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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26
At a meetino of Methodist nresi

At meeting of Methodist presi-
ding elders in Boston, the other
day, talk turned on the subject
OF the feeble churches, too small
TO support minister without
his resort to other eallings for a
partial support, and a sensible reso-
luton was adopted to the effect that
these feeble churches, wherever prac-
ucable, ought to be united, two in
one charge, under the care Of one
man, having one sermon each Sab
bath.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

The test of an egg is to hold i. 70
the light from dark place in q dark
room to candle, or In both hands,
tunnel form, to the window by day j
If it shows yelk color, it is good ;
If opaque, throw IL away.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

The Rev. E P. Hammond closed q
series of revival meetings in Roches-
ter last Sunday evening week. At
that meeting there we're nearly 5000
people present.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

When a cow or an OK gets choked,
it is said that immediate relief may
be obtained by strapping up fore
leg, and compelling the animal to
jump. This will cause the obstruc-
ton to fly out.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26
Prepare for War.

..In time of peace prepare for war;, Is the
old adage, and there Is no sentence IN the Eng
rs nniicahie i'm innumerabe cases.W no sowise
as t6 know the exact moment that that fell
DESTROYER, disease, will attack himf Then, De
S.s ever prepared. have the Roback's Blood
p;Ils Stofnach Bitters and Blood Purifier az
hand and combat disease successfully. Soia
by Frey 8 Ettinger, Ftndlay, Ohio.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

A Mrs. Ladd died few days ago,
in Hartford, Connecticut, at the age
of one hundred and eight years.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

In England, s25, 100000 worth of
of seed has been saved in one year,
by drilling instead of broadcast
sowing.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

Poultry to fatten rapidly must be,
like hogs, restricted to limited
space. Freedom and fat are incom-
patible.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

HS-To pleasure travellers the line of the Erie
Railway presents many objects of interest,
passing through the beautiful valleys OF the
Chenung, Susquehanna, Delaware and Ram
apo rivers, an everchanging panorama of ma
ture's beauties commands attention.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

The best Ventilated and Most Luxurious
Sleeping Coaches sS-lN THE WORLDSs ac-
company all night trains ON this railway.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

There are no remedies so well and fayorably
known as "Household Remedies as Dr. no,
hacks BLOOD Purifier, Stomach Bitters and
Blood Pills and no family should be without
them. Frey and Ettinger, Aseats, Findlay, o,
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Dinner Pills.

All persons of bilious habits, after eating O
drinking too freely, will find great reliefip the
use of DR.. Roback' s Blood Pills, they aid diges-
the pain, nausea, sour eructations, 6c, which
foIlow from eating too heartily.
Frey 4 Ettinger, Sole Agents, Findlay, Ohio.
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AGENTS.
For sale.


Old Sores. Eruptions, Cutaneous Diseases or
Diseases OF the Skin, all readily succumo 70
P,,rifer Stomach Bittess and Blood Pills.
Frey & Ettirger. Sole Agents. flndiay, ohi"-
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

Boston AND NEW ENGLAND PASSENGERS
with their Baggage, are transferred free Oi
charge in New York
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26
A NO. ORCHARD
Eleven Years

demand for RObac5 Medicines is sufficient ac
acknowledgements of their intrinsic merit, anl
places them the very first in rank for curing
the diseases for which they are recommended
Sold by all Druggists. Frey and Ettinger, SOLE
agents, FindlsV, Ohio.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-03-26

exceptedJ Stops at Susquehanna 8. IS a. m,
tBkft); Turner's 3.45 p. m, Dine, and arrives
in New York at 80 p. IN. Connects at Jer-
sey City with Evening Trains for Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Washington.
Sleeping Coach attached TO this train at Buf-
falo running through to Susquehanna-
only One Train East ON Sunday, leaving
Buffalo at go p. M, and Dunkirk Lib p m,
and reaching New York at 40 a. H.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02
WeekIy Grinity yaurnal,
summer Dying.


