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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

Don't expect an advertisement TO
bear fruit in one night, like the proph-
cts gourd. Like Ayers pills, adver-
tising will take effect, but it takes
more than one night to do it.
A simple "card''- may proftably
stand for years without changingI but
q sensation advertisement should be
changed as often as you can get the
printer TO do it.-[Ex.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17
From the West Union Defender.
DEATH OFSQUIRE SHELTON
A Remarkable Man in more
W1Vs than One

A Remarkable Man IN more
Ways than One.
We have received the intelligence of
the death of the above named gentleman,
which happened at his residence, in Aber=
deem, on Feb. 18th, 1870. He was born in
Stafford county, Virginia, March 4th, 1916,
and was consequently 81 years Of age at
the time of his death.
The deceased is well known in this
county, and probably possesses as great a
notoriety as any man in the country who
never occupied any higher position in life
than he did. He was in many respects
remarkable man, and pOssessOr of quite
an interesting biography. He officiated
as constable at the first trial of the notOri-
Gus Aaron Burr, and at one time was the
Overseer of the plantation of Bailey Wash
ingtOn in Virginia. On the I'd of January,
1898, be was married to Elizabeth Stark,
daughter of Gen. Stark, and moved to
Brown county about the year 1913. He
was soon after elected to the office of JUS
tice of the Peace, and held the Office with
out interruption for So successive years.
For SO years he was a member of the Bap-
tist church, and bore the name of an up
right and conscientious man in his deal
ings with his fellow men. In politics he
was sound Democrat and never voted
any other ticket during his life.
He sOlemnized the marriages of about
five thousand couples, or about ten hOus-
and i11diUjIotGLS. He had an almost world
wide reputation as, what in this day of
new terms, would be called ga marryist."
Volumes might be written, and not the
half told, in giving the accidents and in-
cidents connected with these marriages.
Owing to his peculiar style of doing busi-
ness without license, his marriages were
not for long time considered legal, but
the State of Kentucky at an early day pass
ed an act legalizing them, to avoid litiga-
ton in the settlement of estates. We be-
lieve the Ohio Legislature, through the
agency of Mr.. John K. Billings of this
place, passed a similar act.
He seldom married any couples from
his own township Huntingdon without
the consent of parents and license, which
gave him the good will of the residents of
his township.
He was buried in Mason county, Ken
tucky, on the farm of Samuel Carr, where
his wife was buried some % years ago.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

Henry Ward Beecher says: "When
I hear some persons praying think
one of two thing, either they are a
thousand times nj amer than thought
them to be, or they think God is hard
er than he is. They pray to Him as
if He was the hardest kind of a jailer
and they were le:ging this cruel,
hard-Le rted jailer to let up on them"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

A lady in one of the villages Of Bal
timOre CJunty, Maryland, sent to her
grocer for a certain article, which or.
der (the original is before us) reads as
follows, verbatim:
Mr.. TUTTLE--this here thing has
got two much hemp in it for mulasses
and not quite enough for a close line,
so ! beg you will exchange it for a
purer article. Yours obliged
SUSAN FINNERTY.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17
Select Miscellany.
[FrOm the Boston Transcript.
MARCH.

MAhOha
I love thee, March, though rude enough,
And clustering, thou art;
Thou shOw'st that though thy ways are rough,
Thou hast a melting heart.
Thou art no smOOth-faced, dattering guest
That fawns but to betray;
Nor dost thou willfuIly molest,
Nor lead the heart astray.
Thou art beautiful when all thy charms
To US thou dost disclose;
Thy gentler mood dislike disarms,
Inducing soft repOse.
Thou seemest over hill and heath
To wander with delight;
And oh, how sweet thy morning breath,
Succeeding winters night
'Tis true no summer blossoms float
Upon the bracing air,
Nor does the nightingale's sweet note
Salute the listening ear.
Yet melts the snow, and violets blush,
The streamlet bursts its chain,
And gladly greets the leahess bush
Thy renoyating rain.
often wish thy longer stsyi
Thou art to me less sad
Than Haunting, meretricious May,
In howery vesture clad
Thou givest us hopes of future joy;
May time these hopes fulfill
Thy promises our hearts employ,
While yet thy winds are chill.
And hope, alone. is happiness
FruitiOn is its bane-
The last may for moment bless,
But always ends in pain.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

