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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
Drunkenness in the Old Time.

A law to prevent drunkenness, by
prohibiting the public promiscuous
sale ofintOxicating drinks, was by no
means original in the State of Maine.
The vice is as old as our race. Our
ultimate ancestors, the Vikings, drank
fire water upon earth and quaff1d
mead in Paradise; our more recent
Iprogenitors in Great Britain drank
gin and groveled. A gin-shop in
Southwark, London, hundred and
thirty years ago had this alIuring
Sign: Drunk for a penny; Dead
drunk for tuppence; Clean straw for
nothing." What more could man,
the image of his Maker, asz2 And is
it wonderful that Swift, diseased and
half trenzied, poured out his profuse
contempt in Lapula and the Houyhn-
hynms2 People often died of drunk
enness in the taveIns; and there was
a temperance party, even then, that
demanded prohibitory law, and they
succeeded in carrying a bill through
Parliament which laid upon liquor a
tax so heavy that it became too costly
for the poor, and which prohibited the
sale Of drains. Sir Robert Walpole,
whose boozing orgies at Haugbton are
not unknown, finally acquiesced in
the law Editors Easy Chair in
Harper's Magazine.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

This statement of the exact amount Of
the public debt for March l, 1859, has not
before been published Mr.. McCgllooh's
statement of that date not including inter
est accrued, but not yet due. 1t will be
seen that the Treasury has actually paid
of, out Of current receipts, the sum Of $780,
$40, 9,97I of its Indebtedness in eleven months
or at the rate Of SIS, 900, 900 for the hrst
year Of the new administration.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

A Quaker gentleman, riding in a
carriage with a fashionable lady deck
ed with prOfusi0n of jewelry, heard
her complain of the cold. Shivering
in her lace bonnet and shawl as light
as a cobweb, she exclaimed, "What
shall do to keep warm ?" 1 really
don't know" replied the Quaker, SOL
emnly, "unless thee should put on
another breast piu."
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

"You can't stand there" said a watch
man to thin man in suit of rusty black,
who was endeavOring to maintain favor
able position for viewing a late fire; "you
must come down, sir" f'Allow me to re-
main, if you pleasei / am a reporter, and it
is necessary I should see what is going on. D"
II don't care" responded the guardian;
ssif you want a report of it you'll see It in
all the papers tomorrow"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
Select Miscellany.
qBMPERANoB IN EAST MONROE.

7. D, ROyse, Of Cincinnati,
2 Came into our yiliage1ateig, So { E-E q 81
Came among us full Of courage,
Full Of wisdom, love and hopei
Though you told him that his Efforts
In the blessed cause Of Temperance,
Would be useless in our Village htfG
Fruitless for the want Of timber,
But you did not know rs, brothers,
How We love the.cause Of Temperance; .--.
And how many hailed him gladly,
Hailed him with joyful welcome. .s. &
And they rallied round his Standard
Saying, "make us Sons Of Temperance" -f.--
More than forty have already ...-...
Come into our loved Dfvisioni a'ti
6till- they come, and many others + 3 81 +---
Soon will join our noble Order.
Lately in our little village,
Heard We, nightly, songs of Baechuli
Songs and curses, yells and Kisses
Rent the night-breeze of our viliagoi
HonOred much was mighty Bsochusi
Many were his willing subjects,
Much loved we're the chains that bound them
Bound them to their mighty chieftain..
Did say they loved their thraldom
Ayel they loved it-yet they loathed IT,
Loved it--yet they cursesl It off, 81 rE
Oft We wondered, OF we poadersa
Win no power ever iree them 8
From the'mght Of tbe nestFoyss E A
From their blind and wild devotion
To this mighty sovereign Eacchul Ell
VIII no angel, full OF mercy,
Break the bands that bind them tightly,
Lift them from the degradation
Into which their souls have falleni
Free the image God has given them ~
From the loathesome rule Of Bscehwi
on we prayed to our Great Father
That He would in mercy heaz u.s. ..
Hear US for the sake Of Jesus,
Hear, and by his mighty power
Snatch them from the fell Destroyer.
on we prayed-and he did hear vs.
Heard US for the sake Of Jesus,
Blessed be the Lord Of Heaven,
Mighty still to save and suoesr
Those who will repent and come.
Yes, BE sent us one who serves him,
His own servant, mighty Royso
The sweet Advocate of Temperance,
Whose persuasive voice they heard, -
Yes, that voice has stirred their hearts,
Hearts Of many BacchanaIians,
And they said, 1--WE will go with you,"
'.Yes, we will be Sons Of Temperance" /
And he met them-met them kindly,
Spoke to them sweet words Of courage,
Words which strengthened-words whose power
Touched the hearts Of all who heard tbsm.
o, we thank Thee, blessed Father,
That in mercy Thou didst hear US,
That Monroe was not forsal1en,
Left to be still ruled by Bacchus,
lad his wild and reckless subjects
Yes, we thank Thee for Thy goodness,
For Thy servant whom Thou sent Us,
Royse, the champion OF Thy truth,
ROyse, the so blessed Of Heaven
And approved Of Thee, our God.
Bless him, Father bless him ever
In the mission Thou hast given him
He has raised from degradation
Many who now stand and bless bIm.
o, we bless Thee for thy goodness,
For Thy tender, loving mercy,
Aud We pray that still Thy presence
May be with Us and attend US
ETermore as ''sons Of Temperance"
ALLIE c.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
Bnigunas
Conunarums.

