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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-08-18
NOTICE..

TNO the unknown heirs Of Eliza Smith and
Hamilton Smith, Arthur Roush, Lydia
Mathews and Aaron Mathews, her hus sband
Jonas Roush, Phillip Knopp, of the State of
Illinois, whose place of residence is unknown,
and Hannah Gardner and Lydia MeCarty,
whose place of residence is unknown, but
supposed to be in the State Of Illinois: You
are hereby notified that on the 18th day of
July, 1870, the said Plaintiff, Moses R..
Mathews, filed his petition in the Court of
Common Pleas of Gallia county, Ohio,
stating that he is entitled to deed
of conveyance from the heirs of Philip Roush,
of the following real estate: One acre Of
land, more or less, lying in the southeast
corner of the north half of lot number 4O4,
in section No. 2. of township No. 5, of
Ohio, bounded on the north and west by
lands owned by John Watson. on the east
by the Ohio river, on the south by lands
owned by Peter Knopp--by virtue of q
purchase of said premises through different
equitable owners of the same from the said
Phillip Roush; the said Phillip Roush hav-
ing made no conveyance thereof, in pur-
suance of his contract of sale to the person
under whom said plaintiff claims. The
said plaintiff AYERS that the full purchase
money has been paid, and that he and
those under whom he claims have been in
possession of said premises with the consent
of said Phillip Roush and his heirs, and
have made valuable Improvements thereon.
The prayer of said petition is that the said
plaintiff may be decreed and adjudged deed
of conveyance in fee simple for said premises
as by law he is entitled.
The said defendants are notified that they
must demur or answer to said petition on or
before the 10th day of September, 1870, or
the said plaintiff will apply to the next term
of said Court of Common Pleas for decree in
accordance with the statements of said peti-
tom MOSES R. MATHEWS,
July ID, lS70.-6w Plaintiff.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-08-18
A Farm for Sale +!

SITUATED in Green township, Gallia
~ County, Ohio, seven miles from CALI
polls, containing one hundred and forty acres
One hundred acres cleared, one hundred and
thirty under fence, having on it two-story
house with eight rooms, two barns and two
hundred bearing fruit trees
For further particulars enquire of the SUBJ
scriber on the premises.
j. G. HENSHAW.
June 8, 1s70.-3m.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-08-18
Sherif's Sale, in Partition
State of Ohio. Gall;n Cou1tv 90

80 DFutSVtI OOuJlty, %.
PURSUANT to the command of an order OF
sale nom the Court of Common Pleas. OF
<sanna ceHnty, Ohio, and tome directed will of
!er aL public sale at the door Of the Court house
~ snS CITY OF Gailipolis, in said county, at one
SSloex ocn P; m, on the 10Th day of August a a,
ioo sne Ioiiowing described real estate, situate
IN s salu county 20 of Gallia, and bounded and de-
The north half Of the east half os tho .,,.t,
east quarter Of section seven. town six and
range sixteen, containing fortv cres ,o 0,o anu M
less. Appraised at $4,000. "o'es' inore or
To be sold under an order of sale in n.,,;.;o.,
IN the case OF Daniel Davis and Edward Dav Wis w
Sarah Davis, Thomas Davis and Others - w.
Terms of sale:-One-third cash in hand ~.
third in one year and One-third in two vears ,e
with interest from day of sale. The ceferrtassi;
payments TO be secured by mortgage on ~
premises - e-se
Given under my hand officially, ahis a6th day
3. BLAZER,
sc. CO.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-08-18
for the sale of their Standard Teas, put up in
air-tight packages and in bulk.
PRICE LIST:

PRICE LIST:
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED.
OOLONG, GBlack,l 80, 100, l25, LAS per
pound.
MIXED. tGreen and Black, 80, LOS, 100 per
pound.
YOUNG HYSON, [Green,l 95, LOO, 1.2O.
l.30, l.50 per pound.
IMPERIAL, [Green,l 95, I.2O, l.9O, 1.5O per
pound.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST, 95, 100, .25,
1.50 per pound.
JAPAN, 100. 1. 25, IUncolored Leaf 60 days
from Japan, 140.
GUNPOWDER, SI.2O, las, 60, LIS per
pound.
All our Teas are warranted to give satisfac-
ton, or they can be returned. and money re-
funded. Consumers can make q positive
saving from so to IS cents per pound by rur-
chasing our Teas.
Call or send for Tea paper with full list
and particulars.
Oct. %, 1869.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29