A GAY OLD PATRIARCH.-The Balm
bridge correspondent of the Ross county
Register, says that Mr.. John n. Green of
that village was I2l years old last Christ
mas, still walks erect, and sports black
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

Epilepsy is one Of the most singular
diseases to which humanity is subjert,
and medical men have always been
good deal in the dark as to its caus :,
and quite so as to its cure. Unless ar
rested, the disease almost always re-
suits either in idiOCy or insanity, with
suicidal or hOmicidaI prUpensitics.
Lately, in France, the attempt has
been made to cure these peculiar con-
vulsiOns by the cold water treatment,
and, it is stated, with gratifying sue
cess. 1t has always been known that
the patient received a certain limited
benefit from a liberal use of cold baths;
but this, We believe, has never been
regularly and methodicaIly prescribed
with a view to recovery.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

Guard against reading too much OF
too rapidly. Read rather with atten
tion; lay the book often down; impress
upon your mind what you have read,
and reflect upon it.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

1t is very suggestive fact that in
nearly every case where the Democrat
ic press have occasion to enlarge upon
the discovery of a case Of "Radicals
stealing" they quote from Radical"
journals; and in nearly every case
where a "Radical thief' meets his just
deserts, it is at the hands of a "Radi-
caP' tribunal. Now wouldn't it be a
refreshing thing to see a case of expos
ure of Democratic stealing by Dem
ocratic journal, and punishment by q
Democratic tribunal? We have all
heard of many Democratic thieves in
ofice-but- who ever heard of one be-
ing first exposed by the press of his
own party, and then punished by a
tribunal under the party control?
TCOl, Jour,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

At a recent lecture Professor x
stated that Satrun had ring six thOus-
and miles broad. ''Be jabers y ex-
claimed an Irishman who was present,
"what finger he must have"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

The "Alexandria limp is the latest
eccentricity of fashion. 1t is produced
by wearing very high heeled boot
on one foot, and a fat heeled boot on
the other.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

Massachusetts is preparing to try
the license system as temperance
measure. The standing committee on
Intoxicating Liquors in the House Of
Representatives have submitted Ii
cense law suppressing public bars and
tipping shops, allowing licensed inn
holders and common victualers 10 sell
TO their guests, to be drank on the
premises; and licensed liquor dealers,
groceries, apothecaries and druggists,
brewers and distillers to sell, not to
be drank on the premises. The fees
for licenses are fixed at one hundred
to fifteen hundred dollars.
This would certainly be better than
the indiscriminate free trade in liquor
which practically prevails in Ohio,
Notwithstanding the stringent laws
against it, and the constitutional
clause forbidding license of the traffic.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17
FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

FEMALE SUHEhAGH.
BY ONE WHO DON'T WANT IT.
The rights Of Woman who demand,
These women are but few;
The greater part had rather stand
Exactly as they do.
Beauty has claims, for which she 6ghtI
At ease, with winning arms;
The woman who wants Woman's Rights
Wants, mostly, Woman's charms.
Punch.
This world was formed for maid and man,
So each must find q fellow;
It hath been so since the world began,
And marigolds we're yellow.
For she who wastes her summer prime,
And ooldly doth eschew it,
Shall in the winter Of her time
With vain repentance rue it.
Then, prithee, say not Nay, but Yea,
While primroses are blooming;
For Spring-time will not always stay
The Winter that is coming.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

A bachelor seeing the words "Fam-
lilies Supplied" +" over the door of shop,
stepped in and said he would take a
wife and two children.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

Josh Billings says: zone of the
fussiest scenes I ever seed wuB two
old maids Watin on one sick wideW-
err
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

The Chinese Proverb says lie has no
legs, and cannot stand; but it has got
wings and can fly far and wide.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

When does a cabbage heat a beet in
growing? When it gets head.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

''There lives no goose so gray, bnt soon or late
She'll find sUme honest gander for a mate"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

A Denver store has a sign up: "FyNe
KUt bak Oh"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

"Shoo 1y'-thrOwing an old slipper for
luck after newly-wedded pair.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17
Vol. S3-NO. 47.]
THE HIGHLAND WEEKLYNEWS.
OIDEsrPAPERINF THE COUNTY.

