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The Placer herald., 1870-10-15
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THIS celebrated medicine has won dcservedly
high reputation as an alleviator of pain and q
preserver of health. 1t has become household
remedy, from the fact that it gives immediate
and permanent relief. 1t is a purely vegetable
preparation, made from the best and purest ma
terials, safe to keep and to use in every family
II is recommended by physicians and persons Of
all classes, and to-day after public trial Of
thirty years-the average life Of man-it stands
unrivaled and unexcelled, spreading its useful
ness over the wide world. It's large and increas-
ing sale Affords positive evidence of it's enduring
fame, We do not deemt necessary to say too
much in its favor as one small bottle will do
more to convince you of its efficacy than all the
advertisement in the world Give it one fair trial
and you would not be without it for ten times
its cost
Directions accompany each bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Price % cents 80 cts, and 81 per bottle.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-15

The NORTH FORK DrrCH-G. W. Reamer is
working large force of men in the construction
of the dam and the repair of this ditch which
takes water from the North Fork, near here at
Tamaroo Bar The dam is now so far advanced
as to secure its completion as well as the ditch
connecting at its west end, before the rainy sea-
son sets in. This dam was swept off by the
floods of 1862, and consequently the ditch and
country supplied by it so far as mining opera
tons We're concerned has lain idle or compare
lively so ever since: We learn that the certainty
of a supply of water has induced many miners
to locate claims along the line of the ditch and
its branches in the lower portion of the county,
and lively times are anticipated as soon the
water is let in. Some of the claims are said to
prospect rich, and all to promise remunerative
wages above water money.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-15
THE NEW FOOD.

For a few cents you can buy
of your Grocer or Druggist a
package of SEA MOSS FAR1NE
made from pure Irish Moss or
Carrageen, which will make
sixteen quarts of Blanc Mango,
and a like quantity of Puddings
Custards, Creams, Charlotte
Russo, &c. 1t is the cheapest,
healthiest and most delicious
food in the world. It makes a
splendid Dessert, and has no
equal as light and delicate
food for Invalids and Children.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-15
Mining Items.

THE PUTNAM, GRAY CLAIMs.-We are informed
this claim is prospecting exceedingly well for
long distance on the surface ard that the own
ers are prosecuting the work vigorously. This
claim is Just west of Baltimore ravine and about
one mile from town.
THE cRGsUs
Near the above claim but on the east side of
Baltimore ravine is showing well, is being ener-
getically worked, and is paying handsomely. We
saw some very rich and beautiful specimens from
this claim this week The last crushing from
the crmsus yielded over $50 to the ton. In
oPHrR DISTRICT
the miners are busily engaged in taking out ore,
but the scarcity of water has stopped, or nearly
50, all the quartz mills and some of the hoisting
works. The new quartz mill of McFadden and
Sears, on Shipley ravine is approaching COM
pletion and we learn will be ready for operations
10y the time therains come and supply of water
can be had to run it. The owners of this mill
have large ledge which prospects we'll The
owners of the st. Patrick have drifted sufficient
to prove their ledge rich and valuable at the l2S-
foot level, and are again sinking for another on
the level From the
WIZARD NINE
near Bald Hill, owned by J. Milton and A. O.
Bell a crushing has Just been had at Empire
mill which yielded $50 per ton This is the
second crushing from this mine, tbe former one
yielding full as well or better than this
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

Anan Harmon, and Mr.. Jabez Manley
and Others, school house was erected
on land given 10y Mr.. Sweet, near the
sonth west corner OF the public square,
with a lower story for schools. and an
upper story for public assemblies, similar
to that in the West Village. Il was
built in 1921. In this house the writer
taught select school in the upper room
during the summer and aiiihinn # 1924.
and also similar school in his own
dwelling IN this village during the win.
ter and spring term OF Is24-5. Daring
the existence of this house, good com
mon schools, in winter aud summer. were
kept III It.
In the select schools taught by Mr.
Hall in this district, composed of students
from the East and West Village. aud
from the surrounding country, besides
the common school branches, Rhetoric,
Latin and Greek were studies by several
students. During the fourteen school
terms which he taught in Ashtabula, be
always gave his pupils instructions in
manners, morals, aud the rudlmerns Of
christianity. His text books were the
Bible, and such catechisms as were pr,.
icrred hy the parents Of the children,
chiefly The Westminster catechism o. the
Presbyterian Assembly of Divincs, a
short catecbsm Of the Melhodists. and
the Church catechism. In this he met
with no opposition, as the parents had
mostly been accustomed TO such a course
OF mora and religious training, like him
self, in their schUobov days.
In the last mentioned school house.
the funeral of Judge Smith, the chief
mover III its erection, was attended in
Sepi"mbrr, 1925. His death was great
ly lamented as the principal business
man and public beneiactor in this village
and school district The bext winter
Qe26) this school house, like it's two
p eGe .essors in District No. 2, was CON
suned by fire. Those who contributed
TO the erection Of these three houses. are
all dead or removed, with few, if any ex-
ceptions.
(fODtDUed 6eyf 7reeLl
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26
A .Poetical Dun.

