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The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
A New York Story.

Some years since n gentleman IN
this city married n widow lady who
had one child, girl of dozen years
At the time of the marriage the hus-
bands newly acquired stepdaughter
was sent out of town To Il boarding
school, the couple not desiring any
EN- barraSSment upon entering on the
new state Of matrimonial happiness.
After being away for five or six years,
the girl returned to town and to her
parents house having now grown tO
be an accomplished and beautiful
young lady. Presently il was evident
that her stepfatheF had fallen desper-
ately i'm love with her. Her mother,
or his wife, very soon saw the situa-
ton, and after q brief struggle with
herself, prepared % accept its unfOr-
tunate consequences. Terrible to re
late, having procured divorce for
herself, she permitted her husband 10
marry her daughter, Ia whom she al
50 gave over a child which she borne
during her second wedlOck- She con-
tinued living in the house a. a friend
to all parties but il soon happened tO
be the eX-wife's turn 10 be cOurted 10y
another aspirant for her hand, to whom
she was, after a time, married. Both
Of the families and all the parties con-
tinuc 10 dwell together i'm one house
hold, all the details of the affair from
beginning To end having been arrang-
cti satisfactorily and without the lea II
misunderstanding.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
Photograph or Butler.

David MacTae, - canny ScOtchman,
has visited America and written Il
book about il, in which are some eX-
ceedingly clever pictures of persons
and things. Here is a portrait of Ben.
+. Butler: "a short, stout man, with
a large bald head, round body, and
short, spindle legs, stood a5 the front
of the platform, speaking in some
what harsh, but very fluent and artic-
Ulatc voice. 1t was easy, even at II
glance, to see how this man had pow
or TO make himself an object of hate
TO Il whole people. There was Il pow
cr in the big bald head, i'm the massive
brow, i'm the vulture nose, in the COM
bative, bullying face, in the heavy
eyelids, and in the keen ScrutiniZing
eye. Ii was literally eye, not eyes,
for the right eyeball seemed To be ell
gagged in some business of its own, us
if relieved from regular duty, while
the spirit of the man, when he looked
at you, seemed to crouch in the other,
and from under the heavy eyelidj
glare out keenly and warily. He had
in his left hand 4 pamphlet or bit of
paper-I could not see which-but once
or twice he brought this paper up to
his head, for reference. Tastes differ,
but / confess Buffers face was not
pleasant to me. His speech, as far as
/ heard it, was clear, logical, and full
Of practical wisdom, hut was delivered
with an audacity of manner that
made one reluctant tO admire even
what deserved admiration"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
J. G. LEE, Chairman.
y. B. SMITH, Secretary.
The Most Gentlemanly Combat on Re-
cord.

On Thursday afternoon, says the
Missouri Democrat, Mr.. L., of East st.
Louis, in coming over to that place ON
ferrybOat, was accOSted by two
strangers, who inquiredi if he ever wit
messed a prize fight. HerepIied that he
had. The parties then informed him
their names were Kerrigan and Foley;
and unfortunately a personal difficult
ty had occurred between them, and
that fearing arrest if they engaged i'm
fisticuffs in the streets of st. Louis,
they had concluded to cross the river
and fight it out, to determine which OF
them the was 'the best man, They
politely requested him, as stranger tO
both parties, and therefore a disinter-
ested, to act as second, umpire, bottle
holder, &c, &c. Between surprise,
curiosity, and a feeling of being flat
tered, he consented. The three went
ashore at the upper landing, walked
out on the Decatur railroad track to
the "Old Ford Pasturing," and there,
under the stately oaks, stripped to
their drawers, and squared off for the
fight. They pitched i'm with zeal, and
pummeled each other in quite a scien-
tific manner for about half an hour,
knocking down and getting knocked
down, till finally, in the eighteenth
round, Kerrigan said, "You have
about blinded me: have enough. ~
Both parties then shook hands, put on
their clothing, repaired to the nearest
saloon, took a drink" and returned
TO St. Louis, each apparently we'll sat
isfied-FOley that he had whipped
Kerrigan, and the latter that he was
no match for the former at fisticuffs.
Mr.. l.. enthusiastically declared that
it was the most gentlemanly fight he
ever before witnessed; that not one
angry word was spoken, and no dis
courteous exclamation of any kind
was made; that the whole affair was
''put through" in the style of a regu-
lar business transaction, and was con-
Quoted in the most chivalric manner,
highly creditable to the two honorable
and sensible men who thus engaged
in pummeling each other.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