Who Is the straighteBt mentioned IN the Bible
Jogcpb because Pharoah made ruler Of him.
II the Dugp of Venice was to lose his sight what
useful article would he be converted tot Tenitian
blind. F ..l ..
Preserved pairs. -l-. b..
What is home without a mother - as the young girl
said whom she sent the old lady to chop wood
An AwTur C.,S.-WIy is a bald bend like Greenland
Becausc it's a crsat white bear (barel place.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

THE BITER BIT.-''I say, neighbor
sneBbs, If you don't keep yonF hens
outofmy gardenI will shoot them."
p avery well, DooIittley shoot away;
only If you kill any of my hens throw
them over into my yard" s1.tss
Crack went the old fowl piece,
morning after morning, and the large
fat hens were pitched into neighbor
Shobb's yard like rain. After a fort
night or more; Doolittle discovered
.Snobbs never had any hens, and that
he had been shooting his own, they
having broken out of his own hencoop!
N. l. Fc'.iE yl-- o. s...s -sr
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

The London Telegraph discouTse5
Of the drinking habits of ladies, and
asks if everybody of good position
does not know that ladies drink more
than is good for them. They are not
inebriated, but they have swallowed
the amount of stimULlnt necessary to
bring them up to their best society
mark. Physicians, it says, will Corros
borate the statement.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
Quips and QuIrks.

A good SLEEK kereise. rl7.' es'A ,1~si' .
Saddle-bags- Riding Trowsers,
A two-fout ruie-Do MT stumble.
2 Rolhngestock- on railways .
The Pomp of war--A negro soldier.
A fashionable timulant-NewpOrt,
2 Parlor agazines-KerOsen lamps.
A pretty Kettle of fish-Boiled Salmon
Spring Trade-The watch business.
q Fast men are not men who fast..--.-
Boat-blacks are not Polish Pe utlemeu.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

A colored cook, expecting company Of
her own kind, was at loss how to enter
tain her friends. Her mistress ssid,-
"POuy, you must make an apology"
"La, missis, how can make it Got no
apples, no eggs, no butter, no muffin, to
make il wild - .+..-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

Here is a fresh arm against drunk.
enness. It is proposed in France to
procure the passage of law CHASING
debts contracted at bar or drinking
room in the same category as gamb-
ling debts. .....-.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

A lady having accidentally broken her
smelling bottle, her husband, who was
very petulant, said to her.
al declare, my dear, everything that be-
longs to you is more or less broken"
"True," replied the lady; "fOr even you
are little cracked"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
Answers ID Problems. &c.