Any of our reader who may have perus9C
"Hiawatha," will recognize th
closeness of the parody of style, displayed il
the following humorous dunning appeal, whicl
we find reproduced in an exchange
Should you ask us why this dunning,
Why these sad complaints and murmurs
Murmurs loud about deinquents
Who have read the paper weekly,
Read what they have never paid for,
Read with pleasure and with profit.
Read of church affairs and prospects,
Read of news both home and foreign,
Read the essnys and the poems,
Full of wisdom and instruction,
Read the table of the markets,
Carefully corrected weekly
Should you ask why this dunning,
We should answer, we should tell you,
From the printer, from the mailer,
From the kind old paper-maker.
From the landlord, from the carrier,
From the man who taxes letters,
With stamp from Uncle Samuel
"Uncle Sam" the rowdies call him;
From them all there comes message,
A message kind and firmly spoken,
"Plcase to pay us what you owe us"
Sad it is to hear such message,
When our funds are all exhausted,
When the last bank note has left us,
When the gold coin all has vanished
Gone to pay the paper maker,
Gore to pay the toiling printer,
Gone TO pay the landlord tribute,
Gone TO pay the sable carrier
Gone to pay the faithful mailer,
Gone to pay Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sam the rONdies call him
Gone to pay the Western payer,
Three and twenty hundred dolars
Sad il is to turn our ledger
Turn the leaves of this old ledger
Turn and see what sums are due us,
Due for volumes long since ended,
Due for years of pleasant reading,
Due for years of toilsome labor.
Due despite our constant dunning,
Due in sums from two to twenty.
Would you lift burden from us,
Would you drive spectre from you,
Would you taste pleasant slumber?
Would you have n quiet conscience
Would you read paper PAID FOR.
Send us money-send us money,
Send us money-sEND US MONEY;
SEND THE MONEY THAT YoU OWE Us
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26
History of Ashtabula Township.
Written in 1s50-f,0m the Times.
BY the La,o Rev JOHN HALL.

Several of the early settlers had made
sufficient atfainmen;s in science and lit
erature to enable them duly to appreci-
ate the utility of giving their children a
good education. The first school house
erected in Ashtabula, was small log
building standing near the Junction Of
the old Jefferson and South Ridge roads,
opposite the house of Mr.. John Faux.
ner This school house is supposed 10
have been built in 1900.
The first teacher in this honse was
Miss julia Hubbard, for five weeks In
the spring and summer of 1909. Being
taken sick, she was succeeded by Miss
Achsah Nettletoh dhrlhg the remainder
OF the summer term. These, then, were
the first and second teachers of a com
mon school in Ashtabula.
Subsequent teachers in this house were
Mr.. Warner Mann, for several winters,
commencing with tsIoAl1; Miss Lucia
Badger, daring the simmer of 1871:
Mr.. Harvey Neitleton, in the summer of
1929 Miss Betsey Nettleton, In the
summer Of 1918 Mr.. John Hall, in the
winters Of lSl4-15 and l6. Then Miss
Sarah Booth taught this school in the
Summer OF 1915; in a store room in Mr..
Amos Fisk's barn, in the centre of the
present incorporated village. of. Ashta-
bula, then included in this district. In
the winter of ,lsl8-l7, Mr. Alden
Spaulding taught this school in log
house standing on the site of the prts-
ent dwelling OF Mrs. HHlbert, widow
OF the. lale Mr.. Horace J. Hdlbert.
We will cab this, District No. /.
The second school house erected in
Ashtabula was small log building,
standing en- the east bank of The creek,
IN the woods q few rods, south of Har-
mons Corners, and of the present brick
dwelling OF Edwin Harmon. The first
teacher in this house, and the third in
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

