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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
History of Ashtabula Township.
Written in 1s56-.from tile Times.


.
Before the commencement of the war
with Great Britain in 1912, the farmers
in this vicinity who had small quantities
of produce to sell, could obtain from Hall
Smith the nominal prices Of Sl.O0 per
bushel for wheat so cents tor corn, %
cents for oats, and cents per pound for
pork and cheese, in exchange for Onon-
daga salt at 5000 per barrel, and dry
goods, groceries, castings, utensils, &c.,
at from two to four times the present
prices. In the time of war the prices Of
pre- duce were tripled, in consequence of
the wants of the army and the increased
circulation of money through the hands
of the United States contractors, who
were quite lavish of the public funds.
This put some money into the pockets OF
the few who had produce to sell, but
drew it in the same proportion from the
pockets of new settlers and all who had
to buy. Encouraged by the high profits
which the war seemed to promise, Mr..
Smith, and the other spectators along
the frontier, offered high prices, TO iaduce
the farmers who could do so to bring in
from the back country their grilIi and
pork and sell il 10 them. From coasia-
erable dis auces In the iLtgrior hesa Pic
duciions we're brought in, and the puf-
chasers accumulated considerable stores,
hoping to sell Them again to The army
contractors at advanced prices, together
with many other kinds of property TO
be disposed of in the same manner. But
the wal terminated sooner than was ex-
pected, leaving great proportion'of this
property unsold The circulation of war
money ceasing, aud this property having
to be disposed of at prices far below
cost, all the business men were injured,
and many of them reduced TO bank
ruptcy. AFgreat staghation OF business
ensued. The prices Of country produce
were reduced to one.fonrth and one-fiith
of the war prices, and at no price could
much of it be sold for cash, since the
war stopped new settlers, during its con
tinuance and tor some time after, from
coming, as before, and bringing money
to purchase provisions with. The great
want of money induced the people 10
adopt ruinous expedieht to make the
surplus wheat, rye and corn bear trans
portation, which was to reduce the bulk
by turning it into whisky. For this phr-
pose numerous distilleries were erected.
The surplus grain was distilled and stor-
ed in casks for the foreign market. The
people having been too much habltua.ed
to free Use of this beverage, a large
proportion of il never reached the foreign
market, but found too ready market at
home; to the detriment OF health. wealth
and morals, and of the advancement OF
good, moral and religious society. Some
illustrations of injurious effects may be
given. -aaii sl' aifs -
During the early years of the settle.
ment of this township, the raising of .
log house or barn would call together all
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
Who'll Love Me When Ny Hair is
Gray?
BY MARY CLEMMER AMEs.

BY MARY CLEMMER AMEs.
Who'll love me when my hair is gray
Who'll call me fair when / am old?
viii sunny children round me play,
With cherub cheek and curls of gOldl
Oh, may | then renew my spring,
In maiden grace in manly form,
While to my cold lips come and cling
Sweet childish kisses wild and warm2
May know the while my pulse grows less,
In bounteous life tis bounding on
In Younger veins, to love and bless,
And make life fair when am gOne2
Or, left the remnant of my race,
Shall behold my sinking sun,
And gazing toward the unknown lands,
Thank God, my day is almost doneg
The while pray with lifted hands,
And count between my falling breath
The friends that have lost in life,
The friends that / have lost in death.
Alas with eyes of wis'ful ruth,
must recall some coming day,
The grace and glory of my youth,
Who'll love me when my hair is gray
Who'll love me when my hair is grayg
All well know that there is one
Whose eyes will see me fair and gray
When faint and slow my life-sands run:
He'll see around my faded brows,
From whence the morning flowers are flung
The nimbus of eternal youth,
And love as If still were young.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
The Sea Of G&lilee,
BY MARK rw1S.

