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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
BIarVeIs of Memory.

Some examples of the marvels of mem
Ory would seem entirely Incredible had
they not been given to Us upon the highest
authority. Cyrus knew the name of each
soldier in his army. 1t is also related of
ThemistOcles that he could call by name
every citizen of Athens, although the num-
Der amounted TO twenty thousand. NTH
ridates, king of Pontus, knew all his so
thousand soldiers by their right names.
Scribe knew all the inhabitants of Rome
Seneca complained of old age because he
could not, as formerly, repeat two thous-
and names in the order in which they were
read to him; and he stated that on one oc-
casion, when at his studies, two hundred
uncOnnected verses having been recited by
the different pupils of his preceptor, he re-
peated them in a reversed order, proceed
ing from the last to the first.
Lord Granville could repeat, from begin
ming to end, the New Testament in the
original Greek. Cooke, the tragedian, is
said 20 have committed to memory all the
contents of large daily newspaper. Ra-
cine could recite all the tragedies of
Euripides.
1t is said that George III. never forgot
face he had once seen, nor a name he had
ever heard. Mirandola would commit to
it three times, and could frequently repeat
the words backward as we'll as forward.
Thomas Cranmer committed to memory,
in three months, an entire translation of
the Bible. Euler, the mathematician,
could repeat the Eueid and Leibnitz,
when an O,d man, could recite the whole
Of Virgil, word for word.
1t is said that Bossuet could repeat, not
only the whole Bible, but all Homer, Vir-
gil, and Horace, besides many other works.
Mozart had a wonderful memory of musi-
cal sounds. When only fourteen years of
age, he went to Rome to assist in the so
lemnities of Holy Week. Immediately af-
ter his arrival, he went to the Sistine
Chapel to hear the famous Miserere of Al
legri. Being aware that it was forbidden
to take or give copy of this renowned
piece of music, Mozart placed himself in
corner, and gave the strictest attention to
the music, and, on leaving the church,
noted down the entire piece. A few days
afterward he heard it a second time, and.
following the music with his own copy in
his hand, satisfied himself of the fidelity
of his memory. The next day he sang the
Miserere at a concert, accompanying him
self on the harpsichord (; and the perform
ance produced such a sensation in Rome
that Pope Clement XIV. requested that
this musical prodigy should be presented
to him at once.-[Oliver Optics Magazine.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
Grants First Veto,

A veto by Gen. Grant, the first he has
sent to the Senate, is of such. unusual oc-
currence that it is worth noting, and the
exceeding sense displayed in the act, will
reconcile the people to the odium with
which Andy succeeded in surrounding the
much abused prerOgalive of the executive.
The letters patent granted to a Mr.. White,
for an improvement in repeating pistols,
had expired, and Mr.. White had appealed
for an extension of his patent. The Senate
passed a bill "for the relief of Mr.. White -
but Gen. Grant could MT see it. He vetoed
the bill on the sensible ground that Mr..
White had been paid about $40, 900 royalty
for his patent. Enough for Mr.. White
without further donation by the govern
ment. We like such vetoes.
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EWh0Ie No. 1850.

''Boys," =" he said, as he folded up the
paper, ''let me keep this, and if y06
stick to your noble resolution YOU
shall never want friend while I
live" = =
We let the captain keep the pledge,
and when ne had put it in his pocket,
ne came and took US each in turn by
the hand. He was much affected, and
knew the Circumstances made him
happy. From that day our prospects,
frightened. Jack Small no longer
had our envy, for he took hold and
taught US navigation, and we were
proud Of him. On the next voyage
we all six were rated rs able aeamen5
and received full wages, and we left
not that nOble-hearted captain, until
we left to become officers on board,
other ships.
Jack Small is now one of the best
masters in the world, and ] believe the
rest Of our party are still living, hon.
Ored and respected men. Three years
ago we.all met-the whole six Of us
at the Astor House in New York, and
not one Of Us had broken the pledge
which we had made in the hotel as
no Janeiro- Four of us were then
commanders Of good ships, one vas d
merchant in New York, and the other
was just going out AZ American Consul
to one Of the Italian cities In the Med
iterranPan.
Yon know now why ] do not drink
wine with you, and OF course you will
not urge it upon me, nor take my re-
fusal as a mark Of cOldues5 or dis
respect" fr ....--#.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
WOn1an's Dress.