J. L. BoARDMAN, EDITOR AND PROPRT7OR.
oTFICE-Msin St. north side second door east Of High
81 t- nearly opposite the Post once.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17
Youths Department.

nEOriginal Enigmas, Charades, Problems, ste., are
solicited.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17

4 Trip into the Country Southeast Of st. 10.
Fine Farms aud Fertile iSoiL-F7LouTish-
ing Meeting Nth Old Friends.
ST. JOsEP9 Mo Fab 16 1871
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-17
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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-09-02
4 Buffalo Concert.

A wear or two since, the Handel and
HAYDN Musical Association treated the
city of Buffalo to the oratorio of 1.-The
Judgment" They laid themselves out
extensively. They had an orchestra of Il
hundred, and trained choir of as many
more, which for place only generation
or SO ont of the forest, was doing pretty
well. They hadn't any cannon to en-
phasize the chorus, and | believe there
were no gongs or anvils, but to give a
startling effect, it was arranged that the
rendition in the chorus OF the words
"the trump shall sound, was TO be fol-
lowed 10y fearful blast of the trumpet,
from musician placed in the cellar Of
the church. The effect expected to be
produced would Of course, be prodigious.
Well the night came, and the musicians
and the audience. II was avcry fair rem
dition. The church was filed with very
devout and attentive listeners, who, as
the grand words and music Of Imther's
Judgment Hymn pealed through the
lofty apartment, were visibly affected.
The trumpet business was 10 be 'one to
an audience prepared TO receive an i'm
preston. Recorder Houghton, n well
known lawyer of Buffalo, and also well
known for his fine tenor voice, was Presi
dent and CONDUCTOR and engineered the
thing splcudidly going through the
motions with his baton after the
manner of an Auschutz or II Maretzek.
The cue was given to the trumpcter below
--"thc trump shall sound'--and then a
sudden, solemn, thrilling pause. At that
moment "A gang Of canal bontmcn, who
had stopped outside to hear the music
astonishcd ut the silence, pressed still
farther into the vcstibule, in order to dis
cover, if possible, the cause of this lul
in the musical storm. At that instant
there came, in muillcd way, through the
floor. faint a." twa.nh-ah twn.an-tar J.
twn.nn.n-ang-ah T. One of the hardy
sailors Of the inland deep clappcd botl
his hands together, and yelled ont lonc
enough to bc heard in the church " By
Jingo, Bill, that's the Betsy Ann com
in into Bowlcrs Dock. I'd know tina
toot.horn anywhere 'twi'' here IN Alba
nv" The effect was slightly spoiled.
d1ntt think they repeated that oratorio
or il they did I'm quite sure the
didn't have Gabriel's horn in the cellar
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-09-02
4 Shower of Lizards.
From he (Corri@e) Utah Reporter.

From he (Corri3e) Utah Reporter.
A few evenings ago our town was Wis
tied by the first rain which has fallen
for three months. 1t seemed, since the
1st of May, that the dry season" of the
early years had returned, and that We
were again to have Summer without
drop of rain The rain however, though
grateful and welcome, was not much OF II
surprise; but connected with it was II
phenomenon without precedent in this
section, unexplained by any of our phil
osophers, nothing more nor less than a
shower of water lizards. Over all the
Western part of the town, particularly
round the opera house, they We're found
in great numbers, and of every length
from two to eight inches In looking
over the ground to-day We found a num-
Der already quite dried up; and we note
with surprise there is SO little substance
in them as to leave nothing more than Il
mere skeleton The greatest number
seems to have fallen on Judge Spicer's
premises. His cellar, lately dug, pre-
yiously dry as a powder house, contain
ed several inches of water literally alive
with these singular creatures. The
Judge tished up some forty of the largest
ones, and now has them alive III a water
tank near his house, where the curious
may inspect them. On examination we
found them to have homeless limbs, and
bodies very soft and ''mushy;" they are
quite lively in the water, but soon get
dry, dull, and inactive when laid out on
the ground. They more nearly resem-
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-09-02