Pilgrims. sinntrs and Arabs are all abed
now, and the camp is still. Since | made
my last few notes have been setting
outside the tent for half an hour. Night
is the time 10 see Galilee. Genesaret,
with the glrtering reflections Of the
consultations fecking its surface, almost
makes me regret that | ever saw the
rude glare OF the day upon it. Its his
tory aud It's associations are its chieicst
charms, IN my eyes, and the spells they
weave are feeble in the searching light
Of the sun. Then we rcarcely feel the
feiters. Our thoughts wonder constant
w to practical concerns of life, and re-
fuse to dwell upon things that seem
vague and unreal. But when the day is
done, even the most impressible must
yield TO the dreamy influence of this
tranquil starlight. The old traditions Of
the place steal upon his memory and
haunt bis reyerics, aud then lis fancy
clothes all sights and sounds will the
supernatural. In the lapping of the
waves upon the beach be hears the dip
of ghostly oars; in the secret noises OF
the night he hears spirit voices iii the
! soft sweep OF the breeze, the rush OF IN
visible wings, Phantom ships are on the
sea-the dead of twenty centuries come
forth from tombs, and, in the dirges Of
the night wind the songs of old forgot
ten ages find utteraree again. In the
starlight, Galilee has no boundaries but
the broad compass of the heavens, and
is theatre meet for the birth Of re-
ligion able to save the world; and meet
for the stately figure appointed to stand
upon its stage and proclaim its high de-
grces. But, in the sunlight, one says /:
Is it for the deeds which were done aud
and for the words which were spoken in
this little acre Of rocks and said eighteen
centuries gone, that the bells are ringing
to-day il the remote islands Of the sea,
and far and wide over continents that
clasp the circumference of the huge
globe? One can comprehend it only
when night has hidden all incongruties
and created theatre proper for so great
a drama.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

We wonder not at the ambition that
aims at the editorial chair; All OtheR
modes of affecting the public mind are
weak and narrow compared withit. The
pen is tile lever that moves the world,
and ink-roller of the printing press the
battering ram that smites into dust the
walls of ignorance and sin. But the
press is a strong team to drive; and Uhe
must be sure of the harness and the
wheels, or coming along a steep place,
there will be a capsze; and wreck from
under which the literary Adventures will
not have strength to draw themselves.
Pheton's attempt to drive the chariot of
the sun ended in grand stnash up:
Independent.
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ASHTABULA OHIO SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1870.

shelter their new neighbors. They lived
in that rude state Of equality and de-
pendence on each other, so favorable TO
mutual, friendly and neigbborly offices
Of kindness These good Offices were
not long suspended, even by the litiga.
tions which have been mentioned. Tat.
Ting, and the strifes engendered by it,
was not prevalent in those early days.
Among all the trials, priyations and
hard-ships of those times, as much social
enjoyment filed our bosoms as at any
subsequent period.
(C0HtiRusd ne<t ,eeek)
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Select Poetry.
In School Days.
ny tonN O. Mn,rrIrnt

Sull sits the school house by tie road,
A ragged beggar summing;
Around 10 stu the suliiachs grow
And blackberry vines afe tubDlng,
Within, the masters desk Is seen,
Deep SCARED by rapps official
The warping floor, the battered seats,
d, The iack-knife's carved initial:
The charcoal frescoes on lis wall;
Its doors worn sill, bgiraying
The feet that, creeping slow TO school,
Went storming out to playing
Long years ago winter sun. ..
Shown over II at setting;
Let up its western window-panes,
And low caves icy fretting.
1t touched the tangled golden curls,
And brown eyes full Of grieving,
OF one who still her steps delayed
When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled,
His cap pulled low upon a face
Where pride and shame were mingled.
Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left, he fingered,
As resllessly her tiny hands
The blue checked apron fingered.
He saw her lift her eyes he felt
The soft hands light caressing,
And heard the tremble of her voice,
AS if FAULT confessing.
Pm sorry that / spelt the word;
hate TO go above you, M
Because, the brown, eyes lower tcll,-
Because, you see, love you
Still memory to q g ay-haired man
That sweet child-face is showing,
Dear girl the grasses on her grave
Have forty years been growing!
lie lives to learn in life's hard school,
How few who pass above him
Lament the triumph and his loss,
Like her,-becaiise they love him.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

CHARLES LAME To YoUNG MES.-"The
waters have gone over me. But out OF
the black depths, could ! be heard,
would cry out 10 all those who have bnt
set foot in the perilous flood. Could
the youth TO whom the flavor of his first
wine is delicious as the opening scenes
OF life, or the entering upon some newly
discovered paradise, look into my desola,
ton, and be made to understand what a
dreary thing it is when man shall feel
himself going down precipice with
open eyes and Il passive will--to sec his
destruction and have no power to stop
it, and yet feel it all the way emanaiing
from himself; to see all godliness emptied
oat of him, and yet not able to forget a
tint when it was otherwise; to bear
about him the piteous spectacle of his
own ruin. Could he see my fevered eye,
feverish with the last nights drinking
and feverlshly looking for to-night's rep
etition OF the folly; could he but feel the
body of the death out of which / cry,
hourly with feebler outcry, to be deliver
ed, it were enough to make him dash
the sparkling beverage to the earth in
all the pride Of its mahtling teinpta,
tion.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