Beauty Is waning, voice of complaining
Comes from the hillside Ind dell; --~--.--.-.-s-.-
Dirge notes are ringing, and crickets are singing
To summer q song Of Grewell
Day brightly Closes but where are the
June wreathed with her tresses Of goldi rer
Sor winds signing. where darkIy lying
Their rain-beaten leaves on the mold.
Sadness comes oer ma for barren before me
Lie fields that loved when boy;
No more in the shadows of oaks the meadows
Stout mowers their moaning enjoy.
The stuhble, how lonely! weeds shooting up only
Where grain clothed the generous soil,
And reapers were swinging their cradles and singing
Blithe strains to enven the toll
Cattle are wading. where willows are shading
The low, shallow bed of the stream;
Thstle-down floating, is sadly donoting
That summer will pass like dream
The harvest moon, sailing through mist is unwilling
Her disc like blood painted shield,
While school boy and maiden, their baskets full laden
HE home from the blackberry field.
Dark sweils of ocean, with long measured motion,
Moan as they break the shore;
Airy Tongues wailing for beaufy's cheek pang,
Chime in with the desolate roar.
Stars have grown DINNER, less dazzling the glimmer
or FREELY lamps the lawn;
Flower cups unfolding, are honey-drops holding,
But light from the landscape is gone.
Throned on the thistle, the bob-o-link's whistle
Made cheerful the meadows of June;
Mead larks sauting the with their futing
Replied to his rapturous tune
Hoarse crows calling, and first leaves falling
But still mild loyeliness reigns;
sweet haunting sadness. though vanished gladness
And glory from nature, remains.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

CANADIAN annexation would seem to be pass,
ing entirely out of the stage of cloudiness and
contradiction and gradually taking its place IN
the ranks of possible facts. We hear on the
same day of the arrival at Quebec of Prince Au-
thur and the holdings of meeting for the pro- s.
motion of the annexation of the Dominion OF tns
limited States under the very nose of his royal
hghness who people h GsisBs' sss d,enoy is SHy
peosp.o.ns - ,hrone for himself some day there.
That s'e meeting til resolved to petition the imperial
assa sss n: s the" sso s the hs people 5' Of
iese Islands. Wis: to seek their political
mn;,v ass which the speakers had not the least
scrnnie in declaring was the great American re-
"tiic They said that ruin and decay were
pi';,;hle nm ali sides of tbem-that their young
nen ,e, we're leaving them and emigrating to the
United States, and they referred their misfor-
times to these two causes the depressing effects
of monarchical rule and colonial dependence.
This great change, it is evident, is bound to
come in time. Manifest destiny was never
clearer upon any proposition than Canadian an
pexation. San Francisco Alta.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

IN May WALKER's new trowssrs are pea
greeu.-EI. IT,. .o,o, :, o,d., q.
.,sv nav not show stains. Reno NeD. Creseent.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

VIcIssrTuDEs OF LIfE-A Mr.. Wood is now in
the Paddington poorhouse, in London, who a
few years ago was q millionaire. He was origi-
nally Manchester manufacturer, and, after ac-
cumulating large fortune retired into private
life. Dissatisfied with the monotony of retire
ment he went to London. Here he became a
prominent director in the Narylebone bank and
when that affair collapsed he became beggared
He then went to the Southern States of America.
where he again succeeded in acquiring large
fortune, every penny of which he lost during the
American civil war. Returning TO London, sue
cess again followed his efforts and he accumu-
lated nearly million, in short time, but bis
spirit of enterprise died out with his last fsilure
which was caused by the stoppage Of Messrs.
Gurney Co.'s concern.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

PROVIDE FOR Your WIvEs.-When men are
prosperous, and are making money and consider
themselves rich, l wonder it so seldom comes
home TO them that they liable to reverses,
which shall plunge their families into the utmost
pecuniary distress. Men know that business is
subject to fluctuations, and that nothing is more
FREQ uent than that men should in one year have
all the comforts and advantages of wealth, and
the next year be stripped bare But vicious
hopefulness prevents them from realizing that
they shall never be subject to this fate which be-
falls others. Some persons have questioned
whether a scrupulous honesty would allow one
to hold back from creditors any part of a hus-
bands property. A settlement of property on
another, while debt hangs it, either for the
sake of avoiding payment of debt, or of securing
the family, would be fraudulent, dishonest and
wicked. But if, while clear of debt, a husband
settles property on his wife for the just mainten-
ance of herself and children, his after debts
have no more claim upon that property than if
he had sold and transferred it to a neighbor in
stead of his own wife. No man has right to
leave family whom he has accustomed to affiu-
ence liable to wasting poverty. A provision
made betimes, in property, for the safety of his
family il case of death or bankruptcy, may be
accepted and employed by the most sensitive
conscience. l write strongly on this subject,
because | have much distress arising
from the want of this precaution.-HenTy. Ward
Beecher.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

