Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-05-13
THE NINTH CENSUS.

The government is making prep
arations for the taking Of the ninth
census of the United States. The
primary object Of this grand emu
meration is to arrange the appor-
tionment of representation in Con
gress and the Ele ctoral College, but
it is also very properly made gen.
eral 80 as to give valuable and nec-
essary information in regard to
commerce, manufactures, educa-
tional and reli ;ious Institutions,
and the general resources and pro-
gress of tie country Schedules
are issued ON which the following
items are to be noted:
! First-All the dwelling houses IN
the district, all the families, name
of every inhabitant, age, sex, color,
trade, occupation, or profession of
each male person over fifteen years.
value of real estate owned, place of
birth of each inhabitant, marriages
within the preceding year, number
of persons who have attended
school, persons over twenty years
of age who can read and write the
deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic,
paupers and convicts.
Second-Number of acres of land
improved, and unlmproved, with
the name of the owner, agent or
manager, live stock on hand of the
different kinds, produce of the farm
of every kind during the year pre-
ceding 1st of June, 1870.
| Third-Produets of industry of
every kind with name of manufae-
turer producing articles in each
year of the value of $500, name and
kind of business, capital invested,
; raw material used, with statement
of quantities, kinds and values,
} kinds of motive power and machi-
: merry, average number Of hands EN-
ployed, wages paid, dc.
i Fourth-Aggregate valuation OF
real and personal estate, aggregate
, of taxes assessed, colleges. acade-
! mics, schools, schoolhouses, DC. ;
/, public libraries, periodicals, news
! papers, how often published, mum
Der of circulation. Has the season
produced .verage crops? What
l crops are short2 To what extent,
2 and the average crop per year. Av.
l erage wages of farm hands, of day
E laborers, with board; wages with
: out board of carpenters, female
domestics; price of board for labor
: ing men per week; number OF
churches, of persons each will ac-
commodate value of church prop
v erty, with statistics relating tosspau
!. pers and convicts.
e Fifth-Number of deaths during
t the preceding year, with age, sex
:. color, domestic condition, place o
:, birth and occupation of deceased
g together with time and cause Of
r death.
RESULTS OF PRESENT DUTY-ssA
;, certain man drew bow at venture.
- He was a common soldier; not al
, officer. His duty was simply tt
:. stand in the ranks and discharg'
; arrows at the enemy. He was doins
- - this nothing more. He had no par
! ticular aim or matk; no extraordi
= nary expectations. ."He drew hi
= bow in his simplicity" Mary. Now
= let us read the result. It is said hi
3 'ssmote the King Israel between th'
Joints of the harne 8" Ahab wa
delivered, that arrow poited the
current of the worlds history in a
new direction all the result of th'
: faithful performance of ordinaa.
duty. The captains were charged
to make extraordinary efforts tt
take or slay Ahab, and how faith
t fully they kept the charge is eviden
ced by the hot pursuit that day o
Jehosaphat. whom they mistook fol
the kings had for disguise exehan
ged robes. None of thoes officers
= who were trying to do this grea
E thing did it, but the comon soldier
who was just firing away, as was hi:
humble duty. How often met
loose the richest opportunities. be
n cause they are seeking opportuni
a ties. Ordinary duties are neglected
in hopes of some grand achievement
! He who meets and slays Goliath is
d often but shepard lad, carrying, a
a fathers command ,parched corn to
!, his brothers in the camp. and not {
e panoplied warrior. David had nc
expectation of being king, but fila
Y obedience was his pathway to the
throne. Some lowly service, faith
fully performed, is often stepping
stone to q higher sphere and he
> who Sights the one loses the other
, 1t is safe to be true to present duty
! to do it well, and with cheerful
I unambitious hart. All else will bt
: added unto you'-N. W. Christian
Advocate.
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