Grace Greenwood SAYS: "Mr. Dick
ems, after his visit to Washington, in the
winter of 1858, spoke to me very admir-
ingly o. Mr.. Stanton, with whom he
had spent some pleasant honrs. The
Secretary impressed him not only as Il
man of marked individuality and power,
fully up TO his reputation, but as a gen.
teriian of uncommon literary culture
He said he had never known the equal
of his verbal memory-that 1t was some:
thing quite marvelous. Mr.. Stanton told
him, he said, that he knew several of his
books by heart-could reci'e. entife
chapters. Mr. Dickens; being little H..
credulous, perhaps, tested HIM; and
found his assertion literally trte-page
after page from David Copperfeld, front
Pickwirk, and, believe, other of the
novels was recited with hardly the mis-
take of word. Yet Ills memory was
doubtless quite as much an accomplish
ment as a. gitt--a faculty severely
trained and constantly exercised:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

The hop crop of Wisconsin Iii 1868
was $4,000 bales, in 1893 it is only co.
900 bales. 1t is believed that there is;
in all, not more than $4,000 bales of new
hops iii tie whole country, and that this
quantity will fall far short of the de'
nand,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

L. T. Wallace; lawyer and real estate
owner and specnlatof, Cleveland, was
arrested for Fl frgcry not long since
but escaped from the officer, and vas re-
arrested at Meadville while on his way
to New York. Over $4,000 of his
forged paper has come to light:
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

M6ther," said Jemima, Sam waits
to come courting me to-night." Well
what did you tell him 7" "Oh, told
him he might come, | felt anxious to
see how he would act"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

The number of miles of railroads con-
strueted In this country during the year
which has just closed is equal to all that
existed up to ls4o, and exceeds the to-
tai construction of any two former years.
At $4,000 d mile, the cost was in the
ncishborhoed of ssoo,ooo,ooo.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

The very able gentleman who writes
the "Review Of the Week" in the Boston
7rdUeler quotes that fiue birthday ode OF
Lord Byrun's in which he informs the
world that his days are "ih the scar and
yellow leaf" and then remarks by way
of comment that it Is ''impossible TO be-
lieve that tile fiian who could thus write
was capable of committing the foul crime
that has been attributed to him OF late"
He might as we'll say that it Is ''impossi-
BILE to believe that the man who wrote
the ''Vicar of Wakefield" was capable of
luddling himself with prostitutes and
cheating his tailor, or that the man who
wrote "The Christian Soldier" was capa-
BILE of deceiving his wife and of wallowing
not untrequently in the gutter The list
might be extended indefinitely. There
never was clearer case for the appllca'
tion OF the 1eductio dd dbSardanl. The
argument in nutshell is that n man
who writes finely cannot act foully. II
that Is the most Lord Byron's friends
Gan say for him, they had best hold their
peace altogether. y
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

AGENTS WANTED-AGENTs WANTED,
6fsted and Original Gomni6h Sense Family Sewing Ma.
chine imRreyed and perfected II win hem, fell stiteh
nannef Price only AIS F6f Simplicity dhd dhrabiif
ty i has no rival DO not but from any parties selling
machines under the same name ohta unless hatne
less Cast Iron Machines, For cIrcnarr ard Terms a
ply or address ~, n. cRAw FORD &Co -
9mioH 'Sia Chestnut 81, Philadslphis, Pa.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
Here Is the horses petition to the dri.