AT HOME IN THE EVENING -Nothng concern
ing the future welfare and happiness of the
young is so neglected by parents and guardians
as the manner in which their evenings are spent.
Darkness is temptation to evil and the suffering
young men and boys to be absent from the fam
lily hearth, when the light of day does not re-
strain them from misconduct is really restrain
ing them to it, and producing incalcuiable mis-
chief All the riots, disturbances of any kind,
and crimes the results of running in the
streets after nightfal. The home is sometimes
more necessary than the mere commhnd, and
parents should endeavor by their own example
to show the Importance of spending the hours OF
darkness with the family for if heads of house.
holds cannot experience the truth OF the asser-
tion that " there is no place like home, how
can they expect their offspring to be domestic
Evening recreation and employment in the fam
lily circle are infinitely more agreeable and pleas
ant than any amusement or dissipation abroad
and honorable and learned men are products OF
the one, while dssipated specimens of the hu-
man race are the results of the other. Let home
be the place it shonld be, and let the same fas-
cinations and inducements be offered Mt tho
homestead as abroad, and more exalted ana
creditable class of citizens would people the
world.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

HALF a-ecanbsrry, It Is said, bound on corn
will soon kill it.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

BIT of glue dissolved in skim milk will re-
store Grape.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02
c.llsthenic. Exercise. In Girls Schools.
The weak point of all, even the best, calisthenic
xar in al - aAhoo.la Ia that ihau q

The weak point of all, even the best, calsthenic
exercises in girls schools is that they are con-
Quoted in doors. Even supposing the best sys-
TEN of calisthencs to be established at schools,
and all the pupils to be required to 60 through
regular course of physical training, there
would still be one great want or defect in girls
education remaining, namely, the wan: of suita-
bic outdoor exercises Boys have in their
schools this great advantage over girls, that,
when they come out of class they can generally
fall to some game in which they. take the keen
est interest, and become so absorbed that they
forget their lessons for the time. Indeed, SO
much organization and skill are required for
some boyish games, and so keen is the interest
taken in them, that at some ofour public schools
the games are considered by the majority Of the
boys as of far more Importance than their stud
les ; and the whole hearts of many boys are SO
wrapt up in cricket that it is most difficult to
win their attention to grammar or algebra. But
the great interest attaching to these games has
one immense advantage--it causes the game to
divert the mind as we'll as exercise the body.
Boys who are engaged in cricket, football, row.
ing, ives ald similar games, during the inter-
walls between schoo-hours, not only have their
bodies we'll exercised, but also have their minds
diverted from their studies iEto totally differ
ent channel and thus those among them who
are diligent and studious are prevented from
everlasting their brains and are forced TO give
The outdoor exercises which they get are not
generally such to thoroughly divert their
minds while exercising their bodies, and conse-
quen,ly many girls, even if forbidden to read
books during the Interval between school hours,
and forced to 60 out of doors, cannot prevent
their minds running on their tasks In the
great majority of girls schools there is no out
door exercise except that of walkiug-a most in
adequate provision both for exescise of the body
and for diversion of the mind To some schools,
situated in the suburbs of London, there are
grounds attached, in which the pupils can OBJ
tain outdoor exercise but even in these the
only games used seem to be such as croquet and
les graces Most of these games are too desul-
tory, and require too little organization to al
ford any real diversion to the players minds
while croquet, which is, no doubt, game OF
some skill and much interest, is said by some
medical men to be an unhealthy game, because
it necesilates much lounging and standing still,
and good deal of STOPPING.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

AN IMMENSE Boa CoEsTRIcToR.-The barque
ZingerreHa, Capt. Shaw, has arrived at Boston
from Bissau, on the west coast of Africa. She
brought five boa constructors and four large dog
faced-moukeys. The largest of the serpents is
eighteen feet long, is of immense girth, and
weighs nine hundred and odd pounds. On its
arrival it had not eaten for six weeks. Its :ast
meal had consisted of twelve small cats and
good sized dog, which it disposed OF in tne
course of night. On Saturday night, snowiuE
signs of hunger, live cat was given to II: "no d
it speedily crushed and swallowed. secon9
live cat still remains in the cage. The wretcneu
animal eyiuces extreme terror at the presence ol
its deadly foe. This is the largest serpent e...
brought to this country. 1t is immensely 3,v vst
full. as the effects of the climate have naluy 80.
lesseued its natural vigor. The otnel se'pen.s
range from twenty-three to eigntsen iee''-0''-
to- a
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-02