"And I am poor, Nellie" calculated
Bart, "but you shall see am no conceited
jacknapes. will go away and commence
the practice of my profession if you will
only give me hope"
Nellie looked at her father through her
bushes.
But would be a penniless bride.'
and all the dearer! If you are not worth
working for you are not worth having"
eff, them" she returned, slyly, "you
wait year and not change your mind, if
uncle is willing"
(Which he will be-" interrupted the
gentleman.
The ruse was still kept up. Mr.. La
fourn gave him letters of introduction to
several influential friends, he went away
and set up work in earnest. For while
he was unsuccessful at last his talents be-
gan to be appreciated and he was on a
fair way to prosperity. At the end of the
year he wrote and told Mr.. Lafourn how
he had succeeded, and asked if he would
have any objections to his wedding taking
place then. He returned, and when he ar
rived he found his Nellie prettier than ev-
er. Mr. Lafourn said nothing, and Bart
wondered at his giving such costly we'd
ding to his niece but when he, as the
BRIDES father, gave her away he was dumb
founded. AS soon as the ceremony was
over he rushed to his father-in-law
What does it mean?'
at means you have married my daugh-
ter, sir, responded the happy parent, "and
we have been deceiving you all the while.
Lucille is my maiden sister r'
Bart was paralyzed.
"Your daughter ?''
"And my money, as promised. Nellie
and heard your conversation and deter
mined to test you. We did so, and Nellie
still insisted on you being tried, and"
"You have taken the conceit out of
me.''
But though rich he did not leave his pro-
fession and enter into his idle, careless life
again, he steadily pushed his way up, and
now is one of the most influential men of
the times, which he always AYERS is more
due to Nellie's stratagem than "Marrying
Fortune"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29
Absent.Minded.

~ ME following story is told of the alb
the church of Scotland:
He married rather late in life, and the
marriage tour was on the continent. At
one of the halting places, Mrs. retired
to the hymenal bower in advance of her
lord, who sat for a time cogitating down
stairs. Presently he came to himself, and
summoning the waiter, requested to be
shown to his bedroom. He was, of course,
shown to the room to which his wife had
already retired. But he had forgotten all
about matrimony and what it involved,
and recoiling from the doorway in horror,
turned upon the waiter with angry up
braiding for showing him to bed room al
ready occupied by a woman One Sunday
morning he was dressing in his bedroom,
on chair in which lay tray containing
half dozen shirts, starched with fitting
clerical stiffness. He progressed leisurely
in his dressing till he came to attempt fast
ening his waist coat, when he found that
operation impossible. After many ineffect-
ual struggles, he called his wife to his aid,
who likewise found the waistcoat difficulty
insurmountable. She was at loss to ex-
plain the phenomenon, till she happened to
cast her eyes on the shirt tray. 1t was
empty. The minister, in his absence of
mind, had put on the whole half-dozen
shirts, one on top of another, and it is no
wonder that his waistcoat would not but.
ton. On another occasion he and his wife
were under invitation to dine at the man.
sion of the laird of the parish. The min
lister had been out for long days work,
visiting his parishioners, and when he came
home, little late, he found the mistress
already dressed and waiting. He at once
went up stairs to make his toilet with
strict injunctions from the good lady to be
quick. He was so slow, however, that she
got impatient, and went to see what was
the cause of the delay. Entering the bed
room, she found the worthy man placidly
enjoying his first sleep. Having undressed,
it seems that, in his absence of mind, he
had taken it for granted that the natural
sequel was to go to bed, and he lay totally
oblivious of the dinner party at the LANDS.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29

it? 1t is utterly worthless to him, and
worth even less than that to anybody else,
and to steal it he must spend at least half
an hour Of time and labor, all for nothing !;
most of the modern watches have no chain
and consequently the accusation is now
very rare.
More injury is done to watches by wind
ing with an unsuitable key than is general
ly supposed. When not properly fitted, it
slips of, giving the whole train of wheel
work severe jar from recoil it's effect on
the watch is similar to that produced on
the wearer, when he sits down on seat
which is about four inches lower than he
expected. After few such shocks, in
winding, it will be found to slip back occa-
sionally; and unless timely repairs are
made, it will some day go down with a
crack, that will involve an expense of sever
al dollars to repair it as it should be. A
key, all brass, properly fitted, is the best a
key with soft steel pipe is the next best,
and hard steel key worst of all. The
soft key will not spoil your watch, for if
either gave way it will be the key, leaving
the square of the watch perfect. Harden
ed keys will not yield to wear, consequent
ly the watch must, and if the winding
square be spoiled, no poor workman can
replace it properly, and good one only at
considerable expense. Experience will prove
keys to be cheaper than winding squares
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29
Watch Springs.