would shoot the first man vino dared
disObey my orders. their mutinOu-
spirits were quelled.
Again We started, with our skirm-
Ishers out, marching with that long
swinging gait 80 well known 10 cid
soldiers. The Negroes we had releas.
ell explained their capture ~ -,
marched along. They had been tired
and sleepy, and sat down To rest. Fall.
ing asleep, they did not wake till day
light. On the road they Were suTpris'
ed by the Rebel scouts, and easily
captured. l think that this lessor
cured them of struggling.
Before noon the Union pickets were
found, and we were directed to the
camp of the Division, and marched
straight to regimental headquarters,
\ frOwn was on the brow OF the Col
Onel when | made my appearance
but it disappeared when l told him
the story of our nights adventure,
and showed him the prisoners. And
when ! gave him an ivOTy-handled
silver-mounted Colts revolver that
had taken from one of the Rebs, hi,
grim features relaxed into a smile
and he sent his servant after a canteer
of fine old Bourbon, telling me that
after such a night | must be nearly
used up, and that something stimula-
ting was necessary TO revive me.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
/ MidnHeF'S Lament.

Ever to be respected is honest and
/ heartfelt grief When ones wife be-
comes defunct anguish is especially
reputable. a case in point comes
| from a rural quarter, where a sorrow
/ ing widower thus apOstrOplises the
memory of his better half:
/ ''My wife died. No more will them low
in hands pull off my boots andpart my
hair as only a true wife can. No more
will those willing feet replenish coal
/ hOd anu water pail No more will
she arise amid the tempestuOus storms
of winter, and haply lie herself away
| to build the fire, without disturbing
! the slumbers of the man who dotted
/ on her so artlesSly. Her memory is
embalmed in my heart. wanted to
embalm her body, but / found l
could cmbalm her memory much
/ cheaper.
81 procured from Eli Midget, an
old neighbOr of mine, pretty grave
stone. His wife was cOnsumptive,
and hc had kept it on hand for several
years, in expectation of her death
! But she rallied this spring, and his
| hopes were blasted. Never shall /
forget this poor mans grief when L
asked him 10 part with it. Take it,
! Skinner said he take il, and may
you never know what il is to have
the soul racked with disappointment
as mine his been.' And he burst into
q flood of tears. His spirit was indeed
utterly crushed.
al have the following epistle en-
graved upon the grave stone:
''FO the memory of Tabitha, wife of
Moses Skinner, Esq, gentlemanly ed
itOr of the Trombone. A kind mother
and exemplary wife. Terms two dol
lars Il year, in advance. Office over
Coleman's grocery, up two flights
Knock hard. 1--WE shall miss thee,
mother, we shall miss thee, mother,
we shall miss thee, mother" Job
printing solicited"
''Thus did my lacerated spirit cry
out in agony, even as Rachel wept
for her children. But one ray of light
penetrated the despair of my SOUL
The undertaken took his pay in job
printing, and the sexton owed me n
little account | should not have got
in any other way. Why should
we pine ut the mysterious ways of
Providence and vicinity ? Not a CO.
nundrum.)
'I here pause to drop n silent tear
to the memory of Tabitha Ripley,
that was. She was an eminGntly
piOus woman, could fry the best piece
of tripe | ever slung under my vest
Her picked up dinners were a per-
feet success, and she always dotted on
foreign missions.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

During the rebellion, the staff o
Gen. Wise We're riding through ;
rather f0rlOrn par of North Carolina
and a young Virginian of the stat
concluded 10 have some fun at th,
expense Of lOng-legged specimen oi
the qCHUS-HOHO, who wore a very
shabby grey uniform, and bcStrodc 3
worm fence ut the roadside. Refining
his horse, he accosted him:
Glow are you, North Carolina ~
How are you, Virginia ~ was the
ready response.
The staff continued "Thc block
ale on turpentine makes you rather
hard up, don't il? No sale for tar now
j. there ~
'Wel, yeS,~-was the slow re-
spOnse. "We'H sell all our tar 20 JET
Davis now"
'SThe thunder YOU d0. What OI
earth does the President want Will
your tar?"
North Carolina answered: "He put,
ii on the heels of the Nirginians q
make them stick on the bdttle-feldr
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
A PickpOcket'S Trick.