How TO COURT IL CHCRCH-A young gen
ileman happening 10 sit at church in pew
adjoining one in which sat young lady for
whom he conceived d sldden and violent at.
tachment, was desirous &C entering into d
courtship On the spot, but the place not being
suitable for fofmal declaration, the case sugs
gested the following plan:
He politely handed his fair neighbor bible,
opened, with a pin stuck in the following
text: Second Epistle of John, verse 8:
"And now / besrech thee, lady, not as
though 1 wrote a new commandment unto
thee, but that which we had from the begin
ming, that we love one another"
She returned it. pointing to the second chap:
ter of Ruth, tenth verse:
Then she fell on her face, and bowed her:
self to the ground, and said unto him, "Why
have found grace in thine eyes, seeing am q
s;ranger:"
He returned the book; pointing to The thir.
teenth and fourteenth verses of the Third Episl
tie of John:
Il had many things to write but will not
with pen and Ink write unto thee. But trust
shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak
face 10 face"
From the above interview a marriage took
place.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26
Select Poetry.
Old Maxim.
"noE YOUR own now"


l think there are some maxims
Under the sun,
Scarce worth preservation
But here, boys, is one
SO sound and so simple,
It's worth while to know
And all in the single line,
Hoe your own row
II you want TO have riches
And want to have friends,
Don't trample the means down.
And look for the ends
But always remember
Wherever you go,
The wisdom of practising,
Hoe your own row
Don't Just sit and pray,
For Increase your store.
But work; who will help himself,
Heaven helps more.
The weeds willie your sleeping
Will come up and grow,
But If you would have the
Full ear you must hoe
Nor will it do only
To hoe out the weeds.
You must make your ground mellow,
And put in the seeds
And when the young blade
Pushes through you must know
There is nothing will strengthen
Its growth like the hoe
There's no use of saying
What will be, will be (
Once try it, my lack-brain, .
And see what you'll secl
Why, just small potatoes, ......
And few in row;
You'd better take hold then,
And honestly hoe
A good many workers
I've known in my time
Some builders of houses,
Some builders of rhyme
And that they were prOspeTed,
Were prospered know,
BY the intent and meaning Of
Hoe your own row
I've known, too. good many
1dlers, who said,
I've light to my living.
The world owes me bread
A right d! lazy lubber
A thousand times No
''Tis his, and his only
Who hoes his own row.
ALICE CARY.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26
WHOLE NUMBER 1862.

Joan BILLINGS ADVICE TO GiRfe-If
! husbands could be took on trial. az irish
cooks are, tew-thirds Of them would pro.
bably be returned, but there don't aeem
TO be any law for this. Therefore. pirls,
yn will sec that after you get man, va
have got Ia keep him even If you lose
on him. Consequently, if yu have got
any cold vittles in the hotise try him on
them, once in while, during scoufihs
season, and if he swallers them well, and
srz nc viii take sum more, he il man
well. -
Don't marry phcllcr who is alwuz
a teliih Low his mother duz things. It
Il hard tow suit these men az Il IL 10
wean young one.
IL yang man kant bpat yu in piavind
on pianncr, aud kant hear a 6sh.horn
playing in the street without turhihe
a back summersett on account Of the ,nu.
sick that IL in him, he might answer tew
tend babe, but if you set him hoeing
out the garden; you will find that you
hav got tew do it yourself A man
whose whole heft lies in musick land not
very heity at thatl; amt no better for d
husband thar seedlitz powdcr, but if
he Iuvs tew listen while you sing sotf,e
g,ntle ballad, yu will find him mellow
and so soft. But don't marry ennybody
for jist one virtew emmy quicker than VI
would flop man for just one fault.
Eut | must say one thing girls, or spile.
If yu kan find bright-eyed, healthy and
wcll-ballasted boy, who looks upon pov.
erty az sassy az a child looks upon wealth
who had rather sit down on the curb
stun, in front of the 9TH avenue hotel and
eat ham sandwich, than to 90 inside
and run in debt for his dinner and TOOTH
pick-ome who is armed with that kind
of pluck that mistakes defeat fur a vics
tory, my advice IL tew take him body
body and solc-snare him at unst, fur he
is stray trout, of a breed very skase in
our waters.
Take hIn, | say, and bid on to him al
hornets bid onto tree.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