A MAJORITY of people have an i'm
IA. preston that overwinding breaks the
handspring. That accident can never oc-
cur in such watches as are provided with
stop work." which allows only definite
number of turns to the spring; and it sell
dom occurs in those not SO provided because
the handspring hook, against which the
force comes when the spring is fully wound
is usually stronger than the teeth of the
main wheel, and consequently the strain
comes not, ON the other parts of the watch.
The cause of breakage is an unexplained
mystery no person yet has been able to
give reason satisfactory for it. A spring
that has been in use one year is no more
liable (as far as known) to break in ten
years than in ten minutes. 1t is a tolera-
bly, we'll established fact, however, that
more springs come into the shop broken
during certain known conditions of the at
mosphere than when other conditions pre-
vail. Whether the effect be produced by
electric, hydrometric, or some unknown at
mospheric quality has not been determined,
and probably will not be until some extend
ed and minute system of observations be
instituted. The complaint used often to be
made, when watches with fusee and chain
were more in use than now, that the rascal
ly matchmaker had stolen piece off the
chain while in his hands for repair This
opinion was entertained because sometimes
the careless matchmaker had left the stop
work SO as to lack one turn of allowing
the watch being completely wound up
which, of course, caused it to lack about
six hours of running its full time. No
matchmaker was ever SO silly, no matter
how dishonest he might be, as to steal a
piece of chain; what would he do with
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29
Marrying a Fortune.

u eS, IL 40 IL, halpn, even IL sue is
Il scraggy, worthless, hairless,
dried-up, yellow, vinegar faced old maid
Pll marry her or rather her fortune p and
so saying he leaned himself back in his
chair, and commenced putting away as
cody at his cigar as though marrying was
the most common place, uninteresting af-
fair ever dreamed of.
"You speak quite confidently, my young
man. returned his companion, perhaps
the lady in question won't have you. Don't
be too conceited, if you have been called
irresistible"
"Fiddlesticks / guess my uncle's for
tune was the most irresistible part in the
New York bellies, and l am certain now
that my great expectations have passed
away, there isn't two Of them ever remem-
bered associating with me. I tell you,
Ralph, love is all moonshine mere crea-
ture of the fancy-for have never seen q
pretty girl yet that could set my heart a
palpitating. Money is what poor briefess
lawyer wants, not love it's a great deal
more substantial too.'
"Don't doubt it ; but wouldn't be join
ed to an old vixen for any consideration, 4"
responded Ralph, and in my opinion, Bart,
you're a fool if you heave yourself away
There now that advice is free gratis-no
fee asked-only do tell me the whole story"
"I can do that in a few words.-About a
Nynalr I uad fna 1oa1ysno, hut
old gentleman from being upset out of his
carriage on Broadway. He was profuse in
his thanks, learned my name, said he knew
me by reputation, told me he was wealthy,
with but one child daughter, and if I
would come down to Sea View, where he
intended to pass few weeks, he would
make match between me and her. |
modestly suggested that the lady in ques-
tion might object, but he insisted that she
could not she was devoted to him and
heart-whole. There it is 0erbatim. I then
made inquiries of friend what kind of a
girl MIR. Lafourn's daughter was, and they
told me she was scraggy old maid,
have her in my minds eye, but it's no draw
a. 'H"AAJ AOA AiiOlSJ, duu lCL IcI
afterwards take to her cats, just the same
as she does now. That's all. am too lazy
to work" And he relapsed into profound
silence, wondering secretly at what time on
the morrow Mr.. Lafourn and daughte,
would arrive"
"There, pa, you dear old, goose, listen
to the description of your Nell," exclaimed
pretty little Nellie Lafourn arranging the
curtain6 so that the old gentleman could
overhear the conversation on the piazza be.
tween the two young gentlemen just men
toned.
"Confound his impudence'' growled the
old man, in rage, bringing his cane down
Justify "Pd like to see him get my darling
the hcartless wretch, and my money, ever
if he has got mixed up with your aunt
LUCILLE
Slightly mixed up, isn't it, pa p--But
after all, how much the picture is like her :
and she burst into merry laugh, that
caused dozen dimples to play hide and
seek around her cheeks and lips.
g He may be blessed I'll send for hin
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29
Bound to Keep Him.