/ The pickpOckets who are to he found
! (if one could find them) in almost ey.
cry crowd of people in the city-at the
depOts, the church doors, the street
car platforms, the theaters- 4
skill in their thieving practices that
would give them 4 fine living at hon
est work. An eastern paper tells this
story of their deXtefity ::
A queer case was that of Il physician
of this city, DR.. -, who, OH going to
the opera with friend, was cautioned
at the ticket Office to look out for pick
pockets. He clapped his hand to his
watch, valuable gold one, engraved
with his name, and the name of the
society or friend who gave it to him.
1t was there all right, and he made
sure of keeping it there by keeping his
hand on it all through the perform
ance of the opera. On coming out,
what was his astOnishment to find his
watch gone 1t had been taken in
spite of his watchfulness. Rejecting
that a watch so engraved could not
well be disposed of easily, even in New
York, he advertised his loss in the
next mornings papers, and added
that Il reward I'VE believe Sl00) would
be paid for its recovery, and "nO ques-
tiOns asked" Before noon the bell
rang, and very elegantly dressed
man, i'll appearance Il perfect gentle
man, inquired for the advertiser of Il
lost watch. "Have you got it?" ask
ed the Doctor, quietly. "I have"
cOolly returned the stranger: "here it
is. | claim the reward" "Here is
the money" said the Doctor; "and
now ! want to ask ooh, but you
said there would be no questions"
answered the mOustache. "True,"
said the Doctor, "but only want to
know how under heaven you got that
watch when | kept my hand on it all
the time?p care you sure you kept
your hand over il all the time ?''-
''Yes, positive" 'NOw, let me refresh
your memory. Don't you remember,
at one interesting stage of the perform
ance, there was n fly lit on your ear,
and you raised your hand to brush it
Off?'' "Ycs, it's Il fact, said the Doc
tor, "I do remember that" "Well,
sir" said the elegant stranger, "klidt
was the time you lost your watch. i
tickled the top of your ear with a
straw, and you brushed off the sup
posed dy, and didn't notice, when
your hand went back, that your watch
was 10 longer there. Good morning,
Sir
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
TERMS, 50 90 PER YEAR.
LIGHT.

Our readers viii be gratified by the repub
lication OF this exquisite poem. II IS b.
William Pitt Palmer, and was, some year
since, pronounced by one OF the most emi
nent critics in Europe to DE- the finest pro
dHctlon Of the sane length in our language
From the quickened womb OF the prima
gloom,
The sun rolled black and bare,
TIL wOye him a vest for his Ethi0p breast,
Ofthe threads OF my golden hair;
And when the broad tent Of the armament
. Arose on its airy spars,
| penciled the hue Of its matches blue
And spangIed II round with stars.
painted the flowers Of the Eien bowers
And their. .IcIves Of living green,
And mine were the dyes ia the sinlcSS eyes
or Eden's virgin queen.
And when the fiend's art on the trustful
heart
Had fastened its mortal spell,
In the silvery sphere of the fiTst-born tear
To the trembling earth fell
When the waves thai burst O'er a world
accused
Their work Of wrath had sped,
And the Arks lone few, the tried and true,
Came forth amongst the dead.
With the wondrOus CLEANS or iny bridal
beams
bade their terror -eis.,
As wrote on the rolf Of the stofm's dark
scroll,
Gods covenant OF Peace.
Like pail at rest on a stnaeiess breast,
Nights funeral shadow slept
When shpsherd SWANS on Bethlehem
plains.
Their lonely Eigils kept
When flashed on their sight tue heralIi
bright
OF Heavens redeeming plan,
As they chanted that morn Of 4 Slyiour bona.
joy, joy TO the 0utcaSt man!
Equal favor [ show To the lofty and low,
On the juStand unjust I descend;
Fen the blind, whose vain spheres roll in
darkness and tears,
Feel my smile The bie5t smile of friend.
Nay, the flowers of the waste by my love l.
embraced
As the rose I'm the garden of king,
At the chrysalis bier of the worm I appear,
And 10! the gay butterfly wings.
The desoiate Morn, like a mourner forlorn,
Conceals all the pride Of her charms,
Till bid the bright hours chase the night
from her flowers,
And lead her young day to her arms:
And when the gay rover seeks Eve for his
lover.
And sinks to her balmy repOSr,
wrap the soft rest by the zaphyr-fanne!
west
In curtains of amber and rose,
From my sentinel sleep by the nIght-dreaded
deep,
l gaze with unslumbering eyes,
When the cynOSurc star Of the mariner
Is blOtted from Out the sky.
And guided by me through the mercilesS sea,
Though sped by the hurricanes wing,
His composites, dark, lone, weltering bark
To the haven home safely he brings.
I waken the flowers in their dew ~pIngIei
bowers,
The birds in their chambers OI green,
And mountain and plain glow with beauty
again,
As they bask in the matinaI sheen.
Oh, if such the glad worth Of my presence
on earth,
Though fitful and fleeting the while.
What gIories must rest on the house of the
bleSt,
Ever bright with the Deity's smile!
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