YER
Up the hill whip me not
Down the hill, hurry me not;
In the stable, forget me not "A
Of hay and corn, rob me not;
OF clean water, stint n,c not
With sponge and brush neglect rie mott
OF soft, dry bed deprive me not;
If sick or cold, chill me not
With bit or reins, jerk me not;
And when you are angry, strike me not
WOMAN IN ADvERsIrY.-Wb is the
nan who cannot confirm the truth Of
'sc following sensible remarks9 W..
nan should be more trusted and conf.
led III as wives, mothers and sisters,
They have a quick perception Of right
md wrong, aud without knowing why,
read the present ant the future, read
characters, acts designs and probabilities,
where Inau sees no letter or sign. What
else do we mean by "mother wit" save
that a woman has quicker perception
and reader invention than MANI How
often, when man abandons the helm Ia
despair, woman seizcs it aud carries thc
home ship through the storm Man Oh
ten flies from home and family TO avoid
impending ruin. Woman seldom, il evcF
torsook home thus. Woman never
cyaded mere temporal calamity by sG.-
eide or desertlon. The proud banker,
rather than live to see his poverty ga
zetted, may blow out his brains and
leave his wife and children to want, pro-
tectorless Loving woman would have
counseled him to accept poverty, and
live to cherish his family and relieve h.s
Z u Il. L., a. Il
and contded in. 1t is the beauty aud
glory Of her nature, that it instinctively
grasps at and clings to tie truth and
right. Reason, mans greatest faculty,
takes time TO hesitate before it decidrs;
but woman's instinct never hcsitates iil
its decision, and is scarcely ever wrong
where it has eN en- chances with reason.
Woman feels where man thinks, acts
where he deiiberqtes, hopes where hG
dispOnds, and triumphs where he fails.
HENRY WARD BEECHER on THE Crow.
In n recent issue of the Ledger, Henry
Ward Deecher speaks Of the crow as fol-
lows:
Aside from this special question OF
profit and loss, we have warm side to-
W dih thc SIO"s lc 10 81 uluCu Ilhe Ouc vi
ourselves. He is lazy, and that is hui.
man he is cunning aud that is human
lie takes advantages of those weaker
than himself, and that is man-like. He
is sly, and hides for tomorrow what hd
can't eat to-day, showing real human
providence. He learns tricks much fas.
ter than he does useful things, showing
true boy nature. He thinks his own
color the best, and loves to hear his owl
voice, which are eminent traits of hui
manity He will never work when he
can get another to work for him-a GEN
uine humau trait. lie eats whatever hi
can lay his claws upon, and Is less mis-
chievous with belly full than &heIi
hungry, and that is like man. He is at
war with al. living things except his
own kind, and with them he has nothing
else to do.
No wonder men despse crows. They
are too much like men. Take OFF the
wings, and put him in breaches, aud
crows would make fair average men.
Give men wings and reduce their
smattness a little, and thany of them
would be almost good enough for crows.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

"Who's that gentleman, my little
man % was asked of an urehin, 'srhat
one with the spike-tailed coat ?" EYES,"
was the RESPONSE. "Why, he's my bre-
vet uncle" "How's that ?" was asked,
"Cadse he's engaged to my aunt Mary"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12
Paint for Farmers.

THE SUBSCRIBER HAS ON HAND
i and for sale couple of barrels of the Grafton
Mineral Paint which II admitted to be he cheapest and
most durable Paint In Two coats. well put on,
mixed with pure Linseed Oil, will last from 10 IS
years. Price 81 per barrel. sa5- q rs.
Ashtabua. Feb. IL. 1869. JAMES REED
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Resolutions Unanimously Adopted by
the Good Templars of Ashtabula,
February lst, 1870.

WHEREAS, The citizens of the Village Oi
Ashtabula have been cursed by the sale of in.
toxicating liquors and by the keeping open OF
billiard saloons, Therefore resolved:
Fira-That we, as Good Templars Of Ash
tabula, hail with joy the late action Of the
Council of said Village as a step in the right
direction. That is, the closing of billiard and
drinking saloons after nine o'clock p. NJ
Sec0nd-That we concur in the action OF
said Council, and will give our hearty sup
port
THird--That we will continue our efforts to
save the fallen, and to keep others from fall
ing.
Fourth-That we will seek every laudable
and lawful opportunity to forward the cause
of temperance.
FJth--Thqt we request the Pastors of the
different Churches to have a union temperance
meeting in each of their several Churches the
union meeting to he held at least once n quar-
ter, according as the several Pastors may make
arrangements.
Sixh-That we rejoice in the abolishing of
wines and liquors from the tables of the Pres
ident and other officers in Washington, at the
public receptions on New Years day.
Sepenth-That Mr.. Reed be requested to
print chpy OF the resolutions in the Iele-
grdDh
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

The Rev. DR.. Cuyler says that many
of the New York city churches "ars
dying Of dignity 7
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