KT ISIS Henrietta Tupper of Wilmington
Nlwas maiden at the age of forty, be-
cause up to that time no man among all the
multitudes of men upon the face of the
earth had proposed to her. The reason
why she married Fisher one year later, was
that she regarded him as her forlorn hope
and, although he weighed two hundred and
fifty pounds, was poor, and had a face which
would have disgraced an old-fashioned
brass door-knocker, she accepted him as
her last and only chance. Fisher was a
flrst-rate sort of fellow, but he had bad
habit of walking in his sleep. Two or
three times his wife woke up in the night
just in time to seize him as he was crawling
out of the bed room window in the third
story. In the inmost recesses of her soul
Henrietta suspected that instead of being a
sleep walker, he was disgusted with her and
was trying to commit suicide. So she tried
all sorts of plans to get him to discontinue
his efforts. She induced him to make a
memorandum in his pocket-book and to
tie string around his finger, so as to re-
member not to climb out of the window
in his sleep, and she made him sign
pledge after pledge to reform in this respect
and yet night after night she woke up just
in time to perceive the profigate Fisher
jamming his two hundred and fifty pounds
through that window frame At last Mrs.
Fisher one night tied clothes-line to Fish
er's leg and fastened the other end tight
around her ankle, so that he would arouse
her if he got to prancing about. She was
determined to keep this man, if possible
after all the trouble she had to get him.
The Fishers went to bed that evening and
slumbered peacefully ON as usual. About
one o'clock Mrs. Fisher, while dreaming a
delicious dream, might have been observed
to shoot out of bed feet foremost with fright
full velocity, and to bring up all of sudden
with a jerk against the window-sill. The
next morning passers-by were attracted by
a very singular spectacle. Mr.. Fisher was
observed hanging halfway down the front
of the house by his right leg, while his trail
ing garment of the night Huttered to and
fro in the cool delicious breeze of the morn
ing. Ladders were brought, and, upon fol-
lowing the rope to the window, Mrs. Fisher
was seen lying upon the floor of her room
wi III one foot firmly embedded in the wall
and the other pressed against the window
sill. She was dead, and her face wore an
expression of surprise. Fisher also was
dead Her obituary in the papers contain
ed some touching lines upon woman's love,
with passing reference to the fact that in
their death they were not divided.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29
Pulled the Hair out of his Head.

MI r. CHARLES Henry Muggins de-
Nl tests children. His detestation of
them is so intense, and he takes such &C.
centric methods of manifesting it, that ma
ny of his friends have exercised their inge-
nuity in endeavoring to ferret out the cause.
So have !, and behold the result: Mr..
Muggins is an unmarried man, remarkably
trim in his habits of dress, precise in his
manner of speaking, and believe, ac-
knowledges to the age of 80. am sure he
would die before he would acknowledge to
any more. He has luxuriant head of
hair, which he purchased from celebrated
artistic, and which he fondly imagines pass
es with the community as the spontaneous
production of his own caput. Mr.. Mug
gins had lady-love, who resided a few
miles in the country and being detained
by furious storm, on one occasion, at her
fathers house, over night, he was obliged
to share the bed of her little brother, very
observing youngster, of six years of age
The next morning at breakfast, Muggins
looking and feeling exceedingly complai-
SAINT, little Charlie remarked, with know
ing air. that he would "never sleep with
Mr.. Muggins again, that he wouldn't p'-
"Why not, Charley?" asked his sister,
in astonishment. " Because anwered
Young America, "when he went to bed he
pulled all tie hair out Of his head" The
murder was out. Here was pretty situa-
tion for sensitive man. Muggins has
never seen his charmer since, and his dis
like for the rising generation is accounted
for.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-29

tB- Never wait for thing to turn up
Go and turn it up yourself. 1t takes less
time, and is surer done.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02

Pamphlets, Maps, and full information
furnished on application.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02
farnlfrs 9frmtnsllt
The Kitchen.