AyECD6TE OF Mr.. LINcoLy.-There
lived in Springfield in 1860, and probas
bly, lives there still, an Irish laborer nam
ed John McCarty, an intense Democrat:
Some time after the Presidential election,
Mr.. Lincoln was walking along the pub
lie square, and John was shoveling out
the gutter. As the President elect aps
preached, McCsrty rested on his shovel
and holding out mis- hand, said bluntly:
AN so yer elected President, are We n
Faith an it wasn't by my vote at all, at
all -
"Well, yes, John" replied Mr.. Lincoln,
shaking hands with John very cordially;
"lht papers say Pm elected, but it seems
odd | should be when you opposed me-"
"Well, Misther Lincoln," said John
dropping his voice lest some brother
democrat should hear the confession,
"Im glad you got 1t, after all. It's
moiglry little pace I'VE had wild Biddy
tor votin' forninst ye; an if ye'd bin
bate, she'd hav driv me from the shaEty,
as shure's the worrold.'
"Give my compliments to Biddy, John;
and tell her I'll think seriously of woman
suffrage" said Mr.. L., with a smile, as
he passed on TO his Office.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

THE OCEANS DEPrH.-The deep sound
ings made in connection with the laying
of the submarine cables show the aver:
age depth of the Atlantic Ocean to be
10000 feet This ocean floor begins a..
bout $50 miles from the Irish coast, from
which point TIE descent to deep water is
very rapid, reaching 10000 feet in so
miles; and making the declivity greater
than that Of the Italian Alps The deep
est part of the ocean is on the American
side near the New Foundland Banks,
where an immenre basin exists; ranging
east and west for nearly 1000 miles,
whose depth is SUPP osed to excel tho
height of the Himalayau range.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

There is nothing that clings SO peril;
naciously to an individual rs habits ac-
quired in carly youth. The boy who
lounges away his evenings on the corner;
in the lager beer saloon, or In idle and
Improbable conversation, is laying up
tor himself store OF misery which will
plague hun the rest of his life, and the
youth who at eighteen makes the humili-
atng confession that he is alfeady, so
completely the slave of tobacco or ardent
spirits that he cannot give them up is to
be regarded with pity. Good habits &C
quired in early life are just as lasting as
bad ones The young man who spends
his evenings at home in pleasant and
profitable study, or in the company of
those from whose association he will learn
only that which is good and ennobling,
must have depraved heart and taste il
he does not become a good and useful
man. Such thoughts as these should be
ppndered well by the young men of the
present generation, so many of whom arc
wasting precious moments and hours in
worse than profitless pursuits.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

AGENTS WANTED.-AGKETs WANTED,
s5 to $500 per month, male and female sell the cee
ctine improved and perfected Il %fi hem fei Stitch
tuck. bind braid and embroider In a most superior
ty II bas NO rival Do not buy from any parties selling
machines Under the same name unless havinp
less Cast Iron Machines For Circulars and Terms
ply or address II. CRAW FORD &CO. Tn = n
em100S Si3 Chestnut ST., Phiadelphia, Pa :
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

DisTINGUlsHED MEN or Color IN
FRANcE.-At the head of the men of
foIor at the present day celebrated in
France, In Alexandra Dumas. lie is
himself a native Of France and the SON
Of general. Among liberty men who
are either negroes or mulattoes are, also.
Eugene Chapus, . native of Gaudaoupc
n pleasing and r, fired writer at present
the principal editor of the Journal lie
lSpo,t Frdncoise !. NJ. Fellcien Mellcfillc,
a romancer aud dramatsf, author uf the
memoirs de Don Juan L, IS Sept Ehrims
dc Lara" and comedy entitled "Ic
Coeur ct la Dot" which, since 1853, has
held position upon the boards of the
Comede Frar caise, NJ. Auguste Lacau.
SADIE, distinguished poet, and principal
editor OF the Regue Eur0peenne ), VI.
Victor Sejour; native Of New Orleans.
dramatic auth " OF considerable celeb.
rly, and an officer of the Legion of
Honor; VI. Mclvil Bloncourt, y most
az eeable, plea ing writer, whose articles
appear in the CCurieT c4 Uinnnc}e.
the Steele, aud the Journo! dcs Econo-
misteS, in which he has recently publish
ed remarkable article upon IInyti.
The founder of the .JOurnm DEE Ec0Ees.
NJ. B.oncourt, while still student. de.
tended the cause OF the enfranchispd
slaves against the colonial reaction. VI.
Bloncourt has recently written for the
BiOgr0T,hie CniUersetLe the lives of eel.
ebrated men of color in all countries.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

Though il may not be in your power" said
Marcus Aurelius" TO be naturalist poet, an
orator, or mathematician, II Is In your power
TO be a virtuons man, which Is tho best of Al
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