A RUSSIAN ROMANCE. Not long pre-
vious to The unsuccessful military insur-
rection which broke out at St Petersburg
in 1925, on the accession of Nicholas to
the throne n young noble of Moscow +
the name of Ivachef had fallen in love
with his sisters French governess, and
wanted to marry her His relations were
dreadfully shocked ut the idea of such n
meSaHiuce, aud they turned the young
lady out of the house but before she
could return to France the revolt took
place, and her lover who participated i'll
it, was first imprisoned, and then sent to
Siberia The young Frcnchwoman i'm
mcdiately went to St Petersburg, and
asked to be allowed to JON him in his
exile. With great difficulty she gained
her point, and after II long and painful
journey, she reached Siberia. There she
found that TIE authorities mad heard
nothing about her, and ns she had to wait
/ long before she could obtain the necessary
leave 20 seek for and TO marry lvachct
In the interval, however she made nc
qunintancc with man who had been
condemned to exile for highway robbery,
and who was now working in the fortress
] Oi lrkUtNk, lSnt tOlu MN utr NtOIN ono
day the next day he brought her n letter
from lvachcf. From that time forward
the convict enabled the lovers to carry
on n secret correspondence. He had 20
work in the fortress the whole day but
as coon IA night arrived, he used 10 take
Ivachcf's letter, and set Of to carry il Ia
its destination. often all but tired out,
and exposed 10 hurricanes and snow.
storms-rcturnin with the longcd.for re-
ply before dnybrcuk. AlcnRth leave came
for Ivnchci 10 MARI "a few years passed
away, and his sentence was commu,cc
from hard hbour TO simple exile. Bu
the change came too late. The yount
wife "indcd away like flower Of th,
south among the SHOWS of Siberia.
Her husband lived on for while, no
dying till several months after her death
Int lac wns no longer Of this world. Hi
letters bore the stamp ol asad mysticism
"of the s6mbre poetry Of dispair. III
. could no longer bc mid 10 live. Slowly
, aud with sort Of majesty, he passed
away ~ r. s. Rdlston.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-09-02
Summary OF General News.

THE price of substitutes in the French
army has recently risen from $500 to
81 900.
ONLY eighteen persons died of small
pox in all Ireland last year. So much
for compulsory vaccination.
GREAT BRITAIN has 6, 416 cotton, wool
en-, and other clothing manufactures,
which employ S45, ,066 operatives.
THEY are getting petroleum from
sandstone III Missouri.
The Connecticut is so low that teams
ford the river at Hartford, Just above the
toll bridge.
The Iowa Board of Immigration has
appointed agents to visit England, Ger
many, Belgium, Poland, and Denmark
A LITTLE girl in Quincy. Illinois, was
killed by sticking a needle In her bosom
1t was broken Oft IN attempting to extract
it, and worked in till it touched the heart
The assessment of Cincinnati for 1870
will be as follows: Real estate, Sl3S, ,000,-
900; personal property, S75, 900, ,0O0-to-
tai, S2l3, 100000. The total valuation
of last year was only $125,O00,0OO
Mr.. Brantly, Mayor of Winona, Miss,
while attending public concert and
sitting in an open window, was shot and
instantly killed, five buckshot passing
through his head.
The Houston Texas Telegraph sajs
the Chinese about Bremond have been
declared failure. The railway compa-
ny are said to be tired of them.
MANY discoveries have been made of
arms and papers, demonstrating the
widely extended system of Prussian spy
ing throughout France.
THE inquiry into the treatment Of
Fenian prisoners in England is going on
searchingly.
THE Gcumenical Council will reassem-
bic on November IL.
THIRTY members of the Big Horn ex-
pedition have returned, and the rest have
gone to Montana.
/ THE new census gives New Haven q
population of At, 900, and Hartford, 49,,
900.
The reconstruction expenses for Miss
issippi were 1875. 900, and for Arkansas,
Sl25. 900
The Anti-Chinese Convention in San
Francisco has adopted platform appro.
wing the eight hour system, and denounc
ing the importation of coolies.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-09-02
The Golden Side.