Ans. tn Problem by ''Tom," Jan 9Th: What humber
is that which being added to 20 and subtracted from 2u
the product Of the sum and difference shall be 836? The
number is 8 r.-.s ..---
Answer to Board Problem Of Jan. 20, by "a e.
Length Of one end 3I753 feet Of other end 6s6s24T A.
Answer to Problem Of Fob 10 by "a. 81: Length Of
field "a chanss breadth 8 chains. e. .H4 4g.=. +.
Answer TO Arithmetical question Of Feb II, by "a.
S.: CwOmAn visiting, &C., May 23d. f 81 "a
Solution to Problem Of Feb, "A, by "Andy": 20 times
2Os 400 - square Of s velnsitys 4OOxl sssight) -
400 As striking force. Reduce BIS velocity to the
same determination as AS. II sB's stone move 2,lOO
feet in minute, in second it will move l-6O Of 24OO
feet or 40 feet; 40x4O - 600 square Of BIS velocity.
6G0x3 IBIS weight 4,5QO BIS striking force. Ans.
As striking force beng 400, and Bs4 500, Will pene
trate into the snow bank Y times as far as A.
In the answer to Problem Of SO u g." given by "a
srn the News Of Feb l0f the printer misplaced the
decimal point making il ,Sss et insted Of 1888 Oet
q very material difference r.- q .--.. .....
kpr~er to Enigma in lat vesk,s Hews: Censtan.
tiuohsk.. = 1z-l-D 3. 20. =.-tJ .E-t
.EgE / Es& ,yaH Lagsa Sc .sss5E1sHE
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

An Indiana paper tantalizes it readers
with this atrocity: "Have you heard of
the man who got shot ?"
"Got shot! No, how did he get shot ?"
mHe bought EN- -
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

1uC EEO&reBS Ol OMlOo
Mr.. E. D. Mansfield contributes an
interesting statistical paper to the col
umns of the Cincinnati Gazette, show
ing the growth and progress of Ohio
during the past decade. He estimates
an increase. in the population of Ohio
over the census report ofI86O, of near
ly $4,000. This is doing pretty well
for a State which is sending away
hundreds of thousands Of her own sons
and daughters to people the Western
and Pacific States. In 1850, out of
$4,000 people in Indiana, 12O, 1913
were born in Ohio; of 192, PA in Iowa,
30,713 were born in Ohio; of $50, ,47O
in Illinois, 64,219 were born in
Ohio. Here are 215, 900 of the peo-
pie of Ohio in 1850, emigrated to three
States. Nevertheless, at the time
Ohio had received 100000 more from
other States than she had sent out and
was therefore largely a gamer.
The number of new structures erect
ed in State go to show its thrift and
increase Of population. He gives the
number of buildings ofaIl kinds, dwell
ings, stores, factories, barns and pub
lie buildings. as follows:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

This is the latest for brides. A
plain gold bracelet which fastens with
lock and gold key, and which the
husband places on her arm at the al
ter locking it, and places the key on
his watch chain. The bracelet scan
not be removed without the husbands
assistance, and thus both are constant
ly reminded Of each other
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
The Fifteenth Amendment.

The Fifteenth Amendment of the Con-
stitutiOn has been, ratified. by the requisite
number Of States. The ratification by Ne
braska puts it beyond doubt. It is claim
ed that New York has Withdrawn her rat
ifcatiOn, and that the ratification by In
diana is defective, but without those States
the work is done. The following States
have ratified:
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

? The Republican Central Committee
of Marion county, Indiana5 invited
all, without regard to race or color,
who will be entitled to vote at the next
election, and will support the Repub-
lican nominations, to participate in
their primary eleClionsy .Ll-LD
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

It very well for little children to he
like lambs, but a very bad thing for them
to grow up sheepish.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
Youths Department.