There is vast copper mine in Eng
land where shafts extend many hun
dred yards under the sea. The moan
ing of the waves a. they dash against
the rocks is forever sounding in those
gloomy aisles. When the storm comes
the sound of the waves becomes ter
rifle, and even the bOldest miners can
not stay below, but leave their work
and come out upon the earth. Over
head are masses of bright copper
streaming through the galleries in all
directions, traversed by a network OF
thin, red veins of iron, and over all
the salt water drips down from tiny
creviees in the rock. Immense wealth
of metals is contained in these roofs,
but no miner dares give il another
stroke with his pickaXe. Already
there has been one days work too
much upon il, rs 4 huge wedge of
wood driven into the rock bears wit
ness. The wedge i all that keeps
back the sea from bursting in upon
them. Yet there are three tiers of
galleries where men work day by day,
not knowing but at some fatal hour
the flood may be upon them, render
ing all escape rs hopeless ~ il was in
the days of Noah. The awe stricken
visitors hurry away from the scene
with heart appalled, in view Of the
hourly danger.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

VIM. Thompson, of Pennsylvania,
was n Brigadier General in the Rev
OlutiOnary army, and was made pris-
Oner by the British at the battle of
Three Rivers in Canada, in May,
1776. He was soon after released on
parole, but was never exchanged, al
though propositions were made to
exchange him for different British
prisoners, among them General Pres
colt, who was captured in bed in his
headquarters on Long Island by 4
daring party of patriots. He died in
1871. Under 4 resolution of Congress,
passed in 17S0, he was entitled to sew
en- years halfpay, which, il appears,
neither he nor his heirs have ever re-
ccived; and now his great-grand-
child, Fanny A. Thompson, claims
it, and will probably collect il, it hav-
ing been reported on flvOrably in the
United States Senate.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
MEETING OF SOLDIERS
Arrangements for 4 Reunion 0fthe Sol
dierS 9T Northwestern Ohio.

Representative from the various
Regiments, Batteries, &c, from North
western Ohio, met at the office of
General Slevin, in Toledo, o., Friday
afternoon, At d o'clock, and organized
by calling General John e. Lee 10 the
Chair and appointing \. d. Smith
Secretary.
Gen. Slevin was called upon and
stated the object of the meeting, viz !:
10 form an organization To be known
as the Army of Northwestern Ohio.
of all arms of the service.
1t was moved by Gen. SIevin that
one from each command be appointed
a. Committee of arrangements.
The following names We're announe-
ed as such committee:
Gen. p. J. Slevin. IOOth Ohio. Tole-
do; II. d. Kingsbury, lS9th Ohio. To-
ledo; Major J. r. Swigart, Sth Ohio
Toledo; Capt J. w. White, Seth Ohio
Toledo; Colonel John \. Chase, IS3d
Ohio, Toledo Colonel ID. +. DeWOIf.
18th Ohio, Toledo Col. y. Haughton.
25,h Ohio, Toledo; Col. Albert Moon.
18th Ohio, Toledo; Captain 2. III.
Bowling, 1l1th Ohio, Toledo; Capt.
w. H. Dustin, 18th Ohio, Battery,
Toledo; Col. l.. Won Blessing, 27th
Ohio, Toledo; Col. J. :. Norton, 2lst
o., Toledo; Colonel John \. Shannon.
l ST L. 5. Heavy Artillery, teOlOredj
PerrysbUTg Col, II. y. Howland. Sd
Ohio Cavalry, Toledo; Capt. w. III.
PerigO, lSt Ohio Light Artillery.
Toledo; Col. w. T.. Haines, 10Th
Ohio Cavalry, Fremont; Col. Chase,
b. Phillips, l3Gth Ohio, Toledo; Col.
]. II. Brigham, 69th Ohio, OttOkee;
Col. w. Slough, 9th Ohio Cavalry,
Bryan; Capt, G.. G.. Starr, 12Sth Ohio,
Toledo; Col. G. c. Eaton, I'D Ohio,
Clyde; Capt. J. X. Hamilton 18th
Ohio, Toledo; Gen. w. III. Gibson,
18th Ohio, Tiflin; Capt. w. Gunsaulus.
ISth Ohio, Defiance; 1t. Geo. w. Ba-
kcT, 67th Ohio, Toledo; Capt. l.. w.
Richardson, 6Sth Ohio, Defiance; Gen.
Z. G. Hayes, 103d Ohio, Bryan; Capt
d. b. Ainger, 23d Ohio, Napoleon;
and Maj. +. =. DOdd, lSith Ohio,
Toledo.
The meeting adjourned.
The Committee of Arrangements
will meet at the Custom House,
Toledo, on Friday, July 18th, at 10
O'Clock \. NJ.
The Committee would request that
if any Regiments or fractional parts
of Regiments or Batteries, have been
overlooked i'm this call, that they
send delegates to the meeting on the
18th inst.
4, I ELr m: .:,..,,.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
A Conductors StOry-A Coffin Without
4 Corpse.

