. OFTIcE-On Market street, End door
East efstbf ME- Church. ssEE anF.
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w. II. sTOVRR,

DHYgICIAN AND SURGEON. Office, Kmeh
II ner's Block, Main street, Tifin, Ohio. Resi-
deace, No. Clay street, Second Ward.
jul-2, ,I66e-ly TsTirr-ft