An abandoned wretch who was warned by a
temperance friend to ''l look not upon the wine
when it is red within the cup,'' replied ''I
never touch red wine; whisky agrees better
with my constitution This reminds US of the
chaplain in "Johnathan Wild,'' who held that
"punch a good liquor, nowhere spoken
against it Scripture.
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Pocket Paper.

The Japanese dignitaries, says the Bos-
ton Journal Of Chemistry, who recently Wis
tied this country under the direction of
Mr. Burlingame, were observed to use peck
ct paper instead of pocket handkerchiefs,
whenever they had occasion to remove per-
spiration from the forehead, or elbow the
nose" The same piece is never used twice,
but is thrown away after it is first taken in
hand. We should suppose in time of gen.
eral catarrh, the whole empire of Japan
would be covered with bits of paper blow
ing about. The paper is quite peculiar,
being soft, thin, and very tough. The Jap
anese use paper for a great variety of pur
poses. A recent traveller states that he
saw it made into materials SO closely re-
sembling Russian and Morocco leather and
pig-skin, that it was very difficult to detect
the difference. With the aid of peculiar
varnish and skillful painting, paper made
excellent trunks, tobacco-bags, cigar-cases,
saddles, telescope cases, the frames of mi
cellent waterproof coats, made of simple
paper, which did keep out the rain, and
were as supple as the best india-rubber.-
The Japanese use neither silk nor cotton
handkerchiefs, towels, nor busters paper,
in their hands, serves as an excellent sub
stitute. 1t is soft, thin, tough, of pale
yellowish color, very plentiful, and very
cheap. The inner walls of many Japa-
nese apartment are formed of paper, being
nothing more than painted screens their
windows are covered with fine, translu-
cent description of the same material. 1t
enters largely into the manufacture of near
ly everything in Japanese household; and
he saw what seemed to be balls of twine
but which were nothing but long shreds of
tough paper rolled up. If a shopkeeper
had a parcel to tie up, he would take strip
of paper, roll it quickly between his hands,
and use it for the purpose and it was quite
as strong as the ordinary string used at
home In short, without paper, all Japan
would come to dead lock and, indeed,
lest by the arbitrary exercise of his author
ity, tyranncal husband should stop his
wife's paper, the sage japanese mothers-in-
law invariably stipulate in the marriage
settlement, that the bride is to have allow
ed to her certain quantity of paper
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For The Cecil Wing.
5 intellectual Telegraph.
ADDRESSED TO MISS C.

Dear Friend! o, how my blood warns at
that word,
And thrills and courses, through my
evry vein;
My Utmost soul, with deep emotion
Friend! Friend!-repeats it DER and o er
again.
I'll make a song of that sweet word and
1t oft, to cheer me in my lonely hours;
Till list ming hills, and dells, and woodlands
ring
And echo answers, Friend! with all her
powers.
IT'S truly strange, and strangely true; l
If any can explain, though all have seen
How kindred spirits find each other out,
Though deserts vast or oceans lie be-
tween.
Some golden sympathetic cords unseen,
Unite their souls as if with bands of steel,
So finely strung, so sensatively keen,
The slightest touch all in the circle feel.
Their pulses distance electricity,
And leave the struggling solar rays be-
hind;
The slightest throb pervades immensely,
And instant reaches the remotest mind.
IT'S an inspiring, glorious thought to me,
Which raises me above this earthly clod,
To think the cords which bind our souls
may be
Connected someway with the throne of
God.
1 sometimes think my wild and strange
desires,
And longings after something yet I'M
known,
Are currents passing on those hidden wires,
To lead me ON and upward to that
throne.
These visions, often do I entertain,
And, if they are but visions, and the
birth
Of fancy, still, they are not all in vain;
They lift the soul above the things of
earth.
They teach her how to use her wings,
though weak
And all unequal to the upward flight
The eaglet flaps upon the mountain peak,
Then cleaves the heav' ms, beyond our
utmost sight.
Big Elk, July Is, 1869.
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HER Own CALF.-The Baldwinsville
Gdzette relates the following indident:
Henry Marvin, of this village, is widely
known as one of the best auctioneers in the
county. 1t seems, few days since, that
he was called upon to exercise his vocation
at place near Onondaga Hill. Among the
articles to be sold was q heifer, very at
tractlve in appearance, and consequently
our friend Marvin dwelt quite extensively
on her many excellences, in the customary
vernacular Of an experienced auctioneer,
winding up his eloquent description with
the flourish that she was as '',,entle as 4
lamb" Thereupon, long, slab-sided
countryman who had listened op,,n-mouth-
ed to the wordy display of our fri end Mar
win, whose legs were twelve inches longer
than his pants, approached the heifer, and
commenced handling her teats. Bossy,
not relishing such familiarity, lifted her
hoofs and laid "Greeny" sprawling some
ten feet off.
/" There" said Henry, "that shows one
of her best traits; she'll never allow a
strange calf to come near herr
"Greeny meanwhile picked himself
up, and giving his bushy pate narrowing
scratch, exclaimed:
"No wonder she won't when her own
calf has been blarting around her all
day"
A huge roar broke from the crowd, and
our neighbor Marvin gracefully gave in"
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Anecdotes Of Beranger.