THE END OF Four GREAT MEN--The
four conquerors who occupy the most
conspicuous places in the history of the
world are Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar,
and Bonaparte.
Alexander, after having climbed the
dizzy height OF his ambition, with his
TEN pies bound with chaplpts dipped in
the blood of millions, looked down upon
a conquered world, and wept that there
was no other world tor him to conquer,
set a city OIL fire, aud died in scene Of
debauch
Hannibal, after having, to the astonsh-
ment and CONSERVATION of Rome, passed
the Alps, and having put to flight the
armies OF the mistress OF the world, and
stripped 'three bushels of gold rings
from the fingers of her slaughtered
knights" and made her foundations
quake, fed from his country, being hated
by those who once exultingly united his
name TO that of their god, and called
him IIann:.Baal; aud died at last by
poison administered by his own hand,
unlamented and unwept, in foreign
| land.
Cesar, after havirg conquered eight
hundred cities, aud dyeing his garments
in the bloUd Of one million of his foes,
after having pursued to death the only
rival he had OH earth, was miserably as
sassinated by those he considered his
nearest friends, and in that very place
the attainment OF which had been his
greatest ambition.
Bonaparte; whose mandates kings and
popes obeyed, after having filed the
earth with the terror of his name, after
having deluged Europe with tears and
blood, and clothed the world in sackcloth,
closed his days in lonely banlshment, al
most literally exiled from the world, yet
where he could sometimes see his coun-
try's banner waving over the depot, but
which did not and could not bring him
| aid
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FOUNDRIES.

MONTICELLO < HILL, Iron FoiItders and Man,
uiaeturere and Dealers IN Stoves OF various kinds
pows and Plow Castings Mill Castings, and most des.
iptoine OF foundry work. Spring ST.. Ashtabula. T60
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JEWELLERS.

q. w. DICKINSON, JeyeIet Repairing of al
kinds Of Watches Clocks and Jswelry. Shop Clareni
don Block. Ashtabala. Ohio. 3 s.'Ia.iI g.
.. \. AnnOTT. Dealer in Clocks, watches. Jewel.
ry etc. Engraving. Mehdng and Repairing done to
order. shop on Main street, conneaut Ohio. 4 sSb
JAMES. n. sTEBHINs,. Dealer in Watches,
Clocks, Jeweiry, Silver and Plated Ware, &c Re
pairing ali kinds done we'll and all orders promptiy
attended ". - Main Street, Ashtebua, o. 1893 :
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GEORGE WILLARD, Dealer in Dry-Goods Gro
ceres Hats, Caps Boots Shoes Crockery GLASSWARE
Also Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Hardware, Sad
dlery Nails, Iron, Steel Drugs Medicines, Paints Oils
Dyestufrs, &c, Main street, Ashtabua.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-02-12

HENDRY &c KING, Main streets, Ashtabula,
Ohio, Dealers in Drugs, Medicnus, Chemicals,
Paints, Oils, Varnshes Brushes, Dye Stus, &c, Choice
Family Groceries Including Teas Coiees, &C, Patent
Medicines, Pure Wines and Liquors for Medicinal phr-
poses Physicians prescriptions carefully and prompt
" attended to- 1043
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HARNESS MAKER.

w. HI. WILLIAMSON, Saddler and Harness Ma
ker opposite Fisk Block Main street. Ashtabula Ohio,
has hand, and makes to order in the best manner,
everything in his line. $50
FORD & FLINT, Manufacturers and Dealers in
Saddles, Harness. Bridles, Collars Trunks, Whips,
&C. opposite Fisk House, Ashtabula. Ohio. 1918
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% CABINET WARE.

JOHN DUORO. Manufacturer OF aud Dealer In
Furniture Of the best descriptions and every variety
Also General Undertaken, and Manuhctu Or COfns
to order Main street, North OF South Public Square,
Ashiabnla. .H =. 4li
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MANUFACTURERS.

SEYMOUR, GIDDINGS a. CO., Manufacturers
of doors, SASH Blinds, Bevsi siding Fooriags Fenc-
ing, Moldings, Scroll Work. Turnng, &c. Also, job
bers and Builders, Dealers In Lumber ath and shin.
giles, at the Planning MIL corner of Main street and
Union alley. Ashtabula, Ohio.
VIM SEYMOUR. A. C. GIDDINGs.
alif l4j as atfI. a. A. TREADWELL. t| 9s6 If
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Up the hill whip me not
Down the hill hurry me not;
In the stable, forget me not "A
Ot hay and corn, rob me not
or clean water, stint me not
With sponge and brush, neglect uie not
OF soft, dry bed, deprive me not;
If sick or cold, chill me not;
With bit or reins, jerk me not
And when you are angry, strike me not.