4 kitchen should not be less than
fveSre feet square; 1t should be on
ere oround floor; be well lighted by
Sr,nSsite windows, and have an out
ritie door. It should contain the cis-
tern pump and the well pump. The
prastice Of eating in the kitchen, sit.
ting down amidst the smoke and
smell Of cookery, and the dirty dishes
and refuse Of preparation, is fatal to
comfort and domestic refinement.
Use your dining room for "every-
day." IL muddy feet may enter it,
don't carpet it, but have the floor
painted dark green and dashed with
white. It should be separated from
the kitchen by pantry opening into
both. This is the proper place for
china ware and table linen. A small
door opening on the shelves saves
many steps in replacing dishes when
washed. A store room and closet
for iron ware should adjoin the
kitchen, and stairs descend from it
te the cellar, which also should have
an outside door and fight of steps,
for storing vegetables from the gar
den. Wooden sinks for washing
dishes are generally uncleanly and
ill-odored; tin dish-pan, with hot
suds, . milk pan with clear rinsing
water, q clean dish cloth and dry
towels. will do the business well.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02

PLANTING OLD PAsTUREs.-Quite q
proportion Of the pasture lands in
most of the more Northern States are
partially worn out. They have been
SO long trampled over, the good
grasses culled out by cattle, leaving
the poor for seed, that what with
brush, wild grass, and solid swsrd,
not one half the feed is produced
that should be and might be.
They should be plowed and plant
ed. This will loosen the soil, kill
the foul grass, necessitate the cut
ting Of the brush, and, although not
much enriching material be added,
the succeeding growth of grass will be
largely increased.
We suggest that, when the ordi-
nary planting is over, each farmer
take q certain field, purchase lime,
or plaster, or phosphate, as the land
may most need, and plant it with
what seems to him best for the soil,
and surest to give a remunerative re-
turn for the labor; and the invest
ment can not fail to be a good one
for the present year, and equally so
for the next five.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02
PROBATE NOTICE.
Settlement of Accounts.

THE following accounts have been filed in
i the Probate Court of Gallia county,
Ohio, for settlement, and the same will be for
hearing on the 18th day of June, A. D. 1870:
The final account of Daniel Mauek, Guard
ian of the minor heirs of John Rothgeb, de-
ceased.
The second and final account of James N.
Mills and John W. Mccormick, Executors
Of the Estate of B. r. Mills, deceased.
The first account of John T. Halliday,
Guardian of the minor heirs of Catharine J.
Mccormick, deceased.
The second and final account of Matthew
Lasiey, Administrator of the Estate of John
Shuler, deceased.
Tne nnai account of Hubbard Vangilder,
Gnefdian Of the minor heirs of James n.
Afford. deceased.
Ine nrst account of Jonathan Middle
swerts Administrasor Of the Estate Of Thorn.
- y AiddieeWart, deceased.
The second account Of AIeranderp D p,5r
ers, Trustee under the win Of Thoma. Pads. p,,
ers, deceased. .'0'e-
The first account Of Agnes Z. Wooar,ff
Administrative Of the Estate Of Enocb P
Woodruf, deceased.
HENRY A. KENT,
. Probate Judge.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02

A CELLAR WELL.--A writer in the
Hearth and Home says: 81 dug the
well in my cellar in the usual way
till q good supply of water was
reached; then stoned it up about
three feet, making good reservoir;
then inserted II inch galvanized
iron pipe, placed some fat stones
over the well, and filled in even with
the cellar floor with dirt. The pipe
leads directly to the sink, where a
good iron pump is attached. The
advantages are, pure water, absolute
ly free from insects or vermin and q
saving Of the expense of stoning up
to the surface. I am very much
pleased with the plan"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02

IMPORTANT TO HoUsEwIvEs.-As
the season has arrived for those
pests, the ants, housewives and
others who are troubled with them
may probably use the following trap
to advantage: Procure a large
sponge, wash it well and press it
dry, which will leave the cells quite
open; then sprinkle over it some fine
white sugar, and place it where the
ants are troublesome. They will
soon collect upon the sponge and
take up their abode in the cells. 1t
is only necessary to dip the sponge
in scalding hot water, which will
wash them out dead. Put on more
sugar and set the trap for a new
haul. The process will soon clear
the house Of every ant.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1870-06-02
Grocery Trade,

I am prepared TO furnish at Lowest Rates ev-
srything in that line. Please call at No. 4,
DROUILLARD'S BLOCK, Court St, CALI
polis, Ohio. d. s. FORD.
Jan. 20, 1870,