Woman's dress has always been a mar
vel to us, and the conundrum of Glow
can a woman dress so much more thinly
than a man, and keep warm?" is one
which we feel compelled to give up. The
editor of the Schenectady Star has been
puzzling his brains over the same perplex-
ing question, and relates the following
startling experience: - .-e
1--WE once rode with a girl in an open
cutter fifteen miles on one of the coldest
nights in winter, and while we sat frozen
nigh as stiff as a stake, our teeth chatter
ing like castauets, she kept up an ami
mated conversation, every now and then
exclaiming, 90! is MT this delightful
Don't you enjoy itY When we arrived
at our destination, notwithstanding We
were dressed a great deal warmer than our
fair companion, she had to lift US out of
the cutter and conduct us to the tropical
atmosphere of the kitchen of farmhouse.
On the return trip we were frozen to death
and she drove the corpse home! 1t must
be that girls are tougher than we men
folks"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
Keep the Birthdays.

Keep the birthdays religiously. They
belong exclusively to, and are treasured
among, the sweetest memories Of. home.
Do not let anything prevent some token,
however slight, to show that It is remem-
bered. Birthdays are great events to chill
dren. For one day they feel that they are
heroes. The special pudding is made ex-
pressly for themj new jacket, trousers
with pockets, or the first pair Of boots is
dOnned, and his brothers and sisters sink
into iusignihcance beside sslittle Charlie"
who is "six to-day" aud is soon "gOing to
be mRu." Farmers who have half Il
dozen little ones to care for, are apt to neg
lect birthdays-they come so Often. Some
times they are too busy, and sometimes
they are bothered; but if they only knew
how much such souvenirs are cherished bg
their children, years afterward, when way
from the hearthstOne, they have added ona
or more years to the weary round Of life,
they would never permit any thing to step
in between them and parents privileges.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
Death Of GottschaIk.

The steamship South American
from Rio Janeiro, December 25th
brings the melancholy intelligence OF
the death Of Louis NJ. GOttschaIk, the
celebrated American painist and com.
poser. While giving monster con.
cert at Rio Janeiro, he fell senspless
at his instrument, during the perfor-
nance of his favorite composition
"Lu M0rte." He was taken to Thu
ca, where he fingered three weeks
and expired on the 18th Of Decem.
Der.
The Emperor sent continually dur
ing his illness, to obtain tidings OF
his condition.
His funeral was conducted by the
Philharmonic Society of Rio Janeiro,
and was attended by an extraordi.
nary number of persons, of all nation
alities. The remains were deposited
in the Cemetery of st. John the Bap-
tist.
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Terms Of the Daily Gazette.
A PREMIUM TO SUBSCRIBERS!
mha Enzatta Animal Raaistar

The Second Volume Of the GAZETTE ANNUAL
REGISTER will be Issued the first Of January,
lS7O. This work will contain complete history Of The
srsHE for the gear lSG9-Cump1 EecTiOu Returns
for all the States; the Vote OF Ohio and Indiana, by
Townships the Organization of National and State
Governments; Names Of the Members Of the Legsla-
turo Of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky; the Congress Of
the United States times for holding District Cir
emit Courts and other general and valuable statistics
II will also contain agricultural aud Horticultural
Department, which farmers and gardeners will ind val
uable. The Almanac and Meteorological and AstrO-
montreal features will he prepared by PEoF ABBE, Of
the Cincinnati Observatory. The Register will, in
hne, be full Of interesting infurmai ion, and a copy
should be in the possession Of every family.
COPY Of NE Register yBU be FREE TO erery mail
sbSriJer 70 The Weekly, Semi Weekly Daily Gaze is. It
will be issued the rst Of January. aud all sIbscr
5ers books al d0t Time riH be supplied The Regis
ter will be sent TO subscribers their
sent in. Persons, however, intending subscribe r
the GAZETTE should Ia order TO obtain the full benefit
0 the Register, send In their before the
first Of January. All letters should be addressed to
The Cincfnna j Gazette CO.,
CINCINNATI OHIO
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
Catching a Rascal,