The Nep Eclectic Magazine published sew
eral anecdotes of Beranger, the most illus
trious of French lyric poets, who delighted
a nation with his songs, and himself lived,
for the most part in poverty and died in
garrett We select few, which we think
will be new to American readers:
"Beranger never took any useless walks;
to comfort the poor: to console old friends,
to visit the sick, these were esteemed by
him sacred duties. One morning, early (he
seldom went out before breakfast) a rich
acquaintance met him. where are you
hurrying so early?' he asked. Il am go
ing answered Beranger, to see a poor
woman who has been forced to sell her
beautiful hair to purchase bread for her
children
"'Here herer exclaimed the other,
take my purse, if it can be of any service
to you.'
"sWell, let me have hundred francs,
till can manage to procure work for the
woman and her husband the latter, by the
way is disabled soldier
"The family was succored from misery,
| and in due time the money was returned to
| the rich man.
ga woman worth about hundred thou
sand francs year once languidly remarked
| to the poet; 90 mon Dieu! l perish from
ennui! l don't know what to do with my
| SELF
ss'Madame! replied Beranger, with
stern contempt, 'spend your income in
charity; you will then know what happi-
ness is The grand dame, by no means
relishing this advice, turned away saying :
'The poor are far happier than the rich ;
| they have no cares of fortune, and then
they can rouse and excite themselves, you
know, by envying our opulence.'
| "sBah y said the poet, who was also the
philosopher; it is you, the rich, who envy
| us poorn
son one occasion Beranser dropped a
two-sou copper into beggar's hat. A rich
man approached the mendicant and said
Come, now, I'll give you fce frsaaes fol-
that two-sou piece just put into your hat
| AAhu Will yoo Wv eAA'Ne'
the beggar, astonished.
"tBecause Beranger gave it to you.
"'Oh! if that's Beranger, I'll keep the
copper in remembrance of a good man,
and he put the coin in his pocket, to the
others intense disappointment.
"Beranger is himself responsible for the
| following rich anecdote:
"'We were going, said he, to have
some friends to dine with us. The young
fellow who brought the desert was soon tC
be married. When had settled for his
cakes, etc, he said to me: Mister, you
make songs, don't you?'
why, yes, l sometimes write verses.
| "'Ah! you're not a bad hand at rl YIN
ing. know some of your songs by hca TT.
"' You fatter me-
"'Well now with an air of benign pa
tronage) listen want you to make me
piece for my wedding .fete do it well, ant
I'll pay you handsomely
"'I never write wedding couplets, III.
boy
You think can't pay you that's thu
trouble; but pom honor, I'll give you lei
francs, or fifteen, if you insist y
Much obliged for your liberality, M u
ami, but my inspiration has left me-
"'What pity what pity! Then
must hunt up that tremendous fellow Fleu
ry; he'll write me for ten francs as many
lines as I care to haver
This Fleury was q blackguard, wht
mouthed ballads in the streets, beating OF
huge drum, and attred as harlequin y