A western railway conductor tells
this story:
was running on train between
Detroit and Chicago, in 1856. A
gentleman of Chicago was taking East
the dead body of his brother for burial
among the family friends in New
England. During the night the
wooden coffin, by reason of the fric-
ton of the nails against those of the
large rough box which enclosed it, or
in some more mysterious way, caught
fire, and before discovered the corpse
was burned to Il crisp, the outer cOv-
ering of the coffin being but little III
jured When the horrible fact was
made known by me to the brother,
after taking him aside, thought he
would then die. His grief unnamed
me more and broke me down more
completely than all the killing and
mangling | had ever seen. "His sis
ter must never know this" said he,
after IL long parcXySm of grief; at will
kill her" All the employees of the
company, acquainted with what had
happened were sworn to secrecy. An
elegant new coffin was procured at
Chicago, in which the burned remains
were carefully fastened, and the grief
stricken brother conveyed the ashes,
literally of the dead, East, and they
were buried without any friend, save
one, knowing that the coffin contain
ell no corpse. And that brother has
kept this sad secret from his people
and from the press To this day.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

On the Illinois railroads there Is 4
woman who makes her living 10y get
ting sick on the ears, stopping over al
various points, and cnliSting the
sympathieS Of the residents. She tel j
u very pitiful story. saying that liel
home i in some other town, and thai
she was on her way home from visit
ing sister; that she was taken sud-
denly III and was short of funds. She
usually succeeds in raising few dol
lars this way at each station
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

An Iowa man tried To kiss il neigh.
bOr's wife, but before he got through
the lady hit him on the head with 4
rolling pin, and put him out Of doors.
The husband took revolver and
went 20 the man for satisfaction, but
concluded to settle il by taking the
villians's note for so, which ne traded
OFF for a corn plough. The man who
holds the note can't collect, the giver
of it claiming that he did not get
value received.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14
PLANTATION BITTERS,
s. T.-I86O-X

D. l. 1OOO n
This wonderful vegetable restOra
tive is the sheet anchor Of the fee
BILE and debilitated. As a tonic
and cordial for thesaged and Ian
guild, it has no equal among stOm-
achics. AS a remedy for the ner-
vOus weakness to which women are
especially subject, it is superseding
every other stimulant. In all eli
mates, tropical, temperate or frigid,
it acts as a specific in every species
of disorder which undermines the
bodily strength and breaks down the
animal spirits. For sale by all
druggists.
March II, ,Is70-6m- d. -25- % -33-s7-n.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

Here is pen photograph of the
young Prince of Asturias y stupid,
languid looking boy, with a very long
nose and small black eyes. A. gem
eral thing, he is dressed in Il costume
that Is most unbecOming to him. He
can read, but writes most clumsily
and unoFthOgraphically. His favor
.ite occupation is training little slet-
land pony, with whom he spends
daily six or seven hours. He speaks
Spanish very slowly, and with the
peculiar Castillian accent French he
speaks less fluently, hut better than
most Spaniaris do. People who know
him assert that, in case he should ev-
er ascend the Spanish throne, he
would be a meaner man than his
grandfather, Fredinand the Seventh,
was
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-07-14

\ foreign scientific Journal points
out the danger Of permitting water
intended for domestic or industrial
purposes to come in contact with zinc.
The author shows that water kept in
zinc reservoirs or collected from zine
roofs, invariably contains more OF less
OF That metal in solution, and states
that it, use will infiict considerable
injury on health. To avoid the danger
he recommends that the zinc employ
ed for such purposes be painted with
a~phalte varnish or any iron pigment.