An amusing story is told OF al old lady
who had been very much annoyed By the
village boys ringing the door bell and then
running of, to enjoy the false summons.
SO one day the old lady got long switch
and stationed herself in the hall, for thB
purpose Of catching the urchins and in
hicting summary justice upon them. Now
It happened that the new minister, a meek
looking little man, was paying his first
pastoral visits that day, and rang the door
bell at the house of this good old sister
when out jumped the old lady, thinking il
was the boys, and, laying the vigorous
whacks OF her hickory over the head and
shoulders Of the little preacher, exclaimed /:
"Oh. you little rascaIl I've caught Won
at last!" The result can be more properly
imagined than explained.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
Selling Crackers.

The following circumstance which re-
Gently occurred In Boston, is tod good to
be lost. quick-witted topper went into u
bar-room, and called for something to
drink.
"We don't sell liquor" said the law
abiding landlord. 1--WE will give you
glass, and then if you want to buy a crack
er, we will sell it to you for twelve cents"
"Nery well, E" said the Yankee customer,
"hand down your decanter."
The "gOOd creature" was handed down
and our hero took a stiff horn, then, on
turning round to depart, the unsusbectinr
landlord handed him the crackers, with
the remark: "DOn't you want a erackerP''
"Well, no; I guess not you sell 'ern
too dear. can get lots on 'em hte or six
for a cent anywhere else"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17

Meteeric Showers have long bafied the
studies Of astronomers. It Is claimed now
that they are satisfactorily explained bv
Prof. Adams. This distinguished astron-
omer, after most elaborate calculations;haa
determined for meteoriC bodies an orbit
which reaches beyond Uranus, and around
which they travel I'm n cycle Of thirty
three years. This orbit is elllpucaI like
that of comet; and while one diameter
carries it to the outer limits Of the plane
tary system, the other diameter Is so much
shorter as TO bring the meteor track across
the earth's orbit at certain points and
times. The meteors occupy a belt, and AS
the earth enters this there are more 6r Iesa
displays of shooting stars ...- ra
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17


The following capital song was sung BY Gov. job
dreiner' the famous Whg poet of the days Of IsiO
the recent celebration in Columbus of the sOth brit
day Of Mr. Orange Johnson one Of the earliest settler
9f Franklin county.
We're band Of aged Pilgrims
Full Of life and hope and cheer,
Who meet to grace the table
OF 40 hOnored Pioneer,
Who sees his sightieth birthday, -.
Aud whose friends and nelghboru pray
An ORANGE ripe and sound 30 long
May last for many day,
May keep for many day. d
IA these days Of fustisn fashion
MOoE oranges abound,
But where the johnson Orange grows
The golden run is found.
Like groves Of sunny fragrance, that
Their buds and flowers renew.
o, the fond aud pleasant memories
OF the daysOf long ago.
When Columbus was a village, full
Of bushes, stumps and trees,
It never dreamed Of palaces
Nor fezstingI such as these ---
It's houses, rude log cabins,
Hog and hOminy the fare,
And for passing stranger
Ever sat the vacant chair,
welcome vacant chair.
Then tin and homemade orOckery ware
Adorned the kitchen Shelves
Instead Of ordering servants round
Folks waited on themselves.
Then neighbors lent helping hand
With open hearts and true,
o, the fond ard pleaJant memories
Ofthe days Of long ago.
Old times-their changing seasons,
How strangely odd they seem,
Familiar thoughts Of men and things,
They haunt US like a dream.
When Salmon Chase through Worthingtou
Drove Oxen-his employ
Who thought silk Chief Justices robe
Would ever fit that boy,
An awkward country bOyl
When Neil and Moore's fast coaches
Came laundering down tbe road,
When Colonel NoJls's National stood
The travellers abode
When wading kuee-dOep thro' the mud,
For Tip aud Tyler too,
0, the fond and pleasant memories,
OF the days Of long ago.
Then ladies' ringlsts were their own,
And richly were they CT owned
You never thought Of which MAS witch
Or what they cost pound,
They stood erect upon their pins,
Like angels who ascend,
They never vent a wObbling round
Or with Grecian bend,
o, horTid Grscian bend
Young men who went a sparkling,
Hitched their horses at the door,
And when they got the mitten, why,
They didn't go any more.
Sometimes they popped the question,
Aud the answer wasn't no!
y, the fond and pleasant memories,
or the days Of long ago.
We're gathered friends and neighbors here
Around the social board,
Living monuments Of mercy, through
The goodness Of the Lord.
Tho cheeks are furrowed deep with care,
Tho wrinkled brows We show,
Tho travelling down the hill Of life
With trembling steps and slow,
YET happy go.
We're a band Of aged Pilgrims,
Full Of life and hope and cheer,
Te grace the social table Of
This honured Pioneer,
And my song is ended,
The chorus you know,
Is the fond, the pleasant memory,
OF the days Of long age.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17