There is many a rose in the road OF life
II we would but stop to take IT.
And many tone from the better land,
II the querulOus heart would make it.
To the sunny soul that is full OF hope,
And whose beautiful trust ne er taieth,
The grass Is green and the flowers are bright,
Though the winter storm prevalent.
Better to hope, though clouds hang low,
And to keep the eye still lifted,
For the sweet blue sky Will still peep through
When the ominOus clouds are rifted.
There never was a night without day,
Or an evening without morning.
And the darkest hour-so the pruverh goes
Is the hour before the dawniug.
There is many a gem in the path Of life.
Which We pass in our idle pleasure,
That Is richer lar than the Je Seled crown
OR the mIser = boarded treasure
II may be the love OF a little child,
or mother prayer to heaven,
or only a beggar'z grateful thanks
For cup OF water gwen.
Better TO weave the web OF life
bright and golden filling;
A d 90 tod = work with ready heart
And hands that are prompt and willing
Than TO snap the delicate minute threads
OF our curious lives assuuder,
And then blame heaven for the tangled ends
And sit and -rleyc and wonder.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-09-02
Wit and Wisdom.

up MS hcNlne.
MEN born blind cant be carpenters,
because they never saw.
THERE one thing which can always be .
found, and that's fault
To have bang-up" time-be pres
ent at a steamboat explosion.
PooR pigs, they are doctored the wrong
way round killed first cured afterwards ;
PoULTRY keeping ought to answer, for
every grain you give fowl 1t gives a
peck.
CONE over to our house and see the
bilious fever, is the Indiana saluta-
ton.
IMAGINE a more melancholy spectacle
than a lot of hens trying to roost on
clothes line.
An American is using his life insurance
policy as passport with great success in
Germany.
IF postage on papers is reduced to one
cent there will be two sent where there is
one sent now.
The difference between bride and
bridegroom is this-one is given away
and the other sold.
AN old man is easier robbed than
young one, for his locks are few, and his
gait generally broken.
All the world should be at peace
And if kings must show their might
ia have those who made the quarrels
BE the only ones to hghtl
JEANETTE AND JEANNor.
A JAVA grandee is coming to this
country with his eighty-one children, and
wants to secure board in some quiet
family.
Two twin brothers in Boston are said
to he so much alike that they frequently
borrow money of each other without
knowing it.
MOTHERS used to provide switches for
their daughters from the nearest bush
now til daughters get their own switches
from the milliner.
DEACON said minister, after a
heavy sermon, :" I'm very tired " In
deed" replied the deacon, then you
know how to pity Us.
A YOUNG man recently married in Be
lott Wisconsin, helped his wife, while
counting, to sew together rags enough to
make SIXTY yards ol carpet.
THE wise individual. who is SO peculiar
" observant, and particularly SO of fash
ions. says there is less change i'll gentle
mems pants than there was last year.
Two things are uppermost in every
bodys thoughts just now, when the war
is commencing and the money market III
a state of agitation-the Rhine and the
Rhino.
A YOUNG gentleman in Louisville is
advertised to marry Breckenridge
county belle III the Mammoth Cave This
says an exchanged looks like running
matrimony into the ground.
What made. you tell the gentleman
you had three or four sisters and broth
ers. Mary when You have none?" "Why
were so poor you couldn't afford to buy
none.
That Oswego bear has been shot
There WAS nothing vicious about him,
but he lacked Judgment, and was rather
careless when at play. Only two or three
men had been used up by him up tothe
time of his death
An Ohio paper says that the Wooster
man who drank thirty-tive glasses of beer
last week before breakfast, repeated the
dose, yesterday with an addition of siS
glasses. He is now in charge of ply
sician, with splendid prospects of fllner.
al.
A LITTLE boy in the infant class OF
Sunday school out west, was asked by
his teacher if he had learned anything