Es-orginal EnigmAs, Charndes. Problems, etc., ar
respectfully solicited.
[From the Marietta BegistsT
Problem.
pretty miss, with rosy checks,
Just merging from her teens,
Was quizzed one day about her aga,
Her hoight, her weight and means.
she thus tho querist answer made,
With fraHkness, as you'll SEQ:
Ny age, my height, my weight, my voaIsh,
Let this disclose to thee:
Ny age augmented by my height
And weight, then multiplied By thTo0,
Il In proportion to my wealth
As one to thirty-threo
Ny height, and wealth, and woight combined,
Increased by just score,
Divided by one thousand, gives
Ny ugs just aud no more.
Ny weight and wealth, and thrco ny asa,
Increased six and a score,
II just two hundred times my hosht,
Increased by thirty-fOur.
Ny wOulth, my age and thrice my height,
Dimnished by eighteen,
Is twenty thousand just outright;
What must they each havo boe1: -.-
Bnigmas-
/.
am composed OF II letters.
Ny { 2Il Is an animaI Of the canine tribe.
Ny 10 8 s is "a vory useful animal.
NY . Q u is troublesome animal.
Ny { Q is what the spreads the landscape.
Mv.5 . IOI iF boys nickname.
Bly whole is the name Of schoolmate.
New VIENNA U. +.. .. t-- JOAN.
s. a.
am composed OF 10 lettOrs.
Nv s Is 6 10 is what every frlIoW Bhakog.
Nv 1 I3 "A sometimes cut a dash.
7ly y II 9 IS is assorter Of W Woman's Rights.
Ny > lG 10 IL are used by dancers.
Ny whole is what FGd says to bis tornentor.
T. NJ. FALLON.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
Application

Seek to acquire the power of continuous
application, without which you cannot eN-
pect success. Ifyou do this, you will be able
to perceive the distance which it creates
betweenzyeu and those who have not such
habits. You will not count yourself, nor
will they count you, one of them. Thus
you will find yourself emerging into the
higher regions of intellectual and earnest
men-men, who are capable of making a
place for themselves, instead of standing
idly gaping, desiring place without the
power to command it. Keep on striving
to accomplish more and more every iay,
and thus enlarge constantly the range of
your intellectual ability. IF you learn to
do as much work in one day as you used
to do in two or three days, you are as
good as two or three such men as YOU
formerly were, boiled down to One.--W Way
lsnof EET4Rh2S g-. .
1t is stated that Mr.. Flake of the
Galveston B1lletinf has been shot at
twentY7one times in three years. 1t is
only fair to the eminent target to saw
that he has 7neverrhad q, flake peeled
of, and has not a bullet In him,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

If we study Christians, not in the
sharp angles of their creeds, but in the
pleasant soundings of their lives, we
shall find good men Of every name
alike nspifit.ahd practices .4LJ
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

I The science Of business. is beginning to-
be understood. As an exchange lately re-
marked, the decrease Of credits is paral-
leled by the expansion of ADVERTISING
Firms that formerly lost fifty thousand per
.anhum by bad debts, now pay that amount
instead, for advertising, and do far larger
as well as far safer business than Of old.
dayton Journal. ~.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

A polite young lady recently asserted
that she had lived near a barn-yard, aud
that 1t was impossible for her to sleep in
the morning, on account Of the outcry
made by a gentleman hen.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
The EcumenicaI CounciI.

The N. Y. Herald's special cores
pondent from Rome says: "The Arch
bishop of Baltimore has formed a
third party in the EcumenicaI Coun-
ell in Rome. Archbishop Spalding
heads an American Episcopal force
Intermediary between the extremes of
Italy and Germany on the InfaIibility
question and other veXed Subjects
An intermediary or balancing party
is always powerful one. Our Amer
ican preIates may thus carry off the
greater number of the vacant scarlet
hats"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

A mans best friend-a dollar or two.
The more, the more 50. 500 To. -..T
'.ze-sf &Fss Ga C. 5'a7v cess
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

'Ab, Sami 50 you've been in troub1
le, have your ..ae.. .a.r.
Eyes, Jim, yes"
'Well, cheer up, man, adversely
tries US, and shows up our best quail
ties" Ts .t1..5 -1--
"Ah! but adversely did Mt try ne;
it was.an old vagabOnd Of a Judge,
aud be showed up my worst quail
ties" ~.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

If one should infer from the dis
cussions among the Mormons at Salt
Lake City that their abominabEe re-
Iigious system was dying, he would
be much mistaken. The
saints may be lighting at headquarters,
but in the outlying fields they are
more jealous. than ever. Their mis-
sionaries are distributed all over Long
Island, no less than twenty being
gathered at one place, where they
have baptized twelve converts. Other
emissaries are laboring in Connecticut,
Massachusetts,, Maine and New Jersey,
and more are expected. It would
seem that no intelligent man or woman
could be led astray by these persons,
but the history of human delusion
and credulity isltoo sad a one to justify
over-cOnfdence in this regard. y. o
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