Grace Greenwood does not disovvh her
country girlhoOd. Her opinion that har-
Messing and driving horse is not unfen-
inine employment is sensible. She says,
"For me, the actual daily care Of horse
we're far from hardship. It may be A
co arse employment, but il is cOngeniul. I
never was feminine enough to tend a ca
nary or clean house for an old gossip Of
a parrot; but can look after the comforts
and decencies of stall most faithfully. I
never could comb or curl a French poodle;
but / can groom.a horse, upon occasion;
aud after a fashion"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
Can't Fool the COlored Person.

Can't Fool the COIOred Person.
The colored citizens of Wilmington
know their friends. They thus re-
turn their thanks to the Cincinnati
Enquirer and the Democratic of Ham
ton county:
Resolved, That we regard the Dem
ocratic party as the sworn enemy OF
the black man, and of the progress of
liberty and equal rights, and that it
has done nothing to merit our esteem
OF demand our support, but every
thing to inspire our hatred, and call
forth our unrelenting opposition lex
cept that patriot who presides over
the Cincinnati Enquirer, and that band
of spotless Democrats in Hamilton
county, who washed their robes and
made them white by voting for the
seven Republicans on the fusion tick
et,) and that we will carefully guard
against being Influenced by honeyed
words and the sudden gushings of
love, that are sure to flow forth from
Democratic bosoms upon our hitherto
scorned and despised race.
This touching expression of graft
tude ought to soothe the rufled Dem
Ocracy. 1t should prove to them con-
clusiveIy that their e1eritions are not
unapprcciated.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17

a young lady contemplating niatrim6nv.
was one morning handed testament by
her father, with the leaf turned down al
the following passage' "He who giveth
in marriage dOeth we'll, but ne who giveti
not in marriage dOeth better" She einams-
diately returned it with the following re-
ply written underneath: "Dear father, [
am contented to do well; let those do Uet-
ter tho cau." ..
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
PAPER BAGS and FLOUR SACKS.
Gnardian,s Sale.

UN pursuance Of an Csr ofthe Probate Court within
81 and for the County Of Highland and State Of Ohio,
made the 18th day Of January, IS70 ia the OF
Wm. McColum, Guardian of n. B. and s. NJ. McCOl-
lum, against his said wards, will offer for sale
On Friday, the 25th day Of Feb, 1870,
on the premises the undivided two-thirds Of the fol-
lowing described real estate situate u the County Of
Highland and Township Of Paint, bounded and de-
scribed as follows, to-vit; -4 e.--r.-
On the Waisrsof Rocky Fork Of Paint Greek, begin
hiug at a stone in the Turnpike Road leading from
RainsborO Cynthiana and N E Oornerto JAS Roads
land thence S. 1879 Z. 80 poles to stOue 10 said
road thence so 2. l3 40 poles to stone in said
road thence s. 1919 W. 90 40 poles to stone, corner
10 J. Milton Boyd's landi thence s. 670 W. 60 $40
poles to sOne corner to the land Of James Rosds,
John Pulse aud Wm. McCOllum; thence n. "A $40 4.
~ poles to the beginniny-cOntaning (295 twenty.
nine and three quarter less. Said two
thirds appraised $780, and will not be sold for less
than tyo-thirds Of said appraised value.
TEhmo OF SALE:-One-third cash in hand on day
Of SAFE onethird in one, and third in two years,
deferred payments secured by mortgage premises
sold, bearing l8 six per cent in crest payable
nually.. WIN. MCCOLLUM, Guardian.
E. n. DEBRuIN, Atty. 7W4pr'sfoeSIl so
January "a, A. D., 1870.
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"Now, s'posin you was to be turned in
to an ANIMAL" said Jim, "what would you
like to be, Bill ?" 80, I'd like to be lion, &"
replied Bill, "because he's so" 90, no,
don't be a lion, Bill" interrupted little
Tom, who has had some recent painful ex-
perience at school, "be a wasp, and then
you can sting the schoolmaster." ..
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Conundrums.