NbTHrNG seems so perplexing TO file charlo-
teers of Woman's Rights as the fact OF wo-
mans indifference TO those rights and the re-
course proposed 10 meet such indiiierence-or
perhaps waywardness-is for the minority OF
amiable Jehu's by their votes to fix any bur
tlens that may follow their experimental enter
prise, upon the necks of their non'voting sis
tiers. Wendell Phillips says-"if woman don't
want to vote, she don't want to do her duty
Well, the question, then, becomes a rather
grave one, what shall be done with those anti
voting hussies, Who thus stands in the way OF
reform Shall they be subjected to the tender
mercies of their more vehement and restless
sisters i? Every consideration Of love and NJ
fection-of compassion and justice--of mater
nal and cOniugal duty-of the quiet ana en-
dearnefIts of home and the fiffig relation
in fact the full enjoyment and irullloh oi the
peaceabe fruits 0f Righteousness, in man, an
swer No!
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

ErkRAAL DEATH,-I Know not What
eternal death is. | can tell you some
things. 1t is far away from Heaven
those blissful Ilains where eternal joy
dwelIs. 1t is far away from hope--hope
that here ''comes 90 ALL" 1t is The abode
of all the abandoned, and proiane, and
vile-the collected guilt and wretched
ness OF this world. It is place where
no sanctuary opens its doors and invites
to heaven; where no Sabbath return to
bless the soul; where no message of mer-
cy comes to the suffering aud the sad
Ii is a world unblessed ike this with the
work Of redemption. uln y
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

JOSH BILLISGs AS PHILosoPHER.-
There seem TO be four styles of minds
LIST, them who know IT'S so
I'd, them who know it amt so
Sd, them who split the difference and
guess at it
4th, them who don't care which way
it is
There is but few men who hez charac.
ter enuff to lead lite of idleness.
True love is spell, jast the same in
Choctaw as il is in English.
Those who retire from the world OIL
account of its sins and peakiness must
not forget that they have yet TO keep
company with person who wants just
as much watching as anybody else
Necessity begOt inventions, invention
begot convenience, convenience bpgot
pleasure; pleasure begot luxury, luxury
begot riot and disease, riot and disease
between them, begot poverty, and pow
erty 3egot necessity again--and this is a
revolution OF man, and is about all he
can brag on.
Most people decline to learn only by
their own experience. And guess they
are more than half right-s'p0se man
can get a perfect idea of molasses by let
ting another fellow taste it for him.
An individual, to be fine gentleman,
has either got to be born SO, or to be
brought up so from infancy he can't
learn it sudden, any tiiore than he can
learn to talk injin correctly by practsen
Oh a tomahawk.
l wonder il there ever was an old
maid who ever heard OF match that
she thought was suitable.
If a man wants TO get his dimensions
let him visit graveyard!
ANNUAL TuEFTs IN WALL STREET,
have been calculating the amount gotten
out of Wall street Tor some years past
by various thrtts and swindleS, exclusive
of the regular operators, and | estimate
it at five or six mllliOns per annum. This
seems an enormous sum but If you
will take the trouble TO cutrt up the for
gerieS, rcbberies, embellishments, etc,
YOU will see am rather under than over
the mark.
Those who steal should remember to
steal enough. 1t they descend to petty
amounts they will be thrust into the
Tombs. If they rob on magnificent
scale, they will enjoy the advantage OF Il
compromise, and the reputation ot being
clever scouudrels. on remember the
bank officer who some years ago went to
Il lawyer and informed him he had used
Il hundred thousand dollars belonging
to the bank.
"What have you done with it z"
'Lost it all i'll stock speculation"
"Havn't you any left ~ -,
''Nol five hundred dollars"
Sand you want my advice ?"
"Yes very mnch."
"Well, then, go back to the bank, and
take two hundred thousand dollars more"
"You're jesting with me-"
''Not in the least. Take two hundred
thousand. Confess your emoezzlement.
Offer to compromise by paying one hun
dred thousand. The bank will refrain
from prosecuting YOU accept your terms,
and enable you 10 retire with an indie
pendenee."
The lawyer was right. The bank did
exactly as he said l. would. The deiault-
ing officer took an airing i'll Europe re-
turned here, and pretended to resign on
account of his health.
NJ y TOr, hin TIMES
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

GEORGE WILLARD, Dealer in Dry-Goods, Gro
ceries Hats, Caps, Boots Shoes, Crcckery GLASSWARE.
Also, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hardware, Sad
dlery Nails Iron, Steel Drugs, Medicines Paints, Oils.
Dyestufs. &c Main street. Ashtabula
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-26

A dlteh Justice in Stark Co. decided
recently that verbal contract is not good
without stamp on IL. -.,a,