81 60 through my work. as the
needle said to the idle boy. "But not
till you're hard pushed as the idle
boy sald 70 The needle, gyman0 4
.z.zszsW 7ssa saass
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
.@H7DflllIsbOr.oolugh, H ,
A learners Lesson.
HInnnANn Hn,tr- F1h 1s;

81 ~ fFOr the Novaru.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

ss-0rignal EnigmAs, Charndss, Problems, etc.. art
respectfully solicited.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10
TEE HIGHLAND FERKLYNEWS.
oLDEsPPAPERIN FHECoUNFY

J.. I. BOARDNAE,' EDTToa ArD rtoPhIfF -oR.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-03-10

ANA-AlalAt uorth side second door east oi dig
nearly opposite the Post Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-05
by Green IL Wise,

tReal Estate Agents and Auctioneers
Il COMMISSIONERS SALE OF REAL ES-
- TATE IN ALEXANDRIA CO., VA
By virtue OF decree of the Circuit Court of
Alexandria county, Va. pronounced at ls Au-
gust term, 1869, in the suit of James T. Clark
vs.. JOHN Bowling and others, the undersigned
Commissioners appointed by the said decree,
will oGe, for sale. by public auction, at Balls
Cross Roads in Alexandria county, Virginia,
on FRIDAY, the 9Th day Of May, 1870, at u
o'clock M, TRACT OF LAND, containing
ONE HUNDRED ACRES, more or less, lying
in Alexandria county, near Balls Cross Roads,
and binding on -Four Mile Run-being the same
land conveyed by James T. Clark ct ux. to John
Bowling, by deed, dated March 3lst, 1866, re-
corded in liber @, No. 3. folio 404, in trust to
secure certain Indebtedness.
TERMS-One.tenth Of the purchase money
in cash the residue in three equal payments
six, twelve and eighteen months; the deferred
payments to bear interest, and to be secured by
the purchasers bonds, with good surety, and II
retention Of the title to said land until the pur-
chase money shall have been paid. Costs Of
stamps and convoyancing to be paid by pur-
chaser. F. l., SMITH, j..
u. l.. SMOOT,
ap its Commissioners.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-05-05
AUCTION SALES.
BY Beck. Knox e. Kerby, Auctn'rS.
CAREPTA HALL LOT FOR SALE.

On the 2sth DAY OF MAY, 1870, at twelve
o'clock m, IN front Of tho Mayors Office in
the city of Alexandria Va the subscribers, rs
Com missioners OF tho Circuit Court Of Alexan-
Wheat plaintiff; vs.. Sarepta Lodge OF al. do
PENDANTS, will sell, at public auction, the LOT
on the north side Of King street, between Royal
and Pitt, IN said city, on which Sarepta Hall
formerly stood The metes and bounds of the
lot are as follows: A part of it beginning on
King street at point distant24 feet eastwardly
of q Fine feet alley, running northwardly par
alel to Pitt street to the line of the ground for
merly McRea s. Mease's. (Which point is distant
$50 feet inches eastwardy Of Pitt street) and
feet then northwardly parallel to Pitt street
IS feet thence westWardly parallel to King St.
10 feet thence with straight line to the be-
ginning; and the residue of it beginning on
ground before described, and running thence
eastwardly with King street 80 feet 81 inches,
more or less. to the line formerly of Charles
McKnight thence northwardly parallel to
Royal street 70 feet, more or loss, to the line
formerly Of VIM. II. Mcknight; thence west
wardly parallel to King street 10 feet 81 inches,
more or less thence northwardly parallel to
Royal street 20 feet, more or less to the line of
James Roach thence westerly parallel to King
street rs feet, moro or less, to the line of the
piece of ground herein before described; thence
southwsrlly with that line to the beginning
together with all and every right and appurten-
snce to the said two pieces Of ground in any
manner belonging.
TERMS-One.tenth Of tho purchase money
to be psid in cash on the day of sale; the resi-
due in three equal instruments at six, twelve
and eighteen months from the day of sale, with
interest; the purchaser to give his bonds, with
good personal security for deferred payments,
and the title to be retained till tho purchase
money is fully paid.
GEORGE YIN; BRETT,
s. FERGUSON BEACH,
ap 27-eots Commissioners.