Why is proud woman like music-bookf She T.
full Of airs. r.. .. .. ". ..r
What is the most modest thing now in this house
The clock for ii always its face With its hands
and runs itself down, however good its works may be.
What is the first thing lady does when she falls in.
to the water? She gets wet. ..s.
Which the four most corpulent letters in the al
phabet! o, B, c, 7 (obesity).
When were there only three vowels in the aphabeti
Before and / were thought of. ..
Why may the popular felt hats be called wide-awaks
Because they never had any nap. ....
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17

Wounds made with the teeth often props
poisonous. \ man in Detroit struck an
other in the teeth On Christmas day, cut
ting his own knuckes thereby. The hand
swelled and became very much infamed,
and since then the flesh has decaved from
the wounded finger. The diseased bons
has been scraped, hut without effect, and
the physicians think amputatiOn will be
necessary.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17
Ar1thmetical Question.

Three women agree to make visiting excursions
One Of them is to take 8 days and return home and
stay day, and then take days and stay at home
and on the second is to take days and stay at
home day and so on the third days and stay at homo
day and on.
Suppose all three start out together on the lst Of
May, what day will they all be at home ogether7
Oak Ridge, o.. As.
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THE WEEKLY GAZETTE

Is printed clear type contains average Of thirty
four columns of reading matter and Is specially de-
signed for the country News, Literature, Commerce,
Manufactures and Agriculture the spcciaties Of
this edition. and each department will be found full
and complete. Farmers will find the Agricultural De-
partment which is in charge Of editor Of practical
experience IN that line Of industry, Of great value.
The proceedings Of the Cincinnati Horticultural Soc
ETY. also printed in this paper, and by special
rangemeut will hereafter furnish a report Of the
proceedings Of the American Institute Farmers Club
in advance Of Eastern papers. nrst-cass (orginal
selected story will always be found In the WEEKLY
GAZETTE, with enough politics and religious intell
gence &c keep the reader fully advised Of movements in
State and Church The world is the field in which We
labor, aud nothing Ofneres the public will escape
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-02-17

A maiden lady, alluding to her youthful
accom- plishments, said that at six mouths
Of age she went alone. A malicious indi-
vidual present, remaTked-'sYes, and you
have been going alone ever since"
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SEMI-WFEKLY GAZETTF,

This paper printed Tuesday and Friday Of each
week. 1t is the size as the Daily and Weekly,
containing thrty-siX full columns of reading matter
Most Of the reading matte prepared for the Daily and
Weekly will be printed In this editien. Persons who
desire paper Oftener than week. but do not
need daily, will find this The cheapest and best paper
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Marietta and Cincinnati Rail-
road.

As applied to bad luck, this winter
the old saying-"It never rains but il
pours"-is firmly believed in by Maj
Peabody, He thinks the NJ. & G.. has
had its share Of providential backsets,
by food and otherwise, and is anxious,
| ly looking for that good time coming,
when a Master of Transportation will
not have to make an Irishman's flea OF
himself for weeks in succession, and
be everywhere at the same time
Chief among the Majors troubles is
"Gadbury," which, after every heavy
rain, gives him a sort of wide-awake
nightmare. Until the bridge can be
rebuilt, the stream must be spanned
by trestle work, and the nature Of the
location is such that it is next TO i'm
possible to build the trestliDg strong
enough to withstand a heavy freshet.
1t was carried away again last Mon
day night, causing an interruption to
travel until Wednesday afternoon
When a mishap of this kind occurs, it
is consoling to travellers to know that
its reconstruction is under the control
of those who permit no grass to grow
under their feet TChilIicothe Regis
ter.